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0,Gun Violence Over Fourth of July Weekend,"['Protests', 'Fourth Of July', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Chicago', 'Violence In America']",Chicago Gun Violence Spikes and Increasingly Finds the Youngest Victims,New York Times (News),"As Yasmin Miller drove home from a laundromat in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood last weekend, a gunman in another car peppered her red Hyundai sedan with bullets, grazing her head and striking her son, Sincere Gaston, in the chest. Sincere died in his car seat. He was 20 months old.
On June 20, a man fired gunshots through the back of a dark blue SUV, wounding the 27-year-old man driving and hitting his stepson, Mekhi James, in the back, killing him. Mekhi was three.
Two girls, both aged three, were hospitalized...",left
1,Gun Violence Over Fourth of July Weekend,"['Protests', 'Fourth Of July', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Chicago', 'Violence In America']","‘Bullets just came from nowhere’: Fourth of July weekend gun violence kills at least 17, including 7-year-old-girl",Chicago Tribune,"As many Chicagoans were celebrating the Fourth of July with barbecues and after-dinner fireworks, relatives of Natalia Wallace were experiencing the worst day of their lives.
The 7-year-old girl was one of at least 80 people shot, at least 17 of those fatally, across the city during the violent holiday weekend, starting Thursday afternoon. Gunfire erupted outside her relative’s home Saturday on the West Side, and she became the latest in a horrific string of children whose lives have been taken away by gun violence in Chicago.
“Bullets just came...",center
2,Gun Violence Over Fourth of July Weekend,"['Protests', 'Fourth Of July', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Chicago', 'Violence In America']",Dozens of shootings across US mark bloody July 4th weekend,New York Post (News),"The nation’s 4th of July weekend was marred by the wrong kind of fireworks.
A spate of shootings throughout the US left more than 150 people wounded and nearly two-dozen dead so far this weekend, including 67 gunshot victims in Chicago over a blood-splattered weekend, according to reports.
Police said 13 people were killed in separate shootings in the Second City, including a 7-year-old girl who was at a Fourth of July party in the city’s Austin neighborhood and a 14-year-old boy, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Sunday.
“Tonight, a 7-year-old...",right
3,Yellen Warns Congress of 'Economic Recession' if Debt Ceiling Isn't Raised,"['Janet Yellen', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Government Shutdown']",Federal Government Will Run Out of Cash on Oct. 18 If Debt Ceiling Isn’t Raised: Treasury Secretary,The Epoch Times,"Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday warned members of Congress that the United States’ cash reserves will likely be exhausted unless lawmakers vote to raise or suspend the debt ceiling by Oct. 18, warning that it’s not clear if the United States would be able to meet all of its financial obligations if no deal is passed by then.
If that deadline is reached, “we expect Treasury would be left with very limited resources that would be depleted quickly,” Yellen warned, adding that it is “uncertain whether we could continue to meet...",right
4,Yellen Warns Congress of 'Economic Recession' if Debt Ceiling Isn't Raised,"['Janet Yellen', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Government Shutdown']",Yellen tells Congress that U.S. will run out of debt ceiling flexibility on Oct. 18,Washington Post,"Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday told Congress that the U.S. will run out of flexibility to avoid breaching the debt limit on Oct. 18, setting a new deadline for lawmakers to avoid a catastrophic default on its payment obligations.
“It is uncertain whether we could continue to meet all the nation’s commitments after that date,” Yellen wrote in the letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
Yellen’s letter came less than 24 hours after Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would suspend the debt ceiling and prevent a government shutdown on Friday. Senate...",left
5,Yellen Warns Congress of 'Economic Recession' if Debt Ceiling Isn't Raised,"['Janet Yellen', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Government Shutdown']",Yellen warns lawmakers U.S. Treasury to hit debt limit Oct. 18,Reuters,"U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday again warned lawmakers that the nation was close to exhausting its federal borrowing capabilities - now set for Oct. 18 - and urged Congress to act in order to avert “serious harm” to the economy.
“At that point, we expect Treasury would be left with very limited resources that would be depleted quickly,” she wrote in her latest letter to congressional leaders.
“It is uncertain whether we could continue to meet all the nation’s commitments after that date,” she added in the letter,...",center
6,Night 2: Christie on Hillary,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Washed-Up Chris Christie Rips Into Hillary Clinton,Daily Beast,"It was surely different from 2012.
Back then, Chris Christie was a potential candidate introducing himself on the national stage as his party nominated Mitt Romney.
The Republican convention was the first time many conservatives and Americans around the country learned the facts of what would become the New Jersey governor’s stump speech: that he is the son of an Irish father and a Sicilian mother, that his mother ruled with an iron fist and his dad was, “in the automobile of life,” merely “a passenger.” He was...",left
7,Night 2: Christie on Hillary,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']","Christie convicts Clinton, but was he 'guilty' of going too far?",Fox News (Online News),Chris Christie wasn’t the only one prosecuting the case against Hillary Clinton last night—Ben Carson tossed out a reference to Lucifer—but he was clearly the lead attorney.,right
8,Night 2: Christie on Hillary,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Anti-Clinton Republican National Convention Crowd Chants ‘Lock Her Up’,HuffPost,"The crowd at the 2016 Republican National Convention on Tuesday repeatedly chanted “lock her up” at the mention of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s name.
As New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie spoke on the second night of the convention, he ticked off criti",left
9,"Denying Abortion Medication Could Violate Civil Rights Laws, Biden Admin Tells Pharmacies","['Abortion', 'Pharmacies', 'Abortion Pills', 'Birth Control', 'Roe V Wade', 'Healthcare', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers']",Biden admin to pharmacies: Refusing to fill contraception and abortion pill prescriptions could break federal law,Politico,"Senior Biden administration officials announced Wednesday that they are reminding tens of thousands of pharmacies around the country that they risk violating civil rights laws if they refuse to fill orders for contraception or abortion medication or discriminate based on a person’s pregnancy status.
The action comes a few weeks after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and gave more than a dozen states a green light to ban abortion, and aims to respond to a wave of reports that pharmacies in those states are refusing to not only fill prescriptions for abortion...",left
10,"Denying Abortion Medication Could Violate Civil Rights Laws, Biden Admin Tells Pharmacies","['Abortion', 'Pharmacies', 'Abortion Pills', 'Birth Control', 'Roe V Wade', 'Healthcare', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers']","Pharmacies risk violating civil rights laws if they deny access to drugs that can be used for abortion, HHS says",CNBC,"The Health and Human Services Department on Wednesday warned U.S. retail pharmacies that they risk violating civil rights law if they deny access to medication used in abortions under certain circumstances.
The HHS Office for Civil Rights said pharmacies cannot deny access to prescription medication used for reproductive health care on the basis of the customer’s sex, pregnancy status and other protected groups under federal discrimination laws.
This may include the prescription of the abortion pill, mifepristone used in combination with misoprostol, to assist with first-trimester miscarriages. The medication can...",center
11,"Denying Abortion Medication Could Violate Civil Rights Laws, Biden Admin Tells Pharmacies","['Abortion', 'Pharmacies', 'Abortion Pills', 'Birth Control', 'Roe V Wade', 'Healthcare', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers']",HHS warns pharmacies denying abortion pills violates anti-discrimination law,Washington Examiner,"The Biden administration is warning retail pharmacies against denying patients abortion-inducing medication, saying this would violate anti-discrimination laws by withholding healthcare from pregnant people.
The Department of Health and Human Services’s Office for Civil Rights has released guidelines reinforcing the Obamacare law that warns more than 60,000 U.S. pharmacies against refusing to dispense abortion-inducing medication, stipulating that doing so is pregnancy discrimination. That includes discrimination based on current pregnancy, past pregnancy, potential or intended pregnancy, and medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth.
“HHS is committed to ensuring that everyone can access healthcare, free of discrimination,”...",right
12,Mike Pence Defends Barring Pride Flags At US Embassies,"['Pride Flag', 'Mike Pence', 'State Department', 'Politics']",'One American flag flies': Pence defends barring pride flags on U.S. embassy flagpoles,NBC News (Online),"Vice President Mike Pence voiced support Monday for the Trump administration's move to prohibit U.S. embassies from flying the rainbow pride flag on their flagpoles during LGBTQ Pride Month, telling NBC News that ""it's the right decision.""
In an interview with White House correspondent Kristen Welker, Pence confirmed an exclusive report from NBC News that said the State Department had rejected requests from at least four U.S. embassies to fly the flag during June. Pence said he was aware the State Department had said the American flag was the only...",left
13,Mike Pence Defends Barring Pride Flags At US Embassies,"['Pride Flag', 'Mike Pence', 'State Department', 'Politics']",Mike Pence says banning pride flags at US embassies is 'the right decision',USA TODAY,"In a Monday evening television interview, Vice President Mike Pence confirmed reports that American embassies had been banned from flying the pride flag on their embassy flagpoles.
In an interview with NBC News, Pence said, “I’m aware that the State Department indicated that on the flagpole of our American embassies that one flag should fly, and that’s the American flag, and I support that.""
The Trump administration came under fire at the beginning of June for allegedly banning U.S. embassies from flying the pride flag. American diplomats told NBC...",left
14,Mike Pence Defends Barring Pride Flags At US Embassies,"['Pride Flag', 'Mike Pence', 'State Department', 'Politics']",Pence confirms Trump administration denied US embassy requests to fly Pride flag,Fox News (Online News),"Vice President Mike Pence on Monday confirmed that the Trump administration denied requests from U.S. embassies around the world to display a rainbow flag to celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month.
""I'm aware that the State Department indicated that on the flag pole of our American embassies that one flag should fly, and that's the American flag, and I support that,"" Pence told NBC News in an interview released Monday.
Pence's remarks come days after the news outlet first reported that the Trump administration was rejecting requests from U.S. embassies to fly...",right
15,Trump Intensifies Feud with CNN,['Polarization'],"Trump tweets mock video of himself tackling, punching CNN logo",Reuters,"President Donald Trump stepped up his feud with the media on Sunday by tweeting a mock video of himself tackling and repeatedly striking a man with a CNN logo super-imposed in place of his head, followed by a logo saying ""Fraud News Network.""",center
16,Trump Intensifies Feud with CNN,['Polarization'],"Trump Body Slams ""#FraudNewsCNN"" in His Latest Assault Tweet",Townhall,"President Trump's morning attack tweet was aimed at perennial enemy, CNN, and he's taken it to a new level.",right
17,Trump Intensifies Feud with CNN,['Polarization'],Trump Marks Independence Day Weekend With Fantasy About Beating Up Journalists,HuffPost,"During his raucous campaign rallies, Trump often incited protests and violence against reporters.",left
18,Obama to address UN,['Foreign Policy'],President Obama to vow: No nuclear Iran,Politico,"The recent wave of violent, anti-American protests that a movie trailer has inspired in the Muslim world is not aimed solely at the United States but the entirety of the civilized world, President Barack Obama plans to say Tuesday morning in a speech at the United Nations.",left
19,Obama to address UN,['Foreign Policy'],Obama urges UN to reject 'violence and intolerance' amid Mideast unrest,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama, facing questions at home concerning his administration's handling of the deadly attacks in Libya and growing anti-American violence, plans to tell a gathering of world leaders at the U.N. that unrest in the Middle East and North Africa marks a critical juncture -- a choice in the region between hope and intolerance.",right
20,Obama to address UN,['Foreign Policy'],"'Time is not unlimited' on Iran, Obama to tell U.N.",CNN (Online News),"The United States will ""do what we must"" to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, President Barack Obama is expected to tell the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday in a speech that will also touch heavily on the death of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens in Libya.",left
21,Biden To Require All Federal Employees To Get Vaccinated Or Undergo Regular Testing,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","Biden says federal workers must be vaccinated or undergo regular testing, masks and social distancing",Fox News (Online News),"President Biden announced Thursday that he will require all federal workers to be vaccinated against the coronavirus or submit to frequent testing.
Biden laid out a plan incentivizing Americans to take the vaccine, including paid time off to get vaccinated and $100 payments to Americans who get vaccinated, paid for by government. The president also said that federal workers will be forced to take the vaccine or be required to be tested regularly.
""It's time to impose requirements on key groups to make sure they are vaccinated,"" Biden said. ""Every federal government employee...",right
22,Biden To Require All Federal Employees To Get Vaccinated Or Undergo Regular Testing,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","Biden announces measures to incentivize Covid-19 vaccinations, including a requirement for federal employees",CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a number of new steps his administration will take to try to get more Americans vaccinated and slow the spread of coronavirus, including requiring that all federal employees must attest to being vaccinated against Covid-19 or face strict protocols.
The new measures come amid a rise in Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths in the US. The vast majority of those individuals with severe cases of Covid-19 are unvaccinated.
""This is an American tragedy. People are dying -- and will die -- who don't have to die. If you're out...",left
23,Biden To Require All Federal Employees To Get Vaccinated Or Undergo Regular Testing,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","Biden sets broad new vaccine, mask guidelines for millions of federal workers",Reuters,"Federal workers and onsite contractors will have to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or wear masks, practice social distancing and submit to regular testing under sweeping new guidelines the White House announced on Thursday.
The measures are U.S. President Joe Biden's latest effort to spur some reluctant Americans to get vaccinated as the Delta variant of the coronavirus ravages the unvaccinated in particular.
Government employees who do not show they have been vaccinated will be subject to weekly or twice-weekly COVID-19 tests and restrictions on official travel.
""The administration...",center
24,Incoming Palestinian Harvard Student Deemed Inadmissible by CBP,"['Immigration', 'Harvard', 'Palestine', 'Deportation', 'Colleges', 'Boston']",Incoming Palestinian Harvard freshman has his visa REVOKED at Boston airport after he was 'questioned for five hours and officials found anti-US political social media posts by his friends',Daily Mail,"An incoming Harvard freshman from Palestine was allegedly interrogated by immigration officials for five painstaking hours then had his visa rescinded after landing in Boston because they found his friends on social media shared anti-US political posts.
Ismail B. Ajjawi, a 17-year-old Palestinian student who lives in Tyre, Lebanon, landed at Boston Logan International airport on Friday night in anticipation of starting his freshman year at Harvard University.
But his Ivy League career, in which he intended to study in Chemical and Physical Biology, ended before it even began when...",right
25,Incoming Palestinian Harvard Student Deemed Inadmissible by CBP,"['Immigration', 'Harvard', 'Palestine', 'Deportation', 'Colleges', 'Boston']",A Palestinian Freshman Arrived in the U.S. to Study at Harvard. Immigration Officials Revoked His Visa and Deported Him.,Slate,"With classes scheduled to start next week, incoming Harvard freshman Ismail B. Ajjawi, like many of his fellow students, was set to arrive on campus for the first time this week. But the 17-year-old Palestinian’s hard-won education at perhaps the world’s preeminent university is now in doubt. American immigration officials stopped Ajjawi, a Palestinian resident of Tyre, Lebanon, at Boston Logan International Airport on Friday night, the Crimson reports, where he was held in custody for eight hours and subjected to invasive questioning by a female immigration officer, who then...",left
26,Incoming Palestinian Harvard Student Deemed Inadmissible by CBP,"['Immigration', 'Harvard', 'Palestine', 'Deportation', 'Colleges', 'Boston']",Harvard freshman deported after officials review friends' social media posts: report,The Hill,"U.S. officials turned away a 17-year-old Palestinian incoming Harvard freshman last week after he was questioned about his friends’ social media posts, according to the Harvard Crimson.
The 17-year-old, a resident of Tyre, Lebanon, was deported about eight hours after arriving at Logan International Airport in Boston and said in a written statement obtained by the Crimson that immigration officials questioned him for hours and searched his phone and computer.",center
27,Violence and Looting Escalate as Protests Over George Floyd Death Continue,"['George Floyd Protests', 'George Floyd Riots', 'Racial Inequality', 'Law And Order', 'Police Brutality', 'Looting', 'Violence In America']",Violence Escalates As Protests Over George Floyd Death Continue,NPR (Online News),"Protesters staged large-scale demonstrations across the country on Sunday, expressing outrage at the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and, more broadly, anger at police brutality. Some cities, including Minneapolis, Atlanta and Seattle, saw clashes with police, buildings and cars set afire, and looting.
By evening, many demonstrations had given way to another night of violence and destruction, with protesters ignoring curfews imposed in dozens of cities. Police used tear gas and stun grenades and fired rubber bullets in attempts to disperse the crowds.
Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died...",left
28,Violence and Looting Escalate as Protests Over George Floyd Death Continue,"['George Floyd Protests', 'George Floyd Riots', 'Racial Inequality', 'Law And Order', 'Police Brutality', 'Looting', 'Violence In America']",Another night of fire and fury as protests rage across America,Washington Post,"Pockets of the United States descended into chaos Sunday as another day of mass demonstrations over the death of yet another black man in police custody led to another night of fire and fury.
Protests that began peacefully exploded into mayhem as windows were smashed, stores were looted, buildings were vandalized and police vehicles were torched. The unrest spread from Chicago, Atlanta and Boston to Sacramento, Seattle and Sioux Falls, S.D. As protesters and police clashed outside the White House for a third consecutive night, President Trump tweeted a call...",left
29,Violence and Looting Escalate as Protests Over George Floyd Death Continue,"['George Floyd Protests', 'George Floyd Riots', 'Racial Inequality', 'Law And Order', 'Police Brutality', 'Looting', 'Violence In America']","Rioting, looting linked to George Floyd protests leaves trail of destruction across American cities",Fox News (Online News),"American cities are spending Monday morning digging out from scenes of destruction after demonstrations against the police-involved death of George Floyd gave way to a fifth straight night of looting and rioting, resulting in another wave of arrests.
As of Monday morning, at least 4,400 people have been taken into custody nationwide in relation to the chaos, according to an Associated Press tally. Meanwhile, countless more business owners whose livelihoods already have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic are finding their stores damaged and ransacked.
“It's one of the most...",right
30,Email shows effort to give Trump campaign WikiLeaks documents,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Trump, campaign aides sent email accessing WikiLeaks documents: Report",Washington Times,"President Trump and others in his campaign operation received an email with the encryption key and website address for WikiLeaks documents, according to a CNN exclusive report on Friday.",right
31,Email shows effort to give Trump campaign WikiLeaks documents,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Email shows effort to give Trump campaign WikiLeaks documents,CNN (Online News),"Candidate Donald Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr. and others in the Trump Organization received an email in September 2016 offering a decryption key and website address for hacked WikiLeaks documents, according to an email provided to congressional investigators.",left
32,Email shows effort to give Trump campaign WikiLeaks documents,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Wikileaks sent Trump private access and a decryption key to emails weeks before they were released,Daily Kos,"CNN is reporting that the Trump campaign—including candidate Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and others—were offered access to Wikileaks documents, including special access to a Wikileaks website, a month before Wikileaks began publishing documents stolen from John Podesta’s account to the public.",left
33,Trump's Small Financial Stake in Hydroxychloroquine Maker,"['Healthcare', 'White House', 'Hydroxychloroquine', 'Banking And Finance', 'Public Health', 'Drugs', 'Donald Trump']",‘Follow the money’: MSNBC contributor blows the lid off Trump’s personal stake in drug he’s pushing as COVID-19 cure,Raw Story,"President Donald Trump has been raising questions by his dogged endorsement of an unproven treatment for the coronavirus — and his motivations appear to be more financial than medical.
Trump admits he’s not a doctor — which, of course, he’s not — but MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and the Washington Post‘s Eugene Robinson are among many wondering whether the president is trying to boost the market for the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine.
“As ‘Deep Throat’ never actually said, follow the money,” Robinson said, quoting the apocryphal advice from the undercover source who...",left
34,Trump's Small Financial Stake in Hydroxychloroquine Maker,"['Healthcare', 'White House', 'Hydroxychloroquine', 'Banking And Finance', 'Public Health', 'Drugs', 'Donald Trump']","Trump Has ‘Small,’ ‘Distant Link’ To Sanofi, French Drugmaker Of Hydroxychloroquine",Forbes,"Topline: President Trump—increasingly a booster of hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for coronavirus—has a “small personal financial interest” in Sanofi, a French drugmaker that produces a brand-name version of the drug—though it’s a tiny investment for the billionaire.
Sanofi produces Plaquenil, the brand-name form of hydroxychloroquine, the New York Times reported; the drug is typically used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and malaria.
Trump’s three family trusts have investments in a Dodge & Cox mutual fund, with Sanofi as the largest holding, according to the Times.
Forbes estimates...",center
35,Trump's Small Financial Stake in Hydroxychloroquine Maker,"['Healthcare', 'White House', 'Hydroxychloroquine', 'Banking And Finance', 'Public Health', 'Drugs', 'Donald Trump']",Trump’s personal stake in the malaria-drug maker Sanofi could be as small as $99,MarketWatch,"As President Donald Trump has persistently discussed the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, critics have wondered about his motivation, given the drug’s far-from-certain performance on the global stage as a treatment for coronavirus, and the Food and Drug Administration’s refusal so far to approve it as a treatment for COVID-19.
The New York Times says Trump has a “small personal stake” in Sanofi, the French drug manufacturer that produces the drug.
The report doesn’t say how small, but it notes that his three family trusts have investments in a Dodge & Cox...",center
36,N. Korea Demands Probe,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']","North Korea Denies Hack Involvement, Demands Probe",Newsmax (News),"North Korea said U.S. accusations that it was involved in a cyberattack on Sony Pictures were ""groundless slander"" and demanded a joint investigation with the U.S. into the incident.
An unnamed spokesman of the North's foreign ministry said there would be ""grave consequences"" if Washington refused to agree to the joint probe and continued to accuse Pyongyang, the official KCNA news agency reported Saturday.
On Friday, President Barack Obama blamed North Korea for the devastating cyberattack, which led to the Hollywood studio cancelling ""The Interview"", a comedy on the...",right
37,N. Korea Demands Probe,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",North Korea orders joint probe into Sony hacking,USA TODAY,"North Korea is proposing a joint investigation with the U.S. to look into the massive cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment.
On Saturday, a spokesman for North Korea's Foreign Ministry in Pyongyang promised ""grave consequences"" if the U.S. does not agree to a joint investigation.
""The U.S. should bear in mind that it will face serious consequences in case it rejects our proposal for joint investigation and presses for what it called countermeasures while finding fault"" with North Korea, the spo",left
38,N. Korea Demands Probe,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Obama Vows a Response to Cyberattack on Sony,New York Times (News),"President Obama said on Friday that the United States “will respond proportionally” against North Korea for its destructive cyberattacks on Sony Pictures, but he criticized the Hollywood studio for giving in to intimidation when it withdrew “The Interview,” the satirical movie that provoked the attacks, before it opened.
Deliberately avoiding specific discussion of what kind of steps he was planning against the reclusive nuclear-armed state, Mr. Obama said that the response would come “in a place and time and manner that we choose.” Speaking at a White House news conference...",left
39,Economic Addresses in Ohio,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama tells Ohioans he champions the middle,Washington Times,"In a speech his campaign billed as a reset after a series of stumbles and a string of bad economic news, President Obama stuck to a long-established script Thursday with the only new line shifting the onus on voters to break open the partisan deadlock in Washington.",right
40,Economic Addresses in Ohio,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama, Romney Duel On Economy In Ohio Where It Could All Be Decided Categories",NPR (Online News),Ohio could very well be the state where what's expected to be a very close presidential race gets decided.,left
41,Economic Addresses in Ohio,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Dueling speeches: Obama, Romney target Ohio",Washington Times,"Dueling from down the road, President Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney on Thursday will offer deeply contrasting visions for how to fix the sluggish economy, framing in their most direct terms the fierce, fundamental choice that will decide the November election.",right
42,Bipartisan Outcry as National Guardsmen Told to Sleep in Parking Garage,"['US Military', 'White House', 'National Guard', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Defense And Security']","National Guard troops kicked out of Senate are back in Capitol following outrage from lawmakers, public",Military Times,"National Guard troops forced to move out of the Capitol complex Thursday evening have been allowed to return following an outpouring of outrage from lawmakers and the public.
“Brig. Gen. Janeen Birckhead, Inauguration Task Force Commander, confirms that troops are out of the garage and back into the Capitol building as authorized by the USCP Watch Commander and the troops will take their breaks near Emancipation Hall going forward,” according to a statement to Military Times by Air Force Maj. Matthew Murphy, a National Guard Bureau spokesman. “Our troops are...",center
43,Bipartisan Outcry as National Guardsmen Told to Sleep in Parking Garage,"['US Military', 'White House', 'National Guard', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Defense And Security']",National Guard break time in Capitol-area parking garage gets lawmakers fuming,Fox News (Online News),"""Garage kept"" may be great for classic cars -- but for National Guard members it may be disrespectful.
Reports of shabby treatment of National Guard troops at the U.S. Capitol were sparking bipartisan outrage among lawmakers and other officials Thursday -- with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calling for the return home of his state's Guard members.
Thousands of National Guard troops from several states had deployed to the U.S. Capitol to protect Wednesday's inauguration of President Biden against threats of violence following the Jan. 6 riot.
Photos of Guard members...",right
44,Bipartisan Outcry as National Guardsmen Told to Sleep in Parking Garage,"['US Military', 'White House', 'National Guard', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Defense And Security']",National Guard allowed back into Capitol complex after lawmakers erupt at banishment to parking garage,CNN (Online News),"Members of the National Guard have been allowed back into the Capitol Complex after a slate of lawmakers voiced their outrage at guardsmen being banished to a parking garage as a rest area, a guardsman told CNN.
The Guard will now be allowed to rest in the US Capitol Visitor Center, the guardsman said.
The change comes after thousands of National Guardsmen were moved to a parking garage after they were told they could no longer use space within the US Capitol Complex, including areas like the cafeteria of a...",left
45,Biden Taps Harris to Lead White House Efforts on Immigration Surge at Southern Border,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Kamala Harris', 'Joe Biden']","After Pledging to Decriminalize Illegal Border Crossings, Harris Will Lead Border Crisis Response",Washington Free Beacon,"Vice President Kamala Harris, who less than a year ago expressed support for decriminalizing illegal border crossings, will spearhead the White House's response to the crisis at the southern border.
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he can ""think of nobody who is better qualified"" to handle the situation than Harris, who he said ""speaks for me."" The decision comes as the White House struggles to deal with a historic surge in border apprehensions. U.S. Border Patrol agents are currently detaining more than 600 unaccompanied migrant children per day, far...",right
46,Biden Taps Harris to Lead White House Efforts on Immigration Surge at Southern Border,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Kamala Harris', 'Joe Biden']",Vice President Harris will oversee effort to resolve problems at U.S.-Mexico border,CNBC,"President Joe Biden, whose administration is grappling with overcrowding at migrant facilities on the southern border, tasked Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday with leading efforts to coordinate with Mexico and the Central American nations of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
The assignment marks Harris’ first major policy role since she was sworn in in January.
“I can think of nobody who is better qualified to do this” than Harris, the president said at the White House. “When she speaks, she speaks for me, doesn’t have to check with me.”...",center
47,Biden Taps Harris to Lead White House Efforts on Immigration Surge at Southern Border,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Kamala Harris', 'Joe Biden']",Biden assigning Harris to lead diplomatic efforts in Central America to address immigration,CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden is tasking Vice President Kamala Harris with overseeing efforts with Central American countries to stem the flow of migrants to the US southern border, the first major issue Biden has assigned directly to his No. 2.
""I asked her, the VP, today, because she's the most qualified person to do it, to lead our efforts with Mexico and the Northern Triangle, and the countries that can help, need help in stemming the movement of so many folks, stemming the migration to our southern border,"" Biden told reporters...",left
48,Annual Inflation Rises to 40-Year High of 9.1%,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Federal Reserve', 'CPI']",U.S. Inflation Hits New Four-Decade High of 9.1%,Wall Street Journal (News),"U.S. inflation reached 9.1% in June, its highest rate in nearly 41 years, the Labor Department said.
The consumer-price index’s pace for June eclipsed May’s annual rate of 8.6% that led Federal Reserve officials to shift to a faster pace of benchmark interest-rate increases, according to meeting minutes released last week.
Core prices, a measure that strips out volatile food and energy components, increased by 5.9% in June from a year ago, a slightly slower pace than May’s 6%, the Labor Department said Wednesday. On a month-to month basis, core prices...",center
49,Annual Inflation Rises to 40-Year High of 9.1%,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Federal Reserve', 'CPI']","US Inflation Quickens to 9.1%, Amping Up Fed Pressure to Go Big",Bloomberg,"US inflation roared again to a fresh four-decade high last month, likely strengthening the Federal Reserve’s resolve to aggressively raise interest rates that risks upending the economic expansion.
The consumer price index rose 9.1% from a year earlier in a broad-based advance, the largest gain since the end of 1981, Labor Department data showed Wednesday. The widely followed inflation gauge increased 1.3% from a month earlier, the most since 2005, reflecting higher gasoline, shelter and food costs.
Economists projected a 1.1% rise from May and an 8.8% year-over-year increase, based...",left
50,Annual Inflation Rises to 40-Year High of 9.1%,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Federal Reserve', 'CPI']","Inflation jumps to 9.1%, highest in four decades",Washington Examiner,"Inflation accelerated to an explosive 9.1% for the 12 months ending in June, according to the consumer price index, the highest level in four decades.
The much-anticipated numbers reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wednesday revealed that inflation is still soaring, despite the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes, and is near the worst it has been since the Great Inflation that helped bring President Ronald Reagan to office.
The soaring inflation has eaten into President Joe Biden’s approval ratings as the midterm elections approach. Consumer prices have been rising fast since last August, especially for...",right
51,February 2015 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Rising Pace of Hiring Adds to Optimism, but Wages Lag",New York Times (News),"The outlook for the economy became sunnier on Friday after the Labor Department reported that employers added 295,000 workers in February, far exceeding expectations, and also recorded a drop in the unemployment rate. The data, though, offered disappointing results for wage growth, which for months has barely budged.",left
52,February 2015 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"US added 295,000 jobs in February as unemployment rate dips to 5.5 percent",Fox News (Online News),The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate fell to 5.5 percent from 5.7 percent. But the decline in the rate occurred mainly because some people out of work stopped looking for jobs and were no longer counted as unemployed.,right
53,February 2015 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"U.S. Adds Jobs at Steady Clip, but Wage Growth Remains Soft",Wall Street Journal (News),"U.S. employers added jobs at a solid pace in February and the unemployment rate ticked down, signs of a strengthening labor market that should keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates this year.",center
54,"Sanctions, Consulate Closure Escalate US-China Tensions","['Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Asia', 'Trade', 'National Security', 'Human Rights', 'Uighur Muslims', 'China']",China expands its amphibious forces in challenge to U.S. supremacy beyond Asia,Reuters,"China launched its military build-up in the mid-1990s with a top priority: keep the United States at bay in any conflict by making the waters off the Chinese coast a death trap. Now, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is preparing to challenge American power further afield.
China’s shipyards have launched the PLA Navy’s first two Type 075 amphibious assault ships, which will form the spearhead of an expeditionary force to play a role similar to that of the U.S. Marine Corps. And like the Marines, the new force will be...",center
55,"Sanctions, Consulate Closure Escalate US-China Tensions","['Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Asia', 'Trade', 'National Security', 'Human Rights', 'Uighur Muslims', 'China']","US Closes China's Houston Consulate, China Considers Wuhan Retaliation",Newsmax (News),"The U.S. said Wednesday that it has ordered China to close its consulate in Houston ""to protect American intellectual property and American's private information."" As a result, China is reportedly considering ordering the U.S. Consulate in Wuhan shuttered.
China condemned the move, which comes at a time of rising tensions between the world's two largest economies. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin called it ""an outrageous and unjustified move that will sabotage relations between the two countries.""
He warned of firm countermeasures if the U.S. does not reverse its decision, which...",right
56,"Sanctions, Consulate Closure Escalate US-China Tensions","['Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Asia', 'Trade', 'National Security', 'Human Rights', 'Uighur Muslims', 'China']",US defense chief pushes allied effort to challenge China,CNN (Online News),"United States Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday that Washington is counting on Asian partners to help rein in an increasingly aggressive China, as two of the US Navy's most powerful warships conducted drills with allies in the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Esper accused Beijing of bullying nations around the Pacific, depriving countries with claims in the South China Sea of fishing rights and trillions of dollars of oil and gas revenue. He also accused China of ""brazen disregard of international commitments.""
""Make no mistake, the CCP (Chinese Communist Party)...",left
57,UK Hits Record-Breaking Temperatures as Heat Wave Intensifies,"['Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Europe', 'Heat Waves', 'United Kingdom', 'Weather', 'Wildfires']",Europe’s heatwave moves north as UK braces for hottest day on record,The Guardian,"Firefighters continued to battle blazes in southern Europe as searing temperatures moved north and Britain braced for what could be its hottest day on record.
Expectations are now high that on Tuesday the British record of 38.7C could be broken and 40C breached for the first time, with experts blaming climate change and predicting more frequent extreme weather to come.
Temperatures are also forecast to rise above 35C in the Netherlands while neighbouring Belgium is expected to hit 40C and over.
In France, a host of towns and cities recorded their highest-ever temperatures...",left
58,UK Hits Record-Breaking Temperatures as Heat Wave Intensifies,"['Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Europe', 'Heat Waves', 'United Kingdom', 'Weather', 'Wildfires']",UK heatwave sees highest-ever temperatures recorded,BBC News,"The UK has recorded a temperature of over 40C (104F) for the first time - as the heat continues to rise.
Thermometers hit 40.2C at London Heathrow at 12.50 BST, breaking a record temperature of 39.1C in Charlwood, Surrey, registered earlier.
But Tuesday's temperatures are expected to climb higher still, with places along the A1/M1 corridor expected to see up to 42C later.
Scotland is also expected to surpass its historic reading of 32.9C.
In Wales, Rhyl, Flintshire, recorded 33.4C at 11:00 BST.
The Met Office has issued a red...",center
59,UK Hits Record-Breaking Temperatures as Heat Wave Intensifies,"['Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Europe', 'Heat Waves', 'United Kingdom', 'Weather', 'Wildfires']",UK braces for record-breaking temperatures as heatwave plunges Brits into chaos,New York Post (News),"Brits are bracing for record-breaking highs on Tuesday as temperatures are expected to soar to 104 degrees — surpassing the previous record of 101 degrees recorded in 2019.
A national “state of emergency” was declared this week, with the UK’s Meteorological Office issuing a “threat to life” warning across the country as a result of the heat.
The UK recorded its warmest night on record at 77 degrees on Monday.
At least five people, including three teenagers, drowned across the country in rivers, lakes, and reservoirs while trying to cool...",right
60,Trump Versus the Press,"['White House', 'Politics']",Fact-checking President Trump’s news conference,Washington Post,"“I don’t think there’s ever been a president elected who in this short period of time has done what we’ve done.”
— President Trump, news conference, Feb. 16, 2017
We can’t quite fact check the statement above — it’s certainly open to debate what counts as achievements — but we can fact-check 15 dubious claims made by the president in his lengthy news conference. Some of these are from his greatest hits of falsehoods, which we have fact-checked many times before. The claims are addressed in the order in...",left
61,Trump Versus the Press,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump's marathon media-bashing presser: Did he go too far?,Fox News (Online News),"It was the most extraordinary news conference ever held by a president of the United States.
It was also the harshest indictment of the media ever delivered from the White House.",right
62,Trump Versus the Press,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump -- under fire -- returns to the campaign,CNN (Online News),President Donald Trump is taking his fate into his own hands.,left
63,Bill Barr's Comments at Hillsdale College Draw Differences in Coverage,"['William Barr', 'DOJ', 'Nationwide Lockdown', '2020 Election', 'Democrats', 'Politics']",Barr Blasts His Own Prosecutors: 'All Power Is Vested In The Attorney General',NPR (Online News),"Attorney General Bill Barr blasted his own Justice Department prosecutors as a ""permanent bureaucracy"" that all too often abuse their power to go after high-profile targets in a process he likened to ""headhunting.""
In remarks Wednesday to a largely conservative audience celebrating Constitution Day at Hillsdale College, the leader of the Justice Department asserted that he's the one who should make the big calls in cases of national interest.
""The notion that line prosecutors should make the final decisions at the Department of Justice is completely crazy,"" Barr said.
""Under...",left
64,Bill Barr's Comments at Hillsdale College Draw Differences in Coverage,"['William Barr', 'DOJ', 'Nationwide Lockdown', '2020 Election', 'Democrats', 'Politics']",Barr says calls for coronavirus lockdown are the 'greatest intrusion on civil liberties' other than slavery in US history,CNN (Online News),"Attorney General William Barr suggested on Wednesday that the calls for a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus were the ""greatest intrusion on civil liberties"" in history ""other than slavery.""
The comments came minutes after he slammed the hundreds of Justice Department prosecutors working beneath him, equating them to preschoolers, in a defense of his own politically tuned decision making in the Trump administration.
Addressing a Constitution Day celebration hosted by Hillsdale College, the event's host asked Barr to explain the ""constitutional hurdles for forbidding a church...",left
65,Bill Barr's Comments at Hillsdale College Draw Differences in Coverage,"['William Barr', 'DOJ', 'Nationwide Lockdown', '2020 Election', 'Democrats', 'Politics']",Barr says rumors Trump would refuse to leave office if he loses election are 'crap',Fox News (Online News),"Attorney General William Barr went after Democrats this week on a range of issues, including rumors that President Trump would attempt to stay in office if he loses the general election in November.
“You know liberals project,” an uncharacteristically salty Barr told the Chicago Tribune's John Kass on Monday. “You know the president is going to stay in office and seize power and all that s---? I’ve never heard of that crap. I mean, I’m the attorney general. I would think I would have heard about it.”
Though the focus...",right
66,Ukraine Rejects Russia's Request for Surrender in Mariupol,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Mariupol', 'Ukraine', 'Russia']",Ukraine Refuses Russia’s Request to ‘Lay Down Arms’ and Surrender Mariupol by Monday Deadline,The Epoch Times,"Ukrainian officials said that the country has rejected Russia’s demand to surrender the eastern port city of Mariupol by 5 a.m. Moscow time on March 21 in exchange for safe passage of residents out of the city.
“There can be no question of any surrender, laying down of arms,” the Ukrainska Pravda news portal cited Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk as saying. “We have already informed the Russian side about this.”
“I wrote: ‘Instead of wasting time on eight pages of letters, just open the corridor.'”
Earlier on Sunday, Pyotr Andryushenko, who...",right
67,Ukraine Rejects Russia's Request for Surrender in Mariupol,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Mariupol', 'Ukraine', 'Russia']",Ukraine rejects Russian demand for surrender in Mariupol,Associated Press,"Ukrainian officials defiantly rejected a Russian demand that their forces in Mariupol lay down arms and raise white flags Monday in exchange for safe passage out of the besieged strategic port city.
Even as Russia intensified its attempt to pummel Mariupol into surrender, its offensive in other parts of Ukraine has floundered. Western governments and analysts say the broader conflict is grinding into a war of attrition, with Russia continuing to bombard cities.
In the capital, Kyiv, a shopping center in the densely populated Podil district near the city center was...",left
68,Ukraine Rejects Russia's Request for Surrender in Mariupol,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Mariupol', 'Ukraine', 'Russia']",Ukraine rejects Kremlin’s call to surrender Mariupol amid intense street fighting,Washington Post,"The fate of Ukrainian port city Mariupol remained uncertain Monday, after it rejected Moscow’s ultimatum to surrender after weeks of Russian bombardments and days of street-by-street guerrilla warfare. Russia is bent on seizing Mariupol — which would be its first strategic victory in a war that appears to be approaching a stalemate in many other parts of the country — and has threatened the city with more assaults and a “military tribunal.""
Even so, Britain’s Defense Ministry said Monday that “Kyiv remains Russia’s primary military objective” and that Moscow is likely to try to...",left
69,"McConnell Denounces GOP Rep. Greene, Defends Rep. Cheney","['US Congress', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene', 'Liz Cheney', 'Politics']","As House GOP faces decision on its future, McConnell defends Cheney, rebukes Greene in rare set of statements",Washington Post,"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday delivered a scathing rebuke of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s actions and defended Rep. Liz Cheney’s decision to vote to impeach former president Donald Trump, weighing in for the first time on the criticism facing both lawmakers.
The statements together are both an unusual venture from a Senate leader onto the other chamber’s turf and an unmistakable signal to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) that, for the party’s sake, he must sideline extremists such as Greene (R-Ga.) and maintain a place for...",left
70,"McConnell Denounces GOP Rep. Greene, Defends Rep. Cheney","['US Congress', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene', 'Liz Cheney', 'Politics']","McConnell takes sides: Marjorie Taylor Greene theories a 'cancer' for GOP, while Cheney has 'courage'",Washington Examiner,"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took sides in the two major battles in the House Republican conference this week that could influence the direction of the post-Trump Republican Party: pro-Liz Cheney, anti-Marjorie Taylor Greene.
In a rare scathing statement, McConnell said that Greene's embrace of conspiracy theories is a “cancer for the Republican Party.”
The statement from the Kentucky Republican, which did not mention the Georgia freshman congresswoman by name, comes as Greene is facing calls to be stripped of committee assignments or removed from Congress altogether in light of...",right
71,"McConnell Denounces GOP Rep. Greene, Defends Rep. Cheney","['US Congress', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene', 'Liz Cheney', 'Politics']","Mitch McConnell condemns Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'loony lies,' defends Liz Cheney",USA TODAY,"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday went to bat for GOP Conference Chair Rep. Liz Cheney while condemning remarks from freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
McConnell issued a statement condemning the extremist views of Greene, whose support for QAnon and other conspiracy theories has drawn scorn from Democrats and some Republicans.
McConnell said the Georgia congresswoman's embrace of conspiracy theories and ""loony lies"" is a ""cancer for the Republican Party.""
""Somebody who's suggested that perhaps no airplane hit the Pentagon on 9/11, that horrifying school shootings were pre-staged, and...",left
72,"Canada's Parliament Condemns Trump's Attacks on Trudeau, Endorses Retaliatory Tariffs",['World'],Canadian parliament condemns Trump attacks on Trudeau,The Hill,Canada’s House of Commons on Monday unanimously condemned President Trump and his aides on for attacks targeting the country’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.,center
73,"Canada's Parliament Condemns Trump's Attacks on Trudeau, Endorses Retaliatory Tariffs",['World'],Trudeau’s Challenge: Managing Trump and Domestic Politics,New York Times (News),The security fences are coming down. And the world leaders have jetted off.,left
74,"Canada's Parliament Condemns Trump's Attacks on Trudeau, Endorses Retaliatory Tariffs",['World'],Trump's attacks against Trudeau unanimously condemned by Canadian lawmakers,Washington Times,President Trump was rebuked by Canada’s House of Commons for lashing out at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after leaving the Gang of Seven summit in Montreal this weekend.,right
75,Team Change Analysis,"['National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",5 Takeaways From Obama's Susan Rice Appointment,NPR (Online News),"It wasn't exactly a surprise to hear that President Obama named U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice as his next national security adviser.
Almost as soon as it became clear that her role in the administration's Benghazi talking-points snafu meant Senate Republicans would never let her be confirmed as secretary of state if Obama nominated her, the possibility of her taking over from Tom Donilon as Obama's top national security aide was fre",left
76,Team Change Analysis,"['National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",The real reason Obama tapped Susan Rice for national security adviser,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama tapped UN Ambassador Susan Rice Tuesday to serve as our nation's next national security adviser.
Tuesday morning my reaction was why appoint Susan Rice as national security adviser? She will be a DISASTER.
Here's why: I spent seven years working for the most successful NSC adviser in history, Henry Kissinger.
I watched him conceive new policies, negotiate with foreign leaders, ride herd over the bureaucracy
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/06/05/real-reason-obama-tapped-susan...",right
77,Team Change Analysis,"['National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",National security team shuffle may signal more activist stance at White House,Washington Post,"President Obama announced a major shuffle of his national security team on Wednesday, ushering out a cautious Washington insider and elevating two long-time proponents of a larger American role in preventing humanitarian crises and protecting human rights.
The ideological shift signaled by the choices highlights a central dilemma for Obama as he seeks to make a mark on the world at a time of austerity — and war weariness — at home. How ambitious Obama intends to be abroad at a tim",left
78,DHS Reportedly Withheld Intel on Russian Election Interference; Coverage Differs,"['DHS', 'Department Of Homeland Security', 'Russia', 'Russian Interference', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Iran', 'China', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']","DHS memo warning of Russian efforts to denigrate Trump's, Biden's health dismissed as poor quality, officials say",Fox News (Online News),"A draft Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memo that warned of Russian efforts to question the health of President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden was never disseminated because it was of poor quality and lacked context, DHS officials said Wednesday.
The July 7 memo, originally drafted by DHS’ Office of Intelligence and Analysis and obtained by Fox News, found that “Russian malign influence actors are likely to continue denigrating presidential candidates through allegations of poor mental or physical health to influence the outcome of the 2020 elections.”",right
79,DHS Reportedly Withheld Intel on Russian Election Interference; Coverage Differs,"['DHS', 'Department Of Homeland Security', 'Russia', 'Russian Interference', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Iran', 'China', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",DHS withheld July intelligence bulletin calling out Russian attack on Biden’s mental health,ABC News (Online),"In early July the Department of Homeland Security withheld publication of an intelligence bulletin warning law enforcement agencies of a Russian scheme to promote “allegations about the poor mental health” of former Vice President Joe Biden, according to internal emails and a draft of the document obtained by ABC News.
The draft bulletin, titled “Russia Likely to Denigrate Health of US Candidates to Influence 2020 Election,” was submitted to the agency’s legislative and public affairs office for review on July 7. The analysis was not meant for public consumption, but...",left
80,DHS Reportedly Withheld Intel on Russian Election Interference; Coverage Differs,"['DHS', 'Department Of Homeland Security', 'Russia', 'Russian Interference', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Iran', 'China', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",DHS withheld note warning of Russian attacks on Biden's mental health,Axios,"The Department of Homeland Security withheld the release of an intelligence bulletin warning law enforcement agencies about a Russian campaign to promote allegations about Democratic nominee Joe Biden's ""poor mental health,"" ABC News reports.
Why it matters: The report comes days after the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said that it will no longer brief congressional committees on election security issues and it echoes allegations from the Trump campaign on Biden's mental fitness. The news is likely to fuel even more accusations from Democrats that President Trump and...",center
81,Jan. 6 Committee Probes Long Gap in Trump Phone Logs,"['Politics', 'January 6 Committee', 'Donald Trump', 'Phone Logs', 'Capital Chaos']",Jan. 6 Committee Probes Trump Phone-Logs Gap,Wall Street Journal (News),"The House select committee investigating the events surrounding Jan. 6, 2021, is trying to fill in an hourslong gap in White House call logs on the day a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol, lawmakers said.
The committee is looking into the possibility that Mr. Trump used a disposable burner phone that wouldn’t have shown up in call logs. The Washington Post and CBS News jointly reported that records obtained by the committee show a more than 7-hour gap in former President Donald Trump’s phone logs on Jan. 6, from 11:17 a.m. to 6:54...",center
82,Jan. 6 Committee Probes Long Gap in Trump Phone Logs,"['Politics', 'January 6 Committee', 'Donald Trump', 'Phone Logs', 'Capital Chaos']",Jan. 6 committee probing 7.5 hour gap in White House phone logs,Fox News (Online News),"The House Jan. 6 committee is investigating more than seven-and-a-half hours of missing White House phone logs during the Capitol riot last year. 
Fox News confirmed Tuesday that the Jan. 6 committee is probing a gap of seven hours and 37 minutes in White House phone logs of President Trump’s phone calls on Jan. 6, 2021.
The gap runs between 11:17 a.m. ET and 6:54 p.m. ET on Jan. 6 during the heart of the Capitol riot. The log issue was first reported by The Washington Post and CBS News.
The Department of Justice...",right
83,Jan. 6 Committee Probes Long Gap in Trump Phone Logs,"['Politics', 'January 6 Committee', 'Donald Trump', 'Phone Logs', 'Capital Chaos']",White House records turned over to House show 7-hour gap in Trump phone log on Jan. 6,CBS News (Online),"Internal White House records from the day of the attack on the U.S. Capitol that were turned over to the House select committee show a gap in President Donald Trump's phone logs of seven hours and 37 minutes, including the period when the building was being violently assaulted, according to documents obtained by CBS News' chief election & campaign correspondent Robert Costa and The Washington Post's associate editor Bob Woodward.
The lack of an official White House notation of any calls placed to or by Trump for 457 minutes —...",left
84,Ninth Republican Debate,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Fact check: The ninth Republican debate,USA TODAY,"The ninth GOP debate featured the top six remaining candidates for the party’s presidential nomination. They repeated several false and misleading claims, and made some new ones, too.
• Sen. Ted Cruz claimed that “we have 80 years of precedent of not confirming Supreme Court justices in an election year.” That’s wrong. Justice Anthony Kennedy was confirmed in 1988, an election year.",left
85,Ninth Republican Debate,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']","Fireworks erupt between Trump and Bush, Rubio and Cruz at GOP debate",Fox News (Online News),"Sparks flew at the toughest and liveliest GOP primary debate yet Saturday night, as Donald Trump and Jeb Bush clashed over the Middle East and George W. Bush’s legacy, trading insults at a rapid clip – and the two Cuban-American senators in the race accused each other of lying on immigration and even questioned each other’s Spanish-speaking skills.",right
86,Ninth Republican Debate,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",3 winners and 2 losers from Saturday night's Republican debate,Vox,"One might have expected the ninth Republican presidential debate to be a cut above the earlier edition. With Chris Christie out of the race and Ben Carson present but basically out of the running, it was a chance for the race to get serious, for the five candidates who could potentially win this thing to make their cases without much distraction from the B players.",left
87,Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal,['Trade'],Top US lawmakers strike deal to fast-track trade deals,Fox News (Online News),"Top congressional Republicans and Democrats say they've reached a deal to allow President Obama to negotiate trade deals subject to an up-or-down vote from Congress.
The ""fast-track"" legislation comes as Obama seeks a sweeping trade deal with 11 Pacific nations. It would renew presidential authority to present trade deals that Congress can endorse or reject, but not amend.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership proposes a trade agreement involving the United States, Japan, Vietnam, Canada, Mexico and seven other Pacific-rim nations.
The debate scrambles traditional partisan alliances.",right
88,Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal,['Trade'],Senators Introduce ‘Fast Track’ Trade Bill,Wall Street Journal (News),"Lawmakers introduced fast-track trade legislation into the House and Senate Thursday that could pave the way for President Barack Obama to conclude a major agreement with 11 nations around the Pacific.
The bill, the result of a compromise between Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee, is expected to escalate an already-bitter fight with some Democrats and labor unions over what could become a key part of Mr. Obama’s legacy. The committee is expected to vote on the plan next week.",center
89,Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal,['Trade'],Deal Reached on Fast-Track Authority for Obama on Trade Pact,New York Times (News),"The leaders of Congress’s tax-writing committees reached agreement Thursday on legislation to give President Obama “fast track” authority to negotiate an ambitious trade accord with 11 other Pacific nations, beginning what is sure to be one of the toughest legislative battles of his last 19 months in office.
The “trade promotion authority” bill — likely to be unveiled Thursday afternoon — would give Congress the power to vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership once it is completed, but would deny lawmakers the chance to amend what would be the largest trade...",left
90,Flooding Kills at Least 16 in Rural Kentucky,"['Environment', 'Flooding', 'Weather', 'Kentucky']","Kentucky flooding death toll reaches 15 and may double, governor says",Fox News (Online News),"The death toll from catastrophic flooding in eastern Kentucky has reached 15 people. 
Gov. Andy Beshear told The Associated Press on Friday that the number is expected to more than double and would ""include some children.""
Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard looked tirelessly for missing people – in helicopters and boats – and Beshear noted that determining the number of people who remain unaccounted for is ""tough.""
Over 200 have sought shelter and more than 23,000 Kentucky residents were still without power. 
According to tracker PowerOutage.US, 23,185 customers...",right
91,Flooding Kills at Least 16 in Rural Kentucky,"['Environment', 'Flooding', 'Weather', 'Kentucky']",Appalachian floods kill at least 15 as rescue teams deploy,Associated Press,"Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard searched Friday for people missing in record floods that wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in America. Kentucky’s governor said 15 people have died, a toll he expected to grow as the rain keeps falling.
“We’ve still got a lot of searching to do,” said Jerry Stacy, the emergency management director in Kentucky ’s hard-hit Perry County. “We still have missing people.”
Powerful floodwaters swallowed towns that hug creeks and streams in Appalachian valleys and hollows, swamping homes and businesses, leaving...",left
92,Flooding Kills at Least 16 in Rural Kentucky,"['Environment', 'Flooding', 'Weather', 'Kentucky']","At least 15 people are dead after Kentucky's catastrophic flooding, and the death toll is expected to rise",CNN (Online News),"At least 15 people are dead following catastrophic flooding in Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear told CNN Friday. That number is expected to double, he said, and will include children.
""There's going to be multiple families that we've lost,"" Beshear told Brianna Keilar on CNN's ""New Day."" ""Kids that won't get the opportunity to grow up and experience so much that we have.""
""This is so deadly, and it hit so hard, and it hit in the middle of the night,"" the governor said, adding that although eastern Kentucky often floods, ""we've never...",left
93,Democratic Memo Released,['Russia'],Heavily Redacted Democratic Memo Counters GOP Account of Russia Probe,Bloomberg,"The House Intelligence Committee released a lengthy, extensively redacted Democratic response to a Republican memo alleging bias and misconduct by the FBI and Justice Department early in their investigation of Russian election interference.",left
94,Democratic Memo Released,['Russia'],Democrats' new Russia memo is an anti-Trump political attack,Fox News (Opinion),It should come as no surprise that partisan anti-Trump Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee issued a partisan anti-Trump memo Saturday attempting to rebut an earlier memo by committee Republicans dealing with abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court.,right
95,Democratic Memo Released,['Russia'],Trump Claims Democrats’ Memo ‘Really Verifies’ GOP Memo,Daily Beast,"President Trump railed against a Democratic memo countering Republican claims of FBI wrongdoing late Saturday, even as he dismissed its significance. Speaking to Fox News, the president said the memo—released in redacted form Saturday after Trump had earlier objected to its release—“was a nothing.” But he couldn’t seem to stop tweeting or talking about it. Authored by House Intelligence Committee Democrat Adam Schiff, the document lays out a range of information the FBI and Justice Department used to justify wiretapping former Trump adviser Carter Page, undermining allegations in a Republican...",left
96,President Trump Visits Israel,"['Israel', 'World']","As Trump Arrives in Israel, His Deal-Making Skills Face a Test",New York Times (News),"President Trump began a two-day visit to Israel and the West Bank on Monday, wading into a generations-old Middle East standoff that will pose an early test of whether his business deal-making skills can translate to the high-wire world of international diplomacy.",left
97,President Trump Visits Israel,"['Israel', 'World']",Trump lands in Israel: What to watch,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump landed in Israel on Monday for the second leg of his first foreign trip as president where he will tackle the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, address regional security issues and reaffirm the US' commitment to its alliance with Israel.",left
98,President Trump Visits Israel,"['Israel', 'World']",Trump tells Israelis: Arab neighbors in ‘common cause with you’ against Iran,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump, on the second leg of his first foreign trip as commander-in-chief, greeted Israeli leaders in Jerusalem Monday with hopes to lay the groundwork for a peace deal with the Palestinians – saying a “rare opportunity” exists, and the threat posed by Iran is bringing Arab neighbors together toward that goal.",right
99,Antiviral Drug Remdesivir Approved as COVID-19 Treatment by FDA,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",FDA Approves Remdesivir for Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients After Drug Was Used to Treat Trump,Newsweek,"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved remdesivir for the treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
The antiviral treatment, which is made by Gilead Sciences and sold as Veklury, was used to treat President Donald Trump after he contracted the virus earlier this month.
Remdesivir previously received emergency use authorization from the FDA in May for patients with severe cases of COVID-19. The agency later expanded its emergency use authorization in August to include patients who were hospitalized as a result of their COVID-19 infections.",center
100,Antiviral Drug Remdesivir Approved as COVID-19 Treatment by FDA,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",FDA approves antiviral drug remdesivir as coronavirus treatment,Washington Examiner,"The Food and Drug Administration granted approval of remdesivir, an antiviral drug from Gilead Sciences and a treatment for COVID-19.
The drug, sold under the name Veklury, will be used for hospitalized COVID-19 patients, Gilead said. It is the first coronavirus disease treatment to receive FDA approval.
“The approval of Veklury marks an important milestone in efforts to help address the pandemic by offering an effective treatment that helps patients recover faster and, in turn, helps preserve scarce healthcare resources,” said Dr. Barry Zingman, a professor at the Albert Einstein...",right
101,Antiviral Drug Remdesivir Approved as COVID-19 Treatment by FDA,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",FDA approves remdesivir as treatment for COVID-19 patients in hospital,USA TODAY,"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved the antiviral drug remdesivir as a treatment for patients with COVID-19 who require hospitalization.
Given through an IV, remdesivir works to stop replication of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to the drug's manufacturer, California-based Gilead Sciences, Inc. Previously authorized by the FDA for emergency use to treat COVID-19, the drug is now the first and only approved COVID-19 treatment in the United States, Gilead said in a release.
“Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gilead has worked relentlessly...",left
102,2015 Christmas Address,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Obama feels ‘small’ compared with members of the U.S. Marines,Washington Times,"President Barack Obama is one of the most powerful men in the world. He’s commander in chief of one of its mightiest militaries, too.
Yet in spite of all that, Obama feels inadequate from time to time. Especially when he’s vacationing in Hawaii and working out alongside strapping Marines at their gym.
“The only problem I’ve got when I’m here is having to work out with Marines in the gym,” Obama said during his annual Christmas Day visit with U.S. troops at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay. “Because...",right
103,2015 Christmas Address,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Obama to service members: We never take you for granted,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama thanked troops and their families for their service during Christmas Day remarks at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, noting the six service members who died earlier this week after a suicide attack in Afghanistan at Bagram Air Force Base.
""Even though we have been able to reduce the number of folks who are deployed in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, there are still folks over there every",left
104,2015 Christmas Address,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",President Obama Honors Military Families In Christmas Address,HuffPost,"President Barack Obama reminded Americans to honor the sacrifices of military families in his annual Christmas address.
""Every day, the brave men and women of our military serve to keep us safe -- and so do their families,"" he said.
He was joined by First Lady Michelle Obama, who, along with Vice President Joe Biden's wife Dr. Jill Bi",left
105,Michigan to Stop Funding Adoption Agencies That Bar LGBT Couples,"['LGBT Rights', 'Religion And Faith']",Michigan Orders Faith-Based Adoption Agencies to Violate Their Religious Beliefs,CBN,Michigan is ordering faith-based adoption agencies to violate their own religious beliefs and place children with LGBTQ couples.,right
106,Michigan to Stop Funding Adoption Agencies That Bar LGBT Couples,"['LGBT Rights', 'Religion And Faith']",Michigan deal bars LGBTQ discrimination in state adoptions,NBC News (Online),Faith-based adoption agencies funded by the state will no longer be able to turn away gay couples or LGBTQ individuals because of religious objections.,left
107,Michigan to Stop Funding Adoption Agencies That Bar LGBT Couples,"['LGBT Rights', 'Religion And Faith']",Michigan will no longer fund adoption agencies that refuse gay parents,The Hill,"Michigan will no longer provide funding to adoption agencies that turn away prospective LGBTQ parents due to religious objections, following a new legal settlement.",center
108,SC Police Officer Charged with Murder,['Civil Rights'],Officer charged with murder after shooting man in back: What we know,CNN (Online News),South Carolina family is reeling Wednesday after a videotape showed a North Charleston police officer shooting an apparently unarmed African-American man as he tried to run away.,left
109,SC Police Officer Charged with Murder,['Civil Rights'],White SC officer charged with murder in shooting death of black man,Fox News (Online News),A South Carolina police officer was arrested and charged with murder Tuesday in the weekend shooting death of a motorist after a traffic stop over a faulty brake light.,right
110,SC Police Officer Charged with Murder,['Civil Rights'],Video Shows Officer Michael Slager Shooting Unarmed Black Man In The Back In South Carolina,HuffPost,"A white South Carolina police officer was arrested and charged with murder Tuesday after video showed him fatally shooting a fleeing, unarmed black man in the back.",left
111,Time Magazine names its Person of the Year,['Religion And Faith'],Time magazine names Pope Francis its 'Person of the Year',Washington Post,The magazine chose the leader of the Catholic Church for its 87th annual cover.,left
112,Time Magazine names its Person of the Year,['Religion And Faith'],"Pope Francis Is Person Of The Year, 'Time' Says",NPR (Online News),"The new pope has pulled the papacy out of the palace and into the streets, Time says.",left
113,Time Magazine names its Person of the Year,['Religion And Faith'],"Pope Francis' common touch, uncommon influence",Fox News (Online News),Pope Francis selection this week as Time Magazines Person of the Year is only the latest evidence that Jorge Mario Bergoglio has immutably impacted the Church in a startlingly short nine months.,right
114,Supreme Court Declines to Hear DACA Appeal,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court won't hear Trump bid to end DACA program,CNN (Online News),"The Supreme Court said on Monday that it will stay out of the dispute concerning the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for now, meaning the Trump administration may not be able to end the program March 5 as planned.",left
115,Supreme Court Declines to Hear DACA Appeal,['Supreme Court'],"In major win for immigrant youth, SCOTUS denies Trump request to take up DACA case By Gabe Ortiz Monday Feb 26, 2018 · 10:07",Daily Kos,"In a major win for undocumented immigrant youth, the Supreme Court will not hear the Trump administration’s appeal of a lower court decision that partially reinstated the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA program. This means that some DACA renewals can continue, for now:",left
116,Supreme Court Declines to Hear DACA Appeal,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court rejects administration appeal over DACA,Fox News (Online News),The Supreme Court is rejecting the Trump administration's highly unusual bid to get the justices to intervene in the controversy over protections for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants.,right
117,Biden’s “Armageddon” Comment: Reckless Escalation or Fair Warning?,"['Joe Biden', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Nuclear Arms', 'Europe', 'North Atlantic Treaty Organization', 'Mike Pompeo']",Biden’s ‘Armageddon’ talk edges beyond bounds of US intel,Associated Press,"President Joe Biden’s warning that the world is at risk of a nuclear “Armageddon” was designed to send an unvarnished message that no one should underestimate the extraordinary danger if Russia deploys tactical nuclear weapons in its war against Ukraine, administration officials said Friday.
The president’s grim assessment, delivered during a Democratic fundraiser on Thursday night, rippled around the globe and appeared to edge beyond the boundaries of current U.S. intelligence assessments. U.S. security officials continue to say they have no evidence that Vladimir Putin has imminent plans for a...",left
118,Biden’s “Armageddon” Comment: Reckless Escalation or Fair Warning?,"['Joe Biden', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Nuclear Arms', 'Europe', 'North Atlantic Treaty Organization', 'Mike Pompeo']",Pompeo rips Biden's 'reckless' Armageddon remark: 'One of the greatest foreign policy failures',Fox News (Online News),"Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday categorized President Biden’s quickly notorious Armageddon comment regarding the nuclear risk posed by Russia as ""reckless"" and demonstrating ""maybe one of the greatest foreign policy failures of the last decades."" 
""Oh my goodness. First of all those comments were reckless. I think that even more importantly, they demonstrate maybe one of the greatest foreign policy failures of the last decades, which was the failure to deter Vladimir Putin in the same way that the Trump administration did for four years,"" Pompeo told...",right
119,Biden’s “Armageddon” Comment: Reckless Escalation or Fair Warning?,"['Joe Biden', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Nuclear Arms', 'Europe', 'North Atlantic Treaty Organization', 'Mike Pompeo']",Kirby: Biden ‘Armageddon’ remark reflects ‘the very high stakes that are in play’,The Hill,"White House national security spokesman John Kirby in an interview on Sunday said that President Biden’s remark regarding the “prospect of Armageddon” reflects “the very high stakes that are in play” in the wake of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats.
“The president was reflecting the very high stakes that are in play right now, Martha,” Kirty told host Martha Raddatz during an appearance on ABC’s “This Week.”
“When you have modern nuclear power and the leader of that modern nuclear power willing to use irresponsible rhetoric the way that Mr....",center
120,Trump Escalates Voter Fraud Probe,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']","Trump’s “election integrity” commission wants every voter’s name, party ID, and address",Vox,"A sweeping, alarming request — all in the name of preventing “voter fraud.”",left
121,Trump Escalates Voter Fraud Probe,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",More than half the states refusing to provide voter data to Trump election panel,The Hill,At least 29 states are pushing back or outright refusing to comply with the Trump administration’s request for voter registration data.,center
122,Trump Escalates Voter Fraud Probe,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",Liberal States Get Jittery as Trump Looks to Clamp Down on Voter Fraud,Breitbart News,"As the Trump administration looks to clamp down on widespread reports of voter fraud and abuse, some mainly liberal states are pushing back — fearing that Trump is launching a “voter suppression” commission.",right
123,White House Aide Resigns,"['White House', 'President Trump', 'Donald Trump', 'Resignation', 'Politics']",Madeleine Westerhout: White House aide fired after leaks on Trump family,BBC News,"Madeleine Westerhout, 29, was abruptly removed on Thursday after the president learned she had been talking to reporters at a dinner this month.
She was drinking and bragging about her access to Mr Trump during his holiday in New Jersey, CBS News reports.
Ms Westerhout had worked with him since the first day of his presidency.",center
124,White House Aide Resigns,"['White House', 'President Trump', 'Donald Trump', 'Resignation', 'Politics']",Trump's 'gatekeeper' resigns abruptly,Washington Examiner,"The departure of Madeleine Westerhout, who was widely regarded as Trump's ""gatekeeper"" and had been stationed at the front of the Oval Office, was reported by the New York Times.
The report said Westerhout was considered a ""separated employee"" and would not be allowed back in the White House after the president found out she ""indiscreetly"" divulged information about the Trump family and Oval Office operations in a recent off-the-record dinner with reporters in Bedminster, New Jersey, where Trump had a working vacation.",right
125,White House Aide Resigns,"['White House', 'President Trump', 'Donald Trump', 'Resignation', 'Politics']",Trump's personal assistant abruptly exits White House after sharing details about President's family,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's personal assistant, who's been with him since the start of his administration, has abruptly left the White House after sharing intimate details about the President's family with reporters, multiple people tell CNN.
Madeleine Westerhout was forced to resign as executive assistant to the President on Thursday after Trump learned she had shared information with reporters at a recent off-the-record meeting, during which she didn't say her comments were off the record, according to sources familiar with her departure. A reporter divulged details about the dinner to...",left
126,How Would Florida's Critical Race Theory Law Work?,"['Race And Racism', 'Discrimination', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Florida', 'Education', 'Polarization', 'Schools', 'History', 'American Heritage']",Florida GOP Wants to Ban Making White People Feel ‘Discomfort’ About Racism,Vice,"Facts don’t care about your feelings, but Florida Republicans do—if you’re a white person, that is. 
A new bill pushed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his allies in the Florida legislature, titled simply “Individual Freedom,” would—among other things—“prohibit classroom instruction and curricula from being used to indoctrinate or persuade students,” and target conversations about racism in the school and workplace.
The bill was introduced by Miami-area Sen. Manny Diaz and passed the Senate Education Committee on a party-line vote Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. 
“An individual, by virtue of his or...",left
127,How Would Florida's Critical Race Theory Law Work?,"['Race And Racism', 'Discrimination', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Florida', 'Education', 'Polarization', 'Schools', 'History', 'American Heritage']",Florida could shield whites from ‘discomfort’ of racist past,Associated Press,"A bill pushed by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that would prohibit public schools and private businesses from making white people feel “discomfort” when they teach students or train employees about discrimination in the nation’s past received its first approval Tuesday.
The Senate Education Committee approved the bill that takes aim at critical race theory — though it doesn’t mention it explicitly — on party lines, with Republicans in favor and Democrats opposed.
Democrats argued the bill isn’t needed, would lead to frivolous lawsuits and said it would amount to...",left
128,How Would Florida's Critical Race Theory Law Work?,"['Race And Racism', 'Discrimination', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Florida', 'Education', 'Polarization', 'Schools', 'History', 'American Heritage']",What the Florida CRT Bill Actually Says,Dan McLaughlin,"Isaac has already hit the Associated Press for misrepresenting Florida’s anti-critical race theory bill. TV commentators are running with the AP’s spin, claiming that it outlaws “white discomfort,” a phrase nowhere found in the bill.
The actual bill text is here. It nowhere protects any particular racial or ethnic group, but extends its protections equally. It addresses “discomfort” in two places; I will emphasize the relevant sections in bold. One is in the section on prohibited forms of employment discrimination.
Now, the critics have one small point here: It probably would be better...",right
129,Biden To Raise Cap On Refugee Admissions after Democratic Pressure,"['Immigration', 'Refugees', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump']","White House says Biden will increase refugee cap this year, after Dem fury over original target",Fox News (Online News),"The White House on Friday said that President Biden is expected to increase the refugee cap for this fiscal year, just hours after he signed an order that kept it at Trump-era levels and sparked fury from congressional Democrats.
""The President’s directive today has been the subject of some confusion,"" White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in an afternoon statement.
Former President Donald Trump lowered the refugee cap for FY 2021 to 15,000 -- something the Biden had pledged both during the campaign and his first days in office...",right
130,Biden To Raise Cap On Refugee Admissions after Democratic Pressure,"['Immigration', 'Refugees', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump']","After criticism, Biden says he will raise U.S. cap on refugee admissions",Reuters,"President Joe Biden said on Saturday he will raise the cap on the number of refugees admitted this year to the United States, a day after he drew criticism from Democratic lawmakers for agreeing to keep the historically low figure in place. Biden signed an order on Friday extending a 15,000 refugee admissions cap issued by his predecessor Donald Trump through the end of September. In signing the order, Biden shelved a plan announced in February to increase the cap to 62,500.
Biden told reporters in Delaware on Saturday after...",center
131,Biden To Raise Cap On Refugee Admissions after Democratic Pressure,"['Immigration', 'Refugees', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump']","After outcry, Biden plans to lift refugee cap in May",Washington Post,"President Joe Biden plans to lift his predecessor’s historically low cap on refugees by next month, after initially moving only to expand the eligibility criteria for resettlements and getting swift blowback from allies in return.
In an emergency determination signed Friday, Biden stated the admission of up to 15,000 refugees set by President Donald Trump this year “remains justified by humanitarian concerns and is otherwise in the national interest.” But if the cap is reached before the end of the current budget year and the emergency refugee situation persists, then...",left
132,Senate Moves Toward Passing Bill Aimed at Curbing Anti-AAPI Hate Crimes,"['Race And Racism', 'Hate Crimes', 'Violence In America', 'Bridging Divides', 'US Senate']",Hirono: Anti-Asian hate bill chance for Senate to 'take a stand',ABC News (Online),"As the Senate prepares to take up her anti-Asian hate crime bill this week, Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, said Monday the bill represents a chance for lawmakers to ""take a stand"" against rising anti-Asian attacks.
""At a time when the Asian America Pacific Islander community feels under siege and vulnerable, this is a bill that enables the Senate at least, and I know followed by the House, to take a stand and say these kinds of unprovoked attacks targeting Asian Americans are totally unacceptable,"" Hirono told the hosts of ABC's...",left
133,Senate Moves Toward Passing Bill Aimed at Curbing Anti-AAPI Hate Crimes,"['Race And Racism', 'Hate Crimes', 'Violence In America', 'Bridging Divides', 'US Senate']",Senate moves toward bipartisan endgame on AAPI hate crimes legislation,Roll Call,"The Senate is on track to vote this week on an expanded version of a bill to address a rise in violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, as a House committee plans work on its own similar legislation Tuesday.
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer of New York said on the floor Monday that several proposed amendments to Hawaii Democratic Sen. Mazie K. Hirono’s legislation would be wrapped into a substitute amendment that would get a vote “in the coming days.”
“We’re seeing that when the Senate is given...",center
134,Senate Moves Toward Passing Bill Aimed at Curbing Anti-AAPI Hate Crimes,"['Race And Racism', 'Hate Crimes', 'Violence In America', 'Bridging Divides', 'US Senate']",Senate advances measure to curb anti-Asian American hate crimes,Washington Examiner,"The Senate voted to advance Asian American hate crime legislation on Wednesday despite criticisms from some Republicans that the measure is a messaging bill that could result in federal overreach.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, said the bill was urgently needed to address anti-Asian hate crimes that have surged in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that originated in China.
“It is a very straightforward and relatively modest bill to address a pressing and important issue in the country,” Schumer said. “It would designate a point...",right
135,President Trump Withdraws from Iran Deal,['Foreign Policy'],Iran nuclear deal: Trump pulls US out in break with Europe allies,BBC News,US President Donald Trump says he will withdraw the US from an Obama-era nuclear agreement with Iran.,center
136,President Trump Withdraws from Iran Deal,['Foreign Policy'],"Trump withdraws from Iran nuclear deal, isolating him further from world",CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he is quitting the Iran nuclear deal, pitting him against the United States' closest allies and leaving the future of Tehran's nuclear ambitions in question.",left
137,President Trump Withdraws from Iran Deal,['Foreign Policy'],The Day The Iran Deal Died,The Daily Wire,Team Obama lives in a world of fiction. As President Trump announced to the world that he would finally put a stake through the heart of the Iran deal — the signal foreign policy,right
138,Primaries Today In 5 States Test Trump’s Influence,['Elections'],Trump's base-focused midterm approach tested in Ohio and Kansas races Tuesday,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump has injected himself into two high-stakes contests taking place on Tuesday, turning both into new tests of Trump's tactics and sway with Republican voters.",left
139,Primaries Today In 5 States Test Trump’s Influence,['Elections'],Trump faces political test in Ohio as five states cast votes,Reuters,President Donald Trump faces a test of his political influence on Tuesday in a special congressional election in Ohio that has become a referendum on his leadership and a last chance to gauge Democratic strength ahead of November’s midterm elections.,center
140,Primaries Today In 5 States Test Trump’s Influence,['Elections'],"Tuesday's primaries a test of Trump's influence, hold potential for upsets: A look at the races to watch",Fox News (Online News),"Several states are holding primary elections Tuesday, including some contests that could prove pivotal in determining whether Republicans or Democrats will control the Senate next year.",right
141,Suicide Blast Bills 41 in Istanbul,['Terrorism'],"Istanbul airport reopens after terror attack leaves 41 dead, 239 injured",Fox News (Online News),"Turkish Prime Miniser Binali Yildirim said in a statement Wednesday that air traffic had returned to normal and “our airport has been opened to flights and departures from 2:20 (local time) on,” following the terror attack at an Istanbul airport that left 41 dead and 239 injured.",right
142,Suicide Blast Bills 41 in Istanbul,['Terrorism'],"Istanbul airport resumes flights amid blood, shattered glass",CNN (Online News),"Istanbul, Turkey (CNN)As passengers at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport waited to check in and board their flights Wednesday, workers picked up shattered glass and washed off blood that was barely dry.",left
143,Suicide Blast Bills 41 in Istanbul,['Terrorism'],Istanbul Airport Attack Leaves at Least 41 Dead,New York Times (News),"Three suicide attackers killed at least 41 people and wounded dozens more at Istanbul’s main airport on Tuesday night, in the latest in a string of terrorist attacks in Turkey, a NATO ally once seen as a bastion of stability but now increasingly consumed by the chaos of the Middle East.",left
144,Sanders Meets the Pope,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders secures five minutes with Pope Francis,Politico,"Bernie Sanders privately met with Pope Francis at the pontiff’s residence in Vatican City on Saturday morning before the pope left on a trip for Greece.
The Democratic presidential candidate was joined by his wife Jane, advisor Jeffrey Sachs, Sachs’ wife, and Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo — who translated — for a roughly five-minute meeting before Pope Francis left for a trip to Greece, Sachs told POLITICO.
Sanders th",left
145,Sanders Meets the Pope,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Sanders’ Visit With Pope Francis Confirmed, Implications of Vatican Trip Could Win Him New York",The Blaze,"Vatican sources confirmed Saturday that Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders met with Pope Francis minutes before the pontiff left Lesbos, Greece. The rare meeting, combined with Sanders’ visit to the Vatican this week, could prove highly influential Tuesday when New York voters take to the polls.",right
146,Sanders Meets the Pope,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders says private Meeting with Pope Francis is not an endorsement,Washington Post,"US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders With Pope Francis met privately on Saturday, the capstone to an unusual detour from the American election.
Said Sanders was meeting for the staff does not Constitute Reasons and an endorsement from the Holy See.
""I am an enormous fan of the pope",left
147,Analysis of the Iowa Caucus,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: Iowa: Revenge of the outsiders,Guest Writer,"Columnist Edward Luce argued Monday in the Financial Times that Donald Trump has created a new brand in politics: an upraised middle finger. Later that day in Iowa, voters rejected Trump the candidate but stole his brand: They flipped a bird at the American political elite.",center
148,Analysis of the Iowa Caucus,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: Marco Rubio and Bernie Sanders were the real winners in Iowa,Ruth Marcus,"By the numbers, Ted Cruz won the Iowa caucuses. The technical winner among the Democrats is unclear but immaterial. Judging the victor by differences of tenths of a percentage point is a ridiculous enterprise when what’s being measured are delegate numbers, not tens of thousands of individual votes.",left
149,Analysis of the Iowa Caucus,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: Trump fever has broken. Cruz out-organized him. Here's what's next,Guest Writer - Right,"The nation’s two major political parties entrust Iowa with beginning the elimination process – that one Midwestern state representing just 1 percent of the nation’s population, with an electorate not reflective of America writ large (Iowa’s population is whiter, more Protestant and decidedly less black and Hispanic than the rest of the country).",right
150,"US GDP Grows 2% in Q3, Down From 6.7% Jump in Q2","['Economy And Jobs', 'GDP', 'Supply Chains', 'Coronavirus']",America's economic recovery hits a major roadblock,CNN Business,"This summer, the American economic recovery hit a roadblock.
The US economy grew at an annualized rate of only 2% in the third quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Thursday.
The highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus, supply chain chaos, worker shortages, sluggish jobs numbers and higher prices weighed on economic activity.
It was far lower than the 2.7% economists had predicted and the slowest pace of growth since the start of the recovery, as well as a massive step down from the 6.7% rate in the spring.
Aside from the monumental downturn in the first half of 2020, when the economy ground to...",left
151,"US GDP Grows 2% in Q3, Down From 6.7% Jump in Q2","['Economy And Jobs', 'GDP', 'Supply Chains', 'Coronavirus']","Delta variant, shortages severely restrict U.S. economic growth in third quarter",Reuters,"The U.S. economy grew at its slowest pace in more than a year in the third quarter as a resurgence in COVID-19 cases further stretched global supply chains, leading to shortages of goods like automobiles that slammed the brakes on consumer spending.
The weaker-than-expected growth reported by the Commerce Department on Thursday also reflected decreasing pandemic relief money from the government to businesses, state and local governments as well as households. Hurricane Ida, which devastated U.S. offshore energy production at the end of August also restrained economic growth.
But there...",center
152,"US GDP Grows 2% in Q3, Down From 6.7% Jump in Q2","['Economy And Jobs', 'GDP', 'Supply Chains', 'Coronavirus']",Economic Growth Slows to 2 Percent on Slowdown in Consumer Spending and COVID-19 Impacts,The Epoch Times,"The U.S. economy expanded at an annualized pace of 2.0 percent in the third quarter, a figure that is well below forecasts, driven down by a slowdown in consumer spending and a resurgence in COVID-19 cases that led to renewed restrictions and delays of reopening of businesses.
Data released on Oct. 28 by the Commerce Department show gross domestic product (GDP) rising by 2.0 percent in the third quarter, after growing 6.7 percent in the second quarter. Economists polled by Dow Jones expected third-quarter GDP to rise by 2.8 percent, with Thursday’s...",right
153,Biden Meeting with GOP Senators on Coronavirus Relief,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Joe Biden', 'Republican Party', 'US Senate', 'Budget Reconciliation']","10 Senate Republicans Outline $600B Counteroffer, Will Meet With Biden Monday",NPR (Online News),"Ten Republican senators on Sunday requested a meeting with President Biden to detail a smaller counterproposal to his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, an alternative they believe could be approved ""quickly by Congress with bipartisan support.""
Later Sunday, Biden invited the senators to the White House. The meeting is scheduled to take place at 5 p.m. ET Monday, and the White House said it would focus on how Biden's plan ""will deliver urgently needed relief to working families and small businesses, and speed up vaccinations and the reopening of schools.""...",left
154,Biden Meeting with GOP Senators on Coronavirus Relief,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Joe Biden', 'Republican Party', 'US Senate', 'Budget Reconciliation']","Biden, GOP senators to discuss slimmed-down Covid relief bill pitch",NBC News (Online),"President Joe Biden has agreed to meet a group of 10 Republican senators who have proposed a slimmed-down coronavirus relief plan that they say can win bipartisan support.
The Republicans' proposed package is much smaller than Biden's $1.9 trillion proposal, and includes $160 billion for vaccines, $4 billion for health and substance abuse services, the continuation of current unemployment aid and unspecified ""targeted"" economic assistance and help for schools.
The invitation came late Sunday after the senators requested the meeting.
""We appreciate the president’s quick response to our letter, and...",left
155,Biden Meeting with GOP Senators on Coronavirus Relief,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Joe Biden', 'Republican Party', 'US Senate', 'Budget Reconciliation']",GOP senators to meet Biden Monday on coronavirus relief as Dems ready to pass bill without Republican support,Fox News (Online News),"A group of 10 Republican senators is headed to the White House Monday to discuss a potential compromise on a coronavirus relief plan that could gain bipartisan support to pass the Senate, in the first sign of significant talks between the parties on the issue.
The move comes as Democrats in Congress this week are taking the procedural steps necessary to pass a relief bill without any Republican support, using a brute-force legislative tactic called budget reconciliation that would allow them to circumvent a GOP filibuster.
And it...",right
156,Office of Special Counsel: Conway Violated the Hatch Act,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Kellyanne Conway', 'Hatch Act', 'Politics']",Federal agency recommends Kellyanne Conway be fired from White House,Chicago Sun-Times,"WASHINGTON — A federal watchdog agency is recommending that White House counselor Kellyanne Conway be fired for repeatedly violating a law that limits certain political activities of federal employees.
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel says Conway has become a “repeat offender” of the Hatch Act by disparaging Democratic presidential candidates while speaking in her official capacity during television interviews and on social media.
A White House spokesman calls the Office of Special Counsel’s actions “deeply flawed.”",left
157,Office of Special Counsel: Conway Violated the Hatch Act,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Kellyanne Conway', 'Hatch Act', 'Politics']",Government watchdog: Trump aide Conway should be fired for political comments,Reuters,"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. government watchdog agency on Thursday recommended Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, be fired for repeatedly violating U.S. law with political comments while serving in the White House.",center
158,Office of Special Counsel: Conway Violated the Hatch Act,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Kellyanne Conway', 'Hatch Act', 'Politics']",Office of Special Counsel Formally Requests Kellyanne Be Relieved of Her Duties,Townhall,"The Office of Special Counsel has had issues with White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway for months, and now they are formally requesting her removal from federal service. In a letter released on Thursday, the OSC explains that not only has Conway violated the Hatch Act by disparaging Democratic candidates in TV interviews, but she's also mocked the law itself.
The OSC wants President Trump to take her ""defiant attitude"" and ""pattern of misconduct"" into account and dismiss her.",right
159,Trump Warns Puerto Rico,"['Disaster', 'General News']","Trump warns post-hurricane Puerto Rico, says FEMA won’t stay 'forever'",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump issued a warning Thursday to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, saying the U.S. territory's infrastructure was a mess before the storm and warning that federal officials cannot stay on the island ""forever.""
The president made the comments in a series of early-morning tweets.",right
160,Trump Warns Puerto Rico,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Trump loses patience with Puerto Rico,BBC News,"US President Donald Trump has griped about emergency relief efforts in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, saying federal aid cannot continue ""forever"".",center
161,Trump Warns Puerto Rico,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Trump threatens to abandon Puerto Rico recovery effort,Washington Post,"President Trump served notice Thursday that he may pull back federal relief workers from Puerto Rico, effectively threatening to abandon the U.S. territory amid a staggering humanitarian crisis in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.",left
162,350 Newspapers Coordinate Editorials Critiquing Trump's Press Rhetoric,['Media Bias'],"If the media speaks with one voice, Trump will have to listen",CNN (Opinion),"If the media can speak with one voice on the critical issue of press freedom, perhaps even the President will have to listen.",left
163,350 Newspapers Coordinate Editorials Critiquing Trump's Press Rhetoric,['Media Bias'],Commentary: Newspapers don't help themselves by coordinating against Trump,Michael Graham,"If you are a Trump voter who thinks that much of the press is reflexively hostile to the president, 300 of America's leading newspapers want you to know that you might be on to something.",right
164,350 Newspapers Coordinate Editorials Critiquing Trump's Press Rhetoric,['Media Bias'],US newspapers to Trump: We’re not enemies of the people,Associated Press,"Newspapers from Maine to Hawaii pushed back against President Donald Trump’s attacks on “fake news” with a coordinated series of editorials in defense of a free press on Thursday — and, not surprisingly, Trump didn’t take it silently.",left
165,Search Crews Return After Rest of Surfside Condo Building is Demolished,"['Disaster', 'Miami Condo Collapse', 'General News']",Miami building collapse: Remaining section of Surfside tower is demolished with explosives,Yahoo News,"The remaining structure left behind after the Miami building collapse has been brought down by demolition crews using explosives, after warnings that a tropical storm could render the site unsafe.
Rescue teams are expected to resume the search for survivors once the demolition is complete at the Champlain Towers South condo building. They have so far recovered the remains of 24 people, with 121 still missing.
No one has been pulled out of the rubble alive since the first hours after the 24 June collapse at Surfside in southern Florida.
The search and...",left
166,Search Crews Return After Rest of Surfside Condo Building is Demolished,"['Disaster', 'Miami Condo Collapse', 'General News']",Search back on after rest of South Florida condo demolished,Associated Press,"Rescuers were given the all-clear to resume work looking for victims at a collapsed South Florida condo building after demolition crews set off a string of explosives that brought down the last of the building in a plume of dust.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told the Associated Press that the demolition went “exactly as planned” around 10:30 p.m. Sunday.
Crews immediately began clearing some of the new debris so rescuers could start making their way into parts of the underground garage that is of particular interest. Once there,...",left
167,Search Crews Return After Rest of Surfside Condo Building is Demolished,"['Disaster', 'Miami Condo Collapse', 'General News']",Search crews return after Surfside condo building's standing portion brought down with explosives,Fox News (Online News),"Search crews resumed their work after the still-standing portion of the partially collapsed condo building in Surfside, Florida, was brought down using explosives Sunday night.
The demolition occurred after 10 p.m. ET, 11 days after the shocking collapse of much of the residential Champlain Towers structure on June 24 that resulted in 24 confirmed deaths, with 121 people still unaccounted for, according to Miami-Dade County officials.
Demolition teams bring down the unstable remainder of the Champlain Towers South condo building, late Sunday, July 4, 2021, in Surfside, Florida. (Associated Press)
County...",right
168,"Conyers steps down, Pelosi criticized",['Sexual Misconduct'],Pelosi stumbles on alleged harassment in her own ranks,NBC News (Online),"House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's comments about sexual harassment allegations in her party's own ranks touched off a fierce blowback not only from Republicans, but also from progressives, who said they feared it muddled the Democrats' message on misconduct by putting politics ahead of protecting women.
In an interview Sunday on NBC's ""Meet the Press,"" Pelosi, D-Calif., offered supportive words for Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., who has been accused of sexually harassing former members of his congressional staff and who reached a taxpayer-funded settlement with one accuser who said she...",left
169,"Conyers steps down, Pelosi criticized",['Sexual Misconduct'],John Conyers Steps Down From Judiciary Committee Role Amid Sexual Misconduct Claims,NPR (Online News),"Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., has announced he is stepping down as ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee. Conyers conveyed the news in a statement released Sunday by the office of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
The announcement comes roughly a week after sexual misconduct allegations surfaced publicly against the longest-serving member of the House. Those allegations were lodged by a former female employee, who had made a wrongful dismissal complaint against him that was settled two years ago.",left
170,"Conyers steps down, Pelosi criticized",['Sexual Misconduct'],Pelosi faces backlash for questioning Conyers accusers,Fox News (Online News),House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is facing a backlash for defending Rep. John Conyers and even questioning those accusing him of sexual harassment during a Sunday interview.,right
171,Perspectives: West Coast Wildfires and Climate Change,"['Environment', 'California', 'Oregon', 'Climate Change']",Dems Unveil 2021 Agenda to Tackle Climate Change as Wildfires Rage on West Coast,Newsmax (News),"Democrats on Thursday unveiled a new agenda for climate change amid a backdrop of raging wildfires burning on the West Coast.
The plan also includes a bicameral resolution on racial injustice and economic recovery.
At least 79 members of Congress, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Ma., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, back the THRIVE agenda, which stands for “Transform, Heal, and Renew by Investing in a Vibrant Economy.”
“Our country is facing crises that are fatefully intertwined: tens of millions of people are unemployed, the COVID-19...",right
172,Perspectives: West Coast Wildfires and Climate Change,"['Environment', 'California', 'Oregon', 'Climate Change']","Wild weather this year shows growing impact of climate change, scientists say",Reuters,"The planet is showing signs it’s in peril. In recent weeks, the world has seen ferocious wildfires in the U.S. West, torrential rains in Africa, weirdly warm temperatures on the surface of tropical oceans, and record heat waves from California to the Siberian Arctic.",center
173,Perspectives: West Coast Wildfires and Climate Change,"['Environment', 'California', 'Oregon', 'Climate Change']",Corporate broadcast TV news fails to make crucial connection between record-breaking California wildfires and climate crisis,Media Matters,"Over the long Labor Day weekend, an explosive fire in the Sierra Nevada and record-shattering heat accelerated the climate crisis unfolding in California. The fires this season have already burned more acres than during any other year on record — and there are still several months left in the fire season.
The wildfire media coverage over the three-day weekend and into Tuesday included horrifying images, footage, and accounts from those on the ground, and awestruck reporters onsite and in studios casting around for language that properly conveys the scope...",left
174,Understanding Steve Bannon,"['White House', 'Politics']",What Does Steve Bannon Want?,New York Times (News),"President Trump presents a problem to those who look at politics in terms of systematic ideologies. He is either disinclined or unable to lay out his agenda in that way. So perhaps it was inevitable that Mr. Trump’s chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, who does have a gift for thinking systematically, would be so often invoked by Mr. Trump’s opponents. They need him not just as a hate object but as a heuristic, too. There may never be a “Trumpism,” and unless one emerges, the closest we may come to...",left
175,Understanding Steve Bannon,"['White House', 'Politics']",Where did Steve Bannon get his worldview? From my book.,Washington Post,"The headlines this month have been alarming. “Steve Bannon’s obsession with a dark theory of history should be worrisome” (Business Insider). “Steve Bannon Believes The Apocalypse Is Coming And War Is Inevitable” (the Huffington Post). “Steve Bannon Wants To Start World War III” (the Nation). A common thread in these media reports is that President Trump’s chief strategist is an avid reader and that the book that most inspires his worldview is “The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy.”
I wrote that book with William Strauss back in 1997. It is...",left
176,Understanding Steve Bannon,"['White House', 'Politics']",Steve Bannon outlines his plan to 'deconstruct' Washington,CNN (Online News),"White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon rarely appears in public and rarely speaks to the press, much less on live television. So his appearance alongside White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus Thursday was hotly anticipated and closely watched.
The men performed a buddy schtick of sorts, portraying the yin and yang that bring the White House together and keep it running not in chaos as some media reports have claimed, but like the ""fine-tuned"" machine President Donald Trump bragged about during a news conference last week. Priebus keeps the...",left
177,Is The White House Considering Cutting Payroll Taxes?,"['Payroll Tax Cuts', 'White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Business']",White House officials eyeing payroll tax cut in effort to reverse weakening economy,Washington Post,"Several senior White House officials have begun discussing whether to push for a temporary payroll tax cut as a way to arrest an economic slowdown, three people familiar with the discussions said, revealing growing concerns about the economy among President Trump’s top economic aides.
The talks are still in their early stages and have included a range of other tax breaks. The officials also have not decided whether to formally push Congress to approve any of these measures, these people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were...",left
178,Is The White House Considering Cutting Payroll Taxes?,"['Payroll Tax Cuts', 'White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Business']",White House denies exploring payroll tax cut to offset worsening economy,The Hill,"The White House is denying that it's considering a temporary payroll tax cut to help boost the economy after The Washington Post reported that several senior administration officials have been discussing the idea.
A White House official said in a statement that ""cutting payroll taxes is not something under consideration at this time.""
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has not discussed a possible payroll tax cut with the administration, according to a spokesman for the senator.
""At this point, recession seems more of a political wish by...",center
179,Is The White House Considering Cutting Payroll Taxes?,"['Payroll Tax Cuts', 'White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Business']",Team Trump eyes payroll tax cut to spur economy: report,New York Post (News),"Team Trump is considering a temporary payroll tax cut to stimulate the economy and avoid a slowdown — or even a recession, a new report said Monday.
The plans reveal the administration’s top economic aides’ growing concerns about a possible slowdown as the 2020 election nears — despite President Trump’s glowing reviews of the US economy, The Washington Post reported.
A White House spokesperson denied a payroll tax cut is under consideration “at this time.”
The Washington Post reported that talks were still in their early stages, and officials have...",right
180,Trump Hints He'll Fire Fauci After Election Day,"['Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Tony Fauci', 'Trump Rallies', '2020 Election', 'Social Distancing']",Trump threatens to fire Fauci in rift with disease expert,Associated Press,"President Donald Trump is suggesting that he will fire Dr. Anthony Fauci after Tuesday’s election, as his rift with the nation’s top infectious disease expert widens while the nation sees its most alarming outbreak of the coronavirus since the spring.
Speaking at a campaign rally in Opa-locka, Florida, Trump expressed frustration that the surging cases of the virus that has killed more than 231,000 people in the United States this year remains prominent in the news, sparking chants of “Fire Fauci” from his supporters.
“Don’t tell anybody but let me...",left
181,Trump Hints He'll Fire Fauci After Election Day,"['Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Tony Fauci', 'Trump Rallies', '2020 Election', 'Social Distancing']",Trump Hints at Firing Fauci After Election,Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump hinted that he may fire Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, after the Nov. 3 election at a campaign rally in Florida Sunday night that lasted until about 1 a.m.
The rally, which took place at the Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, went on despite Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez announcing earlier on Sunday that he would not lift a midnight curfew before the event, Fox News reports.
As Trump spoke about his frustration with the news media for the...",right
182,Trump Hints He'll Fire Fauci After Election Day,"['Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Tony Fauci', 'Trump Rallies', '2020 Election', 'Social Distancing']",Trump hints that he’ll fire Fauci after Election Day,Politico,"President Donald Trump signaled early Monday morning that he may fire Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, after Election Day.
The suggestion from the president came just minutes after midnight at a campaign rally in Opa-locka, Fla., where Trump again claimed the United States was “rounding the turn” in its fight against the coronavirus, even though the country has set records in recent days for new cases.
Trump also complained that the media was overly focused on coverage of the pandemic — “you turn on the news,...",left
183,Latest Polls Show Tight Race,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton Leads Nationally, But Struggles In Some Battleground States",HuffPost,"New national polls find Clinton maintaining her lead, but with a smaller margin.",left
184,Latest Polls Show Tight Race,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump and Clinton Tied in Latest Poll,Daily Beast,"A New York Times and CBS News poll shows a tightening race between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton. Less than two months before the general election, Clinton is supported by about 46 percent of likely voters, while Trump has the support of 44 percent. When considering all registered voters, Trump has only 41 percent, with Clinton holding the support of 46 percent.",left
185,Latest Polls Show Tight Race,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump surges in battleground, national polls",Fox News (Online News),Donald Trump is surging in new battleground and national polls at a time when Hillary Clinton faces tough questions not only about her health but her sweeping criticism of her Republican opponent’s supporters.,right
186,Obama Cancels Meeting with Putin,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Obama cancels Putin meeting over Snowden asylum,Washington Times,The White House announced Wednesday that President Obama is canceling a planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin due to Russia's granting of asylum to fugitive NSA leaker Edward Snowden and a lack of progress between the two nations on other issues.,right
187,Obama Cancels Meeting with Putin,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Obama Cancels One-On-One Meeting With Putin,NPR (Online News),The U.S. objects to Russia's granting of temporary asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden.,left
188,Obama Cancels Meeting with Putin,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Obama Cancels Meeting With Putin Over Snowden,HuffPost,"In a rare diplomatic rebuke, President Barack Obama on Wednesday canceled his Moscow summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.",left
189,Gay Marriage in the News,['LGBT Rights'],"George Will: ‘Quite Literally, The Opposition to Gay Marriage Is Dying’",ABC News (Online),"While Supreme Court watchers ponder how justices will come down in the debate over gay marriage, ABCs George Will said Sunday on ABC News “This Week its clear where public opinion is headed.
“There is something like an emerging consensus, Will said, noting voters in three states recently endorsed same-sex marriage initiatives. “Quite literally, the opposition to gay marriage is dying. Its old people.
Democratic strategist James Carville agreed the 2012 election marked a “profound shift on the controversial issue.
“Look in Salt Lake City, the 12...",left
190,Gay Marriage in the News,['LGBT Rights'],Same-sex couples in Washington start taking wedding vows,Fox News (Online News),"Scores of same-sex couples crowded Seattle City Hall for a day of wedding ceremonies on Sunday, the first day they could marry after the state's voter-approved gay marriage law took effect.
While numerous weddings were taking place across the state, both private and public, the city hall weddings were the largest public event, with more than 130 couples taking part. The city set up five separate chapels to accommodate the revelers. Starting at 10 a.m., cheers and applause regularly broke out as another couple's marriage became official. Weddings at...",right
191,Gay Marriage in the News,['LGBT Rights'],Same-Sex Issue Pushes Justices Into Overdrive,New York Times (News),"Life moves fast these days, and so does the law.
In the civil rights era, the Supreme Court waited decades to weigh in on interracial marriage. On Friday, by contrast, the court did not hesitate to jump into the middle of one of the most important social controversies of the day, agreeing to hear two cases on same-sex marriage.
By taking both, the court gave itself the chance to issue a sweeping ruling that would cast aside bans on same-sex marriage nationwide. But the speed with which the court moved...",left
192,What a Court Order Involving Project Veritas and the New York Times Means for Press Freedom,"['Media Industry', 'Free Speech', 'Press Freedom', 'New York Times Bias', 'Project Veritas', 'Media Bias', 'First Amendment']",Judge orders New York Times to get rid of Project Veritas memos,Axios,"A New York judge has upheld an earlier ruling barring the New York Times from publishing or covering documents written by a lawyer for the conservative group Project Veritas, the Times reported.
Why it matters: The ruling, which now also requires the paper to get rid of physical and electronic copies of the documents, is ""a highly unusual and astonishingly broad injunction against a news organization,"" the paper said in a Friday editorial.
The Times said they would immediately seek a stay and file an appeal. The documents in question were ""obtained legally...",center
193,What a Court Order Involving Project Veritas and the New York Times Means for Press Freedom,"['Media Industry', 'Free Speech', 'Press Freedom', 'New York Times Bias', 'Project Veritas', 'Media Bias', 'First Amendment']",Project Veritas Scores ANOTHER victory with Judge’s order in defamation lawsuit against New York Times,Project Veritas,"NY Supreme Court, noting that ""'Hit and run' journalism"" is not protected, rules New York Times may have ""improper[ly]"" obtained PV's attorney-client memos before publishing them ""ahead of the deadline it had set,"" and ORDERS the Times to (1) return the memos to PV; (2) destroy all copies of the memos it has, including removing them ""from the internet""; (3) retrieve copies of the memos it provided to third parties including Columbia Journalism Professor Bill Grueskin; (4) not use the memos in PV's defamation lawsuit against the Times; and (5)...",right
194,What a Court Order Involving Project Veritas and the New York Times Means for Press Freedom,"['Media Industry', 'Free Speech', 'Press Freedom', 'New York Times Bias', 'Project Veritas', 'Media Bias', 'First Amendment']",A Dangerous Court Order Against The New York Times,New York Times (Opinion),"Half a century ago, the Supreme Court settled the matter of when a court can stop a newspaper from publishing. In 1971, the Nixon administration attempted to block The Times and The Washington Post from publishing classified Defense Department documents detailing the history of the Vietnam War — the so-called Pentagon Papers. Faced with an asserted threat to the nation’s security, the Supreme Court sided with the newspapers. “Without an informed and free press, there cannot be an enlightened people,” Justice Potter Stewart wrote in a concurring opinion.
That sentiment reflects...",left
195,US Sending Advanced Rocket Systems to Ukraine,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'United States', 'Arms', 'Defense And Security']",US to Send Ukraine Advanced Rockets; Kyiv Promises Not to Fire Into Russia,Defense One,"The United States plans to send Ukraine advanced long-range artillery that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had requested for weeks, but Biden administration officials said would only be armed with limited-range munitions and would not be used to strike targets inside of Russia. 
White House officials on Tuesday announced that the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, would be part of new $700 million arms package for Ukraine, which has received increasingly more advanced and lethal weapons to fight Russia’s invasion.
“At this time, we've decided not to provide the longer range...",center
196,US Sending Advanced Rocket Systems to Ukraine,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'United States', 'Arms', 'Defense And Security']",Biden approves sending advanced rockets to Ukraine,The Post Millennial,"President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that the United States is sending ""more advanced rocket systems and munitions"" as part of a $700 million package of military equipment intended to help the Ukrainians fight back against the Russian invasion of their country.
However, Biden claimed that the move would not be enabling the Ukrainians to hit targets outside their own borders.
In an op-ed for the New York Times on Tuesday Biden wrote, ""We have moved quickly to send Ukraine a significant amount of weaponry and ammunition so it can fight on the battlefield...",right
197,US Sending Advanced Rocket Systems to Ukraine,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'United States', 'Arms', 'Defense And Security']",Biden admin will provide Ukraine with longer-range rocket systems,NBC News (Online),"President Joe Biden said Tuesday in a New York Times opinion piece that he would “provide the Ukrainians with more advanced rocket systems and munitions that will enable them to more precisely strike key targets on the battlefield in Ukraine.”
The announcement was part of a piece that explained the Biden administration’s goals in Ukraine: “[A] democratic, independent, sovereign and prosperous Ukraine with the means to deter and defend itself against further aggression.”
The White House National Security Council said Tuesday that the “more advanced rocket systems” were longer-range multiple-launch rocket systems. They are...",left
198,Portland Mayor Tear-Gassed Alongside Protesters,"['Portland Protests', 'Ted Wheeler', 'Tear Gas', 'Federal Agents', 'Homeland Security', 'Violence In America']","Portland mayor tear-gassed by federal agents, riot declared",Fox News (Online News),"A riot was declared in Portland just after midnight Thursday morning after Mayor Ted Wheeler’s tense visit with protesters-- where he was booed, told to resign, given a list of demands and tear-gassed by federal agents.
His visit ended with his security detail engaging in a struggle with protesters late Wednesday night as they worked to get the mayor to safety, a report said.
Earlier, he moved with protesters to the fence outside of the federal courthouse where he stood at the front and was tear-gassed along with the crowd,...",right
199,Portland Mayor Tear-Gassed Alongside Protesters,"['Portland Protests', 'Ted Wheeler', 'Tear Gas', 'Federal Agents', 'Homeland Security', 'Violence In America']",Portland mayor tear gassed after speaking with protesters on presence of federal agents,CNN (Online News),"Mayor Ted Wheeler was tear gassed in downtown Portland early Thursday morning, according to video and posts on Twitter from a New York Times journalist.
The video shows Wheeler, wearing goggles and a face mask amid a crowd of people, hold his nose and close his eyes in distress as a cloud of tear gas drifts by him.
""It stings. It's hard to breathe. I can tell you with 100% honesty I saw nothing that provoked this response,"" Wheeler said to the Times camera. ""I'm not afraid but I am...",left
200,Portland Mayor Tear-Gassed Alongside Protesters,"['Portland Protests', 'Ted Wheeler', 'Tear Gas', 'Federal Agents', 'Homeland Security', 'Violence In America']",Portland mayor tear gassed alongside protesters,The Hill,"The mayor of Portland, Ore., was hit with tear gas Wednesday night after he joined a crowd of protesters who gathered outside a federal courthouse as tensions persisted in the city in response to the Trump administration's deployment of federal officers.
Video shared on social media showed Mayor Ted Wheeler (D) coughing and retrieving goggles as a haze of gas overwhelmed a crowd that was protesting behind a fence located in front of the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse.
Wheeler did not leave his spot at the front of the...",center
201,"As Summer Winds Down, Vaccine Speculation Heats Up","['Healthcare', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",U.S. FDA to bring outside experts to review COVID-19 vaccines,Reuters,"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will organize meetings with an independent group of experts to review data of coronavirus vaccine candidates and advise the agency, FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn said on Wednesday.
""The meetings will reinforce the transparency of the process as FDA reviews data from trials now underway,"" Hahn said in a post on Twitter.",center
202,"As Summer Winds Down, Vaccine Speculation Heats Up","['Healthcare', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']","Large study shows COVID-19 antibodies last 4 months, bolstering vaccine hopes",New York Post (News),"Coronavirus antibodies could last for at least four months and fade more slowly than previously reported, according to a new study.
The findings come from a large-scale survey published Tuesday involving more than 30,500 people in Iceland. Billed as the most comprehensive look at the body’s response to the virus, scientists believe it gives hope to achieve immunity through a vaccine.",right
203,"As Summer Winds Down, Vaccine Speculation Heats Up","['Healthcare', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",Fauci predicts 'safe and effective' coronavirus vaccine by end of year,NBC News (Online),"Dr. Anthony Fauci predicts that a coronavirus vaccine will be developed by the end of 2020.
""I believe that by the time we get to the end of this calendar year that we will feel comfortable that we do have a safe and effective vaccine,"" Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on NBC's ""TODAY"" on Wednesday.
He added that in a number of vaccine trials, there is ""enough data that you would really feel comfortable it was safe and effective for the American...",left
204,Intelligence Links Putin to Hacks,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Kremlin: Report of Putin meddling in U.S. election is 'nonsense',USA TODAY,"These statements, like any nonsense, ""cannot have any grounds,"" the Kremlin spokesman said.
The report by NBC News cited two unnamed ""senior U.S. intelligence officials"" as saying the Russian president personally intervened in the 2016 presidential election.",left
205,Intelligence Links Putin to Hacks,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Putin Personally Managed Hacks, Had ‘Vendetta’ Against Hillary",The Daily Caller,"U.S. intelligence officials reportedly believe Russian President Vladimir Putin personally played a role in efforts to manipulate the 2016 presidential election.
The claim comes from alleged new intelligence that Putin himself played a role in deciding which Democratic National Committee emails to release to WikiLeaks. The intelligence officials elaborated that they got the information from spies working for U.S. intelligence agencies abroad, and other U.S. diplomats.",right
206,Intelligence Links Putin to Hacks,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",U.S. Officials: Putin Personally Involved in U.S. Election Hack,NBC News (Online),"U.S. intelligence officials now believe with ""a high level of confidence"" that Russian President Vladimir Putin became personally involved in the covert Russian campaign to interfere in the U.S. presidential election, senior U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News.",left
207,Hillary’s Numbers Plunging,['Politics'],Hillary's Numbers Plunge in Wake of ‘Clinton Cash Revelations,Breitbart News,"A CNN poll released Tuesday shows that Hillary Clinton’s favorability rating with the public is in a serious, measurable freefall. For the time since CNN began polling the former Secretary of State’s favorable rating in 2006, Clinton is underwater on this question, 46% – 50%.
That 46% represents an extraordinary 23 point plummet from September of 2011; a 21 point drop from November of 2012; an 11 point drop from one year ago; a 7 point drop from just two months ago when she still sat at a healthy 53%...",right
208,Hillary’s Numbers Plunging,['Politics'],Poll: New speed bumps for Clinton,CNN (Online News),"More people have an unfavorable view of Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton now than at any time since 2001, according to a new CNN/ORC poll on the 2016 race.
While Clinton remains strikingly dominant in the Democratic field, the poll shows that her numbers have dropped significantly across several key indicators since she launched her campaign in April.
A growing number of people say she is not honest and trustworthy (57%, up from 49% in March), less than half feel she car",left
209,Hillary’s Numbers Plunging,['Politics'],"Frontrunner angst: Bush lead evaporates, Clinton favorability hits 7-year low",Washington Post,"After five months of forums, fundraising appearances and trips to the early states, the 2016 Republican nomination contest is as unsettled as ever, with no candidate receiving more than 11 percent support and seven candidates all within three points of one another, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Meanwhile, Hillary Rodham Clinton continues to dominate the Democratic nomination contest. But her personal attributes continue to erode in the wake of stories about fundraising practices at the Clinton Foundation and her use of a personal e-m",left
210,Fourth of July Weekend Shootings Leave at Least 150 Dead,"['Violence In America', 'Fourth Of July']",At Least 150 Killed in Shootings Across the U.S. During July 4th Weekend,Slate,"Americans across the country had big July Fourth celebrations this year, in part to make up for missing out last year. But amid all the revelry there was also a lot of tragedy as at least 150 people were killed by gun violence across the country throughout the weekend, reports CNN, citing data compiled by the Gun Violence Archive. From Friday through Sunday there were more than 400 shootings across the United States, according to the data that is still being updated and could very well increase.
The numbers come at a...",left
211,Fourth of July Weekend Shootings Leave at Least 150 Dead,"['Violence In America', 'Fourth Of July']",Bloody July Fourth weekend leaves 150 fatally shot in more than 400 shootings nationwide,Fox News (Online News),"A bloody Fourth of July weekend ended with at least 150 people killed in more than 400 shootings that occurred across the country, according to data compiled throughout the weekend.
In New York City, at least 26 people were shot from Friday through Sunday, with at least two of the incidents resulting in deaths.
In Chicago, 100 people were struck by gunfire resulting in 18 deaths since Friday night, according to Chicago police. In nearly all of the cases, no suspects were taken into custody as detectives continue to investigate the incidents. 69 of the more than...",right
212,Fourth of July Weekend Shootings Leave at Least 150 Dead,"['Violence In America', 'Fourth Of July']",4th Of July Shootings Across The Country Kill More Than 180 This Year,NPR (Online News),"More than 180 people were killed in shootings across the country over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, according to data compiled by the Gun Violence Archive and reviewed by NPR.
By 11:30 p.m. on Monday, the Gun Violence Archive reported 189 people killed and 516 injured in shootings over the course of a 72-hour period starting Friday. In total, there were more than 540 shootings over the holiday weekend, the organization reported.
Those numbers may increase as the organization continues to collect statistics from the weekend.
News of major shootings in...",left
213,Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court,"['Supreme Court', 'Donald Trump', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']",Democrats: Amy Coney Barrett Will Strip Millions of Health Insurance,Mother Jones,"On Saturday, Democrats quickly criticized President Donald Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, arguing that her confirmation would put millions of Americans’ health insurance in jeopardy.
In a statement, former Vice President Joe Biden focused on Coney Barrett’s “written track record of disagreeing with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision upholding the Affordable Care Act.” Her criticism of the decision is particularly important because the court is scheduled to hear a major challenge to the healthcare law the week after the November election.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)...",left
214,Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court,"['Supreme Court', 'Donald Trump', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']","Amy Coney Barrett nominated by Trump for Supreme Court, setting up contentious battle weeks before election",Washington Examiner,"President Trump named Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee for the Supreme Court Saturday evening with a live, televised reveal from the White House Rose Garden.
“Today, it is my honor to nominate one of our nation’s most creative and gifted legal minds to the Supreme Court,” he said as Barrett stood alongside him.
“She is a woman of unparalleled achievement, towering intellect, sterling credentials, and unyielding loyalty to the Constitution: Judge Amy Coney Barrett.”
Trump said she would make history if confirmed as the first mother of school-age children...",right
215,Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court,"['Supreme Court', 'Donald Trump', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']","Trump taps Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court, setting up confirmation sprint",The Hill,"President Trump on Saturday officially nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court, revealing his choice at a Rose Garden ceremony and kicking off a sprint to get the conservative judge confirmed before Election Day.
It was widely reported on Friday night that Barrett was Trump's choice for the vacancy, taking some of the drama out of the president's formal announcement. Now the focus shifts to a looming confirmation fight that is expected to conclude with Barrett becoming the youngest...",center
216,U.S. Carries Out First Federal Execution in 17 Years,"['Supreme Court', 'Federal Execution', 'Lethal Injection', 'Indiana', 'White Supremacist', 'Justice']",First federal execution in 17 years carried out in Indiana after Supreme Court cleared way,NBC News (Online),"The U.S. carried out the first federal execution in 17 years at a prison in Indiana after a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling cleared the way.
Daniel Lewis Lee, who was convicted of killing an Arkansas family in a plot to establish a whites-only nation, was executed by lethal injection early Tuesday at the Federal Correctional Institution in Terre Haute.
“I didn’t do it,” Lee said before he was executed. “I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my life, but I’m not a murderer. ... You’re killing an innocent man.” He...",left
217,U.S. Carries Out First Federal Execution in 17 Years,"['Supreme Court', 'Federal Execution', 'Lethal Injection', 'Indiana', 'White Supremacist', 'Justice']",US carries out first federal execution in 17 years,Washington Examiner,"The U.S. government carried out the first federal execution in nearly two decades on Tuesday.
Daniel Lewis Lee, 47, died by lethal injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana.
“I didn’t do it,” Lee said just before he was executed, according to the Associated Press. “I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my life, but I’m not a murderer. ... You’re killing an innocent man.”
Lee was a member of a white supremacist group who murdered a family of three, including an 8-year-old girl, according to the Justice...",right
218,U.S. Carries Out First Federal Execution in 17 Years,"['Supreme Court', 'Federal Execution', 'Lethal Injection', 'Indiana', 'White Supremacist', 'Justice']",First federal prisoner in 17 years executed hours after Supreme Court decision,The Hill,"Daniel Lewis Lee on Tuesday became the first federal prisoner executed in over 17 years, just hours after the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 against a last-minute attempt to halt the execution.
Lee, 47, a former white supremacist convicted of killing a family of three in 1996, was executed by lethal injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind., and pronounced dead at 8:07 a.m., according to the Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
“You’re killing an innocent man,” Lee said with his final words, according to a reporter with the Indianapolis...",center
219,Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","At Bipartisan Budget Meeting, Familiar Hurdles but a New Attitude",New York Times (News),"President Obama and Congressional leaders on Friday reopened budget negotiations that ended badly in 2011 with surprising bipartisan bonhomie, and even some initial agreements toward a year-end deal. Yet a familiar hurdle remains before any handshakes: resolving the parties dispute over whether to extend the Bush-era tax rates for the wealthy.",left
220,Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Pressure intensifies for GOP to raise taxes on rich,Washington Times,"As President Obama and Capitol Hill leaders continue negotiations to avoid the looming “fiscal cliff, top Democrats on Sunday ramped up pressure on their Republican counterparts to accept tax increases on the wealthy as part of a broader agreement.",right
221,Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama Asks for Prayer on Budget Deal,CNN (Online News),"Taking a break from deficit negotiations for a whirlwind tour of southeast Asia, President Obama joked this afternoon as he toured a sacred Buddhist temple that he could use some prayer to help reach a budget deal.",left
222,"Trump Criticizes Democrats for ""Medicare For All"" Proposal",['Healthcare'],Donald Trump: Democrats 'Medicare for All' plan will demolish promises to seniors,Donald Trump,"The Democrats want to outlaw private health care plans, taking away freedom to choose plans while letting anyone cross our border. We must win this.",right
223,"Trump Criticizes Democrats for ""Medicare For All"" Proposal",['Healthcare'],Trump rips Dems’ embrace of Medicare for all: ‘The centrist Democratic Party is dead’,The Hill,"President Trump on Wednesday attacked Democrats over their embrace of ""Medicare for all,"" writing in an op-ed for USA Today that the plan would threaten seniors and likening the single-payer plan to radical socialism.",center
224,"Trump Criticizes Democrats for ""Medicare For All"" Proposal",['Healthcare'],Trump files op-ed bashing Democrats on Medicare for all,CNN (Online News),President Donald Trump knocked Democrats in incendiary terms ahead of the midterm elections with an op-ed decrying a proposal to establish a single-payer health care system.,left
225,Judge Allows Lawsuit Against Trump on Business Ties to Proceed,['Politics'],U.S. judge refuses to toss suit against Trump on foreign payments,Reuters,A federal judge on Wednesday gave the go ahead to part of a lawsuit that accuses President Donald Trump of flouting constitutional safeguards against corruption by maintaining ownership of his business empire while in office.,center
226,Judge Allows Lawsuit Against Trump on Business Ties to Proceed,['Politics'],Judge allows emoluments lawsuit against Trump to go forward,Washington Examiner,A federal judge has denied the Trump administration’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging President Trump has violated the U.S. Constitution’s emoluments clause because of his ties to his Washington hotel.,right
227,Judge Allows Lawsuit Against Trump on Business Ties to Proceed,['Politics'],Judge rules Trump can be sued for profits at Trump International Hotel in D.C.,Vice,A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit alleging President Donald Trump is illegally benefiting from profits made at the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C. can move forward.,left
228,Perspectives: President Trump's Impeachment Acquittal,"['Donald Trump', 'US Senate', 'US Congress', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']","Trump impeachment backfires on Democrats, and Nancy Pelosi has a meltdown",Guest Writer - Right,"The partisan impeachment of President Donald Trump finally passed, mercifully, like a kidney stone, with Democrats grimacing helplessly during acquittal in the Senate on Wednesday.
It’s over.
The cable news networks loved it because they love a show but there was no real drama. Americans knew for months how this would turn out. They knew Democrats didn’t have the votes in the Senate. It was all about targeting select Republican senators in the next elections.
The people turned off this farce of Democratic Impeachment Theater long ago.",right
229,Perspectives: President Trump's Impeachment Acquittal,"['Donald Trump', 'US Senate', 'US Congress', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Why Mitt Romney's courageous vote to convict Trump matters,The Hill,"Until Wednesday afternoon, the divide in American politics seemed to be set in high-performance concrete reinforced by tungsten steel rods. That changed when Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) became the first senator in American history to vote to convict a president of his own party.
The word commonly used to describe the virulent partisanship in our politics is “tribal.” But that unfairly disparages indigenous tribes around the world. The divisions have torn apart families and friends. In 2018, when Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) campaigned for reelection, six brothers and sisters attacked...",center
230,Perspectives: President Trump's Impeachment Acquittal,"['Donald Trump', 'US Senate', 'US Congress', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Acquittal is not exoneration,CNN (Online News),"(CNN) - Despite the Trump White House's insistence that the President has been vindicated and exonerated by the Senate vote to not remove him from office, acquittal does not mean exoneration in an impeachment trial.
Trump's acquittal in the Senate was always a foregone conclusion. No American president has been removed from office as a result of a Senate trial. In their wisdom, the founders placed the bar at an appropriately high two-thirds.
Nonetheless, impeachment will be in the first paragraph of Trump's obituary. It puts him in a permanent...",left
231,Oregon: GOP Lawmakers Dodging Vote,"['Environment', 'Climate Change', 'Oregon']",Armed Extremists Just Escalated Oregon’s Fight Over Climate Legislation,Mother Jones,"The Three Percenters’ Oregon chapter has gotten involved in the Oregon standoff between Republican state senators, who fled the state to avoid the passage of cap-and-trade legislation, and the Democratic majority who wanted to put the measure to a vote. The paramilitary group, known for anti-government and pro-gun sentiment, said in a Thursday night Facebook post, “We will stand together with unwavering resolve, doing whatever it takes to keep these Senators safe,” pledging to provide “security, transportation, and refuge” for Republican lawmakers.",left
232,Oregon: GOP Lawmakers Dodging Vote,"['Environment', 'Climate Change', 'Oregon']",Runaway Oregon Republicans ready to dodge state troopers until legislative clock runs out,Washington Times,"Oregon Senate Republicans are prepared to hunker down out of state until the legislative session adjourns June 30 to block Democrats from passing a “disastrous” cap-and-trade legislation.
Senate Republican Whip Dennis Linthicum said Friday that legislators have no plans to return, despite Democratic Gov. Kate Brown’s deployment of state troopers to round up the lawmakers and bring them back to the state capitol in Salem.",right
233,Oregon: GOP Lawmakers Dodging Vote,"['Environment', 'Climate Change', 'Oregon']",Oregon GOP lawmakers who fled capitol to avoid climate bill vote face $500 daily fines,The Hill,"The Republican state lawmakers in Oregon who skipped town this week to avoid voting on a climate bill are reportedly facing fines if they don’t return to the state Legislature soon.
According to a local NBC station, the state senators will be fined $500 for every day they don’t show to vote on the bill beginning Friday. Supporters have reportedly raised over $6,000 to help the Republican lawmakers cover the costs of the fines through a GoFundMe campaign.
Although the bill has already passed the Democratic-controlled state House and...",center
234,Obama Post DNC Bump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama Convention Bounce Confirmed In Latest Tracking Polls,HuffPost,"Daily tracking polls published over the weekend show President Barack Obama enjoying a modest boost in support following the Democratic party convention, though how long that polling ""bounce"" will last remains uncertain.
The latest results from two daily telephone tracking surveys conducted by Gallup and Rasmussen Reports show a very similar pattern. Both had found a roughly even race on interviews conducted in the month of August before the conventions, and both now show Obama leading Republican nominee Mitt Romney by similar margins (5 and 4 percentage points, respectively).",left
235,Obama Post DNC Bump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Confirmed: Despite Recycled DNC Speech, Obama Gets Poll Bounce",Townhall,"At least the man is consistent. From failed jobs programs to major speeches, he's always inclined to go green. The Republican National Committee has produced a new video comparing Obama's acceptance speech in Charlotte to the rhetoric he employed on the campaign trail in 2008. Similarities abound:",right
236,Obama Post DNC Bump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama Got The Convention Bounce, As Well As Bad Economic Numbers",NPR (Online News),"The Democrats were no sooner out of Charlotte when the bad economic news came.
A more disappointing job report than had been forecast. Economic numbers weaker than expected. Just 96,000 jobs were created in August, far fewer than what economists were anticipating. And even a lower unemployment rate — down to 8.1 percent from 8.3 — was explained as that more people had simply stopped looking for work. The hope of four years ago is quickly becoming a fading memory, especially for those whose lives have not seen the change...",left
237,CDC Recommends Vaccinated People Wear Masks Indoors in High Transmission Areas,"['Coronavirus', 'Masks', 'CDC', 'Schools', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Delta Variant', 'Rochelle Walensky']","CDC ‘Revises’ Mask Guidance: Some Vaccinated Individuals Should Return To Masking Indoors, Everyone Should Mask In K-12 Schools",The Daily Wire,"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is expected to announce Tuesday that it is revising its mask guidance, returning to recommending masking indoors, even for fully vaccinated individuals, in certain circumstances. Most notably, the CDC is expected to announce that everyone in K-12 schools, regardless of vaccination status, should wear a mask.
“In May, the CDC announced that vaccinated individuals were not required to wear masks indoors or outdoors, or physically distance, while maintaining that unvaccinated individuals should continue to wear masks and socially distance,” Fox News noted.",right
238,CDC Recommends Vaccinated People Wear Masks Indoors in High Transmission Areas,"['Coronavirus', 'Masks', 'CDC', 'Schools', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Delta Variant', 'Rochelle Walensky']",CDC: Vaccinated people should now wear masks in high transmission areas,The Hill,"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday essentially reversed earlier COVID-19 guidance by saying fully vaccinated people should now wear masks in certain situations.
The agency said fully vaccinated people should wear masks in ""public, indoor settings"" in areas of the country with ""substantial"" or ""high"" levels of transmission, as defined by the CDC. Those areas currently include much of the South and West.
The CDC also said all adults and students should wear masks in K-12 schools regardless of vaccination status.",center
239,CDC Recommends Vaccinated People Wear Masks Indoors in High Transmission Areas,"['Coronavirus', 'Masks', 'CDC', 'Schools', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Delta Variant', 'Rochelle Walensky']","CDC updates guidance, recommends vaccinated people wear masks indoors in certain areas",CNN (Online News),"To prevent further spread of the Delta variant, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its mask guidance on Tuesday to recommend that fully vaccinated people wear masks indoors when in areas with ""substantial"" and ""high"" transmission of Covid-19, which includes nearly two-thirds of all US counties.
""In recent days I have seen new scientific data from recent outbreak investigations showing that the Delta variant behaves uniquely differently from past strains of the virus that cause Covid-19,"" CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky told a media briefing on Tuesday.
""This new science is...",left
240,Florida Recounts Continue,['Elections'],"Republicans sharpen 'fraud' claims, Democrats compare Scott to a 'dictator' as Florida recount ramps up",CNN (Online News),"The recount in Florida only began this weekend, but time is already bleeding away for election officials racing to meet the state's Thursday deadline to complete their work.",left
241,Florida Recounts Continue,['Elections'],Florida Recounts Begin as Both Sides Dig In for Fight,Wall Street Journal (News),An arduous recount process began Sunday in Florida as both sides of a close U.S. Senate race launched legal actions and the state again commanded national attention over an election controversy.,center
242,Florida Recounts Continue,['Elections'],Rick Scott challenges ballots counted after deadline as Florida recount drama begins,Washington Times,"Governor Rick Scott renewed his claims to victory over Sen. Bill Nelson on Sunday as a recount began in the race for Senate, once again thrusting Florida to the forefront of a national election drama.",right
243,Senate Divided on Unemployment Benefits,['Economy And Jobs'],The Pull and Push Of The Unemployment Debate,ABC News (Online),This morning the Senate will take a procedural vote on a bill to extend unemployment benefits to Americans for three months.,left
244,Senate Divided on Unemployment Benefits,['Economy And Jobs'],Divided Senate To Vote On Extending Unemployment Benefits,NPR (Online News),"Democrats are seeking Republican support to extend the measure, which covers 1.3 million Americans.",left
245,Senate Divided on Unemployment Benefits,['Economy And Jobs'],Showdown set on unemployment bill in Senate,Townhall,"The new year looks a lot like the old one in the Senate, with Democrats scratching for votes to pass an agenda they share with President Barack Obama, and Republicans decidedly unenthusiastic about supporting legislation without changes.",right
246,"Lynch Being Held ""Hostage""?","['US Senate', 'Politics']",Obama: Congress endangers national security with Lynch delay,Washington Times,"President Obama is accusing Congress of playing politics with law enforcement and national security by holding hostage attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch in exchange for leverage on legislation.
Mr. Obama blasted Republicans for preventing the female federal prosecutor from New York from succeeding Attorney General Eric Holder during his weekly address to the country to Sunday.
But lawmakers have delayed the nomination of Ms. Lynch by more than 130 days over concerns surrounding Mr. Obama’s executive action on immigration, which would provide temporary legal status to millions of illegal immigrants...",right
247,"Lynch Being Held ""Hostage""?","['US Senate', 'Politics']",Eric Holder: Attorney General for life?,CNN (Online News),"There was a time when Republicans were eager to have Eric Holder gone from the Justice Department. That time isn't now.
GOP lawmakers began calling for the attorney general's resignation as early as 2011, and they even held him in contempt of Congress a year later.
Nowadays the issue keeping Holder in office has nothing to do with him, or Loretta Lynch, the Brooklyn U.S. attorney President Barack Obama picked to succeed him.
Instead it's a partisan fight",left
248,"Lynch Being Held ""Hostage""?","['US Senate', 'Politics']",Obama On Loretta Lynch: 'You Don't Hold Attorney General Nominees Hostage',HuffPost,"President Barack Obama chastised Senate Republicans on Friday for refusing to confirm his attorney general nominee, saying it's inexcusable to hold Loretta Lynch ""hostage"" as a bargaining chip for separate legislation.
""You don't hold attorney general nominees hostage for other issues,"" Obama told The Huffington Post's Sam Stein in a sit-down interview. ""This is our top law enforcement office. Nobody denies that she's well-qualified. We need to go ahead and get her done.""
Lynch's nomi",left
249,Indiana To Clarify New Law,['Politics'],Ind. to ‘clarify’ new law decried as anti-gay,Washington Post,"Republican lawmakers in Indiana promised Monday to amend a religious liberties bill that critics have labeled as anti-gay, bowing to protests that have rapidly spread to several other states considering similar measures.",left
250,Indiana To Clarify New Law,['Politics'],"Pence vows to 'fix' religious freedom law, ensure 'no license to discriminate'",Fox News (Online News),"Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, whose state is under fire over the passage of a religious freedom law that critics say could allow businesses to discriminate based on sexual orientation, told Fox News on Tuesday that he and legislative leaders plan to clarify the policy in the coming days.",right
251,Indiana To Clarify New Law,['Politics'],OPINION: The insane national freak-out over Indiana's religious freedom law,The Week - News,The moral panic that a fundamentalist Christian armed with a packet of instant yeast and a stand mixer can inspire is something to behold.,left
252,2015 State of the Union Fact Check,['Politics'],Fact checking the 2015 State of the Union address,Washington Post,"A State of the Union address is often difficult to fact-check, no matter who is president. The speech is a product of many hands and is carefully vetted, so major errors of fact are relatively rare. But State of the Union addresses often are very political speeches, an argument for the president’s policies, so context is sometimes missing.",left
253,2015 State of the Union Fact Check,['Politics'],Fact-checking Obama's 'State of the Union' address (+video),Christian Science Monitor,"The U.S. may not have ""risen from recession"" quite as rousingly as President Barack Obama suggested in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night. Seven years after that severe downturn began, household income hasn't recovered and healthy job growth is complicated by the poor quality, and pay, of many of those jobs.",center
254,2015 State of the Union Fact Check,['Politics'],Obama’s State of the Union Speech Gets Fact-Checked,The Blaze,"The U.S. may not have “risen from recession” quite as rousingly as President Barack Obama suggested in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night. Seven years after that severe downturn began, household income hasn’t recovered and healthy job growth is complicated by the poor quality, and pay, of many of those jobs.",right
255,Cruz Sweeps Wyoming,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ted Cruz Wins Wyoming Presidential Nominating Contest,HuffPost,"Republican U.S. presidential hopeful Ted Cruz won all 14 delegates at stake on Saturday in Wyoming, besting rival Donald Trump, who made little effort to win the rural state, and further narrowing the gap in the race for the party’s nomination.
Cruz is trying to prev",left
256,Cruz Sweeps Wyoming,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Fresh Off Wyoming Sweep, Cruz Targets More Trump Supporters",Newsmax (News),"Ted Cruz has a message for Republican delegates: I can win over Donald Trump's supporters even if I don't win over Trump himself.
""If it ends up, as I think probably will happen, at a contested convention that we earn a majority, it's going to be critically important then to keep the Donald T",right
257,Cruz Sweeps Wyoming,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump massacred in delegate fights once more,Politico,"It was another delegate bloodbath for Donald Trump.
In Georgia. In Wyoming. In South Carolina. In Kansas. In Florida. Ted Cruz put on a clinic, mobilizing his GOP activist base to capture at least 50 delegates on Saturday while Trump came away with a",left
258,"Uncle of Stephen Miller Calls Him an ""Immigration Hypocrite"" in New Op-ed",['Immigration'],Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.,Politico,"If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.",left
259,"Uncle of Stephen Miller Calls Him an ""Immigration Hypocrite"" in New Op-ed",['Immigration'],"Stephen Miller’s uncle calls Miller an ‘immigration hypocrite,’ compares Trump to Nazis",The Hill,The uncle of White House senior adviser Stephen Miller referred to him as an “immigration hypocrite” in a scathing editorial.,center
260,"Uncle of Stephen Miller Calls Him an ""Immigration Hypocrite"" in New Op-ed",['Immigration'],Immigration and the ‘Hypocrisy’ Charge,National Review,"In an essay for Politico, David S. Glosser launches into a sharp-tongued critique of the immigration views of Stephen Miller, who is both his nephew and a top Trump aide. With a headline calling Miller a “hypocrite” on immigration, Glosser’s essay tells the rags-to-riches story of Miller’s own ancestors, who arrived in the U.S. as poor Jewish immigrants but ended up owning a number of supermarkets and department stores.",right
261,Administration Appeals Travel Ban Ruling,['Immigration'],Justice Department appeals latest travel ban setback to Supreme Court,Politico,"The Justice Department on Friday appealed to the Supreme Court a federal judge's decision to allow grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles and other relatives of people in the U.S. to circumvent the Trump administration's travel ban policy.",left
262,Administration Appeals Travel Ban Ruling,['Immigration'],Trump administration appeals Hawaii court ruling on travel ban,Fox News (Online News),"The Trump administration late Friday appealed directly to the U.S. Supreme Court after a federal judge in Hawaii ordered to expand the list of U.S. family relationships that refugees and visitors from six Muslim-majority countries can use to get into the country, including grandparents and grandchildren.",right
263,Administration Appeals Travel Ban Ruling,['Immigration'],Trump administration says it will go to Supreme Court after Hawaii judge expands travel ban exemptions,Los Angeles Times,The Trump administration said Friday it would go to the Supreme Court to fight a Hawaii federal judge’s decision vastly expanding the number of people exempt from the government’s ban on travelers from six predominantly Muslim countries and all refugees.,left
264,Trump Pulls Security Clearance of ex-CIA Director John Brennan,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump pulls security clearance of ex-CIA Director John Brennan,Politico,"President Donald Trump on Wednesday revoked the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan, who has become a harsh critic of the president, and appeared to be targeting others who have disagreed with the administration.",left
265,Trump Pulls Security Clearance of ex-CIA Director John Brennan,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",OPINION: Trump is wrong to suspend John Brennan's clearance,Washington Examiner,"John Brennan has made some very ill-advised comments in recent months, but President Trump should not have suspended the former CIA director's security clearance. Allowing his understandable offense at Brennan's frequent and ferocious criticisms to drive his policy decisions, Trump has put his ego before the national interest.",right
266,Trump Pulls Security Clearance of ex-CIA Director John Brennan,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump ties revoking Brennan clearance to Russia probe,The Hill,President Trump in an interview attributed his decision to revoke ex-CIA Director John Brennan's security clearance to his role in early stages of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.,center
267,Early Voting Turnout,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Presidential Election: Trump Goes on the Attack as Early Voting Shapes Campaign’s Final Weekend,New York Times (News),"Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump are using the final Saturday before Election Day to make their closing pitches to voters, with Mrs. Clinton in South Florida and Philadelphia and Mr. Trump dashing to four states across three time zones — the sort of barnstorming tours presidential candidates traditionally have made in the last 72 hours before Election Day.",left
268,Early Voting Turnout,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Florida Early Voting Nears 5.3 Million,Newsmax (News),"Florida's early turnout could be good news to both Democrats and Republicans, as almost 5.3 million cast their ballots before Election Day.
According to CBS News, 41 percent of active registered voters in the state have submitted their ballots, just under 5.3 million so far, up from 4.8 million in 2012.",right
269,Early Voting Turnout,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Early Voting Data Shows Who’s Turning Out,Wall Street Journal (News),"Early- and absentee-voting data suggests Hillary Clinton may be benefiting from an uptick in Hispanic voters even as turnout among African-Americans appears to be lagging compared with 2008 and 2012. Donald Trump, meanwhile, isn’t seeing a significant turnout boost powered by white voters, though Republicans are seeing positive signs in several Midwestern states.",center
270,President Trump Officially Discloses Reimbursing Michael Cohen for Stormy Daniels Payment,['Politics'],Stormy Daniels: Trump discloses payment to reimburse lawyer,BBC News,US President Donald Trump has officially disclosed his reimbursement to his lawyer for a payment to a porn star to hush her claims of an affair.,center
271,President Trump Officially Discloses Reimbursing Michael Cohen for Stormy Daniels Payment,['Politics'],Trump Finally Fesses Up to Reimbursing Michael Cohen,The Atlantic,"There’s still a great deal of mystery surrounding the president’s payment: Who knew about it, and why was it not previously disclosed?",left
272,President Trump Officially Discloses Reimbursing Michael Cohen for Stormy Daniels Payment,['Politics'],Trump met federal disclosure requirement by reimbursing Cohen for Stormy Daniels payment: Government,Washington Times,"President Trump met financial disclosure requirements in reporting a payment of more than $100,000 to attorney Michael Cohen, who paid hush-money to porn actress Stormy Daniels, the Office of Government Ethics said Wednesday.",right
273,Will New COVID-19 Subvariants Cause a Winter Surge?,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Science', 'Coronavirus Variants', 'Omicron Variant', 'BA.5 Variant', 'Healthcare', 'Holidays']",Evasive COVID-19 subvariants that you don’t know about are spreading fast,Poynter,"Focus on these new names: BQ1 and BQ1.1.  They are two of the hundreds of subvariants of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus behind COVID-19 that the World Health Organization is tracking.  
These subvariants have shown up in Nigeria, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, France, Belgium, New Zealand, Denmark and Italy.  And serious COVID-19 cases are rising around the world, just not in the U.S. yet. But we have been down this road before and we know, by now, where it is likely to lead.",center
274,Will New COVID-19 Subvariants Cause a Winter Surge?,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Science', 'Coronavirus Variants', 'Omicron Variant', 'BA.5 Variant', 'Healthcare', 'Holidays']",What the White House sees coming for COVID this winter,NPR (Online News),"The U.S. should prepare for a spike in COVID cases this winter as more people gather indoors and infections already begin to rise in Europe, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha says.
The warning echoes that of some other experts who anticipate a rise in cases in the coming months, while other modelling suggests that infections will recede in the near future.
""We are seeing this increase in Europe, and Europe tends to precede us by about four to six weeks,"" Jha told NPR. ""And so it stands to reason that as...",left
275,Will New COVID-19 Subvariants Cause a Winter Surge?,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Science', 'Coronavirus Variants', 'Omicron Variant', 'BA.5 Variant', 'Healthcare', 'Holidays']",What to know about new COVID variants BQ.1 and BQ1.1,Washington Examiner,"A new coronavirus variant BQ.1 and its sibling BQ1.1. are steadily accounting for more infections in the United States, spurring some concern that it may help fuel a resurgence in cases this winter.
BQ.1 and BQ1.1., which both descend from BA.5, an omicron subvariant that accounts for over 67% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., now make up roughly 11% of infections and are closing in on becoming the second-most dominant variant in the U.S., a rate at which Biden chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said is ""pretty troublesome.""",right
276,Uneasy Alliances Between Russia and the US,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama: Russia Doesn't Share US Values, Putin 'Protecting' Assad",Newsmax (News),"President Barack Obama says a U.S.-Russian agreement offers a chance to destroy Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons and promises to end the threat they pose to Syrians and the world.
But the two powers are divided over the fate of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Obama, speaking in a television interview taped before Saturday's announcement of the chemical weapons deal, said Russian President Vladimir Putin is ""protecting"" Assad and doesn't share American ""values"" in Syria.
""He has a different attitude about the Assad regime,"" Obama told ABC's ""This Week.""
""But what...",right
277,Uneasy Alliances Between Russia and the US,"['White House', 'Politics']",Sen. John McCain: Russia not serious on Syria,Washington Post,"Sen. John McCain suggested on Sunday that the U.S. deal with Russia to remove chemical weapons from Syria will be difficult to enforce without the threat of force.
""It's not a matter of trust,"" McCain said. ""It's a matter of whether it will be enforced. [Russia foreign secretary Sergei Lavrov] said 'there is nothing in this agreement about the use of force,' i.e. they will not agree to the use of force no matter what [Syrian President] Bashar Assad does.""",left
278,Uneasy Alliances Between Russia and the US,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama: 'Trust, but verify' on Putin's Syria plan",USA TODAY,"President Obama says he is taking a ""trust, but verify"" approach to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and his proposal to remove Syria's chemical weapons.
""This is not the Cold War, this is not a contest between the United States and Russia,"" Obama told ABC's This Week in an interview broadcast Sunday.
ABC taped the interview Friday, before the United States and Russia announced an agreement to inventory Syria's chemical weapons program and seize its components. It also calls for penalties on Bashar Assad's government if it fails to comply.",left
279,Trump at CPAC,['Politics'],"Trump to CPAC: ‘Now you finally have a president, finally’",Washington Post,"President Trump declared himself among friends as he delivered a campaign-style speech Friday at an annual gathering of conservative activists and told the crowd that his movement represented the future of the Republican party.
“Now you finally have a president, finally,” Trump said, shortly after taking stage to Lee Greenwood's “God Bless the U.S.A.”",left
280,Trump at CPAC,['Politics'],Trump At CPAC: 'The Era Of Empty Talk Is Over',NPR (Online News),President Trump's love for the crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference was palpable from the beginning of his speech Friday morning.,left
281,Trump at CPAC,['Politics'],"Trump hails conservative support at CPAC, slams ‘fake’ media",Washington Times,"President Trump received a raucous reception at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference Friday, thanking the “power of the people” for electing him and slamming the “fake news” media for much of his address.",right
282,Perspectives: Annual Inflation Hits 39-Year High,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Reserve', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'Stock Market', 'Gas Prices', 'Economics', 'Supply Chains']",Hot November inflation report was probably the best the White House could have hoped for at this point,Thomas Franck,"The Labor Department’s consumer inflation report showed that prices are still jumping.
But as hot as 6.8% year over year inflation is, Friday’s consumer price index report is probably the best the Biden administration could have hoped for at this point. 
While virtually every economist expects inflation to stay high for the foreseeable future, some on Wall Street had worried before Friday’s data release that inflation could have leaped as high as 7% or more in November. ",center
283,Perspectives: Annual Inflation Hits 39-Year High,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Reserve', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'Stock Market', 'Gas Prices', 'Economics', 'Supply Chains']",The Inflation Suspense Goes On,Paul Krugman,"Today’s consumer price report came as a huge surprise to almost everyone — because the numbers came in almost exactly in line with expectations, which basically never happens. Analysts whose job is to forecast what official numbers will say a few hours before they come out — a job of dubious usefulness, but whatever — expected the one-year rate of inflation to come in at 6.8 percent; it came in at … 6.8 percent. “Core” inflation that strips out volatile food and energy prices came in right on expectations too.
If there...",left
284,Perspectives: Annual Inflation Hits 39-Year High,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Reserve', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'Stock Market', 'Gas Prices', 'Economics', 'Supply Chains']",Inflation — from WIN to DIN,Andrew Stuttaford,"And just like that, we’re back at the Volcker era — except there’s no Volcker in sight:
Colby Smith for the Financial Times:
US consumer prices increased at the fastest pace in nearly 40 years in November, piling more political pressure on the Biden administration as it seeks support for a massive spending plan.
The consumer price index, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, rose 6.8 per cent last month from a year ago — the fastest annual pace since 1982 and a significant pick-up from the 6.2 per...",right
285,House Republicans Unveil Tax-Cut Bill,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Republicans Unveil Tax-Cut Bill Ahead of Election Push,Bloomberg,House Republican lawmakers introduced legislation Monday that would make the 2017 tax cuts for individuals permanent in a bid to highlight their signature economic policy achievement ahead of the November elections.,left
286,House Republicans Unveil Tax-Cut Bill,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Republicans move to lock in cuts with Tax Reform 2.0,Washington Times,"House Republicans announced legislation Monday to permanently lock in last year’s tax cuts, looking to remind voters of the surging economy — and the Republicans’ role in getting it there — in the weeks before the November elections.",right
287,House Republicans Unveil Tax-Cut Bill,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Republicans seek permanent tax cuts as elections loom,ABC News (Online),House Republican leaders have unveiled their proposal to expand the massive tax law they hustled through Congress last year. They're aiming to make permanent the individual tax cuts and small-business income deductions now set to expire in 2026.,left
288,May Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"U.S. job market stumbles in May, adding just 138,000 jobs",Washington Post,"U.S. job growth came in below expectations in May with employers adding just 138,000 jobs while the unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent, the lowest it has been in more than 16 years, federal economists reported Friday morning.",left
289,May Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"May Jobs Report: 138,000 More On Payrolls; Unemployment Dips Slightly",NPR (Online News),"Some 138,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in May, according to the monthly jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday morning.",left
290,May Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Unemployment at 16-Year Low in May Jobs Report,Townhall,"Employers scaled back on hiring in May adding 138,000 jobs, below forecasts for a job gains of 185,000, yet this was enough to push the unemployment rate lower.",right
291,Trump Refuses to Apologize,['Politics'],Defiant Trump refuses to apologize to McCain,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump wouldn't apologize Sunday after igniting a political firestorm a day earlier by questioning whether Sen. John McCain -- who spent five years as a prisoner during the Vietnam War -- is a war hero.
Asked by ABC News whether he owes McCain an apology, Trump said: ""No, not at all.""
""People that fought hard and weren't captured and went through a lot, they get no credit. Nobody even talks about them. They're like forgotten. And I think that's a shame, if you want to know the truth,"" Trump...",left
292,Trump Refuses to Apologize,['Politics'],"Donald Trump Says John McCain Is No War Hero, Setting Off Another Storm",New York Times (News),"Donald J. Trump has made his name in politics with provocative statements, but it was not until Saturday, after the flamboyant businessman turned presidential candidate belittled Senator John McCain’s war record, that many Republicans concluded that silence or equivocation about Mr. Trump’s incendiary rhetoric was inadequate.
Mr. Trump upended a Republican presidential forum here, and the race more broadly, by saying of the Arizona senator and former prisoner of war: “He’s not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”
Mr....",left
293,Trump Refuses to Apologize,['Politics'],"Donald Trump says he doesn’t owe an apology to Sen. John McCain, who ‘let us down’",Washington Times,"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Sunday he doesn’t owe Sen. John McCain an apology for saying over the weekend that the senator, who was a prisoner of war in Vietnam for six years, isn’t a true war hero.
In a phone interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Mr. Trump — who sits atop the Republican field in some polls — said his fellow candidates are blowing his comments out of proportion because they’re jealous or scared of his political power. He also strongly denied that he owes Mr. McCain an...",right
294,Germanwings Co-Pilot Practiced Crash,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Germanwings Co-Pilot Practiced Crash Hours Before It Happened,The Blaze,"The co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 appeared to have practiced a controlled descent on his flight into Barcelona just two hours before he intentionally crashed the A320 jet into a mountainside on the return flight to Dusseldorf, air accident investigators said Wednesday.",right
295,Germanwings Co-Pilot Practiced Crash,"['Transportation', 'General News']","Germanwings Co-Pilot Appears to Have Tried to Rehearse Fatal Dive, Report Says",New York Times (News),"Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot suspected of deliberately flying a German airliner into the French Alps, appears to have tried to rehearse the plane’s fatal dive during an earlier flight on the day of the crash, the French authorities said in a preliminary report published on Wednesday.",left
296,Germanwings Co-Pilot Practiced Crash,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Investigators: Germanwings crash co-pilot tried a dry run,USA TODAY,"The co-pilot of a Germanwings plane that slammed into the Alps apparently undertook a dry run of the ill-fated flight by setting automatic controls to dangerously low altitudes during a morning trip on the day of the crash, French air accident investigators confirmed Wednesday.",left
297,"Russia Conducts Military Exercises, US Alerts Troops Amid Fears of Ukraine Invasion","['Russia', 'Europe', 'World', 'Ukraine', 'NATO', 'Foreign Policy', 'Belarus', 'Kiev', 'Pentagon', 'Defense Department', 'US Military', 'Cybersecurity', 'Media Bias']",Russia moves troops and U.S. sends weapons as fear of war mounts in Ukraine,Washington Post,"Amid mounting concerns of war, the United States and Russia traded provocations on Tuesday with Moscow conducting a wave of military exercises involving warplanes, naval ships and ballistic missiles and Washington delivering a fresh shipment of weapons to Ukraine including antitank missiles and bunker busters.
Diplomats on both sides accused the other of recklessly increasing tensions through troop movements and weapons transfers as they acknowledged broad gaps at the negotiating table.
Russia’s military exercises, involving thousands of troops, elite paratroopers and short range ballistic missiles, sent a message of military...",left
298,"Russia Conducts Military Exercises, US Alerts Troops Amid Fears of Ukraine Invasion","['Russia', 'Europe', 'World', 'Ukraine', 'NATO', 'Foreign Policy', 'Belarus', 'Kiev', 'Pentagon', 'Defense Department', 'US Military', 'Cybersecurity', 'Media Bias']","Russia announces military exercises amid standoff with US, NATO over Ukraine",The Hill,"Russia on Tuesday announced new military exercises amid a standoff with the U.S. and NATO over Ukraine, which Western officials have warned Russia not to invade.
The newest Russian military drills include short-range ballistic missile units and are being conducted in the western region of Russia, The New York Times reported.
Russia's military district in the area said the exercises were meant ""to comprehensively check forces' combat skills,"" The Washington Post reported.",center
299,"Russia Conducts Military Exercises, US Alerts Troops Amid Fears of Ukraine Invasion","['Russia', 'Europe', 'World', 'Ukraine', 'NATO', 'Foreign Policy', 'Belarus', 'Kiev', 'Pentagon', 'Defense Department', 'US Military', 'Cybersecurity', 'Media Bias']",NATO chief announces alliance will not deploy combat troops to Ukraine,Washington Examiner,"NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced the alliance would not be deploying combat troops to Ukraine, which is not a member.
The United States and its allies in Europe are concerned that Russia, which has amassed a significant military presence along its border with Ukraine, could invade after weeks of military maneuvering by Moscow. Those fears have ramped up even further in recent days.",right
300,DOJ Charges 11 With Violating Sanctions in Schemes to Help Russia's Military,"['Justice', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Oil', 'Sanctions']",Multiple foreign nationals charged in alleged schemes to send military technology to Russia,CNN (Online News),"“These charges reveal two separate global schemes to violate U.S. export and sanctions laws, including by shipping sensitive military technologies from U.S. manufacturers – including types found in seized Russian weapons platforms in Ukraine – and attempting to reexport a machine system with potential application in nuclear proliferation and defense programs to Russia,” said Attorney General Merrick Garland in a statement.
“As I have said, our investigators and prosecutors will be relentless in their efforts to identify, locate, and bring to justice those whose illegal acts undermine the rule of...",left
301,DOJ Charges 11 With Violating Sanctions in Schemes to Help Russia's Military,"['Justice', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Oil', 'Sanctions']",Moscow says U.S. sanctions charges against 5 Russians are 'cynical' bid to intimidate,Reuters,"Russia sees charges brought by the United States against five Russian nationals for alleged sanctions violations as an attempt to intimidate the business community in Russia and abroad, its foreign ministry said on Thursday.
U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday charged the five with sanctions evasion and other violations related to shipping military technologies bought from U.S. manufacturers to Russian buyers. Some of the electronics obtained through the scheme have been found in Russian weapons platforms seized in Ukraine, prosecutors said.
One of the people charged in the case was arrested in...",center
302,DOJ Charges 11 With Violating Sanctions in Schemes to Help Russia's Military,"['Justice', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Oil', 'Sanctions']",Russians Charged With Smuggling Millions Of Barrels Of Venezuelan Oil To China,The Daily Caller,"Five Russian nationals and two Venezuelan oil brokers allegedly laundered millions of barrels of Venezuelan crude to Beijing in a scheme to aid the Russian military, the Department of Justice said Wednesday.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted several individuals and corporate entities for “alleged participation in a global sanction evasion and money laundering scheme” to furnish Russia with “powerful” civil-military technologies, according to a press release. The DOJ charged the indicted persons with smuggling millions of barrels of sanctioned Venezuelan oil to generate illicit revenue for Russian oligarchs as well as stealing sensitive U.S. military technology...",right
303,Perspectives: Florida's COVID-19 Situation,"['Coronavirus', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Mask Mandates']",Florida’s governor celebrated his anti-mandate Covid laws. Now Omicron is here,The Guardian,"Barely one month ago, Florida’s Republican governor Ron DeSantis was on a victory lap. The state’s average rate of new Covid-19 infections was the lowest in the nation, and a lapdog legislature was about to sign into law his sweeping new coronavirus measures, including the outlawing of mask and vaccine mandates in pursuit of “striking a blow for freedom”.
There was no mention of the 61,500 Floridians who have lost their lives to the virus.
Now, with the highly transmissible Omicron variant gaining a foothold in the US and likely already present in Florida, doctors say, the robustness of the...",left
304,Perspectives: Florida's COVID-19 Situation,"['Coronavirus', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Mask Mandates']",Does Florida Now Have Lowest Daily U.S. COVID Cases Per Capita?,Newsweek,"Over the past year, Florida and other Republican-led states have resisted federal measures to curb the COVID pandemic due to concerns over infringing on individual freedoms.
Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers have recently pushed back against what DeSantis has called ""heavy-handed"" COVID mandates, passing legislation to prohibit private employers from requiring vaccines and schools from requiring masks.
George Papadopoulos, a former advisor to President Donald Trump and a conservative author, this week shared an article stating that Florida, which has resisted measures intended to curb the pandemic, is currently experiencing the lowest per capita COVID...",center
305,Perspectives: Florida's COVID-19 Situation,"['Coronavirus', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Mask Mandates']","DeSantis Hails Major Florida Hospital System’s Decision To End Vaccine Mandate For 83,000 Employees",The Daily Wire,"A large Florida hospital has suspended its COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
On Thursday, AdventHealth — headquartered in Altamonte Springs, Florida, and treating patients in eight other states — will no longer force its 83,000 employees to be immunized, although it still encouraged vaccination.
“Based on scientific evidence and what we see in our hospitals every day, COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective at reducing both the risk of becoming infected and the level of harm in the case of a breakthrough infection,” AdventHealth said in a statement. “As part of our commitment to...",right
306,3.8 Million Americans Filed Jobless Claims Last Week,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Department Of Labor', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",Jobless Claims Fall to 3.84 Million,Breitbart News,"New claims for unemployment benefits fell to 3.84 million in the week ended April 25, data from the Department of Labor showed Thursday.
That brings new unemployment claims, a proxy for layoffs, over the past six weeks to around 30 million. Continuing claims, those filed after the initial week of benefits, rose to just under 18 million.
Economists had expected around 3.5 million new claims.
Claims hit a record 6.87 million for the week of March 28. Each subsequent week has seen claims decline. Last week’s initially reported figure was...",right
307,3.8 Million Americans Filed Jobless Claims Last Week,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Department Of Labor', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",30 million Americans have lost their jobs in 6 weeks,Vox,"More than 3.8 million people filed initial unemployment insurance claims during the week ending April 25, according to data released by the Department of Labor on Thursday morning. That brings the total number of people applying for benefits over the previous six weeks to more than 30 million.
It’s a staggering number of people who have filed for unemployment since the coronavirus pandemic triggered nationwide shutdowns and a severe economic downturn weeks ago. In late March, the Labor Department registered 3.3 million jobless claims in a single week, shattering previous...",left
308,3.8 Million Americans Filed Jobless Claims Last Week,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Department Of Labor', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",Over 3.8 Million Americans Filed for Jobless Benefits Last Week as States Struggle With Coronavirus Claims Surge,Wall Street Journal (News),"Connecticut was more than halfway through a multiyear modernization of its unemployment insurance system in mid-March when the coronavirus pandemic triggered a surge in claims and the state website that accepts applications froze.
Labor department personnel worked all night trying to figure out what had gone wrong and realized the website could only handle up to 8,300 applications in a single day, a fraction of what residents were now trying to submit. After fixing that problem, they tried to figure out what might break next, said Danté Bartolomeo, deputy commissioner...",center
309,"House Passes Bills to Expand Background Checks for Gun Sales, Schumer Pledges Senate Vote","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Violence In America', 'US Senate', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party']",House approves bills tightening background checks on guns,The Hill,"The House on Thursday approved two pieces of legislation aimed at strengthening background checks on firearm sales and transfers, a leading priority for Democratic lawmakers.
The Bipartisan Background Checks Act — spearheaded by Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) — looks to “utilize the current background checks process” in an attempt to ensure individuals prohibited from possessing a gun are unable to obtain one.
The bill passed by a 227-203 vote with eight Republicans backing the measure and one Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden (Maine), bucking his party to vote against it.",center
310,"House Passes Bills to Expand Background Checks for Gun Sales, Schumer Pledges Senate Vote","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Violence In America', 'US Senate', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party']",House approves gun control bills expanding background checks,CBS News (Online),"The House approved on two bills that would expand background checks on firearm sales, even though the legislation will likely stall in the Senate. These are the first significant gun control measures passed by the House since President Biden took office, after he promised to enact legislation strengthening background checks during the presidential campaign.
The Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021, H.R. 8, was approved with a vote of 227 to 203, with eight Republicans joining almost all Democrats in voting for the bill. Introduced by Democratic Congressman Mike Thompson,...",left
311,"House Passes Bills to Expand Background Checks for Gun Sales, Schumer Pledges Senate Vote","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Violence In America', 'US Senate', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party']",Schumer pledges Senate vote on gun bill passed by House: 'No more ... thoughts and prayers',Fox News (Online News),"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Thursday vowed that the Senate would vote on the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021, which passed the House Thursday in a 227-203 vote.
A prior version of the H.R. 8 bill, which would require background checks for all U.S. firearm purchases, passed the House in 2019 but did not receive 60 votes in the Senate to clear the filibuster.
""In the past, when they sent it over to us last time, it went into [fomer Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell's legislative graveyard,""...",right
312,Bipartisan Lawmakers Unveil $1.5 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill,"['Coronavirus', 'Problem Solvers Caucus', 'Bipartisanship', 'Stimulus Checks', 'US House', 'Politics']",Bipartisan U.S. lawmaker group to unveil $1.5 trillion COVID-19 aid bill,Reuters,"A group of 50 Democratic and Republican members of Congress is due to unveil $1.5 trillion bipartisan coronavirus relief legislation on Tuesday, in an election year effort to break a month-long impasse in COVID-19 talks between the White House and top Democrats.
The Problem Solvers Caucus, which includes members of both parties in the House of Representatives, was set to outline the legislative package at an 11 a.m. (1500 GMT) press conference at the U.S. Capitol.
The group, which says it has been working to find common ground on coronavirus...",center
313,Bipartisan Lawmakers Unveil $1.5 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill,"['Coronavirus', 'Problem Solvers Caucus', 'Bipartisanship', 'Stimulus Checks', 'US House', 'Politics']",Rank-and-file House members achieve rare bipartisan consensus in bid to press Hill leaders to cut stimulus deal,CNN (Online News),"A bipartisan group of House members is unveiling a sweeping proposal to inject up to $2 trillion in aid to the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, a move aimed at jump-starting talks that have devolved into bitter acrimony and finger-pointing between the White House and Democratic leaders in the heat of this election year.
The proposal touches on many of the elements under discussion -- aid to small businesses and schools, a new round of checks to Americans, more jobless benefits and funding to help with the November elections --...",left
314,Bipartisan Lawmakers Unveil $1.5 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill,"['Coronavirus', 'Problem Solvers Caucus', 'Bipartisanship', 'Stimulus Checks', 'US House', 'Politics']",Bipartisan lawmakers offer coronavirus relief solution in effort to break logjam,Fox News (Online News),"A bipartisan group of House lawmakers Tuesday unveiled a compromise coronavirus package that worked out some of the thorniest divisions between Democrats and Republicans in an effort to jump-start relief to Americans still reeling from the health and economic crisis.
The Problem Solvers Caucus released its $1.5 trillion coronavirus plan as proof bipartisanship is still afoot and to deliver a pre-packaged solution to Republican and Democratic leadership that would meet the nation's most pressing needs for the next six to 12 months.
There's been no progress on a new coronavirus...",right
315,Perspectives: The Media and Andrew Cuomo,"['Media Bias', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'CNN']","Chris Cuomo mum on big brother’s scandal, observers say CNN botched chance to showcase journalism standards",Fox News (Online News),"CNN host Chris Cuomo ignored the bombshell news Tuesday that his brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D., was accused by the state's attorney general of sexually harassing 11 women. 
The stone silence from CNN’s most-watched host, who offered his brother advice and even drafted a statement to respond to the allegations against him in February, has some critics saying he should be taken off the air. Others feel the embattled network missed a chance to display journalism morals and ethics that have eroded in recent years. 
CNN’s Cuomo, who had awkwardly addressed the family drama on his...",right
316,Perspectives: The Media and Andrew Cuomo,"['Media Bias', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'CNN']",The Cuomo brothers: Report places a new spotlight on a unique relationship,CNN Business,"There's no relationship quite like it in politics or media: A pair of brothers, one governing the fourth biggest state in the country, the other hosting one of the most prominent shows on cable TV. Right now, both men are standing in a very bright spotlight.
Governor Andrew Cuomo's alleged sexual harassment and abuse of power -- documented in excruciating detail by NY AG Letitia James' report -- is leading him down an impeachment track. Chris Cuomo's role as a member of his brother's inner circle, a role that raises serious questions...",left
317,Perspectives: The Media and Andrew Cuomo,"['Media Bias', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'CNN']","Remember, the National Media Deliberately Chose to Celebrate Andrew Cuomo",Jim Geraghty,"Assume, for the moment, that at the height of “Cuomosexuals” in 2020, members of the national news media did not know that Andrew Cuomo habitually and shamelessly sexual harassed women who worked for him for many years.
There was still that odd incongruence that New York state persistently ranked at or near the highest in COVID-19 deaths per million residents. And it wasn’t merely a factor of New York City getting hit first or the sheer population density. Nineteen months after the first diagnosed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S., New York still...",right
318,Trump Declares National Emergency,"['Domestic Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'Public Health', 'Emergency Declaration', 'Coronavirus']","Trump Announces National Emergency, Expanded Testing, More Money and Flexibility on Virus Response",Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump declared a coronavirus national emergency in a speech from the White House on Friday afternoon, invoking the Stafford Act for disaster relief and emergency assistance. The step will mean billions of dollars in additional federal resources for testing, resources and the shoring up of the flailing national economy.
The president also sought to offer more reassurance about the government's efforts. In recent days, his administration has been under intense fire for conflicting messages, a sluggish national response and haphazard testing for the COVID-19 virus, which began in...",right
319,Trump Declares National Emergency,"['Domestic Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'Public Health', 'Emergency Declaration', 'Coronavirus']",Trump declares national emergency to bolster funding for fighting virus outbreak,Associated Press,WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump declares national emergency to bolster funding for fighting virus outbreak.,left
320,Trump Declares National Emergency,"['Domestic Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'Public Health', 'Emergency Declaration', 'Coronavirus']",Here's what Trump's coronavirus emergency declaration does,CNN (Online News),"(CNN) - President Donald Trump issued a federal emergency declaration Friday afternoon over the coronavirus outbreak following a week of cancellations, suspensions and growing case numbers that unsettled Americans nationwide.
An emergency or disaster declaration from the President frees up additional money and sets the Federal Emergency Management Agency in motion.
There are two types of declarations authorized by the Stafford Act, which is the statutory authority for ""most federal disaster response activities"": emergency declarations and major disaster declarations.
The difference between the two -- both of which unlock...",left
321,Sweden Comment Raises Questions,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump may have been unclear, but Sweden experiencing a migrant crime wave",Fox News (Online News),Police investigator Peter Springare isn’t likely to be among those mocking President Trump for his remarks about refugees in Sweden.,right
322,Sweden Comment Raises Questions,"['White House', 'Politics']",Amusement and bemusement over Trump's remarks about 'last night in Sweden',CNBC,"When U.S. President Donald Trump told supporters in Melbourne, Florida, Saturday evening that ""we've got to keep our country safe. You look at what's happening in Germany, you look at what's happening last night in Sweden,"" public attention turned to the Scandinavian country, expecting scenes of terror.",center
323,Sweden Comment Raises Questions,"['White House', 'Politics']",White House says Trump's Sweden comment referred to 'rising crime',The Guardian,"The White House has said Donald Trump was speaking about general “rising crime” when he seemed to describe a non-existent terror attack in Sweden on Saturday night, as the president defended his ideas about banning refugees and travel from seven Muslim-majority countries.",left
324,"Apple, Google and Amazon Ban Parler","['Free Speech', 'Technology', 'Censorship', 'Amazon', 'Online Censorship', 'Google', 'Apple', 'Parler', 'Big Tech']",Parler CEO: Tech Companies Coordinated Plan to Close Us Down,Newsmax (News),"The silencing of conservative speech on social media has spiraled into a ""coordinated effort"" by big tech to close down Parler, according to the social media platform's CEO John Matze.
""This was a coordinated attack by the tech giants to kill the competition in the marketplace,"" Matze's statement read. ""We were too successful too fast.
""You can expect the war on competition and free speech to continue, but don't count us out. #speakfreely.""
Matze's statement comes as Amazon is removing the platform from its webservers, which might take the conservative...",right
325,"Apple, Google and Amazon Ban Parler","['Free Speech', 'Technology', 'Censorship', 'Amazon', 'Online Censorship', 'Google', 'Apple', 'Parler', 'Big Tech']",Amazon Is Booting Parler Off Of Its Web Hosting Service,BuzzFeed News,"Amazon notified Parler that it would be cutting off the social network favored by conservatives and extremists from its cloud hosting service Amazon Web Services, according to an email obtained by BuzzFeed News. The suspension, which will go into effect on Sunday just before midnight, means that Parler will be unable to operate and will go offline unless it can find another hosting service.
People on Parler used the social network to stoke fear, spread hate, and coordinate the insurrection at the Capitol building on Wednesday. The app has recently...",left
326,"Apple, Google and Amazon Ban Parler","['Free Speech', 'Technology', 'Censorship', 'Amazon', 'Online Censorship', 'Google', 'Apple', 'Parler', 'Big Tech']","Amazon to drop Parler from its web hosting service, citing violent posts",CNBC,"Amazon has pulled the plug on Parler, a social media app popular with Trump supporters, in the wake of the deadly U.S. Capitol riot earlier this week.
Amazon’s cloud-computing unit, Amazon Web Services (AWS), informed Parler on Saturday that it will no longer provide cloud services to the company beginning on Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT, according to an email obtained by CNBC. AWS provides cloud services to Parler that host its website, which means that if Parler can’t locate a new cloud provider by Sunday night, the site will...",center
327,Postal Service,[],"Postal Service future in question after first-ever default, lawmakers stuck on a deal",Fox News (Online News),"Add the Postal Service to the list of problems Congress is so far unable to fix.
America's mail service endured its first-ever default overnight, failing to submit a required $5.5 billion payment for future retirees' health benefits by Thursday.
The unprecedented lapse prompted new questions about the fate of the Postal Service as its financial situation spirals ever out of control, and Capitol Hill lawmakers have started a new round of fingerpointing after deadlocking over how to break the slide.
""Congress must act quickly in order to...",right
328,Postal Service,[],Postal service can't pay its bills,CNN (Online News),The U.S. Postal Service defaults on a $5.5 billion dollar payment to the retiree fund. CNN's Athena Jones reports.,left
329,House To Vote on Resolution Condemning Trump Tweets,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Ayanna Pressley', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'Ilhan Omar', 'Rashida Tlaib', 'Politics']",Pelosi to introduce resolution condemning Trump's 'go-home' comments,Washington Times,"House Democrats said Monday they plan to introduce a resolution condemning President Trump’s “xenophobic” comments against four freshman Democratic lawmakers, as more Republicans publicly criticized Mr. Trump for his remarks telling the Democrats to go back to their original countries.
“The House cannot allow the president’s characterization of immigrants to our country to stand,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told colleagues in a letter. “Our Republican colleagues must join us in condemning the president’s xenophobic tweets.”
She said a resolution will be introduced by Rep. Tom Malinowski of New Jersey, who...",right
330,House To Vote on Resolution Condemning Trump Tweets,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Ayanna Pressley', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'Ilhan Omar', 'Rashida Tlaib', 'Politics']","As Trump doubles down on racist comments, House to vote on condemning them",Los Angeles Times,"President Trump's racist taunt that four congresswomen of color ""go back"" to the ""places from which they came"" unified Democrats just as they were facing one of their most serious fractures since taking control of the House.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) said on Monday the House would vote on a resolution condemning “the president’s xenophobic tweets.” The resolution is being drafted by House Democrats who were born abroad, including Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.), who was born in communist Poland and moved to central New Jersey when he was 6...",left
331,House To Vote on Resolution Condemning Trump Tweets,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Ayanna Pressley', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'Ilhan Omar', 'Rashida Tlaib', 'Politics']",Pelosi announces House resolution to condemn Trump's 'xenophobic tweets',The Hill,"“Not at all,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday when asked if his tweets about the lawmakers were racist. “If somebody has a problem with our country, if somebody doesn’t want to be in our country, they should leave.”
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) is also drafting a resolution to condemn Trump for his tweets. A spokesman for Jackson Lee said that her office is in discussions with House leadership.",center
332,Obamacare Repeal,['Healthcare'],"Support wanes for repeal of Obamacare, surveys suggest",Chicago Tribune,"By a substantial margin, Americans disagree with the Republican argument that President Obama’s healthcare law should be repealed and replaced, but several weeks of relatively good news about the law have done little to change entrenched, partisan views of it.",center
333,Obamacare Repeal,['Healthcare'],Getting Repeal Right,Townhall,"Guy Benson highlighted some recent statements made by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) this morning about not fully repealing Obamacare, adding:",right
334,Obamacare Repeal,['Healthcare'],"Unskew this! Desperate GOP Obamacare ploy fails, again",Salon,Conservatives want to make midterms into an Obamacare referendum. Trouble is its working -- and voters know it,left
335,Saudi Arabia Sentences Five to Death for Murder of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi,"['Saudi Arabia', 'Middle East', 'Press Freedom', 'Journalism', 'Jamal Khashoggi', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Saudi Arabia sentences five to death in killing of Jamal Khashoggi,Washington Examiner,"Five people have been sentenced to death in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but the two most senior officials implicated in the murder were cleared of wrongdoing because of ""insufficient evidence,"" Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor announced Monday.
The convicted defendants have not been named. Three others were sentenced to jail terms totaling 24 years.
Khashoggi, who wrote opinion columns for the Washington Post, was killed after he entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in October 2018. He was one of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s most prominent critics.
The...",right
336,Saudi Arabia Sentences Five to Death for Murder of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi,"['Saudi Arabia', 'Middle East', 'Press Freedom', 'Journalism', 'Jamal Khashoggi', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']","Saudi sentences five to death, three to jail over Khashoggi murder",Reuters,"RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia on Monday sentenced five people to death and three more to jail terms totaling 24 years over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last year.
Saudi Deputy Public Prosecutor and spokesman Shalaan al-Shalaan, reading out the trial verdict, said the court dismissed charges against the remaining three of the 11 people that had been on trial, finding them not guilty. None of the defendants’ names was immediately released.
“The investigation showed that the killing was not premeditated ......",center
337,Saudi Arabia Sentences Five to Death for Murder of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi,"['Saudi Arabia', 'Middle East', 'Press Freedom', 'Journalism', 'Jamal Khashoggi', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Saudi Arabia sentences five to death for Khashoggi murder but clears three top officials,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)Saudi Arabia has sentenced five people to death for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi but cleared a former top adviser to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a public prosecutor said Monday.
There was no evidence against Saud al-Qahtani, Saudi Deputy Public Prosecutor Shaalan al-Shaalan announced in a televised press conference Monday. A court also dismissed charges against Ahmed al-Assiri, a former deputy intelligence chief, and Mohammed al-Otaibi, Saudi's consul general in Istanbul when the murder took place, he said.
Al-Qahtani was sanctioned a year ago by the US...",left
338,Fake Video Of Trump Shooting Media and Critics Shown At Doral Resort,['Politics'],Trump campaign denies showing massacre in 'Church of Fake News' parody video at Doral,Washington Times,"A graphically violent parody video, shown at a meeting of President Trump’s supporters at his Miami resort, depicted a likeness of the president shooting and stabbing his opponents and members of the news media in a church, The New York Times reported Sunday.
In the video, Trump’s critics and media members are portrayed as parishioners fleeing his gruesome rampage. The fake Trump strikes the late Sen. John McCain in the neck, hits and stabs TV personality Rosie O’Donnell in the face, lights Sen. Bernie Sanders’ head on fire and shoots...",right
339,Fake Video Of Trump Shooting Media and Critics Shown At Doral Resort,['Politics'],Macabre Video of Fake Trump Shooting Media and Critics Is Shown at His Resort,New York Times (News),"A video depicting a macabre scene of a fake President Trump shooting, stabbing and brutally assaulting members of the news media and his political opponents was shown at a conference for his supporters at his Miami resort last week, according to footage obtained by The New York Times.
Several of Mr. Trump’s top surrogates — including his son Donald Trump Jr., his former spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis — were scheduled to speak at the three-day conference, which was held by a pro-Trump group,...",left
340,Fake Video Of Trump Shooting Media and Critics Shown At Doral Resort,['Politics'],Fake video of Trump shooting media and political opponents shown at conference: New York Times,USA TODAY,"Journalists are calling on President Donald Trump and his campaign to denounce a video edited to depict Trump violently murdering news organizations and political opponents.
The video was played at a conference hosted by a pro-Trump group at his Miami resort last week, according to a report in The New York Times. It includes the logo for Trump's 2020 re-election campaign.
In the video, which is an edited scene from the film ""Kingsman: The Secret Service,"" Trump enters a ""Church of Fake News"" and opens fire on members of the...",left
341,Roy Moore Announces Senate Campaign; Met With Backlash,"['Elections', 'US Senate', 'Alabama', 'Roy Moore']",Roy Moore to Run Again for Alabama Senate Seat Despite Sexual-Misconduct Allegations,National Review,"Roy Moore, who was the Republican nominee in 2017’s Alabama Senate election but lost after being accused of sexual misconduct, announced Thursday that he will run again in 2020.
“Yes, I will run for the United States Senate in 2020,” Moore said. “Can I win? Yes, I can win.”
The former chief justice of Alabama’s Supreme Court was accused during his 2017 campaign of touching and making sexual advances toward teenage girls, including a 14-year-old, in the 1980s, when he was in his 30s. The judge, who lost the election...",right
342,Roy Moore Announces Senate Campaign; Met With Backlash,"['Elections', 'US Senate', 'Alabama', 'Roy Moore']",‘This place has enough creepy old men’: GOP vows to crush Roy Moore,Politico,"Republicans are promising to do everything they can to obliterate Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate primary.
A push is underway to get President Donald Trump involved in derailing Moore. Republicans are actively moving to recruit Jeff Sessions to run for his old seat. And GOP leaders are warning the party will jeopardize perhaps its only chance at picking up a Senate seat next year if they let Democrat Doug Jones get his favored match-up.",left
343,Roy Moore Announces Senate Campaign; Met With Backlash,"['Elections', 'US Senate', 'Alabama', 'Roy Moore']",How Roy Moore Could Actually Win Alabama’s Republican Senate Primary,FiveThirtyEight,"After Doug Jones won Alabama’s U.S. Senate race in 2017 — the first time a Democrat had won a seat there in 25 years — it seemed as if Roy Moore’s political career was over. After all, he faced allegations that he initiated unwanted sexual contact with teenage girls when he was in his 30s. (Moore has denied the allegations, dismissing them as “fake news.”)
But now Moore has decided to run for the Senate again. On Thursday, the former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court announced his bid...",center
344,Trump/Pence Debut,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Pence might share a ticket with Trump but not a worldview,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump's vice presidential pick, Mike Pence, has held wildly different views on trade, Russia, Iraq and Muslims than the billionaire businessman.
Throughout his 16-year political career, the 57-year-old Indiana governor has adhered to traditionally muscular Republican policies on foreign affairs.",left
345,Trump/Pence Debut,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",CNN: Trump Considered Dumping Pence Late Last Night,Townhall,"Beware of this scoop from CNN's Dana Bash -- not because she isn't credible as a journalist, but because the sourcing is totally opaque. Why would anyone within Trump's upper echelon leak this detail and intentionally draw blood from their just-announced teammate? And who would be in a position to know this information, but also have an incentive to run off and gossip to CNN that Trump supposedly came thisclose to dropping Pence and heading in another direction? Here's Bash's tweet, which is making the rounds:",right
346,Trump/Pence Debut,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Top GOP Operative: Mike Pence Once Thought Trump Was ‘Unacceptable.’ Now He’s The VP Pick.,HuffPost,"Dan Senor, a respected Republican strategist who served as a senior adviser to Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign, suggested on Friday that Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick once found the real estate mogul’s politics repulsive.",left
347,May Jobs Report Better Than Expected,"['Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Labor', 'Business', 'Unemployment', 'Economy And Jobs']","Unemployment rate drops to 13.3% in May, signaling return of US jobs",Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to 13.3 percent in May, down from a record high in April, indicating the nation's economy is recovering faster than expected from the coronavirus lockdown.
The Labor Department said in its Friday report that employers added a stunning 2.5 million jobs in May -- the biggest increase on record. The economy shed a combined 22.1 million jobs in April and March, meaning there are an estimated 21 million Americans currently out of work.
Economists surveyed by Refinitiv expected the report, conducted in mid-May, to...",right
348,May Jobs Report Better Than Expected,"['Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Labor', 'Business', 'Unemployment', 'Economy And Jobs']",Dow rallies more than 700 points after shocking record surge in U.S. jobs,CNBC,"The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied on Friday after the latest U.S. jobs report raised hope the economy is starting to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
The 30-stock Dow jumped more than 700 points at the open, or 2.7%. The S&P 500 traded 2% higher,. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.9%.
“We’re back,” CNBC’s Jim Cramer said on “Squawk Box.” “I think there were a lot of people who felt that the layoffs would be permanent and it’s obvious that there’s so much demand that people have to bring people...",center
349,May Jobs Report Better Than Expected,"['Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Labor', 'Business', 'Unemployment', 'Economy And Jobs']","May jobs report: US economy unexpectedly adds 2.5 million payrolls, unemployment rate falls to 13.3%",Yahoo News,"The May jobs report showed an unexpected rise in the number of non-farm payrolls in the economy and a drop in the unemployment rate from April, averting what economists expected would be a rise in the jobless rate to the highest level since the Great Depression amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Labor Department released the May jobs report Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main results from the report, compared to Bloomberg consensus data:
Change in non-farm payrolls: +2.509 million vs. -7.5 million expected and -20.687 million in...",left
350,New GOP Reality,['Elections'],"America, Meet Your New Republican Bosses",HuffPost,"Republican victories in Tuesday's Senate elections push out a Democratic old guard and usher in a new crop of hungry GOPers, some just getting their feet wet in politics.
Republicans won control of the Senate partly with the help of newcomers who ousted Democratic incumbents and whipped rivals for seats vacated by retiring liberal lions, whose political service spanned decades that included some of the biggest moments in modern U.S. political history. These departing senators have chaired powerful committees, authored landmark bills, exposed torture in Vietnam, debated CIA interrogation methods,...",left
351,New GOP Reality,['Elections'],"Obama, Congress prepare for new reality after GOP sweep",USA TODAY,"As the big red wave swept the Republicans into control of the Senate, the White House remained largely mum. That will change Wednesday afternoon when President Obama emerges to address the new political landscape for his final two years in office.
The president, still weighed down by a popularity rating in the low 40% range in public polls, also invited House and Senate leaders of both parties to a meeting Friday at the White House to discuss the road ahead.
White House press spokesman Josh Earnest an",left
352,New GOP Reality,['Elections'],"Republicans take control of Congress: Can Obama, GOP end ‘perpetual conflict’?",Fox News (Online News),"Tuesday’s big electoral wins have handed the reins of Congress to Republicans for the remainder of President Obama’s term, but immediately raise the question of whether the next two years will bring more acrimonious gridlock – or some compromise on key issues ranging from immigration to energy.
In his victory speech Tuesday night, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, who is expected to ascend to majority leader, said some things won't change next year. But he stressed that lawmakers and the White House don't have to be in ""perpetual conflict"" and...",right
353,Mark Sanford Wins Special Election,['Elections'],Behind Mark Sanford's turnaround,Politico,South Carolinians may not love former Gov. Mark Sanford. They may still have a bad taste in their mouths after his governorship.,left
354,Mark Sanford Wins Special Election,['Elections'],5 things we learned from Sanford's win,CNN (Online News),Mark Sanford is heading back to Washington after detours along the Appalachian Trail and Argentina.,left
355,Mark Sanford Wins Special Election,['Elections'],Former S.C. Gov. Sanford headed back to Congress after defeating Colbert Busch,Washington Times,"Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, once a rising star in the Republican Party whose career crashed four years ago after a bizarre extramarital affair, capped a remarkable political comeback Tuesday by winning a special election for the state's open House seat.",right
356,Perspectives: Holocaust Remembrance Day,"['General News', 'Holocaust', 'Antisemitism', 'Genocide']",World remembers Holocaust as antisemitism rises in pandemic,Associated Press,"Holocaust survivors and politicians warned about the resurgence of antisemitism and Holocaust denial as the world remembered Nazi atrocities and commemorated the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp on Thursday.
“I have lived in New York for 75 years, but I still remember well the terrible time of horror and hatred,” survivor Inge Auerbacher, 87, told the German parliament. “Unfortunately, this cancer has reawakened and hatred of Jews is commonplace again in many countries in the world, including Germany.”
Commemorations took place amid a rise of...",left
357,Perspectives: Holocaust Remembrance Day,"['General News', 'Holocaust', 'Antisemitism', 'Genocide']",Politicizing the Holocaust dehumanizes us all,CNN (Opinion),"As a child of Holocaust survivors, nothing is more sacred and important to me than preserving the memory of this period. The international community has made great strides in educating the world about it.
Just last week, the United Nations adopted a resolution by consensus against Holocaust denial, while Egypt commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day for the very first time, in an event sponsored by Cairo's US embassy and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Yet as we mark this year's International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I am terribly saddened by efforts to minimize the...",left
358,Perspectives: Holocaust Remembrance Day,"['General News', 'Holocaust', 'Antisemitism', 'Genocide']",Holocaust Remembrance Day – why we must never forget,Fox News (Opinion),"January 27 has been designated by the United Nations as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The date was chosen because, on January 27, 1945, the infamous Nazi German slave labor and death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, was liberated by the Soviet army.
The camp, actually it was a complex of camps and work sites, was the destination for more than 1.3 million people arrested, deported, and enslaved by Hitler’s regime. Beyond imagination, an estimated 1.1 million were murdered there, of whom one million were Jews from across Europe and one hundred thousand were...",right
359,Hong Kong Protesters Smash Legislature on Important Anniversary,"['World', 'Hong Kong', 'China', 'Democracy']",Hong Kong protesters storm government building over China extradition bill,CNN (Online News),"Protestors storm the Legislative Council: Hundreds of angry, young protesters have broken into the heart of the government of Hong Kong, in a major escalation after weeks of mass demonstrations.",left
360,Hong Kong Protesters Smash Legislature on Important Anniversary,"['World', 'Hong Kong', 'China', 'Democracy']",Hong Kong demonstrators storm government building amid protests on anniversary of return of Chinese rule,Fox News (Online News),"A group of protestors smashed a window and stormed Hong Kong's legislature building Monday amid another round of massive demonstrations in the city on the 22nd anniversary of the return to Chinese rule.
The crowd, comprised of mostly young protesters, could be seen on video using a cargo cart and large poles as battering rams against the glass panel. The demonstrators then tore down part of a glass and metal exterior wall of the government building, carrying away the long strips of metal framework.",right
361,Hong Kong Protesters Smash Legislature on Important Anniversary,"['World', 'Hong Kong', 'China', 'Democracy']",Hong Kong protesters smash up legislature in direct challenge to China,Reuters,"HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hundreds of Hong Kong protesters stormed the legislature on the anniversary of the city’s 1997 return to China on Monday, destroying pictures and daubing walls with graffiti in a direct challenge to China as anger over an extradition bill spiraled out of control.",center
362,Trump Won’t Renew PR Jones Act Waiver,"['Disaster', 'General News']",The Jones Act Waiver For Puerto Rico Just Expired And Won’t Be Renewed,HuffPost,That means the U.S. island decimated by Hurricane Maria will go back to paying double the shipping costs for food and supplies.,left
363,Trump Won’t Renew PR Jones Act Waiver,"['Disaster', 'General News']",White House lets Jones Act waiver expire for Puerto Rico,The Hill,"The White House has let a 10-day shipping waiver expire for Puerto Rico, meaning foreign ships can no longer bring aid to the hurricane-ravaged island from U.S. ports.",center
364,Trump Won’t Renew PR Jones Act Waiver,"['Disaster', 'General News']",DHS won't extend Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico,Washington Examiner,"The Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico expired Sunday and will not be renewed, the Department of Homeland Security said Monday.",right
365,CDC Urges COVID-19 Booster Shots for Ages 16 and 17,"['Coronavirus', 'Pfizer', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'CDC']",CDC urges kids ages 16-17 to get newly cleared boosters; your 3rd shot unlikely to be your last,USA TODAY,"With the new omicron variant of the coronavirus spreading in the U.S., federal authorities are giving booster shots for 16- and 17-year-olds a strong endorsement.
Hours after the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized the extra doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents in that age group, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that those teens get the added protection as soon as they're six months past their initial shots.
“Today, CDC is strengthening its booster recommendations and encouraging everyone 16 and older to receive a booster shot,'' the...",left
366,CDC Urges COVID-19 Booster Shots for Ages 16 and 17,"['Coronavirus', 'Pfizer', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'CDC']","US expands Pfizer COVID boosters, opens extra dose to age 16",Associated Press,"U.S. health authorities again expanded the nation’s booster campaign Thursday, opening extra doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to several million 16- and 17-year-olds.
The U.S. and many other nations already were urging adults to get booster shots to pump up immunity that can wane months after vaccination, calls that intensified with the discovery of the worrisome new omicron variant.
On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration gave emergency authorization for 16- and 17-year-olds to get a third dose of the vaccine made by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech — once they’re...",left
367,CDC Urges COVID-19 Booster Shots for Ages 16 and 17,"['Coronavirus', 'Pfizer', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'CDC']",CDC Recommends All 16- and 17-year-olds Get COVID-19 Booster Shots,The Epoch Times,"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday recommended every 16- and 17-year-old in the United States get a COVID-19 booster shot, provided their last vaccination was done at least six months ago.
“Although we don’t have all the answers on the Omicron variant, initial data suggests that COVID-19 boosters help broaden and strengthen the protection against Omicron and other variants. We know that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective, and I strongly encourage adolescents ages 16 and 17 to get their booster if they are at least 6...",right
368,Preparing for 1st Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama, Romney to break from trail ahead of debate",Washington Post,"President Obama travels to Henderson, Nev., on Sunday for a mission far more important than the usual swing state campaign rally: He will huddle privately with senior aides for an intensive three-day boot camp to prepare for the first presidential debate.",left
369,Preparing for 1st Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Presidential Debates: The One Area Where Campaigns Pitch Their Weakness,NPR (Online News),"It's the old game of setting the bar high for your opponent and lower for your candidate, of course. That way, anything short of a disastrous debate performance can be claimed as a knockout victory.",left
370,Preparing for 1st Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Campaigns launch into expectations game ahead of vital presidential debate,Fox News (Online News),"With the first presidential debate set for Wednesday, the campaigns are hard at work trying to jockey for advantage -- as the Obama campaign girds for a potentially aggressive performance by Mitt Romney.",right
371,2007 Obama Video,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Video potential worry for Obama campaign,Politico,"The five-year old video showing President Barack Obama talking bluntly about race, Hurricane Katrina and Rev. Jeremiah Wright is a source of worry for a campaign thats already on a knifes edge over Wednesday nights high-stakes debate in Denver and thinning leads in national polls.",left
372,2007 Obama Video,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Conservative media coordinates on release of old Obama video,CNN (Online News),"On the eve of the first presidential debate, conservative media outlets seized on footage of a five-year-old, widely covered speech by then-presidential candidate Barack Obama, who argued at the time that the federal government discriminated against Hurricane Katrina victims.",left
373,2007 Obama Video,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Video surfaces of Obama in 2007 suggesting racism slowed aid to post-Katrina New Orleans,Fox News (Online News),"In June 2007, then-Sen. Barack Obama told a mostly black audience of ministers that the country's leaders ""don't care about"" New Orleans residents, suggesting the city was neglected in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina because of institutional racism, according to an unedited video reported on by The Daily Caller",right
374,ABC Anchor Amy Robach Says Network Suppressed Jeffrey Epstein Reporting,"['Media Bias', 'Amy Robach', 'ABC News', 'Jeffery Epstein', 'Suicide', 'Prince Andrew', 'Royal Family', 'Media']",ABC says interview with Epstein accuser wasn’t ready to air,Associated Press,"NEW YORK (AP) — ABC News faced questions Tuesday about whether it was reluctant to air a sensitive story about alleged sexual misconduct after a leaked video emerged of its reporter complaining about how her bosses handled an interview with a Jeffrey Epstein accuser.
The conservative web site Project Veritas released video of Amy Robach venting that “every day I get more and more pissed” that her 2015 interview with Virginia Roberts never made the air. The video, taken while Robach was in a Times Square studio but not on...",left
375,ABC Anchor Amy Robach Says Network Suppressed Jeffrey Epstein Reporting,"['Media Bias', 'Amy Robach', 'ABC News', 'Jeffery Epstein', 'Suicide', 'Prince Andrew', 'Royal Family', 'Media']",ABC News’ Amy Robach claims network ‘quashed’ Jeffrey Epstein coverage on hot mic,New York Post (News),"ABC News anchor Amy Robach was caught on a hot mic griping about how the network allegedly “quashed” her exclusive coverage of the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal before it exploded years later.
Undated clips showing Robach slamming ABC were made public Tuesday by right-wing group Project Veritas.",right
376,ABC Anchor Amy Robach Says Network Suppressed Jeffrey Epstein Reporting,"['Media Bias', 'Amy Robach', 'ABC News', 'Jeffery Epstein', 'Suicide', 'Prince Andrew', 'Royal Family', 'Media']",ABC News Anchor Caught on Mic Saying Network Quashed Jeffrey Epstein Story,Daily Beast,"ABC News anchor Amy Robach was caught on camera slamming her own network for allegedly sitting on the Jeffrey Epstein story three years ago. In a video clip released by right-wing group Project Veritas on Tuesday, Robach is seemingly caught on a hot mic complaining to colleagues that her Epstein story was suppressed by network executives. Robach says she’d spoken to Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who alleges Epstein used her as a sex slave and trafficked her to his powerful friends, including Britain’s Prince Andrew. “I’ve had this interview with Virginia...",left
377,President Trump Unhappy with Fox News,"['Media Bias', 'Donald Trump', 'Fox News', 'Polls', 'Economy']",Trump delivers another blow to Fox News: 'Fox isn’t working for us anymore!',Politico,"President Donald Trump let loose on Fox News on Wednesday, saying the network ""isn’t working for us anymore"" while encouraging his followers to look for an alternative to his long-cherished cable news channel.
In a three-part Twitter attack, Trump escalated his feud that started earlier this year when the network started featuring more Democratic commentators and hosted a series of town halls with Democratic presidential candidates.",left
378,President Trump Unhappy with Fox News,"['Media Bias', 'Donald Trump', 'Fox News', 'Polls', 'Economy']",'Fox isn’t working for us anymore!': Trump slams Fox News for 2020 coverage,USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – Saying that Fox News ""isn't working for us anymore,"" President Donald Trump slammed the network Wednesday for its coverage of the 2020 presidential race.
Trump in a series of tweets accused Fox News of ""promoting the Democrats through their DNC Communications Director, spewing out whatever she wanted with zero pushback by anchor, @SandraSmithFox.""
DNC communications director Xochitl Hinojosa was on Fox News' ""America's Newsroom"" to discuss the Democratic race, as Wednesday is the last day that candidates can meet the polling requirements to be in the upcoming Democratic...",left
379,President Trump Unhappy with Fox News,"['Media Bias', 'Donald Trump', 'Fox News', 'Polls', 'Economy']",Warning signs for Trump as poll shows more think economy is getting worse,Fox News (Online News),"In what could be a new warning sign for President Trump’s 2020 re-election bid, a new poll indicates that for the first time since his 2016 election victory, more voters say the economy’s getting worse rather than better.
Thirty-seven percent of those questioned in a Quinnipiac University poll released on Wednesday said the economy’s getting worse, with 31 percent saying conditions are getting better.
That’s a switch from Quinnipiac’s June poll, when by a 39-23 percent margin, those questioned said the economy was improving.",right
380,U.S. House Will Vote To Limit Trump's War Powers On Iran,"['Iran', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'US House', 'War Powers Resolution', 'National Security', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",Pelosi says House to vote on resolution to limit Trump's military actions on Iran,Reuters,"U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will introduce and vote on a war powers resolution this week to limit U.S. President Donald Trump’s military actions regarding Iran.
“This resolution is similar to the resolution introduced by Senator Tim Kaine in the Senate,” Pelosi said in a statement late on Sunday.
“It reasserts Congress’s long-established oversight responsibilities by mandating that if no further Congressional action is taken, the Administration’s military hostilities with regard to Iran cease within 30 days.”
The resolution is likely to win approval in the Democratic-led...",center
381,U.S. House Will Vote To Limit Trump's War Powers On Iran,"['Iran', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'US House', 'War Powers Resolution', 'National Security', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",Pelosi says House will introduce 'War Power Resolution' aimed to limit Trump's Iran military action,CNN (Online News),"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday sent a letter to Democratic members of Congress announcing the House will introduce and vote on a ""War Powers Resolution to limit the President's military actions regarding Iran"" amid rising tension.
The resolution, Pelosi writes, ""reasserts Congress's long-established oversight responsibilities by mandating that if no further Congressional action is taken, the Administration's military hostilities with regard to Iran cease within 30 days.""
The letter comes as the US is deploying thousands of additional troops to the Middle East following the airstrike that killed Iranian...",left
382,U.S. House Will Vote To Limit Trump's War Powers On Iran,"['Iran', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'US House', 'War Powers Resolution', 'National Security', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",Pelosi moves to limit Trump’s actions in Iran with War Powers Resolution vote,Fox News (Online News),"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced overnight that she plans on taking measures to potentially curb President Trump’s ability to conduct military operations against Iran.
Pelosi and other Democrats have been critical of Trump’s decision to conduct an airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force, claiming he did not properly notify Congress in advance and warning about the risk of escalation in the region. Trump has also threatened additional action if Iran retaliates for Soleimani’s death.
“This week, the...",right
383,Federal Reserve To Cut Interest Rates For The First Time In 10 Years,"['Federal Reserve', 'Jerome Powell', 'Interest Rates', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Is Trump the Reason the Fed Is Cutting Rates?,Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump's repeated calls for easier monetary policy may not be what's driving the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates on Wednesday.
But Trump's policies have set the table for it.
His aggressive tactics on trade, including 25% tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods that prompted retaliatory duties on U.S. exports, have made companies uncertain about the future and more hesitant to invest.
The Fed's beige book, a collection of economic anecdotes from around the country, now regularly features an escalating and eclectic collection of trade-related impacts.
In...",right
384,Federal Reserve To Cut Interest Rates For The First Time In 10 Years,"['Federal Reserve', 'Jerome Powell', 'Interest Rates', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Fed Looks Locked In for Quarter-Point Cut: Decision Day Guide,Bloomberg,"The Federal Reserve is widely expected to lower interest rates by a quarter-point at its meeting that concludes Wednesday and leave the option open for additional moves despite demands by President Donald Trump for a “large” rate cut.
“We may get a dissent or two, but it seems like a 25-basis-point cut is pretty much locked in,” said Julia Coronado, president and founder of MacroPolicy Perspectives LLC in New York.
The Federal Open Market Committee will issue a policy statement at 2 p.m. after the two-day meeting concludes and Chairman...",left
385,Federal Reserve To Cut Interest Rates For The First Time In 10 Years,"['Federal Reserve', 'Jerome Powell', 'Interest Rates', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Fed expected to cut interest rates: What does it mean for you?,ABC News (Online),"The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates for the first in 10 years on Wednesday, and the market appears to be shrugging it off.
The Federal Open Market Committee is expected to announce a rate cut of 0.25% or 25 basis points -- the first such move since the financial crisis in December 2008. Economists and market watchers will be waiting to see if the central bank signals further cuts this year.
But how will the rate cut affect the average American?
The answer, economists say, is not...",left
386,Upcoming State of the Union,"['White House', 'Politics']",President Obama’s State of the Union: Aggressive,Politico,"President Barack Obamas State of the Union speech will be less a presidential olive branch than a congressional cattle prod.
Emboldened by electoral victory and convinced the GOP is unwilling to cut deals, Obama plans to use his big prime-time address Tuesday night to issue another broad challenge at a Republican Party he regards as vulnerable and divided, Democrats close to Obama say.",left
387,Upcoming State of the Union,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama’s State of the Union to highlight the plusses of progressive policy,Washington Times,"Progressive policies are great: Thats the gist of what President Obama will suggest during Tuesdays State of the Union speech, according to various leaks, analyses and outright guesses.
The focus on a “course correction and return to a focus on progressivism, as The Daily Caller describes it, comes amid a long-term economic lag that is being answered by Democrats and the White House with a call for more tax increases. By comparison, Mr. Obama highlighted in his last major speech — Januarys inaugural address — on social policy and...",right
388,Upcoming State of the Union,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama's second act: Why State of Union speech may do little to fix Washington,CNN (Online News),"It is the second big speech of his presidency's second act, but there is little or nothing to suggest President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address offers any hope of a new beginning or a new spirit in divided Washington.",left
389,Opinions Grow Louder for Fiorina,['Politics'],Carly Fiorina Opposes A Paid Maternity Leave Requirement,HuffPost,"Republican presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina said Sunday that she would oppose a government requirement to give workers in the private sector paid maternity or paternity leave.
""I don't think it's the role of government to dictate to the private sector how to manage their businesses,"" Fiorina told Jake Tapper on CNN's ""State of the Union."" ""For the government to tell others how to do things, when the government hasn't gotten its basic house in order, is not only ineffective, it",left
390,Opinions Grow Louder for Fiorina,['Politics'],‘Shocker’ New Poll Says Trump Lost GOP Debate to Someone Who Wasn’t Even On Stage With Him,The Blaze,"According to a new poll, Carly Fiorina is the Republican presidential candidate of choice after Thursday night’s debates.
The nationwide poll of more than 17,000 people from the Association of Mature American Citizens — a conservative organization for those 50-years-old and up — asked who won Thursday night and included candidates in the official GOP debate and the earlier, second-tier debate. With 6,273 votes Fiorina led the poll at 36 percent.",right
391,Opinions Grow Louder for Fiorina,['Politics'],Carly Fiorina opposes paid maternity leave mandate,CNN (Online News),"Carly Fiorina says she's glad some companies are offering paid maternity leave -- but the government shouldn't mandate it.
""I'm not saying I oppose paid maternity leave. What I'm saying is I oppose the federal government mandating paid maternity leave to every company out there,"" Fiorina, the Republican presidential contender, said Sunday in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper on ""State of the Union.""",left
392,Beau Biden Eulogy,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama: ""He Did in 46 Years What Most of Us Couldn’t Do in 146""",Townhall,"With heavy hearts, the Biden family—and their closest friends and loved ones—laid to rest Beau Biden, 46, on Saturday. He was Biden's eldest son, and the first child of an incumbent president (or vice president) to die while in office in roughly five decades. He was also an Iraq War veteran, former Attorney General of Delaware, and a rising star in the Democratic Party, rumored to be running for governor in 2016. He died on May 30th of brain cancer.
At the funeral Mass earlier today, President Obama delivered the...",right
393,Beau Biden Eulogy,"['White House', 'Politics']",'A man of character': Obama delivers emotional eulogy for Beau Biden,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama eulogized Beau Biden Saturday as a good man of character, hailing the compassion and public service of his family in a moving funeral oration about the son of grief-stricken Vice President Joe Biden.
Obama said that the former Delaware Attorney General and Iraq War veteran who died a week ago from brain cancer was a fine man full of integrity who had refused to trade on his family name. He did his duty to his country and ""did not have a mean bone in his body,"" Obama...",left
394,Beau Biden Eulogy,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Delivers Emotional Eulogy For Beau Biden,HuffPost,"President Barack Obama on Saturday delivered an emotional tribute to Vice President Joe Biden's son Beau, who died last week.
""Beau Biden was an original,"" Obama said at a service for Biden in Wilmington, Delaware. ""He was a good man, a man of character, a man who loved deeply and was loved in return.""",left
395,"Census Reports Record-Low Population Growth, Changes to House Seats","['US House', '2020 Census', 'Census Bureau', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Population', 'World', 'Politics']","Census Bureau announces 331 million people in US, Texas will add two congressional seats",CNN (Online News),"The US Census Bureau announced Monday that the total population of the United States has topped 331 million people, marking the country's second slowest population growth rate in US history. Amid that, Texas will gain two seats in the redistricting process, the results found.
Additionally, Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina and Oregon will each gain one seat in Congress.
California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia will all lose congressional seats ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.",left
396,"Census Reports Record-Low Population Growth, Changes to House Seats","['US House', '2020 Census', 'Census Bureau', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Population', 'World', 'Politics']",Census Shows South and Mountain West Gain Political Power From Population Growth,Wall Street Journal (News),"Political power in the U.S. will shift further to states in the South and Mountain West—with Texas picking up two House seats and California losing one—as the country’s overall population growth slowed to the lowest rate since the Great Depression, the Census Bureau said Monday.
Thirteen states will gain or lose seats in the House of Representatives in next year’s elections through the once-a-decade reapportionment required by the Constitution. They will also lose or gain votes in the Electoral College beginning in 2024.
Besides the double gain for Texas, five...",center
397,"Census Reports Record-Low Population Growth, Changes to House Seats","['US House', '2020 Census', 'Census Bureau', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Population', 'World', 'Politics']",Census data reveals population growth at slowest pace in decades,Washington Examiner,"While the U.S. population grew from 2010-2020, it was at a slower rate than in any decade in nearly a century, according to new census data.
Census data unveiled on Monday revealed that the U.S. population on April 1, 2020, was 331.5 million, an increase of only 7.4% from 2010.
The only decade dating back to the 1910s that experienced a slower increase in population growth was the 1930s, during the Great Depression, where it increased by 7.3% from 1930-1940, according to the Washington Post. Slowed population growth is a...",right
398,"USA Today Accused of Biased Fact Check on Trump Campaign Shirts, Nazi Symbolism","['Facts And Fact Checking', 'History', 'Donald Trump', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'World', 'Nazism', 'Media Bias']","FAIL: USA Today Fact Check Claims Trump Campaign Using ‘Nazi’ Symbolism, Faceplants Spectacularly",The Daily Wire,"In a “fact check” published on Saturday, USA Today claimed to “confirm” rumors that President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign was selling merchandise emblazoned with a “Nazi symbol,” the “Imperial Eagle.” By Sunday night, however, after being fully embarrassed on social media, the paper walked back their claims.
The “fact check” came in response to claims made by two Twitter accounts, Bend the Curve, a left-leaning anti-Semitism watchdog account, and The Lincoln Project, a Republican anti-Trump political action group. The two organizations both noted that Trump’s campaign was selling shirts featuring...",right
399,"USA Today Accused of Biased Fact Check on Trump Campaign Shirts, Nazi Symbolism","['Facts And Fact Checking', 'History', 'Donald Trump', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'World', 'Nazism', 'Media Bias']",USA Today dragged for 'fact check' claiming Trump campaign sold shirts with Nazi symbol: 'This is moronic',Fox News (Online News),"USA Today was dragged over the weekend after publishing a “fact check” claiming the Trump campaign sold shirts featuring a Nazi symbol of an eagle, and later clarified that “the eagle is a longtime US symbol, too.”
The paper published a “fact check” claiming “Trump's campaign website recently unveiled a T-shirt that has come under fire because of design similarities between its logo and a Nazi symbol” and coming to the conclusion that the claims are “true.”
“The claims that a Trump campaign T-shirt has come under criticism for using...",right
400,"USA Today Accused of Biased Fact Check on Trump Campaign Shirts, Nazi Symbolism","['Facts And Fact Checking', 'History', 'Donald Trump', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'World', 'Nazism', 'Media Bias']",Trump campaign accused of T-shirt design with similarity to Nazi eagle,USA TODAY,"The claim: Trump campaign shirts feature imperial eagle, a Nazi symbol
President Donald Trump's campaign website recently unveiled a T-shirt that has come under fire because of design similarities between its logo and a Nazi symbol.
The similarity was first noticed, according to Forward, by two Twitter accounts, Bend the Arc: Jewish Action, described as a Jewish progressive group, and the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump group formed by Republicans.
""The President of the United States is campaigning for reelection with a Nazi symbol. Again,"" Bend the Arc tweeted...",left
401,Congress to vote on Keystone Pipeline,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","OPINION: Landrieu throws Hail Mary, GOP may score",Dana Milbank,"There are many crucial items facing the lame-duck Congress, from Ebola to the Islamic State to funding the federal government.
But nobody predicted that the first legislation Congress would take up would be the Mary Landrieu Preservation Act of 2014.",left
402,Congress to vote on Keystone Pipeline,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","Congress Will Vote On Keystone XL Pipeline, With An Eye On Louisiana",NPR (Online News),"Two bills that would authorize building the controversial Keystone XL pipeline will soon come to a vote in Congress, as their sponsors — Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La. — head toward a runoff election next month to decide who will win the Senate race.",left
403,Congress to vote on Keystone Pipeline,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","Keystone pipeline re-emerges as political football as Landrieu, GOP rival call for vote",Fox News (Online News),"The lame-duck Congress has been in session a matter of hours, and the Keystone pipeline already is a political football.",right
404,Secretary of Defense James Mattis Resigns,[],"James Mattis quitting as defense secretary, cites differences with Trump",Washington Times,"Defense Secretary James Mattis, the last of a team President Trump dubbed “my generals,” will step down early next year amid deepening rifts with the White House on crucial foreign policy matters, marking the departure of an original Trump Cabinet member and creating a leadership void at the Pentagon at a critical time for the president at home and abroad.",right
405,Secretary of Defense James Mattis Resigns,[],"James Mattis to Depart as Defense Chief Over Troop Withdrawals from Syria, Afghanistan",Wall Street Journal (News),"In letter to Trump, Marine veteran said president had right to a secretary ‘whose views are better aligned with yours’.",center
406,Secretary of Defense James Mattis Resigns,[],Mattis resigns after clash with Trump over troop withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan,Washington Post,"Defense Secretary James Mattis, the last of a team President Trump dubbed “my generals,” will step down early next year amid deepening rifts with the White House on crucial foreign policy matters, marking the departure of an original Trump Cabinet member and creating a leadership void at the Pentagon at a critical time for the president at home and abroad.",left
407,ISIS Claims Link to Texas Shooting,['Terrorism'],ISIS claim responsibility for shooting at Texas Muhammad cartoon contest,Fox News (Online News),The Islamic State terror group (ISIS) Tuesday issued a claim of responsibility for Sunday's attack on a Texas cartoon contest featuring images of the Muslim prophet Muhammad.,right
408,ISIS Claims Link to Texas Shooting,['Terrorism'],"ISIS Claims Credit For Shooting In Garland, Texas",NPR (Online News),"The self-declared Islamic State is taking credit for a thwarted attack on a contest to draw the Prophet Muhammad in Garland, Texas.",left
409,ISIS Claims Link to Texas Shooting,['Terrorism'],ISIS Claims Link to Shooting at Texas Event Showing Muhammad Cartoons,New York Times (News),"The Islamic State extremist group has sought to link itself to Sunday’s attack in Garland, Tex., during which two assailants shot a security guard before being killed by police officers outside an event devoted to cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, a group that monitors extremist activity online reported on Tuesday.",left
410,Trump Criticizes McConnell,['Healthcare'],Trump Pushes Back Against Mitch McConnell’s Criticism Of ‘Excessive Expectations’,HuffPost,The president is disappointed in Congress’ failure to repeal Obamacare.,left
411,Trump Criticizes McConnell,['Healthcare'],Trump Criticizes McConnell for Failure to Advance Health-Law Reform,Wall Street Journal (News),Remarks were after the Senate leader critiqued the ‘artificial deadlines’ set by the president.,center
412,Trump Criticizes McConnell,['Healthcare'],Trump Continues Hammering McConnell Over Healthcare Failure,Townhall,President Trump on Thursday continued his criticism of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for failing to repeal and replace Obamacare—even after seven years of promising to do so.,right
413,"Gabbard Votes ""Present"" On Both Impeachment Articles","['US House', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'White House', 'Politics']",Tulsi Gabbard Votes ‘Present’ on Impeachment Articles,New York Times (News),"Representative Tulsi Gabbard, a Hawaii Democrat and 2020 presidential candidate, broke with most members of her party on Wednesday and voted “present” on the two articles of impeachment charging President Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Ms. Gabbard, the only presidential candidate who had a vote on impeachment, criticized the proceedings as “a partisan process, fueled by tribal animosities,” and said she had introduced a resolution to censure Mr. Trump, rather than remove him from office.
“I came to the conclusion that I could not in good...",left
414,"Gabbard Votes ""Present"" On Both Impeachment Articles","['US House', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'White House', 'Politics']","Gabbard Defends ‘Present’ Impeachment Vote, Citing ‘Tribal Animosities’",National Review,"Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard cast the lone “present” vote Wednesday evening on both articles of impeachment against President Trump and defended breaking from her party, slamming the process as tainted by partisanship.
After reading the impeachment report, the Hawaii congresswoman said in a statement that she “came to the conclusion that I could not in good conscience vote either yes or no.”
“I could not in good conscience vote against impeachment because I believe President Trump is guilty of wrongdoing,” Gabbard said. “I also could not in good conscience...",right
415,"Gabbard Votes ""Present"" On Both Impeachment Articles","['US House', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'White House', 'Politics']",Tulsi Gabbard on Trump impeachment: 'I could not in good conscience vote either yes or no',USA TODAY,"The only Democrat or Republican to vote ""present"" to impeach President Donald Trump in the House on Tuesday on both articles of impeachment was Hawaiian Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.
In a statement after her vote, Gabbard, who is also running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, released a statement, claiming that after doing her ""due diligence in reviewing the 658-page impeachment report, I came to the conclusion that I could not in good conscience vote either yes or no.”",left
416,Paris Hit by Attacks,['World'],Paris Attacks Undercut Western Hopes of Containing Extremists,Wall Street Journal (News),"The consecutive terror attacks that killed 224 people on a Russian charter plane Oct. 31 and well over 100 in Paris on Friday have undercut what remained of Western hopes of containing extremists, a goal sought through years of faltering wars in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Libya.
A day before the Paris attacks, President Barack Obama sounded an optimistic note about the campaign against Islamic State forces in Iraq and Syria. “I don’t think they’re gaining strength,” the president told ABC News in an interview Thursday. “From the start our...",center
417,Paris Hit by Attacks,['World'],Obama: Paris Attacks Are 'Attack On All Of Humanity',HuffPost,"President Barack Obama condemned the deadly attacks in Paris as an ""attack on all of humanity.""
Speaking Friday evening from the White House briefing room, Obama expressed condolences and support for the French people.
""Once again, we've seen an outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians,"" Obama said. ""This is an attack not just on Paris, it's attack not just on the people of France, but this is an attack on all of humanity and the universal values that we share.""
Multiple attacks across Paris, including a shooting in a restaurant,...",left
418,Paris Hit by Attacks,['World'],From Paris: Border Chaos As France Faces Biggest Terror Disaster Since Hitler,Townhall,"Travelers were left stranded across France today as the country began dealing with the aftermath of the worst terrorist atrocity since World War Two. Border Police vetted long lines of tourists who were attempting to leave the country as they tried to catch terrorists fleeing the country.
Yesterday Paris was rocketed by an explosion outside the France versus Germany soccer match, forcing the President of the Republic to be evacuated. Terrorists then machine gun attacked the Bataclan concert hall and a number of Paris cafés.
At France's largest airport, Charles...",right
419,GOP Stalls Hagel Nomination,[],Chuck Hagel Confirmation: Senate Vote Fails To End Filibuster On Obama Pick,HuffPost,"Senate Republicans successfully foiled attempts to confirm Chuck Hagel for the post of defense secretary on Thursday, by denying him the 60 votes needed for the nomination to proceed.",left
420,GOP Stalls Hagel Nomination,[],Republicans stall Hagel nomination,CNN (Online News),The Senate failed to garner enough votes Thursday to stop a filibuster against Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel.,left
421,GOP Stalls Hagel Nomination,[],Senate Republicans Block Hagel Confirmation....For Now,Townhall,"Senate Republicans have at least temporarily blocked the confirmation of former Sen. Chuck Hagel as the next Secretary of Defense. Democrats' cloture motion to proceed to an up-or-down vote failed 58-40, with one Senator voting ""present.""",right
422,U.S. Appeals Court Orders Dismissal of Criminal Case Against Michael Flynn,"['Michael Flynn', 'National Security', 'Russia Probe', 'Federal Appeals Court', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",Appeals Court Forces Dismissal Of Michael Flynn Case Over Judge’s Objections,HuffPost,"A federal appeals court, in a narrow 2-1 decision, moved to force a federal judge to dismiss a criminal case against former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn, who had twice admitted his guilt.
The Justice Department, led by Attorney General William Barr, had moved to dismiss the case against Donald Trump associate Flynn, who has admitted to lying to the FBI about his communications with the Russian government.
Judge Neomi Rao of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, a Trump appointee who formerly served...",left
423,U.S. Appeals Court Orders Dismissal of Criminal Case Against Michael Flynn,"['Michael Flynn', 'National Security', 'Russia Probe', 'Federal Appeals Court', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']","Appeals court orders Flynn case dismissal, after years-long legal saga",Fox News (Online News),"A federal appeals court on Wednesday ordered a lower court to allow the case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to be dismissed, as requested by the Justice Department -- likely ending the years-long legal saga stemming from the Russia investigation.
The abrupt ending came in a 2-1 ruling and order from judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
This was the result of an appeal from Flynn's lawyers asking for a so-called writ of mandamus -- essentially an order telling a government official...",right
424,U.S. Appeals Court Orders Dismissal of Criminal Case Against Michael Flynn,"['Michael Flynn', 'National Security', 'Russia Probe', 'Federal Appeals Court', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",U.S. appeals court orders dismissal of criminal case against Michael Flynn,Reuters,"A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday directed a federal judge to drop a criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn for lying to the FBI, handing a victory to the Justice Department and effectively ending the politically charged case.
In a split decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in favor of Flynn and the Trump administration in preventing U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan from exercising his discretion on whether to grant the department’s motion...",center
425,SCOTUS turns to the Defense of Marriage Act,['LGBT Rights'],Justices Weigh Law Denying U.S. Benefits to Gay Spouses,New York Times (News),For a second day the Supreme Court will focus on same-sex marriage but the question before the justices Wednesday is modest compared with Tuesdays arguments in a challenge to a California ban.,left
426,SCOTUS turns to the Defense of Marriage Act,['LGBT Rights'],DOMA Challenge Tests Federal Definition Of Marriage,NPR (Online News),The Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act which denies federal recognition and benefits for same-sex couples.,left
427,SCOTUS turns to the Defense of Marriage Act,['LGBT Rights'],Supreme Court to hear arguments over challenge to federal law in second of gay marriage cases,Fox News (Online News),The justices will consider a provision that defines marriage as between a man and a woman for the purpose of deciding who can receive a range of federal benefits as part of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act.,right
428,"Record Number of Job Openings in US, but Companies Struggling to Hire","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",Job openings in the US soar to record 9.3 million,CNN Business,"America is hiring like never before.
Job openings in the United States soared by nearly a million in April, setting a record for the most openings added in a month and the highest overall number since the Bureau of Labor Statistics started tracking the data in December 2000.
At 9.3 million new positions, it was far more than the 8.3 million economists polled by Refinitiv had predicted — which would have been flat from the revised March job opening numbers.
Demand for workers is running red-hot as companies continue to brace themselves for a...",left
429,"Record Number of Job Openings in US, but Companies Struggling to Hire","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",Is Unemployment Bonus Keeping Workers on Sideline?,FactCheck.org,"Despite a stubbornly high unemployment rate of 6.1% in April — representing 9.8 million people who say they are actively looking for work — many employers are reporting that they can’t find people to hire.
Republicans say the $300 a week supplement to unemployment insurance, which for many Americans amounts to a pay raise, is so generous that it is acting as a disincentive for people to return to work.
President Joe Biden, meanwhile, dismisses that suggestion, saying on May 10, “we don’t see much evidence of that.”
“Americans want to...",center
430,"Record Number of Job Openings in US, but Companies Struggling to Hire","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","Job openings soar to record high 9.3 million, raising fears of labor shortage",Washington Examiner,"Job openings soared to a record high at the end of April, the labor Labor Department said Tuesday, adding to fears about unfulfilled demand for workers.
The number of available jobs rose by about 1 million to 9.3 million, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, the highest number since the agency began keeping track in 2000.
""Demand for workers is surging as the broader economy starts to emerge from the pandemic,"" said Indeed Hiring Lab director of research Nick Bunker. ""At the same...",right
431,Anthony Weiner Sexting,['Elections'],Weiner kept sexting after resignation,Politico,"Joined by his wife at a dramatic news conference Tuesday, New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner acknowledged that he continued to have illicit relationships with women online even after he resigned his seat in Congress two years ago over the same behavior.",left
432,Anthony Weiner Sexting,['Elections'],"Anthony Weiner admits to sending more lewd images, texts but vows to stay in mayor's race",Fox News (Online News),"With his wife by his side, Anthony Weiner said Tuesday he's not dropping out of the New York City mayoral race despite new revelations that he sent additional lewd photos and text messages after he left Congress in disgrace for his prior online chats.",right
433,Anthony Weiner Sexting,['Elections'],Weiner Apologizes After New Messages Emerge,Wall Street Journal (News),"Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner jolted the New York City mayoral race on Tuesday, admitting that at least some of the new, sexually charged online exchanges posted on a website and attributed to him were, in fact, his.",center
434,Hillary Claims Win in KY,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton Unofficial Winner of Kentucky,Townhall,"UPDATE: Kentucky's Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes has declared Hillary Clinton the unofficial winner of Kentucky's Democratic primary. With 99 percent of precints reporting, Clinton has a razor-thin lead of less than 2,000 votes.",right
435,Hillary Claims Win in KY,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton claims Kentucky victory,Politico,"Hillary Clinton claimed victory over Bernie Sanders on Tuesday night in Kentucky, with fewer than two thousand votes separating the two Democratic primary contenders, while Sanders jumped out to an early lead as returns trickled in from Oregon.",left
436,Hillary Claims Win in KY,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton declare victory in Kentucky primary,Washington Post,"Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton Declared victory in the Kentucky primary on Tuesday, Potentially disrupting a string of expected primary losses this month That HAD Threatened to weaken her even as she turned her focus to her likely matchup Against Republican Donald Trump in the general election.",left
437,Planned Parenthood Controversy,['Abortion'],How Planned Parenthood could shut down the government,Politico,"Calling next week’s Senate roll call to defund Planned Parenthood a “legislative show vote,” GOP firebrand Ted Cruz said Republicans should do everything they can to eliminate federal money for the group — even if it means a government shutdown fight this fall.",left
438,Planned Parenthood Controversy,['Abortion'],OPINION: Planned Parenthood president: These extremist videos are nothing short of an attack on women,Guest Writer - Left,"Planned Parenthood has been a trusted nonprofit provider of women’s health care for nearly a century. Each year, 2.7 million people come to our health centers for high-quality, nonjudgmental, compassionate care.",left
439,Planned Parenthood Controversy,['Abortion'],"OPINION: Abortion is legal, but taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay for it.",Guest Writer - Right,"Democrats have been picking fight after fight in the culture wars, believing they have the upper hand with socially liberal younger votes. But that assumption is now being tested in the wake of videos of Planned Parenthood doctors blithely discussing the harvesting of fetal body parts.",right
440,"Kyiv, Capital City of Ukraine, Under Attack By Russian Forces","['China', 'European Union', 'Foreign Policy', 'Germany', 'Joe Biden', 'Kyiv', 'NATO', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin', 'World']","Ukraine’s Capital Under Attack By Russian Forces, Missiles",The Daily Caller,"Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, came under missile attack Friday morning as Russian troops closed in, according to reports and video footage.
Ukrainian defense officials raised the alarm about multiple missile strikes hitting Kyiv as of Friday morning, and video footage verified by The New York Times showed an explosion in the early morning sky over part of the outskirts of the city.
“Going outside is now very dangerous due to the approach of the enemy. The only exception may be the need to move to a shelter if the Air Alarm signal is activated. Stay...",right
441,"Kyiv, Capital City of Ukraine, Under Attack By Russian Forces","['China', 'European Union', 'Foreign Policy', 'Germany', 'Joe Biden', 'Kyiv', 'NATO', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin', 'World']",Kyiv awaits Russian invaders with petrol bombs and dark humour,Financial Times,"Mykhaylo was one of several hundred men queueing up outside a military enlistment office in Kyiv’s central Lukianivska neighbourhood on Friday, looking for guns to fight invading Russian forces.
He was also looking for a recipient for a donation of 60 bottles that might be used to make petrol bombs: “To, you know, greet the Russians — a big cocktail party”, he said. “A buddy of mine is getting processed machine oil to serve to the Russians.”
As he was speaking, the waiting crowd scattered in panic as someone pointed...",center
442,"Kyiv, Capital City of Ukraine, Under Attack By Russian Forces","['China', 'European Union', 'Foreign Policy', 'Germany', 'Joe Biden', 'Kyiv', 'NATO', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin', 'World']",Russian Assault on the Ukrainian Capital Is Underway,Daily Beast,"Ukrainian troops have officially entered Kyiv turning the capital city into a warzone as they try to fight off Russian forces. Ordinary civilians have been spotted preparing to join in the battle, with thousands of firearms distributed in the streets.
The Ministry of Defense said 18,000 assault rifles had been distributed in Kyiv, along with the necessary ammunition. Footage widely circulated in local news reports and on Ukrainian Telegram channels showed large crowds of men collecting firearms from trucks in the Obolon district of the city, which was under attack...",left
443,FBI Informant Reportedly Talked with Trump Campaign Advisers,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']","F.B.I. Used Informant to Investigate Russia Ties to Campaign, Not to Spy, as Trump Claims",New York Times (News),"President Trump accused the F.B.I. on Friday, without evidence, of sending a spy to secretly infiltrate his 2016 campaign “for political purposes” even before the bureau had any inkling of the “phony Russia hoax.”",left
444,FBI Informant Reportedly Talked with Trump Campaign Advisers,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",FBI informant met with three Trump campaign advisers: report,The Hill,A secret FBI informant who has come into the spotlight in recent days reportedly met with three advisers to President Trump's campaign during the 2016 presidential election.,center
445,FBI Informant Reportedly Talked with Trump Campaign Advisers,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']","Obama's FBI Spied On The Trump Campaign, So What Did He Know And When Did He Know It?",Townhall,"Katie wrote about it this morning. It’s confirmed, folks. The FBI had a spy embedded with the Trump campaign. She added the bureau did not have enough evidence to launch a criminal investigation, so they executed a counterintelligence probe instead in July of 2016. The code name was “crossfire hurricane.” This was the investigation signed off by FBI agent Peter Strzok. Sztrok was a top counterintelligence agent before being transferred to human resources after his extramarital affair with bureau lawyer Lisa Page was made public and the two’s texts, which...",right
446,Elon Musk Officially Acquires Twitter For $44 Billion,"['Business', 'Corporate America', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Elon Musk', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Twitter']","Twitter accepts buyout, giving Elon Musk total control of the company",The Verge,"Twitter has accepted Elon Musk’s offer to purchase the company for $44 billion, the company announced in a press release today. Musk purchased the company at $54.20 a share, the same price named in his initial offer on April 14th.
“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” said Musk in a statement included with the release. “I also want to make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features, making...",left
447,Elon Musk Officially Acquires Twitter For $44 Billion,"['Business', 'Corporate America', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Elon Musk', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Twitter']",Elon Musk Agrees to Buy Twitter in $44 Billion Deal,Wall Street Journal (News),"Twitter Inc. on Monday accepted Elon Musk’s bid to take over the company, giving the world’s richest man control over the influential social-media network where he is also among its most powerful users.
The $44 billion deal marks the close of a dramatic courtship and a sharp change of heart at Twitter, where many executives and board members initially opposed Mr. Musk’s takeover approach. The deal has polarized Twitter employees, users and regulators over the power tech giants wield in determining the parameters of acceptable discourse on the internet and how those...",center
448,Elon Musk Officially Acquires Twitter For $44 Billion,"['Business', 'Corporate America', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Elon Musk', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Twitter']",Twitter Announces Deal With Elon Musk,The Daily Wire,"Twitter announced late on Monday that it has entered a definitive agreement to be acquired by Elon Musk for $54.20 per share in a deal valued at $44 billion.
The transaction was unanimously approved by Twitter’s board and is expected to close this year subject to the approval of Twitter’s shareholders and other regulatory approvals.
“Under the terms of the agreement, Twitter stockholders will receive $54.20 in cash for each share of Twitter common stock that they own upon closing of the proposed transaction,” Twitter said in a statement. “The purchase price...",right
449,Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar Announces 2020 Presidential Run,"['Election 2020', 'Amy Klobuchar', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Republicans gush over Klobuchar,Politico,GOP senators praised the Minnesota Democrat for her deal-cutting ways — even as they worried it could doom her presidential bid.,left
450,Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar Announces 2020 Presidential Run,"['Election 2020', 'Amy Klobuchar', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Senator Klobuchar joins Democratic presidential field,Reuters,"Senator Amy Klobuchar entered the 2020 presidential race on Sunday, becoming the first moderate in an increasingly crowded field of Democrats vying to challenge Republican President Donald Trump.",center
451,Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar Announces 2020 Presidential Run,"['Election 2020', 'Amy Klobuchar', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Scandal-Plagued Sen. Amy Klobuchar Announces 2020 Presidential Run,Reason,"""Minnesota Nice"" branding belies mean streak and temper, said staff. Will it harm her presidential chances?",right
452,"Senate Approves New Trade Deal With Mexico, Canada","['Trade War', 'Mexico', 'Canada', 'USMCA', 'US Senate', 'Trade']","The Senate has approved the USMCA, bringing Trump’s trade deal one step closer to reality",Vox,"A bipartisan majority in the Senate approved the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on Thursday, clearing the way for President Donald Trump’s signature.
The Senate voted 89 to 10 for USMCA, an updated version of the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA.
The House of Representatives backed the bill last year, voting 385 to 41, also with overwhelming bipartisan support, after Democratic leaders succeeded in winning changes on labor, environment, enforcement, and pharmaceutical provisions. Those tweaks secured the backing of US labor, offering Democrats a pathway to supporting the agreement....",left
453,"Senate Approves New Trade Deal With Mexico, Canada","['Trade War', 'Mexico', 'Canada', 'USMCA', 'US Senate', 'Trade']",Senate passes USMCA trade deal,The Week - News,"The Senate on Thursday approved the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement trade deal, passing the bill on for final signature by President Trump, reports NBC News.
The USMCA replaces the North American Free Trade Agreement, the trade pact the three nations have adhered to since 1994. The new deal was passed in an 89-10 vote. Trump, who has pushed for the USMCA, is expected to sign the deal, leaving only Canada to approve the agreement before it takes effect.",left
454,"Senate Approves New Trade Deal With Mexico, Canada","['Trade War', 'Mexico', 'Canada', 'USMCA', 'US Senate', 'Trade']",USMCA heads to Trump’s desk for signature after Senate approves pact,MarketWatch,"The U.S. Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, sending the pact to President Donald Trump for signature just a day after he inked a high-profile trade deal with China.
Approved just as the chamber is preparing for Trump’s impeachment trial, senators voted 89 to 10 to pass the deal, which replaces the North American Free Trade Agreement. Trump has repeatedly slammed NAFTA, blaming the 26-year-old pact for sending American jobs abroad, and had threatened to pull the U.S. out of that three-way agreement absent any changes.",center
455,Immigration Talks Ramp Up,['Immigration'],"Talks over immigration reform, guest worker program ramp up in Washington",Fox News (Online News),"Several factions in the immigration reform debate are converging on Washington Tuesday for high-stakes negotiations, as proponents of a comprehensive package push to bring a bill to the floor in the coming months.",right
456,Immigration Talks Ramp Up,['Immigration'],Critics Question Witness List Ahead Of Immigration Hearing,NPR (Online News),"The new Congress will hold its first hearing on overhauling immigration laws on Tuesday, and some pro-immigrant groups and Democrats already are grumbling that the makeup of witnesses scheduled to testify before a House panel is weighted toward conservatives who oppose citizenship for illegal immigrants and support a limited flow of newcomers.",left
457,Immigration Talks Ramp Up,['Immigration'],Unions Seize on Immigration Debate,Wall Street Journal (News),"Labor unions are throwing their political muscle behind lawmakers' efforts to overhaul immigration regulations, with the hope that organizing immigrant workers can swell unions' shrinking ranks.",center
458,Latest on Immigration,['Immigration'],What's Behind Rubio's 'Full Circle Back' On Immigration?,NPR (Online News),"Marco Rubio has been the junior senator from Florida for barely two years, but he's already considered a likely 2016 presidential contender.
The 41-year-old Republican's political star rose still higher this week when he joined a bipartisan group of senators offering a path to citizenship to millions of unauthorized immigrants.
It's the latest in a series of shifts on immigration by Rubio, the Miami-born son of Cuban exiles who ran for Senate in 2010 as a Tea Party-backed conservative, rejecting a so-called earned path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, which...",left
459,Latest on Immigration,['Immigration'],Lindsey Graham goes all-in on immigration,Politico,"A red-state Republican senator up for reelection and seen as vulnerable to a primary challenge from the right embraces a plan to allow illegal immigrants to gain U.S. citizenship — a lightning rod for GOP primary voters if there ever was one.
Seems unthinkable on its face. Yet thats precisely what Lindsey Graham did last week. And the remarkable thing is, theres no sign of a backlash in his home state, South Carolina — at least not yet.",left
460,Latest on Immigration,['Immigration'],Change of strategy for immigration: Reform bill faces full gantlet in the Senate,Washington Times,"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reids vow last week to put the immigration bill through the regular Senate process of committee hearings and floor amendments may sound inconsequential, but it marks a major shift for the Nevada Democrat.",right
461,"Economy Adds 130,000 Jobs in August, Unemployment at 3.7%","['Economy', 'Jobs', 'Business', 'Corporations', 'Economy And Jobs']","US job growth stumbles in August with 130,000 added",Fox News (Online News),"U.S. employers added 130,000 jobs in August, a volatile month plagued by trade uncertainty, missing Wall Street's expectations, as investors look for evidence of an impending economic slowdown.
The unemployment rate remained steady at 3.7 percent, near a 50-year low, while the labor force rate was also little changed at 63.2 percent. Average hourly earnings, meanwhile, rose by 11 cents to $28.11. Over the year, average hourly earnings have increased by 3.2 percent, slightly beating expectations of 3.1 percent growth.",right
462,"Economy Adds 130,000 Jobs in August, Unemployment at 3.7%","['Economy', 'Jobs', 'Business', 'Corporations', 'Economy And Jobs']","U.S. saw 130,000 new jobs in August, but blue-collar gains slowed",CBS News (Online),"""Really Good Jobs Numbers!"" President Donald Trump tweeted yesterday. They were good, but not ""really good.""
Employers hired 130,000 people in August, the Labor Department said Friday in its monthly employment report. That's less than the 160,000 economists were predicting but still indicates an expanding economy.
The unemployment rate stayed flat, at 3.7%, still near historic lows.",left
463,"Economy Adds 130,000 Jobs in August, Unemployment at 3.7%","['Economy', 'Jobs', 'Business', 'Corporations', 'Economy And Jobs']",Tepid U.S. Jobs Report Adds To Economic Jitters,NPR (Online News),"Updated at 8:52 a.m. ET
U.S. employers added 130,000 jobs in August, according to a monthly snapshot from the Labor Department, signaling a slowdown in the pace of job growth.
Forecasters surveyed by the Reuters news service had predicted job gains of around 158,000.
The unemployment rate held steady at 3.7%.
Manufacturers added just 3,000 jobs.
The jobs total would have been lower without the addition of 25,000 temporary census jobs. Job gains for the two previous months were revised downward by a total of 20,000.",left
464,Bipartisan Police Reform Negotiations Collapse,"['Criminal Justice', 'Bridging Divides', 'Polarization', 'Police Reform', 'Police Brutality', 'Tim Scott', 'Justice']",Biden Vows Executive Action After Republicans Kill Dem Police Reform Bill,The Daily Caller,"President Joe Biden vowed to take executive action to enact police reform “in the coming weeks,” after Republicans on Capitol Hill killed a Democratic police reform bill Wednesday.
Biden released a statement Wednesday acknowledging that there is no longer a path forward for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which had already passed through the House. Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Democratic California Rep. Karen Bass introduced the legislation earlier this year, but failed to garner enough Republican support in the Senate.
“The murder of George Floyd is...",right
465,Bipartisan Police Reform Negotiations Collapse,"['Criminal Justice', 'Bridging Divides', 'Polarization', 'Police Reform', 'Police Brutality', 'Tim Scott', 'Justice']",Police reform talks fall apart after months of bipartisan negotiations in Congress,CNBC,"Police reform talks in Congress have fallen apart, as lawmakers could not strike a bipartisan deal despite the loudest calls in years to root out law enforcement violence against Black Americans.
“After months of exhausting every possible pathway to a bipartisan deal, it remains out of reach right now, even after working collaboratively with and securing the support of policing groups like the Fraternal Order of Police and International Association of Chiefs of Police for our proposals,” Sen. Cory Booker, a New Jersey Democrat who joined in reform talks for...",center
466,Bipartisan Police Reform Negotiations Collapse,"['Criminal Justice', 'Bridging Divides', 'Polarization', 'Police Reform', 'Police Brutality', 'Tim Scott', 'Justice']",Sweeping George Floyd police reform bill stalls as talks collapse,The Guardian,"Bipartisan negotiations in the US Congress over a police reform bill that was prompted by the killing of George Floyd have collapsed.
“We did the best we could,” the Democratic congresswoman Karen Bass told reporters on Wednesday.
The House passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act in March, and Bass and the Democratic senator Cory Booker have since been working with the Republican senator Tim Scott to try to reach a bipartisan agreement on a bill that could pass the Senate.
But the talks dragged on for months with negotiators remaining at odds over...",left
467,Study Says Fake News Had Major Impact on 2016 Election,['Fake News'],Researchers say fake news had 'substantial impact' on 2016 election,The Hill,A team of researchers at Ohio State University conclude in a new study that “fake news” stories had a significant impact on voters in the 2016 presidential election that may have impacted the final result.,center
468,Study Says Fake News Had Major Impact on 2016 Election,['Fake News'],A new study suggests fake news might have won Donald Trump the 2016 election,Washington Post,"President Trump has said repeatedly that Russian interference didn't matter in the 2016 presidential campaign, and he has suggested — wrongly — that the intelligence and law enforcement communities have said the same. His overriding fear seems to be that Russian interference and the “fake news” it promoted would undermine the legitimacy of his election win.",left
469,Study Says Fake News Had Major Impact on 2016 Election,['Fake News'],Ohio State Fake News Study Doesn’t Say What The Media Thinks It Says,The Daily Caller,The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake circulated a problematic study Tuesday that allegedly suggests fake news might have been the deciding factor for President Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 election.,right
470,Comey’s Russia Investigation,"['White House', 'Politics']",Report: Comey Requested More Resources for Russia Investigation Days Before Firing,Breitbart News,"Former FBI Director James Comey requested more resources from the Justice Department for his bureau’s investigation into Russian interference in the elections, including any coordination with the Trump campaign, days before he was fired, two unnamed officials told the Washington Post.",right
471,Comey’s Russia Investigation,"['White House', 'Politics']",Sources: Comey told lawmakers he wanted more resources for Russia probe,Politico,"The Justice Department, however, is denying that Comey had asked the deputy attorney general for more money or resources.",left
472,Comey’s Russia Investigation,"['White House', 'Politics']",Furor over Comey firing grows with news that he sought resources for Russia investigation before his dismissal,Washington Post,The furor over President Trump’s abrupt firing of FBI Director James B. Comey grew Wednesday with the revelation that Comey had sought more resources for an investigation into possible coordination between the Trump campaign and the Russian government shortly before he was dismissed.,left
473,Independent Board Says AstraZeneca Vaccine Announcement Relied on Old Information,"['Healthcare', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'AstraZeneca', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",New questions about AstraZeneca vaccine could derail its emergency use in US,The Hill,"Late Monday evening, a U.S. public health agency expressed concern regarding the newly released clinical trial results from the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
Following the release of promising data showing high levels of efficacy in preventing a COVID-19 infection and severe outcomes, AstraZeneca officials confirmed they would be seeking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) emergency use authorization.
This could be derailed as a public health oversight committee, the Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) said the clinical trials could have used outdated information in the trials,...",center
474,Independent Board Says AstraZeneca Vaccine Announcement Relied on Old Information,"['Healthcare', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'AstraZeneca', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']","AstraZeneca Cherry-Picked Data, Misrepresented Vaccine’s Efficacy, Independent Medical Board Alleges",The Daily Caller,"An independent panel of medical experts overseeing AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine trial accused the pharmaceutical company of cherry-picking favorable data, The New York Times reported.
The Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) alleged that AstraZeneca misrepresented the results of its coronavirus vaccine trial when it announced Monday morning that the vaccine had 79% efficacy at preventing symptomatic coronavirus, according to the NYT. The panel wrote a sharply-worded letter to the British pharmaceutical company and U.S. health officials hours after the results were released, triggering the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...",right
475,Independent Board Says AstraZeneca Vaccine Announcement Relied on Old Information,"['Healthcare', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'AstraZeneca', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",Trial review board raises concerns about AstraZeneca vaccine data,CNN (Online News),"In an unusual statement released early Tuesday, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said the independent board that reviews data from multiple Covid-19 vaccine candidates has raised concerns about AstraZeneca's announcement of efficacy data from its vaccine trial.
""The DSMB expressed concern that AstraZeneca may have included outdated information from that trial, which may have provided an incomplete view of the efficacy data,"" said the NIAID statement released early Tuesday.
""We urge the company to work with the DSMB to review the efficacy data and ensure the most...",left
476,Trump Surges in Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Poll: Voters fret Trump or Clinton in the White House,CNN (Online News),"Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is building on his national lead among GOP voters, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll released Thursday morning. But many voters expressed fear or concern at the idea of a Trump presidency -- or a Hillary Clinton one.",left
477,Trump Surges in Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Donald Trump Solidifies His Lead, but Leaves Many Nervous",New York Times (News),"Donald J. Trump occupies his strongest position yet in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, yet nearly two-thirds of American voters say they are concerned or frightened about the prospect of a Trump presidency, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News nationwide poll.",left
478,Trump Surges in Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump has touched a nerve: The Donald surges to 35 percent in national poll,Washington Times,"Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has surged to his highest-ever standing in CBS News/New York Times polling, hitting 35 percent in a survey released Thursday.",right
479,Senate Votes to Advance Infrastructure Package,"['US Senate', 'Infrastructure', 'Bipartisanship', 'Politics']",‘We have the votes’: Senate advances Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal,Washington Times,"The Senate voted to advance President Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure package on Wednesday, only hours after a bipartisan group of lawmakers finalized the deal. 
In a 67-32 vote, the chamber advanced the bill in a crucial test vote. The legislation cleared the 60-vote hurdle with 17 Republicans joining all 50 Senate Democrats.
The pace was quicker than the usually plodding Senate as lawmakers prepared to leave Washington for a month-long summer break.
“I’ve said for weeks that we intend to move two things in July,” Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, said of the infrastructure bill...",right
480,Senate Votes to Advance Infrastructure Package,"['US Senate', 'Infrastructure', 'Bipartisanship', 'Politics']",Infrastructure deal: Senate suddenly acts to take up bill,Associated Press Fact Check,"The Senate has voted to begin work on a nearly $1 trillion national infrastructure plan, acting with sudden speed after weeks of fits and starts once the White House and a bipartisan group of senators agreed on major provisions of the package that’s key to President Joe Biden’s agenda.
Biden welcomed the accord as one that would show America can “do big things.” It includes the most significant long-term investments in nearly a century, he said, on par with building the transcontinental railroad or the Interstate highway system.
“This deal signals to...",left
481,Senate Votes to Advance Infrastructure Package,"['US Senate', 'Infrastructure', 'Bipartisanship', 'Politics']",Senate votes to take up infrastructure deal,The Hill,"The Senate on Wednesday agreed to take up a bipartisan infrastructure package, hours after senators and the White House announced they had reached a deal after weeks of closed-door haggling. 
Senators voted 67-32 to greenlight the debate, with 17 Republicans joining all 50 Democrats to launch a floor effort that could conclude with a Senate victory for a bipartisan package that has been championed by President Biden.
GOP Sens. Roy Blunt (Mo.), Richard Burr (N.C.), Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.), Bill Cassidy (La.), Susan Collins (Maine), Kevin Cramer (N.D.), Mike Crapo (Idaho), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Chuck Grassley (Iowa), John Hoeven (N.D.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Rob Portman (Ohio), Jim Risch (Idaho), Mitt Romney (Utah), Thom Tillis (N.C.) Todd Young (Ind.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.)...",center
482,Boris Johnson To Become UK Prime Minister,"['Boris Johnson', 'Brexit', 'Prime Minister', 'Great Britain', 'World']","Who Is Boris Johnson? Trump-Defending, US-Fan Faces Big Battles as He Takes Charge of Britain",CBN,"Britain has a new Prime Minister. Britain's Conservative Party has chosen Boris Johnson.
He's a fan of America and has defended President Trump. He's also vowed to make Brexit happen in three months, but his first challenge will be the escalating naval crisis with Iran.
Boris Johnson arrives at number 10 Downing Street at a challenging time for any prime minister, with fears that war could break out with Iran.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized a British-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz last Friday in revenge...",right
483,Boris Johnson To Become UK Prime Minister,"['Boris Johnson', 'Brexit', 'Prime Minister', 'Great Britain', 'World']",Boris Johnson wins race to be Tory leader and PM,BBC News,"Boris Johnson has been elected new Conservative leader in a ballot of party members and will become the next UK prime minister.
He beat Jeremy Hunt comfortably, winning 92,153 votes to his rival's 46,656.
The former London mayor takes over from Theresa May on Wednesday.
In his victory speech, Mr Johnson promised he would ""deliver Brexit, unite the country and defeat Jeremy Corbyn"".
Speaking at the Queen Elizabeth II centre in London, he said: ""We are going to energise the country.
""We are going to get Brexit done on 31...",center
484,Boris Johnson To Become UK Prime Minister,"['Boris Johnson', 'Brexit', 'Prime Minister', 'Great Britain', 'World']",Boris Johnson elected new Tory leader,The Guardian,"Boris Johnson will become Britain’s next prime minister after winning a convincing victory over Jeremy Hunt in the Conservative party leadership race.
The former mayor of London, who has long cherished an ambition to lead his country, won 66% of the votes – 92,153, to Hunt’s 46,656. Turnout was 87.4% among 159,320 party members.
In a characteristically lighthearted acceptance speech, Johnson conceded that even some of his own supporters may “wonder quite what they have done”.
He claimed the Tory party had historically demonstrated it could “manage the jostling instincts...",left
485,White House Boosts Vaccine Distribution; Fauci Estimates Wide Availability by June,"['Healthcare', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",White House Announces Largest Increase In Weekly Vaccine Distribution Since Biden Took Office,The Daily Caller,"The White House announced the largest increase in its weekly vaccine distribution program since President Joe Biden took office on January 20.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at Tuesday’s briefing that state vaccine distribution would increase to 13.5 million every week, up nearly 60 percent since January 20. Psaki also announced that the Biden administration’s new program to ship doses directly to pharmacies would double its weekly output to 2 million.
“This program will expand access in neighborhoods across the country so that people can call and...",right
486,White House Boosts Vaccine Distribution; Fauci Estimates Wide Availability by June,"['Healthcare', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Dr. Fauci shifts the timeline on when the general public will be able to get a vaccine,CNN (Online News),"Dr. Anthony Fauci said vaccines won't be available to the ""general public"" before mid- to late May or early June, he told CNN's Jim Sciutto on Tuesday.
Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, acknowledged that previous estimates had placed vaccine availability for the general public -- or nonessential workers under 65 with no health conditions -- closer to the end of April.
""If you start talking about when the vaccine would be more widely available to the general population, I was hoping that that would...",left
487,White House Boosts Vaccine Distribution; Fauci Estimates Wide Availability by June,"['Healthcare', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Biden administration increases the number of Covid vaccine doses shipped weekly to states and pharmacies,CNBC,"The Biden administration is increasing the number of Covid-19 vaccine doses shipped to states weekly, sending out 13.5 million doses this week and doubling the number going to retail pharmacies, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday.
As of last week, the administration was sending out 11 million doses to states every week. Overall, Psaki noted, the administration has increased the number of doses shipped weekly to states by 57% since President Joe Biden was inaugurated Jan. 20.
Psaki also announced that the White House is doubling the number...",center
488,White House Restores Jim Acosta's Press Credentials,['Politics'],"White House backs down from legal fight, restores Jim Acosta's press pass",CNN (Online News),"The White House on Monday said that CNN correspondent Jim Acosta's press pass has been ""restored,"" bowing to days of pressure and a federal lawsuit against the administration.",left
489,White House Restores Jim Acosta's Press Credentials,['Politics'],Jim Acosta's press pass restored by White House with warning not to misbehave,Washington Times,"The White House said Monday it has restored CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s press pass, but warned him — and the rest of the press corps — that his disruptive antics will not be tolerated in the future.",right
490,White House Restores Jim Acosta's Press Credentials,['Politics'],"White House restores Jim Acosta's press pass, ending court fight",Reuters,"The White House on Monday said it had made a final decision to restore press credentials for CNN reporter Jim Acosta, ending a court fight, the network said.",center
491,Obama Meets On VA,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",Obama: People 'Will Be Held Accountable' For Veterans Affairs Problems,NPR (Online News),"Anybody found to have manipulated or falsified Veterans Affairs records ""will be held accountable,"" President Obama said Wednesday. The president condemned the reported widespread problems at the VA, defending Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki.
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492,Obama Meets On VA,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",GOP Reacts: Obama Cares More About Obamacare Website Than Veterans,The Blaze,"Republican leaders in the House and Senate on Wednesday immediately dismissed President Barack Obama’s speech about his effort to resolve the VA healthcare scandal — including the top Senate Republican, who said Obama’s remarks make it clear he cared more about the Obamacare website than the health of veterans.
“When the website for Obamacare wasn’t working, President Obama publicly and repeatedly pledged to get it working,” said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). “I’m disappointed he has not pledged as loudly and as repeatedly to do the right thing for...",right
493,Obama Meets On VA,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",Obama: VA hospital misconduct “dishonorable…and I will not tolerate it”,Salon,"Following the announcement by the VA inspector general that his office is investigating possible misconduct at 26 VA facilities around the country, President Barack Obama promised to swiftly root out anyone responsible.
“If these allegations prove to be true, it is dishonorable, it is a disgrace and I will not tolerate it. Period,” Mr. Obama said during a White House press conference. “I will not stand for it. Not as commander-in-chief, but also not as an American,” he added. “None of us should.”
The",left
494,California to Ban Sales of New Gas-Powered Cars by 2035,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Energy', 'Transportation', 'Sustainability', 'Climate Change', 'Electric Vehicles', 'California', 'Pollution', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Trade']",California Air Regulators Vote to Ban Sale of New Gasoline Cars by 2035,National Review,"Officials in California voted to approve a plan on Thursday to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035.
The new rule would mandate that 100 percent of all new cars sold in California by 2035 must be zero-emission, according to the reports. The plan would set a target of 35 percent of new passenger vehicles sold in the state by 2026 being zero-emission. By 2030, that target would increase to 68 percent.
“The climate crisis is solvable if we focus on the big, bold steps necessary to stem the tide of carbon...",right
495,California to Ban Sales of New Gas-Powered Cars by 2035,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Energy', 'Transportation', 'Sustainability', 'Climate Change', 'Electric Vehicles', 'California', 'Pollution', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Trade']",California’s gas car ban will change how everyone drives,Vox,"California, the state that buys the most cars and trucks in the United States, will ban the sale of fossil fuel-powered vehicles by 2035. This represents the largest government move against gasoline and diesel to date, with the potential to ripple throughout the country and the global auto industry.
The California Air Resources Board, which regulates pollution in the state, voted unanimously on Thursday to approve a proposal that will require 100 percent of all cars sold in the state to produce zero greenhouse gas emissions in 13 years. The board is...",left
496,California to Ban Sales of New Gas-Powered Cars by 2035,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Energy', 'Transportation', 'Sustainability', 'Climate Change', 'Electric Vehicles', 'California', 'Pollution', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Trade']",California bans the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035,CNBC,"California, the country’s most populous state and the center of U.S. car culture, is banning the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles starting in 2035, marking a historic step in the state’s battle against climate change.
The rule, issued by the California Air Resources Board on Thursday, will force automakers to speed up production of cleaner vehicles beginning in 2026 until sales of only zero-emission cars, pickup trucks and SUVs are allowed in the state.
The unanimous vote comes after Gov. Gavin Newsom set a target in 2020 to accelerate the shift away from internal...",center
497,Students Sue to End Teacher Tenure,['Education'],Tenure for teachers? 9 California students sue to end policy,Christian Science Monitor,"Nine California public school students are suing the state over its laws on teacher tenure, seniority and other protections that the plaintiffs say keep bad educators in classrooms. The case that goes to trial Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court is the latest battle in a growing nationwide challenge to union-backed protections for teachers in an effort to hold them more accountable for their work. The nonjury trial is expected to wrap up in March.
This week a Los Angeles judge will hear a case seeking to deem several statutes...",center
498,Students Sue to End Teacher Tenure,['Education'],"Public school students’ lawsuit challenges tenure, seeks to ban bad educators",Fox News (Online News),"Amidst ongoing national debate, nine public school students in California are suing the state over its laws governing teacher tenure, seniority and other protections they say keep bad educators in the classroom.",right
499,Students Sue to End Teacher Tenure,['Education'],Lawsuit takes on California teachers' job protections,Los Angeles Times,"It contends that California laws on the tenure, seniority and dismissal of teachers violate the Constitution because they don't ensure all students have access to an adequate education. Local school districts, state legislators and even a California governor have tried to limit teachers' job protections, among the most generous in the country. Efforts have all failed to rid public schools of ineffective teachers by making it easier to fire them and tougher for them to gain tenure and by stripping them of seniority rights. Now proponents are taking their fight...",left
500,Manhunt Follows Church Shooting,['Violence In America'],"Nine Dead in Mass Shooting at Church in Charleston, South Carolina; Gunman at Large",The Blaze,"Nine were killed Wednesday night after a gunman walked into a historic black church and opened fire in Charleston, South Carolina, officials said.",right
501,Manhunt Follows Church Shooting,['Violence In America'],"Police Release Photos of Charleston, South Carolina, Church Shooting Suspect",ABC News (Online),"Police and federal law enforcement agencies were in the midst of an all-out manhunt this morning for the gunman they say is responsible for killing nine people in a Charleston, South Carolina, church Wednesday night in what officials described as a hate crime.",left
502,Manhunt Follows Church Shooting,['Violence In America'],Manhunt follows attack on historic black South Carolina church,Reuters,"Police in Charleston, South Carolina, were searching for a white gunman on Thursday who killed nine people in a historic African-American church, in an attack that police and the city's mayor described as a hate crime.",center
503,Obama Celebrates Earth Day,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Visits Florida Everglades to Press Climate Change Agenda,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama will celebrate Earth Day by traveling to the Florida Everglades, a trip aimed at highlighting the risks posed by climate change and decrying those who deny the threat.
Wednesday’s visit will be the president’s first to the Everglades, a region the White House calls “ground zero” for the impacts of climate change. Rising sea levels in the low-lying area are eroding the shoreline, endangering the landscape and threatening drinking water supplies.
Mr. Obama’s tour of Everglades National Park is part of a broad administration-wide push to show...",center
504,Obama Celebrates Earth Day,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama Spends Earth Day In The Everglades, Taunting Republicans On Climate Change",HuffPost,"President Barack Obama is making an Earth Day visit to Florida's Everglades on Wednesday, where he'll talk about environmental issues. It's of course a huge coincidence that the visit is in the backyard of two Republican presidential hopefuls who have been squishy on the subject of climate change.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters on a call ahead of the trip that Obama ""will use the occasion of Earth Day to highlight his commitment to fighting to protect public health and to fighting the carbon pollution that contributes...",left
505,Obama Celebrates Earth Day,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama honors Earth Day by using 9,180 gallons of jet fuel — that’s just the start",Washington Times,"President Obama is celebrating Earth Day by flying in his jumbo jet down to Florida so he can tour the Everglades.
The 1,836-mile roundtrip will consume 9,180 gallons of fuel on Air Force One, according to CBS White House reporter Mark Knoller. And that’s just the president’s plane.
There will a half-dozen support planes along for the trip, Marine One helicopters, and a 25- to 30-vehicle motorcade belching exhaust into the air.",right
506,Trump Gives Gettysburg Address,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump closing argument is battle cry against Clinton corruption,Washington Times,"Donald Trump called on voters Saturday to help him defeat a “totally rigged system,” delivering a speech billed as the closing argument for his presidential campaign that became a battle cry against the forces that he said conspire against him and the American people.",right
507,Trump Gives Gettysburg Address,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump Touts Plan for First 100 Days of Presidency,Wall Street Journal (News),"Donald Trump, trying to jump-start his struggling campaign heading in the election’s home stretch, Saturday traveled to a storied Civil War battlefield to frame his closing argument to voters to u",center
508,Trump Gives Gettysburg Address,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump Pledges to ‘Heal Divisions’ (and Sue His Accusers),New York Times (News),"Donald J. Trump came to this historic battlefield town Saturday to offer his vision for America’s future, saying he hoped to “heal the divisions” of the country as President Lincoln tried to do here seven score and 13 years ago.",left
509,Obama Speech On Race,['Race And Racism'],Obama Takes Over White House Press Briefing To Speak On Trayvon Martin,HuffPost,"President Barack Obama made an unexpected appearance at Friday's White House press briefing to talk about the outcome of the Trayvon Martin case and, more broadly, how the United States continues to grapple with racial bias.
""When Trayvon Martin was first shot, I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that is, Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago,"" Obama said.",left
510,Obama Speech On Race,['Race And Racism'],Obama: Trayvon Martin 'Could Have Been Me',Wall Street Journal (News),"Six days after a Florida jury acquitted a Hispanic man in the shooting death of an African-American teen, President Barack Obama made his first extensive comments on the case, speaking in personal terms about his own experience of being black in America.
"" Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago,"" the president said in the remarks, made Friday during a surprise appearance in the White House press room. Mr. Martin, a 17-year-old African-American, was shot and killed in Florida last year in a case that riveted millions of...",center
511,Obama Speech On Race,['Race And Racism'],"Obama enters Martin debate with personal remarks, questions 'stand-your-ground'",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama publicly and personally addressed the Trayvon Martin case for the first time since George Zimmerman was acquitted nearly a week ago, relating his own experiences to the ""pain"" the black community is feeling and going on to question so-called ""stand-your-ground"" laws.",right
512,Michael Avenatti Claims to Have Evidence That Brett Kavanaugh Facilitated High School ‘Gang Rapes’,['Sexual Misconduct'],Michael Avenatti Implicates Kavanaugh in Pattern of Teenage Sexual Assault,New York Magazine,"Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for Stormy Daniels, says he is “aware of significant evidence” that Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh participated in multiple gang rapes while in high school.",left
513,Michael Avenatti Claims to Have Evidence That Brett Kavanaugh Facilitated High School ‘Gang Rapes’,['Sexual Misconduct'],Avenatti: New client will go public with Kavanaugh accusations by Wednesday,The Hill,"Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who says he has ""credible information"" about more sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, said Monday that he expects his new client will appear for an on-camera interview within the next 48 hours.",center
514,Michael Avenatti Claims to Have Evidence That Brett Kavanaugh Facilitated High School ‘Gang Rapes’,['Sexual Misconduct'],Journalists Trash Porn Star Attorney for His Dubious Kavanaugh Allegations,The Daily Caller,"Michael Avenatti, the TV-friendly attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels, has never exactly enjoyed popularity among political journalists. But his favor has dipped even further amid new allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh that he dumped into the news cycle Sunday night.",right
515,McConnell Will Introduce Bill That Legalizes Hemp,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']",McConnell backs bill to ease up on hemp cultivation,Politico,"Mitch McConnell will introduce legislation to allow states to regulate their own hemp industries, a move that could be a boon to the Senate majority leader should he pursue reelection in 2020.",left
516,McConnell Will Introduce Bill That Legalizes Hemp,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']",McConnell bill would legalize hemp as agricultural product,The Hill,Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced a new bill on Monday that would legalize hemp as an agricultural product.,center
517,McConnell Will Introduce Bill That Legalizes Hemp,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']",Mitch McConnell will introduce a bill to greenlight hemp production,Washington Examiner,"Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Republican majority leader from Kentucky, is promoting new legislation to legalize hemp and remove it from the list of controlled substances.",right
518,Trump Admin Creates Conscience and Religious Freedom Office,['Healthcare'],Trump’s new HHS office will protect health care workers who object to abortion,Vox,The new “Conscience and Religious Freedom” division is being cheered by the religious right.,left
519,Trump Admin Creates Conscience and Religious Freedom Office,['Healthcare'],"Trump administration creates new religious, moral protections for health workers",The Hill,"The Trump administration has created new protections for health workers who have religious and moral objections to certain procedures, such as abortion or assisted suicide.",center
520,Trump Admin Creates Conscience and Religious Freedom Office,['Healthcare'],Trump Administration Creates Office To Protect Health Care Workers From Violating Religious Convictions,The Daily Caller,The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced Thursday it created a new division in charge of protecting health care workers so they don’t have to provide services that go against their religious or moral convictions.,right
521,Sanders Says Clinton Not Qualified,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Civil War: As Sanders Racks Up Wins, Democratic Race Getting Ugly",Townhall,"Lots of recriminations and pearl-clutching on the Left yesterday and today after Bernie Sanders channeled Marco Rubio and called Hillary Clinton unqualified to be president. This, after Clinton tied Sanders' heterodoxies on gun rights to the Sandy Hook massacre of elementary school children. A very tame race is getting a bit heated, as Leah noted earlier. Watch:",right
522,Sanders Says Clinton Not Qualified,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders: Hillary Clinton is not 'qualified' to be president,CNN (Online News),"Bernie Sanders said Wednesday that Hillary Clinton is not ""qualified"" to be president, a sharp escalation in rhetoric in the Democratic primary.",left
523,Sanders Says Clinton Not Qualified,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Sanders ticks off ways Clinton not ‘qualified’ to be president,Washington Post,"Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders on Wednesday said that he does not believe Hillary Clinton is qualified to be president based on her acceptance of special-interest money, her support of free trade and her vote for the Iraq War.",left
524,Barack’s Iran Legacy,['Middle East'],Obama ties legacy to Iran nuclear deal,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama on Thursday effectively placed his diplomatic legacy largely in the hands of Iranian revolutionary clerics who've waged a proxy war against the U.S. for three decades.
With a framework deal to halt Tehran's nuclear program, Obama moved closer to the kind of staggering diplomatic breakthrough with the Islamic Republic that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago.
If the political agreement reached in Switzerland turns into a genuine pact honored by both sides, Obama will be entitled to a place in history as the leader...",left
525,Barack’s Iran Legacy,['Middle East'],US reportedly backed down on initial goals in Iran talks,Fox News (Online News),"U.S. negotiators reportedly lowered the bar for their own goals during talks over Iran's nuclear program in response to resistance from the Tehran team. And, on the heels of a framework deal being announced in Switzerland, France's top diplomat on Friday admitted his country had initially held out for firmer terms.
The emerging reports indicate the U.S. team, led by Secretary of State John Kerry, gradually backed down over the course of the talks as Iran's delegation dug in. The Wall Street Journal, citing current and former U.S. representatives...",right
526,Barack’s Iran Legacy,['Middle East'],A Foreign Policy Gamble by Obama at a Moment of Truth,New York Times (News),"On the day he took office, President Obama reached out to America’s enemies, offering in his first inaugural address to “extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.” More than six years later, he has arrived at a moment of truth in testing that proposition with one of the nation’s most intransigent adversaries.
The framework nuclear agreement he reached with Iran on Thursday did not provide the definitive answer to whether Mr. Obama’s audacious gamble will pay off. The fist Iran has shaken at the so-called Great...",left
527,Iowa Caucus Results Begin to Emerge as Democrats Face Criticism for Delays,"['Iowa', 'Iowa Caucuses', '2020 Election', 'Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting', 'Elections']",Iowa Might Have Screwed Up The Whole Nomination Process,FiveThirtyEight,"In trying to build a forecast model of the Democratic primaries, we literally had to think about the entire process from start (Iowa) to finish (the Virgin Islands on June 6). Actually, we had to do more than that. Since the nomination process is sequential — states vote one at a time rather than all at once — we had to determine, empirically, how much the results of one state can affect the rest.
The answer in the case of Iowa is that it matters a lot. Despite its demographic...",center
528,Iowa Caucus Results Begin to Emerge as Democrats Face Criticism for Delays,"['Iowa', 'Iowa Caucuses', '2020 Election', 'Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting', 'Elections']",Iowa’s Democratic Disaster,National Review,"On the menu today, Iowa’s Democrats give America a night it will never forget, for all the wrong reasons, while Republicans have a delightfully boring and predictable caucus night.
The Night the Iowa Caucus Died
For Iowa Democrats, the night of February 3, 2020 will forever rank among the greatest disappointments, frustrations, and purely enraging humiliations of their lives. As of 6:35 a.m. Eastern this morning, the Iowa Democratic Party simply . . . cannot tabulate the votes!
The delay is baffling, as anyone should be able to do this...",right
529,Iowa Caucus Results Begin to Emerge as Democrats Face Criticism for Delays,"['Iowa', 'Iowa Caucuses', '2020 Election', 'Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting', 'Elections']","With Polls Up and Acquittal in Sight, Trump Revels in Democratic Dysfunction",New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — When President Trump looks back on his best days in the White House, Tuesday may land near the top of the list.
With Democrats in disarray at the start of their nominating season, Mr. Trump will take the national stage to address his largest audience of the year assured of acquittal in his Senate trial and enjoying his highest public approval since taking office.
For a president impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors just seven weeks ago, he finds himself in a strikingly strong position as his re-election...",left
530,Perspectives: Thanksgiving History and the American People,"['Holidays', 'Thanksgiving', 'Culture', 'Ethnicity And Heritage', 'Native Americans', 'General News']","As An Indigenous Woman, I Always Hate Thanksgiving. This Year I’m Terrified Of It.",HuffPost,"I used to think it was enough, every Thanksgiving, to post Wednesday Addams’ famous Thanksgiving monologue. Like most Indian kids across the country, when I first saw “Addams Family Values,” I delighted in the speech delivered by the iconic little outcast. It was one of the first times I remember feeling seen in pop culture as she rants about the realities of reservations and settler/colonial violence, about selling beaded bracelets by the roadside. Her statement about living in mobile homes resonated so intensely with me that I think my 10-year-old...",left
531,Perspectives: Thanksgiving History and the American People,"['Holidays', 'Thanksgiving', 'Culture', 'Ethnicity And Heritage', 'Native Americans', 'General News']",Thanksgiving Is Not a Lie,Rich Lowry,"We live in a time of heedless iconoclasm, and so one of the country’s oldest traditions is under assault.
Thanksgiving is increasingly portrayed as, at best, based on falsehoods and, at worst, a whitewash of genocide against Native Americans.
The New York Times ran a piece the other day titled, “The Thanksgiving Myth Gets a Deeper Look This Year,” bristling with hostility toward the day of gratitude and noting that “the holiday arrives in the midst of a national struggle over racial justice.” (The paper is admirably consistent — a...",right
532,Perspectives: Thanksgiving History and the American People,"['Holidays', 'Thanksgiving', 'Culture', 'Ethnicity And Heritage', 'Native Americans', 'General News']","400 years after 'First Thanksgiving,' tribe that fed the Pilgrims fights for survival",The Hill,"Depending on where you grew up and went to school, you probably learned a different version of the first Thanksgiving.
Generally, it goes something like this: The Pilgrims were facing a rough winter in Massachusetts when a tribe of Native Americans came to their aid, showing them how to plant native crops and forging a future of peace and cooperation between the two groups. In some stories, the Pilgrims gave them something in return (the details vary).
""I think the only way forward is to understand the history the...",center
533,ICE Targets Student Visa Fraud With Fake Michigan University,"['Donald Trump', 'Barack Obama', 'ICE', 'Michigan', 'Immigration', 'Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Leftists Decry Fake University ICE Sting Practiced During Obama Administration,Breitbart News,"The fake University of Farmington, set up by the Department of Homeland Security, that resulted in the arrest of 250 foreign students this year and prompted outrage from leftists, was a concept embraced by the Obama administration, which engaged in similar operations.
Leftists experienced a collective freakout this week after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the arrest of dozens of foreign nationals committing visa fraud by enrolling in the fake university. It was “part of a sting operation by federal agents who enticed foreign-born students, mostly from India,...",right
534,ICE Targets Student Visa Fraud With Fake Michigan University,"['Donald Trump', 'Barack Obama', 'ICE', 'Michigan', 'Immigration', 'Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']","ICE set up a fake university, then arrested 250 people granted student visas",Washington Post,"It has been 10 months since unsealed federal court documents revealed that U.S. immigration officials created a fake university to lure foreign-born college students who were trying to stay in the country on student visas that might not have been legal.
The University of Farmington, a fictitious school that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement marketed as a hub for STEM students who wanted to enroll and not “interrupt their careers,” had a fake name, a fake website and a fake motto on its fake seal. “Scientia et Labor,” the seal...",left
535,ICE Targets Student Visa Fraud With Fake Michigan University,"['Donald Trump', 'Barack Obama', 'ICE', 'Michigan', 'Immigration', 'Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",ICE arrests 90 more foreign students at fake university created by DHS in Michigan,USA TODAY,"DETROIT – About 90 additional foreign students at a fake university in metro Detroit created by the Department of Homeland Security have been arrested in recent months.
A total of about 250 students have now been arrested since January on immigration violations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as part of a sting operation by federal agents who enticed foreign-born students, mostly from India, to attend the school that marketed itself as offering graduate programs in technology and computer studies, according to ICE officials.
Many of those arrested have...",left
536,West Hollywood City Council Urges Removal of Trump's Hollywood Star,['Politics'],West Hollywood passes resolution to remove President Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star,Fox News (Online News),"The West Hollywood City Council passed a resolution Monday night asking to have President Trump's star removed from the Hollywood Walk of Fame, according to a tweet by the city’s mayor.",right
537,West Hollywood City Council Urges Removal of Trump's Hollywood Star,['Politics'],"Dig up Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star, councilors urge",Reuters,Two men with pickaxes have tried and failed to remove U.S. President Donald Trump’s star from the Hollywood Walk of Fame but now it is West Hollywood City Council’s turn.,center
538,West Hollywood City Council Urges Removal of Trump's Hollywood Star,['Politics'],West Hollywood Urges Removal of Trump’s Walk of Fame Star (It’s a Long Shot),New York Times (News),West Hollywood badly wants to remove President Trump’s star from the Hollywood Walk of Fame.,left
539,Trump Avoids Praising John Lewis in Interview,"['John Lewis', 'Civil Rights', 'Race And Racism', 'Donald Trump']",‘I don’t know John Lewis’: Trump bashes deceased civil rights leader for skipping his inauguration,Washington Post,"As three former presidents gathered in Atlanta last week to offer stirring tributes to John Lewis, President Trump was absent. In an interview that aired Monday night, Trump had few kind words of his own for the former Democratic congressman and civil rights leader, who died July 17.
Asked by interviewer Jonathan Swan how history would remember Lewis’s contributions to the nation, Trump demurred.
“I don’t know. I don’t know John Lewis,” Trump said in the “Axios on HBO” interview. “He chose not to come to my inauguration.”",left
540,Trump Avoids Praising John Lewis in Interview,"['John Lewis', 'Civil Rights', 'Race And Racism', 'Donald Trump']","Exclusive: Trump declines to praise John Lewis, citing inauguration snub",Axios,"President Trump dismissed the legacy of the late Rep. John Lewis in an interview with “Axios on HBO,” saying only that Lewis made a “big mistake” by not coming to his inauguration.
The big picture: Trump's comments were a glaring contrast with the praise Republicans and Democrats showered upon Lewis this week, and a default to personal grudges during a week of mourning for a civil rights hero.
Driving the news: In the interview with Axios’ Jonathan Swan, Trump said, “I really don't know” how history will remember the Democratic...",center
541,Trump Avoids Praising John Lewis in Interview,"['John Lewis', 'Civil Rights', 'Race And Racism', 'Donald Trump']","Trump withholds praise for John Lewis, notes he 'didn't come to my inauguration'",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump, in a wide-ranging interview with ""Axios on HBO"" that aired Monday night, refused to praise late civil rights icon and Rep. John Lewis, citing Lewis' decision not to attend his inauguration and State of the Union speeches.
Interviewer Jonathan Swan repeatedly challenged Trump on topics ranging from the increasing number of coronavirus cases when he held his indoor and largely maskless rally in Tulsa, Okla., to Afghanistan to mail-in voting. Swan also asked Trump his opinion of Lewis.
""John Lewis is lying in state at the U.S. Capitol....",right
542,"Pre-Hack, NSA Breached N. Korea","['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","N.S.A. Breached North Korean Networks Before Sony Attack, Officials Say",New York Times (News),"The trail that led American officials to blame North Korea for the destructive cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment in November winds back to 2010, when the National Security Agency scrambled to break into the computer systems of a country considered one of the most impenetrable targets on earth.
Spurred by growing concern about North Korea’s maturing capabilities, the American spy agency drilled into the Chinese networks that connect North Korea to the outside world, picked through connections in Malaysia favored by North Korean hackers and penetrated directly into the North...",left
543,"Pre-Hack, NSA Breached N. Korea","['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",NSA program reportedly helped US gather evidence against North Korea in Sony hack,Fox News (Online News),"A program implemented by the National Security Agency to help the U.S. and its allies track the computers and networks used by North Korean hackers was critical in gathering information that led Washington to conclude Pyongyang was behind last year's cyberattack on Sony Pictures.
The New York Times reported late Sunday that the NSA began placing malware in North Korean systems in 2010. Originally, the purpose of the surveillance was to gain insight into North Korea's nuclear program, but the focus shifted after a large cyberattack on South Korean banks...",right
544,"Pre-Hack, NSA Breached N. Korea","['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Corruption Currents: NSA Helped Link North Korea to Sony Hack,Wall Street Journal (News),"Daiichi Sankyo Inc. agreed to pay $39 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to induce physicians to prescribe the firm’s drugs. (press release)
Bahamian officials are looking for a way into the investigation of Alstom SAALO.FR -0.09%. (Nassau Guardian)",center
545,Tonight’s Address to Congress,"['White House', 'Politics']","Joint session 2017: Why isn't Trump's speech called a ""State of the Union"" address?",CBS News (Online),"On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump will deliver an address to a joint session of Congress in Washington, the biggest speech he’s given since his inaugural address back on Jan. 20.",left
546,Tonight’s Address to Congress,"['White House', 'Politics']",President Trump goes to Congress to make a sale,CNN (Online News),Donald Trump needs to make a sale.,left
547,Tonight’s Address to Congress,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump’s First Address to Congress: What to Expect,CBN,"For President Donald Trump, big rallies are the wind in his sails. At his first address to a joint session of Congress, he'll have a grand stage, but the crowd can be tough.",right
548,CDC's Updated COVID-19 Numbers Misinterpreted,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Public Health', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Misinformation', 'COVID-19 Misinformation']","No, the CDC did not ‘quietly adjust’ US coronavirus deaths",PolitiFact,"Over the weekend, President Donald Trump shared two posts that falsely claimed COVID-19 deaths are not as high as previously thought.
The posts claimed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its COVID-19 death numbers to show that only 9,210 Americans have died from the virus. Twitter removed the first tweet for violating its rules. Another post from Jenna Ellis, a senior legal adviser for the Trump campaign, linked to a story from the Gateway Pundit, a conservative news site. That tweet was still up as of...",left
549,CDC's Updated COVID-19 Numbers Misinterpreted,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Public Health', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Misinformation', 'COVID-19 Misinformation']",Twitter Removes Claim About CDC And Covid-19 Coronavirus Deaths That Trump Retweeted,Forbes,"When you see “only 6%” trending on Twitter, the next obvious question is “only 6% of what?” Only 6% of dogs wear shoes? Only 6% of cats are plotting to stage a coup d'état in your house? Only 6% of what Tinder profiles say is true?
Nope. Various Tweets were pulling the 6% number from the following passage on the “Provisional Death Counts for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)” page on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website:
“Table 3 shows the types of health conditions and contributing causes...",center
550,CDC's Updated COVID-19 Numbers Misinterpreted,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Public Health', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Misinformation', 'COVID-19 Misinformation']",94% of Americans who died from COVID-19 had contributing conditions: CDC,New York Post (News),"Ninety-four percent of Americans who died from COVID-19 had other “types of health conditions and contributing causes” in addition to the virus, according to a new CDC report.
Using provisional data on coronavirus-related deaths from the week ending Feb. 1 through Aug. 22, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded last week that “for 6 percent of the deaths, COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned.”
“For deaths with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19, on average, there were 2.6 additional conditions or causes per death,” the report said.",right
551,Gay Marriage in Alabama,['LGBT Rights'],Same-sex couples to wed in Alabama despite efforts to block them,CNN (Online News),"Federal courts have cleared the way for same-sex marriages to begin in Alabama on Monday, but in a last-ditch effort to stop the weddings, the famously conservative chief justice of the state Supreme Court has instructed probate judges not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.",left
552,Gay Marriage in Alabama,['LGBT Rights'],Alabama begins issuing marriage licenses to gay couples,Fox News (Online News),"Alabama began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples Monday, despite an 11th-hour attempt from the state's chief justice -- an outspoken opponent -- to block the weddings.",right
553,Gay Marriage in Alabama,['LGBT Rights'],Alabama Chief Justice asks officials to defy gay marriage ruling,Washington Post,"With same-sex marriages set to begin in Alabama on Monday, the state’s firebrand Supreme Court chief justice has ordered local officials to deny marriage licenses to gay couples.",left
554,Analysis of the Orlando Shooting,['Violence In America'],OPINION: The real terror threat in America is homegrown,CNN (Online News),"The mass killing in Orlando this weekend fits a grim pattern: Every lethal terrorist attack in the United States in the past decade and a half has been carried out by American citizens or legal permanent residents, operating either as lone wolves or in pairs, who have no formal connections or training from terrorist organizations such as al Qaeda or ISIS.",left
555,Analysis of the Orlando Shooting,['Violence In America'],OPINION: The Scope of the Orlando Carnage,Guest Writer - Left,"These locations are never random. These targets aren’t accidental. They’re the very vocabulary in which assailants like the Orlando gunman speak, and he chose a place where there’s drinking. And dancing. And where L.G.B.T. people congregate, feeling a sense of welcome, of belonging.",left
556,Analysis of the Orlando Shooting,['Violence In America'],The Orlando Horror and Hard Truths,Townhall,"The Orlando massacre is sickening and frightening. It's sickening on its face: Dozens of innocent people were shot to death by a remorseless, merciless fanatic on Saturday night, executed for the 'crime' of carousing with friends at an establishment that caters to a clientele despised by their killer. It's frightening because this horror was not perpetrated by masked men shouting slogans in an unfamiliar tongue thousands of miles away.",right
557,Missouri Police Officer Kills Armed Man,['Violence In America'],"Missouri police officer shoots, kills man who pulled gun",Washington Times,"A suburban St. Louis police officer shot and killed a man who pointed a gun at him at a gas station late Tuesday, police said.",right
558,Missouri Police Officer Kills Armed Man,['Violence In America'],"Video Shows Moments Before Police Shooting Near Ferguson, Missouri",ABC News (Online),"A man was shot and killed by a police officer Tuesday in Berkeley, Missouri, authorities said -- sparking new unrest in a region already reeling following an August police shooting a few miles away in Ferguson.",left
559,Missouri Police Officer Kills Armed Man,['Violence In America'],Missouri Police Officer Kills Man Who Pulled Gun,Wall Street Journal (News),"The police-involved shooting death of an allegedly armed black man in a St. Louis suburb on Tuesday led to small protests, scuffles with police and four arrests overnight, according to police.",center
560,Perspectives: The Equal Rights Amendment,"['Equal Rights Amendment', 'Civil Rights', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Feminism', 'Virginia', 'US Constitution']",The Equal Rights Un-Amendment,National Review,"Three states have gone to court to get an amendment added to the Constitution. House Democrats plan a vote in support of this scheme. What the Left is attempting to do here is to subvert Article V of the Constitution — the part that spells out the proper way to amend the Constitution — in order to make it easier for liberal judges to impose their policy preferences on the nation.
The purpose of the Equal Rights Amendment is to put seemingly innocuous language into the Constitution — declaring men...",right
561,Perspectives: The Equal Rights Amendment,"['Equal Rights Amendment', 'Civil Rights', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Feminism', 'Virginia', 'US Constitution']","No, the Equal Rights Amendment is not a 'feminist handout'",Newsweek,"On the day Virginia officially voted to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment earlier this month, becoming the crucial 38th state to do so, I listened to a male colleague explain his opposition to what he deemed ""feminist"" messaging—specifically, a political campaign touting the fact that a woman was first to accomplish something in her field. A ""feminist"" angle, he argued, was anything but persuasive to a general audience.
""It's a turnoff,"" he said. ""Just another woman looking for a handout.""
A familiar flurry of rage spun in my chest. Why...",center
562,Perspectives: The Equal Rights Amendment,"['Equal Rights Amendment', 'Civil Rights', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Feminism', 'Virginia', 'US Constitution']","Bless Virginia for passing the Equal Rights Amendment, but blame women for taking this long",Guest Writer - Center,"Enough women — and men — have chosen political ideology over protecting gender equality, and that’s shameful.
Last week, Virginia became the 38th state to pass the Equal Rights Amendment — which would be enough to finally ratify the amendment. But enough women and men have snubbed it for nearly five decades that now this milestone may already be legally DOA.
“In so many areas, we still have a long way to go,” Democratic Virginia state Sen. Jennifer McClellan said.
No kidding.
McClellan, one of the ERA’s sponsors, was...",center
563,Arizona Abortion Ban Rejected,['Abortion'],Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Arizona Abortion Appeal,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Supreme Court has rejected Arizona's bid to put in place its ban on most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
The justices on Monday declined to reconsider a lower-court ruling that the law violates a woman's constitutionally protected right to terminate a pregnancy before a fetus is able to survive outside the womb.
""Viability"" of a fetus is gen",center
564,Arizona Abortion Ban Rejected,['Abortion'],Supreme Court won’t revive Arizona’s strict abortion rules,Washington Post,"The Supreme Court declined Monday to revive an Arizona law that would have prohibited most abortions after a pregnancy had reached 20 weeks.
The court, as is its custom, gave no reason for declining to review a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit that the law was unconstitutional because it violated standards set by the justices 40 years ago in Roe v. Wade.",left
565,Arizona Abortion Ban Rejected,['Abortion'],Arizona's 20-Week Abortion Ban Rejected by Supreme Court,Townhall,"Each time the pro-life movement celebrates a victory, it seems it then has to face another setback. That is no truer than the past year. Now, on the heels of good news such as Justice Sotomayor’s decision to delay the contraception mandate for some of the nation’s religious employers, comes a backward decision from her and her fellow justices.",right
566,Zelenskyy Urges Western Nations to Ban Russian Travelers,"['Foreign Policy', 'Russia', 'Travel Ban', 'Ukraine War', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'World']",Zelensky calls on West to ban all Russian travelers,Washington Post,"The way to stop Russia from annexing any more of Ukraine’s territory, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday, is for Western countries to announce that they would ban all Russian citizens in response.
In a wide-ranging interview with The Washington Post, Zelensky said that “the most important sanctions are to close the borders — because the Russians are taking away someone else’s land.” He said Russians should “live in their own world until they change their philosophy.”
Russian leaders have signaled they could hold annexation votes in the occupied parts of...",left
567,Zelenskyy Urges Western Nations to Ban Russian Travelers,"['Foreign Policy', 'Russia', 'Travel Ban', 'Ukraine War', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'World']",Ukraine’s Zelensky calls for travel ban on Russians entering Western nations,New York Post (News),"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is urging Western governments to bar Russians from entering their countries — declaring that they ought to “live in their own world until they change their philosophy.”
The leader of the besieged country made the request in an interview on Monday with the Washington Post as the Pentagon announced another $1 billion aid package to Ukraine.
Zelensky told the newspaper that “the most important sanctions are to close the borders — because the Russians are taking away someone else’s land.”
But the Washington Post noted that some have said...",right
568,Zelenskyy Urges Western Nations to Ban Russian Travelers,"['Foreign Policy', 'Russia', 'Travel Ban', 'Ukraine War', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'World']",Kyiv urges travel ban on Russians as Moscow steps up assault in eastern Ukraine,Reuters,"Ukraine’s president called on the West to impose a blanket travel ban on Russians, an idea that has found support among some European states but angered Moscow, which pressed on with a fierce military offensive in eastern Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s idea looked likely to divide the European Union, where differences on how to deal with Moscow have long persisted between some eastern and western members.
Zelenskiy made his proposal in an interview with the Washington Post as Ukraine halted flows of Russian oil to some eastern European countries due...",center
569,Illegal Ballot Harvesting Prompted Re-Do of North Carolina's 9th District Election,"['Voter Fraud', 'Ballot Harvesting', 'Elections', 'Campaigns', 'North Carolina', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Illegal ballot harvesting caused a do-over House election in North Carolina. What are the pros and cons?,Henry A. Brechter,"A U.S. House special election in North Carolina’s 9th congressional district on Tuesday is essentially a do-over after a candidate’s 2018 victory was negated by allegations of illegal ballot harvesting. The election could flip a longtime Republican district, and has shifted national attention to the issue of ballot harvesting, the arguments in favor of and against it, and how different states regulate the practice.
Republican Mark Harris appeared to beat Democrat Dan McReady by 905 votes in the initial election last year, winning a seat in the House of Representatives....",center
570,Illegal Ballot Harvesting Prompted Re-Do of North Carolina's 9th District Election,"['Voter Fraud', 'Ballot Harvesting', 'Elections', 'Campaigns', 'North Carolina', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Trump unloads on 'disloyal' Democratic House candidate at fiery rally ahead of pivotal North Carolina special election,Fox News (Online News),"High stakes were matched by some of President Trump's harshest campaign rhetoric yet at a rally in Fayetteville, N.C., on Monday night, with just hours to go until voters there head to the polls in a pivotal toss-up special election that will decide the winner of a long-contested -- and long-vacant -- House seat.
""To stop the far-left, you must vote in tomorrow's special election,"" Trump told attendees, before slamming Democratic candidate Dan McCready as a dangerous proponent of ""sanctuary cities"" and rolling back gun rights.
""Just recently, Mecklenburg County...",right
571,Illegal Ballot Harvesting Prompted Re-Do of North Carolina's 9th District Election,"['Voter Fraud', 'Ballot Harvesting', 'Elections', 'Campaigns', 'North Carolina', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",North Carolina House race carries unlikely hangover from fraud scandal,NBC News (Online),"CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The closely-watched special U.S. House election being held here Tuesday is taking place in the shadow of a political scandal that, according to the candidates, is having a real impact on the race.
But this time around, the issue is not the illegal ballot harvesting that marred last year's contest, it's the fact the one of the candidates has been effectively running for over two years.
Democratic candidate Dan McCready likes to tell his supporters that he began running for the 9th Congressional District seat when his...",left
572,Obama may go solo in Syria,['Middle East'],Obama Set for Limited Strike on Syria as British Vote No,New York Times (News),"President Obama is ready to pursue a limited military strike even with a rejection of such action by Britain and mounting questions from Congress,officials said.",left
573,Obama may go solo in Syria,['Middle East'],U.S. officials say options under consideration in Syria would not require a coalition to be effective,Wall Street Journal (News),U.S. officials say the options under consideration in Syria are smaller scale and would not require a coalition to be effective.,center
574,Obama may go solo in Syria,['Middle East'],"Obama may go solo with Syria strike; U.S., British lawmakers voice opposition",Washington Times,"President Obama and his top aides tried to rally support Thursday for retaliatory strikes in Syria, saying they remain convinced that the Assad regime used chemical weapons, but hopes for an international coalition took a major hit when the British Parliament voted against military action.",right
575,"Annual Inflation Rose 7.9% in February, a 40-Year High","['Economy And Jobs', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Ukraine War']","Inflation rises 7.9% in February, a new 40-year high",Fox Business,"Inflation hit a fresh 40-year high in February, largely driven by higher gas prices. 
The consumer price index climbed 7.9% on an annual basis, according to data released on Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Month-over-month, inflation rose 0.8%.
The year-over-year reading is in-line with estimates and compares with an annual 7.5% jump in January, marking the fastest increase since February 1982, when inflation hit 7.6%.
Gas jumped 6.6% in February and accounted for almost a third of price hikes. Food rose by 1%.",right
576,"Annual Inflation Rose 7.9% in February, a 40-Year High","['Economy And Jobs', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Ukraine War']",Inflation up 7.9 percent in February compared to last year as price rises grip U.S. economy,NBC News (Online),"  Inflation kept up its blistering pace in February, and economists say Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is triggering even steeper price increases this month. 
The Labor Department reported Thursday that the Consumer Price Index, or CPI — a broad basket of goods and services — continued to rise, increasing by 0.8 percent in February, or 7.9 percent year over year, on track with economists’ expectations. 
Core inflation rose by 0.5 percent for the month. The core inflation metric includes prices of goods and services from rent to airline tickets to...",left
577,"Annual Inflation Rose 7.9% in February, a 40-Year High","['Economy And Jobs', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Ukraine War']",U.S. February Consumer Prices Rose 7.9% From Year Earlier,Wall Street Journal (News),"U.S. inflation climbed to a 7.9% annual rate in February, another four-decade high, as skyrocketing energy and commodity prices related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine pushed already-elevated costs higher.
The Labor Department’s consumer-price index, which measures the cost of goods and services across the economy, was at its highest rate since January 1982, when annual inflation was 8.4%.
Rising energy prices, including higher gasoline prices, helped push up the inflation reading, along with increases for groceries, restaurant food, transportation services and apparel. Economists expect additional price increases related to the...",center
578,"Annual Inflation Reached 30-Year High in October, BLS Says","['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'CPI', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'Energy']",Pressure on Fed to raise interest rates as US inflation surges to 30-year high,The Guardian,"Pressure on America’s central bank to raise interest rates has intensified after rising energy costs, supply shortages and increased consumer sent US inflation surging to a level not seen for more than 30 years.
Although the Federal Reserve has repeatedly insisted price pressures will prove “transitory”, financial markets were taken aback by a 6.2% increase in the cost of living in the world’s biggest economy over the past year.
A labour department report released on Wednesday showed prices rose by 0.9% in October alone – more than double the 0.4% jump in September –...",left
579,"Annual Inflation Reached 30-Year High in October, BLS Says","['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'CPI', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'Energy']","Inflation spikes as prices surge 6.2 percent, most in over 30 years",New York Post (News),"Inflation continued to surge last month — with prices rising more than expected and at the fastest pace in more than 30 years as companies grapple with a snarled supply chain and a nationwide labor shortage, the feds announced Wednesday.
The Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index, which measures a basket of goods and services as well as energy and food costs, jumped 6.2 percent in October from a year earlier.
That’s up from September’s 5.4 percent year-over-year rise in prices and is the biggest 12-month rise since 1990.",right
580,"Annual Inflation Reached 30-Year High in October, BLS Says","['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'CPI', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'Energy']","U.S. consumer prices jump 6.2% in October, the biggest inflation surge in more than 30 years",CNBC,"Inflation across a broad swath of products that consumers buy every day was even worse than expected in October, hitting its highest point in more than 30 years, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.
The consumer price index, which is a basket of products ranging from gasoline and health care to groceries and rents, rose 6.2% from a year ago, the most since December 1990. That compared with the 5.9% Dow Jones estimate.
On a monthly basis, the CPI increased 0.9% against the 0.6% estimate.
Stripping out volatile food and energy...",center
581,"Italy Votes on New Government, Reevaluating Place in European Order","['World', 'Italy', 'Europe', 'Energy', 'Economic Policy', 'Immigration', 'Voting', 'Elections']",Italians Vote in Election that May Overturn EU Order,Breitbart News,"Italians are voting Sunday in an election which could change the face of the European Union, with a right-populist coalition of anti-mass migration, eurosceptic parties tipped to win a parliamentary majority.
Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy (FdI), Matteo Salvini’s League (Lega), and three-time former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italy are tipped by pollsters to come out on top in Sunday’s election, paving the way for the first government in a national conservative vein similar to Poland and Hungary in Western Europe.
All three party leaders are eurosceptics, if not...",right
582,"Italy Votes on New Government, Reevaluating Place in European Order","['World', 'Italy', 'Europe', 'Energy', 'Economic Policy', 'Immigration', 'Voting', 'Elections']",Italy election: Will far-right prevail for first time since WII?,Al Jazeera,"Italians cast their ballots in a national election that could bring the country’s most right-wing government to power since World War II.
The electoral campaign kicked off after political infighting led to the collapse of outgoing Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s government in July. Sunday’s election takes place against the background of an energy crisis, widespread voter disillusionment and questions about Italy’s future stance towards the European Union.
“I hope something will change for the better, but I am not very confident,” retiree Marinella Faccioli, 75, told Al Jazeera after casting...",left
583,"Italy Votes on New Government, Reevaluating Place in European Order","['World', 'Italy', 'Europe', 'Energy', 'Economic Policy', 'Immigration', 'Voting', 'Elections']",Italy votes as far-right Meloni looks for victory,BBC News,"Italians are deciding whether to choose their most right-wing government since World War Two, in an election being followed closely across Europe.
Giorgia Meloni leads the far-right Brothers of Italy party and is aiming to become the country's first female prime minister allied with two other parties on the right.
She has softened her image and resents being linked to Italy's fascist past.
Almost 51 million Italians have the right to vote until 23:00 (21:00 GMT).
By midday, turnout was more than 19%, similar to the last election four years...",center
584,Florida Braces for Hurricane Irma,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Hurricane Irma takes direct aim at Florida,Fox News (Online News),"Floridians clogged highways in a desperate scramble to get out of Hurricane Irma's crosshairs, as the deadly Category 4 storm took direct aim at the southern United States, shifting westward Friday as the worst case scenario became the most-likely situation.",right
585,Florida Braces for Hurricane Irma,"['Disaster', 'General News']","Irma menaces Bahamas and Cuba, on course toward Florida",Reuters,"Hurricane Irma menaced Cuba and the Bahamas on Friday as it drove toward Florida after lashing the Caribbean with devastating winds and torrential rain, killing 19 people and leaving a swathe of catastrophic destruction.",center
586,Florida Braces for Hurricane Irma,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Hurricane Irma tears through Caribbean islands and is on collision course with Florida,Washington Post,Hurricane Irma’s deadly fury threatened to swamp low-lying islands of the Bahamas with a possible 20-foot storm surge Friday as the massive storm moved toward Florida’s doorstep packing the potential to ravage the state with destruction not seen in a generation.,left
587,Joe Biden Names Kamala Harris as Running Mate,"['Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Kamala Harris', 'Democratic Party', '2020 Election']",Kamala Harris Is Biden’s VP Pick — Here’s What It Means For The Election And Beyond,FiveThirtyEight,"Former Vice President and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden announced Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate today. Here’s a look at what this choice means and … what it doesn’t.
It’s a historic choice, with the potential for even more history to be made.
Harris is the first Asian American and the first Black woman in American history to be a general election candidate for president or vice president for either of the two major political parties. (Harris’s mother was born in India, her father in Jamaica. They...",center
588,Joe Biden Names Kamala Harris as Running Mate,"['Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Kamala Harris', 'Democratic Party', '2020 Election']",Sen. Kamala D. Harris named as Joe Biden’s running mate,Washington Post,"Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has chosen Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) as his running mate, elevating a former presidential candidate whose most electric campaign performance came when she criticized his record on school integration during a debate.
Harris will be the first Black woman and first Asian American to run for vice president, representing a historic choice at a moment when the country is grappling with its racial past and future. The announcement was made in a text and a tweet from Biden.
“Back when Kamala was Attorney General,...",left
589,Joe Biden Names Kamala Harris as Running Mate,"['Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Kamala Harris', 'Democratic Party', '2020 Election']","Biden taps Kamala Harris as running mate, setting aside tensions from primary",Fox News (Online News),"She makes history as the first Black woman to serve as a major political party’s VP pick. The Biden campaign said Biden and Harris will deliver remarks together on Wednesday in Wilmington, Delaware.
""I’ve decided that Kamala Harris is the best person to help me take this fight to Donald Trump and Mike Pence and then to lead this nation starting in January 2021,"" Biden said in an email to supporters.
Biden also tweeted: ""I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris — a fearless fighter for...",right
590,The President to Visit Kenya,"['White House', 'Politics']","Barack Obama to Travel to Kenya, Fulfilling Promise of Presidential Visit to Father’s Homeland",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama will visit his father’s homeland for the first time as president,the White House said Monday, fulfilling a promise he made to travel to Kenya before he leaves the White House.
Mr. Obama will visit the east African nation in July for the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit. The event brings together business leaders, non-governmental organization workers and government officials and is being hosted in sub-Saharan Africa for the first time.
The trip will “continue our efforts to work with countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Kenya, to accelerate economic...",center
591,The President to Visit Kenya,"['White House', 'Politics']",President Obama to Visit Kenya,New York Times (News),"President Obama will visit Kenya this summer for an international business conference in his first trip to his father’s homeland since taking office, the White House announced on Monday.
Mr. Obama agreed to attend the annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit meeting to be hosted by the government of Kenya in July, the first time the six-year-old forum will be held in sub-Saharan Africa.
“His trip will build on the success of the August 2014 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit and continue our efforts to work with countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Kenya, to...",left
592,The President to Visit Kenya,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama to Make Landmark Presidential Trip to Father's Homeland, Kenya",Newsmax (News),"Barack Obama will make a long-awaited trip to Kenya later this year, visiting his father's homeland for the first time since becoming US president six years ago, the White House said Monday.
During the long-promised visit this July, Obama will attend a Global Entrepreneurship Summit in the east African nation, a statement said.
Obama has visited Africa four times since becoming president, but has not visited the country where he still has relatives.
For much of Obama's presidency, Kenya's leaders have been under a cloud of prosecution by the International...",right
593,Solar Eclipse 2017,"['Holidays', 'General News']",What time is the eclipse where I live?,USA TODAY,"You'll need perfect timing to catch the exact moment the moon blocks the sun in your city.
The total solar eclipse on Aug. 21 lasts less than a minute in some places, while a partial eclipse can be visible for an hour or more.
Everyone in the USA will be able to see at least a partial eclipse, weather permitting, but when is the best time to watch?
The short answer is that it depends on where you live.
Type your zip code here to find out when to...",left
594,Solar Eclipse 2017,"['Holidays', 'General News']",How to View the 2017 Solar Eclipse Safely,NASA,"Looking directly at the sun is unsafe except during the brief total phase of a solar eclipse (“totality”), when the moon entirely blocks the sun’s bright face, which will happen only within the narrow path of totality (
https://go.nasa.gov/2pC0lhe
(link is external)).
The only safe way to look directly at the uneclipsed or partially eclipsed sun is through special-purpose solar filters, such as “eclipse glasses” (example shown at left) or hand-held solar viewers. Homemade filters or ordinary sunglasses, even very dark ones, are not safe for looking at the sun;...",center
595,Solar Eclipse 2017,"['Holidays', 'General News']",More than spectacle: Eclipses create science and so can you,Associated Press,"The sun is about to spill some of its secrets, maybe even reveal a few hidden truths of the cosmos. And you can get in on the act next week if you are in the right place for the best solar eclipse in the U.S. in nearly a century.
Astronomers are going full blast to pry even more science from the mysterious ball of gas that’s vital to Earth. They’ll look from the ground, using telescopes, cameras, binoculars and whatever else works. They’ll look from the International Space Station and...",left
596,Obama on ISIS: Not U.S. Fight Alone,['Terrorism'],Obama on ISIS Airstrikes: 'This Is Not America's Fight Alone',NBC News (Online),"President Barack Obama, speaking publicly for the first time after airstrikes against ISIS in Syria, declared Tuesday that the partnership of Arab allies “makes it clear to the world that this is not America’s fight alone.”
The president spoke from the South Lawn of the White House before flying to New York for the United Nations General Assembly, where he will seek to marshal further support for the anti-ISIS campaign.",left
597,Obama on ISIS: Not U.S. Fight Alone,['Terrorism'],Obama: Syria strikes show ‘this is not America’s fight alone’,Fox News (Online News),"The coalition that attacked ISIS in Syria overnight “makes it clear to the world that this is not America’s fight alone,” U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday.
Noting that he had “made clear that America would act as part of a broad coalition,” the President declared at the White House: “That’s exactly what we’ve done.”
Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Qatar all participated in the operation, the U.S. military said. Bahrain, Jordan, and the UAE all said they took part in the airstrikes. Saudi Arabia did...",right
598,Obama on ISIS: Not U.S. Fight Alone,['Terrorism'],IS strikes: Not America's fight alone - Obama,BBC News,"President Obama has hailed the support of Arab nations in air strikes on Islamic State (IS) militants, saying: ""This is not America's fight alone.""
He was speaking hours after the US and Arab allies launched their first air strikes against IS in Syria.
Activists say at least 70 IS militants and 50 other al-Qaeda-linked fighters were killed in the strikes.
US state department spokeswoman Jan Psaki said the US had warned Syria in advance ""not to engage US aircraft"".
But she added that Washington had not requested permission or given...",center
599,Container Ship Freed in Suez Canal,"['World', 'Suez Canal', 'Trade']","The Ever Given Is Free, Clearing Way for Traffic to Resume",New York Times (News),"The mammoth cargo ship blocking one of the world’s most vital maritime arteries was wrenched from the shoreline and finally set free on Monday, raising hopes that traffic could soon resume in the Suez Canal and limit the economic fallout of the disruption.
Salvage teams, working on land and water for six days and nights, were ultimately assisted by forces more powerful than any machine rushed to the scene: the moon and the tides.
The ship was ultimately set free at around 3 p.m., according to shipping officials. Horns blared...",left
600,Container Ship Freed in Suez Canal,"['World', 'Suez Canal', 'Trade']","Grounded cargo ship Ever Given floating, moving through Suez Canal",USA TODAY,"One of the largest ships in the world was refloated and moving through the Suez Canal on Monday after being grounded for almost a week, authorities said.
Hopes heightened that hundreds of waiting ships would soon be sailing through the crucial global waterway. A salvage team was pulling the vessel toward the Great Bitter Lake, a wider stretch of water in the middle of the canal where the ship will undergo technical inspection, canal authorities said.
The stern of the Ever Given, which had been grounded about four yards from...",left
601,Container Ship Freed in Suez Canal,"['World', 'Suez Canal', 'Trade']",Container ship stuck in Suez Canal freed,Washington Examiner,"The container ship that had an extended stay in the Suez Canal is now free.
The 200,000-ton behemoth known as Ever Given was dislodged on Monday morning, hours after officials said they made some progress.
“It is with utmost pleasure that we can confirm that the #Suez Canal Authority and staff have succeeded in re-floating M/V EVER GIVEN. She is currently underway to Great Bitter Lake. More information will follow on our profile. M/V EVER GIVEN is no longer #grounded,” the Leth Agencies said.
The ship got stuck last Tuesday...",right
602,Visa Restrictions Lead to Potential Complications for US Industries,"['Business', 'Donald Trump', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Immigration']",Business groups sue Trump admin over immigration restrictions,Axios,"The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Retail Federation and National Association of Manufacturers filed a lawsuit in San Francisco against the Trump administration on Tuesday over federal immigration restrictions.
Driving the news: The suit comes in response to the administration's move to ban entry into the U.S. through the end of this year for foreigners on certain temporary work visas — including high-skilled H-1B visas that are relied on by big U.S. tech companies.
""Our lawsuit seeks to overturn these sweeping and unlawful immigration restrictions that are an unequivocal 'not...",center
603,Visa Restrictions Lead to Potential Complications for US Industries,"['Business', 'Donald Trump', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Immigration']",The Case for Setting H-1Bs Free,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"When President Trump suspended the issuance of new H-1B work visas for high-skilled foreigners, he explained it as a way to bolster job prospects for unemployed Americans. But if companies can’t bring talent to the U.S., they respond by shifting resources and research abroad, according to a study released this week by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Britta Glennon, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, examined data on 2,263 U.S. multinational companies. When the cap on H-1B visas dropped precipitously in 2004, multinational firms that were more reliant...",right
604,Visa Restrictions Lead to Potential Complications for US Industries,"['Business', 'Donald Trump', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Immigration']",Hospitals Are Suddenly Short of Young Doctors — Because of Trump’s Visa Ban,ProPublica,"As hospitals across the United States brace for a difficult six months — with the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic still raging and concerns about a second wave in the fall — some are acutely short-staffed because of an ill-timed change to immigration policy and its inconsistent implementation.
A proclamation issued by President Donald Trump on June 22, barring the entry of most immigrants on work visas, came right as hospitals were expecting a new class of medical residents. Hundreds of young doctors were unable to start their residencies...",left
605,Trump Derides Australia Trade Deal,['Trade'],Trump blasted Australian prime minister during ‘worst call by far’,New York Post (News),President Trump reportedly blasted the Australian prime minister during a phone call between the leaders of the two longtime allies.,right
606,Trump Derides Australia Trade Deal,['Trade'],U.S.-Australia Rift Is Possible After Trump Ends Call With Prime Minister,New York Times (News),"A phone call between President Trump and the Australian prime minister is threatening to develop into a diplomatic rift between two stalwart allies after the two men exchanged harsh words over refugee policy, and Mr. Trump abruptly ended the call.",left
607,Trump Derides Australia Trade Deal,['Trade'],Trump Disparages 'Dumb' Deal With Australia On Refugees,NPR (Online News),"Ruffling U.S. ties with one of its closest allies, President Trump is sharply criticizing an Obama-era agreement with Australia — a deal that also reportedly prompted the American leader to tell Australia's prime minister that his was the ""worst"" phone call he received after his inauguration.",left
608,June Jobs Report Falls Short of Expectations,"['Labor', 'Economy & Jobs', 'Federal Reserve', 'Economy And Jobs']",Jobs report could show a slowing trend and be the lever the Fed needs to cut rates,CNBC,"Ten years into the recovery, the economy’s ability to create new jobs may be slowing both because the U.S. is running out of workers, and also because the trade war may be worrying employers.
Economists expect to see 165,000 jobs were added in June, after a stunningly low 75,000 payrolls added in May, according to Dow Jones. But a soft ADP report Wednesday, with just 102,000 new private payrolls dampened expectations for the government’s June payroll report, which will be released Friday.",center
609,June Jobs Report Falls Short of Expectations,"['Labor', 'Economy & Jobs', 'Federal Reserve', 'Economy And Jobs']","U.S. Wage and Job Growth Are Slowing, New Report Warns",Bloomberg,"The U.S. labor market is showing further signs of a slowdown, according to new data from Glassdoor.
Job openings in the U.S. increased just 1.4% from the same period last year, according to the employment site’s June 2019 Job Market Report.
“The continued growth in jobs and pay seen in Glassdoor’s latest Job Market Report is a sign that the good times aren’t over yet. But after a decade-long recovery, today’s labor market is sluggish,” Glassdoor senior economist Daniel Zhao said in a statement.",left
610,June Jobs Report Falls Short of Expectations,"['Labor', 'Economy & Jobs', 'Federal Reserve', 'Economy And Jobs']",What job growth in June can reveal about a Fed rate cut in July,Washington Examiner,"Slowing private payroll growth in June, an indicator of broader labor market performance, will play a key role in whether the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates later this month.
Non-government employers added 102,000 jobs, according to a Wednesday report from payroll-services provider ADP that economists view as a gauge of overall hiring. While a sharp rebound from gains of 41,000 in May, it's still well below the average of 224,000 for the first four months of 2019.
""The job market continues to throttle back,"" Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's...",right
611,Iran Threatens More US Drones Can Be Shot Down,"['Iran', 'Drone Strikes', 'Middle East']",Iran warns U.S. it could down more drones as Pompeo arrives in Persian Gulf,Washington Post,"Iran’s navy chief warned the United States on Monday that Iranian forces could shoot down more surveillance drones if they violate the country’s airspace, as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia for talks with Arab allies in the Persian Gulf.
“The enemy dispatched its most sophisticated . . . and most complicated surveillance aircraft” to spy on Iran, and “everyone saw the downing of the drone,” Rear Adm. Hossein Khanzadi said Monday, referring to the U.S. Navy RQ-4A Global Hawk drone shot down by Iran last week.
Such...",left
612,Iran Threatens More US Drones Can Be Shot Down,"['Iran', 'Drone Strikes', 'Middle East']",Iran threatens 'crushing response' to US drones as Pompeo arrives in region,USA TODAY,"Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday for talks with the kingdom's leaders ahead of a planned announcement of new economic sanctions targeting Iran.
Pompeo will meet with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss ""ways to counter the malign Iranian influence in the region,"" the State Department said in a statement.
Pompeo also will visit the United Arab Emirates in a bid to consolidate allies in the region en route to strengthening a global coalition against what the...",left
613,Iran Threatens More US Drones Can Be Shot Down,"['Iran', 'Drone Strikes', 'Middle East']",Iranian official warns more US spy drones can be blown out of the sky,Fox News (Online News),"An Iranian military official said Monday that Tehran is capable of shooting down more American spy drones as tensions between the two countries continue to simmer, according to a report out of the country.
Rear. Adm. Hossein Khanzadi, Iran's naval chief, said Iran can deliver another “crushing response … and the enemy knows it,"" according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
Trump called off military strikes against Tehran after Iranians shot down a U.S. surveillance drone, which was valued at over $100 million.
Iran claimed that the drone was flying...",right
614,Michigan House Repeals Emergency Powers Law Used By Gov. Whitmer To Fight COVID-19,"['Role Of Government', 'Coronavirus', 'Michigan']",Michigan House repeals emergency powers law Gov. Whitmer used to fight pandemic,Detroit Free Press,"A 76-year-old Michigan law crafted in the wake of Detroit race riots and used more recently to combat a generational health crisis is officially dead.   
The Republican-controlled state House on Wednesday voted 60-48 largely along party lines in support of initiative petition language that repeals the Emergency Powers Act of 1945. The vote came one week after the state Senate also approved the initiative. 
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used the law to issue sweeping health and safety restrictions in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, moves that eventually garnered pushback from Republicans...",left
615,Michigan House Repeals Emergency Powers Law Used By Gov. Whitmer To Fight COVID-19,"['Role Of Government', 'Coronavirus', 'Michigan']",Michigan Legislature kills law Whitmer used for virus rules,Associated Press,"Republican lawmakers on Wednesday killed a law that underpinned coronavirus restrictions issued by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, wiping it from the books after Michigan’s Supreme Court declared the measure unconstitutional.
The Democrat is powerless to veto the citizen-initiated bill. A conservative group that organized the ballot drive next plans to target a public health law that enabled Whitmer’s administration to keep intact capacity restrictions and mask requirements for eight additional months until voluntarily lifting them in June after infections subsided amid vaccinations.
The GOP-led House voted 60-48 to repeal the 1945...",left
616,Michigan House Repeals Emergency Powers Law Used By Gov. Whitmer To Fight COVID-19,"['Role Of Government', 'Coronavirus', 'Michigan']",Michigan repeals law that gave Gov. Gretchen Whitmer emergency powers,New York Post (News),"In a rebuke to Gretchen Whitmer, the Republican-led Michigan state House of Representatives repealed a 76-year-old law that gave the governor broad emergency powers used to lock down much of the state during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a 60-48 vote mainly along party lines, the Emergency Powers Act of 1945 was officially scuttled. The state Senate had already voted to kill the act last week.
Though the legislation does not take effect immediately it was a clear shot at Whitmer, whose strict shut-down policies stirred protests last year, but also made her...",right
617,"Perspectives: Schools, Families Face Challenging Return to the Classroom","['Education', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Schools', 'Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Children', 'Mask Mandates', 'Delta Variant']","Are schools contributing to a spike in COVID-19 cases among kids? Partly, experts explain.",USA TODAY,"After a year of virtual school, students and parents alike were excited for the return of in-person learning. But just as quickly as the new school year started, many children were sent back home after a slew of COVID-19 outbreaks forced them into quarantine. 
In Florida, school districts around the state, including in Jacksonville's Duval County, are closing schools as cases rise. New Orleans School District saw 299 active COVID-19 cases and more than 3,000 students and staff in quarantine, according to district data. A Mississippi public health official said about 20,000 students across the...",left
618,"Perspectives: Schools, Families Face Challenging Return to the Classroom","['Education', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Schools', 'Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Children', 'Mask Mandates', 'Delta Variant']","As Kids Head Back to School, Science-Backed Ways to Help Their COVID Blues",Newsweek,"Classrooms are opening this fall, but don't expect it to be anything like a return to pre-pandemic normal. These kids will be bouncing off the walls. They'll squirm in their seats, chat while the teacher is talking, horse around in the hallways, talk back and have a harder time than usual in following rules. ""There will be millions of children returning to our classrooms this fall with an over-activated stress physiology,"" says Nadine Burke Harris, a former pediatrician and expert on childhood stress who is now California's surgeon general.
The...",center
619,"Perspectives: Schools, Families Face Challenging Return to the Classroom","['Education', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Schools', 'Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Children', 'Mask Mandates', 'Delta Variant']",Back to School With No Idea What to Expect,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"The officials in charge of running the nation’s public schools had all summer—and $122 billion in Covid relief funds from Congress—to plan for the first day of school, so naturally chaos has ensued as students begin heading back to the classroom.
San Francisco, Miami and Dallas haven’t decided on a quarantine policy or what infection-rate threshold will trigger school closures. In New York City, home to the nation’s largest school system, principals are wondering how every student can return to in-person learning full-time while still adhering to social-distancing requirements. Mayor Bill de...",right
620,Liz Truss Becomes United Kingdom's New Prime Minister,"['World', 'United Kingdom', 'Liz Truss', 'Europe']",Liz Truss vows energy crisis action ahead of first day as PM,BBC News,"Liz Truss has promised to deal with surging energy costs and to cut taxes, after she won the Tory leadership contest to become the next PM.
Her plan, set to be announced on Thursday, is likely to include a freeze on energy bills - though precisely how it would work is still unclear.
Ms Truss will be formally appointed by the Queen at Balmoral Castle later, after a final speech by Boris Johnson.
The 47-year-old, the UK's third woman PM, will then appoint her cabinet.
In her victory speech, Ms...",center
621,Liz Truss Becomes United Kingdom's New Prime Minister,"['World', 'United Kingdom', 'Liz Truss', 'Europe']",Liz Truss becomes UK prime minister after meeting Queen at Balmoral,The Guardian,"Liz Truss has become the UK’s new prime minister after meeting the Queen at Balmoral, where she was asked to form a government after the resignation of Boris Johnson.
Truss, 47, is the UK’s 56th prime minister and its third female leader. She is expected to return immediately to Downing Street and will give an address to the nation at about 4pm, before beginning to appoint her cabinet.
One of her first significant acts as prime minister is expected to be an announcement on plans to tackle the energy price...",left
622,Liz Truss Becomes United Kingdom's New Prime Minister,"['World', 'United Kingdom', 'Liz Truss', 'Europe']",Liz Truss's Cabinet: Who's in and who's out?,The Telegraph - UK,"Liz Truss is expected to begin announcing her Cabinet on Tuesday after being elected leader of the Conservative Party on Monday.
Following her victory over Rishi Sunak, the new party leader will fly to Balmoral where she will be formally invited by the Queen to form a government.
She is set to confirm appointments to her top team later in the day, but some ministers have already indicated that they will step down.",right
623,Biden Reportedly Wrote Recommendation Letter for Son's Chinese Business Associate,"['Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Hunter Biden Laptop', 'China', 'Corruption']",Laptop Email: Joe Biden Did Favor for Hunter’s Chinese Business Associate,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"The official White House line that Hunter Biden’s enrichment schemes have been completely separate from Joe Biden can no longer be sustained. Brooke Singman and Peter Hasson of Fox News report that email traffic shows that in 2017 Joe Biden wrote a college recommendation letter for the son of a Chinese executive. Jonathan Li, who did business with Hunter Biden.
“Fox News Digital obtained emails between Hunter Biden and his business associates,” Ms. Singman and Mr. Hasson add, noting that according to the emails Joe Biden FedExed the letter to Brown University...",right
624,Biden Reportedly Wrote Recommendation Letter for Son's Chinese Business Associate,"['Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Hunter Biden Laptop', 'China', 'Corruption']",Here’s a dozen times Joe Biden played a role in son Hunter’s business dealings,New York Post (Opinion),"President Biden and the White House have repeatedly denied that he and Hunter Biden ever discussed the first son’s controversial overseas business dealings — yet there are at least a dozen times where Joe Biden had to know what his son was doing.
1. Joe “recommends”
The latest example emerged Wednesday, when it was revealed that Hunter Biden got his dad to write a recommendation letter to Brown University for the son of a powerful Chinese business associate, Jonathan Li.
“Jonathan, Hunter asked me to send you a copy of the recommendation letter...",right
625,Biden Reportedly Wrote Recommendation Letter for Son's Chinese Business Associate,"['Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Hunter Biden Laptop', 'China', 'Corruption']","Biden wrote college recommendation letter for son of Hunter's Chinese business partner, emails reveal",Fox News (Online News)," President Biden, in 2017, wrote a college recommendation letter for the son of a Chinese executive who did business with Hunter Biden, according to emails reviewed by Fox News Digital.
The president has repeatedly denied discussing Hunter's business ventures with his son. 
Fox News Digital obtained emails between Hunter Biden and his business associates involved in his firm Rosemont Seneca’s joint venture with Chinese investment firms Bohai Capital and BHR. 
Hunter held a 10% stake in BHR as recently as last year, the White House previously acknowledged. Hunter's attorney told the New York Times in...",right
626,"US Records Over 1 Million New COVID-19 Cases in a Day, Setting Global Record","['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant']",US sets COVID record with more than 1 million daily cases,New York Post (News),"The US recorded more than 1 million COVID-19 new cases Monday — a daily record for any country since the pandemic began.
The 1,082,549 COVID-19 cases reported by Johns Hopkins University comes as the highly contagious Omicron variant rages across the country.
The startling figure is the largest single-day tally of any nation ever reported and nearly double the previous US record of 590,000 cases set just four days ago, Bloomberg News reported.
The massive caseload is also more than double the highest total reported by any nation during the ongoing pandemic that...",right
627,"US Records Over 1 Million New COVID-19 Cases in a Day, Setting Global Record","['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant']",U.S. Logs Record 1 Million Virus Cases With Data Delay,Bloomberg,"The U.S. added more than 1 million people to its Covid-19 case count on Monday as the true scope of a surge in infections over the holidays began to round into view.
The highly mutated variant, combined with delayed reporting by local governments over the holidays, led to a single-day record for new cases for any country in the world. Monday’s number is almost double the previous mark of about 590,000 set just four days ago in the U.S., which itself was a doubling from the prior week. 
Using a...",left
628,"US Records Over 1 Million New COVID-19 Cases in a Day, Setting Global Record","['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant']",More than 1 million Americans were diagnosed with COVID over the long holiday weekend,NPR (Online News),"The U.S. reported a record 1,082,549 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. It's the latest in a series of staggering milestones brought on by the highly transmissible omicron variant, which is sweeping across the U.S. and around the world.
The U.S. has broken several of its own COVID-19 records in recent days. Last week, Johns Hopkins reported more than 480,000 new cases in a single day, more than double the number of daily cases reported during the peak of the delta surge. The seven-day average topped 280,000.
For reference:...",left
629,Early Voting Begins,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Early voting in Iowa, other states kicks off presidential election",Fox News (Online News),"Let the voting begin. More than five weeks before Election Day, voters in the Iowa battleground began to cast their ballots Thursday as early voting opened.",right
630,Early Voting Begins,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Iowa Voters Who Are — Literally — Done With The Election,NPR (Online News),"Early in-person voting has begun in Iowa, the first swing state to open polling sites.",left
631,Early Voting Begins,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","September, November: 40 Precious Days to Spend on Early Vote",New York Times (News),"A stream of voters arrived at election offices across Iowa to cast their ballots, and waves of absentee ballots have started landing in mailboxes in 30 other states.",left
632,Congress Overrides Obama,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",OPINION: Congress Overrides Obama,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),Too bad it’s on a bill that will hurt U.S. interests.,right
633,Congress Overrides Obama,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Congress steamrolls Obama's veto,The Hill,Congress delivered a stinging rebuke to President Obama Wednesday as both chambers voted overwhelmingly to override his veto of a 9/11 victims’ rights bill.,center
634,Congress Overrides Obama,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Congress Hands Barack Obama The First Veto Override Of His Presidency,HuffPost,Democrats and Republicans force a law into effect that enables 9/11 families to sue Saudi Arabia.,left
635,Left and Right Divided Over Harvard's Decision to Rescind Kyle Kashuv's Admissions Offer,['Free Speech'],How Harvard Should Handle the Kyle Kashuv Mess,Conor Friedersdorf,"After the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, many survivors became outspoken advocates of gun control. In contrast, Kyle Kashuv became an outspoken advocate of gun rights, appearing on Fox News and speaking at events to young conservatives.
He was set to attend Harvard after a gap year. But the university rescinded its offer, Kashuv announced yesterday, citing a controversy involving racial slurs.
“A few weeks ago, I was made aware of egregious and callous comments classmates and I made privately years ago—when I was...",center
636,Left and Right Divided Over Harvard's Decision to Rescind Kyle Kashuv's Admissions Offer,['Free Speech'],Harvard's rejection of Parkland student made sense,CNN (Opinion),"It's tough out there for a conservative teenage social media personality these days -- you can't toss around racial slurs like you used to and still be welcomed into Harvard with open arms. Can you imagine a worse injustice?
That is, in all seriousness, the argument of Kyle Kashuv, an 18-year-old who became a gun rights activist in response to his classmates at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, who themselves became activists against gun violence in the wake of their peers being massacred by a school shooter. Kashuv...",left
637,Left and Right Divided Over Harvard's Decision to Rescind Kyle Kashuv's Admissions Offer,['Free Speech'],"Harvard Rescinds Admission To Conservative Kyle Kashuv Over Private Racist Remarks He Wrote At 16, Despite Apology And Evidence Of Growth. This Is Disgusting.",Ben Shapiro,"On Monday, Parkland survivor and outspoken conservative Kyle Kashuv announced that Harvard University had withdrawn his admission from the school over the revelation of racist, offensive, idiotic posts written on a private Google document with friends when he was sixteen years old. Never mind that Kashuv apologized publicly for the comments; never mind that his public behavior has evinced no racism whatsoever.
Forgiveness must be withheld.",right
638,Supreme Court Sidesteps Decision on Gerrymandering,['Elections'],Supreme Court Allows GOP’s Extreme Gerrymandering to Stand,Daily Beast,"Today, the Supreme Court let Wisconsin keep its extremely gerrymandered political map, which gave Republicans 60% of the seats in the state assembly despite having won only 47% of the vote.",left
639,Supreme Court Sidesteps Decision on Gerrymandering,['Elections'],"On Gerrymandering, SCOTUS Punts With a Purpose",National Review,"Earlier today, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Gill v. Whitford — better known as the “Wisconsin gerrymandering case” — and the plaintiffs lost, at least for now. Wisconsin will not have to redraw its legislative districts. But the court didn’t rule for Wisconsin on the merits. Instead, it held that the plaintiffs hadn’t established Article III standing in the case. They hadn’t established a concrete, particularized, individual harm. Instead, they were arguing that they had suffered harms because they were Democrats, and Democrats as a whole were underrepresented...",right
640,Supreme Court Sidesteps Decision on Gerrymandering,['Elections'],Supreme Court punts on two cases regarding partisan election districts,USA TODAY,"The Supreme Court sidestepped a potentially historic ruling Monday that would have blocked states from drawing election maps intended to help one political party dominate the other, but the issue may return in 2019.",left
641,Bowe Bergdahl Avoids Prison,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']","No prison for U.S. Army deserter Bergdahl, who Trump wanted dead",Reuters,"U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl on Friday was spared prison for endangering his comrades in arms when he deserted in Afghanistan in 2009, a sentence swiftly condemned by President Donald Trump, who while seeking election had called for his execution.",center
642,Bowe Bergdahl Avoids Prison,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']","Bowe Bergdahl won’t serve prison time, and that’s making Trump really angry",Salon,Trump’s comments as a candidate may have influenced the judge to give Bergdahl a more lenient sentence.,left
643,Bowe Bergdahl Avoids Prison,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",The Bergdahl Sentence is a Travesty,Townhall,"A travesty of justice occurred on Friday. A deserter with blood on his heels will walk free, leaving dead and maimed Americans in his wake, because of a bully’s pulpit and a weak man’s bench and gavel. The miscarriage results from a president who tweets too much and a judge who discerns too little.",right
644,Abbott Eases Some Border Inspections as Traffic Backups Spur Inflation Concerns,"['Trade', 'Immigration', 'Mexico', 'Texas', 'Greg Abbott', 'Border', 'Truckers', 'Economy And Jobs', ""Beto O'Rourke"", '2022 Texas Gubernatorial Election', 'Jen Psaki', 'Title 42']","White House, truckers blast Texas as inspections snarl Mexico traffic",Washington Post,"Huge, multi-mile traffic jams at numerous U.S. border crossings in Mexico worsened Wednesday as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) largely kept in place his new restrictions that require secondary inspections of commercial trucks and other vehicles.
The new policy, announced last week, has led some truckers to remain snarled in traffic for more than 30 hours, prompting desperate pleas from fruit and vegetable importers, the auto industry and other executives who said their products are being caught up in a political standoff.",left
645,Abbott Eases Some Border Inspections as Traffic Backups Spur Inflation Concerns,"['Trade', 'Immigration', 'Mexico', 'Texas', 'Greg Abbott', 'Border', 'Truckers', 'Economy And Jobs', ""Beto O'Rourke"", '2022 Texas Gubernatorial Election', 'Jen Psaki', 'Title 42']","Texas Gov. Abbott vows to continue truck inspections until Biden, Mexico move to secure border",Fox News (Online News),"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is vowing to continue the truck inspections that have snarled traffic at the Texas-Mexico border until there is action from both President Biden and Mexican officials to stem the ongoing migrant crisis at the southern border.
Abbott spoke Wednesday as he signed a memorandum of understanding with the governor of Nuevo Leon that would see inspections stopped at the bridge in Laredo in return for what he called ""enhanced border security enforcement measures"" at the ports of entry and along the Rio Grande from Nuevo Leon.",right
646,Abbott Eases Some Border Inspections as Traffic Backups Spur Inflation Concerns,"['Trade', 'Immigration', 'Mexico', 'Texas', 'Greg Abbott', 'Border', 'Truckers', 'Economy And Jobs', ""Beto O'Rourke"", '2022 Texas Gubernatorial Election', 'Jen Psaki', 'Title 42']","Border agencies, truckers, leaders blast 'unnecessary' increased inspections stymying commerce",El Paso Times,"Gov. Greg Abbott lifted enhanced inspections at one border crossing Wednesday, after Nuevo León Governor Samuel García agreed to establish checkpoints and patrols to prevent unauthorized border crossings into Texas.
But truckers continued to wait hours to cross at the Ysleta and the Bridge of the Americas ports of entry in El Paso. 
Truckers said they usually spend two or three hours crossing into El Paso from Juárez. After Gov. Greg Abbott announced new Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper inspections at ports of entry, truckers this week suddenly found themselves in 10-plus hour lines. ",center
647,Trump Admin Blocks Federal Funding From Clinics Providing Abortions,"['Abortion', 'Donald Trump', 'Planned Parenthood']",The Trump administration is finalizing plans to strip funding from Planned Parenthood,Vox,A rule released Friday will make it harder for abortion providers to offer birth control.,left
648,Trump Admin Blocks Federal Funding From Clinics Providing Abortions,"['Abortion', 'Donald Trump', 'Planned Parenthood']",Trump administration bans abortion referrals at U.S.-funded clinics,Reuters,"The Trump administration said on Friday that taxpayer-funded family planning clinics which primarily serve low-income Americans will no longer be able to refer patients for abortions, a move that",center
649,Trump Admin Blocks Federal Funding From Clinics Providing Abortions,"['Abortion', 'Donald Trump', 'Planned Parenthood']",Trump admin bars federal funding for abortion clinics,Washington Times,"The Trump administration issued a rule Friday barring groups that provide abortions or abortion referrals from participating in the $286 million federal family planning program, a long-expected move",right
650,Previewing Biden's Speech to Congress,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Joint Speech To Congress', 'Politics']",Biden to pitch sweeping ‘family plan’ in speech to Congress,Associated Press Fact Check,"Marking his first 100 days in office, President Joe Biden will use his first joint address to Congress to pitch a $1.8 trillion investment in children, families and education that would fundamentally transform the role government plays in American life.
Biden will make his case Wednesday night before a pared-down gathering of mask-wearing legislators due to coronavirus restrictions and in a U.S. Capitol still surrounded by black fencing after insurrectionists protesting his election occupied the very dais where he will stand.
In the nationally televised ritual of a president standing...",left
651,Previewing Biden's Speech to Congress,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Joint Speech To Congress', 'Politics']","Biden to push trillions in investment, plead for police reform in Congress speech",Reuters,"U.S. President Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping $1.8 trillion package for families and education in his first joint speech to Congress on Wednesday, as he stresses the need to invest to compete with China, the White House said.
Biden will argue that the new package – which together with an earlier infrastructure and jobs plan totals around $4 trillion, rivaling the annual federal budget – is a once-in-a-generation investment vital to America's future.
The U.S. president will also plead directly with lawmakers to pass legislation to curb police...",center
652,Previewing Biden's Speech to Congress,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Joint Speech To Congress', 'Politics']",Biden moves to extend key parts of COVID-19 relief bills with American Families Plan,Fox News (Online News),"President Biden is expected to announce the American Families Plan during his first joint address to Congress on Wednesday that has been framed as a complement to earlier massive investments during the COVID-19 era, but critics will likely seize on the plan as an attempt to extend major parts of the earlier relief packages.
The legislation is an effort to build on the American Rescue Plan, which was the $1.9 trillion behemoth passed in March. Republicans were opposed to the earlier plan because they argued that only nine percent of...",right
653,Should Congress Pass More COVID Funding?,"['Coronavirus', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'Politics', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Monoclonal Antibodies', 'Federal Budget', 'White House', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare']","Memo to Democrats: If there’s another covid surge, you’ll get the blame",Multiple Writers - Lean Left,"In recent weeks, mask mandates across the country have been dropped as covid case rates and hospitalizations have fallen with the waning of the omicron wave. Everyone hopes that even if the virus never completely disappears, it could become merely endemic and not the dominant reality of everyday life that it has been for two years.
Yet there are signs a new wave could be on its way, now that one is already hitting Europe. Should that happen, Democrats ought to know that they’ll get the blame.
Right now, Democrats don’t appear all...",left
654,Should Congress Pass More COVID Funding?,"['Coronavirus', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'Politics', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Monoclonal Antibodies', 'Federal Budget', 'White House', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare']",America Is Zooming Through the Pandemic Panic-Neglect Cycle,Ed Yong,"All epidemics trigger the same dispiriting cycle. First, panic: As new pathogens emerge, governments throw money, resources, and attention at the threat. Then, neglect: Once the danger dwindles, budgets shrink and memories fade. The world ends up where it started, forced to confront each new disease unprepared and therefore primed for panic. This Sisphyean sequence occurred in the United States after HIV, anthrax, SARS, Ebola, and Zika. It occurred in Republican administrations and Democratic ones. It occurs despite decades of warnings from public-health experts. It has been as inevitable as the...",center
655,Should Congress Pass More COVID Funding?,"['Coronavirus', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'Politics', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Monoclonal Antibodies', 'Federal Budget', 'White House', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare']",There is no need for more COVID money,Washington Examiner,"In the interest of providing much-needed aid to Ukraine, avoiding a government shutdown, and sending as much pork home to their home districts as possible, members of Congress acted on a bipartisan basis this month and passed an omnibus spending bill six months into the fiscal year.
As badly as they behaved in doing this, they at least had the good sense to purge from this 2,700-page monstrosity President Joe Biden's request for $22.5 billion (later $15.6 billion) in additional funds for COVID relief.",right
656,"Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v Wade, Draft Opinion Shows","['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Samuel Alito']","Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows",Politico,"The Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito circulated inside the court and obtained by POLITICO.
The draft opinion is a full-throated, unflinching repudiation of the 1973 decision which guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights and a subsequent 1992 decision – Planned Parenthood v. Casey – that largely maintained the right. “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” Alito writes.",left
657,"Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v Wade, Draft Opinion Shows","['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Samuel Alito']","Court has voted to overturn Roe, according to draft opinion published by Politico",SCOTUSblog,"The Supreme Court has voted to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, according to a copy of an apparent draft opinion obtained by Politico.
Obtained by reporters Josh Gerstein and Alexander Ward, the 98-page draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito is dated Feb. 10, 2022. It is styled as the “opinion of the Court” in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, in which Mississippi and its supporters have asked the justices to eliminate the constitutional right to abortion that was first established by Roe in 1973 and re-affirmed by Casey in 1992.",center
658,"Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v Wade, Draft Opinion Shows","['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Samuel Alito']","Supreme Court Poised to Overturn Roe, Draft Opinion Shows",National Review,"The Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, according to a bombshell new report from Politico.
A draft decision from Justice Samuel Alito obtained by the outlet states that “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division.”",right
659,Betsy Devos Rolls Back Title IX,['Education'],DeVos ignites backlash with rewrite of campus sexual assault policy,The Hill,Education Secretary Betsy DeVos ignited a backlash after announcing plans to revamp an Obama-era guidance for colleges and universities on how to handle sexual assaults on campuses to better protect students who are accused.,center
660,Betsy Devos Rolls Back Title IX,['Education'],Feminists Go Nuts After Betsy DeVos Makes Statement On Sexual Assault Guidance,The Daily Caller,Feminists are freaking out about Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s Thursday announcement that the Department of Education will move away from former President Barack Obama’s Title IX enforcement and embrace a new strategy based on public feedback.,right
661,Betsy Devos Rolls Back Title IX,['Education'],How To Argue About Title IX If Betsy DeVos’ Decision Makes You Absolutely Livid,Bustle,"On Thursday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced that she would be essentially gutting Obama-era Title IX sexual assault protections. Implemented in 2011 during President Obama's term, the protections and guidelines were lauded by advocates and sexual assault survivors as a step forward. But these guidelines have been controversial from the start with critics saying that they infringe on the rights of those accused of sexual assault. If you vehemently disagree with DeVos' decision, here's how to argue about Title IX.",left
662,Trump Says He's Unhappy With 'Send Her Back' Chants,"['Election: Presidential', 'Donald Trump', 'Ilhan Omar', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump tries to distance himself from 'send her back' chants,NBC News (Online),"President Donald Trump on Thursday attempted to distance himself from a boisterous ""send her back"" chant aimed at Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., that occurred at his campaign rally Wednesday night.
""I was not happy with it — I disagree with it,"" Trump told reporters at the White House, adding, ""I didn't say that, they did.""
The chant broke out among rally-goers in North Carolina after the president went on an extended rant about Omar and three of her House colleagues — Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ayanna...",left
663,Trump Says He's Unhappy With 'Send Her Back' Chants,"['Election: Presidential', 'Donald Trump', 'Ilhan Omar', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump blames supporters for 'send her back' taunts against black lawmaker,USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump blamed his supporters Thursday for a chant of ""send her back"" that erupted at his North Carolina rally, even though he did nothing to stop the taunts against a black lawmaker.
""I disagree with it,” the president told reporters a day later in the Oval Office. ""I wasn't happy with that message.""
Pressed further, Trump suggested that reporters return to North Carolina to ask why supporters began the chant during Wednesday's rally. The audience broke into the chant in the middle of a lengthy...",left
664,Trump Says He's Unhappy With 'Send Her Back' Chants,"['Election: Presidential', 'Donald Trump', 'Ilhan Omar', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump says he is 'not happy' with 'send her back' chant,Washington Examiner,"President Trump said he disagrees with the ""send her back"" chant that broke out during his rally in North Carolina on Wednesday, which was directed at Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar.
Asked why he did not stop the audience in Greenville, Trump told reporters Thursday in the Oval Office, ""I think I did — I started speaking very quickly.”
He added, ""I was not happy with it — I disagree with it.""",right
665,Trump and Sanders Win in NH,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump and Sanders Win New Hampshire Primary,New York Times (News),"Donald J. Trump recovered from a second-place finish in Iowa, and Bernie Sanders defeated Hillary Clinton in a state where he has long held an advantage.",left
666,Trump and Sanders Win in NH,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",How Trump and Sanders Broadened Their Bases in New Hampshire,Wall Street Journal (News),"Voters in the nation's first primary delivered resounding victories to Donald Trump and Democrat Sen. Bernie Sanders, who both found a wider appeal with New Hampshire voters than polls had predicted.",center
667,Trump and Sanders Win in NH,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Analysis: Trump and Sanders Dominate, Rubio Crumbles, in New Hampshire",Townhall,"This time, the polls were right. Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders won overwhelming victories here in New Hampshire, beating out their closest rivals by double-digit margins. Here are five takeaways from last night's First in the Nation primary.",right
668,How Do Americans Feel About the Jan. 6 Hearings?,"['Justice', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6 Committee', 'Politics', 'Public Opinion']","How To Host A Congressional Hearing That Actually, Like, Does Something",FiveThirtyEight,"There are certain moments in congressional history that have lived on even longer than the octogenarians who stalk the halls of Capitol Hill. They are the scenes that feel torn from the pages of a political drama: Sen. Howard Baker Jr. repeatedly asking during the Watergate hearings, “What did the president know, and when did he know it?” Army lawyer Joseph Welch excoriating Sen. Joseph McCarthy with a rhetorical question during the Army-McCarthy hearings: “Have you no sense of decency?” A panel of tobacco executives testifying one by one before Congress, incredulously, that nicotine...",center
669,How Do Americans Feel About the Jan. 6 Hearings?,"['Justice', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6 Committee', 'Politics', 'Public Opinion']",The January 6 committee’s biggest task is getting people to care,Vox,"In his new book The Right, conservative journalist Matthew Continetti describes the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot as the decisive event in Donald Trump’s presidency: one that transformed it from what he sees as a largely successful enterprise into a disastrous one.
“If Trump had followed the example of his predecessors and conceded power graciously, he would have been remembered as a disruptive but consequential populist leader,” Continetti writes. “Instead, when historians write about the Trump era, they will do so through the lens of January 6.”
If polling data is anything to...",left
670,How Do Americans Feel About the Jan. 6 Hearings?,"['Justice', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6 Committee', 'Politics', 'Public Opinion']",Jan. 6 hearings? Americans have much more serious concerns,Washington Times,"If the Jan. 6 House select committee’s infamous track record is any indication, it would have already leaked new smoking-gun evidence in their possession heading into Thursday’s prime time hearings. But there was no leak because there is no smoking gun.
Instead, last Friday, the illegitimate Jan. 6 committee — choking from a lack of relevancy — was handed a lifeline as the politicized Biden Justice Department indicted former Trump adviser Peter Navarro for allegedly being in contempt of Congress. It was unbelievably fortunate and coincidental timing for a committee desperate to...",right
671,Kavanaugh Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings Begin,['Supreme Court'],"Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings launch amid partisan fireworks, high stakes for Supreme Court",Fox News (Online News),"The Senate Judiciary Committee launches confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday, kicking off what is expected to be a bitterly partisan gauntlet as Democrats vow to scrutinize his lengthy record as an appellate judge and lawyer in the Bush administration.",right
672,Kavanaugh Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings Begin,['Supreme Court'],Senate Hearings Set To Begin For The ‘Forrest Gump Of Republican Politics’,HuffPost,"When Brett Kavanaugh goes before the Senate Judiciary Committee, he will do so as one of the most political Supreme Court nominees in modern history.",left
673,Kavanaugh Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings Begin,['Supreme Court'],Kavanaugh Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings Begin,NPR (Online News),"The Senate Judiciary Committee begins confirmation hearings Tuesday on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Republicans, who control the Senate, hope to confirm Kavanaugh and cement a 5-4 conservative majority on the high court before its new term begins next month.",left
674,Conway to Serve as Counselor,['Politics'],Kellyanne Joins Trump Team,Breitbart News,"According to the campaign, Conway will continue serving Trump as a close adviser working with senior leadership to effectively message and execute the administration’s legislative priorities and actions.",right
675,Conway to Serve as Counselor,['Politics'],Donald Trump Adviser Kellyanne Conway Joining White House Team,ABC News (Online),"Donald Trump has named Kellyanne Conway counselor to the president, adding a senior transition team member and his third campaign manager to the incoming West Wing staff.",left
676,Conway to Serve as Counselor,['Politics'],Trump picks Kellyanne Conway to serve as counselor to the president,Politico,"Kellyanne Conway, who served as President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign manager and has been a senior adviser to his transition team, will serve as counselor to the president in the incoming administration.",left
677,Ann Romney to Speak,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ann Romney's RNC task: Humanize Mitt,Politico,Ann Romney will take to the podium here Tuesday night and try to accomplish what the sharpest minds in Republican politics have failed to do: present her stiff and awkward husband as a likable guy.,left
678,Ann Romney to Speak,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",‘Mittigator’ to make case for Romney,Washington Times,"She is a gracious warrior with a kind face, a polished demeanor and the inner mettle of a survivor. Ann Romney has been called the secret weapon of her husbands campaign, and he adores her: When Mitt Romney strides to the podium to introduce his wife of 43 years, he calls her “sweetheart.",right
679,Ann Romney to Speak,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Ann Romney, Gov. Christie & The Roll Call: Today's Convention Highlights",NPR (Online News),Good morning from Tampa where the Isaac-delayed Republican National Convention is set to get going for real this afternoon.,left
680,Reactions to Kerry on Israel,"['Israel', 'World']",Kerry’s Blunt Words for Israel Denounced by Lawmakers in Both Parties,New York Times (News),"Secretary of State John Kerry’s rebuke of the Israeli government on Wednesday set off a wave of criticism from lawmakers in both parties. Republicans denounced what they said was the Obama administration’s harsh treatment of a steadfast ally and Democrats signaled that they were uneasy with Mr. Kerry’s pressure on Israel, even as they praised the effort to promote Middle East peace.
In Europe, however, Mr. Kerry’s speech was greeted warmly, with officials calling it a courageous and thoughtful effort to salvage the idea of a two-state solution for the...",left
681,Reactions to Kerry on Israel,"['Israel', 'World']",Netanyahu: John Kerry blamed Israel for lack of peace,BBC News,"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he is disappointed with a speech by US Secretary of State John Kerry, in which he said the prospect of an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal based on a two-state solution was in grave jeopardy.
Mr Kerry, he said, ""paid lip service to the unremitting Palestinian campaign of terrorism"" against Israel.",center
682,Reactions to Kerry on Israel,"['Israel', 'World']",A Stupid Anti-Israel Policy,National Review,And an awful speech by John Kerry. Secretary of State John Kerry used the word “conscience” over and over again as he attempted to explain and justify the Obama administration’s decision not to veto a one-sided U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israel. He added that the U.S. could not “stand idly by” while Israel torpedoed any hope for a two-state solution. The Obama administration knows all about standing “idly by” – that was its all-but-explicit policy toward other troubles in the Middle East. Obama came into office with one foreign-policy...,right
683,Trump Says Vision of Border Wall Has Never Changed,['Immigration'],Trump Denies Changing His Position on Border Wall,New York Times (News),President Trump directly contradicted his own chief of staff on Thursday and said his position on building a wall between the United States and Mexico had not “evolved.”,left
684,Trump Says Vision of Border Wall Has Never Changed,['Immigration'],Trump: Vision of border wall 'has never changed or evolved’,The Hill,"President Trump said on Thursday that his vision of a border wall with Mexico has “never changed or evolved,” pushing back on his own chief of staff’s comments during a closed-door meeting with lawmakers.",center
685,Trump Says Vision of Border Wall Has Never Changed,['Immigration'],"Donald Trump Corrects John Kelly: ‘The Wall Is the Wall, It Has Never Changed or Evolved’",Breitbart News,President Donald Trump corrected his Chief of Staff John Kelly after he said that the president had “evolved” on the wall.,right
686,Egyptian Forces Clear Pro-Morsi Camps,['Middle East'],Egyptian Forces Storm Pro-Morsi Sit-Ins,New York Times (News),The Egyptian authorities on Wednesday used armored vehicles and fired tear gas to clear two camps in Cairo occupied by supporters of the ousted president Mohamed Morsi.,left
687,Egyptian Forces Clear Pro-Morsi Camps,['Middle East'],Violent breakup of pro-Morsi protest camp ends Cairo's tense calm,Christian Science Monitor,"After days of warning, Egypt's interim government finally moved to clear protest camps filled with supporters of the deposed president.",center
688,Egyptian Forces Clear Pro-Morsi Camps,['Middle East'],"56 dead, more than 600 hurt as Egyptian forces clear pro-Morsi camps",Washington Times,"Egyptian security forces used armored cars, bulldozers, tear gas and automatic weapons Wednesday to clear two protest camps in Cairo.",right
689,Senators Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Reform Electoral Count Act,"['2020 Elections', 'Bipartisan Senators', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Election Integrity', 'Electoral Count Act', 'US Senate']",Senators unveil bipartisan legislation to reform counting of electors,Axios,"A bipartisan group of 16 senators introduced legislation on Wednesday to reform and modernize the Electoral Count Act of 1887, including by clarifying the role of the vice president in certifying presidential elections.
Why it matters: The bill, if passed by the House and Senate, would mark the first major legislative response to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and the events that it preceded it.
It's the culmination of months of negotiations by senators — led by Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) — who set out find common
...",center
690,Senators Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Reform Electoral Count Act,"['2020 Elections', 'Bipartisan Senators', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Election Integrity', 'Electoral Count Act', 'US Senate']",Senators unveil bipartisan legislation to reform Electoral Count Act,Washington Examiner,"A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation designed to prevent a repeat of efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election.
One of the two bills proposed on Wednesday would update the Electoral Count Act of 1887 to “ensure that electoral votes tallied by Congress accurately reflect each state’s vote” and to replace unclear language clarifying the roles of federal and state officials in certifying presidential elections. The Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act would also establish guidelines for a peaceful transfer of power by providing federal resources...",right
691,Senators Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Reform Electoral Count Act,"['2020 Elections', 'Bipartisan Senators', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Election Integrity', 'Electoral Count Act', 'US Senate']",Senators reveal bipartisan legislation to prevent the next Jan 6,The Independent,"Following Donald Trump’s assault on US elections and attempts to subvert the peaceful transfer of power in the chaotic aftermath of his 2020 loss, a bipartisan group of senators has unveiled plans for legislation to block future candidates from trying to steal a presidential election.
The proposals from Republican Senator Susan Collins and Democratic Senator Joe Manchin – joined by more than a dozen other senators from both parties, after months of planning – would update an archaic 19th century law that Mr Trump and his allies sought to exploit...",left
692,Highland Park Shooting Suspect Bought Firearms Legally Despite Past Complaints,"['Highland Park Shooting', 'Violence In America', 'Red Flag Laws', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Police flagged Highland Park shooter ‘clear and present danger’ in 2019; he later cleared 4 background checks,Fox News (Online News),"The suspect in the Highland Park, Illinois, Fourth of July mass shooting was flagged by police as a ""clear and present danger"" in 2019, authorities said Tuesday.
Robert ""Bobby"" E. Crimo III, 21, the suspect in the mass shooting that killed seven people and wounded dozens of others at a Fourth of July parade, was still able to clear state-required background checks to purchase firearms on at least four separate occasions between 2020 and 2021, the Illinois State Police said.
""In September 2019, ISP received a Clear and Present Danger report on...",right
693,Highland Park Shooting Suspect Bought Firearms Legally Despite Past Complaints,"['Highland Park Shooting', 'Violence In America', 'Red Flag Laws', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Highland Park shooting suspect's past littered with 'red flags',NBC News (Online),"A portrait of Robert “Bobby” E. Crimo III as a mysterious and music-obsessed loner began emerging Tuesday, a day after he was arrested in the wake of a mass shooting at a July Fourth parade that left seven dead and traumatized an affluent Chicago suburb.
Crimo, 21, who attempted to disguise himself by wearing women's clothing during the deadly rampage, aspired to be a rapper and his music got darker and more delusional as he got older and relationships with his parents and a girlfriend frayed, former friends said.
“He...",left
694,Highland Park Shooting Suspect Bought Firearms Legally Despite Past Complaints,"['Highland Park Shooting', 'Violence In America', 'Red Flag Laws', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']","July 4 parade shooting suspect slipped past Illinois ""red flag"" safeguards",Reuters,"The man charged with killing seven people at a Chicago-area July Fourth parade slipped past the safeguards of an Illinois ""red flag"" law designed to prevent people deemed to have violent tendencies from getting guns, officials revealed on Tuesday.
The disclosures raised questions about the adequacy of the state's ""red flag"" laws even as a prosecutor lauded the system as ""strong"" during a news conference announcing seven first-degree murder charges against the 21-year-old suspect, Robert, E. Crimo III.
Sergeant Chris Covelli of the Lake County Sheriff's Office said earlier in...",center
695,US Senate Returns with Government Shutdown Looming,"['Politics', 'US Senate', 'Government Shutdown', 'Joe Manchin']",Congress again races to avoid shutdown as key vote at risk of failing,CNN (Online News),"The Senate is slated to take a key vote Tuesday to take up government funding that is at risk of failing over a deal cut by West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin that has come under sharp criticism from Republicans and liberals – pushback that could be enough to sink the vote and push Congress to the brink of a shutdown.
Lawmakers are still expected to pass a short-term funding extension by week’s end, but they will likely run right up against the deadline of Friday at midnight when funding expires.
The Senate is...",left
696,US Senate Returns with Government Shutdown Looming,"['Politics', 'US Senate', 'Government Shutdown', 'Joe Manchin']",Congress flirts with government shutdown as Manchin permitting bill may drag down funding package,Fox News (Online News),"The government is days away from shutting down, and the Senate may not have the votes to pass the initial version of its funding bill as top Democrats press ahead on a deal with Sen. Joe Manchin that may fail Tuesday.
Manchin, D-W.Va., agreed to help Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., pass Democrats' social tax and spending bill last month. In exchange, Schumer promised Manchin a vote on an energy permitting reform to speed new projects. They are combining that with a government funding bill that must pass by Friday night or else...",right
697,US Senate Returns with Government Shutdown Looming,"['Politics', 'US Senate', 'Government Shutdown', 'Joe Manchin']",Manchin faces make-or-break vote on permitting reform,The Hill,"West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D) faces a make-or-break moment for his top policy priority when the Senate holds a key procedural vote Tuesday on his permitting reform bill, which Republican leaders are working hard to defeat.    
The Senate will vote at 5:30 p.m. on a motion to proceed to a House-passed “shell” bill that Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) hopes to use as a legislative vehicle to pass a government funding bill with Manchin’s permitting reform legislation attached.   
Schumer promised to attach Manchin’s permitting reform measure to must-pass legislation before the...",center
698,GOP Candidate Beats Trump-Backed Opponent in Texas House Runoff,"['Elections', 'Texas', 'Jake Ellzey', 'Susan Wright', 'Donald Trump']",Republican Jake Ellzey Beats Trump-Backed Candidate in Texas House Runoff,National Review,"Texas state representative Jake Ellzey defeated fellow Republican Susan Wright in a runoff election for the state’s sixth congressional district, after former President Trump endorsed Wright.
Ellzey won with just over 53 percent of the vote on Tuesday, with Wright taking 46.7 percent. Just 39,000 voters cast their ballots, or fewer than 8 percent of registered voters in the sixth district.
Wright, a GOP activist, was running to fill the seat of her late husband Ron Wright, who died of COVID-19 earlier this year. In addition to Trump, Wright was endorsed by the Club...",right
699,GOP Candidate Beats Trump-Backed Opponent in Texas House Runoff,"['Elections', 'Texas', 'Jake Ellzey', 'Susan Wright', 'Donald Trump']","Jake Ellzey Wins Texas Special Election, Upsetting Trump-Endorsed Candidate",Wall Street Journal (News),"GOP state Rep. Jake Ellzey won a special election runoff in Texas on Tuesday, unexpectedly defeating the widow of the GOP lawmaker he will replace in the U.S. House, according to the Associated Press.
Republican Susan Wright had been favored to win the runoff after being endorsed by former President Donald Trump to represent the district south of Dallas. Her late husband, Ron Wright, died in February at the start of his second House term after battling Covid-19 and cancer.
Mr. Ellzey’s victory was seen as a repudiation of the power of Mr. Trump’s...",center
700,GOP Candidate Beats Trump-Backed Opponent in Texas House Runoff,"['Elections', 'Texas', 'Jake Ellzey', 'Susan Wright', 'Donald Trump']",Trump-backed candidate loses in Texas special election,Politico,"Voters in North Texas delivered an upset Tuesday, picking GOP state Rep. Jake Ellzey to fill a vacant House seat over a candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
Ellzey beat fellow Republican Susan Wright, the widow of former Rep. Ron Wright, 53 percent to 47 percent, when the Associated Press called the low-turnout, Republican-vs.-Republican runoff. Though Ellzey was better funded, Wright leaned heavily on her backing from the former president, who often plays kingmaker in Republican primaries.
Trump crashed into the race during the first round of voting in May,...",left
701,Funding of Freedom Convoy Stirs Controversy After Hackers Leak Donor List,"['World', 'Banking And Finance', 'Canada', 'Hackers', 'Freedom Convoy', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Cybersecurity', 'Justin Trudeau', 'GoFundMe']",Which U.S. communities sent money to support the Canadian trucker protests?,Washington Post,"Residents in wealthy enclaves across the United States — from Beverly Hills, Calif., to suburbs of Austin, to Florida beach communities — sent millions of dollars to support trucker convoys that occupied the Canadian capital and shut down commerce at key border crossings between the two nations, according to a Washington Post analysis of leaked fundraising data posted online over the past 48 hours.",left
702,Funding of Freedom Convoy Stirs Controversy After Hackers Leak Donor List,"['World', 'Banking And Finance', 'Canada', 'Hackers', 'Freedom Convoy', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Cybersecurity', 'Justin Trudeau', 'GoFundMe']",Threats force Ottawa cafe owner to close business after name appears in hacked list of Freedom Convoy donors,Fox News (Online News),"Tammy Giuliani, owner of Stella Luna Gelato Café in Ottawa, Canada, was forced to shut down her business after an onslaught of threats was made because of her donation to the Ottawa trucker convoy protesting against coronavirus restrictions.
Giuliani donated $250 to the Freedom Convoy via fundraising platform GiveSendGo. After the site suffered a data breach, Giuliani's contribution was made public, and her restaurant began to receive phone calls threatening vandalism and violence.
""We got a call from the team saying, ‘We’re getting phone calls here,'"" Giuliani told the Ottawa Citizen. ""I said, ‘What’s...",right
703,Funding of Freedom Convoy Stirs Controversy After Hackers Leak Donor List,"['World', 'Banking And Finance', 'Canada', 'Hackers', 'Freedom Convoy', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Cybersecurity', 'Justin Trudeau', 'GoFundMe']",Canada Sanctions 34 Crypto Wallets Tied to Trucker 'Freedom Convoy',CoinDesk,"The Ontario Provincial Police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ordered all regulated financial firms to cease facilitating any transactions from 34 crypto wallets tied to funding trucker-led protests in the country.
The federal police agencies, working with the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), are investigating cryptocurrency donations supporting the weeks-long protest against Canada’s vaccine mandate. The protests are now deemed illegal under the Emergencies Act invoked by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the first time since the law was passed in 1988.",center
704,Trump Administration to Declassify Unconfirmed Intel About Chinese Attacks on U.S. Soldiers,"['US Military', 'China', 'Afghanistan', 'Donald Trump', 'Defense And Security']",Trump administration declassifies unconfirmed intel on Chinese bounties,Axios,"The Trump administration is declassifying as-yet uncorroborated intelligence, recently briefed to President Trump, that indicates China offered to pay non-state actors in Afghanistan to attack American soldiers, two senior administration officials tell Axios.
The big picture: The disclosure of this unconfirmed intelligence comes 21 days before the end of Trump's presidency, after he has vowed to ratchet up pressure on China, and months after news reports indicated that the Russians had secretly offered bounties for Taliban militants to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan.",center
705,Trump Administration to Declassify Unconfirmed Intel About Chinese Attacks on U.S. Soldiers,"['US Military', 'China', 'Afghanistan', 'Donald Trump', 'Defense And Security']",Trump to Declassify Intel China Paid for Attacks on US Soldiers,Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump will be declassifying U.S. intelligence findings that China paid non-state actors in Afghanistan to attack American soldiers, Axios reported.
The findings were briefed to Trump on Dec. 17, two senior administration officials told Axios.
Trump has sought to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and increase maximum pressure campaigns on China before he would leave office next month.
While China has maintained a mostly quiet diplomatic role in Afghanistan affairs, Axios has reported China has invited Taliban officials to Beijing for peace talks, but ""Chinese-made weapons and financing have...",right
706,Trump Administration to Declassify Unconfirmed Intel About Chinese Attacks on U.S. Soldiers,"['US Military', 'China', 'Afghanistan', 'Donald Trump', 'Defense And Security']",Trump was briefed that China sought to pay non-state actors to attack US forces in Afghanistan,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump received information earlier this month that China sought to pay non-state actors to attack American forces in Afghanistan, a senior administration official said.
The intelligence, which will be declassified by the Trump administration, was provided to the President in his daily brief on December 17, the official said. His national security adviser Robert O'Brien discussed the information with the President that same day, the official said.
News of the briefing and the administration's intention to declassify the information was first reported on Wednesday by Axios. Information...",left
707,Mitch McConnell Reflects on Mueller Probe: 'Case Closed',"['Mitch McConnell', 'Robert Mueller', 'Mueller Probe', 'Donald Trump', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",McConnell rails against Mueller report politics in blistering floor speech: ‘Case closed’,Fox News (Online News),"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, in a scorching floor speech on Tuesday, accused Democrats of rooting for a ""national crisis"" for political gain as he appealed to lawmakers to move on from the Russia controversy now that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report is complete.
""Case closed,"" McConnell, R-Ky., declared. ""Case closed.""
Coming as Democrats clash with Attorney General Bill Barr over his handling of the report while using the findings to fuel their own investigations, McConnell suggested the political debate has shifted from the real problem of Russian interference in...",right
708,Mitch McConnell Reflects on Mueller Probe: 'Case Closed',"['Mitch McConnell', 'Robert Mueller', 'Mueller Probe', 'Donald Trump', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",McConnell on Mueller report: 'Case closed',Politico,"Mitch McConnell pointedly declared “case closed” on special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation on Tuesday, in an extended partisan riff mocking Democrats for being fixated on bringing down President Donald Trump and being slow to respond to Russian election threats.
The GOP leader offered little defense of the Mueller report’s depiction of Trump repeatedly trying to derail the investigation, instead saying that it was time to move on to other issues and that Democrats were “angry that our legal system will not magically undo the 2016 election.”",left
709,Mitch McConnell Reflects on Mueller Probe: 'Case Closed',"['Mitch McConnell', 'Robert Mueller', 'Mueller Probe', 'Donald Trump', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",GOP leader McConnell to say ‘case closed’ on Mueller probe,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is declaring “case closed” on the Russia probe and potential obstruction by President Donald Trump.
The Republican leader, in his most significant public comments yet on the investigation, is expected to outline in a Tuesday speech how special counsel Robert Mueller’s “exhaustive” probe went on for two years and is now complete. The remarks are being billed as his final thoughts on the topic.
“It’s finally over,” McConnell is expected to say.",left
710,Will New Republican-backed Voting Laws Restrict Voters or Help Secure Elections?,"['Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2022 Elections', '2024 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Election Law', 'Election Security']",Biden’s Big Elections Lie,David Harsanyi,"These were little more than the mendacious ravings of a demagogue. President Joe Biden delivered his “voting rights” speech in Atlanta today, telling a crowd:
The next few days, when these bills come to a vote, will mark a turning point in this nation. Will we choose democracy over autocracy, light over shadow, justice over injustice? I know where I stand. I will not yield. I will not flinch. I will defend your right to vote and our democracy against all enemies foreign and domestic. And so the question is where will the...",right
711,Will New Republican-backed Voting Laws Restrict Voters or Help Secure Elections?,"['Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2022 Elections', '2024 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Election Law', 'Election Security']",Pro-Trump Republicans try to rewrite state election laws as a voting rights showdown looms in Congress,CNN (Online News),"In Michigan, a group of Donald Trump's supporters is working on a petition to mandate an outside audit of the 2020 election and establish a grand jury with the power to arrest election officials who refuse to cooperate.
In Wisconsin, some GOP lawmakers are trying to sideline a bipartisan commission that oversees elections in the state.
And Republican legislators from Arizona to Florida are planning to take up new voting restrictions in upcoming legislative sessions.
As a likely showdown looms in Congress this week over federal voting legislation, Republicans aligned...",left
712,Will New Republican-backed Voting Laws Restrict Voters or Help Secure Elections?,"['Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2022 Elections', '2024 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Election Law', 'Election Security']",Read Everything Joe Biden Said in His Speech About Voting Rights in Georgia,Newsweek,"President Joe Biden gave a speech in Georgia on Tuesday urging Congress to pass the Freedom to Vote Act, stating that he was ""tired of being quiet"" when it comes to voter legislation.
The president, along with Vice President Kamala Harris, spoke on the grounds of Morehouse College, a historically African-American university, and emphasized the importance of getting the bill passed.
Despite some pushback from Democratic lawmakers who feared the speech would be merely a sleight of talking points, Biden went forward and urged the Senate to pass a bill that he said would help ""protect our...",center
713,Former Cuomo Aide Details Sexual Harassment Claims Against Governor,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York']",Former Cuomo aide accuses governor of kissing her without permission,CNBC,"A former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday accused the governor of kissing her without her consent while she served as deputy secretary for economic development in 2018.
Lindsey Boylan, now a candidate for Manhattan borough president, released a detailed account of her allegations against her former boss in a blog post. Boylan made public her harassment accusations against the governor in December, though she did not go into specifics at the time.",center
714,Former Cuomo Aide Details Sexual Harassment Claims Against Governor,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York']",Former Aide to Cuomo Details Sexual Harassment Accusations,Newsmax (News),"A former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has accused the 63-year-old Democrat of several years of sexual harassment, detailing allegations she first made in December in an essay posted to an online publishing website.
Lindsey Boylan, who worked for New York state’s economic development agency and is now running for New York City’s Manhattan borough president, described on Medium.com incidents of an unsolicited kiss, an invitation to play “strip poker,” and “going out of his way to touch me on my lower back, arms, and legs.”
“Governor Andrew...",right
715,Former Cuomo Aide Details Sexual Harassment Claims Against Governor,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York']",Ex-Aide Details Sexual Harassment Claims Against Gov. Cuomo,New York Times (News),"A former aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo published a lengthy essay on Wednesday morning accusing the governor of sexual harassment and outlining several unsettling episodes, including an unsolicited kiss in his Manhattan office.
The aide, Lindsey Boylan, described several years of uncomfortable interactions with Mr. Cuomo, a third-term Democrat, including an invitation to play strip poker on a government airplane and an email from another top aide suggesting that the governor thought she was a “better looking sister” of another woman.
Ms. Boylan, who worked for the state's economic...",left
716,Protests in St. Louis,['Violence In America'],St. Louis protesters break windows at home of city's mayor after cop's acquittal,Fox News (Online News),Protests in St. Louis over the acquittal of a white police officer in the shooting death of a black man turned violent late Friday as demonstrators clashed with riot-gear-clad cops and surrounded the home of the city’s mayor.,right
717,Protests in St. Louis,['Violence In America'],"Police, protesters clash in St. Louis after ex-cop acquitted of murdering black man",Reuters,Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets during clashes with protesters in St Louis early on Saturday after a white former policeman was acquitted of murdering a black suspect.,center
718,Protests in St. Louis,['Violence In America'],Police and protesters clash in St. Louis after former officer who shot black driver acquitted on murder charges,Washington Post,Demonstrators clashed with police officers Friday night in St. Louis after the acquittal of a white former police officer who was charged with murder last year for fatally shooting a black driver after a car chase.,left
719,President’s Speech to Police Officers,['Media Bias'],Trump to cops: 'Don't be too nice',The Hill,"President Trump on Friday encouraged police officers to treat suspects violently during a speech on curbing gang activity on Long Island, N.Y.",center
720,President’s Speech to Police Officers,['Media Bias'],"Media sympathizes with MS-13, lambasts Trump",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump gave an impassioned speech on Friday, vowing to ""destroy the vile criminal cartel"" MS-13 -- but some in the media lambasted him for talking tough about the brutal gang, and instead presented sympathetic coverage of the group known for carrying out gruesome murders.",right
721,President’s Speech to Police Officers,['Media Bias'],The most alarming passages from Trump’s fearmongering Long Island speech,Vox,"President Trump portrayed a very dark picture of America during a speech on Friday that returned to one of his favorite themes from the campaign: Immigrants are bringing drugs, crime, and violence to the US and must be stopped.",left
722,Sessions Tapped as Attorney General,['Justice'],Trump Offers Jeff Sessions Attorney General Job,HuffPost,Sessions is a loyal Trump backer and an immigration hard-liner.,left
723,Sessions Tapped as Attorney General,['Justice'],Alabama senator Sessions offered attorney general post in Trump administration,Fox News (Online News),"Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, who jumped aboard the Donald Trump train long before the real estate mogul sewed up the Republican nomination, has been offered the post of attorney general.",right
724,Sessions Tapped as Attorney General,['Justice'],Sessions tapped as attorney general,Politico,"President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions to be his attorney general, according to transition official Sean Spicer. As Trump's first Senate supporter and close adviser during the campaign, the four-term Republican senator effectively had his pick of Cabinet posts in the new administration.",left
725,Lynch Confirmed,"['White House', 'Politics']",Loretta Lynch Confirmed as Next Attorney General,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Senate on Thursday confirmed Loretta Lynch as the next attorney general, voting 56-43 to approve her for the nation’s top law-enforcement job at a time of intense national debates about police conduct, government surveillance and how to fight the threat of terrorism.
More than five months since she was nominated in early November, Ms. Lynch was confirmed as the first black woman to hold the job of the nation’s top law-enforcem",center
726,Lynch Confirmed,"['White House', 'Politics']",Senate Makes History By Confirming Loretta Lynch As U.S. Attorney General,HuffPost,"Loretta Lynch was confirmed as U.S. attorney general on Thursday after months of GOP delays, making history by becoming the first African-American woman to hold the post.
Lynch was confirmed in the Senate 56 to 43. All Democrats voted for her, along with 10 Republicans: Kelly Ayotte (N.H.), Thad Cochran (Miss.), Susan Collins (Maine), Jeff Flake (Ariz.), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Orrin Hatch (Utah), Ron Johnson (Wis.), Mark Kirk (Ill.), Rob Portman (Ohio) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.).",left
727,Lynch Confirmed,"['White House', 'Politics']","Lynch clears filibuster, poised to become first black woman attorney general",Washington Times,"Senators were on track to approve Loretta Lynch to be the new attorney general, defeating an early filibuster attempt Thursday morning, with a final vote scheduled later in the afternoon on what Democrats said was a major civil rights milestone.
Ms. Lynch, a federal prosecutor in New York, would replace Eric H. Holder Jr. and would be the country’s first black woman to reach the top law enforcement post.",right
728,"Biden Fires Trump-Appointed Head of Social Security Andrew Saul, Saul Refuses to Leave","['Social Security', 'White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Andrew Saul', 'Donald Trump', 'Economy And Jobs']","Biden fires Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul, who says he isn't leaving",Fox News (Online News),"President Biden fired Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul on Friday amid an ongoing dispute over his leadership of the independent agency responsible for administering retirement and disability benefits.
Saul was one of the few remaining federal appointees from former President Donald Trump’s administration. The White House said he was fired after refusing a request for his resignation. Deputy Social Security Commissioner David Black was also asked to resign and he complied.
The Washington Post was first to report Saul's dismissal. He questioned the legality of Biden's decision in an interview with the newspaper and said...",right
729,"Biden Fires Trump-Appointed Head of Social Security Andrew Saul, Saul Refuses to Leave","['Social Security', 'White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Andrew Saul', 'Donald Trump', 'Economy And Jobs']",Biden fires Trump-appointed head of Social Security agency,Associated Press,"President Joe Biden on Friday fired the commissioner of Social Security after the official refused to resign, and Biden accepted the deputy commissioner’s resignation, the White House said.
Biden asked commissioner Andrew Saul to resign, and his employment was terminated after he refused the Democratic president’s request, a White House official said.
Deputy Commissioner David Black agreed to resign, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters.
Both officials had been put in place under President Donald Trump, a Republican.
Biden named Kilolo Kijakazi as...",left
730,"Biden Fires Trump-Appointed Head of Social Security Andrew Saul, Saul Refuses to Leave","['Social Security', 'White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Andrew Saul', 'Donald Trump', 'Economy And Jobs']","Biden fires head of Social Security Administration, a Trump holdover who drew the ire of Democrats",Washington Post,"President Biden on Friday fired Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul, a holdover from the Trump administration who had alienated crucial Democratic constituencies with policies designed to clamp down benefits and an uncompromising anti-union stance.
Saul was fired after refusing a request to resign, White House officials said. His deputy, David Black, who was also appointed by former president Donald Trump, resigned Friday upon request.
Biden named Kilolo Kijakazi, the current deputy commissioner for retirement and disability policy, to serve as acting commissioner until a permanent nominee is selected.",left
731,Glenn Beck: Hillary Will Be President,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Glenn Beck: Hillary Clinton 'will be the next president',CNN (Online News),"Glenn Beck may not want to vote for Hillary Clinton, but he is convinced that she will win the presidency in 2016.
Beck, the conservative radio and television host, used part of his radio show on Tuesday to talk about the prospect of Clinton running for president and why, if she does, she ""will be the next president of the United States.""",left
732,Glenn Beck: Hillary Will Be President,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why Glenn Beck Said Hillary Clinton ‘Will Be the Next President of the United States’,The Blaze,"Glenn Beck said on his radio program Tuesday that “Hillary Clinton will be the next president of the United States.”
Beck said he received information from a friend of his, who is also friends with the “Hillary people,” about Clinton’s campaign strategy in 2016. Beck said that when he heard it, he said, “Oh my gosh, she’s going to win the presidency.”
Beck said Clinton’s “people” told his friend: “The right is so stupid. They just don’t get it. You guys are going to all be fighting on Benghazi and...",right
733,Glenn Beck: Hillary Will Be President,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Glenn Beck: ‘Hillary Clinton will be the next president’,MSNBC,"He may have once called President Barack Obama the racist puppet of a vast global conspiracy, but conservative talk show host Glenn Beck seems to be more sanguine about his potential replacement, Hillary Clinton.
Beck, who left Fox News in 2011 to start his own media empire, predicted this week that the former secretary of state will be the next president, and not through any kind of trickery or skullduggery.
“Hillary Clinton will be the next president of the United States,” he said on his radio show Monday, citing a...",left
734,Weekly Jobless Claims Fall to Lowest Level Since March 2020,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Jobless Claims']","Weekly initial jobless claims fall below 300,000 for first time since pandemic began",NBC News (Online),"The latest weekly initial jobless claims dropped below 300,000 for the first time since the pandemic began, according to data released Thursday by the Department of Labor.
Initial applications for unemployment benefits totaled 293,000, the lowest level since March 14, 2020. Continuing claims, which indicate the number of people collecting ongoing benefits, dropped to 2.59 million, another low.
The latest number roundly beat out economists' forecasts of 318,000, and is an indication that companies are holding on to their workers amid a tight labor market.
""I have said from the...",left
735,Weekly Jobless Claims Fall to Lowest Level Since March 2020,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Jobless Claims']",US unemployment claims fall to lowest level since pandemic,Associated Press,"The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to its lowest level since the pandemic began, a sign the job market is still improving even as hiring has slowed in the past two months.
Unemployment claims dropped 36,000 to 293,000 last week, the second straight drop, the Labor Department said Thursday. That’s the smallest number of people to apply for benefits since the week of March 14, 2020, when the pandemic intensified, and the first time claims have dipped below 300,000. Applications for jobless aid, which generally track the...",left
736,Weekly Jobless Claims Fall to Lowest Level Since March 2020,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Jobless Claims']",Jobless claims drop to a fresh pandemic low,Fox Business,"The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits dropped to a new pandemic low last week, dipping below 300,000 for the first time since March 2020. 
Figures released Thursday by the Labor Department show that applications for the week ended Oct. 9 fell to 293,000 from a revised 344,750 a week earlier. It marked the best level of jobless claims since March 14, 2020, when there were 256,000 applicants just as COVID-19 began to shut down the nation's economy. 
Continuing claims, or the number of Americans who are consecutively receiving unemployment aid,...",right
737,New Jobless Claims Fall Below 1 Million,"['Coronavirus', 'Unemployment', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Unemployment Claims', 'Unemployment Insurance', 'Economy And Jobs']",Jobless claims dip below 1 million for first time in more than four months,Washington Post,"About 960,000 workers filed for unemployment insurance last week, which marks the first time that initial claims dipped below one million since mid-March, when the coronavirus pandemic first took hold and economic lockdowns forced workers home.
The weekly claims figure for the week ending Aug. 8 dropped fell below the 1.18 million claims from last week, but remains well above historic highs. The pre-pandemic record for initial weekly claims was 695,000, from 1982, another recession.",left
738,New Jobless Claims Fall Below 1 Million,"['Coronavirus', 'Unemployment', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Unemployment Claims', 'Unemployment Insurance', 'Economy And Jobs']",Weekly Jobless Claims Fall Below 1 Million for First Time in Pandemic,Newsmax (News),"The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped below one million last week for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, likely as the expiration of a $600 weekly jobless supplement discouraged some from filing claims.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits totaled a seasonally adjusted 963,000 for the week ended Aug. 8, compared to 1.191 million in the prior week, the Labor Department said on Thursday. That was the lowest level since mid-March when authorities started shutting down non-essential business to slow...",right
739,New Jobless Claims Fall Below 1 Million,"['Coronavirus', 'Unemployment', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Unemployment Claims', 'Unemployment Insurance', 'Economy And Jobs']",US jobless claims fall below 1 million but remain high,Associated Press,"The number of laid-off workers applying for unemployment aid fell below 1 million last week for the first time since the pandemic intensified five months ago yet still remains at a high level. The viral pandemic keeps forcing layoffs just as the expiration of a $600-a-week federal jobless benefit has deepened the hardships for many.
The Labor Department said applications fell to 963,000, the second straight drop, from 1.2 million the previous week. The decline suggests that layoffs are slowing, though last week’s figure still exceeds the pre-pandemic record of...",left
740,POTUS Meets with Families of Russian Prisoners Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan,"['Joe Biden', 'Brittney Griner', 'Paul Whelan', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Foreign Affairs']","Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan's families meet with Biden to discuss return to United States",Fox News (Online News),"President Biden began meeting with family members of Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan to discuss his continuing commitment to bringing them back home safely, the White House said Friday.
Griner's wife Cherelle, her agent Lindsay Colas, Whelan's sister Elizabeth and Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Jake Sullivan were participating in the meetings, which began at 4:51 p.m. ET.
""The primary goal of the meetings today is to be able to update the families and keep them completely apprized of where we are in the process and to...",right
741,POTUS Meets with Families of Russian Prisoners Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan,"['Joe Biden', 'Brittney Griner', 'Paul Whelan', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Foreign Affairs']",President Joe Biden meets with wife of Brittney Griner to show detained WNBA star is 'front of mind',ESPN.com,"President Joe Biden met on Friday with Cherelle Griner, wife of Brittney Griner, and reassured her that he is working to gain the WNBA star's freedom.
Biden sat down in the Oval Office with Cherelle Griner as well as Elizabeth Whelan, sister of detained former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan. Biden conducted the separate meetings to assure the families that the detainees ""are at front of mind,"" said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
""We're going to continue to do everything that we can, working tirelessly every day, to make sure...",left
742,POTUS Meets with Families of Russian Prisoners Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan,"['Joe Biden', 'Brittney Griner', 'Paul Whelan', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Foreign Affairs']","Biden meets families of Russian-held detainees Griner, Whelan",Reuters,"President Joe Biden met on Friday with families of two Americans being held by Russia, and personally reassured them he is working to gain freedom for the detainees.
Biden sat down in the Oval Office with Cherelle Griner, wife of WNBA star Brittney Griner, and Elizabeth Whelan, sister of former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan.
Biden conducted the separate meetings to assure the families that the detainees ""are at front of mind,"" said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
""We're going to continue to do everything that we can, working tirelessly...",center
743,Supreme Court Denies Trump's Effort to Quash Subpoenas from the January 6 Committee,"['Supreme Court', 'Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee']",Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Bid To Quash Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas,Washington Free Beacon,"The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to quash subpoenas for White House records relating to the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
Trump attempted to invoke executive privilege to stop the House Select Committee on the January 6th Attack from accessing a trove of documents relating to Trump’s activities on Jan. 6 and those of his top confidants. The Court’s brief decision was unsigned and Justice Clarence Thomas was the only member to note his dissent.
Wednesday’s decision signals a new phase for the committee’s...",right
744,Supreme Court Denies Trump's Effort to Quash Subpoenas from the January 6 Committee,"['Supreme Court', 'Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee']",U.S. Supreme Court spurns Trump bid to keep Capitol attack records secret,Reuters,"The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected former President Donald Trump's request to block the release of White House records sought by the Democratic-led congressional panel investigating last year's deadly attack on the Capitol by a mob of his supporters.
The decision means the documents, held by a federal agency that stores government and historical records, can be disclosed even as litigation over the matter continues in lower courts.
Trump's request to the justices came after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Dec. 9 ruled that the businessman-turned-politician had no basis...",center
745,Supreme Court Denies Trump's Effort to Quash Subpoenas from the January 6 Committee,"['Supreme Court', 'Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee']",Supreme Court clears the way for House to get Trump White House documents,CNN (Online News),"The Supreme Court cleared the way Wednesday for the release of presidential records from the Trump White House to a congressional committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.
The court's order means that more than 700 documents will be transferred to Congress that could shed light on the events leading up to the insurrection when hundreds of rioters converged on the Capitol attempting to stop certification of the 2020 presidential election results.
Only Justice Clarence Thomas said publicly that he would have granted former President Donald Trump's request...",left
746,Trump’s Religious Freedom Executive Order,['Religion And Faith'],Many religious freedom advocates are actually disappointed with Trump’s executive order,Washington Post,"NEW YORK — President Trump’s new executive order was the talk of the night at a gala Thursday for religious freedom advocates at the Pierre Hotel, located just blocks from Trump Tower. Sipping cocktails and eating crab cake and salmon hors d’oeuvres, guests appeared divided over whether Trump’s order should be viewed as a clear win or a steep disappointment.",left
747,Trump’s Religious Freedom Executive Order,['Religion And Faith'],Trump signs executive order to 'vigorously promote religious liberty',CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday meant to allow churches and other religious organizations to become more active politically, though the actual implications of the document appeared limited.",left
748,Trump’s Religious Freedom Executive Order,['Religion And Faith'],"Trump marks National Day of Prayer, signs executive order on religious freedom",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump marked the National Day of Prayer by signing an executive order aimed at boosting religious freedom by easing IRS restrictions against political activities by tax-exempt religious organizations, including churches.",right
749,Debate Commission Will Mute Microphones at Upcoming Presidential Debate,"['2020 Election', 'Elections', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",Trump and Biden will have mics muted for part of last presidential debate,CNBC,"President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will at times have their microphones cut during their next debate, the event’s sponsors announced Monday.
When one of the two candidates is given a chance to provide a two-minute answer to each of the six debate topics, his opponent’s microphone will be muted, the Commission on Presidential Debates said in a statement.
“It is the hope of the Commission that the candidates will be respectful of each other’s time, which will advance civil discourse for the benefit of the viewing public,”...",center
750,Debate Commission Will Mute Microphones at Upcoming Presidential Debate,"['2020 Election', 'Elections', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",Debate commission to mute candidates during their opponent's initial responses to prevent interruptions,CNN (Online News),"Former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump will have their microphones muted during portions of the second and final presidential debate on Thursday night, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced on Monday in a decision that will likely anger the President.
The decision came after the commission met Monday afternoon to discuss potential rule changes to the debate format. They decided that the changes were needed because of how the first debate between Biden and Trump devolved into chaos, with the President frequently interrupting the former vice president.",left
751,Debate Commission Will Mute Microphones at Upcoming Presidential Debate,"['2020 Election', 'Elections', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",Debate Commission Will Silence Microphones in Final Debate,Breitbart News,"The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) has adopted a new rule ahead of Thursday’s second and final presidential debate and will silence the microphone of the candidate who does not have the floor during the uninterrupted two-minute periods at the start of each segment.
The Commission cited their prior announcement to consider “additional structure” to future debates following the first presidential debate with moderator Chris Wallace. The first debate saw several interruptions from both candidates and Wallace. While Joe Biden (D) set the tone by interrupting first, Wallace later stated...",right
752,Election Integrity Charge,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump’s charge on the election’s integrity reverberates in both campaigns,Washington Post,Donald Trump’s defiant assault on the election’s integrity reverberated Thursday among his allies and rivals as the GOP campaign and Hillary Clinton’s inner circle argued over how best to face the outcome after the votes are counted.,left
753,Election Integrity Charge,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump refuses to say whether he'll accept election results,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump on Wednesday refused to say he would accept the result of the presidential election if he loses to Hillary Clinton, raising the possibility of an extraordinary departure from principles that have underpinned American democracy for more than two centuries.",left
754,Election Integrity Charge,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump's Hedge on Accepting Election Results Boosts Hillary in Status Quo Debate,Townhall,"e needed a game-changing performance. He didn't deliver one. Advantage, Hillary.",right
755,Facebook Scrambles to Remove Viral Content from New Zealand Mosque Shootings,"['New Zealand', 'Terrorism', 'Facebook', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Hate Crime', 'Mass Shootings']",Why tech companies failed to keep the New Zealand shooter’s extremism from going viral,Vox,"Friday’s massacre exemplified the problem of expecting tech companies to self-police content.
The hate-filled terror rampage at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, was meticulously designed to maximize the number of witnesses around the globe, highlighting the difficulty in putting a lid on extremist hate that spreads online.
The suspected gunman did everything he could to make his shooting spree go viral. He live-streamed the attack on social media, wearing a body camera to simulate a video game. He shared a rambling 74-page manifesto espousing white supremacy that was full...",left
756,Facebook Scrambles to Remove Viral Content from New Zealand Mosque Shootings,"['New Zealand', 'Terrorism', 'Facebook', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Hate Crime', 'Mass Shootings']",New Zealand mosque shooter’s livestream sparks social media scramble to remove sick footage,Fox News (Online News),"The horrific mass shooting at two New Zealand mosques that left 49 people dead was live-streamed on Facebook and shared across social media, sparking a scramble by tech giants to remove the sick footage.
The gunman reportedly broadcast 17 minutes of the attack.
“Police alerted us to a video on Facebook shortly after the live stream commenced and we quickly removed both the shooter’s Facebook and Instagram accounts and the video. We're also removing any praise or support for the crime and the shooter or shooters as soon as we’re...",right
757,Facebook Scrambles to Remove Viral Content from New Zealand Mosque Shootings,"['New Zealand', 'Terrorism', 'Facebook', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Hate Crime', 'Mass Shootings']",Facebook removed 1.5 million videos of New Zealand attack within 24 hours,USA TODAY,"Facebook said Sunday that it removed or blocked from the social media site 1.5 million videos of a gunman's rampage on two New Zealand mosques that killed 50 people and wounded dozens more.
Mia Garlick, spokeswoman for Facebook New Zealand, said that about 300,000 videos were removed within the first 24 hours of the terrorist attack Friday. More than 1.2 million were blocked at upload, she said.
""Out of respect for the people affected by this tragedy and the concerns of local authorities, we're also removing all edited versions of...",left
758,Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearings Drive Split Coverage Amid Republican Criticisms,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'US Senate', 'Josh Hawley', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Marsha Blackburn', 'Race And Racism', 'Politics', 'Justice', 'Courts', 'Child Pornography', 'Media Bias']","Echoing Conservative Grievances, Blackburn Miscasts Jackson’s Views",New York Times (News),"Senator Marsha Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee, ripped into Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Monday during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing, tying the nominee to a wide range of conservative grievances. But the lawmaker’s accusations appeared to often be based on quotes taken out of context. Here’s a closer look at some of her apparent sources.
Blackburn linked Jackson to the controversy over transgender athletes and women’s sports.
Ms. Blackburn portrayed as excessive the progressive push for transgender rights, decrying a recent victory at the N.C.A.A. swimming championships by a transgender female...",left
759,Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearings Drive Split Coverage Amid Republican Criticisms,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'US Senate', 'Josh Hawley', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Marsha Blackburn', 'Race And Racism', 'Politics', 'Justice', 'Courts', 'Child Pornography', 'Media Bias']",Jackson forcefully pushes back against GOP child porn sentencing attacks,The Hill,"Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson opened the second day of her confirmation hearing Tuesday with a forceful defense of her record of sentencing child pornography offenders, pushing back against a recurring Republican attack line leveled against her.
Under questioning from Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Jackson was asked to address a claim by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on Monday that her treatment of sentencing child sex offenders showed an “alarming pattern” of leniency. 
“As a mother and a judge who has had to deal with these cases, I was thinking that nothing could be further from the truth,”...",center
760,Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearings Drive Split Coverage Amid Republican Criticisms,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'US Senate', 'Josh Hawley', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Marsha Blackburn', 'Race And Racism', 'Politics', 'Justice', 'Courts', 'Child Pornography', 'Media Bias']",Lindsey Graham invokes ‘dogma lives loudly’ moment during Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing,Washington Examiner,"Sen. Lindsey Graham voiced his frustrations with previous Supreme Court confirmation hearings on Tuesday during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the high court.
The South Carolina Republican relitigated controversial moments from the confirmation hearings of judicial nominees, including Justice Amy Coney Barrett, whom Graham said was treated poorly when she was questioned about her Catholic faith by committee member Sen. Dianne Feinstein.",right
761,Federal Appeals Court Keeps Texas Abortion Ban Intact; DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Halt Law,"['Abortion', 'Justice', 'Texas', 'Texas Abortion Law', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Healthcare']",Texas abortion law stays in place after federal appeals court sides with the state,CBS News (Online),"Texas' controversial abortion law will remain in place for the time being, after a federal appeals court on Thursday granted the state's request to suspend a federal judge's ruling that barred it from being enforced. The brief ruling is a blow to abortion rights advocates, who had hoped to suspend the law for as long as possible while its constitutionality is debated in the courts. 
The three-judge panel on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1. The Department of Justice, which sued Texas over the law, is able to appeal the...",left
762,Federal Appeals Court Keeps Texas Abortion Ban Intact; DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Halt Law,"['Abortion', 'Justice', 'Texas', 'Texas Abortion Law', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Healthcare']",Court again lets Texas continue banning most abortions,Associated Press,"Texas can continue banning most abortions after a federal appeals court rejected the Biden administration’s latest attempt to stop a novel law that has become the nation’s biggest curb to abortion in nearly 50 years.
The decision Thursday could push the law closer to returning to the U.S. Supreme Court, which has already once allowed the restrictions to take effect without ruling on its constitutionality. The Texas law bans abortions once cardiac activity is detected, usually around six weeks and before some women know they are pregnant.
Since the law took effect in...",left
763,Federal Appeals Court Keeps Texas Abortion Ban Intact; DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Halt Law,"['Abortion', 'Justice', 'Texas', 'Texas Abortion Law', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Healthcare']","Texas Abortion Law to Remain in Effect, Federal Appeals Court Rules",National Review,"The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said Thursday it will allow Texas’s heartbeat abortion law, which allows private citizens to sue providers who perform abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, to remain in effect while it considers an appeal of a judge’s order blocking the new law.
The court issued a 2–1 order siding with the state of Texas, refusing the Justice Department’s request to reinstate an earlier court ruling that had blocked enforcement of the law. The order was backed by Judges James C....",right
764,WH Correspondent’s Dinner 2015,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Takes Aim at Presidential Hopefuls at White House Correspondents Dinner,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama took swipes at the field of candidates looking to succeed him in the White House, and joked about Congress, Joe Biden, Dick Cheney, Donald Trump, journalists and himself in his remarks at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday.
Mr. Obama, enjoying a degree of freedom that comes with being near the end of a second term, was particularly animated when discussing climate change. Playing off a Comedy Central sketch, Mr. Obama tapped his “anger translator” to deride Sen. Jim Inhofe’s (R., Okla.) use of a snowball...",center
765,WH Correspondent’s Dinner 2015,"['White House', 'Politics']",‘A Foolproof Way to Keep People Off My Lawn’: Obama’s 10 Biggest Jabs at Republicans During WH Correspondents’ Dinner,The Blaze,"President Barack Obama took to the microphone Saturday evening for the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner and wasted no time with one-liners.
He jabbed all around the political spectrum, but Obama saved most of his quips for Republicans.",right
766,WH Correspondent’s Dinner 2015,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama Has Hit The DGAF Portion Of His Presidency, And This Video Is Proof",HuffPost,"President Barack Obama has officially hit the stage of his presidency where he does not give one f**k.
At least that's according to a video that played ahead of his speech at the 2015 White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night.
After the video played, Obama said he was recently asked if he had anything left on his presidential bucket list.",left
767,Hillary and 2016,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",2016 poll: Clinton's lead shrinks in key state,CNN (Online News),"She's still ahead of the competition, but a new poll in an important presidential battleground state indicates that Hillary Clinton's numbers have slightly deteriorated over the past couple of months.
According to a Quinnipiac University survey of Ohio voters, Clinton remains in the lead over eight potential Republican opponents in hypothetical 2016 presidential",left
768,Hillary and 2016,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Poll: Hillary Clinton tops all potential GOP foes in Ohio,Washington Post,"Former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) bests a full slate of Republicans pitted against her in hypothetical 2016 match-ups in the perennial swing state of Ohio, a new poll released Thursday shows.",left
769,Hillary and 2016,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary looks rusty at her coming out party,Fox News (Online News),"Hillary Clinton will appear tonight at her first official campaign event of this cycle – and perhaps her first since 2008 – and it’s a doozy. Hillary will appear at the home of the most famous bitter ender from her failed 2008 bid, uber-rich Lynn Forester de Rothschild, who was a principle PUMA and notorious Barack Obama trash talker. Other wealthy satellites of Planet Hillary, including Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel",right
770,Obama Budget Proposal Revealed,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","President Obama's budget targets smokers, wealthy - Reid J. Epstein and Darren Samuelsohn",Politico,President Barack Obama presented a budget Wednesday that he called both a compromise and a final offer. But therersquos a lot in the 3.77 trillion proposal mdash including 583 billion in new revenue from the wealthy and 78 billion over 10 years from new cigarette taxes not to mention an assumption that a deal to reverse sequestration cuts can...,left
771,Obama Budget Proposal Revealed,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Republicans rip 'unbalanced' budget proposal, bristle at proposed tax hikes",Fox News (Online News),Republicans ripped President Obamas long-awaited budget proposal Wednesday describing it as a reheated plan that revives controversial tax hikes in the name of deficit reduction without ever balancing the budget.,right
772,Obama Budget Proposal Revealed,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",What's in the Obama budget,CNN (Online News),President Obama will unveil his 3.77 trillion budget proposal for 2014. It would cut deficits by another 1.8 trillion over a decade impose some new taxes aimed primarily at the wealthy and make changes to Social Security and Medicare.,left
773,Trade Deal Heads Downhill,['Trade'],"Washington Dysfunction, With a Twist: Democrats Desert Their President",New York Times (News),"He made it personal. He appealed to their loyalty. He asked them to give him what every modern president has had. He argued the facts, disputed the politics, quarreled over the history and at times lashed out at those who still refused to stand with him.
Yet in the end, after years of frustration with Republicans blocking his ideas in Congress, President Obama on Friday found the most sweeping legislative initiative left on his agenda thwarted not by the opposition but by his own party. If not for his fellow...",left
774,Trade Deal Heads Downhill,['Trade'],Long Odds Ahead for Obama on His Troubled Trade Agenda,Newsmax (News),"The White House and Republican leaders in Congress face long odds in trying to revive trade legislation after a telling defeat engineered by President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats.
Obama's ambitious trade agenda is in serious doubt, as is his quest for a capstone second-term achievement.
Without the power to negotiate trade deals that Congress can approve or reject, but not amend, Obama has little chance of securing the Pacific Rim pact that his administration has worked toward for years.
Friday's rebuff highlighted the strained relations between Obama and congressional Democrats,...",right
775,Trade Deal Heads Downhill,['Trade'],"House Deals Blow to Obama’s Bid for Trade Deal, Rejects Worker-Aid Program",Wall Street Journal (News),"House Democrats dealt President Barack Obama a major setback in his bid for expanded trade-negotiating powers, roundly rejecting on Friday a workers-aid program that was a key component of the bill and leaving the White House’s trade agenda in limbo.
While stinging, the vote was not the last word in the trade fight, as House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) said there would be a re-vote by Tuesday o",center
776,Fast Food Workers Strike,['Economy And Jobs'],Fast-Food Protests Return Amid Push For Wage Hikes,NPR (Online News),"Fast-food workers and labor organizers marched, waved signs and chanted in cities across the country on Thursday in a push for higher wages.
Organizers say employees planned to forgo work in 100 cities, with rallies set for another 100 cities. But by late afternoon, it was unclear what the actual turnout was or how many of the participants were workers. At targeted restaurants, the disruptions seemed minimal or temporary.
The",left
777,Fast Food Workers Strike,['Economy And Jobs'],The Video Every Fast Food Striker Should Watch,Townhall,"Hard work and a good attitude go a long way in life, entitlement does not. Meet 11-year old Madison Root from Portland, Oregon. In an effort to pay for her braces, Root collected mistletoe and tried to sell it in a public park. Because she didn't a have a license, she was told to stop due to being in violation of city ordinance. Last night, Root explained on The Kelly File.
""",right
778,Fast Food Workers Strike,['Economy And Jobs'],Here's Why Fast Food Workers Are Striking This Week,HuffPost,"In fact, it takes a wage of $10.20 per hour to afford basic expenses like rent, food and utilities in America's cheapest place to live, according to an analysis from Wider Opportunities for Women. Nationally it takes $14.17 per hour to survive.",left
779,Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Allegedly Murdered at Saudi Consulate,['Foreign Policy'],Prudence Is the Right Response to the Khashoggi Affair,National Review,"Earlier this month, Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. No one has heard from him since.",right
780,Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Allegedly Murdered at Saudi Consulate,['Foreign Policy'],Jamal Khashoggi: Trump to 'punish' Saudis over journalist,BBC News,"President Donald Trump has said the US will inflict ""severe punishment"" on Saudi Arabia if the kingdom is found to be responsible for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.",center
781,Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Allegedly Murdered at Saudi Consulate,['Foreign Policy'],What makes Jamal Khashoggi’s alleged murder so depraved,Washington Post,"Journalists over the past two decades have encountered some terrible fates. American reporters Daniel Pearl, James Foley and Steven Sotloff were abducted and beheaded by Islamist terrorists. Investigative reporters Anna Politkovskaya from Russia, Javier Valdez from Mexico and Daphne Caruana Galizia from Malta were all victims of targeted assassination.",left
782,A Tax Day Look At Trump's Tax Cuts,"['Tax Cuts', 'Donald Trump', 'Taxes']",4 ways Trump's tax cuts changed the American economy,CNN (Online News),"Monday is the first Tax Day under the new rules of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, but Americans have been adapting to the law since it passed in late 2017.
Some of its effects are already visible, and some of them will take months, or even years, to understand. After all, economists are still publishing studies about the effect of the last comprehensive tax overhaul back in 1986, signed by Ronald Reagan.
Here's what we can — and can't — say about how President Donald Trump's tax cuts have...",left
783,A Tax Day Look At Trump's Tax Cuts,"['Tax Cuts', 'Donald Trump', 'Taxes']","NYT Fact Check: Actually, the Overwhelming Majority of Americans Got a Tax Cut, Despite Democrats' False Propaganda",Townhall,"It's tax day in America, and if Democrats had gotten their way in 2017, the vast majority of Americans would be paying higher taxes this year. Every single Congressional Democrat voted against the GOP-passed tax reform law that slashed tax burdens for approximately 80 percent of all households --- including an even higher percentage of middle-income families. The Left has deliberately and repeatedly lied about this reality, with minimal and perfunctory fact-checking from the media. As a result, only a fraction of the country realizes that their overall federal tax...",right
784,A Tax Day Look At Trump's Tax Cuts,"['Tax Cuts', 'Donald Trump', 'Taxes']",Trump Gave Most Americans a Tax Cut and They Didn’t Notice,Bloomberg,"Republicans passed a sweeping tax cut for two-thirds of Americans in 2017, saying it would pay for itself and the American public would thank them.
Now, as Americans finish filing to the IRS for the first time under the new system, the law has swelled the deficit and surveys show just one-fifth of taxpayers believe their taxes have gone down. That’s made it hard for President Donald Trump to leverage the tax cuts as an issue in 2020, when he’s up for reelection and his party will be seeking to...",left
785,Belarus Migrant Crisis Spurs Tensions in Europe,"['World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Belarus', 'Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Poland', 'Lithuania', 'Latvia', 'Alexander Lukashenko']","‘We became like a chicken in a cage,’ a migrant says, trapped between Belarus and Poland.",New York Times (News),"Exhausted, freezing and exposed to the elements, Bayar Awat, his wife and infant daughter have been stuck on the Belarusian side of the Polish border for more than a week after leaving their homes in a desperate gambit to reach the European Union.
One of several thousand migrants from Iraq’s Kurdistan region at the Belarus border, Mr. Awat said that he knew Belarus was using migrants like him and his family as pawns in its own political battles, but that he was determined not to return to Iraq. He and...",left
786,Belarus Migrant Crisis Spurs Tensions in Europe,"['World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Belarus', 'Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Poland', 'Lithuania', 'Latvia', 'Alexander Lukashenko']",Neighbours of Belarus say migrant crisis risks military clash,Reuters,Countries bordering Belarus on Thursday warned the migrant crisis on the European Union's eastern borders could escalate into a military confrontation while Ukraine said it would deploy thousands more troops to reinforce its frontier.,center
787,Belarus Migrant Crisis Spurs Tensions in Europe,"['World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Belarus', 'Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Poland', 'Lithuania', 'Latvia', 'Alexander Lukashenko']",Poland to reinforce Belarus border and offer aid to migrants,Washington Examiner,"Poland will build a fence along its border with Belarus and deploy more soldiers to the area to stop migrants from entering the country.
More than 900 soldiers will be sent, and an 8-foot-tall barrier will be constructed on the border, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak announced Monday.
""We are dealing with an attack on Poland ,"" he said during a news conference at the border. ""It is an attempt to trigger a migration crisis.""
The Polish government will also offer humanitarian assistance to migrants stuck at the border for over two weeks.
Poland is one of four European Union nations...",right
788,Attack on US Consulate,['Middle East'],Romney and Obama Spar Over Attack,New York Times (News),An attack that killed the American Ambassador to Libya on Tuesday has brought foreign policy to the forefront of the Presidential race.,left
789,Attack on US Consulate,['Middle East'],Obama condemns killing of U.S. ambassador to Libya,CNN (Online News),"U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday strongly condemned the killing of the United States ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, in a rocket attack on the U.S. Consulate in the city of Benghazi on Tuesday.",left
790,Attack on US Consulate,['Middle East'],"US ambassador to Libya, 3 American staff members killed in attack",Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other American staff members were killed Tuesday in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi, the White House confirmed.",right
791,Mueller and House Judiciary Committee Reach 'Tentative Date' for Testimony,"['Russia', 'Mueller']","Mueller, House Judiciary Committee reach tentative testimony agreement",Washington Times,"Special counsel Robert Mueller has reached a tentative agreement to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on May 15, a committee member said Sunday.
Rep. David Cicilline, Rhode Island Democrat, told Fox News Sunday that the special counsel has “signed off” on an agreement to appear before lawmakers.
“A tentative date has been set for May 15 and we hope the special counsel will appear,” Mr. Cicilline said. “We think the American people have a right to hear directly from him.”
The White House has indicated they will not attempt...",right
792,Mueller and House Judiciary Committee Reach 'Tentative Date' for Testimony,"['Russia', 'Mueller']",‘Tentative date’ for Mueller’s House panel testimony,Associated Press,"A Democratic member of the House Judiciary Committee says he’s hopeful special counsel Robert Mueller will appear before the panel, citing a “tentative date” for Mueller’s testimony.
Rhode Island Rep. David Cicilline tells “Fox News Sunday” that “we hope the special counsel will appear” on May 15 and that “we think the American people have a right to hear directly from him.”
The committee chairman, Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York, said last week the committee was “firming up the date” for Mueller’s testimony and hoping it...",left
793,Mueller and House Judiciary Committee Reach 'Tentative Date' for Testimony,"['Russia', 'Mueller']",House Democrat says Mueller and Judiciary Committee tentatively agree on May 15 for his testimony on Russia investigation,Washington Post,"A key member of the House Judiciary Committee said Sunday that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has tentatively agreed to testify on May 15.
The committee has been seeking to hear from Mueller amid disagreements about whether Attorney General William P. Barr mischaracterized the special counsel’s report in his congressional testimony and statements.
Rep. David N. Cicilline (D-R.I.) said on “Fox News Sunday” that the panel and Mueller’s representative had reached a tentative agreement for his testimony.",left
794,"Economists Expect Inflation to Continue in 2021, Remain High for Several Years","['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Business', 'Supply Chains', 'Consumers', 'Federal Reserve']",US economists see higher wages feeding inflation for 3 years,Al Jazeera,"Americans hoping for near-term relief from soaring prices got a dose of disappointment on Monday after a panel of economists surveyed by the National Association of Business Economics (NABE) significantly ramped up their expectations for inflation since they were last canvassed in September.
Nearly three quarters – 71 percent – of the 48 economists surveyed see the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge – Personal Consumption Expenditures minus food and energy –  not falling to or below the Fed’s 2-percent year-over-year target rate “until the second half of 2023 or later,”...",left
795,"Economists Expect Inflation to Continue in 2021, Remain High for Several Years","['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Business', 'Supply Chains', 'Consumers', 'Federal Reserve']",Survey: Business economists foresee persistent inflation,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s business economists have sharply raised their forecasts for inflation, predicting an extension of the price spikes that have resulted in large part from bottlenecked supply chains.
A survey released Monday by the National Association for Business Economics found that its panel of forecasters expects consumer prices to rise 6% this quarter compared with a year ago. That marks an increase from the 5.1% inflation the forecasters predicted in September for the same 12-month period.
Eighty-seven percent of the panelists have identified supply chain bottlenecks as...",left
796,"Economists Expect Inflation to Continue in 2021, Remain High for Several Years","['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Business', 'Supply Chains', 'Consumers', 'Federal Reserve']","Economists dial up inflation targets amid rising wages, strong consumer demand: NABE",Fox Business,"Economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics are predicting that annual inflation will remain above 2% over the next three years as a result of rising wages and strong demand for goods and services. 
NABE panelists project that the overall consumer price index will rise 6% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2021, compared to September's forecast of 5.1%. CPI inflation is expected to remain elevated by the end of 2022 at 2.8% year-over-year, compared to September's forecast of 2.4%. 
The core PCE price index, which excludes food and energy,...",right
797,"Bounties, Putin's Power Extension Return US-Russia Relations to Spotlight","['Foreign Policy', 'Terrorism', 'National Security', 'World', 'Asia', 'Europe', 'Russia']",Putin Plots a Parallel Internet,National Review,"Vladimir Putin is stepping up his war on the World Wide Web. In late May, claiming that it was key to Russia’s counterterrorism efforts, Putin signed a decree dramatically expanding his government’s power to regulate — and limit — access to the Internet for the country’s nearly 150 million inhabitants.
The edict, an update to the Kremlin’s 2014 counterterrorism strategy, gives Russian authorities greater control than ever before over the dissemination of information on the Internet. The ostensible goal of the measure is to curb language that could incite hatred...",right
798,"Bounties, Putin's Power Extension Return US-Russia Relations to Spotlight","['Foreign Policy', 'Terrorism', 'National Security', 'World', 'Asia', 'Europe', 'Russia']",Russia just paved the way for Putin to be president for life,Vox,"Russian President Vladimir Putin just got what he’s wanted from a recent vote: the veneer of a popular mandate on a plan that allows him to stay in power far beyond his current term limit — and could essentially make him president for life.
On July 1, Russia tallied the results of a week-long national vote on a slew of constitutional reforms, including a constitutional amendment that allows Putin to nix term limits and remain president until 2036. Such an outcome was expected, and largely predetermined, given Russia’s long track...",left
799,"Bounties, Putin's Power Extension Return US-Russia Relations to Spotlight","['Foreign Policy', 'Terrorism', 'National Security', 'World', 'Asia', 'Europe', 'Russia']",Lack of US consensus on Russia? Bounty report poses sharper question.,Christian Science Monitor,"In early May a classified CIA update for officers across U.S. intelligence agencies and others with security clearance reportedly cited evidence of a Russian program suspected of paying Taliban-linked militias to kill American and coalition troops in Afghanistan.
The military and intelligence agencies were investigating whether the bounty program might have played a part in an April 2019 roadside bombing near Bagram Air Base in which three Marine reservists were killed. The United States had evidence – in the form of a half-million dollars in cash found in a Seal...",center
800,Northern CA Rocked by Earthquake,['General News'],Northern California rocked by magnitude 6.0 earthquake,Fox News (Online News),"A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit Northern California near Napa Valley Sunday, injuring 89 — 3 critically — and causing extensive damage, including fires sparked by burst gas lines, in the largest tremor to rock the Bay Area since the magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta quake in 1989.
Leslie Gordon of the U.S. Geological Survey says the tremor struck just before 3:30 a.m. Sunday local time, about 10 miles northwest of American Canyon, which is about 6 miles southwest of Napa.",right
801,Northern CA Rocked by Earthquake,['General News'],State of emergency declared after Calif. quake,USA TODAY,"California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for Napa, Solano, and Sonoma counties Sunday after a magnitude-6.0 earthquake rattled Northern California early Sunday, leaving dozens wounded, thousands without power and hundreds of buildings damaged.
The quake struck at 3:20 a.m. PT near American Canyon about 6 miles southwest of Napa, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. It's the largest quake to hit the Napa Valley region since the Loma Prieta temblor in 1989.",left
802,Northern CA Rocked by Earthquake,['General News'],Emergency declared after 6.0 earthquake sends 89 to hospital in Napa,Los Angeles Times,"A long, rolling 6.0 earthquake shook a wide swath of the Bay Area awake early Sunday, prompting Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency. The temblor damaged buildings, cut off power to tens of thousands, sparked fires, and sent at least 89 people to a hospital, including three who were in critical condition.",left
803,How Should Western Countries Support Iranian Protesters?,"['Middle East', 'Iran', ""Women'S Issues"", 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Sanctions', 'Ayatollah Khamenei', 'Hijab', 'Protests', 'Iranian Protests']",How US leaders can best support protesters in Iran,Multiple Writers - Center,"Democracies tend to be more effective in speaking to their own people than in communicating with foreign audiences. Part of the reason is that public diplomacy, the practice of engaging and informing the people of other nations, is still considered an elite practice confined to the marble halls of the State Department and foreign ministries.
But public diplomacy — because it is so people-centric — can make the difference between long-term peace and global upheaval.
The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini for wearing an “inappropriate hijab” has sparked mass protests from...",center
804,How Should Western Countries Support Iranian Protesters?,"['Middle East', 'Iran', ""Women'S Issues"", 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Sanctions', 'Ayatollah Khamenei', 'Hijab', 'Protests', 'Iranian Protests']",Iran’s Brave Women Deserve the World’s Support,Bloomberg,"Over the past three weeks, young female protesters in Iran have led the biggest show of resistance against the country’s theocratic regime in more than a decade. US and European leaders have rightly voiced support for them. As the regime intensifies its brutal response, the West should do what it can to ensure the movement survives.
The eruption of anger was sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, who died in custody of Iran’s “morality police” after she was arrested for allegedly flouting local dress codes....",left
805,How Should Western Countries Support Iranian Protesters?,"['Middle East', 'Iran', ""Women'S Issues"", 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Sanctions', 'Ayatollah Khamenei', 'Hijab', 'Protests', 'Iranian Protests']",Biden must act to support Iran protests,Guest Writer - Right,"Iranian protests are in their third week. What began in outrage over a woman murdered in police custody has spread across the country. Protests have captured the popular imagination. Videos go viral of women cutting their hair, burning headscarves, or singing. Chants of ""Death to the Dictator"" are undeniable. That Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei must rely on the Lebanese Hezbollah to quell unrest suggests desperation.
Wishful thinking is no strategy, no matter the hunger for change. The price of liberty will be high. In 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini promised Iranians an ""Islamic democracy""...",right
806,UK Election Day 2015,"['Great Britain', 'World']",There's a blackout in the UK -- on election coverage,CNN (Online News),"There's an eerie sense of calm in Britain this Thursday.
After weeks of bitter name-calling, raucous political debate and media saturation of the UK general election, the airwaves are oddly serene owing to strict rules about what broadcasters can and cannot say on election day.
As millions of voters trudge to polling stations in schools, church halls and even country inns, top television and radio news programs are filled with the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake and the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan.",left
807,UK Election Day 2015,"['Great Britain', 'World']",UK voters choose lawmakers in election seen as dead heat,KSL,"British voters streamed to schools, churches and pubs Thursday for a say in their country's future, voting for lawmakers in an election expected to produce no clear victor and lead to days of frantic haggling for power.
Polls put Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives and Ed Miliband's Labour Party in a dead heat. Neither looks able to win a majority of Parliament's 650 seats.
Many voters are turning elsewhere — chiefly to the separatist Scottish National Party, which will dominate north of the border, and the anti-immigrant U.K",right
808,UK Election Day 2015,"['Great Britain', 'World']",Britain votes in a neck-and-neck contest to determine who will govern,Washington Post,"Britain’s most fiercely fought election in decades moved into the hands of voters Thursday with the two main parties neck-and-neck in a contest that will likely produce frantic political scrambling to form a government.
Although the counting of the votes is expected to be wrapped up within hours after polls close at 10 p.m. (5 p.m. EDT), forming a viable government could take weeks.",left
809,San Francisco Dismissing Thousands of Marijuana Convictions,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",San Francisco wiping thousands of pot convictions off the record after legalization,USA TODAY,"Thousands of Californians' marijuana convictions are being automatically dismissed by a top prosecutor under the state’s new legal cannabis system, and thousands more could have convictions or punishments reduced.",left
810,San Francisco Dismissing Thousands of Marijuana Convictions,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']","Starting Today, San Francisco Is Erasing Everybody's Misdemeanor Pot Convictions",Reason,Retroactivity is a powerful tool we don't use often enough.,right
811,San Francisco Dismissing Thousands of Marijuana Convictions,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']","San Francisco makes weed legalization retroactive, wiping out criminal records for thousands",ThinkProgress,A similar approach state-wide could rescue as many as 1.5 million people from the drug war's long shadow.,left
812,Immigration Hurdles,['Immigration'],Next immigration hurdle: Citizenship's fine print,Politico,Itrsquos not the inclusion of a pathway to citizenship that has immigration reform proponents worried mdash at this point itrsquos clear that this will be part of any deal Senate negotiators produce. Itrsquos how difficult they choose to make it. The prospects of a bipartisan immigration deal improved dramatically with the weekend announcement...,left
813,Immigration Hurdles,['Immigration'],"Republicans raise concern immigration bill being rushed, warn against 'fatal' mistakes",Fox News (Online News),With momentum building toward the completion of a draft immigration bill Republican lawmakers -- even one at the center of the talks -- are urging Senate leaders to slow the process down to avoid making fatal mistakes.,right
814,Immigration Hurdles,['Immigration'],Senators expect immigration legislation this week; Rubio signals no final agreement yet,CNN (Online News),"Members of the bipartisan Gang of Eight senators working out immigration overhaul legislation said Sunday they expect to have a draft bill agreeable to their circle by the end of this week. But Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, a member of the group, issued a statement saying it was too soon to consider the deal struck.
""I'm encouraged by reports of an agreement between business groups and unions on the issue of guest workers. However, reports that the bipartisan group of eight senators have agreed on a legislative proposal are premature,""...",left
815,"Biden Cancels Trip, Focuses on Spending Bills as Votes Approach","['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Infrastructure', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Government Shutdown']",Biden Cancels Trip to Rally Dems on Eve of Infrastructure Vote,Newsweek,"Congress is close to running out of time to avoid a government shutdown amid a partisan divide over federal funding and an extension to the debt ceiling.
The Senate was unable to pass a federal funding bill on Monday after it received a 48 to 50 vote with Republicans in opposition. The bill included an extension to the debt ceiling, which Republicans have said they oppose.
If the federal funding bill is not passed by Thursday at midnight, the federal government will face a partial shutdown. The shutdown will mean...",center
816,"Biden Cancels Trip, Focuses on Spending Bills as Votes Approach","['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Infrastructure', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Government Shutdown']",Biden Cancels Trip to Chicago amid Stalled Negotiations over Infrastructure,National Review,"President Biden canceled a trip to Chicago planned for Wednesday, and will remain in Washington, D.C., amid stalled negotiations over Democrats’ infrastructure legislation, the White House said on Tuesday.
Biden “will now remain at the White House tomorrow to continue working on advancing” a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and additional $3.5 trillion spending plan, a White House official told pool reporters. Biden was initially set to discuss “the ongoing importance of getting people vaccinated” in Chicago, the official said.
The announcement came amid continued gridlock among Democrats over passing the...",right
817,"Biden Cancels Trip, Focuses on Spending Bills as Votes Approach","['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Infrastructure', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Government Shutdown']","'Nobody wants to blink:' A canceled trip, deal-less meetings and 24 hours to thread the needle",CNN (Online News),"In a moment when President Joe Biden and Democratic leaders sought to create desperately needed momentum to pass key parts of the President's agenda, everything appeared to turn in the exact opposite direction.
Biden's meetings with two key Democratic moderates yielded nothing in the form of a tangible -- and absolutely necessary -- public commitment or acknowledgment of their preferred path forward.
The progressive outcry against the planned vote on Biden's $1.2 trillion infrastructure package didn't just hold, according to several members it actually grew in numbers over the course of the...",left
818,"Biden Reportedly Nears Decision on $10,000 of Student Loan Forgiveness","['Economy And Jobs', 'Joe Biden', 'Economic Policy', 'Student Loan Forgiveness', 'Student Loans', 'Debt', 'Colleges And Universities', 'White House', 'Washington Post', 'Politics']","Latest White House plan would forgive $10,000 in student debt per borrower",Washington Post,"White House officials are currently planning to cancel $10,000 in student debt per borrower, after months of internal deliberations over how to structure loan forgiveness for tens of millions of Americans, three people with knowledge of the matter said.
President Biden had hoped to make the announcement as soon as this weekend at the University of Delaware commencement, the people said, but that timing has changed after the massacre Tuesday in Texas.",left
819,"Biden Reportedly Nears Decision on $10,000 of Student Loan Forgiveness","['Economy And Jobs', 'Joe Biden', 'Economic Policy', 'Student Loan Forgiveness', 'Student Loans', 'Debt', 'Colleges And Universities', 'White House', 'Washington Post', 'Politics']",White House says no decision made on student loan forgiveness,Reuters,"The administration of President Joe Biden has not made a final decision on student loan cancellation, a White House spokesperson said on Friday, after a news report said it was planning to cancel $10,000 in student debt per borrower.",center
820,"Biden Reportedly Nears Decision on $10,000 of Student Loan Forgiveness","['Economy And Jobs', 'Joe Biden', 'Economic Policy', 'Student Loan Forgiveness', 'Student Loans', 'Debt', 'Colleges And Universities', 'White House', 'Washington Post', 'Politics']",Biden eyes $10K student loan debt forgiveness ahead of midterms: report,New York Post (News),"The White House is weighing a plan to cancel up to $10,000 in student loan debt per borrower in a bid to boost youth voter support just months before millions of Americans hit the ballot boxes for the fall midterms, according to a new report. 
The debt forgiveness, if enacted, would give Democrats a chicken-in-every-pot-style appeal to voters as they head into an election that could see the party lose one or both congressional majorities.",right
821,Netanyahu Speech,"['Israel', 'World']","Netanyahu Slams White House Deal With Iran: “Even If Israel Has to Stand Alone, Israel Will Stand”",Townhall,"Despite rumblings of boycotts ahead of his speech to a joint session of Congress Tuesday morning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was met with roaring applause and standing room only attendance as he entered the U.S. Senate Chamber.
Before addressing the threat of a nuclear Iran, Netanyahu tried to clear up the misconception his visit was political after the White House condemned his invitation from House Speaker John Boehner, which was extended without President Obama’s consent. He also thanked Congress for their support of Israel’s Iron Dome.",right
822,Netanyahu Speech,"['Israel', 'World']",Netanyahu warns that nuclear deal ‘paves Iran’s path’ to a bomb,Washington Post,"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forcefully argued against a nuclear deal with Iran, telling a joint meeting of Congress Tuesday that such an agreement would have the opposite effect of what the international community intends because it would effectively supply Iran with the means to produce a nuclear weapon.
Any agreement “doesn’t",left
823,Netanyahu Speech,"['Israel', 'World']",First Take: Netanyahu points to unbridgeable divide,USA TODAY,"The problem isn't that President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu don't get along, although they don't. The problem spotlighted in the Capitol on Tuesday is that they fundamentally disagree on whether an emerging nuclear deal with Iran would make the world safer or more dangerous.
The personal rift could be papered over or ultimately resolved when one leader or both leaves office.",left
824,Trump Responds to NK Missile Launch,"['North Korea', 'World']",Trump After North Korea Missile Launch: ‘All Options Are On The Table’,The Daily Caller,President Trump said Tuesday morning that “all options are on the table” after North Korea launched a missile that flew over Japan.,right
825,Trump Responds to NK Missile Launch,"['North Korea', 'World']","Trump Chides North Korea for Apparent ‘Contempt’ for Neighbors, World",Wall Street Journal (News),President reiterates that ‘all options are on the table’ after country fires a missile over Japan,center
826,Trump Responds to NK Missile Launch,"['North Korea', 'World']",Donald Trump responds to North Korean missile launch by stating that 'All options are on the table',Daily Kos,"On Tuesday morning (Monday evening in the US), North Korea launched a intermediate-range missile from near Pyongyang airport, across the Sea of Japan, tracing a long path over the island of Hokkaido, and finally landing in the Pacific some 700 miles to the east. The missile was the same type that North Korea threatened to use to launch a missile very near to Guam.",left
827,More Russian Generals Reportedly Killed by Ukraine,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia']",‘Winging It’: Russia Is Getting Its Generals Killed on the Front Lines,Foreign Policy,"Russia has lost at least five generals fighting in Ukraine in less than a month, Western officials said Monday, as communications failures and a lack of discipline among hundreds of thousands of conscripted Russian troops have made it more difficult to communicate orders to the front lines.
The tally of Russian generals killed in the nearly monthlong conflict—most of them one- and two-star commanders, including at least one lieutenant general—is likely the highest death rate among general officers in the Russian military since World War II.
On Sunday, Mykhailo Podoliak,...",center
828,More Russian Generals Reportedly Killed by Ukraine,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia']",Ukraine Confirms Fifth Russian General Has Been Killed,Daily Beast,"The Ukrainian military claimed to have killed yet another Russian general, this time Lieutenant-General Andrei Mordvichev, making him the fifth to die so far in the conflict.
Mordvichev, who led the 8th General Army of the Southern Military District, was killed as the result of “fire damage,” the Ukrainian armed forced announced on social media early Saturday.
Other high-ranking Russian officials, including at least one general, have been killed as the result of poor operational security after using unsecured phones and radios whose locations were traceable.
News of Mordvichev’s alleged death came as the Russian military...",left
829,More Russian Generals Reportedly Killed by Ukraine,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia']",Russian general killed after Ukrainian forces destroy command post in Kherson,New York Post (News),"Another Russian general has been killed in Ukraine, the country’s military claimed Saturday, the fifth senior leader to fall since the invasion began 23 days ago.
Lieutenant-General Andrey Mordvichev, commander of the 8th army of the southern military district, was killed when armed forces destroyed a command post at an airfield in Kherson, a port city in southern Ukraine, officials said.
His death came as thousands of civilians attempted to flee another port city, Mariupol, which has been under bombardment for weeks, and as Ukraine’s president said Russia is trying to...",right
830,Wasserman ’Yes’ on Iran Deal,['Middle East'],Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Voting for Iran Deal Despite Reservations,Newsmax (News),"Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said Sunday she will be voting for the Iran nuclear deal despite reservations she still has about it.
Appearing Sunday on CNN's ""State of the Union,"" Wasserman Schultz said that she has gone through a ""gut-wrenching,",right
831,Wasserman ’Yes’ on Iran Deal,['Middle East'],Emotional Debbie Wasserman Schultz Backs Iran Nuclear Deal,Wall Street Journal (News),"Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, said Sunday she would vote to support the Iran nuclear deal.
Although she said she still has some concerns, Ms. Wasserman Schultz told CNN’s “State of the Union” that the deal’s opponents had provided no evidence that an alternative plan, such as applying economic pressure to force Iran back to the negotiating table, would work.
“In weighing all the information that I had in front of me, I concluded that the best thing to do is to vote...",center
832,Wasserman ’Yes’ on Iran Deal,['Middle East'],Debbie Wasserman Schultz Endorses Iran Deal,HuffPost,"Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) on Sunday announced that after some ""emotional soul-searching,"" she had decided to support the pending Iran nuclear deal.
In what she described as ""the most difficult decision I have had to make in the nearly 23 years I have served in elected office,"" Wasserman Schultz, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, wrote in a lengthy Miami Herald op-ed that she had ""come to the conclusion that the agreement promotes the national security interests of the United States and our allies and merits my vote...",left
833,Russia Ramps Up Attacks on Key Ukrainian City,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia']","Russia destroys bridge over Ukrainian river, cutting escape route",Reuters,"Russian forces have blown up a bridge linking the embattled Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk to another city across the river, cutting off a possible evacuation route for civilians, local officials said on Sunday.
Sievierodonetsk has become the epicenter of the battle for control over Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. Parts of the city have been pulverized in some of the bloodiest fighting since the Kremlin unleashed its invasion on Feb. 24.
""The key tactical goal of the occupiers has not changed: they are pressing in Sievierodonetsk, severe fighting is ongoing there...",center
834,Russia Ramps Up Attacks on Key Ukrainian City,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia']",Fears grow for Sievierodonetsk civilians as plant struck and bridge blown up,The Guardian,"Russian artillery is hitting an industrial zone where 500 civilians are sheltering in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, the regional governor has said, and a bridge out of the city has been blown up, as fears grow for those who have not yet managed to leave.
“Russians continue to storm the city, having a significant advantage in artillery they have somewhat pushed back the Ukrainian soldiers,” said Serhiy Haidai, governor of the Luhansk region, in a morning report on his Telegram channel. “The Russians are destroying quarter after quarter,”...",left
835,Russia Ramps Up Attacks on Key Ukrainian City,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia']",Russian forces push Ukrainians out of key eastern city,Washington Times,"Ukraine said Monday its forces have been pushed out of the center of Sievierodonetsk, the epicenter of fighting in the eastern Donbas region.
The Russian invaders’ artillery gave them a significant advantage as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his troops continue to fight for “literally every meter” of the strategically important city, according to the BBC.
The Russians destroyed multiple bridges to the city, which will be cut off completely if a final bridge is taken out.
Russian efforts to take the city and nearby Lysychansk are viewed as pivotal...",right
836,2022 Winter Olympics Begin in Beijing,"['Sports', 'China', 'Beijing Olympics', 'Human Rights', 'Uighur Muslims', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Coronavirus']",Pelosi Instructs U.S. Athletes To Not ‘Speak Out’ During Olympics Against Communist China’s Genocide,The Daily Wire,"Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA) instructed U.S. athletes to not “speak out” against communist China’s human rights abuses during the Winter Olympics because it might make China angry.
“I would say to our athletes — you are there to compete,” Pelosi said in part during testimony before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. “Do not risk incurring the anger of the Chinese government because they are ruthless. I know there is a temptation on the part of some to speak out while they are there, I respect that. But, I...",right
837,2022 Winter Olympics Begin in Beijing,"['Sports', 'China', 'Beijing Olympics', 'Human Rights', 'Uighur Muslims', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Coronavirus']",“Kind of a ‘Squid Game’ Vibe”: We Spoke to Olympians About Life Inside the Beijing Bubble,Vice,"In between hours of ice hockey practice and meals taken between plastic dividers, Samantha Kolowratová finds herself wandering the aisles of the sterile white athletes’ “mall.” 
Some hallways are lined with floor-to-ceiling glass windows, from where the glaring light of a KFC shines through. Still further there’s a salon where athletes can get free hairstyling, facials, and manicures. Here, the table dividers are gold-rimmed, and the white walls are painted with flourishes of gold and blue. A gift shop hosts shelves filled with souvenirs sitting under stark fluorescent lights.
Everything...",left
838,2022 Winter Olympics Begin in Beijing,"['Sports', 'China', 'Beijing Olympics', 'Human Rights', 'Uighur Muslims', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Coronavirus']",Beijing Olympics: Winter Games start amid Covid and boycotts,BBC News,"The most divided Olympic Games in decades gets under way in China on Friday as Beijing becomes the only city to host both the Summer and now the Winter Games. As well as tight Covid-19 controls, the Games are fraught with political tensions over allegations of human rights abuses and boycotts.
Most of the snow on the slopes where the Olympic events will take place is man-made.
But inside an indoor rink where the icy climate is maintained by massive freezers at the side of the dome, six-year-old ice skater...",center
839,Happy Thanksgiving 2018,"['Holidays', 'General News']","For Reasons Good and Sad, Thanksgiving Is Now Our Greatest Holiday",National Review,"Because everyone appreciates the power of gratitude, but also because, in our secular culture, the appeal of Christmas is receding.",right
840,Happy Thanksgiving 2018,"['Holidays', 'General News']","Politics really is ruining Thanksgiving, according to data from 10 million cellphones",Washington Post,"In the wake of last year's bitterly contested presidential election, “politically divided” families cut their Thanksgiving celebrations short by an average of 20 to 30 minutes. Republican voters were more likely to bail on Democratic families than vice-versa. And reductions in family time were steeper in areas that saw more political ads.",left
841,Happy Thanksgiving 2018,"['Holidays', 'General News']",5 ways to de-escalate family arguments at Thanksgiving,Chicago Tribune,Some family members might be dreading Thanksgiving dinner because of the hot topics that could be served along with the turkey and trimmings.,center
842,Mental Health and Suicide During a Pandemic,"['Science', 'Suicide', 'Coronavirus', 'Mental Health', 'Psychology', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health']",COVID-19 and suicide,American Psychological Association,"COVID-19 has brought a raft of intense new stressors while removing many of the resources people have traditionally used to cope with stress. Millions of people have lost their jobs; some have lost their homes or businesses. Families cooped up together because of stay-at-home orders are chafing under the stress, which may increase the risk of intimate partner violence and child abuse. Disrupted routines and the potential for contracting a life-threatening disease may be exacerbating preexisting problems such as mental illness or substance use. At the same time, physical distancing...",center
843,Mental Health and Suicide During a Pandemic,"['Science', 'Suicide', 'Coronavirus', 'Mental Health', 'Psychology', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health']",‘A Year’s Worth of Suicide Attempts in the Last Four Weeks’: California Doctor Calls for End to Lockdown,National Review,"The doctor in charge of a Bay Area, Calif. trauma center said the state should end its lockdown orders after an “unprecedented” spike in suicide attempts amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“We’ve never seen numbers like this, in such a short period of time,” Dr. Mike deBoisblanc, head of trauma at John Muir Medical Center, told local station ABC7. “I mean, we’ve seen a year’s worth of suicide attempts in the last four weeks.” He added that he thinks “it’s time” to end the state shutdown.
“I think, originally, this was...",right
844,Mental Health and Suicide During a Pandemic,"['Science', 'Suicide', 'Coronavirus', 'Mental Health', 'Psychology', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health']",Will Suicides Rise Because of COVID-19?,U.S. News & World Report,"WHEN THE PANDEMIC seized New York, Dr. Lorna Breen, a 49-year-old emergency room doctor who worked at New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center, found herself in the trenches alongside physicians toiling through 18-hour days and sleeping in hospital hallways.
When Breen contracted COVID-19 herself, she took a week and a half off, only to suffer from exhaustion once she went back to work. Her family brought her to stay with them in Virginia, where Breen seemed detached, according to her father. She was also deeply disturbed, he...",left
845,Federal Watchdog Finds Kellyanne Conway Violated Hatch Act,"['White House', 'Politics']",Special counsel’s office recommends action against Kellyanne Conway for Hatch Act violation,Washington Times,The office of special counsel sent a report to President Trump on Tuesday recommending disciplinary action against Kellyanne Conway for political activity while in her White House role.,right
846,Federal Watchdog Finds Kellyanne Conway Violated Hatch Act,"['White House', 'Politics']",Kellyanne Conway found to have twice violated law banning use of office for political ends,ABC News (Online),An independent government investigative agency said on Tuesday that senior counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway twice violated a federal law prohibiting government employees from engaging in political activities.,left
847,Federal Watchdog Finds Kellyanne Conway Violated Hatch Act,"['White House', 'Politics']","Kellyanne Conway Violated Law on Political Expression, Investigators Say",Wall Street Journal (News),"White House senior counselor Kellyanne Conway improperly used her official role when she discussed an Alabama Senate race on TV last year, federal investigators said Tuesday, as they referred the matter to President Donald Trump for “appropriate disciplinary action.”",center
848,Cruz on Immigration,['Immigration'],Ted Cruz From Obama’s Open Border: ‘This Is A National Security Crisis’,Breitbart News,"Standing at the United States-Mexico border, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)97%
took on President Barack Obama’s open-border immigration policies by recounting stories of home invasion and murder that have plagued Americans, Arizona residents and border ranchers.",right
849,Cruz on Immigration,['Immigration'],Ted Cruz Challenges Donald Trump on Immigration at Mexican Border,Wall Street Journal (News),"Sen. Ted Cruz made a visit to the U.S.-Mexican border on Friday to criticize the state of border security and to make the case that he, not Donald Trump, is the best candidate to tackle illegal immigration.
Standing at a low-slung barrier, Mr. Cruz said that “my 5-year-old could climb this in about 3 seconds.”",center
850,Cruz on Immigration,['Immigration'],Presidential Candidates Woo Arizona Voters on Immigration,New York Times (News),"When Donald J. Trump campaigns in Arizona, he talks up the endorsements he has received from Jan Brewer, the former governor who signed some of the nation’s toughest immigration laws, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio, whose aggressive pursuit of illegal immigrants has prompted discrimination charges by the Justice Department.
When Bernie Sanders campaigned here on Monday, he ceded the stage to a teenage girl, who spoke of her parents’ arrest in a raid by Sheriff Arpaio and the reprieve from deportation they received from the federal government.",left
851,Jobless Claims Topped 1 Million Last Week,"['Economic Policy', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economy And Jobs']",Jobless claims climb back above 1 million as recovery in U.S. labor market slows,MarketWatch,"The numbers: Initial weekly jobless benefit claims rose in mid-August and topped 1 million again, potentially pointing to an increase in layoffs after a summer surge in the coronavirus epidemic or perhaps to more people applying for benefits after President Trump temporarily added $300 in extra federal payouts.
New applications for unemployment benefits, a rough gauge of layoffs, climbed to 1.11 million from 971,000 in the prior week, the Labor Department said Thursday.
Economists polled by MarketWatch had forecast 910,000 new claims in the seven days ended Aug. 15. These...",center
852,Jobless Claims Topped 1 Million Last Week,"['Economic Policy', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economy And Jobs']",Rise in jobless claims reflects still-struggling US economy,Associated Press,"The coronavirus recession struck swiftly and violently. Now, with the U.S. economy still in the grip of the outbreak five months later, the recovery looks fitful and uneven — and painfully slow.
The latest evidence came Thursday, when the government reported that the number of workers applying for unemployment climbed back over 1 million last week after two weeks of declines.
The figures suggest that employers are still slashing jobs even as some businesses reopen and some sectors like housing and manufacturing have rebounded.
“Getting the virus in check dictates...",left
853,Jobless Claims Topped 1 Million Last Week,"['Economic Policy', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economy And Jobs']",Spike in jobless claims comes after PPP and other pandemic benefits expired,NBC News (Online),"The unexpected jump in weekly initial jobless numbers to more than 1 million is a red flag about the stability of small business in the United States.
The first week of claims data after the Paycheck Protection Program stopped accepting applications shows the need for renewed stimulus for small businesses and consumers, advocates and business owners say.
“We’ve had to lay off and furlough. The good thing is business is picking up, but we're nowhere near where we were March 12 — that was our last working day before the...",left
854,"Trump, Congressional Leaders Meet Amid Government Shutdown",['Immigration'],Schumer: 'Trump is a terrible negotiator',Washington Times,"Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer begged Republicans Friday to break with President Trump and vote to reopen the government without new border wall money, saying the",right
855,"Trump, Congressional Leaders Meet Amid Government Shutdown",['Immigration'],McConnell Faces Pressure From Republicans to Stop Avoiding Shutdown Fight,New York Times (News),"For weeks, Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, has remained conspicuously on the sidelines, insisting that it was up to President Trump and Democrats to negotiate an end to",left
856,"Trump, Congressional Leaders Meet Amid Government Shutdown",['Immigration'],"Trump, Democrats dig in ahead of meeting on government shutdown",Reuters,President Donald Trump and congressional leaders were entrenched ahead of a meeting on Friday to try to end a partial U.S. government shutdown over his demand for $5 billion to build a,center
857,Schools Cannot Shut Out Undocumented Kids,['Immigration'],Feds: Schools can't shut out undocumented immigrants,Politico,"The Obama administration delivered an unequivocally clear message — again — on Thursday: All children have a right to enroll in public schools regardless of their citizenship or immigration status.
Three years after clarifying to schools that they cannot turn away children, the Education and Justice Departments issued another set of guidance documents that provide in painstaking detail what schools can and cannot ask for when families want to enroll their children. The agencies also provided
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/feds-schools-cant-shut-out-illegal...",left
858,Schools Cannot Shut Out Undocumented Kids,['Immigration'],Immigration: US Warns Schools Against Bias,ABC News (Online),"The Obama administration said Thursday that troubling reports continue of school districts raising barriers to enrollment for children brought into the U.S. illegally.
The Justice Department and Education Department issued new guidance reminding schools and districts they have a legal obligation to enroll every student regardless of the student's immigration status. The guidance says schools should be flexible in deciding which documents they will accept to prove a student's age or residency.
It also reminds them not to ask",left
859,Schools Cannot Shut Out Undocumented Kids,['Immigration'],No school choice: Holder mandates schools must enroll children of illegal immigrants,Washington Times,"Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday that all schools must enroll students whose parents are illegal immigrants, citing “troubling reports” that some districts are discriminating against children of undocumented parents.
“Public school districts have an obligation to enroll students regardless of immigration status and without discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin,” Mr. Holder said in a statement released by the Justice Department. He said his department will do “everything it can” to make sure schools meet this obligation.
Mr",right
860,New Hampshire Democratic Primary Set for Tuesday,"['Democratic Party', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Andrew Yang', 'Amy Klobuchar', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Joe Biden', 'New Hampshire', 'Decision 2020', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Deval Patrick', 'Mike Bloomberg', 'Elections']","New Hampshire poll shows Bernie Sanders surging, Joe Biden faltering",New York Post (News),"Sen. Bernie Sanders is expanding his lead in New Hampshire — as former Vice President Joe Biden falters, according to a new poll released on the eve of the primary election in the Granite State.
Sanders, who won New Hampshire in 2016, has 25 percent support — an increase of two percentage points from a week ago — while Biden dropped eight percentage points to 14 percent, a UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion poll showed.
Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttiegieg finished in second place with 17 percent,...",right
861,New Hampshire Democratic Primary Set for Tuesday,"['Democratic Party', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Andrew Yang', 'Amy Klobuchar', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Joe Biden', 'New Hampshire', 'Decision 2020', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Deval Patrick', 'Mike Bloomberg', 'Elections']",Election Update: The Polling Picture In New Hampshire Is Actually Pretty Clear,FiveThirtyEight,"Just how close is the New Hampshire Democratic primary? The five latest polls of the state seem to disagree, but our forecast has Sen. Bernie Sanders has a modest favorite to win. He currently has a 2 in 3 (64 percent) chance of winning the most votes, while former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg has a 3 in 10 (30 percent) chance. We actually have a pretty good idea of what’s happening in New Hampshire, too, as those five most recent polls actually agree more than they initially appear...",center
862,New Hampshire Democratic Primary Set for Tuesday,"['Democratic Party', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Andrew Yang', 'Amy Klobuchar', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Joe Biden', 'New Hampshire', 'Decision 2020', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Deval Patrick', 'Mike Bloomberg', 'Elections']",Democratic candidates sharpen attacks in closing days of New Hampshire primary,CNN (Online News),"Nashua, New Hampshire (CNN) - So much for ""Iowa nice.""
The contentious contours of the Democratic presidential primary came into full view in New Hampshire over the weekend, as months of cordial campaigning in Iowa quickly escalated into a raucous sprint to Tuesday's primary.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, both drawing the largest crowds in the Granite State after a near-tie in the Iowa caucuses, began treating each other as primary rivals for the Democratic nomination.
Former Vice President Joe Biden,...",left
863,Warren Releases Details of 'Medicare for All' Plan,"['Medicare', 'Election 2020', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Democratic Party', 'Healthcare']",Warren health care plan pledges no middle class tax increase,Associated Press,"Elizabeth Warren promised Friday to spend more than $20 trillion over the next decade to provide government-funded health care to every American without raising middle class taxes — finally offering ideas about how to implement the massive “Medicare for All” program without taking a larger bite out of most Americans’ salaries.
The Massachusetts senator famously “has a plan” for everything from providing universal child care to canceling college debt, but details of how she’d pay for her health plan come with far higher political stakes. Warren spent weeks, and two...",left
864,Warren Releases Details of 'Medicare for All' Plan,"['Medicare', 'Election 2020', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Democratic Party', 'Healthcare']",Elizabeth Warren finally has a plan for Medicare for All,Yahoo News,"Sen. Elizabeth Warren released her plan on Friday, and this time one details how she would pay for Medicare for All.
Following other presidential candidates releasing their health care plans, Warren’s plan pledges that “there will be no middle class tax increases” and Americans would benefit from the elimination of premiums and other out-of-pocket-costs.
“$11 trillion in household expenses back in the pockets of American families,” she said. “That’s substantially larger than the largest tax cut in American history.”
Warren’s plan would cost ""just under"" $52 trillion over a decade....",left
865,Warren Releases Details of 'Medicare for All' Plan,"['Medicare', 'Election 2020', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Democratic Party', 'Healthcare']",Warren calls for nearly $9 trillion tax on employers to fund 'Medicare for all',Washington Examiner,"Elizabeth Warren released a long-awaited ""Medicare for all"" funding plan after coming under pressure by Democratic rivals about how to fund such a system without middle-class tax increases.
The plan, released Friday, would raise $20 trillion in taxes on employers, financial firms, giant corporations, and the top 1% of earners, including by cracking down on tax evasion. The estimate from the Warren campaign, that the federal government will need to spend $20 trillion more to get ""Medicare for all,"" is $14 trillion lower than many outside analysts have predicted, but...",right
866,Mike Pence Speaks Out Against NFL,['Sports'],49ers safety on Pence's Colts walkout: 'This is what systemic oppression looks like',The Hill,"San Francisco 49ers safety Eric Reid slammed Vice President Pence’s walkout during his team’s game against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, calling it a “PR stunt.""",center
867,Mike Pence Speaks Out Against NFL,['Sports'],The Pence Walkout: Will Someone Tell The NFL They're Fighting A Losing War,Townhall,"Vice President Mike Pence walked out during a football game because not all the players stood for the national anthem. The Indianapolis Colts played the San Francisco 49ers. Was this expected—the kneeling? Yes. Was it a PR stunt, as 49ers safety Eric Reid said? Maybe—but who cares? We’re treating this as if the NFL and the Trump administration are on equal footing. That’s not the case. The Trump White House is on the right side of this; the polling shows it. The fans’ reactions have shown it. The NFL owners...",right
868,Mike Pence Speaks Out Against NFL,['Sports'],"Mike Pence’s NFL ‘Stunt’ In Indianapolis May Have Cost Taxpayers Over $200,000",HuffPost,Democratic lawmakers ripped into Pence over his expensive attempt to shame players protesting during the national anthem.,left
869,Bombers Motives and Influences,['Terrorism'],Details Emerge on Religious Motives of Boston Bomb Suspects and Recent Interest in Chechnya - a Hub of Extremist Saudi Wahhabism,The Blaze,New details are emerging about the religious motivations of Boston bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and their recent interest in Chechnya which experts say has become a hub for the extremist Saudi sect of Islam known as Wahhabism. The brothers are ethnically Chechen though Dzhokhar was born...,right
870,Bombers Motives and Influences,['Terrorism'],Boston Suspects Are Seen as Self-Taught and Fueled by Web,New York Times (News),Investigators early portrait of the two brothers accused in the marathon bombings suggests they were driven by extremist Islamic beliefs and may have learned to build bombs on the Web.,left
871,Bombers Motives and Influences,['Terrorism'],Bombing suspect's uncle: Friend in Cambridge 'brainwashed him completely',CNN (Online News),The evolution of Tamerlan Tsarnaev from aspiring Olympic boxer to apparent self-radicalized jihadist may have been influenced by a friend in Cambridge.,left
872,January 6 Select Committee Hearings Begin,"['US House', 'Liz Cheney', 'Adam Kinzinger', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']","At first Jan. 6 hearing, police to detail violence, injuries",Associated Press Fact Check,"Democrats are launching their investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection Tuesday with a focus on the law enforcement officers who were attacked and beaten as the rioters broke into the building — an effort to put a human face on the violence of the day.
The police officers who are scheduled to testify endured some of the worst of the brutality. They were punched, trampled, crushed and sprayed with chemical irritants. They were called racial slurs and threatened with their own weapons as the mob of then-President Donald Trump’s supporters overwhelmed them,...",left
873,January 6 Select Committee Hearings Begin,"['US House', 'Liz Cheney', 'Adam Kinzinger', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']",Police who defended U.S. Capitol to testify at riot probe's first hearing,Reuters,"Four police officers who worked to defend the U.S. Capitol from a mob of then-President Donald Trump's supporters are due to testify on Tuesday at the first hearing before a congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot.
The House of Representatives Committee was formed after Senate Republicans blocked the creation of an independent commission to investigate the attack. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, named the committee's members.
Harry Dunn and Aquilino Gonell, officers with the U.S. Capitol police, and Michael Fanone and Daniel Hodges, officers with the District...",center
874,January 6 Select Committee Hearings Begin,"['US House', 'Liz Cheney', 'Adam Kinzinger', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']",Jan. 6 committee could be final hurrah for Cheney and Kinzinger,Washington Examiner,"The Jan. 6 select committee tasked with investigating the Capitol riot could be a last hurrah of sorts for the two most outspoken critics of former President Donald Trump in the House Republican conference.
Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney faces a smattering of primary opponents for her at-large district who are outraged at her turn away from Trump. The former president is determined to crown a queen-slayer.
Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger also has a few Republican primary challengers. The more serious threat to his seat is Illinois’s redistricting process that could draw new...",right
875,Expanding US Attacks on ISIS,['Middle East'],Asking Congress to Back ISIS Strikes Is Tricky for Obama,New York Times (News),"When President Obama summoned his closest advisers to the Oval Office a year ago this week to tell them he was holding off on a missile strike against Syria, one of his arguments was that if he acted without Congress, he might not get congressional backing for military intervention the next time he needed it.
“He can’t make these decisions divorced from the American public and from Congress,” a senior aide said at the time. “Who knows what we’re going to face in the next three and a half years...",left
876,Expanding US Attacks on ISIS,['Middle East'],Hitting the Brakes? Obama downplays prospect of imminent strikes in Syria,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama on Thursday downplayed the prospect of any imminent U.S. airstrikes in Syria as he stressed that military advisers are still reviewing options for confronting Islamic State militants in the region.
At the same time, the president bluntly ruled out U.S. military action for dealing with another international crisis -- mounting evidence of Russian incursions into eastern Ukraine. ""We are not taking military action to solve the Ukrainian problem,"" Obama said.
ADVERTISEMENT",right
877,Expanding US Attacks on ISIS,['Middle East'],Déjà vu for Barack Obama in Syria,Politico,"Barack Obama has a bad case of Syria déjà vu.
Nearly one year after he stood at the brink of ordering military action against Syria — but said he’d only step across if Congress agreed — the president finds himself in an eerily similar situation",left
878,Perspectives: The Role of Government in a National Emergency,"['Role Of Government', 'Politics', 'Public Health', 'Liberty', 'Freedom', 'Democracy', 'Domestic Policy', 'Coronavirus']",This crisis calls for massive government intervention: here's how to do it,The Guardian,"Coronavirus threatens the world’s economic life, and current proposals from governments around the globe are failing to match the scale of the crisis. Today, the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced £330bn of loans and that some companies would not have to pay business rates for the next 12 months. While loans help businesses in the short term, they do not compensate for losses and only allow companies to smooth costs over a longer period.
In the US, the Trump administration has suggested direct cash payments to individuals. Such measures (such as...",left
879,Perspectives: The Role of Government in a National Emergency,"['Role Of Government', 'Politics', 'Public Health', 'Liberty', 'Freedom', 'Democracy', 'Domestic Policy', 'Coronavirus']",Coronavirus Will Be Deadly To Your Liberty,Reason,"Nothing makes government grow like a crisis. People get scared, politicians respond to that fear with promises that the state will step in and make everything better, and government ends up larger and more powerful. The pandemic of COVID-19 coronavirus threatens a world-wide wave of sickness, but it's the healthiest thing to happen to government power in a very long time. As it leaves government with a rosy glow, however, our freedom will end up more haggard than ever.
""You can look at it as socialized medicine,"" Rep. Ted Yoho...",right
880,Perspectives: The Role of Government in a National Emergency,"['Role Of Government', 'Politics', 'Public Health', 'Liberty', 'Freedom', 'Democracy', 'Domestic Policy', 'Coronavirus']",Local government can mobilize us in crisis,Guest Writer - Center,"The COVID-19 virus is presenting the biggest challenge our society has faced since the Great Depression and World War II. The baby boomer generation is now facing the first major societal challenge in our lifetime. How we respond will determine the outcomes of the impact of this terrible virus that is circulating through our population.
During the Great Depression President Franklin Roosevelt used the federal government to create jobs and put people back to work. Automobile companies quit making cars and instead manufactured tanks and bombers to defeat Germany...",center
881,Report: Facebook Paid Political Consulting Group to Discredit Critics,['Technology'],"Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis",New York Times (News),"Sheryl Sandberg was seething. Inside Facebook’s Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters, top executives gathered in the glass-walled conference room of its founder, Mark Zuckerberg.",left
882,Report: Facebook Paid Political Consulting Group to Discredit Critics,['Technology'],Facebook-New York Times fight gets ugly: Social network slams newspaper's 'inaccuracies',Fox News (Online News),"Facebook slammed a blockbuster New York Times report for ""inaccuracies"" and cut ties with a GOP-opposition firm after the newspaper painted a scathing portrait of Mark Zuckerberg and",right
883,Report: Facebook Paid Political Consulting Group to Discredit Critics,['Technology'],Facebook cuts ties from firm that linked its critics to George Soros,The Hill,"Facebook has cut ties to a political consulting group, Definers Public Affairs, that it hired to discredit its critics and opponents in the wake of scrutiny its received over the past year.",center
884,Romney Defends Remarks,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Romney sticks by 'victims' comments, but calls them 'off the cuff'",Fox News (Online News),"Mitt Romney is sticking by his comments captured in a video at a fundraiser earlier this year in which he told donors that President Obama's base supporters are ""reliant on government,"" don't pay taxes and ""believe they are victims.""",right
885,Romney Defends Remarks,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Controversial private fund-raiser video shows candid Romney,CNN (Online News),"Mitt Romney on Monday said his controversial statements caught on tape were ""off the cuff"" and ""not elegantly stated,"" but he defended the main message of his remarks.",left
886,Romney Defends Remarks,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Leaked videos show Romney dismissing Obama supporters as feeling entitled to handouts,Washington Post,Mitt Romney confronted a new distraction Monday when a video surfaced that shows him dismissing President Obamas supporters as people who take no responsibility for their livelihoods and who think they are entitled to government handouts.,left
887,Saudi King Abdullah Dies at 90,['Middle East'],OPINION: Saudi Arabia’s coming struggle,Washington Post,"Saudi watchers have been talking about the transition from King Abdullah for a decade, but now that it has arrived, it’s as mysterious as ever.",left
888,Saudi King Abdullah Dies at 90,['Middle East'],Death of King Unlikely to Alter Saudi Oil Policy,Wall Street Journal (News),"Saudi Arabia has charted a long-term course to drive down oil prices and maintain its major share of the global market—and a change of who is on the throne in Riyadh won’t likely alter this course, energy experts said.",center
889,Saudi King Abdullah Dies at 90,['Middle East'],Death of Saudi King Abdullah brings uncertain new era for US in Middle East,Fox News (Online News),The death of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah early Friday has launched an uncertain new era for U.S. officials to negotiate amid the spreading influence of Iran and the ongoing battle to roll back gains made by the Islamic State terror group in Iraq and Syria.,right
890,"Clinton, Trump Win Big in NY","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump and Clinton Win New York, Get Closer to General Election Battle",Daily Beast,"Minutes after being declared the winner of the New York Republican primary, Donald Trump walked through the lobby of Trump Tower, looking more like a candidate than a celebrity for the first time.",left
891,"Clinton, Trump Win Big in NY","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump, Clinton cruise to New York wins, Cruz must rely on contested convention",Fox News (Online News),"Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton regained their stride in the presidential race Tuesday night, winning their respective primaries in New York — and sending a message to their rivals that their campaigns are back on track after recent stumbles.",right
892,"Clinton, Trump Win Big in NY","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Win Easily in New York,New York Times (News),"Donald J. Trump wrested back control of the Republican presidential race on Tuesday with a commanding victory in the New York primary, while Hillary Clinton dealt a severe blow to Senator Bernie Sanders with an unexpectedly strong win that led her to declare that the Democratic nomination was “in sight.”",left
893,Rand Paul Announces,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","It’s official! Rand Paul launches 2016 White House bid, plans ambitious 50-state campaign",Washington Times,Kentucky Republican casts himself as anti-Washington crusader,right
894,Rand Paul Announces,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Rand Paul's decisive moment was 4 years coming,Politico,A look inside his presidential launch.,left
895,Rand Paul Announces,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Rand Paul Says ‘I Am Running for President’,New York Times (News),"Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky declared himself a candidate for the Republican nomination for president on Tuesday, aiming to upset the political order in Washington and disprove those in his own party who doubt that a fiercely libertarian conservative can be a serious contender.",left
896,"190,000 Migrant Encounters In June Mark 21-Year High","['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Joe Biden', 'Kamala Harris']",Arrests at U.S.-Mexico Border This Year Top One Million,Wall Street Journal (News),"Border Patrol agents have made more than a million arrests at the U.S.-Mexico border so far this year, already higher than any full-year total since at least 2005, according to new Customs and Border Protection figures released Friday.
Agents made more than 178,000 arrests in June, a 3% increase over the prior month.
The number of migrants traveling as families crossing the border illegally rose once more in June to around 50,000, a 23% increase over the previous month, prolonging a surge that has posed major political and logistical challenges for the...",center
897,"190,000 Migrant Encounters In June Mark 21-Year High","['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Joe Biden', 'Kamala Harris']",Number of attempted crossings at southern U.S. border hits 21-year high,NBC News (Online),"U.S. border agents stopped more than 188,000 immigrants trying to cross the southern U.S. border in June, marking a 21-year high in monthly border crossings, as the Biden administration considers lifting Covid-19 restrictions and allowing more immigrants to claim asylum in the U.S.
The numbers were the highest since March 2000, when more than 223,000 immigrants were stopped by the Border Patrol at the southern border.
Of the 188,829 border crossers in June, nearly 105,000 were expelled back into Mexico without being given the chance to claim asylum in the U.S. due to...",left
898,"190,000 Migrant Encounters In June Mark 21-Year High","['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Joe Biden', 'Kamala Harris']","Migrant arrests at southern border rose yet again in June to 188,000, topping 1M this fiscal year",Fox News (Online News),"There were nearly 190,000 migrant encounters at the southern border in June, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Friday — yet another rise in what were already sky-high border numbers, and bringing the total of encounters in fiscal year (FY) 2021 to more than 1 million.
CBP said that 188,829 migrants were encountered at the southern border, an increase from the 180,034 encountered in May. It is also a sharp rise since when President Biden took office — there were 78,442 encounters in January.",right
899,Judge Blocks Extension of Illinois Stay-at-home Order,"['Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'J.B. Pritzker', 'Illinois', 'Lawsuits', 'Role Of Government', 'Stay At Home', 'Coronavirus']","Downstate judge rules Pritzker out of line with stay-at-home – but governor calls suit ‘dangerous,’ ‘insult to all Illinoisans’",Chicago Sun-Times,"A downstate judge on Monday agreed with a Republican legislator that Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker lacks the legal authority to force him to stay home past 30 days during the coronavirus pandemic.
It’s a decision that only applies to the Southern Illinois lawmaker – state Rep. Darren Bailey – but the governor said it will endanger all Illinoisans and open the door for others to file suit.
Pritzker was made aware of Clay County Circuit Court Judge Michael McHaney’s ruling Monday afternoon during his live COVID-19 briefing
“Rep. Darren Bailey’s...",left
900,Judge Blocks Extension of Illinois Stay-at-home Order,"['Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'J.B. Pritzker', 'Illinois', 'Lawsuits', 'Role Of Government', 'Stay At Home', 'Coronavirus']",Pritzker appeals judge’s ruling against Illinois stay-at-home order,WGN,"CHICAGO — Illinois. Gov. JB Pritzker filed an appeal Tuesday after a state lawmaker challenged his coronavirus stay-at-home order and won.
The appeal calls for a reversal of that ruling, and to dissolve Republican Rep. Darren Bailey’s temporary restraining order.
On Monday, Clay County Circuit Judge Michael McHaney issued a temporary injunction so Bailey could disregard the stay-at-home order.
Bailey, a Xenia resident, argued Pritzker did not have the authority to extend his stay-at-home order beyond the initial 30 days. He said the state already has a plan in place...",center
901,Judge Blocks Extension of Illinois Stay-at-home Order,"['Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'J.B. Pritzker', 'Illinois', 'Lawsuits', 'Role Of Government', 'Stay At Home', 'Coronavirus']",Illinois judge rules against Gov. Pritzker's stay-at-home order in suit brought by GOP lawmaker,Fox News (Online News),"An Illinois court has ruled against Gov. J.B. Pritzker in a case brought by a Republican state lawmaker seeking a temporary restraining order against the state's stay-at-home order aimed at stopping the coronavirus — a ruling that applies only to the one lawmaker but could have wider consequences if others try to follow suit.
The lawmaker, state Rep. Darren Bailey, filed a motion late last week that sought to prevent the governor ""from taking any action ... which orders Darren Bailey to stay at home, or at his place of...",right
902,Sen. Jeff Flake Vows to Block Trump Judicial Nominees Until Bill Protecting Mueller Gets a Vote,['Russia'],U.S. senators clash with Republican leader over protecting Mueller,Reuters,"Two U.S. senators, defying opposition from Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, vowed on Wednesday to push for action on a bipartisan measure that would protect a federal investigation",center
903,Sen. Jeff Flake Vows to Block Trump Judicial Nominees Until Bill Protecting Mueller Gets a Vote,['Russia'],Mitch McConnell Just Blocked A Bipartisan Bill To Protect Robert Mueller,BuzzFeed News,"Sen. Jeff Flake vowed not to vote for any more of President Trump's judicial nominees until the Senate votes to protect Mueller, putting pressure on McConnell to change his mind.",left
904,Sen. Jeff Flake Vows to Block Trump Judicial Nominees Until Bill Protecting Mueller Gets a Vote,['Russia'],"Oh, Here We Go: Jeff Flake Holding Up Trump's Judicial Nominees Until Senate Votes On Bill Protecting Mueller Probe",Townhall,Outgoing Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) is not going to leave quietly into the night. He’s continuing his role as the GOP’s biggest pain in the a** by declaring he will block further judicial nominations until the,right
905,Media Reacts to Biden Saying He Has Cancer,"['Cancer', 'Climate Change', 'Energy', 'Environment', 'Joe Biden', 'Massachusetts', 'Public Health', 'White House']","Biden’s Cancer Remark Referred to Past, White House Says",The Daily Wire,"Democrat President Joe Biden appeared to claim during remarks about climate change on Wednesday afternoon that he has cancer.
Speaking in Somerset, Massachusetts, about what he wants to do about the climate and creating energy jobs, Biden talked about his childhood and oil pollution growing up in Delaware.
“Five years ago, this towering power plant that once stood with cooling towers 500 feet high closed down,” Biden said. “The coal plant at Brayton Point was the largest of its kind in New England. 1,500 megawatts of power, enough to power one in five...",right
906,Media Reacts to Biden Saying He Has Cancer,"['Cancer', 'Climate Change', 'Energy', 'Environment', 'Joe Biden', 'Massachusetts', 'Public Health', 'White House']",Here's Why President Biden Just Said He's Been Affected by Cancer,People,"The White House is clarifying that President Joe Biden has a clean bill of health after he phrased his past experiences with skin cancer treatments as though he currently has cancer in his recent speech about climate and clean energy.
PEOPLE confirmed with the White House that the president was not announcing that he was diagnosed with cancer in his speech on Wednesday, pointing the outlet to a tweet explaining that Biden meant he'd been personally affected by cancer, as he had non-melanoma skin cancers removed before he was sworn in as president.
""How...",left
907,Media Reacts to Biden Saying He Has Cancer,"['Cancer', 'Climate Change', 'Energy', 'Environment', 'Joe Biden', 'Massachusetts', 'Public Health', 'White House']",Does Joe Biden Have Cancer? President's History With Melanoma Explained,Newsweek,"During a speech on Wednesday, President Joe Biden seemingly said he's had cancer. The comment, which was slightly muffled in footage, quickly resulted in a debate about the president's health.
""That's why I—and so damn many other people I grew up with—have cancer,"" Biden said while discussing the environmental issues Delaware faced when he grew up there. The remarks were made during a speech in Somerset, Massachusetts, in which Biden talked about climate change and the job potential that could be created by investing in clean energy.
RNC Research, a Twitter account managed by the...",center
908,European Countries Suspend Use of AstraZeneca Vaccine Over Blood Clot Reports,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'Europe', 'European Union', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'AstraZeneca']",AstraZeneca's COVID vaccine suspended in more countries over low number of blood clots,CBS News (Online),"Sweden on Tuesday became the latest to join a growing list of countries to suspend use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. More than a dozen nations, most of them in Europe, have temporarily halted use of the vaccine as a precautionary measure after a small number of people developed blood clots after getting the shot.
But experts in the U.K. and elsewhere in Europe are calling it a disaster for the continent's already-delayed vaccine roll-out. COVID-19 infections are spreading exponentially again in some parts of Europe, even prompting new nationwide...",left
909,European Countries Suspend Use of AstraZeneca Vaccine Over Blood Clot Reports,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'Europe', 'European Union', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'AstraZeneca']","Germany, Italy, France suspend AstraZeneca shots amid safety fears, disrupting EU vaccinations",Reuters,"Germany, France and Italy said on Monday they would suspend AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots after several countries reported possible serious side-effects, but the World Health Organization (WHO) said there was no proven link and people should not panic.
Still, the decision by the European Union’s three biggest countries to put inoculations with the AstraZeneca shot on hold threw the already struggling vaccination campaign in the 27-nation EU into disarray.
Denmark and Norway stopped giving the shot last week after reporting isolated cases of bleeding, blood clots and a low platelet count....",center
910,European Countries Suspend Use of AstraZeneca Vaccine Over Blood Clot Reports,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'Europe', 'European Union', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'AstraZeneca']",AstraZeneca tries to reassure public after recent COVID vaccine safety concerns,Fox News (Online News),"AstraZeneca issued a statement on Monday defending its COVID-19 vaccine after some countries raised concerns about blood clots in vaccine recipients and called for a temporary suspension.
The company said there is ""no evidence of an increased risk"" of blood clots after receiving its jab.
Ireland announced Sunday that it would temporarily suspend distributing the vaccine ""out of an abundance of caution,"" Reuters reported. The move was announced after reports of blood clotting in some of the recipients in Norway.",right
911,Obamacare Repeal in 2018?,['Healthcare'],Trump Suggests GOP Needs Until 2018 To Craft ‘Wonderful’ Obamacare Replacement,HuffPost,"President Donald Trump seemed to suggest on Sunday that the Republicans’ replacement for the Affordable Care Act might not materialize until 2018.
The statement, which Trump made in an interview with Bill O’Reilly of Fox News, could signal a significant setback in the effort to repeal and replace the 2010 law, which has helped 20 million people obtain health insurance ― and which is suddenly showing some political resiliency.",left
912,Obamacare Repeal in 2018?,['Healthcare'],Republicans begin to grumble: Why haven't we repealed Obamacare yet?,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump vowed as a candidate to kill Obamacare in short order. But more than two weeks into his presidency, some Republicans are starting to ask: What happened to repealing the law quickly?",left
913,Obamacare Repeal in 2018?,['Healthcare'],Obamacare sign-ups decline in face of Trump repeal threat,Fox News (Online News),"Facing higher premiums, less choice and a last-minute advertising pullback, fewer people signed up for coverage this year through HealthCare.gov, according to data from a preliminary government report Friday.",right
914,Bipartisan Immigration Deal,['Immigration'],'Path To Citizenship' Part Of Senators' Bipartisan Immigration Plan,NPR (Online News),"Saying their proposal would ""secure the border, modernize and streamline our current legal immigration system"" and create ""a tough but fair legalization program for individuals who are currently here,"" eight senators are today unveiling a ""bipartisan framework for comprehensive immigration reform.""",left
915,Bipartisan Immigration Deal,['Immigration'],"Bipartisan Group Of Senators To Introduce Immigration Plan, Preempt Obama",HuffPost,"A bipartisan group of four Democratic senators and four Republican senators will announce the framework for a comprehensive immigration reform plan on Monday, seeking to jump out in front of President Obama's planned Tuesday speech on immigration.",left
916,Bipartisan Immigration Deal,['Immigration'],Bipartisan group of 8 senators reaches deal on immigration changes,Fox News (Online News),A bipartisan group of eight senators plans to announce they have agreed on a set of principles for comprehensive immigration reform.,right
917,Major Conservation Bill Passes Senate with Bipartisan Backing,"['Bridging Divides', 'Polarization', 'Common Ground', 'Climate Change', 'Nature', 'Conservation', 'Preservation', 'Environment']",Why the Great American Outdoors Act can unite our country,Deseret News,"The outdoors are playing a major role in supporting America through the COVID-19 pandemic. Many people are turning to outdoor spaces as the best venue for mental health breaks, recreation and meaningful activity that is safe and socially distanced.
With unrest and turmoil upon us again, sparked by the senseless killing of George Floyd, the outdoors has another opportunity to be a force for good and positive change.
Outdoor experiences, access and enjoyment should be the ultimate equalizer. Playing outside, recreating in the wild and enjoying nature should be colorblind,...",center
918,Major Conservation Bill Passes Senate with Bipartisan Backing,"['Bridging Divides', 'Polarization', 'Common Ground', 'Climate Change', 'Nature', 'Conservation', 'Preservation', 'Environment']","In An Election Year, 2 Vulnerable GOP Senators Are Suddenly Conservationists",HuffPost,"Public lands activists and a handful of lawmakers have long pushed for full, permanent funding of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a federal program established in 1964 that uses offshore oil and gas revenues to establish and protect parks, wildlife refuges, forests and wildlife habitat.
But anti-federal-land conservatives, appalled at the thought of more money being used to expand and improve the federal estate, have always stood in the way. The program has been funded at the full $900 million allowed by law only twice in its history.
Now...",left
919,Major Conservation Bill Passes Senate with Bipartisan Backing,"['Bridging Divides', 'Polarization', 'Common Ground', 'Climate Change', 'Nature', 'Conservation', 'Preservation', 'Environment']",U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passes major conservation bill,Reuters,"The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a major conservation bill that would permanently direct $900 million a year to a long-standing federal program aimed at acquiring and protecting public lands.
The 73-25 vote in the Republican-led chamber was a rare bipartisan effort led by Republican Senators Cory Gardner of Colorado and Steve Daines of Montana, as well as Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia. Both Gardner and Daines are up for re-election this year.
The Great American Outdoors Act, if enacted into law, would insulate the Land and Water Conservation...",center
920,Boehner Announces His Retirement,"['US House', 'Politics']",Speaker John Boehner retiring from Congress at the end of October,Politico,"Speaker John Boehner announced to House Republicans that he is retiring from Congress at the end of October, according to multiple sources in a closed party meeting.",left
921,Boehner Announces His Retirement,"['US House', 'Politics']","Boehner to resign at end of October, sources say",Fox News (Online News),"House Speaker John Boehner told lawmakers Friday that he plans to resign at the end of October, sources say. He plans to step down as speaker, and resign from Congress.",right
922,Boehner Announces His Retirement,"['US House', 'Politics']",John Boehner To Resign From Congress At End Of October,HuffPost,"House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) will resign from Congress at the end of October, his office announced on Friday.",left
923,Bill Cosby Admission,['General News'],"Bill Cosby admitted to drugging women to have sex, rape accusers say they are vindicated",Fox News (Online News),Several women who accused Bill Cosby of drugging and raping them are saying newly unsealed testimony by the comedian in a 2005 case corroborates their claims.,right
924,Bill Cosby Admission,['General News'],Bill Cosby admitted to getting drugs to give to women,CNN (Online News),"Bill Cosby has admitted to getting prescription Quaaludes to give to women he wanted to have sex with, newly released documents show.",left
925,Bill Cosby Admission,['General News'],OPINION: How Bill Cosby’s 2004 ‘Pound Cake’ speech exploded into his latest legal disaster,Washington Post,"Though long a symbol of responsible parenthood — model TV dad, doctor of education, proud supporter of Temple University — Bill Cosby etched his legacy in stone with a speech in 2004 that took black parents to task. It became famous as the “Pound Cake” speech for this passage:",left
926,"Los Angeles County to Mandate Vaccines in Indoor Bars, Nightclubs","['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Los Angeles', 'California']","L.A. County plans to require proof of vaccination at indoor bars, nightclubs, breweries, wineries",Los Angeles Times,"Proof of COVID-19 vaccination will be required at indoor bars, wineries, breweries, nightclubs and lounges in Los Angeles County under a forthcoming health order aimed at further armoring the region against the pandemic.
The mandate, which will be issued by Friday, will require patrons and employees to have at least one vaccine dose by Oct. 7 and be fully vaccinated by Nov. 4, according to Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer.
L.A. County, like the rest of the state and nation, has for months been battling the latest wave of the...",left
927,"Los Angeles County to Mandate Vaccines in Indoor Bars, Nightclubs","['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Los Angeles', 'California']",Los Angeles County to require vaccines in indoor bars,Associated Press,"Public health officials in Los Angeles County will begin requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for patrons and workers at indoor bars, wineries, breweries, lounges and nightclubs next month.
The new initiative in the nation’s most populous county begins Oct. 7, with proof of at least one vaccine dose required. By Nov. 4, proof of full vaccination will be mandatory, according to the county’s Department of Public Health. Health officials strongly recommend the same precautions for indoor restaurants but have not chosen to mandate proof of vaccination for them.
The new...",left
928,"Los Angeles County to Mandate Vaccines in Indoor Bars, Nightclubs","['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Los Angeles', 'California']",Los Angeles County to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccine Passports: Officials,The Epoch Times,"Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the United States, announced Wednesday it would require proof of COVID-19 vaccination at bars, nightclubs, breweries, lounges, and related businesses.
The order will also require vaccine proof or a negative COVID-19 test for large outdoor events, including Los Angeles Rams, Chargers, and Dodgers games, said County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer to the Board of Supervisors. Would-be customers will have to have at least one vaccine dose by Oct. 7 and be fully vaccinated by Nov. 4, she said.
“This is a reasonable...",right
929,Trump Names North Korea a State Sponsor of Terrorism,"['North Korea', 'World']",Trump to put North Korea on terrorist list: ‘A murderous regime’,Washington Times,"President Trump announced Monday that he planned to put North Korea back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism, as the administration increases pressure on Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapon and long-range missile programs.",right
930,Trump Names North Korea a State Sponsor of Terrorism,"['North Korea', 'World']",Trump declares North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism,USA TODAY,"President Trump said Monday he plans to declare Kim Jong Un's government a state sponsor of terrorism, as he seeks to ratchet up the pressure on North Korea over its nuclear weapons program.",left
931,Trump Names North Korea a State Sponsor of Terrorism,"['North Korea', 'World']",Trump just put North Korea back on the state sponsor of terrorism list,Vox,But it's really all about the nukes.,left
932,Perspectives: Liberty University President Resigns Amid Alleged Sex Scandal,"['Conservatism', 'Republican Party', 'Jerry Falwell Jr.', 'Liberty University', 'Education', 'Sex', 'Culture', 'Family And Marriage', 'Religion And Faith']",The Falwell affair shows non-monogamy isn't rare — but it does challenge social norms,NBC News (Online),"On Monday, long-circulated rumors about evangelical leader and now former Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. burst into public view, which may end up costing Falwell both his job and, perhaps, his political reputation.
According to what a former business associate, Giancarlo Granda, told Reuters, Falwell and his wife, Becki — who met Granda while he was working as a pool attendant at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel — had spent years engaging in a sexual practice known as cuckoldry, with Granda serving as the “bull” with Becki as Jerry...",left
933,Perspectives: Liberty University President Resigns Amid Alleged Sex Scandal,"['Conservatism', 'Republican Party', 'Jerry Falwell Jr.', 'Liberty University', 'Education', 'Sex', 'Culture', 'Family And Marriage', 'Religion And Faith']",Jerry Falwell's bizarre marital arrangement was only the least and latest of his sins,Washington Examiner,"Jerry Falwell Jr.'s career, both at Liberty University and as a figurehead of the evangelical community, is over.
After years of mounting stunts and scandals, Falwell's personal life exploded into the national limelight. At first, he tried to get ahead of the story, with the Washington Examiner's Paul Bedard breaking his eleventh-hour statement claiming that his wife Becki had engaged in ""an inappropriate personal relationship with"" a pool assistant they had met nearly a decade ago, ""something in which I was not involved."" Then, however, came the real allegation —...",right
934,Perspectives: Liberty University President Resigns Amid Alleged Sex Scandal,"['Conservatism', 'Republican Party', 'Jerry Falwell Jr.', 'Liberty University', 'Education', 'Sex', 'Culture', 'Family And Marriage', 'Religion And Faith']","Jerry Falwell Jr. officially resigns as Liberty University president, university confirms",USA TODAY,"Under fire for an alleged sex scandal, the embattled Jerry Falwell Jr. has submitted his resignation as head of Liberty University, school officials said Tuesday – less than 24 hours after Falwell denied he was leaving the evangelical institution.
Liberty's board of trustees accepted his resignation Tuesday, effective immediately, the university said in a statement, after receiving a resignation letter from Falwell late Monday night.
His resignation marks an ignominious end to his 13-year run as Liberty president that began when his televangelist father who founded the university,...",left
935,Facebook Bans Ads From The Epoch Times,"['Media Bias', 'Facebook']",Facebook bans ads from The Epoch Times after huge pro-Trump buy,NBC News (Online),"Facebook has banned The Epoch Times, a conservative news outlet that spent more money on pro-Trump Facebook advertisements than any group other than the Trump campaign, from any future advertising on the platform.
The decision follows an NBC News report that The Epoch Times had shifted its spending on Facebook in the last month, seemingly in an effort to obfuscate its connection to some $2 million worth of ads that promoted the president and conspiracy theories about his political enemies.",left
936,Facebook Bans Ads From The Epoch Times,"['Media Bias', 'Facebook']",Facebook banned advertisements from The Epoch Times after it bought $1.5 million of Trump ads in 6 months,Insider,"Facebook has banned The Epoch Times, a pro-Donald Trump, pro-Conservative publication, from advertising on its platform after it tried to sneak ads past its review system, NBC News reported on Thursday.
The news comes after reports surfaced that The Epoch Times had spent more than $1.5 million on pro-Trump Facebook advertising in the past six months, making it the second-largest source of pro-Trump Facebook ads on the platform after the Trump campaign.",left
937,Facebook Bans Ads From The Epoch Times,"['Media Bias', 'Facebook']",Facebook bans ads from the Epoch Times,Washington Examiner,"Facebook has banned conservative news outlet Epoch Times from advertising on its platform. The news organization spent more money on ads supporting President Trump than any group, except the Trump campaign itself. The organization reportedly shifted its spending on Facebook in the past month in order to obscure its connection to $2 million in ads advocating for fringe conspiracy theories and promoting the president, NBC News reports.",right
938,Kasich Takes 2nd in NH,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Can Kasich keep up momentum?,Fox News (Online News),"Strategy Room: Political strategists Nicole Graham and Amos Snead discuss what Kasich must do in South Carolina, Nevada to woo GOP voters",right
939,Kasich Takes 2nd in NH,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Kasich: Bush's campaign is 'freaking out',CNN (Online News),"John Kasich said Jeb Bush's campaign is ""freaking out"" and needs ""to relax a little bit"" after upping its attacks against the Ohio governor.
""They're getting more and more desperate. They need to relax a little bit. You know, it's just an election, a campaign. It's like they're frea",left
940,Kasich Takes 2nd in NH,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","John Kasich, No. 2 in New Hampshire, Turns to an Uncertain South Carolina",New York Times (News),"Gov. John R. Kasich of Ohio savored his come-from-behind, second-place finish in the New Hampshire Republican primary on Tuesday night as if it were an outright victory.
But the road ahead for his presidential campaign remains arduous and uphill.
Mr. Kasich, who finished near the bottom of the pack in Iowa with less than 2 percent of the vote, had staked his campaign on a strong showing in New Hampshire. And he got one, setting up what looks like an increasingly protracted Republic",left
941,Which Election Convention's Opening Night had Bigger TV Ratings?,"['2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'DNC 2020', 'RNC 2020', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Media Industry', 'Elections']",RNC 2020 opening night ratings on C-SPAN blow away DNC viewership,New York Post (News),"The opening night of the 2020 Republican National Convention blew last week’s Democratic snoozefest out of the water, drawing in six times more viewers on C-SPAN’s livestream.
Approximately 440,000 people tuned in to watch the first night of the virtual GOP convention on Monday, compared to just 76,000 views for the first night of the DNC, according to a Hill report.
While the Democratic gathering boasted speeches from big names such as former first lady Michelle Obama, who gave a rousing endorsement of Joe Biden and drew the ire of...",right
942,Which Election Convention's Opening Night had Bigger TV Ratings?,"['2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'DNC 2020', 'RNC 2020', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Media Industry', 'Elections']",Democrats beat Republicans in first-night convention TV audience,Reuters,"A total of 17 million people watched the mostly virtual Republican National Convention’s first night on Monday, according to Nielsen, fewer than the 19.7 million viewers who watched the first night of the Democratic National Convention.
The 17 million RNC number reflects the audience across 11 TV networks between 10 p.m EDT and 11 p.m. EDT and does not include online and streaming viewers. Fox News had the biggest audience, with 7.1 million viewers.
Ratings for the first night of the virtual Democratic National Convention reflected viewers across 10 U.S....",center
943,Which Election Convention's Opening Night had Bigger TV Ratings?,"['2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'DNC 2020', 'RNC 2020', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Media Industry', 'Elections']","G.O.P. TV Ratings Fall Below Democrats, Despite Fox News’s Big Night",New York Times (News),"Shortly after the start of the Republican National Convention on Monday, President Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale complained that Fox News had repeatedly cut away.
“Can’t believe I have to watch the convention on @CNN,” Mr. Parscale carped on Twitter. “Unbelievable.”
Plenty of viewers ignored his advice.
A significant portion of the convention’s TV audience on Monday — 42 percent — watched live on Fox News, one of the biggest ratings days in the network’s history, according to Nielsen. Fox News typically leads the pack during a Republican convention,...",left
944,Trump Administration Proposes Plan to Roll Back Clean Water Regulations,['Environment'],The EPA Wants to Get Out of Puddles and Ditches. Environmental Activists Are Outraged.,Reason,A welcome new federal approach under the Clean Water Act.,right
945,Trump Administration Proposes Plan to Roll Back Clean Water Regulations,['Environment'],EPA Proposes Gutting Obama-Era Rule Protecting 117 Million Americans’ Water,HuffPost,President Donald Trump has said he wants “crystal-clean water.”,left
946,Trump Administration Proposes Plan to Roll Back Clean Water Regulations,['Environment'],Trump moves to relax Obama-era water protections,The Hill,"The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed reduced federal protections for many small waterways such as streams and wetlands, opening them up to potential new harm from developers,",center
947,Trade Agenda Moves Forward,['Trade'],Will Trade Be Obama's Biggest Bipartisan Achievement?,NBC News (Online),"The Senate voting yesterday to proceed on President Obama's trade agenda was a big win for the White House, a loss for organized labor and progressive Democrats, and a true political comeback (given that it looked like lost cause a couple of weeks ago). But maybe more than anything else, yesterday's result clears the way for arguably the biggest bipartisan achievement of the Obama Era.",left
948,Trade Agenda Moves Forward,['Trade'],Five misconceptions about Obama's Asia trade agenda,Christian Science Monitor,"As the Senate votes today, there is widespread confusion surrounding the trade issue – including what the Senate is actually voting on.",center
949,Trade Agenda Moves Forward,['Trade'],Obama trade agenda clears key Senate test vote,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama's trade agenda narrowly survived a key Senate test vote on Tuesday, moving the legislation toward likely passage just days after congressional leaders helped rescue it from a Democrat-led rebellion.",right
950,Supreme Court Vacancy Fight,['Supreme Court'],OPINION: Obama should act with restraint on court: Column,USA TODAY,"The death of Justice Antonin Scalia has served to highlight the divisions that characterize so much in Washington. First, and foremost, the Supreme Court itself has long been as divided as the country itself. Split 4-4 with a conservative-leaning swing voter — Justice Anthony Kennedy — as a frequent tiebreaker, in Scalia's absence the court is left in a dead heat in areas ranging from affirmative action to union dues to abortion.",left
951,Supreme Court Vacancy Fight,['Supreme Court'],Why blocking Obama’s pick to replace Scalia could cost Republicans their Senate majority,Washington Post,"Mitch McConnell has decided to wager the Republican majority in the Senate on blocking Barack Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court.
It’s a bold and understandable gambit designed to prevent a leftward lurch in jurisprudence after Antonin Scalia’s unexpected death this weekend, but it could backfire badly.",left
952,Supreme Court Vacancy Fight,['Supreme Court'],Scalia’s death ignites election-year fight over Supreme Court vacancy,Washington Times,"Congressional bigwigs and the presidential field brushed aside their condolences Sunday and girded for an election-year fight over how and when to replace Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the colorful conservative justice who died over the weekend.",right
953,Gates Pleads Guilty,['Politics'],Robert Mueller just flipped his third former Trump aide,Vox,Rick Gates — Paul Manafort’s right-hand man — is now cooperating with the Russia investigation.,left
954,Gates Pleads Guilty,['Politics'],Former Trump adviser pleads guilty in Mueller probe,The Hill,Former Trump campaign adviser Richard Gates pleaded guilty Friday afternoon as part of a deal with special counsel Robert Mueller in his investigation into Russian interference in the election.,center
955,Gates Pleads Guilty,['Politics'],Former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates pleads guilty to conspiracy and lying to the FBI,The Blaze,"Rick Gates, a former top adviser to President Donald Trump’s campaign, appeared in federal court Friday where he pleaded guilty to conspiracy and lying to the FBI, USA Today reported.",right
956,Whistleblower Says Facebook Puts 'Profits Before People' at Senate Hearing,"['People And Profit', 'Facebook', 'Technology', 'US Senate', 'Social Media', 'Whistleblower', 'General News']",Facebook Whistleblower’s Testimony Builds Momentum for Tougher Tech Laws,Wall Street Journal (News),"Former Facebook Inc. employee Frances Haugen detailed to a Senate panel Tuesday the internal documents she gathered showing a range of negative impacts from the company’s products—revelations that senators said would build momentum for tougher regulations on Big Tech.
Lawmakers called for strengthening privacy and competition laws, special online protections for children, more transparency into social-media algorithms and toughening of the platforms’ accountability.",center
957,Whistleblower Says Facebook Puts 'Profits Before People' at Senate Hearing,"['People And Profit', 'Facebook', 'Technology', 'US Senate', 'Social Media', 'Whistleblower', 'General News']",Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen blasts tech giant on Capitol Hill,New York Post (News),"Facebook is a national security risk and unsafe for children — and lawmakers had better do something about it, fast.
That was the urgent plea from whistleblower Frances Haugen, who blasted her ex-employer during Senate testimony on Tuesday, accusing chief executive Mark Zuckerberg of having unchecked power and calling for government regulators to step in. 
“There are no similarly powerful companies that are as unilaterally controlled [as Facebook],”  said Haugen, a former Facebook employee who leaked thousands of internal documents to lawmakers and the Wall Street Journal. “The buck stops with Mark. There...",right
958,Whistleblower Says Facebook Puts 'Profits Before People' at Senate Hearing,"['People And Profit', 'Facebook', 'Technology', 'US Senate', 'Social Media', 'Whistleblower', 'General News']",Whistleblower to Senate: Don't trust Facebook,Politico,"Whistleblower Frances Haugen came to the Senate on Tuesday with a message about Facebook and its leaders: Don't trust them.
The former project manager whose revelations have shaken the world's largest social network accused Mark Zuckerberg and his company of knowingly pushing products that harm children and young adults in a pursuit of endlessly growing profits.",left
959,FDA Endorses Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'FDA', 'Moderna']","FDA review clears path for second coronavirus vaccine, this one developed by Moderna",Washington Post,"By the end of the week, the United States could have two coronavirus vaccines.
A vaccine candidate developed by biotechnology company Moderna appears poised for regulatory clearance after a detailed data review by Food and Drug Administration scientists confirmed the two-shot regimen was 94 percent effective in a clinical trial and carried no serious safety concerns.
The FDA is likely to authorize the vaccine as soon as Friday, according to a person with knowledge of the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to...",left
960,FDA Endorses Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'FDA', 'Moderna']",FDA staff endorses emergency use of Moderna’s Covid vaccine in a critical step toward approval,CNBC,"The staff of the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday endorsed the emergency use of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine, a critical step forward in winning formal clearance to be administered to the public as early as next week.
The staff report is meant to brief the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, which meets Thursday to review Moderna’s request for emergency use authorization.
The group of outside medical advisors recommended Pfizer’s vaccine for emergency use last Thursday, and the FDA approved it the next day. The committee is expected...",center
961,FDA Endorses Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'FDA', 'Moderna']",FDA finds Moderna coronavirus vaccine is effective and safe,Washington Examiner,"The Food and Drug Administration released data showing that Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective.
The FDA's review, which was published on Tuesday, confirmed Moderna’s previous assessment that its vaccine had an efficacy rate of 94.1% in a trial of 30,000 people. It noted that potential side effects of the vaccine include fever, headache, and fatigue but added that those unintended effects were not dangerous.
The vaccine's high efficacy was documented after two doses of the vaccine were administered 28 days apart.
The data release is another step for...",right
962,New York City Terror Attack Leaves Four Wounded,['Terrorism'],Terror suspect sets off pipe bomb in underground subway passage near Port Authority Bus Terminal,New York Daily News,A pipe bomb exploded in a underground subway passage between Times Square and the Port Authority Bus Terminal — one of the busiest transit hubs in the world — on Monday in what officials are calling a terrorist attack.,left
963,New York City Terror Attack Leaves Four Wounded,['Terrorism'],NYPD identifies bombing suspect as Akayed Ullah,Washington Examiner,A man whose homemade explosive device detonated Monday morning as he walked through a tunnel at New York City's Port Authority Bus Terminal is in custody and being treated for severe burns and lacerations.,right
964,New York City Terror Attack Leaves Four Wounded,['Terrorism'],New York Port Authority attack: Man held after Manhattan blast,BBC News,"A man is being held after an attempted terror attack at New York City's main bus terminal, officials say.",center
965,"""Trump University"" Documents Unsealed","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",'Trump University' Documents Put On Display Aggressive Sales Techniques,NPR (Online News),"A federal judge released hundreds of pages of court documents Tuesday related to Trump University, Donald Trump's real estate and investment training venture that has sparked lawsuits from former students. The records include a careful guide to selling — and to dealing with reporters.",left
966,"""Trump University"" Documents Unsealed","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump University ‘Playbooks’ Unsealed in Lawsuit: ‘You Don’t Sell Products, Benefits or Solutions — You Sell Feelings’",The Blaze,"Trump University gave employees detailed instructions on how to entice people to enroll in its real estate seminars, from targeting people making at least $90,000 a year and choosing words of flattery that are most persuasive to picking music for the gatherings — The O’Jays’ “For the Love of Money.”",right
967,"""Trump University"" Documents Unsealed","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The Art of the Swindle,The Atlantic,"In court filings, former employees of Trump University allege that it preyed on the insecurities of its students, selling them courses they did not need or could not afford.",left
968,Should Nunes Step Aside?,['Politics'],Nunes: I’m Staying Put,The Daily Caller,"House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes told reporters Monday night he plans to stay on as chairman of the committee, despite calls from Democratic leadership for him to step down or recuse himself from the Russia election probe.",right
969,Should Nunes Step Aside?,['Politics'],House Democrats Ask Devin Nunes to Recuse Himself From Russia Inquiry,New York Times (News),"Top House Democrats on Monday called on the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee to recuse himself from the panel’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, thrusting the entire inquiry into jeopardy amid what they described as mounting evidence he was too close to President Trump to be impartial.",left
970,Should Nunes Step Aside?,['Politics'],Calls grow for Nunes to step aside in Russia probe,CNN (Online News),"Key House Democrats are calling on Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes to recuse himself from an investigation into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, widening a stunning partisan split over the probe.",left
971,Thanksgiving 2016,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Holiday Table Conversations,AllSides,"Happy Thanksgiving from AllSides!
Every year around this time, we think about how holiday gatherings sometimes devolve into bitter arguments about political matters, and that's not what we want to see in the world. We're about seeing all sides through thoughtful consideration and lively, considerate debate.",center
972,Thanksgiving 2016,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Some Opt to Pass on Thanksgiving Politics,New York Times (News),"For Thanksgiving this year, many Americans are anticipating turkey, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie — and postelection combat with relatives.
Every election provokes some level of stress among voters, but mental health professionals say that the polarization of this year’s presidential race appeared to have amplified the tension.",left
973,Thanksgiving 2016,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Through the Looking Glass,Townhall,"When it comes to today’s political discourse, Americans have stepped through the looking glass. We have turned pleasant meals with extended family into combative bouts of political pontification. And colleges have replaced intellectual curiosity and inquisitiveness with stilted lectures designed to limit offense and, failing that, comfort food and cry rooms.",right
974,Eric Holder Under Fire,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",5 things about the controversy surrounding AG Eric Holder,CNN (Online News),Attorney General Eric Holder is under fire for two cases involving secret efforts to investigate journalists.,left
975,Eric Holder Under Fire,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Holder Faces New Round of Criticism After Leak Inquiries,New York Times (News),Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is a lightning rod for attacks from Republicans and faces new complaints over the Justice Departments campaign against leaks to the news media.,left
976,Eric Holder Under Fire,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Holder runs into roadblocks on off-the-record meetings with news organizations,Fox News (Online News),The review of the guidelines called for last week by President Barack Obama come as the Justice Department deals with an outcry over its secret gathering of AP reporters phone records and the emails of a Fox News journalist.,right
977,Trump Asks Putin to Release Potentially Damaging Information on Hunter Biden,"['Donald Trump', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Hunter Biden', 'Russia', 'Moscow', 'Justice Department', 'Joe Biden', 'Ukraine', 'Impeachment', 'World', 'Business', 'Foreign Policy', 'White House']",White House rebukes Trump after he calls on Putin to smear Hunter Biden,The Guardian,"The White House sharply criticized Donald Trump on Wednesday over an interview in which the former president said that Vladimir Putin should release potentially damaging information about Hunter Biden.
“What kind of American, let alone an ex-president, thinks that this is the right time to enter into a scheme with Vladimir Putin and brag about his connections to Vladimir Putin?” said Kate Bedingfield, a White House spokesperson, when asked by reporters. “There is only one, and it’s Donald Trump.”",left
978,Trump Asks Putin to Release Potentially Damaging Information on Hunter Biden,"['Donald Trump', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Hunter Biden', 'Russia', 'Moscow', 'Justice Department', 'Joe Biden', 'Ukraine', 'Impeachment', 'World', 'Business', 'Foreign Policy', 'White House']",Trump asks Putin to provide dirt on Hunter Biden as war in Ukraine rages,Washington Examiner,"Former President Donald Trump called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to release information about alleged business dealings President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden has entered with Russian oligarchs.
Trump made his request during an interview with Just the News that will air Tuesday evening, and it comes as Russia wages a war in Ukraine.
Trump specifically referenced a 2020 report from the Senate homeland security and finance committees claiming that in 2014, Elena Baturina, the then-wife of Moscow's mayor, paid $3.5 million to a company linked to Hunter Biden.
""She gave him...",right
979,Trump Asks Putin to Release Potentially Damaging Information on Hunter Biden,"['Donald Trump', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Hunter Biden', 'Russia', 'Moscow', 'Justice Department', 'Joe Biden', 'Ukraine', 'Impeachment', 'World', 'Business', 'Foreign Policy', 'White House']",Video of Trump Asking Putin for Favor Viewed 1.6M Times. Here's What He Said,Newsweek,"Avideo of Donald Trump calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin to release ""dirt"" on President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden has gone viral on social media.
The former president spoke on Just The News on Real America's Voice and alleged the Biden family had received $3.5 million through dealings Hunter Biden had with Russian oligarchs.
The video of Trump's questioning on this and him calling for a favor from Putin has been viewed over 1.6 million times.",center
980,Senators to Limit Trump Firing Power,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Graham, Booker writing bill to prevent Trump from firing special counsel",The Hill,Sen. Lindsey Graham (R–S.C.) said Thursday that he is writing a bill that will limit President Trump's ability to fire the special counsel investigating Russian election meddling.,center
981,Senators to Limit Trump Firing Power,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Graham to Introduce Legislation to Make it Hard for Trump to Fire Mueller,Townhall,"Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) sounded off on President Trump’s behavior toward his attorney general on Capitol Hill Thursday, telling him he is acting out of “weakness” by trying to intimidate Sessions to quit.",right
982,Senators to Limit Trump Firing Power,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Lindsey Graham: Firing Mueller Could Be ‘Beginning Of The End Of The Trump Presidency’,HuffPost,The South Carolina senator also vowed “holy hell” if the president axes Attorney General Jeff Sessions.,left
983,"Trump Administration Unable to Reach 1,488 Migrant Children Placed With Sponsors",['Immigration'],"U.S. Loses Track of Another 1,500 Migrant Children, Investigators Find",New York Times (News),"The Trump administration is unable to account for the whereabouts of nearly 1,500 migrant children who illegally entered the United States alone this year and were placed with sponsors after leaving federal shelters, according to congressional findings released on Tuesday.",left
984,"Trump Administration Unable to Reach 1,488 Migrant Children Placed With Sponsors",['Immigration'],"Another 1,500 unaccompanied immigrant children have been lost under the Trump administration",Daily Mail,"The Trump administration has lost track of nearly 1,500 more immigrant children who crossed illegally into the U.S. by themselves earlier this year, according to congressional findings.",right
985,"Trump Administration Unable to Reach 1,488 Migrant Children Placed With Sponsors",['Immigration'],"Trump admin unable to account for another 1,500 migrant children: report",The Hill,"The Trump administration is reportedly unable to account for almost 1,500 immigrant children who were set up with sponsors after coming to the U.S. illegally.",center
986,White Supremacists Hold White Lives Matter Rally,['Polarization'],"White supremacists chant 'closed borders, white nation' in 'White Lives Matter' march",The Hill,White nationalist and neo-Nazi groups took to the streets in two Tennessee towns on Saturday for so-called White Lives Matter rallies.,center
987,White Supremacists Hold White Lives Matter Rally,['Polarization'],‘White Lives Matter’ organizers cancel second rally after taunts from counterprotesters,Washington Post,"Crowds of protesters began gathering at 8 a.m. on a cold, cloudy Saturday. They’d come to see Nazis. But, two hours later, there were still none.",left
988,White Supremacists Hold White Lives Matter Rally,['Polarization'],Overwhelming Presence of Tennessee Law Enforcement Ensures Peaceful ‘White Lives Matter’ Rally in Murfreesboro,Breitbart News,"The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office, Murfreesboro Police Department, and the Tennessee State Police ensured a peaceful “White Lives Matter” rally held in this growing Nashville suburb on Saturday with an overwhelming presence that kept a white nationalist group and counter protesters completely separated.",right
989,House Lawyers Say More Impeachment Charges Are Possible,"['House Judiciary Committee', 'Impeachment', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'Testimony', 'Don McGahn', 'US House', 'Politics']","Democrats Tell Court: More Impeachment Articles, Maybe, if Trump Lawyer Testifies",Breitbart News,"The House Judiciary Committee told a federal appeals court Monday that it still wants former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify as it could potentially lead to the introduction of “additional articles of impeachment” against President Donald Trump over his contacts with Ukraine.
In a brief submitted to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the panel’s counsel Doug Letter argued its subpoena of McGahn, who departed the White House last year, is not moot despite the House’s approval of two impeachment articles — abuse of power and obstruction of...",right
990,House Lawyers Say More Impeachment Charges Are Possible,"['House Judiciary Committee', 'Impeachment', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'Testimony', 'Don McGahn', 'US House', 'Politics']",House lawyers open door to more articles of impeachment,The Hill,"The House Judiciary Committee told a federal appeals court on Monday that it is still seeking testimony from former White House counsel Don McGahn because he could provide information that would help the panel decide whether to recommend additional articles of impeachment against President Trump.
The committee submitted a brief to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals arguing that its subpoena of McGahn is not moot following the House's vote to approve two articles of impeachment.
""If McGahn’s testimony produces new evidence supporting the conclusion that President Trump committed impeachable...",center
991,House Lawyers Say More Impeachment Charges Are Possible,"['House Judiciary Committee', 'Impeachment', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'Testimony', 'Don McGahn', 'US House', 'Politics']",Impeachment 2? House lawyers say more charges possible,NBC News (Online),"If Don McGahn's testimony produces new evidence against President Donald Trump, the panel could consider ""whether to recommend new articles of impeachment.""
Lawyers for the House Judiciary Committee floated the possibility that the panel could take up additional articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, according to a document filed in a federal appeals court Monday.
Urging the court to compel former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify, the committee's lawyers said that his testimony could lead to more revelations about the president's behavior.
“If McGahn’s testimony produces new...",left
992,Trump Draws Backlash for Mocking Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford,['Supreme Court'],Trump Mocks Christine Blasey Ford at Mississippi Rally,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump mocked the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford during a political rally Tuesday night, aiming direct public criticism at her for the first time while expressing broader frustration at sexual misconduct accusations facing men at all levels.",center
993,Trump Draws Backlash for Mocking Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford,['Supreme Court'],Bipartisan backlash to Trump mocking Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford,Washington Examiner,"Several lawmakers, Republicans and Democrats, are put off by President Trump’s comments Tuesday night mocking the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford, one of the women accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault.",right
994,Trump Draws Backlash for Mocking Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford,['Supreme Court'],‘He chose to blow it’: A rare dissent from the couch of ‘Fox & Friends’ after Trump attacks Ford,Washington Post,"The big banana-shaped sofa on the set of “Fox & Friends” has almost always been a safe space for President Trump. It’s where Steve Doocy once told Trump he was glad they were friends, and where Brian Kilmeade remarked that Trump looked very “big” on TV.",left
995,National Guard Depart From Ferguson,['Violence In America'],Nixon orders withdrawal of National Guard from Ferguson,Fox News (Online News),"Gov. Jay Nixon is ordering the Missouri National Guard to begin withdrawing from Ferguson, where nightly scenes of unrest have erupted since a white police officer fatally shot an unarmed black 18-year-old.
Nixon announced what he called a systematic withdrawal of Guard officers on Thursday. He says they've effectively protected the city while other agencies worked to restore trust between law enforcement and residents.",right
996,National Guard Depart From Ferguson,['Violence In America'],Governor Orders Withdrawal of National Guard From Ferguso,Wall Street Journal (News),"Missouri's governor on Thursday ordered the withdrawal of the National Guard troops that were sent to this city early this week after protesters grew increasingly violent.
Gov. Jay Nixon directed the Missouri National Guard to leave four days after he deployed them to help police the city during protest marches that had turned into violent clashes with police, including the use of police tear gas and rubber bullets amid vandalism and looting. Few guard troops actually were seen on Ferguson's streets as they were largely confined to a nearby mall...",center
997,National Guard Depart From Ferguson,['Violence In America'],Missouri National Guard to Withdraw From Ferguson as Tensions Ease,New York Times (News),"As tensions on the streets here seemed to ease on Thursday, Gov. Jay Nixon ordered the Missouri National Guard to begin withdrawing from the city.
“I greatly appreciate the men and women of the Missouri National Guard for successfully carrying out the specific, limited mission of protecting the Unified Command Center so that law enforcement officers could focus on the important work of increasing communication within the community, restoring trust, and protecting the people and property of Ferguson,” Mr. Nixon said in a statement.",left
998,Hungary Begins Crackdown on Refugees,"['Europe', 'World']",Hungary shuts key refugee route amid widening clampdowns across Europe,Washington Post,"A main gateway to central Europe slammed shut Tuesday as Hungary closed its border to refugees, finishing work on a 100-mile fence spooled with razor wire and arresting dozens of desperate migrants who tried to sneak across.",left
999,Hungary Begins Crackdown on Refugees,"['Europe', 'World']",Hungary to deploy army to stop migrants at border,Washington Times,"Hungary on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in two of its southeastern counties in response to the migration crisis, a move that paves the way to deploy the army to the border with Serbia to stop the flow of migrants that has been entering the country.",right
1000,Hungary Begins Crackdown on Refugees,"['Europe', 'World']",Hungary Declares Migrant Situation a Crisis as Tough Penalties Come into Effect,Wall Street Journal (News),"New laws came into effect in Hungary on Tuesday meant to stem the flow of desperate people trying to transit the country, with tough penalties for anyone breaking through a newly finished fence spanning the border with Serbia—11.5 feet high and topped with spikes of razor wire.",center
1001,President Trump Announces 'Permanent Cease-Fire' In Syria As He Lifts Sanctions On Turkey,"['Syria', 'Turkey', 'Cease-Fire', 'Sanctions', 'Middle East']","Trump claims 'breakthrough' on Syria, lifts sanctions on Turkey: 'We're getting out'",ABC News (Online),"President Donald Trump, facing harsh criticism from both Republicans and Democrats for his abrupt decisions on Syria, claimed a ""breakthrough"" on Wednesday, saying the ceasefire on Turkey's border with Syria is ""permanent.""
""Early this morning, the Government of Turkey ... said that they would be stopping combat and their offensive in Syria, making the ceasefire permanent, and it will indeed be permanent,"" Trump said in a formal statement from the White House.
Trump said sanctions the U.S. imposed on Turkey would be lifted unless something ""happens that we're not happy...",left
1002,President Trump Announces 'Permanent Cease-Fire' In Syria As He Lifts Sanctions On Turkey,"['Syria', 'Turkey', 'Cease-Fire', 'Sanctions', 'Middle East']",Trump announces he's lifting sanctions on Turkey,The Hill,"President Trump announced Wednesday that his administration would lift sanctions on Turkey after Ankara agreed to stop an offensive in northern Syria and agreed to a permanent ceasefire.
“Earlier this morning, the government of Turkey informed my administration that they would be stopping combat and their offensive in Syria and making the ceasefire permanent,” President Trump said in remarks from the Diplomatic Reception Room Wednesday morning. “And it will be permanent.”
“So the sanctions will be lifted unless something happens that we’re not happy with,” Trump said....",center
1003,President Trump Announces 'Permanent Cease-Fire' In Syria As He Lifts Sanctions On Turkey,"['Syria', 'Turkey', 'Cease-Fire', 'Sanctions', 'Middle East']",Trump announces 'permanent ceasefire' in Syria between Turkey and Kurds; lifts sanctions on Ankara,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump announced on Wednesday that conditions have been met between Turkey and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) for what he called a "" permanent ceasefire"" between the two sides and that the United States is lifting sanctions on Ankara that were implemented following the invasion of northern Syria.
Speaking at the White House, Trump said that while a ""permanent ceasefire"" will be tough to maintain in the volatile region, he hopes that it will last and end the conflict between Turkey and the Kurds.
""I do believe it...",right
1004,Christie’s Vaccination Views,['Politics'],"In U.K., Christie advocates for ‘balance’ in vaccination debate",Washington Times,"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, on an overseas trip to the United Kingdom, said there needs to be a balance in considering parental concerns over vaccinations as the U.S. deals with a recent spread of measles.
Asked if he would urge Americans to vaccinate their children, Mr. Christie said that “we vaccinate ours, and so, you know that’s the best expression I can give you of my opinion.”
“You know it’s much more important what you think as a parent than what you think as a public official,” he said,...",right
1005,Christie’s Vaccination Views,['Politics'],Chris Christie: Parents Should Have 'Some Measure Of Choice' On Vaccinating Their Children,HuffPost,"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said parents should have ""some measure of choice"" when it comes to vaccinating their children.
Christie, speaking to reporters during a three-day trip to the United Kingdom, said all four of his children have been vaccinated, but noted he thinks a parent's opinion about the issue is more important than what a public official thinks.
“Mary Pat and I have had our children vaccinated and we think that it’s an important part of being sure",left
1006,Christie’s Vaccination Views,['Politics'],"Christie: We vaccinate our kids, but it's parent choice",CNN (Online News),"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took a measured approach wading into the debate over vaccines sparked by a measles outbreak in the United States, saying that while he vaccinates his own children, parents should be able to choose.
""All I can say is that we vaccinate ours. I think it's much more important as a parent than as a public official, and that's what we do,"" he told reporters during his trip to England on Monday. He went on to say that's ""part of making sure we protect their health...",left
1007,UK PM Boris Johnson Resigns,"['World', 'Europe', 'United Kingdom', 'Boris Johnson']",British PM Boris Johnson steps down after scandals prompt a wave of resignations,NBC News (Online),"LONDON — Scandal-ridden British Prime Minister Boris Johnson capitulated to mounting pressure to step down Thursday, announcing his decision after days of high-profile government resignations and calls from fellow Conservative Party members to quit.
“In the past few weeks, I have been trying to convince my colleagues it would be eccentric to change governments when we have achieved so much,” he said in his speech outside No. 10 Downing St. amid loud booing from the crowd nearby. “I regret not to be successful in those arguments and, of course, it’s painful not...",left
1008,UK PM Boris Johnson Resigns,"['World', 'Europe', 'United Kingdom', 'Boris Johnson']","From Brexit to Partygate, a timeline of Johnson’s career",Associated Press,"He was the mayor who basked in the glory of hosting the 2012 London Olympics, and the man who led the Conservatives to a thumping election victory on the back of his promise to “get Brexit done.”
But Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister was marred by his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and a steady stream of ethics allegations, from alcohol-fueled government parties that broke lockdown rules to how he handled a sexual misconduct scandal involving a senior party lawmaker.
Here is a timeline of events relating to Johnson’s political career:
2001-2008:...",left
1009,UK PM Boris Johnson Resigns,"['World', 'Europe', 'United Kingdom', 'Boris Johnson']",Boris Johnson says he is ‘immensely proud’ in resignation speech,New York Post (News),"British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation Thursday, marking the end of his time at the top of UK politics.
After resisting calls to step down for nearly two days, Johnson admitted to the world’s media gathered outside No. 10 Downing Street in London that “it is clearly now the will of the parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader and a new prime minister.”
“The process of that should begin now. the timetable should be announced next week,” added Johnson, who went on to thank British...",right
1010,DOJ: Ferguson Police Racially Biased,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Justice Department Finds Pattern of Police Bias and Excessive Force in Ferguson,New York Times (News),"Police officers in Ferguson, Mo., have routinely violated the constitutional rights of the city’s black residents, the Justice Department has concluded in a scathing report that accuses the officers of using excessive force and making unjustified traffic stops for years.
The Justice Department, which opened its investigation after a white Ferguson police officer shot and killed a black teenager last summer, says the discrimination was fueled in part by racial stereotypes held by city officials. Investigators say the officials made racist jokes about blacks on their city email a",left
1011,DOJ: Ferguson Police Racially Biased,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Justice Dept.: U.S. report finds racial bias in Ferguson police,Washington Times,"The Justice Department will conclude that there is a “pattern of police bias and excessive force” at the Ferguson, Missouri, police department, but is unlikely to directly charge former Officer Darren Wilson in the death of teenager Michael Brown, several news outlets reported Tuesday.
The full report is expected to be released this week, possibly as soon as Wednesday. The department has been investigating Ferguson law enforcement agencies following the August death of Brown during an altercation with Mr. Wilson.
According to",right
1012,DOJ: Ferguson Police Racially Biased,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",DOJ: Ferguson PD engaged in racially biased policing,USA TODAY,"A Justice Department review has found that the troubled Ferguson Police Department engaged in a pattern of racially biased enforcement during suspect stops and used unreasonable force against a disproportionate number of African American suspects, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the findings
In 88% of cases in which Ferguson police documented the use of force, that force was used against African Americans, according to the official who is not authorized to comment publicly. In addition, in all 14 canine bite incidents for which information about the race...",left
1013,West Virginia's Entire Supreme Court Impeached,['Politics'],Another Justice Resigns as Lawmakers Impeach the Entire West Virginia Supreme Court,The Daily Caller,"West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Robin Jean Davis announced her resignation early Tuesday, just hours after the state House of Delegates adopted articles of impeachment against every justice serving on the court.",right
1014,West Virginia's Entire Supreme Court Impeached,['Politics'],A Coup or a Couch? What’s Behind the Impeachment of West Virginia’s Supreme Court,New York Times (News),"The whole episode began with office renovations and a $32,000 dark blue suede sectional sofa, accented with more than $1,000 worth of throw pillows. Now West Virginia’s entire Supreme Court is being impeached.",left
1015,West Virginia's Entire Supreme Court Impeached,['Politics'],West Virginia votes to impeach state Supreme Court justices,BBC News,Lawmakers in West Virginia have voted to impeach all four justices on the state's Supreme Court for failing to carry out their duties.,center
1016,"Weinstein, Accusers Reach Tentative $25M Settlement","['Harvey Weinstein', 'Hollywood', 'Entertainment', 'NBC', 'Sexual Assault', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Harvey Weinstein accusers reach tentative $25 million settlement,Axios,"Dozens of Harvey Weinstein's accusers have reached a tentative $25 million payout deal with the movie mogul and his studio board as part of a larger $47 million settlement, the New York Times reports.
The big picture: The overall settlement — meant to close out the Weinstein Company's obligations as it works through bankruptcy proceedings — would reportedly ""bring to an end"" to nearly all sexual harassment and rape lawsuits against Weinstein, per the NYT.
The tentative deal reportedly does not require Weinstein ""to admit wrongdoing or pay anything to...",center
1017,"Weinstein, Accusers Reach Tentative $25M Settlement","['Harvey Weinstein', 'Hollywood', 'Entertainment', 'NBC', 'Sexual Assault', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Weinstein and His Accusers Reach Tentative $25 Million Deal,New York Times (News),"After two years of legal wrangling, Harvey Weinstein and the board of his bankrupt film studio have reached a tentative $25 million settlement agreement with dozens of his alleged sexual misconduct victims, a deal that would not require the Hollywood producer to admit wrongdoing or pay anything to his accusers himself, according to lawyers involved in the negotiations.
The proposed global legal settlement has gotten preliminary approval from the major parties involved, according to several of the lawyers. More than 30 actresses and former Weinstein employees, who in lawsuits have...",left
1018,"Weinstein, Accusers Reach Tentative $25M Settlement","['Harvey Weinstein', 'Hollywood', 'Entertainment', 'NBC', 'Sexual Assault', 'Sexual Misconduct']","Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood, entertainment, NBC, sexual assault",Fox News (Online News),"Disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein and the board of the film studio he co-founded have reached a tentative $25 million settlement with several of the people who accused him of sexual misconduct, according to a report.
Under the terms of the deal, Weinstein would not have to fork over any money himself to the accusers nor would he have to admit any wrongdoing, The New York Times reported Wednesday, citing lawyers involved in the negotiations.
In October 2017, Weinstein was accused in civil lawsuits filed by more than 30 women...",right
1019,"VP Harris Discuss Southern Border, Threats to Democracy in MSNBC Interview","['Politics', 'Kamala Harris', 'Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Threats To Democracy', 'Media Bias', 'MSNBC Bias']",Kamala Harris insists border ‘secure’ as illegal migrants set to pass 2M,New York Post (News),"Vice President Kamala Harris insists the US southern border is “secure” — despite the number of illegal migrant arrests on pace to surpass a staggering 2 million this month for the first time ever.
In an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Harris acknowledged the immigration system “still needs to be fixed” before pinning the blame on the Trump administration for the border surge that has happened since President Biden took office.
“The border is secure, but we also have a broken immigration system, in particular, over the last four years before...",right
1020,"VP Harris Discuss Southern Border, Threats to Democracy in MSNBC Interview","['Politics', 'Kamala Harris', 'Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Threats To Democracy', 'Media Bias', 'MSNBC Bias']",Kamala Harris says threat from within US makes US ‘weaker’,The Hill,"Vice President Harris said during an interview broadcast on Sunday that she believes that the threat within the U.S. makes the nation “weaker.”
“I think that it is a threat. I think it is very dangerous. I think it is very harmful and it makes us weaker,” Harris told host Chuck Todd on NBC’s “Meet the Press” during a discussion on domestic threats.
The vice president noted that the U.S. historically has had the “honor and privilege” of exemplifying a “great democracy,” which has given the country the grounding to champion democratic principles...",center
1021,"VP Harris Discuss Southern Border, Threats to Democracy in MSNBC Interview","['Politics', 'Kamala Harris', 'Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Threats To Democracy', 'Media Bias', 'MSNBC Bias']","Election deniers damage U.S. reputation on the world stage, Harris says",Politico,"Election deniers and elected officials who back rioters from the Jan. 6 insurrection are responsible for eroding the United States’ reputation on the world stage, Vice President Kamala Harris said in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” set to air Sunday.
“Through the process of what we’ve been through, we’re starting to allow people to call into question our commitment to those principles,” Harris said. “And that’s a shame.”
The remark was in response to a question by host Chuck Todd about the message that internal threats to American...",left
1022,"Ambassador Gordon Sondland Affirms Ukraine 'Quid Pro Quo""","['Impeachment Hearings', 'Gordon Sondland', 'US House', 'Politics']",Read: Gordon Sondland’s opening statement for the impeachment hearing,Vox,"“We followed the president’s orders,” Sondland says.
Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union, is testifying to the House Intelligence Committee Wednesday morning in the highest-stakes impeachment hearing yet — and his opening statement has now been released.
In it, Sondland confirms that there was a “quid pro quo” imposed on Ukraine, and says that he was carrying out the “orders” of President Donald Trump.
Sondland faced intense criticism for omissions and purported failures of recollection in his October closed-door testimony, and he already submitted an “addendum” to...",left
1023,"Ambassador Gordon Sondland Affirms Ukraine 'Quid Pro Quo""","['Impeachment Hearings', 'Gordon Sondland', 'US House', 'Politics']","Gordon Sondland confirms Ukraine 'quid pro quo,' says he raised concerns",USA TODAY,"U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland confirmed Wednesday the existence of a ""quid pro quo"" in which military aid to Ukraine was tied to President Donald Trump's call for an investigation of his political rival, Joe Biden.
Sondland, testifying on Capitol Hill in the Trump impeachment inquiry, said he was acting on Trump's orders in his actions with regard to Ukraine.
He said, ""At all times, I was acting in good faith. As a presidential appointee, I followed the directions of the President.""
Sondland said Trump lawyer Rudy...",left
1024,"Ambassador Gordon Sondland Affirms Ukraine 'Quid Pro Quo""","['Impeachment Hearings', 'Gordon Sondland', 'US House', 'Politics']",Sondland: 'Was there a quid pro quo? The answer is yes',Washington Examiner,"U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland provided testimony to Congress Wednesday affirming a quid pro quo for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to win a meeting and phone call with President Trump.
But Sondland, a pivotal witness in the House impeachment investigation, maintained he did not have direct evidence those conditions were directly tied to critical security aid.
Sondland, in his prepared remarks to the House Intelligence Committee, said that conditions were set for the Ukrainian president to be granted a phone call and meeting with Trump.
Democrats are...",right
1025,Obama Makes Fiscal Cliff Appeal,[],White House launches full-court press on ‘fiscal cliff’ as talks accelerate,Washington Post,"Private talks between President Obama and top congressional leaders in search of a deal to avoid the year-end “fiscal cliff are accelerating, even as the White House announced a new public campaign Tuesday to ramp up pressure on Republicans to extend tax cuts for the middle class.",left
1026,Obama Makes Fiscal Cliff Appeal,[],Obama to hit the road to avoid driving off the fiscal cliff,CNN (Online News),"As negotiations continue over how to thwart the looming crisis known as the fiscal cliff, President Barack Obama will take his case on the road this week, urging Americans to support his push to let tax rates rise on the wealthiest Americans.",left
1027,Obama Makes Fiscal Cliff Appeal,[],Obama to appeal to public on fiscal cliff,Townhall,"President Barack Obama plans to make a public case this week for his strategy for dealing with the looming fiscal cliff, traveling to the Philadelphia suburbs Friday as he pressures Republicans to allow tax increases on the wealthy while extending tax cuts for families earning $250,000 or less.",right
1028,Brief Truce in Kiev Shatters,['World'],Kiev’s Brief Truce Shatters in Bursts of Gunfire,New York Times (News),"Ukraine’s descent into a spiral of violence accelerated on Thursday as protesters and riot police officers used firearms in a clash apparently intended to reclaim areas of Independence Square, the symbolic central plaza in the capital that had been retaken by police two days before.",left
1029,Brief Truce in Kiev Shatters,['World'],"Truce crumbles amid gunfire in Ukraine, at least 20 dead",CNN (Online News),"A shaky truce crumbled in Kiev Thursday morning when gunfire erupted at the city's Maidan or Independence Square, leaving at least 20 protesters dead.",left
1030,Brief Truce in Kiev Shatters,['World'],"Violence between police, protesters resumes as truce falls apart in Ukraine",Fox News (Online News),Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovich said late Wednesday he and protest leaders had agreed to a truce following several days of violent clashes that left at least 26 dead.,right
1031,Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Officially Announces Run for President,"['Election: Presidential', 'Kirsten Gillibrand', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Kirsten Gillibrand officially announces White House run,The Hill,"Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Sunday officially announced she is running for president in 2020.
The Democratic senator, who announced an exploratory committee for a potential run in January, takes aim at President Trump and highlights a number of progressive causes in a launch video that asks ""Will brave win?""",center
1032,Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Officially Announces Run for President,"['Election: Presidential', 'Kirsten Gillibrand', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Sweet Sixteen: Kirsten Gillibrand Becomes The Latest Democratic Candidate To Enter 2020 Race,Townhall,Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced her candidacy seeking the 2020 Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidency Sunday morning reports Fox News.,right
1033,Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Officially Announces Run for President,"['Election: Presidential', 'Kirsten Gillibrand', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Kirsten Gillibrand To Deliver First Major 2020 Speech In Front Of Trump Hotel,HuffPost,Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is officially a contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination and will deliver her first major campaign speech this month outside the Trump International Hotel in New York City.,left
1034,Texas Supreme Court Permits Investigations of Families with Trans Kids To Resume,"[""Children'S Rights"", 'Courts', 'Greg Abbott', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas', 'Transgender Issues']",Texas Court Reinstates Transgender ‘Child Abuse’ Policy,The Daily Caller,"Texas government officials can continue to investigate parents who transition their children to the opposite sex for possible child abuse, the state’s supreme court ruled Friday.
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) determined that child sex change surgeries constituted child abuse in August 2021 upon prompting by Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, and the DFPS began investigations of families for potential child abuse over treatments their transgender children were receiving in February. An appeals court had previously blocked these inquiries throughout the state, but the Texas Supreme Court ruled the lower court had...",right
1035,Texas Supreme Court Permits Investigations of Families with Trans Kids To Resume,"[""Children'S Rights"", 'Courts', 'Greg Abbott', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas', 'Transgender Issues']",Texas allowed to resume investigations of families with trans kids,Axios,"A Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state could resume investigating parents for child abuse if they seek gender-affirming care for transgender kids.
Why it matters: The decision reverses an injunction by a Texas appeals court in March that temporarily blocked such investigations.
The big picture: The court's ruling leaves the injunction in place for the family that originally filed the case's initial lawsuit as the case goes to trial.
The ruling also stated that the appeals court had ""abused its discretion"" by issuing a statewide order.
The probes began after Texas Gov. Greg
...",center
1036,Texas Supreme Court Permits Investigations of Families with Trans Kids To Resume,"[""Children'S Rights"", 'Courts', 'Greg Abbott', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas', 'Transgender Issues']","Texas can continue investigating families seeking gender-affirming care for their transgender children, state Supreme Court says",CNN (Online News),"After a pause on investigations of families seeking gender-affirming care for their transgender children, the Texas Supreme Court said the state’s child protective services investigations can continue while an appeals process plays out on the merits of the case.
The opinion released Friday still restricts the state from investigating the so-called “Doe” family, which brought forward a lawsuit against the state in March after the family was investigated by the Department of Family and Protective Services for seeking care for their trans teen.
And significantly, the opinion also denied that Gov. Greg Abbott...",left
1037,"RNC Censures Cheney, Kinzinger for Working With Jan. 6 Panel","['Republican Party', 'Liz Cheney', 'Adam Kinzinger', 'January 6 Committee', 'RNC', 'Ronna McDaniel', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Mitt Romney', 'Mike Pence', '2020 Election', 'US House', 'US Senate', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",G.O.P. Declares Jan. 6 Attack ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’,New York Times (News),"The Republican Party on Friday officially declared the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and events that led to it “legitimate political discourse,” and rebuked two lawmakers in the party who have been most outspoken in condemning the deadly riot and the role of Donald J. Trump in spreading the election lies that fueled it.
The Republican National Committee’s voice vote to censure Representatives Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois at its winter meeting in Salt Lake City culminated more than a year of vacillation, which started with party...",left
1038,"RNC Censures Cheney, Kinzinger for Working With Jan. 6 Panel","['Republican Party', 'Liz Cheney', 'Adam Kinzinger', 'January 6 Committee', 'RNC', 'Ronna McDaniel', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Mitt Romney', 'Mike Pence', '2020 Election', 'US House', 'US Senate', 'US Congress', 'Politics']","RNC votes to censure Cheney, Kinzinger",The Hill,"The Republican National Committee (RNC) on Friday voted formally to censure GOP Reps. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) over their criticism of former President Trump and participation in the special House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The resolution, which unanimously passed through the resolutions committee on Thursday, was included in a package with four other motions, including one to ""hold Communist China accountable for Covid-19."" The entire package passed by a voice vote at the RNC’s winter meeting in Salt Lake City.",center
1039,"RNC Censures Cheney, Kinzinger for Working With Jan. 6 Panel","['Republican Party', 'Liz Cheney', 'Adam Kinzinger', 'January 6 Committee', 'RNC', 'Ronna McDaniel', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Mitt Romney', 'Mike Pence', '2020 Election', 'US House', 'US Senate', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",Republican National Committee censures Liz Cheney and Kinzinger,Washington Examiner,"The Republican National Committee issued a rebuke of Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, taking the remarkable step in part because of their participation in the House select committee formed to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
The censure resolution was adopted by an overwhelming voice vote, along with four other resolutions in the Friday general session of the RNC’s Winter Meeting in Utah, where the committee's 168 members gathered. There was no debate on the resolution ahead of adoption, and there were only a handful of “no” votes. It marks the...",right
1040,Vatican Criticizes Trump Supporters,"['White House', 'Politics']",Pope Francis associates target Steve Bannon as 'supporter of an apocalyptic geopolitics',Washington Examiner,"Two associates of Pope Francis accused conservative American Catholics of creating an alliance of ""hate"" with evangelical Christians to support President Trump, according to a report Wednesday.",right
1041,Vatican Criticizes Trump Supporters,"['White House', 'Politics']",Top allies of Pope Francis criticize religious Trump supporters,The Hill,"An article in a Vatican-reviewed journal released this week blasted evangelical and Catholic allies of President Trump for attempting to impose a ""theocratic"" worldview and practicing ""apocalyptic geopolitics.""",center
1042,Vatican Criticizes Trump Supporters,"['White House', 'Politics']",A Vatican Shot Across the Bow for Hard-Line U.S. Catholics,New York Times (News),"Two close associates of Pope Francis have accused American Catholic ultraconservatives of making an alliance of “hate” with evangelical Christians to back President Trump, further alienating a group already out of the Vatican’s good graces.",left
1043,Post Convention,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","After conventions, more of the same",Politico,Candidates made the same arguments theyd made for months. President Barack Obama barely mentioned Fridays weak jobs numbers and said hes leading a recovery from an economic hole he didnt create. Mitt Romney said the president has not done enough to help the economy over three and a half years.,left
1044,Post Convention,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Post-convention campaigns take off with focus on economy,CNN (Online News),"Over the next 60 days of campaigning, much of it focusing on key battleground states, the two men will pitch their visions for the country to a divided electorate.",left
1045,Post Convention,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Post-convention ad crush to get even heavier,Fox News (Online News),"The TV ad war for the 2012 presidential contest, its total spending expected to swell to $1.1 billion, is set to start anew now that both party conventions are over and the two-month sprint to the general election is under way. Just over a third of that amount has been spent so far, according to the Kantar/Campaign Media Analysis Group, which tracks campaign ad spending.",right
1046,GOP Gun Legislation Filibuster?,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],White House: GOP filibuster on guns would be 'unfortunate',Politico,White House press secretary Jay Carney suggested Tuesday that GOP Sens. Ted Cruz Mike Lee and Rand Paul are out of step with the public on gun-control measures. The three lawmakers have threatened to filibuster quotany legislation that will serve as a vehicle for any additional gun restrictions.rdquo Carney said he hasn39t spoken with President...,left
1047,GOP Gun Legislation Filibuster?,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],GOP Senators To Filibuster Gun Control Bill,International Business Times,The 3 senators say the Second Amendment protects the citizens right to defend themselves and any gun restriction will be met with resistance.,center
1048,GOP Gun Legislation Filibuster?,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],GOP senators threaten to filibuster gun control legislation after Reid vows to forge ahead,Fox News (Online News),The warning comes just days after Reid announced plans to forge ahead on legislation that would expand background checks and stiffen penalties for gun trafficking after the Senate returns from a two-week Easter recess.,right
1049,"House Democrats Propose Rule Changes, Eliminate Gendered Language for Incoming Congress","['US House', 'US Congress', 'Gender', 'Culture', 'Inclusivity', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Politics']","Proposed House Rules Strike Non-Inclusive Words ‘Father,’ ‘Son,’ ‘Sister’: McCarthy Responds.",The Daily Wire,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) revealed Friday morning a set of proposed changes to the House rules for the next Congress, which convenes Sunday at noon, including changes that would enshrine gender-inclusive language and cease the use of so-called non-inclusive words in the text of the House rules.
The proposed changes, which will be voted on shortly after the House enters session, would swap out the words father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, husband, and wife for the words parent, child, sibling, parent’s sibling, and spouse in a...",right
1050,"House Democrats Propose Rule Changes, Eliminate Gendered Language for Incoming Congress","['US House', 'US Congress', 'Gender', 'Culture', 'Inclusivity', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Politics']",Democrats seek to eliminate gendered terms in the House,Washington Examiner,"The Democratic majority in the House has proposed sweeping changes to language used in the chamber, eliminating gendered terms including ""mother"" and ""husband.""
The proposed rule package seeks to “honor all gender identities” by striking words including “seaman,” “chairman,” “father,” “mother,” “sister,” “husband,” and “wife” from use and replacing them with gender-neutral terms including “seafarer,” “chair,” “parent,” “child,” and “sibling.”
The resolution, proposed Friday by Rep. James McGovern, the chairman of the House Rules Committee, will be voted on after the 117th Congress is sworn in on Sunday.
If passed,...",right
1051,"House Democrats Propose Rule Changes, Eliminate Gendered Language for Incoming Congress","['US House', 'US Congress', 'Gender', 'Culture', 'Inclusivity', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Politics']",Pelosi announces proposed rules package for incoming Congress,The Hill,"Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) announced their proposed rules for the 117th Congress Friday.
The Democratic rules package includes the revocation of floor privileges for former members of Congress convicted of crimes connected to their service or election.
It would also make it a violation of the code of conduct for members, officers or employees of Congress to identify a whistleblower.",center
1052,"As Nuclear Talks Resume, Iran's Top Negotiator Moves to Start With Clean Slate","['National Security', 'Iran Nuclear Talks', 'Iran Nuclear Deal', 'National Defense', 'Israel', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Iran', 'Defense And Security']",Iran strikes hard line as talks over nuclear deal resume,Associated Press Fact Check,"Iran struck a hard line Tuesday after just one day of restarted talks in Vienna over its tattered nuclear deal, suggesting everything discussed in previous rounds of diplomacy could be renegotiated.
Speaking to Iranian state television, Ali Bagheri, Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, referred to everything discussed thus far as merely a “draft.” It remained unclear whether that represented an opening gambit by Iran’s new president or signaled serious trouble for those hoping to restore the 2015 deal that saw Tehran strictly limit its enrichment of uranium in exchange for the...",left
1053,"As Nuclear Talks Resume, Iran's Top Negotiator Moves to Start With Clean Slate","['National Security', 'Iran Nuclear Talks', 'Iran Nuclear Deal', 'National Defense', 'Israel', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Iran', 'Defense And Security']","Scoop: Iran preparing to enrich weapons-grade uranium, Israel warns U.S.",Axios,"Israel has shared intelligence over the past two weeks with the U.S. and several European allies suggesting that Iran is taking technical steps to prepare to enrich uranium to 90% purity — the level needed to produce a nuclear weapon, two U.S. sources briefed on the issue tell me.
Why it matters: Enriching to 90% would bring Iran closer than ever to the nuclear threshold. The Israeli warnings come as nuclear talks resume in Vienna, with Iran returning to the negotiating table on Monday after a five-month hiatus.
State of play: Enrichment...",center
1054,"As Nuclear Talks Resume, Iran's Top Negotiator Moves to Start With Clean Slate","['National Security', 'Iran Nuclear Talks', 'Iran Nuclear Deal', 'National Defense', 'Israel', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Iran', 'Defense And Security']",Israeli prime minister warns nations to be wary of Iran’s ‘nuclear blackmail’,New York Post (News),"Israel’s prime minister on Monday warned the five countries that have resumed negotiations over the defunct 2015 Iran nuclear deal not to be taken in by Tehran’s “nuclear blackmail.”
“Such a murderous regime should not be rewarded,” Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in a recorded statement in which he pleaded with world leaders not to allow “hundreds of billions of dollars [to be] poured right into their rotten regime.”
“Iran deserves no rewards, no bargain deals and no sanctions relief in return for their brutality,” Bennett said, according to the Jerusalem Post. “I call upon...",right
1055,Gillette 'Toxic Masculinity' Ad Stirs Controversy,"['Culture', 'Gillette', 'Toxic Masculinity']","Is Gillette’s New Ad Biased Against Men, or Championing Needed Social Change?",AllSides,"Here’s a rundown of both sides of the Gillette razor ad debate. Some are decrying the advertisement as being biased against men, while others are applauding the company’s efforts to affect social change.",center
1056,Gillette 'Toxic Masculinity' Ad Stirs Controversy,"['Culture', 'Gillette', 'Toxic Masculinity']",Procter & Gamble’s Toxic Sanctimony,National Review,A new ad for Gillette razors parrots crude leftist stereotypes of men.,right
1057,Gillette 'Toxic Masculinity' Ad Stirs Controversy,"['Culture', 'Gillette', 'Toxic Masculinity']",Why Gillette’s toxic masculinity ad is annoying both sexists and feminists,Vox,The Procter & Gamble-owned razor company used its Super Bowl ad to weigh in on #MeToo.,left
1058,Possible Sighting of Prison Escapees,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Search for escaped New York killers focuses on areas more than 300 miles apart,Fox News (Online News),The search for two convicted murderers who broke out of an upstate New York maximum security prison more than two weeks ago focused on two separate locations hundreds of miles apart Sunday.,right
1059,Possible Sighting of Prison Escapees,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",NY Prison Escape: Manhunt Shifts to Area West of Prison,ABC News (Online),"Search crews increased their presence Sunday in Franklin County, New York, in the hunt for escaped convicts Richard Matt and David Sweat, ABC News has learned.",left
1060,Possible Sighting of Prison Escapees,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Sighting near burglarized cabin energizes New York prison break search,CNN (Online News),"New York state law officers searching for escaped killers Richard Matt and David Sweat flooded the sleepy upstate hamlet of Owls Head after a witness reported seeing someone running into the woods near a burglarized cabin over the weekend, the district attorney there told CNN on Monday.",left
1061,European Energy Crisis Grows After Russia Shuts Off Pipeline to Germany,"['Energy', 'Russia', 'Germany', 'Ukraine War', 'Europe', 'Oil']",Nord Stream gas supply pipeline from Russia will be closed INDEFINITELY after 'oil leak was found',Daily Mail,"Europe's efforts to secure enough power for winter were handed a fresh blow today after Gazprom scrapped its own deadline to resume gas supplies via the Nord Stream pipeline as Vladimir Putin continues to weaponise the flow of energy into the continent.
The Russian energy giant said on Friday that all natural gas supplies via Nord Stream 1 would remain cut off 'indefinitely' after an apparent oil leak within the main turbine at Portovaya compressor station was discovered. 
No timeframe was given for the resumption of gas supplies into Europe, despite the...",right
1062,European Energy Crisis Grows After Russia Shuts Off Pipeline to Germany,"['Energy', 'Russia', 'Germany', 'Ukraine War', 'Europe', 'Oil']",Russia’s Gazprom keeps gas pipeline to Germany switched off,Associated Press,"Europe’s energy crisis loomed larger Friday after Russian energy giant Gazprom said it couldn’t resume the supply of natural gas through a key pipeline to Germany for now, citing what it said was a need for urgent maintenance work to repair key components, just hours before it was due to restart deliveries.
The Russian state-run energy company had shut down the Nord Stream 1 pipeline on Wednesday for what it said would be three days of maintenance.
It said in a social media post Friday evening that it had identified...",left
1063,European Energy Crisis Grows After Russia Shuts Off Pipeline to Germany,"['Energy', 'Russia', 'Germany', 'Ukraine War', 'Europe', 'Oil']",Russia blames oil leak for closure of European gas line,BBC News,"The flow of gas through Nord Stream had already been reduced to a relative trickle. Now, once again, it has been halted completely.
An oil leak, claims Gazprom - which has previously attributed reduced flows through the pipeline to technical issues related to sanctions.
Europe, though, believes President Putin is weaponising gas supplies - deliberately limiting flows through the pipeline to push up prices, in order to test the resolve of Russia’s critics.
The result, as we’ve already seen, is soaring energy costs - with businesses and consumers paying a...",center
1064,Alt-Right Leader Richard Spencer Detained and Sent Back to U.S. While Traveling in Europe,['World'],"Richard Spencer learns about strong borders, barred from European travel",ThinkProgress,Polish authorities reportedly announce they're shipping the white supremacist back to the U.S.,left
1065,Alt-Right Leader Richard Spencer Detained and Sent Back to U.S. While Traveling in Europe,['World'],Richard Spencer stopped by authorities while traveling in Europe: report,The Hill,White nationalist leader Richard Spencer was reportedly stopped by authorities in Europe this week while attempting to travel to address young white nationalists.,center
1066,Alt-Right Leader Richard Spencer Detained and Sent Back to U.S. While Traveling in Europe,['World'],"Richard Spencer, 'alt-right' leader, says he was detained then sent home while traveling to Sweden",Washington Times,"White nationalist and “alt-right” leader Richard Spencer was stopped on his way to Sweden and sent back to the United States because of a ban excluding him from most of the European Union, he said Friday.",right
1067,"Trump Tweets About Steele, Sessions","['White House', 'Politics']",Trump blames ‘fake news media’ for not covering meetings between dossier author and Bruce Ohr,Washington Examiner,President Trump blamed the “fake news media” for not covering meetings between Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr and Trump dossier author Christopher Steele in a tweet Saturday.,right
1068,"Trump Tweets About Steele, Sessions","['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Calls Sessions ‘Missing in Action’ Over Russia Dossier,Bloomberg,Donald Trump accused his own attorney general of being “scared stiff and missing in action” as the president continued to question whether officials in his administration have acted appropriately in probing the Trump campaign’s Russian connections.,left
1069,"Trump Tweets About Steele, Sessions","['White House', 'Politics']","Trump Escalates Attack on Jeff Sessions, Calling Him ‘Scared Stiff’",New York Times (News),"President Trump escalated his attacks on Saturday against his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, describing him as “scared stiff” by an issue related to the Russia investigation that the president has privately railed to his aides has received insufficient news coverage.",left
1070,Tulsi Gabbard Drops Presidential Campaign,"['Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Decision 2020', 'Democratic Party', '2020 Election', 'Tulsi Gabbard']",Tulsi Gabbard Drops Out And Endorses Joe Biden,Daily Beast,"Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is suspending her longshot campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination and throwing her support behind former Vice President Joe Biden, the Hawaii congresswoman announced on Thursday.
“I owe you an incredible debt of gratitude for all you’ve done as the heart and soul of our people-powered campaign: Today, I’ve made the decision to suspend my campaign for the presidency,” Gabbard said in a note to her campaign’s supporters. Gabbard, who is not running for reelection to Congress, pointed to the coronavirus pandemic as part of her motivation...",left
1071,Tulsi Gabbard Drops Presidential Campaign,"['Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Decision 2020', 'Democratic Party', '2020 Election', 'Tulsi Gabbard']","Tulsi Gabbard suspends presidential campaign, endorses Biden",Axios,"Tulsi Gabbard announced Thursday that she will suspend her 2020 Democratic presidential campaign and endorsed Joe Biden.
The state of play: While she was one of the final three candidates left in the race, alongside Biden and Bernie Sanders, the Hawaii congresswoman failed to gain traction in any primary and hadn't qualified for a debate since last year.
She did pick up two delegates in the caucuses in American Samoa, where she was born.
What she's saying: ""I know Vice President Biden and his wife and am grateful to...",center
1072,Tulsi Gabbard Drops Presidential Campaign,"['Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Decision 2020', 'Democratic Party', '2020 Election', 'Tulsi Gabbard']",Even Tulsi Gabbard admits Bernie Sanders's presidential dreams are dead,Washington Examiner,"After a year of barely cracking 1% support in national polls, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard ended her presidential campaign. That the Hawaii congresswoman finally conceded that two delegates from American Samoa were not enough to clinch the Democratic nomination was not surprising. That she decided to issue a glowing endorsement of presumptive nominee Joe Biden in the process of her withdrawal absolutely was.
As a matter of pure ideology, Gabbard's endorsement constitutes an enormous practical concession that Biden is the de facto nominee. Whereas Biden is one of the most pro-war...",right
1073,Lois Lerner Held in Contempt,"['Treasury', 'Banking And Finance']",House votes to hold Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress,Washington Post,House votes to hold the former IRS official in contempt after she refused to share details of her involvement in agencys targeting of conservative groups.,left
1074,Lois Lerner Held in Contempt,"['Treasury', 'Banking And Finance']",House holds Lois Lerner in contempt in IRS scandal: What does that mean?,Christian Science Monitor,The House has held former IRS official Lois Lerner in contempt for her refusal to testify. But possibly nothing at all could happen to Ms. Lerner if the move is seen as partisan politics.,center
1075,Lois Lerner Held in Contempt,"['Treasury', 'Banking And Finance']",House votes to hold Lerner in contempt of Congress,Fox News (Online News),The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to hold former IRS official Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about the agency's targeting of conservative groups.,right
1076,Sessions Calls For Harsher Drug Sentences,['Justice'],Jeff Sessions enacts harsher sentencing and charges in criminal justice overhaul,The Guardian,"Attorney general Jeff Sessions is directing federal prosecutors to pursue the most serious charges possible against the vast majority of suspects, a reversal of Obama-era policies that is sure to send more people to prison and for much longer terms.",left
1077,Sessions Calls For Harsher Drug Sentences,['Justice'],Sessions moves to lengthen drug sentences,Politico,AG rolls back Obama-era policy that allowed many to escape stiff mandatory minimums,left
1078,Sessions Calls For Harsher Drug Sentences,['Justice'],"Sessions Memo Orders Tougher Sentences, Reversing Obama-era Policy",Townhall,Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo directing federal prosecutors to pursue the toughest charges against most criminals.,right
1079,Perspectives: US Says Russia Committed War Crimes,"['World', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'War Crimes']",War Crimes and the Lie of American Innocence,Common Dreams,"The branding of Vladimir Putin as a war criminal by Joe Biden, who lobbied for the Iraq war and staunchly supported the 20 years of carnage in the Middle East, is one more example of the hypocritical moral posturing sweeping across the United States. It is unclear how anyone would try Putin for war crimes since Russia, like the United States, does not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. But justice is not the point. Politicians like Biden, who do not accept responsibility for our well-documented...",left
1080,Perspectives: US Says Russia Committed War Crimes,"['World', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'War Crimes']",What is a war crime and could Putin be prosecuted over Ukraine?,BBC News,"US President Joe Biden has called Vladimir Putin a ""war criminal"" - when discussing the conflict in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson have previously both accused Russia of carrying out war crimes.
What is a war crime?
It may not seem like it, but ""even war has rules"", as the International Committee of the Red Cross puts it.
These are contained in treaties called the Geneva Conventions and a string of other international laws and agreements.
Civilians cannot be deliberately attacked - nor can the infrastructure that...",center
1081,Perspectives: US Says Russia Committed War Crimes,"['World', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'War Crimes']","The Post says: Yes, Vladimir Putin is a war criminal",New York Post (Opinion),"“What we have seen already from Vladimir Putin’s regime in the use of the munitions that they have already been dropping on innocent civilians, in my view, already fully qualifies as a war crime,” UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday.
A prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, said he was investigating possible war crimes, examining missile strikes on residential buildings in Kharkiv and other cities.
President Biden said “it’s clear” that Russian forces are targeting civilians. He stopped short of accusing Putin of war crimes, but there’s certainly a case...",right
1082,New Senate Benghazi Report,['Terrorism'],Senate report: Benghazi attackers tied to Al Qaeda groups,Fox News (Online News),"A comprehensive report by the Senate Intelligence Committee definitively declared that individuals tied to Al Qaeda groups were involved in the Benghazi attack, challenging recent claims that the terror network was not a factor.
The report was released Monday, nearly one year after then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, under congressional questioning over the nature of the attack, shouted at lawmakers: “What difference, at this point, does it make?”",right
1083,New Senate Benghazi Report,['Terrorism'],Senators: Benghazi attack 'likely preventable',CNN (Online News),"The deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, was ""likely preventable"" based on known security shortfalls and prior warnings that the security situation there was deteriorating, the majority of the Senate Intelligence Committee concluded in a report released on Wednesday.
Separately, the findings also noted what the FBI had told the panel -- that 15 people cooperating with its investigation had been killed in Benghazi, undercutting the investigation. It was not clear if the killings were related to the probe.
Moreover, it said that people...",left
1084,New Senate Benghazi Report,['Terrorism'],Fox Benghazi Myths Dispelled By New Bipartisan Review,Media Matters,"On January 15, 2014, the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released a bipartisan review of its findings in an investigation of the September 11, 2012, attacks on an American diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya. Much of the report dispels myths perpetuated by Fox News over the last sixteen months.",left
1085,Latest Election Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Oct. 21: Uncertainty Clouds Polling, but Obama Remains Electoral College Favorite",New York Times (News),"The bad news for President Obama: its been almost a week since the second presidential debate, in Hempstead, N.Y., one that instant-reaction polls said was a narrow victory for him. But there is little sign that this has translated into a bounce for Mr. Obama in his head-to-head polls against Mitt Romney. Instead, the presidential race may have settled into a period of relative stability.
There",left
1086,Latest Election Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Gallup: Romney Up 5 Points Over Obama,Newsmax (News),"Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney leads President Barack Obama by 5 points among likely voters in the latest Gallup Daily Tracking Poll.
That's down a point from Romney's 6-point lead among likely voters on Monday – and is 2 points lower than his 7-point lead on Sunday. The 7-point lead was the largest of the campaign, Business Insider reports.
Read more on Newsmax.com: Gallup: Romney Up 5 Points Over Obama
Important: Do You Support Pres. Obama's Re-Election? Vote Here Now!",right
1087,Latest Election Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",CNN Poll of Polls: National horse race (Obama 47% Romney 47%),CNN (Online News),A CNN Poll of Polls is calculated using at least three polls that use CNN-approved methodology.The Poll of Polls does not have a sampling error.,left
1088,House Passes Inflation Reduction Act in Party-Line Vote,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Politics', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Climate Change', 'Healthcare', 'Taxes', 'Inflation', 'Inflation Reduction Act']","House passes Democrats' health care and climate bill, clearing measure for Biden's signature",CNN (Online News),"The House of Representatives voted Friday to pass Democrats' $750 billion health care, energy and climate bill, in a significant victory for President Joe Biden and his party.
Now that the Democratic-controlled House has approved the bill, it will next go to Biden to be signed into law.
Final passage of the bill marks a milestone for Democrats and gives the party a chance to achieve long-sought policy objectives ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. It comes at a critical time as Democrats are fighting to retain control of narrow...",left
1089,House Passes Inflation Reduction Act in Party-Line Vote,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Politics', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Climate Change', 'Healthcare', 'Taxes', 'Inflation', 'Inflation Reduction Act']","Congress sends $740 billion tax, health and climate bill to Biden's desk",Axios,"The House of Representatives on Friday passed Democrats' $740 billion tax, health care and climate bill, which now goes to President Biden's desk for his signature.
Why it matters: The bill's passage notches a big legislative victory for Democrats with the midterms approaching and delivers on several longstanding liberal policy goals.
Driving the news: The bill passed 220-207 with all Republicans voting against it.
The details: By far the largest spending provision in the bill is nearly $370 billion to combat climate change, including tax credits and funding for renewable energy, electric vehicles and energy-efficient home improvements, as well...",center
1090,House Passes Inflation Reduction Act in Party-Line Vote,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Politics', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Climate Change', 'Healthcare', 'Taxes', 'Inflation', 'Inflation Reduction Act']",Largest-ever climate change bill headed to Biden's desk,Washington Examiner,"Democrats have succeeded in sending the largest-ever bill aimed at countering climate change to President Joe Biden’s desk for signature.
The Inflation Reduction Act bill will pour roughly $370 billion into energy security and climate change programs over the next decade, including efforts aimed at slashing greenhouse gas emissions by roughly 40% of 2005 levels before the year 2030.
Its passage cements a major legislative victory for Democrats, who have fought to push through climate legislation for more than a decade — and lawmakers from all corners of the party have praised the bill.",right
1091,Acting Attorney General Fired,['Justice'],Trump Fires Acting Attorney General Who Defied Him,New York Times (News),"President Trump fired his acting attorney general on Monday night, removing her as the nation’s top law enforcement officer after she defiantly refused to defend his executive order closing the nation’s borders to refugees and people from predominantly Muslim countries.",left
1092,Acting Attorney General Fired,['Justice'],OPINION: Monday night massacre is a wake-up call to Senate Democrats,Julian Zelizer,The resistance to President Trump's controversial ban on refugees is growing. What started at the grassroots level with spontaneous protests at airports and on city streets is now reaching into higher levels of government.,left
1093,Acting Attorney General Fired,['Justice'],Why Yates Had to Go,National Review,"It is a very simple proposition. Our Constitution vests all executive power — not some of it, all of it — in the president of the United States. Executive-branch officials do not have their own power. They are delegated by the president to execute his power. If they object to the president’s policies, their choice is clear: salute and enforce the president’s directives, or honorably resign. There is no third way.",right
1094,Not Ready to Support Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Paul Ryan Says He Is ‘Not Ready’ to Endorse Donald Trump,New York Times (News),"In an extraordinary rebuke of his party’s presumed nominee, Speaker Paul D. Ryan, the nation’s highest-ranking elected Republican, said Thursday that he was “not ready” to endorse Donald J. Trump for president.",left
1095,Not Ready to Support Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump: 'Really surprised' by Ryan holding back endorsement,Fox News (Online News),"Donald Trump said Friday he was “really surprised” by House Speaker Paul Ryan declining to endorse him, telling Fox News he has brought “millions” into the party and is getting endorsements “left and right” – except from Ryan.",right
1096,Not Ready to Support Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",How Ryan decided to ditch Trump,Politico,"On Wednesday morning, not even 24 hours after Donald Trump effectively clinched the Republican nomination, Paul Ryan convened his top advisers for a call. With Congress out of session, Ryan was bouncing between multiple states, raising the piles of money needed to keep House Republicans in the majority.",left
1097,Decision Day 2014,['Elections'],What’s at stake for the GOP? Everything and nothing,Fox News (Online News),There are a number of basic questions that will be answered very soon. We will know if Democratic control of the Senate continues and what kind of support President Obama will have for his agenda over the next two years.,right
1098,Decision Day 2014,['Elections'],Would a GOP Senate make a difference?,Washington Post,"If, as widely predicted, the GOP captures the Senate in today’s elections, what difference will it make for Congress’s legislative performance in the coming two years? Gerald Seib argues that legislative agreements will become more likely since, “When power is evenly split in Washington, both parties have to temper their policies.” Jonathan Chait suggests that “the race to control the Senate is not about … passing legislation of any kind. … It is possible, though highly unlikely, that some bills will pass in the next Congress.”",left
1099,Decision Day 2014,['Elections'],OPINION: 10 things to look for in the elections,CNN (Online News),"Politicians are running for office again. Despite our best efforts, there is nothing we can do stop them. Tuesday there will be an election. Here are 10 things to look for as the election returns come in:",left
1100,GoFundMe Refunds Donations To Canadian Trucker Protest After Conservative Backlash,"['Canada', 'Coronavirus', 'Economic Policy', 'Fundraisers', 'GoFundMe', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Justin Trudeau', 'Truckers', 'Vaccine Mandates']",Conservatives Vent Fury as GoFundMe Cancels Canadian Truckers' Fundraiser,Newsweek,"Conservatives have reacted with fury after GoFundMe canceled a fundraiser for Canadian truckers protesting against a COVID-19 vaccine mandate and said it would refund all contributions.
The fundraising effort had raised C$10 million—around $7.9 million—and C$1 million had already been distributed to the organizers of the so-called Freedom Convoy before GoFundMe took the decision to stop the fundraiser.
Truckers have been engaged in a protest in downtown Ottawa for almost a week arguing against vaccine mandates, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calling for them to go home but ruling out deploying the army to remove them....",center
1101,GoFundMe Refunds Donations To Canadian Trucker Protest After Conservative Backlash,"['Canada', 'Coronavirus', 'Economic Policy', 'Fundraisers', 'GoFundMe', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Justin Trudeau', 'Truckers', 'Vaccine Mandates']","After Backlash, GoFundMe Says It Will Automatically Refund ‘Freedom Convoy’ Donors",The Daily Wire,"Following a backlash from GoFundMe’s decision to shut down the “Freedom Convoy” fundraiser, citing unspecified “evidence” that the protest was no longer peaceful, the fundraising website has backtracked when it comes to refunding donors.
When first announcing it was shutting down the Freedom Convoy, GoFundMe told donors they would need to use a “dedicated refund form” to request their money back, otherwise the funds would be sent to a “credible and established” charity verified by GoFundMe. On Saturday morning, however, GoFundMe changed the decision and said the funds would be...",right
1102,GoFundMe Refunds Donations To Canadian Trucker Protest After Conservative Backlash,"['Canada', 'Coronavirus', 'Economic Policy', 'Fundraisers', 'GoFundMe', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Justin Trudeau', 'Truckers', 'Vaccine Mandates']",GoFundMe Is Going To Refund Millions Of Dollars In Donations Made To The Viral Canadian Trucker Protest,BuzzFeed News,"GoFundMe will automatically refund all donations made to a multi-million dollar campaign for a group of Canadian truckers protesting vaccine mandates, the fundraising platform announced Saturday, after it started to face fierce backlash from right-wing figures and Republican politicians over its decision to remove the online campaign.
The decision to remove the campaign page from its platform came Friday after the company said the demonstrations being funded by the campaign had become an occupation, sparking incidents of violence and other illegal activity.
On Friday, the company asked donors to submit a request for a...",left
1103,Christmas 2020: Calls for Hope and Appreciation From Across the Spectrum,"['Holidays', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Christmas', 'Culture', 'Family And Marriage', 'Public Health', 'General News']","This Christmas, in a year full of despair, we need to hold fast to this truth",Fox News (Opinion),"As we approach the end of 2020, our nation’s mental health is the worst it has been in decades. That’s not my opinion — it’s the findings of a recent report from Gallup, which has asked Americans about the state of their mental health since 2001.
This year, nearly one-fourth of Americans rated their mental health as ""fair"" or ""poor,"" the most significant decline in our country’s psychological well being on record.
The sad truth is these findings won’t surprise anyone who has lived through 2020. A global pandemic, social...",right
1104,Christmas 2020: Calls for Hope and Appreciation From Across the Spectrum,"['Holidays', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Christmas', 'Culture', 'Family And Marriage', 'Public Health', 'General News']","Presence, not presents: Finding meaning in a minimalist Christmas",Christian Science Monitor,"Katherine May loves winter, from the cozy comforts of being indoors to the “blustery outdoor stuff.” But she is no great fan of Christmas – or at least the busywork that starts two months ahead of Dec. 25 and leaves her depleted before it even arrives. “I’m quite well known in my family for opening my Christmas cards standing over the recycling bin and just throwing them in,” she says.
Ms. May, author of the book “Wintering,” which is an ode to the fallow season but also treats it as...",center
1105,Christmas 2020: Calls for Hope and Appreciation From Across the Spectrum,"['Holidays', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Christmas', 'Culture', 'Family And Marriage', 'Public Health', 'General News']","It’s ‘Home Alone, the Pandemic Version’",Los Angeles Times,"One Christmas long ago when I was a college student far from my family, I couldn’t afford to fly home. I had a roommate who for different reasons wasn’t going home either, and she and I made plans to go to a Christmas Eve party and on Christmas Day, cross-country ski and make a big dinner. Except my roommate fought with the guy she liked and drank way too much at the party, was sick most of the night and felt too sad and awful even to get out of...",left
1106,North Korea Launches Rocket,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Koreans Launch Rocket in Defiant Act,New York Times (News),"North Korea appeared to have put what it said was a satellite into orbit on Wednesday, a boost for the countrys young leader, Kim Jong-un, in his struggle to be hailed at home as a worthy successor to his father and to be regarded as a serious rival by the United States and its allies in the region.",left
1107,North Korea Launches Rocket,"['North Korea', 'World']",'Global Chorus Of Condemnation' After North Korea's Rocket Launch,NPR (Online News),"""The global chorus of condemnation has been loud and clear,"" after North Korea's successful launch of a long-range rocket that carried a satellite into space, NPR's Louisa Lim said today on Morning Edition.",left
1108,North Korea Launches Rocket,"['North Korea', 'World']","North Korea fires long-range rocket in defiant move, calls launch a success",Fox News (Online News),"North Korea successfully fired a long-range rocket on Wednesday, defying international warnings as the regime of Kim Jong Un took a big step forward in its quest to develop a nuclear missile.",right
1109,"Mass Protests in Prague and Vienna Over COVID-19 Restrictions, Vaccine Mandates","['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Anti-Lockdown Protesters', 'Prague', 'Vienna', 'Europe', 'World']",Mass protest in Vienna against Austria's controversial COVID restrictions,Fox News (Online News),"Tens of thousands of people rallied in Vienna on Saturday in protest against restrictions introduced to halt the spread of coronavirus in Austria, including mandatory COVID-19 vaccines and home confinement orders for the unvaccinated.
Around 1,400 police officers were on duty to oversee the protest, which attracted an estimated 44,000 people, and followed a similar demonstration in the Austrian capital last week.
Police said three people were arrested for offences including the use of fireworks and disregarding the requirement to wear masks. Journalists covering the event, which began in Heldenplatz square, were attacked with snow balls...",right
1110,"Mass Protests in Prague and Vienna Over COVID-19 Restrictions, Vaccine Mandates","['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Anti-Lockdown Protesters', 'Prague', 'Vienna', 'Europe', 'World']",Thousands protest in Prague against COVID vaccine mandate,Associated Press,"Several thousand people marched through the Czech capital on Sunday, protesting a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for certain groups including people age 60 and over.
The participants didn’t wear face coverings or follow social distancing rules despite a request by police to do so. One person was detained.
The protesters, chanting “Freedom!” alleged their constitutional rights are being violated. They said they weren’t against voluntary vaccination but opposed a vaccine mandate.
The outgoing government released an order this week, making vaccination mandatory for the 60 and over age group, as well as medical...",left
1111,"Mass Protests in Prague and Vienna Over COVID-19 Restrictions, Vaccine Mandates","['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Anti-Lockdown Protesters', 'Prague', 'Vienna', 'Europe', 'World']",Tens of thousands protest Austria’s compulsory COVID vaccines,Al Jazeera,"Tens of thousands gathered in Austria’s capital Vienna to protest mandatory COVID vaccines and home confinement orders for those who have not yet received the jab.
Police said an estimated 44,000 people attended the demonstration on Saturday, the latest in a string of huge weekend protests since Austria last month became the first EU country to say it would make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory.
A partial confinement since last month ends on Sunday for the vaccinated, but those who have not received the required doses will have to remain at home.
“No to...",left
1112,Perspectives: The Politicization of Inflation,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Inflation', 'Infrastructure', 'Banking And Finance']",How Inflation Threatens the Recovery,Wall Street Journal (News),"There are two kinds of inflation. One results from demand growing faster than the economy’s productive capacity, causing the economy to overheat. Call that good inflation, because it is usually linked to a stronger economy. By contrast, bad inflation results from constricted supply which curtails output, driving up prices and eroding incomes, leading to a weaker economy.
Much of the debate over inflation is whether the good sort—i.e., overheating—is about to happen. But investors are signaling that the bad sort is the bigger risk to the economy. As measured inflation...",center
1113,Perspectives: The Politicization of Inflation,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Inflation', 'Infrastructure', 'Banking And Finance']",Dems Dismiss Inflation Fears,Washington Free Beacon,"President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are dismissing concerns over skyrocketing inflation, saying trillions of dollars on social programs and alternative energy projects should be passed regardless of the price tag.
Sen. Brian Schatz (D., Hawaii) said Monday a ""serious inflation problem"" would not change his party's plan to push forward with a multitrillion-dollar spending package. The Democrat argued that voters would rather fight climate change than address rising consumer prices.
""It is hard to argue that 50 years from now the question will be how did this Congress manage...",right
1114,Perspectives: The Politicization of Inflation,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Inflation', 'Infrastructure', 'Banking And Finance']","For Democrats, the pain of inflation is no reason to stop spending",NBC News (Online),"Inflation doesn't matter.
That's the message Democratic leaders are sending as they try to push more than $4 trillion into the economy to build infrastructure, fight climate change and ease the financial cost of child and elder care for families.
President Joe Biden says the 5.4 percent increase in the price of a basket of goods over the 12 months that ended in June is ""temporary,"" and a private White House presentation obtained by NBC News encourages Democratic lawmakers to focus on how Biden's plan ""lowers costs for working families rather than how it gets people...",left
1115,Perspective: Polling Errors and Media Mistakes Leading Up to 2020 Election,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', '2020 Election', 'Elections']","What the polls show, and the press missed, again",Columbia Journalism Review,"THE FINAL VOTE TALLIES still aren’t known, but the media verdict of this presidential election is in: it’s 2016 all over again. Four years ago, in the hours after Donald Trump declared victory on the strength of 306 Electoral College votes and the ballots of nearly sixty-three million Americans, I wrote a column about the failures of the press throughout that campaign, and declared that “journalism’s moment of reckoning” had arrived. “Reporters’ eagerness first to ridicule Trump and his supporters, then to dismiss them, and finally to actively lobby and...",center
1116,Perspective: Polling Errors and Media Mistakes Leading Up to 2020 Election,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', '2020 Election', 'Elections']",The Polling Crisis Is a Catastrophe for American Democracy,The Atlantic,"Even with the results of the presidential contest still out, there’s a clear loser in this election: polling.
Surveys badly missed the results, predicting an easy win for former Vice President Joe Biden, a Democratic pickup in the Senate, and gains for the party in the House. Instead, the presidential election is still too close to call, Republicans seem poised to hold the Senate, and the Democratic edge in the House is likely to shrink.
This is a disaster for the polling industry and for media outlets and analysts that...",left
1117,Perspective: Polling Errors and Media Mistakes Leading Up to 2020 Election,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', '2020 Election', 'Elections']",The Media Need to Reflect on This Election Result,National Review,"The media convinced themselves that their foamy-mouthed anger with Donald J. Trump was shared by the American people as a whole. The people responded with a giant nuh-uh. President Trump will not go in the books as a Jimmy Carter or even as a George H.W. Bush: Despite his having presided over perhaps the bleakest American year in my lifetime, his reelection was an attractive proposition for a massive slice of voters. Even assuming the narrow Joe Biden victory that now appears likely, the media should prepare themselves a shame...",right
1118,Paul Ryan as Speaker,"['US House', 'Politics']","OPINION: In the House’s dark hour, Speaker Ryan offers a glimpse of hope",Guest Writer - Left,"The speaker-elect walked down the center aisle Thursday morning, accepting hugs, kisses, handshakes and applause. Then he did something unexpected: He turned left.",left
1119,Paul Ryan as Speaker,"['US House', 'Politics']",OPINION: What to expect with Paul Ryan in charge of the House,Guest Writer - Right,A new beginning is upon us with the election of Paul Ryan as Speaker of the House of Representatives.,right
1120,Paul Ryan as Speaker,"['US House', 'Politics']","Paul Ryan, a Republican leader Millennials could love?",Christian Science Monitor,"As speaker, Paul Ryan represents a changing of the guard and a chance for the GOP tweak its image. But the underlying challenges haven't changed.",center
1121,"Inflation Worsens, Fears of Shortages Grow as Food Prices and Production Costs Rise","['Economy And Jobs', 'Food', 'Inflation', 'Agriculture', 'Ukraine War', 'World']",Farmers Paying Triple for Fertilizer: We’re Not the Ones Raising Food Costs,The Epoch Times,"Beep, beep, beep. It’s the familiar sound of food scanned and placed into bags at your local grocery store. You just went in for a few things and meant to keep it under $100. But you walk away with a new case of sticker shock and fewer bags than $100 used to buy.
Inflation has hit every link of the food chain, such as diesel that fuels tractors in the field, and the trucks that deliver food from farm to the food processor, to the warehouse, and then to the...",right
1122,"Inflation Worsens, Fears of Shortages Grow as Food Prices and Production Costs Rise","['Economy And Jobs', 'Food', 'Inflation', 'Agriculture', 'Ukraine War', 'World']",Soaring Prices for Everything Used to Make Food Brings More Inflation,Bloomberg,"The price of everything that goes into producing crops is surging, threatening to further fan global food inflation. 
Food production costs were already high. The pandemic snarled supply chains, making it more difficult — and expensive — to get parts and supplies that are vital for growing crops. Then Russia’s invasion of Ukraine took things to another level, sending markets soaring for fertilizers and for the fuels needed to run farm machinery. Inflation is so rampant that even with rising food prices, farmers are facing increasingly tough margins.
That’s the problem for Eddie Smith,...",left
1123,"Inflation Worsens, Fears of Shortages Grow as Food Prices and Production Costs Rise","['Economy And Jobs', 'Food', 'Inflation', 'Agriculture', 'Ukraine War', 'World']","Russia’s Ukraine war boosts food prices in U.S., vexing farmers about planting more",CNBC,"Higher wheat prices should make farmers like Nicole Berg, the owner of a 21,000 acre farm in Washington state, happy. But the costs of fuel and fertilizer are eating into her profits.
“The issue we’re having right now is that input costs are going up even more than the price of wheat,” Berg told CNBC in a recent interview.
Berg, like many farmers, is also constrained by the agriculture equipment market, which has been hit with supply chain disruptions that continue to delay orders of key machinery needed to plant and...",center
1124,Perspectives: Divides on Public Health Measures as Pandemic Ends,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus', 'Polarization', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Risk of COVID is now very low — it’s time to stop living in fear: doctor,New York Post (Opinion),"COVID cases are collapsing in front of our eyes. Daily cases are now one-tenth the number of daily flu cases in the middle of a mild flu season, with a now-identical case fatality rate. That’s because the few Americans testing positive are often young, feel fine, and underwent testing as a screening requirement for playing sports or attending gatherings.
The US positive rate is now at a record low, below 3%. Projections for the coming weeks and months are even more favorable. That’s because roughly 80% to 85% of adults are now immune...",right
1125,Perspectives: Divides on Public Health Measures as Pandemic Ends,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus', 'Polarization', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","Prescription for pandemic end: Masks off, vaccines on",The Hill,"Should you still wear a mask in close quarters in a store, a restaurant or a gym if you haven’t been vaccinated? Yes, you should. What if you have been fully vaccinated with two shots of an mRNA vaccine? It’s probably not necessary to mask up but I still would, as a precaution against the very small chance that you could pick up the virus and transmit it to others. 
It turns out the SARS-CoV-2 virus can be aerosolized, meaning that it can hang in the air. Hence, poor ventilation and length...",center
1126,Perspectives: Divides on Public Health Measures as Pandemic Ends,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus', 'Polarization', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Excuse Me If I’m Not Ready to Unmask,The Atlantic,"In Rob Reiner’s 1987 cult comedy, The Princess Bride, Fezzik asks the mysterious man in black a question as they scuffle atop the Cliffs of Insanity: “Why do you wear a mask? Were you burned by acid or something like that?” “Oh no,” replies the masked stranger, secretly a humble stable boy. “It’s just that they’re terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future.”
This quote, from one of the world’s most quotable movies, got passed around a lot last spring, in the early days of the coronavirus...",left
1127,Is Trump Wavering on Immigration?,['Immigration'],Why It's So Hard for Trump to Retreat on Immigration,NBC News (Online),"Since launching his presidential candidacy 14 months ago, Donald Trump's most consistent and uncompromising policy issue has been immigration. Indeed, it was the subject of his first general-election TV ad that started airing on Friday. Yet over the weekend, his top aides and advisers suggested that Trump might be shifting on his past position that all of the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States must be deported forcibly.",left
1128,Is Trump Wavering on Immigration?,['Immigration'],Trump Campaign Signals He May Moderate Immigration Stance,NPR (Online News),"Is Donald Trump considering wavering on a key campaign promise?
That's what several news reports published over the weekend suggest. And while the Trump campaign issued a statement denying any shift on immigration policy, top surrogates and campaign operatives hinted that a change just might be on its way.",left
1129,Is Trump Wavering on Immigration?,['Immigration'],Trump: ‘I’m not flip-flopping’ on immigration,Washington Times,"GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump said Monday he’s not “flip-flopping” on immigration, calling for a “fair but firm” answer and saying that “we have to be very, very strong” when people enter the country illegally.",right
1130,"Global Coronavirus Infections Now Over 100,000","['Healthcare', 'Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Economy And Jobs', 'World', 'Public Health']","Coronavirus cases top 100,000 worldwide; 60 cases in California",Los Angeles Times,"The number of coronavirus cases worldwide has surpassed 100,000 — with California recording at least 60 — as officials worked to contain the virus despite the rapid spread.
World Health Organization officials pressed countries Friday to aggressively pursue containment and expand testing for COVID-19 as the outbreak swells.",left
1131,"Global Coronavirus Infections Now Over 100,000","['Healthcare', 'Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Economy And Jobs', 'World', 'Public Health']","Coronavirus infections pass 100,000 as outbreak wreaks financial havoc",Reuters,"LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The number of people infected with coronavirus across the world surpassed 100,000 on Friday as the outbreak reached more countries and the economic damage intensified, with business districts beginning to empty and stock markets tumbling.",center
1132,"Global Coronavirus Infections Now Over 100,000","['Healthcare', 'Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Economy And Jobs', 'World', 'Public Health']","Iran official dead from coronavirus as global cases reach 100,000",New York Post (News),"The novel coronavirus has infected nearly 100,000 people worldwide — spreading to around 90 countries and even slipping past the walls of the Vatican.
The tiny city-state within Rome confirmed its first case Friday, but wouldn’t say who was infected.
The Vatican has insisted that Pope Francis — who canceled audiences last week over a “slight indisposition” — has only a cold. He has tested negative for the coronavirus.
Vatican officials said they are working with Italian authorities to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Italy as a whole remained the...",right
1133,Perspectives: Elizabeth Warren's Withdrawal,"['Democratic Primary', 'Elections', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Gender Bias', '2020 Election', 'Elizabeth Warren']",Gender questions swirl as Warren leaves race to two old men,Howard Kurtz,"Now that Elizabeth Warren has bowed to the inevitable, the Biden-Bernie matchup is either a battle for the soul of the Democratic Party…or the typical dust-settling of a conventional race.
That is, one establishment candidate, a veteran, battle-scarred establishment type who is not terribly exciting, and an insurgent candidate, a colorful, more ideological provocateur who makes followers swoon.
In this view, the voters who gave Joe Biden 10 Super Tuesday victories were simply coming home after flirting with two dozen potential dates. Biden was the safe, dependable choice for those...",center
1134,Perspectives: Elizabeth Warren's Withdrawal,"['Democratic Primary', 'Elections', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Gender Bias', '2020 Election', 'Elizabeth Warren']",Why women are feeling so defeated after Elizabeth Warren’s loss,Vox,"Many women are left feeling defeated after Elizabeth Warren’s exit from the presidential race.
With a crushing loss on Super Tuesday, and voter after voter quoted in the media saying they’d vote for a woman, just not Warren, it made some wonder if a woman would be president in their lifetimes. Warren spoke about the bind women candidates face while talking with reporters Thursday afternoon.",left
1135,Perspectives: Elizabeth Warren's Withdrawal,"['Democratic Primary', 'Elections', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Gender Bias', '2020 Election', 'Elizabeth Warren']",Elizabeth Warren proved conclusively you can't get elected on identity politics,Tucker Carlson,"Things are moving fast in American politics, but see if you can remember back five months to last fall. At the time, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts was the most likely Democratic nominee.
She had big leads in both Iowa and New Hampshire. She had overtaken establishment designated front-runner, Joe Biden, in the national polling.",right
1136,Budget Compromise Proposed,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Bipartisan Negotiators Unveil Budget To Avoid January Shutdown,NPR (Online News),"Congressional negotiators announced Tuesday that they'd reached a budget proposal to restore about $65 billion worth of sequestration cuts in exchange for cuts elsewhere and additional fees.
If approved by both the House and Senate, the plan — hammered out by Republican Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington — would avoid another government shutdown on Jan. 15.",left
1137,Budget Compromise Proposed,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Lawmakers unveil tentative budget deal, call for rolling back sequester",Fox News (Online News),"Congressional negotiators on Tuesday announced a tentative budget deal that would avoid a partial government shutdown, but also begin to unravel hard-fought spending cuts.
The lead negotiators -- Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., and House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis. -- detailed the specifics of the proposal at an evening press conference.",right
1138,Budget Compromise Proposed,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Budget Deal Announced By Patty Murray, Paul Ryan",HuffPost,"Bars set this low were made to be jumped over. And yet, it was something of a marvel on Tuesday when lawmakers from the House and the Senate took to the microphones to announce that they had reached a budget deal.",left
1139,Dominion Voting Systems and the 2020 Election,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Dominion Voting Systems', '2020 Election Fact Checking']",Democratic senators warned of potential 'vote switching' by Dominion voting machines prior to 2020 election,Washington Examiner,"Four congressional Democrats sent a letter to the owners of Dominion Voting Systems and cited several problems that “threaten the integrity of our elections,” including “vote switching.”
In a December 2019 letter to Dominion Voting Systems, which has been mired in controversy after a human error involving its machines in Antrim County, Michigan, resulted in incorrect counts, Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, and Amy Klobuchar and congressman Mark Pocan warned about reports of machines “switching votes,” “undisclosed vulnerabilities,” and “improbable” results that “threaten the integrity of our elections.”",right
1140,Dominion Voting Systems and the 2020 Election,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Dominion Voting Systems', '2020 Election Fact Checking']",Dominion Voting Systems 'Categorically Denies' Election Tech Glitches Following Trump Accusations,Newsweek,"Dominion Voting Systems said in a statement on Friday that it ""categorically denies"" claims that its election software encountered glitches that impacted the results of the presidential election last week.
The company's software is used in 28 U.S. states, including in swing states like Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. After official sources called the national race for Joe Biden on November 7, President Donald Trump accused the company of deleting millions of votes cast for him across the country.
Trump posted on Twitter a report from the conservative...",center
1141,Dominion Voting Systems and the 2020 Election,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Dominion Voting Systems', '2020 Election Fact Checking']",Did Dominion Voting Systems Delete 2.7M Trump Votes?,Snopes,"The internet was flooded with false claims about voter fraud in the days following the 2020 U.S. presidential election on Nov. 3, 2020. Many of these rumors centered around a piece of software from Dominion Voting Systems. We’ve addressed a few of these rumors in a previous article, but the most prevalent claim, and one that was spread by U.S. President Donald Trump himself on Nov. 12, 2020, was that Dominion software had deleted 2.7 million votes that had been cast for the incumbent.
There is no truth to this...",left
1142,Media Coverage of AOC Video Differs Vastly,"['Media Bias', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'AOC', 'Capitol Chaos']",Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she is a sexual assault survivor while recounting Capitol siege,ABC News (Online),"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., revealed on Monday night that she is a sexual assault survivor while recounting her experiences during last month's insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
""I'm a survivor of sexual assault,"" Ocasio-Cortez said, her voice quivering with emotion. ""And I haven't told many people that in my life. But when we go through trauma, trauma compounds on each other.""
In a 90-minute video live-streamed on Instagram that has since garnered over 1 million views, the 31-year-old congresswoman recalled fearing for her life as she and others were forced...",left
1143,Media Coverage of AOC Video Differs Vastly,"['Media Bias', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'AOC', 'Capitol Chaos']",Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Instagram Live on Capitol Riots Viewed Over 4 Million Times,Newsweek,"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recalled the terrifying assault on the Capitol in a lengthy Instagram Live on Monday night—clips of which have racked up millions of views on social media.
The Democratic congresswoman from New York recounted hiding in her office bathroom as rioters breached the Capitol on January 6 as lawmakers were meeting to affirm Joe Biden's electoral victory.
She feared for her life, she said, as she heard banging on the walls and a man yelling, ""Where is she? Where is she?""
""This was the moment where I thought...",center
1144,Media Coverage of AOC Video Differs Vastly,"['Media Bias', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'AOC', 'Capitol Chaos']","WATCH: AOC attacks police officer protected her during riots, demands removal of GOP colleagues",The Post Millennial,"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spoke intimately to millions of viewers in Instagram on Monday night to tell her a very personal story about her experiences during the Capitol Hill riot on Jan. 6, and the lingering trauma she has experienced.
Ocasio-Cortez described the experience of hiding from Capitol Hill rioters in her office's bathroom. ""The yells of these men, or just one man, ""she said, fighting through tears, ""yelling 'Where is she? Where is she?'"" It turns out that the man was a Capitol Hill Police Officer, and he was...",right
1145,50 Years after Dr. King's Dream Speech,['Civil Rights'],The Lasting Power of Dr. King's Dream Speech,New York Times (News),"The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s ""I Have a Dream"" speech, which turns 50 on Wednesday, exerts a potent hold on people across generations.",left
1146,50 Years after Dr. King's Dream Speech,['Civil Rights'],A Better Way to Honor Dr. King's Dream,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"In The Wall Street Journal John McWhorter writes that the goal of the civil-rights movement was opportunity, not a post-racial society.",right
1147,50 Years after Dr. King's Dream Speech,['Civil Rights'],Does President Obama fulfill MLK's dream?,Christian Science Monitor,"For all the meaning that will be on display when President Obama commemorates a seminal moment in US history today, it will be a largely symbolic moment that does not bring the change that the March on Washington demanded.",center
1148,Can Hillary Win in KY and Oregon?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Can Hillary flip the script in Oregon and Kentucky?,Politico,"As Bernie Sanders looks for two more victories in his late-season charge, Clinton supporters wonder when the pain will end.",left
1149,Can Hillary Win in KY and Oregon?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton Leans on Democratic Loyalists to Gain Upper Hand in Kentucky Primary,Washington Post,"State was considered Sanders territory, but her campaign thinks she has a chance.",left
1150,Can Hillary Win in KY and Oregon?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton faces pressure for win in Oregon and Kentucky contests,Townhall,Hillary Clinton is under pressure to do well in Democratic nominating contests in Kentucky and Oregon on Tuesday so she can turn her attention to the general election and the mounting attacks on her being waged by Republican candidate Donald Trump.,right
1151,Perspectives: Jussie Smollett's Guilty Verdict,"['Criminal Justice', 'Jussie Smollett', 'Race And Racism', 'Hate Crimes', 'Crime', 'LGBT Rights', 'Justice', 'Polarization']",Throw the book at hate-hoaxer Jussie Smollett,Washington Examiner,"The story of Jussie Smollett and the implausible hate crime attack against him is now familiar to nearly everyone.
Smollett, a little-known actor on a long-running Fox television show, claimed to have been walking down the street minding his own business at 2 a.m. in downtown Chicago when he was attacked by two white Trump supporters wearing red ""Make America Great Again"" hats who made reference to his race (he is black), his sexual orientation (he is gay), and the obscure television show on which he appeared. The attackers allegedly...",right
1152,Perspectives: Jussie Smollett's Guilty Verdict,"['Criminal Justice', 'Jussie Smollett', 'Race And Racism', 'Hate Crimes', 'Crime', 'LGBT Rights', 'Justice', 'Polarization']",Jussie Smollett being found guilty of hoax will hurt LGBTQ folks reporting hate crimes,MSNBC,"The Jussie Smollett saga may now be technically over after a Chicago jury found the actor guilty Thursday of five of the six counts he faced, but its impact will be — and has already been — felt for years to come. It doesn’t matter if the actor, who starred on “Empire,” really was beaten up by people yelling “This is MAGA country!” and is wrongly being punished or if he did stage an elaborate hoax, as the jury decided he did by finding him guilty of five counts of disorderly...",left
1153,Perspectives: Jussie Smollett's Guilty Verdict,"['Criminal Justice', 'Jussie Smollett', 'Race And Racism', 'Hate Crimes', 'Crime', 'LGBT Rights', 'Justice', 'Polarization']","Joe Biden, Kamala Harris Tweets Backing Jussie Smollett Remain Up After Guilty Verdict",Newsweek,"Democratic President Joe Biden and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris have left up tweets expressing support for actor Jussie Smollett after he was allegedly a victim in a racist and anti-gay hate attack that occurred on January 29, 2019. However, on Thursday, a jury found that Smollett lied about the attack.
Biden's tweet reads, ""What happened today to @JussieSmollett must never be tolerated in this country. We must stand up and demand that we no longer give this hate safe harbor; that homophobia and racism have no place on our streets or in our hearts....",center
1154,Biden's Budget Pick Met With Resistance From Senate Republicans,"['Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Economic Policy']",GOP Aides Say Party Would Fight Neera Tanden’s Confirmation,National Review,"Republicans have indicated that Joe Biden’s prospective nomination of Neera Tanden to the Office of Management and Budget would not pass the Senate with a GOP majority.
Tanden, a former Hillary Clinton aide and current president of left-wing think tank Center for American Progress, has a history of comments criticizing various Republican senators, whose approval she would need to head OMB.",right
1155,Biden's Budget Pick Met With Resistance From Senate Republicans,"['Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Economic Policy']",Biden budget pick sparks battle with GOP Senate,The Hill,"Joe Biden’s choice of Neera Tanden to head the White House budget office is setting the stage for the biggest confirmation battle of the president-elect's first weeks in office.
Senate Republicans are vowing to oppose Tanden, a close ally of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who has often slammed GOP lawmakers on Twitter and referred to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as “Moscow Mitch.”
She also hit McConnell on Twitter for not telling President Trump to wear a mask at his daily press conferences and has deleted...",center
1156,Biden's Budget Pick Met With Resistance From Senate Republicans,"['Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Economic Policy']","Republicans attack, Democrats defend Biden's outspoken pick for OMB director",ABC News (Online),"As President-elect Joe Biden reveals his economic team, one nominee already is facing stiff resistance from Senate Republicans, leading Democrats to rally in her defense ahead of what could prove to be a rough and tumble confirmation process.
Neera Tanden, Biden’s choice to become director of the Office of Management and Budget, is celebrated by the president-elect’s team for her career pursuing policies in support of working families and what they call ""broad-based"" economic growth.",left
1157,DNC 2012: Preview,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",What Democrats need to do in Charlotte,CNN (Online News),"Now the Democrats are stepping into the spotlight. With the Republicans packed up from their stormy convention in Tampa, Florida, and back on the campaign trail, the Democrats gather in Charlotte, North Carolina, to explain to Americans why their candidate is a better choice in November.",left
1158,DNC 2012: Preview,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Democrats gear up for the Charlotte convention,Fox News (Online News),"After a week of bruising broadsides on President Obamas record by the GOP brass, Democrats have assembled a national convention this week in North Carolina they hope will give Obama a dynamic, prime-time opportunity to convince Americans he deserves another shot at running the county.",right
1159,DNC 2012: Preview,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","With ’08 on Their Minds, Democrats Gather in Charlotte",New York Times (News),"Democrats will gather here on Tuesday to nominate President Obama for a second term in the White House, setting in motion the final sprint to Election Day.",left
1160,Democrat Conor Lamb Claims Victory in Pennsylvania,['Elections'],"Pennsylvania special election may see recount; Lamb, Saccone locked in razor-thin fight",Fox News (Online News),"It could come down to a recount.
Democrat Conor Lamb has already declared victory over Republican Rick Saccone in Pennsylvania’s special House election, but Republicans say they aren’t giving up until every vote is counted.",right
1161,Democrat Conor Lamb Claims Victory in Pennsylvania,['Elections'],Strong Performance by Democrat Conor Lamb in Pennsylvania Shakes Trump and G.O.P.,New York Times (News),"President Trump was hanging out here in the land of earthquakes, but he was 2,500 miles away from the tremor that really shook his party on Tuesday night.",left
1162,Democrat Conor Lamb Claims Victory in Pennsylvania,['Elections'],Democrat Conor Lamb claims victory in Pennsylvania election,BBC News,A Democrat has declared victory after a cliffhanger Pennsylvania election for a congressional district that Donald Trump won by 20 points two years ago.,center
1163,"From Schools to Gyms to Family Parties, Public Safety Debates Persist","['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",It's Safe to Bring Children Back to the Classroom This Fall,Newsmax - Opinion,"Children have been out of school long enough. Their return to the classroom is absolutely necessary for their success in learning and moving forward in their educational endeavors come this fall. As a father of two adolescent children, I wholeheartedly applaud and agree with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendation which strongly states ""the coming school year should start with the goal of students physically present in school."" Remote learning should not be considered unless parents make their own decision to choose to home school their children.
Currently, most...",right
1164,"From Schools to Gyms to Family Parties, Public Safety Debates Persist","['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']","To Reopen the Economy, Close the Bars",New York Magazine,"The New York Times ran a story this week suggesting that the economic recovery is slowing and, in certain industries in certain parts of the country, even reversing. This makes sense given the resurgence of coronavirus cases in places like Texas and Florida and the more-cautious reopening measures being taken in other, less affected areas worried that a spike might be just around the corner. On Wednesday, New York City announced it would indefinitely postpone the resumption of indoor dining service, as New Jersey did a few days prior. California...",left
1165,"From Schools to Gyms to Family Parties, Public Safety Debates Persist","['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",America’s Leaders Can’t Agree on Reopening Protocols. Neither Can Families.,Wall Street Journal (News),"When shelter-in-place restrictions eased in May in Gurnee, Ill., Laura Davis’s immediate thought was: When are people coming over? The teacher’s mother and two sisters live within driving distance, she said, and her backyard can accommodate social distancing.
It turned out that wasn’t going to be easy.
Ms. Davis, 38, landed in an argument with her older sister over get-together terms. Her sister and mother have health conditions putting them at risk for complications from the new coronavirus and said they would come only if they could sit outside, if...",center
1166,Tax Impact of Fiscal Cliff Deal,['Taxes'],77 percent will pay more in 2013 under deal,Washington Post,"The average US worker would pay $679 more in taxes this year under the fiscal cliff deal passed by the Senate early Tuesday morning, while the average member of the top 1 percent of earners would pay $73,633 more, according to Tax Policy Center analysis.",left
1167,Tax Impact of Fiscal Cliff Deal,['Taxes'],"As tax hikes kick in for all, top earners pay growing share",Fox News (Online News),"Taxes are going up this week on almost everyone, but one group of top earners will feel the pinch far more than others.",right
1168,Tax Impact of Fiscal Cliff Deal,['Taxes'],Tax Calculator,Brookings Institution,The calculator is a tool to help you understand how current tax policy affects real families and what would happen if we changed that policy.,center
1169,Amazon Rainforest Burning at Record Pace,"['World', 'Environment', 'Energy', 'Forest Fires']",Jair Bolsonaro accuses NGOs of setting fires in Amazon rainforest,The Guardian,"The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, has accused environmental groups of setting fires in the Amazon as he tries to deflect growing international criticism of his failure to protect the world’s biggest rainforest.
A surge of fires in several Amazonian states this month followed reports that farmers were feeling emboldened to clear land for crop fields and cattle ranches because the new Brazilian government was keen to open up the region to economic activity.",left
1170,Amazon Rainforest Burning at Record Pace,"['World', 'Environment', 'Energy', 'Forest Fires']",Smoke from Amazon fires leaves Brazil’s largest city in total darkness,New York Post (News),"Massive fires burning in the Amazon rainforest caused a daytime blackout in Brazil’s largest city this week.
Day turned to night at around 3 p.m. Monday in São Paulo and the darkness lasted for about an hour, local paper Folha de S.Paulo reported.
Photos and videos posted on social media showed eerie scenes of cars driving with their headlights on and pedestrians walking against blackened skies in the mid-afternoon.",right
1171,Amazon Rainforest Burning at Record Pace,"['World', 'Environment', 'Energy', 'Forest Fires']",Amazon burning: Brazil reports record surge in forest fires,Al Jazeera,"Fires raging in Brazil's Amazon rainforest have hit a record high number this year, according to new data from the country's space research agency, as concerns grow over President Jair Bolsonaro's management of the environment.",left
1172,Hundreds Arrested in Moscow Protests,"['Russia', 'Moscow']","Moscow police arrest hundreds during protest calling for fair elections, group claims",Fox News (Online News),"Police in Moscow arrested more than 750 people during a demonstration outside city hall on Saturday, where they were calling for fair elections after the upcoming city council elections on Sept. 8 excluded opposition candidates from being on the ballot, according to a Russian organization that monitors political arrests.
OVD-Info said 779 people were detained. Moscow police earlier said 295 people had been taken in, but did not immediately give a final figure.",right
1173,Hundreds Arrested in Moscow Protests,"['Russia', 'Moscow']","More than 1,000 people detained in Moscow amid clashes over city council election, monitor says",Washington Post,"Russian police in riot gear detained more than 1,000 protesters Saturday at a demonstration against the exclusion of opposition politicians from the ballot for an upcoming city council election, a monitoring group said, marking another flare of anti-government defiance a week after Moscow’s largest opposition rally in years.
Police said around 3,500 people gathered near City Hall for the unauthorized protest organized by prominent opposition figure Alexei Navalny. Earlier this week, a Russian court sentenced Navalny to 30 days in jail for calling for the demonstration. A handful of other...",left
1174,Hundreds Arrested in Moscow Protests,"['Russia', 'Moscow']","Nearly 1,400 detained in Moscow protest; largest in decade",Associated Press,"Nearly 1,400 people were detained in a violent police crackdown on an opposition protest in Moscow, a Russian group that monitors police arrests said Sunday, adding that was the largest number of detentions at a rally in the Russian capital this decade.
OVD-Info, which has monitored the arrests since 2011, said the number of the detentions it logged for Saturday’s protest reached 1,373 by early Sunday. The overwhelming majority of people were soon released but 150 remain in custody, OVD-Info and a lawyers’ association providing legal aid to the detainees...",left
1175,Obama Visits Hiroshima,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']","At Hiroshima Memorial, Obama Says Nuclear Arms Require ‘Moral Revolution’",New York Times (News),"President Obama laid a wreath at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial on Friday, telling an audience that included survivors of America’s atomic bombing in 1945 that technology as devastating as nuclear arms demands a “moral revolution.”",left
1176,Obama Visits Hiroshima,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']",Sympathy for victims but no apology as Obama makes historic Hiroshima visit,USA TODAY,"President Obama made an emotional and historic visit to this once-shattered city Friday, embracing survivors of the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bomb blast and renewing calls for an end to nuclear weapons.
He did not, however, apologize for the decision to drop the bomb.",left
1177,Obama Visits Hiroshima,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']",Obama Calls for a ‘World Without’ Nuclear Weapons During Historic Hiroshima Visit,The Blaze,"Barack Obama on Friday paid tribute to the “silent cry” of the 140,000 people killed by the world’s first atomic bomb attack and sought to renew attention in his unfulfilled vision of a world without nuclear weapons, as he became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima.",right
1178,Florida Restores Voting Rights to Nearly 1.5 Million Felons,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",Florida Approves Ballot Amendment to Restore Voting Rights of 1.4 Million People With Felony Records,Reason,"Amendment 4 will reverse Florida's more than 100-year-old law disenfranchising felons, a vestige of the state's racist ""Black Codes.""",right
1179,Florida Restores Voting Rights to Nearly 1.5 Million Felons,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",Florida welcomes back its 1.5m 'returning citizens' after ex-felons regain voting rights,The Guardian,Amendment 4 passed with strong bipartisan support by a large margin in a state notorious for razor-close elections,left
1180,Florida Restores Voting Rights to Nearly 1.5 Million Felons,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",Florida approves ballot measure restoring felons' voting rights,Reuters,"Florida voters on Tuesday approved a state constitutional amendment restoring voting rights to some 1.5 million people with felony convictions, ending a system that activists said",center
1181,Texas House Committee Highlights 'Systemic Failures' in Uvalde School Shooting Response,"['Criminal Justice', 'Ethics Investigation', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Law Enforcement', 'Police', 'School Shootings', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America']",Texas House report on Uvalde shooting blames all agencies at the scene,Washington Post,"The most exhaustive report yet on the May 24 mass shooting inside a Uvalde, Tex., elementary school spread blame across every law enforcement agency responding to the attack, faulting local police for mistakes and more experienced agencies for failing to take charge.
Nearly 400 local, state and federal law enforcement officers were at the scene that day, including 91 state troopers — none of whom took the initiative to lead the response, the Texas House investigative report said. The school district police chief, Pedro “Pete” Arredondo, wrote its active shooter...",left
1182,Texas House Committee Highlights 'Systemic Failures' in Uvalde School Shooting Response,"['Criminal Justice', 'Ethics Investigation', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Law Enforcement', 'Police', 'School Shootings', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America']","Report details 'systemic failures,' 'egregious' decisions in Uvalde shooting response",The Dallas Morning News,"For families in Uvalde, Sunday brought with it the weight of the most exhaustive account of their loved one's final moments yet. In a long-awaited, 77-page report, a Texas House committee concluded there is not one person to blame, but instead a long series of ""systemic failures and egregious poor decision making"" that allowed the deadliest school shooting in state history to unfold May 24.
The report, reviewed Sunday by The Dallas Morning News, is the second to examine the law enforcement response in the past two weeks. On July...",center
1183,Texas House Committee Highlights 'Systemic Failures' in Uvalde School Shooting Response,"['Criminal Justice', 'Ethics Investigation', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Law Enforcement', 'Police', 'School Shootings', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America']",Texas House probe on Uvalde shooting cites multiple failures: report,New York Post (News),"A special Texas House investigative committee probing the Uvalde school massacre found multiple failures occurred leading up to the horror and involved everyone from law enforcement to social-media platforms, a report said Sunday.
Other entities to blame included the school itself, Robb Elementary, and the shooter’s family, CNN said, noting it had an early copy of the probe’s finding.
The panel was also set to officially release surveillance footage of the school’s hallway during the May 24 attack, which left 21 people dead. The Austin American-Statesman published the surveillance footage Tuesday after it was leaked...",right
1184,"One Year Later, What are the Lasting Effects of the January 6 Capitol Riot?","['Politics', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', '2024 Election', 'Polarization']","No, Not Every Day Is January 6",Jim Geraghty,"The political-journalism world has decided that this week will be focused upon the one-year anniversary of the January 6 Capitol Hill riot, led by the New York Times editorial board declaring that, “Jan. 6 is not in the past; it is every day.”
Because I’m going to swim against the current here, go back and read what I wrote on January 7 of last year.
I called for Trump’s immediate impeachment and removal from office for his slow response to the violence against the legislative branch. I declared that “Despite their self-identification as patriots...",right
1185,"One Year Later, What are the Lasting Effects of the January 6 Capitol Riot?","['Politics', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', '2024 Election', 'Polarization']",Declining Share of Republicans Say It Is Important To Prosecute Jan. 6 Rioters,Pew Research Center,"As the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol ramps up its investigation into the events of that day, most Americans continue to say it is important to find and prosecute those who broke into and rioted at the Capitol.
However, since March, there has been a decline in the share of the public saying it is important that those who broke into the Capitol be prosecuted (from 87% to 78%), with the change coming almost entirely among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents. 
Since March, there has...",center
1186,"One Year Later, What are the Lasting Effects of the January 6 Capitol Riot?","['Politics', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', '2024 Election', 'Polarization']",Every Day Is Jan. 6 Now,New York Times (Opinion),"One year after the smoke and broken glass, the mock gallows and the very real bloodshed of that awful day, it is tempting to look back and imagine that we can, in fact, simply look back. To imagine that what happened on Jan. 6, 2021 — a deadly riot at the seat of American government, incited by a defeated president amid a last-ditch effort to thwart the transfer of power to his successor — was horrifying but that it is in the past and that we as a nation have moved on....",left
1187,Same Sex Marriage Halted,['LGBT Rights'],SUPREME COURT HALTS GAY MARRIAGE IN UTAH,The Blaze,"Gay marriage is on hold in Utah after the U.S. Supreme Court halted same-sex nuptials until the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals provides a full ruling on the matter.
The high court issued an order on Monday that blocks same-sex marriage licenses from being granted until the appeals court officially reviews the issue in the coming weeks, the Associated Press reported.",right
1188,Same Sex Marriage Halted,['LGBT Rights'],High court puts same-sex marriage on hold in Utah,CNN (Online News),"The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily blocked same-sex marriage in Utah, an apparently unanimous order in favor of the state that sends the matter back to an appeals court for expedited consideration.
The case could have sweeping national implications, depending on how the federal appeals panel rules on a challenge to the state's same-sex marriage ban and whether the case returns to the high court.
Utah asked the Supreme Court to intervene last week after 10th Circuit Court of Appeals declined to stay a lower court ruling in December striking...",left
1189,Same Sex Marriage Halted,['LGBT Rights'],Justices Block Gay Marriage in Utah During Appeal of Case,New York Times (News),The Supreme Court on Monday blocked further same-sex marriages in Utah while state officials appeal a decision allowing such unions.,left
1190,The Fight to Debate,[],GOP Candidates Smash Cellphones and Wield Chainsaws To Make First Debate,ABC News (Online),"Cell phones, chainsaws and ""cancer"": Some Republican candidates are pulling out all the stops in an effort to make the cut for the first presidential debate just one week from today.",left
1191,The Fight to Debate,[],GOP candidates jockey for position in final debate dash,Fox News (Online News),"Less than a week before the throng of Republican presidential hopefuls square off for the first time in two Fox News debates, Donald Trump is holding firm to his primary lead while a slew of other lower-polling candidates battle to make the cut for the prime-time stage.",right
1192,The Fight to Debate,[],"Christie, Perry and Kasich blitz media in fight for debate spots",Politico,"With just six days to go before the inaugural Republican primary debate, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry are locked in a three-way scramble for the last two podiums on the main stage.",left
1193,Final Debate Fact Check,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",False Claims in Final Debate,FactCheck.org,"In the third and final Obama-Romney debate, the candidates again contradicted each other, while each offered incorrect or twisted factual claims.",center
1194,Final Debate Fact Check,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Fact Check: Obama makes questionable claim on Romney's auto bailout stance,Fox News (Online News),"In one of the most contentious exchanges of their final debate, President Obama and Mitt Romney clashed over the federal auto bailout of 2008, with the former accusing the latter of not supporting any forms of government assistance to auto companies.",right
1195,Owner Apologizes for Event,['LGBT Rights'],Gay hotel owners apologize for hosting Ted Cruz event,USA TODAY,"Two gay New York businessmen who hosted a recent dinner for Ted Cruz apologized to the gay community, saying it was a “terrible mistake” because of the GOP presidential hopeful’s opposition to same-sex marriage.
Ian Reisner, in a Facebook message posted Sunday night, said he has been upset by the backlash he’s received from gay men and lesbians, who called for a boycott of The Out NYC hotel and Fire Islands Pines businesses run by Reisner and his business partner, Mati Weiderpass",left
1196,Owner Apologizes for Event,['LGBT Rights'],Gay Businessman Ian Reisner Apologizes For Hosting Ted Cruz Event,HuffPost,"Ian Reisner, a gay businessman who hosted an event for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in New York this week, apologized on Sunday after furious backlash from the gay community.
Reisner and his longtime partner Mati Weiderpass hosted a ""fireside chat"" with the presidential candidate, who reportedly softened his notoriously anti-gay tone at the event by claiming that, if one of his daughters were gay, ""I would love them just as much.” News of Cruz's appearance prompted a boycott of the two men's businesses.
In a statement posted to his Facebook...",left
1197,Owner Apologizes for Event,['LGBT Rights'],Cruz Hotelier Caves to Big Gay McCarthy Hate Machine,Breitbart News,"One of the two openly gay hoteliers who hosted Republican Senator Ted Cruz at a Manhattan event last week, has caved to the Gaystapo with the kind of sniveling, dishonest and humiliating apology demanded by the Gaystapo if you don’t want your life ruined.
“I am shaken to my bones by the emails, texts, postings and phone calls of the past few days. I made a terrible mistake,” wrote Ian Reisner on his Facebook page over the weekend.
Reisner went on to",right
1198,Rosenstein Gave Green Light to Manafort Investigation,['Justice'],"Rosenstein specifically told Mueller to look into Manafort, gave investigation additional authority",Daily Kos,"Court filings have revealed that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has even broader authority than the already extensive power granted by Rod Rosenstein to investigate the Trump campaign “and any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation.” In an August 2, 2017 memo, Rosenstein gave the special counsel authority to investigate Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort for his efforts in the Ukraine, and his ongoing outreach to Russia.",left
1199,Rosenstein Gave Green Light to Manafort Investigation,['Justice'],Mueller Was Authorized to Investigate Paul Manafort’s Work for Ukraine,Wall Street Journal (News),Court filings show that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein gave the special counsel authority to probe Ukraine-government dealings.,center
1200,Rosenstein Gave Green Light to Manafort Investigation,['Justice'],Memo: Rod Rosenstein Gave Green Light To Manafort Investigation,The Daily Caller,"Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein authorized the special counsel’s office to investigate former Trump campaign Chairman Paul Manafort’s Ukrainian lobbying activities as well as possible collusion with Russian government officials, according to a court filing late Monday night.",right
1201,Bipartisan Gun Talks Stall as Senators Disagree on Details,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Bipartisanship', 'US Senate', 'Politics', 'Gun Violence', 'Domestic Violence', 'Red Flag Laws', 'John Cornyn', 'Chris Murphy', 'Uvalde Shooting']",Grant funding becomes sticking point in gun negotiations,Roll Call,"A key sticking point in the negotiations over a bipartisan gun violence package being drafted in the Senate has become how states can use grant money in that package.
The framework released Sunday called for grant money to help states implement “red flag” laws, which allow law enforcement and family members to petition courts to temporarily remove firearms from people who show signs of becoming dangerous to themselves or others.
But Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, began suggesting publicly this week that states that don’t have red flag laws — and don’t...",center
1202,Bipartisan Gun Talks Stall as Senators Disagree on Details,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Bipartisanship', 'US Senate', 'Politics', 'Gun Violence', 'Domestic Violence', 'Red Flag Laws', 'John Cornyn', 'Chris Murphy', 'Uvalde Shooting']","Senate negotiations on gun reforms stall over 'boyfriend' loophole, red flag laws",ABC News (Online),"Top negotiators on a bipartisan gun safety framework deal huddled behind closed doors for several hours Wednesday evening to try to solve remaining differences, but the group's effort to expedite passage of an agreement is stalled, at least for the moment.
Since a group of 10 Democrats and 10 Republicans announced an agreement Sunday on a framework of proposals aimed at curbing gun violence in the wake of mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, a bipartisan group of senators has been working to speedily turn the list...",left
1203,Bipartisan Gun Talks Stall as Senators Disagree on Details,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Bipartisanship', 'US Senate', 'Politics', 'Gun Violence', 'Domestic Violence', 'Red Flag Laws', 'John Cornyn', 'Chris Murphy', 'Uvalde Shooting']",Unanswered questions about the Senate gun control deal,Washington Examiner,"Senate lawmakers are still untangling snags in the structure of their highly anticipated gun reform deal, even as its proponents push to turn their agreement into law by the time Congress leaves for its July 4 recess.
Lawmakers still have significant work to do before the agreement can become law.
And members of Congress from both the Right and the Left found reasons to object to the proposals before they became part of a legislative text.
“Will this bill do everything we need to end our nation’s gun violence epidemic?...",right
1204,Trump Transition Team Shuffle,['Politics'],Trump transition team in disarray after top adviser 'purged',The Guardian,Donald Trump’s transition to the White House appeared to be in disarray on Tuesday after the abrupt departure of a top national security adviser and amid continuing questions over the role of his three children and son-in-law.,left
1205,Trump Transition Team Shuffle,['Politics'],Pence Takes Reins as Trump Transition Team Is Shuffled,Wall Street Journal (News),Lobbyists are dropped; former Intelligence panel head Mike Rogers is ousted.,center
1206,Trump Transition Team Shuffle,['Politics'],Lobbyists Get the Boot as Trump Team Reshuffles,CBN,"One of the first moves by the leader of the transition team, Vice President-elect Mike Pence, was to purge any lobbyists from official roles, making good on a campaign promise.",right
1207,Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Compares Detention Centers for Illegal Immigrants to Concentration Camps,"['Illegal Immigrants', 'Immigration', 'Border Control', 'Border Crisis', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez']",Republicans Claim Outrage Over Ocasio-Cortez’s “Concentration Camps” Remarks,Mother Jones,"Republicans are claiming outrage after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) compared immigration detention centers along the southern border to concentration camps—remarks she first made during an Instagram Live session late Monday and has since defended.
“That is exactly what they are: They are concentration camps,” Ocasio-Cortez told her followers on Monday. “I want to talk to the people that are concerned enough with humanity to say that ‘never again’ means something.”",left
1208,Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Compares Detention Centers for Illegal Immigrants to Concentration Camps,"['Illegal Immigrants', 'Immigration', 'Border Control', 'Border Crisis', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez']",Ocasio-Cortez under fire for concentration camp remarks,The Hill,"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) created a new political firestorm Tuesday, stating that detention centers housing immigrants are “exactly” like concentration camps and then doubling down in the face of GOP criticism.
“The U.S. is running concentration camps on our southern border, and that is exactly what they are,” Ocasio-Cortez said during an Instagram Live appearance on Monday night.
“If that doesn’t bother you ... I want to talk to the people that are concerned enough with humanity to say that ‘never again’ means something.”",center
1209,Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Compares Detention Centers for Illegal Immigrants to Concentration Camps,"['Illegal Immigrants', 'Immigration', 'Border Control', 'Border Crisis', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez']",Border Patrol Agent Offers to Give Ocasio-Cortez a Personal Tour of Detention Facility After 'Disgusting' Holocaust Comparison,The Daily Caller,"The vice president of the National Border Patrol Council extended Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a personal invitation to tour a detention facility after she claimed that the U.S. government is “running concentration camps on our southern border” to hold illegal immigrants.
“She needs to come down here, I’ll offer to show her myself the area,” Art Del Cueto, vice president of the National Border Patrol Council and a Border Patrol agent, told Bill Hemmer Tuesday while appearing on “America’s Newsroom.”",right
1210,Terror Attack in Pakistan; One Dead after Pakistani Terrorist Group Storms Five-Star Hotel,"['Pakistan', 'Breaking News', 'Terrorism', 'World']",One dead after militant gunmen storm five-star hotel in Pakistan in 'attack on multi-billion-dollar Chinese investment',The Guardian,"At least three armed militants have stormed a luxury hotel in Pakistan and exchanged fire with government forces.
Local media said the fighters stormed the Pearl Continental hotel in Gwadar just before 5pm local time on Saturday. Firing was still ongoing at 8pm, the assistant superintendent of police in the city said. Security personnel cordoned off the area around the hotel.
A spokesman for Pakistan’s military said a hotel security guard had been killed.
The attack was claimed on Twitter by members of the Majeed Brigade of the Balochistan Liberation...",left
1211,Terror Attack in Pakistan; One Dead after Pakistani Terrorist Group Storms Five-Star Hotel,"['Pakistan', 'Breaking News', 'Terrorism', 'World']",One dead after militant gunmen storm five-star hotel in Pakistan in 'attack on multi-billion-dollar Chinese investment',Daily Mail,"At least three gunmen have attacked a five-star hotel in Gwadar in Pakistan's Balochistan province.
Armed militants shot dead a guard as they stormed the exclusive Pearl Continental compound where they are believed to be holed up in a staircase surrounded by security forces.
The Balochistan Liberation Army, a terrorist group fighting for autonomy in the south-west of the country, has claimed responsibility for the attack which they say was plotted to hit back at 'Chinese and foreign investment'.
Balochistan Home Minister Ziaullah Langu said there appeared to be casualties...",right
1212,Terror Attack in Pakistan; One Dead after Pakistani Terrorist Group Storms Five-Star Hotel,"['Pakistan', 'Breaking News', 'Terrorism', 'World']",Gunmen battle security forces in five-star hotel in Pakistan: officials,Reuters,"QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Three gunmen attacked a luxury hotel in Pakistan’s southwestern port city of Gwadar on Saturday, killing at least one guard and battling security forces from inside the building, security officials and the army said.
Balochistan Home Minister Ziaullah Langove said most guests had been evacuated from the five-star Pearl Continental Hotel, which helicopters circled as fighting was underway. He said there were reports of casualties, but did not give details.
The military said three gunmen killed a guard at the entrance to the hotel when they...",center
1213,Melania Trump Launches 'Be Best' Initiative for Children,"['White House', 'Politics']","Melania Trump Is Forging Her Own Path As First Lady, In Spite Of Her Husband",HuffPost,"Though her work and public appearances have been limited, she may be making the most of her “impossible situation.”",left
1214,Melania Trump Launches 'Be Best' Initiative for Children,"['White House', 'Politics']",Melania Trump unveils 'Be Best' campaign for children,BBC News,"US First Lady Melania Trump has announced a campaign to teach children the importance of social, emotional and physical health.",center
1215,Melania Trump Launches 'Be Best' Initiative for Children,"['White House', 'Politics']",As Melania Announces Anti-Bullying Campaign – Reporters Respond By Mocking Her Accent And Children,The Daily Caller,"First Lady Melania Trump revealed her signature campaign to combat bullying and drug use Monday afternoon at the White House, and the internet reacted by making fun of her accent.",right
1216,"US to Accept 100K Refugees, Expand Russia Sanctions","['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Refugees', 'Sanctions']","US to expand Russia sanctions, accept 100K Ukraine refugees",Associated Press Fact Check,"The United States will expand its sanctions on Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine, targeting members of the country’s parliament and the central bank’s gold reserves, the White House announced Thursday.
At the same time, Washington will increase its humanitarian assistance by welcoming 100,000 Ukrainian refugees and providing an additional $1 billion in food, medicine, water and other supplies.
The White House announced the initiatives as U.S. President Joe Biden and world leaders gathered in Brussels for a trio of summits in response to the Russian invasion, seeking...",left
1217,"US to Accept 100K Refugees, Expand Russia Sanctions","['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Refugees', 'Sanctions']","US announces sanctions on Russian lawmakers, defense companies",The Hill,"The Biden administration on Thursday announced sanctions on more than 300 Russian lawmakers and dozens of state-owned companies that are connected to the war effort in the invasion of Ukraine.
The announcement came as President Biden met with NATO allies and Group of Seven (G-7) leaders in Brussels to discuss how to respond to the invasion as it stretches into its second month.
""I’m announcing additional sanctions on over 400 Russian elites, lawmakers, and defense companies in response to Putin’s war of choice in Ukraine. They personally gain from the Kremlin’s policies, and they should...",center
1218,"US to Accept 100K Refugees, Expand Russia Sanctions","['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Refugees', 'Sanctions']","US to take in up to 100K Ukrainian refugees, sanction more Russian officials, defense companies",Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. will welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainians and others seeking to escape from Russia's invasion, and will impose new sanctions on Russian individuals and companies, the White House said.
According to senior administration officials, the Biden administration is looking into multiple methods for those fleeing Ukraine to enter the U.S., including the refugee admissions program, as well as parole and immigrant and non-immigrant visas.
The officials said that President Biden's cap of 125,000 refugees for Fiscal Year 2022 remains in effect, but that those who enter via processes other than the refugee...",right
1219,Betsy DeVos to Cancel $150M in Student Loan Debt After Losing Court Battle,['Education'],"After losing court battle, DeVos to cancel $150 million in student loan debt",USA TODAY,"The Education Department said Thursday it will cancel $150 million in federal student loan debt, despite Secretary Betsy DeVos' efforts to overhaul the Obama-era policy.",left
1220,Betsy DeVos to Cancel $150M in Student Loan Debt After Losing Court Battle,['Education'],"15,000 defrauded borrowers to have their student loans forgiven after judge rules against DeVos",ThinkProgress,"Finally, borrowers will receive relief.",left
1221,Betsy DeVos to Cancel $150M in Student Loan Debt After Losing Court Battle,['Education'],DeVos to cancel $150M in student loans from closed for-profit colleges,Washington Examiner,Students whose schools closed are getting a break on their student loans. The Department of Education announced Thursday that it will forgive $150 million in federal student loan debt from,right
1222,CNN Suspends Chris Cuomo Indefinitely,"['Media Industry', 'CNN', 'Chris Cuomo', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Media Bias']","‘How does he still have a job?’ CNN staff sounds off as Chris Cuomo defies ban, talks bro on SiriusXM show",New York Post (News),"Maybe he’s embracing the only job he expects to keep.
Chris Cuomo on Tuesday used his SiriusXM show to speak about his brother’s resignation as governor of New York despite being banned from discussing it on CNN — which is weighing his future as a network host amid calls for his ouster.
The risky move came just one day after explosive documents released by state Attorney General Letitia James revealed how the star of “Cuomo Prime Time” secretly contacted news industry “sources” for advance information about the sexual harassment scandal that later forced Andrew...",right
1223,CNN Suspends Chris Cuomo Indefinitely,"['Media Industry', 'CNN', 'Chris Cuomo', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Media Bias']",CNN suspends Chris Cuomo,Politico,"CNN has “indefinitely” suspended anchor Chris Cuomo after new documents emerged this week detailing assistance he provided to his older brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, amid the sexual harassment allegations that eventually led to the governor’s resignation.
“The New York Attorney General’s office released transcripts and exhibits Monday that shed new light on Chris Cuomo’s involvements in his brother’s defense,” a CNN spokesperson said in a statement on Tuesday evening. “The documents, which we were not privy to before their public release, raise serious questions.”
The documents and transcripts,...",left
1224,CNN Suspends Chris Cuomo Indefinitely,"['Media Industry', 'CNN', 'Chris Cuomo', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Media Bias']",CNN suspends Chris Cuomo indefinitely,The Hill,"CNN has suspended anchor Chris Cuomo indefinitely following new revelations about his involvement in the harassment case against his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).
""The New York Attorney General’s office released transcripts and exhibits Monday that shed new light on Chris Cuomo’s involvement in his brother’s defense,"" CNN said in a statement to The Hill on Tuesday evening.
""The documents, which we were not privy to before their public release, raise serious questions. When Chris admitted to us that he had offered advice to his brother’s staff, he broke our rules and we acknowledged...",center
1225,House Removes Marjorie Taylor Greene From Committees,"['US House', 'US Congress', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene', 'Cancel Culture', 'Free Speech', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Politics']","Dem-led House, drawing a line, kicks Greene off committees",Associated Press Fact Check,"A fiercely divided House tossed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene off both her committees Thursday, an unprecedented punishment that Democrats said she’d earned by spreading hateful and violent conspiracy theories.
Underscoring the political vise her inflammatory commentary has clamped her party into, nearly all Republicans voted against the Democratic move but none defended her lengthy history of outrageous social media posts.",left
1226,House Removes Marjorie Taylor Greene From Committees,"['US House', 'US Congress', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene', 'Cancel Culture', 'Free Speech', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Politics']",House removes Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from committees over incendiary social media posts,USA TODAY,"The Democratic-led House Thursday voted mostly along party lines to remove Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her two committees following a charged floor debate rife with finger-pointing and threats of repercussions.
The vote was 230-199 with 11 Republicans joining every Democrat in stripping her from the Education & Labor Committee and the Budget Committee for a litany of incendiary, conspiratorial and menacing social media posts before she was elected.
The floor debate in a chamber already riven by division and mistrust turned raw as lawmakers took turns arguing...",left
1227,House Removes Marjorie Taylor Greene From Committees,"['US House', 'US Congress', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene', 'Cancel Culture', 'Free Speech', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Politics']",Marjorie Taylor Greene Removed from House Committees,National Review,"The House voted 230-199 to remove Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R., Ga.) from the Education and Budget committees on Thursday evening.
Democrats pushed for Greene’s removal because of numerous past statements and social media posts in support of conspiracy theories, bigotry, and the execution of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.). Greene has expressed skepticism over whether the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks occurred; whether shootings at Sandy Hook elementary school and Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School occurred; and stated that the 2018 midterm elections were part of “an Islamic...",right
1228,Study Says COVID-19 Lockdowns had 'Little to No Effect' on Mortality Rate,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Lockdowns', 'Public Health', 'Polarization', 'Science']",3 prominent economists slam COVID lockdowns and school closures and say they should never happen again,Fortune,"When the COVID outbreak began in early 2020, a number of studies predicted that government-imposed lockdowns would prove highly effective in preventing deaths. A widely cited epidemiological paper by researchers at Imperial College London predicted that such measures as bans on travel and shelter-in-place mandates would reduce mortality from the virus by 98%. But now, a new analysis by three prominent economists that surveys all empirical data from the academic literature measuring the relationship between death and lockdowns finds that forced restrictions didn’t work. Their conclusion: Lockdowns reduced mortalities by...",center
1229,Study Says COVID-19 Lockdowns had 'Little to No Effect' on Mortality Rate,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Lockdowns', 'Public Health', 'Polarization', 'Science']",Lockdowns Reduced COVID Mortality Only 0.2 Percent: Johns Hopkins Analysis,Newsmax (News),"An analysis of studies released last month by Johns Hopkins University indicated that lockdowns in the spring of 2020 reduced COVID-19 mortality by only 0.2% in the U.S. and Europe, Fox News reported.
Johns Hopkins University economics professor Steve Hanke, Lund University economics professor Lars Jonung, and Jonas Herby, special adviser at Copenhagen's Center for Political Studies,  analyzed various studies regarding how school shutdowns, business closings and mask mandates affected the COVID-19 death rate.
''While this meta-analysis concludes that lockdowns have had little to no public health effects, they have imposed enormous economic and...",right
1230,Study Says COVID-19 Lockdowns had 'Little to No Effect' on Mortality Rate,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Lockdowns', 'Public Health', 'Polarization', 'Science']",Johns Hopkins Analysis: ‘Lockdowns Should be Rejected Out of Hand’,National Review,"The aura of “expert” has lost its luster during Covid, as our supposedly bigger brains have been proved wrong repeatedly.
Two of these have been Ezekiel Emanuel and Anthony Fauci. Both were enthusiastic proponents of societal lockdowns as a means of preventing deaths and the spread of Covid. We now know from a Johns Hopkins blockbuster meta-analysis that “shutting it down,” in Donald Trump’s awkward phrase, did very little to prevent deaths.
It’s a long, arcane, and detailed analysis, and I can’t present every nuance or statistic here. But I think these are...",right
1231,"Perspectives: Big Tech Deplatforms Trump, Raising Questions About Censorship","['Free Speech', 'Technology', 'Donald Trump', 'QAnon', 'Parler', 'Big Tech', 'Facebook', 'Twitter', 'Amazon', 'Google', 'Apple', 'Instagram', 'Capitol Chaos']",The Progressive Purge Begins,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"Can right-wing populist sentiment be banished from American life by the brute force of social-media censorship? We’re about to find out. After Wednesday’s mob invasion of the Capitol that disrupted the counting of electoral votes, big tech firms have moved, aggressively and in unison, against Donald Trump and his supporters. The companies say they want to marginalize the violent fringe, but their censorship will grow it instead.
On Thursday and Friday came the Facebook and Twitter bans of Mr. Trump. Given the extraordinary circumstances, some commentators who normally oppose web...",right
1232,"Perspectives: Big Tech Deplatforms Trump, Raising Questions About Censorship","['Free Speech', 'Technology', 'Donald Trump', 'QAnon', 'Parler', 'Big Tech', 'Facebook', 'Twitter', 'Amazon', 'Google', 'Apple', 'Instagram', 'Capitol Chaos']",Why platforms had to cut off Trump and Parler,Russell Brandom,"Last week saw unprecedented mob violence in our nation’s capital and a huge shift in the internet’s relationship with President Donald Trump. Major sites like Facebook and Twitter, which excused harassment and outright threats from the president for years, banned him in a matter of days. The social network Parler, a home for Trump supporters too extreme for those big networks, was banned from Apple and Google’s App Stores and then by Amazon’s hosting services. As of this morning, the network cannot be accessed in any way.
Skeptics have called...",center
1233,"Perspectives: Big Tech Deplatforms Trump, Raising Questions About Censorship","['Free Speech', 'Technology', 'Donald Trump', 'QAnon', 'Parler', 'Big Tech', 'Facebook', 'Twitter', 'Amazon', 'Google', 'Apple', 'Instagram', 'Capitol Chaos']","Big Tech was right to punish Trump, but its power over speech is concerning",Los Angeles Times,"Thanks to the 1st Amendment, government in the United States has little power to stop people from speaking their minds. But the Bill of Rights doesn’t constrain Facebook, Twitter and other Big Tech companies, which decided in the wake of last week’s attack on the U.S. Capitol that the world has heard enough from President Trump.
On one level, it’s understandable that private companies would not want their services and platforms used to foment violence and undermine democracy. On another, their actions show just how much power over global speech...",left
1234,Sean Hannity Revealed as Michael Cohen's Client,['Media Bias'],Sean Hannity: All the Times Host Defended Michael Cohen Without Revealing He Was Trump Lawyer’s Client,Newsweek,Fox News anchor Sean Hannity took to the airwaves for his daily radio show Monday after he was revealed as the third client of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney in Manhattan federal court.,center
1235,Sean Hannity Revealed as Michael Cohen's Client,['Media Bias'],Trump Attorney Michael Cohen's Secret 3rd Client: Fox News Host Sean Hannity,NPR (Online News),"Donald Trump's longtime attorney Michael Cohen also has been representing Fox News host Sean Hannity, it emerged in federal court on Monday.",left
1236,Sean Hannity Revealed as Michael Cohen's Client,['Media Bias'],Sean Hannity says Michael Cohen conversations not significant enough to inform Fox News,Washington Times,Fox News host Sean Hannity said his conversations with President Donald Trump’s lawyer were not significant enough to tell his superiors.,right
1237,Do Recent Democratic Wins Cast Doubt on GOP's Midterm Prospects?,"['2022 Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Elections', 'Politics', 'Joe Biden']",Growing Evidence Against a Republican Wave,New York Times (News),"At the beginning of this year’s midterm campaign, analysts and political operatives had every reason to expect a strong Republican showing this November. President Biden’s approval rating was in the low 40s, and the president’s party has a long history of struggling in midterm elections.
But as the start of the general election campaign nears, it’s becoming increasingly hard to find any concrete signs of Republican strength.
Tuesday’s strong Democratic showing in a special congressional election in New York’s 19th District is only the latest example. On paper, this classic...",left
1238,Do Recent Democratic Wins Cast Doubt on GOP's Midterm Prospects?,"['2022 Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Elections', 'Politics', 'Joe Biden']","GOP's Midterm 'Red Wave' Risks Becoming Ripple, Post-Dobbs Voting Suggests",Newsweek,"Changes in voter turnout in several special elections over the summer suggest Republican candidates are losing their advantage in battleground districts around the country in the months since the United States Supreme Court overturned landmark abortion protections established under Roe v. Wade with their Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling.
In New York, Democrat Pat Ryan won a special election in the Republican-leaning 19th Congressional District against Marc Molinaro, a moderate Republican considered to be one of the National Republican Campaign Committee's top prospects in its bid to gain control of the House next year. In the...",center
1239,Do Recent Democratic Wins Cast Doubt on GOP's Midterm Prospects?,"['2022 Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Elections', 'Politics', 'Joe Biden']",House Dems’ surprise win in New York special election shakes GOP’s predicted ‘red wave’ in November,Washington Times,"Democrats hope Pat Ryan’s unexpected win in a special election to fill a vacant House seat in New York’s 19th Congressional District is a sign that the Republican Party’s “red wave” will be reduced to a puddle come November.
Top analysts Wednesday downgraded the Republicans’ outlook in the midterm elections and said Democrats may even hang on to their slim majority after Mr. Ryan’s surprise win over Republican Marcus Molinaro.
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report, which provides analysis of elections and campaigns, took notice of Mr. Ryan’s win and lowered its forecast...",right
1240,Recapping Tuesday's 2022 Primaries in New York and Florida,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'New York', 'Florida']",Rep. Jerrold Nadler defeats Rep. Carolyn Maloney in blockbuster NY-12 congressional primary,New York Daily News,"Rep. Jerrold Nadler trounced Rep. Carolyn Maloney in their blockbuster Manhattan primary Tuesday, holding on to the district he has represented for three decades and ousting a fellow Democratic congressional titan after an unusually contentious campaign.
With nearly all ballots tallied, Nadler held about 56% of the vote total compared to the 24% clinched by Maloney, according to state Board of Elections returns from the 12th Congressional District primary. Insurgent candidate Suraj Patel trailed them with about 19%.
U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler speaks during his election night victory party in...",left
1241,Recapping Tuesday's 2022 Primaries in New York and Florida,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'New York', 'Florida']","Charlie Crist defeats Nikki Fried, will face Ron DeSantis in General Election",Florida Politics,"Crist heads into the General Election at a severe cash disadvantage.
U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist held off a challenge from Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried in Tuesday’s Primary, winning the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Unofficial results from the Florida Division of Elections showed Crist won 60% of the vote to Fried’s 35%. Crist will now face Gov. Ron DeSantis in the Nov. 8 General Election.
“Tonight the people of Florida clearly sent a message,” Crist said in his victory speech. “They want a Governor who cares about them, to solve real problems, who preserves our freedom. Not a bully who divides...",center
1242,Recapping Tuesday's 2022 Primaries in New York and Florida,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'New York', 'Florida']",Trump celebrates ‘ALL’ endorsement wins in primary: ‘Great candidates!’,New York Post (News),"Former President Donald Trump celebrated “ALL WINS” from his favorites in primary races on Tuesday evening – a tongue-in-cheek statement that may have included his sarcastic “endorsements” of Democrats.
The former president, who endorsed a handful of candidates in the 2022 midterm season, gushed about the wins on his social platform Truth Social.
“Looks like a fantastic evening of ALL WINS – Great Candidates!!!” Trump wrote Tuesday evening.
He later added: “26 and 0 tonight, turning numerous tight races into big and easy wins. Overall for last 4 years, 98.4% on Endorsements!”
Trump had...",right
1243,Perspectives: Biden Deputy Press Secretary Resigns After Harassing Reporter,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Joe Biden']",Biden Should Have Fulfilled His Promise And Fired Ducklo ‘On The Spot’ After He Reportedly Sexually Harassed Reporter,The Daily Wire,"“If you’re ever working with me and I hear you treat another colleague with disrespect, talk down to someone, I promise you I will fire you on the spot, on the spot. No if, ands, or buts. Everybody — everybody is entitled to be treated with decency and dignity,” President Biden announced just a few weeks ago.
Turns out, that promise was worthless.
On Friday, the White House announced that it was only suspending Deputy Press Secretary TJ Ducklo “after a report surfaced alleging that he sexually harassed and threatened...",right
1244,Perspectives: Biden Deputy Press Secretary Resigns After Harassing Reporter,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Joe Biden']","""I Will Destroy You"": Biden Aide Threatened A Politico Reporter Pursuing A Story On His Relationship",Vanity Fair,"AWhite House official tried to quash a story about his relationship with a reporter by issuing threats and using derogatory language to another reporter pursuing it, according to two sources familiar with the incident. In a sympathetic profile Monday, People revealed that White House Deputy Press Secretary TJ Ducklo is dating Axios political reporter Alexi McCammond, who covered the Joe Biden campaign. But behind the scenes, Ducklo had previously lashed out at Politico reporter Tara Palmeri, who was reporting the story, exhibiting behavior that led to tense meetings between the...",left
1245,Perspectives: Biden Deputy Press Secretary Resigns After Harassing Reporter,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Joe Biden']",Joe Biden’s press office mishandles first major controversy,Poynter,"That didn’t take long. Less than a month into the Biden administration and already there was a significant, embarrassing and completely inappropriate situation in his press office. And it ended, as it should have — with someone losing their job.
It all started when Vanity Fair’s Caleb Ecarma reported that White House deputy press secretary T.J. Ducklo had threatened a reporter who asked about his relationship with another reporter. Politico’s Tara Palmeri was reporting that Ducklo was in a romantic relationship with Axios reporter Alexi McCammond, who had covered Joe...",center
1246,July 2018 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"US Economy Added 157,000 Jobs In July; Unemployment Dips To 3.9 Percent",NPR (Online News),"The economy continued to add jobs at a steady pace last month, and the unemployment rate remained low. Analysts have been looking for signs that wage growth might pick up, but it held steady, too.",left
1247,July 2018 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Unemployment Fell as Job Creation Slowed a Bit in July, Huge Upward Revisions for June and May",Breitbart News,"The US economy added another 157,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent, according to a Labor Department report Friday.",right
1248,July 2018 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Government reports a modest 157,000 new jobs generated in July. Wages rise but fall behind inflation",Daily Kos,"The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday a gain of 170,000 seasonally adjusted new private-sector jobs in July, but there was a loss of 13,000 public sector jobs, bringing the total gain to 157,000. That was far below the 190,000 gain that the consensus of experts expected. The headline unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent. July’s gains marked the 94th consecutive month of overall job growth.",left
1249,US charges China with Cyberspying,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",U.S. to charge foreign country with cyberspying,Washington Post,The indictment follows vows to hold other nations accountable for theft of U.S. companies intellectual property.,left
1250,US charges China with Cyberspying,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",U.S. Justice Department to charge five Chinese Army workers with hacking U.S. firms,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Justice Department plans to announce charges against individuals in the Chinese military, accusing them of hacking U.S. companies for trade secrets.",center
1251,US charges China with Cyberspying,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Justice Department charges China with cyber-spying crimes on U.S. firms,Washington Times,The U.S. Justice Department has filed criminal charges against a handful of government authorities in China alleging theyve stolen U.S. trade secrets via cyber warfare.,right
1252,Biden's Build Back Better Bill Delayed Amid Opposition,"['Economic Policy', 'Build Back Better', 'Joe Biden', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Infrastructure', 'Climate Change']",Democrats are unlikely to pass Biden’s social spending plan this year — here’s what it means,CNBC,"President Joe Biden’s social spending and climate policy bill has stalled in the Senate, all but extinguishing Democrats’ hopes of passing it this year.
Sen. Joe Manchin, a conservative Democrat who alone can block his party’s plan, has not signed off on the $1.75 trillion proposal as his party waits to see whether it complies with Senate rules. It means any vote on the bill will likely slip into 2022, when the coming midterm elections will only heighten the sharp political pressure surrounding the plan.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer...",center
1253,Biden's Build Back Better Bill Delayed Amid Opposition,"['Economic Policy', 'Build Back Better', 'Joe Biden', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Infrastructure', 'Climate Change']",Talks between Manchin and Biden at standstill as Build Back Better likely stalled until next year,CNN (Online News),"Senate Democrats are expected to punt consideration of the cornerstone element of President Joe Biden's agenda into next year after private conversations between Biden and the key Democratic holdout made clear the bill would not have the votes to pass this month.
Critical talks between Biden and West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin, the Senate's most important swing vote, over how to pass a $1.75 trillion economic and climate package remain far from any resolution on a series of issues, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the discussions.
The impasse, even as talks...",left
1254,Biden's Build Back Better Bill Delayed Amid Opposition,"['Economic Policy', 'Build Back Better', 'Joe Biden', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Infrastructure', 'Climate Change']",Senate Democrats Reportedly Set To Push Biden’s Spending Bill To 2022 And Instead Try To Pass A Voting Bill,The Daily Caller,"Senate Democrats’ hope to pass President Joe Biden’s tax and spending bill before 2022 may be slipping away, leading Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to consider making another Hail Mary attempt to pass a bill expanding voting access.
Schumer is planning on punting the $1.75 trillion package to January, according to NBC News, largely due to a continuing impasse between Senate Democrats and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, a centrist from West Virginia who has objected to several central provisions and the timetable for which Schumer wants the bill passed. Manchin has long sounded...",right
1255,Biden to Send 20 Million More Vaccines Abroad,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'World', 'Biden Administration', 'Pfizer', 'Moderna', 'Johnson & Johnson', 'AstraZeneca', 'FDA']",Biden Dips Into U.S. Vaccine Supply to Send 20 Million Doses Abroad,New York Times (News),"President Biden, heeding widespread calls to step up his response to the pandemic’s surge abroad, said on Monday that his administration would send 20 million doses of federally authorized coronavirus vaccine overseas in June — the first time he has pledged to give away doses that could be used in the United States.
The donation is another step toward what Mr. Biden promised would be an “entirely new effort” to increase vaccine supplies and vastly expand manufacturing capacity, most of it in the United States. He also put Jeffrey Zients,...",left
1256,Biden to Send 20 Million More Vaccines Abroad,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'World', 'Biden Administration', 'Pfizer', 'Moderna', 'Johnson & Johnson', 'AstraZeneca', 'FDA']",U.S. To Ship 20 Million Additional COVID Vaccine Doses Overseas,NPR (Online News),"President Biden on Monday announced his intention to ship surplus doses of the coronavirus vaccine to needy nations abroad, including millions of doses of the U.S.-authorized Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. The majority of the planned shipments will be of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which does not yet have authorization for use in the United States.
""We need to help fight the disease around the world,"" Biden told reporters at a briefing on the nation's progress against the virus. ""It's the right thing to do, it's the smart thing...",left
1257,Biden to Send 20 Million More Vaccines Abroad,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'World', 'Biden Administration', 'Pfizer', 'Moderna', 'Johnson & Johnson', 'AstraZeneca', 'FDA']",Biden to announce plan to ship 20 million doses of vaccine abroad,Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden announced plans to send 20 million doses of U.S.-authorized COVID-19 vaccines abroad by the end of June.
""I'm announcing we will also share U.S.-authorized vaccine doses of Pfizer and Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, as they become available, with the rest of the world as well. The United States will share at least 20 million of those doses, that extra supply with other countries,"" Biden said on Monday.
The plan to send 20 million doses to be sent within the next six weeks is in addition to...",right
1258,CBS News Fires Staffer Who Leaked Robach Video,"['Media Bias', 'CBS', 'Amy Robach', 'Jeffery Epstein']",CBS News reportedly fired a staffer suspected of leaking that explosive video of an ABC anchor saying the network killed her Jeffrey Epstein exposé,Insider,"CBS News fired a staffer who previously worked for ABC News and accessed explosive footage of one of its anchors complaining that the network killed her exposé about Jeffrey Epstein, according to reports published Thursday.",left
1259,CBS News Fires Staffer Who Leaked Robach Video,"['Media Bias', 'CBS', 'Amy Robach', 'Jeffery Epstein']",CBS Fires Former ABC Staffer Involved in Leak of Robach Video,National Review,"A former ABC employee accused of leaking the viral video of anchor Amy Robach attacking the network’s executives has been fired from their current post at CBS.
An internal ABC investigation found that the employee had improperly accessed the footage of Robach, but did not determine whether the employee leaked the footage directly to Project Veritas, which published the video on Tuesday, or shared the footage with someone else who passed on the footage to the right-wing opposition research group.
ABC passed on the findings of its investigation to CBS...",right
1260,CBS News Fires Staffer Who Leaked Robach Video,"['Media Bias', 'CBS', 'Amy Robach', 'Jeffery Epstein']",CBS News Has Fired Former ABC News Employee for Leaking Amy Robach Video,Mediaite,"CBS has fired a former ABC News employee after receiving word they were the person who leaked a video of anchor Amy Robach venting about a scrapped story about Jeffrey Epstein.
Journalist Yashar Ali was the first to report the news that ABC had discovered the source of the leak, writing “ABC News executives know who the former employee is but don’t know if that person leaked the footage to Project Veritas, the right-wing activist group, or if they shared it with others who leaked the footage” and that the...",left
1261,Perspectives: The Tara Reade Allegation and 'Believe All Women',"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Joe Biden', 'Tara Reade', 'Sexual Assault', 'Elections']",‘Believe All Women’ Is a Right-Wing Trap,New York Times (Opinion),"Joe Biden has been accused of sexual assault, and conservatives are having a field day, exultant that they’ve caught feminists in a new hypocrisy trap. A woman, with no corroboration beyond contemporaneous accounts, charges a powerful man with a decades-old crime? Hmm, doesn’t that sound mighty close to Christine Blasey Ford’s complaint against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh? Yet this time, many liberals who’ve championed the #MeToo movement seem skeptical?
Gotcha!
Tim Graham, executive editor of NewsBusters: “Where is the #MeToo movement on this story? What happened to their rigid...",left
1262,Perspectives: The Tara Reade Allegation and 'Believe All Women',"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Joe Biden', 'Tara Reade', 'Sexual Assault', 'Elections']","'Believe all women'? Now that Reade has accused Joe Biden of sexual assault, never mind.",USA TODAY,"In early October 2018, amidst the hysteria surrounding the confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, I wrote an opinion piece for USA TODAY questioning the wisdom of the “believe all women” rhetoric that many cited in condemning Justice Kavanaugh, without any critical analysis of the allegation against him.
Less than two years later, the biggest proponents of this movement at the time of the Kavanaugh hearing seem to be backtracking on its logic.",left
1263,Perspectives: The Tara Reade Allegation and 'Believe All Women',"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Joe Biden', 'Tara Reade', 'Sexual Assault', 'Elections']",Feminists Who Now Claim They Never Meant 'Believe All Women' Are Gaslighting Us,Reason,"The emergence of Tara Reade's accusation of sexual assault against presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden has prompted the swift and sudden collapse of the #MeToo movement's central tenet—that all women who come forward with such allegations deserve to be believed.
In fact, some who speak for the movement aren't merely retreating on this point: They are pretending that feminists who wielded the #MeToo hashtag never claimed that all women should be believed. This is a transparent attempt to rewrite history and should be treated as such.",right
1264,DC Manhunt Ends,['Violence In America'],Suspect in quadruple homicide arrested in D.C.,Washington Post,"The Savopoulos family thanked law enforcement and firefighters on Friday, hours after police arrested a suspect sought in the killings of three of its members and a housekeeper in a Northwest Washington home.",left
1265,DC Manhunt Ends,['Violence In America'],Washington quadruple murder suspect arrested,CNN (Online News),"Just over a week after a prominent Washington couple, their son and housekeeper were found bound and dead in a charred mansion, the man authorities believe killed them was arrested -- after federal authorities tracked him from New York City back toward the nation's capital.",left
1266,DC Manhunt Ends,['Violence In America'],'Got him': Suspect in DC quadruple murder nabbed with four associates,Fox News (Online News),The massive manhunt for a suspect in the horrific murders of a Washington businessman's family and their housekeeper ended late Thursday when police grabbed suspect Daron Dylon Wint and four associates in the nation's capital.,right
1267,Gov. Kemp Orders Local Georgia Officials to Abandon Mask Mandates,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Georgia', 'Brian Kemp', 'Public Health']","Georgia Governor Bans Cities, Counties from Requiring Masks",National Review,"Georgia governor Brian Kemp issued an executive order Wednesday overruling mask mandates put in place by local governments in the state to mitigate the spread of coronavirus, calling such rules “unenforceable.”
Kemp’s order, which extended the state’s COVID-19 restrictions through July 31, prohibits local municipalities from enforcing mandatory mask orders that are more restrictive than his statewide order that only encourages face coverings, effectively voiding orders issued by at least 15 local governments across the state, NPR reported.
His previous order, set to expire on Wednesday, had banned local municipalities...",right
1268,Gov. Kemp Orders Local Georgia Officials to Abandon Mask Mandates,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Georgia', 'Brian Kemp', 'Public Health']",Georgia Governor Brian Kemp Protects Public Health By Nixing Local Mask Requirements,Above The Law,"Yesterday, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp issued an Executive Order striking down mask requirements in at least fifteen local jurisdictions.
While the governor has encouraged Georgians to mask up to prevent the spread of coronavirus, he has called mandates “a bridge too far.” So despite growing evidence that masks work, and Kemp’s own exhortation that people should mask up if they want to watch college football this fall, the newest order explicitly makes them optional.
The ordinance also caps indoor gatherings at fifty persons and suspends the requirement that Georgians renew...",left
1269,Gov. Kemp Orders Local Georgia Officials to Abandon Mask Mandates,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Georgia', 'Brian Kemp', 'Public Health']",Georgia's Governor Issues Order Rescinding Local Mask Mandates,NPR (Online News),"Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is overruling local government mandates requiring people to wear masks in public to stop the spread of COVID-19, insisting that the state's less-stringent guidelines take precedence.
Kemp on Wednesday extended the state's COVID-19 restrictions, which strongly encourage the wearing of masks, but stopped short of requiring them in public, calling such a measure ""a bridge too far.""
His order explicitly rescinds mask orders in such key cities as Atlanta, Savannah, Athens and Augusta, along with more than a dozen other local jurisdictions where similar directives have...",left
1270,House Agrees on Back Pay,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Passes Bill To Give Back Pay To Federal Workers Furloughed In Government Shutdown,HuffPost,"The U.S. House of Representatives agreed on at least one issue as the government shutdown entered its fifth day Saturday: Federal employees will receive back pay for the time they were out of work.
The Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act sailed through the lower chamber by a vote of 407-0 Saturday morning. The bipartisan bill, co-sponsored by Virginia Reps. Jim Moran (D) and Frank Wolf (R), was expected to pass, since Congress has typically granted back pay to furloughed workers after previous government shutdowns.",left
1271,House Agrees on Back Pay,"['US House', 'Politics']",House approves retroactive pay for furloughed government workers,Washington Times,"Seeking to dent President Obama’s refusal to chip away at the government shutdown piece-by-piece, House Republicans passed a bill Saturday to guarantee all federal employees get paid after the government shutdown — including those who have been sent home and aren’t on the job.
The bipartisan bill, sponsored by Virginia Reps. James P. Moran, a Democrat, and Frank Wolf, a Republican, cleared without opposition on a 407-0 vote, marking a major bipartisan breakthrough. The bill, which now heads to the Senate, would ensure that hundreds of thousands furloughed government...",right
1272,House Agrees on Back Pay,"['US House', 'Politics']",House votes to give furloughed federal workers back pay,CNN (Online News),"A bill that provides back pay for furloughed Federal workers during the government shutdown unanimously passed the House during a rare Saturday session on Capitol Hill.
Some 800,000 federal workers have been stuck at home without pay since October 1 when Congress failed to pass a budget for the new fiscal year.
On Friday, the White House said the president would sign the measure.",left
1273,Battle for the Black Vote,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders releases riveting ad featuring daughter of police chokehold victim Eric Garner,New York Post (News),"Bernie Sanders has released a dramatic new ad featuring an impassioned plea by Erica Garner, the daughter of police chokehold victim Eric Garner, for Americans to vote for the surging progressive presidential candidate.",right
1274,Battle for the Black Vote,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Eric Garner's Daughter Hails Bernie Sanders' Activism In Powerful New Campaign Ad,HuffPost,"Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ latest ad stars civil rights activist Erica Garner, whose father was put in a police chokehold in 2014 and died.",left
1275,Battle for the Black Vote,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",John Lewis: 'I never saw' Sanders at civil rights events,CNN (Online News),Democratic Rep. John Lewis on Thursday questioned the extent of Bernie Sanders' participation in the civil rights movement after an event where the Congressional Black Caucus political action committee endorsed Hillary Clinton.,left
1276,Trump Narrows Candidates for Kennedy Replacement,['Supreme Court'],Trump's Supreme Court pick to come down to personal chemistry and 'central casting image',Daily Kos,"How will Donald Trump pick his new Supreme Court nominee? It’s Donald Trump, so the answer is obviously personal chemistry (no doubt with a heavy dose of how loyal he thinks they’ll be) plus optics. Trump is starting out with a pre-approved list of far-right judges and legal thinkers courtesy of the Federalist Society, so from there he can go with his gut, knowing that the right-wing legal and political establishments will nod along approvingly.",left
1277,Trump Narrows Candidates for Kennedy Replacement,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court nominee short list features candidates President Trump likes for different reasons,USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump says he likes all of his potential Supreme Court nominees.
Aides and advisers say he likes them for different reasons.",left
1278,Trump Narrows Candidates for Kennedy Replacement,['Supreme Court'],"Another Justice Like Gorsuch, Please",Reason,"""We have to STOP the next Trump nominee!"" says a pop-up solicitation on People for the American Way's website. Before you rush to ""donate now,"" you might want to consider the organization's assessment of Trump's last Supreme Court nominee.",right
1279,Supreme Court Limits Civil Asset Forfeiture,"['Supreme Court', 'Civil Asset Forfeiture']",Constitution's 'excessive fines' ban bolstered by U.S. high court,Reuters,"In a decision that may curb the rise of financial penalties and property seizures in the U.S. criminal justice system, the Supreme Court on Wednesday for the first time ruled that the U.S. Constitution’s",center
1280,Supreme Court Limits Civil Asset Forfeiture,"['Supreme Court', 'Civil Asset Forfeiture']",Good News: A Unanimous Supreme Court Strikes a Blow for Civil Liberties,National Review,It’s always a good day when even Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg writes like an originalist — and that’s exactly what she did when she wrote the opinion for seven justices in Timbs v. Indiana,right
1281,Supreme Court Limits Civil Asset Forfeiture,"['Supreme Court', 'Civil Asset Forfeiture']","The Supreme Court Just Struck a Huge, Unanimous Blow Against Policing for Profit",Slate,"The Supreme Court struck an extraordinary blow for criminal justice reform on Wednesday, placing real limitations on policing for profit across the country. Its unanimous decision for the first time",left
1282,Armed Parishioners Fatally Shoot Texas Church Shooter,"['Texas Church Shooting', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'White Settlement', 'West Freeway Church', 'Violence In America']","Shooting at Texas Church Leaves 2 Parishioners Dead, Officials Say",New York Times (News),"A gunman opened fire at a church in Texas on Sunday morning, killing two people with a shotgun before a member of the church’s volunteer security team fatally shot him, the authorities said.
About 250 people were inside the auditorium of the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, near Fort Worth, when the gunman began shooting just before communion, said Jack Cummings, a minister at the church.
Mr. Cummings said the gunman was “acting suspiciously” before the shooting and drew the attention of the church’s security team. The...",left
1283,Armed Parishioners Fatally Shoot Texas Church Shooter,"['Texas Church Shooting', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'White Settlement', 'West Freeway Church', 'Violence In America']","'Heroic' parishioners end Texas church shootout in 6 seconds, authorities say; 3 dead, including gunman",USA TODAY,"A man pulled out a shotgun inside a North Texas church on Sunday and opened fire, killing two people, authorities said. It could have been far worse.
Two congregants, both volunteer members of the church's security team, drew their weapons and confronted the gunman, fatally shooting him and saving an ""untold number of lives"" at West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, a town of about 17,000 people near Fort Worth.
Their actions, described as ""heroic"" by the Texas Department of Public Safety, brought a quick end to an...",left
1284,Armed Parishioners Fatally Shoot Texas Church Shooter,"['Texas Church Shooting', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'White Settlement', 'West Freeway Church', 'Violence In America']","Texas church shooting gunman had 'something not right' about him, witness says; ex-FBI agent reportedly shot suspect",Fox News (Online News),"The gunman who pulled out a shotgun during a church service in Texas on Sunday and opened fire on worshipers appeared to be in disguise when he entered the sanctuary, according to a woman who said he made her feel uncomfortable when he sat feet away from her.
Two men were killed when the gunman opened fire at West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, as more than 240 parishioners were inside. Within seconds, he was shot to death by two congregants who fired back.
At a news conference...",right
1285,Castro Tapped for HUD,"['White House', 'Politics']",San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro Is Said to Be HUD Pick in Cabinet Reshuffling,New York Times (News),"President Obama is preparing to nominate Mayor Julián Castro of San Antonio as his new secretary of housing and urban development, elevating one of his party’s Hispanic rising stars as part of a cabinet shuffle that has possible implications for the 2016 presidential race, Democrats informed about the plans said on Saturday.
Mr. Castro, who has often been mentioned as a potential vice-presidential candidate for the Democrats, would take the pl",left
1286,Castro Tapped for HUD,"['White House', 'Politics']",Julian Castro likely tapped for Obama Cabinet post: report,Washington Times,"President Obama may be vetting San-Antonio Mayor Julian Castros for a Cabinet position, The San Antonio Express-News reported Saturday.
Mr. Castro “has signaled his willingness to begin a swift process of confirmation to the post,” including a vetting by the FBI that has already begun, columnist Brian Chasnoff",right
1287,Castro Tapped for HUD,"['White House', 'Politics']",White House Eyes San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro for HUD Chief,Wall Street Journal (News),"The White House is preparing a cabinet reshuffle that would send San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro to head the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to people familiar with the matter. HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan would lead the White House Office of Management and Budget.
Personnel decisions haven't been made final, but Mr. Castro is being vetted for the HUD post, these people said. Mr. Donovan has been offered the OMB job, which he has accepted, according to two people familiar with the discussions.",center
1288,Hottest Year,['Environment'],"2012 Hottest Year On Record For Lower 48 States, NOAA Confirms",HuffPost,"Its official: 2012 was the warmest year on record in the lower 48 states, as the country experienced blistering spring and summer heat, tinderbox fire weather conditions amid a widespread drought, and one of the worst storms to ever strike the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 2012 had an average temperature of 55.3°F, which eclipsed 1998, the previous record holder, by 1°F. That was just off Climate Centrals calculation in mid-December, which projected an expected value of 55.34°F, based on historical data.",left
1289,Hottest Year,['Environment'],It's In The Books: 2012 Was Warmest Year On Record For Lower 48 State,NPR (Online News),"Last year ""marked the warmest year on record for the contiguous United States,"" the National Climatic Data Center just confirmed.
This probably won't surprise many, but ""a record warm spring, second-warmest summer, fourth-warmest winter and a warmer-tha",left
1290,Hottest Year,['Environment'],Last year left heat records and Americans deep-fried; temperatures soared off the charts,Fox News (Online News),"A brutal combination of a widespread drought and a mostly absent winter pushed the average annual U.S. temperature last year up to 55.32 degrees Fahrenheit, the government announced Tuesday. That's a full degree warmer than the old record set in 1998.
Breaking temperature records by an entire degree is unprecedented, scientists say. Normally, records are broken by a tenth of a degree or so.
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/08/last-year-left-heat-records-and-ame...",right
1291,Obamacare Developments,['Healthcare'],Obama Administration Tries To Make Applying For Health Care A Lot Easier,HuffPost,The first draft was as mind-numbing and complex as tax forms. Now the Obama administration is unveiling a simplified application for health insurance benefits under the federal health care overhaul.,left
1292,Obamacare Developments,['Healthcare'],Obamacare faces new legal challenge: Its 'tax' still violates the Constitution,Christian Science Monitor,The Supreme Court saved Obamacare by deeming the laws individual mandate a tax. But in that case the law violates the Constitutions Origination Clause which says all tax bills must originate in the House not the Senate.,center
1293,Obamacare Developments,['Healthcare'],Obamacare opponents checking for 'rate shock',Washington Times,Opponents of President Obamas health care law are eagerly scouring the paperwork insurers file with states looking for early evidence of rate shock rising prices ahead of full implementation of the state exchanges that begin next year.,right
1294,US Lifts Travel Ban For Vaccinated Foreigners,"['Transportation', 'Travel Ban', 'Canada', 'Mexico', 'Life During Covid-19', 'US Border', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'General News']","US-Canada border: After 19 months, families to reunite",BBC News,"On 8 November, the US-Canadian border will open both ways to non-essential travel for the first time in 19 months. The closure has kept thousands of bi-national families split throughout the pandemic.
In March 2020, Jaslyn Declercq and her partner, Thomas Musgraves, began to plan their wedding.
The relationship had been a long-distance whirlwind after the pair met in an online chat room in 2017.
One year to the day on from their first conversation online - both Valentine's Day and Mr Musgraves' birthday - Ms Declercq drove four hours...",center
1295,US Lifts Travel Ban For Vaccinated Foreigners,"['Transportation', 'Travel Ban', 'Canada', 'Mexico', 'Life During Covid-19', 'US Border', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'General News']",U.S. lifts travel ban on 33 countries as Europe cases surge,Washington Post,"As the United States reopens its international borders Monday to travelers from 33 countries who have proof of vaccination and a recent negative coronavirus test, airlines are bracing for an “onslaught” of passengers as families and binational couples prepare to reunite following months of separation.
For many around the world — and the struggling American travel and tourism industries — this day has been a long time coming. It also follows grim milestones that serve as a reminder that the pandemic is not over: More than 5 million people have died globally, and 250 million coronavirus cases have...",left
1296,US Lifts Travel Ban For Vaccinated Foreigners,"['Transportation', 'Travel Ban', 'Canada', 'Mexico', 'Life During Covid-19', 'US Border', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'General News']",Lines of cars wait to enter US as pandemic travel ban is lifted,New York Post (News),"The US reopened its borders Monday after 20 months of travel restrictions — immediately creating wild miles-long lines of cars waiting to cross over from Canada and Mexico.
The strict restrictions, first imposed by the Trump administration in March 2020, had barred access to non-US citizens traveling from 33 countries as well as overland entry from Mexico and Canada.
But starting Monday, fully vaccinated travelers are now allowed again, with tourists rushing to make long-delayed trips and overseas family members finally able to reconnect with loved ones.
Unvaccinated travelers are...",right
1297,"HHS Secretary Becerra Says Comments About ""Government's Business"" and Vaccination Status Were Taken Out of Context","['Politics', 'Xavier Becerra', 'Media Industry', 'CNN', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'HHS']",HHS head: 'Absolutely the government's business' to know people's vaccine status,The Hill,"Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra declared Thursday that ""it is absolutely the government's business"" to know people's vaccination status, arguing the federal government has a vested interest in keeping Americans safe.
“The federal government has spent trillions of dollars to try and keep Americans alive during this pandemic,"" Becerra said on CNN's ""New Day."" ""So it is absolutely the government's business, it is taxpayers' business, if we have to continue to spend money to try and keep people from contracting COVID."" ",center
1298,"HHS Secretary Becerra Says Comments About ""Government's Business"" and Vaccination Status Were Taken Out of Context","['Politics', 'Xavier Becerra', 'Media Industry', 'CNN', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'HHS']",HHS chief says his vaccine comments are being taken ‘wildly out of context’,Politico,"Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Thursday sought to clarify his argument that “it is absolutely the government’s business” to know which Americans have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, after facing backlash from Republicans in Congress.
In a tweet, the federal government’s top health official said his comments from earlier in the day had been “taken wildly out of context.”",left
1299,"HHS Secretary Becerra Says Comments About ""Government's Business"" and Vaccination Status Were Taken Out of Context","['Politics', 'Xavier Becerra', 'Media Industry', 'CNN', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'HHS']",HHS Secretary Becerra: 'Absolutely the government's business' to know which Americans haven't been vaccinated,Fox News (Online News),"Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Thursday it was ""absolutely the government's business"" to know which Americans haven't been vaccinated yet against the coronavirus.
Responding to GOP criticisms of the Biden administration's planned ""door-to-door"" campaign to encourage unvaccinated Americans to inoculate themselves, Becerra told CNN the government has had to ""spend trillions of dollars to try to keep Americans alive during this pandemic.""
""So it is absolutely the government's business, it is taxpayers' business, if we have to continue to spend money to try to keep people from contracting COVID and helping reopen...",right
1300,Impeachment Trial Could Bog Down Biden's First Days,"['Impeachment', 'US Senate', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics']",Trump's historic 2nd impeachment trial hangs over Biden and Republicans,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump's unique second impeachment sealed history's verdict on a corrupt and disgraced presidency. But the political endgame of this tragic saga is only now beginning and will decide the extent of America's recovery from his malevolent term.
The soon-to-be ex-President's Senate impeachment trial will mean his toxic presence will pollute the opening of Joe Biden's presidency. It will also seriously complicate his successor's quest to leverage the apex of his power in his early days in office to get a grip on a murderous panic that's never been worse....",left
1301,Impeachment Trial Could Bog Down Biden's First Days,"['Impeachment', 'US Senate', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics']",Trump impeachment trial could hamper Biden congressional agenda in first days of presidency,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump's Senate impeachment trial could hamper President-elect Joe Biden's congressional agenda in the first days of his presidency if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi transmits the article to the upper chamber before the inauguration, Republicans warn, as Biden himself acknowledges concerns over lawmakers dealing with both.
""Now, the process continues to the Senate — and I hope they’ll deal with their Constitutional responsibilities on impeachment while also working on the other urgent business of this nation,"" Biden said in his statement Wednesday after the House impeached Trump.
The Senate is...",right
1302,Impeachment Trial Could Bog Down Biden's First Days,"['Impeachment', 'US Senate', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics']",Bitter Senate impeachment trial of Trump could bog down Biden's first days,Reuters,"The second impeachment of President Donald Trump by the U.S. House of Representatives, for inciting last week’s deadly rampage at the Capitol, could set off a bitter Senate fight that entangles the early days of President-elect Joe Biden’s term.
Trump, whose turbulent four-year term in office is due to end next Wednesday, became the first president in U.S. history to be impeached twice when the Democratic-led House voted 232-197 on Wednesday to charge him with inciting an insurrection. Ten of Trump’s fellow Republicans joined Democrats in approving the single article...",center
1303,Sanders vs. Clinton,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary’s Inability to Grapple With Inequality Is Making Her Vulnerable to Bernie in New York,HuffPost,"Establishment politicians running for high office live and breathe elaborate focus group-tested lines. In time, they become those lines. But every now and then, extreme political pressures can force a few unscripted words to slip through. And when that happens, we gain a rare glimpse of the candidate’s deeper understanding of their world and our world — and the incredible gap between the two.",left
1304,Sanders vs. Clinton,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",See what the TV cameras are not showing you from the Clinton and Sanders campaigns in New York City,The Blaze,"Tuesday, I witnessed the two Democratic presidential candidates in action in New York City. First, Hillary Clinton, playing to a packed house at Al Sharpton’s National Action Network convention.
A crowd filled the New York Sheraton ballroom to capacity, waiting for the former Secretary of State to speak.",right
1305,Sanders vs. Clinton,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Here are three things (almost) sure to come up at Clinton-Sanders debate,Christian Science Monitor,There’s a Democratic debate tonight in New York and it promises to be perhaps the definitive clash between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders of the entire 2016 campaign.,center
1306,"Obama Calls for Peace in Ferguson, MO",['Violence In America'],Obama calls for calm after night of violent protests in Ferguson,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama appealed for ""peace and calm"" Thursday and said there is no excuse for excessive use of force by police in a St. Louis suburb against crowds protesting the death of an unarmed black teenager shot by a white police officer. At the same time, he said there was no excuse for violence against police.
Obama, who was speaking from Martha's Vineyard where his family is vacationing, said he was updated on the events in Ferguson by Attorney General Eric Holder, and the federal government will work with local...",right
1307,"Obama Calls for Peace in Ferguson, MO",['Violence In America'],Obama on Ferguson: 'Now is the time for peace',Politico,"President Barack Obama expressed concern Thursday about the “violent turn” in Ferguson, Mo., saying “now is the time for healing” following days of protests after a fatal police shooting.
“Now is the time for peace and calm on the streets of Ferguson,” Obama said from Martha’s Vineyard, where he is vacationing. “Now is the time for an open and transparent process to see that justice is done.”",left
1308,"Obama Calls for Peace in Ferguson, MO",['Violence In America'],"Obama calls for ‘healing’ and ‘justice’ in shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.",Washington Post,"President Obama said Thursday that “now is the time for healing” after a series of clashes between protesters and police over the shooting of a black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., but he also called for an open and transparent investigation “to see that justice is done” in the case.
Speaking from Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., where he is on vacation, Obama said that many Americans “have been deeply disturbed” by images of violence in the St. Louis suburb following the police shooting Saturday afternoon of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old African...",left
1309,"Impeachment Has Lacked Due Process, Say Trump Defense Lawyers","['Ukraine', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'US Senate', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Trump’s legal team targets Schiff in effort to undercut impeachment case,Washington Post,"For each of the three nights of prosecutors’ opening arguments, Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) delivered emotional finales to the day’s impeachment testimony that received high praise from Democrats and even from some of President Trump’s closest GOP allies.
But when Trump’s legal defense team took over Saturday morning, Schiff went from lauded orator to the top target of the effort to undercut the House managers’ case against the president. The president’s lawyers bookended their two-hour presentation with attacks on Schiff’s character and credibility.
Democrats were delighted when Schiff’s passionate...",left
1310,"Impeachment Has Lacked Due Process, Say Trump Defense Lawyers","['Ukraine', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'US Senate', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Trump lawyers offer surprisingly un-Trumpy defense to impeachment,Reuters,"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Just before his lawyers stepped into the U.S. Senate to begin their argument that he should not be removed from office, President Donald Trump offered a preview of sorts.
Americans should turn on their televisions, he wrote on Twitter, and watch the attorneys make “our case against” his political antagonists, who he listed with a series of taunting nicknames.
What those who tuned in saw was something quite different.
When Trump’s legal team launched his defense at his impeachment trial on Saturday, they outlined a case far...",center
1311,"Impeachment Has Lacked Due Process, Say Trump Defense Lawyers","['Ukraine', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'US Senate', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Trump says his legal team ‘shredded’ Democrats in impeachment trial,New York Post (News),"President Trump lauded his legal team on Sunday, saying it “shredded” the arguments of Democrats, the day after White House lawyers made their first presentation in the Senate impeachment trial.
“The Impeachment Hoax is a massive election interference the likes of which has never been seen before. In just two hours the Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats have seen their phony case absolutely shredded,” Trump posted on Twitter.
“Shifty is now exposed for illegally making up my phone call, & more!,” the president wrote, using his favorite nickname to refer...",right
1312,Bernie Sanders to Unveil Plan Guaranteeing Every American a Job,['Economy And Jobs'],Bernie Sanders' New Job Plan Wants To Make Sure Every American Who Wants Employment Is Hired,Bustle,"A small group of left-leaning congresspeople appear to be more willing than ever to drift away from the political center, though one of them shouldn't come as much of a surprise. According to multiple reports, Sen. Bernie Sanders' new job plan would guarantee employment for every American who is willing and able to work. It might sound like a big promise to make, but he suggests the government would be smart to back it. And he's not the only one saying so.",left
1313,Bernie Sanders to Unveil Plan Guaranteeing Every American a Job,['Economy And Jobs'],Sen. Sanders to announce proposal promising jobs to all Americans,The Hill,"Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is set to announce a federal jobs proposal that would guarantee a job with at least a $15-per-hour wage and health benefits to every adult American “who wants or needs one,” The Washington Post reports.",center
1314,Bernie Sanders to Unveil Plan Guaranteeing Every American a Job,['Economy And Jobs'],Bernie Sanders Has No Cost Estimate on His Guaranteed-Jobs Plan,National Review,"Senator Bernie Sanders will soon unveil a plan to completely solve unemployment in America, but hasn’t yet figured out how to pay for it.",right
1315,Supreme Court Rules That The Peace Cross Can Remain,"['Peace Cross', 'Freedom Of Religion', 'Separation Of Church And State', 'Supreme Court']",OPINION: The Supreme Court’s Giant Cross Compromise Will Erode the Separation of Church and State,Guest Writer - Left,"The separation of church and state survived a close brush with death on Thursday, emerging scathed but alive thanks to a compromise decision that may not hold for long. Seven justices voted to allow a 94-year-old, 40-foot cross to remain on public land and those managing the cross to continue receiving state funding. But that lopsided vote conceals deep fractures among the justices over the government’s authority to honor and promote religion. The majority opinion portends more radical decisions to come while doing real damage to the establishment clause today,...",left
1316,Supreme Court Rules That The Peace Cross Can Remain,"['Peace Cross', 'Freedom Of Religion', 'Separation Of Church And State', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court rules cross at state-run WWI memorial can remain,The Hill,"The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a large cross in Maryland known as the ""Peace Cross"" is not in violation of the Constitution's Establishment Clause and can remain in place.
The American Legion had built 40-foot tall cross in a memorial park for World War I veterans in Maryland, and a state commission later took over responsibility for the park, including caring for the cross.
But non-Christian residents argued that the government’s care of the cross is in violation of the Constitution’s separation of church and state.
The justices were...",center
1317,Supreme Court Rules That The Peace Cross Can Remain,"['Peace Cross', 'Freedom Of Religion', 'Separation Of Church And State', 'Supreme Court']",OPINION: Kelly Shackelford: Supreme Court Peace Cross decision is a major victory for religious freedom,Guest Writer - Right,"Thursday’s 7-2 Supreme Court decision allowing a Peace Cross war memorial to remain on public land in Bladensburg, Md., near the nation’s capital is a landmark victory for religious freedom. This is good news for America.
Thankfully, the days of activist courts illegitimately weaponizing the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause to attack religious symbols on public land are over.
At last, the Bladensburg World War I Veterans Memorial – what everyone can now safely call the Peace Cross – is safe from the wrecking crew. Importantly, so are other memorials honoring...",right
1318,Fact Checking the Georgia Senate Runoff Races,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Georgia Senate Runoffs', 'US Senate', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",'Pathological Liar' Ossoff Flagrantly Smears Kelly Loeffler Ahead of Georgia Runoff,Townhall,"In a recent impromptu interview with Fox News correspondent Peter Doocey, Georgia Senate candidate Jon Ossoff garnered applause from leftists by turning an inquiry about fellow Democrat Raphael Warnock's serious baggage into a scurrilous attack on Republican Kelly Loeffler. The GOP has been highlighting Warnock's arrest for interfering with a police investigation into alleged child abuse at a camp he ran, as well as video of tearful statements from his ex-wife to police officers who responded to a domestic incident call earlier this year. Rather than addressing the substance of...",right
1319,Fact Checking the Georgia Senate Runoff Races,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Georgia Senate Runoffs', 'US Senate', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",Our fact-checks of the pivotal Georgia Senate runoff races,PolitiFact,"Just how effective President-elect Joe Biden will be in getting his policies enacted by Congress rests largely on the outcome of the Senate runoff races in Georgia.
Georgia’s two Republican U.S. senators — David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler — are seeking to keep their seats and preserve the Republicans’ majority in the Senate. Democrats control the U.S. House by a narrow margin.
Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff is seeking to oust Perdue, while the Rev. Raphael Warnock is vying for Loeffler’s seat. (The winner of the Loeffler-Warnock race will serve the...",left
1320,Fact Checking the Georgia Senate Runoff Races,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Georgia Senate Runoffs', 'US Senate', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",FactChecking the Georgia Senate Runoffs,FactCheck.org,"Two months after Election Day, control of the U.S. Senate in the 117th Congress comes down to two races in Georgia on Jan. 5. None of the four candidates on the ballot garnered 50% of the vote on Nov. 3, which forced separate runoffs.
In one of the contests, Georgia’s senior senator, Republican David Perdue, is defending his seat against Democrat Jon Ossoff, a media executive and investigative journalist, who ran for a House seat in 2017. In the other, Georgia’s junior senator, Republican Kelly Loeffler, who was appointed to...",center
1321,World Reacts to Bill And Melinda Gates' Divorce,"['Culture', 'World', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Charity', 'Bill Gates', 'Melinda Gates', 'Technology']",Bill and Melinda Gates’s divorce could rock the world of charity,Vox,"Bill and Melinda Gates, the leaders of the world’s most venerated and powerful philanthropy, said on Monday that they were getting a divorce — an earthquake moment in the nonprofit sector.
The billionaire couple sets the strategic vision for the $50 billion Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which they co-founded and which spends more than $5 billion a year on causes like US education and worldwide disease eradication. Their divorce potentially has enormous implications for their work.
The Gateses are America’s most famous billionaire philanthropists, with the power and profile...",left
1322,World Reacts to Bill And Melinda Gates' Divorce,"['Culture', 'World', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Charity', 'Bill Gates', 'Melinda Gates', 'Technology']",The most savage memes about Bill and Melinda Gates’ divorce,New York Post (News),"They opened the online flood-Gates.
When Bill and Melinda Gates announced they were getting divorced Monday, the ever-sympathetic social-media masses were quick to pay their respects — with a tsunami of mocking memes.
The philanthropist couple had tweeted the shocking news in a joint statement on their separate accounts yesterday afternoon.
“After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage,” they wrote.
The announcement concluded, “We continue to share a belief in that mission and will...",right
1323,World Reacts to Bill And Melinda Gates' Divorce,"['Culture', 'World', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Charity', 'Bill Gates', 'Melinda Gates', 'Technology']",Empathy and Appreciation for Bill and Melinda Gates,AllSides,"In the current media environment where bitter social media mobs, desperate-for-clicks news outlets and holier-than-thou pundits pile on to criticize and make fun of the Gates, let me take a different stance.
Bill and Melinda Gates appear to be divorcing after 27 years of marriage. Divorces are generally very difficult and personal, and it can only be worse if it becomes a public media frenzy. Just because people are famous or wealthy does not mean that they don’t have feelings and should not be treated with humanity.
Most Americans are...",center
1324,Will Biden Visit Ukraine?,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Joe Biden']","Biden 'Should Come to See' the Situation in Ukraine, President Zelenskyy Says",Haaretz,"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on U.S. President Joe Biden to visit the war-torn country in an interview with CNN on Sunday.
""I think he's the leader of the United States and that's why he should come here to see,"" Zelenskyy said.
""It's his decision, of course,"" Zelenskyy said, adding that any plans would depend on the security situation, but that he thought it likely Biden would come at some point.
Washington has reportedly been considering sending Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin or Secretary of State Antony Blinken to visit Ukraine, which,...",center
1325,Will Biden Visit Ukraine?,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Joe Biden']",Zelensky Wants Biden to Visit Ukraine: ‘I Think He Will’,Daily Beast,"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a CNN interview that he not only wants President Joe Biden to visit Ukraine to witness the destruction caused by invading Russian forces, but that he believes Biden “will” personally make his way to Kyiv soon.
Speaking to CNN anchor Jake Tapper in a conversation that aired on Sunday morning, the Ukrainian leader also declared that Ukraine will not give up any eastern territory to Russia as a condition to end the war, adding that the country is prepared to fight the Russian military to keep Donbas.
“This...",left
1326,Will Biden Visit Ukraine?,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Joe Biden']",Zelensky Challenges Biden To Visit Ukraine: ‘He Should Come’,The Daily Wire,"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky challenged President Joe Biden on Sunday to visit his country, saying, “He should come.”
Zelensky shared the comments during an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper.
“I think he will,” Zelensky responded to Tapper’s question regarding a visit by the president.
“But it’s his decision, of course. And about the safety situation, it depends; I mean that. … But I think … he’s the leader of United States and that’s why he should come here to see,” he added.
White House Press Secretary Jen...",right
1327,Academy Bans Will Smith From Oscars for 10 Years,"['Culture', 'Will Smith', 'Oscars', 'Movies', 'Violence In America', 'Business', 'Chris Rock', 'Arts And Entertainment']",Academy Officially Bans Will Smith From Attending Any Academy Events for 10 Years Due to 2022 Oscars Slap Incident,The Root,"While it’s been nearly two weeks since the infamous Will Smith/Chris Rock slap incident occurred at the 2022 Oscars, the Academy has finally handed down its reprimands for the King Richard star.
After a nearly three-hour long Board of Governors meeting on Friday, per an official “Open Letter to Our Academy Family” from Academy President David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson sent to The Root, the Academy has decided to officially ban Smith from attending “any Academy events or programs, in person or virtually, including but not limited to the Academy Awards” in addition to accepting his resignation from the prestigious membership.",left
1328,Academy Bans Will Smith From Oscars for 10 Years,"['Culture', 'Will Smith', 'Oscars', 'Movies', 'Violence In America', 'Business', 'Chris Rock', 'Arts And Entertainment']",Academy Bans Will Smith From Oscars for 10 Years,Variety,"The Board of Governors for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences met Friday morning to discuss the consequences for actor Will Smith following his slap of presenter Chris Rock during the 94th Oscars telecast, and voted to ban Smith from all Academy events including the Oscars for 10 years.
Smith, who resigned from the Academy last week, replied soon after in a statement, saying “I accept and respect the Academy’s decision.”
Here is the Academy’s statement:
“The 94th Oscars were meant to be a celebration of the many individuals in our community...",center
1329,Academy Bans Will Smith From Oscars for 10 Years,"['Culture', 'Will Smith', 'Oscars', 'Movies', 'Violence In America', 'Business', 'Chris Rock', 'Arts And Entertainment']",Will Smith banned from Oscars for 10 years — but he can keep award,New York Post (News),"The Oscars just delivered more than a slap on the wrist to Will Smith: The academy’s board of governors has banned this year’s Best Actor winner from attending the awards ceremony for the next decade after he assaulted comedian Chris Rock at the 2022 ceremony.
The academy’s 54-member board convened for a reportedly “contentious” Zoom meeting on Friday morning to discuss “possible sanctions” against the actor — who will, as it turns out, be allowed to keep his trophy.",right
1330,"Elon Musk Offers to Buy Twitter at Original Asking Price, Twitter Plans to Accept","['Business', 'Elon Musk', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Twitter', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Stock Market']",Elon Musk just remembered he signed a contract to buy Twitter,Quartz,"After six months of trying wriggle out of his $44-billion agreement to take over Twitter, Elon Musk says he’ll buy the social media platform after all.
On Oct. 4, Musk told the social media company that the deal is back on. In a letter to Twitter, first reported by Bloomberg, Musk said he is willing to go ahead with the deal at $54.20 per share, the original agreed-upon price.
It’s unclear what changed Musk’s mind. Perhaps it was the prospect of a high-profile trial against Twitter, which was due to start in two weeks, or it...",center
1331,"Elon Musk Offers to Buy Twitter at Original Asking Price, Twitter Plans to Accept","['Business', 'Elon Musk', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Twitter', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Stock Market']",Twitter says it plans to close deal with Elon Musk,Fox Business,"Twitter said on Tuesday afternoon that it plans to close a deal with billionaire Elon Musk.
Twitter shares soared 22% in late afternoon trading on the news.
Earlier in the day, Musk revived his proposal to acquire the social media giant for his original offer of $54.20 per share.
The company originally accepted Musk's $44 billion offer in April. However, the billionaire notified Twitter in July that he was planning to terminate the deal after claiming the company breached its obligations by misrepresenting the number of spam and fake accounts on the platform. Twitter...",right
1332,"Elon Musk Offers to Buy Twitter at Original Asking Price, Twitter Plans to Accept","['Business', 'Elon Musk', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Twitter', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Stock Market']","Elon Musk says he’ll buy Twitter, again, for $54.20 a share, again",The Verge,"Elon Musk will actually buy Twitter — for real this time — at $54.20 a share. Musk confirmed the offer in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the SEC filing, he says he will “proceed to closing of the transaction” on the terms he negotiated with Twitter in April, as long as the lawsuit Twitter brought against him to force him to close the deal is adjourned.
The filing follows reporting from Bloomberg that suggested Musk would close the deal under the original terms he proposed in April before trying to back...",left
1333,Iranian Oil Tanker Reportedly Hit by Missiles,"['Iran', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Oil', 'International Affairs', 'Global Markets', 'Missiles', 'War', 'Middle East']",Iranian Tanker Reportedly Struck By Missiles In Red Sea,NPR (Online News),"A pair of missiles hit an Iran-flagged oil tanker steaming off the coast of Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea, causing an explosion and oil spill, Iranian officials said Friday.
Iran's state-run IRNA identified the tanker as the Sabiti, and Iranian state television says the explosions damaged two storage tanks and caused an oil spill that is now reportedly under control.
The Iranian media reports did not assign responsibility for the incident.
""The oil tanker named SABITI belonging to the company sustained damages to the body when it was hit...",left
1334,Iranian Oil Tanker Reportedly Hit by Missiles,"['Iran', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Oil', 'International Affairs', 'Global Markets', 'Missiles', 'War', 'Middle East']",Tanker attack gives oil prices a boost. Here's why it's unlikely to last,CNN (Online News),"London (CNN Business)Reports of another attack on oil supply in the Middle East pushed prices higher early on Friday but the gains faded fast as markets focused again on weaker demand growth and a supply glut that shows no signs of evaporating.
The International Energy Agency said in its monthly report that commercial oil stocks held by OECD countries were close to record levels of more than 3 billion barrels, a level last seen in 2016. IEA member states hold an additional 1.6 billion barrels in strategic reserves.
At the...",left
1335,Iranian Oil Tanker Reportedly Hit by Missiles,"['Iran', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Oil', 'International Affairs', 'Global Markets', 'Missiles', 'War', 'Middle East']",Iranian oil tanker 'is hit by two MISSILES' in 'terrorist' attack off of Saudi Arabia that caused explosion and heavy damage,Daily Mail,"An Iranian oil tanker has been hit by two explosions off the coast of Saudi Arabia.
Tehran said a supertanker called Sabiti, owned by The National Iran Oil Company, was struck by two missiles 60 miles from the port of Jeddah around 5am Friday.
The explosions badly damaged two tanks on board the vessel, causing them to leak into the Red Sea.
'Experts believe it was a terrorist attack,' a source told Iranian news agency ISNA.
The blasts follows a series of attacks on tankers belonging to Saudi...",right
1336,Third Party Run?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump threatens GOP with third-party run,Politico,"Even if he isn’t the Republican nominee for 2016, don’t count on Donald Trump to go quietly. If the Republican National Committee does not treat him fairly during the primary season, he says, the chances he will run as a third-party candidate will “absolutely” increase.
“The RNC has",left
1337,Third Party Run?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump Threatens Third-Party Candidacy,New York Times (News),"Donald J. Trump has been roiling Republicans by attacking his rivals on their weak poll numbers and questioning their energy (Jeb Bush) and intelligence (Rick Perry).
But the larger threat that he poses to the party is the prospect that he could opt out and run as a third-party candidate. True to form, Mr. Trump is keeping the option open.
In an interview with The Hill newspaper published on Thursday, Mr. Trump said that many of his supporters have been urging him to consider a third-party run if he fails...",left
1338,Third Party Run?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump Threatens Third-Party Run,Breitbart News,"Donald Trump says the chances that he will launch a third-party White House run will “absolutely” increase if the Republican National Committee is unfair to him during the 2016 primary season.
“The RNC has not been supportive. They were always supportive when I was a contributor. I was their fair-haired boy,” the business mogul told The Hill in a 40-minute interview from his Manhattan office at Trump Tower on Wednesday. “The RNC has been, I think, very foolish.”",right
1339,GOP Senators Warn Iran,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Republican senators warn Iran in open letter,Politico,"Republican senators want to give Iranian leaders — and the president — a refresher on the constitutional balance of power.
\",left
1340,GOP Senators Warn Iran,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senators try Sabotage,HuffPost,"Republican senators warned Iran on Monday that any nuclear deal made with U.S. President Barack Obama could last only as long as he remains in office, in an unusual intervention into U.S. foreign policy-making.",left
1341,GOP Senators Warn Iran,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Republican senators warn Iranian leaders about limits of White House-negotiated nuclear deal,Washington Times,"Led by freshman GOP Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, 47 Republican senators have signed an open letter to Iranian leaders emphasizing Congress’s role in signing off on a potential deal over Iran’s nuclear program and warning that anything not approved by Congress “is a mere executive agreement.”",right
1342,The Fight for Climate Change,['Environment'],The rowdy greens take charge,Politico,"Tens of thousands of environmental activists are flooding New York City’s streets this weekend in a coming-out party for a new breed of environmentalism – one that’s louder and rowdier than the old-school greens who dominated the movement when Barack Obama entered the White House.
These upstarts like 350.org are brushing aside the staid Washington lobbying strategies of groups that failed to pass a climate bill in 2010. Instead they’re getting arrested outside the White House gates, staging costumed protests around the president’s travels and planning to clog Wall...",left
1343,The Fight for Climate Change,['Environment'],Climate Realities,New York Times (News),"On Tuesday, world leaders will converge at United Nations headquarters in New York for a summit meeting on the climate that will set the stage for global negotiations next year to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the threat of global climate change. The summit is titled “Catalyzing Action,” a decidedly hopeful characterization.
I wish I were so hopeful.
It is true that, in theory, we ca",left
1344,The Fight for Climate Change,['Environment'],De Blasio Promises to Reduce NYC Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 80 Percent,Newsmax (News),"New York City aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050 from 2005 levels, beginning with a plan to retrofit public and private buildings.
Every municipal building that uses significant amounts of energy, about 3,000 structures, will be improved by 2025, Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement today. The city will give private landlords incentives and, later, mandates to ensure their buildings pollute less. About three-quarters of the city’s emissions result from power used for heating, cooling and operations.
“Climate change is an existential threat...",right
1345,CFO of Trump Organization Surrenders Ahead of Facing Charges,"['Criminal Justice', 'Trump Organization', 'Allen Weisselberg', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice']",Trump Organization CFO expected in court after indictment,Politico,"The Trump Organization on Thursday accused the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office of using the company’s chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg as a “pawn” in a political crusade against former President Donald Trump, while avoiding any specific denials of wrongdoing by the newly indicted top executive.
The statement from the Trump Organization came shortly after Weisselberg surrendered to authorities early Thursday morning ahead of expected charges against him and the former president’s family business, according to multiple news outlets.
The Trump Organization described Weisselberg as “a loving and devoted husband, father...",left
1346,CFO of Trump Organization Surrenders Ahead of Facing Charges,"['Criminal Justice', 'Trump Organization', 'Allen Weisselberg', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice']",Trump Organization CFO surrenders to prosecutors ahead of facing charges,Washington Examiner,"The Trump Organization's longtime chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg surrendered to Manhattan prosecutors on Thursday as he prepares to face charges related to alleged tax fraud.
The Manhattan district attorney's office is expected to unseal indictments filed by a grand jury around 2 p.m., though the exact charges are not yet known. Weisselberg will be arraigned later today at a lower Manhattan courthouse.
Previous reports alleged that the charges will likely revolve around company perks allegedly given to employees that were not properly taxed. The company's top executives were reportedly given private school tuition,...",right
1347,CFO of Trump Organization Surrenders Ahead of Facing Charges,"['Criminal Justice', 'Trump Organization', 'Allen Weisselberg', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice']",Trump company's CFO surrenders ahead of expected criminal tax charges,Reuters,"The Trump Organization's longtime chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg surrendered to authorities on Thursday, as he and Donald Trump's namesake company prepare to face the first charges from a criminal investigation.
Weisselberg, who helped run Trump's real estate empire during his presidency, entered a building housing Manhattan's criminal court.
He and the Trump Organization are expected to be arraigned later in the day, a person familiar with the matter has said.
The exact charges being brought by the district attorney, Cyrus Vance, were not immediately known. Vance's office has been...",center
1348,Robert E. Lee Statue Removed From US Capitol,"['Politics', 'Confederate Statues', 'Robert E. Lee', 'US Capitol']",Virginia Removes Its Robert E. Lee Statue From U.S. Capitol,NPR (Online News),"For more than 100 years, two statues representing Virginia have stood at the U.S. Capitol: one of George Washington and another of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
But early Monday, the Lee statue was removed from the National Statuary Hall's collection. It's expected to be replaced by a statue honoring civil rights activist Barbara Johns.
""This is a historic and long-overdue moment for our Commonwealth,"" U.S. Reps. Donald McEachin and Jennifer Wexton, both Democrats from Virginia, said in a statement. ""The Robert E. Lee statue honors a legacy of division,...",left
1349,Robert E. Lee Statue Removed From US Capitol,"['Politics', 'Confederate Statues', 'Robert E. Lee', 'US Capitol']",Robert E. Lee statue removed from Capitol,Politico,"The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee inside the U.S. Capitol was removed from the building’s crypt Monday morning and will be relocated to the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.
The removal was conducted by staff from the Architect of the Capitol and attended by members of Virginia’s congressional delegation including Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.), and a representative from the office of Rep. Donald McEachin (D-Va.).
A commission established earlier this year by the Virginia General Assembly recommended last week that a statue of...",left
1350,Robert E. Lee Statue Removed From US Capitol,"['Politics', 'Confederate Statues', 'Robert E. Lee', 'US Capitol']",Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam: Robert E. Lee statue removed from U.S. Capitol,Washington Times,"Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Monday said the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee has been removed from the U.S. Capitol.
The monument is set to be moved to the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in Richmond after residing for 111 years in Washington.
The governor established the Commission for Historical Statues in the U.S. Capitol earlier this year to look into the removal and replacement of the monument. The commission was created following a wave of Confederate statue removals nationwide sparked by protests about racism and police...",right
1351,Public Impeachment Hearings to Commence Next Week,"['White House', 'US Congress', 'Impeachment', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']",Public impeachment hearings will start next week,The Week - News,"Impeachment is getting up close and personal.
The House Intelligence Committee will hold its first public impeachment hearings next week, committee chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) announced Wednesday. Former top Ukraine diplomat William Taylor and current Europe adviser George Kent will testify Wednesday, Nov. 13, and ex-U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch will testify Friday, Nov. 15.",left
1352,Public Impeachment Hearings to Commence Next Week,"['White House', 'US Congress', 'Impeachment', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']",Adam Schiff says public impeachment hearings to begin next week,Washington Examiner,"House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff announced Wednesday that open impeachment hearings would begin next week.
William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat to Ukraine, and George Kent, deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs, would be the first to publicly testify to the congressional committees leading the investigation into President Trump’s conduct with Ukraine.
The two will answer questions on Wednesday.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch would testify Friday, Nov. 15.",right
1353,Public Impeachment Hearings to Commence Next Week,"['White House', 'US Congress', 'Impeachment', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']",Impeachment investigators announce first public hearings next week,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff on Wednesday announced impeachment hearings will begin next week as Democrats prepare to take their case against President Donald Trump to the public.
Schiff, a California Democrat, said that three witnesses will testify next week: US diplomat Bill Taylor and State Department official George Kent will appear on next Wednesday, and former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch is testifying next Friday.
The open hearings mark a new phase of the Democrats' impeachment inquiry into Trump and Ukraine and will be the first time...",left
1354,Ruth Bader Ginsburg Misses Supreme Court Arguments,['Supreme Court'],"Ruth Bader Ginsburg misses 1st oral argument in Supreme Court tenure, after surgery",Fox News (Online News),"Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is missing oral arguments on Monday for the first time since she joined the court in 1993, as she recuperates from a recent cancer surgery.",right
1355,Ruth Bader Ginsburg Misses Supreme Court Arguments,['Supreme Court'],"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg absent from Supreme Court while recovering from surgery, a first in her career",USA TODAY,"Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was absent from oral arguments Monday while recovering from surgery for lung cancer, a first in her 25-year career on the court.",left
1356,Ruth Bader Ginsburg Misses Supreme Court Arguments,['Supreme Court'],Justice Ginsburg Will Miss Supreme Court Arguments,New York Times (News),"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who underwent cancer surgery last month, will not be on the bench on Monday when the court returns from its holiday break, Kathleen Arberg, a Supreme Court spokeswoman, said.",left
1357,Transgender Bathroom Access in Schools,['Politics'],Obama Administration Warns Schools To Allow Transgender Access To Bathrooms,HuffPost,The Obama administration on Friday told schools and colleges nationwide they must allow transgender students access to bathrooms consistent with their gender identity.,left
1358,Transgender Bathroom Access in Schools,['Politics'],Feds order schools to recognize transgender students' chosen gender,Christian Science Monitor,The directive obliges public schools to allow transgender students to use bathroom and locker rooms that match their chosen gender identity.,center
1359,Transgender Bathroom Access in Schools,['Politics'],Obama Admin. to Direct Public Schools to Let Transgender Students Use Bathroom of Their Choice,The Blaze,The Obama administration will direct public schools across the country on Friday to permit transgender students to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity.,right
1360,Obamacare SignUp Delayed for 2015,['Healthcare'],Obamacare 2015 open enrollment set to be delayed one month,Washington Post,"While the 2015 enrollment period had been set to begin Oct. 15, 2014 and end Dec. 7, it will now begin Nov. 15, 2014 and end Jan. 15, 2015.",left
1361,Obamacare SignUp Delayed for 2015,['Healthcare'],Obamacare signup delayed -- for 2015,CNN (Online News),Health officials in Washington have decided to delay open enrollment in Obamacare -- a year down the road from now.,left
1362,Obamacare SignUp Delayed for 2015,['Healthcare'],Obama Administration Delays 2015 Obamacare Enrollment Period Until After 2014 Elections,Townhall,The Obama administration has announced a delay in next year's Obamacare enrollment period (known as open enrollment in the private sector) until after the 2014 midterm elections are over.,right
1363,Thousands of Migrants Gather Under Texas Bridge,"['Immigration', 'Del Rio', 'Border Crisis', 'Texas', 'Illegal Immigration']",Fox News cleared to fly after Biden FAA temporarily bans drones over bridge packed with illegal immigrants,Fox News (Online News),"The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday night initially placed a two-week flight restriction along a bridge at the Texas-Mexico border inundated with thousands of illegal immigrants, which prevented reporters from flying drones to document the crisis – but Fox News regained clearance the next day.
""We’ve learned that the FAA just implemented a two week TFR (Temporary Flight Restrictions) over the international bridge in Del Rio, TX, meaning we can no longer fly our FOX drone over it to show images of the thousands of migrants. FAA says ‘special security reason,’"" Fox...",right
1364,Thousands of Migrants Gather Under Texas Bridge,"['Immigration', 'Del Rio', 'Border Crisis', 'Texas', 'Illegal Immigration']","Thousands of migrants converge under Texas bridge, posing new challenge for Biden",Reuters,"Thousands of migrants have converged under the bridge that connects Del Rio, Texas and Mexico's Ciudad Acuña, creating a makeshift camp with few basic services in intense heat in the latest border emergency facing U.S. President Joe Biden.
Del Rio Mayor Bruno Lozano said that as of early Thursday evening 10,503 migrants were under the Del Rio International Bridge, up from 8,200 in the morning.
Food and water has been scarce, around 20 migrants told Reuters, and temperatures have risen to around 99 Fahrenheit (37 Celsius). Reuters witnessed hundreds of...",center
1365,Thousands of Migrants Gather Under Texas Bridge,"['Immigration', 'Del Rio', 'Border Crisis', 'Texas', 'Illegal Immigration']","About 10,000 migrants being held under bridge in Del Rio, Texas",ABC News (Online),"About 10,000 migrants are packed under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, waiting to be taken into U.S. custody, officials said on Thursday.
Customs and Border Protection is sending extra manpower to deal with the crush of migrants in the Del Rio Sector, the agency said in a statement to ABC News.
""The Border Patrol is increasing its manpower in the Del Rio Sector and coordinating efforts within DHS and other relevant federal, state and local partners to immediately address the current level of migrant encounters and to facilitate a...",left
1366,Democratic Senator Criticized for Membership to Allegedly Discriminatory Beach Club,"['Race And Racism', 'Culture', 'US Senate', 'Sheldon Whitehouse']",Democrat senator refuses to leave all-white private beach club despite championing racial justice,The Independent,"Democratic US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has apologised for – but has not left – an elite private beach club that refuses to accept anyone who is not white.
GoLocal Providence, a local publication in Providence, Rhode Island, confronted Mr Whitehouse in 2017 about his membership at Bailey's Beach Club in Newport, which does not allow minorities into its ranks and is considered to be one of the most exclusive clubs in the US.
""I think it would be nice if they changed a little bit, but it's not my position,"" Mr Whitehouse told the outlet at...",left
1367,Democratic Senator Criticized for Membership to Allegedly Discriminatory Beach Club,"['Race And Racism', 'Culture', 'US Senate', 'Sheldon Whitehouse']",Sheldon Whitehouse doesn't denounce super-exclusive beach club his family belongs to,Fox News (Online News),"Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse last week refused to apologize for his family's membership in a reportedly all-White beach club in his home state of Rhode Island, calling beach clubs ""a long tradition"" and saying he hopes the club will admit minority members soon. 
The senator's office on Monday denied that the club has discriminatory policies and said it does have minority members. 
Whitehouse, D-R.I., was asked about his family's membership in Bailey's Beach Club, officially known as Spouting Rock Beach Association, by GoLocalProv in a video that was posted on Saturday. The interviewer cited comments Whitehouse made in 2017 that...",right
1368,Democratic Senator Criticized for Membership to Allegedly Discriminatory Beach Club,"['Race And Racism', 'Culture', 'US Senate', 'Sheldon Whitehouse']","“It’s a Long Tradition in RI,” Whitehouse Defends Family’s Membership in All-White Club",GoLocal Providence,"U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse continues to defend his family's membership in the all-white private Bailey’s Beach Club in Newport.
GoLocal interviewed Whitehouse on Friday in Pawtucket and when asked if the private club had admitted any minorities since GoLocal first raised the issue in 2017, Whitehouse said, “I think the people who are running the place are still working on that and I’m sorry it hasn't happened yet.”
Both Whitehouse and his wife Sandra as well as their families have been members of the club for decades. Whitehouse did transfer his...",center
1369,Trump and Comey,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",On the Limits of Loyalty,National Review,"""Jumped the shark” is an overused expression straight out of 1970s situation comedy. It is the most charitable interpretation of the moment President Donald Trump pressed “Tweet” on Friday morning. After nearly four months of the once jaw-dropping novelty of presidential tweeting (the equivalent, in dog years and media exhaustion, of five sit-com seasons), the routine has grown stale, the former reality-TV star apparently out of “don’t touch that dial” ideas.",right
1370,Trump and Comey,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Trump's war with Comey intensifies,The Hill,President Trump is escalating his public feud with former FBI director James Comey.,center
1371,Trump and Comey,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Trump’s own words add fuel to questions about the legality of firing Comey,Washington Post,"With his own words over the past two days, President Trump has vastly escalated the stakes and potential consequences of his decision to fire James B. Comey as FBI director, provoking questions about whether his motivations and tactics may have run afoul of the law.",left
1372,Dozens Charged In College Admissions Cheating Scheme,"['College Admissions Cheating Scandal', 'General News']",College cheating ringleader says he helped more than 750 families with admissions scheme,NBC News (Online),"The ringleader behind a $25 million college admission scam that implicated dozens of people, including Hollywood actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, said he has worked with more than 750 families.
William Rick Singer, who pleaded guilty Tuesday in a Boston federal court to racketeering, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges, said in a phone conversation recorded by the FBI that he helps ""the wealthiest families in the U.S. get their kids into school.""
Singer said he facilitated 761 ""side doors"" to admission.
""They want guarantees, they want...",left
1373,Dozens Charged In College Admissions Cheating Scheme,"['College Admissions Cheating Scandal', 'General News']",College admissions cheating scheme: 3 bizarre details from the complaint,Fox News (Online News),"""Desperate Housewives"" star Felicity Huffman and “Full House” alum Lori Loughlin were allegedly among the 50 charged in what is said to be the biggest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department — but the star-studded suspects aren't the only details that have intrigued the public.
Bizarre details from a nearly 270-page complaint started to trickle out Tuesday, sparking a variety of reactions online.
California resident William Rick Singer was pinpointed as the ""ringleader"" of the scandal, allegedly helping wealthy parents get their children admitted to some...",right
1374,Dozens Charged In College Admissions Cheating Scheme,"['College Admissions Cheating Scandal', 'General News']",Federal Prosecutors Charge Dozens in College Admissions Cheating Scheme,Wall Street Journal (News),"Charges involve cheating on college entrance exams, efforts to bribe coaches; actresses Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin among those indicted.
Federal prosecutors charged dozens of wealthy parents—including prominent law and business figures and two Hollywood actresses—with using bribes, bogus entrance-exam scores and faked athletic achievements to get their children admitted to elite colleges.
One New York law-firm co-chairman allegedly paid $75,000 to an admissions consultant so his daughter could fly to Los Angeles and take the ACT in a private room last December, accompanied by a proctor who had been paid...",center
1375,Conway on Wiretaps,"['White House', 'Politics']",Conway denies accusing Obama of using CIA surveillance tactics on Trump Tower,Politico,"Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway said Monday morning that she was not making a specific allegation when she answered a reporter’s question over the weekend about President Donald Trump’s wiretapping claims by remarking that “you can surveil someone through their phones, certainly through their television sets — any number of ways.”",left
1376,Conway on Wiretaps,"['White House', 'Politics']",Conway brushes off McCain demand to prove wiretap claim or retract,Fox News (Online News),"White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway on Monday brushed off a demand by Sen. John McCain to either provide evidence of President Trump’s wiretapping claims or retract the allegation, saying the White House will wait until congressional committees release their own findings.",right
1377,Conway on Wiretaps,"['White House', 'Politics']",Kellyanne Conway Defends Trump Wiretap Claim By Citing ‘Microwaves That Turn Into Cameras’,HuffPost,The Trump administration continues to provide no evidence for the president’s claim that Obama ordered wiretapping of Trump Tower.,left
1378,The Role of Government During the Coronavirus Pandemic,"['Federalism', 'Coronavirus', 'States Rights', 'Role Of Government', 'Politics']","Americans Are Generally Skeptical Of Government, But Want It To Intervene In A Crisis",NPR (Online News),"Americans are generally skeptical of too much government intervention. Over the past three decades, the number of people saying they want the government to do less usually outnumbers those saying they want it to do more, according to Gallup.
The times when that hasn't been true or when that gap has shrunk have roughly coincided with times of national crisis. However, over the past several years, those saying government should do more to solve the country's problems has crept up to almost being on par with those saying government is...",left
1379,The Role of Government During the Coronavirus Pandemic,"['Federalism', 'Coronavirus', 'States Rights', 'Role Of Government', 'Politics']",A Strong Dose of Federalism Needed to Get America Back on Its Feet,Townhall,"After a month of sheltering in place, hundreds of millions of Americans will soon emerge from the new “normal.” Georgia, Colorado, and Alaska (among other states) are giving their residents some freedom to return to their old lives, with many “non-essential” businesses resuming operations. Plenty of public health advocates are concerned and have raised legitimate questions about the timing of such policies. But, done right, a cautious re-opening of America can lay the groundwork for renewed prosperity and lead to better health outcomes than continued, blanket stay-at-home orders. And a...",right
1380,The Role of Government During the Coronavirus Pandemic,"['Federalism', 'Coronavirus', 'States Rights', 'Role Of Government', 'Politics']",The state we're in: will the pandemic revolutionise the role of government?,The Guardian,"The state has been in retreat since the 80s heyday of Reagan and Thatcher but that could change as coronavirus delivers a shock to the system of historic proportions
Ronald Reagan’s 1986 wisecrack – “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help” – would not get a lot of laughs today. In much of the world, people are desperate for the government to show up and rise to the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic.
Reagan’s attitude to government solidified...",left
1381,"Independent Panel Faults WHO, China for Slow Pandemic Response","['Coronavirus', 'World', 'Public Health', 'China', 'WHO']","China, WHO Could Have Acted Sooner To Prevent Pandemic, COVID-19 Probe Finds",The Daily Caller,"China and the World Health Organization (WHO) could have acted sooner to combat the coronavirus, a WHO panel on the origins of the disease in China reportedly announced Monday.
The WHO-backed Independent Panel on Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR) announced the finding in its latest report on the timeline of the pandemic, according to WION News. The WHO reportedly convened the IPPPR in July 2020 to investigate the timeline of the coronavirus pandemic.
President Donald Trump’s administration has been heavily critical of the probe, with the White House describing the...",right
1382,"Independent Panel Faults WHO, China for Slow Pandemic Response","['Coronavirus', 'World', 'Public Health', 'China', 'WHO']","China, WHO Fumbled Coronavirus Pandemic Response, Independent Panel Finds",U.S. News & World Report,"CHINA AND THE WORLD Health Organization could have responded quicker and more definitively to contain the coronavirus pandemic at its outset, an independent review panel determined.
In its second interim report published Monday, the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, an impartial body established by WHO, determined that China could have been more forceful in implementing public health measures when COVID-19 cases were first discovered in Wuhan.
""What is clear to the panel is that public health measures could have been applied more forcefully by local and national health...",left
1383,"Independent Panel Faults WHO, China for Slow Pandemic Response","['Coronavirus', 'World', 'Public Health', 'China', 'WHO']","Panel: China, WHO should have acted quicker to stop pandemic",Associated Press,"A panel of experts commissioned by the World Health Organization has criticized China and other countries for not moving to stem the initial outbreak of the coronavirus earlier and questioned whether the U.N. health agency should have labeled it a pandemic sooner.
In a report issued to the media Monday, the panel led by former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said there were “lost opportunities” to adopt basic public health measures as early as possible.
“What is clear to the panel is...",left
1384,Democrats Take Control of Senate,"['US Senate', 'Democrats', 'Politics']",Senate Democrats Announce First Order Of Business For New Majority: Fixing Democracy,HuffPost,"After Democrats won control of the House of Representatives in the 2018 midterm elections, they introduced and passed the For the People Act as H.R. 1 — the first bill of their majority. It aimed to restore voting rights, reform campaign finance laws and enhance ethics enforcement. Senate Democrats have now done the same after reclaiming the chamber majority with the introduction of S. 1, their version of the For the People Act.
These nearly identical bills contain a suite of policies to protect, enhance and expand democracy, according to...",left
1385,Democrats Take Control of Senate,"['US Senate', 'Democrats', 'Politics']","Democrats Officially Have A Majority In The Senate, Three Senate Democrats Sworn In By Harris",The Daily Caller,"Three Democrats were officially sworn in as U.S. Senators on Wednesday, hours after President Joe Biden’s inauguration, giving Democrats a majority in the Senate.
California Democrat Alex Padilla will take Vice President Kamala Harris’s Senate seat, Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff will take David Perdue’s seat, and Georgia Democrat Raphael Warnock will take Kelly Loeffler’s seat. The two Georgia Senate runoff victories secured Democrats’ majority in the Senate. Harris swore the three Senate Democrats in.
The Senate will now be split 50-50, with Harris, giving Democrats the tie-breaking vote.
“As I’m...",right
1386,Democrats Take Control of Senate,"['US Senate', 'Democrats', 'Politics']","Democrats take Senate majority, sealing control of the White House and Congress",CNBC,"Democrats took control of the Senate on Wednesday when three new members of the party were sworn in, giving a boost to President Joe Biden’s ambitions in the White House.
The party now controls the presidency and both chambers of Congress.
Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Alex Padilla of California took office, bringing the Senate party split to 50-50. Newly inaugurated Vice President Kamala Harris, who will hold the chamber’s tiebreaking vote, briefly presided over the chamber and swore in the three senators. She laughed...",center
1387,Former Supreme Court Justice Proposes Repealing the Second Amendment,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],John Paul Stevens: Repeal the Second Amendment,New York Times (News),Rarely in my lifetime have I seen the type of civic engagement schoolchildren and their supporters demonstrated in Washington and other major cities throughout the country this past Saturday. These demonstrations demand our respect. They reveal the broad public support for legislation to minimize the risk of mass killings of schoolchildren and others in our society.,left
1388,Former Supreme Court Justice Proposes Repealing the Second Amendment,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],John Paul Stevens’s supremely unhelpful call to repeal the Second Amendment,Washington Post,"One of the biggest threats to the recovery of the Democratic Party these days is overreach. Having seen what Republicans have accomplished while pushing to the right, Democrats are debating how hard to push in the opposite direction — on the minimum wage, on abortion, on health care and on education. A party that was once afraid of being tagged with supporting “government-run” health care is increasingly okay with the word “liberal” and even voted in droves for a self-described socialist in 2016. And its 2020 hopefuls are leading the...",left
1389,Former Supreme Court Justice Proposes Repealing the Second Amendment,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Basic math makes repealing the Second Amendment impossible (Sorry John Paul Stevens),Washington Examiner,"You say you want a revolution? Well, you know, more specifically retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens wants a constitutional amendment to repeal the Second Amendment.",right
1390,Dem Primary in SC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","As South Carolina Votes, Hillary Clinton’s Southern Firewall Appears Poised to Pass First Test",Wall Street Journal (News),"Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders made their final pitches to voters in South Carolina, where a strong showing by Mrs. Clinton, who has a double-digit lead in the polls, could hint at more struggles for Mr. Sanders.
South Carolina Democratic Party officials are expecting a good turnout during Saturday’s voting. Democratic Party Chairman Jamie Harrison said this wee",center
1391,Dem Primary in SC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",South Carolina Primary Will Test Hillary Clinton’s Grip on Obama’s Coattails,New York Times (News),"Hillary Clinton recaptured momentum with her win against Bernie Sanders in the Nevada caucuses last weekend, but the South Carolina primary on Saturday will serve as the true test of whether she can excite the voters who shunned her in 2008 to support Barack Obama.
In her last campaign, the state shattered Mrs. Clinton’s hopes and frayed the relationship she and Bill Clinton had with black voters, dealing Mr. Obama a 28-percentage-point victory and convincing the country that his appeal extended beyond the largely white, liberal electorate of Iowa.",left
1392,Dem Primary in SC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders makes final plea for ‘political revolution’ in S.C.,Washington Times,"Democratic presidential contender Sen. Bernard Sanders made a final plea Friday for young black voters to join his “political revolution” in hopes of an upset victory in the first-in-the-South primary.
“We need a political revolution. Are you guys ready to join in that revolution,” he said to cheers of affirmation from the crowd at Claflin University, a",right
1393,Obama at Poverty Summit,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama to target lack of opportunity at poverty summit,Washington Times,"At a summit on poverty Tuesday, President Obama will discuss his belief that recent high-profile confrontations between police and blacks are often a result of a lack of economic opportunity.
“As the president has made clear, these issues are not new,” White House aide Jerry Abramson said in an email to supporters. “What we are witnessing in cities across America is not only about policing. This is also about opportunity.”
Mr. Obama w",right
1394,Obama at Poverty Summit,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama draws line between racial segregation of the past and class segregation today,CNN (Online News),"More than a week after streets in Baltimore erupted in violence, President Barack Obama attempted on Tuesday to pinpoint the roots of the unrest there, which he says include a lack of opportunity for inner-city youth and laws that make it difficult to escape a cycle of crime.
Joining prominent policy experts to discuss the roots and potential solutions to poverty, Obama identified what he said was a troubling trend toward social stratification that separates the well-off from the poor.
""What used to be racial segregation now mirrors itself in...",left
1395,Obama at Poverty Summit,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Conference Gives Obama Opportunity to Discuss Poverty and Race,New York Times (News),"During two campaigns and most of his time in office, President Obama has portrayed himself as the champion of a middle class fighting to recover from a devastating economic collapse.
But eruptions of racial tensions in Baltimore; Ferguson, Mo.; and Staten Island have accelerated a shift in the later stages of Mr. Obama’s presidency, as the nation’s first black president begins to refocus his administration’s attention on the plight of the poor, especially in African-American communities.
On Tuesday, the president extended that effort by participating in a panel discussion at...",left
1396,Calls for Peace in Ukraine,['World'],U.S. Joins Europe in Efforts to End Fighting in Ukraine,New York Times (News),"With fighting intensifying in eastern Ukraine and the White House weighing whether to send arms to bolster the government’s forces, Western leaders embarked on a broad diplomatic effort on Thursday aimed at ending a conflict that has strained relations with Russia.
Yet, the prospects of achieving a new peace plan remained clouded by deep suspicions of Moscow, born of its history of dissembling about its intentions and operations in Ukraine, Western diplomats and Ukrainian officials said.",left
1397,Calls for Peace in Ukraine,['World'],"Calls grow to arm Ukraine, as European leaders scramble for last-ditch peace plan",Fox News (Online News),"European leaders scrambled Thursday to try and forge a diplomatic deal to end fighting in eastern Ukraine, in an apparent bid to head off U.S. consideration of lethal military aid for the Ukrainian government in its war against Russian-backed separatists.
At the same time, a bipartisan call in Congress for the U.S. to arm Ukraine was only growing, with lawmakers saying the military aid ""is past due.""
""We can't just stand by and let them be slaughtered by superior weapons,"" Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., chairman of the Senate...",right
1398,Calls for Peace in Ukraine,['World'],Ukraine crisis: Leaders in new diplomatic push for peace,BBC News,"Diplomatic efforts are under way to end renewed fighting in eastern Ukraine.
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held urgent talks in the capital Kiev, presenting a new peace initiative.
US Secretary of State John Kerry, who is also in Kiev, said the US wanted a diplomatic solution, but would not close its eyes to Russian aggression.
Fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels has killed nearly 5,400 people since April, the UN says.
Ukraine and the West have accused Russia of arming rebels in eastern Ukraine...",center
1399,UK Begins Distribution of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'World', 'United Kingdom', 'FDA', 'China', 'Pfizer']",Pfizer’s vaccine debuts in Britain as the world’s first fully tested vaccine.,New York Times (News),"Britain’s National Health Service delivered its first shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday, opening a mass vaccination campaign with little precedent in modern medicine and making Britons the first people in the world to receive a clinically authorized, fully tested vaccine.
At 6:31 a.m. Tuesday, Margaret Keenan, 90, a former jewelry shop assistant, rolled up the sleeve of her “Merry Christmas” T-shirt to receive the first shot, and her image quickly became an emblem of the remarkable race to produce a vaccine and the global effort to end...",left
1400,UK Begins Distribution of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'World', 'United Kingdom', 'FDA', 'China', 'Pfizer']","In COVID-19 milestone for West, Britain starts mass vaccination",Reuters,"A 90-year-old grandmother became the world’s first person to receive a fully-tested COVID-19 shot on Tuesday, as Britain began mass-vaccinating its people in a global drive that poses one of the biggest logistical challenges in peacetime history.
Health workers started inoculating the most vulnerable with the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, with the country a test case for the world as it contends with distributing a compound that must be stored at -70C (-94F).",center
1401,UK Begins Distribution of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'World', 'United Kingdom', 'FDA', 'China', 'Pfizer']",90-year-old woman is first to receive Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in UK,Fox News (Online News),"Margaret Keenan, 90, reportedly said she felt “privileged” when she became the first person in the United Kingdom to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine early Tuesday in Coventry, England.
The BBC reported that the vaccine was administered at 6:30 a.m. GMT.
Around 800,000 doses of the vaccine were expected to be in place for the start of the immunization program on Tuesday, a day that Health Secretary Matt Hancock has reportedly dubbed as “V-Day,” a nod to triumphs in World War II.",right
1402,Rubio Drops Out,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","RIP Marco Rubio: Media Darling, Political Loser",HuffPost,"Marco Rubio has lost his last primary. On Tuesday night, the Florida senator watched as Donald Trump was immediately declared the victor in his home state's Republican contest -- the race Rubio could not lose if he wanted to continue. The result will almost certainly touch off a despairing round of hand-wringing from the GOP establishment set, but in all likelihood, his Sunshine State defeat will not generate any surprise from the political press.",left
1403,Rubio Drops Out,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Inside Marco’s Hollow Campaign,Politico,"Three days before Florida’s climactic primary, Marco Rubio sank deep into a black leather armchair on his campaign bus. He had just spent 25 minutes smiling wide for supporters at a high-end boutique selling $150 candles. “Don’t forget to vote on Tuesday!” he shouted from the third step of a wood-paneled staircase. Now, on his parked bus, the afternoon sunlight shut out by drawn blinds, the smile was gone. The candidate knew it was already over.",left
1404,Rubio Drops Out,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",‘Not God’s Plan’: Marco Rubio Drops Out of Presidential Race,Breitbart News,"Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) officially suspended his campaign for president this evening after losing to billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump in Tuesday’s primary election in Florida.
“So while it is not God’s plan to be president in 2016 or maybe ever, and while today my campaign is suspended, the fact that I’ve even come this far is evidence of how special America truly is,” he said.",right
1405,"Biden, China's Xi Hold First Call Since Russia Invaded Ukraine","['World', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'China', 'Xi Jinping', 'Joe Biden']",China says Xi and Biden’s two-hour call focused on the need for peace in Ukraine,CNBC,"President Joe Biden held a nearly two-hour phone call on Friday morning with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The call was seen as a critical test of whether Biden can convince China to stay on the sidelines of the conflict in Ukraine, and to turn down Russian requests for military or economic aid.
According to a readout of the call from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Xi told Biden that the United States and China each had an obligation to promote peace.
The White House has...",center
1406,"Biden, China's Xi Hold First Call Since Russia Invaded Ukraine","['World', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'China', 'Xi Jinping', 'Joe Biden']","Biden, Xi hold high-stakes call on where China stands on Russian invasion",ABC News (Online),"In a high-stakes video call, President Joe Biden and China's President Xi Jinping spoke Friday morning for the first time since November amid concerns that China will help Russian President Vladimir Putin's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
The White House said the two leaders spoke for one hour and 50 minutes.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden would be candid and direct and that the call provided a chance for him to ""assess where President Xi stands."" The conversation would center on ""managing the competition between our two countries as...",left
1407,"Biden, China's Xi Hold First Call Since Russia Invaded Ukraine","['World', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'China', 'Xi Jinping', 'Joe Biden']",Biden asks China’s Xi for help against Russia,New York Post (News),"President Biden on Friday called Chinese President Xi Jinping to request help cutting off Russia with sanctions and a ban on military supplies that could be used in Ukraine — but the call happened as China’s military provocatively sailed an aircraft carrier through the Taiwan Strait.
The video call lasted nearly 2 hours and ended at 10:53 a.m., the White House said.
It was not immediately clear if Xi had agreed to any steps to penalize Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government for its 23-day-old war in Ukraine amid heavy bombardment of major cities...",right
1408,House Nears Omnibus Vote,"['US House', 'Politics']",Floor Drama: Boehner Embarrassment as House Nearly Kills Omnibus on Procedural Vote,Breitbart News,"The final vote on Speaker John Boehner’s 1,603-page, more than $1 trillion omnibus spending bill is in jeopardy after members almost killed the bill on the rule. A total of 214 members voted for it, less than the majority of members in the House, but since all members weren't voting, the 212 against the rule wasn’t enough to kill it.
Time for voting had run out minutes before, and briefly the nays—those against the rule—had the majority. At least one Republican had switched a vote from being against the...",right
1409,House Nears Omnibus Vote,"['US House', 'Politics']",Democrats Nearly Sink Omnibus Spending Bill Over Dodd-Frank Change,HuffPost,"Democrats rebelled against the government funding bill Thursday, joining with a handful of Republicans to nearly vote down a measure that would keep federal offices running, but was also packed with policy riders walking back financial reform.
The inelegantly named ""cromnibus"" appropriations bill would fund the government after current funding expires on Dec. 11. But lawmakers are also trying to use the must-pass legislation to gut campaign finance rules and undo Dodd-Frank provisions designed to curb risky Wa",left
1410,House Nears Omnibus Vote,"['US House', 'Politics']",House to Vote on Spending Bill as Midnight Deadline Looms,Wall Street Journal (News),"With a midnight deadline to avert a government shutdown, the House prepared to vote Thursday on a $1.1 trillion spending bill, in a test of whether Republican leaders can contain late-blooming opposition to some contentious provisions.
House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) told reporters at his weekly news conference that he was confident the spending bill would receive bipartisan support and pass on Thursday, and then be sent to the Senate. Current funding for the government runs out at midnight Thursday. If the bill fails, the House is expected to...",center
1411,U.S. Preparing for 'Christmas Gift' Mentioned by North Korea,"['World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'Christmas Gift', 'Kim Jong Un', 'North Korea']",Looks Like North Korea Is Building a 'Christmas Gift' for the U.S. at its Long-Range Missile Site,Vice,"North Korea has built a new structure at a military site where it produces long-range missiles, a worrying sign that the isolated nation is preparing the ""Christmas gift"" it warned the U.S. about: a long-range missile test.
Planets Labs released satellite imagery showing the new structure at the March 16 Factory near Pyongyang, a site North Korea reportedly uses to build mobile launchers for its long-range missiles, according to the AP.",left
1412,U.S. Preparing for 'Christmas Gift' Mentioned by North Korea,"['World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'Christmas Gift', 'Kim Jong Un', 'North Korea']",North Korea Promises A Christmas Surprise. Here Are The Options,NPR (Online News),"North Korea doesn't really do Christmas cards, but if it did, its card would probably have a picture of the nation's leader, Kim Jong Un, riding a white horse through a snowy wilderness. In fact, North Korean state media released those exact images this month, and the message was clear: Kim, frustrated with how things were going, was pondering a new direction.
""The idea is that he was making this journey to commune with the universe in order to settle on his course,"" says Jeffrey Lewis, a professor at the...",left
1413,U.S. Preparing for 'Christmas Gift' Mentioned by North Korea,"['World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'Christmas Gift', 'Kim Jong Un', 'North Korea']",US on high alert for possible ‘Christmas gift’ missile from North Korea,Fox News (Online News),"U.S. officials are on high alert for signs of a possible missile launch from North Korea in the coming days that officials have referred to as a “Christmas gift.”
A significant launch or nuclear test would raise the end of North Korea's self-imposed moratorium on missile launches and tests. It would also be a major blow to one of President Trump’s major foreign policy goals to get North Korea back to the negotiating table to eliminate its nuclear weapons.",right
1414,Trump's Nominee For DNI: John Ratcliffe,"['National Security', 'DNI', 'FBI', 'CIA', 'Dan Coats', 'Donald Trump', 'US Intelligence', 'Defense And Security']","Key Senators So Far Silent On John Ratcliffe, Trump's Pick For New Top Spy",NPR (Online News),"Rep. John Ratcliffe is President Trump's choice to become the next top leader of the U.S. intelligence community.
The Texas Republican thanked Trump on Twitter following the president's earlier announcement, also on Twitter, that Ratcliffe was his nominee to replace outgoing Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats.
Coats and Trump haven't been sympatico from the beginning and the White House has been telling journalists for weeks that the president wanted somebody else.
If the transition isn't a surprise, however, the choice of Ratcliffe might have been — and some key...",left
1415,Trump's Nominee For DNI: John Ratcliffe,"['National Security', 'DNI', 'FBI', 'CIA', 'Dan Coats', 'Donald Trump', 'US Intelligence', 'Defense And Security']",Dem senators slam Ratcliffe's nomination for intel chief,Politico,"Sen. Chris Murphy on Monday dismissed Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas), President Donald Trump’s nominee to become the next director of national intelligence, as a “television character” who is an “inappropriate choice” for the historically nonpartisan post.
“I don't know this guy,” Murphy (D-Conn.) said on MSNBC. “I think he's a television character that the president has watched on TV, and he wants to put somebody in this position who's going to agree with his political take on intelligence.”",left
1416,Trump's Nominee For DNI: John Ratcliffe,"['National Security', 'DNI', 'FBI', 'CIA', 'Dan Coats', 'Donald Trump', 'US Intelligence', 'Defense And Security']",Top Senate Republican: Committee will 'swiftly' consider Ratcliffe nomination,Washington Examiner,"Senate Republicans plan to move quickly to consider the nomination of Rep. John Ratcliffe to succeed outgoing Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr on Monday said he talked to Ratcliffe Sunday to congratulate on President Trump’s decision to nominate him to the post.
Ratcliffe, a Republican from Texas, sits on the Homeland Security and Judiciary Committee and is relatively unknown to senators.",right
1417,Inaugural Address,"['White House', 'Politics']",We're Transferring Power Back to the People: President Trump Gives Inaugural Address,Fox News (Online News),"(Watch Trump's address, and read a full transcript.) President-elect Donald Trump has been sworn-in as the 45th president of the United States. In his inaugural address, Trump said this isn't just a transfer of power from one president to another or one party to another.
""We are transferring power from Washington, D.C., and giving it back to you, the people,"" Trump said to cheers.
Trump said he is committed to being a president for all Americans, and the ""forgotten men and women"" will be forgotten no longer.
""America will start...",right
1418,Inaugural Address,"['White House', 'Politics']",Inaugural Coverage,C-SPAN,"(Watch inauguration from the beginning, forward to 4:59 for oath of office and inaugural address). C-SPAN’s coverage of Inauguration Day included viewer calls, the motorcade to the White House, arrivals at the Capitol, the inaugural ceremony and parade, and evening events.",center
1419,Inaugural Address,"['White House', 'Politics']",Donald Trump’s inaugural address: Full text as prepared for delivery,Washington Post,"Here is the full text of Donald Trump's address at his inauguration as the 45th president on Friday, as prepared for delivery. His remarks as delivered, with annotations and explanations, are here.
Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, fellow Americans, and people of the world: thank you.",left
1420,Why Did the US Sell Oil to a Chinese Company With Ties to Hunter Biden?,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Oil', 'Energy', 'China', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'World', 'Hunter Biden', 'Corruption']",The misplaced outrage over Hunter Biden and U.S. oil reserves bought by China,Washington Post Fact Check,"“Pres Biden reportedly sold oil fr[om] American reserves to China’s Sinopec which Hunter Biden may still b[e] tied to via his financial ventures in China. If report correct that’s OUTRAGEOUS.”
— Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), in a tweet, July 8
Search on Twitter for “Sinopec Hunter Biden” and this is just one of many tweets from GOP lawmakers and supporters that turn up.
Meanwhile, a colleague on Friday attended a town hall held by Joe Kent, a Washington state Republican running for Congress promising to impeach President Biden. When one attendee asked...",left
1421,Why Did the US Sell Oil to a Chinese Company With Ties to Hunter Biden?,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Oil', 'Energy', 'China', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'World', 'Hunter Biden', 'Corruption']",Why U.S. Petroleum Reserve Oil Went Overseas,RealClearPolitics,"President Biden made sure to emphasize that the action he was about to take was extraordinary.
In late March, as the price of gasoline spiked, his administration threw open the spigot of the National Strategic Petroleum Reserve and began releasing a million barrels a day to, in the president’s telling, “provide a historic amount of supply” until domestic production could ramp back up.
But some of that historic supply meant to ease domestic pain, per new reports, ended up overseas. According to Reuters, as gasoline and diesel prices hit record...",center
1422,Why Did the US Sell Oil to a Chinese Company With Ties to Hunter Biden?,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Oil', 'Energy', 'China', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'World', 'Hunter Biden', 'Corruption']",Biden Sold a Million Barrels From US Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China-Owned Gas Giant,Washington Free Beacon,"The Biden administration sold roughly one million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to a Chinese state-controlled gas giant that continues to purchase Russian oil, a move the Energy Department said would ""support American consumers"" and combat ""Putin's price hike.""
Biden's Energy Department in April announced the sale of 950,000 Strategic Petroleum Reserve barrels to Unipec, the trading arm of the China Petrochemical Corporation. That company, which is commonly known as Sinopec, is wholly owned by the Chinese government. The Biden administration claimed the move would ""address the pain Americans are feeling at the...",right
1423,Debt Deal with Democrats,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Trump sides with Democrats on fiscal issues, throwing Republican plans into chaos",Washington Post,"President Trump, a man of few allegiances who seized control of the Republican Party in a hostile takeover, suddenly aligned himself with Democrats on Wednesday on a series of key fiscal issues — and even gave a lift to North Dakota’s embattled Democratic U.S. senator.",left
1424,Debt Deal with Democrats,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Trump Stuns GOP by Dealing With Democrats on Debt, Harvey Aid",Wall Street Journal (News),"President had hinted he might work with Democrats if Republicans couldn’t advance his priorities, but he always pulled back.",center
1425,Debt Deal with Democrats,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Trump shuns Republican leaders to cut debt deal with Schumer, Pelosi",Washington Times,‘Today was a good day in a generally very partisan town’ says Senate minority leader.,right
1426,Sen. Josh Hawley to Object to Electoral College Certification,"['US Senate', 'Josh Hawley', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Politics']","Hawley vows to challenge Biden electors, forcing vote McConnell hoped to avoid",Politico,"Sen. Josh Hawley on Wednesday pledged to challenge President-elect Joe Biden's victory in Pennsylvania and possibly other states on Jan. 6, when Congress is set to certify the results of the 2020 election.
The Missouri Republican's announcement guarantees that both chambers will be forced to debate the results of at least one state and vote on whether to accept Biden's victory, a process that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had urged Republicans to avoid, despite pressure from President Donald Trump, who is urging Republicans to overturn the democratic results.",left
1427,Sen. Josh Hawley to Object to Electoral College Certification,"['US Senate', 'Josh Hawley', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Politics']",GOP Sen. Josh Hawley says he will object to Electoral College certification,Axios,"Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said in a statement Wednesday that he will object to the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory during the joint session of Congress on Jan. 6, alleging that some states failed to follow their election laws and that Big Tech interfered on behalf of Biden.
Why it matters: Hawley is the first senator to say he will object to the certification, joining a group of House Republicans. Biden will still be certified the winner, but the move will force Senate Republicans to go on...",center
1428,Sen. Josh Hawley to Object to Electoral College Certification,"['US Senate', 'Josh Hawley', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Politics']",Hawley says he'll object to Electoral College certification of Biden victory on Jan. 6,Fox News (Online News),"Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., on Wednesday became the first Republican senator to publicly say he will object to the certification of the presidential election results when a joint session of Congress meets in one week to formally certify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College victory over President Trump.
Roughly a dozen Trump supporters in the House – led by Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama – have said they will challenge the slate of electors from six battleground states where Biden narrowly edged Trump in last month's election. But the challenge...",right
1429,Georgia Removes 102K 'Obsolete and Outdated' Registered Voters,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Georgia', 'Election Security']","Georgia Secretary of State Outlines 100,000 Names to Be Cut From Voter Rolls",The Epoch Times,"Georgia’s secretary of state this week announced he is set to remove some 100,000 names from voter rolls, the first major voting list maintenance following the 2020 election.
The names are being removed because of a National Change of Address form submitted to the U.S. Postal Service, election mail being sent to them bouncing back; or having no contact with elections officials for at least five years.
“Making sure Georgia’s voter rolls are up to date is key to ensuring the integrity of our elections,” Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a...",right
1430,Georgia Removes 102K 'Obsolete and Outdated' Registered Voters,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Georgia', 'Election Security']",Georgia releases list of 102K voter registrations to be canceled,Atlanta Journal-Constitution,"Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Friday made public the names of nearly 102,000 people who are at risk of having their Georgia voter registrations canceled, a warning before they lose their ability to vote next month.
The mass cancellations, called voter “purges” by their critics, target registered voters who moved or didn’t participate in elections for several years.
Fewer voter registrations are being canceled this year than in 2017, when 534,000 were eliminated from Georgia’s voter rolls during the largest removal of registrations in U.S. history. Most of the state’s outdated registrations...",left
1431,Georgia Removes 102K 'Obsolete and Outdated' Registered Voters,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Georgia', 'Election Security']","Georgia removes over 100,000 names from state's voter registration rolls",Axios,"Georgia's secretary of state said on Friday that 101,789 ""obsolete and outdated"" names will be removed from the state's voter registration rolls to keep voter files ""up to date.""
The big picture: The announcement comes as several Republican-controlled states, including Georgia, have passed or signed into law legislation that imposes new and often restrictive voting measures.
The removal of the 100,000 names is the first ""major cleaning"" of voting rolls in the state since 2019, although Georgia regularly removes voter files for felony convictions and deaths.
Details: The removals include 67,286 voter files ""associated...",center
1432,Biden to Propose $6 Trillion Federal Budget for 2022,"['Economic Policy', 'Domestic Policy', 'Federal Budget', 'Joe Biden', 'Deficit', 'Taxes', 'American Jobs Plan', 'American Families Plan', 'Economy And Jobs']",Biden’s 2022 Budget Would Push Federal Spending to Highest Levels Since WWII,National Review,"President Joe Biden will unveil a $6 trillion budget proposal on Friday that would push federal spending to its highest sustained levels since World War II.
Biden’s budget plan asks the federal government to spend $6 trillion in the 2022 fiscal year and for total spending to hit $8.2 trillion by 2031, according to documents first obtained by The New York Times.
Should Biden’s budget be accepted by Congress, the federal government will spend more as a share of the economy each year than at any other time since World War II, with...",right
1433,Biden to Propose $6 Trillion Federal Budget for 2022,"['Economic Policy', 'Domestic Policy', 'Federal Budget', 'Joe Biden', 'Deficit', 'Taxes', 'American Jobs Plan', 'American Families Plan', 'Economy And Jobs']",Biden’s budget will include $5 trillion in new federal spending over the next decade,CNBC,"President Joe Biden will propose $5 trillion in new federal spending over the next decade on Friday, part of his Fiscal Year 2022 budget request, a source familiar with the proposal tells CNBC.
The new spending will be paid for in part by $3.6 trillion in additional revenues over the same period. The result would be a net deficit of $1.4 trillion, which would begin shrinking after 2030.
Biden will include $300 billion of the $5 trillion total in his budget request to Congress for fiscal year 2022. This will...",center
1434,Biden to Propose $6 Trillion Federal Budget for 2022,"['Economic Policy', 'Domestic Policy', 'Federal Budget', 'Joe Biden', 'Deficit', 'Taxes', 'American Jobs Plan', 'American Families Plan', 'Economy And Jobs']",Biden to Propose $6 Trillion Budget to Make U.S. More Competitive,New York Times (News),"The president’s plans to invest in infrastructure, education, health care and more would push federal spending to its highest sustained levels since World War II.
WASHINGTON — President Biden will propose a $6 trillion budget on Friday that would take the United States to its highest sustained levels of federal spending since World War II, while running deficits above $1.3 trillion throughout the next decade.
Documents obtained by The New York Times show that Mr. Biden’s first budget request as president calls for the federal government to spend $6 trillion...",left
1435,Bridge Collapses Hours Before Biden Infrastructure Speech,"['Domestic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Infrastructure', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Economic Policy', 'Pittsburgh', 'Pennsylvania', 'Disaster', 'Snow Storm', 'General News']",Biden says Pittsburgh bridge collapse shows how poor infrastructure ‘can threaten lives’,CNBC,"President Joe Biden made an unscheduled visit to the site of a bridge collapse in Pittsburgh on Friday afternoon, during a trip originally meant to tout his legislative agenda — including the landmark infrastructure law he signed last year.
“We saw today, when a bridge is in disrepair, it literally can threaten lives,” Biden said in a speech at Carnegie Mellon University’s Mill 19, just a few miles from the collapsed bridge.
The bridge, said Biden, “had been rated in poor condition for the past 10 years.”",center
1436,Bridge Collapses Hours Before Biden Infrastructure Speech,"['Domestic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Infrastructure', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Economic Policy', 'Pittsburgh', 'Pennsylvania', 'Disaster', 'Snow Storm', 'General News']",Biden promotes his plan to repair bridges after dramatic collapse in Pennsylvania,Politico,"President Joe Biden on Friday touted the bipartisan infrastructure package that he signed into law in November, while also addressing the dramatic bridge collapse in Pittsburgh that occurred just hours before he arrived in the city.
Fern Hollow Bridge near Frick Park, the site of the collapse, had been rated in ""poor condition"" for the last 10 years, Biden said. Across the country, 45,000 bridges are in poor condition, a number Biden called ""unacceptable.""",left
1437,Bridge Collapses Hours Before Biden Infrastructure Speech,"['Domestic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Infrastructure', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Economic Policy', 'Pittsburgh', 'Pennsylvania', 'Disaster', 'Snow Storm', 'General News']",'We've got to move': President Biden speaks in Pittsburgh about infrastructure in wake of Frick Park bridge collapse,Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,"The second visit to Pittsburgh of Joe Biden’s presidency — this one touting his administration’s investment into the nation’s crumbling infrastructure — came as the city continued to reel from one of its bridges collapsing Friday morning.
Mr. Biden, a Scranton native, stopped at the site of the bridge collapse in Frick Park shortly after landing at Allegheny County Airport in West Mifflin, before heading to Hazelwood’s Mill 19 on Friday afternoon. The Hazelwood visit was planned earlier this week but took on a new importance after the bridge collapse.",center
1438,Mitt’s View on Foreign Policy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney Accuses Obama Of 'Passivity' On World Stage,NPR (Online News),"Republican Mitt Romney said Monday the risk of conflict in the Middle East ""is higher now"" than it was when President Obama took office. He proposed that the U.S. take a more assertive role in Syria and claimed Obama's withdrawal of troops from Iraq has jeopardized U.S. interests.
Declaring that ""it's time to change course in the Middle East"" and accusing Obama of ""passivity,"" the Republican presidential nominee called for the U.S. to work with other countries to arm the Syrian rebels to help them defeat President Bashar Assad's ""tanks,...",left
1439,Mitt’s View on Foreign Policy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney sees retreat in Obama’s foreign policy,Washington Times,"Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Monday that President Obama has embraced a passive foreign policy that retreats from the bipartisan consensus that has governed for generations, and said that under Mr. Obama the United States no longer shapes events on the global stage.
Speaking at the Virginia Military Institute, Mr. Romney said in his campaign’s first major address on foreign policy that the world wants a strong America to underpin a stable world order, but he said with Mr. Obama in the White House, U.S. allies have been...",right
1440,Mitt’s View on Foreign Policy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney Criticizes Obama's Foreign Policy Approach,Wall Street Journal (News),"Mitt Romney called for the U.S. to play a more active role in shaping the new governments sprouting from the Arab Spring, but he offered few details on how he would meet that challenge if he were president.
""It is time to change course in the Middle East,"" the Republican presidential nominee said in a speech Monday at the Virginia Military Institute. ""The president has failed to offer the tangible support that our partners want and need.""",center
1441,"House Dems, White House Clear Path to Pass USMCA","['Foreign Policy', 'Business', 'NAFTA', 'World', 'Global Markets', 'USMCA', 'House Democrats', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Donald Trump', 'Mexico', 'Canada', 'North America', 'Trade']",Progressives slam Democrats for announcing their new trade deal with Trump an hour after they said they're bringing articles of impeachment,Insider,"By 10 am, Speaker Nancy Pelosi had both unveiled two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump and announced that Democrats had reached an agreement with the president on a replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Democrats were somber in announcing the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress against the president. But the mood was almost jubilant an hour later when Pelosi praised the White House-led United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which she said Democrats take ""great pride in."" Democrats touted their efforts in securing various...",left
1442,"House Dems, White House Clear Path to Pass USMCA","['Foreign Policy', 'Business', 'NAFTA', 'World', 'Global Markets', 'USMCA', 'House Democrats', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Donald Trump', 'Mexico', 'Canada', 'North America', 'Trade']",Pelosi Announces Dems Have Agreed to Parameters of USMCA Trade Deal,National Review,"One hour after announcing articles of impeachment against President Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday that House Democrats had reached an agreement with the White House over Trump’s landmark USMCA trade deal.
“It is infinitely better than what was initially proposed by the administration,” Pelosi said. “It’s a victory for American workers, and it’s one that we take great pride in advancing.”",right
1443,"House Dems, White House Clear Path to Pass USMCA","['Foreign Policy', 'Business', 'NAFTA', 'World', 'Global Markets', 'USMCA', 'House Democrats', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Donald Trump', 'Mexico', 'Canada', 'North America', 'Trade']","Trump, House Democrats strike deal on updated NAFTA, setting stage for a vote",Politico,"Democrats handed President Donald Trump a political win Tuesday with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's announcement that Democrats have reached a deal with the administration on the new North American trade agreement.
The deal coincides with House Democrats unveiling two articles of impeachment against the president, and edges Trump closer to victory on a signature 2016 campaign promise with the trade deal.
Story Continued Below
Trump applauded the progress on the agreement, saying it would be ""the best and most important trade deal ever made by the USA"" and predicted...",left
1444,Bipartisan Gun Deal Reached,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Deal reached on background checks in Senate,CNN (Online News),"Sens. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, and Patrick J. Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, plan to announce a bipartisan deal on background checks for gun shows and Internet sales at an 11 a.m. press conference today.",left
1445,Bipartisan Gun Deal Reached,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Senate aides: Bipartisan deal reached on gun background checks,Washington Post,Compromise would require checks for commercial sales but not sales between individuals.,left
1446,Bipartisan Gun Deal Reached,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Background checks brokered: Sens. Toomey and Manchin reach gun deal,Washington Times,"With a Senate gun-control showdown looming, Sens. Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey have reached a deal on background checks for firearm purchases.",right
1447,Latest from Benghazi Hearings,['Terrorism'],The Benghazi hearings: what's new and what's not,Washington Post,We provide a guide to help readers sort through some of the fog of charges and countercharges that emerged at the House hearings on Wednesday.,left
1448,Latest from Benghazi Hearings,['Terrorism'],"Congressman's trip to Libya, call by top Clinton aide raised at Benghazi hearing",CNN (Online News),The most politically charged testimony of Wednesday's House hearing on the deadly terror attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi Libya energized Republican claims that there is more to the story.,left
1449,Latest from Benghazi Hearings,['Terrorism'],Here Are the 5 Key Things to Take Away From Wednesday's Benghazi Hearing,The Blaze,"Three Benghazi whistleblowers appeared before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday to shed some light on the deadly terrorist attack that claimed the lives of four Americans including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, State Department official Sean Smith and former Navy SEALs Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods.",right
1450,Hillary Gives Speech on Criminal Justice,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Hillary Clinton doubles down on racial justice in first campaign address,Washington Times,"Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday demanded sweeping criminal justice reforms to end a “pattern” of black men being killed by police and black communities being subjugated by poverty, as the Baltimore riots pushed race relations to the forefront of her presidential campaign.
Mrs. Clinton called for an end to racial profiling, alternatives to incarceration for low-level offenses and body cameras on police officers nationwide to help fix a justice system that she said was tilted against black men.",right
1451,Hillary Gives Speech on Criminal Justice,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Hillary Clinton just gave one of the most important speeches of her career,Vox,"Fair or unfair, Democrats' chief criticism of Hillary Clinton has been that she doesn't truly share their most cherished values, particularly when it comes to addressing inequality. They also worry that she's not ready for prime time — that she's too stilted, too programmed, too cold on the stump.
On Wednesday she answered both points.
Her first major policy address of the 2016 campaign was Clinton at her finest, showcasing both strong policy chops and a deep sensitivity to Americans who are heartbroken over the deaths of young black men...",left
1452,Hillary Gives Speech on Criminal Justice,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",2016 Race Collides With Baltimore Unrest,NPR (Online News),"With the fires out and much of the glass cleaned up in Baltimore, the ""soul searching"" as President Obama called it, has begun. For those hoping to become the next president of the United States, weighing in presents both an opportunity and a challenge.
Hillary Clinton told an audience in New York Wednesday, the criminal justice system is ""out of balance.",left
1453,Boris Johnson And Conservatives Win In Great Britain,"['Boris Johnson', 'Prime Minister', 'Brexit', 'Conservatives', 'Elections', 'Great Britain', 'World']",Boris Johnson and the Coming Trump Victory in 2020,New York Times (Opinion),"Donald Trump, in his telling, could have shot somebody on Fifth Avenue and won. Boris Johnson could mislead the queen. He could break his promise to get Britain out of Europe by Oct. 31. He could lie about Turks invading Britain and the cost of European Union membership. He could make up stories about building 40 new hospitals. He could double down on the phantom $460 million a week that Brexit would deliver to the National Health Service — and still win a landslide Tory electoral victory not seen since...",left
1454,Boris Johnson And Conservatives Win In Great Britain,"['Boris Johnson', 'Prime Minister', 'Brexit', 'Conservatives', 'Elections', 'Great Britain', 'World']","Congrats Boris, R.I.P Fiscal Conservatism",National Review,"Although Boris Johnson may have defused a ten-megaton bomb of neo-Marxism in Britain and assured the final passage of Brexit, his Conservative victory is hardly a victory for conservatism. On the far side of the Atlantic, as over here, fiscal responsibility has taken a lethal beating.
Reviewing a failed campaign manifesto by Starbucks titan Howard Schultz a million years ago last spring, Andrew Ferguson wrote, with his typical combination of wit and sagacity, “Schultz hopes to define himself as the political equivalent of a jackalope: the ‘fiscally conservative social liberal’...",right
1455,Boris Johnson And Conservatives Win In Great Britain,"['Boris Johnson', 'Prime Minister', 'Brexit', 'Conservatives', 'Elections', 'Great Britain', 'World']",General Election 2019: What's behind the Conservative victory?,BBC News,"Boris Johnson has won a decisive majority, on the back of a big swing from Labour to the Conservatives in Leave-voting Britain.
Yet north of the border the SNP dramatically almost swept the board.
With all results now declared, the prime minister has won a majority of 80 seats - the biggest Tory majority since 1987.
Meanwhile, at 44%, the party's share of the vote is set to be at its highest since 1979, when Margaret Thatcher became prime minister.
Labour, in contrast, finds itself with little more than 200...",center
1456,Tax Day 2015,['Taxes'],Tax Calculator: The federal debt,Fox News (Online News),"The federal government must make regular interest payments on the money it has borrowed to finance past deficits – that is, on the national debt held by the public.",right
1457,Tax Day 2015,['Taxes'],OPINION: Admit it - You love Tax Day!,CNN (Online News),"Danny Kahneman, my good friend and co-author who got a Nobel Prize in economics, once helped to run an experiment involving patients undergoing colonoscopies. One group received a mildly pleasurable experience at the end of the procedure; the other group, which experienced the same type of colonoscopy, did not.",left
1458,Tax Day 2015,['Taxes'],Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes?,New York Times (News),"Around this time every year, Joseph Bankman, a professor of tax law at Stanford Law School and a longtime advocate of using technology to simplify tax filing, gets on the phone with reporters to explain what is wrong with how we do our taxes in the United States. Every year he says pretty much the same thing: No other industrialized country asks its citizens to jump through as many hoops to calculate their taxes as ours.",left
1459,Shadow Campaign of Hillary Clinton,['Elections'],Hillary Clinton's shadow campaign,Politico,"Early last summer in her Georgian-style home near Washington's Embassy Row, Hillary Clinton met with a handful of aides for a detailed presentation on preparing for a 2016 presidential campaign.",left
1460,Shadow Campaign of Hillary Clinton,['Elections'],Are You Ready for Hillary? New Bumper Sticker Hints at Clinton 2016 Candidacy,The Blaze,"It's not an out-and-out declaration of her candidacy for U.S. president, but a new bumper sticker being pushed by the Hillary Clinton PAC seems to come close.",right
1461,Migrant Arrests at Southern Border Hit 20-Year High as Title 42 Policy Nears End,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Title 42']","Migrant arrivals along U.S. border soared to 221,000 in March, the highest tally since 2000",CBS News (Online),"The number of migrant arrivals along the U.S. southern border soared in March to the highest levels since 2000, surpassing 200,000 for only the third time during the Biden administration, according to government statistics submitted to a federal court Friday.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported processing migrants 221,303 times along the Mexican border last month, which overtook the previous peak under the Biden administration in July 2021, when U.S. officials recorded 213,593 migrant encounters, agency figures show.
Nearly 210,000 of the migrant encounters last month were recorded by Border Patrol, which arrests migrants...",left
1462,Migrant Arrests at Southern Border Hit 20-Year High as Title 42 Policy Nears End,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Title 42']",Concerns over spike in migrant crossings,NewsNation,"A new Department of Homeland Security report confirmed by NewsNation sources says that after Title 42 expires next month, migrant encounters could spike by a factor of two or even three times what they are now.
Title 42, the COVID-19 provision used to expel many undocumented migrants who illegally cross into the U.S, is set to expire in May.
In the month of January, immigration authorities had about 154,000 migrant encounters. In February, there were 165,000.
In March, immigration authorities stopped migrants 221,303 times along the Southwest border, a 33% increase from a month earlier,...",center
1463,Migrant Arrests at Southern Border Hit 20-Year High as Title 42 Policy Nears End,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Title 42']","Over 221,000 Migrant Encounters Reported in March, Highest since Biden Took Office",National Review,"U.S. Customs and Border Protection recorded 221,303 migrant encounters at the southern border in March, according to a Friday court filing by the agency, in the highest monthly total since President Biden assumed office.
The previous monthly high was 213,593 encounters recorded in July 2021, according to U.S. CBP data. Because some migrants attempt to enter the U.S. several times, the number of encounters can include multiple attempts by the same migrant.
Of the encounters recorded in March 2022, 209,906 were apprehended by the Border Patrol after crossing from Mexico into the U.S. illegally outside...",right
1464,Supreme Court Says Montana Can't Exclude Religious Schools From Scholarship Program,"['Parochial Schools', 'Religious Freedom', 'John Roberts', 'US Constitution', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court says Montana program aiding private schools must be open to religious schools,Washington Post,"A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday endorsed a Montana tax incentive program that indirectly helps private religious schools, a major victory for those who want to see more public funding of religious institutions.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., writing for a conservative majority in the 5 to 4 ruling, said the Montana Supreme Court was wrong to strike down the program because of a provision in the state constitution that forbids public funds from going to religious institutions. The U.S. Constitution’s protection of religious freedom prevails, he said.
“A...",left
1465,Supreme Court Says Montana Can't Exclude Religious Schools From Scholarship Program,"['Parochial Schools', 'Religious Freedom', 'John Roberts', 'US Constitution', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court strikes down state ban on taxpayer funding for religious schools,Fox News (Online News),"The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a ban on taxpayer funding for religious schools, in a narrow but significant win for the school choice movement.
In the 5-4 ruling, authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court essentially backed a Montana tax-credit scholarship program that gave residents up to a $150 credit for donating to private scholarship organizations, helping students pay for their choice of private schools. The state's revenue department made a rule banning those tax-credit scholarships from going to religious schools before the state's supreme court later...",right
1466,Supreme Court Says Montana Can't Exclude Religious Schools From Scholarship Program,"['Parochial Schools', 'Religious Freedom', 'John Roberts', 'US Constitution', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court hands win to religious schools,The Hill,"The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a Montana policy that excludes religious schools from a general student aid program violates religious freedoms protected under the U.S. Constitution.
The 5-4 majority decision, which fell along ideological lines, said that by making state-backed private school scholarships off-limits to parochial schools, the program ran afoul of First Amendment protections for the free exercise of religion, which prohibits the government from treating religious and secular groups differently.
“A state need not subsidize private education,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority. “But...",center
1467,Happy Thanksgiving from AllSides!,"['Holidays', 'Thanksgiving', 'Bridging Divides', 'General News']",Why We Celebrate Thanksgiving On The 4th Thursday Of November,NPR (Online News),"Move Thanksgiving to Friday? That's what F.B. Haviland asked President Herbert Hoover in 1929.
Didn't happen. But while we're on the subject, ever wonder why we carve our gobblers on the fourth Thursday of November? Hint: It's not because Thanksgiving Thursday is more alliterative than Thanksgiving Friday.
In 1789, President George Washington declared Thursday, Nov. 26, as a ""Day of Publick Thanksgivin,"" according to the National Archives. But in the years following, the date for the holiday was announced by presidential proclamation and was celebrated on various days and in...",left
1468,Happy Thanksgiving from AllSides!,"['Holidays', 'Thanksgiving', 'Bridging Divides', 'General News']",Conservatives must absolutely talk politics at the Thanksgiving table,Guest Writer - Right,"Each year at this time, we fall prey to an assortment of opinions from our media overlords reminding us that we best not talk politics around the Thanksgiving dinner table, or at worst, “how to survive” if the topic is broached. Other articles give tips us how to politely offer alternative topics, while Politico, NBC, GQ, and even Bravo have decided Trump has already ruined your holiday.
But what do progressive media outlets have against us talking about the political issues that affect our families with… our actual families?
The...",right
1469,Happy Thanksgiving from AllSides!,"['Holidays', 'Thanksgiving', 'Bridging Divides', 'General News']",The Horrible History of Thanksgiving,Charles Blow,"When I was a child, Thanksgiving was simple. It was about turkey and dressing, love and laughter, a time for the family to gather around a feast and be thankful for the year that had passed and be hopeful for the year to come.
In school, the story we learned was simple, too: Pilgrims and Native Americans came together to give thanks.
We made pictures of the gathering, everyone smiling. We colored turkeys or made them out of construction paper. We sometimes had a mini-feast in class.
I thought it...",left
1470,Bracing for Netanyahu,"['White House', 'Politics']",Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu Heads To Washington For Congress Speech,HuffPost,"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed to Washington on Sunday to press his case against an emerging deal on Iran's nuclear program in a contentious address to the U.S. Congress, which he said he is delivering out of concern for Israel's security.
The address has caused an uproar that has exposed tensions between Israel and its most important ally, the United States. In accepting a Republican invitation to address Congress, Netanyahu angered the White House, which was not consulted with in advance of the invite, as well as Democrats who...",left
1471,Bracing for Netanyahu,"['White House', 'Politics']","Netanyahu Congress Speech Targets Iran Deal, Israeli Voters",Newsmax (News),"When Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Congress on Tuesday, the Israel prime minister will call for a halt to President Barack Obama’s emerging nuclear deal with Iran, a step viewed by some as a bold act of principle and others as crude electioneering.
Since accepting Republican House Speaker John Boehner’s invitation in January, Netanyahu has clashed repeatedly with Obama, who said he would not be welcome at the White House during the trip. The 65-year-old leader refused appeals from Democrats to cancel the speech, saying the threat to Israel from a...",right
1472,Bracing for Netanyahu,"['White House', 'Politics']","White House-Netanyahu Rift Isn’t Over the Speech, but the Deal",Wall Street Journal (News),"As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to Washington for a controversial speech to Congress next week, the immediate problem isn’t that he and the Obama administration disagree. At the moment, the problem actually is that they seem to agree on this: As things stand now, the Israeli leader seems almost certain to oppose and try to block the deal the U.S. is negotiating with Iran over its nuclear program.
That is a change, and a significant one, from just a few months ago, when i",center
1473,The Mueller Report And Obstruction Of Justice Claims,"['Mueller Report', 'Obstruction Of Justice', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",How Mueller's decision on obstruction helped save Trump,Reuters,"The U.S. Attorney General decided that President Donald Trump did not obstruct a probe into whether his campaign colluded with Russia, but some legal experts said prosecutors laid out a wealth of evidence to the contrary and that they intended to leave that determination to Congress.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report revealed new details about Trump’s attempts to impede his investigation on Thursday. They included how the president tried to fire Mueller and limit his investigation, kept details of a June 2016 meeting between senior campaign officials and a Russian...",center
1474,The Mueller Report And Obstruction Of Justice Claims,"['Mueller Report', 'Obstruction Of Justice', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Mueller Report Details Trump’s Attempts to Influence Probe,National Review,"Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report details ten “incidents” in which President Trump sought to curtail or otherwise affect the direction of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Mueller’s report outlines the president’s attempts to intervene in the special-counsel probe to bring it to a premature conclusion or to affect the public perception of it by manipulating government officials’ statements. It stops short, however, of making a prosecutorial determination regarding whether Trump obstructed justice — a decision it indicates is best left to Congress.
“The incidents were often...",right
1475,The Mueller Report And Obstruction Of Justice Claims,"['Mueller Report', 'Obstruction Of Justice', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Mueller report lays out obstruction evidence against the president,Washington Post,"The report from special counsel Robert S. Mueller III lays out in alarming detail abundant evidence against President Trump, finding 10 “episodes” of potential obstruction of justice but ultimately concluding it was not Mueller’s role to determine whether the commander in chief broke the law.
Submitted to Congress on Thursday, the 448-page document alternates between jarring scenes of presidential scheming and dense legal analysis, and it marks the onset of a new phase of the Trump administration in which congressional Democrats must decide what, if anything, to do with Mueller’s...",left
1476,Obama to Announce SCOTUS Pick,['Supreme Court'],President Obama To Announce Supreme Court Nominee Today,HuffPost,"President Barack Obama will announce his nominee for the Supreme Court at 11 am Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday, the White House said in an early morning email.",left
1477,Obama to Announce SCOTUS Pick,['Supreme Court'],"Obama to announce Supreme Court pick, setting off battle with Senate",Politico,"President Barack Obama plans to announce his nominee for the Supreme Court in a Rose Garden event at 11 a.m. Wednesday, formally setting off a fierce confirmation battle with Senate Republicans.",left
1478,Obama to Announce SCOTUS Pick,['Supreme Court'],Obama to announce Supreme Court nominee Wednesday,Fox News (Online News),President Obama will announce his nominee to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Wednesday.,right
1479,Boston Hospital Patient Removed From Heart Transplant List for Being Unvaccinated,"['Healthcare', 'Heart Transplant', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates']",Patient removed from heart transplant list for refusing Covid-19 vaccine,The Guardian,"A Boston-area hospital said it will not perform a heart transplant on a patient who refuses to get a Covid-19 vaccination.
DJ Ferguson, 31, was previously prioritized for a heart transplant at Brigham and Women’s hospital, but is no longer eligible as he refuses to get vaccinated, said Ferguson’s family, according to a report by CBS Boston.
“It’s kind of against his basic principles – he doesn’t believe in it,” said David Ferguson, his father. “It’s a policy they are enforcing and so, because he won’t get the shot, they...",left
1480,Boston Hospital Patient Removed From Heart Transplant List for Being Unvaccinated,"['Healthcare', 'Heart Transplant', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates']",Boston patient removed from heart transplant list for being unvaccinated,New York Post (News),"A 31-year-old father has been removed from the heart transplant list at a Boston hospital because he is refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, his family said.
DJ Ferguson’s family say he was first on the list to receive the transplant at Brigham and Women’s Hospital — but he is no longer eligible because of his vaccination status, CBS Boston reported.
DJ Ferguson was removed from the heart transplant list at a Boston hospital.
His father, David Ferguson, said his son — who is fighting for his life in the hospital and is in...",right
1481,Boston Hospital Patient Removed From Heart Transplant List for Being Unvaccinated,"['Healthcare', 'Heart Transplant', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates']",Unvaccinated Man Taken Off Transplant List Reignites Patient Debate,Newsweek,"ABoston man who is not eligible for a heart transplant because he refuses to get vaccinated against COVID-19 has sparked a debate over why health care systems across the U.S. have implemented such policies.
According to his family, DJ Ferguson, 31, is unable to receive a transplant at Brigham and Women's Hospital due to a hospital policy that requires transplant patients to be vaccinated, CBS Boston reported.
""My son has gone to the edge of death to stick to his guns and he's been pushed to the limit,"" DJ's father, David Ferguson,...",center
1482,2 Additional Women Accuse Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Former ‘Apprentice’ contestant accuses Trump of groping her during job meeting,Washington Post,A former contestant on the reality show “The Apprentice” on Friday accused Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump of aggressively kissing her and groping her breasts during a 2007 meeting to discuss a possible job at the Trump Organization.,left
1483,2 Additional Women Accuse Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump's list of accusers grows,USA TODAY,"In early August, Donald Trump suffered a drop in the polls in the wake of an especially bad week, which included him feuding with a Muslim Gold Star family whose son died fighting for the U.S. Army in Iraq. For the Record’s week in review summarized that week as “Trump hit rock bottom and then basically tried to dig to China.”",left
1484,2 Additional Women Accuse Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump slams 'corrupt' media, as more women make sexual assault claims",Fox News (Online News),"Two more women accused Republican nominee Donald Trump of sexual assault Friday, with a relative of one of them saying that the allegation was ""an attempt to regain the spotlight.""",right
1485,Closing in on a Deal?,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","Lots of talk, little action on debt deal in Congress",Washington Times,"Congress spent the weekend insisting that it will reach a deal to raise the federal government’s borrowing limit by Thursday but making scant progress even as all sides tried to reassure itchy financial markets ahead of the stock market opening Monday.
Most of the action Saturday and Sunday was negative: Republican senators filibustered Senate Democrats’ proposal for a 15-month debt-ceiling holiday, and those Democrats in turn said they couldn’t accept Republicans’ compromise to reopen the government and extend the debt limit while making minimal changes to Obamacare.",right
1486,Closing in on a Deal?,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Reid: ‘We are in conversation today’,Washington Post,"Opening a rare Sunday session of the Senate, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said he and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) are continuing talks to raise the debt ceiling and reopen the government--but gave no hint of progress in the negotiations.
""We’re in conversation today,"" Reid said on the Senate floor. ""I’m confident the Republicans will allow the government to open and extend the ability of the county to pay its bills. And I'm going to do everything I can throughout the day to accomplish just...",left
1487,Closing in on a Deal?,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","Reid: Senate closer to deal on shutdown, debt ceiling",CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama said Monday there had been some progress in Senate negotiations on a possible compromise to reopen the federal government and avoid a U.S. default as soon as Thursday. And he added that the partial shutdown of the government for the past two weeks was ""completely unnecessary,"" and he blamed the use of ""brinksmanship as a strategy time and time again to try to extract extreme or partisan concessions.""",left
1488,Migrant Children Battle Moves to Congress,"['US House', 'Politics']",Migrant children battle moves to Congress,BBC News,"The political battle over migrant children separated from parents has shifted to Congress, after Donald Trump signed an order to halt the policy.",center
1489,Migrant Children Battle Moves to Congress,"['US House', 'Politics']",Tensions Run High For Republicans As House Heads To Doomed Immigration Votes,HuffPost,A do-nothing Congress is about to do what it does best: nothing.,left
1490,Migrant Children Battle Moves to Congress,"['US House', 'Politics']","House to vote on high-stakes, longshot GOP immigration bills after sparks fly between top Republicans",Fox News (Online News),"The House of Representatives is barreling toward votes on two major Trump-backed immigration proposals Thursday, but both bills appeared to have little chance of passage as tensions between feuding GOP factions boiled over this week.",right
1491,5-Term Senator Dies,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",NJ Sen. Frank Lautenberg Dies at 89; Christie to Appoint Temporary Replacement,Townhall,"Frank Lautenberg, the last World War II veteran serving in the United States Senate, died of natural causes this morning at the age of 89:
Frank R. Lautenberg, who rose from a poor Paterson boyhood to become a multimillionaire businessman and New Jerseys longest-serving U.S. senator, died Monday at 89 of viral pneumonia, his office said. The oldest member of the Senate, Lautenberg had struggled with health problems since late last year, when he missed several weeks of votes because of what he said was flu and bronchitis. The death...",right
1492,5-Term Senator Dies,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Frank Lautenberg, 5-Term Senator From New Jersey, Dies at 89",New York Times (News),"Frank R. Lautenberg, who fought the alcohol and tobacco industries and promoted Amtrak as a five-term United States senator from New Jersey, died on Monday morning in Manhattan. He was 89.",left
1493,5-Term Senator Dies,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Frank Lautenberg dies; was U.S. Senate's last WW II vet,CNN (Online News),"Frank Lautenberg, a New Jersey Democrat associated with major legislative achievements over five terms in the U.S. Senate and the chamber's last surviving World War II veteran, died on Monday of viral pneumonia, his office said.
Lautenberg, 89, missed key Senate votes late last year during a weeks-long absence because of a cold that turned into what he called a ""severe case of bronchitis with fluid in the chest."" He also battled stomach cancer in recent years.
He announced in a statement in February that he would not...",left
1494,Leaked White House Memo Highlights Fauci's Virus Statements,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Dr. Fauci', 'Domestic Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",White House targets US disease chief Dr Anthony Fauci,BBC News,"The White House has been increasingly critical of Dr Fauci, and on Sunday, an official shared a list detailing past apparent erroneous comments.
Dr Fauci's changing advice on masks and remarks on Covid-19's severity are among the points from the White House.
The move to undercut him comes as the US continues to see surges in Covid-19.
There are over 3.3 million cases confirmed and more than 135,000 deaths nationwide, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Dr Fauci has contradicted President Donald Trump's comments on the pandemic a number of times,...",center
1495,Leaked White House Memo Highlights Fauci's Virus Statements,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Dr. Fauci', 'Domestic Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",White House takes aim at Fauci as he disagrees with Trump on virus,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN) - The White House is making a concerted effort to discredit Dr. Anthony Fauci as he becomes increasingly vocal about his concerns over reopening the country amid a national surge in coronavirus cases. The moves to undercut Fauci come just days after he gave an unvarnished look at his relationship with President Donald Trump, including that they have not spoken in weeks.
The tension between the two men -- who are no longer speaking, CNN reported last week -- has grown publicly as they have responded to one...",left
1496,Leaked White House Memo Highlights Fauci's Virus Statements,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Dr. Fauci', 'Domestic Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump spreads anti-Fauci messages as White House memo aiming to discredit top health official leaks,Washington Examiner,"President Trump retweeted a message criticizing health expert Dr. Anthony Fauci and Democrats over coronavirus social distancing measures.
The social media offensive against Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a core member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, came after the White House shared an opposition research memo seeking to discredit the top health official.
""So based on Dr. Fauci and the Democrats, I will need an ID card to go shopping but not to vote?"" said an April tweet by conservative...",right
1497,Florida Principal Who Made Controversial Holocaust Comments Fired,"['Free Speech', 'Holocaust', 'Race & Racism', 'Florida', 'Education']",South Florida principal who made controversial comments about the Holocaust is fired,Miami Herald,"The South Florida principal who stirred national controversy after refusing to say the Holocaust was a “factual, historical event” was fired Wednesday during a school board meeting at the recommendation of the district’s superintendent.
With no discussion, the school board for the School District of Palm Beach County voted 5-2 to end William Latson’s more than 20-year-employment with the district.
Latson, who was the principal of Spanish River Community High School in Boca Raton for 11 years, was reassigned in July after emails he wrote to a mother’s inquiry in...",left
1498,Florida Principal Who Made Controversial Holocaust Comments Fired,"['Free Speech', 'Holocaust', 'Race & Racism', 'Florida', 'Education']",Florida principal fired after saying he couldn't confirm Holocaust as 'factual' event,The Hill,"A former Florida high school principal who expressed doubt about the legitimacy of the Holocaust has been fired.
The Palm Beach County School Board on Tuesday voted 5-2 to end William Latson's employment at Spanish River Community High School, CNN reported, citing records from the board meeting. Latson had previously been reassigned after revelations about his views of the Holocaust surfaced.",center
1499,Florida Principal Who Made Controversial Holocaust Comments Fired,"['Free Speech', 'Holocaust', 'Race & Racism', 'Florida', 'Education']","Florida principal who told parent he 'can't say the Holocaust is a factual, historical event' is fired",Fox News (Online News),"The Florida high school principal who refused to say the Holocaust happened because ""not everyone believes"" the historical event actually occurred has been fired.
William Latson, principal of Spanish River High School in Boca Raton, was initially reassigned when it was revealed he made the comments in April 2018. But on Wednesday, the Palm Beach County school board voted to oust him from the district.",right
1500,Military death benefits on hold,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Military 'death gratuities' on hold until end of shutdown,Washington Post,"The families of deceased military personnel cannot expect to receive the so-called death gratuity of $100,000.",left
1501,Military death benefits on hold,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","On shutdown's 9th day, survivors of fallen troops take center stage",CNN (Online News),On shutdown's 9th day survivors of fallen troops take center stage,left
1502,Military death benefits on hold,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Military foundation offers to cover death benefits as lawmakers consider fix,Fox News (Online News),Military foundation offers to cover military death benefits amid outrage over suspension.,right
1503,Maria Butina Indicted on Charges of Being Russian Agent,['Russia'],U.S. grand jury indicts woman on charges of being Russian agent,Reuters,"A U.S. grand jury returned an indictment against a Russian woman on Tuesday, and added a charge accusing her of acting as a Russian government agent while developing ties with American citizens and infiltrating political groups.",center
1504,Maria Butina Indicted on Charges of Being Russian Agent,['Russia'],"Maria Butina, Russian national with ties to NRA, indicted 24 hours after being charged",Washington Examiner,"A Russian national with close ties to the National Rifle Association has been indicted by a federal grand jury in D.C., roughly 24 hours after the Justice Department initially announced the charges.",right
1505,Maria Butina Indicted on Charges of Being Russian Agent,['Russia'],"Maria Butina Loved Guns, Trump and Russia. It Was a Cover, Prosecutors Say.",New York Times (News),"To her friends, Maria Butina was somebody who had nothing to hide. A 29-year-old recent graduate of American University in Washington, Ms. Butina was upfront about her three great passions: gun",left
1506,Analysis Of The October Democratic Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Debates', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']",'Punitive' Warren takes heat in debate,Washington Times,"Senator Elizabeth Warren got a first taste of what it is like to be the front-runner on the debate stage Tuesday when her rivals ganged up on her and questioned whether her tax-the-rich rhetoric was too “punitive” for an already polarized nation.
The more moderate 2020 Democratic hopefuls took aim at Ms. Warren’s far-left agenda and plans for a wealth tax to finance a host of new benefits from tuition-free college to universal childcare.
“We need to be focused on lifting people up and sometimes I think that Sen. Warren...",right
1507,Analysis Of The October Democratic Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Debates', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']",6 Takeaways From the October Democratic Debate,New York Times (News),"Elizabeth Warren was called out by rivals for a change, Joe Biden failed to stand out and Bernie Sanders calmed concerns about his health. Pete Buttigieg had his biggest night yet.
The CNN/New York Times debate on Tuesday night revealed new dynamics in the Democratic presidential race: Senator Elizabeth Warren took sustained fire from multiple rivals, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. struggled to make an impact and Mayor Pete Buttigieg and other candidates were newly aggressive in making their points.
Here are six takeaways from the debate:
Warren...",left
1508,Analysis Of The October Democratic Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Debates', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']",Blood on his hands: 2020 Democrats slam Trump over Syria,Reuters,"Democratic presidential hopefuls denounced President Donald Trump’s decision to pull U.S. troops back from northern Syria, saying in an Ohio debate on Tuesday he had endangered America’s longtime Kurdish allies while empowering foes Russia and Syria.
In the first Democratic presidential debate since Trump announced the withdrawal, the 12 candidates on the stage were united in painting the Republican president as reckless and a danger to American interests around the world.
But some, including leading progressive candidate Elizabeth Warren, said if they were president they would also seek to end...",center
1509,Car Bomb Hits Libyan Foreign Ministry in Benghazi,['Terrorism'],Car bomb hits Libyan Foreign Ministry building in Benghazi,Washington Post,"A powerful car bomb exploded Wednesday near Libya’s Foreign Ministry building in the heart of the eastern coastal city of Benghazi, security officials said, exactly one year after an attack there killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.",left
1510,Car Bomb Hits Libyan Foreign Ministry in Benghazi,['Terrorism'],Benghazi hit by blast on anniversary of U.S. Consulate attack,CNN (Online News),"A powerful blast in Benghazi Wednesday damaged a Foreign Ministry building and a branch of the Central Bank of Libya, an eyewitness said.",left
1511,Car Bomb Hits Libyan Foreign Ministry in Benghazi,['Terrorism'],Car Bomb Hits Libyan Foreign Ministry in Benghazi on One-Year Anniversary of Attack,The Blaze,"A powerful car bomb exploded Wednesday near Libya's Foreign Ministry building in the heart of the eastern coastal city of Benghazi, security officials said, exactly one year after an attack there killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.",right
1512,Previewing Tuesday's Primaries in New Hampshire and Elsewhere,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Politics']",What to watch in the last primaries: A Senate GOP brawl and a Dem governor in peril,Politico,"The final piece of the 2022 Senate puzzle is about to be set.
Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan’s reelection campaign could be one of November’s most competitive races — but that depends on who wins Tuesday’s Republican primary in New Hampshire, the last nominating contest left in the battle to swing the 50-50 Senate.
The GOP’s establishment wing has lined up behind state Senate President Chuck Morse, who is mounting a late charge for the nomination against longtime polling leader Don Bolduc. But a leading Democratic super PAC has been attacking Morse...",left
1513,Previewing Tuesday's Primaries in New Hampshire and Elsewhere,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Politics']",GOP's high stakes in New Hampshire,Axios,"New Hampshire is one of the last states to hold primaries. But Tuesday's fierce intra-Republican contests will be pivotal in determining the GOP's November fortunes.
The big picture: The outcome of the Senate primary will shape the GOP's odds of winning back the Senate majority. And Republicans could squander two winnable House races by nominating less-electable candidates, at a time when every seat matters for GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy's leadership ambitions.
Why it matters: With weak Senate Republican nominees emerging in other battleground states, targeting Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) has become increasingly important to GOP...",center
1514,Previewing Tuesday's Primaries in New Hampshire and Elsewhere,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Politics']",It's populists vs. pragmatists in last GOP primaries before midterm elections,Washington Examiner,"Republicans heading to the polls Tuesday for the final primaries ahead of November's midterm elections are poised to reveal the forces driving the party as it seeks to reclaim power in Congress.
The Senate primary picking a challenger to Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) is a classic case of populist insurgent versus conservative pragmatist. Don Bolduc, a retired Army brigadier general, and New Hampshire Senate President Chuck Morse both vow to oppose President Joe Biden’s agenda and place a GOP check on Democratic power in Washington. But while Bolduc promises to...",right
1515,Cruz Surges Forward,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump, Cruz keep on winning. Four reasons why 'Super Saturday' matters",Fox News (Online News),"After Super Tuesday and Thursday’s candidate brawl at the 11th GOP presidential debate, let’s call this latest experiment in democracy “Stop-by Saturday” – four states in the northeast, southeast and Midwest holding GOP primaries and caucuses.
A very big vote awaits the four remaining Republican candidates Tuesday in Michigan, followed a week later by winner-take-all primaries in Florida and Ohio. The field",right
1516,Cruz Surges Forward,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","As Cruz Crushes Caucuses, GOP Establishment Needs A Drink And A Hug",Daily Beast,"Ted Cruz crushed the Kansas and Maine caucuses on “Super Saturday” while Donald Trump narrowly won the Louisiana and Kentucky prizes. But perhaps the biggest news was Marco Rubio fading in the field to a distant third place, despite racking up major endorsements across the map.
Over th",left
1517,Cruz Surges Forward,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Saturday's election results show Donald Trump can still be stopped,Vox,"For the first time in nearly a month, Donald Trump looks mortal again.
Four states held Republican primaries or caucuses on Saturday, but the GOP frontrunner came away with just two wins that were both quite narrow, in Louisiana and Kentucky. He lost the Maine caucuses — his first defeat in the Northeast — and got blown out in Kansas.",left
1518,Possible Railroad Strike Threatens Supply Chains as Friday Deadline Approaches,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Trains', 'Labor', 'Labor Unions', 'Working Conditions', 'Business', 'Trade', 'Supply Chains', 'E-Commerce']","Looming railroad strike could be 'economic disaster,' impacting consumers from all angles",USA TODAY,"A national railroad strike could begin Friday if additional agreements are not reached, which industry experts warn would shut down 30% of the country’s freight and halt many passenger and commuter trains. 
Several of the labor unions representing railroad workers in an ongoing contract dispute reached tentative agreements over the weekend, but two of the largest are still holding out for more quality-of-life provisions in their contracts. 
Here's how a railroad strike could impact you.",left
1519,Possible Railroad Strike Threatens Supply Chains as Friday Deadline Approaches,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Trains', 'Labor', 'Labor Unions', 'Working Conditions', 'Business', 'Trade', 'Supply Chains', 'E-Commerce']",Losing steam: Amtrak cancels multiple long-distance routes in anticipation of railway strike,Washington Examiner,"Three Amtrak routes went off-track Tuesday when the train company canceled the long-distance routes in anticipation of a railway strike later this week.
The three canceled routes head westward, including the Southwest Chief route from Chicago to Los Angeles, the Empire Builder route from Chicago to Seattle, and the California Zephyr route from Chicago to San Francisco. A portion of a fourth route that saw cancellations heads eastward from Los Angeles to San Antonio in a portion of the Texas Eagle route.",right
1520,Possible Railroad Strike Threatens Supply Chains as Friday Deadline Approaches,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Trains', 'Labor', 'Labor Unions', 'Working Conditions', 'Business', 'Trade', 'Supply Chains', 'E-Commerce']",Shippers ratchet up warnings about impact of potential rail strike,Trains.com,"The National Industrial Transportation League, the largest and oldest group of rail shippers, has asked congressional leaders to prevent a railroad strike or lockout that could begin as early as 12:01 a.m. on Friday.
Meanwhile, the Class I railroads today reached a tentative agreement with the National Conference of Firemen & Oilers, SEIU, the ninth such deal reached with rail labor since the Presidential Emergency Board issued its contract recommendations last month.
The unions representing locomotive engineers, conductors, yardmasters, and signal workers have yet to reach tentative deals with the...",center
1521,Trump Rolls Back Fuel Economy Standards,['Energy'],"Trump to Freeze Obama's Auto Mileage Rules, Rescind California's Emissions Authority",Newsmax (News),"The Trump administration, taking aim at one of former President Barack Obama’s signature environmental achievements, is proposing to freeze vehicle fuel economy requirements at the 2020 level and unwind California’s authority to limit tailpipe emissions in the state.",right
1522,Trump Rolls Back Fuel Economy Standards,['Energy'],"White House Proposal Rolls Back Fuel Economy Standards, No Exception For California",NPR (Online News),"The Trump administration has proposed a rollback of Obama-era fuel efficiency and emissions standards, while simultaneously taking aim at California's unique ability to set more stringent rules.",left
1523,Trump Rolls Back Fuel Economy Standards,['Energy'],Trump Unveils His Plan to Weaken Fuel Economy Rules,New York Times (News),The Trump administration on Thursday formally announced its long-awaited proposal to dramatically weaken an Obama-era regulation on planet-warming vehicle tailpipe pollution.,left
1524,Storm Harvey Threatens Louisiana,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Houston reels as Storm Harvey bears down on Louisiana,BBC News,Tropical Storm Harvey has made landfall again in the US state of Louisiana after hovering in the Gulf of Mexico.,center
1525,Storm Harvey Threatens Louisiana,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Hundreds feared cut off by floods as Harvey pushes east into Louisiana,The Guardian,"Hundreds of people were feared cut off by rising flood waters on Wednesday as tropical storm Harvey spared Houston overnight but moved east, inundating the industrial Texas cities of Beaumont and Port Arthur and making landfall for a second time, coming to shore in south-west Louisiana.",left
1526,Storm Harvey Threatens Louisiana,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Wary Louisiana prepares for inundation by Harvey,Fox News (Online News),Tropical Storm Harvey is threatening to inundate southwestern Louisiana with potentially disastrous flooding.,right
1527,U.S. Blocks United Nations Resolution Calling for Probe Into Gaza Violence,"['Israel', 'World']",US blocks UN call for probe into Gaza violence: reports,The Hill,The U.S. on Tuesday blocked the adoption of a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a probe into the violence that broke out on the Gaza border Monday.,center
1528,U.S. Blocks United Nations Resolution Calling for Probe Into Gaza Violence,"['Israel', 'World']",Israel Has the Right and Obligation to Defend Its Border with Deadly Force,National Review,Would you let people who want to kill you into your home?,right
1529,U.S. Blocks United Nations Resolution Calling for Probe Into Gaza Violence,"['Israel', 'World']",Uneasy Calm Falls Over Gaza After Israel Kills Scores at Protests,New York Times (News),"RIGHT NOW Gaza is largely quiet, a day after protests against Israel turned bloody. The death toll in the protests on Monday, in which Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian",left
1530,Matt Gaetz Speaks Out Against Sexual Misconduct Allegations,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Matt Gaetz', 'Republican Party', 'Donald Trump']","Matt Gaetz, Tom Reed Being Investigated by House Ethics Committee for Sexual Misconduct Allegations",Newsweek,"The House Ethics Committee is investigating Representatives Matt Gaetz and Tom Reed over allegations of sexual misconduct.
Gaetz, who's accused of an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old, has vehemently denied that he did anything improper and blames the accusations on a smear campaign. Reed, who is not running for reelection next year, has been accused of rubbing a female lobbyist's back and unhooking her bra without her consent.
Along with investigating Gaetz for sexual misconduct, the committee is looking into allegations of illicit drug use, sharing inappropriate images on the...",center
1531,Matt Gaetz Speaks Out Against Sexual Misconduct Allegations,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Matt Gaetz', 'Republican Party', 'Donald Trump']",Matt Gaetz shows Donald Trump's defiant style is here to stay,CNN (Online News),"In a fiery defense of his reputation Friday night, embattled Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz showed how former President Donald Trump's brash, defiant politics now serve as the template for survival for the most unwelcome figures in a Republican Party that's out of power in Washington and desperately trying to reposition for 2022.
He followed in the footsteps of the former President, blaming ""cancel culture"" for his troubles, fashioning himself as a crusader for the principles that Trump espoused and vowing that he was ""built for the battle"" while addressing the...",left
1532,Matt Gaetz Speaks Out Against Sexual Misconduct Allegations,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Matt Gaetz', 'Republican Party', 'Donald Trump']",Defiant Matt Gaetz vows 'truth will prevail' in fiery speech amid DOJ investigation,Washington Examiner,"Rep. Matt Gaetz insisted he's not going away as he faces a federal investigation into whether he violated sex trafficking laws and had a sexual encounter with a minor.
Making his first public appearance in more than a week, the Florida Republican delivered a defiant speech during the Save America Summit at former President Donald Trump's Doral golf club and resort in Miami. At the event, hosted by the pro-Trump Women for America First group, the 38-year-old Gaetz dismissed the allegations against him as politically motivated attacks.
""I'm built for...",right
1533,Stocks Fall Nearly 10% as Economic Concerns Continue Over Coronavirus,"['Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Stock Market', 'Wall Street', 'Economy And Jobs']","Stocks dive on Dow’s worst day since 1987, tech crashes and Bitcoin is no haven",TechCrunch,"Well, that was terrible.
During the day’s wild trading session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropped by just under 10% in what was the largest single-day percentage decline since the stock market crash in 1987 (when markets were sufficiently scarred to institute failsafe measures for the future, to prevent similar, shocking declines).
Investors shrugged off news that the Federal Reserve was stepping in to offer nearly $1.5 trillion in emergency relief as the major indexes all fell sharply the morning after President Donald Trump addressed the nation to outline...",center
1534,Stocks Fall Nearly 10% as Economic Concerns Continue Over Coronavirus,"['Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Stock Market', 'Wall Street', 'Economy And Jobs']",Another bloodbath on Wall Street as coronavirus spreads alarm through economy,Washington Times,"The coronavirus spread alarm from Wall Street to Main Street on Thursday, inflicting another bloodbath in the stock market while consumers showed signs of curtailing spending and cancellations hit everything from professional sports leagues to Broadway shows.
As the number of infection cases in the U.S. surpassed 1,300 and deaths rose to 38, major stock indexes suffered another furious sell-off and plunged well into bear-market territory. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 2,000 points for the second time this week, closing down 2,352, or 9.9%, to finish at...",right
1535,Stocks Fall Nearly 10% as Economic Concerns Continue Over Coronavirus,"['Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Stock Market', 'Wall Street', 'Economy And Jobs']",Stocks Plunge 10% in Worst Day Since Black Monday,U.S. News & World Report,"THURSDAY ENDED AS THE Dow Jones Industrial Average's worst day – in terms of value lost – since the Black Monday crash of 1987.
Trading was temporarily halted shortly after markets opened because of the steep declines – the second time the market's fail-safe had been triggered in mid-day trading this week. Both the Dow and the Standard & Poor's 500 closed the day down nearly 10%. The Dow dropped more than 2,300 points.
Outside of Black Monday and twice during the Great Depression of 1929, the Dow hasn't seen...",left
1536,Before Final Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Ahead of final debate, campaigns converge on Florida",Washington Post,"In advance of Mondays final presidential debate set for Florida, the candidates and their top surrogates have converged on this key swing state, where a prize of 29 electoral votes could determine who wins in November.",left
1537,Before Final Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama Turns From Jokes to Jab About 'Romnesia',ABC News (Online),"After an evening spent in white ties and tails at the Al Smith dinner gently ribbing each other, the tone of those jokes today turned much more pointed, as the two men readied for their third and final debate in Florida on Monday.",left
1538,Before Final Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Romney, Obama make final attacks before last debate",Fox News (Online News),"Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan stepped up their attack Saturday on President Obama, saying he is out of fresh ideas on fixing the economy and other pressing problems in America – just days before the final presidential debate and in the final weeks of the campaign.",right
1539,"Biden, Xi Speak Amid Rising Tensions","['China', 'Joe Biden', 'Xi Jinping', 'Ukraine War', 'Taiwan', 'Trade', 'World', 'Asia', 'Foreign Policy', 'One China Policy']","Biden, Xi speak amid rising tensions, possible Pelosi trip to Taiwan",NBC News (Online),"President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke Thursday amid growing tensions between the two countries around Taiwan, the economy and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The call, Biden's fifth with Xi, lasted over two hours, though past calls have lasted around as long because the conversations need to be translated. The two leaders discussed a number of issues hanging over both Biden and Xi at home and abroad, including the economic slowdowns facing both countries, the effects of Russia's invasion and the continuing Covid pandemic.
The two leaders also discussed...",left
1540,"Biden, Xi Speak Amid Rising Tensions","['China', 'Joe Biden', 'Xi Jinping', 'Ukraine War', 'Taiwan', 'Trade', 'World', 'Asia', 'Foreign Policy', 'One China Policy']",In call with Biden Xi warns against 'playing with fire' over Taiwan,Reuters,"U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a fifth call as leaders on Thursday, and Xi warned against ""playing with fire"" over Taiwan, as concerns mounted over a possible visit to Chinese-claimed island by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Chinese state media said Xi told Biden that the United States should abide by the ""one-China principle"" and stressed that China firmly opposed Taiwanese independence and interference of external forces.
Beijing has issued escalating warnings about repercussions should Pelosi - a Democrat like Biden - visit Taiwan, a...",center
1541,"Biden, Xi Speak Amid Rising Tensions","['China', 'Joe Biden', 'Xi Jinping', 'Ukraine War', 'Taiwan', 'Trade', 'World', 'Asia', 'Foreign Policy', 'One China Policy']",Rubio Blasts Biden Call With China Leader,Newsmax (News),"Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., ripped President Joe Biden's phone call with China's President Xi Jinping.
The call, which was scheduled for Thursday morning, is a ""win"" for China, Rubio said.
""The phone call itself is a win for Xi, who is facing real political pressure in the lead up to the 20th Party Congress and rising discontent across the country,"" Rubio said in a statement released by his office Wednesday.
""Under no circumstances should President Biden waive any tariffs, beg Beijing for refined petroleum, or praise Xi's fake climate commitments. Instead, the...",right
1542,Tulsa Gunman Bought Gun Hours Before Shooting His Physician and 3 Others,"['Violence In America', 'Gun Violence', 'Tulsa', 'Oklahoma', 'Hospitals', 'Public Health', 'AR-15', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']","Tulsa gunman bought AR-15-style rifle hours before using it to kill his former doctor, 3 others",NBC News (Online),"A gunman who killed four people at a Tulsa hospital Wednesday targeted a doctor who had treated him and bought the AR-15-style rifle used in the shooting on the day of the attack, police said.
Michael Louis was armed with a rifle, which he had purchased at 2 p.m. Wednesday, and a handgun when he went to St. Francis Hospital shortly before 5 p.m., officials said.",left
1543,Tulsa Gunman Bought Gun Hours Before Shooting His Physician and 3 Others,"['Violence In America', 'Gun Violence', 'Tulsa', 'Oklahoma', 'Hospitals', 'Public Health', 'AR-15', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']","Gunman bought rifle on the same day he killed 4 people, Tulsa police chief says",Tulsa World,"Two orthopedic surgeons, a medical office staffer and a patient visitor were killed in a mass shooting Wednesday on the campus of Saint Francis Health System in Tulsa.
The gunman reportedly was able to purchase a semi-automatic rifle just hours before the slayings targeting a specific physician, according to investigators.
Mayor G.T. Bynum and officials from Saint Francis Health System and Tulsa Police Department offered more details Thursday on the shooting that left four innocent people dead, as well as the gunman.
The victims were identified by Tulsa Police Chief...",center
1544,Tulsa Gunman Bought Gun Hours Before Shooting His Physician and 3 Others,"['Violence In America', 'Gun Violence', 'Tulsa', 'Oklahoma', 'Hospitals', 'Public Health', 'AR-15', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Tulsa gunman Michael Louis targeted doctor who had operated on him: cops,New York Post (News),"A deranged gunman with a rifle and a handgun who killed four people at an Oklahoma medical building targeted a doctor who previously operated on him “and anyone who got in his way,” authorities said Thursday.
The gunman, identified as Michael Louis, opened fire at about 5 p.m. Wednesday at an orthopedic office on the second floor of the Natalie Medical Building at Saint Francis Health System in Tulsa, Police Chief Wendell Franklin told reporters at a press conference.",right
1545,COVID-19 Booster Shots to Begin Soon for Certain Adults After CDC Recommendation,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Booster Shots', 'Pfizer']",Covid-19 vaccine boosters can begin for some US adults as CDC partially diverges from its advisers' recommendations,CNN (Online News),"Following days of lengthy debate among vaccine experts, booster shots of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine can now be officially administered to some adults in the United States.
Early Friday morning, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky diverged from the agency's independent vaccine advisers to recommend boosters for a broader group of people -- those ages 18 to 64 who are at increased risk of Covid-19 because of their workplaces or institutional settings -- in addition to older adults, long-term care facility residents and some people...",left
1546,COVID-19 Booster Shots to Begin Soon for Certain Adults After CDC Recommendation,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Booster Shots', 'Pfizer']",CDC Recommends COVID-19 Booster Vaccine for Group That Advisory Panel Did Not,The Epoch Times,"The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) overrode its vaccine advisory panel early Friday and said people as young as 18 who have certain jobs or living situations may get a COVID-19 vaccine booster.
The recommendation means millions of more Americans may get a booster shot, even though experts during a meeting said there was not enough data to support boosters for many younger people.
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, a Biden nominee, decided to reject the expert panel’s guidance and allow anybody between the ages of 18 and 64...",right
1547,COVID-19 Booster Shots to Begin Soon for Certain Adults After CDC Recommendation,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Booster Shots', 'Pfizer']","CDC director approves Pfizer boosters, adds eligibility for high-risk workers",Axios,"A key panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus booster shots for people 65 years old and older, as well as those at high risk of severe COVID-19.
Driving the news: But in an unusual move, CDC director Rochelle Walensky late Thursday overruled part of the advisory committee's decision and said that workers in high-risk jobs should also be eligible for booster shots.
Why it matters: The approval was a near-final step in making the booster shots available to tens of millions of Americans,...",center
1548,FCC Proposes New Rules,['Technology'],FCC Chairman Proposes Utility-Like Regulation for Broadband Internet,Wall Street Journal (News),"Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler on Wednesday unveiled a proposal that would subject mobile and fixed broadband providers to utility-like regulations on how they treat traffic over their networks.
The proposed rules would change broadband Internet access from a lightly regulated information service to a more strictly overseen telecommunications service. The FCC would use that new authority to ban broadband provide",center
1549,FCC Proposes New Rules,['Technology'],FCC Chairman Confirms He’ll Propose Strongest Internet Rules Ever Proposed,The Blaze,"Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler confirmed Wednesday what many industry experts had already widely speculated: that he will recommend the strongest rules for the Internet that the agency has ever proposed.
The proposal to reclassify the Internet under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934 would allow the FCC to regulate it as a public utility like phone service, barring Internet service providers from prioritizing Internet speed for some sites over others, among other controls.",right
1550,FCC Proposes New Rules,['Technology'],FCC Chief Announces Big Win For Net Neutrality Advocates,HuffPost,"Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler revealed a big win for net neutrality advocates on Wednesday, asking for strong authority to enforce open Internet protections.
In a Wired op-ed, Wheeler said he is proposing the FCC use its authority under Title II of the Communications Act to protect consumer broadband Internet. This move will allow the FCC to stop Internet service providers from charging content providers like Netflix more money for reliable Internet access.
""Using this authority, I am submitting to my colleagues the strongest open Internet protections ever proposed...",left
1551,"Hillary’s ""Alt-Right"" Speech","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The ‘Alt-Right’ Is Thrilled By Hillary Clinton’s Denunciation,HuffPost,Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s powerful denunciation Thursday of “alt-right” extremism that she said GOP opponent Donald Trump embraces was cheered by adherents of the political philosophy.,left
1552,"Hillary’s ""Alt-Right"" Speech","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton aims to reframe 2016 debate,CNN (Online News),The speech that Hillary Clinton delivered on Thursday was the one that many Democrats had been waiting for.,left
1553,"Hillary’s ""Alt-Right"" Speech","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Fact-Check — Top 20 Lies in Hillary’s ‘Alt-Right’ Speech,Breitbart News,"Here are the 20 worst lies in her speech, in chronological order.",right
1554,1.4 Million More Americans File for Unemployment,"['Economic Policy', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economy And Jobs']",Unemployment claims rise for second week in a row,CNN (Online News),"New York (CNN Business) - In yet another sign that the economic recovery is teetering in a resurgence of coronavirus cases, the number of Americans filing first-time unemployment claims rose for the second week in a row.
Some 1.4 million people filed for initial jobless claims last week, up 12,000 from the prior week's revised level, which was the first increase in 16 weeks.
On an unadjusted basis, 1.2 million people filed first-time claims, down 171,000 from the week before. The seasonal adjustments are traditionally used to smooth out...",left
1555,1.4 Million More Americans File for Unemployment,"['Economic Policy', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economy And Jobs']","U.S. weekly jobless claims rise for a second straight week, total 1.434 million",CNBC,"The number of Americans who filed for unemployment benefits last week was roughly in line with expectations as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the U.S. economy.
Data released by the Labor Department showed initial weekly jobless claims for the week ending July 25 came in at 1.434 million. Economists polled by Dow Jones expected claims to rise to 1.45 million.
This also marks the second consecutive week in which initial claims rose after declining for 15 straight weeks. It is also the 19th straight week in which initial...",center
1556,1.4 Million More Americans File for Unemployment,"['Economic Policy', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economy And Jobs']",1.4 Million Seek Jobless Aid as Virus Keeps Forcing Layoffs,Newsmax (News),"More than 1.4 million laid-off Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, further evidence of the devastation the coronavirus outbreak has unleashed on the U.S. economy.
The continuing wave of job cuts is occurring against the backdrop of a spike in virus cases that has led many states to halt plans to reopen businesses and has caused millions of consumers to delay any return to traveling, shopping and other normal economic activity. Those trends have forced many businesses to cut jobs or at least delay hiring.
The Labor Department's report...",right
1557,2020 Democratic Presidential Debates Enter Second Round,"['Election 2020', 'Democratic Debates', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",CNN debate rules could handcuff de Blasio,New York Post (News),"Mayor Bill de Blasio’s loose lips could cost him during this week’s Democratic debate.
CNN’s stringent debate rules will dock time from candidates who continually interrupt during the second round of party presidential debates in Detroit – de Blasio’s M.O. during the first debates last month.
The news network will air the debates over two days on Tuesday and Wednesday to accommodate the 20-plus field of hopefuls, with both airing at 8 p.m.
De Blasio is scheduled to be in the Wednesday group.",right
1558,2020 Democratic Presidential Debates Enter Second Round,"['Election 2020', 'Democratic Debates', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Crunch time for 2020 Democrats in Detroit debate,The Hill,"Crunch time has arrived for the 2020 Democratic presidential field as the second series of debates kicks off tonight in Detroit and candidates look to give their bids a shot in the arm as they push to qualify for the September debates.
While he won’t partake in tonight’s affairs, the attention is squarely on former Vice President Joe Biden as he looks to rebound from a shaky performance just over a month ago in Miami and reestablish himself as the unquestioned front-runner for the Democratic nod to take on...",center
1559,2020 Democratic Presidential Debates Enter Second Round,"['Election 2020', 'Democratic Debates', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Progressive frontrunners face off at CNN debate which may also offer opening for centrists,CNN (Online News),"CNN's first Democratic debate on Tuesday night will showcase a match-up between Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, two icons of the progressive movement who are ultimately on a collision course for the party's presidential nomination.
Their encounter will kick off two televised clashes between Democratic White House hopefuls on successive nights that could significantly reshape the primary campaign and will, for the first time, test how party hopefuls handle Donald Trump's ugly campaign strategy rooted in direct racism.
The debates, each featuring 10 candidates, mark the biggest moment of...",left
1560,US and Russia Begin Talks on Ukraine Security,"['National Security', 'United States', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'NATO', 'Europe', 'World', 'Defense And Security']","Threats, low expectations cloud start of U.S.-Russia talks over Ukraine",NBC News (Online),"The United States and Russia began high-stakes security talks on Monday, launching a diplomatic effort to defuse soaring tensions over a Russian military buildup on its border with Ukraine. 
But a breakthrough appeared unlikely, with Moscow's threats and low expectations from both sides clouding the possibility of an end to fears Russia is planning to invade its neighbor.
Ahead of a flurry of diplomatic activity in Europe this week, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman was holding face-to face talks with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Geneva, Switzerland.
Ryabkov warned Sunday...",left
1561,US and Russia Begin Talks on Ukraine Security,"['National Security', 'United States', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'NATO', 'Europe', 'World', 'Defense And Security']",Sullivan seeks advice from Russia hawks ahead of talks on Ukraine,Axios,"A group of Russia experts urged National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to send more arms to the Ukrainians when he spoke with them ahead of this week’s high-stakes diplomatic meetings with Russian officials, participants told Axios.
Why it matters: By soliciting advice from the hawkish pockets in the foreign policy establishment, including those who served under former President Trump, the Biden administration is considering all options while weighing how to discourage Russian President Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine — and punish him if he does.
""It’s always smart to engage with...",center
1562,US and Russia Begin Talks on Ukraine Security,"['National Security', 'United States', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'NATO', 'Europe', 'World', 'Defense And Security']",Blinken: Success of Geneva talks hinge on Russia deescalating Ukraine threat,New York Post (News),"Secretary of State Antony Blinken tamped down expectations for talks between Russia and the US over security guarantees, but said any progress is contingent on President Vladimir Putin defusing the military threat to Ukraine. 
“I don’t think we’re going to see any breakthroughs in the coming week,” Blinken said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “We’re going to be able to put things on the table. Russians will do the same … and we’ll see if there are grounds for moving forward.”
Success of the talks, which begin Monday in Geneva, depend on...",right
1563,Pressley To Push For Kavanaugh Impeachment Inquiry,"['Impeachment', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Ayanna Pressley', 'US House', 'Politics']","‘Squad’ member Pressley pushing Kavanaugh impeachment inquiry, despite allegation concerns",Fox News (Online News),"Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., one of the four freshman congresswomen known collectively as the “Squad,” is planning Tuesday to introduce a resolution seeking an impeachment inquiry into Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, despite reluctance from top Democrats to pursue one and concerns about the basis for the latest accusations.
The resolution follows a New York Times report that included a new allegation of sexual misconduct from when Kavanaugh was in college -- although an editors' note later revealed that the alleged victim did not recall it taking place. In...",right
1564,Pressley To Push For Kavanaugh Impeachment Inquiry,"['Impeachment', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Ayanna Pressley', 'US House', 'Politics']",Nadler: Judiciary too busy impeaching Trump to focus on Kavanaugh claims,NBC News (Online),"House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., responded to calls for an investigation into Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in light of new sexual misconduct allegations by saying that the panel has ""our hands full with impeaching the president.""
In a radio interview with WNYC on Monday, Nadler was asked if he’d be concerned with Democrats thinking he’s not taking the Kavanaugh allegations seriously enough. He said his committee has too much on its plate.
""We have our hands full with impeaching the president right now and that’s going to...",left
1565,Pressley To Push For Kavanaugh Impeachment Inquiry,"['Impeachment', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Ayanna Pressley', 'US House', 'Politics']",Ayanna Pressley to introduce impeachment resolution against Brett Kavanaugh,USA TODAY,"Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., will introduce an impeachment resolution against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh following a new report of sexual misconduct.
“I believe Christine Blasey Ford. I believe Deborah Ramirez. It is our responsibility to collectively affirm the dignity and humanity of survivors,” she said in a statement to Boston public radio station WBUR.
Pressley was referring to the two women who had accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct during his contentious nomination process last October.
“Sexual predators do not deserve a seat on the nation’s highest court...",left
1566,FDA Approves Second Booster Shot For People Over 50,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Moderna', 'Science', 'Public Health', 'CDC', 'Omicron Variant']","FDA green lights 2nd booster of Pfizer, Moderna COVID shots for older Americans",Reuters,"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized a second booster dose for people age 50 and older of the two most commonly used COVID-19 vaccines, citing data showing waning immunity and the risks posed by Omicron variants of the virus.
Reporting by Michael Erman in New Jersey and Manojna Maddipatla in Bangaluru, Additional reporting by Ahmed Aboulenein in Washington; Editing by Bill Berkrot",center
1567,FDA Approves Second Booster Shot For People Over 50,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Moderna', 'Science', 'Public Health', 'CDC', 'Omicron Variant']",FDA authorizes 2nd COVID boosters for some older and immunocompromised people,NPR (Online News),"The Food and Drug Administration has authorized a second booster dose of either the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine for older people and certain immunocompromised individuals.
The second booster may be given to people who are 50 and older or immunocompromised at least four months after they received the first booster dose of any authorized or approved COVID vaccine. Immunocompromised people must be at least 12 to receive the 2nd Pfizer booster, and at least 18 to get the Moderna.
""Current evidence suggests some waning of protection over time against...",left
1568,FDA Approves Second Booster Shot For People Over 50,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Moderna', 'Science', 'Public Health', 'CDC', 'Omicron Variant']","FDA Approves Second Booster For Older Adults, Some Immunocompromised People",The Daily Wire,"On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized a second booster shot for adults 50 years of age and up for the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, and for specific immunocompromised people in certain ways.
The FDA stated: 
A second booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine or Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine may be administered to individuals 50 years of age and older at least 4 months after receipt of a first booster dose of any authorized or approved COVID-19 vaccine.
A second booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine...",right
1569,Coronavirus Vaccine Slowly Coming Into Focus,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare']",Fauci 'cautiously optimistic' coronavirus vaccine will be ready before end of 2020,The Hill,"Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease doctor, on Friday said that he is “cautiously optimistic” a COVID-19 vaccine will be ready by the end of 2020 and widely distributed to Americans in the following year.
“There's never a guarantee that you're going to get a safe and effective vaccine, but from everything we've seen now in the animal data, as well as the early human data, we feel cautiously optimistic that we will have a vaccine by the end of this year and as we go into 2021,” Fauci...",center
1570,Coronavirus Vaccine Slowly Coming Into Focus,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare']","Sanofi, GSK coronanvirus vaccine to get up to $2.1 billion from U.S. government",MarketWatch,"U.S. listed shares of Sanofi SNY, -0.90% gained 0.8% in premarket trading on Friday after it said the U.S. government will pay up to $2.1 billion for the COVID-19 vaccine candidate it is developing with GlaxoSmithKline GSK, -0.22%. The GSK stock listed in the U.S. was up 1.2% before the market opened. The funding, part of Operation Warp Speed, will be used to support ongoing clinical development and manufacturing of the experimental candidate, with at least 100 million doses promised to the U.S. The U.S. government has already said it...",center
1571,Coronavirus Vaccine Slowly Coming Into Focus,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare']","When a Vaccine Arrives, People Will Ignore the Anti-Vaxxers",The Atlantic,"Scientists are remarkably optimistic about their ability to develop a safe and effective vaccine for the coronavirus within the next six to 12 months. But even if those hopes come true, it is far from obvious that enough people will be willing to take the vaccine to halt the pandemic.
Long before COVID-19 arrived, a worrying number of parents refused to immunize their children against measles. The new virus has inspired an even louder movement of science deniers: Americans who have embraced quack remedies, ridiculed social-distancing measures, and decried masks...",left
1572,Why Did EgyptAir Crash?,['World'],EgyptAir crash: official dismisses claim that remains suggest blast,The Guardian,The head of Egypt’s forensics authority has dismissed a suggestion that the small size of the body parts retrieved since an EgyptAir plane crashed last week indicated there had been an explosion on board.,left
1573,Why Did EgyptAir Crash?,['World'],"Human remains suggest explosion brought down EgyptAir plane, forensics official says",Fox News (Online News),"Human remains recovered from the crash site of EgyptAir Flight 804 showed burn marks and were ""very tiny,"" suggesting an explosion brought down the plane, a senior Egyptian forensics official told the Associated Press Tuesday.",right
1574,Why Did EgyptAir Crash?,['World'],EgyptAir Flight 804: Conflicting reports over final moments,CNN (Online News),"The search for EgyptAir Flight 804 continues, amid contradicting reports about the aircraft's final moments.",left
1575,DOJ Watchdog Will Investigate Trump-Era Leak Probe Into Dem Lawmakers,"['Justice', 'Donald Trump', 'Leaks', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'Democratic Party']",Justice Department watchdog to investigate data seizure as House Democrats discuss impacts of leak probe,CNN (Online News),"The Justice Department's inspector general will investigate the department's handling of a leak investigation into former President Donald Trump's political enemies that included a subpoena to collect metadata of lawmakers, staff and some family members, the office announced Friday.
The request comes as House Intelligence Committee Democrats held a briefing led by Chairman Adam Schiff. A source said that members were 'animated' in trying to figure out who at the Justice Department and in the Trump administration were behind the effort to seize their records.
The activity follows the bombshell revelation that prosecutors in...",left
1576,DOJ Watchdog Will Investigate Trump-Era Leak Probe Into Dem Lawmakers,"['Justice', 'Donald Trump', 'Leaks', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'Democratic Party']",Justice Dept. IG to Probe Data Seizure From House Dems,Newsmax (News),"The Justice Department's inspector general has agreed to probe how the department handled a leak investigation during the Trump administration that included a subpoena for metadata of some lawmakers, staff, and family members, CNN is reporting.
The news network had reported that the action came after Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco had requested the investigation. CNN said the IG's office announced the probe on Friday.
The New York Times said that prosecutors in the Justice Department under former President Donald Trump seized data from Apple from two Democrat lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee,
Subpoenas...",right
1577,DOJ Watchdog Will Investigate Trump-Era Leak Probe Into Dem Lawmakers,"['Justice', 'Donald Trump', 'Leaks', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'Democratic Party']",DOJ to probe Trump-era subpoenas of lawmaker records,The Hill,"The Justice Department's internal watchdog will investigate the secret seizure of data from Democratic lawmakers and reporters during leak investigations initiated under the Trump administration.
The probe follows news of a department decision in 2017 and 2018 to issue subpoenas seeking metadata from House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and fellow committee member Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) during leak investigations.
In recent weeks, the Department of Justice (DOJ) also notified reporters at three different outlets their records were sought in similar investigations and dropped the gag orders limiting disclosure of the seizure.",center
1578,Rabbi Speaks Out After Synagogue Shooting In San Diego,"['Shooting', 'San Diego', 'Synagogue', 'Violence In America']",Rabbi recalls friend in synagogue shooting: 'Lori took the bullet for all of us',Los Angeles Times,"The rabbi froze in the lobby of his synagogue, startled by the stranger in sunglasses pointing a rifle at him. As the shots zoomed toward him, he raised his hands in defense before scrambling to gather the young children nearby and move them somewhere safe.
“Miraculously, the gun jammed,” said Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, speaking with bandaged hands at an emotionally charged news conference outside Chabad of Poway on Sunday, a day after the shooting.
A congregant, an Army veteran, chased after the shooter, but he managed to get away, Goldstein...",left
1579,Rabbi Speaks Out After Synagogue Shooting In San Diego,"['Shooting', 'San Diego', 'Synagogue', 'Violence In America']",Rabbi Describes the 'Miracle' and Heroism that Prevented Synagogue Massacre,CBN,"Southern California is grieving after this weekend's deadly shooting at a synagogue near San Diego. On Sunday night, hundreds gathered for a vigil where the rabbi described the attack and the heroism of his congregants.
""Unfathomable,"" said Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein. ""I faced death face to face.""
Goldstein believes the shooting would have been much worse had it not been for a ""miracle"" – the shooter's gun jammed. The rabbi also credits members of his congregation at Chabad of Poway for risking their lives to stop him.
The youngest victim...",right
1580,Rabbi Speaks Out After Synagogue Shooting In San Diego,"['Shooting', 'San Diego', 'Synagogue', 'Violence In America']",San Diego synagogue shooting: Rabbi describes seeing attacker,BBC News,"A rabbi who was injured in the deadly shooting at a synagogue near San Diego on Saturday has described the moment he faced the gunman.
Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein says he lifted his hands when he saw the ""murder terrorist"". The man shot and the rabbi lost his right index finger.
One woman died and two other people were injured in the attack.
A 19-year-old man named as John Earnest was arrested shortly afterwards in Poway, north of the Californian city.
The attack comes exactly six months after a shooting in...",center
1581,Trump Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Deal For Care Facilities,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Seniors', 'Donald Trump']",Trump administration announces vaccine deal for long-term care facilities,Politico,"The Trump administration announced Friday a deal with CVS and Walgreens to administer a future coronavirus vaccine to seniors and staff in long-term care facilities with no out-of-pocket cost.
President Donald Trump — who polls show is trailing Joe Biden among Americans over 65 — referenced the deal in a Florida speech on “protecting seniors” Friday afternoon.",left
1582,Trump Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Deal For Care Facilities,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Seniors', 'Donald Trump']",Trump promises speedy vaccine in appeal to seniors,The Hill,"President Trump appealed to American seniors on Friday by touting his administration’s effort to swiftly deliver a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, announcing a new public-private partnership to deliver a possible vaccine to senior citizens free of cost.
During a speech in Fort Myers, Fla., Trump announced that his administration would partner with CVS and Walgreens to immediately deliver a vaccine directly to nursing homes at no cost to their residents.
Trump delivered the remarks to a crowd of a few hundred people.",center
1583,Trump Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Deal For Care Facilities,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Seniors', 'Donald Trump']","Trump Administration Makes Deal With CVS, Walgreens To Distribute Coronavirus Vaccine To Nursing Homes Once It’s Available",The Daily Wire,"The Department of Health and Human Services announced on Friday that it had partnered with CVS and Walgreens to administer coronavirus vaccines to long-term care facilities once one is developed.
“The Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program provides complete management of the COVID-19 vaccination process. This means LTCF residents and staff across the country will be able to safely and efficiently get vaccinated once vaccines are available and recommended for them, if they have not been previously vaccinated. It will also minimize the burden on LTCF sites and jurisdictional health...",right
1584,Senate Prepares to Vote on Voting Rights Legislation,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'For The People Act', 'US Senate', 'Elections', 'Election Law']",GOP ready to block elections bill in Senate showdown,Associated Press Fact Check,"The Democrats’ expansive elections and voting bill is all but certain to be rejected in a key test vote in the Senate, providing a dramatic example of Republicans’ use of the filibuster to block legislation and forcing hard questions for Democrats over next steps.
The far-reaching proposal, at nearly 900 pages, is viewed by backers as the civil rights issue of the era, legislation that is suddenly of the highest priority after the 2020 election as states impose restrictive new laws that could make it more difficult to vote. In the evenly split Senate, Republicans are...",left
1585,Senate Prepares to Vote on Voting Rights Legislation,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'For The People Act', 'US Senate', 'Elections', 'Election Law']",Voters not sold on Dems’ 800-plus page rewrite of election laws; bill doomed in Senate,Washington Times,"Democrats have labeled their major election overhaul the “For the People Act” — but when pollsters talk to the people themselves, many say they would rather take a pass.
As the Senate prepares to vote on the legislation Tuesday, Americans are deeply conflicted.
Tell them the legislation is about “voting access,” paving the way for easier registration and more convenient opportunities to cast ballots, and Americans are enthused. But tell them the legislation also overrides states’ voter-ID laws or spawns a new taxpayer-funded financing system for federal campaigns, and that warm feeling...",right
1586,Senate Prepares to Vote on Voting Rights Legislation,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'For The People Act', 'US Senate', 'Elections', 'Election Law']","Early voting, redistricting: What's in the Democrats' voting rights bill going up for a vote in the Senate?",USA TODAY,"Democrats in the Senate are trying this week to convince their Republican colleagues that updated voting rights legislation is necessary, but the bill they are bringing forward is unlikely to pass. 
The For the People Act, which passed in the House largely along party lines in March, is unlikely to pass the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome a filibuster in the evenly divided Senate. In the House, one Democrat and all Republicans voted against it, and it has no Republican support in the Senate. One Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin of West...",left
1587,Trump Picks Carson for HUD,['Politics'],Trump taps Ben Carson for HUD secretary,CNN (Online News),"Dr. Ben Carson will be nominated as the next secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Trump transition team announced Monday.",left
1588,Trump Picks Carson for HUD,['Politics'],Trump to nominate Carson as HUD secretary,Fox News (Online News),President-elect Donald Trump announced Monday he has chosen former campaign 2016 rival Ben Carson to become secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.,right
1589,Trump Picks Carson for HUD,['Politics'],"Ben Carson Lived in Public Housing, but Critics Worry Over How He Will Lead It",New York Times (News),"Big-city mayors and housing experts are nervous about the idea of a billionaire real estate developer in the White House. Now President-elect Donald J. Trump has picked Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon with no housing experience, as his nominee for secretary of Housing and Urban Development — and high anxiety has set in.",left
1590,Democrats Issue Subpoena for Full Mueller Report,['Russia'],Romney says he's 'sickened' by Trump after reading Mueller report,Washington Times,"Sen. Mitt Romney, Utah Republican, said Friday that he was “sickened” by President Trump’s behavior as detailed in special counsel Robert Mueller’s newly released report.
The former Massachusetts governor and 2012 GOP presidential nominee shared his reaction on social media after reviewing the sprawling report summarizing the special counsel’s investigation into the 2016 race and related matters.
“It is good news that there was insufficient evidence to charge the President of the United States with having conspired with a foreign adversary or with having obstructed justice. The alternative...",right
1591,Democrats Issue Subpoena for Full Mueller Report,['Russia'],Mueller report: Subpoena issued for unredacted version,BBC News,"A subpoena demanding the release of the full report into Russian meddling during the 2016 election has been issued, amid claims the current version ""leaves most of Congress in the dark"".
Democrat Jerry Nadler, chairman of the House judiciary committee, argued it is entitled to an unredacted version.
Mr Trump's legal team argues it completely exonerates the president.
The Department of Justice has reacted by calling the subpoena ""premature and unnecessary"".
It said it would ""continue to work with Congress to accommodate its legitimate requests consistent...",center
1592,Democrats Issue Subpoena for Full Mueller Report,['Russia'],Warren calls on Congress to launch impeachment proceedings against Trump,Politico,"Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday called on Congress to impeach President Donald Trump in the wake of the publication of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, breaking with Democratic leaders deferring the politically risky move despite new evidence that Trump attempted to derail the Russia probe.
“To ignore a President’s repeated efforts to obstruct an investigation into his own disloyal behavior would inflict great and lasting damage on this country, and it would suggest that both the current and future Presidents would be free to abuse their power in similar ways,”...",left
1593,North Korea State of War,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea warns world it is entering a 'state of war' with South Korea,Washington Times,North Korea warned Seoul on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula was entering a state of war and threatened to shut down a border factory complex thats the last major symbol of inter-Korean cooperation.,right
1594,North Korea State of War,"['North Korea', 'World']",White House: Latest North Korean provocation is 'unproductive',Politico,The White House said Saturday it sees North Korea39s declaration of a quotstate of warquot against South Korea as just the latest quotunproductivequot provocation from Kim Jong-un39s government but is nonetheless taking the threat seriously. quotWe take these threats seriously and remain in close contact with our South Korean alliesquot...,left
1595,North Korea State of War,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea's Stepped-Up Rhetoric: Is It More Than Talk?,NPR (Online News),With its missile units on standby and its hotlines cut to South Korea North Korea continues to stoke tensions on the peninsula. Even China North Koreas main ally is now on board with sanctions.,left
1596,Steele Dossier Source Acquitted of Lying to the FBI,"['Justice', 'John Durham', 'Steele Dossier', 'Donald Trump', 'FBI']",Main Trump-Russia Dossier Source Acquitted of Lying to FBI,National Review,"Igor Danchenko, a primary contributor to the Trump-Russia dossier, has been acquitted of lying to the FBI regarding his sources for some claims in the document.
After nearly ten hours of deliberation, the jury declared the source, an analyst who compiled the bulk of the dossier drafted by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele and which alleged collusion between former president Trump’s 2016 campaign and Moscow, not guilty on all charges. Danchenko was accused of having made false statements regarding the sources of some information that he provided to a U.K. investigative...",right
1597,Steele Dossier Source Acquitted of Lying to the FBI,"['Justice', 'John Durham', 'Steele Dossier', 'Donald Trump', 'FBI']",Igor Danchenko Acquitted of Lying to FBI About Trump-Russia Dossier,Wall Street Journal (News),"Igor Danchenko, a consultant whose information comprised the bulk of the 2016 “Steele dossier,” was acquitted Tuesday of lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, leaving special counsel John Durham with losses in both cases he took to trial as his yearslong inquiry into the FBI investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election winds down.
Over four days in federal court outside Washington, D.C., Mr. Durham sought to portray Mr. Danchenko as fabricating one of his own sources and concealing another one when the FBI questioned him in 2017 about where he obtained the allegations he provided...",center
1598,Steele Dossier Source Acquitted of Lying to the FBI,"['Justice', 'John Durham', 'Steele Dossier', 'Donald Trump', 'FBI']","Primary source for Trump-Russia dossier acquitted, handing special counsel Durham another trial loss",CNN (Online News),"Igor Danchenko, the primary source for the infamous Trump-Russia dossier, was acquitted Tuesday of four counts of lying to the FBI in an embarrassing defeat for special counsel John Durham.
Durham has taken two cases to trial, and both have ended in acquittals. After more than three years looking for misconduct in the FBI’s Trump-Russia probe, Durham has only secured one conviction: the guilty plea of a low-level FBI lawyer, who got probation.
The jury returned not guilty verdicts on all charges against Danchenko, a Russian expat and think tank analyst...",left
1599,Uvalde School District Suspends All Police Department Activities,"['Education', 'Criminal Justice', 'Police', 'Violence In America', 'Uvalde Shooting']",Uvalde school district suspends all police department operations,San Antonio Express-News,"The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District suspended its entire police department’s operations and placed two top administrators on paid leave Friday morning.
The district’s superintendent, Hal Harrell, in a memo to staff, said the school board would discuss his retirement in closed session when it meets Monday, with no set timeline.
The decision to stop police operations came after parents protested outside of the district’s administration building for 11 days demanding the suspension of all officers who were involved in the disastrous law enforcement response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary...",center
1600,Uvalde School District Suspends All Police Department Activities,"['Education', 'Criminal Justice', 'Police', 'Violence In America', 'Uvalde Shooting']",Uvalde school district suspends full police force months after shooting,The Guardian,"The school district in Uvalde, Texas, suspended its entire police force on Friday, five months after a shooting in which 19 children and two teachers were killed, the district said in a statement.
The moved followed a wave of outrage over the hiring of a former Texas state trooper who was part of the hesitant law enforcement response during the May shooting at Robb elementary school.
School leaders also put two members of the district police department on administrative leave, one of whom chose to retire instead, according to a statement...",left
1601,Uvalde School District Suspends All Police Department Activities,"['Education', 'Criminal Justice', 'Police', 'Violence In America', 'Uvalde Shooting']",Uvalde School District Suspends Entire Police Force,National Review,"The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District announced Friday it has suspended its entire district police force, months after a shooting at Robb Elementary School left 19 students and two teachers dead, ABC News reported.
Officials around the nation have questioned why it took 77 minutes for police to breach a pair of adjoining rooms where a gunman was mercilessly slaughtering fourth-grade students and their teachers.
The Uvalde school board previously voted unanimously in August to fire district police chief Pete Arredondo over the botched police response.
On Friday, the district said it...",right
1602,"Winter Storms Hit Communities Across the Country, Leaving Millions in Texas Without Power","['Disaster', 'Sustainability', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Texas', 'Snow Storm', 'General News']",Winter Storm Brings Icy Temperatures and Cuts Power Across U.S.,New York Times (News),"A coast-to-coast winter storm swept from Oregon and Washington to the Southeast on Sunday, part of a frigid weather pattern that created record low temperatures in Minnesota and a 100-vehicle traffic pileup in Texas and that is now producing dangerous conditions across much of the country because of heavy snowfall, perilous ice and dangerously low temperatures.
The National Weather Service said early Monday that at least 150 million Americans were under ice or winter weather advisories. Hundreds of thousands of people were without power. Trucks slid off highways and cars...",left
1603,"Winter Storms Hit Communities Across the Country, Leaving Millions in Texas Without Power","['Disaster', 'Sustainability', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Texas', 'Snow Storm', 'General News']",Millions without power in Texas as snow storm slams US,Associated Press,"A frigid blast of winter weather across the U.S. plunged Texas into an unusually icy emergency Monday that knocked out power to more than 2 million people, closed dangerously snowy and slick highways and put the delivery of new COVID-19 vaccine shipments on hold.
Temperatures nosedived into the single-digits as far south as San Antonio, and homes that had already been without electricity for hours had no certainty about when the lights and heat would come back on, as the state’s overwhelmed power grid throttled into rotating blackouts that are...",left
1604,"Winter Storms Hit Communities Across the Country, Leaving Millions in Texas Without Power","['Disaster', 'Sustainability', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Texas', 'Snow Storm', 'General News']","Rare winter storm slams Texas with snow, ice and bitterly cold temps",New York Post (News),"A rare winter storm in Texas is battering the state with heavy snow, ice and bitterly cold temperatures.
Every county in the Lone Star State is under a state of emergency as the winter weather extends all the way to the southern border.
“Every part of the state will face freezing conditions over the coming days, and I urge all Texans to remain vigilant against the extremely harsh weather that is coming,” said Governor Abbott, according to AccuWeather.
“Stay off the roads, take conscious steps to conserve energy, and avoid...",right
1605,Reports on Trump Preparing to Pull Back from Syria,['Middle East'],"On Syria, Trump should be wary of Obama's 2011 mistake in Iraq",Washington Examiner,"Preparing to withdraw U.S. ground forces from Syria, President Trump should pay attention to what happened after former President Barack Obama's hasty 2011 withdrawal from Iraq. Because Obama's withdrawal led to the increasing influence of Iran over Iraqi politics and thus invited Shia sectarian policies targeting Sunnis. In turn, these policies helped foster the rise of ISIS and led to Obama being forced to return forces to Iraq.",right
1606,Reports on Trump Preparing to Pull Back from Syria,['Middle East'],"Trump Freezes Funds for Syrian Recovery, Signaling Pullback",Wall Street Journal (News),Order to State Department to hold off on spending jibes with president’s call for an early exit.,center
1607,Reports on Trump Preparing to Pull Back from Syria,['Middle East'],Trump is reportedly telling aides he wants US troops out of Syria,Vox,That goes against what the administration has been signaling for months.,left
1608,"After Roe v Wade Leak, Some Wonder if Gay Marriage and Contraception are Next","['Supreme Court', 'Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Birth Control', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', ""Women'S Issues"", 'State Governments']",Will a Conservative Supreme Court Turn on Gay Rights After Dismantling Roe? Be a Skeptic,Reason,"The belief that Roe v. Wade (1973) is set to be overturned, based on a leak of Justice Samuel Alito's draft opinion of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization Monday, is leading to questions about whether other well-known court precedents are at stake, particularly on LGBT issues. Will a heavily conservative Supreme Court rethink Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 decision that made same-sex marriage recognition the law of the land? Would a conservative court go so far as to toss out Lawrence v. Texas, the 2003 decision that overruled state-level sodomy laws and essentially recognized a right to sexual autonomy and privacy among...",right
1609,"After Roe v Wade Leak, Some Wonder if Gay Marriage and Contraception are Next","['Supreme Court', 'Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Birth Control', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', ""Women'S Issues"", 'State Governments']",Contraception could come under fire next if Roe v Wade is overturned,The Guardian,"Following the bombshell release of a draft decision showing a majority of US supreme court justices may overturn Roe v Wade, legal experts believe other laws about individual autonomy may be in danger, including the right to access contraception.
Laws broadly banning abortion may also prohibit certain forms of birth control that opponents incorrectly say are working as abortion-causing medications. And the supreme court decision underpinning the right to access contraception, Griswold v Connecticut, could also come under fire in much the same way as Roe did.",left
1610,"After Roe v Wade Leak, Some Wonder if Gay Marriage and Contraception are Next","['Supreme Court', 'Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Birth Control', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', ""Women'S Issues"", 'State Governments']","With Roe in peril, ‘slippery slope’ looms larger for LGBTQ Americans",Christian Science Monitor,"Eighteen months ago, Lorah Trumbatori and Stephanie Rogers were married under the wide Texas sky in a rural county west of San Antonio. 
It was the end of a long, and sometimes difficult, journey. Ms. Rogers is a lesbian and Ms. Trumbatori is trans, and in the years they’ve been together – first in Southern California and then in Texas – their parents had gradually, sometimes awkwardly, warmed to their partnership. Her father is accepting, says Ms. Rogers, though probably not affirming.
But a ride off into the sunset did...",center
1611,NY Doctor Tests Positive for Ebola,[],Doctor in New York City Is Sick With Ebola,New York Times (News),"A doctor in New York City who recently returned from treating Ebola patients in Guinea became the first person in the city to test positive for the virus Thursday, setting off a search for anyone who might have come into contact with him.",left
1612,NY Doctor Tests Positive for Ebola,[],From Guinea to the U.S.: Timeline of first Ebola patient in New York City,CNN (Online News),A doctor who recently returned from Guinea has tested positive for Ebola -- the first case of the deadly virus in New York City and the fourth diagnosed in the United States.,left
1613,NY Doctor Tests Positive for Ebola,[],New York doctor diagnosed with Ebola; health officials seek out those in contact,Fox News (Online News),Health and New York City officials were trying Friday morning to follow the trail of a young emergency room doctor who traveled about the city for three days before being hospitalized for the Ebola virus.,right
1614,President Trump Pulls Out of Summit with North Korea,['Foreign Policy'],Trump cancels Kim summit amid North Korea 'hostility',BBC News,"US President Donald Trump has cancelled a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying the world had ""lost a great opportunity for lasting peace"".
He said his decision was because of ""tremendous anger and open hostility"" in a recent North Korean statement.
The summit aimed at ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons and would have been the first time a sitting US president met a North Korean leader.
But both sides have recently cast doubt on whether the talks would happen.
Mr Trump's announcement came just hours after...",center
1615,President Trump Pulls Out of Summit with North Korea,['Foreign Policy'],Trump calls off historic meeting with Kim Jong Un,Politico,"President Donald Trump on Thursday canceled his planned summit with Kim Jong Un, scolding the North Korean leader for ""tremendous anger and open hostility"" while also bluntly reminding Kim of the United States' nuclear prowess.
“Sadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, I feel it is inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting,” Trump wrote in a letter to Kim that was released by the White House.",left
1616,President Trump Pulls Out of Summit with North Korea,['Foreign Policy'],Trump Writes Kim Jong Un Epic Letter Cancelling Upcoming Summit,Townhall,"President Trump has pulled out of the scheduled summit with North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Un in Singapore. The meeting was scheduled for June 12.
In a letter to Un released by the White House Thursday morning, President Trump expressed his disappointment in recent behavior by the regime.
""We greatly appreciate your time, patience, and effort with respect to our recent negotiations and discussions relative to a summit long sought by both parties, which was scheduled to take place on June 12 in Singapore. We were informed that...",right
1617,Immigration Overhaul,['Immigration'],"Split House GOP threatens immigration reform, Boehner's future",CNN (Online News),Divided House Republicans may be a roadblock to any immigration measure passing Congress this year.,left
1618,Immigration Overhaul,['Immigration'],Ted Cruz: Obama Is 'Biggest Obstacle' to Immigration Reform,Newsmax (News),The immigration-reform bill was designed to fail by Democrats who would rather campaign on the contentious issue than repair the crippled system Sen. Ted Cruz told Yahoo and ABC News.,right
1619,Immigration Overhaul,['Immigration'],Senate Digs In for Long Battle on Overhaul of Immigration,New York Times (News),The immigration debate enters a crucial phase this week as Republicans contend with internal divisions over whether to support a bill that could help mend their party's standing with Latinos.,left
1620,Second Judge Halts Travel Ban,['Immigration'],Federal judge in Maryland rules Trump's new travel ban violates law against discrimination,USA TODAY,"A federal judge in Maryland delivered a second blow to President Trump's latest travel ban late Tuesday, arguing that the president's own words make clear that his focus is not on national security but on instituting a ban against Muslims.",left
1621,Second Judge Halts Travel Ban,['Immigration'],"Second judge issues halt to Trump’s travel ban, rules on ‘extreme vetting’",Washington Times,"A federal judge in Maryland added a new legal blockade to President Trump’s travel ban early Wednesday, ruling that the White House’s third attempt at “extreme vetting” is still poisoned by the president’s campaign-season “religious animus” toward Muslims.",right
1622,Second Judge Halts Travel Ban,['Immigration'],"Second judge rules against latest travel ban, saying Trump’s own words show it was aimed at Muslims",Washington Post,"A federal judge in Maryland early Wednesday issued a second halt on the latest version of President Trump’s travel ban, asserting that the president’s own comments on the campaign trail and on Twitter convinced him that the directive was akin to an unconstitutional Muslim ban.",left
1623,Rush Limbaugh Breaks With Trump,['Sports'],Rush Limbaugh Suggests Trump Is Acting like a Dictator and Is Making Him 'Nervous',Newsweek,"Donald Trump’s comments about the NFL are starting to make Rush Limbaugh feel nervous, the conservative radio host said on his show Wednesday.",center
1624,Rush Limbaugh Breaks With Trump,['Sports'],Rush Limbaugh ‘Very Uncomfortable’ About Trump’s Power Over NFL,The Daily Caller,"Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh said Wednesday that he is starting to get “nervous” that President Donald Trump is able to dictate what NFL players can and cannot do, and said orders like that should come directly from league owners.",right
1625,Rush Limbaugh Breaks With Trump,['Sports'],Limbaugh breaks with Trump: He shouldn't be allowed to tell NFL players not to kneel,The Hill,"Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday voiced concerns about President Trump's comments on NFL players taking a knee during the national anthem to protest racial injustice, saying Trump should not have the power to dictate who can kneel during the anthem.",center
1626,CDC Reduces Recommended Quarantine Period After Exposure,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",CDC to reduce length of recommended quarantine following COVID-19 exposure,New York Post (News),"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the number of days one should quarantine after being exposed to the coronavirus from 14 days to between seven and 10 days.
Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the CDC, made the announcement during a White House coronavirus task force meeting Tuesday.
Redfield informed Vice President Mike Pence and the task force that the CDC will be issuing new guidance on the number of days that a person who has been in direct contact with the COVID-19 virus should quarantine “soon,”...",right
1627,CDC Reduces Recommended Quarantine Period After Exposure,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",CDC shortens quarantine period to 10 days with no symptoms,NBC News (Online),"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is shortening the recommended quarantine period from 14 days after a person has been exposed to the coronavirus, offering two alternatives, the agency said Wednesday.
The first alternative is to end quarantine after 10 days if no symptoms are reported, Dr. Henry Walke, the CDC’s Covid-19 incident manager, said on a call with reporters. The second option is to end quarantine after seven days if an individual tests negative and also reports no symptoms.",left
1628,CDC Reduces Recommended Quarantine Period After Exposure,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']","CDC says recommended quarantine time after COVID-19 exposure may be shortened to 7 or 10 days, down from 14",USA TODAY,"The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reduced the recommended days a person must quarantine after coronavirus exposure from 14 days to seven or 10 days.
The new guidelines announced Wednesday say people who have close contact with an infected person can end their quarantine after seven days if they receive a negative test or after 10 days without a test.
The CDC defines close contact as 15 minutes total spent 6 feet or closer to an infected person. Dr. Henry Walke, incident manager for the CDC’s COVID-19 response,...",left
1629,GOP to Release Obamacare Repeal Bill,['Healthcare'],Why a conservative health care wonk thinks the AHCA is indefensible,Vox,"""Republicans are making a mistake.” — columnist Philip Klein",left
1630,GOP to Release Obamacare Repeal Bill,['Healthcare'],"After weeks of secrecy, Senate to unveil healthcare bill",Reuters,U.S. Senate Republicans plan to unveil the text of their draft healthcare bill on Thursday as senators struggle over issues such as the future of the Medicaid program for the poor and bringing down insurance costs.,center
1631,GOP to Release Obamacare Repeal Bill,['Healthcare'],"Anthem pulls out of ObamaCare exchanges in Midwest, fueling GOP repeal push",Fox News (Online News),"Citing a “volatile” market, the nation’s second-largest health insurer announced Wednesday it plans to pull out of ObamaCare exchanges in Indiana and Wisconsin next year -- a move that fueled GOP calls on Capitol Hill to upend the law.",right
1632,Megyn Kelly Apologizes for Blackface Comments,['Culture'],Megyn Kelly endorsed blackface? What was she thinking?,Los Angeles Times,"Halloween is always getting people in trouble. There’s just something about feeling liberated to dress in costume that makes people stupid. (I hate to bring this up, but remember how now-beloved",left
1633,Megyn Kelly Apologizes for Blackface Comments,['Culture'],"Yes, Blackface Is Terrible. No, Megyn Kelly Isn't A Racist.",Ben Shapiro,"On Tuesday, NBC News’ Megyn Kelly got into hot water for commenting on darkening one’s skin for a Halloween costume in order to dress up as someone of a different race.",right
1634,Megyn Kelly Apologizes for Blackface Comments,['Culture'],"Megyn Kelly addresses blackface controversy on the air: 'I was wrong, and I am sorry'",USA TODAY,An emotional Megyn Kelly said she has learned from the backlash over her comments defending blackface.,left
1635,U. S. to Accept More Refugees,['Middle East'],"Kerry: US to Increase Refugee Influx to 100,000 in 2017",Newsmax (News),"The Obama administration will increase the number of refugees allowed into the United States annually to 100,000 in 2017, The New York Times reports.
The current limit is 70,000, and that would go up to 85,000 in fiscal 2016, then to 100,000 annually in 2017, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday during meetings in Berlin.
Kerry also said he would be looking into ways to expand the number beyond 100,000 in later years while still maintaining the background check process.
""This step is in keeping with America’s...",right
1636,U. S. to Accept More Refugees,['Middle East'],Europe struggles to cope with migrants' march of misery,CNN (Online News),"The directions from police were terse: ""Follow us.""
Hundreds of refugees from the Middle East made the final leg of their trip through Hungary on foot, walking the 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) to the Austrian border in the middle of the night, unsure of what was going to happen to them when they got there.
After a train ride from the Croatia-Hungary border, about 300 to 400 people were trekking through the dark early Sunday with Hungarian police as their guides through the village of Hegyeshalom.",left
1637,U. S. to Accept More Refugees,['Middle East'],"Hillary Clinton Calls On United States To Accept 65,000 Syrian Refugees",HuffPost,"Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called on the United States to accept significantly more Syrian refugees than it already has in an interview Sunday.
President Barack Obama has instructed his administration to be prepared to admit at least 10,000 refugees, but advocates for refugees have said that is an insufficient number to deal with the more than 4 million Syrians who have been displaced. On CBS' ""Face the Nation,"" Clinton said the U.S. ""has to do more.""
""We're facing the worst refugee crisis since the end of World...",left
1638,Fatal Explosion in Bangkok,"['Asia', 'World']",Fatal Explosion Reported in Bangkok,ABC News (Online),"At least five people have been killed in an explosion in Bangkok today, according to officials at the scene.
The explosion reportedly took place near the Erawan Shrine, located in the heart of the hotel district in Bangkok, which is one of Thailand's most popular tourist attractions.",left
1639,Fatal Explosion in Bangkok,"['Asia', 'World']",Deadly explosion rocks central Bangkok,USA TODAY,"A deadly explosion rocked a commercial hub of Bangkok, Thailand, during the evening rush hour on Monday.",left
1640,Fatal Explosion in Bangkok,"['Asia', 'World']",Reported bomb blast rocks Bankgkok,Fox News (Online News),"At least 12 people are dead and many injured in an explosion that rocked the area near the Erawan shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, according to multiple reports Monday morning.",right
1641,"Virginia Politics in Turmoil as Herring, Fairfax Come Under Fire","['Politics', 'Virginia', 'Ralph Northam', 'Mark Herring', 'Justin Fairfax']",Sorting through the mess in Virginia,Politico,Virginia law spells out how to replace a governor — but the cascading scandals hitting state officials make everything more complicated.,left
1642,"Virginia Politics in Turmoil as Herring, Fairfax Come Under Fire","['Politics', 'Virginia', 'Ralph Northam', 'Mark Herring', 'Justin Fairfax']",Another one: Virginia AG Mark Herring admits to wearing blackface in 1980,Washington Examiner,"Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, a Democrat, admitted Wednesday to wearing blackface at a college party in 1980, further ensnaring the state’s leadership in chaos.",right
1643,"Virginia Politics in Turmoil as Herring, Fairfax Come Under Fire","['Politics', 'Virginia', 'Ralph Northam', 'Mark Herring', 'Justin Fairfax']",Fairfax accuser says consensual situation 'quickly turned into a sexual assault',The Hill,"Vanessa Tyson, a professor who has accused Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) of sexual assault, issued her first statement Wednesday detailing her allegation against him.",center
1644,EgyptAir Crash - Terrorism?,['Terrorism'],EgyptAir Flight 804 Crash Increasingly Looks Like Terrorism,Daily Beast,"It now appears a sudden, complete explosion caused by a bomb brought down the Airbus over the Mediterranean—but that doesn't mean it was ISIS. The evidence is building that EgyptAir Flight MS804 was brought down by a sudden and catastrophic explosion, consistent with a bomb having been detonated on board.
Flight tracking data showing its altitude, speed, and direction, ends instantaneously while the plane was at its cruise height of 37,000 feet. This can now be combined with reports that a military satellite using infrared technology detected a flash at...",left
1645,EgyptAir Crash - Terrorism?,['Terrorism'],Wreckage from EgyptAir flight possibly found as officials probe links to terror,Fox News (Online News),"Debris found so far in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece does not belong to that of the EgyptAir flight that went down early Thursday with 66 people on board, a senior Greek air safety official reportedly confirmed.
Athanassios Binis, head of Greece's Air Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board, told state ERT TV that ""an assessment of the finds showed that they do not belong to an aircraft,"" The Associated Press reported. Binis added that this has been confirmed by Egyptian authorities.
The update came amid conflicting reports from...",right
1646,EgyptAir Crash - Terrorism?,['Terrorism'],EgyptAir Flight Believed to Have Crashed at Sea; Egypt Cites Possible Terrorism,New York Times (News),"An Egyptian jetliner carrying 66 people from Paris to Cairo abruptly swerved, vanished from radar and plunged into the Mediterranean early Thursday, shortly before it was scheduled to land. Egyptian officials said wreckage had been found and suggested terrorism was a more likely cause than technical failure.
The loss of the flight, EgyptAir 804, was the second civilian aviation disaster for Egypt in the past year. It immediately resurrected fears and speculation about the safety and security of Egyptian air travel and broader questions about terrorism against civilian air travel....",left
1647,Reports Conflict Regarding Plans to Keep US Troops in Syria,"['Syria', 'US Military', 'Trump', 'Press', 'Defense And Security']","Joint Chiefs Chair: Report Wrong, 'No Change' to Troop Numbers in Syria",Newsmax (News),"The U.S. military has plans to keep 1,000 troops in Syria, a change that comes months after President Donald Trump called for a complete withdrawal, according to The Wall Street Journal.
But mulitple media outlets, including Fox News and CNN are reporting that Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford is calling the report ""factually incorrect."" Dunford says ""no change"" is being made to troop numbers.
Trump’s December 19 surprise announcement that American forces would leave Syria “now” ran into stiff opposition among members of his own party and led to...",right
1648,Reports Conflict Regarding Plans to Keep US Troops in Syria,"['Syria', 'US Military', 'Trump', 'Press', 'Defense And Security']","Top US general refutes report that military could keep nearly 1,000 US troops in Syria",CNN (Online News),"Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is refuting a Wall Street Journal report that the US military was developing plans to keep up to 1,000 troops in Syria, calling it ""factually incorrect.""
""There has been no change to the plan announced in February and we continue to implement the President's direction to draw down U.S. forces to a residual presence,"" Dunford said in a statement Sunday.
The Journal reported Sunday, citing US officials, that the US planned to continue working with Kurdish fighters in Syria...",left
1649,Reports Conflict Regarding Plans to Keep US Troops in Syria,"['Syria', 'US Military', 'Trump', 'Press', 'Defense And Security']","U.S. Military Now Preparing to Leave as Many as 1,000 Troops in Syria",Wall Street Journal (News),"New estimate—half of current presence—comes three months after President Trump’s sought complete withdrawal; proposal would allow continued partnering with Kurdish forces, defying Turkey.
The U.S. military is crafting plans to keep nearly 1,000 forces in Syria, U.S. officials said, a shift that comes three months after President Trump ordered a complete withdrawal and is far more than the White House originally intended.
Protracted administration talks with Turkey, European allies and U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters have so far failed to secure an agreement to create a safe zone in northeastern Syria, part...",center
1650,US Strikes Cyberattack on Iran's Military Computers,"['Foreign Policy', 'Iran', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",U.S. cyberattack strikes Iran's military computers,Washington Times,"The U.S. launched a sweeping cyberattack against the Iranian military last week in direct response to Iran’s downing of an American surveillance drone, U.S. officials told the Associated Press over the weekend, confirming that President Trump personally approved the retaliatory measures.
The response was aimed at Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a branch of the nation’s military that the White House officially labeled a terrorist organization earlier this year. The cyberattack targeted computer systems that control the Corps’ rocket and missile launchers, administration officials said.",right
1651,US Strikes Cyberattack on Iran's Military Computers,"['Foreign Policy', 'Iran', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",US 'launched cyber-attack on Iran weapons systems',BBC News,"The US launched a cyber-attack on Iranian weapons systems on Thursday as President Trump pulled out of air strikes on the country, US reports say.
The cyber-attack disabled computer systems controlling rocket and missile launchers, the Washington Post said.
It was in retaliation for the shooting down of a US drone as well as attacks on oil tankers that the US has blamed Iran for, the New York Times said.",center
1652,US Strikes Cyberattack on Iran's Military Computers,"['Foreign Policy', 'Iran', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']","Trump says US moving forward on additional sanctions on Iran, willing to help 'make Iran great again'",CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump says the United States is putting additional sanctions on Iran and that he would support a course of action to ""make Iran great again"" should Tehran agree to a nuclear weapons ban.
""We're putting additional sanctions on, they're going on slowly and, in some cases, pretty rapidly, but additional sanctions are being put on Iran,"" the President told reporters on the South Lawn Saturday before departing to Camp David.",left
1653,U.S. Sets New Record For Highest COVID-19 Deaths In A Single Day,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19']","US sets grim milestone with nearly 4,000 COVID-19 deaths in one day",New York Post (News),"The United States set new records Wednesday for coronavirus cases and deaths, according to reports.
There were 268,840 cases reported, and 3,920 deaths, higher numbers than on any previous day, NBC News reported.
The new numbers bring the nation’s total 2021 case count to 1,345,873. There have been 15,120 deaths from the virus in 2021.
Since the pandemic began, there have been in excess of 21 million reported cases in the United States, and more than 361,000 deaths, more than in any other country in the world, according to Johns...",right
1654,U.S. Sets New Record For Highest COVID-19 Deaths In A Single Day,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19']","U.S. counts record of almost 4,000 COVID-19 deaths in a day as virus continues to wreak havoc",MarketWatch,"As the political drama unfolded in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, COVID-19 continued to wreak havoc in the U.S., claiming a record of almost 4,000 American lives, the most in a single day since the start of the outbreak.
There were at least 3,963 COVID-19 deaths, according to a New York Times tracker, and another 255,730 cases were diagnosed. The U.S. has averaged 230,610 cases a day for the past week, numbers that are higher than the worst case scenarios envisaged by experts early in the crisis.
There were a record...",center
1655,U.S. Sets New Record For Highest COVID-19 Deaths In A Single Day,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19']",US marks deadliest day of Covid-19 pandemic as experts mull expanding vaccine distribution,CNN (Online News),"The United States reported 3,865 Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday, the highest number of deaths reported in a single day since the pandemic began. The nation's death toll as of Thursday stands at more than 364,500, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, while the number of people who have been infected has topped more than 21.53 million. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's most recent forecast projected there will be between 405,000 and 438,000 deaths by the end of the month. The previous forecast, published December 30, projected up...",left
1656,Government Reopens,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Government reopens after Congress passes budget deal, raises debt limit",Washington Post,Bipartisan deal to end shutdown extend borrowing is a major defeat for conservative wing of GOP.,left
1657,Government Reopens,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","It's over, for now: Obama signs bill to end partial shutdown, hike debt ceiling",CNN (Online News),President Obama signed a bill that ends the 16-day partial government shutdown and raises the debt ceiling.,left
1658,Government Reopens,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","It's Over: President Obama Signs Bill to End Partial Gov't Shutdown, Avert Default",The Blaze,President Obama has signed a measure into law reopening the federal government and averting a potential default.,right
1659,House Committee Hears Testimony Regarding Reparations,"['US Congress', 'Reparations', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Cory Booker', 'Politics']",Mitch McConnell's reparations comments belittle the issue,Guest Writer - Left,"(CNN) - If you've heard of ""40 acres and a mule,"" then you know that the concept of America paying reparations for the enslavement of black people is by no means a new idea.
The concept has been discussed since 1865 when the promise to repay -- I use that term loosely -- former slaves was made by Union Gen. William T. Sherman and then backed by President Abraham Lincoln and Congress.
As we know, the promise would be broken (when President Andrew Johnson withdrew the offer).",left
1660,House Committee Hears Testimony Regarding Reparations,"['US Congress', 'Reparations', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Cory Booker', 'Politics']",Only black GOP senator Tim Scott calls reparations a 'non-starter',The Hill,"Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the only African American Republican in the Senate, says reparations for slavery are a “non-starter.”
Scott said Wednesday that it would be too difficult to calculate who deserves compensation and who must pay for the institution of slavery and the years of discriminatory laws that followed its abolition.
“There’s no question that slavery is a scourge on the history of America. The question is: Is reparations a realistic path forward? The answer is no,” Scott said.",center
1661,House Committee Hears Testimony Regarding Reparations,"['US Congress', 'Reparations', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Cory Booker', 'Politics']","As Democrats debate reparations for slavery, polls suggest Americans are not convinced",Fox News (Online News),"As Democrats consider the idea of reparations to black Americans for slavery, polling indicates that the public is far from convinced about the idea.
House Judiciary Democrats on Wednesday were holding a hearing in the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties subcommittee on H.R. 40 -- a proposal by Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-Texas, to set up a commission to study and develop a response to the question of reparations for slavery.",right
1662,Biden Promotes Agenda in CNN Town Hall,"['Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Schools', 'Life During Covid-19']","With Trump's impeachment trial over, Biden pushes his agenda in televised town hall",Reuters,"President Joe Biden expressed optimism on Tuesday that most U.S. schools would be open by late spring and vowed to continue accelerating the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program, as he sought to elevate his agenda now the drama of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is over.
In a wide-ranging televised town hall that touched on the pandemic, economic relief, China-U.S. relations and race and policing, Biden also aimed to build public support for his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan, which is awaiting congressional action.
“Now’s the time to go big,” he said...",center
1663,Biden Promotes Agenda in CNN Town Hall,"['Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Schools', 'Life During Covid-19']","Biden brings compassion, centrism and a big-time vaccine promise at CNN town hall",CNN (Online News),"As he gently told a traumatized 8-year-old girl, ""Don't be scared, honey. Don't be scared,"" Joe Biden showed that the days of presidential pandemic denial and indifference to America's suffering are over.
His reassuring words to second grader Layla Salas came during a CNN town hall in Wisconsin on Tuesday night when he also tried to move the nation on from the divisive aftermath of the impeachment trial of the predecessor he referred to as ""the former guy.""
""For four years, all that's been in the news is Trump. The...",left
1664,Biden Promotes Agenda in CNN Town Hall,"['Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Schools', 'Life During Covid-19']",Biden takes COVID-19 rescue pitch to battleground Wisconsin,Washington Examiner,"President Biden’s first time hearing directly from voters since taking office will be in a state he won by less than 1 percentage point, as he seeks to build support for his $1.9 trillion coronavirus package, a test of his promise to govern and “unify” the country.
The president will pitch the need for a fifth pandemic relief bill in a CNN town hall on Tuesday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a state that former President Donald Trump won in 2016 before it flipped for Biden by a 0.6 percentage point margin...",right
1665,Thousands of City Workers on Unpaid Leave as New York City Vaccine Mandate Takes Effect,"['Coronavirus', 'New York City', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Public Health']","De Blasio slams FDNY firefighters for faking sick over vaccine mandate, vows consequences",New York Daily News,"  Mayor de Blasio on Monday attacked city firefighters for feigning illness to protest vaccination mandates — and promised consequences for those who don’t report to their jobs.
De Blasio employed the threatening rhetoric on the first day that city employees who’ve refused to get the vaccination can be docked pay for doing so. As of Monday morning, he said a total of 9,000 city workers are on leave without pay, or about 6% of the entire city workforce, which is approximately 378,000 strong.
But on Monday, he seemed to...",left
1666,Thousands of City Workers on Unpaid Leave as New York City Vaccine Mandate Takes Effect,"['Coronavirus', 'New York City', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Public Health']",The largest municipal force in the U.S. has thousands on unpaid leave over vaccines,NPR (Online News),"Thousands of New York municipal workers, including police officers and firefighters, have chosen unpaid leave rather than getting inoculated against COVID-19, as the city's vaccine mandate went into effect.
Speaking on Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, said he expected no disruptions as a result of some 9,000 city employees, or about 6% of the 378,000-strong workforce, getting put on unpaid leave for failing to get a shot. Those workers must show proof of at least one dose of a vaccination to return to work, according to the Oct. 20 order.
However,...",left
1667,Thousands of City Workers on Unpaid Leave as New York City Vaccine Mandate Takes Effect,"['Coronavirus', 'New York City', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Public Health']","2,300 NYC Firefighters Out Sick as Vaccine Mandate Kicks In; Force Stretched to Cover Gaps",The Epoch Times,"About one-fifth of New York City’s firefighters were unavailable to report for duty on Nov. 1, most of them because they weren’t in compliance with the city’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement. The fire department (FDNY) suspended training and maintenance and still ended up understaffed, though it maintained that operations hadn’t been affected.
As of Nov. 1, when the mandate for city workers went into effect, about 23 percent of the city’s 10,000 to 11,000 firefighters remain unvaccinated. Many of them likely applied for medical or religious exemptions and wouldn’t have faced being put on...",right
1668,"U.S. Forces In Iraq ""Repositioning,"" Says Pentagon","['Iraq', 'Foreign Policy', 'US Military', 'Pentagon', 'Mark Esper', 'Middle East']",US troops preparing for 'movement out of Iraq' after vote to expel American forces,Washington Examiner,"The U.S. military has informed the Iraqi Joint Operations Command that it is ""repositioning"" troops for ""movement out of Iraq."" The move came a day after Iraq's parliament voted to expel American forces following the drone killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
""Sir, in due deference to the sovereignty of the Republic of Iraq, and as requested by the Iraqi Parliament and the Prime Minister, CJTF-OIR will be repositioning forces over the course of the coming days and weeks to prepare for onward movement,"" Brig. Gen. William Seely, the top...",right
1669,"U.S. Forces In Iraq ""Repositioning,"" Says Pentagon","['Iraq', 'Foreign Policy', 'US Military', 'Pentagon', 'Mark Esper', 'Middle East']",U.S. Informs Iraqi Government About Repositioning Of Coalition Forces,NPR (Online News),"Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced on Monday that some forces are being repositioned inside Iraq, not leaving the country.
Two other U.S. officials told NPR some are going to Kuwait temporarily.
Esper also told reporters at the Pentagon an Iraqi Parliament vote on Sunday to expel the U.S. troops was nonbinding, and that there are no plans to leave Iraq yet.
The Pentagon press office underscored the message, saying in a tweet, ""There has been no change in U.S. policy with regard to our force presence in Iraq. We...",left
1670,"U.S. Forces In Iraq ""Repositioning,"" Says Pentagon","['Iraq', 'Foreign Policy', 'US Military', 'Pentagon', 'Mark Esper', 'Middle East']",Defense Secretary Esper says U.S. has made no decision to leave Iraq,Washington Post,"Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper said Monday that the United States has not made any decision to leave Iraq, shortly after the U.S. military said in a letter to Iraqi officials that U.S. forces would be relocating “to prepare for onward movement.”
On Sunday, Iraqi lawmakers passed a nonbinding resolution calling for foreign troops to withdraw.
In the letter, released Monday, Marine Corps Brig. Gen. William H. Seely III said that U.S. forces “respect your sovereign decision to order our departure.” A U.S. military official confirmed the letter’s authenticity.
But...",left
1671,Congress Meets to Confirm Electoral College Results,"['US Congress', 'Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'US Senate', 'US House', 'Joe Biden', 'Ted Cruz', 'Josh Hawley Republican Party', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', '2020 Election']",Electoral College objections in Congress: What to know,Fox News (Online News),"The House and Senate will convene at 1 p.m. Wednesday for a joint session of Congress to certify President-elect Joe Biden's electoral win, and a group of GOP lawmakers intends to raise objections to the results.
The traditional tally of the electoral results from each state is the final stage in the selection of an American president. It's normally a lackluster procedure, but President Trump has changed that by calling on his GOP allies in Congress to fight for him until the bitter end.",right
1672,Congress Meets to Confirm Electoral College Results,"['US Congress', 'Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'US Senate', 'US House', 'Joe Biden', 'Ted Cruz', 'Josh Hawley Republican Party', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', '2020 Election']",Questions and answers about the Electoral College challenges,The Hill,"Congress will convene for a joint session Wednesday to tally electoral votes from the 2020 presidential election in one of the last formalities before President-elect Joe Biden takes office on Jan. 20.
But the normally routine proceedings promise to be a tense affair this time around as dozens of GOP lawmakers have vowed to challenge the election results.
The Electoral College voted last month 306 to 232 to elect Biden as the 46th president of the United States, but Congress needs to record those votes before he can be sworn...",center
1673,Congress Meets to Confirm Electoral College Results,"['US Congress', 'Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'US Senate', 'US House', 'Joe Biden', 'Ted Cruz', 'Josh Hawley Republican Party', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', '2020 Election']",A step-by-step guide to Wednesday's electoral vote count in Congress,CNN (Online News),"The next crucial step in the United States' Pony Express version of democracy is upon us -- and so is the final opportunity in President Donald Trump's desperate quest to overturn results from the election he lost.
Wednesday is the culmination of the Electoral College process, when states' votes determined by the results of the November 3 general election are formally counted during a joint session of Congress. We know the results -- Biden won 306 electoral votes, beating Trump's 232 -- but the congressional session seals Joe Biden's victory,...",left
1674,Reid’s Replacement,['Politics'],Nevada's Popular GOP Gov. Sandoval Leads List to Replace Reid in Senate,Newsmax (News),"Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid's decision to retire next year leaves no clear successor in his home state of Nevada, where a popular Republican governor appears reluctant to change jobs and the pending loss of Reid's clout in Washington is causing anxiety over who might replace him.
As of Friday, the list of potential candidates came down to Gov. Brian Sandoval and everyone else. The political centrist who was easily re-elected last year is likely to face intense pressure from national Republicans and business interests to pick up where Reid...",right
1675,Reid’s Replacement,['Politics'],"With Reid Out, Republicans See An Opportunity",NPR (Online News),"Harry Reid, the wily Democratic Senate leader, was likely — once again — to be one of the most vulnerable incumbents up for re-election in 2016.
Few, though, would have bet the house against Reid — a sharp-elbowed campaigner — especially in a presidential year when demography will favor Democrats in a state where almost 3 in 10 people are Hispanic.
""Do you really want to go up against Harry Reid?"" said one national GOP operative, pointing out Reid's bare-knuckles style of campaigning.",left
1676,Reid’s Replacement,['Politics'],"As Reid Exits, Schumer Sees Door Opening",New York Times (News),"Around 8 p.m. Thursday, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the minority leader, called Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York into his office with news that would stun Washington the next morning: Mr. Reid planned to retire at the end of his term.
Mr. Reid’s decision to contact Mr. Schumer first, before even President Obama, was another powerful reminder of what Senate Democrats have long known: Mr. Schumer — the flip-phone using, rumpled, relentless son of a Brooklyn exterminator — is the presumptive front-runner to lead the Senate Democrats when...",left
1677,Election Eve - The Final Push,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama and Romney begin final push with only hours until Election Day,Washington Post,"And now it is closing time. On Monday, in the final hours of their 17-month, nearly $3 billion marathon, the two candidates and their running mates are scheduled to hold 14 events across eight states.",left
1678,Election Eve - The Final Push,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama, Romney take long campaign journey into final day",Fox News (Online News),President Obama and Mitt Romney resume their foray into battleground states Monday morning with Election Day now just hours away.,right
1679,Election Eve - The Final Push,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama, Romney launch final blitz",CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney barnstormed their way across more than a half-dozen battleground states on Sunday, making closing arguments to a closely divided American electorate before Tuesday's vote.",left
1680,Trump References Widely Debunked Theory About Harris,"['Donald Trump', 'Kamala Harris', 'Fake News', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Race And Racism', '2020 Election', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Facts And Fact Checking']","Trump gives credence to false, racist Harris conspiracy",Associated Press,"President Donald Trump on Thursday gave credence to a false and racist conspiracy theory about Kamala Harris’ eligibility to be vice president, fueling an online misinformation campaign that parallels the one he used to power his rise into politics.
Asked about the matter at the White House, Trump told reporters he had “heard” rumors that Harris, a Black woman and U.S.-born citizen whose parents were immigrants, does not meet the requirement to serve in the White House. The president said he considered the rumors “very serious.”
The conspiracy theory is...",left
1681,Trump References Widely Debunked Theory About Harris,"['Donald Trump', 'Kamala Harris', 'Fake News', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Race And Racism', '2020 Election', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",Trump Floats False Kamala Harris Birther Theory After Being Given Every Opportunity To Refute It,The Daily Caller,"President Donald Trump floated a false theory about presumptive Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris from the White House briefing room podium on Thursday.
Trump campaign senior legal adviser Jenna Ellis propagated the suggestion on ABC that Harris’ birth somehow disqualifies her from holding the presidency. Trump said he had “just heard” about the idea when asked to respond to the theory.
Harris was born in Oakland, California to immigrant parents and is qualified to hold the presidency. The new birtherism claim discussed by Ellis suggests that being born...",right
1682,Trump References Widely Debunked Theory About Harris,"['Donald Trump', 'Kamala Harris', 'Fake News', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Race And Racism', '2020 Election', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",Trump Encourages Racist Conspiracy Theory About Kamala Harris,New York Times (News),"President Trump on Thursday encouraged a racist conspiracy theory that is rampant among some of his followers: that Senator Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic vice-presidential nominee born in California, was not eligible for the vice presidency or presidency because her parents were immigrants.
That assertion is false. Ms. Harris is eligible to serve.
Mr. Trump, speaking to reporters on Thursday, nevertheless pushed forward with the attack, reminiscent of the lie he perpetrated for years that President Barack Obama was born in Kenya.
“I heard it today that she doesn’t meet...",left
1683,October 2015 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"271,000 U.S. Jobs Added in October, Unemployment Rate Reported at 5 Percent — but Here’s the Other Key Number Left Out of Many Reports",The Blaze,"U.S. hiring roared back in October after two weak months, with employers adding a robust 271,000 jobs, the most since December. The unemployment rate dipped to a fresh seven-year low of 5 percent.",right
1684,October 2015 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"U.S. Economy Added 271,000 Jobs in October; Unemployment Rate at 5%",New York Times (News),"The American economy added 271,000 jobs in October, the government reported Friday, a very strong showing that makes an interest-rate increase by the Federal Reserve much more likely when policy makers meet next month.",left
1685,October 2015 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],U.S. Hiring Surges as Eyes Turn to Fed,Wall Street Journal (News),"U.S. employers hired at their strongest clip this year in October and wage growth picked up, signs of reassurance for Federal Reserve officials as they weigh an interest-rate raise before year’s end.",center
1686,Egypt Protests,['Middle East'],Protesters to Morsy: Roll back your decree or leave,CNN (Online News),"(CNN) -- Egyptians swarmed Cairo's Tahrir Square Tuesday, seeking to revive a democratic groundswell that swept the country's former strongman from power nearly two years ago and to demand that the man they chose to replace him respect their wishes.
Protesters waved flags and banners, chanted slogans and called on President Mohamed Morsy to roll back his decree on presidential powers or resign. The crowd included many different Egyptian factions, including Western-style liberals, secularists, moderates and women's rights activists.
""We ask you, Mr. President, to stop this for...",left
1687,Egypt Protests,['Middle East'],Egyptian President’s Hedging on Decree Fails to Stop Protest,New York Times (News),"CAIRO — Thousands of people flowed into the streets of Cairo, the Egyptian capital, Tuesday afternoon for a day of protest against President Mohamed Morsis attempt to assert broad new powers for the duration of the countrys political transition, dismissing his efforts just the night before to reaffirm his deference to Egyptian law and courts",left
1688,Egypt Protests,['Middle East'],"More than 200,000 fill Cairo's Tahrir Square to protest Morsi power grab, while crowds clash with police",Fox News (Online News),"More than 200.000 filled Cairo's Tahrir square on Tuesday to protest against Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in escalating unrest over decrees that granted him near absolute powers.
Waving Egypt's red, white and black flags, crowds of protesters marched across Cairo to stream into the iconic plaza, as opposition to the decrees issued last week turned into a broader expression of anger against the rule of Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood.
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Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/11/27/clashes-resume-in-cairo-ahead-op...",right
1689,Vladimir Putin Grants Russian Citizenship to Edward Snowden,"['Russia', 'Edward Snowden', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine War', 'World', 'NSA', 'Classified Information']",Putin grants Russian citizenship to US whistleblower Edward Snowden,The Guardian,"Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday granting Russian citizenship to the US whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Snowden, 39, a former US intelligence contractor, has been living in Russia since 2013 to escape prosecution in the US after leaking secret files, published by the Guardian, that revealed vast domestic and international surveillance operations carried out by the US National Security Agency.
In 2020, Snowden said that he and his then-pregnant wife were applying for Russian citizenship in order not to be separated from their future son in an era of pandemics and closed...",left
1690,Vladimir Putin Grants Russian Citizenship to Edward Snowden,"['Russia', 'Edward Snowden', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine War', 'World', 'NSA', 'Classified Information']",Putin grants Russian citizenship to whistleblower Edward Snowden,Axios,"Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday granting Russian citizenship to former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Driving the news: Snowden fled the United States and was given asylum in Russia after revealing classified documents about the U.S. government's mass surveillance program in 2013.
Snowden was granted permanent residency in Russia in October 2020, but his lawyers said at the time that he was not considering applying for Russian citizenship.",center
1691,Vladimir Putin Grants Russian Citizenship to Edward Snowden,"['Russia', 'Edward Snowden', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine War', 'World', 'NSA', 'Classified Information']",Russia grants citizenship to Edward Snowden,New York Post (News),"Anti-surveillance whistleblower — and accused spy — Edward Snowden was granted Russian citizenship Monday, according to a decree signed by Vladimir Putin.
The former NSA contractor was among 75 foreign nationals given Russian citizenship with the stroke of Putin’s pen.
Snowden has been living in Russia since 2013, when he fled there after leaking classified documents that revealed the mass surveillance of American citizens by their own intelligence apparatus.
The Russian passport was granted at Snowden’s request, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Snowden said in 2020 that he would be seeking...",right
1692,Trump Becomes Third U.S. President To Be Impeached,"['Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'White House', 'Politics']","BREAKING: Partisan House Votes to Impeach President Trump, Some Democrats Defect",Townhall,"After nearly 12 hours of debate on the House floor Wednesday, Democrats voted to approve articles of impeachment against President Trump. The vote on the first article, abuse of power, has hit the 216 vote threshold. The second vote on obstruction of Congress is ongoing.
Two Democrats joined Republicans in voting against impeachment.",right
1693,Trump Becomes Third U.S. President To Be Impeached,"['Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'White House', 'Politics']",House of Representatives impeaches President Donald Trump,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)The House of Representatives took the historic step to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday, charging a president with high crimes and misdemeanors for just the third time in American history.
The House voted almost entirely along party lines -- 230-197 -- to charge Trump with abuse of power. The House will now immediately vote on the second article of impeachment, obstruction of Congress, which is also expected to pass solely with Democratic votes.",left
1694,Trump Becomes Third U.S. President To Be Impeached,"['Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'White House', 'Politics']",House majority votes to impeach President Donald Trump,CNBC,"WASHINGTON – A majority of the House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to impeach President Donald Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors. The vote marked only the third time in American history that the full chamber has approved articles of impeachment against a president.
The largely party-line vote represented the culmination of a sprawling three-month investigation that was conducted by multiple committees in the Democratic-controlled House, and which was opposed at every turn by the White House and congressional Republicans.",center
1695,Fairly Close to DACA Deal,['Immigration'],Daca: Trump 'fairly close' to deal with Democrats on Dreamers,BBC News,"US President Donald Trump has said he is ""fairly close"" to a deal with top Democrats to protect young undocumented migrants known as Dreamers.",center
1696,Fairly Close to DACA Deal,['Immigration'],"Trump: 'No deal' yet with Pelosi and Schumer on DACA, wall will be built",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Thursday denied reports that he struck a ""deal"" overnight with top Democrats to protect so-called “Dreamers,” while insisting “massive border security would have to be agreed to in exchange for consent.”",right
1697,Fairly Close to DACA Deal,['Immigration'],Trump Confirms Support for Law to Protect ‘Dreamers’,New York Times (News),President Trump said on Thursday morning that he supports legislation that would protect young undocumented immigrants from deportation and would deliver a “massive” increase in border security — but not with a wall on the southern border.,left
1698,Trump Says Coronavirus Task Force Will Continue Indefinitely,"['Coronavirus', 'Reopening America', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Donald Trump', 'Mike Pence', 'White House', 'Politics']","In change of plans, Trump now says coronavirus task force will continue 'indefinitely'",NBC News (Online),"A day after President Donald Trump confirmed that he planned to wind down the White House coronavirus task force, the president announced Wednesday that it will now continue indefinitely.
In a series of tweets, Trump said the task force, led by Vice President Mike Pence, has done a “fantastic job of bringing together vast highly complex resources that have set a high standard for others to follow in the future.”
Trump said that ventilators are now being produced in the thousands, repeated the false claim that the U.S. is doing...",left
1699,Trump Says Coronavirus Task Force Will Continue Indefinitely,"['Coronavirus', 'Reopening America', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Donald Trump', 'Mike Pence', 'White House', 'Politics']","Trump says coronavirus task force will continue 'indefinitely,' shift focus to reopening and vaccines",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Wednesday said the coronavirus task force would continue “indefinitely” but would shift its focus to safely re-opening the country amid the coronavirus pandemic — following indications from his administration that officials were considering winding the group down.
“The White House Coronavirus Task Force, headed by Vice President Mike Pence, has done a fantastic job of bringing together vast highly complex resources that have set a high standard for others to follow in the future,” the president tweeted.
“Ventilators, which were few & in bad shape, are now...",right
1700,Trump Says Coronavirus Task Force Will Continue Indefinitely,"['Coronavirus', 'Reopening America', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Donald Trump', 'Mike Pence', 'White House', 'Politics']","In reversal, Trump says coronavirus task force will 'continue on indefinitely,' shifts focus to reopening, vaccines",USA TODAY,"Less than a day after signaling the White House task force on coronavirus would be disbanded, President Donald Trump said Wednesday the group will ""continue on indefinitely"" and shift focus to reopening and manufacturing vaccines.
Trump's latest thinking on the task force, created in January to coordinate the response to the virus, came a day after Vice President Mike Pence and other officials said the group's work would be transferred to federal agencies as soon as this month. The idea drew fire from some critics who said it was too...",left
1701,China to Contribute $500 Million to Trump-Linked Construction Project,['China'],'See you in court!' Trump facing new legal action after his bid to save Chinese jobs is linked to a development project in Indonesia that will profit his family business,Daily Mail,Donald Trump's newfound desire to help save Chinese jobs has critics of the former real estate mogul alleging that the president is acting in the interests of his family business.,right
1702,China to Contribute $500 Million to Trump-Linked Construction Project,['China'],Trump Orders Help For Chinese Phone-Maker After China Approves Money For Trump Project,HuffPost,Trump will profit from Indonesian resort project that will get $500 million in Chinese loans in a deal sealed days before before his tweet ordering help for ZTE.,left
1703,China to Contribute $500 Million to Trump-Linked Construction Project,['China'],Obama ethics chief accuses Trump of violating emoluments clause: 'See you in court Mr. Trump',The Hill,"Norm Eisen, the top ethics official under former President Obama, is accusing President Trump of violating the Constitution's emoluments clause.",center
1704,Priebus Matthews Conflict,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","In Tense Confrontation, Chris Matthews, RNC Chair Priebus Debate 'Race Card'",NPR (Online News),"This morning on MSNBC's Morning Joe, there was a tense confrontation between Chris Matthews and the Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus.
Well, perhaps calling it a confrontation might imply two were involved when for most part, it was Matthews dumping on Priebus, whose party he accused of playing the ""race card.""",left
1705,Priebus Matthews Conflict,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Chris Matthews defends attack on Priebus: GOP 'dividing country along racial lines',Politico,"AMPA, Fla. -- In an emotional interview with POLITICO tonight, MSNBC host Chris Matthews defended his spirited attack against RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, in which he alleged that the Republican party was guilty of playing the race card against President Barack Obama.
""It is obvious that this is something I care passionately about: race was abused by white politicians in my lifetime, including Reagan. For someone to come on the program and deny that this is part of their process, I couldn't take that,"" Matthews said. ""This is something I...",left
1706,Priebus Matthews Conflict,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",RNC's Priebus hits back at MSNBC's Matthews - 'He wants to be the biggest jerk in the room',Washington Times,"Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus was not impressed with MSNBC's Chris Matthew's shot at the GOP who said on his Monday evening program, when discussing Mitt Romney's sarcastic reference to President Obama's birth certificate recently:
“That cheap shot about ‘I don’t have a problem with my birth certificate’ was awful. You are playing that little ethnic card there. You can play your games and giggle about it, but the fact is your side is playing that card.”
Read more: PICKET: RNC's Priebus hits back at MSNBC's Matthews -...",right
1707,Trump Weighs Whether to Announce 2024 Presidential Bid Before Midterms Elections,"['2024 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Midterm Elections', 'Politics', 'Presidential Election', 'Republican Party']","Trump’s Made Up His Mind About 2024, Report Says—But He’s Unsure When To Announce",Forbes,"Former President Donald Trump has decided whether or not he will run for president in 2024, according to New York magazine, telling the outlet in an interview that his ""big decision"" at this point is whether to make an announcement before or after the midterms--an issue that is reportedly a point of contention among his advisors.
Trump did not state whether he will run or not, but told New York: “I feel very confident that, if I decide to run, I’ll win.”
Trump said he’s not sure when he will...",center
1708,Trump Weighs Whether to Announce 2024 Presidential Bid Before Midterms Elections,"['2024 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Midterm Elections', 'Politics', 'Presidential Election', 'Republican Party']",Will Trump run in 2024? He says the only decision left is when to make the announcement,Deseret News,"It has been unclear whether former President Donald Trump will run in the 2024 presidential election — until now.
Driving the news: In a recent interview with New York Magazine, Trump said he was still deciding when, not if, to announce his campaign.
“I would say my big decision will be whether I go before or after,” Trump said in an interview with Olivia Nuzzi, referring to the midterm elections in November.",center
1709,Trump Weighs Whether to Announce 2024 Presidential Bid Before Midterms Elections,"['2024 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Midterm Elections', 'Politics', 'Presidential Election', 'Republican Party']",Why Democrats are begging Trump to start 2024 right now,Politico,"Democrats aren’t just eager for Donald Trump to cannonball into the 2024 presidential race before the fall midterms. Across the country, they are actively plotting ways to immediately capitalize on a pre-November announcement.
Campaigns and officials at major Democratic outfits are planning to capture the anticipated cash windfall that would come their way should Trump announce he’s making another run at the White House. Candidates also are exploring ways to exploit Trump’s premature entry to energize despondent base voters and coalesce independents and suburb-dwellers who have soured on the party...",left
1710,Multiple Freedom Convoy Protesters Arrested in Canada,"['Coronavirus', 'Freedom Convoy', 'Canada', 'Vaccine Mandates']",Canadian police start arresting protesters in Ottawa,Associated Press,"Authorities in Canada say they are beginning to arrest truckers who have paralyzed traffic in Ottawa for three weeks in a protest against the country’s COVID-19 restrictions.
Police in Ottawa tweeted that some protesters are surrendering and being arrested Friday morning outside Parliament Hill.
Police already arrested two of the protest’s leaders late Thursday and have sealed off much of the downtown area to outsiders.
The capital represents the self-styled Freedom Convoy’s last stronghold after weeks of demonstrations and blockades that shut down border crossings into the U.S. and caused...",left
1711,Multiple Freedom Convoy Protesters Arrested in Canada,"['Coronavirus', 'Freedom Convoy', 'Canada', 'Vaccine Mandates']",11 Arrested as Cops Find Cache of Weapons in ‘Freedom Convoy’ Protests,Daily Beast,"Canadian authorities have arrested 11 people after discovering an arsenal of weapons among protesters at the U.S. border in Alberta. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police were tipped off about an armed subset embedded in the widespread protests, and proceeded to find guns, ammunition, a machete, body armor, and high-capacity firearm magazines in three trailers, per CBC. Following the successful raid, Premier Jason Kenney said, “Now that the RCMP has successfully resolved this potential threat, they will proceed, I’m informed, with enforcement against others who are involved in the blockade.”",left
1712,Multiple Freedom Convoy Protesters Arrested in Canada,"['Coronavirus', 'Freedom Convoy', 'Canada', 'Vaccine Mandates']","Ottawa Police Arrest Convoy Organizer, Protesters in Thursday Crackdown",National Review,"Ottawa police arrested multiple protesters with the “Freedom Convoy” on Thursday, including a key organizer of the movement that’s been rallying for weeks to pressure the Canadian government to drop the vaccine mandate for cross-border travel.
Authorities have taken Chris Barber, one of the leaders of the demonstration and a truck driver from Saskatchewan, into custody, CBC News reported. He is expected to face criminal charges. A video obtained by the outlet appears to depict Barber being placed in handcuffs and escorted away by police. Barber is also the target of a class-action lawsuit, along...",right
1713,Biden Delivers Thanksgiving Address,"['Holidays', 'Joe Biden', 'Thanksgiving', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'General News']",Joe Biden urges nation to ‘forgo family traditions’ on Thanksgiving,New York Post (News),"President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday called on Americans not to gather with extended families for Thanksgiving, saying it was a “patriotic duty” to limit the spread of COVID-19.
Biden said during an at times campaign-like speech in Wilmington, Del., that he and his family were setting an example by not celebrating the holiday as a large group.
“This year we are asking Americans to forgo so many of the traditions that we’ve long made this holiday,” Biden said. This year, because we care so much for each other, we’re going...",right
1714,Biden Delivers Thanksgiving Address,"['Holidays', 'Joe Biden', 'Thanksgiving', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'General News']",Biden appeals for resilience and unity in Thanksgiving address to America,The Guardian,"In an eve-of-Thanksgiving address on Wednesday, Joe Biden drew on historic hardships and his deep personal loss to make a passionate appeal for resilience, asking Americans to endure a national holiday amid restrictions on travel and gatherings imposed to fight the pandemic.
More than 12.6m cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in the US and more than 260,000 people have died. Vaccines are imminent but hospitalisations and deaths are surging, straining infrastructure to breaking point as leaders warn of impending disaster.
His speech struck a note of unity. “We need...",left
1715,Biden Delivers Thanksgiving Address,"['Holidays', 'Joe Biden', 'Thanksgiving', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'General News']",Biden urges safe Thanksgiving amid pandemic; Trump pardons ex-aide Flynn,Reuters,"President-elect Joe Biden pleaded with Americans on Wednesday to take steps to remain safe over the Thanksgiving holiday as COVID-19 cases soar, while President Donald Trump pardoned a former aide who twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. Biden gave a presidential-style speech acknowledging people’s fatigue with restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic, but urged them to exercise caution as caseloads surge.
“I know the country has grown weary of the fight. We need to remember - we’re at war with the virus, not with one another,” Biden said as...",center
1716,Trump Gets Jeers After Colorado Wall Comments,"['Immigration', 'Colorado', 'Donald Trump', 'Jared Polis', 'Border Wall']",Trump includes Colorado in states getting border wall,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s boast of building part of the border wall in Colorado is garnering attention in the state, including from the state’s governor, Democrat Jared Polis.
Trump was speaking Wednesday to an audience in Pennsylvania when he included Colorado in a list of states where the border wall is being constructed, along with New Mexico and Texas.
The president said: “We’re building a wall in Colorado, we’re building a beautiful wall, a big one that really works, that you can’t get over, you can’t get under.”",left
1717,Trump Gets Jeers After Colorado Wall Comments,"['Immigration', 'Colorado', 'Donald Trump', 'Jared Polis', 'Border Wall']",Trump says US is building a wall in Colorado -- a state that doesn't border Mexico,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)During a speech on American energy in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, President Donald Trump ticked through his usual issues before making an unusual remark about his long-promised border wall.
""We're building a wall on the border of New Mexico. And we're building a wall in Colorado,"" Trump said.
Colorado, located directly north of New Mexico, is not on the US-Mexico border.
Trump went on to say the wall would be ""a big one that really works -- you can't get over, you can't get under.""",left
1718,Trump Gets Jeers After Colorado Wall Comments,"['Immigration', 'Colorado', 'Donald Trump', 'Jared Polis', 'Border Wall']",Colorado governor slams Trump after president says America's building the wall there,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump caught flak on Wednesday after he boasted -- incorrectly -- that he is ""building a beautiful wall"" in Colorado, a state that does not border Mexico.
The state's Democratic Gov. Jared Polis mocked Trump for the gaffe on Twitter, saying: ""Well this is awkward... Colorado doesn't border Mexico. Good thing Colorado now offers free full day kindergarten so our kids can learn basic geography.""",right
1719,Preparing for Kavanaugh and Ford Testimony,['Supreme Court'],Republicans flex muscle ahead of Kavanaugh hearing,CNN (Online News),"Republicans aren't waiting for Brett Kavanaugh's main accuser to have her say.
With a generational conservative goal of a Supreme Court majority in sight, Senate GOP leaders are sketching a voting timetable that could see him confirmed within days even as they brace for a crucial hearing on Thursday on which the judge's fate rests.",left
1720,Preparing for Kavanaugh and Ford Testimony,['Supreme Court'],Accuser of Trump's court pick offers statements to back accusation,Reuters,"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A woman who has accused President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, of sexual assault will provide senators with sworn statements from four people to corroborate her allegations, her lawyers said on Wednesday.",center
1721,Preparing for Kavanaugh and Ford Testimony,['Supreme Court'],'Scorched Earth Tactics' and Death Threats: Effort to Crush Kavanaugh Nears Grand Finale,CBN,It's a tense week in Washington as Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh prepares to defend himself against allegations of sexual misconduct in a highly anticipated Senate hearing on Thursday.,right
1722,Pro-Life March,['Abortion'],March for Life: Thousands assemble at Washington Monument,Washington Post,"Thousands of abortion opponents began gathering in cold, blustery weather at the Washington Monument Friday for the annual March for Life.",left
1723,Pro-Life March,['Abortion'],Anti-abortion marchers celebrate a new era under Trump,Politico,"With Vice President Mike Pence and Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway headlining this year’s event, anti-abortion activists have plenty to celebrate.",left
1724,Pro-Life March,['Abortion'],Strongest White House Support Yet for March for Life,Fox News (Online News),"When throngs of abortion protesters convene Friday for the annual March for Life, they will enjoy the warmest show of White House support in the event's four-decade history.",right
1725,Comey’s Testimony,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",James Comey testimony: Trump pressed me to shut down Michael Flynn investigation,USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON — Former FBI director James Comey confirmed in stunning detail Wednesday that President Trump privately requested his loyalty and later urged him to drop the investigation into ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn, according to a preview of his highly anticipated testimony.",left
1726,Comey’s Testimony,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']","According to James Comey's testimony, Trump did not explicitly request Mike Flynn investigation be dropped",Washington Examiner,"In his opening statement to the Senate Intelligence Committee, released less than 24 hours before the hearing was set to begin, James Comey described a meeting wherein President Trump expressed hope that an FBI investigation into Mike Flynn would clear the former national security adviser of wrongdoing.",right
1727,Comey’s Testimony,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Comey to Testify Trump Pressured Him to Say He Wasn’t Under Investigation,New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — The former F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, plans to tell senators on Thursday in highly anticipated testimony about a wide-ranging effort by President Trump to influence the F.B.I.’s investigation into Russia’s meddling in the election, including repeatedly asking Mr. Comey to announce that the president was not personally under investigation.",left
1728,Perspectives: Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Roe v. Wade,"['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Roe V Wade', 'Mississippi', 'Politics', 'Courts']",Overruling abortion rights could have much broader implications on Americans’ liberty,Jennifer Rubin,"In anticipation of the Supreme Court’s hearing on Wednesday to consider Mississippi’s ban on abortions after 15 weeks, there has been much conversation about what will happen if the court’s conservatives overrule abortion rights cemented in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. In fact, the implications of such a ruling would go far beyond just abortion.
In Casey, the Supreme Court formulated an “undue burden” test to limit state regulation of abortion up to viability of a fetus, replacing the trimester formulation under Roe. But Casey also left a long trail of case law that...",left
1729,Perspectives: Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Roe v. Wade,"['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Roe V Wade', 'Mississippi', 'Politics', 'Courts']",Roe v. Wade hangs in balance as reshaped court prepares to hear biggest abortion case in decades,SCOTUSblog,"When he ran for president in 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump promised to nominate Supreme Court justices who would vote to end the constitutional right to an abortion. During his four years in office, Trump placed three justices – Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett – on the court, cementing a 6-3 conservative majority. With that majority in place, conservatives hope, and liberals fear, that the court will renounce nearly five decades of abortion jurisprudence and overturn the landmark rulings of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health...",center
1730,Perspectives: Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Roe v. Wade,"['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Roe V Wade', 'Mississippi', 'Politics', 'Courts']",Supreme Court's Mississippi abortion case – here's why this case is so important,Carrie Severino,"The Supreme Court this week will hear arguments in the most consequential abortion case since Roe v. Wade. The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, presents the court with the opportunity to overturn Roe and correct one of greatest acts of judicial arrogance in history.   
The conventional wisdom is that overturning Roe would cause massive societal upheaval and indelibly damage the court’s legitimacy. In fact, the reality is just the opposite. Overturning Roe will only strengthen the court’s integrity, while perpetuating Roe’s constitutional error under outside pressure would confirm criticisms that the justices are behaving...",right
1731,Trump Lawyer Says President Will Not Fire Mueller,"['White House', 'Politics']",WH Attorney Says Trump Has No Plans to Fire Mueller – Here's What's Being Considered Instead,CBN,"Despite some of President Donald Trump's tweets over the weekend, White House attorney Ty Cobb says Trump is not considering firing special counsel Robert Mueller.",right
1732,Trump Lawyer Says President Will Not Fire Mueller,"['White House', 'Politics']",President Trump tweets 'WITCH HUNT' after lawyer Ty Cobb says the president isn't thinking about firing special counsel Robert Mueller,CNBC,White House lawyer Ty Cobb said on Sunday that President Donald Trump was not considering or discussing firing special counsel Robert Mueller – even after the president directly lashed out at Mueller's probe during the weekend.,center
1733,Trump Lawyer Says President Will Not Fire Mueller,"['White House', 'Politics']","After Trump's Tweetstorm, the White House Says It Has No Plans to Fire Robert Mueller",Time Magazine,"President Donald Trump is not considering firing the special counsel investigating Russian election interference, a top White House lawyer said, after a cascade of Trump tweets revived chatter that the deeply frustrated president may be preparing to can the veteran prosecutor.",left
1734,Tough Sell on Syria in Congress,['Middle East'],Hill briefing: Uphill battle for Obama on Syria,Politico,President Barack Obama faces a clear uphill battle in swaying skeptical lawmakers of the merits of military action in Syria as top officials were dispatched to Capitol Hill Sunday to make the administration's case.,left
1735,Tough Sell on Syria in Congress,['Middle East'],White House girds for battle to persuade Congress to approve Syria strike,Wall Street Journal (News),The White House is girding for more than a week of battle with Congress over President Barack Obama's plan to launch limited military strikes against the Syrian regime for its alleged use of chemical weapons last month.,center
1736,Tough Sell on Syria in Congress,['Middle East'],Congress in no rush to return for Syria decision,Washington Times,Faced with the most momentous foreign policy vote in years Congress has decided on the go-slow approach with leaders saying they will take their time in deciding whether to approve retaliatory strikes against Syria.,right
1737,Previewing Tuesday's Primaries and Special Elections,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'Nevada', 'South Carolina', 'Texas', 'Maine', 'North Dakota', '2022 Gubernatorial Races', '2022 Maine House Election', '2022 Nevada Senate Election']","10 Elections To Watch In Nevada, South Carolina And Texas",FiveThirtyEight,"This week’s primaries are a gamble — and not just because many of them are in Nevada. Former President Donald Trump is backing challengers to not one but two incumbent members of Congress, which will once again put the power of his endorsement to the test. Meanwhile, both parties face decisions about how far right or left of center a nominee can be in a swing seat and still stand a chance of winning in November.
All told, four states are holding primaries on Tuesday: Maine, Nevada, North Dakota and...",center
1738,Previewing Tuesday's Primaries and Special Elections,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'Nevada', 'South Carolina', 'Texas', 'Maine', 'North Dakota', '2022 Gubernatorial Races', '2022 Maine House Election', '2022 Nevada Senate Election']",Trump endorsements face fresh test in South Carolina House primaries,New York Post (News),"Two incumbent House Republicans from South Carolina could fall to primary challengers Tuesday after running afoul of former President Donald Trump.
The races in the Palmetto State’s 1st and 7th Congressional Districts will be among the most closely watched on a day when voters also go to the polls in Maine, Nevada and North Dakota. A special House primary will also be held in Texas’ 34th Congressional District.
In South Carolina’s 1st District, freshman GOP Rep. Nancy Mace is facing Trump-backed former state Rep. Katie Arrington, who unsuccessfully contested the...",right
1739,Previewing Tuesday's Primaries and Special Elections,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'Nevada', 'South Carolina', 'Texas', 'Maine', 'North Dakota', '2022 Gubernatorial Races', '2022 Maine House Election', '2022 Nevada Senate Election']",Trump’s revenge tour and battleground Nevada: What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries,Politico,"Former President Donald Trump’s revenge tour lands in South Carolina on Tuesday.
It has been a bumpy ride so far.
Trump has vowed to defeat Republicans who he believed have crossed him. But high-profile setbacks like Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s resounding primary win show it hasn’t always gone as planned for the former president.
In Tuesday’s slate of primaries, Trump is backing challengers to two sitting South Carolina House members: GOP Reps. Tom Rice and Nancy Mace. Rice was one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump...",left
1740,Eric Holder in the Hot Seat,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Eric Holder in the spotlight,Politico,Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that hed recused himself from the national security leak investigation in which prosecutors obtained the phone records of Associated Press journalists – but that hes already started a fresh inquiry into the IRS scrutiny of conservative political groups.,left
1741,Eric Holder in the Hot Seat,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Will government probe of AP phone records cost Eric Holder his job?,Christian Science Monitor,Attorney General Eric Holder has alienated Republicans before. But the Justice Department's seizure of AP phone records is generating bipartisan concern.,center
1742,Eric Holder in the Hot Seat,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Attorney General Eric Holder Reveals He Recused Himself From AP Phone Record Investigation,The Blaze,"When the floor was opened for questions at a press conference Tuesday, originally about Medicare fraud, reporters focused questions to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on the recent revelation of the Department of Justices investigation that secretly obtained phone records of Associated Press reporters.",right
1743,Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Abortion Restrictions,"['Supreme Court', 'Louisiana', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'John Roberts', 'Roe V Wade', 'Abortion']",Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana law that would have limited state to one abortion clinic,CNBC,"The Supreme Court on Monday voted 5-4 to strike down a restrictive Louisiana abortion measure in a major win for reproductive rights activists, with Chief Justice John Roberts siding with the court’s four liberals.
Justice Stephen Breyer, who authored an opinion joined by his fellow Democratic appointees, wrote that the law placed an undue burden on women seeking abortions. Roberts wrote separately to say his thinking was based on the court’s 2016 decision to strike down a similar law in Texas.
The case involved a Louisiana abortion law requiring...",center
1744,Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Abortion Restrictions,"['Supreme Court', 'Louisiana', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'John Roberts', 'Roe V Wade', 'Abortion']",Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana law on abortion clinic restrictions,Fox News (Online News),"The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a Louisiana law requiring that individuals who perform abortions at clinics have admitting privileges in a nearby hospital is unconstitutional, as it places an undue burden on women seeking abortions.
The court ruled 5-4 in the case, June Medical Services LLC v. Russo, with Chief Justice John Roberts once again casting a deciding vote by siding with the court's liberal justices.
The majority opinion, written by Justice Stephen Breyer, noted that the Louisiana law is ""almost word-for-word identical"" to a Texas law the...",right
1745,Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Abortion Restrictions,"['Supreme Court', 'Louisiana', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'John Roberts', 'Roe V Wade', 'Abortion']",Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Abortion Restrictions,New York Times (News),"The case, over a state law requiring doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, is the first abortion ruling since two Trump appointees joined the court.
The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Louisiana law that could have left the state with a single abortion clinic.
The vote was 5 to 4, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. voting with the court’s four-member liberal wing but not adopting its reasoning. The chief justice said respect for precedent compelled him to vote with the majority.
The...",left
1746,Federal Judge Orders President Trump to Resume DACA,['Immigration'],Judge gives Trump administration 90 days to explain move to end DACA,Fox News (Online News),"A federal judge condemned President Trump's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program as ""unlawful,"" saying its justification for doing so has been ""virtually unexplained.""",right
1747,Federal Judge Orders President Trump to Resume DACA,['Immigration'],Another Federal Judge Rules Against Trump’s Order To Cancel DACA,HuffPost,The decision may pave the way for new applications to the Obama-era program.,left
1748,Federal Judge Orders President Trump to Resume DACA,['Immigration'],Judge Rules Trump Administration Must Continue DACA Program,Wall Street Journal (News),A third federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration’s decision to cancel an Obama-era program protecting young undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children.,center
1749,Financial Regulations Order,['Banking And Finance'],Trump to delay major new rule for financial advisers,Washington Times,"President Trump plans to sign an memorandum Friday to delay — and potentially cancel — a sweeping federal rule that would impose new responsibilities on financial advisers, a move guaranteed to provoke heated objections from consumer advocates and liberal lawmakers.",right
1750,Financial Regulations Order,['Banking And Finance'],Trump to Dismantle Dodd-Frank Financial Regulations on Friday,NBC News (Online),"President Donald Trump will sign on Friday an executive order to water down the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulatory framework put into effect in response to the financial crisis, according to a senior White House official.",left
1751,Financial Regulations Order,['Banking And Finance'],Trump to take steps rolling back financial regulations,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump will begin work Friday dismantling the financial regulations enacted after the 2008 economic crisis, hours after the first major economic report of his administration is released.",left
1752,White House Says Biden to Sign Executive Orders On Gun Measures,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Violence In America', 'Joe Biden', 'White House']",White House says Biden is prepared to issue executive orders on guns,Yahoo News,"In the wake of two mass shootings in the U.S. in a single week, the White House said Friday that President Biden is prepared to issue executive orders to enact gun reform, circumventing the need for a divided Congress to pass legislation.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at a briefing that she couldn’t offer an “exact time frame” on when those orders would move off Biden’s desk, but said they were “one of the levers that we can use ... to help address the prevalence of gun...",left
1753,White House Says Biden to Sign Executive Orders On Gun Measures,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Violence In America', 'Joe Biden', 'White House']",White House Confirms Biden Will Sign Gun Control Executive Orders,The Daily Caller,"White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed Friday that President Joe Biden intends to sign executive orders instituting increased gun control.
“Yes,” Psaki flatly stated in response to a question on the subject during Friday’s press briefing. “I can’t give you an exact time frame in part, because they have to go through a review process, which is something that we do from here.”",right
1754,White House Says Biden to Sign Executive Orders On Gun Measures,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Violence In America', 'Joe Biden', 'White House']",Jen Psaki says Biden will sign gun control executive orders,New York Post (News),"White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Friday confirmed that President Biden intends to sign executive orders on gun control.
Psaki replied “Yes” to a journalist’s question about whether reporters should “be expecting executive orders from the president on gun measures.”
But she said the timing was unclear due to a review process.
“When the president was the vice president in the Obama-Biden administration, he helped put in place 23 executive actions to combat gun violence. It’s one of the levers that we can use,” Psaki said at her daily...",right
1755,Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke Trade Barbs In Testy Debate,['Elections'],Cruz-O'Rourke debate underscores stark choice Texas voters face in midterms,Washington Times,"In their second debate of a surprisingly close race, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and challenger Beto O’Rourke showed flashes of rancor but largely stressed a message tailored to their bases.",right
1756,Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke Trade Barbs In Testy Debate,['Elections'],"In U.S. Senate battle in Texas O'Rourke gets tough, but is it too late?",Reuters,It was no more Mr. Nice Guy for Beto O’Rourke.,center
1757,Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke Trade Barbs In Testy Debate,['Elections'],3 key moments in Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke’s final Senate debate,Vox,Ted Cruz tried to paint Beto O’Rourke as an “extreme” liberal in their final Senate debate. O’Rourke called him a liar.,left
1758,Biden Administration Announces New Immigration Policies for Venezuela,"['Immigration', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Administration', 'Immigrant Surge', 'Border Crisis', 'Venezuela']",DHS expands Trump-era policy to Venezuelans while opening new pathway to US,The Hill,"The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday announced it would seek to block irregular migration from Venezuela by expanding a Trump-era policy and kicking off a new program for Venezuelans fleeing the country.
The new program is modeled off of the Uniting for Ukraine program that allowed people in the U.S. to privately sponsor Ukrainians, in this case allowing up to 24,000 Venezuelans to secure a work authorization for up to two years.
But along with the new program, the U.S. said it will now expel Venezuelans who cross the border from Mexico, extending...",center
1759,Biden Administration Announces New Immigration Policies for Venezuela,"['Immigration', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Administration', 'Immigrant Surge', 'Border Crisis', 'Venezuela']",Immigration activists dismayed at Biden move to expand Title 42 to Venezuelan illegal migrants,Fox News (Online News),"Immigration activist groups are expressing their concern with the Biden administration’s announcement that it will start expelling Venezuelans to Mexico using the Title 42 public health order -- reducing entry pathways to a limited parole program.
The Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday that it is launching a new large-scale border enforcement operation with Mexico that includes increased checkpoints, a surge in resources and a crackdown on human smuggling. 
The administration also announced that all Venezuelans entering the U.S. illegally would now be returned to Mexico under the Title 42...",right
1760,Biden Administration Announces New Immigration Policies for Venezuela,"['Immigration', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Administration', 'Immigrant Surge', 'Border Crisis', 'Venezuela']",Biden turning to Trump-era rule to expel Venezuelan migrants,Associated Press,"Two years ago, candidate Joe Biden loudly denounced President Donald Trump for immigration policies that inflicted “cruelty and exclusion at every turn,” including toward those fleeing the “brutal” government of socialist Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela.
Now, with increasing numbers of Venezuelans arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border as the Nov. 8 election nears, Biden has turned to an unlikely source for a solution: his predecessor’s playbook.
Biden last week invoked a Trump-era rule known as Title 42 -- which Biden’s own Justice Department is fighting in court — to deny Venezuelans...",left
1761,Shooting in Oregon,['Violence In America'],Oregon shooter said to have singled out Christians for killing in ‘horrific act of cowardice’,Washington Post,"The fourth day of the fall term was underway when bullets tore into the classrooms of Umpqua Community College, adding that tranquil timber town to the grim roster of places whose histories are now permanently cast in terms of “before” and “after.”",left
1762,Shooting in Oregon,['Violence In America'],"'Never Utter His Name,' Official Says Of Gunman In Oregon Shooting",NPR (Online News),"A vigil was held in Roseburg, Ore., last night, hours after a man killed nine people at the local community college. Investigators say the man behind Thursday's shooting is also dead — but the local sheriff also says he'll never say the man's name in public. Seven people were wounded in the attack.",left
1763,Shooting in Oregon,['Violence In America'],"Obama goes after guns, says GOP-controlled Congress responsible for ‘routine’ mass shootings",Washington Times,"A visibly shaken and angry President Obama on Thursday attacked the American gun lobby, scolded the media and demanded that Congress take concrete action to stop the rash of recent mass shootings, which he said have “become routine” and are the pure result of inaction by lawmakers in Washington.",right
1764,"Biden Warns Putin of Economic Consequences, Other Measures if Russia Invades Ukraine","['Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Joe Biden', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Sanctions']",Biden-Putin summit opens with mic problems amid Russia-Ukraine tensions,New York Post (News),"Mr. President, you have to unmute yourself.
President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday opened a two-hour summit with waves hello — and some Biden virtual-meeting technical difficulties — before discussing concerns that Russia may invade Ukraine.
The Biden team closed the meeting’s start to US reporters, but Russian state media published video of an amicable introduction and the Kremlin released an image that showed Biden waving with a smile on his face.
Biden seemed to start the dialogue with his microphone muted as his lips moved without...",right
1765,"Biden Warns Putin of Economic Consequences, Other Measures if Russia Invades Ukraine","['Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Joe Biden', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Sanctions']","Biden, Putin discuss Ukraine in video call amid growing tensions",Washington Post,"President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video call Tuesday morning focused on growing tensions over Ukraine as Russia masses troops along the border, prompting fears of a Russian invasion of the Eastern European nation.
The call began with the two leaders exchanging brief pleasantries.
“Welcome, Mr. President,” Putin said.
“Good to see you again,” Biden replied. “Last time we did not get to see each other at the G-20. I hope next time we can meet in person,” he said, referring to the recent Group of 20...",left
1766,"Biden Warns Putin of Economic Consequences, Other Measures if Russia Invades Ukraine","['Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Joe Biden', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Sanctions']",Biden wraps two-hour call with Putin,The Hill,"President Biden wrapped a two-hour video call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday during which the U.S. president warned Moscow against invading Ukraine.
The White House said in a subsequent readout that Biden “voiced the deep concerns of the United States and our European Allies about Russia’s escalation of forces surrounding Ukraine and made clear that the U.S. and our Allies would respond with strong economic and other measures in the event of military escalation.”
“President Biden reiterated his support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and called for de-escalation and a return...",center
1767,Trump Administration Proposes Government Reorganization,['Politics'],"Trump to Propose Government Reorganization, Targeting Safety Net Programs",New York Times (News),"President Trump plans to propose a reorganization of the federal government as early as Thursday that includes a possible merger of the Education and Labor Departments, coupled with a reshuffling of other domestic agencies to make them easier to cut or revamp, according to administration officials briefed on the proposal.",left
1768,Trump Administration Proposes Government Reorganization,['Politics'],"Trump to propose merging Labor, Education departments, report says",Fox News (Online News),"The Trump administration will propose merging the Labor Department with the Education Department as part of a larger effort to reorganize the federal government, The Wall Street Journal reported late Wednesday.",right
1769,Trump Administration Proposes Government Reorganization,['Politics'],White House releases sweeping proposal to reorganize government,The Hill,"The White House on Thursday unveiled a sweeping plan to reorganize how the federal government is structured, including controversial proposals to impose work requirements on assistance programs.",center
1770,Perspectives: Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2022,"['Holidays', 'Martin Luther King Jr.', 'Race And Racism', 'Civil Rights', 'General News']",A Martin Luther King Day Reminder: Religion Matters in Public Life,National Review,"Today, as we seem so divided by our disagreements, we would do well to remember Reverend King’s words.
These are tough and divisive times. We’ve lived through a pandemic, riots, social unrest, and an often-toxic winner-takes-all political culture. There are those who seek to divide us by race, religion, political tribe, or even vaccination status. Civil disagreement — the quaint notion of viewing ideological opponents as decent neighbors who happen to disagree in good faith — is in short supply. No one seems to extend grace or the presumption of good...",right
1771,Perspectives: Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2022,"['Holidays', 'Martin Luther King Jr.', 'Race And Racism', 'Civil Rights', 'General News']",The powerful woman who inspired MLK,CNN (Opinion),"We honor Martin Luther King's memory every January, but there are still so many things most people do not know about his life. For example, in his family and among his closest friends, he was known to be lighthearted and humorous. He made fun of his older sister for taking things too seriously, he always tried to lighten the mood and avoid confrontation. As a youth, he was a prankster who would hide behind a bush with his mother's furs tied to a stick, waiting to jump out at people as they walked...",left
1772,Perspectives: Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2022,"['Holidays', 'Martin Luther King Jr.', 'Race And Racism', 'Civil Rights', 'General News']",Martin Luther King Jr.’s Family to Mark Holiday With Voting-Rights March,Wall Street Journal (News),"The nation’s capital will mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a march for voting rights led by the late civil rights leader’s family, as congressional Democrats vow to press ahead on voting-rights legislation despite its expected failure.
The leaders of the march are urging people to call on Congress to enact changes to elections law nationwide in lieu of celebrations on the federal holiday dedicated to Dr. King’s birthday.
The Senate is scheduled to begin debate on voting legislation this week, but Republicans are expected to block passage despite all Democrats being united...",center
1773,Terror in Brussels,['Terrorism'],Terrorists Attacks Kill Dozens in Brussels,New York Times (News),"Explosions rocked the main airport and a subway in Brussels on Tuesday, killing at least 26 people. The attacks occurred four days after the capture of Salah Abdeslam, who is a suspect in the Paris attacks on Nov. 13.",left
1774,Terror in Brussels,['Terrorism'],"Brussels attacks: 34 die in 2 explosions at Brussels Airport, 1 at subway station",CNN (Online News),"Three explosions that ripped through the Belgian capital of Brussels on Tuesday killed at least 34 people and wounded about 170 more, according to Belgian media, and raised the reality of terror once again in the heart of Europe.",left
1775,Terror in Brussels,['Terrorism'],‘We Are at War’: Terror Grips Belgium as Multiple Explosions Leave Dozens Dead,The Blaze,"Explosions, at least one likely caused by a suicide bomber, rocked the Brussels airport and subway system Tuesday, prompting a lockdown of the Belgian capital and heightened security across Europe. At least 28 people were reported dead.",right
1776,De Blasio Enters The 2020 Presidential Race,"['Election 2020', 'Bill De Blasio', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Mayor Bill de Blasio Enters 2020 Race for President,New York Times (News),"Bill de Blasio, the Democratic mayor of New York City, announced on Thursday that he was running for president, seeking to show that his brand of urban progressive leadership can be a model for the rest of the nation.
It will be a steep challenge: He becomes the 23rd Democrat to enter the presidential race, and he does so against the counsel of many of his trusted advisers, and in the face of two centuries of history.
No sitting mayor has been elected to the presidency, and if Mr. de...",left
1777,De Blasio Enters The 2020 Presidential Race,"['Election 2020', 'Bill De Blasio', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",New York Mayor de Blasio becomes 24th Democrat in crowded 2020 White House field,Reuters,"New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio entered the crowded 2020 presidential race on Thursday, arguing that his record of progressive accomplishments in the country’s biggest city positioned him as the perfect foil to President Donald Trump.
De Blasio, 57, launched his candidacy with the central campaign message, “Working People First,” becoming the 24th Democrat seeking to take on Trump in the election next year.
In a video released on Thursday, de Blasio returned to the theme of income inequality that had animated his first mayoral campaign in 2013, when...",center
1778,De Blasio Enters The 2020 Presidential Race,"['Election 2020', 'Bill De Blasio', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bill de Blasio officially launches 2020 presidential campaign,New York Post (News),"He’s late — again.
After nearly half a year of hemming and hawing, Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday entered the 2020 presidential race, becoming the 23rd Democrat to join the jam-packed field.
The termed-out politician, known for his habitual tardiness, finally decided to run after five months of toying with a White House bid.
“I’m Bill de Blasio and I’m running for president because it’s time we put working people first,” the mayor said in a three-minute YouTube video announcing his candidacy.
The opening shots include de Blasio zipping...",right
1779,Partial Government Shutdown Likely to Continue Into the New Year,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Government shutdown, day 2: Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney says shutdown could go into January",USA TODAY,The partial government shutdown could go on for potentially many more days – and perhaps weeks – but the White House indicated Sunday that it was backing down on its main sticking point: It was requesting less than $5 billion for border wall funding.,left
1780,Partial Government Shutdown Likely to Continue Into the New Year,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Congress eyes long shutdown as lawmakers give up on pre-Christmas deal,Washington Times,The first day of shutdown negotiations has been a bust.,right
1781,Partial Government Shutdown Likely to Continue Into the New Year,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Shutdown to stretch on until at least Thursday as Senate adjourns with no deal over budget, Trump’s border wall",Washington Post,The move came after a lunch with the president and conservative Republicans — followed by a discussion between Vice President Pence and Sen. Charles E. Schumer that fell flat.,left
1782,"Vote-Counting Issues in Arizona Frustrate Voters, Fuel Fraud Theories","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 Arizona Senate Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Kari Lake', 'Katie Hobbs']",Maricopa County says 20% of polling places have equipment issues but votes are fine,NPR (Online News),"About 1 in 5 polling locations in Maricopa County, Ariz., were experiencing a technical problem with their ballot tabulator machines in the first hours of Election Day — but officials say the votes will still be counted, thanks to their redundancy protocols.
""We've got about 20% of the locations out there where there's an issue with the tabulator,"" Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates said in a video update posted online. Describing the problem, he said that after some voters fill out their ballot, the machine won't accept it.
The issue...",left
1783,"Vote-Counting Issues in Arizona Frustrate Voters, Fuel Fraud Theories","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 Arizona Senate Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Kari Lake', 'Katie Hobbs']",Maricopa County election officials try to reassure voters amid reports that 'nothing is working',The Post Millennial,"As Arizonans continue to run into issues in Maricopa County while trying to vote, Maricopa County officials gave an update, saying they’re trying to fix ongoing issues with their tabulators ""as quickly as possible.""
The update from officials comes as more reports of malfunctioning voting machines emerge in the Arizona county. One poll worker was seen telling a voter that ""nothing is working for the last half hour,"" and reiterated the statements made by county officials.
Bill Gates, Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors, and County Recorder Stephen Richer provided an update...",right
1784,"Vote-Counting Issues in Arizona Frustrate Voters, Fuel Fraud Theories","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 Arizona Senate Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Kari Lake', 'Katie Hobbs']",Early glitches with Maricopa County election machines frustrate voters,AZ Central,"Voting got off to a glitchy start in Maricopa County on Tuesday morning because of widespread issues with the machines that count voters' ballots. 
All of the county's 223 voting locations opened on time, but an hour into the election, voters and poll workers at some sites started reporting issues with tabulators.
Officials confirmed those problems during an impromptu Tuesday morning news conference. 
""After people have voted (their ballot), they try to run them through the tabulator, and they're not going through,"" Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates said.
Voters have the option...",center
1785,US Senate To Vote On Green New Deal,"['Green New Deal', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",McConnell Forcing Vote on Green New Deal,Townhall,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will bring the Green New Deal up for a vote on Tuesday, forcing Democrats to take a stand on the radical resolution.
“I could not be more glad that the American people will have the opportunity to learn precisely where each one of their senators stand on the “Green New Deal”: a radical, top-down, socialist makeover of the entire U.S. economy,” he tweeted Monday.
The resolution promises a “massive transformation of our society” through retrofitting every building in American to be energy efficient and eliminating...",right
1786,US Senate To Vote On Green New Deal,"['Green New Deal', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",U.S. Republicans set 'Green New Deal vote' in bid to divide Democrats,Reuters,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, in a move aimed at dividing Democrats, set a vote for Tuesday on their “Green New Deal” resolution that seeks to cut greenhouse gas emissions by moving off fossil fuels.
The Green New Deal, introduced last month by Democrats, marked the first formal attempt by lawmakers to define legislation to create big government-led investments in clean energy like wind and solar power, infrastructure and social programs.
The goal of the non-binding resolution is to speed a transition of the U.S. economy away from burning fossil...",center
1787,US Senate To Vote On Green New Deal,"['Green New Deal', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Democrats plan to block Green New Deal in Senate vote Tuesday,CNN (Online News),"The Senate will vote Tuesday to take up the Green New Deal, the progressives' prescription to battle climate change, but it is expected to be blocked by Democrats, who support many of the ideas in the plan but believe Republicans are trying to score political points by forcing a quick vote on the nascent proposal.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, has made clear he is pushing the vote to put Democrats -- especially the many in the Senate who are running for president -- on the record...",left
1788,"Buttigieg Surges In Iowa, Fizzles in Other States","['Elections', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Iowa', 'New Hampshire', 'Democrat Primary', 'Decision 2020']",Pete Buttigieg Polling Worse Than Marianne Williamson Among Black Voters in South Carolina,Mediaite,"A new Quinnipiac poll shows that Pete Buttigieg is polling terribly with black voters in South Carolina – even worse than Marianne Williamson.
The Quinnipiac poll released on Monday shows frontrunner Joe Biden with a commanding lead among South Carolina voters, with 33% percent of respondents saying they would likely support him. The two closest candidates to Biden are Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, who are polling at 11% and 13% respectively",left
1789,"Buttigieg Surges In Iowa, Fizzles in Other States","['Elections', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Iowa', 'New Hampshire', 'Democrat Primary', 'Decision 2020']",Buttigieg surges to 10-point lead in New Hampshire: poll,The Hill,"Democratic White House hopeful Pete Buttigieg surged to a 10-point lead in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary, according to a new Saint Anselm College poll released Tuesday.
Buttigieg gets the support of 25 percent of self-identified likely Democratic primary voters, marking the first time the South Bend, Ind., mayor has emerged atop a poll in the Granite State. Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) are tied for second at 15 percent, while no other candidate breaks double digits. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sits in third place...",center
1790,"Buttigieg Surges In Iowa, Fizzles in Other States","['Elections', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Iowa', 'New Hampshire', 'Democrat Primary', 'Decision 2020']","Buttigieg surges ahead in latest New Hampshire poll, after doing same in Iowa",Fox News (Online News),"MANCHESTER, N.H. – Three days after a poll in the first-in-the-nation caucus state of Iowa showed Pete Buttigieg with a clear advantage over his rival Democrats for the presidential nomination, a new survey in the state that holds the first primary in the race for the White House also indicates the South Bend, Ind., mayor with a large lead over the other top-tier contenders.",right
1791,Arkansas Abortion Law,['Abortion'],Arkansas lawmakers back nation's most restrictive abortion bill,CNN (Online News),"Overriding a veto by Arkansas' Democratic governor, the state's Republican-controlled House and Senate approved a bill to ban abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, the most restrictive such law in the country.
Gov. Mike Beebe, a Democrat, vetoed the bill Monday, saying it ""blatantly contradicts the United States Constitution, as interpreted by the Supreme Court.""
But on Wednesday, the Arkansas House voted 56-33 to override the veto, following a 20-14 override vote a day earlier in the state Senate.",left
1792,Arkansas Abortion Law,['Abortion'],Arkansas Becomes Biggest Advocate for Life,Townhall,"Well Arkansas has officially become the state with the most restrictive abortion law and has made a case for life. The new law is a near-ban on abortion after the 12th week of pregnancy. Unless a lawsuit or court action intervenes before it takes effect this summer, it looks like Arkansas will become the toughest state to get an abortion after the 3 month mark.
Lawmakers in the Republican-dominated Legislature defied Gov. Mike Beebe, overriding the Democrat's veto. The House voted 56-33 on Wednesday to override Beebe's veto, a day...",right
1793,Arkansas Abortion Law,['Abortion'],Arkansas Abortion Law Is Now Nation's Strictest,Wall Street Journal (News),"Arkansas lawmakers voted Wednesday to bar most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, overriding a veto by the state's governor to set the most-stringent abortion restrictions in the nation.
The Arkansas House of Representatives voted 56 to 33 to enact the legislation, a day after the Senate voted 20 to 14 in favor of overruling Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe. Both chambers are controlled by Republicans, although six Democratic representatives were among the House members who voted to uphold the measure.
""If I say that I'm pro-life, at some point I...",center
1794,Senate Passes Bipartisan $1.2T Infrastructure Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Infrastructure', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Sustainability', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Bridging Divides']","Senate passes $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, sending key part of Biden’s economic agenda to the House",CNBC,"The Senate passed a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan Tuesday, a huge step for Democrats as they try to push President Joe Biden’s sweeping economic agenda through Congress.
The legislation, which includes $550 billion in new funding for transportation, broadband and utilities, got through in a 69-30 vote, as 19 Republicans joined all 50 Democrats. The chamber in a 50-49 party line vote then proceeded to a budget resolution that would allow Democrats to approve what they see as a complementary $3.5 trillion spending plan without Republican votes.
“Today, the Senate takes a decades overdue step to...",center
1795,Senate Passes Bipartisan $1.2T Infrastructure Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Infrastructure', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Sustainability', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Bridging Divides']",Senate passes $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill,New York Post (News),"A sweeping, $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package aimed at addressing the maintenance of roads, bridges and broadband easily coasted to passage Tuesday morning after days of debate. 
The measure — negotiated by a group of 22 bipartisan lawmakers led by Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) — includes $550 billion in new spending, with $110 billion set to be allocated toward roads, bridges and other projects; $65 billion toward broadband, $66 billion to be spent on passenger and freight rail, $55 billion for water infrastructure, $39.2 billion for public transit,...",right
1796,Senate Passes Bipartisan $1.2T Infrastructure Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Infrastructure', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Sustainability', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Bridging Divides']",Senate passes $1 trillion infrastructure bill in strong bipartisan vote,CBS News (Online),"Washington — The Senate voted to approve a roughly $1 trillion bill to revamp the nation's infrastructure on Tuesday, delivering a bipartisan breakthrough on legislation that includes key portions of President Biden's domestic agenda.
The final vote was 69 to 30, with 19 Republicans joining all 50 Democrats in voting for passage. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was among the Republicans who voted yes. Vice President Kamala Harris presided over the final vote, and said it was ""a very good day"" before entering the chamber.
The legislation, known as the Infrastructure Investment and...",left
1797,Putin Warns Russia May Aim New Weapons at US,"['Russia', 'United States', 'Missiles', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Russia may be forced to aim weapons at Washington, suggests Putin",The Guardian,‘Centres of decision making’ will be targeted if west deploys new missiles in Europe.,left
1798,Putin Warns Russia May Aim New Weapons at US,"['Russia', 'United States', 'Missiles', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Putin Ratchets Up Nuclear Warning Against US,Wall Street Journal (News),Russia isn’t seeking confrontation with the U.S. and wouldn’t make the first move to deploy missiles; rhetoric comes on the heels of breakdown of arms pact.,center
1799,Putin Warns Russia May Aim New Weapons at US,"['Russia', 'United States', 'Missiles', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Putin warns new Russian weapons will target U.S. if it deploys missiles to Europe,Washington Times,"Russian President Vladimir Putin sternly warned the United States against deploying new missiles in Europe, saying Wednesday that Russia will retaliate by fielding new weapons that will take just as little time to reach their targets.",right
1800,Politico’s New Owner Under Fire for Email Complimenting Trump Administration,"['Media Industry', 'Bias', 'Donald Trump', 'Corporate Media', 'Nonpartisanship']",Liberals panic as new Politico owner aims to turn outlet 'nonpartisan': Looks like CNN has company,Fox News (Online News),"A profile of Politico's new owner Mathias Döpfner is having liberal critics sounding the alarm. 
Döpfner, the CEO of the German media company Axel Springer SE, was the subject of a lengthy piece in The Washington Post, which delved into his media business philosophy. He called his roughly $1 billion purchase of Politico in 2021 his ""biggest and most contrarian bet.""
""We want to prove that being nonpartisan is actually the more successful positioning,"" Döpfner said in an interview published Tuesday. 
While the Post defined Döpfner's personal politics a ""mystery,""...",right
1801,Politico’s New Owner Under Fire for Email Complimenting Trump Administration,"['Media Industry', 'Bias', 'Donald Trump', 'Corporate Media', 'Nonpartisanship']",Axel Springer CEO defends leaked messages about Trump,Axios,"Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner on Tuesday defended messages to colleagues published in the Washington Post that seemed to show Döpfner supporting Donald Trump ahead of the 2020 election, arguing they were taken out of context.
Why it matters: Axel Springer is trying to position itself as a centrist publisher amid a U.S. media investment spree, but the company's history and recent headlines suggest a culture gap may remain between the German publishing giant and U.S. media.
Döpfner has ""never tried to influence journalists"" who work for him, he said...",center
1802,Politico’s New Owner Under Fire for Email Complimenting Trump Administration,"['Media Industry', 'Bias', 'Donald Trump', 'Corporate Media', 'Nonpartisanship']","CNN, Politico Want to Give Authoritarianism a Fair Shake",New Republic,"On Friday, CNN’s John Harwood appeared on-screen to do what he often does—provide reporting and analysis of the day’s events. In this case, Harwood’s focus was a speech given by Joe Biden about the threat to democracy posed by Donald Trump and his many allies within the Republican Party.
“The core point [Biden] made in that political speech about a threat to democracy is true,” Harwood intoned. “Now, that’s something that’s not easy for us, as journalists, to say. We’re brought up to believe there’s two different political parties with...",left
1803,Will Biden Run in 2016?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Parsing Biden's words: If Hillary runs, he won't",CNN (Online News),"Vice President Joe Biden sounded like someone who wants to be President when he spoke to CNN's ""New Day"" on Friday.
He talked about America's potential and its role as a global leader, as well as his commitment to helping the middle class. He never mentioned the overwhelming early favorite for the 2016 Democratic nomination -- former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
What would the Democrats do without Clinton in 2016?
Clearly Biden, the longtime sen",left
1804,Will Biden Run in 2016?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Biden: ""I Can't"" Think of a Reason Why I Shouldn't Run For POTUS",Townhall,Biden’s already run for president twice and lost twice. But it appears he’s not giving up yet.,right
1805,Will Biden Run in 2016?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Joe Biden really wants to run for president,Washington Post,"Here's Vice President Joe Biden on Whether or not he Will Run for President in 2016: ""T here May BE Reasons I Do not Run, but There's no reason for me Obvious why I think I SHOULD not Run . """,left
1806,International Workers Celebrate May Day Amid Ongoing US Union Battles,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Labor Unions', 'May Day', 'Amazon', 'Starbucks', 'Business', 'Inequality', '4-Day Workweek', '5-Day Workweek', 'Working Conditions', 'Working Class', 'World', 'Holidays']",Workers around the world mark May Day with rallies for better working conditions,NPR (Online News),"Demonstrators across the globe seized May Day, also known as International Workers' Day, as a moment to celebrate working-class contributions as they rallied for better labor rights, immigration overhauls, and other causes around social and economic equality.
Crowds of activists marched through lower Manhattan to demand worker protections and immigration overhauls on Sunday.
Local chapters of labor organizations affiliated with the AFL-CIO held a ""United Against Union Busting"" march and rally that kicked off at Union Square. Stopping points on the march's route included a Starbucks Roastery, a Whole Foods and a...",left
1807,International Workers Celebrate May Day Amid Ongoing US Union Battles,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Labor Unions', 'May Day', 'Amazon', 'Starbucks', 'Business', 'Inequality', '4-Day Workweek', '5-Day Workweek', 'Working Conditions', 'Working Class', 'World', 'Holidays']",May Day rallies in Europe urge more help as inflation bites,Associated Press,"Tens of thousands of people marched Sunday in cities around Europe for May Day protests to honor workers and shame governments into doing more for their citizens. In France, protesters shouted slogans against newly elected President Emmanuel Macron, a development that may set the tone for his second term.
Tensions erupted in Paris, as some demonstrators smashed windows at some banks, a fast-food restaurant and a real estate agency, apparently partially the work of masked men dressed in black. French police moved in, firing rounds of tear gas. That failed...",left
1808,International Workers Celebrate May Day Amid Ongoing US Union Battles,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Labor Unions', 'May Day', 'Amazon', 'Starbucks', 'Business', 'Inequality', '4-Day Workweek', '5-Day Workweek', 'Working Conditions', 'Working Class', 'World', 'Holidays']",Homeland Security official tweets socialist applause: ‘Happy May Day!’,The Daily Caller,"A staffer for President Barack Obama’s Department of Homeland Security is praising the left-wing “May Day” protests. On Tuesday evening, Nate Snyder, the special adviser to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano for “Community Partnership and Strategic Engagement,” tweeted “Happy May Day! #solidarity.”",right
1809,"Ross Perot, Former Independent Presidential Candidate, Dead at 89","['General News', 'Ross Perot', 'Elections']","Ross Perot, billionaire tycoon and 2-time presidential candidate, dies at 89",CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN)Ross Perot, the billionaire tycoon who mounted two unsuccessful third-party presidential campaigns in the 1990s, died Tuesday, family spokesman James Fuller confirmed to CNN. He was 89.
Perot died after a five-month battle with leukemia, Fuller said.
A billionaire by his mid-50s after he sold a controlling interest in the data processing business he founded to General Motors for $2.5 billion, Perot's foray into presidential politics made him one of the more colorful political figures of the 1990s.",left
1810,"Ross Perot, Former Independent Presidential Candidate, Dead at 89","['General News', 'Ross Perot', 'Elections']",Billionaire and former presidential candidate Ross Perot dies at 89,CNBC,"Billionaire businessman, philanthropist and independent presidential candidate Ross Perot is dead at 89, CNBC has confirmed.
Perot, who ran for president in 1992 and 1996, died after a five-month battle with leukemia, said James Fuller, a representative for the Perot family.
“In business and in life, Ross was a man of integrity and action. A true American patriot and a man of rare vision, principle and deep compassion, he touched the lives of countless people through his unwavering support of the military and veterans and through his charitable endeavors,” Fuller...",center
1811,"Ross Perot, Former Independent Presidential Candidate, Dead at 89","['General News', 'Ross Perot', 'Elections']","Billionaire Ross Perot, who ran twice for president, dead at 89",Fox News (Online News),"Self-made billionaire Ross Perot, who ran for president in 1992 and 1996, has died at age 89 after a five-month battle with leukemia, the Dallas Morning News reported.
Perot, who won19 percent of the vote as a third-party candidate in 1992, died early Tuesday at his home in Dallas surrounded by his family, family spokesman James Fuller said. The native-born Texan, who made his billions by founding Electronic Data Systems Corp., was seen by admirers as a patriot who served his country well before his two failed bids for the...",right
1812,Dead Civilians in Bucha Spark International Outrage,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Bucha', 'Russia', 'War Crimes']","Dead civilians in streets of Bucha, near Kyiv, after Russian troops retreat",Axios,"Ukrainian officials and independent photographers have reported bodies strewn in the streets of the Kyiv region city of Bucha, after Ukrainian forces retook the area following a Russian retreat to eastern Ukraine.
The big picture: Bucha Mayor Anatoly Fedoruk tweeted Saturday images of bodies with hands tied behind their backs in the city, northwest of Kyiv. ""We have already buried 280 people in mass graves,"" he told AFP, which also captured images of bodies in Bucha's streets.
""These people were not in the military. They had no weapons. They posed no threat,"" Fedoruk said in his...",center
1813,Dead Civilians in Bucha Spark International Outrage,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Bucha', 'Russia', 'War Crimes']",Bodies of 'executed people' strewn across street in Bucha as Ukraine accuses Russia of war crimes,CNN (Online News),"The lifeless bodies of at least 20 civilian men line a single street in the town of Bucha near the Ukrainian capital. Some lie face down on the pavement while others are collapsed on their backs, mouths open in a tragic testament to the horrors of Russian occupation.
The hands of one man are tied behind his back with a piece of white cloth. Another man lies alone, tangled up in a bicycle by a grassy bank. A third man lies in the middle of the road, near the charred remains of...",left
1814,Dead Civilians in Bucha Spark International Outrage,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Bucha', 'Russia', 'War Crimes']",New Details on Bucha Mass Grave Provided by Satellite Images,Newsmax (News),"Satellite imagery released Sunday showed new information regarding a mass grave in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv.
The images, from Maxar Technologies, show that a mass grave is located at the Church of St. Andrew and Pyervozvannoho All Saints.
According to Maxar, the first signs of excavation of the mass grave occurred on March 10th, about two weeks after the war started. Images from March 31st show a major trench near the church. Social media footage showed dozens of dead civilians being buried in the mass grave, the company...",right
1815,Judge Dismisses Stormy Daniels' Libel Lawsuit Against Trump,['Politics'],Judge dismisses Stormy Daniels defamation lawsuit against Trump,Reuters,"A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed adult film actress Stormy Daniels’s defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump and ordered her to pay his attorney’s fees, saying a tweet the",center
1816,Judge Dismisses Stormy Daniels' Libel Lawsuit Against Trump,['Politics'],"Trump calls Stormy Daniels 'Horseface,' the latest insult from a man known for demeaning women",Los Angeles Times,"President Trump called porn actress Stormy Daniels “Horseface” in a tweet Tuesday, an extraordinary provocation even for a man whose habit of denigrating the appearance of women draws frequent accusations of misogyny.",left
1817,Judge Dismisses Stormy Daniels' Libel Lawsuit Against Trump,['Politics'],Pres. Defeats Daniels’ Defamation Case,One America News Network (OAN),A federal judge is dismissing the defamation lawsuit filed by Stormy Daniels against President Trump. The decision by Judge James Otero marks a major defeat for Daniels and her attorney,right
1818,ISIS: Conflicts in Syria,['Middle East'],Will Islamic State's Rise Turn U.S. Public Opinion?,Wall Street Journal (News),"Here in the nation's capital, the question of the moment is whether the rise of the Islamic State extremist group has changed President Barack Obama's reluctance to re-engage in Iraq militarily, or to really intervene for the first time in Syria—and that certainly is an important question.
But equally important and far less discussed is this: Has the specter of a new, different and frightening kind of Islamic extremism changed the American public's deep reluctance to engage anew in the Middle East?
Privately, some administration offi",center
1819,ISIS: Conflicts in Syria,['Middle East'],Confirmed: Another Military Base in Syria Falls to ISIS,Townhall,"The Tabqa airforce base, which was previously the Assad regime’s lone garrison in the northern region of Syria, has fallen to ISIS rebels, according to the Associated Press:
Islamic State fighters captured a major military air base in northeastern Syria on Sunday, eliminating the last government-held outpost in a province otherwise dominated by the jihadi group, activists and state media said.",right
1820,ISIS: Conflicts in Syria,['Middle East'],Syria warns against US strikes on Islamic State on its soil,Washington Post,"Syria warned the Obama Administration on Monday not to exteNd ITS AIR war Against the Islamic State group into Syria, as the militants Celebrated Another key Victory over Government FORCES in the North of the Country.
The Warning Came a day after the group overran a major AIR Base in Northeastern Syria, Putting the Islamic State in full Control of Raqqah province, where Am",left
1821,The Latest Presidential Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama and Mitt Romney Remain 'Neck and Neck' In Poll Posted: 08/22/2012 8:,HuffPost,"The race between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney ""remains neck and neck,"" according to an AP-GfK poll released Wednesday -- the outlets' first since Paul Ryan was added to the ticket.",left
1822,The Latest Presidential Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Romney's Pick Of Ryan Hasn't Changed Race, Polls Signal Categories",NPR (Online News),Two new polls come to much the same conclusion about the 2012 presidential campaign.,left
1823,The Latest Presidential Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Polls: Romney Surges in Florida and Nevada, Virtually Tied Nationally",Townhall,"The New York Times' Nate Silver spots a trend: Mitt Romney's polling fortunes have improved significantly in swing states in the last few weeks. He's right. Even in last night's generally poor NBC/WSJ poll (Obama's overall lead was 4 points in a D+6 sample), the battleground sub-sample had closed to within three points, down from eight in July.",right
1824,Hurricane and Politics,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Mitt Romney Refuses To Talk About FEMA After Hurricane Sandy Event,HuffPost,"Mitt Romney refused to answer reporters' questions about how he would handle the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), after a Tuesday ""storm relief"" event in Ohio for Hurricane Sandy.
From the Romney pool report:
TV pool asked Romney at least five times whether he would eliminate FEMA as president/what he would do with FEMA. He ignored the qs but they are audible on cam. The music stopped at points and the qs would have been audible to him.
A follow-up report noted the specific questions Romney ignored, as...",left
1825,Hurricane and Politics,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",How To Read The Post-Sandy Polls,NPR (Online News),"Hurricane Sandy's on-the-ground devastation has yet to be cataloged, and how the violent storm may affect the presidential campaign with just a week to Election Day is equally uncertain.
Will President Obama's response to the disaster help or hurt his re-election prospects? Or will the campaign's new trajectory — canceled appearances, postponed early voting — ultimately benefit Republican Mitt Romney?
Not really thinking much about that, are you?",left
1826,Hurricane and Politics,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney stays in public eye minus political talk in wake of Sandy,Fox News (Online News),"Mitt Romney on Tuesday attended a relief effort in Ohio for the victims of superstorm Sandy – staying in the public eye but keeping away from political talk with just seven days left before Election Day.
“We have heavy hearts, as you know, with all of the suffering going on, said Romney, standing on an equipment box inside a Kettering, Ohio, gymnasium. “I appreciate what you have done.
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/30/campaign-rallies-on-hold-afte...",right
1827,CDC Eases Mask Guidance For Most US Counties,"['CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Endemic', 'Hospitalizations', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Mask Mandates', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health', 'Wearing Masks']",CDC Significantly Loosens Mask Guidelines,Forbes,"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer recommend masking indoors, schools included—except in areas with high levels of severe Covid cases—in order to “give people a break from mask-wearing” in lower-risk areas, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky announced Friday.
The CDC has updated its framework for monitoring communities’ Covid levels, focusing less on overall case numbers and more on numbers of severe cases, in order to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed, Walensky said.
The CDC will continue to recommend wearing masks indoors in public spaces, including in...",center
1828,CDC Eases Mask Guidance For Most US Counties,"['CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Endemic', 'Hospitalizations', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Mask Mandates', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health', 'Wearing Masks']","CDC loosens COVID-19 indoor mask guidance, including for schools",Fox News (Online News),"The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) moved Friday to loosen federal mask-wearing guidance for counties deemed to be at ""low"" or ""medium"" risk – including in schools.
Most Americans will no longer be advised to wear masks in indoor public settings and the agency announced a change to the metric it uses in recommending the face coverings – shifting from looking at COVID-19 cases counts to a more comprehensive view about a community's risk from the virus. Roughly 70% of Americans live in low- or medium-risk counties.
Under previous guidelines, masks were recommended...",right
1829,CDC Eases Mask Guidance For Most US Counties,"['CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Endemic', 'Hospitalizations', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Mask Mandates', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health', 'Wearing Masks']",The CDC Said Most People In The Country Can Stop Using Face Masks To Protect Against COVID,BuzzFeed News,"Masks are no longer necessary in most counties in the US — including in indoor public places and schools — according to new recommendations released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Under the latest guidelines, the CDC will be shifting focus to the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations and hospital capacity in counties throughout the US, rather than the number and rate of new infections, officials said.
That shift will mean that more than half of the country, except people with underlying health conditions, can drop face...",left
1830,Sequester Questions,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Impact of budget cuts depends on where you live and who you are,Washington Post,"In Killeen, Tex., where the countrys largest Army post drives the local economy, automatic federal budget cuts would furlough about 6,000 of Fort Hoods civil service workers for one day each week. Mayor Dan Corbin predicted home sales and construction would grind to a halt; restaurant and shop owners, he said, are “worried sick.",left
1831,Sequester Questions,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",The sequester: Answers to your questions,Washington Times,"In two days, the sequester is upon us. So that you can intelligently cope with the latest financial crisis that Congress has dumped on us, here is a handy guide that includes everything you ever wanted to know about the sequester but were afraid to ask.",right
1832,Sequester Questions,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Spending cuts: It's about to get weird,CNN (Online News),"When it comes to budgeting for the federal government, things are about to get strange.",left
1833,Unemployment Claims Hit 52-Year Low,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Labor']",US jobless claims at lowest level since 1969,BBC News,"Fewer workers sought jobless benefits in the US last week than at any time since 1969.
Just 187,000 people filed for unemployment, the Labor Department reported. That was down roughly 28,000 from the previous week.
The figures show a stark turnaround in the job market in the US since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
The news sparked several historic comparisons on social media, with some sharing photos of Woodstock music fest.
""The last time jobless claims fell this low was the same year we landed folks on the moon,""...",center
1834,Unemployment Claims Hit 52-Year Low,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Labor']",Jobless claims fall to lowest level since 1969 as economic recovery continues,Washington Examiner,"The number of new applications for unemployment benefits fell by 28,000 last week to 187,000, the lowest level for initial claims since September 1969.
Weekly jobless claims are seen as a proxy for layoffs and have been watched closely in recent weeks as the Federal Reserve hiked its interest rate target. This week’s decline continues a generally downward trend in jobless claim reports since the omicron variant peaked in mid-January.
The general trend of declining layoffs is a good economic sign for President Joe Biden, who has been staring down low approval ratings and displeasure with how...",right
1835,Unemployment Claims Hit 52-Year Low,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Labor']","New jobless claims fall to 187,000, setting more than five-decade low",Yahoo News,"U.S. jobless claims set a more than 50-year low last week as the red-hot labor market shows few signs of cooling in the near-term.
The Labor Department released its latest weekly jobless claims report Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main metrics from the print, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg:
Initial jobless claims, week ended March 19: 187,000 vs. 210,000 expected and a revised 215,000 during prior week
Continuing claims, week ended March 12: 1.350 million vs. 1.400 million expected and a revised 1.417 million during prior week",left
1836,Proposed Medicare Cuts,['Healthcare'],U.S. Proposes Cuts to Rates in Medicare Payments,New York Times (News),"The Obama administration on Friday proposed cuts in Medicare payment rates for managed-care plans serving more than one-fourth of all beneficiaries, and Republicans immediately pounced on the proposal, which appears likely to become a significant issue in this year’s midterm elections.
The proposed reductions were larger than the administration had indicated in guidance given to the insurance industry in December. Jonathan Blum, a top Medicare official, cited the “historically low growth in Medicare per capita spending” as a reason for the proposal.
But Republicans said beneficiaries would suffer as a...",left
1837,Proposed Medicare Cuts,['Healthcare'],Major spending cut proposed for Medicare Advantage,Politico,"The Obama administration is proposing a major cut in 2015 payments to Medicare Advantage, in a move that is sure to set off a ferocious campaign by the insurance industry to reverse the decision and likely will further complicate the health care politics of the midterm elections.
An annual notice released Friday after the markets closed would reduce Medicare Advantage spending by 3.55 percent. The figure is based on trends in health care spending, which has grown at a historically low pace in recent years. The annual rate adjustment...",left
1838,Proposed Medicare Cuts,['Healthcare'],Medicare Advantage Plans May Face Cuts,Newsmax (News),"Cuts are on the table next year for Medicare Advantage plans, the Obama administration says. The politically dicey move affecting a private insurance alternative highly popular with seniors immediately touched off an election-year fight.
The announcement gave new ammunition to Republican critics of President Barack Obama's healthcare law, while disappointing some Democratic senators who had called on the administration to hold rates steady. Insurers are still hoping to whittle back the cuts or dodge them altogether.",right
1839,Federal Judge Says Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan is Illegal,"['Education', 'Student Loan Forgiveness', 'Student Loans', 'Joe Biden']",Federal court strikes down Biden’s student loan forgiveness program,CNN (Online News),"A federal judge in Texas has struck down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program, declaring it illegal.
The lawsuit was filed by a conservative group, the Job Creators Network Foundation, in October on behalf of two borrowers who did not qualify for debt relief.
Biden’s program was already on hold due a separate legal challenge.
The Biden administration has argued that Congress has given the secretary of education the power to broadly discharge student loan debt in a 2003 law known as the HEROES Act.
But the Texas federal judge found that...",left
1840,Federal Judge Says Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan is Illegal,"['Education', 'Student Loan Forgiveness', 'Student Loans', 'Joe Biden']",Federal Judge in Texas Strikes Down Biden Student-Loan Forgiveness Program,Wall Street Journal (News),"A federal judge in Texas on Thursday struck down the Biden administration’s student-debt forgiveness plan, imperiling a key administration priority that would have canceled up to $20,000 in student loans for tens of millions of borrowers.
The Biden administration’s plan is an “unconstitutional exercise of Congress’s legislative power” that also failed to go through normal regulatory processes, Judge Mark Pittman of the Northern District of Texas wrote in a 26-page opinion.
“No one can plausibly deny that it is either one of the largest delegations of legislative power to the executive branch, or one of the...",center
1841,Federal Judge Says Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan is Illegal,"['Education', 'Student Loan Forgiveness', 'Student Loans', 'Joe Biden']",Federal Judge Strikes Down Biden Student-Loan ‘Forgiveness’,National Review,"A federal judge in Texas on Thursday blocked President Biden’s student-loan “forgiveness” plan in response to a lawsuit from the Job Creators Network Foundation (JCNF).
The conservative advocacy group filed a suit in October arguing that the Biden administration violated federal procedures by not allowing borrowers to provide public comment before the program was unveiled.
Judge Mark Pittman of the Northern District of Texas called the plan an “unconstitutional exercise of Congress’s legislative power” and noted the program failed to go through standard regulatory processes.
“No one can plausibly deny...",right
1842,Russia Launches Airstrikes in Syria,['World'],"Russia Begins Conducting Airstrikes In Syria, After Assad's Request",NPR (Online News),"In a new development that could change the dynamic of Syria's civil war, Russian military aircraft began flying missions in Syria Wednesday. Russia says it will target ISIS fighters.",left
1843,Russia Launches Airstrikes in Syria,['World'],"Russia begins air strikes against Syrian opposition, demands US warplanes keep out",Fox News (Online News),"Russian warplanes have begun bombarding Syrian opposition targets in the war-torn nation's north, working on behalf of dictator Bashar al-Assad, according to a senior military official.",right
1844,Russia Launches Airstrikes in Syria,['World'],Russian jets hit Islamic State positions; Putin gets lawmakers' OK to use troops,Los Angeles Times,"Russia's defense ministry says its jets are carrying out airstrikes on Syria against positions, vehicles and warehouses believed to belong to the Islamic State.",left
1845,Biden Appoints All-Women White House Press Team,"['Joe Biden', 'Press', 'White House', 'Media Industry']",Joe Biden names all-women White House communications team led by Jen Psaki as press secretary,USA TODAY,"President-elect Joe Biden on Sunday named his White House senior communications staff, choosing a team of all women led by Jen Psaki, a veteran of President Barack Obama's administration, as his first press secretary.
Psaki, who wore many hats under Obama including White House communications director, has overseen the confirmations team for Biden's transition team.
Turning to top campaign aides, Biden also tapped Kate Bedingfield as White House communications director and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris named Symone Sanders senior adviser and chief spokesperson for the vice president. Bedingfield worked...",left
1846,Biden Appoints All-Women White House Press Team,"['Joe Biden', 'Press', 'White House', 'Media Industry']",Biden chooses an all-female senior White House press team,Associated Press Fact Check,"President-elect Joe Biden will have an all-female senior communications team at his White House, reflecting his stated desire to build out a diverse White House team as well as what’s expected to be a return to a more traditional press operation.
Biden campaign communications director Kate Bedingfield will serve as Biden’s White House communications director. Jen Psaki, a longtime Democratic spokeswoman, will be his press secretary.
In a different area of the White House operation, Biden plans to name Neera Tanden, the president and CEO of the liberal think tank...",left
1847,Biden Appoints All-Women White House Press Team,"['Joe Biden', 'Press', 'White House', 'Media Industry']",Biden Names White House Press Secretary,Independent Journal Review,"President-elect Joe Biden has formed his all-female senior communications team.
Members of his staff include Elizabeth Alexander as communications director for Dr. Jill Biden, Kate Bedingfield as White House communications director, Ashley Etienne as communications director for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Karine Jean Pierre as principal deputy press secretary, and Jen Psaki as White House press secretary.",right
1848,DOJ Asks Federal Appeals Court to Lift Order Blocking COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate,"['Coronavirus', 'Justice Department', 'Federal Courts', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Business']",White House tells businesses to proceed with vaccine mandate despite court-ordered pause,CNBC,"The White House on Monday said businesses should move forward with President Joe Biden’s vaccine and testing requirements for private businesses, despite a federal appeals court ordering a temporary halt to the rules.
“People should not wait,” White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters during a briefing. “They should continue to move forward and make sure they’re getting their workplace vaccinated.”
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, considered one of the most conservative appellate courts in the country, halted the requirements Saturday pending review, writing...",center
1849,DOJ Asks Federal Appeals Court to Lift Order Blocking COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate,"['Coronavirus', 'Justice Department', 'Federal Courts', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Business']",Biden administration asks federal appeals court to lift order blocking COVID-19 vaccine mandate,Fox News (Online News),"The Biden administration is asking a federal court to lift an order that blocked its rule mandating that larger employers require workers to get COVID-19 vaccines or submit to regular testing.
The request, filed Monday, comes after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a group of businesses to halt the order, citing ""grave statutory and constitutional issues."" The ruling put the mandate on hold until pending litigation could be heard.
But the administration claims that the companies that won the emergency stay were not claiming a major prospect of harm from the rule until...",right
1850,DOJ Asks Federal Appeals Court to Lift Order Blocking COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate,"['Coronavirus', 'Justice Department', 'Federal Courts', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Business']",DOJ asks federal appeals court to lift temporary order blocking Covid-19 vaccine mandate,CNN (Online News),"The Department of Justice argued Monday night against a more permanent block of the Biden administration's Covid-19 vaccine mandate in a filing to the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals, saying that Republican-led states and private businesses challenging the mandate have not shown that their claimed injuries ""outweigh the harm of [stopping] a Standard that will save thousands of lives and prevent hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations.""
In the filing, the Justice Department said the petitioners' legal objections lack merit and rejected their claim that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's authority...",left
1851,Tillerson Goes to Moscow,"['State Department', 'Politics']","Tillerson, on Eve of Russia Trip, Takes Hard Line on Syria",New York Times (News),"Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson is taking a hard line against Russia on the eve of his first diplomatic trip to Moscow, calling the country “incompetent” for allowing Syria to hold on to chemical weapons and accusing Russia of trying to influence elections in Europe using the same methods it employed in the United States.",left
1852,Tillerson Goes to Moscow,"['State Department', 'Politics']",OPINION: Tillerson can survive this Russia trip. Really.,USA TODAY,He needs to act like a CEO and strike performance-based deals on Syria and Ukraine.,left
1853,Tillerson Goes to Moscow,"['State Department', 'Politics']","Tillerson, G7 ministers look to pressure Russia to reconsider Assad support",Fox News (Online News),"Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, along with six other Group of Seven foreign ministers, aims to send Russia a “clear and coordinated message” in the wake of the U.S.’ response to a gas attack in Syria that left scores dead.",right
1854,Senate to Vote on Dueling Bills to End Shutdown,"['US Senate', 'Government Shutdown', 'Immigration', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Politics']",The Shutdown Could Finally End. Or Not.,Slate,"At long last, we have movement to end the government shutdown. Per a deal reached between Senate leaders Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer, the Senate will vote on two bills to",left
1855,Senate to Vote on Dueling Bills to End Shutdown,"['US Senate', 'Government Shutdown', 'Immigration', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Politics']","Government shutdown, Day 32: Senate to vote Thursday in first sign of congressional movement",USA TODAY,"The Senate will vote Thursday on a pair of bills to fund the federal government, the first sign of movement in weeks toward ending a budget standoff that has triggered the longest",left
1856,Senate to Vote on Dueling Bills to End Shutdown,"['US Senate', 'Government Shutdown', 'Immigration', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Politics']",Democrats work to show federal workers' pain during government shutdown,Washington Times,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is in Washington overseeing the drama on the partial government shutdown, but his constituents back home are about to get a taste as billboards",right
1857,Hurricane Ian Death Toll Hits 100 Amid Criticism of Florida's Evacuation Plans,"['Environment', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Disaster', 'Ron DeSantis', 'FEMA']",Hurricane Ian’s Florida Death Toll Tops 100,Forbes,"Hurricane Ian’s death toll continues to rise, surpassing 100 in Florida as of Tuesday after the hardest-hit Lee County reported even more fatalities, according to county-level death tolls, as search and rescue efforts remain ongoing for one of the deadliest storms in recent history in Florida.
More than half of the deaths have occurred in Lee County, where at least 54 people have been killed, Sheriff Carmine Marceno said at a news conference Monday.
Lee County includes the communities of Fort Myers and Sanibel, which took near-direct hits from Ian as the Category...",center
1858,Hurricane Ian Death Toll Hits 100 Amid Criticism of Florida's Evacuation Plans,"['Environment', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Disaster', 'Ron DeSantis', 'FEMA']","Florida sheriff defends Lee County's evacuation plan, prep for Hurricane Ian: 'We wouldn't change anything'",Fox News (Online News),"Florida Sheriff Carmine Marceno defended Lee County's evacuation order on Monday, firing back against critics questioning the decision not to impose a mandatory evacuation order for Hurricane Ian until the day before the storm ravaged the area.
In an interview on ""The Story,"" Marceno praised the hard-hit county's preparations leading up Ian’s landfall, telling Fox News host Martha MacCallum that Ian's ""unpredictable"" trajectory made it difficult to guess exactly where it was going to strike.
""A lot of people want to sit here and say ‘oh, could you have done it quicker, could...",right
1859,Hurricane Ian Death Toll Hits 100 Amid Criticism of Florida's Evacuation Plans,"['Environment', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Disaster', 'Ron DeSantis', 'FEMA']",At least 100 dead from Hurricane Ian as Florida's top emergency official defends Lee County over delayed evacuations,NBC News (Online),"Hurricane Ian's death toll reached 100 Monday as Florida's top emergency administrator pushed back against growing criticism of Lee County officials who were accused of being slow to evacuate low-lying communities.
The latest count was 96 deaths in Florida and four in North Carolina. Lee County, Florida, where officials didn't order evacuations until Tuesday, 54 had been confirmed dead. Ian made landfall Wednesday, devastating Fort Myers and Sanibel Island.
“I believe Lee County and their administration …. made the best decision they felt was right for their community at that time,"" said Kevin Guthrie,...",left
1860,More Coronavirus Stimulus Likely on Hold Until After Election,"['Banking And Finance', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', '2020 Election', 'Coronavirus']",Coronavirus relief likely on pause until after election as Trump promises 'best stimulus package',Fox News (Online News),"The odds of Congress striking a coronavirus relief deal before the November election dimmed considerably this week after the Senate left Washington for their October recess with no agreement in place.
""After the election, we'll get the best stimulus package,"" President Trump told reporters Tuesday before boarding Air Force One.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke by phone for 52 minutes on Monday afternoon, the latest in a near-daily effort between the two negotiators to winnow the differences on a stimulus package between the Trump administration...",right
1861,More Coronavirus Stimulus Likely on Hold Until After Election,"['Banking And Finance', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', '2020 Election', 'Coronavirus']","What's the status of a second $1,200 stimulus check?",CBS News (Online),"Hopes that lawmakers in Washington could reach agreement on a fresh round of COVID-19 relief before the presidential election are all but extinguished. Senators adjourned on Monday and are not scheduled to return until November 9, impeding progress on a new stimulus bill.
Shares fell Monday as Congress failed to find a breakthrough and as investors fretted over an ongoing surge in coronaavirus cases around the United States. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last week had offered a more positive outlook, saying she and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin were ""just...",left
1862,More Coronavirus Stimulus Likely on Hold Until After Election,"['Banking And Finance', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', '2020 Election', 'Coronavirus']",Trump says stimulus deal will happen after election,The Hill,"President Trump acknowledged Tuesday that an agreement on a coronavirus relief stimulus package would not materialize until after Election Day, but predicted that a deal would be reached.
Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump insisted his administration would still be willing to negotiate with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) following the election on Nov. 3.
At the same time, Trump targeted Pelosi, claiming the top Democrat was seeking “bailouts” for states and cities run by Democrats and predicting boldly that the failed negotiations would cost Democrats the House...",center
1863,Cuomo Releases Statement Amid Sexual Harassment Claims; NY Preps Probe,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York']","Under Siege Over Sex Harassment Claims, Cuomo Offers Apology",New York Times (News),"Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Sunday sought to stem the growing political fallout over fresh allegations of sexual harassment, acknowledging that he may have made inappropriate remarks that could “have been misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation” to a young female aide during private meetings last spring.
Mr. Cuomo, 63, said his comments — including those which emerged in an account from the aide, Charlotte Bennett — were an extension of life spent at work, where he sometimes “teased people about their personal lives and relationships.”
“I now understand that my...",left
1864,Cuomo Releases Statement Amid Sexual Harassment Claims; NY Preps Probe,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York']",New York attorney general to oversee Cuomo sexual misconduct probe,Reuters,"New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office cleared the way on Sunday for an independent attorney with subpoena powers to investigate allegations against him of sexual misconduct.
The governor’s office backtracked on its original plan to choose its own investigator after widespread criticism from fellow Democrats.
“We will hire a law firm, deputize them as attorneys of our office, and oversee a rigorous and independent investigation,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement.
Cuomo, one of the nation’s most well-known Democratic politicians whose popularity soared during the early...",center
1865,Cuomo Releases Statement Amid Sexual Harassment Claims; NY Preps Probe,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York']","Cuomo says he was 'being playful,' but admits he 'may have been insensitive' amid sexual harassment claims",Fox News (Online News),"New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo attempted to explain his past interactions with staffers as the embattled Democrat is facing multiple accusations of sexual harassment.
""Questions have been raised about some of my past interactions with people in the office,"" Cuomo began in a press release on Sunday. ""I never intended to offend anyone or cause any harm. I spend most of my life at work and colleagues are often also personal friends.""
""At work sometimes I think I am being playful and make jokes that I think are funny....",right
1866,Perspectives: Biden's Attempt to Bring 'Healing' to Kenosha,"['Joe Biden', 'Kenosha', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Violence In America', 'Donald Trump']","In Kenosha, Biden tells nervous Democrats Trump’s ‘law and order’ push is not working",Chicago Sun-Times,"KENOSHA, WIS. — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden arrived at Grace Lutheran Church on Thursday on a healing — and turnout — mission, tying the Jacob Blake shooting to a series of larger race-related issues two months before his showdown with President Donald Trump.
“I made a mistake about something. I thought you could defeat hate. It only hides,” said Biden, masked and socially distancing. “It only hides.”
Taking notes as he listened, Biden hear from a former Marine, a looted picture frame shop owner and a lawyer who worked...",left
1867,Perspectives: Biden's Attempt to Bring 'Healing' to Kenosha,"['Joe Biden', 'Kenosha', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Violence In America', 'Donald Trump']","In Kenosha, Biden tries to thread the needle on protests and violence",Christian Science Monitor,"Former Vice President Joe Biden took a strong stance this week against protest-related violence in cities from Portland, Oregon, to Kenosha, Wisconsin – where he paid a visit Thursday, two days after President Donald Trump came to survey the damage and express his support for law enforcement.
Mr. Biden met with the family of Jacob Blake, who was shot in the back by a white police officer on August 23, sparking a spate of arson and destruction. He also spoke to members of the community, on issues ranging from racism...",center
1868,Perspectives: Biden's Attempt to Bring 'Healing' to Kenosha,"['Joe Biden', 'Kenosha', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Violence In America', 'Donald Trump']",Biden's trip to Kenosha questioned following Jacob Blake shooting,Fox News (Online News),"Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden went to Wisconsin Thursday, two days after President Trump, but his travels left locals with many questions about his motives.
""It was all mom-and-pop stores that got destroyed down here. It's really sad. It's heartbreaking. We're trying to find justice, and we all know that the people here are on the right side of the issue,"" said Jack Jay, a 28-year-old bartender in Kenosha who supported Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in the 2020 primary. ""And then to have Trump come in here and be like,...",right
1869,"Jobless Claims Drop to Pandemic-Era Low of 498,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits']","U.S. Unemployment Claims Fell to 498,000 Last Week",Wall Street Journal (News),"Weekly unemployment claims fell to 498,000 last week—a new low since the Covid-19 pandemic began more than a year ago—in a fresh sign that the labor-market rebound is gathering force.
Worker filings for jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell 92,000 last week from 590,000 the prior week. That brings the four-week average of initial claims, which smooths out volatility in weekly data, to the lowest point since the pandemic took hold, though still well above pre-pandemic levels.
“Overall it looks like we’re seeing healing in the jobs market,” said...",center
1870,"Jobless Claims Drop to Pandemic-Era Low of 498,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits']",U.S. Jobless Claims Fall More Than Forecast to Pandemic Low,Bloomberg,"Applications for U.S. state unemployment insurance fell last week to a fresh pandemic low as labor market conditions continued to improve and the economy reopened more broadly.
Initial claims in regular state programs fell by 92,000 to 498,000 in the week ended May 1, Labor Department data showed Thursday. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for 538,000 claims. The prior week’s figure was revised up to 590,000.
Initial unemployment claims fell to a fresh pandemic low last week
The job market is strengthening as employers...",left
1871,"Jobless Claims Drop to Pandemic-Era Low of 498,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits']",Jobless claims drop to new pandemic low as US economic recovery gains steam,Fox News (Online News),"The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time fell to a new pandemic low last week, the latest evidence that layoffs are slowing as the economic rebound strengthens.
Figures released Thursday by the Labor Department show that applications for the week ended May 1 fell to 498,000 from a revised 590,000 a week earlier.
While the number of unemployed workers applying for benefits is down sharply from the peak of almost 7 million that was reached when stay-at-home orders were first issued a year...",right
1872,Trump to Meet Mexican President,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","OPINION: Donald Trump’s high-risk, low-reward trip to Mexico is sort of baffling",Guest Writer - Left,"It is barely worth pointing out that Donald Trump's surprise visit to Mexico on Wednesday won't do President Enrique Peña Nieto much good. Peña Nieto is deeply unpopular in his home country, with a quarterly survey from the newspaper Reforma putting his favorability at 23 percent — a figure so low that it makes Trump himself, at 35 percent, seems positively embraced.",left
1873,Trump to Meet Mexican President,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Despite the last-minute meeting, Mexico likely won't forget Trump's insults",USA TODAY,It's hard to foresee what could come of the meeting between Mexico's head of state and the GOP presidential nominee. Peña Nieto has compared Trump to dictators Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. He told CNN he couldn't — and wouldn't — pay for the wall Trump so often promises to have built.,left
1874,Trump to Meet Mexican President,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump to Make Surprise Visit to Mexico Hours Before Immigration Speech,The Blaze,Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will make a surprise trip to Mexico on Wednesday to meet with the country’s president hours before delivering a highly-anticipated speech on immigration.,right
1875,Will Republicans Avoid Shutdown?,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",GOP seeks creative ways to avert a shutdown,Politico,"Republican leaders have intensified their planning to prevent a government funding showdown, weighing legislative options that would redirect GOP anger at Barack Obama’s expected action on immigration and stave off a political disaster, according to sources involved with the sessions.
Obama plans to use his executive authority to change the enforcement of immigration laws by the end of the year, a move that top Republicans warn could derail efforts to pass a long-term spending bill by a Dec. 11 deadline. Increasingly, some top Republicans believe that it will be...",left
1876,Will Republicans Avoid Shutdown?,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Government Shutdown Theater: Republicans Should Not Surrender to Obama’s Blackmail,Cato Institute,"Notwithstanding the landslide rejection of Obama and his policies in the mid-term election, I don’t think this will produce big changes in policy over the next two years.
Simply stated, supporters of limited government do not have the votes to override presidential vetoes, so there’s no plausible strategy for achieving meaningful tax reform or genuine entitlement reform.
But that doesn’t mean that there won’t be important fiscal policy battles. I’m especially worried about whether we can hold on to the modest fiscal restraint (and sequester enforcement) we achieved as part...",right
1877,Will Republicans Avoid Shutdown?,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Some Republicans Lean Away From Government Shutdown Tactic,New York Times (News),"Americans For Prosperity — the group founded by the billionaire Koch brothers — has met quietly with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill in recent weeks, cautioning them against fighting the president’s promised executive order on immigration with a strategy that could lead to a government shutdown.
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey echoed that sentiment on Monday in a private meeting of newly elected House members.
And on Tuesday, House",left
1878,First Night of Curfew in Ferguson,['Violence In America'],"Seven arrested, 1 shot as police use tear gas on protesters defying Ferguson curfew",Fox News (Online News),"Police fired smoke and tear gas canisters early Sunday in an effort to disperse several dozen protesters who defied a curfew in a St. Louis suburb where a black teenager was fatally shot by a white police officer last week.
The Missouri Highway Patrol said that seven people were arrested and one man had been shot at the site of the protest in Ferguson, Mo. Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson said that the shooting victim was in critical condition and had been rushed to a hospital by...",right
1879,First Night of Curfew in Ferguson,['Violence In America'],"Missouri Gov. Declares State of Emergency, Curfew for Ferguson",Wall Street Journal (News),"Missouri's governor issued a local state of emergency and imposed a nighttime curfew Saturday after violent protesters looted local businesses earlier in the day.
In a tense meeting at the Greater St. Mark Family Church in St. Louis, Gov. Jay Nixon said the overwhelming number of protesters have been peaceful. But the governor said he would not allow a small number of violent rioters to emerge again in the wake of a police-involved fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown one week ago.
""If we are going to have justice, we...",center
1880,First Night of Curfew in Ferguson,['Violence In America'],Ferguson On Edge On First Night With Curfew,HuffPost,"Police in Ferguson, Missouri, cracked down early Sunday on a small group of protesters who defied the midnight curfew imposed by Gov. Jay Nixon (D). One man was shot and is in critical condition, police said. Seven people were arrested.
Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson said that tear gas was deployed not to enforce the curfew, but in response to a person believed to be armed.
The crowd in the streets before the curfew appeared to be much younger than on the previous nights since Michael Brown, an...",left
1881,"Ellen DeGeneres And George Bush Together at Football Game Prompts Backlash, Defenses of Civility","['Ellen DeGeneres', 'George W. Bush', 'Football', 'Friendship', 'Bridging Divides', 'Polarization']",Ellen DeGeneres Refuses to Be Shamed for Watching Football with George W. Bush,Reason,"On Sunday, Ellen DeGeneres attended a Dallas Cowboys football game. It was noteworthy because of whom she was seated next to: former President George W. Bush. The pair could be seen in pictures and a video clip enjoying the afternoon together. (Their respective partners, Arrested Development actress Portia di Rossi and former First Lady Laura Bush, were there too.)
In 2019, everything must be political. And so the news that DeGeneres could make it through an entire football game seated next to the odiously conservative Bush and actually have a...",right
1882,"Ellen DeGeneres And George Bush Together at Football Game Prompts Backlash, Defenses of Civility","['Ellen DeGeneres', 'George W. Bush', 'Football', 'Friendship', 'Bridging Divides', 'Polarization']",Ellen DeGeneres explains why sitting by ex-President George Bush at a game is OK,Los Angeles Times,"A slice of social media lost its collective mind over the weekend after a photo of Ellen DeGeneres at Sunday’s NFL game between the Packers and the Cowboys surfaced online.
The problem? The self-proclaimed “gay Hollywood liberal” was sitting next to former President George W. Bush.
Some Twitter users vehemently criticized her for sharing the Republican’s company, calling him a “war criminal.” But DeGeneres was not having it.
“Here’s the thing: I’m friends with George Bush,” she told her studio audience Monday at a taping for Tuesday’s “The Ellen DeGeneres...",left
1883,"Ellen DeGeneres And George Bush Together at Football Game Prompts Backlash, Defenses of Civility","['Ellen DeGeneres', 'George W. Bush', 'Football', 'Friendship', 'Bridging Divides', 'Polarization']",'Be kind': Ellen DeGeneres says backlash for sitting with George W. Bush is out of bounds,USA TODAY,"Ellen DeGeneres is leveling the playing field.
Eagle-eyed fans spotted the comedian sitting next to former President George W. Bush during Sunday's matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers.
The unlikely duo had many fans throwing a flag on the play. ""Ellen, this isn’t just a simple difference of opinion. George Bush, his administration, and his colleagues actively discriminated and worked against the LGBT community,"" one Twitter user wrote, while another added, ""Really, really low standards there Ellen, and pretty pathetic.""
DeGeneres made light of the situation on...",left
1884,"Georgia, Louisiana Postpone Primary Elections","['Georgia', 'Louisiana', 'Georgia Primary', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elections']",Georgia Postpones Primary Election Amid Concern Over the Wuhan Virus,Townhall,"On Saturday, Georgia became the second state to postpone its primary elections amid growing concern over the spread of the Wuhan virus. Louisiana announced earlier this week that it would be moving back its primary as a result of the coronavirus. Georgia's primary, originally scheduled for March 24, will now be held on May 19.
""Events are moving rapidly and my highest priority is protecting the health of our poll workers, their families, and the community at large,"" Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
""Our priority...",right
1885,"Georgia, Louisiana Postpone Primary Elections","['Georgia', 'Louisiana', 'Georgia Primary', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elections']","Georgia, Louisiana Postpone Primaries Over Coronavirus Concerns",Wall Street Journal (News),"States across the country are grappling with how to hold their presidential nominating contests while keeping voters and poll workers shielded from the coronavirus.
Georgia on Saturday postponed its March 24 primary until May 19 and paused in-person early voting, which had already begun.
Louisiana said Friday it was postponing its April 4 primary, pushing it into June, and later-voting states such as Maryland and Pennsylvania are trying to figure out how to safely hold primaries as events across the U.S. are being rapidly canceled to limit the virus’s spread....",center
1886,"Georgia, Louisiana Postpone Primary Elections","['Georgia', 'Louisiana', 'Georgia Primary', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elections']",Louisiana and Georgia Have Cancelled Elections. I Don't Like Where This Is Heading.,Esquire,"I don’t like the way that this is heading. From WAFB:
Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin announced Friday, March, 13 next month’s Presidential Preference Primary has been postponed due to COVID-19 concerns. COVID-19 is commonly known as coronavirus. The primary was originally scheduled for April 4. Ardoin said the election will be postponed at least two months.
No, I don’t like it at all. From the AP, (via the Athens Banner-Herald):
John Barrow of Athens, a former Democratic congressman, and former Republican state lawmaker Beth Beskin of Atlanta both...",left
1887,Clinton at DNC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton returns to back Obama at DNC,Washington Times,"Democrats rushed to clean up a party platform mess Wednesday and moved to officially re-nominate President Obama for a second term in office as his predecessor, former President Bill Clinton, said voters this year must choose between Republicans “winner-take-all vision of success and his own partys “shared prosperity.",right
1888,Clinton at DNC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton Delivers Stirring Plea for Obama Second Term,New York Times (News),"Former President Bill Clinton and President Obama hugged on stage Wednesday night after Mr. Clinton delivered an impassioned plea on behalf of Mr. Obamas re-election, the 42nd president nominating the 44th to a second term with a forceful and spirited argument that Democratic values would restore the promise of the middle class.",left
1889,Clinton at DNC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Transcript: Bill Clinton's Convention Speech,NPR (Online News),"We're here to nominate a President, and I've got one in mind. I want to nominate a man whose own life has known its fair share of adversity and uncertainty.",left
1890,"At Least 19 Students, 2 Teachers Killed in Texas Elementary School Shooting","['Greg Abbott', 'Gun Violence', 'Texas', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America']","“We are in mourning”: As parents awaited news, Uvalde residents processed their shock and grief",The Texas Tribune,"UVALDE — Dozens of families in this South Texas town, roiled by the deadliest school shooting in modern Texas history, waited for hours on the lawn of a civic center Tuesday for unthinkable news that took hours to deliver.
The building served as the reunification center for families of students evacuated from Robb Elementary School after a shooter opened fire, killing at least 19 children and two adults.
As the sun fell Tuesday, parents huddled close to their children on the lawn of the SSGT Willie de Leon Civic Center, sitting...",left
1891,"At Least 19 Students, 2 Teachers Killed in Texas Elementary School Shooting","['Greg Abbott', 'Gun Violence', 'Texas', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America']",Here’s what we know about the victims in the Uvalde school shooting,The Dallas Morning News,"Families and a rallying community were mourning Wednesday after a gunman killed 21 people — including 19 children — at a Uvalde elementary school.
Officials have not publicly identified all those killed in the attack at Robb Elementary School, although by late Tuesday, families of the slain gathered at a local civic center and the victims’ names began to emerge on social media.
Gov. Greg Abbott said at a news conference one of the adults killed was a teacher; an official with the Texas Department of Public Safety told CNN that all were in...",center
1892,"At Least 19 Students, 2 Teachers Killed in Texas Elementary School Shooting","['Greg Abbott', 'Gun Violence', 'Texas', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America']","19 Children, Two Teachers Killed in Uvalde Elementary School Shooting, 18-Year-old Suspect Dead",The Texan,"In an appearance on NBC News on Wednesday morning, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Spokesperson Lieutenant Chris Olivarez confirmed that 19 children and two teachers were killed in the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.
Olivarez stated that the gunman shot his grandmother in a “domestic disturbance” before crashing a vehicle near the school and entering.
When local police and state troopers arrived and confronted the suspect, he returned fire and some of the responding officers were shot, per Olivarez.
“So, at that point, they began breaking windows around the...",right
1893,"McConnell, Kaine Team up in Bipartisan Effort to Raise Tobacco Age to 21","['US Congress', 'Tim Kaine', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Tobacco', 'Politics']",Senate GOP leader would raise age for buying tobacco to 21,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, whose home state of Kentucky was long one of the nation’s leading tobacco producers, introduced bipartisan legislation Monday to raise the minimum age for buying any tobacco products from 18 to 21.
The chamber’s top Republican, who said he was making enactment of the bill “one of my highest priorities,” issued his proposal at a time when the use of e-cigarettes is growing and underage vaping has soared, raising concerns by health expert s. The measure would apply to all tobacco products,...",left
1894,"McConnell, Kaine Team up in Bipartisan Effort to Raise Tobacco Age to 21","['US Congress', 'Tim Kaine', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Tobacco', 'Politics']",McConnell and Kaine introduce legislation to raise minimum age to buy tobacco products,Fox News (Online News),"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., introduced bipartisan legislation on Monday to raise the federal minimum age to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21 in a move to curtail the growing use of e-cigarettes and tobacco products by teenagers.
The legislation, which was co-sponsored by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., comes as the use of e-cigarettes and vaping products has skyrocketed among minors across the country. While e-cigarettes - like the popular Juul - do not contain tobacco, they do have the addictive substance nicotine and are marketed in a variety...",right
1895,"McConnell, Kaine Team up in Bipartisan Effort to Raise Tobacco Age to 21","['US Congress', 'Tim Kaine', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Tobacco', 'Politics']",Mitch McConnell And Tim Kaine Want To End Tobacco Sales To Anyone Under 21,HuffPost,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced new legislation on Monday that would raise the legal age to purchase tobacco products nationwide to 21.
The bipartisan pair, who both hail from states that have relied on tobacco as a cash crop for generations, said their proposal is driven in large part by the dramatic increase in the use of e-cigarettes and vaping devices by teenagers.
“We’ve heard from countless parents who have seen the youth vaping crisis firsthand, and together, Senator Kaine and I are...",left
1896,Netanyahu apologizes to Erdogan,['Foreign Policy'],Obama ends Israel visit by bringing together two estranged powers,Washington Post,The president elicits an apology from Israels prime minister to Turkey over a deadly 2010 raid on an aid ship.,left
1897,Netanyahu apologizes to Erdogan,['Foreign Policy'],Netanyahu apologizes to Erdogan for Turkish deaths during 2010 raid on Gaza flotilla,HotAir,"You can thank Obama for this. Fresh off his visits to Theodore Herzls tomb and Yad Vashem, he decided to broker a detente between Netanyahu and a guy who told a UN conference less than a month ago that Zionism is a crime against humanity. But its okay: Erdogan later walked back the charge by saying he meant Zionism is a crime against humanity only vis-a-vis Gaza.",right
1898,Netanyahu apologizes to Erdogan,['Foreign Policy'],Obama gets diplomatic coup before heading to refugee-flooded Jordan,CNN (Online News),President Barack Obama heads to Jordan after scoring a diplomatic coup with Israels apology to Turkey.,left
1899,It’s Bill of Rights Day,['US Constitution'],Should The Bill of Rights 'Evolve'?,WND,Bill Federer wonders about freedom of speech for groups who want to abolish freedom of speech,right
1900,It’s Bill of Rights Day,['US Constitution'],"Bill of Rights goes into effect, Dec. 15, 1791",Politico,"On this day in 1791, the Bill of Rights, a series of 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, went into effect when Virginia ratified the document.
Massachusetts lawmakers had refused to ratify the Constitution until its supporters promised to create a Bill of Rights — to be grafted on to the Constitution after the creation of a new federal government.",left
1901,It’s Bill of Rights Day,['US Constitution'],It’s Bill of Rights Day. Can We Talk?,HuffPost,"Since today is Bill of Rights Day, it seems like an appropriate time to pause and consider the actual condition of the safeguards set forth in our fundamental legal charter. This is necessary because too many Americans mistakenly think our Constitution magically restrains the government and keeps it in line. Today is a good day to set aside whatever your political affiliation may be and reflect on how both political parties have been treating the constitutional safeguards they are supposed to be defending.",left
1902,Egypt Fights Back Against ISIS,['Middle East'],Egypt Launches Airstrikes On Islamic State In Libya After Video Of Mass Killing,HuffPost,"Egyptian warplanes struck Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday in swift retribution for the extremists' beheading of a group of Egyptian Christian hostages on a beach, shown in a grisly online video released hours earlier.",left
1903,Egypt Fights Back Against ISIS,['Middle East'],Battle against Islamic State expands as Egypt bombs Libyan affiliate,Christian Science Monitor,Egypt's airstrikes came in response to the mass beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians by IS militants in Libya. The Libyan government has called for the US-led coalition in Syria and Iraq to turn its attentions to Libya.,center
1904,Egypt Fights Back Against ISIS,['Middle East'],Revenge: Egypt Launches Airstrikes Against ISIS in Libya After Execution of Christians,Townhall,"Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi vowed revenge for the execution of 21 of its Coptic Christian citizens at the hands of ISIS, and it didn’t take long for the military to follow through.",right
1905,Stock Market in Historic Slide as Coronavirus Fears Escalate,"['Banking And Finance', 'Wall Street', 'Stock Market', 'Coronavirus', 'Disease', 'Healthcare', 'Economy And Jobs']",U.S. Stocks Slide Into a Correction as Virus Fears Show No Sign of Easing,Wall Street Journal (News),"The February market rout deepened Thursday, as major stock indexes around the globe posted another round of significant declines and uncertainty over the impact of the coronavirus began shading into fear.
The Dow industrials tumbled 1,190.95 points, or 4.4%, to 25766.64, bringing its slide this week to more than 3,200 points. The S&P declined 4.4%, extending its six-day decline to more than 10%—the fastest slide of that magnitude off a recent all-time high on record.
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite notched their largest one-day percentage declines since August...",center
1906,Stock Market in Historic Slide as Coronavirus Fears Escalate,"['Banking And Finance', 'Wall Street', 'Stock Market', 'Coronavirus', 'Disease', 'Healthcare', 'Economy And Jobs']","Stock-market plunge ‘starting to feel a bit ridiculous,’ but don’t argue, says chart-watcher",MarketWatch,"It doesn’t pay to fight the tape, but the stock market could be poised for a big-time rally once the current selloff subsides, a veteran chart-watcher said Thursday.
“This move lower is starting to feel a bit ridiculous, but we try not to argue with Ms. Market,” said Mark Arbeter, president of Arbeter Investments, in a note. “If and when this thing turns, we should see some rip-roaring rally.”
A relentless six-day selloff pushed major indexes into market-correction territory on Thursday, defined as a drop of more than 10% from...",center
1907,Stock Market in Historic Slide as Coronavirus Fears Escalate,"['Banking And Finance', 'Wall Street', 'Stock Market', 'Coronavirus', 'Disease', 'Healthcare', 'Economy And Jobs']","Dow drops 1190 points amid coronavirus fears, S&P 500 sees fastest correction in history",Yahoo News,"Markets plunged for the sixth consecutive day on Thursday, with coronavirus fears shaving over 1,100 points off the Dow — its biggest in history — and sending the S&P 500 Index swooning to its fastest-ever correction.
Investors took fright amid the first coronavirus case in the U.S. involving a person who didn’t travel to an infected country and didn’t knowingly interact with someone who did. Meanwhile, California’s governor said the state is monitoring more than 8,400 people who could possibly have the virus.
The virus continues to spread globally, with...",left
1908,Dem Enthusiasm,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Democratic National Convention Parties Fired Up About Obama,HuffPost,"The difference between Democratic National Convention revelers here and their Republican counterparts in Tampa, Fla., last week was immediately visible Monday night at one of the first big parties, hosted by the Distilled Spirits Council and featuring Camp Freddy, a rock band led by former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Dave Navarro.
Gone were the blazers and solid-colored knee-length dresses so ubiquitous at the Tampa parties. In their place were sequins, backless dresses, funny hats, T-shirts, dramatic hemlines, boots and a kaleidoscope of patterns all jockeyi",left
1909,Dem Enthusiasm,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Enthusiasm of 2008 is Missing From Democratic Convention,Newsmax (News),"Desperate Democrats are handing out tickets to students and volunteers in a scramble to fill seats for President Barack Obamas Thursday-night accepting nomination to a second term, according to The Associated Press.
The campaign needs to fill 74,000-seat Bank of America stadium to capacity when Obama speaks.
Read more on",right
1910,Dem Enthusiasm,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Video: Can Democrats get the love back?,CNN (Online News),CNN contributor Maria Cardona on how the Democrats will improve party enthusiasm at the National Convention. The Democratic National Convention kicks off tonight with party leaders poised to answer the critical question posed by Republicans recently: Are Americans better off now than they were four years ago? CNN Contributor and Democrat Strategist Maria Cardona joins John Berman and CNN Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash on “Early Start this morning to share her take on DNC.,left
1911,UK Ambassador Resigns Following Release of Cables Criticizing Trump,"['Kim Darroch', 'Donald Trump', 'Great Britain', 'World']","Kim Darroch, U.K. ambassador to U.S., quits days after leaked cables on Trump",Washington Times,"The U.K. Foreign Office says Britain’s ambassador to the United States has resigned just days after diplomatic cables criticizing President Donald Trump were leaked.
Kim Darroch said in a letter Wednesday that even though his posting was due to end this year, he believed “in the current circumstances the responsible course is to allow the appointment of a new ambassador.”
Darroch said he is “grateful to all those in the UK and the US, who have offered their support during this difficult few days.”
Prime Minister Theresa May said it...",right
1912,UK Ambassador Resigns Following Release of Cables Criticizing Trump,"['Kim Darroch', 'Donald Trump', 'Great Britain', 'World']",Kim Darroch quits as UK ambassador to US 'after Johnson remarks',The Guardian,"Sir Kim Darroch, the UK ambassador to Washington who has been at the centre of a diplomatic row over leaked cables criticising Donald Trump, has resigned.
The Guardian understands he concluded his position was untenable after watching the Conservative leadership debate on Tuesday, in which the frontrunner, Boris Johnson, stopped short of backing him.
In a letter to Simon McDonald, the most senior official at the Foreign Office, Darroch said the row, in which Trump called the ambassador “a pompous fool” and “very stupid”, meant he could not continue.
Kim...",left
1913,UK Ambassador Resigns Following Release of Cables Criticizing Trump,"['Kim Darroch', 'Donald Trump', 'Great Britain', 'World']",Kim Darroch Quits as U.K. Ambassador After Infuriating Trump,Bloomberg,"Britain’s ambassador to the U.S. dramatically resigned after leaked comments in which he criticized the Trump White House sparked a major diplomatic row between the transatlantic allies.
President Donald Trump decided to freeze out Kim Darroch, saying he would no longer deal with the man who had called his administration “inept” and “uniquely dysfunctional.”
In a statement released by the U.K. government, Darroch announced he would quit after a “difficult” few days. “The current situation is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as I would like,”...",left
1914,Clemency for Prisoners,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Obama Administration Unveils New Clemency Program,Wall Street Journal (News),"Thousands of federal prison inmates could seek early release under details of a new, long-awaited clemency program unveiled by the Obama administration Wednesday.
The effort is part of a broader push by the administration and some in Congress to roll back the most punitive sentencing practices that were largely developed in the 1980s as a reaction to the crack-cocaine epidemic and a rise in crime.
Now, there are growing calls from conservatives and liberals to reduce prison sentences for nonviolent offenders, based on arguments that long sentences for nonviolent offenders...",center
1915,Clemency for Prisoners,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']","DOJ announces clemency overhaul, allows release for some after 10 years",Fox News (Online News),"The Justice Department moved Wednesday to significantly expand the number of people eligible for clemency, issuing new guidelines allowing certain prisoners who already have served at least 10 years behind bars to apply for release.
The initiative is part of a broader Obama administration effort to ease sentences for nonviolent drug offenders.",right
1916,Clemency for Prisoners,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Thousands More Inmates Eligible for Clemency Under Justice Dept. Plan,New York Times (News),"The Justice Department is significantly expanding the pool of people eligible to apply for early release from prison, a move that would further chip away at strict sentencing laws involving drug crimes.
The plan, which Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole announced Wednesday morning, would make thousands of federal inmates eligible for early release, but only a fraction of those would probably make it through the review process before President Obama leaves office.
Mr. Cole won praise from civil rights groups in January for encouraging inmates convicted of low-leve",left
1917,Trump’s Remarks on Venezuela,['Foreign Policy'],Pentagon says White House should clarify Trump's Venezuela comments,Fox News (Online News),President Donald Trump said Friday that he wouldn't rule out military action against Venezuela in response to the country's descent into political chaos following President Nicolas Maduro's power grab.,right
1918,Trump’s Remarks on Venezuela,['Foreign Policy'],Venezuela slams Trump as ‘elitist’ and ‘imperial’ over possible military interference,The Hill,"Following President Trump floating the possibility of U.S. military intervention in Venezuela’s civil strife, officials there lashed out at him as “elitist” for making “imperial” threats, according to reports.",center
1919,Trump’s Remarks on Venezuela,['Foreign Policy'],Trump Alarms Venezuela With Talk of a ‘Military Option’,New York Times (News),"President Trump’s remarks on Friday that he would not rule out a “military option” to quell the chaos in Venezuela set off a late-night diplomatic duel, with the defense minister accusing Mr. Trump of “an act of madness” and the White House saying it had turned away a call from Venezuela’s president.",left
1920,"Bush Delivers Speech For Democracy, Against Bigotry",['Polarization'],George W. Bush comes out of retirement to deliver a veiled rebuke of Trump,Washington Post,"Former president George W. Bush on Thursday delivered a rare political speech in which he warned of threats to American democracy and a decay of civic engagement,",left
1921,"Bush Delivers Speech For Democracy, Against Bigotry",['Polarization'],"George W. Bush slams bigotry, white supremacy as ‘blasphemy against the American creed’",Washington Times,Former President George W. Bush said during a speech Thursday that “bigotry seems emboldened” in the current U.S. climate and that white supremacy “is blasphemy against the American creed.”,right
1922,"Bush Delivers Speech For Democracy, Against Bigotry",['Polarization'],George W. Bush: 'Bigotry seems emboldened' in US,The Hill,"Former President George W. Bush said Thursday that “bigotry seems emboldened” in the United States, warning that Americans need to reject “white supremacy.”",center
1923,Chuck Todd Says 'Meet the Press' Is 'Not Going to Give Time to Climate Deniers',['Media Bias'],Chuck Todd Refuses To Give Air Time To Climate Deniers: ‘The Science Is Settled’,HuffPost,"“We’re not going to debate climate change, the existence of it. The Earth is getting hotter, and human activity is a major cause. Period.”",left
1924,Chuck Todd Says 'Meet the Press' Is 'Not Going to Give Time to Climate Deniers',['Media Bias'],"NBC News host says no air time for climate 'deniers' on ""Meet the Press': 'Science is settled'",Washington Times,NBC News has decided that climate change is no longer an issue that has two sides.,right
1925,Chuck Todd Says 'Meet the Press' Is 'Not Going to Give Time to Climate Deniers',['Media Bias'],Chuck Todd says his show is 'not going to give time to climate deniers',The Hill,"NBC's Chuck Todd at the beginning of ""Meet the Press"" on Sunday said that his show is ""not going to give time to climate deniers"" before hosting an hourlong panel with lawmakers and",center
1926,"Nikki Haley Pokes Fun at Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Trump, Kanye At Charity Dinner",['General News'],"Nikki Haley jokes, stokes 2024 speculation: The president asked 'if I was the same tribe as Elizabeth Warren'",Washington Examiner,U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley cracked nonstop jokes aimed at Republicans and Democrats alike during her remarks Thursday at a charity dinner known as a stop for presidential candidates.,right
1927,"Nikki Haley Pokes Fun at Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Trump, Kanye At Charity Dinner",['General News'],Nikki Haley pokes fun at her Indian roots — and Elizabeth Warren's,USA TODAY,"Nikki Haley poked at President Donald Trump, Kanye West and attorney general Jeff Sessions Thursday night, and, as an Indian-American woman, sympathized with Elizabeth Warren's recent DNA test.",left
1928,"Nikki Haley Pokes Fun at Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Trump, Kanye At Charity Dinner",['General News'],Analysis | Nikki Haley joins a growing list of Trump officials who criticize Trump on their way out the door,Washington Post,She was one of the few Trump administration officials to leave on her own terms and with reputation intact. And yet that hasn’t stopped outgoing United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley from joining a growing list of White House officials criticizing the boss on the way out the door.,left
1929,January 2018 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],America gets a raise: Wage growth fastest since 2009,CNN (Online News),"America finally got a raise. The U.S. economy added 200,000 jobs in January, and wages grew at the fastest pace in eight years.",left
1930,January 2018 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Prosperity: January Jobs Report Beats Expectations With 200K Jobs Added, Wages Grow at Fastest Rate in Years",Townhall,"Somewhere, Nancy Pelosi is chewing the inside of her cheek as she glares icily at a life-size Donald Trump 'FatHead' decal she's plastered onto the ceiling over her bed. Yes, friends, the news for the US economy and American workers is that good. In all seriousness, the January jobs report isn't a blockbuster, but it's pretty ""robust"" across the board. The two major takeaways, via the Associated Press, whose reporting of simple facts has been causing fits on the Left this week:",right
1931,January 2018 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Black unemployment spiked in January. Does that pour cold water on Trump’s claims?,NBC News (Online),"Black unemployment spiked this month, undoing nearly all the progress made during President Donald Trump's first year in office, according to new numbers released Friday.",left
1932,Mixed Reactions to State Pick,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Should Trump Foes See Tillerson At State As Last Straw Or First Ray Of Hope?,NPR (Online News),"Several of Donald Trump's Cabinet choices have prompted controversy from the moment they were named, but the one most likely to face real Senate opposition is Rex Tillerson, the CEO of ExxonMobil, whom Trump wants as his secretary of state.",left
1933,Mixed Reactions to State Pick,"['State Department', 'Politics']",OPINION: Why Rex Tillerson would be a disaster as Secretary of State,Guest Writer - Left,"On Tuesday morning, after a weekend of anonymously-sourced winks and nudges, President-elect Trump formally announced that he will nominate ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be the next Secretary of State.",left
1934,Mixed Reactions to State Pick,"['State Department', 'Politics']",OPINION: Rex Tillerson is the right person for secretary of State,The Hill,"Rex Tillerson, chosen today by President-elect Donald Trump to be secretary of State, is just what our country needs. I have personally seen Tillerson in action for nearly 30 years. As the chief executive of ExxonMobil, he is a strong leader with a track record of being tough in deals with Russia and getting results. This is what our country needs now more than ever.",center
1935,Confusion Over Ebola Policies,[],"Cuomo’s and Christie’s Shifts on Ebola Are Criticized as Politics, Not Science",New York Times (News),"Shifting stances and a lack of clear standards from the governors of New York and New Jersey over their Ebola quarantine policy left critics and even some allies questioning on Monday whether the two men had fully worked through the details before they announced it.
In New York, local health officials said on Monday that they had not yet received any details of the three-day-old Ebola quarantine policy they are charged with enforcing.
In New Jersey, requests for such specifics were met with six sentences from a Friday news release.",left
1936,Confusion Over Ebola Policies,[],"States follow NY, NJ with strict Ebola policies amid ‘confusing’ federal guidelines",Fox News (Online News),"An ongoing behind-the-scenes skirmish between the White House and state governors on how best to handle Ebola cases is becoming even more convoluted as several states announce they are following New York and New Jersey in ordering quarantines and other precautions that go well beyond federal guidelines -- and run contrary to Obama administration recommendations.
The many, varying state policies already are sowing confusion, and creating a patchwork of policies. In the case of a nurse returning from Africa, for instance, who complained about her treatment at the hands...",right
1937,Confusion Over Ebola Policies,[],Christie Calls Obama Administration’s Ebola Guidelines ‘Incredibly Confusing’,Wall Street Journal (News),"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called the Obama administration’s new guidelines for isolating those exposed to Ebola “incredibly confusing,” and defended the state’s stricter policy requiring quarantines for health-care workers exposed to the virus.
“We aren’t moving an inch,” Mr. Christie said during an interview on the “Today” show Tuesday morning. “Our policy hasn’t changed and it will not change.”
The Republican governor faulted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for being too slow in implementing a protocol for those returning to the U.S. from Ebola-impacted nations.",center
1938,DNI Alleges Hillary Clinton Involved in Attempts to Tie Trump to 2016 Russia Hacking,"['Elections', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Donald Trump', 'Russia', 'Russia Probe', 'FBI']",Trump intel chief unveils unverified Russian info about Dems,Associated Press,"The Trump administration’s top intelligence official said Tuesday that he has declassified Russian intelligence alleging damaging information about Democrats during the 2016 election even though he acknowledged it might not be true.
The announcement, just hours before the first presidential debate of this November’s election, drew harsh criticism from lawmakers who accused National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe of politicizing intelligence.
In a letter Tuesday to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Ratcliffe said that in late July 2016, U.S. intelligence agencies obtained “insight” into Russian spycraft alleging that Hillary...",left
1939,DNI Alleges Hillary Clinton Involved in Attempts to Tie Trump to 2016 Russia Hacking,"['Elections', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Donald Trump', 'Russia', 'Russia Probe', 'FBI']",Comey: Claim Hillary Clinton plotted Russia scandal ‘doesn’t ring a bell’,New York Post (Opinion),"Former FBI Director James Comey on Wednesday said he doesn’t recall hearing that Hillary Clinton conjured a campaign to smear President Trump as a Russian colluder — but he does recall a discredited claim that Trump viewed a “golden shower” in a Moscow hotel.
Comey pleaded ignorance of Clinton’s alleged role in stirring the Russia controversy while testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee, saying he doesn’t remember a Sept. 7, 2016, “investigative referral” to him that was revealed Tuesday.",right
1940,DNI Alleges Hillary Clinton Involved in Attempts to Tie Trump to 2016 Russia Hacking,"['Elections', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Donald Trump', 'Russia', 'Russia Probe', 'FBI']","Obama admin briefed on claims Hillary Clinton drummed up Russia controversy to vilify Trump, distract from emails",Fox News (Online News),"The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) declassified information indicating that former President Obama's administration knew of allegations that former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was attempting to tie Trump to the Russia and distract from her email scandal before the 2016 presidential election. DNI John Ratcliffe informed the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that the prior administration obtained Russian intelligence in July of 2016 with allegations against Clinton, but cautioned that the intelligence community (IC) ""does not know the accuracy of this allegation or the extent to which the Russian...",right
1941,Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Steps Down as CEO,"['Media Industry', 'Twitter', 'Jack Dorsey', 'Technology', 'Big Tech', 'Free Speech', 'Online Censorship']",Incoming Twitter CEO Said Company Should ‘Focus Less’ on Free Speech,National Review,"Twitter’s incoming CEO Parag Agrawal suggested last year that the company should “focus less” on free speech during an interview with Technology Review.
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey announced Monday that he is stepping down as CEO and will be succeeded by Agrawal, who is the platform’s current chief technology officer.
Last year, Technology Review editor-in-chief Gideon Lichfield asked Agrawal how Twitter balances its efforts to combat misinformation with wanting to “protect free speech as a core value” and to respect the First Amendment. 
“Our role is not to be bound by the First Amendment, but...",right
1942,Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Steps Down as CEO,"['Media Industry', 'Twitter', 'Jack Dorsey', 'Technology', 'Big Tech', 'Free Speech', 'Online Censorship']",Twitter CTO Parag Agrawal will replace Jack Dorsey as CEO,CNBC,"Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is stepping down as chief of the social media company, effective immediately. Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s chief technology officer, will take over the helm, the company said Monday.
Shares of Twitter were down about half a percent before noon on Monday.
Dorsey, 45, was serving as both the CEO of Twitter and Square, his digital payments company. Dorsey will remain a member of the board until his term expires at the 2022 meeting of stockholders, the company said. Salesforce President and COO Bret Taylor will become the chairman of the board, succeeding Patrick...",center
1943,Senate To Vote On Budget Plan,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate Republicans cruise toward passage of budget plan,Washington Post,Senate Republicans are on track to pass a $4 trillion budget plan that shelves GOP deficit concerns in favor of the party’s drive to cut taxes.,left
1944,Senate To Vote On Budget Plan,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate poised for crucial vote related to tax reform measure,Reuters,"President Donald Trump’s drive to overhaul the U.S. tax code headed for a pivotal moment on Thursday, with Senate Republicans poised to approve a budget measure that would help them pass tax legislation without Democratic support.",center
1945,Senate To Vote On Budget Plan,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump: 'I think we have the votes' to pass a budget in the Senate,Washington Examiner,"President Trump is optimistic Senate Republicans will approve a resolution Thursday that will serve as a vehicle for his administration's tax reform proposal.
""Republicans are going for the big Budget approval today, first step toward massive tax cuts. I think we have the votes, but who knows?"" Trump tweeted Thursday morning.",right
1946,Poll Says 55% of Americans Disapprove of Media's Coronavirus Response,"['Media Bias', 'Coronavirus', 'Polarization', 'Fake News', 'Public Health', 'Media Industry']",Poll finds Americans disapprove of media’s handling of coronavirus. But it’s the same polarized picture as ever.,Washington Post,"The news media has the worst approval rating of all major American institutions grappling with the novel coronavirus — but the public’s opinions on the matter are highly polarized and mirror their complex feelings from before the pandemic.
A Gallup survey released this week found 44 percent of Americans approve of the news media’s handling of the coronavirus crisis. It found 61 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters approve of the media, compared to 25 percent of Republicans.",left
1947,Poll Says 55% of Americans Disapprove of Media's Coronavirus Response,"['Media Bias', 'Coronavirus', 'Polarization', 'Fake News', 'Public Health', 'Media Industry']","Coronavirus Response: Hospitals Rated Best, News Media Worst",Gallup,"WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans are generally positive in their evaluations of how each of nine leaders and institutions has handled the response to the coronavirus situation. Eight of the nine receive majority positive ratings -- led by U.S. hospitals, at 88% approval. Only the news media gets a more negative than positive review.
These data are from a March 13-22 Gallup poll, with the field period starting on the same day President Donald Trump declared a national emergency over the coronavirus outbreak, and spanning sharp increases in the number of...",center
1948,Poll Says 55% of Americans Disapprove of Media's Coronavirus Response,"['Media Bias', 'Coronavirus', 'Polarization', 'Fake News', 'Public Health', 'Media Industry']",The Political Media Are Failing America,National Review,"Here are some of the public figures and institutions that Americans hold in higher esteem than the media according to Gallup:
Hospitals, Their child’s school and daycare centers, State governments, Their employer, CDC and NIH, Mike Pence, Donald Trump, Congress.
Only one institution that Gallup asked about, the media, had negative approval rating — sitting 19 points behind its archenemy Donald Trump. And there are likely many other people and places that the public has more trust in than journalists.
This reality is a disaster for a liberal democracy, and...",right
1949,Next Fed Reserve Chair Picked,"['White House', 'Politics']",Yellen Picked to Succeed Bernanke,Wall Street Journal (News),"Obama Formally Nominates Fed Vice Chairwoman for Top Post. President Barack Obama formally tapped Janet Yellen to succeed Ben Bernanke as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, saying she is the right person to guide the central bank as the U.S. seeks stable footing in its economic recovery.",center
1950,Next Fed Reserve Chair Picked,"['White House', 'Politics']",Yellen’s Path From Liberal Theorist to Fed Voice for Jobs,New York Times (News),"When the economists Janet L. Yellen and George A. Akerlof hired a baby sitter for their son in the early 1980s, they decided to pay more than the going wage. They reasoned that a happier baby sitter would provide better care.
The decision not only attracted a series of excellent sitters, it also inspired the couple, both professors at the University of California at Berkeley, to develop a new theory of the labor market that remains an influential justification for the Federal Reserve’s ability to stimulate job growth.",left
1951,Next Fed Reserve Chair Picked,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Says Yellen Committed to Fed’s Dual Mandate,Bloomberg,"President Barack Obama said Janet Yellen, his nominee to become the first woman to head the Federal Reserve, will bring to the job a deep knowledge of markets and the economy as well as an understanding of the impact of policies on people.
Yellen, 67, is committed to both sides of the Fed’s dual mandate to bolster job growth while keeping inflation in check, Obama said at the White House.",left
1952,Extreme Weather in 7 States,['General News'],"43 Dead Across 7 States After Week of Devastating Tornadoes, Flooding and Storms",ABC News (Online),"At least 42 people were killed across seven states since Wednesday following days of severe weather, including flash floods in Illinois and tornadoes in Texas.",left
1953,Extreme Weather in 7 States,['General News'],4 soldiers among 24 dead in massive storm; more severe weather to come,CNN (Online News),"A mammoth storm system engulfing much of the United States has claimed 24 lives, including four soldiers in Missouri. And it's not over yet.",left
1954,Extreme Weather in 7 States,['General News'],Week of severe weather leaves at least 43 dead across seven states,Fox News (Online News),Blizzard conditions and flash flood warnings hit the already-ravaged residents of the heartland Monday after a string of severe storms left at least 43 people dead across seven states during the previous four days.,right
1955,President Trump Cancels Philadelphia Eagles White House Visit,['Sports'],"No, the Philadelphia Eagles didn't kneel during the national anthem",Washington Examiner,"On Monday, President Trump disinvited the Super Bowl winning Philadelphia Eagles football team to the White House over an apparent disagreement over what players should be doing when the national anthem is played.",right
1956,President Trump Cancels Philadelphia Eagles White House Visit,['Sports'],Trump tried to make the Philadelphia Eagles a culture war. Then Fox News fumbled it.,Vox,Fox News tried to run with Trump’s lies about the Eagles. It ended up insulting Christians.,left
1957,President Trump Cancels Philadelphia Eagles White House Visit,['Sports'],Trump Turns Philadelphia Eagles Event Into 'Celebration Of America',NPR (Online News),"There was God Bless America, but no Swoop the Eagle. The U.S. Marine Band was there, but neither quarterback Nick Foles, nor head coach Doug Pederson, nor any member of the 2018 Super Bowl winning team was at the White House Tuesday for what was to be a celebration of the Philadelphia Eagles victory.",left
1958,"Military Leaders Defend Afghanistan Withdrawal, Contradict Biden in Senate Hearing","['US Military', 'Afghanistan', 'Middle East', 'Mark Milley', 'Lloyd Austin', 'Defense And Security']",Gen. Milley defends calls to Chinese: ‘I was certain’ Trump wouldn’t order attack,Washington Times,"America’s top general on Tuesday vehemently defended his Jan. 8 phone call with Chinese military leaders, telling lawmakers that he was “certain” then-President Donald Trump wouldn’t order an attack on Beijing and wanted to convey that reassuring message to his Chinese counterparts.
Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, pushed back on the narrative that he went around Mr. Trump out of fear the president might order an attack on China during his final days in office.
Some...",right
1959,"Military Leaders Defend Afghanistan Withdrawal, Contradict Biden in Senate Hearing","['US Military', 'Afghanistan', 'Middle East', 'Mark Milley', 'Lloyd Austin', 'Defense And Security']","Top generals contradict Biden, say they advised leaving 2,500 troops in Afghanistan",The Hill,"Top military officials told lawmakers on Tuesday that they had recommended 2,500 U.S. troops remain in Afghanistan, contradicting comments made by President Biden earlier this year.
Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, and Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, each acknowledged during public congressional testimony that they agreed with the recommendation of Army Gen. Austin Miller that 2,500 troops be left in the country, though they denied to detail what they advised Biden directly.
Biden announced his decision to end U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan back...",center
1960,"Military Leaders Defend Afghanistan Withdrawal, Contradict Biden in Senate Hearing","['US Military', 'Afghanistan', 'Middle East', 'Mark Milley', 'Lloyd Austin', 'Defense And Security']","Live updates: Milley, Austin and McKenzie to testify before Congress on Afghanistan, China",USA TODAY," The nation's top military leaders will face lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday in a hearing expected to touch on some of the most contentious national security challenges facing the country.
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and U.S. Central Command Gen. Kenneth McKenzie will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday and House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday.
The trio is expected to be grilled on their handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, competition with rivals like China, and, in Milley's case, reports that he may have circumvented his...",left
1961,Snowden Options Narrow,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Snowden's Options for Refuge Narrow,Wall Street Journal (News),"As Edward Snowden entered his second week of limbo in Moscow's airport on Sunday, his decision to go to Russia is looking riskier than it first appeared, and may have left him in a worse situation than if he had stayed in Hong Kong.
Even with his next move uncertain, the former National Security Agency contractor caused fresh uproar over the weekend. On Sunday, German weekly Der Spiegel, citing information from Mr. Snowden, reported that the U.S. had placed listening devices in a European Union office in Washington, infiltrated its...",center
1962,Snowden Options Narrow,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Vladimir Putin: Edward Snowden Must Stop Harming US If He Wants To Stay In Russia,HuffPost,"President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russia would not hand former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden over to the United States but that if Snowden wants to stay in Russia he ""must stop his work aimed at harming our American partners"".
Snowden ""is not a Russian agent"", Putin said, repeating that Russian intelligence services were not working with the fugitive American, who is believed to remain in the transit area at a Moscow airport eight days after arriving from Hong Kong.",left
1963,Snowden Options Narrow,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","Out of Sight? Snowden thought to be in Moscow airport, but few have seen him",Fox News (Online News),"He's the man at the center of the world's most intriguing bout of diplomatic wrangling. Yet few can claim to have seen him.
Edward Snowden, more than a week after fleeing Hong Kong, supposedly remains in the Moscow airport's ""transit zone"" -- a place that to the rest of the world may seem more like the twilight zone with every passing day.
Reporters swarmed the airport last week after Russian officials said the infamous NSA leaker was still there, while claiming he technically was not on their territory...",right
1964,Reactions to Huckabee’s Comments,['Politics'],Top Trump Aide: Huckabee Right on Holocaust Comments,Newsmax (News),One of Donald Trump's top advisers says that he doesn't think that the real estate mogul finds the comment by Mike Huckabee about the Iran deal offensive.,right
1965,Reactions to Huckabee’s Comments,['Politics'],Anti-Defamation League: Huckabee 'completely out of line',CNN (Online News),"The Anti-Defamation League, a prominent Jewish advocacy group, slammed former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's comments Sunday that Obama is marching Israelis to ""the door of the oven"" by agreeing to the Iran nuclear deal.",left
1966,Reactions to Huckabee’s Comments,['Politics'],Mike Huckabee Responds to Obama’s Criticism of ‘Oven’ Comment,New York Times (News),"Former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas continued his war of words with President Obama on Monday, defending his use of Holocaust imagery to describe the White House’s policy toward Iran.",left
1967,Report Claims Trump Made Disparaging Remarks About Military Service Members,"['US Military', 'Veterans', 'Military Parade', 'White House', 'Media Industry', 'Donald Trump']",Trump denies mocking US soldiers captured and killed in battle,BBC News,"President Trump has denied accusations that he made disparaging remarks about US soldiers who were captured or killed in battle.
According to The Atlantic magazine, Mr Trump cancelled a visit to a US cemetery outside Paris in 2018 because he said it was ""filled with losers"".
The allegations have since been corroborated by two senior military officials in a story by AP news agency.
But in a tweet, the president denounced the claims as ""made up fake news"".
During a visit to France in 2018, Mr Trump cancelled a visit...",center
1968,Report Claims Trump Made Disparaging Remarks About Military Service Members,"['US Military', 'Veterans', 'Military Parade', 'White House', 'Media Industry', 'Donald Trump']",The Atlantic Peddles Total Fake News to Smear Trump and Torpedo His Relationship with the Military,Townhall,"I mean, are they this desperate? Is the liberal media that nervous about Trump winning again? Because it would seem that they are throwing all the things against the wall to slow the momentum. The Atlantic is the first batter up, peddling a totally unverifiable story that President Trump has mocked and denigrated those who have served and died for this country. Yeah, they actually thought this would stick. The U.S. Military loves Trump, by the way. I don’t really see the point behind this story other than some pathetic...",right
1969,Report Claims Trump Made Disparaging Remarks About Military Service Members,"['US Military', 'Veterans', 'Military Parade', 'White House', 'Media Industry', 'Donald Trump']",Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’,The Atlantic,"When President Donald Trump canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018, he blamed rain for the last-minute decision, saying that “the helicopter couldn’t fly” and that the Secret Service wouldn’t drive him there. Neither claim was true.
Trump rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain, and because he did not believe it important to honor American war dead, according to four people with firsthand knowledge of the discussion that day. In a conversation with senior...",left
1970,Democrat Kyrsten Sinema Wins Arizona Senate Race,['Elections'],Democrat Kyrsten Sinema wins Arizona Senate election as Martha McSally concedes,Washington Times,Democrats netted another Senate seat Monday night after Republican Martha McSally conceded Arizona’s race to Democrat Kyrsten Sinema.,right
1971,Democrat Kyrsten Sinema Wins Arizona Senate Race,['Elections'],Democrat Kyrsten Sinema Wins Arizona Senate Race,Wall Street Journal (News),"After tight contest, the moderate is elected state’s first Democratic senator in 30 years",center
1972,Democrat Kyrsten Sinema Wins Arizona Senate Race,['Elections'],Kyrsten Sinema wins Arizona Senate race in breakthrough for Democrats,The Guardian,Sinema becomes state’s first female senator after a lengthy vote count in one of the most closely watched midterm races,left
1973,House Impeachment Managers Emphasize Danger to Top Officials,"['Impeachment', 'Impeachment Trial', 'Donald Trump', 'House Managers', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']","Danger To Lawmakers, Republican Reaction: Takeaways From Impeachment Trial Day 2",NPR (Online News),"On Wednesday, House impeachment managers had senators riveted to disturbing new security camera video that showed just how close the rioters that breached the U.S. Capitol came to lawmakers in the House and Senate chambers.
Wednesday's images, from several angles outside the chambers and in hallways outside leadership offices, showed one Capitol police officer run past Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney and direct him to turn around and run, as rioters were closing in on that location just off the Senate floor.
Ominously, the video also showed staffers for House...",left
1974,House Impeachment Managers Emphasize Danger to Top Officials,"['Impeachment', 'Impeachment Trial', 'Donald Trump', 'House Managers', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']","'Delighted' Trump made no move to stop riot, Democrats say",Washington Times,"Former President Donald Trump knew the riot by some of his followers at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 would be violent but failed to stop the attempted coup, House Democratic impeachment managers argued Wednesday as they opened the prosecution of Mr. Trump in his Senate trial, a session that included gripping new security video of the deadly attack.
Using Mr. Trump’s tweets and public speeches against him, the Democrats laid out a timeline of the former president’s responsibility for inciting the riot through repeated claims of election fraud. They...",right
1975,House Impeachment Managers Emphasize Danger to Top Officials,"['Impeachment', 'Impeachment Trial', 'Donald Trump', 'House Managers', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']",House impeachment managers emphasize the danger to Pence and other top officials in harrowing retelling of Jan. 6 attack,Washington Post,"House impeachment managers on Wednesday led a rapt U.S. Senate on a harrowing retelling of the terror that engulfed the Capitol last month, sharing shocking new audio and video recordings of rioters declaring their intent to harm Vice President Mike Pence and other top officials — and showing how close they came to doing so.
The House Democrats, led by lead manager Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md.), spent Day 2 of former president Donald Trump’s impeachment trial displaying violent video scenes of the Jan. 6 attack and the rioters’ relentlessly raw...",left
1976,McCain on Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",McCain on Trump: 'Foolish' to ignore will of GOP voters,CNN (Online News),"Sen. John McCain is chastising GOP leaders for failing to embrace Donald Trump as the choice of millions of voters, laying out his most extensive views to date about Trump at the top of the ticket. He's also repudiating some of the presumptive nominee's comments -- particularly about prisoners of war.
In a wide-ranging ""State of the Union"" interview in his campaign office in Phoenix, McCain criticized party leaders who are reluctant to back Trump, saying they are ""out of step"" with voters who have chosen the controversial businessman as...",left
1977,McCain on Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",McCain Demands Trump Apologize to POWs,Newsmax (News),"Sen. John McCain said Sunday he believes Donald Trump ""could be a capable leader,"" but needs to reach out to ""heal the many wounds"" of a turbulent campaign – and to retract his statement disrespecting POWs.",right
1978,McCain on Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",John McCain Demands Donald Trump Make Amends to Veterans,New York Times (News),Senator John McCain of Arizona called on Donald J. Trump to make amends to veterans for his belittling comments about prisoners of war and suggested he would be unlikely to appear on a stage with Mr. Trump until that happened.,left
1979,"Bill to Avert Shutdown, Suspend Debt Ceiling Blocked By Senate Republicans","['Politics', 'Debt Ceiling', 'US Senate', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Government Shutdown', 'Federal Budget']","Republicans block bill to avert shutdown, lift debt ceiling",Politico,"Senate Republicans sank Democrats’ plans to fund the government and raise the debt ceiling on Monday evening, sending congressional leaders scrambling to avoid a government shutdown that would kick in Friday morning.
The GOP rejected a proposal to fund the government into December and lift the debt ceiling past next year’s midterms, a vote that needed the support of 10 Republicans to advance over a GOP filibuster. But only a handful of GOP senators even considered it, and the bill appeared doomed for days. Needing 60 votes, the bill failed,...",left
1980,"Bill to Avert Shutdown, Suspend Debt Ceiling Blocked By Senate Republicans","['Politics', 'Debt Ceiling', 'US Senate', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Government Shutdown', 'Federal Budget']","GOP blocks debt limit hike, government funding",The Hill,"Senate Republicans on Monday evening blocked a measure to fund the government and suspend the debt ceiling, carrying through on their threat to not deliver votes for a Democratic measure to raise the government's borrowing limit.
The vote was being held open at 48-50 more than an hour after it began. Sixty votes were needed to advance the measure.
No Republicans voted for the legislation.",center
1981,"Bill to Avert Shutdown, Suspend Debt Ceiling Blocked By Senate Republicans","['Politics', 'Debt Ceiling', 'US Senate', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Government Shutdown', 'Federal Budget']",House Democrats say GOP opposition to debt limit suspension would be 'dangerous malpractice',Fox Business,"A group of 64 House Democrats pressed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to address the federal debt limit, arguing in a letter Monday that Republican opposition amounted to ""dangerous malpractice"" that could cripple the U.S. economy.
In the letter, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and his colleagues said Democrats backed efforts to raise the debt ceiling three times under former President Donald Trump. The lawmakers said McConnell should support a suspension of the limit to ""avert a manufactured crisis,"" noting he had warned as recently as last week that the U.S....",right
1982,Congress Passes and Trump Signs a 2-Year Spending Bill,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","House, Senate pass massive budget increase; vote to end gov’t shutdown",Washington Times,"The House approved a stopgap bill early Friday to keep the government open and to boost spending by about $300 billion over the next two years, acting swiftly after the Senate voted hours earlier to ensure that the government shutdown that began at midnight would be short-lived.",right
1983,Congress Passes and Trump Signs a 2-Year Spending Bill,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Shutdown averted as Trump signs budget bill,BBC News,President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping budget bill approved by Congress to re-open the government after it was briefly closed overnight.,center
1984,Congress Passes and Trump Signs a 2-Year Spending Bill,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","After temporary shutdown, Congress passes two-year spending deal",NBC News (Online),"After a temporary lapse in government funding that lasted through the night, Congress passed a pricey two-year spending deal early Friday that will also fund the government for an additional six weeks.",left
1985,Conflicting Reports on Kim Jong-un's Health,"['World', 'Asia', 'White House', 'Kim Jong Un', 'National Security', 'North Korea']",Speculation Over Kim Jong-un’s Health Is Fueled by North Korea’s Own Secrecy,New York Times (News),"SEOUL, South Korea — There was one state event that the secretive leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, never missed: a visit to the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun every April 15 to mark the birthday of his grandfather, the founder of the dynastic regime. In the mausoleum, both his grandfather and his father lie in state.",left
1986,Conflicting Reports on Kim Jong-un's Health,"['World', 'Asia', 'White House', 'Kim Jong Un', 'National Security', 'North Korea']","North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently had surgery, could be incapacitated, US officials say",CNBC,"U.S. intelligence indicates that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un recently had cardiovascular surgery, NBC News reported Tuesday, citing American officials.
The intelligence also suggests that Kim could be incapacitated, NBC added, citing some of those officials.
The update came after the South Korean currency, the won, took a hit following an unconfirmed report that Kim was seriously ill. Kim has been out of public view for several days, according to officials cited by NBC.",center
1987,Conflicting Reports on Kim Jong-un's Health,"['World', 'Asia', 'White House', 'Kim Jong Un', 'National Security', 'North Korea']",‘It’s Not True’: South Korea Trashes Sensationalist CNN Report on Kim Jong-un,Breitbart News,"Yonhap also found no evidence of Kim enduring any medical hardships ongoing at North Korea’s embassy in Beijing and Chinese government sources told Reuters they, too, had no evidence of a medical emergency in Pyongyang.
Late Monday night, CNN – an American left-wing news network with a long history of publishing poorly-sourced or false news reports – published a story titled “U.S. Monitoring Intelligence that North Korean Leader Is in Grave Danger After Surgery.” The story cited anonymous officials “familiar” with news about Kim’s health who stated only that the...",right
1988,Biden Shows Signs of Improvement in Bout with COVID-19,"['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus']",Biden ‘doing just fine’ with a sore throat while close contacts remain COVID-free: WH,New York Post (News),"President Biden’s current “predominant” COVID-19 symptom is a sore throat, and he is using an asthma inhaler for his cough, his doctor said Sunday.
The president, who contracted the uber-contagious BA.5 variant, “completed his third day of Paxlovid last night,” Dr. Kevin O’Connor wrote in a letter released by the White House, referring to the anti-viral drug treatment.
“His symptoms continue to improve significantly.
“His [runny nose], cough and body aches have diminished considerably,” O’Connor said. “His voice remains deep. … His oxygen saturation continues to be excellent on room air.
“His symptoms will...",right
1989,Biden Shows Signs of Improvement in Bout with COVID-19,"['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus']",Biden ‘improving’ but COVID-19 symptoms still persist,NewsNation,"President Joe Biden’s condition since contracting COVID-19 has improved considerably and his greatest symptom now is a sore throat, his physician said on Sunday.
Biden’s cough and body aches have diminished since he tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday and he is not experiencing any shortness of breath, the physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, said in a memo released by the White House.
“His symptoms continue to improve significantly. His predominant symptom now is sore throat. This is most likely a result of lymphoid activation as his body clears the virus, and is thus encouraging,” O’Connor...",center
1990,Biden Shows Signs of Improvement in Bout with COVID-19,"['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus']",White House doctor: Biden’s ‘symptoms continue to improve significantly’,Politico,"After testing positive for Covid-19 last week, President Joe Biden’s symptoms “continue to improve significantly,” the White House physician said in a memo Sunday.
Biden finished a third day of treatment with the antiviral Paxlovid on Saturday night and his “predominant symptom now is a sore throat,” wrote Kevin O’Connor, the physician to the president. He noted that the sore throat was likely a result of Biden’s body clearing the virus, and that the previously reported nasal drip, body aches and cough have “diminished considerably.”
O’Connor also wrote that Biden was experiencing...",left
1991,Trump Suggests He'll Put Troops on Mexican Border,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump: 'We're going to be guarding our border with the military' until wall complete,CNN (Online News),President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's calling on the military to guard the US-Mexico border until his long-promised border wall is complete.,left
1992,Trump Suggests He'll Put Troops on Mexican Border,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump suggests he will send U.S. troops to the Mexican border,USA TODAY,President Trump suggested Tuesday he might try to put U.S. troops on the Mexican border until his anti-migration wall is built.,left
1993,Trump Suggests He'll Put Troops on Mexican Border,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Wants the U.S. Military 'To Secure' the U.S.-Mexico Border,Reason,"If the president sends active-duty Army troops to the border without congressional approval, he will be acting in violation of federal law.",right
1994,Obama Will Leave Troops in Afghanistan,['Middle East'],"Obama to keep 5,500 US troops in Afghanistan beyond 2016",Fox News (Online News),"President Barack Obama will keep 5,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan when he leaves office in 2017, according to senior administration officials, casting aside his promise to end the war on his watch and instead ensuring he hands the conflict off to his successor.",right
1995,Obama Will Leave Troops in Afghanistan,['Middle East'],Why Obama wants to keep troops in Afghanistan,Christian Science Monitor,"President Obama will announce Thursday plans to slow efforts to bring US troops home from Afghanistan, and instead maintain the current level of 9,800 through much of 2016 before attempting another drawdown effort, senior administration officials said.",center
1996,Obama Will Leave Troops in Afghanistan,['Middle East'],Obama Flips On Afghanistan Withdrawal Plan,HuffPost,"President Barack Obama will keep 5,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan when he leaves office in 2017, according to senior administration officials, casting aside his promise to end the war on his watch and instead ensuring he hands the conflict off to his successor.",left
1997,Trump Admin Lifts Restrictions on Ethanol,['Energy'],Trump to lift ban on higher-ethanol gasoline ahead of November elections,Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump will seek to lift a federal ban on summer sales of higher-ethanol blends of gasoline on Tuesday, a senior White House official said, delivering on a move long",center
1998,Trump Admin Lifts Restrictions on Ethanol,['Energy'],Iowans were hit hard by tariffs. Trump's new ethanol policy may help Republicans in the midterms.,Washington Post,Iowa is one of the states hardest hit by President Trump's burgeoning trade war with China. The nation's corn-growing capital will also be home to a handful of tight races this November that could,left
1999,Trump Admin Lifts Restrictions on Ethanol,['Energy'],Trump’s ethanol move is good news for motorists: Pacific Ethanol CEO,Fox News (Online News),"The Trump administration’s decision to allow the year-round sale of gasoline with a higher concentration of ethanol will give farmers more opportunities to sell corn and could lower fuel prices for consumers, according to Pacific Ethanol CEO Neil Koehler.",right
2000,Supreme Court Allows Partial Ban On Transgender Troops To Take Effect,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court allows Trump administration transgender military policy to go into effect,Washington Times,The Supreme Court announced Tuesday it would allow the Trump administration’s policy limiting military service for transgender individuals to go into effect while the case is on appeal.,right
2001,Supreme Court Allows Partial Ban On Transgender Troops To Take Effect,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court allows transgender military ban to go into effect,CNN (Online News),"The Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump's transgender military ban to go into effect on Tuesday, dealing a blow to LGBT activists who call the ban cruel and irrational.",left
2002,Supreme Court Allows Partial Ban On Transgender Troops To Take Effect,['Supreme Court'],US Supreme Court allows Trump military transgender ban,BBC News,The United States Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump to enforce his policy of banning certain transgender people from the military.,center
2003,Perspectives: Trump Previews Potential Second Term,"['Donald Trump', 'Elections', '2024 Election', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6 Committee', 'Presidential Pardons', '2020 Election']",Trump says he would pardon Jan. 6 rioters if he runs and wins,Reuters,"U.S. former President Donald Trump said on Saturday if he were to run for president and win in 2024, he would pardon people charged with criminal offenses in connection with the deadly Jan. 6 assault by his supporters on the U.S. Capitol.
Trump, who has not said whether he will run for president again after his defeat by Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 election, was speaking at a rally in Conroe, Texas.
""Another thing we'll do, and so many people have been asking me about it, if I run...",center
2004,Perspectives: Trump Previews Potential Second Term,"['Donald Trump', 'Elections', '2024 Election', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6 Committee', 'Presidential Pardons', '2020 Election']",Trump offers chilling glimpse into possible second term,CNN (Online News),"Former President Donald Trump conjured a vision of a second term that would function as a tool of personal vengeance, and become even more authoritarian than his first, when he vowed to pardon US Capitol insurrectionists if he runs for the White House again and wins.
His pledge at a Texas rally Saturday was accompanied by a call for demonstrations if prosecutors in New York, who are probing Trump's business practices, and those in Georgia, looking into his attempts to reverse his election loss in the state, do anything that he defined...",left
2005,Perspectives: Trump Previews Potential Second Term,"['Donald Trump', 'Elections', '2024 Election', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6 Committee', 'Presidential Pardons', '2020 Election']",Trump Warns Prosecutors of Mass Nationwide Protests If They Do ‘Anything Wrong or Illegal’,Breitbart News,"Former President Donald Trump used a rally speech in Conroe, Texas, on Saturday night to issue a warning to activist prosecutors who are continuing to pursue him in an attempt to discover unnamed crimes, more than a year after he left office.
Trump recounted all of the various efforts to investigate him since before he took office, including the “Russia collusion” hoax and other investigations, all of which found nothing except for an ongoing claim about “fringe benefits” in his business.
“This has been going on as long as you’ve known me....",right
2006,Cyberattacks Slow but Fears Remain,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Cyber-attacks highlight growing vulnerability of us all,The Guardian,"Who’s to blame for the ransomware attacks? Readers suggest Microsoft, Whitehall and the NSA among others",left
2007,Cyberattacks Slow but Fears Remain,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",More victims expected in unprecedented cyberattack as users log on Monday,Fox News (Online News),"An unprecedented global “ransomware” attack that hit at least 100,000 organizations in 150 countries spread to thousands more computers Monday as people returned to work and logged in for the first time since the massive online assault began.",right
2008,Cyberattacks Slow but Fears Remain,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",WannaCry ransomware cyber-attacks slow but fears remain,BBC News,"A computer malware that has spread across 150 countries appears to be slowing down, with few reports of fresh attacks in Asia and Europe on Monday.",center
2009,Colin Kaepernick to Receive Harvard University's Top Honor for Contributions to African and African American Studies,['Sports'],Harvard University to Honor Kaepernick with Medal,Breitbart News,Harvard University is planning to honor the former NFL quarterback turned anthem-kneeling activist Colin Kaepernick with a medal next month.,right
2010,Colin Kaepernick to Receive Harvard University's Top Honor for Contributions to African and African American Studies,['Sports'],Colin Kaepernick to receive Harvard honor for African and African American studies,USA TODAY,"Colin Kaepernick will join the likes of numerous African American icons as he will receive Harvard’s highest honor in African and African American studies, the university announced on Thursday.",left
2011,Colin Kaepernick to Receive Harvard University's Top Honor for Contributions to African and African American Studies,['Sports'],"Colin Kaepernick, Dave Chappelle Awarded W.E.B. Du Bois Black Culture Medal; Rachel Dolezal Snubbed Again",The Root,"Quick question: When one of America’s most prestigious Ivy League universities honors Colin Kaepernick, Dave Chappelle and six other African Americans for their contributions to black history and culture, will white people burn their Harvard rejection letters, their Chappelle’s Show DVD sets or the ivy in their yards?",left
2012,Biden Announces Sanctions Against Russia Amid Russian ‘Invasion’ of Ukraine,"['Russia', 'Joe Biden', 'Sanctions', 'Ukraine', 'Europe', 'European Union', 'Germany', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Vladimir Putin', 'NATO', 'Donetsk', 'Luhansk']",Biden calls Putin’s actions the ‘beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.’,New York Times (News),"President Biden on Tuesday announced harsh new sanctions aimed at punishing Russia for what he called “the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine,” joining European leaders in imposing severe economic consequences for blatant violations of national sovereignty.
Speaking from the East Room of the White House, Mr. Biden condemned President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia for his aggression against Ukraine, saying that the Russian action is “a flagrant violation of international law and demands a firm response from the international community.”",left
2013,Biden Announces Sanctions Against Russia Amid Russian ‘Invasion’ of Ukraine,"['Russia', 'Joe Biden', 'Sanctions', 'Ukraine', 'Europe', 'European Union', 'Germany', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Vladimir Putin', 'NATO', 'Donetsk', 'Luhansk']",Biden addresses the country on escalating Russian aggression against Ukraine,Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden sought to deploy fiery rhetoric of his own as he addressed the country for the third time in two weeks amid Russian President Vladimir Putin's groundwork for a Ukraine invasion.
“Who in the Lord’s name does Putin think gives him the right to declare new so-called countries on territory that belongs to his neighbors?” Biden asked from the White House's East Room. ""This is flagrant violation of international law.""",right
2014,Biden Announces Sanctions Against Russia Amid Russian ‘Invasion’ of Ukraine,"['Russia', 'Joe Biden', 'Sanctions', 'Ukraine', 'Europe', 'European Union', 'Germany', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Vladimir Putin', 'NATO', 'Donetsk', 'Luhansk']","Biden says U.S. will sanction Russian financial firms, sovereign debt and individuals after Ukraine incursion",CNBC,"President Joe Biden said Tuesday that Russia has begun “an invasion” of Ukraine, and he announced sweeping sanctions on the major Russian bank VEB and its military bank.
The sanctions will prohibit American financial institutions from processing transactions for VEB and its military bank. This would effectively cut the banks out of transactions involving U.S. dollars, the global reserve currency. ",center
2015,Former Department Of Justice Staffers Call On Bill Barr To Resign,"['William Barr', 'Resignation', 'Roger Stone', 'Equal Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']","1,100 Former DOJ Lawyers Call on Barr to Resign for Interference in Stone Sentencing",Slate,"More than 1,100 former prosecutors and officials at the Department of Justice called on Attorney General Bill Barr to resign Sunday after he intervened in the case of Roger Stone to reduce the recommended sentence of President Trump’s longtime friend and quasi-adviser. The former DOJ employees expressed outrage in an open letter at Barr’s intervention after Trump tweeted his disapproval of the nine-year sentence recommended by prosecutors in the case where Stone had been convicted of seven felonies. “Mr. Barr’s actions in doing the President’s personal bidding… and the damage...",left
2016,Former Department Of Justice Staffers Call On Bill Barr To Resign,"['William Barr', 'Resignation', 'Roger Stone', 'Equal Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']","1,100 Former DOJ Employees Call On Barr To Resign After Intervening In Stone Case",NPR (Online News),"More than 1,100 former Department of Justice officials are calling on Attorney General William Barr to resign after his department lowered the prison sentence recommendation for Roger Stone, a longtime ally of President Trump, in a move that's led to accusations of political interference.
In a letter released Sunday, the former DOJ officials, who have worked across Republican and Democratic administrations, wrote that Barr's intervention in the Stone case has tarnished the department's reputation.
""Such behavior is a grave threat to the fair administration of justice,"" the former officials wrote....",left
2017,Former Department Of Justice Staffers Call On Bill Barr To Resign,"['William Barr', 'Resignation', 'Roger Stone', 'Equal Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']","More Than 1,100 Former DOJ Staffers, Including Current MSNBC and CNN Analysts, Call on AG Barr to Resign",Townhall,"More than 1,100 former Department of Justice alumni signed a petition calling on Attorney General William Barr to resign. They take issue with the fact that he instructed the U.S. Attorney’s Office to reverse their recommendation for Roger Stone to serve between seven and nine years in prison. According to the petition, Barr did not uphold the department's principle of ""apply[ing] the law equally to all Americans.""
We, the undersigned, are alumni of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) who have collectively served both Republican and Democratic administrations. Each...",right
2018,Perspectives: Responding to Civil Unrest with Military Mobilization,"['US Military', 'Donald Trump', 'US Constitution', 'Violence In America']","We Need Law and Order, but Not Necessarily Federal Troops",National Review,"In the Rose Garden yesterday evening, President Trump threatened to deploy the U.S. military to restore order in the American cities if mayors and governors fail to do it.
In his brief speech, Trump said the appropriate things about the George Floyd case (he called it a “brutal death”) and about the legal process underway in Minneapolis (“justice will be served”). He was also right about the biggest victims of disorder being people living in poor communities, about the mix of Antifa and looters causing the mayhem, and the need...",right
2019,Perspectives: Responding to Civil Unrest with Military Mobilization,"['US Military', 'Donald Trump', 'US Constitution', 'Violence In America']","If President Trump does use the military to quell protests, he’ll likely rely on the same law used to aid the Civil Rights movement",Guest Writer - Center,"After a week of both peaceful protests and violent chaos in the wake of George Floyd’s death, President Donald Trump announced, “If a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents, then I will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them.”
Is Trump’s warning just bluster? Does the president have the authority to send the military into American cities?
The answer to this question involves a web of legal provisions that help define...",center
2020,Perspectives: Responding to Civil Unrest with Military Mobilization,"['US Military', 'Donald Trump', 'US Constitution', 'Violence In America']",Trump’s threats to deploy troops move America closer to anarchy,Washington Post,"ATTORNEY GENERAL William P. Barr on Monday ordered federal police and National Guard forces to disperse protesters who were peacefully gathered in front of the White House. As flash munitions exploded and tear gas swirled, President Trump delivered a Rose Garden rant denouncing “acts of domestic terror” he said had taken place in Washington and other U.S. cities, and threatened to “deploy the United States military” to those that fail to “dominate the streets.”
The president then walked across Lafayette Square to pose with a Bible in front of a...",left
2021,Early Primary Results,['Elections'],"Check your privilege, GOP establishment",Fox News (Online News),"Every Republican can be happy that there will not be a runoff election in North Carolina’s Senate race. While not all are thrilled that the nominee is state House Speaker Thom Tillis, the moderate favorite of the GOP establishment, his convincing win shows party unity and avoids an expensive, damaging 10-week runoff election. Democrats, meanwhile, can be uniformly glum that the GOP settled on a nominee quickly and one who sounds an awful lot like Republican Sen. Richard Burr, who has twice won handily in the light-red state. But rather...",right
2022,Early Primary Results,['Elections'],Tillis wins Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in North Carolina,Washington Post,"The establishment wing of the Republican Party scored a major victory in North Carolina Tuesday when state House Speaker Thom Tillis won the party's nomination for U.S. Senate, turning back tea party challengers who threatened to complicate the GOP's effort to unseat Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) in a key midterm battleground.
""The party has triangulated pretty well so far and this was the first test,"" said Michael Steele, a former Republican National Committee chairman. ""Tillis and his people have worked hard to control how this plays out. But they...",left
2023,Early Primary Results,['Elections'],Early Primary Results Favor GOP Leaders' Candidates,Wall Street Journal (News),"Republican Party leaders and their allies in the business community notched wins Tuesday in a series of competitive primaries in North Carolina and Ohio, an early sign they are gaining the upper hand over conservative activists ahead of other key 2014 primaries.
In North Carolina, Republican primary voters picked House Speaker Thom Tillis as their nominee to square off against Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan in November, thanks in part to millions of dollars in last-minute a",center
2024,Preview of Monday Night's Iowa Caucuses,"['Pete Buttigieg', 'Presidential Elections', 'Iowa Caucus', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Joe Biden', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Elections']",Iowa Caucus 2020: What to Watch For and When to Expect Results,New York Times (News),"Seven Democratic candidates are mounting competitive efforts in the state. The Times will provide up-to-date results and live political analysis.
The Iowa presidential caucuses begin at 8 p.m. Eastern time at more than 1,600 sites across the state. The caucuses vary in length; small gatherings can be over in minutes, larger ones can last up to two hours.
The first results are expected at 8:30 p.m. Eastern time, with most results in hand by 11 p.m.
Seven Democratic candidates are mounting competitive campaigns in Iowa. They are Senator Bernie Sanders...",left
2025,Preview of Monday Night's Iowa Caucuses,"['Pete Buttigieg', 'Presidential Elections', 'Iowa Caucus', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Joe Biden', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Elections']",Where Iowa Voters Stand Ahead of Tonight's Highly-Anticipated Caucus,CBN,"Democratic presidential candidates have been blitzing the state of Iowa in a frenzied finish before voters cast their ballots in tonight's first-in-the-nation caucus. Four candidates are locked in a tight race.
The Democratic hopefuls have been hosting multiple events and covering hundreds of miles desperate to win over those last-minute votes. Thousands of Iowans and political tourists crammed into large venues to hear directly from candidates one last time ahead of Monday's vote.
After being stuck in impeachment hearings in Washington all week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) made up for...",right
2026,Preview of Monday Night's Iowa Caucuses,"['Pete Buttigieg', 'Presidential Elections', 'Iowa Caucus', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Joe Biden', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Elections']",Iowa caucuses: Race to decide election candidates begins,BBC News,"The first event that will help decide the candidates for US president is to take place with Monday's Iowa caucuses.
Democratic and Republican voters will choose their preferred nominees for the White House race.
While victory in Iowa doesn't guarantee anyone the nomination, it can help give them crucial momentum.
The path appears clear for Donald Trump to be the Republican nominee, but there are still 11 people running for the Democratic nomination.
Many have spent the past few weeks vigorously campaigning in the Midwest state, which is always the...",center
2027,Men Convicted of Murdering Ahmaud Arbery Also Found Guilty of Hate Crimes,"['Criminal Justice', 'Race And Racism', 'Hate Crimes', 'Ahmaud Arbery', 'Inequality', 'Justice']",Three White men convicted of federal hate crimes charges in slaying,Fox News (Online News),"Three White men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery were found guilty of federal hate crimes charges Tuesday in a Georgia courtroom.
The jury of eight White people, three Black people and one Hispanic person deliberated for less than five hours after a one-week trial.
Prosecutor Christopher Perras argued that Travis McMichael, his father, Greg McMichael, and their neighbor William ""Roddie"" Bryan acted out of ""pent-up racial anger"" when they chased and killed Arbery, 25, after spotting the Black man on a jog near their homes in Satilla Shores, outside of Brunswick.
The men were...",right
2028,Men Convicted of Murdering Ahmaud Arbery Also Found Guilty of Hate Crimes,"['Criminal Justice', 'Race And Racism', 'Hate Crimes', 'Ahmaud Arbery', 'Inequality', 'Justice']",3 Men Convicted in Ahmaud Arbery's Death Found Guilty of Federal Hate Crime,Newsweek,"The three white men accused of violating Ahmaud Arbery's civil rights and targeting him because he was Black were convicted of a federal hate crime on Tuesday in Brunswick, Georgia, the Associated Press reported.
Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William ""Roddie"" Bryan had been charged with attempted kidnapping and interference with rights, which is a hate crime, CNN reported. Prosecutors had alleged that they targeted Arbery because of his race.
The defendants were found guilty on all counts, and the McMichaels were also convicted of an additional...",center
2029,Men Convicted of Murdering Ahmaud Arbery Also Found Guilty of Hate Crimes,"['Criminal Justice', 'Race And Racism', 'Hate Crimes', 'Ahmaud Arbery', 'Inequality', 'Justice']",Jury finds Ahmaud Arbery's killers were racially motivated in chasing him,CNN (Online News),"A jury has found the three White men who killed Ahmaud Arbery in 2020 guilty of all charges in their federal hate crimes trial, backing prosecutors' case that the men chased the 25-year-old through the streets of a Georgia neighborhood because he was Black.
Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and their neighbor William ""Roddie"" Bryan were found guilty of interference of rights, a federal hate crime; and attempted kidnapping.
The verdict comes nearly two years to the day that Arbery was killed in a neighborhood outside Brunswick on February 23, 2020. And it's...",left
2030,Senate Approves $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'US Senate', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus']",Senate Narrowly Passes $1.9 Trillion COVID Stimulus Bill,National Review,"The Senate voted 50-49 to pass Democrats’ $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package on Saturday, after a marathon session of voting on various amendments.
The bill was passed via budget reconciliation rules, which allow a simple majority to approve legislation in place of a filibuster-proof 60-vote threshold. The Biden administration had been pushing to pass the legislation before the week of March 14, when pandemic-related federal unemployment assistance is scheduled to expire.",right
2031,Senate Approves $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'US Senate', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus']",Senate Approves $1.9 Trillion COVID Relief Bill Without Any Republican Support,Slate,The Senate ended a 27-hour marathon overnight session Saturday by narrowly passing a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package. Senators voted 50-49 along party lines with one Republican—Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska—absent. The approval got Democrats one step closer to fulfilling one of the biggest early priorities for President Joe Biden. Now the bill must go back to the House of Representatives. Although a small group of moderate Democrats pushed some changes in the final bill that angered progressives that isn’t expected to lead to a rejection of the measure in...,left
2032,Senate Approves $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'US Senate', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus']","Senate passes Biden’s COVID relief bill along party lines, sending legislation with $1,400 stimulus checks to House",USA TODAY,"The Democratic-controlled Senate Saturday overcame Republican roadblocks and a debate that lasted beyond 24 hours to pass President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package which would provide millions of Americans with $1,400 direct payments, billions of dollars for vaccine distribution, and funds to help reopen schools and colleges.
The chamber passed the bill following a session that began around 9 a.m. Friday and ended at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, aft a ""vote-a-rama"" of proposed changes from both parties. The final vote was 50-49 with all Republicans voting against...",left
2033,Super Tuesday 2016 Analysis,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton wins by easing Democratic split; Trump wins by exploiting GOP divisions,Los Angeles Times,"The presidential race will go on for months, but both parties' front-runners leaped closer Tuesday to becoming nominees. Neither Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton won every state up for grabs, but they won most of them, and in doing so extended advantages they already had in delegates and momentum.",left
2034,Super Tuesday 2016 Analysis,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The day the Republican Party ruptured,Politico,Donald Trump’s Super Tuesday sweep propelled him ever closer to the GOP presidential nomination — and pushed the party he seeks to lead to the breaking point.,left
2035,Super Tuesday 2016 Analysis,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump drives GOP’s record turnout; Democrats lack enthusiasm,Washington Times,"Republicans continued to shatter turnout records in their presidential primaries and caucuses Tuesday, while Democrats lagged behind in what analysts said was a clear indication of an enthusiasm gap heading into the general election.",right
2036,Perspectives: How Concerning is the Omicron Variant?,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Holidays', 'Travel', 'Public Health']","Liberal states, cities go overboard over omicron",Washington Times,"Here’s what we know about the omicron variant — next to nothing.
But that hasn’t kept officials — in liberal states and cities, of course — from once again declaring Draconian measures to address the COVID-19 virus, including mask mandates for every resident and business and requirements to provide proof of vaccination.
On Monday, California officials announced a statewide universal indoor masking mandate to last until Jan. 15. The same day, Philadelphia announced that proof of COVID-19 vaccination will be required to dine indoors at bars, restaurants, indoor sporting events...",right
2037,Perspectives: How Concerning is the Omicron Variant?,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Holidays', 'Travel', 'Public Health']",Omicron is a case study in unknown risk,The Hill,"Unknown risks occur when no one expects them, in forms that no one could anticipate, and for which no one is prepared. Situations become crises under the influence of unknown risks, which in turn fosters panic rather than rational responses.   
The omicron variant is establishing itself to be the next unknown risk in the COVID-19 pandemic.  
Evidence of this are uniformly aggressive and unfettered reactions. These include travel bans from southern Africa that have become ubiquitous. Israel and Japan have closed their borders to foreign nationals and visitors.   
Yet, we are still learning much about this variant, including how...",center
2038,Perspectives: How Concerning is the Omicron Variant?,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Holidays', 'Travel', 'Public Health']","Omicron is spreading 'every place at once,' experts say. What it could mean for holiday plans.",USA TODAY,"The omicron variant of the coronavirus is moving faster than surveillance systems can track it and has so unnerved some medical experts that they're starting to put the brakes on preparations for their holiday gatherings.
""Personally, I'm reevaluating plans for the holidays,"" Bronwyn MacInnis, director of pathogen genomic surveillance at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University, said on a call with reporters Tuesday. ""It's the responsible thing to do and what feels right given the risk.""
She and a handful of other Massachusetts-based researchers on the call said they've been stunned by the...",left
2039,Kavanaugh on Labor,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Brett Kavanaugh Will Fit Right In at the Pro-Corporate Roberts Court,New York Times (Opinion),President Trump’s choice for the latest Supreme Court vacancy will continue a trend toward widening America’s power and wealth gaps.,left
2040,Kavanaugh on Labor,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Supreme Court Pick Has Often Favored Employers in Labor Cases,Wall Street Journal (News),"A federal appeals-court panel split in 2014 over a case involving a grisly theme-park death, ruling 2-1 that the Labor Department was on sound footing when it sanctioned SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. for safety violations after a trainer was attacked by a killer whale.",center
2041,Kavanaugh on Labor,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Democrats’ Supreme Hypocrisy on Labor Rights,The Daily Caller,"President Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court infuriated Democrats and their union donors, who described it as an affront to workers’ rights.",right
2042,Full Troop Withdrawal from Afghan Planned,['Middle East'],Obama plans complete troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by year's end,Washington Times,Tuesday brought a fresh reminder that the more-than-decade-long conflict in Afghanistan will not conclude on U.S. terms with the Obama administration revealing its planning for a complete withdrawal from the troubled country at the end of the year.,right
2043,Full Troop Withdrawal from Afghan Planned,['Middle East'],"Trust Eroded, Obama Looks Beyond Karzai",New York Times (News),"President Obama, apparently resigned to President Hamid Karzai’s refusal to sign a long-term security agreement with the United States before he leaves office, told him in a phone call on Tuesday that he had instructed the Pentagon to begin planning for a complete withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year.",left
2044,Full Troop Withdrawal from Afghan Planned,['Middle East'],"Complete US withdrawal from Afghanistan means civil war, Pakistani warns",Christian Science Monitor,Seeing President Karzai as unlikely to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement President Obama has directed the Pentagon to prepare for a full withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan.,center
2045,Obamacare Woes Continue,['Healthcare'],Republicans want to repeal ObamaCare -- but maybe they'd keep some of it,Fox News (Online News),"Despite pledges by Republicans to take down ObamaCare, some still indicate there are parts in the president's controversial health care overhaul that could be preserved if the party ever got its wish of repealing the law.
Since the beginning, conservatives in Congress have been extremely vocal about their dislike of Obama's signature domestic policy achievement.
Yet, as demonstrated by a recent proposal from House conservatives, they say they wouldn't just repeal the law -- they would replace it with one of their own.",right
2046,Obamacare Woes Continue,['Healthcare'],The hidden truth behind early Obamacare numbers: It's not what it seems,CNN (Online News),"The White House has been tight-lipped about how many uninsured Americans have signed up for health care insurance under the Affordable Care Act, which has led to some concerns about whether enough people are enrolling in private health plans to make the economic model work.
Under the law, insurance companies are required to cover anyone. But in order to make that economically feasible, everyone has to buy insurance.",left
2047,Obamacare Woes Continue,['Healthcare'],Obama's Health Care Woes May Have Staying Power,HuffPost,"For nearly five years, Republicans have struggled to make a scandal stick to President Barack Obama's White House. One by one, the controversies — with shorthand names such as Solyndra, Benghazi, and Fast and Furious — hit a fever pitch, then faded away.
But some Republicans see the disastrous rollout of Obama's health law as a problem with the kind of staying power they have sought.
The health care failures are tangible for millions of Americans and can be experienced by anyone with Internet access. The law itself is more...",left
2048,January 6 Committee Votes to Hold Steve Bannon in Contempt,"['US House', 'Steve Bannon', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']",Jan. 6 Committee Recommends Contempt Charge for Steve Bannon,Wall Street Journal (News),"The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol voted 9-0 Tuesday to recommend holding Stephen Bannon, a onetime adviser to former President Donald Trump, in criminal contempt for defying a congressional subpoena.
The committee’s vote is likely to kick off a legal battle that tests the extent of executive privileges claimed by a former president and whether those protections apply to conversations or advice from private citizens, not just government officials.
“Mr. Bannon will comply with our investigation or he will face the consequences,” said the committee’s chairman,...",center
2049,January 6 Committee Votes to Hold Steve Bannon in Contempt,"['US House', 'Steve Bannon', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']",Jan. 6 panel votes to hold Steve Bannon in contempt,Associated Press Fact Check,"A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection voted unanimously to hold former White House aide Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress after the longtime ally of former President Donald Trump defied a subpoena for documents and testimony.
Still defending his supporters who broke into the Capitol that day, Trump has aggressively tried to block the committee’s work by directing Bannon and others not to answer questions in the probe. Trump has also filed a lawsuit to try to prevent Congress from obtaining former White House documents.
But lawmakers have made clear they will not...",left
2050,January 6 Committee Votes to Hold Steve Bannon in Contempt,"['US House', 'Steve Bannon', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']",Jan. 6 committee recommends Bannon face criminal contempt for defying subpoena,Fox News (Online News),"The House Jan. 6 select committee voted Tuesday night to recommend that Steve Bannon, a one-time top adviser to former President Donald Trump, be held in contempt of Congress over his refusal to cooperate with an ongoing investigation into the Capitol riot.
The panel’s unanimous recommendation will advance to the full House for another vote, which will occur Thursday. If approved, the measure will advance to the Justice Department, whose officials will make the final decision on whether to prosecute Bannon. The former Trump adviser could face a fine or a jail term of...",right
2051,Trump Questions Russian Hacking,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","McCain Calls Russian Hacking a ‘Form of Warfare,’ and Trump Pushes Back",New York Times (News),"President-elect Donald J. Trump takes to Twitter to deny Russian involvement in his election. John McCain says there is no doubt about Russian hacking, which he called “warfare.”",left
2052,Trump Questions Russian Hacking,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump mocks Russian hacking 'conspiracy theory',BBC News,Donald Trump has poured fresh scorn on US intelligence claims of Russian hackers meddling in the US election.,center
2053,Trump Questions Russian Hacking,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",‘Another excuse’: Trump rips ‘ridiculous’ CIA report that Russia hacked election,Washington Times,"President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday that he doesn’t believe reports that the CIA secretly concluded Russia interfered with the U.S. election to help him win, calling it “ridiculous” and “another excuse” from defeated Democrats.",right
2054,Job Growth in September,['Economy And Jobs'],"Job Growth Rebounds, but Wages Lag",Wall Street Journal (News),"The nation’s unemployment rate slipped below 6% for the first time since the recession as hiring returned to a strong pace, lifting hopes for an economy that continues to show sluggish wage growth and persistent underemployment.",center
2055,Job Growth in September,['Economy And Jobs'],Obama Is Unlikely to Get Credit for a Falling Unemployment Rate,New York Times (News),"One would think that Friday’s announcement that the unemployment rate had fallen to its lowest point since Barack Obama took office would be good news for the president. Yet as the unemployment rate has declined, President Obama’s job approval rating has worsened.
So it’s not clear how much of an effect modest changes in the economy’s condition will have on his approval ratings.
The economy outpaced all other issues in importance to voters in a New York Times/CBS News poll in mid-September, and 44 percent of Americans rated the economy...",left
2056,Job Growth in September,['Economy And Jobs'],Michelle Obama:U.S. Has Improved 'By Almost Every Economic Measure',Breitbart News,"In a speech in Boston, First Lady Michelle Obama left behind talk of exercise and school lunches, exchanging it all for bald politics by claiming that under her husband the US economy is now better off ""by almost every economic measure.""
The First Lady appeared at the Strand Theater Friday to stump for Martha Coakley's campaign for Governor of Massachusetts. Coakley needs help badly, as even in blue, blue Massachusetts, the race between Democrat Coakley and Republican Charlie Baker is essentially a toss up.
In her remarks, Obama...",right
2057,US Intel Suggests Russia Plans to Buy Millions of Rockets from North Korea,"['World', 'North Korea', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Defense And Security']",What help are North Korean weapons to Russia?,Associated Press,"North Korea is apparently moving to sell millions of rockets and artillery shells — many of them likely from its old stock — to its Cold War ally Russia.
Russia has called a U.S. intelligence report on the purchasing plan “fake.” But U.S. officials say it shows Russia’s desperation with the war in Ukraine and that Moscow could buy additional military hardware from North Korea.
The ammunitions North Korea reportedly intends to sell to Moscow are likely copies of Soviet-era weapons that can fit Russian launchers. But there are still questions over...",left
2058,US Intel Suggests Russia Plans to Buy Millions of Rockets from North Korea,"['World', 'North Korea', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Defense And Security']","U.S.: Russia could be about to buy 'millions' of North Korean shells, rockets",Reuters,"Russia could be about to buy ""literally millions"" of artillery shells and rockets from old Cold-War ally North Korea, the White House said on Tuesday, calling this further evidence of Moscow's ""desperation"" amid supply shortages for its war in Ukraine.
Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, earlier dismissed reports from U.S. officials, which first appeared in the New York Times, citing newly declassified U.S. intelligence that Russia was making such purchases.
""I haven't heard it and I think that's another fake being circulated around,"" he told reporters.
U.S....",center
2059,US Intel Suggests Russia Plans to Buy Millions of Rockets from North Korea,"['World', 'North Korea', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Defense And Security']",Russia Plans On Buying Millions Of Artillery Shells From North Korea: REPORT,The Daily Caller,"Russia is reportedly planning to purchase millions of artillery rounds from North Korea, an event some analysts take as a sign Western sanctions have crippled the Russian war effort, according to The New York Times.
Recently declassified American intelligence documents show that Russia is in the process of obtaining short-range rockets and artillery shells from North Korea and may complete additional transfers of North Korean military hardware in the future, the NYT reported. Officials said that Western sanctions and export controls had succeeded in hindering Russia’s ability to procure defense equipment,...",right
2060,DOJ Suggests Redactions to Mar-a-Lago Affidavit,"['Donald Trump', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Department Of Justice', 'Affidavit']",Justice Department submits proposed raid affidavit redactions to judge,Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. government appeared to file proposed redactions to the sworn affidavit accompanying the FBI search warrant of Trump’s Mar-A-Lago property earlier this month.
The court docket notes a filing by the Department of Justice under seal. The department faced a noon E.T. deadline set by the judge.
The Justice Department has previously warned that releasing detailed information in the affidavit would jeopardize its ongoing investigation into documents stored on former President Donald Trump’s private property, and possibly endanger witnesses interviewed by the government.",right
2061,DOJ Suggests Redactions to Mar-a-Lago Affidavit,"['Donald Trump', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Department Of Justice', 'Affidavit']",U.S. Justice Dept. gives judge redacted Trump search affidavit under seal,Reuters,"WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department under a court order gave a federal judge on Thursday a redacted copy under seal of an affidavit outlining evidence that underpinned the FBI's Aug. 8 search of former President Donald Trump's Florida home for classified records he took with him after leaving office.
Anthony Coley, a Justice Department spokesperson, confirmed that the document was submitted as Florida-based U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart had ordered, declining further comment on the matter. Reinhart this month approved the Justice Department's warrant that preceded...",center
2062,DOJ Suggests Redactions to Mar-a-Lago Affidavit,"['Donald Trump', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Department Of Justice', 'Affidavit']",DOJ submits redacted Mar-a-Lago search affidavit to judge for possible release,USA TODAY,"The Justice Department on Thursday filed its proposed redactions to its affidavit that explains the reasons for the unprecedented search of Donald Trump’s Florida estate, but it's unclear when or if parts of the affidavit will be made public.
“The United States has filed a submission under seal per the Court’s order,"" Justice spokesman Anthony Coley said, declining further comment as U.S. Magistrate Bruce Reinhart ""considers the matter.” 
The redactions were filed under seal for Reinhart to review so nothing about the affidavit is public yet. Reinhart ordered the department a week...",left
2063,Biden Meets with Warren,['Politics'],"Report: Biden makes unscheduled trip to huddle with Warren, adding to 2016 speculation",Fox News (Online News),"Speculation about a White House bid for Vice President Biden intensified Saturday when he made an unscheduled weekend trip from his Delaware home to his Washington residence, reportedly to see Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Democrats in past months have called for the Massachusetts senator to seek the party nomination, convinced that her progressive, Wall Street-reformer message was good enough to defeat front-running Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Warren has so far decline. However, Clinton’s slipping polls numbers amid an email controversy has rais",right
2064,Biden Meets with Warren,['Politics'],Poll: Majority of Democrats support Biden run,CNN (Online News),Panel: The latest CNN/ORC poll shows support for Hillary Clinton dipping below 50% and her unfavorability rating at its highest level in 14 years.,left
2065,Biden Meets with Warren,['Politics'],"Biden, Warren huddle amid 2016 speculation",Washington Post,"Vice President Biden huddled Saturday with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), the rising liberal star who has declined to endorse a candidate for the 2016 presidential race, an impromptu meeting that came as speculation mounted over Biden's own potential candidacy, according to a report.
Biden, who has begun to explore a possible presidential campaign in recent weeks, made the trip Saturday from his home in Wilmington, Del., to his official residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington to meet Warren, who has becom",left
2066,Perspectives: Kyle Rittenhouse Trial,"['Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America', 'Kyle Rittenhouse', 'Kenosha Shootings', 'Gun Violence', 'Justice']",Kyle Rittenhouse Doesn’t Need Reasonable Doubt. His Prosecutors Do,The Federalist,"Prosecutors in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse so far have a case that comes down to this: What if the things our witnesses say they saw and thought during that fateful night of rioting last year are all wrong?
If this were a legitimate murder trial, and not one instigated by Democrats and the media for political purposes, that’s the kind of argument that a defense team would be making. It’s a concept otherwise known as “reasonable doubt.”
But in a very weird turn of events, it’s lawyers for the state of Wisconsin who are...",right
2067,Perspectives: Kyle Rittenhouse Trial,"['Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America', 'Kyle Rittenhouse', 'Kenosha Shootings', 'Gun Violence', 'Justice']","Kyle Rittenhouse is on trial in Wisconsin, but so is vigilantism",MSNBC,"A jury in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has begun hearing evidence that will help them decide whether Kyle Rittenhouse is guilty of reckless or intentional homicide in the shooting of three people during August 2020 racial injustice protests, or if he acted in self-defense.
What’s really on trial, though, is citizen vigilantism. At a moment when Americans’ willingness to use political violence has already skyrocketed, this trial’s outcome risks legitimizing individual violent action and galvanizing civilians who are unhappy with the direction of the country to take matters into their own hands. This...",left
2068,Perspectives: Kyle Rittenhouse Trial,"['Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America', 'Kyle Rittenhouse', 'Kenosha Shootings', 'Gun Violence', 'Justice']",4 takeaways from the first week of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial,NPR (Online News),"The first week of testimony has come to a close in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old charged with homicide after he shot and killed two protesters at a demonstration in Kenosha, Wis., in August 2020.
The protests in Kenosha began after police shot Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, on Aug. 23, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. Multiple nights of unrest followed, with rioters destroying police cars and burning and damaging businesses.
On Aug. 25, ahead of the third night of protests, Rittenhouse, then 17, drove...",left
2069,"4 Dead, More Than 150 Unaccounted For After Miami Building Collapse","['Disaster', 'Miami', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Joe Biden', 'Kamala Harris', 'General News']","99 missing, 10 hurt and 1 dead in high-rise collapse near Miami Beach, officials say",NBC News (Online),"Nearly 100 people were unaccounted for Thursday after a high-rise condo building partially collapsed near Miami Beach, leaving at least one person dead and 10 injured, officials said.
Authorities got a call about the collapse at the 12-story building in Surfside, a town in Florida's Miami-Dade County, around 1:30 a.m. ET, officials said.
Raide Jadallah, the assistant chief of operations for Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, said that of the building's 136 units, 55 in the northeast corridor collapsed.",left
2070,"4 Dead, More Than 150 Unaccounted For After Miami Building Collapse","['Disaster', 'Miami', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Joe Biden', 'Kamala Harris', 'General News']","What We Know About the Building Collapse in Surfside, Fla.",Wall Street Journal (News),"A portion of a condo tower in the Miami-area beachfront town of Surfside, Fla., collapsed. Rescue authorities responded to a call at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday and found the northeast section of the 12-story, 136-unit Champlain Towers South building had collapsed, said Ray Jadallah, chief of operations at Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.
Officials said it was too soon to determine the cause of the collapse. “Buildings just don’t fall down in America, they just don’t,” said Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett in an interview.
The scene was otherworldly, with couches, bunk beds and mangled...",center
2071,"4 Dead, More Than 150 Unaccounted For After Miami Building Collapse","['Disaster', 'Miami', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Joe Biden', 'Kamala Harris', 'General News']","Surfside, Florida apartment building collapse leaves 1 dead, 99 unaccounted for",Fox News (Online News),"Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday declared a state of emergency in Miami-Dade County after the Champlain Towers South apartment building collapsed in Surfside.
County Mayor Daniella Levine had also declared a state of emergency and asked the governor do the same in order to receive streamlined state resources for the recovery effort, which was still underway as of Thursday evening, hours after the collapse.
President Biden also said earlier in the day that the federal government and FEMA were prepared to provide further assistance once DeSantis formally declared the emergency.",right
2072,Trump Announces Re-Election Bid,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump taps Brad Parscale to run his 2020 re-election campaign,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump has hired Brad Parscale, the digital media director of his 2016 campaign, to run his 2020 campaign, a source with knowledge tells CNN.",left
2073,Trump Announces Re-Election Bid,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump names Brad Parscale as campaign manager for 2020 re-election bid,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump has tapped former adviser Brad Parscale to be campaign manager for his 2020 re-election bid, underscoring his intentions to run for a second term.",right
2074,Trump Announces Re-Election Bid,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump announces re-election campaign and campaign manager,CBS News (Online),"President Donald Trump announced that he's running for re-election in 2020, and Brad Parscale, who served as the Trump campaign's 2016 digital guru, has been named campaign manager.",left
2075,Bill to End Furloughs,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",White House in Full Retreat as FAA Sequester Stunt Backfires,Townhall,The Obama administration's second installment of sequester scare tactics is working about as well as its first go 'round. Run away:,right
2076,Bill to End Furloughs,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Flight Delays Push Congress To End Controller Furloughs,NPR (Online News),Delays at the nations airports surged this week because the Federal Aviation Administration furloughed air traffic controllers to stay within a reduced budget. Now Congress has voted quickly to give the FAA more spending flexibility to reduce staff cutbacks.,left
2077,Bill to End Furloughs,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",House Joins Senate in Passing Bill to Ease Flight Delays,New York Times (News),The measure is intended to keep the air traffic control system operating at a normal pace by preventing further furloughs through Sept. 30.,left
2078,Biden Administration Says Physicians Must Provide Abortions in Medical Emergencies,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Rights', 'Biden Administration', 'HHS', 'Joe Biden', 'Medical Ethics', 'Public Health', 'Xavier Becerra']","Biden admin looks to protect doctors providing emergency abortions, and warn those who don't",Politico,"The Biden administration released updated guidance on Monday, reminding doctors around the country that they’re protected by federal law if they terminate a patient’s pregnancy as part of treatment in an emergency circumstance — and threatening to fine or strip the Medicare status from hospitals that fail to do so.
The action, announced just over two weeks after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, comes in response to reports of widespread confusion in states that have enacted bans about when doctors can perform abortions without risking prosecution. It’s one of...",left
2079,Biden Administration Says Physicians Must Provide Abortions in Medical Emergencies,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Rights', 'Biden Administration', 'HHS', 'Joe Biden', 'Medical Ethics', 'Public Health', 'Xavier Becerra']","Physicians must provide abortions in medical emergencies, regardless of state law, HHS says",CNBC,"Physicians must provide abortions in medical emergencies under federal law and will face penalties if they decline to offer the procedure in these cases, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra wrote in a letter to health-care providers on Monday.
Becerra said federal law pre-empts state abortion bans in cases where women face medical emergencies associated with pregnancy under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. If an abortion is necessary to treat a woman facing a medical emergency, physicians must offer the procedure, the health secretary wrote.
Hospitals...",center
2080,Biden Administration Says Physicians Must Provide Abortions in Medical Emergencies,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Rights', 'Biden Administration', 'HHS', 'Joe Biden', 'Medical Ethics', 'Public Health', 'Xavier Becerra']",Biden says hospitals must provide abortions in emergencies despite state law,Washington Examiner,"The Biden administration said Monday that hospitals must ensure patients can receive abortions when deemed medically necessary in emergency situations in spite of bans in many states on the procedure in most cases.
The Department of Health and Human Services said a federal law, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, stipulates that physicians must perform an abortion in an emergency regardless of state law.
""Under the law, no matter where you live, women have the right to emergency care — including abortion care,” said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra. “Today, in no uncertain...",right
2081,Iran’s Leader Noncommittal on Deal,['Middle East'],"U.S., Iran Openly Fighting Over Details of the Supposed Nuclear ‘Agreement’",The Blaze,"The tentative Iran nuclear agreement that the Obama administration celebrated as a major step forward just one week ago was thrown into serious doubt Thursday, as the U.S. and Iran fell into a public dispute over exactly what was agreed.
The fight called into question whether any understanding exists at all, and whether there’s any way to bridge their vast public differences by June 30, the target date for a final agreement.",right
2082,Iran’s Leader Noncommittal on Deal,['Middle East'],Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Noncommittal on Nuclear Deal,Wall Street Journal (News),"Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared Thursday there was no guarantee of a final deal over Tehran’s nuclear program, saying world powers led by the U.S. couldn’t be trusted to negotiate in good faith.
“There has been nothing done and there is nothing binding,” Mr. Khamenei said in his eagerly awaited response to the framework nuclear agreement struck in Switzerland last week between Iran and world powers led by the U.S. “I neither agree nor disagree.”
Mr. Khamenei, who has the final say on most matters of state in...",center
2083,Iran’s Leader Noncommittal on Deal,['Middle East'],Iran’s Supreme Leader Says Sanctions Must Lift When Nuclear Deal Is Signed,New York Times (News),"Iran’s supreme leader declared on Thursday that all economic sanctions would have to be lifted on the day any nuclear agreement is signed and that military sites would be strictly off limits to foreign inspectors.
The leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, also expressed strong and rare criticism toward Iran’s regional competitor, Saudi Arabia, calling the new leaders in Riyadh “inexperienced youngsters” who were highlighting the country’s “barbarous features.”
Ayatollah Khamenei’s assertions pointed up once again how many difficult issues remain to be negotiated before June 30, the deadline for completing a...",left
2084,Perspectives: Trump Campaign's Election Lawsuits,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'Lawsuits']","Trump team vows more lawsuits in key states, as top Republicans mum on projected Biden win",Fox News (Online News),"Despite Joe Biden being projected as the next president-elect, President Trump is pushing forward with legal challenges as vote tallies continue, and Republican leaders have largely avoided weighing in on the latest developments.
Rudy Giuliani, Trump's personal attorney, estimated his team will have four or five lawsuits over alleged voter fraud in battleground states by the end of the week and said Trump is right not to concede on Sunday.
""It really would be wrong for him at this point it be wrong for him to concede,"" Giuliani told ""Sunday...",right
2085,Perspectives: Trump Campaign's Election Lawsuits,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'Lawsuits']",Trump’s Pennsylvania lawsuits invoke Bush v. Gore — but SCOTUS probably won’t decide the election,Salon,"The Trump campaign has filed two lawsuits in federal court over ballot counting and voting deadlines in Pennsylvania, threatening to take the election to the Supreme Court. Both consciously echo the two main legal theories of Bush v. Gore, the infamous Supreme Court case that decided the contested 2000 presidential election.
But this race is not likely to be decided by the Supreme Court. There are several reasons, sitting at the intersection of law and politics, why the ghosts of Florida past won't rise again in Pennsylvania. As a law...",left
2086,Perspectives: Trump Campaign's Election Lawsuits,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'Lawsuits']",Trump's stalling legal strategy,Axios,"The Trump campaign legal team is throwing everything at the wall in battleground states — a last-ditch effort to use the courts to freeze time in states where President Trump was ahead (but keep counting in key places where he appeared behind).
Why it matters: None of the legal actions was poised to change the outcome, but the effort could delegitimize the 2020 election in the eyes of millions of Trump supporters even if the final math based on legitimate counts show Joe Biden the winner.
The big picture: The...",center
2087,"Trump's Doral, FL Resort Chosen to Host 2020 G-7 Summit","['G7 Summit', 'Donald Trump', 'Doral', 'Florida', 'International Relations', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump Chooses His Own Doral Resort to Host the Next G7 Summit,Daily Beast,"White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Thursday announced that President Trump will host next year’s G7 Summit of world leaders at his own Miami resort.
The summit will bring global publicity, as well as solidly booked rooms filled with hundreds of diplomats, their security, and press to the struggling Trump National Doral Miami resort. Profits at the Trump-owned golf club reportedly fell 70 percent after Trump began his run for president. The last time the G7 Summit was held in the United States, President Obama hosted international...",left
2088,"Trump's Doral, FL Resort Chosen to Host 2020 G-7 Summit","['G7 Summit', 'Donald Trump', 'Doral', 'Florida', 'International Relations', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump to hold 2020 G-7 at the Trump National Doral Miami,Washington Examiner,"White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Thursday that the 2020 G-7 summit will be held at one of President Trump's properties, despite opposition to Trump steering funds to his own business.
The summit will be held at the Trump National Doral Miami, Mulvaney told reporters at a White House briefing. He said the Trump property was the best possible facility and that Trump's business would not earn a profit.
""They are doing this at cost ... it will be dramatically cheaper for us to do it at...",right
2089,"Trump's Doral, FL Resort Chosen to Host 2020 G-7 Summit","['G7 Summit', 'Donald Trump', 'Doral', 'Florida', 'International Relations', 'White House', 'Politics']",US picks Trump resort for G-7; critics call choice ‘brazen’,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s suggestion that his Miami golf resort host next year’s Group of Seven summit became a reality Thursday, sparking an outcry from critics who called it the most blatant example yet of him using the power of his office to boost his business empire.
“There are folks who will never get over the fact that it’s a Trump property, but we’re still going to go there,” acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said in announcing Trump National Doral as host. “It’s not the...",left
2090,Jeff Bezos Lifts Off on Inaugural Space Voyage,"['General News', 'Space', 'Jeff Bezos', 'Science']","Jeff Bezos, world's richest man, carries out inaugural space voyage",Reuters,"Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man, and three crewmates soared high above the Texas desert aboard his space venture Blue Origin's New Shepard launch vehicle on Tuesday and returned to Earth, a historic suborbital flight that helps to inaugurate a new era of private commercial space tourism.
The spacecraft ignited its BE-3 engines for a liftoff from Blue Origin's Launch Site One facility about 20 miles (32 km) outside the rural town of Van Horn. There were generally clear skies with a few patchy clouds on a cool morning for the launch....",center
2091,Jeff Bezos Lifts Off on Inaugural Space Voyage,"['General News', 'Space', 'Jeff Bezos', 'Science']",Bezos and Blue Origin Crew Land After Short Flight to Space,New York Times (News),"Jeff Bezos, the richest human in the world, went to space on Tuesday. It was a brief jaunt — rising 60-some miles into the sky above West Texas — in a spacecraft that was built by Mr. Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin.
The flight, even though it did not enter orbit, was a milestone for the company that Mr. Bezos, the founder of Amazon, started more than 20 years ago, the first time a Blue Origin vehicle carried people to space.
That Mr. Bezos himself was seated in the capsule...",left
2092,Jeff Bezos Lifts Off on Inaugural Space Voyage,"['General News', 'Space', 'Jeff Bezos', 'Science']",Jeff Bezos Blasts Off to Space on Blue Origin’s First Manned Flight,National Review,"Billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos blasted off to space in his company Blue Origin’s first manned flight on Tuesday, over a week after Richard Branson reached sub-orbital space in his own craft.
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket launched on the anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, aiming to reach about 66 miles above the Earth’s surface. Also on board the rocket were Bezos’s brother Mark, aviation pioneer Wally Funk, and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen, who was initially scheduled to board Blue Origin’s second space flight.
The New Shepard is fully automated, meaning...",right
2093,"Poll: Barack and Michelle Obama Named Most Admired Man, Woman",['Politics'],Michelle Obama Ends Hillary Clinton's Run as Most Admired,Gallup,"For the first time in 17 years, a woman other than Hillary Clinton has been named by Americans as the woman they admire most. Former first lady Michelle",center
2094,"Poll: Barack and Michelle Obama Named Most Admired Man, Woman",['Politics'],"Michelle Obama has ended Hillary Clinton's 17-year run as 'most admired woman,' according to Gallup",ABC News (Online),"After almost two decades leading the pack, Hillary Clinton has ceded her title as ""most admired woman"" to former first lady Michelle Obama, who in recent months stepped into",left
2095,"Poll: Barack and Michelle Obama Named Most Admired Man, Woman",['Politics'],Michelle Obama topples Hillary Clinton in 'most admired' poll,Washington Times,"For the first time in 17 years, Hillary Clinton is not the “Most Admired Woman in America,” according to Gallup polling — Michelle Obama is.",right
2096,Senate GOP Defeats Subpoena for White House Documents,"['US Senate', 'White House', 'Ukraine', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']","Senate Republicans Block Schumer’s Attempt to Subpoena White House Witnesses, Docs",National Review,"After Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) proposed an amendment Tuesday to the rules for President Trump’s impeachment trial in order to subpoena witnesses and documents from the White House, it failed in a party-line vote.
All 53 Republicans in the GOP-controlled Senate voted against Schumer’s amendment, which asked for any records created by former national-security adviser John Bolton, Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, and Mulvaney aide Robert Blair regarding the White House’s dealings with Ukraine.
The current rules proposed by Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.)...",right
2097,Senate GOP Defeats Subpoena for White House Documents,"['US Senate', 'White House', 'Ukraine', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",GOP rejects effort to compel documents on delayed Ukraine aid,The Hill,"Senate Republicans on Tuesday rejected an opening effort by Democrats to compel the Trump administration to hand over documents related to the delayed Ukraine aid.
Democrats offered two amendments to the rules resolution that would have required the administration to turn over documents. Both were tabled, effectively blocking the requests, in back-to-back 53-47 votes.
The documents, according to Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.), would relate to conversations and documents between President Trump, top administration officials and Ukraine on the delayed funding, which was eventually released in September.
""No...",center
2098,Senate GOP Defeats Subpoena for White House Documents,"['US Senate', 'White House', 'Ukraine', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Senate impeachment trial: Republicans vote to table Schumer amendment seeking documents,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)Senate Republicans defeated an amendment from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday to subpoena the White House for Ukraine documents on the opening day of the bitterly fought impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
The amendment was killed by Republicans on a party-line vote, 53-47. Schumer is proposing additional amendments — including to subpoena the State Department — which are also likely to be defeated by Republicans as the Senate debates a resolution to set the rules of the trial.
The debate over the trial rules played out after...",left
2099,Biden Administration Plans to Significantly Reduce Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes,"['Biden Administration', 'Big Tobacco', 'Cancer', 'Cigarettes', 'Drug Addiction', 'FDA', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Health', 'Tobacco']",Biden Administration Targets Removal of Most Nicotine From Cigarettes,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Biden administration is moving forward on a plan to mandate the elimination of nearly all nicotine in cigarettes, a policy that would upend the $95 billion U.S. cigarette industry and, health officials say, prompt millions of people to quit smoking.
The plan, unveiled Tuesday as part of the administration’s agenda of regulatory actions, likely wouldn’t take effect for several years. The Food and Drug Administration plans to publish a proposed rule in May 2023. Then it would invite public comments before publishing a final rule. Tobacco companies could then sue,...",center
2100,Biden Administration Plans to Significantly Reduce Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes,"['Biden Administration', 'Big Tobacco', 'Cancer', 'Cigarettes', 'Drug Addiction', 'FDA', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Health', 'Tobacco']",Biden wants to place limits on nicotine levels in cigarettes,New York Post (News),"The Biden administration on Tuesday said it wants to cap the amount of nicotine allowed in cigarettes as part of an effort to stem addiction and reduce smoking-related deaths.
The initiative — which is sure to face pushback from the tobacco industry — was announced as part of the White House’s list of planned federal regulatory actions, released twice a year.
“This proposed rule is a tobacco product standard that would establish a maximum nicotine level in cigarettes and certain finished tobacco products,” the administration said.
Noting that “tobacco-related harms” primarily result...",right
2101,Biden Administration Plans to Significantly Reduce Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes,"['Biden Administration', 'Big Tobacco', 'Cancer', 'Cigarettes', 'Drug Addiction', 'FDA', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Health', 'Tobacco']",F.D.A. Set to Propose Lower Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes,New York Times (News),"The Food and Drug Administration is planning to require tobacco companies to slash the amount of nicotine in traditional cigarettes to make them less addictive, a move intended to reduce smoking, according to a notice posted Tuesday on a U.S. government website.
According to the notice, “this proposed rule is a tobacco product standard that would establish a maximum nicotine level in cigarettes and certain finished tobacco products. Because tobacco-related harms primarily result from addiction to products that repeatedly expose users to toxins, F.D.A. would take this action to reduce addictiveness...",left
2102,DNA Not Patentable,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court Says Human Genes Aren't Patentable,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that human genes isolated from the body can't be patented, a victory for doctors and patients who argued that such patents interfere with scientific research and the practice of medicine.
The court was handing down one of its most significant rulings in the age of molecular medicine, deciding who may own the fundamental building blocks of life.
The case involved Myriad Genetics Inc., which holds patents related to two genes, known as BRCA1 and BRCA2, that can indicate whether a woman has a heightened...",center
2103,DNA Not Patentable,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court DNA Ruling: Court Says Human Genes Cannot Be Patented,HuffPost,"The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that companies cannot patent parts of naturally-occurring human genes, a decision with the potential to profoundly affect the emerging and lucrative medical and biotechnology industries.
The high court's unanimous judgment reverses three decades of patent awards by government officials. It throws out patents held by Myriad Genetics Inc. on an increasingly popular breast cancer test brought into the public eye recently by actress Angelina Jolie's revelation that she had a double mastectomy because of one of the genes involved in this case.",left
2104,DNA Not Patentable,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court rules human genes cannot be patented,Fox News (Online News),"The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that companies cannot patent parts of naturally-occurring human genes, a decision with the potential to profoundly affect the emerging and lucrative medical and biotechnology industries.
The high court's unanimous judgment reverses three decades of patent awards by government officials. It throws out patents held by Salt Lake City-based Myriad Genetics Inc. on an increasingly popular breast cancer test brought into the public eye recently by actress Angelina Jolie's revelation that she had a double mastectomy because of one of the genes involved in this...",right
2105,Amtrak Derailment,"['Transportation', 'General News']","Amtrak Train Derails in Philadelphia, Killing at Least 6 and Injuring Dozens",New York Times (News),"Emergency workers here on Wednesday searched through the wreckage of a New York-bound Amtrak train that derailed and overturned late Tuesday, killing six people, injuring dozens more, and disrupting train service for thousands of riders in the Northeast region.",left
2106,Amtrak Derailment,"['Transportation', 'General News']","'Absolute disastrous mess': 6 dead, 150 injured after Amtrak train derails",CNN (Online News),"As day broke in Philadelphia on Wednesday, rescue workers were still searching inside the mangled wreckage of an Amtrak train that derailed the night before, killing at least six people and sending another 150 to various hospitals.",left
2107,Amtrak Derailment,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Death toll in Philadelphia Amtrak crash reaches 6; federal investigators on scene,Fox News (Online News),A sixth person has died from the Amtrak derailment near Philadelphia Tuesday night that left a horrific scene of twisted metal and badly injured commuters on one of the nation's busiest train lines.,right
2108,Trump is Happy with Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Trump Economic Advisor Says Trump Deserves No Credit for Strong Jobs Report,Vanity Fair,"Earlier today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released payroll data that showed the U.S. added 235,000 jobs in February. Naturally, Donald Trump commemorated the event on his favorite social- media platform, retweeting the Drudge Report headline “GREAT AGAIN: +235,000,” while his chief of staff, Reince Priebus,tweeted “
.@POTUS
Trump delivers in first #JobsReport. 235,000 new jobs and unemployment rate down to 4.7%. Great news for American workers!” What Team Trump didn’t mention, though, was that in February 2016, the U.S. adde",left
2109,Trump is Happy with Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],No ‘phony’ business: Trump now a believer in government jobs report,Washington Times,"President Trump, who as a candidate often criticized the government’s jobs’ reports during the Obama administration as “phony,” became a believer on Friday.
The Labor Department, now part of the Trump administration, reported Friday that employers added 235,000 jobs in Mr. Trump’s first full month in office, and the unemployment rate dropped slightly to 4.7 percent.",right
2110,Trump is Happy with Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"White House on Jobs Numbers: ‘Phony’ Under Obama, but ‘Real’ Now",Wall Street Journal (News),"Donald Trump’s spokesman acknowledged on Friday that the White House was now cheering U.S. job growth figures that Mr. Trump routinely dismissed on the campaign trail as misleading: “They may have been phony in the past,” press secretary Sean Spicer said with a smile, “but it’s very real now.”",center
2111,Schools and Parents Spar Over Books on LGBTQ+ Issues in School Libraries,"['Education', 'Censorship', 'Free Speech', 'Children', 'Schools', 'Texas', 'LGBT Issues', 'Race And Racism', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Culture', 'Culture War', 'Woke Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'Sex', 'Sex Education']",Banned: Books on race and sexuality are disappearing from Texas schools in record numbers,NBC News (Online),"KATY, Texas — From a secluded spot in her high school library, a 17-year-old girl spoke softly into her cellphone, worried that someone might overhear her say the things she’d hidden from her parents for years. They don’t know she’s queer, the student told a reporter, and given their past comments about homosexuality’s being a sin, she’s long feared they would learn her secret if they saw what she reads in the library.
That space, with its endless rows of books about characters from all sorts of backgrounds, has been...",left
2112,Schools and Parents Spar Over Books on LGBTQ+ Issues in School Libraries,"['Education', 'Censorship', 'Free Speech', 'Children', 'Schools', 'Texas', 'LGBT Issues', 'Race And Racism', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Culture', 'Culture War', 'Woke Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'Sex', 'Sex Education']","Students Slam School Board Over Book Review Order, Say It's Hurting 'Honor Students'",Newsweek,"Students have slammed a Texas school board's ""book review"" order that would allow board members to ban books from district schools without public comment. At least one of the students pointed out that the Granbury Independent School District's (GISD) plan would most hurt ""honor students"" looking to advance their studies with advanced texts.
The students commented against the policy at a Tuesday meeting of the school board in Granbury, Texas, a town of roughly 11,000 people just southwest of Fort Worth.
""I simply want to emphasize who it is that...",center
2113,Schools and Parents Spar Over Books on LGBTQ+ Issues in School Libraries,"['Education', 'Censorship', 'Free Speech', 'Children', 'Schools', 'Texas', 'LGBT Issues', 'Race And Racism', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Culture', 'Culture War', 'Woke Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'Sex', 'Sex Education']",‘My Duty as a Parent’: Inside the Fight to Remove Sexualized Content From School Libraries,The Epoch Times,"Something on television caught the attention of Stacy Langton, a mother of six living in northern Virginia, when she was cooking dinner for her family in mid-September 2021.
“Write a sex scene you wouldn’t show your mom; write an X-rated Disney scenario,” read the TV news reporter, showing prompts given to students of a writing class at a public high school in Hudson, Ohio.
“What the heck is going on?” Langton said to herself.
All her children went to Catholic schools before high school, so she didn’t have much experience with public...",right
2114,Biden Administration to Allow Some Asylum Seekers to Enter US After Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy,"['Immigration', 'Asylum Seekers', 'Joe Biden', 'Homeland Security', 'Alejandro Mayorkas', 'Mexico', 'Remain In Mexico', 'Trump Administration']",Biden admin to begin processing asylum-seekers who were forced to 'Remain in Mexico' under Trump,NBC News (Online),"Next week, the Biden administration will begin processing immigrants who have been waiting, often in poor conditions, under the Trump-era ""Remain in Mexico"" policy, and allowing them to live in the U.S. while they await rulings on their asylum cases, administration officials said Thursday.
The policy, also known as Migrant Protection Protocol or MPP, began in January 2019 and has been criticized as inhumane by international organizations as Central Americans often went without adequate shelter and became the targets of violence in Mexico as they waited months or more than...",left
2115,Biden Administration to Allow Some Asylum Seekers to Enter US After Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy,"['Immigration', 'Asylum Seekers', 'Joe Biden', 'Homeland Security', 'Alejandro Mayorkas', 'Mexico', 'Remain In Mexico', 'Trump Administration']",Biden to begin allowing migrants forced to wait in Mexico to enter U.S.,Axios,"The Biden administration will soon slowly begin allowing asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexican border towns under former President Trump's ""Remain in Mexico"" policy to enter the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security announced Friday.
Why it matters: President Biden has promised to end the Trump administration's Migrant Protection Protocols program, as it is formally called, which forced tens of thousands of migrants into dangerous, squalid conditions in Mexico as they awaited court proceedings. DHS estimates that there are about 25,000 migrants in the MPP program who have active...",center
2116,Biden Administration to Allow Some Asylum Seekers to Enter US After Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy,"['Immigration', 'Asylum Seekers', 'Joe Biden', 'Homeland Security', 'Alejandro Mayorkas', 'Mexico', 'Remain In Mexico', 'Trump Administration']",Biden to allow into US thousands of asylum-seekers who were forced to remain in Mexico,Washington Examiner,"The Biden administration will begin allowing Central American asylum-seekers who had been forced to remain in Mexico into the United States to have their claims heard.
The Department of Homeland Security announced Friday that starting Feb. 19, the thousands of migrants who had been forced to wait in Mexico for months under the Trump administration's Migrant Protection Protocols will be allowed into the U.S. for processing. Approximately 25,000 asylum-seekers have open, undecided cases and will be brought in.
“As President Biden has made clear, the U.S. government is committed to...",right
2117,Clinton Questioned by FBI,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']","FBI Interviews Clinton, Signaling Email Probe Could Be Nearing End",Washington Post,FBI agents interviewed Hillary Clinton for 3½ hours Saturday morning — a signal that the investigation into her use of a private email account while she was secretary of state is drawing to a close.,left
2118,Clinton Questioned by FBI,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Clinton questioned by FBI as part of email probe,CNN (Online News),"Hillary Clinton met with the FBI for three and a half hours Saturday as part of the investigation into her use of a private email server while leading the State Department, her campaign said.",left
2119,Clinton Questioned by FBI,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Clinton gives ‘voluntary interview’ to FBI over email account,Washington Times,Hillary Clinton submitted to an interview with the FBI on Saturday as the Obama administration nears completion of its investigation into her use of a secret email server during her time as State Department secretary.,right
2120,"Hurricane Florence Leaves 8 Dead, Nearly 1 Million Without Power","['Disaster', 'General News']","'Uninvited brute' Florence leaves 8 dead, nearly 1 million without power",USA TODAY,A weakened Florence slowed to a crawl over South Carolina on Saturday as it began a slow trek to the west but continued to batter the region with storms surges and heavy flooding from as much as 15 more inches of rain.,left
2121,"Hurricane Florence Leaves 8 Dead, Nearly 1 Million Without Power","['Disaster', 'General News']",Slow-moving Tropical Storm Florence claims at least 7 lives in Carolinas as rainfall continues,Fox News (Online News),"Officials in South Carolina confirmed the state’s first fatality from the still dangerous Tropical Storm Florence, bringing the storm’s total death toll to at least seven so far.",right
2122,"Hurricane Florence Leaves 8 Dead, Nearly 1 Million Without Power","['Disaster', 'General News']","Hurricane Florence catastrophic flooding, rescues, and deaths: what we know",Vox,"As of Saturday afternoon, more than 35 inches of rain had fallen in Surf City on the North Carolina coast. That’s an enormous amount of water to fall in two days. And more is on the way.",left
2123,Texas Man Arrested For Voting While On Parole,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Texas', '2020 Election', 'Elections']",Twice-convicted man arrested in Texas after allegedly voting while on probation,Fox News (Online News),"A twice-convicted felon who allegedly voted while on probation was arrested and charged in Houston earlier this week. 
Convicted felons are not eligible to vote in Texas until they are ""fully discharged"" of their sentence, including probation.
""I wanted to get my vote in to voice my opinion,"" Hervis Rogers told KPRC 2 back in March 2020, during the Democratic primary on the campus of Texas Southern University. ""I wasn’t going to let nothing stop me,"" he added.
Rogers had a Harris County voter registration card and even waited in line to cast his ballot for seven hours. ...",right
2124,Texas Man Arrested For Voting While On Parole,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Texas', '2020 Election', 'Elections']",A Houston Man Is Arrested For Alleged Illegal Voting As Texas GOP Seeks Tighter Laws,NPR (Online News),"When Hervis Rogers went viral on social media for being the last person in line at Texas Southern University to cast a vote at 1 a.m. on Super Tuesday in March 2020, he was applauded as a tenacious, civic-minded man who worked hard to exercise his right to vote.
Now, Rogers is being prosecuted by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office for allegedly voting illegally.
The arrest came just one day before the Texas Legislature convened on Thursday to begin a special session, where a controversial voting bill is on the agenda. Republicans in favor of new...",left
2125,Texas Man Arrested For Voting While On Parole,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Texas', '2020 Election', 'Elections']",A Texas man was arrested on charges that he voted in the 2020 Democratic primary while on parole. He could face as much as 20 years in prison.,Washington Post,"Hervis Rogers was so intent on casting a ballot in last year’s presidential primary that he waited six hours to vote, catching the attention of a CNN news crew when he became the last person to do so at his Houston polling place.
Rogers, now 62, debated leaving, he told CNN’s Ed Lavandera as he exited a polling center at Texas Southern University after midnight on March 4. “But I said to myself, ‘Nah. Don’t do that.’ It was set up for me to walk away, but I said, ‘No, I’m not going to...",left
2126,Fiscal Cliff Analysis,[],Boehner's Test: Keep GOP Ranks Behind Him,Wall Street Journal (News),"Republican House Speaker John Boehner once again is locked in contentious budget talks, which in the past have ended badly. This time, he is leading negotiations after months spent quietly winning the backing of his own party.",center
2127,Fiscal Cliff Analysis,[],What Happens If We Fall Off The 'Fiscal Cliff'?,NPR (Online News),"Lines of communication remain open in an effort to avert the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts known as the ""fiscal cliff,"" according to the White House and House Speaker John Boehner.",left
2128,Fiscal Cliff Analysis,[],The game plan at the lip of the fiscal cliff,Washington Times,"Barack Obama aint afraid of no stinkin fiscal cliff. Why should he be? When the rest of us go over the cliff, doomed to pain and oblivion among the soup cans, plastic bags and empty soda-pop bottles at the bottom of the abyss, hell be soaring over the rooftops as only a tin-pot messiah can.",right
2129,Violence In Missouri,['Violence In America'],Night of Unrest Over Police Killing of St. Louis Teenager,New York Times (News),"A vigil on Sunday for an unarmed black teenager shot and killed by a police officer in a St. Louis suburb was followed by angry demonstrations overnight after protesters took to the streets, looting stores, vandalizing cars and confronting the police.",left
2130,Violence In Missouri,['Violence In America'],"After deadly police shooting, violence and uncertainty in Missouri suburb",CNN (Online News),"The morning after a peaceful candlelit vigil for a teenager fatally shot by police disintegrated into violence and looting, the mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, called for calm.",left
2131,Violence In Missouri,['Violence In America'],"Protest over black Missouri teenager's shooting by police turns to looting, vandalism",Fox News (Online News),"What began as a peaceful protest of the shooting of an 18-year-old unarmed black man by a police officer in a St. Louis suburb turned into what the town's mayor called a ""huge mess"" as several businesses were looted and cars were vandalized.",right
2132,"Wall Street Continues to Slide Amid Inflation, Interest Rate Hikes and More","['Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Stock Market', 'Wall Street', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Bitcoin', 'Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates', 'Inflation', 'Trade', 'Supply Chains']","Wall Street, dragged down by tech stocks, racks up more heavy losses",Washington Post,"Global markets convulsed Monday, with U.S. stocks dipping 1.5 percent or more as the uncertainty caused by slowing growth, roaring inflation, war in Ukraine and the pandemic continue to spook investors.
The Nasdaq continued to lead the losses as investors moved away from highflying tech stocks, shedding 3.8 percent in afternoon trading. April was the worst month for the index since 2008, with jitters sending investors running for cover.",left
2133,"Wall Street Continues to Slide Amid Inflation, Interest Rate Hikes and More","['Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Stock Market', 'Wall Street', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Bitcoin', 'Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates', 'Inflation', 'Trade', 'Supply Chains']","Bitcoin dips below $31,000, days after topping $40,000, as crypto is hit alongside Nasdaq stocks",CNBC,"Bitcoin extended sharp losses Monday, falling below $31,000 after touching a recent high of $40,000 last week.
The price of bitcoin was last down 10.9% at $30,812.07, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier in the day, it fell as low as $30,675.44, its weakest point since last July when Bitcoin traded as low as $29,839.80 – the last time bitcoin traded below $30,000. It’s about 53% from its all-time high, which it hit in November. Ether fell 10.8% to $2,278.43.
Cryptocurrencies have been steadily extending their declines since Thursday, when they fell sharply amid a broader...",center
2134,"Wall Street Continues to Slide Amid Inflation, Interest Rate Hikes and More","['Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Stock Market', 'Wall Street', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Bitcoin', 'Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates', 'Inflation', 'Trade', 'Supply Chains']","Dow drops 400 points on rate hikes, China factory slowdowns",New York Post (News),"The Dow fell by more than 400 points after the opening bell on Monday, extending Wall Street’s losing streak as investors took stock of rising yields on government bonds as well as economic slowdowns in China caused by the ongoing pandemic.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 420 points, or 1.28%, while S&P 500 was trading lower by 1.64%. The Nasdaq fell 2% after trading opened on Monday.",right
2135,Biden Says US Will Reach 100 Million Vaccine Goal Friday,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",Biden touts delivery of 100 million COVID-19 shots 'weeks ahead of schedule',Yahoo News,"President Biden may not be a self-promoter on par with his predecessor, Donald Trump, but he is also not above touting his own accomplishments. That was what he did on Thursday, using a White House address to announce that he would reach his goal of having 100 million coronavirus vaccine shots administered to Americans on Friday, well ahead of schedule.
“I’m proud to announce that tomorrow, 58 days into our administration, we will have met my goal of administering 100 million shots to our fellow Americans,” Biden said. “That’s weeks...",left
2136,Biden Says US Will Reach 100 Million Vaccine Goal Friday,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","Biden says US will meet his goal of 100M COVID-19 shots on Friday, beating goal",Washington Examiner,"President Biden announced his administration will meet its goal of administering 100 million COVID-19 shots in his first 100 days on Friday, the 58th day of his term.
In an address on Thursday, he said the latest statistics showed that 99.2 million vaccinations had been delivered so far.
He credited his use of the wartime Defense Production Act, a deal between pharmaceutical rivals, and the success of pop-up mobile vaccination sites for reaching the target early but urged people not to let down their guard.
""This is a time for...",right
2137,Biden Says US Will Reach 100 Million Vaccine Goal Friday,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",Biden Administration To Meet Goal Of 100 Million Vaccine Doses On Friday,NPR (Online News),"President Biden said on Thursday that his administration would reach its initial goal of administering 100 million shots of the COVID-19 vaccines well ahead of his initial 100-day benchmark.
Biden said that the goal of 100 million shots would be achieved on Friday, which will be 58 days into his presidency.
He said he would announce his next vaccination goal next week.
""We need millions more to get vaccinated,"" Biden said, urging people to get the vaccine when it's their turn and to take other precautions to stop the spread....",left
2138,"Rick Perry Links Fossil Fuels with Decreased Sexual Assault, Draws Controversy",['Energy'],Perry links fossil fuel development to preventing sexual assault,The Hill,Energy Secretary Rick Perry suggested Thursday that expanding the use of fossil fuels could help prevent sexual assault.,center
2139,"Rick Perry Links Fossil Fuels with Decreased Sexual Assault, Draws Controversy",['Energy'],The Hill's stupid coverage of Rick Perry's sexual assault comment is why nobody trusts the media,Washington Examiner,"It's almost the perfect tweet for press coverage of the Trump administration. A Trump administration official makes a claim, poorly articulated, and a reporter wryly and snarkily reduces that argument to a stupid and overly simplistic format. The Hill — maybe the worst offender in this regard -- tweets out that reductive and misleading formulation, and it goes viral.",right
2140,"Rick Perry Links Fossil Fuels with Decreased Sexual Assault, Draws Controversy",['Energy'],Rick Perry actually tried to argue that fossil fuels can help fight sexual assault,Vox,This is not the Onion.,left
2141,Final Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Debate Takeaway: Little Daylight Between Obama, Romney",NPR (Online News),"In at least one sense, the final presidential debate of the year looked a lot like the previous ones between Mitt Romney and President Obama. Regardless of what they were asked, each offered talking points he had prepared and was determined to make. The candidates, not moderator Bob Schieffer of CBS News, set both the tone and the pace of the debate.",left
2142,Final Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Pundits Proclaim: Romney Passes ‘Commander-in-Chief Test’,Newsmax (News),"Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney may have exchanged a tactical defeat for a strategic victory in Mondays foreign policy debate, losing on points to the president by most accounts but scoring a solid performance that left major pundits declaring he had passed “the commander in chief test in resounding fashion.",right
2143,Final Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Chief in Command: Obama, Romney Agree On Foreign Policy",HuffPost,"There may be a presidential election around the corner, but voters won't have two competing foreign policies to choose from at the ballot box, at least among the major parties.",left
2144,FDA Advisory Panel Backs Pfizer Vaccine for Kids Ages 5 to 11,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Pfizer', 'Children', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",FDA advisory panel recommends Pfizer vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11,NPR (Online News),"A panel of independent advisers to the Food and Drug Administration is recommending that the agency issue an emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 years old. The vote was 17 in favor and one abstention.
The FDA panel accepted Pfizer's data indicating the vaccine is safe and 90.7% effective in preventing COVID-19 infections in this age group.
The agency typically goes along with the advice of its expert panels, though it isn't bound to do so. It will issue a decision within the next several...",left
2145,FDA Advisory Panel Backs Pfizer Vaccine for Kids Ages 5 to 11,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Pfizer', 'Children', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",FDA advisers back Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for kids 5 to 11 years old,CBS News (Online),"Pfizer's request to roll out COVID-19 vaccines for Americans as young as 5 years old cleared a key regulatory hurdle Tuesday, after a panel of the Food and Drug Administration's outside vaccine advisers voted by a majority to back Pfizer's request. 
The vote is a crucial step towards vaccinations for younger children, but not the final word. If the FDA decides to formally authorize the vaccine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must also weigh in with its own recommendations before shots can be rolled out. 
""I do think we need it as...",left
2146,FDA Advisory Panel Backs Pfizer Vaccine for Kids Ages 5 to 11,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Pfizer', 'Children', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",FDA advisers recommend Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5 to 11,Washington Examiner,"Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended on Wednesday that children ages 5 to 11 receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
The FDA's advisory committee announced the decision after a study found that the benefits for children who receive inoculation far outweigh the potential risks of cardiac arrest symptoms, according to the Washington Post.
The panel voted unanimously to support the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children. Next, a group of advisers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to have a conference on Nov. 2 regarding the use of the vaccine for children, after...",right
2147,OPEC+ Agrees To Boost Oil Production as Gas Prices Remain High Worldwide,"['Energy', 'Trade', 'OPEC', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Russia', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices', 'World', 'Supply Chains', 'Transportation', 'Economy And Jobs']",OPEC+ brings forward oil output rises as Biden's Saudi visit looms,Reuters,Saudi Arabia and other OPEC+ states agreed to bring forward oil production rises to offset Russian output losses to ease surging oil prices and inflation and smooth the way for an ice-breaking visit to Riyadh by U.S. President Joe Biden.,center
2148,OPEC+ Agrees To Boost Oil Production as Gas Prices Remain High Worldwide,"['Energy', 'Trade', 'OPEC', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Russia', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices', 'World', 'Supply Chains', 'Transportation', 'Economy And Jobs']","Opec agrees to ramp up oil production, but fails to exclude Russia",The Guardian,"The Opec oil cartel and its allies have agreed to ramp up production of crude amid a surge in global demand, but did not exclude Russia from contributing to future increases despite its invasion of Ukraine.
Ministers representing Opec’s 13 members and 10 non-Opec producers led by Russia, a grouping called Opec+, said on Thursday they would increase output by nearly 650,000 barrels a day in July and August, nearly two-thirds more than previously planned rises of about 400,000 barrels a day.",left
2149,OPEC+ Agrees To Boost Oil Production as Gas Prices Remain High Worldwide,"['Energy', 'Trade', 'OPEC', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Russia', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices', 'World', 'Supply Chains', 'Transportation', 'Economy And Jobs']",OPEC+ announces oil production boost following international pressure,Washington Examiner,"OPEC+ pledged on Thursday to increase oil production further after resisting repeated calls by the Biden administration and other nations to do so to tame high prices.
The cartel, which includes nonmember Russia, committed to raising its collective production by 648,000 barrels per day beginning in July, a roughly 200,000-barrel-per-day increase from its recent monthly production increase targets.
The group's announcement said members took into account reopening from lockdowns ""in major global economic centers,"" likely referring to China. It also said it expects global refinery intake to increase following maintenance.",right
2150,"Before RNC, Clinton Leads in Polls","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton holds narrow lead of Trump on Eve of conventions,Washington Post,"On the eve of two national political conventions thatwill shape the images of the major party presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are in a competitive contest nationally but with the presumptive Republican nominee facing deficits on key character attributes and issues, of according to A new Washington Post-ABC News poll .",left
2151,"Before RNC, Clinton Leads in Polls","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump panic drives progressives toward Clinton,Politico,"The Democratic convention that will nominate Hillary Clinton for president is just a week away, but you wouldn’t have known it at the annual Netroots Nation Conference this year.
The buttons sported by attendees and the placards festooned around the convention hall here supported the Black Lives Matter movement or opposed the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. Beyond a video message sent to the annual progressive gathering by Clinton, there was little other evidence of her campaign.
Story Continued Below",left
2152,"Before RNC, Clinton Leads in Polls","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",ABC/WashPost Poll: Clinton Losing Ground Among Women,Newsmax (News),"Hillary Clinton has a narrow lead of just 4 points over Donald Trump in a new national poll released Sunday.
Clinton is backed by 47 percent of voters nationally in an ABC News/Washington Post poll. Trump",right
2153,Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Indicted On Corruption Charges,"['World', 'Elections', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Israeli Elections', 'Corruption', 'Crime', 'International Affairs', 'Israel']",Explainer: What are the allegations against Israel's Netanyahu?,Al Jazeera,"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted on corruption charges on Thursday, presenting one of the gravest challenges yet to Israel's longest-serving leader.
Netanyahu, 70, denies all wrongdoing but now finds himself stuck in political and legal limbo. He has failed to put together a government after two inconclusive elections this year, and now faces a legal process that could drag on for years. Following is a guide to the criminal cases against him:",left
2154,Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Indicted On Corruption Charges,"['World', 'Elections', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Israeli Elections', 'Corruption', 'Crime', 'International Affairs', 'Israel']",Netanyahu indicted on corruption charges,The Hill,"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted in three corruption cases, marking the first time a sitting head of state in Israel will face criminal charges.
Netanyahu was charged Thursday with bribery, fraud and breach of trust. The indictment follows a four-day hearing last month with the prime minister’s defense team.
The first case, which is considered to be the most serious, accuses Netanyahu of bribery for allegedly engaging in a quid pro quo deal with businessman and media mogul Shaul Elovich in which Netnayahu, during his tenure as...",center
2155,Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Indicted On Corruption Charges,"['World', 'Elections', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Israeli Elections', 'Corruption', 'Crime', 'International Affairs', 'Israel']","Benjamin Netanyahu is indicted for fraud, breach of trust and bribery by Israel's attorney general",Daily Mail,"Israel's attorney general has formally charged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a series of corruption scandals.
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit issued an indictment today charging Netanyahu with fraud, breach of trust and bribery. He was scheduled to address reporters later.
Netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing in the three corruption cases, saying he is a victim of a political witch-hunt.
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit disclosed his decision at a news conference at 7.30pm local time, a Justice Ministry statement said.",right
2156,Robin Williams Dead at 63,['Culture'],Robin Williams' Humor Masked His Disease,Newsmax (News),"When someone as sparklingly witty as Robin Williams commits suicide -- as the actor, once named the funniest person alive by Entertainment Weekly, apparently did last night -- our first reaction is disbelief at the incongruity. Perhaps it shouldn't be. Psychologists believe that some styles of humor can mask a greater susceptibility to depression. In fact, a certain sense of humor may be a symptom of a widespread, often untreated disease that disables and kills.
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Urgent: Should Obamacare Be Repealed? Vote...",right
2157,Robin Williams Dead at 63,['Culture'],Robin Williams' co-stars saw loving side till the end,USA TODAY,"Actress Marilu Henner recalls how elated she was to see her longtime friend Robin Williams looking so fit on the set of The Crazy Ones this spring.
""I could not believe how handsome and healthy he seemed,"" Henner says. ""You can tell that about someone right away. He seemed to have this aura about him.""
""But you don't really know what lies beneath,"" Henner says, choking up. ""It makes me so sad that it came to this.""",left
2158,Robin Williams Dead at 63,['Culture'],Robin Williams Dead: Beloved Actor Dies In Apparent Suicide,HuffPost,"Beloved actor Robin Williams was found dead on Monday, police reported.
He was 63.
The apparent cause of death was suicide by asphyxiation, authorities said. According to his publicist, Williams had been battling severe depression and spent time in rehab as recently as July.
Police said that Williams was found unconscious around noon in his home in Tiburon, California, near San Francisco.",left
2159,McConnell Criticized for Suggesting States be Allowed to Seek Bankruptcy,"['Economic Policy', 'Role Of Government', 'US Senate', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus']",Scalise Backs Bankruptcy for States Over Bailouts — Let’s Make Sure States Spend Most Recent Money ‘Properly’,Breitbart News,"During a Thursday interview on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) reacted to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) saying he favors allowing states to declare bankruptcy instead of a bailout from the federal government.
Scalise argued that instead of bailing out states that were having financial problems prior to the coronavirus pandemic, states should show they are “properly” spending the relief money from the CARES Act.
“Let’s keep in mind, we’ve spent trillions of dollars to try to keep our economy held together, to keep small...",right
2160,McConnell Criticized for Suggesting States be Allowed to Seek Bankruptcy,"['Economic Policy', 'Role Of Government', 'US Senate', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus']",Mitch McConnell’s worst idea — maybe ever,Jennifer Rubin,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was dead-set against giving unrestricted funds to states and local governments in the covid-19 relief bill the Senate passed Tuesday. Instead, he wants states to be able to declare bankruptcy, which would mean pension plans, government contractors, union workers and a whole slew of other stakeholders would suffer. He blithely declares, after spending trillions of dollars on everything from airline bailouts to small-business loans to enhanced employment that we shouldn’t borrow to fund state and local governments. He might want to check back with...",left
2161,McConnell Criticized for Suggesting States be Allowed to Seek Bankruptcy,"['Economic Policy', 'Role Of Government', 'US Senate', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus']",Mitch McConnell gets bipartisan blowback for pushing bankruptcy over federal aid for reeling states,The Week - News,"The House is expected to clear a $484 billion coronavirus relief package to replenish a small-business loan programs Thursday, sending it to President Trump's desk. Democrats won $100 billion for hospitals and national coronavirus testing in the legislation, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked a Democratic push to include $150 billion for states and local governments. The White House said those funds would be included in the next rescue bill, but McConnell pushed the ""pause button"" on more aid packages Tuesday, telling The Wall Street Journal he's now worried...",left
2162,Trump Considering National Emergency Declaration To Fund Border Wall,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","National Emergency Powers and Trump’s Border Wall, Explained",New York Times (News),"As the budget standoff between President Trump and congressional Democrats grinds into the third week of a partial government shutdown, the White House has floated the idea that Mr. Trump might invoke emergency powers to build his proposed wall on the Mexican border without lawmakers’ approval.",left
2163,Trump Considering National Emergency Declaration To Fund Border Wall,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Trump Eyes Untested Emergency Power to Fund Wall, Skirt Congress",Bloomberg,"President Donald Trump is eager to invoke a national emergency to bypass an unwilling Congress and build a border wall, according to two people familiar with his thinking, a dramatic move that would test the limits of presidential power.",left
2164,Trump Considering National Emergency Declaration To Fund Border Wall,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Pence: Trump Still 'Considering' National Emergency Declaration,Newsmax (News),"Vice President Mike Pence, while making appearances on three network news programs Tuesday morning, said President Donald Trump is still ""looking at and considering"" whether he should declare the situation at the nation's southern border as a national emergency.",right
2165,Biden Reaches 100 Days In Office,"['Joe Biden', 'Politics', 'White House', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Bipartisanship', 'Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Coronavirus']",Biden's 1st 100 Days: A Look By The Numbers,NPR (Online News),"As far as artificial milestones go, few dates seem to carry as much weight as a new president's 100th day in office. It's a date that former Obama adviser David Axelrod once referred to as a ""Hallmark holiday."" In other words, it gets lots of attention but has no actual significance.
For better or worse, marking the first 100 days has become a time-honored tradition in Washington. For that, President Biden has Franklin D. Roosevelt to thank. Over the course of his first 100 days in office, FDR not only...",left
2166,Biden Reaches 100 Days In Office,"['Joe Biden', 'Politics', 'White House', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Bipartisanship', 'Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Coronavirus']",Biden's first 100 days: What he's gotten done,CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden has moved fast since his January 20 swearing-in, signing a $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill into law less than two months into his term and issuing more executive orders so far than his three predecessors.
Those efforts have paid off, with the administration reaching the milestones of 200 million coronavirus shots delivered and vaccine eligibility opened to everyone 16 and over before Biden's 100th day in office. Unemployment is falling, with new jobless claims hitting a pandemic low, and schools are reopening for in-person learning, returning kids...",left
2167,Biden Reaches 100 Days In Office,"['Joe Biden', 'Politics', 'White House', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Bipartisanship', 'Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Coronavirus']","Biden's promises, 100 days into his term: Status check",Fox News (Online News),"President Biden Thursday reached the 100th day of his presidency, an unofficial benchmark often used to reflect on how well a president is adjusting to his new office and whether he is fulfilling his campaign promises.
Biden's administration has gotten off to a fast start on a number of fronts. He proposed approximately $6 trillion in spending in three massive packages, issued a flurry of executive orders and has backed a variety of other causes, from D.C. statehood to voting bills.
The new president has had mixed results on...",right
2168,Perspectives: Fourth of July 2021,"['Fourth Of July', 'Holidays', 'American Flag', 'Polarization', 'History', 'American Heritage', 'General News']",It's July 4 and America's back,Axios,"Americans may have fallen short of President Biden's July 4 vaccination goal, but by most measures, we should be thankful for how far we've come in the past year.
The big picture: Last July 4, many Americans were hunkering down in their backyards with small cookouts, and travel was way down. This year, most adults have at least some vaccine protection, travel is back up, and most Americans are ready to move on with their lives.
By the numbers: As of Saturday, 67% of U.S. adults have gotten at least one vaccine dose, according to the Centers...",center
2169,Perspectives: Fourth of July 2021,"['Fourth Of July', 'Holidays', 'American Flag', 'Polarization', 'History', 'American Heritage', 'General News']",The Declaration of Independence’s debt to Black America,Washington Post,"In his famous Independence Day oration of 1852, Frederick Douglass asked, “What to the American slave is your Fourth of July?” If we turn that around and ask, “What to the Fourth of July were African Americans?,” we can only answer: “A lot.”
African Americans played a crucial, if often overlooked, role in their White owners’ and neighbors’ decision to declare independence from Britain.
Starting in November 1774 — five months before the Battles of Lexington and Concord — Blacks in the Virginia Piedmont gathered to assess how to use...",left
2170,Perspectives: Fourth of July 2021,"['Fourth Of July', 'Holidays', 'American Flag', 'Polarization', 'History', 'American Heritage', 'General News']","Happy birthday to a great and good nation, the USA",Washington Examiner,"As this great nation celebrates its 245th birthday, it is time to fight back, hard, against the critical race theory and 1619 Project lies claiming that the founding was motivated largely by racism and slavery.
When even the National Archives, the repository of the original Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, wastes huge amounts of time and money in a mendacious initiative adopting the 1619 Project’s slander of the founding and of the nation, it is clear that the battle for the truth of our nation’s origins must be joined.
The truth remains, as it was...",right
2171,Iran Deal Reactions,['Middle East'],What Congress could do to block Obama's Iran deal,Vox,"This week, the US and Iran laid out a framework for the broad strokes of a deal to limit Iran's nuclear program. But now, members of Congress are trying to weigh in — and potentially kill it. Can they?
A proposed bill from Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) would create a path to block Obama from carrying out a key feature of any eventual agreement — lifting the Congressional sanctions on Iran — if veto-proof supermajorities in each chamber voted to disapprove the deal.",left
2172,Iran Deal Reactions,['Middle East'],"Swing Democrats on Iran bill: 'Yes, but'",Politico,"Despite the White House’s strong push to rally its congressional allies behind an Iran deal, Senate Republicans think they’re close to having enough Democratic support to move forward with a bill that would give lawmakers the final say over any nuclear agreement with Tehran, according to interviews with key members of Congress.
But that Democratic support likely comes with a cost, members said. Many Democrats are demanding that the measure be amended so it doesn’t kill the deal before it can be finalized by a June 30 deadline. So...",left
2173,Iran Deal Reactions,['Middle East'],"Obama, allies hail Iran nuclear deal as critics slam concessions",Washington Times,"President Obama and other world leaders on Thursday hailed what they said was a breakthrough accord setting the stage for a historic agreement that will prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, even though Iran will be allowed to enrich uranium under the agreement and the schedule for easing international sanctions remains to be negotiated.
After 12 years of deadlock over Iran’s disputed nuclear activities — and a sleepless marathon of negotiations in Switzerland over the past week — Iranian and Western",right
2174,US Consumer Prices Rise by the Most Since 2008,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Consumer Prices']",US consumer prices surge in June by the most since 2008,Associated Press,"Prices for U.S. consumers jumped in June by the most in 13 years, extending a run of higher inflation and fueling concerns that the rapidly rebounding economy is making goods and services increasingly expensive.
Tuesday’s report from the Labor Department showed that consumer prices in June rose 0.9% from May and 5.4% over the past year — the sharpest 12-month inflation spike since August 2008. Excluding volatile oil and gas prices, so-called core inflation rose 4.5% in the past year, the largest increase since November 1991.
The pickup in inflation,...",left
2175,US Consumer Prices Rise by the Most Since 2008,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Consumer Prices']","Prices rise 5.4 percent in June over last year, largest spike since 2008, as economy continues to recover",Washington Post,"Prices rose 5.4 percent in June compared with one year ago, reflecting upward surge in inflation throughout the economy, as more consumers open their wallets and supply chains struggle to bounce back from pandemic pressures.
Data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday showed that prices rose 0.9 percent in the past month, a hike after prices also rose 0.6 percent in May. The price hike in June marked the largest 1-month spike since June 2008.
Still, policymakers at the Federal Reserve and White House continue to predict that as the economy...",left
2176,US Consumer Prices Rise by the Most Since 2008,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Consumer Prices']",Consumer prices surge by most since August 2008,Fox Business,"U.S. consumer prices rose last month at the fastest pace since August 2008.
The Labor Department said Tuesday that the consumer price index rose 0.9% in June, faster than the 0.6% increase in May. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv were expecting a 0.5% gain.
Used car prices spiked 10.5% last month, accounting for more than one-third of the increase. Additionally, energy prices climbed 1.5% month over month and food prices rose 0.8%.
Prices rose 5.4% year over year, and have been trending higher every month this year. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv were expecting...",right
2177,Federal Health Officials Suggest People May Need Annual COVID-19 Shots,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Anthony Fauci', 'White House']",White House hints Americans will need annual COVID boosters,Fox News (Online News),"The White House appears to be framing a selling point to Americans skeptical of getting an updated COVID-19 vaccine shot as an annual booster like the flu shot. 
In a briefing Tuesday, Biden administration health officials discussed the matter while also outlining the rollout of a new booster shot, Stat News reported. 
""It is becoming increasingly clear that looking forward with the COVID-19 pandemic, in the absence of a dramatically different variant, we likely are moving towards a path with a vaccination cadence similar to that of the annual influenza vaccine, with annual...",right
2178,Federal Health Officials Suggest People May Need Annual COVID-19 Shots,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Anthony Fauci', 'White House']",White House: People likely to need annual COVID-19 boosters,The Hill,"Top White House health officials indicated Tuesday that the public is likely to need annual COVID-19 booster shots, making this year’s updated booster similar to an annual flu shot.
“It is becoming increasingly clear that, looking forward with the COVID-19 pandemic, in the absence of a dramatically different variant, we likely are moving towards a path of vaccination cadence similar to that of the annual influenza vaccine, with annual updated COVID-19 shots matched to the currently circulating strains for most of the population,” Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious diseases doctor, said...",center
2179,Federal Health Officials Suggest People May Need Annual COVID-19 Shots,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Anthony Fauci', 'White House']",Americans may need yearly shots to protect against Covid-19,CNN (Online News),"Americans ages 12 and up are eligible to get their first updated Covid-19 shots now, and they probably won't be their last.
Going forward, Americans may need to get a single, annual Covid-19 shot every year, White House health officials said on Tuesday, making clear the country will be living with the coronavirus for the foreseeable future.
""This week marks an important shift in our fight against the virus,"" said Dr. Ashish Jha, who is leading the White House Covid-19 Response Team. ""It marks our ability to make Covid vaccines...",left
2180,"Democrats Move to Raise Taxes on Businesses, Top Earners","['Taxes', 'Joe Biden', 'Federal Budget', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Wealth Tax']",Inside Democrats' tax-hike menu,Axios,"House Democrats will consider as much as $2.9 trillion in tax hikes for the next 10 years — mostly on the extremely wealthy and corporate America — as they scramble for ways to pay for President Biden's $3.5 trillion infrastructure and social spending plan.
Why it matters: A draft proposal from the Ways and Means Committee, which ricocheted across Washington Sunday night, previews epic fall fights between Democrats and some of the best-armed lobbies in America.
Driving the news: The summary, first reported by The Washington Post, includes a top personal rate of 39.6%,...",center
2181,"Democrats Move to Raise Taxes on Businesses, Top Earners","['Taxes', 'Joe Biden', 'Federal Budget', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Wealth Tax']",Poorer Americans get big tax cuts under Democratic plan while the rich get hikes,Yahoo News,"Low-income earners would get a big tax break if legislation proposed by House Democrats this week becomes law, while the tax burden for top earners would get heavier.
Taxpayers making above $1 million would see an 11% tax increase to their federal taxes under the House Ways and Means Committee plan, according to an estimate by the Joint Committee on taxation. On the other end, the tax liability for those making below $40,000 would drop by at least 24% — with much of the break coming in the form of tax credits.
“The plan very effectively...",left
2182,"Democrats Move to Raise Taxes on Businesses, Top Earners","['Taxes', 'Joe Biden', 'Federal Budget', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Wealth Tax']",Liberal groups prod Dems to raise taxes to pay for racial justice agenda,Washington Times,"The NAACP and 27 other liberal groups on Thursday warned Democratic leaders not to back off of plans for higher taxes because higher taxes would improve racial justice.
The groups, which included the Movement for Black Lives and the National Immigration Law Center, made their case for large tax hikes on corporations and the wealthy in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic chairmen of the House and Senate‘s tax committees.
“We write to make clear how important it is to communities of color that Congress enact a robust budget...",right
2183,Immigration Reform In Doubt,['Immigration'],"Paul Ryan: Immigration reform this year ""clearly in doubt""",Washington Post,Republicans stress a security first approach on the Sunday morning talk shows.,left
2184,Immigration Reform In Doubt,['Immigration'],John King: Obama at odds with himself on immigration,CNN (Online News),Republican immigration standards put President Obama at odds not only with traditional Democratic allies but with himself.,left
2185,Immigration Reform In Doubt,['Immigration'],"Top Republicans support immigration reform, but stress border security must come first",Fox News (Online News),Top Republicans made clear Sunday they want to improve the countrys immigration system but will not negotiate until U.S. borders are first secured.,right
2186,White House Announces Middle East Peace Plan,"['Israel', 'Palestine', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Donald Trump', 'Benny Gantz', 'Middle East']",Trump unveils controversial Middle East plan alongside Netanyahu,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN)When President Donald Trump unveiled his administration's long-anticipated proposal to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the White House on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was at his side.
""Today,"" Trump announced from the East Room, ""Israel takes a big step towards peace.""
The head of the Palestinian Authority, meanwhile, was thousands of miles away, having cut off diplomatic contact with the US more than two years earlier after Trump broke with longstanding US policy and recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital.",left
2187,White House Announces Middle East Peace Plan,"['Israel', 'Palestine', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Donald Trump', 'Benny Gantz', 'Middle East']","Trump plan calls for Palestinian state, settlement freeze",Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited Middle East peace plan Tuesday, calling for the creation of a State of Palestine with its capital in portions of east Jerusalem. He declared it a “win-win” opportunity for both Israel and the Palestinians.
The plan ends speculation as to whether his administration, in preparing a proposal without input from Palestinian leaders, would abandon a “two-state resolution” to the conflict.
Trump, releasing the plan before a pro-Israel audience at the White House with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by his side, acknowledged...",left
2188,White House Announces Middle East Peace Plan,"['Israel', 'Palestine', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Donald Trump', 'Benny Gantz', 'Middle East']","Trump unveils Middle East peace plan with two-state solution, tunnel connecting West Bank and Gaza",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Tuesday called for a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as he unveiled the details of his administration’s much-awaited Middle East peace plan.
Trump announced the proposal alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during remarks in the East Room of the White House.",right
2189,White House Sets 2018 Legislative Agenda,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Can’t Decide Which Policy He Should Fail to Pass in 2018,New York Magazine,"Republicans just passed their tax plan, President Trump increased fees on Mar-a-Lago’s New Year’s revelers, and Anthony Scaramucci confirmed he isn’t making a return to the White House — so why isn’t the mood upbeat in the Trump administration? According to Politico, many top aides are anxious about what’s ahead in 2018, and not just the looming Russia probe and possible Democratic wave in the midterms. While Republicans were able to come together to give wealthy people and corporations a tax break, they’re sharply divided on what their next legislative...",left
2190,White House Sets 2018 Legislative Agenda,"['White House', 'Politics']","Immigration, Infrastructure And Iran: The President's Plans For 2018",NPR (Online News),"The Senate returns Wednesday, and President Trump made his way back to Washington on Monday after lying fairly low to end the year in Palm Beach, Fla., at his personal resort.",left
2191,White House Sets 2018 Legislative Agenda,"['White House', 'Politics']",Optimism About Trump in 2018,Townhall,"President Trump took office at the beginning of 2017 swimming in a sea of negativity. Some predicted that he wouldn't make it through the year. Some predicted that he even if he did, he would fail to get any major legislation passed.",right
2192,Fauci Says US Should ‘Seriously’ Consider Vaccine Mandate for Domestic Flights,"['Coronavirus', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Travel', 'Airlines', 'Vaccine Mandates']",Fauci says U.S. should consider vaccine mandate for domestic air travel,CNBC,"The federal government should consider requiring Covid-19 vaccines for domestic flights, the nation’s top infectious disease expert said Monday.
“When you make vaccinations a requirement, that’s another incentive to get more people vaccinated,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci in an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “If you want to do that with domestic flights, I think that’s something that seriously should be considered.”
There is no indication at this point that a vaccine mandate is on its way for U.S. flights. When asked on MSNBC, Fauci, White House chief medical advisor, declined to...",center
2193,Fauci Says US Should ‘Seriously’ Consider Vaccine Mandate for Domestic Flights,"['Coronavirus', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Travel', 'Airlines', 'Vaccine Mandates']",Fauci: Vaccine Requirement for Domestic Air Travel ‘Should Seriously Be Considered’,National Review,"During an appearance on MSNBC on Monday, Anthony Fauci said a Covid-19 vaccine requirement for domestic air travel “should seriously be considered.”
Fauci argued that the justification for such a sweeping rule has grown amid the rise of the Omicron variant and given the precedent of recent restrictions that bar the unvaccinated from employment, patronizing certain business, and other activities.
“If you’re talking about requiring vaccination to get on a plane domestically, that is just another one of the requirements that I think is reasonable to consider. . . . There’s requirements...",right
2194,Fauci Says US Should ‘Seriously’ Consider Vaccine Mandate for Domestic Flights,"['Coronavirus', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Travel', 'Airlines', 'Vaccine Mandates']",Fauci says U.S. should consider adding a vaccine requirement for domestic flights,Washington Post,"The nation’s top infectious-disease expert, Anthony S. Fauci, said Monday the United States should consider a vaccination requirement for domestic air travel amid a surge in coronavirus cases that has contributed to days of disruptions for airlines that are missing crew members.
While noting that there were pros and cons to such a move, Fauci said it was “just another one of the requirements that I think is reasonable to consider,” along with similar requirements at some universities and workplaces.
“That’s another incentive to get more people vaccinated,” he said during an appearance on MSNBC....",left
2195,"Taylor Swift Breaks Apolitical Streak, Voices Support for Democrats",['Culture'],Taylor Swift sends her conservative fans a break-up note and the liberal media love it,Fox News (Opinion),"Supporting all women lasted about a day. Pop star Taylor Swift decided to shake off years of political speculation and come out against a female candidate and back a liberal man. Even better, that man recently endorsed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.",right
2196,"Taylor Swift Breaks Apolitical Streak, Voices Support for Democrats",['Culture'],‘A betrayal beyond words’: The far right melts down over Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Democrats,Washington Post,"Taylor Swift’s declaration that she plans to vote for Democrats next month fell like a hammer across the Trump-worshiping subforums of the far-right Internet, where people had convinced themselves, for reasons it will take some time to explain, that the world-famous pop star was a secret #MAGA fan.",left
2197,"Taylor Swift Breaks Apolitical Streak, Voices Support for Democrats",['Culture'],Taylor Swift Endorses Democratic Candidates In Tennessee,NPR (Online News),"Taylor Swift is done being apolitical. On Sunday, the pop megastar took to Instagram and endorsed two Democratic candidates up for election in Tennessee.",left
2198,Recap of Tuesday Night's Presidential Debate From Cleveland,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Debates', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Chris Wallace', 'Elections']",Six Takeaways From the First Presidential Debate,New York Times (News),"It was 90 minutes of chaos in a year of upheaval. But did it matter?
President Trump and Joseph R. Biden Jr. appeared onstage together for the first time on Tuesday. It was not exactly a debate.
Shouting, interruptions and often incoherent cross talk filled the air as Mr. Trump purposefully and repeatedly heckled and blurted over his rival and the moderator alike in a 90-minute melee that showcased the president’s sense of urgency to upend a race in which polls show him trailing.
ANALYSIS“An unpopular incumbent unfurling an often...",left
2199,Recap of Tuesday Night's Presidential Debate From Cleveland,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Debates', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Chris Wallace', 'Elections']",Trump-Biden presidential debate in Cleveland: Top 5 moments,Fox News (Online News),"The first debate of the 2020 presidential election on Tuesday night was fiery from beginning to end.
President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden attacked each other in starkly personal terms for more than 90 minutes as moderator Chris Wallace worked to get both candidates, but especially Trump, to follow the debate rules the candidates had agreed to.
The conversation ranged from the coronavirus crisis to the Supreme Court vacancy to health care. It's not clear how much substance voters could get out of the debate, however, as it...",right
2200,Recap of Tuesday Night's Presidential Debate From Cleveland,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Debates', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Chris Wallace', 'Elections']",Five takeaways from Trump-Biden debate clash,The Hill,"A raucous and chaotic clash between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden gave Americans their first chance to weigh their choices side by side in a White House contest that has until now remained remarkably stable.
The coronavirus pandemic allowed both candidates to avoid an awkward, and probably unwelcome, handshake that would have happened moments before the shouting started.
“This was the most chaotic and attack-filled presidential debate in our history,” Mitchell McKinney, director of the Political Communication institute at the University of Missouri, said shortly after its...",center
2201,Trump Pushes Travel Ban,['Immigration'],"Trump Is Still Pushing His Travel Ban, Potentially Harming His Legal Case",HuffPost,Guess it’s definitely a “ban.”,left
2202,Trump Pushes Travel Ban,['Immigration'],"Trump rips DOJ for 'watered down' travel ban, seeks swift court hearing",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump called out the Justice Department on Monday morning for pushing a “watered down” version of his controversial travel ban executive order, while also urging the DOJ to seek an expedited hearing in front of the Supreme Court to begin the ban's enforcement.",right
2203,Trump Pushes Travel Ban,['Immigration'],Trump says he's calling it a 'travel ban',CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump on Monday emphatically referred to his executive order on immigration as a ""travel ban"" and said his Justice Department should not have submitted a ""watered down, politically correct version"" to the Supreme Court.",left
2204,Reid vs Romney,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Harry Reid doubles down on Romney taxes; Romney campaign responds,Washington Post,"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has doubled (actually tripled) down on his claim that Mitt Romney did not pay taxes for 10 years.
Reid claims Romney hasnt paid taxes (again). (Kevin Lamarque - Reuters) In both a Senate floor speech and in conversation with Nevada reporters, Reid said he had it on good authority that the former Massachusetts governor and presidential candidate had paid no taxes, a claim he attributed in a Huffington Post interview to a Bain investor.
“I am not basing this on some figment of...",left
2205,Reid vs Romney,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Romney to Reid: 'Put up or shut up',CNN (Online News),"Mitt Romney on Thursday pushed back against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's allegations that the presumptive GOP nominee has not been paying his taxes.
""It's time for Harry to put up or shut up,"" Romney said on Sean Hannity's radio show.",left
2206,Reid vs Romney,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Video: Harry Reid Accuses Romney of Federal Crime on Senate Floor, Offers Zero Evidence",Townhall,"Let's get you up to speed on this idiotic flap: As you're already aware, Mitt Romney has declined to publicly release more than two years of tax returns. He's not legally obligated to do so; nor are Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid, neither of whom have chosen to live up to the levels of ""transparency"" they're demanding of Romney. Frustrated by the Republican presidential candidate's refusal -- and clearly unperturbed by his own hypocrisy -- Reid began circulating a totally unsubstantiated rumor this week, suggesting that Mitt Romney is a...",right
2207,Biden Signs Executive Order Establishing Gender Policy Council,"[""Women'S Issues"", 'Gender Policy Council', 'LGBT Rights', 'General News']",Joe Biden Marks International Women’s Day with White House Council on Gender Policy,Breitbart News,"President Joe Biden will sign two more executive orders on Monday to mark International Women’s Day with a focus on “gender equality.”
The president will sign an order to establish a “Gender Policy Council” in the White House to help focus on gender issues such as sexual harassment, equal pay for other genders, ways to combat “gender-based violence,” and “gender equality” issues across the world.
In 2019, former President Barack Obama created a White House Council on Women and Girls during his administration to focus on women’s issues.
But Biden’s...",right
2208,Biden Signs Executive Order Establishing Gender Policy Council,"[""Women'S Issues"", 'Gender Policy Council', 'LGBT Rights', 'General News']",Biden to formally establish new Gender Policy Council,The Hill,"President Biden will sign an executive order on Monday establishing the Gender Policy Council within the White House to focus on uplifting the rights of women and address gender-based discrimination and violence.
He will also sign an executive order directing the Department of Education to review the Title IX regulation issued by the Trump administration to determine whether it is consistent with the policy of the Biden administration that students be “guaranteed education free from sexual violence,” administration officials said.
The orders come on International Women's Day and he will...",center
2209,Biden Signs Executive Order Establishing Gender Policy Council,"[""Women'S Issues"", 'Gender Policy Council', 'LGBT Rights', 'General News']",Biden to sign executive orders establishing Gender Policy Council and addressing sexual violence in education,CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden is set to sign two executive orders on Monday which will establish the White House Gender Policy Council and address sexual violence in the education field.
The orders, to be signed on International Woman's Day, are aimed at ensuring gender equality and equity throughout the federal government at a time when women, particularly Black and Latina women, are being disproportionately afflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
""The full participation of all people, including women and girls, across all aspects of our society is essential to the economic well-being,...",left
2210,Six Injured in Clash Between Free Speech Rally and Counter-Protesters,"['Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Technology', 'Violence In America']",San Francisco Free Speech Rally Shut Down 'Within Minutes' After Counter-Protesters Attack Trump Supporters,CBN,"A free speech rally organized by conservative activists in San Francisco on Saturday turned violent after alleged Antifa counter-protesters attacked the demonstrators.
Members of Team Save America organized the event at the United Nations Plaza to protest against Twitter, which they say suppresses free speech. But, the rally was canceled shortly after it started at 1:00 p.m. One of the organizers, Phillip Anderson, lost a tooth after he was punched in the mouth by a counter-protester.",right
2211,Six Injured in Clash Between Free Speech Rally and Counter-Protesters,"['Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Technology', 'Violence In America']","Six injured, including three police officers, during clashes in S.F. between pro- and anti-Trump groups",San Francisco Chronicle,"San Francisco police said six people were injured, including three officers, during clashes between a small group of President Trump’s supporters and a larger crowd of counterprotesters Saturday near Civic Center. No arrests had been made by early Saturday evening.
The pro-Trump protest, billed as a free speech rally, drew people from Team Save America wearing “Make America Great Again” hats and carrying pro-police “Thin Blue Line” flags. They set up a stage at the Federal Building at U.N. Plaza, but dozens of black-clad demonstrators quickly gathered to oppose the...",left
2212,Six Injured in Clash Between Free Speech Rally and Counter-Protesters,"['Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Technology', 'Violence In America']",Conservatives staging free speech rally attacked by critics,Associated Press,"A free speech demonstration staged by conservative activists quickly fell apart in downtown San Francisco on Saturday after several hundred counterprotesters surged the area, outnumbering and attacking those gathered, including knocking one in the mouth.
A photographer working for The Associated Press witnessed an activist with Team Save America taken away in an ambulance and an injured San Francisco police officer on the ground by San Francisco’s United Nations Plaza.
Team Save America organized the rally to protest Twitter, which it said squelches conservative speech.",left
2213,Terrorists Kill 20 Hostages in Bangladesh,['Terrorism'],Islamist militants kill 20 hostages in Bangladesh restaurant attack,Fox News (Online News),"At least seven Islamic terrorists attacked an upscale restaurant in the diplomatic quarter of Bangladesh's capital Friday night, killing 20 people and taking more than a dozen others hostage before confronting authorities in a 10-hour long standoff.",right
2214,Terrorists Kill 20 Hostages in Bangladesh,['Terrorism'],"Dhaka cafe attack ends with 20 hostages dead, 13 rescued",CNN (Online News),"Bangladeshi troops stormed an upscale bakery in Dhaka's diplomatic enclave Saturday morning, ending an 11-hour siege by militants who killed 20 people and two police officers, officials said.",left
2215,Terrorists Kill 20 Hostages in Bangladesh,['Terrorism'],20 Hostages and Six Gunmen Killed in Bangladesh Attack,New York Times (News),"Bangladeshi troops stormed an upscale restaurant in Dhaka’s diplomatic quarter on Saturday, ending an 11-hour standoff with gunmen who had hacked patrons to death and sent photos of the carnage to the Islamic State.",left
2216,CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Jamal Khashoggi's Death,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",CIA determines Khashoggi’s death was ordered by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman: report,Fox News (Online News),"The death of Jamal Khashoggi, the writer and activist who was killed in the Saudi Consulate in Turkey last month, came at the directive of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), the CIA has determined according to a report out Friday.",right
2217,CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Jamal Khashoggi's Death,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",Jamal Khashoggi: CIA 'blames Saudi prince for murder',BBC News,"The CIA believes that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to US media reports.",center
2218,CIA Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Jamal Khashoggi's Death,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",The CIA’s big finding on Jamal Khashoggi’s death pits a disbelieving Trump against his intelligence community — again,Washington Post,A new CIA report says Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally ordered the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. Trump still doesn't want to believe it.,left
2219,Report: Some Members of Congress Benefited From PPP Loan Program,"['Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Public Health', 'Corruption', 'Paycheck Protection Program', 'Treasury', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",Members of Congress took small-business loans — and the full extent is unknown,Politico,"At least four members of Congress have reaped benefits in some way from the half-trillion-dollar small-business loan program they helped create.
And no one knows how many more there could be.
It’s a bipartisan group of lawmakers who have acknowledged close ties to companies that have received loans from the program — businesses that are either run by their families or employ their spouse as a senior executive.
Republicans on the list include Rep. Roger Williams of Texas, a wealthy businessman who owns auto dealerships, body shops and car washes,...",left
2220,Report: Some Members of Congress Benefited From PPP Loan Program,"['Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Public Health', 'Corruption', 'Paycheck Protection Program', 'Treasury', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",At least 4 members of Congress benefited from loans under the $670 billion small business aid program,Insider,"At least four members of Congress benefited from loans under the $670 billion Paycheck Protection Program — and there are no rules requiring them to reveal that they did so.
Politico first reported that a small group of Republicans and Democrats have close connections to businesses known to have taken loans under PPP, the small business aid program. Companies that benefited from the loans are either managed by the lawmakers' families or employ spouses in senior and sometimes executive roles.
Those on the GOP side include Texas Rep. Roger Williams,...",left
2221,Report: Some Members of Congress Benefited From PPP Loan Program,"['Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Public Health', 'Corruption', 'Paycheck Protection Program', 'Treasury', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",Members of Congress benefited from PPP loan program: report,Fox News (Online News),"Several lawmakers have reportedly benefited from the Paycheck Protection Program—the nearly $500 billion package that provided relief for small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Politico reported that a group of four lawmakers—both Democrats and Republicans—have acknowledged being associated with companies that have received PPP loans. The businesses, according to Politico, are either run by the lawmakers’ families, or have their spouses in senior positions.",right
2222,Supreme Court Rules Against 'Faithless Electors',"['Supreme Court', 'Elections', 'Electoral College', 'Donald Trump', 'Faithless Electors']",The Supreme Court Declined An Invitation to Blow Up the Presidential Election,Slate,"The Supreme Court declined an invitation to blow up the 2020 presidential election on Monday. The justices ruled unanimously that states may compel electors, the individuals who make up the Electoral College, to vote for the winner of the statewide presidential race by either removing or fining “faithless electors.” In truth, this decision should not have been necessary: There is no serious constitutional argument that states are powerless to dictate electors’ votes. But the nation can breathe a sigh of relief that the court did not take the bait to...",left
2223,Supreme Court Rules Against 'Faithless Electors',"['Supreme Court', 'Elections', 'Electoral College', 'Donald Trump', 'Faithless Electors']",U.S. Supreme Court restricts 'faithless electors' in presidential contests,Reuters,WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to free “faithless electors” in the complex Electoral College system that decides the outcome of presidential elections from state laws that force them to support the candidate who wins the state’s popular vote.,center
2224,Supreme Court Rules Against 'Faithless Electors',"['Supreme Court', 'Elections', 'Electoral College', 'Donald Trump', 'Faithless Electors']",Supreme Court rules states can penalize 'faithless electors',Washington Times,"The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can penalize presidential electors that go rogue and do not vote for the candidate who won their state, also known as faithless electors.
The decision was unanimous from the high court and a blow to a Democratic-aligned movement to chip away at the Electoral College.
The court in Chiafalo v. Washington and Colorado Department of State v. Baca evaluated legal challenges to state laws that required electors to follow the will of their state’s voters.",right
2225,Judge Denies Prince Andrew's Effort to Dismiss Virginia Giuffre's Sexual Assault Lawsuit,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Ghislaine Maxwell', 'Prince Andrew', 'Great Britain', 'Justice']",Judge Refuses To Drop Civil Case Against Prince Andrew,HuffPost,"Prince Andrew’s motion to get the civil case against him dropped has been dismissed by a New York federal judge.
In the civil case, Virginia Giuffre accuses the Duke of York of having sex with her when she was 17 – and therefore a minor – in 2001.
Andrew has consistently denied the allegations.
Giuffre also alleges that she was trafficked to the royal by the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell between 2000 and 2002.
The judge’s decision followed a hearing last Tuesday, where Andrew’s legal team suggested a newly-released document dating back...",left
2226,Judge Denies Prince Andrew's Effort to Dismiss Virginia Giuffre's Sexual Assault Lawsuit,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Ghislaine Maxwell', 'Prince Andrew', 'Great Britain', 'Justice']",Prince Andrew to face civil sex assault case after US ruling,BBC News,"Prince Andrew is to face a civil case in the US over allegations he sexually assaulted a woman when she was 17.
Virginia Giuffre is suing the prince, claiming he abused her in 2001.
His lawyers said the case should be thrown out, citing a 2009 deal she signed with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But a New York judge ruled that the case could be heard.
The prince has consistently denied the claims. Buckingham Palace said it would not comment on an ongoing legal matter.
The motion to dismiss...",center
2227,Judge Denies Prince Andrew's Effort to Dismiss Virginia Giuffre's Sexual Assault Lawsuit,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Ghislaine Maxwell', 'Prince Andrew', 'Great Britain', 'Justice']",U.S. Judge Denies Prince Andrew’s Bid to Dismiss Virginia Giuffre Lawsuit: Will Go to Trial,Breitbart News,"Prince Andrew had his bid to get a civil case which alleges he sexually assaulted Virginia Giuffre dismissed by a U.S. judge on Wednesday.
The BBC reports his lawyers said the case should be thrown out, citing a 2009 deal she signed with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But a New York judge ruled the claim could be heard.
Prince Andrew has consistently denied the allegations.
The motion to dismiss the lawsuit was outlined in a 46-page decision by Judge Lewis A Kaplan of the United States District Court for the Southern...",right
2228,Carson Takes the Lead from Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ben Carson Takes Lead From Trump in New WSJ/NBC Poll,Townhall,He's been slowly climbing to the lead for weeks and now Dr. Ben Carson has officially overtaken Donald Trump's status as the frontrunner in the GOP race for the White House.,right
2229,Carson Takes the Lead from Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ben Carson Leads 2016 Republicans In New National Poll,HuffPost,"Ben Carson leads the Republican presidential primary field in a survey released Monday night by NBC News and The Wall Street Journal, marking the second time since October that the former neurosurgeon has polled ahead of Donald Trump.",left
2230,Carson Takes the Lead from Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ben Carson Vaults to Lead in Latest Journal/NBC Poll,Wall Street Journal (News),"Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson overtook businessman Donald Trump as the top pick of GOP presidential primary voters, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News survey found, as Republicans continued to turn to nontraditional candidates who they believe can channel their anger with Washington.",center
2231,Protests Over Bank Account Access in China Turn Violent,"['China', 'Protests', 'World', 'Asia', 'Oppression', 'Freedom']",Chinese cops 'beat' protesters outraged at having bank accounts frozen,Fox News (Online News),"Chinese police ""beat"" citizens who gathered to protest against having their bank accounts frozen due to COVID-19 policies on Sunday, according to protesters.
Protests centered on three banks serving primarily rural communities that have frozen millions of dollars in accounts since April. Roughly 1,000 protesters gathered to call for the release of their funds outside the Zhengzhou branch of the Chinese Central Bank, but they say they were met with violence.
""I feel so aggrieved I can't even explain it to you,"" one protester, going only by the name Zhang, told...",right
2232,Protests Over Bank Account Access in China Turn Violent,"['China', 'Protests', 'World', 'Asia', 'Oppression', 'Freedom']",China crushes mass protest by bank depositors demanding their life savings back,CNN Business,"Chinese authorities on Sunday violently dispersed a peaceful protest by hundreds of depositors, who sought in vain to demand their life savings back from banks that have run into a deepening cash crisis.
Since April, four rural banks in China's central Henan province have frozen millions of dollars worth of deposits, threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of customers in an economy already battered by draconian Covid lockdowns.
Anguished depositors have staged several demonstrations in the city of Zhengzhou, the provincial capital of Henan, over the past two months, but...",left
2233,Protests Over Bank Account Access in China Turn Violent,"['China', 'Protests', 'World', 'Asia', 'Oppression', 'Freedom']",Chinese protesters demanding bank deposits tussle with security men,Reuters,"Several people protesting in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou over the freezing of deposits by some rural-based banks said they were injured on Sunday when heavy-handed security personnel dispersed the crowd.
The banks froze millions of dollars worth of deposits in April, telling customers they were upgrading their internal systems. read more The banks have not issued any communication on the matter since, depositors said.
None of the banks has responded to emails and telephone calls seeking comment. Chinese media has reported that the frozen deposits could be worth up to $1.5...",center
2234,"DOJ Labels Portland, Seattle and New York “Anarchist Jurisdictions”","['Donald Trump', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Riots', 'Portland', 'Seattle', 'New York City', 'William Barr', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']","Barr Declares NYC, Seattle, Portland 'Anarchist’ Cities and Threatens Funding Cuts",Vice,"The Justice Department has declared that New York, Seattle, and Portland are “anarchist” jurisdictions and threatened them with a loss of federal funding, another escalation in the Trump administration’s war on cities with Democrat mayors that saw huge protests against police brutality this summer.
All three cities saw large, sustained protests this summer after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May. The cities “permitted violence and destruction of property to persist and have refused to undertake reasonable measures to counteract criminal activities,” the Justice Department said in...",left
2235,"DOJ Labels Portland, Seattle and New York “Anarchist Jurisdictions”","['Donald Trump', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Riots', 'Portland', 'Seattle', 'New York City', 'William Barr', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",New York among three 'anarchist' cities named by White House to lose funds,BBC News,"The Trump administration has named three cities that are slated to lose federal funding after the White House accused them of tolerating crime.
New York City, Portland and Seattle are on the list of ""anarchist cities"" that Trump officials say have failed to stem crime linked to a summer of protests.
It follows a memo from Mr Trump earlier this month, threatening the move.
The mayors of the cities have promised to sue, calling Mr Trump's move a political stunt.
A statement from the Justice Department on Monday laid out...",center
2236,"DOJ Labels Portland, Seattle and New York “Anarchist Jurisdictions”","['Donald Trump', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Riots', 'Portland', 'Seattle', 'New York City', 'William Barr', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']","Justice Dept. brands NYC an ‘anarchist jurisdiction,’ targets federal funds",New York Post (News),"New York City was among three cities labeled “anarchist jurisdictions” by the Justice Department on Sunday and targeted to lose federal money for failing to control protesters and defunding cops, The Post has learned.
Portland, Ore., and Seattle, Wash., were the other two cities on the list, which was approved by US Attorney General William Barr.
“When state and local leaders impede their own law enforcement officers and agencies from doing their jobs, it endangers innocent citizens who deserve to be protected, including those who are trying to peacefully assemble...",right
2237,The Most Googled Candidate From Last Night: Tulsi Gabbard,"['Election: Presidential', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Debates', 'Democrats', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Google analytics suggest a surprising winner of the first Democrat debate,The Blaze,"While pundits debate which candidate had a good showing and which had a bad showing at the first Democratic debates, Google analytics provided a technical measure that is a strong indicator of who won.
The official Google Trends social media account tweeted that Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii had the greatest increase in searches on their online engine.
Ten of the Democrats that met the qualifications for the debate battled it out in the first of two debates in Miami, Florida.",right
2238,The Most Googled Candidate From Last Night: Tulsi Gabbard,"['Election: Presidential', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Debates', 'Democrats', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Curiosity about Tulsi Gabbard spiked during last night’s debate. And it was already simmering leading up to it.,Vox,"At the first Democratic primary debate, it was clear the main goal for several candidates was to merely get their name on the national radar.
The crowded stage of 10 made it especially difficult. But a few candidates found a way to stand out.
During the debate, several tweets noted the massive spike in Sen. Cory Booker’s search traffic. But by the end of the night, two other candidates emerged from the crowded field — enough to get Americans searching their name.
One was New York City Mayor Bill de...",left
2239,The Most Googled Candidate From Last Night: Tulsi Gabbard,"['Election: Presidential', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Debates', 'Democrats', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Gabbard is most searched on Google after Democratic debate,The Hill,"Ahead of the debate, which was the first of two featuring 20 Democratic White House hopefuls, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) was the most searched candidate of the 10 hopefuls who would appear on stage on Wednesday, while Gabbard was the fourth-most searched. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) were second and third, respectively.
During the debate, Gabbard moved into the top most-searched spot, followed by Booker.",center
2240,Sydney Hostage Crisis,['Terrorism'],Sydney gunman reportedly demands ISIS flag as some hostages escape,CNN (Online News),"Australia, and the world, looked on with dread as a gunman holding hostages inside a darkened Sydney cafe demanded an ISIS flag and a phone call with Prime Minister Tony Abbott.",left
2241,Sydney Hostage Crisis,['Terrorism'],Reports Indicate at Least One Gunman Holding Hostages in Cafe,The Blaze,"ABC news in Sydney published an in-depth story on the black flag seen in the window of the cafe, noting that it is not an Islamic State flag but rather a black flag with the Shahada on it. The Shahada is one of the five pillars of Islam, but has been used by extremists in the past:",right
2242,Sydney Hostage Crisis,['Terrorism'],"Sydney Hostage Crisis: 5 People Flee Lindt Chocolate Shop, Standoff Continues",ABC News (Online),"Five people have escaped from a popular Sydney cafe after they had been taken hostage -- with others still held inside as neighboring blocks remain locked down, authorities said.",left
2243,Polarization Convolutes Coronavirus Discussion,"['Polarization', 'Politics', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus']",Politicizing and Polarizing the Pandemic Pinned America As Global Epicenter,Newsweek,"The U.S. has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows there have been over 15,000 cases almost every day since the end of March. On Tuesday, over 34,000 new cases were recorded.
It has now been suggested the uptick in COVID-19 cases may, in part, be due to politicization of the pandemic, with a failure to coordinate a unified response across the country.",center
2244,Polarization Convolutes Coronavirus Discussion,"['Polarization', 'Politics', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus']","U.S. sets one-day record with more than 60,500 COVID cases; Americans divided",Reuters,"(Reuters) - More than 60,500 new COVID-19 infections were reported across the United States on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, setting a one-day record as weary Americans were told to take new precautions and the pandemic becomes increasingly politicized.",center
2245,Polarization Convolutes Coronavirus Discussion,"['Polarization', 'Politics', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus']",Contradictory Conclusions and Assessments,National Review,"On the menu today: The late comedian George Carlin used to joke: “Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?” There’s probably a perspective at work in how people respond to the ongoing pandemic — you most likely know someone who seems to be paranoid and overreacting, and you probably also know someone who seems to be taking unwise risks. Why do some people become Karens and some people become lackadaisical? Also, a pollster with a...",right
2246,Hillary Picks Tim Kaine as VP,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Hillary Clinton Selects Tim Kaine, a Popular Senator From a Swing State, as Running Mate",New York Times (News),"Hillary Clinton named Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia to be her running mate Friday, selecting a battleground-state politician with working-class roots and a fluency in Spanish, traits that she believes can bolster her chances to defeat Donald J. Trump in November.
Mrs. Clinton’s choice, which she announced via text message to supporters, came after her advisers spent months poring over potential vice-presidential candidates who could lift the Democratic ticket in an unpredictable race against Mr. Trump.",left
2247,Hillary Picks Tim Kaine as VP,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump Trying to Drive Wedge Between Liberals Over Dem VP Pick Kaine,Newsmax (News),"Sen. Tim Kaine, who on Friday became Hillary Clinton's vice presidential pick may not be the pick many American liberals would make, and Republican nominee Donald Trump was quick Saturday to try driving a wedge on Twitter between the two sides of the Democratic Party.",right
2248,Hillary Picks Tim Kaine as VP,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton Keeps It Safe With Tim Kaine as VP Pick,Daily Beast,"It’s officially Tim Kaine.
Hillary Clinton announced today that Sen. Tim Kaine will be her presidential running-mate, pushing the mild-mannered Virginian into a glaring national spotlight. ""I'm thrilled to tell you this first: I've chosen Sen. Tim Kaine as my running mate. Welcome him to our team,"" the former Secretary of State said in a text to her supporters.
Kaine, a former governor and current senator, was the safe choice for the cautious Democratic nominee—but that doesn't mean he won't have an impact.",left
2249,"Debates on Defining 'Racism' Follow Trump, Democrats Feud","['Race', 'Civil Rights', 'Racism', 'Donald Trump', 'Twitter', 'Journalism', 'Race And Racism']",Trump’s Tweets Prove That He Is a Raging Racist,Charles Blow,"Donald Trump keeps trying to convince any disbelieving holdouts that he is a raging racist. At least, that’s how I imagine his motives. In truth, it is more likely that his truest nature is simply being revealed, again and again, and he is using his own racism to appeal to the racism in the people who support him.
On Sunday morning, the same day that the Trump administration earlier announced it would conduct raids to round up undocumented immigrants, Trump weighed in again on the conflict between four female freshmen...",left
2250,"Debates on Defining 'Racism' Follow Trump, Democrats Feud","['Race', 'Civil Rights', 'Racism', 'Donald Trump', 'Twitter', 'Journalism', 'Race And Racism']","With Latest Nativist Rhetoric, Trump Takes America Back To Where It Came From",NPR (Online News),"With his latest round of attacks on four first-year members of Congress who are women of color, President Trump has once again touched the raw nerve of racism in American life.
He has also tapped into one of the oldest strains in our politics — the fear and vilification of immigrants and their descendants.
Although three of the four women were born in the United States, the president said they should all ""go back"" where they came from. That phrase has echoed down generations of nativist discourse as successive waves...",left
2251,"Debates on Defining 'Racism' Follow Trump, Democrats Feud","['Race', 'Civil Rights', 'Racism', 'Donald Trump', 'Twitter', 'Journalism', 'Race And Racism']",The AP’s guidelines telling journalists to decide what’s ‘racist’ are already leading to disaster,Washington Examiner,"Earlier this year, the Associated Press announced a guideline change encouraging news reporters to call out racism. This might sound reasonable enough, but several media outlets just proved it’s the start of a troubling trend in journalism.
“Do not use racially charged or similar terms as euphemisms for racist or racism when the latter terms are truly applicable,” the Associated Press announced in a series of tweets. “If racist is not the appropriate term, give careful thought to how best to describe the situation. Alternatives include racially divisive, racially sensitive,...",right
2252,Benghazi Committee: Win or Lose,['World'],Why The Benghazi Committee Is A Rare Win-Win-Win For Congress,NPR (Online News),"As hopeful Republicans anticipate how their new select committee will get the Benghazi issue a full airing, and as Democrats gnash their teeth at what they're calling a political stunt, here's another possible scenario: It won't make much difference either way.
The new committee has subpoena power — just like the House Oversight Committee, which has already been investing Benghazi. The new committee will be able to look at classified material — just like the House Intelligence Committee, which has also been investigating Benghazi.",left
2253,Benghazi Committee: Win or Lose,['World'],Arianna Criticizes Republicans Over Benghazi On 'Real Time With Bill Maher',HuffPost,"In an appearance on HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher, Arianna skewered Republicans for their continued efforts to turn Benghazi into a scandal.
Earlier this week, the House voted to create a new committee to investigate the 2012 attack in Libya. Both Senate and House Republicans have been using the tragedy as a way to appeal to potential donors to their 2014 election campaigns.
Arianna asked:
""What is the opportunity cost of having had 13 hearings on Benghazi, tens of thousands of",left
2254,Benghazi Committee: Win or Lose,['World'],Dems divided on Benghazi,Fox News (Online News),"Send five? send none? send one? With House Speaker John Boehner expected to announce the Republican members of the newly established Benghazi Select Committee today, House Democrats are fretting over a politically crucial call on whether to boycott the panel’s investigation or participate on some level. The turmoil among Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team who meet with rank and file members today roiled-on after the House voted 232 – 186 Thursday to establish the committee charged with launchi",right
2255,Hurricane Ian Heads Toward Florida Gulf Coast,"['General News', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Florida', 'Hurricanes', 'Disaster']","Ian strengthens into a hurricane, heads toward Cuba and Florida",CNBC,"Hurricane Ian moved near the Cayman Islands and closer to western Cuba early Monday on a track to hit Florida as a major hurricane this week.
Ian was forecast to intensify rapidly and become a major hurricane as soon as late Monday before becoming an even stronger Category 4 hurricane over warm Gulf of Mexico waters before striking the west central coast of Florida on Wednesday.
Authorities in Cuba suspended classes in Pinar del Rio province and planned evacuations Monday as Ian gained strength on approach to Grand Cayman and...",center
2256,Hurricane Ian Heads Toward Florida Gulf Coast,"['General News', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Florida', 'Hurricanes', 'Disaster']","Hurricane Ian takes aim at Florida’s West Coast, panhandle",Washington Times,"Hurricane Ian strengthened overnight, making Florida uneasy as the storm took an uncertain path toward its western coast.
The National Hurricane Center said Ian, which sustained winds of at least 75 mph, is expected to produce heavy rainfall, flash floods and mudslides in Jamaica and Cuba before potential flooding across the Florida Keys and Florida’s western side and panhandle by Tuesday or Wednesday.
“Ian is expected to be a major hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico during the middle of this week, but uncertainty in the track and intensity forecasts...",right
2257,Hurricane Ian Heads Toward Florida Gulf Coast,"['General News', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Florida', 'Hurricanes', 'Disaster']",Florida under watches and warnings as Cat 1 Hurricane Ian expected to rapidly intensify,Miami Herald,"A large swath of Florida’s Gulf Coast is under hurricane and storm surge watches Monday from Hurricane Ian, which whipped up overnight and is expected to turn into major storm as it heads toward a potential first landfall in western Cuba.
The latest forecast showed Hurricane Ian crossing north of Tampa Bay as a powerful Category 3 storm and making landfall in the big bend as a Category 1 storm. But regardless of any future small shifts in the track, which forecasters warned could continue for the next few days,...",left
2258,William Barr Holds Press Conference On Mueller Report,"['Mueller Report', 'William Barr', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Barr: Report Shows Trump Campaign Did Not Cooperate with Russia,Newsmax (News),"After two years of investigation and thousands of subpoenas and witness interviews, Special Counsel Robert Mueller confirmed that that the Russian government sponsored efforts to interfere with the 2016 presidential election, but didn't find that the Trump campaign or the American people colluded with them, Attorney General William Barr said Thursday.
Further, after reviewing the ""facts and legal theories"" outlined in the report, Barr said in a press conference before the report's release, he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein concluded that the evidence developed for the report was not...",right
2259,William Barr Holds Press Conference On Mueller Report,"['Mueller Report', 'William Barr', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Barr says ""no evidence that any Americans"" helped Russian government — but one has been charged",CNN (Online News),"Attorney General William Barr asserted in his statement that Robert Mueller found ""no evidence that any Americans"" helped the Russian government or the Internet Research Agency in their schemes to influence the 2016 election.
But one American was charged with aiding the Internet Research Agency— though he did so without knowing the full extent of the alleged conspiracy — and is serving six months in prison for the crime of identity fraud.
That American, a Californian named Richard Pinedo, admitted to selling to Russians involved in the Internet Research Agency...",left
2260,William Barr Holds Press Conference On Mueller Report,"['Mueller Report', 'William Barr', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Barr defends Trump before release of special counsel's Russia report,Reuters,"Attorney General William Barr on Thursday offered a spirited defense of President Donald Trump ahead of the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election, emphasizing that it found no collusion between Trump’s campaign and Moscow.
Barr, the top U.S. law enforcement official and a Trump appointee, gave a news conference at the Justice Department as he sought to shape the narrative on a watershed day in Trump’s tumultuous presidency.
“President Trump faced an unprecedented situation. As he entered into office and sought...",center
2261,Thousands of Migrants Released Into US Despite White House Pledge to Deport,"['Immigration', 'Del Rio', 'Texas', 'Border Crisis', 'Haiti', 'Homeland Security']",DHS releasing some Haitians into US despite claims they would be immediately expelled,CNN (Online News),"The Department of Homeland Security is releasing some Haitians into the United States, despite repeated claims that they would be immediately expelled from the US, as the Biden administration scrambles to address the massive migrant encampment under the Del Rio International Bridge in Texas.
While it's unclear how many are being allowed into the US, the release of at least some migrants into the US was expected, though DHS officials have emphasized in recent public statements that most migrants would be expelled or put in expedited removal proceedings.
Families seeking asylum, for...",left
2262,Thousands of Migrants Released Into US Despite White House Pledge to Deport,"['Immigration', 'Del Rio', 'Texas', 'Border Crisis', 'Haiti', 'Homeland Security']",Officials: Many migrants from border camp staying in US,Associated Press,"Many Haitian migrants camped in a small Texas border town are being released in the United States, two U.S. officials said, undercutting the Biden administration’s public statements that the thousands in the camp faced immediate expulsion.
Haitians have been freed on a “very, very large scale” in recent days, according to one U.S. official who put the figure in the thousands. The official, who has direct knowledge of operations, was not authorized to discuss the matter Tuesday and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Many have been released with notices to appear at...",left
2263,Thousands of Migrants Released Into US Despite White House Pledge to Deport,"['Immigration', 'Del Rio', 'Texas', 'Border Crisis', 'Haiti', 'Homeland Security']",Thousands of Haitian migrants at southern border are being released into US: report,New York Post (News),"Thousands of Haitian migrants who were camping out at the small Texas border town of Del Rio have been released into the US, a new report said — even as the Biden administration has warned that those who cross into the country illegally will be sent back home.
In recent days, Haitians have been freed on “a very, very large scale” and given notices to appear at an immigration office within 60 days, a US official told the Associated Press.
Another US official who spoke to AP corroborated the release of a large...",right
2264,Voices on Both Sides Support the Bipartisan Electoral Reform Deal. Can It Pass?,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Bipartisanship', 'US Senate', 'Joe Manchin', 'Susan Collins', '2020 Election', 'Electoral Count Act', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",The New Bipartisan Bill to Prevent Another Jan. 6 Would Actually Work,Guest Writer - Center,"In the presidential election of 2020, the United States was the target of a legal coup for the first time in its history. Legal coups don’t rely on tanks rolling through the streets, and their damage to democracy is not—for the most part—measured in a body count. Legal coups don’t even cancel elections. They manipulate them.
The insidious danger of legal coups is that they come clothed in arcane procedures instead of military fatigues. Their foot soldiers are lawyers, not storm troopers. How many people would watch the House Select...",center
2265,Voices on Both Sides Support the Bipartisan Electoral Reform Deal. Can It Pass?,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Bipartisanship', 'US Senate', 'Joe Manchin', 'Susan Collins', '2020 Election', 'Electoral Count Act', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",A bill to prevent Trump’s attempted coup is finally ready — and must pass,Washington Post,"That President Donald Trump attempted to steal the 2020 election is scary enough; that he or another candidate could steal it next time around remains a terrifying threat. This is what makes the passage of a just-introduced bipartisan proposal to reform the Electoral Count Act so essential.
Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) have been laboring for months to overhaul the country’s arcane system of counting and certifying votes for president and vice president. Finally, they’ve released a product — and it’s a fine one. Their bill not only...",left
2266,Voices on Both Sides Support the Bipartisan Electoral Reform Deal. Can It Pass?,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Bipartisanship', 'US Senate', 'Joe Manchin', 'Susan Collins', '2020 Election', 'Electoral Count Act', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",Bipartisan electoral reform is possible,Washington Examiner,"It is still unclear what exactly Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) Jan. 6 committee is trying to accomplish, but a bipartisan group of 16 senators proved this week the body’s work is not necessary to reach real, productive, commonsense electoral reform.
Negotiated by Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act is perhaps most praiseworthy for what is not in it. Specifically, all of the highly partisan and harmful provisions of the Democrats' preferred electoral legislation — The For the People Act, which would have banned voter...",right
2267,"US Adds 194,000 Jobs in September, Well Short of Estimates","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment']","US economy adds 194K jobs in September, missing estimates",Fox Business,"U.S. employers hired less workers than expected last month as supplemental unemployment benefits expired. 
Nonfarm payrolls increased by 194,000 workers in September as the unemployment rate fell to 4.8%, the Labor Department said Friday. Economists surveyed by Refinitiv were expecting the addition of 500,000 new jobs and the unemployment rate to slip to 5.1%. 
The jobs gains in August were revised up to 366,000 from 235,000.
""The labor market recovery continues to hit the brakes this month, but is far from completely stopping,"" said Daniel Zhao, senior economist at Glassdoor....",right
2268,"US Adds 194,000 Jobs in September, Well Short of Estimates","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment']","Another disappointment: US economy adds only 194,000 jobs in September",CNN Business,"America's economic recovery has hit a roadblock: US employers added only 194,000 jobs in September, another troubling sign that Covid is disrupting the economy.
It marked the second-straight month in which the US economy added far fewer jobs than expected. Jobs growth slowed down dramatically in August.
The unemployment rate declined to 4.8% in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday, down from 5.2% in August.
But, if you're an optimist, there is reason to be hopeful about the future: The surveys behind the jobs report were completed around the middle of...",left
2269,"US Adds 194,000 Jobs in September, Well Short of Estimates","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment']","US employers add a weak 194,000 jobs as delta maintains hold",Associated Press,"U.S. employers added just 194,000 jobs in September, a second straight tepid gain and evidence that the pandemic still has a grip on the economy with many companies struggling to fill millions of open jobs.
Friday’s report from the Labor Department also showed that the unemployment rate fell sharply to 4.8% from 5.2% in August.
The economy is showing some signs of emerging from the drag of the delta variant of the coronavirus, with confirmed new COVID-19 infections declining, restaurant traffic picking up slightly and consumers eager to spend.
But...",left
2270,California Hit with Two Powerful Earthquakes Days Apart,"['Disaster', 'Earthquake', 'General News']",A second earthquake hit Southern California in as many days. It's 11 times stronger than Thursday's,CNN (Online News),"A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake swayed buildings and cracked streets and foundations in Southern California on Friday night, sending terrified residents into the streets a day after another quake hit.
The latest earthquake Friday struck 11 miles northeast of Ridgecrest, according to the US Geological Survey. It was five times bigger and 11 times stronger than Thursday's 6.4 -magnitude earthquake, also centered near Ridgecrest, CNN Meteorologist Brandon Miller said.",left
2271,California Hit with Two Powerful Earthquakes Days Apart,"['Disaster', 'Earthquake', 'General News']",California hit by second significant earthquake in as many days,New York Post (News),"A second earthquake shook southern California on Friday night, topping the powerful quake that hit the region just a day earlier, authorities said.
The latest temblor was given a preliminary magnitude of between 6.9 and 7.1, officials said.
It struck near the Mojave Desert town of Ridgecrest at about 8:20 p.m. and lasted for about a minute, the US Geological Survey said.",right
2272,California Hit with Two Powerful Earthquakes Days Apart,"['Disaster', 'Earthquake', 'General News']",California Assesses Damage After Second Powerful Earthquake Hits,Wall Street Journal (News),"A magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocked southern California Friday night, sending tremors that could be felt in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and nearly 400 miles north in Sacramento. The quake caused fires, power outages and collapsed buildings, officials said.
The powerful quake struck around 8:20 p.m. local time and was centered near Ridgecrest, Calif., a community of 29,000 people on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada where a 6.4 temblor had hit Thursday morning. The latest quake lasted about 30 seconds and was the strongest in Southern California in 20...",center
2273,"US Economy Added 390,000 Jobs in May","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobs Report', 'Unemployment']","Hiring stayed strong in May, with employers adding 390,000 jobs",CBS News (Online),"Hiring remained strong in May, with employers adding 390,000 jobs despite high inflation and worries about an economic slowdown.
Last month's hiring exceeded economists' predictions that employers had added 325,000 jobs in May. 
The unemployment rate stayed steady at 3.6%, on par with the last two months and close to its pre-pandemic level. Wages grew 5.2% over the last 12 months.
Leisure and hospitality, professional and business services and transportation and warehousing led the job gains, the Labor Department said Friday.
Still, there were signs the job market may be cooling from its...",left
2274,"US Economy Added 390,000 Jobs in May","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobs Report', 'Unemployment']","US added 390,000 jobs in May as hiring remained robust",Associated Press,"U.S. employers added a healthy 390,000 jobs in May, extending a streak of solid hiring that has bolstered an economy under pressure from high inflation and interest rates.
Last month’s gain reflects a still-healthy job market despite concerns that the economy will weaken in the coming months as the Federal Reserve steadily raises rates to fight inflation. The unemployment rate was unchanged at a low 3.6%, the Labor Department said Friday.
Businesses in many industries remain desperate to hire because their customers have kept spending freely despite intensifying concerns about high...",left
2275,"US Economy Added 390,000 Jobs in May","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobs Report', 'Unemployment']","US economy sees solid job growth in May as payrolls jump by 390,000",Fox Business,"The U.S. economy continued to see healthy job growth in May, indicating the labor market is still strong despite growing fears of a recession amid sky-high inflation and an increasingly aggressive Federal Reserve. 
Employers added 390,000 jobs in May, the Labor Department said in its monthly payroll report released Friday, beating the 328,000 jobs forecast by Refinitiv economists. The unemployment rate, meanwhile, held steady at 3.6%, the lowest level since February 2020.
Job gains were broad-based, with the biggest increases in the pandemic-battered leisure and hospitality industry (84,000), professional and business services (75,000)...",right
2276,Senator Ed Markey Defeats a Kennedy in Massachusetts,"['2020 Election', 'Massachusetts Primary', 'Ed Markey', 'Joe Kennedy III', 'Elections']",Markey Fends Off Kennedy Challenge In High Profile Mass. Senate Primary,NPR (Online News),"Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey has fended off the highest-profile Democratic primary challenge of his decades in federal office, defeating the rising Rep. Joe Kennedy III, a member of the state's legendary political dynasty.
Kennedy conceded the contest nearly two and a half hours after polls closed Tuesday night. The Associated Press projected Markey as the winner a short time later.
Prior to this race, no member of the Kennedy family had lost an election in Massachusetts, according to the Cook Political Report.
Markey's victory means the 74-year-old incumbent, who became...",left
2277,Senator Ed Markey Defeats a Kennedy in Massachusetts,"['2020 Election', 'Massachusetts Primary', 'Ed Markey', 'Joe Kennedy III', 'Elections']",Ed Markey fends off challenger Joe Kennedy in Massachusetts Senate primary,Washington Times,"Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey held onto his Senate seat, defeating a rising star from the Kennedy dynasty in the deep blue state’s Democratic primary Tuesday.
Rep. Joseph Patrick Kennedy III, who currently represents the state’s 4th Congressional District, called Mr. Markey to concede the race about two hours after polls closed, according to multiple reports.
It marked the first time in history that a member of the Kennedy family lost an election in the Bay State. Mr. Kennedy, 39, is the grand-nephew of President John F. Kennedy and the late...",right
2278,Senator Ed Markey Defeats a Kennedy in Massachusetts,"['2020 Election', 'Massachusetts Primary', 'Ed Markey', 'Joe Kennedy III', 'Elections']",Sen. Ed Markey defeats a Kennedy in Massachusetts,CNN (Online News),"Senator Ed Markey beat back a bid on Tuesday from Rep. Joe Kennedy to end his nearly 50 years in elected office, humbling the Democratic Party's family dynasty that had never before lost an election in Massachusetts.
The longtime legislator won the primary by campaigning as the most progressive person in the race, while emphasizing his roots as the son of a milkman from Malden.
""We made it clear that we'd rather lose fighting as hard as we could for what we believe in than in finding the middle...",left
2279,Police Confiscate Rifle from St. Louis Couple Who Pulled Firearms on Protesters,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Violence In America', 'Protests', 'Polarization', 'Criminal Justice']",Police seize rifle from St. Louis couple who pulled guns on Black Lives Matter protesters,NBC News (Online),"A husband and wife who were caught on video brandishing firearms at protesters outside their St. Louis home have turned their rifle over to police after a search warrant was executed.
Authorities went to Mark and Patricia McCloskey's home Friday amid an ongoing investigation into the incident.
The couple went viral last month after arming themselves with a rifle and a handgun as they confronted a group protesting police brutality and recent actions by the city's mayor.",left
2280,Police Confiscate Rifle from St. Louis Couple Who Pulled Firearms on Protesters,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Violence In America', 'Protests', 'Polarization', 'Criminal Justice']",Authorities execute search warrant on St. Louis couple who pointed guns at protesters,The Hill,"Authorities in St. Louis have executed a search warrant at the home of the couple who made national headlines when they brandished a pair of guns at Black Lives Matter protesters who were marching past their house.
Two local news stations, KMOV and KSDK, reported that the warrant was carried out Friday night at Mark and Patricia McCloskey's home in St. Louis's affluent Central West End neighborhood.
KSDK reported that the search resulted in police seizing the rifle that Mark McCloskey was seen holding during the incident.",center
2281,Police Confiscate Rifle from St. Louis Couple Who Pulled Firearms on Protesters,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Violence In America', 'Protests', 'Polarization', 'Criminal Justice']","Cops Raid Mansion Of St. Louis Couple Who Defended Home From Protesters, Confiscate AR-15",ZeroHedge,"St. Louis authorities confiscated an AR-15 used by Mark McCloskey, who made headlines with his wife Patricia last month when they defended their historic mansion from protesters who had broken down a gate to trespass on their private road.
Police executed a search warrant Friday evening at the McCloskey's home, seizing the rifle used in the June 28 incident, according to KSDK. The couple said their attorney was in possession of the pistol Patricia McCloskey brandished during the confrontation. The raid comes two weeks after St. Louis circuit attorney Kimberly...",right
2282,British Prime Minister Theresa May Faces No Confidence Vote,"['Great Britain', 'World']",Conservative Party calls for vote of no confidence to oust Prime Minister Theresa May,Washington Post,"Lawmakers in Britain’s Conservative Party on Wednesday triggered a “no confidence” vote against Prime Minister Theresa May, threatening her leadership as she struggles to secure a deal for Britain to leave the European Union.",left
2283,British Prime Minister Theresa May Faces No Confidence Vote,"['Great Britain', 'World']",Theresa May to face vote of no confidence from Tory MPs,BBC News,UK Prime Minister Theresa May faces a vote of confidence in her leadership later after 48 of her Conservative MPs called for one to be held.,center
2284,British Prime Minister Theresa May Faces No Confidence Vote,"['Great Britain', 'World']",Theresa May Faces No Confidence Vote Amid Brexit Mess,Townhall,"It's a disastrous week for UK Prime Minister Theresa May, but it may get worse yet. May scrapped a vote for the Brexit deal she helped craft in Brussels on Tuesday once it was clear she did not have the support to see it through. She admitted it would be soundly rejected, even by members of her own party. Conservative MPs are particularly irate that the drafted Brexit agreement includes an unpopular Irish border ""backstop.""",right
2285,Trump Weighs Rejoining Trans-Pacific Partnership,['Trade'],Trump Asks Advisers to Study Rejoining Pacific Trade Pact Talks,Wall Street Journal (News),"A little over a year after withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, economic advisers are set to study terms.",center
2286,Trump Weighs Rejoining Trans-Pacific Partnership,['Trade'],Trump weighs rejoining Trans-Pacific Partnership amid trade dispute with China,Washington Post,"President Trump told top administration officials Thursday to look at rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the multination trade agreement he pulled the United States out of shortly after taking office.",left
2287,Trump Weighs Rejoining Trans-Pacific Partnership,['Trade'],Trump directs top economic advisers to look at re-entering TPP,Washington Examiner,"President Trump has directed his top economic and trade advisers to look into re-entering the Trans-Pacific Partnership, nearly a year after he withdrew the U.S. from the multilateral trade agreement in of his first acts as president.",right
2288,"School Shooting in Colorado, Near the Infamous Columbine High School","['Colorado', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Second Amendment']",At least 2 handguns used in school shooting near Columbine,Associated Press,"HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (AP) — Two high school students used at least two handguns in the shooting at a charter school that killed one of their classmates and injured eight others in a Colorado community that just weeks ago marked the 20th anniversary of one of the nation’s worst school shootings, authorities said Wednesday.
That Tuesday afternoon’s attack at STEM School Highlands Ranch happened just miles from Columbine High School was sure to raise questions about whether it was inspired by the 1999 massacre, but the answer was not immediately...",left
2289,"School Shooting in Colorado, Near the Infamous Columbine High School","['Colorado', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Second Amendment']","'Mommy, there's a gun ... shot at my school.' Shooting near Columbine leaves 1 dead and 8 wounded",CNN (Online News),"(CNN) - Just a few miles from Columbine High School, gunfire echoed through the hallways of yet another Colorado school.
This time, it was the STEM School Highlands Ranch near Denver. Two suspects, believed to be students there, used a pair of handguns and opened fire in two classrooms Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
An 18-year-old student just days away from graduation was killed, Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock said Wednesday. Eight other students were shot but survived.
It was a scene disturbingly familiar for this suburban Denver community,...",left
2290,"School Shooting in Colorado, Near the Infamous Columbine High School","['Colorado', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Second Amendment']","Colorado school shooting leaves at least 1 dead, 8 injured; 2 in custody, sheriff's office says",Fox News (Online News),"Two suspects were in custody Tuesday night after a shooting at a Colorado high school left at least one person dead and eight others injured, according to authorities.
The suspects were identified as 18-year-old Devon Erickson and a juvenile accomplice. The shooting took place at a STEM school in Highlands Ranch, a Denver suburb only about 7 miles from Littleton, site of the infamous Columbine High School mass murder in 1999.
""It is with extreme sadness that we can confirm that 1 student at the STEM School was killed in...",right
2291,"235,000 Jobs Added in August, Well Short of Estimates","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus', 'Delta Variant']","American Employers Added 235,000 Jobs in August, Far Below Expectations",The Epoch Times,"America’s private employers added just 235,000 jobs in August, significantly undershooting market expectations and fueling speculation that the weak signal in the labor market recovery may lead the Federal Reserve to delay tapering of stimulus.
The Labor Department’s jobs report, released Sept. 3, shows that non-farm payroll employment rose by 235,000 in August, down from 943,000 jobs added in July and far below the FactSet-provided consensus forecasts of 750,000.
“With a big shortfall in jobs creation or recovery in August, it appears the Delta variant has infected the U.S. economy. Payrolls growth came in...",right
2292,"235,000 Jobs Added in August, Well Short of Estimates","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus', 'Delta Variant']",Job growth slowed sharply in August as COVID-19 spread,CBS News (Online),"Hiring across the U.S. pulled back dramatically in August as a surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta variant dragged down the recovery.
Employers added 235,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department reported on Friday, far fewer than the roughly 700,000 expected by forecasters. The nation's unemployment rate fell to 5.2%, from 5.4%.
The monthly job gains are a big drop from July, when more than 1 million jobs were created, according to revised government data.
""The labor market recovery cooled markedly in August as businesses and job seekers grew more cautious in...",left
2293,"235,000 Jobs Added in August, Well Short of Estimates","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus', 'Delta Variant']","Jobs report disappoints — only 235,000 positions added vs. expectations of 720,000",CNBC,"Job creation for August was a huge disappointment, with the economy adding just 235,000 positions, the Labor Department reported Friday.
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for 720,000 new hires.
The unemployment rate dropped to 5.2% from 5.4%, in line with estimates.
August’s total — the worst since January — comes with heightened fears of the pandemic and the impact that rising Covid cases could have on what has been a mostly robust recovery. The weak report could cloud policy for the Federal Reserve, which is weighing whether...",center
2294,How Will President Biden’s Weed Pardons Impact Federal Drug Laws?,"['Joe Biden', 'Weed', 'Cannabis', 'War On Drugs', 'Pardons', 'Presidential Pardons', 'Drug Policy']",Biden move is a boon for cannabis capitalism,Axios,"President Biden on Thursday said that he'll ask for a review of whether marijuana should remain classified as a Schedule 1 substance under federal law.
Why it matters: This could be momentous for the upstart U.S. cannabis industry, which has been slowed at every turn by federal prohibitions.
What to know: Most cannabis companies are unable to use federally chartered banks, largely owing to the Schedule 1 designation, and instead are relegated to using state-chartered banks and credit unions.
Not only does this limit borrowing opportunities, but it also negatively...",center
2295,How Will President Biden’s Weed Pardons Impact Federal Drug Laws?,"['Joe Biden', 'Weed', 'Cannabis', 'War On Drugs', 'Pardons', 'Presidential Pardons', 'Drug Policy']",What Biden's Weed Plan Really Means,Reason,"Biden's bombshell weed announcement is both bigger and smaller than it might seem. On Thursday afternoon, President Joe Biden announced that he would be pardoning some federal convictions for marijuana possession and urged states to do the same. He also asked Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra to initiate a review of how marijuana is classified under federal law. ""Sending people to jail for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives – for conduct that is legal in many states,"" Biden tweeted. ""Today,...",right
2296,How Will President Biden’s Weed Pardons Impact Federal Drug Laws?,"['Joe Biden', 'Weed', 'Cannabis', 'War On Drugs', 'Pardons', 'Presidential Pardons', 'Drug Policy']",From ‘Drug War Joe’ to ‘Dank Brandon’: A Timeline of Biden and Weed,RollingStone.com,"Though “Dank Brandon” memes be be proliferating on your timeline, don’t forget that President Biden has supported America’s war on drugs for decades; he even wrote many of the laws that helped build a punitive criminal justice system for marijuana offenders.
On Thursday, Biden announced on Twitter that he would pardon all people convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law. The move was met with acclaim from the majority of people (not everyone, though — Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas called it “a desperate attempt to distract from failed leadership”)....",left
2297,South Carolina Democratic Debate Recap,"['Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Debates', 'South Carolina Debate', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'Elections']",Debate recap: Sanders survives attacks as Republicans revel in the chaos,The Guardian,"The Trump campaign called the night a ‘hot mess’ as candidates shouted and fought each other and the debate clock
Bernie Sanders emerges relatively unscathed
Early in the night, the Vermont senator Bernie Sanders – who has emerged as the current frontrunner in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination – was the main target of his opponents’ attacks.
The billionaire centrist and former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg used his first answer of the night to criticize Sanders over recent reports that Russia may be interfering in the 2020...",left
2298,South Carolina Democratic Debate Recap,"['Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Debates', 'South Carolina Debate', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'Elections']",Five takeaways from the Democratic debate,The Hill,"The Democratic White House hopefuls slugged it out on Tuesday at the party's 10th presidential debate, with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) coming under a fierce volley of attacks ahead of Saturday’s primary in South Carolina.
Here are five takeaways from a heated night in Charleston, S.C.
Rivals desperate to stop Sanders
Sanders occupied the center spot on stage, and it was clear from the onset that the front-runner would be the focus of attacks from rivals who feel they have only a few days to stop him.
The senator is...",center
2299,South Carolina Democratic Debate Recap,"['Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Debates', 'South Carolina Debate', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'Elections']",Democratic debate: CBS moderators blasted for losing control,New York Post (News),"CBS News moderators got slammed for failing to keep Tuesday night’s Democratic primary debate on track, as the event descended into chaos.
The seven candidates on stage in Charleston, South Carolina, spent much of the debate steamrolling each other, yelling out answers and going over their 75-second time limit to answer direct questions.
Viewers were quick to pile on the moderators — Gayle King, Norah O’Donnell, Margaret Brennan of “Face the Nation” and correspondents Major Garrett and Bill Whitaker — for struggling to keep control.
“The CBS moderators are like...",right
2300,FBI Recommends No Charges Against Clinton,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",FBI: Clinton 'extremely careless' about emails but shouldn't be charged,Fox News (Online News),"FBI Director James Comey announced Tuesday that despite evidence Hillary Clinton was “extremely careless” in her handling of classified emails on a private server, the Department of Justice would not recommend charges being brought against the former secretary of state.
“Our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case,” Comey said.",right
2301,FBI Recommends No Charges Against Clinton,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",FBI recommends no charges against Clinton in email probe,Politico,"'This investigation was done honestly, competently and independently, no outside influence of any kind was brought to bear.'",left
2302,FBI Recommends No Charges Against Clinton,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",FBI recommends no criminal charges in Clinton email probe,Washington Post,"FBI Director James B. Comey said Tuesday that his agency will not recommend criminal charges against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server as secretary of state, but called Clinton and her staff “extremely careless” in handling sensitive material.",left
2303,"Biden Administration Orders ICE, CBP to Stop Using Terms 'Alien,' 'Illegal'","['Immigration', 'ICE', 'CBP', 'Biden Administration', 'Joe Biden', 'DHS']","ICE, CBP to stop using ‘illegal alien’ and ‘assimilation’ under new Biden administration order",Washington Post,"The Biden administration has ordered U.S. immigration enforcement agencies to stop using terms such as “alien,” “illegal alien” and “assimilation” when referring to immigrants in the United States, a rebuke of terms widely used under the Trump administration.
The change is detailed in memos sent Monday to department heads at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, the nation’s chief enforcers of federal immigration laws, according to copies obtained by The Washington Post. It is part of an ongoing effort to reverse President Donald Trump’s hard-line policies and...",left
2304,"Biden Administration Orders ICE, CBP to Stop Using Terms 'Alien,' 'Illegal'","['Immigration', 'ICE', 'CBP', 'Biden Administration', 'Joe Biden', 'DHS']","ICE, CBP ordered to stop using 'alien,' 'assimilation'",The Hill,"The heads of the two largest immigration enforcement agencies are expected on Monday to order its officials to stop using terms generally regarded as offensive by immigrants, like ""illegal alien"" and ""assimilation.""
The orders to replace terminology will come in two nearly identical memos to be released by the acting heads of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Tae Johnson, and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Troy Miller.
The memos were first reported by The Washington Post.",center
2305,"Biden Administration Orders ICE, CBP to Stop Using Terms 'Alien,' 'Illegal'","['Immigration', 'ICE', 'CBP', 'Biden Administration', 'Joe Biden', 'DHS']","Biden administration orders CBP, ICE to stop using the term ‘illegal alien’",New York Post (News),"The Biden administration has ordered federal immigration enforcement agencies to nix the use of terms like “illegal alien” and “assimilation” when referring to illegal immigrants, in favor of more “inclusive language,” according to a report on Monday.
The new directive was included in a memo sent to the heads of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection as part of an effort by the Biden White House to build a more “humane” immigration system, the Washington Post reported, citing copies it obtained.
According to the document, “alien”...",right
2306,Different Views of Thanksgiving,['Bridging Divides'],This Is What It’s Like to Be the Only Trump Fan at Thanksgiving Dinner,Politico,"In my household, when the holidays come, the usual family members plus a friend or two gather. We have three generations at the table: two female 80-year-olds, some 50-year-olds and the millennials. Only one of us is a Trump supporter. This is, after all, a family of professionals in a Northeastern coastal city.",left
2307,Different Views of Thanksgiving,['Bridging Divides'],Thanksgiving is an annual reminder of America’s refugee origins,Washington Post,"Every culture has its harvest festival, but the distinctly North American tradition of Thanksgiving is wrapped up in myths of national origin. In both Canada and the United States, the annual meals became institutionalized in the mid-19th century as two young countries sought to foster both a sense of national pride and identity.",left
2308,Different Views of Thanksgiving,['Bridging Divides'],"OPINION: This Thanksgiving, thank private property. Every day, it protects us from the tragedy of the commons",John Stossel,"Ready for Thanksgiving? Before you eat that turkey, I hope you think about why America has turkeys for you to eat. Most people don't know.",right
2309,McCain Casts Critical Health Care Vote,['Healthcare'],"McCain comes out against GOP healthcare bill, calls for bipartisan plan",The Hill,"Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) returned to the Senate on Tuesday, urging his colleagues to work together and ""trust each other"" during his first floor speech since being diagnosed with brain cancer.",center
2310,McCain Casts Critical Health Care Vote,['Healthcare'],"John McCain, diagnosed with brain cancer, returns to DC to save the GOP health bill",Vox,"Shortly after being diagnosed with brain cancer, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) flew back to Washington, DC, on Tuesday and voted to advance Republicans’ plan to repeal Obamacare.",left
2311,McCain Casts Critical Health Care Vote,['Healthcare'],"McCain Returns to Senate: 'An Honor to Serve,' But 'Right Now We Aren't Producing Much'",Fox News (Online News),Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was greeted with a bipartisan standing ovation when he entered the Senate chamber Tuesday.,right
2312,Attack on ISIS begins,['Middle East'],U.S. expands war against Islamic State with airstrikes in Syria,Washington Post,The United States and several Middle East partners pounded Islamic State targets in Syria on Tuesday with waves of warplanes and Tomahawk cruise missiles in an aggressive and risky operation marking a new phase in the conflict.,left
2313,Attack on ISIS begins,['Middle East'],US widens bombing campaign to IS strongholds in Syria,Christian Science Monitor,"The Pentagon said Arab allies assisted overnight strikes in Syria. Islamic State bases were the main target, but the US said it also struck at a separate al-Qaeda affiliate suspected of plotting terror attacks on Western targets.",center
2314,Attack on ISIS begins,['Middle East'],Obama launches airstrikes in Syria against Islamic State; Pentagon believes ‘we hit’ targets,Washington Times,Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said strikes from the U.S. and Arab partners were trying to hit training facilities and headquarter buildings of the Islamic State in Syria where officials believed the terrorist group was trying to command and control their forces.,right
2315,CDC and FDA Advise White House To Slow Down Booster Shot Plan,"['Coronavirus', 'Booster Shots', 'CDC', 'FDA', 'White House']",Health Officials Advise White House to Scale Back Booster Plan for Now,New York Times (News),"Top federal health officials have told the White House to scale back a plan to offer coronavirus booster shots to the general public later this month, saying that regulators need more time to collect and review all the necessary data, according to people familiar with the discussion.
Dr. Janet Woodcock, the acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, who heads the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned the White House on Thursday that their agencies may be able to determine in the coming...",left
2316,CDC and FDA Advise White House To Slow Down Booster Shot Plan,"['Coronavirus', 'Booster Shots', 'CDC', 'FDA', 'White House']",Lagging Data May Push Back Biden’s Booster Shot Timeline: Report,The Daily Wire,"Two federal health officials warned the Biden administration on Thursday that the COVID-19 booster plan the White House outlined earlier this summer might not be possible because of insufficient data, The New York Times reported Friday morning. 
The officials, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky and FDA acting commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock, made the comments in a meeting with White House pandemic coordinator Jeffrey Zients. From The New York Times: 
Among the reasons for delaying is that regulators need more time to decide the proper dosage for a possible third Moderna shot. The...",right
2317,CDC and FDA Advise White House To Slow Down Booster Shot Plan,"['Coronavirus', 'Booster Shots', 'CDC', 'FDA', 'White House']",Federal Health Officials Want The White House To Slow Its COVID Booster Shot Rollout,NPR (Online News),"The leaders of two federal health agencies are urging the White House to rethink its plan to roll out COVID-19 vaccine boosters starting Sept. 20.
The leaders of the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are telling White House COVID-19 advisers that there is not enough data right now to make a blanket recommendation on boosters and that it may be prudent to start boosters with older adults first, pending FDA authorization. That's according to a source who has knowledge of the situation but...",left
2318,Reactions Diverge After McCain Requests that Trump Not Attend His Funeral,['Politics'],McCain paved way for Trump presidency,Boston Herald,"I’m disappointed that U.S. Sen. John McCain wants President Trump kept away from his funeral. Disappointed, but not surprised.",right
2319,Reactions Diverge After McCain Requests that Trump Not Attend His Funeral,['Politics'],McCain’s Funeral Guest List Doesn’t Define Him,National Review,"Making the click-through worthwhile: A lot of thoughts about the legacy of Arizona senator John McCain, a jaw-dropping scandal rocks New York’s political world, and a reminder that sometimes kids with famous parents can pleasantly surprise us.",right
2320,Reactions Diverge After McCain Requests that Trump Not Attend His Funeral,['Politics'],John McCain has the right to despise Donald Trump,CNN (Opinion),"A great many Republicans have had their differences with Arizona Sen. John McCain over the years, and some of President Donald Trump's biggest supporters are using the occasion",left
2321,Wisconsin Primary Day,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Cruz’s expected victory in Wisconsin would make a contested Republican convention likelier,Washington Post,"Assuming Ted Cruz wins the Wisconsin primary tonight, expect most of the media coverage to focus on the increasing likelihood of a contested Republican convention.",left
2322,Wisconsin Primary Day,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump is in trouble in Wisconsin,Politico,"Winning has been Donald Trump’s cure for all of his failings this campaign. But while his failings have been on full display this week, a Wisconsin win on Tuesday looks unlikely.",left
2323,Wisconsin Primary Day,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Front-Runners Head into Wis. Primaries on Shaky Ground,CBN,"All eyes are on Wisconsin Tuesday where this could be a game-changing primary day.
For Republicans, the day's final vote count could determine whether the candidates are headed towards a contested convention.",right
2324,"Trump Sues Facebook, Twitter and Google","['Donald Trump', 'Section 230', 'Big Tech', 'Social Media', 'Facebook', 'Google', 'Twitter', 'Capitol Chaos']","Trump sues Twitter, Facebook, Google and CEOs Dorsey, Zuckerberg, Pichai",CNBC,"Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is suing Facebook, Twitter and Google, as well as their respective CEOs Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and Sundar Pichai.
Trump, who has a history of threatening legal action but not always following through, made the announcement at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, at 11 a.m. ET alongside two leaders from America First Policy Institute, the pro-Trump nonprofit group that is supporting the lawsuits.
The three related lawsuits, filed in federal court in Florida, allege the tech giants have violated plaintiffs’ First Amendments rights.
The lawsuits were unveiled just...",center
2325,"Trump Sues Facebook, Twitter and Google","['Donald Trump', 'Section 230', 'Big Tech', 'Social Media', 'Facebook', 'Google', 'Twitter', 'Capitol Chaos']",Trump is suing Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey. Here's why they shouldn't worry,CNN Business,"Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday filed class-action lawsuits targeting Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter and its CEO Jack Dorsey, as well as YouTube and its parent company's CEO Sundar Pichai, in a Hail Mary move after being removed from their platforms. Courts have typically dismissed similar suits, and these are likely doomed from the start as well.
The announcement about the lawsuits comes after the companies removed Trump's access to their platforms in the aftermath of the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill. Twitter banned Trump...",left
2326,"Trump Sues Facebook, Twitter and Google","['Donald Trump', 'Section 230', 'Big Tech', 'Social Media', 'Facebook', 'Google', 'Twitter', 'Capitol Chaos']","Trump to sue Facebook, Twitter, Google over alleged censorship, says they've 'ceased to be private'",Fox News (Online News),"Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that he will lead a lawsuit over alleged censorship against Twitter, Facebook and Google -- three tech companies that removed him from their platforms after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by a mob of his supporters. 
The lawsuit will be a class-action, with Trump as the lead plaintiff, claiming that he's been censored by the companies. He spoke about the legal action from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. 
""I stand before you this morning to announce a very important... development for our freedom and...",right
2327,Perspectives: Do the Environmental Benefits of Nuclear Power Outweigh the Risks?,"['Energy', 'Nuclear Power', 'Clean Energy', 'California', 'Sustainability', 'Environment', 'Climate Change', 'Carbon Emissions']","No, California shouldn’t extend the life of its last nuclear plant. There are better ways to fight climate change",Los Angeles Times,"California is approaching an energy crossroads. In three years, its last nuclear plant will begin to power down and the state will lose its largest single source of emissions-free electricity.
A 2018 law requires state regulators to “avoid any increase in greenhouse gases” as a result of closing the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant on the Central Coast. But if they don’t move more quickly to replace its electricity with renewable energy from wind, solar and geothermal, the void will almost certainly be filled by burning more natural gas, which increased...",left
2328,Perspectives: Do the Environmental Benefits of Nuclear Power Outweigh the Risks?,"['Energy', 'Nuclear Power', 'Clean Energy', 'California', 'Sustainability', 'Environment', 'Climate Change', 'Carbon Emissions']","Why California should reconsider shutting down its last nuclear plant, scientists say",CNBC,"Scientists from the MIT and Stanford have published a proposal to retrofit California’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, which is currently scheduled to be decommissioned and closed in August 2025.
The plan would save up to $21 billion in power grid costs if Diablo Canyon were kept open until 2050.
In addition, keeping the plant open to 2050 would preserve 90,000 acres of land that would otherwise need to go to be covered in photovoltaic solar panels to meet California’s climate goals. The scientists also propose that Diablo Canyon could...",center
2329,Perspectives: Do the Environmental Benefits of Nuclear Power Outweigh the Risks?,"['Energy', 'Nuclear Power', 'Clean Energy', 'California', 'Sustainability', 'Environment', 'Climate Change', 'Carbon Emissions']","LA Times flamed for advocating closure of California nuclear power plant, citing climate change fight",Fox News (Online News),"Critics flamed the Los Angeles Times editorial board over the weekend for arguing that California's last remaining nuclear power plant needed to be closed in the name of doing even more to fight climate change. 
In a Sunday editorial, the board criticized those advocating for the plant to remain open despite the plant operator's 2018 decision to shut down, and implored California's state government to get other renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, in place to prevent an increase in the use of natural gas following the plant's closure....",right
2330,Six Charged in Plot to Kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer,"['Violence In America', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Gretchen Whitmer', 'Michigan', 'FBI', 'Terrorism']",Whitmer Links Trump’s Rhetoric To Plot by Militia Group To Kidnap Her,Independent Journal Review,"Federal law enforcement officials announced they foiled a plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan and start a civil war just weeks before the presidential election.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) says she could never imagine that militia groups would plot to kidnap her. She also said she believes the militia group members were encouraged by the country’s chief executive.
On Thursday afternoon, Whitmer blasted President Donald Trump and accused him of “giving comfort to those who spread fear and hatred and division.”
“Just last week, the President of...",right
2331,Six Charged in Plot to Kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer,"['Violence In America', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Gretchen Whitmer', 'Michigan', 'FBI', 'Terrorism']",The FBI Said It Busted A Domestic Terror Plot To Kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer,BuzzFeed News,"The FBI announced Thursday that investigators had thwarted a plot by a right-wing militant group to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at her vacation home, before the Nov. 3 election.
The affidavit, filed under seal in federal court on Tuesday but unsealed on Thursday, names six men — Adam Fox, Barry Croft, Ty Garbin, Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris, and Brandon Caserta — to be charged over the kidnapping plot. The men were arrested on Wednesday.
""Snatch and grab, man. Grab the fuckin' Governor. Just grab the bitch,"" Fox allegedly told...",left
2332,Six Charged in Plot to Kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer,"['Violence In America', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Gretchen Whitmer', 'Michigan', 'FBI', 'Terrorism']","13 charged in plots against Michigan governor, police",Associated Press,"Agents foiled a stunning plot to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, authorities said Thursday in announcing charges in an alleged scheme that involved months of planning and even rehearsals to snatch her from her vacation home.
Six men were charged in federal court with conspiring to kidnap the governor in reaction to what they viewed as her “uncontrolled power,” according to a federal complaint. Separately, seven others linked to a paramilitary group called the Wolverine Watchmen were charged in state court for allegedly seeking to storm the Michigan Capitol...",left
2333,NSA Broke Privacy Rules,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, audit finds",Washington Post,Agency also has overstepped legal authority since Congress gave it broad new power in 2008.,left
2334,NSA Broke Privacy Rules,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","NSA broke privacy rules 'thousands of times each year,' report says",CNN (Online News),The NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times each year since 2008.,left
2335,NSA Broke Privacy Rules,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","Nancy Pelosi calls NSA privacy revelations ""disturbing""",Washington Times,House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Friday that news reports outlining how the National Security Agency broke privacy rules thousands of times are extremely disturbing.,right
2336,Second Suspect in Custody,['Terrorism'],Bombing suspect in custody after standoff in Watertown,The Boston Globe,"The man believed to be responsible for placing the bombs that struck near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing 3 and injuring more than 170, was pulled this afternoon from his hiding place in a boat parked in the backyard of a home.",left
2337,Second Suspect in Custody,['Terrorism'],IT'S OVER: Second Boston Terror Suspect in Custody Following Massive Manhunt,The Blaze,WATERTOWN Mass. (TheBlazeAP) -- A 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings was taken into custody Friday evening after a manhunt that left the city virtually paralyzed and his older brother and accomplice dead. Police said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was in serious condition on Friday night. Police...,right
2338,Second Suspect in Custody,['Terrorism'],"Boston bombings: 'CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over,' police say",CNN (Online News),"Police: Boston bombings suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev is in custody.
His brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was killed earlier Friday.
Police: Events began after store robbery, fatal shooting of MIT police officer Thursday night.
Police believe brothers were involved in officer's death; transit officer also wounded during overnight manhunt",left
2339,Competing Budgets,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Democrats slow to back Obama on Medicare and Social Security cuts,Washington Post,While the president offers reductions to try to get a grand bargain on the budget some in his party protest.,left
2340,Competing Budgets,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Hope for compromise recedes as budget debate begins,CNN (Online News),Nothing it seems can bridge the bottomless political divide in Washington over taxes and spending.,left
2341,Competing Budgets,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Confirmed: Senate Democrats' Budget Accelerates Spending, Never Balances",Townhall,They say the best time to release damaging information is during a major news event.,right
2342,What To Expect At The State of the Union Address,['Politics'],Trump to Call for Bipartisanship as He Threatens to Declare Emergency,Wall Street Journal (News),Tuesday’s State of the Union speech comes at a time of deep partisan division over border wall after record-long shutdown.,center
2343,What To Expect At The State of the Union Address,['Politics'],"Trump's State of the Union to condemn 'resistance and retribution politics,' as WH says he won't back down on wall",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump is set to renew his call for unity during Tuesday's primetime State of the Union address, but prominent Democrats are already signaling they have no intention of reconciliation amid ongoing fights over border wall funding and Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.",right
2344,What To Expect At The State of the Union Address,['Politics'],State of the Union: Trump to call for unity as he tries to reboot presidency,The Guardian,Trump will tout economic strength and border security as he faces an audience with an unprecedented number of women.,left
2345,Hagel Nomination goes to Senate,[],Senate Armed Services Committee endorses Chuck Hagel 14-11,Politico,"Democrats and Republicans broke sharply over whether the former Republican senator from Nebraska is the right man to run the Pentagon. Supporters cited Hagels experience as an enlisted soldier in Vietnam and his service in the Senate and elsewhere as reasons he should succeed Defense Secretary Leon Panetta while opponents stuck with their criticisms about Hagels past positions on Iran, Israel and the defense budget.",left
2346,Hagel Nomination goes to Senate,[],Senate panel endorses Hagel for Pentagon in rare party-line vote,Fox News (Online News),"A Senate panel narrowly endorsed Chuck Hagel to lead the Pentagon Tuesday, in a rare party-line vote that underscored intense Republican opposition to his nomination while nevertheless advancing Hagel to the floor for a final verdict.",right
2347,Hagel Nomination goes to Senate,[],Embattled Hagel clears key Senate hurdle,CNN (Online News),"Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday narrowly approved the choice of Chuck Hagel to serve as President Barack Obama's next defense secretary, sending the controversial nomination to the full Senate.",left
2348,Whistleblower Claims Medical Neglect and High Rate of Hysterectomies at ICE Facility; Coverage Differs,"['ICE', 'Department Of Homeland Security', 'Georgia', 'Homeland Security', 'Healthcare', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Immigration']",Democrats demand answers over 'mass hysterectomies' at ICE facility,Washington Times,"Top Democrats demanded answers Tuesday after a whistleblower nurse filed a complaint claiming that an immigration detention center was performing an exceptional number of hysterectomies on migrant women.
Dawn Wooten, a licensed practical nurse, said the rate of the procedure at the Georgia facility was a red flag, said one particular gynecologist was at the center of the operations, and said some of the women didn’t understand why they were getting it.
She called the doctor “the uterus collector.”",right
2349,Whistleblower Claims Medical Neglect and High Rate of Hysterectomies at ICE Facility; Coverage Differs,"['ICE', 'Department Of Homeland Security', 'Georgia', 'Homeland Security', 'Healthcare', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Immigration']","Staggering Number of Hysterectomies Happening at ICE Facility, Whistleblower Says",Vice,"A whistleblower complaint filed Monday by several legal advocacy groups accuses a detention center of performing a staggering number of hysterectomies on immigrant women, as well as failing to follow procedures meant to keep both detainees and employees safe from the coronavirus.
The complaint, filed on behalf of several detained immigrants and a nurse named Dawn Wooten, details several accounts of recent “jarring medical neglect” at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, which is run by the private prison company LaSalle South Corrections and houses people incarcerated by...",left
2350,Whistleblower Claims Medical Neglect and High Rate of Hysterectomies at ICE Facility; Coverage Differs,"['ICE', 'Department Of Homeland Security', 'Georgia', 'Homeland Security', 'Healthcare', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Immigration']",A whistleblower is accusing doctors at an ICE detention center of surgically removing the wombs of some immigrant detainees,Insider,"A nurse at a Georgia Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility is accusing the detention center of allowing an unusual number of hysterectomies to be performed on immigrants detained there, often without their consent.
In a whistleblower complaint sent by Project South to the Department of Homeland Security and its inspector general, a nurse named Dawn Wooten described poor treatment of migrants detained at the Irwin County Detention Center, including limited and negligent medical care and minimal testing for COVID-19.",left
2351,"Cuomo Administration Underreported COVID-19 Nursing Home Deaths, NY AG Report Says","['Coronavirus', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York', 'Bill De Blasio']","N.Y. Severely Undercounted Virus Deaths in Nursing Homes, Report Says",New York Times (News),"The New York State attorney general accused the Cuomo administration of undercounting coronavirus-related deaths at nursing homes by as much as 50 percent, according to a report released on Thursday.
The count of deaths in state nursing homes has been a source of controversy for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and state Health Department officials, who have been sensitive to any suggestion that they played any role in the number of nursing home deaths, which the state put at more than 8,500.",left
2352,"Cuomo Administration Underreported COVID-19 Nursing Home Deaths, NY AG Report Says","['Coronavirus', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York', 'Bill De Blasio']",New York attorney general accuses Gov. Cuomo of undercounting nursing home deaths by as much as 50%,Insider,"A bombshell report from New York Attorney General Tish James accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration of undercounting COVID-19 nursing home deaths by up to 50%.
Cuomo wrote a book about his coronavirus response and won an International Emmy Award for his daily briefings, touting his self-proclaimed ""just the facts"" approach to the pandemic in an ongoing victory lap.
Since getting hit hard by the virus in March and April, New York has recorded more than 42,000 fatalities as of Jan. 28.",left
2353,"Cuomo Administration Underreported COVID-19 Nursing Home Deaths, NY AG Report Says","['Coronavirus', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York', 'Bill De Blasio']",COVID-19 deaths in NY nursing homes were 50 percent higher than claimed: probe,New York Post (News),"New York’s nursing-home death toll from COVID-19 may be more than 50 percent higher than officials claim — because Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration hasn’t revealed how many of those residents died in hospitals, state Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday.
In a damning, 76-page report, James also said that some unidentified nursing homes apparently underreported resident fatalities to the state Department of Health and failed to enforce infection-control measures — with more than 20 currently under investigation.",right
2354,Boehner and the Debt Ceiling Vote,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","With Debt Ceiling Vote, Boehner Blunts G.O.P. Infighting",New York Times (News),"On Tuesday morning, after extended discussions of political fund-raising at the Capitol Hill Club, Speaker John A. Boehner stood to change the subject. He then told his House Republican troops that he would put to a vote a measure to raise the government’s borrowing limit, without preconditions.
After what one member described as “stunned silence,” the speaker quipped, “I’m getting this monkey off your back, and you’re not going to even clap?”",left
2355,Boehner and the Debt Ceiling Vote,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Peter King: Boehner Was 'Real Leader' on Debt Vote,Newsmax (News),"House Speaker John Boehner showed he was a ""real leader"" by pushing through a vote on a clean debt ceiling bill, Rep. Peter King said Wednesday.
""He was a real leader,"" the New York Republican told MSNBC's ""Morning Joe."" ""I stand by what John Boehner did.""
With narrow Republican support, the House on Tuesday approved a debt ceiling increase without conditions. The bill allowed an extension of the federal government's borrowing authority for one year. Conservative groups immediately criticized the move, contending it was a missed opportunity to cut spending....",right
2356,Boehner and the Debt Ceiling Vote,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",GOP Backs Off Fight on Debt Limit,Wall Street Journal (News),"The House on Tuesday approved a bill to extend the federal government's borrowing authority with no strings attached, after Republican leaders dropped all policy demands to avoid a market-rattling confrontation in an election year.
The measure, which would suspend the debt limit and allow the government to borrow until March 16, 2015, marked a retreat from efforts by House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) to require any debt-ce",center
2357,"Facing Retaliation from Taliban, First Afghan Evacuees Arrive in US","['Middle East', 'Terrorism', 'Taliban', 'Afghanistan', 'US Military', 'War On Terror']",First evacuated Afghans arrive in U.S. as Taliban surges in wake of military withdrawal,NBC News (Online),"The first group of Afghans who worked for the U.S. government and faced retaliation from the Taliban for their efforts arrived in the U.S. early Friday.
The 200 Afghans flew into Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C., and were to be bused to an Army base in Virginia for medical screenings, officials said.
They are expected to remain at Fort Lee, about 230 miles south of Washington, for a week.
In a statement, President Joe Biden said the arrivals were ""an important milestone as we continue to fulfill our promise to the thousands of Afghan nationals who served...",left
2358,"Facing Retaliation from Taliban, First Afghan Evacuees Arrive in US","['Middle East', 'Terrorism', 'Taliban', 'Afghanistan', 'US Military', 'War On Terror']",First group of evacuated Afghan interpreters arrives in US,BBC News,"About 200 Afghan interpreters and their families have arrived in the US - the first of a group of 2,500 Afghans being evacuated as the Taliban advances.
The interpreters are being resettled under a visa programme for those who worked with the US during the recently ended 20-year war with the Taliban.
They arrived in the early hours of Friday morning and were taken to Fort Lee military base in Virginia.
They are expected to stay there for around a week while they are processed.
The Taliban have been advancing...",center
2359,"Facing Retaliation from Taliban, First Afghan Evacuees Arrive in US","['Middle East', 'Terrorism', 'Taliban', 'Afghanistan', 'US Military', 'War On Terror']",First Afghan evacuees head to US,Washington Examiner,"The first group of Afghans who aided U.S. forces is on the way to the United States to complete the application process for a special visa.
With the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan nearly complete, the Biden administration started “Operation Allies Refuge"" to evacuate thousands of Afghan helpers to the U.S. who face the threat of retribution from advancing Taliban forces.
President Joe Biden called their arrival “an important milestone as we continue to fulfill our promise to the thousands of Afghan nationals who served shoulder-to-shoulder with American troops and diplomats over the last 20 years in Afghanistan,” in...",right
2360,White House Extends Coronavirus Guidelines Through End of April,"['Donald Trump', 'Social Distancing', 'Stay At Home', 'Coronavirus']",Trump Extends Social Distancing Guidelines Through End of April,New York Times (News),"The president, facing grim figures from his health advisers, starkly reversed an earlier upbeat assessment that the country could relax the guidelines by Easter.
President Trump retreated Sunday from his desire to relax coronavirus guidelines by Easter, announcing instead that all Americans must continue to avoid nonessential travel, going to work, eating at bars and restaurants, or gathering in groups of more than 10 for at least another month and perhaps until June.
The grim recommendation, which the president made in the White House Rose Garden, came just a day...",left
2361,White House Extends Coronavirus Guidelines Through End of April,"['Donald Trump', 'Social Distancing', 'Stay At Home', 'Coronavirus']",White House Extends Social-Distancing Guidelines Until End of April,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump on Sunday said he was extending the administration’s social-distancing guidelines for another 30 days through the end of April, after saying for days that he was hoping to open up the country in the coming weeks.
Mr. Trump, speaking at a news conference in the White House Rose Garden, said the peak of the death rate from the new coronavirus was expected to hit in two weeks. Mr. Trump predicted the country would be on its way to recovery by June 1.
“Nothing would be worse than declaring...",center
2362,White House Extends Coronavirus Guidelines Through End of April,"['Donald Trump', 'Social Distancing', 'Stay At Home', 'Coronavirus']",Trump Extends Social Distancing Guidelines Through End of April,Fox News (Online News),"Speaking at a contentious White House coronavirus news briefing on Sunday that involved testy standoffs with multiple reporters, President Trump declared that ""the peak in death rate"" in the coronavirus pandemic ""is likely to hit in two weeks,"" and said the federal government will be extending its social-distancing guidelines through April 30.
""The modeling estimates that the peak in death rate is likely to hit in two weeks. I will say it again. The peak, the highest point of death rates, remember this, is likely to hit in two weeks......",right
2363,November 2012 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Jobs report hits fiscal cliff debate,Politico,November employment numbers grew far more than expected providing a bright spot of economic news amid fears that Washingtons fiscal cliff deadlock will crush the slow economic recovery if a deal is not reached by the end of the month.,left
2364,November 2012 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Unemployment rate falls to lowest level since 2008,CNN (Online News),"Modest hiring continued in November and the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in nearly four years, according to a report released Friday.",left
2365,November 2012 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Jobless rate dips to 7.7 percent, but economy shows vulnerability in face of fiscal crisis",Fox News (Online News),"The unemployment rate ticked down to 7.7 percent in November, but the economy continued to showed vulnerability in the face of sweeping tax hikes and spending cuts hitting as early as next month.",right
2366,Hundreds Flee Russia after Military Call-Up,"['World', 'Russia', 'Military', 'Ukraine War']",Ukraine war: Russians flee to border after military call-up,BBC News,"Queues have sprung up along Russia's border as men attempt to leave the country amid a military call-up for the war in Ukraine.
President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilisation on Wednesday, which could see 300,000 people summoned to serve in the war.
The Kremlin says reports of fighting-age men fleeing are exaggerated.
But on the border with Georgia, miles-long queues of vehicles have formed including men trying to escape the war.
One man, who did not want to be named, told the BBC's Rayhan Demytrie he had grabbed...",center
2367,Hundreds Flee Russia after Military Call-Up,"['World', 'Russia', 'Military', 'Ukraine War']","Russia's military divided as Putin struggles to deal with Ukraine's counteroffensive, US sources say",CNN (Online News),"Russia's military is divided over how best to counter Ukraine's unexpected battlefield advances this month, according to multiple sources familiar with US intelligence, as Moscow has found itself on the defensive in both the east and the south.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is himself giving directions directly to generals in the field, two sources familiar with US and western intelligence said-- a highly unusual management tactic in a modern military that these sources said hints at the dysfunctional command structure that has plagued Russia's war from the beginning.
Intelligence intercepts have captured Russian officers arguing among...",left
2368,Hundreds Flee Russia after Military Call-Up,"['World', 'Russia', 'Military', 'Ukraine War']",Backlash grows in Russia following Putin's order for partial military mobilization,Washington Examiner,"Thousands of anti-war Russian protesters took to the streets on Wednesday as hundreds of others packed their bags and fled following President Vladimir Putin's announcement of a partial military mobilization.
The move marks the biggest escalation since the invasion began seven months ago and was made following a series of humiliating setbacks as well as calls from pro-war nationalists who demanded that more resources be devoted to defeating Ukraine. The partial draft would force about 300,000 Russians into military service.
By early afternoon, more than 1,300 anti-war protesters had been detained in more than a dozen cities...",right
2369,Mueller Probes Trump’s Finances,['Justice'],"Trump sets red line for Mueller on Russia probe, warns he'll expose 'conflicts'",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump’s frustration with the Russia probe boiled over in a fiery new interview where he set a red line for Special Counsel Robert Mueller, warning against digging into his family finances beyond the Russia scope and suggesting he’ll soon start talking about the ex-FBI director’s “conflicts.”",right
2370,Mueller Probes Trump’s Finances,['Justice'],Trump set a red line for Robert Mueller. And now Mueller has reportedly crossed it.,Washington Post,Bloomberg News is reporting that the Russia investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller is zeroing in on President Trump’s business transactions.,left
2371,Mueller Probes Trump’s Finances,['Justice'],Mueller Expands Probe to Trump Business Transactions,Bloomberg,The U.S. special counsel investigating possible ties between the Donald Trump campaign and Russia in last year's election is examining a broad range of transactions involving Trump's businesses as well as those of his associates,left
2372,Shooting at Mohammed Cartoon Contest,['Violence In America'],Gunmen shot dead in Texas after opening fire outside prophet Muhammad cartoon show,Washington Post,"Two gunmen shot an unarmed security officer outside a cartoon exhibit and contest depicting the prophet Muhammad near Dallas and were then shot and killed by police late Sunday, authorities said.",left
2373,Shooting at Mohammed Cartoon Contest,['Violence In America'],"Two suspects killed, officer injured after shooting outside Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas",Fox News (Online News),Two armed men were killed after opening fire on a security guard outside an exhibit of artistic depictions of the Muslim prophet Muhammad in suburban Dallas Sunday evening.,right
2374,Shooting at Mohammed Cartoon Contest,['Violence In America'],"Two killed outside Mohammed cartoon contest in Garland, Texas",CNN (Online News),"A cartoon contest featuring controversial images of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed turned deadly Sunday night when two men pulled up in a car and opened fire. Police returned fire, killing both men after one wounded a security guard.",left
2375,McConnell Says He Hasn’t Spoken With Biden Since the Inauguration,"['Polarization', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'US Senate', 'Bipartisanship']",McConnell says he and Biden aren't talking,The Hill,"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Wednesday that he's barely spoken to President Biden since the Jan. 20 inauguration, accusing the White House of shifting to the ""hard left.""
""I don't believe I've spoken with him since he was sworn in,"" McConnell said during an interview with Fox News, adding that he hadn't been invited to the White House either.
Spokespeople for McConnell didn't immediately respond to a request for comment, but clarified to CNN that while they had spoken since the Jan. 20 inauguration, they haven't talked...",center
2376,McConnell Says He Hasn’t Spoken With Biden Since the Inauguration,"['Polarization', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'US Senate', 'Bipartisanship']",McConnell complains Biden hasn’t spoken to him or invited him to White House since inauguration,The Independent,"Mitch McConnell complained during an interview on Wednesday that President Joe Biden has not spoken with him since the presidential inauguration.
In an appearance on Fox News, the Senate minority leader said he had not been invited to the White House so far during this administration, claiming that Democrats are not interested in acting in a bipartisan fashion.
Host Bill Hemmer asked when he had last spoken with the president, to which Mr McConnell replied: “I don’t believe I have spoken with him since he was sworn in. We had...",left
2377,McConnell Says He Hasn’t Spoken With Biden Since the Inauguration,"['Polarization', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'US Senate', 'Bipartisanship']",Senate Minority Leader McConnell says he has not been invited to White House,Fox News (Online News),"Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell said he hasn't been invited to the White House or spoken to President Biden on the phone since the Democrat took office on Jan. 20.
McConnell, R-Ky., told Fox News' ""America's Newsroom"" on Wednesday that the White House hasn't shown interest in uniting with Republicans, despite Biden's rhetoric of unity during his inaugural address.
""I haven't been invited to the White House,"" McConnell said. ""So far this administration is not interested in doing anything on a bipartisan basis or in the political center. They'd...",right
2378,Trump Condemns Hate Groups,['Polarization'],Trump calls out KKK and neo-Nazis after backlash to Charlottesville remarks,ABC News (Online),"President Donald Trump condemned hate groups, including white supremacists, in remarks from the White House on Monday, after receiving criticism for his initial statement on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend.",left
2379,Trump Condemns Hate Groups,['Polarization'],"Under pressure, Trump calls neo-Nazis and KKK criminals",Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump denounced neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan as criminals and thugs on Monday, bowing to mounting political pressure after initially saying many sides were to blame after a white-nationalist rally turned deadly in Virginia.",center
2380,Trump Condemns Hate Groups,['Polarization'],"Trump condemns ‘white supremacists,’ vows ‘justice will be delivered’ in Charlottesville attack",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Monday specifically condemned “white supremacists” and “neo-Nazis” in the wake of deadly weekend clashes in Charlottesville, vowing “justice will be delivered” to the perpetrators of that ""racist violence.""",right
2381,Twitter Bans Political Advertisements,"['Twitter', 'Election 2020', 'Political Advertising', 'Campaigns', 'Jack Dorsey', 'Facebook', 'Mark Zuckerberg', 'Social Media', 'Free Speech']",Twitter’s Announcement on Banning Political Ads Is a Subtweet of Mark Zuckerberg,Slate,"On Wednesday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that the platform would stop running political ads globally. “While internet advertising is incredibly powerful and very effective for commercial advertisers, that power brings significant risks to politics, where it can be used to influence votes to affect the lives of millions,” Dorsey wrote in a thread about the decision.
The CEO further argued that the reach of a political message should be earned based how users respond to it, and that paying to boost a post’s reach compromises that dynamic. He pointed...",left
2382,Twitter Bans Political Advertisements,"['Twitter', 'Election 2020', 'Political Advertising', 'Campaigns', 'Jack Dorsey', 'Facebook', 'Mark Zuckerberg', 'Social Media', 'Free Speech']","Pray Tell, Mr. Dorsey, What Is ‘Political’?",National Review,"Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced Wednesday that the company will halt all political advertising on its platform, both on behalf of political issues and individual candidates. “A political message earns reach when people decide to follow an account or retweet,” said Dorsey. “Paying for reach removes that decision, forcing highly optimized and targeted political messages on people.”
The policy will not apply to voter-registration drives. Will it apply to Black Lives Matter or Greenpeace? Will Twitter bar Planned Parenthood from advertising its abortion services? How will Senator Elizabeth Warren, who...",right
2383,Twitter Bans Political Advertisements,"['Twitter', 'Election 2020', 'Political Advertising', 'Campaigns', 'Jack Dorsey', 'Facebook', 'Mark Zuckerberg', 'Social Media', 'Free Speech']",Twitter bans political ads ahead of 2020 election,Associated Press,"SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter, reacting to growing concern about misinformation spread on social media, is banning all political advertising from its service. Its move strikes a sharp contrast with Facebook, which continues to defend running paid political ads, even false ones, as a free speech priority.
“While internet advertising is incredibly powerful and very effective for commercial advertisers, that power brings significant risks to politics, where it can be used to influence votes to affect the lives of millions,” Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said Wednesday in a series of...",left
2384,Poll Shows Little Faith In Government,"['Role Of Government', 'Politics']",Americans enter 2014 with plunging faith in government,CBS News (Online),"Two months after a Congress mired in partisan congestion gave way to the first government shutdown in 17 years, a mere one in 20 Americans believe the U.S. system of democracy works well and needs no changes, according to an AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll out Thursday.",left
2385,Poll Shows Little Faith In Government,"['Role Of Government', 'Politics']",AP News - Poll: Americans have little faith in government,Townhall,Americans enter 2014 with a profoundly negative view of government.,right
2386,Poll Shows Little Faith In Government,"['Role Of Government', 'Politics']","Americans, Again, Say Government Is Shockingly Incompetent",Reason,"Surprisingly, in the year of Obamacare, NSA snooping, and skyrocketing federal debt, Americans express little confidence in government and consider it largely incapable of addressing the problems and issues facing the country.",right
2387,"Alex Jones, Infowars Permanently Banned From Twitter",['Technology'],"Twitter permanently bans Alex Jones, Infowars citing abuse",Associated Press,Twitter is permanently banning right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his “Infowars” show for abusive behavior.,left
2388,"Alex Jones, Infowars Permanently Banned From Twitter",['Technology'],Twitter Finally Bans Alex Jones And Infowars,HuffPost,The Infowars creator is a known conspiracy theorist who has also harassed families of mass shooting victims.,left
2389,"Alex Jones, Infowars Permanently Banned From Twitter",['Technology'],"Twitter Permanently Blacklists Alex Jones, Infowars",Breitbart News,"Twitter on Thursday permanently banned accounts belonging to Alex Jones and Infowars over a video of the radio host confronting a CNN reporter for lobbying to blacklist him from the social media platform, which CEO Jack Dorsey described as a “digital town hall” before Congress the day before.",right
2390,Perspectives: Biden's Approval Rating Falls,"['Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Public Opinion', 'Coronavirus', 'Afghanistan']",White House toils amid multiple crises on Labor Day,CNN (Online News),"There is no rest for an under-pressure White House this Labor Day as President Joe Biden tackles health, economic and legislative challenges that deepened on his watch and are beginning to erode his political standing.
A worsening Covid-19 pandemic, with the added concern of the impact of the Delta variant on kids, the fallout from the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and new concerns over job growth are weighing on the administration after a tough summer. New complications over passing the President's sweeping infrastructure and social program, and a shocking move by Texas to all but outlaw abortion are exacerbating an extraordinary...",left
2391,Perspectives: Biden's Approval Rating Falls,"['Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Public Opinion', 'Coronavirus', 'Afghanistan']",Biden's muscle questioned amid falling polls,The Hill,"President Biden’s sagging approval ratings, especially among independents, are raising questions about his ability to move his agenda through a House and Senate where centrist and liberal Democrats are battling one another.
Democrats aren’t running away from the president, but the approval rating hit could make it tougher for Biden to muscle moderates such as Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) and Joe Manchin (W.Va.) who are balking at the $3.5 trillion cost of his budget reconciliation measure.
Some Democrats note that Biden’s approval rating at this point in his presidency is still significantly higher than...",center
2392,Perspectives: Biden's Approval Rating Falls,"['Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Public Opinion', 'Coronavirus', 'Afghanistan']","Biden's standing among Americans nosedives in wake of rocky Afghanistan exit, COVID surge",Fox News (Online News),"As Labor Day marks the traditional close to summer, President Biden's poll numbers are taking a hit.
Facing a barrage of bipartisan criticism for weeks over his handling of the turbulent U.S. withdrawal and evacuation from Afghanistan, and with a surge in new COVID cases due to the spread across the country this summer of the highly infectious delta variant, the president’s approval ratings are slipping.
Biden’s approval rating hovered in the low to mid 50s since taking office in late January. But his numbers started sliding last month, as the crisis in Afghanistan dominated media coverage...",right
2393,Fact Checkers Explore Claim 'Black Lives Matter' Fundraising Goes to Democratic Campaigns,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Fake News', 'Conspiracy', 'Race And Racism', 'Black Lives Matter']","A debunked conspiracy theory about Black Lives Matter, ActBlue, and Democrats can be traced to far-right message boards",Media Matters,A false money laundering conspiracy theory regarding the Black Lives Matter movement's use of a payment processing company for donations has gained traction online among right-wing figures and can be traced back to far-right message boards.,left
2394,Fact Checkers Explore Claim 'Black Lives Matter' Fundraising Goes to Democratic Campaigns,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Fake News', 'Conspiracy', 'Race And Racism', 'Black Lives Matter']",Donations to Black Lives Matter Group Don’t Go to DNC,FactCheck.org,"As the Black Lives Matter movement captures national attention, websites and social media posts are spreading a false claim about donations made to a leading Black Lives Matter organization.
An Instagram page for the website WokeHub.com claimed, for example, that “donations made to Black Lives Matter website go directly to the DNC” and that BlackLivesMatter.com “appears to be an international money laundering program used by the Democratic National Committee.” A similar claim appeared on the conspiracy theory website InfoWars.com.
Conservative personality Candace Owens also put the claim before her more...",center
2395,Fact Checkers Explore Claim 'Black Lives Matter' Fundraising Goes to Democratic Campaigns,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Fake News', 'Conspiracy', 'Race And Racism', 'Black Lives Matter']",Is Black Lives Matter a ‘Shell Company’ for a Liberal Super PAC?,The Dispatch,"In viral tweets Wednesday, political provocateurs Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk suggested that donations to the Black Lives Matter Foundation are being sent instead to ActBlue, a Democratic political committee:",right
2396,House Judiciary Approves Impeachment Articles,"['Donald Trump', 'Congress', 'Impeachment', 'Ukraine', 'US House', 'White House', 'Politics']",Republicans erupt as Nadler suddenly postpones impeachment vote near midnight,Fox News (Online News),"Gobsmacked Republicans made known their fury and frustration late Thursday as House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., abruptly wrapped up an all-day marathon hearing on the adoption of two articles of impeachment against President Trump by delaying planned votes on the matter until Friday morning.
""It is now very late at night,"" Nadler said shortly before midnight in D.C. ""I want the members on both sides of the aisle to think about what has happened over these last two days, and to search their consciences before we cast their...",right
2397,House Judiciary Approves Impeachment Articles,"['Donald Trump', 'Congress', 'Impeachment', 'Ukraine', 'US House', 'White House', 'Politics']",An abrupt ending that inspired GOP fury and other takeaways from Thursday's marathon impeachment debate,USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee seems poised to approve two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump after a full day of debate from both sides on amendments that left members in a recess until Friday.
Committee members debated for more than 14 hours over the abuse of power and obstruction of Congress articles, which allege the president used the power of his office to pressure Ukraine to open an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden that would benefit his 2020 campaign, and that he blocked Congress from...",left
2398,House Judiciary Approves Impeachment Articles,"['Donald Trump', 'Congress', 'Impeachment', 'Ukraine', 'US House', 'White House', 'Politics']","House Judiciary Committee abruptly adjourns after marathon debate, will vote on articles of impeachment Friday morning",Washington Post,"The House Judiciary Committee spent more than 14 hours Thursday locked in a rancorous and contentious debate about whether to approve two articles of impeachment against President Trump, with Democrats making an abrupt decision before midnight to hold off on the history-making vote until Friday morning.
The all-day debate ended as it began, with angry exchanges, personal insults and recycled arguments about process and propriety as the committee moved toward voting to impeach Trump for “high crimes and misdemeanors.”
“It has been a long two days of consideration of these...",left
2399,Anne Frank Center Criticizes Trump,"['White House', 'Politics']",Anne Frank Center Compares Trump to Hitler,Washington Free Beacon,The left-leaning organization frequently criticizes the Trump administration,right
2400,Anne Frank Center Criticizes Trump,"['White House', 'Politics']","Anne Frank Center notes 'alarming parallels' between Trump, pre-Holocaust Germany",The Hill,"The Anne Frank Center, a frequent critic of President Trump, suggested in a tweet Wednesday that there has been an escalation in “alarming parallels” between the present and Nazi Germany.",center
2401,Anne Frank Center Criticizes Trump,"['White House', 'Politics']","Anne Frank Center Blasts Trump's RAISE Act As An ""Ethnic Purity Test""",Bustle,"Flanked by Republican Sens. Tom Cotton and David Perdue, President Trump unveiled the RAISE Act on Wednesday, an immigration bill that aims to drastically limit legal immigration. Soon after the press conference, the Anne Frank Center slammed Trump's RAISE Act in a fierce statement likening it to an ""ethnic purity test that harkens [sic] to the darkest chapters of world history.""",left
2402,FDA Restricts J&J’s COVID-19 Vaccine for Some People Over Blood Clot Risk,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Johnson & Johnson Vaccine', 'Vaccine Skepticism']",FDA limits Johnson & Johnson's COVID vaccine to some people due to blood clot risk,NPR (Online News),"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is limiting the use of Johnson and Johnson's Janssen COVID-19 vaccine as a last resort for adults who cannot accept a shot from another manufacturer.
Though the potential benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks, the FDA said Thursday that it is restricting the use of the Janssen vaccine. It will be limited to individuals 18 and older and medically ineligible for another approved vaccine and to those who only have access to the J&J vaccine and want one, according to an FDA news release....",left
2403,FDA Restricts J&J’s COVID-19 Vaccine for Some People Over Blood Clot Risk,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Johnson & Johnson Vaccine', 'Vaccine Skepticism']",FDA restricts J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine due to blood clot risk,Associated Press,"U.S. regulators on Thursday strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine due to the ongoing risk of rare but serious blood clots.
The Food and Drug Administration said the shot should only be given to adults who cannot receive a different vaccine or specifically request J&J’s vaccine. U.S. authorities for months have recommended that Americans get Pfizer or Moderna shots instead of J&J’s vaccine.
FDA’s vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks said the agency decided to restrict the vaccine after taking another look at the data on the...",left
2404,FDA Restricts J&J’s COVID-19 Vaccine for Some People Over Blood Clot Risk,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Johnson & Johnson Vaccine', 'Vaccine Skepticism']",FDA Restricts J&J’s COVID-19 Vaccine Over Risk of Blood Clots,The Epoch Times,"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on May 5 that it will restrict the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to adults who can’t receive mRNA vaccines, because of the risk of potentially life-threatening side effects with the J&J shot.
The agency said the COVID-19 vaccine can now only be administered to people aged 18 years of age and older who can’t receive either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines, both of which are two-dose vaccines and use mRNA technology. J&J’s single-shot vaccine uses adenovirus technology.
People 18 and older who...",right
2405,Two Guatemalan Children Die in Government Custody,['Immigration'],Border chief: Agents 'did everything they could' to prevent child migrants' deaths,Politico,"President Donald Trump’s border patrol chief on Sunday called the deaths of two Guatemalan children who perished while in government custody earlier this month “absolutely devastating,” and said immigration enforcement agents “did everything they could” to prevent the tragedies.",left
2406,Two Guatemalan Children Die in Government Custody,['Immigration'],Trump Blames Democrats For Deaths Of Migrant Kids As DHS Secretary Visits Border,NPR (Online News),"Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen traveled to Texas and Arizona on Friday and Saturday, citing an ""unprecedented"" increase in the apprehensions of families and unaccompanied children at the U.S.-Mexico border.",left
2407,Two Guatemalan Children Die in Government Custody,['Immigration'],Trump blames Democrats for deaths of migrant children at border,Washington Times,"President Trump blamed congressional Democrats Saturday for the deaths of migrant children at the border, saying liberals’ “pathetic” immigration policies have encouraged foreign families to attempt the dangerous journey.",right
2408,Perspectives: UK and EU Reach Post-Brexit Trade Deal,"['World', 'Brexit', 'Great Britain', 'EU', 'Trade']","Brexit Is Finally Done, but It Already Seems Out of Date",New York Times (News),"LONDON — It took 11 grueling months for negotiators from Britain and the European Union to hammer out the terms of a post-Brexit trade deal. But in many respects, the deal is already four and a half years out of date.
The world has changed radically since June 2016, when a narrow majority of people in Britain voted to leave the European Union, tempted by an argument that the country would prosper by throwing off the bureaucratic shackles of Brussels.
In those days, the vision of an agile, independent Britain...",left
2409,Perspectives: UK and EU Reach Post-Brexit Trade Deal,"['World', 'Brexit', 'Great Britain', 'EU', 'Trade']",What Comes Next For The Approved Brexit Trade Deal?,International Business Times,"Lawmakers in Britain and the European Union have finally found common ground for a post-Brexit trade deal. While that clears a major hurdle, the proposed deal still has a long way to go before it’s fully approved by all parties.
With only days to go before Britain leaves the E.U., politicians on both sides will have to rush the bill through their various institutional hoops. The late agreement technically can’t be ratified by the European parliament before the Dec. 31 deadline, which is when the transition period ends. Provisional approval...",center
2410,Perspectives: UK and EU Reach Post-Brexit Trade Deal,"['World', 'Brexit', 'Great Britain', 'EU', 'Trade']",Prosperity After Brexit,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"Brexit came down to the wire but it arrived Thursday, with a new trade deal between the United Kingdom and European Union. Arguments about whether this is a good or bad deal for either side matter less than the fact that British voters have finally received what they voted for in 2016.
Britain left the European Union on Jan. 31 and has been in a transitional period applying most EU economic regulations. The new deal governs trading rules when the transition ends on Dec. 31. The agreement provides for zero-tariff,...",right
2411,Senate GOP Blocks January 6th Commission With Filibuster,"['US Senate', 'Republican Party', 'Filibuster', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Bipartisanship', 'Polarization', 'Politics']","GOP hands Democrats first filibuster, blocking bill to create Jan. 6 riot commission",Washington Examiner,"Senate Republicans on Friday thwarted an effort to create an independent bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, blocking legislation they believed would ultimately be used as a political weapon against them by Democrats.
Most Republicans refused to back the measure, depriving the Democrats of the 60-vote threshold needed to begin debate on the bill.
It was the first GOP filibuster of major legislation since the Democrats reclaimed the Senate majority in January.
Six Republican senators backed the proposal to cut off debate on the bill...",right
2412,Senate GOP Blocks January 6th Commission With Filibuster,"['US Senate', 'Republican Party', 'Filibuster', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Bipartisanship', 'Polarization', 'Politics']",Senate GOP blocks legislation on Jan. 6 commission,The Hill,"Senate Republicans on Friday blocked legislation to form a commission to probe the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Senators voted 54-35 on the House-passed bill, falling short of the 10 GOP votes needed to get it over an initial hurdle. GOP Sens. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Mitt Romney (Utah), Susan Collins (Maine), Bill Cassidy (La.), Rob Portman (Ohio) and Ben Sasse (Neb.) broke ranks, voting to advance the legislation.
Senate Republicans were widely expected to reject the legislation after days of publicly and privately warning that they believed the commission would damage them heading into the 2022 midterm election, keeping former President Trump and the attack,...",center
2413,Senate GOP Blocks January 6th Commission With Filibuster,"['US Senate', 'Republican Party', 'Filibuster', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Bipartisanship', 'Polarization', 'Politics']","Senate GOP blocks Jan. 6 commission, likely dooming independent investigation",Politico,"Senate Republicans on Friday blocked a bill that would form an independent commission to probe the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the first filibuster of the year by the chamber's 50-vote minority.
The 54-35 vote, with six Republicans breaking ranks to join every Democrat in favor, came after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell lobbied his members forcefully against the House-passed commission measure. The vote was delayed through the night by a handful of Senate Republicans who obstructed China competitiveness legislation, though Democrats decided to punt that bill until after the Memorial...",left
2414,Trump Administration Will Delay Tariffs On Some Chinese Goods,"['Tariffs', 'China', 'Trade']",White House delays some new China tariffs until Dec. 15,Washington Post,"The White House on Tuesday said it would delay imposing tariffs on Chinese imports of cellphones, laptop computers, video game consoles, and certain types of footwear and clothing until Dec. 15, significantly later than the Sept. 1 deadline President Trump had repeatedly threatened.
The announcement, which came from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, likely ensures that Apple products and other major consumer goods would be shielded from the import tax until at least December, potentially keeping costs on these products down during the holiday shopping season.
The announcement...",left
2415,Trump Administration Will Delay Tariffs On Some Chinese Goods,"['Tariffs', 'China', 'Trade']",U.S. Will Delay Some Tariffs Against China,Wall Street Journal (News),"Some tariffs to be delayed until Dec. 15 on items including cell phones, laptop computers, video game consoles, footwear
The Trump administration will delay tariffs on cellphones, laptop computers, toys and some other items until Dec. 15, softening the blow of levies that were scheduled to take effect on Sept. 1 against roughly $300 billion of imports from China.
The office of the U.S. Trade Representative said that some products will be removed from the tariff lists entirely, based on health, safety, national security and other factors. The statement didn’t...",center
2416,Trump Administration Will Delay Tariffs On Some Chinese Goods,"['Tariffs', 'China', 'Trade']",Stocks jump higher as White House delays tariffs on key Chinese imports,Fox News (Online News),"US stocks jumped higher on Tuesday as fears of a drawn out global trade war eased, after the White House said tariffs on key Chinese imports would be delayed.
Stocks originally turned positive on a report that China's commerce secretary agrees to conduct a phone call in two weeks with U.S. trade representatives, according to Reuters.
Stocks then took off as as part of USTR’s public comment and hearing process, it was determined that the tariff should be delayed to December 15 for certain articles.
Products in this group include,...",right
2417,Gay Marriage Debate,['LGBT Rights'],Reagan?s daughter says he would not have opposed gay marriage,Washington Times,The daughter of former President Ronald Reagan said this week that her father would not have stood in front of same-sex marriage saying that opposing it would have clashed against his governing philosophy.,right
2418,Gay Marriage Debate,['LGBT Rights'],"Public wants Constitution to decide same-sex marriage, not states",Washington Post,Many pols have suggested that individual states should decide whether same-sex marriage is legal. The public doesnt agree.,left
2419,Trump Demands Review of Russia Probe Surveillance Tactics,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump demands inquiry into whether FBI infiltrated campaign for political purposes,Washington Times,"President Trump’s feud with the Justice Department escalated dramatically over the weekend amid reports of an FBI informant snooping around his campaign, and now the president is calling on the embattled agency to investigate itself.",right
2420,Trump Demands Review of Russia Probe Surveillance Tactics,"['White House', 'Politics']",President Trump says he will demand Justice Department probe into FBI's use of informant,USA TODAY,President Trump on Sunday said he would “demand” a Justice Department investigation into whether the FBI “infiltrated” his 2016 presidential campaign.,left
2421,Trump Demands Review of Russia Probe Surveillance Tactics,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump says he will demand Justice Department investigate the Russia probe,Los Angeles Times,"President Trump said Sunday that he will demand an investigation into whether federal law enforcement ""infiltrated or surveilled"" his presidential campaign ""for political purposes,"" escalating an already extraordinary clash between a president and his Justice Department over the Russia probe.",left
2422,Fauci Says CDC 'Looking At' Study Suggesting 3 Feet Sufficient for Social Distancing,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Schools', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",Fauci torched for backtracking '6 feet:' Based on the science? 'Think again',Fox News (Online News),"Dr. Anthony Fauci backed a new study that recommends reducing coronavirus-related physical distancing guidelines for in-person learning from six-feet to three in the classroom.
The Biden medical adviser was asked about a new Massachusetts study that found ""no significant difference in coronavirus spreading"" between 6 feet of physical distancing versus a reduced 3 feet in a Sunday appearance on CNN's ""State of the Union.""",right
2423,Fauci Says CDC 'Looking At' Study Suggesting 3 Feet Sufficient for Social Distancing,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Schools', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']","A new study suggests 3 feet, not 6 feet, is sufficient distance for school students, with mask-wearing and other safety measures kept in place.",New York Times (News),"School shutdowns have been a divisive topic during since the pandemic erupted, and a new study has ignited debate over the six-foot rule of social distancing and whether it can be relaxed in classroom settings, which would ease the way for children to return to schools.
The new study, published last week in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, suggests public schools may be able to reopen safely for in-person instruction as long as children maintain three feet of distance between them, and with other mitigation measures maintained, such as wearing...",left
2424,Fauci Says CDC 'Looking At' Study Suggesting 3 Feet Sufficient for Social Distancing,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Schools', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']","Fauci: CDC ""analyzing"" data that could change distancing guidelines to 3 feet",Axios,"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is looking at data that suggests ""3 feet are okay under certain circumstances,"" for social distancing guidelines, NIAID Director Anthony Fauci said on CNN's ""State of the Union"" Sunday.
Why it matters: One of the biggest hurdles for school administrators and a barrier to reopening is making sure students stay the recommended 6 feet apart. Fauci said ""it won't be very long"" for the CDC to potentially adjust official guidelines on social distancing policies, if the data suggests 3 feet of distance won't...",center
2425,Legal Decisions on Ballot Counting Deadlines Draw Differences Between States,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Supreme Court rejects second GOP effort to cut absentee ballot deadline in N.C.,Axios,"The Supreme Court, for the second time in two days, rejected a GOP request to shorten the deadline mail-in ballots must be received by North Carolina officials to be counted.
The state of play: The state's deadline had been extended from 3 days to 9 days post-Election Day.
The big picture: These are the latest in a series of decisions over ballot deadlines in states across the U.S. amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The rulings come shortly after the court rejected an effort by Wisconsin Democrats and civil rights groups to...",center
2426,Legal Decisions on Ballot Counting Deadlines Draw Differences Between States,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Supreme Court Allows Longer Deadlines for Absentee Ballots in Pennsylvania and North Carolina,New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — In a pair of decisions welcomed by Democrats, the Supreme Court on Wednesday let election officials in two key battleground states, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, accept absentee ballots for several days after Election Day.
In the Pennsylvania case, the court refused a plea from Republicans in the state that it decide before Election Day whether election officials can continue receiving absentee ballots for three days after Nov. 3.
In the North Carolina case, the court let stand lower court rulings that allowed the state’s board of elections to...",left
2427,Legal Decisions on Ballot Counting Deadlines Draw Differences Between States,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Appeals Court Strikes Down Minnesota Dems’ Mail-In Scheme,Washington Free Beacon,"A federal appeals court blocked Minnesota Democrats from extending the state’s mail-in ballot deadline past Election Day, handing state Republicans a major legal victory.
In a 2-1 ruling, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that mail-in ballots in Minnesota must be received by Nov. 3 in order to be counted. The court ruled that Minnesota secretary of state Steve Simon violated the Constitution when he attempted to extend ""the deadline for receipt of ballots without legislative authorization.""
Minnesota Republicans filed the lawsuit in September to challenge Simon’s proposal, which...",right
2428,Republican Dan Bishop Wins Special Election in North Carolina,"['House Elections', 'North Carolina', 'Elections']",'Voters Said No to Radical Liberal Policies': Pro-Trump Republican Wins NC Special Election,CBN,"Republicans scored an important victory in North Carolina Tuesday as President Trump helped them hang on to a GOP congressional seat in a closely- watched special election.
Conservative Republican Dan Bishop won the race for an open congressional seat defeating Democratic candidate Dan McCready.
Bishop is a state senator and he tied himself tightly to President Trump who staged an election eve rally for him Monday night.
""Tonight the voters of North Carolina sent a message that shouldn't just be heard within the confines of the ninth district. It should...",right
2429,Republican Dan Bishop Wins Special Election in North Carolina,"['House Elections', 'North Carolina', 'Elections']",Republicans hold on to a North Carolina congressional seat plagued by election fraud,Vox,"Dan Bishop’s narrow win suggests that Republicans need to dial up their efforts to keep the suburbs in 2020.
Dan Bishop, a North Carolina Republican known for writing the state’s controversial “bathroom bill,” narrowly beat out Democrat Dan McCready to win a House seat in the state’s Ninth Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ.
His victory comes in the wake of a massive scandal that plagued the district’s election last fall, and suggests that Republicans still have a lot to worry about in 2020.
North Carolina’s Ninth is, after...",left
2430,Republican Dan Bishop Wins Special Election in North Carolina,"['House Elections', 'North Carolina', 'Elections']",Trump-backed Republican wins North Carolina special congressional election,Reuters,"Republican Dan Bishop won a special U.S. congressional election in North Carolina on Tuesday, turning back a vigorous Democratic challenge to save a longtime stronghold for President Donald Trump’s party.
With 99% of precincts reporting, Bishop, a 55-year-old state senator for whom Trump campaigned, led Democrat Dan McCready, a 36-year-old veteran of the Marines, 50.81% to 48.59%, the state board of elections said.
North Carolina’s 9th congressional district, a suburban-rural area in the southeastern part of the state, has been represented by Republicans in Congress since the 1960s and voted...",center
2431,Newsom Moves Forward With Gun Control Bill Modeled After Texas Abortion Ban,"['Abortion', 'California', 'Courts', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas', 'Violence In America']",California bill to allow citizens to enforce gun ban modeled after Texas heartbeat bill draws Newsom's support,Fox News (Online News),"California Gov. Gavin Newsom endorsed a Democratic proposal to allow citizens to sue their neighbors and businesses to enforce Golden State gun control – modeled after a Texas heartbeat bill that has been praised on the right and reviled by the left.
The pro-life legislation in Texas allows citizens to enforce an abortion ban by suing providers and anyone else involved in helping a woman end her pregnancy after a fetal heartbeat is detected.
""It’s time to go on the offensive with new measures that empower individuals to hold irresponsible and negligent gun industry actors to...",right
2432,Newsom Moves Forward With Gun Control Bill Modeled After Texas Abortion Ban,"['Abortion', 'California', 'Courts', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas', 'Violence In America']","Newsom wants to let private California citizens sue gun dealers, similar to Texas abortion ban",The Sacramento Bee,"If the U.S. Supreme Court will allow private citizens in Texas to sue over abortion, it ought to allow private citizens in California to sue over gun violence, Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
The governor on Friday backed a series of bills aimed at tightening gun control rules and closing ghost gun loopholes. Among them are two bills that would allow individuals to take action against the gun industry.
Newsom first brought up the idea in December after Texas lawmakers passed a bill allowing private citizens to sue people who get...",left
2433,Newsom Moves Forward With Gun Control Bill Modeled After Texas Abortion Ban,"['Abortion', 'California', 'Courts', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas', 'Violence In America']",California Moves Forward With Gun Control Bill That Mimics Structure Of Texas Abortion Ban,Forbes,"California officials on Friday threw their weight behind legislation that would let private citizens sue firearm manufacturers and distributors if they violate the state’s assault weapons ban or other gun control measures—the first state effort to mimic the structure of Texas’ near-total ban on abortions for a different political issue.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) announced Assembly Bill 1594 (AB 1594) Friday and Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) spoke out in support of it at a press conference, promoting the legislation after the governor first suggested it in December and...",center
2434,Senate Begins Reviewing FBI Report On Kavanaugh,['Supreme Court'],"Grassley, White House stand by Kavanaugh as Senate reviews FBI report",Washington Post,"As the Senate began reviewing the FBI’s completed report on Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh on Thursday morning, both Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley and the White House stood by President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, saying the investigation found nothing sufficient to corroborate allegations of sexual misconduct while he was a teenager.",left
2435,Senate Begins Reviewing FBI Report On Kavanaugh,['Supreme Court'],Grassley Has Reviewed the FBI Report--Here's How He Described It,Townhall,Senate Judiciary Committee Chuck Grassley released a statement Thursday morning after reviewing the FBI’s supplementary background investigation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.,right
2436,Senate Begins Reviewing FBI Report On Kavanaugh,['Supreme Court'],Grassley: No corroboration of Kavanaugh accusers' allegations in FBI report,The Hill,Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said Thursday there’s no corroboration of sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in a supplementary FBI report submitted to the Senate.,center
2437,Happy New Year 2019!,['General News'],"2019 welcomes pink hunting vests in Illinois, cursive writing in Ohio and more new state laws",USA TODAY,"New year, new state laws.
A slew of new state laws take effect with the turn of the calendar — ranging from minimum wage changes to pink hunting gear to a mandatory cursive writing curriculum. One state will even begin paying people to relocate for remote work.",left
2438,Happy New Year 2019!,['General News'],The political trends that will define 2019,CNN (Online News),"The New Year is only a few hours old, but the political forces that are likely to shape a turbulent 2019 are already in play.",left
2439,Happy New Year 2019!,['General News'],"New state laws for the new year: California limits gun rights, minimum wages increase",Fox News (Online News),"Several new state laws are set to take effect on New Year's Day, including unprecedented minimum wage hikes, equal pay requirements and new abortion statutes -- and in California, the legislation will curb gun rights, reduce criminal sentences and force publicly held corporations to elevate women to senior positions.",right
2440,Justice Department Releases Redacted Mar-a-Lago Affidavit,"['Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Courts', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump', 'Classified Information']",DOJ releases redacted Mar-a-Lago search affidavit,Axios,"The Department of Justice on Friday released a redacted version of the affidavit related to the search warrant for former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence.
Why it matters: The released affidavit sheds light on new details of the criminal investigation, including the probable cause that warranted the search.
State of play: The previously unsealed search warrant and inventory revealed the FBI removed around 20 boxes, including 11 sets of classified information from the Trump property, including some marked as ""top secret.""",center
2441,Justice Department Releases Redacted Mar-a-Lago Affidavit,"['Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Courts', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump', 'Classified Information']",Justice Dept. releases redacted Mar-a-Lago search affidavit,Associated Press,"The Justice Department on Friday released a partially blacked-out document explaining the justification for an FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate earlier this month, when agents removed top secret government records and other classified documents.
The document, even in its redacted form, is likely to offer at least some new details about an ongoing criminal investigation that has brought fresh legal peril for Trump just as he lays the groundwork for another presidential run.
Though Justice Department officials were expected to have removed sensitive details about witnesses, and the...",left
2442,Justice Department Releases Redacted Mar-a-Lago Affidavit,"['Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Courts', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump', 'Classified Information']",Redacted affidavit behind Trump Mar-a-Lago raid finally released by DOJ,New York Post (News),"The Justice Department on Friday finally started releasing a redacted affidavit justifying the unprecedented FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate this month.
Documents gradually started being released online just after the noon deadline, including an exhaustive explanation for why so much of the official affidavit would be in parts completely blacked out.
The eagerly awaited release came after the department had tried to fight it, insisting it comprised key details that were “highly likely to compromise future investigative steps” into whether the 45th president illegally kept classified...",right
2443,US Sets Highest Number of New COVID-19 Cases Over the Weekend,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Life During Covid-19']",The US broke its record for the highest number of new coronavirus cases in a day,Vox,"The United States broke its record for the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases reported in a single day on Friday, an alarming sign that what some epidemiologists are calling a “third wave” of infections is spreading at breakneck speed as winter approaches.
According to the New York Times, by the end of the day on Friday, at least 85,085 cases were reported across the country — about 10,000 cases more than the previous same-day high on July 16.
Public health experts have long warned that uneven compliance with social...",left
2444,US Sets Highest Number of New COVID-19 Cases Over the Weekend,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Life During Covid-19']","U.S. Coronavirus Cases Near 84,000 for Second Day in a Row",Wall Street Journal (News),"The U.S. added nearly 84,000 coronavirus cases for the second-straight day, with new infections coming in barely below the daily record set the previous day.
Saturday’s total of 83,718 new cases marks the second-highest single-day count after the record 83,757 infections logged Friday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. has reported nearly 8.58 million infections in total, with the death toll nearing 225,000.",center
2445,US Sets Highest Number of New COVID-19 Cases Over the Weekend,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Life During Covid-19']",Nation reports record-high daily COVID-19 case count,Washington Examiner,"The United States confirmed more than 83,000 new coronavirus infections Friday, the highest total of the pandemic.
The weekly average number of new cases reported each day has risen steadily since the first week of October, from about 43,000 to more than 61,000 as of Friday, COVID Tracking Project data shows. The previous record-high weekly average was exactly a month ago, with more than 67,000.
The positivity rate in the U.S. has been on the rise since the start of October but still falls far short of the rate during...",right
2446,Trump Clinches Nomination,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump Formally Clinches Republican Nomination for President,The Blaze,"Donald Trump on Thursday reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination for president, completing an unlikely rise that has upended the political landscape and sets the stage for a bitter fall campaign.
Trump was put over the top in the Associated Press delegate count by a small number of the party’s unbound delegates who told the AP they would support him at the convention. Among them is Oklahoma GOP chairwoman Pam Pollard.
“I think he has touched a part of our electorate that doesn’t like where...",right
2447,Trump Clinches Nomination,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump Clinches GOP Nomination,NPR (Online News),"Donald Trump now has the support of 1,238 delegates — just a hair above the 1,237 threshold needed to clinch the Republican presidential nomination, according to the Associated Press.",left
2448,Trump Clinches Nomination,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump Hits 'Magic Number' of Delegates Required for Nomination,NBC News (Online),"Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has officially secured a majority of GOP delegates, giving him the ""magic number"" required to clinch the GOP nomination.
Trump passed the 1,237 mark after unbound delegates from North Dakota, Colorado and Pennsylvania pledged their support for him.
NBC News declared the real estate mogul to be the presumptive Republican nominee after his remaining GOP competitors dropped out of the race in early May.
Trump will not officially become the nominee until he accepts the nomination at the Republican convention in Cleveland in July.",left
2449,Melania Trump Accused of Plagiarizing Obama-era Booklet for 'Be Best' Initiative,"['White House', 'Politics']",Melania Trump 'Be Best' pamphlet was first published by Obama's FTC,The Hill,"A booklet published on Monday as part of first lady Melania Trump's ""Be Best"" campaign copies a document first published by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) during the Obama administration.",center
2450,Melania Trump Accused of Plagiarizing Obama-era Booklet for 'Be Best' Initiative,"['White House', 'Politics']",Melania Trump Can't Stop Copying the Obamas,Newsweek,"Melania Trump’s cyberbullying initiative may not be as new as she claims, with a pamphlet about online safety for children bearing more than a striking resemblance to a 2014 pamphlet by the Federal Trade Commission released under Obama.",center
2451,Melania Trump Accused of Plagiarizing Obama-era Booklet for 'Be Best' Initiative,"['White House', 'Politics']",First lady’s office slams ‘opposition media’ for reports of cribbing from Obama admin booklet,Washington Times,The spokeswoman for first lady Melania Trump castigated the “opposition media” Tuesday over reports accusing her of borrowing liberally from an Obama-era booklet to promote her initiatives on children’s safety online.,right
2452,Trump Lays Out New Coronavirus Testing Blueprint,"['Coronavirus Testing', 'Donald Trump', 'States', 'Reopening America', 'Coronavirus']","Testing Could Unlock A Return To Normal Life, But Obstacles Persist",NPR (Online News),"Testing is the key that will unlock normalization for millions of Americans.
It's the doorway between the disaster response mode of the pandemic and confidence about returning to work, school and life. And it's also still apparently weeks or more away from scaling to a level that will make a big difference for most people in most places.
Precisely how far away isn't clear, although President Trump and a pageant of guests attempted on Monday to sell the idea that victory is just around the corner.
The president, public health...",left
2453,Trump Lays Out New Coronavirus Testing Blueprint,"['Coronavirus Testing', 'Donald Trump', 'States', 'Reopening America', 'Coronavirus']",Trump to deploy 'full power' of federal government to help states with testing,Washington Times,"The White House on Monday said America’s coronavirus-testing is in far better shape and the administration is ready to work with governors to meet their diagnostic demands, “dramatically” increasing the number of tests to help states reopen safely.
“The testing is not going to be a problem at all,” Mr. Trump said in the White House Rose Garden. “In fact, it’s going to be one of the great assets that we have.”
Members of the coronavirus task force said they will marshal the public and private sector to expand rapid...",right
2454,Trump Lays Out New Coronavirus Testing Blueprint,"['Coronavirus Testing', 'Donald Trump', 'States', 'Reopening America', 'Coronavirus']",Trump lays out new coronavirus testing 'blueprint' as states weigh reopening,NBC News (Online),"President Donald Trump announced a new federal coronavirus testing ""blueprint"" Monday to aid governors in ramping up capacity as a handful of states begin lifting stay-at-home restrictions.
Trump, who was not originally scheduled to hold a briefing, billed the plan as part of the administration's push for a ""phased and very safe reopening"" of the U.S. over the next few months. He said the plan includes provisions to expand state testing capacity and establish widespread monitoring systems, as well as contact tracing.
""We are continuing to rapidly expand our capacity...",left
2455,"Testifying Before Congress, Blinken Faces Bipartisan Criticism For Afghanistan Withdrawal","['US Congress', 'Antony Blinken', 'Afghanistan', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics']","Blinken takes bipartisan criticism, defends Afghanistan withdrawal during Senate hearing",Fox News (Online News),"Secretary of State Antony Blinken is addressing lawmakers Tuesday in a second day of questioning about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, as he faces the Senate Foreign Relations Committee one day after appearing before members of the House.
Like he did before the House committee on Monday, Blinken's prepared opening remarks blamed the failures and troubles in Afghanistan on others, while touting the efforts of the Biden administration to do what it could.
Blinken blamed the Trump administration for making a deal with the Taliban that allowed them to gain strength and be...",right
2456,"Testifying Before Congress, Blinken Faces Bipartisan Criticism For Afghanistan Withdrawal","['US Congress', 'Antony Blinken', 'Afghanistan', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics']",Top Democrat threatens to subpoena Biden officials as Blinken testifies on Afghanistan,Axios,"Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified Tuesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, facing a second day of interrogation from Republican lawmakers highly critical of the Biden administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Driving the news: The committee's chair, the hawkish New Jersey Democrat Bob Menendez, pulled no punches in his opening statement, threatening to subpoena Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and other Biden officials who decline to voluntarily appear before the committee.
""Mr. Secretary, the execution of the U.S. withdrawal was clearly and fatally flawed,"" Menendez told Blinken.
Menendez promised accountability for the...",center
2457,"Testifying Before Congress, Blinken Faces Bipartisan Criticism For Afghanistan Withdrawal","['US Congress', 'Antony Blinken', 'Afghanistan', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics']",Blinken faces new round of hard Afghan questions in Congress,Associated Press Fact Check,"Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced a second day of tough congressional questions Tuesday about the Biden administration’s much-criticized withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Blinken sought to parry a new wave of bipartisan lawmaker anger over the operation that resulted in the complete takeover by the Taliban, and has left many American citizens, green card holders and at-risk Afghans stranded in the country.
The top two members of the committee, New Jersey Democrat Bob Menendez and Idaho Republican James Risch, both assailed the withdrawal as...",left
2458,"2022 Elections: Dems Keep Senate, and More Results of Competitive Races","['2022 Elections', 'Midterm Elections', 'US Senate', 'House Of Representatives', 'Congress', 'Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Governors', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election', '2022 Ohio Senate Election', '2022 Wisconsin Senate Election', '2022 Nevada Senate Election', '2022 Alaska Senate Election', '2022 Arizona Senate Election', '2022 Georgia Senate Election']",Democrats Keep Control of Senate as Red Wave Fails to Materialize,Newsweek,"Democrats kept control of the Senate on Saturday after Catherine Cortez Masto won re-election in Nevada, repelling Republican efforts to retake the chamber.
The Associated Press called Nevada for Cortez Masto on Saturday, projecting that Republican opponent Adam Laxalt—backed by former president Donald Trump—could not make enough gains to win in one of the most competitive races of the midterm elections.
Masto's victory allows Democrats to retain control of the Senate with at least 50 seats because of Vice President Kamala Harris' tiebreaking vote, making it harder for Republicans to thwart President Joe Biden's agenda even if Republicans gain...",center
2459,"2022 Elections: Dems Keep Senate, and More Results of Competitive Races","['2022 Elections', 'Midterm Elections', 'US Senate', 'House Of Representatives', 'Congress', 'Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Governors', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election', '2022 Ohio Senate Election', '2022 Wisconsin Senate Election', '2022 Nevada Senate Election', '2022 Alaska Senate Election', '2022 Arizona Senate Election', '2022 Georgia Senate Election']",Democrats keep Senate majority as GOP push falters in Nevada,Associated Press,"Democrats kept control of the Senate on Saturday, repelling Republican efforts to retake the chamber and making it harder for them to thwart President Joe Biden’s agenda. The fate of the House was still uncertain as the GOP struggled to pull together a slim majority there.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s victory in Nevada gave Democrats the 50 seats they needed to keep the Senate. Her win reflects the surprising strength of Democrats across the U.S. this election year. Seeking reelection in an economically challenged state that has some of the highest gas prices in the...",left
2460,"2022 Elections: Dems Keep Senate, and More Results of Competitive Races","['2022 Elections', 'Midterm Elections', 'US Senate', 'House Of Representatives', 'Congress', 'Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Governors', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election', '2022 Ohio Senate Election', '2022 Wisconsin Senate Election', '2022 Nevada Senate Election', '2022 Alaska Senate Election', '2022 Arizona Senate Election', '2022 Georgia Senate Election']","Republican Party 'is dead' after major midterm election losses in Arizona, Pennsylvania, Nevada: Hawley",Fox News (Online News),"Republicans need to rebrand and ""build something new"" after they failed to retake a majority in the U.S. Senate or meet general expectations for the 2022 midterm elections, one of the party’s younger members said.
On Saturday, shortly after Democrats picked up a key victory in Nevada, where incumbent Democrat Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto defeated Republican challenger Adam Laxalt, Republican Sen. Josh Hawley took to Twitter to say the Republican Party ""is dead.""
""The old party is dead. Time to bury it. Build something new,"" Hawley wrote.
The 42-year-old Missouri Republican is among a...",right
2461,Analysis of the New York Primary,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",ANALYSIS: Hometown Wins Boost Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton,ABC News (Online),"In a campaign where both sides debated New York values, what New York values most is candidates who call it home, it seems.
The ultimate value of New York, though, is questionable in the march to the party nominations. Wins by the front-runners don’t alter stubborn mathematical realities that are likely to leave Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton with company in the race for a while longer.",left
2462,Analysis of the New York Primary,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",5 takeaways from the New York primary,Politico,"Clinton stops Sanders' momentum just as it was getting started, while Trump learns the art of restraint.",left
2463,Analysis of the New York Primary,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: Trump triumphs: Two big takeaways after The Donald wins New York,Guest Writer - Right,There are two ways to analyze Donald Trump’s decisive win in New York’s presidential primary.,right
2464,Ricin Letter Sent to Obama,"['White House', 'Politics']",Secret Service: New ricin letter sent to Obama,Politico,"A ricin-laced letter addressed to President Barack Obama was intercepted before reaching the president, the Secret Service confirmed Thursday. The letter was similar to those sent last week to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the gun control group he backs.
“The White House mail screening facility intercepted a letter addressed to the White House that were similar to letters previously addressed to Mayor Bloomberg in New York, Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan said in a statement to POLITICO. “This letter has been turned over to the FBI...",left
2465,Ricin Letter Sent to Obama,"['White House', 'Politics']",Secret Service: Suspicious letter to White House intercepted,Fox News (Online News),"The Secret Service said Thursday that a suspicious letter addressed to President Obama and similar to the ones sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been intercepted by a White House mail screening facility.
The letter has been turned over to the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force for testing and investigation.
It was unclear how the letter, intercepted Wednesday by the White House facility, was similar to the ricin-laced ones addressed to Bloomberg.",right
2466,Ricin Letter Sent to Obama,"['White House', 'Politics']",Reports: Ricin-tainted letters threaten more violence,USA TODAY,"President Obama has been sent a threatening letter similar to the ricin-tainted letters sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Bloomberg's Washington-based gun-control group, the Secret Service said Thursday.
The Secret Service ""can confirm that the White House mail screening facility intercepted a letter addressed to the White House ... similar to letters previously addressed to Mayor Bloomberg in New York. This letter has been turned over to the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force for testing and investigation,"" the agency said in a statement.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest...",left
2467,Mario Cuomo Dies at 82,['Politics'],WATCH: Mario Cuomo's Speech At The 1984 Democratic Convention,NPR (Online News),"Cuomo, who died yesterday, served three terms as the governor of New York. But he came to national prominence with a speech at the 1984 Democratic Convention in San Francisco.",left
2468,Mario Cuomo Dies at 82,['Politics'],"Ex-NY Gov. Mario Cuomo, Famed for Oratory, Dies at 82",The Blaze,"Mario Cuomo, a son of Italian immigrants who became an eloquent spokesman for a generation of liberal Democrats during his three terms as governor of New York but couldn’t quite bring himself to run for president, has died. He was 82.",right
2469,Mario Cuomo Dies at 82,['Politics'],"Mario Cuomo, Ex-New York Governor and Liberal Beacon, Dies at 82",New York Times (News),"Mario M. Cuomo, the three-term governor of New York who commanded the attention of the country with a compelling public presence, a forceful defense of liberalism and his exhaustive ruminations about whether to run for president, died on Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 82.",left
2470,"Fauci Is 'Confident' Omicron Cases Will Peak By February, Infections Trending In 'Right Direction'","['Anthony Fauci', 'Booster Shots', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Media Bias', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health']","Fauci: ""Confident"" Omicron cases will peak in February",Axios,"NIAID director Anthony Fauci said Sunday he is ""confident as you can be"" that most states will reach a peak in Omicron coronavirus cases by mid-February.
Why it matters: Asked about the prospect on ABC's ""This Week,"" Fauci said that while you ""never want to be overconfident,"" the pattern of how Omicron cases peak in other countries suggests that the U.S. is headed in ""the same direction.""
The NIAID director's comments come as the variant is still wreaking havoc in parts of the country. However, several experts have echoed Fauci's optimism regarding an...",center
2471,"Fauci Is 'Confident' Omicron Cases Will Peak By February, Infections Trending In 'Right Direction'","['Anthony Fauci', 'Booster Shots', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Media Bias', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health']",Fauci says Omicron wave appears to be heading in the ‘right direction’ in US,New York Post (News),"Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday said the latest wave of Omicron-driven COVID-19 cases appear to be trending in the “right direction” in the US — as he predicted that most states will hit their peak of infections by mid-February.
“Things are looking good. We don’t want to get overconfident, but they look like they’re going in the right direction right now,” Fauci told anchor Martha Raddatz on ABC’s “This Week.”
While some states in the northeast have already seen cases decline, Fauci said that he is “as confident as you can be”...",right
2472,"Fauci Is 'Confident' Omicron Cases Will Peak By February, Infections Trending In 'Right Direction'","['Anthony Fauci', 'Booster Shots', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Media Bias', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health']",Fauci optimistic omicron will peak in February,ABC News (Online),"Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease specialist, said Sunday he is ""as confident as you can be"" about the prospect of most states reaching a peak of omicron cases by mid-February.
""You never want to be overconfident when you're dealing with this virus,"" Fauci told ABC ""This Week"" co-anchor Martha Raddatz, adding that the COVID-19 virus has ""surprised us in the past.""
""Things are looking good. We don't want to get overconfident, but they look like they're going in the right direction right now,"" he said.
Fauci said...",left
2473,More on the FBI Probe,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Secret Recordings Fueled FBI Feud in Clinton Probe,Wall Street Journal (News),Agents thought they had enough material to merit aggressively pursuing investigation into Clinton Foundation,center
2474,More on the FBI Probe,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",FBI probe of Clinton Foundation likely to yield indictments: report,Washington Times,Fox News reported Wednesday night that the FBI’s Clinton Foundation probe has produced an “avalanche of evidence” likely to result in indictments.,right
2475,More on the FBI Probe,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']","Recordings Led to FBI, DOJ Battle Over Whether to Investigate Clinton Foundation",Mediaite,A new report out tonight says that there were some pretty fierce internal tensions between FBI investigators and Justice Department officials over whether they had enough to pursue an “aggressive” investigation into the Clinton Foundation.,left
2476,Senate to Vote on DeVos,['Education'],"The Question Isn't Do You Support Betsy DeVos, It's Whether You Support School Choice",Reason,"With the day-long attempt by Democrats to ""hold the floor"" of the Senate to delay and disrupt the planned confirmation for the next secretary of education mostly in the rearview mirror, it now seems likely that President Trump's controversial nominee, Betsy DeVos will squeak by on a 50-50 vote (Vice President Mike Pence, who presides over the Senate, will get to cast the deciding vote after two GOP senators said they will vote no).",right
2477,Senate to Vote on DeVos,['Education'],Senate Expected to Vote on DeVos Confirmation as Education Secretary,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Senate is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to confirm Betsy DeVos as education secretary, concluding an unusually fiery debate that has left her at risk of becoming the first cabinet nominee in 28 years to be rejected.",center
2478,Senate to Vote on DeVos,['Education'],Senate Democrats talk all night to protest Betsy DeVos. Can you make one last call against her?,Daily Kos,"Give them credit for this one: Democrats have fought hard to stop Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s blazingly unqualified pick for education secretary. With just hours to go before the vote, DeVos currently has the votes to squeak through on a tie-breaker from Mike Pence, but the pressure is still on Republicans to flip and sink her nomination. Democrats took the Senate floor and spoke all night against DeVos, raising some damn good points:",left
2479,Jobless Benefits Expiring,['Economy And Jobs'],"Obama makes jobless benefits push from Hawaii, hits the beach",Washington Times,"How President Obama spent the seventh day of his holiday vacation in Hawaii on Friday:
— GYM: Obama woke up for an early-morning workout at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, a short drive from his family’s vacation home in Kailua.
— CALLS TO SENATORS: The president separately called two senators to tell them he plans to push Congress to quickly extend expiring federal unemployment benefits.
More than 1 million Americans will lose benefits Saturday because Congress didn’t extend them. Republican Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada and Democratic Sen....",right
2480,Jobless Benefits Expiring,['Economy And Jobs'],"As the Politics Play Out, Key Jobless Benefit Lapses",Wall Street Journal (News),"An emergency jobless-benefits program due to expire this weekend would pinch the finances of more than a million Americans, setting the stage for the what could become lawmakers' first flashpoint of the midterm election year.
While the program's end would barely dent the broader economy, the money at stake is meaningful. The federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation, launched during the middle of the recession, pays on average $300 a week to 1.3 million long-term jobless who have exhausted the roughly 26 weeks of unemployment insurance benefits most states provide. If extended,...",center
2481,Jobless Benefits Expiring,['Economy And Jobs'],It's Not Just Poor People Getting Hosed When Congress Lets Unemployment Insurance Expire,HuffPost,"David Torian is an Ivy League-educated lawyer and a onetime chief of staff to then-Rep. Michael McNulty (D-N.Y.). He has 23 years of experience in congressional and government relations, witnessed and practiced politics at the highest level, and has been well compensated along the way.
On Dec. 28, he will also be among the 1.3 million Americans who will lose their long-term federal unemployment insurance benefits.
Unemployment is not just a blue collar problem. As Torian's experience shows, it can affect even Beltway power players. And it comes without much,...",left
2482,"Putin-Linked Businessman Says ""We are Interfering"" in US Elections","['Russia', 'Elections', 'Election Security', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2022 Elections', 'Vladimir Putin']",Russia's Prigozhin admits interfering in U.S. elections,Reuters,"Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Monday he had interfered in U.S. elections and would continue doing so in future, the first such admission from a figure implicated by Washington in efforts to influence American politics.
In comments posted by the press service of his Concord catering firm on Russia's Facebook equivalent VKontakte, Prigozhin said: ""We have interfered (in U.S. elections), we are interfering and we will continue to interfere. Carefully, accurately, surgically and in our own way, as we know how to do.""
The remark by the close ally...",center
2483,"Putin-Linked Businessman Says ""We are Interfering"" in US Elections","['Russia', 'Elections', 'Election Security', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2022 Elections', 'Vladimir Putin']",White House reassures voters after Kremlin-linked entrepreneur admits Russia meddled in elections,Washington Times,"The White House said Americans should feel confident in the election system despite a Kremlin-linked entrepreneur’s apparent admission that Russia interfered in U.S. elections and will continue to do so.
While Yevgeny Prigozhin’s remarks on the eve of the U.S. elections on Tuesday are concerning, they come as not “new or surprising,” said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
“It’s well documented and in the public domain that entities associated with Yevgeny Prigozhin have sought to influence elections around the world including the United States,” she said. “It’s not surprising that Russia would be highlighting their attempted efforts...",right
2484,"Putin-Linked Businessman Says ""We are Interfering"" in US Elections","['Russia', 'Elections', 'Election Security', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2022 Elections', 'Vladimir Putin']",Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin admits interfering in US elections,The Guardian,"The powerful Russian businessman and a close Vladimir Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin has admitted to interfering in US elections on the eve of a midterm vote in which Republicans will seek to take control of Congress and state-wide offices across the country.
“Gentlemen, we interfered, we are interfering and we will interfere,” Prigozhin, who has previously been accused of influencing the outcome of elections across continents, said in a statement posted by his catering company, Concord.
“Carefully, precisely, surgically and the way we do it, the way we can,” Prigozhin, 61, added.
Prigozhin...",left
2485,Healthcare Workers Face Coronavirus Up Close,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Labor', ""Workers' Rights"", 'Hospitals', 'Healthcare']",'So many patients dying': Doctors say NYC public hospitals reeling from coronavirus cases,NBC News (Online),"A doctor at a major public hospital in New York City described having worn a single N95 mask, a critical tool in protection from the coronavirus, for an entire week. Normally, the Brooklyn doctor would change it after every visit with a patient. Colleague after colleague, including nurses and residents, have been falling sick with the virus. Patients were coming in for unrelated health issues and suddenly testing positive for coronavirus after coming to the hospital.
""The situation is quite horrible and they're saying we haven't hit the peak yet...",left
2486,Healthcare Workers Face Coronavirus Up Close,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Labor', ""Workers' Rights"", 'Hospitals', 'Healthcare']",Hospitals Tell Doctors They’ll Be Fired If They Speak Out About Lack of Gear,Bloomberg,"Hospitals are threatening to fire health-care workers who publicize their working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic -- and have in some cases followed through.
Ming Lin, an emergency room physician in Washington state, said he was told Friday he was out of a job because he’d given an interview to a newspaper about a Facebook post detailing what he believed to be inadequate protective equipment and testing. In Chicago, a nurse was fired after emailing colleagues that she wanted to wear a more protective mask while on duty. In New...",left
2487,Healthcare Workers Face Coronavirus Up Close,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Labor', ""Workers' Rights"", 'Hospitals', 'Healthcare']",New York Doctor: ‘I Do’ Think An End To Coronavirus Crisis Is ‘In Sight’,The Daily Caller,"New York doctor and Fox News contributor Janette Nesheiwat said that the ongoing coronavirus crisis could be about to peak.
Taking a brief break from treating New York City hospital patients on Tuesday to speak to Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer on “Bill Hemmer Reports,” Nesheiwat said this has been her “busiest week of coronavirus patients” yet.
Hemmer played a clip of Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo describing an apex range of “between seven to 21 days,” then asked what her answer would be.
Agreeing, Nesheiwat said she is...",right
2488,"Pensacola Shooting A Terrorist Act, Says AG Barr","['Pensacola Attack', 'Florida', 'Saudi Arabia', 'US Military', 'William Barr', 'Apple', 'Technology', 'Justice Department', 'Privacy', 'Public Safety', 'Terrorism']",William Barr: Mass shooting by Saudi national was an act of terrorism,Washington Examiner,"Attorney General William Barr announced Monday that the December mass shooting by a Saudi national that left three American sailors dead in Pensacola, Florida, was an act of terrorism.
Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, a second lieutenant in the Royal Saudi Air Force, allegedly shot and killed three U.S. Navy sailors — Ensign Joshua Kaleb Watson, 23, Airman Mohammed Haitham, 19, and Airman Apprentice Cameron Walters, 21 — and wounded at least eight others at the Naval Air Station Pensacola. Haitham and Walters received posthumous promotions, and acting Secretary of the Navy...",right
2489,"Pensacola Shooting A Terrorist Act, Says AG Barr","['Pensacola Attack', 'Florida', 'Saudi Arabia', 'US Military', 'William Barr', 'Apple', 'Technology', 'Justice Department', 'Privacy', 'Public Safety', 'Terrorism']","Barr Asks Apple to Unlock Pensacola Killer’s Phones, Setting Up Clash",New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr declared on Monday that a deadly shooting last month at a naval air station in Pensacola, Fla., was an act of terrorism, and he asked Apple in an unusually high-profile request to provide access to two phones used by the gunman.
Mr. Barr’s appeal was an escalation of a continuing fight between the Justice Department and Apple pitting personal privacy against public safety.
“This situation perfectly illustrates why it is critical that the public be able to get access to digital evidence,” Mr....",left
2490,"Pensacola Shooting A Terrorist Act, Says AG Barr","['Pensacola Attack', 'Florida', 'Saudi Arabia', 'US Military', 'William Barr', 'Apple', 'Technology', 'Justice Department', 'Privacy', 'Public Safety', 'Terrorism']",U.S. Calls Pensacola Attack Terrorism; Pressures Apple Over Gunman’s Locked Phones,Wall Street Journal (News),"Attorney General William Barr called the December attack by a Saudi aviation student that killed three people at a Florida Navy base an act of terrorism, escalating pressure on Apple Inc. to help unlock a pair of the gunman’s iPhones that could provide more information about his radicalization.
The top law-enforcement official called on the technology giant to find a solution in a high-profile request that ramped up the latest clash over personal privacy versus national-security investigations.
Second Lt. Mohammed Alshamrani, a member of the Saudi air force who was...",center
2491,Church Bombings in Egypt,['Terrorism'],Palm Sunday attacks: ISIS says it carried out bombings at churches in Egypt that killed at least 37,Fox News (Online News),The ISIS terror group has claimed responsibility for two separate Palm Sunday bombing attacks at Coptic Christian churches in Egypt that have killed 37 people and injured more than 100.,right
2492,Church Bombings in Egypt,['Terrorism'],Egypt's Coptic churches hit by deadly blasts on Palm Sunday,BBC News,"In Alexandria, an explosion outside St Mark's Coptic church killed 13 people. Pope Tawadros II, head of the Coptic Church, had been attending Mass inside and was unhurt, state media reported.",center
2493,Church Bombings in Egypt,['Terrorism'],ISIS Claims 2 Deadly Explosions at Egyptian Coptic Churches on Palm Sunday,New York Times (News),Two explosions at Coptic churches in Egypt on Palm Sunday left at least 40 people dead and injured dozens of others as a day of worship in the besieged Christian community turned to destruction and carnage.,left
2494,Why the GOP Lost,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Republican Party begins election review to find out what went wrong,Washington Post,"Top Republican officials, stunned by the extent of their election losses Tuesday night, have begun an exhaustive review to figure out what went so wrong and how to fix it.",left
2495,Why the GOP Lost,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The real reasons for Republicans’ lack of success in 2012,Fox News (Online News),The 2012 election can only be seen as a bitter disappointment for conservatives and the Republican Party.,right
2496,Why the GOP Lost,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Election leaves Republicans at a loss for answers,CNN (Online News),"Was it the wrong candidate, low voter turnout, a few dumb comments, a superstorm or falling out of touch with a shifting American demographic?",left
2497,House Democrats Release Impeachment Report,"['Impeachment Process', 'IG Report', 'US House Republicans', 'US House Democrats', 'US House', 'Politics']","House Dems Release Impeachment Report Accusing Trump of Leveraging Aid for Political Benefit, Obstructing Resulting Probe",National Review,"House Democrats released a report Tuesday outlining the case for impeachment against President Trump, drawing on evidence from past testimony to illustrate the president’s abuse of power.
“President Trump’s scheme subverted U.S. foreign policy toward Ukraine and undermined our national security in favor of two politically motivated investigations that would help his presidential reelection campaign,” the 300-page report argues.
Democrats also highlight the repeated efforts by the White House to refuse subpoenas and withhold information as unprecedented. “It would be hard to imagine a stronger or more complete case of...",right
2498,House Democrats Release Impeachment Report,"['Impeachment Process', 'IG Report', 'US House Republicans', 'US House Democrats', 'US House', 'Politics']",House Impeachment Committee Says Trump Abused His Office,Wall Street Journal (News),"Democratic-led Intelligence Committee approves report alleging president engaged in misconduct, obstruction for personal gain.
A Democratic-controlled House committee approved a report accusing President Trump of soliciting foreign election interference and placing “his own personal and political interests above the national interests” by pushing Ukraine to announce an investigation into a 2020 political rival.
Mr. Trump and other officials pressured Kyiv to announce probes into Democrat Joe Biden and into a theory that Ukraine’s government interfered in the 2016 U.S. elections, even though a bipartisan Senate investigation found no evidence of...",center
2499,House Democrats Release Impeachment Report,"['Impeachment Process', 'IG Report', 'US House Republicans', 'US House Democrats', 'US House', 'Politics']",Impeachment Report Says Trump Solicited Foreign Election Interference,New York Times (News),"The House Intelligence Committee concluded that President Trump tried to “use the powers of his office to solicit foreign interference on his behalf in the 2020 election.”
House Democrats on Tuesday asserted that President Trump abused his power by pressuring Ukraine to help him in the 2020 presidential election, releasing an impeachment report that found the president “placed his own personal and political interests above the national interests of the United States.”
The report by the House Intelligence Committee was a sweeping indictment of the president’s behavior, concluding that...",left
2500,Stocks Soar Due to Optimism Over Reopening,"['Stock Market', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Reopening Business', 'Reopening America', 'Banking And Finance']",Stocks soar as New York Stock Exchange reopens floor to traders,Washington Post,"Stock roared Tuesday coming off the holiday weekend, as the national shutdown continues to unwind, more drug companies chase coronavirus vaccines and the New York Stock Exchange reopened its floor to traders for the first time in two months.
The Dow Jones industrial average shot up nearly 600 points, about 2.3 percent, to push the blue-chip index past the 25,000 threshold. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index was up 57 points, about 1.9 percent, lifting the broader index above 3,000 for the first time since March. The tech-heavy Nasdaq showed...",left
2501,Stocks Soar Due to Optimism Over Reopening,"['Stock Market', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Reopening Business', 'Reopening America', 'Banking And Finance']",Stocks soar as NYSE trading floor reopens from coronavirus shutdown,Fox News (Online News),"U.S. equity markets surged to their best levels in months as states continued to reopen and traders returned to the New York Stock Exchange for the first time since shutting down on March 23 to slow the spread of COVID-19.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied more than 600 points, or 2.45 percent, in the opening minutes of trading, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite were higher by 2.20 percent and 1.84 percent, respectively. The gains, which propelled both the S&P 500 and the Dow to their highest...",right
2502,Stocks Soar Due to Optimism Over Reopening,"['Stock Market', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Reopening Business', 'Reopening America', 'Banking And Finance']",Optimism Over Reopening Pushes Stocks Higher,Wall Street Journal (News),"Number of experimental vaccines under development also buoys sentiment in markets.
U.S. stocks rose Tuesday on optimism about economies reopening and the potential development of a coronavirus vaccine.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 640 points, or 2.6%, to 25112. The S&P 500 rose 2%, climbing back above 3000 for the first time since early March and above its 200-day moving average, a closely watched barometer of its strength. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 1.4%.
Investors were cheering signs of economic activity resuming faster than expected across parts of the...",center
2503,Susan Collins Announces Opposition to Tax Cuts for the Wealthy,['Taxes'],Sen. Susan Collins insists on keeping taxes for the wealthy as the GOP tax bills take shape,The Week - News,"Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Monday she hopes ""very much to be able to support a tax reform package,"" but laid out some specific things she wants to see in the legislation. ""I do not believe that the top rate should be lowered for individuals who are making more than $1 million a year,"" Collins told Bloomberg News. ""I don't think there's any need to eliminate the estate tax."" House Republicans are unveiling their tax bill on Wednesday, and the Senate bill, expected a week later, will be more tailored...",left
2504,Susan Collins Announces Opposition to Tax Cuts for the Wealthy,['Taxes'],"A Day Before Presenting Their Tax Cut Plan, Republicans Still Wrestle With Key Details",New York Times (News),"House Republicans are just one day away from unveiling their long-awaited tax plan, yet many key details remain in flux.",left
2505,Susan Collins Announces Opposition to Tax Cuts for the Wealthy,['Taxes'],"Susan Collins doesn't back eliminating estate tax, lowering individual tax rate for wealthy",Washington Examiner,"Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, does not back two key provisions in the GOP tax plan: removing the estate tax and reducing the individual tax rate for the wealthy.",right
2506,Perspectives: A Year With the COVID-19 Pandemic,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']","Happy COVID Anniversary, We’ve Learned Almost Nothing",Townhall,"It was one year ago today that President Donald Trump imposed that travel ban on most of Europe over the Wuhan Coronavirus, the official kickoff of the dominoes falling that bring us to the point we are at now. There were a few actions that happened before the European travel ban – the China travel ban, the formation of the Coronavirus Task Force, travel warnings, etc., but today is the anniversary of when those dominoes started to fall in quick succession. In the week that followed, the world was basically...",right
2507,Perspectives: A Year With the COVID-19 Pandemic,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']","March 11, 2020: The Day Everything Changed",NPR (Online News),"A year into the coronavirus pandemic, the enormous changes in our lives have become unremarkable: The collection of fabric masks. Visits with friends or family only in small outdoor gatherings. Working or learning from home. Downtowns deserted at noon on a weekday.
While some changes happened gradually, there was one day that marked the beginning of the new normal, though that wasn't clear as the day began.
March 11, 2020. On that day in the United States, the pandemic future arrived all at once.
March 11 was a Wednesday. Joe...",left
2508,Perspectives: A Year With the COVID-19 Pandemic,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']","Meet Gen C, the Covid generation",CNN (Online News),"(CNN)Natalie Sanchez heard it in her children's voices when their birthday parties were canceled and saw it on their faces when they couldn't play with friends.
It was more than just simple disappointment. It was fear that the world they once knew might have changed forever.
""I think that it's something that's going to kind of scar them. I don't think that they'll forget,"" says the mom of three in Little Rock, Arkansas. ""In our life, there was a before and an after this.""
When the novel coronavirus started spreading,...",left
2509,Space Force Commander Removed After Claiming US Military's Diversity Training is 'Marxist',"['Free Speech', 'US Military', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Race And Racism']",Ex-Space Force commander: DOD videos claimed white people are ‘inherently evil’,New York Post (News),"A recently relieved Space Force commander claimed Monday night that the Pentagon sent servicemembers a video that claimed that America and white people were “evil.”
Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier told Fox News’ “Hannity” that the videos “were sent out to every base [and] servicemember” and “we were asked to watch [them] in preparation for our extremism down days and discussions on race.”
Those videos, Lohmeier added, “taught that the country was evil, that it was founded in 1619 and not 1776, and that whites are inherently evil.”
Lohmeier did not...",right
2510,Space Force Commander Removed After Claiming US Military's Diversity Training is 'Marxist',"['Free Speech', 'US Military', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Race And Racism']",A Space Force Commander was fired after comments made on conservative podcasts about diversity and Marxism,Insider,"A commander in the US Space Force was removed from his position following comments he made on podcasts promoting his new book that claims that Marxist ideologies are spreading in the US military.
Lt Col. Matthew Lohmeier was a commander of a unit responsible for detecting ballistic missile launches, according to a report from Military.com.
During a May appearance on the ""Information Operation"" podcast, Lohmeier claimed leftist ideologies were spreading throughout US society, including in the media, in universities, in the federal government, and in the branches of the US...",left
2511,Space Force Commander Removed After Claiming US Military's Diversity Training is 'Marxist',"['Free Speech', 'US Military', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Race And Racism']",Space Force officer relieved of command after criticizing military diversity and inclusion trainings on a conservative podcast,CBS News (Online),"The Space Force has relieved an officer of his command after recent comments he made on a podcast criticizing the diversity and inclusion initiatives the military has recently been encouraging.
Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Lohmeier, who was promoting his new book ""Irresistible Revolution: Marxism's Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military"" on the podcast ""Information Operation"" with host L. Todd Wood, claimed inclusion and diversity training are based in Marxism and critical race theory, which examines systemic racism and how institutions have benefited white people.",left
2512,Over 2 Million Ordered to Evacuate as Florida Braces for Hurricane Ian,"['Water And Oceans', 'Disaster', 'Hurricanes', 'Florida', 'State Governments', 'Weather', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Joe Biden', 'FEMA', 'Business', 'Schools', 'Transportation']","Ian now Category 3, on its way near Tampa Bay as major hurricane",Tampa Bay Times,"As a public service, the Tampa Bay Times is making its storm coverage free to readers as long as the region is threatened. To help us continue keeping you informed, please consider supporting us with a subscription or donating to our journalism fund.
After a night of intensification, Hurricane Ian has emerged as a major hurricane Tuesday — now on a track further east and south of Tampa Bay.
Ian is forecast to approach the west coast of Florida as an extremely dangerous hurricane, forecasters said in an 11 a.m. update from the National Hurricane Center....",center
2513,Over 2 Million Ordered to Evacuate as Florida Braces for Hurricane Ian,"['Water And Oceans', 'Disaster', 'Hurricanes', 'Florida', 'State Governments', 'Weather', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Joe Biden', 'FEMA', 'Business', 'Schools', 'Transportation']",Hurricane Ian now a fierce Cat 3 as track shifts south and early rains sweep Florida,Miami Herald,"This article tracking Hurricane Ian is available for free as a public service to all readers.
Hurricane Ian’s projected path shifted slightly Tuesday, on a track that would push the powerful storm to an earlier potential landfall south of the Tampa Bay area — a small but significant change for a Gulf Coast vulnerable to storm surge. If the track holds — and forecasts stress that it may still change — it could reduce the flooding threat to Tampa Bay but raise it for coastal communities to the south like...",left
2514,Over 2 Million Ordered to Evacuate as Florida Braces for Hurricane Ian,"['Water And Oceans', 'Disaster', 'Hurricanes', 'Florida', 'State Governments', 'Weather', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Joe Biden', 'FEMA', 'Business', 'Schools', 'Transportation']",More Than 2 Million Florida Residents Under Evacuation Orders As Hurricane Ian Becomes Category 3 Storm,The Daily Wire,"Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has announced that more than two million of his state’s residents are under evacuation orders as Hurricane Ian nears landfall as a Category 3 storm.
During a press conference on Tuesday morning, DeSantis shared the update that urged Floridians to take necessary precautions as Ian could strike the Gulf Coast as a Category 4 hurricane.",right
2515,Supreme Court Says Arizona Voting Laws are Legal,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Arizona Election Laws', 'Supreme Court', 'Election Law', 'Race And Racism']","Arizona Ballot-Harvesting Ban Is Legal, Supreme Court Rules in High-Stakes Electoral Integrity Case",The Epoch Times,"Arizona’s ban on ballot-harvesting and out-of-precinct voting does not violate the federal Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 this morning in a closely watched case with implications for future elections.
The court opinion split neatly along ideological and partisan lines with the 6 conservative justices nominated by Republican presidents voting to uphold the state law and the 3 liberal justices voting to strike it down.
The decision reverses a judgment issued by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and comes the week after the Biden administration filed a...",right
2516,Supreme Court Says Arizona Voting Laws are Legal,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Arizona Election Laws', 'Supreme Court', 'Election Law', 'Race And Racism']",Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Election Rules,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Supreme Court upheld a pair of Arizona voting rules against Democratic claims that the state discriminated against minority voters, a decision that could make it more difficult to challenge new state efforts to tighten election regulations.
The court, in a 6-3 opinion by Justice Samuel Alito, ruled Arizona was on solid legal ground in enforcing rules that prohibit third parties from collecting mail-in ballots and disallow votes cast in the wrong precinct.
The decision, issued on the final day before the court’s summer recess, was one of two major rulings that divided...",center
2517,Supreme Court Says Arizona Voting Laws are Legal,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Arizona Election Laws', 'Supreme Court', 'Election Law', 'Race And Racism']",Supreme Court says Arizona limits don't violate Voting Rights Act,CNN (Online News),"The Supreme Court on Thursday said two provisions of an Arizona voting law that restrict how ballots can be cast do not violate the historic Voting Rights Act that bars regulations that result in racial discrimination.
The ruling will limit the ability of minorities to challenge state laws in the future that they say are discriminatory under the Voting Rights Act.
The vote in the case is 6-3 breaking along conservative-liberal ideological lines. Justice Samuel Alito delivered the majority opinion.
The case comes as several Republican-led states, encouraged by former President...",left
2518,Audit Requested into $300 Million Contract,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Puerto Rico gov requests audit into contract awarded to tiny energy company,The Hill,The governor of Puerto Rico is requesting an audit into how a small energy company from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s Montana hometown won a multimillion-dollar contract to restore power to Puerto Rico.,center
2519,Audit Requested into $300 Million Contract,"['Disaster', 'General News']",San Juan mayor feuds with energy firm when it threatens to stop work after audit request,ABC News (Online),A letter sent by Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello to the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general’s office on Wednesday touched off a Twitter feud and later apology by the small Montana-based company that earned a contract to restore power on the island.,left
2520,Audit Requested into $300 Million Contract,"['Disaster', 'General News']","Puerto Rico, Whitefish defend controversial power contract",Fox News (Online News),Puerto Rico and Whitefish Energy Holdings on Tuesday defended their $300 million contract for the small Montana company to repair the U.S. territory's hurricane-ravaged power grid after the deal was criticized by U.S. lawmakers.,right
2521,Saudi-Led Airstrike Kills 70 in Yemen as Biden Considers Houthi Terrorist Designation,"['World', 'Terrorism', 'Yemen', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Houthis', 'Foreign Policy', 'Airstrikes', 'Middle East', 'Food', 'UAE', 'Abu Dhabi']",Saudi-Led Airstrikes Kill Scores at a Prison in Yemen,New York Times (News),"The seven-year-old war in Yemen intensified again on Friday when airstrikes by the Saudi-led military coalition on northern Yemen killed at least 70 people and knocked out the entire country’s internet, according to international aid groups and the rebels who control the area.
Capping a week in which rebel drones struck as far away as Abu Dhabi and Saudi bombs rained down across rebel-held northern Yemen, the hostilities were fresh proof of the conflict’s obstinacy a year after President Biden took office vowing to bring the war — and one...",left
2522,Saudi-Led Airstrike Kills 70 in Yemen as Biden Considers Houthi Terrorist Designation,"['World', 'Terrorism', 'Yemen', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Houthis', 'Foreign Policy', 'Airstrikes', 'Middle East', 'Food', 'UAE', 'Abu Dhabi']",Yemeni rebels say Saudi-led airstrike on prison killed 70,Associated Press,"A Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a prison run by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Friday, killing at least 70 detainees and wounding dozens, a rebel minister said. The strike was part of a pounding aerial offensive that hours earlier knocked the Arab world’s poorest country off the internet.
The intense campaign comes after the Iran-backed Houthis claimed a drone and missile attack that struck inside the United Arab Emirates’ capital earlier in the week — a major escalation in the conflict in Yemen where the Saudi-led coalition, backed by the UAE,...",left
2523,Saudi-Led Airstrike Kills 70 in Yemen as Biden Considers Houthi Terrorist Designation,"['World', 'Terrorism', 'Yemen', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Houthis', 'Foreign Policy', 'Airstrikes', 'Middle East', 'Food', 'UAE', 'Abu Dhabi']","Airstrikes kill at least 70, knock out internet in Yemen",Washington Examiner,"Airstrikes believed to have come from a coalition led by Saudi Arabia reportedly killed an estimated 70 people and injured at least 138 others Friday at a prison in northern Yemen.
The strike took place in Saada, a northern city near the country's border with Saudi Arabia, Doctors Without Borders said. Another airstrike earlier Friday is believed to have hit a telecommunications facility in the city of Hodeida and cut off internet connection in most of the country, according to NetBlocks, which monitors global network disruptions.
""From what I hear from my colleague in Saada, there are...",right
2524,How Will Madeleine Albright Be Remembered?,"['State Department', 'Foreign Policy', 'Madeline Albright', 'Bill Clinton', 'George W Bush', 'Politics', 'World', 'United Nations']",Madeleine Albright shaped a generation of foreign policy leaders,David Ignatius,"Madeleine K. Albright, who passed away on Wednesday, shaped a generation of foreign policy leaders — gently and usually with a smile. She knew every senior official, mentored many of them, and managed to say a cheery word even to people who took “dour” as a compliment.
Even into her 80s, Albright had the style of a college undergraduate, gossiping late into the night with her countless friends in the United States and abroad. At the opening dinner of each summer’s gathering of the Aspen Strategy Group, she would don a...",center
2525,How Will Madeleine Albright Be Remembered?,"['State Department', 'Foreign Policy', 'Madeline Albright', 'Bill Clinton', 'George W Bush', 'Politics', 'World', 'United Nations']",Madeleine Albright’s historic career in photos,New York Post (News),"After serving as a foreign policy advisor for many politicians, Madeleine Albright's first major role was as the United States' ambassador to the United Nations. President Bill Clinton nominated her for the role in 1993.",right
2526,How Will Madeleine Albright Be Remembered?,"['State Department', 'Foreign Policy', 'Madeline Albright', 'Bill Clinton', 'George W Bush', 'Politics', 'World', 'United Nations']",Madeleine Albright Was an American Trailblazer,David Rothkopf,"To the world, Madeleine Albright will always be remembered as America’s first woman secretary of state. She thrived in that role as a consequence of her intelligence, strength, and her mastery of a profoundly challenging role at a time when the United States was, briefly, the world’s sole superpower.
In a moment during her tenure as secretary of state that resonates greatly with the current one, a brutal authoritarian leader, Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, threatened the peace of Europe.",left
2527,US House to Vote on 25th Amendment Resolution Against Trump,"['Politics', '25th Amendment']",House To Vote On 25th Amendment Resolution Against Trump,NPR (Online News),"The House of Representatives is expected to vote Tuesday on a resolution calling for Vice President Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment against President Trump, days after violent insurrectionists, fueled by Trump's rhetoric, overtook the U.S. Capitol.
The measure, which is likely to pass the Democratic-controlled House, urges Pence to ""immediately"" use his powers to convene the Cabinet and declare Trump unfit for office and assume the powers and responsibilities of acting president of the United States.
Trump ""widely advertised and broadly encouraged"" the protests that led to last week's...",left
2528,US House to Vote on 25th Amendment Resolution Against Trump,"['Politics', '25th Amendment']","With their 25th Amendment ruse, Democrats seek to evade responsibility",Washington Examiner,"House Democrats are pondering impeaching President Trump for inciting last week's Capitol riot. But before that, they are trying another route, with a nonbinding resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to lead a palace coup.
Citing Section 4 of the Constitution’s 25th Amendment, Democrats propose and the House will soon vote on a measure calling for just that — for Pence to assume power, ousting his boss. This is a gimmicky attempt to shirk congressional responsibility, and it represents a threat to the constitutional order that is different from,...",right
2529,US House to Vote on 25th Amendment Resolution Against Trump,"['Politics', '25th Amendment']",Democrats set up impeachment after vote demanding Pence wrest presidential powers,New York Times (News),"The House is poised to vote Tuesday evening to formally call on Vice President Mike Pence to strip President Trump of his duties by invoking the 25th Amendment. The vote comes a day after House Democrats introduced an article of impeachment charging the president for his role in inciting a violent mob of his supporters to storm the Capitol, where rioters ransacked the seat of American government and killed a Capitol Police officer.
The motion on Monday set off a high-stakes standoff between two branches of government, as House Democrats...",left
2530,Biden and CDC Director Warn of Possible Virus Rebound,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Joe Biden', 'Rochelle Walensky']",'We're skating on a knife's edge right now': Scientists worry US could be headed for yet another COVID-19 surge,USA TODAY,"As COVID-19 cases creep up again across the country, federal officials and epidemiologists say they're worried we could hit another tipping point, leading to a fourth significant surge of infections, hospitalizations and deaths.
""We're skating on a knife's edge right now,"" said Nicholas Reich, a biostatistician at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Average daily reported cases are up 10% compared to a week earlier, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows, with more than 30 million COVID-19 cases reported since early last year. Hospitalizations and deaths, which...",left
2531,Biden and CDC Director Warn of Possible Virus Rebound,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Joe Biden', 'Rochelle Walensky']","As Covid-19 numbers rise, the CDC chief says she's scared about where US is headed. But it's not too late to change country's course",CNN (Online News),"New Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are beginning to rise in the US again, one of the country's top health leaders said Monday.
The latest findings, shared by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, may just be the start of what experts have for weeks warned about: another surge.
A surge that could come just as the country inches closer to a return to normalcy and officials nationwide race to get as many Covid-19 vaccine shots into arms as possible.
So far, about 28.6%...",left
2532,Biden and CDC Director Warn of Possible Virus Rebound,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Joe Biden', 'Rochelle Walensky']","Biden: 'The War Against COVID-19 Is Far From Won.' CDC Director: 'I'm Scared,' 'Feeling...of Impending Doom'",CNSNews.com,"Vaccinations are proceeding, even accelerating, but COVID-19 cases are rising, and Americans should remain very concerned, President Biden and members of his administration warned on Monday:
""Our work is far from over. The war against COVID-19 is far from won. This is deadly serious,"" President Biden said.
""We share the sentiment of Dr. Walensky, the head of the Center for Disease Control and--and Prevention. The CDC expressed earlier today this is not a time to lessen our efforts. That's what she said. We could still see a setback in the...",right
2533,Amazon Workers On Staten Island Vote To Successfully Form Company's First Unionized US Warehouse,"['Amazon', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Elections', 'Labor', 'Labor Organizing', 'Labor Unions', 'New York City', 'Technology', 'Unions']",Amazon workers in NYC vote to unionize in historic labor win,Associated Press,"Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize on Friday, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history and handing an unexpected win to a nascent group that fueled the union drive.
Warehouse workers cast 2,654 votes — or about 55% — in favor of a union, giving the fledgling Amazon Labor Union enough support to pull off a victory. According to the National Labor Relations Board, which is overseeing the process, 2,131 workers — or 45% — rejected the union bid.
The 67...",left
2534,Amazon Workers On Staten Island Vote To Successfully Form Company's First Unionized US Warehouse,"['Amazon', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Elections', 'Labor', 'Labor Organizing', 'Labor Unions', 'New York City', 'Technology', 'Unions']",Amazon’s NYC warehouse votes to unionize — drawing White House praise,New York Post (News),"Amazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island voted Friday to become the web giant’s first unionized US workers — drawing praise from the White House.
The vote was 2,654 in favor and 2,131 against unionization, according to National Labor Relations Board officials.
“The president was glad to see workers ensure their voices are heard with respect to important workplace decisions,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said at a Friday briefing.
“He believes firmly that every worker in every state must have a free and fair choice to join a...",right
2535,Amazon Workers On Staten Island Vote To Successfully Form Company's First Unionized US Warehouse,"['Amazon', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Elections', 'Labor', 'Labor Organizing', 'Labor Unions', 'New York City', 'Technology', 'Unions']",Amazon Workers on Staten Island Vote to Unionize in Landmark Win for Labor,New York Times (News),"It was a union organizing campaign that few expected to have a chance. A handful of employees at Amazon’s massive warehouse on Staten Island, operating without support from national labor organizations, took on one of the most powerful companies in the world.
And, somehow, they won.
Workers at the facility voted by a wide margin to form a union, according to results released on Friday, in one of the biggest victories for organized labor in a generation.
Employees cast 2,654 votes to be represented by Amazon Labor Union and 2,131...",left
2536,Preparing for a Senate Tax Bill Vote,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate Republicans Looking To Play ‘Let’s Make A Deal’ On Tax Cuts,HuffPost,"Senate Republicans are moving quickly toward a vote on their tax proposal this week, with GOP leaders still tweaking the bill to win over reluctant Republicans.",left
2537,Preparing for a Senate Tax Bill Vote,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Top Senate Republicans Look To Pass Tax Bill This Week,The Daily Caller,"Despite a number of Republican senators expressing hesitations about the Senate GOP’s tax reform legislation, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn said he’s hopeful the upper chamber will vote to advance the measure as soon as Wednesday.",right
2538,Preparing for a Senate Tax Bill Vote,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate tax drama intensifies as bill faces key panel vote,Reuters,"President Donald Trump’s drive to overhaul the United States tax code headed toward a new drama on Tuesday in the Senate, where a pair of Republican lawmakers demanded changes to the party’s tax bill in exchange for their help in moving the measure forward.",center
2539,Special Counsel Appointed,['Justice'],"The new special counsel investigating Trump: who he is, what he can do, what comes next",Vox,A former FBI director is going to take the Russia investigation to another level.,left
2540,Special Counsel Appointed,['Justice'],Former FBI Director Appointed Special Counsel To Oversee Trump-Russia Investigation,The Daily Caller,Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller to oversee the FBI investigation into any alleged collusion between the Trump 2016 campaign and the Russian government.,right
2541,Special Counsel Appointed,['Justice'],Special counsel appointed in Russia probe,CNN (Online News),"The Justice Department on Wednesday appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to oversee the federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, including potential collusion between President Donald Trump's campaign associates and Russian officials.",left
2542,Blast at Mexico City Hospital Kills 2,['World'],Gas blast at children's hospital in Mexico City leaves at least 2 dead; truck driver detained,Fox News Latino,"A gas tank truck exploded outside a maternity and children's hospital in Mexico City on Thursday morning, leaving much of it in ruins.
At least two people were killed and 56 injured, said Claudia Dominguez, spokeswoman for Mexico City's civil defense agency. Officials earlier had said at least four and as many as seven had been killed at the explosion site at the Maternity Hospital of Cuajimalpa, according to the Mexican newspaper El Universal",right
2543,Blast at Mexico City Hospital Kills 2,['World'],Dozens Wounded in Gas Explosion at Mexico City Hospital,New York Times (News),"A gas explosion heavily damaged a maternity and children’s hospital here on Thursday, leaving at least three people dead and dozens wounded, some by broken glass, the authorities said.
A total of 54 people were wounded, officials said, including 22 children, at the Hospital Materno Infantil on the western outskirts of the city. Mayor Miguel Mancera said most of the injuries were minor, while Luis Felipe Puente, the city’s civil defense director, said about 20 children were taken to hospitals for burn injuries of varying severity.
Later, as the debris...",left
2544,Blast at Mexico City Hospital Kills 2,['World'],60 Hurt in Mexico Hospital Gas Blast,Daily Beast,"A children’s hospital in Mexico City was nearly leveled when a gasoline tanker truck exploded Thursday, killing at least two. More than 60 people were injured in the blast, the mayor said. An unknown number of people are also trapped, but there are concerns that adults and babies are beneath the debris. The accident is believed to have occurred after a hose burst when the truck was supplying natural gas to the hospital. Firefighters were trying to control a leak in the hose when the explosion occurred.",left
2545,DNC Email Kerfuffle,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Clinton Faces New Email Scandal Heading into Convention,Newsmax (News),Hacked emails threatened to overshadow the Democratic Party's upcoming celebration in Philadelphia as progressives expressed disappointment Sunday over the presidential nomination process and Bernie Sanders stepped up demands that the party's chairwoman step down.,right
2546,DNC Email Kerfuffle,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Debbie Wasserman Schultz Out As Democratic Convention Chair After Email Leak,NPR (Online News),"Amid furor over an email leak that revealed a bias against Bernie Sanders inside the Democratic National Committee, Debbie Wasserman Schultz is out as chair of the convention.
In an email to NPR, the office of Rep. Marcia Fudge said she ""has been named permanent chair of the Democratic National Convention.""",left
2547,DNC Email Kerfuffle,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']","Sanders Calls DNC Leak ‘Outrageous,’ Calls For New DNC Chair",HuffPost,"Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called the leak of Democratic National Committee emails suggesting a bias against his presidential campaign “outrageous” and reiterated his call for DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.) to resign.
“It is not a great shock to me,” Sanders said during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday morning. “There’s no question in my mind and no question to any objective observer’s mind that the DNC was supporting Hillary Clinton and was in opposition to",left
2548,Obama Proposes Grand Bargain For Jobs,['Economy And Jobs'],Obama Proposes 'Grand Bargain',HuffPost,President Barack Obama is extending a new proposal to Republicans that he hopes will break the political gridlock on budget negotiations offering to cut corporate tax rates in exchange for job investments.,left
2549,Obama Proposes Grand Bargain For Jobs,['Economy And Jobs'],President to propose 'grand bargain' on jobs,CNN (Online News),"Speaking at an Amazon.com distribution plant in Tennessee on Tuesday, President Barack Obama will propose a grand bargain with lawmakers on spurring job growth.",left
2550,Obama Proposes Grand Bargain For Jobs,['Economy And Jobs'],Obama proposes 'grand bargain' for jobs,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama is extending a new proposal to Republicans that he hopes will break the political gridlock on budget negotiations, offering to cut corporate tax rates in exchange for job investments.",right
2551,Trump Signs Spending Bill,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump signs $1.3 trillion spending bill but vows ‘never again’,Washington Times,"President Trump said Friday that he signed a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill because it was vital to rebuilding the military, but he trashed Democrats for tacking on extra spending and vowed to never again sign another budget-busting measure.",right
2552,Trump Signs Spending Bill,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump signs budget deal after raising government shutdown threat,Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump signed Congress’ newly passed $1.3 trillion spending bill on Friday, ending several hours of confusion spurred by a tweeted veto threat that raised the specter of a government shutdown.",center
2553,Trump Signs Spending Bill,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Trump signs massive spending bill, but not before a little drama",Washington Post,"The president’s unhappiness was fueled Friday morning how it often is, with Trump in the residence watching “Fox and Friends.”",left
2554,"Weekly Jobless Claims Fall to 199,000, a 52-Year Low","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Labor']","New jobless claims plummet to 199K, lowest level since 1969",New York Post (News),"The number of Americans newly seeking jobless benefits plummeted last week, falling past pre-pandemic levels — to the lowest point since 1969 — more than a year and a half after the start of the pandemic, the feds said Wednesday.
As of last week, initial filings for unemployment benefits, seen as a proxy for layoffs, fell to 199,000, down 71,000 from the prior week’s revised level of 270,000, according to data released Wednesday by the Labor Department.
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones expected to see new claims fall to 260,000, after seeing five consecutive weeks of...",right
2555,"Weekly Jobless Claims Fall to 199,000, a 52-Year Low","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Labor']","Latest weekly jobless claims fall to 199,000, lowest level since 1969",NBC News (Online),"Initial weekly jobless claims dropped to 199,000 last week, hitting the lowest level since 1969 and roundly beating economists' expectations of 260,000.
Weekly applications for unemployment benefit have been falling in recent weeks as employers hold on to their workforce amid a tight labor market.
The latest weekly data was released one day early, due to the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday.
“Getting new claims below the 200,000 level for the first time since the pandemic began is truly significant, portraying further improvement,"" said Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst at Bankrate. “The...",left
2556,"Weekly Jobless Claims Fall to 199,000, a 52-Year Low","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Labor']",Weekly jobless claims fall to lowest level since 1969,Axios,"Approximately 199,000 Americans filed initial claims for unemployment insurance‌ last‌ week, a 71,000 decrease from the week before.
Why it matters: The Labor Department said Wednesday it was the lowest level of initial claims since Nov. 15, 1969, when claims reached 197,000.
This same time last year, unemployment claims were around 700,000, per the Labor Department.
Our thought bubble, via Axios' Felix Salmon: Employers are so desperate for employees that layoffs are all but nonexistent. While America still has very little in the way of long-term job security, it currently offers unprecedented levels of...",center
2557,"Excitement, Fear as States Begin to Reopen","['Role Of Government', 'Public Health', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus']",Republicans’ Push for ‘Liberation’ Could Be a Death Sentence,Daily Beast,"In the beginning, Donald Trump said “I alone” can fix everything. Then, as the pandemic gripped the nation, Trump said, the Constitution required the states to take the lead and mandated that governors compete amongst themselves for critical medical equipment and decide whether or not to impose stay-at-home orders to protect their citizens’ lives.
But more recently, things took a different turn. Trump has declared that the country must be “liberated” in plenty of time for the fall election season. And if the states don’t agree, Trump is making...",left
2558,"Excitement, Fear as States Begin to Reopen","['Role Of Government', 'Public Health', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus']",Officials Warn of New Virus Surge as States Reopen,Wall Street Journal (News),U.S. researchers and officials warned about the possibility of a new surge in coronavirus cases as more states and countries begin to reopen their economies and relax social-distancing rules.,center
2559,"Excitement, Fear as States Begin to Reopen","['Role Of Government', 'Public Health', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus']",More blue states move toward reopening,Washington Examiner,"More Democratic governors have taken steps toward reopening their states as the rate of new coronavirus cases starts to slow.
After weekend protests against California’s stay-at-home orders, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that some retail businesses could open as soon as Friday as the state enters the next phase of the reopening process. The Democrat said Monday that some bookstores, music stores, toy stores, florists, sporting goods stores, and more can reopen for pickup Friday, the Los Angeles Times reported. Newsom’s guidelines also give local leaders the authority to push...",right
2560,Aftermath of Newtown Tragedy,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Gun-rights advocates feeling heat after school shooting,Washington Post,"The call came Friday night, as Americans were just beginning the struggle to make sense of one of the most horrific mass shootings in a long history of them.",left
2561,Aftermath of Newtown Tragedy,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Newtown begins heartbreaking ritual of saying goodbyes,CNN (Online News),"At a time when Newtown should be reveling in holiday cheer, the grief-stricken community will begin the grim task of lowering little coffins into the ground.",left
2562,Aftermath of Newtown Tragedy,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Obama offers 'love and prayers' to Newtown, says these tragedies must end",Fox News (Online News),President Obama came to Connecticut on Sunday to express his sorrow for those suffering after the fatal mass shooting of 26 people and to call for an end to such incidents -- offering “the love and hope of a nation and saying “these tragedies must end.,right
2563,Congress Passes Bill That Bans Chinese Imports Created With Uighur Forced Labor,"['China', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Human Rights', 'International Trade', 'Labor', 'Uighur Muslims', 'US Congress', 'Xinjiang']",Congress passes ban on imports made with Uyghur forced labor,Washington Times,"The Senate on Thursday gave final approval to a bipartisan bill to crack down on imports from China‘s Xinjiang region, where Beijing is accused of using forced labor.
The bill now goes to President Biden, who is expected to sign it.
“Many companies have already taken steps to clean up their supply chains. And, frankly, they should have no concerns about this law,” Sen. Marco Rubio, the bill’s sponsor, said on the Senate floor.
“For those who have not done that, they’ll no longer be able to continue to make Americans...",right
2564,Congress Passes Bill That Bans Chinese Imports Created With Uighur Forced Labor,"['China', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Human Rights', 'International Trade', 'Labor', 'Uighur Muslims', 'US Congress', 'Xinjiang']",Congress Passes Ban on Goods From China’s Xinjiang Region Over Forced Labor Concerns,New York Times (News),"The Senate voted unanimously on Thursday to approve legislation that would ban the import of a wide array of products made in China’s Xinjiang region in a drive to prevent companies from sourcing goods produced through forced labor by persecuted Muslim minorities.
Its passage was a victory for supporters of an aggressive human rights measure that faced a fierce corporate lobbying campaign from businesses that argued it was too onerous and would disrupt global supply chains. The vote sent the measure to President Biden’s desk, where he was expected to sign it into...",left
2565,Congress Passes Bill That Bans Chinese Imports Created With Uighur Forced Labor,"['China', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Human Rights', 'International Trade', 'Labor', 'Uighur Muslims', 'US Congress', 'Xinjiang']",US Congress passes import ban on Chinese Uyghur region,BBC News,"The US Congress has passed a bill that requires companies to prove that goods imported from China's Xinjiang region were not produced with forced labour.
The US has accused China of genocide in its repression of the predominantly Muslim Uyghur minority there - a charge that China has repeatedly rejected.
The bill had been criticised by major companies that do business in the area, including Coca-Cola, Nike and Apple.
Its passage also overcame initial lack of support from the White House.
It was approved by the Senate on Thursday with...",center
2566,Trump Posthumously Pardons Susan B. Anthony,"['Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Feminism', ""Women'S Issues"", 'General News']","Trump announces he'll posthumously pardon Susan B. Anthony, convicted of voting illegally as a woman in 1872",ABC News (Online),"President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he is issuing a posthumous presidential pardon for Susan B. Anthony, a leader of the women's suffrage movement who was found guilty of voting illegally -- as a woman -- in the 1872 presidential election.
""Later today, I will be signing a full and complete pardon for Susan B. Anthony. She was never pardoned. Did you know that? She was never pardoned,"" the president said, calling the move ""fantastic.""
Trump made the announcement at a White House event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the...",left
2567,Trump Posthumously Pardons Susan B. Anthony,"['Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Feminism', ""Women'S Issues"", 'General News']",Trump says he will posthumously pardon U.S. women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony,Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will posthumously pardon American social reformer and women’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony who was fined in 1872 for voting illegally.
Speaking at a White House event to mark the 100th anniversary of ratification of the U.S. Constitution’s 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote, Trump said: “I will be signing a full and complete pardon of Susan B. Anthony. She was never pardoned.”
Trump is facing a tough fight for re-election in November and has tried in recent weeks...",center
2568,Trump Posthumously Pardons Susan B. Anthony,"['Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Feminism', ""Women'S Issues"", 'General News']",Trump: Susan B. Anthony to get posthumous pardon,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump announced Tuesday morning he will give a posthumous pardon to Susan B. Anthony, one of history's biggest figures in the women's suffrage movement.
The announcement came 100 years to the day after the 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
Anthony, a strong anti-slavery pioneer who died in 1906, had been arrested in 1872 for violating laws that had permitted only men to vote in the presidential election.
She was then indicted, tried and convicted for voting illegally and sentenced to pay...",right
2569,Unanswered Questions in San Bernardino,['Violence In America'],San Bernardino killers erased digital presence day before the attacks,Washington Times,"The Muslim husband and wife behind the mass shooting in San Bernardino began erasing their digital footprint a day in advance of the deadly attack, deleting email accounts, disposing of hard drives and smashing their cellphones, according to law enforcement investigators who are treating the probe as a counterterrorism case.",right
2570,Unanswered Questions in San Bernardino,['Violence In America'],San Bernardino shooting: 'What is the motivation for this?',CNN (Online News),They left no manifesto. The hard drive was gone from their computer. And their new cell phones were apparently smashed.,left
2571,Unanswered Questions in San Bernardino,['Violence In America'],Police Face Unanswered Questions in San Bernardino Shooting,ABC News (Online),Investigators in California are working their way through the family history and background of the married couple that turned into mass shooters when they opened fire at a work conference event Wednesday.,left
2572,New Florida Law Seeks to Regulate Speech Moderation on Social Media,"['Free Speech', 'Technology', 'Big Tech', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Florida', 'Twitter', 'Facebook', 'Online Censorship', 'Media Bias']","DeSantis signs ‘Big Tech’ bill with new speech rules for Twitter, Facebook",Miami Herald,"Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican who is positioning himself for reelection next year, signed legislation on Monday at Florida International University in Miami that aims to crack down on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Amazon out of concern that they are conspiring against conservatives and their free speech.
The legislation, which DeSantis touted as the first of its kind in the nation, would, among other things, make it illegal for large technology companies to remove candidates for office from their platforms in the run-up to an election. It would...",left
2573,New Florida Law Seeks to Regulate Speech Moderation on Social Media,"['Free Speech', 'Technology', 'Big Tech', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Florida', 'Twitter', 'Facebook', 'Online Censorship', 'Media Bias']",Florida law will regulate how social media companies moderate speech,Axios,"Florida Monday became the first state in the U.S. to broadly regulate social media platforms' moderation of user speech online.
Driving the news: Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed a law fining social media services that permanently ban candidates running for office in Florida.
The law also prevents platforms from removing content from news outlets above a certain size.
It allows people to sue platforms if they think social media companies are inconsistently applying their content rules.
Yes, but: Legal experts expect the law to face constitutional challenges.
Corbin Barthold, internet policy counsel at tech...",center
2574,New Florida Law Seeks to Regulate Speech Moderation on Social Media,"['Free Speech', 'Technology', 'Big Tech', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Florida', 'Twitter', 'Facebook', 'Online Censorship', 'Media Bias']",DeSantis Signs Law Allowing People to Sue 'Big Tech' for 'Deplatforming',Newsmax (News),"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, on Monday signed a bill that allows ""any person to sue Big Tech companies for up to $100,000 in damages"" for ""deplatforming.""
""This session, we took action to ensure that ‘We the People’ — real Floridians across the Sunshine State — are guaranteed protection against the Silicon Valley elites,"" DeSantis said in a statement. ""Many in our state have experienced censorship and other tyrannical behavior firsthand in Cuba and Venezuela. If Big Tech censors enforce rules inconsistently, to discriminate in favor of the dominant Silicon Valley...",right
2575,Virginia Shooting Reactions,['Violence In America'],Father of Slain Virginia TV Reporter Urges Stricter Gun Laws,New York Times (News),"ROANOKE, Va. — After the murder of two journalists on live television by a former co-worker, the father of one victim made a series of emotional appeals for laws that would prevent mentally ill people from buying guns, while the station they worked for observed a moment of silence on Thursday.",left
2576,Virginia Shooting Reactions,['Violence In America'],Why the U.S. has the most mass shootings,CNN (Online News),"When a gunman opened fire Wednesday on two Virginia journalists and the woman they were interviewing on live TV, he was influenced by a long history of public mass killings throughout the country. Shooter Vester Lee Flanagan II said",left
2577,Virginia Shooting Reactions,['Violence In America'],The Truth About Guns in Virginia,Townhall,"Since Wednesday's horrific double murder of journalists Alison Parker and Adam Ward in Roanoke, Virginia, anti-gun activists have pounced at the opportunity to call for more gun control and exploited the tragedy within hours of its occurrence. Keep in mind the following statements were made before the facts were in about how the killer obtained his firearm.",right
2578,2 Dead as Kenosha Unrest Turns Violent; Media Coverage Differs,"['Gun Violence', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Riots', 'Civil Unrest', 'Violence In America']",Two People Were Fatally Shot And One Person Was Injured In Kenosha During Protests For Jacob Blake,BuzzFeed News,"Two people were fatally shot and one was injured in gunfire during the third night of protests in Kenosha over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, police said early Wednesday.
Tuesday night's shooting took place near a gas station following a confrontation between protesters and men armed with guns who claimed to be guarding the gas station, the New York Times reported.
Kenosha police said officers responded to shots fired at around 11:45 p.m. Two people were killed and a third gunshot victim was transported to...",left
2579,2 Dead as Kenosha Unrest Turns Violent; Media Coverage Differs,"['Gun Violence', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Riots', 'Civil Unrest', 'Violence In America']",2 people shot to death during protest over Kenosha shooting,Associated Press,"Two people were shot to death during a night of anti-racism protests in Kenosha in a possible vigilante attack carried out apparently by a young white man who was caught on cellphone video opening fire in the middle of the street with a semi-automatic rifle.
The gunfire erupted late Tuesday, just before midnight, during the third straight night of unrest in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake.
Sheriff David Beth said one victim was shot in the head and the other in the chest, the...",left
2580,2 Dead as Kenosha Unrest Turns Violent; Media Coverage Differs,"['Gun Violence', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Riots', 'Civil Unrest', 'Violence In America']",Two Killed During Riots In Wisconsin As Democrat Governor Refuses Federal Assistance,The Federalist,"It took Gov. Tony Evers two days to wake up and proclaim a “State of Emergency” exists in Wisconsin. Tuesday, after he issued the declaration, police say three people were shot and two killed during ongoing rioting in Wisconsin streets.
In his emergency declaration, the Democrat invoked the name of Minnesotan George Floyd and plugged a legislative special session to pass bills on “equity and justice.” While desperately clinging to the notion that the Black Lives Matter protests that have swept through Wisconsin and the nation are “mostly peaceful,” even...",right
2581,Clinton Joins WI Recount,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton to join recount that Trump calls 'scam',CNN (Online News),"Hillary Clinton's campaign said Saturday it will take part in efforts to push for recounts in several key states, joining with Green Party candidate Jill Stein, who has raised millions of dollars to have votes counted again in Wisconsin.",left
2582,Clinton Joins WI Recount,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Says It Will Participate In Wisconsin Recount,HuffPost,Hillary Clinton’s campaign on Saturday said that it would participate in a recount initiated by Green Party nominee Jill Stein in Wisconsin and said it would take similar action if a recount was initiated in Michigan and Pennsylvania.,left
2583,Clinton Joins WI Recount,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders downplays Wisconsin recount: ‘Nobody cares’,Washington Times,"Sen. Bernard Sanders on Sunday dismissed the presidential vote recount in Wisconsin, saying “nobody cares” about it and that it’s unlikely to affect the outcome of the election in any way.
Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” the Vermont independent and former presidential hopeful said the recount, while perfectly justified, simply is not a big deal.",right
2584,Tributes Pour in for President George H. W. Bush,['General News'],"Tributes to George H.W. Bush pour in from former presidents, world leaders and celebs",USA TODAY,"The 41st president of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush, died on Friday, Nov. 30 at his Houston home. He was 94-years-old. As news of the World War II veteran's death spread across the globe, family members, politicians and pop culture celebrities expressed gratitude and paid tribute online to the life and legacy of the late president.",left
2585,Tributes Pour in for President George H. W. Bush,['General News'],‘The most kind and considerate person I’ve ever known’: George H.W. Bush remembered by former presidents and other officials,Washington Post,"George H.W. Bush was remembered Sunday by three former presidents and several members of his administration, including former vice president Dan Quayle, former secretaries of state James A. Baker III and Colin L. Powell and Richard B. Cheney, who served as Bush’s defense secretary. Former presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, the late president’s eldest son, paid tribute in appearances on CBS’s “60 Minutes.” Asked what his father had told him when he became president, the younger Bush responded with the same words the two exchanged shortly...",left
2586,Tributes Pour in for President George H. W. Bush,['General News'],Remembering George H. W. Bush,Fox News (Online News),Running list of articles in remembrance of President George H. W. Bush,right
2587,The Blame Game - Cancelled Insurance Policies,['Healthcare'],Classic case of misdirection? Post fact checker evaluates WH claim on canceled insurance policies,The Blaze,Of the White Houses attempt to blame private companies for millions of Americans losing their health insurance policies under Obamacare the Washington Post fact checker issued its ruling: Blaming the insurance companies can only go so far.,right
2588,The Blame Game - Cancelled Insurance Policies,['Healthcare'],The White House effort to blame insurance companies for lost plans,Washington Post,"Many people with individual insurance don't have grandfathered plans, but the White House keeps blaming insurers.",left
2589,The Blame Game - Cancelled Insurance Policies,['Healthcare'],Why President Obama isn't hitting the insurance companies,Politico,President Barack Obama spent years casting insurance companies as the most evil of actors in the health care system.,left
2590,Paris Terror Raid,['World'],2 Die as French Police Seek Paris Attacks Suspect; 7 Arrested in Raid,New York Times (News),The French police stormed an apartment in the medieval heart of the northern Paris suburb of St.-Denis before dawn on Wednesday in an attempt to find the Belgian man suspected of orchestrating the Paris terrorist attacks.,left
2591,Paris Terror Raid,['World'],Huge Raid in Paris,CNN (Online News),"The French police raids in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis -- among the dozens conducted overnight around the country -- prevented further crimes and murders from being committed, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said.",left
2592,Paris Terror Raid,['World'],"2 terror suspects killed, 7 arrested in raid targeting Paris attack mastermind",Fox News (Online News),"Seven terror suspects were arrested Wednesday morning and two others were killed, including a woman wearing a suicide vest who blew herself up, after police stormed a suburban Paris apartment targeting the alleged mastermind of last Friday's massacre in the French capital.",right
2593,House Democrats Propose 'Transgender Bill of Rights',"['Bill Of Rights', 'Civil Rights', 'House Democrats', 'Gender Identity', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Transgender Rights', 'US House']",Democrats propose ‘Trans Bill of Rights’ to ensure trans Americans can live ‘full and happy lives’,PinkNews,"Coinciding with the 53rd anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising on Tuesday (28 June), five Democrats are hoping to codify into law a 2020 Supreme Court ruling that found a landmark civil rights law protects LGBTQ+ workers from discrimination.
Up until Bostock v Clayton County, it was legal in more than half of US states to fire employees for being LGBTQ+.
Now in an America on edge after Supreme Court justices overturned Roe v Wade, the House of Representatives is scrambling to ensure trans people don’t have their rights scrapped next by the court.
The resolution would amend the...",left
2594,House Democrats Propose 'Transgender Bill of Rights',"['Bill Of Rights', 'Civil Rights', 'House Democrats', 'Gender Identity', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Transgender Rights', 'US House']",House Democrats Introduce ‘Transgender Bill Of Rights’,The Daily Wire,"House Democrats introduced a “Transgender Bill of Rights” on Tuesday to “protect and codify the rights of transgender and nonbinary people under the law and ensure their access to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security.”
Led by Democratic Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal, HR 1209 proposes “amending the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, including gender identity and sex characteristics in public accommodations and federally funded programs and activities.”
The Trans Bill of Rights also proposes amending federal education laws to ensure that students can...",right
2595,House Democrats Propose 'Transgender Bill of Rights',"['Bill Of Rights', 'Civil Rights', 'House Democrats', 'Gender Identity', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Transgender Rights', 'US House']",Democrats unveiling ‘Transgender Bill of Rights’,The Hill,"A group of House Democrats on Tuesday announced they would move to codify federal protections for transgender people.
The proposal, dubbed the “Transgender Bill of Rights,” would codify the Supreme Court’s 2020 Bostock v. Clayton County decision that protects employees against discrimination for being gay or transgender.
The proposal would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to explicitly include protections for gender identity and sex characteristics, expand access to gender-affirming care and ban conversion therapy.
It would also require the attorney general to designate a liaison dedicated to overseeing...",center
2596,Trump’s New Attack Strategy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump promises he won't say it, then he does",CNN (Online News),"Cicero, Swift ... and Donald Trump?
The Republican nominee's campaign might be unprecedented, but a key element of his stump schtick is rooted in a rhetorical device pioneered by the Ancient Greeks.
For campaign watchers in 2016, the trope has become so familiar it typically slides by without notice.",left
2597,Trump’s New Attack Strategy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why Didn’t Trump Mention Monica?,The American Spectator,"In Monday’s presidential debate, Hillary Clinton wrapped up with some parting shots at Donald Trump for his degrading statements toward women. For Hillary, it was low-hanging fruit. If looking to smack-down Donald Trump for an offensive statement or two toward women, the options are vast, a veritable harvest of rich opportunities. Reach into the grab-bag and pick your poison.",right
2598,Trump’s New Attack Strategy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump Opens New Line of Attack on Hillary Clinton: Her Marriage,New York Times (News),"Donald J. Trump unleashed a slashing new attack on Hillary Clinton over Bill Clinton’s sexual indiscretions on Friday as he sought to put the Clintons’ relationship at the center of his political argument against her before their next debate.
Mr. Trump, aiming to unnerve Mrs. Clinton, even indicated that he was rethinking his statement at their last debate that he would “absolutely” support her if she won in November, saying: “We’re going to have to see. We’re goin",left
2599,US Shoots Down Rockets Aimed at Kabul Airport,"['National Defense', 'Afghanistan', 'Kabul', 'Defense And Security']",U.S. Shoots Down Rockets as Withdrawal Looms,New York Times (News),"As the U.S. military raced toward a Tuesday deadline to withdraw from America’s longest war, sporadic violence in the Afghan capital underlined the perils ahead for a country already buffeted by insecurity, a humanitarian crisis and a terrorist threat.
The U.S. military shot down rockets aimed at the Kabul airport on Monday morning, a day after it said that one of its drones struck a vehicle full of explosives. The U.S. has warned that more attacks, like the one last week outside the airport that killed nearly 200 people, are...",left
2600,US Shoots Down Rockets Aimed at Kabul Airport,"['National Defense', 'Afghanistan', 'Kabul', 'Defense And Security']",U.S. military shoots down rockets aimed at Kabul airport; Biden updated on situation overnight,Washington Times,"The White House on Monday said President Biden was briefed overnight about an attempted rocket attack on Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.
The U.S. reportedly shot down multiple rockets targeting the airport as the military races against a Tuesday deadline to withdraw from Afghanistan. The incident came one day after U.S. forces used a drone to take out a vehicle full of explosives, underscoring the chaos in the capital during the final days of America’s longest-ever war.
“The president was informed that operations continue uninterrupted at [the airport] and...",right
2601,US Shoots Down Rockets Aimed at Kabul Airport,"['National Defense', 'Afghanistan', 'Kabul', 'Defense And Security']",Rockets target U.S. troops as Afghanistan withdrawal enters final stage,Reuters,"U.S. anti-missile defences intercepted as many as five rockets fired at Kabul's airport early on Monday, a U.S. official said, as the United States rushed to complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan to end its longest war.
Afghan media said the attack was launched from the back of a vehicle. The Pajhwok news agency said several rockets struck different parts of the Afghan capital.
Initial reports did not indicate any U.S. casualties, the U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters. The attack followed a huge Islamic State suicide bombing outside the...",center
2602,Rand Paul NSA Filibuster,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Rand Paul digs in on NSA surveillance,CNN (Online News),"Sen. Rand Paul is at it again.
More than two years after a 13 hour filibuster, the Kentucky senator and 2016 GOP presidential contender is back on the Senate floor. This time, he's protesting the National Security Agency's dragnet surveillance programs targeting Americans.
""There comes a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and liberty and privacy to suffer. That time is now and I will not let the Patriot act, the most unpatriotic of acts go unchallenged,"" Paul said at the opening...",left
2603,Rand Paul NSA Filibuster,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","Taking Stand Against Spying, Rand Paul Stages Senate ‘Filibuster’",New York Times (News),"Just how long can Rand Paul talk?
The Kentucky senator and Republican presidential candidate took to the Senate floor early Wednesday afternoon with plans to talk and talk — and talk — to highlight his concerns over reauthorizing portions of the Patriot Act.
The legislation his talk-a-thon could delay, the U.S.A. Freedom Act, would actually",left
2604,Rand Paul NSA Filibuster,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Rand Paul Begins Filibuster of Patriot Act,Newsmax (News),"Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has begun his filibuster of the renewal of the Patriot Act on the Senate floor.
Paul had vowed to do everything he could to make sure the 2001 Bush administration-era law allowing for sweeping surveillance of citizens would be dismantled.
The Kentucky Republican argued that the programs unfairly limit liberties of all Americans and give too much power to the government through the National Security Administratio",right
2605,Suspect in Brooklyn Subway Shooting Arrested,"['Violence In America', 'Brooklyn Subway Shooting']",Brooklyn subway shooting suspect arrested,CNN (Online News),"The suspect in the Brooklyn subway shooting called in a tip to Crime Stoppers that led to his capture, two law enforcement sources tell CNN.
Frank James called in the tip to the police and told them he was at a McDonald’s on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the sources confirmed.
At an earlier news conference Wednesday, an NYPD official said the tip indicated the suspect was at a McDonald's on 6th Street and 1st Avenue.
Police responded to the McDonald's and did not find James, the police official...",left
2606,Suspect in Brooklyn Subway Shooting Arrested,"['Violence In America', 'Brooklyn Subway Shooting']",Brooklyn shooting suspect Frank James arrested while strolling NYC street; terror-related charges expected,New York Post (News),"The madman who allegedly opened fire on a Brooklyn subway car, shooting 10 and leaving another 19 injured, has been arrested, law enforcement sources told The Post on Wednesday.
He will be charged by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn with terror-related offenses, according to a high-ranking NYPD source.",right
2607,Suspect in Brooklyn Subway Shooting Arrested,"['Violence In America', 'Brooklyn Subway Shooting']",Police hunt gunman who wounded 10 in Brooklyn subway attack,Associated Press,"Police continued to hunt Wednesday for the gunman who opened fire on a subway train in Brooklyn, an attack that left 10 people shot and once again interrupted New York City’s long journey to post-pandemic normalcy.
The search focused partly on a man who police say rented a van possibly connected to Tuesday’s violence.
Investigators stressed they weren’t sure whether the man, Frank R. James, was responsible for the shooting. But authorities were examining social media videos in which the 62-year-old decried the United States as a racist place awash in violence...",left
2608,Los Angeles County Reinstates Indoor Mask Mandate,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Delta Variant', 'California', 'Los Angeles']",Los Angeles County to restores indoor mask mandate for all,Associated Press,"A rapid and sustained increase in COVID-19 cases in the nation’s largest county requires restoring an indoor mask mandate even when people are vaccinated, Los Angeles County’s public health officer said Thursday.
Dr. Muntu Davis said at a virtual press conference that a public health order requiring masks indoors will go into effect Saturday.
“This is an all-hands-on-deck moment,” he said.
Davis didn’t fully detail what he said would be some exceptions but said for example, people could still go out to eat and take off their masks only while...",left
2609,Los Angeles County Reinstates Indoor Mask Mandate,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Delta Variant', 'California', 'Los Angeles']",L.A. County will require masks indoors amid alarming rise in coronavirus cases,Los Angeles Times,"Faced with a distressing rise in coronavirus cases, Los Angeles County will again require residents to wear masks in indoor public spaces — regardless of their vaccination status.
The new order, which comes a little more than two weeks after the county recommended the same protocols as a precaution, will go into effect at 11:59 p.m. Saturday, according to the county’s health officer, Dr. Muntu Davis.
Some exceptions will apply, Davis said, but the order will be similar to the requirements that were in place prior to California’s June 15 reopening....",left
2610,Los Angeles County Reinstates Indoor Mask Mandate,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Delta Variant', 'California', 'Los Angeles']","LA County Reinstates Mask Mandate As COVID Cases Rise, Young Black Residents Dominate Unvaxx'd",ZeroHedge,"Never wanting to be outdone on the virtue-signaling scales of social justice, it would appear that LA County's infamous Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer (read all about her non-medical background here) has turned the dial to 11. 
KNX1070's Claudia Peschiutta reports that LA County has decided to reinstate the indoor mask mandate - regardless of vaccination status - following a rise in COVID cases.
As far as we can tell, this would make LA County the first to reverse (so Brave), despite the ""science"" from the CDC saying that vaccinated people are...",right
2611,Ukraine Forces Withdraw,['World'],A Bloody Retreat From Debaltseve as Ukrainian Forces Suddenly Withdraw,New York Times (News),"Ukrainian forces fought their way out of the embattled town of Debaltseve overnight on Wednesday, choosing a risky breakout rather than surrender as they abandoned the strategic transportation hub to Russian-backed militants.",left
2612,Ukraine Forces Withdraw,['World'],Ukraine Withdraws Forces After Fight Over Strategic City,NPR (Online News),"Following heavy shelling in what had been a Ukraine-controlled city, the central government's force is retreating from Debaltseve, a key railroad and transportation hub. Ukraine says it has now withdrawn 80 percent of its armed forces from the city.",left
2613,Ukraine Forces Withdraw,['World'],"Pro-Russian rebels force Ukrainian troops to retreat from railway hub, as Putin mocks cease-fire",Fox News (Online News),"Ukrainian separatists dubbed by Russian President Vladimir Putin as ""yesterday’s miners or yesterday’s tractor drivers"" drove Ukraine's army from a key rail hub in the eastern part of the country in what was branded a ""crushing defeat"" just days after a short-lived cease-fire agreement.",right
2614,"House Republicans Draft Compromise Immigration Plan, Would Prevent Separating Children from Parents at Border",['Immigration'],House GOP Leadership Gets White House Support on Immigration Vote Plan,Wall Street Journal (News),"House Republican leadership indicated on Wednesday they had White House support on their plan to put two immigration bills forward, but it was unclear if that would be enough for a bill to pass in Congress.",center
2615,"House Republicans Draft Compromise Immigration Plan, Would Prevent Separating Children from Parents at Border",['Immigration'],"Paul Ryan Doesn’t Want Kids Split From Their Parents, But He Won’t Blame Trump For It",HuffPost,The House speaker blamed the courts for immigrant family separations that the courts did not require.,left
2616,"House Republicans Draft Compromise Immigration Plan, Would Prevent Separating Children from Parents at Border",['Immigration'],House Republicans look to unite party on plan for immigration reform,Washington Times,"Republicans tried to build support Wednesday for their compromise immigration plan, saying they’ve come up with something that can unite the GOP and get President Trump’s signature.",right
2617,Some Experts Hopeful That Omicron Surge Will Lead to End of COVID-19 Pandemic,"['Coronavirus', 'Endemic', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health', 'World', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Mask Mandates']","COVID-19: Elimination isn't 'going to be possible with this virus,' virologist says",Yahoo News,"Angela Rasmussen, a virologist and at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan, told Yahoo Finance Live that ending the COVID-19 pandemic isn't likely to end anytime soon. ""Endemicity is what we're really talking about,"" she said. 
One reason COVID-19 may be here to stay is because of its ability to infect different animals. ""I don't think that elimination is going to be possible with this virus. This virus infects a number of different animal species ... and even if every human being on the planet [were]...",left
2618,Some Experts Hopeful That Omicron Surge Will Lead to End of COVID-19 Pandemic,"['Coronavirus', 'Endemic', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health', 'World', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Mask Mandates']","Fauci says COVID-19 won't go away like smallpox, but will more likely become endemic",NPR (Online News),"Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top White House medical adviser, says that the coronavirus pandemic won't end with the elimination of the virus. Instead, he says that a less dangerous and disruptive strain of the virus will likely take hold and become endemic.
Speaking Monday at the World Economic Forum's Davos Agenda, Fauci said scientists don't know how exactly the pandemic will finally play out and that it's important ""to be openly honest about that.""
However, he said ""if you look at the history of infectious diseases, we've only eradicated one...",left
2619,Some Experts Hopeful That Omicron Surge Will Lead to End of COVID-19 Pandemic,"['Coronavirus', 'Endemic', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health', 'World', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Mask Mandates']",Could Omicron Finally ‘Shut Down The Virus?’ These Experts Say Yes,The Daily Caller,"It may be the Omicron variant — not any particular government policy or public health strategy — that ultimately “shuts down” the COVID-19 pandemic, according to experts.
There’s ample evidence that Omicron is a milder strain of COVID-19 than previous versions, such as Delta. Several doctors and health experts who spoke with the Daily Caller said that a more infectious, less deadly form of COVID-19 spreading rapidly throughout the population could ultimately result in a post-pandemic state of widespread natural immunity.
Researchers have found that Omicron is far less likely to put...",right
2620,Studies Suggest Omicron is Much Less Severe Than Other COVID-19 Variants,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'World', 'Natural Immunity', 'Delta Variant']",Omicron Patients Less Likely to Require Hospital Care: UK Study,The Epoch Times,"People who get COVID-19 from the Omicron virus variant are less likely to require hospital care, according to a UK study published Wednesday.
Researchers from the Imperial College London estimated (pdf) that Omicron patients were 20- to 25-percent less likely to need hospital care and 40- to 45-percent less likely to be hospitalized for one night or more when compared to patients with the Delta variant.
They arrived at the estimates by analyzing data from all COVID-19 cases in England between Dec. 1 and Dec. 14, as determined by a positive polymerase chain reaction...",right
2621,Studies Suggest Omicron is Much Less Severe Than Other COVID-19 Variants,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'World', 'Natural Immunity', 'Delta Variant']",S.African study offers Omicron hope ahead of second coronavirus Christmas,Reuters,"South African data offered a glimmer of hope on Wednesday about the severity of the Omicron coronavirus variant, but World Health Organization officials cautioned that it was too soon to draw firm conclusions as the strain spread across the globe.
With the second Christmas of the pandemic days away, countries imposed new restrictions on their citizens while worrying about the damage the variant might inflict on their economies.
Plans for Christmas parties and celebrations were wiped out from London to New Delhi amid the uncertainty.
Omicron was first detected last...",center
2622,Studies Suggest Omicron is Much Less Severe Than Other COVID-19 Variants,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'World', 'Natural Immunity', 'Delta Variant']","Omicron causes less severe disease, studies from Scotland, England suggest",Politico,"Two studies from Scotland and England analyzing rates of hospital treatment for those infected with Omicron suggest the coronavirus variant may cause less severe disease than previous variants, although scientists caution more research is needed.
Early data from Scotland indicates that there is a two-thirds reduction in hospitalization of double vaccinated young adults, compared with the Delta variant. In addition, data from England signals that Omicron infection is associated with a 15 to 20 percent reduced risk in requiring any hospital treatment, compared with Delta.
However, Neil Ferguson, director of...",left
2623,"Controversy Surrounds Trump Church Visit, Dispersal of Protesters","['Religion And Faith', 'Violence In America', 'George Floyd', 'Protests', 'Media Bias', 'Donald Trump']","Tear gas, threats for protesters before Trump visits church",Associated Press,"It began with Attorney General Bill Barr standing with his hands casually in his pockets, not wearing a tie, surveying the scene at Lafayette Park across from the White House, where several thousand protesters had gathered for more demonstrations after the police killing of George Floyd.
President Donald Trump had announced he would soon be addressing the nation from the White House Rose Garden, as a 7 p.m. curfew in the city loomed and a mass of law enforcement, including U.S. Secret Service agents, Park Police and National Guardsmen, stood...",left
2624,"Controversy Surrounds Trump Church Visit, Dispersal of Protesters","['Religion And Faith', 'Violence In America', 'George Floyd', 'Protests', 'Media Bias', 'Donald Trump']",Officers fire tear gas on peaceful protesters to clear the way for Trump’s photo op,Vox,"President Trump gave his first televised statement on the George Floyd protests Monday, emphasizing the need for “law and order” and threatening to send in the US military to violently disperse “mobs” across the country.
Just before he spoke, federal police violently broke up a peaceful protest just outside the White House, tear-gassing a group of about 1,000 demonstrators and then firing rubber bullets at them so Trump could have an uninterrupted photo op at a nearby church damaged in the weekend’s upheaval.",left
2625,"Controversy Surrounds Trump Church Visit, Dispersal of Protesters","['Religion And Faith', 'Violence In America', 'George Floyd', 'Protests', 'Media Bias', 'Donald Trump']",Trump Pays Homage To Church Burned In Riots With Bible In Hand,The Federalist,"President Donald Trump walked across Pennsylvania Avenue Monday night as the District of Columbia’s 7 p.m. curfew went into effect following brief remarks in the White House Rose Garden.
In his primetime speech to a nation in peril, Trump pledged to bring “law and order” to a nation in anarchy before observing the damage at the historic St. John’s church.",right
2626,Harris Visits Southern Border,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Kamala Harris', 'Texas']",Harris answers question about border visit by attacking Trump,Washington Examiner,"Vice President Kamala Harris flipped a question at her Friday press conference in Texas into a chance to attack former President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration policies.
Republicans and even some Democrats had previously criticized the vice president for making her first border trip to El Paso, a city nearly 1,000 miles away from what they call the epicenter of the border crisis, and the first question at Harris's press conference asked why she selected El Paso over an area like the Rio Grande Valley.
""So first of all, what is happening here in El...",right
2627,Harris Visits Southern Border,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Kamala Harris', 'Texas']",Kamala Harris makes her first visit to the US-Mexico border as vice president,CNN (Online News),"Vice President Kamala Harris visited the southern border in El Paso, Texas, on Friday to see a migrant processing center, following dogged criticism for not having visited the US-Mexico border and a rocky first foreign trip to Guatemala and Mexico earlier this month.
The vice president toured the El Paso central processing center, a US Customs and Border Protection facility, and spoke with five young girls from Central America while there.
During a news conference at the conclusion of her trip, Harris said the girls were there without their parents.
""They are without...",left
2628,Harris Visits Southern Border,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Kamala Harris', 'Texas']",Harris Visits The Southern Border After Trying To Keep The Focus Away From It,NPR (Online News),"Vice President Harris visited the U.S.-Mexico border Friday in El Paso, Texas, after weeks of badgering by Republicans and at the urging of some Democrats, and called for an end to the political ""finger pointing"" over who's to blame for record numbers of people seeking asylum at the southern border.
Harris is in charge of the thorny issue of migration from Central America at a time when the administration has struggled to keep up with a surge in migrants.
In March, President Biden tasked Harris with addressing the root causes...",left
2629,Lynch Steps Aside in Email Probe,['Justice'],Attorney general removes herself from deciding possible charges in Clinton email probe,Los Angeles Times,"Atty. Gen. Loretta Lynch will accept the recommendation of career prosecutors and the FBI director about whether to seek charges in the investigation involving Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while serving as secretary of State, a Justice Department official said Friday.",left
2630,Lynch Steps Aside in Email Probe,['Justice'],"Loretta Lynch to accept DOJ, FBI recommendations on Clinton emails",CNN (Online News),"Attorney General Loretta Lynch will accept the ""determinations and findings"" of the FBI and career prosecutors who are investigating Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she was secretary of state, a Justice Department official said Friday.",left
2631,Lynch Steps Aside in Email Probe,['Justice'],"After Widespread Criticism for Meeting With Bill Clinton, Lynch to Step Back in Email Probe",Townhall,"After a firestorm of criticism on both the left and right for her secret meeting with former President Bill Clinton during an ongoing Justice Department investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, Attorney General Loretta Lynch will announce Friday that she’ll step aside and let non-political subordinates decide whether to bring charges against the former secretary of state.",right
2632,Senate GOP Unveils New Health Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate Republicans walk tight rope with new healthcare bill,Reuters,"Senate Republican leaders, aiming to salvage efforts backed by President Donald Trump to dismantle the Obamacare law, unveiled on Thursday revised legislation that lets insurers sell cheap, bare-bones healthcare policies and retains key taxes on the wealthy.",center
2633,Senate GOP Unveils New Health Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Revised Senate health care bill already facing resistance,Fox News (Online News),"In October 2016, Donald Trump told the enthusiastic supporters at one of his campaign rallies, “You're going to have such great health care at a tiny fraction of the cost and it's going to be so easy.” Turns out, it’s not so easy.",right
2634,Senate GOP Unveils New Health Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate Republicans Unveil New Health Bill but Divisions Remain,New York Times (News),"Senate Republican leaders unveiled a fresh proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, revising their bill to help hold down insurance costs for consumers while keeping a pair of taxes on high-income people that they had planned to eliminate.",left
2635,DOJ Prosecutors Think They Have Enough Evidence to Charge Trump with Obstruction,"['Donald Trump', 'Department Of Justice', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Merrick Garland', 'Investigations']",DOJ prosecutors say there's enough evidence to charge Trump with obstruction: report,Raw Story,"Prosecutors at the Justice Department say there is sufficient evidence to charge Donald Trump with obstruction of justice when it comes to allegations that he mishandled classified documents, although they're not quite sure on how to indict him, Bloomberg reports.
""The team that's part of the classified records probe has not yet made a formal recommendation to Attorney General Merrick Garland, who would ultimately approve or reject such a move, according to people familiar with the matter,"" Bloomberg's report stated. ""It's also unlikely officials would bring only obstruction charges amid...",left
2636,DOJ Prosecutors Think They Have Enough Evidence to Charge Trump with Obstruction,"['Donald Trump', 'Department Of Justice', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Merrick Garland', 'Investigations']","DOJ Prosecutors Have Evidence To Charge Trump With Obstruction In Mar-A-Lago Case—But Still Unclear If They Will, Report Says",Forbes,"Justice Department prosecutors believe there’s enough evidence to charge former President Donald Trump with obstruction in the agency’s investigation into documents he brought back to Mar-A-Lago, Bloomberg reports—but investigators are reportedly still conflicted on whether it’s wise to charge the ex-president, and any indictment is unlikely to come soon.
A group of DOJ prosecutors believe that Trump could be charged with obstruction based on the evidence, Bloomberg reports, citing anonymous sources familiar with the investigation, but they have not yet made any formal recommendation on whether he should be charged...",center
2637,DOJ Prosecutors Think They Have Enough Evidence to Charge Trump with Obstruction,"['Donald Trump', 'Department Of Justice', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Merrick Garland', 'Investigations']",DOJ prosecutors believe they have enough evidence to charge Trump after Mar-a-Lago raid: Report,Washington Examiner,"Justice Department prosecutors in the Mar-a-Lago raid case believe they have enough evidence to charge former President Donald Trump with obstruction of justice, according to a new report.
The team of prosecutors “believe there is sufficient evidence” to charge Trump for obstruction, according to “people familiar with the matter” cited by Bloomberg, but the outlet said that “the path to an actual indictment is far from clear.” The outlet said the DOJ group “has not yet made a formal recommendation” to Attorney General Merrick Garland and that their sources said it is “also unlikely officials would bring only obstruction charges...",right
2638,Pence Remarks Linking Soleimani To 9/11 Come Under Scrutiny,"['Mike Pence', 'Qasem Soleimani', 'Iran', 'Iraq', '9/11', 'Afghanistan', 'Terrorism', 'Drone Strike', 'Al Qaeda', 'Media Bias']",Reality check: Mike Pence links Soleimani to 9/11,Axios,"While defending President Trump's decision to authorize the drone strike that killed top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, Vice President Pence claimed on Twitter that Soleimani helped ""10 of the 12"" Sept. 11 attackers travel to Afghanistan.
Reality check: ""That does not match established historical accounts of General Suleimani or public United States intelligence about the hijackers,"" The New York Times writes.",center
2639,Pence Remarks Linking Soleimani To 9/11 Come Under Scrutiny,"['Mike Pence', 'Qasem Soleimani', 'Iran', 'Iraq', '9/11', 'Afghanistan', 'Terrorism', 'Drone Strike', 'Al Qaeda', 'Media Bias']","Iran proved vital to al Qaeda's safe passage, according to bin Laden records, 9/11 commission",Washington Times,"Iran “facilitated” the movement of al Qaeda terrorists through its country, including September 11, 2001 attackers and for years was a critical channel for money and arms, according to the 9-11 commission report and internal Osama bin Laden documents.
Experts say the late Qassem Soleimani surely knew of and directed the terror partnership since he has headed since 1998 Iran’s Quds Force. It is a U.S.-designated terrorist organization and an arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps which dominates Iranian society. On Jan. 3, Maj. Gen. Soleimani was killed in...",right
2640,Pence Remarks Linking Soleimani To 9/11 Come Under Scrutiny,"['Mike Pence', 'Qasem Soleimani', 'Iran', 'Iraq', '9/11', 'Afghanistan', 'Terrorism', 'Drone Strike', 'Al Qaeda', 'Media Bias']",Mike Pence shares 9/11 conspiracy theory about Qassem Soleimani in attempt to justify assassination,The Independent,"Mike Pence has promoted an unsubstantiated theory linking the 9/11 terrorist attacks to Iran in his defence of the Trump administration’s assassination of Qassem Soleimani.
Donald Trump’s vice president posted a Twitter thread on Saturday in which he described Iran’s top military commander as “an evil man responsible for killing thousands of Americans”.
In the thread, Mr Pence claimed Soleimani had “assisted in the clandestine travel to Afghanistan of 10 of the 12 terrorists who carried out the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States”.",left
2641,NIH Says US Group Didn't Meet Terms of Grant for Virus Research in China,"['Coronavirus', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Gain Of Function', 'Anthony Fauci', 'China']",New NIH Letter About EcoHealth Reporting Failure Raises New Questions About Gain-Of-Function Funding,The Daily Wire,"Documents released yesterday by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) appear to contradict previous claims by the EcoHealth Alliance regarding the subject of experiments on bat coronaviruses in Wuhan, China, raising further questions over whether U.S. government funding contributed to so-called “gain-of-function” research.
In a letter to Representative James Comer, Ranking Member on the Oversight and Reform Committee, the NIH provided additional information and documents regarding NIH’s much-scrutinized grant to EcoHealth Alliance.
“The limited experiment described in the final progress report provided by EcoHealth Alliance was testing if spike proteins from...",right
2642,NIH Says US Group Didn't Meet Terms of Grant for Virus Research in China,"['Coronavirus', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Gain Of Function', 'Anthony Fauci', 'China']",NIH admits US funded gain-of-function in Wuhan — despite Fauci’s denials,New York Post (News),"It’s another Fauci flub.
The National Institutes of Health has stunningly admitted to funding gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses at China’s Wuhan lab — despite Dr. Anthony Fauci repeatedly insisting to Congress that no such thing happened.
In a letter to Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) on Wednesday, a top NIH official blamed EcoHealth Alliance — the New York City-based nonprofit that has funneled US funds to the Wuhan lab — for not being transparent about the work it was doing.
NIH’s principal deputy director, Lawrence A. Tabak, wrote in the letter that EcoHealth’s “limited...",right
2643,NIH Says US Group Didn't Meet Terms of Grant for Virus Research in China,"['Coronavirus', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Gain Of Function', 'Anthony Fauci', 'China']","Bat Research Group Failed to Submit Virus Studies Promptly, N.I.H. Says",New York Times (News),"The National Institutes of Health said on Wednesday that a nonprofit group under fire from some Congressional Republicans for its research collaborations in China had failed to promptly report findings from studies on how well bat coronaviruses grow in mice.
In a letter to Representative James Comer, Republican of Kentucky, the N.I.H. said that the group, EcoHealth Alliance, had five days to submit all unpublished data from work conducted under a multiyear grant it was given in 2014 for the research. The organization’s grant was canceled in 2020 under President...",left
2644,Senate Blocks Trump Recess Appointments,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate blocks Trump from making recess appointments over break,The Hill,The Senate blocked President Trump from being able to make recess appointments on Thursday as lawmakers leave Washington for their August break.,center
2645,Senate Blocks Trump Recess Appointments,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Senate protects Mueller, blocks Trump from making recess appointment",ThinkProgress,A unanimous decision.,left
2646,Senate Blocks Trump Recess Appointments,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Good news, bad news as Trump administration staffs up",Fox News (Online News),President Trump got some good news Thursday regarding his efforts to fill job vacancies in his administration: Nearly 70 nominees received Senate approval in one fell swoop.,right
2647,Clinton Concedes,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton concedes to Trump: ‘We owe him an open mind and a chance to lead’,Washington Post,"Hillary Clinton spoke publicly for the first time since privately conceding the presidential election to Donald Trump, addressing the nation around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday from the Wyndham New Yorker hotel in midtown Manhattan.
Clinton was accompanied Wednesday morning by her vice presidential running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, and surrounded by dozens of her campaign staffers, some in tears. The room gave her a rousing standing ovation when she entered the room, smiling and declaring “I love you, too” to those who cheered her.
“Last night, I congratulated Donald Trump...",left
2648,Clinton Concedes,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton publicly concedes, says she hopes Trump will be 'successful president'",USA TODAY,"Hillary Clinton, hopeful Tuesday that she was poised to shatter the nation's ""highest and hardest glass ceiling,"" instead Wednesday publicly conceded the presidential race to Donald Trump, saying the nation owed ""him an open mind and the chance to lead.""
“I hope that he will be a successful president for all Americans,"" Clinton told supporters, including her staff, as she tried to strike a hopeful note despite what she described as a ""painful"" loss.
“I still believe in American, and I always will,"" Clinton said, surrounded by her family, including...",left
2649,Clinton Concedes,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Hillary Clinton delivers emotional, conciliatory concession speech at New Yorker Hotel",Washington Times,"Hillary Clinton emerged Wednesday morning after a crushing loss at the hands of Republican Donald Trump and a repudiation by the American people, admitting that she’d been deeply stung by the loss but vowing to respect the result while encouraging Americans to keep “an open mind” about the incoming president.
Speaking in New York City and flanked by her family, a somber Mrs. Clinton made the first attempt to mend the wounds of a divided nation and to encourage fellow Democrats to get past their anger.
“I know...",right
2650,Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"NRA chief: If putting armed police in schools is crazy, 'then call me crazy'",NBC News (Online),"On NBCs Meet the Press, National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre on Sunday refused to support new gun control legislation and maintained his support for putting armed guards and police in schools in response to the Dec. 14 school shootings in Newtown, Conn.",left
2651,Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Despite Tragedy, Conn. Gun Seizure Law May Have Prevented Others",NPR (Online News),"At about 8 a.m. on March 6, 1998, Matthew Beck arrived to work at the headquarters of the Connecticut State Lottery. He hung up his coat, walked into an office and shot the first of four victims.
Beck ended up killing a number of his co-workers and then took his own life in the parking lot when the police arrived.
Mike Lawlor, the Connecticut governor's criminal justice adviser, was a state representative at the time, and wanted to understand what led to the rampage. He learned that Beck had previously...",left
2652,Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Sen. Graham: Mental-Health System Is Key to Preventing Mass Murder,Newsmax (News),"South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham called for improvements in the mental-health system as key to preventing “nontraditional criminals from committing acts of mass murder.
During an appearance Sunday on NBCs “Meet the Press, Graham said Columbine High School had an armed guard on campus when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 15 and injured 23. The massacre also occurred despite a five-year-old assault-weapons ban in the U.S. at the time, and “neither one of them worked, according to the Republican.
On Dec. 14, Adam Lanza stormed Sandy Hook Elementary School...",right
2653,Intel Chief Surprised By Putin Invite to DC,['Russia'],Intel chief's shocked reaction to Putin invite (Watch),CNN (Online News),"Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats reacted to breaking news that Russian President Vladimir Putin is in talks for a visit to Washington in the fall, according to the White House.",left
2654,Intel Chief Surprised By Putin Invite to DC,['Russia'],Trump's Director of National Intelligence Was Pretty Surprised to Hear Putin Was Invited to the White House,Townhall,"President Trump has another date with Russia's Vladimir Putin this fall, according to The White House.",right
2655,Intel Chief Surprised By Putin Invite to DC,['Russia'],Incredulity as Russian leader is invited to visit US,BBC News,"President Donald Trump has invited Russian leader Vladimir Putin to visit the US, in a move that drew startled laughter from a US intelligence chief.",center
2656,CBO Report on the AHCA,['Healthcare'],The Republican health-care arguments that were most severely hurt by the CBO report,Washington Post,"The White House and Republican leaders knew that the Congressional Budget Office's analysis of their American Health Care Act was not going to be helpful. They have laid the groundwork for rejecting the CBO numbers well in advance, with press secretary Sean Spicer disparaging the CBO's prior estimates last week, and a slew of administration and House officials appeared on the Sunday talk shows to set expectations for viewers.",left
2657,CBO Report on the AHCA,['Healthcare'],Fact check: How accurate were CBO’s Obamacare predictions?,USA TODAY,"So, was the Congressional Budget Office really “way, way off … in every aspect” of how it predicted that Obamacare would work, as the White House claims? No, it wasn’t.
The CBO actually nailed the overall impact of the law on the uninsured pretty closely. It predicted a big drop in the percentage of people under age 65 who would lack insurance, and that turned out to be the case. CBO projected that in 2016 that nonelderly rate would fall to 11%, and the latest figure put the actual rate...",left
2658,CBO Report on the AHCA,['Healthcare'],Mick Mulvaney: ‘I don’t believe the facts are correct’ in CBO report,Washington Times,"Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said Tuesday he doesn’t believe the projections from the Congressional Budget Office on House Republicans’ bill to repeal parts of Obamacare are correct.
“I don’t believe the facts are correct,” Mr. Mulvaney said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”",right
2659,Pelosi Announces Bill to Create 25th Amendment Commission,"['US Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Maryland', 'Coronavirus', 'White House', 'Mike Pence', 'Executive Powers', 'US House', 'Politics']",Pelosi pushes new bill to determine whether Trump is capable of serving as President,CNN (Online News),"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, alarmed by President Donald Trump's erratic behavior in recent days, is putting her weight behind a bill to give Congress a role in determining whether the President of the United States must be forced out of office because he's incapable of doing his job.
The move, in response to Trump's conduct in the days after testing positive for the coronavirus, would establish a process to effectively give Congress a say in removing a president from office under the 25th Amendment of the Constitution, which allows for...",left
2660,Pelosi Announces Bill to Create 25th Amendment Commission,"['US Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Maryland', 'Coronavirus', 'White House', 'Mike Pence', 'Executive Powers', 'US House', 'Politics']",Pelosi trolls Trump with bill to alter 25th Amendment process,Axios,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced a bill Friday that would create a ""Commission on President Capacity"" to allow Congress to intervene under the 25th Amendment, which can be invoked if the president becomes physically incapable of fulfilling their role.
Why it matters: There's almost no chance of this bill ever becoming law, so it's meant more as a publicity stunt to troll President Trump — despite her claims otherwise.
Pelosi argued on Bloomberg TV that Trump is in an ""altered state"" from his coronavirus treatment and that ""there may be...",center
2661,Pelosi Announces Bill to Create 25th Amendment Commission,"['US Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Maryland', 'Coronavirus', 'White House', 'Mike Pence', 'Executive Powers', 'US House', 'Politics']",Pelosi announces bill on 25th Amendment after questioning Trump's health,Fox News (Online News),"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday announced legislation to create a commission that would allow Congress to oust a president from office, using the 25th Amendment, a day after she accused President Trump of being ""in an altered state"" from his coronavirus treatment.
""This is not about President Trump,"" Pelosi maintained Friday. ""He will face the judgment of the voters. But he shows the need for us to create a process for future presidents.""
Pelosi denied that the timing of the legislation had anything to do with the election...",right
2662,"Media Split on Durham Probe, Clinton Ties","['Media Bias', 'John Durham', 'Spying', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice']",Durham Distances Himself From Furor in Right-Wing Media Over Filing,New York Times (News),"John H. Durham, the Trump-era special counsel scrutinizing the investigation into Russia’s 2016 election interference, distanced himself on Thursday from false reports by right-wing news outlets that a motion he recently filed said Hillary Clinton’s campaign had paid to spy on Trump White House servers.
Citing a barrage of such reports on Fox News and elsewhere based on the prosecutor’s Feb. 11 filing, defense lawyers for a Democratic-linked cybersecurity lawyer, Michael Sussmann, have accused the special counsel of including unnecessary and misleading information in filings “plainly intended to politicize this case, inflame media coverage...",left
2663,"Media Split on Durham Probe, Clinton Ties","['Media Bias', 'John Durham', 'Spying', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice']",John Durham distances himself from right-wing furor,Axios,"John Durham, the special counsel looking into the government's investigation of Russian election interference, distanced himself from reports in conservative media that a motion he filed last week implied Hillary Clinton's campaign paid to spy on Trump White House servers, according to the New York Times.
What they're saying: In a filing Thursday, Durham disavowed responsibility for how the filing was interpreted: ""If third parties or members of the media have overstated, understated or otherwise misinterpreted facts contained in the government’s motion, that does not in any way undermine the valid reasons for the...",center
2664,"Media Split on Durham Probe, Clinton Ties","['Media Bias', 'John Durham', 'Spying', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice']","No, Durham Did Not ‘Distance’ Himself from Hillary-Campaign Spying Claims",David Harsanyi,"Whenever evidence emerges that Democrats may have acted in a corrupt, potentially illegal manner — as it recently did when a John Durham filing disclosed that Clinton’s campaign may have recruited a tech company to spy on Donald Trump’s Internet activity in 2016 — a defensive media springs into action.
“Durham Distances Himself From Furor in Right-Wing Media Over Filing,” read a New York Times piece by Charlie Savage today. “The right-wing media quickly embraced a theory that even special counsel John Durham has distanced himself from,” wrote Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler. “In filing, Durham appears to...",right
2665,Massive Manhunt for Belgium Bombers,['Terrorism'],Brussels attack: Man wanted in subway bombing,CNN (Online News),"Five terrorists -- three dead, two whose fates are unknown.
So far, that's how many people that authorities say played a part in Tuesday's terror attacks in Brussels, Belgium, that killed 31 people and injured 270.",left
2666,Massive Manhunt for Belgium Bombers,['Terrorism'],Belgians Hunt For Bombing Suspects After Islamic State Bombings,HuffPost,Investigators also accumulated evidence that the same jihadist network was involved in the deadly Paris attacks last November.,left
2667,Massive Manhunt for Belgium Bombers,['Terrorism'],Belgian police hunting 2 mystery bombers believed to have survived Brussels attacks,Fox News (Online News),"A second terrorist took part in the subway bombing Tuesday in Brussels and authorities believe he may have survived the blast, meaning there are potentially two ""mystery bombers"" from the twin attacks on the run, according to reports.",right
2668,Kasich Suspends Campaign,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The End of the Road for John Kasich,The Atlantic,"John Kasich will end his bid for the presidency Wednesday afternoon in Columbus, according to multiple reports. Kasich had planned to hold a press conference at Dulles Aiport near Washington Wednesday morning, but he never took off—perhaps an apt metaphor—staying home and scheduling a press conference for 5 p.m., where he is expected to make his announcement.",left
2669,Kasich Suspends Campaign,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Why now, John Kasich?",Washington Post,"On Wednesday, after defeat in Indiana, John Kasich is announcing he is suspending his campaign.
Which raises the question: Why?
Why now? What changed?",left
2670,Kasich Suspends Campaign,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Live video and blog: Gov. John Kasich makes campaign announcement,Fox News (Online News),"Ohio Gov. John Kasich is expected to announce the suspension of his campaign at 5 p.m. in Columbus, Ohio.
After the news broke earlier on Wednesday, Donald Trump said Kasich is “doing the right thing” by dropping out of the presidential race, adding that he is interested in vetting the Ohio governor as a potential running mate.",right
2671,White House Details Sequester Cuts,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",White House ups rhetoric on dangers of sequester,Washington Times,"The Obama administration amped up its offensive Sunday with Republicans over the $85 billion in across-the-board federal spending cuts scheduled to kick in Friday, releasing fresh warnings of a “real impact on peoples lives despite GOP claims the White House is exaggerating the potential ill effects.",right
2672,White House Details Sequester Cuts,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Sequester Impact On States Detailed In New White House Reports,HuffPost,It's looking increasingly like the government is about to impose on itself $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts.,left
2673,White House Details Sequester Cuts,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","With deadline looming, White House details cuts",CNN (Online News),"Food safety inspections, early education classrooms and mental health treatment are all at risk if massive forced spending cuts are allowed to take effect at the end of this week, the White House said Sunday.",left
2674,Media Reacts to FBI Raid of Mar-a-Lago,"['Donald Trump', 'FBI', 'Justice Department', 'National Archives', 'Mar-A-Lago', 'Presidential Records Act', 'Classified Information', 'Christopher Wray', 'Merrick Garland', 'Media Bias', 'Politics', 'Polarization', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid']",What We Do and Don’t Know about the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Search,Lawfare,"The FBI’s surprise search of former President Trump’s residence has raised unanswered questions and engendered wide speculation. Here is a guide for the perplexed.
What do we know about the law enforcement activity on Monday at Mar-a-Lago?
On Aug. 8, federal agents searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump, who was in New York at the time, released a statement calling the search an “unannounced raid” involving a “large group of FBI agents” and noting that the agents “broke into” his safe. Trump did not...",center
2675,Media Reacts to FBI Raid of Mar-a-Lago,"['Donald Trump', 'FBI', 'Justice Department', 'National Archives', 'Mar-A-Lago', 'Presidential Records Act', 'Classified Information', 'Christopher Wray', 'Merrick Garland', 'Media Bias', 'Politics', 'Polarization', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid']",Americans Deserve an Explanation on FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Search,National Review,"The United States is a land of propositions. One of those propositions is that no man — not even the president — is above the law. Another proposition is that those who temporarily wield power must not use it to harass or disadvantage their political opponents. Occasionally, these propositions can come into tension. Monday night’s FBI search of Mar-a-Lago provides us with one of those occasions.
There is nothing wrong per se with the investigation or prosecution of political figures. Indeed, that the most powerful and popular people in the country may be...",right
2676,Media Reacts to FBI Raid of Mar-a-Lago,"['Donald Trump', 'FBI', 'Justice Department', 'National Archives', 'Mar-A-Lago', 'Presidential Records Act', 'Classified Information', 'Christopher Wray', 'Merrick Garland', 'Media Bias', 'Politics', 'Polarization', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid']",Republicans’ response to the Mar-a-Lago search is disturbing and dangerous,Washington Post,"“Lock her up, lock her up.”
Donald Trump’s supporters lobbed this rallying cry at Hillary Clinton in 2016 — hoping for the imprisonment of a political opponent for allegedly mishandling classified material. Now, however, some of the same people appear to believe that even a rule-of-law investigation of Mr. Trump for a possible violation of the same set of rules is out of order.
The FBI executed a search warrant at Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida this week as part of what The Post reports is an investigation into the potential...",left
2677,Clinton heads to Middle East,['Middle East'],Clinton to Visit Middle East in Move to Defuse Gaza Conflict,New York Times (News),"President Obama sent Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the Middle East on Tuesday to try to defuse the conflict in Gaza, the White House announced.",left
2678,Clinton heads to Middle East,['Middle East'],"Clinton headed to Jerusalem, Ramallah and Cairo to seek end to Israel/Gaza fighting",Fox News (Online News),"Efforts to end a week-old convulsion of Israeli-Palestinian violence drew in the world's top diplomats on Tuesday, with President Obama dispatching his secretary of state to the region on an emergency mission and the U.N. chief appealing from Cairo for an immediate cease-fire.",right
2679,Clinton heads to Middle East,['Middle East'],Egypt says Israel will halt 'aggression' within hours,CNN (Online News),Egypt said Tuesday that Israel plans to halt its military action in Gaza within hours.,left
2680,Search for Common Ground,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Parties Vow to Seek Common Ground After Election,Wall Street Journal (News),"In an acknowledgment of the Republican Party’s new dominance in Congress, President Barack Obama and Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell , soon to be leader of the Senate, tentatively began charting a path forward Wednesday on trade, taxes and other policy matters.
A phone conversation between the two men, who have had a distant and prickly relationship, underscored the new political landscape that Mr. Obama will face in his final two years in office: a Senate that has slipped from his party’s control and a Republican majority in the House on...",center
2681,Search for Common Ground,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","Can GOP, Obama find common ground? New Congress eyes Keystone, ObamaCare, tax code",Fox News (Online News),"Building the Keystone XL oil pipeline, overhauling the tax code and easing ""excessive"" regulations blamed for slow economic growth are at the top of the agenda for the new Republican majority in Congress.
But absent from a Wall Street Journal opinion piece penned by House Speaker John Boehner and presumptive Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is any mention of immigration, which President Obama has vowed to pursue via the executive pen. The president also vowed to veto any attempts to repeal ObamaCare -- which is front and center on...",right
2682,Search for Common Ground,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","Newly Empowered, Mitch McConnell Promises an End to ‘Gridlock’",New York Times (News),"Fresh from his own re-election victory and his party’s powerful showing nationwide, Senator Mitch McConnell on Wednesday pledged to break the stalemate in Washington as newly empowered congressional Republicans moved quickly to demonstrate that they can get things done. “We’re going to pass legislation,” Mr. McConnell said at a news conference in Louisville, Ky. “This gridlock and dysfunction can be ended.”
Despite their new majority in the Senate and an expanded one in the House, Republicans face multiple difficulties, not the least of which are internal divisions. But t",left
2683,Inflation Hits Highest Rate Since 1982,"['Economic Policy', 'Inflation', 'Inflation Rate', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business']",U.S. Inflation Reaches Fastest Pace Since 1982,Wall Street Journal (News),"U.S. inflation closed out 2021 at its highest level since 1982 as robust consumer demand exacerbated pandemic-related supply shortages.
The Labor Department said the consumer-price index—which measures what consumers pay for goods and services—rose 7% in December from the same month a year ago, up from 6.8% in November. That was the fastest pace since 1982 and marked the third straight month in which inflation exceeded 6%.
The so-called core price index, which excludes the often-volatile categories of food and energy, climbed 5.5% in December from a year earlier. That was...",center
2684,Inflation Hits Highest Rate Since 1982,"['Economic Policy', 'Inflation', 'Inflation Rate', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business']","Inflation surges 7% in December, highest rate in 40 years",Fox Business,"Inflation rose at the fastest pace in nearly four decades in December, as rapid price gains fueled consumer fears about the economy and sent President Biden's approval rating tumbling.
The consumer price index rose 7% in December from a year ago, according to a new Labor Department report released Wednesday, marking the fastest increase since June 1982, when inflation hit 7.1%. The CPI – which measures a bevy of goods ranging from gasoline and health care to groceries and rents – jumped 0.5% in the one-month period from November.
Economists...",right
2685,Inflation Hits Highest Rate Since 1982,"['Economic Policy', 'Inflation', 'Inflation Rate', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business']","U.S. Inflation Hits 39-Year High of 7%, Sets Stage for Fed Hike",Bloomberg,"U.S. consumer prices soared last year by the most in nearly four decades, illustrating red-hot inflation that sets the stage for the start of Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes as soon as March. 
The consumer price index climbed 7% in 2021, the largest 12-month gain since June 1982, according to Labor Department data released Wednesday. The widely followed inflation gauge rose 0.5% from November, exceeding forecasts.
Excluding the volatile food and energy components, so-called core prices accelerated from a month earlier, rising by a larger-than-forecast 0.6%. The measure jumped 5.5% from...",left
2686,House Rejects Curb on NSA Data Gathering,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",House Defeats Effort to Rein In N.S.A. Data Gathering,New York Times (News),The 217-205 vote was far closer than expected and displayed the shifting allegiances and fierce lobbying on both sides of the issue.,left
2687,House Rejects Curb on NSA Data Gathering,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",House rejects effort to curb NSA phone surveillance,CNN (Online News),The U.S. House on Wednesday narrowly defeated a proposal to sharply restrict the National Security Agency's phone surveillance program that was exposed by Edward Snowden.,left
2688,House Rejects Curb on NSA Data Gathering,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","House passes defense spending bill, rejects effort to cut off NSA surveillance program",Fox News (Online News),"The House of Representatives passed a $598.3 billion defense spending bill Wednesday, while rejecting an amendment to the bill that would have challenged the National Security Agency’s collection of millions of Americans’ phone records, in a debate that clashed privacy rights against the fight to thwart terror.",right
2689,Justice Department Declines to Charge McCabe,"['Andrew McCabe', 'Donald Trump', 'William Barr', 'Crime', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",Former FBI Official Andrew McCabe Won't Face Charges,NPR (Online News),"The Justice Department announced Friday that former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe will not be charged following an allegation by the department's inspector general that he lied to investigators about a leak to the media.
In a letter to McCabe's attorneys, the department said that ""based on the totality of the circumstances and all of the information known to the government at this time, we consider the matter closed.""
The decision is not likely to sit well with President Trump.",left
2690,Justice Department Declines to Charge McCabe,"['Andrew McCabe', 'Donald Trump', 'William Barr', 'Crime', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",Justice Department drops McCabe criminal investigation,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN) -- The Department of Justice is dropping its criminal investigation of former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe without bringing charges, it announced on Friday.
McCabe's attorneys received a phone call and a letter from the US Attorney's Office in DC on Friday announcing the declination.
""We write to inform you that, after careful consideration, the Government has decided not to pursue criminal charges against your client, Andrew G. McCabe, arising from the referral"" made by the Inspector General's office to investigate his behavior, the DC US Attorney's...",left
2691,Justice Department Declines to Charge McCabe,"['Andrew McCabe', 'Donald Trump', 'William Barr', 'Crime', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",DOJ won't pursue criminal charges against McCabe,Fox News (Online News),"The Justice Department said Friday it will not pursue criminal charges against former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, after a nearly two-year-long investigation into accusations brought by the agency's independent watchdog who found that he lacked ""candor"" when questioned about leaking to the media.
TRUMP INSISTS HE HAS ‘LEGAL RIGHT’ TO INTERVENE IN DOJ CASES, BUT HAS CHOSEN NOT TO
In a letter to McCabe attorney Michael Bromwich obtained by Fox News, Justice Department attorney J.P. Cooney said the investigation is now “closed.”
“We write to inform you that, after...",right
2692,Biden Expected to Nominate Antony Blinken as Secretary of State,"['National Security', 'State Department', 'Secretary Of State', 'Joe Biden', 'Antony Blinken', 'Defense And Security']",Biden To Choose Antony Blinken For Secretary Of State,NPR (Online News),"President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Antony Blinken for the coveted secretary of state post, a source familiar with the transition discussions told NPR.
Blinken, 58, has extensive foreign policy experience, serving as deputy secretary of state and deputy national security adviser under President Obama.
A graduate of Harvard University and Columbia Law School, Blinken began his foreign policy career during the Clinton administration. He worked as Democratic staff director for the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2002-2008, where he worked closely with Biden. He went on to serve as...",left
2693,Biden Expected to Nominate Antony Blinken as Secretary of State,"['National Security', 'State Department', 'Secretary Of State', 'Joe Biden', 'Antony Blinken', 'Defense And Security']",Biden will nominate Antony Blinken as secretary of State,Politico,"President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate longtime adviser and veteran foreign policy hand Antony Blinken to serve as his secretary of State, while picking another confidant, Jake Sullivan, for the role of national security adviser, according to three people familiar with the issue.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a veteran diplomat, will be nominated to serve as Biden’s ambassador to the United Nations, according to two people familiar with the nomination discussions.
The choices would put three highly experienced officials at the helm of U.S. foreign policy. Even some notable conservative voices praised...",left
2694,Biden Expected to Nominate Antony Blinken as Secretary of State,"['National Security', 'State Department', 'Secretary Of State', 'Joe Biden', 'Antony Blinken', 'Defense And Security']",Biden expected to tap Antony Blinken to be secretary of state,Washington Times,"Biden is likely to name his Cabinet picks in tranches, with groups of nominees focused on a specific top area, like the economy, national security or public health, being announced at once. Advisers to the president-elect’s transition have said they’ll make their first Cabinet announcements on Tuesday.
If Biden focuses on national security that day, Michele Flournoy, a veteran of Pentagon policy jobs, is a top choice to lead the Defense Department. Jake Sullivan, a longtime adviser to Biden and Hillary Clinton, is also in the mix for a top...",right
2695,Ben Carson Endorses Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ben Carson backs Trump in ‘voice of the people’ campaign,Washington Post,"Conservative favorite Ben Carson, who last week suspended his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, endorsed Donald Trump on Friday, saying he wants ""the voice of the people to be heard.""",left
2696,Ben Carson Endorses Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ben Carson endorses Donald Trump,Politico,"Ben Carson announced his endorsement of Donald Trump on Friday, hailing him as a ""leader with an outsider's perspective.""",left
2697,Ben Carson Endorses Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ben Carson Throws Support Behind Donald Trump,CBN,Donald Trump confirmed that retired nuerosurgeon Ben Carson will endorse him as the Republican nominee for president.,right
2698,President Obama in Greece,['World'],Trump’s first ambassador: Barack Obama,Politico,"On his last foreign trip as president, the task ahead of Obama is enormous: Reassuring the world about a successor he said couldn’t possibly win.",left
2699,President Obama in Greece,['World'],Obama offers Greeks reassurance about U.S. commitment to NATO,Washington Times,"President Barack Obama opened his final foreign trip as president Tuesday with reassuring words in Greece about the U.S. commitment to NATO even as he prepares to hand off to a Donald Trump administration, saying Democratic and Republican administrations alike recognize the importance of the alliance to the trans-Atlantic relationship.",right
2700,President Obama in Greece,['World'],The Latest: Obama praises Greece for NATO commitment,Washington Post,"President Barack Obama is praising Greece for its financial commitment to NATO — specifically, for being one of five NATO allies that dedicated at least 2 percent of its gross domestic product to defense spending.",left
2701,Robert Mueller Speaks Out About His Russia Investigation Findings,"['Russia Probe', 'Robert Mueller', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Robert Mueller Breaks Silence on Russia Probe,Newsmax (News),"Special Counsel Robert Muller says he's leaving the Justice Department now that his Russia investigation is over.
Mueller made the announcement Wednesday in his first public statement since his appointment two years ago.
In a news conference at which he took no questons, Mueller said charging a sitting president with a crime was ""not an option"" his team could consider in the Russia investigation
He said he was bound by longstanding Justice Department opinions that say a president can't be indicted while in office.
""It would be unfair"" to potentially...",right
2702,Robert Mueller Speaks Out About His Russia Investigation Findings,"['Russia Probe', 'Robert Mueller', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Mueller: Charging president with a crime was 'not an option we could consider',The Hill,"Special counsel Robert Mueller said Wednesday that charging President Trump with a crime ""was not an option we could consider"" due to Department of Justice (DOJ) regulations.
Mueller said that his office interpreted current DOJ guidance that states a sitting president cannot be indicted as meaning his team could not bring a charge against Trump as they investigated him for obstruction of justice.
The special counsel said that the Constitution requires a ""process other than the criminal justice system"" for taking disciplinary action against a sitting president, but did not...",center
2703,Robert Mueller Speaks Out About His Russia Investigation Findings,"['Russia Probe', 'Robert Mueller', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Mueller says he would not go beyond anything in his report if he appears before Congress,Washington Post,"Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III announced Wednesday he was closing his office and offered his first public comments on the results of his work, asserting that Justice Department legal guidance prevented him from accusing the president of a crime and noting cryptically that the Constitution “requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse the president of wrongdoing.”
Standing alone on stage in a room on the Justice Department’s seventh floor normally used for press conferences, Mueller said he was “speaking out today because our investigation...",left
2704,11th Hour Email Scandal,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Hillary Urges FBI to Release 'Full and Complete Facts' of Emails,Newsmax (News),"Hillary Clinton, her campaign torpedoed Friday by newly uncovered emails that may relate to her mishandling of classified information on her private server, said FBI Director James Comey owes voters the ""full and complete facts immediately"" – urging him, ""Let's get it out.""",right
2705,11th Hour Email Scandal,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",The Ultimate 11th Hour Clinton ‘Scandal’,Daily Beast,"We should have known, I guess, that it wasn’t going to be that easy. The woman one third of America thinks is probably a murderer just wasn’t going to waltz her way into the White House, even against Donald Trump. And now, after what FBI director James Comey did Friday, we know that Hillary Clinton is going to have to dig down deeper than she ever has and fight like she never has.",left
2706,11th Hour Email Scandal,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']","To understand the FBI-Clinton news, you need to pull apart her different email scandals",Vox,"The FBI shocked the political world on Friday by announcing that newly discovered emails have caused the bureau to renew its inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s private email server.
The Clinton campaign has for months thought the worst of the email server controversy was over. In July, to their great relief, FBI Director James Comey said that Clinton would not face criminal charge",left
2707,Trump vs. Ryan - Again,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Paul Ryan Won’t Defend Trump. But He Also Won’t Unendorse Him.,HuffPost,A delicate dance for House Republicans.,left
2708,Trump vs. Ryan - Again,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump ramps up attacks on Paul Ryan: 'Weak and ineffective leader',Politico,"Donald Trump escalated his attacks Tuesday on House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republicans for not supporting him, tweeting that they’re holding back his campaign after a relatively successful debate performance Sunday night.",left
2709,Trump vs. Ryan - Again,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump survives media firestorm and rough debate, but Ryan undercuts him",Fox News (Online News),"After 48 hours of sheer media hell, Donald Trump lived to fight another day.",right
2710,North Korea Nuclear Program,"['North Korea', 'World']","How to handle North Korea: Either China helps, or it's war",Washington Examiner,"If credible intelligence sources confirm that North Korea has developed and can launch intercontinental missiles with nuclear warheads, we will have reached a crisis point requiring action. We have wasted too many decades waiting for sanctions and UN resolutions to work. There is no more time to waste.",right
2711,North Korea Nuclear Program,"['North Korea', 'World']","Kim Jong Un praises nuclear program, promotes sister to center of power",Reuters,"North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un said his nuclear weapons were a “powerful deterrent” that guaranteed its sovereignty, state media reported on Sunday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said “only one thing will work” in dealing with the isolated country.",center
2712,North Korea Nuclear Program,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korean Leader Hails Nuclear Arsenal as ‘Powerful Deterrent’,New York Times (News),"The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has vowed to build up his country’s nuclear arsenal as a “powerful deterrent” to the United States, state media reported, hours after President Trump said that “only one thing will work” in dealing with the isolated country.",left
2713,New GOP Presidential Poll,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Carson tumbles, Rubio rises and Trump still on top in new national GOP poll",Fox News (Online News),"A new poll released Wednesday shows Dr. Ben Carson falling to third place in the race for the Republican 2016 nomination, while Florida Senator Marco Rubio surges into second – but still a significant distance behind frontrunner Donald Trump, who holds a comfortable lead.",right
2714,New GOP Presidential Poll,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","GOP poll: Trump ahead, Carson down, Rubio and Cruz gaining",USA TODAY,"Donald Trump still leads the Republican presidential field, a new poll says, while Ben Carson appears to be fading and Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz seem to be moving up.",left
2715,New GOP Presidential Poll,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ben Carson Falls From Frontrunner Status In a New National Poll,ABC News (Online),A new national poll out today shows 2016 presidential candidate Ben Carson falling from the top of the race for the Republican nomination amidst voters' doubts about his experience and the strength of his leadership.,left
2716,Lindsey Graham Predicts Riots if Trump Prosecuted Over Classified Info,"['Justice', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Polarization']",Sen. Lindsey Graham said if Trump is prosecuted for mishandling classified information 'there will be riots in the streets',Insider,"Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday there will be riots if former President Donald Trump is prosecuted over his handling of classified materials.
Graham made the comment in an appearance on Fox News' ""Sunday Night in America."" The South Carolina senator said he thinks there's a ""double standard"" when it comes to federal law enforcement, citing recent comments made by Mark Zuckerberg about Meta's handling of a story about Hunter Biden's laptop after an FBI warning.
""Most Republicans including me, believe when it comes to Trump, there is no law. It's all about getting...",left
2717,Lindsey Graham Predicts Riots if Trump Prosecuted Over Classified Info,"['Justice', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Polarization']",Graham predicts ‘riots in the streets’ if Trump prosecuted over classified docs,The Hill,"Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday warned of “riots in the streets” if former President Trump is prosecuted for his handling of classified materials found when the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago home. 
“If there’s a prosecution of Donald Trump for mishandling classified information, after the Clinton debacle … there’ll be riots in the streets,” Graham told former South Carolina congressman Trey Gowdy, who now hosts Fox News’s “Sunday Night in America.”
Trump shared a clip of the interview on Truth Social later Sunday evening.
Gowdy was chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi,...",center
2718,Lindsey Graham Predicts Riots if Trump Prosecuted Over Classified Info,"['Justice', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Polarization']",Lindsey Graham predicts riots if Trump is prosecuted over classified documents,Washington Examiner,"Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said there will be riots on the streets if former President Donald Trump faces charges over his handling of documents.
He made the explosive prediction during an appearance on Fox News's Sunday Night in America in an interview with host and former Rep. Trey Gowdy, arguing there is ""no law"" and a ""double standard"" when it comes to Trump and compared the situation to the controversy over Hillary Clinton's use of a personal email server while serving as secretary of state.
""If there is a prosecution of Donald Trump for mishandling the classified information after...",right
2719,Will Obama Convince Sanders?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama meets with Sanders in push for party unity,Washington Times,"President Obama is meeting with Sen. Bernard Sanders Thursday morning in the Oval Office, hoping to give the populist presidential candidate a tactful push toward a clear surrender to Hillary Clinton in their hard-fought battle for the Democratic nomination.",right
2720,Will Obama Convince Sanders?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Sanders to Meet with Obama,CNN (Online News),Sanders will meet with President Barack Obama in their second White House sitdown this primary season and the fourth time they've spoken in the last month. Aides said Obama would work to move Sanders toward an acceptance of Clinton as the nominee.,left
2721,Will Obama Convince Sanders?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama and Bernie Sanders to Meet for Delicate Talks,New York Times (News),"Attempting to make deals in Washington has not always fared well for President Obama. On Thursday, however, he will try to negotiate, however gently, with Bernie Sanders about the Vermont senator’s exiting the Democratic race without inflicting damage on efforts to unite the party.",left
2722,New Law Makes Animal Cruelty a Federal Crime,"['Animal Welfare', 'General News', 'Politics', 'Donald Trump']",Trump signs animal cruelty act into law,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump signed a bill that makes animal cruelty a federal felony on Monday, saying the measure would help us be ""more responsible and humane stewards of our planet.""
The PACT Act -- which stands for Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture -- was signed by the President at the White House, where he said he was ""pleased"" to approve the legislation. The bipartisan act, which passed the Senate earlier this month, expands a previous law passed in 2010.
Trump said he had the same reaction to the...",left
2723,New Law Makes Animal Cruelty a Federal Crime,"['Animal Welfare', 'General News', 'Politics', 'Donald Trump']",Trump Signs Law Making Cruelty To Animals A Federal Crime,NPR (Online News),"Cruelty to animals is now a federal crime under a new law signed by President Trump on Monday.
The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (PACT) is a bipartisan initiative that bans the intentional crushing, burning, drowning, suffocating, impalement or other serious harm to ""living non-human mammals, birds, reptiles, or amphibians.""
The law also bans ""animal crush videos,"" meaning any photograph, motion picture film, video or digital recording or electronic image that depicts animal cruelty.",left
2724,New Law Makes Animal Cruelty a Federal Crime,"['Animal Welfare', 'General News', 'Politics', 'Donald Trump']",Trump signs federal ban on animal cruelty,New York Post (News),"President Trump on Monday signed the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, a new federal ban on animal cruelty.
The law will outlaw purposeful crushing, burning, drowning, suffocation, impalement or other violence causing “serious bodily injury” to animals.
Violations could result in a fine and up to seven years’ imprisonment.",right
2725,Joe Biden to Announce 2020 Bid for President,"['Election: Presidential', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Has Joe Biden Lost His Ability to Unite Democrats?,New York Magazine,"By this time next week this will be official: Joe Biden is making his third race for the presidency (earlier runs were in 1988 and 2008). In conventional terms, he begins his campaign as the front-runner, or at worst the co-front-runner with fellow mid-septuagenarian Bernie Sanders. He has led in 36 of the 37 polls included in RealClearPolitics’ compilation of 2020 Democratic-nomination-contest surveys. He also leads in all the publicly available polls of Iowa, and even leads in Kamala Harris’s California.
But the big question haunting his candidacy now is...",left
2726,Joe Biden to Announce 2020 Bid for President,"['Election: Presidential', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Reports: Biden to Jump in Race Next Week,Townhall,"Vice President Joe Biden will announce that he is running for president next week, according to multiple reports.
The announcement is expected in a video message Wednesday, according to three people with knowledge of his plans.
Even though he has not officially launched his campaign Biden has appeared at or near the top of several polls on Democratic candidates. But not all Democrats would be happy if the former VP ended up their party’s nominee.",right
2727,Joe Biden to Announce 2020 Bid for President,"['Election: Presidential', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Joe Biden Set to Launch 2020 Presidential Bid as Soon as Next Week,Wall Street Journal (News),"Former Vice President Joe Biden is putting the finishing touches on the rollout of his presidential campaign and is expected to announce as soon as next week that he is joining the sprawling field of 2020 Democratic contenders.
The 76-year-old former senator and two-time presidential candidate is expected to launch his campaign with a video as early as Wednesday, according to three people close to the former vice president. After releasing the video, Mr. Biden is expected to embark on a tour of early voting states and then hold a...",center
2728,Trump Is Considering A New Travel Ban,['Immigration'],Trump is considering a new “travel ban” aimed at the migrant caravan,Vox,The Trump administration is reportedly considering using executive action to prevent people traveling in the migrant “caravan” from presenting themselves for asylum at the US-Mexico border.,left
2729,Trump Is Considering A New Travel Ban,['Immigration'],Trump mulls plan to bar entry of all migrants at US-Mexico border,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump is considering a sweeping executive order that would block migrants, including asylum seekers, from entering the U.S. at the southern border in a bid to stop the caravan traveling north through Mexico.",right
2730,Trump Is Considering A New Travel Ban,['Immigration'],"Trump Considering Travel-Ban-Style Order to Bar Migrants, Source Says",Bloomberg,"The Trump administration is considering an order to block the entry of migrants at the southern border using the same authority as its earlier travel ban, a person familiar with the matter said, as thousands of Central Americans make their way toward the U.S.",left
2731,Analyzing the FBI Statement,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']","OPINION: Legal, but Not Political, Clarity on the Clinton Emails",New York Times (News),"James Comey, the director of the F.B.I., may have relieved Hillary Clinton of a legal burden on Tuesday, but he left her with a substantial political one. While announcing that the bureau would not recommend criminal charges against Mrs. Clinton for her handling of classified material on nonsecure personal email servers, Mr. Comey issued a strong rebuke of her practices, which he called “extremely careless” — and for which she has never given the public a full explanation. He was right on both points.",left
2732,Analyzing the FBI Statement,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",OPINION: Why Comey stood alone: Inside the FBI's announcement,CNN (Online News),"FBI Director James Comey in recent weeks decided that when the bureau's investigation into Hillary Clinton was completed, he alone would make a public announcement on the findings of investigators, but the surprising orchestration was propelled in part by the political chaos over the last week.",left
2733,Analyzing the FBI Statement,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",OPINION: Clinton Makes the FBI’s Least-Wanted List,Guest Writer - Right,"Explaining why he wasn’t recommending prosecution, Director James Comey instead showed that charges would have been justified.",right
2734,"Unsealed Records Detail Alleged Abuses, Accomplices of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell","['Bill Clinton', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Ghislaine Maxwell', 'Crime', 'Corruption', 'Sexual Misconduct']","Unsealed documents show Epstein, Maxwell correspondence in 2015",NBC News (Online),"A trove of court documents unsealed Thursday night appear to show that the late, accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was in contact with his now-charged confidant, Ghislaine Maxwell, in 2015.
Attorneys for Maxwell, who was arrested July 2, have argued that she hadn't had any contact with Epstein for more than a decade, and is the target of overzealous prosecutors.
In one email between Epstein and Maxwell in 2015, Epstein appears to be composing a draft statement for Maxwell to release publicly. The date in January 2015 is a few...",left
2735,"Unsealed Records Detail Alleged Abuses, Accomplices of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell","['Bill Clinton', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Ghislaine Maxwell', 'Crime', 'Corruption', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Judge Releases Trove Of Sealed Records Related To Case Against Ghislaine Maxwell,NPR (Online News),"A federal judge has unsealed hundreds of pages of deposition transcripts and other documents related to a now-settled defamation suit brought against Ghislaine Maxwell, who is accused of helping the late Jeffrey Epstein run a sex trafficking operation that catered to rich and powerful men.
The 47 documents include a deposition given by Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the draft of a memoir she was writing about her experiences inside the sex-trafficking ring, and previously unseen email exchanges between Maxwell and Epstein.
A centerpiece of the documents remains sealed: Ghislaine...",left
2736,"Unsealed Records Detail Alleged Abuses, Accomplices of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell","['Bill Clinton', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Ghislaine Maxwell', 'Crime', 'Corruption', 'Sexual Misconduct']","Bill Clinton visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island, unsealed court documents suggest",Fox News (Online News),"A trove of documents released late Thursday could shed light on Ghislaine Maxwell’s relationship with late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The data include records of a 2011 meeting between accuser Virginia Giuffre and her lawyers where she talked about the powerful people in Epstein's orbit who she said either flew on his private Boeing 727 or stayed on his private island in the Caribbean.
One of the names mentioned was that of former President Bill Clinton.
Maxwell's lawyers had filed an emergency motion to stop the release...",right
2737,Fiscal Cliff Deadline Approaches,[],Senators to Return With 5 Days Left and No Clear Fiscal Path,New York Times (News),"With just five days left to make a deal, President Obama and members of the Senate were set to return to Washington on Thursday with no clear path out of their fiscal morass even as the Treasury Department warned that the government will soon be unable to pay its bills unless Congress acts.",left
2738,Fiscal Cliff Deadline Approaches,[],"Fiscal Cliff' Deadline Looms, But Sense Of Urgency Seems To Be Lacking",NPR (Online News),"President Obama is ""cutting short"" a vacation that he'd already said he would cut short. ""See you next week,"" he told reporters last week before leaving for Hawaii.",left
2739,Fiscal Cliff Deadline Approaches,[],Americans: We're Going Over the Fiscal Cliff,Townhall,We're five days away from fiscal cliff doom. President Obama cut his Hawaii vacation short to return to Washington in hopes of cutting a deal before January 1.,right
2740,Justice Department Asks Judge to Send Flynn to Jail for Six Months,"['Justice', 'Michael Flynn', 'Russia Probe', 'Jail', 'Justice Department']",Feds recommend prison sentence of up to six months for ex-Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn,USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON–Federal prosecutors recommended Tuesday that former national security adviser Michael Flynn serve up to six months in prison for lying to the FBI about his contacts with a Russian ambassador.
The government's position is a reversal from more than a year ago, when prosecutors urged no prison time for the retired Army lieutenant general. Flynn is one of a half-dozen former aides to President Donald Trump who were convicted or pleaded guilty due to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election.",left
2741,Justice Department Asks Judge to Send Flynn to Jail for Six Months,"['Justice', 'Michael Flynn', 'Russia Probe', 'Jail', 'Justice Department']","Michael Flynn should get up to 6 months in jail for lying to FBI, prosecutors say",CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's first national security adviser Michael Flynn should serve up to six months in jail, prosecutors told a federal judge on Tuesday, saying Flynn has failed to accept responsibility for his actions and undermined a separate criminal case.
The sentencing memo shows just how harshly the Justice Department responds to Flynn's recent attempts to unravel his guilty plea in the Mueller investigation and says that he sought to thwart the government's investigation into his former business partner, an abrupt turn from Flynn's months of cooperation and public...",left
2742,Fear of Holiday Shortages as Supply Chain Woes Persist,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Trade', 'Supply Chains', 'Consumers', 'Holidays', 'Business', 'Inflation']",Panic ordering by retailers is making the supply chain crisis ‘even worse’,CNBC,"Retailers and manufacturers are overordering or placing orders too early amid panic over the massive supply chain crisis, and that’s making things much worse, those in the industry told CNBC.
“Suddenly, retailers and manufacturers are overordering because of these supply chain issues, and that’s just leading to essentially an even worse scenario,” Jonathan Savoir, CEO of supply chain technology firm Quincus told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Monday.
Supply chains everywhere have been hit by massive disruptions this year, from container shortages to floods and Covid infections setting off port closures.
That’s gotten worse because...",center
2743,Fear of Holiday Shortages as Supply Chain Woes Persist,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Trade', 'Supply Chains', 'Consumers', 'Holidays', 'Business', 'Inflation']",White House Orders Temporary Lift in Cargo Weight Capacity for Trucks,The Epoch Times,"President Joe Biden plans to sign an executive order to temporarily lift weight limits so trucks can carry more cargo, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Oct. 20.
A national shortage of truck drivers is worsening shipping bottlenecks that have created waiting lines for freighters at backlogged U.S. ports in recent weeks. The most recent study from the American Trucking Association (ATA) says the nation is short more than 60,000 drivers, and CNN reports ATA president and CEO Chris Spear says that number has now increased to 80,000.
The association...",right
2744,Fear of Holiday Shortages as Supply Chain Woes Persist,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Trade', 'Supply Chains', 'Consumers', 'Holidays', 'Business', 'Inflation']",Why some say the worst of the supply chain woes are near an end,CNN Business,"Forget about The Grinch: It looks like supply chain disruptions may steal Christmas this year. But will these problems be resolved by early 2022?
Several retailers, manufacturers and economists have all warned that global supply chain constraints will lead to not only fewer discounts during the holidays but also result in a potential dearth of products on store shelves.
Still, some executives and market experts think the worst may be over in just a few months.
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon said during an earnings call with reporters last week that supply chain woes will be a distant...",left
2745,Electoral College Vote Confirms Biden's Election Win,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Electoral College', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Joe Biden officially passes 270-vote threshold to win Electoral College on California's vote,USA TODAY,"The Electoral College elected Joe Biden as the next president Monday, formalizing the former Democratic vice president's win in the Nov. 3 election as President Donald Trump continues a long-shot effort to try to overturn the outcome.
Around 5:30 p.m. EST, California's 55 electors cast their ballots to push Biden over the 270-vote threshold needed to win.
Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris, the vice president-elect, received 306 electoral votes overall, topping Trump’s 232 votes. Next, the electoral votes will be counted at a special joint session of Congress on...",left
2746,Electoral College Vote Confirms Biden's Election Win,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Electoral College', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Electoral College hands White House to Biden,Washington Times,"The Electoral College has met to confirm Joe Biden as the president-elect.
Despite President Trump's lawsuits challenging the results of the Nov. 3 election against Biden, 538 electors from all 50 states and Washington, D.C., convened Monday, and by Monday evening, they had given Biden the 270 votes he needed to claim the White House.
Biden was expected to end the meeting with 306 electoral votes to Trump's 232, reflecting the popular votes from each of the jurisdictions.
The gathering garnered more attention this cycle after key Republicans, such as...",right
2747,Electoral College Vote Confirms Biden's Election Win,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Electoral College', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Electoral College Vote Officially Affirms Biden’s Victory,New York Times (News),"It began at 10 a.m. in New Hampshire, where electors met in a statehouse chamber festooned with holiday decorations and gave their four votes to Joseph R. Biden Jr. By noon on Monday, the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia and Pennsylvania, ground zero for many of President Trump’s fruitless lawsuits, had backed Mr. Biden too. In New York, Bill and Hillary Clinton voted for Mr. Biden along with 27 other electors.
And when California cast its 55 votes for Mr. Biden around 5:30 p.m. Eastern time, it pushed him past...",left
2748,"Pro Football Season Starts; Social Justice Messages, Demonstrations Take Center Stage","['Inequality', 'Race And Racism', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Football', 'NFL', 'Business', 'Police Brutality', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Sports']",NFL Season Begins With Protests at Texans-Chiefs Game,Wall Street Journal (News),"Before the Kansas City Chiefs began their Super Bowl defense Thursday night against the Houston Texans in the first game of the 2020 NFL season, there was a question for both teams: How would they protest against racism in America?
The answer was complicated. The Texans left the field entirely before both the national anthem and the playing of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a song sometimes referred to as the Black national anthem. Their demonstration echoed a tense weekend in 2017, when several teams stayed in the locker room...",center
2749,"Pro Football Season Starts; Social Justice Messages, Demonstrations Take Center Stage","['Inequality', 'Race And Racism', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Football', 'NFL', 'Business', 'Police Brutality', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Sports']","NFL ratings plunge amid Black Lives Matter messaging, competition from NBA, NHL",Washington Times,"Initial ratings for the first game of the NFL 2020 regular season plunged amid the league’s social-justice push and greater competition from other professional sports.
The overnight Nielsen Media Research figures showed that the prime-time Thursday night match-up on NBC Sports dropped 16.1% in the key 18-49 demographic, attracting 16.4 million viewers in what could be a 10-year audience low, according to Deadline.
The 34-20 win by the Kansas City Chiefs over the Houston Texans was unusual in several respects: Thanks to the novel coronavirus, only 17,000 socially distanced fans...",right
2750,"Pro Football Season Starts; Social Justice Messages, Demonstrations Take Center Stage","['Inequality', 'Race And Racism', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Football', 'NFL', 'Business', 'Police Brutality', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Sports']",Kansas City Chiefs fans booed players during a moment of unity against racism,CNN (Online News),"The Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans kicked off the 2020 NFL season by holding a moment of unity against racism together on the field at Arrowhead Stadium only to have boos heard from the Kansas City crowd.
The visiting Texans were not on the field for ""Lift Every Voice and Sing"" and the National Anthem while the Chiefs remained on the field for both. The boos began after the Texans returned to the field to join the Chiefs during a moment of silence and a show of unity.
""Please...",left
2751,GOP Economic Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The fourth GOP debate is more about the party’s path than personal attacks,Washington Post,"The leading Republican presidential candidates clashed sharply over immigration policy, military spending, and other intractable and emotional issues in a debate here Tuesday night, bringing into sharp relief the party’s fault line between rigid conservatism and mainstream practicality.",left
2752,GOP Economic Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","GOP candidates clash on immigration, defense at 4th debate",Fox News (Online News),"The Republican presidential candidates fighting to break out of the middle tier stepped up their game at Tuesday night's prime-time debate, scrapping with their rivals over everything from Donald Trump's deportation plan to the role of the U.S. military.",right
2753,GOP Economic Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",FactChecking GOP Economic Debate,FactCheck.org,"Republican presidential candidates debated once again on economic issues and offered some misleading takes on jobs, tax plans, immigrants and state budgets.",center
2754,Trump Taps Scott Pruitt for EPA,"['EPA', 'Environment']","Scott Pruitt, Trump's pick to head the EPA, has sued the EPA",USA TODAY,"Donald Trump tapped Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, as environmental groups and Democratic lawmakers denounced the selection of a state official who has sued the agency he is now slated to lead.",left
2755,Trump Taps Scott Pruitt for EPA,"['EPA', 'Environment']",Trump Taps Scott Pruitt as EPA Director,Townhall,"Trump said ""For too long, the EPA has spent taxpayer dollars on an out-of-control anti-energy agenda that has destroyed millions of jobs, while also undermining our incredible farmers and many other businesses and industries at every turn. As my EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt, the highly respected Attorney General from the state of Oklahoma, will reverse this trend and restore the EPA's essential mission of keeping our air and our water clean and safe.""",right
2756,Trump Taps Scott Pruitt for EPA,"['EPA', 'Environment']",OPINION: Why Scott Pruitt is such a threat: Trump's EPA pick would be a disaster for the air we breathe and water we drink,New York Daily News,"Every newly elected President is entitled to assemble the management team of his choice. That is why, of the roughly 1,000 senior administration officials requiring a Senate confirmation, the vast majority are confirmed by a simple voice vote.",left
2757,Examining China's Role in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict,"['China', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'World']",It’s Time to Offer Russia an Offramp. China Can Help With That.,New York Times (Opinion),"Casualties are mounting in Ukraine. Bombs continue to fall. More than 2 million refugees have fled the fighting.
Vladimir Putin seems to have assumed he could get a swift victory, underestimating the fierce resistance from Ukraine. Two weeks in, Russia is intensifying its assault on Ukraine, and Western nations in turn are intensifying their financial and economic punishments against Russia, including by triggering the financial “nuclear option” — banning some Russian banks from the SWIFT payment system. Meanwhile, Mr. Putin has put his actual nuclear forces on high alert.
We...",left
2758,Examining China's Role in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict,"['China', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'World']",China's Behind-the-Scenes Role in Ukraine War,Newsweek,"Xi Jinping's role in Ukraine is far less visible than Vladimir Putin's, but make no mistake: China is also a combatant in the war. What isn't yet clear is whether China will feel the consequences as Russia has.
On Friday, President Joe Biden announced that the United States, along with NATO members, European Union countries, and Group of Seven nations, will withdraw ""most favored nation"" trade privileges for Russia. Biden also announced bans on imports of Russian goods—seafood, vodka, and diamonds—and a prohibition on exports of luxury items.
These actions, at least on their face, run afoul of...",center
2759,Examining China's Role in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict,"['China', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'World']",China won’t let Putin lose his ugly Ukraine war,New York Post (Opinion),"Who needs enemies when you have friends like Vladimir Putin?
This is what Xi Jinping must be thinking just six weeks after the two announced a “no limits” friendship to make the world safe for autocracies by taking on America and the other democracies, weakening Washington’s alliances in Europe and Asia and overturning the primacy of liberal democratic norms in place since the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s.
In recent days, the Russian president requested military assistance from his Chinese counterpart to fight a war when much of...",right
2760,What Did the First Jan. 6 Hearing Reveal?,"['Justice', 'Politics', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump']",The J6 Inquisition Is An Obvious Soviet-Style Show Trial,The Federalist,"The House Select Committee on Jan. 6 launched the public phase of its proceedings Thursday night in a prime-time hearing with all the fanfare of a Soviet show trial, complete with production assistance from a former president of ABC News.
Just as the communists gathered in Moscow between 1936 and 1938 to purge their political opponents in public show trials, nine members of the lower chamber filed into the Cannon House Office Building to demonize their political opponents as domestic enemies.
“I’m from a part of the country where people justify the...",right
2761,What Did the First Jan. 6 Hearing Reveal?,"['Justice', 'Politics', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump']",The Jan. 6 committee's plan to prove Trump’s culpability,Axios,"The Jan. 6 committee hearing on Thursday promised to prove former President Trump was responsible for the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
Driving the news: “President Trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame,” Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said, before laying out a seven-point plan for how the panel will publicly show Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election and prevent the transition of power to President-elect Biden.
The last hearing, likely to be the most explosive, will center on Trump's specific actions as the violence was underway.
Between the...",center
2762,What Did the First Jan. 6 Hearing Reveal?,"['Justice', 'Politics', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump']","Dishonor, Trump’s and His Party’s, Is the Real January 6th Takeaway",The New Yorker,"There were many memorable lines, and even a few revelations, in the long-awaited House select committee prime-time hearing on the harrowing events of January 6, 2021. Viewers on Thursday night learned that Donald Trump’s own Attorney General, Bill Barr, had dismissed his “rigged election” claims as “bullshit.” They learned that Trump’s own daughter Ivanka agreed with Barr. And they learned that Trump’s White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, had been informed of the complete and utter emptiness of Trump’s false election claims by one of Trump’s own campaign lawyers. “There’s no there there?” Meadows...",left
2763,FBI Finds NASCAR's Wallace Not Targeted by Hate Crime,"['Sports', 'NASCAR', 'FBI', 'Race And Racism']",FBI: No crime committed in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall; noose was there since October,Washington Post,"NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace was not the target of a hate crime, the FBI concluded Tuesday after completing its investigation into an incident involving a noose in the garage stall of the top-flight Cup Series’ only African American driver.
After 48 hours that rattled and then galvanized stock-car racing at a fraught moment for the sport and the nation, the FBI said no federal charges would be filed after it determined that the noose had been there since at least October 2019 and that “nobody could have known” that Wallace’s...",left
2764,FBI Finds NASCAR's Wallace Not Targeted by Hate Crime,"['Sports', 'NASCAR', 'FBI', 'Race And Racism']",Rope found hanging in Wallace’s garage was coincidence,Associated Press,"NASCAR went to Talladega Superspeedway on heightened alert after Bubba Wallace, its only Black driver, took on an active role in a push for racial equality.
Wallace had successfully called for the ban of the Confederate flag and received threats. Fans paraded past the main entrance of the Alabama track displaying the flag, and a plane circled above the speedway pulling a Confederate flag banner that read “Defund NASCAR.”",left
2765,FBI Finds NASCAR's Wallace Not Targeted by Hate Crime,"['Sports', 'NASCAR', 'FBI', 'Race And Racism']",The NASCAR hate crime that wasn't,Washington Examiner,"The FBI concluded on Tuesday that Bubba Wallace, NASCAR’s only African American driver, was not the target of a hate crime and that the “noose” found in his team’s garage was actually a standard pull rope that had been there since last year.
""The FBI report concludes, and photographic evidence confirms, that the garage door pull rope fashioned like a noose had been positioned there since as early as last fall. This was obviously well before the 43 team’s arrival and garage assignment,” NASCAR said in a statement.",right
2766,Nancy Pelosi Elected Speaker of the House,"['US House', 'Politics']",If Nancy Pelosi Were a Republican,Newsmax (News),"I’ve never met a liberal who’s afraid to admit this moniker publicly. Alas, I can’t ascribe the same courage to conservatives: most of them privately confess to me, in hushed tones, that they fear exposing their political leanings.",right
2767,Nancy Pelosi Elected Speaker of the House,"['US House', 'Politics']",Speaker Pelosi should inspire Americans — and terrify Trump cronies,Jennifer Rubin,"On Wednesday, her last day as minority leader, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) commented on her meeting with the president and the game plan for Thursday, the first day of the new Congress.",left
2768,Nancy Pelosi Elected Speaker of the House,"['US House', 'Politics']","Nancy Pelosi Wins Speaker Race, Reclaims Gavel for Second Time",Wall Street Journal (News),"California Democrat Nancy Pelosi was elected speaker of the House of Representatives on Thursday, making her the first person to reclaim the gavel since 1955.",center
2769,Fact Checking the Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Fact Checks: What was truth, and what was not?",CNN (Online News),Last night's debate was full of numbers and bold statements. Check out a slate of fact checks from the team at CNN:,left
2770,Fact Checking the Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",FACT CHECK: Presidential debate missteps,Washington Times,"President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney spun one-sided stories in their first presidential debate, not necessarily bogus, but not the whole truth.",right
2771,Obama in Chicago: Guns,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Chicago’s Murder Epidemic Complicates Obama Gun Ban Pitch,Fox News (Online News),"How tough are Chicagos gun laws? A 55-year-old woman who works as a researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago was jailed this week for bringing a pistol -- licensed, unloaded and in a case – to her office.",right
2772,Obama in Chicago: Guns,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Obama heads to Chicago to focus on gun violence,CNN (Online News),"In a city notorious for gun violence, President Barack Obama will continue his push for tougher laws on Friday amid questions about whether a key proposal to ban semi-automatic weapons that mimic military assault rifles would address the issue of handguns involved in most killings.",left
2773,Obama in Chicago: Guns,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Obama addresses gun control legislation in Chicago,Politico,"For four years, President Barack Obama avoided talking about guns. Then the Newtown shooting forced gun control legislation to the top of his agenda — but he still avoided talking about gun violence that has racked his hometown of Chicago.",left
2774,Courting the Hispanic Vote,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Hispanics', 'Latino Voters', 'Elections']",Latino groups warn that Biden’s sluggish outreach to their voters could hurt in November,Washington Post,"Top Latino Democrats are voicing growing concern about Joe Biden’s campaign, warning that lackluster efforts to win the support of their community could have devastating consequences in the November election.
Recent polls showing President Trump’s inroads with Latinos have set off a fresh round of frustration and finger-pointing among Democrats, confirming problems some say have simmered for months. Many Latino activists and officials said Biden is now playing catch-up, particularly in the pivotal state of Florida, where he will campaign Tuesday — the start of National Hispanic Heritage Month —...",left
2775,Courting the Hispanic Vote,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Hispanics', 'Latino Voters', 'Elections']","Trump campaign courts Latino voters in Arizona, historically Democrats. Here's what that looks like",USA TODAY,"In a south Phoenix strip mall near a Chinese restaurant and cell phone store, sits a new office designed to mobilize Latino voters and convince them to vote for President Donald Trump in November.
Outside the front doors, the words ""Latinos for Trump"" are written in chalk on the sidewalk.
The windows of Latinos for Trump are adorned with photos of Latinos and core values the Trump campaign believes will attract this group of voters: faith, family, opportunity.
President Donald Trump's fifth visit to Arizona this year, set for Monday,...",left
2776,Courting the Hispanic Vote,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Hispanics', 'Latino Voters', 'Elections']",Why Trump Is Winning Over Hispanics,Rich Lowry,"It’s ‘showing up,’ says Florida senator Rick Scott.
Florida senator Rick Scott has an advanced degree in winning Hispanic voters as a Republican.
It has buoyed him in all his races, most recently his victory in his 2018 Senate race after serving two terms as governor, so he seems a logical person to ask about President Donald Trump’s eye-popping improvement among Hispanics in Florida.
A Marist/NBC poll last week had Trump narrowly ahead of Biden among Hispanics in Florida, and the president is leading handily among Cuban Americans.
Scott’s bottom...",right
2777,Breaking Down the 2022 Primaries in West Virginia and Nebraska,"['Elections', '2022 Elections', 'West Virginia', 'Nebraska', 'Donald Trump']",Here are the Trump-backed candidates who won the Nebraska and West Virginia primaries,Politico,"All 22 of Donald Trump’s endorsed candidates in Indiana and Ohio came away with the Republican nomination last week.
While his May 3 win-loss record looked impressive on paper, it was artificially inflated — the former president backed lots of incumbents who had no opposition and counted them as victories.
Trump did take one legit risk in endorsing J.D. Vance in the Ohio Senate primary. And his big gamble proved successful when Vance came from behind to finish in first place.
This week, Trump had slightly more political capital at...",left
2778,Breaking Down the 2022 Primaries in West Virginia and Nebraska,"['Elections', '2022 Elections', 'West Virginia', 'Nebraska', 'Donald Trump']","Five takeaways from the Nebraska, West Virginia primaries",The Hill,"Nebraska and West Virginia held high-profile primaries that served as tests of former President Trump’s lingering sway among GOP voters. 
University of Nebraska Regent Jim Pillen won the GOP nod over businessman Charles Herbster, who ran with Trump’s endorsement, and state Sen. Brett Lindstrom, who cast himself as a more pragmatic Republican. In West Virginia, hard-liner Rep. Alex Mooney (R) defeated Rep. David McKinley (R) in an incumbent-on-incumbent primary sparked by redistricting. 
Here are five takeaways from the primary results. 
Trump suffered his first big loss this cycle… 
Trump notched a prominent loss in Nebraska as Pillen...",center
2779,Breaking Down the 2022 Primaries in West Virginia and Nebraska,"['Elections', '2022 Elections', 'West Virginia', 'Nebraska', 'Donald Trump']",Jim Pillen wins Nebraska GOP governor primary despite Trump endorsement of rival,Washington Examiner,"Jim Pillen, a University of Nebraska regent, won the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Nebraska after former President Donald Trump endorsed one of his rivals, winning a crowded primary to replace Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts, who is term limited.
The Republican field also included businessman Charles Herbster and state Sen. Brett Lindstrom. Pillen was backed by Ricketts as well as Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne. Lindstrom campaigned as more of a centrist than his rivals.
The crowded and contentious primary race was rocked by allegations that Herbster, who was endorsed by Trump, groped at least eight women in recent...",right
2780,Obama Denounces Racist Comments,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama responds to racist comments attributed to Clippers' Don Sterling,CNN (Online News),"The racism controversy embroiling Don Sterling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, has reached half way around the world to Malaysia, where President Obama is on a diplomatic mission to Asia Pacific nations.",left
2781,Obama Denounces Racist Comments,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama: Alleged remarks by NBA Clippers owner 'incredibly offensive',Fox News (Online News),"President Obama on Sunday said the purported comments by NBA owner Donald Sterling are “racist,” and that people who make such remarks are “ignorant.” His remarks follow the posting of an audio recording Fr",right
2782,Obama Denounces Racist Comments,"['White House', 'Politics']",President Obama calls Donald Sterling's comments 'incredibly offensive racist statements',Salon,The NBA is investigating the Los Angeles Clippers owner after an extremely racist recording of him surfaced VIDEO,left
2783,No Strategy for ISIS,['Middle East'],Obama: ‘We Don’t Yet Have a Complete Strategy’ Against Islamic State,The Blaze,"President Barack Obama said again that the United States does not yet have a complete strategy for facing the Islamic State.
“When a finalized plan is presented to me by the Pentagon, then I will share it with the American people. Obama said Monday duri",right
2784,No Strategy for ISIS,['Middle East'],Obama still doesn't have a strategy for ISIL,Politico,"President Barack Obama still doesn’t have a strategy to combat the Islamic State.
Back in September, Obama created a political problem for himself by saying “we don’t have a strategy yet” to combat the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL.
Story Continued Below
On Monday, speaking at the end of a G-7 summit in Germany that included a meeting with the new Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, he rearranged the words and added an adjective, but said the same thing about training Iraqi troops...",left
2785,No Strategy for ISIS,['Middle East'],"U.S. Will Step Up Training of Iraqi Forces Fighting ISIS, Obama Says",New York Times (News),"President Obama said on Monday that he has asked the Pentagon for a plan to accelerate the American military’s efforts to train and equip Iraqi forces fighting the Islamic State, acknowledging that the militant group’s recent gains indicated a need for a shift in strategy.
“We don’t have, yet, a complete strategy, because it requires commitments on the part of Iraqis as well,” Mr. Obama said at the close of a summit of the Group of 7 world leaders here. “The details are not worked out.”",left
2786,US Aircraft Strike in Iraq,['Middle East'],"Analysis: Obama, With Reluctance, Returns to Action in Iraq",New York Times (News),"In sending warplanes back into the skies over Iraq, President Obama on Thursday night found himself exactly where he did not want to be. Hoping to end the war in Iraq, Mr. Obama became the fourth president in a row to order military action in that graveyard of American ambition.",left
2787,US Aircraft Strike in Iraq,['Middle East'],"For Obama, Iraq Move Is a Policy Reversal",Wall Street Journal (News),President Was Early Opponent of Iraq War and Made a Campaign Pledge to End It,center
2788,US Aircraft Strike in Iraq,['Middle East'],F/A-18 jets dropped 500-pund laser guided bombs on ISIL,Washington Times,"U.S. fighter jets have begun pounding artillery held by the al Qaeda-inspired militants in northern Iraq with laser guided bombs, a senior Defense Department official said Friday.",right
2789,Trump Becomes First Sitting President to Enter North Korea,"['Foreign Policy', 'Donald Trump']","Trump meets Kim in DMZ, becomes first sitting US president to step into Hermit Kingdom",Fox News (Online News),"With wide grins and a historic handshake, President Trump became the first sitting U.S. leader to set foot in North Korea when he took 20 steps into the Hermit Kingdom on Sunday.",right
2790,Trump Becomes First Sitting President to Enter North Korea,"['Foreign Policy', 'Donald Trump']",US-North Korea: Trump and Kim agree to restart talks in historic meeting,BBC News,"Donald Trump has become the first sitting US president to set foot in North Korea, after meeting Kim Jong-un in the area dividing the two Koreas.
Mr Trump and the North Korean leader posed for handshakes before talking for nearly an hour in the heavily fortified demilitarised zone (DMZ).",center
2791,Trump Becomes First Sitting President to Enter North Korea,"['Foreign Policy', 'Donald Trump']",Trump becomes first sitting president to set foot into North Korea,Washington Post,"President Trump met Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea on Sunday and crossed briefly into North Korea, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit the isolated state. The two men held 53 minutes of private talks and agreed to set up teams to “work out some details” to determine whether progress could be made in their negotiations over North Korea’s nuclear program, Trump said.",left
2792,"Kentucky Cuts Medicaid Dental, Vision Benefits for 460,000 After Work Requirement Ruling",['Healthcare'],Kentucky cuts Medicaid benefits after court ruling,Washington Examiner,"Gov. Matt Bevin, R-Ky., has cut dental and vision benefits under Medicaid in response to a court ruling Friday that blocked his push to install work requirements.",right
2793,"Kentucky Cuts Medicaid Dental, Vision Benefits for 460,000 After Work Requirement Ruling",['Healthcare'],"Ky. governor cancels Medicaid dental, vision benefits after losing work requirement ruling",The Hill,Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin’s (R) administration is canceling dental and vision benefits for thousands of people on Medicaid in the state following a judge blocking the state’s Medicaid work requirements.,center
2794,"Kentucky Cuts Medicaid Dental, Vision Benefits for 460,000 After Work Requirement Ruling",['Healthcare'],"Nearly 500,000 in Kentucky losing vision, dental coverage after Medicaid ruling",NBC News (Online),"""Once we ultimately prevail in this legal challenge ... then beneficiaries will have access to these optional services,"" a cabinet spokesman said.",left
2795,President Trump Proposes $7 Billion Cut to Children's Health Insurance Program,['Healthcare'],The Trump Administration Wants to Cancel $7 Billion from a Children's Health Insurance Program,Time Magazine,"President Donald Trump’s administration is asking Congress to cancel $15 billion in unspent government funds, including $7 billion from the Children’s Health Insurance Program, a senior administration official said Monday.",left
2796,President Trump Proposes $7 Billion Cut to Children's Health Insurance Program,['Healthcare'],Didn’t Dems Vote To Rescind CHIP Funding In March?,The Daily Caller,"Democrats are firing on all cylinders Tuesday, roasting the Trump administration’s plans to roll back $15 billion in previously allocated funding because it requests Congress claw back money from the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).",right
2797,President Trump Proposes $7 Billion Cut to Children's Health Insurance Program,['Healthcare'],"Trump proposes $15 billion spending cuts, targets children's health program",Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump will request a package of $15 billion in spending cuts from Congress on Tuesday, including some $7 billion from the Children’s",center
2798,Federal Judge Blocks Enforcement of Texas Heartbeat Act,"['Abortion', 'Texas', 'Texas Abortion Law', 'Justice', 'Federal Judge']",Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Texas Heartbeat Act,National Review,"A federal judge on Wednesday issued an order temporarily blocking the enforcement of Texas’s heartbeat abortion law, which allows private citizens to sue providers that perform abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman granted the Biden administration’s request to temporarily block enforcement of the abortion ban and denied the state’s request to pause his ruling pending appeal, saying “this Court will not sanction one more day of this offensive deprivation of such an important right.”
 “A person’s right under the Constitution to choose to obtain an...",right
2799,Federal Judge Blocks Enforcement of Texas Heartbeat Act,"['Abortion', 'Texas', 'Texas Abortion Law', 'Justice', 'Federal Judge']",Judge orders Texas to suspend new law banning most abortions,Associated Press,"A federal judge ordered Texas to suspend the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., calling it an “offensive deprivation” of a constitutional right by banning most abortions in the nation’s second-most populous state since September.
The order Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman is the first legal blow to the Texas law known as Senate Bill 8, which until now had withstood a wave of early challenges. In the weeks since the restrictions took effect, Texas abortion providers say the impact has been “exactly what we feared.”
In a 113-page opinion, Pitman took...",left
2800,Federal Judge Blocks Enforcement of Texas Heartbeat Act,"['Abortion', 'Texas', 'Texas Abortion Law', 'Justice', 'Federal Judge']",Federal judge issues order blocking Texas' 6-week abortion ban,CNN (Online News),"A federal judge in Texas issued an order Wednesday blocking the state's six-week abortion ban.
""From the moment S.B. 8 went into effect, women have been unlawfully prevented from exercising control over their lives in ways that are protected by the Constitution,"" US District Judge Robert Pitman said in the decision, granting a request from the Justice Department, which brought the lawsuit.
""That other courts may find a way to avoid this conclusion is theirs to decide; this Court will not sanction one more day of this offensive deprivation of such an important...",left
2801,Flooding in South Carolina,['General News'],"End to Rain Is in Sight, but Floods Will Persist in South Carolina",New York Times (News),"The South Carolinians walked along the bridge over the Congaree River, hoods up against the pelting rain, their heads cast downward to marvel at the red-brown water churning violently below them.",left
2802,Flooding in South Carolina,['General News'],"South Carolina flooding: dams breached, more trouble ahead",CNN (Online News),"The rain may have stopped, but South Carolina is grappling with a host of new concerns: Dam breaks. Billions of dollars in damage. And rivers that still haven't crested yet.",left
2803,Flooding in South Carolina,['General News'],"More Flooding, Evacuations Loom for South Carolina",CBN,South Carolina's governor is warning residents more flooding and evacuations are likely. At least a dozen have died during this week's historic rainstorm in the Carolinas.,right
2804,"Paul Manafort Pleads Guilty, Will Cooperate With Russia Probe",['Russia'],"Paul Manafort strikes deal with Mueller team, pleads guilty to two felony charges",USA TODAY,"Paul Manafort, the former chairman of President Donald Trump's campaign, reached an agreement Friday to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election and pleaded guilty to two felony conspiracy charges.",left
2805,"Paul Manafort Pleads Guilty, Will Cooperate With Russia Probe",['Russia'],"Paul Manafort pleads guilty, agrees to cooperate in deal with Mueller team",Fox News (Online News),Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pleaded guilty in federal court Friday as part of a plea agreement that involves cooperation with Special Counsel Robert Mueller and allows him to avoid a second trial.,right
2806,"Paul Manafort Pleads Guilty, Will Cooperate With Russia Probe",['Russia'],Trump-Russia Investigation: Paul Manafort Guilty Plea Reveals Details of Foreign Influence on Campaign Chairman,Newsweek,Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiring to defraud the United States and conspiring to obstruct justice.,center
2807,Oil Prices Rise on Optimism About Russian-Saudi Negotiations,"['Saudi Arabia', 'Russia', 'Oil', 'Foreign Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'Trade']",Trump calls on Russia and Saudi Arabia to cut oil production,Politico,"President Donald Trump tweeted on Thursday that Saudi Arabia and Russia appeared to be close to curbing their oil production, a potential lifeline for the U.S. oil sector that has been buffeted by plummeting energy demand from the coronavirus and a flood of crude exports from the two countries.
“Just spoke to my friend MBS (Crown Prince) of Saudi Arabia, who spoke with President Putin of Russia, & I expect & hope that they will be cutting back approximately 10 Million Barrels, and maybe substantially more which, if it happens,...",left
2808,Oil Prices Rise on Optimism About Russian-Saudi Negotiations,"['Saudi Arabia', 'Russia', 'Oil', 'Foreign Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'Trade']","Oil on track for best day ever after Trump tells CNBC Saudis, Russia reach production cut agreement",CNBC,"Oil prices skyrocketed on Thursday after President Donald Trump told CNBC Saudis and Russia will ease pressure on oil, ending a price war that has contributed to crude’s massive plunge.
West Texas Intermediate crude futures surged 24.4%, or $4.99 to trade at $25.30 per barrel. Earlier in the session WTI traded as high as $27.39. International benchmark Brent crude jumped 22%, or $5.46, to trade at $30.21 per barrel.",center
2809,Oil Prices Rise on Optimism About Russian-Saudi Negotiations,"['Saudi Arabia', 'Russia', 'Oil', 'Foreign Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'Trade']","Stocks power after Trump says Russia, Saudis will cut oil output; crude soars",MarketWatch,"Stocks pushed higher Thursday, buoyed after President Donald Trump said Saudi Arabia and Russia had agreed to curb oil production in order to stabilize prices, even after data showed U.S. weekly jobless claims soared to a record.
On Wednesday equities fell sharply to begin the second quarter as investors weighed the start of an onslaught of bad news on the public health front and the economy against hoped-for stimulus as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic.",center
2810,"Congress, Trump Administration Searching for Middle Ground on New Stimulus","['Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Economy And Jobs', 'US Senate', 'US Congress', 'Life During Covid-19']","Pelosi and Mnuchin make progress in stimulus talks, but big differences remain, White House chief of staff says",CNBC,"The Trump administration and Democrats made progress on coronavirus stimulus talks Tuesday but still need to overcome major differences to reach a deal before the 2020 election, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said.
Meadows outlined the state of talks following a 45-minute conversation between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. He told CNBC the sides have made “good progress” but “still have a ways to go” to strike an agreement. Pelosi and Mnuchin plan to speak again Wednesday.
“I would think that those discussions hopefully...",center
2811,"Congress, Trump Administration Searching for Middle Ground on New Stimulus","['Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Economy And Jobs', 'US Senate', 'US Congress', 'Life During Covid-19']",McConnell Says He Would Allow Trump-Backed Stimulus Deal a Vote in Senate,The Epoch Times,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced Tuesday that if the White House and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) agree to a deal on pandemic relief, he would bring it up for a vote on the Senate floor.
But he stopped short of saying whether he or other top GOP senators would support the measure. It’s also not clear whether the bill would see a vote before the Nov. 3 election.
“If a presidentially-supported bill clears the House at some point we’ll bring it to the floor,” McConnell told reporters...",right
2812,"Congress, Trump Administration Searching for Middle Ground on New Stimulus","['Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Economy And Jobs', 'US Senate', 'US Congress', 'Life During Covid-19']","McConnell Warns Trump Administration Against Stimulus Deal, Says It Will Divide Republicans",Newsweek,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned the Trump administration against striking a stimulus deal with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over fears it would divide Republicans before Election Day.
McConnell told Republican colleagues about the warning during a private lunch on Tuesday, according to three people familiar with the conversation. The sources spoke to the Associated Press anonymously due to the private nature of the meeting.
Republicans have expressed concerns that a stimulus deal before Election Day could divide the party. Many file-and-rank members of the GOP have already declined to...",center
2813,Trump Denies Calls to Rename Military Bases Memorializing Confederates,"['History', 'American Heritage', 'Civil War', 'Race And Racism', 'Donald Trump', 'Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Trump’s Support for Confederate Base Names Has Nothing to Do With Respecting the Military,Slate,"President Donald Trump just dug himself in more deeply on the wrong side of history in the fast-changing consensus on the role and shame of racism in America. In a tweet Wednesday afternoon, Trump strongly opposed renaming the 10 U.S. Army bases that are named after Confederate officers. As he put it:
These Monumental and very Powerful Bases have become part of a Great American Heritage, and a history of Winning, Victory, and Freedom. The United States of America trained and deployed our HEROES on these Hallowed Grounds, and won...",left
2814,Trump Denies Calls to Rename Military Bases Memorializing Confederates,"['History', 'American Heritage', 'Civil War', 'Race And Racism', 'Donald Trump', 'Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Take the Confederate Names Off Our Army Bases,David Petraeus,"As I have watched Confederate monuments being removed by state and local governments, and sometimes by the forceful will of the American people, the fact that 10 U.S. Army installations are named for Confederate officers has weighed on me. That number includes the Army’s largest base, one very special to many in uniform: Fort Bragg, in North Carolina. The highway sign for Bragg proclaims it home of the airborne and special operations forces. I had three assignments there during my career. Soldiers stationed at Bragg are rightly proud to serve...",center
2815,Trump Denies Calls to Rename Military Bases Memorializing Confederates,"['History', 'American Heritage', 'Civil War', 'Race And Racism', 'Donald Trump', 'Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']",These are the Army bases named for Confederates,Fox News (Online News),"Those comments came after it was learned U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy will seek bipartisan support to change the names of the 10 Army bases named after confederates after protests against police brutality and racial injustice have given them new spotlight.
An Army spokesperson told Politico that Defense Secretary Mark Esper also supports the decision.
Former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus penned an opinion piece for The Atlantic saying, “it is time to remove the names of traitors like Benning and Bragg from our country’s most important military bases.”",right
2816,Iran Nuclear Agreement Reached,['Middle East'],Negotiators announce preliminary agreement on Iran nuke program,Fox News (Online News),"International negotiators announced the framework for an Iranian nuclear deal Thursday, capping days of exhaustive and tense talks that blew past their original deadline.
The preliminary agreement allows all sides -- the U.S., Iran and five other world powers -- to continue working toward a final agreement by a June 30 deadline.
Speaking in the Rose Garden shortly after negotiators unveiled the plan in Switzerland, President Obama called the agreement a ""historic understanding.""
""It is a good deal,"" Obama said.
With the framework, Obama may soon...",right
2817,Iran Nuclear Agreement Reached,['Middle East'],'Decisive Step' Reached With Iran,Politico,"The U.S., Iran and five world powers announced on Thursday that they have reached agreement on key elements of a preliminary deal on Iran’s nuclear program.
The agreement includes partial sanctions relief for the Islamic Republic if it is found in compliance with the deal, a more comprehensive, technical version of which is expected by June 30. It also includes several restrictions on Iran’s ability to enrich uranium, material that can be used either for energy production or in nuclear warheads, according to a statement by Federica Mogherini, the...",left
2818,Iran Nuclear Agreement Reached,['Middle East'],Iran and world powers agree on parameters of Iranian nuclear deal,Washington Post,"Negotiators from Iran and major world powers reached agreement Thursday on a framework for a final agreement to curb Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from international sanctions, participants in the marathon talks said.
They said the sides, including the United States and its key European allies, would promptly start drafting a final accord to be completed by a June 30 deadline.
“Big day,” tweeted Secretary of State John F. Kerry. He said the European Union, the six major world powers and Iran “now have parameters to resolve major...",left
2819,Trump Selects Alex Azar as HHS Nominee,['Healthcare'],"Trump nominates Alex Azar for HHS secretary, replacing Tom Price",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump announced that he will nominate Alex Azar as his Health and Human Services secretary, replacing Tom Price who was forced to resign in September amid a scandal over travel expenses.",right
2820,Trump Selects Alex Azar as HHS Nominee,['Healthcare'],Trump Picks Former Eli Lilly Drug Executive as Health Secretary,Bloomberg,President Donald Trump named former Eli Lilly & Co. executive Alex Azar to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services after the prior secretary resigned amid blowback over his taxpayer-funded private jet travel.,left
2821,Trump Selects Alex Azar as HHS Nominee,['Healthcare'],Trump selects former pharma executive Alex Azar to lead HHS,CBS News (Online),"President Trump has selected former pharmaceutical executive Alex Azar as his newest pick to lead the department of Health and Human Services.
Mr. Trump tweeted while overseas of his intentions to tap Azar, writing that Azar ""will be a star for better healthcare and lower drug prices!""",left
2822,New Bid on Healthcare Reform,['Healthcare'],Republicans hope to fake it till they make it with new twist on zombie Trumpcare,Daily Kos,"Congressional Republicans seem to be gearing up to shoot themselves in the foot on health care, again (how nice for them that they don’t have to worry about their coverage). Despite last month’s Trumpcare disaster and the growing popularity of Obamacare, Republicans have kept working on zombie Trumpcare, and now they seem to think they have the next plan they’re going to fail with, thanks to a deal between House Freedom Caucus chairman Mark Meadows and Tuesday Group co-chair Tom MacArthur.",left
2823,New Bid on Healthcare Reform,['Healthcare'],GOP makes new bid on Obamacare repeal,Politico,House Republicans are outlining a new deal that could revive their bid to repeal Obamacare — and set up an all-out sprint to make concrete progress on health care amid the specter of a government shutdown.,left
2824,New Bid on Healthcare Reform,['Healthcare'],"House GOP compromise on health care reform emerges, though centrists might still balk",Washington Times,An emerging House GOP compromise on health care would allow states to waive certain Obamacare protections with an eye toward driving down premiums for healthier customers and subsidizing sick people who would end up paying more through separate funding pools.,right
2825,Muhammad Ali Celebrated,['General News'],Muhammad Ali's hometown remembers champ at interfaith services,Fox News (Online News),"Muhammad Ali's younger brother wept, swayed to hymns and hugged anyone he could reach. He raised his hands to the sky, eyes closed, surrounded by congregants at the church where their father once worshipped.
Rahaman Ali took center stage at the two-hour service at King Solomon Missionary Baptist Church, sitting in a front-row pew with his wife, Caroline. The church is not far from the little pink house in Louisville's west end where the Ali brothers grew up.
It was one of several emotional remembrances Sunday as the...",right
2826,Muhammad Ali Celebrated,['General News'],The Guardian view on Muhammad Ali: a life of bravery,The Guardian,"Whether it was in the ring in his fights with Liston and Foreman, or in his defiance of the Vietnam draft and his public battle with Parkinson’s, Ali was the bravest of men. The tributes paid since his death was announced on Saturday have confirmed that for more than half a century Muhammad Ali was many things to many people in many lands. But if there was one quality that ran through his life like an unbroken thread, it was his bravery.
Bravery is one of those ancient virtues that...",left
2827,Muhammad Ali Celebrated,['General News'],Muhammad Ali: The face of 'real Islam',Al Jazeera,"At a time when Muslims in America are facing scorn and bigotry, the late boxing legend Muhammad Ali should be remembered as the true, peaceful face of Islam, residents of his home town say.
Hundreds of people filed past his childhood home in Louisville on Sunday, now a museum dedicated to his remarkable life, to honour the three-time heavyweight champion known simply as ""The Greatest"".
Mourners left flowers and other mementos remembered his sporting prowess and his activism, but also spoke of Ali and his Muslim faith and how his...",left
2828,GOP Nominee for NY Governor Assaulted During Campaign Event,"['Violence In America', 'New York', 'Lee Zeldin', 'Criminal Justice', '2022 Elections', 'Polarization', '2022 Gubernatorial Races']","Alleged Lee Zeldin attempted attacker charged with felony, immediately released just as congressman predicted",Fox News (Online News),"A man who allegedly attacked Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., with a sharp object at a campaign stop in Perinton, New York, Thursday evening was charged with a felony and released from custody within hours of his arrest, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department said. 
The suspect, identified as David G. Jakubonis, 43 of Fairport, N.Y., was charged with attempted assault in the second degree.
He was arraigned in Perinton Town Court and released on his own recognizance, the sheriff’s department said.
Zeldin, who is the Republican candidate for governor in New York, predicted the alleged attacker...",right
2829,GOP Nominee for NY Governor Assaulted During Campaign Event,"['Violence In America', 'New York', 'Lee Zeldin', 'Criminal Justice', '2022 Elections', 'Polarization', '2022 Gubernatorial Races']",GOP nominee for NY governor assaulted at rally,NewsNation,"The man accused of attacking U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for New York governor, at an upstate event Thursday is out of jail this morning. Meanwhile, the congressman says he’s doing OK after only suffering minor injuries.
Photos show what appears to be a two-bladed weapon clenched in the suspect’s fist as he approached Zeldin.
Zeldin’s campaign said the attacker was taken into custody and the congressman continued his speech.
“I’m OK,” Zeldin said in a statement. “Fortunately, I was able to grab his wrist and stop him for a few...",center
2830,GOP Nominee for NY Governor Assaulted During Campaign Event,"['Violence In America', 'New York', 'Lee Zeldin', 'Criminal Justice', '2022 Elections', 'Polarization', '2022 Gubernatorial Races']",GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin Attacked During NY Gubernatorial Campaign Event,HuffPost,"Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican nominee in New York’s governor race, was attacked during a campaign event in the town of Perinton, southeast of Rochester, on Thursday night.
As Zeldin was giving a speech at the Veterans of Foreign Wars, a man got on stage holding something in his hand, according to News 8 WROC.
Spectrum News reporter Nick Reisman obtained a witness’ video of the moment which shows a man wearing a hat approaching Zeldin, and appears to grab him by the arms as other people attempt to intervene. Zeldin,...",left
2831,Supreme Court to Review Birth Control Mandate,['Abortion'],Supreme Court to decide Obamacare birth control mandate,Washington Times,"The Supreme Court set up another showdown over President Obama’s health care law on Tuesday by taking on a pair of cases that challenge an administrative rule requiring many for-profit companies to insure birth control.
Hobby Lobby stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties are among dozens of large firms with religiously devout owners who say the “contraception mandate” tied to the Affordable Care Act infringes on their First Amendment right to religious freedom.",right
2832,Supreme Court to Review Birth Control Mandate,['Abortion'],Supreme Court To Take Up Controversial Birth Control Cases,HuffPost,"The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it will take up the question of whether a for-profit company can refuse to cover contraception for its employees because of religious objections.
Dozens of companies have sued the Obama administration over a rule in the Affordable Care Act requiring most employers -- with the exception of churches and religious non-profits -- to cover the full range of contraceptives in their health insurance plans. The Supreme Court will hear the most high-profile case, filed by the Christian-owned craft supply chain Hobby Lobby,...",left
2833,Supreme Court to Review Birth Control Mandate,['Abortion'],High Court to Review Health Law's Contraception Mandate,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Supreme Court said Tuesday it would decide whether for-profit employers can invoke their religious beliefs to deny contraceptive coverage to female employees who would otherwise be entitled to it under the Affordable Care Act, in a new case before the high court challenging part of President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul.
The 2010 federal law, most of which the high court upheld in June 2012, includes contraceptive coverage among the minimum package of benefits insurance policies must include. The Obama administration has exempted religiously affiliated nonprofit employers, such as Catholic...",center
2834,Cantor Upset in Primary,['Elections'],"Eric Cantor Defeated by David Brat, Tea Party Challenger, in Primary Upset",New York Times (News),"In one of the most stunning primary election upsets in congressional history, the House majority leader, Eric Cantor, was soundly defeated on Tuesday by a Tea Party-backed economics professor who had hammered him for being insufficiently conservative.
The result delivered a major jolt to the Republican Party — Mr. Cantor had widely been considered the top candidate to succeed Speaker John A. Boehner — and it has the potential to change both the debate in Washington on immigration and, possibly, the midterm elections.",left
2835,Cantor Upset in Primary,['Elections'],Cantor loses,Politico,"It wasn’t enough that Eric Cantor spent $1 million in the weeks leading up to the election, when his primary opponent hardly had $100,000 in his campaign coffers.
It didn’t matter that the House majority leader, 51, branded Dave Brat a liberal hack, and himself as the guardian of the Republican creed. On Tuesday night, Cantor, who was swept into the majority leader’s suite in a tea party wave, was swept out by the same movement.",left
2836,Cantor Upset in Primary,['Elections'],Cantor upset in Virginia GOP primary by Tea Party backed challenger,Fox News (Online News),"House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost his GOP Virginia primary race Tuesday night in a stunning upset to Tea Party-backed challenger Dave Brat.
Brat, an economics professor and political novice, latched onto the hot-button issue of immigration. And he accused Cantor, the No. 2 Republican in the GOP-led House, of supporting immigration legislation that would give “amnesty” to millions of people living illegally in the United States.",right
2837,Immigration Order - Facts and Questions,['Immigration'],Trump’s facile claim that his refugee policy is similar to Obama’s in 2011,Washington Post,"In justifying his controversial executive order halting travelers from seven majority-Muslim countries, President Trump claimed that President Barack Obama did the same thing in 2011. But the comparison is a bit facile.",left
2838,Immigration Order - Facts and Questions,['Immigration'],5 Questions About The Law And Trump's Immigration Order Listen· 5:54,NPR (Online News),"President Trump's executive order on immigration late Friday ignited nationwide protests — and a slew of legal challenges.
At least four federal judges across the country have blocked part of the order and temporarily ensured refugees and travelers who reached U.S. soil would not be deported.
Here's an explanation of what happened so far and what could come next.",left
2839,Immigration Order - Facts and Questions,['Immigration'],Trump’s Executive Order on Refugees — Separating Fact from Hysteria,National Review,The hysterical rhetoric about President Trump’s executive order on refugees is out of control. Let’s slow down and take a look at the facts.,right
2840,Super Tuesday 2,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Could This Be the Real 'Super Tuesday'? A Look at What's at Stake,CBN,"It's a big primary day in the race for the White House, with Donald Trump trying to lock down his GOP frontrunner status. Democrat Hillary Clinton is trying to do the same.",right
2841,Super Tuesday 2,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Will Rubio and Kasich still be in the race after Super Tuesday 2?,Washington Post,"It is not out of the question that Donald Trump could sweep all five states that vote on this second Super Tuesday: Florida, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio and Illinois. But a split decision of some kind seems more likely. John Kasich is closing strong and considered the favorite to prevail in his home state.",left
2842,Super Tuesday 2,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","On eve of Florida primary, Rubio airs regrets -- and alarm",CNN (Online News),"On the eve of the Florida primary, a reflective Marco Rubio looked out at a roaring crowd of diverse supporters and, once again, expressed regret.",left
2843,"A Year Behind Schedule, 2020 Tokyo Olympics Finally Begin","['Sports', 'Tokyo Olympics', 'Coronavirus', 'Japan', 'Asia', 'World']",Jill Biden attends Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony,The Hill,"First lady Jill Biden on Friday led the U.S. delegation to the opening ceremony in Tokyo to kick off a highly anticipated and unique Olympics. 
The Olympics are Biden’s first solo international trip as first lady. Biden was spotted in the audience of the opening ceremony, wearing a black mask.
The opening ceremony paid homage to the athletes who trained in isolation during the global pandemic, showing videos of athletes practicing at home. It also honored those who have died from COVID-19 around the world. 
Biden penned an open letter in NBC News to the...",center
2844,"A Year Behind Schedule, 2020 Tokyo Olympics Finally Begin","['Sports', 'Tokyo Olympics', 'Coronavirus', 'Japan', 'Asia', 'World']","About 100 US Olympians at Tokyo Games unvaccinated, official says",Fox News (Online News),"The Tokyo Olympics opened Friday under a cloud of uncertainty as the coronavirus pandemic still hangs over the entire world with some athletes contracting the illness even before the Games got underway.
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) said about 100 of the 613 U.S. athletes in Tokyo for the Olympics remain unvaccinated. USOPC medical director Dr. Jonathan Finnoff said 567 athletes have filled out their health histories and a resounding majority replied they were vaccinated.
""Eighty-three percent is actually a substantial number and we're quite happy with it,"" Finnoff said.
The International Olympic Committee estimated...",right
2845,"A Year Behind Schedule, 2020 Tokyo Olympics Finally Begin","['Sports', 'Tokyo Olympics', 'Coronavirus', 'Japan', 'Asia', 'World']","With Tokyo 2020 overshadowed by Covid-19, athletes are left to bring light to troubled Olympics",CNN (Online News),"The Covid-19 pandemic has loomed large over the Tokyo Olympics ever since last year's postponement, shaping a Games the like of which has never been seen before.
When the opening ceremony gets underway on Friday, it will put an end to months of speculation over whether the Olympics would be even able to go ahead, as well as prompting further questions about how Covid-19 could shape the weeks to come.
Tokyo 2020 will host about 11,000 athletes -- representing more than 200 countries -- and they will be staying in 21 residential buildings.
However,...",left
2846,Will Pence Release Taxes?,['Taxes'],"Mike Pence May Break With Donald Trump, Again, Over Tax Returns",New York Times (News),"Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, suggested Saturday that he might release his tax returns before Election Day, even as his running mate has shown no inclination of doing the same.
Breaking with campaign custom, the Republican presidential nominee, Donald J. Trump, has refused to release his returns. On Friday, the Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, and her running mate, Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, made public their own 2015 returns, while pointedly noting that Mr. Trump had not.",left
2847,Will Pence Release Taxes?,['Taxes'],Watch: Pence silent on releasing tax returns,Washington Examiner,"Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence was asked repeatedly by reporters Saturday if he will be releasing his tax returns.
The Indiana governor repeatedly ignored the multiple questions from reporters about whether he will release his tax returns.
Pence is seen at a Columbia, Ind., farmers market in a Twitter video by New York",right
2848,Will Pence Release Taxes?,['Taxes'],Pence Vows to Release Taxes by Election Day: 'A Quick Read',Newsmax (News),"Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence said Saturday that he would release his taxes before Election Day in November.
""I promise you, when my forms are filed and when my tax returns are released, it’s going to be a quick read,"" Pence told ""Election Central with Rita Cosby"" on WABC Radio in New York. ""The Pences have not become more wealthy as a result of 16 years in public service.",right
2849,Will Christie Run,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Christie: Focused on New Jersey, Not on Seeking Presidency",Newsmax (News),"Newly re-elected New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie insisted Sunday he is focused on running his state, not on any speculation he might seek the GOP presidential nomination in 2016.
But he sounded a lot like a candidate, tempering his typically blunt responses, while downplaying actions he has taken that might not play well with tea party voters.
""I know everybody's going to be speculating about what may come in my future and lots of other people's future in our party, but the fact is, I'm focused on being the governor...",right
2850,Will Christie Run,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Christie won't commit to serving full term in New Jersey,CNN (Online News),"Chris Christie won't say how long he'll spend as governor of New Jersey.
The newly re-elected governor said his focus is on his home state, but acknowledged he could prematurely leave the governor’s mansion to pursue his presidential ambitions.
When ABC's George Stephanopoulos asked Christie if he expected to serve all four years of his term as governor, Christie sidestepped the question.",left
2851,Will Christie Run,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Chris Christie: Gun Control 'Can Be' A Part Of Violence Control,HuffPost,"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) shrugged off the suggestion that he's not conservative enough to win the Republican presidential nomination on Sunday and stood by his belief that gun control can be a necessary part of violence prevention.
""If you look at what we've done in New Jersey, we want to control violence,"" Christie told Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday. ""And some of that may involve firearms, but a lot of it doesn't.""",left
2852,GOP Health Plan Threatened,['Healthcare'],"Rand Paul and 3 Others Reject Senate GOP Health Plan, Threatening Bill",CBN,"Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., says he and three other GOP senators oppose the health bill as written, putting passage in jeopardy.",right
2853,GOP Health Plan Threatened,['Healthcare'],Senate Health Care Bill Could Be In Jeopardy As Conservatives Announce Opposition,NPR (Online News),"Senate Republicans' health care bill may already be on life support, with four key lawmakers announcing their opposition just hours after the GOP's latest effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act was released.",left
2854,GOP Health Plan Threatened,['Healthcare'],4 Republican senators 'not ready to vote' for health care bill,ABC News (Online),"Senate Republican leaders unveiled what they called a ""discussion draft"" of their long-awaited health care bill, a part of the party's ongoing efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.",left
2855,Election Tech CEO Charged With Stealing Data About Poll Workers,"['Elections', 'Technology', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Media Bias', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",Who is Eugene Yu? Konnech CEO Arrested Over Alleged Data Theft,Newsweek,"The founder and CEO of an elections technology company targeted by election deniers was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of stealing poll worker data.
Eugene Yu, 51, of Konnech Corporation, was arrested in Meridian Township in Michigan on Tuesday and held on suspicion of theft of personal identifying information, Los Angeles County district attorney George Gascón said in a statement.
The district attorney's office is seeking his extradition to California.
Computer hard drives and other ""digital evidence"" were seized by investigators from the LA County district attorney's office.",center
2856,Election Tech CEO Charged With Stealing Data About Poll Workers,"['Elections', 'Technology', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Media Bias', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",‘Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory’ Apparently Turns Out To Be Real In Under 24 Hours,The Daily Caller,"The New York Times initially framed a story on an election software company’s connection to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as a “right-wing conspiracy theory,” but within 24 hours the story turned out to be true.
A Times article published Tuesday reported that “right-wing” election deniers in Arizona had crafted a conspiracy theory that election software company Konnech had secret ties to the CCP and gave the party access to personal information about two million U.S. poll workers.
The following morning, the company’s top executive, Eugene Yu, was arrested for the alleged theft of...",right
2857,Election Tech CEO Charged With Stealing Data About Poll Workers,"['Elections', 'Technology', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Media Bias', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",Arrest made in LA election worker data theft,CBS News (Online),"Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced Tuesday an arrest in connection with an investigation into the theft of personal data of election workers. 
The suspect, a Chief Executive Officer out of Michigan, is accused of stealing personal data from LA County election workers. He is currently in custody in Michigan.
Konnech Corp. CEO Eugene Yu was arrested on suspicion of theft of personal identifying information by investigators from the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office Bureau of Investigation, with assistance from the Meridian Township Police Department, District Attorney...",left
2858,Putin’s Nuclear Threats: Serious Warning or Desperate Bluff?,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Nuclear Arms', 'Ukraine']","Yes, Putin might use nuclear weapons. We need to plan for scenarios where he does",The Guardian,"News of the Ukrainian army’s recent advances swept across western capitals like fresh air. A war that was for months mired in crushing artillery fire had suddenly opened up. Russian forces, outmaneuvered by the Ukrainian army, fled, again proving weaker than anyone expected. Hopes lifted that Ukraine could win the war and force their tormentor back to the prewar battlelines – and perhaps further.
Russia shared the same assessment. Vladimir Putin knows his military is badly damaged and getting weaker. The Russian president responded with military mobilization and preparations to...",left
2859,Putin’s Nuclear Threats: Serious Warning or Desperate Bluff?,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Nuclear Arms', 'Ukraine']","Putin is on the ropes and US, NATO must call his bluff with these 3 lines of support",Fox News (Opinion),"Russian President Vladimir Putin knows that the abject failure of his ""special military operation"" in Ukraine now represents the greatest threat he has ever faced to his own regime security. 
The Department of Defense estimates that over 80,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in a war, which Putin said would last days but is now in its seventh month.  Ukraine’s blistering counteroffensive in Kharkiv, which featured crossing the strategic Oskil river, has cornered Putin. 
Putin has been forced to rely on North Korea for artillery and Iran for...",right
2860,Putin’s Nuclear Threats: Serious Warning or Desperate Bluff?,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Nuclear Arms', 'Ukraine']",Putin’s ‘incredibly dangerous’ nuclear threats raise the risk of an unprecedented disaster,CNBC,"Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ultimatum to the West drastically increases the risk of a nuclear conflict, analysts and campaigners warned, with world leaders denouncing what they describe as “reckless” and “irresponsible” threats.
Speaking in a rare televised address Wednesday, Putin called up extra forces for the war in Ukraine and warned that if the territorial integrity of Russia was threatened, the Kremlin would “certainly use all the means at our disposal to protect Russia and our people. It is not a bluff.”
It was widely interpreted as a threat that...",center
2861,Idaho Gay Marriage Ban Struck Down,['LGBT Rights'],Idaho ban on gay marriage struck down,Politico,"A federal magistrate judge ruled Tuesday that Idaho’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
U.S. District Magistrate Judge Candy Dale wrote in the decision that Idaho’s laws banning same-sex marriage unconstitutionally deny gay and lesbian citizens their fundamental right to marry.
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/idaho-gay-marriage-ban-struck-down...",left
2862,Idaho Gay Marriage Ban Struck Down,['LGBT Rights'],Same Sex Marriage: Stealing Heresy From God,Townhall,"Anyone who opposes same-sex marriage is wrong, says the “gay mafia”—the term the liberal TV personality Bill Maher gave to homosexual activists who “whack” dissenters. According to them, same sex marriage is now not only a “right,” no one has the right to oppose it. This new right is so powerful it has completely wiped out the old rights that our founding fathers enshrined in our Constitution: freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of association.",right
2863,Idaho Gay Marriage Ban Struck Down,['LGBT Rights'],We're on the brink of a majority of gay Americans being able to marry,Washington Post,"Following a Federal Judge's Decision That gay Couples in Idaho CAN Legally Marry as of Friday, the number of States That allow same-Sex Marriage Jumps to 19 . But despite Being Fewer than half of the States, back-of-the-envelope Calculations suggest that just about half of the US gay population lives in a state that allows gay marriage. And if you consider states that have same-sex marriage decisions on hold, that percentage is poised to pass 60 p",left
2864,Supreme Court to Open New Term While Confirmation Hearings Continue,"['Supreme Court', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']",Supreme Court opens new term at the center of America’s bitter political divide,Washington Post,"The Supreme Court opens its new term Monday at the forefront of the national political conversation, but with its future uncertain and the unwelcome prospect of deciding a divisive presidential election on the horizon.
With Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the bench still draped in black crepe, the eight remaining justices will gather via teleconference to tackle a docket that, for now, is not nearly as controversial as the last.
That term saw the court strike a restrictive state abortion law, decide LGBTQ workers are protected by federal anti-discrimination...",left
2865,Supreme Court to Open New Term While Confirmation Hearings Continue,"['Supreme Court', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']",'Can move forward': Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett tests negative for coronavirus,Washington Examiner,"Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, has tested negative for COVID-19.
White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere told the Washington Examiner on Friday morning that Barrett, who has recently been making the rounds on Capitol Hill and meeting with senators, is coronavirus-free.
“Judge Barrett was with the president last on Saturday when she was nominated. Judge Barrett is tested daily for COVID-19 — she has tested negative,” Deere, who is also a special assistant to the president, said.
“She is following CDC guidance and best...",right
2866,Supreme Court to Open New Term While Confirmation Hearings Continue,"['Supreme Court', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']","U.S. Supreme Court nominee's confirmation hearings on track, McConnell says",Reuters,"U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Saturday that Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings will proceed as planned even though two Republicans on the Judiciary Committee had contracted the coronavirus. Senators Thom Tillis and Mike Lee, who sit on the panel that will preside over the hearings, tested positive for COVID-19 in the past day. Both were at the White House on Sept. 26 when President Donald Trump introduced Barrett as his nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last month.
Trump...",center
2867,Scott Walker Signs Bill Limiting Powers of Incoming Wisconsin Democratic Governor,['Politics'],"Outgoing Gov. Walker signs bills restricting successor, as Dems cry foul",Fox News (Online News),"Outgoing Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker, facing an outcry from Democrats who accuse him of trying to weaken the power of the Democrat who will succeed him as governor, signed",right
2868,Scott Walker Signs Bill Limiting Powers of Incoming Wisconsin Democratic Governor,['Politics'],Scott Walker Signs Wisconsin GOP’s Massive Power Grab Into Law,HuffPost,Walker is making sure that his Democratic successor won’t be as powerful as he was.,left
2869,Scott Walker Signs Bill Limiting Powers of Incoming Wisconsin Democratic Governor,['Politics'],Walker signs bills to weaken Dem successor in Wisconsin,The Hill,Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) on Friday signed a package of legislation that will take powers away from his Democratic successor and the state’s incoming Democratic attorney general.,center
2870,Iran Deal a Go,['Middle East'],Sen. Mikulski's Support Ensures Iran Deal Will Withstand GOP Challenge,NPR (Online News),"Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski announced Wednesday that she will support the Iran nuclear agreement, giving the White House the final vote needed to protect the accord from a Republican-led effort to defeat the measure.
With her endorsement, Mikulski became the crucial 34th vote needed to sustain President Obama's expected veto should Congress pass a measure to block the agreement.",left
2871,Iran Deal a Go,['Middle East'],Senate Dems get 34th vote to hand Obama victory on Iran deal,Washington Times,"Senate Democrats have rallied the 34 votes they need to keep the Iran nuclear deal alive in Congress, handing President Barack Obama a major foreign policy victory.
Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland became the crucial 34th vote Wednesday morning, declaring the agreement is the best way to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Congress is to vote later this month on a resolution disapproving the deal, which",right
2872,Iran Deal a Go,['Middle East'],Obama's Iran Deal Will Survive As 34th Senator Announces Support,HuffPost,"A nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers that promises to fundamentally alter the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East and beyond will not die in the U.S. Congress.
On Wednesday, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) announced that she would support the agreement, becoming the 34th member of the Senate to do so. In offering her backing, Mikulski, who is retiring in 2016, assured that President Barack Obama will dodge a Republican-led effort to kill the deal. Although a resolution of disapproval may still pass the chamber, the White House...",left
2873,Quantico Shooting,['Violence In America'],Three Marines die in shootings at Quantico,Washington Post,A spokesman said the suspected gunman took his own life after killing two Marines at the base.,left
2874,Quantico Shooting,['Violence In America'],Murder-suicide at Quantico Marine base latest signal to Pentagon of troubles,Christian Science Monitor,A double homicide at the Marines base in Quantico followed by the suicide of a Marine in his barracks appears linked to a relationship dispute.,center
2875,Quantico Shooting,['Violence In America'],"3 Marines, including gunman, dead in shooting at Marine Base Quantico",Fox News (Online News),Authorities tell Fox News a shooting incident has been reported on the base but provided no other details.,right
2876,Panel Investigating COVID-19's Origins Releases First Report,"['Coronavirus', 'Wuhan Lab', 'China', 'WHO']",The WHO Finally Admits The Lab Leak Might Be Worth Checking Out,The Daily Caller,"The World Health Organization’s new advisory group tasked with investigating the origin of COVID-19 said Thursday that the lab-leak theory warrants another look.
The Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) released its preliminary report Thursday, the first results of its work to find the origin of COVID-19. The report still claims that a natural origin of SARS-CoV-2 followed by a spillover from animal to human is the most likely origin for the pandemic, but says that the lab leak theory deserves further scrutiny as well.
“The current available...",right
2877,Panel Investigating COVID-19's Origins Releases First Report,"['Coronavirus', 'Wuhan Lab', 'China', 'WHO']","What the WHO says on how to find COVID-19's origins, prepare for next pandemic",Reuters,"A panel of experts drafted by the World Health Organization to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare a framework to investigate future outbreaks has published its first report.
The panel, set up in October, comprises 26 experts from around the world and is called the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO).
Its work follows a previous WHO-China report on COVID-19, and a U.S. intelligence inquiry, both of which pointed towards a natural origin for the pandemic, likely from bats, rather than a lab...",center
2878,Panel Investigating COVID-19's Origins Releases First Report,"['Coronavirus', 'Wuhan Lab', 'China', 'WHO']",'More work' to be done': Key takeaways from the WHO report on origins of the Covid-19 pandemic,CNN (Online News),"A team of international scientists tasked with understanding how the coronavirus pandemic began released their first report on Thursday, saying that all hypothesis remain on the table, including a possible laboratory incident.
The 27-member scientific advisory group convened by the World Health Organization said available data suggests the virus jumped from animals to humans but gaps in ""key pieces of data"" meant a complete understanding of the pandemic's origins could not be established.
The team, called the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO), was formed last year to...",left
2879,Meta Stock Sinks as Facebook Loses Users for the First Time,"['Business', 'Technology', 'Facebook', 'Meta', 'Metaverse', 'Mark Zuckerberg', 'Wall Street', 'Stock Market', 'Social Media', 'TikTok', 'Instagram', 'WhatsApp']",Facebook parent Meta loses $200B in value as users abandon site,New York Post (News),"Facebook and Instagram owner Meta saw $200 billion of its market value vanish into thin air late Wednesday and early Thursday, showing that slowing user growth is more dangerous to Mark Zuckerberg’s social media colossus than any whistleblower. 
Meta shares were changing hands at $248.00 in pre-market trading early Thursday — about 23% lower than Wednesday’s closing price of $323.00.
The corresponding $200 billion hole in Meta’s market value amounts to the largest one-day wipeout of a single company’s value in history. ",right
2880,Meta Stock Sinks as Facebook Loses Users for the First Time,"['Business', 'Technology', 'Facebook', 'Meta', 'Metaverse', 'Mark Zuckerberg', 'Wall Street', 'Stock Market', 'Social Media', 'TikTok', 'Instagram', 'WhatsApp']",Facebook lost daily users for the first time ever last quarter,The Verge,"Since its inception, Facebook’s user growth has essentially been up and to the right. But on Wednesday, it reported its first-ever quarterly decline of daily users globally, along with lower-than-expected ad growth that sent its stock plunging roughly 20 percent.
The massive stock drop, which instantly wiped out roughly $200 billion in market value, shows that Facebook’s corporate rebrand to Meta isn’t enough to distract investors from the problems in its core business of social media. Not only was user growth across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp essentially flat last quarter, but the...",left
2881,Meta Stock Sinks as Facebook Loses Users for the First Time,"['Business', 'Technology', 'Facebook', 'Meta', 'Metaverse', 'Mark Zuckerberg', 'Wall Street', 'Stock Market', 'Social Media', 'TikTok', 'Instagram', 'WhatsApp']",Facebook: Daily active users fall for first time in 18-year history,BBC News,"Social media giant Facebook has seen its daily active users (DAUs) drop for the first time in its 18-year history.
Facebook's parent company Meta Networks says DAUs fell to 1.929bn in the three months to the end of December, compared to 1.930bn in the previous quarter.
The firm also warned of slowing revenue growth in the face of competition from rivals like TikTok and YouTube, while advertisers are also cutting spending.
Meta's shares slumped by more than 20% in after-hours trading in New York.
The slide in Meta's share price...",center
2882,Trump Backtracks on Abortion Comments,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump Backtracks on Abortion Comments after Backlash,CBN,Republican front-runner Donald Trump is once again making waves – this time because of a controversial comment about abortion.,right
2883,Trump Backtracks on Abortion Comments,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why Trump's abortion comments scare Republicans,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump's suggestion that women who get abortions should face ""some form of punishment"" if the practice is banned is giving the #NeverTrump movement new urgency.",left
2884,Trump Backtracks on Abortion Comments,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The scariest thing about Donald Trump’s abortion comments,Salon,"Trump said that women who get abortions should be ""punished"" if it becomes illegal. In reality, they already are.",left
2885,AG Barr Says DOJ Hasn't Found Evidence of Decisive Voter Fraud,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Justice Department', 'William Barr']",Bill Barr Just Kneecapped Trump’s Election Conspiracy Theory,Vice,"Trump’s attorney general just took a pair of pliers and a blowtorch to the president’s ongoing and bizarre election conspiracy theories.
There’s simply no evidence to back up Trump’s assertion that the election was stolen from him, Attorney General William Barr told the Associated Press in an interview published Tuesday.
“To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election,” Barr told the AP.
Barr told the agency that federal prosecutors and FBI agents have been following up specific...",left
2886,AG Barr Says DOJ Hasn't Found Evidence of Decisive Voter Fraud,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Justice Department', 'William Barr']",AG Barr says no evidence of fraud that would change 2020 election outcome,New York Post (News),"Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud that would alter the 2020 presidential election outcome.
In an interview with the Associated Press, the nation’s top law enforcement officer said US attorneys and FBI agents have been looking into specific complaints and other information they have received, but have found nothing that would change the outcome of the election.
“To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election,” Barr told...",right
2887,AG Barr Says DOJ Hasn't Found Evidence of Decisive Voter Fraud,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Justice Department', 'William Barr']",US attorney general finds 'no voter fraud that could overturn election',BBC News,"US Attorney General William Barr, a top ally of President Trump, has said the Justice Department has found no evidence of fraud in the 2020 election.
""To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election,"" said the top US law enforcement agent.
His comments are seen as a big blow to Mr Trump, who has not accepted defeat.
He and his campaign have filed lawsuits in states that he lost, as they begin certifying Joe Biden as the winner....",center
2888,"MLK Day Draws Attention to Voting Bills, Filibuster Reform","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'US Senate', 'Politics', 'Filibuster', 'Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Race And Racism', 'State Governments', 'John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act', 'MLK Day']","The filibuster is unbearable, odious and infuriating. We better not get rid of it.",Pete Weichlein,"President Biden and Senate Democrats have a special gift in mind for what would have been the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 93rd birthday: declaring hyperpartisanship an insurmountable reality and capitulating accordingly.
Specifically, in order to advance voting rights legislation, Democrats are on the brink of eliminating the Senate filibuster, a 60-vote threshold for moving legislation forward, to make it possible to pass bills with a simple majority of 51 votes. It strikes me as both ironic and cynical that this craven surrender to partisanship is attached to King, a...",center
2889,"MLK Day Draws Attention to Voting Bills, Filibuster Reform","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'US Senate', 'Politics', 'Filibuster', 'Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Race And Racism', 'State Governments', 'John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act', 'MLK Day']",Democrats play with filibuster fire,David Marcus,"Sens. Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, and their party fellows in the Senate are facing a dilemma. Should they blow up the legislative filibuster to pass their inaptly named Voting Rights Bill, or preserve it to defend against Republicans doing the same when they have a majority?
We have seen this play out before. In 2013, the Senate majority leader, the recently deceased Harry Reid, went nuclear to remove the 67-vote threshold for all presidential nominees except Supreme Court justices. Four years later, and right on cue Sen. Mitch McConnell, in the same...",right
2890,"MLK Day Draws Attention to Voting Bills, Filibuster Reform","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'US Senate', 'Politics', 'Filibuster', 'Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Race And Racism', 'State Governments', 'John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act', 'MLK Day']","MLK's eldest son: We want legislation, not celebration",Multiple Writers - Lean Left,"When our daughter, Yolanda Renee King, was born in 2008, her voting rights were more secure than they are today, on the holiday to commemorate her grandfather Martin Luther King Jr.'s 93rd birthday.
Over the past 13 years since our greatest joy came into the world, the Supreme Court has twice-over gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a historic bill Yolanda's grandfather and countless other non-violent resistance leaders bled to secure. In the year between Yolanda's 12th and 13th birthdays, state legislatures passed 34 suppressive laws in 19 states that make it harder...",left
2891,Trump Calls for Boycott of Goodyear Tires,"['Boycotts', 'Boycott', 'Freedom Of Speech', 'MAGA', 'Trump Campaign', 'Business', 'Donald Trump']","Trump calls for Goodyear boycott after reported ban on MAGA gear for workers, company responds",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Wednesday urged Americans against purchasing Goodyear tires over a reported ban on wearing MAGA hats and politically affiliated slogans for employees.
“Don’t buy GOODYEAR TIRES—They announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS,” Trump tweeted Wednesday. “Get better tires for far less!”
Trump added: “(This is what the Radical Left Democrats do. Two can play the same game, and we have to start playing it now!).”",right
2892,Trump Calls for Boycott of Goodyear Tires,"['Boycotts', 'Boycott', 'Freedom Of Speech', 'MAGA', 'Trump Campaign', 'Business', 'Donald Trump']",Trump urges boycott of Goodyear tires after MAGA attire report,The Hill,"President Trump on Wednesday discouraged Americans from purchasing Goodyear tires after it was reported that company employees in Kansas were told not to wear “Make America Great Again” attire or other politically-affiliated gear.
“Don’t buy GOODYEAR TIRES - They announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS. Get better tires for far less!” Trump tweeted Wednesday morning, adding in parentheses, “This is what the Radical Left Democrats do. Two can play the same game, and we have to start playing it now!”",center
2893,Trump Calls for Boycott of Goodyear Tires,"['Boycotts', 'Boycott', 'Freedom Of Speech', 'MAGA', 'Trump Campaign', 'Business', 'Donald Trump']",Trump 'cancels' Goodyear tires as he campaigns against 'cancel culture',CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump is calling on his followers to not buy Goodyear tires, despite previously railing against ""cancel culture,"" after an employee posted a viral photo of a company policy banning ""Make America Great Again"" and other political attire in the workplace.
""Don't buy GOODYEAR TIRES - They announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS. Get better tires for far less! (This is what the Radical Left Democrats do. Two can play the same game, and we have to start playing it now!),"" he tweeted Wednesday morning.
The tweet came in...",left
2894,Political World Reacts to Bipartisan Gun Safety Deal,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'US Senate', 'Politics', 'Media Industry', 'Gun Violence', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Chris Murphy', 'John Cornyn', 'Bipartisanship', 'Joe Biden', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mitch McConnell']",What's next for the Senate's bipartisan gun deal,Axios,"The bipartisan gun safety deal announced today falls well short of what President Biden has called for but still marks the first time in decades Republicans have shown a willingness to do anything resembling progress in this arena.
Why it matters: Narrowing the scope of negotiations to rule out restrictions on gun ownership was critical to securing the support of 10 Republicans — but there are still plenty of opportunities for the wheels to fall off.",center
2895,Political World Reacts to Bipartisan Gun Safety Deal,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'US Senate', 'Politics', 'Media Industry', 'Gun Violence', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Chris Murphy', 'John Cornyn', 'Bipartisanship', 'Joe Biden', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mitch McConnell']",Senate compromise on guns is a real breakthrough -- yet a tenuous and modest step,CNN (Online News),"Ten Republican senators appear ready to answer pleas from anguished relatives of recent mass shootings to ""do something"" by defying their own party's dogma on gun reforms.
The group struck a deal with Democrats on Sunday that could lead to more spending on mental health care, school security, extra scrutiny of young gun buyers and incentives to states to temporarily confiscate weapons from those deemed a threat.
Critically, the size of the group of senators brings the promise of overcoming the Senate filibuster, the procedural block requiring 60 votes that has allowed...",left
2896,Political World Reacts to Bipartisan Gun Safety Deal,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'US Senate', 'Politics', 'Media Industry', 'Gun Violence', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Chris Murphy', 'John Cornyn', 'Bipartisanship', 'Joe Biden', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mitch McConnell']",My Fellow Conservatives: We Should Support the New Bipartisan Gun Deal,Ari Hoffman,"A bipartisan group of 20 United States senators—10 Republicans and 10 Democrats—has announced that they've reached a ""breakthrough agreement on gun violence."" Lawmakers have faced enormous pressure to act in the wake of the horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that left 21 dead, 19 of them children. And it looks like for the first time in 30 years, they have delivered on this front. The agreement, which was announced Sunday, includes enhanced background checks for gun buyers under 21, funding for red-flag laws, and a provision barring domestic abusers from buying...",right
2897,Surge of Migrants Expected at Southern Border as Fast-Track Deportations End,"['Immigration', 'Title 42', 'Border Control', 'Border Crisis']",GOP homes in on border as midterm issue,The Hill,"Republicans are zeroing in on the border as a midterm attack issue on Democrats, seeing a political opportunity in the Biden administration’s decision to revoke a key restriction known as Title 42.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) held a briefing with GOP members and officials from the Border Patrol’s labor union Monday to talk about the impact of lifting the policy.
“Have you watched some of the footage of what goes on just on the other side of the border? Looks like it comes from Ukraine,” McCarthy told reporters.
The Title 42 policy,...",center
2898,Surge of Migrants Expected at Southern Border as Fast-Track Deportations End,"['Immigration', 'Title 42', 'Border Control', 'Border Crisis']",We're expecting a big increase in migrants at the US-Mexico border. But this time is different,CNN (Online News),"More migrants are coming to the US-Mexico border, and officials say they expect the number to grow.
This is something we've seen many times before. But some key details are different this time around.
Here's a look at what's changing, why it's happening now and why it matters.
There's a huge backlog of migrants waiting to cross
For two years, a pandemic public health order has been in place that stopped many migrants from crossing the border and seeking asylum in the United States. The policy is known as Title...",left
2899,Surge of Migrants Expected at Southern Border as Fast-Track Deportations End,"['Immigration', 'Title 42', 'Border Control', 'Border Crisis']",Texas border residents fed up as migrant influx worsens: 'We don't know' who's coming in,Fox News (Online News),"Texas resident Bonnie Elbert, Pastor Luis Cabrera and U.S. congressional candidate Mayra Flores shared their firsthand accounts of the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border as the situation continues to worsen with the planned end of Title 42 in May.
New footage released Tuesday showed the mass release of single adult migrants into the country in Brownsville, Texas. 
""We don’t even know what people are getting on that bus,"" Pastor Cabrera said on ""Fox & Friends"" Wednesday. 
""People are coming across this land, and we don’t even know who they are."" 
Bonnie Elbert, a mother of six and...",right
2900,IRS Misses Congressional Deadline To Turn Over Trump Tax Returns,"['Trump Tax Returns', 'IRS', 'Treasury', 'Banking And Finance']",IRS blows deadline to hand over Trump tax returns,Politico,"Steve Mnuchin says the final decision on the release of Trump’s tax returns is coming next month.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin left little doubt Tuesday that the administration will reject a congressional request for President Donald Trump's tax returns by a self-imposed May 6 target for a ""final decision,"" setting the stage for a legal battle that will test the limits of congressional oversight.
In a 10-page letter to House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.), who formally requested Trump's returns on April 3, Mnuchin questioned Neal's motives and...",left
2901,IRS Misses Congressional Deadline To Turn Over Trump Tax Returns,"['Trump Tax Returns', 'IRS', 'Treasury', 'Banking And Finance']",Treasury misses second Dem deadline on Trump tax returns,The Hill,"The Treasury Department on Tuesday missed a second deadline from House Democrats to provide President Trump’s tax returns.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a letter that the department can't act on the request ""unless and until it is determined to be consistent with law.""
He said that he expects Treasury to provide the House Ways and Means Committee with a final decision by May 6 after receiving legal conclusions from the Department of Justice.
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) had given the IRS until Tuesday at...",center
2902,IRS Misses Congressional Deadline To Turn Over Trump Tax Returns,"['Trump Tax Returns', 'IRS', 'Treasury', 'Banking And Finance']",IRS Fails to Meet Congressional Deadline to Hand Over Trump Tax Returns,Newsmax (News),"The U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday failed to meet a congressional deadline for turning over President Donald Trump's tax returns to lawmakers, setting the stage for a court battle between Congress and the administration.
The outcome, which was widely expected, could prompt House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal to subpoena Trump's tax records as the opening salvo to a legal fight that may ultimately have to be settled by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Neal set a final 5 p.m. EDT deadline for the IRS and Treasury to...",right
2903,White House Announces $13 Billion in Aid to Puerto Rico,"['2020 Election', 'White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Puerto Rico', 'Hurricane Maria', 'FEMA', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Disaster', 'General News']",White House announces $11.6 billion aid for Puerto Rico,Reuters,"The federal government will award an $11.6 billion aid package to Puerto Rico, focused on the territory’s energy and education systems, to help the island recover from the devastation brought by 2017’s Hurricane Maria, the White House said on Friday.
The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) will provide $9.6 billion in funding for the Puerto Rico Electrical Power Authority to make replacements, repairs and improvements to equipment and buildings, the White House said.
An additional $2 billion grant for Puerto Rico’s Education Department will “focus on restoring school buildings and...",center
2904,White House Announces $13 Billion in Aid to Puerto Rico,"['2020 Election', 'White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Puerto Rico', 'Hurricane Maria', 'FEMA', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Disaster', 'General News']",Trump administration announces $13 billion in additional aid to Puerto Rico,CNN (Online News),"The Trump administration on Friday announced $13 billion in additional aid to Puerto Rico to help with rebuilding in the aftermath of 2017's Hurricane Maria.
Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced tweeted Friday morning that Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Pete Gaynor told her that $13 billion has been approved. She thanked the White House and President Donald Trump.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany touted the $13 billion FEMA award as two of the agency's ""largest grants ever"" in a statement. It will include a $11.6 billion federal...",left
2905,White House Announces $13 Billion in Aid to Puerto Rico,"['2020 Election', 'White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Puerto Rico', 'Hurricane Maria', 'FEMA', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Disaster', 'General News']",White House announces $13B aid package for Puerto Rico,Fox News (Online News),"The White House on Friday announced a $13 billion aid package for Puerto Rico, three years after the territory was hit by Hurricane Maria.
""Under the leadership of President Trump, FEMA will award almost $13 billion to help rebuild Puerto Rico’s electrical grid system and spur recovery of the territory’s education system—the largest obligations of funding ever awarded,"" the statement from the White House said, adding that it includes a federal share of $11.6 billion for the projects.
""Together, these grants exceed the total Public Assistance funding in any single...",right
2906,Nancy Pelosi Rejects Standalone Airline Aid Without Broader Stimulus,"['Nancy Pelosi', 'Steven Mnuchin', 'Donald Trump', 'Airlines', 'Coronavirus', 'Economic Policy', 'Stimulus', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",Pelosi Says No Action on Airline Aid Without Bigger Stimulus,Bloomberg,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday there could be no action on a stand-alone bill to aid airlines or any other sector of the economy without an agreement with the White House and Republicans on a broader economic stimulus package.
Her remarks suggested that there would be no quick relief for airlines or resolution of the standoff over aiding the U.S. economy, even as there are signs the recovery could weaken without further stimulus.
Pelosi has rebuffed President Donald Trump’s called for Congress to pass relief legislation piecemeal, though she...",left
2907,Nancy Pelosi Rejects Standalone Airline Aid Without Broader Stimulus,"['Nancy Pelosi', 'Steven Mnuchin', 'Donald Trump', 'Airlines', 'Coronavirus', 'Economic Policy', 'Stimulus', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",Pelosi Ties Airlines Aid to Broader Stimulus Bill,Wall Street Journal (News),"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) signaled Thursday she wouldn’t support a stand-alone airline relief bill without a broader coronavirus aid package, the latest twist in late efforts to pass more economic relief before the election.
Mrs. Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin were expected to talk Thursday about potential aid for airlines, which have been pummeled by the coronavirus pandemic.
“There is not going to be any stand-alone bill unless there is a bigger bill and it can be part of that, or it could be in addition to...",center
2908,Nancy Pelosi Rejects Standalone Airline Aid Without Broader Stimulus,"['Nancy Pelosi', 'Steven Mnuchin', 'Donald Trump', 'Airlines', 'Coronavirus', 'Economic Policy', 'Stimulus', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",'Not going to happen': Pelosi rejects narrow aid bill to bail out struggling airlines,Washington Examiner,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she won’t agree to a narrow bill to bail out the struggling airline industry, telling reporters it would have to be part of a much bigger package.
Pelosi, a California Democrat, contradicted reports that she held talks with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on a measure that would provide $25 billion to the airlines, which have seen a steep decline in business due to the coronavirus and the subsequent stalling of the economy.
“It’s not going to happen,” Pelosi told reporters who asked about the talks....",right
2909,Supreme Court Reviews Campaign Finance,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Supreme Court Weighs Campaign Contribution Limits,New York Times (News),The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed prepared to strike down a part of federal campaign finance law left intact by its decision in Citizens United in 2010: overall limits on direct contributions from individuals to candidates.,left
2910,Supreme Court Reviews Campaign Finance,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Supreme Court signals skepticism of campaign finance limits,Washington Times,"The Supreme Court seemed skeptical Tuesday of the web of campaign finance regulations they and Congress have left in place, as the justices heard a case that legal analysts said could end up erasing one of the remaining campaign finance limits on individuals.",right
2911,Supreme Court Reviews Campaign Finance,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Supreme Court appears divided in campaign finance case arguments,Chicago Tribune,"The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether to give wealthy Americans even more clout in Congress by lifting the legal limit on how much they can give to candidates and their parties, with the outcome seeming likely to depend on Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.",center
2912,Biden Flip-Flops On Complying With Senate Impeachment Subpoena,"['Joe Biden', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'Subpoena', 'Donald Trump', 'Des Moines Register', 'Ukraine', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Biden Makes a Really Pathetic Attempt to Explain Why He Won't Testify in an Impeachment Trial,Townhall,"Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday told the Des Moines Register editorial board that he would not testify in a Senate impeachment trial against President Donald Trump.
""The reason I wouldn't is because it's all designed to deal with Trump doing what he's done his whole life, trying to take the focus off him. The issue is not what I did, not a single person, not one, not a single person, even that thug Guiliani and his (inaudible) compatriots, have said I did anything other than my job,""...",right
2913,Biden Flip-Flops On Complying With Senate Impeachment Subpoena,"['Joe Biden', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'Subpoena', 'Donald Trump', 'Des Moines Register', 'Ukraine', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Biden Lays Out His Objections to Impeachment Subpoena Demand,Wall Street Journal (News),"IOWA CITY, Iowa—Former Vice President Joe Biden pushed back against suggestions he should testify before President Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate, saying the process “is about Trump’s conduct, not mine.”
Mr. Biden, in a series of tweets on Saturday, explained why he planned to refuse to comply with a subpoena if Republicans in the Senate seek his testimony during the upcoming impeachment trial. He said during his lengthy career in the Senate and as vice president that he had “always complied with a lawful order” and “cooperated with legitimate...",center
2914,Biden Flip-Flops On Complying With Senate Impeachment Subpoena,"['Joe Biden', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'Subpoena', 'Donald Trump', 'Des Moines Register', 'Ukraine', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Biden Reverses Course: “I Would Obey Any Subpoena That Was Sent to Me”,Slate,"Former Vice President Joe Biden backtracked on his earlier position that he would not comply with a congressional subpoena to testify in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. On Saturday evening, he gave the clearest answer on the issue at a town hall in Fairfield, Iowa by seemingly changing his mind on something he had declared earlier in the day. “Well, first of all, I would obey any subpoena that was sent to me,” he said in answer to a question from an audience member on the issue. “But the point...",left
2915,Senate Vote on Immigration,['Immigration'],McConnell: Immigration bill has ?serious flaws?,Washington Times,Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that the immigration bill making its way to the chamber floor later in the day has serious flaws that must be fixed before the legislation can pass.,right
2916,Senate Vote on Immigration,['Immigration'],Obama Presses Immigration Bill as Senate Opens Debate,New York Times (News),In a tightly choreographed pitch on Tuesday President Obama sought to allay fears over immigration changes by noting that the bill included the tightest border control measures in American history.,left
2917,Senate Vote on Immigration,['Immigration'],Senate votes to debate immigration reform,CNN (Online News),The Senate votes to begin debate on immigration reform an emotionally charged proposal with huge political stakes,left
2918,Ryan Comments on Foreign Policy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ryan Criticizes Obama on Foreign Policy,Wall Street Journal (News),"Rep. Paul Ryan accused President Barack Obama of emboldening Iran and those storming U.S. embassies abroad while curtailing individual freedoms at home, during a speech here to a gathering of religious conservatives.",center
2919,Ryan Comments on Foreign Policy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Ryan to values voters: ""American foreign policy needs moral clarity""",Fox News (Online News),"""Look across that region today, and what do we see? The slaughter of brave dissidents in Syria. Mobs storming American embassies and consulates. Iran four years closer to gaining a nuclear weapon. Israel, our best ally in the region, treated with indifference bordering on contempt by the Obama administration,"" Ryan decried during his address at the 'Values Voter Summit' in Washington Friday morning.",right
2920,Ryan Comments on Foreign Policy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Paul Ryan Hits Obama on National Security: ‘If We Project Weakness, They Come’",ABC News (Online),"Paul Ryan ratcheted up his criticism of President Obama on the issue of national security at a rally in this crucial battleground state, telling the crowd: “If we project weakness, they come and if the nation is “strong our enemies “will not test us.",left
2921,Inflation Reduction Act: Would New IRS Tax Enforcement Target the Middle Class?,"['Taxes', 'Inflation Reduction Act', 'IRS', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Politics', 'Middle Class', 'Inequality', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business', 'Treasury Department', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers']","With the IRS hiring more employees, here’s who agents may target for audits",CNBC,"As the Democrats’ spending plan moves closer to a House vote, one of the more controversial provisions — nearly $80 billion in IRS funding, with $45.6 billion for “enforcement” — has raised questions about who the agency may target for audits.
IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig said these resources are “absolutely not about increasing audit scrutiny on small businesses or middle-income Americans,” in a recent letter to the Senate.
However, with the investment projected to bring in $203.7 billion in revenue from 2022 to 2031, according to the Congressional Budget Office, opponents say IRS enforcement may affect...",center
2922,Inflation Reduction Act: Would New IRS Tax Enforcement Target the Middle Class?,"['Taxes', 'Inflation Reduction Act', 'IRS', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Politics', 'Middle Class', 'Inequality', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business', 'Treasury Department', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers']",Hyperbolic GOP claims about IRS agents and audits,Washington Post Fact Check,"“Do you make $75,000 or less? Democrats’ new army of 87,000 IRS agents will be coming for you — with 710,000 new audits for Americans who earn less than $75k.”
— House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, in a tweet, Aug. 9
With a vote scheduled Friday in the House on the big spending package approved in the Senate, the GOP has focused its fire on provisions that would bolster the Internal Revenue Service with new funding to crack down on tax cheats.
But these numbers are a misfire, lacking significant context....",left
2923,Inflation Reduction Act: Would New IRS Tax Enforcement Target the Middle Class?,"['Taxes', 'Inflation Reduction Act', 'IRS', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Politics', 'Middle Class', 'Inequality', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business', 'Treasury Department', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers']",How Democrats' beefed-up IRS could hurt low-income Americans,Fox Business,"The newest health care and climate spending bill from Democrats includes an $80 billion boost to the Internal Revenue Service that is intended to help the agency crack down on wealthy tax cheats. However, Republican critics say that a bigger IRS could ultimately hurt lower-income Americans.
Providing the IRS with an influx of funding has been a top priority for President Biden. It has emerged as one of the most prominent financiers of the Inflation Reduction Act that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., unveiled last week.
The...",right
2924,Extended Rights to Same Sex Couples,['LGBT Rights'],Holder Orders Equal Treatment For Married Same-Sex Couples,NPR (Online News),"Attorney General Eric Holder has for the first time directed Justice Department employees to give same-sex married couples ""full and equal recognition, to the greatest extent under the law,"" a move with far-ranging consequences for how such couples are treated in federal courtrooms and proceedings.
The directive specifies that such couples can decline to give testimony in U.S. cases that might incriminate a spouse, kn",left
2925,Extended Rights to Same Sex Couples,['LGBT Rights'],Eric Holder Declares More Rights for Same-Sex Married Couples in Eyes of U.S. Justice Department,The Blaze,"In an assertion of same-sex marriage rights, Attorney General Eric Holder is applying a landmark Supreme Court ruling to the Justice Department, announcing Saturday that same-sex spouses cannot be compelled to testify against each other, should be eligible to file for bankruptcy jointly and are entitled to the same rights and privileges as federal prison inmates in opposite-sex marriages.",right
2926,Extended Rights to Same Sex Couples,['LGBT Rights'],More Federal Privileges to Extend to Same-Sex Couples,New York Times (News),"The federal government will soon treat married same-sex couples the same as heterosexual couples when they file for bankruptcy, testify in court or visit family in prison.
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. was preparing to issue policies aimed at eliminating the distinction between same-sex and opposite-sex married couples in the federal criminal justice system, according to a speech given at a Saturday event organized by a prominent gay-rights group.
“In every courthouse, in every proceeding and in every place where a member of the Department of Justice stands on...",left
2927,Defense Department Announces Additional $775 Million Ukraine Aid Package as Russian Invasion Stalls,"['Defense And Security', 'Ukraine War', 'Defense Department', 'Pentagon', 'Russia', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'US Military']","Sensing Russian Stall, US Rushing Arms to Help Retake Ukrainian Territory",Defense One,"Sensing Russia’s momentum has completely stalled, the United States is rushing into Ukraine another $775 million in advanced missiles, armored vehicles, and artillery to help Kyiv’s counteroffensive to retake territory, according to a senior defense official.  
There’s “a complete and total lack of progress” by the Russians now, said the official, who briefed Pentagon reporters on Friday. 
The latest weapons package includes additional HIMARS rockets, 16 105mm Howitzer artillery systems, ScanEagle surveillance drones, anti-mine MRAP vehicles, Javelin anti-tank missiles, and more. It follows a $1 billion arms package announced last...",center
2928,Defense Department Announces Additional $775 Million Ukraine Aid Package as Russian Invasion Stalls,"['Defense And Security', 'Ukraine War', 'Defense Department', 'Pentagon', 'Russia', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'US Military']","US announces new military aid, drones for Ukraine",Associated Press,"The U.S. for the first time Friday said it will give Ukraine Scan Eagle surveillance drones, mine-resistant vehicles, anti-armor rounds and howitzer weapons to help Ukrainian forces regain territory and mount a counteroffensive against Russian invaders.
A senior defense official told reporters that a new $775 million aid package will include 15 Scan Eagles, 40 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles known as MRAPs with mine-clearing rollers, and 2,000 anti-armor rounds that can help Ukraine troops move forward in the south and east, where Russian forces have placed mines. The official said the U.S....",left
2929,Defense Department Announces Additional $775 Million Ukraine Aid Package as Russian Invasion Stalls,"['Defense And Security', 'Ukraine War', 'Defense Department', 'Pentagon', 'Russia', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'US Military']",Biden administration announces nearly $800 million in new Ukraine aid funding,Washington Examiner,"The Biden administration has announced another round of military support for Ukraine as it fights off the Russian invasion.
The Pentagon has approved an additional $775 million in aid, which includes ammunition, surveillance drones, and anti-mine vehicles.
The news was leaked to the press late Thursday, with the additional funding authorized through the Presidential Drawdown Authority, which allows President Joe Biden to authorize the transfer of excess weapons. It was the 19th equipment drawdown for Ukraine since August 2021.
The United States and other Western countries have poured billions into supporting Ukraine since the war began in February,...",right
2930,"Virus Cases Surge in Some States, Forcing Reversals","['Public Health', 'Texas', 'Arizona', 'Florida', 'Role Of Government', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']","Wave of coronavirus threatens to swamp hospitals in Texas, Florida and other states",Los Angeles Times,"WASHINGTON — Just weeks after the coronavirus overwhelmed hospitals in and around New York City, medical centers in Arizona, Florida, Texas and other states with skyrocketing infections are rapidly filling with sick patients, threatening state healthcare systems.
The swift increase has forced hospital leaders to begin bringing in extra staff, converting space into dedicated coronavirus units and, in some cases, moving sick patients hundreds of miles to get to available beds.
Surging numbers of patients with COVID-19 — though still shy of the wave that hit New York —...",left
2931,"Virus Cases Surge in Some States, Forcing Reversals","['Public Health', 'Texas', 'Arizona', 'Florida', 'Role Of Government', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']",States retreat as new virus cases hit an all-time high in US,Associated Press,"Texas and Florida clamped down on bars again Friday in the biggest retreat yet amid a surge across the South and West that sent the number of confirmed new coronavirus infections per day in the U.S. to an all-time high of 40,000.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered all bars closed, while Florida banned alcohol consumption at all such establishments. Together the two states joined the small but growing list of those that are either backtracking or putting any further reopenings of their economies on hold because of comeback by the...",left
2932,"Virus Cases Surge in Some States, Forcing Reversals","['Public Health', 'Texas', 'Arizona', 'Florida', 'Role Of Government', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']",Disney reopening plans won't face hurdles from Florida governor,Fox News (Online News),"Disney World's reopening plans are not facing any new resistance from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis despite a recent surge in new coronavirus cases in the state.
DeSantis announced that the state has no plans to curtail restart dates that they have already approved.
""We are monitoring all aspects related to COVID-19 in Florida and do not have plans to roll back any approved reopening business plans at this time,"" the governor's office sent in a statement to WSTP.",right
2933,Recent Poll Data Suggests Slip for Trump,"['2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Polls', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']","White voters are turning on Trump, new data shows. Why now?",Washington Post,"In the mythology that holds sway over President Trump’s political imagination, the massive crises rocking the country — pandemic, depression, the worst civil unrest in 50 years — are all being alchemized by Trump’s magical reality-bending powers into political gold.
Trump has hoped to use these events to solidify his grip on his base, by vowing to protect Trump country from a disease ravaging urban America, by harnessing the supposed populist rage of Real American workers against Democratic elites locking down economies, and by repurposing “law and order” race-baiting to...",left
2934,Recent Poll Data Suggests Slip for Trump,"['2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Polls', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']","Trump fumes after CNN poll finds 7-point drop in approval in one month, Biden leading by 14",USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump lashed out at CNN on Monday after the network released a poll that showed his job approval rating dropped 7 percentage points in one month.
The poll released Monday, conducted from June 2-5, found Trump's approval rating had sunk to 38% – its lowest level since January 2019 – and his disapproval rating had climbed to 57%. A CNN poll conducted from May 7-10 found 45% of Americans approved of the job Trump has done as president, while 51% disapproved.",left
2935,Recent Poll Data Suggests Slip for Trump,"['2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Polls', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']",Fake polls destroy media credibility,Brad Parscale,"The purveyors of fake news at CNN are convinced, just as they were four years ago, that they have this presidential election in the bag. Donald Trump is done, and Joe Biden is headed for a landslide, just like Hillary Clinton was.
At this point, they have zero credibility left.
As before, CNN’s confidence is severely misplaced — and we’re going to prove it. The best evidence they can present are polls that suffer from exactly the same flaws as the ones that indicated a landslide victory for Clinton in...",right
2936,Wall Street Trade Temporarily Halted as S&P Drops 7% at Opening,"['Stock Market', 'Wall Street', 'S&P 500', 'Coronavirus', 'Banking And Finance']","S&P 500 index drops 7%, triggering a 15-minute trading halt",Politico,"Global stock markets and oil prices plunged Monday after a fight among major crude-producing nations jolted investors who already were on edge about the surging costs of a virus outbreak.
The main stock indexes in Britain and Germany were down by almost 7%. Japan’s benchmark closed down 5.1% while Australia’s lost 7.3% and the Shanghai market in China was off 3%.
Trading in Wall Street futures was halted for this first time since the 2016 U.S. presidential election after they fell more than the daily limit of 5%. Bond yields...",left
2937,Wall Street Trade Temporarily Halted as S&P Drops 7% at Opening,"['Stock Market', 'Wall Street', 'S&P 500', 'Coronavirus', 'Banking And Finance']",Stock Markets Stay Sharply Lower As Trading Halt Lifts,Wall Street Journal (News),"S&P 500, Dow fall sharply as investors push U.S. Treasury yields to fresh record lows.
Markets shuddered Monday—with U.S. stocks falling hard enough to trigger a trading halt—as a price war for oil and the economic fallout from the coronavirus frightened investors, who sought shelter in the safety of government bonds and propelled yields to unprecedented lows.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 both fell 7% at the open, a drop that triggered circuit breakers that halted trading for 15 minutes. After reopening, stocks fell a bit more,...",center
2938,Wall Street Trade Temporarily Halted as S&P Drops 7% at Opening,"['Stock Market', 'Wall Street', 'S&P 500', 'Coronavirus', 'Banking And Finance']",Stock exchange halts trading after steep losses due to coronavirus,Washington Times,"Trading halted briefly on Wall Street Monday morning after a rout of stock prices caused a selloff of more than 7% due to fallout from the coronavirus.
The 15-minute halt followed rules implemented after the stock market plunge of 2008-09.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 1,800 points after the opening bell. The markets also are being affected by plunging oil prices.
Trading resumed after the 15-minute “circuit breaker,” and the selloff continued.
Markets in Europe were also down about 7% on Monday.",right
2939,"Ted Cruz, Anthony Fauci Engage in War of Words","['Politics', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Ted Cruz', 'Coronavirus', 'Gain Of Function', 'Wuhan Lab']",Fauci said GOP attacks against him are 'nonsense' and he had to 'laugh' when Sen. Ted Cruz said he should be prosecuted,Insider,"Dr. Anthony Fauci, the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, in a wide-ranging interview that aired Sunday said the political attacks against him are nothing more than ""nonsense"" and ""noise."" 
""So anybody spins lies and threatens and all that theater that goes on with some of the investigations and the congressional committees and the Rand Pauls and all that other nonsense, that's noise,"" Fauci said during an appearance on CBS News' ""Face the Nation.""
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican, in October called for Fauci to...",left
2940,"Ted Cruz, Anthony Fauci Engage in War of Words","['Politics', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Ted Cruz', 'Coronavirus', 'Gain Of Function', 'Wuhan Lab']",Sen. Cruz Responds to Fauci Attack: Unelected Technocrat With Distorted Science,Newsmax (News),"Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Sunday called Dr. Anthony Fauci an ""unelected technocrat who has distorted science and facts in order to exercise authoritarian control over millions of Americans"" after Fauci blasted Cruz for suggesting he be investigated for statements he made about COVID-19.
""He lives in a liberal world where his smug 'I REPRESENT science' attitude is praised,"" Cruz tweeted.
The lawmaker also called for the Justice Department to investigate Fauci for making false statements to Congress.
During an interview with CBS News, Fauci told host Margaret Brennan that ""anybody who spins lies and threatens...",right
2941,"Ted Cruz, Anthony Fauci Engage in War of Words","['Politics', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Ted Cruz', 'Coronavirus', 'Gain Of Function', 'Wuhan Lab']","Fauci Burns Ted Cruz for Wanting Him Prosecuted: ‘What Happened on Jan. 6, Senator?!’",Daily Beast,"Dr. Anthony Fauci got a bit snarky towards one of his loudest Republican critics on Sunday, firing back at Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s demand that Attorney General Merrick Garland prosecute the nation’s top infectious disease expert. During a wide-ranging sit-down with CBS News anchor Margaret Brennan, Fauci dismissed the political “theater” coming from GOP lawmakers such as Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who has called for Fauci to be arrested while accusing him of being responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brennan then noted that Cruz told the attorney general to prosecute Fauci, prompting the...",left
2942,"Fatal Police Shooting of Daunte Wright Sparks Protests, Looting","['George Floyd Protests', 'Daunte Wright', 'Minneapolis', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Police', 'Gun Violence', 'Race And Racism']",Protesters Clash With Police After Minnesota Officer Shoots Black Man,New York Times (News),"Minnesota officials said the police officer who fatally shot a Black man at a traffic stop did so accidentally, and meant to fire a Taser instead.
A 20-year-old Black man died after a police officer shot him during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb on Sunday, sending hundreds of people into the streets where they clashed with police officers into Monday morning.
The protests in Brooklyn Center came hours before the 11th day of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who has been charged with...",left
2943,"Fatal Police Shooting of Daunte Wright Sparks Protests, Looting","['George Floyd Protests', 'Daunte Wright', 'Minneapolis', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Police', 'Gun Violence', 'Race And Racism']","Police: Minnesota officer meant to draw Taser, not handgun",Associated Press,"The police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb apparently intended to fire a Taser, not a handgun, as the man struggled with police, the city’s police chief said Monday.
Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon described the shooting as “an accidental discharge.” It happened as police were trying to arrest the man on an outstanding warrant.
“I’ll Tase you! I’ll Tase you! Taser! Taser! Taser!” the officer is heard shouting on her body cam footage released at a news conference. She...",left
2944,"Fatal Police Shooting of Daunte Wright Sparks Protests, Looting","['George Floyd Protests', 'Daunte Wright', 'Minneapolis', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Police', 'Gun Violence', 'Race And Racism']","Minnesota officer meant to fire Taser, not handgun, in deadly Daunte Wright shooting, police chief says",Fox News (Online News),"A police chief in Brooklyn Center outside of Minneapolis released the body camera footage Monday showing the officer-involved shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, categorizing the event as an ""accidental discharge.""
Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said he believed the so far unidentified officer intended to reach for a Taser but mistakenly grabbed her service weapon and deployed a single bullet. Both the chief and Mayor Mike Elliott declined to release the officer's name at this time but said the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension should be releasing information about all...",right
2945,First Biden Press Conference Set for March 25,"['Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Media Industry']",Biden to Hold News Conference 64 Days After Taking Office—Longest Gap in 100 Years,Newsweek,"President Joe Biden will have his first formal press conference as president next week—nine weeks after taking office and longer than any president in modern history.
The White House told reporters about the solo event slated for next Thursday but hasn't yet given a time.
Biden, who was sworn into office on January 20, has answered some shouted questions from reporters at other events or less formal settings, but his Republican rivals have recently questioned why he had gone so long without a lengthier press conference with more questions from...",center
2946,First Biden Press Conference Set for March 25,"['Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Media Industry']",White House finally announces date for Biden press conference,Washington Examiner,"President Biden will finally hold his first press conference on March 25, according to the White House.
It will bring and end to weeks of questions about why he is the first president in a century not to hold a solo question-and-answer session in his first 50 days. And it comes as analysts warned that the delay only raised expectations and the risk of an embarrassing ""gotcha"" moment.
Officials defended his actions, saying he took questions more than 40 times in other settings and that he had been focused on...",right
2947,First Biden Press Conference Set for March 25,"['Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Media Industry']",Biden to hold first press conference as president on March 25,CBS News (Online),"President Biden will hold his first press conference as president on March 25, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday. The news comes after questions from reporters and urging from critics that he do so.
By this point in their presidencies, former Presidents Trump and Obama had held some form of a press conference. When Mr. Biden holds his first press conference, he's sure to face questions on the situation at the southern border, the possibility of an infrastructure package, vaccines and more.
Mr. Biden has taken shouted...",left
2948,"Duckworth, Hirono Back Off Vow to Withhold Support of Biden Nominees","['US Senate', 'Asian Americans', 'Diversity', 'Tammy Duckworth', 'Mazie Hirono', 'Politics']","Duckworth, Hirono back off ultimatum on nominees over AAPI representation",Washington Times,"Two Democratic senators have backed off their threats to block President Biden’s non-minority nominees after getting reassurances from the White House that Asian American and Pacific Islander voices will be prominently heard in the administration.
The White House indicated late Tuesday it will add a senior level AAPI liaison.
A spokesman for Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Illinois Democrat, said the administration is committed to elevating AAPI voices, including “appointing an AAPI senior White House official to represent the community,” securing confirmation of AAPI appointments, and advancing policy proposals “that are relevant...",right
2949,"Duckworth, Hirono Back Off Vow to Withhold Support of Biden Nominees","['US Senate', 'Asian Americans', 'Diversity', 'Tammy Duckworth', 'Mazie Hirono', 'Politics']",2 Asian American senators back off threat to oppose Biden nominees after White House agrees to add senior AAPI adviser,CNN (Online News),"Senators Tammy Duckworth and Mazie Hirono on Tuesday backed off their threat to vote against any of President Joe Biden's nominees who aren't minorities, after going public with their anger that the Cabinet lacks Asian Americans, and Duckworth earlier saying she felt insulted by the White House's attempts to brush off her concerns.
The move came after a tense Monday exchange between Duckworth and a top Biden aide, followed by a series of conversations Tuesday and ultimately a decision by the White House to install a senior-level aide responsive to...",left
2950,"Duckworth, Hirono Back Off Vow to Withhold Support of Biden Nominees","['US Senate', 'Asian Americans', 'Diversity', 'Tammy Duckworth', 'Mazie Hirono', 'Politics']","Duckworth, Hirono back off threat of opposing Biden nominees in push for AAPI representation",USA TODAY,"Senator Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., had told reporters Tuesday she would not support any more of President Joe Biden's nondiverse nominees until he appoints more Asian Americans to his Cabinet.
But she, and Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, dropped that ultimatum late Tuesday after multiple conversations with White House officials and agreement about representation.
Biden's Cabinet — which is shaping up to be the most diverse in U.S. history – does not include a Cabinet secretary of Asian American or Pacific Islander descent. Every presidential Cabinet since 2000 has included an Asian...",left
2951,Election Security a Focus on Super Tuesday,"['Elections', 'Election Security', '2020 Election', 'Super Tuesday 2020', 'Cybersecurity', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",U.S. national security agencies gather to combat potential election interference,Reuters,"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - National security professionals from across the U.S. government will meet on Tuesday in a Northern Virginia office building for an unprecedented monitoring effort to counter cyberattacks and foreign disinformation aimed at Super Tuesday presidential primaries.
Since U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that Russia interfered in the 2016 election - allegations Moscow denies - the U.S. government has introduced measures to combat hacking and foreign propaganda activities designed to affect the vote. Election security experts say that while the government has made improvements, many vulnerabilities still exist.
On Tuesday,...",center
2952,Election Security a Focus on Super Tuesday,"['Elections', 'Election Security', '2020 Election', 'Super Tuesday 2020', 'Cybersecurity', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Super Tuesday brings a supersized election security challenge,Politico,"Millions of voters across the country will cast ballots during Super Tuesday on old, insecure election equipment — even after nearly four years of handwringing and warnings about Russian election interference.
The jurisdictions at risk include three of Tennessee’s biggest counties — Shelby, Knox and Rutherford — where the paperless voting machines at the polls will include devices with security flaws so alarming that voters tried suing to have the equipment removed from precincts. Dozens of small counties in Texas are also sticking with risky touchscreen machines that have no...",left
2953,Election Security a Focus on Super Tuesday,"['Elections', 'Election Security', '2020 Election', 'Super Tuesday 2020', 'Cybersecurity', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",It's Looking as Though One Super Tuesday State Is Setting Itself Up for Voter Fraud,Townhall,"While all eyes were on the Nevada Caucuses, people in Super Tuesday states started receiving their absentee ballots. In places like California, voters are encouraged to vote absentee. It's been a way to garner greater political involvement and participation.
Adam Housley, a former correspondent for Fox News, said he received two ballots: one for non-party preference (NPP) and one for the libertarian ticket. What makes the scenario even more troubling? Housley said he has never registered as a libertarian.
In a state with millions of people, a small flub...",right
2954,Tiger Woods Recovering From Surgery After Car Crash,"['Sports', 'Golf', 'Tiger Woods', 'Car Crash']","A bright morning, a twisting road, a horrible crash: Tiger Woods’ injuries cloud his future in golf",Los Angeles Times,"The luxury sport-utility vehicle was moving fast along twisty Hawthorne Boulevard when its driver lost control, plowing into the center divider, smashing the “Welcome to Rolling Hills Estates” sign to bits and slamming into a curb and a tree.
The 2021 Genesis GV80 rolled and rolled. When it finally came to a stop about 30 yards off the road, it was lying on its side, so damaged that its doors could not be opened. There were no skid marks on the street, no sign of braking.
Firefighters carefully extricated golf...",left
2955,Tiger Woods Recovering From Surgery After Car Crash,"['Sports', 'Golf', 'Tiger Woods', 'Car Crash']","Tiger Woods has rod inserted in right leg and is 'awake, responsive' after surgery following car crash",USA TODAY,"Tiger Woods underwent emergency surgery Tuesday to repair significant damage to his right leg and ankle, his team said in a statement posted on his Twitter account late Tuesday night.
Woods' team said in the statement that the golfer was ""awake, responsive and recovering in his hospital room"" at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center following the surgery. Woods, 45, sustained the injuries in a one-car crash in Rancho Palos Verdes, California on Tuesday morning.
Anish Mahajan, the chief medical officer and interim CEO at the hospital, said in the statement that Woods...",left
2956,Tiger Woods Recovering From Surgery After Car Crash,"['Sports', 'Golf', 'Tiger Woods', 'Car Crash']",Tiger Woods recovering from surgery after serious injuries. Authorities say car flipped multiple times.,The Blaze,"Tiger Woods is recovering from surgery after suffering ""significant orthopedic injuries to his lower right extremity,"" which were sustained in a Tuesday wreck.
Woods, 45, was in Los Angeles on Tuesday when he was involved in a single-car crash.
Following the lengthy Tuesday surgery, Woods was ""awake, responsive, and recovering in his hospital room.""
Dr. Anish Mahajan of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center issued a statement on Woods' condition, noting that Woods suffered multiple ""open fractures"" to his right leg.
""Comminuted open fractures affecting both the upper and lower portions of the...",right
2957,First Safe Corridors for Evacuation Open in Ukraine,"['Europe', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Refugees', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'War']",Ukraine evacuates civilians from besieged city as 2 million flee Russian assault,NBC News (Online),"Ukraine evacuated residents from a besieged city Tuesday along the first safe corridor established with Russia since Moscow invaded its democratic neighbor nearly two weeks ago, sparking a humanitarian crisis and an exodus of refugees that has now reached 2 million.
The Russian assault has stalled on the ground but brought increasing devastation from the air, leaving cities from Mariupol in the southeast to Sumy further north encircled and without heat, electricity, water and food.
The two countries agreed to a cease-fire in Sumy early Tuesday to let civilians escape the northeastern city after another night...",left
2958,First Safe Corridors for Evacuation Open in Ukraine,"['Europe', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Refugees', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'War']","People flee embattled Ukraine city, supplies head to another",Associated Press,"Buses carried civilians out of one embattled Ukrainian city Tuesday and supplies toward another, as officials tried to move people away from a Russian onslaught and ease the dire humanitarian situation for those still stuck. But reports of renewed Russian attacks on the port of Mariupol threatened to again derail the efforts.
On the 13th day of the invasion, Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War II grew even more severe, with U.N. officials reporting that 2 million people have now fled Ukraine.
Demands for ways to safely evacuate civilians have surged along with intensifying shelling...",left
2959,First Safe Corridors for Evacuation Open in Ukraine,"['Europe', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Refugees', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'War']",Ukraine refugee count reaches 2 million as safe corridors are opened for evacuation,Washington Times,"More than 2 million refugees from Ukraine have fled to neighboring countries in response to the Russian invasion, according to United Nations officials.
The latest tally comes well into the second week of the Russian invasion and follows previous efforts to evacuate Ukrainian civilians from the southern port city of Mariupol who were struggling amid the Russian attack.
Video posted Tuesday by Ukrainian officials showed buses with people moving along a snowy road from the eastern city of Sumy and yellow buses with a red cross on them in the southern port...",right
2960,Learning More About Pluto,['Science'],"Mountains on Pluto, chasms on Charon thrill scientists",CBS News (Online),"Post-flyby images from NASA's New Horizons probe show Pluto is a surprisingly active world in the deep freeze of the outer solar system, with jagged 11,000-foot-high mountains of frozen water dusted with a veneer of nitrogen, methane and carbon monoxide ice amid smooth plains and jumbled terrain that defies easy explanation, scientists reported Wednesday.
A distinct paucity of impact craters implies processes at work now or in the geologically recent past that have resurfaced large areas of Pluto, smoothing out the pockmarks so familiar on other small bodies. What powers...",left
2961,Learning More About Pluto,['Science'],OPINION: What New Horizons reveals about Pluto,Guest Writer,"Unless you have been, well, on another planet, you know that July 14 was the date of closest approach to Pluto by the New Horizons spacecraft, which has now sent back unprecedented images from this historic encounter.
Passing Pluto at barely 7,750 miles (or 12,400 kilometers for savvy metric readers), the seven experiments on the New Horizons spacecraft are busily gathering extensive data on Pluto and its five known moons, Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos and Hydra.",center
2962,Learning More About Pluto,['Science'],NASA releases first Pluto flyby images,Fox News (Online News),"NASA has released the first images taken during New Horizons’ historic flyby of dwarf planet Pluto.
“We have got a whole bunch of high-resolution observations safely on the spacecraft,” said New Horizons’ Geology, Geophysics and Imaging Team Leader John Spencer, during a press conference at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, which is managing the mission. “We’re now focusing on small details on this amazing world.”",right
2963,Clinton Foundation May Restrict Donations,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton Foundation to restrict foreign, corporate donations if Hillary Clinton wins",Washington Post,The Clinton Foundation announced Thursday that it would no longer accept donations from corporations or foreign entities if Hillary Clinton is elected president.,left
2964,Clinton Foundation May Restrict Donations,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton Foundation Foreign Cash Ban ‘Too Little, Too Late’",Breitbart News,"In the wake of reports that the Clinton Foundation may have been hacked, Hillary Clinton’s embattled foundation announced on Thursday that, if Clinton is elected, her foundation will no longer accept the kinds of foreign and corporate donations at the heart of the Clinton Cash scandal.
The new pledge is a stunning tacit admission of wrongdoing, but it comes too little too late and raises the obvious question: If it would be wrong for Hillary’s foundation to accept foreign cash as president, why wasn’t it wrong for Hillary’s foundation...",right
2965,Clinton Foundation May Restrict Donations,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton Family Plans to Scale Back Foundation If Hillary Clinton Wins Election,Wall Street Journal (News),Operations to be handed to independent parties; Clinton Global Initiative to be halted,center
2966,Monica Lewinsky Speaks Out,['Politics'],Monica Lewinsky in Vanity Fair: Time to burn beret,Politico,"Monica Lewinsky is taking to the pages of Vanity Fair to address her affair with former President Bill Clinton, writing that she avoided the spotlight for fear of becoming an issue during Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign, but adding that the time has come to stop “tiptoeing around my past — and other people’s futures.”",left
2967,Monica Lewinsky Speaks Out,['Politics'],Monica Lewinsky Considered Suicide and 4 Other Revelations,ABC News (Online),"After 10 years of silence — a decade of dodging questions about the infamous stain on her blue dress and the jokes about the president’s cigar — Bill Clinton’s mistress, Monica Lewinsky, spoke out in Vanity Fair.",left
2968,Monica Lewinsky Speaks Out,['Politics'],"Monica Lewinsky speaks out, says she was made ‘scapegoat’",Fox News (Online News),"Monica Lewinsky, now 40 and 17 years removed from her affair with then-President Bill Clinton, is speaking out -- offering what could be uncomfortable details as Hillary Clinton is thought to be preparing a White House run.
Lewinsky has penned an account for Vanity Fair, excerpts of which were published Tuesday. In it, she recalls the humiliation she endured and accuses the Clinton administration and others of making her a ""scapegoat.""",right
2969,Merry Christmas 2013,"['Holidays', 'General News']","In Christmas message, Obamas urge Americans to help less fortunate",Washington Post,"The President urged people to help out at soup kitchens, buy gifts for children in need or organize food or clothing drives.",left
2970,Merry Christmas 2013,"['Holidays', 'General News']",UPS backlog means missing Christmas gifts; Amazon responds,CNN (Online News),UPS backlog left some Americans with gifts missing from under the Christmas tree Wednesday morning.,left
2971,Merry Christmas 2013,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Pope Francis hopes for a better world in Christmas Day message,Fox News (Online News),Pilgrims celebrated Christmas Day Wednesday in the ancient Bethlehem church where tradition holds Jesus was born as candles illuminated the sacred site and the joyous sound of prayer filled its overflowing halls.,right
2972,GOP on Immigration,['Immigration'],GOP reaching out to Dems on immigration,Politico,"The House Republican leadership is reaching out to top House Democrats to assess their support for a piecemeal approach to immigration reform, according to sources involved in the discussions.
The House’s immigration gameplan is to pass individual bills rather than take the comprehensive approach advocated by the Senate. Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) team isn’t trying to cut a deal with Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), these aides caution. But deeply-divided Republicans want to get a read on what members of the minority party would back when immigration reform comes...",left
2973,GOP on Immigration,['Immigration'],House GOP split over immigration reform,CNN (Online News),"Immigration reform entered an uncertain new phase on Wednesday as House Republicans signaled some willingness to compromise with President Barack Obama and Democrats but rejected a Senate-passed bill and insisted they would take their time drafting their own version.
Following more than two hours of talks on how to proceed, GOP legislators said the biggest question was whether to give the 11 million immigrants living illegally in the United States a path to eventual citizenship, as provided by the Senate measure.",left
2974,GOP on Immigration,['Immigration'],House Republicans throw brakes on immigration push,Fox News (Online News),"The momentum that helped carry the massive immigration overhaul through the Senate last month is beginning to fade, as House Republicans slam the brakes on the debate while rejecting the Senate's bill entirely.
The discontent in the House Republican caucus was evident in a closed-door meeting late Wednesday. Cheers erupted when GOP leaders said they would not take up the Senate-passed bill.",right
2975,Trump Welcomes Home North Korea Detainees,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Meets Americans Released From North Korea Ahead of Summit,Bloomberg,"Donald Trump personally welcomed home three Americans released from detention in North Korea, a triumphant middle-of-the-night moment for the president as he prepares for a landmark summit with Kim Jong Un.",left
2976,Trump Welcomes Home North Korea Detainees,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Trump gives freed Americans flag-waving, wee-hours welcome",Washington Times,"President Trump welcomed home three Americans freed by North Korea early Thursday in a flag-waving ceremony before dawn, calling their release a hopeful sign that North Korea will denuclearize.",right
2977,Trump Welcomes Home North Korea Detainees,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",OPINION: History in the making as Trump welcomes prisoners home,CNN (Opinion),"Just maybe, the extraordinary scene that unfolded in the dead of night on an airfield outside Washington early Thursday is the start of something truly historic.",left
2978,Presidential Recess Appointments Power on Trial,['Supreme Court'],Balance Of Power At Stake In High Court Case,NPR (Online News),At issue is if the President's recess appointments can be curtailed by pro forma Senate sessions.,left
2979,Presidential Recess Appointments Power on Trial,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court Weighing Presidential Recess Appointments Power,HuffPost,The Supreme Court is refereeing a politically charged dispute between President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans over the presidents power to temporarily fill high-level positions.,left
2980,Presidential Recess Appointments Power on Trial,['Supreme Court'],Power trip: Obama's clout on trial,Fox News (Online News),Supreme Court will give their first clues today in make or break case for the Obama presidency.,right
2981,Trump Sticks to Rigged Election Claim,['Media Bias'],Team Trump relentless on saying media 'rigging' election but vows to accept results,Fox News (Online News),"The Donald Trump campaign on Sunday heaped more blame on the media, accusing news organizations of “rigging” the election for Democratic rival Hillary Clinton but vowing to accept the Nov. 8 results -- win or lose.",right
2982,Trump Sticks to Rigged Election Claim,['Media Bias'],"Trump ratchets up 'rigged election' claims, which Pence downplays",CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump and his surrogates amplified their argument over the weekend that the election is ""rigged,"" leaving the Republican nominee more isolated as top members of the GOP -- including his own running mate -- declared their faith in the political system.",left
2983,Trump Sticks to Rigged Election Claim,['Media Bias'],‘Rigged’ election talk didn’t start with Trump,Washington Post,"According to the Republican nominee for president, his opponents were ""on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history."" In an ad, his campaign warned of ""nationwide voter fraud"" that could swing the election. His running mate worried, in a fundraising letter, that ""leftist groups"" were trying to ""steal the election.""",left
2984,State of the Union Analysis,"['White House', 'Politics']",What the polls say about Obama’s proposals,Washington Post,"President Obama set the tone for his second term Tuesday, going through a litany of policy proposals that he will pursue in the months and years ahead.
And polls suggest most of his big proposals have broad public support.
That doesnt mean, of course, that Congress will pass the bills, but it does suggest that the president is pushing ideas that the American public is broadly receptive to.",left
2985,State of the Union Analysis,"['White House', 'Politics']",OPINION: Obama’s agenda is simple — take more of your money,Washington Times,"The state of our union, President Obama now tells us with “renewed confidence, is “stronger.
Stronger than what, exactly? The deepest bowels of a recession?
“There is much progress to report, he says, dreamily.
Tell that to the millions of Americans who are still unemployed.
Tell that to the broken taxpayers who have shouldered the burdens of all his bailouts and government schemes-gone-bust.
Tell
Read more:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/feb/12/hurt-obamas-agenda-simpl...

Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter",right
2986,State of the Union Analysis,"['White House', 'Politics']","This time, a president in full",CNN (Online News),"It is sometimes said of a great actor that he could hold an audience spellbound while reading a laundry list. This is essentially what President Obama tried to do on Tuesday night. As State of the Union addresses go, his was artless. It lacked inspired phrases or compelling narrative. Save for the energy he gave it at key moments, it was pedestrian.",left
2987,Opposing Policies on Syria,"['White House', 'Politics']","Tillerson, Haley issue differing statements on future of Assad in Syria",Washington Post,U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday appeared to offer differing views on the future of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.,left
2988,Opposing Policies on Syria,"['White House', 'Politics']",US envoy Nikki Haley says Syria regime change is 'inevitable',CNN (Online News),"The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has told CNN that removing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power is a priority, cementing an extraordinary U-turn in the Trump administration's stance on the embattled leader.",left
2989,Opposing Policies on Syria,"['White House', 'Politics']","Tillerson: 'No Change' to Military Stance on Syria, Assad",Newsmax (News),"There's been ""no change"" to the U.S. military stance in Syria beyond the missile strike in retaliation for the Assad government's use of chemical weapons on its citizens, yet the action carries a message for other countries acting outside international norms, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said.",right
2990,First GOP Debate of 2016,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The detente between Trump and Cruz is definitely over,Washington Post,"The mutually beneficial campaign detente between Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.) came to an end on the debate stage here Thursday.
The two Republican presidential candidates, locked in a tight race to win the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses, argued over whether Cruz meets the constitutional requirements to serve as president and whether Trump is a trustworthy conservative or is tainted by what Cruz called “New York values.”
Theirs was far from the only battle that broke out in the sixth GOP debate of the 2016 campaign season. Sen....",left
2991,First GOP Debate of 2016,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Gloves off for top tier in GOP race after debate,Fox News (Online News),"While the full field of Republican presidential candidates resumed campaigning Friday, it was Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio who emerged from last night's Fox Business debate the apparent main challengers to front-runner Donald Trump -- though New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's feisty exchanges may have left some thinking what was once a 17-candidate scramble, now is a four-man showdown.
Or, maybe five, as former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who managed to get in a few shots at Trump, picked up the endorsement Friday morning of former candidate Sen. Lindsey...",right
2992,First GOP Debate of 2016,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",A Republican Debate Divided: the Leaders and the Rest,Wall Street Journal (News),"There wasn’t one Republican presidential debate going on Thursday night in South Carolina, but rather two. And in that sense, the debate neatly and succinctly summarized this year’s unusual race.
The first debate was between the two unlikely front-runners, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. After months of dancing around each other—and in some cases essentially supporting each other—in crystallizing antiestablishment anger, the two now know they are fishing from the same pond with less than three weeks to go before voting begins. And they conducted themselves accordingly.
The night’s second,...",center
2993,Ex-Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Speaks Out,['Politics'],Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen says Trump knew it was wrong to make hush-money payments during campaign,ABC News (Online),"Donald Trump directed Michael Cohen to arrange hush-money payments with two women because then-candidate Trump “was very concerned about how this would affect the election” if their allegations of affairs became public, the president’s former personal attorney said in an exclusive interview with ABC News.",left
2994,Ex-Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Speaks Out,['Politics'],Michael Cohen On Trump: 'The Man Doesn't Tell The Truth',NPR (Online News),"Michael Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer and fixer, says he is being forced to take responsibility for Trump's ""dirty deeds."" In an interview with ABC News, Cohen says that during the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump directed him to arrange hush-money payments to two women and that the candidate knew it was illegal.",left
2995,Ex-Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Speaks Out,['Politics'],Cohen: Both Trump And I Knew What We Were Doing Was Wrong,HotAir,"“He knows the truth, I know the truth,” Michael Cohen told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos this morning, “many people know the truth.” In an exclusive interview on Good Morning America, Cohen declared that the real purpose behind the payoffs to Donald Trump’s mistresses was to protect his presidential campaign. “I knew what I was doing was wrong,” Cohen admits, and so did Trump:",right
2996,Perspectives: NYC's Thomas Jefferson Statue Removed,"['Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'Thomas Jefferson', 'US Constitution', 'Statues', 'History', 'American Heritage', 'Polarization']",Tearing Down Thomas Jefferson Over Slavery Is Moral Idiocy,Dan McLaughlin,"You can always count on woke progressives to live up to the worst caricatures of their ideas. Democrats on the New York City Council have now removed a statue of the founder of the Democratic Party, Thomas Jefferson, from the City Council chamber in New York City Hall. The statue has been in City Hall since 1834 (eight years after Jefferson’s death), when it was erected to celebrate his advocacy of religious liberty. It is a sign of how proud Democrats are of their decision that they tried to block the press from witnessing...",right
2997,Perspectives: NYC's Thomas Jefferson Statue Removed,"['Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'Thomas Jefferson', 'US Constitution', 'Statues', 'History', 'American Heritage', 'Polarization']",Statues of Jefferson are coming down in the U.S.; statues of Stalin are going up in Russia,Los Angeles Times,"Americans are again battling over history.
Is the year 1619 as important as 1776? Shall we tear down statues of Robert E. Lee — or go further and topple Thomas Jefferson too? Is the left telling a “twisted web of lies” (as President Trump put it) about America’s “magnificent” history, or was the U.S. indeed built on a rotten foundation of genocide, disenfranchisement, bigotry and oppression?
Angry debates have spread from social media to school board meetings to state capitols to the White House, as Americans haggle over who we...",left
2998,Perspectives: NYC's Thomas Jefferson Statue Removed,"['Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'Thomas Jefferson', 'US Constitution', 'Statues', 'History', 'American Heritage', 'Polarization']",Tearing down Thomas Jefferson: Black leaders of past wouldn't agree with removing statue,Guest Writer - Center," I hate to admit it, but it’s true: Donald Trump was right about the monuments.
 Not about monuments to Confederate traitors like Robert E. Lee, whom Trump labeled “a great general.” Nor was he correct in claiming that military bases named after Confederates were “part of a Great American heritage.”
But Trump was right that these attacks would morph into a broader campaign to pull down memorials to the Founders of America, not just to the Southerners who took up arms against it.
“So this week it’s Robert E. Lee,” Trump mused in...",center
2999,Cyntoia Brown Granted Clemency After Serving 15 Years for Murdering Man Who Solicited Her for Sex,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Cyntoia Brown is granted clemency after serving 15 years in prison for killing man who bought her for sex,CNN (Online News),"Cyntoia Denise Brown, a woman serving a life sentence for killing a man who bought her for sex when she was 16 years old, has been granted clemency, the Tennessee governor's office said Monday.",left
3000,Cyntoia Brown Granted Clemency After Serving 15 Years for Murdering Man Who Solicited Her for Sex,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Cyntoia Brown granted clemency years after getting life sentence for killing man as teen,Fox News (Online News),"Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam granted clemency Monday to Cyntoia Brown, an alleged sex traffic victim who was sentenced to life in prison when she was 16 after killing a man and whose case",right
3001,Cyntoia Brown Granted Clemency After Serving 15 Years for Murdering Man Who Solicited Her for Sex,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Cyntoia Brown: Tennessee governor grants clemency in 2004 murder,BBC News,A Tennessee woman serving life in prison for the 2004 murder of a man who solicited her for sex as a girl has been granted clemency.,center
3002,Bibi is Back,"['Israel', 'World']",Hard Right Takes the Night,HuffPost,"The Likud Party, led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has defied expectations and emerged as the winner in Tuesday's parliamentary elections, the Jerusalem Post reported.",left
3003,Bibi is Back,"['Israel', 'World']",Netanyahu scores stunning victory – but at what cost?,Christian Science Monitor,"The Israeli leader may be able to form a more stable government than his last, but he had to run hard to the right in the campaign and reverse his stance supporting a Palestinian state.",center
3004,Bibi is Back,"['Israel', 'World']",Netanyahu Achieves ‘Great Victory’ in Israeli Election,The Blaze,A nearly complete ballot count early Wednesday morning showed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party scored a decisive victory over its main left-wing rival in Israeli parliamentary elections.,right
3005,Verizon Drops OAN from TV Product,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'OANN Bias', 'Donald Trump', 'Big Tech', 'Censorship']",Verizon Blacklists One America News Network Following Democrat Pressure,Breitbart News,"One America News (OAN) is at risk of being completely blacklisted by the corporate left after Verizon Fios, the largest pay-TV network still carrying OAN, effectively blaclisted the conservative channel following pressure from leftist advocacy groups.
A channel carriage contract between Verizon and OAN was set to expire at the end of this month, and Verizon says it will not reach a deal with OAN to renew it.
Verizon’s decision came after relentless pressure from leftist organizations like Media Matters and Free Press, as well as Democrat politicians. It also...",right
3006,Verizon Drops OAN from TV Product,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'OANN Bias', 'Donald Trump', 'Big Tech', 'Censorship']",Donald Trump Slams 'Political' Decision to Drop 'Amazing' One America News,Newsweek,"Donald Trump has slammed Verizon's decision to drop right-wing network One America News (OAN).
Verizon confirmed last week that it would stop carrying OAN on its Fios television service from July 31.
The move means OAN, a staunchly pro-Trump channel that has been accused of promoting the former president's baseless claims about the 2020 election, is left with almost no television providers.
Trump took to his Truth Social platform, launched after he was banned from Twitter and other sites after the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, early on Sunday to...",center
3007,Verizon Drops OAN from TV Product,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'OANN Bias', 'Donald Trump', 'Big Tech', 'Censorship']","Farewell to OAN, the Network for Loons and the President They Loved",Slate,"Once upon a time there was a cable news network that nobody liked. Nobody except the loons, that is: those very special people who willfully eschew logical reasoning and the established corpus of knowledge in favor of febrile theories, weird cultural grievances, and other made-up bullshit. As luck would have it, there were enough loons out there for the network to be aired by many cable providers, and to reap millions of dollars in carriage fees year after year after year. Then, in a shocking development, one of America’s foremost...",left
3008,Questionable Ethics in Congress,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",10 members of Congress took trip secretly funded by foreign government,Breitbart News,"Three current and one former members of the Texas Congressional Delegation are under an ethics investigation, along with six others, in connection with an all-expenses-paid luxury trip to the Caspian Sea, financed by an Azerbaijan state-run company. The trip, and other lavish gifts, were allegedly part of an effort to influence U.S. policy.
The ethics investigation is focused on a 2013 junket in which ten members of Congress traveled on the dime of Azerbaijan state-run oil giant SOCAR. In order to pay for the travel, while concealing the nature of...",right
3009,Questionable Ethics in Congress,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Lawmakers caught in battle between House ethics cops,USA TODAY,"Two Capitol Hill panels that police the ethics of members of Congress appear to be battling about which has authority over 10 lawmakers accused of unwittingly accepting improper travel and gifts from the state oil company of Azerbaijan.
A Washington Post story published Wednesday detailed the contents of a confidential Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) investigation of a 2013 trip to Azerbaijan, a former republic of the Soviet Union in Central Asia.
The OCE was created in 2008 to vet ethics cases and recommend action to the Ethics Committee. The...",left
3010,Questionable Ethics in Congress,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",10 members of Congress took trip secretly funded by foreign government,Washington Post,"The state-owned oil company of Azerbaijan secretly funded an all-expenses-paid trip to a conference in Baku, on the Caspian Sea, in 2013 for 10 members of Congress and 32 staff members, according to a confidential ethics report obtained by The Washington Post. Three former top aides to President Obama appeared as speakers at the event.
Lawmakers and their staff members received hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of travel expenses, silk scarves, crystal tea sets and Azerbaijani rugs valued at $2,500 to $10,000, according to the ethics report. Airfare for...",left
3011,Manhunt for Bombing Suspect,['Terrorism'],Police Hunt for Ahmad Khan Rahami in Connection With Manhattan Bombing,New York Times (News),"The police are searching for a 28-year-old man, described as a naturalized citizen of Afghan descent, Ahmad Khan Rahami, in connection with the bombing in Manhattan on Saturday night, sending an unprecedented cellphone alert to millions of residents.",left
3012,Manhunt for Bombing Suspect,['Terrorism'],Police Seek Ahmad Khan Rahami in New York City Bombing Investigation,Wall Street Journal (News),"Mr. Rahami, 28, is a U.S. citizen who immigrated from Afghanistan",center
3013,Manhunt for Bombing Suspect,['Terrorism'],Person of interest named in New York City bombing,Fox News (Online News),"Authorities released the name and photo of an ""armed and dangerous"" Afghan-born man wanted in connection with bombings in New York City and New Jersey, as raids and detentions in the metropolitan area pointed toward a terror cell being behind the series of weekend attacks.",right
3014,Lawmakers Contested on Reinstating Indoor Mask Mandates,"['BA.5 Variant', 'California', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Mask Mandates', 'Public Health']","L.A. County dodges face-mask mandate as community transmission rates stabilize, and U.S. government orders 66 million doses of Moderna’s pending booster",MarketWatch,"Los Angeles County has dropped a plan for a universal indoor face-mask mandate as COVID cases and hospitalizations have stabilized, with community transmission expected to fall to “medium” from “high” in the coming weeks.
Health Director Barbara Ferrer had said two weeks ago that the U.S.’s most populous county could again require face coverings if trends in hospital admissions continued, under criteria set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as the Associated Press reported.
Face masks have become a topic occupying the minds of health experts, educators and local...",center
3015,Lawmakers Contested on Reinstating Indoor Mask Mandates,"['BA.5 Variant', 'California', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Mask Mandates', 'Public Health']",Officials steer away from mask mandates and mitigation measures despite COVID rise,ABC News (Online),"Amid the latest COVID-19 resurgence sweeping the nation, some top health officials are asking Americans to wear face masks again in an effort to curb the spread of the virus.
Officials such as White House COVID-19 response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky have repeatedly encouraged jurisdictions to use the CDC’s community level COVID-19 map, which seeks to identify the risk level of COVID-19 in communities across the country, to help them decide if they should reimplement mitigation measures.
“Local jurisdictions...",left
3016,Lawmakers Contested on Reinstating Indoor Mask Mandates,"['BA.5 Variant', 'California', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Mask Mandates', 'Public Health']",LA Abandons Plan To Reimpose Mask Mandate As Multiple Cities Refused Enforcement,ZeroHedge,"In a somewhat surprising turn of events for the medical tyranny, Los Angeles County has abandoned its plan to reimpose indoor mask mandate as COVID cases and hospitalizations stabilize.
The county entered the ""high"" category two weeks ago when the average daily rate of COVID-related hospital admissions rose above 10 per 100,000 residents. As of last Thursday, the rate was 11.7 admissions per 100,000 residents.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said cases may have slowed, but he supports whatever health officials decide.
As The Epoch Times' Alice Sun detailed earlier,  ahead of...",right
3017,Analysis of Senate Healthcare Bill,['Healthcare'],The Senate GOP Health Care Bill Has A Fatal Flaw,HuffPost,"There’s a ticking time bomb built right into the Senate Republican health care bill.
The legislation unveiled Thursday, which Republicans dubbed the Better Care Reconciliation Act, aims to preserve the Affordable Care Act’s popular rule forbidding health insura",left
3018,Analysis of Senate Healthcare Bill,['Healthcare'],Conservative Wonk Avik Roy: The Senate Healthcare Bill is Actually Pretty Awesome,Townhall,"Having hit the Senate GOP's healthcare bill pretty hard last evening, I feel obliged to present a much sunnier assessment for your edification and consideration. Avik Roy, a conservative healthcare policy expert whose work we have cited on many occasions is a big fan of the new proposal, taking to Twitter to declare it a legislative triumph. Agree or disagree -- and I'll do a bit of both below -- the profane, unhinged, substanceless replies from leftists accusing Roy of supporting murder, with more than a dash or two of...",right
3019,Analysis of Senate Healthcare Bill,['Healthcare'],"Senate GOP Health Bill Would End ACA Penalties, Cut Taxes on High Incomes",Wall Street Journal (News),Senate Republican leaders released a proposal Thursday that would undo major parts of the Affordable Care Act and transform a large part of the American health-care system by changing and cutting the funding for the Medicaid program.,center
3020,Detroit Bankruptcy,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Now That Detroit's Filed For Bankruptcy, What Happens Next?",NPR (Online News),"With its bankruptcy filing Thursday, Detroit became the largest municipality in the United States to seek Chapter 9 protection.
As Scott reported, the city is saddled with $18.5 billion in debt.
Today, we ask, what happens next?
— CNN reports that Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said today ""should be a regular day."" The lights won't be turned off, and city services should continue. Snyder said that, perhaps ironically, future city services may improve because the city is no longer burdened wi",left
3021,Detroit Bankruptcy,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama Takes Romney’s Advice on Detroit,Fox News (Online News),"Just before Detroit became the largest municipality to ever file bankruptcy, the failed city’s emergency manager, Kevin Orr, pleaded with top White House officials, including senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, for help.
But no help was coming.
That detail in the Wall Street Journal’s coverage of how the once-great city, now $11 billion in debt, finally succumbed may be the most telling of any in the slew of obituaries for Detroit.
For
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/19/obama-takes-romneys-advice-on...",right
3022,Detroit Bankruptcy,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Billions in Debt, Detroit Tumbles Into Insolvency",New York Times (News),"Detroit, the cradle of America’s automobile industry and once the nation’s fourth-most-populous city, filed for bankruptcy on Thursday, the largest American city ever to take such a course.",left
3023,French Election,"['Europe', 'World']","France Will Now Choose between Two Outsiders, Macron and Le Pen",National Review,"Only a decade ago, France’s two traditional major parties — the conservative Republicans and the Socialists — won 57 percent of the vote between them in the first round of the country’s presidential elections. On Sunday, both parties together won less than half that — only 26 percent. Emmanuel Macron, the 39-year-old independent who placed first in this year’s round, declared that the nation had “discarded” the two once-dominant parties.",right
3024,French Election,"['Europe', 'World']","Right-wing Le Pen claims victory alongside centrist Macron for French presidential runoff, with E.U. future at stake",Washington Post,"French voters on Sunday rejected the two political parties that dominated France’s post-World War II political life, pitting an anti-immigrant firebrand against an unconventional centrist in a presidential election that could determine the future of the European Union and France’s place in the world.",left
3025,French Election,"['Europe', 'World']",French election: Macron backed by mainstream parties to shut out Le Pen,BBC News,"France's beaten mainstream parties have lined up behind Emmanuel Macron to try to stave off a victory for the far-right's Marine Le Pen in the final round of the presidential election.
The Republicans' François Fillon and Socialist Benoît Hamon urged supporters to vote for Mr Macron on 7 May.",center
3026,Mueller Report Changes Landscape for Trump,"['Mueller Report', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",OPINION: A Cloud Over Trump’s Presidency Is Lifted,Guest Writer - Left,"For President Trump, it may have been the best day of his tenure so far. The darkest, most ominous cloud hanging over his presidency was all but lifted on Sunday with the release of the special counsel’s conclusions, which undercut the threat of impeachment and provided him with a powerful boost for the final 22 months of his term.
There are still other clouds overhead and no one outside the Justice Department has actually read the report by Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, which may yet disclose damning...",left
3027,Mueller Report Changes Landscape for Trump,"['Mueller Report', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",'America is the greatest place on Earth': Trump finds new lease with Mueller vindication,Washington Times,"After two years under investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller, the good news was delivered to President Trump Sunday by his team of attorneys and staff at his private quarters at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
No collusion with Russia, no charges of obstructing justice.
“This is very good,” Mr. Trump said upon hearing the news.
The president and his advisers didn’t have access to the confidential Mueller report, instead reviewing Attorney General William P. Barr’s summary that was also transmitted to Congress.
It said Mr. Mueller found no evidence...",right
3028,Mueller Report Changes Landscape for Trump,"['Mueller Report', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']","With Mueller report in, nothing's over. But for Trump, everything has changed",USA TODAY,"Special counsel Robert Mueller, whose investigation in large part has defined the first half of President Trump's tenure, was spied in front of the White House on Sunday morning as he and his wife walked across Lafayette Square toward St. John's Episcopal Church.
The former FBI director looked, finally, relaxed.
That wasn't exactly the impact his long-awaited and confidential report had on the rest of official Washington. On a balmy spring Sunday, as Attorney General William Barr delivered the ""principal conclusions"" of the report to Congress, Republicans declared the president...",left
3029,Mueller Accuses Manafort of Witness Tampering,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Prosecutors: Paul Manafort tried to coach witnesses in criminal case,USA TODAY,The FBI says that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort attempted to tamper with witnesses — even going so far as to allegedly coach their testimony — in a federal tax and lobbying case against him.,left
3030,Mueller Accuses Manafort of Witness Tampering,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Robert Mueller prosecutors accuse Paul Manafort of attempting to tamper with witnesses,Washington Times,"Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has accused former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort of tampering with witnesses in his upcoming Washington, D.C., criminal trial, according to documents filed with the court late Monday.",right
3031,Mueller Accuses Manafort of Witness Tampering,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Mueller accuses Manafort of witness tampering,CNN (Online News),"The Special Counsel's Office has accused former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort of attempting to get witnesses to lie for him in court, and they've asked the judge to send him to jail as he awaits his trial, according to a filing in DC District Court Monday night.",left
3032,Congress Passes Bill to Raise Debt Ceiling,"['US Congress', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Build Back Better', 'Politics']","Congress sends Biden $2.5T debt limit hike, avoiding default",Associated Press Fact Check,"Congress averted a catastrophic debt default early Wednesday morning after Democratic majorities in both chambers voted to send a $2.5 trillion increase in the nation’s borrowing authority to President Joe Biden over lockstep Republican opposition.
Capping a marathon day, the House gave final approval to the legislation early Wednesday morning on a near-party-line 221-209 vote, defusing a volatile issue until after the 2022 midterm elections. The action came just hours shy of a deadline set by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who warned last month that she was running out of...",left
3033,Congress Passes Bill to Raise Debt Ceiling,"['US Congress', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Build Back Better', 'Politics']","Congress raises the debt ceiling, pushing the divisive issue to after the 2022 midterms",NPR (Online News),"Lawmakers in the House have agreed to a deal that will allow the federal government to avoid defaulting on its loans until early 2023.
The House voted 221 to 209 Wednesday to increase the federal borrowing limit by $2.5 trillion.
NPR's Kelsey Snell reports the vote was mostly along party lines; Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois was the only Republican to join Democrats in voting to approve the measure. Pushing the deadline to 2023 likely means whatever party controls Congress after the 2022 midterm elections will decide how to address the...",left
3034,Congress Passes Bill to Raise Debt Ceiling,"['US Congress', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Build Back Better', 'Politics']","Democrats vote to hike the federal debt to $31.4 trillion, send measure to Biden",Washington Times,"Congressional Democrats passed legislation hiking the federal debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion in an all-night sprint to allow President Biden to continue borrowing money to pay for government expenditures until at least early 2023.
Senate Democrats narrowly passed the bill, 50 votes to 49, in the evenly split chamber before the Democratic House majority muscled it across the finish line early Wednesday morning. 
The bill, which Mr. Biden is expected to quickly sign, will push the national debt limit to $31.4 trillion from roughly $29 trillion.
“Responsible governing has won on this exceedingly important...",right
3035,Decision Day: Senate Runoff in Georgia,"['Elections', 'Georgia Senate Runoff']",Senate in the balance: How Georgia's runoffs break down,Politico,"Democrats are well-positioned, according to early voting data and sparse polling, but Republicans could win with strong Election Day turnout.
The most tightly divided state in the nation will decide on Tuesday which party controls the Senate — and in true 2020 fashion, we might not know who won on election night.
All signs point to a photo finish in Georgia’s twin Senate runoffs, two months after President-elect Joe Biden carried the state by two-tenths of a percentage point. The limited polling slightly favors Democrats, but most surveys are well...",left
3036,Decision Day: Senate Runoff in Georgia,"['Elections', 'Georgia Senate Runoff']",'Fate of the nation': Georgia voters to decide control of Senate under shadow of President Trump's grievances,USA TODAY,"Georgia voters head to the polls Tuesday for a pair of runoff elections that will determine control of the U.S. Senate, marking the end of the tumultuous 2020 election cycle that saw Republicans make gains in Congress while losing the White House.
The elections are being held as President Donald Trump continues to allege without evidence that widespread voter fraud in Georgia caused his loss to Joe Biden on Nov. 3. Republicans are worried those claims – punctuated by Trump's extraordinary phone call Saturday when he tried to pressure GOP...",left
3037,Decision Day: Senate Runoff in Georgia,"['Elections', 'Georgia Senate Runoff']",Democrats Aim to Suppress Trump Voters as Last-Ditch Effort in Georgia as Biden Braces for Losses,Breitbart News,"An ad released in the final hours of the campaign on Monday squarely focused on trying to split Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) from President Donald Trump. “Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, squaring off with President Trump,” a narrator says at the opening of the ad. “Expected to appoint Kelly Loeffler to the open U.S. Senate seat.”
The ad focused on trying to split Trump from Loeffler, by highlighting how Kemp—Georgia’s governor who Trump says he intends to back a primary challenger against in two years—appointed her to the seat vacated by...",right
3038,"America Looks Back on 9/11 Attacks, 21 Years Later","['Terrorism', 'Remembering 9/11', 'War On Terror', 'Afghanistan', 'Iraq', 'Terror Attack']",9/11 at 21: We still must remember and still must beware,Washington Examiner,"At some point, annual remembrances of tragic events can get old. The 21st anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks might seem like a good time to let the anniversary go unremarked — never even close to forgotten, of course, but no longer treated as a front-burner topic.
A back-burner treatment, though, would be a mistake.
In addition to wanting to remember those who died and those who acted heroically, there is a very practical reason we should keep the terrorism on 9/11 fresh in our minds. We should do so...",right
3039,"America Looks Back on 9/11 Attacks, 21 Years Later","['Terrorism', 'Remembering 9/11', 'War On Terror', 'Afghanistan', 'Iraq', 'Terror Attack']",Poll: Americans' Views on 9/11 Depend More on Age Than Political Party,NBC News (Online),"Twenty-one years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks of 2001, Americans across the political spectrum share many of the same feelings when it comes to their memories and sentiments related to the attacks. 
However, younger adults demonstrate less connection to the event — and the feelings of unity that many Americans felt following the attacks — than their older counterparts, according to a new poll by nonprofit More In Common and research firm YouGov.
The poll also found nuance in American attitudes related to patriotism, safety and Islamophobia following the...",left
3040,"America Looks Back on 9/11 Attacks, 21 Years Later","['Terrorism', 'Remembering 9/11', 'War On Terror', 'Afghanistan', 'Iraq', 'Terror Attack']",9/11 anniversary underscores unfinished business at DHS,The Hill,"On the anniversary of 9/11, the 21 years since the horrible attack on our nation reminds us that we still have a great deal of work to do, particularly to protect our country from global catastrophic threats. I was honored and privileged to serve President Bush and Homeland Security Advisor, Gov. Tom Ridge, in the post 9/11 White House, a dramatic and uncertain time to say the least. After Gov. Ridge left Pennsylvania to take leadership of Homeland Security at the White House, he and our team were greeted on Day...",center
3041,Justice Department Drops Michael Flynn Case,"['Michael Flynn', 'DOJ', 'Justice', 'Criminal Justice', 'FBI', 'US Intelligence', 'White House', 'Justice Department']",Michael Flynn Confessed. Justice Department Now Says It Doesn’t Care.,Daily Beast,"It may not be a pardon. But the Justice Department has dropped charges against Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Flynn, an important figure in the war on terror who gave Trump’s 2016 run military validation, will avoid prison time after the Justice Department provided a deliverance on Thursday that Flynn had long sought. It is also the second redemption that Trump has provided the general, who served as his first national security adviser for less...",left
3042,Justice Department Drops Michael Flynn Case,"['Michael Flynn', 'DOJ', 'Justice', 'Criminal Justice', 'FBI', 'US Intelligence', 'White House', 'Justice Department']",Justice Department Drops Charges Against Ex-Trump Aide Michael Flynn,Bloomberg,"Under sustained pressure from Donald Trump, the Justice Department took the highly unusual step of dropping its prosecution of Michael Flynn, the president’s first national security adviser, even though he had pleaded guilty more than two years ago to lying to FBI agents.
The move was disclosed in a court filing on Thursday shortly after the career prosecutor in charge of the case withdrew without explanation. Attorney General William Barr publicly backed the decision, which came after weeks of demands by Trump and his allies to redress what the president...",left
3043,Justice Department Drops Michael Flynn Case,"['Michael Flynn', 'DOJ', 'Justice', 'Criminal Justice', 'FBI', 'US Intelligence', 'White House', 'Justice Department']",Justice Department Drops Case against Michael Flynn,National Review,"The Justice Department has moved to withdraw its case against former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, citing “newly discovered and disclosed information,” according to a new court filing.
The move, first reported by The Associated Press, comes less than an hour after the top prosecutor on the case, Brandon Van Grack, submitted his withdrawal from the case. The decision said that the White House interview Flynn gave to the FBI, which ultimately led to his guilty plea, was “conducted without any legitimate investigative basis.”",right
3044,Charlotte Protest Turns Violent,['Violence In America'],"Blame, rumor and blood in Charlotte as protests surge and authorities bolster forces",Washington Post,"Uproar over the fatal police shooting of a black man reached new levels of violence in protests that raged into early Thursday amid looting, street clashes and gunfire, including a demonstrator critically injured in what officials called a “civilian on civilian” shooting.",left
3045,Charlotte Protest Turns Violent,['Violence In America'],"Man Shot, State of Emergency Declared as Charlotte Protests Continue",Wall Street Journal (News),Protests erupted after a fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott on Tuesday; officials say he was armed.,center
3046,Charlotte Protest Turns Violent,['Violence In America'],Violence rocks Charlotte as police insist protesters have wrong story on shooting,Washington Times,"After a night of violent protests and looting, police in Charlotte tried to assuage outrage over Tuesday’s fatal shooting of a black man by an officer, calling for calm Wednesday and saying that the version of events leading up to the shooting being cited by members of the public was based on incorrect information.",right
3047,Stampede and Tear Gas Leave 125 Dead at Indonesian Soccer Stadium,"['World', 'Sports', 'Soccer', 'Indonesia', 'Riots', 'Death', 'Police', 'Police Brutality']",At least 125 dead during fan stampede after Indonesian soccer match,New York Post (News),"At least 125 people are dead — most of them trampled in a stampede– after violent brawls erupted between opposing fans after a soccer match in Indonesia Sunday, marking one of the deadliest crowd calamities in sporting history.
Authorities initially said that 174 people had been killed in the chaos, but the death toll had been revised after officials learned that some victims had been counted twice, according to East Java Deputy Governor Emil Dardak.
Numerous fights broke out among rival fans at the Kanjuruhan Stadium in East Java province’s...",right
3048,Stampede and Tear Gas Leave 125 Dead at Indonesian Soccer Stadium,"['World', 'Sports', 'Soccer', 'Indonesia', 'Riots', 'Death', 'Police', 'Police Brutality']",Indonesia authorities say 125 dead in soccer stadium stampede,Reuters,"A stampede at a soccer stadium in Indonesia has killed at least 125 people and injured more than 320 after police sought to quell violence on the pitch, authorities said on Sunday, in one of the world's worst stadium disasters.
Officers fired tear gas in an attempt to disperse agitated supporters of the losing home side who had invaded the pitch after the final whistle in Malang, East Java, on Saturday night, the region's police chief Nico Afinta told reporters.
""It had gotten anarchic. They started attacking officers, they damaged...",center
3049,Stampede and Tear Gas Leave 125 Dead at Indonesian Soccer Stadium,"['World', 'Sports', 'Soccer', 'Indonesia', 'Riots', 'Death', 'Police', 'Police Brutality']",125 die as tear gas triggers crush at Indonesia soccer match,Associated Press,"Police firing tear gas after an Indonesian soccer match in an attempt to stop violence triggered a disastrous crush of fans making a panicked, chaotic run for the exits, leaving at least 125 people dead, most of them trampled upon or suffocated.
Attention immediately focused on police crowd-control measures at Saturday night’s match between host Arema FC of East Java’s Malang city and Persebaya Surabaya. Witnesses described officers beating them with sticks and shields before shooting tear gas canisters directly into the crowds.
It was among the deadliest disasters ever...",left
3050,"Biden Holds Post-Election Press Conference, Takes Questions","['Joe Biden', '2022 Elections', 'Politics', 'White House', 'Media Industry', 'Democratic Party', 'Democracy', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Biden Says He Plans to Do ‘Nothing’ Differently in Second Half of Presidency,National Review,"President Biden on Wednesday admitted that he plans to do “nothing” differently in the second half of his first term to restore Americans’ confidence in the direction of their country, despite the possibility that Republicans reclaim a majority in the House after an otherwise lackluster midterm performance.
Speaking to reporters the day after the midterm elections, Biden was asked what he might do differently to address voters’ concerns about the economy and the widespread sentiment that the country is generally moving in the wrong direction.
Biden replied: “nothing.”
“I’m not going to change...",right
3051,"Biden Holds Post-Election Press Conference, Takes Questions","['Joe Biden', '2022 Elections', 'Politics', 'White House', 'Media Industry', 'Democratic Party', 'Democracy', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Biden declares election a 'good day' for democracy and the nation,Politico,"President Joe Biden reveled in his party’s success on Wednesday, declaring it a good day for democracy and “a good day for America.”
His comments came after Democrats defied expectations of a red wave washing across the country and exceeded their most optimistic predictions about the midterms.
“Our democracy has been tested in recent years, but with their votes, the American people have spoken and proven once again that democracy is who we are,” he said after walking into the State Dining Room to address reporters.
Biden aides and close...",left
3052,"Biden Holds Post-Election Press Conference, Takes Questions","['Joe Biden', '2022 Elections', 'Politics', 'White House', 'Media Industry', 'Democratic Party', 'Democracy', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']","Biden calls potential House GOP probes, impeachment ‘almost comedy’",The Hill,"President Biden on Wednesday called impeachment threats from some House Republicans poised to take control of the chamber “almost comedy,” arguing that the American people are not interested in investigations into him and his family.
“It was reported—whether it’s accurate or not, I’m not sure—but it was reported many times that Republicans are saying and the former president said, how many times you’re gonna impeach Biden?” Biden said at a post-midterm election press conference at the White House. “I think the American people will look at all of that for...",center
3053,Supreme Court Lifts California Restrictions On At-Home Worship Gatherings,"['Religion And Faith', 'Supreme Court', 'California', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus']",Supreme Court Rules For Worshippers And Against California COVID Restrictions,NPR (Online News),"For the fifth time, the U.S. Supreme Court has sided with religious adherents and against California's COVID-19 restrictions. This time, the court barred the state from enforcing a rule that for now limits both religious and non-religious gatherings in homes to no more than three households.
The court's unsigned order came on a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts cast his lot with the dissenters, but failed to join their opinion. He noted simply that he would have left the lower court order intact.
A panel of the 9th Circuit...",left
3054,Supreme Court Lifts California Restrictions On At-Home Worship Gatherings,"['Religion And Faith', 'Supreme Court', 'California', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus']",Supreme Court strikes another pandemic-related restriction on religious services,Washington Post,"In another late-night ruling, the Supreme Court on Friday blocked another California coronavirus restriction on religious gatherings, saying the state’s limits on home-based Bible study and prayer sessions violated constitutional rights.
The 5-to-4 order on an emergency petition illustrates how a new majority on the court — with Justice Amy Coney Barrett playing a decisive role — is now in control when the court considers if pandemic-related restrictions cross the line to endanger religious rights.
Constitutional protections are implicated any time a state treats “any comparable secular activity more favorably...",left
3055,Supreme Court Lifts California Restrictions On At-Home Worship Gatherings,"['Religion And Faith', 'Supreme Court', 'California', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus']",Supreme Court rules against California's limits on in-home religious gatherings,Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. Supreme Court in a divided decision late Friday ruled in favor of lifting restrictions on in-home religious gatherings, overturning a lower court ruling that upheld Gov. Gavin Newsom’s limits on people from different homes.
The 5-4 unsigned ruling follows other similar decisions recently regarding churches and the coronavirus pandemic. The decision noted it was the fifth time the court has rejected the Ninth Circuit’s analysis of California coronavirus restrictions.
Chief Justice John Roberts dissented but did not sign the dissenting statement submitted by justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor...",right
3056,Playing Insider Politics,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Outsider campaigns seek inside track,CNN (Online News),Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are confronting the same paradox: the fate of their insurgent campaigns built on scorn for the political establishment rests on how well they play the inside game.,left
3057,Playing Insider Politics,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump slams GOP nominating process as top aide accuses Cruz of 'gestapo tactics' to win delegates,Fox News (Online News),"Republican front-runner Donald Trump took a new round of shots at the GOP's nominating process Sunday, while his newly-hired convention manager Paul Manafort accused Trump's rival Ted Cruz of using ""gestapo tactics"" to earn delegate support at nominating conventions across the country.",right
3058,Playing Insider Politics,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump’s Shockingly Weak Delegate Game Somehow Gets Even Worse,Slate,"Donald Trump’s organizational problems have gone from bad to worse to flat-out embarrassing. Here’s the play-by-play from this weekend’s Colorado GOP convention, the latest scene of Trump’s delegate-securing failure.",left
3059,"Coverage of Press Secretary's ""Science"" Remark Fails to Give Full Picture","['Fake News', 'Science', 'White House', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Kayleigh McEnany', 'Coronavirus', 'Education', 'Schools', 'Media Bias']",Kayleigh McEnany: ‘Science Should Not Stand in the Way’ of Reopening Schools,Daily Beast,"Asked by a reporter during Thursday’s White House press briefing what the president would say to parents who have kids in schools districts that are planning to go online-only in the fall, Kayleigh McEnany warned against using science to make decisions about the health of students, teachers, and families.
“The president has said unmistakably that he wants schools to open,” the White House press secretary said. “And when he says open, he means open in full, kids been able to attend each and every day at their school. The science...",left
3060,"Coverage of Press Secretary's ""Science"" Remark Fails to Give Full Picture","['Fake News', 'Science', 'White House', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Kayleigh McEnany', 'Coronavirus', 'Education', 'Schools', 'Media Bias']",McEnany argues science backs White House position on schools,The Hill,"White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany asserted Thursday that “science is on our side” as she advocated for President Trump’s push to physically reopen schools despite coronavirus concerns.
McEnany also at one point said that the “science should not stand in the way” of schools reopening, a remark she later claimed had been taken out of context by the media.
Trump has vocally advocated for schools to physically reopen over the past week, threatening funding to schools and saying he would put pressure on governors to reopen schools in their...",center
3061,"Coverage of Press Secretary's ""Science"" Remark Fails to Give Full Picture","['Fake News', 'Science', 'White House', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Kayleigh McEnany', 'Coronavirus', 'Education', 'Schools', 'Media Bias']","Left-Wing Journalists Misleadingly Quote Kayleigh McEnany On Opening Schools, Science",The Daily Wire,"Several left-wing reporters misleadingly quoted White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Thursday, falsely asserting that McEnany indicated that the administration’s position on opening schools was that science regarding the COVID-19 pandemic should not be taken into consideration.
The journalists, along with a few left-wing media publications, wrote on Twitter that McEnany said that “science should not stand in the way” of children going back to school.
McEnany’s full remarks are below, with relevant portions appearing in bold:
The president has said unmistakably that he wants schools to open. And...",right
3062,Senate Report Says 'No Evidence' to Support Sexual Assault Allegations Against Kavanaugh,['Supreme Court'],Senate Report Concludes No Evidence Supports Kavanaugh Misconduct Accusations,HuffPost,Probe of “numerous allegations” wraps up just in time for the midterm elections.,left
3063,Senate Report Says 'No Evidence' to Support Sexual Assault Allegations Against Kavanaugh,['Supreme Court'],Judiciary committee report clears Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault allegations,The Blaze,"According to a 414-page report released by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), there is “no evidence” that Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted",right
3064,Senate Report Says 'No Evidence' to Support Sexual Assault Allegations Against Kavanaugh,['Supreme Court'],Senate Judiciary Republicans say no evidence found to support accusations against Kavanaugh,The Hill,Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee late Saturday released a 414-page report in which the panel members say they found no supporting evidence for any of the allegations of,center
3065,State Department Accused of Cover Up,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Report Outlines Accusations of Misconduct by Diplomats,New York Times (News),A former ambassador who oversaw an audit of the State Departments Bureau of Diplomatic Security has outlined cases of alleged misconduct by American diplomats and security agents.,left
3066,State Department Accused of Cover Up,"['State Department', 'Politics']","Prostitution, drugs alleged in State Department memo",CNN (Online News),"Senior State Department officials may have stopped investigations of misconduct by staff, according to an internal inspector generals.",left
3067,State Department Accused of Cover Up,"['State Department', 'Politics']",State Department accused of covering up sex and prostitution investigation,Fox News (Online News),The U.S. State Departments ability to investigate wrongdoing by its staff is under question after a report that the agency tried to cover up several crimes committed has surfaced.,right
3068,Alabama Senate Passes Bill Banning Nearly All Abortions,"['Alabama', 'Abortion']",Alabama Senate passes bill making abortion a felony: 'Is that baby in the womb a person?',Washington Times,"The Alabama Senate on Tuesday passed the country’s most restrictive ban on abortion, outlawing the practice even in cases of rape and incest and providing an exception only when the life of the mother is in danger.
The measure, one of several proposals to curb abortion being pushed in various states, could ultimately spark a legal battle that paves the way for a new challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that generally legalized abortion in the United States
“It’s to address the issue that Roe....",right
3069,Alabama Senate Passes Bill Banning Nearly All Abortions,"['Alabama', 'Abortion']",Alabama Senate passes near-total abortion ban,CNN (Online News),"Alabama sent the most restrictive abortion bill in the country to the governor's desk Tuesday night, with the state's Senate passing legislation that could punish doctors who perform abortions with life in prison.
The state's Republican backers have pushed the legislation, which amounts to a near-total ban on abortion in the state, forward with the express goal of overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court case legalizing abortion. Alabama lawmakers join legislators in several other states in putting forth legislation to restrict abortion, such as Georgia's recent fetal heartbeat bill....",left
3070,Alabama Senate Passes Bill Banning Nearly All Abortions,"['Alabama', 'Abortion']","Alabama Senate votes to ban almost all abortions, sending measure to governor's desk",The Hill,"The Alabama Senate on Tuesday evening passed legislation that bans nearly all abortions in the state, sending the measure to Gov. Kay Ivey's (R) desk to be signed into law.
Ivey has not said whether she will sign the measure, which passed by a 25-6 margin. It would ban abortions in virtually all instances in Alabama, including for victims of rape and incest, and would only permit the procedure if necessary to save a mother’s life.
Anyone performing an abortion could be punished by 10 to 99 years in...",center
3071,"Obama, Bush and Clinton Willing to Take COVID-19 Vaccine Publicly","['Coronavirus', 'Bridging Divides', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Barack Obama', 'George Bush', 'Bill Clinton']","Obama, Bush and Clinton willing to take coronavirus vaccine in public",Axios,"Barack Obama said during an interview on SiriusXM airing Thursday he'll take the COVID-19 vaccine and ""may end up taking it on TV."" Representatives for George W. Bush and Bill Clinton told CNN they'd also be willing to be inoculated in public.
Why it matters: The former presidents are hoping to instill confidence in the vaccines once authorized for use in the U.S. NIAID director Anthony Fauci has said the U.S. could have herd immunity by the end of next summer or fall if enough people get vaccinated.",center
3072,"Obama, Bush and Clinton Willing to Take COVID-19 Vaccine Publicly","['Coronavirus', 'Bridging Divides', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Barack Obama', 'George Bush', 'Bill Clinton']","Former Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton volunteer to get coronavirus vaccine publicly to prove it's safe",CNN (Online News),"Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are volunteering to get their Covid-19 vaccines on camera to promote public confidence in the vaccine's safety once the US Food and Drug Administration authorizes one.
The three most recent former presidents hope an awareness campaign to promote confidence in its safety and effectiveness would be a powerful message as American public health officials try to convince the public to take the vaccine.
Freddy Ford, Bush's chief of staff, told CNN that the 43rd President had reached out to...",left
3073,"Obama, Bush and Clinton Willing to Take COVID-19 Vaccine Publicly","['Coronavirus', 'Bridging Divides', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Barack Obama', 'George Bush', 'Bill Clinton']","Bush, Clinton, Obama to publicly get coronavirus vaccine to quell Americans' skepticism",Fox News (Online News),"Former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton have all publicly announced that they are willing to get a coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available to ensure its safety to the public.
Some politicians have expressed skepticism over a vaccine developed and distributed by the Trump administration, including President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, among other Democratic leaders.
""A few weeks ago President Bush asked me to let Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx know that, when the time is right, he wants to do what he...",right
3074,Travelers Face Big Jump in Airfares as Holidays Approach,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Transportation', 'Airlines', 'Consumers', 'Travel', 'Inflation', 'Holidays']",The best deals for 2022 airfares and hotels are already gone—and heading home for the holidays is going to cost you a lot more this year,Fortune,"People still looking to book trips home to visit family or take a vacation during the holidays need to act fast and prepare for sticker shock.
Airline executives say that based on bookings, they expect huge demand for flights over Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s. Travel experts say the best deals for airfares and hotels are already gone.
On social media, plenty of travelers think they are being gouged. It’s an understandable sentiment when government data shows that airfares in October were up 43% from a year earlier, and U.S. airlines reported a...",center
3075,Travelers Face Big Jump in Airfares as Holidays Approach,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Transportation', 'Airlines', 'Consumers', 'Travel', 'Inflation', 'Holidays']",Holiday Travelers Will Be Hit With Skyrocketing Airfares,Newsmax (News),"Americans are expected to head to airports during the winter holiday season in numbers not seen since before the coronavirus pandemic.
But their wallets are going to be hit hard as airline prices, backed by consumer demand, a 40-year-high inflation rate, fewer scheduled flights and higher fuel costs, are skyrocketing.
Travel booking app Hopper said airfares will be 22% higher than in 2019, and 43% higher than last year. It said fares for Thanksgiving peaked at more than $400 in August but fell 9% in September, which it said happens every year....",right
3076,Travelers Face Big Jump in Airfares as Holidays Approach,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Transportation', 'Airlines', 'Consumers', 'Travel', 'Inflation', 'Holidays']","Yes, plane tickets are pricier. Here’s how much more you’re paying, according to Adobe.",USA TODAY,"If you've booked a flight recently, this will not shock you: airline ticket prices are up. What might surprise you, however, is just how much they've risen since before the COVID era.
A new study out Thursday by Adobe shows that airfares increased 24% from Oct. 2019 to Oct. 2022.
""After record spending on physical goods in the first two years of the pandemic, we see consumers shifting more significantly towards services such as air travel,"" Adobe Digital Insights lead analyst Vivek Pandya said in a statement. ""We expect the momentum to carry through the...",left
3077,Debate Over NSA Data Collection,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",'Big Brother Is Truly Watching You',HuffPost,West Virginia Senator Joe Machin (D) addressed NSAs controversial surveillance program on Sunday.,left
3078,Debate Over NSA Data Collection,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Mike Rogers defends NSA data collection,Politico,The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee continues to defend the NSA bulk data collection program in the wake of the release of a report commissioned by the White House that called for a number of changes.,left
3079,Debate Over NSA Data Collection,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Rep. King: NSA phone-snooping tools might have prevented 9/11,Washington Times,Congressman Peter King offered an unapologetic defense Sunday of the National Security Agency's broad collection of phone records saying the spying agency has not abused its power and that 2001 terrorist attacks might have been prevented if the tool had been in place then.,right
3080,Snowden Amnesty Deal,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",WILL NSA PURSUE AMNESTY DEAL WITH EDWARD SNOWDEN?,The Blaze,"In a wide-ranging piece about the National Security Agency on “60 Minutes” Sunday night, one agency official indicated that making an amnesty deal with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in exchange for the files he took is “worth having a conversation about.”
But Richard Ledgett, in charge of getting to the bottom of damage that Snowden’s leaks caused, underscored that making a deal with Snowden isn’t a unanimous feeling among his associates and that much would need to happen first.",right
3081,Snowden Amnesty Deal,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",NSA official: Snowden amnesty 'worth having a conversation about',CNN (Online News),"The top NSA official tasked with assessing the damage from Edward Snowden's leaks says he would consider amnesty for the former contractor in exchange for a halt to the flow of top secret information about U.S. spying.
Snowden, currently in Moscow evading a U.S. warrant for his arrest on espionage charges, leaked information on widespread data collection that's spurred outcry and forced President Barack Obama to review the spy agency's powers.
""My personal view is, yes, it's worth having a conversation about. I would need assurances that the...",left
3082,Snowden Amnesty Deal,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Officials Say U.S. May Never Know Extent of Snowden’s Leaks,New York Times (News),"American intelligence and law enforcement investigators have concluded that they may never know the entirety of what the former National Security Agency contractor Edward J. Snowden extracted from classified government computers before leaving the United States, according to senior government officials",left
3083,Perspectives: Where do Americans Really Stand On 'Abolish the Police'?,"['Criminal Justice', 'Race And Racism', 'Defund The Police', 'Justice']",‘Defund the Police’ is a media fantasy,New York Post (Opinion),"A new, exhaustive study by Gallup and the Knight Foundation found that Americans across the board are losing trust in the media. Some people might be shocked by this finding, but I suspect more people will be shocked to learn that the media had any trust left to lose.
Either way, I think a separate poll conducted by Gallup might illuminate the problem.
If you’ve paid any attention to the news, particularly cable news, over the last couple of months since George Floyd’s killing by police in Minneapolis, you might...",right
3084,Perspectives: Where do Americans Really Stand On 'Abolish the Police'?,"['Criminal Justice', 'Race And Racism', 'Defund The Police', 'Justice']",Black Americans Want Police to Retain Local Presence,Gallup,"WASHINGTON, D.C. -- When asked whether they want the police to spend more time, the same amount of time or less time than they currently do in their area, most Black Americans -- 61% -- want the police presence to remain the same. This is similar to the 67% of all U.S. adults preferring the status quo, including 71% of White Americans.
Meanwhile, nearly equal proportions of Black Americans say they would like the police to spend more time in their area (20%) as say they'd like them to spend...",center
3085,Perspectives: Where do Americans Really Stand On 'Abolish the Police'?,"['Criminal Justice', 'Race And Racism', 'Defund The Police', 'Justice']",Abolish the Police? Those Who Survived the Chaos in Seattle Aren’t So Sure,New York Times (News),"SEATTLE — Faizel Khan was being told by the news media and his own mayor that the protests in his hometown were peaceful, with “a block party atmosphere.”
But that was not what he saw through the windows of his Seattle coffee shop. He saw encampments overtaking the sidewalks. He saw roving bands of masked protesters smashing windows and looting.
Young white men wielding guns would harangue customers as well as Mr. Khan, a gay man of Middle Eastern descent who moved here from Texas so he could more comfortably...",left
3086,"US, Taliban Sign Historic Peace Deal","['US Military', 'Defense', 'White House', 'World', 'Taliban', 'Afghanistan', 'War', 'Middle East', 'Donald Trump', 'Qatar']","Afghanistan's Taliban, US sign peace deal",Al Jazeera,"Doha, Qatar - US officials and Taliban representatives have signed a final peace deal after months of negotiations in Qatar's capital to end the United States's longest war, fought in Afghanistan since 2001.
Saturday's agreement, signed in Doha in the presence of leaders from Pakistan, Qatar, Turkey, India, Indonesia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, will pave the way for the US to gradually withdraw its troops.",left
3087,"US, Taliban Sign Historic Peace Deal","['US Military', 'Defense', 'White House', 'World', 'Taliban', 'Afghanistan', 'War', 'Middle East', 'Donald Trump', 'Qatar']","U.S., Taliban Sign Deal Meant to End America's Longest War",Wall Street Journal (News),"DOHA, Qatar—The U.S. and the Taliban signed a historic deal Saturday meant to end America’s longest war and pave the way for Afghan factions to bring 18 years of costly fighting in their country to an end.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo joined top Taliban leaders at a Doha hotel for the signing of the agreement. The deal is designed to trigger the start of a complete U.S. troop withdrawal over the next 14 months in exchange for a Taliban pledge that the group will work out a political deal...",center
3088,"US, Taliban Sign Historic Peace Deal","['US Military', 'Defense', 'White House', 'World', 'Taliban', 'Afghanistan', 'War', 'Middle East', 'Donald Trump', 'Qatar']","US signs historic peace deal with Taliban, Pompeo strikes cautious tone",Fox News (Online News),"The United States signed a historic peace treaty with Taliban militants on Saturday, aimed at ending the 18-year war in Afghanistan that began after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke cautiously in front of Taliban leaders in Doha, Qatar, calling the agreement a “true test” of their commitment to peace.
“We will closely watch the Taliban’s compliance with their commitments and calibrate the pace of our withdrawal to their actions. This is how we will ensure that Afghanistan never again serves as a...",right
3089,Rep. Al Green Files Impeachment Articles,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Democrat prepares impeachment articles against Trump — citing his tweets,Vox,"Rep. Al Green accuses Trump of “white supremacy, sexism, bigotry, hatred, xenophobia, race-baiting, and racism.”",left
3090,Rep. Al Green Files Impeachment Articles,"['US House', 'Politics']",Dem Rep. Al Green introduces articles of impeachment against Trump,Fox News (Online News),"Liberal Democratic Rep. Al Green on Wednesday followed through on threats to file articles of impeachment against President Trump, introducing the resolution in the House while delivering an anti-Trump tirade on the floor.",right
3091,Rep. Al Green Files Impeachment Articles,"['US House', 'Politics']","House Democrat unveils articles of impeachment against Trump, but misses chance to force vote",The Hill,Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) on Wednesday unveiled articles of impeachment against President Trump in an effort to force a House vote on removing him from office.,center
3092,ExxonMobil Wins Landmark N.Y. Climate Fraud Case,"['Climate Change', 'New York', 'Law', 'Courts', 'ExxonMobil', 'Oil', 'Gas', 'Environment']",New York Lost A Landmark Climate Fraud Case Against Exxon,BuzzFeed News,"A New York judge ruled Tuesday that ExxonMobil did not make misleading statements in public disclosures about the company’s climate change risks, delivering a major win to the oil giant in the highly anticipated climate fraud case.
New York Supreme Court Judge Barry Ostrager found that the New York attorney general “failed to establish by a preponderance of the evidence” that the oil giant violated the law “in connection with its public disclosures concerning how ExxonMobil accounted for past, present, and future climate change risks,” according to his decision.
The...",left
3093,ExxonMobil Wins Landmark N.Y. Climate Fraud Case,"['Climate Change', 'New York', 'Law', 'Courts', 'ExxonMobil', 'Oil', 'Gas', 'Environment']",Exxon Wins New York Climate Change Fraud Case,NPR (Online News),"A judge has handed Exxon Mobil a victory in only the second climate change lawsuit to reach trial in the United States. The decision was a blow for the New York Attorney General's Office, which brought the case.
Justice Barry Ostrager of the New York State Supreme Court said that the attorney general failed to prove that the oil giant broke the law.
""Nothing in this opinion is intended to absolve ExxonMobil from responsibility for contributing to climate change through the emission of greenhouse gasses in the production of its...",left
3094,ExxonMobil Wins Landmark N.Y. Climate Fraud Case,"['Climate Change', 'New York', 'Law', 'Courts', 'ExxonMobil', 'Oil', 'Gas', 'Environment']",Exxon wins first-of-its-kind climate change case against New York,Washington Examiner,"ExxonMobil won a first-of-its-kind climate change fraud trial on Tuesday as a judge rejected the state of New York's claim that the oil and gas giant misled investors in accounting for the financial risks of global warming.
New York Supreme Court Justice Barry Ostrager said the state failed to prove that Exxon violated the Martin Act, a broad state law that does not require proof of intent of shareholder fraud.
“The office of the Attorney General failed to prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that ExxonMobil made any material...",right
3095,"Economy Added 136,000 Jobs in September","['Economy', 'Unemployment', 'Finance', 'Wall Street', 'Economy And Jobs']","U.S. Economy Added 136,000 Jobs in September",Wall Street Journal (News),"U.S. employers added jobs at a steady pace last month, and the unemployment rate hit a 50-year low, signaling the labor market continues to provide opportunities for Americans in search of work despite a broader economic slowdown.
The U.S. economy added 136,000 jobs in September, the Labor Department reported Friday. The jobless rate dropped to 3.5% in September from 3.7% in August, marking the lowest jobless rate since December 1969, when it also logged in at 3.5%.
Meanwhile, average hourly earnings climbed 2.9% from September 2018, a slowdown from previous...",center
3096,"Economy Added 136,000 Jobs in September","['Economy', 'Unemployment', 'Finance', 'Wall Street', 'Economy And Jobs']","Jobs report: Economy adds 136,000 payrolls in September, unemployment rate falls to 3.5%",Yahoo News,"U.S. employers added fewer jobs than expected in September and wage gains slowed, adding to signs of decelerating growth in the domestic economy. However, the unemployment rate unexpectedly declined to a fresh five-decade low of 3.5%.
Here were the main numbers from the Department of Labor’s September jobs report, versus consensus expectations compiled by Bloomberg:
Nonfarm payrolls: 136,000 vs. +145,000 expected and +168,000 in August
Unemployment rate: 3.5% vs. 3.7% expected and 3.7% in August
Average hourly earnings MoM: +0.00% vs. +0.2% expected and +0.4% in August
Average hourly earnings...",left
3097,"Economy Added 136,000 Jobs in September","['Economy', 'Unemployment', 'Finance', 'Wall Street', 'Economy And Jobs']","U.S. adds 136,000 jobs in September, unemployment rate hits 50-year low",MarketWatch,"The numbers: The economy added 136,000 new jobs in September, the government said Friday. Economists polled by MarketWatch had forecast a 150,000 increase.
This is the slowest pace of job growth in four months, as businesses grew more cautious about hiring, but employment gains for August and July revised up by a combined 45,000
And in a separate survey, the U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 3.5%, the lowest rate since December 1969. The number of unemployed people fell by 275,00 over the month.
One dark spot in the report was...",center
3098,Bolton to Publish Memoir Despite National Security Fears,"['National Security', 'Free Speech', 'US Constitution', 'Defense And Security']",Trump touts ruling on Bolton book: 'Now he will have bombs dropped on him!',The Hill,"President Trump on Saturday touted a judge’s ruling on former national security adviser John Bolton’s memoir that allowed the book to proceed with publishing but panned its author as possibly threatening the nation.
“BIG COURT WIN against Bolton. Obviously, with the book already given out and leaked to many people and the media, nothing the highly respected Judge could have done about stopping it...BUT, strong & powerful statements & rulings on MONEY & on BREAKING CLASSIFICATION were made,” Trump tweeted.",center
3099,Bolton to Publish Memoir Despite National Security Fears,"['National Security', 'Free Speech', 'US Constitution', 'Defense And Security']",A federal judge says John Bolton may publish his memoirs that the Trump administration tried to block,Los Angeles Times,"A federal judge in the United States ruled Saturday that former national security adviser John Bolton may proceed with the publication of his book despite efforts by the White House to block it on the grounds that secret information could be exposed.
Judge Royce Lamberth's decision is a victory for Bolton in a case that involved the constitutional right to free expression and national security reasons. But the judge also made clear that he was concerned that Bolton had ""played with the national security of the United States"" by not...",left
3100,Bolton to Publish Memoir Despite National Security Fears,"['National Security', 'Free Speech', 'US Constitution', 'Defense And Security']",Take anything John Bolton says with a mountain of salt,Washington Examiner,"The last thing President Trump needed during an election year on top of a raging public health catastrophe and a recession was a mouthy staffer making him look bad. But John Bolton, the brash, unapologetic uber-hawk and former national security adviser, had other ideas.
Bolton left the administration in fall 2019 after disagreeing with his boss on practically every single foreign policy issue. Trump essentially stopped listening to Bolton months prior, when the president began to wonder whether the man he picked to coordinate the national security bureaucracy was actually...",right
3101,Trump Says He Misspoke on Russian Election Meddling,['Russia'],Trump says he meant to say the exact opposite of what he said about Russia’s election meddling,Vice,"President Trump took a hard 180 from comments in his joint press conference Monday with Vladimir Putin where he said he believed Putin's denial of Russian interference in the 2016 election. In a special presser Tuesday, Trump told reporters that he meant to say the opposite of what he'd said just a day earlier.",left
3102,Trump Says He Misspoke on Russian Election Meddling,['Russia'],"Trump says he misspoke on Russian meddling during press conference, accepts US intel findings",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump said Tuesday that he misspoke when he seemed to dismiss allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 elections, stating clearly that he accepts the U.S. intelligence community's conclusions as he sought to quell a bipartisan firestorm over his press conference with Vladimir Putin.",right
3103,Trump Says He Misspoke on Russian Election Meddling,['Russia'],"Trump Reverses Course, Says Russia Meddled in 2016 Election",Wall Street Journal (News),"A day after questioning the U.S. intelligence community’s findings that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election, President Donald Trump reversed course on Tuesday, saying he accepted its conclusion.",center
3104,FBI Won’t Charge Hillary,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Clinton gets late break in battle with Trump,Politico,"Another day, another bombshell.
The ever-turbulent presidential race took another dramatic turn on Sunday afternoon as FBI Director James Comey revealed in a letter to Congress that newly-discovered messages would not affect his bureau’s decision that Hillary Clinton did not deserve prosecution — a revelation that comes a little more than a week after Comey first set the race into a frenzy.",left
3105,FBI Won’t Charge Hillary,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",FBI again clears Clinton in email probe,Washington Times,"The FBI cleared Hillary Clinton for a second time Sunday, saying it hasn’t found anything in the latest emails obtained from Huma Abedin’s laptop to change the findings from this summer that the former secretary of state was reckless with classified information but couldn’t be prosecuted for it.",right
3106,FBI Won’t Charge Hillary,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']","Hillary Clinton Won’t Face Charges For New Emails, FBI Director Tells Congress",HuffPost,"Nine days after upending the 2016 presidential campaign, FBI Director James Comey announced Sunday that Hillary Clinton would not face charges over newly discovered emails found on a separate computer.",left
3107,Expectations for the 1st Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Campaigns outline opposing debate expectations,Washington Examiner,"Donald Trump's and Hillary Clinton's campaign managers outlined contrasting ideas Sunday of how they want the media to cover Monday night's presidential debate.
Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said he's worried Trump will be allowed to make false claims without anyone fact-checking him. He said it's not Clinton's job to ""play traffic cop,"" but rather the media's task.",right
3108,Expectations for the 1st Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why the debate expectations game is a farce,CNN (Online News),"Republicans are praising Hillary Clinton as the most skilled and experienced politician ever to stand behind a podium. Democrats note Donald Trump, a former reality star, is especially savvy on television.",left
3109,Expectations for the 1st Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",It’s Time To Play The ‘Debate Expectations’ Game!,HuffPost,"Could there possibly be anything more esoteric than yet another piece about “debate expectations” and the way the false consciousness of the media inevitably overrides the substance of two presidential candidates, making the whole thing an exercise in worse-than-futility? Probably not!",left
3110,Angela Merkel To Step Down As German Chancellor in 2021,"['Europe', 'World']",Angela Merkel announced she will not seek re-election as German Chancellor,CNN (Online News),German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Monday that she would not seek re-election when her term expires in 2021.,left
3111,Angela Merkel To Step Down As German Chancellor in 2021,"['Europe', 'World']",Angela Merkel to step down as German chancellor in 2021,BBC News,"Germany's Angela Merkel has said she will step down as chancellor in 2021, following recent election setbacks.",center
3112,Angela Merkel To Step Down As German Chancellor in 2021,"['Europe', 'World']",Angela Merkel won't seek 5th term as German chancellor,Townhall,"Germany's Angela Merkel announced Monday that she will step down as head of her conservative party in December after 18 years and won't seek a fifth term as chancellor in 2021, launching a leadership transition in Europe's biggest economy.",right
3113,Leaked Interviews with Navy SEALs Paint Dark Picture of Eddie Gallagher,"['Eddie Gallagher', 'War Crimes', 'War On Terror', 'Middle East', 'ISIS', 'Navy', 'Navy Seals', 'Donald Trump', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Eddie Gallagher's Navy SEAL platoon members blast him in leaked videos,Axios,"Navy SEAL platoon members painted a dark picture of Chief Petty Officer Eddie Gallagher, their leader who was acquitted of war crimes and had a minor charge cleared by President Trump, in leaked investigatory interview videos and text messages obtained by the New York Times.
Why it matters: The interviews, given by members of the platoon members that served under Gallagher, break the SEALs' unwritten code of silence and describe their leader as violent, ""evil"" and ""toxic"" — in contrast with Trump's portrayal of him as a hero.
What they're...",center
3114,Leaked Interviews with Navy SEALs Paint Dark Picture of Eddie Gallagher,"['Eddie Gallagher', 'War Crimes', 'War On Terror', 'Middle East', 'ISIS', 'Navy', 'Navy Seals', 'Donald Trump', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']",NY Times: Navy SEAL Called Edward Gallagher 'Freaking Evil',Newsmax (News),"Navy SEALs expressed anguish and anger as they accused Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher of war crimes, The New York Times is reporting.
""You could tell he was perfectly OK with killing anybody that was moving,"" Special Operator First Class Corey Scott, a medic in the platoon, told investigators.
And Special Operator First Class Craig Miller, one of the most experienced SEALs in the group, told investigators: ""The guy is freaking evil.""
At one point, Miller had to look away during his interview with investigators to hide that he was...",right
3115,Leaked Interviews with Navy SEALs Paint Dark Picture of Eddie Gallagher,"['Eddie Gallagher', 'War Crimes', 'War On Terror', 'Middle East', 'ISIS', 'Navy', 'Navy Seals', 'Donald Trump', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Navy SEALs on Tape: Edward Gallagher Is ‘Freaking Evil’,Daily Beast,"The New York Times has obtained video interviews and private group text messages recorded with the colleagues of Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, who was accused of war crimes, including murder. Gallagher was acquitted by a military jury in July of all but a single relatively minor charge, and was cleared of all punishment in November by President Trump. In one video of questioning by Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents, a SEAL broke the force’s self-imposed code of silence to describe Gallagher as “freaking evil,” while another says: “You could tell...",left
3116,Homeland Security Secretary Almost Quit After Trump Border Rant,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen ‘Was Close to Resigning’ After Trump Blasted Her for Not Securing Border,Breitbart News,"Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen “was close to resigning” from President Trump’s administration after she was blasted for failing to secure the U.S.-Mexico border against a caravan of Central Americans, a report says.",right
3117,Homeland Security Secretary Almost Quit After Trump Border Rant,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump blew up at homeland security chief over border security,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen got into a lengthy, heated argument during a Cabinet meeting focused on immigration Wednesday, a source with knowledge of the blowup told CNN.",left
3118,Homeland Security Secretary Almost Quit After Trump Border Rant,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Report: Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen almost resigned over Trump tirade,USA TODAY,"President Trump unloaded on Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at a heated cabinet meeting this week, railing against her for failing to stop illegal border crossings. Trump, who has growing increasingly frustrated by a spike in apprehensions at the border and other legal setbacks, blamed Nielsen Wednesday for failing to do enough to stop them, according to people familiar with the exchange.",left
3119,Trust in Supreme Court at Record Low,"['Supreme Court', 'Trust', 'Gallup Poll', 'Approval Rating']",Why have so many Americans come to mistrust the Supreme Court?,Washington Post,"The Supreme Court opens its 2022 term on Oct. 3 with its lowest public approval rating in modern history, which the justices are acutely aware of. One reason is that the court issued some highly controversial decisions last term — most notably, the Dobbs ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade.
But this is only part of the story.
Other important political officials have tarnished Americans’ opinions of the court, and public trust in democratic institutions and processes has dropped more generally as well.
That matters. With no independent enforcement power for their decisions, the justices rely on public respect for the court’s legitimacy. Yet...",left
3120,Trust in Supreme Court at Record Low,"['Supreme Court', 'Trust', 'Gallup Poll', 'Approval Rating']",Justice Alito: Questioning Legitimacy of SCOTUS ‘Crosses an Important Line’,The Epoch Times,"U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has weighed in to defend the recent rulings from the conservative majority, saying that those questioning the high court’s legitimacy have “crossed an important line.”
Alito, who penned the majority opinion that essentially sent the question of abortion access back to individual states, was asked by the Wall Street Journal whether overturning precedent threatens the Supreme Court’s legitimacy.
“It goes without saying that everyone is free to express disagreement with our decisions and to criticize our reasoning as they see fit,” Alito told the Journal on...",right
3121,Trust in Supreme Court at Record Low,"['Supreme Court', 'Trust', 'Gallup Poll', 'Approval Rating']",Supreme Court trust at record low: Gallup,The Hill,"Public trust of the U.S. Supreme Court is at a record low, according to a Gallup poll published on Thursday.
Forty-seven percent of adults surveyed earlier this month said that they trust the court, 6 percentage points lower than the previous record low of 53 percent reported in 2015.
Last year, 54 percent of respondents said they had “a great deal” or “a fair amount” of trust in the court.
Job approval for the Supreme Court also dropped in the new poll, tying the previous record low of 40 percent.
After the...",center
3122,GOP Files Obamacare Suit,['Healthcare'],"Republicans challenge Obama's executive actions, file lawsuit over Obamacare",Washington Post,"The political war over President Obama's controversial policy changes on deportation escalated Friday as the White House pledged to forcefully sell the overhauls to the American people, while many Republicans vowed to derail his efforts.
Obama went to Nevada on Friday to begin what the White House described as a ""very aggressive"" effort to promote the changes but also to chide his Republican critics for opposing immigration reform.
""We're not a nation that kicks out strivers and dreamers who want to earn their piece of the American dream,"" Obama said....",left
3123,GOP Files Obamacare Suit,['Healthcare'],Boehner: House GOP files Obamacare suit,CNN (Online News),"House Speaker John Boehner said Friday he has sued the Obama Administration in federal court over its decisions to make changes to the President's health care law, which congressional Republicans argue were unconstitutional.
The move was expected for months -- the GOP-controlled House of Representatives voted to approve the lawsuit in July. But Boehner had trouble retaining a law firm that would take the case because of the political furor over the controversial health care law.
""Time after time, the President has chosen to ignore the will of...",left
3124,GOP Files Obamacare Suit,['Healthcare'],Losing Streak: WH Admits Improperly Inflating Obamacare Enrollment Figures,Townhall,"Last spring, Obamacare supporters were ebullient when the Obama administration announced a milestone ""victory:"" Despite a truly disastrous roll-out, they'd enrolled eight million Americans in the program. The Obamacare debate, the president said, was officially over. We expressed skepticism over the White House's stats almost immediately, noting that the official numbers didn't account for duplicates, non-paying ""customers,"" and consumer attrition -- not to mention the high percentage of ""new"" enrollees who previously had insurance, but were forced to use Obamacare's exchanges to obtain plans after their existing arrangements were cancelled...",right
3125,Report on Benghazi attack,['Foreign Policy'],State Faulted in Libya Attack,Wall Street Journal (News),"Video Details Security Weakness; Mob Overwhelmed Inadequate Local Forces - The State Department suffered from ""systemic failures"" in its response to the terrorist threat in Benghazi, Libya, and had insufficient numbers of security on the ground, according to an independent panel investigating the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate there.",center
3126,Report on Benghazi attack,['Foreign Policy'],"Report on Libya attack cites 'systemic failures' in security, confirms no protest",Fox News (Online News),"A State Department-ordered investigation into September's attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, concluded that ""systemic failures"" left the facility inadequately protected, according to the independent review board's report, which confirmed that no protest preceded the deadly attack.",right
3127,Report on Benghazi attack,['Foreign Policy'],Report on Benghazi attack cites 'systemic failures',CNN (Online News),"An independent review of the September 11 attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi released Tuesday cited ""systemic failures and leadership and management deficiencies"" at the State Department.",left
3128,Final POTUS Press Conference of 2013,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama's Sunny Presser: Millions Will Have Health Insurance on January 1,Townhall,"Speaking from the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, President Obama delivered some brief remarks at his final press conference of the year before departing for the Hawaiian Islands for a two week vacation.",right
3129,Final POTUS Press Conference of 2013,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama concludes tough year with press conference,Washington Post,In year-end press conference president also faces questions on continuing gridlock in Washington.,left
3130,Final POTUS Press Conference of 2013,"['White House', 'Politics']",5 takeaways from Obama's news conference,Politico,"President Barack Obama made a smidgen of news in his final press conference of the yea,r but went to great lengths to avoid saying anything that could cause a damper on his Christmas vacation in Hawaii.",left
3131,House Passes Bill to Remove Confederate Statues from Capitol,"['US House', 'American Heritage', 'History', 'Confederate Statues', 'Monuments', 'Race And Racism', 'Politics']",House passes bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol,The Hill,"The House passed legislation on Tuesday that would remove artwork from the Capitol that honors people with legacies of defending slavery, including by serving the Confederacy.
The 285-120 vote was bipartisan, but it split Republicans. A minority of 67 Republicans joined with all Democrats in support, while 120 voted against it. 
“We ought not to forget history. We must learn from history. But we ought not to honor that which defiled the principles for which we think we stand,” said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), the bill’s primary author. “It's time to...",center
3132,House Passes Bill to Remove Confederate Statues from Capitol,"['US House', 'American Heritage', 'History', 'Confederate Statues', 'Monuments', 'Race And Racism', 'Politics']",House votes to remove Confederate statues and replace Roger B. Taney bust,CNN (Online News),"The House passed a resolution Tuesday to expel Confederate statues from the US Capitol and replace its bust of Roger B. Taney, the chief justice who wrote the Dred Scott decision, with one honoring Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court justice.
The vote was 285 to 120. Sixty-seven Republicans voted with 218 Democrats in support of the bill.
The House passed a similar resolution last year on a bipartisan basis but it stalled after Republicans in the Senate argued that the states should decide which statues they'd like to display in the...",left
3133,House Passes Bill to Remove Confederate Statues from Capitol,"['US House', 'American Heritage', 'History', 'Confederate Statues', 'Monuments', 'Race And Racism', 'Politics']",House votes to sweep out Capitol statues deemed offensive,Washington Examiner,"The House voted to remove the bust of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney and several other statues associated with the Confederacy or racism.
Democrats have been determined to rid the building of statues memorializing long-dead dignitaries who held racist viewpoints, a goal realized in Tuesday's vote of 285-120. Sixty-seven Republicans voted with all Democrats present, but many GOP members said the removal process should be left to the states, which are each allowed to place two statues in the Capitol.",right
3134,Transgender Student Wins Landmark Appeal,['General News'],"Judges Say Parents, School Officials Must Obey ‘Transgender’ Teenager",Breitbart News,"The federal constitution requires that school officials submit to the demands of a teenage girl who wants to change her sex to become a boy, says a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.",right
3135,Transgender Student Wins Landmark Appeal,['General News'],Appeals court sides with transgender student in bathroom fight,The Hill,The Chicago-based 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a transgender student has the right to use the bathroom that corresponds with his gender identity under federal law.,center
3136,Transgender Student Wins Landmark Appeal,['General News'],"A federal appeals court just reached a huge decision for transgender rights. Seriously, it’s big.",Vox,The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals just sided with a transgender student in a landmark decision.,left
3137,House backs Obama Syria plan,['Middle East'],House approves Obama’s Iraq-Syria military strategy amid skepticism,Washington Post,"The House on Wednesday approved President Obama’s plan to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels to counter the growing threat of the Islamic State organization, even though lawmakers in both parties remain deeply skeptical about its chances for success.",left
3138,House backs Obama Syria plan,['Middle East'],House backs Obama’s Syria plan,Politico,"In a rare bipartisan show of support, the House approved President Barack Obama’s controversial plan to arm and train rebels in Syria, part of the White House’s strategy to confront the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.",left
3139,House backs Obama Syria plan,['Middle East'],"House approves arms, training for moderate Syrian rebels",Fox News (Online News),"In back-to-back votes, the Republican-led House on Wednesday gave the U.S. military the authority to train and arm Syrian rebels against the Islamic State and then approved a bill to fund the federal government through Dec. 11.",right
3140,"Russia Scaling Back Kyiv Assault, Focusing on Separatist-Backed Regions in the East","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Kyiv', 'Russia']",Russia shifts focus to try to grind Ukraine’s army in east,Associated Press,"With its aspirations for a quick victory dashed by a stiff Ukrainian resistance, Russia has increasingly focused on grinding down Ukraine’s military in the east in the hope of forcing Kyiv into surrendering part of the country’s territory to possibly end the war.
The bulk of the Ukrainian army is concentrated in eastern Ukraine, where it has been locked up in fighting with Moscow-backed separatists in a nearly eight-year conflict. If Russia succeeds in encircling and destroying the Ukrainian forces in the country’s industrial heartland called Donbas, it could try...",left
3141,"Russia Scaling Back Kyiv Assault, Focusing on Separatist-Backed Regions in the East","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Kyiv', 'Russia']","Its attack on Kyiv stalled, Russia shifts goals and settles in for protracted bombardment of Ukrainian cities",Washington Examiner,"As the war in Ukraine stretches into its second month, Russia appears to be pausing its unsuccessful siege of Kyiv and has shifted its strategy to one of punishing missile strikes along with a renewed effort to cut off Ukrainian forces in the eastern Donbas region.
On Friday, First Deputy Chief of the Russian General Staff Sergei Rudsko declared the “first stage of the operation” had been completed, enabling Russian forces to move on to the “main goal” of taking full control of Donetsk and Luhansk in the east.
Today, Russian missiles...",right
3142,"Russia Scaling Back Kyiv Assault, Focusing on Separatist-Backed Regions in the East","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Kyiv', 'Russia']",Ukrainians disrupt and derail Russian offensive as war moves to new phase,CNN (Online News),"Just over a month after the first ballistic missiles slammed into Kyiv's international airport, the Russian campaign has been disrupted and derailed by stubborn Ukrainian resistance -- and in the last few days by agile Ukrainian counterattacks on several fronts.
Russian forces retain considerable -- but not overwhelming -- numerical superiority. Their armored groups have struggled against Western-supplied anti-tank weapons and Turkish-made drones. Ukrainian air defenses have punched above their weight and are now being reinforced by thousands of US-made Stinger missiles.
Poor logistical support, questionable tactics and growing evidence of poor morale among Russian battalion tactical groups...",left
3143,Perspectives: Tim Scott and the GOP Rebuttal to Biden’s Speech,"['Republican Party', 'Tim Scott', 'Joe Biden', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'Polarization', 'Race And Racism', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Infrastructure', 'Bipartisanship', 'Politics']","Sen. Tim Scott's Republican Response To Biden's Address, Annotated",NPR (Online News),"South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott delivered the official Republican response to President Biden's address to Congress.
Scott, the lone Black GOP senator, spoke after Biden concluded his remarks Wednesday night.
When Scott was announced for the role, he said in a statement that he would be ""sharing Republicans' optimistic vision for expanding opportunity and empowering working families."" In his address, he sought to offer an alternative to the Biden agenda while defending the GOP, and the nation at large, against charges of racism.",left
3144,Perspectives: Tim Scott and the GOP Rebuttal to Biden’s Speech,"['Republican Party', 'Tim Scott', 'Joe Biden', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'Polarization', 'Race And Racism', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Infrastructure', 'Bipartisanship', 'Politics']",The Ugly Reaction to Tim Scott’s Speech Is Telling,David Harsanyi,"Tim Scott gave a competent Republican response to Joe Biden’s mendacious speech last night. And boy, the contrived, hyperbolic outrage and derision we saw from liberal talking heads was something to behold.
Some of it was just farcical. Take MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace’s contention that the speech, in which Scott praised the Trump administration vaccines, was “delivered from a planet where facts don’t matter.” Operation Warp Speed, she claimed, “didn’t do anything to get a needle in the arms, so a lot of disinformation.” Well, it did help boost the life-saving...",right
3145,Perspectives: Tim Scott and the GOP Rebuttal to Biden’s Speech,"['Republican Party', 'Tim Scott', 'Joe Biden', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'Polarization', 'Race And Racism', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Infrastructure', 'Bipartisanship', 'Politics']",Republicans Unironically Claim Joe Biden’s Agenda Is Tearing the Country Apart,Guest Writer - Left,"The GOP, an increasingly extremist party whose members still can’t all admit that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, has a message for Joe Biden: Stop being so radical and divisive. That was the gist of Senator Tim Scott’s rebuttal to the president’s first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night. Painting Biden’s calls for unity as “empty platitudes,” the South Carolina Republican accused Democrats of dividing Americans in pursuit of a far-left agenda, and of abandoning GOP lawmakers who sincerely want to come together to advance...",left
3146,Democrats and Republicans Issue Warnings to White House Against Firing Mueller,"['White House', 'Politics']",Dems demand bill to protect Mueller after Trump comments,Washington Times,"Democrats warned Tuesday of a “constitutional crisis” if President Trump were to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, and demanded Congress move quickly to approve legislation that would take the decision out of the president’s hands.",right
3147,Democrats and Republicans Issue Warnings to White House Against Firing Mueller,"['White House', 'Politics']",White House Says Trump Can Fire Mueller. Republicans Warn It’d Be a Mistake,Bloomberg,"President Donald Trump has been advised he has authority to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, a White House spokeswoman said, as top Republicans in Congress warned that doing so may put his presidency at risk.",left
3148,Democrats and Republicans Issue Warnings to White House Against Firing Mueller,"['White House', 'Politics']",Senate Republican leaders warn Trump but reject calls to pass legislation to protect Mueller,Washington Post,Senate Republican leaders sharply warned President Trump not to fire Robert S. Mueller III on Tuesday — but they once again stopped short of embracing legislation to protect the special counsel.,left
3149,Longest Serving Rep To Retire,"['US House', 'Politics']","Democratic Rep. Dingell, longest-serving congressman, to retire",Fox News (Online News),"Michigan Democratic Rep. John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history, will not seek reelection to another term.
The 87-year-old lawmaker has served in the House since 1955, when he filled the seat vacated by his late father. He is expected to make the announcement Monday.
Dingell has p",right
3150,Longest Serving Rep To Retire,"['US House', 'Politics']",Michigan Rep. John Dingell to Retire,Wall Street Journal (News),"Rep. John Dingell of Michigan, the longest-serving lawmaker in the history of Congress, said he planned to retire after nearly six decades, ending a storied and controversial career spent defending both the auto industry and environmental protection laws.
The departure of Mr. Dingell, 87 years old, will further winnow the House's ranks of veteran, liberal lawmakers, which were already shrinking after California Democrats Henry Waxman and George Miller a",center
3151,Longest Serving Rep To Retire,"['US House', 'Politics']",John Dingell to Retire After Nearly 60 Years in House,New York Times (News),"No member of the House has served as long as Representative John D. Dingell, Democrat of Michigan. So it resonated when Mr. Dingell announced on Monday that he would not seek re-election to a seat he has held since the Eisenhower administration in part because the institution he once revered had become “obnoxious,” riven by acrimony and marked by lack of productivity.
“There is going to be a lot of blaming and finger-pointing back and forth, but all of us are at fault,” Mr. Dingell said in remarks to a...",left
3152,NSA Surveillance Reach Broader Than We Knew,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Report:NSA conducts surveillance on 75 percent of U.S. Internet,CBS News (Online),"According to a Wall Street Journal report on Tuesday, the NSA has built a surveillance network that covers considerably more U.S. Internet communication than intelligence officials have previously disclosed publicly.",left
3153,NSA Surveillance Reach Broader Than We Knew,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",NSA Can Sift Through Some 75% Of All U.S. Internet Traffic,Wall Street Journal (News),"NSA surveillance programs can cover roughly 75 of all U.S. internet traffic, a WSJ examination shows.",center
3154,NSA Surveillance Reach Broader Than We Knew,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",NSA surveillance reach broader than publicly acknowledged,Fox News (Online News),"The National Security Agency's surveillance network has the capacity to spy on 75 percent of all U.S. Internet traffic, The Wall Street Journal reports.",right
3155,Campaign Finance,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Barack Obama 2012 Fundraising Close To 2008 Record-Setting Pace,HuffPost,"WASHINGTON -- It seems a distant memory when discussion of Barack Obama's fundraising revolved around the imminent possibility that the president, the record holder for money hauled in by a single candidate's campaign committee, would raise more than $1 billion for his reelection campaign.",left
3156,Campaign Finance,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",This is one October Surprise Obama surely sees coming,Fox News (Online News),Get ready for this years “October Surprise — the news event in the weeks before the presidential election that has the potential to push the remaining undecided voters behind one candidate and decide the outcome.,right
3157,Federal Judge Reverses California Ban on Assault Weapons,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Second Amendment', 'California', 'Violence In America']",Federal Judge Overturns California’s 32-Year Assault Weapons Ban,New York Times (News),"A federal judge in California on Friday overturned the state’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, which he called a “failed experiment,” prompting a sharp retort from the state’s governor.
California prohibited the sale of assault weapons in 1989. The law was challenged in a suit filed in 2019 against the state’s attorney general by plaintiffs including James Miller, a California resident, and the San Diego County Gun Owners, a political action committee.
The judge, Roger T. Benitez of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, wrote that sections of the...",left
3158,Federal Judge Reverses California Ban on Assault Weapons,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Second Amendment', 'California', 'Violence In America']",A Judge Tossed Out California’s Assault Weapons Ban. Here’s What Happens Next.,Forbes,"A federal judge overturned California’s 32-year-old ban on assault weapons, calling the law unconstitutional in a Friday decision that compared AR-15s to Swiss Army knives, setting the stage for an appeals court battle over one of the country’s oldest assault weapons bans. San Diego judge Roger Benitez, an appointee of President George W. Bush, argued firearms like the AR-15 are “ordinary, popular, modern rifles” and are often useful for self defense and sport, so California’s ban runs afoul of the Second Amendment and the Supreme Court’s landmark 2008 D.C. v. Heller decision. The assault weapons ban will not...",center
3159,Federal Judge Reverses California Ban on Assault Weapons,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Second Amendment', 'California', 'Violence In America']","Federal Judge Strikes Down California’s ‘Unconstitutional’ Assault Weapons Ban, Torches Media",The Daily Wire,"A federal judge in the Southern District of California ruled late on Friday that California’s controversial “assault weapons” ban is unconstitutional.
“This case is not about extraordinary weapons lying at the outer limits of Second Amendment protection,” Judge Roger T. Benitez wrote. “The banned ‘assault weapons’ are not bazookas, howitzers, or machineguns. Those arms are dangerous and solely useful for military purposes. Instead, the firearms deemed ‘assault weapons’ are fairly ordinary, popular, modern rifles. This is an average case about average guns used in average ways for average purposes.”
“One is...",right
3160,NK Says it has Right to Shoot US Bombers,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea Says It Has the Right to Shoot Down U.S. Warplanes,New York Times (News),"North Korea threatened on Monday to shoot down American warplanes even if they are not in the country’s airspace, as its foreign minister declared that President Trump’s threatening comments about the country and its leadership were “a declaration of war.”",left
3161,NK Says it has Right to Shoot US Bombers,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea accuses US of declaring war,BBC News,North Korea's foreign minister has accused US President Donald Trump of declaring war on his country and said Pyongyang had the right to shoot down US bombers.,center
3162,NK Says it has Right to Shoot US Bombers,"['North Korea', 'World']",'Declaration of war': North Korea claims Trump speech brought 'all options' to the table,Fox News (Online News),"A North Korean official said President Trump's comments last week to the United Nations General Assembly amounted to a U.S. ""declaration of war"" against the Hermit Kingdom -- the latest rhetoric in a war of words that comes a day after a propaganda video from Pyongyang featured missiles demolishing a U.S. aircraft and jets.",right
3163,Perspectives: St. Patrick's Day 2020,"['Business', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Immigration', 'History', 'Holidays', 'General News']","To show love for the Irish on St. Patrick's Day, give them green cards instead of green beer",NBC News (Online),"If it weren’t for a certain virus plaguing the world at this moment, more than half the American population — an estimated 57 percent — would be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day on Tuesday. Cabbage consumption would have increased by 70 percent; 13 million pints of Guinness would have been consumed; rivers would have been dyed green; 70 percent of revelers would have worn green; and an estimated $245 million would have been spent worldwide on beer — much of which would have, of course, been green.
As an Irish-born immigrant,...",left
3164,Perspectives: St. Patrick's Day 2020,"['Business', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Immigration', 'History', 'Holidays', 'General News']",No luck for the Irish as closed U.S. pubs face coronavirus losses on St. Patrick's Day,Reuters,"NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - Orla Sweeney, manager of Connolly’s Irish pub in New York City, expected St. Patrick’s Day to once again be one of her bar’s most profitable days of the year.
Instead, the pub near Times Square was shuttered on Tuesday, like hundreds of thousands of dining establishments across the United States as state governments enforced closures to control the spread of COVID-19. Sweeney broke the news to her employees on Monday after Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered all restaurants to close that night, and they broke down in...",center
3165,Perspectives: St. Patrick's Day 2020,"['Business', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Immigration', 'History', 'Holidays', 'General News']","Raise a St. Patrick's Day glass to 'Wild Bill' Donovan, the greatest Irish American",Washington Examiner,"The Feast of St. Patrick is subdued this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Touchstone events, such as New York’s parade, were wisely postponed for the first time since 1762.
March 17 is a bigger deal in America than in Ireland. There was no doubt whom the Irish were back home: known and persecuted for their Catholic faith, Celtic ethnicity, Gaelic language (spoken out “beyond the Pale”), and rebel tendencies.
In the United States, it’s different. As English-speaking white Christians, unlike most immigrants, Irish Catholics could assimilate as much or...",right
3166,McConnell Recognizes Biden as President-Elect,"['Joe Biden', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US Senate', 'Republican Party', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Electoral College']",McConnell congratulates Biden on White House win,The Hill,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Tuesday, marking the first time he has directly acknowledged their victory.
""The Electoral College has spoken, so today I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden. The president-elect is no stranger to the Senate. He's devoted himself to public service for many years,"" McConnell said.
McConnell added that ""many of us hoped that the presidential election would yield a different result, but our system of government has processes to determine who will be sworn in...",center
3167,McConnell Recognizes Biden as President-Elect,"['Joe Biden', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US Senate', 'Republican Party', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Electoral College']","More than five weeks after election result declared, McConnell congratulates Biden on his victory",NBC News (Online),"After weeks of delay, the top Republican in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, acknowledged on Tuesday that Joe Biden will be the next president, following an Electoral College vote that officially certified his win on Monday.
""The Electoral College has spoken. So today, I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden,"" McConnell said Tuesday on the Senate floor, in a speech that heralded President Donald Trump's achievements.
Members of McConnell's leadership team also acknowledged the result.
""I was proud to join thousands of people in Wyoming in voting for President Trump. I...",left
3168,McConnell Recognizes Biden as President-Elect,"['Joe Biden', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US Senate', 'Republican Party', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Electoral College']","McConnell, top GOP senators acknowledge Biden as president-elect: 'The Electoral College has spoken'",Fox News (Online News),"Top Senate Republicans are officially accepting President-elect Joe Biden's 2020 victory after the Electoral College confirmed his win on Monday.
Their acceptance of the president-elect's victory comes nearly six weeks after the Nov. 3 election, as President Trump refuses to concede while making claims of widespread voter fraud that have so far been unsubstantiated.
""The Electoral College has spoken, so today I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden,"" Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday on the Senate floor. ""The president-elect is no stranger to the Senate. He's devoted...",right
3169,Justice Department Says IRS Must Release Trump Tax Returns to Congress,"['Donald Trump', 'IRS', 'Taxes', 'Justice Department', 'Trump Taxes', 'US House', 'Treasury']",Biden's Justice Department says IRS 'must' hand over Trump tax returns to Congress,CNN (Online News),"The Justice Department told the Treasury Department that it ""must"" turn over former President Donald Trump's tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee, which first requested them more than two years ago.
The direction came in an opinion released Friday by the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, which provides legal advice to the executive branch.
""The Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee has invoked sufficient reasons for requesting the former President's tax information."" Under the department's interpretation of federal law, according to the opinion, ""Treasury must furnish...",left
3170,Justice Department Says IRS Must Release Trump Tax Returns to Congress,"['Donald Trump', 'IRS', 'Taxes', 'Justice Department', 'Trump Taxes', 'US House', 'Treasury']",Justice Department says Trump's tax returns should be released,The Hill,"The Justice Department on Friday said the Treasury Department must turn over former President Trump’s long-sought tax returns to the Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee.
In a memo from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), acting Assistant Attorney General Dawn Johnsen said the Treasury Department was required to defer to the congressional committee.
“The statute at issue here is unambiguous: ‘Upon written request’ of the chairman of one of the three congressional tax committees, the Secretary ‘shall furnish’ the requested tax information to the Committee,” Johnsen wrote in the...",center
3171,Justice Department Says IRS Must Release Trump Tax Returns to Congress,"['Donald Trump', 'IRS', 'Taxes', 'Justice Department', 'Trump Taxes', 'US House', 'Treasury']",DOJ Orders Treasury Department to Turn Over Trump’s Tax Returns to House Committee,National Review,"The Department of Justice ordered the Treasury Department to turn over former President Trump’s tax returns to the Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee Friday.
A memo from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) said that the committee satisfied the constitutional requirement that the information requested will serve a legitimate legislative purpose, and therefore the Treasury Department is obliged to release the documents.
“The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee has invoked sufficient reasons for requesting the former president’s tax information,” the opinion said. “Treasury must furnish the...",right
3172,CDC Says Delta Variant May Cause Mild but Contagious COVID-19 in Vaccinated People,"['Coronavirus', 'Delta Variant', 'Masks', 'CDC', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']","Vaccinated People May Spread the Virus, Though Rarely, C.D.C. Reports",New York Times (News),"In yet another unexpected and unwelcome twist in the pandemic, fully immunized people with so-called breakthrough infections of the Delta variant may spread the virus to others just as easily as unvaccinated people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report published on Friday.
The vaccines remain powerfully effective against severe illness and death, and infections in vaccinated people are thought to be comparatively rare. But the revelation follows a series of other findings this week about the Delta variant, all of which have upended scientists’ understanding of the...",left
3173,CDC Says Delta Variant May Cause Mild but Contagious COVID-19 in Vaccinated People,"['Coronavirus', 'Delta Variant', 'Masks', 'CDC', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",CDC: Delta variant may cause mild COVID among fully vaccinated people,Axios,"About 74% of 469 COVID-19 cases associated with large gatherings held in Barnstable County, Mass., from July 3 to 17 were among fully vaccinated people, according to data released Friday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Why it matters: The data bolsters emerging evidence that vaccinated people have high viral loads and may transmit the Delta variant as easily as those who are unvaccinated.
Be smart: Despite mild breakthrough cases appearing more common than previously thought, ""vaccination is the most important strategy to prevent severe illness and death,"" the report emphasizes....",center
3174,CDC Says Delta Variant May Cause Mild but Contagious COVID-19 in Vaccinated People,"['Coronavirus', 'Delta Variant', 'Masks', 'CDC', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",CDC Finally Shows The Public The Data Behind Its New Mask Guidance,The Daily Caller,"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report Friday detailing a recent COVID-19 outbreak in Provincetown, Massachusetts, which was cited by the agency as a contributing factor to its recent change in mask guidance.
Over the July 4 weekend, gatherings in Provincetown contributed to at least 900 cases, and roughly 75% of those who tested positive in the cluster were vaccinated. The Provincetown report concludes that spread among highly-vaccinated populations does occur and suggests that authorities reimplement mask mandates and other mitigation measures, even for the vaccinated.
The Provincetown...",right
3175,GOP Candidate Allegedly Assaults Reporter,['Elections'],GOP Candidate’s Attack On Reporter Shows Peril Of Asking Questions In Trump’s America,HuffPost,"Political reporters have described a pattern of being arrested, pinned, slapped and body slammed.",left
3176,GOP Candidate Allegedly Assaults Reporter,['Elections'],Montana GOP hopeful charged with assault of reporter,The Hill,"Montana law enforcement officials have charged GOP House candidate Greg Gianforte with misdemeanor assault following an alleged physical altercation with a reporter Wednesday evening, just hours before voters head to the polls.",center
3177,GOP Candidate Allegedly Assaults Reporter,['Elections'],Greg Gianforte’s teachable moment: Don’t body-slam reporters,Washington Times,"Greg Gianforte, Montana’s Republican hopeful for the congressional seat vacated by Ryan Zinke — who’s now President Donald Trump’s secretary of Interior — had a little bit of an altercation with one of the reporters who questioned him at his campaign headquarters in Bozeman. And given the special election is Thursday, one might say the unpleasantries came at a quite inopportune time.",right
3178,Birth Control Compromise for Non-Profits,['Abortion'],Administration Offers Contraception Compromise for Religious Employers,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Obama administration outlined a new compromise Friday aimed at shielding religious business owners and Christian universities and charities from the health law's contraception-coverage requirements, but a chilly initial response from Roman Catholic bishops suggested the move wouldn't assuage their concerns.
Federal officials laid out fresh rules to create a multistep process in which employers opposed to including birth control in workers' insurance would state their objections in writing, and the federal government would take over responsibility for the coverage from there to ensure that employees can still obtain contraception...",center
3179,Birth Control Compromise for Non-Profits,['Abortion'],White House Rolls Out New Birth Control Accommodation For Nonprofits,HuffPost,"The Obama administration announced on Friday a new accommodation for religious nonprofits that object to covering the full range of contraceptives in their employee health care plans.
The new accommodation will allow religious nonprofits, such as Catholic schools and hospitals, to opt out of covering birth control by notifying the Department of Health and Human Services of their objections. HHS and the Department of Labor will then arrange for a third-party insurer to pay for and administer the coverage for the nonpr",left
3180,Birth Control Compromise for Non-Profits,['Abortion'],Friday News Dump: Feds Unveil New Birth Control Mandate,Breitbart News,"The problem with ObamaCare isn't just that it's the so called law of the land, said law seems to keep changing in reaction to events and court rulings until not even ""we have to pass it to see what's in it"" holds up to the slightest scrutiny.
As usual with a Friday news dump, the devil is in the details down below.
The Obama administration is moving forward with regulations meant to enable certain businesses and charities to steer clear of the Affordable Care Act’s so-called birth control...",right
3181,White House To Unveil Spending Cuts Package to Congress,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",White House Prepares To Send Congress $15 Billion Spending Cuts Package,HuffPost,The White House is preparing to send Congress a roughly $15 billion package of spending cuts Tuesday using an obscure budgetary process to rescind so-called unobligated funds while also preparing another package that would take money from the recently passed government funding bill.,left
3182,White House To Unveil Spending Cuts Package to Congress,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump Set to Unveil $15 Billion Spending Cut To Congress,CBN,President Donald Trump is sending a historic rescission request for $15 billion to Congress on Tuesday.,right
3183,White House To Unveil Spending Cuts Package to Congress,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump Seeks to Cut $15 Billion From Federal Spending by Rescinding Approved Funds,Wall Street Journal (News),Many of the reductions the White House will request involve money authorized by Congress but not spent.,center
3184,Boy Scouts to Change Name and Allow Girls to Enroll,['General News'],Boy Scouts Unveils Historic Name Change As Girls Join Youth Programs,HuffPost,The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is changing one of its iconic program’s names after entering a new era of inclusion for both boys and girls.,left
3185,Boy Scouts to Change Name and Allow Girls to Enroll,['General News'],Boy Scouts Name Change Looms Now that Girls Allowed to Join,Breitbart News,The Boys Scouts organization will change its name to reflect its coming new membership now that girls are allowed to join the formerly all-male organization. This marks an end to a 108-year tradition due to the forces of political correctness.,right
3186,Boy Scouts to Change Name and Allow Girls to Enroll,['General News'],Boy Scouts are dropping the word 'Boy' from flagship program; Girl Scouts shrug,USA TODAY,"The Boy Scouts of America doubled down Wednesday on its quest to become the scouting organization of choice for boys and girls, announcing it will drop ""Boy"" from the name of its signature program.",left
3187,Gun Control Talk After Navy Yard,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Shooting reopens stalled debate over access to guns for mentally ill,Fox News (Online News),The deadly attack carried out at the Washington Navy Yard by a former reservist with a history of violence and mental problems has once again put the national spotlight on the country’s mentally,right
3188,Gun Control Talk After Navy Yard,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Senate Democrats: Navy Yard Shooting to Revive Gun Debate,Wall Street Journal (News),"Monday’s shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington will resurrect the debate over gun-control policy, but isn’t likely to bring lawmakers any closer to agreeing on new laws, top Democrats in both chambers said.",center
3189,Gun Control Talk After Navy Yard,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],D.C. Gun Laws Some of the Strictest in the U.S.,ABC News (Online),"The mass shooting Monday at the Navy Yard is the deadliest shooting in the country so far this year, yet it occurred in a city that according to gun control advocates has some of the strictest gun laws in the country.",left
3190,"Study Examines Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine Against Infection, Hospitalization Over Time","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Booster Shots', 'Science', 'Healthcare']","Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine 90% effective at preventing hospitalization, even with delta variant: Study",ABC News (Online),"The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine remains 90% effective at reducing a person's risk of hospitalization from the virus six months after it is administered, a new study has found. This is true even in the face of the delta variant as well as if the person has not received a booster shot.
Still, when it comes to preventing infections, the vaccine's effectiveness wanes rapidly as time passes, the study found. After five months, it is just 47% effective at preventing infection.
In the study, funded by Pfizer, researchers assessed data from Kaiser Permanente and calculated the percentages...",left
3191,"Study Examines Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine Against Infection, Hospitalization Over Time","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Booster Shots', 'Science', 'Healthcare']","Pfizer Covid shot protects people from hospitalization even as effectiveness against infection falls, Lancet study confirms",CNBC,"The effectiveness of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine against infection tumbles over several months, falling from a peak of 88% a month after receiving the two-shot series to 47% six months later, according to an observational study published Monday in the peer-reviewed journal The Lancet.
While the two-dose mRNA vaccine’s efficacy against infection wanes, its protection against Covid-related hospitalizations persists, remaining 90% effective for all coronavirus variants of concern — including delta — for at least six months, according to the study, which was funded by Pfizer.
The findings confirm early reports from...",center
3192,"Study Examines Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine Against Infection, Hospitalization Over Time","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Booster Shots', 'Science', 'Healthcare']",Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine’s Effectiveness Falls Below 50 Percent After 5 Months: Study,The Epoch Times,"The effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine falls below 50 percent after five months, according to a new study published in The Lancet medical journal on Oct. 4.
The study (pdf), which was funded by Pfizer, aimed to evaluate the overall variant-specific effectiveness of the companies’ vaccine against CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus infections and COVID-19-related hospital admissions over time.
Researchers analyzed electronic health records of more than 3.4 million men and women who were members of the health care organization Kaiser Permanente Southern California between Dec. 14, 2020, and Aug. 8, and assessed the vaccine effectiveness up...",right
3193,Conservative Author Indicted,['Politics'],Conservative author charged in campaign finance case,Washington Post,Indictment says Dinesh D'Souza illegally reimbursed associates for contributions to an unnamed Senate campaign in 2012.,left
3194,Conservative Author Indicted,['Politics'],"Conservative commentator, author Dinesh D'Souza indicted",CNN (Online News),Conservative commentator and author Dinesh D'Souza has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of making illegal contributions to a U.S. Senate campaign.,left
3195,Conservative Author Indicted,['Politics'],Conservative filmmaker behind anti-Obama documentary indicted for violating election law,Fox News (Online News),"The indictment states D'Souza donated 20,000 to Longs' campaign by combining donations from various sources and falsely reporting their sources.",right
3196,"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Miss Next Week's Proceedings, But Shows 'No Evidence of Remaining Disease'",['Supreme Court'],"Ginsburg to miss next week's Supreme Court sessions, but recovery 'on track'",Fox News (Online News),"Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will miss next week’s court sessions and work from home, but her recovery from early-stage lung cancer surgery remains ""on track"" and no further",right
3197,"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Miss Next Week's Proceedings, But Shows 'No Evidence of Remaining Disease'",['Supreme Court'],Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Miss Another Week of Proceedings,Wall Street Journal (News),Supreme Court says recovery from cancer treatment remains on track,center
3198,"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Miss Next Week's Proceedings, But Shows 'No Evidence of Remaining Disease'",['Supreme Court'],"Ruth Bader Ginsburg shows 'no evidence of remaining disease,' Supreme Court says",CNN (Online News),"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's recovery from surgery is ""on track"" but she will miss oral arguments next week, the Supreme Court announced Friday. Ginsburg is still recuperating from surgery to",left
3199,Seattle Violence,['Violence In America'],"Seattle May Day Violence: 5 Police Injured in Clashes, 9 Arrested",NBC News (Online),"At least nine protesters were arrested and five police officers injured during May Day clashes in Seattle where flares, bricks and Molotov cocktails were thrown, authorities said.
The anti-capitalist disorder followed a peaceful march earlier in the day by advocates for workers and immigrants — one of several nationwide events Sunday calling for better wages for workers and work permits for undocumented migrants.
One officer was struck by a rock, one was hit by a Molotov and a third was bitten, the Seattle Police Department said. The nature of the...",left
3200,Seattle Violence,['Violence In America'],'Peaceful' leftist demonstrators attack police during May Day riots in Seattle,HotAir,"Spring is in the air around most of the country (finally) and with it comes one of the lower profile holidays on the calendar. Yesterday was May Day, traditionally celebrated as a rite of passage from winter to the growing season, but it’s also taken on a decidedly anti-capitalist tone over the decades. With that in mind, leftist and neo-socialists took to the streets of Seattle for some peaceful demonstrations in support of workers’ rights and unions.
No… of course they didn’t They started a riot as you might have...",right
3201,Seattle Violence,['Violence In America'],"May Day Protests In Seattle, Paris, Istanbul Erupt In Violence",HuffPost,"As thousands across the world rallied for workers and immigration rights in celebration of May Day, some protests in Seattle, Paris and Istanbul went from peaceful to violent as protesters clashed with police.
Anti-Capitalists In Seattle Turn Violent
In Seattle, Washington, what began as peaceful protests for immigration and workers rights turned ugly when anti-capitalist demonstrators began throwing rocks and bottles, the Seattle police department said.
Two Seattle police officers were injured and at least seven people arrested on Sunday after a group of unruly demonstrators hurled rocks,...",left
3202,"Perspectives: Biden Says Facebook Isn't 'Killing People', Urges Platform to Combat False Information","['Joe Biden', 'Facebook', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Coronavirus', 'Fake News', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",‘Facebook isn’t killing people’ — Biden walks back attack over vaccine lies,CNBC,"President Joe Biden walked back some of his criticism of Facebook, saying Monday he meant to accuse a dozen users, but not the social media platform itself, of spreading deadly lies about Covid vaccines.
“Facebook isn’t killing people,” Biden said.
Biden added that he hopes Facebook will do more to fight “the outrageous misinformation” about coronavirus vaccines being spread on its platform “instead of taking it personally that somehow I’m saying Facebook is killing people.”",center
3203,"Perspectives: Biden Says Facebook Isn't 'Killing People', Urges Platform to Combat False Information","['Joe Biden', 'Facebook', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Coronavirus', 'Fake News', 'Facts And Fact Checking']","‘They’re Killing People’? Biden Isn’t Quite Right, but He’s Not Wrong.",New York Times (News),"It was a stunning thing to say, even if it is in many ways true.
“They’re killing people,” President Biden said loudly enough to be heard under the roar of his Marine One helicopter idling on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday.
He was talking not about terrorists or leaders of rogue nations or even gun manufacturers. He was talking Silicon Valley tech moguls, most specifically people like Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, the top two leaders of Facebook, and their platform’s role in allowing dangerous misinformation...",left
3204,"Perspectives: Biden Says Facebook Isn't 'Killing People', Urges Platform to Combat False Information","['Joe Biden', 'Facebook', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Coronavirus', 'Fake News', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",The Government Should Stop Telling Facebook To Suppress COVID-19 'Misinformation',Reason,"The federal government is stepping up its effort to purge the internet of COVID-19 ""misinformation."" On Thursday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki singled out a dozen specific anti-vaccine Facebook accounts and called on the platform to ban them.
""There's about 12 people who are producing 65 percent of vaccine misinformation on social media platforms,"" said Psaki. ""All of them remain active on Facebook, despite some even being banned on other platforms, including ones that Facebook owns.""
She was discussing a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) report on ""confronting health misinformation."" It...",right
3205,NSA Seeks Quantum Computer To Crack Codes,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",NSA working to build computer to crack encryption,USA TODAY,"The National Security Agency is working to build a supercomputer that could break almost all encryption worldwide, according to the latest revelation from documents provided by Edward Snowden.",left
3206,NSA Seeks Quantum Computer To Crack Codes,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",NSA seeks quantum computer that could crack most codes,Washington Post,Documents provided by Snowden show race for a machine light-years ahead of those using zeroes and ones.,left
3207,NSA Seeks Quantum Computer To Crack Codes,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",NSA reportedly building quantum computer that could crack most encryption types,Fox News (Online News),The National Security Agency is racing to build a computer that will be able to break almost every kind of encryption used to protect medical banking business and government records around the world.,right
3208,"Biden Clarifies Taiwan Remarks, Affirms 'Strategic Ambiguity'","['Joe Biden', 'Defense And Security', 'Taiwan', 'China', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Asia', 'The Quad', 'White House', 'Defense Department', 'One China Policy']",Biden insists no change in Taiwan policy amid Quad meetings to counter China,Washington Post,"President Biden stressed Tuesday that his policy toward Taiwan had not changed, one day after forcefully pledging — as he has done before — that the United States would defend the island if it came under assault by neighboring China.
At a meeting here of leaders from the United States, India, Australia and Japan, Biden was asked to elaborate on his unequivocal remarks that were an apparent change to long-standing U.S. policy of deliberately staying unclear about what it would do in such a scenario, a principle known as “strategic...",left
3209,"Biden Clarifies Taiwan Remarks, Affirms 'Strategic Ambiguity'","['Joe Biden', 'Defense And Security', 'Taiwan', 'China', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Asia', 'The Quad', 'White House', 'Defense Department', 'One China Policy']",Biden says his Taiwan comments don’t reflect a change in U.S. policy after drawing ire from China,CNBC,"President Joe Biden insisted Tuesday that the U.S. hasn’t changed its strategic policy on Taiwan, a day after he angered Beijing when he said his administration would be willing to use military force to defend the island.
Biden met with leaders from Japan, India and Australia at their second so-called Quad Leaders’ Summit, which wrapped up Tuesday in Tokyo.
The U.S. president startled many of the delegates when he suggested Monday that the U.S. could deploy American troops on the island should China invade. When asked by a reporter if he “was willing to...",center
3210,"Biden Clarifies Taiwan Remarks, Affirms 'Strategic Ambiguity'","['Joe Biden', 'Defense And Security', 'Taiwan', 'China', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Asia', 'The Quad', 'White House', 'Defense Department', 'One China Policy']",Biden keeps saying US will defend Taiwan — and White House keeps walking it back,Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden appearing at odds with his administration for the third time regarding China and Taiwan reverberated around Washington and Beijing.
Despite the White House trying to downplay the differences, Biden intentionally or unintentionally renewed the foreign policy debate over ""strategic ambiguity"" in the Taiwan Strait at a time when U.S.-China relations are at a nadir and Russia wages war in Ukraine.",right
3211,Who Won the 1st Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney Dominates In First Debate,Townhall,"Who was that man, and what has he done with Mitt Romney? The Republican presidential nominee was more cheerful, more prepared, more specific, more informed and more energetic than President Obama tonight, resulting in a genuine rout. Romney seemed eager to answer every question, Obama looked peeved and sluggish. For every straw man argument the president raised, his challenger offered a lengthy and detailed rebuttal, in full command of the facts. Romney won virtually every single exchange throughout the night -- on jobs, on deficits, on energy, on Medicare, on...",right
3212,Who Won the 1st Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama Campaign: Romney Won Debate Because He Lied,HuffPost,"Democratic surrogates in the cable TV spin rooms Wednesday night seemed to have trouble explaining President Barack Obama's weak debate performance. By Thursday morning, however, the Obama campaign had settled on a explanation for why their guy lost: Mitt Romney lied.
""On Wednesday night, some saw Mitt Romney sounding polished,"" a 4:15 AM press release conceded. ""But when the dust settles, Romney's dozen flat-out falsehoods will be the only thing remaining from his debate performance -- because avoiding the truth has been the very definition of Romney's candidacy, and he...",left
3213,Who Won the 1st Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Lights, Camera, Action (zzzz), Tweet!",NPR (Online News),"I have spent the past few days sequestered with a crack team of political pros — actually, curled into a fetal ball, clutching a fading 1980 John Anderson poster — to gird myself for the vital first debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney.
So many questions lingered:
Would Romney offer to wager Obama $10,000 on who wins the race?
Would Obama tell Romney, ""You're taxable enough, Mitt""?
Would the two men reveal the secret handshake taught only to graduates of both Harvard College and Harvard Law School? (Didn't remember...",left
3214,Sequestration Begins,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Sequestration: So now what?,Politico,Heres the good news for the first day of the sequester: The world wont end.,left
3215,Sequestration Begins,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",The day that was never supposed to happen is here,CNN (Online News),Today is the day lawmakers have known about since August 2011: the day those forced federal spending cuts kick in.,left
3216,Sequestration Begins,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","White House to enact sequester cuts Friday, amid questions over impact",Fox News (Online News),The sequester lawmakers have been warning about for months will soon be reality.,right
3217,Photos and Videos Highlight Ukraine Defending Against Russian Invasion,"['China', 'European Union', 'Foreign Policy', 'Germany', 'Joe Biden', 'Kyiv', 'Media Bias By Photo', 'NATO', 'Russia', 'Social Media', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin', 'World']",On the Ground: Ukraine Under Attack,New York Times (News),"For weeks, a Russian invasion had been feared, but once the sweeping attacks began on Thursday, hitting seemingly every corner of Ukraine, the war became unavoidably tangible for its people, a hovering cloud of darkness that once seemed unimaginable in the post-Cold War era.
Hearing the booms of missile explosions and air attacks, and reports of battles that had killed both civilians and soldiers, some vowed to fight the intruders however they could. Most also realized, though, that life defying Russia’s overwhelming might was likely to be unsettled and treacherous.
In parts of Ukraine, people...",left
3218,Photos and Videos Highlight Ukraine Defending Against Russian Invasion,"['China', 'European Union', 'Foreign Policy', 'Germany', 'Joe Biden', 'Kyiv', 'Media Bias By Photo', 'NATO', 'Russia', 'Social Media', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin', 'World']",PICS: Heavy Fighting as Russian Forces Battle for Control of Ukraine’s Second City,Breitbart News,"Ukrainian and Russian forces have engaged in street fighting in the city of Kharkiv (Kharkov) after an “intensive” artillery battle overnight.
Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv is known to many history buffs as the scene of a series of fierce battles between the Red Army and the German armed forces and Waffen SS during the Second World War, marked by large-scale tank clashes and bloody house-to-house fighting.
While much media attention has focused on the fighting near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv (Kiev) until now, Kharkiv — a key city just...",right
3219,Photos and Videos Highlight Ukraine Defending Against Russian Invasion,"['China', 'European Union', 'Foreign Policy', 'Germany', 'Joe Biden', 'Kyiv', 'Media Bias By Photo', 'NATO', 'Russia', 'Social Media', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin', 'World']",Ukraine conflict: Further false images shared online,BBC News,"The second day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been accompanied by further false or misleading imagery on social media claiming to be from the conflict.
Some show military action taken from older conflicts, while other viral videos have proved difficult to verify.
One video clip seen by the BBC and proven to be several years old has been viewed more than 27 million times in one day, while another showed video game footage.
Misleading posts have come from ""official"" sources as well as from ""ordinary"" social media users....",center
3220,Harris Looks to Stand Out From the 2020 Pack,"['Election: Presidential', 'Kamala Harris', 'Impeachment', 'DACA', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","After promising start, Kamala Harris looks for ways to break through",Christian Science Monitor,"Kamala Harris has always been a trailblazer. As the daughter of immigrant parents – her mother came from India and her father from Jamaica – she was the first woman elected (twice) as California’s attorney general, and the second African American woman elected to the United States Senate, which she entered two years ago. From the moment she got there, the chattering classes began speculating about White House ambitions.
Those lofty expectations seemed justified when she launched her presidential campaign in Oakland, California, in January, drawing an enormous crowd of...",center
3221,Harris Looks to Stand Out From the 2020 Pack,"['Election: Presidential', 'Kamala Harris', 'Impeachment', 'DACA', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Kamala Harris unveils immigration plan to expand deferred action, use executive action to provide pathway to citizenship",CNN (Online News),"(CNN)Sen. Kamala Harris on Wednesday announced a plan to expand the use of deferred action immigration programs as president and use executive actions to remove the threat of deportation of millions of undocumented people in the United States.
The plan, which the California Democrat is rolling out ahead of a trip to Nevada on Friday, would work within the current confines of immigration law and assumes Congress would be unable to pass immigration reform, something the body has failed to do for years. Her plan, should she be elected in...",left
3222,Harris Looks to Stand Out From the 2020 Pack,"['Election: Presidential', 'Kamala Harris', 'Impeachment', 'DACA', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Kamala Harris: If elected, my DOJ would have 'no choice' but to prosecute Trump",Fox News (Online News),"2020 candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., has issued a stunning warning to President Trump that seems to echo controversial recent comments from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, saying her Justice Department would likely charge him with obstruction of justice if she wins the White House.
Harris, in a newly released interview, said she believes the only reason former Special Counsel Robert Mueller did not recommend prosecuting Trump was because of the Justice Department’s policy against indicting a sitting president. Once out of office, Trump would be subject to charges -- and...",right
3223,VA Judge Rules Confederate Statues Will Stay,"['Virginia', 'Charlottesville', 'Robert E. Lee', 'Stonewall Jackson', 'Confederate Monuments', 'Race And Racism']",To Hell With Y’all: Charlottesville Judge Rules Confederate Statues Will Stay,The Root,"Well, it was a good idea while it lasted.
I’m referring to the removal of public monuments of known racists.
But the law—in that comfortable cradle of great virtue the world knows as Charlottesville, Va.,—has prevailed.
And it’s the celebration of racist business as usual.
On Wednesday, a judge in the fair, ahem, city ruled the controversial statues of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen. Stonewall Jackson must stay where they are.
This is a slap in the face to the February 2017 vote by the Charlottesville City...",left
3224,VA Judge Rules Confederate Statues Will Stay,"['Virginia', 'Charlottesville', 'Robert E. Lee', 'Stonewall Jackson', 'Confederate Monuments', 'Race And Racism']",Virginia judge rules Confederate war monuments must remain,Washington Examiner,"A Virginia state judge has ruled the city of Charlottesville cannot move two Civil War statues that were at the center of the riots in 2017.
After Judge Richard Moore issued his ruling Wednesday, plaintiffs that argued in defense of the statues are requesting $604,000 to cover attorney fees, plus $500 for each plaintiff.
The Charlottesville City Council voted unanimously in 2017 to move the statues after a Unite The Right rally for white supremacists led to riots and clashes between protest groups, in which one person was killed.
Moore...",right
3225,VA Judge Rules Confederate Statues Will Stay,"['Virginia', 'Charlottesville', 'Robert E. Lee', 'Stonewall Jackson', 'Confederate Monuments', 'Race And Racism']",Judge Blocks Removal Of Confederate Statue That Sparked Charlottesville Protest,NPR (Online News),"A Virginia judge has blocked efforts to remove the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee that was at the center of the deadly violence that erupted in Charlottesville in 2017.
In a ruling issued this week, Judge Richard E. Moore said that any effort to remove the Lee statue would violate a state historic preservation statute and issued a permanent injunction preventing its removal. His decision extended to a separate monument to Confederate general Stonewall Jackson that city leaders and local activists had hoped to get rid of.
In...",left
3226,DeSantis Signs $1.2 Billion Tax Relief Package to Combat Inflation,"['Business', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Sports', 'Tax Breaks', 'Technology', 'Inflation']",DeSantis Signs Historic $1.2 Billion Tax Relief Package That Benefits Families,The Epoch Times,"Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a $1.2 billion tax relief bill on May 6 to help Floridians—especially families with children—fight what he called “Biden-flation headwinds.”
“This is actually the largest tax relief in the history of the state of Florida,” DeSantis said in Ocala, dwarfed by a wall of disposable diapers and surrounded by families with small children. “The tax relief you’re going to see is breaks for really critical needs like gas, diapers, disaster supplies, tools for skilled trades, and recreational activities. Families are going to be able to save for...",right
3227,DeSantis Signs $1.2 Billion Tax Relief Package to Combat Inflation,"['Business', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Sports', 'Tax Breaks', 'Technology', 'Inflation']",Florida Gov. DeSantis signs $1B tax cut bill,Associated Press,"Floridians will save on items ranging from diapers and gasoline to auto racing tickets and energy efficient appliances under a $1 billion tax cut package signed into law by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday.
The tax cut includes a one-year sales tax exemption on diapers and baby clothes, as well as a three-month exemption on children’s books. It also eliminates sales tax on tickets for the Daytona 500, any World Cup soccer matches and Formula One Grand Prix races.
DeSantis signed the bill in Ocala in front of a...",left
3228,DeSantis Signs $1.2 Billion Tax Relief Package to Combat Inflation,"['Business', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Sports', 'Tax Breaks', 'Technology', 'Inflation']","Ron DeSantis signs $1.2 billion in tax breaks for Floridians to fight 'Bidenflation headwinds,' though Biden's stimulus will help pay for it",Insider,"Floridians will get more than $1.2 billion in tax breaks on a slew of items from diapers to mobile homes thanks to a bill Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law on Friday. 
As he prepared to sign the bill at a Sam's Club in Ocala, Florida, DeSantis blamed President Joe Biden for the state's need to provide financial relief amid record-high inflation. He has also warned in recent weeks that the country may be heading into a recession. 
""We have done more than any other state to step up against Bidenflation headwinds, to give relief...",left
3229,Rush Limbaugh Dead at 70,"['Media Industry', 'Republican Party', 'Rush Limbaugh', 'Radio', 'Cancer']","Rush Limbaugh, ‘voice of American conservatism,’ has died",Associated Press Fact Check,"Rush Limbaugh, the talk radio host who ripped into liberals and laid waste to political correctness with a merry brand of malice that made him one of the most powerful voices on the American right, influencing the rightward push of conservatism and the rise of Donald Trump, died Wednesday. He was 70.
Limbaugh said a year ago that he had lung cancer. His death was announced on his show by his wife, Kathryn.
Unflinchingly conservative, wildly partisan, bombastically self-promoting and larger than life, Limbaugh galvanized listeners for more than 30...",left
3230,Rush Limbaugh Dead at 70,"['Media Industry', 'Republican Party', 'Rush Limbaugh', 'Radio', 'Cancer']","Rush Limbaugh, conservative radio titan, has died of lung cancer at age 70",USA TODAY,"Rush Limbaugh, the talk titan who made right-wing radio financially viable in American media and himself a Republican kingmaker years before Fox News, died Wednesday, after he revealed in 2020 that his lung cancer was terminal. He was 70.
His death was confirmed by his wife, Kathryn, at the beginning of Limbaugh's radio show, from which he's been absent for almost two weeks.
A longtime cigar smoker who stocked the humidors in his homes and studios with the finest, Limbaugh succumbed to cancer after battling drug addiction and loss...",left
3231,Rush Limbaugh Dead at 70,"['Media Industry', 'Republican Party', 'Rush Limbaugh', 'Radio', 'Cancer']","Rush Limbaugh, conservative talk radio pioneer, dead at 70",Fox News (Online News),"Rush Limbaugh, the monumentally influential media icon who transformed talk radio and politics in his decades behind the microphone, helping shape the modern-day Republican Party, died Wednesday morning at the age of 70 after a battle with lung cancer, his family announced.
Limbaugh's wife, Kathryn, made the announcement on his radio show. ""Losing a loved one is terribly difficult, even more so when that loved one is larger than life,"" she said. ""Rush will forever be the greatest of all time.""
The radio icon learned he had Stage IV lung...",right
3232,"Explosion Rocks Lebanese Capital, Killing Dozens","['Middle East', 'Lebanon', 'World', 'Disaster', 'General News']","Massive Explosion Reported In Beirut, Lebanon",The Daily Wire,"The capital city of Lebanon experienced a massive explosion Tuesday afternoon, according to preliminary media reports.
Videos of the explosion in Beirut have been circulating online, and some of the videos show a ring moving away from the site while a large plume of orange-tinged smoke subsequently erupts into the air.
According to the Associated Press, the massive explosion appears to have occurred near the sea port, which connects the capital city to the Mediterranean Sea.
Videos circulating from purportedly after the blast show destruction in the city,...",right
3233,"Explosion Rocks Lebanese Capital, Killing Dozens","['Middle East', 'Lebanon', 'World', 'Disaster', 'General News']","'It's like Hiroshima': Massive explosion rocks Beirut, causing thousands of injuries and widespread damage",NBC News (Online),"BEIRUT — A ""colossal"" explosion rocked the port area of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, on Tuesday, injuring thousands and causing widespread damage in a densely populated part of the city.
At least 3,000 people have been injured and 50 killed, Minister of Health Hassan Hamad said at a press conference. Those numbers are likely to rise with hospitals filling up fast.
Images and videos on social media appear to show large plumes of smoke and damaged buildings in the Middle Eastern country, but the cause of the blast and its exact...",left
3234,"Explosion Rocks Lebanese Capital, Killing Dozens","['Middle East', 'Lebanon', 'World', 'Disaster', 'General News']","Beirut Explosion Caused by Fire Kills Dozens, Injures Thousands",Wall Street Journal (News),"BEIRUT—Dozens of people were confirmed dead and thousands more injured after a massive explosion caused by a warehouse fire rocked Lebanon’s capital city of Beirut.
The warehouse held highly explosive material, including sodium nitrate, said an official with Lebanon’s army. He said the explosion was likely caused by a fire, and wasn’t an attack. Sodium nitrate, used to make fertilizer and fireworks, can be explosive and accelerates the burning of other materials, according to the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information.
The blast is the latest blow for Lebanon, a...",center
3235,President Trump Stops A Planned Strike On Iran,"['Iran', 'Donald Trump', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump says he called off attack on Iran 10 minutes before launch,Washington Times,"President Trump said he stopped a planned U.S. military strike against Iran 10 minutes before it was to be launched Thursday night because the likely Iranian casualties were “not proportionate” to Tehran’s shooting down of an unmanned Navy drone.
“We were cocked & loaded to retaliate last night on 3 different sights when I asked, how many will die,” Mr. Trump tweeted Friday, adding that a general told him 150 people would likely be killed.
“10 minutes before the strike I stopped it,” the president said. “I am in no...",right
3236,President Trump Stops A Planned Strike On Iran,"['Iran', 'Donald Trump', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Says He’s ‘In No Hurry’ to Confront Iran,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump on Friday said he had called off a retaliatory military strike on Iran just 10 minutes before its planned start after learning 150 people would be killed, saying such an action would have been disproportionate to Iran’s downing of an unmanned U.S. surveillance drone.
“We were cocked & loaded to retaliate last night on 3 different sights when I asked, how many will die,” Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter. “150 people, sir, was the answer from a General.”
The president said he was in “no hurry” to confront...",center
3237,President Trump Stops A Planned Strike On Iran,"['Iran', 'Donald Trump', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Stopped Strike on Iran Because It Was ‘Not Proportionate’,New York Times (News),"President Trump said Friday morning that the United States military had been “cocked and loaded” for a strike against Iran on Thursday night, but that he called it off with 10 minutes to spare when a general told him that 150 people would likely die in the attack.
The president said in a series of tweets just after 9 a.m. that he was prepared to retaliate against three sites in Iran for that country’s shooting down an American drone, but that he was “in no hurry.” He indicated that the...",left
3238,Senate Overcomes Gun Filibuster,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Senators Agree to Start Debate on Gun Safety Measures,New York Times (News),Pressed by shooting victims and relatives of Americans slain in gun violence the Senate voted to consider new legislation that had faced the threat of a filibuster by Republicans.,left
3239,Senate Overcomes Gun Filibuster,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Gun Measure Clears Hurdle in Senate,Wall Street Journal (News),The Senate voted 68-31 Thursday to begin the process of bringing gun-control legislation to the floor mustering bipartisan support to defeat a Republican effort to block the bill.,center
3240,Senate Overcomes Gun Filibuster,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Senators avert gun filibuster, setting up hard fight; 16 Republicans among 'no' votes",Washington Times,Senators overcame a Republican-led filibuster on gun control Thursday ensuring that the first post-Newtown legislation will reach the Senate floor and setting up bruising fights over expanded background checks and bans on some guns and ammunition.,right
3241,Trump Administration Suspends Nuclear Arms Treaty With Russia,"['Nuclear Arms Treaty', 'Russia', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Pompeo announces suspension of nuclear arms treaty with Russia,CNN (Online News),"Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Friday that the US is suspending the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, a key pact with Russia that has been a centerpiece of European security since the Cold War.",left
3242,Trump Administration Suspends Nuclear Arms Treaty With Russia,"['Nuclear Arms Treaty', 'Russia', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump administration to suspend nuclear treaty with Russia,The Hill,"The Trump administration announced Friday that it would suspend its obligations under a decades old Cold War arms control pact with Russia on Saturday, citing Moscow's violations of the treaty.",center
3243,Trump Administration Suspends Nuclear Arms Treaty With Russia,"['Nuclear Arms Treaty', 'Russia', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",US withdraws from nuclear arms treaty with Russia,Washington Times,"President Trump announced Friday that he is pulling the U.S. out of its Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia, saying Moscow has been cheating for years on the 1987 pact.",right
3244,Haitian President Jovenel Moise Assassinated at Home,"['World', 'Haiti', 'Jovenel Moise']",Haitian president assassinated at home in 'barbaric act' - PM,Reuters,"Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead by unidentified attackers in his private residence overnight in an ""inhuman and barbaric act"" and his wife was injured, Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said on Wednesday.
He said the police and army had the security situation under control but gunshots could be heard throughout the capital after the attack, which occurred amid a rising wave of politically linked violence in the impoverished Caribbean nation.
With Haiti politically divided, and facing a growing humanitarian crisis and shortages of food, there are fears of...",center
3245,Haitian President Jovenel Moise Assassinated at Home,"['World', 'Haiti', 'Jovenel Moise']",Haitian President Jovenel Moise assassinated at home,Washington Examiner,"Haitian President Jovenel Moise was assassinated during an attack on his home, the country’s interim prime minister announced Wednesday.
The country’s first lady, Martine Moise, was hospitalized following the attack, though more details about her condition were not immediately available.
“The country’s security situation is under the control of the National Police of Haiti and the Armed Forces of Haiti,” Claude Joseph, the interim premier, said in a statement from his office. “Democracy and the republic will win.”
The interim premier characterized the assassination as a “hateful, inhumane, and barbaric act,” though he...",right
3246,Haitian President Jovenel Moise Assassinated at Home,"['World', 'Haiti', 'Jovenel Moise']",Haitian President Jovenel Moïse assassinated in his home,CBS News (Online),"Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated on Wednesday at his home by a group of unidentified gunmen, interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said. Joseph said the security situation in the country was ""under the control"" of Haiti's police and military.
Haiti has suffered for years from political instability, and Moïse had been governing by decree. Critics had accused the 53-year-old of ruling like an autocrat.
""An unidentified group of individuals, some of whom were speaking in Spanish, attacked the private residence of the President of the Republic and mortally wounded...",left
3247,High Turnout as Early Voting Begins in Georgia and Other States,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2022 Georgia Gubernatorial Election', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', 'Georgia', 'Stacey Abrams', 'Brian Kemp', 'Herschel Walker', 'Raphael Warnock']","Georgia breaks first-day early voting record, nearly doubles figure from last midterms",CNBC,"Turnout from Georgia’s first day of early voting set a new state record for a midterm election, nearly doubling the figure from the same time period in the previous midterms, state election officials said Tuesday.
More than 131,000 Georgia voters cast ballots since early voting began Monday, according to the office of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. The figure represents an 85% boost over the 2018 midterms, when nearly 71,000 early votes were cast on Day One, the office said.
Georgia’s latest tally is also nearly as large as...",center
3248,High Turnout as Early Voting Begins in Georgia and Other States,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2022 Georgia Gubernatorial Election', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', 'Georgia', 'Stacey Abrams', 'Brian Kemp', 'Herschel Walker', 'Raphael Warnock']",Turnout on first day of Georgia early voting breaks midterm record,Atlanta Journal-Constitution,"The first day of early voting in Georgia set a midterm turnout record, with over 133,000 in-person voters casting their ballots, an early sign of strong interest in this year’s elections.
Turnout on Monday far exceeded the last midterms in 2018, when about 71,000 people showed up at the start of early voting, according to state election data.
The fast start put Georgia on pace to surpass the 3.9 million voters who cast ballots four years ago, though turnout appears unlikely to reach the 5 million voters who participated in the 2020...",left
3249,High Turnout as Early Voting Begins in Georgia and Other States,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2022 Georgia Gubernatorial Election', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', 'Georgia', 'Stacey Abrams', 'Brian Kemp', 'Herschel Walker', 'Raphael Warnock']",'Jim Crow 2.0?' Conservatives blast Democratic fearmongering after Georgia smashes early voting records,Fox News (Online News),"Conservative Twitter users slammed Democrats for having once claimed that updated Georgia election laws were ""Jim Crow 2.0"" after state election officials reported this week that early voting numbers this year smashed turnout in the 2018 midterms. 
In 2021, President Joe Biden, fellow Democratic lawmakers and major media outlets attacked a new Georgia election integrity law as an attempt by GOP officials to suppress the vote, particularly among the African American community. 
The Democrats were so pointed in their attacks on the legislation that Biden referred to it in March 2021 as...",right
3250,Hillary To Turn Over Email Server,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Hillary Clinton agrees to provide private e-mail server to FBI,Washington Post,"Hillary Rodham Clinton’s attorney has agreed to provide the FBI with the private server that housed her e-mail during her four years as secretary of state, Clinton’s presidential campaign said Tuesday.",left
3251,Hillary To Turn Over Email Server,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Hillary Clinton to turn over private email server to Justice Department,CNN (Online News),"Hillary Clinton agreed to turn over her private email server to authorities on Tuesday, the same day an intelligence community inspector general told congressional committees that at least five emails from the server did contain classified information.",left
3252,Hillary To Turn Over Email Server,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Clinton turns over private server to Justice Dept. amid report it contained 'top secret' emails,Fox News (Online News),"Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday that she had directed her aides to turn over her personal e-mail server to the Justice Department, giving in to months of demands that she relinquish the device she used to store her correspondence while secretary of state.",right
3253,Trump Signs 'Hispanic Prosperity Initiative'; Goya Foods CEO Praises Leadership,"['Hispanics', 'Latinos', 'Race And Racism', 'Inequality', 'Domestic Policy', 'Economic Policy', 'Education', 'Polarization', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump signs executive order to expand school choice for Hispanic students,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order establishing the White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative – a move the administration says will improve access Latinos have to educational and economic opportunities.
In a speech in the White House Rose Garden before signing the order, Trump touted the initiative as expanding school choice for Hispanics and one that would improve access to charter schools for students.
The initiative is also meant to create more career pathways for Hispanic students as well as boast investment in economically distressed communities, including Opportunity Zones,...",right
3254,Trump Signs 'Hispanic Prosperity Initiative'; Goya Foods CEO Praises Leadership,"['Hispanics', 'Latinos', 'Race And Racism', 'Inequality', 'Domestic Policy', 'Economic Policy', 'Education', 'Polarization', 'White House', 'Politics']","Goya Foods' CEO said U.S. 'blessed' to have Trump as a leader, and calls for boycott quickly followed",NBC News (Online),"Goya, which says it's the nation's largest Hispanic-owned food brand, is facing a backlash after its chief executive met with and heaped praise on President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday.
On Twitter, #BoycottGoya and #GoyaFoods were trending in the United States, and some Latinos were also using the hashtag #goyaway.
Trump reached out to Latino voters Thursday with a promised expansion of his ""Hispanic Prosperity Initiative,"" an effort said to include more taxpayer support for charter and private schools, and added tax benefits for ""Opportunity Zone"" development...",left
3255,Trump Signs 'Hispanic Prosperity Initiative'; Goya Foods CEO Praises Leadership,"['Hispanics', 'Latinos', 'Race And Racism', 'Inequality', 'Domestic Policy', 'Economic Policy', 'Education', 'Polarization', 'White House', 'Politics']",Goya Foods CEO: ‘We’re All Truly Blessed to Have a Leader Like’ Trump,Heavy.com,"Goya Foods CEO Robert Unanue turned some heads Thursday when, at a White House event, he said, “We are all truly blessed … to have a leader like President Trump.”
Twitter lit up, with a number of influencers and heads of Latino-focused voters’ rights organizations urging people to stop buying from the Latin American-focused food giant.
Unanue “thinks we’re ‘blessed to have a leader’ who’s letting this pandemic kill us, cage our children, and constantly dehumanizes us,” Voto Latino tweeted. “Yo Goya, tell your man to stop praising a racist....",center
3256,Demand Rises for Medical Equipment from National Stockpile,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Role Of Government', 'Healthcare']","Obama administration repeatedly sought to cut PPE stockpile, but Biden team points to GOP-led 'budget squeeze'",Fox News (Online News),"The Obama administration sought several cuts in funding for the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other critical medical supplies -- although some of the reductions were relatively small, and most came after Republicans implemented a new law to restrict federal discretionary spending, records reviewed by Fox News show.
Former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign has recently stepped up its attacks on President Trump's pandemic preparedness, drawing what could be one of the most consequential battle lines of the presidential race amid the coronavirus crisis. A...",right
3257,Demand Rises for Medical Equipment from National Stockpile,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Role Of Government', 'Healthcare']","U.S. medical stockpile wasn't built to handle current crisis, former director says",Politico,"The Strategic National Stockpile, a once little-known resource, has turned into a political tug-of-war as states scramble for gowns, masks, ventilators and other equipment during the coronavirus pandemic.
But it was never intended to be able to meet massive, simultaneous demand from 50 states, its former director said.
“The Strategic National Stockpile is great as a fallback"" that can be tapped after private sector supplies and state and local government supplies are exhausted, said Greg Burel, who is now president and principal consultant at Hamilton Grace, a consulting firm focused...",left
3258,Demand Rises for Medical Equipment from National Stockpile,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Role Of Government', 'Healthcare']",U.S. nearly empties medical supplies stockpile to fight coronavirus,Axios,"The federal government is in the process of deploying 90% of its stockpiled medical equipment to fight the coronavirus pandemic, Health and Human Services spokesperson Katie McKeogh told Axios Wednesday night.
Why it matters: These shipments aren't enough to meet current demands from states, who are bracing for staggered surges in hospital resource demand through May.
Driving the news: The House Oversight Committee published data on Wednesday showing what supplies the stockpile has sent to states so far — including 11 million N95 masks and over 7,000 ventilators, primarily to...",center
3259,"Biden to Raise Refugee Cap to 125,000 from Trump’s 15,000","['State Department', 'Refugees', 'Joe Biden', 'Executive Orders', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Administration', 'Politics']",Biden set to accept more refugees after years of Trump restrictions,Reuters,"U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he plans to raise annual refugee admissions to 125,000 in the coming fiscal year, a more than eight-fold increase after former President Donald Trump slashed levels to historic lows.
Biden also called for dozens of changes to U.S. refugee processing and vetting in a detailed executive order that advocates lauded on Thursday. During a speech at the U.S. State Department, the Democratic president said the order would build up the country’s capacity to accept refugees in the face of “unprecedented global need.”
Biden...",center
3260,"Biden to Raise Refugee Cap to 125,000 from Trump’s 15,000","['State Department', 'Refugees', 'Joe Biden', 'Executive Orders', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Administration', 'Politics']",Biden Is Increasing The Number Of Refugees Allowed Into The US After Trump Decimated The Program,BuzzFeed News,"President Joe Biden is planning to increase the maximum number of refugees allowed into the United States next fiscal year to 125,000 beginning in October after years of cuts by the previous administration.
“It’s going to take time to rebuild what has been so badly damaged,” Biden said in a speech Thursday, “but that’s precisely what we’re going to do.”
The plan to dramatically increase the cap comes after former president Donald Trump decimated the country’s refugee program, designed to take in people fleeing dangerous conditions, and forced US-based aid...",left
3261,"Biden to Raise Refugee Cap to 125,000 from Trump’s 15,000","['State Department', 'Refugees', 'Joe Biden', 'Executive Orders', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Administration', 'Politics']","President Biden will raise cap on refugee admissions to 125,000",New York Post (News),"President Joe Biden announced Thursday he plans to increase the cap on the number of refugees allowed into the US after his predecessor Donald Trump slashed it dramatically while in office.
Biden aims to raise the refugee cap to 125,000 — a stark rise from Trump’s 15,000 refugee limit last year — starting Oct. 1, according to The Washington Post.
“I’m approving an executive order to begin the hard work of restoring our refugee admissions program to help meet the unprecedented global need,” the president said in a speech at...",right
3262,Schumer and Pelosi Plan Response to Trump's Prime-Time Address,['Politics'],"Oh, Come On: Pelosi, Schumer Are Making Demands Over Trump's Primetime Press Conference",Townhall,White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday announced President Donald Trump's Tuesday's plans to travel to the border and give a primetime press conference. After,right
3263,Schumer and Pelosi Plan Response to Trump's Prime-Time Address,['Politics'],Schumer and Pelosi Tap Themselves to Respond to Trump Speech,New York Times (News),"Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, will jointly deliver a response to President Trump’s prime time address declaring a crisis at",left
3264,Schumer and Pelosi Plan Response to Trump's Prime-Time Address,['Politics'],Democrats demand air time to counter Trump's border speech,The Hill,"Democratic leaders are demanding ""equal airtime"" for a response to President Trump's address planned for Tuesday night.",center
3265,"Republicans Expected to Maintain Senate Control, Gain Seats in House","['Republican Party', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'US Senate', '2020 Election', 'Politics']","With presidency in reach, Dems grapple with disappointment",Associated Press Fact Check,"Democrats went into Election Day hoping to reclaim the White House and majorities in both chambers of Congress in a victory that would demonstrate an unmistakable repudiation of President Donald Trump and a Republican Party remade in his image.
It didn’t work out that way.
More than 12 hours after polls closed, Biden held a narrow lead in some key states with hundreds of thousands of votes yet to be counted, and he has a comfortable advantage in the national popular vote. But as of midday Wednesday, there was no...",left
3266,"Republicans Expected to Maintain Senate Control, Gain Seats in House","['Republican Party', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'US Senate', '2020 Election', 'Politics']",Nancy Pelosi faces Democratic ouster calls over lackluster 2020 results,New York Post (News),"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing a Democratic reckoning as voters and politicians alike conduct a postmortem on what caused Democrats to shrink their majority in the House of Representatives.
Ahead of Tuesday’s election, House Democrats were poised to expand their majority in the lower chamber of Congress. Instead, voters chose to give House Republicans five new seats.
With hopes of a “blue wave” dashed, Pelosi’s ambitious legislative goals for the 2021 congressional calendar are in jeopardy as she faces the ever-increasing likelihood of a Republican-held Senate.
“It’s a dumpster...",right
3267,"Republicans Expected to Maintain Senate Control, Gain Seats in House","['Republican Party', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'US Senate', '2020 Election', 'Politics']","Democrats frustrated, GOP jubilant in Senate fight",The Hill,"Senate Democrats are feeling frustrated and disappointed as their effort to retake the majority appears to have fallen short once again.
The likelihood of being relegated to the minority for the next couple years hit home Wednesday when Democratic challenger Sara Gideon conceded to Sen. Susan Collins (R) in the blue state of Maine.
While it now appears Democratic nominee Joe Biden will probably eke out a victory in the presidential race, Democrats were hoping for a bigger night — especially after failing to flip the Senate in 2016...",center
3268,Unemployment Rate Drops,['Economy And Jobs'],"Jobs Report: U.S. Economy Adds 114,000 Jobs In September; Jobless Rate Down To 7.8 Percent",HuffPost,"The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years and giving President Barack Obama a potential boost with the election a month away.",left
3269,Unemployment Rate Drops,['Economy And Jobs'],"Jobless rate falls to 7.8 percent in September, as Obama looks for boost",Fox News (Online News),"The monthly jobless rate dipped below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years, according to new economic data that could give President Obama a campaign-trail lifeline after a disappointing debate performance.",right
3270,Unemployment Rate Drops,['Economy And Jobs'],"Unemployment rate below 8%, but Romney says not enough",CNN (Online News),"Mitt Romney, who has used an unemployment rate above 8% to hammer President Barack Obama for the past several years, was left without his usual attack line Friday as the September jobs report showed the rate falling to 7.8%.",left
3271,What is the Media Saying About the Mar-a-Lago Affidavit?,"['Donald Trump', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Mar-A-Lago', 'Department Of Justice', 'Media Bias', 'Affidavit']",The Mar-a-Lago Affidavit: Is That All There Is?,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"A federal judge on Friday released a heavily redacted version of the FBI affidavit used to justify the search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, and we can’t help but wonder is that it? This is why agents descended on a former President’s residence like they would a mob boss?
It’s possible the redactions in the 38-page document release contain some undisclosed bombshell. But given the contours of what the affidavit and attachments reveal, this really does seem to boil down to a fight over the handling of classified documents. The...",right
3272,What is the Media Saying About the Mar-a-Lago Affidavit?,"['Donald Trump', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Mar-A-Lago', 'Department Of Justice', 'Media Bias', 'Affidavit']",Mar-a-Lago Affidavit Should Deepen Trumpworld's Sense of Dread,Newsweek,"Earlier today, the Justice Department released an extensively redacted version of the affidavit that federal authorities used to justify the warrant to search former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago compound earlier this month. While it wasn't exactly filled with the kind of bombshells liberals might have been anticipating, Trump allies hoping that more information from the DOJ might reveal the whole thing to be an overreach are likely quite disappointed.
In case there was any doubt, the release makes it clear that there is more going on here than Trump hanging...",center
3273,What is the Media Saying About the Mar-a-Lago Affidavit?,"['Donald Trump', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Mar-A-Lago', 'Department Of Justice', 'Media Bias', 'Affidavit']",It’s Over: Trump Will Be Indicted,Daily Beast,"I have finally seen enough. Donald Trump will be indicted by a federal grand jury.
You heard me right: I believe Trump will actually be indicted for a criminal offense. Even with all its redactions, the probable cause affidavit published today by the magistrate judge in Florida makes clear to me three essential points:
(1) Trump was in unauthorized possession of national defense information, namely properly marked classified documents.
(2) He was put on notice by the U.S. Government that he was not permitted to retain those documents at Mar-a-Lago....",left
3274,"Navy, President Trump At Odds Over Eddie Gallagher's SEAL Designation","['Navy', 'Eddie Gallagher', 'Donald Trump', 'War Crimes', 'Veterans', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Navy defies Trump's clemency of SEAL Edward Gallagher to save its institutional integrity,NBC News (Online),"The Navy announced it was considering kicking Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher out of the SEALs Wednesday even though President Donald Trump had recently reversed his demotion. It was a stunning move.
Trump clearly seemed outraged by the prospect. He tweeted in response Thursday morning that “the Navy will NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher’s Trident Pin” (the official sign of membership in the SEALs), though whether that will lead to the cancellation of the Navy's review remains unclear.
The Navy’s willingness to try to discipline...",left
3275,"Navy, President Trump At Odds Over Eddie Gallagher's SEAL Designation","['Navy', 'Eddie Gallagher', 'Donald Trump', 'War Crimes', 'Veterans', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']",U.S. Navy Wants Navy Seal’s Trident Pin Removed. Trump: No Way. ‘Get Back To Business!’,The Daily Wire,"On Thursday, responding to the U.S. Navy’s stated intention to remove naval officer Eddie Gallagher’s Trident Pin after President Trump had restored Gallagher´s rank to Chief Petty Officer last Friday, Trump fired back, tweeting, “The Navy will NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher’s Trident Pin. This case was handled very badly from the beginning. Get back to business!”
After Trump ordered the U.S. Navy to cancel demoting Gallagher’s rank from Chief Petty Officer to Petty Officer First Class, Navy commanders started to strip Gallagher of his...",right
3276,"Navy, President Trump At Odds Over Eddie Gallagher's SEAL Designation","['Navy', 'Eddie Gallagher', 'Donald Trump', 'War Crimes', 'Veterans', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']",U.S. Navy Presses On With Board Review Of SEAL Eddie Gallagher Despite Trump's Tweet,NPR (Online News),"The U.S. Navy said Thursday that it will proceed with a hearing to consider the expulsion of Special Operations Chief Eddie Gallagher from the Navy SEALs, despite his support from President Trump.
Gallagher and three supervising officers were informed of the administrative review board hearing, set for Dec. 2, on Wednesday.
""The Navy will NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher's Trident Pin,"" said Trump in a tweet earlier Thursday. ""This case was handled very badly from the beginning. Get back to business!""
The Trident Pin is...",left
3277,Interest in Bernie,[],Why Liberal Millennials Love a Cantankerous 73-Year-Old From Vermont More Than Hillary Clinton,HuffPost,"I have never heard anyone refer to Bernie Sanders' ""handlers,"" like they have referred to Hillary Clinton's handlers here, here and here, because unlike Hillary Clinton whose every step seems deliberate, Bernie Sanders appears raw, honest and real as evidenced by his trademark unkempt hair and his vigorously delivered, unscripted rhetoric. Unlike his key Democratic opponent whom he refuses to bash, Sanders appears both honest and trustworthy. Although some perceive his style as unconventional as he delivers his message without the drab, planned and rehearsed monotony of his rival, this...",left
3278,Interest in Bernie,[],"GOP's Trump Problem Will Fade, but Democrats' Bernie Sanders Troubles are Just Beginning",Townhall,"""We are trying to be reasonable,"" an organizer for Bernie Sanders' Seattle rally said.
The black female protesters who stormed the stage became enraged. ""We aren't reasonable!"" they shouted back. ""If you do not listen to [us], your event will be shut down,"" one of them declared to the crowd.",right
3279,Interest in Bernie,[],What's behind the Sanders surge?,CNN (Online News),"The summer of Sanders is heating up.
In just the past week, 28,000 people showed up to see Bernie Sanders in Portland, Oregon, including about 9,000 people who were content to watch the Vermont senator on giant screens in the overflow area. Another 28,000 people joined him in Los Angeles.
All told, Sanders has brought his wonky brand of populism to 100,000",left
3280,"Whistleblower Says Facebook is Misleading the Public, Has 'Misaligned' Priorities","['Technology', 'Big Tech', 'Facebook', 'Free Speech', 'Hate Speech', 'Public Health', 'Misinformation And Disinformation']",Facebook Whistleblower Says Company ‘Paying For Its Profits With Our Safety’,The Daily Caller,"Facebook knowingly chooses to prioritize its profits over the safety of its users, Frances Haugen, a whistleblower and former Facebook employee, said in an interview with “60 Minutes” on Sunday.
“The thing I saw at Facebook over and over again was there were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook,” Haugen told Scott Pelley on “60 Minutes” Sunday night. “And Facebook, over and over again, chose to optimize for its own interests, like making more money.”
Haugen, a former Facebook product manager, leaked...",right
3281,"Whistleblower Says Facebook is Misleading the Public, Has 'Misaligned' Priorities","['Technology', 'Big Tech', 'Facebook', 'Free Speech', 'Hate Speech', 'Public Health', 'Misinformation And Disinformation']","Frances Haugen, Facebook Whistleblower: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know",Heavy.com,"Frances Haugen is a former Facebook employee who revealed herself as the whistleblower who provided private research documents to The Wall Street Journal for its Facebook Files project. Haugen was a product manager at Facebook until May 2021 and has worked for several major tech and social media companies during her 15-year career. Haugen revealed her identity during an interview with CBS’ 60 Minutes on Sunday, October 3, 2021.
The 37-year-old Haugen wrote on her website that in 2019 she, “was recruited to Facebook to be the lead Product Manager on the Civic Misinformation team which...",center
3282,"Whistleblower Says Facebook is Misleading the Public, Has 'Misaligned' Priorities","['Technology', 'Big Tech', 'Facebook', 'Free Speech', 'Hate Speech', 'Public Health', 'Misinformation And Disinformation']","Whistleblower: Facebook is misleading the public on progress against hate speech, violence, misinformation",CBS News (Online),"Her name is Frances Haugen. That is a fact that Facebook has been anxious to know since last month when an anonymous former employee filed complaints with federal law enforcement. The complaints say Facebook's own research shows that it amplifies hate, misinformation and political unrest—but the company hides what it knows. One complaint alleges that Facebook's Instagram harms teenage girls. What makes Haugen's complaints unprecedented is the trove of private Facebook research she took when she quit in May. The documents appeared first, last month, in the Wall Street Journal....",left
3283,Biden Announces Plan to End Hunger in US by 2030,"['Joe Biden', 'Hunger', 'Food', 'Poverty', 'Charity', 'Philanthropy', 'FDA', 'USDA', 'Public Health', 'Nutrition', 'Obesity']",White House hosts first conference on hunger in decades: ‘No child should go to bed hungry’,The Hill,"The Biden administration on Wednesday hosted the a conference on hunger, nutrition and health, the first such conference the White House has hosted in more than 50 years.
Speaking at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, President Biden called for the U.S. to build on the measures passed under his administration meant to improve financial security for families, such as the expanded child tax credit and the Inflation Reduction Act.",center
3284,Biden Announces Plan to End Hunger in US by 2030,"['Joe Biden', 'Hunger', 'Food', 'Poverty', 'Charity', 'Philanthropy', 'FDA', 'USDA', 'Public Health', 'Nutrition', 'Obesity']",More than $8bn pledged to Joe Biden’s goal of ending hunger,The Guardian,"More than $8bn has been pledged by private corporations and non-profit groups to help Joe Biden achieve his goal to end hunger and cut diet-related diseases, White House officials announced on Wednesday.
Donors include food industry lobby groups, pharmaceutical companies, the world’s second largest meat packing company, medical associations, a film studio, as well as philanthropic foundations and universities.
The announcement comes as the White House hosts the first conference on hunger, nutrition and health in 53 years. Since then food insecurity has improved but remains shockingly high with one in 10...",left
3285,Biden Announces Plan to End Hunger in US by 2030,"['Joe Biden', 'Hunger', 'Food', 'Poverty', 'Charity', 'Philanthropy', 'FDA', 'USDA', 'Public Health', 'Nutrition', 'Obesity']","Biden Plans To ‘End Hunger’ In The US Through The Power Of Diversity, Equity And Inclusion",The Daily Caller,"The Biden administration is working to end hunger and “diet-related diseases” by hiring more minority nutritionists, according to a White House plan released Monday.
The administration says that hiring more non-white registered dietitian nutritionists will help minority communities that experience higher rates of “food insecurity,” obesity and type 2 diabetes, according to the White House National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. The Health Resources and Services Administration will begin collaborating with Minority Serving Institutions and Historically Black Colleges and Universities in 2023 to recruit and train a diverse crop of nutrition...",right
3286,Jobless Claims Fall to 1.5 Million,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Layoffs', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims Fell to 1.5 Million Last Week,Wall Street Journal (News),"The number of people seeking and receiving unemployment benefits fell, signs the labor market continues to mend.
The ranks of Americans drawing unemployment benefits declined slightly in the week ended May 30 to 20.9 million, the Labor Department said Thursday.
Though states continue to work through a backlog of claims, new applications for unemployment benefits have trended down since the coronavirus pandemic and related lockdowns triggered a surge in claims at the end of March. About 1.5 million applications were filed last week, compared with a peak of nearly 7...",center
3287,Jobless Claims Fall to 1.5 Million,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Layoffs', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",Another 1.5 million workers file jobless claims,ABC News (Online),"More than 1.5 million American workers filed jobless claims last week as the coronavirus crisis wages on, the Department of Labor said Thursday, the fewest number of filings since the crisis began.
The number of new unemployment filings has leveled off since peaking in late March even though millions of workers are still out of work as pandemic restrictions ease and states begin to reopen.
Still, some 43 million American workers have filed for unemployment insurance since mid-March. COVID-19 has pushed the U.S. unemployment rate to levels not seen since...",left
3288,Jobless Claims Fall to 1.5 Million,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Layoffs', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']","U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Fall to 1.5 Million, 10th Week of Declining Claims",Breitbart News,"This is the eleventh consecutive week of initial claims above 1 million. Prior to March, initial claims had never risen as high as 700,000.
Economists had forecast 1.565 million claims. Last week’s claims were revised up slightly to 1.897 million from 1.877 million.
Claims hit a record 6.87 million for the week of March 27. Each subsequent week has seen claims decline.
Continuing claims for unemployment benefits during the week ending May 30 fell 339,000 to 20,929,000. The previous week’s level was revised down by 219,000 from 21,487,000 to 21,268,000....",right
3289,Drug Czar Nominee Withdraws,['Politics'],Drug czar nominee withdraws after report he backed Big Pharma opioid bill,The Week - News,"President Trump announced Tuesday that Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.) has withdrawn his name from consideration for the head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. ""Tom is a fine man and a great congressman,"" Trump tweeted while sharing the news. On Sunday night, 60 Minutes and The Washington Post reported that Marino had worked for two years to push through a bill promoted and apparently written by the pharmaceutical industry that stripped the Drug Enforcement Administration of its biggest tool to fight prescription opioids entering the black market.",left
3290,Drug Czar Nominee Withdraws,['Politics'],"Trump: Drug Czar Nominee, Rep. Marino, Withdrawing His Name - Here's Why",CBN,President Donald Trump says the Pennsylvania congressman he chose to be the nation's drug czar is withdrawing from consideration for the job.,right
3291,Drug Czar Nominee Withdraws,['Politics'],Trump says drug czar nominee Tom Marino is withdrawing after Washington Post/’60 minutes’ investigation,Washington Post,"President Trump said Tuesday that his nominee to be the nation's drug czar is withdrawing from consideration for the job. Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.) was under fire in the wake of revelations in a Washington Post/""60 Minutes” investigation that the lawmaker helped steer legislation in Congress making it harder to act against giant drug companies.",left
3292,Lawmaker Sues Trump Over Capitol Violence,"['Donald Trump', 'Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Bennie Thompson', 'Rudy Giuliani']","House Democrat Sues Trump, Giuliani And 2 Far-Right Groups Over Capitol Riot",NPR (Online News),"Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson is suing former President Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani and two far-right groups — the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers — for allegedly conspiring to incite the deadly violence on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol.
The lawsuit, filed on Thompson's behalf by the NAACP and the civil rights law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, accuses Trump and the other defendants of violating the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act by trying to interfere in Congress' certification of the Electoral College count. The legislation was part...",left
3293,Lawmaker Sues Trump Over Capitol Violence,"['Donald Trump', 'Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Bennie Thompson', 'Rudy Giuliani']","NAACP, House Democrat Sues Trump and Giuliani After Jan. 6 Capitol Breach",The Epoch Times,"A top House Democrat and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) sued former President Donald Trump and attorney Rudy Giuliani over their respective speeches to supporters on Jan. 6.
“While the majority of Republicans in the Senate abdicated their responsibility to hold the president accountable, we must hold him accountable for the insurrection that he so blatantly planned,” Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) said in a statement. “Failure to do so will only invite this type of authoritarianism for the anti-democratic forces on the far right that...",right
3294,Lawmaker Sues Trump Over Capitol Violence,"['Donald Trump', 'Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Bennie Thompson', 'Rudy Giuliani']",Dem’s lawsuit accuses Trump of inciting deadly Capitol riot,Associated Press Fact Check,"The House Homeland Security chairman accused Donald Trump in a federal lawsuit Tuesday of inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and conspiring with his lawyer and extremist groups to try to prevent Congress from certifying the results of the presidential election he lost to Joe Biden.
The lawsuit from Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson is part of an expected wave of litigation over the Jan. 6 riot and is believed to be the first filed by a member of Congress. It seeks unspecified punitive and compensatory damages. It also...",left
3295,Wisconsin Senate Passes Measure to Restrict Power of Incoming Democratic Governor,['Elections'],"Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature clears measures weakening incoming Democratic governor, attorney general",USA TODAY,"After an all-nigh session, Republicans in the Wisconsin state Legislature on Wednesday sent outgoing Republican Gov. Scott Walker legislation to limit early voting and diminish the",left
3296,Wisconsin Senate Passes Measure to Restrict Power of Incoming Democratic Governor,['Elections'],The Lame-Duck Power Grab,Slate,"Republicans lost in Michigan, Wisconsin, and North Carolina. Their response has been to take power away from incoming Democrats.",left
3297,Wisconsin Senate Passes Measure to Restrict Power of Incoming Democratic Governor,['Elections'],Wisconsin Senate passes bill limiting governor’s powers,Washington Examiner,The Wisconsin Senate voted early Wednesday to pass a sweeping measure designed to empower the Republican-controlled Legislature and weaken the Democrat replacing Republican,right
3298,Previewing Tuesday's Elections in Virginia and Beyond,"['Elections', 'Public Opinion', 'Virginia', 'Glenn Youngkin', 'Terry McAuliffe', 'Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party']",Everything You Need To Know About The 2021 Elections,FiveThirtyEight,"It may not be a presidential or midterm election year, but 2021 has its fair share of important votes happening on Tuesday. Virginia’s gubernatorial election is clearly the most noteworthy race, but several other elections — from legislative races to mayoral campaigns to ballot measures to special elections — could have big consequences as well. 
Tuesday’s main event will happen in Virginia, where Democratic former Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Republican businessman Glenn Youngkin are vying to be the commonwealth’s next governor. And the race is pretty much tied, according to FiveThirtyEight’s Virginia polling average, so...",center
3299,Previewing Tuesday's Elections in Virginia and Beyond,"['Elections', 'Public Opinion', 'Virginia', 'Glenn Youngkin', 'Terry McAuliffe', 'Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party']",Seven races to watch on Tuesday that aren't in Virginia,Washington Examiner,"All eyes in the political world will be focused Tuesday on the governor’s race in Virginia, where Republican Glenn Youngkin is polling dead even or ahead of Democrat Terry McAuliffe in a blue state.
But the off-year Election Day will feature a number of other noteworthy contests that could provide clues as to the electorate’s mood ahead of the midterm elections next year.
Here are seven other races and ballot questions to watch:
Minneapolis City Question 2
Voters in Minneapolis will decide Tuesday if they want to abolish their police department and...",right
3300,Previewing Tuesday's Elections in Virginia and Beyond,"['Elections', 'Public Opinion', 'Virginia', 'Glenn Youngkin', 'Terry McAuliffe', 'Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party']",Why Democrats are in a lot of trouble in Virginia,CNN (Online News),"Virginia will have the eyes of the political world on it Tuesday night. Most of the attention will be on the marquee gubernatorial election between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin. Less watched, but important for its national implications, are the elections for the 100 seats in the House of Delegates.
If the polls are to be believed, Republicans are going to do very well in Virginia given the political baseline in the state. Traditionally, this would foretell a strong Republican performance in next year's midterms. In fact, given Virginia is more blue than...",left
3301,AG Barr Authorizes DOJ Probe Into Election Irregularities,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'William Barr', 'Justice Department']",AG Barr authorizes DOJ probe of allegations of ‘voting irregularities’ in 2020 election,New York Post (News),"Attorney General Bill Barr has authorized a Justice Department probe of allegations of “voting irregularities” — despite little evidence of voting fraud in the 2020 presidential election, a report said Monday.
The Associated Press reported the move by Barr Monday evening, but did not provide specifics on what the probe would focus on or what allegations they would investigate.
President Trump and his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani have repeatedly made broad allegations of voter fraud in a number of states, but have not provided evidence for their claims.",right
3302,AG Barr Authorizes DOJ Probe Into Election Irregularities,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'William Barr', 'Justice Department']","AG Barr authorizes DOJ to probe allegations of voting irregularities, despite little evidence of fraud",Chicago Tribune,"Attorney General William Barr has authorized federal prosecutors across the U.S. to pursue “substantial allegations” of voting irregularities, if they exist, before the 2020 presidential election is certified, despite little evidence of fraud.
Barr’s action comes days after Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump and raises the prospect that Trump will use the Justice Department to try to challenge the outcome. It gives prosecutors the ability to go around longstanding Justice Department policy that normally would prohibit such overt actions before the election is certified.",center
3303,AG Barr Authorizes DOJ Probe Into Election Irregularities,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'William Barr', 'Justice Department']","Barr Tells Federal Prosecutors to Investigate 'Clear' Instances of Voting Irregularities, Sidestepping DOJ Policy",Newsweek,"U.S. Attorney General William Barr has authorized the Department of Justice to investigate ""substantial allegations"" of voting irregularities in this year's presidential election despite little evidence of widespread voter fraud, according to a memo obtained by the Associated Press.
In the memo to U.S. attorneys, Barr said investigations ""may be conducted if there are clear and apparently-credible allegations of irregularities that, if true, could potentially impact the outcome of a federal election in an individual State.""",center
3304,Calls For Impeachment Grow Among House Democrats,"['Impeachment', 'Subpoenas', 'US House', 'Politics']",Impeachment Pressure Grows Among House Democrats,Wall Street Journal (News),"Key figures lean toward beginning proceedings after Trump told Don McGahn to defy a congressional subpoena
House Democrats faced a weekly closed-door meeting Tuesday morning prepared for a new round of debate over initiating proceedings for the impeachment of President Trump after former White House counsel Don McGahn said he would honor Mr. Trump’s order that he rebuff a congressional subpoena.
The House Judiciary Committee’s Democrats had already felt that the White House had been thumbing its nose at the committee. But Mr. McGahn’s refusal to appear Tuesday before the...",center
3305,Calls For Impeachment Grow Among House Democrats,"['Impeachment', 'Subpoenas', 'US House', 'Politics']","Some in Pelosi’s leadership team rebel on impeachment, press her to begin an inquiry",Washington Post,"Several members of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s leadership team pressed her to begin an impeachment inquiry against President Trump in a series of Monday night meetings, according to multiple officials in the rooms — an effort the speaker rebuffed each time.
At least five members of Pelosi’s leadership team — four of whom also sit on the House Judiciary Committee, with jurisdiction over impeachment — pressed Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a closed-door leadership meeting to allow the panel to start an inquiry, which they argued would help investigators attain documents and...",left
3306,Calls For Impeachment Grow Among House Democrats,"['Impeachment', 'Subpoenas', 'US House', 'Politics']",Progressive Caucus chair backs calls for Trump impeachment inquiry,Washington Times,"A co-chair of the influential Congressional Progressive Caucus on Tuesday threw his support behind pursuing impeachment of President Trump, giving the movement another bump.
Rep. Mark Pocan, Wisconsin Democrat, said he was swayed by Mr. Trump’s obstruction of Congress’s efforts to conduct investigations into the president and his team.
“Regrettably, the president’s most recent actions and continued disrespect for the Constitution are forcing us down the road to impeachment,” Mr. Pocan said in a statement.
Mr. Pocan’s comments come as the impeachment debate among Democrats is heating up, with House...",right
3307,Bernie Sanders Enters 2020 Presidential Race,"['Election 2020', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders enters 2020 presidential race: 'Complete the revolution',NBC News (Online),"The Vermont senator, 77, enters a very different Democratic primary contest than he faced vs. Hillary Clinton in 2016.",left
3308,Bernie Sanders Enters 2020 Presidential Race,"['Election 2020', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders Announces 2020 Presidential Bid,Wall Street Journal (News),Independent Vermont senator joins growing list of candidates seeking Democratic nomination.,center
3309,Bernie Sanders Enters 2020 Presidential Race,"['Election 2020', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders Announces Presidential Run,Townhall,"Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has thrown his hat in the ring, joining a crowded field of Democrats vying to take on President Trump in 2020.",right
3310,President Trump to Cut Federal Funds From Clinics That Perform Abortions or Provide Referrals,['Abortion'],President Trump thrusts abortion fight into crucial midterm elections,Associated Press,"The Trump administration acted Friday to bar taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from referring women for abortions, energizing its conservative political base ahead of crucial midterm elections while setting the stage for new legal battles.",left
3311,President Trump to Cut Federal Funds From Clinics That Perform Abortions or Provide Referrals,['Abortion'],Trump's Title X Abortion Funding Ban Could Change Everything For Women In America,Bustle,"The White House is expected to announce plans Friday to reinstate a Reagan-era gag rule that would prohibit health care organizations who provide abortions or abortion referrals from receiving federal funding through Title X. The Title X program provides funding for contraception, Pap smears, cancer screenings, breast and pelvic exams, and pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease testing among other reproductive health services. Trump's domestic gag rule would impact Planned Parenthood's funding directly despite the fact that federal family planning funds are already barred from being used to cover the cost...",left
3312,President Trump to Cut Federal Funds From Clinics That Perform Abortions or Provide Referrals,['Abortion'],Trump takes on Planned Parenthood with ban on abortion counseling at federally funded clinics,Fox News (Online News),The Trump administration on Friday took aim at Planned Parenthood by announcing plans to resurrect a rule banning federally funded family planning clinics from discussing abortion with patients.,right
3313,China Sounds Alarm over North Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']",China reportedly issues new warning over North Korean nuclear production,Fox News (Online News),"Chinese nuclear experts reportedly warned the U.S. earlier this year that North Korea's nuclear arsenal is larger than previously estimated, creating a heightened security threat to the U.S. and its East Asian allies.",right
3314,China Sounds Alarm over North Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']",China Warns U.S. of North Korea's Rising Nuclear Capabilities: Report,NBC News (Online),"Top Chinese nuclear experts warned the U.S. that North Korea may already have 20 nuclear warheads and could double its arsenal by 2016, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.",left
3315,China Sounds Alarm over North Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']",China Warns North Korean Nuclear Threat Is Rising,Wall Street Journal (News),"China’s top nuclear experts have increased their estimates of North Korea’s nuclear weapons production well beyond most previous U.S. figures, suggesting Pyongyang can make enough warheads to threaten regional security for the U.S. and its allies.",center
3316,Wealthy Might See Taxes Raised,['Taxes'],Obama to Call for Tax Hikes on Wealthy — Right in Front of New Republican-Led Congress,The Blaze,"President Barack Obama will call for increasing taxes on the wealthiest Americans by raising the capital gains rate and eliminating a tax break on inheritances, then using the revenue to fund new tax credits and other cost-saving measures for the middle class.
The president’s proposals are likely to be cheered by the Democratic Party’s liberal base, but the tax increases are all but certain to be non-starters with the new Republican majority on Capitol Hill.
Obama will announce the tax proposals Tuesday night in his State of the Union address....",right
3317,Wealthy Might See Taxes Raised,['Taxes'],"Obama to Propose Tax Increases on Investments, Inherited Property",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama will call on the new Republican-led Congress to raise taxes on investments and inherited property and to create or expand a range of tax breaks for middle-income families, laying out an opening position in a debate over taxation that both parties see as a potential area of compromise.
Mr. Obama will outline the measures in his State of the Union address Tuesday night. He will propose using revenue generated from the tax",center
3318,Wealthy Might See Taxes Raised,['Taxes'],Obama's budget proposal will take aim at the wealthy,Washington Post,"President Obama plans to propose raising $ 320 billion over the next 10 years in new taxes targeting wealthy individuals and big financial institutions to pay for new programs designed to help lower- and middle-income families, senior administration officials said Saturday.
In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, Obama will propose raising the capital gains and dividend tax rates to 28 percent for high earners; imposing a fee on the liabilities of about 100 big financial institutions; and",left
3319,Trump Threatens to Close the U.S.-Mexico Border Permanently Amid Increasing Tensions,['Immigration'],Trump threatens to 'close the border permanently' amid heightened tensions,The Hill,"President Trump on Monday urged Mexico to deport Central American migrants who are attempting to reach the U.S., and threatened to permanently shut down the southern border.",center
3320,Trump Threatens to Close the U.S.-Mexico Border Permanently Amid Increasing Tensions,['Immigration'],Trump seizes on border unrest ahead of perilous month,CNN (Online News),President Donald Trump is seizing on an attempt by 500 migrants to rush the southern border to use immigration as an issue to bolster his presidency at a critical political moment.,left
3321,Trump Threatens to Close the U.S.-Mexico Border Permanently Amid Increasing Tensions,['Immigration'],Trump tells Mexico to ship migrants home or see border permanently closed,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump offered Mexico some advice on deporting migrants massed in Tijuana and threatening to storm the U.S., telling the neighboring nation in a tweet to send them “back to their countries” by plane or by bus – or face a permanent closure of the border.",right
3322,Who is Paul Ryan?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Wikipedia: Paul Ryan,Wikipedia,"Paul Davis Ryan (born January 29, 1970) is the United States Representative for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district and the nominee of the Republican Party for Vice President of the United States in the 2012 election. Born and raised in Janesville, Wisconsin, Ryan is a graduate of Miami University in Ohio. He worked as an aide to legislators Bob Kasten, Sam Brownback, and Jack Kemp, and as a speechwriter before winning election to the U.S. House in 1998. He is currently the chairman of the House Budget Committee.",center
3323,Who is Paul Ryan?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Who Is Paul Ryan?,John Stossel,"I wanted to like Paul Ryan. Before he was nationally known, Rep. Ryan visited me at ABC, and we went to lunch. He was terrific. He was a rare politician, one who actually cared about America's coming debt crisis and the unfairness of entitlements. He even talked about F.A. Hayek's ""The Road to Serfdom""! If only more politicians thought that way.",right
3324,Who is Paul Ryan?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why the GOP is winning the battle over Paul Ryan,Washington Post,Say what you want about Paul Ryans politics; even Democrats in Congress struggle to find a negative word to say about him.,left
3325,Elon Musk Becomes Twitter's Largest Shareholder,"['Technology', 'Elon Musk', 'Twitter', 'Big Tech', 'Free Speech', 'Business', 'Social Media']",Elon Musk buys $2.9bn stake in Twitter to become biggest shareholder,The Guardian,"The billionaire Elon Musk has taken an almost $3bn (£2.3bn) stake in Twitter to become the social media platform’s largest shareholder.
The world’s richest man, who has a penchant for eccentric behaviour frequently involving posts on Twitter, has built a 9.2% stake in Twitter, according to filings made to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday.
The boss of Tesla and SpaceX, who with more than 80 million followers ranks in the top 10 most popular Twitter users globally, paid $2.89bn for the stake at Twitter’s closing share price on Friday.
Shares in the...",left
3326,Elon Musk Becomes Twitter's Largest Shareholder,"['Technology', 'Elon Musk', 'Twitter', 'Big Tech', 'Free Speech', 'Business', 'Social Media']",Elon Musk added 20% to Twitter’s worth in one day. Here are other assets he’s either sparked or sunk with his tweets,Fortune,"Twitter shares soared more than 20% on news that Elon Musk has bought a 9% stake in the company — the latest business entity to see its stock head for lunar orbit after the Tesla CEO has shown an interest.
Musk hasn’t tweeted about the purchase yet. News of the stake came via a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
But Musk has had plenty to say about Twitter in the past, specifically about whether the company adheres to free speech patterns.
That has led some analysts to suspect he has...",center
3327,Elon Musk Becomes Twitter's Largest Shareholder,"['Technology', 'Elon Musk', 'Twitter', 'Big Tech', 'Free Speech', 'Business', 'Social Media']",Elon Musk purchases stake in Twitter after slamming its approach to 'free speech',Fox Business,"Tesla CEO Elon Musk purchased a 9.2% stake in Twitter Inc. according to a Monday filing from the SEC.
Twitter's shares jumped more than 25% in price following Monday's news. Musk now controls nearly 73.5 million shares of the company, making him the largest shareholder, and individual stocks were priced at $49.81 on Monday morning.
Musk's purchase comes roughly a week after the billionaire criticized Twitter for a lack of commitment to free speech.
""Given that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentally undermines...",right
3328,Senate to Vote on Spending Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Spending Vote Offers a Glimpse of the Future Dynamic in Washington,Wall Street Journal (News),"The wrangling between the White House and Congress over a $1.1 trillion spending bill is the first test of how political forces unleashed by the midterm elections and impending 2016 campaigns will influence governing here.
The fight foreshadows two years of legislative battles defined by tensions not just between the two parties—as has been the case since the Republican takeover of the House in 2010—but within them.
As Senate leaders attempted Friday to win support for quick passage of a House bill to fund most of the government through next...",center
3329,Senate to Vote on Spending Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate Set for Rare Saturday Session in Struggle to Pass $1.1 Trillion in Spending,New York Times (News),"The Senate prepared for a rare Saturday session as it struggled to pass a $1.1 trillion spending package notable for its expansive spending on military and disease fighting abroad, as well as its scaling back of financial and environmental regulations at home.
Partisan maneuvering on Friday disrupted what both Democratic and Republican leaders had expected to be a relatively smooth path toward final passage, a late-night twist that is emblematic of the dysfunction plaguing the 113th Congress.",left
3330,Senate to Vote on Spending Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate Aims to Vote Monday on $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill,Newsmax (News),"The U.S. Senate on Friday struggled to pass a $1.1 trillion spending bill that would avert a looming federal government shutdown, postponing a vote until Monday when procedural hurdles begin to evaporate.
Negotiations between Democrats and Republicans to speed the process along collapsed during late-night talks in the nearly abandoned U.S. Capitol.
Barring any agreement to act in a more streamlined way, the Senate is on track to hold a procedural vote at 1 a.m. eastern time Sunday aimed at clearing the way for passage on Monday.
The breakdown in...",right
3331,Brian Williams Apologizes,['Media Bias'],Brian Williams’ big Iraq flub: Why his apology only raises more questions,Salon,The NBC anchor's extensive apology for inaccurate copter story still doesn't mesh with the facts.,left
3332,Brian Williams Apologizes,['Media Bias'],Williams apologizes for 'bungled attempt' to thank vet,CNN (Online News),NBC anchor Brian Williams apologized for a false story about covering the Iraq War after people began to raise questions online (see video).,left
3333,Brian Williams Apologizes,['Media Bias'],"After Being Called Out by Soldiers, NBC's Brian Williams Recents Major Claim 'Repeated by the Network for Years'",The Blaze,"“NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams has recanted his longstanding claim that he was onboard a helicopter that was forced down by RPG fire during the Iraq War in 2003, Stars and Stripes reported on Wednesday.",right
3334,Control of the House,"['US House', 'Politics']","For Freshmen in the House, Seats of Plenty",New York Times (News),"Representative Andy Barr, a Republican from Kentucky with little experience in the intricacies of Wall Street, was among the lucky House freshmen to secure a seat on the powerful Financial Services Committee.",left
3335,Control of the House,"['US House', 'Politics']",Odds Strong on GOP Keeping House Control in 2014,Newsmax (News),"For all the reports of national Democrats drawing targets on enough Republican-held seats to recapture control of the House in 2014, the odds are strong that Republicans will hold on to their majority in the last mid-term election of the Obama administration.
The arithmetic favors the Republicans in the upcoming campaign, in which voters decide the fate of all 435 House members.
The current make-up of the House is 233 Republicans, 200 Democrats, and two vacancies. Upcoming special elections to fill the vacancies in Alabama and Massachusetts will almost give...",right
3336,Control of the House,"['US House', 'Politics']","For Democrats And Republicans, It's Happily (N)ever After",NPR (Online News),"For most people, it's not that partisan loyalty is all that meaningful. It's more that firmly-held positions on issues — particularly social issues such as abortion and gay marriage — are wrapped up tight with their overall world views, says Peter Hatemi, a political scientist at Penn State University.",left
3337,2 Americans Killed in Brussels,['Terrorism'],"Two Americans among dead in Brussels attacks, U.S. official says",Washington Post,"At least two Americans were killed in the Brussels attacks, a U.S. official said Friday as Secretary of State John F. Kerry made a somber visit to the heart of the European Union that was struck by Islamic State violence earlier this week.",left
3338,2 Americans Killed in Brussels,['Terrorism'],"At least 2 Americans killed in Brussels attacks, US official says",Fox News (Online News),"At least two Americans are among the dead from the twin terror attacks in Brussels earlier this week, a senior U.S. official told Fox News on Friday.",right
3339,2 Americans Killed in Brussels,['Terrorism'],"Brussels stories: Grief for the lost, hope for the missing",CNN (Online News),"Two siblings flying to New York. A Peruvian chef. A Belgian law student.
These are some of the dead and missing in Tuesday's terror attacks in Brussels.",left
3340,Ebola Quarantine Guidelines,[],Obama Admin Asks States To Back Off Ebola Quarantine Orders,Breitbart News,"White House officials are asking the governors of four states to reverse their executive orders requiring the quarantine of medical workers returning from Africa. Governors Chris Christie (R-NJ) and Mario Cuomo (D-NY) reacted by standing by their decisions and blamed the federal government for not having strict enough guidelines.
The move by the White House comes after the governors of Illinois and Florida joined with Christie and Cuomo in",right
3341,Ebola Quarantine Guidelines,[],White House Presses States to Reconsider Mandatory Ebola Quarantine Orders,New York Times (News),"The Obama administration has expressed deep concerns to the governors of New York and New Jersey and is consulting with them to modify their orders to quarantine medical volunteers returning from West Africa as President Obama seeks to quickly develop a new, nationwide policy for the workers, according to two senior administration officials.
One administration official said the federal government has been pressing the governors to back off their decisions, which quarantine all medical workers who had contact with Ebola patients. But another official said the administration has not specifically...",left
3342,Ebola Quarantine Guidelines,[],White House working on new Ebola guidelines,USA TODAY,"The White House on Sunday said that it is working on new guidelines for health care workers returning from Ebola-stricken areas, according to a senior administration official.
The decision comes as governors in Illinois, New Jersey and New York announced over the weekend that they were instituting quarantines for aid workers returning from Ebola-stricken West Africa.
The White House stopped short of calling on the governors to reverse their quarantine rules, but administration officials have made clear to the governors that they have concerns with uninten",left
3343,Pope Francis Addresses Congress,['Religion And Faith'],Pope Francis calls for response of 'hope and healing' in address to Congress,Fox News (Online News),"Pope Francis, in the first-ever papal address to a Joint Meeting of Congress, delivered a simple but passionate plea for humanity -- urging lawmakers to protect ""every human life"" and calling for a united response of ""hope and healing, of peace and justice"" for a world racked by violence and unrest.",right
3344,Pope Francis Addresses Congress,['Religion And Faith'],Pope to Congress: ‘Do unto others...’,Politico,"Pope Francis stood before a bitterly divided U.S. Congress on Thursday and reminded lawmakers of that most golden of rules, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”",left
3345,Pope Francis Addresses Congress,['Religion And Faith'],Pope Francis implores Congress to accept immigrants as their own,Washington Post,"Pope Francis, a son of immigrants making history’s first papal address to the U.S. Congress, Thursday implored America’s leaders to accept immigrants as their own children, putting aside political differences to embrace those who “travel north in search of a better life.”",left
3346,Hillary’s Economic Speech,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']","Clinton calls for higher taxes, more regulations, new phase of Obamacare",Washington Times,"Hillary Clinton vowed Thursday to kill the Pacific trade deal that she helped push just a few years ago as President Obama’s top diplomat, hoping to win over wavering liberals and steal some of the anti-trade thunder from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.",right
3347,Hillary’s Economic Speech,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']","Clinton economic speech: anti-Trump, with a dash of Sanders",Christian Science Monitor,"Her economic speech Thursday aimed to energize the Democratic left that didn't support her in the primaries, while appealing to middle-class voters, even Republican ones, who reject Trump.",center
3348,Hillary’s Economic Speech,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Fact-Checking Hillary Clinton’s Economic Speech,New York Times (News),"With both major-party presidential candidates vying for working-class voters, Hillary Clinton on Thursday followed Donald J. Trump to Michigan to outline her job-creation plans, answering his economic address on Monday in Detroit. Mrs. Clinton spoke at Futuramic Tool & Engineering Company in Macomb County, long known as a home to political ticket-splitters. Some of her statements deserved a closer look. Here are a few.",left
3349,Japanese Hostages Threatened By ISIS,['Terrorism'],Japan PM vows to save ISIS hostages threatened with beheading in new video,Fox News (Online News),"Japan's Prime Minister vowed Tuesday to save the lives of two Japanese hostages, one a freelance journalist and the other a soldier for hire, threatened with beheading in an online video purportedly released by the Islamic State terror group.",right
3350,Japanese Hostages Threatened By ISIS,['Terrorism'],Online Video Purports to Show Japanese Hostages Threatened by ISIS,New York Times (News),"A video posted online on Tuesday, purportedly by the Islamic State extremist group, depicted a black-clad militant with a knife threatening to kill two Japanese hostages within 72 hours unless the government in Tokyo paid a ransom of $200 million.",left
3351,Japanese Hostages Threatened By ISIS,['Terrorism'],Islamic State threatens to kill Japanese hostages,USA TODAY,The Islamic State threatened to kill two Japanese hostages Tuesday unless the militants receive a $200 million ransom in the next 72 hours.,left
3352,White House Moves to Calm Trade Fears with China,"['White House', 'Politics']",White House Tries to Tamp Down Trade War Fears as China Retaliates,New York Times (News),"White House officials moved quickly on Wednesday to calm fears of a potential trade war with China, saying the administration’s proposed tariffs were a “threat” that would ultimately help, not hurt, the United States economy, hours after China said it would punish American products with similar levies.",left
3353,White House Moves to Calm Trade Fears with China,"['White House', 'Politics']",Tariff Showdown Shifts to Intense Negotiation Period,Wall Street Journal (News),"After Washington and Beijing crank up pressure on trade, lawmakers, business interests and lobbyists look to navigate new rules",center
3354,White House Moves to Calm Trade Fears with China,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trade war fears mount as China lists tariff targets; Trump doesn’t flinch,Washington Times,"This isn’t a U.S.-China trade war yet, but economist are calling it the weigh-in before the big fight.",right
3355,North Korea Internet Outage,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Widespread Internet Outage Reported In North Korea,NPR (Online News),"North Korea's Internet is offline — days after President Obama pledged a ""proportional response"" to the communist country's alleged hacking of Sony Pictures, multiple news reports say.
Doug Madory, the director of Internet analysis at Dyn Research, told The New York Times and other news organizations that North Korea's Internet access became unstable late Friday. By Monday, it was offline, he said.
San Francisco-based CloudFlare, a network and security company that monitors global Web access, told The Times that North Korea's Internet access was ""toast.""
It's unclear what caused the...",left
3356,North Korea Internet Outage,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",North Korea Suffers Widespread Internet Outage,NBC News (Online),"North Korea experienced a widespread Internet outage on Monday, less than a week after the FBI accused the country of being behind the hack that forced Sony Pictures to cancel the release of 'The Interview.' The Internet blackout began sometime Monday morning Eastern Time, a U.S. official confirmed to NBC News. A second U.S. official strongly denied any U.S. involvement in the outage. It was not immediately clear what had caused the outage, which came after President Barack Obama promised that the United States would ""respond proportionally"" to what he...",left
3357,Perspectives: Biden's Afghan Evacuation Strategy,"['Foreign Policy', 'Afghanistan', 'Joe Biden', 'Taliban', 'ISIS K', 'Kabul', 'Terrorism', 'US Military', 'Refugees']",Let’s Not Pretend That the Way We Withdrew From Afghanistan Was the Problem,Ezra Klein,"In 2005, my colleagues at The American Prospect, Sam Rosenfeld and Matt Yglesias, wrote an essay I think about often. It was called “The Incompetence Dodge,” and it argued that American policymakers and pundits routinely try to rescue the reputation of bad ideas by attributing their failure to poor execution. At the time, they were writing about the liberal hawks who were blaming the catastrophe of the Iraq war on the Bush administration’s maladministration rather than rethinking the enterprise in its totality. But the same dynamic suffuses the recriminations over...",left
3358,Perspectives: Biden's Afghan Evacuation Strategy,"['Foreign Policy', 'Afghanistan', 'Joe Biden', 'Taliban', 'ISIS K', 'Kabul', 'Terrorism', 'US Military', 'Refugees']",Biden’s Deadly Afghanistan Gamble,David Harsanyi,"It is almost surely the case that President Joe Biden’s Afghan withdrawal was propelled by political considerations rather than any pressing moral or foreign-policy imperative. Biden, who for 20 years has taken whatever the most popular position happened to be on Afghanistan (so, all of them), believed he could get a quick, much-needed political victory.
You can still witness the cynical polling-centric takes from Biden defenders like MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, who only this morning, a few hours before American troops were being murdered by suicide bombers at the Kabul airport, was telling his co-host Mika Brzezinski,...",right
3359,Perspectives: Biden's Afghan Evacuation Strategy,"['Foreign Policy', 'Afghanistan', 'Joe Biden', 'Taliban', 'ISIS K', 'Kabul', 'Terrorism', 'US Military', 'Refugees']","Afghanistan: What Biden's critics get wrong, and the debt owed Afghan refugees",Guest Writer - Center,"The Biden administration could certainly have better planned the extraction of civilians from Afghanistan. Yet media and politicians portray the fall of Afghanistan as a broader strategic debacle for U.S. foreign policy and President Joe Biden. They say America’s abandonment of the elected government in Kabul undermines U.S. efforts to support democracy elsewhere; harms U.S. alliance commitments; will be a boon for terrorists, and is likely to result in massive human rights violations. 
These criticisms exaggerate the fallout. Responsibility for the current mess does not lie primarily with those who decided to face the reality of an...",center
3360,Chicago Mayor Sues Teachers,['Education'],Rahm to Sue Chicago Teachers,Townhall,"The Chicago teachers union has decided to continue their strike, depriving students of teachers for another week, entrenching an increasingly public and bitter labor dispute.",right
3361,Chicago Mayor Sues Teachers,['Education'],Chicago teachers strike enters 2nd week; mayor takes fight to court,CNN (Online News),Chicago school kids won't be back in class until at least Wednesday after teachers union representatives decided not to end a week-long walkout -- despite a tentative contract deal reached by union leaders and school officials.,left
3362,Chicago Mayor Sues Teachers,['Education'],Chicago Teachers Strike Enters Second Week,New York Times (News),"Many Chicagoans had assumed that school would restart on Monday, but a tentative agreement won only modest support among union members over the weekend.",left
3363,Rittenhouse Takes the Stand in Own Murder Trial,"['Violence In America', 'Kyle Rittenhouse', 'Kenosha', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Judge Shuts Down Rittenhouse Prosecutor’s Questioning For Possible ‘Grave Constitutional Violation’,The Daily Caller,"Judge Bruce Schroeder shut down the Kyle Rittenhouse prosecutor’s questioning for a possible “grave Constitutional violation” Wednesday after the prosecution allegedly abridged Rittenhouse’s right to remain silent.
Prosecutor Thomas Binger was questioning Rittenhouse on his use of deadly force before he began asking Rittenhouse whether he has had the opportunity to listen to witness testimony, read articles about the case, or watch videos of the fatal interactions.
Rittenhouse agreed with the prosecution that he had intentionally used deadly force against Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber. Binger then asked whether Rittenhouse intended to kill...",right
3364,Rittenhouse Takes the Stand in Own Murder Trial,"['Violence In America', 'Kyle Rittenhouse', 'Kenosha', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Rittenhouse: ‘I didn’t do anything wrong. I defended myself’,Associated Press,"Kyle Rittenhouse testified Wednesday he was under attack when he killed two men and wounded a third with his rifle during a chaotic night of protests in Kenosha, saying: “I didn’t do anything wrong. I defended myself.”
In a high-stakes gamble, the 18-year-old took the stand at his murder trial to tell his side of what happened on the streets that day in the summer of 2020, sobbing so hard at one point that the judge called a break.
In an account largely corroborated by video and the prosecution’s own...",left
3365,Rittenhouse Takes the Stand in Own Murder Trial,"['Violence In America', 'Kyle Rittenhouse', 'Kenosha', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']","Kyle Rittenhouse Testified He ""Didn't Do Anything Wrong"" When He Fatally Shot Two People",BuzzFeed News,"Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager who shot at protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year and killed two people, took the stand in his murder trial Wednesday, testifying that he ""didn't do anything wrong"" and was acting in self-defense.
""I didn't intend to kill them. I intended to stop the people who were attacking me,"" Rittenhouse said about the shooting on Aug. 25, 2020.
Rittenhouse, who was 17 years old at the time, told prosecutors that he ""used deadly force"" against the victims because he perceived them to be a threat to...",left
3366,"Texas Governor Launches Texas Border Wall Construction With Donations, $250 Million Down Payment","['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Texas', 'Greg Abbott', 'Donald Trump']","Greg Abbott Launches Website to Fund Border Wall, Demands Biden 'Return Texas to Texas'",Newsweek,"During a press conference on Wednesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott detailed his plan for building a wall on the border the state shares with Mexico. He also tore in President Joe Biden's handling of the influx of migrants coming into the country and demanded the president ""return Texas land to Texas.""
The Republican governor also announced that Texas is funding a $250 million down payment to help pay for a border wall. ""It's more than enough to hire a project manager and contractor to begin building the wall. We are committed to adding more resources...",center
3367,"Texas Governor Launches Texas Border Wall Construction With Donations, $250 Million Down Payment","['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Texas', 'Greg Abbott', 'Donald Trump']","Texas Says It Will Build the Wall, and Asks Online Donors to Pay for It",New York Times (News),"When Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas announced last week a vague ambition to pick up where former President Donald J. Trump left off and complete the construction of a multibillion-dollar wall along the border with Mexico, many in the state were puzzled. A wall is costly and, in Texas, would require cutting a swath across private ranches, difficult terrain and some urban areas.
On Wednesday, Mr. Abbott revealed how he would pay for it: Donations.
Flanked by lawmakers at the State Capitol, Mr. Abbott, a staunch Republican who has found...",left
3368,"Texas Governor Launches Texas Border Wall Construction With Donations, $250 Million Down Payment","['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Texas', 'Greg Abbott', 'Donald Trump']",Abbott launches Texas border wall project with $250 million 'down payment',Fox News (Online News),"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday formally announced that Texas will build its own border wall, as he accused the Biden administration of abandoning its responsibility to protect the southern U.S. border.
""Today we are announcing that Texas will build a border wall in our state to help secure our border,"" Abbott said at a press conference. 
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday formally announced that Texas will build its own border wall, as he accused the Biden administration of abandoning its responsibility to protect the southern U.S. border.
""Today we are...",right
3369,Kyle Rittenhouse Charged With First-Degree Murder; Media Coverage Differs,"['Violence In America', 'Jacob Blake', 'Protests', 'Kenosha Shootings', 'Kenosha']",The Conservative Defense of Kyle Rittenhouse Is Dangerous Nonsense,Slate,"On Tuesday night, 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse allegedly shot three people in Kenosha, Wisconsin, with an AR-15-style rifle, killing two. Videos of the event tell us an incomplete story of what, exactly, happened that night. But they appear to clearly show this much: Rittenhouse traveled to the protests in illegal possession of an assault weapon to act as a vigilante. He placed himself at the center of the violence, then escalated it by shooting a man in the head. Minutes later, he shot two more people who appeared to be trying...",left
3370,Kyle Rittenhouse Charged With First-Degree Murder; Media Coverage Differs,"['Violence In America', 'Jacob Blake', 'Protests', 'Kenosha Shootings', 'Kenosha']",What we know about accused Kenosha gunman Kyle Rittenhouse,New York Post (News),"Kyle Rittenhouse, the baby-face teenage vigilante charged over the deadly Kenosha shootings, was a bullied high school dropout with two all-consuming fixations — cops and guns.
The 17-year-old accused killer dedicated his social media to his two obsessions, right from the cover of his now-deleted Facebook profile that had him posing with a high-powered rifle.
“Duty. Honor. Courage. Blue Lives Matter,” read a banner on his profile picture, a counter to the Black Lives Matter movement to instead show solidarity with under-fire cops.",right
3371,Kyle Rittenhouse Charged With First-Degree Murder; Media Coverage Differs,"['Violence In America', 'Jacob Blake', 'Protests', 'Kenosha Shootings', 'Kenosha']",Kyle Rittenhouse charged with first-degree intentional homicide in Kenosha shootings that killed 2,Chicago Tribune,"Lake County teenager Kyle Rittenhouse on Thursday was charged with first-degree intentional homicide and a host of other charges following shootings in Kenosha where two people died and another was wounded during violent demonstrations over Sunday’s police shooting of Jacob Blake.
The charges by Kenosha County prosecutors come the day after Rittenhouse was arrested. The 17-year-old from Antioch is charged with: first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree reckless homicide, two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, attempted first-degree intentional homicide and possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18.",center
3372,"U.S. Job Growth Slows With 245,000 Jobs Added in November","['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Labor', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']","US adds 245,000 jobs in November as COVID-19 surge hampers labor market",New York Post (News),"The US economy added 245,000 jobs in November — barely more than half the number economists expected — as the coronavirus’ resurgence hampered the labor market’s recovery from the pandemic.
The unemployment rate barely dropped to 6.7 percent last month from 6.9 percent in October amid the record-setting spike in infections, which has led to renewed lockdown measures in some parts of the country, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday.",right
3373,"U.S. Job Growth Slows With 245,000 Jobs Added in November","['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Labor', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']",Employment growth slows sharply in November amid coronavirus surge,CNBC,"Nonfarm payrolls increased by just 245,000 in November, well below Wall Street estimates as rising coronavirus cases coincided with a considerable slowdown in hiring.
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for 440,000 and the jobless rate to decrease to 6.7% from 6.9% in October.
The unemployment rate met expectations, though it fell along with a drop in the labor force participation rate to 61.5%. A more encompassing measure of joblessness edged lower to 12% while the number of Americans outside the labor force remains just above 100 million.",center
3374,"U.S. Job Growth Slows With 245,000 Jobs Added in November","['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Labor', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']","Job growth slowed sharply in November, weighed down by COVID-19",CBS News (Online),"Hiring around the U.S. slowed sharply last month as the coronavirus battered the economy, the Labor Department said Friday. Employers added 245,000 jobs in November — the slowest pace of monthly job growth since April, and about half what economists had expected.
Payroll gains last month amount a sharp drop from the 610,000 jobs added in October and 710,000 in September. The nation's unemployment rate, which has steadily declined since peaking at nearly 15% in April, ticked down to 6.7%. But it fell for a bad reason — 400,000 people...",left
3375,Fifth Jan. 6 Public Hearing Focuses on Justice Department,"['Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Donald Trump', 'William Barr', 'Jeffrey Clark', 'January 6 Committee', 'Adam Kinzinger', 'Bennie Thompson', 'Liz Cheney', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Live Updates: Jan. 6 Panel Examines Trump’s Pressure on the Justice Department,New York Times (News),"The committee has revealed that a White House lawyer told Jeffrey Clark, a Justice Department lawyer pushing a Trump-backed plan to subvert the election results, that he would be committing a felony if he helped to overturn the election.",left
3376,Fifth Jan. 6 Public Hearing Focuses on Justice Department,"['Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Donald Trump', 'William Barr', 'Jeffrey Clark', 'January 6 Committee', 'Adam Kinzinger', 'Bennie Thompson', 'Liz Cheney', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Jan. 6 committee: Thursday hearing will focus on Trump pressuring DOJ over 2020 election,Fox News (Online News),The Jan. 6 Select Committee is set to hold its fifth public hearing Tuesday. The hearing will focus on former President Trump allegedly pressuring the U.S. Department of Justice to say there was fraud in the 2020 election. The hearing will be led by Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger.,right
3377,Fifth Jan. 6 Public Hearing Focuses on Justice Department,"['Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Donald Trump', 'William Barr', 'Jeffrey Clark', 'January 6 Committee', 'Adam Kinzinger', 'Bennie Thompson', 'Liz Cheney', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Live coverage: Official’s notes show Trump wanted DOJ to declare election corrupt,The Hill,"Justice Department officials’ unwavering resistance to former President Trump’s attempts to use their agency to legitimize his bid to remain in office will be the focus of Thursday’s hearing from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
“In the remaining weeks of the transition, President Trump tried to pressure the Department of Justice and help him overturn the 2020 election,” a select committee aide told reporters Wednesday.",center
3378,United Nations Panel Report Says Urgent Action Needed to Prevent Climate Change,['Environment'],U.N. Panel Warns Drastic Action Needed to Stave Off Climate Change,Wall Street Journal (News),"Rapid, far-reaching changes to almost every facet of society are needed to avoid catastrophic climate change, reforms far beyond anything governments are currently either doing or planning to do, according to a report from a United Nations-led scientific panel.",center
3379,United Nations Panel Report Says Urgent Action Needed to Prevent Climate Change,['Environment'],The Dire Warnings of the United Nations’ Latest Climate-Change Report,The New Yorker,"In the fall of 2015, several artists in the Caribbean appeared in a film titled “1.5 Stay Alive,” featuring a series of homespun music videos. The name of the project referred to a campaign to limit the rise",left
3380,United Nations Panel Report Says Urgent Action Needed to Prevent Climate Change,['Environment'],New UN climate change report says just 12 years till life on earth hits point of no return — again,The Blaze,"According to an alarming new report by a U.N. panel of scientists, humans have just 12 years to get their ecological affairs in order before the environment — and climate change — hits a critical tipping point.",right
3381,Will Biden Declare a National Climate Emergency?,"['Biden Administration', 'Climate Change', 'Climate Policy', 'Environment', 'Heat Waves', 'Joe Biden', 'National Emergency', 'Weather', 'Wildfires']",Biden ready to invoke ‘domestic mobilization’ against climate crisis after Congress failed,Washington Times,"President Biden is prepared to announce executive actions to combat the threat of climate change, say lawmakers who have spoken to the president and are urging him to act unilaterally now that Congress’ negotiations on green energy legislation have fallen apart.
Mr. Biden is expected to announce steps he will take to reduce carbon emissions as soon as Wednesday when he visits the shuttered Brayton Point power plant in Somerset, Massachusetts, to talk about what he is calling a climate crisis.
“I don’t know the exact words the president is going to...",right
3382,Will Biden Declare a National Climate Emergency?,"['Biden Administration', 'Climate Change', 'Climate Policy', 'Environment', 'Heat Waves', 'Joe Biden', 'National Emergency', 'Weather', 'Wildfires']",Biden Under Pressure to Declare Climate Emergency as Agenda Nosedives,Vanity Fair,"Now that Joe Manchin has once again pulled the rug out from under him, essentially nixing the possibility of getting any climate legislation through for the near future, Joe Biden is under pressure to do whatever he can through executive action to combat climate change. Democrats have renewed calls on Biden to take “forceful, firm, and wide-ranging” action on the environment in recent days — and the president appears ready to to do just that, with White House officials telling reporters that he could declare a climate emergency as soon as this week.
“I think realistically there is...",left
3383,Will Biden Declare a National Climate Emergency?,"['Biden Administration', 'Climate Change', 'Climate Policy', 'Environment', 'Heat Waves', 'Joe Biden', 'National Emergency', 'Weather', 'Wildfires']",What Is a Climate Emergency and Will Joe Biden Declare One in U.S?,Newsweek,"For a while now, there have been rumblings that President Joe Biden will declare a climate emergency in the U.S.
Senate Democrats are urging him to do so after Democratic Senator Joe Manchin's refusal last week to back his party's spending plans to tackle climate change.
The president could declare this soon in an attempt to save and push forward his environmental agenda.
An emergency order would allow Biden to direct federal funding to clean-energy projects and give him broad powers to restrict oil drilling and curb fossil fuel flows, Bloomberg reported.",center
3384,"Trump Rejects Spending Bill, Heightening Risk of Government Shutdown",['Immigration'],"Trump demands wall funding, increasing threat of U.S. government shutdown",Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said border security must be part of legislation to fund the U.S. government, a position that raises the threat of a partial federal shutdown on Saturday.",center
3385,"Trump Rejects Spending Bill, Heightening Risk of Government Shutdown",['Immigration'],President Trump Will Win The Shutdown Showdown,Townhall,The Democrats aren’t going to get away with holding the federal government hostage to their radical open-borders agenda. Not again.,right
3386,"Trump Rejects Spending Bill, Heightening Risk of Government Shutdown",['Immigration'],The House is scrambling to avoid a partial shutdown after Trump throws negotiations into chaos,Vox,Republicans are trying to figure out what Trump wants to avoid a shutdown.,left
3387,A Third Woman Accuses Cuomo of Unwanted Advance,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo']",Cuomo Accused of Unwanted Advance at a Wedding: ‘Can I Kiss You?’,New York Times (News),"Anna Ruch had never met Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo before encountering him at a crowded New York City wedding reception in September 2019. Her first impression was positive enough.
The governor was working the room after toasting the newlyweds, and when he came upon Ms. Ruch, now 33, she thanked him for his kind words about her friends. But what happened next instantly unsettled her: Mr. Cuomo put his hand on Ms. Ruch’s bare lower back, she said in an interview on Monday.
When she removed his hand with her...",left
3388,A Third Woman Accuses Cuomo of Unwanted Advance,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo']",Third woman comes forward accusing Gov. Cuomo of unwanted advances — provides photo of encounter,The Blaze,"A third woman has gone public with allegations that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) made unwanted advances toward her, and has provided photos and text conversations with friends to back up her claims.
The New York Times reported Monday that Anna Ruch — a former Obama administration employee and Biden 2020 campaign staffer — says upon meeting Cuomo at a wedding in Sept. 2019, he placed his hand on the small of her bare back, which was exposed because of the design of her dress.
The outlet reported:
When...",right
3389,A Third Woman Accuses Cuomo of Unwanted Advance,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo']",Woman says Cuomo asked to kiss her at a wedding; harassment accuser also rips his apology,USA TODAY,"A third woman came forward late Monday to accuse Gov. Andrew Cuomo of an unwanted advance, this time at a wedding in 2019.
The latest case comes after a former aide to Cuomo earlier Monday ripped his explanation Sunday of ""playful"" banter with his staff, saying he is failing to take responsibility for sexually harassing her.
All of it adds pressure on the embattled governor after two former staffers alleged he sexually harassed them and the third woman told the New York Times that Cuomo asked to kiss her at...",left
3390,Secret Service Director To Leave Post In May,"['Secret Service', 'White House', 'Politics']",Secret Service Director Alles Says He Wasn't Fired,Newsmax (News),"United States Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles on Monday pushed back on reports he was fired by President Donald Trump.
""My departure from the U.S. Secret Service has been announced and is effective in May. No doubt you have seen media reports regarding my 'firing.' I assure you that this is not the case, and in fact was told weeks ago by the Administration that transitions in leadership should be expected across the Department of Homeland Security,"" he wrote in an email to employees, which was obtained by...",right
3391,Secret Service Director To Leave Post In May,"['Secret Service', 'White House', 'Politics']",Secret Service director is the latest casualty in DHS shake-up,Vox,"A day after Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen abruptly resigned, the director of the Secret Service is out, too.
On Monday, the White House confirmed that Randolph “Tex” Alles, whom President Donald Trump appointed as director of the Secret Service in April 2017, would be leaving his post, after multiple media outlets reported that he had been ousted. The announcement comes amid a broader shake-up at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and follows the arrest of a Chinese woman who allegedly breached security at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort carrying multiple...",left
3392,Secret Service Director To Leave Post In May,"['Secret Service', 'White House', 'Politics']",Randolph Alles: US Secret Service director to leave post,BBC News,"US President Donald Trump has reportedly fired the director of the US Secret Service.
Randolph Alles is one of several Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials being ousted on Monday, says the BBC's US affiliate, CBS News.
Mr Alles' departure comes a day after DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen tendered her resignation under pressure over the situation at the US-Mexico border.
Dozens of top officials have exited the Trump administration since 2017.
The White House confirmed Mr Alles would go, but did not say whether Mr Trump fired him.
Press secretary...",center
3393,"Hiring Slows in April, Falling Short of Expectations","['Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Unemployment']","Economy falls far short of expectations with just 266,000 jobs in April, unemployment rate rises to 6.1%",Washington Examiner,"The economy added far fewer jobs than expected in April, just 266,000, and the unemployment rate rose slightly to 6.1%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
The jobs numbers indicate that the pandemic recovery is not proceeding nearly as fast as was hoped. Forecasters had anticipated that the economy would add nearly 1 million nonfarm payroll jobs and that the unemployment rate would drop from March’s 6% down to 5.8%.
""This might be one of the most disappointing jobs reports of all time,"" said Nick Bunker, who leads North...",right
3394,"Hiring Slows in April, Falling Short of Expectations","['Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Unemployment']",US employers added just 266K jobs in April as hiring slows,Associated Press,"America’s employers added just 266,000 jobs last month, sharply lower than in March and a sign that some businesses are struggling to find enough workers as the economic recovery strengthens.
With viral cases declining and states and localities easing restrictions, businesses have added jobs for four straight months, the Labor Department said Friday. Still, the unemployment rate ticked up to 6.1% from 6% in March.
At the same time, optimism about the economic recovery is growing. Many Americans are flush with cash after having received $1,400 federal relief checks, along...",left
3395,"Hiring Slows in April, Falling Short of Expectations","['Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Unemployment']",Major disappointment: America added way fewer jobs than expected in April,CNN (Online News),"The US economy added only 266,000 jobs in April at the anniversary of the worst job loss for any month on record. This was far less than forecasts of economists, who had predicted America would add 1 million jobs last month.
The unemployment rate rose to 6.1% in April, up from 6% a month earlier.
It was the slowest improvement for jobs since January. Experts predicted that the vaccine rollout and the reopening of the economy would jolt hiring. But the April jobs number show that the road to recovery...",left
3396,Loretta Lynch’s Confirmation Hearing,"['White House', 'Politics']","Marijuana, polygamy, torture: Lynch confirmation hearing (so far)",CNN (Online News),"Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch was quizzed by Republicans on immigration, marijuana and even polygamy on Wednesday during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing.
Lynch, the U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, New York, is President Barack Obama's pick to succeed Eric Holder at the helm of the Justice Department -- and in a post that has increasingly become fraught with political controversies.
Just weeks after taking majority control of the Senate, Republicans praised Lynch's qualifications b",left
3397,Loretta Lynch’s Confirmation Hearing,"['White House', 'Politics']",Sen. Patrick Leahy: Focus on Loretta Lynch’s credentials during confirmation,Washington Times,"The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee urged his colleagues to remain focused on the credentials of the president’s nominee to be the next Attorney General.
“She is the nomination for attorney general and that is why I’m focusing on her,” said Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat.
Mr. Leahy’s comments came in apparent response to Republican focus on controversies at the DOJ including the ATF gunwalking scandal and defense of the presi",right
3398,Loretta Lynch’s Confirmation Hearing,"['White House', 'Politics']","Loretta Lynch, in Confirmation Hearing, Defends Legality of Obama Immigration Action",New York Times (News),"Loretta E. Lynch, the nominee to become attorney general, on Wednesday defended the legality of President Obama’s immigration policy at the start of a confirmation hearing in which the new Republican-controlled Judiciary Committee promised tough questions.
Republicans have been particularly critical of the president’s decision last year to unilaterally ease the threat of deportation for millions of unauthorized immigrants. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. approved the legal justification for that action.
Some Republicans have",left
3399,Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) Suspended By YouTube Over COVID-19 Mask Claims,"['Coronavirus', 'Rand Paul', 'YouTube', 'Wearing Masks', 'COVID-19 Misinformation']",Rand Paul suspended one week by YouTube over COVID-19 mask claims,The Hill,"Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has been suspended from YouTube for a week over a video claiming that masks are ineffective against COVID-19.
In a statement to The Hill, a YouTube spokesperson said the platform ""removed content from Senator Paul’s channel for including claims that masks are ineffective in preventing the contraction or transmission of COVID-19, in accordance with our COVID-19 medical misinformation policies.""
""This resulted in a first strike on the channel, which means it can’t upload content for a week, per our longstanding three strikes policy. We apply our policies consistently across...",center
3400,Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) Suspended By YouTube Over COVID-19 Mask Claims,"['Coronavirus', 'Rand Paul', 'YouTube', 'Wearing Masks', 'COVID-19 Misinformation']",YouTube suspends Rand Paul for a week over a video disputing the effectiveness of masks.,New York Times (News),"YouTube on Tuesday removed a video by Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky for the second time and suspended him from publishing for a week after he posted a video that disputed the effectiveness of wearing masks to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
A YouTube representative said the Republican senator’s claims in the three-minute video had violated the company’s policy on Covid-19 medical misinformation. The company policy bans videos that spread a wide variety of misinformation, including “claims that masks do not play a role in preventing the contraction or transmission of...",left
3401,Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) Suspended By YouTube Over COVID-19 Mask Claims,"['Coronavirus', 'Rand Paul', 'YouTube', 'Wearing Masks', 'COVID-19 Misinformation']",Senator Rand Paul blasts 'left-wing cretins' at YouTube who blocked him for a WEEK for video saying most over-the-counter masks don't stop COVID spread,Daily Mail,"YouTube suspended Republican Senator Rand Paul for seven days on Tuesday night for posting a video disputing whether masks stop the spread of COVID.
'Most of the masks you get over the counter don’t work. They don’t prevent infection,' Paul of Kentucky said in the video which has been taken down.
'Trying to shape human behavior isn't the same as following the actual science, which tells us that cloth masks don’t work,' he added.
A YouTube spokesperson said Paul's claims in the three-minute clip violated their policy on COVID medical misinformation.
The company, owned...",right
3402,Ocasio-Cortez on Being Booed for Pelosi Vote: 'Don’t Hate Me Cause You Ain’t Me',"['US House', 'Politics']",Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Shuts Down GOP Haters With 8 Little Words,HuffPost,The youngest congresswoman hit back at Republicans who reportedly booed her.,left
3403,Ocasio-Cortez on Being Booed for Pelosi Vote: 'Don’t Hate Me Cause You Ain’t Me',"['US House', 'Politics']",Ocasio-Cortez after being booed voting for Pelosi: 'Don’t hate me cause you ain’t me',The Hill,"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) after members of the GOP booed her for voting for newly-elected Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tweeted a taunting rebuttal: ""Don’t hate me cause",center
3404,Ocasio-Cortez on Being Booed for Pelosi Vote: 'Don’t Hate Me Cause You Ain’t Me',"['US House', 'Politics']",Ocasio-Cortez on Getting Booed: ‘Don’t Hate Me Cause You Ain’t Me’,Breitbart News,Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) tweeted a message to the few Republicans who booed her on Thursday while she was voting for Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for Speaker: “Don’t hate me cause,right
3405,Cheney sisters spar over same-sex marriage,[],Mary Cheney: My Sister Is On 'Wrong Side Of History',HuffPost,"Mary Cheney, the openly gay daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney and younger sister of Wyoming U.S. Senate candidate Liz Cheney (R), said Sunday that her sister is on the wrong side of history by opposing same-sex marriage.",left
3406,Cheney sisters spar over same-sex marriage,[],Cheney sisters spar over same-sex marriage,CNN (Online News),"Mary Cheney, who's married to a woman, responded Sunday to her sister Liz Cheney after the Senate hopeful reiterated her opposition to same-sex marriage.",left
3407,Cheney sisters spar over same-sex marriage,[],Cheney sisters feud over same-sex marriage,Fox News (Online News),"A Cheney family feud erupted on Facebook after Liz Cheney reiterated her opposition to same-sex marriage in an interview with Fox News Sunday -- despite her sister Mary Cheney, who is gay, having recently married her longtime partner.",right
3408,Trump Puts Pressure on NAFTA Talks,['Trade'],"Trump Says No Mexico, Canada Steel Break Without Fair Nafta",Bloomberg,President Donald Trump said the U.S. won’t lower tariffs on steel and aluminum from Mexico and Canada unless the two countries agree to a revamped Nafta that’s fair to the U.S.,left
3409,Trump Puts Pressure on NAFTA Talks,['Trade'],Trump Puts Pressure On NAFTA Talks With More Tariff Threats,HuffPost,"President Donald Trump continued to call for changes to United States trade deals on Monday, saying that he’s open to pulling back on the tariffs he plans to impose on international trade partners if Mexico and Canada come to the table and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.",left
3410,Trump Puts Pressure on NAFTA Talks,['Trade'],"Trump: ‘New and fair’ NAFTA pact only way to stop steel, aluminum tariffs",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump signaled Monday that the only way he won’t slap new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports is if a “new and fair” North American Free Trade Agreement is signed.
“Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum will only come off if new & fair NAFTA agreement is signed,” Trump tweeted.",right
3411,Trump Memo Orders End to Catch and Release Policy,['Immigration'],Trump Signs Memo Ordering End to ‘Catch and Release’ Immigration Policy,New York Times (News),"President Trump issued a memorandum on Friday directing his administration to move quickly to bring an end to “catch and release,” the practice by which immigrants presenting themselves at the border without authorization are released from detention while waiting for their cases to be processed.",left
3412,Trump Memo Orders End to Catch and Release Policy,['Immigration'],Trump signs memo ending 'catch and release' immigration policy,Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Friday ordering the end of a policy, known as “catch and release,” in which illegal immigrants are released from detention while awaiting a court hearing on their status.",center
3413,Trump Memo Orders End to Catch and Release Policy,['Immigration'],Trump signs memo vowing end to ‘catch-and-release’ of illegal immigrants,Washington Times,"President Trump signed a directive Friday ordering the government to end the so-called “catch-and-release” policy at the border, moving to combat what the administration says is a growing “crisis” of illegal immigration.",right
3414,Obama making his case to the UN,['Middle East'],U.N. General Assembly: Obama Aims to Rally Support for ISIS Fight,NBC News (Online),It's a high-stakes day for President Barack Obama at the United Nations.,left
3415,Obama making his case to the UN,['Middle East'],Obama prepares UN speech as US-led airstrikes target Islamic State in Syria,Christian Science Monitor,Further airstrikes overnight were reported in northern Syria. President Obama will chair a UN Security Council meeting Wednesday to propose new resolution to curb foreign volunteers aiding Islamic State.,center
3416,Obama making his case to the UN,['Middle East'],Obama to address UN as Britain considers joining airstrikes,Fox News (Online News),"The U.S.-led campaign against the Islamic State militant group is expected to dominate President Obama's address Wednesday morning before the United Nations General Assembly, as other nations including Great Britain weigh taking on a greater role.",right
3417,Cuba's Raul Castro is Resigning Communist Party Post,"['World', 'Cuba', 'Raul Castro']","Raul Castro confirms he's resigning, ending long era in Cuba",Washington Times,"Raul Castro said Friday he is resigning as head of Cuba‘s Communist Party, ending an era of formal leadership by him and his brother Fidel Castro that began with the 1959 revolution.
The 89-year-old Castro made the announcement Friday in a speech at the opening of the Eighth Congress of the ruling party, the only one allowed on the island.
He said he was retiring with the sense of having “fulfilled his mission and confident in the future of the fatherland.”
Castro didn’t say who he would endorse as his...",right
3418,Cuba's Raul Castro is Resigning Communist Party Post,"['World', 'Cuba', 'Raul Castro']",Cuba readies for life without Castro,The Hill,"For the first time in more than 60 years, Cuba is poised to have a government without a single Castro.
Raúl Castro, who succeeded his brother Fidel as the Communist Party of Cuba’s first secretary in 2011, is expected to step down from his post as the country begins its eighth Communist Party Congress on Friday.
“We all expect the old generation to step down from all of its functions within the party, including Raúl as first secretary,” said Ricardo Torres Pérez, a professor of economics at University of Havana....",center
3419,Cuba's Raul Castro is Resigning Communist Party Post,"['World', 'Cuba', 'Raul Castro']","Cuba's Raul Castro steps down, ending the era of his famous clan at the country's helm",CNN (Online News),"When Raul Castro announced three years ago that he would step down in 2021 as head of Cuba's all-powerful communist party, he surely envisioned the island on firmer economic footing and the transition to a new generation of leadership nearly complete.
Things have not worked out exactly according to Castro's plan.
As Castro announced he was stepping down on Friday, his country is deep in crisis. The tourism-dependent island has been battered by the pandemic; the economy shrunk at least 11% in 2020 according to government estimates. Cubans each day...",left
3420,Former Trump Organization CFO Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud,"['Justice', 'Tax Fraud', 'Taxes', 'Fraud', 'Crime', 'Trump Organization', 'Allen Weisselberg']",Trump Organization: Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty to tax crimes,BBC News,"The long-time financial chief of Donald Trump's company has pleaded guilty to fraud and tax evasion charges at a New York court.
Allen Weisselberg, who served as The Trump Organization's chief financial officer, had been charged with concealing more than $1.7m (£1.4m) in off-the-books income.
He is expected to be sentenced to five months at the notorious Rikers Island jail and must pay back the owed money.
Mr Trump has not been charged.
The former president - who is not accused of wrongdoing - has described the Manhattan district attorney's...",center
3421,Former Trump Organization CFO Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud,"['Justice', 'Tax Fraud', 'Taxes', 'Fraud', 'Crime', 'Trump Organization', 'Allen Weisselberg']","Former Trump Organization CFO Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud, Agrees to Testify in Trial",National Review,"Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, pleaded guilty to tax fraud charges Thursday as part of a deal that will require him to testify about the financial practices of the Trump real-estate empire that he helped run.
The executive and the company of former president Donald Trump were charged in July of last year with a 15-year tax fraud scheme, and were accused of collecting more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation, according to the Associated Press.
Weisselberg is “being used by the Manhattan District Attorney as a...",right
3422,Former Trump Organization CFO Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud,"['Justice', 'Tax Fraud', 'Taxes', 'Fraud', 'Crime', 'Trump Organization', 'Allen Weisselberg']",Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty to all charges in tax fraud scam,New York Daily News,"The Trump Organization’s long-serving financial gatekeeper pleaded guilty to 15 felonies Thursday and directly implicated former President Donald Trump’s family real estate business in a multi-year criminal tax fraud scheme.
Allen Weisselberg admitted to receiving more than $1.7 million in off-the-books perks while chief financial officer of the Trump Organization on top of his hefty salary, defrauding the taxpayer and Uncle Sam by disguising the fringe benefits as work expenses.
As part of his plea deal, the CFO, whose June 2021 indictment came after he refused to flip on Trump, will have...",left
3423,Weak Jobs Report for May 2016,['Economy And Jobs'],"""Horrible"" Job Growth Ends Talk of Rate Hike",USA TODAY,"Bye bye June rate hike. That was the billboard-sized headline from Wall Street trading desks after the U.S. job-creation machine hit the wall in May. The government said 38,000 jobs were created in May, way, way, way below the roughly 160,000 new positions Wall Street economists had been expecting.",left
3424,Weak Jobs Report for May 2016,['Economy And Jobs'],US Economy Creates Fewest Number of Jobs in More Than 5 Years,Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. economy created the fewest number of jobs in more than five years in May, hurt by a strike by Verizon workers and a fall in goods producing employment, pointing to labor market weakness that could make it difficult for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.",right
3425,Weak Jobs Report for May 2016,['Economy And Jobs'],May's Jobs Report: Very Disappointing,The Atlantic,"The May jobs report is out, and it is a huge miss. On Friday morning, the Labor Department reported that the U.S. economy added just 38,000 jobs, while the unemployment rate dropped to 4.7 percent.",left
3426,Ringling Brothers Is Closing,['General News'],Animal activists finally have something to applaud at Ringling Bros. circus: its closure,Washington Post,"When Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced late Saturday that it would permanently end all of its performances this May after a 146-year run, there seemed to be a collective gasp online, along with a smattering of nostalgia for “the Greatest Show on Earth.”",left
3427,Ringling Brothers Is Closing,['General News'],Ringling Bros. circus plans to shut down 'Greatest Show on Earth' after 146 years,Fox News (Online News),"After 146 years, the curtain is coming down on ""The Greatest Show on Earth."" The owner of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus told The Associated Press that the show will close forever in May.
The iconic American spectacle was felled by a variety of factors, company executives say. Declining attendance combined with high operating costs, along with changing public tastes and prolonged battles with animal rights groups all contributed to its demise.",right
3428,Ringling Brothers Is Closing,['General News'],Famed Ringling Bros. circus closing after more than 100 years,CNN (Online News),"The Ringling Bros. circus is closing down after more than 100 years in operation, according to a press release from Feld Entertainment, which has owned the circus for the last 50 years.",left
3429,FDA Authorizes Pfizer's COVID-19 Antiviral Pill,"['Coronavirus', 'Pfizer', 'Public Health', 'FDA', 'Science', 'Medicine']","FDA authorizes first Covid pill, from Pfizer, for emergency use",NBC News (Online),"The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized the first Covid-19 antiviral pill in the United States to protect against severe disease.
The oral drug, called Paxlovid, from Pfizer will be prescribed for use in adults and children ages 12 and up with mild to moderate Covid who are at risk for severe disease or hospitalization, the FDA said in a statement.
The authorization marks ""a major step forward"" in the pandemic, Dr. Patrizia Cavazzoni, director of the agency’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in a statement.
“This...",left
3430,FDA Authorizes Pfizer's COVID-19 Antiviral Pill,"['Coronavirus', 'Pfizer', 'Public Health', 'FDA', 'Science', 'Medicine']",FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID antiviral pill for high-risk individuals,Axios,"The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized Pfizer's antiviral pill for the treatment of individuals at high risk of severe illness from COVID-19.
Why it matters: At-home COVID-19 treatments, especially Pfizer's Paxlovid, are seen as possible game-changers for the pandemic. The emergency use authorization comes as the U.S. sees a surge in new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations largely driven by the Omicron variant.
Driving the news: Pfizer released new data last week confirming Paxlovid reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by 89% in high-risk adults, Axios' Tina Reed reports.
An interim analysis of a second study of...",center
3431,FDA Authorizes Pfizer's COVID-19 Antiviral Pill,"['Coronavirus', 'Pfizer', 'Public Health', 'FDA', 'Science', 'Medicine']","FDA authorizes first COVID-19 treatment pill, Pfizer's Paxlovin drug",Fox Business,"The Food and Drug Administration authorized the first oral antiviral treatment for COVID-19, Pfizer's Paxlovid drug.
Emergency use authorization was granted Wednesday for Pfizer's Paxlovid – nirmatrelvir tablets and ritonavir tablets, co-packaged for oral use – for the treatment of mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease in adults and children 12 years of age or older weighing at least 40 kilograms or about 88 pounds. 
It applies only to those who meet those qualifications, have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 testing and ""who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death,""...",right
3432,Should Children Be Banned From Drag Shows?,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Parenting', 'Culture War', 'Woke Culture', 'Transgender Issues', 'Children', 'Drag Queens']",Florida's Don't Say Gay Governor Looks to Ban Kids from Drag Shows,The Advocate,"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signaled he would consider a law stripping rights from parents who take their children to drag shows.
After video of a “Drag the Kids to Pride” event in Dallas sparked right-wing outrage, several GOP lawmakers proposed laws restricting children from drag shows.
In Florida, state Rep. Anthony Sabatini, a Republican candidate for Congress, proposed legislation to charge parents with felonies and terminate the parental rights of any adult who brings a child “to these perverted sex shows aimed at FL kids.”
“When will the sexualization of children...",left
3433,Should Children Be Banned From Drag Shows?,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Parenting', 'Culture War', 'Woke Culture', 'Transgender Issues', 'Children', 'Drag Queens']",Florida and Texas Republicans want to ban kids from drag shows,Axios,"Bringing children to drag shows could be criminalized in Florida.
Driving the news: State Rep. Anthony Sabatini (R-Howey-in-the-Hills) said he plans to propose legislation to make bringing a child to a drag show a felony with the potential to terminate parental rights.
Sabatini called for an emergency special legislative session last week, citing a recent Pride on the Block: Drag Show for Kids in West Palm Beach.
This comes a day after a Texas lawmaker announced his plan to introduce legislation to ban minors from attending drag shows in the state, citing videos of a...",center
3434,Should Children Be Banned From Drag Shows?,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Parenting', 'Culture War', 'Woke Culture', 'Transgender Issues', 'Children', 'Drag Queens']","Over $200K being spent on drag queen shows at NYC schools, records show",New York Post (News),"New York is showering taxpayer funds on a group that sends drag queens into city schools — often without parental knowledge or consent — even as parents in other states protest increasingly aggressive efforts to expose kids to gender-bending performers.
Last month alone, Drag Story Hour NYC — a nonprofit whose outrageously cross-dressed performers interact with kids as young as 3 — earned $46,000 from city contracts for appearances at public schools, street festivals, and libraries, city records show.
Since January, the group has organized 49 drag programs in 34 public elementary,...",right
3435,Benghazi Emails Raise Questions,['Terrorism'],Benghazi emails: New questions about how White House shaped story,CBS News (Online),New emails are renewing controversy over the Obama administration's response to Benghazi.,left
3436,Benghazi Emails Raise Questions,['Terrorism'],White House defends Benghazi email,Politico,The Obama administration Wednesday said recently released emails on the 2012 Benghazi attacks reflected what officials ldquounderstood to be the facts at the time.rdquo ldquoIn the email Ben Rhodes makes clear that our primary goals included making sure our people in the field were protected and bringing those responsible for the attacks to justicerdquo...,left
3437,Benghazi Emails Raise Questions,['Terrorism'],New Benghazi Emails Show WH Coordinated False Talking Points,Townhall,Cover up.,right
3438,Surveillance Policy,"['White House', 'Politics']",President Moves to Ease Worries on Surveillance,New York Times (News),"President Obama on Friday sought to take control of the roiling debate over the National Security Agency’s surveillance practices, releasing a more detailed legal justification for domestic spying and calling for more openness and scrutiny of the N.S.A.’s programs to reassure a skeptical public that its privacy is not being violated.",left
3439,Surveillance Policy,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Proposes Surveillance-Policy Overhaul,Wall Street Journal (News),"In a striking policy shift that ensured the rancorous spy-policy debate would extend into the fall, President Barack Obama announced plans to overhaul key parts the National Security Agency's surveillance programs.
The proposal—an extraordinary step in the face of this year's revelations from fugitive NSA leaker Edward Snowden—drew sharp responses from Republican lawmakers who suggested the president was retreating under political pressure. The tone of the reaction from Republicans and skeptical Democrats suggested Mr. Obama has a new fight on his hands, reminiscent of the two-year battle that preceded reforms...",center
3440,Surveillance Policy,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama's pledge to boost oversight of NSA surveillance draws scrutiny,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama's pledge to work with Congress on ""appropriate reforms"" for parts of the National Security Agency's surveillance programs came under scrutiny Friday from some Republicans and skeptical Democrats.
Surveillance programs that allow the government to collect basic information about phone calls and email communications have been under scrutiny since NSA leaker Edward Snowden revealed classified programs in June. The government has defended these programs as necessary to prevent terror attacks.",right
3441,July Employment Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Jobs numbers better than expected,Politico,"Job growth in July beat expectations but unemployment ticked upward, the Labor Department reported Friday, handing Mitt Romney and the Obama administration a statistic of choice as they spar over the state of the economy.
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79352.html#ixzz22VQBw0M4",left
3442,July Employment Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Jobless rate rises to 8.3 percent, hiring picks up but still falling short",Fox News (Online News),"The unemployment rate ticked up to 8.3 percent in July, reflecting a stagnant economic picture as hiring improved but not by enough to make a dent in the sea of unemployed Americans.",right
3443,July Employment Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Romney: July jobs report a 'hammer blow' to middle class,CNN (Online News),"With three monthly jobs reports remaining until November's general election, Romney sought to capitalize on the rising unemployment rate, writing the jump from 8.2% to 8.3% was a ""hammer blow to struggling middle-class families.""",left
3444,Trump and Kim Jong Un To Meet,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea won’t give up its nuclear weapons. The U.S. has 3 good reasons to talk anyway.,Washington Post,"Having successfully tested a high-yield nuclear weapon and intercontinental ballistic missiles that can reach U.S. cities, North Korea appears eager to engage in talks with the United States. Not only that, South Korean officials delivered an invitation to President Trump to meet Kim Jong Un, and North Korea appears to be dangling the prospect of “denuclearization” in front of U.S. officials.",left
3445,Trump and Kim Jong Un To Meet,"['North Korea', 'World']",Three Out-of-the-Box Options on North Korea,National Review,How to make the best of upcoming talks,right
3446,Trump and Kim Jong Un To Meet,"['North Korea', 'World']",What pushed NK to form conciliatory mood?,The Korea Herald,"Behind a sudden change in Kim Jong-un’s posture is a maximum pressure campaign, a looming possibility of Washington’s use of a military option and its confidence to deter the US, experts say.",center
3447,"In Times of Crisis and Social Distancing, Americans Still Find Community","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Culture', 'Polarization', 'Bipartisanship', 'Bridging Divides']",How you can help your community during coronavirus,The Guardian,"Start by following guidelines on social distancing. But here some other ways to support those struggling
As the number of coronavirus cases across the US continues to grow, everyone from restaurant owners and musicians to the elderly and those with chronic illness have been affected.
On Tuesday, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 4,226 confirmed cases, including 75 deaths. For the people who are able, there perhaps has never been a more important time to give to those in need.
You can start by following guidelines on...",left
3448,"In Times of Crisis and Social Distancing, Americans Still Find Community","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Culture', 'Polarization', 'Bipartisanship', 'Bridging Divides']",A pandemic's generous responders,Christian Science Monitor,"Charitable giving has spiked as fast as the virus, filling in the gaps of government response to the crisis.
In a pandemic, everyone is a responder, even if he or she is self-isolating. Yet for many people during the coronavirus outbreak, the response has been outward. According to the research group Candid, global giving to combat the outbreak and deal with the economic fallout has reached $1.3 billion in a matter of weeks. That’s far higher than for recent disasters such as the Australian bushfires or the 2014 Ebola outbreak....",center
3449,"In Times of Crisis and Social Distancing, Americans Still Find Community","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Culture', 'Polarization', 'Bipartisanship', 'Bridging Divides']",Coronavirus Pandemic Inspires Private Generosity,Reason,"While many of us turn to the government for answers to the COVID-19 pandemic, others rightfully seek solutions from the private sector. Last week, the Hoover Institution's Russ Roberts asked his many twitter followers to help ""create a list of voluntary (non-coercive) actions taking place right now to reduce COVID-19 spread or impact."" The answers are too inspiring not to share.
First, many of Roberts' followers shared a list the benefits offered by their employers that help to alleviate workers' financial hardships or ensure their health is protected. For instance,...",right
3450,Perspectives: “Voter Suppression” or “Election Integrity”?,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'Georgia', 'Race And Racism', 'Voter Suppression', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party']",Georgia election ‘reforms’ or ‘restrictions’? Answer is clear,Guest Writer - Left,"Election “reform” is churning at the Gold Dome, and Democrats fighting the blizzard of legislation say keeping track of the restrictive bills is like trying to guess the number of jelly beans in a jar.
The old segregation-era scheme of making Black voters guess the number of jelly beans before being allowed to cast a ballot came up in speeches as emotional lawmakers pushed back hard against efforts that would (among a lot of other things) severely limit ballot drop boxes, get rid of no-excuse absentee voting, demand more ID...",left
3451,Perspectives: “Voter Suppression” or “Election Integrity”?,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'Georgia', 'Race And Racism', 'Voter Suppression', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party']",Two Republicans can stop voter suppression,Guest Writer - Center,"Citing the need to assure Americans that elections will no longer be “rigged” — despite the lack of evidence of widespread fraud in 2020 — Republican lawmakers in 43 states have introduced 253 bills to restrict ballot access. The greatest activity has been in battleground states, especially Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. Measures involve early voting, mail-in ballots, drop boxes, mobile voting facilities, and rules to disqualify ballots received after Election Day that cannot be overruled by the executive branch or the courts. They have the greatest potential impact on poor...",center
3452,Perspectives: “Voter Suppression” or “Election Integrity”?,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'Georgia', 'Race And Racism', 'Voter Suppression', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party']",H.R. 1 Is a Partisan Disgrace,Rich Lowry,"It’d be fitting if Democrats undertook a radical procedural step to pass a radical piece of legislation.
That’s what the Left is pressuring Senate Democrats to do by eliminating, or significantly curtailing, the filibuster to pass H.R. 1, the sweeping voting proposal that is one of the most execrable bills to pass the House in a very long time.
H.R. 1 would federalize the conduct of elections and codify what were supposed to be emergency voting procedures during the pandemic, in frankly partisan legislation sheathed in the rhetoric of “voting...",right
3453,House Leaders Unveil Budget Bill,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Deal reached on $1.01 trillion spending bill,Washington Post,Congressional leaders unveiled a massive $1.01 trillion spending bill Tuesday night that will keep most of the federal government funded through September.,left
3454,House Leaders Unveil Budget Bill,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Budget winners? Boy Scouts. Budget losers? Michelle Obama.,Politico,On the chopping block: A slice of first lady Michelle Obama’s school nutrition bid and a key provision of President Barack Obama’s financial overhaul law.,left
3455,House Leaders Unveil Budget Bill,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","House leaders unveil budget bill, race to avert partial shutdown",Fox News (Online News),House leaders unveiled a $1.1 trillion spending bill Tuesday night that would avert a partial government shutdown while delaying a fight over President Obama's immigration actions until early 2015.,right
3456,Abortion and the Election,['Abortion'],"American Crossroads Ad Appeals to Women's Brains and Pocketbooks, Not ""Ladyparts""",Townhall,"Rattled by recent polling showing Mitt Romney drawing roughly even with President Obama among female voters, Democrats are making yet another hard play over ""ladyparts."" American Crossroads is answering back with an ad blitz of their own, also targeting women. It seems conservatives view women as more than just uteruses. Weird, right?",right
3457,Abortion and the Election,['Abortion'],Obama Ad Attacks Romney on Abortion,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Obama campaign is hitting back hard in response to a Romney ad in which the GOP candidate presents himself as more moderate on abortion rights, explaining that he thinks that abortion should be legal for pregnancies resulting from rape and incest, or if life of the mother is in jeopardy.
The Romney campaign says thats long been his position, and Republicans accuse the Obama campaign of distorting his views. In at least one earlier ad, the Obama campaign charged that Mitt Romney is opposed to all abortion.",center
3458,Abortion and the Election,['Abortion'],Poll: Abortion the top issue for women in key states,CNN (Online News),"As the presidential campaigns focus their efforts on women as a key voting bloc, a new poll shows women who are registered to vote in a dozen key states have very different priorities than their male counterparts.
The USA Today/Gallup survey found that economic issues are important to both genders, but women see one issue as more important.",left
3459,Scotland Votes on its Independence,['Elections'],Scottish independence: Voting under way in referendum,BBC News,"People in Scotland are voting on whether the country should stay in the UK or become an independent nation.
Voters are answering ""Yes"" or ""No"" to the referendum question: ""Should Scotland be an independent country?""
With 4,285,323 people - 97% of the electorate - registered to vote, it is expected to be the busiest day in Scottish electoral history.
Votes will be cast at 5,579 polling stations until 22:00 on Thursday. The result is expected on Friday morning.
Strict rules mean the BBC - in common with other broadcasters -...",center
3460,Scotland Votes on its Independence,['Elections'],Scotland Heads to the Polls for Independence Vote,New York Times (News),"With the future of the United Kingdom in the balance, Scottish voters streamed to polling booths on Thursday at the culmination of a spirited, emotional and divisive campaign that will determine whether they maintain their union with the rest of Britain or secede.
If the “yes” campaign seeking independence for Scotland secures a majority, it will herald the most dramatic constitutional change in Britain since the two countries united in 1707. The repercussions would be momentous, creating the world’s newest state and ending a union that once oversaw an empire...",left
3461,Scotland Votes on its Independence,['Elections'],Polling Station Report Huge Turnout Across Scotland,Breitbart News,"Polling stations across Scotland are reporting huge turnouts in today’s referendum vote. The ballot boxes opened at 7am this morning and around 97 percent of the Scottish adult population have registered.
At Hermitage Park Primary School there were a steady stream of voters from the moment they opened. Campaigners from both the ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ sides were flooding the streets in one last attempt to persuade the undecided population: believed to have been 8 percent last night.
In advance of today’s vote experts had predicted a turnout of...",right
3462,Trump Walks Out Of White House Meeting With Key Democrats,"['Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump Scorches Democrats As Pelosi Broaches Prospect Of 'Impeachable Offense',NPR (Online News),"Negotiations over a potential infrastructure program fizzled on Wednesday as a White House meeting between President Trump and Democrats escalated into blame-trading and political threats — including impeachment.
The president was the first to appear after the session in a Rose Garden availability that he used to renew his call for Democrats to abandon investigations into him if they want to negotiate over improving the nation's roads and bridges or other legislation.
""I told the Democrats ... I want to do infrastructure,"" Trump said. ""I'd be really good at that....",left
3463,Trump Walks Out Of White House Meeting With Key Democrats,"['Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'White House', 'Politics']","Trump erupts, blows up meeting, as Pelosi pursues impeachment lite",Fox News (Online News),"Well, Nancy Pelosi sure got an explosive reaction.
Not long after the House speaker accused President Trump of a ""cover-up,"" the president hastily assembled reporters in the Rose Garden to forcefully deny her charge, denounce the Mueller investigation once again and rip the press as well.
He had just stormed out of a meeting with Pelosi and Chuck Schumer about pursuing an infrastructure plan. Trump, in his impromptu remarks and in response to questions, made clear that he couldn't negotiate with the Democratic leaders in light of Pelosi's slam and...",right
3464,Trump Walks Out Of White House Meeting With Key Democrats,"['Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'White House', 'Politics']",No Collusion. No Obstruction. No Tantrum? Trump Fires Back Amid Feud With Pelosi,HuffPost,"“I was purposely very polite and calm, much as I was minutes later,” the president vented on Twitter.
President Donald Trump continued to trade barbs with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) late Wednesday, saying that despite reports he walked out on a meeting with the lawmaker, he in no way had a “temper tantrum.”
Donald J. Trump
✔
@realDonaldTrump
In a letter to her House colleagues, Nancy Pelosi said: “President Trump had a temper tantrum for us all to see.” This is not true. I was purposely...",left
3465,Trump Says He Believes Putin on Russian Election Interference,['Russia'],Trump publicly sides with Putin on election interference,Politico,"President Donald Trump on Monday publicly sided with Russian President Vladimir Putin over his own intelligence agencies, refusing to condemn the Kremlin for interference in the 2016 election",left
3466,Trump Says He Believes Putin on Russian Election Interference,['Russia'],President Trump: Don't 'see any reason why' Russia would have meddled in 2016 U.S. election,USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump Monday appeared to accept Russian President Vladimir Putin's denial of interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, prompting a sharply critical response from U.S. lawmakers.",left
3467,Trump Says He Believes Putin on Russian Election Interference,['Russia'],"Trump blasts Mueller probe, Putin denies meddling as leaders tout summit as ‘success’",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump and Vladimir Putin tackled allegations of election meddling in unprecedented terms following their one-on-one summit Monday, with Trump opening the door to an unusual offer of cooperation in the special counsel probe and the Russian president suggesting he indeed favored the billionaire businessman in 2016.",right
3468,Trump Featured in Terror Recruitment,['Terrorism'],Purported terrorist recruitment video includes Donald Trump clip,USA TODAY,"A recruitment video purportedly released by a major al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group and aimed at American Muslims includes a clip of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's call for a ban on Muslims entering the U.S., the SITE Intelligence Group reported Saturday.
The video weaves together Trump's remarks, delivered at a campaign appearance Dec. 7 in South Carolina, with archival vide",left
3469,Trump Featured in Terror Recruitment,['Terrorism'],Donald Trump featured in new jihadist recruitment video,Washington Post,"Last month, The Washington Post reported that white nationalists have begun using Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as a recruitment tool.
Now, the polarizing Republican presidential front-runner has become the recruitment fodder for another group of marginalized extremists.
A propaganda video released by the Somali-based al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabab includes a clip of Trump calling on the United States to bar Muslims from entering the c",left
3470,Trump Featured in Terror Recruitment,['Terrorism'],Trump Featured in Terror Recruitment,Washington Times,"Somalia-based terrorist group Al Shabaab, an al Qaeda offshoot, released a new recruitment film on Saturday showing what it calls racial injustice in the U.S. and featuring clips of GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump.
The 51-minute film shows a clip of Mr. Trump at a rally in December where he called for the U.S. to ban all Muslims from entering the country as his supporters cheered, according to reports from the SITE Intelligence group.
The image of the real estate mogul was sandwiched between two clips of al Qaeda leader...",right
3471,Criticism of Healthcare.gov grows,['Healthcare'],The Health Site's Chaotic Debut,New York Times (News),The Obama administration needs to step up efforts to repair the federal Web site and work around the damage.,left
3472,Criticism of Healthcare.gov grows,['Healthcare'],Obamacare a disaster that needs fixing,CNN (Online News),Aaron Carroll says the rollout has been an inexcusable mess the administration must fix it fast before signing deadlines -- and Americans patience -- are over.,left
3473,Criticism of Healthcare.gov grows,['Healthcare'],Jon Stewart's Scathing Obamacare Critique Is as Ruthlessly Honest as It Is Funny,The Blaze,All Democrats needed to do in order to secure a political advantage was execute the implementation of Obamacare in a mildly competent fashion at least according to comedian Jon Stewart.,right
3474,Democrats Will Scale Back Plan for More IRS Bank Account Monitoring,"['Economic Policy', 'Internal Revenue Service', 'IRS', 'Taxes', 'Privacy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs']",Democrats to scale back Treasury’s IRS bank reporting plan amid GOP uproar,Washington Post,"Senate Democrats on Tuesday will unveil a scaled-back version of a Biden administration proposal to crack down on wealthy tax cheats after conservative groups and the bank industry raised major privacy concerns, three people with knowledge of the coming announcement said.
Initially, the Department of Treasury and Senate Democrats had proposed requiring financial institutions to provide the Internal Revenue Service with additional information on bank accounts with more than $600 in annual deposits or withdrawals.
After a backlash, the new proposal will instead require the provision of additional information for accounts with...",left
3475,Democrats Will Scale Back Plan for More IRS Bank Account Monitoring,"['Economic Policy', 'Internal Revenue Service', 'IRS', 'Taxes', 'Privacy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate Dems to propose narrowing scope of IRS reporting rule amid backlash,The Hill,"Senate Democrats on Tuesday are expected to roll out an IRS enforcement proposal that is narrower in scope than a version unveiled earlier this year by the Biden administration, following criticism from Republicans and banking groups.
The Biden administration had proposed requiring financial institutions to report more information about bank accounts to the IRS, in cases where the accounts had more than $600 in withdrawals and deposits in a year. Senate Democrats are planning to increase that threshold to $10,000 and exempt wage income, a Democratic aide told The Hill.
Democratic...",center
3476,Democrats Will Scale Back Plan for More IRS Bank Account Monitoring,"['Economic Policy', 'Internal Revenue Service', 'IRS', 'Taxes', 'Privacy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs']",White House: Opposition to IRS snooping proposal driven by top 1% and lazy banks,Washington Examiner,"The White House is contending opposition to its tax enforcement proposals, targeting amounts as small as $600, is based on banks being too lazy to deal with the extra paperwork.
The tax enforcement measures are aimed at helping pay for President Joe Biden's social welfare and climate spending package. The focus is on the wealthy rather than people with small bank accounts, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki.
""It should not be lost on anyone that the loudest opposition to these proposals and the biggest ad spending against...",right
3477,Shutdown Deal,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Boehner Supports Deal, but Says G.O.P. ‘Fight Will Continue’",New York Times (News),"House Speaker John A. Boehner threw his weight on Wednesday behind the Senate deal to reopen the government and avert a default. He pledged to continue fighting President Obama’s health care law, but in a different manner.
That fight will continue. But",left
3478,Shutdown Deal,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Boehner says House will take up Senate budget plan,Fox News (Online News),"House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday that the House ""absolutely"" will take up the new Senate budget plan -- even if he has to rely on mostly Democrats to pass it -- and that he expects the partial government shutdown to end by Thursday.
Boehner made the comments in an interview with Cincinnati radio station WLW-AM.",right
3479,Shutdown Deal,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Congress moves toward vote on budget deal,Politico,"The first government shutdown in 17 years is heading for the history books as the House and Senate prepare to vote on legislation to reopen Washington and avert a debt default.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced the bipartisan deal Wednesday afternoon. The chamber will vote on the legislation in the afternoon or early evening, a Democratic leadership aide said.
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/government-shutdown-debt-ceiling-d...",left
3480,Hillary Takes Responsibility,['Middle East'],Clinton: 'I Take Responsibility' For Benghazi Consulate Attack,NPR (Online News),"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has taken the brunt of the responsibility for the attacks on the American consulate in Benghazi, in which ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed.",left
3481,Hillary Takes Responsibility,['Middle East'],"Clinton takes responsibility for consulate security, blames confusion on 'fog of war'",Fox News (Online News),"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took responsibility Monday night for any security failures leading up to the consulate attack last month in Libya that killed an the American ambassador, but she seemed to push back against claims of a cover-up, blaming the ""fog of war"" for the Obama administration's shifting explanations for the attack.",right
3482,Hillary Takes Responsibility,['Middle East'],Hillary: 'I take responsibility' for Benghazi,Politico,"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tells CNN's ""Out Front,"" ""I take responsibility"" for the Mideast violence on Sept. 11, remarks coming on the heels of the VP debate in which Joe Biden suggested the White House hasn't known of requests for more security in Benghazi.",left
3483,Derek Chauvin Sentenced to 22.5 Years In Prison For Murder of George Floyd,"['Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America', 'George Floyd', 'Derek Chauvin', 'Race And Racism', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Justice']",Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for murder of George Floyd,The Hill,"Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison on Friday afternoon for the murder of George Floyd last May. 
Handed down by Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter Cahill, the sentence was greater than what legal experts predicted.
“Determining the appropriate sentence in any case and in this case is a legal analysis. It's applying the rule of law to the facts of an individual and specific case,” Cahill said from the Hennepin County courthouse just after 2:30 p.m. “This sentence is not based on emotion or sympathy. At the same...",center
3484,Derek Chauvin Sentenced to 22.5 Years In Prison For Murder of George Floyd,"['Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America', 'George Floyd', 'Derek Chauvin', 'Race And Racism', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Justice']",Derek Chauvin receives 22 and a half years for murder of George Floyd.,New York Times (News),"Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd, was sentenced on Friday to 22 and a half years in prison, bringing a measure of closure to a case that set off waves of protest across the nation over police abuse of Black people.
The sentence, delivered by Judge Peter A. Cahill of Hennepin County District Court, came more than a year after a widely shared cellphone video captured Mr. Chauvin pressing his knee on the neck of Mr. Floyd for more than nine...",left
3485,Derek Chauvin Sentenced to 22.5 Years In Prison For Murder of George Floyd,"['Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America', 'George Floyd', 'Derek Chauvin', 'Race And Racism', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Justice']",Derek Chauvin sentencing: Ex-Minneapolis cop sentenced to 22.5 years in prison in murder of George Floyd,Fox News (Online News),"Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin received a 270-month prison sentence Friday for second-degree unintentional murder in the death of George Floyd last spring.
Minnesota District Court Judge Peter Cahill said a 22-page sentencing memorandum would explain his reasoning on the sentence in greater detail.
""Most of it’s going to be in writing, 22-page memorandum – to emphasize the fact that determining the appropriate sentence in any case and in this case is a legal analysis,"" he said. ""It’s applying the rule of law to the facts of an individual and specific case. As opposed...",right
3486,Elon Musk Requests Pentagon Pay for Starlink Services in Ukraine,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Europe', 'Russia', 'SpaceX', 'Elon Musk', 'Pentagon']","Musk’s SpaceX says it can no longer pay for critical satellite services in Ukraine, asks Pentagon to pick up the tab",CNN (Online News),"Since they first started arriving in Ukraine last spring, the Starlink satellite internet terminals made by Elon Musk’s SpaceX have been a vital source of communication for Ukraine’s military, allowing it to fight and stay connected even as cellular phone and internet networks have been destroyed in its war with Russia.
So far roughly 20,000 Starlink satellite units have been donated to Ukraine, with Musk tweeting on Friday the “operation has cost SpaceX $80 million and will exceed $100 million by the end of the year.”
But those charitable contributions...",left
3487,Elon Musk Requests Pentagon Pay for Starlink Services in Ukraine,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Europe', 'Russia', 'SpaceX', 'Elon Musk', 'Pentagon']",Pentagon in talks with Musk and Space X over Starlink access in Ukraine,Washington Examiner,"The Department of Defense is in communication with Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX, over its contribution of Starlink mobile internet systems, which have been an invaluable asset for the Ukrainian military, but come with a massive cost.
Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh acknowledged this during Friday’s briefing, a day after a CNN report that SpaceX sent a letter to the Defense Department last month asking for them to pick up the accruing tab from the Starlink service being provided to Ukraine due to mounting costs.
“I can confirm that the...",right
3488,Elon Musk Requests Pentagon Pay for Starlink Services in Ukraine,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Europe', 'Russia', 'SpaceX', 'Elon Musk', 'Pentagon']",Elon Musk Hints He's Pulling Starlink After Ukraine Told Him to 'F*** Off',Newsweek,"Elon Musk has claimed he was just following the ""recommendation"" of a Ukrainian ambassador who told him to ""f**k off,"" following reports SpaceX could stop funding Starlink coverage for Ukraine.
According to CNN, SpaceX wrote to the Pentagon last month requesting the U.S. military pick up the tab, which the company says comes to tens of millions of dollars each month.
On Friday, Jason Jay Smart, a Ukraine-based reporter at the Kyiv Post, tweeted: ""Elon Musk's Starlink says it can no longer afford to give Ukraine [Ukraine flag emoji] free...",center
3489,White House Purchases 200 Million More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']","With More Vaccines Secured, Biden Warns of Hurdles to Come",New York Times (News),"The Biden administration said Thursday it had secured 200 million more doses of coronavirus vaccines, enough to inoculate every American adult, but President Biden warned that logistical hurdles would most likely mean that many Americans will still not have been vaccinated by the end of the summer.
The additional doses amount to a 50 percent increase in vaccine, and will give the administration the number of doses that Mr. Biden said last month he needs to cover 300 million people by the end of the summer. But it will still...",left
3490,White House Purchases 200 Million More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",Biden says US will have enough COVID-19 vaccines for every American by end of July,CNET,"The Biden administration has bought enough doses of COVID-19 vaccines to cover 300 million people in the US by the end of July, President Joe Biden said Thursday afternoon, though this doesn't mean everyone will be vaccinated by then.
""We've now purchased enough vaccine supply to vaccinate all Americans,"" Biden said.
Actually administering the vaccines to all Americans could take longer because vaccinations are managed at a state and local level.
""Just this afternoon, we signed the final contracts for 100 million more Moderna and 100 million more Pfizer vaccines,""...",center
3491,White House Purchases 200 Million More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']","Biden Announces 200M New Vaccine Doses, Rips Trump Admin Distribution Plan",The Daily Caller,"President Joe Biden’s administration has secured the purchase of an additional 200 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine, the White House announced Thursday.
The administration announced in January that it was “working to purchase” an additional 100 million doses each from Pfizer and Moderna. That effort is now successful, raising the total number of doses at the nation’s disposal to 600 million doses through the summer of 2021. Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines require two doses per person, however, meaning the vault of doses is enough to cover 300...",right
3492,Co-Pilot Deliberately Crashed Plane,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Prosecutor: Germanwings Co-Pilot Intended to ‘Destroy This Plane’,The Blaze,"As a frantic pilot pounded on the cockpit door and passengers screamed in panic, the Germanwings co-pilot “intentionally” sent Flight 9525 straight into the side of a mountain in the French Alps, a prosecutor said Thursday.",right
3493,Co-Pilot Deliberately Crashed Plane,"['Transportation', 'General News']","Germanwings Co-Pilot Deliberately Crashed Airbus Jet, French Prosecutor Says",New York Times (News),The chief Marseille prosecutor handling the investigation into the crash of a Germanwings jetliner said on Thursday that evidence from the cockpit voice recorder indicated that the co-pilot had deliberately locked the captain out of the cockpit and steered the plane into its fatal descent.,left
3494,Co-Pilot Deliberately Crashed Plane,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Germanwings Co-Pilot Andreas Lubitz Appears to Have Deliberately Crashed Plane,Wall Street Journal (News),French prosecutor says pilot was intentionally locked outside cockpit minutes before the A320 crashed in French Alps with 150 people aboard,center
3495,Russia Investigation Transcripts Revealed; Schiff Criticized for Apparent Falsehoods,"['Adam Schiff', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Polarization', 'Russia', 'Russia Investigation', 'Politics']",Adam Schiff lied about the Trump investigation — and the media let him,New York Post (News),"Last week, Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell forced Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff’s hand. If the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee didn’t release the transcripts of 53 interviews from the committee’s Russia collusion investigations, then he’d do it himself. The transcripts, many of them from nearly three years ago, were declassified and ready for public viewing since June.
As the grand impresario of collusion, Schiff has filled print and broadcast media since January 2017 claiming that he has seen “more than circumstantial evidence” of a Trump-Putin conspiracy. Obviously...",right
3496,Russia Investigation Transcripts Revealed; Schiff Criticized for Apparent Falsehoods,"['Adam Schiff', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Polarization', 'Russia', 'Russia Investigation', 'Politics']",Transcript Of The Russian Behind The Dreaded Trump Tower Meeting Revealed,Forbes,"Thursday night was the night when the House Intelligence Committee’s Russia investigation was finally released for the world to see. Those that have time reading through novel-length interview transcripts will find one clear thread — Hollywood Rep Adam Schiff had nothing on President Trump with regards to him or his campaign working in cahoots with Russia, or Russians, to beat Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2016.
The release came after the Department of Justice and Director of National Intelligence threw many buckets of cold water on the Russia investigation last week....",center
3497,Russia Investigation Transcripts Revealed; Schiff Criticized for Apparent Falsehoods,"['Adam Schiff', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Polarization', 'Russia', 'Russia Investigation', 'Politics']",All the Adam Schiff Transcripts,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"Newly released documents show he knew all along that there was no proof of Russia-Trump collusion.
Americans expect that politicians will lie, but sometimes the examples are so brazen that they deserve special notice. Newly released Congressional testimony shows that Adam Schiff spread falsehoods shamelessly about Russia and Donald Trump for three years even as his own committee gathered contrary evidence.
The House Intelligence Committee last week released 57 transcripts of interviews it conducted in its investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election. The committee probe started in January...",right
3498,Intelligence Community Divided and Uncertain on COVID-19 Origins in New Report,"['Coronavirus', 'Director Of National Intelligence', 'Coronavirus Origins', 'Intelligence Agencies']",US intelligence community review does not determine origin of Covid-19,CNN (Online News),"The US intelligence community reached an inconclusive assessment about the origin of the Covid-19 virus following a 90-day investigation ordered by President Joe Biden, according to an unclassified summary of the probe released publicly on Friday.
The intelligence community is still divided about which of the two theories -- that the virus came from a lab leak or that it jumped from animal to human naturally -- is likely to be correct, the intelligence community said. There is consensus among the intelligence agencies that the two prevailing theories are plausible, according to the...",left
3499,Intelligence Community Divided and Uncertain on COVID-19 Origins in New Report,"['Coronavirus', 'Director Of National Intelligence', 'Coronavirus Origins', 'Intelligence Agencies']",U.S. intelligence community says it cannot solve COVID mystery without China,Reuters,"The U.S. intelligence community does not believe it can resolve a debate over whether a Chinese laboratory incident was the source of COVID-19 without more information, U.S. officials said in a declassified summary on Friday.
U.S. officials said only China can help solve questions about the true origins of the virus that has now killed 4.6 million people worldwide. ""China's cooperation most likely would be needed to reach a conclusive assessment of the origins of COVID-19,"" they said.
President Joe Biden, who received a classified report earlier this week summarizing the investigation he...",center
3500,Intelligence Community Divided and Uncertain on COVID-19 Origins in New Report,"['Coronavirus', 'Director Of National Intelligence', 'Coronavirus Origins', 'Intelligence Agencies']","Intel Agencies Split over COVID-19 Origin, in Long-Awaited Report",National Review,"A newly declassified U.S. intel report on the origins of the novel coronavirus reveals that one intelligence agency has assessed with moderate confidence that the virus emerged from a lab-leak, while four others assessed with low confidence that COVID-19 originated from natural exposure to an infected animal.
The report says that the intelligence community “remains divided on the most likely origin of COVID-19” and that “all agencies assess that two hypotheses are plausible: natural exposure to an infected animal and a laboratory-associated incident.”",right
3501,"Merkel, Obama Repair Relationship",['World'],How Obama wooed back Merkel,Politico,"Chancellor Angela Merkel got on the phone with President Barack Obama with a message that was coldly blunt: We cannot go on like this.
Her government had just sent the CIA chief packing after German intelligence uncovered a spy in its own ranks. It was the second big shock to the relationship after the Edward Snowden document dump disclosed that the U.S. had been spying on her cell phone. German media was filled with daily pronouncements about the worst rupture in the U.S.-German alliance since the Iraq War.
...",left
3502,"Merkel, Obama Repair Relationship",['World'],Merkel seen as key to Obama's success at G-7,Washington Post,"Before he sat down with the leaders of the seven Largest Industrialized Democracies here Sunday, President Obama met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a sign of how significant Their strained relationship Sometimes HAS to Become His presidency.
Obama Toured a small Bavarian town with the German chancellor, and he Kept the mood light. The President Praised the alphorn music greeted That His arrival, drank a beer and joked about",left
3503,"Merkel, Obama Repair Relationship",['World'],"Obama, Merkel agree to extend punishment for Putin",Washington Times,"President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed Sunday to extend economic sanctions against Russia for its continued aggression in Ukraine, amid signs that the president was trying to repair relations with his German host.
The two leaders met in Bavaria before the annual summit of leaders from the Group of Seven industrialized nations. The White House said Mr. Obama and Mrs. Merkel agreed that sanctions “should be clearly linked to Russia’s full implementation” of a Ukrainian peace accord and Russian respect for its neighbor’s sovereignty.
European leaders will meet...",right
3504,McCarthy Opposes January 6 Commission,"['US House', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']",House GOP leader McCarthy opposes new probe into Jan. 6 Capitol attack,Washington Times,"The top House Republican said Tuesday he won’t support creating a commission to investigate a pro-Trump mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol in January, blaming Democrats for dithering and politicking and saying he doesn’t want to hurt ongoing criminal cases.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s opposition undercuts some in his own party, including Rep. John Katko, the top Republican on the Homeland Security Committee who had struck an agreement on the commission. Mr. Katko had won concessions from Democrats, including making the panel evenly bipartisan.
But Mr. McCarthy offered a host of...",right
3505,McCarthy Opposes January 6 Commission,"['US House', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']",McCarthy won't support January 6 commission and sides with Republicans downplaying the insurrection,CNN (Online News),"House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday he opposed a bipartisan agreement for an independent commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol, siding with Republicans who have tried in recent days to downplay and move on from efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
McCarthy's opposition comes ahead of a House vote this week to create the panel modeled after the 9/11 Commission, which would be tasked with investigating the circumstances behind supporters of then-President Donald Trump breaching the Capitol to try to stop Congress from certifying the...",left
3506,McCarthy Opposes January 6 Commission,"['US House', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']",House GOP leader opposes bill to create commission to study Jan. 6 Capitol riot,USA TODAY,"House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy opposed legislation Tuesday that would create a bipartisan commission to study the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, which some lawmakers have suggested could subpoena him as witness.
The leaders of the Homeland Security Committee — Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Rep. John Katko of New York, the top Republican on the panel — unveiled the legislation Friday to create a 10-member commission that would issue a report by Dec. 31.
The House is expected to vote on the legislation Wednesday. The Senate must...",left
3507,Election Eve- Final Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",CNN National Poll: Dead heat between Obama and Romney,CNN (Online News),"It's all tied up, according to a new national poll released two days before the presidential election.
And the CNN/ORC International survey not only indicates a dead heat in the race for the White House, but also on almost every major indicator of President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney that was tested in the poll.",left
3508,Election Eve- Final Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Republicans See Early Vote Surge Trending for Romney,Newsmax (News),"Republicans are getting very optimistic about new trends emerging in early voting results in key states, which mostly shows Democrats casting more early ballots but not at the pace that Obama set in his victory in 2008 over Republican John McCain by 7 percentage points.
""What we're seeing consistently ... is that there is a general underperforming in places where President Obama needs to do well and there's an over-performing in places where Governor Romney does well,"" Romney's political director Rich Beeson said on ""Fox News Sunday.""
Obama campaign adviser...",right
3509,Election Eve- Final Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Polls 2012: Barack Obama Leads Mitt Romney With One Day Remaining,HuffPost,"With just one day remaining in the 2012 race for president, the polling picture is now virtually complete. President Barack Obama continues to hold narrow but significant leads over Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in enough battleground states to put him over the 270 electoral votes needed for victory.
The sheer volume of data tells us that Obama's leads in the tipping point states like Ohio and Nevada are not a matter of random chance, and there are no signs of any late breaks to Romney. If anything, the latest...",left
3510,Examining Reactions to Biden Saying COVID-19 Pandemic 'is Over',"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Booster Shots']",Is the Covid-19 pandemic over? The answer is more art than science,STAT,"Is the Covid-19 pandemic over?
President Biden told Scott Pelley of “60 Minutes” it was. The Sunday night interview aired just days after the director-general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the end may be in sight — though Tedros clearly didn’t mean it was days away when he predicted it.
But how confident can we be that the pandemic is or will soon be over? How can we know we’ve reached “over” when the disease we’ve been fighting isn’t going away?
Reaching the end of a pandemic is...",center
3511,Examining Reactions to Biden Saying COVID-19 Pandemic 'is Over',"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Booster Shots']","No, President Biden, the pandemic is not over",Washington Post,"“The pandemic is over” is surely what everyone wanted to hear. President Biden made the declaration in a Sunday “60 Minutes” broadcast. But before rushing out to the ticker-tape parade, sit down. The pandemic is still raging — in the sense that a dangerous virus is infecting, sickening and killing people, mutating to survive and haunting the globe. The pandemic has shifted — and normalcy has returned in many ways — but it is not over.
Why Mr. Biden said otherwise is obvious. The midterm elections are coming, and Americans feel an...",left
3512,Examining Reactions to Biden Saying COVID-19 Pandemic 'is Over',"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Booster Shots']","Biden's 'Pandemic Is Over' Declaration Ripped by Experts, GOP",Newsmax (News),"President Joe Biden's ""60 Minutes"" declaration ""the pandemic is over"" is drawing a response Monday, but not quite a joyous one.
""The pandemic is over,"" Biden said Sunday. ""We still have a problem with COVID. We're still doing a lot of work on it, but the pandemic is over.""
Health experts are saying the pandemic is not actually over yet, while Republicans are saying Biden and Democrats need to move to unwind their strict COVID-19 public policies and protocols then, if it indeed was over.
""With the pandemic officially over,...",right
3513,Bipartisan Group of Senators Hold Talks on Gun Safety,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America', 'Public Safety', 'Red Flag Laws']","Bipartisan group of senators meet on gun safety legislation, may find consensus on red-flag measure",CBS News (Online),"A bipartisan group of senators met during lunch Thursday to talk about a path forward on gun safety legislation, according to two sources, two days after a gunman shot and killed 21 people in Uvalde, Texas, Tuesday.
Democratic Sens. Chris Murphy, Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, Martin Heinrich and Richard Blumenthal attended the lunch with Republican Sens. Susan Collins, Pat Toomey, Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy, who joined by phone.
This was their second gathering, one of the sources said, and while it's still very early in their discussions, a few of...",left
3514,Bipartisan Group of Senators Hold Talks on Gun Safety,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America', 'Public Safety', 'Red Flag Laws']",Senators debate red flag law grants after Texas shooting,Roll Call,"A bipartisan group of senators trying to find 60 votes for a legislative response to recent mass shootings is honing in on a proposal to provide grants for states to implement so-called red flag laws that would allow courts to order the temporary seizure of firearms from individuals deemed a threat to themselves or others. 
Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., have teamed up on red flag law legislation in recent years but have never found enough Republican support to get the votes needed to overcome a filibuster in the...",center
3515,Bipartisan Group of Senators Hold Talks on Gun Safety,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America', 'Public Safety', 'Red Flag Laws']","Bipartisan Senate Coalition Floats Expanded Background Checks, Red Flag Laws for Guns",National Review,"A bipartisan group of ten senators has agreed to come to the negotiating table to attempt to pass legislation aimed at curbing gun violence in the United States after a series of recent mass shootings shocked the nation.
On Tuesday, an 18-year-old gunman entered an elementary school fourth-grade classroom in Uvalde, Texas and opened fire with a legally purchased AR-15, killing 19 children and 2 teachers. The shooter was later killed in an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement. A little over a week prior, a gunman stormed a supermarket in a black neighborhood in Buffalo,...",right
3516,Tanks And Flyovers Are Planned For July 4th In Washington,"['Fourth Of July', 'Holidays', 'General News']",Tanks for Trump's July 4th Celebration Spotted,Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump isn't taking ""no tanks"" for an answer on the Fourth of July.
He said Monday that a display of U.S. military tanks will be part of a special event he's headlining July 4 in Washington, D. C., and photographers have spotted at least two M1A1 Abrams tanks and two Bradley Fighting Vehicles on flatcars in a railyard at the southeastern edge of Washington.
Military police were guarding the vehicles, which were visible to passers-by on nearby paths.
A U.S. official told the AP that the military vehicles...",right
3517,Tanks And Flyovers Are Planned For July 4th In Washington,"['Fourth Of July', 'Holidays', 'General News']","Yes, there will be tanks at Trump's Fourth of July event — but there's a catch",CNN (Online News),"A small number of M1 Abrams tanks and other armored vehicles will participate in President Donald Trump's July Fourth celebrations in Washington on Thursday, US defense officials have confirmed to CNN.
However, they will not parade down Pennsylvania Avenue due to the need to protect roads and bridges.
Trump later confirmed tanks would be present during remarks in the Oval Office.
""I'm going to be here and I'm going to say a few words and we're going to have planes going overhead, the best fighter jets in the world and...",left
3518,Tanks And Flyovers Are Planned For July 4th In Washington,"['Fourth Of July', 'Holidays', 'General News']",Trump plans tanks and flyovers at Fourth of July celebration in Washington,Reuters,"President Donald Trump said on Monday that he plans to display battle tanks on Washington’s National Mall as part of a pumped-up Fourth of July celebration that will also feature flyovers by fighter jets and other displays of military prowess.
The military hardware is just one new element in a U.S. Independence Day pageant that will depart significantly from the nonpartisan, broadly patriotic programs that typically draw hundreds of thousands of people to the monuments in downtown Washington.
While past presidents have traditionally kept a low profile on July 4,...",center
3519,Jobless Claims Fall for 7th Consecutive Week,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment']",U.S. Unemployment Claims Fall in Tight Job Market,Wall Street Journal (News),"Jobless claims hovered above pre-pandemic levels last week as employers avoid layoffs and many workers quit or remain sidelined in a tight labor market.
Initial claims for jobless benefits edged down to seasonally adjusted 268,000 last week from a revised 269,000 a week earlier, the Labor Department said Thursday. Claims are at the lowest level since the pandemic hit the U.S. economy last spring and are gradually drifting down toward pre-pandemic levels.
Though worker filings for unemployment benefits remain above their 2019 weekly average of 218,000, the recovery in claims...",center
3520,Jobless Claims Fall for 7th Consecutive Week,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment']",Jobless Claims Held Steady Last Week,U.S. News & World Report,"The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment fell to 268,000 last week as the labor market continues its steady recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, the Labor Department reported on Thursday.
The four-week moving average was 272,750, down 5,750 from the prior four-week average.
The number was above expectations of 260,000 and slightly below the revised 269,000 from the prior week.
The labor market has shown signs of strength lately, with jobless claims under 300,000 and 531,000 new jobs added in October. Meanwhile, revisions to prior months added more...",left
3521,Jobless Claims Fall for 7th Consecutive Week,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment']",Unemployment claims drop to fresh pandemic low,Fox Business,"The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits dropped to a new pandemic low last week as the job market continues to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
Figures released Thursday by the Labor Department show that applications for the week ended Nov. 13 fell to 268,000 from a revised 269,000 a week earlier. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv had projected the number of first-time filings to decline to 260,000.
It marked the best level of jobless claims since March 14, 2020, when there were 256,000 applicants just as COVID-19 began to shut down...",right
3522,Questioning From Senators Begins In The Impeachment Trial,"['Impeachment Trial', 'US Senate', 'John Roberts', 'Question Phase', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Senate to question legal teams in Trump impeachment trial,Reuters,"The U.S. Senate will begin up to two days of questioning the prosecution and defense in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Wednesday, ahead of a crucial vote later in the week on whether to call witnesses.
The questions, which will alternate between Republican and Democratic senators, will be submitted in writing and read aloud by U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts, who is presiding over the trial to determine if Trump should be removed from office.
The questions can be directed at either the Democratic House prosecutors or Trump’s legal...",center
3523,Questioning From Senators Begins In The Impeachment Trial,"['Impeachment Trial', 'US Senate', 'John Roberts', 'Question Phase', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",John Roberts will not be silent Wednesday. But the questions he asks will not be his.,CNN (Online News),"Since the Senate impeachment trial began last week, Chief Justice John Roberts has been mainly out of the camera's line of sight. He has, clerk-like, enforced Senate procedures and kept the clock for the lawyers at the lectern. He has tried to maintain the chamber's decorum, as when he admonished the legal teams against nastiness, citing a 1905 Senate trial precedent against use of the word ""pettifogging.""
He has introduced some levity, as when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wished him happy birthday on Monday and the 65-year-old Roberts responded...",left
3524,Questioning From Senators Begins In The Impeachment Trial,"['Impeachment Trial', 'US Senate', 'John Roberts', 'Question Phase', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Here is How Questioning From Senators Will Be Handled During the Impeachment Trial Today,Townhall,"After five days of opening arguments from Democrat impeachment managers and attorneys representing President Donald Trump, Senators will now be able to submit their questions to each side. Here is how things will work.
Like in the Clinton trial, Republicans and Democrats will alternate questions. The questions will only be directed toward Democrat House managers and attorneys representing President Trump. Senators are not allowed to ask each other questions and cannot directly challenge answers once they were given. Questions will not be asked by Senators directly, but instead will...",right
3525,President Trump Addresses the United Nations,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","At U.N., Trump Defends His Administration’s Hard-Line Trade Policies",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump defended his administration’s hard-line trade policies in his second address to the United Nations General Assembly, and said that his policies are aimed at standing up for the American people and for the world.",center
3526,President Trump Addresses the United Nations,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Trump: We will only give foreign aid to ""those who respect us and frankly our friends""",CNN (Online News),"President Trump said the US is ""taking a hard look"" at the foreign aid it sends to other countries and the financial support it provides to international organizations.",left
3527,President Trump Addresses the United Nations,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Trump calls on world to isolate Iran, attacks 'globalism' in U.N. speech",Washington Times,President Trump called on world leaders Tuesday to isolate and sanction Iran until the Islamic Republic stops spreading terrorism and working to build a nuclear arsenal.,right
3528,Numbers for President Obama fall in new poll,"['White House', 'Politics']",Poll: 4 in 10 say Obama an effective leader,Washington Post,That's down from 52 percent just five months ago.,left
3529,Numbers for President Obama fall in new poll,"['White House', 'Politics']",President's marks as manager take hit in new CNN/ORC poll,CNN (Online News),"Only four out of 10 Americans believe President Barack Obama can manage the federal government effectively, according to a new national poll.",left
3530,Numbers for President Obama fall in new poll,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama's star falls: 56 percent of Americans don't admire him now,Washington Times,"President Obama's downfall continues with Monday poll numbers showing Americans don't trust his statements, don't believe in his ability to lead, and don't even find his personality anything to brag about any longer.",right
3531,Week 2 of Partial Government Shutdown,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Boehner vows no deal on budget or debt limit without spending talks with Obama,CNN (Online News),"As the partial shutdown of the federal government enters its seventh day Monday, the countdown to a government debt default drops to ten days.",left
3532,Week 2 of Partial Government Shutdown,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Slimdown standoff enters second week, as upcoming debt-limit looms larger",Fox News (Online News),The government slimdown enters its second week with Democrats and Republicans continuing to blame each other with no compromise in sight as a second major budget deadline looms larger and closer.,right
3533,Week 2 of Partial Government Shutdown,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Government's work stacking up a week into shutdown,Salon,"Safety inspections, toxic waste cleanup, employment statistics and lots more work isn't getting done.",left
3534,South Africa Feels 'Punished' For Detecting Omicron Variant,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'Omicron Variant', 'South Africa', 'Travel Restrictions', 'B11529']","South Africa says it's being ""punished"" for detecting new COVID variant",Axios,"South Africa said Saturday it's being ""punished"" for detecting the new Omicron coronavirus variant as more countries rush to enact travel bans and restrictions.
Driving the news: The U.S. imposed air travel restrictions from eight countries Friday in response to the Omicron variant. Countries in Europe and Asia have also implemented their own travel restrictions in response to Omicron.
The United Kingdom announced Saturday that two cases of the new variant were detected in the country with a ""link to travel to Southern Africa.""
The variant has also been found in Botswana, Israel and Hong Kong.
...",center
3535,South Africa Feels 'Punished' For Detecting Omicron Variant,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'Omicron Variant', 'South Africa', 'Travel Restrictions', 'B11529']","After detecting the Omicron variant, South Africa feels ‘punished’ by global travel bans",New York Times (News),"As the United States and European countries close their borders over fears over the recently detected coronavirus variant, many South Africans say they feel as if they are being “punished” for alerting global health authorities.
Hours after South African scientists announced the existence of a new variant that they said displayed “a big jump in evolution,” Britain banned travelers from southern African nations. Other European nations and the United States quickly followed suit.
“I do apologize that people took a very radical decision,” said Tulio de Oliveira, director of the...",left
3536,South Africa Feels 'Punished' For Detecting Omicron Variant,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'Omicron Variant', 'South Africa', 'Travel Restrictions', 'B11529']",South Africa says it is being 'punished' for 'excellent science' as nations around the world ban flights from the country after it detected Omicron variant,Daily Mail,"South Africa today said it should be 'applauded not punished' for detecting the super mutant Omicron Covid variant. 
The strain makes vaccines at least 40 per cent less effective against transmission than they are against Delta, according to experts, but scientists believe jabs still prevent it causing severe disease and hospitalisations. 
Britain, the US and EU all banned flights from southern Africa coming into their countries yesterday after the discovery of the strain, which originated in the region.
But the South African foreign affairs ministry said the decision 'is akin to...",right
3537,Progressives Rebel as Pelosi Plans Infrastructure Vote,"['US House', 'US Senate', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Joe Biden', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'Joe Manchin', 'Infrastructure', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Federal Budget', 'Politics']",Pelosi Plans Infrastructure Vote as Safety Net Bill Remains Mired in Rifts,New York Times (News),"Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California signaled to Democrats on Monday that she would push ahead with a vote this week on a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, working to salvage President Biden’s agenda in Congress even as the party remained divided over a broader social safety net measure.
Progressive lawmakers have long warned that they would not vote for the infrastructure legislation, which the Senate passed last month, until a far more expansive, $3.5 trillion domestic policy and tax package also cleared chamber.",left
3538,Progressives Rebel as Pelosi Plans Infrastructure Vote,"['US House', 'US Senate', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Joe Biden', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'Joe Manchin', 'Infrastructure', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Federal Budget', 'Politics']",Left warns Pelosi they'll take down Biden infrastructure bill,The Hill,"Liberals on Tuesday sent a stern warning to Democratic leaders that a bipartisan infrastructure bill cannot pass through the House as long as Senate centrists remain noncommittal on the larger social benefits package at the heart of President Biden's agenda. 
""If she were to call the bill, it will fail,"" Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), a close ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), said leaving a closed-door House Democratic Caucus meeting. ""Not because the Progressive Caucus, people like me, aren't willing to vote for it. But ... we had an agreement that we were going to...",center
3539,Progressives Rebel as Pelosi Plans Infrastructure Vote,"['US House', 'US Senate', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Joe Biden', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'Joe Manchin', 'Infrastructure', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Federal Budget', 'Politics']",‘It will fail': Liberals threaten Biden infrastructure bill,Washington Examiner,"A large faction of House liberals is threatening to derail President Joe Biden’s economic agenda by voting against a critical infrastructure bill Democrats hope to pass this week.
More than half of the 95-member House Progressive Caucus will vote against the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package that Speaker Nancy Pelosi planned to bring up for a vote later this week. The group is insisting that the House and Senate first pass a $3.5 trillion social welfare spending bill that is not yet written and lacks full support among Democrats.",right
3540,Drones,[],Bring drones out of the shadows,CNN (Online News),"The president's pick for CIA director -- John Brennan -- is one of a handful of U.S. officials who understands America's covert drone campaign inside and out.
Nearly everyone else is in the dark about the whos, wheres and whys of the program, including most members of Congress. But Brennan is also one of the few U.S. officials who's stood in front of a public audience and",left
3541,Drones,[],"Skip the drone debate, just kill the terrorists before they kill us",Fox News (Online News),"We no longer have to transport ourselves to a magical alternate reality to ponder what a love child between Richard Nixon and Dick Cheney would look like. Given a Justice Department memo obtained by NBC News, we can conclude that child would look like none other than President Barack Obama.
David Frost, in his conversation with President Nixon, asked him if the president could do someth
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/02/06/skip-drone-debate-just-kill-te...
...",right
3542,Drones,[],Obama Administration Rejected FOIA Before Touting Drone White Paper,New York Times (News),"Obama administration rejected a Freedom of Information Act request for the ""white paper"" outlining the legal justification for the targeted killing of suspected terrorists less than two weeks before a White House spokesman pointed to a leaked version of the memo as evidence the administration was enabling a public discussion about the legal principles behind targeted drone strikes.",left
3543,Trump Makes First White House Hires,['Politics'],Donald Trump Names Reince Priebus as Chief of Staff,CBN,President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus his new chief of staff.,right
3544,Trump Makes First White House Hires,['Politics'],For the Record: Trump just hired a face of the Republican establishment,USA TODAY,"President-elect Donald Trump, who vowed to ”drain the swamp” in Washington, on Sunday chose the chairman of the GOP as his top employee. Reince Priebus, called “the face of the GOP establishment,” will serve as Trump’s chief of staff, running his White House team and deciding what issues come before him.",left
3545,Trump Makes First White House Hires,['Politics'],Trump and the World: Reaching Out to His Campaign Nemesis,New York Times (News),President-elect Donald J. Trump has made his picks for his top behind-the-scenes advisers. Those may turn out to be the easy ones.,left
3546,Are We Prepared For Ebola,['General News'],"In 2010, Obama administration scrapped CDC quarantine regulations",Fox News (Online News),"In October 2014, the first patient on American soil infected with the Ebola virus sits in isolation in a Texas hospital, prompting calls for travel restrictions between the United States and Ebola-stricken countries.",right
3547,Are We Prepared For Ebola,['General News'],U.S. Nurses Say They Are Unprepared To Handle Ebola Patients,HuffPost,"Nurses, the frontline care providers in U.S. hospitals, say they are untrained and unprepared to handle patients arriving in their hospital emergency departments infected with Ebola.",left
3548,Are We Prepared For Ebola,['General News'],OPINION: Why U.S. can stop Ebola in its tracks,CNN (Online News),The U.S. health system has been preparing since late March for the news we announced Tuesday: the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the United States.,left
3549,"As School Year Begins, Book Bans and Curriculum Laws Spark Controversy","['Education', 'Book Bans', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Parental Rights In Education', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Censorship']",The Dangerous Lesson of Book Bans in Public School Libraries,Reason,"A small group of parents attends a conference where they're educated about the threats to American morality embedded in modern education. There they obtain a list of books believed to present a clear and present danger to young people. They bring that list to a meeting of the local school board. It turns out that 11 of the titles are found in school district libraries or curricula.
Alarmed, school board members direct the superintendent to remove the books and to put out a press statement declaring the tomes ""anti-American, anti-Christian,...",right
3550,"As School Year Begins, Book Bans and Curriculum Laws Spark Controversy","['Education', 'Book Bans', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Parental Rights In Education', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Censorship']","Americans Don’t Want Books Banned, But They’re Divided Over What Schools Teach",FiveThirtyEight,"Recently, an image that listed books banned in Florida libraries and schools began making the rounds on Twitter. The 25 titles, spanning classics from “To Kill a Mockingbird” to “A Wrinkle in Time,” caught the eyes of many, including Randi Weingarten, who is president of the American Federation of Teachers, a major teacher’s labor union in the U.S.
Only one problem: The list was fake. There is no banned-book list at the state level in Florida.
This isn’t to say that books haven’t been banned in Florida public schools. Earlier...",center
3551,"As School Year Begins, Book Bans and Curriculum Laws Spark Controversy","['Education', 'Book Bans', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Parental Rights In Education', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Censorship']","Back to School in DeSantis’s Florida, as Teachers Look Over Their Shoulders",New York Times (News),"Erin Brown, a teacher in St. Johns County, Fla., typically keeps a gay pride flag hanging up in her classroom. As the faculty sponsor of a Gay-Straight Alliance club at her high school, she wants her students to know they are safe with her.
But this year, Ms. Brown found herself quietly repurposing the flag.
No longer on full display, it now hangs as a “rainbow background,” partially obscured among posters, photos, a calendar and other trinkets on her class bulletin board.
The change is emblematic of the fear, uncertainty...",left
3552,"Coronavirus Stunts Global Travel, Affects Airlines","['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'World', 'Travel', 'Airlines']",What will it cost to change your travel plans over coronavirus fears?,Los Angeles Times,"There are roughly 110,000 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. And more cases are reported in new places every day. As a result, travelers (especially those who have underlying health problems) may want to cancel or postpone upcoming vacation plans.",left
3553,"Coronavirus Stunts Global Travel, Affects Airlines","['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'World', 'Travel', 'Airlines']","Airlines Trim Capacity Over Coronavirus Spread, Some Executives Take Pay Cuts",Wall Street Journal (News),"Airlines on Tuesday detailed the growing impact of the coronavirus by cutting more flights in domestic and international markets, parking planes, freezing hiring and reducing executive pay.
American Airlines Group Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc. both said they planned to reduce the number of flights across their networks.",center
3554,"Coronavirus Stunts Global Travel, Affects Airlines","['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'World', 'Travel', 'Airlines']",Why Airlines Are Flying Scores of 'Ghost Flights' During Wuhan Virus Outbreak,Townhall,"The Wuhan virus is spreading fear around the globe thanks to a Trump deranged and irresponsible media. This isn’t some superbug, folks. The seasonal flu is still deadlier. Now, that’s not to say you shouldn’t wash your hands regularly or take any of the precautions recommended by health officials that greatly reduce the chance of you getting sick. Regardless, those most at risk are the usual suspects: the elderly and the immunocompromised. A large chunk of the deaths in the U.S. from the WuFlu, which is extremely low compared to...",right
3555,Benghazi Back in the News,"['White House', 'Politics']",Benghazi -- government cover-up or right-wing conspiracy theory?,CNN (Online News),Republicans call it a government cover-up similar to what forced Richard Nixon to resign. Democrats call it a right-wing conspiracy theory.,left
3556,Benghazi Back in the News,"['White House', 'Politics']",The 6 Biggest Lies About Benghazi,Breitbart News,"On Wednesday, an email emerged from White House in which national security aide Ben Rhodes instructed UN Ambassador Susan Rice – copying President Obama’s entire political team at the White House – that her goal on the Sunday shows following the September 11, 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi should be to “underscore that these protests are rooted in an Internet video, and not a broader failure of policy.”",right
3557,Benghazi Back in the News,"['White House', 'Politics']",How (and why) Benghazi is back,Washington Post,"The release of a new documents related to the 2012 embassy attack has unleashed a new torrent of outrage on the right about the Obama Administration's handling of the Sept. 2012 terrorist attack that left four Americans dead.
Conservatives say new e-mails prove that the White House deliberately portrayed the attacks as the result of spontaneous protests inspired by a video disparaging the prophet M",left
3558,Senate Parliamentarian Allows Democrats to Bypass Republican Filibuster on Two Bills,"['US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Economic Policy', 'Sustainability', 'Infrastructure', 'Politics']","Senate Dems Can Bypass GOP Filibuster on Two More Bills, Parliamentarian Rules",National Review,"The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that Democrats can pass two more pieces of legislation via budget reconciliation procedures, bypassing a potential filibuster by Republicans.
The ruling allows Democrats to pass two bills with a simple majority instead of the usual 60-vote threshold required in the Senate. Democrats plan to use the budget reconciliation process to approve the Biden administration’s infrastructure plan, which is split into two bills. The process was previously used to pass Democrats’ coronavirus relief bill. A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) announced the...",right
3559,Senate Parliamentarian Allows Democrats to Bypass Republican Filibuster on Two Bills,"['US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Economic Policy', 'Sustainability', 'Infrastructure', 'Politics']",Ruling By Senate Parliamentarian Opens Up Potential Pathway For Democrats,NPR (Online News),"A new decision from the U.S. Senate's nonpartisan parliamentarian means Democrats could advance more of President Biden's agenda without the support of Republicans.
The official's interpretation of Senate budget rules would allow the use of the reconciliation process more than once in a fiscal year, and it is viewed by Democrats as a possible strategy for moving top policy priorities with a simple majority, since getting the needed 10 Republican votes in a 50-50 Senate has proved difficult.
Details are still unclear as to how Democratic leaders might use the...",left
3560,Senate Parliamentarian Allows Democrats to Bypass Republican Filibuster on Two Bills,"['US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Economic Policy', 'Sustainability', 'Infrastructure', 'Politics']",Senate Democrats can now officially pass more bills with 51 votes,Vox,"Senate Democrats just got some wonky procedural news that has some pretty big implications for President Joe Biden’s agenda.
On Monday night, the Senate parliamentarian — an in-house rules expert — determined that Democrats would be able to do a third budget reconciliation bill this year, a massive development that gives lawmakers more room to pass legislation without Republican support.
Already, Democrats had the ability to do two budget reconciliation bills: one focused on fiscal year 2021 and one focused on fiscal year 2022. Unlike most other bills, budget measures...",left
3561,House GOP options to avoid shutdown,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Boehner to Obama: We'll Tie 'Important Spending Cuts ... to Debt Limit Increase',CNSNews.com,"House Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday that House Republicans will pass a bill to increase the debt limit of the federal government that includes spending cuts and what he described as ""pro-growth reforms.""",right
3562,House GOP options to avoid shutdown,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",House Republicans explore strategy to avoid federal government shutdown,Washington Post,Strategy would shift fight over health-care law to a bill that would raise nations debt limit.,left
3563,House GOP options to avoid shutdown,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Analysis: Why a government shutdown (probably) won't happen,CNN (Online News),The chances of a government shutdown occurring next week are lower than Congress' approval ratings.,left
3564,Swing State Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","NBC Swing State Polls: It's All Over, So Just Give Up",Townhall,"Not so fast, cautions Allahpundit: According to RCPs averages, in fact, hes up by just 1.3 points in Florida and 0.4 points in Virginia, and those numbers incorporate his gaudy leads in this WSJ/NBC poll. Even more reason not to panic: This poll was conducted from Sept. 9-11, when Obama still had a bit of a convention bounce.",right
3565,Swing State Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Battleground polls: Is Romney's path to the White House now more difficult?,CNN (Online News),"One week past the conventions, a flood of polls have been released in crucial battleground states in the race for the White House. And some of them paint a picture that looks more favorable to President Barack Obama than to Republican nominee Mitt Romney.",left
3566,Swing State Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama Holds Lead in Three Key States,Wall Street Journal (News),"With few voters still on the fence, President Barack Obama holds leads over Mitt Romney in new polls of Ohio, Florida and Virginia, three of the states likely to determine who wins the White House in November.",center
3567,Social Security Recipients to See Biggest Cost of Living Boost Since 1981,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Social Security', 'Veterans Affairs', 'Inflation', 'Cost Of Living']","Veterans, retirees get 8.7% Social Security cost-of-living boost",Military Times,"Veterans and retirees will see an 8.7% cost-of-living increase in their Social Security benefits starting in December, the largest increase in 42 years, federal officials announced on Thursday.
The big boost reflects the rising cost of inflation throughout the last year. In a statement, acting Social Security Administration Commissioner Kilolo Kijakazi said the move will give beneficiaries “more peace of mind and breathing room.”
The move will directly affect about 65 million Americans receiving Social Security benefits. Administration officials said the average beneficiary will see an increase of about $140 in their monthly payouts....",center
3568,Social Security Recipients to See Biggest Cost of Living Boost Since 1981,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Social Security', 'Veterans Affairs', 'Inflation', 'Cost Of Living']","Social Security recipients get 8.7% cost-of-living increase, the highest in more than 40 years",CNN (Online News),"Social Security recipients will receive an annual cost-of-living adjustment of 8.7% next year, the largest increase since 1981, the Social Security Administration announced Thursday.
The spike will boost retirees’ monthly payments by $146 to an estimated average of $1,827 for 2023.
The hefty increase, which follows a 5.9% adjustment for this year, is aimed at helping Social Security’s roughly 70 million recipients contend with the high inflation that’s been plaguing the US since last year.
“Will the COLA be enough to keep up with inflation? It’s too early to say,” said...",left
3569,Social Security Recipients to See Biggest Cost of Living Boost Since 1981,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Social Security', 'Veterans Affairs', 'Inflation', 'Cost Of Living']",Social Security recipients to see biggest COLA increase since 1981,Fox Business,"Social Security benefits are set to rise by 8.7% in 2023, the biggest bump in four decades as stubbornly high inflation erodes the buying power of retired Americans, the Social Security Administration said Thursday. 
The increase, known as a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), is the biggest since 1981, when recipients saw an 11.2% jump. It will increase the average monthly benefit by about $140. 
More than 64 million Americans collecting Social Security will receive the bigger payments beginning in January, the administration said. 
The higher payments come in response to the...",right
3570,Health Authorities Discourage J&J COVID-19 Vaccine Amid Concern About Blood Clots,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Johnson & Johnson Vaccine', 'Johnson & Johnson', 'Science', 'Healthcare', 'Moderna', 'Pfizer', 'FDA', 'CDC']","CDC vaccine advisers vote to recommend Pfizer, Moderna vaccines over J&J's",CNN (Online News),"Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted 15-0 Thursday to change recommendations for Covid-19 vaccines to make clear that shots made by Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech are preferred over Johnson & Johnson's vaccine.
The new recommendation: ""mRNA vaccines are preferred over the Janssen Covid-19 vaccine for the prevention of Covid-19 for those 18 years of age and over.""
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices endorsed the updated recommendation after hearing new data indicating that a rare blood clotting syndrome is more common among people who...",left
3571,Health Authorities Discourage J&J COVID-19 Vaccine Amid Concern About Blood Clots,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Johnson & Johnson Vaccine', 'Johnson & Johnson', 'Science', 'Healthcare', 'Moderna', 'Pfizer', 'FDA', 'CDC']","CDC advisory panel, concerned about rare side effects tied to J&J vaccine, gives preferential nod to mRNA shots",STAT,"Apanel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave a rare preferential recommendation to the Covid vaccines based on messenger RNA technology on Thursday — a decision aimed at steering people away from the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine because of concerns about a rare but serious side effect.
The recommendation passed by a unanimous vote, with all 15 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices supporting it.
The recommendation levels another blow to J&J’s vaccine, which has struggled to find a foothold in the U.S. market....",center
3572,Health Authorities Discourage J&J COVID-19 Vaccine Amid Concern About Blood Clots,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Johnson & Johnson Vaccine', 'Johnson & Johnson', 'Science', 'Healthcare', 'Moderna', 'Pfizer', 'FDA', 'CDC']",FDA Strengthens Warning Over Severe Condition Linked to Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 Vaccine,The Epoch Times,"U.S. drug regulators this week formally strengthened a warning to Americans regarding a severe condition linked to Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Blood clots and low blood platelet levels, known as thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS), are now listed as a contraindication, or a medical reason for somebody not to get the shot.
“Do not administer” the vaccine to individuals with a history of the set of conditions following the vaccine or any other adenovirus-vectored COVID-19 vaccine, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says in an updated fact sheet (pdf) for health care providers...",right
3573,"US to Reopen Canada, Mexico Land Borders in November","['Foreign Policy', 'Border', 'Canada', 'Mexico']",Biden lifting land border travel restrictions for fully vaccinated,Axios,"The Biden administration will open up U.S. land borders with Canada and Mexico to non-essential travel starting in November — but only to those fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Why it matters: Government officials and business leaders have decried the economic impact pandemic travel restrictions have had on border communities. They have called for the U.S. to reopen the borders given high, and rising, vaccinations rates there.
What's happening: Officials will implement land border vaccine requirements in two phases, an administration official told reporters on a Tuesday evening call.
Early next month, non-essential travelers from Mexico...",center
3574,"US to Reopen Canada, Mexico Land Borders in November","['Foreign Policy', 'Border', 'Canada', 'Mexico']",US will re-open Canadian and Mexican borders to fully vaccinated visitors,CNN (Online News),"The United States plans to ease restrictions on travel for fully vaccinated visitors from Canada and Mexico starting in early November, relaxing bans that have been in place for more than 18 months, according to senior administration officials.
The new rules, which are similar to those announced for international air passengers, will be rolled out in a phased approach. The first phase, kicking off in early November, will allow fully vaccinated visitors traveling for nonessential reasons, like visiting friends or for tourism, to cross US land borders. The second phase, starting...",left
3575,"US to Reopen Canada, Mexico Land Borders in November","['Foreign Policy', 'Border', 'Canada', 'Mexico']",US to reopen land borders next month for fully vaccinated,Fox News (Online News),"After a 19-month freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. is set to announce that it will reopen land borders with Canada and Mexico next month for nonessential travel and demand all international visitors be fully vaccinated.
The new rules, to be announced Wednesday, will allow fully vaccinated foreign nationals to enter the U.S. regardless of the reason for travel starting in early November, when a similar easing of restrictions is set to kick in for air travel into the country, the Associated Press reported. By mid-January, even essential travelers seeking to enter the U.S.,...",right
3576,William Barr Confirmed as Attorney General,"['Justice Department', 'William Barr', 'Justice']","Attorney general nominee William Barr’s “tough on crime” record, explained",Vox,Here’s why Trump’s attorney general nominee worries criminal justice reformers.,left
3577,William Barr Confirmed as Attorney General,"['Justice Department', 'William Barr', 'Justice']",Senate confirms William Barr as U.S. attorney general,Reuters,"The U.S. Senate confirmed William Barr as attorney general on Thursday, installing a seasoned lawyer with decades of Washington experience to head the Justice Department and",center
3578,William Barr Confirmed as Attorney General,"['Justice Department', 'William Barr', 'Justice']",William Barr is our new attorney general -- Here are four things he should focus on right away,Fox News (Opinion),"With the confirmation of William Barr as the 85th Attorney General of the United States, we now have an experienced hand leading the Department of Justice.",right
3579,Rep. McCarthy Indicates Scaling Back Ukraine Aid if GOP Wins Congress,"['2022 Elections', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Congress', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'World', 'Europe', 'Foreign Aid', 'House Of Representatives', 'Midterm Elections']",McCarthy warns no more 'blank check to Ukraine' if GOP captures House,Washington Examiner,"House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) warned that Congress will likely intensify scrutiny over military aid to war-torn Ukraine if Republicans recapture the House .
While iterating his longstanding support for Ukraine, McCarthy argued that many Republicans in the House have been rankled by the lack of focus on domestic matters, such as raging inflation, and will likely question the prudence of high-dollar donations to a country half a world away.
“I think people are gonna be sitting in a recession and they’re not going to write a blank check...",right
3580,Rep. McCarthy Indicates Scaling Back Ukraine Aid if GOP Wins Congress,"['2022 Elections', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Congress', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'World', 'Europe', 'Foreign Aid', 'House Of Representatives', 'Midterm Elections']",McCarthy: No ‘blank check’ for Ukraine if GOP wins majority,Associated Press,"House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy warned Tuesday that Republicans will not write a “blank check” for Ukraine if they win back the House majority, reflecting his party’s growing skepticism about financial support for Kyiv as it battles Russia’s invasion.
“I think people are gonna be sitting in a recession and they’re not going to write a blank check to Ukraine,” McCarthy told Punchbowl News. “They just won’t do it. … It’s not a free blank check.”
The comments from McCarthy, who is in line to become speaker if Republicans win...",left
3581,Rep. McCarthy Indicates Scaling Back Ukraine Aid if GOP Wins Congress,"['2022 Elections', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Congress', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'World', 'Europe', 'Foreign Aid', 'House Of Representatives', 'Midterm Elections']",McCarthy warns no ‘blank check’ to Ukraine in GOP majority,The Hill,"House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said that House Republicans will not write “a blank check” to Ukraine if they take control of the lower chamber next year, marking one of the clearest signs that aid to the war-torn country fighting off a Russian invasion will face a much tougher road in a GOP-led House.
“I think people are gonna be sitting in a recession and they’re not going to write a blank check to Ukraine. They just won’t do it,” McCarthy, who hopes to become Speaker if Republicans win...",center
3582,Bipartisan Group Reaching Agreement On Key Police Reform Issues,"['Criminal Justice', 'Police Reform', 'Bipartisanship', 'Bridging Divides', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Justice']",Tentative bipartisan agreement reached on some key issues in policing overhaul,CNN (Online News),"A bipartisan group of lawmakers working on legislative efforts to overhaul policing appear to be nearing an agreement to set federal standards for no-knock warrants, ban chokeholds except in life-threatening situations and place limits on equipment the Defense Department can send to state and local police departments, according to a source familiar with the discussions.
Sens. Cory Booker, a New Jersey Democrat, and Tim Scott, a South Carolina Republican, and Rep. Karen Bass, a California Democrat, have been leading the charge to craft a bipartisan bill that can pass the...",left
3583,Bipartisan Group Reaching Agreement On Key Police Reform Issues,"['Criminal Justice', 'Police Reform', 'Bipartisanship', 'Bridging Divides', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Justice']",Bipartisan police overhaul legislation emerges as anniversary of George Floyd death nears,Fox News (Online News),"As the May 25 anniversary of George Floyd’s death nears, lawmakers are working across the aisle to introduce bipartisan legislation to overhaul some police standards.
A small group of lawmakers, led by Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., along with Senators Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Cory Booker, D-N.Y. -- all of whom previously introduced police reform legislation -- are looking at reform issues that both Democrats and Republicans can get on board with.
Though the legislation is still in early days, lawmakers are hoping to present a bipartisan policing reform bill by...",right
3584,Bipartisan Group Reaching Agreement On Key Police Reform Issues,"['Criminal Justice', 'Police Reform', 'Bipartisanship', 'Bridging Divides', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Justice']",Police-Overhaul Efforts Draws Bipartisan Agreement on Key Issues,Wall Street Journal (News),"Democratic and Republican staff in Congress are drafting language for possible police-overhaul legislation that would limit the transfer of some military equipment to local departments, ban police use of chokeholds except in life-threatening situations and set federal standards for so-called no-knock warrants, according to people familiar with the talks.
Final language on those measures that would be incorporated in a compromise bill between lawmakers from both sides hasn’t yet been set. And central issues concerning the prosecution and liability of individual police officers remain to be resolved, the people said....",center
3585,"Ukrainian Forces Retake Makariv, a Key Suburb of Kyiv","['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Kyiv']",35-Hour Curfew: Ukrainian Forces Retake Part Of Kyiv As Residents Shelter Underground,The Daily Wire,"Ukrainian military forces report they have taken back a key suburban area of Kyiv on Tuesday as the battle continues with Russian forces over the capital city.
The conflict continued overnight as residents were told to shelter underground or at home as part of a 35-hour curfew that extends until Wednesday morning, according to the Associated Press.
“Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has announced a new 35-hour curfew for the Ukrainian capital from later on March 21,” Radio Free Europe reported.
“The former boxing champion said in a statement on Telegram that the curfew...",right
3586,"Ukrainian Forces Retake Makariv, a Key Suburb of Kyiv","['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Kyiv']",Ukraine retakes key Kyiv suburb; battle for Mariupol rages,Associated Press,"Ukraine said it retook a strategically important suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday, as Russian forces squeezed other areas near the capital and pressed their attack on the embattled southern port of Mariupol.
Explosions and bursts of gunfire shook Kyiv, and black smoke rose from a spot in the north. Intensified artillery fire could be heard from the northwest, where Russia has sought to encircle and capture several suburban areas of the capital, a crucial target.
Residents sheltered at home or underground under a 35-hour curfew imposed by city authorities that runs to...",left
3587,"Ukrainian Forces Retake Makariv, a Key Suburb of Kyiv","['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Kyiv']",Ukraine says it retook control of a town near Kyiv from Russia as heavy fighting continues around the capital,Insider,"Ukraine's army said it had retaken control of a town near Kyiv after Russia's invasion.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine said on Facebook on Tuesday that Makariv, west of Kyiv, was back under Ukrainian control, writing that the ""state flag of Ukraine was raised over the city of Makariv.""
This means that Ukraine can stop Russia surrounding the city from the northwest, The Associated Press reported.
The city was hit by multiple attacks, including a hit on an industrial bakery that killed at least 13 people and attacks on apartment buildings and schools.
Russia started its invasion...",left
3588,Joe Biden Accused of Inappropriate Behavior Towards Women,"['Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Election: Presidential', 'Media Bias']",An Awkward Kiss Changed How I Saw Joe Biden,New York Magazine,"In 2014, I was the 35-year-old Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in Nevada. The landscape wasn’t looking good for my party that year. There were no high-profile national races to help boost turnout, and after the top candidate bowed out of the governor’s race, “None of the Above” ended up winning the Democratic primary.
So when my campaign heard from Vice-President Joe Biden’s office that he was looking to help me and other Democrats in the state, I was grateful and flattered. His team offered to bring him to a...",left
3589,Joe Biden Accused of Inappropriate Behavior Towards Women,"['Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Election: Presidential', 'Media Bias']",Sean Hannity: Don't expect 'Creepy' Joe Biden's friends in the media to hold him to the Kavanaugh standard,Fox News (Online News),"Creepy, crazy Uncle Joe Biden is facing a serious backlash for -- you guessed it -- being creepy.
He hasn't yet formally entered the race, but already, ""Creepy Uncle Joe"" is facing two separate allegations of inappropriate touching and a lot more. Just a short time ago, a Connecticut woman named Amy Lappos told ""The Hartford Courant"", ""He put his hand around my neck, he pulled me in to rub noses with me. When he was pulling me in, I thought he was going to kiss me on the mouth.""...",right
3590,Joe Biden Accused of Inappropriate Behavior Towards Women,"['Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Election: Presidential', 'Media Bias']",Joe Biden needs to cut it out. So does the mob.,Washington Post,"Joe Biden needs to cut it out. And so does the mob that is after him.
The former vice president — and presumed front-runner-to-be in the 2020 Democratic primary — has a long history of putting his hands all over pretty much anyone who comes within reach. Women. Men. Children. Longtime friends. Perfect strangers.
He calls it the trait of a “tactile politician.” Longtime aides say it is simply “Biden being Biden.” But a quick Google search of “creepy Uncle Joe” finds an avalanche of video proof that his space-invading...",left
3591,"Debate Heats Up Over When, How to Reopen Schools for the Fall","['Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'CDC', 'White House', 'Education']","White House Stumbles Over How Best To Reopen Schools, As Trump Blasts CDC Guidance",NPR (Online News),"In the latest move from the Trump administration to push for states to reopen schools this fall, Vice President Pence couched guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to safely reopen schools, saying it shouldn't be used as a ""barrier"" to students returning to classrooms.
Speaking to reporters during a White House Coronavirus Task Force meeting at the Department of Education on Wednesday afternoon, Pence stressed that states and local governments should ""tailor their plans"" to enable to students to return to in-person instruction.
""None of...",left
3592,"Debate Heats Up Over When, How to Reopen Schools for the Fall","['Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'CDC', 'White House', 'Education']",Trump wants to reopen schools. Hint: It's not just about education.,Politico,"President Donald Trump’s push to reopen America’s schools is about more than children’s education. It’s about the economy. And it’s about his reelection.
Because for Trump and his team, the issues are interlinked.
With children out of the house, they argue, parents can more easily return to work and juice the economy — something even the president’s allies consider a necessity for Trump to win reelection. And with Trump’s sagging poll numbers against presumptive 2020 rival Joe Biden, aides also hope the campaign for in-person schooling will play well with...",left
3593,"Debate Heats Up Over When, How to Reopen Schools for the Fall","['Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'CDC', 'White House', 'Education']","CDC is 'prepared to work with every school district' for safe reopenings, director says in coronavirus briefing",Fox News (Online News),"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield on Wednesday said the agency is “prepared to work with every school district” to create a safe reopening this fall for students amid the coronavirus pandemic.
During the White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing on Wednesday, Redfield said the CDC has outlined ""a number of strategies” for schools across the country to use while reimagining the 2020-2021 school year amid COVID-19.
“We are prepared to work with each school jurisdiction to help them use the different strategies we proposed, and use...",right
3594,Stampede Kills at Least 40 At Funeral For Qasem Soleimani,"['Iran', 'Qassem Soleimani', 'Funeral', 'National Security', 'Middle East']",Live Updates: Deadly Stampede at Funeral Procession for Iranian General,New York Times (News),"Iranian state-run news outlets reported a deadly stampede during the funeral procession for Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani in his hometown, Kerman, in southeastern Iran, on Tuesday.
Millions were reported to have flooded the town’s streets to witness the procession for the general, who was killed in an American drone strike in Baghdad last week. His death has fanned smoldering tensions between the United States and Iran, and fueled fears of a broader conflict.
The crowding and subsequent stampede in Kerman led to General Suleimani’s burial being postponed, state news media...",left
3595,Stampede Kills at Least 40 At Funeral For Qasem Soleimani,"['Iran', 'Qassem Soleimani', 'Funeral', 'National Security', 'Middle East']",Iran General’s Wake Brings Deadly Stampede and Calls for Revenge,Bloomberg,"Iran said it is evaluating 13 possible ways to inflict a “historic nightmare” on the U.S. for killing a powerful Iranian general, whose burial was postponed after dozens of mourners died in a stampede.
General Qassem Soleimani’s exploits in conflicts from Syria to Yemen made him a national hero, and hundreds of thousands have turned out this week as his funeral procession stopped in various cities, first in Iraq, where he was killed in a drone strike, and later Iran. But the masses that met the cortege ahead of his...",left
3596,Stampede Kills at Least 40 At Funeral For Qasem Soleimani,"['Iran', 'Qassem Soleimani', 'Funeral', 'National Security', 'Middle East']","Soleimani funeral stampede in Iran leaves at least 40 dead, state TV reports",Fox News (Online News),"At least 40 Iranians were crushed to death Tuesday in a stampede that erupted during the funeral for Qassem Soleimani, the general killed last week in a U.S. airstrike, the country’s state media is reporting.
The gory episode in Soleimani's hometown of Kerman, which also reportedly left more than 200 injured, came as the U.S. Maritime Administration is warning ships across the Middle East to be on alert for possible retaliatory attacks from Iran.
“Unfortunately as a result of the stampede, some of our compatriots have been injured and some...",right
3597,"North Korea Fires Pair of Short-Range Missiles, Twice in a Week","['North Korea', 'Defense', 'Kim Jong Un']",North Korea launches second projectile in less than a week,USA TODAY,"For the second time in less than a week, North Korea launched suspected short-range missiles, according to South Korea's military.
The projectiles were fired Thursday from near a military base about 50 miles from North Korea's capital Pyongyang. There were few other details immediately available.
State media in North Korea said that on Saturday the nation held a short-range ballistic missile test as part of a regularly scheduled defensive military exercise. It was the country's first such test in more than a year and came amid what appear...",left
3598,"North Korea Fires Pair of Short-Range Missiles, Twice in a Week","['North Korea', 'Defense', 'Kim Jong Un']",North Korea launches 'two short-range missiles',CNN (Online News),"Seoul, South Korea (CNN)North Korea has launched two ""short-range missiles,"" South Korea's military said it suspected on Thursday, adding yet another complication into Pyongyang's stalled negotiations with the United States and peace talks with South Korea.
It launched the projectiles at 4:29 p.m. local (3.29 a.m. ET) and 4:49 p.m. local towards the east, which had an estimated range of 420 kilometers (260 miles) and 270 kilometers respectively, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement.
The missiles had an altitude of around 50 kilometers and hit...",left
3599,"North Korea Fires Pair of Short-Range Missiles, Twice in a Week","['North Korea', 'Defense', 'Kim Jong Un']","North Korea fires 2 short-range missiles, 5 days after previous launch; US tests long-range missile within 10 minutes",Fox News (Online News),"North Korea fired two short-range missiles on Thursday, according to South Korean military, as the U.S. responded with an intercontinental ballistic missile test of their own just 10 minutes later.
The launch, the second such move in less than a week, occurred around 4:30 p.m. local time from the North’s Sino-ri missile base, the South’s joint chiefs of staff said in a statement. The base is located around 130 miles north of the border with South Korea. The missiles flew 260 and 170 miles respectively, according to South Korean military...",right
3600,Trump Meets With Kanye West in Oval Office,['Politics'],"Kanye says he 'loves' Hillary Clinton, but MAGA hat made him 'feel like Superman'",The Hill,Kanye West on Thursday expanded on his support for President Trump during a wild Oval Office meeting with the president.,center
3601,Trump Meets With Kanye West in Oval Office,['Politics'],Kanye West Just Delivered the Craziest Oval Office Performance of All Time,RollingStone.com,"He touched on identity politics, Air Force One, mental health and much, much more",left
3602,Trump Meets With Kanye West in Oval Office,['Politics'],President Trump praises Kanye West’s words at White House: ‘That was quite something’,Fox News (Online News),"Kanye West did lunch with President Trump Thursday, but pre-empted the meal with a wildly entertaining and decidedly bizarre press conference in which he covered Superman, the 13th and Second amendments, North Korea and his budding MAGA bromance with the commander in chief.",right
3603,"World Leaders Meet at G20 Summit Amid Global Inflation, Recession Fears","['Economy And Jobs', 'World', 'G20', 'G20 Summit', 'Inflation', 'Recession', 'Food', 'Russia', 'China', 'India', 'Ukraine War', 'Indonesia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Rishi Sunak', 'Xi Jinping', 'Narendra Modi', 'Joe Biden']",World Leaders Meet as Global Economy Faces Multiple Threats,New York Times (News),"World leaders gathered on Tuesday at a moment of severe geopolitical turmoil, as the global economy slinks toward recession, weighed down by high inflation, a growing scarcity of food and the side-by-side threats of oil shock and financial crisis.
President Biden and his counterparts in many of the Group of 20 nations, which include wealthy countries like Britain and Japan and emerging markets like India and Brazil, are pushing for an aggressive and coordinated response to those threats. They hope to broker agreements meant to dampen global oil prices, help...",left
3604,"World Leaders Meet at G20 Summit Amid Global Inflation, Recession Fears","['Economy And Jobs', 'World', 'G20', 'G20 Summit', 'Inflation', 'Recession', 'Food', 'Russia', 'China', 'India', 'Ukraine War', 'Indonesia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Rishi Sunak', 'Xi Jinping', 'Narendra Modi', 'Joe Biden']",Biden announces $20B to move Indonesia away from coal,Fox News (Online News),"The White House on Tuesday announced a $20 billion plan that it, along with international partners, will launch with Indonesia to transition its reliance off of coal-fired electricity and pursue a green economy.  
Under the ""Just Energy Transition Partnership,"" the U.S. and Japan will lead a coalition of 10 international partners to help Indonesia’s energy sector through a ""mix of grants, concessional loans, market-rate loans, guarantees, and private investments.""
In a statement Tuesday from the G-20 summit in Bali, the White House said G7 nations and ""like-minded"" allies like Denmark and Norway would...",right
3605,"World Leaders Meet at G20 Summit Amid Global Inflation, Recession Fears","['Economy And Jobs', 'World', 'G20', 'G20 Summit', 'Inflation', 'Recession', 'Food', 'Russia', 'China', 'India', 'Ukraine War', 'Indonesia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Rishi Sunak', 'Xi Jinping', 'Narendra Modi', 'Joe Biden']",Indonesia’s Jokowi tells G20 ‘it cannot fail’ as ‘another cold war’ looms in a world divided,South China Morning Post,"Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo pleaded with world leaders on Tuesday to respect international laws and avert a “cold war”, as Southeast Asia’s biggest economy kicked off one of the trickiest G20 summits since the economic forum’s inception more than two decades ago.
In front of dozens of leaders gathered on the Indonesian island of Bali, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden, Widodo said it took “extraordinary efforts” to get everyone together in the same room.
“Today the eyes of the world are fixed upon our meeting. Are we going to achieve success, or...",center
3606,Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Release of Mueller Documents,"['Donald Trump', 'Russia', 'Mueller Probe', 'Mueller Report', 'Justice', 'US Senate', 'Democracy', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court blocks release of Mueller grand jury documents to House,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked the release of former special counsel Robert Mueller's grand jury material to the Democratic-led House of Representatives.
The House Judiciary Committee has been attempting to obtain the documents that the special counsel's prosecutors collected from witnesses about President Donald Trump, and the ruling continues the fight between the White House and Congress over subpoena power.
The material at issue includes portions of Mueller's report that were redacted to protect grand jury information and underlying grand jury testimony and exhibits...",left
3607,Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Release of Mueller Documents,"['Donald Trump', 'Russia', 'Mueller Probe', 'Mueller Report', 'Justice', 'US Senate', 'Democracy', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court temporarily denies House Democrats access to Mueller documents,The Hill,"The Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a request from House Democrats for immediate access to redacted grand jury materials from former special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe.
The justices instead granted the Trump administration's request to continue shielding the secret grand jury transcripts and exhibits, further postponing a lower court’s disclosure order.
The Wednesday order also gave the Justice Department until June 1 to file a formal appeal of the March ruling from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which said the administration must hand over the materials the Democratic-led...",center
3608,Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Release of Mueller Documents,"['Donald Trump', 'Russia', 'Mueller Probe', 'Mueller Report', 'Justice', 'US Senate', 'Democracy', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court blocks House Dems' efforts to get Mueller grand-jury info released,Fox News (Online News),"The Supreme Court temporarily denied a motion Wednesday from House Democrats to obtain grand-jury testimony and other documents from former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation as they conduct what they've referred to as an ""ongoing presidential impeachment investigation"" into President Trump.
The court's order kept undisclosed details from the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election out of the Democrats' hands until at least early summer. Democrats have until June 1 to brief the court about whether the full case should be heard.
The Democrats had told...",right
3609,Federal Judge Orders Former White House Lawyer to Testify in Impeachment Probe,"['Don McGahn', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Russia', 'Robert Mueller', 'White House', 'Politics']",Federal judge: McGahn must comply with House subpoena,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered former White House counsel Donald McGahn to appear before Congress in a setback to President Donald Trump’s effort to keep his top aides from testifying.
The outcome could lead to renewed efforts by House Democrats to compel testimony from other high-ranking officials, including former national security adviser John Bolton.
Not even the president’s closest aides who receive a subpoena from Congress can “ignore or defy congressional compulsory process, by order of the President or otherwise,” Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote in...",left
3610,Federal Judge Orders Former White House Lawyer to Testify in Impeachment Probe,"['Don McGahn', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Russia', 'Robert Mueller', 'White House', 'Politics']",DOJ vows appeal after judge orders ex-White House counsel Don McGahn to appear before Congress,Fox News (Online News),"Former White House counsel Don McGahn must appear before Congress pursuant to a subpoena issued earlier this year, a Washington, D.C. federal judge ruled late Monday, in a major setback to President Trump's effort to keep aides from testifying before House impeachment investigators.
If McGahn wanted to assert executive privilege to avoid testifying, U.S. District Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson ruled, he would need to appear before Congress and do it himself, likely on a question-by-question basis.
It remained possible, Jackson said, that the ""requested information is itself subject to...",right
3611,Federal Judge Orders Former White House Lawyer to Testify in Impeachment Probe,"['Don McGahn', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Russia', 'Robert Mueller', 'White House', 'Politics']","Ex-White House Counsel McGahn Must Testify to Congress, Judge Rules",New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — The former White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II must testify before impeachment investigators about Mr. Trump’s efforts to obstruct the Mueller investigation, a judge ruled on Monday.
The 120-page decision by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia handed a victory to House Democrats in their fight to overcome President Trump’s stonewalling.
Judge Jackson rejected the Trump administration’s sweeping claim that top presidential advisers are absolutely immune from being compelled to talk about their official duties — meaning they do...",left
3612,Analysis of Trump’s Address,['Politics'],Trump seeks to parlay post-speech boost into action on contentious agenda,Washington Post,"President Trump sought Wednesday to build on the momentum of a speech that invigorated fellow Republicans, as the hard work of turning his vision into policy loomed.",left
3613,Analysis of Trump’s Address,['Politics'],Trump’s Blast Off,Ben Stein,A super speech filled with the promise of still greater things to come.,right
3614,Analysis of Trump’s Address,['Politics'],Trump's speech: How'd he do?,CNN (Online News),CNN Opinion invited commentators to weigh in on President Trump's speech to Congress Tuesday night. The views expressed are theirs.,left
3615,Castro Campaign Faces Criticism Over Trump Donors Tweet,"['Election: Presidential', 'Donald Trump', 'Joaquin Castro', 'Trump Donors', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']",Joaquin Castro facing backlash from all sides for posting Trump donor information,Fox News (Online News),"Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro is facing a mounting backlash -- and not just from Republicans -- for posting the names and employers of dozens of Trump campaign donors in the San Antonio area, even as the Texas congressman defends his actions.
Prominent figures from outlets including MSNBC and The New York Times have called out Castro for the potentially dangerous post.",right
3616,Castro Campaign Faces Criticism Over Trump Donors Tweet,"['Election: Presidential', 'Donald Trump', 'Joaquin Castro', 'Trump Donors', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']",'This is a target list': Joaquin Castro facing backlash for tweeting the names of Texas Trump donors,USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's campaign and several top Republicans on Tuesday slammed Rep. Joaquin Castro, the twin brother and campaign chairman of 2020 presidential hopeful Julián Castro, after he posted a list of Texas Trump donors and their place of business.
Joaquin Castro on Monday evening criticized Trump donors from San Antonio, his hometown and the district he represents, who donated the maximum amount of $2,000 to Trump.",left
3617,Castro Campaign Faces Criticism Over Trump Donors Tweet,"['Election: Presidential', 'Donald Trump', 'Joaquin Castro', 'Trump Donors', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']",Why Joaquin Castro’s tweet of a list of Trump donors is so controversial,Vox,"Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) is under fire for tweeting out a list of donors to President Donald Trump. Why the maneuver is so controversial isn’t entirely clear: It’s all information that was already public.
The Texas Democrat and brother to 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro on Monday tweeted a list of 44 San Antonio donors who contributed the maximum amount under federal law to Trump in 2019. “Sad to see so many San Antonians as of 2019 maximum donors to Donald Trump,” he wrote, calling out a couple of...",left
3618,Sessions Rescinds Obama-era Marijuana Rules,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",Jeff Sessions Unleashes Federal Prosecutors On Legal Marijuana,HuffPost,The Justice Department is rolling back Obama-era rules that allowed states to cultivate legal marijuana industries.,left
3619,Sessions Rescinds Obama-era Marijuana Rules,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",Gary Johnson says Trump marijuana reversal could doom re-election,Washington Examiner,"Former Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson reacted angrily to President Trump's apparent abandonment of a campaign pledge to leave pot policy to the states, saying he hopes the pivot ends Trump's shot at re-election.",right
3620,Sessions Rescinds Obama-era Marijuana Rules,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",Marijuana businesses brace for investment chill as U.S. changes policy,Reuters,Cannabis businesses across the United States said they are bracing for an investment slowdown following the U.S. Justice Department’s Thursday directive that will allow the enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states that have legalized the drug.,center
3621,Trump Condemns Capitol Breach,"['Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'White House', '2020 Election']","Trump condemns riots, says he will focus on transition in taped remarks",The Hill,"President Trump on Thursday said he would focus on ensuring a smooth transition to the incoming Biden administration following violent attacks by a mob of his supporters that stormed the Capitol on Wednesday.
Trump, in taped remarks released on social media, condemned the violence that unfolded at the Capitol building but did not specifically name a group that caused the mayhem.
Trump called for calm, and for the first time, he said publicly that it was time to move on from the 2020 election.
""We have just been through...",center
3622,Trump Condemns Capitol Breach,"['Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'White House', '2020 Election']","Trump Returns To Twitter, Finally Condemns Violent Riot",HuffPost,"President Donald Trump returned from his forced Twitter hiatus on Thursday with a nearly three-minute video in which he finally condemned the violence his supporters carried out at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
“Like all Americans, I am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem,” he said. It was a far cry from the supportive messages he sent to the rioters acting in his name the day before, when he told them, “We love you, you’re very special.”
The outgoing president also acknowledged that “a new administration will be inaugurated...",left
3623,Trump Condemns Capitol Breach,"['Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'White House', '2020 Election']","Trump condemns 'heinous attack' on Capitol, calls for 'healing and reconciliation'",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Thursday condemned Wednesday’s ""heinous attack"" on the Capitol by his supporters and called for healing.
""Like all Americans, I am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem,"" Trump said, adding that he had ""immediately"" deployed the National Guard.
He tweeted out the video shortly after his account was unlocked by Twitter. Twitter, along with Facebook, suspended the president for his initial response to the riot.",right
3624,Back on the Campaign Trail,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama Gears Up For Final Campaign Stretch After Hurricane Sandy Creates Headaches For Romney,HuffPost,President Barack Obama dives back into campaigning after three days immersed in managing the federal response to the storm that battered the East Coast.,left
3625,Back on the Campaign Trail,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama makes up for lost time after storm hiatus, Romney presses into Virginia",Fox News (Online News),President Barack Obama dives back into campaigning after three days immersed in managing the federal response to the storm that battered the East Coast.,right
3626,Back on the Campaign Trail,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","In Sandy's Wake, Romney Struggles To Regain Attention",NPR (Online News),It's not yet time to change the subject. That might pose a problem for Mitt Romney.,left
3627,Mayorkas Tells ICE to Stop Worksite Deportation Raids,"['Immigration', 'Homeland Security', 'Labor', 'Alejandro Mayorkas']",Biden administration ends mass immigration arrests at work sites,CBS News (Online),"The Biden administration on Tuesday announced U.S. immigration authorities will no longer carry out mass arrests of unauthorized immigrants at work sites, saying law enforcement efforts should focus on holding exploitative employers accountable.
In a memo, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should prioritize combating illegal acts committed by ""unscrupulous"" employers, whom he noted often pay workers substandard wages, subject them to unsafe working conditions and facilitate human trafficking and child exploitation.
""Our worksite enforcement efforts can have a significant impact on the well-being of individuals and...",left
3628,Mayorkas Tells ICE to Stop Worksite Deportation Raids,"['Immigration', 'Homeland Security', 'Labor', 'Alejandro Mayorkas']",DHS secretary orders ICE to halt mass workplace raids,Axios,"Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday issued a memo ordering U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to stop mass worksite raids.
Driving the news: Mayorkas said the Biden administration would instead focus on pursuing employers who hire and take advantage of immigrants without work authorizations, rather than the employees.
State of play: DHS said in the memo that it is also considering options to offer protection from deportation for undocumented immigrants who witness or are victims of ""abusive or exploitable labor practices.""
What they're saying: ""We will not tolerate unscrupulous employers who exploit unauthorized workers,...",center
3629,Mayorkas Tells ICE to Stop Worksite Deportation Raids,"['Immigration', 'Homeland Security', 'Labor', 'Alejandro Mayorkas']","Mayorkas orders ICE to stop worksite raids, in latest limits on immigration enforcement",Fox News (Online News),"Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to immediately stop any mass worksite deportation raids, in what is the latest limit placed on ICE's deportation powers.
""The deployment of mass worksite operations, sometimes resulting in the simultaneous arrest of hundreds of workers, was not focused on the most pernicious aspect of our country’s unauthorized employment challenge: exploitative employers,"" Mayorkas said in a memo to acting ICE Director Tae Johnson.
""These highly visible operations misallocated enforcement resources while chilling, and even serving as a retaliation for, worker cooperation in workplace...",right
3630,"Georgia Governor, State Legislature Passes State Election Overhaul","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Georgia']",Georgia Gov. Kemp Signs GOP Election Bill Amid Outcry,Newsmax (News),"Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp drew protests Thursday as he signed into law a sweeping Republican-sponsored overhaul of state elections that includes new restrictions on voting by mail and greater legislative control over how elections are run.
Democrats and voting rights groups say the law will disproportionately disenfranchise voters of color. It is part of a wave of GOP-backed election bills introduced in states around the nation after former President Donald Trump alleged fraud led to his 2020 election defeat.
As Kemp was delivering remarks shortly after signing the bill, he...",right
3631,"Georgia Governor, State Legislature Passes State Election Overhaul","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Georgia']","Georgia Governor Signs Election Overhaul, Including Changes To Absentee Voting",NPR (Online News),"Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday signed a massive overhaul of election laws, shortly after the Republican-controlled state legislature approved it. The bill enacts new limitations on mail-in voting, expands most voters' access to in-person early voting and caps a months-long battle over voting in a battleground state.
""With Senate bill 202, Georgia will take another step toward ensuring our elections are secure, accessible and fair,"" Kemp told reporters Thursday evening.
Kemp's remarks during the signing appeared to have been cut short as Democratic state Rep. Park Cannon was escorted...",left
3632,"Georgia Governor, State Legislature Passes State Election Overhaul","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Georgia']",Georgia's Republican-led legislature passes sweeping voting restrictions,The Guardian,"Georgia lawmakers on Thursday gave final approval to legislation to impose sweeping new restrictions on voting access in the state that make it harder to vote by mail and give the state legislature more power over elections.
The measure was signed into law by Governor Brian Kemp, a Republican, on Thursday evening. “Significant reforms to our state elections were needed. There’s no doubt there were many alarming issues with how the election was handled, and those problems, understandably, led to a crisis of confidence,” Kemp said during prepared remarks shortly...",left
3633,ICE to Start Raids on Sunday,"['Immigration', 'DHS', 'Border Patrol']",ICE to Launch Roundup of Undocumented Immigrants Sunday,Wall Street Journal (News),"Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami are among cities anticipating raids; orders include detention and deportations, administration officials say.
WASHINGTON—Immigration and Customs Enforcement will launch an effort to round up thousands of undocumented migrants across the country on Sunday as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration, according to three administration officials.
Details of this weekend’s operations remain unknown, but the officials said that the orders include detention and deportations. One of the officials said ICE has been ordered to go after people “who received a final order of...",center
3634,ICE to Start Raids on Sunday,"['Immigration', 'DHS', 'Border Patrol']","ICE raids are looming. Panicked immigrants are skipping work, hiding out and bracing for the worst",CNN (Online News),"Weeks ago, as President Donald Trump warned that ICE agents were preparing raids across the country, a 41-year-old housekeeper and babysitter in Miami headed to the grocery store with her daughter.
They knew they'd be staying inside and needed to stock up on supplies.
""I felt that day like it was a hurricane coming,"" the undocumented immigrant from Nicaragua told CNN.
Since then, the raids Trump threatened haven't happened. But for millions of undocumented immigrants living across the United States, the storm is still brewing.
With a new threat of...",left
3635,ICE to Start Raids on Sunday,"['Immigration', 'DHS', 'Border Patrol']",Why those ICE raids are being announced in advance,Fox News (Online News),"Starting Sunday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is expected to resume its previously announced plan to apprehend thousands of illegal immigrants across the country.
The reinvigorated effort comes just weeks after President Trump tweeted that ICE was preparing to kick off days of raids in at least 10 major cities. The operation was halted, however, the day before it was set to start, to give Congress time to arrive at a legislative solution on immigration. Trump said his administration would relaunch the raids after a two-week window – after the...",right
3636,Kerry Criticized Over Gaza,['Middle East'],Clueless in Gaza,Charles Krauthammer,"John Kerry is upset by heavy criticism from Israelis — left, right and center — of his recent cease-fire diplomacy. But that’s only half the story. More significant is the consternation of America’s Arab partners, starting with the president of the Palestinian Authority. Mahmoud Abbas was stunned that Kerry would fly off to Paris to negotiate with Hamas allies Qatar and Turkey in talks that excluded the PA and Egypt.
The talks also undermined Egypt’s cease-fire proposal, which Israel had accepted and Hamas rejected (and would have prevented the vast...",right
3637,Kerry Criticized Over Gaza,['Middle East'],Give Kerry a break for his efforts at an Israel-Gaza cease-fire,Eugene Robinson,"Secretary of State John Kerry was right to push this week for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. All outside parties should do everything they can to end a war in which both Israel and Hamas have seemed willing to fight to the death of the last Palestinian civilian. Perhaps a path out of the madness can be found during the 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire set to begin early Friday today.
Kerry has been slammed as naive for pressing Israel to end its attack, which as of this writing has cost the...",left
3638,Kerry Criticized Over Gaza,['Middle East'],John Kerry’s big blunder in seeking an Israel-Gaza cease-fire,David Ignatius,"Secretary of State John Kerry has made a significant mistake in how he’s pursuing a Gaza cease-fire — and it’s not surprising that he has upset both the Israelis and some moderate Palestinians.
Kerry’s error has been to put so much emphasis on achieving a quick halt to the bloodshed that he has solidified the role of Hamas, the intractable, unpopular Islamist group that leads Gaza, along with the two hard-line Islamist nations that are its key supporters, Qatar and Turkey. In the process, he has undercut not simply the...",center
3639,Appeals Court Orders Trump to Turn Over Taxes,"['Trump Tax Returns', 'Federal Appeals Court', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice']",Federal appeals court rules Trump can't block New York subpoena for his tax returns,CNN (Online News),"The Manhattan district attorney can obtain President Donald Trump's tax returns, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday, dealing the President another setback in his effort to shield his tax returns from investigators but the case is likely to head to the Supreme Court.
The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals broadly rejected Trump's arguments that the subpoena for his records was overly broad and issued in bad faith.
""We have considered all of the President's remaining contentions on appeal and have found in them no basis for reversal,"" the...",left
3640,Appeals Court Orders Trump to Turn Over Taxes,"['Trump Tax Returns', 'Federal Appeals Court', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice']","Trump cannot block grand jury subpoena for his tax returns, court rules",The Hill,"A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that President Trump cannot block enforcement of a New York grand jury subpoena for eight years of his tax returns.
The ruling, from a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, affirms a federal judge's decision in August that rejected Trump's claims that the subpoena from Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. (D) was overly broad and issued in bad faith.
The parties have agreed to temporarily halt enforcement of the subpoena.
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office last...",center
3641,Appeals Court Orders Trump to Turn Over Taxes,"['Trump Tax Returns', 'Federal Appeals Court', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice']",Federal appeals court upholds New York subpoena for Trump's taxes,Washington Times,"A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that President Trump’s accounting firm must turn over his personal financial records including eight years of tax returns to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
The court, though, is keeping the subpoena seeking the records at bay, for now, so the president can appeal its decision to the Supreme Court.
The dispute arose in 2018 after District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. began a criminal probe into the Trump Organization and its business dealings in New York.
He subpoenaed Mazars USA, the president’s accounting firm,...",right
3642,Trump Immigration Plan,[],Today in Politics: Donald Trump’s Immigration Plan Casts Rivals as the Rope in a Tug of War,New York Times (News),"Republicans were hoping to leave their immigration woes behind, but six months before the Iowa caucuses, Mr. Trump has made that impossible.",left
3643,Trump Immigration Plan,[],What's In Donald Trump's Immigration Plan And How It Could Affect The GOP,NPR (Online News),"Donald Trump began his bid for president saying Mexican immigrants were ""rapists,"" bringing drugs, and ""some, I assume, are good people.""",left
3644,Trump Immigration Plan,[],"OPINION: Trump Puts Americans First, Not Illegals",Guest Writer - Right,"What I'm about to tell you is politically incorrect, but it needs to be said.
There's a reason why Donald Trump is smoking his Republican competition: He wants to put Americans first -- not the illegals.",right
3645,"Trump Denies Reports That He Will Reinstate Family Separations, Blames Obama for Policy","['Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'Barack Obama', 'Homeland Security']","Trump Signals Even Fiercer Immigration Agenda, With a Possible Return of Family Separations",New York Times (News),"President Trump’s purge of the nation’s top homeland security officials is a sign that he is preparing to unleash an even fiercer assault on immigration, including a possible return of his controversial decision last summer to separate migrant children from their parents, current and former administration officials said Monday.
Mr. Trump shook up the ranks of his top immigration officials after spending months demanding that they take tougher action to stop the surge in migrant families at the border and seething about what he considers their overly legalistic refusals to...",left
3646,"Trump Denies Reports That He Will Reinstate Family Separations, Blames Obama for Policy","['Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'Barack Obama', 'Homeland Security']","Trump says no plan to revive family separations, blames Obama for uproar",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump said Tuesday that the administration has no plans to revive the controversial policy that allowed for family separations at the border, amid renewed speculation about whether the practice could return amid the shakeup at the Homeland Security department.
“We’re not looking to do that,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday prior to a closed-door meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.",right
3647,"Trump Denies Reports That He Will Reinstate Family Separations, Blames Obama for Policy","['Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'Barack Obama', 'Homeland Security']",Trump renews misleading claim about Obama and child separation policy,Roll Call,"President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed it was the Obama administration that began the practice of separating migrant children from adults at the U.S.-Mexico border, a contention nonpartisan fact-checkers call “misleading.”
“Just so you understand, President Obama separated the children. Those cages that were shown — I think they were very inappropriate — were by President Obama’s administration, not by Trump. President Obama had child separation.
“Take a look. The press knows it. You know it. We all know it. I’m the one who stopped it. President Obama had child...",center
3648,Second Summit With North Korea Begins This Week,"['North Korea Summit', 'Donald Trump', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump won't rush North Korea on denuclearization; peace deal possible,Reuters,President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un hold a second summit this week with no real expectation of a final deal on ridding the North of nuclear weapons but hope raised on Monday for an official peace on the peninsula at long last.,center
3649,Second Summit With North Korea Begins This Week,"['North Korea Summit', 'Donald Trump', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump under pressure for real results in summit with Kim,Washington Times,"This time around, President Trump faces higher expectations.",right
3650,Second Summit With North Korea Begins This Week,"['North Korea Summit', 'Donald Trump', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","‘We fell in love’: Trump and Kim shower praise, stroke egos on path to nuclear negotiations",Washington Post,His intelligence chiefs warn that North Korea is unlikely to surrender its nuclear weapons. His advisers fret that a breakthrough could prove elusive and that he might make an impulsive concession to score headlines. And his allies around the world worry he could get easily outmaneuvered.,left
3651,Voting-Machine Company Sues Fox News For Defamation Over Election Claims,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Elections']",Voting-Machine Company Smartmatic Sues Fox News Over Election Claims,Wall Street Journal (News),"Voting-machine company Smartmatic USA Corp. sued Fox Corp.’s Fox News, seeking $2.7 billion in damages for what it alleges were defamatory on-air comments about the company’s products in the aftermath of the presidential election.
The suit, filed Thursday in a New York court, focuses on a series of statements made about Smartmatic on Fox News by lawyers who supported former President Donald Trump’s claims that the election was rigged, including Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell. The lawsuit also mentions remarks made about Smartmatic by Fox News Media anchors including Lou...",center
3652,Voting-Machine Company Sues Fox News For Defamation Over Election Claims,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Elections']","Smartmatic files $2.7B lawsuit against Fox News, Giuliani, and Powell over election fraud claims",Washington Examiner,"Smartmatic is suing Fox News and pro-Trump attorneys over 2020 election fraud allegations directed at the voting technology company.
The firm filed the lawsuit in New York State Court in Manhattan on Thursday, seeking $2.7 billion for defamation and disparagement. Smartmatic accused Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, as well as Fox hosts Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, and Jeanine Pirro, of waging a widespread ""disinformation campaign"" against the company.
Fox News said it plans to fight the lawsuit, calling it ""meritless.""",right
3653,Voting-Machine Company Sues Fox News For Defamation Over Election Claims,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Elections']","Voting technology company Smartmatic files $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News, Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell over 'disinformation campaign'",CNN (Online News),"A voting technology company swept up in baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election filed a monster $2.7 billion lawsuit on Thursday against Fox News, some of the network's star hosts, and pro-Trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, alleging the parties worked in concert to wage a ""disinformation campaign"" that has jeopardized its very survival.
""We have no choice,"" Antonio Mugica, the chief executive and founder of Smartmatic, told CNN Business in an interview about the company's decision to file the lawsuit. ""The disinformation campaign that was launched against...",left
3654,April 2018 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"U.S. Economy Adds 164,000 Jobs in April",Wall Street Journal (News),"The U.S. added 164,000 new jobs in April, missing economist expectations of 195,000. But the unemployment rate fell to 3.9%, the lowest since 2000. Wage growth remained sluggish. Join us as we dig through the numbers.",center
3655,April 2018 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Unemployment rate falls to 3.9% in April, job gains miss expectations",Yahoo News,"The April jobs report is out and it’s a mixed bag. In April, the U.S. economy added 164,000 jobs while the unemployment rate fell to 3.9%, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This unemployment rate matches a level last seen in December 2000.",left
3656,April 2018 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],‘Amazing’: Unemployment Hits Lowest Rate In 18 Years,The Daily Caller,"Unemployment dropped to 3.9 percent in April, the lowest unemployment rate since 2000, after remaining unchanged at 4.1 percent for several months, the Department of Labor reported Friday.",right
3657,Shulkin Replaced at Veterans Affairs,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",David Shulkin: Sacked secretary in parting shot at Trump,BBC News,"Fired US Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin has labelled Washington ""toxic"" in a parting shot at President Donald Trump.",center
3658,Shulkin Replaced at Veterans Affairs,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",Fired VA boss Shulkin blasts 'ugliness' of Washington on his way out the door,Fox News (Online News),"Ousted Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin is ripping the “toxic, chaotic, disrespectful and subversive” environment of Washington after being canned by President Trump this week.",right
3659,Shulkin Replaced at Veterans Affairs,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']","Trump taps his doctor to replace Shulkin at VA, choosing personal chemistry over traditional qualifications",Washington Post,"President Trump fired his embattled Veterans Affairs secretary Wednesday and tapped as his replacement atop the chronically mismanaged agency the president’s personal physician, who gained prominence with his effusive praise of the 71-year-old’s physical and mental health.",left
3660,Alabama GOP Will Not Seek Recount,['Elections'],Alabama GOP chief says Moore lost election,Los Angeles Times,The leader of the Alabama Republican Party recognized Democrat Doug Jones as the winner of Tuesday’s U.S. Senate election even as GOP candidate Roy Moore refused to concede defeat.,left
3661,Alabama GOP Will Not Seek Recount,['Elections'],The Math in Alabama Doesn’t Add Up to a State-Funded Recount,National Review,"Roy Moore did not give a concession speech last night. He’s not convinced he lost, and seems to think a state-funded automatic recount is still a possibility. That does not seem likely, based upon the initial tally.",right
3662,Alabama GOP Will Not Seek Recount,['Elections'],Alabama GOP chief: 'This race has ended',The Hill,Alabama Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan said in a statement late Tuesday that the state's Senate race has ended.,center
3663,Trucker Convoys Heading to DC for State of the Union,"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Truckers', 'Convoys', 'Freedom Convoy']",The US Version of the Canadian Trucker Convoy Had a Tough First Day,BuzzFeed News,"America’s attempt to replicate the Canadian trucker protest movement got off to a slow start Wednesday as a modest number of trucks hit the road on their way to Washington, DC.
Loosely connected organizers are trying to replicate the success of the anti–vaccine mandate Freedom Convoy, which traveled from Western Canada to the capital city of Ottawa. Hundreds of vehicles and thousands of protesters effectively took over downtown Ottawa for three weeks before police cleared them out.
A lightly rebranded People’s Convoy took off from Southern California Wednesday in the same spirit. Around a dozen...",left
3664,Trucker Convoys Heading to DC for State of the Union,"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Truckers', 'Convoys', 'Freedom Convoy']",Leader Of Trucker Convoy To DC Has A Message For Biden: ‘End The Mandates’,The Daily Caller,"“Freedom Convoy USA 2022” organizer and Maryland gubernatorial candidate Kyle Sefcik urged President Joe Biden to “end the mandates” in a video Monday as truckers prepare to protest in Washington, D.C.
“We are coming peacefully, and we’re going to do this lawfully and constitutionally,” Sefcik said. “I want the rest of the world to know our plans, so there’s no lying about who and what we are.”
“On behalf of Freedom Convoy 2022, we are asking you to end the state of emergency. End the mandates once and for all,”...",right
3665,Trucker Convoys Heading to DC for State of the Union,"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Truckers', 'Convoys', 'Freedom Convoy']",Capitol Police Prepare for People's Convoy to Arrive Earlier Than Scheduled,Newsweek,"Capitol police are anticipating the People's Convoy, a group of anti-COVID mandate protesters, to arrive in Washington, D.C., earlier than the truckers' scheduled trajectory.
U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) are preparing for protesters to begin popping up at the Capitol ahead of President Joe Biden's State of the Union Address to Congress on March 1, even though the timeline from the People's Convoy estimates that they will arrive in the D.C. area the evening of March 5.
Protesters were planning to gather on Wednesday morning in Adelanto, California, before traveling across the country to demand that...",center
3666,Easter Sunday,['Religion And Faith'],How many American atheists are there really?,Vox,Here’s a simple question: How many Americans don’t believe in God?,left
3667,Easter Sunday,['Religion And Faith'],Why We Need Easter More Than Ever This Year,Guest Writer,"If there was ever a year we needed Easter, it is this one. If there was ever a time for a Resurrection, it is now.",center
3668,Easter Sunday,['Religion And Faith'],The Humanity of Holy Week,The American Spectator,"Is there a more unsettling day on the Christian calendar than Palm Sunday? The enduring quietude of Lent suddenly breaks, the somber music gives way to “All Glory, Laud, and Honor,” and we, the agents of Christ’s crucifixion, jubilantly welcome him to the city where he is soon to die, actors caught up in a drama whose ending has already been dictated by history and our own innate sinfulness.",right
3669,Obama expected to endorse NSA reform,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Officials: Obama likely to OK phone record changes,Fox News (Online News),President Barack Obama is expected to endorse changes to the way the government collects millions of Americans phone records for possible future surveillance.,right
3670,Obama expected to endorse NSA reform,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Obama to Place Some Restraints on Surveillance,New York Times (News),"President Obama will issue new guidelines on Friday to curtail government surveillance, but will not embrace the most far-reaching proposals of his own advisers and will ask Congress to help decide some of the toughest issues, according to people briefed on his thinking.",left
3671,Obama expected to endorse NSA reform,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",NSA and your phone records: What should Obama do?,CNN (Online News),Peter Bergen says that when the President speaks Friday he should announce the end of the mass surveillance program,left
3672,Experts Remain Divided on Long COVID Treatments,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Treatments', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Natural Immunity', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health']",Long-COVID treatments: why the world is still waiting,Nature.com,"Bhasha Mewar has had it with doctors. Over the past two years, Mewar has spent nearly all of her life savings seeing heart and respiratory specialists, haematologists, urologists, dermatologists and more, in a desperate bid to tame her long-COVID symptoms. She has taken a slew of drugs: beta blockers to calm her racing heart, steroid inhalers to ease her laboured breathing and an antimalarial drug prescribed to her for reasons she never fully understood.
And when Mewar — a curator at an art museum in Ahmedabad, India, who has been...",center
3673,Experts Remain Divided on Long COVID Treatments,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Treatments', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Natural Immunity', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health']",Long Covid now has three types - and each has its own set of symptoms,The Independent,"There are three different types of long Covid and each has its own set of symptoms, according to researchers.
Experts from King’s College London examined 1,459 people living with long Covid - defined by the study authors as suffering symptoms for at least 84 days after infection - and found there appeared to be three “subtypes” of the condition.
A pre-print of the study, published on medRxiv, revealed people with long Covid appeared to be split into three main groups, including:
Those with neurological symptoms including fatigue, brain fog
...",left
3674,Experts Remain Divided on Long COVID Treatments,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Treatments', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Natural Immunity', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health']",Omicron Risk for Long COVID Is Lower Than Earlier Variants: Doctor,The Epoch Times,"When Carrie Anna McGinn woke up alone in her hotel room on Christmas morning in 2020, she thought she was experiencing the worst of her COVID symptoms. She struggled against coughing, cognitive dysfunction, pain, and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.
She was isolated away from her family but expected to be back to normal in time for the New Year’s Eve celebrations. But when January came, many of her symptoms never went away, she told Macleans Magazine.
This past January, McGinn recognized a heartbreaking anniversary—it had been over a year since she...",right
3675,Iran Retaliates With Missile Attacks At Military Bases in Iraq,"['National Security', 'Iran', 'Missile Attacks', 'Iraqi Military Base', 'US Military', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",Iran's Supreme Leader: Missile Strike a 'Slap on the Face' for US,Newsmax (News),"Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that Tehran's missile attacks on U.S. targets in Iraq were ""a slap on the face"" for the United States and it should now pull its forces out of the region.
Iran said it launched more than dozen missiles against U.S. targets on Wednesday in retaliation for the killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in a U.S. drone strike last week.
""Military action like this is not sufficient. What is important is ending the corrupting presence of America in the region,"" Khamenei...",right
3676,Iran Retaliates With Missile Attacks At Military Bases in Iraq,"['National Security', 'Iran', 'Missile Attacks', 'Iraqi Military Base', 'US Military', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",Iran Attacks U.S. Military Facilities In Iraq,HuffPost,"The strike on the al-Asad and Erbil bases represent the first known retaliation to Trump’s killing of an Iranian commander. Reportedly no Americans were killed.
Iran attacked at least two bases in Iraq that house American military forces on Wednesday morning local time, Iranian and U.S. officials said.
It launched ballistic missiles in its first move against the U.S. since President Donald Trump ordered an American drone strike to kill Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, dramatically escalating tensions between the two countries. The offensive did not cause any casualties among American...",left
3677,Iran Retaliates With Missile Attacks At Military Bases in Iraq,"['National Security', 'Iran', 'Missile Attacks', 'Iraqi Military Base', 'US Military', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",Missiles hit Iraq bases housing US troops; Iran claims responsibility,The Hill,"President Trump said he plans to address the country on Wednesday morning after Iran claimed responsibility for the launch of missiles at a pair of military bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops and coalition personnel, a marked escalation in the conflict between the two countries following the U.S.'s killing of a top Iranian general.
The Pentagon in a statement said Iran had ""launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against U.S. military and coalition forces in Iraq,"" adding, ""It is clear that these missiles were launched from Iran and targeted...",center
3678,World Agrees to Climate Deal,['Environment'],Obama's fragile climate legacy,Politico,"President Barack Obama wants to be remembered as the president who saved the world from climate change. But the 195-nation accord aimed at curbing global warming may be the most fragile of his presidential achievements so far.
More than any of his other top accomplishments—economic recovery, health care reform, the Iran deal, all of which involved Congress to some extent—Obama’s environmental legacy rests on the exercise of executive power over the objections of Republican lawmakers.",left
3679,World Agrees to Climate Deal,['Environment'],The world just agreed to a major climate deal in Paris. Now comes the hard part.,Vox,"After two weeks of bleary all-nighters in Paris, diplomats from around the world have hammered out a major global agreement to address climate change. Here's the full 31-page document, which was approved by 195 countries on Saturday.
It's important to be clear on what this wad of paper actually does. The Paris climate agreement hasn't saved the planet and it hasn't solved global warming. Not by itself. Instead, the deal is supposed to add structure and momentum to efforts that are currently u",left
3680,World Agrees to Climate Deal,['Environment'],The Latest: World Bank chief 'in shock' after climate deal,Townhall,"World Bank President Jim Yong Kim says he was stunned by the Paris climate agreement adopted by more than 190 countries.
Kim told The Associated Press in a phone interview that he was ""in a bit of a shock, a happy shock"" after the deal was gaveled on Saturday.
He said he woke up Sunday much more optimistic about the world his children would inherit.",right
3681,"Probe Accuses Clinton Lawyer, Tech Executive of Trying to Link Trump to Russia","['Justice', 'John Durham', 'Donald Trump', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Russia Investigation', 'Corruption', 'FBI']",Special counsel Durham alleges Clinton campaign lawyer used data to raise suspicions about Trump,CNN (Online News),"Special counsel John Durham accused a lawyer for the Democrats of sharing with the CIA in 2017 internet data purported to show Russian-made phones being used in the vicinity of the White House complex, as part of a broader effort to raise the intelligence community's suspicions of Donald Trump's ties to Russia shortly after he took office.
The accusation -- which Durham couched in vague, technical language in a court filing late Friday -- has been seized upon by Trump and his supporters, who claim the former President was subjected to a...",left
3682,"Probe Accuses Clinton Lawyer, Tech Executive of Trying to Link Trump to Russia","['Justice', 'John Durham', 'Donald Trump', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Russia Investigation', 'Corruption', 'FBI']",What John Durham's Court Filing Alleges,Newsweek,"Special Counsel John Durham alleged in a court filing last week that a lawyer for Democrats shared data with a federal agency allegedly showing the use of Russian-made phones near the White House in 2017.
The February 11 filing also accuses attorney Michael Sussmann of lying to the FBI in September 2016, when he said he was not working ""for any client"" when he presented the agency with purported evidence of covert communications between the Trump Organization and a Russian bank.
Former President Donald Trump has always said he was unfairly smeared by Hillary Clinton's campaign and...",center
3683,"Probe Accuses Clinton Lawyer, Tech Executive of Trying to Link Trump to Russia","['Justice', 'John Durham', 'Donald Trump', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Russia Investigation', 'Corruption', 'FBI']","Clinton campaign paid to 'infiltrate' Trump Tower, White House servers to link Trump to Russia, Durham finds",Fox News (Online News),"Lawyers for the Clinton campaign paid a technology company to ""infiltrate"" servers belonging to Trump Tower, and later the White House, in order to establish an ""inference"" and ""narrative"" to bring to government agencies linking Donald Trump to Russia, a filing from Special Counsel John Durham found.
Durham filed a motion on Feb. 11 focused on potential conflicts of interest related to the representation of former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, who has been charged with making a false statement to a federal agent. Sussmann has pleaded not guilty.
The indictment against Sussmann, says he told then-FBI General...",right
3684,Obama Reduces Sentence for Manning,['General News'],Chelsea Manning’s commutation is part of a historic year in reducing prison sentences,Vox,A quiet but significant Obama criminal justice accomplishment: using the pardon power to get people out of prison sooner.,left
3685,Obama Reduces Sentence for Manning,['General News'],Obama should pardon Snowden as well as Manning,The Hill,"President Obama’s brave and principled decision to commute Chelsea Manning’s remaining 35-year prison sentence highlights the equally strong need to pardon whistleblower Edward Snowden. Offering a pardon for Snowden on the eve of Trump’s inauguration would not only be equally brave and principled, it would restore the value of truth and ethics at a time when these essential elements of democracy are more necessary, and more precarious, than ever before.",center
3686,Obama Reduces Sentence for Manning,['General News'],Top Congressional Republicans condemn Chelsea Manning decision,Fox News (Online News),Top Congressional Republicans condemned Tuesday the decision by President Barack Obama to commute former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning’s 35-year prison sentence for leaking classified documents.,right
3687,Questions About Amtrak Engineer,"['Transportation', 'General News']","Attorney: Brandon Bostian, Engineer Of Derailed Amtrak Train, Does Not Remember Crash",HuffPost,"Federal safety investigators probing the deadly Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia were waiting to interview the train's engineer, whose attorney said on Thursday he did not remember the crash that killed seven people and injured more than 200 others.",left
3688,Questions About Amtrak Engineer,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Philadelphia mayor rips Amtrak train engineer; NTSB official fires back,CNN (Online News),Investigators haven't given a definitive cause of this week's catastrophic Amtrak train crash in Philadelphia. But the city's mayor has already laid the blame squarely on one man: the train's engineer.,left
3689,Questions About Amtrak Engineer,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Engineer at Controls of Derailed Amtrak Train Has Been Identified,The Blaze,"The engineer of the Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia on Tuesday night has been identified by multiple news outlets as Brandon Bostian, 32, of Bronx, New York. However, the question still remains: Why was the train going over 106 mph in a 50 mph zone?",right
3690,Obama warns Uganda over anti-gay bill,['LGBT Rights'],Barack Obama warns Uganda's Museveni over anti-gay bill,BBC News,"President Barack Obama has warned Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni that enacting an anti-gay law would complicate relations with the US. Under the proposed legislation, those convicted of homosexual acts could face life imprisonment.",center
3691,Obama warns Uganda over anti-gay bill,['LGBT Rights'],Obama Condemns Uganda’s Tough Antigay Measure,New York Times (News),"President Obama on Sunday condemned a measure to criminalize homosexuality in Uganda, publicly warning the country’s president that such discrimination could harm its relationship with the United States.",left
3692,Obama warns Uganda over anti-gay bill,['LGBT Rights'],Obama warns Uganda over anti-gay law,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama warned Uganda Sunday over its plans to further criminalize homosexuality, saying it would ""complicate our valued relationship.""
Defending gay rights around the world, as he has done at home, Obama said a bill that President Yoweri Museveni has pledged to sign will mark a ""step backward"" for all Ugandans and reflect poorly on the country's commitment to protect the human rights of its people. It also would represent a serious setback for anyone committed to freedom, justice and equal rights, Obama said.",right
3693,Biden Administration Announces New Eviction Moratorium,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Joe Biden', 'CDC', 'Cori Bush', 'Eviction Moratorium']",The Biden Administration Issues A New Eviction Moratorium After A Federal Ban Lapsed,NPR (Online News),"Days after a national eviction moratorium expired, the Biden administration on Tuesday issued a new, more limited freeze that remains in effect through Oct. 3.
Like the previous order, the two-month moratorium issued Tuesday comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The new ban on evictions covers parts of the United States that are experiencing what the CDC calls ""substantial"" and ""high"" spread of the coronavirus.
As of Tuesday afternoon, that's the vast majority of U.S. counties.
The order, which cites the rise of the delta variant, says: ""Without this Order, evictions in...",left
3694,Biden Administration Announces New Eviction Moratorium,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Joe Biden', 'CDC', 'Cori Bush', 'Eviction Moratorium']",Cori Bush steers progressives to win on eviction crisis,Politico,"A new member of the liberal “Squad” stepped to the forefront this week, leading a Capitol steps sit-in that forced the White House to act.
Cori Bush arrived in Congress as an heir to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Now the political neophyte is coming into her own.
Bush has led a one-woman protest on the Capitol steps over the last several days that forced the eviction crisis to the top of the nation's agenda even after the House left town without taking action on the issue. Under intense pressure from the left,...",left
3695,Biden Administration Announces New Eviction Moratorium,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Joe Biden', 'CDC', 'Cori Bush', 'Eviction Moratorium']","Biden bends to liberals, gives renters another eviction moratorium",Washington Times,"The Biden administration on Tuesday buckled to pressure from liberal House Democrats and announced a limited moratorium on evictions as landlords and tenants flooded courts across the country after a comprehensive federal ban expired over the weekend.
The action will be targeted to areas of the U.S. with the highest rates of COVID-19 infections, covering 80% of the nation’s counties and 90% percent of the population.
The moratorium will last for 60 days, expiring on Oct. 3, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Tensions between the Biden administration...",right
3696,French Election,['Elections'],Tense France chooses between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron,USA TODAY,France voted Sunday for a new president following an unusually tense and scandal-filled campaign that pitted far-right populist Marine Le Pen against pro-business centrist Emmanuel Macron in an election that could decide Europe's future.,left
3697,French Election,['Elections'],France election: Voting begins in major election that could shakeup Europe,Fox News (Online News),Voters across France flooded to the ballot box Sunday to choose a new president in an unusually tense and important election that puts Europe in the balance as pro-business independent Emmanuel Macron and far-right populist Marine Le Pen will become the country’s next leader.,right
3698,French Election,['Elections'],What to Watch For as France Goes to the Polls to Elect a New President,New York Times (News),"After a bitter presidential campaign, a vicious second-round debate and a hacking attack against one candidate, voting is underway on Sunday in mainland France in the final round of the national elections.",left
3699,Happy New Year 2016,"['Holidays', 'General News']",See All The Incredible New Year's Celebrations Around The World,HuffPost,"Cities around the globe are ringing in 2016 with incredible displays of fireworks, fun-filled music and impressive light shows. The South Pacific island of Samoa was the first to celebrate the new year. Check out how cities around the world are spending New Year's Eve 2016:",left
3700,Happy New Year 2016,"['Holidays', 'General News']",OPINION: The big stories for 2016,Guest Writer,"One year from now, we will all exhale with exhaustion, looking back at a 2016 that kept the entire world on edge. Maybe 2017 will bring more calm, we will muse, knowing that a brand new U.S. president will usher in a change in policies for addressing intensifying global conflicts that America cannot afford to ignore.",center
3701,Happy New Year 2016,"['Holidays', 'General News']",OPINION: Sixteen ways to improve your life in 2016,Guest Writer - Right,"Last year, as 2015 debuted, I published, “15 ways to improve your life.” The tradition continues this year, with the addition of number 16. I’ve also added bits and pieces to some of the 15 items from last year, just to keep you on your toes.",right
3702,Senate Passes $250 Billion Bipartisan Tech Innovation Bill to Counter China,"['US Senate', 'Bridging Divides', 'China', 'Technology', 'Science', 'Semiconductors', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Bipartisanship', 'Politics']",US Senate passes sweeping bill to counter China tech reach,BBC News,"US Senate lawmakers have approved a massive spending plan to boost technology research and production.
The proposed measures come in the face of growing international competition, particularly from China.
A Beijing official hit back at the bill on Wednesday, saying it ""exaggerated the 'China threat'"".
The bill, which must pass the House of Representatives before being signed into law, is a rare point of agreement between Republicans and Democrats.
In a vote in the upper chamber of the US Congress, 68 of the 100-member Senate supported the measure, with 32...",center
3703,Senate Passes $250 Billion Bipartisan Tech Innovation Bill to Counter China,"['US Senate', 'Bridging Divides', 'China', 'Technology', 'Science', 'Semiconductors', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Bipartisanship', 'Politics']",Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Bill to Bolster Competitiveness With China,New York Times (News),"The Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation on Tuesday that would pour nearly a quarter-trillion dollars over the next five years into scientific research and development to bolster competitiveness against China.
Republicans and Democrats — overcoming their traditional partisan differences over economic policy — banded together to endorse what would be the most significant government intervention in industrial policy in decades. It includes federal investments in a slew of emerging technologies as well as the semiconductor industry.",left
3704,Senate Passes $250 Billion Bipartisan Tech Innovation Bill to Counter China,"['US Senate', 'Bridging Divides', 'China', 'Technology', 'Science', 'Semiconductors', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Bipartisanship', 'Politics']",Senate Passes Bill to Counter and Compete with China,National Review,"The Senate passed sweeping legislation Tuesday designed to counter and compete with China’s growing power by investing more than $200 billion over the next five years into scientific research and technology.
The bill, called the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), was supported by both Republicans and Democrats in the chamber in a 68-32 vote to bolster funding for emerging industrial sectors, namely semi-conductors. The bipartisan approval of the measure signaled that both parties are prioritizing matching the authoritarian Chinese regime’s growing influence on the international stage. It shows a Republican shift from...",right
3705,"Health Bill Dies, Repeal Vote Planned","['US Senate', 'Politics']",GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell Abandons Health-Care Bill,Wall Street Journal (News),Majority leader says ‘it is now apparent’ Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare won’t be successful,center
3706,"Health Bill Dies, Repeal Vote Planned","['US Senate', 'Politics']","Senate will vote to repeal Obamacare without replacement, after new healthcare bill stumbles",The Guardian,"Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has announced that the Senate will vote on a clean repeal of Obamacare without any replacement, after two Republican senators broke ranks to torpedo the current Senate healthcare bill.",left
3707,"Health Bill Dies, Repeal Vote Planned","['US Senate', 'Politics']","Trump, McConnell, Pence Call For Full, Clean Obamacare Repeal",The Daily Caller,"President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called for the full, clean repeal of Obamacare in late-night statements Monday.",right
3708,Senate Republicans Make New Infrastructure Offer,"['US Senate', 'Republican Party', 'Infrastructure', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics']",Senate Republicans make new infrastructure offer as House Democrats urge Biden to dig in,Washington Post,"In an attempt to salvage stalled negotiations, Senate Republicans on Thursday unveiled a revised counteroffer for infrastructure spending, outlining roughly $928 billion in a package that’s still far short of what the White House has proposed.
Only about a quarter of the total price tag appears to represent new spending above baseline levels under the “roadmap” put forward by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.) and her GOP counterparts. But lawmakers still stressed that their retooled approach “delivers on much” of what Biden had recommended in earlier talks between the two...",left
3709,Senate Republicans Make New Infrastructure Offer,"['US Senate', 'Republican Party', 'Infrastructure', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics']",U.S. Republicans unveil $928 billion infrastructure counteroffer,Reuters,"U.S. Senate Republicans unveiled a new infrastructure offer on Thursday that would spend $928 billion over eight years to revitalize America's roads, bridges and broadband systems, still well below President Joe Biden's last proposal.
The plan, from a group of six Republicans led by Senator Shelley Moore Capito, represents their counter-offer to a week-old $1.7 trillion White House proposal that slashed more than $500 billion from Biden's original $2.25 trillion plan in a bid to reach a bipartisan agreement.
""Senate Republicans continue to negotiate in good faith,"" Capito told a news conference....",center
3710,Senate Republicans Make New Infrastructure Offer,"['US Senate', 'Republican Party', 'Infrastructure', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics']",Senate GOP proposes $928 billion infrastructure package as White House talks stall,Washington Times,"Republican lawmakers on Thursday unveiled their infrastructure counteroffer to President Biden, aiming to spend more than $920 billion on fixing the nation’s roads and bridges.
“We continue to negotiate in good faith,” said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the West Virginia Republican who has taken the lead in negotiations with the White House on the topic.
Republicans are proposing that $506 billion of their nearly $1 trillion offer go to “roads, bridges” and other major transportation projects. Of that figure, $4 billion is earmarked electric vehicle infrastructure — a concession to...",right
3711,Added Scrutiny on Coronavirus Testing as Schools Reopen,"['Coronavirus', 'Healthcare', 'Schools', 'Role Of Government', 'Economic Policy', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']","NYC Records Lowest COVID Test Positivity Rate Since March, De Blasio Aims to Reopen Schools",National Review,"New York mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday that the city has recorded its lowest positive testing rate for coronavirus since the pandemic began in March.
The most recent daily results for citywide coronavirus tests, August 17, revealed that 0.24 percent of new patients tested positive. As of the same date, the city recorded a 7-day average of 320 people testing positive, a rate that has held relatively steady since the beginning of the month.
“This is extraordinary,” de Blasio said of the daily positivity rate. “This should be...",right
3712,Added Scrutiny on Coronavirus Testing as Schools Reopen,"['Coronavirus', 'Healthcare', 'Schools', 'Role Of Government', 'Economic Policy', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",Former HHS Secretary says national coronavirus testing strategy needed to reopen schools,CBS News (Online),"As the fall semester approaches, the decision of whether to bring millions of students and staff back to school has fallen largely on local school districts and university administrators.
But in order to prepare for the eventuality of coronavirus surges on campus, and avoid shuttering campus gates once more, a former administration official says that the Trump White House needs to implement a national COVID-19 testing strategy in order to safely reopen and return to ""normal.""
""A national approach to testing is the way that we will get to...",left
3713,Added Scrutiny on Coronavirus Testing as Schools Reopen,"['Coronavirus', 'Healthcare', 'Schools', 'Role Of Government', 'Economic Policy', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",Billions in Federal Covid-19 Testing Funds Still Unspent,Wall Street Journal (News),"Billions of dollars in federal funds earmarked for boosting nationwide Covid-19 testing remain unspent months after Congress made the money available, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
In April, Congress allocated roughly $25 billion for federal agencies and states to expand testing, develop contact-tracing initiatives and broaden disease surveillance.
According to HHS data, only about 10% to 15% of that total has been drawn down, meaning the cash has been spent or committed to various efforts. The funds for various testing initiatives were part of the...",center
3714,The Donald in Iowa,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump Gets Rock Star Greeting in Iowa,New York Times (News),"It probably made sense on paper: invite presidential candidates to visit the Iowa Republican Party’s tent in the parking lot before the big Iowa vs. Iowa State football game on Saturday.
What planners did not anticipate was the portable mob scene that characterizes the candidacy of Donald J. Trump.
Arriving more than an hour late, Mr. Trump offered a speech of less than a minute on the state party’s stage. But that was beside the point, as star-struck supporters greeted him like a stadium rocker during a sprawling tailgate party...",left
3715,The Donald in Iowa,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Donald Trump works a football crowd in Iowa, hints at new 'nice' playbook",CNN (Online News),"With still months to go before the Iowa caucuses, Donald Trump hopped in a golf cart here at Iowa State University and took a victory lap.
Hundreds of rowdy football fans swarmed the businessman-turned-presidential candidate Saturday as he zipped around the football stadium -- each extending a hand, hoping for a high-five, and maybe a selfie.
""Go get 'em Donald!"" one man shouted as Trump worked the tailgating crowd before the day's Iowa-Iowa State game.",left
3716,The Donald in Iowa,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Donald Trump, Ben Carson set the pace for 2016 GOP field in Iowa: poll",Washington Times,"Real estate mogul Donald Trump is leading the 2016 GOP field in the early state of Iowa, with retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson 6 points behind and the rest of the field well back, according to a poll released Friday.
Mr. Trump was at 27 percent support, followed by Mr. Carson at 21 percent and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas at 9 percent, a Quinnipiac poll said.
“With five months until the balloting, anything can happen. But the field has become a two-tiered contest — Donald Trump and Ben Carson ahead,...",right
3717,Post-Debate Analysis,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Presidential Debate 2012: Obama Gets Aggressive In Rematch Against Romney,HuffPost,"An aggressive President Barack Obama ripped into Mitt Romney's economic blueprint in a town hall style debate Tuesday night, accusing his rival of favoring only a ""one-point plan"" to help the rich at the expense of the middle class. The Republican protested the charge was way off the mark.",left
3718,Post-Debate Analysis,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama, Romney turn up the tension in second presidential debate",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama and Mitt Romney tangled in the opening moments of their second debate on the economy, taxes and energy – as the president tried to make up for lost ground in the wake of his opening debate performance.",right
3719,Post-Debate Analysis,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama strong, and so is Romney in second debate",CNN (Online News),President Barack Obama fought back and Republican challenger Mitt Romney mostly stood his ground.,left
3720,Hillary Reacts to Email Scandal,"['State Department', 'Politics']","Sensitive emails from Clinton aides kick-started FBI probe, candidate downplays controversy",Fox News (Online News),"Emails from a top Clinton adviser containing classified military intelligence information, and one from a top aide containing sensitive FBI information about the Benghazi terror attack, were among the thousands Hillary Clinton stored on her personal server, Fox News has learned.",right
3721,Hillary Reacts to Email Scandal,"['State Department', 'Politics']","For Hillary Clinton, Another Grilling About Emails",New York Times (News),"In a testy exchange with Ed Henry of Fox News on Tuesday, Hillary Rodham Clinton defended her handling of the server that hosted the personal email account she exclusively used as secretary of state and reiterated that she did not receive any emails that were marked as classified.",left
3722,Hillary Reacts to Email Scandal,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Clinton Is Defiant as Email Cases Loom,Wall Street Journal (News),"Hillary Clinton on Tuesday again dismissed criticism of her use of a private email server as politically minded attacks, as a federal judge prepares for a hearing amid a host of lawsuits over her communications while she was secretary of state.",center
3723,"Steve Bannon Found Guilty of Contempt of Congress, Faces Potential Prison Time","['Capitol Chaos', 'Contempt', 'Donald Trump', 'Executive Privilege', 'January 6 Committee', 'Justice Department', 'Steve Bannon', 'US Constitution']","Steve Bannon unfazed by contempt of Congress conviction: ‘If I go to jail, so be it’",New York Post (News),"Steve Bannon on Friday night didn’t seem fazed by his conviction on two counts of contempt of Congress — declaring in an interview, “If I go to jail, so be it.”
The former White House strategist offered up the nonchalant remarks in an appearance on Fox News’ Tucker Carlson just hours after he was found guilty on the contempt charges.
“If I go to jail, I go to jail,” the 68-year-old said.
“’I will never back off,” he continued. “I support Trump and the Constitution and I’m not backing off...",right
3724,"Steve Bannon Found Guilty of Contempt of Congress, Faces Potential Prison Time","['Capitol Chaos', 'Contempt', 'Donald Trump', 'Executive Privilege', 'January 6 Committee', 'Justice Department', 'Steve Bannon', 'US Constitution']",Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon found guilty for refusing to testify to Jan. 6 panel,Politico,"Former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon has been convicted for refusing to testify and provide documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
A federal court jury in Washington deliberated for less than three hours before finding Bannon guilty Friday afternoon on two counts of contempt of Congress, which the Justice Department brought last year after he defied a subpoena from the House panel. The committee sought his testimony related to his contacts with Donald Trump amid Trump’s effort to overturn his defeat...",left
3725,"Steve Bannon Found Guilty of Contempt of Congress, Faces Potential Prison Time","['Capitol Chaos', 'Contempt', 'Donald Trump', 'Executive Privilege', 'January 6 Committee', 'Justice Department', 'Steve Bannon', 'US Constitution']","After conviction, Bannon says he's willing to go to jail over support for Trump",Axios,"Former White House adviser Steve Bannon lashed out on Friday at the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, hours after a jury found him guilty of contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with the committee's investigation.
Driving the news: “I support Trump and the Constitution and if they want to put me in jail for that, so be it,” Bannon told Fox News host Tucker Carlson during Friday's episode of Tucker Carlson Tonight.
What he’s saying: In his remarks, Bannon implied there would be retribution for those involved with the bipartisan commission.",center
3726,"Biden, Warren Campaigns Show Signs of Slowing Down","['Joe Biden', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Democratic Party', '2020 Election', 'Elections']","What's happened to Warren, Biden? Dismal showings and questions about the future.",NBC News (Online),"MANCHESTER, N.H — Joe Biden's and Elizabeth Warren's poor finishes in New Hampshire raise daunting questions about the future of their campaigns after both former front-runners were denied podium positions by a late-surging Amy Klobuchar.
Biden appears set to finish fifth and Warren fourth — a stunning result for two candidates who were neck and neck for national front-runner status as recently as October — and NBC News projected Tuesday that neither of them would meet the threshold to collect any delegates.
Klobuchar impressed at the last debate and a...",left
3727,"Biden, Warren Campaigns Show Signs of Slowing Down","['Joe Biden', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Democratic Party', '2020 Election', 'Elections']","Biden, Warren on ropes after delegate shutout",The Hill,"Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) fell short of winning any delegates in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary, raising new questions about their viability as presidential candidates ahead of a long slog toward the next contests on the calendar.
The results of Tuesday's vote, in which Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) narrowly held off former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, represented a substantial blow to both Biden and Warren. Their vote totals combined did not equal the surprise third-place finisher, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), who surged after...",center
3728,"Biden, Warren Campaigns Show Signs of Slowing Down","['Joe Biden', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Democratic Party', '2020 Election', 'Elections']",Can Biden and Warren Survive?,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"Give this to New Hampshire: At least it got the vote tabulation right. The rest of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, however, remains a muddle.",right
3729,Sessions Expands Civil Asset Forfeiture,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Jeff Sessions is letting police take more people’s stuff even if they aren’t convicted of a crime,Vox,"In America, it is legal in most states for police to take and keep your stuff without ever convicting you for a crime. Now, Attorney General Jeff Sessions apparently wants to let police do this even more often.",left
3730,Sessions Expands Civil Asset Forfeiture,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",DOJ expanding controversial asset seizures programs,The Hill,Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday advised his Department of Justice (DOJ) to re-establish a criminal asset seizure program that had been curbed under pressure from lawmakers and civil liberties groups worried that the policy is ripe for abuse.,center
3731,Sessions Expands Civil Asset Forfeiture,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",White House dead wrong on asset forfeitures,Washington Times,"President Donald Trump may be doing a lot of good for America, particularly in terms of putting the nation first on the international stage and its citizens, not special interests, first in the domestic arena.",right
3732,Follow-Up: Perspectives on N.Y. Hanukkah Stabbing,"['Monsey', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Religion', 'Faith', 'Judaism', 'New York', 'Violence In America']",The Monsey Attack Shows Anti-Semitic Violence Isn't Always Tied to the Far-Right,Reason,"The Jewish community of New York City is reeling after a string of alleged hate crimes, including vandalism targeting Jewish institutions and a horrific Saturday night attack on a rabbi's home in the suburb of Monsey that left several people seriously wounded.
The alleged assailant, Grafton Thomas, entered the rabbi's home shortly after 10:00 p.m. during the seventh night of Hannukkah and began slashing people with a longsword.
Thomas's motivations are unknown, and friends report that he is mentally ill. But he is an African American man, which means that...",right
3733,Follow-Up: Perspectives on N.Y. Hanukkah Stabbing,"['Monsey', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Religion', 'Faith', 'Judaism', 'New York', 'Violence In America']",Jews Are Going Underground,The Atlantic,"In a month of terrible anti-Semitic attacks, including a stabbing yesterday of multiple people at a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York, the news that most depressed me did not involve violence. It was not something done to Jews but something Jews did. A synagogue in the Netherlands is no longer publicly posting the times of prayer services. If you want to join a service, you have to know someone who is a member of the community.",left
3734,Follow-Up: Perspectives on N.Y. Hanukkah Stabbing,"['Monsey', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Religion', 'Faith', 'Judaism', 'New York', 'Violence In America']",Inconvenient antisemitism: The daily attacks on Jews in New York,The Jerusalem Post,"The attack on a Rabbi in Monsey north of New York City on Saturday evening has left the Jewish community shaken. It follows at least eight other attacks in New York since the shooting attack on a kosher supermarket in early December. There have been near daily attacks in New York City this year, a kind of slow-moving pogrom against Jews, particularly targeting ultra-Orthodox Jews.
The murder of three people at a kosher supermarket in Jersey City was mostly ignored in the United States. No rallies or marches against...",center
3735,Supreme Court Talks Birth Control,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court Issues Injunction Against Contraception Mandate,Townhall,"This afternoon, the Supreme Court issued an order for an injunction against forcing private businesses to apply for an exemption to Obamacare's contraception mandate.
The Little Sisters of the Poor - a Catholic group that cares for the old and infirm - have challenged Obamacare's contraception mandate on the grounds that it violates religious liberty. The Supreme Court is considering the case, and wh",right
3736,Supreme Court Talks Birth Control,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court Offers Nuns A Compromise In Birth Control Fight,HuffPost,"The Supreme Court on Friday offered a short-term compromise that would continue to exempt a group of Denver nuns that operates charity nursing homes from the birth control mandate of the nation's health care law if they declare their objections in writing.
The nuns will take the court up on its offer and provide a written notice, officials said.
The justices asked the nuns to write the Department of Health and Human Services declaring themselves a religiou",left
3737,Supreme Court Talks Birth Control,['Supreme Court'],High Court Keeps Stay of Birth-Control Mandate,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Supreme Court on Friday freed a group of Roman Catholic nonprofit organizations from complying with the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive provisions while they pursue a challenge to the law before a federal appeals court.
The 2010 federal health-care law requires that plans include contraceptive coverage. Nonprofit employers that claim religious objections to contraception can opt out of paying for their employees to receive such benefits by filing a form with the Labor Department. Insurers generally must still provide employees the coverage, however, and in many cases can obtain reimbursement...",center
3738,Education Department To Investigate Five States That Banned Mask Mandates In Schools,"['Education', 'Wearing Masks', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",State mask bans face federal civil rights inquiries,Associated Press,"The Education Department on Monday opened civil rights investigations into five Republican-led states that have banned or limited mask requirements in schools, saying the policies could amount to discrimination against students with disabilities or health conditions.
The department’s Office for Civil Rights announced the investigations in letters to education chiefs in Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Utah. Those states have issued varying prohibitions on universal mask requirements, which the office says could prevent some students from safely attending school.
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona accused the states of “putting politics...",left
3739,Education Department To Investigate Five States That Banned Mask Mandates In Schools,"['Education', 'Wearing Masks', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",Five GOP governors face civil rights inquiries over bans on mask mandates,Washington Examiner,"The Education Department  announced Monday that it is investigating five Republican-led states blocking local school districts from requiring masks to protect against the coronavirus , claiming the policies discriminate against students with health conditions and disabilities.
The DOE's Office for Civil Rights sent letters to education chiefs in Iowa , Oklahoma , South Carolina , Tennessee , and Utah.
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said the department has heard from parents across the country about how state bans on universal indoor masking are ""putting their children at risk and preventing them from accessing in-person learning equally.""
“It’s simply unacceptable that state leaders are putting politics over...",right
3740,Education Department To Investigate Five States That Banned Mask Mandates In Schools,"['Education', 'Wearing Masks', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",Education Department to probe 5 states with ‘unacceptable’ school mask bans,Politico,"Federal education authorities launched five investigations into statewide school mask bans on Monday, ratcheting up the Biden administration's feud with Republican governors as Covid-19 infections disrupt the fall back-to-school season in some communities.
The Department of Education’s civil rights office will review indoor masking prohibitions in Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Utah, and examine whether bans in those states violate the rights of students with disabilities.
“It’s simply unacceptable that state leaders are putting politics over the health and education of the students they took an oath to serve,” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in a statement....",left
3741,Perspectives: Biden’s ‘Summit for Democracy’,"['World', 'Democracy', 'Joe Biden', 'Foreign Policy', 'Elections', 'China', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Taiwan']",Global Views of Biden’s Democracy Summit,Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,"Later this week, U.S. President Joe Biden will convene leaders from over one hundred countries spanning the world’s regions to discuss the decline of global democracy—and announce commitments for renewing democracy domestically and internationally. But each participant faces its own democratic challenges, including, as Biden notes, the United States. What do different countries and regions make of the summit? And what would it take for the summit to succeed?",center
3742,Perspectives: Biden’s ‘Summit for Democracy’,"['World', 'Democracy', 'Joe Biden', 'Foreign Policy', 'Elections', 'China', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Taiwan']",'The crisis we face is real': Blinken on why Biden is convening a Summit for Democracy,Antony Blinken,"Democracy is facing a moment of reckoning.
For 15 years, global freedom has declined, according to the human rights organization Freedom House. It’s happening in authoritarian countries, where rulers have restricted people’s freedoms, canceled and postponed elections, and cracked down on political opponents with increasing brutality – and in democratic countries, where mis- and disinformation have eroded trust in public institutions, political polarization has widened, and long-standing challenges like economic inequality and systemic sexism and racism have left many feeling like the system won’t ever work for them.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made these problems more acute. Unscrupulous leaders have seized the opportunity to crush freedom of assembly and crank up surveillance,...",left
3743,Perspectives: Biden’s ‘Summit for Democracy’,"['World', 'Democracy', 'Joe Biden', 'Foreign Policy', 'Elections', 'China', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Taiwan']",Biden's democracy summit already sending wrong signals to authoritarian regimes,Sen. Jim Risch,"This year, 2021, has been a record-breaking one in many ways, and unfortunately, according to Freedom House’s 2020 Freedom of the World Report, the world is at a 15-year low for ""Free countries"" and a 15-year high of ""Not Free countries."" We find democracy in retreat across the globe, and the trends are more worrying each day. 
Some are quick to blame the COVID-19 pandemic for this democratic backsliding, citing lockdowns and mandates as the drivers of decline. Authoritarian governments have unquestionably used the pandemic as an excuse to further limit free speech and freedom of...",right
3744,Inflation Persists as Wages Rise and Consumers Cut Back,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Interest Rates', 'Inflation', 'Federal Reserve', 'Consumers', 'Supply Chains', 'Wages', 'Economic Policy']","US Labor Costs Rose in 2021 at Fastest Pace In 20 Years, Adding to Signs of Sticky Inflation",The Epoch Times,"The cost of hiring new employees and retaining existing ones rose in 2021 at its fastest pace in 20 years, according to new Labor Department figures, which provide a fresh data point on the inflationary pressures that have gripped the U.S. economy and sent the Fed scrambling to dial back its loose monetary settings.
The Labor Department said on Jan. 28 (pdf) that the U.S. Employment Cost Index (ECI) for civilian workers, which is the broadest measure of labor costs, jumped by 4 percent in 2021 compared to the year prior....",right
3745,Inflation Persists as Wages Rise and Consumers Cut Back,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Interest Rates', 'Inflation', 'Federal Reserve', 'Consumers', 'Supply Chains', 'Wages', 'Economic Policy']","Weaker U.S consumer spending, rising inflation pose dilemma for Fed",Reuters,"U.S. consumer spending fell in December, suggesting the economy lost speed heading into the new year amid snarled supply chains and raging COVID-19 infections, while annual inflation increased at a pace last seen nearly 40 years ago.
Wage inflation is also building up amid an acute shortage of workers. Private industry wages rose strongly in the fourth quarter, posting their largest annual gain since the mid-1980s, other data showed on Friday. Mounting inflation pressures could force the Federal Reserve to aggressively hike interest rates, stifling growth, economists warned.
""No one...",center
3746,Inflation Persists as Wages Rise and Consumers Cut Back,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Interest Rates', 'Inflation', 'Federal Reserve', 'Consumers', 'Supply Chains', 'Wages', 'Economic Policy']",Inflation Continued to Run Hot and Consumer Spending Fell in December,New York Times (News),"Inflation came in strong and wage growth remained elevated at the end of 2021. At the same time, consumer spending fell in December as spiraling coronavirus caseloads kept many Americans at home and persistent supply chain bottlenecks disrupted holiday shopping.
Those indicators, released on Friday, underline that despite plummeting unemployment and a strong rebound in growth, the economy — like the country itself — has yet to break free of the pandemic’s grip. That is making for a confusing and contradictory moment headed into 2022.
Rising prices and an unflagging pandemic are...",left
3747,Perspectives: Charges Against Trump Organization,"['Donald Trump', 'Trump Organization', 'Justice', 'Corruption', 'Tax Evasion', 'Allen Weisselberg']",The Trump Organization Prosecution: What Is in the Charges?,Wall Street Journal (News),"The case that New York prosecutors have leveled against former President Donald Trump’s business empire and the company’s finance chief, Allen Weisselberg, is a reminder that corporations not only share rights enjoyed by individuals but they can also be indicted like people too.
The 15-count indictment made public Thursday charges the company and its longtime chief financial officer with evading payroll and income taxes over a 16-year stretch by paying off-the-book benefits to Mr. Weisselberg and other executives.
It alleges that the company skimmed payroll taxes by concealing compensation—in the form of...",center
3748,Perspectives: Charges Against Trump Organization,"['Donald Trump', 'Trump Organization', 'Justice', 'Corruption', 'Tax Evasion', 'Allen Weisselberg']",Why the Law Is Strong Enough to Take On Donald Trump,New York Times (Opinion),"A 15-count indictment for tax fraud and other charges filed in New York on Thursday against the Trump Organization and its longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, has already stimulated as much hand-wringing as satisfaction from those who have called for accountability for Donald Trump.
Some express concern that Mr. Trump himself was not charged and may never be. Others note that these are “only” state tax fraud counts against his business and an associate — rather than bold federal action against Mr. Trump himself by the Justice Department.
As former federal...",left
3749,Perspectives: Charges Against Trump Organization,"['Donald Trump', 'Trump Organization', 'Justice', 'Corruption', 'Tax Evasion', 'Allen Weisselberg']",Cy Vance’s Trump case is straight from a banana republic — punish your political enemies,New York Post (Opinion),"Donald Trump has long claimed that investigations of him are a partisan “witch hunt.” Manhattan DA Cy Vance seems determined to make Trump’s point for him by indicting the Trump Organization along with its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg.
The 15-count indictment throws a kitchen sink of charges, including grand larceny, conspiracy, scheme to defraud,and tax fraud. But the whole thing comes down to paying perks to Weisselberg — such as his parking garage fees, tuition for family members and reimbursement of holiday gratuities — and not reporting them as taxable income, or reporting...",right
3750,US and Russia Reach Agreement,"['White House', 'Politics']","John Kerry: U.S., Russia Reach Deal On Syrian Chemical Weapons",HuffPost,"After days of intense negotiations, the United States and Russia reached agreement Saturday on a framework to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons by mid-2014 and impose U.N. penalties if the Assad government fails to comply.
The deal, announced by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva, includes what Kerry called ""a shared assessment"" of the weapons stockpile, and a timetable and measures for Syrian President Bashar Assad to follow so that the full inventory can be identified and seized.
The U.S. and...",left
3751,US and Russia Reach Agreement,"['White House', 'Politics']","With apparent 'opening,' U.S. and Russia extend Syria talks another day",CNN (Online News),"Even as they trade barbs publicly -- and even as artillery shells and accusations continue to fly in Syria -- the United States and Russia could take solace Friday in at least one respect: They are still talking.
Discussions between the two in Geneva -- centered around Moscow's proposal to have Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government hand over its chemical weapons stockpile -- were supposed to end Friday. They continued through the night and were extended into Saturday for a reason, U.S. officials said.
""If there was no...",left
3752,US and Russia Reach Agreement,"['White House', 'Politics']",US and Russia reach agreement in Syria weapons talks,Fox News (Online News),"Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have reached an agreement on a framework for securing Syria's chemical weapons on the third day of intense negotiations in Geneva.
Syria has one week to comply. And if Syrian leaders fail to comply, the United States and Russia will seek a United Nations Security Council resolution, Kerry and Lavrov said.",right
3753,Biden Administration Transfers its First Detainee From Guantanamo Bay,"['World', 'Guantanamo']","In a first under Biden, detainee transferred out of Guantanamo Bay",Reuters,"President Joe Biden's administration said on Monday that it had transferred its first detainee from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, a Moroccan man who had been imprisoned since 2002, bringing the population at the facility down to 39.
Set up to house foreign suspects following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, the prison came to symbolize the excesses of the U.S. “war on terror” because of harsh interrogation methods critics say amounted to torture.
While Trump kept the prison open during his four years...",center
3754,Biden Administration Transfers its First Detainee From Guantanamo Bay,"['World', 'Guantanamo']",1st Guantanamo detainee sent to home country in policy shift,Associated Press Fact Check,"The Biden administration on Monday transferred a Guantánamo Bay detainee to his home country for the first time, a policy shift from the Trump presidency that repatriated a Moroccan man years after he was recommended for discharge.
The prisoner, Abdullatif Nasser, who’s in his mid-50s, was cleared for repatriation by a review board in July 2016 but remained at Guantánamo under President Donald Trump. In announcing his transfer Monday, the Pentagon cited the board’s determination that Nasser’s detention was no longer necessary to protect U.S. national security.
Nasser, also known as Abdul...",left
3755,Biden Administration Transfers its First Detainee From Guantanamo Bay,"['World', 'Guantanamo']",Biden administration transfers first detainee out of Guantanamo Bay,Washington Examiner,"The Biden administration made its first transfer of a Guantanamo Bay inmate to his home country as the administration pushes to shutter the facility.
The Department of Defense announced on Monday morning the transfer of Abdul Latif Nasir back to Morocco.
In 2016, the Periodic Review Board process ruled that his detention “no longer remained necessary to protect against a continuing significant threat to the national security of the United States.”
At that time, the board recommended he be authorized to return home, but officials were unable to complete the process before the Obama administration ended. The Trump...",right
3756,Trump Social Media Accounts Banned 'Indefinitely',"['Free Speech', 'Donald Trump', 'Facebook', 'Censorship', 'Social Media', 'Technology']","Don't 'censor' Trump, top House Republican says after Facebook locks president's account",Politico,"President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts will be locked through at least Inauguration Day, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday, amid Democratic calls for social media companies to expel him permanently for inciting Wednesday's deadly violence in the Capitol.
But a leading House Republican on tech issues warned against ""censoring"" the president, saying Trump should instead use his access to tens of millions of followers to ""lower the temperature"" on social media.",left
3757,Trump Social Media Accounts Banned 'Indefinitely',"['Free Speech', 'Donald Trump', 'Facebook', 'Censorship', 'Social Media', 'Technology']",Facebook Bans Trump ‘at Least’ Until He Leaves Office,National Review,"Facebook announced Thursday that it is banning President Trump from the platform “indefinitely,” at least until he is out of office.
“We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a statement. “Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete.”",right
3758,Trump Social Media Accounts Banned 'Indefinitely',"['Free Speech', 'Donald Trump', 'Facebook', 'Censorship', 'Social Media', 'Technology']","President Trump blocked from posting to Facebook, Instagram 'indefinitely,' at least through end of term",USA TODAY,"After originally planning to block President Donald Trump from posting to his Facebook and Instagram account for 24 hours, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that the blocks have been extended ""indefinitely.""
""We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great,"" Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post Thursday. ""Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is...",left
3759,Obamacare fix now in a fix,['Healthcare'],Uncertainty after retreat on health plans,Washington Post,The President defends the efforts to fix the health-care laws problems but he admits we fumbled the rollout.,left
3760,Obamacare fix now in a fix,['Healthcare'],Obama tries to dig out of his big Obamacare hole,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama held a news conference, quickly digressed into confession and apology hour.",left
3761,Obamacare fix now in a fix,['Healthcare'],Obamacare 'fix' now in a fix,Washington Times,So much for President Obamas convoluted announcement that offered home remedies for the big ills of health care reform plus a one year sign-up reprieve for those who have lost their insurance.,right
3762,Federal Judge Blocks President Trump from Ending DACA,['Immigration'],Second U.S. judge blocks Trump administration from ending DACA program,Reuters,A second U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s decision to end a program that protects immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children from deportation.,center
3763,Federal Judge Blocks President Trump from Ending DACA,['Immigration'],Second Judge Blocks Trump Decision To End Deportation Relief For Dreamers,HuffPost,The White House plan to scrap DACA isn’t going well in federal court.,left
3764,Federal Judge Blocks President Trump from Ending DACA,['Immigration'],Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Efforts to End DACA Program,Washington Free Beacon,"A federal judge ruled Tuesday that DACA participants are likely to succeed in their challenge to President Donald Trump's ending of the program, temporarily blocking the Trump administration from ending it.",right
3765,U.S. Nurse with Ebola to be Moved from TX,[],First Dallas nurse to contract Ebola headed for D.C. suburb,Washington Times,"Officials announced Thursday that first Texas nurse to contract Ebola while treating a Liberian patient is scheduled to be transferred to a leading research center in suburban Washington.
Nina Pham, 26, will be taken to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, said Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Ms. Pham, who is in good condition and reported she is “doing well,” tested positive last weekend for the deadly virus that has ravaged West Africa, killing...",right
3766,U.S. Nurse with Ebola to be Moved from TX,[],Nurse with Ebola virus to be moved out of Dallas,USA TODAY,"The first nurse to test positive for the Ebola virus will be transferred from a Dallas hospital to a state-of-the-art National Institutes of Health facility in Bethesda, Md., for treatment, federal and local health officials say.
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Nina Pham would be transferred later Thursday. Pham, 26, has been reported in good condition by officials at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, where she contracted the virus while treating Thomas Eric Duncan, who died Oct. 8.",left
3767,U.S. Nurse with Ebola to be Moved from TX,[],Chain reaction: Concern about Ebola nurse’s flight prompts school closings in two states,Washington Post,"When Thomas Eric Duncan was diagnosed with Ebola two weeks ago, authorities said not to worry — he had no symptoms during his flights from Liberia to Dallas. They said the disease could be spread only by someone who was showing signs such as fever and only through bodily fluids such as vomit. They told passengers who rode with Duncan they couldn’t catch it because it isn’t transmitted through the air.
And, they said, if a passenger is sick or has a fever, the person won’t fly.
Now the Centers...",left
3768,Bin Laden Docs Released,['Terrorism'],Bin Laden's papers show he studied U.S. terrorism investigations and military history,Los Angeles Times,"The public release, the most expansive since the raid, suggests that the now-dead Al Qaeda leader had eclectic interests and closely followed U.S. policy and operations relating to the terrorist network he founded.",left
3769,Bin Laden Docs Released,['Terrorism'],Documents Show Bin Laden Fixated on Attacking America,Newsmax (News),"Hunkered down in his Pakistani compound, Osama bin Laden pleaded with his followers to stay focused on attacking the United States instead of being dragged into Muslim infighting.
Documents that were declassified on Wednesday shed new light on the mindset of al-Qaida's founder, his debates over tactics, his anxiety over Western spying and his fixation with the group's media image.
""The focus should be on killing and fighting the American people and their representatives,"" the late Al-Qaeda figurehead wrote.
The letter was among thousands of files found by US...",right
3770,Bin Laden Docs Released,['Terrorism'],Secrets of the bin Laden treasure-trove,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)In his final years hiding in a compound in Pakistan, Osama bin Laden was a man who at once showed great love and interest in his own family while he coldly drew up quixotic plans for mass casualty attacks on Americans, according to documents seized by Navy SEALs the night he was killed.
On Wednesday morning, the U.S. Office of t",left
3771,FBI Reopens Email Investigation,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",New emails under review in Clinton case emerged from Weiner investigation,USA TODAY,"FBI Director James Comey said Friday that investigators had found new emails related to the bureau's previously closed inquiry into Hillary Clinton's handling of classified information, restarting a long-simmering debate over the Democratic nominee's conduct as secretary of State in the closing days of a presidential campaign that Clinton appeared to be putting away.
In a letter to senior lawmakers explaining his decision, Comey said ""the FBI cannot yet assess"" whether the information is ""significant"" nor could he offer a timetable for how long it will take investigators to make...",left
3772,FBI Reopens Email Investigation,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",FBI reopens Clinton email investigation,Washington Times,"The FBI has renewed its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s secret emails, Director James Comey told Congressin a new letter Friday, heightening the stakes for the Democratic presidential nominee with less than two weeks before Election Day.
Mr. Comey said his agents learned of new emails “pertinent” to their probe while working on an unrelated case. He said his agents need to review those messages to see whether they contain classified information and whether they affect his previous decision.
In July, Mr. Comey announced that while he determined Mrs....",right
3773,FBI Reopens Email Investigation,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Emails in Anthony Weiner Inquiry Jolt Hillary Clinton’s Campaign,New York Times (News),"The presidential campaign was rocked on Friday after federal law enforcement officials said that emails pertinent to the closed investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server were discovered on a computer belonging to Anthony D. Weiner, the estranged husband of a top Clinton aide.
In a letter to Congress, the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, said the emails had surfaced in an unrelated case, which law enforcement officials said was an F.B.I. investigation into illicit text messages from Mr. Weiner to a 15-year-old girl in North Carolina. Mr. Weiner, a...",left
3774,Kurdish Troops Make a Move,['Middle East'],"Kurdish Troops in Control of Key Iraqi Town, Official Says",New York Post (News),"Kurdish officials said on Thursday that their forces were in firm control of the strategic oil city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq after government troops had abandoned their posts, introducing a new dimension into the swirling conflict propelled by Sunni militants pressing south toward Baghdad.",right
3775,Kurdish Troops Make a Move,['Middle East'],Iraqi Kurds Seize Oil-Rich City Of Kirkuk,HuffPost,Iraqi Kurds took control of the northern oil city of Kirkuk on Thursday after government forces abandoned their posts.,left
3776,Kurdish Troops Make a Move,['Middle East'],Militants Make Gains In Iraq Amid Report U.S. Rebuffed Calls For Help,NPR (Online News),"Al-Qaida-linked fighters have taken Mosul and Tikrit while Kurdish fighters have seized Kirkuk. Meanwhile, a news report says the U.S. rejected Iraqi calls for an airstrike against the militants.",left
3777,Does Netanyahu Support Palestinian State?,"['Israel', 'World']",Netanyahu Back To Barely Pretending He Supports A Two-State Solution,HuffPost,"Fresh off his party's victory in this week's parliamentary election, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday walked back a statement from earlier this week in which he had ruled out a ""two-state"" solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
""I haven't changed my policy,"" Netanyahu said Thursday in an interview with NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell.
""I don't want a one-state solution. I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution,"" he added.
But just a few days earlier, in the midst of what then looked like an uphill battle...",left
3778,Does Netanyahu Support Palestinian State?,"['Israel', 'World']",White House unmoved by Netanyahu’s new comments on Palestinian state,Washington Times,"The White House wasn’t buying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments Thursday that he still supports a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“He walked back from commitments that Israel had previously made,” said White House press secretary Josh Earnest, referring to Mr. Netanyahu’s remarks just prior to his re-election Tuesday. “It is cause for the United States to evaluate what our path is forward.”
Just prior to the Israeli election, Mr. Netanyahu said a two-state solution would never h",right
3779,Does Netanyahu Support Palestinian State?,"['Israel', 'World']",Netanyahu flip flops on Palestinian state comment,CNN (Online News),"Two days after his victory at the polls, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already walked back his disavowal of a two-state solution.
""I don't want a one-state solution. I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution,"" Netanyahu said Thursday in an interview with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell. ""I haven't changed my policy.""
But just days before, in an attempt to drive right-wing voters to the polls, Netanyahu said in an interview that there would not be a Palestinian",left
3780,Ryan: Repeal Obamacare,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Ryan: New House Republican budget includes ObamaCare repeal,Fox News (Online News),"Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, said Sunday that his new budget includes the repeal of President Obamas health-care reform law known as ObamaCare.",right
3781,Ryan: Repeal Obamacare,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Paul Ryan: Budget blueprint will promote repealing health care law,Washington Post,"Republicans have not given up on repealing the president's signature health care reform law, the House Budget Committee chairman says.",left
3782,Ryan: Repeal Obamacare,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Ryan says U.S. budget deal possible as he readies his own plan,Reuters,The Republicans' point person on fiscal issues in Congress said on Sunday that compromise with President Barack Obama is possible on taxes and spending even though his soon-to-be-unveiled budget plan faces certain rejection from Obama's Democrats.,center
3783,Moderna Says its Vaccine is Highly Effective in Preventing COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'Moderna', 'Pfizer']",Moderna: Coronavirus vaccine nearly 95% effective in early look,Washington Times,"Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine was nearly 95% effective and thwarted severe disease in an interim analysis, the company said Monday, putting a second drugmaker on track to request emergency approval before the end of the year.
The Cambridge, Massachusetts, company said it counted 95 cases within its trial of 30,000 participants. Only five of them were in the vaccine arm of the trial, versus 90 in the placebo group.
It also looked at 11 severe cases of COVID-19 and found that all of those participants received the dummy shots, not the...",right
3784,Moderna Says its Vaccine is Highly Effective in Preventing COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'Moderna', 'Pfizer']","Moderna's candidate COVID-19 vaccine looks to protect 94.5% of those who get it, trial shows. 'This makes me giddy,' one doctor says.",USA TODAY,"A second COVID-19 candidate vaccine looks to be even more effective than the first, with both protecting more than 90% of those who get the shots.
Moderna, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotechnology company, announced early Monday that its candidate vaccine, mRNA-1273, developed in collaboration with the U.S. government, appears to be 94.5% effective against the disease.
Earlier this month, Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech, announced early effectiveness data, showing their vaccine, called BNT162b2, had protected more than 90% of those who received it.
Both results are preliminary, with final...",left
3785,Moderna Says its Vaccine is Highly Effective in Preventing COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'Moderna', 'Pfizer']",Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine found to be nearly 95 percent effective in a preliminary analysis,Washington Post,"Biotechnology firm Moderna announced Monday that a preliminary analysis shows its experimental coronavirus vaccine is nearly 95 percent effective at preventing illness, including severe cases — a striking initial result that leaves the United States with the prospect that two coronavirus vaccines could be available on a limited basis by the end of the year.
The news comes a week after pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech lifted the stock market and people’s hopes with the news that their coronavirus vaccine was more than 90 percent effective.
Based...",left
3786,Former FBI Lawyer Kevin Clinesmith to Plead Guilty in Falsifying Russia Probe Document,"['FBI', 'Investigation', 'Russia', 'Russia Probe', 'William Barr', 'John Durham', 'Defense And Security']",What today's guilty plea in the Russia probe shows (and what it doesn't),CNN (Online News),"(CNN) -- For months and months, Republicans -- led by President Donald Trump -- have pointed to an ongoing probe into the origins of the FBI's counterintelligence Russia meddling investigation as the smoking gun of the 2020 (and 2016) election.
Of John Durham, the Connecticut US Attorney tasked by Attorney General William Barr with overseeing the probe, Trump said Thursday: ""I hope he's doing a great job. And I hope they're not going to be politically correct and I hope they do what -- because the fact this was President...",left
3787,Former FBI Lawyer Kevin Clinesmith to Plead Guilty in Falsifying Russia Probe Document,"['FBI', 'Investigation', 'Russia', 'Russia Probe', 'William Barr', 'John Durham', 'Defense And Security']",Former FBI lawyer to plead guilty as part of Russia probe: defendant's lawyer,Reuters,"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former FBI lawyer will plead guilty to falsifying a document as part of a federal probe into the origins of an investigation into possible contacts between Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia, an attorney for the former FBI lawyer said on Friday.",center
3788,Former FBI Lawyer Kevin Clinesmith to Plead Guilty in Falsifying Russia Probe Document,"['FBI', 'Investigation', 'Russia', 'Russia Probe', 'William Barr', 'John Durham', 'Defense And Security']",Clinesmith Criminal Plea Hints More Hoax Conspirators Will Be Charged,American Greatness,"In June 2017, the New York production of Shakespeare in the Park modified its costuming for its production of “Julius Caesar” so that the title character resembled the new U.S. president. After the actor playing a Trump-resembling Caesar pretended to succumb to the many wounds inflicted by the conspiracy of assassins, the character Brutus implored his co-conspirators to, “Stoop, Romans, stoop, and let us bathe our hands in Caesar’s blood up to the elbows and besmear our swords.” In doing so, Brutus forced the other conspirators to become indivisibly responsible...",right
3789,Barack Obama Day,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Illinois Liberals Get a Holiday to Celebrate Their Messiah - Barack Obama,Townhall,Liberals across the state of Illinois now have a holiday to honor the birth of their Lord and Savior -- President Barack Obama.,right
3790,Barack Obama Day,"['Holidays', 'General News']",It’s Officially Barack Obama Day In Illinois,HuffPost,The honorary holiday commemorates the former president’s birthday.,left
3791,Barack Obama Day,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Illinois makes 'Barack Obama Day' a state holiday,The Hill,"Former President Obama is being honored with a new state holiday in his former state of Illinois. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) signed a measure Friday to make Aug. 4 “Barack Obama Day” in the state, according to NBC Chicago. The holiday will be celebrated each year on Obama’s birthday beginning in 2018.",center
3792,Stage Set for Decisive Senate Races in Georgia,"['US Congress', 'US Senate', 'Georgia', 'Elections', 'Campaign Finance', 'Politics']","Georgia Democrats Ossoff, Warnock challenge Republicans to debate in Senate runoff",Reuters,"Democratic candidates in a pair of U.S. Senate runoff races in Georgia on Monday challenged the two incumbent Republican senators to debates ahead of a Jan. 5 vote that will decide control of the Senate.
Democrat Jon Ossoff said he had accepted invitations from six media outlets to debates, and urged Republican rival Senator David Perdue to join him in the forums. He had already called Perdue a “coward” on Twitter Sunday following media reports that Perdue had declined a chance to debate on Dec. 6 at the Atlanta Press...",center
3793,Stage Set for Decisive Senate Races in Georgia,"['US Congress', 'US Senate', 'Georgia', 'Elections', 'Campaign Finance', 'Politics']","Major GOP names to help Perdue, Loeffler raise big bucks in Georgia Senate runoffs",Fox News (Online News),"Some very well-known Republicans are teaming up help raise money for the GOP candidates in Georgia’s twin Senate runoff elections, which will determine whether their party holds on to its majority in the Senate or if the Democrats will control both houses of Congress in addition to the White House.
Fox News has confirmed that Republican strategist Karl Rove will serve as national finance chairman for the Georgia Battleground Fund. Rove, who was President George W. Bush’s top political adviser during his two presidential campaigns and in the White House,...",right
3794,Stage Set for Decisive Senate Races in Georgia,"['US Congress', 'US Senate', 'Georgia', 'Elections', 'Campaign Finance', 'Politics']","Ossoff, Warnock start Georgia runoffs behind the eight ball",Politico,"Joe Biden turned Georgia blue. Compared to what they’re up against now, that was the easy part for Democrats.
To repeat Biden’s feat in a pair of Senate runoffs on Jan. 5, with control of the Senate on the line, the Democratic Party will have to defy a long track record of failure in overtime elections. They’ll need to overcome the entire weight of the Republican Party descending on the state — from organizers and operatives to potentially hundreds of millions of dollars. One of their Senate candidates, Jon Ossoff,...",left
3795,"Russian, American and Ukrainian Diplomats Clash at UN Security Council","['Foreign Policy', 'Russia', 'World', 'United Nations', 'UN Security Council', 'Ukraine', 'Linda Thomas-Greenfield', 'Sanctions', 'Diplomacy']","At UN, US Demands Russia Explain Its Troop Build-up on Ukraine Border",Voice of America,"The United States and Russia faced off at the U.N. Security Council Monday over Washington's accusations that Moscow is planning a large-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, which the Kremlin has denied.
""The situation we're facing in Europe is urgent and dangerous, and the stakes for Ukraine – and for every U.N. member state – could not be higher,"" U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told council members.",center
3796,"Russian, American and Ukrainian Diplomats Clash at UN Security Council","['Foreign Policy', 'Russia', 'World', 'United Nations', 'UN Security Council', 'Ukraine', 'Linda Thomas-Greenfield', 'Sanctions', 'Diplomacy']",U.S. and Russian diplomats clash over Ukraine at U.N.,New York Times (News),"The United States and Russia engaged in a bitter diplomatic brawl Monday at the U.N. Security Council over the Ukraine crisis, as the Americans accused the Russians of endangering peace by massing troops on Ukraine’s borders while Kremlin diplomats dismissed what they called hysterical U.S. fearmongering.
“The situation we are facing in Europe is urgent and dangerous,” the United States ambassador, Linda Thomas-Greenfield said in her opening remarks. “Russia’s actions strike at the very heart of the U.N. charter.”",left
3797,"Russian, American and Ukrainian Diplomats Clash at UN Security Council","['Foreign Policy', 'Russia', 'World', 'United Nations', 'UN Security Council', 'Ukraine', 'Linda Thomas-Greenfield', 'Sanctions', 'Diplomacy']","US, Russia face off at UN Security Council over Ukraine crisis",New York Post (News),"Ambassadors to the United Nations from the US and Russia traded verbal blows Monday during the first public meeting of the UN Security Council since the crisis in Ukraine came to a head.
Russian envoy Vasily Nebenzya accused his American counterpart, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, of “whipping up hysterics” about a potential Russian invasion and using “megaphone diplomacy.”
“You are almost pulling for this,” he said, looking at Thomas-Greenfield. “You want it to happen. You’re waiting for it to happen, as if you want to make your words become a reality.”
Thomas-Greenfield responded by...",right
3798,Alex Jones Ordered to Pay $965 Million to Sandy Hook Victims’ Families,"['Criminal Justice', 'Alex Jones', 'Infowars', 'Sandy Hook School Shooting', 'Mass Shootings', 'Courts', 'Defamation', 'Lawsuits', 'Jury']",Alex Jones ordered to pay $965 million in Sandy Hook defamation trial,ABC News (Online),"A Connecticut jury awarded nearly $1 billion in damages to 15 plaintiffs defamed by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones when the Infowars host called the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax staged by actors following a script written by the government to build support for gun control.
With the plaintiffs sobbing in the gallery, the clerk read out the verdict in which the jury decided compensatory damages for both slander and for emotional distress.
The damages awarded Wednesday total $965 million -- far exceeding the award in a prior...",left
3799,Alex Jones Ordered to Pay $965 Million to Sandy Hook Victims’ Families,"['Criminal Justice', 'Alex Jones', 'Infowars', 'Sandy Hook School Shooting', 'Mass Shootings', 'Courts', 'Defamation', 'Lawsuits', 'Jury']",Alex Jones ordered to pay nearly $1 billion to families of Sandy Hook massacre victims,Fox News (Online News),"A Connecticut jury ordered Alex Jones to pay nearly $1 billion to families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting for spreading lies about the massacre. 
Six adults and 20 children were killed during the shooting in December 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut, just 20 miles away from where victims' families gave tearful testimony in Waterbury Superior Court during the trial. 
Jones repeatedly told millions of listeners on his Infowars show that the shooting was a hoax and the victims were crisis actors hired as part of...",right
3800,Alex Jones Ordered to Pay $965 Million to Sandy Hook Victims’ Families,"['Criminal Justice', 'Alex Jones', 'Infowars', 'Sandy Hook School Shooting', 'Mass Shootings', 'Courts', 'Defamation', 'Lawsuits', 'Jury']",Alex Jones cheers on air as judge reads $965 million defamation suit verdict,The Hill,"Live on his show Wednesday, Infowars host Alex Jones mocked a jury ordering him to pay $965 million in a defamation suit brought by Sandy Hook families, cheering as the judge listed off millions in damages for each count.
“Get those numbers up,” Jones said after one count was read, at times giving a thumbs up and raising his hand in the air.
A Connecticut jury on Wednesday ordered Jones to pay the damages to the family of victims of the 2012 Newtown, Conn., school shooting for repeatedly claiming the...",center
3801,4 Senators Sold Off Stock Ahead of Coronavirus Threat,"['Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Dianne Feinstein', 'Richard Burr', 'Kelly Loeffler', 'James Inhofe', 'Stock Market', 'US Senate', 'Politics']","Dianne Feinstein, 3 Senate colleagues sold off stocks before coronavirus crash",Fox News (Online News),"Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California and three of her Senate colleagues sold off stocks worth millions of dollars in the days before the coronavirus outbreak crashed the market, according to reports.
The data is listed on a U.S. Senate website containing financial disclosures from Senate members.
Feinstein, who serves as ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and her husband sold between $1.5 million and $6 million in stock in California biotech company Allogene Therapeutics, between Jan. 31 and Feb. 18, The New York Times reported.
When questioned by the...",right
3802,4 Senators Sold Off Stock Ahead of Coronavirus Threat,"['Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Dianne Feinstein', 'Richard Burr', 'Kelly Loeffler', 'James Inhofe', 'Stock Market', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Senator Richard Burr Sold a Fortune in Stocks as G.O.P. Played Down Coronavirus Threat,New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — Senator Richard M. Burr sold hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of stock in major companies last month, as President Trump and others in his party were still playing down the threat presented by the coronavirus outbreak and before the stock market’s precipitous plunge.
The stocks were sold in mid-February, days after Mr. Burr, Republican of North Carolina and the chairman of the Intelligence Committee, wrote an opinion article for Fox News suggesting that the United States was “better prepared than ever before” to confront the virus. At...",left
3803,4 Senators Sold Off Stock Ahead of Coronavirus Threat,"['Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Dianne Feinstein', 'Richard Burr', 'Kelly Loeffler', 'James Inhofe', 'Stock Market', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Four senators sold stocks before coronavirus threat crashed market,The Hill,"Four senators sold stocks shortly after a January Senate briefing on the novel coronavirus outbreak, unloading shares that plummeted in value a month later as the stock market crashed in the face of a global pandemic.
According to financial disclosures, Sens. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.) each sold hundreds of thousands of dollars in stocks within days of the Senate holding a classified briefing on Jan. 24 with administration officials on the threat of the coronavirus outbreak.
The sales raise questions about...",center
3804,Supreme Court Rules Maine Can't Exclude Religious Schools from Tuition Aid Program,"['College Tuition', 'Courts', 'Domestic Policy', 'Education', 'John Roberts', 'Maine', 'Public Education', 'Religion And Faith', 'Religious Freedom', 'Supreme Court']",Why religious schools just won big — again — in front of the Supreme Court,Deseret News,"For the second time in three years, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of religious schools seeking access to public education money in a decision that will further complicate efforts to keep religious organizations from receiving state funds.
Justices in the majority said that a Maine law limiting the participation of faith-based private schools in the state’s unique public education system violated the free exercise clause of the First Amendment.
“Maine’s ‘nonsectarian’ requirement for its otherwise generally available tuition assistance payments ... operates to identify and exclude otherwise...",center
3805,Supreme Court Rules Maine Can't Exclude Religious Schools from Tuition Aid Program,"['College Tuition', 'Courts', 'Domestic Policy', 'Education', 'John Roberts', 'Maine', 'Public Education', 'Religion And Faith', 'Religious Freedom', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court says Maine cannot deny tuition aid to religious schools,Washington Post,"The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended a recent streak of victories for religious interests, striking down a Maine tuition program that does not allow public funds to go to schools that promote religious instruction.
The vote was 6 to 3, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. writing for the majority and the court’s three liberals in dissent.
It was the latest case in which the court came down on the side of religious interests when weighing the Constitution’s protection of religious exercise against its prohibition of government endorsement of religion.
The...",left
3806,Supreme Court Rules Maine Can't Exclude Religious Schools from Tuition Aid Program,"['College Tuition', 'Courts', 'Domestic Policy', 'Education', 'John Roberts', 'Maine', 'Public Education', 'Religion And Faith', 'Religious Freedom', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court rules Maine tuition aid can’t exclude religious schools,Roll Call,"The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Maine cannot exclude religious schools from a state tuition assistance program, the latest case signaling the conservative court’s shift on religious freedom and separation of church and state.
The 6-3 opinion, written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., found the program unconstitutional because it provided vouchers parents could spend at private or public schools but excluded schools with explicitly religious instruction.
The Supreme Court found that Maine’s program violated the Free Exercise Clause in the First Amendment because it prohibits the schools from...",center
3807,America Remembers 9/11 After 18 Years,"['Terrorism', '9/11', 'New York City']",A letter to 9/11: Happy birthday to the war without end,Washington Post,"The day you entered this world I woke to the news on my radio alarm clock. I listened, horror-struck, on my drive to school, then watched your carnage on the TVs in my high school auditorium. On the West Coast, most of us were privileged in our detachment, but the shock, the terror, the anger still burrowed deep.
A month later, the day after U.S. airstrikes began in Afghanistan, I turned 18. Shortly thereafter, I signed a military contract.
Every day moving forward, more who never knew life without you...",left
3808,America Remembers 9/11 After 18 Years,"['Terrorism', '9/11', 'New York City']",The 9/11 Generation Comes of Age,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"It’s always difficult to determine precisely when an epochal event makes the transition from memory to history, but 2019 may well mark that moment for the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
This week’s 18th anniversary can be seen as both the legal coming-of-age of the cohort born in the wake of al Qaeda’s assault and the generational passing of the torch from the children of the Cold War to the children of the war on terror. This fall, college students born after 9/11 began arriving on campuses across the...",right
3809,America Remembers 9/11 After 18 Years,"['Terrorism', '9/11', 'New York City']","18 years later, America vows to ‘never forget’ 9/11",Associated Press,"NEW YORK (AP) — People who were too young on 9/11 to even remember their lost loved ones, and others for whom the grief is still raw, paid tribute with wreath-layings and the solemn roll call of the dead Wednesday as America marked the 18th anniversary of the worst terror attack on U.S. soil.
“As long as the city will gift us this moment, I will be here,” Margie Miller, who lost her husband, Joel, said as she attended the ground zero anniversary ceremony, as she has every year. “I...",left
3810,"San Francisco Officials Declare NRA a ""Domestic Terrorist Organization""","['NRA', 'San Francisco', 'Guns', 'Terrorism', 'Activism', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",San Francisco officials brand NRA a ‘domestic terrorist organization’,Fox News (Online News),"The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has passed a resolution declaring the National Rifle Association a “domestic terrorist organization” and urged the federal government to do the same – the latest escalation in the heated rhetoric from Democrats regarding the NRA in the wake of several deadly mass shootings.
The resolution, which passed Tuesday and says the U.S. is “plagued by an epidemic of gun violence,” accuses the NRA of using “its considerable wealth and organization strength to promote gun ownership and incite gun owners to acts of violence.”",right
3811,"San Francisco Officials Declare NRA a ""Domestic Terrorist Organization""","['NRA', 'San Francisco', 'Guns', 'Terrorism', 'Activism', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",San Francisco declares NRA a 'domestic terrorist organization' in resolution,USA TODAY,"The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a resolution Tuesday that declares the National Rifle Association a ""domestic terrorist organization.""
After connecting the NRA to an ""epidemic of gun violence"" in the U.S., the resolution urges San Francisco to distance itself from the organization by examining local vendors' and contractors' ties to the NRA. It also says the local government should avoid doing business with the NRA or organizations associated with it.
""The National Rifle Association spreads propaganda that misinforms and aims to deceive the public about the dangers of...",left
3812,"San Francisco Officials Declare NRA a ""Domestic Terrorist Organization""","['NRA', 'San Francisco', 'Guns', 'Terrorism', 'Activism', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",SF supervisors declare NRA a domestic terrorist organization,San Francisco Chronicle,"San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution to declare the National Rifle Association a domestic terrorist organization, while also urging other cities, states and the federal government to ascribe the same label to the gun lobbyist group.
District 2 Supervisor Catherine Stefani introduced the resolution after the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting, and she said that incident as well as mass shootings in El Paso and Odessa, Texas, as well as Dayton, Ohio, have bolstered the argument for passing the resolution.",left
3813,Raising Doubts About Romney,['Politics'],Republicans Divided Between Romney and Giuliani for Secretary of State,New York Times (News),"Rival factions of Republicans are locked in an increasingly caustic and public battle to influence President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for secretary of state, leaving a prominent hole in an otherwise quickly formed national security team that is unlikely to be filled until next week at the earliest.",left
3814,Raising Doubts About Romney,['Politics'],Conway tweets about Trump base anger over Romney,CNN (Online News),"Kellyanne Conway publicly sounded alarm bells Thursday in a series of tweets highlighting the anger among President-elect Donald Trump's base of supporters with Mitt Romney, reportedly to be a leading contender for secretary of state.",left
3815,Raising Doubts About Romney,['Politics'],Kellyanne Conway Skeptical of Mitt Romney,New York Post (News),"Kellyanne Conway, President-elect Trump’s campaign manager, is publicly discouraging her boss from naming Mitt Romney as secretary of state.",right
3816,Romney Out of 2016 Race,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why Mitt Romney bowed out,CNN (Online News),"In the end, as it always has been with Mitt Romney, it was about the data.
Three weeks to the day since he informed a group of Republican financiers in New York that he was serious about a third presidential bid, Romney on Friday finally pulled the plug on his long and sometimes agonizing political career, telling supporters that he would not mount a third bid for the Republican presidential nomin",left
3817,Romney Out of 2016 Race,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney's Exit Unleashes Race for Donors Among 2016 Hopefuls,Newsmax (News),"Mitt Romney's exit from the presidential campaign has unleashed a frenzy of fresh fundraising and set off a new race for the backing of donors who had remained loyal to the 2012 Republican nominee.
Big dollars were said to flow immediately on Friday to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who already had won over several of Romney's past donors. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie claimed the support of others who were waiting on Romney to make a decision about whether to seek the White House a third time.
Tony Carbonetti,...",right
3818,Romney Out of 2016 Race,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Support Waning, Romney Decides Against 2016 Bid",New York Times (News),"On a ski lift high above the powdery slopes of Deer Valley, Utah, Mitt Romney made it clear: His quest for the White House, which had dominated nearly a decade of his life, was coming to a close.
In a talk with his eldest son, Tagg, between runs down the mountain on Monday, Mr. Romney, 67, said he had all but decided against a third bid for the White House.
The conversation, a",left
3819,Closing Arguments Made in Kyle Rittenhouse Case,"['Violence In America', 'Courts', 'Kyle Rittenhouse', 'Kenosha Shootings', 'Gun Violence', 'Criminal Justice', 'Jacob Blake', 'George Floyd Protests']",Watch live: Closing arguments are underway in the Kyle Rittenhouse homicide trial,NPR (Online News),"Prosecutors and defense lawyers are making their closing arguments in the criminal trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old who is charged with homicide after fatally shooting two protesters during unrest last year in Kenosha, Wis.
Rittenhouse and his lawyers have argued that he was acting in self-defense when he shot three people with his AR-15-style rifle. In a dramatic turn on the stand last week, Rittenhouse testified that he feared for his life.
In his closing arguments Monday, lead prosecutor Thomas Binger argued that Rittenhouse created the peril he faced...",left
3820,Closing Arguments Made in Kyle Rittenhouse Case,"['Violence In America', 'Courts', 'Kyle Rittenhouse', 'Kenosha Shootings', 'Gun Violence', 'Criminal Justice', 'Jacob Blake', 'George Floyd Protests']",Jurors Hear Closing Arguments in Kyle Rittenhouse Trial,New York Times (News),"A prosecutor hoping to send Kyle Rittenhouse to prison made closing arguments in his homicide trial on Monday. The jury was expected to begin weighing later in the day whether Mr. Rittenhouse was acting in self-defense, or needlessly and illegally, when he shot three men in Kenosha last summer, two of them fatally, during a night of unrest.
Thomas Binger, who is leading the prosecution, used some of his final moments before the jury to attack Mr. Rittenhouse’s claim that he thought he had to fire at the men to...",left
3821,Closing Arguments Made in Kyle Rittenhouse Case,"['Violence In America', 'Courts', 'Kyle Rittenhouse', 'Kenosha Shootings', 'Gun Violence', 'Criminal Justice', 'Jacob Blake', 'George Floyd Protests']",Rittenhouse defense criticizes prosecution's provocation charge in closing arguments: LIVE UPDATES,Fox News (Online News),"Rittenhouse faces charges including first-degree intentional homicide, which is Wisconsin’s murder count; attempted first-degree intentional homicide; first-degree reckless homicide and reckless endangering.
Rittenhouse was 17 when he and at least one friend said they traveled to the Wisconsin city of Kenosha from Illinois on Aug. 25, 2020, to protect local businesses and provide medical aid after two nights of unrest, with businesses being looted and set on fire. ",right
3822,Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down Governor's Emergency Order Mask Mandate,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Wisconsin']","Wisconsin Supreme Court rules mask mandate invalid, scales back governor's ability to issue health orders",USA TODAY,"The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked Democratic Gov. Tony Evers from issuing any new public health emergency orders to mandate face masks without the approval of the Republican-controlled state legislature.
In a 4-3 decision, conservative justices in the majority declared the statewide mask mandate invalid and ruled Evers exceeded his authority in issuing multiple emergency declarations over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Evers used the emergency orders to require face coverings be worn indoors statewide after lawmakers opted not to.",left
3823,Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down Governor's Emergency Order Mask Mandate,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Wisconsin']","Wisconsin Supreme Court slaps down Democratic governor's ongoing mask mandate: 'Such unilateral, unchecked power was anathema to the framers of our constitutions'",The Blaze,"The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' statewide mask mandate Wednesday. The court said Evers overstepped his authority when he used back-to-back emergency orders to enact his ongoing unilateral mask mandate. Evers has issued multiple mask mandates using his emergency powers. Republicans have long claimed the governor has abused his power with the repeated mandates. In fact, in February, the Republican-controlled Wisconsin General Assembly repealed Evers' emergency order and statewide mask mandate, citing Evers' abuse of emergency declarations.
Within an hour of the repeal, Evers' signed a...",right
3824,Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down Governor's Emergency Order Mask Mandate,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Wisconsin']",Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down governor's mask mandate,NBC News (Online),"The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down the governor's statewide mask mandate in a 4-3 ruling.
""The question in this case is not whether the Governor acted wisely; it is whether he acted lawfully,"" the majority opinion read in part. ""We conclude he did not.""
Fearing more deaths statewide from Covid-19, Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, reissued several mask mandates recently, only to be rebuffed at every interval by Republicans in the Legislature.
Many conservatives have accused Evers of overreaching his authority and have filed suit.
“I applaud the...",left
3825,Pre-Convention Electoral College,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama 237, Romney 206",CNN (Online News),"As of August 27, the CNN Electoral Map",left
3826,Pre-Convention Electoral College,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama 257, Romney 191",Fox News (Online News),"As of August 27, Karl Rove's analysis as reported by Fox News.",right
3827,Pre-Convention Electoral College,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama 247, Romney 191",HuffPost,"As of August 27, 12:01am. The current view of the 2012 presidential election, based on HuffPost Pollster charts and analysis.",left
3828,Travel Ban Goes Into Effect,['Immigration'],Trump's travel ban to go into effect Thursday,The Hill,"President Trump's travel ban is going into effect Thursday at 8 p.m.
The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request earlier this week to reinstate part of the travel ban meant to temporarily block people from six predominately Muslim countries from entering the U.S.",center
3829,Travel Ban Goes Into Effect,['Immigration'],New Travel Order Rules Require Visitors to Have 'Close' Family in US,Townhall,"President Trump's travel order will begin to go into effect Thursday, just a few days after the Supreme Court upheld parts of the controversial policy, which temporarily bars visitors from six predominantly Muslim countries.",right
3830,Travel Ban Goes Into Effect,['Immigration'],Trump Administration Prepares To Start Enforcing Travel Ban,HuffPost,The administration’s travel ban takes effect Thursday night at 8 p.m. ET.,left
3831,Who will Romney pick as VP?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney's short list: Portman is case study in campaigning for VP,CNN (Online News),"At the edge of the Alt farm cornfield, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman gets a firsthand look at the impact of a punishing drought.
""These guys have crop insurance, which will cover most of their losses,"" Portman says of the Alt family, which has been farming this land since 1959. ""But going forward, we need to prove predictability and certainty with a new farm bill.""
On the one hand, Politics 101: a freshman Republican senator still not very well known statewide, back home for a visit with constituents.",left
3832,Who will Romney pick as VP?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Giuliani Likes Rubio as Romney VP Pick,Wall Street Journal (News),"Former New York City mayor and onetime Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani weighed in on the VP debate, saying Sen. Marco Rubio is his top pick.
On a slower day for vice presidential speculation, former New York City mayor and onetime Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani weighed in on the VP debate.
Appearing on “CBS This Morning, Mr. Giuliani said he liked all of the potential nominees, and mentioned a few names including Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.), but then said: “I kinda prefer Marco Rubio, citing the Florida senators...",center
3833,Who will Romney pick as VP?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney Faces Pressure From Right to Put Ryan on Ticket,New York Times (News),"Conservatives are increasing the pressure on Mitt Romney again.
The extended summertime silence of Mr. Romney, the Republican candidate, on his choice of a running mate has provided a new opening for social and economic conservatives to lobby for a die-hard member of their movement to join the Republican ticket.
A strongly-worded Wall Street Journal editorial on Thursday urged Mr. Romney to pick Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, the architect of the Republican budgetary vision who has pushed ambitious plans to curtail entitlement programs. The paper s",left
3834,Experimental Drug Shows Promise as Possible Coronavirus Treatment,"['FDA', 'Science', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Healthcare']",Trump wants FDA to move ‘as quickly as they can’ on remdesivir coronavirus approval,CNBC,"President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he wants the Food and Drug Administration to move “as quickly as they can” to approve Gilead Sciences’ antiviral drug remdesivir as a treatment for the coronavirus.
“We would like to see very quick approvals, especially with things that work,” he said at a roundtable at the White House with business executives Wednesday evening.
Earlier in the day, the FDA said it has been in “sustained and ongoing” discussions with Gilead to make remdesivir available to Covid-19 patients “as quickly as possible, as appropriate.”...",center
3835,Experimental Drug Shows Promise as Possible Coronavirus Treatment,"['FDA', 'Science', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Healthcare']","Experimental coronavirus treatment remdesivir delivers 'positive data' in trial, says developer Gilead",Fox News (Online News),"The experimental coronavirus treatment remdesivir has generated “positive data” in a trial of the antiviral organized by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), according to developer Gilead Sciences.
“We understand that the trial has met its primary endpoint and that NIAID will provide detailed information at an upcoming briefing,” said Gilead in a statement released Wednesday.
The NIAID study is a double-blind placebo-controlled trial encompassing more than 800 patients, according to a recent document posted by Gilead on its website. The study involves patients with critical, severe...",right
3836,Experimental Drug Shows Promise as Possible Coronavirus Treatment,"['FDA', 'Science', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Healthcare']",Hopes build over Gilead drug as global case count grows,Yahoo News,"An experimental antiviral drug to treat COVID-19 patients has fanned high expectations in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, which has gained a decisive foothold in the United States and continues to spread around the world.
Gilead Sciences (GILD) acknowledged Wednesday that its drug, remdisivir, has seen positive results in both a company-sponsored and National Institute of Health-run study — with the federal regulators reportedly prepared to bestow emergency approval on the drug, according to The New York Times.
The treatment has been a frontrunner in the treatment race for...",left
3837,G-7 Leaders Call For Investigation Into COVID-19 Origins,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Origins', 'Wuhan Lab', 'G7', 'G7 Summit', 'Joe Biden', 'World']",G7 calls for new study into origins of Covid and voices concern on China,CNN (Online News),"World leaders attending the Group of Seven summit on Sunday issued a call for a new study into the origins of Covid-19, including in China, after an initial report was deemed lacking because Beijing had refused to cooperate.
They agreed to speak out against human rights abuses in China, a matter that had been hotly debated behind closed doors over the course of the three-day summit.
""I think we're in a contest with China ... in a contest with autocratic governments around the world, as whether or not democracies can compete with...",left
3838,G-7 Leaders Call For Investigation Into COVID-19 Origins,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Origins', 'Wuhan Lab', 'G7', 'G7 Summit', 'Joe Biden', 'World']",G-7 Nations Call For WHO-Led Investigation Into COVID-19 Origins In China,The Daily Caller,"G-7 nations filed a joint statement calling for a “timely” investigation into the origins of COVID-19 in China on Sunday.
The leaders of G-7 nations published a “shared agenda” on Sunday, the final day of the summit in the U.K. The agenda detailed dozens of initiatives, but also called for the World Health Organization (WHO) to lead an investigation into whether COVID-19 leaked from a research lab in China.
“We also call for a timely, transparent, expert-led, and science-based WHO-convened Phase 2 COVID-19 Origins study including, as recommended by the...",right
3839,G-7 Leaders Call For Investigation Into COVID-19 Origins,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Origins', 'Wuhan Lab', 'G7', 'G7 Summit', 'Joe Biden', 'World']",G7 leaders call for investigation into coronavirus origins,The Hill,"Group of Seven (G-7) leaders on Sunday called for a renewed, ""transparent"" investigation into the origins of the coronavirus and pledged to give 1 billion vaccine doses to countries in need as their weekend of meetings in the United Kingdom came to an end.
President Biden joined the leaders of the U.K., Italy, Germany, Canada, Japan and France in signing a joint communique that addressed the group's commitments on the pandemic, climate change, ransomware and corruption.
The leaders called for a ""timely, transparent, expert-led, and science-based [World Health Organization]-convened Phase 2 COVID-19 Origins...",center
3840,Conflicting Perspectives Drive Debate on Racism in Policing,"['Police Reform', 'Police Brutality', 'Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America', 'Civil Rights', 'Race And Racism']",The US national security adviser says there's no systemic racism in policing. Studies suggest otherwise,CNN (Online News),"When a Trump administration official said he doesn't think systemic racism exists in policing, many were stunned -- especially after studies have shown different races are often treated differently.
""No, I don't think there's systemic racism,"" national security adviser Robert O'Brien told CNN. ""I think 99.9% of our law enforcement officers are great Americans. Many of them are African American, Hispanic, Asian.""
""There is no doubt that there are some racist police,"" O'Brien added. ""I think they're the minority. I think they're the few bad apples, and we need to...",left
3841,Conflicting Perspectives Drive Debate on Racism in Policing,"['Police Reform', 'Police Brutality', 'Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America', 'Civil Rights', 'Race And Racism']",Police Reform,The Flip Side,"The Supreme Court is considering hearing “a group of nine cases that in one way or another all challenge current qualified immunity doctrine, under which law enforcement officials are not liable for discretionary actions that allegedly violated someone’s rights unless the actions violated ‘clearly established’ law.”
Both sides argue for an end to qualified immunity:
“When Floyd’s family goes to court to hold the officers liable for their actions, a judge in Minnesota may very well dismiss their claims. Not because the officers didn’t do anything wrong, but because...",center
3842,Conflicting Perspectives Drive Debate on Racism in Policing,"['Police Reform', 'Police Brutality', 'Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America', 'Civil Rights', 'Race And Racism']",The Myth of Systemic Police Racism,Heather Mac Donald,"George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis has revived the Obama-era narrative that law enforcement is endemically racist. On Friday, Barack Obama tweeted that for millions of black Americans, being treated differently by the criminal justice system on account of race is “tragically, painfully, maddeningly ‘normal.’ ” Mr. Obama called on the police and the public to create a “new normal,” in which bigotry no longer “infects our institutions and our hearts.”
Joe Biden released a video the same day in which he asserted that all African-Americans fear for their safety from...",right
3843,Obama Comment on Romney,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama: Mitt Romney Holds 'Extreme Views,' Would Make Things Worse For The Middle Class",HuffPost,"In an interview with The Associated Press, Obama said Romney lacks serious ideas, refuses to ""own up"" to the responsibilities of what it takes to be president, and deals in factually dishonest arguments that could soon haunt him in face-to-face debates.",left
3844,Obama Comment on Romney,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama: Romney locked into 'extreme positions' on economic, social issues",Fox News (Online News),"President Barack Obama said Mitt Romney has locked himself into ""extreme positions"" on economic and social issues and would surely impose them if elected, trying to discredit his Republican rival at the biggest political moment of his life.",right
3845,Obama Comment on Romney,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama Says Mitt Romney Would ‘Make Things Worse for Middle Class’,ABC News (Online),"With Mitt Romney poised to accept the Republican nomination this week, President Obama today accused his rival of backing policies that would “make things worse for the middle class.",left
3846,"Google's ""Top Stories"" Section Heavily Biased- New Study Shows","['Media Bias', 'Google News Bias', 'Media', 'Google']",Audit suggests Google favors a small number of major outlets,Columbia Journalism Review,"IN THE LAST WEEK OF APRIL, nearly 23 percent of all traffic to news sites tracked by web analytics firm Parse.ly came from search engines. Google alone accounts for nearly half of external referral traffic—traffic, that is, that comes from platforms, apps, and other outside sources— to news sites. Together with the fact that Facebook referral traffic is on the wane, this means that Google’s search algorithm is now perhaps the most powerful mediator of online attention to news.
But for all the influence Google has in directing attention, we...",center
3847,"Google's ""Top Stories"" Section Heavily Biased- New Study Shows","['Media Bias', 'Google News Bias', 'Media', 'Google']",Google's left-leaning media bias revealed: Academic study exposes how search engine massively over-promotes results from liberal news websites over right,Daily Mail,"Google's bias towards left-wing media outlets has been laid bare by an algorithm which detected that it favors sites including CNN and The New York Times over others.
According to data compiled by researchers from Northwestern University, the search engine promoted those sites over others repeatedly in November 2017.
Of the 6,302 articles that appeared in Google's 'top stories' page that month after a term was searched, more than 10 percent were by CNN.
The New York Times was the second most favored and accounted for 6.5 percent...",right
3848,"Google's ""Top Stories"" Section Heavily Biased- New Study Shows","['Media Bias', 'Google News Bias', 'Media', 'Google']","Handful of 'left leaning sources' dominate Google's 'Top Stories,' study finds",Washington Times,"A new study from the Computational Journalism Lab at Northwestern found that many of Google’s top hits for news searches came from just a handful of sources.
Researches Daniel Trielli and Nicholas Diakopoulos conducted their study by looking at the results of over 200 news related questions every day in November 2017. They found 6,303 individual links to articles in the Top Stories Box, and counted an “article article impression each time one of those links appears.”
Their data showed that 86% of Google’s Top Stories came from only 20...",right
3849,"Kellyanne Conway, Reporter Under Fire Over Question Dispute","['Politics', 'Kellyanne Conway', 'George Conway', 'Media', 'Phone Call']","Kellyanne Conway Lashes Out: ‘If I Threaten Someone, You’ll Know It’",Daily Beast,"“If I threaten someone, you’ll know it,” White House counselor Kellyanne Conway told reporters Friday morning in a bizarre hours-long effort to discredit an audio recording that seemingly showed her threatening to use West Wing resources to investigate the personal life of a reporter a day earlier.
“I never threatened anyone,” Conway told a gaggle of journalists at the White House. “Don’t use those words. I didn’t threaten. It’s not a threat. I never threatened her.”",left
3850,"Kellyanne Conway, Reporter Under Fire Over Question Dispute","['Politics', 'Kellyanne Conway', 'George Conway', 'Media', 'Phone Call']",Reporter posts heated phone call with Kellyanne Conway,The Hill,"A tense phone conversation between a reporter for the Washington Examiner and White House senior counselor Kellyanne Conway was published by the newspaper on Thursday.
In the conversation, Conway objected that a story written by the reporter, Caitlin Yilek, mentioned that her husband George Conway is a fierce critic of President Trump on Twitter.
Yilek was writing a story on Conway possibly becoming President Trump's next White House chief of staff if Trump decides to move on from the official now in the position, Mick Mulvaney.",center
3851,"Kellyanne Conway, Reporter Under Fire Over Question Dispute","['Politics', 'Kellyanne Conway', 'George Conway', 'Media', 'Phone Call']",'Very personal': Fox News host asks Kellyanne Conway about heated phone call with Washington Examiner reporter,Washington Examiner,"Kellyanne Conway defended her phone call with a Washington Examiner reporter during an appearance on Fox News.
Fox News host Sandra Smith described the phone call Friday between reporter Caitlin Yilek and the counselor to the president as a ""heated clash"" during which things got ""very personal.""
Conway claimed, ""Everything I said in that phone call, I’ve said publicly before. Every single thing. I said it again.""
Smith asked Conway if there was anything she regretted about how she handled her phone call, which she denied.",right
3852,"Explosion in St. Petersburg, Russia",['World'],Ten Dead After Explosions in Saint Petersburg Metro,Breitbart News,At least ten have been killed and over 30 wounded after two explosions happened on the Saint Petersburg metro on Monday afternoon.,right
3853,"Explosion in St. Petersburg, Russia",['World'],St Petersburg explosion: 10 dead and dozens injured in metro blast,The Guardian,"At least 10 people have been killed and many more injured after a blast rocked a metro station in St Petersburg, Russian authorities have said.",left
3854,"Explosion in St. Petersburg, Russia",['World'],"Ten dead, 30 Injured after explosion rocks Russian subway train",USA TODAY,"Ten people were killed and many more injured Monday when an explosion rocked a subway train in the Russian city of St. Petersburg, Tass and other Russian news agencies reported.",left
3855,Benghazi Accusations,['Middle East'],Rand Paul accuses Hillary Clinton of 'dereliction of duty' on Libya,Los Angeles Times,"Sen. Rand Paul sharply attacked former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, declaring that her actions in the months leading up to the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya last year were ""inexcusable, it was a dereliction of duty, and it should preclude her from holding higher office.""",left
3856,Benghazi Accusations,['Middle East'],Obama has explaining to do on Benghazi,CNN (Online News),"In testimony that sharply contradicted the Obama administration's initial narrative of the September 11, 2012, terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, three witnesses shared firsthand accounts this week of what happened before, during and after the attack.",left
3857,Benghazi Accusations,['Middle East'],Top GOP Senator Says Obama Could Be Impeached Over ‘Most Egregious Cover-Up in American History’,The Blaze,The top-ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee said President Barack Obama could possibly be impeached over what happened in Benghazi.,right
3858,Jindal Sues Over Common Core,['Education'],Jindal Sues Obama Administration Over Common Core,Wall Street Journal (News),"Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Obama administration, accusing it of illegally manipulating federal grant money and regulations to force states to adopt educational standards known as the Common Core.
The legal challenge puts Mr. Jindal, who is considering a 2016 presidential bid, at the forefront of a dispute between conservatives and President Barack Obama, bolstering the governor's profile on the issue as he is trying to court conservative voters nationwide.",center
3859,Jindal Sues Over Common Core,['Education'],Bobby Jindal Sues Federal Government Over Common Core,HuffPost,"First he sued his own school board. Now he's suing the federal government.
Buffeted by a state judge who initially struck down his suspension of Common Core testing and said his actions hurt the state's parents, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) is now turning to the federal courts in the crusade against the Common Core, a cause he once backed wholeheartedly.
“The federal government has hijacked and destroyed the Common Core initiative. Common Core is the latest effort by big government disciples to strip away state rights and put Washington,...",left
3860,Jindal Sues Over Common Core,['Education'],Gov. Bobby Jindal to sue Obama administration on Common Core,Washington Times,"Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said he was filing a lawsuit on Wednesday against the Obama administration over alleged manipulation of grant money to force states to accept Common Core as their school standards.
Mr. Jindal is also accusing the White House of manipulating the regulatory process to compel states to take the much-disputed educational program, The Associated Press reported.
The",right
3861,McCain and Trump Clash over Yemen,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Trump publicly attacks McCain for disputing 'success' of deadly Yemen raid,Chicago Tribune,"President Donald Trump on Thursday lashed out at Republican Sen. John McCain, who has disputed the Trump administration's insistence that the deadly U.S. military mission in Yemen was ""absolutely a success.""",center
3862,McCain and Trump Clash over Yemen,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Donald Trump escalates John McCain feud: The “loser . . . doesn’t know how to win anymore”,Salon,"There is no love lost between Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and President Donald Trump. The senator’s comments on the Trump administration’s failed raid in Yemen aren’t likely to change that.
“When you lose a $75 million airplane and, more importantly, American lives are lost and wounded, I don’t believe that you can call it a success,” McCain told a reporter on Wednesday.",left
3863,McCain and Trump Clash over Yemen,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Donald Trump: John McCain ‘should not be talking about the success or failure of a mission’,Washington Times,President Trump on Thursday said Sen. John McCain “should not be talking about” what constitutes the success or failure of a military mission and that Mr. McCain “doesn’t know how to win anymore” after the Arizona Republican said it would be wrong to call a recent mission in Yemen a success.,right
3864,Happy Fourth of July 2018,"['Holidays', 'General News']","For America's birthday, life, liberty and the pursuit of hot dogs",Reuters,"Fireworks, music and the pursuit of hot dogs will mark the 242nd year of independence for the United States on what is expected to be a steamy Wednesday in much of the country.",center
3865,Happy Fourth of July 2018,"['Holidays', 'General News']",My American Dream,National Review,How I fell in love with the United States,right
3866,Happy Fourth of July 2018,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Drones replace Fourth of July fireworks amid wildfire fears in the West,CBS News (Online),"With massive wildfires burning out of control throughout the West, there is growing concern about the trouble that fireworks could cause on the Fourth of July.",left
3867,Reports of Anti-Semitic Violence in US Amid Israel-Hamas Conflict,"['Violence In America', 'Israel Hamas Violence', 'Israel', 'Palestine', 'Hamas', 'Middle East', 'Antisemitism', 'Religion And Faith']",Los Angeles Police Department investigating altercation at restaurant as possible anti-Semitic hate crime,CNN (Online News),"The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is investigating as a hate crime an altercation Tuesday night near Hollywood where witness reports said Jewish people dining at a restaurant were targeted by a group of pro-Palestinian men driving past in vehicles.
Officers responded to an altercation outside a sushi restaurant around 9:50 p.m. on Tuesday, where five victims suffered minor injuries, LAPD Public Information Officer Jeff Lee confirmed to CNN. No arrests were made and three suspects are outstanding, Lee said. They were last seen leaving the scene in a Jeep,...",left
3868,Reports of Anti-Semitic Violence in US Amid Israel-Hamas Conflict,"['Violence In America', 'Israel Hamas Violence', 'Israel', 'Palestine', 'Hamas', 'Middle East', 'Antisemitism', 'Religion And Faith']",Jewish Man Beaten by Pro-Palestinian Protesters in Times Square Video,Newsweek,"A Jewish man was allegedly assaulted by a group of pro-Palestinian protesters in New York City, as demonstrators from both sides clashed following the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
On Thursday evening, Twitter user @Robertrand77, whose screen name is Rob Bertrand, posted a video to Twitter that appeared to show a man being beaten in Times Square.
The video was then shared by former NY State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, who alleged that it showed a group of pro-Palestinian protesters assaulting a Jewish man.
The footage showed a group of people carrying...",center
3869,Reports of Anti-Semitic Violence in US Amid Israel-Hamas Conflict,"['Violence In America', 'Israel Hamas Violence', 'Israel', 'Palestine', 'Hamas', 'Middle East', 'Antisemitism', 'Religion And Faith']",US seeing wave of 'textbook anti-Semitism' amid Israel-Gaza tensions,Fox News (Online News),"From New York and California to Illinois and Utah, the recent conflict between Israel and Gaza has generated a disturbing backlash against American Jews – who have found themselves the targets of death threats, hate speech and violent physical attacks.
""Stop telling me this is about Israel and Gaza,"" said a New Yorker who was confronted by a pro-Palestinian mob on his way to synagogue this week. ""My people are being targeted across the United States in broad daylight. This is textbook anti-Semitism, and we will continue to live in danger until...",right
3870,Senate Republicans Block Democrats' Voting Rights Legislation,"['Republican Party', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Republicans block 'rotten' election reform bill in Senate as VP Harris presides over debate,Fox News (Online News),"Senate Republicans Tuesday blocked sweeping legislation on election and campaign finance reforms that Democrats said is crucial to ensuring voting rights and saving democracy but the GOP blasted as a partisan power grab.
The ""For the People Act"" needed 60 votes to clear a procedural vote in the Senate Tuesday, but Republicans filibustered and killed the legislation from advancing to debate. No Republicans joined with the 50 Democrats on the motion to proceed.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Republicans won't stand for Democrats' attempt to impose new voting standards on states that...",right
3871,Senate Republicans Block Democrats' Voting Rights Legislation,"['Republican Party', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate GOP blocks voting rights bill,The Hill,"Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a sweeping bill to overhaul federal elections, ratcheting up already inflamed tensions over voting rights. 
Senators voted 50-50 in the evenly divided Senate on advancing the For the People Act, splitting along party lines and failing to get the 60 votes needed to overcome a GOP filibuster. 
The vote is the culmination of weeks of partisan rancor and behind-the-scenes talks over changing the nation's voting laws in the wake of the 2020 presidential election.",center
3872,Senate Republicans Block Democrats' Voting Rights Legislation,"['Republican Party', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate Republicans block signature Democratic election bill in key test vote,CNN (Online News),"Senate Democrats suffered a loss on Tuesday when Republican opposition sunk their signature voting and election bill during a key test vote, underscoring the limits of the party's power with the narrowest possible Senate majority.
A procedural vote to open debate on the legislation was defeated by a tally of 50-50, falling short of the 60 votes needed to succeed. Democrats were united in favor of the vote after securing support from Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, but Republicans were united against it, causing the measure to fail to...",left
3873,Kerry Denies Discussing Israeli Strikes with Iran; GOP Calls for Investigation Grow,"['National Security', 'John Kerry', 'Iran', 'Israel', 'Syria Airstrikes', 'Defense And Security']",John Kerry denies ever having discussed Israeli strikes in Syria with Iran’s foreign minister.,New York Times (News),"John Kerry, a former secretary of state, said on Monday that he had never discussed covert Israeli airstrikes in Syria with Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, contrary to Mr. Zarif’s claim in a leaked conversation.
Mr. Zarif and Mr. Kerry spoke constantly when the two were negotiating the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. The Iranian foreign minister said in the recording, reported by The New York Times on Sunday, that Mr. Kerry had informed him that Israel had attacked Iranian interests in Syria at least 200 times.
The claim sparked...",left
3874,Kerry Denies Discussing Israeli Strikes with Iran; GOP Calls for Investigation Grow,"['National Security', 'John Kerry', 'Iran', 'Israel', 'Syria Airstrikes', 'Defense And Security']",Calls Growing for Investigation Into Kerry Over Iran Accusation,Newsmax (News),"Calls are growing for President Joe Biden's climate czar John Kerry to be investigated and to resign over accusations that he told Iran about Israeli military operations while serving as Secretary of State under former President Barack Obama.
""This is something that deserves a Senate investigation,"" Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., told Fox News, adding that Kerry has ""put our men and women in uniform at risk.""
""This is something that is serious,"" Blackburn, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said. ""This is someone who has served our nation at...",right
3875,Kerry Denies Discussing Israeli Strikes with Iran; GOP Calls for Investigation Grow,"['National Security', 'John Kerry', 'Iran', 'Israel', 'Syria Airstrikes', 'Defense And Security']",Kerry faces calls to step down over leaked Iran tapes,The Hill,"John Kerry, the U.S. special envoy for climate change, is facing calls for his resignation from Republican lawmakers and pundits for reportedly discussing Israeli military operations with Iran’s foreign minister when he served as then-President Obama’s secretary of State.
Republican blowback is running the gamut from calling for Kerry to leave his position as the top official addressing climate change to calling for an investigation and his prosecution. Biden administration officials are dismissing the allegations, saying the information Kerry allegedly shared was widely known at the time.
Sen. Dan...",center
3876,"Trump Campaigns, Visits Texas Oil Rig After State's Polls Favor Biden","['Donald Trump', 'Texas', 'Rally', 'Election 2020', 'Energy', 'Environment', 'Oil']","In Texas, Trump warns that a Biden presidency would demolish state's energy industry",Washington Times,"President Trump traveled to up-for-grabs Texas on Wednesday to warn voters that Democrat Joseph R. Biden’s “radical” green energy plans would destroy the state’s oil and gas industry.
“If these far-left politicians ever get into power, they will demolish not only your industry, but the entire U.S. economy,” Mr. Trump told an audience at an oil-drilling operation in Midland. “You will have no more energy coming out of the great state of Texas.”
The president said of his rival, “I don’t think Biden’s going to do too well...",right
3877,"Trump Campaigns, Visits Texas Oil Rig After State's Polls Favor Biden","['Donald Trump', 'Texas', 'Rally', 'Election 2020', 'Energy', 'Environment', 'Oil']","Trump to discuss energy, tour oil rig, raise money in Texas",Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will shift his focus to American energy dominance during a stop in Texas later this week that will include his first visit to an oil rig.
During the stop Wednesday at Double Eagle Energy in the west Texas city of Midland, Trump will discuss how the U.S. is achieving energy dominance by cutting regulations, simplifying permitting and encouraging private investment in energy infrastructure, the White House said.
Trump will also tour an oil rig in Midland, the city where former President George W. Bush...",left
3878,"Trump Campaigns, Visits Texas Oil Rig After State's Polls Favor Biden","['Donald Trump', 'Texas', 'Rally', 'Election 2020', 'Energy', 'Environment', 'Oil']","Few At Trump's Texas Energy Event Seen Wearing Masks, Social Distancing",Newsweek,"Video posted to social media shows that President Donald Trump's speech in Texas was attended by a crowd who largely refused to wear masks or maintain social distancing in a tightly packed area.
Trump delivered a speech on ""restoring energy dominance"" during an event at the Double Eagle Energy oil rig in Midland, Texas on Wednesday.
Video posted to Twitter shortly after the event by The Hill appears to show very few of the attendees wearing face coverings despite the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in Texas. There also seemed...",center
3879,Bernie Sanders Undergoes Emergency Heart Procedure,"['Healthcare', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Health', 'Election', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders cancels campaign events for artery blockage surgery,BBC News,"Mr Sanders was treated in hospital for an arterial blockage after experiencing chest pain at an event in Nevada on Tuesday.
An adviser for the Vermont senator said he was in ""good spirits"" and will be resting over the next few days.
Mr Sanders had earlier announced his campaign has raised over $25m (£20m).
Senior adviser Jeff Weaver said in a statement: ""Following medical evaluation and testing he was found to have a blockage in one artery and two stents were successfully inserted.""
Mr Weaver said Mr Sanders is ""conversing...",center
3880,Bernie Sanders Undergoes Emergency Heart Procedure,"['Healthcare', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Health', 'Election', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders Cancels Campaign Events After Hospitalization for Chest Pain,Slate,"Sen. Bernie Sanders has called off all campaign events “until further notice” after being hospitalized with chest pain, a spokesman said Wednesday.
According to Sanders’ senior adviser Jeff Weaver, the 78-year-old candidate “experienced some chest discomfort” at a Tuesday night campaign event in Nevada. Doctors found a “blockage” in one of his arteries, and the senator had two stents inserted.
“Sen. Sanders is conversing and in good spirits,” Weaver said. “He will be resting up over the next few days.”",left
3881,Bernie Sanders Undergoes Emergency Heart Procedure,"['Healthcare', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Health', 'Election', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders cancels campaign events after hospitalization for heart surgery,Washington Examiner,"Bernie Sanders will cancel campaign events until further notice after he experienced chest discomfort at a campaign event on Tuesday evening and received two stents following the discovery of blockage in one artery, his campaign said.
“During a campaign event yesterday evening, Sen. Sanders experienced some chest discomfort. Following medical evaluation and testing he was found to have a blockage in one artery and two stents were successfully inserted. Sen. Sanders is conversing and in good spirits. He will be resting up over the next few days. We are canceling...",right
3882,"Biden Signs Executive Order to Strengthen U.S. Cybersecurity, Colonial Pipeline to Launch Restart","['Cybersecurity', 'Colonial Pipeline', 'Energy', 'Sustainability', 'Technology', 'National Security', 'Joe Biden']","In Wake Of Pipeline Hack, Biden Signs Executive Order On Cybersecurity",NPR (Online News),"President Biden signed an executive order Wednesday boosting America's cyber defenses following a ransomware attack on a company that operates a pipeline that provides nearly half of the gasoline and jet fuel for the country's East Coast.
The broad order, which the administration had been working on for months, aims to strengthen cybersecurity for federal networks and outline new security standards for commercial software used by both business and the public.
""Recent cybersecurity incidents such as SolarWinds, Microsoft Exchange, and the Colonial Pipeline incident are a sobering reminder that U.S....",left
3883,"Biden Signs Executive Order to Strengthen U.S. Cybersecurity, Colonial Pipeline to Launch Restart","['Cybersecurity', 'Colonial Pipeline', 'Energy', 'Sustainability', 'Technology', 'National Security', 'Joe Biden']",Biden signs order on cybersecurity after pipeline hack upends gas market,New York Post (News),"President Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order intended to improve US cybersecurity after the hack of the Colonial Pipeline caused massive disruption to the US fuel market.
The order establishes a new multiagency Cybersecurity Safety Review Board to review incidents and mandates that federal systems log cybersecurity incidents and use multifactor authentication and stronger encryption.
The order also eliminates “any contractual barriers” to IT service provides informing the government of breaches and “requir[es] providers to share breach information that could impact Government networks,” according to a White House fact...",right
3884,"Biden Signs Executive Order to Strengthen U.S. Cybersecurity, Colonial Pipeline to Launch Restart","['Cybersecurity', 'Colonial Pipeline', 'Energy', 'Sustainability', 'Technology', 'National Security', 'Joe Biden']",Biden signs executive order designed to strengthen federal digital defenses,Washington Post,"President Biden signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at shoring up the federal government’s digital defenses as his administration grapples with cybersecurity crises, including a ransomware strike on a major fuel pipeline that has caused gas shortages.
Less than four months into his tenure, Biden has had to respond to a Russian cyberespionage operation that affected nine federal agencies and about 100 American companies, as well as a Chinese cyberhacking campaign that compromised tens of thousands of small and midsize firms that used Microsoft Exchange email servers.
On Saturday, Colonial...",left
3885,Coronavirus Pandemic Incites Rent Strike,"['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Landlords', 'Housing And Homelessness']","'Survival': Tenants, landlords brace for largest rent strike in decades",NBC News (Online),"Kenia Alcocer is used to sitting down at the kitchen table to crunch her family's monthly budget and figure out how she can make ends meet.
But this month is different. Alcocer, 34, gave birth in January to her second child, a boy named Genaro, whose numerous health issues have added a huge financial strain on her family. Now, with the coronavirus pandemic putting millions of people out of work and increasing financial anxiety across the country, she doesn't think she'll be able to make rent.
""I'm having to choose...",left
3886,Coronavirus Pandemic Incites Rent Strike,"['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Landlords', 'Housing And Homelessness']",Rent Is Due Again and Missing Payments Have Landlords Worrying,Bloomberg,"Mounting economic fallout from the pandemic is fueling apartment landlords’ concerns that more tenants will struggle to make their rent payments, even after most managed to come up with the money for April.
“May 1 will be a bigger watershed,” said John Pawlowski, a senior analyst at real estate research firm Green Street Advisors. “Think about when the job losses started accelerating.”
Only 69% of renters had made a full or partial payment during the first week of April, according to the National Multifamily Housing Council, a trade group for...",left
3887,Coronavirus Pandemic Incites Rent Strike,"['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Landlords', 'Housing And Homelessness']",AOC wants state and federal rent cancellations amid coronavirus pandemic,New York Post (News),"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday called for state and federal rent cancellations for tenants struggling to pay their bills during the coronavirus pandemic.
“We need to make sure that rent cancellation happens on the state and federal level,” Ocasio-Cortez said during a virtual town hall hosted by New York tenant advocacy organizations.
The Democratic lawmaker said that in private conversations she’s pressed Gov. Andrew Cuomo to pass such a policy.
“If the next step is to now escalate and make these requests publicly, I am fine doing that,” said Ocasio-Cortez.",right
3888,Supreme Court Limits EPA’s Authority to Regulate Carbon Emissions,"['Supreme Court', 'Environment', 'EPA', 'Climate Change', 'Carbon Emissions', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Sustainability']",Supreme Court curtails EPA’s authority to fight climate change,SCOTUSblog,"The Supreme Court on Thursday truncated the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate greenhouse gases. The ruling may hamper President Joe Biden’s plan to fight climate change and could limit the authority of federal agencies across the executive branch.
By a vote of 6-3, the court agreed with Republican-led states and coal companies that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit was wrong when it interpreted the Clean Air Act to give the EPA expansive power over carbon emissions. The decision, written by Chief Justice John Roberts,...",center
3889,Supreme Court Limits EPA’s Authority to Regulate Carbon Emissions,"['Supreme Court', 'Environment', 'EPA', 'Climate Change', 'Carbon Emissions', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Sustainability']",Supreme Court limits EPA’s power to combat climate change,Washington Post,"The Supreme Court on Thursday sharply cut back the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to reduce the carbon output of existing power plants, a blow to the Biden administration’s plans for combating climate change.
The vote was 6 to 3, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. writing for the court’s conservatives.
“Capping carbon dioxide emissions at a level that will force a nationwide transition away from the use of coal to generate electricity may be a sensible ‘solution to the crisis of the day,’ ” Roberts wrote, referring to a...",left
3890,Supreme Court Limits EPA’s Authority to Regulate Carbon Emissions,"['Supreme Court', 'Environment', 'EPA', 'Climate Change', 'Carbon Emissions', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Sustainability']","Supreme Court Limits EPA’s Power to Regulate Greenhouse Gases, in Blow to Biden Agenda",National Review,"The Supreme Court ruled Thursday to limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s powers to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants, dealing a blow to President Joe Biden’s climate agenda.
In a 6–3 ruling along ideological lines, authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Court sided with conservative states and fossil-fuel companies, adopting a narrow reading of the Clean Air Act. The court ruled that Congress, not the EPA, has the authority to regulate greenhouse gases emitted by existing power plants.",right
3891,Senate Votes to Push Back on Trump's Tariffs,['Trade'],Senate overwhelmingly rebukes Trump with tariff vote,CNN (Online News),"For the second day in a row, the Senate pushed back on President Donald Trump, showing stiff resistance to his key policy decisions on tariffs and NATO even as the President is at a summit in Europe wrestling with allies over those same issues.",left
3892,Senate Votes to Push Back on Trump's Tariffs,['Trade'],Senate sends Trump a warning shot on tariffs,Washington Examiner,The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a nonbinding resolution that warns President Trump against abusing his authority to impose tariffs on imports for national security reasons.,right
3893,Senate Votes to Push Back on Trump's Tariffs,['Trade'],Senate takes symbolic shot at Trump tariffs,The Hill,The Senate on Wednesday took a symbolic shot at President Trump’s trade policy amid anxiety on Capitol Hill over his tariff strategy.,center
3894,White House Suspends Billions in Obamacare Insurer Payments,['Healthcare'],Trump administration takes another major swipe at the Affordable Care Act,Washington Post,"The Trump administration took another major swipe at the Affordable Care Act, halting billions of dollars in annual payments required under the law to even out the cost to insurers whose customers need expensive medical services.",left
3895,White House Suspends Billions in Obamacare Insurer Payments,['Healthcare'],Trump administration halts billions in insurance payments under Obamacare,Reuters,"The Trump administration on Saturday halted billions of dollars in payments to health insurers under the Obamacare healthcare law, saying that a recent federal court ruling prevents the money from being disbursed.",center
3896,White House Suspends Billions in Obamacare Insurer Payments,['Healthcare'],Report: WH Suspends $10.4B in Obamacare Insurer Payments,Newsmax (News),"The Trump administration said Saturday that it was suspending $10.4 billion in payments expected by Obamacare insurers, citing a federal judge's ruling in a lawsuit over a program's formula guidelines.",right
3897,Supreme Court Begins Term With New Justice,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Public Opinion', 'Environment']",Supreme Court opens historic 2022 term with four women on the bench in Justice Jackson’s first term,Washington Times,"The Supreme Court gaveled in for its 2022 term on Monday, taking up a case over federal control over wetlands — and the justices will soon wade into hot-button issues over voting rights, affirmative action, legal liabilities for tech companies and religious liberty.
The 2022 term makes history: For the first time there are four women on the bench, with the addition of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black female justice on the court. She replaced Justice Stephen G. Breyer, who retired in June.
And the public will get...",right
3898,Supreme Court Begins Term With New Justice,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Public Opinion', 'Environment']",U.S. Supreme Court opens new term with a fresh face and environmental case,Reuters,"The U.S. Supreme Court opened what promises to be an eventful new term on Monday, hearing arguments in an environmental dispute, welcoming a history-making justice to the bench and taking up some new cases to be decided in the next nine months.
President Joe Biden's appointee Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman justice, took part in oral arguments for the first time since being confirmed by the Senate in April to replace now-retired Justice Stephen Breyer. Jackson was not shy, posing questions to lawyers appearing in the first of two cases argued on...",center
3899,Supreme Court Begins Term With New Justice,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Public Opinion', 'Environment']","Supreme Court welcomes the public again, and a new justice",Associated Press,"The Supreme Court began its new term Monday with a new justice on the bench, the public back in the courtroom and a spirited debate in a case that pits environmental protections against property rights.
The new member of the court, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, wasted no time joining the lively give-and-take, asking questions throughout nearly two hours of arguments in the dispute over the nation’s main anti-water pollution law, the Clean Water Act.
Jackson, appointed by President Joe Biden, seemed to be generally aligned with the court’s other two liberal justices in...",left
3900,"Oregon Governor Announces Federal Officers Leaving, but DHS Disagrees","['Violence In America', 'Oregon', 'Homeland Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Portland Protests', 'Role Of Government', 'Politics']","Oregon governor says feds to leave Portland, but feds say they're staying",NBC News (Online),"Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Wednesday that the federal government had agreed to withdraw its law enforcement officers from Portland, where violent protests have persisted for weeks — but the Department of Homeland Security indicated it would keep its officers on the ground for the time being.
The dueling statements mark another twist in the increasingly fractious communications between local and federal officials about the violence in Portland.
In a series of tweets Wednesday morning, Brown said that the Trump administration had “agreed to withdraw federal officers from Portland” starting...",left
3901,"Oregon Governor Announces Federal Officers Leaving, but DHS Disagrees","['Violence In America', 'Oregon', 'Homeland Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Portland Protests', 'Role Of Government', 'Politics']",Oregon governor says US agents will start leaving Portland,Associated Press,"PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal agents who have clashed with protesters in Portland, Oregon, will begin a “phased withdrawal” from the city, Gov. Kate Brown said Wednesday.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said in a statement the plan negotiated with Brown over the last 24 hours includes a “robust presence” of Oregon State Police in the downtown of the state’s largest city.
“State and local law enforcement will begin securing properties and streets, especially those surrounding federal properties, that have been under nightly attack for the past two months,”...",left
3902,"Oregon Governor Announces Federal Officers Leaving, but DHS Disagrees","['Violence In America', 'Oregon', 'Homeland Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Portland Protests', 'Role Of Government', 'Politics']","Federal agents to begin leaving Portland’s downtown: DHS, Oregon governor",Fox News (Online News),"The federal agents who have clashed with protesters in Portland will begin a “phased withdrawal” from the city's downtown area starting Thursday, Oregon's Democratic Gov. Kate Brown announced.
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf said in a statement that he and Brown have been in contact over the past 24 hours and reached a joint plan to end ""the violent activity in Portland directed at federal properties and law enforcement officers.”
“That plan includes the robust presence of Oregon State Police in downtown Portland,” Wolf said. “State and local...",right
3903,Happy New Year 2017!,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Dave Barry’s Year in Review,Washington Post,Trump and the ‘hideous monstrosity’ that was 2016.,left
3904,Happy New Year 2017!,"['Holidays', 'General News']",New year celebrations ring in 2017 around the world,CNN (Online News),"Revelers packed New York's Times Square and cheered the advent of 2017, saying good riddance to 2016 and shouting in jubilation as the iconic ball dropped.",left
3905,Happy New Year 2017!,"['Holidays', 'General News']",2016: The year in pictures,Washington Times,A look back at the events that shaped the past year,right
3906,Obama at United Nations,['Foreign Policy'],Obama Says He Will Pursue Diplomacy on Iran and Syria,New York Times (News),"At the United Nations, President Obama said the United States wanted to resolve the Iran nuclear issue peacefully but was determined to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon.",left
3907,Obama at United Nations,['Foreign Policy'],‘Send powerful message’ to Syria: Obama challenges United Nations to action,Washington Times,"President Obama on Tuesday laid out a clear set of choices for the United Nations: Find consensus on Syria, or become irrelevant. In a highly anticipated speech, Mr. Obama — making his fifth address to the international body — said the U.N. Security Council must pass a resolution calling for military action if Syrian President Bashar Assad does not give up his chemical weapons, as he has agreed to do.",right
3908,Obama at United Nations,['Foreign Policy'],U.S. and Iranian presidents share U.N. spotlight,CNN (Online News),"The key question at Tuesday's opening of the U.N. General Assembly was whether U.S. President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani would change years of diplomatic animosity by meeting in person, even if just for a handshake.",left
3909,Opinions on VP Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Biden accused of being disrespectful in vice presidential debate with grins, laughs",Fox News (Online News),"Vice President Biden was aggressive in taking on Paul Ryan in their debate Thursday in a way President Obama wasn't last week against Mitt Romney, but Biden's smile may have stolen some of his thunder.",right
3910,Opinions on VP Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Sports bar Biden vs. seminar Ryan,CNN (Online News),"Timothy Stanley: Pugnacious Biden took on a wonkish Ryan. This was a strange debate, even an ugly one. The two men looked like they were taking part in separate discussions. Ryan was speaking in the economics seminar at some obscure think tank. Biden was shouting answers in the middle of a loud sports bar.",left
3911,Opinions on VP Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Grit Won,HuffPost,"Tonight was a battle for voters in the middle. Both parties put their finest soldiers in the field. Better equipped than Obama and Romney -- distant and aloof standard-bearers -- Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan grew up among the ranks of the people they need to win. And tonight on the TVs across middle-class America, Joe Biden was a hero.",left
3912,"Has Christie Been ""Severely Damaged""?",['Politics'],CNN/ORC Poll: Christie's loss appears to be Clinton's gain,CNN (Online News),"What a difference two months makes.
In late November and early December, in the wake of Chris Christie's landslide re-election victory, the Republican governor from New Jersey was riding high in the polls.",left
3913,"Has Christie Been ""Severely Damaged""?",['Politics'],How Chris Christie is screwing this up,Washington Post,From the time Bridge-gate broke — lo these three weeks ago! — we've generally thought that Chris Christie has handled himself well. He got rid of the two people on his senior staff who were directly implicated in the lane closures. He held an almost two-hour press conf,left
3914,"Has Christie Been ""Severely Damaged""?",['Politics'],George Pataki: Christie 'Damaged Severely' by Bridge-gate,Newsmax (News),"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's chances of being the next Republican nominee for president have been ""damaged severely,"" former New York Gov. George Pataki says.
""If, in fact, others in his administration or the governor himself were aware that this was going on, then I'm sure he cannot run for president because he was very unequivocal [about his innocence] in his press conference,"" Pataki told Newsmax TV's John Bachman.",right
3915,GOP Calls For More Action in Iraq,['Middle East'],Republican lawmakers urge aggressive response to ISIS,MSNBC,"Republican foreign policy heavyweights are ratcheting up the ISIS threat level even further. On this week’s Sunday news shows, prominent GOP lawmakers described the terror organization as an imminent threat to the United States.",left
3916,GOP Calls For More Action in Iraq,['Middle East'],"McCain gets more support for hawkish plan for Islamic State, but will Obama follow?",Fox News (Online News),"Arizona GOP Sen. John McCain, one of Congress’ most hawkish members, called on President Obama on Sunday to show greater leadership in the international fight to eliminate Islamic State and to present a more comprehensive plan to eliminate such terror groups in the Middle East.",right
3917,GOP Calls For More Action in Iraq,['Middle East'],Pressure Mounts on Obama to Act on Islamic State,Wall Street Journal (News),Republicans Press for More Action Against Islamic State.,center
3918,Previewing Tuesday's Primaries in Wyoming and Alaska,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 Wyoming House Election', 'Alaska', 'Wyoming', 'Liz Cheney']",6 things to watch in Wyoming and Alaska elections,CNN (Online News),"Jackson, Wyoming (CNN)Former President Donald Trump's campaign to purge the Republican Party of his opponents could reach its most dramatic moment of the 2022 midterm election cycle on Tuesday in Wyoming.
Rep. Liz Cheney, the vice chair of the House committee investigating January 6, 2021, who was booted from her House leadership position and censured by the GOP organization in her state after voting to impeach Trump, faces the Trump-backed Harriet Hageman and three other candidates in the GOP primary for the state's lone House seat.
A Cheney loss would be a demonstration that...",left
3919,Previewing Tuesday's Primaries in Wyoming and Alaska,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 Wyoming House Election', 'Alaska', 'Wyoming', 'Liz Cheney']",Liz Cheney approaches likely Wyoming primary loss with defiance,The Hill,"Rep. Liz Cheney may be about to lose her day job. If so, she’s totally OK with that.
Cheney, a third-term Wyoming Republican, is charging into Tuesday’s primary in the Cowboy State defiantly embracing the very message that’s sparked the conservative backlash brewing to oust her: Namely, that former President Trump, with his baseless claims of a “stolen” election, poses an existential threat to the country’s democratic foundations and should be barred from holding future office.
That argument, combined with Cheney’s national prominence, has made her both the public face...",center
3920,Previewing Tuesday's Primaries in Wyoming and Alaska,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 Wyoming House Election', 'Alaska', 'Wyoming', 'Liz Cheney']","Top Trump targets Cheney, Murkowski, face voters in Tuesday’s primaries in Wyoming, Alaska",Fox News (Online News),"Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska sit high atop former President Trump’s Republican hit list.
As Alaska and Wyoming hold primary elections on Tuesday, both federal lawmakers face voters for the first time since moving early last year to impeach Trump for his role in inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the U.S. Capitol.
While Cheney faces what public opinion polls suggest is near-certain defeat in her bid for a fourth two-year term representing Wyoming’s at-large House seat, Murkowski is all but certain to pass her first...",right
3921,Jesse Jackson Jr Resigns,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., Ill and Facing Inquiry, Will Resign",New York Times (News),"Representative Jesse L. Jackson Jr., who won re-election this month despite an extended illness, a long absence from Congress and reports of looming investigations, will leave office.",left
3922,Jesse Jackson Jr Resigns,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Jesse Jackson Jr. resigns from Congress,Washington Times,"Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned from Congress Wednesday, ending months of speculation the Chicago Democrat would step down after battling medical and legal problems.",right
3923,Jesse Jackson Jr Resigns,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","Amid scandal and health issues, Jesse Jackson Jr. quits Congress",CNN (Online News),"Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. announced Wednesday that he is resigning from Congress, in the midst of an investigation into the misuse of campaign funds as well as ongoing ""health issues.""",left
3924,What the GOP Should Do Now,['Elections'],"OPINION: It’s time to lead, GOP",Fox News (Online News),"Last September, Nancy Pelosi warned Americans that a Republican Senate majority would mean that ""civilization as we know it would be in jeopardy."" We can only hope the Congresswoman is putting the finishing touches on her doomsday bunker, because it’s official -- the Republican Party holds the keys to the Senate for the first time since 2007.",right
3925,What the GOP Should Do Now,['Elections'],Republicans Weigh How Far to Push Obama on Policies,Bloomberg,"Republicans in control of the U.S. Senate will try to force a politically weakened President Barack Obama to accept changes to his health-care law, back off on tough environmental rules and nominate judges they endorse.",left
3926,What the GOP Should Do Now,['Elections'],OPINION: Newly empowered Republicans should set a course to deliver tangible results,Washington Post,"REPUBLICANS COLLECTED a significant victory in Tuesday’s midterm elections, gaining control of the Senate to go with their control of the House. With that win comes an increased level of responsibility for the nation’s fortunes. They can no longer behave like a petty opposition party. If the GOP wants to prove before 2016 that it is better at governing than the Democrats, this is its chance to address a backlog of problems — to seek results, rather than continue to blame others for failure.",left
3927,Pataki Enters Republican Field,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",5 Things You Should Know About George Pataki,NPR (Online News),"George Pataki announced his presidential candidacy in Exeter, N.H., Thursday, the eighth official Republican entrant in the 2016 race for the White House. The field is expected to double over the next couple of months. Pataki has made numerous visits and a few friends in recent months in the Granite State, home of the first primary in 2016. Still, the mention of his name in most of the country might prompt questions of, ""Who?"" and possibly, ""Why?""
That is remark",left
3928,Pataki Enters Republican Field,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Former New York Gov. George Pataki Joins Crowded GOP Presidential Field,The Blaze,"Former New York Gov. George Pataki is joining the 2016 Republican presidential contest.
“America has a big decision to make about who we’re going to be and what we’re going to stand for,” Pataki said in a campaign video released Thursday morning. “The system is broken. The question is no longer about what the government should do but what we should do about our government, about our divided view, about our uncertain future.”
He pointed out that he was elected three times as a Republican in a deep blue state...",right
3929,Pataki Enters Republican Field,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Heard of George Pataki? Every four years he thinks about running for president.,Washington Post,"The tall man in a blazer burst into the Chipotle in the middle of the afternoon. He had a smile, a TV camera following him and the jovial air of a man who expects to be recognized.
“George Pataki, from New York,” he said, shaking hands with the first two diners he met. “We’re doing th",left
3930,Series of Opinions on Biden vs. Harris Debate,"['Election: Presidential', 'Kamala Harris', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Desegregating schools without busing,National Review,"The failures of busing were widely recognized even on the left not too long ago. In 2014 Slate ran a multi-part series about how liberals’ “embrace of busing hurt the cause of integration.” (“Many black Americans did believe in the school bus and the access it provided, and busing might have been a viable tool for those families had it been smartly and surgically applied. It wasn’t. It was presented in a sweeping fashion that denied many blacks the agency they sought.”) The next year, responding to an earlier iteration...",right
3931,Series of Opinions on Biden vs. Harris Debate,"['Election: Presidential', 'Kamala Harris', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",What Kamala Harris And Joe Biden Should Be Talking About Instead Of Busing,Forbes,"Joe Biden is getting flak for his stance on busing. But segregated schools aren’t the root cause of educational inequity, and integration alone isn’t enough to address it.
At the Democratic Presidential debate last week, Kamala Harris took on Joe Biden for his opposition to court-ordered busing. At the debate, Biden defended his position with what sounded like a reference to states’ rights, a phrase that has historically served as a cover for racism. In the past, though, he’s offered a different rationale—one that sounds strikingly similar to arguments advanced...",center
3932,Series of Opinions on Biden vs. Harris Debate,"['Election: Presidential', 'Kamala Harris', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Busing is still happening. And 2020 Democrats are divided on what to about it.,Washington Post,"Kamala Harris’s broadside against Joe Biden’s record on busing during last week’s Democratic presidential debate has done more than just re-energize the California senator’s presidential campaign.
Experts who study the country's school system say Harris renewed attention on an issue still roiling America's public schools in a way that hasn't been seen in decades. And the 2020 presidential candidates are divided about how they feel about the continuing practice of trying to integrate the education system by moving diverse kids from one part of town to another to get an...",left
3933,Dems Agree to GOP Plan,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Boehner-McConnell gap sign of trouble for DHS,CNN (Online News),"They've known for months that Congress would face a late February deadline to keep the Department of Homeland Security running.
Yet the top Republican leaders in Congress -- House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell -- haven't talked to each other for two weeks until Wednesday.
That revelation was a clear sign that Congress is on the verge of letting the agency run out of money at the end of the day on Friday, furloughing some workers while requiring other to show up to work without being...",left
3934,Dems Agree to GOP Plan,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']","McConnell faces conservative backlash over compromise to fund DHS, Dems get on board",Fox News (Online News),"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell faced a conservative backlash Wednesday after backing off demands that Congress reverse President Obama’s immigration executive actions as a condition for funding the Department of Homeland Security.
Senate Democrats, meanwhile, voiced support for the new plan after initially staying coy. A day earlier, McConnell, R-Ky., effectively gave them what they wanted – by agreeing to hold a stand-alone vote on a DHS funding bill, with no immigration measures attached.
“We are going to do everything we can to make sure it passes by an overwhelming...",right
3935,Dems Agree to GOP Plan,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Senate Democrats Agree To GOP Plan To Fund Department Of Homeland Security,HuffPost,"The Senate made its first move on Wednesday to prevent a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, with just two days remaining until the agency runs out of money.
The upper chamber voted 98-2 on a procedural hurdle that would pave the way for a ""clean"" funding bill to be brought to the floor, following a deal announced by Senate Democratic leaders earlier in the day. Only Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) voted against moving forward with the agreement, which would fund DHS without any measures...",left
3936,Military Tensions Flare Between China and Taiwan,"['Asia', 'China', 'Taiwan', 'State Department', 'World']",Tensions flare as Chinese flights near Taiwan intensify,Washington Times,"With record numbers of military flights near Taiwan over the last week, China has been showing a new intensity and military sophistication as it steps up its harassment of the island it claims as its own and asserts its territorial ambitions in the region. 
China‘s People’s Liberation Army flew 56 planes in international airspace off the southwest coast of Taiwan on Monday, setting a new record and capping four days of sustained pressure involving 149 flights. The actions came as China, with growing diplomatic and military power, faces greater pushback from countries in the region and as Taiwan pleads...",right
3937,Military Tensions Flare Between China and Taiwan,"['Asia', 'China', 'Taiwan', 'State Department', 'World']",'A war scare'? US-China tensions flare over Taiwan as some fear cold war – or worse,USA TODAY,"Tensions between the U.S. and China have flared in recent days as the Biden administration rebuked Beijing for its military aggression against Taiwan, prompting a fierce backlash from Chinese officials.
The verbal sparring serves as a stark illustration of China's mounting aggression against its neighbors and highlights President Joe Biden's quandary as he tries to counter China's military expansion.
Some experts fear that if the brewing ""cold war"" between Washington and Beijing turns hot, Taiwan will be the spark. China views Taiwan as part of its territory; Taiwan sees itself as an...",left
3938,Military Tensions Flare Between China and Taiwan,"['Asia', 'China', 'Taiwan', 'State Department', 'World']",China-Taiwan military tensions 'worst in 40 years',BBC News,"Tensions with China are at their worst in 40 years, Taiwan's defence minister has said, warning of the risk of an accidental strike between the two.
Chiu Kuo-cheng's comments came after China sent a ""record number"" of military jets into Taiwan's air defence zone for four consecutive days.
Taiwan considers itself a sovereign state. China, however, views Taiwan as a breakaway province.
It has not ruled out the possible use of force to achieve unification.
While Chinese jets have not been flown all the way to the island, Mr Chiu warned...",center
3939,"Trump Says he Wants Economy Opened, Country 'Raring to go' by April 12","['Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Donald Trump', 'Public Health', 'Religion And Faith', 'Holidays', 'Easter', 'Coronavirus']","Trump said he wants the US to ease coronavirus restrictions and be 'raring to go by Easter,' which goes against the advice of his own experts",Insider,"President Donald Trump on Tuesday signaled that he wanted to ease up on coronavirus-related restrictions in a matter of weeks, even as his top experts say it could take months for life to go back to normal.
""I would love to have the country opened up and just raring to go by Easter,"" Trump said during a Fox News town-hall event at the White House. Easter is on April 12, in 19 days.
The Fox News host Bill Hemmer responded that it ""would be a great American resurrection.""
In a...",left
3940,"Trump Says he Wants Economy Opened, Country 'Raring to go' by April 12","['Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Donald Trump', 'Public Health', 'Religion And Faith', 'Holidays', 'Easter', 'Coronavirus']",Trump wants country 'opened up' by Easter despite warnings from health experts,ABC News (Online),"The novel coronavirus pandemic is spreading around the globe and in the United States, resulting in more than 46,000 cases domestically and nearly 600 deaths.
The federal government has been rolling out its response to the virus, its efforts to stem the tide as well as to stimulate the economy, which has taken a severe hit.
President Donald Trump is signaling that he's considering loosening coronavirus social distancing guidelines amid the growing economic fallout, while public health officials warn that approach could quickly overload hospital systems and cost more lives....",left
3941,"Trump Says he Wants Economy Opened, Country 'Raring to go' by April 12","['Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Donald Trump', 'Public Health', 'Religion And Faith', 'Holidays', 'Easter', 'Coronavirus']",Trump calls for restarting economy by Easter: ‘We have to get back to work’,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump said Tuesday during a Fox News virtual townhall that he wants the country’s economy re-opened by Easter amid questions over how long people should stay home and businesses should remain closed to slow the spread of coronavirus.
Speaking from the Rose Garden alongside others on his coronavirus taskforce, Trump said he ""would love to have the country opened up and just raring to go by Easter."" The holiday this year lands on April 12.
Trump argued he doesn’t want “to turn the country off” and see a continued...",right
3942,McCormick Concedes to Oz in Pennsylvania GOP Senate Primary,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election', 'David McCormick', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Mehmet Oz']",Trump-Backed Dr. Oz Wins Senate Primary as David McCormick Concedes,Newsweek,"Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate David McCormick has conceded to Mehmet Oz, handing the GOP nomination to the celebrity doctor backed by former President Donald Trump.
McCormick announced his concession before a recount of the election night results—which saw Oz leading by a razor-thin margin of less than 1,000 votes—was completed. Hours before McCormick conceded, a report from The Philadelphia Inquirer noted that the recount had ""produced little change in the tally.""
""We came so close to the goal,"" McCormick said to a crowd of supporters on Friday evening. ""But it's now clear to me, with the recount...",center
3943,McCormick Concedes to Oz in Pennsylvania GOP Senate Primary,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election', 'David McCormick', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Mehmet Oz']",David McCormick Concedes to Dr. Oz in the G.O.P. Primary for Senate in Pennsylvania,New York Times (News),"David McCormick, a former hedge fund executive, conceded the exceedingly close race for the Republican nomination for Senate in Pennsylvania on Friday to Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity television physician, with a statewide recount underway and no official race call.
Dr. Oz had a lead of fewer than 1,000 votes, or .07 percent, before the county-by-county recount began last week. The unexpected early concession — five days before the recount’s full results were to be released — was a recognition that Mr. McCormick had gained only handfuls of votes so...",left
3944,McCormick Concedes to Oz in Pennsylvania GOP Senate Primary,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election', 'David McCormick', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Mehmet Oz']",David McCormick concedes to Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary,New York Post (News),"Celebrity surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz has secured the Republican nomination for the US Senate in Pennsylvania after his opponent, former hedge fund manager David McCormick, conceded the race Friday amid an ongoing statewide recount.
“It’s now clear to me with the recount now largely complete that we have a nominee,” McCormick said at a campaign party at a Pittsburgh hotel. “Tonight is really about all of us coming together.”
McCormick called Oz to concede.
“This evening I received a gracious phone call from David McCormick and am tremendously grateful for...",right
3945,U.S. Senate Votes to Pass Asian American Hate Crimes Bill,"['Race And Racism', 'US Senate', 'Bipartisanship']",The Senate strongly condemns anti-Asian hate crimes by passing new bill,Vox,"The Senate — in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote on Thursday — sent Congress’s strongest message yet condemning anti-Asian hate crimes by passing a bill aimed at improving data collection.
The legislation, while somewhat narrow, intends to bolster hate crime tracking by designating a Justice Department official to specifically review potential hate crime incidents, providing grants for regional law enforcement agencies to set up reporting hotlines, and offering training to police on how to handle hate crime response.
It ultimately passed 94-1 with Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) as the lone vote...",left
3946,U.S. Senate Votes to Pass Asian American Hate Crimes Bill,"['Race And Racism', 'US Senate', 'Bipartisanship']","In Rare Moment Of Bipartisan Unity, Senate Approves Asian American Hate Crimes Bill",NPR (Online News),"Capping nearly two weeks of talks between Democrats and Republicans, the Senate approved legislation on Thursday to ramp up law enforcement efforts to better protect the Asian American and Pacific Islander community from hate crimes.
The move marks a rare moment of bipartisan unity needed to approve the Senate legislation despite a new political era marked by increasingly bitter party divisions.
The bill, which needed 60 votes for passage in the evenly divided Senate, was approved by a 94-1 vote. Only GOP Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri voted no.
""The...",left
3947,U.S. Senate Votes to Pass Asian American Hate Crimes Bill,"['Race And Racism', 'US Senate', 'Bipartisanship']",Senate Passes Sweeping Bill Aiming To Crack Down On Hate Crimes,The Daily Caller,"Republican Sen. Josh Hawley the only senator to vote against it. It was authored by Hawaii Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono, and passed amid a spike in hate crimes against Asian Americans throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
“By [passing this bill], we will send a powerful message of solidarity to the [Asian American and Pacific Islanders] community that the Senate will not be a bystander as anti-Asian violence surges in our country,” Hirono said on the Senate floor.
The bill was modified before its final passage after an agreement was reached between...",right
3948,Troubles Continue for Steve Bannon,['Politics'],Trump-Bannon feud lays bare new fissure in GOP as prominent donor takes sides,Daily Press,"The acrimony surrounding former White House adviser Steve Bannon's very public break with President Donald Trump has escalated, suggesting a permanent split between the president and the pugilistic strategist who helped put him in the Oval Office. The new fissure in an already fractious Republican Party cast doubt on Bannon's hopes to foment a movement centered on ""Trumpism without Trump.""",right
3949,Troubles Continue for Steve Bannon,['Politics'],Bannon Fights for Survival,The Hill,The fractured relationship between President Trump and his former chief strategist Stephen Bannon took center stage on Thursday as questions mounted about Bannon’s political future.,center
3950,Troubles Continue for Steve Bannon,['Politics'],Bannon’s allies start to abandon him,Washington Post,Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon’s hopes of leading a revolt in the Republican Party this year suffered a severe blow Thursday as his allies rebuked and abandoned him following a nasty public break with President Trump.,left
3951,"Election Night Recap: Swing States Predict Delays, Trump Calls for SCOTUS Action","['Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']","Trump wins Florida, Biden ahead in Arizona as many battleground states still up for grabs",USA TODAY,"The bitter and increasingly tight contest between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden turned on a handful of battlegrounds such as Pennsylvania and Michigan, dashing hopes for a decisive victory for either candidate.
Trump was projected to win the battleground states of Florida and Texas while the Democratic former vice president secured an early lead in Arizona. But many states remained up for grabs early Wednesday as ballots were being counted, and some state officials began to signal the tallying would continue well into the day.
Democrats' hope...",left
3952,"Election Night Recap: Swing States Predict Delays, Trump Calls for SCOTUS Action","['Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']","Trump claims victory with many states still undeclared, hints at possible Supreme Court case",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump declared victory in multiple key battleground states early Wednesday, even though it remained unclear who had the votes to win, as Trump hinted the White House would push the Supreme Court to rule over disputed ballots, warning that a “very sad group of people” was trying to “disenfranchise” voters.
The president, speaking from the East Room of the White House, alongside first lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence, thanked his supporters and touted “record” turnout.
“I want to thank the American...",right
3953,"Election Night Recap: Swing States Predict Delays, Trump Calls for SCOTUS Action","['Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']","Trump falsely asserts election fraud, claims a victory",Washington Post,"With millions of votes yet to be counted, President Trump falsely asserted election fraud, pledged to mount a legal challenge to official state results and made a premature claim of victory. In remarks at the White House early Wednesday, Trump claimed that he’d won several states that are still counting ballots, including Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
His Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, insisted earlier that “we believe we’re on track to win this election,” citing Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan, where votes were still being tallied in a bitterly contested presidential...",left
3954,White House Releases Details of Biden’s $2.2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan,"['Domestic Policy', 'White House', 'Taxes', 'Infrastructure', 'Corporate Taxes', 'Affordable Housing', 'Seniors', 'People With Disabilities', 'Technology', 'Economic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'American Jobs Plan', 'General News']",What's in Biden's $2.25T infrastructure and tax proposal?,Fox News (Online News),"President Biden released a sprawling proposal to rebuild the nation's crumbling infrastructure and pump money into manufacturing, transportation, renewable energy and combating climate change — a $2.25 trillion measure that will be funded largely by raising taxes on U.S. corporations.
The eight-year initiative, dubbed the American Jobs Plan, comes on the heels of Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. The White House said it will pay for the latest package by raising the corporate tax rate to 28% from 21% — rolling back part of former President Donald Trump's 2017...",right
3955,White House Releases Details of Biden’s $2.2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan,"['Domestic Policy', 'White House', 'Taxes', 'Infrastructure', 'Corporate Taxes', 'Affordable Housing', 'Seniors', 'People With Disabilities', 'Technology', 'Economic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'American Jobs Plan', 'General News']",Biden Set to Unveil $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Biden will unveil a $2 trillion infrastructure plan centered on fixing roads and bridges, expanding broadband internet access and boosting funding for research and development, while proposing an expansive increase in corporate taxes to pay for the package.
Mr. Biden will unveil the proposal during a Wednesday afternoon speech in Pittsburgh, where he kicked off his presidential campaign. He is expected to make the case that the investments are necessary to help the U.S. compete with China and tackle climate change.
The measure, which comes after Mr. Biden signed...",center
3956,White House Releases Details of Biden’s $2.2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan,"['Domestic Policy', 'White House', 'Taxes', 'Infrastructure', 'Corporate Taxes', 'Affordable Housing', 'Seniors', 'People With Disabilities', 'Technology', 'Economic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'American Jobs Plan', 'General News']",Here's what's in Biden's infrastructure proposal,CNN (Online News),"Now that his massive coronavirus relief package is law, President Joe Biden is laying out his next big proposal: A roughly $2 trillion plan for improving the nation's infrastructure and shifting to greener energy over the next 8 years.
He is set to unveil the effort, dubbed the American Jobs Plan, on Wednesday at an event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- the opening move in what's expected to be a months-long negotiation with Congress.
The nation's infrastructure is sorely in need of repair. It recently earned a C- score from the...",left
3957,"Reflecting on the Taliban's Afghanistan Takeover, 1 Year Later","['Middle East', 'World', 'Taliban', 'Afghanistan', 'Foreign Policy', 'Defense And Security']","Violence, hunger and fear: Afghanistan under the Taliban",NBC News (Online),"It was a stunning rout.  
A year ago Monday, a ragtag army of extremists swept into Kabul without firing a shot after having seized most of Afghanistan. After spending trillions on military and humanitarian aid, the two-decade U.S.-led international campaign to remake the desperately poor and violence-ridden country was over.
Western nations raced to depart in a largely chaotic and embarrassing exit, and the victorious Taliban, whose previous government was toppled in the aftermath of 9/11 after refusing to hand over the author of the attack, Osama bin Laden, promised to form an “open, inclusive Islamic government.” 
Instead,...",left
3958,"Reflecting on the Taliban's Afghanistan Takeover, 1 Year Later","['Middle East', 'World', 'Taliban', 'Afghanistan', 'Foreign Policy', 'Defense And Security']","A year after Biden's Afghanistan exit, accountability in short supply",Reuters,"As weary U.S. military planners wrapped up the evacuation and pullout from Afghanistan one year ago, officials across the government steeled themselves for intense public scrutiny into how America's longest war ended in shambles with the Taliban retaking power.
But as the United States marks the first anniversary of the withdrawal this month, some U.S. officials and experts say President Joe Biden's administration has moved on without properly assessing lessons from the 20-year war and the Taliban victory.
Nor has there been public accountability for the chaotic evacuation operation that...",center
3959,"Reflecting on the Taliban's Afghanistan Takeover, 1 Year Later","['Middle East', 'World', 'Taliban', 'Afghanistan', 'Foreign Policy', 'Defense And Security']",Biden's enduring Afghanistan debacle,Washington Examiner,"Gen. Frank McKenzie, the head of U.S. Central Command when Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, fell to jihadists on Aug. 15, 2021, recently told  Politico : ""My belief is we should have stayed. I believe that everything that happened flowed from that basic decision [to withdraw]."" McKenzie is quite right about this.
President Joe Biden and his surrogates have sometimes allowed that mistakes were made in the execution of the withdrawal from Afghanistan. How could they not after scenes of Afghans falling from moving planes and the massacre of 200 people at the Kabul airport by the...",right
3960,"Trump Continues To Blast ""The Squad"" At Campaign Rally","['Election 2020', 'Donald Trump', 'The Squad', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump blasts 'off a cliff' Democrats, impeachment attempt at North Carolina rally",Washington Times,"Fresh from his condemnation by House Democrats, President Trump exulted Wednesday that he’s winning his feud against a “squad” of liberal lawmakers, pointing to an uptick in his polling and claiming victory with boisterous supporters at a campaign rally in North Carolina.
He attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Somali refugee and U.S. citizen from Minnesota, by claiming she is disloyal to the country, resulting in chants of “send her back” from his Greenville crowd and evoking his 2016 war with Hillary Clinton.
“I do think I’m winning the political fight,...",right
3961,"Trump Continues To Blast ""The Squad"" At Campaign Rally","['Election 2020', 'Donald Trump', 'The Squad', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump blasts minority Democrats, rally crowd chants 'send her back'",The Hill,"President Trump used a campaign rally in North Carolina on Wednesday to stoke his supporters’ anger over a group of four minority, progressive Democratic congresswomen, drawing boos and chants of “send her back” when he ramped up his attacks.
The scene laid bare Trump’s effort to use the group to frame Democrats as extreme ahead of the 2020 election but also fueled the notion that he is seeking to exploit the nation’s racial divisions for political gain.
“The leading voices of the Democrat Party are left-wing extremists who reject everything...",center
3962,"Trump Continues To Blast ""The Squad"" At Campaign Rally","['Election 2020', 'Donald Trump', 'The Squad', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",'Send her back!' chant shows Trump's ugly plan to get reelected,Guest Writer - Left,"In a moment of unrestrained demagoguery, President Donald Trump presided Wednesday over a crowd chanting ""Send her back! Send her back!"" about an American Muslim congresswoman who he targeted with racist attacks.
The scenes at a North Carolina rally provided an ugly overture to a 2020 election campaign already soaked in hate. They exemplified the tribal politics and white nationalism that Trump is making clear he plans to ride to reelection, no matter their impact on America's fragile societal harmony.
The chants of ""Send her back!"" referred to Somalia-born, American...",left
3963,Hillary Scores Big Wins,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary slams the door on Bernie,Politico,"The 2016 Democratic primary moved inexorably toward its conclusion Tuesday night, with Hillary Clinton stopping just short of declaring victory and Bernie Sanders declining to concede.
For Clinton, double-digit victories across the battleground states of Florida, North Carolina and Ohio provided deliverance from a humbling loss in Michigan a week earlier and finally gave her the space to begin her pivot to Donald Trump and the general election. That left the Vermont senator to deliver his stan",left
3964,Hillary Scores Big Wins,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Sanders promises to persevere despite Clinton wins in Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois",Washington Times,"Hillary Clinton took a giant step toward clinching her party’s presidential nomination Tuesday night, completely dominating the South with big wins in the Florida and North Carolina primaries and proving she can win in the Midwestern heartland with victories in Ohio and Illinois over Democratic rival Sen. Bernard Sanders.
With he",right
3965,Hillary Scores Big Wins,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton had an amazing night — and not just because of her victories,Vox,"Tuesday night was an amazing night for Hillary Clinton, and not just because her wins in Florida and Ohio made Bernie Sanders's path to the nomination nearly impossible.
Tuesday night was an amazing night for Hillary Clinton because Marco Rubio dropped out of the race and virtually ensured she will face either Donald Trump or Ted Cruz in the general election.
A couple of months ago, Rubio's general-election strength was conventional wisdom. ""I sometimes want to run",left
3966,Should Juneteenth Be a Paid Holiday?,"['Business', 'Corporate America', 'Culture', 'Holidays', 'Juneteenth', 'Race And Racism']","Juneteenth Is a Federal Holiday, but in Most States It’s Still Not a Day Off",New York Times (News),"Last June, President Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday, proclaiming it as a day for all Americans to commemorate the end of slavery.
One year later, only 18 states have passed legislation that would provide funding to let state employees observe the day as a paid state holiday, according to the Congressional Research Service.
Opponents of bills that would create funding for the permanent holiday have complained of the costs associated with giving workers another paid day off. Some have said that not enough people know about the holiday to make the...",left
3967,Should Juneteenth Be a Paid Holiday?,"['Business', 'Corporate America', 'Culture', 'Holidays', 'Juneteenth', 'Race And Racism']",Juneteenth a paid holiday in less than half of states,NewsNation,"Despite its designation as a federal holiday, few states recognize Juneteenth, the celebration of the effective end of slavery in the U.S., as a paid holiday.
There’s a chance that you may not have seen this story depending on where you get your news. Ten left-leaning and five right-leaning outlets have reported on the topic, according to a report from NewsNation partner Ground News’ Blindspot. The majority of reports, 71%, came from outlets aligned in the center of the political spectrum.
Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19, marks the day in 1865...",center
3968,Should Juneteenth Be a Paid Holiday?,"['Business', 'Corporate America', 'Culture', 'Holidays', 'Juneteenth', 'Race And Racism']",Juneteenth to be observed by 30% of employers after first year as holiday,Washington Examiner,"It’s been a year since Juneteenth was established as a federal holiday, and a growing number of companies are recognizing it.
Some 30% of employers are expected to offer Juneteenth off this year, according to preliminary data from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. The number represents significant growth as the holiday becomes better known and established.
All federal employees have Monday off after President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, a bill declaring June 19 a federal holiday that marks the anniversary of the end of slavery in the United States, although...",right
3969,Bloomberg Might Enter Race,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Bloomberg seriously considering White House bid, source says",CNN (Online News),"Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is seriously considering a possible independent presidential run and is looking at making a decision sometime in March, a source familiar with Bloomberg's thinking told CNN on Saturday.
The source said aides to the three-term mayor are looking at ballot access issues, but the source refused to speak specifically about what Bloomberg, 73, asked to be done.",left
3970,Bloomberg Might Enter Race,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bloomberg Mulls $1 Billion Bid for White House,Newsmax (News),"Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is looking to mount a $1 billion bid for the White House as an independent candidate, with sources saying he's alarmed by Donald Trump at the top of the GOP field and Democrat Bernie Sanders' surge past Hillary Clinton in the polls.
The billionaire former mayor has considered independent presidential runs in the past, reports The New York Times, but decided against them after concludin
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3971,Bloomberg Might Enter Race,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Bloomberg, Sensing an Opening, Revisits a Potential White House Run",New York Times (News),"Michael R. Bloomberg has instructed advisers to draw up plans for a potential independent campaign in this year’s presidential race. His advisers and associates said he was galled by Donald J. Trump’s dominance of the Republican field, and troubled by Hillary Clinton’s stumbles and the rise of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont on the Democratic side.
Mr. Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, has in the past contemplated running for the White House on a third-party ticket, but always concluded he could not win. A confluence of...",left
3972,"Documents Taken by Trump Contained Classified Information, National Archives Says","['Donald Trump', 'National Archives', 'House Oversight Committee', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Mar-A-Lago', 'White House', 'Trump Administration', 'Transfer Of Power', 'Classified Information']","Trump improperly took away classified material, National Archives says",The Guardian,"The US National Archives confirmed on Friday that officials found classified materials in boxes of documents Donald Trump improperly removed from the White House – and that they had alerted the Department of Justice (DoJ).
The disclosure is expected to escalate an investigation by the House oversight committee into whether Trump violated the Presidential Records Act of 1978 by removing and destroying White House documents.
In a letter to the committee, David Ferriero, of the National Archives and Records Administration (Nara), said it had “identified items marked as classified national security information in the boxes”.",left
3973,"Documents Taken by Trump Contained Classified Information, National Archives Says","['Donald Trump', 'National Archives', 'House Oversight Committee', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Mar-A-Lago', 'White House', 'Trump Administration', 'Transfer Of Power', 'Classified Information']",Archives confirms Trump records at Mar-a-Lago included classified documents,The Hill,"Presidential record keepers confirmed Friday that there were classified national security documents among the 15 boxes recently retrieved from Mar-a-Lago as former President Trump has been directed to release his communications to the Jan. 6 House committee.
The statement from the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA) comes as the House Oversight Committee last week launched a probe into Trump’s handling of presidential records — and it also confirms the agency has contacted the Justice Department.
“NARA has identified items marked as classified national security information within the boxes,” National Archivist David Ferriero...",center
3974,"Documents Taken by Trump Contained Classified Information, National Archives Says","['Donald Trump', 'National Archives', 'House Oversight Committee', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Mar-A-Lago', 'White House', 'Trump Administration', 'Transfer Of Power', 'Classified Information']",National Archives finds records with classified information at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort,Washington Examiner,"The National Archives and Records Administration says presidential records recently retrieved from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida were marked as classified national security information.
David Ferriero, the archivist of the United States, said in a letter to Congress on Friday that because the information marked as classified was removed from the White House, the Justice Department has been notified.",right
3975,"US Economy Adds 128,000 Jobs In October, Unemployment Rises","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Jobs', 'Economy', 'Jobs Report']","US economy adds 128,000 jobs in October despite lengthy GM strike",The Guardian,"US employers added a solid 128,000 jobs in October, a figure that was held down by a now-settled strike against General Motors that caused several thousand workers to be temporarily counted as unemployed.
The labor department says the unemployment rate ticked up from 3.5% to 3.6%, still near a five-decade low. For the second straight month, average hourly wages rose 3% from a year ago.",left
3976,"US Economy Adds 128,000 Jobs In October, Unemployment Rises","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Jobs', 'Economy', 'Jobs Report']","October job creation comes in at 128,000, easily topping estimates even with GM auto strike",CNBC,"Nonfarm payrolls rose by 128,000 in October as the U.S. economy overcame the weight of the GM autoworkers’ strike and created jobs at a pace well above expectations.
Even with a decline of 42,000 in the motor vehicles and parts industry, the pace of new jobs well exceeded the estimate of 75,000 from economists surveyed by Dow Jones. The loss of jobs came due to the General Motors strike that has since been settled. That 42,000 job loss itself was less than the 50,000 or more that many economists had...",center
3977,"US Economy Adds 128,000 Jobs In October, Unemployment Rises","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Jobs', 'Economy', 'Jobs Report']","America Added 128,000 Jobs in October, Unemployment at 3.6%",Breitbart News,"The U.S. economy added 128,000 jobs for the month and the unemployment rate rose to 3.6 percent, higher than the month before but still near a 50-year low.
Economists had expected the economy to add 75,000 jobs, with forecasts ranging between 55,000 and 155,000, according to Econoday. That unusually wide range was caused, in part, by differing views of how the General Motors strike would hit employment at suppliers and related businesses.
Unemployment was expected to tick up to 3.6 percent.",right
3978,Flight Cancellations and Delays Disrupt US Holiday Travel,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Travel', 'Transportation', 'Airlines', 'Fourth Of July', 'Labor', 'Delta Airlines', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Business']",Understanding the Summer Air Travel Mess,New York Times (News),"More people flew out of airports in the United States on Sunday — 2.46 million according to the Transportation Security Administration — than on any other day so far this year. The Fourth of July holiday is expected to be even busier, with Hopper, a travel booking app, predicting that nearly 13 million passengers will fly to, from and within the United States this weekend.
The question for many travelers is whether they can trust airlines to get them where they want to go on time.",left
3979,Flight Cancellations and Delays Disrupt US Holiday Travel,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Travel', 'Transportation', 'Airlines', 'Fourth Of July', 'Labor', 'Delta Airlines', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Business']",Travel nightmare looms over July 4th weekend,Axios,"Independence Day weekend is expected to be the second busiest for travel since 2000, with flight delays, cancelations and staffing woes.
Why it matters: It's a sign that the summer of ""revenge travel"" is upon us, with Americans splurging on travel and enduring delays to make up for pandemic-related cancellations.
The big picture: Airlines from coast to coast have been bracing for ""operational challenges"" this weekend, with some even encouraging customers to rebook their plans for another weekend.
Zoom in: Philadelphia International Airport this week saw roughly 180 delayed flights and 27 cancellations on one day alone....",center
3980,Flight Cancellations and Delays Disrupt US Holiday Travel,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Travel', 'Transportation', 'Airlines', 'Fourth Of July', 'Labor', 'Delta Airlines', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Business']","Hundreds of flights delayed, canceled during July 4th travel rush",New York Post (News),"Hundreds of flights were delayed or canceled Friday amid airline staff shortages and protests, as the Fourth of July travel rush got underway.
There were already more than 1,870 flight delays and 270 cancellations — well above the daily average of 210 scrapped flights — domestically as of noon Friday, according to the airline tracking service FlightAware.
More than 48 million people were expected to hit the road for the holiday weekend as airlines struggled to keep up with the soaring summer travel demand.
The number of available pilots and flight attendants along with sky-high fuel costs — which...",right
3981,Trump Officially Exits Paris Climate Deal,['Environment'],Trump’s withdrawal from Paris is a major blow to the American-led global order,Vox,“It’s death by a thousand cuts — and I don’t know what cut we’re at.”,left
3982,Trump Officially Exits Paris Climate Deal,['Environment'],How Trump is smashing Obama’s legacy with decision to exit Paris climate deal,Washington Times,"President Trump is laying the groundwork this week to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, seeking options for how to extricate the U.S. in a process that could take years to complete.",right
3983,Trump Officially Exits Paris Climate Deal,['Environment'],Trump's Paris Agreement withdrawal is the wrong move,Fox News (Online News),"In a move that only hastens America’s retreat from global political and economic leadership, it is now apparent that President Trump will withdraw from the Paris Agreement.",right
3984,"Perspectives: The Media, Mass Shootings and Race","['Media Bias', 'Violence In America', 'Atlanta Spa Shootings', 'Boulder Shooting', 'Media Industry', 'Race And Racism', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",How mainstream media failed the Atlanta shooting victims,Guest Writer - Left,"On March 17, the day after the Atlanta spa shootings that killed eight people — six of whom were women of Korean and Chinese descent — the Asian American Journalism Association (AAJA)’s website crashed.
“We’re troubleshooting @AAJA website, which is crashing from the traffic after we released guidance on covering the Atlanta shooting. It’ll be back up shortly, but please share these screenshots in the meantime,” AAJA president and Washington Post reporter Michelle Ye Hee Lee tweeted.
The AAJA had outlined guidance for newsrooms to cover the mass shootings without...",left
3985,"Perspectives: The Media, Mass Shootings and Race","['Media Bias', 'Violence In America', 'Atlanta Spa Shootings', 'Boulder Shooting', 'Media Industry', 'Race And Racism', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",The Media Would Rather Talk About Race Than Stop Mass Shootings or Crime,Newsweek,"Every time there is a mass shooting in the U.S., partisans on both sides hold their collective breath waiting for the perpetrator to be identified in order to see whose worldview will be vindicated. The left gets excited about murders involving police officers shooting unarmed black people, as well as those perpetrated by white supremacists or believers in QAnon; the right highlights Muslim terrorists and Antifa. Yet the number of killings in 2020 that can be attributed to all of these causes put together is in the dozens, representing a...",center
3986,"Perspectives: The Media, Mass Shootings and Race","['Media Bias', 'Violence In America', 'Atlanta Spa Shootings', 'Boulder Shooting', 'Media Industry', 'Race And Racism', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']","The left, mainstream media turn Boulder shooting into yet another racial powder keg",Tucker Carlson,"After lunch on Monday, a man walked into a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado and shot 10 people to death. One of those slain was a police officer called Eric Talley. Eric Talley had seven children. His youngest child was just five years old. Your heart breaks for his family.
Police responded quickly to the massacre and they arrested a 21-year-old suspect. Here's how CNN described the scene.
LUCY KAFANOV, CNN: We know that the suspect is in custody. He was injured. They have not released any details about who...",right
3987,Happy Fourth of July 2015,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Fireworks lobby to Obama: Enough with all the rules,Politico,"Fireworks manufacturers have been on something of a winning streak of late: Sales of both low-and high-grade celebratory explosives in the U.S. are projected to top $1 billion this year; more states than ever now allow consumers to buy sparklers, Roman candles and other do-it-yourself pyrotechnics. Obscure regulations are being scaled back to help light up the country's summertime skies.",left
3988,Happy Fourth of July 2015,"['Holidays', 'General News']","Happy 4th of July: Americans Worry About Terrorism, Sharks and Wildfires",Newsweek,"Millions of Americans readied on Saturday for Independence Day parades and firework shows amid worries over possible security threats, a spike in shark attacks on East Coast beaches and the danger of wildfires in the West.",center
3989,Happy Fourth of July 2015,"['Holidays', 'General News']",OPINION: What makes me proud to be an American: Thoughts on the Fourth of July,Fox News (Online News),My fellow Americans – welcome to the best Fourth of July celebration in the United States of America.,right
3990,Hope for a Third Party?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Libertarians hope rallies and ads can nudge them into the presidential debates,Washington Post,"On Friday morning, the third day in his four-day New England campaign swing, Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson told a joke. He was the punch line.
“This is a crazy election,” Johnson said, looking out at dozens of Mainers who had come out for a breakfast meet-and-greet. “You know how crazy this election is? I’m going to be the next president of the United States. That’s how crazy!”",left
3991,Hope for a Third Party?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",How much hope for third-party presidential candidates?,Christian Science Monitor,"Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson will appear on Ohio's ballot in November. The swing state is the latest to accept Mr. Johnson onto the ballot as a third-party alternative to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. But if his appearance on the Ohio ballot is a victory for Johnson, it's still a relatively small one compared with the challenges that lie ahead.",center
3992,Hope for a Third Party?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Gary Johnson Avoids Typical Third-Party Fade; Best Polling Since Perot in ‘92,Reason,"A couple of weeks ago in this space I pushed back against assertions by FiveThirtyEight number-cruncher Harry Enten that Gary Johnson's polls have been ""trending downwards,"" indicating that ""voters may be moving away from third-party options."" Well, today Enten is back with an interesting piece headlined ""Gary Johnson Isn't Fading.""",right
3993,Kyle Rittenhouse Will Not Face Charges in Illinois,"['Violence In America', 'Kenosha', 'Illinois', 'Criminal Justice', 'Kyle Rittenhouse']",Man who fired shots before Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha charged,Fox News (Online News),"The man who admitted firing gunshots before Kyle Rittenhouse gunned down two people and wounded a third during a protest in Kenosha, Wis., has been charged.
Joshua Ziminski, 35, faces disorderly conduct and use of a dangerous weapon charges stemming from the Aug. 25 shooting during protests in the city over Jacob Blake's serious injuries after being shot in the back by police.
According to a criminal complaint obtained by Fox News, Kenosha detectives investigating the fatal shootings reviewed video footage of the night's events and observed Ziminski...",right
3994,Kyle Rittenhouse Will Not Face Charges in Illinois,"['Violence In America', 'Kenosha', 'Illinois', 'Criminal Justice', 'Kyle Rittenhouse']","Kyle Rittenhouse, accused of killing 2 people during Wisconsin protests, won't face charges in Illinois, his home state",USA TODAY,"Illinois authorities have determined the AR-15 rifle used to kill two people and injure a third during unrest in Kenosha was purchased, stored and used in Wisconsin, and that Kyle Rittenhouse never possessed it in Illinois.
That bit of information came from the Lake County State's Attorney's Office in a news release issued Tuesday. The release said police in Antioch, Rittenhouse's hometown — and where he turned himself in — investigated any possible crimes Rittenhouse may have committed in Illinois, but found none.",left
3995,Kyle Rittenhouse Will Not Face Charges in Illinois,"['Violence In America', 'Kenosha', 'Illinois', 'Criminal Justice', 'Kyle Rittenhouse']",Why Kyle Rittenhouse Faces No Charges in Kenosha Shooter's Home State,Newsweek,"The 17-year-old accused of murdering two people during Black Lives Matter protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, will not face gun charges in his home state of Illinois.
Kyle Rittenhouse faces two counts of two counts of first-degree intentional homicide after traveling from his home town of Antioch to join up with militia groups at the protest on August 25.
The suspect was originally accused of traveling across state with an AR-15 rifle he was not legally allowed to possess and using it to kill Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum and injure...",center
3996,Media Strategy on Trump,['Media Bias'],Tough Times ahead for White House-Media Relations?,CBN,"President-elect Donald Trump has responded to news reports that Russia obtained compromising personal and financial information about him. In his first press conference in months, he called the reports a ""tremendous blot"" on the record of the intelligence community if such material had been leaked.
For President-elect Donald Trump, his relationship with the media is complicated at best.",right
3997,Media Strategy on Trump,['Media Bias'],"As Trump Berates News Media, a New Strategy Is Needed to Cover Him",New York Times (News),"“That” was Donald J. Trump’s inaugural news conference as a duly elected United States president-to-be, in which he called BuzzFeed a “failing pile of garbage,” called CNN “fake news” and more or less told the whole lot of reporters at Trump Tower to stuff it when it comes to his unreleased tax returns because everyday Americans don’t care and, anyway, “I won.”",left
3998,Media Strategy on Trump,['Media Bias'],Why the media's Trump dossier coverage is suicidal,The Week - News,"The media is sinking to Donald Trump's level.
Reeling from their inability to stop his election, envious of his power to make people believe his most ridiculous statements, and rinsed by a needy mood for self-soothing, the media and other American institutions are greeting the era of Trump by lowering their ethical and professional standards and indulging in attention-seeking hysteria.",left
3999,Representative Elijah Cummings Dies At 68,"['Elijah Cummings', 'US House', 'Politics']","Elijah Cummings, Democratic Leader at Forefront of Trump Investigations, Dies at 68",Slate,"Democratic Congressman Elijah Cummings of Maryland died early Tuesday due to complications stemming from longtime health issues, the Democratic leader’s office announced. He was 68. Cummings, who has played a high-profile role in a myriad of investigations into President Donald Trump as the chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, underwent a medical procedure last month but had not yet returned to his office this week when the House was back in session.
“A sharecropper’s son, Cummings became the powerful chairman of a U.S. House committee that investigated President...",left
4000,Representative Elijah Cummings Dies At 68,"['Elijah Cummings', 'US House', 'Politics']",US Rep. Elijah Cummings of Baltimore Has Died,Newsmax (News),"Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings died early Thursday at Johns Hopkins Hospital due to complications from longstanding health challenges, his congressional office said. He was 68.
A sharecropper's son, Cummings became the powerful chairman of a U.S. House committee that investigated President Donald Trump, and was a formidable orator who passionately advocated for the poor in his black-majority district, which encompasses a large portion of Baltimore as well as more well-to-do suburbs.
As chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Cummings led multiple investigations of the president's governmental dealings,...",right
4001,Representative Elijah Cummings Dies At 68,"['Elijah Cummings', 'US House', 'Politics']",Maryland Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings Dies At 68,NPR (Online News),"Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a Baltimore attorney and civil rights advocate who served in Maryland's legislature before representing the state in the U.S. House, where he took on a lead role in investigating President Trump, has died. He was 68.
Cummings, the head of the powerful House Committee on Oversight and Reform, died early Thursday at Johns Hopkins Hospital from complications related to longstanding health challenges, according to The Associated Press.
The 12-term congressman had failed to return from an unspecified medical procedure and missed two legislative roll call votes...",left
4002,VP Debate Preview,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Paul Ryan: Pressure is on for VP debate,CNN (Online News),"Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan said Monday that Mitt Romney's widely-applauded debate performance upped the ante for Ryan's own showdown this week.
""He raised the bar quite high, that's for sure. Mitt definitely put the pressure on from that perspective,"" Ryan said on Detroit radio station WJR, just days before his match-up against Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday.",left
4003,VP Debate Preview,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","With Biden Up Next to Debate, Obama’s Aides Plot Comeback",New York Times (News),"President Obamas campaign is working feverishly to restore its momentum after a lackluster debate performance last week, an effort that began with a conference call 10 minutes before the debate even ended and led to new advertisements, a rewritten stump speech, a carefully timed leak and a reversal of months-old strategy.",left
4004,VP Debate Preview,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Want higher taxes, Joe? ‘Yes, we do!’",Washington Times,"Joe Biden’s done it again.
He inadvertently said exactly what was rattling around in his old head, which is the cardinal sin of any politician and particularly egregious when your mind contains the peculiar thoughts of Vice President Joseph R. Biden and President Obama.
Musing about the Republican attack that Team O’Biden wants to raise your taxes by $1 trillion, Mr. Biden took a starkly different tack from his boss. Mr. Obama has made strenuous efforts to paint the claim as an outright, slanderous
Read more: HURT: Want...",right
4005,Voter ID in Texas,['Elections'],SCOTUS allows Texas voter ID to stand,Politico,"The Supreme Court will allow Texas to enforce its new voter ID law in next month’s election, the court said in an unusual Saturday morning order.
Rejecting requests from the Obama administration and civil rights groups, the justices declined to re-impose an injunction against the law granted last week by a district court judge but lifted Tuesday by the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.",left
4006,Voter ID in Texas,['Elections'],Justices allow Texas use of new voter ID law,Townhall,"The Supreme Court said Saturday that Texas can use its controversial new voter identification law for the November election.
A majority of the justices rejected an emergency request from the Justice Department and civil rights groups to prohibit the state from requiring voters to produce certain forms of photo identification in order to cast ballots. Three justices dissented.
The law was struck down by a federal judge last week, but a federal appeals court had put that ruling on hold. The judge found that roughly 600,000 voters, many of them...",right
4007,Voter ID in Texas,['Elections'],Supreme Court Allows Texas to Use Voter ID Law,New York Times (News),"The Supreme Court on Saturday allowed Texas to use its strict voter identification law in the November election. The court’s order, issued just after 5 a.m., was unsigned and contained no reasoning.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued a six-page dissent saying the court’s action “risks denying the right to vote to hundreds of thousands of eligible voters.”
Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan joined the dissent.
The law, enacted in 2011, requires voters seeking to cast their ballots at the polls to present photo identification like a Texas driver’s or...",left
4008,POTUS Starts Tweeting,"['White House', 'Politics']",@POTUS: Barack Obama joins Twitter... finally,CNN (Online News),"The bear is loose... on Twitter.
So, it's official. After years of signing ""-BO"" at the end of @BarackObama to signal the tweets he crafted himself from an account operated by the Organizing for Action staff, the President now has his very own handle @POTUS, tweeting for the first time:
""Hello, Twitter! It's Barack. R",left
4009,POTUS Starts Tweeting,"['White House', 'Politics']",President Obama Is Fired Up and Ready to Tweet,New York Times (News),,left
4010,POTUS Starts Tweeting,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama joins Twitter under @POTUS handle,Washington Times,"President Obama joined Twitter on Monday, vowing to use his @POTUS account as a vehicle to communicate more directly with the American people.
Unlike other leading White House figures — including Vice President Joseph R. Biden, first lady Michelle Obama and others — the president lacked",right
4011,Thai Army Declares Martial Law,"['Asia', 'World']","In surprise move, Thailand's army declares martial law after months of unrest",Fox News (Online News),Thailand's powerful army declared martial law Tuesday and deployed troops into the heart of Bangkok in a dramatic move it said was aimed at stabilizing the Southeast Asian country after six months of turbulent political unrest.,right
4012,Thai Army Declares Martial Law,"['Asia', 'World']","Imposing Martial Law, Thai Military Denies Plans for Coup",New York Times (News),"Citing a century-old law, the head of Thailand’s Army declared what he described as nationwide martial law early Tuesday and urged protesters who have paralyzed the government and blocked elections to “stop their movement.” The order also appeared to apply to pro-government demonstrators who are leading a separate protest.",left
4013,Thai Army Declares Martial Law,"['Asia', 'World']",Army takes charge of divided Thailand as critics decry a silent coup,Christian Science Monitor,"Thailand's Army chief denies that he's staged a coup, insisting that he would return power to civilians provided warring political factions can strike a deal to end months of destabilizing protests.",center
4014,Democrats Propose Raising Teacher Pay By Rescinding Tax Cuts For Wealthiest Americans,['Education'],"Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer say they would dismantle Trump tax cuts to boost education",Washington Examiner,"Democratic leaders Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Calif., and Sen. Chuck Schumer, N.Y., outlined a plan Monday to invest in teachers by cutting back on the GOP tax cuts.",right
4015,Democrats Propose Raising Teacher Pay By Rescinding Tax Cuts For Wealthiest Americans,['Education'],Democrats Want To Boost School Funding To Address Teacher Walkouts,HuffPost,Their agenda would steer $100 billion toward schools and salaries and guarantee teachers’ right to join unions.,left
4016,Democrats Propose Raising Teacher Pay By Rescinding Tax Cuts For Wealthiest Americans,['Education'],Democrats Push Teacher Raises After Classroom Walkouts,Bloomberg,"Democrats in Congress are seeking to capitalize on unrest over teacher pay that has led to classroom walkouts in a handful of states, offering an election-year plan to roll back part of last year’s GOP tax cut to boost funds for schools, including higher wages for educators.",left
4017,Illinois Becomes Eleventh State to Legalize Recreational Marijuana,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Governor', 'Chicago', 'Illinois', 'Public Health']",Legal marijuana is coming to Illinois as Gov. Pritzker signs bill he calls an ‘important and overdue change to our state’,Chicago Tribune,"Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday signed into law a bill that will legalize marijuana in Illinois next year, marking a momentous shift in how the state treats drug use.
The bill will allow the licensed growth, sales, possession and consumption of cannabis for adults 21 and older.
The signing ceremony, attended by several lawmakers, officeholders and marijuana supporters, took place at the Sankofa Cultural Arts & Business Center in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood.
Pritzker called the legislation a “sea change” for Illinois, saying that the war on drugs has destroyed families...",center
4018,Illinois Becomes Eleventh State to Legalize Recreational Marijuana,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Governor', 'Chicago', 'Illinois', 'Public Health']",High sign for legal pot — Pritzker inks bill making Illinois 11th state to allow recreational reefer,Chicago Sun-Times,"Recreational marijuana is now roughly six months away from being legal across Illinois.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the bill into law Tuesday.
That means residents 21 and over will be able to buy marijuana at dispensaries as soon as Jan. 1.
Illinois now joins 10 other states that have legalized recreational marijuana.
In Vermont and Washington, D.C., cannabis possession and cultivation is legal but sales are not regulated. Illinois and Vermont both legalized the drug through the legislative process, and not via a ballot initiative.",left
4019,Illinois Becomes Eleventh State to Legalize Recreational Marijuana,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Governor', 'Chicago', 'Illinois', 'Public Health']","Illinois becomes 11th state in US to legalize recreational marijuana, first to set up statewide marketplace",Fox News (Online News),"Illinois on Tuesday became the 11th state in the U.S. to legalize marijuana for recreational use after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill that permits residents to purchase and possess up to one ounce of cannabis at a time and non-residents up to 15 grams.
The move, which fulfills one of Pritzker’s campaign promises, also implements the nation’s first comprehensive statewide cannabis marketplace designed by legislators. It also means that nearly 800,000 people with criminal records for purchasing or possessing 30 grams of marijuana or less may have those records...",right
4020,Superbug Linked to 2 UCLA Hospital Deaths,['Healthcare'],"2 dead, 7 possibly ill after ‘superbug’ bacteria hits UCLA hospital",Washington Post,California public health authorities are tracking down 179 patients who may have been exposed to a “superbug” bacteria at Ronald Reagan Medical Center at the University of California at Los Angeles after two people died following infection from contaminated medical scopes.,left
4021,Superbug Linked to 2 UCLA Hospital Deaths,['Healthcare'],'Superbug' linked to 2 deaths at UCLA hospital,USA TODAY,"Seven patients — including two who died — have been infected with an antibiotic-resistant and potential deadly ""superbug"" likely transmitted by contaminated medical instruments at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, hospital officials said.",left
4022,Superbug Linked to 2 UCLA Hospital Deaths,['Healthcare'],"2 deaths possibly linked to 'superbug' at UCLA hospital after 7 infected, 179 exposed",Fox News (Online News),"UCLA reported Wednesday that nearly 180 patients were exposed to a potentially deadly ""superbug"" on contaminated medical instruments that infected seven patients and may have contributed to two deaths.",right
4023,Hillary Clinton Testifes on Benghazi,"['US House', 'Politics']",Davis: Three questions Benghazi Republicans should ask — and why they probably won’t,Guest Writer - Left,"South Carolina Congressman Trey Gowdy’s Special Committee on Benghazi has been now thoroughly outed — not by Democrats but by his fellow Republicans.
First House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) bragged that Gowdy’s committee had succeeded in bringing down Hillary Clinton’s poll numbers in her bid for the White House. Then New York House Republican Richard Hanna confirmed the same partisan purpose of Gowdy’s committee: “This may not be politically correct,” he said during a radio interview last week, “ but I think there is a big part of this...",left
4024,Hillary Clinton Testifes on Benghazi,"['US House', 'Politics']",Clinton's Benghazi moment arrives,Politico,"Hillary Clinton’s in the hot seat on Thursday — and Trey Gowdy’s in the crucible.
Eighteen months after House Republicans first convened the Select Committee on Benghazi, Gowdy will finally face off with the former Secretary of State-turned-2016 White House contender.",left
4025,Hillary Clinton Testifes on Benghazi,"['US House', 'Politics']",OPINION: Benghazi: The fundamental question that still hasn't been answered,Guest Writer - Right,"The Benghazi Committee set out to investigate why four Americans died in Benghazi September 11, 2012, not to damage a presidential candidate. Rightly or wrongly, their credibility has been called into question, including by statements from fellow Republicans.",right
4026,SEC leader out,"['White House', 'Politics']",SEC's Elisse Walter to replace chief Mary Schapiro,CNN (Online News),"President Obama has tapped U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner Elisse Walter to replace Mary Schapiro as chair of the agency.
Schapiro, 57, announced Monday that she will be stepping down from her post on Dec. 14.
Schapiro oversaw regulation of the financial securities industry during a tumultuous time. She took the top job in January 2009 when the agency was reeling from criticism that it didn't do enough to spot and prevent events that led to the financial crisis.
Walter will step up to be chair upon...",left
4027,SEC leader out,"['White House', 'Politics']",Mary Schapiro leaving SEC next month,Politico,"Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro on Monday announced her long-expected plans to exit the agency, marking the first major financial regulatory departure for President Barack Obamas second term.
Schapiro will step down Dec. 14, after nearly four years in office, the SEC said in a statement.
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/84228.html#ixzz2DMVYFkEr",left
4028,SEC leader out,"['White House', 'Politics']",SEC official Elisse Walter chosen to lead agency,Fox News (Online News),"President Barack Obama has chosen Elisse Walter, one of five members of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to lead the agency after Chairman Mary Schapiro leaves next month.
She will take over at a critical time for the agency, which is finalizing new rules crafted in response to the 2008 financial crisis.
Walter, a Democrat, can serve through the end of next year without Senate approval because she's already been confirmed to the commission. She was appointed to the SEC in 2008 by President George W. Bush.
...",right
4029,Update on the GOP Tax Bill,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Will your taxes go up or down in 2018 under the new tax bill?,Washington Post,"The House and Senate are expected to pass the final version of the tax bill this week, and most Americans are expected to see an immediate tax cut in 2018.",left
4030,Update on the GOP Tax Bill,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","Paul Ryan: ""No concerns whatsoever"" about public opposition to the bill",CNN (Online News),"Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, who said earlier on Tuesday that ""today has been a moment decades in the making,"" is downplaying the growing public opposition to the GOP tax plan. (A new CNN poll found that opposition to the bill has grown 10 points since early November)",left
4031,Update on the GOP Tax Bill,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","GOP Set to Roll $1.5T Final Tax Bill Through House, Senate",CBN,"Their long-sought political goal within grasp, Republicans in Congress are set to catapult sweeping $1.5 trillion tax legislation through the House, rolling over a dozen GOP defectors from high-tax states.",right
4032,Nikki Haley for U.N. Secretary,['Foreign Policy'],5 things to know about Trump's U.N. pick: S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley,USA TODAY,"President-elect Donald Trump has chosen South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to become the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Trump said in a statement that he chose Haley because of her proven reputation as a “deal-maker,” who can work with people from both sides of the aisle. ""She will be a great leader represent",left
4033,Nikki Haley for U.N. Secretary,['Foreign Policy'],Does Nikki Haley Have Any Clear Foreign Policy Views?,Reason,"South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) has reportedly accepted President-elect Donald Trump's offer to become the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (U.N.).
The choice is surprising, not least because Haley only reluctantly and belatedly endorsed Trump in the general election.",right
4034,Nikki Haley for U.N. Secretary,['Foreign Policy'],"Last month, Nikki Haley was ‘not a fan’ of Donald Trump. Now she has agreed to join his administration.",Washington Post,"Since she became the first female minority governor of South Carolina six years ago, Nikki Haley has been on the shortlist of Republican state officials with possible national futures.
But few of those GOP operatives could have expected Haley's ascension to work out this way: She will be joining the administration of a politician she once said is “everything a governor doesn't want in a president.”",left
4035,Reactions to Las Vegas Shooting,['Violence In America'],"Let’s Wait for the Facts, and Get Them Right",National Review,"Regarding Las Vegas, we know very little about the shooter’s motivations, the gun he used in his massacre, and how he acquired said gun, but that hasn’t stopped Hillary Clinton from plowing forward with gun-control talking points.",right
4036,Reactions to Las Vegas Shooting,['Violence In America'],"Dems, Giffords to push gun reforms in wake of Las Vegas shooting",The Hill,"Democrats, joined by former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.), are amplifying their calls for tougher gun laws in the wake of the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas.",center
4037,Reactions to Las Vegas Shooting,['Violence In America'],This Is Precisely The Right Time To Talk About Guns,HuffPost,It is time for Americans to ask ourselves: What kind of country do we want to live in?,left
4038,Final Press Conference of 1st Term,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Obama demands debt ceiling hike, rejects negotiating cuts with GOP",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama used the final press conference of his first term to again warn congressional Republicans that he will not negotiate with them over the debt ceiling, saying that Washington must increase the limit to pay its bills and such brinksmanship would be “absurd and “irresponsible.
“The issue here is whether Washington will pay its bills, Obama said. “We are not a deadbeat nation.
The presidents comments opened the White House event that included a range of questions, including the topic of likely gun-control legislation.
Obama, who...",right
4039,Final Press Conference of 1st Term,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama press conference: No ‘ransom’ for raising debt ceiling,Politico,"President Barack Obama on Monday repeated his call for deficit reduction but warned against the potentially catastrophic effect on the economy by tying cuts to raising the debt ceiling.
“While Im willing to compromise and find common ground over how to reduce our deficit, America cannot afford another debate with this Congress over how to pay the bills theyve already racked up, Obama said in the East Room of the White House at what aides have billed as the final news conference of his first term. “To even entertain...",left
4040,Final Press Conference of 1st Term,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama: I Will Not Let Deficit Talks Be Tied To Another Debt Ceiling Debate,NPR (Online News),"At a news conference dominated by discussion of what's expected to be Washington's next big political battle, President Obama insisted Monday that he will not let Republicans tie an increase in the federal government's borrowing limit to negotiations over cuts in future federal spending.
He likened tying the debt limit debate and budget talks to holding ""a gun to the head of the American people."" Obama made the case that increasing the debt ceiling only lets the government pay its outstanding bills — and has nothing to do with future...",left
4041,Mueller vs Barr: Much ado about nothing or legitimate?,"['William Barr', 'Robert Mueller', 'Media Bias']",OPINION: The Incredibly Dumb Bill Barr Scandal,Guest Writer - Right,"Is it already August? That’s usually the Beltway silly season appropriate for such a ridiculous non-scandal as the Great Bill Barr Summary of Findings Outrage of 2019.
As everyone knows, Bill Barr released a brief letter summarizing the top-line conclusions of the Mueller report shortly after he received it. Justice Department lawyers then worked with Mueller staff to make the appropriate redactions, after which the entire 400-page report was publicly released. Strangely enough, this process has become an obsession for Democrats and the press and the focus of endless conspiracy...",right
4042,Mueller vs Barr: Much ado about nothing or legitimate?,"['William Barr', 'Robert Mueller', 'Media Bias']",The new Washington brawl: Barr versus Mueller,CNN (Online News),"With the Russia investigation over, there's a new conflict consuming Washington: Attorney General William Barr versus special counsel Robert Mueller.
The tension between the two men -- Barr, the public face of the Justice Department, and Mueller, an outwardly silent figure who's spoken publicly only through written documents -- has been building for weeks and was on full display Wednesday as the attorney general testified in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Barr's final two minutes of testimony before the Judiciary Committee prompted him to call Mueller's March 27 letter criticizing Barr's...",left
4043,Mueller vs Barr: Much ado about nothing or legitimate?,"['William Barr', 'Robert Mueller', 'Media Bias']",Leaked Mueller letter leads to Barr grilling in hyperpartisan hearing,Howard Kurtz,"It was a leak clearly designed to make William Barr's day on Capitol Hill far more unpleasant.
The source or sources who showed The Washington Post a letter of complaint that Bob Mueller had written Barr created a media explosion that reverberated all day yesterday, when the attorney general had been slated to testify before a Senate committee. Even before he took the hot seat, some Democrats were calling on Barr to resign — which has virtually no chance of happening.
Once the Judiciary Committee hearing got underway, it was...",center
4044,Colin Kaepernick Made New Face of Nike's 'Just Do It' Campaign,['Sports'],Nike teams with Colin Kaepernick in ad campaign NFL will hate,New York Post (News),The official apparel company of the NFL is launching an ad campaign around a player who’s alleging the league is colluding to keep him out.,right
4045,Colin Kaepernick Made New Face of Nike's 'Just Do It' Campaign,['Sports'],'Believe in Something.' Colin Kaepernick Is the Face of Nike's New 'Just Do It' Campaign,Time Magazine,"Colin Kaepernick is the face of Nike‘s latest ad campaign, two years after kneeling during the national anthem made him the face of protest in the NFL.",left
4046,Colin Kaepernick Made New Face of Nike's 'Just Do It' Campaign,['Sports'],Colin Kaepernick to be face of new Nike ad campaign,BBC News,An American football star who sparked a furore by kneeling during the national anthem has been unveiled as the new face of a major advertising campaign.,center
4047,Tensions Rise Over Syria,['World'],Tillerson Warns Russia that Assad Era Is ‘Coming to an End’,New York Times (News),Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson said on Tuesday that President Bashar al-Assad’s reign in Syria was “coming to an end” and warned that Russia was at risk of becoming irrelevant in the Middle East by continuing to support him.,left
4048,Tensions Rise Over Syria,['World'],Tillerson issues ultimatum to Russia after meeting with top diplomats at G7 summit,Fox News (Online News),"U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson issued a stern ultimatum to Russia Tuesday: side with America and its allies on Syria, or stand alongside Syrian President Bashar Assad, Iran and the militant group Hezbollah.",right
4049,Tensions Rise Over Syria,['World'],Tillerson Arrives in Moscow as Tensions Rise Over Syria,Wall Street Journal (News),Secretary of State issues a stern warning to Russia.,center
4050,Scaramucci Fired as WH Comms Director,"['White House', 'Politics']",Scaramucci got fired after 10 days. Before his formal start date.,Vox,Sean Spicer might outlast him.,left
4051,Scaramucci Fired as WH Comms Director,"['White House', 'Politics']","Democrats, media react to Anthony Scaramucci's dismissal",Washington Examiner,Democrats and members of the media on Monday mocked ousted White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci for being dismissed after just 10 days on the job.,right
4052,Scaramucci Fired as WH Comms Director,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump fires communications director Scaramucci in new White House upheaval,Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump ousted recently hired White House communications chief Anthony Scaramucci on Monday over an obscene tirade, sources familiar with the decision said, in the latest staff upheaval for the six-month-old administration.",center
4053,July 2014 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Jobs Report: Economy Adds 209,000 Jobs, Unemployment Rate Ticks Up",Townhall,"The Bureau of Labor Statistics is out today with its estimate of how many jobs the economy added in July - and it's 209,000. It's down from the huge gains in June but still relatively good news - it's the sixth straight month with jobs gains over 200,000.
The unemployment rate, however, actually ticked up in July, to 6.2%. It's a result of a few different things - the labor force participation rate ticked slightly up by a tenth of a percentage point, for example. The broader, seasonally-adjusted U-6...",right
4054,July 2014 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Jobs Report: U.S. Employers Add 209,000 Positions",Wall Street Journal (News),"Hiring by U.S. employers remained robust in July, if a bit slower than previous months, with a broad-based rise in payrolls extending a half-year streak of strong employment gains.
Nonfarm employment rose by a seasonally adjusted 209,000 last month, the Labor Department said Friday. Payrolls rose by 298,000 in June, revised up from an earlier estimate of 288,000, and May's gain was revised up to 229,000 from an earlier estimate of 224,000.",center
4055,July 2014 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Job Market Shows New Gains, but Pace Eases",New York Times (News),"The economy continued to advance at a sturdy pace in July, the government reported Friday, creating 209,000 jobs and adding to a string of generally positive economic reports in recent weeks pointing to an improved outlook after years of lackluster post-recession growth.
At the same time, last month’s job gains were lower than in recent months and less than Wall Street had expected, helping to calm fears that the economy was about to accelerate to a point where the Federal Reserve might decide to start raising interest rates earlier than...",left
4056,Presidential Campaign- Economy,['Economy And Jobs'],Plan Like Romney’s Would Tax Rich Less,New York Times (News),"A tax system overhaul along the lines that Mitt Romney has proposed would give big tax cuts to high-income households and increase the tax burden on middle- and lower-income households, according to an analysis from economists at the Tax Policy Center.",left
4057,Presidential Campaign- Economy,['Economy And Jobs'],Mitt Romney Promises 'Millions' Of Jobs -- But Offers No Data To Back It Up,HuffPost,"Growth.
That's the word, and the concept, that Mitt Romney's campaign is emphasizing in response to the Obama campaign's new attacks on Romney's tax plan.
President Obama is seizing on a new think-tank study that says Romney's plan to cut tax rates for all brackets, lower the corporate rate, close loopholes and keep taxes low on investments, would require him to eliminate deductions and credits that benefit the lower- and middle-class, such as child credits and mortgage deductions.
The Romney campaign is not engaging on the same playing field. When...",left
4058,Presidential Campaign- Economy,['Economy And Jobs'],Campaigns turn to economy ahead of jobs numbers,CNN (Online News),"A day before the Labor Department releases jobs figures for July, the dueling presidential campaigns turned their attention back to the nation's fragile economy, each blasting the other as bad for middle class Americans.
President Barack Obama's campaign used a 30-second television ad to hit Mitt Romney for his tax plan, saying in the spot that his Republican challenger's proposals would increase taxes on middle class Americans while lowering tax rates for the wealthy. The campaign said the ad would run in New Hampshire, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida,",left
4059,Congressional Republicans Investigate Foreign Donations to Universities,"['China', 'Education', 'Cybersecurity', 'Spying', 'Russia']",Colleges and Universities Fail to Report Billions in Foreign Donations,U.S. News & World Report,"COLLEGES AND universities previously failed to report upward of $6.5 billion in gifts from China, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and other foreign countries, an ongoing investigation by the Trump administration uncovered.
Ten schools, including Cornell University, Yale University, the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Chicago, the University of Pennsylvania, Boston University, Texas A&M University, and Carnegie Mellon University, accounted for half of that figure, disclosing $3.6 billion in previously unreported foreign gifts....",left
4060,Congressional Republicans Investigate Foreign Donations to Universities,"['China', 'Education', 'Cybersecurity', 'Spying', 'Russia']","EXCLUSIVE: China, Russia, and Other Foreign States Have Given U.S. Universities $10 Billion",Breitbart News,"The Clarion Project, a watchdog group known for its groundbreaking documentaries on extreme ideologies, compiled a report this month revealing the billions of dollars that colleges and universities in America have taken from foreign entities — including adversarial states.
The Clarion Project launched its probe into foreign investment and influence in the American education system after the Department of Education (DOE) announced in June it was investigating Georgetown University and Texas A&M University “as part of a broader push to monitor international money flowing to American colleges,” the Associated Press...",right
4061,Congressional Republicans Investigate Foreign Donations to Universities,"['China', 'Education', 'Cybersecurity', 'Spying', 'Russia']","House Republicans seek information about Chinese funding from Harvard, Yale, and other universities",Washington Examiner,"A trio of House Republican leaders gave Harvard, Yale, and a handful of other universities a week to hand over documents and other information on their foreign funding amid increased scrutiny about the influence of the Chinese Communist Party and other foreign entities on U.S. campuses.
The GOP letters told the schools that “we write to further understand the effects of adversarial foreign direct investment in the U.S. higher education system” and noted that an Education Department investigation “has uncovered over $6.5 billion of previously unreported foreign donations” to U.S....",right
4062,Obamacare Official Retiring,['Healthcare'],"Obamacare supervisor retires, second official to leave since shaky rollout",Washington Times,"An Obama administration official who supervised the balky rollout of the health care law is retiring, the nation’s Medicare agency said Monday.
Michelle Snyder served as chief operating officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and oversaw the development and debut of HealthCare.gov, the federal Obamacare website that suffered from rampant glitches in October and November before its turnaround by early December.
“I regret to announce that, after 41 years of outstanding public service, CMS Chief Operating Officer Michelle Snyder is retiring at the end of...",right
4063,Obamacare Official Retiring,['Healthcare'],Official Who Oversaw Health Law’s Rollout Is Retiring,New York Times (News),"The No. 2 official at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, who supervised the troubled rollout of President Obama’s health care law, is retiring, administration officials said Monday.",left
4064,Obamacare Official Retiring,['Healthcare'],Retiring: Top official who oversaw Obamacare website,CNN (Online News),"The person tasked with overseeing the development of HealthCare.gov is retiring, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Monday.
The departure of Michelle Snyder, the chief operating officer at CMS who's been in public service for 41 years, comes a few months after the bungled launch of the federal health care insurance website.",left
4065,IRS Debacle,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",5 questions on the IRS debacle,Politico,A classic Washington scandal is unfolding - complete with accusations of lies abuse of power and questions about coverups.,left
4066,IRS Debacle,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Collins says IRS revelations will fuel government distrust,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama should personally condemn the Internal Revenue Service for putting extra scrutiny on conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status, Sen. Susan Collins said Sunday.",left
4067,IRS Debacle,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']","Outraged GOP: It's time to audit the IRS; targeting of conservative groups called ""chilling""",Washington Times,Capitol Hill Republicans on Sunday called the Internal Revenue Services targeting of conservative groups chilling and demanded a congressional inquiry.,right
4068,Democratic Platform,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Democratic platform focuses on fixing the economy,Townhall,Democrats unveiled a party platform at their national convention Monday that echoes President Barack Obama's call for higher taxes on wealthier Americans while backing same-sex marriage and abortion rights.,right
4069,Democratic Platform,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Democrats' platform puts economy, social issues at forefront",CNN (Online News),"Democrats released a party platform late Monday focused on improving the economic situation for middle class Americans, a central theme of President Barack Obama's presidential campaign and an issue the party hopes will win votes come November.",left
4070,Democratic Platform,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Democratic Party Platform: Pro-Gay Marriage, Immigration Reform, Shots At Romney, Squishy On Guns",HuffPost,"The Democratic Party unveiled its formal 2012 platform on Monday night. And like its Republican counterpart, it is heavy on broad philosophical strokes about the direction in which the party wants to take the country, short on policy specifics and carefully worded on some of the more contentious issues.",left
4071,Yemen President and PM Resign,['World'],"Yemen's president, cabinet resign amid rebel standoff",Fox News (Online News),"Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has resigned under pressure from Shiite rebels who seized the capital in September and have confined the embattled leader to his home for the past two days.
Presidential officials said Hadi resigned after being pressured to make concessions to the rebels, known as Houthis. He had earlier pledged political concessions in return for the rebels withdrawing from his house and the nearby presidential palace, but Houthi fighters remained deployed around both buildings throughout the day.
Military officials close to the president, who like...",right
4072,Yemen President and PM Resign,['World'],Yemen's president and PM 'resign',BBC News,"Yemen's President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and his Prime Minister, Khaled Baha, have resigned, officials said.
It comes amid an ongoing stand-off with Shia Houthi rebels.
Houthi gunmen have a tight grip on the capital, Sanaa, and are holding a presidential aide who was abducted last week.
There are reports that Yemen's parliament has refused to accept the president's resignation.
The Houthi leadership had previously committed to withdrawing from key positions around the presidential palace and the home of President Hadi.",center
4073,Yemen President and PM Resign,['World'],"Yemen’s political turmoil deepens as president, Cabinet resigns",Washington Post,"Yemen’s Western-backed president and the rest of the country’s leadership resigned Thursday, news reports said, following days of chaos that have left well-armed rebels in effective control.
The resignations, reported by the Associated Press, plunged the key U.S. ally into political uncertainty. The rebels — believed backed by Iran — seem to hold the upper hand as the country’s de facto leaders amid a power vacuum.",left
4074,Former Secretary of State Colin Powell Dies at 84,"['Colin Powell', 'Coronavirus', 'Politics']",'Favorite of presidents' Colin Powell dies of COVID-19 complications,Reuters,"Colin Powell, the first Black U.S. secretary of state and top military officer, died on Monday at the age of 84 due to complications from COVID-19. He was fully vaccinated, his family said in a statement on Facebook.
""We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American,"" his family said, offering thanks to the staff of the hospital near Washington, D.C. who treated Powell but providing few details about his illness.
Powell was one of America's most prominent Black figures for decades. He served three Republican presidents in...",center
4075,Former Secretary of State Colin Powell Dies at 84,"['Colin Powell', 'Coronavirus', 'Politics']",Colin Powell dies from Covid complications,Politico,"Colin Powell, an accomplished and esteemed four-star general who became the first African American secretary of State, died Monday as a result of complications from Covid-19, according to his family. He was 84.
Powell was fully vaccinated against Covid-19, his family said in a statement posted to Facebook. With his death, the former soldier and statesman becomes perhaps the most high-profile American public figure to succumb to a so-called breakthrough infection of the novel coronavirus.
“We want to thank the medical staff at Walter Reed National Medical Center for their...",left
4076,Former Secretary of State Colin Powell Dies at 84,"['Colin Powell', 'Coronavirus', 'Politics']",Former Secretary of State Colin Powell dead at 84 from COVID-19 complications,Washington Examiner,"Former secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell has died at age 84 of COVID-19 complications.
Powell was fully vaccinated and being cared for at Walter Reed National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., at the time of his death on Monday morning. After decades of military experience, including tours in Vietnam, Powell served as secretary of state under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005 and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993....",right
4077,Treasury Department Opens Investigation Into Possible Leak of Cohen's Bank Records,['Politics'],Treasury investigates possible leak of bank records for Trump lawyer Michael Cohen,USA TODAY,The Treasury Department has opened an investigation into whether bank records belonging to President Trump's private lawyer were illegally leaked to a lawyer for porn actress Stormy Daniels.,left
4078,Treasury Department Opens Investigation Into Possible Leak of Cohen's Bank Records,['Politics'],Why isn't Michael Avenatti in jail?,American Thinker,"Porn star Stormy Daniels's lawyer, Michael Avenatti, has covered television screens across America, and because of it, he claims his exposure is why he was able to get his hands on the bank records of President Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, as well as the bank records of several other Michael Cohens, none of whom have anything at all to do with President Trump.",right
4079,Treasury Department Opens Investigation Into Possible Leak of Cohen's Bank Records,['Politics'],Experts: Leaking Michael Cohen’s Bank Records Could Be Illegal,Daily Beast,"Stormy Daniels’ lawyer isn’t revealing how he got access to records for Michael Cohen’s shell company—but experts say if the documents were leaked, the penalties could be serious.",left
4080,Trump's National Emergency Declaration Draws Mixed Reactions,"['National Security', 'Border Wall', 'Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'National Emergency', 'US Congress', 'Defense And Security']",House GOP leaders work to contain defections on Trump’s emergency,Politico,Republicans are eager to avoid an embarrassing vote for the president.,left
4081,Trump's National Emergency Declaration Draws Mixed Reactions,"['National Security', 'Border Wall', 'Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'National Emergency', 'US Congress', 'Defense And Security']",Former Republican Lawmakers Urge Congress to Block Trump’s National Emergency Declaration,National Review,A group of former Republican lawmakers urged Congressional Republicans to block President Trump’s emergency declaration in an open letter released Monday.,right
4082,Trump's National Emergency Declaration Draws Mixed Reactions,"['National Security', 'Border Wall', 'Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'National Emergency', 'US Congress', 'Defense And Security']",Former top U.S. security officials decry Trump's emergency bid,Reuters,"Nearly 60 former senior U.S. national security officials on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration, saying there was “no factual basis” to circumvent Congress",center
4083,Divided Reactions to Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars,"['Culture', 'Movies', 'Oscars', 'Violence In America', 'Justice', 'Comedy', 'Toxic Masculinity', 'Race And Racism', ""Men'S Issues"", ""Women'S Issues""]","Oscars will police how diverse you are, but violence? That’s fine",Maureen Callahan,"If Will Smith had slapped one of the female hosts at last night’s Oscars, onstage in front of millions, would there even be a debate about consequences?
Then again … Hollywood wonders why most Americans find it hypocritical.
And Academy leaders wonder how to reverse the struggle for eyeballs and relevance.",right
4084,Divided Reactions to Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars,"['Culture', 'Movies', 'Oscars', 'Violence In America', 'Justice', 'Comedy', 'Toxic Masculinity', 'Race And Racism', ""Men'S Issues"", ""Women'S Issues""]","Human frailty, anger and forgiveness - Will Smith and Chris Rock at the Oscars","John Gable, AllSides Co-founder","In a nation so often defined by growing polarization and disdain for each other, we just experienced a raw, unscripted moment that could potentially teach us something about ourselves. 
In the hurricane of reactions to what happened at the Oscars, let’s not miss this opportunity to notice and learn from the human frailty, anger and potential for forgiveness that could help us all build a bridge across differences that divide our nation, our communities, and our families.",right
4085,Divided Reactions to Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars,"['Culture', 'Movies', 'Oscars', 'Violence In America', 'Justice', 'Comedy', 'Toxic Masculinity', 'Race And Racism', ""Men'S Issues"", ""Women'S Issues""]",The misguided chivalry of Will Smith,Monica Hesse,"In the moment before Jada Pinkett Smith’s husband strode onstage to slap another man during Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony, the camera panned briefly to her face. Comedian Chris Rock had just made a joke at her expense, and she did not appear happy. She rolled her eyes. She clasped her hands tightly in her lap. She sat ramrod straight, wearing a high-necked emerald gown — there was almost a genteel Victorian sensibility to her restrained displeasure.
Pinkett Smith’s reaction to the joke potentially contained multitudes: Embarrassment? Irritation? Self-consciousness? But instead...",left
4086,Taliban Use Violence in Response to Protests and Dissent,"['World', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Violence']","Taliban Opens Fire On Crowd After They Wave Afghanistan Flag, Fatalities Reported",The Daily Wire,"Taliban terrorists reportedly opened fire on a crowd in Afghanistan on Wednesday because the protesters insisted on waving the flag of Afghanistan.
“A public display of dissent in the northeastern city of Jalalabad was met by an overwhelming use of force,” The New York Times reported. “Taliban soldiers fired into the crowd and beat protesters and journalists.”
NBC News journalist Richard Engel tweeted: “Afghans demonstrate in Jalalabad in support of keeping Afghan flag (instead of white Taliban flag). Local media report Taliban fires on them, killing 2 and injured others.”
State-funded foreign media claimed that...",right
4087,Taliban Use Violence in Response to Protests and Dissent,"['World', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Violence']",Images of bloodied Afghans contradict Taliban's claims of moderation,NBC News (Online),"Reports that Taliban fighters have beaten women and children at a checkpoint in Kabul emerged on Wednesday as the group attempted to consolidate its control after a rapid takeover of the the country.
The Taliban's assurance of a “safe passage” to the Kabul airport, where thousands have thronged in a desperate bid to be taken out of the country, has been undermined by a report and photographs by a Los Angeles Times reporter.
In one of the graphic images, a woman and child are seen with blood on their faces and apparently unconscious....",left
4088,Taliban Use Violence in Response to Protests and Dissent,"['World', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Violence']","Taliban violently disperse rare protest; 1 killed, 6 wounded",Associated Press,"The Taliban violently broke up a protest in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least one person as they quashed a rare public show of dissent. The militant group meanwhile met with former officials from the toppled Western-backed government.
The insurgents’ every action in their sudden sweep to power is being watched closely. They insist they have changed and won’t impose the same draconian restrictions they did when they last ruled Afghanistan, all but eliminating women’s rights, carrying out public executions and harboring al-Qaida in the years before the 9/11 attacks.
But many...",left
4089,Jeb Annouces 2016 Run,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Breaking: Jeb Bush Announces He Will ""Actively Explore"" Running For President",Breitbart News,"Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush will ""actively explore"" running for President in 2016, according to announcements that he posted on his Facebook and Twitter accounts on Tuesday.
Bush began his announcement talking about spending the holidays with his family. He said that he had been having conversations with them ""about the future of this nation,"" and because of these conversations and ""thoughtful consideration of the kind of strong leadership I think America needs,"" he had ""decided to actively explore the possibility of running for President of the United States.""
...",right
4090,Jeb Annouces 2016 Run,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Jeb Bush to ‘Actively Explore’ Run for President,Wall Street Journal (News),"Jeb Bush will “actively explore the possibility of running for president” in 2016, according to an announcement the former Florida governor posted to his Facebook page Tuesday morning.
Mr. Bush, whose father and brother served as president, is the first Republican to formally explore a 2016 candidacy. More than a dozen others are publicly weighing whether to seek the White House.
Mr. Bush wrote that he discussed running with his family over the Thanksgiving holiday and will launch a political-action committee in January to",center
4091,Jeb Annouces 2016 Run,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Tom Coburn: We Don't Need Another Bush,HuffPost,"Reaction among Republican senators to the news former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is exploring a presidential run was mixed on Tuesday, but retiring Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) was unequivocal, living up to his nickname of ""Dr. No.""
""Anybody wants to run for president, they can. That doesn’t mean they’ll have my vote,"" Coburn told a handful of reporters just off the Senate floor.
""I don't think we need another Bush. Period. And I like them all. But I don’t think we need another Bush,"" Coburn said.
He was far more...",left
4092,Zelenskyy Warns United Nations of More Russian War Crimes,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'War Crimes', 'United Nations', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy']",Zelenskyy at the UN accuses Russian military of war crimes,Associated Press,"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the U.N. Security Council that the Russian military must be brought to justice immediately for war crimes.
In a video appearance Tuesday, Zelenskyy accused the Kremlin’s troops of the worst atrocities since World War II and said they are no different from other terrorists like the Islamic State extremist group.
The Ukrainian leader made his plea via video Tuesday as grisly evidence continued to emerge of civilian massacres carried out by Russian forces on the outskirts of Kyiv.
The images, particularly from the town...",left
4093,Zelenskyy Warns United Nations of More Russian War Crimes,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'War Crimes', 'United Nations', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy']",Zelensky demands accountability after ‘terrible war crimes’,Washington Post,"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the U.N. Security Council to seek “full accountability” for the actions of Russian forces in Ukraine, which he described as the “most terrible war crimes” since World War II. In a video address, he accused Russia of mass atrocities across the country, including killing unarmed civilians and crushing people with tanks.
“This undermines the whole architecture of global security,” Zelensky said. “They are destroying everything.”
Prior to those remarks, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the alleged actions in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha...",left
4094,Zelenskyy Warns United Nations of More Russian War Crimes,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'War Crimes', 'United Nations', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy']",Zelenskyy warns UN of more discoveries of alleged Russian atrocities in Ukraine,Fox News (Online News),"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the U.N. Security Council that “the massacre in our city of Bucha is only one – unfortunately – of many examples of what the occupiers have been doing on our land for the past 41 days. And there are many more cities, similar places, where the world has yet to learn the full truth.” 
“They will blame everyone just to justify their own actions, they will say that there are various different versions and it is impossible to establish which one of those versions is truth,”...",right
4095,Twitter Layoffs Begin After Musk Takeover,"['Business', 'Technology', 'Big Tech', 'Twitter', 'Elon Musk', 'Economy And Jobs']",Twitter employees file lawsuit claiming mass layoffs violate federal law requiring notice,Fox Business,"A class-action lawsuit was reportedly filed against Twitter on Thursday on behalf of workers claiming the company’s intended layoffs violate a federal law requiring 60 days notice for employees.
A week after Elon Musk finalized his $44 billion purchase of the Silicon Valley-based social media platform, a letter went out to employees saying about half of the company’s 7,500-person workforce will be losing their jobs starting Friday.
""Team, in an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday,"" Thursday's email...",right
4096,Twitter Layoffs Begin After Musk Takeover,"['Business', 'Technology', 'Big Tech', 'Twitter', 'Elon Musk', 'Economy And Jobs']",Elon Musk’s Twitter layoffs are starting,The Verge,"Twitter has notified employees that it will be “reducing our global workforce” on Friday, November 4th, according to an unsigned internal memo seen by The Verge.
The confirmation comes a week after Elon Musk became Twitter’s new owner and quickly started changing how the company operates and its product roadmap. Since then, speculation about the timing and scope of the expected layoffs has run rampant inside Twitter.
Employees will receive an email by 9AM PST on November 4th confirming whether they have been laid off or not, according to the internal memo, which also...",left
4097,Twitter Layoffs Begin After Musk Takeover,"['Business', 'Technology', 'Big Tech', 'Twitter', 'Elon Musk', 'Economy And Jobs']",Elon Musk Begins Layoffs at Twitter,CNET,"Elon Musk will begin laying off employees at Twitter on Friday, according to a companywide email Thursday evening, as the tech billionaire tries to reduce costs after purchasing the influential social network.  
""In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global work force,"" the unsigned email said, according to the New York Times and Washington Post. ""We recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is...",center
4098,Dems Push Forward on $1.9T Pandemic Aid; GOP Concerned with Cost,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Federal Budget', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'US Congress', 'US Senate']",Democrats Poised To Ditch Republicans To Pass Big COVID-19 Relief Bill,HuffPost,"WASHINGTON ― Democrats on Capitol Hill are preparing to push through a large coronavirus relief package ― without Republican support, if necessary ― in order to confront what they’re calling a historic health and economic crisis in America.
“Only big, bold action is called for,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a floor speech on Thursday, pledging to “move forward” and pass a bill even if Republicans object to the measure.
Democrats can muscle through spending legislation with only 51 votes in the Senate through a special...",left
4099,Dems Push Forward on $1.9T Pandemic Aid; GOP Concerned with Cost,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Federal Budget', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'US Congress', 'US Senate']","Pelosi says House will take first step toward passing Covid relief next week, with or without GOP",CNBC,"The House will forge ahead next week with the process that would allow Democrats to pass a coronavirus relief bill without Republican support, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday.
The California Democrat said her chamber will move to pass a budget resolution, the first step toward approving legislation through reconciliation. The process would enable Senate Democrats to approve an aid measure without GOP votes.
Pelosi said the House plans to pass a resolution and send it across the Capitol, where the Senate will also have to pass a budget measure. She...",center
4100,Dems Push Forward on $1.9T Pandemic Aid; GOP Concerned with Cost,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Federal Budget', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'US Congress', 'US Senate']",Senate Democrats to sidestep GOP on COVID aid with rarely used budget rule,Washington Examiner,"Senate Democrats, lacking the votes to end the filibuster unilaterally, plan to plow ahead with a “bold” agenda, including an increase in the minimum wage, through a budgetary rule that allows some legislation to pass with only 51 votes.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters Tuesday he’ll move quickly to pass a budget resolution in the Senate, which paves the way for lawmakers to pass certain bills with 51 votes instead of 60.
A major COVID-19 aid spending bill and an increase in the minimum wage to $15 are...",right
4101,Will Putin Employ Nuclear Weapons to Support Russia's Invasion of Ukraine?,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Defense And Security']","Putin Still a Rational Man Who Won't Use Nuclear Weapons, Top Experts Say",Newsweek,"Despite the prevalence of opinions that Vladimir Putin has lost his mind, nuclear weapons experts continue to see the Russian president as a rational man who isn't willing yet to risk the severe consequences of using a nuclear weapon on Ukraine.
Putin is growing increasingly isolated as the assault on Ukraine nears its third week, and the Russian leader's decision to put his nuclear forces on high alert has raised fears about how far he might go. But 10 nuclear weapons experts Newsweek spoke to consider it unlikely that he would hit the nuclear...",center
4102,Will Putin Employ Nuclear Weapons to Support Russia's Invasion of Ukraine?,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Defense And Security']",Putin’s Nuclear Threats Are a Wake-Up Call for the World,The Atlantic,"He threatened any country that interfered in his invasion of Ukraine with “consequences greater than any you have faced in history.” He placed his nuclear forces on high alert and held exercises with them. And then he proclaimed that Western sanctions amounted to a “declaration of war” against Russia.
The fate of humanity suddenly seems to be in the unsteady hands of an isolated, frustrated, and potentially unhinged Vladimir Putin. And people are understandably panicked about that prospect. “The fact that there’s a very short path from, say, Putin feeling humiliated to the end of life as we know it,” the sociologist Kieran Healy wrote, “is...",left
4103,Will Putin Employ Nuclear Weapons to Support Russia's Invasion of Ukraine?,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Defense And Security']",A Hard Look at the Risk of a Putin-Ordered Tactical Nuke,Jim Geraghty,"On the menu today: Just when you thought this newsletter couldn’t get any more grim, it’s time to take a long, cold, hard look at just what could lead to Vladimir Putin using a tactical nuclear weapon, the devastating effects of such a weapon, and how the U.S. can deter that horrific scenario. The unthinkable isn’t quite so unthinkable anymore.
What You Need to Know about Tactical Nuclear Weapons
On Monday, United Nations secretary general António Guterres warned that, “Raising the alert level of Russian nuclear forces is a bone-chilling...",right
4104,"Florida Breaks Record At 15,000 Coronavirus Cases In A Day","['Coronavirus', 'Florida', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'COVID-19 Misinformation']",Coronavirus case averages reach record highs in more than a third of U.S. states as deaths climb,CNBC,"More than a third of U.S. states reported record highs in average new Covid-19 cases as deaths across the U.S. gradually rise, according to a CNBC analysis of data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Across the U.S., 19 states saw new cases reach daily records on Sunday, based on an average over the previous seven days, according to the data. That includes Texas, Georgia and Florida, the last of which reported a shattering 15,300 new cases on Sunday. CNBC uses a seven-day trailing average to smooth out spikes in...",center
4105,"Florida Breaks Record At 15,000 Coronavirus Cases In A Day","['Coronavirus', 'Florida', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'COVID-19 Misinformation']","Florida reports 15,000 new coronavirus cases, smashing national record",Politico,"Florida on Sunday reported more than 15,000 new coronavirus cases, smashing the daily record reported by any single state and once again putting an international spotlight on a place that does not have the virus under control.
The eye-popping topline figure does come with some caveats.
The Florida Department of Health received 135,992 results from people who have never been tested before, and 15,299 of those tests came back positive for Covid-19. The positivity rate of new infections was 11.25 percent, which is at least a two-week low and down...",left
4106,"Florida Breaks Record At 15,000 Coronavirus Cases In A Day","['Coronavirus', 'Florida', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'COVID-19 Misinformation']",Should The WHO Face Consequences Over COVID-19? We Asked Their Health Tech Expert,The Daily Caller,"The World Health Organization has been criticized for spreading China’s misinformation on COVID-19 and we asked one of the organization’s experts if there should be consequences.
John Nosta, who is a member of the Google Health Board, in addition to his work with the WHO, sat down with Daily Caller White House Correspondent Anders Hagstrom to talk the rising COVID-19 numbers in the U.S., as well as the cause of past outbreaks.
President Donald Trump and others have argued the rising numbers in Florida, Texas and other southwestern states are...",right
4107,How New Proposed Gig Worker Rules May Affect the Economy,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Gig Economy', 'Contractors', 'Labor']",Biden's proposed gig worker rule could deal a major blow to small businesses,Fox Business,"The Biden administration has proposed a new rule that could re-classify millions of gig workers as employees, a move that could deal a significant blow to small businesses across the country.
The Labor Department on Tuesday unveiled a new proposal that would make it more difficult for companies to classify their workers as independent contractors — a change that could have major consequences for ride-hailing, delivery and other industries that depend heavily on gig workers.
Companies are required to provide certain benefits and legal protections to employees but not contractors, making employment...",right
4108,How New Proposed Gig Worker Rules May Affect the Economy,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Gig Economy', 'Contractors', 'Labor']","Rideshare, retailers brace for tough U.S. independent contractor rule",Reuters,"After weeks of lobbying the White House on how gig workers should be treated, the rideshare, delivery and retail industries are bracing for a new rule that is likely to make it easier to classify them as employees, multiple sources say. A proposed rule from the Department of Labor, aimed at defining whether gig workers for companies including Uber (UBER.N), Lyft (LYFT.O), DoorDash (DASH.N) and retailers such as Amazon.com Inc are misidentified as independent contractors, is under review at the White House's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) and is expected to be...",center
4109,How New Proposed Gig Worker Rules May Affect the Economy,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Gig Economy', 'Contractors', 'Labor']","Labor proposal could upend rules for gig workers, companies",Associated Press,"The Biden administration proposed new standards Tuesday that could make it more difficult to classify millions of workers as independent contractors and deny them minimum wage and benefits.
The U.S. Department of Labor rule, which could take months to take effect, would replace a scrapped Trump-era standard that had lowered the bar for classifying employees as contractors, workers who are not covered by federal minimum wage laws and are not entitled to benefits including health insurance and paid sick days.
The reaction in markets for major gig companies was immediate....",left
4110,Two Teens Charged with Murder In Carjacking of Uber Eats Driver,"['Violence In America', 'Carjacking', 'Culture', 'Race And Racism', 'Media Bias']",Two charged with murder after carjacking of DC Uber Eats driver,The Hill,"Police in Washington, D.C., say two teenage girls have been arrested on charges of felony murder and armed carjacking for their alleged role in the death of Uber Eats driver Mohammad Anwar.
According to CNN, the Metropolitan Police Department said the two girls, ages 13 and 15, used a taser on Anwar, 66, during a recent carjacking attempt on Tuesday. The attack, police said, prompted an accident that resulted in his death.
Anwar, who lived in Springfield, Va., was described by his family in a GoFundMe as a “hard-working Pakistani...",center
4111,Two Teens Charged with Murder In Carjacking of Uber Eats Driver,"['Violence In America', 'Carjacking', 'Culture', 'Race And Racism', 'Media Bias']","Uber Eats Driver Killed After Teen Girls Allegedly Carjack Him In D.C., Leading To Violent Crash",The Daily Wire,"A 66-year-old Uber Eats driver was killed earlier this week when he was thrown from his vehicle after two teenage girls allegedly carjacked him near Nationals Park in southeast Washington, D.C.
Mohammad Anwar died after police say two girls, aged 13 and 15, used a stun gun against him and stole his car before causing it to flip, according to NBC 4 Washington.
The 13-year-old girl is from southeast D.C. and the 15-year-old is from Fort Washington, Maryland, according to police. Their names were not given, but released documents revealed...",right
4112,Two Teens Charged with Murder In Carjacking of Uber Eats Driver,"['Violence In America', 'Carjacking', 'Culture', 'Race And Racism', 'Media Bias']","Teen girls charged with murder, carjacking of Uber Eats driver in Washington, DC",CNN (Online News),"Two teenage girls have been charged in the carjacking death of an Uber Eats driver this week in Washington, DC, police say.
Mohammad Anwar, 66, of Springfield, Virginia, was killed Tuesday afternoon near Nationals Park, the Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement.
Anwar was working as an Uber Eats driver, says a GoFundMe page set up by his family.
""We are devastated by this tragic news and our hearts go out to Mohammad's family during this difficult time,"" an Uber spokesperson said, according to affiliate WTOP. ""We're...",left
4113,2017: The Media and Donald Trump,['Media Bias'],"War between Trump, media set to intensify",The Hill,"Donald Trump’s unconventional presidency has roiled the media landscape, creating new dynamics that will play a major role in shaping his second year in office.",center
4114,2017: The Media and Donald Trump,['Media Bias'],10 questions journalists never thought they'd have to ask,The Guardian,"The president’s volatile temper and thin skin have prompted many improbable exchanges this year, including questions about neo-Nazis, slavery and morons",left
4115,2017: The Media and Donald Trump,['Media Bias'],Media Coverage Marked By Bombshells That Weren’t,The Daily Caller,"Establishment journalists claim that the Trump era has produced a “golden age” of journalism, but media coverage in 2017 was plagued with errors and “bombshells” that turned out to be anything but.",right
4116,Shooting in Chattanooga,['Violence In America'],Gunman in Marine slayings described life as ‘prison’ days before rampage,Washington Post,"Investigators combed through social media and backtracked through the life of the gunman whose rampage left four Marines dead, seeking clues Friday on how a popular engineering student drifted to apparent despair in a world he described as a “prison.”
While no clear motive has been determined for Thursday’s bloodshed in Chattanooga, the probe delved into possible ties to Islamist terrorist groups or whether the attacker — 24-year-old Mohammad Youssef Abdul­azeez — acted independently in a half-hour spree of violence that ended with his death by apparent police gunfire.",left
4117,Shooting in Chattanooga,['Violence In America'],Shootings In Chattanooga: What We Know About The Alleged Gunman,NPR (Online News),"A day after a gunman opened fire at two military centers in Chattanooga, Tenn., and killed four Marines, authorities are trying to answer the big question: Why?
At a late-night press conference, authorities said they had yet to pin down a motive. But earlier, officials identified the shooter as 24-year-old Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, who died during the course of the attack.",left
4118,Shooting in Chattanooga,['Violence In America'],OPINION: Chattanooga shooting proves it's time to arm our Armed Forces,Guest Writer - Right,"It turns out that at least one of the two military facilities attacked in Chattanooga, Tennessee -- was a gun-free zone.
If you looked closely crime scene photographs - you can see the sign -- plastered on the front of a bullet- riddled window.",right
4119,Fact Check: A Look At Trump's Claims About NATO,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Trump is right -- NATO is obsolete, and he's delivering that message loud and clear",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump continued his criticism of NATO Tuesday before he headed to Europe for a meeting of leaders of the 29-nation alliance Wednesday, trading barbed tweets with European Council President Donald Tusk. The testy exchange was further evidence that the president is right when he says that NATO – created in 1949 – has become obsolete.",right
4120,Fact Check: A Look At Trump's Claims About NATO,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",CNN fact-checks Trump's claims about NATO (Video),CNN (Online News),"CNN's Jim Sciutto fact-checks President Trump's claims that the US supports NATO and his accusations that Germany is a ""captive"" of Russia.",left
4121,Fact Check: A Look At Trump's Claims About NATO,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Fact Check: Trump's Claims on NATO Spending,NPR (Online News),Let's fact-check President Trump's claims about how much the U.S. and other member countries are contributing to NATO defense spending.,left
4122,Senate to Vote on Net Neutrality Repeal,['Technology'],The effort to block the FCC's repeal of net neutrality just hit an important milestone,Insider,The effort to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's recent repeal of its net neutrality rules just crossed an important threshold.,left
4123,Senate to Vote on Net Neutrality Repeal,['Technology'],Senate will force vote on overturning net neutrality repeal,The Verge,"Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) has mustered the 30 votes necessary to force a vote on the FCC’s decision to repeal net neutrality. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) announced that she’s signed onto Markey’s request to overturn the new rules, under the Congressional Review Act — which lets Congress nullify recently passed regulations with a simple majority.",left
4124,Senate to Vote on Net Neutrality Repeal,['Technology'],Democrats try to bring back net neutrality,Washington Examiner,"Democratic lawmakers said Monday that they have enough support to force a Senate vote on repealing the Trump administration's rollback of ""net neutrality"" regulations.",right
4125,Report Says Biden Told Obama He Plans to Run in 2024,"['Elections', '2024 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Barack Obama', 'White House']",Biden tells Obama he's running in 2024: Report,Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden has reportedly told former President Barack Obama that he plans to run for reelection.
The president's desire to seek a second term is fueled by the belief that he is the only Democratic candidate who could beat former President Donald Trump, sources told the Hill. Biden has said publicly he plans to run again, but the report signals he's serious by directly telling one of the highest-profile members of the Democratic Party of his intentions.
""[Biden] wants to run, and he’s clearly letting everyone know,” one of the sources said. ""I believe he thinks...",right
4126,Report Says Biden Told Obama He Plans to Run in 2024,"['Elections', '2024 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Barack Obama', 'White House']",Joe Biden told Barack Obama he will run again in 2024 – report,The Guardian,"Joe Biden has told Barack Obama he will run for re-election in 2024, according to a Washington website, the Hill.
The site cited two anonymous sources. One was quoted as saying Biden “wants to run and he’s clearly letting everyone know”.
It was not clear when Biden told Obama his plans. But Obama visited the White House earlier this month, to celebrate the Affordable Care Act.
Introducing his host, Obama called him “Vice-President Biden”.
“That was a joke,” he said, to laughter.
Biden was vice-president to Obama from 2009 to 2017. He won the...",left
4127,Report Says Biden Told Obama He Plans to Run in 2024,"['Elections', '2024 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Barack Obama', 'White House']",Biden has told Obama he’s running again,The Hill,"President Biden has told former President Obama that he is planning to run for reelection in 2024, two sources tell The Hill.  
The admission to Obama is the latest indication that Biden is likely to run for a second term, something the president has spoken about publicly.  
During a press conference in Brussels last month, he told reporters he’d be “very fortunate” to run against his rival in the 2020 election, former President Trump.   
“[Biden] wants to run and he’s clearly letting everyone know,” said one of the two sources familiar with the conversations between Obama and Biden.  
The source also...",center
4128,Blue States and Counties Sue Trump Administration Over Religious Protections of Health Care Providers,"['Healthcare', 'Donald Trump', 'States']","Democratic states, counties, sue Trump admin over religious protections rule",The Hill,"A coalition of 23 Democrat-led states, counties and municipalities is suing the Trump administration for a final rule that protects health care providers who refuse to provide care on the basis of their religious beliefs.
The lawsuit, announced Tuesday, is led by New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) and seeks to have the rule declared unconstitutional, as well as a court order to prevent it from going into effect.
It is the second lawsuit against the administration’s so-called conscience protection rule. San Francisco announced a similar lawsuit earlier this...",center
4129,Blue States and Counties Sue Trump Administration Over Religious Protections of Health Care Providers,"['Healthcare', 'Donald Trump', 'States']","More Than 20 States, Cities Sue Trump Administration Over ‘Conscience’ Rule",HuffPost,"NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) ― Two dozen U.S. states and municipalities sued the Trump administration on Tuesday to stop it from enforcing a rule that would make it easier for doctors and nurses to avoid performing abortions on religious or moral grounds.
A lawsuit led by New York Attorney General Letitia James said the expanded “conscience” protections could undermine the ability of states and cities to provide effective healthcare without jeopardizing billions of dollars a year in federal aid.",left
4130,Blue States and Counties Sue Trump Administration Over Religious Protections of Health Care Providers,"['Healthcare', 'Donald Trump', 'States']","NYC, state join legal fight over ‘moral conviction’ health care rule",New York Post (News),"New York City and state are joining up with a coalition of more than 20 state and local governments in a lawsuit to block a new rule issued by the federal government that opponents say would allow health care providers to deny treatment based on their personal views.
The suit, filed Tuesday in Manhattan federal court, alleges that a new rule by the US Department of Health and Human Services would allow individuals and businesses to refuse health-care services based on religious beliefs and “moral convictions” — which the plaintiffs...",right
4131,Fauci Says He Will Likely Leave Current Position by End of Biden’s Term,"['Public Health', 'Anthony Fauci', 'NIAID', 'Coronavirus', 'Ebola', 'HIV/AIDS', 'Science', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers']",Anthony Fauci wants to put Covid’s politicization behind him,Politico,"The most famous scientist in America is facing retirement.
After more than five decades of federal service under seven presidents, Anthony Fauci says he’s leaving by the end of President Joe Biden’s term. In a wide-ranging interview with POLITICO, he spoke of his legacy, the hard truths about the country’s pandemic response and his desire to calm the politicization wracking the country.
“We’re in a pattern now. If somebody says, ‘You’ll leave when we don’t have Covid anymore,’ then I will be 105. I think we’re going to be living...",left
4132,Fauci Says He Will Likely Leave Current Position by End of Biden’s Term,"['Public Health', 'Anthony Fauci', 'NIAID', 'Coronavirus', 'Ebola', 'HIV/AIDS', 'Science', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers']",Fauci to retire before the end of Biden’s term,The Hill,"Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, said on Monday that he plans to retire by the end of Biden’s term in office.
“By the time we get to the end of the Biden administration term, I feel it would be time for me to step down from this position,” Fauci told the Washington Post Monday.
Politico was first to report on Fauci’s plans.
“We’re in a pattern now. If somebody says, ‘You’ll leave when we don’t have COVID anymore,’ then I will be 105,” Fauci told Politico. “I think we’re going to be living with this.”...",center
4133,Fauci Says He Will Likely Leave Current Position by End of Biden’s Term,"['Public Health', 'Anthony Fauci', 'NIAID', 'Coronavirus', 'Ebola', 'HIV/AIDS', 'Science', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers']",Fauci Says He Plans to Retire by End of Biden’s Current Term,National Review,"Dr. Fauci has announced he plans to retire by the end of President Biden’s current term, which ends in January 2025.
The infectious-disease expert, who led the Biden administration’s Covid-response, confirmed the news to CNN Monday. He did not specify a departure date.
“I have said that for a long time,” Fauci told the outlet of his repeated teasings of retirement. “By the time we get to the end of Biden’s first term, I will very likely [retire].”
While it was once the doctor’s explicit goal to preside over the national...",right
4134,Trump Threatens to Move RNC Out of North Carolina,"['Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'North Carolina', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus', '2020 Election', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']",Trump threatens to pull Republican convention out of North Carolina,Politico,"President Donald Trump on Monday morning threatened to move August’s Republican National Convention out of North Carolina unless there are guarantees the state will let everyone attend.
“I love the Great State of North Carolina, so much so that I insisted on having the Republican National Convention in Charlotte at the end of August. Unfortunately, Democrat Governor, @RoyCooperNC is still in Shutdown mood & unable to guarantee that by August we will be allowed ... ..full attendance in the Arena,” he began in a string of four tweets.
Trump added:...",left
4135,Trump Threatens to Move RNC Out of North Carolina,"['Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'North Carolina', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus', '2020 Election', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']",Trump threatens to move RNC without assurances from governor,Associated Press,"President Donald Trump threatened Monday to pull the Republican National Convention out of North Carolina if the state’s Democratic governor doesn’t immediately sign off on allowing a full-capacity gathering in August despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Trump’s tweets about the upcoming RNC in Charlotte come two days after North Carolina’s largest daily increase in virus cases yet.
On Friday, Gov. Roy Cooper moved the state into a second reopening phase by loosening restrictions on hair salons, barbers and restaurants. But he said the state must move cautiously, and he kept...",left
4136,Trump Threatens to Move RNC Out of North Carolina,"['Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'North Carolina', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus', '2020 Election', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']",Trump threatens to move Republican National Convention out of North Carolina,New York Post (News),"President Trump pressed the Democratic governor of North Carolina on Monday to “guarantee” that he will allow “full capacity” at this summer’s Republican National Convention, dangling the economic blow Charlotte would take if the event were held elsewhere.
“I love the Great State of North Carolina, so much so that I insisted on having the Republican National Convention in Charlotte at the end of August. Unfortunately, Democrat Governor, @RoyCooperNC is still in Shutdown mood & unable to guarantee that by August we will be allowed full attendance in the Arena,”...",right
4137,Trump Legal Team Challenges Potential Subpoena in Russia Probe,['Russia'],Trump’s Lawyers Argue It’s Not Possible For The President To Obstruct Justice,HuffPost,A 20-page letter sets up a possible battle for the president’s testimony in the Russia investigation.,left
4138,Trump Legal Team Challenges Potential Subpoena in Russia Probe,['Russia'],"Robert Mueller needs to 'man up,' avoid pulling 'another Comey' as Russia probe wraps up, Giuliani says",Fox News (Online News),"Special Counsel Robert Mueller is sensitive to pulling ""another Comey"" as the Russia probe enters its final months, Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani said in an interview Sunday.",right
4139,Trump Legal Team Challenges Potential Subpoena in Russia Probe,['Russia'],Trump's lawyer says will fight Russia probe subpoena: report,Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump’s lead attorney said that if the special counsel investigating Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S. election were to subpoena the president, it would set off a legal battle, according to an ABC News report on Saturday.",center
4140,"Clinton, Trump Tied in 3 Swing-State Polls","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Polls: Trump Running Even With Hillary In Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania",Breitbart News,"The latest polling released by Quinnipiac University shows Donald Trump running even with Hillary Clinton in three crucial swing states — Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.",right
4141,"Clinton, Trump Tied in 3 Swing-State Polls","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Dead heat: Trump, Clinton tied in 3 swing-state polls",Politico,"Buckle up for the next six months: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are effectively tied in the swing states of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, according to the results of a Quinnipiac University survey released Tuesday.",left
4142,"Clinton, Trump Tied in 3 Swing-State Polls","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Three Crucial States Show Tight Races Between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton,New York Times (News),"Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton are locked in tight races in three crucial states in November’s general election, according to new polls that show men and women sharply divided on the presidential candidates and the likelihood of a close overall contest.",left
4143,EPA Air Chief Resigns During Ethics Probe,"['White House', 'Environment', 'EPA', 'Politics']",EPA Air Chief Bill Wehrum Abruptly Departs Amid Ethics Probe,HuffPost,"Bill Wehrum, the Environmental Protection Agency’s air pollution chief who oversaw key rollbacks of Obama-era climate regulations, is stepping down amid an ethics probe into his ties to former industry clients.
The EPA announced the departure of its powerful assistant administrator for the EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation in an abrupt press release on Wednesday, indicating that Wehrum had long planned to leave the agency.",left
4144,EPA Air Chief Resigns During Ethics Probe,"['White House', 'Environment', 'EPA', 'Politics']",Top EPA official stepping down amid ethics probe,The Hill,"The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) air policy chief is leaving amid ethics concerns.
The agency on Wednesday announced that Bill Wehrum, the head of EPA's Office of Air and Radiation, will leave the agency by the end of June.
The announcement comes a few months after lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee launched an investigation into whether Wehrum and his deputy improperly aided former energy industry clients after joining the EPA.",center
4145,EPA Air Chief Resigns During Ethics Probe,"['White House', 'Environment', 'EPA', 'Politics']",EPA official who led environmental rule rollbacks resigns,Washington Examiner,"A top Environmental Protection Agency official who had led the agency’s weakening of Obama-era climate change rules is resigning.
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced Wednesday the departure of Assistant Administrator Bill Wehrum, the chief of the agency’s Office of Air and Radiation. Wehrum had been facing scrutiny from Democratic lawmakers and environmental groups for his past ties to the industry, considering his role in drafting business-friendly regulations.",right
4146,Andrew Yang Joins CNN as Contributor,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'CNN', 'Media Bias', 'Democratic Party', 'Andrew Yang']",Former Democratic presidential hopeful Yang joins CNN as commentator,Reuters,"(Reuters) - Former Democratic presidential contender Andrew Yang is joining CNN as a political commentator, the cable network said on Wednesday.
Yang, an entrepreneur who mounted a surprisingly robust White House bid despite having no political experience, ended his campaign last week on the night of the New Hampshire primary election after finishing a disappointing eighth.
Yang will appear on the network on Wednesday to offer analysis of that evening’s Democratic debate, a spokeswoman for CNN confirmed. Six of the eight remaining Democratic candidates have qualified for the debate, which...",center
4147,Andrew Yang Joins CNN as Contributor,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'CNN', 'Media Bias', 'Democratic Party', 'Andrew Yang']",Andrew Yang joins CNN as a political commentator,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN) - Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is joining CNN as a political commentator, the network announced Wednesday.
""I'm excited to join @CNN to help shed light on the election and the candidates' experiences,"" Yang wrote in a tweet following the announcement. ""Learned a lot these past months and am glad to contribute to the public discussion.""
He'll appear on the network in his new capacity later Wednesday, he added.
Yang, a businessman who ended his campaign last week, rose from obscurity to become a highly-visible...",left
4148,Andrew Yang Joins CNN as Contributor,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'CNN', 'Media Bias', 'Democratic Party', 'Andrew Yang']","Andrew Yang Joins CNN, So They Will Finally Ask Him Some Questions",National Review,"Andrew Yang, freshly off the campaign trail, is joining CNN as a commentator.
Apparently, that’s what Yang needed to do to get any speaking time on the network. In the July debate hosted by CNN, Yang spoke for a little less than nine minutes, while Joe Biden spoke for more than 21 minutes, Kamala Harris spoke for 17 minutes, and Cory Booker spoke for 13 minutes. Then, in the October debate on CNN, Yang spoke for about eight and a half minutes, while Warren spoke for almost 23 minutes, Biden...",right
4149,Republican Party Future,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Future for Republicans is not so bad,Washington Post,Its not a good time to be a Republican. The circular firing squad — it was Mitt Romneys fault! Demographics did it! Conservatives messed everything up! — has begun in earnest even though the 2012 election is less than two weeks gone.,left
4150,Republican Party Future,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",A reformed Republican party,George Will,"Conservatives are hardly starting from scratch in their continuing courtship of the electorate, half of which embraced their message more warmly than it did this years messenger.",right
4151,Republican Party Future,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Republicans Say GOP Needs Revamp After Romney Defeat,HuffPost,"The Republican Party needs to stop insulting voters and broaden its appeal after Democratic President Barack Obama won re-election this month over Mitt Romney with overwhelming support from Hispanics, blacks and single women, top Republicans said on Sunday.",left
4152,New Campaign Ads,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney Ad Promises To 'Close Loopholes For Millionaires',HuffPost,"Mitt Romney's presidential campaign on Tuesday morning launched a new TV ad that criticizes President Barack Obama for raising taxes and promises a Romney administration would ""close loopholes for millionaires.""",left
4153,New Campaign Ads,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney stresses foreign policy; Obama ad targets Bain Capital,CNN (Online News),"Republicans intensified their criticism of President Barack Obama's foreign policy on Monday, noting questions about his administration's accounting of last month's deadly attack on an American diplomatic post in Libya and the U.S. response to Iran's nuclear ambitions.",left
4154,Trump Slams His Ex-Attorney Over Leaked Conversation,['Politics'],Trump on Cohen audio: 'What kind of lawyer would tape a client?',The Hill,"President Trump on Wednesday questioned his former attorney, Michael Cohen, for recording a conversation the two men had about paying a woman who alleged she had an affair with Trump, his first comments since CNN aired the audio Tuesday night.",center
4155,Trump Slams His Ex-Attorney Over Leaked Conversation,['Politics'],Trump Responds To Release Of Secret Michael Cohen Tape,HuffPost,The audio appears to capture Trump discussing a payment to former Playboy model Karen McDougal.,left
4156,Trump Slams His Ex-Attorney Over Leaked Conversation,['Politics'],"Trump and his allies slam Michael Cohen over leaked tape, question cut-off",Fox News (Online News),President Trump and his legal allies fired back Wednesday at his former attorney Michael Cohen after the leak of a taped conversation in which the two appear to discuss the possibility of buying the rights to a Playboy model’s story claiming an affair with Trump.,right
4157,Hong Kong Airport Shut Down Due To Pro-Democracy Protest,"['Hong Kong', 'Protests', 'World']",Hong Kong airport authority cancels all flights for Monday,Reuters,"Hong Kong’s Airport Authority has canceled all flights not yet checked in by Monday afternoon, the agency said, as anti-government protesters peacefully demonstrated at the airport for a fourth day.
“Other than departure flights that have completed the check- in process and the arrival flights already heading to Hong Kong, all other flights have been canceled for the rest of today,” the authority said in a statement.
Traffic on roads to the airport was very congested and car park spaces were full, the authority said.
The increasingly violent protests have...",center
4158,Hong Kong Airport Shut Down Due To Pro-Democracy Protest,"['Hong Kong', 'Protests', 'World']","Protesters shut down Hong Kong airport as China warns of ‘terrorism,’ raising fears of military crackdown",Washington Post,"Thousands of protesters shut down Hong Kong’s international airport Monday, defying an intensifying police crackdown, as China issued ominous warnings that described the protests as “terrorism” and began massing a paramilitary force in a southern border city.
Some of the protesters who had been occupying the airport’s arrivals hall swarmed into the departures area Monday, prompting authorities to cancel all flights and advise travelers to leave one of the world’s busiest hubs.
The action came in response to a sharp increase in the level of force employed by Hong Kong’s...",left
4159,Hong Kong Airport Shut Down Due To Pro-Democracy Protest,"['Hong Kong', 'Protests', 'World']",Hong Kong airport suspends check-ins due to pro-democracy protest,Fox News (Online News),"Hong Kong airport on Monday suspended check-ins for all remaining flights due to pro-democracy protests taking place inside arrival terminals, according to reports.
The protests have been ongoing for four days at the terminal and have been shouting, “No rioters, only tyranny,” Reuters reported.
Hong Kong International Airport said in a statement that the demonstration ""seriously disrupted"" airport operations. It said all check-in services for departing flights had been suspended. It said only those flights that have already completed the check-in process will move ahead.
The U.S. State Department slammed...",right
4160,"After Meeting With Him, Gold Star Families Criticize Biden's Conduct","['Joe Biden', 'US Military', 'Gold Star Families', 'Afghanistan', 'Kabul', 'Terrorism', 'Middle East']",‘Don’t you ever forget that name’: Biden’s tough meeting with grieving relatives,Washington Post,"President Biden made his way on Sunday around a quiet room at Dover Air Force Base, a chamber filled with couches and chairs, with dignitaries and grieving families huddling together as the president came to speak to them privately, one family at a time.
Mark Schmitz had told a military officer the night before that he wasn’t much interested in speaking to a president he did not vote for, one whose execution of the Afghan pullout he disdains — and one he now blames for the death of his 20-year-old...",left
4161,"After Meeting With Him, Gold Star Families Criticize Biden's Conduct","['Joe Biden', 'US Military', 'Gold Star Families', 'Afghanistan', 'Kabul', 'Terrorism', 'Middle East']",Gold Star families blast Biden for checking watch during ceremony for fallen,New York Post (News),"Family members of the US Marines killed in last week’s suicide terror attack at the Kabul airport are slamming President Biden for his behavior at the dignified transfer ceremony over the weekend — with one Gold Star father accusing the commander-in-chief of doing “the most disrespectful thing I’ve ever seen” by repeatedly looking at his watch during the ceremony.
Darin Hoover, the father of Marine Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover, told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that Biden checked his watch every single time a flag-draped coffin was removed from the hold of the Air Force C-17...",right
4162,"After Meeting With Him, Gold Star Families Criticize Biden's Conduct","['Joe Biden', 'US Military', 'Gold Star Families', 'Afghanistan', 'Kabul', 'Terrorism', 'Middle East']",‘You Can’t F*ck Up As Bad As He Did And Say You’re Sorry’: Biden Meets With Pregnant Wife Of Fallen US Service Member,The Daily Caller,"The family of a Marine who died in the Aug. 26 terror bombing in Kabul is blaming the Biden administration for the attack.
President Joe Biden met with the family of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum on Sunday, The Washington Post reported. The length of the meeting, only a few minutes, showed a “total disregard to the loss of our Marine,” McCollum’s sister Roice said.
Rylee McCollum, a 20-year old from Wyoming, was one of 13 American soldiers killed by an ISIS-K suicide bomber outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in...",right
4163,Schumer Sets Key Vote on Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill for Next Week,"['US Senate', 'Infrastructure', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Bipartisan Senators', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'Politics']",Senate nears pivotal vote on bipartisan infrastructure deal that's still unwritten,Politico,"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will force a vote next Wednesday on advancing the bipartisan infrastructure package, a hardball tactic aimed at moving President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda forward before the August recess.
“Everyone has been having productive conversations and it’s important to keep the two-track process moving,” Schumer said in a floor speech Thursday. “All parties involved in the bipartisan infrastructure bill talks must now finalize their agreement so that the Senate can begin considering that legislation next week.”",left
4164,Schumer Sets Key Vote on Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill for Next Week,"['US Senate', 'Infrastructure', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Bipartisan Senators', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'Politics']",Schumer sets up key vote on bipartisan deal,The Hill,"Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said the Senate will vote to open debate on the bipartisan infrastructure deal Wednesday, setting up a key test vote on the legislation.
""Today I'm announcing that I intend to file cloture on the vehicle for the bipartisan infrastructure bill on Monday of next week,"" Schumer said from the Senate floor.
Because the bipartisan group doesn't actually have a bill, Schumer will file cloture on a shell bill that senators will later swap the bipartisan legislation into. The bill will need 60 votes to...",center
4165,Schumer Sets Key Vote on Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill for Next Week,"['US Senate', 'Infrastructure', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Bipartisan Senators', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'Politics']",Senate to begin voting on massive infrastructure and social spending package next week,Washington Examiner,"The Senate will begin voting next week on a massive infrastructure and social spending package.
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the plan on the Senate floor Thursday. The New York Democrat said the Senate would vote on both a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure measure as well as a budget resolution calling for an additional $3.5 trillion on social spending programs.
“The time has come to make progress,” Schumer said.
Schumer’s announcement came one day after President Joe Biden urged Senate Democrats in a private lunch to back both bills.",right
4166,Recapping Tuesday's 2022 Primaries and Runoffs,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'Washington DC', 'Virginia', 'Alabama', 'Georgia']","Katie Britt sounds off on 'surreal' election victory over Brooks, insists Alabamians 'want new blood'",Fox News (Online News),"The race is set for Alabama voters to decide this November who will be their next U.S. senator following Katie Britt's victory over Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., in Tuesday's GOP primary runoff election.
In her first interview following her election victory, Britt described the ""surreal moment"" to Fox News Digital and said she is unsure of whether it has ""quite sunk in"" that she will represent the Republican Party in the general election in the Yellowhammer State on Nov. 8.
Katie Britt, Republican Senate candidate, speaks during an election night watch event...",right
4167,Recapping Tuesday's 2022 Primaries and Runoffs,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'Washington DC', 'Virginia', 'Alabama', 'Georgia']","What Went Down In The June 21 Elections In Alabama, Virginia And Georgia",FiveThirtyEight,"Tonight was a mixed bag for former President Donald Trump’s endorsement record. Two of his preferred candidates lost their House races in Georgia, while his other two picks this evening prevailed: Rep. Ben Cline in Virginia’s 6th District easily cruised to renomination, and former Business Council of Alabama President Katie Britt won in the Alabama Senate primary runoff against Rep. Mo Brooks.
Overall, though, 94 percent of Trump’s endorsed candidates for Senate, House and governor have won their races — or put another way, 110 Trump-backed candidates out of 117...",center
4168,Recapping Tuesday's 2022 Primaries and Runoffs,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'Washington DC', 'Virginia', 'Alabama', 'Georgia']","4 takeaways from Tuesday's elections in Georgia, Alabama, Virginia and DC",CNN (Online News),"Republican voters in Georgia ignored Donald Trump's endorsements in congressional primary runoffs for safe GOP House seats on Tuesday night, but sided with the Senate candidate in Alabama who had his blessing over one of the former President's earliest and most loyal supporters.
Tuesday's elections also set the matchups for several key House races in Virginia and Georgia. And in Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser won her Democratic primary and is now poised to win a third term.
Here are four takeaways from Tuesday's primaries and runoffs in Alabama, Georgia, Virginia and Washington,...",left
4169,"Fauci, Other Top Health Officials Testify Before Senate Committee","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Reopening America', 'Tony Fauci', 'US Senate', 'Politics']","Fauci, other top health officials testify before Senate on reopening country amid coronavirus",Fox News (Online News),"Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of the White House coronavirus task force, testified Tuesday before the Senate Health Committee on efforts to combat the coronavirus, amid warnings that lifting restrictions keeping people home from school and work could pose unnecessary health risks.
The hearing, which features Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), as well as three other top administration health officials, is the biggest congressional hearing since the coronavirus crisis began. Fauci did not rip on the Trump administration's response to the pandemic...",right
4170,"Fauci, Other Top Health Officials Testify Before Senate Committee","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Reopening America', 'Tony Fauci', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Fauci warns U.S. Senate that coronavirus vaccine will take time to develop,Reuters,"Leading U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci on Tuesday warned Congress that while the federal government is working to help manufacture a vaccine against the new coronavirus, its development “might take some time” to come to market.
As a result, Fauci told a Senate health committee in prepared testimony, the nation’s efforts to battle the deadline virus and the COVID-19 disease it triggers should be “focused on the proven public health practices of containment and mitigation.”
In remarks to the New York Times before the hearing, Fauci warned that moving...",center
4171,"Fauci, Other Top Health Officials Testify Before Senate Committee","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Reopening America', 'Tony Fauci', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Fauci warns Senate that reopening U.S. too quickly could lead to ‘really serious’ consequences,Washington Post,"Top federal health officials are being pressed during a highly anticipated Senate hearing Tuesday on whether the country is ready to reopen, with Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease expert, warning that “consequences could be really serious” if states move too quickly.
The panel’s chairman and witnesses are appearing remotely in an unusual session that includes the first congressional testimony from Fauci, a key member of the White House task force, since President Trump declared the coronavirus crisis a national emergency March 13.
Appearing with Fauci are Stephen Hahn,...",left
4172,White House Urges Americans to Get Boosted to Protect Against New COVID-19 Subvariant,"['Booster Shots', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health', 'White House']","As BA.5 spreads, the White House warns that Covid is not over.",New York Times (News),"President Biden’s coronavirus response team warned Americans on Tuesday that they must do more to protect themselves against Covid-19, as the highly transmissible Omicron subvariant known as BA.5 fuels a new wave of infections, re-infections and hospitalizations across the country.
But their new strategy to combat the threat sounded a lot like the old one, couched as advice that they hope more people will follow: Get vaccinated or boosted even if you have already been infected; test if you feel sick; seek out therapeutics if you test positive and wear masks in...",left
4173,White House Urges Americans to Get Boosted to Protect Against New COVID-19 Subvariant,"['Booster Shots', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health', 'White House']",White House COVID coordinator: Country can weather new BA.5 variant just fine,Washington Times,"The Biden administration said the fast-moving BA.5 variant of the coronavirus is a stark but manageable challenge, unveiling a plan that relies on frequent testing, antiviral drugs and up-to-date vaccinations while stopping short of an immediate expansion of the booster campaign as drugmakers reformulate their shots.
The new variant and a related one, BA.4, have become dominant in the U.S. and appear to transmit faster than previous forms of the virus and evade prior immunity — even as polling and general behavior suggest Americans would quit worrying about the pandemic....",right
4174,White House Urges Americans to Get Boosted to Protect Against New COVID-19 Subvariant,"['Booster Shots', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health', 'White House']","Citing risk from Omicron variant BA.5, White House urges Americans to get Covid-19 boosters",STAT,"The Biden administration on Tuesday urged the public to strengthen their protections against Covid-19, noting that the BA.5 subvariant of Omicron has become the dominant strain in the country.
At a briefing Tuesday, health officials outlined their plan to combat the latest form of the coronavirus to pose a threat, emphasizing existing tools like vaccines and boosters, testing, and treatments.
“BA.5 is something we’re closely monitoring, and most importantly, we know how to manage it,” said Ashish Jha, the White House’s Covid-19 response coordinator.",center
4175,Trump Administration Revokes Visa of Putin Critic,['World'],Russia Puts Putin Critic on Wanted List; State Dept. Revokes His Visa,Newsmax (News),"The State Department revoked the visa of a U.S.-born businessman and chief critic of Vladimir Putin after Russia exposed a loophole and unilaterally added him to Interpol's wanted list, The Guardian reported.",right
4176,Trump Administration Revokes Visa of Putin Critic,['World'],Lawmakers want immediate review of travel restriction on Putin critic,The Hill,"The United States government has revoked travel privileges for a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, stirring alarm on Capitol Hill.",center
4177,Trump Administration Revokes Visa of Putin Critic,['World'],Exclusive: Why One of Vladimir Putin's Biggest Critics Is Banned From U.S.,Newsweek,"A prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who championed sanctions against his country, is being banned from entering the U.S.—but he tells Newsweek he expects a quick resolution.",center
4178,"Before Tariff Deadline, Mexican Armed Forces Meet Migrants Near the Border","['Immigration', 'Tariffs', 'Mexico']","Mexico blocks 1,000-migrant caravan ahead of Trump's tariff deadline",Washington Examiner,"Mexico apprehended about 1,000 migrants after President Trump threatened to slap tariffs on the country over its lax border policies.
About 200 Mexican military police intercepted the caravan walking north along a highway in southern Mexico on Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. The migrants told officers they planned to travel to the U.S. and claim asylum.
Some migrants resisted and others fled into the forest on either side of the highway, but the vast majority of those in the caravan complied with orders from Mexican officials. Hundreds of migrants...",right
4179,"Before Tariff Deadline, Mexican Armed Forces Meet Migrants Near the Border","['Immigration', 'Tariffs', 'Mexico']",Mexican armed forces meets migrants at southern border,NBC News (Online),"MEXICO CITY — Mexican soldiers, armed police and migration officials blocked hundreds of migrants after they crossed the border from Guatemala in a caravan into southern Mexico on Wednesday, and detained dozens of them, a witness from a migrant aid group and an official said.
The Mexican response in the border town of Metapa, which included dozens of soldiers, marked a toughening of the government's efforts to curb the flow of mainly Central American migrants, said Salva Cruz, a coordinator with Fray Matias de Cordova.
""That many sailors and military...",left
4180,"Before Tariff Deadline, Mexican Armed Forces Meet Migrants Near the Border","['Immigration', 'Tariffs', 'Mexico']",Mexico meets migrants at southern border with armed forces,Reuters,"MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican soldiers, armed police and migration officials blocked hundreds of migrants after they crossed the border from Guatemala in a caravan into southern Mexico on Wednesday, and detained dozens of them, a witness from a migrant aid group and an official said.
The Mexican response in the border town of Metapa, which included dozens of soldiers, marked a toughening of the government’s efforts to curb the flow of mainly Central American migrants, said Salva Cruz, a coordinator with Fray Matias de Cordova.
“That many sailors and...",center
4181,Bernie Wants to Break Up Big Banks,['Banking And Finance'],Bernie Sanders Urges Breaking Up Big Banks,New York Times (News),"Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont and a 2016 Democratic candidate for president, is pushing his new role as a voice to the left of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
On Wednesday, despite refusing to answer any questions about his Democratic rival, Mr. Sanders offered yet another glimpse at the sort of populist issues he planned to inject into the Democratic nominating fight.
“Today, 99 percent of all new income is going to the top 1 percent,” Mr. Sanders said in a news conference in the Capitol to introduce legislation that would...",left
4182,Bernie Wants to Break Up Big Banks,['Banking And Finance'],Bernie Sanders Steps Up Attack on Wall Street,Wall Street Journal (News),"Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont Independent and 2016 presidential hopeful, blasted “too big to fail” financial firms Wednesday — offering another sign that attacks on Wall Street aren’t likely to fade in the 2016 election.
His push for stricter curbs on Wall Street echoes calls by former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, a likely Democratic presidential candidate, for dismantling large banks.
The middle class “is still suffering from the tremendous damage huge financial institutions and insurance com",center
4183,Bernie Wants to Break Up Big Banks,['Banking And Finance'],Bernie Sanders: ‘No special interest that we have not taken on’,Washington Times,"Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont defended his record on Wednesday that includes opposing free trade agreements and taking on big banks, saying it will be up to voters to put his resume against that of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic presidential nominating contest.
He said he likes and respects Mrs. Clinton, the party’s frontrunner for the preside",right
4184,Obama on Entitlements,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama reaches out to Senate Democrats,CNN (Online News),"When President Barack Obama attended the first of four meetings on Capitol Hill this week, it was clear that many of the Senate Democrats he lunched with wanted to bend his ear.",left
4185,Obama on Entitlements,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama to Dems: Trade entitlements for taxes,Politico,President Barack Obama told Senate Democrats on Tuesday that his budget to be released in April would align closely with their priorities.,left
4186,Obama on Entitlements,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama Tells Democrats They Must Be Open to Entitlement Changes,Bloomberg,"President Barack Obama told Senate Democrats that they should be open to changes in entitlement programs to achieve a long-term budget deal, according to several lawmakers who attended a meeting with him on Capitol Hill today.",left
4187,"Evidence Suggests Iranian Missiles Caused Tehran Plane Crash, Pentagon Says","['Boeing', 'Tehran', 'Iran', 'Airplanes', 'Pentagon', 'Ukraine', 'Disaster', 'General News']","The Ukrainian flight that crashed in Iran was 'highly likely' shot down by a missile, according to reported US intelligence",Insider,"Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 is believed to have been hit by fire from a Russian-built Tor M-1 (SA-15) surface-to-air missile system operated by the Iranian military, according to multiple reports.
Pentagon officials told Newsweek that the incident was probably an accident, as anti-aircraft systems were likely active at the time of the suspected shoot down. The Pentagon could not confirm the report for Insider.",left
4188,"Evidence Suggests Iranian Missiles Caused Tehran Plane Crash, Pentagon Says","['Boeing', 'Tehran', 'Iran', 'Airplanes', 'Pentagon', 'Ukraine', 'Disaster', 'General News']","Ukrainian airplane shot down by mistake by Iranian anti-aircraft missile, Pentagon officials believe",Fox News (Online News),"The Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran’s international airport Wednesday was shot down by mistake by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile, Pentagon officials told Fox News.
Officials said U.S. intelligence increasingly points at the airliner being accidentally struck by a Russian-made missile, killing all 176 people on board the flight, just hours after Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles targeting two military bases housing American and coalition troops.",right
4189,"Evidence Suggests Iranian Missiles Caused Tehran Plane Crash, Pentagon Says","['Boeing', 'Tehran', 'Iran', 'Airplanes', 'Pentagon', 'Ukraine', 'Disaster', 'General News']","Tehran crash: plane downed by Iranian missile, western officials believe",The Guardian,"The Ukrainian passenger jet that crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran on Wednesday was accidentally shot down by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile, western security officials believe.
UK sources told the Guardian that British officials had seen intelligence that suggested that the plane was hit by an Iranian air defence missile.
Western intelligence agencies are understood to have picked up signals of the missile launch, followed by the traces of an explosion. A British source said: “The assessment is that it looks like it is a tragic accident.” One report suggested...",left
4190,Keystone XL Pipeline Officially Canceled,"['Energy', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Keystone XL', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Native Americans']",Keystone pipeline officially canceled after Biden revokes key permit,CNBC,"A $9 billion oil pipeline that became a symbol of the rising political clout of climate change advocates and a flash point in U.S.-Canada relations was officially canceled on Wednesday.
Keystone XL, which was proposed in 2008 to bring oil from Canada’s Western tar sands to U.S. refiners, was halted by owner TC Energy after U.S. President Joe Biden this year revoked a key permit needed for a U.S. stretch of the 1,200-mile project.
Opponents of the line fought its construction for years, saying it was unnecessary and would hamper the U.S....",center
4191,Keystone XL Pipeline Officially Canceled,"['Energy', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Keystone XL', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Native Americans']",Company drops contentious Keystone XL pipeline project,Al Jazeera,"The company behind a contentious oil pipeline that would have stretched between Canada and the United States has officially abandoned the project, months after US President Joe Biden revoked its permit.
In a statement on Wednesday, TC Energy said it had terminated the Keystone XL project “after a comprehensive review of its options” and in consultation with its partner, the government of Alberta, an oil-rich province in western Canada.
“The Company will continue to coordinate with regulators, stakeholders and Indigenous groups to meet its environmental and regulatory commitments and ensure a safe termination...",left
4192,Keystone XL Pipeline Officially Canceled,"['Energy', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Keystone XL', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Native Americans']",South Dakotans 'pissed off' and 'angry' over Keystone XL cancellation,Washington Examiner,"It felt like a gut punch.
That's how South Dakota small business owner Laurie Cox described how she felt when news broke that Canadian developer TC Energy officially pulled the plug on the Keystone XL pipeline. The monumental decision to walk away from the $8 billion project was confirmed Wednesday and came at a devastating cost to communities that pinned their hopes and investments on the success of the massive cross-border venture.
The decision to call it quits left people like Cox, who owns a two-story hotel that housed pipeline workers in Midland, South Dakota, feeling...",right
4193,NRA Recommendation,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"NRA School Safety Report Suggests, Yup, More Guns",HuffPost,Former Rep. Asa Hutchison (R-Ark.) on Tuesday released a 225-page report on school safety funded by the National Rifle Association. The report commissioned in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting recommended properly trained armed employees to provide an important layer of security in schools.,left
4194,NRA Recommendation,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],NRA Makes School-Security Recommendations,Wall Street Journal (News),"An NRA-backed task force on Tuesday laid out recommendations for improving school security, calling for a model training program that would allow some school personnel to carry firearms on campus.",center
4195,NRA Recommendation,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],NRA urges states to allow more armed officers in schools,Fox News (Online News),The National Rifle Association called Tuesday for state legislatures to allow more school personnel to carry weapons on school grounds once theyve gone through extensive training as part of a set of recommendations that capped a weeks-long review in the wake of the Newtown mass shooting.,right
4196,Redacted White House Emails Shed New Light On Aid Pause To Ukraine,"['Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Ukraine', 'Phone Call', 'Redacted', 'Documents', 'Department Of Defense', 'White House', 'Politics']",Live Blog: Digging Into The #UkraineDocs,Center for Public Integrity,"Late on Dec. 20, the Department of Justice sent a batch of documents to the Center for Public Integrity showing communications between the White House and the Pentagon regarding U.S. military aid to Ukraine.
The documents were delivered under court order after Public Integrity won a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Defense Department, seeking details on President Donald Trump’s delay of the aid after he pressed Ukraine’s prime minister to open investigations on the 2016 presidential election and former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter.",left
4197,Redacted White House Emails Shed New Light On Aid Pause To Ukraine,"['Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Ukraine', 'Phone Call', 'Redacted', 'Documents', 'Department Of Defense', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump wanted Ukraine-aid details weeks before Zelensky call: documents,New York Post (News),"President Trump prodded staffers for details about US military aid to Ukraine five weeks before his July 25 phone call with President Volodymyr Zelensky, a heavily redacted batch of internal administration documents reveal.
Emails sent between officials at the Pentagon and the Office of Management and Budget show that the hold on the aid was placed just hours after the two leaders spoke.",right
4198,Redacted White House Emails Shed New Light On Aid Pause To Ukraine,"['Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Ukraine', 'Phone Call', 'Redacted', 'Documents', 'Department Of Defense', 'White House', 'Politics']",Emails Show Trump Asked About Ukraine Aid Before Zelenskiy Call,Bloomberg,"New documents show President Donald Trump asked about U.S. military aid to Ukraine a month before the call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that went on to trigger the impeachment investigation into Trump.
The heavily-redacted documents, obtained under a Freedom of Information request by the Center for Public Integrity, also show that administration officials ordered a hold on the aid about an hour after the leaders’ call on July 25.",left
4199,20.5 Million Jobs Lost in April,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Jobs Report', 'Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']","Unemployment Hits Staggering 14.7%, 20.5M Lost Jobs in April",Daily Beast,"The Labor Department’s monthly jobs report has laid bare the devastating economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic, showing that the U.S. unemployment rate hit 14.7 percent in April, with 20.5 million people put out of work. That shatters the the post-World War II record of 10.8 percent in November 1982. The rate was 4.4 percent in March, and the spike is a record on a month-to-month basis. The number of unemployed Americans was listed at 23.1 million. The number of people who usually work full-time dropped by 15 million over...",left
4200,20.5 Million Jobs Lost in April,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Jobs Report', 'Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",A record 20.5 million jobs were lost in April as unemployment rate jumps to 14.7%,CNBC,"The impact of the coronavirus-induced economic shutdown tore through the U.S. labor market in April at historic levels, slashing 20.5 million workers from nonfarm payrolls and sending the unemployment rate skyrocketing to 14.7%, the Labor Department reported Friday.
Both numbers easily smashed post-World War II era records and help reflect the profound damage done through efforts used to combat the virus.",center
4201,20.5 Million Jobs Lost in April,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Jobs Report', 'Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Gold prices find little support as investors parse historic U.S. jobs report for April,MarketWatch,"Gold futures found only modest support on Friday, as traders parsed data showing a loss of more than 20 million U.S. jobs in April tied to efforts to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, but prices for the precious metal look to end the week a bit higher.
The coronavirus pandemic destroyed 20.5 million U.S. jobs in April, driving the unemployment rate to a post Word War II high of 14.7% as the country faced its biggest economic crisis in almost a century, according to data from the Labor...",center
4202,Second Night of Protests,['Violence In America'],"Ferguson Grows Calmer, but Tensions Remain",New York Times (News),"Relative calm returned to the St. Louis region on Tuesday night, but the situation remained tense and uncertain as people angry over a grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer for killing an unarmed black teenager entered into renewed skirmishes with the police.",left
4203,Second Night of Protests,['Violence In America'],Protesters flood streets across U.S. as Ferguson dismay spreads coast to coast,CNN (Online News),"The sparks of outrage that started in Ferguson, Missouri, have ignited a firestorm of protests across the country.",left
4204,Second Night of Protests,['Violence In America'],Ferguson protesters rally across US for second day,Fox News (Online News),Protests took place across the nation for the second straight day in wake of a grand jury declining to indict Ferguson officer Darren Wilson on charges for killing 18-year-old Michael Brown in an August shooting.,right
4205,Latest Mueller Hearings Highlight Different Party Priorities,"['Politics', 'Robert Mueller', 'Mueller Report', 'White House', 'US Congress']",The Mueller Report's Biggest Open Secret,Guest Writer - Left,"Nearly every claim made by Donald Trump and his allies in the Republican Party about Volume 1 of the Mueller Report—that copious volume that deals with accusations Trump or his campaign conspired with the Kremlin—has been false.
Trump and his advocates say Mueller found no evidence of conspiracy? That's not true. They say Mueller found no evidence of coordination? Also false. Mueller found no evidence of collusion? False. Mueller considered the facts from every angle but couldn't establish any conspiracy between Trump or his campaign and Russian nationals? False. Mueller...",left
4206,Latest Mueller Hearings Highlight Different Party Priorities,"['Politics', 'Robert Mueller', 'Mueller Report', 'White House', 'US Congress']",Republican lawmaker complains to Mueller about lack of Fox News in his report,Erik Wemple,"Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.) should send a letter to Fox News saying the following: Do more investigative journalism. Break more news.
That is the most logical recourse in light of her questioning of former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III on Wednesday in another one of those congressional super-hearings. True to both his own preference and Justice Department instructions, Mueller — at least in his testimony Wednesday morning before the House Judiciary Committee — stuck closely to the text of his two-volume report, which was released in April in redacted...",center
4207,Latest Mueller Hearings Highlight Different Party Priorities,"['Politics', 'Robert Mueller', 'Mueller Report', 'White House', 'US Congress']",Andrew McCarthy: Mueller's testimony will not give Democrats what they crave. Can they handle it?,Guest Writer - Right,"Prepare to be disappointed.
That should be Democrats' mindset heading into Robert Mueller’s appearance this week before two House committees. The greater the anticipation of the testimony, the more the letdown is apt to be.
That is because the special counsel simply is not going to give them what they crave.",right
4208,Senate Democrats Pass $739 Billion Climate and Healthcare Bill,"['Bipartisanship', 'Climate Change', 'Economic Policy', 'Healthcare', 'Inflation', 'Politics', 'Senate Democrats', 'US Senate']","At Long Last, the Senate Has Passed Sweeping Climate Legislation",Mother Jones,"After years of stagnant climate policy, months of excruciating political negotiations, and a marathon weekend of back-to-back voting, the Senate passed the Democrats’ sweeping climate and health care bill on Sunday. 
The estimated $740 billion package, entitled the Inflation Reduction Act, includes close to $400 billion in climate spending—by far the largest climate investment in the nation’s history. The plan would be largely paid for by new taxes, including a 15 percent minimum tax on the handful of corporations with annual profits about $1 billion.
The bill represents a fraction...",left
4209,Senate Democrats Pass $739 Billion Climate and Healthcare Bill,"['Bipartisanship', 'Climate Change', 'Economic Policy', 'Healthcare', 'Inflation', 'Politics', 'Senate Democrats', 'US Senate']",Senate Democrats Pass Partisan Spending Bill,National Review,"Senate Democrats passed their massive spending package on Sunday in a party-line vote using budget reconciliation.
The so-called “Inflation Reduction Act,” passed the Senate via a simple majority with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote. Democrats used the budget reconciliation process, which allows a measure to pass with a simple majority rather than needing to meet a 60-vote threshold.
The legislation is essentially a pared down version of President Biden’s Build Back Better package that was put to rest last year when Senator Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) pulled...",right
4210,Senate Democrats Pass $739 Billion Climate and Healthcare Bill,"['Bipartisanship', 'Climate Change', 'Economic Policy', 'Healthcare', 'Inflation', 'Politics', 'Senate Democrats', 'US Senate']","Senate Dems pass sweeping climate, health care measure",NewsNation,"In a big win for President Joe Biden, Senate Democrats drove their election-year economic package to approval Sunday.
The passing Inflation Reduction Act was less than the president’s original $4 trillion proposal, but still a substantial compromise package made up of health care, climate change and deficit-reduction strategies, in hopes of tackling inflation and bringing down deficits. 
After a marathon, 27-hour weekend session of debate, Democrats held united, 51-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote.
“On this vote the yays are 50 the nays are 50. The Senate being equally divided the...",center
4211,George Floyd Funeral Service in Houston on Tuesday,"['George Floyd Death', 'Racism', 'Police Brutality', 'Police Reform', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Violence In America']",George Floyd's funeral service to be held in Houston,CBS News (Online),"George Floyd's funeral service is being held at the Fountain of Praise Church in Houston on Tuesday at 11 a.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) — just over two weeks after his death at the hands of Minneapolis police set off nationwide protests. About 500 guests invited by the Floyd family, including political leaders and celebrities, are expected to be in attendance, CBS Houston affiliate KHOU reported.
Hundreds of people turned out to pay their respects at a public viewing at the church Monday afternoon. Memorial services were also...",left
4212,George Floyd Funeral Service in Houston on Tuesday,"['George Floyd Death', 'Racism', 'Police Brutality', 'Police Reform', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Violence In America']",George Floyd Will Be Laid to Rest in Hometown of Houston After Private Memorial Service,CBN,"George Floyd is being laid to rest next to his mother today at Houston Memorial Gardens in Pearland, Texas.
His body arrived in Houston on Saturday at 9:40 p.m. and was taken to Fort Bend Memorial Planning Center by the Houston Police Department.
Floyd, 46, died on May 25 in Minneapolis while being held down by a white police officer. Video from a bystander taken outside a local grocery store captured the officer pressing his knee on Floyd's neck.
""It just hurts,"" said Philonise Floyd, George Floyd's brother. ""We will...",right
4213,George Floyd Funeral Service in Houston on Tuesday,"['George Floyd Death', 'Racism', 'Police Brutality', 'Police Reform', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Violence In America']",George Floyd to be buried Tuesday as global anti-racism protests spread,Reuters,"George Floyd will be buried in Houston on Tuesday two weeks after his death while being held by police in a Minneapolis street, and more anti-racism rallies inspired by his treatment were set to take place in the United States and in Europe.
Thousands of mourners paid their respects on Monday, filing past his open coffin at the Fountain of Praise Church in Houston, Texas, where Floyd grew up.
Some mourners bowed their heads, others made the sign of the cross or raised a fist. Many wore face masks to...",center
4214,Vote to Call Witnesses in Impeachment Trial Unlikely,"['US Senate', 'White House', 'Impeachment Trial', 'Ukraine', 'Republican Party', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']","Lamar Alexander, Key G.O.P. Senator, Plans to Oppose Move for New Evidence",New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — Senator Lamar Alexander, Republican of Tennessee, said late Thursday that although he believed that Democrats had proved their case that President Trump acted “inappropriately” in his dealings with Ukraine, he did not think the president’s actions were impeachable and would vote against considering new evidence in the impeachment trial.
Mr. Alexander’s statement was a strong indication that Republicans had lined up the votes to block a call for more witnesses and documents on Friday and press toward a quick acquittal in the third presidential impeachment trial in history....",left
4215,Vote to Call Witnesses in Impeachment Trial Unlikely,"['US Senate', 'White House', 'Impeachment Trial', 'Ukraine', 'Republican Party', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Republicans vie for quick end to trial after witness vote Friday,Washington Examiner,"Republicans, feeling increasingly confident the Senate will not vote to call new witnesses in the president’s impeachment trial, began plotting a path to acquittal perhaps as early as Friday.
“It does look to me like we are headed toward ending this week sometime,” Sen. Roy Blunt, a Missouri Republican and a member of the GOP leadership team, said Thursday.
The second phase of the trial was set to conclude Thursday night when lawmakers finished 16 hours of questioning the House impeachment managers and Trump’s defense team.
Republican senators will meet...",right
4216,Vote to Call Witnesses in Impeachment Trial Unlikely,"['US Senate', 'White House', 'Impeachment Trial', 'Ukraine', 'Republican Party', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Trump trial could end soon; Alexander says no to witnesses,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee will oppose calling more witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, all but dashing Democratic efforts to hear more testimony and pushing the Senate toward a vote to acquit Trump as soon as Friday.
A vote on witnesses, expected Friday, could lead to an abrupt end and assured acquittal in only the third presidential impeachment trial in American history. Trump was pressing for action in time for his State of the Union address, and that now seems likely. As the Senate...",left
4217,Apple To Fight FBI Order,['General News'],Apple vows to resist FBI demand to crack iPhone linked to San Bernardino attacks,Washington Post,Tech giant Apple and the FBI appeared headed for a deepening confrontation Wednesday after the company’s chief pledged to fight federal demands to help mine data from an iPhone used by one of the shooters in December’s terrorist attacks in San Bernardino.,left
4218,Apple To Fight FBI Order,['General News'],Here's why the FBI forcing Apple to break into an iPhone is a big deal,USA TODAY,"When U.S. Magistrate Sheri Pym ruled that Apple must help the FBI break into an iPhone belonging to one of the killers in the San Bernardino, Calif., shootings, the tech world shuddered.",left
4219,Apple To Fight FBI Order,['General News'],Apple to fight order to help hack San Bernardino shooter's phone,Fox News (Online News),Apple will fight a federal magistrate's order to help the Obama administration break into an encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the shooters in last December's deadly San Bernardino terror attack.,right
4220,US Navy Downs Iranian Drone,"['Donald Trump', 'US Navy', 'Iran', 'Drone', 'Middle East']","Trump says U.S. Navy destroyed 'provocative and hostile' Iranian drone that flew within 1,000 yards and ignored warnings to retreat",Daily Mail,"President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. Navy has destroyed a drone controlled by Iran, calling the unmanned vehicle's approach of an American ship a 'provocative and hostile' act.
The conflict came in the Strait of Hormuz, the only shipping lane between the Persian Gulf and the open ocean. About one-fifth of the world's oil passes through it.
Trump said at the White House that the USS Boxer, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, 'took defensive action' after the drone strayed to within 1,000 yards.
'The drone was immediately destroyed,'...",right
4221,US Navy Downs Iranian Drone,"['Donald Trump', 'US Navy', 'Iran', 'Drone', 'Middle East']",Trump says American warship destroyed Iranian drone,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. warship on Thursday destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after it threatened the ship, President Donald Trump said. The incident marked a new escalation of tensions between the countries less than one month after Iran downed an American drone and Trump came close to retaliating with a military strike.
In remarks at the White House, Trump blamed Iran for a “provocative and hostile” action and said the U.S. responded in self-defense.",left
4222,US Navy Downs Iranian Drone,"['Donald Trump', 'US Navy', 'Iran', 'Drone', 'Middle East']",Trump says U.S. Navy ship 'destroyed' Iranian drone,NBC News (Online),"President Donald Trump on Thursday said that a U.S. Navy ship ""destroyed"" an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz — the latest in a series of tense incidents between Washington and Tehran.
Trump told reporters at the White House on Thursday that the USS Boxer — a U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship — “took defensive action” against the Iranian drone that had “closed into a very, very near distance, approximately 1,000 yards” and ignored “multiple calls to stand down.”
The drone was “threatening safety of the ship and the...",left
4223,Picking a Third Party Candidate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Romney Recruiting Kasich, Sasse for Third Party Presidential Run",The Blaze,"Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney may not be interested in a third party run, but he’s looking for someone who is.
Conservative thinkers like Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, radio show host Erick Erickson and Republican strategist Rick Wilson who are adamantly against presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump are hoping to find a third party alternative.",right
4224,Picking a Third Party Candidate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","GOP 'stop Trump' wish list includes senators, generals and...Mark Cuban?: Report",CNBC,"A group of dissident Republicans refusing to support Donald Trump have courted a diverse slate of potential candidates to mount a potential third party bid against the putative nominee, The Washington Post reported on Saturday—a group that includes another outspoken billionaire.",center
4225,Picking a Third Party Candidate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Inside the GOP effort to draft an independent candidate to derail Trump,Washington Post,"A band of exasperated Republicans - Including 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney, a handful of veteran consultants and members of the conservative intelligentsia - is plotting to draft an Actively independent presidential candidate Donald Trump Who Could keep from the White House.",left
4226,Biden Says He Is 'Not a Fan' of Court Packing,"['Court Packing', 'Amy Coney Barrett', '2020 Election', 'Federal Courts', 'Supreme Court', 'Joe Biden']",Biden says he's 'not a fan' of court-packing and that he doesn't want to make the election about the issue,CNN (Online News),"Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said Monday that he's ""not a fan"" of court-packing, providing his clearest position on an issue he has sought to avoid discussing following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
""I'm not a fan of court-packing, but I don't want to get off on that whole issue,"" Biden told CNN affiliate WKRC in Cincinatti. ""I want to keep focused. The President would love nothing better than to fight about whether or not I would, in fact, pack the court or not pack the court.""
...",left
4227,Biden Says He Is 'Not a Fan' of Court Packing,"['Court Packing', 'Amy Coney Barrett', '2020 Election', 'Federal Courts', 'Supreme Court', 'Joe Biden']",Biden says he's 'not a fan' of court packing,The Hill,"Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said Monday that he is “not a fan” of the idea of adding seats to the Supreme Court after repeatedly dodging questions about the issue.
“I’m not a fan of court packing, but I don’t want to get off on that whole issue. I want to keep focused,” Biden told WKRC, a Cincinnati-area CBS/CW affiliate. “The president would like nothing better than to fight about whether or not I would in fact pack the court or not pack the court, et cetera. The focus is,...",center
4228,Biden Says He Is 'Not a Fan' of Court Packing,"['Court Packing', 'Amy Coney Barrett', '2020 Election', 'Federal Courts', 'Supreme Court', 'Joe Biden']","Biden again dodges court-packing question, hints he is 'not a fan'",Fox News (Online News),"Democratic nominee Joe Biden again dodged questions on court-packing, this time at campaign stops in Ohio on Monday, but said he is ""not a fan of court packing.""
""The court packing is going on now,"" Biden told WKRC Local 12 in Cincinnati. ""Never before, when the election has already begun and millions of votes already cast, has it ever been that a Supreme Court nominee was put forward, has never happened before. ... I've already spoken on, I'm not a fan of court packing, but I don't want to get...",right
4229,US Drones Fly Over Syria,['Middle East'],Obama Authorizes Air Surveillance of ISIS in Syria,New York Times (News),"President Obama has authorized surveillance flights over Syria, a precursor to potential airstrikes there, but a mounting concern for the White House is how to target the Sunni extremists without helping President Bashar al-Assad.",left
4230,US Drones Fly Over Syria,['Middle East'],U.S. Lays Groundwork for Syria Strike,Wall Street Journal (News),The Pentagon seeks to gather intelligence on Islamic State targets with surveillance flights.,center
4231,US Drones Fly Over Syria,['Middle East'],US begins surveillance flights over Syria after Obama authorization,Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. has started flying surveillance drones over Syria after President Obama authorized the missions, two senior Defense officials told Fox News, in a move that could pave the way for eventual airstrikes against Islamic State targets in the country.",right
4232,Cruz’s Non-Endorsement,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']","Even After Republican Backlash, Ted Cruz Won’t Endorse Trump ‘Like A Servile Puppy’",HuffPost,"Hours after receiving boos and jeers for not endorsing Donald Trump at the 2016 Republican National Convention, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) doesn’t seem to be changing his mind.
Speaking at a breakfast Thursday morning with the Texas delegation at the RNC, Cruz said Trump’s negative comments about Cruz’s wife and father kept him from endorsing the real estate mogul for president. “You might have a similar view, if someone were attacking y",left
4233,Cruz’s Non-Endorsement,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']","Trump calls Cruz non-endorsement 'no big deal,' senator defends decision",Fox News (Online News),"Donald Trump mostly brushed off the furor over Ted Cruz’s non-endorsement speech Wednesday night, calling the snub “no big deal” even as the senator himself doubled down – though the Republican standard-bearer used the dispute to warn voters that if Democrats win in November, their justices “will destroy us all.”",right
4234,Cruz’s Non-Endorsement,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Defiant Ted Cruz stands by refusal to endorse Trump after being booed during convention speech,CNN (Online News),"Ted Cruz on Thursday strongly defended his refusal to endorse Donald Trump during his Republican National Convention speech, saying he's not ""in the habit"" of backing politicians who attack his family.
""I am not in the habit of supporting people who attack my wife and attack my father,"" Cruz said at a morning meeting where he faced sharp questions from the Texas delegation in Cleveland.",left
4235,Biden Calls For Peaceful Protests After Daunte Wright Shooting,"['Violence In America', 'Protests', 'Daunte Wright', 'Joe Biden']",Biden: ‘Remains to be Determined’ Whether Minnesota Police Shot Daunte Wright by Accident,National Review,"President Biden said it “remains to be determined” whether the police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, a black man, during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb on Sunday did so on accident.
Biden’s comments on Monday came after Police Chief Tim Gannon of the Brooklyn Center Police Department described the shooting as “an accidental discharge.” Gannon said the officer had intended to discharge a taser and instead fired a single shot at the man.",right
4236,Biden Calls For Peaceful Protests After Daunte Wright Shooting,"['Violence In America', 'Protests', 'Daunte Wright', 'Joe Biden']",Biden calls for 'peace and calm' in wake of Daunte Wright shooting in Minnesota,NBC News (Online),"President Joe Biden on Monday called for ""peace and calm"" in the wake of the ""tragic"" fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright in Minnesota.
""I haven’t called Daunte Wright’s family, but my prayers are with the family. It’s really a tragic thing that happened,"" Biden told reporters in the Oval Office of Wright's death Sunday. ""The question is, was it an accident? Was it intentional? That remains to be determined by a full-blown investigation,"" he said, describing the body-camera footage of the shooting as ""fairly graphic.""",left
4237,Biden Calls For Peaceful Protests After Daunte Wright Shooting,"['Violence In America', 'Protests', 'Daunte Wright', 'Joe Biden']",Biden calls for 'peace and calm' after Daunte Wright shooting sparks protests in Minnesota,USA TODAY,"President Joe Biden called for ""peace and calm"" on Monday following an evening of protests after a police officer in a Minneapolis suburb shot and killed a 20-year-old Black man during a traffic stop.
Biden called the shooting death of Daunte Wright on Sunday ""a really tragic thing"" and said he watched ""fairly graphic"" body camera footage from the officer who fired the fatal shot.
""The question is was it an accident? Was it intentional?"" Biden told reporters at the White House. ""That remains to be determined by a full-blown...",left
4238,US and China Agree to Suspend New Trade Tariffs,['Foreign Policy'],US-China trade war: Deal agreed to suspend new trade tariffs,BBC News,"US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have agreed to halt new trade tariffs for 90 days to allow for talks, the US says.",center
4239,US and China Agree to Suspend New Trade Tariffs,['Foreign Policy'],Trump agrees to freeze higher tariffs on $200B in Chinese goods — for now,CNN (Online News),"The leaders of the world's two largest economies, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, agreed to a temporary truce on trade Saturday at a highly anticipated dinner in Argentina.",left
4240,US and China Agree to Suspend New Trade Tariffs,['Foreign Policy'],"US, China agree to 90-day truce to hash out trade differences",Fox News (Online News),The U.S. and China have agreed to a 90-day truce in a bid to work out their trade differences. The news came Saturday following a dinner meeting between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires.,right
4241,Tweets Against the GOP,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Are Trump’s tweets stupid or strategic?,The Hill,"It’s no secret that Twitter is Trump’s soap box du jour. In one day, Trump blasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for failing to repeal and replace ObamaCare, firmly cementing the ongoing feud between the two Republicans and — perhaps most significant — highlighting the divide between two divisions of government.",center
4242,Tweets Against the GOP,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']","Sean Hannity: If McConnell can't lead, he should go fishing – or just go away",Guest Writer - Right,"President Trump continues to slam spineless Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for complaining that Trump has “excessive expectations.” Well, senator, a lot of us who voted Republicans into power share those expectations – as well as the president’s frustration.",right
4243,Tweets Against the GOP,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Trump’s baffling attacks on McConnell could be costly to the president,Washington Post,"The world has gotten another clear-eyed look at President Trump as he continues to rattle cages during his working vacation at his golf course in Bedminster, N.J. He has displayed one gear, one speed — attack and attack again.",left
4244,Primary Election Results,['Elections'],GOP's quiet election scandal: What Tuesday's results really mean for workers,Salon,"When pundits talk about which faction won last night, they won't tell you who lost: The American worker.",left
4245,Primary Election Results,['Elections'],Payback time: GOP incumbents learn how to win,Politico,"In 2014, the tea party insurrection is starting to look more like the Boston Massacre.",left
4246,Primary Election Results,['Elections'],Tea party on life support after brutal primary beatdown,Washington Times,"Support for the tea party has dropped to an all-time low, said a new CBS News poll released Wednesday.",right
4247,US and Mexico React to 53 Migrant Deaths in Texas,"['Immigration', 'Mexico', 'Heat Waves', 'Texas', 'Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador', 'Greg Abbott', 'Joe Biden', 'Dick Durbin', 'Politics', 'Inequality', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Latin America', 'Central America']","Without reforms to immigration, horror will go on",San Antonio Express-News,"The death toll of migrants who have succumbed to the heat after being trapped in a tractor-trailer has risen to more than 50.
Discovered Monday night on a remote stretch on San Antonio’s Southwest Side, these migrants deserved a humane and fair immigration system — one that honors the rights of asylum workers, recognizes our workforce needs and reflects the inherent dignity in all people.",center
4248,US and Mexico React to 53 Migrant Deaths in Texas,"['Immigration', 'Mexico', 'Heat Waves', 'Texas', 'Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador', 'Greg Abbott', 'Joe Biden', 'Dick Durbin', 'Politics', 'Inequality', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Latin America', 'Central America']","Greg Abbott blames Joe Biden for migrant deaths, but the governor’s own border security efforts have fallen short",The Texas Tribune,"In April, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state police to inspect every commercial vehicle entering Texas through a port of entry, saying the painful step was needed because the Biden administration was not doing its job to secure the border.
Drug cartels, Abbott said, were using “dangerous commercial trucks” to smuggle “immigrants, deadly fentanyl and other illegal cargo” into the state. The “enhanced commercial vehicle inspections” at the border caused hourslong delays at the inland ports, essentially grinding trade with Mexico to a halt and costing Texas businesses millions in losses.
After a week and...",left
4249,US and Mexico React to 53 Migrant Deaths in Texas,"['Immigration', 'Mexico', 'Heat Waves', 'Texas', 'Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador', 'Greg Abbott', 'Joe Biden', 'Dick Durbin', 'Politics', 'Inequality', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Latin America', 'Central America']",Texas Gov. Abbott is right: Biden has blood of 51 dead migrants on his hands,New York Post (Opinion),"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is absolutely right to say the deaths of at least 51 migrants in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio “are on Biden” and to call the president’s border policies “deadly.”
Those migrants died because the traffickers they entrusted with their lives abandoned them in the baking heat and left them to suffocate. Those traffickers depend on a porous border and Biden’s overt gestures of welcome for their customer base. ",right
4250,Coronavirus Outbreaks Spread as Public Gatherings Return,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']","71% of churches meeting for in-person worship, study finds",Washington Times,"For most U.S. congregations, in-person worship has returned to mid-March levels despite a nationwide rise in coronavirus cases, a new report says.
A study from LifeWay Research, a publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, found 71% of churches led by mainline Protestant or evangelical ministers met for in-person worship as recently as July 19.
On March 15, 95% of U.S. churches were meeting in-person as the coronavirus seeped its way into the Pacific Northwest and New York City.",right
4251,Coronavirus Outbreaks Spread as Public Gatherings Return,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",More than a hundred coronavirus cases in Nevada linked to casino,The Hill,"At least 123 visitors to Nevada have tested positive for the coronavirus in the weeks following their trip and returning home, USA Today reports. This comes after casinos in the state reopened on June 4, with state Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) aiming to rejuvenate the economy by welcoming tourists back to Las Vegas.
In light of the rising case count, with almost 1,000 new cases added on Monday bringing the state total to 43,831 total infection, Sisolak reimposed bar closures last week in county hotspots and added capacity restrictions for...",center
4252,Coronavirus Outbreaks Spread as Public Gatherings Return,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",How many positive COVID-19 tests would it take to shut down sports again?,Los Angeles Times,"From the moment North American sports leagues announced their plans to start or restart their season while masked and sanitized and playing before eerily empty stands, the question wasn’t if some athletes would test positive for COVID-19, but when.
The second question was how many positives tests would be too many for that team — or a league — to continue playing. One? Probably not. A player could be isolated and replaced. Two? Still not many and not enough for everything to come crashing down, because rosters were expanded to...",left
4253,Planned Parenthood Filmmakers Indicted,['Abortion'],2 Abortion Foes Behing Secret Videos are Indicted,New York Times (News),A grand jury that had been investigating Planned Parenthood for misconduct instead indicted its opponents on charges that included tampering with a governmental record.,left
4254,Planned Parenthood Filmmakers Indicted,['Abortion'],Jury Indicts Two Antiabortion Activists Linked to Planned Parenthood Videos,Wall Street Journal (News),A Texas grand jury looking into alleged misconduct by Planned Parenthood Federation of America cleared the group and instead indicted two antiabortion activists who made covert videos of the organization.,center
4255,Planned Parenthood Filmmakers Indicted,['Abortion'],Grand jury in Texas indicts activists behind Planned Parenthood videos,Fox News (Online News),A Houston grand jury investigating criminal allegations against Planned Parenthood stemming from a series of undercover videos on Monday instead indicted two of the anti-abortion activists who shot the footage.,right
4256,Perspectives: Biden's $1.8 Trillion 'American Families Plan',"['Domestic Policy', 'White House', 'Joe Biden', 'American Families Plan', 'Families And Parenting', 'Taxes', 'Education', 'Community College', 'Capital Gains', 'US Congress', 'General News']",5 top takeaways from Biden’s American Families Plan,Washington Post,"President Biden formally announced his American Families Plan on Wednesday, a $1.8 trillion proposal to give all Americans access to community college, preschool, affordable child care and paid leave, among other initiatives. He wants to fund it by increasing taxes on the rich.
Supporters and detractors are already lining up, but most agree on this: It’s an ambitious plan. And it will be a challenge to get Congress to pass it, especially after the $1.9 trillion stimulus package that was enacted in March and Biden’s more than $2 trillion infrastructure...",left
4257,Perspectives: Biden's $1.8 Trillion 'American Families Plan',"['Domestic Policy', 'White House', 'Joe Biden', 'American Families Plan', 'Families And Parenting', 'Taxes', 'Education', 'Community College', 'Capital Gains', 'US Congress', 'General News']",Biden's latest $1 trillion+ plan,Axios,"President Biden on Wednesday will present his third $1 trillion+ package to Congress since taking office, asking for $1.8 trillion in new spending to expand the American education system, provide more help for childcare and create millions more jobs.
The big picture: Biden is also proposing a series of tax hikes on the rich, which his administration vows will not hit Americans who make less than $400,000 and households with less than $1 million in capital gains.
Administration officials insist that Biden’s American Families Plan — with $1 trillion in...",center
4258,Perspectives: Biden's $1.8 Trillion 'American Families Plan',"['Domestic Policy', 'White House', 'Joe Biden', 'American Families Plan', 'Families And Parenting', 'Taxes', 'Education', 'Community College', 'Capital Gains', 'US Congress', 'General News']",Joe Biden: $6 Trillion Man,Guest Writer - Right,"President Biden has unveiled another $1.8 trillion government-spending package ahead of tonight’s joint session speech to Congress, bringing the total spending signed or proposed in his first 100 days to about $6 trillion.
Let’s see how we got here.
When Biden took office, he pushed a massive spending package as “COVID relief” even though only about 5 percent of the spending was directly related to fighting the pandemic. That cost $1.9 trillion.
Once that passed, he proposed another bill, pitched as infrastructure legislation, which was mostly made up of provisions...",right
4259,Republicans Win Senate,['Elections'],GOP takes control of Senate in midterm rout,Politico,"Republicans seized control of the U.S. Senate and were on track to expand their grip on the House of Representatives and governorships in the 2014 elections, marking a dramatic midterm rout that cut deep into territory President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party won by commanding margins only two years ago.
With several Democratic-held Senate seats still up for grabs, the GOP has already captured more than the six seats required to take the upper chamber of Congress. Their candidates ousted Democratic incumbents in North Carolina, Arkansas and Colorado...",left
4260,Republicans Win Senate,['Elections'],"Republicans claim Senate majority, take control of Congress",Fox News (Online News),"Voters handed control of the Senate to Republicans for the first time in eight years on Tuesday, putting the GOP in charge of Congress for the remainder of President Obama's term.
Republicans swept to victory in a string of contests across the country, retaining every one of the GOP-held seats up for grabs and picking up more than the six seats needed to take control of the Senate. Republicans enjoyed a banner night after mounting campaigns from coast to coast that, almost without exception, sought to cast their opponents...",right
4261,Republicans Win Senate,['Elections'],"Riding Wave of Discontent, G.O.P. Takes Senate",New York Times (News),"Resurgent Republicans took control of the Senate on Tuesday night, expanded their hold on the House, and defended some of the most closely contested governors’ races, in a repudiation of President Obama that will reorder the political map in his final years in office.
Propelled by economic dissatisfaction and anger toward the president, Republicans grabbed Democratic Senate seats in North Carolina, Colorado, Iowa, West Virginia, Arkansas, Montana and South Dakota to gain their first Senate majority since 2006. Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, a shrewd Republican tactician, cruised to re-election...",left
4262,First Omicron Variant Cases Appear Mild,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'World', 'Science', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",No Severe Omicron COVID-19 Cases Among Vaccinated People: Top Israeli Expert,The Epoch Times,"Israeli officials said that researchers have not found any severe COVID-19 cases among vaccinated people infected with the Omicron variant.
The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus strain—which was named Omicron by the World Health Organization (WHO) last week—has prompted fresh global panic as a number of countries imposed travel restrictions on southern African countries, where the variant was first located.
Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, Israel’s head of public health services, noted that the Omicron infection chance is “very high,” but he said that vaccinated people who have been infected with the variant only became...",right
4263,First Omicron Variant Cases Appear Mild,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'World', 'Science', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Despite reports of milder symptoms Omicron should not be underestimated,The Guardian,"As the world scrambles to contain the new variant, some are hopefully seizing on anecdotal reports from South Africa that it may cause only mild illness. But although previous variants of the coronavirus have been associated with different symptoms and severity, it would be dangerous to assume that Omicron is a viral pussy cat, experts say.
At a briefing convened by South Africa’s Department of Health on Monday, Unben Pillay, a GP from practising in Midrand on the outskirts of Johannesburg, said that while “it is still early days” the cases he...",left
4264,First Omicron Variant Cases Appear Mild,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'World', 'Science', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Doctors hope Omicron causes milder cases of Covid — but it’s still too early to say,STAT,"Physicians around the world have suggested the Omicron variant may cause milder illness than other forms of the coronavirus. But actually understanding Omicron’s severity is an open question, experts caution — one that requires more patient data and more time to answer.
The South African physician Angelique Coetzee told the BBC this weekend, for example, that the cases she and colleagues were seeing weren’t serious. “We haven’t admitted anyone,” she said. In Israel, one doctor told Haaretz that, “if it continues this way, this might be a relatively mild illness compared to the Delta variant.”
But sussing...",center
4265,California Bill Would Regulate Restaurants Serving Sugary Drinks to Kids,['Politics'],California bill seeks to restrict restaurants serving kids sugary drinks,The Hill,A California bill seeking to limit restaurants to serving children water or unflavored milk with their meals passed the Assembly this week and is now making its way to Gov. Jerry Brown's (D) desk.,center
4266,California Bill Would Regulate Restaurants Serving Sugary Drinks to Kids,['Politics'],California Bill Limits Drinks Offered in Kids Meals,U.S. News & World Report,The bill restricts restaurants to offering only water and unflavored milk with kids meals.,left
4267,California Bill Would Regulate Restaurants Serving Sugary Drinks to Kids,['Politics'],New Calif. bill would force restaurants to offer only water or milk as drink options on kids menus,The Blaze,Newly passed legislation in California would prohibit restaurants from offering any drinks other than water or milk on kids menus. Now it’s headed to Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk for his signature.,right
4268,Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Resigns,"['Kirstjen Nielsen', 'Donald Trump', 'Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']","Trump, Frustrated With Overrun SW Border, Names New DHS Secretary",,"Kirstjen Nielsen is out as Homeland Security Secretary, and her replacement for now is Kevin McAleenan, the current U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner.
Nielsen's resignation came two days after she traveled to the Calexico, California with the president. Her departure is not a surprise. The Washington Post reported last November that President Trump wanted her to leave.
President Donald Trump made the announcement by tweet, after meeting with Nielsen at the White House Sunday afternoon, where Nielsen handed him her resignation letter (see below).
""Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen...",center
4269,Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Resigns,"['Kirstjen Nielsen', 'Donald Trump', 'Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Nielsen ouster lays bare Trump's own immigration crisis,CNN (Online News),"The forced resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is not just the usual story of an administration racked by chaos and the short shelf life of almost everyone who works for an imperious and grudge-bearing President.
Nielsen was hardly a moderate out of step with President Donald Trump on his signature issue of immigration. She became the administration's public face of the zero-tolerance policy that caused widespread outrage after hundreds of migrant children were separated from their parents.
But she is nonetheless paying the price for a crisis exacerbated...",left
4270,Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Resigns,"['Kirstjen Nielsen', 'Donald Trump', 'Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen resigns amid Trump anger over border,Reuters,"Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who oversaw President Donald Trump’s bitterly contested immigration policies during her tumultuous 16-month tenure, resigned on Sunday amid a surge in the number of migrants at the border with Mexico.
A senior administration official said Trump asked for Nielsen’s resignation and she gave it.
Trump, who has recently expressed growing anger about the situation at the border, said on Twitter: “Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen will be leaving her position, and I would like to thank her for her service.”
In another tweet, Trump...",center
4271,"NFL Issues Statement in Support of Kaepernick, While Some Others Express Frustration",['Sports'],"As NFL offers measured response to Nike’s Kaepernick ad, other reactions range from support to outrage",Fox News (Online News),"Nike’s polarizing decision to put Colin Kaepernick at the center of its latest ad campaign has aggravated NFL employees, infuriated fans and even affected the sneaker giant’s stock. But publicly, at least, the league is playing nice with its corporate partner.",right
4272,"NFL Issues Statement in Support of Kaepernick, While Some Others Express Frustration",['Sports'],Nike backs Kaepernick: A declaration of war?,San Francisco Chronicle,Apparently a major sneaker company can have a soul. Nike has made Colin Kaepernick the face of its 30th anniversary “Just Do It” campaign.,left
4273,"NFL Issues Statement in Support of Kaepernick, While Some Others Express Frustration",['Sports'],NFL releases statement on Kaepernick,Reuters,"The NFL released a statement on Colin Kaepernick on Tuesday, a day after corporate partner Nike unveiled an ad featuring the quarterback as part of a major ad campaign.",center
4274,New York Times Comes Under Fire for Publishing Misleading Nikki Haley Story,['Media Bias'],"Nikki Haley’s View of New York Is Priceless. Her Curtains? $52,701.",New York Times (News),"The State Department spent $52,701 for customized and mechanized curtains for the picture windows in the new official residence of the ambassador to the United Nations.",left
4275,New York Times Comes Under Fire for Publishing Misleading Nikki Haley Story,['Media Bias'],New York Times wrongs Nikki Haley with curtain headline,Washington Post,"The headline on a hotly shared New York Times story now reads: “State Department Spent $52,701 on Curtains for Nikki Haley’s Residence.” Sounds like a lot of money for curtains, right?",left
4276,New York Times Comes Under Fire for Publishing Misleading Nikki Haley Story,['Media Bias'],Nikki Haley draws shade over $53G curtains – OK'd by Obama administration,Fox News (Online News),"Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is drawing criticism over curtains in her official residence costing nearly $53,000 — purchased amid deep budget cuts in the State Department. Trouble is, the purchase was approved in 2016, under the Obama administration.",right
4277,Tragedy Shifts Gun Control Debate,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Tragedy strikes hearts, changes 
minds of pro-gun Democrats",Washington Times,"Some pro-gun Democrats said Monday that they have rethought their stance and are now open to restrictions on so-called “assault weapons, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said its time Congress holds a gun-control debate in the wake of Fridays deadly shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school.",right
4278,Tragedy Shifts Gun Control Debate,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Tragedy Shifts Gun Debate,Wall Street Journal (News),"The mass shooting in Connecticut appears to be reshaping the politics of gun control, with several ardent supporters of gun rights in Congress calling for steps to toughen the nation's weapons laws.",center
4279,Tragedy Shifts Gun Control Debate,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Lawmakers seem prepared to tackle gun control: 'This one feels different',CNN (Online News),"It has happened before: Aurora. Columbine. Tucson. Virginia Tech. But, this time, the White House and a growing number of Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill promise it will be different.",left
4280,Bill Gates: Rich Countries 'Should Move to 100% Synthetic Beef',"['Sustainability', 'Food', 'Bill Gates', 'Climate Change', 'Energy', 'Environment']",Bill Gates thinks Americans' lives have to change to save the world. Here's where to start.,CBS News (Online),"Bill Gates doesn't expect everyone to stop eating beef to fight climate change — though it would help. So the billionaire philanthropist is investing in plant-based alternatives in hopes that one day meat-eaters won't be able to tell the difference.
Gates, who has invested in plant-based Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat, acknowledged that it will be an uphill battle convincing meat-eaters to forgo beef, but said that the quality of meat imitations are getting better as demand grows. Some restaurants, such as Burger King, are already selling versions of...",left
4281,Bill Gates: Rich Countries 'Should Move to 100% Synthetic Beef',"['Sustainability', 'Food', 'Bill Gates', 'Climate Change', 'Energy', 'Environment']",Bill Gates: Rich nations should move to '100 percent synthetic beef',The Hill,"Bill Gates recently said that he believes rich nations would help the global fight against climate change by consuming only plant-based meat products instead of beef.
In a recent interview with Technology Review, Gates discussed his new book, ""How to Avoid a Climate Disaster,"" and emphasized the benefits rich nations could produce by moving to ""100% synthetic beef.""
""I do think all rich countries should move to 100% synthetic beef,"" Gates said when asked about how countries can help to reduce methane emissions when it comes to food production. ""You...",center
4282,Bill Gates: Rich Countries 'Should Move to 100% Synthetic Beef',"['Sustainability', 'Food', 'Bill Gates', 'Climate Change', 'Energy', 'Environment']",Bill Gates thinks wealthy nations should stop eating beef and switch to plant-based alternatives,Washington Examiner,"Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said that rich countries need to switch from real beef to synthetic, plant-based alternatives as a way to combat climate change.
“I do think all rich countries should move to 100% synthetic beef. You can get used to the taste difference, and the claim is they’re going to make it taste even better over time,” Gates said during an interview with MIT Technology Review. “Eventually, that green premium is modest enough that you can sort of change the [behavior of] people or use regulation to totally...",right
4283,Fact Check: 1st 2016 GOP Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Republican debate: CNN's Reality Check Team inspects the claims,CNN (Online News),"The Republican candidates for president gathered Thursday in North Charleston, South Carolina, for their sixth debate,, and CNN's Reality Check Team spent the night putting their statements and assertions to the test.
The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN selected k",left
4284,Fact Check: 1st 2016 GOP Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Fact Check: Christie denies Rubio claim on Sotomayor support – who’s right?,Fox News (Online News),"Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie launched his campaign under the motto, “telling it like it is.”
But a review of some of the New Jersey governor's statements Thursday night during the Fox Business debate – particularly his stinging rebuttal of Marco Rubio'",right
4285,Fact Check: 1st 2016 GOP Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Fact Checks of the 2016 Election,New York Times (News),The New York Times will be checking assertions made throughout the 2016 presidential,left
4286,Bar Owner Charged With Murder During Nebraska Unrest Commits Suicide,"['Violence In America', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Civil Unrest']",Veteran Bar Owner Commits Suicide Week After Special Prosecutor Indicts Him For Fatally Shooting Rioter,The Daily Wire,"An Omaha bar owner, who was a two-tour veteran and had been cleared by Douglas County District Attorney Don Kleine of charges after fatally shooting a rioter outside of his bar in May, was found dead by suicide on Sunday night, less than a week after a grand jury indicted him.
Jake Gardner, 38, who shot 22-year-old James Scurlock after he was apparently protesting the death of George Floyd outside his bar, acted in self-defense, according to Kleine.",right
4287,Bar Owner Charged With Murder During Nebraska Unrest Commits Suicide,"['Violence In America', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Civil Unrest']","White bar owner indicted in death of Black man during protest dies by suicide, officials say",The Hill,"Jake Gardner, the white bar owner in Nebraska who was indicted in the fatal shooting a Black man during a protest, has reportedly died by suicide.
According to The Associated Press, Gardner’s attorney confirmed the news on Sunday after local police said they discovered Gardner's body outside a medical clinic in Oregon.
Gardner, 38, was indicted on charges of manslaughter, use of a firearm in the commission for a felony, attempted first-degree assault and making terrorist threats five days ago in the May shooting death of 22-year-old James Scurlock.",center
4288,Bar Owner Charged With Murder During Nebraska Unrest Commits Suicide,"['Violence In America', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Civil Unrest']",Nebraska Bar Owner Who Was Charged in Killing of Black Man Dies by Suicide,New York Times (News),"A white bar owner charged in the fatal shooting of a Black man during a protest in Nebraska in May — less than a week after the killing of George Floyd — has died by suicide, the man’s lawyer said on Sunday.
The bar owner, Jacob Gardner, was indicted by a grand jury on Sept. 15 in connection with the deadly confrontation with James Scurlock on May 30 in Omaha, one that initially appeared would not lead to criminal charges.
The case touched off large protests and prompted the appointment...",left
4289,"Cori Bush Testifies Before Congress About 'Racist' Treatment During Childbirth, Faces Backlash For Using Term 'Birthing People'","['Race And Racism', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Marriage And Family', 'Cori Bush', 'Culture', 'Public Health']",Rep. Cori Bush scorched for referring to women as ‘birthing people:' She's reducing mothers 'to a function',Fox News (Online News),"Democratic Missouri Rep. Cori Bush riled up her online critics on Thursday when she referred to women as ""birthing people"" during a congressional hearing.
The ""squad"" member was heavily ridiculed after she publicly refrained from using the word ""women"" during a Democratic oversight committee hearing where she recounted her personal experience with difficult pregnancies to raise awareness of the rising maternal death rate among Black expectant mothers.
Bush shared a video of the hearing to her Twitter page with the caption, ""Every day, Black birthing people and our babies...",right
4290,"Cori Bush Testifies Before Congress About 'Racist' Treatment During Childbirth, Faces Backlash For Using Term 'Birthing People'","['Race And Racism', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Marriage And Family', 'Cori Bush', 'Culture', 'Public Health']",Black moms are more likely to die in childbirth. Will Congress do anything about it?,Los Angeles Times,"Lawmakers pushing to address the nation’s rising maternal death rate — particularly among Black women — heard testimony Thursday on what Congress can do to address the problem
The rate of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. is the worst of any industrialized country, and the number of such deaths has steadily risen over the last 30 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In 2019, the most recent year for which data are available, the maternal mortality rate in the U.S. was 20.1 per 100,000 live...",left
4291,"Cori Bush Testifies Before Congress About 'Racist' Treatment During Childbirth, Faces Backlash For Using Term 'Birthing People'","['Race And Racism', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Marriage And Family', 'Cori Bush', 'Culture', 'Public Health']","Bush testifies before Congress about racist treatment Black birthing people face during childbirth, pregnancy",The Hill,"Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) testified before Congress on Thursday about the “racist treatment” she said she and other Black people have experienced in the health care system during childbirth and pregnancy.
The moment came as the House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing examining the maternal mortality and morbidity crisis faced by Black birthing people, a gender inclusive term that encompasses all who give birth, in the nation.
During her testimony, Bush, a nurse and mother of two, opened up about her personal experience in which said she had...",center
4292,White House Rhetoric cools on Spending Cuts,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Rhetoric Cools on Near-Term Pain of Cuts,Wall Street Journal (News),"After warning that across-the-board spending cuts would have catastrophic effects, White House officials are trying to play down fears that people will suffer hardships right away, instead preparing them for a fight that won't be quickly resolved.",center
4293,White House Rhetoric cools on Spending Cuts,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","White House retreats from doomsday spending cuts predictions, but keeps blame on Republicans",Fox News (Online News),The White House is retreating from its doomsday predictions about the impact of the $85 billion in federal spending cuts as they enter a second week -- with Republican leaders appearing at least satisfied about delivering on their promise to limit government spending and hold down taxes.,right
4294,Fired Over Free Speech?,['Free Speech'],Google's firing of memo writer strikes nerve in Silicon Valley,Reuters,A Silicon Valley culture war pitting liberal-leaning tech firms against a small conservative cohort took on new intensity on Tuesday after Google fired a male engineer for a memo that decried the company's commitment to hiring women.,center
4295,Fired Over Free Speech?,['Free Speech'],Google Was Right to Fire the Memo Writer,Slate,"That his sexist manifesto even gained traction at the company suggests its workplace culture has a long way to go. On Saturday, Motherboard reported that an anti-diversity manifesto penned by James Damore, a software engineer at Google, had gone “internally viral” at the company—and then, after Gizmodo obtained and published the 10-page document, it went viral-viral. The screed aired its author’s qualms with diversity and inclusion initiatives at Google, programs he deemed a waste of time because women are inherently less suited for technical roles than men. Or as he...",left
4296,Fired Over Free Speech?,['Free Speech'],Lena Dunham and Google Demonstrate Why Our Free Speech Culture Is Slipping Away,Guest Writer - Right,Progressive corporations enforce an ideological monoculture. Dissent and get fired.,right
4297,Transgender Military Ban,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Donald Trump Says Transgender People Won’t Be Allowed To Serve In Military,HuffPost,He said he made the decision “after consultation with my Generals and military experts.”,left
4298,Transgender Military Ban,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Trump: Transgender people 'can't serve' US military,BBC News,"US President Donald Trump says transgender people cannot serve in ""any capacity"" in the military.
He tweeted that he had consulted with military experts and cited ""tremendous medical costs and disruption"".",center
4299,Transgender Military Ban,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Trump announces ban on transgender individuals serving in military,Fox News (Online News),President Trump tweeted Wednesday that the U.S. government will not allow transgender people “to serve in any capacity in the U.S. military.”,right
4300,"29% Of Humanity Was ‘Moderately’ or ‘Severely’ Food Insecure in 2021, UN Says","['World', 'Food', 'United Nations', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Hunger', 'Sustainability', 'Sustainable Development Goals', 'Ukraine War', 'Food Prices', 'Gas Prices', 'Famine', 'Families And Parenting']",United Nations says billions facing food insecurity levels: ‘world is moving backwards’,Fox Business,"A new United Nations report released Wednesday outlined the horrific statistics on worldwide hunger levels, showing that billions of people are facing food insecurities or are on the brink of starvation.   
The report, ""The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World,"" says world hunger rose in 2021, with around 2.3 billion people facing moderate or severe difficulty obtaining enough to eat. The number facing severe food insecurity increased to about 924 million.",right
4301,"29% Of Humanity Was ‘Moderately’ or ‘Severely’ Food Insecure in 2021, UN Says","['World', 'Food', 'United Nations', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Hunger', 'Sustainability', 'Sustainable Development Goals', 'Ukraine War', 'Food Prices', 'Gas Prices', 'Famine', 'Families And Parenting']","Food insecurity and hunger afflicted 2.3 billion people in 2021, and the war will add more, the U.N. says.",New York Times (News),"Global hunger and the chronic inability to access food skyrocketed in 2021, with 2.3 billion people facing moderate or severe food insecurity around the world, the United Nations said in a report released Wednesday.
“The world is moving backward in its efforts to end hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms,” the report said, in part as a result of the war in Ukraine, which is disrupting supply chains and contributing to the rising prices in energy, grain and fertilizers.",left
4302,"29% Of Humanity Was ‘Moderately’ or ‘Severely’ Food Insecure in 2021, UN Says","['World', 'Food', 'United Nations', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Hunger', 'Sustainability', 'Sustainable Development Goals', 'Ukraine War', 'Food Prices', 'Gas Prices', 'Famine', 'Families And Parenting']","After long-term decline, global hunger is on the rise",Axios,"The proportion of the global population experiencing undernourishment rose to 9.8% in 2021, according to an annual UN report on food security.
The big picture: The decline in hunger in recent decades had been a massive breakthrough for global development. That trend has slipped into reverse since 2018, according to the UN data.
The UN set a goal in 2015 of eliminating global hunger by 2030, but now estimates that roughly the same percentage (8%) of the world will face hunger then as did in 2015.
The report's authors cited ""conflict, climate...",center
4303,Supreme Court Denies Health Care Workers' Religious Challenge to NY Vaccine Mandate,"['Religion And Faith', 'Supreme Court', 'Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'New York', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Supreme Court Allows Vaccine Mandate for New York Health Care Workers,New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to block New York’s requirement that health care workers be vaccinated against the coronavirus even when they cite religious objections.
As is often the court’s practice in rulings on emergency applications, its unsigned order included no reasoning. But Justice Neil M. Gorsuch filed a 14-page dissent saying that the majority had betrayed the court’s commitment to religious liberty.
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. joined Justice Gorsuch’s dissent. Justice Clarence Thomas also said he would have blocked the vaccine requirement, but he gave no reasons....",left
4304,Supreme Court Denies Health Care Workers' Religious Challenge to NY Vaccine Mandate,"['Religion And Faith', 'Supreme Court', 'Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'New York', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Court rejects religious challenge to New York’s vaccine mandate for health care workers,SCOTUSblog,"The Supreme Court on Monday turned down two requests to block New York’s vaccine mandate for health care workers. Two groups of health care workers are challenging the mandate, arguing that it violates their constitutional right to freely exercise their religion. But over the public dissents of three conservative justices, the court denied the workers’ requests to put the mandate on hold while litigation continues.
The dispute centers on a regulation issued by New York’s state health department that requires all health care workers in the state to be vaccinated against COVID-19 unless...",center
4305,Supreme Court Denies Health Care Workers' Religious Challenge to NY Vaccine Mandate,"['Religion And Faith', 'Supreme Court', 'Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'New York', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Barrett and Kavanaugh Supply Another Majority to Deny Religious-Liberty Exemption,Andrew C. McCarthy,"For the second time in less than two months, Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh joined with Chief Justice John Roberts and the Supreme Court’s three progressives (Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan) to uphold a state vaccine mandate over a religious-liberty challenge by medical professionals.
This time, it was New York’s vaccine mandate, which initially included an exemption for religious objectors. These objectors included some Catholics and other Christians who oppose abortion. The vaccines are derived in part from abortion — specifically, from fetal-cell lines used in...",right
4306,House Delays AHCA Vote,['Healthcare'],"LATEST: House Scraps Vote On Health Care Bill, Failed To Get The Votes",Townhall,House Republicans postponed taking up the American Health Care Act after it became clear that it did not have the votes to pass.,right
4307,House Delays AHCA Vote,['Healthcare'],Trump threatens to leave ObamaCare in place if repeal bill fails,The Hill,"President Trump warned House Republicans on Thursday that he will leave ObamaCare in place unless they approve legislation to repeal and replace it.
Trump officials meeting with the House GOP conference said Trump is done negotiating over the legislation, which was set to come up for a vote Thursday but was delayed.",center
4308,House Delays AHCA Vote,['Healthcare'],House leaders postpone vote on their health-care plan,Washington Post,"House leaders postponed a vote Thursday on their plan to overhaul the nation’s health-care system, casting doubt on whether President Trump and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) can deliver on one of the GOP’s central promises to the voters who placed Republicans in power.",left
4309,Will Boehner Keep His Job,"['US House', 'Politics']",Rep. Steve King: ‘I will not vote for Boehner as speaker’,Washington Post,Another congressional Republican will not support Ohio Rep. John Boehner’s bid to become Speaker of the House.,left
4310,Will Boehner Keep His Job,"['US House', 'Politics']",Will Boehner Keep His Job?,CNN (Online News),At least two conservative hard-liners are now offering themselves up as candidates to unseat House Speaker John Boehner.,left
4311,Will Boehner Keep His Job,"['US House', 'Politics']",More conservative Republicans say they won't back Boehner for speaker,Fox News (Online News),"The fledgling rebellion against electing John Boehner to a third term as House speaker gained momentum over the weekend, as nine conservative Republicans declared they intend to vote against the Ohio Republican when the House convenes on Tuesday.",right
4312,How Did the Ebola Breach Happen,[],How Did Health Worker Get Ebola?,HuffPost,Health officials are intensifying the monitoring of hospital workers who provided care to the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. after one of them was infected with the virus despite wearing protective gear.,left
4313,How Did the Ebola Breach Happen,[],American nurse with protective gear gets Ebola; how could this happen?,CNN (Online News),The nurse in Texas seemed to have taken all the precautions needed to protect herself from Ebola.,left
4314,How Did the Ebola Breach Happen,[],Unprepared for Worst?,Fox News (Online News),"As the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention blames a ""protocol breach"" for the infection of a Dallas nurse with Ebola, questions are being raised over whether the CDC is capable of providing the adequate training for hundreds of thousands of health care workers -- who are at the front-lines of the fight against Ebola in America.",right
4315,"Previewing Tuesday's Primaries in Colorado, Illinois, New York, Oklahoma and Utah","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Colorado', 'Illinois', 'New York', 'Oklahoma', 'Utah', '2022 Gubernatorial Races', 'Kathy Hochul', 'J.B. Pritzker', 'Mike Lee', 'Kevin Stitt', 'Lauren Boebert', 'Michael Bennet']",5 states — including Utah — are holding primary elections this week. Here’s what to know,Deseret News,"By the end of this week, almost 30 states will have completed their 2022 primary elections, according to FiveThirtyEight. Here are five states to watch as votes roll in on Tuesday: Colorado, Illinois, New York, Oklahoma and Utah.
Utah : The Deseret News’ Kyle Dunphey states that the Republican primary races are of importance, due to the fact that they largely determine the overall winners in “deep red Utah.”
For U.S. Senate, incumbent Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican, is being challenged by Becky Edwards and Ally Isom. One of these three will face Independent...",center
4316,"Previewing Tuesday's Primaries in Colorado, Illinois, New York, Oklahoma and Utah","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Colorado', 'Illinois', 'New York', 'Oklahoma', 'Utah', '2022 Gubernatorial Races', 'Kathy Hochul', 'J.B. Pritzker', 'Mike Lee', 'Kevin Stitt', 'Lauren Boebert', 'Michael Bennet']",Democrats' big bets on GOP primaries come due: What to watch in Tuesday's elections,Politico,"Democrats have a lot riding on Tuesday’s primaries. The Republican primaries, that is.
Facing hurricane-force electoral headwinds in November, Democrats have launched an unprecedented effort to meddle in GOP nominating contests across the country, elevating extreme candidates and attacking Republican hopefuls they view as greater threats in the general election.
Tuesday’s races feature four races in which Democratic candidates or groups are seeking to influence Republican primary voters, including a more-than-$30-million effort in the Illinois governor’s race. There are also multi-million-dollar campaigns to boost far-right Republican statewide candidates in Colorado,...",left
4317,"Previewing Tuesday's Primaries in Colorado, Illinois, New York, Oklahoma and Utah","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Colorado', 'Illinois', 'New York', 'Oklahoma', 'Utah', '2022 Gubernatorial Races', 'Kathy Hochul', 'J.B. Pritzker', 'Mike Lee', 'Kevin Stitt', 'Lauren Boebert', 'Michael Bennet']","Seven primaries to watch in Colorado, Illinois, New York",The Hill,"Seven states are holding primaries and runoff elections on Tuesday, but the spotlight will focus on three states: Colorado, Illinois and New York.  
Democrats have sought to intervene in the top Republican primaries in Colorado and Illinois, hoping that GOP voters will choose conservative hard-liners who could prove easier to defeat in November. In New York, meanwhile, the biggest primary fights are unfolding on the Democratic side. 
Here are seven races to watch on Tuesday. 
Colorado GOP Senate primary 
State Rep. Ron Hanks and construction company owner Joe O’Dea are...",center
4318,U.S. Closes Embassy in Pakistan,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Terror Threat Prompts U.S. To Evacuate Consulate,HuffPost,The U.S. has ordered the evacuation of another consulate overseas in response to a terrorist threat.,left
4319,U.S. Closes Embassy in Pakistan,"['State Department', 'Politics']","Pakistan: After terror threat, US consulate in Lahore closes",Christian Science Monitor,A specific threat prompted a move of US personnel to Islamabad. The Pakistani government is also on high alert.,center
4320,U.S. Closes Embassy in Pakistan,"['State Department', 'Politics']","US withdraws staff from consulate in Lahore, Pakistan, over terror threat",Fox News (Online News),"The Department of State has ordered the departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel from the U.S. Consulate General in Lahore, Pakistan and has warned U.S. citizens to defer all non-essential travel to Pakistan, Fox News confirms.",right
4321,Supreme Court to Hear Key Cases on Trump Immigration Policies,"['Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'Remain In Mexico', 'Asylum', 'Border Wall', 'Supreme Court']","Supreme Court to take up Trump border wall spending, asylum enforcement",NBC News (Online),"A federal appeals court ruled in June that the government improperly diverted $2.5 billion of the Pentagon's counter-drug program money to build more than 100 miles of border wall.
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will hear a challenge to the Trump administration's use of Pentagon money to build the southern border wall and also its appeal of a ruling that blocked the sending of asylum applicants to Mexico while they wait for their appeals to be heard.
A federal appeals court ruled in June that the government...",left
4322,Supreme Court to Hear Key Cases on Trump Immigration Policies,"['Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'Remain In Mexico', 'Asylum', 'Border Wall', 'Supreme Court']",U.S. Supreme Court to review legality of Trump's 'remain in Mexico' asylum policy,Reuters,"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide the legality of one of President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies that has forced tens of thousands of migrants along the southern border to wait in Mexico, rather than entering the United States, while their asylum claims are processed.
The justices will hear a Trump administration appeal of a 2019 lower court ruling that found the policy likely violated federal immigration law. The program, called Migrant Protection Protocols, remains in effect because the Supreme Court in March put the lower court’s...",center
4323,Supreme Court to Hear Key Cases on Trump Immigration Policies,"['Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'Remain In Mexico', 'Asylum', 'Border Wall', 'Supreme Court']","Supreme Court to hear Trump immigration cases on border wall, asylum",Washington Times,"The Supreme Court announced Monday it will take up two key cases involving President Trump’s get-tough immigration policy, granting hearings on his border wall construction project and his crackdown on bogus asylum claims.
The asylum policy, officially known as the Migrant Protection Protocols and more commonly called the “Remain in Mexico” policy, makes people who show up at the border from Central America and further afield return to Mexico to wait while their cases proceed in the U.S.
That eliminated the incentive to make bogus asylum claims, because it denied...",right
4324,"Trump Is in Excellent Health, According to White House Physician","['White House', 'Politics']","OPINION: Trump's healthy as a horse, America (whether you like it or not)",Guest Writer - Right,"After listening to a news conference Tuesday by the White House physician discussing results of his exam of President Trump last week, it’s overwhelmingly clear that the president is healthy physically and mentally and fit for office.",right
4325,"Trump Is in Excellent Health, According to White House Physician","['White House', 'Politics']",Trump's medical sparks online 'girther' movement,BBC News,"US presidents regularly undergo physical examinations. It is not remarkable. However, the results of Donald Trump's recent medical check-up have sparked an online conspiracy theory - the girther movement.",center
4326,"Trump Is in Excellent Health, According to White House Physician","['White House', 'Politics']","Trump Has Perfect Cognitive Test Score, White House Physician Says",New York Times (News),"President Trump’s White House physician said Tuesday that the president received a perfect score on a cognitive test designed to screen for neurological impairment, which the military doctor said was evidence that Mr. Trump does not suffer from mental issues that prevent him from functioning in office.",left
4327,Should Congress Reform the Electoral Count Act?,"['Elections', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'US House', 'Politics', 'Electoral Count Act', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Adam Schiff', 'Liz Cheney', 'January 6 Committee', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2020 Election']",How Congress can fix the Electoral Count Act,Multiple Writers - Center,"We are scholars of election law who span the ideological spectrum but agree on two fundamental principles to help avert potential political upheaval in the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election.
First, to avoid a repeat of Jan. 6, or worse, Congress must rewrite the Electoral Count Act, the outmoded 1887 law that governs the certification of the presidential vote. There is a pressing need for a clear set of rules to govern the certification of the presidential vote.
Second, this revision should be based on the premise that Congress...",center
4328,Should Congress Reform the Electoral Count Act?,"['Elections', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'US House', 'Politics', 'Electoral Count Act', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Adam Schiff', 'Liz Cheney', 'January 6 Committee', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2020 Election']",Why progress on the Electoral Count Act might be possible,Steve Benen,"It's no secret that John Eastman, a Republican lawyer on Donald Trump's team in the aftermath of the former president's defeat, wrote an infamous memo intended to help overturn the results. What's less known is why Eastman thought his scheme would work.
As regular readers know, the GOP attorney was convinced that then-Vice President Mike Pence, rather than honor the results of the election, could exploit ambiguities in the Electoral Count Act of 1887 and set aside the Electoral College votes of seven states.
Eastman's scheme, obviously, didn't work — but that doesn't mean the...",left
4329,Should Congress Reform the Electoral Count Act?,"['Elections', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'US House', 'Politics', 'Electoral Count Act', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Adam Schiff', 'Liz Cheney', 'January 6 Committee', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2020 Election']",Reform the Electoral Count Act,Washington Examiner,"Recent admissions from an insider about former President Donald Trump’s challenge to last year’s election results should impel lawmakers of both parties to revise the convoluted Electoral Count Act that governed the proceedings.
Peter Navarro, Trump’s trade adviser, wrote in a memoir that he and Trump strategist Steve Bannon had a plan to halt Congress’s certification of election results last Jan. 6 — a plan that actually was hurt, he said, not helped, by the riot that engulfed the U.S. Capitol. The idea was to exploit loopholes in the Electoral Count...",right
4330,5th Anniversary of Stimulus Plan,['Economy And Jobs'],Washington wishes the stimulus a happy (and horrid) fifth birthday,Washington Post,The holiday seemed to mess with the laws anniversary plans.,left
4331,5th Anniversary of Stimulus Plan,['Economy And Jobs'],"Stimulus anniversary: more GOP attacks, little fanfare",CNN (Online News),A 5-year-old's birthday party with no cake and candles. Unheard of except in politics.,left
4332,5th Anniversary of Stimulus Plan,['Economy And Jobs'],EDITORIAL: The unhappy anniversary of stimulus boondoggle,Washington Times,"Five years ago this week, President Obama jump-started the economy leading to the greatest period of sustained growth in history. No, we haven't seen it either but that was what he said would happen.",right
4333,"Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Is Safe and Effective, FDA Analysis Finds","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Johnson & Johnson']",FDA backs Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine as safe and effective,New York Post (News),"The Food and Drug Administration backed Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus vaccine as safe and effective on Wednesday as the agency weighs whether to clear the shot for emergency use.
FDA staff affirmed J&J’s finding that the vaccine was 66 percent effective overall at warding off moderate and severe COVID-19 cases and 85 percent effective at preventing the most serious infections.
While not as strong as Pfizer and Moderna’s two-dose vaccines, that efficacy rate could still make J&J’s shot a helpful weapon in the battle against the pandemic. It’s also...",right
4334,"Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Is Safe and Effective, FDA Analysis Finds","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Johnson & Johnson']",FDA analysis finds Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine is safe and effective,Axios,"The Food and Drug Administration's staff released a briefing document on Wednesday endorsing Johnson & Johnson's one-shot coronavirus vaccine as safe and effective.
The latest: Assuming the FDA issues an emergency use authorization ""without delay,"" meaning as soon as this weekend, White House coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients said J&J will have 3 million to 4 million ready for distribution next week.
What's next: An FDA advisory panel will meet Friday to review the briefing document and vote on whether to recommend an emergency use authorization (EUA). The FDA will then...",center
4335,"Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Is Safe and Effective, FDA Analysis Finds","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Johnson & Johnson']",Johnson & Johnson vaccine deemed safe and effective in documents released by FDA,NBC News (Online),"Documents released by the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday indicate that Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine is overall safe and highly effective — 86 percent — against the most severe outcomes of the illness.
The favorable review comes two days before a panel of independent advisers to the FDA is scheduled to discuss the company's application for emergency use. It is widely expected that the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, or VRBPAC, will vote to recommend authorization of the vaccine.",left
4336,"Around the World, Inflation Worsens","['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'World', 'Gas Prices', 'Food', 'Africa', 'United Kingdom', 'Canada', 'The Americas', 'Europe']",UK inflation rises at fastest rate for 40 years as food costs jump,BBC News,"Prices are continuing to rise at their fastest rate for 40 years with food costs, particularly for bread, cereal and meat, climbing.
UK inflation, the rate at which prices rise, edged up to 9.1% in the 12 months to May, from 9% in April, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
Fuel and energy prices are the biggest drivers of inflation, but the ONS said food costs had pushed it up further.
Workers and unions are pushing for pay rises to cope with higher prices.
But the government has warned against...",center
4337,"Around the World, Inflation Worsens","['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'World', 'Gas Prices', 'Food', 'Africa', 'United Kingdom', 'Canada', 'The Americas', 'Europe']",Probability of Global Recession Nearing 50 Percent: Citigroup Economists,The Epoch Times,"Citigroup economists have forecast the chance of a global recession nearing 50 percent as central banks hike interest rates and consumer demand for goods drops off.
“The experience of history indicates that disinflation often carries meaningful costs for growth and we see the aggregate probability of recession as now approaching 50 percent,” economists led by Nathan Sheets said in a report on Wednesday.
“Central banks may yet engineer the soft—or ‘softish’—landings embodied in their forecasts (and in ours), but this will require supply shocks to ebb and demand to remain resilient.”
According to the report, Citigroup...",right
4338,"Around the World, Inflation Worsens","['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'World', 'Gas Prices', 'Food', 'Africa', 'United Kingdom', 'Canada', 'The Americas', 'Europe']",Top 10 African Countries with the highest inflation rates in 2022,Insider,"As of 2022, rising inflation has become a shared trend worldwide. The overall inflation rate in Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to grow to 12.2 per cent, and this is because many countries on the continent lack a sufficient central banking system, which in turn results in the manipulation of currency to achieve short-term economic goals. Furthermore, the global supply disruptions caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are also some of the major drivers responsible for inflation. In fact, prices are set to rise even further,...",left
4339,Israeli Spying Report,"['Israel', 'World']",Israel Denies Spying on U.S. to Get Iran Nuclear Talk Details,The Blaze,"Israel’s foreign minister on Tuesday denied a Wall Street Journal report alleging that Israel had spied on the U.S. to learn details about its nuclear talks with Iran.
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman told Israel’s Army Radio the report was “not correct, not accurate.”
Liberman insisted that Israel does not spy on the U.S. as a matter of policy, and that with other parties involved in the talks — most notably Iran — Israeli intelligence could have gleaned details of the negotiations through other avenues.
“We don’t spy on the United...",right
4340,Israeli Spying Report,"['Israel', 'World']",Israel stole classified US information and used it to help congressional Republicans,Vox,"The Wall Street Journal's Adam Entous dropped a huge story Tuesday morning: Israel acquired classified US information while spying on the Iranian nuclear negotiations, and leaked the stolen information about the emerging deal to American lawmakers in an attempt to sabotage the Obama administration's outreach to Tehran.
This is yet another disaster for US-Israel relations. But that's not because Israel acquired classified US information, which honestly isn't that surprising. What's really outrageous is that Israel used the information in a deliberate attempt to manipulate American politics.",left
4341,Israeli Spying Report,"['Israel', 'World']",Boehner 'baffled' by Israeli spying report,CNN (Online News),"House Speaker John Boehner said he was ""shocked"" by a recent report that the Israeli government spied on Iranian nuclear talks and leaked information on the developing deal to lawmakers, and that he hadn't heard anything from the Israelis himself.
""I'm not sure what the information was. But I'm baffled by it,"" Boehner told reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.
He said that ""no information (was) revealed to me whatsoever"" on the talks.
The number two House Democrat, Rep. Steny Hoyer, also said he hadn't received any information from the...",left
4342,What Coronavirus Means for the 2020 Census,"['Coronavirus', 'Census', '2020 Census', 'Culture', 'Public Health', 'Domestic Policy', 'General News']",A Brief History of the Census—and How Covid-19 Could Change It,Wired,"THE UNITED STATES is currently undertaking its population census, the once-a-decade effort to count every single person living here. More than 150 other countries will join in this world census round—the 10-year period centered on 2020, and around 90 percent of the world’s population has already been or will be counted.
But while impressive on a human scale, a modern census is technologically unspectacular. The American questionnaire asks just seven questions of each person, with a few more for each household as a whole. Counting generously, the government is collecting...",center
4343,What Coronavirus Means for the 2020 Census,"['Coronavirus', 'Census', '2020 Census', 'Culture', 'Public Health', 'Domestic Policy', 'General News']",Census Day is Wednesday; coronavirus means college towns will be undercounted,MarketWatch,"At college dormitories and student apartments across the U.S., census forms will be piling up — but many run the risk of not being filled in.
The spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. has coincided with the start of data collection for the 2020 census.
This may not affect the process for most people who are self-isolating at home. But for students, it could well affect where and if they are counted – and that could have big implications.
The rapid spread of the virus has meant that most...",center
4344,What Coronavirus Means for the 2020 Census,"['Coronavirus', 'Census', '2020 Census', 'Culture', 'Public Health', 'Domestic Policy', 'General News']","Conducting a census during the coronavirus pandemic won’t be easy, but we have to get it right",Los Angeles Times,"To state the obvious, there’s never a good time for a pandemic. But among the things that make this a particularly bad time is that the United States is in the middle not only of a presidential election, but of the decennial census.
Notices have already been sent out to households across the nation about how to complete census forms online, but the Census Bureau has wisely suspended its outreach workers’ trips into neighborhoods to implore people to participate and to drop off notices at homes that don’t receive regular...",left
4345,Major Offensive Planned Against ISIS,['Foreign Policy'],Will Iraqi forces be ready for a Mosul offensive?,CBS News (Online),"A U.S. military official said Thursday that 20,000 to 25,000 Iraqi forces would launch an assault on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants to reclaim Iraq's second largest city this spring.",left
4346,Major Offensive Planned Against ISIS,['Foreign Policy'],U.S.: Major Offensive Planned Against ISIS In Mosul This Spring,NPR (Online News),"Looking to take back a city that has high strategic and symbolic value, the Iraqi military will launch an offensive against fighters from the self-proclaimed Islamic State in the coming months, a senior U.S. military official says.",left
4347,Major Offensive Planned Against ISIS,['Foreign Policy'],Obama Administration Gives ISIS The Playbook On How U.S. Plans To Take Back Mosul,Townhall,The Obama administration is under heavy criticism today after publishing detailed plans on the timing to retake the ISIS captured city of Mosul.,right
4348,"Vatican Denounces Gender Theory as ""Confused Concept of Freedom""","['Civil Rights', 'Gender Identity', 'World', 'Vatican', 'LGBT Rights']","Vatican rejects people choosing, changing genders",Fox News (Online News),"The Vatican on Monday rejected the idea that people can change or choose their genders.
The document issued on the topic is the Vatican's first on gender theory, and insists on the sexual ""complementarity"" of men and women to make babies.
Published during LGBTQ Pride Month, the document, titled ""Male and Female He Created Them,"" calls for a ""path of dialogue"" and listening on the issue of ""gender theory"" in education.",right
4349,"Vatican Denounces Gender Theory as ""Confused Concept of Freedom""","['Civil Rights', 'Gender Identity', 'World', 'Vatican', 'LGBT Rights']",Vatican condemns gender theory as bid to destroy nature,Reuters,"VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican condemned gender theory on Monday as part of a “confused concept of freedom”, saying in a new document that the idea of gender being determined by personal feeling rather than biology was an attempt to “annihilate nature”.
LGBT rights advocates denounced the 30-page document, called “Male and Female He Created Them”, as harmful and confusing, saying it would encourage hatred and bigotry.
The document, the Vatican’s first on gender theory, was written by the Congregation for Catholic Education as an “instruction” to Catholic educators...",center
4350,"Vatican Denounces Gender Theory as ""Confused Concept of Freedom""","['Civil Rights', 'Gender Identity', 'World', 'Vatican', 'LGBT Rights']",Vatican Rejects Notion That Gender Identity Can Be Chosen,New York Times (News),"ROME — The Vatican on Monday released its first extensive official document on gender theory, rejecting the notion that individuals can choose their own gender identity.
The document, issued by the Vatican department overseeing Catholic education, argued that increasing acceptance of fluid definitions of gender by schools and legal systems posed a threat to traditional families and ignored the natural differences between men and women.
It lamented “calls for public recognition of the right to choose one’s gender, and of a plurality of new types of unions, in direct contradiction...",left
4351,GOP Baseball Shooting,['Politics'],"Congressman Steve Scalise, Others Shot by Gunman Targeting Republicans",CBN,"Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., was shot early this morning around 7:15 a.m. when a gunman fired dozens of shots targeting Republican members of Congress. It was not a random act and appears to be a direct targeting of the Republican congressmen.",right
4352,GOP Baseball Shooting,['Politics'],"Republican House Whip Steve Scalise, congressional staffer shot in Virginia shooting",CNN (Online News),"Rep. Steve Scalise, a congressional staffer and members of the congressional police force were shot Wednesday morning in Alexandria, Virginia, in what sources are calling an apparent ""deliberate attack.""",left
4353,GOP Baseball Shooting,['Politics'],"GOP baseball shooting: Lawmaker Scalise wounded, one person in custody",Washington Post,"A gunman opened fire Wednesday morning on a baseball practice at a park in Alexandria involving Republican members of Congress, injuring several people including at least one lawmaker, Steve Scalise, the majority whip, according to police and a congressman.",left
4354,U.S. Passes 6 Million COVID-19 Cases; 25 Million Cases Worldwide,"['Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'World', 'Disaster', 'Coronavirus']",U.S. Surpasses Six Million Reported Covid-19 Cases,Wall Street Journal (News),"The U.S. surpassed six million confirmed coronavirus cases, roughly three weeks after the toll reached five million.
While this reflects a slowdown in the number of new daily reported cases, though those figures still remain elevated compared to June. The last million cases were reported over a period of around 2 1/2 weeks.
The U.S. reported more than 35,000 new cases for Sunday, the smallest daily increase since Aug. 23, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. death toll topped 183,000.",center
4355,U.S. Passes 6 Million COVID-19 Cases; 25 Million Cases Worldwide,"['Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'World', 'Disaster', 'Coronavirus']","Coronavirus tally: Global cases of COVID-19 25.2 million, 846,655 deaths and U.S. case tally nears 6 million",MarketWatch,"The global tally for confirmed cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 climbed to 25.2 million on Monday, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University, while the death toll rose to 846,655. At least 16.6 million people have recovered. The U.S. has the highest tallies in the world with 5.99 million cases and 183,068 deaths. President Donald Trump retweeted a conspiracy theory over the weekend that the death toll is much lower and that criticized two of the leading experts on his own White House Task Force, Dr. Anthony...",center
4356,U.S. Passes 6 Million COVID-19 Cases; 25 Million Cases Worldwide,"['Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'World', 'Disaster', 'Coronavirus']",U.S. tops 6 million coronavirus cases,CBS News (Online),"The United States on Monday topped 6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. has reported a million more coronavirus cases and about 21,000 more deaths in just the past three weeks.
The grim milestone continues a trend that sees the U.S. reporting far more confirmed cases and higher numbers of coronavirus-related deaths than any other country in the world. Brazil and India both have more than 3.5 million cases and Russia has nearly 1 million, though critics have cast doubt...",left
4357,Reactions to Garner Non-Indictment,['Violence In America'],Politicians Speak Out After Non-Indictment in Garner Case,Breitbart News,"Politicians weighed in heavily after a grand jury decision was announced Wednesday not to indict a New York police officer over the death of Eric Garner in July.
Barack Obama:
[The incident] speaks to the larger issues that we’ve been talking about now for the last week, the last month, the last year, and sadly for decades. And that is the concern on the part of too many minority communities that law enforcement is not working with them and dealing with them in a fair way.
U.S....",right
4358,Reactions to Garner Non-Indictment,['Violence In America'],"Obama Says He Will Continue Work to Improve Police, Community Relations",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama renewed his vow to help improve police and community relations in the aftermath of a New York grand jury’s Wednesday decision not to indict a police officer in the death of a Staten Island man.
Wednesday’s decision by the jury “speaks to the larger issues that we’ve been talking about now for the last week, the last month, the last year and sadly, for decades,” said Mr. Obama, speaking at a Tribal Nations Conference in Washington.
Eric Garner, a Staten Island man, died in July after being...",center
4359,Reactions to Garner Non-Indictment,['Violence In America'],Conservatives Join Outrage Over Grand Jury Decision In Eric Garner's Death,HuffPost,"Opinions on the decision reached by a grand jury last week not to indict the police officer who killed 18-year-old Michael Brown largely broke down along partisan lines, with many conservatives agreeing that Darren Wilson should not have faced a trial. But another grand jury's decision not to indict a New York City police officer who placed 43-year-old Eric Garner into a chokehold, resulting in his death, seems to be playing out much differently so far.
The fact that Garner's death was captured on video and that Officer Daniel Pantaleo...",left
4360,At Least 15.1 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Wasted Since March,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health']","15 million Covid vaccine doses thrown away in the U.S. since March, new data shows",NBC News (Online),"Pharmacies and state governments in the United States have thrown away at least 15.1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines since March 1, according to government data obtained by NBC News — a far larger number than previously known and still probably an undercount.
Four national pharmacy chains reported more than 1 million wasted doses each, according to data released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in response to a public records request. Walgreens reported the most waste of any pharmacy, state or other vaccine provider, with nearly 2.6 million...",left
4361,At Least 15.1 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Wasted Since March,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health']",Data Shows US Wasted 15M Doses of COVID Vaccine Since March,Newsmax (News),"More than 15 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been thrown away or wasted since March, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data received by NBC News through a public records request.
The 15.1 million wasted doses might even be an undercount, according to the report.
""It's really tragic that we have a situation where vaccines are being wasted while lots of African countries have not had even 5% of their populations vaccinated,"" England's University of Warwick professor Sharifah Sekalala told NBC News.
""A lot of the global south is...",right
4362,At Least 15.1 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Wasted Since March,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health']",15M COVID-19 vaccine doses wasted since March: report,The Hill,"At least 15 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in the U.S. have gone to waste, with the number of unused doses rising, according to NBC News.
Citing data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NBC reported that four major national pharmacy chains have each reported wasting at least 1 million COVID-19 vaccine shots each.
According to the self-reported numbers, Walgreens reported wasting 2.6 million doses, CVS reported 2.2 million, Walmart reported 1.6 million and Rite Aid reported 1.1 million.
NBC notes that the data provided by the CDC does not...",center
4363,"Nations Enact Travel Bans, Stock Markets Slide as New COVID-19 Variant Emerges","['Coronavirus', 'B11529', 'Travel', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'World', 'Africa']",World takes action as new variant emerges in southern Africa,Associated Press,"A slew of nations moved to stop air travel from southern Africa on Friday, and stocks plunged in Asia and Europe in reaction to news of a new, potentially more transmissible COVID-19 variant.
“The last thing we need is to bring in a new variant that will cause even more problems,” said German Health Minister Jens Spahn, amid a massive spike in cases in the 27-nation European Union.
Within a few days of the discovery of the new variant, it has already impacted on a jittery society that is sensitive...",left
4364,"Nations Enact Travel Bans, Stock Markets Slide as New COVID-19 Variant Emerges","['Coronavirus', 'B11529', 'Travel', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'World', 'Africa']","A new Covid-19 variant could show immune evasion and enhanced transmissibility, South African scientists warn",CNN (Online News),"South Africa's health minister announced Thursday the discovery of a new coronavirus variant that appears to be spreading rapidly in parts of the country.
""Initially it looked like some cluster outbreaks, but from yesterday, the indication came from our scientists from the Network of Genomic Surveillance that they were observing a new variant,"" Minister of Health Joe Phaahla said, stressing that it is currently unclear where the variant -- currently dubbed B.1.1.529 -- first emerged.
It has so far been detected in South Africa, Botswana and in a traveler to Hong Kong from South...",left
4365,"Nations Enact Travel Bans, Stock Markets Slide as New COVID-19 Variant Emerges","['Coronavirus', 'B11529', 'Travel', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'World', 'Africa']","WHO meets to discuss new, ‘heavily mutated’ COVID-19 variant",Fox News (Online News),"The World Health Organization is holding a meeting Friday to discuss the dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases in South Africa that has been blamed on a new variant of the virus.
Joe Phaahla, South Africa’s minister of health, identified the new variant as B.1.1.529, and said it seems highly contagious among young people.
The BBC reported that the new variant seems to be the most heavily mutated so far in the outbreak. James Gallagher, the health correspondent, wrote that one scientist described the variant as ""horrific."" He said the meeting of the WHO will likely result in...",right
4366,Senate to Vote on Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court Nomination,"['US Senate', 'Amy Coney Barrett', 'Supreme Court']","Senate likely to confirm Barrett to U.S. Supreme Court, cementing conservative majority",Reuters,"The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate is expected on Monday to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, as the next justice to the Supreme Court, a move that will tilt the country’s highest court further to the right for years to come.
No nominee to the Supreme Court has ever been confirmed by the Senate this close to a presidential election, with more than 58 million ballots already cast ahead of Election Day on Nov. 3.
The rush to confirm Barrett, 48, has bitterly divided Democrats and Republicans, who are...",center
4367,Senate to Vote on Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court Nomination,"['US Senate', 'Amy Coney Barrett', 'Supreme Court']",Amy Coney Barrett is now one step away from becoming a Supreme Court justice,Vox,"The Senate voted to end its debate over the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Sunday afternoon, a move that sets the stage for a final Senate floor vote for her confirmation on Monday.
Despite efforts by Democratic lawmakers to use procedural maneuvers to slow her appointment, Barrett is on track to be confirmed to the court just about a week before Election Day with almost unanimous support from Senate Republicans.
Republicans have moved quickly to seat Barrett on the court, following her nomination by...",left
4368,Senate to Vote on Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court Nomination,"['US Senate', 'Amy Coney Barrett', 'Supreme Court']",Senate Democrats speak all night on Senate floor as Barrett confirmation edges closer to Monday night vote,Fox News (Online News),"Debate raged overnight on the Senate floor as Democrats protested the fact Republicans are moving ahead with the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, voting Sunday afternoon to limit debate on the judge and setting up a final confirmation vote on Monday.
""Senate Democrats are taking over the floor all night to fight this sham process by Senate Republicans,"" Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Sunday evening. ""We will not stop fighting.""
The vote to limit debate on the Barrett nomination -- also called a ""cloture"" vote...",right
4369,Parents of Bombing Suspects to be Questionned,['Terrorism'],Boston blasts site reopens as officials try to question suspects' parents abroad,CNN (Online News),Nine days after Boylston Street turned into a bloody scene of carnage the area will reopen to public foot traffic Wednesday.,left
4370,Parents of Bombing Suspects to be Questionned,['Terrorism'],US authorities to interview Boston bombing suspects' parents in Russia,Fox News (Online News),As authorities try to piece together what may have motivated suspects accused in deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon a team of U.S. investigators has traveled to southern Russia to interview the brothers' parents.,right
4371,Elon Musk Makes Cash Offer to Buy Twitter,"['Business', 'Technology', 'Big Tech', 'Elon Musk', 'Twitter', 'Social Media', 'Free Speech']",Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $41 billion,New York Post (News),"Elon Musk has launched a $41 billion bid to buy Twitter, saying the proposed deal is part of his plan to bring “free speech around the globe” just days after rejecting a seat on the social media company’s board.
Musk’s offer price of $54.20 per share, which was disclosed in a regulatory filing on Thursday, represents a 38% premium to Twitter’s April 1 close, the last trading day before the Tesla CEO’s more than 9% stake in the company was made public.
Twitter’s shares jumped 12% in premarket trading.
“I invested in...",right
4372,Elon Musk Makes Cash Offer to Buy Twitter,"['Business', 'Technology', 'Big Tech', 'Elon Musk', 'Twitter', 'Social Media', 'Free Speech']",Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $43 billion in cash,Axios,"Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share in cash, or about $43 billion, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday.
Why it matters: The move, which Musk called his ""best and final offer,"" comes after the billionaire has repeatedly criticized Twitter, disclosed a 9.2% stake in the social media company and backed out of joining its board of directors.
What they're saying: ""As I indicated this weekend, I believe that the company should be private to go through the changes that need to be made,"" Musk...",center
4373,Elon Musk Makes Cash Offer to Buy Twitter,"['Business', 'Technology', 'Big Tech', 'Elon Musk', 'Twitter', 'Social Media', 'Free Speech']","Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter, says company 'needs to be transformed'",NBC News (Online),"Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter.
One of the world's richest men delivered a letter to the company with a proposal to acquire all outstanding shares of Twitter for $54.20 each, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission published Thursday.
The letter, delivered Wednesday, amounts to an offer to take Twitter private, a move that would give Musk greater control of the company. The offer values Twitter at more than $40 billion.
""I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free...",left
4374,"Perspectives: GOP Rep Punished for Anime Video Depicting Attack of AOC, Biden","['Polarization', 'Paul Gosar', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Capitol Hill', 'Social Media', 'Politics']","GOP Rep. Gosar censured, booted from committees over violent video",Axios,"The House on Wednesday voted to censure Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) and strip him of his committee assignments for posting a video on Twitter that depicts him attacking President Biden and killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).
Why it matters: Gosar is the second House Republican to lose committee seats at the hands of the Democratic majority in the 117th Congress, which has been plagued by violence and inflammatory rhetoric both inside and outside the Capitol.
The censure resolution, which passed 223-210, got little cross-party support.
Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) and Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) voted with...",center
4375,"Perspectives: GOP Rep Punished for Anime Video Depicting Attack of AOC, Biden","['Polarization', 'Paul Gosar', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Capitol Hill', 'Social Media', 'Politics']",The Decline of Congress,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"Congress has a public approval rating of 22%, which makes us wonder what the 22% are watching. It can’t be C-SPAN. If they paid attention to this week’s spectacle involving Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar, the 22% are likely to join the other 78%.
Mr. Gosar, a Republican, illustrates the decline of Congress in profile. He tweeted an anime video of the Congressman attacking a character with the face of Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and swinging a sword at a character with President Biden’s face.
Mr. Gosar has since deleted the...",right
4376,"Perspectives: GOP Rep Punished for Anime Video Depicting Attack of AOC, Biden","['Polarization', 'Paul Gosar', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Capitol Hill', 'Social Media', 'Politics']",Why Congress had to take a stand on Paul Gosar's video,CNN (Opinion),"The House vote to censure Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona was the only appropriate thing for members of Congress to do. It signaled that violence and misogyny have no place in our politics -- and neither do politicians like Gosar who promote them. While all 221 House Democrats voted for censure, they were joined by only two of their Republican colleagues.
What prompted the vote was Gosar's tweet of a photoshopped anime video showing him appearing to kill Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and attacking the President of the United...",left
4377,Questioning US Policy toward Nigeria,['World'],Schoolgirl Abductions Put Scrutiny on U.S. Terrorism Strategy,New York Times (News),The abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria has led to new scrutiny of the United States’ counterterrorism strategy toward Boko Haram during Hillary Rodham Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state.,left
4378,Questioning US Policy toward Nigeria,['World'],Clinton's handling of Boko Haram questioned,CNN (Online News),Hillary Clinton's handling of Boko Haram as Secretary of State is being questioned by Republicans.,left
4379,Questioning US Policy toward Nigeria,['World'],Never saw the threat: Boko Haram kidnap followed U.S. first effort at public relations war,Washington Times,White House officials worried that adding Boko Haram to the terror list would bolster the groups stature on the world stage and - as a result - enhance its ability to grow and recruit new members.,right
4380,"Obama, Senate Reach Fiscal Deal",[],Senate passes package to avert fiscal cliff; House votes next,CNN (Online News),"A full two hours after a midnight deadline, the Senate overwhelmingly passed a deal Tuesday to avert the feared fiscal cliff on an 89-8 vote.",left
4381,"Obama, Senate Reach Fiscal Deal",[],"Senate approves fiscal crisis deal after missed deadline, bill goes to House",Fox News (Online News),"The Senate approved a scaled-down package early Tuesday morning aimed at halting historic tax hikes for most Americans and postponing across-the-board spending cuts, just hours after Congress missed a midnight deadline for action.",right
4382,"Obama, Senate Reach Fiscal Deal",[],Everything you need to know about the fiscal cliff deal,Washington Post,Here's a summary of the fiscal cliff deal.,left
4383,Obama Climate Change Plan,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Evangelicals: Obama's Coal Restrictions Hurt the Poor,CBN,"More than 100 evangelical scientists, economists, theologians, and pastors endorsed an official statement Monday opposing new restrictions planned by President Barack Obama on carbon-dioxide emissions from electric power plants.",right
4384,Obama Climate Change Plan,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama Lays Out Broad Plan To Address Climate Change,NPR (Online News),"In an address at Georgetown University in Washington, President Obama laid out a sweeping new plan to address climate change.
As expected, Obama said his plan seeks to cap the carbon emissions of power plants.
Obama also said the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry oil from Canada to Texas, would only be approved by the State Department if it aligned with the ""nati",left
4385,Obama Climate Change Plan,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",President Obama’s climate speech: 10 takeaways,Politico,President Barack Obama outlined a wide-ranging climate plan Tuesday that’s centered on greenhouse gas regulations for power plants — while making a surprise mention of the Keystone XL oil pipeline and defending his increasingly embattled nominee for EPA administrator.,left
4386,Georgia Is Headed to a Senate Runoff. What Happens Next?,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', 'Raphael Warnock', 'Herschel Walker', 'Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Georgia Senate Runoff', 'Politics', 'Libertarians']","Pivotal Georgia Senate race between Warnock and Walker headed to a runoff, secretary of state says",CNBC,"The hotly contested Georgia Senate race will head to a runoff between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican former NFL player Herschel Walker, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said.
Neither candidate will garner the 50% of the vote needed to clinch the seat outright under state rules. The two Senate hopefuls will head to a Dec. 6 runoff.
“Right now we have less than 20,000 total votes still out to be counted. That’s not enough to change the race. So this is headed for a runoff,” Raffensperger said Wednesday morning on...",center
4387,Georgia Is Headed to a Senate Runoff. What Happens Next?,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', 'Raphael Warnock', 'Herschel Walker', 'Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Georgia Senate Runoff', 'Politics', 'Libertarians']","Walker, Warnock headed for runoff next month in Georgia Senate race",ABC News (Online),"In the Georgia Senate race, ABC News reports that no candidate will receive more than 50% of the vote in Tuesday's midterm elections.
There will be a Dec. 6 runoff election between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker.
As of Wednesday morning, with 96% of the expected vote reported, Warnock and Walker are tied at 49% each with Warnock leading by some 17,000 votes.
The Georgia Senate race was one of the most competitive in the country and seen as both a key part of Democrats' plans...",left
4388,Georgia Is Headed to a Senate Runoff. What Happens Next?,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', 'Raphael Warnock', 'Herschel Walker', 'Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Georgia Senate Runoff', 'Politics', 'Libertarians']",Midterm update: Walker and Warnock advance to runoff in Georgia Senate race,Washington Examiner,"The Georgia Senate race has advanced to a runoff after neither Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) nor Herschel Walker (R-GA) secured 50% of the vote.
Warnock and Walker will compete once again on Dec. 6 after ending the general election with 49.4% and 48.5% of the vote, respectively, as of Wednesday afternoon. Georgia law requires the top two candidates to advance to a runoff if no one nabs a majority of ballots cast.",right
4389,Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Assassinated,"['World', 'Asia', 'Japan', 'Shinzo Abe', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Japan ex-leader Shinzo Abe assassinated while giving speech,Associated Press,"Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation’s most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, hospital officials said.
Abe, 67, was shot from behind minutes after he started his speech in Nara. He was airlifted to a hospital for emergency treatment but was not breathing and his heart had stopped. He was later pronounced dead despite emergency treatment that included massive blood transfusions, hospital officials said.
Police arrested the suspected gunman at the scene...",left
4390,Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Assassinated,"['World', 'Asia', 'Japan', 'Shinzo Abe', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Former Japanese leader Shinzo Abe dies after being shot at campaign event,NBC News (Online),"Former Japanese leader Shinzo Abe died on Friday after being shot at a campaign event, in an attack that shocked a country where gun violence is virtually nonexistent.
Abe, 67, was a towering political presence even after he stepped down as Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, and he was campaigning ahead of elections scheduled for Sunday. He had just begun a speech in the western city of Nara, near Kyoto, when gunfire was heard around 11:30 a.m. local time (10:30 p.m. Thursday ET).
Officials said that one person had been apprehended in relation to the shooting....",left
4391,Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Assassinated,"['World', 'Asia', 'Japan', 'Shinzo Abe', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Shinzo Abe’s suspected assassin pictured behind him before killing,New York Post (News),"Chilling photos have emerged of the moment Shinzo Abe’s suspected killer casually stands behind him just before he assassinates the former Japanese Prime Minister.
The images show Abe — who was Japan’s longest-serving leader — starting a campaign-rally speech in the western region of Nara, smiling as those around him clap.
Standing just feet behind them was an innocent-looking masked man wearing military-style pants and with a bag slung around his back.
Within minutes of the divisive politician starting his speech, that same man — identified as disgruntled 41-year-old veteran Tetsuya...",right
4392,Reaction to Romney Video,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney's Wrong And Right About The '47 Percent',NPR (Online News),"Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney told supporters that ""there are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what"" because they are ""dependent upon government ... believe that they are victims ... believe the government has a responsibility to care for them ... these are people pay no income tax.""",left
4393,Reaction to Romney Video,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Mitt Romney's 47 Percent Remarks: Wrong on the Facts, Not Just the Rhetoric",HuffPost,"Mitt Romney's ""off-the-cuff"" remarks that nearly half of Americans are ""dependent"" on government and believe they are ""victims"" who are ""entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to-you-name-it,"" were widely publicized. This is in fact old saw for a certain kind of anti-government conservative. I have given talks deep in conservative territory where courteous memebers of the audience would come up to me afterwards and say they agree we should pay taxes for infrastructure but not for giveaways ""to those people.""",left
4394,Reaction to Romney Video,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","With Video Leak, Romney Goes Back to Bold Approach",Fox News (Online News),"Political pundits are comparing the leaked video of Mitt Romney at a fundraiser writing off the 47 percent of the electorate who don’t pay federal income taxes to the leaked 2008 fundraiser video of then-Sen. Barack Obama blaming his problems in the Pennsylvania Democratic Primary on bitter voters who “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them.”
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/18/with-video-leak-romney-goes-b...",right
4395,Senate Committee Cancels Votes on Judicial Nominees Amid Flake's Protests,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Special counsel protection bill stalls in U.S. Senate, Flake starts protest",Reuters,"Legislation to protect the special counsel’s office probe into possible Russian election interference stalled in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, spurring Republican Senator Jeff Flake to make good",center
4396,Senate Committee Cancels Votes on Judicial Nominees Amid Flake's Protests,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate committee cancels votes on judicial nominees after Jeff Flake’s Mueller ultimatum,Vox,Jeff Flake is following through on his promise in the most Jeff Flake way.,left
4397,Senate Committee Cancels Votes on Judicial Nominees Amid Flake's Protests,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Sen. Jeff Flake's Nauseating Obstructionism Over Protect Mueller Bill Delayed 21 Trump Judicial Nominations,Townhall,"Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MI) won her runoff election last night over Democrat Mike Espy in Mississippi, so Republicans have a solid 53-47 majority. No longer will we have to deal with the",right
4398,GOP Debate in Miami,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","GOP debate: Trump, Rubio, Cruz and Kasich get out of the mud and focus on substance",Fox News (Online News),"What happened to my weekly mud wrestling? Has ultimate fighting been banned from the Republican debates?
I have watched each week with disgust and amazement as the Republican debates just got deeper into the mud. As Donald Trump has landed Mike Tyson-type blows on his opponents and not just knocked them to the ground but kicked them a couple of times for good measure.
So when Trump said at the 30 minute mark on Thursday night ""So far I cannot believe how civil it’s been up here,"" I shared...",right
4399,GOP Debate in Miami,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Top takeaways from the Miami Republican debate,USA TODAY,"Before a critical round of primaries on Tuesday, the Republican presidential field gathered for a debate in Florida, site of perhaps next week's most pivotal contest.
Here are the top takeaways from Thursday night's debate:
'Little Marco!' 'Lyin' Ted!' Not in this debate
You'd be forgiven if you assumed Thursday's debate would be something akin to a professional wrestling cagematch. After all, it was just a week ago that Trump was not-too-subtly defending his manhood in response to a recent jab from Marco Rubio about the size of his hands....",left
4400,GOP Debate in Miami,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",GOP candidates clean up their act in last debate before primaries in crucial states,Los Angeles Times,"A week after one of the most unruly debates in modern political history, the four remaining contenders for the Republican presidential nomination engaged in a polite parsing of their differences Thursday night over radical Islam, Social Security and other weighty matters.
There was no discussion of genitals, no schoolyard taunts, no candidates screaming to be heard over the shouting of others.
The two hours on a stage at the University of Miami in Coral Gables was one of the lowest-key sessions since the early, friendlier days of the GOP contest...",left
4401,Top 2016 Contenders Face Hurdles,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary's No Slam Dunk in 2016,Politico,Could Hillary Clinton be the next Richard Nixon?,left
4402,Top 2016 Contenders Face Hurdles,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",2016 Wide Open: Christie’s Rising Negatives Outdone by Clinton’s,Bloomberg,"An early December survey, testing a hypothetical match-up of two undeclared candidates for president, produced a dead-heat for New Jersey and New York in the national contest: Christie 42 percent, Clinton 41 percent.",left
4403,Alabama Lawmaker Introduces Bill for Mandatory Vasectomies,"['Alabama', 'Ted Cruz', 'Reproductive Rights', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Abortion']",Alabama lawmaker responds to abortion ban with mandatory vasectomy bill: 'It always takes two to tango',Yahoo News,"In response to last year’s near-total (and temporarily blocked) abortion ban in Alabama, a state legislator has introduced a bill that would require a man to undergo a vasectomy, at his own expense, “within one month of his 50th birthday or the birth of his third biological child, whichever comes first.”
House Bill 238, introduced on Thursday by Rep. Rolanda Hollis (D) notes, “Under existing law, there are no restrictions on the reproductive rights of men.”
The bill, Hollis says in a statement she shared with Yahoo Lifestyle, “is meant...",left
4404,Alabama Lawmaker Introduces Bill for Mandatory Vasectomies,"['Alabama', 'Ted Cruz', 'Reproductive Rights', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Abortion']",Ted Cruz takes aim at Alabama vasectomy bill: 'Yikes',The Hill,"Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) took aim at legislation recently introduced in Alabama by a state representative that would, if passed, make it mandatory for certain men to get vasectomies — a bill that comes in response to legislation passed last year that seeks to ban abortion in the state.
“Yikes,” Cruz wrote in response to the bill on Twitter on Sunday morning. “A government big enough to give you everything is big enough to take everything...literally!”",center
4405,Alabama Lawmaker Introduces Bill for Mandatory Vasectomies,"['Alabama', 'Ted Cruz', 'Reproductive Rights', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Abortion']",Alabama Lawmaker Protests Abortion Restrictions by Introducing Bill Requiring Men to Undergo Vasectomy after Third Child,National Review,"An Alabama state lawmaker has introduced a bill imposing restrictions on the reproductive rights of men as a statement against abortion restrictions.
Representative Rolanda Hollis, a Democrat from Birmingham, proposed a law that would require men to obtain a vasectomy within one month of their 50th birthday or the birth of their third biological child, whichever occurs first. Men would also be required to pay for the procedure out of their own pockets.
“Under existing law, there are no restrictions on the reproductive rights of men,” the bill reads.
“The...",right
4406,Restaurant Refuses to Serve Sarah Sanders,['Polarization'],Sarah Sanders is upset a restaurant wouldn’t serve her. She’s OK with it happening to gays.,Vox,Restaurant-gate is really about the Trump administration’s commitment to courting divisiveness.,left
4407,Restaurant Refuses to Serve Sarah Sanders,['Polarization'],Reviewers pounce on online report Virginia restaurant refused to serve Sarah Sanders,The Hill,Reviewers from both sides of the aisle flooded a Virginia restaurant’s Facebook and Yelp pages with one- and five-star reviews after a server at the restaurant claimed his boss kicked out White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.,center
4408,Restaurant Refuses to Serve Sarah Sanders,['Polarization'],Virginia restaurant owner kicks out Sarah Huckabee Sanders over ‘moral conviction.’ Backlash ensues.,The Blaze,White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her family were humiliated Friday night when the owner of a restaurant where they were dining booted them from the establishment.,right
4409,Supreme Court Lets North Dakota Voter ID Law Stand,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']","North Dakota’s Voter ID Law Will Disenfranchise Thousands of Native Americans, Imperiling Heitkamp",Slate,"The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to block a key provision of North Dakota’s voter ID requirement, ensuring that the law will be in effect during the 2018 midterm election.",left
4410,Supreme Court Lets North Dakota Voter ID Law Stand,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",Supremes Clear Way for Voter Id Requirement in Key Senate Race,The Daily Caller,The U.S. Supreme Court will allow a North Dakota law requiring voters to produce government ID with a current residential street address when casting ballots to take effect.,right
4411,Supreme Court Lets North Dakota Voter ID Law Stand,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",Supreme Court allows North Dakota to enforce voter ID laws,The Hill,The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to toss out an appeals court order that allows North Dakota to enforce its voter ID requirement during the 2018 elections.,center
4412,"4 Dead, 3 Hurt After Man Livestreamed Shooting Spree in Memphis","['Violence In America', 'Memphis', 'Shootings']","Memphis shooting: Teen accused of killing 4, injuring 3 others in rampage streamed on Facebook",Fox News (Online News),"Police in Memphis, Tennessee, arrested a 19-year-old repeat offender suspected of shooting and killing four people and injuring at least three others in a rampage on Wednesday afternoon.
The suspect, Ezekiel Kelly, is also accused of two armed carjackings that happened as he attempted to flee from police. Authorities said the rampage was spread across at least eight different crime scenes.
The string of shootings were reportedly livestreamed on Facebook in the city Wednesday. The suspect was taken into custody following a major manhunt later that evening. 
Police confirmed to Fox News...",right
4413,"4 Dead, 3 Hurt After Man Livestreamed Shooting Spree in Memphis","['Violence In America', 'Memphis', 'Shootings']","4 dead, 3 wounded in 'senseless murder rampage' across Memphis that forced residents inside",NBC News (Online),"A 19-year-old man was in custody in a series of shootings, including one broadcast on social media, that left four dead, three wounded and the city of Memphis on edge late Wednesday, police said.
The suspected shooter was identified by police as Ezekiel Dejuan Kelly. He was apprehended around 9:20 p.m., more than two hours after police issued an urgent warning that prompted calls for residents of the Tennessee city of around 630,000 to stay indoors.
Kelly was charged with first-degree murder early Thursday.
“Many families were shattered tonight,” Shelby...",left
4414,"4 Dead, 3 Hurt After Man Livestreamed Shooting Spree in Memphis","['Violence In America', 'Memphis', 'Shootings']",Police arrest Memphis man in livestreamed shootings; 4 dead,NewsNation,"A gunman who livestreamed himself driving around Memphis shooting at people, killing four and wounding three others in seemingly random attacks, was finally arrested after crashing a stolen car, police said early Thursday.
The hours-long rampage had police warning people across the city to shelter in place, locking down a baseball stadium and university campuses and suspending public bus services as frightened residents wondered where the man might strike next.
Ezekiel Kelly, 19, is believed to be connected to multiple shootings that were livestreamed on social media, according to Memphis police....",center
4415,Distorted Videos of Nancy Pelosi Spread Across Social Media,"['Fake News', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Donald Trump']",MSNBC's Wallace alters video of herself to show how Trump tried to 'smear' Pelosi,The Hill,"MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on Friday showed an altered video clip of herself to blast President Trump’s attempt to ""smear"" Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) with an edited video.
The “Deadline: White House” host said on her show that the clash between Trump and Pelosi this week has “deteriorated to a level beneath words — comprehensible words at least.”
“That’s why we’re going to do something different here to make sure you understand just how low the president has stooped in his efforts to smear the Speaker of the House,”...",center
4416,Distorted Videos of Nancy Pelosi Spread Across Social Media,"['Fake News', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Donald Trump']",Facebook defends not pulling controversial video of Pelosi,Fox News (Online News),"Facebook has released a statement amid concerns about its decision not to remove an altered video that went viral -- one concocted to make it seem that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was slurring her words. Although the social media giant triggered a backlash by not taking down the vid, it said it did reduce the content's distribution and add a disclaimer notifying users that the video was ""false.""",right
4417,Distorted Videos of Nancy Pelosi Spread Across Social Media,"['Fake News', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Donald Trump']","Distorted Videos of Nancy Pelosi Spread on Facebook and Twitter, Helped by Trump",New York Times (News),"Manipulated videos of Speaker Nancy Pelosi that made it seem as if she were stumbling over and slurring her words continued to spread across social media on Friday, fueled by President Trump’s feud with the Democratic leader.
One of the videos, which showed Ms. Pelosi speaking at a conference this week, appeared to be slowed down to make her speech sound continually garbled.",left
4418,Classified US Operation Reportedly Helping Ukraine Target Russian Generals,"['World', 'Defense And Security', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War']",US has helped Ukraine target Russian generals: report,The Hill,"Senior administration officials told The New York Times on Wednesday that the U.S has provided intelligence to Ukraine’s armed forces and that it has been used to help kill Russian generals who have died during the country’s ongoing war.
While not specifying how many Russian generals have been killed thanks to U.S. assistances, sources told the Times the information was part of a classified program that aims to help Ukrainians provide real-time intel. Ukraine maintains that it has killed 12 Russian generals.
The Times reported that Ukrainian officials have combined...",center
4419,Classified US Operation Reportedly Helping Ukraine Target Russian Generals,"['World', 'Defense And Security', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War']",US intelligence helping Ukraine kill Russian generals: Report,Washington Examiner,"U.S. intelligence on the location of Russian generals in Ukraine has been provided to Ukrainian forces, allowing them to kill many of the high-ranking military officers who have died on the battlefield, according to a report on Wednesday.
The intelligence sharing has helped kill as many as 12 Russian generals in Ukraine and is part of a secret effort by the Biden administration to provide the Ukrainians with information on Russian troop movements and the location of mobile Russian military command posts, according to the New York Times report.
Senior U.S. officials interviewed in the report...",right
4420,Classified US Operation Reportedly Helping Ukraine Target Russian Generals,"['World', 'Defense And Security', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War']","U.S. Intelligence Is Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals, Officials Say",New York Times (News),"The United States has provided intelligence about Russian units that has allowed Ukrainians to target and kill many of the Russian generals who have died in action in the Ukraine war, according to senior American officials.
Ukrainian officials said they have killed approximately 12 generals on the front lines, a number that has astonished military analysts.
The targeting help is part of a classified effort by the Biden administration to provide real-time battlefield intelligence to Ukraine. That intelligence also includes anticipated Russian troop movements gleaned from recent American assessments of...",left
4421,Travel Ban Reinstatement Rejected,['Immigration'],Appeals court rejects bid to quickly reinstate travel ban as Trump administration copes with first big setback,Los Angeles Times,"President Trump grappled Saturday with the first major setback to his young administration, appearing to question the constitutional checks on his power after a judge’s order reopened the flow of travelers from seven mostly Muslim nations covered by his controversial travel ban.",left
4422,Travel Ban Reinstatement Rejected,['Immigration'],Appeals court denies Trump request to immediately restore travel ban,USA TODAY,"U.S.-bound migrants were seizing the opportunity to enter the United States on Sunday after a federal appeals court in San Francisco denied the Trump administration request for immediate reinstatement of a controversial, temporary travel ban.",left
4423,Travel Ban Reinstatement Rejected,['Immigration'],Pence: Will use 'all legal means at our disposal' to reinstate immigration ban,Fox News (Online News),Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday that the federal judge who halted President Trump’s temporary immigration ban “made the wrong decision” and vowed to use “all legal means at our disposal” to protect Americans.,right
4424,California Becomes First State to Announce COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement for K-12 Schools,"['Coronavirus', 'California', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Schools', 'Education', 'Public Health']",Gov. Newsom mandates vaccines for all eligible Calif. students in first-of-its-kind order,New York Post (News),"California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a mandate Friday requiring all eligible public-school students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to attend in-person classes — the first statewide order of its kind in the nation, according to a report.
The requirement is set to take effect for students in seventh through 12th grades as soon as January, after the Food and Drug Administration grants the vaccine full approval for kids over age 12, the governor’s office said, according to the LA Times.",right
4425,California Becomes First State to Announce COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement for K-12 Schools,"['Coronavirus', 'California', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Schools', 'Education', 'Public Health']","Newsom orders COVID vaccines for eligible students, the first K-12 school mandate in nation",Los Angeles Times,"In the first such action in the nation, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a mandate Friday requiring all eligible public and private schoolchildren in California to be vaccinated against COVID-19, a policy the state expects to affect millions of students.
The mandate would take effect for grades 7 through 12 as soon as the semester following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s full approval of the vaccine for children ages 12 and older, Newsom said. Students in kindergarten through sixth grade would be phased in after the vaccine is formally approved...",left
4426,California Becomes First State to Announce COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement for K-12 Schools,"['Coronavirus', 'California', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Schools', 'Education', 'Public Health']","California will be the first state to require schoolchildren get the COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Newsom announces",Insider,"California is the first state in the country that will require schoolchildren to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday.
The statewide requirement adds to ""a well-established list that currently includes 10 vaccinations,"" Newsom said at a press conference. ""We want to get this disease behind us.""
The mandate will apply to all who receive in-person instruction, Newsom said, and will begin in the first school term that follows full authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine for children by the US Food and Drug Administration — either in January...",left
4427,"Ukraine, Russia Sign Deal to Export Grain Amid Global Food Crisis","['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Food', 'Trade', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Foreign Policy', 'United Nations', 'Turkey', 'Hunger', 'Food Prices', 'Inflation', 'Europe', 'Middle East', 'Africa']",A deal between Ukraine and Russia aims to ease the global food crisis.,New York Times (News),"Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement in Istanbul on Friday to free more than 20 million metric tons of grain stuck in blockaded Black Sea ports in Ukraine, a deal aimed at bringing down soaring grain prices and alleviating a mounting global hunger crisis.
The breakthrough comes after months of talks and was brokered with the help of the United Nations and Turkey. The agreement provides a method for exporting Ukrainian grain through Turkey, and it comes after the United Nations gave Russia assurances that it can export its grain...",left
4428,"Ukraine, Russia Sign Deal to Export Grain Amid Global Food Crisis","['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Food', 'Trade', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Foreign Policy', 'United Nations', 'Turkey', 'Hunger', 'Food Prices', 'Inflation', 'Europe', 'Middle East', 'Africa']","Ukraine, Russia sign separate agreements with Turkey, UN on grain passage through Black Sea",The Kyiv Independent,"Ukraine and Russia have signed two separate UN-backed deals with Turkey to allow the export of millions of tonnes of grain from Ukraine's Black Sea ports blockaded by Russia. 
The agreements envision the use of three Ukrainian ports - Odesa, Chornomorsk, and Yuzhne - to export grain under the supervision of Ukraine, the UN, and Turkey. The agreement doesn't envision a Russian presence in these ports, nor those it allows Russia to escort Ukrainian grain out of the country.
The agreement doesn't mention lifting Russian sanctions, something the Kremlin has asked for...",center
4429,"Ukraine, Russia Sign Deal to Export Grain Amid Global Food Crisis","['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Food', 'Trade', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Foreign Policy', 'United Nations', 'Turkey', 'Hunger', 'Food Prices', 'Inflation', 'Europe', 'Middle East', 'Africa']",Ukraine grain deal signed: Why it matters,RT,"Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the UN signed a much-anticipated deal on Friday that paves the way for the resumption of Ukrainian grain shipments from Black Sea ports.
What deal has been reached?
While not all details of the agreement have been revealed, shipments from Ukrainian ports will begin in full in a couple of weeks, according to the UN. The ports will reportedly not be fully demined and the Ukrainian Navy and Coast Guard captains will be allowed to escort ships avoiding mined waters. Officials from Russia and other countries...",right
4430,Calls Grow for Investigation Into Capitol Riot,"['US Congress', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Investigation', 'Politics']",Bipartisan Support Grows For 9/11-Style Commission To Probe Capitol Riot,Forbes,"With the impeachment trial in the rearview mirror, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling for the creation of a congressional commission to investigate the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, though Democrats are still more focused on former President Donald Trump’s role in inciting the mob than Republicans.
On Sunday, one day after Trump was acquitted despite 57 senators voting “guilty,” Republicans and Democrats expressed approval for a commission similar to the one that probed the September 11th terrorist attacks.
“Of course” we need a...",center
4431,Calls Grow for Investigation Into Capitol Riot,"['US Congress', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Investigation', 'Politics']",Trump still might face punishment for Capitol riot even after Senate impeachment acquittal,Fox News (Online News),"Former President Donald Trump on Saturday, after the Senate acquitted him of the impeachment charge against him, teased a return to the political arena in his post-presidency -- but he may still face efforts to punish him for the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by his supporters.
The Senate failed to reach the 67-vote threshold to convict Trump on inciting an insurrection as charged in the House's article of impeachment. There were 57 votes to convict and 43 ""not guilty"" votes.
""Our historic, patriotic and beautiful movement...",right
4432,Calls Grow for Investigation Into Capitol Riot,"['US Congress', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Investigation', 'Politics']",Support grows for Capitol riot inquiry after Trump acquittal,Associated Press Fact Check,"After former President Donald Trump’s acquittal at his second Senate impeachment trial, bipartisan support appears to be growing for an independent Sept. 11-style commission into the deadly insurrection that took place at the U.S. Capitol.
Investigations into the riot were already planned, with Senate hearings scheduled later this month in the Senate Rules Committee. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has asked retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré to lead an immediate review of the Capitol’s security process.
Lawmakers from both parties, speaking on Sunday’s news shows, signaled that even more...",left
4433,"Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Back Up After Major Outage","['Technology', 'Social Media', 'Facebook', 'WhatsApp', 'Instagram', 'Big Tech']",Facebook Explains What Caused One of Worst Global Outages in Company's History,Townhall,"Facebook issued a statement late Monday explaining what caused the outage across its platforms lasted nearly six hours.
“Our engineering teams have learned that configuration changes on the backbone routers that coordinate network traffic between our data centers caused issues that interrupted this communication,” the statement said. “This disruption to network traffic had a cascading effect on the way our data centers communicate, bringing our services to a halt.”
Facebook indicated that there’s “no evidence that user data was compromised as a result of this downtime.”
The outage affected Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp,...",right
4434,"Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Back Up After Major Outage","['Technology', 'Social Media', 'Facebook', 'WhatsApp', 'Instagram', 'Big Tech']",Facebook’s Apps Went Down. The World Saw How Much It Runs on Them.,New York Times (News),"For more than five hours on Monday, the world got a taste of life without Facebook and its apps.
People in many places discovered that Facebook and its apps had burrowed their way into nearly every facet of existence.
In Mexico, politicians were cut off from their constituents. In Turkey, shopkeepers couldn’t sell their wares. And in Colombia, a nonprofit organization that uses WhatsApp to connect victims of gender-based violence to lifesaving services found its work impaired.
“Because we have a field team, we were able to mitigate some of...",left
4435,"Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Back Up After Major Outage","['Technology', 'Social Media', 'Facebook', 'WhatsApp', 'Instagram', 'Big Tech']","Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram back after outage",BBC News,"Social media services Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are back up and running after an outage that lasted almost six hours, Facebook says.
It blamed an internal technical issue, which not only affected Facebook's services, but reportedly also employees' work passes and email.
The services were down from about 16:00 GMT until around 22:00 on Monday.
But the company said there was ""no evidence that user data was compromised"".
Sheera Frenkel, the New York Times' technology reporter, told the Today programme part of the reason it took so long to fix...",center
4436,Southeast Hit by Gas Shortages After Colonial Pipeline Hack,"['Energy', 'Gas', 'Colonial Pipeline Hack', 'Transportation']",Gas Prices Hit Highest Point Since 2014 after Pipeline Hack,National Review,"President Biden has overseen a steep increase in gas prices since taking the oath of office in January.
On January 21, an average gallon of regular gasoline cost $2.33, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). By the start of this week, that figure had risen to $2.96 and today, AAA pegged the average gallon at $2.99, the highest mark since November 2014.
While it’s true that prices had already been rising when Biden took office, they were doing so more slowly and at least in part in response...",right
4437,Southeast Hit by Gas Shortages After Colonial Pipeline Hack,"['Energy', 'Gas', 'Colonial Pipeline Hack', 'Transportation']",Southeast sees gas shortages amid pipeline shutdown,The Hill,"Parts of the Southeastern U.S. are seeing gasoline shortages following a cyberattack that shut down Colonial Pipeline.
As of Tuesday afternoon, nearly 8 percent of Virginia gas stations, more than 6 percent of North Carolina gas stations and more than 4 percent of Georgia gas stations were without fuel, according to Gasbuddy analyst Patrick De Haan.
Other states, like Florida and South Carolina, also saw some outages.
In an interview with The Hill on Monday, De Haan predicted that parts of the Southeast were likely to be at...",center
4438,Southeast Hit by Gas Shortages After Colonial Pipeline Hack,"['Energy', 'Gas', 'Colonial Pipeline Hack', 'Transportation']",Gasoline demand spikes in several states after pipeline hack,CNN (Online News),"A growing number of gas stations along the East Coast are without fuel as nervous drivers aggressively fill up their tanks following a ransomware attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline, a critical artery for gasoline. The panic-buying threatens to exacerbate the supply shock.
As of 4 pm ET Tuesday, 8.5% of gas stations in North Carolina and 7.7% in Virginia didn't have gasoline, according to outage figures reported by GasBuddy, an app that tracks fuel prices and demand. The Virginia figure was flat from 11 am ET, while North...",left
4439,Immigration Reform Battle on Capitol Hill,['Immigration'],GOP's devious immigration trick,Salon,What would Democrats do if Republicans said yes to permanent legal status -- but no citizenship -- for immigrants?,left
4440,Immigration Reform Battle on Capitol Hill,['Immigration'],Pelosi insists immigration plan include path to citizenship; some House Republicans vow to oppose major reform,CNN (Online News),"As House Republicans headed to Maryland's eastern shore to discuss their immigration reform principles, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi drew a bright line on the most contentious issue in the debate, insisting In our caucus there has to be path to citizenship.",left
4441,Immigration Reform Battle on Capitol Hill,['Immigration'],House Republicans face challenge on immigration from Senate colleague,Fox News (Online News),House Republicans are getting pressure from top GOP Senate leader as they get ready to tackle legislation aimed at overhauling the nation's immigration system.,right
4442,Pedestrian Bridge Collapses in Miami,['General News'],Pedestrian Bridge Collapse Death Toll Rises To 6 In Miami-Dade County,NPR (Online News),"The number of people who died after a newly placed pedestrian bridge collapsed at Florida International University has risen to six, as crews work to clear debris and wreckage from the scene in Miami-Dade County.",left
4443,Pedestrian Bridge Collapses in Miami,['General News'],Two companies in FIU bridge construction accused of ‘shoddy’ work in previous collapses,Washington Times,Two companies involved in building the bridge that collapsed Thursday at Florida International University have been accused of shoddy work resulting in bridge collapses in recent years.,right
4444,Pedestrian Bridge Collapses in Miami,['General News'],Fallen bridge: 'Stress test' preceded collapse that killed 6,ABC News (Online),"An innovative pedestrian bridge being built at Florida International University was put to a ""stress test"" before it collapsed over traffic, killing six people and sending 10 to a hospital, authorities said.",left
4445,Barack Obama Announces New Initiative To Fight Gerrymandering,"['Gerrymandering', 'Barack Obama', 'Politics']",Barack Obama Launches ‘Redistricting U’ Campaign for ‘Fair Maps’,Breitbart News,"Former President Barack Obama on Monday unveiled a new initiative to influence redistricting efforts across the United States.
The initiative, Redistricting U, will send activists to provide free training and tools to volunteers involved in redistricting efforts and guide groups on how to “be leaders in the movement for fair maps.”
“Training is at the heart of organizing. It’s why I’ve always made it a priority – from my 2008 campaign until now,” Obama wrote in a tweet announcing Redistricting U, which is part of the All On The Line...",right
4446,Barack Obama Announces New Initiative To Fight Gerrymandering,"['Gerrymandering', 'Barack Obama', 'Politics']",Obama announces new effort in fight against gerrymandering,CNN (Online News),"Former President Barack Obama on Monday announced a new initiative that will help volunteers influence redistricting efforts in states across the country.
Redistricting U, an extension of the All On The Line campaign, will send trainers to provide free training and tools to volunteers about their state redistricting process, gather feedback on ways to improve their communities and teach them how to be leaders in the fair map movement, according to the initiative's website.
All On The Line, launched earlier this year, is a combination of Obama's Organizing For Action...",left
4447,Barack Obama Announces New Initiative To Fight Gerrymandering,"['Gerrymandering', 'Barack Obama', 'Politics']",'Fair maps': Barack Obama launches new initiative to help take on partisan gerrymandering,USA TODAY,"Former President Barack Obama announced a new initiative to combat partisan redistricting on Monday, an issue that he says he has made a priority from his ""2008 campaign until now.""
""The movement for fair maps will determine the course of progress on every issue we care about for the next decade. And we can’t wait to begin organizing when the redistricting process starts in 2021. We need to build this movement from the ground up – right now,” a webpage for the new project, says quoting Obama
According to thewebsite,...",left
4448,President Trump Declares National Emergency Over Border Wall,"['Immigration', 'Border Wall']",Courts Should Not Defer to Trump’s National-Security Pretext,National Review,"Earlier today, Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that President Trump will sign the compromise government funding bill and “will also take other executive action — including a national emergency — to ensure we stop the national security and humanitarian crisis at the border.” These are ominous words, indicating that the president is prepared to defy Congress and the plain language of the relevant statutes in a blatant abuse of power. Moreover, because he’s apparently set to invoke “national security,” the stakes are particularly high. Here’s why.",right
4449,President Trump Declares National Emergency Over Border Wall,"['Immigration', 'Border Wall']",What is a national emergency? Can Trump declare one for the wall?,Al Jazeera,"US President Donald Trump said he will declare a national emergency to bypass Congress and obtain funds to build a wall on the US-Mexico border, a move that is expected to plunge the White House into a legal battle with Democrats.",left
4450,President Trump Declares National Emergency Over Border Wall,"['Immigration', 'Border Wall']",4 winners and 4 losers from the funding bill and emergency declaration,Vox,"The long-term effects of President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency Friday — unlocking an additional $7.5 billion to build physical barriers (a “wall”) on the US-Mexico border, in addition to the $1.375 billion appropriated by Congress in the bill Trump signed to fund the government through September 30 — won’t be fully known or understood until the historians get to them.",left
4451,Facebook Changes Trending News,['Media Bias'],Facebook is tweaking Trending Topics to counter charges of bias,CNBC,"Facebook has declared — again — that its Trending Topics section is free of any political bias or manipulation. However, the company says it is still changing the way it finds articles for the news section.
First, the declaration: Facebook General Counsel Colin Stretch wrote in a blog post that the company met with Sen. John Thune, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, last week to discuss its trending news section, which came under fire after Gizmodo reported that Facebook employees were quashing conservative news stories from appearing on the...",center
4452,Facebook Changes Trending News,['Media Bias'],Facebook admits rogue employees may have shown bias against conservatives,Washington Times,"Social media giant denies ‘systematic’ discrimination. Facebook announced Monday it was sending employees out for retraining and would discontinue some of its practices as it sought to defend itself against charges of political bias against conservatives.
The online giant denied that it’s shown “systematic political bias,” but admitted employees played a bigger role than previously acknowledged in determining what news is highlighted in the trending topics section.
Facebook also acknowledged that rogue employees may have unintentionally discriminated against conservative stories or even acted with malice in “isolated improper actions.”
PHOTOS:...",right
4453,Facebook Changes Trending News,['Media Bias'],"Facebook: No evidence of systematic political bias, making changes",CBS News (Online),"Two weeks after a story surfaced on the tech website Gizmodo quoting an anonymous ex-staffer who alleged that members of Facebook's ""Trending Topics"" team had a bias against showcasing conservative interest stories, Facebook's general counsel said in a statement that the investigation has found no evidence of ""systematic political bias.""
""We were also unable to substantiate any of the specific allegations of politically-motivated suppression of particular subjects or sources,"" the statement read. ""In fact, we confirmed that most of the subjects mentioned in media reports were included as trending topics...",left
4454,"Top General Says He Would Resist ""Illegal"" Strike Order","['Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']",US nuclear chief would resist 'illegal' presidential strike order,BBC News,"The top nuclear commander in the US says he would resist any ""illegal"" presidential order to launch a strike.",center
4455,"Top General Says He Would Resist ""Illegal"" Strike Order","['Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']",Top General Says He Would Reject An ‘Illegal’ Nuclear Strike Order From Trump,HuffPost,"“We’re not stupid people,” nuclear commander Gen. John Hyten said at a forum Saturday.",left
4456,"Top General Says He Would Resist ""Illegal"" Strike Order","['Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']",Top Commander: I'd Decline 'Illegal' Nuclear Order From Trump,Newsmax (News),"Air Force Gen. John Hyten, the top U.S. nuclear commander, said he would decline an ""illegal"" nuclear launch if President Donald Trump called for one, the Washington Examiner reported Saturday.",right
4457,Trump Administration Seeks To End Asylum Protections,"['Asylum', 'Immigration']",Trump administration sets 'new bar' for immigrants seeking asylum,Reuters,"Immigrants seeking asylum in the United States from Mexico must now also first seek protection from a so-called third party country, the Trump administration said on Monday.
The Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, in a joint statement, said the new interim rule would set a “new bar” for immigrants trying to enter across the southern U.S. border “by placing further restrictions or limitations on eligibility for aliens who seek asylum in the United States.”",center
4458,Trump Administration Seeks To End Asylum Protections,"['Asylum', 'Immigration']",Trump administration moves to end protections for Central American asylum seekers,CBS News (Online),"The Trump administration on Monday moved to end asylum protections for most Central American migrants in a major escalation of the president's battle to tamp down the number of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
According to a new rule published in the Federal Register, asylum seekers who pass through another country first will be ineligible for asylum at the U.S. southern border. The rule, expected to go into effect on Tuesday, also applies to children who have crossed the border alone. The new rule will affect asylum seekers coming through...",left
4459,Trump Administration Seeks To End Asylum Protections,"['Asylum', 'Immigration']",Trump Ending Asylum Protections for Central Americans,Newsmax (News),"The Trump administration on Monday moved to end asylum protections for most Central American migrants in a major escalation of the president's battle to tamp down the number of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
According to a new rule published in the Federal Register , asylum seekers who pass through another country first will be ineligible for asylum at the U.S. southern border. The rule, expected to go into effect on Tuesday, also applies to children who have crossed the border alone.
There are some exceptions: If someone has been...",right
4460,"People Call for Boycott, Removal of Netflix's 'Cuties'","['Arts And Entertainment', 'Culture']",Netflix's 'Cuties' Director Defends Film Amid Cancel Calls,Newsmax (News),"The director of the controversial Netflix show, ""Cuties"" on Monday defended her film amid calls to cancel it because of claims it hypersexualizes young women.
""I thought the film would be accepted,"" Doucouré said. ""It played to Sundance and was watched by American people there; I met the public there and they really saw that the film is about a universal issue. It's not about French society — the hyper-sexualization of children happens through social media and social media is everywhere. People [at Sundance] agreed with that.""
""We need to...",right
4461,"People Call for Boycott, Removal of Netflix's 'Cuties'","['Arts And Entertainment', 'Culture']",‘#CancelNetflix’: Streaming Service Faces New Calls For Boycott After ‘Cuties’ Scene Sexualizing Children Goes Viral,Mediaite,"On Thursday, #CancelNetflix trended on Twitter amid a new wave of calls to boycott the streaming service after a scene from the movie Cuties went viral.
The movie, about a group of eleven-year-old girls who form a twerking dance group, previously sparked controversy due to the sexualized poster used by Netflix to promote the movie.
Now, following its Netflix release, a scene from Cuties showing the girls dancing in a sexualized manner for an audience of adults has led to new calls for a boycott.",left
4462,"People Call for Boycott, Removal of Netflix's 'Cuties'","['Arts And Entertainment', 'Culture']",State attorneys general ask Netflix to pull controversial 'Cuties' as director defends 'feminist' film,USA TODAY,"Four state attorneys general are calling on Netflix to remove ""Cuties"" from the streaming service, saying the controversial film sexualizes young girls.
In a joint letter sent Monday, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urged Netflix CEO Reed Hastings to pull the movie, saying ""Cuties"" is “fodder for those with criminal imaginations, serving to normalize the view that children are sexual beings.""
“It whets the appetites of those who wish to harm our children in...",left
4463,Trump Says He Will Close Border Next Week If Mexico Doesn't Stop Sending Migrants,['Immigration'],Trump threatens to close border 'next week' if Mexico doesn't 'immediately stop' flood of illegal immigrants,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Friday threatened to close the Southern Border next week if Mexico does not “immediately stop” the record-breaking surge of illegal immigrants flooding into the United States.
Trump's warning comes as Customs and Border Protection officials say March is on pace to exceed 100,000 border apprehensions -- the highest monthly total in a decade. According to CBP, this week alone, agents have more than 12,000 migrants in custody.,
“The DEMOCRATS have given us the weakest immigration laws anywhere in the World. Mexico has the strongest, & they make...",right
4464,Trump Says He Will Close Border Next Week If Mexico Doesn't Stop Sending Migrants,['Immigration'],Trump adds a deadline on his threat to close the border,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump on Friday repeated his threat to close down the border between the United States and Mexico, but this time he noted he would act next week if Mexico doesn't step up.
""If Mexico doesn't immediately stop ALL illegal immigration coming into the United States throug (sic) our Southern Border, I will be CLOSING the Border, or large sections of the Border, next week,"" he tweeted.
Trump, in Florida on Friday afternoon, said he could close the border to trade for a ""long time"" and insisted...",left
4465,Trump Says He Will Close Border Next Week If Mexico Doesn't Stop Sending Migrants,['Immigration'],Trump Threatens to Close Border If Mexico Doesn’t Stop Illegal Entries,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump threatened again Friday to shut down all or a portion of the U.S. southern border as administration officials said that the influx of illegal immigrants there was straining resources beyond the breaking point.
While touring Florida’s Lake Okeechobee Friday, Mr. Trump called on Mexico to stop asylum-seeking families from reaching the U.S. border. “We will keep the border closed,” he said. “And we will keep it stopped for a long time. I’m not playing games.”",center
4466,Super Tuesday Begins,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ted Cruz’s Judgment Day,Politico,"It was July, only four months into the campaign, and Ted Cruz’s Iowa chairman was nervous.",left
4467,Super Tuesday Begins,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump eyes Super Tuesday landslide as Republicans beg voters to back away,Washington Times,"The GOP presidential field mounted a last-ditch effort to derail Donald Trump ahead of Super Tuesday’s slate of primaries, with Sen. Marco Rubio demanding the billionaire businessman begin making his signature clothing lines in the U.S., while Sen. Ted Cruz accused him of plotting to go back on his vow to deport illegal immigrants.",right
4468,Super Tuesday Begins,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Super Tuesday: Voters head to the polls, but not all are pleased by the choices",Washington Post,"Voters headed to the polls across the South and New England on Tuesday morning, casting ballots in a day-long contest that could secure the front-runner status of both Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, even as their rivals launched a concerted push to stave off their coronations.",left
4469,Looking into Petraeus Matter,[],Lawmakers want probe of Petraeus investigation,Washington Post,Senior lawmakers called for an inquiry into the FBIs handling of the case of CIA Director David H. Petraeus on Sunday as new ­details and questions emerged about the investigation that led to his resignation last week.,left
4470,Looking into Petraeus Matter,[],House majority leader knew of Petraeus matter in October,CNN (Online News),"House Majority Leader Eric Cantor knew in October about former CIA Director David Petraeus' involvement in an extramarital affair, a spokesman for the congressman told CNN on Sunday.",left
4471,Looking into Petraeus Matter,[],Petraeus mistress may have revealed classified information at Denver speech on real reason for Libya attack,Fox News (Online News),Biographer Paula Broadwell could be facing questions about whether she revealed classified information about the Libya attack that she was privy to due to her relationship with then-CIA Director David Petraeus.,right
4472,Controversy Over Healthcare,['Healthcare'],Humana To Pull Out Of Obamacare Exchanges for 2018,National Review,"Yesterday, major health-insurance company Humana announced that it would pull out of the Obamacare exchanges in 2018, the first large insurer to announce its plan to withdraw from the exchanges entirely for next year. Last year, Humana reduced its participation in the healthcare exchanges set up by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), participating in only eleven states rather than 15 for 2017. But now, the company cites a lack of stability in the marketplace, leading to this new decision.",right
4473,Controversy Over Healthcare,['Healthcare'],White House Proposes New Rules to Steady Insurance Markets Under Health Law,New York Times (News),"The Trump administration proposed new rules on Wednesday to stabilize health insurance markets rocked by the effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, big increases in premiums and the exodus of major insurers losing money under the health law’s online marketplaces.",left
4474,Controversy Over Healthcare,['Healthcare'],Humana becomes first major insurer to quit Obamacare exchanges,Politico,The company said it doesn't see any signs that the law's marketplaces are getting healthier.,left
4475,Trump Issues Veto Over Emergency Declaration for Border Wall,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump wields first presidential veto to nix border emergency rebuff,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Friday used the first veto of his administration to reject a bipartisan resolution that sought to block his declaration of a national emergency at the border, a move almost certain to kill the measure.
""Today I am vetoing this resolution,"" Trump, surrounded by law enforcement officials and families of those killed by illegal immigrants, said in the Oval Office. ""Congress has the freedom to pass this resolution and I have the duty to veto it.""",right
4476,Trump Issues Veto Over Emergency Declaration for Border Wall,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Vetoes Congressional Disapproval of Emergency Declaration,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump vetoed a congressional resolution disapproving of his national-emergency declaration, asserting his authority to tap funding for barriers on the southern border even though the money hadn’t been appropriated by lawmakers.",center
4477,Trump Issues Veto Over Emergency Declaration for Border Wall,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump issues first veto of his presidency over emergency declaration for border wall,Washington Post,"President Trump issued the first veto of his presidency Friday to secure federal money for a border wall that he promised as a candidate and considers a crucial priority for his reelection, capping a week of confrontation with both political parties.
“Today I am vetoing this resolution. Congress has the freedom to pass this resolution, and I have the duty to veto it,” Trump said during a made-for-the-cameras Oval Office event with supportive sheriffs and families of Americans killed by undocumented immigrants.",left
4478,Ukraine Inspects Mass Graves in Retaken City,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'War Crimes']",Hundreds of graves found in liberated Izyum city - officials,BBC News,"Ukraine says hundreds of graves have been found outside Izyum, days after it was re-taken from Russia.
Wooden crosses, most of them marked with numbers, were discovered in a forest outside the city by advancing Ukrainian forces.
Authorities said they would start exhuming some of the graves on Friday.
It is not yet clear what happened to the victims, but early accounts suggest some may have died from shelling and a lack of access to healthcare.
Speaking on Friday, the head of Ukraine's national police service said most of the...",center
4479,Ukraine Inspects Mass Graves in Retaken City,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'War Crimes']",Zelensky says 'mass burial sites' found in recently liberated city,Washington Examiner,"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that a ""mass burial site"" has been found in the recently liberated city of Izium in eastern Ukraine.
Zelensky said more details about the mass graves will be made available on Friday. The Associated Press reported on Thursday that the mass burial site was located in a forest near Izium, marked by hundreds of wooden crosses.
""A mass burial site was found in Izium, Kharkiv region,"" Zelensky said in his nightly address on Thursday.
""The necessary procedural actions have already begun there. There should be more information, clear, verified information, tomorrow,"" he...",right
4480,Ukraine Inspects Mass Graves in Retaken City,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'War Crimes']","Ukraine combs mass burial site, says signs of torture found",Associated Press,"Ukrainian authorities unearthed bodies, some they said bore hallmarks of torture, from a mass burial site Friday in an area recently recaptured from Russian forces. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cited the site as an example of “what the Russian occupation has led to.”
Digging in the rain, workers hauled body after body out of the sandy soil in a pine forest near Izium that police said contained 445 graves. Protected by full body suits and rubber gloves, they gently felt through the decomposing remains of their clothing, seemingly looking for things...",left
4481,Biden Says Putin 'Not Joking' About Using Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine,"['Defense And Security', 'World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Vladimir Putin']",Biden says Putin's nuclear threat brings risk of 'Armageddon',Reuters,"Russian President Vladimir Putin's threat to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine has brought the world closer to ""Armageddon"" than at any time since the Cold-War Cuban Missile Crisis, U.S. President Joe Biden said.
Putin celebrated his 70th birthday to fawning praise from some officials. But with his seven-month invasion unravelling, public events appeared sparse, a contrast to just a week ago, when he staged a huge concert on Red Square to proclaim the annexation of nearly a fifth of Ukrainian land.
In a clear repudiation of Putin's record, the Nobel Peace...",center
4482,Biden Says Putin 'Not Joking' About Using Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine,"['Defense And Security', 'World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Vladimir Putin']",Biden Says World Faces ‘Prospect of Armageddon’ Over Putin’s Alleged Threat to Use Nuclear Weapons,The Epoch Times,"U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday night compared Russian President Vladimir Putin’s alleged threats to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine to the potential “Armageddon” of the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.
Speaking to Democrat donors, Biden invoked the specter of the Cuban missile crisis while remarking on the state of the Russia–Ukraine war, as Ukraine’s forces recapture more territory in the country’s south.
Biden said that he and U.S. officials are trying to work out a diplomatic “off-ramp” for Putin as Russia’s invasion is characterized as unraveling.
“We’re trying to figure out what is Putin’s off-ramp...",right
4483,Biden Says Putin 'Not Joking' About Using Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine,"['Defense And Security', 'World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Vladimir Putin']","Biden says risk of ""Armageddon"" highest since Cuban Missile Crisis as tensions rise with Russia",CBS News (Online),"President Biden said Thursday the risk of ""Armageddon"" is at the highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, as Russian officials allude to the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons after suffering massive setbacks in Ukraine.
""We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis,"" Mr. Biden said at a fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. 
""We've got a guy I know fairly well,"" he later said of Russian President Vladimir Putin. ""He's not joking when he talks about the potential use of tactical nuclear weapons,...",left
4484,Can the GOP Unite?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Presumptive Nominee? Trump Indiana Win Creates Big Challenge to Unite Party,CBN,"Donald Trump delivered a knock-out punch to Sen. Ted Cruz, winning an astounding victory in Indiana Tuesday night.
The state was Cruz's last stand, but he was unable to deliver. That means Trump is now the presumptive GOP nominee for president.",right
4485,Can the GOP Unite?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump's Indiana win raises unsettling questions for GOP,Christian Science Monitor,"Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Tuesday, winning the Indiana primary as Ted Cruz dropped out. It punctuates the power of the populist rebellion against the GOP elite.",center
4486,Can the GOP Unite?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Victory for Trump has some in GOP Bolting,New York Times (News),Some Republican operatives are so disgusted with their presumptive nominee that they will support Mrs. Clinton.,left
4487,"As Midterms Near, Parties Craft Dueling Narratives For Election Season","['2022 Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs']","In sprint to November, Democrats seize on shifting landscape over abortion",Washington Post,"Cat Thomas used to call herself politically independent. But she registered as a Democrat the moment she turned 18 this summer, fearful that Republicans in Pennsylvania would ban abortion.
Hope Pierotti, 20, hurried to re-register in her new swing-state home days after Roe v. Wade was overturned, similarly anxious about abortion rights. The procedure is legal in Pennsylvania, but Republicans could pass sweeping restrictions if they win the governor’s race and keep control of the statehouse.
And Britney Preston finally signed up to vote two years after sitting out the...",left
4488,"As Midterms Near, Parties Craft Dueling Narratives For Election Season","['2022 Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs']",The five issues that will decide the midterm elections,The Hill,"There are less than two months left before the midterm elections.
Lately, Democrats have become more hopeful and Republicans more nervous as the polling lead the GOP enjoyed earlier in the year has eroded.
The battle for the Senate looks, for now, to be balanced on a knife-edge, even as the GOP remains favored to take over the House.
Candidates and local issues will clearly be vital in many races. But this is a national election too.
Here are the five biggest issues that will determine the outcome.",center
4489,"As Midterms Near, Parties Craft Dueling Narratives For Election Season","['2022 Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs']",White House Makes Last-Ditch Effort To Salvage Biden’s Economic Record Ahead Of Midterms,The Daily Caller,"The White House has touted an economic recovery in the U.S. ahead of the midterm elections, even as many Americans remain underwater economically.
The White House published a 58-page “economic blueprint” in September touting the fastest job recovery in 40 years, the creation of 3.7 million jobs and the unemployment rate standing at a near-50-year low of 3.7%. The report noted that this recovery has significantly outperformed the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projections released shortly after President Joe Biden took office. The CBO estimated in Feb. 2021 that the economy would...",right
4490,"Trump Issues Executive Order Against TikTok, Senate Bans App From Government Devices","['China', 'Cybersecurity', 'Donald Trump', 'Privacy', 'Technology']","Trump issues executive order against TikTok parent, effective in 45 days",Washington Post,"President Donald Trump issued an executive order against the parent company of video app TikTok after a week of escalating threats to ban the app in the U.S.
The order takes effect in 45 days and prohibits any U.S. company or person from transacting with ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company.
Trump has called out TikTok as a national security threat as tensions worsen between his administration and the Chinese government.",left
4491,"Trump Issues Executive Order Against TikTok, Senate Bans App From Government Devices","['China', 'Cybersecurity', 'Donald Trump', 'Privacy', 'Technology']",Senate Votes to Ban TikTok on Government-Issued Phones,Wall Street Journal (News),"WASHINGTON—The Senate unanimously passed Thursday a bill prohibiting federal employees from using TikTok, the popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app, on government-issued devices as U.S. national-security concerns mount.
The measure passed through an expedited procedure that avoided a roll-call vote. The White House has been pushing for a sale of TikTok to U.S. owners, citing national-security risks amid fears that the Chinese government could exploit the personal data of users.
“In light of all we know, it is unthinkable to me that we should continue to permit federal employees, those workers entrusted...",center
4492,"Trump Issues Executive Order Against TikTok, Senate Bans App From Government Devices","['China', 'Cybersecurity', 'Donald Trump', 'Privacy', 'Technology']",Trump Issues Ban on Transactions With TikTok's Chinese Owner,Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump on Thursday issued an executive order banning any transactions with ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns the video-sharing app TikTok, starting in 45 days.
The app might be used for disinformation campaigns that benefit the Chinese Communist Party and the United States ""must take aggressive action against the owners of TikTok to protect our national security,"" Trump said in the order.",right
4493,Democrat-led States End School Mask Mandates,"['Coronavirus', 'Mask Mandates', 'Schools', 'Oregon', 'Delaware', 'New Jersey', 'Connecticut']",4 states announce they're dropping mask mandates for schools,NPR (Online News),"Oregon is the latest state to set plans to lift its statewide mask mandate for schools, following earlier announcements Monday from New Jersey, Connecticut and Delaware.
The loosening guidelines are signs that the four states are changing how they manage the COVID-19 pandemic as cases from the omicron surge continue to subside.
Oregon health officials announced Monday its end date for indoor mask requirements for public places and inside schools is March 31.
""The evidence from Oregon and around the country is clear: masks save lives by slowing the spread...",left
4494,Democrat-led States End School Mask Mandates,"['Coronavirus', 'Mask Mandates', 'Schools', 'Oregon', 'Delaware', 'New Jersey', 'Connecticut']",New Jersey Dem Governor Ends School Mask Mandates,Washington Free Beacon,"New Jersey Democratic governor Phil Murphy is ending his state's school mask mandates, signaling that some Democratic officials are ready to move away from politically fraught coronavirus restrictions.
Murphy announced on Sunday he would scrap the mask mandates on Monday afternoon, though the policy won't take effect until March, the New York Times first reported. As vice chairman of the National Governors Association, his decision will likely influence other state governors. Some have already made the move. Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf (D.) ended his state's school mask mandate in January, even as coronavirus case...",right
4495,Democrat-led States End School Mask Mandates,"['Coronavirus', 'Mask Mandates', 'Schools', 'Oregon', 'Delaware', 'New Jersey', 'Connecticut']","As states plan to lift school mask mandates, CDC remains vague on updating its guidance",CNN (Online News),"As many states see declines in their daily Covid-19 case numbers and hospitalization rates, some have moved forward with plans to lift a significant mitigation measure: mask mandates in schools.
The moves go against guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but the agency has remained mum about the states' decisions, simply telling CNN on Monday that it still recommends universal masking for all in schools.
However, some public health experts have questioned whether it's time for the CDC to update its school guidance, especially as the...",left
4496,Biden Admin Actively Considering Mask Mandates for Vaccinated People,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Restrictions', 'CDC']","CDC Is Considering Mask Mandates For Vaccinated Americans, Fauci Says",The Daily Caller,"White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is considering recommending masks for vaccinated individuals as the Delta variant continues to surge.
Fauci spoke on CNN’s “State of the Union” about COVID-19 and was asked about one projection that suggests cases will continue rising if more Americans don’t get vaccinated. Fauci confirmed that “it’s not going to be good” and declared the country is “going in the wrong direction.” He also warned that the CDC is discussing mask mandates for people...",right
4497,Biden Admin Actively Considering Mask Mandates for Vaccinated People,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Restrictions', 'CDC']",Fauci: 'We're going in the wrong direction' on Covid-19 cases,CNN (Online News),"Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that the US is ""going in the wrong direction"" as the number of Covid-19 cases continues to rise, particularly among unvaccinated Americans.
""If you look at the inflection of the curve of new cases and, as you said in the run-in to this interview, that it is among the unvaccinated. And since we have 50% of the country is not fully vaccinated, that's a problem,"" Fauci told CNN's Jake Tapper on ""State of the Union"" when asked about a model projecting a worst case scenario...",left
4498,Biden Admin Actively Considering Mask Mandates for Vaccinated People,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Restrictions', 'CDC']","Fauci: New masking guidelines for vaccinated Americans under ""active consideration""",Axios,"NIAID director Anthony Fauci told CNN's ""State of the Union"" Sunday that health officials are considering revising masking guidelines for vaccinated Americans.
Why it matters: Fauci said that the United States is ""going in the wrong direction"" as cases surge across the country, driven by the more contagious Delta variant.
""If you look at the inflection of the curve of new cases and, as you said in the run-in to this interview, it is among the unvaccinated. And since we have 50% of the country that not fully vaccinated, that's a problem,"" Fauci said.
The big picture: Fauci confirmed that new...",center
4499,Pence Endorses Opponent of Trump-Backed Candidate for Arizona Governor,"['2022 Elections', 'Arizona', 'Arizona Primary', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Kari Lake', 'Karrin Taylor Robson', 'Mike Pence', 'Politics', 'Republican Party']","Escalating conflict with Trump, Mike Pence endorses Karrin Taylor Robson for Arizona governor",AZ Central,"Former Vice President Mike Pence has endorsed Republican candidate Karrin Taylor Robson in the race for Arizona governor, declaring her ""the best choice for Arizona's future.""
Taylor Robson's campaign also confirmed Pence would visit the Grand Canyon State on Friday, holding events for her in Phoenix and southern Arizona.
The same day, Pence's old boss, former President Donald Trump, is set to hold a rally in Prescott Valley, bringing the civil war within the Republican party to the battleground state with the primary election little more than a week away.
Pence's support...",center
4500,Pence Endorses Opponent of Trump-Backed Candidate for Arizona Governor,"['2022 Elections', 'Arizona', 'Arizona Primary', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Kari Lake', 'Karrin Taylor Robson', 'Mike Pence', 'Politics', 'Republican Party']",Mike Pence endorses GOP rival of Trump-backed candidate for Arizona governor,Washington Times,"Former Vice President Mike Pence on Monday endorsed Karrin Taylor Robson, who is running against Trump-backed, former TV news anchor Kari Lake in the GOP primary for Arizona governor.
The endorsement further escalated the public rift between Mr. Pence and his former boss, teeing up another high-profile intraparty showdown ahead of the Aug. 2 primary.
Ms. Robson, a real estate developer and former member of the Arizona Board of Regents, is “the best choice for Arizona’s future” who will “keep Arizona’s border secure and streets safe, empower parents and create great schools, and promote conservative values,” Mr. Pence said.
“I...",right
4501,Pence Endorses Opponent of Trump-Backed Candidate for Arizona Governor,"['2022 Elections', 'Arizona', 'Arizona Primary', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Kari Lake', 'Karrin Taylor Robson', 'Mike Pence', 'Politics', 'Republican Party']",Pence endorses Robson for Arizona governor in split from Trump,NBC News (Online),"Former Vice President Mike Pence on Monday endorsed Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Karrin Taylor Robson, putting him at odds with former President Donald Trump, who is backing another GOP contender, Kari Lake.
""As Arizona Democrats pursue the reckless Biden-Harris agenda, Karrin Taylor Robson is the only candidate for Governor that will keep Arizona’s border secure and streets safe, empower parents and create great schools, and promote conservative values,"" Pence said in a statement shared by Robson's campaign in a tweet.
Robson ""is the best choice for Arizona's future, and I am proud to...",left
4502,Purdue Pharma Owners Allegedly Moved $1B Out of Company Amid Scrutiny,"['Opioid Crisis', 'Drugs', 'Big Pharma', 'Purdue', 'New York', 'Criminal Justice', 'Public Health']",Sacklers transferred $1 billion as scrutiny from opioid crisis grew: New York AG,ABC News (Online),"The New York attorney general's office, as part of an ongoing case against Purdue Pharma and some members of the Sackler family, said in court filings on Friday it's discovered approximately $1 billion the family may have been trying to hide from parties suing them over the opioid crisis.
The filing reflects documents the New York AG's office said it's obtained as a result of subpoenas issued to a number of financial institutions believed to have information related to the defendants in the case. According to Friday's filings, the documents...",left
4503,Purdue Pharma Owners Allegedly Moved $1B Out of Company Amid Scrutiny,"['Opioid Crisis', 'Drugs', 'Big Pharma', 'Purdue', 'New York', 'Criminal Justice', 'Public Health']",Purdue Pharma's Sackler family used hidden accounts to transfer $1B: court docs,Fox News (Online News),"The Sackler family, which owns Purdue Pharma, used Swiss and other hidden bank accounts to transfer around $1 billion from the company to themselves, the New York attorney general’s office claimed Friday.
The family stands to lose billions after a litany of lawsuits claiming that their company marketed the painkiller OxyContin as nonaddictive despite knowing otherwise.
The transfers support allegations by New York and other states that the Sacklers have worked to shield their wealth in the face of mounting legal threats.
Those transfers include $20 million from a Purdue...",right
4504,Purdue Pharma Owners Allegedly Moved $1B Out of Company Amid Scrutiny,"['Opioid Crisis', 'Drugs', 'Big Pharma', 'Purdue', 'New York', 'Criminal Justice', 'Public Health']",NY AG uncovers $1 billion in Sackler family wire transfers amid opioid probe: report,The Hill,"The New York Attorney General's Office has allegedly uncovered $1 billion in wire transfers by the Sackler family, which owns Purdue Pharma, which could suggest attempts to hide its wealth as it faces litigation over its role in the opioid crisis.
The transfers include some done through Swiss bank accounts, The New York Times reported.
State Attorney General Letitia James (D) reportedly issued subpoenas last month to 33 financial institutions and investment advisers in an attempt to fully discover the family's wealth.
""While the Sacklers continue to lowball victims...",center
4505,"Bezos, Biden Trade Barbs on High Gas Prices","['Economy And Jobs', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Jeff Bezos', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Energy', 'Oil']",Bezos slams Biden's call for gasoline stations to cut prices,Reuters,"Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) founder Jeff Bezos renewed his spat with the White House over the weekend, as the world's third-richest person criticized President Joe Biden for calling on companies running gasoline stations to lower their prices.
In a tweet on Saturday, Biden said, ""this is a time of war and global peril,"" and demanded the companies lower gasoline prices, which have soared to about $5 a gallon in many parts of the country.
""Bring down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect the cost you're paying for the product....",center
4506,"Bezos, Biden Trade Barbs on High Gas Prices","['Economy And Jobs', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Jeff Bezos', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Energy', 'Oil']",US energy producers roast Biden for demanding 'companies running gas stations' lower pump prices,Fox Business,"The U.S. Oil & Gas Association took a hit at President Biden after he tweeted on Saturday that ""companies running gas stations"" should simply ""bring down the price you are charging at the pump,"" telling him that he should ""please make sure the WH intern who posted this tweet registers for Econ 101 for the fall semester.""
""Working on it Mr. President. In the meantime - have a Happy 4th and please make sure the WH intern who posted this tweet registers for Econ 101 for the fall semester...,"" they tweeted. 
On...",right
4507,"Bezos, Biden Trade Barbs on High Gas Prices","['Economy And Jobs', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Jeff Bezos', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Energy', 'Oil']","White House hits back at Jeff Bezos, saying it's 'not surprising' he thinks oil and gas companies should 'reap record profits at the expense of the American people'",Insider,"The White House criticized Jeff Bezos after the billionaire Amazon founder accused President Joe Biden of missing the mark on why gas prices are high.
Biden sent a tweet on Saturday suggesting gas sellers were taking advantage of the war in Ukraine by setting unnecessarily high gas prices.
""My message to the companies running gas stations and setting prices at the pump is simple: this is a time of war and global peril,"" Biden said. ""Bring down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect the cost you're paying for...",left
4508,"President Trump Criticizes John Kerry for ""Shadow Diplomacy"" on Iran Deal",['Foreign Policy'],Trump slams John Kerry for 'shadow diplomacy' on Iran deal,The Hill,President Trump on Monday slammed former Secretary of State John Kerry for reportedly working to save the Iran nuclear deal.,center
4509,"President Trump Criticizes John Kerry for ""Shadow Diplomacy"" on Iran Deal",['Foreign Policy'],Trump castigates Kerry for ‘Shadow Diplomacy’ to save Iran nuclear deal,Washington Post,President Trump on Monday castigated John F. Kerry following a report that the former secretary of state was engaged in unusual shadow diplomacy in a bid to preserve the pact he helped negotiate to limit Iran’s nuclear program.,left
4510,"President Trump Criticizes John Kerry for ""Shadow Diplomacy"" on Iran Deal",['Foreign Policy'],Where’s the Outrage over Kerry’s Collusion with Iran?,National Review,Liberals tried to criminalize contacts with Russia. Note their hypocritical silence about the former secretary of state’s ‘strategizing’ with Iran.,right
4511,US Drone Strikes Somalia,['World'],"U.S. Strikes Al-Shabab In Somalia, 6 Militants Killed",HuffPost,A member of the Somali group al-Shabab says its leader was traveling in one of two vehicles hit Monday night in a U.S. military strike but the spokesman would not say if the leader was among the six militants who were killed.,left
4512,US Drone Strikes Somalia,['World'],US attempts to kill Al Shabab leader in Somalia,Christian Science Monitor,It's not yet clear whether the US air strike killed Al Shabab leader Ahmed Godane. He's blamed for encouraging the group to branch out into international terrorism.,center
4513,US Drone Strikes Somalia,['World'],US reportedly targets leader of al-Shabaab with Somalia drone strike,Fox News (Online News),A U.S. drone reportedly targeted the leader of the Al Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab group in a strike in southern Somalia Monday.,right
4514,Air Force Leaders Order Review Of Stays At Trump Resort,"['Air Force', 'Turnberry Resort', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",Air Force leaders order probe of Trump resort stays,Politico,"Stopovers at Scotland airport have tripled since 2015 and overnight stays in the area are up five-fold.
The U.S. Air Force has ordered a world-wide review of how it chooses overnight accommodations on long flights following revelations that air crews had occasionally stayed at President Donald Trump's Scotland resort while refueling at a small commercial airport nearby.
The review comes as additional instances of military personnel staying at Trump properties have been uncovered. The C-17 crew’s overnight stay at Trump’s Turnberry resort in Scotland earlier this year, first reported by...",left
4515,Air Force Leaders Order Review Of Stays At Trump Resort,"['Air Force', 'Turnberry Resort', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",Air Force to review international travel expenses following concerns raised about Trump resort,USA TODAY,"The Air Force has ordered a review of its layover stays following an outcry over increased military spending at President Donald Trump's struggling golf resort at Turnberry in Scotland.
Air Force Spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said in a statement to USA TODAY that ""Air Force leadership directed Air Mobility Command to review all guidance pertaining to selection of airports and lodging accommodations during international travels.""
Politico was first to report that seven Air National Guard service members flying from the U.S. to Kuwait had stopped at Glasgow Prestwick Airport...",left
4516,Air Force Leaders Order Review Of Stays At Trump Resort,"['Air Force', 'Turnberry Resort', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",Air Force orders review of stays at Trump resorts,Washington Examiner,"While the Air Force called a crew's stay at President Trump's Scotland resort earlier this year ""not unusual,"" it has ordered a review of its process for choosing overnight accommodations following ethics concerns.
Since April, the House Oversight Committee has been investigating the joint Air Force and Alaska Air National Guard unit's stop at Trump's Turnberry resort in Scotland while on a trip to Kuwait. On Sunday, an Air Force official insisted that all guidelines for selecting accommodations were properly followed, even providing evidence that Trump's resort offered lower room...",right
4517,How States are Working with Federal Government on Coronavirus,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Governors', 'New York', 'White House', 'Role Of Government', 'Politics']",Trump commits to helping blue states fight the coronavirus — if their governors are nice to him,Vox,"President Donald Trump says he’s willing to help blue-state governors who are struggling to contain coronavirus outbreaks — but only if they’re willing to stop criticizing him in exchange.
“It’s a two-way street,” Trump told Fox News on Tuesday. “They have to treat us well, also. They can’t say, ‘Oh, gee, we should get this, we should get that.’”
Trump’s comments came as Andrew Cuomo — the Democratic governor of New York, the state currently at the heart of America’s coronavirus outbreak — pleaded with Trump to do more to...",left
4518,How States are Working with Federal Government on Coronavirus,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Governors', 'New York', 'White House', 'Role Of Government', 'Politics']",Flatter or fight? Governors seeking help must navigate Trump,Associated Press,"SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — At first, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker tried to play nice. He limited criticisms of the federal government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and asked for medical supplies through official channels.
But nothing came, so he went on television. The first-term Democrat blasted the Trump administration on Sunday on CNN for failing to help states obtain masks, gloves and other protective gear.
It got President Donald Trump’s attention. After a Twitter feud and some mudslinging (Pritzker compared Trump to a “carnival barker”), the two got on the...",left
4519,How States are Working with Federal Government on Coronavirus,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Governors', 'New York', 'White House', 'Role Of Government', 'Politics']",Cuomo slams $2T stimulus package as ‘terrible’ for New York,New York Post (News),"WASHINGTON — Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a stinging rebuke of the Senate’s $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package on Wednesday, saying the hard-hit Empire State had been shortchanged.
“It would be really terrible for the state of New York,” Cuomo said at his daily press conference, claiming New York State would receive just under $4 billion in funding from the huge package.
Cuomo said the figure was a paltry sum compared to the estimated $15 billion in lost revenue New York budget officials estimate will hit the state budget.",right
4520,$1.9T Stimulus Bill Nears Passage,"['US House', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus', 'Politics']","In a big week for Biden, the push for his $1.9 trillion stimulus plan is on the brink of success",New York Times (News),"Around the midpoint of his first 100 days in office, President Biden is closing in on his first legislative triumph: congressional approval of his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan.
After the Senate passed the plan on Saturday, it is set to return to the House for final approval as soon as Tuesday. It was also possible that the vote could slip to Wednesday depending on when the House received the sprawling measure from the Senate.
Whether the vote takes place Tuesday or Wednesday, it will still beat the March 14...",left
4521,$1.9T Stimulus Bill Nears Passage,"['US House', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus', 'Politics']",Frustrated progressives on relief package: 'We'll take the win',The Hill,"Liberals in the House on Monday rallied behind the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that the Democratic-controlled Congress is set to send to President Biden’s desk this week, despite some frustration over changes made by the Senate to appease key centrists.
House progressives signaled that they will still back the legislation following amendments adopted by the Senate to restrict income eligibility for stimulus checks and keep weekly unemployment insurance payments at $300, while ensuring that the first $10,200 of jobless benefits aren’t subject to taxes.
Another key progressive provision...",center
4522,$1.9T Stimulus Bill Nears Passage,"['US House', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus', 'Politics']",Biden poised for major Hill victory but faces some flashing red lights,Fox News (Online News),"By most conventional measures, President Biden should be riding pretty high.
He is about to score his first major legislative victory, pumping nearly $2 trillion—a staggering figure—into the economy to deal with the pandemic. A new ABC poll shows 68 percent of those surveyed approving of his approach to the crisis, a figure that includes 35 percent of Republicans. And he says every American will be able to get a vaccination by the end of May.
Yes, but: The Senate and House passed the giant packages without a single Republican...",right
4523,Comey Memos on Trump Meetings Published,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Comey Memos Leaked — Here’s What They Say,The Daily Caller,"Former FBI director James Comey’s memos have been released to the press.
The documents detail various conversations he allegedly had with President Donald Trump.",right
4524,Comey Memos on Trump Meetings Published,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",OPINION: Comey memos renew questions over Trump's behavior,CNN (Online News),"If House Republicans thought they were helping President Donald Trump by forcing the release of James Comey's memos, they might want to think again.",left
4525,Comey Memos on Trump Meetings Published,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Comey memos detailing conversations of Trump meetings published,BBC News,Memos by ex-FBI director James Comey detailing his conversations with Donald Trump have been published.,center
4526,A Look Back at America's 2021,"['Holidays', 'New Years', '2021', 'Coronavirus', 'Media Bias', 'Afghanistan', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'General News']",2021 was a transformative year in US politics. Here are the biggest stories.,CNN (Online News),"This year brought a dizzying mix of triumphs and setbacks in Washington, where lawmakers have grappled with everything from a deadly pandemic to an assault on democracy itself.
While President Joe Biden used his inauguration speech to call for unity, division has run through nearly every aspect of US politics.
Here are some of the biggest political stories of 2021:
January 6
Just six days into the year, the US Capitol insurrection defined 2021 in US politics.
The unprecedented attack on democracy, which began as members of Congress worked to certify the results...",left
4527,A Look Back at America's 2021,"['Holidays', 'New Years', '2021', 'Coronavirus', 'Media Bias', 'Afghanistan', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'General News']",The mainstream media's top 10 missteps in 2021,Fox News (Online News),"Throughout 2021, the mainstream media has been caught or forced to correct multiple stories that turned out to be misleading or not true. From debunked stories such as the Steele dossier to new concerns over inflation, mainstream outlets badly reported on some of the biggest news stories of the year. 
Here are the top 10 most outrageous examples of the mainstream media reporting false or misleading stories this year. 
In April, videos emerged of a police officer shooting a Black teenager named Ma’Khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio, after Bryant lunged at another...",right
4528,A Look Back at America's 2021,"['Holidays', 'New Years', '2021', 'Coronavirus', 'Media Bias', 'Afghanistan', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'General News']","Amid ongoing threats, democracy reform forges ahead in 2021",The Fulcrum,"As we approach RepresentUs’ 10-year anniversary in 2022, I want to celebrate all the work we’ve done and the continued momentum of our anti-corruption movement while also recognizing the severe threats to democracy ahead.
I co-founded RepresentUs — the nation’s largest grassroots anti-corruption organization — in 2012 to fill a glaring gap in the democracy advocacy space. Too many nonprofit groups were directing their efforts solely toward the 25 percent or so of the country who identified as liberal, despite the fact that majorities of Americans of all political stripes support...",center
4529,Libertarian for President,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Libertarian Candidates Pitch Themselves As Antidote To Partisanship,NPR (Online News),"Libertarian Party candidates Gary Johnson and Bill Weld pitched themselves as the antidote to Washington partisanship in a CNN town hall, hoping to appeal to voters frustrated with both the Republican and the Democratic presidential nominees.
Both are former Republican governors — Johnson from New Mexico and Weld from Massachusetts — and told CNN's Anderson Cooper they align with most voters on both fiscal and social issues.
""We want the government out of your pocketbook and out of your bedroom, and the polling shows that a majority of Americans think...",left
4530,Libertarian for President,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Can Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Nominee, Swing the Election?",New York Times (News),"In Gary Johnson’s first run for the presidency in 2012, as the Libertarian Party candidate, he won just under 1 percent of the popular vote. He did not surpass 3 percent in any state.
That’s not exactly a strong showing. But 2016 could prove more favorable because of the unpopularity of both major party candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Mr. Johnson is at roughly 10 percent in recent polls, well above where he was in 2012. The question, of course, is whether it will have any impact.
Is This...",left
4531,Libertarian for President,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",How Gary Johnson/William Weld CNN Town Hall Was a Disappointment in Libertarian Terms,Reason,"The Libertarian Party presidential ticket of former Republican governors Gary Johnson (N.M.) and William Weld (Mass.) succeeded in seeming human, humane, decent, calm, and at least compared to their major party competitors, thoughtful this evening at their second CNN Town Hall.
But I'm not sure they succeeded in seeming very Libertarian, or selling the Party's position as a distinct outlook on politics and government that someone could grasp and understand.
They often seemed to go out of their way to just seem like a centrist, independent mixture of what someone...",right
4532,Trump Discusses 2020 Election Results At Phoenix Rally,"['Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Arizona', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Election Law']",Trump clings to false election claims at Arizona rally,Politico,"Former President Donald Trump on Saturday sought to lend credence to the partisan audit of presidential ballots cast in Arizona, holding his first rally there since the 2020 election.
Speaking in Phoenix at a Turning Point USA gathering, Trump hailed what he called Arizona Senate Republicans' “full forensic audit” of results in Maricopa County, while continuing to promulgate baseless conspiracy theories about the election he lost to Joe Biden.
“I predict when the votes come in … I think they’re going to be so horrible. They will be, in my...",left
4533,Trump Discusses 2020 Election Results At Phoenix Rally,"['Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Arizona', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Election Law']","Trump hails Arizona Senate for audit at Phoenix rally, slams governor",The Hill,"Former President Trump on Saturday hailed the Arizona state Senate for its ongoing audit of the 2020 election in Maricopa County during a rally in Phoenix, while taking shots at Gov. Doug Ducey (R).
Speaking to a crowd of supporters at the event dubbed the “Rally for Election Integrity,” Trump began by thanking the “brave and unyielding conservative warriors in the Arizona State Senate” for forging ahead with the audit.
The former president recognized the appearance of several GOP state senators, particularly thanking Arizona Senate President Karen Fann (R), who has overseen the effort that...",center
4534,Trump Discusses 2020 Election Results At Phoenix Rally,"['Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Arizona', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Election Law']",Trump slams Critical Race Theory as ‘flagrant racism’ that has ‘no place’ in our country,Fox News (Online News),"Former President Donald Trump warned critical race theory is ""flagrant racism"" being forced into ""every facet of our society"" during a speech to conservatives Saturday night in Phoenix.
Trump spoke at Arizona Federal Theatre for the ""Protect Our Elections Rally"" hosted by Turning Point Action, TPUSA's political action committee, where he slammed Democrats for adhering to an ""America last"" ideology.
""We shouldn’t be apologizing to the world,"" he said. ""We’re apologizing for America, just like Obama apologized. Remember, he apologized. They should be apologizing to America for what they’ve done to it. That’s who I think should be apologizing to.
""The Biden administration's...",right
4535,Trump’s First Foreign Trip,['Politics'],"Trump's first foreign trip: Scheduled stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel and beyond",Fox News (Online News),"President Donald Trump leaves the United States today for his first overseas trip as commander-in-chief, with a full itinerary of stops throughout the Middle East and Europe.",right
4536,Trump’s First Foreign Trip,['Politics'],5 things to watch on Trump’s foreign trip,Politico,Can he stick to a script?,left
4537,Trump’s First Foreign Trip,['Politics'],"Seeking A New Narrative, Trump Heads To Middle East And Europe",HuffPost,"Trump leaves for Saudi Arabia on Friday afternoon and will make stops next week in Israel, Belgium and Italy.",left
4538,Trump Considers Revoking Obama Intel Officials' Security Clearances,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",President Trump considers revoking security clearances for former U.S. officials,USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump is exploring ""mechanisms"" to revoke security clearances for former U.S. officials who have criticized him for his handling of the Russia investigation and his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Monday.",left
4539,Trump Considers Revoking Obama Intel Officials' Security Clearances,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump wants to strip security clearances from Obama intel officials,New York Post (News),"President Trump wants to strip former Obama intelligence officials of their security clearances for making “baseless” accusations against him on Russia, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Monday.",right
4540,Trump Considers Revoking Obama Intel Officials' Security Clearances,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",White House says Trump wants to revoke security clearances for former officials critical of him over Russia,Washington Post,"President Trump moved to retaliate against some of his strongest critics Monday, threatening to revoke the security clearances of former top officials who have raised alarms about Russian interference in the 2016 election or questioned the president’s fitness for office.",left
4541,"In Ukraine, Artillery Shelling Near Nuclear Reactor Sparks Fears of Meltdown","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Denuclearization', 'Nuclear Power', 'Power Plants']","Russia, Ukraine trade claims of nuclear plant attacks",Associated Press,"Russia and Ukraine traded claims of rocket and artillery strikes at or near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant on Sunday, intensifying fears that the fighting could cause a massive radiation leak.
Ukraine’s atomic energy agency painted an ominous picture of the threat Sunday by issuing a map forecasting where radiation could spread from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which Russian forces have controlled since soon after the war began.
Attacks were reported over the weekend not only in Russian-controlled territory adjacent to the plant along the left bank of the...",left
4542,"In Ukraine, Artillery Shelling Near Nuclear Reactor Sparks Fears of Meltdown","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Denuclearization', 'Nuclear Power', 'Power Plants']","Russian rockets hit cities near Ukraine nuclear plant, raising fears of catastrophe",New York Post (News),"Russian rockets and artillery strikes hit areas across a river from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, officials said Sunday, heightening fears of radiation leaks and possible catastrophe.
Zaporizhzhia, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, was captured by Moscow soon after the war began six months ago. Russia also holds adjacent territory along the left bank of the wide Dnieper River, while Ukraine maintains control of the right bank, including two cities, Nikopol and Marhanets, which are each about six miles from the plant.
Periodic blasts have damaged the power...",right
4543,"In Ukraine, Artillery Shelling Near Nuclear Reactor Sparks Fears of Meltdown","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Denuclearization', 'Nuclear Power', 'Power Plants']","Ukraine on edge after Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, region's towns shelled",Reuters,"Russian artillery fired at Ukrainian towns across the river from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant overnight, local officials said on Sunday, adding to residents' anguish as reports of shelling around the plant fuelled fears of a radiation disaster.
Russia's defence ministry said there was more Ukrainian shelling of the plant over the past 24 hours, just a day after Moscow and Kyiv traded accusations of targeting Europe's biggest nuclear plant, which has prompted grave international concern.
Ukrainian nuclear company Energoatom said it had no new information about attacks on the...",center
4544,Gov Climate Change Report,['Environment'],"Climate Change Is Already Here, Says Massive Government Report",HuffPost,Climate change is no longer a distant threat but a real and present danger in the United States according to a government report issued Tuesday.,left
4545,Gov Climate Change Report,['Environment'],"Climate Change Is Harming U.S. Economy, Report Says",Wall Street Journal (News),"Climate change is having a present-day negative impact on Americans' everyday lives and damaging the U.S. economy, a federal advisory committee has concluded.",center
4546,Gov Climate Change Report,['Environment'],"Administration issues dire climate change report, amid regulatory push",Fox News (Online News),"The Obama administration fueled its push for energy regulations with a massive new report Tuesday, linking climate change to extreme weather across the country and warning of more climate disruption if the nation doesn't change its ways.",right
4547,Trump Blocks Americans from Investing in Firms Linked to Chinese Military,"['China', 'Foreign Policy', 'US Military', 'Chinese Military']",Trump blocks US investment in firms linked to Chinese military,Al Jazeera,"United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning US investments in Chinese firms Washington claims are owned or controlled by the Chinese military, ramping up pressure on Beijing after the US election.
The order, which was first reported by Reuters, could affect some of China’s biggest companies, including telecoms firms China Telecom Corp Ltd, China Mobile Ltd and surveillance equipment maker Hikvision.
The move is designed to deter US investment firms, pension funds and others from buying and selling shares of 31 Chinese companies that were designated...",left
4548,Trump Blocks Americans from Investing in Firms Linked to Chinese Military,"['China', 'Foreign Policy', 'US Military', 'Chinese Military']",Trump Bars Americans From Investing in Firms That Help China’s Military,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump signed an executive order prohibiting Americans from investing in a group of Chinese companies the U.S. says supply and otherwise support China’s military, intelligence and security services.
The order blocks American companies and individuals from owning shares directly or through funds that include any of 31 companies identified by the U.S. as aiding the modernization of the People’s Liberation Army, or PLA, and China’s intelligence and security services.
Those firms, which include large state-run aerospace, shipbuilding and construction companies as well as technology companies such as the video-surveillance-equipment...",center
4549,Trump Blocks Americans from Investing in Firms Linked to Chinese Military,"['China', 'Foreign Policy', 'US Military', 'Chinese Military']",Trump Issues Order to End Investments in Chinese Military Companies,The Epoch Times,"President Donald Trump on Nov. 12 issued an executive order to stop investments in Chinese companies that are tied to China’s military, citing threats to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.
The order came in response to rising concerns over pension and retirement fund flows into foreign companies that support China’s totalitarian regime. It targets China’s military companies, including those designated by the Pentagon in June and August of 2020.
Beijing “is increasingly exploiting United States capital to resource and to enable the development and...",right
4550,Perspectives: Biden Nominates Pete Buttigieg For Transportation Secretary,"['Joe Biden', 'Biden Cabinet', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Department Of Transportation']","In stirring speech, Pete Buttigieg makes history again for LGBTQ Americans as first gay cabinet nominee",USA TODAY,"Nearly a year ago in Des Moines, Pete Buttigieg hugged his husband onstage after his win in the Iowa caucuses made him the first openly LGBTQ candidate to earn delegates toward a major political party’s presidential nomination.
Now, he’s making history again as the first openly gay man to be nominated to a cabinet role, with President-elect Joe Biden tapping Buttigieg this week as his pick for U.S. transportation secretary.
As Buttigieg accepted the nomination Wednesday afternoon, he recalled how as a 17-year-old in Indiana, he watched the experience of...",left
4551,Perspectives: Biden Nominates Pete Buttigieg For Transportation Secretary,"['Joe Biden', 'Biden Cabinet', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Department Of Transportation']","Media Claim Pete Buttigieg Appointment Would Make Him First Openly Gay Cabinet Member, Forget Richard Grenell",The Daily Wire,"As soon as Democrat Joe Biden announced he would nominate South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, media outlets rushed to hail the choice as a historic occasion for LGBT individuals.
Numerous outlets, including Sky News, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, reported that Buttigieg would be the first “openly gay man” to hold a Cabinet post. Except, Buttigieg would not be the first “openly gay” cabinet member, as that honor already belongs to Richard Grenell, who was appointed by President Donald Trump in February to serve as the acting...",right
4552,Perspectives: Biden Nominates Pete Buttigieg For Transportation Secretary,"['Joe Biden', 'Biden Cabinet', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Department Of Transportation']",'Cabinet of firsts': Joe Biden touts Pete Buttigieg's historic nomination,NBC News (Online),"President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet is shaping up to be a team of “firsts,” and he introduced yet another of his history-making nominations Wednesday: Pete Buttigieg as his pick to lead the Department of Transportation.
If confirmed, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, would be the first openly gay member of a presidential Cabinet to be confirmed by the Senate.
“This Cabinet will be the most representative of any Cabinet in American history,” Biden said before formally introducing Buttigieg as his nominee. “We’ll have a Cabinet of barrier breakers, a...",left
4553,Alarming TSA Report,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Shakeup at TSA after airport screening failures,CBS News (Online),"Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Monday reassigned the leader of the Transportation Security Administration and directed the agency to revise airport security procedures, retrain officers and retest screening equipment in airports across the U.S.",left
4554,Alarming TSA Report,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']","TSA screeners failed tests to detect explosives, weapons",CNN (Online News),"Airport screeners failed to detect explosives and weapons in nearly every test that an undercover Homeland Security team conducted at dozens of airports, according to an internal investigation.",left
4555,Alarming TSA Report,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Acting TSA head reassigned after watchdog report reveals airport security failings,Fox News (Online News),"The acting head of the Transportation Security Administration was reassigned late Monday after a watchdog report revealed undercover agents were able to sneak fake explosives and banned weapons through checkpoints as part of an investigation that revealed a massive, system-wide security failure at America's airports.",right
4556,Clinton and DNC Funded Trump-Russia Dossier,['Politics'],"Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier",Washington Post,"The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about President Trump’s connections to Russia and possible coordination between his campaign and the Kremlin, people familiar with the matter said.",left
4557,Clinton and DNC Funded Trump-Russia Dossier,['Politics'],Clinton team and Democrats 'bankrolled' Trump dirty dossier,BBC News,US President Donald Trump has seized on reports that Hillary Clinton's team bankrolled a sleazy dossier of allegations linking him to Russia.,center
4558,Clinton and DNC Funded Trump-Russia Dossier,['Politics'],"The Russia Dossier Story: A Perfect Storm of Clinton Deception, Media Irresponsibility, and Democratic Moral Blindness",National Review,"A bombshell Washington Post story reveals Hillary’s campaign and the DNC were behind the dossier, after all.",right
4559,Wendy Davis Clarifies Bio,['Politics'],Wendy Davis admits to fuzzy facts in bio,Washington Post,"Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis, who is running for governor of Texas, has admitted that some of the public details about her personal history are incomplete or inaccurate, according to a report in the Dallas Morning News.
Davis, a rising Democratic star, has touted herself as a Texas success story. She was a di",left
4560,Wendy Davis Clarifies Bio,['Politics'],Report: Wendy Davis' life story more complicated than compelling narrative,CNN (Online News),"Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis admitted in an interview with the Dallas Morning News that she hasn't been totally accurate about her life's story, a compelling narrative she has used to appeal to voters in Texas and bolster her national profile.
""My language should be tighter,"" the Democratic state senator said. ""I'm learning about using broader, looser language. I need to be more focused on the detail.""",left
4561,Wendy Davis Clarifies Bio,['Politics'],"Wendy Davis Exaggerates Success Story: ""I Need to Focus More on Details""",Townhall,"Texans are all too familiar with her story. State Senator Wendy Davis overcame hardship as a divorced teenage mother living in a trailer before eventually getting accepted into Harvard Law school and scoring political victories - at least, according to her campaign team. She and her staff have used this narrative to fundraise in the Texas governor’s race and media outlets like the T",right
4562,Trump Lawyers Seek to Halt Book Release,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump’s lawyer sends cease-and-desist letter to ‘Fire and Fury’ book publisher, author",Washington Times,The White House and its allies again pushed back aggressively Thursday against former adviser Steve Bannon and a new book that gives an unflattering portrayal of President Trump and his inner circle.,right
4563,Trump Lawyers Seek to Halt Book Release,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Bannon row: Lawyers seek to halt book's release,BBC News,"Lawyers for US President Donald Trump are seeking to stop the release of a book containing explosive insights into his presidency.
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House is due for release on Tuesday.",center
4564,Trump Lawyers Seek to Halt Book Release,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump lawyer seeks to block insider book on White House,Washington Post,A lawyer representing President Trump sought Thursday to stop the publication of a new behind-the-scenes book about the White House that has already led Trump to angrily decry his former chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon.,left
4565,"Military Activity, Fears of Disaster Grow Around Europe's Largest Nuclear Plant","['World', 'Europe', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Energy', 'Disaster']",Ukraine fears Russian false-flag attack at nuclear power plant: report,New York Post (News),"Ukrainian authorities warned of possible Russian provocations at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant after workers there were reportedly told not to come to work on Friday.
Russian nuclear authorities told employees at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to stay home Friday, a Ukrainian intelligence official told NBC News.
The order has sparked concern that Russian President Vladimir Putin may have plans for a so-called false flag operation, as the war enters its sixth month.
“There is new information, it arrived about half an hour ago, that for tomorrow, August 19, there is...",right
4566,"Military Activity, Fears of Disaster Grow Around Europe's Largest Nuclear Plant","['World', 'Europe', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Energy', 'Disaster']",Russia rejects call to demilitarise Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant area,BBC News,"Russia has rejected appeals for a complete demilitarisation of the area around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine.
The move would make the plant more vulnerable, a Russian official said.
The calls come amid growing concern over safety at the site - Europe's largest nuclear plant - as both sides accuse each other of shelling the area.
Ukrainian workers operate the plant, which has been under Russian control since March.
It was one of the first sites seized by Russian troops following the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February....",center
4567,"Military Activity, Fears of Disaster Grow Around Europe's Largest Nuclear Plant","['World', 'Europe', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Energy', 'Disaster']",Russian vehicles seen inside turbine hall at Ukraine nuclear plant,CNN (Online News),"New video has emerged online showing Russian military vehicles inside a turbine hall connected to a nuclear reactor at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, where intensified shelling has fueled fears of a nuclear disaster.
CNN has geolocated and confirmed the authenticity of the video, which began circulating on social media Thursday. It's unclear when the video was taken.
The footage shows one of the six turbine rooms located on the western side of the nuclear plant, located in the southeastern city of Enerhodar. Each turbine hall is connected and built into...",left
4568,"Is ‘Quiet Quitting’ Real, or Did the Media Make It Up?","['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Business', 'Culture']",Over half of U.S. workers may be ‘quiet quitting’—and it’s been that way for decades,Fortune,"The idea of “quiet quitting” has taken social media by storm, as young workers on TikTok and other platforms argue that employees should only do what is required in their job description, and no more.
But a recent survey from Gallup suggests that the practice of quiet quitting is not just a social media fad. The survey firm found that around 50% of U.S. workers were “not engaged,” meaning they felt detached from work and were doing the bare minimum, similar to the idea of “quiet quitting.” Gallup interviewed more than 15,000...",center
4569,"Is ‘Quiet Quitting’ Real, or Did the Media Make It Up?","['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Business', 'Culture']",Forget quiet quitting: Workers say they're acting their wage,Insider,"When Billy was working warehouse night shifts during the pandemic, he had a lot of free time. His responsibilities were straightforward, and basically just involved making sure everything was running as it should.
He was bored.
That's when the Ireland-based, 30-something decided to pivot from letting his mind be idle during work. Instead he turned to a list of books he wanted to read, but had never found the time — and started listening to audiobooks throughout the night.",left
4570,"Is ‘Quiet Quitting’ Real, or Did the Media Make It Up?","['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Business', 'Culture']","Half Of Americans ‘Quiet Quitting,’ Poll Finds",The Daily Caller,"At least half the U.S. workforce is psychologically detached from work and putting in the bare minimum at their jobs, a recent poll found.
Employee engagement has dropped steeply since 2020 and is the lowest it’s been in nearly a decade, with only 32% of employees reporting being engaged at their jobs and 18% actively disengaged, the Gallup poll found. The findings align with the online trend of “quiet quitting,” or putting in the bare minimum at work rather than going above and beyond.",right
4571,Texas Abortion Law Partially Unconstitutional,['Abortion'],Federal judge rules part of Texas' new abortion law is unconstitutional,Fox News (Online News),"A federal judge on Monday blocked part of a recently signed Texas law that requires abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.
District Judge Lee Yeakel wrote Monday that the provision violates the rights of abortion doctors to do what they think is best for their patients and would unreasonably restrict a woman's access to abortion clinics.
Attorney General Greg Abbott filed an emergency appeal of Yeakel's order to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.",right
4572,Texas Abortion Law Partially Unconstitutional,['Abortion'],Judge blocks Texas abortion restrictions,Politico,"A federal district court has ruled that one abortion restriction passed by the Texas state Legislature over the summer is unconstitutional and has partially blocked another.
District Judge Lee Yeakel has blocked the state from enforcing a requirement that abortion-providing doctors obtain admitting privileges at local hospitals — a restriction that would have ended abortion services at one-third of the health centers currently providing them. He also blocked restrictions on the use of medication abortion. Both restrictions would have gone into effect on Tuesday.",left
4573,Texas Abortion Law Partially Unconstitutional,['Abortion'],Texas Abortion Restrictions Declared Unconstitutional By Federal Judge,HuffPost,"A federal judge has determined that new Texas abortion restrictions violate the U.S. Constitution, a ruling that keeps open — at least for now — dozens of abortion clinics that were set to halt operations Tuesday had key parts of the law taken effect.
In a decision released Monday that the state is certain to appeal, District Judge Lee Yeakel wrote that the regulations requiring doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital creates an undue obstacle to women seeking an abortion.
""The admitting-privileges provision of House Bill 2...",left
4574,DeSantis Signs Executive Order Prohibiting FL Schools From Enforcing Mask Mandate,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Wearing Masks', 'Education']",Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs bill that would strip schools of funding for imposing a mask mandate for students,Insider,"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, signed an executive order Friday that prohibits schools in the state from requiring students to wear face masks when they return to classrooms in the fall.
The executive order, released Friday, is ""effective immediately"" and directs the Florida Departments of Health and Education to release emergency rules that stipulate that decisions over whether students will be masked in classrooms will be left up to parents rather than school officials.
According to the order, schools that do not comply with the directives from the Education and...",left
4575,DeSantis Signs Executive Order Prohibiting FL Schools From Enforcing Mask Mandate,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Wearing Masks', 'Education']",Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says parents should decide if their children wear masks to school,NBC News (Online),"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday barred local school districts from requiring students to wear masks even as the nation fights a resurgence of coronavirus.
The Sunshine State's chief executive said he disagreed with guidelines issued Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which recommends that all students in kindergarten through 12th grade wear coverings when they return to classrooms this fall.
DeSantis signed an executive order Friday prohibiting school districts in his state from having a choice to set such a mandate.
“The federal government has no right to tell parents that in...",left
4576,DeSantis Signs Executive Order Prohibiting FL Schools From Enforcing Mask Mandate,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Wearing Masks', 'Education']",DeSantis to prohibit schools from forcing children to mask up,The Post Millennial,"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Friday that he is intends to sign an executive order that will prevent Florida schools from requiring students to mask.
DeSantis, who is a consistently vocal opponent of mask mandates, made the announcement from Cape Coral restaurant Two Meatballs in the Kitchen.
""I want to empower parents to make the best decisions they can for the well being of their children,"" DeSantis said, referring to the fact that he plans to leave the decision on whether children should wear masks or not up to...",right
4577,New Policy Stiffens Requirements For Legal Immigration,"['Immigration', 'Green Cards', 'Visas', 'Legal Immigration', 'International']",Trump Administration to Crack Down on Visa Applicants Who Would Rely on Public Services,National Review,"The Department of Homeland Security released a new regulation on Monday that would severely limit the number of impoverished migrants eligible to enter and remain in the U.S. legally by requiring that visa applicants not be reliant on public services.
Under the expanded public-charge rule, which was added to the Federal Register on Monday, the authorities will consider an immigrant’s use of non-cash government-assistance programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Medicaid, as a negative factor in determining their eligibility for a green card or temporary visa.",right
4578,New Policy Stiffens Requirements For Legal Immigration,"['Immigration', 'Green Cards', 'Visas', 'Legal Immigration', 'International']",White House: New immigration policy meant to promote 'self-sufficiency and personal responsibility',The Hill,"Acting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ken Cuccinelli on Monday defended a controversial Trump administration rule that would link an immigrant's ability to secure green cards to their use of certain public programs.
Cuccinelli told reporters at the White House that the ""public charge"" change promotes “the ideals of self-sufficiency and personal responsibility.”
""We certainly expect people of any income to be able to stand on their own two feet. If people are not able to be self-sufficient, then this negative factor is going to bear very heavily against...",center
4579,New Policy Stiffens Requirements For Legal Immigration,"['Immigration', 'Green Cards', 'Visas', 'Legal Immigration', 'International']",The Trump Administration Just Made It Harder To Apply For Green Cards And Visas,HuffPost,"The Department of Homeland Security officially published a change to what’s known as the “public charge” rule on Monday that would make it much harder to apply for a green card or earn a visa. The new policy, which is set to go into effect in mid-October, expands the definition of what would make an applicant likely to become a “public charge,” someone who the government has deemed would be dependent on it, thus rendering them ineligible for legal permanent residency status.",left
4580,Mueller Assembles Grand Jury,['Politics'],Mueller's grand jury: What it means,The Hill,"The news that special counsel Robert Mueller has impaneled a grand jury has shaken Washington, fueling speculation that the investigation into Russian election meddling is growing in scope and seriousness.",center
4581,Mueller Assembles Grand Jury,['Politics'],"Grand jury bombshell rocks media, but calm down: This is what prosecutors do",Fox News (Online News),"By reporting that special counsel Robert Mueller has impaneled a grand jury in Washington, the Wall Street Journal created a psychological shift. The paper called it “a sign that his inquiry is growing in intensity.”
Perhaps. But there’s less here than meets the eye.",right
4582,Mueller Assembles Grand Jury,['Politics'],The Trump-Russia investigation is headed to a grand jury,Vox,"Special counsel Robert Mueller has asked a grand jury in Washington, DC, to investigate Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election, a major signal that the probe into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia is getting a whole lot bigger.",left
4583,Boehner Supports Obama on Syria,['Middle East'],Obama Gets Boehner’s Support in ‘Call to Action’ Against Syria,Bloomberg,"President Barack Obama, after urging Congress to take a “prompt” vote authorizing military action against Syria, won endorsement for the cause from House Speaker John Boehner.
Backing from Republican Boehner brings Obama closer to overcoming objections being raised by some House members who’ve questioned the evidence presented by the administration that the Syrian government was behind a sarin gas attack last month or whether the U.S. has a vital interest in the region.",left
4584,Boehner Supports Obama on Syria,['Middle East'],"Boehner, Cantor back Obama on force against Syria",USA TODAY,"President Obama said Tuesday he believes Congress will vote to authorize military action against Syria over the use of chemical weapons, and he won the support of the top two Republicans in the U.S. House.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said after a White House meeting that he supports the president's ""call for action"" against Syria, and he believes most other congressional Republicans will do so as well.",left
4585,Boehner Supports Obama on Syria,['Middle East'],House Speaker Backs Obama’s Call for Strike Against Syria,New York Times (News),"Speaker John A. Boehner said on Tuesday that he would “support the president’s call to action” in Syria after meeting with President Obama, giving the president a crucial ally in the quest for votes in the House.
Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the No. 2 House Republican, quickly joined Mr. Boehner to say he also backed Mr. Obama.",left
4586,Biden Says US ‘On Pace’ to Meet Aug. 31 Afghanistan Withdrawal Deadline,"['World', 'Joe Biden', 'US Military', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'State Department', 'G-7', 'Refugees']",Biden Maintains Deadline for Afghan Pullout as Taliban Block Airport Access,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Biden said the U.S. is on pace to leave Afghanistan by Aug. 31, warning of growing security risks and describing a tenuous situation on the ground, as the Taliban said they would prevent Afghan citizens from reaching Kabul’s airport to board evacuation flights.
“The sooner we can finish, the better. Each day of operations brings added risk to our troops,” Mr. Biden said at the White House on Tuesday.
The president said he had instructed the Pentagon and the State Department to develop contingency plans in the event the timeline for...",center
4587,Biden Says US ‘On Pace’ to Meet Aug. 31 Afghanistan Withdrawal Deadline,"['World', 'Joe Biden', 'US Military', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'State Department', 'G-7', 'Refugees']",Biden keeps to Kabul Aug. 31 deadline despite criticism,Associated Press Fact Check,"U.S. President Joe Biden declared Tuesday he is sticking to his Aug. 31 deadline for completing a risky airlift of Americans, endangered Afghans and others seeking to escape Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The decision defies allied leaders who want to give the evacuation more time, and opens Biden to criticism that he caved to Taliban deadline demands.
“Every day we’re on the ground is another day that we know ISIS-K is seeking to target the airport and attack both us and allied forces and innocent civilians,” Biden said at the White House,...",left
4588,Biden Says US ‘On Pace’ to Meet Aug. 31 Afghanistan Withdrawal Deadline,"['World', 'Joe Biden', 'US Military', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'State Department', 'G-7', 'Refugees']",Biden Decides to Stick to August 31 Withdrawal Deadline amid Taliban Threats,National Review,"President Biden has decided to adhere to his initial August 31 deadline for withdrawing American forces from Afghanistan.
“We are currently on a pace to finish [the withdrawal] by August 31,” Biden said in remarks at the White House. “The completion by August 31 depends upon the Taliban continuing to cooperate and allow access to the airport for those who we’re transporting out, and no disruptions to our operations.”",right
4589,Herman Cain's Chances Of A Federal Reserve Appointment Diminish,"['Federal Reserve', 'Herman Cain', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Republican Defections May Have Just Ended Herman Cain's Federal Reserve Nomination,Townhall,"President Trump has nominated Herman Cain and Stephen Moore to the Federal Reserve board, choices that Nancy Pelosi called ""ill-suited,"" ""embarrassing,"" and ""the worst.""
Cain, the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO, became synonymous with his famous tagline, ""9-9-9,"" when he was running for president in 2012. That is, a 9 percent income tax, a 9 percent corporate tax, and a 9 percent national sales tax. He told voters he'd implement the plan in his first 90 days as president.
Moore is an economics expert who served as an adviser to Trump's...",right
4590,Herman Cain's Chances Of A Federal Reserve Appointment Diminish,"['Federal Reserve', 'Herman Cain', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Cain's Fed chances in peril as fourth Republican opposes Trump pick,Reuters,"President Donald Trump’s expected nomination of former pizza chain executive Herman Cain to the Federal Reserve appeared in jeopardy on Thursday after a fourth Republican senator voiced opposition, possibly denying Cain the support needed to be confirmed in the post.
“If I had to vote today, I would vote no,” Senator Kevin Cramer said in a statement.
If all of the Senate’s Democrats and the two independents aligned with them were to vote against Cain, he would fall short of the majority support he needs.
ABC News, citing sources familiar...",center
4591,Herman Cain's Chances Of A Federal Reserve Appointment Diminish,"['Federal Reserve', 'Herman Cain', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Herman Cain’s Fed Chances Dim Amid Republican Senate Opposition,New York Times (News),"Herman Cain’s chances to win confirmation to the Federal Reserve plummeted on Thursday as at least four Republican senators indicated they would not back President Trump’s choice to fill a Fed seat.
Those defections would be enough to defeat Mr. Cain in a divided Senate, should Mr. Trump follow through with his plans to formally nominate him.
Mr. Cain, a former pizza magnate whose 2012 presidential run was upended by claims of sexual harassment, is currently undergoing a background check and President Trump has said he will wait for that...",left
4592,Obama on Hillary’s Emails,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama on Fox: Hillary Has Owned Up to Her Email 'Carelessness',Townhall,"After 360 requests from Chris Wallace, President Obama finally agreed to appear on Fox News Sunday. The last time President Obama was on Fox News, it was Super Bowl 2014 and he was sitting down with Bill O'Reilly, the topics of discussion being Obamacare, Benghazi and the brewing IRS scandal. This time, the president met with Wallace to comment on his highly criticized foreign policy decisions and Hillary Clinton's email scandal. In regards to the latter, Obama insisted the FBI probe into his former secretary of state's private server would...",right
4593,Obama on Hillary’s Emails,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama 'guarantees' he will not interfere with Clinton email investigation,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama defended Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton in an interview on ""Fox News Sunday,"" but said he would not interfere with the ongoing Justice Department and FBI investigation into her private email server.
""I can guarantee that,"" Obama answered when asked by Fox News' Chris Wallace if he would direct the Justice Department to treat Clinton as the evidence shows.
""That is institutionall",left
4594,Obama on Hillary’s Emails,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama: Clinton’s Email Server Did Not Jeopardize National Security,HuffPost,"U.S. President Barack Obama said Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton never jeopardized national security in the handling of her emails as his secretary of state.
Obama, in an interview broadcast on Fox News Sunday, said Clinton has recognized a carelessness on the email issue in which she used a private server for government business.",left
4595,U.S. Economy Added 4.8 Million Jobs in June,"['Jobs Report', 'Unemployment Rate', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']","The U.S. economy added 4.8 million jobs in June, but fierce new headwinds have emerged",Washington Post,"The economy added 4.8 million jobs last month, based on a survey taken mid-month, sending the unemployment rate down to 11.1 percent — a sign of how many businesses were scrambling to emerge from the depths of the recession.
But new data also released Thursday by the Labor Department showed that 1.4 million people filed unemployment claims for the first time last week as many businesses reversed themselves and closed again during the surge in coronavirus cases. This trend has not fallen off in recent weeks.
This marked the 15th...",left
4596,U.S. Economy Added 4.8 Million Jobs in June,"['Jobs Report', 'Unemployment Rate', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']","Economy adds 4.8 million jobs in June, surpassing expectations as coronavirus lingers",The Hill,"The U.S. economy added 4.8 million jobs in June, according to data released Thursday by the Labor Department, as the gradual easing of coronavirus-related restrictions helped more businesses reopen and bring back workers.
The unemployment rate also fell to 11.1 percent last month, according to the report, as more workers who were laid off earlier this year were able to return to their pre-pandemic jobs.
Economists expected the U.S. to add anywhere between 1 and 3 million jobs for the month after the U.S. added 2.7 million in May, according...",center
4597,U.S. Economy Added 4.8 Million Jobs in June,"['Jobs Report', 'Unemployment Rate', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']","Economy added 4.8M jobs in June, before surge in coronavirus infections",Washington Examiner,"The economy gained 4.8 million jobs in June, lowering the unemployment rate to 11.1%, the Labor Department said Thursday.
June's job gains were a record and easily beat forecasters' expectations. Nevertheless, the jobs report is clouded by the fact that, even with the improvements, the labor market was in historially bad shape even before coronavirus outbreaks worsened throughout the South and West later in June.
“Looking beyond the June employment data, worrisome signs have emerged in recent days regarding a pullback in store traffic and spending likely linked to the...",right
4598,Russian Court Extends Brittney Griner’s Detention Until May,"['Sports', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'World', 'Basketball', 'Marijuana Legalization', 'Brittney Griner']",Russia extends arrest of US basketball star over drugs charge,BBC News,"A Russian court has extended the detention of US basketball star Brittney Griner for another two months, reports state news agency Tass.
The 31-year-old has been held in Moscow since February when customs officials allegedly found cannabis oil in her luggage.
It carries a maximum 10-year jail sentence.
Hillary Clinton had called for her release, after re-tweeting a BBC article about the player's predicament.
But the Moscow court announced on Thursday it was keeping her in custody.
""The court granted the request of the investigation and extended the period of...",center
4599,Russian Court Extends Brittney Griner’s Detention Until May,"['Sports', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'World', 'Basketball', 'Marijuana Legalization', 'Brittney Griner']","WNBA star Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia extended until May 19, Russian state news reports",Washington Post,"A Russian court heading the investigation into Brittney Griner’s drug charge extended the American basketball star’s detention until May 19, according to a report by Russian state news agency TASS. With no indication whether she could be released then, the latest news means Griner, 31, will have spent more than three months, at least, in Russian custody.",left
4600,Russian Court Extends Brittney Griner’s Detention Until May,"['Sports', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'World', 'Basketball', 'Marijuana Legalization', 'Brittney Griner']",WNBA star Brittney Griner will be detained in Russia another two months,New York Post (News),"American basketball star Brittney Griner’s weeks-long detainment in Moscow has been extended for another two months, Russian state media said Thursday.
The 31-year-old WNBA all-star has been in custody since she was arrested at a Moscow airport last month for having vape cartridges in her luggage.
Citing a Moscow court decision, state news agency TASS reported that Griner’s “period of detention” was being drawn out until at least May 19.",right
4601,CIA Director Meets with Taliban's Top Political Leader,"['National Security', 'CIA', 'Taliban', 'William Burns', 'Afghanistan', 'Defense And Security']",CIA Director William Burns held secret meeting in Kabul with Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar,Washington Post,"CIA Director William J. Burns held a secret meeting Monday in Kabul with the Taliban’s de facto leader, Abdul Ghani Baradar, in the highest-level face-to-face encounter between the Taliban and the Biden administration since the militants seized the Afghan capital, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomacy.
President Biden dispatched his top spy, a veteran of the Foreign Service and the most decorated diplomat in his Cabinet, amid a frantic effort to evacuate people from Kabul international airport in what...",left
4602,CIA Director Meets with Taliban's Top Political Leader,"['National Security', 'CIA', 'Taliban', 'William Burns', 'Afghanistan', 'Defense And Security']",CIA director meets Taliban leader in highest-level Afghanistan talks yet,Washington Examiner,"Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns met in person with top Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar during a low-publicity rendezvous in Kabul on Monday.
Burns, a former diplomat and deputy secretary of state, traveled to the war-torn capital city of Kabul in Afghanistan for undisclosed negotiations with Baradar, according to reports first shared by the Washington Post. While the CIA has remained tight-lipped about the details of the meeting, Burns's position as CIA director and a former high-ranking member of the State Department makes him the highest-ranking U.S. official to meet with the...",right
4603,CIA Director Meets with Taliban's Top Political Leader,"['National Security', 'CIA', 'Taliban', 'William Burns', 'Afghanistan', 'Defense And Security']",CIA head meets Taliban leader as fears for Afghanistan grow,Associated Press,"The director of the CIA met with the Taliban’s top political leader in Kabul, an official said Tuesday, as more reports emerged of abuses in areas held by the fighters, fueling concerns about Afghanistan’s future and the fate of those racing to leave the country before the looming U.S. withdrawal.
Recent days have seen a flurry of efforts to speed a chaotic evacuation of foreigners and vulnerable Afghans from Kabul’s airport, where scenes of desperation have highlighted both the disarray of the American pullout and fears that the Taliban will...",left
4604,Court Tie Blocks Obama Immigration Plan,['Immigration'],Supreme Court Deadlocks on Obama Immigration Plan.,New York Times (News),"The Supreme Court on Thursday announced that it had deadlocked in a case challenging 
President Obama
’s plan to shield millions of immigrants from deportation and allow them to work. The 4-4 tie left in place an appeals court ruling blocking the plan, dealing a sharp blow to an ambitious program that Mr. Obama had hoped would become one of his central legacies. Instead, even as the court deadlocked, it amplified the already contentious election-year debate over the nation’s immigration policy and...",left
4605,Court Tie Blocks Obama Immigration Plan,['Immigration'],"Supreme Court deadlocks, dooming Obama deportation amnesty",Washington Times,"President Obama lost his bid to kick-start his deportation amnesty after the Supreme Court deadlocked 4-4 on Thursday, keeping in place a lower court’s ruling that stopped the White House plans to grant work permits to as many as 5 million illegal immigrants.
 ",right
4606,Court Tie Blocks Obama Immigration Plan,['Immigration'],Supreme Court blocks Obama immigration actions,The Hill,"The Supreme Court dealt a blow to President Obama on Thursday, deadlocking over the legality of the president's controversial immigration programs.
In a one-sentence decision, the court affirmed a lower court's ruling that blocks the programs from going forward. The ruling effectively kills the initiatives for the remainder of Obama’s presidency.
   ",center
4607,House Democrats Rewrite Border Bill To Win Over Progressives,"['Border Bill', 'US House', 'Politics']",House Democrats unveil changes to border bill to win over progressives,The Hill,"House Democratic leaders on Tuesday unveiled a set of changes to a $4.5 billion package to address the flow of migrants at the southern border in an effort to win over skeptical progressive and Hispanic lawmakers.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Democratic leaders met with members of the Progressive and Hispanic caucuses late into the night on Monday to win over their support to pass the legislation, which the House is expected to consider on Tuesday.
The changes unveiled by the House Appropriations Committee include requiring Customs and Border Protection...",center
4608,House Democrats Rewrite Border Bill To Win Over Progressives,"['Border Bill', 'US House', 'Politics']",Emergency Aid for Migrants Badly Divides Democrats,New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — Congress is trying to rush $4.5 billion in emergency humanitarian aid to the southwestern border while placing new restrictions on President Trump’s immigration crackdown, spurred on by disturbing images of suffering migrant families and of children living in squalor in overcrowded detention facilities.
But with a House vote on the package planned for Tuesday, some Democrats are revolting over the measure, fearing that the aid will be used to carry out Mr. Trump’s aggressive tactics, including deportation raids that he has promised will begin within two weeks. Republicans...",left
4609,House Democrats Rewrite Border Bill To Win Over Progressives,"['Border Bill', 'US House', 'Politics']",Dems rewrite border bill to try to assuage liberals,Washington Times,"Stung by criticism from within their own ranks, House Democrats rushed Tuesday to alter their border crisis spending bill, proposing new hurdles the Trump administration must clear as it tries to deal with the surge of illegal immigrants.
The biggest change would be putting a cap on how long Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) can be held at shelters that don’t go through a state licensing process.
That change could upend the way the government, dating back to the Obama years, has cared for the children who show up at the...",right
4610,"JD Vance, Other Trump Endorsements Win in Ohio Primaries","['Elections', '2022 Elections', '2022 Ohio Senate Election', 'JD Vance', 'Donald Trump']",JD Vance: Trump-backed contender clinches Ohio Senate race,BBC News,"A candidate endorsed by Donald Trump has won the Republican Senate nomination for Ohio, in a sign of the former US president's continued influence on his party.
Author and venture capitalist JD Vance beat six other candidates in a race that set a record for the most money, $66m (£52m), ever spent on an Ohio election.
He trailed his more established political opponents for much of the primary campaign but saw a late surge following Mr Trump's endorsement.
Mr Vance is best known for authoring the 2016 book Hillbilly Elegy,...",center
4611,"JD Vance, Other Trump Endorsements Win in Ohio Primaries","['Elections', '2022 Elections', '2022 Ohio Senate Election', 'JD Vance', 'Donald Trump']","J.D. Vance, Trump's Pick In Ohio, Wins GOP Senate Primary",HuffPost,"J.D. Vance, the author and first-time candidate who nabbed former President Donald Trump’s endorsement, won Ohio’s GOP Senate primary on Tuesday, settling a tumultuous race for the Republican nomination.
Vance’s campaign had stagnated until last month, when Trump made his pick in Ohio’s crowded contest. The move bumped the “Hillbilly Elegy” author out ahead of his opponents, including Josh Mandel, a former state treasurer and the far-right evangelical candidate, and state Sen. Matt Dolan, a moderate who refused to kiss Trump’s ring.
Ohio’s GOP Senate primary was the first major test of Trump’s...",left
4612,"JD Vance, Other Trump Endorsements Win in Ohio Primaries","['Elections', '2022 Elections', '2022 Ohio Senate Election', 'JD Vance', 'Donald Trump']",Trump-Backed Candidates Win Big In Ohio Primaries,The Daily Caller,"Two candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump won open Republican primary races for the House of Representatives in Ohio on Tuesday, capping a triumphant night for the former president and his camp.
Max Miller won the Republican primary in Ohio’s Seventh District, and Madison Gesiotto Gilbert will be the GOP nominee in the state’s Thirteenth District. Miller will likely have an easy path to Congress, as his district leans right by 14 points, according to FiveThirtyEight. Gesiotto Gilbert’s district is a toss-up, leaning Republican by only two points.
A former White House aide,...",right
4613,Trump Goes To Work,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump begins first week reaching out to Congress, world leaders",CBS News (Online),"President Donald Trump is set to meet with congressional leaders from both parties to discuss his agenda, as he enters his first official week in the White House and works to begin delivering on his ambitious campaign promises.",left
4614,Trump Goes To Work,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump goes to work,CNN (Online News),"""The time for empty talk is over. Now arrives the hour of action.""
President Donald Trump's blunt declaration during his stark inaugural address now becomes a yardstick to judge his administration's ability to fundamentally reshape America's politics and global posture.",left
4615,Trump Goes To Work,"['White House', 'Politics']",President Donald Trump’s Big First Week,Breitbart News,"President Donald Trump begins his first week in office with a busy schedule of meetings and executive orders.
The president will begin the week by hosting a breakfast for key business leaders, where he plans to listen to their advice and concerns in his administration.",right
4616,"Daily New U.S. COVID-19 Cases Dip Below 100,000, Health Officials Say It's 'Too Soon' To Ease Restrictions","['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",Daily COVID Cases in U.S. Drop Below 100K as Vaccine Distribution Picks up Speed,CBN,"Vaccine distribution is ramping up across the country and COVID infection rates are already dropping significantly.
The doctor leading the charge in the U.S. fight against the virus says things will only improve as more vaccines are available in the coming weeks.
""Even though there's a clear, clear discrepancy between the demand and the supply, that will get better as we get through February and into March,"" says Dr. Anthony Fauci.",right
4617,"Daily New U.S. COVID-19 Cases Dip Below 100,000, Health Officials Say It's 'Too Soon' To Ease Restrictions","['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",Average US virus cases dip below 100K for 1st time in months,Associated Press,"Average daily new coronavirus cases in the United States dipped below 100,000 in recent days for the first time in months, but experts cautioned Sunday that infections remain high and precautions to slow the pandemic must remain in place.
The seven-day rolling average of new infections was well above 200,000 for much of December and went to roughly 250,000 in January, according to data kept by Johns Hopkins University, as the pandemic came roaring back after it had been tamed in some places over the summer.
That average dropped below...",left
4618,"Daily New U.S. COVID-19 Cases Dip Below 100,000, Health Officials Say It's 'Too Soon' To Ease Restrictions","['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']","It’s still too soon to ease up on mask use, says CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky",New York Daily News,"Hold on to that mask — it’s way too soon to ease mandates requiring face coverings, the new head of the CDC said Sunday.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky noted the country is still seeing about 100,000 new COVID cases per day and up to 3,500 daily deaths.
“The cases are more than two-and-a-half-fold times what we saw over the summer,” Walensky told NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “It’s encouraging to see these trends coming down, but they’re coming down from an extraordinarily high place.”...",left
4619,Should Biden Run Again in 2024?,"['Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Democratic Party', 'White House', 'Elections', '2024 Election']",Should Biden Run in 2024? Democratic Whispers of ‘No’ Start to Rise.,New York Times (News),"Midway through the 2022 primary season, many Democratic lawmakers and party officials are venting their frustrations with President Biden’s struggle to advance the bulk of his agenda, doubting his ability to rescue the party from a predicted midterm trouncing and increasingly viewing him as an anchor that should be cut loose in 2024.
As the challenges facing the nation mount and fatigued base voters show low enthusiasm, Democrats in union meetings, the back rooms of Capitol Hill and party gatherings from coast to coast are quietly worrying about Mr. Biden’s leadership, his age and his capability...",left
4620,Should Biden Run Again in 2024?,"['Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Democratic Party', 'White House', 'Elections', '2024 Election']",White House reiterates Biden's plan to run for re-election in 2024,Axios,"White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday that President Biden's 2024 plans have not changed — he will run for re-election.
Why it matters: Biden has said that he intends to run in two years with Vice President Harris as his running mate if he remains in good health and if his predecessor campaigns again, but it hasn't quelled public scrutiny of his chances of winning again.
Many, including a chief strategist for former President Obama’s two presidential campaigns, have pointed out that Biden's age could become a liability.
Others, like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), have declined...",center
4621,Should Biden Run Again in 2024?,"['Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Democratic Party', 'White House', 'Elections', '2024 Election']",We Asked All 50 Democratic Senators If They Would Endorse Biden In 2024. Only 5 Said ‘Yes’,The Daily Caller,"The Daily Caller contacted all 50 Senate Democrats repeatedly and asked if they would support President Joe Biden in his 2024 presidential bid. Five Senators said “Yes.”
A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader and Democratic New York Sen. Chuck Schumer responded to the Daily Caller with a one-word answer: “Yes.”
Spokespeople for Democratic Sens. Tim Kaine of Virginia and Jack Reed of Rhode Island responded in the same way: “Yes.”
Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker’s spokesperson also said the senator would endorse Biden, noting, “Yes, Senator Booker supports President...",right
4622,"GOP, White House Spar Over Student Loan Forgiveness","['Banking And Finance', 'Student Loans', 'Student Loan Forgiveness', 'Education', 'Politics', 'Polarization']",White House shines light on Republicans who are criticizing student debt cancellation after getting their PPP loans forgiven,NBC News (Online),"The White House hit back at Republicans in an uncharacteristic manner Thursday by using its Twitter account to go after GOP lawmakers who are bashing President Joe Biden's move to cancel some student debt after they personally benefited from having Paycheck Protection Program loans forgiven during the Covid pandemic.
In a series of tweets, the White House highlighted several congressional Republicans — Reps. Vern Buchanan of Florida, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania, and Markwayne Mullin and Kevin Hern of Oklahoma — who it said had six- and seven-figure PPP loans forgiven...",left
4623,"GOP, White House Spar Over Student Loan Forgiveness","['Banking And Finance', 'Student Loans', 'Student Loan Forgiveness', 'Education', 'Politics', 'Polarization']","White House Twitter Blasts Greene, Gaetz and Kelly on Forgiven PPP Loans",Newsweek,"The White House is attacking multiple GOP lawmakers for hypocrisy after they complained about President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program despite having large loans of their own forgiven by the government.
Biden announced a plan on Wednesday to forgive up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt to individual borrowers, prompting a firestorm of criticism from Republicans, many of whom argued that the debt relief was ""unfair"" because it would not apply to those who never went to college or had already paid off their loans.
The official White House Twitter account on Thursday hit...",center
4624,"GOP, White House Spar Over Student Loan Forgiveness","['Banking And Finance', 'Student Loans', 'Student Loan Forgiveness', 'Education', 'Politics', 'Polarization']",Republicans launch ad blitz hammering Biden on student loan forgiveness program,Washington Examiner,"Republicans are pouncing on President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program, launching an ad blitz intended to convince voters the plan is unfair to the working class.
The American Action Network, a conservative organization, will air ads nationwide for the next 10 days featuring actors who portray everyday workers talking about how they have worked extra shifts just to help others get out of debt. The ads will air during college football and MLB games over the next week and a half.
""Biden's right — you should take my tax dollars to pay...",right
4625,Biden Becomes First U.S. President to Recognize Armenian Genocide,"['Foreign Policy', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Joe Biden', 'Armenia', 'Turkey']",Biden says Armenian mass killing was genocide,BBC News,"Joe Biden has become the first US president to issue a statement formally describing the 1915 massacre of Armenians as a genocide.
The killings took place in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire, the forerunner of modern-day Turkey.
But the issue is highly sensitive, with Turkey acknowledging atrocities but rejecting the term ""genocide"".
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Saturday that Turkey ""entirely rejects"" the US decision.
""We will not take lessons from anyone on our history,"" he tweeted.
Later the Turkish foreign ministry said it had summoned the...",center
4626,Biden Becomes First U.S. President to Recognize Armenian Genocide,"['Foreign Policy', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Joe Biden', 'Armenia', 'Turkey']",Biden becomes first US president to recognise Armenian genocide,The Guardian,"Joe Biden has become the first US president declare formal recognition of the Armenian genocide, more than a century after the mass killings by Ottoman troops and opening a rift between the new US administration and Ankara.
“The American people honour all those Armenians who perished in the genocide that began 106 years ago today,” Biden said in a statement on Saturday.
“Beginning on 24 April 1915 with the arrest of Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople by Ottoman authorities, one and a half million Armenians were deported, massacred...",left
4627,Biden Becomes First U.S. President to Recognize Armenian Genocide,"['Foreign Policy', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Joe Biden', 'Armenia', 'Turkey']",Biden Recognizes Armenian Genocide,National Review,"President Biden formally recognized the Armenian genocide on Saturday, in a statement coinciding with the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day observed in that country.
“Each year on this day, we remember the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Armenian genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever again occurring,” Biden said in a statement. “We honor their story. We see that pain. We affirm the history,” Biden added. “We do this not to cast blame but to ensure that what happened is never repeated.”
Biden...",right
4628,The Remaining Pathways to 270 Electoral College Votes,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",The ways Joe Biden or Donald Trump would get 270 electoral votes and the White House,CNBC,"As states worked to tally remaining ballots two days after Election Day, Democratic nominee Joe Biden sat just shy Thursday of the electoral votes needed to win the White House.
Votes counted in undecided states so far show the paths both he and President Donald Trump have to the 270 electoral vote threshold that would earn them the presidency.
As of Thursday morning Biden had won 253 electoral votes, according to NBC News projections. Trump trailed with 214.
The race appeared to come down to a handful of states NBC...",center
4629,The Remaining Pathways to 270 Electoral College Votes,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']","Trump’s Path, Updated",National Review,"It has to go through Pennsylvania, which is necessary but not sufficient.
He needs to take Pennsylvania, hold onto Georgia and North Carolina, then take either Arizona (for 279 electoral votes) or Nevada (for 274). Biden leads in both of those states. But Trump is gaining in Arizona, and it’s entirely conceivable that he could overtake Biden there (despite Fox and AP prematurely calling it for Biden).
The problem is Pennsylvania, where Trump has been losing ground fast, and Georgia, where he is hanging on by a thread. If he...",right
4630,The Remaining Pathways to 270 Electoral College Votes,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",Does Biden Need Pennsylvania to Win? The Alternative Election Path to 270,Newsweek,"Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden may not need to secure the vote in Pennsylvania, a tipping point state offering 20 electoral votes that is likely to make or break the election, to get the 270 electoral votes required to win the race.
The most ""plausible path"" for Biden is ""Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan... then he wouldn't have to have Pennsylvania,"" GOP pollster Daron Shaw told the Fox News Decision Desk on Wednesday.
At time of writing, according to The Associated Press' election data, Joe Biden has 238 Electoral College votes to...",center
4631,Supreme Court Takes Up Texas Abortion Law,"['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas Abortion Law']",Supreme Court Will Consider First Of Two Abortion Laws Monday,The Daily Wire,"The Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments in two cases challenging the Texas abortion law that bans most abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy.
The court will hear arguments in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson and United States v. Texas, both of which challenge the Texas abortion law.
On Monday, the court will deliberate on concerns around the structure of the Texas law rather than consider whether the law violates Roe v. Wade.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the abortion ban into law in May. The law took effect in September and...",right
4632,Supreme Court Takes Up Texas Abortion Law,"['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas Abortion Law']",Novel Texas abortion case is back at the Supreme Court,NPR (Online News),"Abortion rights are front and center at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, but not the way most people expected. The focus will not be on abortion rights, per se, but on the controversial Texas law designed to prevent court challenges.
At issue is whether a state can nullify a constitutional right — in this case the right to abortion — by delegating enforcement not to state officials, but to private citizens who are authorized to sue abortion providers and anyone else who aids or abets an abortion.
This is...",left
4633,Supreme Court Takes Up Texas Abortion Law,"['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas Abortion Law']",Supreme Court hears arguments on restrictive Texas abortion law,NBC News (Online),"The Supreme Court on Monday is taking up two challenges to the nation's most restrictive abortion law: the Texas measure that has all but stopped abortions in the state.
The court's decision to consider the issue on an unusually accelerated schedule ramps up the drama over abortion, as the justices prepare to hear an even more consequential case a month from now. On Dec. 1, Mississippi will urge the court to overrule Roe v. Wade and declare that there is no constitutional right to abortion.
The cases Monday involve two challenges to the...",left
4634,Kerry Calls ISIS Atrocities Genocide,"['State Department', 'Politics']","ISIS Has Committed Genocide, Obama Administration Declares",ABC News (Online),"Secretary of State John Kerry announced today that the terror group ISIS is guilty of committing genocide against Christians, Yazidis and Shia Muslims.",left
4635,Kerry Calls ISIS Atrocities Genocide,"['State Department', 'Politics']",John Kerry: ISIS responsible for genocide,CNN (Online News),Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday that the United States has determined that ISIS' action against the Yazidis and other minority groups in Iraq and Syria constitutes genocide.,left
4636,Kerry Calls ISIS Atrocities Genocide,"['State Department', 'Politics']","Kerry Determines That Islamic State Is Committing Genocide Against Christians, Yazidis and Shiite Groups",The Blaze,U.S. officials say Secretary of State John Kerry has determined that the Islamic State group is committing genocide against Christians and other minorities in Iraq and Syria.,right
4637,Gary Cohn Resigns as White House Economic Advisor,"['White House', 'Politics']",An Important Voice for Free Trade Proponents Goes Silent,New York Times (News),"Gary D. Cohn is a Democrat, but his resignation as director of the White House National Economic Council on Tuesday actually underscored the fundamental divide between President Trump and his fellow Republicans as the president seeks to raise barriers to foreign trade.",left
4638,Gary Cohn Resigns as White House Economic Advisor,"['White House', 'Politics']",U.S. Stocks Fall as Gary Cohn’s Exit Adds to Trade Concerns,Wall Street Journal (News),U.S. stocks opened lower Wednesday after economic adviser Gary Cohn’s resignation from the White House raised new concerns about the impact of U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs on global growth.,center
4639,Gary Cohn Resigns as White House Economic Advisor,"['White House', 'Politics']",Gary Cohn resigning as Trump’s top economic adviser,Washington Times,"President Trump’s top economic adviser resigned Tuesday, joining a growing list of departures from a White House some describe as wracked by chaos and low morale.",right
4640,North Korea Opens Hotline to South Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea reopens hotline to South to discuss Olympics,BBC News,"North Korea has reopened a hotline to South Korea, almost two years after it was disabled on the orders of leader Kim Jong-un.",center
4641,North Korea Opens Hotline to South Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']",OPINION: Kim Jong Un pitting South Korea against US by re-establishing talks,Guest Writer - Left,"North and South Korea officially resumed direct contact through a military hotline on Wednesday, but while the move engendered optimism among many South Koreans, there are plenty of people on both sides of the globe questioning the motives of dictator Kim Jong Un.",left
4642,North Korea Opens Hotline to South Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']","As Trump Taunts Kim, NKorea Speaks With Seoul Over Hotline",Newsmax (News),"North Korea contacted authorities in Seoul over a hotline for the first time in about two years, paving the way for a thaw during the Winter Olympics despite President Donald Trump's fresh taunts at Kim Jong Un.",right
4643,Ukraine: Russia Behind Unrest,['World'],Ukraine: Photos show undercover Russian troops,CNN (Online News),"Ukrainian officials say they have photographic proof that Russian forces are operating in eastern Ukraine.
A dossier obtained Monday by CNN shows what Ukrainian officials say are images of well-equipped gunmen operating in eastern Ukraine who look similar to photographs of Russian forces taken in Crimea, Russia and during Russia's 2008 invasion of Georgia.",left
4644,Ukraine: Russia Behind Unrest,['World'],Photos Link Masked Men in East Ukraine to Russia,New York Times (News),"For two weeks, the mysteriously well-armed, professional gunmen known as “green men” have seized Ukrainian government sites in town after town, igniting a brush fire of separatist unrest across eastern Ukraine. Strenuous denials from the Kremlin have closely followed each accusation by Ukrainian officials that the world was witnessing a stealthy invasion by Russian forces.",left
4645,Ukraine: Russia Behind Unrest,['World'],"Ukraine claims Russian military, intelligence behind eastern unrest",Fox News (Online News),Ukraine's interim government says it has proof that Russian military and intelligence forces are fomenting the unrest that has destabilized the eastern part of that country since Russia's annexation of Crimea last month.,right
4646,UK Judge Denies Request to Extradite Julian Assange to the US,"['Justice', 'Free Speech', 'Julian Assange', 'World', 'WikiLeaks']",U.K. judge rules Julian Assange should not be extradited to the U.S.,Axios,"WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange must not be extradited to the U.S., where he's wanted on charges of violating the Espionage Act and hacking government computers, because of the high risk of suicide in U.S. custody, a British judge in London ruled Monday.
Why it matters: The ruling, which will be appealed by the U.S., is a huge win for Assange after a years-long battle. The case has raised significant questions about First Amendment protections for publishers of classified information, as Assange argues he was acting as a journalist when he...",center
4647,UK Judge Denies Request to Extradite Julian Assange to the US,"['Justice', 'Free Speech', 'Julian Assange', 'World', 'WikiLeaks']","WikiLeaks' Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the U.S. to face espionage charges, U.K. court rules",NBC News (Online),"WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot be legally extradited to the United States to face espionage charges because of concerns over his fragile mental health and the risk of suicide, a British court ruled Monday.
Lawyers acting on behalf of the U.S. government have already said they will appeal.
District Judge Vanessa Baraitser delivered her decision at London's Old Bailey court in a case that has pitted national security against freedom of expression. A crowd of reporters gathered outside as a small group of supporters chanted ""Free Julian Assange.""",left
4648,UK Judge Denies Request to Extradite Julian Assange to the US,"['Justice', 'Free Speech', 'Julian Assange', 'World', 'WikiLeaks']","WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange shouldn’t be extradited to US, UK judge rules",New York Post (News),"WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday won his legal battle against being extradited from the UK to face espionage charges — after a judge decided he would likely commit suicide if sent to the US.
District Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that it would be “oppressive” to extradite the 49-year-old Australian because of his mental health as he faced up to 175 years in prison for allegedly hacking into US government computers.
She described Assange as “a depressed and sometimes despairing man” who had the “intellect and determination” to circumvent any...",right
4649,Second Migrant Child Dies At U.S. Border,['Immigration'],"DHS begs for help, orders full review after second migrant child's death",Washington Times,"Stung by the second death of a child in its custody this month, the government’s border agency said it’s going back to do a second medical check on every juvenile still in its custody — and is begging other agencies for help.",right
4650,Second Migrant Child Dies At U.S. Border,['Immigration'],"The final days of Felipe Alonzo-Gomez, the 8-year-old migrant who died in US custody",CNN (Online News),"An 8-year-old migrant's last days were a blur of border patrol stations and hospital visits in a location about 2,000 miles from his family's home in Guatemala.",left
4651,Second Migrant Child Dies At U.S. Border,['Immigration'],Medical checks ordered for all kids held in US custody after death of 2nd immigrant child this month,USA TODAY,"U.S. Customs and Border Protection has ordered medical exams for all children it holds in custody following the Christmas Eve death of an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy, the second immigrant child to die in federal detention this month.",left
4652,North Korea Releases American Hostage,"['North Korea', 'World']",White House Confirms US Citizen Released from North Korea,Newsmax (News),"The White House said on Tuesday that detained American tourist Jeffrey Fowle had been released from North Korea and was on his way home to be with his family.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the United States welcomed the move but pressed North Korea to release two other U.S. citizens as well.
""While this is a positive decision ... we remain focused on the continued detention of Kenneth Bae and Matthew Miller and again call on the DPRK to immediately release them,"" Earnest said, referring to North Korea....",right
4653,North Korea Releases American Hostage,"['North Korea', 'World']","One American released from North Korea, two remain",Washington Post,"American detainee Jeffrey Fowle has been released from North Korea, nearly six months after he was taken into custody on charges of leaving a Bible in a nightclub, the State Department said Tuesday. Two other Americans who have been tried and convicted of crimes in North Korea are still being held.
Fowle, 56, of Miamisburg, Ohio, had been awaiting trial on charges of leaving a Bible at a nightclub in the northern port city of Chongjin last May. He was flown out of North Korea on a U.S. government jet...",left
4654,North Korea Releases American Hostage,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea releases one of three Americans held captive,USA TODAY,"The North Korean government has released Jeffrey Fowle, one of three Americans being held captive there, the White House confirmed Tuesday.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the United States welcomes the decision, but also called on North Korea to release two other Americans, Matthew Miller and Kenneth Bae. ""The United States government will continue to work actively on their cases,"" he said.
Fowle, a 56-year-old city worker from Miamisburg, Ohio, traveled to North Korea in April on a tourist visa and was detained by state police in May...",left
4655,"Sinema Backs Expanding Senate Filibuster, Receives Praise From McConnell","['Politics', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Bipartisanship', 'Filibuster', 'Polarization', 'US Senate', 'Colleges']","Sinema, McConnell engage in mutual admiration — and some Democrats seethe",Washington Post,"Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) on Monday engaged in a mutual admiration exchange with the Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), expressed support for restoring elements of the filibuster and suggested that Republicans might win control of the House or Senate in the midterm elections.
Several Democrats were unhappy, criticizing not only her remarks but her timing.
Sinema made the comments during a speech at the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, speaking and answering questions at the invitation of McConnell. There, McConnell effusively praised Sinema in his introduction, saying...",left
4656,"Sinema Backs Expanding Senate Filibuster, Receives Praise From McConnell","['Politics', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Bipartisanship', 'Filibuster', 'Polarization', 'US Senate', 'Colleges']",Sinema in speech at McConnell Center says 60-vote Senate threshold should be restored,The Hill,"Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) on Monday said the Senate should reinstate the 60-vote threshold for all judicial and executive branch nominees.  
Sinema made the comments during a Q&A session following a speech at the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) introduced the Arizona moderate at the event. 
“Not only am I committed to the 60-vote threshold, I have an incredibly unpopular view. I actually think we should restore the 60-vote threshold for the areas in which it has been eliminated already. We should restore it,” Sinema...",center
4657,"Sinema Backs Expanding Senate Filibuster, Receives Praise From McConnell","['Politics', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Bipartisanship', 'Filibuster', 'Polarization', 'US Senate', 'Colleges']",Sinema says she supports reinstating full filibuster,Washington Examiner,"Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) defended her support for the filibuster on Monday despite near-unified opposition from the rest of her party, taking the absolutist view that it should even be restored for judicial nominations.
Speaking at the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, Sinema spoke out against Democratic efforts to scrap the rule, which requires 60 votes to move forward on most legislation.
""It'd be bad for us as Americans to think that we should always feed our short-term desires, rather than thinking about the long term,""...",right
4658,Eric Adams Leads in NYC Mayoral Primary,"['Elections', 'New York Mayoral Primary', 'Eric Adams', 'New York City']","Eric Adams Takes Comfortable Lead in NYC Mayoral Primary as Wiley, Garcia Fight for Second Place",National Review,"As of early Wednesday morning, New York City mayoral candidate Eric Adams leads the Democratic primary contest by a comfortable ten-point margin, but remains short of outright victory thanks to the delays in ballot-counting caused by the city’s adoption of ranked-choice voting.
With 84 percent of ballots counted, Adams has secured 31.7 percent of the vote; Maya Wiley, former counsel to mayor Bill de Blasio, follows with 22.3 percent; former New York City Sanitation Department commissioner Kathryn Garcia has 19.5 percent. Businessman and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang became the...",right
4659,Eric Adams Leads in NYC Mayoral Primary,"['Elections', 'New York Mayoral Primary', 'Eric Adams', 'New York City']","Adams Leads in N.Y.C. Mayoral Primary, but Ranked-Choice Awaits",New York Times (News),"Voters on Tuesday took part in the city’s first mayoral election using ranked-choice voting, a system that may delay the declaration of a winner until mid-July.
Eric Adams, who ran for mayor of New York City on a message intensely focused on issues of public safety, emerged on Tuesday with a substantial lead in the Democratic primary, but fell well short of outright victory in a race that will now usher in a new period of uncertainty.
With 82 percent of the results in, Mr. Adams, the Brooklyn borough president,...",left
4660,Eric Adams Leads in NYC Mayoral Primary,"['Elections', 'New York Mayoral Primary', 'Eric Adams', 'New York City']","Eric Adams is leading, but the race for New York City mayor isn't decided. Here's what we know.",USA TODAY,"Eric Adams, the Brooklyn Borough president and former police captain, is waking up Wednesday in the lead to be New York City's next mayor, but even though voting is done, the race is far from over.
It may take several weeks to find out who won the Democratic primary for mayor, with absentee ballots still trickling in and a new ranked choice voting system allowing New Yorkers to list their top five preferences for mayor.
No candidate won an outright majority in the election Tuesday, so the ranked choice preferences of...",left
4661,Who is running in 2016,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton says she'll decide about 2016 next year,CNN (Online News),"Hillary Clinton says she'll decide in 2014 about whether she'll make another run for the White House in 2016.
""Obviously, I will look carefully at what I think I can do and make that decision sometime next year,"" Clinton said in an interview with ABC's Barbara Walters that aired Wednesday night.",left
4662,Who is running in 2016,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Come on, Paul Ryan must be running in 2016, right? Right?",Fox News (Online News),"The Washington game now requires that any unindicted politician with a bit of ambition — even 75-year-old Jerry Brown — let it be known that he is thinking about maybe, just possibly running for president.
But here’s the flip side: the media culture now demands to know whether these pols are quietly plotting a White House bid — and treats it as sort of strange if the answer is no.
What do you mean you’re not feverishly plotting a presidential bid three years before the next election? Is there something...",right
4663,Who is running in 2016,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton To Decide On 2016 Run 'Sometime Next Year',HuffPost,"The nation may not have to wait much longer to learn the future plans of Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former secretary of state who's considered the leading Democrat for the 2016 presidential race.
In a Wednesday interview with ABC's Barbara Walters, who named the former first lady the ""Most Fascinating Person of 2013,"" Clinton said she hadn't yet made up her mind on a presidential run. She assured Walters her announcement would come soon.
""Obviously, I will look carefully at what I think I can do and make that decision...",left
4664,Hypocrisy or Hospitality? How Martha's Vineyard Responded to Migrant Arrivals,"['Immigration', 'Busing', 'Border Crisis', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Polarization']","DeSantis Tries to Prove Liberals Hate Immigrants As Much As He Does, Fails",Jonathan Chait,"Sunday night, I sat in the ballroom of a Miami resort and watched Florida governor Ron DeSantis tell the crowd about how Texas governor Greg Abbott had been sending busloads of migrants* to Washington, D.C. His envy was undisguised. Stunts like this, which use humans as props for a set piece about owning the libs, are the trademark of his own governing style. (He has done this with ex-felons, splashily arresting 20 and charging them with fraud.) You could almost see the wheels turning in his head.
Last night, DeSantis pulled off the stunt....",left
4665,Hypocrisy or Hospitality? How Martha's Vineyard Responded to Migrant Arrivals,"['Immigration', 'Busing', 'Border Crisis', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Polarization']",Sanctuary Cities: Top 3 Pros and Cons,ProCon.org,"While there is no official legal definition of “sanctuary city,” the term generally refers to towns, cities, or counties that decline to cooperate completely with federal detention requests related to undocumented immigrants, often with a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. 
Some argue that sanctuary cities such as San Francisco, New York, and Chicago should not receive federal funding because they are not enforcing federal immigration laws. Others say that sanctuary city policies protect both citizens and undocumented immigrants.
There are 11 states, 40 cites, and 143 counties listed as sanctuary jurisdictions...",center
4666,Hypocrisy or Hospitality? How Martha's Vineyard Responded to Migrant Arrivals,"['Immigration', 'Busing', 'Border Crisis', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Polarization']",‘Not In My Vineyard!’ Liberals Scream As DeSantis Air Flies On The Wings Of Their Hypocrisy,The Daily Caller,"It seems we need to be reminded every two years or so why liberals cannot govern. They value their pious, self-aggrandizing ideology over the reality of governing.
The hypocrisy of the left was laid bare when Florida Governor DeSantis sent 50 Venezuelan immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard. “Not in My Back Vineyard!” they said. Liberals love to impose their woke values on others as long as they do not have to labor under them personally. But send just 50 Hispanics to Martha’s Vineyard. Michelle Obama and her limousine liberal, trust fund friends on that leafy...",right
4667,DOJ Appeals to Regain Access to Documents Seized at Mar-a-Lago,"['Donald Trump', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Department Of Justice', 'Courts', 'Special Master']",Delaying Trump investigation risks 'harm to our national security': DOJ and top intelligence officials,Washington Examiner,"Any delay into the criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump and the records he kept at Mar-a-Lago could put America's national security at risk, according to the Justice Department.
The DOJ made the claim in the wake of U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump-appointed federal judge, granting the former president’s request for a special master to review evidence seized during the raid independently.
The DOJ claimed that pausing the FBI’s criminal investigation while separately continuing the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s damage assessment was essentially impossible....",right
4668,DOJ Appeals to Regain Access to Documents Seized at Mar-a-Lago,"['Donald Trump', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Department Of Justice', 'Courts', 'Special Master']",DOJ appeals judge's special master ruling in Trump case,Axios,"The Department of Justice on Thursday filed a motion to appeal a federal judge's ruling to allow a special master to review evidence seized from former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence last month.
State of play: The notice of appeal comes three days after Judge Aileen Cannon ruled on Monday that a special master should be appointed ""to review the seized property for personal items and documents and potentially privileged material subject to claims of attorney-client and/or executive privilege,"" per the filing.
Cannon also said that the order ""temporarily enjoins the...",center
4669,DOJ Appeals to Regain Access to Documents Seized at Mar-a-Lago,"['Donald Trump', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Department Of Justice', 'Courts', 'Special Master']",Justice Dept. Asks Judge to Lift Block on Trump Documents Investigation,New York Times (News),"The Justice Department asked a federal judge on Thursday to revisit her decision to temporarily stop prosecutors from gaining access to classified documents seized from former President Donald J. Trump’s Florida home, arguing that her ruling was hindering the government’s effort to determine whether national security had been compromised.
In a pair of filings in federal court, lawyers for the department announced their intention to appeal key parts of Judge Aileen M. Cannon’s ruling. They said they would ask an appeals court to block those sections of her order if...",left
4670,Bipartisan Senators Announce Deal to Codify Same-Sex Marriage,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Family And Marriage', 'US Senate', 'Bipartisanship', 'Religion And Faith', 'Susan Collins', 'Tammy Baldwin', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'Rob Portman', 'Thom Tillis', 'Same-Sex Marriage']",Schumer tees up vote to codify same-sex marriage into law after bipartisan agreement,Washington Times,"Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer moved Monday for a floor vote later this week on bipartisan legislation to codify the Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage rights into law following a months-long impasse.
The New York Democrat teed up a procedural vote for Wednesday that will require 60 votes to advance to final passage as early as this week.
The bill is expected to clear the 60-vote filibuster threshold after a bipartisan group spearheading the legislation announced they had an agreement on protecting nonprofit religious groups that oppose performing...",right
4671,Bipartisan Senators Announce Deal to Codify Same-Sex Marriage,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Family And Marriage', 'US Senate', 'Bipartisanship', 'Religion And Faith', 'Susan Collins', 'Tammy Baldwin', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'Rob Portman', 'Thom Tillis', 'Same-Sex Marriage']",The Senate could vote on a revised marriage equality bill this week,LGBTQ Nation,"Senate Democrats are expected to introduce a revised version of the Respect for Marriage Act this week. The bill, which would enshrine same-sex marriage rights into law, will need support from at least 10 Republican senators in order to become law.
“We’re confident that we’ll have the votes when it comes to the floor. We’ve been guaranteed that this is going to come up before January,” an unnamed person, identified as being “close to negotiations,” told the international news outlet Semafor.",left
4672,Bipartisan Senators Announce Deal to Codify Same-Sex Marriage,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Family And Marriage', 'US Senate', 'Bipartisanship', 'Religion And Faith', 'Susan Collins', 'Tammy Baldwin', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'Rob Portman', 'Thom Tillis', 'Same-Sex Marriage']",Senators set to vote on bill to codify Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage protections,The Hill,"The Senate is set to vote this week on a bill to codify the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage protections after a bipartisan group of senators unveiled a deal earlier Monday, signaling they believe they have the votes to get past a filibuster and move the measure to President Biden’s desk.
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) filed cloture on the legislation on Monday, teeing up the first vote on the measure for Wednesday. ",center
4673,’Fake News’ Award Winners are Revealed,['Fake News'],Trump presents 'fake news' awards for 10 stories — some of which really were false,USA TODAY,"President Trump gave out fake news ""awards"" to six news organizations Wednesday night, capping a much-hyped social media spectacle that matched Trump's penchant for showmanship with his disdain for the news media covering it.",left
4674,’Fake News’ Award Winners are Revealed,['Fake News'],President Trump reveals winners of his ‘Fake News’ awards,Fox News (Online News),President Trump revealed the winners of his self-proclaimed ‘Fake News’ awards Wednesday night on Twitter -- with The New York Times topping the list.,right
4675,’Fake News’ Award Winners are Revealed,['Fake News'],"Trump Hands Out ‘Fake News Awards,’ Sans the Red Carpet",New York Times (News),"President Trump — who gleefully questioned President Barack Obama’s birthplace for years without evidence, long insisted on the guilt of the Central Park Five despite exonerating proof and claimed that millions of illegal ballots cost him the popular vote in 2016 — wanted to have a word with the American public about accuracy in reporting.",left
4676,Newsom Challenges DeSantis to Televised Debate Over Migrant Busing,"['Politics', 'Immigration', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Greg Abbott', 'Partisan Politics', '2022 Elections']",Newsom challenges DeSantis to debate after migrants sent to Massachusetts,Axios,"California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) challenged Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to a debate amid the latter's decision to send nearly 50 Venezuelan migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, a wealthy enclave outside of Boston.
The big picture: It's the latest in a clash between Republican politicians, who oppose President Biden's immigration and border policies, and Democrats, who have slammed tactics to transport migrants as a political ploy.
Republicans are particularly taking aim at sanctuary cities and sending migrants there to test their values and force them to grapple with social safety-net issues,...",center
4677,Newsom Challenges DeSantis to Televised Debate Over Migrant Busing,"['Politics', 'Immigration', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Greg Abbott', 'Partisan Politics', '2022 Elections']",Gavin Newsom challenges Ron DeSantis to debate: 'Name the time',Fox News (Online News),"Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom is challenging Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to a debate.
""Hey @GovRonDeSantis, clearly you're struggling, distracted, and busy playing politics with people’s lives. Since you have only one overriding need -- attention --let's take this up & debate. I’ll bring my hair gel. You bring your hairspray. Name the time before Election Day,"" Newsom tweeted on Friday.",right
4678,Newsom Challenges DeSantis to Televised Debate Over Migrant Busing,"['Politics', 'Immigration', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Greg Abbott', 'Partisan Politics', '2022 Elections']",Gov. Gavin Newsom says Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis using migrants as 'pawns',CBS News (Online),"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took aim at California after Gov. Gavin Newsom called for a federal investigation into DeSantis' actions. 
""The governor of California sent a letter to the Department of Justice to investigate Texas and Florida governors and all I can say is, I think his hair gel is interfering with his brain function,"" the Florida governor said.
In response, Newsom challenged DeSantis to a debate before Election Day. 
""Hey Governor Ron DeSantis clearly you're struggling, distracted, and busy playing politics with people's lives. Since you have only one...",left
4679,"US Economy Added 315,000 Jobs in August","['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Unemployment']","US job growth moderates in August with 315,000 added while unemployment edges higher",Fox Business,"U.S. job growth moderated in August from a torrid pace the previous month, but hiring remained solid despite growing headwinds from higher interest rates, scorching-hot inflation and mounting recession fears.
Employers added 315,000 jobs in August, the Labor Department said in its monthly payroll report released Friday, in line with the 300,000 jobs forecast by Refinitiv economists. The unemployment rate, meanwhile, unexpectedly ticked up to a six-month high of 3.7% as the labor force participation rate increased.  
Job gains were broad-based in August, with professional and business services leading the...",right
4680,"US Economy Added 315,000 Jobs in August","['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Unemployment']","Payrolls rose 315,000 in August as companies keep up hiring pace",CNBC,"Nonfarm payrolls rose solidly in August amid an otherwise slowing economy, while the unemployment rate ticked higher as more workers rejoined the labor force, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
The economy added 315,000 jobs for the month, just below the Dow Jones estimate for 318,000. The unemployment rate rose to 3.7%, two-tenths of a percentage point higher than expectations largely due to a rising labor force participation rate. A broader measure of unemployment that includes discouraged workers and those holding part-time jobs for economic reasons rose to 7%...",center
4681,"US Economy Added 315,000 Jobs in August","['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Unemployment']","Labor market added 315,000 jobs in August, a bright spot in the economy",Washington Post,"The U.S. labor market added 315,000 jobs in August, hitting a 20-month streak in strong job growth that’s powering an economy through ominously high inflation.
The unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 3.7 percent, according to a monthly jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, with 344,000 more people unemployed than the previous month.
The August jobs gains were the lowest monthly pick-up so far this year, but the labor market remains an area of strength for the economy, especially as the Federal Reserve raises interest...",left
4682,"Fauci and Rand Paul Clash Over Pandemic Origins, US Funding for Wuhan Lab","['Coronavirus', 'China', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Rand Paul', 'Science']",Fauci Clashes With Rand Paul Again: ‘You Are Saying Things That Are Not Correct!’,Daily Beast,"Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, once again found himself embroiled in a heated back-and-forth with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) during a Tuesday Senate coronavirus hearing, this time over accusations that he funded a Wuhan lab to develop COVID-19.
Paul, who signaled on Monday that he was going to grill Fauci on the subject, alleged that gain-of-function research to mutate animal viruses to infect humans at the Wuhan Institute of Virology had been funded by the National Institutes of Health, something that Fauci strongly disputed. “With all...",left
4683,"Fauci and Rand Paul Clash Over Pandemic Origins, US Funding for Wuhan Lab","['Coronavirus', 'China', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Rand Paul', 'Science']",Fauci and Rand Paul clash over NIH funding for Wuhan Institute of Virology,Axios,"Anthony Fauci and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) got into a heated debate at a Senate health committee hearing on Tuesday, clashing over whether funding from the National Institutes of Health was used for risky ""gain-of-function"" research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Why it matters: Questions remain about the origins of the coronavirus and the so-called ""lab leak hypothesis"" — the theory that the virus resulted from experiments in the Wuhan lab that accidentally spilled over, which the head of the World Health Organization has said should be investigated further....",center
4684,"Fauci and Rand Paul Clash Over Pandemic Origins, US Funding for Wuhan Lab","['Coronavirus', 'China', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Rand Paul', 'Science']","Fauci is hiding past work on 'super-viruses that jump from animals to humans,' Rand Paul claims",Washington Times,"Rhetorical fireworks ensued yet again on Tuesday when Sen. Rand Paul faced off with Dr. Anthony Fauci over the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Kentucky Republican, who has sparred with the infectious disease expert numerous times at Senate hearings, used the latest discussion to examine the extent of U.S. involvement with the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
“To arrive at the truth, the U.S. government should admit that the Wuhan Virology Institute was experimenting to enhance the coronavirus’s ability to infect humans,” Mr. Paul said.
The senator urged more transparency pertaining to the...",right
4685,Nancy Pelosi Faces Opposition Over Bid for House Speaker,"['US House', 'Politics']",Pelosi could pick up Republican support in quest for speaker’s gavel,Fox News (Online News),"As Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., faces a tricky climb to build the support from her own party for her retake the gavel in January, she’s getting an unlikely source of",right
4686,Nancy Pelosi Faces Opposition Over Bid for House Speaker,"['US House', 'Politics']",The Nancy Pelosi speaker debate is a proxy for the war over the future of the Democratic Party,Washington Post,"In the months before they return to the majority in the House, Democrats there are sparring about will lead them. The disagreement about who should be House speaker and the de facto face of",left
4687,Nancy Pelosi Faces Opposition Over Bid for House Speaker,"['US House', 'Politics']",Pelosi vows to become U.S. House speaker despite opposition,Reuters,Democrat Nancy Pelosi vowed on Thursday to retake the speakership of the U.S. House of Representatives even as a string of critics within her party have said they will oppose her bid.,center
4688,International Soccer Officials Arrested,['Sports'],Swiss authorities investigating World Cup votes following arrests of 7 FIFA officials in US corruption case,Fox News (Online News),"Swiss federal prosecutors opened criminal proceedings related to the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups Wednesday, throwing FIFA deeper into crisis only hours after seven soccer officials were arrested and 14 indicted in a separate U.S. corruption probe.",right
4689,International Soccer Officials Arrested,['Sports'],Top FIFA Officials Arrested In Switzerland On U.S. Corruption Charges,NPR (Online News),"Seven soccer officials from FIFA, the sport's international governing body, were arrested early Wednesday morning by police in Zurich, Switzerland. Charged with bribery and other crimes, they were taken from the Baur au Lac, the luxury hotel on Lake Zurich where they were staying.",left
4690,International Soccer Officials Arrested,['Sports'],FIFA Officials Arrested And Indicted For Corruption,HuffPost,"Nine officials of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), including two of its current vice presidents, were among 14 people indicted on Wednesday for racketeering conspiracy and corruption, the Department of Justice announced in a statement.",left
4691,"Trudeau Apologizes after Three 'Brownface"" Pictures Surface","['Racism', 'Brownface', 'Blackface', 'Canada', 'Justin Trudeau', 'Race And Racism']",Justin Trudeau blames privileged upbringing for wearing blackface as new video as third racist incident emerges,Fox News (Online News),"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized Thursday over his growing blackface scandal but stopped short of saying whether there were more pictures or videos of him dressed up in darkened makeup.
""I am wary of being definitive about this because the recent pictures that came out, I had not remembered,"" he said during a news conference in Winnipeg. ""And, the question is, how can you not remember that? The fact is, I didn't understand how hurtful this is to people who live with discrimination every single day.""
The Liberal Party...",right
4692,"Trudeau Apologizes after Three 'Brownface"" Pictures Surface","['Racism', 'Brownface', 'Blackface', 'Canada', 'Justin Trudeau', 'Race And Racism']","Justin Trudeau apologizes again, blames 'privilege' as third blackface instance emerges. Here's what we know",USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON--Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's re-election campaign was rocked again Thursday as he issued a second apology after another instance of him in dark makeup was reported by the media. After a second picture and a video emerged of him wearing blackface, the Canadian politician asked for forgiveness.
At a campaign appearance in Winnipeg on Thursday, he apologized -- his second apology in as many days -- and added that “Darkening your face is always unacceptable because of the racist history of blackface. I should have understood that then,...",left
4693,"Trudeau Apologizes after Three 'Brownface"" Pictures Surface","['Racism', 'Brownface', 'Blackface', 'Canada', 'Justin Trudeau', 'Race And Racism']",Justin Trudeau says he does not know how many times he's worn blackface in his life,CNN (Online News),"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized again on Thursday for wearing blackface in three separate incidents and said he did not know how many times he had put on racist makeup.
""What I did hurt them, hurt people who shouldn't have to face intolerance and discrimination because of their identity. This is something I deeply, deeply regret,"" he said.
Darkening your face, he added, ""is always unacceptable because of the racist history of blackface. I should have understood that then, and I never should have done it.""
Trudeau still insisted...",left
4694,Partial Government Shutdown Looms Over Border Wall Fight,['Immigration'],Stephen Miller says Trump is “absolutely” willing to shut down the government over border wall funding,Vox,Chuck Schumer called that stance a “temper tantrum.”,left
4695,Partial Government Shutdown Looms Over Border Wall Fight,['Immigration'],Americans' message to Washington on the looming shutdown: Don't,USA TODAY,Americans have a clear message to Washington as the government hurtles toward a partial shutdown on Friday: Don't.,left
4696,Partial Government Shutdown Looms Over Border Wall Fight,['Immigration'],Dems defy Trump shutdown threat: 'He is not going to get the wall in any form',Washington Times,"Democrats dug in their heels Sunday on President Trump’s threat to shut down the government unless he gets money for his border wall, saying if the president makes good on his demand, the",right
4697,"Michael Cohen, Trump's Former Attorney, Sentenced to Three Years in Prison",['Russia'],"Michael Cohen, Trump’s Former Lawyer, Sentenced to Three Years in Prison",Wall Street Journal (News),Prosecutors also disclose agreement with National Enquirer publisher saying payoff to ex-model was linked to 2016 election,center
4698,"Michael Cohen, Trump's Former Attorney, Sentenced to Three Years in Prison",['Russia'],"Michael Cohen, former Trump attorney, gets 3 years in prison for tax fraud, campaign finance violations, lying",Fox News (Online News),"Michael Cohen, the president’s former fixer who once famously claimed he was willing to ""take a bullet"" for Donald Trump before later turning against his boss, was sentenced to three years in",right
4699,"Michael Cohen, Trump's Former Attorney, Sentenced to Three Years in Prison",['Russia'],"Cohen gets 3 years, says Trump's 'dirty deeds' led him to 'choose darkness'",NBC News (Online),"Cohen had pleaded guilty to nine federal charges of tax evasion, violating campaign finance laws, lying to banks and to Congress.",left
4700,Merry Christmas 2017,"['Holidays', 'General News']",A Christmas gift: Stories of bridges across the divide,Washington Post,"The American house stands divided. In politics, at work, even in matters of love, we’re constantly told that there is more tension than togetherness, that suspicion has prevailed over trust.",left
4701,Merry Christmas 2017,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Urbi et Orbi: Pope calls for peace for Jerusalem,BBC News,"Pope Francis has used his traditional Christmas Day message to call for ""peace for Jerusalem"" and dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians.",center
4702,Merry Christmas 2017,"['Holidays', 'General News']",President Trump Calls U.S. Troops Around the World to Wish Them a Merry Christmas,Townhall,"On Sunday President Trump hosted a teleconference with U.S. troops stationed around the world, including in Kuwait, Qatar, Guantanamo Bay and on the USS Sampson, to thank them for their service and to wish them a Merry Christmas.",right
4703,Political Polarization Increasing,['Polarization'],Political Polarization in the American Public,Pew Research Center,"Republicans and Democrats are more divided along ideological lines – and partisan antipathy is deeper and more extensive – than at any point in the last two decades. These trends manifest themselves in myriad ways, both in politics and in everyday life. And a new survey of 10,000 adults nationwide finds that these divisions are greatest among those who are the most engaged and active in the political process.",center
4704,Political Polarization Increasing,['Polarization'],"Polarization Is Dividing American Society, Not Just Politics",New York Times (News),"It is common for Americans to lament the polarization and dysfunction of Washington, but Congress might be doing a better job of representing the public than voters care to admit.
According to a new study from Pew Research, Republicans and Democrats in Congress aren’t the only p",left
4705,Political Polarization Increasing,['Polarization'],Democrats Are Misguided. That Doesn't Mean I Hate Them.,Ramesh Ponnuru,"A new study on political polarization in the U.S., conducted by the Pew Research Center for People and the Press, uses large sample sizes, impressive graphics -- and lousy judgment.",right
4706,Will the FBI Bombshell Matter?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: Will The Reopening Of Hillary's Email Case Matter?,Guest Writer - Right,"As we move toward the final week of the election, I have to ask: how much is this really going to matter?",right
4707,Will the FBI Bombshell Matter?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",FBI drama injects uncertainty into frantic final week of race,The Hill,"The presidential campaign is entering its final full week amid high drama and volatility, as both sides grapple with the fallout from the FBI’s announcement that it is examining newly discovered emails that “appear to be pertinent” to an earlier investigation of Hillary Clinton.",center
4708,Will the FBI Bombshell Matter?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Will the Comey Bombshell Really Shake up the 2016 Race?,NBC News (Online),"There's no hyperbole in stating that the 2016 Hillary Clinton-vs.-Donald Trump presidential race has been the craziest we've covered. But does the stability (of a Clinton lead) change after FBI Director James Comey's bombshell Friday that his organization learned of the existence of new emails that appear ""pertinent"" to its previous investigation into Clinton's email practices?",left
4709,"US, China Join Paris Climate Pact",['Foreign Policy'],Obama downplays alleged diplomatic snub by China,USA TODAY,"President Obama tried to downplay talk of an orchestrated diplomatic snub by China on Sunday as leaders from the G-20 major world economies began a summit in the east Chinese city of Hangzhou.
Speaking ahead of the opening ceremony on Sunday afternoon, Obama said people should not “over-crank” a series of heated altercations between U.S. and Chinese officials in the 24 hours since he arriv",left
4710,"US, China Join Paris Climate Pact",['Foreign Policy'],"U.S., China Formally Join Paris Climate Pact",HuffPost,U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping fortified commitments to reduce carbon emissions Saturday by formally joining the Paris agreement and pledging a “continued bilateral climate cooperation.”,left
4711,"US, China Join Paris Climate Pact",['Foreign Policy'],"Tense exchanges in China between US, Chinese officials mark Obama’s arrival at G20 summit",Fox News (Online News),"The G20 summit got off to a contentious start Saturday with Chinese officials reportedly confronting National Security Advisor Susan Rice and other U.S. officials in at least three incidents, as President Obama arrived in China for the two-day international economic talks.",right
4712,Botched Oklahoma Execution,[],Tom Coburn: Botched executions rare,Politico,Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn said Thursday that he still supports the death penalty even in light of the botched execution in his home state. ldquoI think it has a deterrent capabilityrdquo Coburn said on ldquoMorning Joerdquo while also acknowledging that he still doesnrsquot ldquolikerdquo capital punishment. Coburn a physician said...,left
4713,Botched Oklahoma Execution,[],Botched Oklahoma execution: Did anyone remember Clayton Lockett's victim?,Fox News (Online News),Clayton Lockett died Tuesday night.,right
4714,Botched Oklahoma Execution,[],Opposition to death penalty leaves states winging it on executions - and Oklahoma shows what can go wrong,Washington Post,As states are forced to try new lethal-injection methods an Oklahoma execution shows what can go wrong.,left
4715,CIA Goes Into Senate Computers,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",CIA director apologizes to Senate leaders,Fox News (Online News),"The director of the CIA, offering a rare apology, has acknowledged an internal probe's findings that CIA employees in the Executive Branch improperly spied on the Legislative Branch by searching Senate computers and reading staffers' emails earlier this year.
According to a declassified CIA inspector general's report, CIA officers improperly accessed Senate computers, read the emails of Senate staff, and exhibited a ""lack of candor"" when interviewed by agency investigators. The document, released Thursday by the CIA, is a summary of an internal CIA investigation -- which prompted CIA...",right
4716,CIA Goes Into Senate Computers,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",Investigation Finds CIA Improperly Accessed Senate Computers,Wall Street Journal (News),"Central Intelligence Agency officers improperly accessed computers used by a Senate committee investigating the agency's interrogation program, an internal agency report has concluded.
The finding bolsters allegations by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.), the Senate Intelligence Committee chairman, who in a speech on the Senate floor in March denounced what she said was a CIA search of Senate computers that may have...",center
4717,CIA Goes Into Senate Computers,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",C.I.A. Admits Penetrating Senate Intelligence Computers,New York Times (News),"An internal investigation by the Central Intelligence Agency has found that its officers improperly penetrated a computer network used by the Senate Intelligence Committee in preparing its report on the C.I.A.'s detention and interrogation program.
In a statement issued Thursday morning, a C.I.A. spokesman said that agency’s inspector general had concluded that C.I.A. officers had acted inappropriately by gaining access to the computers.
The statement said that John O. Brennan, the C.I.A. director, had apologized to the two senior members of the Senate Intelligence Committee and that he would set...",left
4718,"Former WH Aide Says Trump Wanted to Go to the Capitol on Jan. 6, Was Aware Protesters Were Armed","['Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'White House', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Violence In America', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Liz Cheney', 'Bennie Thompson', 'Politics', 'Secret Service', 'Cassidy Hutchinson']",Former aide: Trump was told protesters had weapons on Jan. 6,Associated Press Fact Check,"Cassidy Hutchinson, a key aide in Donald Trump’s White House, told the House committee investigating the violent Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection on Tuesday that Trump was informed that people rallying on the mall that morning had weapons but he told officials to “let my people in” and march to the Capitol.
Hutchinson quoted Trump as directing his staff, in profane terms, to take away the magnetometers that he thought would slow down supporters who’d gathered in Washington. In videotaped testimony played before the committee, she recalled the former president saying...",left
4719,"Former WH Aide Says Trump Wanted to Go to the Capitol on Jan. 6, Was Aware Protesters Were Armed","['Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'White House', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Violence In America', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Liz Cheney', 'Bennie Thompson', 'Politics', 'Secret Service', 'Cassidy Hutchinson']",Trump calls Jan. 6 committee’s star witness a ‘phony’ who asked him for a job,Washington Times,"Former President Donald Trump dismissed the ex-White House aide who testified before the Jan. 6 committee on Tuesday as a leaker and a ‘phony’ whom he denied a job after his presidency ended. 
Mr. Trump said Cassidy Hutchinson, who served under former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, requested to join others from the president’s team in Florida after he left office, but he rejected her.
“Why did she want to go with us if she felt we were so terrible?” Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social. “I understand that she...",right
4720,"Former WH Aide Says Trump Wanted to Go to the Capitol on Jan. 6, Was Aware Protesters Were Armed","['Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'White House', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Violence In America', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Liz Cheney', 'Bennie Thompson', 'Politics', 'Secret Service', 'Cassidy Hutchinson']",Hutchinson says Trump knew Jan. 6 attendees had weapons: ‘They’re not here to hurt me’,The Hill,"Ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson on Tuesday testified that former President Trump and his former chief of staff Mark Meadows were both told attendees at a Jan. 6, 2021, rally had weapons, and that Trump was frustrated that those with weapons were turned away. 
Hutchinson, a former top aide to Meadows, told the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riots that Trump was “furious” that the Ellipse near the White House had not filled up to capacity for a rally on the morning of the Electoral College certification. ",center
4721,Trump Institutes Travel Ban From Europe to the United States,"['Travel Ban', 'Donald Trump', 'Europe', 'EU Leaders', 'Coronavirus']",Europe condemns the U.S. travel ban as more nations add restrictions.,New York Times (News),"On both sides of the Atlantic on Thursday, the consequences of President Trump’s decision to ban most travel from Europe began to be felt economically, politically and socially.
European Union leaders issued a scathing statement condemning the move even as many nations on the Continent moved to tighten their own restrictions on the movement of people both within their borders and from outside.
“The coronavirus is a global crisis, not limited to any continent and it requires cooperation rather than unilateral action,” it said. “The European Union disapproves of the...",left
4722,Trump Institutes Travel Ban From Europe to the United States,"['Travel Ban', 'Donald Trump', 'Europe', 'EU Leaders', 'Coronavirus']",Trump restricts travel from Europe to fight spread of coronavirus,The Hill,"President Trump on Wednesday said the U.S. would restrict travel from Europe for the next 30 days and use executive orders to offer financial relief to individuals and small businesses in his most extensive steps to date to address the crisis of the coronavirus.
Trump said the extraordinary restrictions would not apply to Great Britain, which formally left the European Union at the end of January. Ireland is also exempt from the restrictions, according to a proclamation later issued by the White House.
Trump, in just his second Oval Office...",center
4723,Trump Institutes Travel Ban From Europe to the United States,"['Travel Ban', 'Donald Trump', 'Europe', 'EU Leaders', 'Coronavirus']",Trump says he will ban all travel from Europe for 30 days,Washington Examiner,"President Trump announced a 30-day travel ban from European countries Wednesday night to arrest the spread of the coronavirus, a significant escalation in the administration's efforts to address the pandemic.
“The European Union failed to take the same precautions and restrict travel from China and other hot spots,” Trump said. “As a result, a large number of new clusters in the United States were seeded by travelers from Europe.”
The restrictions, which will go into effect Friday at midnight, will not apply to the United Kingdom, and U.S. citizens and...",right
4724,Bernie Sanders Gives CNN Town Hall,"['Election: Presidential', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Medicare For All', 'Donald Trump', 'Racism', 'Education', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight ‘All Forms Of Racism’ In First Televised Town Hall,HuffPost,"“Maybe I haven’t been as strong on this issue as I could be,” the Vermont senator admitted.",left
4725,Bernie Sanders Gives CNN Town Hall,"['Election: Presidential', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Medicare For All', 'Donald Trump', 'Racism', 'Education', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Bernie Sanders defines 'democratic socialism,' says living wage and free college are 'human rights'",Washington Times,"Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders defined his ideology of democratic socialism in a CNN town hall speech Monday night, saying he supports “human rights” that include a living",right
4726,Bernie Sanders Gives CNN Town Hall,"['Election: Presidential', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Medicare For All', 'Donald Trump', 'Racism', 'Education', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Sanders says he would 'bring a lie detector' to debate with Trump,The Hill,Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) joked that he would “bring a lie detector” if he faces President Trump on the debate stage.,center
4727,Polls - One Week To Go,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Post-ABC Tracking Poll: Trump 46, Clinton 45, as Democratic enthusiasm dips",Washington Post,"Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are all but tied in the latest Washington Post-ABC News Tracking Poll, which finds Clinton backers slipping behind in enthusiasm even as the Democrat has an edge in early voting.",left
4728,Polls - One Week To Go,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Poll shows Trump made up 13 points in under 2 weeks — now he likes polls again,USA TODAY,"Donald Trump now leads Hillary Clinton for the first time since May, according to the ABC News/Washington Post daily tracking poll.",left
4729,Polls - One Week To Go,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",ABC News/Washington Post Tracking Poll: Donald Trump Leading Hillary Clinton,Breitbart News,"Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump now leads Hillary Clinton by one point, according to the latest ABC News/Washington Post national tracking poll.",right
4730,Supreme Court to Take on Immigration Case,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court to Rule on Obama’s Bid to Block Deportations,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Supreme Court said it would rule on the Obama administration’s stalled plan to defer deportation of more than four million illegal immigrants, setting the stage for a blockbuster ruling on presidential powers in June.
With Congress deadlocked over an immigration overhaul, President Barack Obama in November 2014 cited his executive authority in making changes i",center
4731,Supreme Court to Take on Immigration Case,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court Will Hear Executive Amnesty Appeal,Breitbart News,"The Supreme Court will have the final say on the legality of President Obama’s executive amnesty.
The court agreed to hear the case Tuesday. The Obama administration is appealing the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals’ November decision to keep in place a district court’s ruling blocking the amnesty programs from moving forward.
Obama’s",right
4732,Supreme Court to Take on Immigration Case,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court Will Rule On Obama's Immigration Policy Before 2016 Election,HuffPost,"President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration, stuck in legal limbo for the past year, will get a Supreme Court hearing before the 2016 presidential election.
The justices announced their decision to hear the case, known as United States v. Texas, on Tuesday, after their private conference meeting Friday morning. For weeks, the federal government and Texas had fought a procedural battle over whether the justices should take up the case before the end of June, the close of the court's current",left
4733,Recapping Tuesday's Primaries in New Hampshire,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Politics']",Retired Gen. Don Bolduc Wins Senate GOP Primary in New Hampshire,Newsmax (News),"Retired Army Brig. Gen. Don Bolduc held off a strong field of Republican Senate GOP primary candidates Tuesday night to win the New Hampshire nomination in a bid to flip the seat of Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., Decision Desk HQ projects.
Bolduc, a staunch conservative, held off the more moderate state Sen. President Chuck Morse and will now bid for the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, who did not make a choice in a field of candidates bidding for his support.
Republicans see Hassan as beatable in the general election,...",right
4734,Recapping Tuesday's Primaries in New Hampshire,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Politics']",Republican who backs Trump’s big lie set to win New Hampshire Senate primary,The Guardian,"A far-right Republican who backs Donald Trump’s election fraud lie and has vowed to decertify results in 2024 looked set on Wednesday to be the GOP candidate for US Senate in New Hampshire.
Don Bolduc, a retired special forces general who has said he suffered from PTSD and a traumatic brain injury, was on track to edge out Chuck Morse, the state senate president, to face the incumbent Democrat, Maggie Hassan, in November.
The primary was the last in a series that have seen Republicans select candidates aligned with Trump, causing some to...",left
4735,Recapping Tuesday's Primaries in New Hampshire,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Politics']",Chuck Morse concedes to far-right candidate Bolduc in New Hampshire Senate primary to face Hassan,The Hill,"New Hampshire state Senate President Chuck Morse (R), an establishment favorite, early Wednesday conceded defeat to retired Army Gen. Don Bolduc, who has espoused former President Trump’s false 2020 election claims, in the state’s Republican primary to face incumbent Sen. Maggie Hassan (D) in November.
The Associated Press has not yet called the race for Bolduc, but he leads Morse by 1 percentage point with more than 80 percent of the vote reported. 
Morse tweeted early in the morning that he called Bolduc to congratulate him and said that the focus needs to...",center
4736,French President Emmanuel Macron Wins Re-Election,"['Elections', 'Emmanuel Macron', 'European Union', 'France', 'Marine Le Pen', 'World']",France’s Emmanuel Macron Wins Second Term in Presidential Election,Wall Street Journal (News),"French President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected Sunday, according to projections based on early ballot counts, overcoming deep divisions among voters worried about inflation and the impact of immigration on France’s national identity.
Mr. Macron garnered 58.2% of the estimated vote Sunday, while far-right leader Marine Le Pen won 41.8%, according to a projection from polling firm Ipsos.
Mr. Macron, 44 years old, becomes the first French president to secure a second term in office since 2002, when then-President Jacques Chirac beat Ms. Le Pen’s father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, in a 64-point landslide....",center
4737,French President Emmanuel Macron Wins Re-Election,"['Elections', 'Emmanuel Macron', 'European Union', 'France', 'Marine Le Pen', 'World']",French Election Projections: Globalist Macron Wins Despite Big Drop In Support,Breitbart News,"Election projections indicate that Emmanuel Macron has won the second round of the French presidential elections, despite a big drop in support.
Polling stations closed in France at 7 p.m. local time, and early projections indicate the globalist leader has taken a little over 57 per cent of the vote, compared to a little under 43 per cent for national populist challenger Marine Le Pen.
Macron, who has enjoyed an unusual transition from Rothschild & Cie Banque financier to economy minister for Socialist Party president François Hollande to successful presidential candidate, now looks...",right
4738,French President Emmanuel Macron Wins Re-Election,"['Elections', 'Emmanuel Macron', 'European Union', 'France', 'Marine Le Pen', 'World']","French President Emmanuel Macron Wins Re-Election, Surviving a Far-Right Challenge From Marine Le Pen",Time Magazine,"One could almost hear the sighs of relief, from Paris to Brussels, and all the way to Washington, as French leader Emmanuel Macron clinched another five-year term in the Elysée Palace. Though polls narrowed during some points leading up to Sunday’s runoff, Macron eventually beat out far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen in the presidential elections—a contest that risked shattering the Western alliance against Russia, and jeopardizing the very survival of the European Union.
Macron’s victory over Le Pen, with 58.2% of the vote to her 41.8%, according to estimated results released at 8 p.m. local time...",left
4739,Leaders of North and South Korea Have Second Meeting,"['North Korea', 'World']",Korean leaders meet in surprise summit,BBC News,The leaders of North and South Korea have met in the demilitarised border area between the two countries.,center
4740,Leaders of North and South Korea Have Second Meeting,"['North Korea', 'World']",What comes next for Trump and North Korea?,Washington Examiner,"President Trump is leaving the door open to a sit-down meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, despite abruptly canceling their previously planned summit this week over the authoritarian regime’s latest threat of nuclear war.",right
4741,Leaders of North and South Korea Have Second Meeting,"['North Korea', 'World']",Keeping Summit Hopes Alive Suggests Kim Jong-un May Need a Deal,New York Times (News),"Ever since Kim Jong-un took over as the young, untested ruler of North Korea seven years ago, he has promised his country a future free from deprivation.",left
4742,"Woodward, Sperling Emails Revealed","['White House', 'Politics']",Bob Woodward says he was threatened by White House,CNN (Online News),Veteran journalist Bob Woodward said Wednesday he was threatened by a senior Obama administration official following his reporting on the White House's handling of the forced federal spending cuts set to take effect on Friday.,left
4743,"Woodward, Sperling Emails Revealed","['White House', 'Politics']",White House denies staffer threatened Watergate journalist Woodward,Fox News (Online News),The White House is denying reports an adviser threatened famed Watergate journalist Bob Woodward after the Washington Post reporter challenged President Obama's version of events on the looming sequester.,right
4744,"Woodward, Sperling Emails Revealed","['White House', 'Politics']","Exclusive: The Woodward, Sperling emails revealed",Politico,"POLITICOs “Behind the Curtain column last night quoted Bob Woodward as saying that a senior White House official has told him in an email he would “regret questioning White House statements on the origins of sequestration. The official in question is Gene Sperling, economic adviser to the president. The White House has since pushed back, saying the exchange was far more innocuous than Woodward claims.",left
4745,Democrats Push to Reinstate Net Neutrality Regulations,['Technology'],Senate Democrats press vote to save Obama-era net neutrality rules,Washington Times,"Senate Democrats launched a drive Wednesday to force a vote that could restore Obama-era “net neutrality” rules for the internet, looking to overturn the Trump administration’s decision last year to revoke the rules.",right
4746,Democrats Push to Reinstate Net Neutrality Regulations,['Technology'],Congress Can Still Save the Internet—but the Clock Is Ticking,Daily Beast,It’s not too late to rescue net neutrality: Congress can restore the rules if it takes action before 60 legislative days have passed since they expired. But will it get the votes?,left
4747,Democrats Push to Reinstate Net Neutrality Regulations,['Technology'],Senate Dems move to force net neutrality vote,The Hill,Senate Democrats on Wednesday formally launched their push to bring a vote on restoring net neutrality protections to the Senate floor.,center
4748,FBI Director Compares Ransomware Challenge to 9/11,"['FBI', 'Cybersecurity', 'White House', 'Ransomware', 'Terrorism', '9/11', 'Christopher Wray', 'Wall Street Journal', 'Reuters', 'Defense And Security']",Wray sees 'parallels' between challenge posed by ransomware attacks and 9/11,CNN (Online News),"FBI Director Christopher Wray likened the challenge posed by the recent spate of damaging ransomware attacks on the US to the September 11 terrorist attacks in a new interview and called for a similar sense of urgency and response.
""There are a lot of parallels, there's a lot of importance, and a lot of focus by us on disruption and prevention,"" Mr. Wray said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. ""There's a shared responsibility, not just across government agencies but across the private sector and even the average...",left
4749,FBI Director Compares Ransomware Challenge to 9/11,"['FBI', 'Cybersecurity', 'White House', 'Ransomware', 'Terrorism', '9/11', 'Christopher Wray', 'Wall Street Journal', 'Reuters', 'Defense And Security']",DOJ to treat ransomware attacks with similar priority as terrorism,Axios,"The Department of Justice is planning to coordinate its ransomware attack investigations with similar protocols it uses for terrorism cases, according to internal guidance sent to U.S. attorney’s offices reviewed by Reuters.
Why it matters: The new guidance comes in the wake of at least two significant ransomware attacks against major U.S. businesses in roughly a month and as the Biden administration attempts to devise ways to thwart future attacks.
Context: In May, a criminal group breached the Colonial Pipeline, the largest refined products pipeline network in the country.
The attack forced the...",center
4750,FBI Director Compares Ransomware Challenge to 9/11,"['FBI', 'Cybersecurity', 'White House', 'Ransomware', 'Terrorism', '9/11', 'Christopher Wray', 'Wall Street Journal', 'Reuters', 'Defense And Security']",‘There are a lot of parallels’: FBI Director Wray compares ransomware threat to 9/11,New York Post (News),"The FBI is investigating about 100 different types of ransomware, Director Christopher Wray revealed in a new interview, in which he compared the security challenges posed by cyberthreats to the terror threat of 9/11.
Speaking to the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Thursday, the FBI director made the comments in the wake of two recent ransomware attacks that sent meat and gas prices skyrocketing as suppliers were left unable to move their products.",right
4751,States Sue Over Subsidies,['Healthcare'],U.S. states sue to block Trump Obamacare subsidies cut,Reuters,Eighteen U.S. states sued President Donald Trump's administration on Friday to stop him from scrapping a key component of Obamacare,center
4752,States Sue Over Subsidies,['Healthcare'],18 states sue Trump administration over halted Obamacare subsidies,Salon,"The attorneys general for New York, California and over a dozen other states filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration in an effort to block their decision to cut off subsidy payments made to health insurance companies that sell coverage under the Affordable Care Act.",left
4753,States Sue Over Subsidies,['Healthcare'],Democratic AGs sue Trump over ObamaCare subsidy cutoff,Fox News (Online News),Democratic attorneys general from 18 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration Friday after the White House announced it would end payments to health insurers under ObamaCare.,right
4754,Nancy Pelosi Under Fire,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Trump stirs the pot on Nancy Pelosi: 'I certainly hope' Democrats don't force her out,USA TODAY,"After Democrats lost the Georgia special election (and, you know, every other special election this year) there's a lot of talk about whether House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi should step down from her Democratic leadership role.",left
4755,Nancy Pelosi Under Fire,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']","Pelosi's party begins to turn on her after defeats, stagnation",Fox News (Online News),"Democrat Jon Ossoff finished behind Republican Karen Handel in Georgia’s special House election on Tuesday night, but the real loser could turn out to be House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.",right
4756,Nancy Pelosi Under Fire,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']","‘I’m worth the trouble, quite frankly’: A defiant Nancy Pelosi dismisses her critics",Washington Post,House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) confronted her critics — both Republicans and Democrats — on Thursday after Democratic losses in Tuesday’s House special elections brought new scrutiny to her leadership and fresh calls for her to step aside lest she drag down her party’s candidates in the 2018 midterms.,left
4757,US to Share 60 Million AstraZeneca Vaccine Doses With Other Countries,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health', 'India', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden']",US to share AstraZeneca shots with world after safety check,Associated Press,"The U.S. will begin sharing its entire stock of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines with the world once it clears federal safety reviews, the White House said Monday, with as many as 60 million doses expected to be available for export in the coming months.
The move greatly expands on the Biden administration’s action last month to share about 4 million doses of the vaccine with Mexico and Canada. The AstraZeneca vaccine is widely in use around the world but has not yet been authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration....",left
4758,US to Share 60 Million AstraZeneca Vaccine Doses With Other Countries,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health', 'India', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden']",US to share up to 60m vaccine doses amid pressure to lead global virus fight,The Guardian,"The US will share up to 60m doses of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine with other countries, the White House has announced, amid intensifying pressure for it to lead the global fight against the pandemic.
The pledge came as Joe Biden spoke with Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India, which is reportedly running out of Covid-19 vaccines just as a deadly second wave continues to devastate the country.
Hospitals across the capital, Delhi, continued to issue SOS calls over acute oxygen shortages, with eight patients dying in private hospitals on Sunday...",left
4759,US to Share 60 Million AstraZeneca Vaccine Doses With Other Countries,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health', 'India', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden']",U.S. To Give 60 Million Doses Of AstraZeneca Vaccine To Other Countries,The Daily Wire,"The United States government is planning to give 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to countries around the world, The White House announced on Monday.
“The administration is looking at options to share American-made AstraZeneca vaccine doses during the next few months,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said, noting that the U.S. was confident in its supply of other vaccine doses. “Given AstraZeneca is not authorized for use in the United States, we do not need to use AstraZeneca in our fight against Covid over the...",right
4760,Clinton Blasts Fake News,['Media Bias'],Hillary Clinton: fake news puts 'lives at risk',The Guardian,"Hillary Clinton warns that the ‘epidemic’ of fake news can have ‘real world consequences’. In a rare public appearance on Thursday, Clinton alludes to an incident over the weekend in which a man opened fire at Comet Ping Pong after reading a false news story. Clinton speaks during a tribute to departing Senate minority leader Harry Reid",left
4761,Clinton Blasts Fake News,['Media Bias'],Clinton blasts 'epidemic' of fake news,The Hill,"Hillary Clinton on Thursday decried the spread of fake news online, calling it an “epidemic” that Congress should take action against.",center
4762,Clinton Blasts Fake News,['Media Bias'],Clinton decries fake news in first speech since election loss,Fox News (Online News),Hillary Clinton denounced fake news during a speech on Thursday for retiring Nevada Senator Harry Reid.,right
4763,POTUS Defends His Son,['Politics'],Donald Trump Says His Son Is An ‘Innocent’ Victim Of ‘Witch Hunt’,HuffPost,The president’s son has been accused of colluding with Russia.,left
4764,POTUS Defends His Son,['Politics'],"Trump tweets defense of Donald Trump Jr., blasts 'Fake Media'",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Wednesday morning tweeted a full-throated defense of his son, pushing back after the release of a damning email chain between his son and a Russian publicist appeared to show the younger Trump readily accepting help from the Kremlin.",right
4765,POTUS Defends His Son,['Politics'],"Morning After Email Release, Trump Declares Son’s Innocence, Attacks News Media",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Donald Trump defended his son Donald Trump Jr. in early morning tweets that proclaimed his innocence and took aim at the news media, a day after the younger Mr. Trump released documents showing he accepted a meeting to discuss an alleged Russian government offer of help damaging Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.",center
4766,Second Year of Enrollments,['Healthcare'],ObamaCare signups return with improved website but more challenges to the health care law,Fox News (Online News),"The second round of ObamaCare signups begins Saturday with expectations for an improved shopper experience but also facing more challenges from Capitol Hill and in federal court.
President Obama and top administration officials have set a goal of enrolling 3 million Americans and to re-enroll the roughly 7 million people who enrolled in fall 2013.
There are 77 new health insurance providers participating for 2015, a sign they see a business opportunity.
Obama urged consumers, whether they currently buy coverage through the insurance markets or still need to sign up...",right
4767,Second Year of Enrollments,['Healthcare'],HealthCare.gov Opens for Second Year of Enrollments,Wall Street Journal (News),"The second year of health plan sign-ups under the Affordable Care Act kicked off Saturday in a test of health insurance marketplaces that were hobbled by technology problems last year.
The federal site, HealthCare.gov, opened in the early hours of Saturday with a streamlined consumer application that, based on a small batch of early sign-ups, appeared to be avoiding the logjams of the first enrollment season. Most states operating their own exchanges also opened Saturday after rushing last week to finalize fixes and testing. Some showed isolated snags.
A successful...",center
4768,Second Year of Enrollments,['Healthcare'],Second Sign-Up Period For Obamacare Opens With Hopes And Fears,HuffPost,"The second sign-up season under President Barack Obama's health overhaul opened Saturday, with hopes that this time consumers will have a positive experience.
But the fear is that entrenched political opposition and renewed legal challenges may yet collapse the program that's bringing health care to millions of previously uninsured Americans. The administration can't afford another technology meltdown.
With 7 million paying customers in new insurance markets, the Affordable Care Act has shown it is helping to reduce the number of uninsured. Insurers, not known for altruism, have stuck with the...",left
4769,Starbucks to Eliminate Plastic Straws by 2020,['Environment'],‘Significant Milestone’: Starbucks Joins the Anti-Straw Craze,The Daily Caller,Starbucks plans to stop using plastic straws at all of its stores worldwide within the next two years.,right
4770,Starbucks to Eliminate Plastic Straws by 2020,['Environment'],"Starbucks: Goodbye, Plastic Straws",NPR (Online News),"Starbucks announced on Monday it plans to eliminate plastic straws from its 28,000 stores worldwide by 2020.",left
4771,Starbucks to Eliminate Plastic Straws by 2020,['Environment'],"Why Starbucks, Seattle, and Tom Brady are all shunning plastic straws",Vox,Banning plastic straws won’t save the ocean. But we should do it anyway.,left
4772,Romney's Tenure at Bain,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama to Romney: 'We won't be apologizing',Fox News (Online News),"President Obama says he will not apologize for him and his campaign saying the financial company Bain Capital outsourced jobs under Mitt Romneys leadership, despite Romney saying thats not true.",right
4773,Romney's Tenure at Bain,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Team Obama: No retreat on Bain,Politico,"The Romney campaign is hammering the Obama campaign over its accusation that Mitt Romney's work on Bain Capital either involves a lie or a ""felony"", but the Obama campaign spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter doubled down on that attack Sunday.",left
4774,Debt Ceiling Vote,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",John Boehner To Bring Up Clean Debt-Ceiling Vote,HuffPost,"Republican leaders decided Tuesday that the United States must pay its bills and raise its debt limit with no strings attached, but will leave the politically unpopular step mostly to Democrats.",left
4775,Debt Ceiling Vote,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",No debt ceiling crisis? Obama economic adviser sees investment boon.,Christian Science Monitor,"A boost to long-term investment in the US may result, now that Congress appears poised to raise the national debt ceiling without provoking another showdown, says Gene Sperling of Obama's National Economic Council.",center
4776,Debt Ceiling Vote,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Confirmed: Boehner's Debt Limit Plan Raises Spending,Townhall,Speaker John Boehners (R-OH) plan to raise the debt limit increases federal spending every year through 2023.,right
4777,Immigration Showdown in the House,['Immigration'],'Simple Common Sense': Jeh Johnson Defends Executive Action on Immigration,NBC News (Online),Immigration took center stage on Capitol Hill as the legislative bodies reconvened for the final stretch of the Congressional year.,left
4778,Immigration Showdown in the House,['Immigration'],Boehner makes sales pitch to GOP,Politico,Top House Republicans agree on a two-part plan to keep the government from closing in nine days. Now comes the hard part: selling it.,left
4779,Immigration Showdown in the House,['Immigration'],Obama's Executive Amnesty Center Stage at House Hearing Tuesday,Townhall,"Nearly two weeks after President Obama's announcement he will be taking executive action to essentially legalize nearly five million people living illegally inside the United States, the House Judiciary Committee is set to question witnesses about the legality of the move during a hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday.",right
4780,Plan B Rejected,[],"John Boehner's 'Plan B' Fiscal Cliff Proposal Panned By White House, Cautiously Backed By Republicans",NBC News (Online),"WASHINGTON -- Democrats from the White House and beyond panned the new ""Plan B"" proposal of House Speaker John Boehner avoid at least the tax portion of the fiscal cliff, but anti-tax GOP House members sounded cautiously optimistic about the idea of passing a measure that allows tax hikes only on income over $1 million.
Boehner said on Tuesday that he is working up the proposal in the event that he and President Barack Obama are unable to come to a broader agreement by the looming Dec. 31 deadline, after...",left
4781,Plan B Rejected,[],Boehner proposes short-term tax fix; Democrats say no,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN) -- House Speaker John Boehner on Tuesday proposed letting tax rates go up on income above $1 million as a short-term step to avoid some of the fiscal cliff while continuing to negotiate a broader deal with President Barack Obama.
The White House and Democratic leaders immediately rejected Boehner's move, saying the focus of the incremental negotiations should be a comprehensive deficit-reduction agreement.
The back-and-forth in the halls of Congress came two weeks from the end of the year, when au",left
4782,Plan B Rejected,[],White House rejects Boehner 'Plan B' with threat of tax hikes looming,Fox News (Online News),"The White House on Tuesday rejected House Speaker John Boehner's call for a fall-back option to avert the looming fiscal crisis, in a move the speaker's office said ""defies common sense.""
The feisty exchange came as both sides crept toward a possible middle ground in private talks. But underscoring the differences that remain, the White House resisted Boehner's bid to craft a ""Plan B"" just in case those talks fail to yield a compromise before a Jan. 1 deadline -- that's when taxes are set to rise on everyone,...",right
4783,Roe v Wade Fallout: Does Clarence Thomas Want to ‘Reconsider’ Gay Marriage and Contraception Rights?,"['Supreme Court', 'Clarence Thomas', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Abortion', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Birth Control', 'Roe V Wade', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'Samuel Alito', 'Family And Marriage', 'Politics']",Here’s Why Justice Thomas Didn’t Mention Interracial Marriage When He Asked the Court to Rethink Several Cases After Overturning Roe v. Wade,Law & Crime,"A predictable chorus of critics has risen to excoriate Justice Clarence Thomas for — in the chorus’s view — hypocritically excluding a case that established a constitutional right to interracial marriage from a list of constitutional rights Thomas believes should be overturned along with Roe v. Wade (1973).  A very brief sampling of the criticism is included below; the alleged hypocrisy cited by the critics is that Thomas, who is Black, is married to a white woman.  Therefore, according to the critics, Thomas is refusing to jettison a constitutional right he enjoys while simultaneously trouncing the rights enjoyed by others.",center
4784,Roe v Wade Fallout: Does Clarence Thomas Want to ‘Reconsider’ Gay Marriage and Contraception Rights?,"['Supreme Court', 'Clarence Thomas', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Abortion', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Birth Control', 'Roe V Wade', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'Samuel Alito', 'Family And Marriage', 'Politics']",The never-repealed laws banning same-sex marriage & sodomy are now a ticking time bomb,John Gallagher,"The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn a woman’s right to choose is a reminder that state and local penal codes are littered with lots of regulations rendered moot by court rulings. Like a filing cabinet that’s never cleaned out, these dead laws just sit there collecting dust, presumably never to be heard of again.
What the Supreme Court ruling highlights is that laws on the books are never entirely dead. Michigan, West Virginia, and Wisconsin all have old laws on the books banning abortion pre-dating the original Roe v. Wade decision in 1972. The states never...",left
4785,Roe v Wade Fallout: Does Clarence Thomas Want to ‘Reconsider’ Gay Marriage and Contraception Rights?,"['Supreme Court', 'Clarence Thomas', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Abortion', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Birth Control', 'Roe V Wade', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'Samuel Alito', 'Family And Marriage', 'Politics']","No, contraception and same-sex marriage are not on the chopping block",Tiana Lowe,"Within a matter of weeks, roughly half of the 50 states will likely ban or severely restrict abortion. We know this to be true because, for the half-century that Roe v. Wade reigned supreme, every Republican in a safely red state told us so.
Now, the Supreme Court has democratized the abortion question, returning the issue that remained in an effectively 50-50 deadlock for 50 years to the states as the Constitution intended.
The same people who brought us half a decade of apoplectic panic about Russia/Facebook/Republicans directly murdering American democracy are now in, well,...",right
4786,Assessing Climate Risks,['Environment'],White House threat assessment: Climate change as dangerous as terrororism,Washington Times,"President Obama’s new national-security strategy ranks combating climate change as a priority alongside more traditional threats such as terrorism, biological emergencies and nuclear weapons in the hands of rogue states.
The White House released an outline Friday of Mr. Obama’s updated national-security strategy, the administration’s first revision in five years. Along with confronting terrorist groups such as the Islamic State and working to reverse automatic budget cuts for national defense, the administration cited climate change as a top priority.
President Obama",right
4787,Assessing Climate Risks,['Environment'],Obama's National Security Strategy Lists Climate Change Among 'Top Strategic Risks' To U.S.,HuffPost,"The Obama administration's new national security strategy, released Friday, puts a top priority on climate change, calling it ""an urgent and growing threat.""
Climate change, the strategy says, is ""contributing to increased natural disasters, refugee flows, and conflicts over basic resources like food and water.""
The strategy lists climate change as one of eight ""top strategic risks"" to U.S. interests, along with a catastrophic attack on the U.S., threats or attacks against citizens abroad, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
""The present day effects of climate change are...",left
4788,Assessing Climate Risks,['Environment'],U.N. group reports that 2014 was Earth's warmest year,USA TODAY,"Yet another source confirms 2014 was the Earth's warmest year on record.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) this week agreed with NASA, NOAA and the Japanese Meteorological Agency, all of which made their announcements last month.
The WMO, a United Nations agency, reported the average global air temperature in 2014 was 1.03 degrees above the long-term average of 57.2 degrees. That puts 2014 slightly ahead of both 2010 and 2005, the previous warmest two years.
""Analysis of the datasets indicates that 2014 was nominally the warmest on record, although there...",left
4789,New Alzheimer’s Drug Slowed Cognitive Decline 27% in Clinical Trial,"['Healthcare', ""Alzheimer'S"", 'FDA', 'Public Health', 'Health Insurance', 'Medicare']",Alzheimer’s drug shows promise in early results of study,Associated Press,"Shares of Biogen and other drugmakers researching Alzheimer’s disease soared Wednesday after Japan’s Eisai Co. said its potential treatment appeared to slow the fatal disease in a late-stage study.
The drugmaker said early results showed that its treatment, lecanemab, reduced patient clinical decline by 27% when compared to a placebo or fake drug after 18 months of the infused treatment.
Eisai announced results late Tuesday from a global study of nearly 1,800 people with early-stage Alzheimer’s.
Patients were monitored using a scale that measures mental decline and their ability to...",left
4790,New Alzheimer’s Drug Slowed Cognitive Decline 27% in Clinical Trial,"['Healthcare', ""Alzheimer'S"", 'FDA', 'Public Health', 'Health Insurance', 'Medicare']",Another prospect for an Alzheimer's drug renews cost concerns,Axios,"The prospect of an effective new Alzheimer's treatment came roaring back this week with the announcement of preliminary clinical trial data, giving millions of seniors renewed hope after a tumultuous year.
Why it matters: Alzheimer's is a devastating disease, and the topline results boosted analysts' expectations for an entire class of drugs targeting the condition. But they also resurrect enormous questions about who'll cover the costs and how the U.S. will oversee what's likely a multi-billion dollar market.
Driving the news: The success of Eisai and Biogen's clinical trial of...",center
4791,New Alzheimer’s Drug Slowed Cognitive Decline 27% in Clinical Trial,"['Healthcare', ""Alzheimer'S"", 'FDA', 'Public Health', 'Health Insurance', 'Medicare']",New Alzheimer’s drug slows disease in major clinical trial: ‘Blockbuster potential’,New York Post (News),"A new drug can slow the insidious impact of Alzheimer’s disease, a major clinical trial has found.
Patients taking the drug, known as lecanemab, showed a 27% decrease in cognitive decline compared to a control group, according to developers Biogen, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Eisai, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
“Starting as early as six months, across all time points, the treatment showed highly statistically significant changes in [dementia severity] from baseline compared to placebo,” the companies announced.
The news puts lecanemab — which is injected into a patient’s veins...",right
4792,"Hamas Rockets, Israeli Airstrikes Continue for Second Day","['Middle East', 'World', 'Israel', 'Palestine', 'Gaza', 'Hamas', 'Jerusalem', 'Ramadan', 'Islam', 'Judaism', 'Terrorism', 'Protests', 'Police']","Israel, Hamas Trade Deadly Rocket Strikes as Tensions Mount Over Jerusalem",Voice of America,"Israel launched more airstrikes on Gaza early Tuesday, hitting the high-rise home of a Hamas field commander. Militants fired more than 250 missiles at Israel, killing two women, the first Israeli casualties in the current violence.
At least 28 Palestinians, including nine children, have been reported killed in Gaza.
With the Israeli deaths, along with 10 injuries, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said officials have decided to ""increase both the strength and rate of the strikes"" on the Gaza Strip against the militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
""Hamas will receive...",center
4793,"Hamas Rockets, Israeli Airstrikes Continue for Second Day","['Middle East', 'World', 'Israel', 'Palestine', 'Gaza', 'Hamas', 'Jerusalem', 'Ramadan', 'Islam', 'Judaism', 'Terrorism', 'Protests', 'Police']",Gaza militants and children among 26 dead amid Israel and Hamas conflict,Washington Examiner,"Israel killed more than two dozen Gazans during a series of airstrikes launched since sundown on Monday evening.
Israel’s latest strikes, which hit a high-rise home of a Hamas field commander and two border tunnels, occurred as Gaza militants fired more than 250 rockets toward Israel, according to the Associated Press.
Of the 26 people who died, 16 of them were militants and at least nine were children, Gazan health officials said. Seven of the deaths were of a single family, including three children, who died in an explosion, though...",right
4794,"Hamas Rockets, Israeli Airstrikes Continue for Second Day","['Middle East', 'World', 'Israel', 'Palestine', 'Gaza', 'Hamas', 'Jerusalem', 'Ramadan', 'Islam', 'Judaism', 'Terrorism', 'Protests', 'Police']",Rockets kill 2 Israelis; 28 die in Gaza as Israel hits Hamas,Associated Press Fact Check,"A confrontation between Israel and Hamas sparked by weeks of tensions in contested Jerusalem escalated Tuesday as Israel unleashed new airstrikes on Gaza while militants barraged southern Israel with hundreds of rockets. The exchange killed a number of militants and civilians in Gaza and at least two Israelis.
The barrage of rockets from the Gaza Strip and airstrikes into the territory continued almost nonstop throughout the day, in what appeared to be some of the most intense fighting between Israel and Hamas since their 2014 war. The fire was so...",left
4795,Trump Says He's Taking Hydroxychloroquine to Fend Off Virus,"['Hydroxychloroquine', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Healthcare']",Trump Says He Has Been Taking Unproven Drug to Ward Off Covid-19,New York Times (News),"Trump says he has been taking hydroxychloroquine, a drug whose effectiveness against the virus is unproven.
President Trump said Monday that he has been taking hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug whose effectiveness against the coronavirus is unproven, for about a week and a half as a preventive measure, saying he had no symptoms of Covid-19.
“All I can tell you is, so far I seem to be OK,” he said, explaining that he takes a daily pill.
The Food and Drug Administration issued a safety warning in April about hydroxychloroquine...",left
4796,Trump Says He's Taking Hydroxychloroquine to Fend Off Virus,"['Hydroxychloroquine', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Healthcare']","Trump says he's taking hydroxychloroquine, the drug he touted as coronavirus treatment, despite FDA warnings",USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump said Monday he is taking hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug that he's repeatedly touted as a treatment for coronavirus, despite warnings about its effectiveness.
""I happen to be taking it,"" Trump said during a roundtable discussion with restaurant executives at the White House. ""I hope to not be able to take it soon, you know, because I hope that they come up with some answer. But I think people should be allowed to.""
The Food and Drug Administration has cautioned against the use of hydroxychloroquine or...",left
4797,Trump Says He's Taking Hydroxychloroquine to Fend Off Virus,"['Hydroxychloroquine', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Healthcare']",Trump says he's been taking hydroxychloroquine for a 'couple of weeks' to prevent coronavirus,Washington Examiner,"President Trump said he is taking hydroxychloroquine, a drug he's repeatedly touted as a therapeutic for the coronavirus.
Speaking at a roundtable discussion with restaurant executives and industry leaders at the White House on Monday, Trump told reporters he was taking the drug to protect against COVID-19.
""A lot of good things have come out. And you'd be surprised at how many people are taking it, especially the front-line workers, before you catch it. The front-line workers — many, many are taking it. I happen to be taking it,"" he...",right
4798,Fact Checking Benghazi,"['White House', 'Politics']","Benghazi Attack, Revisited",FactCheck.org,"President Obama says the May 8 House hearing on Benghazi and subsequent reporting about it produced no new information. Thats largely the case, but the president misrepresented some facts at his May 13 press conference in dismissing the House investigation as a “political circus.",center
4799,Fact Checking Benghazi,"['White House', 'Politics']",Fact-checking claims about the attacks in Benghazi,PolitiFact,"House Republicans held hearings last week on the 2012 attacks on a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya. That's renewed a war of words between members of Congress and President Barack Obama.",left
4800,Storms Create Clean Water Crisis in Texas,"['Disaster', 'Water And Oceans', 'Texas Blackouts', 'Energy', 'Sustainability', 'General News']","Prison inmates, hospital workers and college students struggle without heat and water",The Texas Tribune,"Texans of color earning low incomes bore some of the heaviest weight of this week’s power outages as the inequities drawn into the state’s urban centers were exacerbated in crisis. Some residents escaped to nearby hotels, but those who could never afford that option watched the food in their refrigerators — and the precious dollars spent on it — spoil in front of them.
“When you didn’t invest in the whole community equally, then you're going to see the disparity when we get into situations like this,” said Jill Ramirez,...",left
4801,Storms Create Clean Water Crisis in Texas,"['Disaster', 'Water And Oceans', 'Texas Blackouts', 'Energy', 'Sustainability', 'General News']",Lights come back on in Texas as water woes rise in the South,Associated Press,"Many of the millions of Texans who lost power for days after a deadly winter blast overwhelmed the electric grid now have it back, but the crisis was far from over in parts of the South, with many people lacking safe drinking water.
Nearly 185,000 homes and businesses remained without power in Texas according to poweroutage.us early Friday, down from about 3 million two days earlier, though utility officials said limited rolling blackouts were still possible.
The storms also left more than 335,000 from Virginia to Louisiana without power and...",left
4802,Storms Create Clean Water Crisis in Texas,"['Disaster', 'Water And Oceans', 'Texas Blackouts', 'Energy', 'Sustainability', 'General News']",Abbott Asks Legislature to “Winterize” Generators for Texas Power System,The Texan,"Governor Greg Abbott put new priorities relating to energy reform on the table for the Texas legislature today as the freeze problem evolves from a lack of power to a lack of water.
“We have already begun the process to make sure that events like this never again happen in Texas, and that starts with reforming the agency in charge of electrical reliability in Texas, which is the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT),” Abbott said.
“ERCOT’s annual winter assessment… assured the public that there would be enough power to...",right
4803,Remembering Our Veterans - Veterans Day 2019,"['Veterans Day', 'Holidays', 'General News']","On Veterans Day, 8 unforgettable photos of Americans returning from war",Washington Post,"There’s pride, joy and relief in their faces.
In 1962, an aging Gen. Douglas MacArthur delivered a final speech to the corps of cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He was nearing the end of his of life, and he knew it.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace,” he said, “for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
For Veterans Day, here are some historical photos of Americans who served celebrating the end of war and coming home.
(Alta...",left
4804,Remembering Our Veterans - Veterans Day 2019,"['Veterans Day', 'Holidays', 'General News']",Remembering The 1st Veterans Memorialized By Veterans Day,NPR (Online News),"In the United Kingdom, Veterans Day is celebrated with red paper poppies pinned to lapels in remembrance of those who served in World War I. The practice caught on after the bloody battlefields of France bloomed with red poppies following the war. Every year British people wear these red flower pins for about a month leading up to Nov. 11, and buying one of these paper flowers funds veterans groups. The U.K. memorializes the end of World War I with purpose and style.
Veterans Day began as a commemoration of...",left
4805,Remembering Our Veterans - Veterans Day 2019,"['Veterans Day', 'Holidays', 'General News']",Lt. Gen. John Kelly on Veteran’s Day 2010: A speech for the ages,Washington Examiner,"Marine Lt. Gen. John F. Kelly, who would later become President Trump's White House chief of staff, had every reason to express devastation when he delivered a Veterans Day address to the Semper Fi Society of St. Louis in Missouri on Nov. 13, 2010. Kelly’s son, Marine 1st Lt. Robert Kelly, had died four days earlier, killed by a buried improvised explosive device as he crossed an irrigation ditch in Afghanistan’s Sangin District, in restive Helmand Province.
A consummate warrior, Kelly did not succumb to his grief but rallied the...",right
4806,Hillary and the Russian Uranium Deal,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Hillary Clinton under fire for foreign donations, link to Russia uranium deal",Washington Times,"The White House struggled Thursday to fend off a barrage of questions about foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation during the tenure of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, including reports of donations linked to a deal that helped Russia nearly corner the world uranium market with State Department approval.",right
4807,Hillary and the Russian Uranium Deal,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal,New York Times (News),"The headline on the website Pravda trumpeted President Vladimir V. Putin’s latest coup, its nationalistic fervor recalling an era when its precursor served as the official mouthpiece of the Kremlin: “Russian Nuclear Energy Conquers the World.”",left
4808,Hillary and the Russian Uranium Deal,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton Faces Bad Headlines And More Questions Of Scandal,NPR (Online News),"The House Select Committee on Benghazi announced plans to call Hillary Clinton to testify next month, right around the time her campaign was reportedly going to shift into high gear with a mid-May campaign kickoff speech.",left
4809,Apple Unveils New Products,['Technology'],Larger iPhones and smartwatch unveiled,Fox News (Online News),"For the first time in years, Apple's iPhones aren't the star of the show. Apple unveiled a smartwatch called the Apple Watch on Tuesday, a wearable device that marks the company's first major entry in a new product category since the iPad's debut in 2010.
The move is significant because of recent questions about whether Apple still has a knack for innovating following the 2011 death of co-founder Steve Jobs.
The device's introduction upstaged the company's two new, larger iPhones, which won't just have bigger screens; they'll have a new,...",right
4810,Apple Unveils New Products,['Technology'],"Apple releases Apple Watch, new supersized iPhones with payment system",Washington Post,"Apple released its much-anticipated smartwatch Tuesday, the first new device for the company since its founder Steve Jobs died in 2011.
Called Apple Watch, the device, besides telling time, will have broad applications, the company pledged. It will be able to unlock doors to hotel rooms at Starwood hotels next year. Users can check into airlines, get directions as well as accomplish some basic tasks that are familiar to smartphone users, such as send out tweets, reply to messages and answer and make phone calls. The price starts at $349;...",left
4811,Apple Unveils New Products,['Technology'],Privacy in spotlight as Apple unveils new products,Politico,"Apple’s splashy new iPhone and AppleWatch rollout was all about big screens and wearable technology, but the new products face serious questions regarding the privacy and security of people’s personal health records.
The company on Tuesday sought to redefine the market for “wearables” — devices that people use to track their fitness and health, and whose technology could ultimately become an integral and profitable part of the U.S. health care system. But exactly what happens to that data is open to question.",left
4812,Minneapolis Schools Introduce Race-Based Layoff Policy,"['Anti-Racism', 'Education', 'Employment', 'Minneapolis', 'Public Schools', 'Race And Racism', 'Teachers Unions', 'Woke Culture', 'Culture War']",Minnesota Public Schools Changes Rules To Lay Off White Teachers Before Minorities,Washington Free Beacon,"Minnesota Public Schools reached an agreement with its teachers' union to institute a policy that will discriminate against white teachers during layoffs, according to a report from Alpha News.
The agreement, which the union reached in March following a two-week strike, upends the seniority-based layoff system under which teachers who have been employed the least amount of time are the first to be fired. Under the new rules, if a minority teacher is set to be laid off, the district will instead fire the next least senior teacher who is white.
""If [laying...",right
4813,Minneapolis Schools Introduce Race-Based Layoff Policy,"['Anti-Racism', 'Education', 'Employment', 'Minneapolis', 'Public Schools', 'Race And Racism', 'Teachers Unions', 'Woke Culture', 'Culture War']",Minneapolis Teachers Outraged after Union Contract Suggests Race-Based Layoff Agreement,The Root,"After a two-week long strike, the Minneapolis teachers union and Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) finally came to an agreement. However, it came with a caveat. In regards to layoffs, the new contract suggests white teachers would be considered before teachers of color, per ABC 4 News. You can imagine the outrage that announcement sparked.
In an effort to revise how the district hires and retains teachers of color, the new contract states that teachers will be subject to layoffs or job changes in “order of seniority,” unless the teacher is part of an “underrepresented group.” The Minnesota Reformer reported...",left
4814,Minneapolis Schools Introduce Race-Based Layoff Policy,"['Anti-Racism', 'Education', 'Employment', 'Minneapolis', 'Public Schools', 'Race And Racism', 'Teachers Unions', 'Woke Culture', 'Culture War']",Report: Minneapolis teachers union contract structures layoffs by race,The Center Square - Minnesota,"A Minneapolis Public Schools' contract with a teachers union says that white teachers will be laid off or reassigned outside of seniority order before “educators of color” if Minneapolis Public Schools needs to reduce staff.
The clause was part of the deal struck by the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers and MPS on March 25 to end a 14-day teacher strike affecting 29,000 students.
Alpha News reported the story and a partial screenshot of a contract.
“Past discrimination by the District disproportionately impacted the hiring of underrepresented teachers in the District, as compared to the...",center
4815,Obama Calls for Nuclear Cuts,[],Obama renews push for nuclear arms cuts in Berlin speech,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama renewed his push for a reduction in the world's nuclear stockpiles during a wide-ranging speech in Berlin on Wednesday, claiming the U.S. could continue to maintain a strong deterrent while ultimately striving toward eliminating nuclear weapons.",right
4816,Obama Calls for Nuclear Cuts,[],"Obama calls for reducing U.S., Russian nukes",CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama followed in the footsteps of past U.S. leaders with a speech on Wednesday at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate, where he said he would ask Russia to join the United States in slashing its supply of strategic nuclear warheads.",left
4817,Obama Calls for Nuclear Cuts,[],"In Berlin, Obama calls for dramatic nuclear cuts",Politico,President Barack Obama called Wednesday for “peace with justice” as he proposed reducing U.S. nuclear arsenals by as much as one-third in a wide-ranging call for action delivered on the eastern side of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate.,left
4818,Final 2012 Debate Watch,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Presidential debate: 5 things to watch Monday,Politico,The greatest show on earth meets for one last time tonight in the Sunshine State.,left
4819,Final 2012 Debate Watch,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama, Romney look for foreign policy edge in final debate",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama and Mitt Romney were spending the final hours before their third and final debate -- a potentially decisive bout that will focus on foreign policy -- studying hard, as new polling reinforces the view that Romney's surge out of their first debate has made the race too close to call.",right
4820,Final 2012 Debate Watch,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",5 things to watch in tonight's debate,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney meet Monday night in the last of their three debates, this one focused on foreign policy.",left
4821,William Weld Announces GOP Challenge To President Trump,"['Election 2020', 'William Weld', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bill Weld: Trump to face 2020 Republican challenge,BBC News,"US President Donald Trump is facing a longshot challenge from within his own party ahead of next year's White House election.
Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has become the first Republican to challenge Mr Trump in 2020.
Mr Weld, 73, has released a campaign video contrasting his style with the current president's.
But he faces an uphill battle to take over a Republican party that has been refashioned in Mr Trump's image.
Mr Weld was governor of Massachusetts from 1991-97 after serving in the justice department under President Ronald Reagan....",center
4822,William Weld Announces GOP Challenge To President Trump,"['Election 2020', 'William Weld', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",William Weld: Trump Needs Someone to Challenge His Stances,Newsmax (News),"It's important to have somebody who will ""put the president to his proofs"" and to challenge him on his stances, former two-term Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, who has announced his primary challenge against President Donald Trump, said Tuesday.
""You ask him some questions, like, why do you think it's good to insult our military allies, why do you praise dictators?"" Weld told MSNBC's ""Morning Joe."" ""Is it because you wish the United States was more dictatorial? I'm afraid that might be the case. Why are you so angry about everything...",right
4823,William Weld Announces GOP Challenge To President Trump,"['Election 2020', 'William Weld', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump Gets His First Official GOP Challenger With Bill Weld Announcement,HuffPost,"Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld officially entered the 2020 Republican presidential primary on Monday, giving Donald Trump the first serious intra-party challenge to a sitting president since Pat Buchanan ran against George H.W. Bush a quarter-century ago.
“I really think if we have six more years of the same stuff we’ve had out of the White House the last two years, that would be a political tragedy and I would fear for the republic,” Weld said during an appearance on CNN. “I would be ashamed of myself if I didn’t...",left
4824,Another Immigration Flip?,['Immigration'],Mike Pence Defends Donald Trump’s Immigration Stance as ‘Consistent’ on Principles,Wall Street Journal (News),"Mike Pence defended Republican running mate Donald Trump’s immigration position as consistent but responsive to practical considerations, a stance campaign manager Kellyanne Conway described as a softening in “approach” as opposed to policy, in separate television appearances Sunday.",center
4825,Another Immigration Flip?,['Immigration'],Trump Goes Back To Original Immigration Position With Second 180 Flip,HuffPost,"Donald Trump’s experiment with “softening” his immigration policy came to a dramatic end Saturday in a fairgrounds livestock pavilion, with the Republican presidential nominee promising deportations within an hour of his inauguration.
“We are going to rid of the criminals, and it’s going to happen within one hour after I take office,” he said. “We will move justly, but we will move fast. Believe me.”",left
4826,Another Immigration Flip?,['Immigration'],GOP VP nominee Mike Pence: ‘Nothing has changed’ in Donald Trump’s illegal immigration agenda,Washington Times,"Republican vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence said Sunday that nothing has changed about Donald Trump’s position on illegal immigration, as the campaign moved to tamp down criticism that the presidential nominee is flip-flopping on the signature issue of his run.",right
4827,"McConnell Criticizes RNC Over Jan. 6 Censures, Calls the Riot a 'Violent Insurrection'","['Republican Party', 'Mitch McConnell', 'RNC', 'Liz Cheney', 'Adam Kinzinger', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6 Committee', 'Politics']","McConnell rebukes RNC, calls Jan. 6 ‘violent insurrection’",Associated Press Fact Check,"Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is criticizing the Republican National Committee for censuring two House GOP lawmakers investigating the “violent insurrection” on Jan. 6, 2021, saying it’s not the party’s job to police the views of lawmakers.
As former President Donald Trump has downplayed the attack by his supporters last year — the worst attack against the Capitol in two centuries — the RNC last week took a voice vote to approve censuring Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois at the party’s winter meeting in Salt Lake City....",left
4828,"McConnell Criticizes RNC Over Jan. 6 Censures, Calls the Riot a 'Violent Insurrection'","['Republican Party', 'Mitch McConnell', 'RNC', 'Liz Cheney', 'Adam Kinzinger', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6 Committee', 'Politics']","McConnell: It is ""not the job"" of the RNC to single out GOP lawmakers",Axios,"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that it is ""not the job"" of the Republican National Committee to single out Republican members who disagree with the party.
Driving the news: ""The issue is whether or not the RNC should be singling out members of our party who may have different views from the majority. That's not the job of the RNC,"" McConnell said in response to the committee's censure of Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.).
""Traditionally, the view of the national party committee is that we...",center
4829,"McConnell Criticizes RNC Over Jan. 6 Censures, Calls the Riot a 'Violent Insurrection'","['Republican Party', 'Mitch McConnell', 'RNC', 'Liz Cheney', 'Adam Kinzinger', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6 Committee', 'Politics']","Mitch McConnell slams RNC for Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger censure",New York Post (News),"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) broke with the Republican National Committee Tuesday over its decision to censure GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for sitting on the House Select Committee tasked with investigating last year’s Capitol riot.
McConnell told reporters at the Capitol that he felt the RNC had no business “singling out members of our party who may have different views from the majority.
“That’s not the job of the RNC,” the Kentucky Republican added.
The censure resolution passed by voice vote at the RNC’s winter meeting in Salt...",right
4830,Bitcoin Prices Fall After China Bans Cryptocurrency Transactions,"['China', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Bitcoin', 'Banking And Finance', 'Business', 'Markets', 'Economy And Jobs', 'World']",China Cracks Down Harder on Cryptocurrency With New Ban,New York Times (News),"China intensified its crackdown on cryptocurrency on Friday, declaring all financial transactions involving cryptocurrencies illegal and issuing a nationwide ban on cryptocurrency mining, the power-hungry process in which vast computer networks compete for newly created crypto tokens.
Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, dropped as much as 7 percent, to around $41,100, on the news, but recovered somewhat as the day went on.",left
4831,Bitcoin Prices Fall After China Bans Cryptocurrency Transactions,"['China', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Bitcoin', 'Banking And Finance', 'Business', 'Markets', 'Economy And Jobs', 'World']","China’s central bank says all cryptocurrency-related activities are illegal, vows harsh crackdown",CNBC,"China’s central bank renewed its tough talk on bitcoin Friday, calling all digital currency activities illegal and vowing to crack down on the market.
In a Q&A posted to its website, the People’s Bank of China said services offering trading, order matching, token issuance and derivatives for virtual currencies are strictly prohibited. Overseas crypto exchanges providing services in mainland China are also illegal, the PBOC said.
“Overseas virtual currency exchanges that use the internet to offer services to domestic residents is also considered illegal financial activity,” the central bank said, according to...",center
4832,Bitcoin Prices Fall After China Bans Cryptocurrency Transactions,"['China', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Bitcoin', 'Banking And Finance', 'Business', 'Markets', 'Economy And Jobs', 'World']",Bitcoin spirals as China declares crypto transactions illegal,Washington Examiner,"China has declared all cryptocurrency transactions illegal, a move that comes amid an intensifying crackdown by the Chinese government.
The People’s Bank of China said on Friday that the move was done to ensure national security and stability, but the decision comes after several other regulatory changes in recent months that China hopes will cut down on its competition with the digital tokens.",right
4833,Trade Deficit Hits Decade-High,['Trade'],Trade deficit reaches 10-year high despite Trump's tariffs and tough talk,Washington Examiner,"The U.S. trade deficit rose to a 10-year high in October, the Commerce Department said Thursday, despite a raft of tariffs that President Trump has instituted with the stated purpose of narrowing the",right
4834,Trade Deficit Hits Decade-High,['Trade'],Record imports push US trade gap to $55.5 billion in October,Associated Press,Record imports in October drove the U.S. trade deficit to the highest level in a decade. The Commerce Department said Thursday that the gap between the United States sells and what it buys,left
4835,Trade Deficit Hits Decade-High,['Trade'],Remember when Trump said he’d fix the trade deficit? It just rose again.,ThinkProgress,"He promised he would negotiate, ""fair trade, smart trade, I even like to say brilliant trade.""",left
4836,More On NSA Revelations,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",A turning point in the political debate over surveillance,Washington Post,"There has been lots of reporting on the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs in recent months.
But the most politically significant moment might well have been Barton Gellman’s revelation late Thursday that the NSA in recent years has committed thousands of privacy violations — per year.",left
4837,More On NSA Revelations,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Analysis: NSA revelations undermine government's assurances of privacy,CNN (Online News),"First the Obama administration and the intelligence community said there was no program gathering Americans' data. Then they said the government was only gathering focused bits of data and only on foreign targets.
Then they admitted intelligence operatives were gathering large amounts of data but not accessing it unless a court first gave the OK.
Now it appears there are thousands of times each year when the data of Americans not suspected of having anything to do with terrorism are gathered.",left
4838,More On NSA Revelations,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Obama faces Dem backlash over latest NSA revelations,Fox News (Online News),"The Obama administration faced a backlash from congressional Democrats on Friday following revelations that the National Security Agency broke privacy rules and overstepped its authority thousands of times since 2008.
The details were reported late Thursday in The Washington Post, based on an audit and other secret documents provided by NSA leaker Edward Snowden. The report challenged claims by President Obama just last week that the NSA was not abusing its authority, and complicated his effort to reassure Americans and Congress that -- with a little more oversight and...",right
4839,Saudi Arabia Retaliates Against Canada for Criticizing Human Rights Violations,['Middle East'],Saudi Arabia Is a Brutal Human-Rights Violator — and Trump Appreciates That,New York Magazine,"It wasn’t so long ago that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia was doing the rounds of various American muckety-mucks in business, politics, and pop culture.",left
4840,Saudi Arabia Retaliates Against Canada for Criticizing Human Rights Violations,['Middle East'],"U.S. staying out of Saudi-Canada spat, but aware of human rights concerns",Washington Times,"The State Department sought for a second day to avoid inflaming a spiraling diplomatic row between Saudi Arabia and Canada Tuesday, calling on both sides to sort out their differences over a delicate human rights dispute.",right
4841,Saudi Arabia Retaliates Against Canada for Criticizing Human Rights Violations,['Middle East'],"Canada PM says will press Saudi Arabia on rights, offers olive branch",Reuters,"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday said he would keep pressing Saudi Arabia on civil liberties amid a major diplomatic dispute but also offered an apparent olive branch, saying the kingdom had made some progress on human rights.",center
4842,ISIS Kills Aid Worker,['Middle East'],Lawmakers condemn 'barbaric' killing of American aid worker held by ISIS,Fox News (Online News),"Administration officials and lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday condemned the killing of Kayla Jean Mueller -- a 26-year-old American aid worker who had been held hostage by Islamic State militants -- calling it a “barbaric” act and “an unspeakably ugly insult to the civilized world.”
“ISIL, and ISIL alone, is the reason Kayla is gone,” Secretary of State John Kerry said in a written statement. “Like our friends in Jordan, our resolve is unshaken to defeat this vile and unspeakably ugly insult to the civilized world and to defeat...",right
4843,ISIS Kills Aid Worker,['Middle East'],U.S. Confirms Death of American Hostage Kayla Mueller,Wall Street Journal (News),"Kayla Jean Mueller, the last American hostage known to be held by Islamic State extremists, was confirmed dead by her relatives and the White House on Tuesday.
Ms. Mueller’s parents said they received confirmation of her death, but they didn’t provide further details of the circumstances. The Islamic State extremist group said she was killed in a Jordanian airstrike in Syria, but U.S. and Jordanian officials have been skeptical of the claim. Last Friday, her family said they believed she could still be alive and had asked her captors to...",center
4844,ISIS Kills Aid Worker,['Middle East'],Kayla Mueller's Parents Say They Have Been Notified Of Her Death,HuffPost,"The parents of an American woman held by the Islamic State group said in a statement on Tuesday that they have been notified of her death.
The White House said Kayla Jean Mueller's family received a message from her captors over the weekend, which was authenticated by the U.S. intelligence community, the Associated Press reports.
On Friday, the Islamic State group released a statement claiming Mueller had been killed in a Jordanian airstrike in Raqqa, Syria. The Jordanian government said later that it was ""hig",left
4845,Is the US Training Ukrainian Soldiers in Poland?,"['World', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security', 'Joe Biden']",Top US general publicly contradicts controversial statement Biden made about American troops in Poland,The Blaze,"Gen. Tod Wolters, commander of United States European Command, publicly contradicted President Joe Biden on Tuesday.
Biden sowed international confusion last week when he appeared to tell soldiers with the 82nd Airborne that they were headed to Ukraine.
""You’re going to see when you’re there, and some of you have been there, you’re gonna see — you’re gonna see women, young people standing in the middle in front of a damned tank just saying, ‘I’m not leaving, I’m holding my ground,’"" Biden said.
The White House was forced to clarify Biden's comments,...",right
4846,Is the US Training Ukrainian Soldiers in Poland?,"['World', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security', 'Joe Biden']",US troops in Poland are training Ukrainians on how to use weapons sent by the West,CNN (Online News),"US troops in Poland have been providing Ukrainians with some instruction on how to use the weapons the West has been shipping into Ukraine, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.
President Joe Biden said on Monday that US troops stationed in Poland have been ""helping train the Ukrainian troops"" in that country. The troops were deployed there to help bolster NATO's eastern flank amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The training is another way in which the US has aided the Ukrainian military while attempting to not directly engage Russian forces, which would potentially touch...",left
4847,Is the US Training Ukrainian Soldiers in Poland?,"['World', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security', 'Joe Biden']","U.S. liaising with Ukrainian forces in Poland, Pentagon says",Reuters,"The Pentagon on Tuesday clarified that U.S. troops in Poland were ""liaising"" with Ukrainian forces as they hand over weapons to them, but were not training ""in the classic sense"" following remarks from President Joe Biden on the matter.
On Monday, Biden told reporters that while in Poland last week, he had been talking to U.S. troops who were helping ""train"" Ukrainian forces in Poland.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters that U.S. troops in Poland were ""liaising"" with Ukrainian forces when weapons are handed over to the forces fighting...",center
4848,"Watchdog Group Sues Trump, Kushner and White House to Preserve Records","['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Jared Kushner', 'Government Watchdogs', 'Us History', 'Politics']","Government watchdog sues Trump, Kushner and WH to prevent records being destroyed",Axios,"A government watchdog group filed a lawsuit against President Trump, his son-in-law Jared Kushner and the White House on Tuesday to prevent them from destroying records during his remaining time in office.
Why it matters: The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and other groups allege in their suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, that Trump and his administration are violating the Presidential Records Act by failing to properly preserve records of official government business.
Driving the news: The groups are calling...",center
4849,"Watchdog Group Sues Trump, Kushner and White House to Preserve Records","['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Jared Kushner', 'Government Watchdogs', 'Us History', 'Politics']","Trump, Kushner, White House sued by watchdog to prevent illegal deletion of official emails, WhatsApp messages",The Hill,"A government watchdog group is suing President Trump, his son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner, and the White House to prevent the deletion of official emails and WhatsApp messages before they can be archived.
The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), among other plaintiffs, filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The lawsuit accuses the president and the White House of violating the Presidential Records Act (PRA) by not correctly preserving records of official government business.",center
4850,"Watchdog Group Sues Trump, Kushner and White House to Preserve Records","['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Jared Kushner', 'Government Watchdogs', 'Us History', 'Politics']",Watchdog and historical groups sue White House over preserving records,CBS News (Online),"A coalition of historical and government watchdog groups are suing the White House and President Trump over concerns that records from his presidency will be lost or destroyed in violation of federal law.
The lawsuit from the National Security Archive, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, American Historical Association and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington seeks to prevent Mr. Trump from destroying any records during his final weeks in office.",left
4851,Fauci Testifies Before House Committee on Trump Admin Virus Response,"['US House', 'US Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Coronavirus']","Fauci on Trump's testing claim: 'We're going to be doing more testing, not less'",CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN) - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, told lawmakers Tuesday that the US will be increasing coronavirus testing, saying, ""we're going to be doing more testing, not less,"" in response to President Donald Trump's recent claim that he asked to slow down testing during the pandemic.
Fauci's remarks came during a hearing convened by the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic, where he and other government officials are testifying as witnesses.
LIVE UPDATES: Fauci, Redfield testify...",left
4852,Fauci Testifies Before House Committee on Trump Admin Virus Response,"['US House', 'US Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Coronavirus']","Fauci hopeful for a vaccine by late 2020, early 2021",Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s top infectious disease expert said Tuesday he is cautiously optimistic that there will be a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year or early 2021, but warned that the next few weeks will be critical to tamping down coronavirus hot spots around the country.
Dr. Anthony Fauci and other top health officials also said they have not been asked to slow down testing for coronavirus, an issue that became controversial after President Donald Trump said last weekend that he had asked them to do...",left
4853,Fauci Testifies Before House Committee on Trump Admin Virus Response,"['US House', 'US Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Coronavirus']",COVID-19 task force: Trump never ordered us to slow down testing,Washington Times,"President Trump never ordered his coronavirus task force to slow down testing for the pathogen, key members told Congress on Tuesday.
“None of us have ever been told to slow down on testing. That just is a fact,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
“It’s the opposite, we’re going to be doing more testing, not less,” Dr. Fauci said.",right
4854,Trump: COVID-19 Vaccine Developments Getting 'Political',"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Polarization', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump']",Donald Trump: FDA Move to Toughen Coronavirus Vaccine Approval Standards ‘a Political Move’,Breitbart News,"President Donald Trump reacted to the news that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering updating the standards for a coronavirus vaccine.
“That sounds like a political move,” Trump said during the White House press briefing on Wednesday, noting that their updated guidance would only lengthen the time that a coronavirus vaccine could be released to the public.",right
4855,Trump: COVID-19 Vaccine Developments Getting 'Political',"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Polarization', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump']",Trump Accuses FDA Of Playing Politics With COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines,NPR (Online News),"President Trump on Wednesday decried reported health agency efforts to issue stricter guidelines for evaluating a vaccine against COVID-19, accusing the Food and Drug Administration of playing politics.
Trump was apparently reacting to a Tuesday report in the New York Times that said the agency will soon move to tighten requirements for emergency authorization of any coronavirus vaccine to better ensure its safety and effectiveness.
""That has to be approved by the White House. We may or may not approve it. That sounds like a political move,"" Trump said during...",left
4856,Trump: COVID-19 Vaccine Developments Getting 'Political',"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Polarization', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump']",F.D.A. to Release Stricter Guidelines for Emergency Vaccine Authorization,New York Times (News),"The Food and Drug Administration plans to soon issue stricter guidelines for the emergency authorization of any new coronavirus vaccine, adding a new layer of caution to the vetting process even as President Trump continues to contradict his own scientific experts and promise that a vaccine will be available as early as next month.
The guidelines, which may be formally released as early as this week if approved by the White House, would lay out more specific criteria for clinical trial data and recommend that the data be vetted by...",left
4857,3.2 Million More Americans File For Jobless Benefits,"['Coronavirus', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Reopening Business', 'Reopening America', 'Economy And Jobs']",3.2 Million Workers Filed Unemployment Claims Last Week,Wall Street Journal (News),"Last week 3.2 million workers filed unemployment claims, easing from the peak since the coronavirus triggered U.S. shutdowns but marking the seventh week of record applications.
Nearly 33.5 million applications for unemployment benefits have been filed since mid-March, according to the Labor Department, in the seven weeks since authorities widely began ordering businesses to close to combat the spread of the virus. Prior to March, fewer than 700,000 claims were filed weekly in records back to 1967.
Applications filed for the week ended May 2, were the fewest since the...",center
4858,3.2 Million More Americans File For Jobless Benefits,"['Coronavirus', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Reopening Business', 'Reopening America', 'Economy And Jobs']","Jobless claims total 3.2M, down from historic highs but still extreme",Washington Examiner,"The number of workers claiming unemployment benefits increased by 3.2 million last week, according to the Labor Department.
Economists had expected 3.1 million new jobless claims.
The number of weekly jobless claims dropped in every state last week except Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, and New Mexico. The territory of Puerto Rico also saw an increase in jobless claims.
Thursday's number is roughly half of the historic 6.9 million claims made during the week ending March 28, but the number is still extremely high by historical standards. Prior to the coronavirus,...",right
4859,3.2 Million More Americans File For Jobless Benefits,"['Coronavirus', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Reopening Business', 'Reopening America', 'Economy And Jobs']",Weekly unemployment claims rise by 3.2M as states move to reopen,Politico,"The number of Americans losing jobs to the coronavirus pandemic continued last week to climb steeply, the Labor Department reported Thursday, with 3.2 million new unemployment claims filed.
The latest figure, which covers the week ending May 2, puts job losses over the past seven weeks at nearly 33.5 million, prompting many economists to suggest that unemployment now stands higher than in most Americans' lifetimes.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday will release its more precise estimate of the April unemployment rate as part of its monthly jobs report....",left
4860,Kellyanne Conway Leaving the White House,"['Kellyanne Conway', 'Resignation', 'George Conway', 'Lincoln Project', 'White House', 'Politics']","Kellyanne Conway, Long-Serving Trump Aide, Is Leaving the White House",New York Times (News),"Ms. Conway said she was stepping away from her role as the president’s counselor to spend more time with her four teenage children.
Kellyanne Conway, President Trump’s counselor and one of his longest-serving and most visible aides, said on Sunday night that she planned to leave the White House next week.
In a statement posted on Twitter, Ms. Conway said she was stepping away from a demanding job to spend more time with her four teenage children. “This is completely my choice and my voice,” she said. “In time, I...",left
4861,Kellyanne Conway Leaving the White House,"['Kellyanne Conway', 'Resignation', 'George Conway', 'Lincoln Project', 'White House', 'Politics']",'Gratefully & humbly': Kellyanne Conway leaving White House,Washington Examiner,"Presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway, who served as President Trump's final campaign manager during the 2016 election that carried him to victory, announced Sunday evening that she'll be leaving her White House post at the end of this month.
Her conservative lawyer husband, George Conway, who is a frequent critic of the president, simultaneously announced on social media that he will be stepping back from his position at the Lincoln Project, an entity consisting of anti-Trump Republicans and independents.
Both said they want to focus on their family. The couple have...",right
4862,Kellyanne Conway Leaving the White House,"['Kellyanne Conway', 'Resignation', 'George Conway', 'Lincoln Project', 'White House', 'Politics']",Top Trump aide Kellyanne Conway to leave White House,Associated Press,"Kellyanne Conway, one of President Donald Trump’s most influential and longest serving advisers, announced Sunday that she would be leaving the White House at the end of the month.
Conway, Trump’s campaign manager during the stretch run of the 2016 race, was the first woman to successfully steer a White House bid, then became a senior counselor to the president. She informed Trump of her decision in the Oval Office.
Conway cited a need to spend time with her four children in a resignation letter she posted Sunday night. Her...",left
4863,Global Markets Tumble,['Banking And Finance'],"Chinese Stock Plunge Forces a Trading Halt, and Global Markets Shudder",New York Times (News),"The market turmoil in China spread around the world, as global investors grew more anxious about the country’s currency and the health of its economy.",left
4864,Global Markets Tumble,['Banking And Finance'],Global Markets Tumble on China Volatility,Wall Street Journal (News),"Steep falls in Chinese equities pummeled global markets on Thursday, as widening concerns over the world’s No. 2 economy pushed investors out of stocks, oil and metals, intensifying markets’ turbulent start to the year.",center
4865,Global Markets Tumble,['Banking And Finance'],U.S. Stock Futures Plunge as China Volatility Hammers Global Stocks,Fox News (Online News),"Fears over China’s growth and currency devaluation ricocheted through global markets on Thursday, sending U.S. stock futures tumbling ahead of the opening bell.",right
4866,Key Clean Energy Program Likely to Be Cut From Budget Bill,"['Energy', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Federal Budget', 'Economic Policy', 'Joe Manchin', 'Clean Energy']",Joe Manchin demands climate provisions stripped from budget bill,New York Post (News),"West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin offered a lump of coal to his fellow Democrats after he demanded $150 billion in clean-energy initiatives be removed from a budget bill currently making its way through the Senate.
Senate sources confirmed to The Post that Manchin was “dug in” on climate issues.
“As a path forward there are two choices, compromise in some form or fashion or eliminate the climate aspect from reconciliation and work on it thereafter,” said one senior insider in the chamber.
Manchin has already expressed cost reservations about the...",right
4867,Key Clean Energy Program Likely to Be Cut From Budget Bill,"['Energy', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Federal Budget', 'Economic Policy', 'Joe Manchin', 'Clean Energy']",Joe Manchin's objections to a clean energy program threaten Biden's climate promises,NPR (Online News),"President Biden had promised to halve U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by 2030, but an essential tool the administration planned to use to achieve that goal now appears out of reach.
The New York Times reported Friday that Sen. Joe Manchin, a conservative West Virginia Democrat, has indicated to the White House that he opposes the key climate measure in Biden's multitrillion-dollar climate and social programs package.
The president needs the support of all 50 Democratic senators in order to pass the measure through a process known as reconciliation.
The program in...",left
4868,Key Clean Energy Program Likely to Be Cut From Budget Bill,"['Energy', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Federal Budget', 'Economic Policy', 'Joe Manchin', 'Clean Energy']",Clean energy program likely to be dropped because of Manchin's objections,NBC News (Online),"The Clean Energy Performance Program, the linchpin of President Biden’s proposed climate change legislation, is likely to be dropped from the Democrats’ spending bill because of opposition from Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., multiple sources have told NBC News.
The sources say that the program will most likely be removed from the massive spending package known as the “reconciliation bill” that Democrats plan without Republican support, but that negotiations are ongoing and that no final decision has been made.
The $150 billion program, known as the CEPP, is the most sweeping...",left
4869,Video Supporting Joe Biden Sexual Assault Allegations Surfaces,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Democratic Primary', 'Tara Reade', 'Video', 'Joe Biden']",New Evidence Supports Credibility of Tara Reade's Allegation Against Biden,The Intercept,"A NEW PIECE of evidence has emerged buttressing the credibility of Tara Reade’s claim that she told her mother about allegations of sexual harassment and assault related to her former boss, then-Sen. Joe Biden. Biden, through a spokesperson, has denied the allegations. Reade has claimed to various media outlets, including The Intercept, that she told her mother, a close friend, and her brother about both the harassment and, to varying degrees of detail, the assault at the time. Her brother, Collin Moulton, and her friend, who has asked to remain...",left
4870,Video Supporting Joe Biden Sexual Assault Allegations Surfaces,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Democratic Primary', 'Tara Reade', 'Video', 'Joe Biden']","Republicans hit Democrats, media after development in Biden sexual assault claim",Fox News (Online News),"Republicans are ripping into Democrats and media outlets for what they allege is silence over the latest development in the sexual assault allegation against presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden -- after video emerged that appears to show accuser Tara Reade’s mother referring to the alleged assault on TV in 1993.
“Joe Biden isn’t sheltering in place in his basement bunker because of the pandemic, he’s hiding from Tara Reade,” Donald Trump Jr. tweeted Friday.",right
4871,Video Supporting Joe Biden Sexual Assault Allegations Surfaces,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Democratic Primary', 'Tara Reade', 'Video', 'Joe Biden']",Biden's accuser says mother called into 'Larry King Live' in 1993 for advice after alleged sexual assault,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)Newly surfaced video from 1993 appears to feature the mother of Tara Reade, a woman who accused presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden of sexual assault, calling into a cable TV show to seek advice around the time of the alleged assault.
In a ""Larry King Live"" segment that aired on August 11, 1993, on CNN, an unnamed woman calls in to the show with her location identified on the screen as San Luis Obispo, California. The show was about the cutthroat nature of Washington, DC, politics and media.",left
4872,Saturday Primaries in 5 States,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Viewer's guide to Saturday's scattered voting,USA TODAY,"Saturday's presidential nominating contests have a sense of ""day after the big party"" leftovers. There are some broken pretzels, that strange Jello mold your cousin brought that nobody ate and, somehow, magically, a half rack of ribs that never got out of the fridge.
The contests are also oddly scattered around. While Super Tuesday had a concentrated swath of contests for both parties across the South that were closely watched, Spotty Saturday has",left
4873,Saturday Primaries in 5 States,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Expected wins for Clinton, Trump rivals in big Saturday balloting, but will it be enough?",Fox News (Online News),"Polling and caucus sites opened Saturday morning in five states in which rivals to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will try to slow the Democratic and Republican front-runners' march to their respective party’s presidential nomination.
Republicans are caucusing in Kansas, Kentucky and Maine, while Democrats are caucusing in Kansas and Nebraska. Republicans and Democrats also are voting Saturda",right
4874,Saturday Primaries in 5 States,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Voters Head to Primaries and Caucuses in 5 States,New York Times (News),"The hunt for delegates picks back up on “Super Saturday” as voters head to primaries and caucuses across five states and Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton try to extend their leads in the Republican and Democratic presidential races.
The elections — in Kansas, Louisiana, Maine and Kentucky for Republicans, and Kansas, Louisiana and Nebraska for Democrats — fall between l",left
4875,"As Students Return to Class, Public Confidence in Schools Falters","['Education', 'Schools', 'Public Schools', 'Polarization']",Americans' Satisfaction With K-12 Education on Low Side,Gallup," Americans have become less content in recent years with the quality of the nation's K-12 education. The 42% who say they are satisfied today is the lowest measured in the past two decades by one percentage point and the second-lowest reading in Gallup's 23-year trend. Americans' satisfaction with schools was at a near-record high of 51% in 2019 before dropping slightly each year since.
At the same time, parents of children attending kindergarten through grade 12 remain largely content with their oldest child's education. The 80% who are completely or...",center
4876,"As Students Return to Class, Public Confidence in Schools Falters","['Education', 'Schools', 'Public Schools', 'Polarization']",Trust in teachers is plunging amid a culture war in education,Washington Post,"Americans are losing faith in their schoolteachers.
New polling suggests that fierce debates over what educators should be allowed to do and say in classrooms, an ascendant parents’ rights movement seeking control of what children learn at school, recent criticism of teachers from conservative lawmakers and news outlets and the lingering aftershocks from the pandemic have all sapped public confidence in the teaching profession.
In January, a Gallup poll found that Americans’ belief in grade-school teachers’ honesty had dropped to an all-time low, with 64 percent of adults reporting they believe...",left
4877,"As Students Return to Class, Public Confidence in Schools Falters","['Education', 'Schools', 'Public Schools', 'Polarization']",American Adults’ Satisfaction With K-12 Public Education at 20-Year Low: Poll,The Epoch Times,"Nearly every one in four American adults are not at all satisfied with the state of their nation’s K-12 public education, a new poll says.
The latest Gallup poll, released Sept. 1, reports that just 42 percent of respondents said they’re at least somewhat satisfied with the quality of education offered at K-12 public schools in the United States, marking the lowest reading since 2000 (36 percent).
At the same time, 23 percent of respondents said they are “completely dissatisfied,” and 32 percent are “somewhat dissatisfied.”
The sentiment is much more positive when...",right
4878,Kyle Rittenhouse Found Not Guilty on All Charges,"['Criminal Justice', 'Kyle Rittenhouse', 'Violence In America', 'Justice', 'Kenosha']",Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty on all counts after shooting dead two people during Kenosha unrest,The Guardian,"A jury on Friday found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on charges related to his shooting dead two people at an anti-racism protest and injuring a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year, after a tumultuous trial that gripped America.
Rittenhouse killed Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, when he shot them with an assault rifle as he roamed the streets of Kenosha with other self-described militia during protests in August 2020, after a white police officer shot a Black man, Jacob Blake, in the back.
The trial was seen as...",left
4879,Kyle Rittenhouse Found Not Guilty on All Charges,"['Criminal Justice', 'Kyle Rittenhouse', 'Violence In America', 'Justice', 'Kenosha']",Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty on all counts,Axios,"A jury on Friday found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all five counts in the 2020 fatal shooting of two men in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Driving the news: Defense lawyers argued Rittenhouse acted in self-defense when he shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and injured Gaige Grosskreutz, in Kenosha in August 2020.
The charges included:
First-degree intentional homicide
First-degree reckless homicide
Attempted first-degree intentional homicide
Two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety
Rittenhouse initially faced six counts, but the presiding judge dismissed the possession of a dangerous weapon by a minor charge ahead...",center
4880,Kyle Rittenhouse Found Not Guilty on All Charges,"['Criminal Justice', 'Kyle Rittenhouse', 'Violence In America', 'Justice', 'Kenosha']",Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty on all counts in Kenosha trial,Fox News (Online News),"Jurors in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Friday declared Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all counts, capping off an intense trial surrounding the deadly unrest in that city last summer. 
Rittenhouse, 18, would have faced a mandatory life sentence if found guilty and convicted of first-degree intentional homicide.
The verdict came on the fourth day of deliberations and 15th day of the trial.
Local officers, media and protesters were seen positioned around the Kenosha County Courthouse Friday.
Rittenhouse was facing charges of first-degree reckless homicide, first-degree intentional homicide, attempted first-degree intentional homicide and two counts of first-degree recklessly...",right
4881,Manchin Backs Ketanji Brown Jackson Nomination,"['Supreme Court', 'US Senate', 'Joe Manchin', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Politics', 'Democratic Party']","Sen. Joe Manchin will vote for Supreme Court pick Ketanji Brown Jackson, boosting her confirmation chances",CNBC,"Sen. Joe Manchin said Friday that he will vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the next Supreme Court justice, all but ensuring she will become the first Black woman to sit on the top U.S. court.
“After meeting with her, considering her record, and closely monitoring her testimony and questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week, I have determined I intend to vote for her nomination to serve on the Supreme Court,” the West Virginia Democrat said in a statement.",center
4882,Manchin Backs Ketanji Brown Jackson Nomination,"['Supreme Court', 'US Senate', 'Joe Manchin', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Politics', 'Democratic Party']",Manchin backs Biden Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson,Fox News (Online News),"Sen. Joe Manchin Friday said that he will support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court, as the nominee inches closer to confirmation. 
""After meeting with her, considering her record, and closely monitoring her testimony and questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week, I have determined I intend to vote for her nomination to serve on the Supreme Court,"" Manchin, D-W.Va., said in a Friday statement. 
""Her wide array of experiences in varying sectors of our judicial system have provided Judge Jackson a unique perspective that will serve her well on our...",right
4883,Manchin Backs Ketanji Brown Jackson Nomination,"['Supreme Court', 'US Senate', 'Joe Manchin', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Politics', 'Democratic Party']",Manchin says he will support Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson,NPR (Online News),"Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin announced Friday that he will vote for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be confirmed to the Supreme Court, clearing the way to an all-but-certain confirmation.
The West Virginia Democrat has become a pivotal vote in the evenly divided Senate, as he often sides with Republicans, and his opposition could have blocked Jackson from becoming the first Black woman to sit on the bench.",left
4884,GOP Votes to Silence Warren,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",GOP votes to silence Elizabeth Warren for attacks on AG nominee Jeff Sessions,Washington Times,"Fed up with what they said were out-of-bounds Democratic attacks on President Trump’s attorney general nominee, Republicans struck back Tuesday night, voting to silence Sen. Elizabeth Warren for inappropriate behavior on the floor of the Senate.",right
4885,GOP Votes to Silence Warren,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","McConnell Cuts Off Elizabeth Warren For Criticizing Sessions, Senate GOP Silences Her",HuffPost,Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) rose on Tuesday and objected to a speech Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) was giving in opposition to the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) as attorney general.,left
4886,GOP Votes to Silence Warren,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate votes to shut up Elizabeth Warren,Politico,"The Senate voted late Tuesday to tell Sen. Elizabeth Warren to sit down — and shut up. Almost instantly, social media propelled the episode into a national storyline.",left
4887,Iowa Caucus Today,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Democrats, Republicans in tight races as Iowans prepare to caucus",Fox News (Online News),"As Iowans prepare to cast the first votes in the presidential nominating process Monday, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders hoped to defy the polls and pull off upset victories in Monday night's caucuses.",right
4888,Iowa Caucus Today,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Insiders: Trump and Clinton will carry Iowa,Politico,"When The POLITICO Caucus debuted in mid-February of last year, a majority of Iowans said Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker would win the caucuses if they were held then. Now, nearly a year later, roughly the same number — 60 percent — see Donald Trump as the winner when the votes are counted Monday night.",left
4889,Iowa Caucus Today,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",5 Things That Could Define the 2016 Iowa Caucuses,ABC News (Online),"The 2016 Iowa caucuses have all the makings of an historic night for Democrats and Republicans, with a real possibility the current two frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump could be beaten in what remains a very close race.",left
4890,Can Biden Improve Relations With Saudi Arabia During Middle East Trip?,"['Autocracy', 'Biden Administration', 'Democracy', 'Foreign Policy', 'Israel', 'Joe Biden', 'Middle East', 'Saudi Arabia', 'United Arab Emirates']",Biden’s Saudi Arabia Opportunity,Politico,"The U.S.-Saudi relationship has lately endured some of the worst tensions in its history. But President Joe Biden’s first visit to the Middle East next month, with stops in Israel and Saudi Arabia, offers a surprising opportunity — if both sides will take it.
A wide range of issues have stoked disagreement and mistrust between the longtime partners: Iran nuclear talks, the war in Yemen, the Saudi posture on U.S. rivals Russia and China, human rights (including the murder of Jamal Khashoggi), social reform in the Kingdom, oil production and...",left
4891,Can Biden Improve Relations With Saudi Arabia During Middle East Trip?,"['Autocracy', 'Biden Administration', 'Democracy', 'Foreign Policy', 'Israel', 'Joe Biden', 'Middle East', 'Saudi Arabia', 'United Arab Emirates']",Joe Biden is right to go to Saudi Arabia,Financial Times,"Tariffs are wrong. The US should continue its role as security guarantor of the free world. Truth is objective and not relative or “constructed”.
That is a far from exhaustive list of the epiphanies that some progressives waited until the Donald Trump years to have. The former US president’s underrated gift to politics was, at least on some issues, a better, harder-headed left.
Saudi Arabia wasn’t one of them. Here, the itch to oppose Trump, who courted the kingdom, boxed the left into a position of impractical righteousness. Joe Biden...",center
4892,Can Biden Improve Relations With Saudi Arabia During Middle East Trip?,"['Autocracy', 'Biden Administration', 'Democracy', 'Foreign Policy', 'Israel', 'Joe Biden', 'Middle East', 'Saudi Arabia', 'United Arab Emirates']",President Biden’s Saudi Arabia Flip Flop,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"The White House confirmed Tuesday that President Biden will travel to Saudi Arabia next month, though the left was already criticizing the trip before it was formally announced. While his trip makes strategic and economic sense, it would be less embarrassing now if Mr. Biden had been more realistic about the world from day one.
Mr. Biden came into office bowing to the left’s disdain for Riyadh without appreciating the strategic need for Arab allies in the Gulf. As a candidate hevowedto make Saudi Arabia “pay the price and make them,...",right
4893,New Benghazi Hearings,['Terrorism'],Obama administration response blasted at Benghazi hearing,CNN (Online News),"Top Republicans and witnesses ripped the Obama administration's response to last year's deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, calling key executive branch officials unresponsive in the critical hours after the assault and uncooperative in the investigations that followed.
Our goal ""is to get answers because their families (of the victims) deserve answers,"" said California Rep. Darrell Issa, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, which heard from State Department ""whistleblowers"" at a hearing on Wednesday.",left
4894,New Benghazi Hearings,['Terrorism'],"Line Went Dead as Ambassador Said, ‘We’re Under Attack’",New York Times (News),"A State Department official presented a minute-by-minute account on Wednesday of what happened during the seige of the diplomatic compound in Benghazi last Sept. 11, offering the first public testimony from an American official who was on the ground in Libya that night.",left
4895,New Benghazi Hearings,['Terrorism'],Latest on Benghazi: Whistleblowers give Congress blow-by-blow account of deadly diplomatic attack,Washington Times,"Former Secretary of State Hilary R. Clinton was the only person empowered by law to authorize the occupation of U.S. diplomatic facilities in Libya before the deadly terror attacks there last year, because the buildings did not meet State Department security standards, a House hearing heard Wednesday.
SPECIAL COVERAGE: Benghazi Attack Under Microscope
“Its my understanding only the secretary of state could waive those requirements, said Eric Nordstrom, who was regional security officer for the embassy in Libya until a few months before the attack.
Read more:
...",right
4896,"Biden Says Era of ‘America First’ Diplomacy is Over, Declares Trans-Atlantic Alliance Is 'Back'","['Foreign Policy', 'Foreign Affairs', 'World', 'NATO', 'Joe Biden']",Biden warns European allies that 'democratic progress is under assault',The Hill,"President Biden on Friday warned that “democratic progress is under assault” in the United States and Europe as he pledged support for the transatlantic alliance and called on countries to work together to address shared challenges.
“We’re at an inflection point between those who argue that, given all of the challenges we face, from the fourth industrial revolution to a global pandemic, that autocracy is the best way forward, they argue, and those who understand that democracy is essential, essential to meeting those challenges,” Biden said in remarks from the...",center
4897,"Biden Says Era of ‘America First’ Diplomacy is Over, Declares Trans-Atlantic Alliance Is 'Back'","['Foreign Policy', 'Foreign Affairs', 'World', 'NATO', 'Joe Biden']","‘America First’ Diplomacy Is Over, Biden Tells G-7 Summit",The Daily Wire,"President Biden told leaders at the G-7 summit on Friday,the same day the U.S. reentered the Paris Agreement, that the days of “America First” diplomacy championed by former President Trump were over, according toThe New York Times.
As The New York Post, which cited Biden’s intent to declare on Friday that the “America First” era was over, noted, “Biden has swiftly dismantled Trump’s foreign policy agenda, which saw the U.S. withdraw from the World Health Organization, the Paris Agreement and the Iran nuclear deal, which Trump believed were against the...",right
4898,"Biden Says Era of ‘America First’ Diplomacy is Over, Declares Trans-Atlantic Alliance Is 'Back'","['Foreign Policy', 'Foreign Affairs', 'World', 'NATO', 'Joe Biden']",Biden declares the era of Trump-style ‘America First’ diplomacy over.,New York Times (News),"For anyone looking for evidence that boasts about “America First” — and the need for America to go-it-alone — are over, President Biden’s speech to the Munich Security Conference was meant as an opening argument.
“America is back, the trans-Atlantic alliance is back,” Mr. Biden declared. Trying to expunge the last four years without ever once naming his predecessor, Donald J. Trump, Mr. Biden said “we are not looking backward.”
And then he went on to offer a 15-minute ode to the power of alliances.
He talked about an America...",left
4899,Trump Gets Jeers and Cheers at UFC Event in NYC,"['Donald Trump', 'Protest', 'Media Bias']",Trump gets deluge of boos upon entering MSG prior to UFC 244,The Hill,"President Trump was welcomed into Madison Square Garden on Saturday night with heavy booing from the crowd.
Trump, who was also met with some cheers, was at the arena to watch the main fight of UFC 244.
It was the second time in six days the president has been heavily booed during a public appearance.
Last Sunday, Trump was in attendance for Game 5 of the World Series in Washington. When he was recognized on the scoreboard, he was met with loud rejection.",center
4900,Trump Gets Jeers and Cheers at UFC Event in NYC,"['Donald Trump', 'Protest', 'Media Bias']","TRUMP BEING BOOED AT UFC 244 EVENT A SURPRISE, SAYS POLITICAL SCIENTIST: 'THIS SHOULD BE HIS CROWD'",Newsweek,"President Donald Trump received heavy booing on Saturday night as he attended an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event in New York City.
Though some cheered upon the president's arrival into Madison Square Garden for UFC 244—who entered alongside his two sons, some high-ranking Republicans, UFC President Dana White and a handful of Secret Service agents—boos dominated from the sell-out crowd, according to videos shared on social media.
A small anti-Trump protest was also staged outside the arena—New York's most storied venue that lies in the heart of the city that...",center
4901,Trump Gets Jeers and Cheers at UFC Event in NYC,"['Donald Trump', 'Protest', 'Media Bias']",More cheers than boos greet President Trump at UFC 244 at MSG,New York Post (News),"President Trump can catch a break at arena sporting events.
Some two dozen angry protesters armed with bright orange anti-Trump signs were stationed outside Madison Square Garden on Saturday night as President Trump arrived at the arena for UFC 244 — but there were twice as many fans happy to see the commander in chief.
Trump, who traveled with Reps. Kevin McCarthy, the House Minority Leader, and Mark Meadows, (R-NC), touched down at John F. Kennedy Airport at 8:05 p.m.",right
4902,Perspectives: The Pursuit of Clean Energy,"['Sustainability', 'Energy', 'Environment', 'Clean Energy']",The dark side of ‘green energy’ and its threat to the nation’s environment,Deseret News,"Wind farms and massive arrays of solar panels are cropping up across public and private landscapes both in the United States and abroad as users increasingly turn to “green energy” as their preferred flavor of electricity.
President Joe Biden, in fact, has directed the Interior Department to identify suitable places to host 20 gigawatts of new energy from sun, wind or geothermal resources by 2024 as part of a sweeping effort to move away from a carbon-based economy and electrical grid.
But how green is green?
Although countries are feverishly...",center
4903,Perspectives: The Pursuit of Clean Energy,"['Sustainability', 'Energy', 'Environment', 'Clean Energy']",The world isn't moving fast enough on clean energy,CNN (Opinion),"The global race to net-zero emissions has begun. But the world has much further to run.
The European Union, Japan, the UK and many other major world economies have set ambitious goals to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. China, the world's biggest emitter, is aiming to be carbon neutral before 2060. And US President Joe Biden announced the nation's return to the Paris Agreement and is putting the fight against climate change at the heart of his administration's goals.
These announcements must now be backed up by equally ambitious actions...",left
4904,Perspectives: The Pursuit of Clean Energy,"['Sustainability', 'Energy', 'Environment', 'Clean Energy']",Localizing the green energy revolution,The Hill,"As President Biden continues to roll out executive orders prioritizing climate change, it is increasingly clear that there will be a relatively rapid U.S. shift toward renewable energy from the sun, wind and other sources.
Indeed, many states are already pushing ahead with ambitious renewable and clean energy policies. These policies will reduce air pollution, spur extensive economic development in rural areas and make progress on the climate front.
This “revolution,” as Biden calls it, is critical. But the bulk of renewables that have been built in the...",center
4905,Utah and the Presidential Election,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Morality and politics: The story of Utah's Mormons in 2016,CNN (Online News),"Utah Republican State Sen. Dan Thatcher sees the 2016 election in dire terms.
""It's like choosing between getting shot or poisoned,"" he said in a back hall of the Utah State Capitol building. ""We know that Hillary Clinton is the worst,",left
4906,Utah and the Presidential Election,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",McMentum? New Utah poll has Trump ahead but McMullin at 20 percent,HotAir,You’re asking yourself “who cares?” and I have no good answer except that we need some suspense on election night and Utah might be our best shot.,right
4907,Utah and the Presidential Election,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",‘Excitement is growing’ for Trump opponents who sense that Utah could break Republican streak,,Recent polls showing Utah may be up for grabs in the presidential race seem to have infused a new sense of enthusiasm in the campaigns trying to deny Donald Trump a victory in the Beehive State.,center
4908,Jeb Cuts Campaign Budget,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Jeb Bush says he is making campaign 'adjustment',USA TODAY,"Jeb Bush says he's not reducing his presidential campaign, he is simply refocusing it with an eye toward the early caucus and primary states.
""We've made an adjustment in our campaign,"" Bush said Saturday before conducting a town hall in the pivotal state of South Carolina. ""That's what leaders do.""
Stumping the Palmetto State a day after his campaign announced staff reductions and pay cuts, Bush dismissed critics who said the changes reflect a struggling campaign that is losing ground to any number of rivals.
""Blah, blah, blah,"" Bush said....",left
4909,Jeb Cuts Campaign Budget,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']","Bush slashes campaign budget, refocuses on key primary states",Fox News (Online News),"Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush is slashing his campaign budget with across-the-board pay cuts and other changes, overhauling an operation that started as a political juggernaut but now may need to stay lean to survive.
The one-time GOP front-runner has seen his political momentum undercut by outsider candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson, who now lead in most polls, relegating the former Florida governor to the middle of the pack.
In a bid to recalibrate its strategy and operations, the Bush campaign plans to cut its budget by...",right
4910,Jeb Cuts Campaign Budget,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']","Bush Cuts Costs, Carson Eclipses Trump in Iowa and G.O.P. Frets",New York Times (News),"A beleaguered Jeb Bush slashed his campaign spending. Donald J. Trump lost his lead in Iowa. And a surging Ben Carson galvanized his support among social conservatives.
With Hillary Rodham Clinton emerging as the unrivaled leader in the Democratic contest, the unruly Republican presidential field suddenly seemed to lack a center of political gravity on Friday, leaving party strategists and voters to fear a long nomination fight that could end with a damaged standard-bearer facing a more unified left.",left
4911,45 Senate Republicans Vote to Reject Trump Trial as Unconstitutional,"['Impeachment', 'Senate GOP', 'Rand Paul', 'Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']",Senate Republicans unite behind failed effort to challenge Trump impeachment trial,Reuters,"Forty-five Senate Republicans backed a failed effort on Tuesday to halt former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, in a show of party unity that some cited as a clear sign he will not be convicted of inciting insurrection at the Capitol.
Republican Senator Rand Paul made a motion on the Senate floor that would have required the chamber to vote on whether Trump’s trial in February violates the U.S. Constitution.
The Democratic-led Senate blocked the motion in a 55-45 vote. But only five Republican lawmakers joined Democrats to reject the...",center
4912,45 Senate Republicans Vote to Reject Trump Trial as Unconstitutional,"['Impeachment', 'Senate GOP', 'Rand Paul', 'Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']",Rand Paul calls impeachment 'dead on arrival' after most Republicans signal that trial is unconstitutional,CNN (Online News),"The Senate tabled an effort by Sen. Rand Paul Tuesday to force a vote on the constitutionality of former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, but the vote offered an indicator for how Republican senators -- who overwhelmingly voted for Paul's measure -- feel about the trial.
Paul's motion was killed on a 55-45 vote, with five Republicans joining all Democrats, meaning 45 Republicans voted for Paul's effort. Republican Sens. Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania...",left
4913,45 Senate Republicans Vote to Reject Trump Trial as Unconstitutional,"['Impeachment', 'Senate GOP', 'Rand Paul', 'Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']",Impeachment Is 'Dead on Arrival': 45 Republicans Vote to Reject Trump Trial as Unconstitutional,CBN,"Senate Democrats voted on Tuesday to proceed with impeachment, rejecting a Republican attempt to block their Trump trial. But even though they won the vote, it's actually good news for the former president.
That's because 45 senators just voted to declare the impeachment effort unconstitutional. In other words, there don't appear to be enough votes to actually impeach Trump when the trial begins the week of Feb. 8.
Democrats accuse former President Trump of “incitement of insurrection”. House Democrats quickly voted without holding any hearings to impeach Trump on a...",right
4914,Akin Stays In,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Ignoring Deadline to Quit, G.O.P. Senate Candidate Defies His Party Leaders",New York Times (News),"Representative Todd Akin on Tuesday ignored a deadline to abandon Missouris Senate race and vowed to remain the Republican nominee in defiance of his partys leaders, including the presidential standard-bearer, Mitt Romney.",left
4915,Akin Stays In,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Update: Akin Vows Again To Stay In Missouri Senate Race,NPR (Online News),"Saying that the positions he and others have taken against abortion will ""strengthen our country and it's going to strengthen the Republican Party,"" Missouri Rep. Todd Akin said just before 1:30 p.m. ET that he will not withdraw from his state's Senate race by a 6 p.m. ET deadline this evening.",left
4916,Akin Stays In,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Rep. Akin stays in race as deadline passes, resists wall of GOP pressure",Fox News (Online News),"Missouri Rep. Todd Akin resisted a united front of Republican Party pressure Tuesday to drop his Senate bid following controversial comments on rape, as Mitt Romney and other party power brokers isolated him amid concern he'd hurt Republicans' chances of winning control of the Senate.",right
4917,What Role Did Border Patrol Agents Have in Killing the Uvalde School Shooter?,"['Border Patrol', 'CBP', 'Crime', 'Criminal Justice', 'Gun Violence', 'Mass Shootings', 'Local Governments', 'Police', 'Schools', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America']",Border Patrol Agents Killed the Uvalde School Shooter. But Why Were They on the Scene?,Texas Monthly,"When Border Patrol radios crackled with a request for aid from local Uvalde police on Tuesday, it was nothing out of the ordinary. Agents often act as first responders to emergencies in their communities. The alert on Tuesday, however, was horrific: a gunman had entered Robb Elementary School.
Customs and Border Protection agents were among the first to respond to the mass shooting, in which at least nineteen children and two teachers were killed. That response speaks to the outsized role CBP has in small towns near the border, like...",center
4918,What Role Did Border Patrol Agents Have in Killing the Uvalde School Shooter?,"['Border Patrol', 'CBP', 'Crime', 'Criminal Justice', 'Gun Violence', 'Mass Shootings', 'Local Governments', 'Police', 'Schools', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America']",Border Patrol Agents Are Now Both Heroes and Villains in the Texas Shooting,Vice,"In the chaotic hours after an 18-year-old gunman went on a rampage at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 young children and two teachers, a narrative emerged about a heroic Border Patrol agent who stopped the massacre before it got any worse.
The agent, initial reports said, was off-duty and hurried to the scene of the shooting, then charged in without waiting for backup and single-handedly took out the gunman, who’d barricaded himself inside a classroom. The purported act of selflessness and courage was a balm for an otherwise unthinkable tragedy—at...",left
4919,What Role Did Border Patrol Agents Have in Killing the Uvalde School Shooter?,"['Border Patrol', 'CBP', 'Crime', 'Criminal Justice', 'Gun Violence', 'Mass Shootings', 'Local Governments', 'Police', 'Schools', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America']","Border Patrol Agent Helps Rescue Daughter, Dozens More From Texas School",Newsmax (News),"A quick-thinking, off-duty, Border Patrol officer, armed with his barber's shotgun, helped rescue dozens of children and his daughter during the nightmarish shooting at the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school.
The New York Times reported that Jacob Albarado was getting his hair cut when his wife Trisha, who teaches fourth grade at Robb Elementary, sent him an urgent text message.
""There's an active shooter,"" she wrote. ""Help."" And she added: ""I love you.""
As he got ready to run out, his barber loaned him a shotgun. Albarado then sped off to the...",right
4920,Perspectives: The Safety and Practicality of COVID-19 Vaccine Development,"['Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']",2nd COVID-19 vaccine trial paused over unexplained illness,Associated Press,"A late-stage study of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate has been paused while the company investigates whether a study participant’s “unexplained illness” is related to the shot.
The company said in a statement Monday evening that illnesses, accidents and other so-called adverse events “are an expected part of any clinical study, especially large studies,” but that its physicians and a safety monitoring panel would try to determine what might have caused the illness.
The pause is at least the second such hold to occur among several vaccines that have...",left
4921,Perspectives: The Safety and Practicality of COVID-19 Vaccine Development,"['Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']","Vaccine development process is safe, claims of the contrary are baseless",Multiple Writers - Lean Right,"All of our lives have been drastically impacted by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic — and we know all of us are eager to return to the way things were before the pandemic began. However, that simply won’t be possible without a safe, effective vaccine. Fortunately, due to the strength of American innovation and unprecedented public-private partnerships, a COVID-19 vaccine is on the horizon. We, as the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and a physician on the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, have...",right
4922,Perspectives: The Safety and Practicality of COVID-19 Vaccine Development,"['Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']",Rushing a Covid-19 Vaccine Is a Terrible Idea,Bloomberg,"The coronavirus pandemic has upended lives and disrupted the global economy. The sooner we can get a vaccine, the sooner we have a chance at returning to normal. That doesn’t mean we should needlessly rush it.
Vaccine development and approval normally takes several years, but it has been squeezed into a period of less than year. In Donald Trump’s America, that’s not soon enough -- but there is a way to speed things up even further. The Food and Drug Administration, as the gatekeeper for any new medicine coming to...",left
4923,Bipartisan Support Builds for Banning 'No-Knock' Police Warrants,"['Bridging Divides', 'Polarization', 'Police Reform', 'Police Brutality', 'Domestic Policy', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Rand Paul', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Rand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants,The Hill,"Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) introduced legislation on Thursday to end no-knock warrants, a measure that has bipartisan backing as lawmakers debate broader police reforms.
Paul's legislation, titled the Justice for Breonna Taylor Act, would prohibit federal law enforcement from carrying out a warrant ""until after the officer provides notice of his or her authority and purpose.""
It would also apply to state and local law enforcement that receive funding from the Justice Department.
“After talking with Breonna Taylor’s family, I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s long past time to...",center
4924,Bipartisan Support Builds for Banning 'No-Knock' Police Warrants,"['Bridging Divides', 'Polarization', 'Police Reform', 'Police Brutality', 'Domestic Policy', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Rand Paul', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",'Justice for Breonna Taylor Act': Rand Paul introduces bill banning no-knock warrants,Washington Examiner,"GOP Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul introduced a bill that would prevent police officers from forcibly entering homes without announcing their presence or purpose for entering.
On Thursday, Paul, a Republican, introduced the ""Justice for Breonna Taylor Act,"" a two-page long bill that would effectively ban no-knock warrants.
“After talking with Breonna Taylor’s family, I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s long past time to get rid of no-knock warrants. This bill will effectively end no-knock raids in the United States,” Paul said in a statement on Thursday.
The bill draft...",right
4925,Bipartisan Support Builds for Banning 'No-Knock' Police Warrants,"['Bridging Divides', 'Polarization', 'Police Reform', 'Police Brutality', 'Domestic Policy', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Rand Paul', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Rand Paul introduces bill to end the type of warrant involved in Breonna Taylor's death,CNN (Online News),"Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul introduced a bill on Thursday to ban no-knock warrants -- the type of warrant that ultimately led to the wrongful shooting death of Breonna Taylor, one of multiple black people who died as a result of excessive police force, prompting protests nationwide.
The Justice for Breonna Taylor Act bans federal law enforcement officers from carrying out a warrant ""until after the officer provides notice of his or her authority and purpose"" and blocks state and local law enforcement agencies that receive Justice Department funding from carrying...",left
4926,"Trump Expected to Issue Commutations, Pardons Before Term Ends","['Donald Trump', 'Pardons', 'Presidential Pardons']","Trump, in wave of Tuesday pardons, so far not planning to pardon himself: source",Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump at this point is opting not to issue a pardon for himself as he prepares an expansive list of more than 100 pardons and commutations for release on Tuesday, a source familiar with the effort said.
White House advisers have said Trump has privately debated with advisers whether to take the extraordinary step of issuing a pardon for himself but some administration officials have cautioned Trump against a self-pardon because it would make him look guilty.
Many scholars have said a self-pardon would be unconstitutional because...",center
4927,"Trump Expected to Issue Commutations, Pardons Before Term Ends","['Donald Trump', 'Pardons', 'Presidential Pardons']",Trump White House Steers Away From Controversial Pardon: Himself,Bloomberg,"White House officials don’t expect President Donald Trump to pardon himself, family members or close aides, but clemency is in the works for a famous rapper and others, according to people familiar with the matter.
Trump is expected to announce a list of pardons on Tuesday -- his final full day in office -- and had discussed with aides the possibility of blanket pardoning himself, in anticipation he might later be charged with federal crimes. Trump has previously claimed such power, though it’s a matter of legal dispute and has...",left
4928,"Trump Expected to Issue Commutations, Pardons Before Term Ends","['Donald Trump', 'Pardons', 'Presidential Pardons']","Trump may issue 50 to 100 commutations, pardons before term ends; rapper Lil Wayne expected to be on list",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump is expected to issue between 50 and 100 commutations and pardons before he leaves office this week, two sources familiar with the list told Fox News.
The sources told Fox News that the announcement of the pardons will likely come in one large batch on Tuesday, but there is a slight chance the White House will wait to make them official Wednesday morning. The president has until noon on Wednesday to do so.",right
4929,Perspectives: Right-Wing Voices Decry Black Lives Matter's 'Cultural Revolution',"['Race And Racism', 'Domestic Policy', 'Role Of Government', 'Polarization', 'Culture']",Right-wing media vilify Black Lives Matter as the movement grows,Media Matters,"In the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd nearly one month ago, protests continue to unfold as people across the country are examining the role that systemic racism plays in society. And as the Black Lives Matter movement gains support among the public, Fox News and others in right-wing media are focused on demonizing it, fearmongering about the movement’s intentions and using racist dog whistles to discredit it.
Black Lives Matter was initially founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of the man who killed Travyon Martin,...",left
4930,Perspectives: Right-Wing Voices Decry Black Lives Matter's 'Cultural Revolution',"['Race And Racism', 'Domestic Policy', 'Role Of Government', 'Polarization', 'Culture']","Stand Up, Republicans",The American Mind,"According to recent polls, 65% of all Americans now support Black Lives Matter (BLM). Why do so many Americans support an “organization” that is avowedly dedicated to the proposition that America is evil and must be fundamentally transformed? Because the Republican establishment has made remarkably little effort to expose BLM as the revolutionary and totalitarian movement that it is.
Leading Republicans do not seem to understand that George Floyd’s death was the excuse for the current crisis, not the cause of it. The chaos in our streets—led by BLM,...",right
4931,Perspectives: Right-Wing Voices Decry Black Lives Matter's 'Cultural Revolution',"['Race And Racism', 'Domestic Policy', 'Role Of Government', 'Polarization', 'Culture']",The real reason mobs across the country are tearing down American monuments,Tucker Carlson,"On Monday, a mob attempted to knock down a statue of Andrew Jackson. They spray-painted the base, trying to knock the statue down. In large letters, you can see it says ""killer"" at the bottom. Amazing.
This is happening all over the country as you know and there's a reason for it. Over the weekend, most recently -- doubtless, you've heard of this -- city officials announced their plan to remove the statue of Teddy Roosevelt from outside New York's Museum of Natural History. The bronze statue has stood there...",right
4932,Mexican President Responds To US Tariff Threat,"['Tariffs', 'Mexico', 'World']",Mexico Hits Trump Tariff Threat: Can't Solve Social Issues 'With Coercive Measures',Newsmax (News),"In a surprise announcement that could derail a major trade deal, President Donald Trump says he is placing a 5% tariff on all Mexican imports, effective June 10, to pressure the country to do more to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants trying to cross the U.S. border.
Trump said the percentage will gradually increase — up to 25% — ""until the Illegal Immigration problem is remedied.""
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador quickly fired back in a letter to Trump saying that ""social problems are not...",right
4933,Mexican President Responds To US Tariff Threat,"['Tariffs', 'Mexico', 'World']",Mexico president tells Donald Trump: 'America First is a fallacy' in response to tariff threat,USA TODAY,"The president of Mexico says he wants to avoid a confrontation with the United States, but had harsh words about President Donald Trump's plan to impose tariffs on Mexican goods to pressure the nation to stem the flow of Central American migrants.
""America First is a fallacy,” President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, often referred to as AMLO, said in a public letter released late Thursday.
López Obrador also announced he was sending his foreign minister to Washington, D.C., on Friday to negotiate with U.S. officials ahead of a June 10...",left
4934,Mexican President Responds To US Tariff Threat,"['Tariffs', 'Mexico', 'World']",Mexico’s president says he wants to avoid a clash with Trump,Washington Post,"President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday that he would defend the interests of Mexicans but wanted to avoid a clash with Washington, after the Trump administration announced it would slap punitive tariffs on its southern neighbor unless it did more to stop irregular migration.
“There is no need for confrontation,” the leftist president said at his daily morning news conference.
Mexico is heavily dependent on trade and this year has surged to become the No. 1 trading partner of the United States, eclipsing Canada and China. The Mexican peso...",left
4935,Federal Judge Finds Trump's Order to Oil Drilling in Open Arctic Waters Unlawful,['Environment'],"Trump’s Order to Open Arctic Waters to Oil Drilling Was Unlawful, Federal Judge Finds",New York Times (News),"In a major legal blow to President Trump’s push to expand offshore oil and gas development, a federal judge ruled that an executive order by Mr. Trump that lifted an Obama-era ban on oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean and parts of the North Atlantic coast was unlawful.
The decision, by Judge Sharon L. Gleason of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska, concluded late Friday that President Barack Obama’s 2015 and 2016 withdrawal from drilling of about 120 million acres of Arctic Ocean...",left
4936,Federal Judge Finds Trump's Order to Oil Drilling in Open Arctic Waters Unlawful,['Environment'],"Judge tosses Trump executive order, restores Obama drilling ban",Washington Times,"President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he reversed bans on offshore drilling in vast parts of the Arctic Ocean and dozens of canyons in the Atlantic Ocean, a U.S. judge said in a ruling that restored the Obama-era restrictions.
U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason in a decision late Friday threw out Trump’s executive order that overturned the bans that comprised a key part of Obama’s environmental legacy.
Presidents have the power under a federal law to remove certain lands from development but cannot revoke those removals, Gleason said.",right
4937,Federal Judge Finds Trump's Order to Oil Drilling in Open Arctic Waters Unlawful,['Environment'],Court Blocks Trump Effort to Open Arctic Waters to Oil Drilling,Wall Street Journal (News),"A federal judge in Alaska has reinstated a ban on oil-and-gas drilling in vast swaths of the Arctic Ocean, potentially undermining a central part of the Trump administration’s effort to expand offshore drilling.
Mr. Trump will need congressional authority, according to the ruling, to reopen drilling in Arctic areas and smaller parts of the Atlantic Ocean that the Obama administration put off limits just weeks before President Obama left office.",center
4938,Happy 4th of July!,"['Holidays', 'General News']",The 4th of July speech Obama didn’t make,Washington Times,"Barack Obama, regarded by the alt-left as the alt-president, was back home in Indonesia for the Fourth of July holiday, and there’s clearly something in the water in the Islamic world. Whatever it is, it brings out the missionary in the man that most of us regard as merely a former president.",right
4939,Happy 4th of July!,"['Holidays', 'General News']","This July 4th, let’s come together over Trump’s tweets",The Hill,"Not so long ago, you could start a real family Fourth of July squabble by debating what should go into coleslaw or what makes a proper barbecue. But now our divisions are far more serious. Majorities of both parties feel tone and civility are getting worse. More Americans are hostile toward their opposing party than ever in history. And few even want to see their children marry someone of the opposite party.",center
4940,Happy 4th of July!,"['Holidays', 'General News']",A Patriotic Fourth: What Does That Mean Now?,New York Times (News),Even a divided country can come together to celebrate its birthday. Can’t it?,left
4941,"Biden Says Black Voters ""Ain't Black"" if Considering Trump Over Him","['Joe Biden', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Race And Racism', 'Donald Trump', 'Campaign Rhetoric']","Biden: If you can’t choose me over Trump, ‘you ain’t black’",Associated Press,"Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, had a testy exchange with a prominent black radio personality on Friday over Biden’s support among black voters and his choosing of a running mate.
Charlamagne Tha God pressed Biden on reports that he is considering Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who is white, to be vice president and told him black voters “saved your political life in the primaries” and “have things they want from you.”
“I’m not acknowledging anybody who is being considered,” Biden said. “But I guarantee you there are multiple...",left
4942,"Biden Says Black Voters ""Ain't Black"" if Considering Trump Over Him","['Joe Biden', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Race And Racism', 'Donald Trump', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",Joe Biden Tells Charlamagne: ‘You Ain’t Black’ If You Don’t Vote For Him Over Trump,BET,"Joe Biden is the presumptive Democratic nominee and is beating Trump in the latest national polls.
This morning, the 77-year-old former vice president appeared on The Breakfast Club and made surprising comments about Black voters.
During a round of press interviews, Biden did a virtual one-on-one with Charlamagne of The Breakfast Club. As Biden’s rep was trying to close the interview, Charlamagne said, “You can't do that to Black media!”
Biden replied with, “I do that to white media and Black media because my wife has to go on...",left
4943,"Biden Says Black Voters ""Ain't Black"" if Considering Trump Over Him","['Joe Biden', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Race And Racism', 'Donald Trump', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",Biden Claims Black Voters Who Support Trump Aren't Really Black,Townhall,"During an interview with radio host Charlamagne Tha God, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said that if black voters don’t support him for president they aren’t really black.
The comment came after a staffer interrupted the conversation, trying to cut off the interview.
An irritated Biden then said, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black.""
""It don't have nothing to do with Trump, it has to do with the fact -- I want something for my...",right
4944,Opinions on Iran Nuclear Deal,['Middle East'],Trump Is About to Provoke an Unnecessary Crisis With Iran,Guest Writer - Left,"Withdrawing from the nuclear deal, as he seems to prefer, would destroy America’s ability to monitor the Islamic Republic’s nuclear activities.",left
4945,Opinions on Iran Nuclear Deal,['Middle East'],Iran's Rouhani warns Trump of 'historic regret' over nuclear deal,BBC News,"Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has warned that the US will face ""historic regret"" if Donald Trump scraps the nuclear agreement with Tehran.",center
4946,Opinions on Iran Nuclear Deal,['Middle East'],The Nuclear Deal Keeps America From Confronting Iranian Aggression,Guest Writer - Right,"Once Trump is out, Washington can get serious about the regime’s misbehavior.",right
4947,Joe Rogan Discusses Vaccines and Ivermectin with CNN’s Sanjay Gupta,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Ivermectin', 'CNN', 'Joe Rogan', 'Podcast', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Public Health']",Joe Rogan forces Dr. Sanjay Gupta to admit CNN shouldn't have called his COVID treatment 'horse dewormer',Fox News (Online News),"CNN's chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta admitted to podcast host Joe Rogan Wednesday that it was improper for the network to claim Rogan took ""horse dewormer"" as a COVID treatment. 
On Wednesday's installment of ""The Joe Rogan Experience,"" Rogan grilled the doctor on why someone like him who already had COVID and has antibodies should get vaccinated. 
""By the way, I'm glad you're better,"" Gupta said. 
""Thank you,"" Rogan responded. ""You're probably the only one at CNN who's glad … The rest of them are all lying about me taking horse medication.""",right
4948,Joe Rogan Discusses Vaccines and Ivermectin with CNN’s Sanjay Gupta,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Ivermectin', 'CNN', 'Joe Rogan', 'Podcast', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Public Health']","Joe Rogan Admits He Almost Got Vaxxed, Tells People to ‘Get Vaccinated and Then Get Sick’",Daily Beast,"Massively popular podcaster Joe Rogan, who has repeatedly sown doubt about COVID-19 vaccines, admitted this week that he almost got vaccinated a few months ago but scheduling conflicts caused him to miss his appointment.
During a marathon three-hour interview with CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta on The Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan wanted to make it clear to both Gupta and his audience that he is not actually anti-vaccine. And his proof was that he had planned to get the shot but never actually did.",left
4949,Joe Rogan Discusses Vaccines and Ivermectin with CNN’s Sanjay Gupta,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Ivermectin', 'CNN', 'Joe Rogan', 'Podcast', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Public Health']",Gupta tells Joe Rogan CNN shouldn't have called ivermectin 'horse dewormer',The Hill,"Sanjay Gupta, CNN's top medical analyst, told Joe Rogan the network should not have referred to medication he took to combat a coronavirus infection as ""horse dewormer"" during its coverage of the popular podcaster's bout with the disease. 
""It's a lie on a news network ... that's a lie that they're conscious of. It's not a mistake,"" Rogan said to Gupta as the longtime medical analyst appeared on his show this week. ""They're unfavorably framing it as veterinary medicine."" 
The controversial podcaster, who has drawn criticism for past statements about coronavirus immunity...",center
4950,US House Passes Bill to Create Commission to Probe Jan. 6 Capitol Breach,"['US House', 'US Senate', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Violence In America', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']","House Passes Bill Creating Capitol Riot Commission With Support From Dozens Of Republicans, Rebuking GOP Leadership",The Daily Caller,"The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would create a bipartisan, 9/11-style commission into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, with dozens of Republicans joining Democrats in a rebuke of GOP leadership.
The bill passed 252 to 175 with support from 35 Republicans, even though top GOP leaders opposed it and launched a last-ditch effort to convince its members to vote against it. It was authored by Mississippi Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson and New York Republican Rep. John Katko, the top lawmakers on the House Homeland Security Committee, and...",right
4951,US House Passes Bill to Create Commission to Probe Jan. 6 Capitol Breach,"['US House', 'US Senate', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Violence In America', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",House approves Jan. 6 commission over GOP objections,The Hill,"The House on Wednesday passed a bill to establish a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, earning relatively little support from Republicans as GOP leaders sought to quash a bill negotiated by one of their own members.
Lawmakers passed the bill in a 252-175 vote, with 35 Republicans joining all Democrats in support.
The legislation’s chances appear increasingly slim in the Senate after both Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) came out in opposition to the bill.",center
4952,US House Passes Bill to Create Commission to Probe Jan. 6 Capitol Breach,"['US House', 'US Senate', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Violence In America', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']","House passes bill to create commission to investigate Jan. 6 attack on Capitol, but its chances in the Senate are dim",Washington Post,"Republican leaders are trying to sink legislation establishing an independent commission on the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol that would probably scrutinize former president Donald Trump’s role in the riot and his conversations with Republican lawmakers that day.
The bill passed the House on a 252-to-175 vote Wednesday with 35 Republicans supporting the measure, but its chances of clearing the Senate dimmed after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) came out against the bill earlier in the day.
He said he opposes the legislation because it is a...",left
4953,Rex Tillerson Out as Secretary of State,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Trump removes Tillerson at State,The Hill,President Trump has removed Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and replaced him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo in a move that stunned Washington with its timing.,center
4954,Rex Tillerson Out as Secretary of State,"['State Department', 'Politics']","On Twitter, Donald Trump Announces Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State; Rex Tillerson Out",Breitbart News,"President Donald Trump announced that CIA director Mike Pompeo would be the new Secretary of State, replacing former Exxon-Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson.",right
4955,Rex Tillerson Out as Secretary of State,"['State Department', 'Politics']","Trump ousts Tillerson, will replace him as secretary of state with CIA chief Pompeo",Washington Post,"President Trump has ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and plans to nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace him as the nation’s top diplomat, orchestrating a major change to his national security team amid delicate negotiations with North Korea, White House officials said Tuesday.",left
4956,Obama Calls for Short-Term Budget Fix,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama ramps up pressure to resolve sequester,Washington Times,"Warning of serious repercussions for the economy and the military if Congress fails to halt the next round of $85 billion in budget cuts next month, President Obama on Tuesday called for replacing the automatic spending “sequesters with a vague mix of smaller cuts and more tax increases.",right
4957,Obama Calls for Short-Term Budget Fix,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama Urges Congress to Act to Stave Off Cuts,New York Times (News),"President Obama on Tuesday called on Congress to quickly pass a new package of limited spending cuts and tax increases to head off substantial across-the-board reductions to domestic and military spending set to begin on March 1, but his appeal for more revenue was dismissed by Republicans.",left
4958,Obama Calls for Short-Term Budget Fix,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama calls for short-term fix to imminent spending cuts,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama called on Tuesday for a short-term agreement to put off deep cuts to government spending, including the military, set to take effect next month.",left
4959,DC Mayor Requested Federal Assistance for Bussed Texas Migrants,"['Immigration', 'Washington DC', 'Muriel Bowser', 'Texas', 'Arizona', 'National Guard', 'Lloyd Austin', 'White House', 'Greg Abbott']","Calling busing of migrants from Texas a “humanitarian crisis,” Washington mayor asks for help from National Guard",The Texas Tribune,"Warning that her city’s services have been overwhelmed, the mayor of Washington, D.C., has asked the Biden administration for the National Guard’s help in assisting migrants being bused to the nation’s capital by Texas and Arizona.
Mayor Muriel Bowser, in two letters sent last week to the Department of Defense and the White House, said that she empathizes with the recently arrived people but that the city needs help processing and housing the migrants until they reach their final destinations.
“The pace of the arriving buses and the volume of...",left
4960,DC Mayor Requested Federal Assistance for Bussed Texas Migrants,"['Immigration', 'Washington DC', 'Muriel Bowser', 'Texas', 'Arizona', 'National Guard', 'Lloyd Austin', 'White House', 'Greg Abbott']",DC Mayor Requests National Guard Deploy To Address The Border Crisis Coming To The Nation’s Capital,The Daily Caller,"Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser requested the deployment of the city’s National Guard troops to address the influx of migrants bused from Texas and Arizona.
“We’ve had a number of discussions, we’ve facilitated FEMA’s involvement with a million dollar grant that has now been increased to work with a lead nonprofit agency. We’ve facilitated using those grant funds to set up a respite center in a neighboring jurisdiction and I’ve also asked the Secretary of the Army to deploy the DC National Guard to help lead that effort,” Bowser said during a...",right
4961,DC Mayor Requested Federal Assistance for Bussed Texas Migrants,"['Immigration', 'Washington DC', 'Muriel Bowser', 'Texas', 'Arizona', 'National Guard', 'Lloyd Austin', 'White House', 'Greg Abbott']",DC mayor requests National Guard over migrants bussed to capital,The Hill,"Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) asked the D.C. National Guard to activate and help manage an influx of migrants to the capital.
The mayor’s office reports that Texas Govs. Greg Abbott  (R) and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) have sent nearly 200 buses carrying more than 4,000 migrants from the southern border to the capital in protest of President Biden’s immigration policy.",center
4962,Steve Bannon Agrees to Testify Before Jan. 6 Committee,"['Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Executive Privilege', 'January 6 Committee', 'Steve Bannon']",Bannon Agreeing to Jan. 6 Testimony a 'Gimmick' and a 'Ploy': Legal Experts,Newsweek,"Legal experts quickly shed doubt on the value and credibility of right-wing strategist Steve Bannon agreeing to testify before the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack against the U.S. Capitol.
News first broke Sunday that Trump in a Saturday letter waved executive privilege he had claimed over Bannon's testimony. The former Trump administration official's attorney also sent a letter to the committee saying that his client is ""willing to, and indeed prefers, to testify at your public hearing.""
The news was seen as a significant reversal, as Bannon has been...",center
4963,Steve Bannon Agrees to Testify Before Jan. 6 Committee,"['Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Executive Privilege', 'January 6 Committee', 'Steve Bannon']",Steve Bannon ‘Willing’ to Meet Jan. 6 Committee After Trump Waives Executive Privilege,RollingStone.com,"Steve Bannon — currently facing contempt of Congress charges after defying a subpoena to appear before the Jan. 6 committee — has signaled that he is willing to testify in front of the committee.
CNN reported Sunday that Bannon’s lawyer Bob Costello sent a letter to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection revealing the former Trump strategist’s plans.
Costello wrote in the letter. “Mr. Bannon is willing to, and indeed prefers, to testify at your public hearing.”",left
4964,Steve Bannon Agrees to Testify Before Jan. 6 Committee,"['Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Executive Privilege', 'January 6 Committee', 'Steve Bannon']",Steve Bannon Agrees to Cooperate with January 6 Committee after Trump Waives Executive-Privilege Claim,National Review,"Steve Bannon, the former chief strategist for President Trump who is awaiting trial on charges of contempt of Congress, has agreed to cooperate with the January 6 committee.
Bannon wrote in an email to the panel, first obtained by the Guardian, that he was open to appearing for a public hearing after receiving a letter from Trump waiving his executive privilege. The email restated that Bannon had felt obligated to refuse the original congressional subpoena from the committee because Trump had claimed executive privilege over his testimony.
“When you first received the Subpoena to...",right
4965,"Inflation Stayed Hot in May, Hitting Another 40-Year High","['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Gas Prices', 'Supply Chains', 'Consumers', 'Business', 'Energy', 'Food']",Consumer prices jumped 8.6 percent in May compared to last year as inflation holds grip on U.S. economy,NBC News (Online),"The Consumer Price index, which tallies the cost of a basket of goods month to month, jumped 1 percent in May compared to the 0.3 percent increase in April — a sign inflation remains red hot.
Compared to one year ago, the index in May hit 8.6 percent, rising from the 8.3 percent year-on-year increase seen a month prior. That's the highest reading since 1981.
And the ""core"" index that excludes the costs of food and energy clocked in at 0.6 percent last month, compared to 0.6 percent in April.
The latest...",left
4966,"Inflation Stayed Hot in May, Hitting Another 40-Year High","['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Gas Prices', 'Supply Chains', 'Consumers', 'Business', 'Energy', 'Food']",Inflation hits fresh 40-year high in May with consumer prices surging 8.6%,Fox Business,"Inflation remained painfully high in May, with consumer prices hitting a new four-decade high that exacerbated a financial strain for millions of Americans and worsened a political crisis for President Biden.
The Labor Department said Friday that the consumer price index, a broad measure of the price for everyday goods including gasoline, groceries and rents, rose 8.6% in May from a year ago. Prices jumped 1% in the one-month period from April. Those figures were both higher than the 8.3% headline figure and 0.7% monthly gain forecast by Refinitiv economists. ...",right
4967,"Inflation Stayed Hot in May, Hitting Another 40-Year High","['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Gas Prices', 'Supply Chains', 'Consumers', 'Business', 'Energy', 'Food']",US inflation hit a new 40-year high last month of 8.6%,Associated Press,"The costs of gas, food and other necessities jumped in May, raising inflation to a new four-decade high and giving American households no respite from rising costs.
Consumer prices surged 8.6% last month from 12 months earlier, faster than April’s year-over-year surge of 8.3%, the Labor Department said Friday.
On a month-to-month basis, prices jumped 1% from April to May, a steep rise from the 0.3% increase from March to April. Much higher gas prices were to blame for most of that increase.
America’s rampant inflation is imposing severe pressures...",left
4968,Perspectives: At Least 100 Americans Still Stuck in Afghanistan,"['Middle East', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Evacuations', 'National Defense', 'State Department', 'Joe Biden']",Stranded in Kabul: A U.S. Resident Runs Out of Options,New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — For more than a week, Samiullah “Sammy” Naderi, a U.S. legal permanent resident, waited days and nights with his wife and son outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, hoping to be let in so that they could leave on one of the dozens of daily flights headed to America.
“It’s 50 feet away,” Mr. Naderi, 23, said Sunday night in a short telephone interview, speaking in halting English, as gunfire crackled in the background. “Maybe the Taliban will let me inside — maybe.”
But on Monday, after being...",left
4969,Perspectives: At Least 100 Americans Still Stuck in Afghanistan,"['Middle East', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Evacuations', 'National Defense', 'State Department', 'Joe Biden']",We’re Giving Up On Afghanistan—and the Americans Still There,Matt Lewis,"Nemo resideo is a Latin phrase that means, “Leave no one behind.” It is such a fundamental American value that this commitment is embedded in the creed of several branches of the U.S. military. Yet some American citizens are being left behind now that the last plane has left Kabul on Monday. “We believe there are still a small number of Americans—under 200 and likely closer to 100–who remain in Afghanistan, and want to leave,” Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Monday. This contradicts Joe Biden’s previous comments. During an August 18 interview with...",center
4970,Perspectives: At Least 100 Americans Still Stuck in Afghanistan,"['Middle East', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Evacuations', 'National Defense', 'State Department', 'Joe Biden']","Pentagon Press Secretary Excuses Abandonment of Civilians, Military Equipment in Afghanistan",National Review,"Pentagon press secretary John Kirby is making the rounds — and headlines — on Tuesday’s morning news shows.
On Fox News, Kirby explained away the equipment the U.S. military left in the hands of the Taliban by admitting that “while there’s certainly a lethality component to it, it doesn’t pose a threat to the United States, it doesn’t pose a threat to neighboring nations.” On Monday, America’s 20-year conflict with the Taliban in Afghanistan ended when the last U.S. troops exited the country less than two weeks before the anniversary...",right
4971,Trump Orders U.S. Troops To Withdraw From Syria,"['National Defense', 'Defense And Security']","Anger, confusion greet Trump’s surprise decision on Syria",The Hill,"Senate Republicans uncharacteristically lashed out at President Trump on Wednesday for announcing a sudden and immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, a decision that came without consulting Congress and seemed to catch the Pentagon off guard.",center
4972,Trump Orders U.S. Troops To Withdraw From Syria,"['National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",OPINION: Why Trump's Syria withdrawal is the right move,Guest Writer - Right,"President Trump’s order Wednesday to remove all 2,000 U.S. troops from Syria should be seen and celebrated for what it is: a great victory over the ISIS terrorist group and the fulfillment of his pledge not to do nation-building.",right
4973,Trump Orders U.S. Troops To Withdraw From Syria,"['National Defense', 'Defense And Security']","In Syria withdrawal, Trump discards advice from allies and officials",CNN (Online News),"Seated at the head of his Situation Room conference table, President Donald Trump was adamant: American troops must come home from Syria. He had just announced as much to a crowd in Ohio. The assembled military and national security advisers told him the move was rash and unwise. So he gave them six months.",left
4974,"Concerns About Misinformation, Fake News Heightened Amid Russian Attacks on Ukraine","['Fake News', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Social Media', 'Misinformation And Disinformation', 'Big Tech', 'Media Literacy', 'Critical Thinking']",Ukraine invasion: Misleading claims continue to go viral,BBC Fact Check,"Five days into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, false or misleading videos and images about the invasion continue to go viral.
Among the things spreading quickly are old videos being depicted as current - along with claims that pictures such as the one above are old, even when they verifiably come from the present conflict.
We've been looking into some of the most viral claims.
Claims have circulated online that images and clips from the destruction of a residential building in Chuhuiv, in eastern Ukraine, on Thursday are instead from...",center
4975,"Concerns About Misinformation, Fake News Heightened Amid Russian Attacks on Ukraine","['Fake News', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Social Media', 'Misinformation And Disinformation', 'Big Tech', 'Media Literacy', 'Critical Thinking']",Twitter to attach labels identifying Russian state media to relevant links,Washington Examiner,"Twitter announced that it would label web links to Russian state media so users can identify reliable news sources.
The move to identify Russian propaganda arrives as misinformation regarding the Ukraine invasion has increased on social media and as Russia aims to censor several social media platforms within its borders.
""Today, we’re adding labels to Tweets that share links to Russian state-affiliated media websites and are taking steps to significantly reduce the circulation of this content on Twitter,"" tweeted Yoel Roth, Twitter's head of site integrity, on Monday.",right
4976,"Concerns About Misinformation, Fake News Heightened Amid Russian Attacks on Ukraine","['Fake News', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Social Media', 'Misinformation And Disinformation', 'Big Tech', 'Media Literacy', 'Critical Thinking']",Joe Rogan Posts — and Deletes — Fake Report About Steven Seagal Joining Russian Special Forces,RollingStone.com,"Media literacy is clearly not Joe Rogan’s strong suit. The podcast host recently took to Instagram to share a fake CNN report stating that actor Steven Seagal has joined Russian special forces stationed near Kyiv, Ukraine, noting the absurdity of “this fucked up movie we’re living through.” He later took it down, for obvious reasons.
“I deleted my earlier post about Steven Seagal being in Ukraine because it was parody, which isn’t surprising, but honestly it wouldn’t be surprising if it was true either,” he wrote in a follow-up post. “He was...",left
4977,Has The Supreme Court Weakened The Separation Between Church and State?,"['Christianity', 'Civil Rights', 'Education', 'Religion And Faith', 'Public Schools', 'Role Of Government', 'Secularism', 'Supreme Court', 'US Constitution']",U.S. Supreme Court takes aim at separation of church and state,Reuters,"The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court has chipped away at the wall separating church and state in a series of new rulings, eroding American legal traditions intended to prevent government officials from promoting any particular faith.
In three decisions in the past eight weeks, the court has ruled against government officials whose policies and actions were taken to avoid violating the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment prohibition on governmental endorsement of religion - known as the “establishment clause.”
The court on Monday backed a Washington state public high school football coach who...",center
4978,Has The Supreme Court Weakened The Separation Between Church and State?,"['Christianity', 'Civil Rights', 'Education', 'Religion And Faith', 'Public Schools', 'Role Of Government', 'Secularism', 'Supreme Court', 'US Constitution']",How the Supreme Court is dismantling the separation of church and state,CNN (Online News),"Supreme Court justices on Monday readily put themselves in the shoes of a football coach who wanted to pray at midfield after a game, over those of students who might feel pressure to join him, in an expansive decision focused on the “suppression” of religious voices.
The 6-3 ruling against a Washington state school district that suspended coach Joseph Kennedy reinforces a modern court pattern favoring religious conservatives and a greater mingling of church and state.
Overall, the decision reflected the conservative majority’s view that the voices of religious believers are...",left
4979,Has The Supreme Court Weakened The Separation Between Church and State?,"['Christianity', 'Civil Rights', 'Education', 'Religion And Faith', 'Public Schools', 'Role Of Government', 'Secularism', 'Supreme Court', 'US Constitution']",Supreme Court Ruling Proves Once Again That Religion And Education Are Inseparable,The Federalist,"Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Maine’s policy of allowing parents to use school vouchers for religious schools was not a violation of the establishment clause of the First Amendment, which prohibits the national government from establishing a state religion. In a rare moment of principle, Chief Justice John Roberts rightly asserted in the majority opinion that excluding religious schools from the voucher program was blatant religious discrimination.
This is significant for school choice. It illustrates just how feasible it is to implement school choice and how well it can work....",right
4980,"California's Theft Penalties, Bail Policies in Spotlight Amid Crime Wave","['Criminal Justice', 'Crime', 'California', 'Defund The Police', 'Justice']","After looters ransack Bay Area stores, crime rises as 2022 state campaign issue",CalMatters,"For evidence that crime will likely be a key issue for California voters in next year’s election, look no further than this weekend.
On Sunday, a pack of looters robbed a jewelry store in a Hayward mall, smashing glass cases and absconding with the valuables into waiting cars. Also Sunday, Walnut Creek police recommended that businesses close early, citing intelligence that the 80 thieves who ransacked a Nordstrom on Saturday night could strike again. Officials labeled the Nordstrom robbery as “organized retail theft” and said it was possibly linked to a series of burglaries...",center
4981,"California's Theft Penalties, Bail Policies in Spotlight Amid Crime Wave","['Criminal Justice', 'Crime', 'California', 'Defund The Police', 'Justice']",Why some US cities are facing a spree of 'smash-and-grab' crimes,CNN (Online News),"A wave of ""smash-and-grab"" crimes is plaguing upscale stores in major US cities, with mobs of thieves making off with expensive goods in brazen, nighttime raids.
At least 18 people broke into a Nordstrom department store in Los Angeles Monday night and stole thousands of dollars in merchandise, the city's police chief said.
The thefts followed a rash of similar incidents over the weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area. A group of thieves swarmed the Southland Mall in Hayward on Sunday evening, wielding hammers to smash cases at a jewelry store before grabbing...",left
4982,"California's Theft Penalties, Bail Policies in Spotlight Amid Crime Wave","['Criminal Justice', 'Crime', 'California', 'Defund The Police', 'Justice']","Newsom’s endless COVID mandates spawned California’s looting crime wave, officials say",Washington Examiner,"California’s smash-and-grab robbery nightmare is directly tied to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s continuing state of emergency declarations, according to the Orange County sheriff.
The California Judicial Council imposed a zero-bail system in response to Newsom’s March 2020 executive order that imposed a yearlong lockdown, which became the most stringent in the nation. A chain reaction ensued, pushed along by district attorneys in the two hardest-hit cities, San Francisco and Los Angeles, who have refused to file stiff charges. The prosecutors are emboldened by support from Newsom, the Legislature, and local politicians, critics say....",right
4983,New Census Order Will Exclude People Who Are In The Country Illegally,"['Immigration', 'Census 2020', 'Illegal Immigration', 'DACA', 'Donald Trump', 'Executive Order']",Trump signs memo excluding illegal immigrants from 2020 Census count,New York Post (News),"WASHINGTON — President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order excluding illegal immigrants from being counted in the 2020 United States census.
Since the first census in the 1970s, both US citizens and non-citizens have been included in the country’s official population count, regardless of their immigration status, as part of a process which determines federal funding and how many seats each state gets in Congress.
But Trump’s order, which had been anticipated for weeks, is the latest salvo in his administration’s ongoing battle with the Census Bureau.",right
4984,New Census Order Will Exclude People Who Are In The Country Illegally,"['Immigration', 'Census 2020', 'Illegal Immigration', 'DACA', 'Donald Trump', 'Executive Order']",Trump Endorses a New Three-Fifths Clause,Slate,"Donald Trump’s new memorandum to exclude undocumented immigrants from the next round of congressional apportionment is morally repulsive, illegal, and impossible. It is repulsive because it borrows the logic of the notorious Three-Fifths Clause to declare that undocumented immigrants are not full “persons” under the Constitution. It is illegal because it seeks to exclude these immigrants from a state’s population when counting how many seats each state gets in the House of Representatives, which violates the Constitution. And it is impossible because there is no way that the government can...",left
4985,New Census Order Will Exclude People Who Are In The Country Illegally,"['Immigration', 'Census 2020', 'Illegal Immigration', 'DACA', 'Donald Trump', 'Executive Order']",Trump aims to stop counting of illegal migrants in redrawing of U.S. voting maps,Reuters,WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Tuesday that aims to prevent migrants who are in the United States illegally from being counted when U.S. congressional voting districts are redrawn in the next round of redistricting.,center
4986,Hillary to Address Emails,['Politics'],Clinton Considering News Conference to Address Email Questions,New York Times (News),"Hillary Rodham Clinton will soon add to the solitary Twitter message she has sent dealing with the controversy over her private email use as secretary of state.
Sources close to Mrs. Clinton say she is preparing to address the controversy in the coming days, and one option is a news conference. Politico and CNN reported on the plans earlier.
Mrs. Clinton has spoken at numerous events since The New York Times reported that she exclusively used a private email account while at the State Departmen",left
4987,Hillary to Address Emails,['Politics'],Hillary Clinton to address email controversy,Politico,"Hillary Rodham Clinton will soon address the controversy over her use of a private email account at the State Department, and is likely to hold a press conference in New York in the next several days to answer reporters’ questions, according to three people close to the potential Democratic frontrunner.
The decision to address the issue, made in the last several days, comes amid a cascade of criticism following New York Times and Associated Press stories in the past week, reporting that Clinton had possibly violated State Department policy...",left
4988,Hillary to Address Emails,['Politics'],WH Press Sec. Admits Obama and Hillary Corresponded on Her Personal Email,Townhall,"While President Barack Obama claimed that he found out about Hillary Clinton's private email from news reports (Presidents: they're just like us!), White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said today that the president and Clinton had indeed exchanged emails using Clinton's private address.
“The president, as I think many people expected, did over the course of his first several years in office trade emails with his secretary of state,” Earnest said. “I would not describe the number of emails as large, but they did have the occasion to email each...",right
4989,CDC Drafts Guidelines for Initial Reopenings; White House to Review,"['Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']","CDC draft outlines phased reopening of child care, religious institutions, food industry amid coronavirus",Fox News (Online News),"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has drafted proposed guidelines for a phased reopening of the economy as some states begin to lift stay-at-home orders and resume operations amid the coronavirus pandemic, Fox News has learned.
Fox News obtained a copy of the 17-page draft proposal on Monday, which contains guidelines for child care centers, schools, day camps, faith-based institutions, bars and restaurants and public transportation, and an outline of specific directions for each sector.
According to the Washington Post, which first obtained the draft guidelines, coronavirus task force...",right
4990,CDC Drafts Guidelines for Initial Reopenings; White House to Review,"['Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']",White House is reviewing expanded guidance on reopening society,Washington Post,"The White House is finalizing expanded guidelines to allow the phased reopening of schools and camps, child-care programs, certain workplaces, houses of worship, restaurants and mass transit, according to documents under review by administration officials.
Members of the White House coronavirus task force and other officials received the guidelines late last week, according to senior administration officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the guidelines have not been officially released.
It represents the most detailed guidance to date on the administration’s plan to gradually reopen key sectors of...",left
4991,CDC Drafts Guidelines for Initial Reopenings; White House to Review,"['Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']",Health officials ready new guidelines as restrictions ease,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — Businesses should close break rooms. Restaurants should consider disposable menus and plates. Schools should have students eat lunch in their classrooms.
These are some of the recommendations offered in new federal plans designed to help restaurants, schools, churches and businesses safely reopen as states look to gradually lift their coronavirus restrictions.
The draft guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been sent to Washington but still could be revised before the Trump administration unveils it to the public. The recommendations were obtained from a...",left
4992,Border Security in Senate Deal,['Immigration'],PAUL: Immigration reform’s fatal flaw,Rand Paul,"The broken system can’t be fixed without border security. Most Americans agree that our immigration system is broken. Many agree that it desperately needs to be fixed. Many agree that past attempts to fix it have failed or even made our problems worse.
Each time we’ve tried to pass immigration reform, border security becomes a last priority, if it is even a priority at all. We always address how to handle undocumented workers already here without addressing how they arrived here in the first place.",right
4993,Border Security in Senate Deal,['Immigration'],Opinion: Border security push is a joke,CNN (Online News),"When the discussion turns to the U.S.-Mexico border, living less than an hour away has its privileges. I've covered the international boundary from three states (California, Arizona and Texa",left
4994,Border Security in Senate Deal,['Immigration'],Inside the border deal that almost failed,Politico,Sen. Chuck Schumer spent Tuesday privately urging President Barack Obama and the entire Democratic caucus to just be patient — a border security deal they could accept was still within reach.,left
4995,Apple's Mac Pro Production Will Remain in U.S. After Tariff Exemptions,"['Tariffs', 'China', 'Apple', 'Technology', 'Donald Trump', 'Global Markets', 'Economy', 'Trade']",Apple to manufacture Mac Pro in Texas after tariff win,Politico,"Apple will continue to manufacture its Mac Pro computer in Austin, Texas, the company announced today, just days after the Trump administration granted the company tariff exemptions for Mac Pro components made in China.
The U.S. Trade Representative last week granted 10 of the 15 exemptions that Apple requested, Bloomberg reported. Apple CEO Tim Cook today credited the Trump administration for the company’s decision to keep assembling the Mac Pro in Texas.
“We thank the administration for their support enabling this opportunity,” Cook said in a statement.
In June, media...",left
4996,Apple's Mac Pro Production Will Remain in U.S. After Tariff Exemptions,"['Tariffs', 'China', 'Apple', 'Technology', 'Donald Trump', 'Global Markets', 'Economy', 'Trade']",Apple to Keep Building Mac Pro in U.S. After Securing Tariff Relief,Wall Street Journal (News),"Apple Inc. AAPL 0.45% said it is keeping production of its new Mac Pro in Texas, reversing earlier plans to shift assembly of the computer to China.
The decision follows the Trump administration’s move last week to grant tariff exemptions on 10 items Apple imports from China. The exclusions for components, including a power supply and a logic board, cover a period from September of last year to August 2020, and the U.S. will refund tariffs already paid.
The tech giant had earlier tapped Taiwanese contractor Quanta Computer Inc. to...",center
4997,Apple's Mac Pro Production Will Remain in U.S. After Tariff Exemptions,"['Tariffs', 'China', 'Apple', 'Technology', 'Donald Trump', 'Global Markets', 'Economy', 'Trade']",Apple will build new Mac Pros in Texas amid tariffs,New York Post (News),"Apple’s insanely expensive new desktop computer will be made in the United States — not China, the company announced Monday.
The $6,000 Mac Pro will be built at Apple’s Austin, Texas, plant following US trade regulators approving 10 requests for tariff exemptions filed by Apple for computer parts.
“The new Mac Pro will include components designed, developed and manufactured by more than a dozen American companies for distribution to US customers,” Apple said in a statement.
The Mac Pro had been assembled at the Austin plant since 2013, but Apple...",right
4998,Perspectives: Breaking Down the Small 'Justice for J6' Rally,"['Polarization', 'Justice For J6', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Violence In America', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election']",What's really behind the 'Justice for J6' rally,Julian Zelizer,"The so-called ""Justice for J6"" rally, a right-wing protest Saturday to support the insurrectionists facing criminal charges in the January 6 attack, was smaller than expected. It also lacked the mayhem and violence the Department of Homeland Security feared might break out.
But that doesn't mean it wasn't dangerous.
The rally in Washington, DC, was part of a dangerous attempt to rewrite the history of that dark day in America.
For months, Trump spread baseless lies about widespread election fraud, claimed the election had been ""stolen,"" and urged his followers to take action....",left
4999,Perspectives: Breaking Down the Small 'Justice for J6' Rally,"['Polarization', 'Justice For J6', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Violence In America', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election']",Capitol fencing starts coming down after 'Justice for J6' rally,The Hill,"Fencing around the Capitol installed ahead of the “Justice for J6” rally on Saturday started coming down on Sunday afternoon, according to footage shared by several reporters on Twitter.
""And just as fast as it went up, the fence erected around the Capitol for the 'Justice for J6' rally is now coming back down,"" tweeted Associated Press reporter Mike Balsamo along with a video of construction workers hauling away sections of fence. 
NBC News producer Frank Thorp posted a video showing several men in neon gear dismantling the fencing using power tools. 
“And...",center
5000,Perspectives: Breaking Down the Small 'Justice for J6' Rally,"['Polarization', 'Justice For J6', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Violence In America', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election']",Media pundits mocked for still trying to make news out of 'dud' rally on Capitol Hill,Fox News (Online News),"Analysts tore into the mass media who hyped the potential danger of Saturday's rally in Washington, D.C., only to find that the actual attendees were outnumbered by the police and the press. 
The media frequently reported on the danger of the ""Justice for J6"" rally, suggesting it would be the sequel to the deadly Jan. 6 riot on Capitol Hill the day Congress intended to certify the results of the November 2020 election. A heavy law enforcement presence was put in place in hopes of preventing another violent scene. Authorities erected temporary fencing around the Capitol and...",right
5001,Romney vs Reid,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Mitt Romney: 'I Have Paid Taxes Every Year. A Lot Of Taxes.,HuffPost,"WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney insisted on Friday that he has paid taxes every year and repeated that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) needs ""to put up or shut up"" with his accusations that he hasn't.
""Let me also say categorically: I have paid taxes every year. A lot of taxes. A lot of taxes,"" the presumptive GOP presidential nominee told reporters at a press availability after an event in Nevada.",left
5002,Romney vs Reid,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Reid puts GOP in a bind over Romney's taxes,CNN (Online News),Washington (CNN) -- Republican sources say they're in a Catch-22 situation on how to reply to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's claims that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney went 10 years without paying taxes.,left
5003,Romney vs Reid,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney calls on Reid to reveal source as fact-check sites challenge tax claim,Fox News (Online News),"Mitt Romney called on Harry Reid Tuesday to reveal the source for his claim that the Republican presidential candidate has not paid taxes for 10 years, stepping up pressure as two major fact-check sites ruled Reid had no basis for the ""incendiary"" allegation.
Romney
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/07/romney-calls-on-reid-to-revea...",right
5004,Trade Advisor Warned White House of Coronavirus Pandemic in January,"['Peter Navarro', 'White House', 'Coronavirus']",Trade Adviser Warned White House in January of Risks of a Pandemic,New York Times (News),"A memo from Peter Navarro is the most direct warning known to have circulated at a key moment among top administration officials.
A top White House adviser starkly warned Trump administration officials in late January that the coronavirus crisis could cost the United States trillions of dollars and put millions of Americans at risk of illness or death.
The warning, written in a memo by Peter Navarro, President Trump’s trade adviser, is the highest-level alert known to have circulated inside the West Wing as the administration was taking its first...",left
5005,Trade Advisor Warned White House of Coronavirus Pandemic in January,"['Peter Navarro', 'White House', 'Coronavirus']",Trump aide Peter Navarro warned 'as many as 1.2 million souls' could be lost to coronavirus: reports,USA TODAY,"While President Donald Trump played down concerns about the coronavirus in January and February, a top White House adviser warned that a coronavirus pandemic could cost the country trillions of dollars and endanger millions of Americans, according to two new reports.
Peter Navarro, the top trade and manufacturing aide to the president, laid out the warning in two memos - one on Jan. 29 and another on Feb. 23, according to reports from the New York Times and Axios. Trump has repeatedly said that no one could have predicted the...",left
5006,Trade Advisor Warned White House of Coronavirus Pandemic in January,"['Peter Navarro', 'White House', 'Coronavirus']","Navarro's Memos Warned of Millions of Deaths, $6 Trillion in Costs",Newsmax (News),"Peter Navarro, President Donald Trump’s trade adviser, warned the administration in late January that the coronavirus outbreak could put millions of Americans at risk and wind up costing the United States trillions of dollars.
His grim assessment came in a Jan. 29 memo and is the highest level warning known to have circulated inside the White House, The New York Times reported.
“The lack of immune protection or an existing cure or vaccine would leave Americans defenseless in the case of a full-blown coronavirus outbreak on U.S. soil,” Navarro’s memo...",right
5007,Jimmy Carter Talks About Cancer,['General News'],Former president Jimmy Carter says cancer has spread to his brain,Washington Post,Former president Jimmy Carter said that the cancer doctors discovered earlier this year has spread to his brain and that he will receive his first radiation treatment for the disease Thursday afternoon.,left
5008,Jimmy Carter Talks About Cancer,['General News'],Jimmy Carter Says He Has Cancer in His Brain,The Blaze,"Former President Jimmy Carter said he has cancer in his brain.
Carter, 90, said melanoma discovered during liver surgery has spread to four spots on his brain. Speaking at a press conference in Atlanta Thursday morning, he said he will be receiving his first radiation treatment later in the day.",right
5009,Jimmy Carter Talks About Cancer,['General News'],Jimmy Carter on cancer: Melanoma found on his brain,CNN (Online News),"Former President Jimmy Carter said his future ""is in the hands of the god who I worship,"" describing his diagnosis Thursday morning, which includes found four spots of melanoma on his brain.",left
5010,Perspectives: The Trump Administration and Inspectors General,"['Inspector General', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'Executive Branch', 'Donald Trump', 'State Department', 'White House']",Trump Removes the State Department Inspector General,National Review,"President Trump has ousted another inspector general, the fourth IG in the last six weeks. This time, Steve Linick of the State Department was cashiered. The White House says the president has his reasons for no longer having “the fullest confidence” in IG Linick. Perhaps . . . but it is curious how these removals always seem to happen late on Fridays, when administrations do things they’d prefer you didn’t notice.
I am not a fan of the institution of inspector general because it is constitutionally suspect, to say the...",right
5011,Perspectives: The Trump Administration and Inspectors General,"['Inspector General', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'Executive Branch', 'Donald Trump', 'State Department', 'White House']","Mike Pompeo, Donald Trump and the inspector-general purge: Why this is so dangerous",Salon,"Never let it be said that the Trump administration can't walk and chew gum at the same time. Even as the president's minions work overtime to botch every single aspect of the federal response to the COVID-19 crisis and prepare to cover up the number of cases and the number of deaths in order to make his ""numbers"" look good, they still manage to find the time to complete the purge of Trump critics within the government and destroy all mechanisms for accountability.
Trump's forces have pretty much rendered the...",left
5012,Perspectives: The Trump Administration and Inspectors General,"['Inspector General', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'Executive Branch', 'Donald Trump', 'State Department', 'White House']",The Trump administration has recently moved to oust 4 government watchdogs. Here they are,USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's decision Friday to fire his department's inspector general marks the fourth time within the last three months that an internal agency watchdog has been targeted for removal by the Trump administration.
IGs are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. Working within the agency they monitor, the inspector generals and their staffs are charged with reporting on government malfeasance and corruption.
Here's a look at the inspector generals who have been ousted recently:
State Department IG Steve Linick was appointed in...",left
5013,Biden Extends Delegate Lead After Tuesday's Primaries,"['Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Primaries', 'Michigan Primary', 'Joe Biden', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elections']",Michigan Romp Shows Biden Could Rebuild Democrats' ‘Blue Wall’ vs. Trump,Politico,"Maybe you’ve never heard of Livingston County, Michigan. It’s not Oakland County, the vote-rich behemoth located next door; nor is it Macomb County, the much-mythologized home of the culturally conservative “Reagan Democrats” who began defecting to the Republican Party decades ago. It’s a lot less populated, and a little too far from Detroit, to attract much notice from journalists and pundits. And yet, as the returns rolled in Tuesday night from Michigan’s primary, it was Livingston that told the most compelling story. Not for what it said about Bernie Sanders...",left
5014,Biden Extends Delegate Lead After Tuesday's Primaries,"['Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Primaries', 'Michigan Primary', 'Joe Biden', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elections']","Joe Biden calls for unity after big wins in Michigan, three other states",Reuters,"Joe Biden scored decisive primary victories in Michigan and three other U.S. states on Tuesday, taking a big step toward the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination and casting doubt on the future of rival Bernie Sanders’ fading White House bid.
The sweeping wins put Biden, 77, on a path to face Republican Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 election, and the former vice president quickly began to look ahead, calling for party unity and making an appeal to supporters of Sanders.
“We share a common goal, and together we are going...",center
5015,Biden Extends Delegate Lead After Tuesday's Primaries,"['Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Primaries', 'Michigan Primary', 'Joe Biden', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elections']","Bye-bye, Bernie",Washington Examiner,"Four years ago, Sen. Bernie Sanders pulled off an upset in Michigan that gave life to his insurgent challenge to front-runner Hillary Clinton. On Tuesday, Sanders suffered a crushing defeat in the state, and whether he’s ready or not to acknowledge it, he is now without a realistic path to the Democratic nomination.
It’s incredible to think that just over two weeks ago, Sanders was the heavy favorite to be the Democratic nominee. With a massive win in Nevada coming off of a victory in New Hampshire and arguable win...",right
5016,White House Looks for ‘Legal Authority’ to Renew Eviction Ban After Congressional Extension Fails,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Eviction Ban', 'Politics', 'White House', 'Joe Biden', 'US House', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Democratic Party', 'US Congress', 'Supreme Court', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus']",CDC rebuffs Biden bid to reinstate COVID-19 eviction moratorium,Reuters,"The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has turned down President Joe Biden's request for a new scaled-down pandemic-related moratorium on residential evictions, citing a lack of legal authority to take the action, the White House said on Monday.
The previous moratorium, which protected millions of Americans behind on their rent from being tossed out of houses and apartments, expired at midnight on Saturday, with Congress failing to renew it as Biden had asked. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi earlier on Monday pressed Biden to have his...",center
5017,White House Looks for ‘Legal Authority’ to Renew Eviction Ban After Congressional Extension Fails,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Eviction Ban', 'Politics', 'White House', 'Joe Biden', 'US House', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Democratic Party', 'US Congress', 'Supreme Court', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus']","Frustration as Biden, Congress allow eviction ban to expire",Associated Press Fact Check,"Anger and frustration mounted in Congress as a nationwide eviction moratorium expired at midnight Saturday — one Democratic lawmaker even camping outside the Capitol in protest as millions of Americans faced being forced from their homes.
Lawmakers said they were blindsided by President Joe Biden’s inaction as the deadline neared, some furious that he called on Congress to provide a last-minute solution to protect renters. The rare division between the president and his party carried potential lasting political ramifications.
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., the chair of the Financial Services Committee, said Saturday...",left
5018,White House Looks for ‘Legal Authority’ to Renew Eviction Ban After Congressional Extension Fails,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Eviction Ban', 'Politics', 'White House', 'Joe Biden', 'US House', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Democratic Party', 'US Congress', 'Supreme Court', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus']","With evictions looming, White House presses governments to distribute housing aid",Washington Examiner,"The White House is urging states and cities to speed up the deployment of federal aid to stave off evictions after a moratorium lapsed and Congress failed to extend it.
""State and local governments long ago received Emergency Rental Assistance— a $46.5 billion plan to protect millions of Americans facing deep rental debt and potential eviction during the pandemic,"" press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement Monday. ""Too many states and cities have been too slow to act.""
States have distributed only a fraction of the aid meant to support both...",right
5019,Rubio’s Performance in Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Marco Rubio defends his performance in final debate before New Hampshire primary,Washington Times,"Florida Sen. Marco Rubio defended his performance in Saturday night’s Republican presidential debate, saying he has raised a lot of money from it and would use the same tactics again.",right
5020,Rubio’s Performance in Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Everyone Ganged Up On Marco Rubio At Saturday's GOP Debate,HuffPost,"Marco Rubio doesn’t lead in any of the polls, but that didn’t stop his presidential rivals from going after the Florida senator during Saturday night's debate as the candidates battled to be the GOP establishment’s less crazy alternative to Donald Trump.
In one of the sharpest back-and-forths of the entire 2016 campaign, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie pillo",left
5021,Rubio’s Performance in Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Insiders: Marco Rubio crashed and burned,Politico,"Marco Rubio was stuck on repeat Saturday night, and it threatens his momentum in the New Hampshire primary.
The POLITICO Caucus – a panel of operatives, strategists and activists in the early-nominating states – overwhelmingly judged Rubio the loser of the final debate before the first-in-the-nation primary.",left
5022,"Trump’s ‘Proud Boys, Stand Back, Stand by’ Comment at Debate Spurs Controversy","['Donald Trump', 'Proud Boys', '2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Portland', 'Violence In America', 'Race And Racism']",Trump’s refusal to condemn white supremacists launches an online furor,Politico,"In a night marked by constant interruptions and blatant fact-fudging, it was a moment that sparked a separate online melee.
Moderator Chris Wallace gave President Donald Trump an uninterrupted opportunity to condemn the nation's biggest domestic terrorist groups: white supremacists. Instead, Trump said they should “stand back and stand by.” What's more, he said, the violence in cities like Kenosha and Portland is a “left-wing problem, not a right-wing problem.”",left
5023,"Trump’s ‘Proud Boys, Stand Back, Stand by’ Comment at Debate Spurs Controversy","['Donald Trump', 'Proud Boys', '2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Portland', 'Violence In America', 'Race And Racism']",Trump’s Answer on White Supremacists Reverberates After Debate,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump and Joe Biden tried to shift back to their respective campaign themes after a raucous first debate that left prominent members of both parties responding to Mr. Trump’s deflections when asked to condemn white supremacists.
Mr. Biden, the former vice president, spoke Wednesday at a train station in Cleveland as he started a tour across eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania and said the debate proved that Mr. Trump doesn’t understand the lives of working-class Americans. The president, meanwhile, slammed moderator Chris Wallace, a Fox News anchor, and said...",center
5024,"Trump’s ‘Proud Boys, Stand Back, Stand by’ Comment at Debate Spurs Controversy","['Donald Trump', 'Proud Boys', '2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Portland', 'Violence In America', 'Race And Racism']",Pelosi Says She ‘Lost a Lot of Sleep Last Night’ After Trump Did Not Condemn White Supremacists,Independent Journal Review,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is knocking President Donald Trump after Tuesday night’s presidential debate in Ohio.
The House speaker, during an MSNBC interview on Wednesday, called the first presidential debate a “sad night for our country” and blasted Trump for not disassociating himself from white supremacist and militia groups, as she put it.
“I lost a lot of sleep last night over that one fact,” Pelosi said.
She continued to declare that Trump has “never respected the dignity of his office and he demonstrated that last night.”",right
5025,ISIS Connection to Shooting,['Terrorism'],ISIL radio: Two supporters carried out San Bernardino massacre,USA TODAY,"A day after federal officials revealed that a woman who took part in the mass shooting in San Bernardino had pledged support for the Islamic State, that extremist group reported over its official online radio service that the man-and-wife team who killed 14 were supporters of the organization.
""Two followers of Islamic State attacked several days ago a center in San Bernardino in California,"" the group reported on its Al-Bayan daily broadcast, according to Reuters. But the Islamic State, also known as ISIL or ISIS, stopped short of claiming responsibility...",left
5026,ISIS Connection to Shooting,['Terrorism'],ISIS: California Killers Were 'Soldiers' of Caliphate,Newsmax (News),"Islamic State said on Saturday that a married couple who killed 14 people in California in an attack the FBI is investigating as an ""act of terrorism"" were followers of the militant group — ""soldiers"" who were ""killed in the path of Allah.""
The group's declaration, in an online radio broadcast comes three days after U.S.-born Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and his spouse, Tashfeen Malik, 29, a native of Pakistan, carried out the attack on a holiday party for civil servants in San Bernardino, about 60 miles (100 km)...",right
5027,ISIS Connection to Shooting,['Terrorism'],ISIS’s links to the San Bernardino shooting: what we actually know,Vox,"Friday morning, multiple news outlets reported some disturbing news: One of the San Bernardino shooters, 27-year-old Tashfeen Malik, apparently pledged allegiance to ISIS in a Facebook post before the shooting.
These reports cite unnamed federal law enforcement officials, so it's important to exercise caution about their veracity at this point. And even if they do turn out to be true, it's important to be cautious about what they mean: The fact that a shooter pledged allegiance to I",left
5028,Search for Missing Nigerian Girls,['World'],Hashtag Heroes,Townhall,"Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said he was “stunned” today by the announcement that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau would surrender himself and all his followers to authorities after he realized he’d started a trending hashtag on Twitter that even First Lady Michelle Obama tweeted.
Shekau, a purveyor of workplace violence and kidnapper of little girls, was quoted as saying, “With progressives in Hollywood and Washington aligned against us, what choice did we have? Look,",right
5029,Search for Missing Nigerian Girls,['World'],First Lady Condemns Abduction of Nigerian Schoolgirls,New York Times (News),"In a rare venture into foreign policy, Michelle Obama on Saturday condemned the abduction of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by terrorists and said that she and President Obama had been personally touched by what she called an “unconscionable” act.
“In these girls, Barack and I see our own daughters,” the first lady said in the weekly radio address that is normally delivered by her husband. “We see their hopes, their dreams — and we can only imagine th",left
5030,Search for Missing Nigerian Girls,['World'],Nigerian families organizing search for kidnapped girls,USA TODAY,"Frustration and despair over the fate of hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic extremists in northern Nigeria is forcing families to organize the rescue themselves.
""We are trying to search for our daughters on our own,"" said a mother of one of the girls, asking to remain unidentified out of fear of causing her daughter further harm. ""Soon we will be heading to the forest.
""We heard rumors that they are ready to negotiate with us if we ourselves go to the forest,"" she added. ""But they threatened to kill...",left
5031,Whistleblower's Attorney Sends Cease And Desist Letter To White House,"['White House', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Whistle Blower', 'Politics']",Whistleblower's lawyer sends cease-and-desist to White House counsel,Axios,"The Ukraine whistleblower's lawyer sent a cease-and-desist letter to White House counsel Pat Cipollone on Thursday, saying President Trump's rhetoric puts his client and the intelligence community in danger.
Why it matters: Trump and his allies have called on the whistleblower to come forward and some, including Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., have publicly stated the whistleblower's alleged identity, which has been promoted among right-wing media.
What he's saying: The lawyer, Andrew Bakaj, pointed to multiple incidents, including one in September when Trump said the whistleblower was ""almost a spy""...",center
5032,Whistleblower's Attorney Sends Cease And Desist Letter To White House,"['White House', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Whistle Blower', 'Politics']",Whistleblower attorney sends Trump cease-and-desist,Washington Times,"An attorney for the Ukraine whistleblower sent a letter to the White House on Thursday warning President Trump against publicly criticizing his client.
In the letter obtained by CNN and posted on its site, Andrew Bakaj told White House Counsel Pat Cipollone that Mr. Trump might bear responsibility “should anyone be physically harmed as a result of his, or his surrogates’, behavior.”
Mr. Trump has repeatedly attacked the person who complained to an inspector-general about the president’s phone call to his Ukrainian opposite number, calling him a coward and a...",right
5033,Whistleblower's Attorney Sends Cease And Desist Letter To White House,"['White House', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Whistle Blower', 'Politics']",Lawyer for Ukraine whistleblower sends White House cease and desist letter to stop Trump's attacks,CNN (Online News),"(CNN) - A lawyer for the Ukraine whistleblower, whose complaint document triggered the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, has sent a letter to the White House warning the President to ""cease and desist"" attacking his client.
""I am writing out of deep concern that your client, the President of the United States, is engaging in rhetoric and activity that places my client, the Intelligence Community Whistleblower, and their family in physical danger,"" Andrew Bakaj wrote to White House counsel Pat Cipollone in a Thursday letter obtained by CNN's...",left
5034,Trump to Make Formal Tariff Announcement,['Trade'],"Lawmakers, Business Brace for Fallout of Trump's Tariff Plan",CBN,"The White House says Mexico, Canada and other countries may be spared from President Donald Trump's planned steel and aluminum tariffs under national security ""carve-outs,"" a move that could soften the blow amid threats of retaliation by trading partners and dire economic warnings from lawmakers and business groups.",right
5035,Trump to Make Formal Tariff Announcement,['Trade'],Trump’s trade war: Does the U.S. have the ‘lowest tariffs in the world’?,Washington Post,So does the United States have the lowest tariffs in the world? And what does this have to do with the trade deficit?,left
5036,Trump to Make Formal Tariff Announcement,['Trade'],Trump planning to make formal tariff announcement,USA TODAY,"As aides race to complete the necessary paperwork, President Trump said he will meet with industry executives Thursday afternoon to discuss formally imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.",left
5037,Can Trump Win?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Working-class voters, Clinton fatigue are key to Donald Trump’s general election success",Washington Times,"Donald Trump’s path to victory in November runs through disaffected white working voters who the GOP hopes can force the election into Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and other states that haven’t been in play for decades.
Analysts said it’s a tricky path, fraught with potential pitfalls — not least of which is Mr. Trump’s own brash style, which could alienate millions of moderate and independent voters and could help keep minority turnout at the 2008 and 2012 rates that powered President Obama to two victories.",right
5038,Can Trump Win?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","If Donald Trump wants to beat Hillary Clinton, he needs to win these 5 states",USA TODAY,"The Republican nomination is in his grasp. Now the question becomes: Can Donald Trump win the White House?
With a decisive victory in the Indiana primary Tuesday, the billionaire businessman who was initially ridiculed as a fringe candidate was declared the party's presumptive nominee by Republican National Chairman Committee Reince Priebus. Trump has defeated 16 primary rivals, including some of the GOP's top governors and senators, and defied the conventional wisdom that he wouldn't run and couldn't win.
His primary rivals and other senior Republicans have argued that Trump's lack...",left
5039,Can Trump Win?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Yes, It’s Early, but Donald Trump Would Have Uphill Battle Against Hillary Clinton",New York Times (News),"A general election matchup between Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton became all but certain on Tuesday after Mr. Trump’s decisive victory in Indiana. He would begin that matchup at a significant disadvantage.
Yes, it’s still a long way until Election Day. And Mr. Trump has already upended the conventional wisdom many times. But this is when early horse-race polls start to give a rough sense of the November election, and Mr. Trump trails Mrs. Clinton by around 10 percentage points in early general election surveys, both nationally and in...",left
5040,"U.S. to Ban Imports From China's Xinjiang Region, Citing Forced Labor","['China', 'Labor', 'Slavery', 'Trade', 'Donald Trump', 'Uighur Muslims', 'Oppression']","U.S. Bans Cotton Imports from Xinjiang, Citing Uyghur Forced Labor",National Review,"U.S. Customs and Border Patrol issued a ban on imports of cotton and tomatoes from the Xinjiang region in China, citing Beijing’s use of forced labor.
Around 20 percent of the world’s cotton is picked in Xinjiang, and the region is also a major exporter of tomatoes, which are used to make ketchup for the U.S. market. The U.S. imported $9 billion in cotton products and $10 million in tomatoes from China during the past year.",right
5041,"U.S. to Ban Imports From China's Xinjiang Region, Citing Forced Labor","['China', 'Labor', 'Slavery', 'Trade', 'Donald Trump', 'Uighur Muslims', 'Oppression']","Trump administration bans imports of cotton and tomatoes from China’s Xinjiang region, citing forced labor",Washington Post,"The Trump administration Wednesday issued a sweeping ban on imports of cotton or tomato products from China’s Xinjiang region, saying it had reviewed evidence of forced labor in the region.
The move is the administration’s latest effort to punish China over what Western officials and human rights groups call the country’s campaign of repression against the Muslim Uighur population of Xinjiang, which has included the population’s mass detention in camps.
The ban, which covers everything from cotton apparel to canned tomatoes, will affect a wide array of U.S. importers. Xinjiang...",left
5042,"U.S. to Ban Imports From China's Xinjiang Region, Citing Forced Labor","['China', 'Labor', 'Slavery', 'Trade', 'Donald Trump', 'Uighur Muslims', 'Oppression']","U.S. to ban imports of all cotton, tomato products from China's Xinjiang region",Reuters,"The United States is imposing a region-wide ban on all cotton and tomato products from western China’s Xinjiang region over allegations that they are made with forced labor from detained Uighur Muslims, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said on Wednesday.
The action applies to raw fibers, apparel and textiles made from Xinjiang-grown cotton, as well as tomato-based food products and seeds from the region. The ban, knows as a withhold release order, also applies to products processed or manufactured in third countries, CBP officials told a news briefing.",center
5043,Fight for Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Obama: U.S. will be ‘judged’ on guns,Washington Times,"President Obama set up the first major fight of his second term on Wednesday as he vowed to directly confront gun rights supporters and called on average Americans to back him in his bid to limit ammunition and semi-automatic firearms sales, expand background checks to all gun purchases and encourage doctors to ask certain patients whether they own guns.
Speaking little more than a month after the shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Mr. Obama unveiled his proposals surrounded by victims families and four children...",right
5044,Fight for Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Obama-backed gun bills considered a long shot in Congress,CNN (Online News),"Despite supporters' hopes that this time it's different, President Barack Obama's new call for restricting some semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines will face deeply entrenched resistance in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and could be a long shot even in the Democratic-led Senate.
Any gun legislation sent to the House ""is going to have to pass with most Democrats and a few Republicans,"" said Nathan Gonzales, deputy editor of the Rothenberg Political Report. ""This would be an even more high-profile bill.""",left
5045,Fight for Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Obama to ‘Put Everything I’ve Got’ Into Gun Control,New York Times (News),"Four days before taking the oath of office, President Obama on Wednesday staked the beginning of his second term on an uphill quest to pass the broadest gun control legislation in a generation.",left
5046,Trump Threatens Comey,['Politics'],Trump suggests there may be ‘tapes’ of his private conversations with former FBI director,Washington Post,"President Trump suggested Friday that there may be “tapes” of his private conversations with FBI Director James B. Comey, whom he fired earlier this week, in an apparent attempt to threaten Comey about “leaking to the press.""",left
5047,Trump Threatens Comey,['Politics'],Trump threatens Comey in new tweet,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump issued a thinly veiled threat Friday to fired FBI Director James Comey, an extraordinary development in the ongoing feud between the President and the agencies investigating alleged ties between his campaign and Russia.
""James Comey better hope that there are no 'tapes' of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press,"" the President tweeted.",left
5048,Trump Threatens Comey,['Politics'],Trump Implies There Is A Recording Of His Conversations With Comey,The Daily Caller,President Trump implied that there are recordings of conversations he had with former FBI Director James Comey.,right
5049,Trump Says Jeff Sessions Should Stop Mueller Probe,['Politics'],Trump says attorney general should stop Mueller probe 'right now',Reuters,President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end a federal criminal probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and whether there was any cooperation by his campaign with Moscow.,center
5050,Trump Says Jeff Sessions Should Stop Mueller Probe,['Politics'],Trump to Jeff Sessions: 'Stop This Rigged Witch Hunt Now',Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump blasted special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation again Wednesday, demanding that Attorney General Jeff Sessions ""stop this rigged witch hunt right now.""",right
5051,Trump Says Jeff Sessions Should Stop Mueller Probe,['Politics'],Trump Calls On Jeff Sessions To Stop Mueller Investigation,HuffPost,"President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Attorney General Jeff Sessions “should stop this rigged witch hunt,” heightening his attacks on the special counsel’s investigation into whether his campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 presidential election.",left
5052,Perspectives: Right Voices Criticize Left-Rated Media for Lack of Coverage on Swalwell Spy Controversy,"['Media Bias', 'National Security', 'Eric Swalwell', 'China', 'US Congress', 'New York Times Bias']",Establishment media is poised to let Swalwell off the hook for Chinese spy story,Washington Examiner,"A congressman who ran for president was compromised by a Chinese espionage operation. And yet, Eric Swalwell remains on the House Intelligence Committee without offering any real explanation of what happened, because ... well, it’s good to be a Democrat!
Swalwell had been close enough with a Chinese intelligence officer that she was able to place an intern in his office. Christine Fang (or Fang Fang) had been in contact with Swalwell as early as his days as a Dublin city councilman in 2012 and had fundraised for his reelection...",right
5053,Perspectives: Right Voices Criticize Left-Rated Media for Lack of Coverage on Swalwell Spy Controversy,"['Media Bias', 'National Security', 'Eric Swalwell', 'China', 'US Congress', 'New York Times Bias']",New York Times Continues Swalwell Blackout Exposing Relationship With Chinese Spy,The Federalist,"After spending months spilling ink to delegitimize stories implicating President-elect Joe Biden in his son’s corrupt overseas business dealings, the New York Times has found a new favorite Democrat to protect.
As of this writing Monday morning, the nation’s most influential newspaper — boasting more than 7 million subscribers — has yet to dedicate a single article or news item to the compromising revelations surrounding Democratic House Intelligence Committee member Eric Swalwell cultivating a relationship with a Chinese spy.",right
5054,Perspectives: Right Voices Criticize Left-Rated Media for Lack of Coverage on Swalwell Spy Controversy,"['Media Bias', 'National Security', 'Eric Swalwell', 'China', 'US Congress', 'New York Times Bias']","For NY Times, no news is fit to print about Rep. Swalwell and a spy",Guest Writer - Right,"If you're a New York Times subscriber who also watches the broadcast network evening news and considers that your news diet, there's a very good chance you haven't heard about Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and his ties to an accused Chinese spy a few years ago.
To review why this is absolutely worthy of coverage, Swalwell’s interaction with the alleged spy known as Fang Fang included, according to Axios, Fang placing an intern in Swalwell's office and helping to fundraise for his 2014 reelection campaign. In 2015, the FBI...",right
5055,"Biden Condemns ""Lawlessness"", Calls for Safety From ""4 More Years""","['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Violence In America', 'Kenosha', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",Joe Biden smacks down Trump in Pittsburgh,Washington Post,"Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, beginning to venture out on the campaign trail, went to Pittsburgh on Monday to deliver a searing rebuke to President Trump. “This president long ago forfeited any moral leadership in this country. He can’t stop the violence — because for years he has fomented it,” Biden declared. “You know, he may believe mouthing the words ‘law and order’ makes him strong, but his failure to call on his own supporters to stop acting as an armed militia in this country shows you how weak he...",left
5056,"Biden Condemns ""Lawlessness"", Calls for Safety From ""4 More Years""","['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Violence In America', 'Kenosha', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",Biden: ‘Do I Look Like a Radical Socialist With a Soft Spot for Rioters? Really?’,Independent Journal Review,"Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden shot down President Donald Trump’s campaign narrative painting him as a radical socialist who is responsible for the recent violence in cities across the country.
Flanked by American flags, Biden told the nation during Monday’s speech in Pittsburgh, “You know me, you know my heart. You know my story, my family’s story. Ask yourself, do I look like a radical socialist with a soft spot for rioters? Really?”
He continued, “I want a safe America, safe from COVID, safe from crime and looting. Safe from...",right
5057,"Biden Condemns ""Lawlessness"", Calls for Safety From ""4 More Years""","['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Violence In America', 'Kenosha', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",Biden criticizes violence while blaming Trump for fomenting it,The Hill,"Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Monday blamed President Trump for escalating violence at protests in cities across the country, while condemning the destructive elements of the racial justice demonstrations that he said are counterproductive to the cause.
Speaking at a steel mill in Pittsburgh, Biden placed the blame for the civil unrest in the country squarely on Trump, saying the president has inflamed tensions since the police killing of George Floyd in May.
“This president long ago forfeited any moral leadership in this country,” Biden said. “He can’t stop...",center
5058,Bill Clinton Spars with Protesters,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bill Clinton’s argument with Black Lives Matter protesters is 2016’s Sister Souljah Moment,Washington Post,"Bill Clinton spent 13 minutes yesterday forcefully responding to Black Lives Matter activists who were heckling him. Speaking in an overwhelmingly African American neighborhood of Philadelphia, the city that will host this summer’s Democratic National Convention, the former president offered a spirited defense of his record on civil rights, his signature crime bill and his wife.",left
5059,Bill Clinton Spars with Protesters,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bill Clinton Gets Into Heated Exchange With Black Lives Matter Protester,NPR (Online News),"In a prolonged exchange Thursday afternoon, former President Bill Clinton forcefully defended his 1994 crime bill to Black Lives Matter protesters in the crowd at a Hillary Clinton campaign event.",left
5060,Bill Clinton Spars with Protesters,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bill Clinton Spars With Black Lives Matter Protesters in Fiery Exchange: ‘You Are Defending…’,The Blaze,Former President Bill Clinton got into a testy exchange Thursday with a group of Black Lives Matter protesters who disrupted a Philadelphia campaign event he was speaking at.,right
5061,Perspectives: Republicans Call for Unity Amid Trump’s Second Impeachment,"['Polarization', 'Bridging Divides', 'Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party']","Congress Ought to Impeach, but Partisanship Only Makes Things Worse",Eli Steinberg,"As the House moves on its article of impeachment on President Donald Trump as the solution to all that ails our nation, there remains a tremendously consequential outstanding question still begging for clarification, one that can bring the importance and utility of this action into focus.
Why should we be doing this?
Is it because now must be the moment when we rise above naked politics? Can we, in the shadows of the Capitol riots, come together in response to Trump's incitement, introducing costs to ensure nothing like it ever...",center
5062,Perspectives: Republicans Call for Unity Amid Trump’s Second Impeachment,"['Polarization', 'Bridging Divides', 'Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party']",What Unity?,Charles Blow,"As the House of Representatives voted Wednesday to impeach Donald Trump for a second time, some Republicans argued that such a move — a constitutional obligation, really — was unnecessarily divisive at a time when the nation should be healing and proposing unity.
The irony is that this plea is being made by many of the same legislators who just last week were supportive of Trump’s scheme to fraudulently overturn the results of a free and fair election, thereby disenfranchising millions of voters who formed the majority of the electorate....",left
5063,Perspectives: Republicans Call for Unity Amid Trump’s Second Impeachment,"['Polarization', 'Bridging Divides', 'Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party']","Democrats, Unity, and Revenge",Cal Thomas,"The old saying ""Revenge is a dish best served cold"" is understood to mean it is better to deliver retribution for a perceived or actual injustice after time has passed, in order for it to be done dispassionately. Sometimes it is better not to serve that dish at all. Like perishable food left unrefrigerated, a different kind of ""bacteria"" can infect the nation.
Dispassion is in retreat in Washington and instead of revenge being served cold, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and many other Democrats are turning up the heat.",right
5064,Fauci Doesn't Expect Lockdowns Amid Delta Variant Outbreak,"['Coronavirus', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Coronavirus Lockdown', 'Delta Variant']","U.S. will not lock down despite surge driven by Delta variant, Fauci says",Reuters,"The United States will not lock down again to curb COVID-19 but ""things are going to get worse"" as the Delta variant fuels a surge in cases, mostly among the unvaccinated, top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday.
A sufficient percentage of Americans have now been vaccinated to avoid lockdowns, Fauci said on ABC's ""This Week"".
""Not enough to crush the outbreak, but I believe enough to not allow us to get into the situation we were in last winter,"" he said.
The average number of...",center
5065,Fauci Doesn't Expect Lockdowns Amid Delta Variant Outbreak,"['Coronavirus', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Coronavirus Lockdown', 'Delta Variant']",Fauci: 'I don't think we're going to see lockdowns',Politico,"The nation's top infectious diseases expert said Sunday he did not expect the U.S. will need to reenter lockdown, as the Delta strain of the coronavirus drives surges in new cases across the country.
""I don't think we're going to see lockdowns,"" Anthony Fauci said on ABC's ""This Week."" ""I think we have enough of the percentage of people in the country, not enough to crush the outbreak, but I believe enough to not allow us to get into the situation we were in last winter,"" he added.
Fauci, who...",left
5066,Fauci Doesn't Expect Lockdowns Amid Delta Variant Outbreak,"['Coronavirus', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Coronavirus Lockdown', 'Delta Variant']",Fauci says more ‘pain and suffering’ still ahead because so many Americans are unvaccinated,Daily Press,"Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Sunday that more “pain and suffering” is on the horizon as COVID-19 cases climb again and officials plead with unvaccinated Americans to get their shots.
Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, also said he doesn’t foresee additional lockdowns in the U.S. because he believes enough people are vaccinated to avoid a recurrence of last winter. However, he said not enough are inoculated to “crush the outbreak” at this point.
Fauci’s warning comes days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed course to recommend...",right
5067,White House Week in Review,"['White House', 'Politics']","This week’s wild Trump White House chaos, explained",Vox,"Hope Hicks is out. Kushner, McMaster, Cohn, and Sessions are all said to be on the ropes.",left
5068,White House Week in Review,"['White House', 'Politics']",The Memo: White House reels after week of upheaval,The Hill,The Trump administration is scrambling to keep its footing after being hit by several gut punches over the past week.,center
5069,White House Week in Review,"['White House', 'Politics']","Weekly Trump Report Card: Yikes what a week, guns, tariffs, resignations, 2020",Washington Examiner,"This week’s White House Report Card has something for everybody with President Trump dealing with gun control, a potential trade war, staff turmoil and his reelection campaign.",right
5070,Imbalanced Coverage Follows Fox News Interview of Former Biden Business Partner,"['Media Bias', 'Polarization', 'Hunter Biden', 'Joe Biden', 'Corruption', 'Fox News Bias']",Biden Whistleblower: The Biden Family Is Compromised,Townhall,"Tony Bobulinski, Hunter Biden’s former business partner, sat down with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson for a no-holds-barred interview for 45 minutes. Bobulinski didn’t want this interview. He doesn’t need to do it, but his reputation was being smeared as Russian misinformation. He was a guest at the final debate and when the former vice president denied being involved in Hunter’s business dealings, he almost stood up and shouted, “liar.”
He added that Joe Biden is the “big guy” referenced in an equity arrangement with a shady Chinese firm with ties...",right
5071,Imbalanced Coverage Follows Fox News Interview of Former Biden Business Partner,"['Media Bias', 'Polarization', 'Hunter Biden', 'Joe Biden', 'Corruption', 'Fox News Bias']",'Plausible deniability': Tony Bobulinski claims Biden family shrugged off concerns about risk to 2020 bid,Fox News (Online News),"Tony Bobulinski, a former business associate of Hunter Biden, claimed in an interview Tuesday that the Biden family shrugged off concerns that Joe Biden’s alleged ties to his son's business deals could put a future presidential campaign at risk.
Bobulinski, in an interview with Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” said he raised concerns in 2017 to the former vice president's brother Jim Biden, about Joe Biden’s alleged ties to a possible joint venture with a Chinese energy firm.",right
5072,Imbalanced Coverage Follows Fox News Interview of Former Biden Business Partner,"['Media Bias', 'Polarization', 'Hunter Biden', 'Joe Biden', 'Corruption', 'Fox News Bias']",MAGA scrambles to repair the Hunter Biden narrative,Politico,"Weeks ago, when Rudy Giuluani first threw the contents of Hunter Biden’s alleged laptop online, he promised a trove of even more damning information 10 days before the election.
Yet with less than a week to go, Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, is still moving down the conservative media food chain, looking for takers.",left
5073,UN Issues Report on Human-Caused Climate Change,"['Climate Change', 'United Nations', 'Carbon Dioxide', 'Environment', 'Pollution', 'Carbon Emissions']",U.N. releases blistering assessment on the state of climate change,NBC News (Online),"Climate change is changing Earth in ways that are ""unprecedented"" in thousands — and in some cases, hundreds of thousands — of years, according to a blistering report released by the United Nations on Monday.
The sobering assessment also found that some changes that are already playing out, such as warming oceans and rising sea levels, are ""irreversible for centuries to millennia.""
The report is the most comprehensive assessment from the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 2013 and provides the strongest case yet for human-caused global warming, saying it's...",left
5074,UN Issues Report on Human-Caused Climate Change,"['Climate Change', 'United Nations', 'Carbon Dioxide', 'Environment', 'Pollution', 'Carbon Emissions']",UN report: Effects of climate change even more severe than we thought,Axios,"Global warming is happening so fast that scientists now say we'll cross a crucial temperature threshold as early as 2030 — up to a decade sooner than previously thought — according to a sweeping new UN-sponsored review of climate science published Monday.
The big picture: Atmospheric CO2 concentrations were higher in 2019 than at any time in at least 2 million years, and the past 50 years saw the fastest temperature increases in at least 2,000 years, according to the new assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
What they're saying: The report...",center
5075,UN Issues Report on Human-Caused Climate Change,"['Climate Change', 'United Nations', 'Carbon Dioxide', 'Environment', 'Pollution', 'Carbon Emissions']",Climate-driven weather extremes will worsen without deep emissions cuts: UN,Washington Examiner,"Human-caused global warming from the emission of fossil fuels is already affecting extreme weather in every region across the world, which will become more frequent and intense with every additional increment of warming, the United Nations said in a new report Monday.
Many changes due to past and future greenhouse gas emissions are irreversible for centuries, especially deep ocean warming, ice sheet melt, and sea-level rise.
But the world is inching closer to reaching a temperature threshold that would lead to even worse consequences unless governments take action in the...",right
5076,Cruz Debates Trump Supporters,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",‘You Are the Problem’: Cruz Engages in Tense Spontaneous Debate With Die-Hard Trump Supporters Outside Indiana Event,The Blaze,Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) engaged in a debate with supporters of his rival Donald Trump outside a campaign stop in Indiana Monday.,right
5077,Cruz Debates Trump Supporters,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ted Cruz: Protester would get spanking at my house,USA TODAY,"Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has made no secret of the fact that he spanks his daughter when she misbehaves. He has also suggested the American people should deliver a “spanking” to Hillary Clinton.
Now, he is prescribing the same discipline for a protester who interrupted him during a rally in Indiana on Sunday.
“Apparent",left
5078,Cruz Debates Trump Supporters,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Cruz confronts pro-Trump protesters in Indiana: ‘He’s taking advantage of you’,Washington Post,What started as a handful of Donald Trump supporters heckling Ted Cruz from across the street outside a campaign stop here Monday afternoon turned into a contentious debate between the Republican presidential hopeful and at least one of them on the eve of the Indiana primary.,left
5079,CDC Withheld Large Portions of COVID-19 Data,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Transparency', 'Public Health']",C.D.C. Withheld Significant Amount of Pandemic Related Data,Daily Beast,"The C.D.C. has only published a fraction of the data it has collected since the onset of the pandemic two years ago, withholding significant data and information that could have supported local officials in targeting their pandemic mitigation efforts.
The agency is only now sharing wastewater data with the public, despite having access to state wastewater information since the beginning of the pandemic. Additionally, it has collected hospitalization data according to age, race, and vaccination status for over a year, but most of the information hasn’t been released. According...",left
5080,CDC Withheld Large Portions of COVID-19 Data,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Transparency', 'Public Health']",The C.D.C. Isn’t Publishing Large Portions of the Covid Data It Collects,New York Times (News),"For more than a year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has collected data on hospitalizations for Covid-19 in the United States and broken it down by age, race and vaccination status. But it has not made most of the information public.
When the C.D.C. published the first significant data on the effectiveness of boosters in adults younger than 65 two weeks ago, it left out the numbers for a huge portion of that population: 18- to 49-year-olds, the group least likely to benefit from extra shots, because the first two...",left
5081,CDC Withheld Large Portions of COVID-19 Data,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Transparency', 'Public Health']",CDC Blasted After Withholding Data Over Fears Of Vax Appearing Ineffective,The Daily Wire,"Medical experts slammed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after the agency admitted to withholding a significant amount of data collected on COVID-19 vaccines from the public.
The CDC refused to publish “large portions” of data gathered on COVID-19 vaccines over concerns that it would be “misinterpreted,” according to The New York Times. CDC spokeswoman Kristen Nordlund said that the fear of misrepresentation, along with several other factors, led the government health agency to withhold the information.
Nordlund also said that the data was withheld “because basically, at the end of the...",right
5082,Typhoon Mangkhut Hits China,['Environment'],The Latest: Typhoon Makes Landfall in China's Guangdong Read more: The Latest: Typhoon Makes Landfall in China's Guangdong,Newsmax (News),"Typhoon Mangkhut has made landfall in southern China's Guangdong province, bringing torrential rains and winds of 162 kilometers per hour (100 miles per hour).",right
5083,Typhoon Mangkhut Hits China,['Environment'],Super typhoon slams into China after pummeling Philippines,Reuters,"A super typhoon made landfall in China’s Guangdong on Sunday, the country’s most populous province, after wreaking havoc in Hong Kong and Macau and killing potentially more than 50 people in the Philippines.",center
5084,Typhoon Mangkhut Hits China,['Environment'],Mangkhut: Typhoon leaves more than 100 injured in Hong Kong,The Guardian,"Typhoon Mangkhut continued on its destructive path on Sunday as it hit the southern coast of China, killing two, after leaving at least 64 dead in the Philippines amid landslides and flooding.",left
5085,Flynn willing to testify,['Politics'],Michael Flynn Wants Immunity Before Talking with Russia-Trump Investigators,Mother Jones,"Michael Flynn, who served as national security adviser to President Donald Trump, offered to be interviewed by FBI and congressional officials in exchange for immunity.",left
5086,Flynn willing to testify,['Politics'],Mike Flynn Offers to Testify in Exchange for Immunity,Wall Street Journal (News),"Mike Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, has told the Federal Bureau of Investigation and congressional officials investigating the Trump campaign’s potential ties to Russia that he is willing to be interviewed in exchange for a grant of immunity from prosecution...",center
5087,Flynn willing to testify,['Politics'],"Michael Flynn seeks immunity, says he has a 'story to tell'",New York Post (News),President Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn is reportedly willing to testify about Trump Team’s ties with Russia in exchange for immunity from prosecution.,right
5088,Surge of Migrants at Southern Border Becoming Early Challenge for Biden Admin,"['Immigration', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Border Crisis']",Democrats split on how to respond to migrant crisis at southern border,New York Post (News),"Democrats are split on where they are placing blame for the spiraling crisis at the southern border, as Vice President Harris refuses to comment on the matter, claiming she hasn’t been briefed on the situation.
Liberal Democratic leadership has continued to deflect blame for the crisis on the policies of former President Donald Trump, while progressives remain opposed to the use of migrant detention centers and have expressed their dissatisfaction with Biden.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is standing by the commander-in-chief as of Wednesday, telling MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”...",right
5089,Surge of Migrants at Southern Border Becoming Early Challenge for Biden Admin,"['Immigration', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Border Crisis']","Southwest border crossings on pace for highest levels in 20 years, Biden admin says",NBC News (Online),"Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Tuesday the U.S. is expected to reach the highest number of people apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border in two decades.
“We are on pace to encounter more individuals on the southwest border than we have in the last 20 years. We are expelling most single adults and families. We are not expelling unaccompanied children,"" Mayorkas said in a statement addressing what he described as a “difficult” situation at the border.
“Our goal is a safe, legal and orderly immigration system that is based on...",left
5090,Surge of Migrants at Southern Border Becoming Early Challenge for Biden Admin,"['Immigration', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Border Crisis']",What is happening with migrant children at the southern US border?,BBC News,"The US is bracing for a 20-year high in numbers of migrants arriving at the southern border, including thousands of children who are being kept in government-run detention facilities that critics say are inhumane.
A pandemic health order means that most adults and families are being summarily turned away, but the Biden administration has allowed unaccompanied children under the age of 18 to enter the US while their claims are processed.
The record-breaking influx of children being held in these camps has led US officials to send in the Federal...",center
5091,Social Media Platforms Censor Doctors Purportedly Spreading Coronavirus Misinformation,"['Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Media Bias', 'Social Media', 'Twitter', 'Media Industry']","Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter removed a COVID-19 video tweeted by Trump due to false coronavirus information — but millions had already viewed it",Insider,"A Breitbart video touting misinformation about the coronavirus has quickly spread across social-media platforms, where clips were retweeted by President Donald Trump and his son Donald Trump Jr.
The video, which got more than 14 million views on Facebook alone, according to CNN, which cited CrowdTangle data, has since been taken down from Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter — including removing tweets that the president shared.
""Tweets with the video are in violation of our COVID-19 misinformation policy,"" a Twitter representative told Business Insider. ""We are taking action in line with...",left
5092,Social Media Platforms Censor Doctors Purportedly Spreading Coronavirus Misinformation,"['Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Media Bias', 'Social Media', 'Twitter', 'Media Industry']","Facebook, Google/YouTube, Twitter Censor Viral Video of Doctors’ Capitol Hill Coronavirus Press Conference",Breitbart News,"Facebook has removed a video posted by Breitbart News earlier today, which was the top-performing Facebook post in the world Monday afternoon, of a press conference in D.C. held by the group America’s Frontline Doctors and organized and sponsored by the Tea Party Patriots. The press conference featured Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) and frontline doctors sharing their views and opinions on coronavirus and the medical response to the pandemic. YouTube (which is owned by Google) and Twitter subsequently removed footage of the press conference as well.",right
5093,Social Media Platforms Censor Doctors Purportedly Spreading Coronavirus Misinformation,"['Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Media Bias', 'Social Media', 'Twitter', 'Media Industry']",Twitter Suspends Donald Trump Jr. for Tweeting COVID-19 Misinformation,Vice,"Twitter has temporarily suspended the account belonging to Donald Trump Jr, the son of U.S. President Donald Trump, after he posted content that violated the company’s policies on misinformation related to the coronavirus pandemic.
The account will be suspended for 12 hours, during which time Don Jr. will be barred from posting new messages, liking or retweeting other posts. He will still be allowed to use Twitter’s Direct Message service to contact his followers. A Twitter spokesperson said this was not a suspension but rather a ""temporary lockout until the...",left
5094,Russia Signals Openness to Diplomacy Despite US Warning of Potential Invasion This Week,"['Russia', 'World', 'Diplomacy', 'War', 'Foreign Policy', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Sergey Lavrov', 'Ukraine', 'Europe', 'NATO']",Sliver of hope: Kremlin sees a diplomatic path on Ukraine,Associated Press,"The Kremlin signaled Monday it is ready to keep talking with the West about security grievances that led to the current Ukraine crisis, offering hope that Russia might not invade its beleaguered neighbor within days as the U.S. and European allies increasingly fear.
Questions remain about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intentions, however. And countries are evacuating diplomats and on alert for possible imminent war amid the worst East-West tensions since the Cold War.
On a last-ditch diplomatic trip, Germany’s chancellor said there are “no sensible reasons” for the buildup of more than 130,000 Russian...",left
5095,Russia Signals Openness to Diplomacy Despite US Warning of Potential Invasion This Week,"['Russia', 'World', 'Diplomacy', 'War', 'Foreign Policy', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Sergey Lavrov', 'Ukraine', 'Europe', 'NATO']",On stage at the Kremlin: Putin and Lavrov’s de-escalation dance,Politico,"Russian President Vladimir Putin and his trusty foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, on Monday signaled that there would be no imminent military strike on Ukraine and that they were prepared to continue diplomatic dialogue with the West, led by the United States.
Coming after the U.S. warned that a major invasion could begin as soon as Wednesday, the geopolitical dance moves were so exquisitely choreographed that a meeting between Putin and Lavrov might have been better held on stage at the Bolshoi Theater, rather than around a huge rectangular conference table...",left
5096,Russia Signals Openness to Diplomacy Despite US Warning of Potential Invasion This Week,"['Russia', 'World', 'Diplomacy', 'War', 'Foreign Policy', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Sergey Lavrov', 'Ukraine', 'Europe', 'NATO']",US keeps talking to Russia as Ukraine invasion fears grow,Washington Examiner,"Russia has appeared to be on the precipice of invading Ukraine for months after amassing a significant troop presence on the border despite the United States and other European countries hoping the standoff could be resolved through diplomacy.
Various U.S. officials have spoken to their Russian and Ukrainian counterparts in recent days, though the results are unclear. Over the weekend, President Joe Biden spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin to warn the U.S. would “impose swift and severe costs on Russia” if they invaded. However, a senior administration official told reporters afterward that ""there was no fundamental change in...",right
5097,UN Releases Report on Human Rights Violations in China's Xinjiang,"['World', 'Asia', 'China', 'Xinjiang', 'Uighur Muslims', 'United Nations']","UN report finds ""serious human rights violations"" in Xinjiang",Axios,"The UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner released a long-awaited report Wednesday detailing the Chinese government's ""serious human rights violations"" in Xinjiang, which the U.S. has deemed a genocide against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities.
Driving the news: The report, which was released minutes before UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet's tenure ended, states that the Chinese government's actions ""may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity.""
The UN report determines that there is evidence of “a pattern of large-scale arbitrary detention” of the mostly Muslim Uyghurs. China has claimed the detention...",center
5098,UN Releases Report on Human Rights Violations in China's Xinjiang,"['World', 'Asia', 'China', 'Xinjiang', 'Uighur Muslims', 'United Nations']","China may have committed 'crimes against humanity' in Xinjiang, UN report finds",CNN (Online News),"China has committed ""serious human rights violations"" against Uyghur Muslims in its northwestern region of Xinjiang, which may amount to ""crimes against humanity"" according to a long-awaited report released Wednesday by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
The detailed 45-page report, published just minutes before outgoing commissioner Michelle Bachelet's term in office came to an end at midnight Geneva time, had been repeatedly delayed, and its release vehemently opposed by China.
The report, which documented what it described as arbitrary and discriminatory detention of members of Uyghur and other predominately Muslim...",left
5099,UN Releases Report on Human Rights Violations in China's Xinjiang,"['World', 'Asia', 'China', 'Xinjiang', 'Uighur Muslims', 'United Nations']","‘Squandered’: UN Hasn’t Held China Accountable For Uyghur Genocide, Former US Ambassador Says",The Daily Caller,"The United Nations’ human rights chief, whose tenure ended Wednesday, failed to hold China accountable for the genocide it is perpetrating against the minority Uyghur ethnic group, former UN Ambassador Andrew Bremberg told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
A long-awaited report detailing results of the UN’s investigation into China’s alleged human rights abuses, released Wednesday, caps Michelle Bachelet’s tenure as UN high commissioner for human rights. Throughout her time in office, Bachelete has attempted to smooth over allegations of grave human rights abuses, including forced labor, involuntary sterilization, torture and indoctrination, Bremberg, who formerly served as the...",right
5100,School Reopening Guidelines Fuel Public Health Debate,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Schools', 'Education', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Teachers Unions']",Scalise rips Biden school-reopening goal: 'You're afraid of standing up to the teachers union',Fox News (Online News),"Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., said President Biden's goal to open the majority of K-8 schools by April 30 falls way short of what school children need, and the Republican Whip urged Biden to choose science over teacher unions.
Scalise, fresh off a call with concerned parents who want their schools reopened, said Biden's goal should be 100% of schools opened within his first 100 days. Anything short of that is a disservice to the children who are suffering, Scalise told Fox News in an interview Thursday.
""Either you are going...",right
5101,School Reopening Guidelines Fuel Public Health Debate,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Schools', 'Education', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Teachers Unions']","School debate rages on, despite CDC effort to set federal benchmarks",ABC News (Online),"Since late fall, 60,000 students and teachers across Greenville County, South Carolina, have been filing into the classroom for school the old-fashioned way: in-person, five days a week.
They've done it, Greenville superintendent Burke Royster said, by enforcing mask wearing, hand washing and social distancing -- mostly by about 3 feet with plexiglass barriers when 6 feet isn't possible -- using high-quality ventilation and launching their own contact-tracing program.
Royster said he believes his schools have lower transmission than its surrounding community -- a finding that is supported by research....",left
5102,School Reopening Guidelines Fuel Public Health Debate,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Schools', 'Education', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Teachers Unions']",CDC’s classroom guidance would keep 90% of schools at least partially closed,CNBC,"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s long-awaited guidance on how to safely reopen schools during the pandemic could end up keeping kids out of the classroom longer than necessary, four doctors who reviewed the guidance told CNBC.
Many public health specialists applauded the agency last week for releasing the clearest and most comprehensive federal guidance yet on whether and to what extent schools should reopen. The 35-page document defines “essential elements” of reopening that include social distancing, universal masking and some testing. It also lays out a set of...",center
5103,House Committee to Vote on Holding Barr in Contempt,"['House Judiciary Committee', 'Justice']",House Panel to Vote on Holding Barr in Contempt,Wall Street Journal (News),"The House Judiciary Committee said it would vote Wednesday on whether to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt, escalating a dispute with the Trump administration after Mr. Barr missed a congressional deadline to turn over an unredacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report.",center
5104,House Committee to Vote on Holding Barr in Contempt,"['House Judiciary Committee', 'Justice']",Imprisoning Bill Barr is left’s new rallying cry: ‘Have him locked up’,Fox News (Online News),"The battle between congressional Democrats and the Justice Department over Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report has reached new levels of vitriol, as some on the left call for Attorney General Bill Barr to be physically dragged in to testify or even locked up for defying congressional subpoenas.",right
5105,House Committee to Vote on Holding Barr in Contempt,"['House Judiciary Committee', 'Justice']",House Judiciary Committee to Vote Wednesday to Hold Barr in Contempt,New York Times (News),"The House Judiciary Committee will vote Wednesday to hold Attorney General William P. Barr in contempt of Congress, after the Justice Department appeared to miss a Monday deadline to negotiate the delivery of Robert S. Mueller III’s full report, along with key evidence collected by the special counsel.",left
5106,South Carolina Republican Introduces Bill to Federally Decriminalize Marijuana,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Nancy Mace', 'US House', 'Taxes', 'Veterans Affairs', 'Public Health']",Republicans introduce bill to decriminalize marijuana,Axios,"Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) introduced legislation Monday to federally decriminalize and tax marijuana, an alternative to Democratic-led attempts to legalize the drug.
Details: The Republican-backed bill, called the States Reform Act, would remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act while deferring to states on matters of regulation.
The legislation would implement a 3% federal tax on cannabis products to ""fund law enforcement, small business, and veterans mental health initiatives,"" according to a news release.
The measure would also release and expunge people convicted of ""nonviolent, cannabis-only related offenses"" at the federal level. The...",center
5107,South Carolina Republican Introduces Bill to Federally Decriminalize Marijuana,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Nancy Mace', 'US House', 'Taxes', 'Veterans Affairs', 'Public Health']",Republican-Backed Bill Would Decriminalize Marijuana,The Daily Caller,"South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace introduced a bill Monday that would decriminalize marijuana nationwide.
The bill, titled the States Reform Act, would strike marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act while still allowing states to regulate the drug as they see fit, a news release touting the legislation said. It would establish a 3% federal marijuana tax which would help “fund law enforcement, small businesses and veterans mental health initiatives.”
“Every state is different. Cannabis reform at the federal level must take all of this into account,” Mace said in a press conference Monday....",right
5108,South Carolina Republican Introduces Bill to Federally Decriminalize Marijuana,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Nancy Mace', 'US House', 'Taxes', 'Veterans Affairs', 'Public Health']",South Carolina Republican introduces bill to decriminalize marijuana at federal level,NBC News (Online),"Rep. Nancy Mace, a first-term Republican from South Carolina, introduced a bill Monday to decriminalize cannabis at the federal level, which she hopes will garner more GOP support for the legalization movement.
""This legislation, I believe, has something good for everyone, whether you're a Democrat or a Republican,"" Mace told reporters outside the Capitol, where she introduced her States Reform Act.
Even though it is legal in 18 states, with medical use permissible in 37 states, marijuana is illegal under federal law.
Mace's bill would strip cannabis of its classification as a Schedule I...",left
5109,Biden Signs Bill Extending Government Spending Hours Before Deadline,"['US Senate', 'US House', 'Bipartisan Senators', 'Economic Policy', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Government Shutdown', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",Congress approves government funding bill hours before midnight deadline to avert shutdown,Washington Post,"Congress on Thursday approved a measure to fund the government into early December, staving off a shutdown that was set to occur after midnight.
The votes in the House and Senate followed weeks of hand wringing between the two parties, after Democrats initially sought to move the measure along with another proposal to raise the country’s debt ceiling. Senate Republicans blocked that effort, leaving the country’s ability to borrow unresolved just 18 days before the next major fiscal deadline.
The funding stopgap sustains federal agencies’ existing spending until December 3,...",left
5110,Biden Signs Bill Extending Government Spending Hours Before Deadline,"['US Senate', 'US House', 'Bipartisan Senators', 'Economic Policy', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Government Shutdown', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",Congress Passes Bill Averting Government Shutdown,Wall Street Journal (News),"Congress passed a bill extending government funding through Dec. 3, sending the legislation to President Biden’s desk hours before current funding expires and completing one of several pressing measures before lawmakers.
Both the House and Senate provided bipartisan support for the bill, which also includes $28.6 billion in emergency disaster aid and $6.3 billion to help resettle Afghan evacuees. The bill passed 65-35 in the Senate, and 254 to 175 a few hours later in the House.
Mr. Biden must sign the bill before midnight to avoid a partial government shutdown....",center
5111,Biden Signs Bill Extending Government Spending Hours Before Deadline,"['US Senate', 'US House', 'Bipartisan Senators', 'Economic Policy', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Government Shutdown', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",Congress passes stopgap spending bill to avert government shutdown,New York Post (News),"The House passed a standalone continuing resolution aimed at averting a government shutdown on Thursday, with the bill expected to be sent to President Biden’s desk before current funding expires at midnight. 
The vote was 254-175.
The Senate passed the measure 65-35 earlier in the day.
The stopgap bill includes language to keep the government funded through Dec. 3 in addition to disaster relief funding and funding to aid with the resettlement of Afghan refugees. 
Its passage comes after Senate Republicans blocked a House-passed short-term spending bill that included language to raise...",right
5112,NY Attorney General Says Trump Organization Misled Tax Officials and Banks,"['Donald Trump', 'Trump Organization', 'Trump Tax Returns', 'Donald Trump Jr.', 'Ivanka Trump', 'NY Attorney General', 'Letitia James']","Letitia James seeks to force Trump, Donald Jr. and Ivanka to cooperate with probe",New York Post (News),"New York Attorney General Letitia James has taken legal action to force former President Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Jr. and Ivanka Trump to cooperate with her investigation into the Trump Organization’s financial dealings.
James on Tuesday filed a motion seeking a court order to compel the three family members to appear for sworn testimony as required by subpoenas that have been issued to the Trumps by her office.
The attorney general’s action came in response to an earlier motion filed by Trump and the two children to quash the interviews...",right
5113,NY Attorney General Says Trump Organization Misled Tax Officials and Banks,"['Donald Trump', 'Trump Organization', 'Trump Tax Returns', 'Donald Trump Jr.', 'Ivanka Trump', 'NY Attorney General', 'Letitia James']",New York attorney general's office says it has identified numerous 'misleading statements and omissions' in Trump Org. financial statements,CNN (Online News),"New York Attorney General Letitia James' office says it needs the testimony of former President Donald Trump and two of his adult children to determine their knowledge of what investigators say they have identified as numerous ""misleading statements and omissions"" in tax submissions and financial statements used to obtain loans.
In a court filing late Tuesday, investigators stated the office ""intends to make a final determination about who is responsible for those misstatements and omissions,"" adding that ""OAG requires the testimony and evidence sought herein to determine which Trump Organization employees and affiliates — and...",left
5114,NY Attorney General Says Trump Organization Misled Tax Officials and Banks,"['Donald Trump', 'Trump Organization', 'Trump Tax Returns', 'Donald Trump Jr.', 'Ivanka Trump', 'NY Attorney General', 'Letitia James']",New York AG: Investigation found evidence of Trump business fraud,The Hill,"The New York attorney general's office said in court filings late Tuesday that it has found ""significant"" evidence that former President Trump's company committed fraud, and asked a state judge to order Trump and two of his children to testify in the investigation.
Over the past year, the attorney general's office said in its filings, the investigation ""has developed significant additional evidence indicating that the Trump Organization used fraudulent or misleading asset valuations to obtain a host of economic benefits, including loans, insurance coverage, and tax deductions.""
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) has outlined the focus of...",center
5115,Perspectives: Presidents Day 2022,"['Holidays', 'History', 'Presidents Day', 'General News']",It’s Time To Cancel Presidents Day,Politico,"The fracturing of society in recent years under the strain of Donald Trump’s presidency and the racial reckoning spurred by George Floyd’s murder has had one positive consequence: A widespread awakening of interest in the American past.
Curiosity about the country’s history has been a pathway to something more bracing: Sharp arguments about the meaning of the past, and about the lessons people living today should draw from the lives of people who died long ago.
Long-forgotten lives, like the dozens of people killed in the Tulsa race massacre, are...",left
5116,Perspectives: Presidents Day 2022,"['Holidays', 'History', 'Presidents Day', 'General News']","Presidents Day 2022: Inspirational Quotes By Biden, Trump, Obama And Others",International Business Times,"Presidents Day is celebrated annually on the third Monday in February to honor the past and present U.S. presidents.
Although the day was initially established to commemorate the birth of George Washington, who was born Feb. 22, 1732, it is now recognized as a time to celebrate all presidents and the contributions they have made to the country.
Here are some inspirational quotes, courtesy Brainy Quote, from notable American presidents:
1. “Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.” ― Joe Biden
2. “Without passion you don't have energy, without energy you have...",center
5117,Perspectives: Presidents Day 2022,"['Holidays', 'History', 'Presidents Day', 'General News']","Today, Celebrate George Washington’s Birthday",Dan McLaughlin,"Today is a federal holiday. That holiday is not “Presidents’ Day.” No such holiday exists in law. It is George Washington’s birthday.
Washington’s birthday has been celebrated since he was encamped with our first army at Valley Forge in 1778. It first became an official state holiday in Massachusetts in 1856, and a federal holiday in 1879. Since the 1968 passage of the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which subordinated historical accuracy to the preferences of federal workers for three-day weekends, Washington’s birthday has been celebrated on the third Monday of February, which...",right
5118,Shooter Opens Fire at YouTube,['Violence In America'],YouTube shooter ID’d as woman with apparent vendetta against company,Fox News (Online News),"The woman suspected of shooting three people at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, Calif. before killing herself was furious with the company because it had stopped paying her for videos she posted on the platform, her father said late Tuesday.",right
5119,Shooter Opens Fire at YouTube,['Violence In America'],Suspect In YouTube Shooting Angry That Her Videos Had Been 'De-Monetized',NPR (Online News),"A woman with an apparent grudge against YouTube for what she claimed was censoring and de-monetizing her videos, opened fire at the video-sharing service's San Bruno, Calif., headquarters, wounding several people before fatally shooting herself, according to police.",left
5120,Shooter Opens Fire at YouTube,['Violence In America'],Police Identify Woman Who Wounded 3 at YouTube and Killed Herself; Motive Is Unclear,New York Times (News),"A woman opened fire with a handgun at YouTube’s headquarters in California on Tuesday afternoon, shooting three people — one of whom was critically injured — before killing herself, the authorities said.",left
5121,"Texas GOP Platform Disputes 2020 Election, Calls Homosexuality ‘Abnormal’","['Politics', 'Texas', 'Republican Party', 'State Governments', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Abortion', 'Education', 'Secession']",Texas Republican Convention calls Biden win illegitimate and rebukes Cornyn over gun talks,The Texas Tribune,"Meeting at their first in-person convention since 2018, Texas Republicans on Saturday acted on a raft of resolutions and proposed platform changes to move their party even further to the right. They approved measures declaring that President Joe Biden “was not legitimately elected” and rebuking Sen. John Cornyn for taking part in bipartisan gun talks. They also voted on a platform that declares homosexuality “an abnormal lifestyle choice” and calls for Texas schoolchildren “to learn about the humanity of the preborn child.”
The actions capped a convention that highlighted how adamantly opposed...",left
5122,"Texas GOP Platform Disputes 2020 Election, Calls Homosexuality ‘Abnormal’","['Politics', 'Texas', 'Republican Party', 'State Governments', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Abortion', 'Education', 'Secession']","Texas GOP calls being gay 'abnormal,' slams efforts to 'validate' trans people",Washington Examiner,"Texas Republicans over the weekend approved a swath of controversial changes to their party’s platform, coming out in full force against LGBT rights and taking a hard right turn on several other issues.
The platform adopted by convention delegates at the conclusion of the party’s 2022 state convention included policy statements calling homosexuality an “abnormal lifestyle choice” and opposing “all efforts to validate transgender identity.”
“We believe there should be no granting of special legal entitlements or creation of special status for homosexual behavior, regardless of state of origin, and we oppose any criminal or...",right
5123,"Texas GOP Platform Disputes 2020 Election, Calls Homosexuality ‘Abnormal’","['Politics', 'Texas', 'Republican Party', 'State Governments', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Abortion', 'Education', 'Secession']",GOP wants Texans to vote on secession from U.S. — plus 6 other takeaways from the party's convention,San Antonio Express-News,"Thousands of Republicans gathered in Houston last week for the 2022 Texas State Republican Convention.
Measures adopted to the party's platform at the convention are not set laws, rather they act as a ""mission statement"" of sorts for the party over the next two years.
Below is a roundup of the GOP's take on hot-button issues — in their own words — from the official platform document.
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5124,Hillary Trails in 3 Swing States,[],Does Hillary Have a Swing-State Problem?,Slate,"Despite Bernie Sanders’ best efforts, Hillary Clinton remains on pace to secure her party’s nomination this summer. Assuming the overwhelming Democratic frontrunner makes it to the general election, though, potential trouble may be waiting. A new Quinnipiac University poll out Wednesday finds Clinton trailing in a pair of important swing states and locked in too-close-to-call races in a third with the GOP’s Big Three: Scott Walker, Marco Rubio, and Jeb Bush.",left
5125,Hillary Trails in 3 Swing States,[],Polls: Clinton trails GOP in swing states,Politico,"Hillary Clinton is in trouble in three key swing states, according to new Quinnipiac University polls released Wednesday.
In Colorado, Iowa and Virginia, the former secretary of state trails in hypothetical general-election matchups with three leading Republican candidates: former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.",left
5126,Hillary Trails in 3 Swing States,[],"Q-poll: Hillary Slumping in Colorado, Iowa, and Virginia",Townhall,"Currently, if you take Donald Trump out of the equation, Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI), Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL), and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) are the three leading contenders for the 2016 Republican nomination, according to recent national polling.
Not coincidentally, tested in three swing states — Colorado, Iowa, and Virginia — against the presumptive Democratic nominee, a new Quinnipiac University poll finds all three are also",right
5127,Fact Check: Is The White House Working With SMS Carriers to Curb Vaccine Misinformation?,"['COVID-19 Misinformation', 'White House', 'Privacy', 'Free Speech', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Coronavirus']",White House Allies to ‘Dispel’ Vaccine Misinformation in Text Messages,Heavy.com,"Arecent article published by Politico about COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy also discussed a new plan by White House allies that has left some people worried. The story mentioned that the White House was looking into increasing its fight against vaccine misinformation sent through SMS and text messages. One of the authors of the article later addressed some questions about the story, clarifying a few points that weren’t originally shared.",center
5128,Fact Check: Is The White House Working With SMS Carriers to Curb Vaccine Misinformation?,"['COVID-19 Misinformation', 'White House', 'Privacy', 'Free Speech', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Coronavirus']",‘Potentially a death sentence’: White House goes off on vaccine fearmongers,Politico,"The Biden administration is casting conservative opponents of its Covid-19 vaccine campaign as dangerous and extreme, adopting a more aggressive political posture in an attempt to maneuver through the public health conundrum.
The White House has decided to hit back harder on misinformation and scare tactics after Republican lawmakers and conservative activists pledged to fight the administration’s stated plans to go “door-to-door” to increase vaccination rates. The pushback will include directly calling out social media platforms and conservative news shows that promote such tactics.",left
5129,Fact Check: Is The White House Working With SMS Carriers to Curb Vaccine Misinformation?,"['COVID-19 Misinformation', 'White House', 'Privacy', 'Free Speech', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Coronavirus']","No, Biden isn't secretly policing your texts — but both parties have been reading some for years",Washington Examiner,"Speculation that President Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee are petitioning cellphone carriers to monitor and edit private text messages is false, DNC and White House officials tell the Washington Examiner.
Still, political operatives from both parties have made a practice of monitoring mass text blasts from the other side in recent years as SMS marketing has exploded as a tool for political campaigns, fundraising groups, and even private sector businesses.
The notion of new Democratic-backed SMS surveillance popped up in conservative circles after Politico published an article Monday that included a line that the DNC and other...",right
5130,British Prime Minister Theresa May Hit By Brexit Resignations,"['Great Britain', 'World']",UK's Brexit Deal in Jeopardy as Senior Ministers Resign,Wall Street Journal (News),"UK Prime Minister Theresa May was fighting to save her Brexit deal just hours after it was sealed, after a series of ministers resigned amid deepening political turmoil over the terms of her plan to exit from the European Union.",center
5131,British Prime Minister Theresa May Hit By Brexit Resignations,"['Great Britain', 'World']","Disaster: Brexit Minister, Three Others Resign From May’s Cabinet Over Draft Agreement",HotAir,"Just a day after declaring her cabinet united behind her in pursuing a new Brexit plan, UK prime minister Theresa May stands on the brink of political oblivion. Four of her cabinet ministers resigned today, including Brexit secretary Dominic Raab, setting up a very difficult vote in Parliament over the plan:",right
5132,British Prime Minister Theresa May Hit By Brexit Resignations,"['Great Britain', 'World']",British Prime Minister Battles To Save Brexit Deal As Ministers Quit,HuffPost,"Just over 12 hours after Theresa May announced that the cabinet had agreed to the terms of a draft Brexit agreement, the Brexit minister resigned.",left
5133,How the US is Moving to Re-open the Economy,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump says he’ll reopen the economy “based on a lot of facts and a lot of instincts”,Vox,"President Donald Trump and two of his top public health advisers have taken different stances on the issue of when — and how — the decision to ease social distancing will be made.
Trump has advocated for aggressive goals in recent days, and said Saturday on Fox News that he plans to base his decision on when to adjust federal social distancing guidelines and ask businesses to reopen “on a lot of facts and a lot of instincts.”
But two of his health advisers, director of the National Institute of...",left
5134,How the US is Moving to Re-open the Economy,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs']",US will reach 'ballpark' capacity of diagnostic needs in May to open economy,The Hill,"One of Trump administration's top advisers on the coronavirus response said Saturday that by May, the U.S. should be in the ""ballpark"" of the diagnostic capacity needed for the economy to begin to reopen.
“By May we’ll have a lot more testing than we do now,” Admiral Brett Giroir told Bloomberg.
“By May, we certainly will be in the ballpark. Whether we are exactly there depends on some factors, including how much is circulating and where regionally this falls out. That is the correct answer, I can’t give you a...",center
5135,How the US is Moving to Re-open the Economy,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs']",We're Working Closely with Governors to Open the Economy,Townhall,President Trump reiterated Monday morning he is working closely with governors across the country to determine when to safely re-open the American economy.,right
5136,Americans Are Dying Younger,"['Healthcare', 'Life Expectancy', 'Young People', 'Health']",Americans Are Dying Young and the Reasons Why Are Scary,Vice,"In utter defiance of historical trends, people are dying younger and younger in America. But what’s especially troubling is how these people are dying, a new report released this week found.
Life expectancy for Americans overall has dropped the last three years data is available, starting in 2014. Today, an average American can expect to live 78.6 years, down from 78.9 years in 2014.
That reversed a longtime trend of rising life expectancy. Between 1959 and 2016, the average American lifespan shot up from 69.9 years to 78.9 years.",left
5137,Americans Are Dying Younger,"['Healthcare', 'Life Expectancy', 'Young People', 'Health']",Death Rate of Middle-Aged Americans Rises for Third Year,Reason,"In 2010, U.S. life expectancy stopped rising. In 2014, it actually began to decline. This reversal can be largely attributed to an increase in the mortality rate of Americans between the ages of 25 and 64, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. U.S. life expectancy rose from 69.9 years in 1959 to 78.9 years in 2014. Average U.S. life expectancy declined in each of the following three years and is now at 78.6 years.
The decline was greater for men (0.4 years) than...",right
5138,Americans Are Dying Younger,"['Healthcare', 'Life Expectancy', 'Young People', 'Health']","'A distinctly American phenomenon': Our workforce is dying faster than any other wealthy country, study shows",USA TODAY,"The engine that powers the world’s most potent economy is dying at a worrisome pace, a “distinctly American phenomenon’’ with no easily discernible cause or simple solution.
Those are some of the conclusions from a comprehensive new study by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University showing that mortality rates for U.S. adults ages 25-64 continue to increase, driving down the general population’s life expectancy for at least three consecutive years.",left
5139,April 2013 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Jobs report tempers 'spring swoon' worries,Politico,"A better than expected jobs report released Friday will most likely soothe worries that the economy has entered a ""spring swoon,"" but it continued to show that the pace of economic growth remains too slow to put a big dent in the unemployment number.",left
5140,April 2013 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],April jobs report: Hiring picks up,CNN (Online News),Job growth was stronger than initially reported at the start of 2013 and U.S. employers continued to hire in April.,left
5141,April 2013 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],April's Unemployment Numbers Are in: Here?s What You Need to Know,The Blaze,"U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in April, nudging unemployment down to 7.5 percent from its previous rate of 7.6 percent.",right
5142,DNC Picks Philly,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Dems pick Philly for '16 convention,Politico,"Philadelphia has been chosen as the host city of the 2016 Democratic National Convention, party officials announced Thursday.
The decision is a huge disappointment for New York City, where Mayor Bill de Blasio had made a major effort to land the convention for Brooklyn. The city had put together a rich financial package to lure the Democratic National Committee.
Story Continued Below
The Democrats’ other finalist city was Columbus, Oh",left
5143,DNC Picks Philly,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Philadelphia to host Democratic National Convention,Washington Times,"It’s official: Philadelphia will play the host city to the Democratic National Convention in July 2016, a source told CNN.
“I am thrilled to announce that Philadelphia will host the convention where will nominate the 45th president of the United States,” said DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz in an emailed statement. “In addition to their commitment to a seamless and safe convention, Philadelphia’s deep rooted place in American history provides a perfect setting for this special gathering.”
The cit",right
5144,DNC Picks Philly,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Philadelphia To Host 2016 Democratic National Convention,HuffPost,"Democrats will host the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, CNN reported Thursday.
Leading up to the decision, Philadelphia was one of three cities -- including New York and Columbus, Ohio -- vying for the opportunity to host.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair of the DNC, announced in a Thursday statement that the committee had signed a final contract with Philadelphia earlier that morning.
“I am thril",left
5145,Democrat Debate in Flint,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton And Sanders Show Republicans What A Real Debate Looks Like,HuffPost,"The campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination is supposedly over, with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton clearly ahead of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and on her way to capturing a majority of delegates.",left
5146,Democrat Debate in Flint,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",5 takeaways from the Democratic debate,CNN (Online News),It was no Republican debate -- nobody talked about the size of their hands or made up demeaning nicknames -- but Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were ready for action Sunday night.,left
5147,Democrat Debate in Flint,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Sanders turns up attacks on Clinton at feisty debate, Dem front-runner fights back",Fox News (Online News),"Fresh off a series of weekend victories in state caucuses, Bernie Sanders turned up the heat on Hillary Clinton at Sunday’s debate in Flint, Mich., sharply challenging her economic credentials and suggesting her gun control stand would ban guns in America. But the Democratic front-runner fought back, blasting him for voting against the auto bailout, dismissing him as a “one-issue candidate” and hitting him once again for his stance on guns.",right
5148,"Jobless Claims Rise Slightly to 373,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","U.S. Jobless Claims Edged Up to 373,000 Last Week",Wall Street Journal (News),"Jobless claims held nearly steady last week, interrupting a downward trend and showing the labor market’s recovery remains uneven, at a time when many states are discouraging workers from tapping jobless assistance.
Initial unemployment claims, a proxy for layoffs, rose by 2,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 373,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. The previous week’s figure was revised up to 371,000. The four-week moving average, which smooths out volatility in the weekly figures, was 394,500, the lowest reading since March 2020.
The recent level of new claims is well...",center
5149,"Jobless Claims Rise Slightly to 373,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",Initial jobless claims unexpectedly rise off pandemic lows,Fox Business,"The number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits last week unexpectedly rose off the lowest levels since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Data released Thursday by the Labor Department showed 373,000 Americans filed for first-time jobless benefits in the week ended July 3, up from an upwardly revised 371,000 filings the week prior. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv expected a decline to 350,000 filings.
Despite last week's small increase the number of initial jobless claims have been more than halved this year after reaching a peak of 904,000 in January. Almost 6 million...",right
5150,"Jobless Claims Rise Slightly to 373,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","US jobless claims tick up to 373,000 from a pandemic low",ABC News (Online),"The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose slightly last week even while the economy and the job market appear to be rebounding from the coronavirus recession with sustained energy.
Thursday's report from the Labor Department showed that jobless claims increased by 2,000 from the previous week to 373,000. Weekly applications, which generally track the pace of layoffs, have fallen steadily this year from more than 900,000 at the start of the year. The four-week average of applications, which smooths out week-to-week volatility, is now 394,500 — the lowest such level...",left
5151,Feinsteins Views on Obama,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Sen. Dianne Feinstein: Obama 'Too Cautious' On ISIS,HuffPost,"Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said in an interview to air Sunday on NBC's ""Meet The Press,"" that President Barack Obama had been ""too cautious"" in his response to the threat posed by Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.
Asked by NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell if Obama's statement that the U.S. did not yet have a strategy to deal with ISIS projected weakness, Feinstein replied, ""I think I've learned one thing about this president, and that is h",left
5152,Feinsteins Views on Obama,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Feinstein: Obama maybe ‘too cautious’ on ISIS, but plans are underway",Washington Times,"The chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday that President Obama is notably cautious — “maybe, in this instance, too cautious” — but insisted the U.S. and its allies will coalesce behind a plan to beat back the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria before their well-funded sources take Baghdad.
Mr. Obama raised eyebrows last week when he admitted that the U.S. does not have a strategy yet to defeat the movement.",right
5153,Feinsteins Views on Obama,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Feinstein says Obama may be 'too cautious',Politico,"The chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee says President Barack Obama might be taking too long to respond to the growing threat from Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria.
“I’ve learned one thing about this president, and that is he’s very cautious. Maybe, in this instance, too cautious,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said in an interview aired Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Feinstein said she agrees with an op-ed by Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina over the weekend in The New York...",left
5154,Levi's Executive Says She Was 'Pushed Out' Over Opposition to COVID-19 School Closures,"['Culture', 'Culture War', 'Business', 'Woke Culture', 'Polarization', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Jennifer Sey', 'Bari Weiss', 'Cancel Culture']",Can a corporate exec speak as a mom about COVID rules? Consider the Levi's saga,NPR (Online News),"In the spring of 2020, at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Jennifer Sey took a hard-line, controversial position: Schools should stay open.
At the time, Sey was chief marketing officer at Levi Strauss & Co., with 21 years at the company. Later in the year, Sey got promoted to Levi's brand president — on a path to potentially become the next CEO. Instead, she has now resigned.
""Ultimately,"" Sey told NPR, ""just about a month ago, the CEO said to me, 'There's just not a path for you here.' You know, 'It's...",left
5155,Levi's Executive Says She Was 'Pushed Out' Over Opposition to COVID-19 School Closures,"['Culture', 'Culture War', 'Business', 'Woke Culture', 'Polarization', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Jennifer Sey', 'Bari Weiss', 'Cancel Culture']","Levi’s Exec Shunned, Pushed Out Of Company Over Anti-Lockdown Activism, She Says",The Daily Wire,"Jennifer Sey, former brand president for the U.S. clothing company Levi’s, quit her c-suite position and turned down a $1 million payout so she could continue to speak out against certain COVID-19 restrictions.
Sey, a former Olympic gymnast, announced her resignation on Monday in journalist Bari Weiss’ Substack newsletter “Common Sense.” Sey said she was pushed out of her job by the company she had championed over her 23-year career because she refused to stop speaking out against school closures and other COVID-19 policies.
“Early on in the pandemic, I publicly questioned...",right
5156,Levi's Executive Says She Was 'Pushed Out' Over Opposition to COVID-19 School Closures,"['Culture', 'Culture War', 'Business', 'Woke Culture', 'Polarization', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Jennifer Sey', 'Bari Weiss', 'Cancel Culture']",Levi's Jennifer Sey resigns over pressure on views about COVID school closures,CBS News (Online),"Jennifer Sey was a rising star at Levi Strauss. The former gymnast spent decades working her way up at the jeans company, eventually even being considered a possible candidate to become CEO. Then COVID-19 happened. In a blog post, she wrote that she decided to leave the apparel maker after it pressured her to stop speaking about her opposition to school closures because of the pandemic. 
Sey also said she turned down $1 million in severance because she feared it would come with a non-disclosure agreement that would prohibit her from talking...",left
5157,Deal Reached in the Ukraine,['World'],Negotiators reach deal to end Ukraine crisis,Washington Post,European and Russian mediators work all night to forge tentative accord as Kiev remains on edge.,left
5158,Deal Reached in the Ukraine,['World'],Breakthrough? Ukrainian President Announces Concessions,NPR (Online News),The deadly crisis may be coming to an end. President Viktor Yanukovych said Friday that hes agreed to form a unity government and to hold new elections.,left
5159,Deal Reached in the Ukraine,['World'],Fresh violence flares in Ukraine as president announces concessions to end crisis,Fox News (Online News),An agreement on resolving the political crisis in Ukraine has been reached at talks between opposition leaders and embattled Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich.,right
5160,GOP Rep. Indicted on Insider Trading Charges,['Politics'],Republican Rep. Chris Collins Arrested for Insider Trading With His Son and Lying to FBI,Daily Beast,"He sat on the board of a pharma company when its drug went bust. Before the bad news went public, he allegedly tipped off his son and friends so they could cut their losses.",left
5161,GOP Rep. Indicted on Insider Trading Charges,['Politics'],"Rep. Chris Collins, Trump's first congressional endorser, arrested by FBI",The Week - News,President Trump's first friend in Congress is the latest to fall to the FBI. Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) was arrested Wednesday on charges of securities fraud and making false statements to the FBI.,left
5162,GOP Rep. Indicted on Insider Trading Charges,['Politics'],NY Republican Chris Collins Arrested for Fraud,Townhall,"Federal prosecutors in New York detailed the charges against Rep. Collins during a press conference on Wednesday. When Collins was a board member for the pharmaceutical company Innate, U.S. attorney Geoffrey Berman explained",right
5163,Indiana Primary,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Cruz campaign in overdrive in desperate bid to wrestle Indiana from Trump,Washington Post,"Inside Ted Cruz’s second-floor campaign office here on a recent afternoon, there were telltale signs of an operation in overdrive: dozens of volunteers calling voters and re­fueling with Mountain Dew, coffee and snacks; staffers busily working on laptops; and an ambitious message on a whiteboard: “Our Goal Today = 20,000 Calls.”
But there were also indications of trouble. Volunteers said they were hearing misgivings from voters — many rooted in insults that front-runner Donald Trump had hurled at Cruz.",left
5164,Indiana Primary,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump ups the ante in Indiana,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump is raising the stakes in Indiana.
Encouraged by a new poll giving him a double-digit lead in the state and eager to pivot to the general election, the Republican front-runner stressed the importance of Indiana's Tuesday GOP primary more than he or his top advisers have previously.
""Indiana is so important and we have to win it,"" Trump said to a crowd of approximately 1,500 people packed into a theater here in Terre Haute, Indiana. ""If we win Indiana, it's over.""
While also echoing his top advisers'...",left
5165,Indiana Primary,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Presidential Campaigns Gear Up for Crucial Indiana Primary,The Blaze,"The 2016 presidential campaign rumbled through Indiana Sunday focused on Tuesday’s critical primary, even as front-runners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump itched to fully engage in the one-on-one battle they cast as inevitable.
But the underdogs in both parties made clear they had no plans to exit the race, at least until the Indiana results come in — and perhaps longer.
“We’re going the distance,” Trump rival Ted Cruz said on ABC’s “This Week,” arguing that Trump won’t be able to get the majority of delegates required to clinch the...",right
5166,Federal Watchdog Determines White House Broke Law By Freezing Ukraine Aid,"['Donald Trump', 'Ukraine Aid', 'Government Accountability Office', 'Watchdog', 'Office Of Management And Budget', 'US Congress', 'White House', 'Politics']","Trump Broke The Law In Freezing Ukraine Funds, Watchdog Report Concludes",NPR (Online News),"A federal watchdog concluded that President Trump broke the law when he froze assistance funds for Ukraine last year, according to a report unveiled on Thursday.
The White House has said that it believed Trump was acting within his legal authority.
Trump's decision to freeze military aid appropriated by Congress is at the heart of impeachment proceedings against the president that are shifting venues this week from the Democrat-controlled House to the majority-Republican Senate.",left
5167,Federal Watchdog Determines White House Broke Law By Freezing Ukraine Aid,"['Donald Trump', 'Ukraine Aid', 'Government Accountability Office', 'Watchdog', 'Office Of Management And Budget', 'US Congress', 'White House', 'Politics']",Federal watchdog says Trump administration broke law by withholding Ukraine aid,Washington Examiner,"The U.S. government’s congressional watchdog determined that the Trump administration violated the law when it withheld hundreds of millions of dollars in security aid to Ukraine in the summer of 2019.
The Government Accountability Office released a nine-page report Thursday concluding the Office of Management and Budget violated the Impoundment Control Act when it held up $214 million appropriated by Congress to the Department of Defense to help Ukraine as it deals with a Russian incursion in the eastern part of its country.",right
5168,Federal Watchdog Determines White House Broke Law By Freezing Ukraine Aid,"['Donald Trump', 'Ukraine Aid', 'Government Accountability Office', 'Watchdog', 'Office Of Management And Budget', 'US Congress', 'White House', 'Politics']","Trump administration violated the law by withholding Ukraine aid, Government Accountability Office says",NBC News (Online),"The Trump administration violated the law by withholding military aid to Ukraine, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a decision released Thursday.
""In the summer of 2019, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) withheld from obligation funds appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) for security assistance to Ukraine,"" the non-partisan government watchdog's ruling said.
""Faithful execution of the law does not permit the president to substitute his own policy priorities for those that Congress has enacted into law. OMB withheld funds for a policy reason, which is...",left
5169,On the Benghazi Hearings,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Hillary Clinton's last trip to the Hill?,Politico,"It was probably not the way she would have chosen to go out. Wednesdays combative Senate hearing on the Benghazi attacks was one of Secretary of State Hillary Clintons last, most high-profile public appearances of her time at Foggy Bottom.",left
5170,On the Benghazi Hearings,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Hillary Clinton's last hurrah? A lasting image while explaining Benghazi,Washington Times,"The “old Hillary Rodham Clinton emerged yesterday in the congressional hearings about what happened in Benghazi, and its the Hillary image thats likely to last.",right
5171,On the Benghazi Hearings,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Five things we learned from the Benghazi hearings,CNN (Online News),Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday took on Republican congressional critics of her department's handling of the deadly September terrorist attack in Libya.,left
5172,Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Martin Luther King Jr's scorn for ‘white moderates’ in his Birmingham jail letter,Washington Post,"The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began writing the “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” in the margins of newspapers, on scraps of paper, paper towels and slips of yellow legal paper smuggled into his cell, where he was kept in solitary confinement after being arrested April 12, 1963, on charges of violating Alabama’s law against mass public demonstrations.",left
5173,Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Three ways MLK speaks to our time,CNN (Online News),"As the nation celebrates King's national holiday Monday, it's easy to freeze-frame him as the benevolent dreamer carved in stone on the Washington Mall. Yet the platitudes that frame many King holiday events often fail to mention the most radical aspects of his legacy, says Jeanne Theoharis, a political science professor at Brooklyn College and author of several books on the civil rights movement.",left
5174,Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Trump administration celebrates Martin Luther King Jr.,Fox News (Online News),"Trump administration officials on Monday honored Dr. Martin Luther King, paying tribute to the fallen civil rights leader as the nation marked the day celebrating his legacy.",right
5175,Putin Appeals Directly to Americans on Syria,['Middle East'],A Plea for Caution From Russia,New York Times (News),RECENT events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to the American people and their political leaders. It is important to do so at a time of insufficient communication between our societies.,left
5176,Putin Appeals Directly to Americans on Syria,['Middle East'],"Putin in The New York Times: Notion of American Exceptionalism is ""Dangerous""",Townhall,Russian President Vladimer Putin has done a pretty good job in the past week embarrassing the United States on the world stage and now hes written an op-ed in the New York Times to futher prove his points and explain is position.,right
5177,Putin Appeals Directly to Americans on Syria,['Middle East'],"Challenging Obama, Putin Appeals Directly To Americans On Syria",NPR (Online News),Russian President Vladimir Putin made an unusual and direct appeal to the American people Wednesday night to reject President Obamas calls for possible use of force against Syria using an op-ed in The New York Times to counter many of the arguments Obama made 24 hours earlier in a speech to the nation.,left
5178,U.S. Reaches 25 Million COVID-19 Cases,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",U.S. Tops 25 Million Confirmed Coronavirus Cases,NPR (Online News),"Almost exactly one year after the first case of the coronavirus was detected in the United States, the country has now reached 25 million confirmed infections. As it has for months, the U.S. remains by far the most coronavirus-riddled country in the world.
Data from Johns Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Center showed the U.S. passing the tragic marker as of Sunday morning. The true number of cases, however, is likely far higher: Many people become infected but never get tested, so they aren't reflected in the count.
The U.S. has...",left
5179,U.S. Reaches 25 Million COVID-19 Cases,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",US passes 25 million coronavirus cases,Fox News (Online News),"The United States has surpassed 25 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
The new milestone, reported Sunday by Johns Hopkins University, is a grim reminder of the coronavirus’ wide reach in the U.S., which has seen far more confirmed cases and deaths than any other country in the world.
The U.S. accounts for roughly one of every four cases reported worldwide and one of every five deaths. India has recorded the second most cases, with about 10.7 million.",right
5180,U.S. Reaches 25 Million COVID-19 Cases,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",The US just marked 25 million Covid-19 cases. Now it's a race between vaccines and variants,CNN (Online News),"It took just over a year for the US to go from one to 25 million coronavirus infections.
That's an average of about 67,934 new infections every day, or an average of one new infection every 1.2 seconds since January 21, 2020.
As infections kept soaring this weekend, so did the death toll. As of Sunday, more than 417,000 people have died from Covid-19 in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The US death toll could reach 569,000 by May 1, according to the University of...",left
5181,Did Durst Admit to Killings,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Robert Durst on HBO’s ‘The Jinx’: I ‘killed them all.’,Washington Post,"From the moment the HBO series “The Jinx” made its debut, it has been called “the new ‘Serial.’” Both the series and the podcast are about unsolved murders. Both let viewers into the process of uncovering what happened. Both tell stories so compelling, it’s easy to sometimes forget the characters are real.",left
5182,Did Durst Admit to Killings,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Real estate heir Robert Durst says he 'killed them all',CNN (Online News),"Millionaire real estate heir Robert Durst's life is so bizarre that HBO made a documentary series about it called ""The Jinx."" But over the weekend, two major turns of events could end Durst's freedom: his arrest in New Orleans for a 2000 killing, and the broadcast of his restroom mutterings that were picked up on his live microphone.",left
5183,Did Durst Admit to Killings,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Arrested real estate heir Robert Durst caught saying he 'killed them all' in HBO documentary,Fox News (Online News),"Real estate heir Robert Durst was arrested Saturday in New Orleans on murder charges the night before an HBO documentary broadcast audio of him muttering ""What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course.""",right
5184,Perspectives: Parents Divided on Vaccinating Kids,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Children', 'Parenting', 'Healthcare']",I wasn’t sure about getting my kids COVID vaccines — until they exposed Grandma to the virus,The Philadelphia Inquirer,"Frantically, I shot out of bed. My stomach was in knots, as it often was during those first few months of motherhood. My imagination on overdrive, I braced for the worst. I bent over my newborn’s crib and placed my hand on her chest. With a sigh of relief, I watched it move up and down.
Earlier that day, my infant daughter had received yet another round of what felt like endless vaccinations. I was an anxious, postpartum mess. I bawled each time the doctor poked her squishy thigh.
I...",left
5185,Perspectives: Parents Divided on Vaccinating Kids,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Children', 'Parenting', 'Healthcare']",Should an 11-Year-Old Wait to Get the Bigger Covid-19 Vaccine Dose?,Wall Street Journal (News),"When Rachel Adams-Kaplan heard that the Covid-19 vaccines would soon be available for her children, she knew she would get her 7-year-old son vaccinated right away. She wasn’t so sure about her 11-year-old daughter.
Children between 5 and 11 years of age began getting Covid-19 shots last week, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Pfizer Inc. PFE -0.82% and BioNTech SE’s BNTX -1.32% vaccine for that age group. Some 900,000 children in that age group had received a first dose through Wednesday, White House Covid-19 coordinator Jeff...",center
5186,Perspectives: Parents Divided on Vaccinating Kids,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Children', 'Parenting', 'Healthcare']",Doing Our Own Due Diligence as Parents on the COVID-19 Vaccine for Children,Jacob Hess,"After the data submitted by Pfizer for its COVID-19 vaccine for children received a thumbs up by the FDA panel last week, the anticipated nudging of parents began.
Anthony Fauci said, “Even though the chances of (a child) getting sick and seriously ill are small, why do you want to take a chance of that with your child, when you can essentially protect the child by an intervention that is proven to be both highly effective and very safe?”
Andrew Pavia from University of Utah Health likewise stated potential risks of the...",right
5187,Obama Acknowledges Website Problems,['Healthcare'],Obama: Health Care Site Is Troubled; Affordable Care Act Is Not,NPR (Online News),"The website that's meant to allow Americans to shop and sign up for new medical plans under the Affordable Care Act isn't working as well as it should, President Obama says. But he promised that the problems will be fixed — and he said the Affordable Care Act is bringing many benefits that aren't tied to those problems.
""Nobody is madder than me that the website isn't working as it should — which means that it's going to get fixed,"" Obama told a crowd at an outdoor address at the...",left
5188,Obama Acknowledges Website Problems,['Healthcare'],Obama Vows Fixes To Health Insurance Website,HuffPost,"President Barack Obama said Monday that there's ""no excuse"" for the technical problems that have plagued the rollout of the Obamacare health insurance website, and promised all Americans would have access to health coverage under his law.
""There's no sugar-coating it. The website has been too slow, people have been getting stuck during the application process,"" Obama said from the White House's Rose Garden. ""Nobody's more frustrated than I am."" The president said he is ""confident"" that the myriad problems with the website, HealthCare.gov, will soon be fixed. The site...",left
5189,Obama Acknowledges Website Problems,['Healthcare'],"OBAMA SAYS HEALTHCARE.GOV ‘KINKS’ WILL BE FIXED, DOESN’T SAY WHEN",The Blaze,"Flanked by 13 people identified as having benefited from Obamacare – one of whom nearly fainted during his remarks – President Barack Obama insisted that his signature health care law is bigger than a problematic website.
“Nobody is madder than me about the fact that the website isn’t working as well as it should, which means it’s going to get fixed,” Obama said from the White House Rose Garden Monday.
But the president gave no timeline or date as to when the online health exchanges that opened Oct. 1 will...",right
5190,Biden Announces 1 Million US Lives Lost to COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health']",Biden marks 1 million US COVID deaths with demand for congressional spending,New York Post (News),"President Biden marked what he called the “tragic milestone” of 1 million US deaths from COVID-19 Thursday by insisting that Congress approve billions of dollars in new spending to boost America’s pandemic response.
“As a nation, we must not grow numb to such sorrow,” the president said in an early morning statement. “To heal, we must remember. We must remain vigilant against this pandemic and do everything we can to save as many lives as possible, as we have with more testing, vaccines, and treatments than ever before. It’s critical that Congress...",right
5191,Biden Announces 1 Million US Lives Lost to COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health']",'Unthinkable tragedy': U.S. COVID-19 death toll surpasses 1 million,ABC News (Online),"What was once unthinkable — is now a reality.
One million Americans have now died from the coronavirus, according to an announcement made Thursday by President Joe Biden, marking a long-dreaded milestone for an incomprehensible tragedy.
""Today, we mark a tragic milestone: one million American lives lost to COVID-19. One million empty chairs around the dinner table. Each an irreplaceable loss. Each leaving behind a family, a community, and a nation forever changed because of this pandemic. Jill and I pray for each of them,"" Biden said in a statement. ""As...",left
5192,Biden Announces 1 Million US Lives Lost to COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health']",COVID claims 1 million U.S. lives,Reuters,"The United States has now recorded more than 1 million COVID-19 deaths, according to a Reuters tally, crossing a once-unthinkable milestone about two years after the first cases upended everyday life and quickly transformed it.
The 1 million mark is a stark reminder of the staggering grief and loss caused by the pandemic even as the threat posed by the virus wanes in the minds of many people. It represents about one death for every 327 Americans, or more than the entire population of San Francisco or Seattle.
By the...",center
5193,"Fake Quote Circulates on Social Media, Political Scientist to Blame","['Media Bias', 'Journalism', 'Journalists', 'Fake News']",A political scientist caused confusion when he made up a Trump quote. The president noticed.,Washington Post,"President Trump again called for libel laws to be changed after a prominent political scientist and think tank leader made up a quote and attributed it to Trump.
Ian Bremmer, the president of the Eurasia Group and a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, tweeted a quote he attributed to Trump on Sunday afternoon.
""President Trump in Tokyo: 'Kim Jong Un is smarter and would make a better President than Sleepy Joe Biden,' "" Bremmer tweeted.",left
5194,"Fake Quote Circulates on Social Media, Political Scientist to Blame","['Media Bias', 'Journalism', 'Journalists', 'Fake News']",Trump seizes on NYU professor's tweet to push change of libel laws,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Monday seized on a New York University professor’s false tweet as an example of journalistic malpractice while calling for the U.S. to modify its libel laws to hold news media accountable.
In his early morning tweet while on an overseas trip to Japan, the president said a fake quote attributed to him by Ian Bremmer shows ""what’s going on in the age of Fake News.""
""People think they can say anything and get away with it,"" Trump wrote. ""Really, the libel laws should be changed to hold...",right
5195,"Fake Quote Circulates on Social Media, Political Scientist to Blame","['Media Bias', 'Journalism', 'Journalists', 'Fake News']",Trump knocks Ian Bremmer for 'completely ludicrous quote',The Hill,"President Trump on Monday slammed journalist and New York University professor Ian Bremmer for attributing a ""completely ludicrous quote"" to him.
""@ianbremmer now admits that he MADE UP 'a completely ludicrous quote,' attributing it to me,"" Trump tweeted amid a four-day state visit to Japan.
""This is what’s going on in the age of Fake News,"" Trump added. ""People think they can say anything and get away with it. Really, the libel laws should be changed to hold Fake News Media accountable!""",center
5196,US Doubts Russia's Pledge to Scale Back Assault on Kyiv as Strikes Continue,"['World', 'Europe', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War']",Biden Expresses Skepticism About Russian Troop Reductions,The Epoch Times,"President Joe Biden says he isn’t “reading anything into” statements from Russian officials signaling that the Russian military is drawing back some of its troops near the Ukrainian capitol of Kyiv.
Face-to-face negotiations between Russia and Ukraine Tuesday in Turkey yielded the first steps towards peace between the two nations more than a month into the war that has left thousands dead or injured and displaced nearly four million Ukrainians.
During the talks, Russia proposed drawing down its troop presence in and around Kyiv while Ukraine proposed adopting a neutral status on the international stage.
Russian...",right
5197,US Doubts Russia's Pledge to Scale Back Assault on Kyiv as Strikes Continue,"['World', 'Europe', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War']","Russia hits near Kyiv, other city despite vows to scale back",Associated Press,"Russian forces pounded areas around Kyiv and another Ukrainian city overnight, local officials said Wednesday, just hours after Moscow pledged to scale back military operations in those places. The shelling further tempered optimism about possible progress in talks aimed at ending the punishing war.
Russia did not spell out what exactly a reduction in activity would look like, and while the promise initially raised hopes that a path toward ending the bloody war of attrition was at hand, Ukraine’s president and others cautioned that the commitments could merely be bluster.
Moscow, meanwhile, reacted...",left
5198,US Doubts Russia's Pledge to Scale Back Assault on Kyiv as Strikes Continue,"['World', 'Europe', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War']",US skeptical of Russian claims it's scaling back the war in Ukraine,CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden and other American officials voiced extreme caution Tuesday at signals Russia is scaling back its military operations near Kyiv, suggesting they were waiting to see stronger signs of de-escalation before making an assessment of Moscow's intentions.
""We'll see. I don't read anything into it until I see what their actions are. We'll see if they follow through what they're suggesting,"" Biden said at the White House, where officials were busy digesting intelligence and reports from the ground that Russian troops were moving their focus away from Ukraine's capital toward other areas of...",left
5199,Leaked Pandora Papers Show Tax Havens for Rich and Famous,"['Pandora Papers', 'Banking And Finance', 'World', 'Corruption']",Pandora papers reveal hidden riches of Putin’s inner circle,The Guardian,"In September 2003, a secret transaction took place. The location was Monaco, a tax haven associated with the international rich. Specifically, an exclusive block just beneath its lavish casino. An apartment changed hands. A local notary signed the deal. Purchase price: €3.6m (£3.1m). For this, the buyer got a luxury fourth-floor flat, two parking spaces, a storeroom, and the use of a pool in the Monte Carlo Star complex.
From the balcony the new owner could gaze down on Monaco’s sparkling marina, stuffed during the summer with floating superyachts. Security ensured...",left
5200,Leaked Pandora Papers Show Tax Havens for Rich and Famous,"['Pandora Papers', 'Banking And Finance', 'World', 'Corruption']",Pandora Papers: A simple guide to the Pandora Papers leak,BBC News,"The Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents that reveals hidden wealth, tax avoidance and, in some cases, money laundering by some of the world's rich and powerful.
More than 600 journalists in 117 countries have been trawling through the files from 14 sources for months, finding stories that are being published this week.
The data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in Washington DC, which has been working with more than 140 media organisations on its biggest ever global investigation.
BBC Panorama and the...",center
5201,Leaked Pandora Papers Show Tax Havens for Rich and Famous,"['Pandora Papers', 'Banking And Finance', 'World', 'Corruption']",Pandora Papers: Newly revealed docs expose tax havens for rich and famous,New York Post (News),"A massive trove of newly released confidential records exposes lucrative tax havens for some of the world’s most rich and powerful figures, from Jordan’s king to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and spicy pop singer Shakira — and even an underground art dealer whose collections have been displayed at The Met.
Dubbed the “Pandora Papers,” the records consist of nearly 12 million documents detailing systematic tax-dodging by 14 firms that use off-shore bank accounts that hide the fortunes and assets of hundreds of wealthy clients.
Rich corporations and individuals used shell...",right
5202,Campaign Funds,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Cha-Ching: Romney Raises $111.6 Million in August,Townhall,"The numbers are in, and they're huge.",right
5203,Campaign Funds,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Obama outraises Romney for first time in months,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama's re-election campaign and supporting committees brought in more than $114 million last month – the first time the incumbent has outraised his opponent, Gov. Mitt Romney, since April.",left
5204,Campaign Funds,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Obama campaign reportedly raises more than Romney for first time all summer,Fox News (Online News),President Barack Obama and Democrats pulled slightly ahead of Mitt Romney and Republicans in monthly fundraising in August for the first time in four months.,right
5205,Update on Fiscal Cliff Talks,[],Options narrow to avert fiscal cliff,Politico,Time is running short — and so are the options available to avert the fiscal cliff.,left
5206,Update on Fiscal Cliff Talks,[],"Obama, Boehner meet on fiscal crisis for first time in weeks",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner met Sunday afternoon for the first time in weeks, in a fresh effort to break the stalemate over the looming fiscal crisis.",right
5207,Update on Fiscal Cliff Talks,[],"Obama, Boehner meet about fiscal cliff and agree -- not to say much",CNN (Online News),"Twenty-three days since they last met face-to-face and 23 days before the fiscal cliff becomes a harsh reality, the two men most pivotal to the contentious budget talks sat down Sunday.",left
5208,Biden Says US Will Have Enough Vaccines for All Adults by End of May,"['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Sustainability']",Biden: US will have enough COVID vaccines for every adult by the ‘end of May’,New York Post (News),"President Biden on Tuesday said that the US will now have enough COVID-19 vaccines for every adult “by the end of May” — and that the feds will start a new program aimed at vaccinating all teachers by the end of March.
The ambitious timeline — less than three months away — comes days after US health regulators approved a third vaccine, developed by Johnson & Johnson, which requires a single shot rather than two.
The White House announced Tuesday that it will use the Defense Production Act to help...",right
5209,Biden Says US Will Have Enough Vaccines for All Adults by End of May,"['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Sustainability']",Biden promises vaccine supply for all US adults by end of May,Al Jazeera,"The United States will have enough coronavirus vaccine doses for every adult in the country by the end of May, President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday, as production of a third vaccine is set to ramp up.
During a news conference at the White House, Biden said he had invoked a wartime production law to require pharmaceutical company Merck & Co to help produce a newly approved vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson.
The US already had contracts with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna to supply 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses –...",left
5210,Biden Says US Will Have Enough Vaccines for All Adults by End of May,"['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Sustainability']",Biden says U.S. will have enough vaccines for 300 million adults by end of May,Axios,"President Biden on Tuesday said that ramped-up coronavirus vaccine production will provide enough doses for 300 million Americans by the end May.
Why it matters: That's two months sooner than Biden's previous promise of enough vaccines for all American adults by the end of July.
The accelerated timeline also comes on the heels of pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck teaming up with Johnson & Johnson to quickly produce its one-shot COVID-19 vaccine.
J&J's vaccine received its emergency use authorization last Saturday, joining Pfizer and Moderna on the vaccine market.",center
5211,"Trump's Withdrawal From Syria Draws Criticism, Praise",['Middle East'],This is not the way to leave Syria,Washington Post,PRESIDENT TRUMP’S sudden move to yank U.S. troops out of Syria undermined at a stroke several foreign policy goals he has championed. The president promised to finish the job of destroying,left
5212,"Trump's Withdrawal From Syria Draws Criticism, Praise",['Middle East'],The Mission in Syria Was Mission Creep,National Review,The aim of defeating ISIS shifted to that of fighting Iran and establishing regime change in Damascus.,right
5213,"Trump's Withdrawal From Syria Draws Criticism, Praise",['Middle East'],"The Frustrating Necessity of Staying in Syria and Afghanistan, Explained",National Review,"We almost certainly know who will dominate in our absence, and we know their hostile intent.",right
5214,Biden To Meet With Putin in June,"['Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'World', 'Europe', 'NATO', 'G-7 Summit', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Cybersecurity']",Biden-Putin summit will be held in Geneva on June 16,Axios,"President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 16 for their first in-person summit, the White House announced on Tuesday.
Why it matters: The highly anticipated summit offers an early test of the Biden administration's goal of holding Russia accountable for its abuses while seeking a more ""stable"" and ""predictable"" relationship.
The big picture: Tensions between the U.S. and Russia have soared in the first six months of the Biden presidency.",center
5215,Biden To Meet With Putin in June,"['Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'World', 'Europe', 'NATO', 'G-7 Summit', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Cybersecurity']",Biden-Putin meeting set for June 16 in Geneva,Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden will meet face to face with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time as commander in chief next month.
The rivals will meet on June 16 in Geneva, Switzerland, as part of Biden's first presidential trip abroad to the United Kingdom and Europe, according to the White House.
""The leaders will discuss the full range of pressing issues, as we seek to restore predictability and stability to the U.S.-Russia relationship,"" White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday in a statement.",right
5216,Biden To Meet With Putin in June,"['Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'World', 'Europe', 'NATO', 'G-7 Summit', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Cybersecurity']",Biden and Putin will meet face to face in Geneva in mid-June.,New York Times (News),"President Biden will meet President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Geneva on June 16, the White House said Tuesday, the first face-to-face session between the two leaders at a time of extraordinary tension over Ukraine, cyberattacks and a raft of new nuclear weapons Mr. Putin is deploying.
The meeting is expected to focus heavily on preventing nuclear escalation. Geneva was also the site of the 1985 summit between Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader, and Ronald Reagan, also focused on the nuclear arms race.",left
5217,North Korea Claims Hydrogen Bomb Test,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea Claims It Tested Hydrogen Bomb but Is Doubted,New York Times (News),"Officials and analysts in South Korea cast doubt on Wednesday on the North’s claim that it had detonated a hydrogen bomb for the first time, saying seismological data from the impact was more in keeping with that of an atomic device.",left
5218,North Korea Claims Hydrogen Bomb Test,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea says it successfully conducts hydrogen bomb test,CNN (Online News),"Sticking it to its foes, North Korea on Wednesday celebrated what it called a successful hydrogen bomb test -- a milestone that, if true, marks a colossal advancement for the reclusive regime and a big test for leaders worldwide on what to do about it.",left
5219,North Korea Claims Hydrogen Bomb Test,"['North Korea', 'World']","Outrage, skepticism greet North Korea's claim of hydrogen bomb test",Fox News (Online News),"The world reacted with outrage and skepticism Wednesday after North Korea claimed that it had successfully tested a ""miniaturized"" hydrogen bomb.",right
5220,Would California’s Fast Food Bill Help Workers or Hurt Businesses?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'California', 'Restaurants', 'Labor', 'Labor Unions', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Business', ""McDonald'S"", 'Minimum Wage', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers', 'State Governments']",California passes bill to regulate wages for fast food workers,CalMatters,"The California Legislature sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a first-in-the-nation bill Monday creating a council to regulate wages and working conditions in fast food restaurants. 
The bill would give labor advocates a long-elusive bargaining foothold in a low-wage industry that employs more than half a million non-unionized workers statewide.
Pushed by the Service Employees International Union and fiercely opposed by business groups, the FAST Recovery Act barely passed the state Senate with the minimum number of votes. The vote was just as narrow in the Assembly hours later. Several Democrats abstained;...",center
5221,Would California’s Fast Food Bill Help Workers or Hurt Businesses?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'California', 'Restaurants', 'Labor', 'Labor Unions', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Business', ""McDonald'S"", 'Minimum Wage', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers', 'State Governments']",Fast-Food Workers Might Finally Get Some Power in California After Years of Disrespect,Vice,"Rosalia Manuel Luna began working at McDonald’s when she was 17 years old. 
Twenty-three years later, on July 8 this year, she was fired from her job. Luna alleges she was let go was in retaliation for speaking up in defense of a co-worker who was allegedly being sexually harassed as well as for her own dispute with McDonald’s over quarantine wages, which got her involved in the Fight for $15 and a Union, the SEIU-aligned movement of food and retail workers that’s been instrumental in improving local and state minimum...",left
5222,Would California’s Fast Food Bill Help Workers or Hurt Businesses?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'California', 'Restaurants', 'Labor', 'Labor Unions', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Business', ""McDonald'S"", 'Minimum Wage', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers', 'State Governments']",Is California Going to Kill McDonald’s?,Brad Polumbo,"“Fight for Fifteen” is old news, it would seem. In California, they may soon have a $22/hour minimum wage—at least for fast food employees.
The “FAST Act” is headed to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk after recently passing through the state legislature. As the Wall Street Journal reports, it would “create a government panel that would set wages for an estimated half-million fast food workers in the state.”
“The bill would establish a panel with members appointed by the governor and legislative leaders composed of workers, union representatives, employers and business advocates,” the Journal explains. “They...",right
5223,"New York Times Faces Criticism for Hiring Sarah Jeong, a Writer With a History of Anti-White Tweets",['Media Bias'],"Sarah Jeong, New York Times Editorial Board Member, Has A Right To Be Angry",HuffPost,And the Times’ defense of Jeong tells Asian-Americans our anger is merited.,left
5224,"New York Times Faces Criticism for Hiring Sarah Jeong, a Writer With a History of Anti-White Tweets",['Media Bias'],The New York Times Has Embraced The Bigotry Of Identity Politics,The Federalist,The New York Times’ decision to hire white-people obsessed Sarah Jeong as a member of its editorial board is getting a lot of virtual ink. That’s because Jeong has written a pile of hateful tweets about “whiteness” and men.,right
5225,"New York Times Faces Criticism for Hiring Sarah Jeong, a Writer With a History of Anti-White Tweets",['Media Bias'],'New York Times' stands by new hire Sarah Jeong over Twitter furor,USA TODAY,"The New York Times reaffirmed its support Thursday for new hire Sarah Jeong after social media criticism of her tweets from several years ago that were derogatory of white people, with both the paper and the writer saying the comments were Jeong’s response to online harassment she had been receiving, but that she regrets her language.",left
5226,Obama Suggests US Lacks Leadership on Coronavirus in Commencement Address,"['Barack Obama', 'Schools', 'Coronavirus', 'Pandemic', 'Leadership', 'Education']","In Virtual Speech To Black Graduates, Obama Says U.S. Lacks Leadership On Coronavirus",NPR (Online News),"Former President Barack Obama delivered a virtual commencement address on Saturday, urging the tens of thousands of graduates from historically black colleges and universities to ""seize the initiative"" amid what he described as a lack of leadership from leaders in the United States to the coronavirus pandemic.
""More than anything, this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they're doing,"" Obama said in remarks that were streamed online. ""A lot of them aren't even pretending to...",left
5227,Obama Suggests US Lacks Leadership on Coronavirus in Commencement Address,"['Barack Obama', 'Schools', 'Coronavirus', 'Pandemic', 'Leadership', 'Education']",Barack Obama attacks Trump administration's response to coronavirus pandemic,The Guardian,"Barack Obama attacked the Trump administration’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic during a speech on Saturday.
The comments are a rare rebuke of a sitting president from one of his predecessors, and come in the midst of a pandemic that has had devastating and disproportionate effects on communities of color in the United States.",left
5228,Obama Suggests US Lacks Leadership on Coronavirus in Commencement Address,"['Barack Obama', 'Schools', 'Coronavirus', 'Pandemic', 'Leadership', 'Education']",Barack Obama to 2020 Graduates: Current Leaders ‘Aren’t Even Pretending to Be in Charge’,Breitbart News,"Former President Barack Obama said in a commencement speech on Saturday that current leaders during the coronavirus crisis were failing 2020 graduates.
“More than anything this pandemic has fully finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they’re doing,” he said. “A lot of them aren’t even pretending to be in charge.”",right
5229,House Votes to Cancel Amnesty,['Immigration'],House votes to cancel Obama amnesties,Washington Times,"Brushing aside Democrats’ warnings of permanent political doom, House Republicans voted Wednesday to cancel President Obama’s deportation amnesties, casting it as an effort to undo a runaway White House untethered either to the Constitution or even to its own words and promises.
In a debate freighted with political, symbolic and constitutional significance, House Speaker John A. Boehner read the 22 times Mr. Obama had de",right
5230,House Votes to Cancel Amnesty,['Immigration'],House Votes to Block Obama’s Executive Immigration Actions,Wall Street Journal (News),"The House Wednesday passed legislation to nullify President Barack Obama ’s immigration policies, tying the contentious matter to a bill funding homeland security and setting up a clash with Democrats who are expected block the measure in the Senate.
The vote was 236-191 for the spending bill after the House easily approved amendments to undo the president’s executive actions last year, and to block a program that gives safe harbor to young people brought to the U.S. as children. The latter amendment was adopted only narrowly, with centrist Republicans opposing...",center
5231,House Votes to Cancel Amnesty,['Immigration'],House votes to block Obama's immigration actions - but exposes new GOP divisions,Washington Post,"Launching a fresh attack on President Obama's immigration policies, the House voted 236 to 191 Wednesday to block immigration actions he took last year, passing the bill after adding a series of amendments gutting most of his immigration policy.
But the votes exposed the new political contours of the expanded Republican majority. Ten Republicans, mostly from suburban swing districts, voted against the final bill after 26 had voted against a proposal to end Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that protects hundreds of thousands of ""dreamers."" The children have...",left
5232,Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Idaho's Near-Total Abortion Ban,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Biden Administration', 'Idaho', 'Joe Biden', 'Justice Department', 'Lawsuits', 'Roe V Wade']",Biden Administration Sues Idaho Over Six-Week Abortion Ban,HuffPost,"The Department of Justice sued the state of Idaho on Tuesday over its six-week abortion ban ― the first litigation filed by the Biden administration to protect reproductive rights since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday morning in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, states that Idaho’s six-week abortion ban is in direct violation of federal law because the restriction does not comply with the 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. The EMTALA statute requires that all patients receive appropriate medical care and stabilizing treatment in an emergency...",left
5233,Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Idaho's Near-Total Abortion Ban,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Biden Administration', 'Idaho', 'Joe Biden', 'Justice Department', 'Lawsuits', 'Roe V Wade']",Justice Department Files Lawsuit Challenging Idaho Abortion Law,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Justice Department on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging Idaho’s near total ban on abortion, setting up the Biden administration’s first legal battle over abortion access since the Supreme Court in June overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated the constitutional right to end a pregnancy.
The lawsuit says Idaho’s abortion restrictions unlawfully conflict with a federal law that requires hospitals accepting Medicare to provide emergency treatments, which can sometimes include abortion.
“If a patient comes into the emergency room with a medical emergency jeopardizing the patient’s life or health, hospitals must...",center
5234,Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Idaho's Near-Total Abortion Ban,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Biden Administration', 'Idaho', 'Joe Biden', 'Justice Department', 'Lawsuits', 'Roe V Wade']",Biden DOJ sues Idaho to block state abortion restrictions,The Blaze,"The Biden administration is suing Idaho to block the state's abortion ""trigger law,"" arguing it has violated federal law requiring hospitals to provide medically necessary treatment to patients before discharging them.
Attorney General Merrick Garland detailed the lawsuit at a press conference Tuesday afternoon, arguing that federal law preempts state laws imposing near total bans on abortion.
“On the day Roe and Casey were overturned, we promised that the Justice Department would work tirelessly to protect and advance reproductive freedom,” Garland said, according to KXAS-TV. “That is what we are doing, and that...",right
5235,Biden Aims To Vaccinate 70% of American Adults by July 4,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Joe Biden']",Biden's new COVID-19 vaccine goal aims for 160M fully inoculated by July 4,Fox News (Online News),"President Joe Biden announced a new vaccination goal on Tuesday while providing an update on the pandemic, aiming for 160 million U.S. adults to be fully inoculated against coronavirus by July 4. According to federal data, over 105 million Americans, or nearly 32% of the population, are now fully vaccinated. Biden is also aiming for 70% of the U.S. adult population to have one vaccine shot by July 4, which currently stands at 44.4%, per CDC estimates.
""If we succeed in this effort, as we did with the last, then...",right
5236,Biden Aims To Vaccinate 70% of American Adults by July 4,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Joe Biden']",Biden’s new goal: get 70% of Americans vaccinated by Fourth of July,The Guardian,"Joe Biden has announced a goal of ensuring 70% of American adults receive at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine by Independence Day on 4 July.
The US president urged people in their 20s and 30s in particular to get inoculated and said his administration was “ready to move immediately” if the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorised the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children aged 12 to 15.
“Our goal by July 4th is to have 70% of adult Americans with at least one shot and 160 million Americans fully...",left
5237,Biden Aims To Vaccinate 70% of American Adults by July 4,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Joe Biden']",Biden sets goal of at least one shot to 70 percent of adults by July 4,The Hill,"President Biden announced Tuesday a goal to administer at least one shot of the coronavirus vaccine to 70 percent of U.S. adults by July 4, as the country moves to vaccinate harder-to-reach Americans.
Biden, in a speech Tuesday afternoon at the White House, also set a goal to have 160 million U.S. adults fully vaccinated by Independence Day.
Together, those goals will mean about 100 million more shots, both first and second doses, across the next 60 days, a senior administration official said.
The goal also acknowledges a slowdown in...",center
5238,Proposed Food Stamp Rule Would Cut Off 3 Million Users,"['Welfare', 'Inequality', 'Hunger', 'Food Stamps', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump administration proposes cutting 3 million off food stamp rolls,USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – As many as 3.1 million recipients could lose their food stamp benefits under a proposal unveiled Tuesday. The Trump administration said the rule was designed to eliminate ""loopholes,"" but it was immediately assailed by anti-poverty advocates.
Under the proposed rule, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program would no longer provide benefits to families solely because they are enrolled in food assistance programs run by the states where they live.",left
5239,Proposed Food Stamp Rule Would Cut Off 3 Million Users,"['Welfare', 'Inequality', 'Hunger', 'Food Stamps', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump administration to propose rule that would cut 3.1 million people from food stamp program: report,Fox News (Online News),"The Trump administration is set to propose a rule Tuesday that would cut about 3.1 million Americans from the food-stamp program in an effort to save taxpayers about $2.5 billion a year, reports said.
The U.S. has seen low levels of unemployment, which is seen as a major factor in low levels of participation in the program. President Trump tweeted earlier this month that food stamp use is at a 10-year low. Politifact verified the claim.
Reuters, citing a U.S. Department of Agriculture, reported that residents in 43 states who...",right
5240,Proposed Food Stamp Rule Would Cut Off 3 Million Users,"['Welfare', 'Inequality', 'Hunger', 'Food Stamps', 'Economy And Jobs']",USDA rule would cut food stamp benefits for 3.1 million,ABC News (Online),"About 3.1 million people would lose food stamp benefits under the Trump administration's proposal to tighten automatic eligibility requirements for the food stamp program.
The Agriculture Department said Tuesday that the rule would close ""a loophole"" that enables people receiving only minimal benefits from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to be eligible automatically for food stamps without undergoing further checks on their income or assets.
""For too long, this loophole has been used to effectively bypass important eligibility guidelines. Too often, states have misused this flexibility without restraint,""...",left
5241,Cruz Picks Fiorina as Running Mate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Bold Move, or Desparation?",Fox News (Online News),"Ted Cruz, looking for a shake-up in the 2016 race as Donald Trump moves steadily closer to the Republican nomination, on Wednesday announced former GOP primary rival Carly Fiorina as his choice for running mate should he win the party nod.",right
5242,Cruz Picks Fiorina as Running Mate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ted Cruz’s Hail Carly pass,Politico,The GOP’s trailing candidate races to shake up a narrative of decline.,left
5243,Cruz Picks Fiorina as Running Mate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why Ted Cruz's Carly Fiorina Gambit Won't Work,Newsweek,"Here’s a cautionary tale for Carly Fiorina, whom Ted Cruz on Wednesday announced as his pick for vice president.",center
5244,CNBC Moderators Criticized,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","'Not a cage match': Cruz, others scold GOP debate moderators",Fox News (Online News),"Texas Sen. Ted Cruz rocked an already feisty Republican presidential debate Wednesday night by accusing the moderators of trying to put on a ""cage match,"" putting the questioners on their heels with criticism echoed by several other candidates on stage.",right
5245,CNBC Moderators Criticized,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Republican presidential candidates criticize debate process,USA TODAY,"A day after going at each other in a third presidential debate, some Republican presidential candidates spent Thursday going after the debate process itself.
“It became irritating,” Marco Rubio told Fox News.
From “gotcha” questions that were deemed too snarky or biased to the crowded nature of the debate stage, some candidates said the Republican Party should consider changes to the format in the weeks and months ahead.",left
5246,CNBC Moderators Criticized,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",CNBC Debate Moderators Face Backlash After 3rd GOP Presidential Debate,ABC News (Online),"After a debate in which the candidates seemed to spend more time sparring with the moderators than with each other, the chairman of the Republican National Committee declared that CNBC, the host network, “should be ashamed.”",left
5247,Harvey Weinstein Under Arrest for Criminal Sex Charges,['Sexual Misconduct'],Hillary Clinton Pal Harvey Weinstein Charged With First-Degree Rape,Townhall,"Hollywood movie mogul and Hillary Clinton pal Harvey Weinstein, who was glorified by actors and Democrats for years, has officially been charged with first and third degree rape against one woman in New York. He's also been charged with forcing two other woman into giving him oral sex against their will. He turned himself into authorities Friday morning.
It was a scene not unlike the red carpet walks he used to do, further highlighting how far the disgraced Hollywood producer has fallen since dozens of women came forward in the...",right
5248,Harvey Weinstein Under Arrest for Criminal Sex Charges,['Sexual Misconduct'],Harvey Weinstein formally charged with rape and a criminal sex act; posts $1M bail,USA TODAY,"Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein has been released on $1 million dollar bail, following his arraignment Friday.
He was charged in Manhattan court with rape, criminal sex act and other sex charges stemming from encounters with two women.
Accused by more than 80 women, Weinstein surrendered to the New York Police Department and Manhattan District Attorney's office Friday morning.
At the arraignment, Weinstein agreed to wear an electronic monitoring device, paid for at his own expense.",left
5249,Harvey Weinstein Under Arrest for Criminal Sex Charges,['Sexual Misconduct'],Harvey Weinstein has surrendered to authorities in New York,Vox,"More than 80 women have come forward to report sexual misconduct by producer Harvey Weinstein since October of last year. He has been fired from his company, kicked out of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and pushed out of the Directors Guild of America. But Weinstein had never faced any criminal charges in connection with the many allegations of sexual harassment and assault against him. Until now.
Weinstein surrendered to authorities in New York the morning of Friday, May 25, and was arraigned shortly thereafter. Bond was...",left
5250,Notre Dame Burns As the World Watches,['Culture'],"Notre Dame Burns, and the Church Weeps",National Review,"For 800 years the people of France gave the world a great gift. For 800 years countless millions experienced its transcendent beauty. Then, in an afternoon, it was gone — gutted by fire. We watched it burn, and across the whole of Christendom men and women were surprised by the extent of their grief.
In the days and weeks that follows, people will share their stories about Notre Dame. Here’s mine. On March 9, 1996, I walked into the great cathedral on the morning of my wedding day. The gravity...",right
5251,Notre Dame Burns As the World Watches,['Culture'],Centuries of history – in flames,USA TODAY,"'Everything is burning': History ablaze at Notre Dame
The famed Notre Dame cathedral in Paris went up in flames Monday as shocked crowds gathered in the streets to watch one of the globe's most iconic churches burn. Smoke flowed from the 850-year-old structure before the cathedral's spire tumbled over, engulfed by flames. The fire burned basically unabated for hours despite hundreds of firefighters' efforts. It continued to glow when darkness fell. French President Emmanuel Macron summed up the emotions: ""I am sad tonight to see this part of all...",left
5252,Notre Dame Burns As the World Watches,['Culture'],Notre Dame was burning and all the world could do was watch together,CNN (Online News),"New York (CNN Business)In Paris, people gathered in plazas and street corners, eyes trained on the all-consuming fire. The rest of the world gathered via screens big and small. United in helplessness. Unsure of what to say. But compelled to watch.
Monday's outbreak of fire at the Notre Dame cathedral was first captured by the camera phones of tourists and local journalists.
One of the first social media posts came from a user named Ally, who tweeted a video of the smoke and wrote, in French, ""Smoke escapes from...",left
5253,Google Co-founders Step Down From Parent Company,"['Sundar Pichai', 'Google', 'Alphabet', 'CEOs', 'Business', 'Technology']",Google parent company gets a new leader: Pichai takes helm,Al Jazeera,"Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai will replace Larry Page as CEO of parent Alphabet Inc, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday, reflecting the increasingly diminished public role of Page and Sergey Brin at the company they cofounded 21 years ago.
""While it has been a tremendous privilege to be deeply involved in the day-to-day management of the company for so long, we believe it's time to assume the role of proud parents - offering advice and love, but not daily nagging!"" Page and Brin wrote in the...",left
5254,Google Co-founders Step Down From Parent Company,"['Sundar Pichai', 'Google', 'Alphabet', 'CEOs', 'Business', 'Technology']",Sundar Pichai just got the worst job in Silicon Valley,CNBC,"Congrats to Sundar Pichai, who just got promoted to the worst job in Silicon Valley.
On Tuesday, Google’s parent company Alphabet dropped the bombshell that co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are stepping down as CEO and president, respectively, and that the 47-year-old Pichai will become CEO of all of Alphabet.",center
5255,Google Co-founders Step Down From Parent Company,"['Sundar Pichai', 'Google', 'Alphabet', 'CEOs', 'Business', 'Technology']","Alphabet CEO change could bring more transparency and larger buybacks, analysts say",MarketWatch,"The departure of Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin from managerial roles at Alphabet Inc. marks the end of an era for the search-engine giant, though analysts doubt there will be meaningful changes in the way the company is run.
Investors, though, may take comfort in the chance of a shift in how the company approaches its financials now that Google CEO Sundar Pichai has been elevated to the top role at parent company Alphabet GOOG, +2.00% GOOGL, +1.89% as well. Analysts say the leadership transition could prompt a...",center
5256,Will Gas Prices Come Down Soon or Stay High?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Energy', 'Environment', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Gas Prices', 'Gas Shortages', 'Joe Biden', 'Ukraine War']",Gas prices are through the roof. That’s just how Biden wants it.,Marc A. Thiessen,"Approaching his 500th day in office this week, Joe Biden is the least popular U.S. president at this point in his first term in the modern polling era. His approval rating might drop even further now that Americans are home from their Memorial Day weekend travels. According to AAA, this was one of the most expensive Memorial Day travel periods on record, with gas prices hitting $4.62 — the highest average price at the pump ever recorded.
But as Americans were struggling to put gas in the tank, President Biden appeared to praise high gas prices as...",right
5257,Will Gas Prices Come Down Soon or Stay High?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Energy', 'Environment', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Gas Prices', 'Gas Shortages', 'Joe Biden', 'Ukraine War']",Gas Prices Are at Record Highs. Here's Why They Won't Drop Anytime Soon,CNET,"We're just pennies away from $5 for a gallon of regular gas, according to the latest data from AAA, which reported the national average at the pump on Tuesday is about $4.92.
Heading into summer, analysts predict even higher prices: According to a report by JPMorgan, the US could surpass $6.20 a gallon by August. 
Thirteen states -- Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii,  Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon and Washington --  have already blown past the $5 threshold, with California leading the pack at $6.37 a gallon.
One Chevron...",center
5258,Will Gas Prices Come Down Soon or Stay High?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Energy', 'Environment', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Gas Prices', 'Gas Shortages', 'Joe Biden', 'Ukraine War']","Why US gas prices are at a record, and why they’ll stay high for a long time",CNN Business,"Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a major reason that US drivers are paying record prices for gasoline. But it’s not the only cause of the spike.
Numerous factors are pushing prices up, with regular gasoline hitting a record $4.87 a gallon Monday according to AAA’s survey — up 25 cents a gallon in just the last week.
Gas prices were already expected to breach the $4 a gallon mark for the first time since 2008, with or without shots fired in Eastern Europe or economic sanctions imposed on Russia. But now the...",left
5259,Attorneys For Whistleblower Worry For Client's Safety,"['Whistle Blower', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']",Trump impeachment: Whistleblower 'endangered' by Trump criticism,BBC News,"The lawyers for a whistleblower whose complaint triggered a US presidential impeachment inquiry say Donald Trump's words are endangering their client.
Since the transcript of his call with the president of Ukraine was revealed, Mr Trump has called for the anonymous whistleblower to be unmasked.
Democrats say the whistleblower will testify to Congress ""very soon"" once steps are taken to protect identity.
Mr Trump has suggested his opponents could be arrested for ""treason"".
A transcript of a call Mr Trump made to Ukraine's new President Volodymyr Zelensky shows he urged...",center
5260,Attorneys For Whistleblower Worry For Client's Safety,"['Whistle Blower', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']",Whistleblower's Attorneys Worry For Client's Safety,Yahoo News,"Lawyers for the whistleblower behind the complaint related to President Donald Trump’s call with the leader of Ukraine said this weekend that they have “serious concerns” regarding their client’s safety.
In a letter addressed to acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire, the lead attorney for the whistleblower, Andrew Bakaj, alluded that the whistleblower is currently under federal protection.
The legal team, he wrote, only expects “this situation to worsen, and to become even more dangerous for our client and any other whistleblowers” who come forward.
“The purpose of this...",left
5261,Attorneys For Whistleblower Worry For Client's Safety,"['Whistle Blower', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']",Whistleblower’s lawyers fear for his safety amid Trump remarks,New York Post (News),"The lawyers for the intelligence official who filed a whistleblower complaint against President Trump that triggered a formal impeachment inquiry have expressed “serious concerns” for their client’s safety, according to reports.
A letter signed by the whistleblower’s lead attorney, Andrew Bakaj, and sent to acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire pointed to Trump’s call for “the person who gave the whistleblower the information” to be publicly identified, NBC News reported.
The letter, dated Saturday and made public Sunday, said events from the past week “have heightened our concerns that...",right
5262,Taliban Announces New Government in Afghanistan,"['World', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Politics', 'Terrorism', ""Women'S Issues""]","Taliban Announces Leadership Of New Government, Says It Will ‘Uphold Sharia’",The Daily Caller,"The Taliban announced the members of its interim government Tuesday for the newly-formed “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” one week after the U.S. completed its military withdrawal from the country.
The head of the government will be Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, who currently leads the militant group’s Leadership Council. Akhund previously served as foreign minister and deputy prime minister in the Taliban government from 1996 to 2001.",right
5263,Taliban Announces New Government in Afghanistan,"['World', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Politics', 'Terrorism', ""Women'S Issues""]",Taliban Unveil New Afghan Government,Wall Street Journal (News),"Four days before the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks that triggered the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, the Taliban declared the restoration of their Islamic Emirate and named a new government, excluding other political forces and giving control of internal security to a U.S.-designated terrorist.
Afghanistan’s new administration, formed three weeks after the Taliban conquered Kabul and deposed the Afghan republic, prompting a massive exodus of foreigners and Afghans at risk, included no women or members of the Shiite minority. Its makeup, unveiled at a hastily called nighttime press conference, belied the...",center
5264,Taliban Announces New Government in Afghanistan,"['World', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Politics', 'Terrorism', ""Women'S Issues""]",Taliban announces new government in Afghanistan,Al Jazeera,"The Taliban has appointed Mohammad Hasan Akhund, a close aide to the group’s late founder Mullah Omar, as head of Afghanistan’s new caretaker government, weeks after it took control of the country in a rapid offensive.
The list of cabinet members announced by chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Tuesday was dominated by members of the group’s old guard, with no women included.",left
5265,Trump Legal Team Says Mar-a-Lago Probe has 'Spiraled Out of Control',"['Justice', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Justice Department', 'FBI', 'Donald Trump']",Trump asks judge to block DOJ from viewing classified records seized from Mar-a-Lago,NBC News (Online),"Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Monday asked a judge to continue blocking the Justice Department from reviewing classified documents seized from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon last week temporarily blocked the DOJ from using the records seized when the FBI searched Trump's home on Aug. 8 until a special master is able to review them. The DOJ challenged her order later in the week.
In a court filing Monday that called the Justice Department's investigation into Trump ""unprecedented and misguided,"" Trump's lawyers claimed that ""there still remains a disagreement as to the...",left
5266,Trump Legal Team Says Mar-a-Lago Probe has 'Spiraled Out of Control',"['Justice', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Justice Department', 'FBI', 'Donald Trump']",Trump lawyers oppose DOJ request to continue to use classified docs seized by FBI during investigation,Fox News (Online News),"Former President Trump’s legal team opposed the Justice Department’s motion to continue its review of classified documents seized by the FBI during its raid of Mar-a-Lago last month, slamming the entire investigation as ""unprecedented and misguided,"" and one that has ""spiraled out of control,"" while stressing that the government has not yet proven that the records ""remain classified.""
In a filing Monday morning, Trump’s legal team said the Justice Department is seeking to ""limit the scope of any review of its investigative conduct and presuppose the outcome, at least in regard to what...",right
5267,Trump Legal Team Says Mar-a-Lago Probe has 'Spiraled Out of Control',"['Justice', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Justice Department', 'FBI', 'Donald Trump']",Special master: Trump’s lawyers respond to DOJ request,NewsNation,"Former President Donald Trump‘s lawyers filed their response to the Justice Department’s request to stay the order for a special master Monday.
The lawyers go through several points to say that the government won’t be harmed by a special master reviewing the documents or by holding off any criminal investigation while the review is taking place. 
Both sides are expected to file their arguments on who the special master should be.
“Given the significance of this investigation, the Court recognizes, as does President Trump, that it must be conducted in the public...",center
5268,Gabbard Camp Demands Clinton Retraction Of Russia Comments,"['Elections', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Decision 2020', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Russia']",Gabbard lawyers demand retraction of Clinton's 'defamation',The Hill,"Lawyers representing Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) on Monday called on Hillary Clinton to retract her comments alleging that the 2020 presidential candidate was a favorite candidate of the Russians, accusing the 2016 Democratic nominee of defamation.
""Your statement is defamatory, and we demand that you retract it immediately,"" Gabbard's lawyer wrote in a letter, demanding that Clinton verbally retract the comments and post the retraction on Twitter.
Clinton's spokesman declined to comment on the letter.
Clinton made the remarks last month on the ""Campaign HQ"" podcast.
“She’s...",center
5269,Gabbard Camp Demands Clinton Retraction Of Russia Comments,"['Elections', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Decision 2020', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Russia']",Tulsi Gabbard’s Lawyers Accuse Hillary Clinton Of Defamation For Russia Remarks,HuffPost,"Lawyers for presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) are accusing Hillary Clinton of defamation for her assertion that “somebody who’s currently in the Democratic primary” is being groomed “to be the third-party candidate” and is “the favorite of the Russians.”
Gabbard’s lawyers, in a letter obtained by Politico’s Daniel Strauss, demanded that Clinton immediately retract comments she made last month to a podcast, calling the statements false and praising Gabbard as “a patriotic loyal American.”",left
5270,Gabbard Camp Demands Clinton Retraction Of Russia Comments,"['Elections', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Decision 2020', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Russia']",Tulsi Gabbard Demands Clinton Retract Russia Remarks,Newsmax (News),"Lawyers for Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, are demanding that Hillary Clinton walk back on her claim that Gabbard's presidential campaign is backed by Russia.
""Your statement is defamatory, and we demand that you retract it immediately,"" a letter from Gabbard's lawyer reads, according to The Hill.
The lawyer requested that Clinton retract her comments both verbally and via Twitter.
""It appears you may now be claiming that this",right
5271,SCOTUS Upholds Lethal Injection,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court Upholds Use of Lethal Injection Drug Implicated in Botched Executions,The Blaze,"The Supreme Court upheld the use of a controversial drug in lethal injection executions Monday, as two dissenting justices said for the first time that they think it’s “highly likely” that the death penalty itself is unconstitutional.
The justices voted 5-4 in a case from Oklahoma that the sedative midazolam can be used in executions without violating the Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.",right
5272,SCOTUS Upholds Lethal Injection,['Supreme Court'],US Supreme Court backs use of contentious execution drug,BBC News,"The US Supreme Court has upheld the use of a contentious drug used in executions, saying it does not violate a ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
The ruling is a setback to opponents of the death penalty, who say midazolam is not suitable for lethal injections.
The drug raised concerns after it was used in executions in three US states in 2014 that took longer than usual.
Executions have been delayed recently in the US amid problems buying drugs as many firms have refused to sell...",center
5273,SCOTUS Upholds Lethal Injection,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court Liberals: Lethal Injection Decision Would Allow Prisoners To Be 'Burned At The Stake',HuffPost,"In a scathing dissent in the Supreme Court ruling on Monday which upheld Oklahoma's use of a lethal injection drug, some of the court's liberal justices suggested that the high court's ruling would allow prisoners to be ""drawn and quartered, slowly tortured to death, or actually burned at the stake"" by states that wished to put them to death.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in a dissenting opinion joined by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Eleana Kagan, wrote that the majority opinion in the 5-4 case left those sentenced to...",left
5274,Trump Won't Participate in Virtual Debate with Biden,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']",Trump Rejects Virtual Debate With Biden,Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump vowed Thursday not to participate in next week's debate with Democrat nominee Joe Biden after organizers announced will take place virtually because of the president's diagnosis of COVID-19.
""The commission changed the debate style and that's not acceptable to us,"" Trump told Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo shortly after the debate change was announced.
""I beat him in the first debate, I beat him easily,"" adding that he expected to ""beat him in the second debate also.""
""I'm not going to do a virtual debate,"" Trump added....",right
5275,Trump Won't Participate in Virtual Debate with Biden,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']",Trump says he won't participate in next debate after commission announces it will be virtual,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will not participate in the second presidential debate with Joe Biden after the Commission on Presidential Debates said the event will be held virtually in the wake of the President's positive coronavirus diagnosis.
""I am not going to do a virtual debate,"" Trump said on Fox Business. ""I am not going to waste my time on a virtual debate.""
Biden's campaign on Thursday swiftly agreed to the virtual format. But Trump's comment throws the debate into question after the commission took the significant...",left
5276,Trump Won't Participate in Virtual Debate with Biden,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']",Trump says he will not participate in virtual presidential debate,The Hill,"President Trump said Thursday that he would not participate in a virtual debate, minutes after the organizing commission announced that next week's event would be virtual to protect the health of those involved.
“I’m not going to do a virtual debate,” Trump, who was diagnosed last week with the coronavirus, said in an interview on Fox Business, claiming the Commission on Presidential Debates is “trying to protect” Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
“I’m not going to waste my time with a virtual debate. That’s not what debating is all about. You...",center
5277,Perspectives: Tucker Carlson Visits Hungary,"['Media Industry', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Hungary', 'Authoritarianism', 'Viktor Orban', 'Europe', 'Politics', 'World']",Tucker Carlson: What the Fox News host is doing in Hungary,BBC News,"US guest of honour and Fox News host Tucker Carlson was granted a lightning visit by military helicopter to Hungary's 175km (109-mile) high-tech, high-cost razor-wire border fence with Serbia this week.
He liked what he saw. After praising the fence for being so ""clean and orderly"", in contrast to the ""chaos"" on the US-Mexican border, he told his viewers: ""It doesn't require a GDP the size of the US, it doesn't require high-tech walls, guns, or surveillance equipment. All it requires is the will to do it.""
And he praised...",center
5278,Perspectives: Tucker Carlson Visits Hungary,"['Media Industry', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Hungary', 'Authoritarianism', 'Viktor Orban', 'Europe', 'Politics', 'World']",Why it matters that Tucker Carlson is broadcasting from Hungary this week,Zack Beauchamp,"This week, America’s most watched cable news host is broadcasting from an authoritarian state — not to criticize its leadership but to praise it.
Fox’s Tucker Carlson is currently in Budapest, airing his show from Hungary’s capital city. In his Monday monologue, Carlson told his listeners that they should pay attention to Hungary “if you care about Western civilization, and democracy, and family — and the ferocious assault on all three of those things by leaders of our global institutions.” He tweeted out a friendly photo with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and is confirmed...",left
5279,Perspectives: Tucker Carlson Visits Hungary,"['Media Industry', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Hungary', 'Authoritarianism', 'Viktor Orban', 'Europe', 'Politics', 'World']",Hungary: An Overweighted Symbol,Michael Brendan Dougherty,"So Tucker Carlson is in Hungary this week. He had a brief meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and he seems to be using the August lull in the news cycle to teach his audience about Orbán’s form of politics, which are conservative, nationalist, and activist. Orbán’s party talks about preserving Hungary’s Christian character, it opposed mass migration into Hungary in the middle of the last decade, and it has tried dramatic experiments in state inducements to childbirth.",right
5280,Trump Proposes $4.7 Trillion Budget for 2020,"['Budget - Debt', 'Donald Trump', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",White House Proposes $4.7 Trillion Budget for Fiscal 2020,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Trump administration on Monday proposed a $4.7 trillion budget that would sharply reduce spending on safety-net and discretionary programs, while effectively exempting the Pentagon from strict funding caps set to take effect in fiscal year 2020.",center
5281,Trump Proposes $4.7 Trillion Budget for 2020,"['Budget - Debt', 'Donald Trump', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Defying Congress, Trump Plans to Renew Fight for Border Wall Funding",New York Times (News),"President Trump, undaunted by perhaps the most bruising legislative defeat of his tenure, plans to kick off a fresh effort on Monday to pressure Congress to pay for a wall along the southwestern border, most likely setting up another showdown with Democrats who have vowed to block his signature project.
Mr. Trump, who failed to extract even a single extra dollar for his wall during a winter battle that shut down parts of the federal government for a record 35 days, will request $8.6 billion in the annual budget proposal,...",left
5282,Trump Proposes $4.7 Trillion Budget for 2020,"['Budget - Debt', 'Donald Trump', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Here's where Trump wants to cut the government,Washington Examiner,"President Trump on Monday proposed a fiscal year 2020 budget plan that would boost federal funding for a handful of favored agencies, but cut most others in a bid to slow the rate of growth of the federal government.
Trump proposed increases for the Departments of Commerce (up 9.3 percent), Defense (up 5 percent), Homeland Security (up 7.8 percent), and Veterans Affairs (up 7.5 percent), as well as NASA and the Small Business Administration.
Others see much more dramatic cuts, according to the budget the House Democrats have already said...",right
5283,Budget Deal Passes,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",House overwhelmingly approves two-year budget plan on a bipartisan vote,Fox News (Online News),"The House approved a two-year spending plan on Thursday evening, in a strong bipartisan vote that underscored the desire by many lawmakers to avoid a repeat of the October budget showdown.
The bill was approved 332-94, over the objections of conservatives concerned it would increase spending in the short-term and liberals concerned it would not extend long-term jobless aid.
The bill now goes to the Senate. The House vote indicates the bill could be on a relatively clear path to the president’s desk, in sharp contrast to the protracted budget...",right
5284,Budget Deal Passes,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",House approves budget deal aimed at averting shutdown,CNN (Online News),"A compromise federal budget plan that would remove the threat of a government shutdown for two years won easy approval Thursday from the Republican-controlled U.S. House.
The deal worked out by House Budget Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray passed on a 332-94 vote and now goes to the Democratic-led Senate, which is expected to approve it next week.
It represented rare convergence between the two parties on government spending after two years of bitter debate and political brinksmanship that includ",left
5285,Budget Deal Passes,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",House Passes Bipartisan Deal on Budget and Pentagon Bill,New York Times (News),"The House on Thursday approved a bipartisan budget accord and a Pentagon policy bill that would strengthen protections for victims of sexual assault. But as it wrapped up its business for the year, it left unfinished a major piece of domestic policy — the farm bill — making it likely that Congress will not deal with it until January.",left
5286,Trump's 'Liberate' Tweets Spark Controversy,"['Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Protests', 'Extremism', 'States Rights', 'Virginia', 'Michigan', 'Minnesota', 'Role Of Government', 'Politics']",Trump's ‘liberate’ tweets supporting lockdown protesters spur social media frenzy,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump sparked uproar on Twitter Friday with a series of tweets encouraging followers to “liberate” amid a growing movement of protests across the country to demand governors reopen “non-essential businesses” and send people back to work.
The three states Trump tweeted about -- Virginia, Michigan and Minnesota -- are run by Democratic governors and critics have responded by calling to “liberate America” from the president.",right
5287,Trump's 'Liberate' Tweets Spark Controversy,"['Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Protests', 'Extremism', 'States Rights', 'Virginia', 'Michigan', 'Minnesota', 'Role Of Government', 'Politics']",Trump calls to 'liberate' states where protesters have demanded easing coronavirus lockdowns,USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump called on supporters Friday to ""liberate"" states that have experienced protests over coronavirus lockdowns, a day after he unveiled guidelines aimed at reopening the nation's economy.
Less than 24 hoursafter declining to name states he felt are prepared to begin easing social distancing guidelines to halt the spread of the virus, Trump named Virginia, Michigan and Minnesota as states that could benefit from what he described asliberation.",left
5288,Trump's 'Liberate' Tweets Spark Controversy,"['Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Protests', 'Extremism', 'States Rights', 'Virginia', 'Michigan', 'Minnesota', 'Role Of Government', 'Politics']","In Trump's 'LIBERATE' tweets, extremists see a call to arms",NBC News (Online),"When President Donald Trump tweeted ""LIBERATE MINNESOTA!"" on Friday morning, some of his most fervent supporters in far-right communities — including those who have agitated for violent insurrection — heard a call to arms.
The tweet was one of three sent from the president's account, along with ""LIBERATE MICHIGAN!"" and ""LIBERATE VIRGINIA, and save your great 2nd Amendment. It is under siege!""",left
5289,Supreme Court Declines to Hear Gun Case,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court Turns Down Case on Carrying Guns in Public,New York Times (News),The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a Second Amendment challenge to a California law that places strict limits on carrying guns in public.,left
5290,Supreme Court Declines to Hear Gun Case,['Supreme Court'],U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Appeal Seeking Gun-Carrying Rights,Bloomberg,"The U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider loosening restrictions on carrying firearms in public, rejecting an appeal by California gun-rights advocates and continuing to steer clear of one of the nation’s most polarizing issues.",left
5291,Supreme Court Declines to Hear Gun Case,['Supreme Court'],"Justices Thomas, Gorsuch blast court decision to reject gun rights appeal",Fox News (Online News),Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch issued a scathing dissent Monday to a Supreme Court decision turning away yet another gun rights case.,right
5292,Are 'Good Guys With Guns' the Answer to Mass Violence?,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Violence In America', '2nd Amendment', 'Greenwood Park Mall Shooting', 'Uvalde Shooting']",How often does a ‘good guy with a gun’ end an attack?,NewsNation,"A shooting at an Indiana mall Sunday that left three innocent people dead and two more injured could have been far worse if not for the actions of an armed civilian, authorities say.
Police are calling 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken a hero after they say he shot and killed the suspected 20-year-old gunman with a firearm he was legally carrying.
“Many more people would have died last night if not for a responsible, armed citizen that took action very quickly within the first two minutes of the shooting,” said Greenwood Police Chief Jim...",center
5293,Are 'Good Guys With Guns' the Answer to Mass Violence?,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Violence In America', '2nd Amendment', 'Greenwood Park Mall Shooting', 'Uvalde Shooting']",Why Anti-Gun Zealots Can’t Admit Concealed Carry Saves Lives,David Harsanyi,"After a video of law enforcement officers acting like utter cowards at the Uvalde school shooting was released, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., claimed that the incident “puts to bed, forever, the question of whether the way to deal with bad guys with guns is to make sure there are more good guys with guns.”
Well, “forever” ended this weekend, when a 22-year-old fatally shot a man armed with an AR-15 who had opened fire in a mall food court in Greenwood, Indiana, killing three. We don’t know all the specifics — and we’ll never...",right
5294,Are 'Good Guys With Guns' the Answer to Mass Violence?,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Violence In America', '2nd Amendment', 'Greenwood Park Mall Shooting', 'Uvalde Shooting']",Uvalde report and 'NRA Math': Why nearly 400 'good guys with guns' couldn’t stop one bad guy,Rex Huppke,"A report on the Uvalde school shooting released over the weekend left some questioning the accuracy of the National Rifle Association’s long-standing mathematical equation: “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”
The Texas House committee report on the shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead found that nearly 400 law enforcement officers were on the scene but failed to halt the slaughter. The Texas Tribune referred to the size of the police presence at Robb Elementary School as “a force larger than...",left
5295,3 US Doctors Killed in Afghanistan,['Middle East'],3 American Doctors Killed by Guard at Afghan Hospital,New York Times (News),"Three American doctors were killed Thursday morning when an Afghan police officer turned his gun on them at a private hospital in Kabul, an attack that underscored the growing frustration with the Western presence here a decade after the war began.",left
5296,3 US Doctors Killed in Afghanistan,['Middle East'],"3 American workers shot, killed in Afghan hospital",CNN (Online News),"At least three American medical workers in Afghanistan were killed Thursday by an officer guarding the hospital, Kabul police said.",left
5297,3 US Doctors Killed in Afghanistan,['Middle East'],Three American Doctors Killed in Afghan Hospital Attack,The Blaze,Three American doctors were killed by an Afghan security guard at a Kabul hospital Thursday according to the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan. The shooting which unfolded at Cure International Hospital was the latest in a string of attacks on foreign civilians in the Afghan capital this year. ...,right
5298,DHS Rescinds Amnesty Program,['Immigration'],"Trump keeps policy on Dreamers, tightens restrictions on older undocumented",USA TODAY,"President Trump's Department of Homeland Security has rescinded former President Barack Obama's order shielding millions of migrants from deportation, but is letting stand a policy that grants reprieves to people who arrived in the United States as children.",left
5299,DHS Rescinds Amnesty Program,['Immigration'],"Trump Will Allow ‘Dreamers’ to Stay in U.S., Reversing Campaign Promise",New York Times (News),"President Trump has officially reversed his campaign pledge to deport the so-called Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as small children.",left
5300,DHS Rescinds Amnesty Program,['Immigration'],Trump Admin Rescinds DAPA Amnesty Program,The Daily Caller,The Trump administration has fulfilled another one of Donald Trump’s campaign promises by rescinding the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) program implemented under Barack Obama that could have allowed as many as five million illegal aliens with children who are citizens or lawful permanent residents to remain in the country if they met certain criteria.,right
5301,Brexit Begins,"['Great Britain', 'World']",Historic moment for Britain as Article 50 letter is FINALLY delivered to the EU headquarters,Daily Mail,"Theresa May vowed to restore Britain's 'self-determination' today as the historic letter confirming our EU divorce was finally delivered to Brussels - including a stark warning that trying to punish the UK would be a 'costly mistake'.
The Prime Minister delivered an upbeat vision of a UK whose 'best days lie ahead' as she confirmed her envoy Sir Tim Barrow had handed the formal notification to European Council president Donald Tusk in Brussels.",right
5302,Brexit Begins,"['Great Britain', 'World']",Brexit: The UK's letter triggering Article 50,BBC News,"Here is the full text of Theresa May's letter to European Council president Donald Tusk, beginning the start of Brexit negotiations.",center
5303,Brexit Begins,"['Great Britain', 'World']",U.K. Initiates ‘Brexit’ and Wades Into a Thorny Thicket,New York Times (News),"In one of the most consequential diplomatic events in Britain since World War II, Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday sent formal notice of the country’s intention to withdraw from the European Union, starting a tortuous two-year divorce littered with pitfalls for both sides.",left
5304,Perspectives: The US and Afghan Refugees,"['Immigration', 'Afghanistan', 'Border Crisis', 'Middle East', 'World']","Why We Can Accept Afghan Refugees, and Should",National Review,"If you don’t imbibe the noxious prattle-on-demand that calls itself cable television “news,” you might not realize that a crew of pundits and talking heads has spent much of the last few weeks warning that the fall of Kabul to the Taliban will mean an invasive flood of Afghan refugees pouring into our streets, ravaging our daughters, and imposing sharia law on our cul-de-sacs and HOAs.
Never mind that those refugees are running from the imposition of an especially brutal form of sharia law, or that to fight a terrorist cell, we invaded...",right
5305,Perspectives: The US and Afghan Refugees,"['Immigration', 'Afghanistan', 'Border Crisis', 'Middle East', 'World']",Afghanistan feeds U.S. immigration crisis,Axios,"President Biden is struggling with a Gordian knot on immigration that there's little he can do to untangle: The nation's broken system is making it harder than it should be to manage the Afghan refugee crisis — and the Afghan refugee crisis is making it harder to fix the system.
By the numbers: If the military’s task of adding 50,000 spots to bases by mid-September to temporarily house Afghan refugees sounds like a lot, consider that there have been more than 1.2 million undocumented border crossings since last October.
Meanwhile, pandemic...",center
5306,Perspectives: The US and Afghan Refugees,"['Immigration', 'Afghanistan', 'Border Crisis', 'Middle East', 'World']",Afghan refugees need and deserve legal status in the United States,Guest Writer - Left,"The Afghans evacuated by the United States have escaped the Taliban, but they still face a humanitarian emergency. These are refugees experiencing stunning loss and anxiety — they have well-founded fears of persecution as defined in the Refugee Convention and U.S. law — and they need and deserve legal status in the United States through a smooth and welcoming process. 
As we have seen, the Afghan refugees were and continue to be hurriedly evacuated and provided quick entry through what’s known as the parole authority of the secretary of the Department of...",left
5307,Democrats in Congress Call for Trump Removal Under 25th Amendment,"['US Congress', '25th Amendment', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Adam Kinzinger', 'Democratic Party', 'Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'Ilhan Omar', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Politics']",House Judiciary Committee Democrats urge Pence to invoke 25th Amendment,Axios,"House Judiciary Committee Democrats called on Vice President Mike Pence in a letter Wednesday to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove President Trump from office, saying he incited the riot that violently breached the U.S. Capitol earlier that day.
Why it matters: The letter comes as Republican officials are considering drastic steps to stop the president, including censure, impeachment or invoking the 25th Amendment, which would allow Pence to step in if Trump were found to be unable to perform his duties, Axios' Jonathan Swan and Margaret Talev report.
What...",center
5308,Democrats in Congress Call for Trump Removal Under 25th Amendment,"['US Congress', '25th Amendment', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Adam Kinzinger', 'Democratic Party', 'Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'Ilhan Omar', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Politics']",Pelosi calls for Trump’s immediate removal from office after deadly riots,Politico,"Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called on Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to immediately remove President Donald Trump from office following the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol.
""If the vice president and the Cabinet do not act, the Congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment,"" Pelosi said.
Pelosi joined a growing number of lawmakers in demanding the end to Trump's presidency, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, either through the 25th Amendment or impeachment despite Trump having less than two weeks...",left
5309,Democrats in Congress Call for Trump Removal Under 25th Amendment,"['US Congress', '25th Amendment', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Adam Kinzinger', 'Democratic Party', 'Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'Ilhan Omar', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Politics']",Schumer joins call for immediate removal and impeachment of Trump following Capitol siege,Washington Examiner,"Sen. Chuck Schumer, who will become the majority leader within a few weeks, called on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove President Trump from office. He said Congress should also impeach the president.
Schumer, a New York Democrat, joined a growing list of Democrats who say Trump should not be in office a minute longer following a violent and deadly siege of the Capitol on Wednesday that they blame on him.
“What happened at the U.S. Capitol yesterday was an insurrection against the United States,...",right
5310,Trump Recognizes Jerusalem as Capital of Israel,['Middle East'],Why Trump is right in recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is a perfect response to President Obama’s benighted decision to change American policy by engineering the United Nations Security Council Resolution declaring Judaism’s holiest places in Jerusalem to be occupied territory and a “flagrant violation under international law.” It was President Obama who changed the status quo and made peace more difficult, by handing the Palestinians enormous leverage in future negotiations and disincentivizing them from making a compromised peace.",right
5311,Trump Recognizes Jerusalem as Capital of Israel,['Middle East'],Trump Jerusalem move sparks Israeli-Palestinian clashes,BBC News,"At least 17 Palestinians have been wounded in clashes in the Gaza Strip and across the occupied West Bank, during protests against US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.",center
5312,Trump Recognizes Jerusalem as Capital of Israel,['Middle East'],Trump Is Making a Huge Mistake on Jerusalem,New York Times (News),President Trump announced on Wednesday that his administration is making a radical break with nearly 70 years of official United States policy and with the international community: He is recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.,left
5313,Minimum Wage Hike Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Minimum wage hike would kill a half-million jobs: CBO,Washington Times,"Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 will cut about half a million jobs out of the economy by 2016, according to a new Congressional Budget Office report Tuesday that could deal a major blow to Democrats’ chief domestic agenda item this year.",right
5314,Minimum Wage Hike Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"CBO report: minimum wage hike could cost 500,000 jobs",USA TODAY,"President Obama's call to raise the federal minimum wage could help lift 900,000 workers out of poverty, but at a cost of as many as 500,000 jobs, according to an analysis released today by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.",left
5315,Minimum Wage Hike Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Minimum Wage Hike Could Lift 900,000 Out Of Poverty But Also Cost Jobs: CBO Report",HuffPost,"The Congressional Budget Office released a report Tuesday concluding that the Democrats' proposal to raise the minimum wage would reduce poverty but also cost the economy jobs, providing fodder to both sides of the aisle.",left
5316,Hunter Biden Says Laptop 'Could Be' His In CBS Interview,"['Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Politics', 'Russia', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias']","Hunter Biden Recounts Cocaine Addiction, Failed Marriage In His Memoir 'Beautiful Things'",International Business Times,"resident Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden has chronicled his harrowing journey through drug addiction, alcoholism and romantic relationship with his deceased brother's wife in his memoir ""Beautiful Things: A Memoir"" that will hit the shelves on April 6.
In the prologue, Hunter takes the readers through his drug addiction, which led him to cook his own crack cocaine, The New York Times reported.
“I’ve bought crack cocaine on the streets of Washington, D.C., and cooked up my own inside a hotel bungalow in Los Angeles. I’ve been so desperate for...",center
5317,Hunter Biden Says Laptop 'Could Be' His In CBS Interview,"['Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Politics', 'Russia', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias']",Hunter Biden opens up about family intervention and addresses laptop reports,CBS News (Online),"President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden is opening up in his first TV interviews since his father took office. In separate interviews with ""CBS Sunday Morning"" and ""CBS This Morning,"" he answered questions about a Department of Justice investigation, whether a computer reportedly containing confidential information was his, his battle with substance abuse, his new memoir and more.
Correspondent Tracy Smith's interview with Hunter Biden will be broadcast on ""CBS Sunday Morning"" on Sunday at 9 a.m. ET on CBS and CBSN. ""CBS This Morning"" co-host Anthony Mason's sit down...",left
5318,Hunter Biden Says Laptop 'Could Be' His In CBS Interview,"['Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Politics', 'Russia', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias']",Ben Shapiro Slams ‘Russian Disinformation’ Claims After Hunter Biden Says Laptop ‘Certainly’ Could Be Real,The Daily Wire,"Hunter Biden declined to challenge the authenticity of the laptop that prompted news reports and a subsequent blackout by big tech companies on Biden’s overseas business dealings and other affairs.
Biden told CBS News’ Tracy Smith in an interview set to air on April 4 that he does not know if the laptop at the center of reports on emails between him and his business associates is his or not. The laptop also allegedly contained images of Biden using illicit drugs and engaging in sexual acts with an unidentified woman.",right
5319,New York Times Meeting Back On,['Media Bias'],Donald Trump’s meeting with The New York Times back on,Washington Times,"President-elect Donald Trump is set to meet with The New York Times on Tuesday after all, after earlier saying he was calling off the meeting.",right
5320,New York Times Meeting Back On,['Media Bias'],"Trump cancels, then uncancels meeting with New York Times",Politico,'They continue to cover me inaccurately and with a nasty tone!' he tweeted.,left
5321,New York Times Meeting Back On,['Media Bias'],"Trump, After Canceling, Will Now Attend Meeting at Times",New York Times (News),"A planned meeting on Tuesday between President-elect Donald J. Trump and The New York Times that appeared to have fallen through will take place after all, with Mr. Trump and staff members traveling to the paper’s offices at midday for a session with reporters, editors and the publisher.",left
5322,"US Military Strength Rated ""Weak"" By Conservative Think Tank","['Defense And Security', 'Military Budget', 'Military', 'Think Tanks', 'Joe Biden', 'National Security', 'Foreign Affairs']",New Assessment Sounds The Alarm Over The Condition Of The U.S. Military Under Biden,The Daily Wire,"The U.S. military in 2022, under the leadership of President Joe Biden, received its lowest ever rating this week in a newly released exhaustive analysis from the Heritage Foundation.
The Heritage Foundation’s Index of U.S. Military Strength assessed a wide range of areas, including threats to the U.S., the condition of the U.S. military, U.S. alliances, and more.
The Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Board noted that the assessment’s “weak” rating of the U.S. military was the first time it has ever received the score in the index’s nine-year history.
While...",right
5323,"US Military Strength Rated ""Weak"" By Conservative Think Tank","['Defense And Security', 'Military Budget', 'Military', 'Think Tanks', 'Joe Biden', 'National Security', 'Foreign Affairs']","Heritage Foundation Releases 2023 Index of U.S. Military Strength, Gives U.S. Military First-Ever ‘Weak’ Overall Rating",The Heritage Foundation,"For the first time, The Heritage Foundation’s Index of U.S. Military Strength finds that as currently postured, the U.S. military is rated “weak” and at significant risk of not being able to meet the demands of a single major regional conflict while attending to various presence and engagement activities.
Heritage released the 2023 Index of U.S. Military Strength on Tuesday. The release comes as the military faces a full-blown recruitment crisis and two successive years where the Biden administration submitted defense budget requests below the rate of inflation.  
The military...",right
5324,"US Military Strength Rated ""Weak"" By Conservative Think Tank","['Defense And Security', 'Military Budget', 'Military', 'Think Tanks', 'Joe Biden', 'National Security', 'Foreign Affairs']",US Military Power Weak And Ill-equipped To Handle 2 Simultaneous Contingencies: Report,International Business Times,"The U.S. military is ""weak"" and ""at growing risk of not being able to meet the demands of defending America's vital national interests,"" says the Heritage Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based conservative think tank in its latest report titled: 2023 Index of U.S. Military Strength.
Considering the possibility of a competitor taking advantage of the U.S. being pre-occupied with another challenge, the current military force is at significant risk of being unable to tackle a single major regional conflict, which means it is ""certainly ill-equipped to handle two nearly simultaneous"" major...",center
5325,Portman Reverses Stance on Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],GOP Senator Reverses Stance On Gay Marriage After Son Comes Out,HuffPost,Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) has reversed his stance on same-sex marriage two years after learning that his son is gay several Ohio news outlets including the Columbus Dispatch and the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported Friday.,left
5326,Portman Reverses Stance on Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],CNN Exclusive: One conservative's dramatic reversal on gay marriage,CNN (Online News),Ohio conservative Sen. Rob Portman is reversing his hardline position against gay marriage. And the reason why is surprising.,left
5327,Portman Reverses Stance on Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],Which Republican Senator Is Offering a Shocking Endorsement of Gay Marriage After His Son Came Out?,The Blaze,Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio is reversing course on the controversial issue of gay marriage. Rather than sticking with the party line he came forward this week to offer support for same-sex unions. Portmans shocking decision was made following a personal family revelation that hes now making public.,right
5328,Presidential Press Conference,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Lashes Out At Top Republicans Over Benghazi-Linked Criticism Of Susan Rice,HuffPost,"President Barack Obama is firing back at a pair of Republican senators who have launched a preemptive attack against his potential nominee for secretary of state, saying that ""to besmirch her reputation is outrageous.""",left
5329,Presidential Press Conference,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama, GOP clash on Benghazi, Rice",Washington Times,"An angry President Obama on Wednesday demanded his congressional critics “go after me rather than snipe at his top aides, after two top Republican senators said U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rices inaccurate account of the cause of the terrorist attacks in Benghazi makes her unfit to be promoted.",right
5330,Presidential Press Conference,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Says He Has One Mandate: To Help The Middle Class,NPR (Online News),A president just re-elected has arguably the most political capital he's likely to have during his entire second term.,left
5331,Pentagon Calls Kabul Drone Strike That Killed 10 Civilians A 'Tragic Mistake',"['Middle East', 'Pentagon', 'Afghanistan']",Pentagon Says Kabul Drone Strike Was A ‘Tragic Mistake’,One America News Network (OAN),"The Pentagon admitted it made a “tragic mistake” after 10 civilians were killed in a U.S. airstrike in Kabul. Top officials acknowledged the error on Friday, saying the strike killed three adults and seven children and not ISIS-K terrorists as originally reported.
The target believed to be linked to the terrorist group turned out to be an innocent aid worker. Reports said military intelligence had tracked the target and his car for around eight hours after reportedly discovering it at a compound associated with ISIS-K. In addition, they said they...",right
5332,Pentagon Calls Kabul Drone Strike That Killed 10 Civilians A 'Tragic Mistake',"['Middle East', 'Pentagon', 'Afghanistan']","'Tragic mistake': U.S. determines Kabul drone strike killed innocent aid worker, nine family members",Politico,"An investigation by U.S. Central Command has determined that an Aug. 29 drone strike in Kabul killed an innocent aid worker and nine members of his family, not a member of the ISIS-K terrorist group, a top general announced Friday.
The command now assesses that “it is unlikely” the man and vehicle targeted was affiliated with ISIS-K, the Afghanistan branch of ISIS, or ""a direct threat to U.S. forces,"" Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, told reporters Friday.
“This strike was taken in the earnest belief that it...",left
5333,Pentagon Calls Kabul Drone Strike That Killed 10 Civilians A 'Tragic Mistake',"['Middle East', 'Pentagon', 'Afghanistan']","‘It was a mistake.’ CENTCOM admits Aug. 29 drone strike killed civilians, not ISIS",Military Times,"When officials signed off Aug. 29 on a Hellfire strike to obliterate a white Toyota they had been monitoring for eight hours, the belief was that it contained ISIS fighters carrying a bomb intended for U.S. troops outside the Kabul airport. The head of U.S. Central Command announced Friday that they were very wrong.
Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie concurred with previous media reports that the strike had killed as many as 10 people, including seven children.
“This strike was taken in the earnest belief that it would prevent an imminent threat to our forces...",center
5334,G-20 Protests,['World'],G-20 Riot Leaves Trail of Destruction as German Officials Scramble for Answers,Wall Street Journal (News),A riot that raged for hours just a mile from the Group of 20 meeting site left German officials struggling to explain Saturday how protests that had long been predicted spiraled out of control.,center
5335,G-20 Protests,['World'],"‘Half The City Is Burning’: Hamburg Rocked By Violent, Anti-G-20 Protests",HuffPost,"As G-20 leaders gathered at the Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg, Germany for a live performance of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony on Friday evening, police moved to disperse thousands of protesters during a second day of violent clashes.",left
5336,G-20 Protests,['World'],Anti-G20 activists in extremely violent riot overnight in Hamburg,Fox News (Online News),"Anti-globalization activists have rioted for a second night as Hamburg hosts the Group of 20 leaders, setting up street barricades, looting supermarkets and attacking police with slingshots and petrol bombs.",right
5337,South African Study Says Omicron Variant is Milder but More Resistant to Vaccines,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Hospitalizations', 'Pfizer', 'Natural Immunity']",Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Less Protective Against Hospitalization After Omicron Emerged: Study,The Epoch Times,"The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has been less effective in protecting against hospitalization following the emergency of the Omicron virus variant, according to a new study of real-world data from South Africa.
The protection from the vaccine’s primary two-dose regimen has dropped to about 70 percent in recent weeks, according to Discovery Health, the largest private health insurance company in the country.
That was down from 93 percent when the Delta was the dominant variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus in the country, Discovery scientists said Tuesday. The CCP virus causes COVID-19.
The protection against...",right
5338,South African Study Says Omicron Variant is Milder but More Resistant to Vaccines,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Hospitalizations', 'Pfizer', 'Natural Immunity']","Data indicate omicron is milder, better at evading vaccines",Associated Press,"The omicron variant appears to cause less severe disease than previous versions of the coronavirus, and the Pfizer vaccine seems to offer less defense against infection from it but still good protection from hospitalization, according to an analysis of data from South Africa, where the new variant is driving a surge in infections.
While the findings released Tuesday are preliminary and have not been peer-reviewed — the gold standard in scientific research — they line up with other early data about omicron’s behavior, including that it seems to be more easily...",left
5339,South African Study Says Omicron Variant is Milder but More Resistant to Vaccines,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Hospitalizations', 'Pfizer', 'Natural Immunity']","Omicron appears more resistant to Covid vaccines but causing less severe illness in South Africa, major real-world study finds",NBC News (Online),"The first major real-world study of the omicron Covid-19 variant found that it appeared to cause less severe illness in South Africa, where it was first discovered last month, but that two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine offer reduced protection against it.
The analysis, released Tuesday by the country's largest healthcare administrator, found that on average 29 percent fewer people were being admitted to hospital in the region than previously with the delta variant.  However, the study also found that two Pfizer jabs gave 70 percent protection against hospitalization from the new variant, compared with 90...",left
5340,Analysis From Day Two of Public Impeachment Hearings,"['Impeachment Hearings', 'Donald Trump', 'Adam Schiff', 'Devin Nunes', 'US House', 'Politics']",Intimidation among key takeaways from the Trump impeachment hearing with Marie Yovanovitch,USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – Marie Yovanovitch told lawmakers she had only U.S. interests in mind while serving as ambassador to Ukraine at an impeachment inquiry hearing Friday during which President Donald Trump tweeted insults at her.
Yovanovitch, 61, also tried to dismiss debunked GOP claims that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 U.S. elections, and agreed that the military aid the Trump administration endorsed – and is now at the heart of the investigation – has benefited the Eastern European country in its war against Russia.
Yovanovitch, recalled as ambassador in May after...",left
5341,Analysis From Day Two of Public Impeachment Hearings,"['Impeachment Hearings', 'Donald Trump', 'Adam Schiff', 'Devin Nunes', 'US House', 'Politics']",Trump's terrible Yovanovitch tweet wasn't the 'witness intimidation' voters care about,Washington Examiner,"Keen to undermine House Republicans's entire impeachment strategy, President Trump took to Twitter to attack Marie Yovanovitch for not single-handedly saving Somalia, a failed state in its third decade of civil war, and Ukraine, from which he expunged her. Crucially, he did this as Yovanovitch was publicly testifying to the House Intelligence Committee as a part of the impeachment proceedings against Trump.
There's no question that Trump's personal advisers and attorneys ought to lock his phone in a vault for the duration of the impeachment proceedings, if not for the...",right
5342,Analysis From Day Two of Public Impeachment Hearings,"['Impeachment Hearings', 'Donald Trump', 'Adam Schiff', 'Devin Nunes', 'US House', 'Politics']",A day that underscored the corruption swamping the Trump presidency,CNN (Online News),"A fateful convergence of events Friday reflected a culture of corruption and intimidation endemic to the circle of a President who vowed to drain the swamp but instead became its incarnation.
First, a US ambassador told how her reputation was shredded and she was hounded out of her job by President Donald Trump's rogue associates after a faultless 30-year career advancing America's interests.
""Ukrainians who prefer to play by the old corrupt rules sought to remove me,"" former US envoy to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch said at the House impeachment hearings....",left
5343,Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Found Guilty of Fraud,"['Russia', 'Alexei Navalny', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Oppression']",Russia: Putin critic Alexei Navalny sentenced to 9 years in prison,Deutsche Welle,"Longtime Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been found guilty of fraud and embezzlement charges, as well as contempt of court, according to a verdict handed down on Tuesday.
The court sentenced Navalny to nine years in a maximum security prison. A judge also ordered Navalny to pay a fine of 1.2 million rubles (about $11,500, €10,400).
Navalny and his supporters have decried the charges as politically motivated. He is already serving a two-and-a-half year sentence at a prison camp east of Moscow for parole violations related to charges he says were trumped up...",center
5344,Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Found Guilty of Fraud,"['Russia', 'Alexei Navalny', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Oppression']","Putin critic Alexei Navalny found guilty of fraud, faces 13 years in prison",Washington Examiner,"A Russian court on Tuesday found Kremlin critic and opposition leader Alexei Navalny guilty of fraud, state media report.
Navalny, who is already serving a two and a half year jail sentence for a theft case he claims is politically motivated, is now facing a 13-year prison sentence in a maximum security facility.
""Navalny committed fraud, i.e., the theft of someone else's property by deception,"" Judge Margarita Kotova said while announcing the verdict in a Moscow courtroom, according to Russian state media.
Navalny was convicted on allegations that he embezzled more than $4 million from his own nonprofit organization,...",right
5345,Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Found Guilty of Fraud,"['Russia', 'Alexei Navalny', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Oppression']",Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny found guilty of fraud and sentenced to another nine years in prison,CNN (Online News),"Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been sentenced to nine years in a maximum-security jail, according to Russian state-owned news agency Tass.
A prominent Kremlin critic, Navalny was convicted on fraud charges by Moscow's Lefortovo court over allegations that he stole from his Anti-Corruption Foundation.
Navalny, 45, is currently serving a two-and-a-half-year sentence in a detention center east of the Russian capital after being arrested in February 2021 for violating probation terms, a verdict he said was politically motivated.
After Tuesday's sentence was announced Navalny wrote on Twitter: ""9 years. Well, as the characters of my...",left
5346,Biden Campaign Asks Networks to Not Book Giuliani,"['Media Bias', 'Joe Biden', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'Donald Trump', 'Journalism']",Joe Biden thinks TV producers should stop putting Rudy Giuliani on air,CNN (Online News),"New York (CNN Business)Joe Biden's presidential campaign says President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani does not belong on TV.
Why? Because he spreads ""unhinged, unfounded and desperate lies"" through his TV interviews.
In a highly unusual letter to the major networks — including CNN — on Sunday, the Biden campaign said booking Giuliani does a disservice to viewers.
The letter from Biden officials Anita Dunn and Kate Bedingfield says ""we ask that you no longer book him on your air."" Barring that, the Biden campaign wants ""an...",left
5347,Biden Campaign Asks Networks to Not Book Giuliani,"['Media Bias', 'Joe Biden', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'Donald Trump', 'Journalism']",Giuliani Lashes Out as Biden Camp Demands He Be Dumped From TV,Bloomberg,"Joe Biden’s campaign implored the U.S. media on Sunday to stop booking Rudy Giuliani, who responded on Twitter that the former vice president was arrogant and entitled in “demanding” to silence him.
Frequent appearances on TV by President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer are “increasingly unhinged” and peppered with “desperate lies” about Biden and his son, according to a letter sent to various news outlets by Anita Dunn and Kate Bedingfield of Biden for President.",left
5348,Biden Campaign Asks Networks to Not Book Giuliani,"['Media Bias', 'Joe Biden', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'Donald Trump', 'Journalism']","Biden seeks to bar Giuliani from TV news, after Trump lawyer alleges possible Biden corruption",Fox News (Online News),"Joe Biden's presidential campaign requested in a letter on Sunday that major news networks not invite President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani anymore, after Giuliani spent the morning on a series of talk shows aggressively highlighting what he called Biden's apparently corrupt dealings in Ukraine and China.
The Biden campaign wrote to NBC News, CBS News, Fox News and CNN to voice ""grave concern that you continue to book Rudy Giuliani on your air to spread false, debunked conspiracy theories on behalf of Donald Trump,"" according to The Daily Beast,...",right
5349,Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2019,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: 10 most popular from the civil rights leader,USA TODAY,"From quotes on forgiveness to the struggle for racial justice, Martin Luther King Jr.'s words have continued to resonate with audiences, decades later.",left
5350,Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2019,"['Holidays', 'General News']",OPINION: What King Said About Northern Liberalism,Guest Writer - Left,“The white moderate” was more of an obstacle than “the Ku Klux Klanner.”,left
5351,Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2019,"['Holidays', 'General News']","Different Races, Same Boat",National Review,Could a conservative populism repair our racial divide?,right
5352,Putin Announces Martial Law in Annexed Ukraine Regions,"['World', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine', 'Martial Law']",Putin declares martial law in annexed regions of Ukraine,Associated Press,"Russian President Vladimir Putin declared martial law Wednesday in the four regions of Ukraine that Moscow annexed and gave additional emergency powers to the heads of all regions of Russia.
Putin didn’t immediately spell out the steps that would be taken under martial law, but said his order was effective starting Thursday. His decree gives law enforcement agencies three days to submit specific proposals and orders the creation of territorial defense forces in the four annexed regions.
“We are working to solve very difficult large-scale tasks to ensure Russia’s security...",left
5353,Putin Announces Martial Law in Annexed Ukraine Regions,"['World', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine', 'Martial Law']",Putin declares martial law in annexed regions of Ukraine,Axios,"Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday declared martial law in four recently annexed regions of Ukraine.
Why it matters: The move gives Russia greater control over the territories — Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk. None of them are entirely controlled by Russian forces.
What they're saying: ""I signed a decree on the introduction of martial law in these four constituent entities of the Russian Federation,"" Putin said at a Security Council meeting Wednesday, Russian state news agency TASS reported.
""It will immediately be sent for approval to the Federation Council, and the State Duma will be informed of the decision,""...",center
5354,Putin Announces Martial Law in Annexed Ukraine Regions,"['World', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine', 'Martial Law']",Putin declares martial law in annexed regions ahead of looming Kherson attack,New York Post (News),"Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday declared martial law in the four illegally annexed regions of Ukraine ahead of a looming attack on Kherson by Kyiv’s forces.
In televised remarks to members of his Security Council, Putin also issued a decree restricting movement in and out of eight regions adjoining Ukraine.
The measures apply to the southern regions of Krasnodar, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kursk and Rostov, which are all near Ukraine, and the territories of Crimea and Sevastopol, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014.
Putin said he was conferring additional powers on the leaders of...",right
5355,"Statue of Liberty poem comment prompts criticism, misleading coverage","['Immigration', 'Ken Cuccinelli', 'DHS', 'Homeland Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Public Charge']",Trump official revises Statue of Liberty poem to defend migrant rule change,BBC News,"A top US immigration official has revised a quote inscribed on the Statue of Liberty in defence of a new policy that denies food aid to legal migrants.
The head of Citizenship and Immigration Services tweaked the passage: ""Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"".
The official added the words ""who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge"".
He later said the poem had referred to ""people coming from Europe"".
Ken Cuccinelli, the Trump administration's acting...",center
5356,"Statue of Liberty poem comment prompts criticism, misleading coverage","['Immigration', 'Ken Cuccinelli', 'DHS', 'Homeland Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Public Charge']",Does The Statue Of Liberty Poem Invalidate U.S. Borders Or Require Giving Welfare To Non-Citizens?,The Federalist,"Acting Director of Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli announced a change in the “public charge” rule Monday that will deny green cards for immigrants on Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers, and other public welfare. It of course elicited liberally charged questions from reporters.
The “public charge” rule, enacted in 1882, requires green card applicants to prove they will not be a burden to the United States. The new changes, detailed in an 800-page document going into effect mid-October, will determine “the totality of the circumstances when making a public...",right
5357,"Statue of Liberty poem comment prompts criticism, misleading coverage","['Immigration', 'Ken Cuccinelli', 'DHS', 'Homeland Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Public Charge']",The Trump Team rewrites the Statue of Liberty,MSNBC,"Trump’s Acting Director of Citizenship and Immigration Services, Ken Cuccinelli, attempts to rewrite the meaning of the Emma Lazarus poem on the Statue of Liberty, “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” into something less welcoming. Lawrence O’Donnell explains.",left
5358,Booker Drops Out,"['Decision 2020', 'Cory Booker', 'White House', 'New Jersey', 'Polls', 'Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']","Sen. Cory Booker exits the Democratic presidential primary, making the field less diverse",Washington Post,"Cory Booker, the New Jersey senator who pitched himself as a candidate of hope and optimism, is suspending his presidential campaign, he said Monday.
Booker, who recently announced he had surpassed his fourth-quarter fundraising goal, said his operation would not have the money “to scale up and continue building a campaign that can win,” particularly with a Senate impeachment trial looming and because he would be absent from Tuesday’s debate.",left
5359,Booker Drops Out,"['Decision 2020', 'Cory Booker', 'White House', 'New Jersey', 'Polls', 'Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']","Booker ends presidential bid after polling, money struggles",Associated Press,"DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democrat Cory Booker dropped out of the presidential race Monday, ending a campaign with a message of unity and love that failed to resonate in a political era marked by chaos and anxiety.
His departure now leaves a field that was once the most diverse in history with just one remaining African American candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.
Since launching his campaign last February, Booker, a U.S. senator from New Jersey, struggled to raise the type of money required to support a White House...",left
5360,Booker Drops Out,"['Decision 2020', 'Cory Booker', 'White House', 'New Jersey', 'Polls', 'Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']",Cory Booker suspends 2020 presidential campaign,Fox News (Online News),"New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker on Monday suspended his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination after struggling since the start to break into the top tier and failing to make the cut for the upcoming debate.
“It’s with a full heart that I share this news -- I’ve made the decision to suspend my campaign for president,” Booker said in an email to supporters.",right
5361,Nearly 5 Million Immigrants Crossed Border During Biden Administration: Report,"['Biden Administration', 'Border Crisis', 'Customs And Border Protection', 'Immigrants', 'Immigration', 'Joe Biden', 'US-Mexico Border']",Nearly 5 Million Illegal Immigrants Crossed Border During Biden Administration,Breitbart News,"A whopping 4.9 million illegal immigrants have crossed our border since Biden has taken office, a report from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) found.
The president of FAIR Dan Stein discussed the report, stating that “Roughly the equivalent of the entire population of Ireland has illegally entered the United States in the 18 months President Biden has been in office, with many being released into American communities.”
He continued, saying “In that time, the Biden administration has blamed an unprecedented surge of illegal immigration on all sorts of external factors,...",right
5362,Nearly 5 Million Immigrants Crossed Border During Biden Administration: Report,"['Biden Administration', 'Border Crisis', 'Customs And Border Protection', 'Immigrants', 'Immigration', 'Joe Biden', 'US-Mexico Border']",Nearly 5 million foreign nationals have entered the U.S. illegally since Biden took office,The Center Square,"Since President Joe Biden took office and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas altered federal immigration policies, roughly 5 million people from over 150 countries have entered the U.S. illegally, according to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol data and border agents who provide ""gotaway"" numbers to The Center Square.
""Gotaways"" is the term CBP uses for those who’ve intentionally entered the U.S. illegally and evaded law enforcement who haven’t made asylum or immigration claims. While CBP collects ""gotaway"" data, it does not report that information publicly. The Center Square...",center
5363,Nearly 5 Million Immigrants Crossed Border During Biden Administration: Report,"['Biden Administration', 'Border Crisis', 'Customs And Border Protection', 'Immigrants', 'Immigration', 'Joe Biden', 'US-Mexico Border']",July border arrests decrease but expected to total a record 2 million by next month,ABC News (Online),"Customs and Border Protection encounters for the month of July dipped below 200,000 for the first time in months, according to statistics released this week, as the Biden administration closes in on 2 million apprehensions by CBP by the end of next month.
In total there were 199,976 encounters, with 166,792 unique encounters and 22% of all encounters in July were from repeat offenders, CPB said Monday.
In about 37% of encounters, migrants were processed and extricated under Title 42 authority, which is still in place as the legal battle...",left
5364,FBI Warns Against Releasing FISA Memo,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']","The FBI really, really doesn’t want to #ReleaseTheMemo.",Vox,"The FBI really, really doesn’t want to #ReleaseTheMemo.",left
5365,FBI Warns Against Releasing FISA Memo,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",FBI Warns Of 'Grave Concerns' About 'Accuracy' Of GOP Snooping Memo,NPR (Online News),"The FBI said Wednesday it has ""grave concerns"" about the ""accuracy"" of the much discussed Republican memo alleging the bureau and the Justice Department abused their surveillance authorities to target the Trump campaign.",left
5366,FBI Warns Against Releasing FISA Memo,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",FBI to Trump White House: Please Block The FISA Memo That Could Expose Us For Spying On You,Townhall,"The war between House Republicans and the DOJ/FBI continues as the bureau released a statement today saying they had “grave concerns” about the House Intelligence Committee releasing a damning FISA memo that alleges grave abuses, citing omissions that could impact its accuracy",right
5367,December 2019 Jobs Report,"['Dow Jones', 'Stock Market', 'Economy', 'Jobs Report', 'Unemployment Rate', 'Economy And Jobs']","Dow Tops 29,000 for First Time as Investors Shake Off Weak Jobs Report",Newsmax (News),"The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Friday crossed the 29,000 mark for the first time, as gains in technology and healthcare stocks offset concerns from a report showing slower-than-expected U.S. jobs growth in December.
U.S. stocks opened at record highs, brushing off government data that showed U.S. jobs increased by 145,000 last month, below the forecast for a 164,000 rise.",right
5368,December 2019 Jobs Report,"['Dow Jones', 'Stock Market', 'Economy', 'Jobs Report', 'Unemployment Rate', 'Economy And Jobs']","Job market ends 2019 with disappointing 145,000 growth in payrolls",CNBC,"WASHINGTON — The U.S. jobs market ended 2019 on a sour note, with December’s payroll and wage growth missing expectations, according to Labor Department figures released Friday.
Nonfarm payrolls increased by just 145,000 while the unemployment rate held steady at 3.5%. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for job growth of 160,000. The jobless rate met expectations for staying at a 50-year low.",center
5369,December 2019 Jobs Report,"['Dow Jones', 'Stock Market', 'Economy', 'Jobs Report', 'Unemployment Rate', 'Economy And Jobs']","Jobs report: U.S. economy adds 145,000 jobs in December, unemployment rate holds at 3.5%",Yahoo News,"The latest jobs report included downward revisions to both October and November’s payroll gains. New jobs in October totaled 152,000, down 4,000 from the previous estimate. And payrolls in November were revised down by 10,000 to 256,000.
Ahead of the report, most economists expected that payrolls gains would decrease in December after surging in November, when General Motors (GM) employees striking between September and October returned to work and pushed up results. But the end of the strike only accounted for a net revised 39,300 of November’s payroll gains in...",left
5370,Russia Condemns US Downing of Warplane,['World'],Russia condemns US downing of Syrian warplane,CNN (Online News),"A day after a US Navy fighter jet shot down a Syrian warplane, Russia says it has stopped using a key communication channel set up to avoid conflict between US and Russian forces in Syria.",left
5371,Russia Condemns US Downing of Warplane,['World'],"Moscow Stands with Syria, Says U.S. Downing of Warplane ‘Act of Aggression’",Breitbart News,"Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov condemned the United States on Monday for shooting down a Syrian warplane, describing it as an act of aggression.",right
5372,Russia Condemns US Downing of Warplane,['World'],Russia to target planes from US-led coalition flying over parts of Syria,The Guardian,Russia has said it will target any plane from the US-led coalition flying west of the Euphrates river in Syria after the US military shot down a Syrian air force jet on Sunday.,left
5373,US National Debt Tops $31 Trillion for First Time,"['Economy And Jobs', 'National Debt', 'Interest Rates', 'Inflation']",US national debt surpasses $31 trillion for first time,Washington Examiner,"The national debt of the United States blew past $31 trillion for the first time ever Tuesday, a grim milestone that comes amid soaring interest rates that threaten to strain the government's finances.
It comes just nine months after the last milestone of $30 trillion, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and only five years after reaching $20 trillion. The unprecedented spree of government borrowing brought forth by the COVID-19 pandemic, and further borrowing to stimulate the economy, has helped to contribute to the majority of this figure.
""This is a new record no...",right
5374,US National Debt Tops $31 Trillion for First Time,"['Economy And Jobs', 'National Debt', 'Interest Rates', 'Inflation']",America’s national debt has now surpassed $31 trillion,CNN Business,"America’s national debt has climbed north of $31 trillion for the first time, a milestone that comes at a time of historically high inflation, rising interest rates and growing economic uncertainty.
The nation’s total public debt outstanding closed at $31.1 trillion on Monday, according to Treasury Department data published Tuesday.
The US government went on a borrowing spree during the Covid-19 pandemic to help shore up the nation’s economy as the deadly virus upended lives, labor markets and supply chains. Outstanding debt has climbed nearly $8 trillion since the beginning of 2020. And...",left
5375,US National Debt Tops $31 Trillion for First Time,"['Economy And Jobs', 'National Debt', 'Interest Rates', 'Inflation']",US national debt surpasses $31 trillion,NewsNation,"America’s gross national debt has surpassed $31 trillion for the first time.
The figure was revealed in a Treasury Department report released Tuesday and comes at a time when the economy faces inflation and higher interest rates. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the government borrowed more money to support the economy as lockdowns disrupted labor markets and supply chains.
The costs of borrowing remain higher, and with economists warning of an impending recession, the milestone comes at an inopportune and volatile moment. A Wall Street sell-off from all-time highs in January has been...",center
5376,IRS Investigation Started 2012,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012,Washington Times,"Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday, disclosing that Obama administration officials knew there was a probe during the heat of the presidential campaign.",right
5377,IRS Investigation Started 2012,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Higher-Ups Knew of IRS Case,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Internal Revenue Service's watchdog told top Treasury officials around June 2012 he was investigating allegations the tax agency had targeted conservative groups, for the first time indicating that Obama administration officials were aware of the",center
5378,IRS Investigation Started 2012,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Jack Lew learned of IRS probe in March,Politico,"Treasury Secretary Jack Lew learned in March that an inspector general was investigating the IRSs targeting of conservative groups, but he did not know the details until last Friday.",left
5379,"Biden Talks COVID-19, Inflation, 2024 and China in 60 Minutes Interview","['Joe Biden', '60 Minutes', 'Inflation', 'Coronavirus', 'China', 'Taiwan', '2024 Election', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid']",Biden: 'The pandemic is over',CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden said he believes the Covid-19 pandemic is ""over"" in an appearance on CBS' ""60 Minutes,"" but acknowledged the US still has a ""problem"" with the virus that has killed more than 1 million Americans.
""The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with Covid. We're still doing a lot of work on it. It's -- but the pandemic is over,"" Biden said.
The US government still designates Covid-19 a Public Health Emergency and the World Health Organization says it remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. But...",left
5380,"Biden Talks COVID-19, Inflation, 2024 and China in 60 Minutes Interview","['Joe Biden', '60 Minutes', 'Inflation', 'Coronavirus', 'China', 'Taiwan', '2024 Election', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid']",President Biden argues about inflation in '60 Minutes' interview: 'It hasn't spiked',Fox Business,"President Biden attempted to downplay the U.S. inflation crisis during a ""60 Minutes"" interview, claiming that the month-to-month rate has ""hardly"" risen – which prompted his CBS interviewer to dispute his response.
CBS correspondent Scott Pelley asked: ""Mr. President, as you know, last Tuesday, the annual inflation rate came in at 8.3%. The stock market nosedived. People are shocked by their grocery bills. What can you do better and faster?""
Biden quickly told Pelley he needed to ""put this in perspective"" and that the inflation rate month-to-month was ""up just an inch,...",right
5381,"Biden Talks COVID-19, Inflation, 2024 and China in 60 Minutes Interview","['Joe Biden', '60 Minutes', 'Inflation', 'Coronavirus', 'China', 'Taiwan', '2024 Election', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid']",Biden Vows To Defend Taiwan From Chinese Invasion And Declares Covid Pandemic ‘Over’ In 60 Minutes Interview,Forbes,"President Joe Biden said the U.S. military would defend Taiwan if the island was invaded by Chinese forces, in a broad-ranging interview on CBS 60 Minutes broadcast on Sunday where he also said the Covid-19 pandemic was now “over” and chided his predecessor’s handling of critical government documents.
Biden told CBS that U.S. forces will defend Taiwan in the event of an “unprecedented attack” and when pressed on if this meant sending troops to defend the island from a Chinese invasion, Biden said “yes”.
Prior to this, Biden said the U.S. still...",center
5382,"U.S. Coronavirus-Related Death Count Reaches 600,000","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health']","More than 600,000 people have died from Covid in the U.S. as officials race to vaccinate more people",CNBC,"The U.S. hit another grim milestone in the pandemic Tuesday, reaching more than 600,000 Covid fatalities as the nation races to administer at least one vaccine shot to 70% of adult Americans by the Fourth of July.
Deaths in the U.S. have been slowing for months, according to Johns Hopkins University data, due largely to an aggressive campaign to vaccinate the nation’s elderly and medically vulnerable people who are most at risk of dying from Covid. About 76% of Americans 65 and older, the group that accounted for a majority...",center
5383,"U.S. Coronavirus-Related Death Count Reaches 600,000","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health']","U.S. Nears 600,000 Virus Deaths Despite Progress From Vaccines",New York Times (News),"It is a number that once seemed unimaginable.
In the next few days, the United States will surpass 600,000 deaths from Covid-19, the highest known death toll in the world. The milestone approaches even though virus cases and deaths in this country have sharply fallen, vaccinations have been distributed widely, and many people have shed their masks and resumed prepandemic lives, including in New York and California, which both fully reopened on Tuesday.
Yet the coronavirus remains agonizingly present for those who knew the hundreds across the country still dying of it each day.",left
5384,"U.S. Coronavirus-Related Death Count Reaches 600,000","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health']","US coronavirus deaths hit 600,000 as weekly fatalities decline to new lows",Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. recorded a grim milestone Tuesday with over 600,000 deaths attributed to coronavirus, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. However, the news comes as weekly fatalities have declined to lows not seen since early on in the pandemic.
The latest data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate a seven-day moving average of about 330 deaths, figures not seen since March 2020. Health officials owe the dropoff in deaths to a significant proportion of the country’s vaccinated population; federal data suggests 54% of adults are...",right
5385,Trump Team Submits Written Answers To Questions From Mueller,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump team turns over written answers to Mueller's questions,Washington Times,"President Donald Trump has provided the special counsel with written answers to questions about his knowledge of Russian interference in the 2016 election, his lawyers said Tuesday, avoiding at least for now a potentially risky sit-down with prosecutors. It’s the first time he has directly cooperated with the long investigation.",right
5386,Trump Team Submits Written Answers To Questions From Mueller,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump submits written answers to questions from special counsel,Reuters,"President Donald Trump has submitted written answers to questions from Special Counsel Robert Mueller in his probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign, Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani said on Tuesday.",center
5387,Trump Team Submits Written Answers To Questions From Mueller,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump lawyers say he has submitted written answers to some Mueller questions,Vox,"After 10 long months of delay and recalcitrance, President Donald Trump has finally submitted his answers to some of special counsel Robert Mueller’s questions on Russian interference with the 2016 election, according to the president’s personal lawyers.",left
5388,Idaho Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Abortion Ban That Resembles Texas Heartbeat Act,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Ban', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Courts', 'Idaho', 'Planned Parenthood', 'Polarization', 'Politics', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas Abortion Law', ""Women'S Issues""]",Idaho Supreme Court puts restrictive abortion law on hold amid Planned Parenthood lawsuit,Idaho Statesman,"The Idaho Supreme Court on Friday put a stay on the state’s controversial new abortion law, set to go into effect later this month, pending a lawsuit filed last week by Planned Parenthood.
Idaho’s law, inspired by Texas legislation, would ban most abortions after about six weeks and allow certain family members to sue abortion providers for at least $20,000. Republican lawmakers argued that six weeks is when a so-called fetal heartbeat can be detected, though medical experts have said it’s better described as electrical activity. Physicians said most people...",center
5389,Idaho Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Abortion Ban That Resembles Texas Heartbeat Act,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Ban', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Courts', 'Idaho', 'Planned Parenthood', 'Polarization', 'Politics', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas Abortion Law', ""Women'S Issues""]",Idaho Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Abortion Ban Modeled on Texas Law,National Review,"The Idaho Supreme Court temporarily blocked implementation of an abortion law modeled on Texas’s bill banning abortions if a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
The court granted the stay in response to a lawsuit by Planned Parenthood. The organization operates three of the four abortion providers based in the state, according to the Idaho Statesman.
The temporary stay means that Idaho’s abortion law will not go into effect as scheduled on April 22, as both sides prepare for expected arguments. The Supreme Court must rule on the lawsuit before the bill can take effect.
The...",right
5390,Idaho Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Abortion Ban That Resembles Texas Heartbeat Act,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Ban', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Courts', 'Idaho', 'Planned Parenthood', 'Polarization', 'Politics', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas Abortion Law', ""Women'S Issues""]",Idaho Supreme Court temporarily blocks state’s new 6-week abortion ban,CNN (Online News),"The Idaho Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked the state’s new six-week abortion ban, which mimics a controversial Texas law.
Abortion providers had said in a lawsuit filed last week that the Idaho law violates several provisions of the state constitution and asked the state Supreme Court to intervene before April 22, when the law had been set to take effect.
The court on Friday granted a motion to reconsider, and said that the “implementation of Senate Bill 1309 is stayed pending further action by this Court.”
Last month, Idaho had become the...",left
5391,Obama raises minimum wage for contractors,['Economy And Jobs'],Obama To Raise Minimum Wage For Federal Contractors,HuffPost,The President will announce during Tuesday night's State of the Union address that he's raising the minimum wage for workers under federal contracts.,left
5392,Obama raises minimum wage for contractors,['Economy And Jobs'],Obama to raise minimum wage for federal contractors,CNN (Online News),"While President Barack Obamas attempts to increase the nation's minimum wage through legislation have stalled in Congress, the White House announced plans on Tuesday to use the President's executive powers to partially address the problem.",left
5393,Obama raises minimum wage for contractors,['Economy And Jobs'],Obama speech to challenge Congress on minimum wage,Townhall,"Challenging lawmakers to help him create greater economic opportunity, President Barack Obama will use his State of the Union address Tuesday to announce he's raising the minimum wage for new federal contract workers.",right
5394,Trump Administration Announces National Coronavirus Guidelines,"['Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Disease', 'White House', 'Homeland Security', 'Coronavirus']","Trump releases guidelines to slow coronavirus spread in '15 days,' but warns crisis could stretch to summer",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump announced on Monday a set of guidelines that he said Americans should follow to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus -- despite admitting that the pandemic could stretch into July or August.
Speaking during a briefing of the coronavirus task force, Trump outlined a plan to slow the spread of COVID-19 in 15 days.
“With several weeks of focused action, we can turn the corner and turn it quickly,” Trump said. “Our government is prepared to do whatever it takes.”
At another point during the news conference,...",right
5395,Trump Administration Announces National Coronavirus Guidelines,"['Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Disease', 'White House', 'Homeland Security', 'Coronavirus']","Trump acknowledges U.S. 'may be' headed for recession, says Americans could be hunkered down until summer",USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump acknowledged Monday that the U.S. economy “may be” heading toward a recession because of the coronavirus but predicted growth would bounce back strongly.
“Well, it may be,” Trump said in the White House in response to a question about whether the economy is “headed” toward a recession.
“We’re not thinking in terms of recession. We’re thinking in terms of the virus,” the president continued. “Once we stop, I think there’s a tremendous pent-up demand both in terms of the stock market, in terms of the...",left
5396,Trump Administration Announces National Coronavirus Guidelines,"['Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Disease', 'White House', 'Homeland Security', 'Coronavirus']",Trump says he's considering recommending quarantine for coronavirus 'hotspots',CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump said Monday that the White House is evaluating whether to encourage isolation measures, such as a quarantine or curfew, in certain novel coronavirus ""hotspots"" around the country, but is not considering issuing those measures nationwide.
""At this point, not nationwide, but ... we may look at certain areas, certain hotspots, as they call them. We'll be looking at that,"" Trump said during a White House press briefing.
But the President added that no decisions had been taken regarding a national curfew. ""We haven't really determined to...",left
5397,Trump Praises GOP Rep. Greg Gianforte for Body Slamming Reporter,['Polarization'],President Trump greenlights assaults on reporters,Washington Post,"When he was called to the podium at a rally in Missoula, Mont., on Thursday night, Rep. Greg Gianforte had this to say to the main speaker: “Let me just say, on behalf of all of Montana, Mr. President, thank you for giving us hope again.”",left
5398,Trump Praises GOP Rep. Greg Gianforte for Body Slamming Reporter,['Polarization'],Trump hails body slamming Congressman Greg Gianforte in Montana,BBC News,"US President Donald Trump has praised a Republican congressman who assaulted a journalist last year with a ""body slam"", referring to him as ""my guy"".",center
5399,Trump Praises GOP Rep. Greg Gianforte for Body Slamming Reporter,['Polarization'],"At Montana Rally, Trump Might Trigger Another Media Meltdown Over His Remarks About This GOP Congressman",Townhall,"Yeah, President Trump gives zero you-know-whats, but that’s part of his appeal. He’s disrupting the current D.C. culture—and the political class at both ends of the spectrum hates it. Old 2016",right
5400,Democrats Descend on Iowa State Fair,"['Democratic Party', '2020 Election', 'Iowa', 'Iowa State Fair', 'Democratic Primary', 'Elections']",Trump holding his own in Iowa kernel poll,Washington Times,"Dennis DeWitt says he typically doesn’t get involved in politics until it is time to vote, but he took the opportunity here Friday to throw his support behind President Trump in the Iowa State Fair’s popular “corn kernel poll.”
Mr. Trump is showing his strength in the informal survey of fairgoers, which through Thursday night showed that half of the more than 4,700 kernels cast had gone for Republicans and half had gone for Democrats.",right
5401,Democrats Descend on Iowa State Fair,"['Democratic Party', '2020 Election', 'Iowa', 'Iowa State Fair', 'Democratic Primary', 'Elections']",Why is the Iowa State Fair such a big deal?,Washington Post,"It’s just a few days on the political calendar, but what happens at the Iowa State Fair can echo through an entire presidential race.
It takes on its political significance in the year before a presidential election (that’s now). Because most presidential campaigns circle this event in red on their calendars, Washington Post reporters have covered the Iowa State Fair for years. Below is some of what they, and The Fix, have learned about it.",left
5402,Democrats Descend on Iowa State Fair,"['Democratic Party', '2020 Election', 'Iowa', 'Iowa State Fair', 'Democratic Primary', 'Elections']","Biden, Bullock take on Trump, guns at Iowa State Fair",Associated Press,"DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock opened the Iowa State Fair’s 2020 presidential blitz on Thursday by blistering President Donald Trump and promising to push new gun restrictions.
“I believe everything the president’s said and done encourages white supremacists,” Biden said as Trump continued to take criticism for his handling of back-to-back mass shootings. One of the shooters is believed to have written a racist screed echoing some of Trump’s incendiary language about immigrants.
Bullock said Trump’s rhetoric and behavior —...",left
5403,Liz Truss: What Can We Learn From the UK’s Shortest-Serving Prime Minister?,"['World', 'United Kingdom', 'Liz Truss', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Taxes', 'Tax Cuts', 'Politics', 'Libertarianism', 'Margaret Thatcher']",Truss's demise ends the revival of Thatcher's libertarian economics,Reuters,"Daniel Pryor, who lobbies for governments to shrink the state and cut taxes, feels Liz Truss's brief, disastrous spell as prime minister has killed off his dream of a low-tax, deregulated British economy for at least a generation.
Pryor, who works at the Adam Smith Institute in London, laughs bitterly at the irony that Truss, who said on Thursday she would resign, was forced to abandon her libertarian economic policies by the same free markets she cherishes.
The Adam Smith Institute, and other think tanks which provided much of Truss's inspiration,...",center
5404,Liz Truss: What Can We Learn From the UK’s Shortest-Serving Prime Minister?,"['World', 'United Kingdom', 'Liz Truss', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Taxes', 'Tax Cuts', 'Politics', 'Libertarianism', 'Margaret Thatcher']",Liz Truss’ warning to America: You can’t just keep spending and ignoring voters,Douglas Murray,"The joke in Britain is that the country is becoming like Italy – but without the weather.  In other words – ungovernable.
Just as Italian politics seem to throw up a new government most weeks, so the UK seems to be churning through Prime Ministers.  Liz Truss announced her resignation on Thursday after a mere six weeks.  The shortest-lived Prime Minister in history, she´d barely unpacked her bags in Downing Street before having to pack them back up again.
Her successor – due to be announced next week – will be the country´s...",right
5405,Liz Truss: What Can We Learn From the UK’s Shortest-Serving Prime Minister?,"['World', 'United Kingdom', 'Liz Truss', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Taxes', 'Tax Cuts', 'Politics', 'Libertarianism', 'Margaret Thatcher']",The mini-budget that broke Britain – and Liz Truss,The Guardian,"Britain has been through the wringer since last month’s mini-budget. Not only was Kwasi Kwarteng’s not-so-mini plan the trigger for a domestic financial crisis and higher mortgage costs for millions, it lit the blue touchpaper for his political downfall and that of his close friend, Liz Truss.
It was all supposed to be so different. Truss had spent the summer promising to cancel the rise in national insurance and corporation tax in the Conservative leadership race. Those pledges, plus her popular energy price freeze, would have been plenty for the new...",left
5406,Google to Pay $391.5M to Settle Location-Tracking Lawsuit,"['Privacy', 'Google', 'Big Tech', 'Personal Data', 'Surveillance', 'Cybersecurity', 'Alphabet']",40 states settle Google location-tracking charges for $392M,Associated Press,"Search giant Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states to resolve an investigation into how the company tracked users’ locations, state attorneys general announced Monday.
The states’ investigation was sparked by a 2018 Associated Press story, which found that Google continued to track people’s location data even after they opted out of such tracking by disabling a feature the company called “location history.”
The attorneys general called the settlement a historic win for consumers, and the largest multistate settlement in U.S history dealing with privacy.
It comes...",left
5407,Google to Pay $391.5M to Settle Location-Tracking Lawsuit,"['Privacy', 'Google', 'Big Tech', 'Personal Data', 'Surveillance', 'Cybersecurity', 'Alphabet']",Google Agrees to $391.5 Million Privacy Settlement With 40 States,CNET,"Google has agreed to pay $391.5 million in a privacy settlement with 40 state attorneys general over its location tracking practices, according to Oregon's Department of Justice on Monday.
The agreement is the largest consumer privacy settlement by states in US history. States argued that the search giant misled people into thinking they had turned off proximity-based data collection when the company continued to allocate that information. Google agreed to improve its location tracking disclosures starting in 2023.
""For years Google has prioritized profit over their users' privacy,"" Oregon Attorney General Ellen...",center
5408,Google to Pay $391.5M to Settle Location-Tracking Lawsuit,"['Privacy', 'Google', 'Big Tech', 'Personal Data', 'Surveillance', 'Cybersecurity', 'Alphabet']",Google to Settle Location-Tracking Lawsuit for $400 Million,Newsmax (News),"Alphabet's Google will pay about $400 million to settle a complaint brought by a group of states over allegations the search and advertising giant illegally tracked users' locations, two people familiar with the matter said.
The announcement will come as early as Monday, the sources said.
The lawsuit, which includes Oregon, the people said, is a sign of mounting legal headaches for the tech company from state attorneys general who have aggressively targeted the firm's user tracking practices in recent months.
Arizona filed a similar case against Google and settled...",right
5409,FDA Advisors Endorse Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine Booster for Some Groups,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Moderna', 'Booster Shots', 'Public Health']",FDA advisory panel unanimously endorses Moderna’s Covid vaccine booster for some groups,STAT,"AFood and Drug Administration advisory panel voted unanimously Thursday in favor of authorizing booster shots of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine to people 65 and older, those 18 to 64 with risk factors for severe Covid-19, and those whose jobs put them at high risk of serious complications of Covid-19, such as health care workers.
After hours of deliberation, the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted 19-to-0 that the Moderna booster should be authorized for these groups. The panel also discussed at what point boosters should be recommended to...",center
5410,FDA Advisors Endorse Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine Booster for Some Groups,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Moderna', 'Booster Shots', 'Public Health']",FDA vaccine advisers recommend emergency use authorization for booster dose of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine,CNN (Online News),"Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously Thursday to recommend emergency use authorization of a booster dose of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine.
The FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee agreed use of a booster dose would be safe and effective in some people six months out from their primary series.
Moderna had asked for emergency use authorization for a half dose of its vaccine to be used as a booster for certain people.
All 19 members of the committee supported authorizing a 50-microgram booster dose...",left
5411,FDA Advisors Endorse Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine Booster for Some Groups,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Moderna', 'Booster Shots', 'Public Health']",FDA Panel Unanimously Recommends Authorization of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Booster,The Epoch Times,"A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel voted unanimously on Thursday to recommend the agency let millions of Americans get a booster of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.
The 19–0 vote came after hours of discussions and presentations in an all-virtual meeting.
Moderna officials presented data from clinical trials, including a small trial that studied the safety and effectiveness of a booster, as did officials from Israel, one of the first countries in the world to start giving boosters, and the FDA, which performed an analysis of Moderna’s data but did not support...",right
5412,Why US Dropped Bomb on ISIS,['World'],OPINION: Why the 'mother of all bombs' and why now?,CNN (Online News),"The dropping of a ""mother of all bombs"" Thursday by the United States on an ISIS cave and bunker complex in Achin district in eastern Afghanistan should be understood as part of an effort to reverse a war that is not going well for the Afghan government and, by extension, the United States.",left
5413,Why US Dropped Bomb on ISIS,['World'],The 'Mother of All Bombs' (MOAB) has been dropped on Afghanistan. Here's what it does (and doesn't) mean,Fox News (Online News),"On April 13, at 7:32 pm local time, U.S. Forces in Afghanistan struck an ISIS tunnel complex in Nangahar Province. What made this strike more newsworthy than most was its use of a GBU-43 bomb.",right
5414,Why US Dropped Bomb on ISIS,['World'],Why America Dropped ‘Mother of All Bombs’ on ISIS in Afghanistan,NBC News (Online),"Thirty feet in length, weighing 21,000 lbs and creating a mushroom cloud seen up to 20 miles away, the ""mother of all bombs"" was unleashed by the United States in Afghanistan.",left
5415,Trump to Push for Tax Reform,['Taxes'],Trump to discuss tax plan with Senate Republicans next week: senator,Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Senate Republicans next week to discuss their party’s efforts to pass tax reform legislation, the chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee said on Friday.",center
5416,Trump to Push for Tax Reform,['Taxes'],"Despite skeptical public, GOP pushing ahead on tax-cut plan",Washington Post,"Republicans are pushing full steam ahead on their tax cut plan, despite polling that shows more Americans oppose rather than support the...",left
5417,Trump to Push for Tax Reform,['Taxes'],Trump to visit GOP Senate in push to deliver tax 'Christmas present' to Americans,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump is meeting next week with Republican senators in a push to get a congressional tax reform bill on his desk by Christmas, with a final vote purportedly coming as early as Thursday.",right
5418,Kentucky AG Releases Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Recordings,"['Breonna Taylor', 'Louisville', 'Kentucky', 'Police', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Race And Racism']",A door busted open. A chaotic scene. A life taken. What the Breonna Taylor grand jury audio reveals,CNN (Online News),"The 26-year-old EMT and aspiring nurse was in her bedroom with her boyfriend when the Louisville Metro Police Department officers, in plain clothes, arrived just after midnight.
The officers, executing a narcotics warrant, told investigators they knocked and announced themselves before using a battering ram to bash the door to Breonna Taylor's South End apartment off its hinges that chaotic March night.
Her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker III, and his lawyer have maintained that he didn't know who was entering the Springfield Drive apartment and that he fired once. Kentucky's...",left
5419,Kentucky AG Releases Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Recordings,"['Breonna Taylor', 'Louisville', 'Kentucky', 'Police', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Race And Racism']",Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Recordings: Officers Testified They Knocked Before Entering,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Kentucky attorney general’s office released recordings of the grand jury proceedings in the Breonna Taylor case Friday, including officers’ testimony that they repeatedly knocked and announced themselves before entering her apartment.
That issue is one of several points of contention in the wake of the grand jury’s decision last week in the case of Ms. Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman killed in March by Louisville police executing a search warrant at her apartment. The grand jury indicted one officer—former Detective Brett Hankison—on charges of wanton endangerment for firing into...",center
5420,Kentucky AG Releases Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Recordings,"['Breonna Taylor', 'Louisville', 'Kentucky', 'Police', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Race And Racism']",Hours of Breonna Taylor grand jury audio recordings released,New York Post (News),"Hours of audio recordings from grand-jury proceedings in the Breonna Taylor case were made public Friday, giving a rare glimpse into what the Kentucky panel heard before it returned no indictments against cops for her killing.
One of the officers who shot Taylor described in recorded testimony the chaotic scene he found himself in when he walked into the apartment.
The cop, Detective Myles Cosgrove, said he saw a barrage of flashing lights and that he was “overwhelmed” with bright flashes and darkness.
He added that he saw a shadowy...",right
5421,Supreme Court Overturns California Law Requiring Faith-Based Pregnancy Centers to Disclose Abortion Options,['Abortion'],Supreme Court rules against California law targeting anti-abortion pregnancy centers,USA TODAY,The Supreme Court on Tuesday dealt a major blow to a California law requiring anti-abortion pregnancy centers to inform women about publicly funded abortion and contraception services.,left
5422,Supreme Court Overturns California Law Requiring Faith-Based Pregnancy Centers to Disclose Abortion Options,['Abortion'],"Supreme Court NIFLA decision is major victory for pro-life groups and women, vindication for First Amendment",Fox News (Opinion),"Tuesday’s 5-4 Supreme Court decision overturning a California law that required pro-life pregnancy centers to provide women with information about abortion is a victory for the First Amendment, for women seeking support during their pregnancies, and for the pregnancy centers.",right
5423,Supreme Court Overturns California Law Requiring Faith-Based Pregnancy Centers to Disclose Abortion Options,['Abortion'],Supreme Court’s anti-abortion ruling in California upholds the right to misinform,The Sacramento Bee,"There’s a reason California lawmakers in 2015 required “crisis pregnancy” centers to disclose if they’re unlicensed, and to post signs telling patients the state provides free or cheap “prenatal care and abortion for eligible women.” It’s the same reason the centers exist at all.",left
5424,CDC Considers Recommending all Americans Wear Face Masks in Public,"['CDC', 'Face Masks', 'Coronavirus']",CDC Considers Asking People to Wear Makeshift Masks in Public,Newsmax (News),"Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are considering changing their guidance and encouraging people to wear masks when they go out in public.
But The Washington Post noted there is still no agreement on whether the use of facial coverings would make a major difference in curtailing the outbreak of the coronavirus.
And some experts are concerned it could provide people with a false sense of security and make them less likely to follow social distancing guidelines.
A recommendation now being considered by the CDC calls for...",right
5425,CDC Considers Recommending all Americans Wear Face Masks in Public,"['CDC', 'Face Masks', 'Coronavirus']",CDC may urge Americans to cover faces in public: report,The Hill,"The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may urge Americans to cover their faces in public to protect themselves and others amid the coronavirus pandemic, The Washington Post is reporting.
The recommendation, if approved, would call for Americans to use cloth coverings instead of surgical and N95 masks, which have been in short supply at hospitals and medical facilities across the country, the Post noted, adding that the coverings could potentially lower the risk of an infected person transmitting the virus.
Talks are still ongoing, an anonymous federal...",center
5426,CDC Considers Recommending all Americans Wear Face Masks in Public,"['CDC', 'Face Masks', 'Coronavirus']",CDC considering recommending general public wear face coverings in public,Washington Post,"Should we all be wearing masks? That simple question is under review by officials in the U.S. government and has sparked a grass-roots pro-mask movement. But there’s still no consensus on whether widespread use of facial coverings would make a significant difference, and some infectious disease experts worry that masks could lull people into a false sense of security and make them less disciplined about social distancing.
In recent days, more people have taken to covering their faces, although it remains a scattershot strategy driven by personal choice. The government...",left
5427,Virginia Governor Apologizes for Racist Yearbook Photo,['Politics'],"Virginia Democrats turn on Northam, demand resignation after offensive photo",Washington Times,"The Democratic Caucuses in Virginia’s state House and Senate both called Friday for Gov. Ralph Northam to resign, saying members have lost confidence in him to lead the state after a photo emerged of him and a friend with one in blackface and the other in a KKK outfit.",right
5428,Virginia Governor Apologizes for Racist Yearbook Photo,['Politics'],Virginia Governor Ralph Northam sorry for racist yearbook photo,BBC News,"Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has apologised after his 1984 student yearbook page emerged, showing a photo featuring men in racist costumes.",center
5429,Virginia Governor Apologizes for Racist Yearbook Photo,['Politics'],Ralph Northam Under Pressure to Resign as Virginia Governor Over Racist Yearbook Photo,New York Times (News),"Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia faced intense pressure to resign on Saturday after losing the support of leading Virginia Democrats, including black lawmakers in the Legislature, after admitting that he posed in a racist costume as a medical student more than 30 years ago.",left
5430,"On Christmas Eve, News Outlets Use Christmas to Frame Different Headlines","['Holidays', 'Christmas', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'General News']","For Christmas, My True Love Gave To Me... Hand Sanitizer, Because It's 2020",NPR (Online News),"On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... hand sanitizer, a spray can of Lysol, a big box of TP and a cleaning gizmo for keys and phones.
All year, cleaning products have been flying off the shelves — now, they're flying straight into Christmas stockings and wrapping paper. Holiday-season sales of sanitizing wipes and sprays have doubled this year, according to Nielsen. Sales of hand sanitizer more than quadrupled.
""You can say, 'Oh, yeah, remember back in 2020 when we all had a bottle of...",left
5431,"On Christmas Eve, News Outlets Use Christmas to Frame Different Headlines","['Holidays', 'Christmas', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'General News']",A mother's dilemma: Pay the bills or buy Christmas presents?,CNN (Online News),"Angela Kearney's living room is filled with Christmas decorations. The lights on her tree illuminate her most prized ornaments. The room looks festive, but the mood is filled with dread.
Kearney has been furloughed from her job as a paralegal since March and her pandemic unemployment benefits run out in January, like they will for 12 million other Americans -- unless Congress extends them.
The mother of five, who still has three children living at home, currently receives $300 a week in unemployment benefits. Her husband recently applied for...",left
5432,"On Christmas Eve, News Outlets Use Christmas to Frame Different Headlines","['Holidays', 'Christmas', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'General News']",Christmas chaos: Lawmakers block competing bills amid Trump threat to reject COVID-19 aid,Washington Examiner,"Lawmakers on Christmas Eve blocked each other’s competing bills that attempted to rectify President Trump’s objections to a massive spending and coronavirus aid package.
Trump has warned he will not sign legislation that bundles $900 billion in coronavirus aid with the $1.4 trillion 2021 government spending bill.
Trump wants lawmakers to make changes to the massive spending package to remove “wasteful” spending and to increase the virus aid stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000 for individuals.",right
5433,Anti-Free Speech Riots,['Free Speech'],Conspiring to stifle free speech is a crime,USA TODAY,"It is time for new laws that will make higher education leaders take the 1st Amendment seriously. They told me if Donald Trump were elected, voices of dissent would be shut down by fascist mobs. And they were right!
At the University of California, Berkeley campus, for example, gay conservative speaker Milo Yiannopoulos had to be evacuated, and his speech cancelled, because masked rioters beat people, smashed windows, and started fires. Protesters threw commercial fireworks at police.
According to CNN: “The violent protesters tore down metal barriers, set fires near...",left
5434,Anti-Free Speech Riots,['Free Speech'],The No Free Speech Movement at Berkeley,Los Angeles Times,"The cancellation Wednesday of a speech by right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos at UC Berkeley was, according to a university spokesman, “not a proud night for this campus, the home of the free speech movement.” That’s putting it mildly. Even if the cancellation was justified by concerns about public safety after an outbreak of violence and property destruction, the fact that Yiannopoulos was prevented from speaking to a willing audience of campus Republicans should make supporters of free speech shiver.
In a characteristically knee-jerk reaction to Wednesday’s events, President Trump tweeted:...",left
5435,Anti-Free Speech Riots,['Free Speech'],"Who knew there were so many homophobic, racist xenophobes at Berkeley",Fox News (Online News),"The birthplace of the free speech movement has become its graveyard. Hundreds of liberals rioted at the University of California Berkeley Wednesday night -- burning stores, throwing Molotov cocktails and clashing with police.
The rampaging mob forced the university to shut down an event featuring gay conservative firebrand and Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos.
“I’m outraged that Milo has been given a platform at UC Berkeley, and there should be no place for him here,” visiting assistant art professor Samara Haplerin told the Daily Californian. “He should be scared that people...",right
5436,Health Authorities Approve Updated COVID-19 Boosters for Kids,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'CDC']","CDC, FDA authorize COVID-19 Omicron booster shots for kids",Axios,"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday recommended a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for children as young as 5, aimed at the Omicron variant, hours after the Food and Drug Administration authorized the shot.
The big picture: The announcement comes as the White House continues to monitor a rise in the COVID-19 subvariants emerging and evolving throughout the world.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky signed off on a decision memo expanding the use of the shots without waiting for a meeting of the CDC’s advisory committee, CNBC reports.
With approval from the CDC and the FDA, pharmacies can now...",center
5437,Health Authorities Approve Updated COVID-19 Boosters for Kids,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'CDC']",Now CDC approves Omicron booster jab for children as young as FIVE — but even adults don't want it,Daily Mail,"Children as young as five are to be offered the bivalent Covid booster vaccine ahead of the winter.
The  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended five to 11-year-olds get a single dose of Pfizer's updated shot.
Children aged six and above can get Moderna's bivalent booster. Both new vaccines offer better protection against the new Omicron variants than previous jabs.
Officials are now 'encouraging' parents to get their children vaccinated before schools go back from the fall break.
But many experts have repeatedly rallied against plans to inoculate...",right
5438,Health Authorities Approve Updated COVID-19 Boosters for Kids,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'CDC']",Updated Covid-19 booster shots expanded to children as young as 5,CNN (Online News),"The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off Wednesday on the use of updated Covid-19 boosters for children as young as 5. Earlier in the day, the US Food and Drug Administration expanded the shots’ emergency use authorization to include this age group.
The moves mean children and teens can get the boosters from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech as long as they’re at least two months past their primary vaccine series or last booster dose.
Like the boosters that became available for people 12 and older in September, these bivalent boosters target the original coronavirus...",left
5439,Clinton Bashes Trump in Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton’s New Formula For Trump: Sharp, Stately And A Heap Of Mockery",HuffPost,"In a series of seemingly strategic leaks over the past few weeks, members of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign offered various nicknames with which they were considering tagging Donald Trump. They were unobjectionable duds: from “Presumptuous Nominee” to “Dangerous Donald.”",left
5440,Clinton Bashes Trump in Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton turns Trump attacks up to 11,Politico,"Hillary Clinton has known presidents, the Democratic front-runner told a crowd of supporters at a California rally Friday afternoon. She’s married to one, was secretary of state for another and has worked with Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and both Bushes.",left
5441,Clinton Bashes Trump in Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton Bashes Trump: The U.S. Is ‘Trying to Elect a President, Not a Dictator’",The Blaze,"Hillary Clinton is keeping the heat on Donald Trump, saying “we are trying to elect a president, not a dictator.”
The likely Democratic nominee for president addressed an enthusiastic crowd in San Bernardino, California, Friday night, where she continued to question her likely Republican opponent’s qualifications.",right
5442,FCC to Roll Back Net Neutrality Rules,['Technology'],FCC chief plans to ditch U.S. 'net neutrality' rules,Reuters,The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission unveiled plans on Tuesday to repeal landmark 2015 rules that prohibited internet service providers from impeding consumer access to web,center
5443,FCC to Roll Back Net Neutrality Rules,['Technology'],Progressives erupt over FCC proposal to repeal Obama-era net neutrality rules,Washington Times,"Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai unveiled Tuesday plans to dismantle the Obama administration’s “net neutrality” rules, prompting cheers from Republicans and outrage from the left.",right
5444,FCC to Roll Back Net Neutrality Rules,['Technology'],FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose the sites customers see and use,Washington Post,"Federal regulators unveiled a plan Tuesday that would give Internet providers broad powers to determine what websites and online services their customers can see and use, and at what cost.",left
5445,CDC Approves Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Young Kids,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'CDC', 'Pfizer', 'Public Health']",US gives final clearance to COVID-19 shots for kids 5 to 11,New York Post (News),"CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on Tuesday signed off on the use of the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 just hours after an agency panel OK’d the shot — paving the way for an estimated 28 million young kids to begin getting their jabs as soon as this week.
The final approval comes after a panel of doctors and public-health experts forming the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended the move. The FDA had already cleared the immunization for emergency use in the age group Friday.
“If...",right
5446,CDC Approves Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Young Kids,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'CDC', 'Pfizer', 'Public Health']",US gives final clearance to COVID-19 shots for kids 5 to 11,Associated Press,"U.S. health officials on Tuesday gave the final signoff to Pfizer’s kid-size COVID-19 shot, a major expansion of the nation’s vaccination campaign.
The Food and Drug Administration already authorized the shots for children ages 5 to 11 — doses just a third of the amount given to teens and adults. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends who should receive FDA-cleared vaccines.
The announcement by CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky came only hours after an advisory panel unanimously decided Pfizer’s shots should be opened to the 28 million...",left
5447,CDC Approves Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Young Kids,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'CDC', 'Pfizer', 'Public Health']",CDC advisers recommend Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine in children 5-11,CNN (Online News),"The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, said Tuesday evening she was endorsing a recommendation for vaccinating children ages 5-11 against Covid-19, clearing the way for immediate vaccination of the youngest age group yet in the United States.
“CDC now expands vaccine recommendations to about 28 million children in the United States in this age group and allows providers to begin vaccinating them as soon as possible,” the agency said in a statement.
“Together, with science leading the charge, we have taken another important step forward in our nation’s fight against the virus...",left
5448,Obama Reaches Out to GOP,"['White House', 'Politics']",Why President Obama’s charm offensive is headed for pressure testing — right away,Washington Post,"President Obama ramped up his GOP charm offensive last week with lunch and dinner dates with congressional Republicans. But really, it was all just the appetizer.",left
5449,Obama Reaches Out to GOP,"['White House', 'Politics']","As budget battles resume, Republicans hope Obama 'sincere' in compromise efforts",Fox News (Online News),"After a week of President Obama extending lunch and dinner invites to congressional Republicans, ahead of the next budget battle, party leaders are expressing cautious optimism about the president being sincere – not just leading a so-called charm offensive.",right
5450,Obama Reaches Out to GOP,"['White House', 'Politics']","Republicans, while skeptical, welcome Obama outreach",CNN (Online News),"Whatever you choose to call it - a charm offensive, an olive branch or just dinner - President Barack Obama's outreach to congressional Republicans is certainly a change of pace.",left
5451,State Department Blocks Ambassador Gordon Sondland From Testifying In House Impeachment Deposition,"['Gordon Sondland', 'Donald Trump', 'Ukraine Scandal', 'State Department', 'Politics']",State Dept Blocks Ambassador Sondland From Testifying Before Congress About Ukraine,Townhall,"President Trump explains why Sondland shouldn't testify.
@realDonaldTrump
I would love to send Ambassador Sondland, a really good man and great American, to testify, but unfortunately he would be testifying before a totally compromised kangaroo court, where Republican’s rights have been taken away, and true facts are not allowed out for the public to see. Importantly, Ambassador Sondland’s tweet, which few report, stated, “I believe you are incorrect about President Trump’s intentions. The President has been crystal clear: no quid pro quo’s of any kind.” That says it ALL!...",right
5452,State Department Blocks Ambassador Gordon Sondland From Testifying In House Impeachment Deposition,"['Gordon Sondland', 'Donald Trump', 'Ukraine Scandal', 'State Department', 'Politics']","Trump administration blocks testimony of Gordon Sondland, a central figure in the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry",Washington Post,"The Trump administration on Tuesday blocked a planned deposition from Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union and a central figure in the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, according to a statement by his lawyer.
Democrats swiftly called the administration’s move an act of obstruction and accused President Trump of hiding information about his efforts to pressure the Ukrainian government to investigate his political rivals. Democrats had earlier said that any attempt to block statements from witnesses could constitute an impeachable act.
Sondland was scheduled to be deposed on Tuesday...",left
5453,State Department Blocks Ambassador Gordon Sondland From Testifying In House Impeachment Deposition,"['Gordon Sondland', 'Donald Trump', 'Ukraine Scandal', 'State Department', 'Politics']",State orders EU ambassador not to testify before House,The Hill,"A key witness in the House impeachment inquiry was ordered not to appear at a scheduled deposition on Tuesday, ramping up tensions between congressional Democrats and the Trump administration.
The State Department instructed Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland not to appear for the deposition, according to his counsel.
Sondland, a wealthy hotelier who had donated $1 million to President Trump's inaugural committee before taking his government position, was a figure in the text messages released by Democrats last week that showed administration officials discussing Trump's communications with...",center
5454,Marjorie Taylor Greene Gets Permanently Banned From Twitter For Spreading COVID-19 Misinformation,"['Cancel Culture', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Coronavirus', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Free Speech', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene', 'Technology', 'Twitter', 'US Congress', 'US House']",Twitter permanently suspends Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal account over covid-19 misinformation,Washington Post,"Twitter has permanently suspended the personal account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), saying Sunday that she repeatedly violated the company’s covid-19 misinformation policy.
The suspension came hours after she published a tweet falsely suggesting “extremely high amounts of Covid vaccine deaths.” Included was a chart featuring data from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, which provides self-reported information that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns does not imply causation.
The congresswoman’s verified personal account had been temporarily suspended two times over the summer. In July, she lost access for 12...",left
5455,Marjorie Taylor Greene Gets Permanently Banned From Twitter For Spreading COVID-19 Misinformation,"['Cancel Culture', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Coronavirus', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Free Speech', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene', 'Technology', 'Twitter', 'US Congress', 'US House']",Twitter permanently bans Marjorie Taylor Greene for COVID misinformation,New York Post (News),"Twitter permanently booted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from the social-media platform Sunday, saying she had repeatedly violated its policies by posting misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic.
The Georgia Republican’s personal account “@mtgreenee” was permanently blocked, although her congressional account “@RepMTG” is still online.
“We permanently suspended the account you referenced (@mtgreenee) for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy,” Twitter said in a statement. “We’ve been clear that, per our strike system for this policy, we will permanently suspend accounts for repeated violations of the policy.”
Greene responded to the ban by going on...",right
5456,Marjorie Taylor Greene Gets Permanently Banned From Twitter For Spreading COVID-19 Misinformation,"['Cancel Culture', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Coronavirus', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Free Speech', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene', 'Technology', 'Twitter', 'US Congress', 'US House']",Twitter permanently suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene's account for spreading COVID-19 misinformation,Insider,"Twitter has permanently suspended Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's personal account for spreading COVID-19 misinformation. 
""We permanently suspended Marjorie Taylor Greene for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy,"" Twitter said in a statement, as first reported by CNN's Donie O'Sullivan. ""We've been clear that, per our strike system for this policy, we will permanently suspend accounts for repeated violations of the policy.""
Twitter in March said it would permanently suspend accounts that repeatedly post COVID-19 vaccine misinformation. 
The official representative account for Greene, a freshman Republican from Georgia, remains active on Twitter.
Greene responded to Twitter's decision...",left
5457,Bomb Found at George Soros's Home,['Polarization'],Explosive Device Found at George Soros’s Home,Wall Street Journal (News),"An explosive device was found Monday afternoon at the home of billionaire and Democratic donor George Soros in New York’s Westchester County, according to law-enforcement officials.",center
5458,Bomb Found at George Soros's Home,['Polarization'],Another Case of Political Violence: Bomb Discovered at George Soros’s Home,National Review,"Making the click-through worthwhile: a serious scare at George Soros’s house; a rollercoaster of new polls for Republicans, with good news in Indiana, mixed news in the House, and some ominous news in Florida; and a trio of Democrats had a really lousy Monday.",right
5459,Bomb Found at George Soros's Home,['Polarization'],"Explosive device found at residence of George Soros, liberal philanthropist and target of far right",Washington Post,"An explosive device was found Monday in a mailbox at the New York residence of George Soros, a liberal philanthropist and target of far-right nationalist groups, authorities said.",left
5460,Bush 41 Letter to Bill Clinton,['Bridging Divides'],"The Heartfelt, 'Good-Luck' Note Bush 41 Wrote to Bill Clinton",Newsmax (News),"George H.W. Bush penned an emotional, inspirational letter to incoming President Bill Clinton during his last hours in the White House.
Dated Jan. 20, 1993, Bush's note — handwritten at his desk in the Oval Office— reads:
""When I walked into this office just now I felt the same sense of wonder and respect that I felt four years ago. I know you will feel that, too. I wish you great happiness here.
""I never felt the loneness some presidents have described. There will be very tough times, made even...",right
5461,Bush 41 Letter to Bill Clinton,['Bridging Divides'],Hillary Clinton recalls George H. W. Bush's powerful letter,Washington Post,"At a campaign event in Pittsburgh June 14, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton described a letter former president George H. W. Bush left for her husband in the White House. Clinton said the letter illustrated ""the America we love."" (Reuters)",left
5462,Bush 41 Letter to Bill Clinton,['Bridging Divides'],"The ‘magnanimous, bipartisan and dignified’ letter George H.W. Bush left for Bill Clinton before leaving office",The Telegraph - UK,"When a President of the United States steps down from office, he will traditionally leave behind a note for his successor in the Oval Office.
The note penned by George HW Bush to Bill Clinton has gone viral in recent days, after it was shared on social media by Twitter user @CameronJJJ, who described it as “magnanimous, bipartisan & dignified.”
The letter is mentioned in a collection of Bush’s other writings, All the Best, George Bush. He writes: ""I leave a note on the desk for Bill Clinton. It looks...",right
5463,Democratic WV Governor Goes Republican,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Billionaire and WV Governor Jim Justice Switches To Republican at Trump Event,Forbes,"“Today I will tell you with lots of prayers and lots of thinking,” Justice said to an enthusiastic crowd of Trump supporters. ”I can’t help you anymore being a Democrat governor. So tomorrow I will be changing my registration to Republican.”",center
5464,Democratic WV Governor Goes Republican,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']","With party switch in West Virginia, Republicans now have matched record number of governors' seats. Will it last?",Los Angeles Times,"The moment was filled with political pomp and pageantry: Thousands of cheering supporters packed into an arena, a sea of poster-board signs and a big announcement.",left
5465,Democratic WV Governor Goes Republican,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Democrats Are in Deep Trouble,Peter Roff,If the Democrats and Republicans were engaged in a real war – what they're all doing now is just political combat of the messiest kind – West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice's defection to the GOP after just a few months in office might be a signal it's time to sue for peace.,right
5466,Impeachment Article Filed Against Trump,['Justice'],Trump impeachment article brought to House — LOL,Washington Times,Reps. Brad Sherman of California and Al Green of Texas have brought forward a formal article of impeachment against President Donald Trump for “high crimes and misdemeanors.”,right
5467,Impeachment Article Filed Against Trump,['Justice'],House Democrat files article of impeachment against Trump,The Hill,Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) formally introduced an article of impeachment against President Trump on Wednesday that accuses the president of obstructing justice during the federal investigation of Russia’s 2016 election interference.,center
5468,Impeachment Article Filed Against Trump,['Justice'],Congressman Takes First Formal Step To Impeach Trump,HuffPost,Democratic California Rep. Brad Sherman believes the president obstructed justice.,left
5469,Perspectives: Should Non-citizens Be Allowed to Vote?,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Non-Citizens', 'Elections', 'US Constitution', 'Civil Rights', 'Inequality', 'Election Security']",NYC Law Giving Non-Citizens Right to Vote Violates Federal and State Constitutions,Townhall,"In the latest Democrat move to undermine the American system of government, a majority of the New York City council is poised to passed Int. No. 1867 which gives non-citizens the right to vote in municipal elections.  Under this law, those who lack citizenship may, if they reside in New York City for only thirty days, vote for mayor, city council, borough presidents, comptroller, and public advocate.  They may thus influence what law and policy governs the citizens of New York City.  The law is patently unconstitutional, unlawful under immigration law, an...",right
5470,Perspectives: Should Non-citizens Be Allowed to Vote?,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Non-Citizens', 'Elections', 'US Constitution', 'Civil Rights', 'Inequality', 'Election Security']",Why noncitizens should be allowed to vote,CNN (Opinion),"Bravo to New York's City Council for taking a meaningful step towards inclusion and representation.
Thursday, New York became the largest American city to give noncitizens the right to vote in local elections. The New York City Council passed the ""Our City, Our Vote"" measure by a more than two-to-one vote. Under the legislation, noncitizens who are legal permanent residents and have lived in the city for at least 30 days will be allowed to vote in elections for mayor, public advocate, city council, among other local offices. The legislation is set...",left
5471,Perspectives: Should Non-citizens Be Allowed to Vote?,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Non-Citizens', 'Elections', 'US Constitution', 'Civil Rights', 'Inequality', 'Election Security']",De Blasio admits to 'mixed feelings' on allowing noncitizens to vote in elections,The Hill,"Outgoing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) on Sunday said he had ""mixed feelings"" about the New York City Council's recent decision to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections.
While appearing on ""Fox News Sunday,"" de Blasio was asked by host Chris Wallace why he did not veto the measure over his concerns surrounding the legality of the measure.
""I have mixed feelings. I've been very open about it on this law and I think there are big legal questions, but I also respect the city council. They made a decision,"" de...",center
5472,Green Party Nominates Jill Stein,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Jill Stein Wins Green Party Nomination, Courting Disaffected Sanders Supporters",NPR (Online News),"The Green Party officially nominated Jill Stein for president and human rights activist Ajamu Baraka as her running mate on Saturday, at a convention in Houston that attracted many disaffected Bernie Sanders supporters.
Much of the three-day gathering was an explicit appeal to former backers of the Vermont senator to join their fold, and several speakers argued that Sanders had been treated unfairly by the Democratic Party.
""I want to thank Bernie Sanders supporters who refused to let the political revolution die,"" Stein said in her acceptance speech. ""We have...",left
5473,Green Party Nominates Jill Stein,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Jill Stein taps ‘Bernie Sanders movement’ in Green Party presidential bid,Washington Times,"Short of adopting wire-frame glasses and a Brooklyn accent, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein did everything possible last weekend to blur any distinction between herself and Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont.
“It is such an honor to be also running in alliance with the Bernie Sanders movement,” Ms. Stein said to thunderous applause at the Green Party Presidential Nominating Convention in Houston. “We are Bernie Green!”
To nobody’s surprise, Ms. Stein, a Harvard-educated physician and prohibitive front-runner, won the nomination Saturday at the University of Houston. She...",right
5474,Green Party Nominates Jill Stein,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The Green Party Picks Its Presidential Ticket,HuffPost,"The Green Party officially nominated Massachusetts physician and progressive activist Jill Stein as its presidential candidate on Saturday, also selecting human rights activist Ajamu Baraka as her running mate.
“We are what democracy looks like and we are what political revolution looks like,” Stein said accepting her party’s nomination. Stein also served as the party’s standard-bearer in 2012, when she received .9 percent of the national popular vote.",left
5475,"‘60 Minutes’ Criticized Over DeSantis Report, Video Editing","['Media Bias', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Florida', '60 Minutes', 'CBS News', 'Media Industry', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Corruption', 'Local Government']","Florida governor clashes with ""60 Minutes"" over COVID vaccine rollout",Axios,"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced a COVID-19 vaccine distribution partnership with Publix grocery stores weeks after the company gave $100,000 to his PAC, CBS' ""60 Minutes"" reported Sunday, citing campaign finance records. DeSantis and Publix deny any wrongdoing.
Why it matters: DeSantis has been criticized for directing vaccines toward wealthy communities, with some who benefitted from the vaccine pop-ups also donating to the governor's political action committee, per Axios' Tampa Bay reporter Ben Montgomery.",center
5476,"‘60 Minutes’ Criticized Over DeSantis Report, Video Editing","['Media Bias', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Florida', '60 Minutes', 'CBS News', 'Media Industry', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Corruption', 'Local Government']",'60 Minutes' faces backlash from Democrats and Publix for critical story on Florida's vaccine rollout,CNN (Online News),"""60 Minutes"" is facing backlash for a story it aired Sunday on Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis — including from the supermarket chain Publix and two prominent Democrats in the state.
As part of a larger story about Florida's vaccine rollout, the renowned newsmagazine program spotlighted a recent $100,000 donation that Publix made to DeSantis' re-election bid.
The story, by correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, suggested there was a possible link between the donation and the state's partnership with Publix stores for vaccine distribution — a serious issue of foul play, if...",left
5477,"‘60 Minutes’ Criticized Over DeSantis Report, Video Editing","['Media Bias', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Florida', '60 Minutes', 'CBS News', 'Media Industry', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Corruption', 'Local Government']","Pressure mounts on ’60 Minutes’ to correct, retract DeSantis report: Critic says ‘CBS clearly made mistakes’",Fox News (Online News),"CBS News’ ""60 Minutes"" has given no indication that it will correct or retract the widely contested report that suggested Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, R., gave the Publix grocery store chain preferable treatment to offer the coronavirus vaccine based on its donations to his PAC despite growing pressure.
""CBS clearly made mistakes in professional journalistic judgment in the execution of this story. These are the kinds of mistakes that necessarily happen when enterprise reporting is done with bias and on the basis of pushing a preconceived political narrative,"" DePauw University...",right
5478,"US Adds 261,000 Jobs in October, Moderate but More Than Expected","['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Business', 'Recession', 'Inflation', 'Unemployment', 'Labor Department', 'Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates']","US adds 261,000 jobs, unemployment ticks to 3.7% in October",New York Post (News),"US hiring remained strong in October, though the national unemployment rate ticked higher than expected in a trend that could affirm the Federal Reserve’s move toward smaller interest rate hikes at a pivotal meeting next month.
Employers hired at a robust clip, adding a higher-than-expected 261,000 jobs last month, according to Labor Department data. Prior to the announcement, economists had expected employers to add 205,000 jobs.
The US unemployment rate ticked upward to 3.7% — worse than the 3.5% rate economists projected. However, the rate is still hovering near a five-decade low.",right
5479,"US Adds 261,000 Jobs in October, Moderate but More Than Expected","['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Business', 'Recession', 'Inflation', 'Unemployment', 'Labor Department', 'Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates']","Jobs report: U.S. payrolls grew by 261,000 in October, unemployment rate rises to 3.7%",Yahoo News,"The U.S. economy added more jobs than expected in October even as the Federal Reserve pressed on with the central bank's most aggressive monetary tightening campaign in decades.
Here are the highlights from the Labor Department's monthly jobs report released Friday, compared to consensus estimates from Bloomberg:",left
5480,"US Adds 261,000 Jobs in October, Moderate but More Than Expected","['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Business', 'Recession', 'Inflation', 'Unemployment', 'Labor Department', 'Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates']","U.S. payrolls surged by 261,000 in October, better than expected as hiring remains strong",CNBC,"Job growth was stronger than expected in October despite Federal Reserve interest rate increases aimed at slowing what is still a relatively strong labor market.
Nonfarm payrolls grew by 261,000 for the month while the unemployment rate moved higher to 3.7%, the Labor Department reported Friday. Those payroll numbers were better than the Dow Jones estimate for 205,000 more jobs, but worse than the 3.5% estimate for the unemployment rate.
Although the number was better than expected, it still marked the slowest pace of job gains since December 2020.
Stocks rose...",center
5481,Beijing Launches Mass Testing Amid COVID-19 Outbreak,"['China', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Testing', 'Coronavirus Lockdowns']","Beijing enforces lockdowns, expands COVID-19 mass testing",Associated Press,"Workers put up fencing and police restricted who could leave a locked-down area in Beijing on Tuesday as authorities in the Chinese capital stepped up efforts to prevent a major COVID-19 outbreak like the one that has all but shut down the city of Shanghai.
People lined up for throat swabs across much of Beijing as mass testing was expanded to 11 of the city’s 16 districts.
Another 22 cases were found in the last 24 hours, Beijing health officials said at a late afternoon news conference, bringing the total...",left
5482,Beijing Launches Mass Testing Amid COVID-19 Outbreak,"['China', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Testing', 'Coronavirus Lockdowns']",Beijing races to contain 'urgent and grim' Covid outbreak as Shanghai lockdown continues,CNN (Online News),"Beijing is racing to track a Covid-19 outbreak that may have been spreading in the capital for a week, city authorities said over the weekend, raising the prospect more stringent restrictions could soon be implemented in line with other Chinese cities.
Chaoyang, one of the city's largest districts, announced Sunday that it would launch three rounds of mass testing of those who work and live in the district, some 3.5 million residents, according to the latest census.
The announcement came after 11 cases were detected in a 24-hour period, sparking panic...",left
5483,Beijing Launches Mass Testing Amid COVID-19 Outbreak,"['China', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Testing', 'Coronavirus Lockdowns']",Beijing’s ‘Zero-COVID’ Threatens China’s Economy,The Epoch Times,"As the Omicron variant is causing a surge in COVID-19 infections across 30 provinces and municipalities in China, Beijing’s “zero-COVID” restrictions appear to be causing more harm than good.
The strict measures are sapping the productivity of businesses, weakening the stock market’s performance, forcing about 400 million people to remain in lockdown, and causing the economy to contract.
Data from China’s multiple indices suggest that the Zero-COVID policy has weakened first-quarter business results and the economy overall.
For example, the Caixin manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) dropped to 48.1 in March. A reading of...",right
5484,"Coronavirus Stimulus Likely to Top $1 Trillion, Include Checks for Public","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Democratic Party', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus']",Democrats warn that one or two direct payments to Americans won’t be enough,CNBC,"As Congress tries to hash out a stimulus package potentially worth more than $1 trillion, Democrats are gearing up for a fight over whether direct payments to Americans struggling with the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic will be enough.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is among those arguing for expanded unemployment insurance as a source of relief.
“A single $1,000 check would help someone pay their landlord in March but what happens after that?” the New York Democrat said on the chamber floor Wednesday. “A thousand dollars goes by...",center
5485,"Coronavirus Stimulus Likely to Top $1 Trillion, Include Checks for Public","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Democratic Party', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus']",Trump’s $1 trillion stimulus is a gamble for reelection — and a sea change for Republicans once opposed to bailouts,Washington Post,"The novel coronavirus is redefining Donald Trump’s presidency eight months before he stands for reelection as he wagers that the potentially largest rescue package in U.S. history could protect the American people from the economic carnage brought by the pandemic.
Trump will be tested at the ballot box not only by his management of the public health crisis but also his ability to navigate what the president says will likely be a recession — a challenge that is reviving the decade-long debate over the use of public money to prop...",left
5486,"Coronavirus Stimulus Likely to Top $1 Trillion, Include Checks for Public","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Democratic Party', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus']",Trump administration seeks 2 rounds of checks to Americans in massive coronavirus response,Fox News (Online News),"The White House is moving forward with a proposed $1 trillion coronavirus package that would infuse Americans' bank accounts with two rounds of direct cash payments.
The Trump administration is seeking $250 billion in payments to Americans starting April 6, followed by another $250 billion cash payment round beginning May 18, according to the working draft of the plan obtained by Fox Business Network.
The two payments to taxpayers would be identical and the amounts would vary by family income and size, according to the Treasury Department document on the...",right
5487,Police on Alert,['Violence In America'],New York Police Add Precautions After Ambush,New York Times (News),"Faced with the first targeted killings of New York City police officers in years, police leaders ratcheted up precautions for their vast patrol force on Sunday as officials described the predatory final movements of a gunman bent on killing officers.",left
5488,Police on Alert,['Violence In America'],"After 2 NYPD officers killed, more threats against police emerge",CNN (Online News),The cop-killer didn't seem to have a specific target -- just any two officers in uniform.,left
5489,Police on Alert,['Violence In America'],Police on alert across America after murder of NYPD officers,Fox News (Online News),Wear bulletproof vests. Avoid posting inflammatory statements on social media. Don't make arrests unless you have to. Don't patrol alone.,right
5490,Obamacare Enrollment Misses Goal,['Healthcare'],"About 40,000 Americans are said to have signed up for plans on HealthCare.gov",Washington Post,The administration will count people who have a plan sitting in their online shopping cart but have not yet paid.,left
5491,Obamacare Enrollment Misses Goal,['Healthcare'],"HealthCare.gov brings 40,000 to 50,000 enrollees in private plans through last week, people familiar say",Wall Street Journal (News),"Initial reports suggest that fewer than 50,000 people successfully navigated the troubled federal health-care website to enroll in private health insurance plans as of last week, two people familiar with the matter said.",center
5492,Obamacare Enrollment Misses Goal,['Healthcare'],Obamacare enrollment well short of expectations: report,Washington Times,"Fewer than 50,000 people had signed up for insurance through the troubled HealthCare.gov website as of last week - far short of the administration's goal of 500,000 for October, the Wall Street Journal reports.",right
5493,US Sets Daily Record of New Coronavirus Cases,"['Coronavirus Testing', 'Coronavirus']","US reports record 36,880 new coronavirus cases",The Hill,"The U.S. on Wednesday reported a record 36,880 new coronavirus cases more than two months after its previous record for daily infections, a signal that the country is struggling to contain the pandemic.
Wednesday's total is 2,000 more than on Tuesday, when 34,700 new cases of COVID-19 nationally were reported, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
New daily cases in the U.S. had hit a peak at 36,739 cases on April 24 and had consistently been on a downward trajectory for weeks until recent spikes in a slate...",center
5494,US Sets Daily Record of New Coronavirus Cases,"['Coronavirus Testing', 'Coronavirus']",Coronavirus deaths lag behind surging infections but may catch up soon,Washington Post,"With novel coronavirus infections setting a single-day national record Wednesday, health experts are taking little solace from one of the few bright spots in the current resurgence: Deaths are not rising in lockstep with caseloads.
But that may be just a matter of time.
“Deaths always lag considerably behind cases,” Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease specialist, told Congress at a hearing Tuesday. In the weeks to come, he and others said, the death toll is likely to rise commensurately.
Which means Arizona, Texas and Florida, states that reopened...",left
5495,US Sets Daily Record of New Coronavirus Cases,"['Coronavirus Testing', 'Coronavirus']",US sets daily record of new coronavirus cases,Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. hit an all-time high yesterday in new daily coronavirus cases at 38,672, according to the COVID Tracking Project.
Overall, the U.S. has seen more than 2.38 million confirmed cases as of Thursday, according to the Johns Hopkins University heat map.
The U.S. coronavirus death toll is approximately 121,979. Spikes in cases have been reported around the country, with states including Florida, Texas and California particularly hard hit.
Florida saw a record number of cases on Tuesday, according to a report from the state Department of Health. There were...",right
5496,What We Know Now About Plane Crash,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Plane Dropped From 3800 Feet without Distress Call,CNN (Online News),"For a second day, rescuers will fan out over harsh terrain in a remote corner of the French Alps looking for the remains of 150 people.",left
5497,What We Know Now About Plane Crash,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Two Americans aboard doomed German jetliner; photo of 'black box' released,Fox News (Online News),"Investigators in France on Wednesday were examining the mangled ""black box"" from the German passenger plane that crashed into the Alps, hoping to learn what brought the jet down a day earlier, as officials said two unidentified Americans were among the 150 dead.",right
5498,What We Know Now About Plane Crash,"['Transportation', 'General News']","Terrorism Unlikely in Germanwings Crash, French Officials Say",New York Times (News),"Rescuers on Wednesday resumed the difficult task of searching for the 150 victims of a deadly plane crash in the French Alps, as France’s interior minister said that terrorism was not at the top of the list of potential causes.",left
5499,Petraeus Resigns,[],"Republicans: Sooner or later, Petraeus must answer congressional questions on Benghazi",Washington Times,"One day after President Obama accepted the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus, Republicans say the general is still expected to answer congressional questions about the Obama administrations handling of the Sept. 11 terror attacks in Libya that claimed the lives of four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens.",right
5500,Petraeus Resigns,[],Officials: Threats triggered Petraeus probe,Washington Post,"The collapse of the dazzling career of CIA Director David H. Petraeus was triggered when a woman whom he was having an affair with sent threatening e-mails to another woman close to him, according to three senior law enforcement officials with knowledge of the episode.",left
5501,Petraeus Resigns,[],CIA chief Petraeus resigns over affair,CNN (Online News),"Only two people know how the affair started, but the world knows now about its inglorious end.",left
5502,Former NSC Official Alleges Politicized White House Interference in Bolton Book Review,"['Donald Trump', 'Justice Department', 'National Security Council', 'John Bolton', ""John Bolton'S Book"", 'White House', 'Politics']",White House Accused of Improperly Politicizing Review of John Bolton’s Book,New York Times (News),"White House aides improperly intervened to prevent a manuscript by President Trump’s former national security adviser John R. Bolton from becoming public, a career official said in a letter filed in court on Wednesday, accusing them of making false assertions and trying to coerce her to join their efforts, and suggesting that they retaliated when she refused.
In an extraordinary 18-page document, a lawyer for the official who oversaw the book’s prepublication review, Ellen Knight, portrays the Trump administration as handling its response to the book in bad faith. Her...",left
5503,Former NSC Official Alleges Politicized White House Interference in Bolton Book Review,"['Donald Trump', 'Justice Department', 'National Security Council', 'John Bolton', ""John Bolton'S Book"", 'White House', 'Politics']","Official says White House political appointees ""commandeered"" Bolton book review",Axios,"A former career official at the National Security Council claims her pre-publication review of former national security adviser John Bolton's explosive book on President Trump was ""commandeered by political appointees for a seemingly political purpose,"" according to a letter from her lawyers filed in court on Tuesday.
Why it matters: The White House fought against the publication of Bolton's book for most of the year on the grounds that it contained harmful and ""significant amounts of classified information.""
According to Knight's lawyers, White House aides falsely asserted that details in...",center
5504,Former NSC Official Alleges Politicized White House Interference in Bolton Book Review,"['Donald Trump', 'Justice Department', 'National Security Council', 'John Bolton', ""John Bolton'S Book"", 'White House', 'Politics']",Ex-NSC official alleges 'unprecedented' intervention by White House aides in Bolton book review,The Hill,"A former National Security Council (NSC) official says the White House intervened in “unprecedented” fashion in the prepublication review process of former national security adviser John Bolton’s book in an effort to deem information classified and prevent the memoir’s publication.
Kenneth Wainstein, a lawyer for Ellen Knight, a career federal employee and a former NSC senior director who led the prepublication review of Bolton’s book, filed a letter in federal court Wednesday detailing Knight’s concerns with the actions of White House officials in the review of Bolton’s memoir, “The...",center
5505,"Biden, Trump Release Staff Diversity Data","['Elections', 'Diversity', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election']","Biden campaign is 35% people of color and 53% female, new diversity data shows",Washington Post,"Thirty-five percent of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign operation are people of color and just over half are women, according to figures released Saturday under public prodding, after months in which his campaign declined to make that information public.
At least 60 percent of the staff is white, a number in line with the percentage of the United States population identifying as such, according to 2019 data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Five percent of the staff opted not to specify a race.",left
5506,"Biden, Trump Release Staff Diversity Data","['Elections', 'Diversity', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election']","Biden campaign says 36 percent of senior staff are people of color, Trump campaign has 25 percent",The Hill,"Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's campaign has more people of color among its senior staff than President Trump's reelection effort, according to data regarding the diversity of their staffs.
Thirty-five percent of Biden’s full-time staff are people of color, the campaign told The Hill Sunday. Among senior staff, 36 percent are people of color, according to the campaign.",center
5507,"Biden, Trump Release Staff Diversity Data","['Elections', 'Diversity', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election']",Report: Biden Staff Diversity Only 35%,One America News Network (OAN),"Presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden has released his staff’s diversity statistics, revealing his team is not as diverse as he has claimed. The candidate released these numbers Saturday immediately after a town hall, during which officials called for him to back his diversity claims within his staff.
The former vice president has received mounting pressure to release these figures, but has refused to make this information public for months.
However, he has long boasted his team’s representation.",right
5508,Remaking the Presidency with Trump Cabinet,"['White House', 'Politics']",Transition to Trump: Should conservatives just trust Trump on his cabinet choices?,Conservative HQ,"Sometimes, it’s just a matter of trust.
It’s safe to say Donald Trump hit a home run with conservatives upon naming Senator Jeff Sessions to be his administration’s Attorney General and Stephen Bannon for his senior advisor and co-right-hand-man along with chief of staff designee Reince Priebus.",right
5509,Remaking the Presidency with Trump Cabinet,"['White House', 'Politics']",Donald Trump is assembling the richest administration in modern American history,Washington Post,"When George W. Bush assembled his first Cabinet in 2001, news reports dubbed them a team of millionaires, and government watchdogs questioned whether they were out of touch with most Americans’ problems. Combined, that group had an inflation-adjusted net worth of about $250 million — which is roughly one-tenth the wealth of Donald Trump’s nominee for commerce secretary alone.",left
5510,Remaking the Presidency with Trump Cabinet,"['White House', 'Politics']",How Donald Trump is already remaking the presidency,Christian Science Monitor,"Trump's ability to command attention is unparalleled in the modern era. Yet in other ways, he is behaving as a conventional Republican, which is consolidating the party behind him.",center
5511,McCarthy Rolls Out Commitment to America Agenda,"['2022 Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Commitment To America', 'Kevin McCarthy']","Kevin McCarthy Previews ‘Commitment to America’: Rolling it Out in Washington County, PA, ‘Where the Real Americans Are,’ Not DC",Breitbart News,"House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy, the would-be Speaker of the House should the GOP retake the majority as most expect in November’s midterm elections, exclusively previewed the GOP’s forthcoming “Commitment to America” for Breitbart News here in Western Pennsylvania on Thursday evening ahead of the launch on Friday morning.
“We’re going to roll it tomorrow on Friday in Washington—Washington County, not Washington, DC, where the real Americans are,” McCarthy said. “What it is is it is a plan to put America back on the right track. It is a Commitment...",right
5512,McCarthy Rolls Out Commitment to America Agenda,"['2022 Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Commitment To America', 'Kevin McCarthy']","McCarthy unveils House GOP’s big ideas, but challenges ahead",Associated Press,"Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is heading to Pennsylvania on Friday to directly confront President Joe Biden and the party in power, unveiling a midterm election agenda with sweeping Trump-like promises despite the House GOP’s sometimes spotty record of delivering and governing in Congress.
McCarthy, who is poised to seize the speaker’s gavel if Republicans win control of the House in the fall, hopes to replicate the strategy former Speaker Newt Gingrich used to spark voter enthusiasm and sweep House control in a 1994 landslide.
The House GOP’s “Commitment to America” gives a nod to that earlier...",left
5513,McCarthy Rolls Out Commitment to America Agenda,"['2022 Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Commitment To America', 'Kevin McCarthy']",U.S. House Republicans unveil agenda ahead of Nov. 8 elections,Reuters,"Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives rolled out an agenda on Friday aimed at tackling a range of priorities from inflation and crime to election accountability, which they hope will give them the upper hand against Democrats in the Nov. 8 midterm elections.
The agenda, called the ""Commitment to America,"" claims to show voters how Republicans would address problems they blame on President Joe Biden and the Democrats, should they succeed in winning the House majority.
Elements of the plan, which lawmakers spent months crafting, began to appear online on Thursday....",center
5514,"1619 Project Creator Nikole Hannah-Jones Rejects UNC Tenure Offer, Joins Howard University","['Education', 'Race And Racism', '1619 Project', 'Nikole Hannah-Jones', 'Universities', 'North Carolina', 'Media Industry']",Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones declines UNC job after tenure controversy,CBS News (Online),"Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones announced Tuesday that she has declined a tenured professorship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She made the announcement exclusively on ""CBS This Morning"" following weeks of controversy surrounding her job status at the university. 
""I've decided to decline the offer of tenure. I will not be teaching on the faculty of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. It was a very difficult decision. Not a decision I wanted to make,"" Hannah-Jones told ""CBS This Morning"" co-host Gayle King.
Hannah-Jones was scheduled...",left
5515,"1619 Project Creator Nikole Hannah-Jones Rejects UNC Tenure Offer, Joins Howard University","['Education', 'Race And Racism', '1619 Project', 'Nikole Hannah-Jones', 'Universities', 'North Carolina', 'Media Industry']",Nikole Hannah-Jones rejects UNC tenure offer for position at Howard University,The Hill,"Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones on Tuesday announced she has decided to reject an offer to serve as the chair of the journalism department at the University of North Carolina, and that she will take a similar position at Howard University. 
The decision follows a massive controversy at the North Carolina school, which initially did not offer Hannah-Jones tenure.
""It's a very difficult decision, not one I wanted to make,"" she told Gayle King on ""CBS This Morning."" ",center
5516,"1619 Project Creator Nikole Hannah-Jones Rejects UNC Tenure Offer, Joins Howard University","['Education', 'Race And Racism', '1619 Project', 'Nikole Hannah-Jones', 'Universities', 'North Carolina', 'Media Industry']","Nikole Hannah-Jones declines tenure at UNC, opts to join Howard University faculty",Washington Examiner,"Nikole Hannah-Jones, founder of the controversial 1619 Project, declined the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's offer for tenure and will instead join the faculty of Howard University.
She announced her decision not to join UNC on Tuesday morning, about a week after the university's board of trustees voted 9-4 to grant her request for tenure after she refused to accept the position without it. The reporter would have been named chairwoman in race and investigative journalism at UNC’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media.
Instead of joining her alma mater, Hannah-Jones accepted...",right
5517,Bloomberg Suspends Presidential Race and Endorses Biden,"['Presidential Elections', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'Joe Biden', 'Super Tuesday 2020', 'Elections']","Michael Bloomberg Ends Presidential Bid, Endorses Joe Biden",Bloomberg,"Michael Bloomberg ended his presidential campaign Wednesday after failing to persuade Democratic voters he was the best choice to defeat President Donald Trump despite record spending that topped a half-billion dollars.
In a statement, Bloomberg said he was endorsing Joe Biden.
“I’ve always believed that defeating Donald Trump starts with uniting behind the candidate with the best shot to do it. After yesterday’s vote, it is clear that candidate is my friend and a great American, Joe Biden.”
(Bloomberg is the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent...",left
5518,Bloomberg Suspends Presidential Race and Endorses Biden,"['Presidential Elections', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'Joe Biden', 'Super Tuesday 2020', 'Elections']",Michael Bloomberg ends his presidential bid,ABC News (Online),"Former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg, a centrist billionaire who launched a White House bid after years of flirting with a run, and pledged to use his vast resources to unite Democrats and moderate Republicans against President Donald Trump has suspended his campaign and is endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden.
His campaign was shaken by Biden’s resurgence and overwhelming victory in the South Carolina primary, which reignited his bid and led other moderate candidates to drop out of the race end endorse him in an effort to consolidate...",left
5519,Bloomberg Suspends Presidential Race and Endorses Biden,"['Presidential Elections', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'Joe Biden', 'Super Tuesday 2020', 'Elections']","Mike Bloomberg drops out of Democratic presidential race, endorses Joe Biden",Washington Times,"Billionaire media mogul Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday dropped out of the Democratic presidential race after a humiliating rejection by voters on Super Tuesday.
He said he wasn’t giving up on the fight to defeat President Trump and threw his support — and his fortune — behind former Vice President Joseph R. Biden.
“While I will not be the nominee, I will not walk away from the most important political fight of my life,” he said in a message to supporters. “I’ve always believed that defeating Donald Trump starts with uniting...",right
5520,Max Baucus to Retire,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Big news: Max Baucus to retire,HotAir,"The first Senate casualty of ObamaCare? He made news twice last week, once for voting against the Democrats gun-control bills and the other for warning that ObamaCare, of which he was a lead architect, would be a “train wreck if not implemented properly. Maybe he hears the train whistle in the distance and figures hell get off the tracks now. As for the gun-control votes, two theories. One: He really does believe in gun rights. Hes not just pandering to his red-state constituency. Two: He was fully prepared to run...",right
5521,Max Baucus to Retire,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Brian Schweitzer to weigh bid for Max Baucus' Montana Senate seat,Chicago Tribune,"The surprise retirement of Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) immediately swung attention to the states former Democratic governor, Brian Schweitzer, who declined to say Tuesday if he would seek the job.",center
5522,Max Baucus to Retire,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Sen. Baucus Angers Dems by Retiring,ABC News (Online),Senator Max Baucus a Montana Democrat and chairman of the powerful Finance Committee has decided to not seek re-election next year ABC News has learned. It is a decision that surprised and angered some Democrats given his vote last week against expanding background checks in the gun debate ...,left
5523,Police Seek 'Vehicle of Interest' in Slayings of 4 Muslim Men in New Mexico,"['Violence In America', 'Religion And Faith', 'Muslims', 'Islam', 'New Mexico']",‘People are beginning to panic’: Fourth Muslim man killed Friday night,Albuquerque Journal,"On Friday afternoon, Naeem Hussain attended the funeral service for two Muslim men who were killed in the past two weeks. He joined other mourners afterward, sharing a meal, at the Islamic Center of New Mexico. Then he left.
Several hours later, a little before midnight, Naeem Hussain was shot to death in a parking lot of an organization that offers services for refugees and asylum seekers near San Mateo and Copper NE, according to the Islamic Center’s spokesman.
His death was the latest in what police suspect is a...",center
5524,Police Seek 'Vehicle of Interest' in Slayings of 4 Muslim Men in New Mexico,"['Violence In America', 'Religion And Faith', 'Muslims', 'Islam', 'New Mexico']",Possible serial killer targeting Muslims on the lam in New Mexico,New York Post (News),"Authorities are investigating the possibility that a serial killer has been hunting Muslim people in Albuquerque, New Mexico after four men of the faith were murdered there in the past year.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Saturday that she deployed additional state police to help with the probe into the “targeted killings.”
“The targeted killings of Muslim residents of Albuquerque is deeply angering and wholly intolerable,” she wrote on Twitter.
“We will not stop in our pursuit of justice for the victims and their families and are bringing...",right
5525,Police Seek 'Vehicle of Interest' in Slayings of 4 Muslim Men in New Mexico,"['Violence In America', 'Religion And Faith', 'Muslims', 'Islam', 'New Mexico']",'Vehicle of interest' sought in slayings of 4 Muslim men in New Mexico,NBC News (Online),"Authorities said Sunday that they are seeking information about a ""vehicle of interest"" in connection with the slayings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico, since November.
Albuquerque Deputy Police Chief Cecily Barker said law enforcement is looking for a metallic charcoal or dark gray late-model Volkswagen Jetta from central New Mexico.
Mayor Tim Keller said before he introduced Barker: ""We have a very, very strong lead. We have a vehicle of interest.""
Barker did not say exactly what might tie such a car to the case. It appeared the vehicle...",left
5526,Retail Traders Cause GameStop Stock to Surge,"['Banking And Finance', 'Retail Traders', 'Hedge Funds', 'Gamestop']",'We love this stock': GameStop effect spreads as calls for probe build,Reuters,"The battle between small-time traders and hedge funds that has shaken U.S. and European stock markets moved into Asia on Thursday, with surges in several Australian companies joining a list of social-media hyped moves that have cost financial institutions billions of dollars.
Heavily shorted Australian shares, including Webjet and Tassal Group, climbed more than 5% even as Sydney’s benchmark ASX 200 index fell 2%. [.AX]
In New York, GameStop, the video game chain at the heart of the slugfest between Wall Street and Main Street, added another 37% in early...",center
5527,Retail Traders Cause GameStop Stock to Surge,"['Banking And Finance', 'Retail Traders', 'Hedge Funds', 'Gamestop']",Why Wall Street Is 'Losing Its Mind' Right Now,Townhall,"Wall Street is “losings its mind” over retail traders that have banded together to take on at least two hedge funds that bet the shares of GameStop would fall, Fox Business host Charles Payne explained Wednesday.
Thanks to their efforts, the video game retailer’s stocks have surged.
""These hedge funds selling this stock, they don’t own the stock, so they borrow it,"" Payne explained. ""Imagine you borrow a stock that’s trading at $10 and then you drive the share price down and then you buy it back for a dollar....",right
5528,Retail Traders Cause GameStop Stock to Surge,"['Banking And Finance', 'Retail Traders', 'Hedge Funds', 'Gamestop']",Where does the GameStop mania end?,CNN (Online News),"From Wall Street to the White House, everyone is watching GameStop shares.
What's happening: Stock in the left-for-dead video game retailer shot up an astonishing 135% to $347.51 on Wednesday, bringing gains since the start of January to 1,745%. In the battle between day traders coordinating on Reddit and legacy hedge funds betting GameStop shares will crash, the rag-tag internet crew is winning the day — at least for now.
It's not just about GameStop (GME) anymore. Shares of AMC Entertainment (AMC), Nokia (NOK), Tootsie Roll Industries (TR) and the...",left
5529,16th Candidate Enters Race,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Gov. Kasich enters GOP White House race touting Washington, Ohio successes",Fox News (Online News),"Ohio Gov. John Kasich is expected Tuesday to announce his 2016 White House bid, joining a huge Republican field in which he will try to distinguish himself as a total-package candidate, successful in Washington and at running a state government.
The 63-year-old Kasich will become the 16th GOP candidate -- and perhaps not the last -- when he declares his candidacy at the Ohio State University.
Kasich, known for his bluntness, was overwhelmingly re-elected last year to a second term as governor, winning bipartisan support for cutting taxes and...",right
5530,16th Candidate Enters Race,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Then There Were 16: John Kasich to Enter GOP Fray,Wall Street Journal (News),"Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday will become the 16th—and perhaps final—major Republican candidate to enter the 2016 presidential race, rounding out the crowded field with his own brand of compassionate conservatism and blunt talk.
The two-term Republican governor’s bid will test whether a candidate who has bucked the right flank of his party on issues ranging from Medicaid expansion to immigration can gain traction in a primary.",center
5531,16th Candidate Enters Race,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",John Kasich to Enter Crowded 2016 Race Facing Job of Catch-Up,New York Times (News),"Gov. John R. Kasich, a blunt-spoken and unorthodox Republican who bucked his party by expanding Medicaid under President Obama’s health care law and says politicians must “reach out and help those who live in the shadows,” is expected to announce Tuesday that he is joining his party’s long list of candidates for president.
Mr. Kasich, 63, would become the 16th prominent Republican to enter the 2016 field. As a two-term governor in a critical swing state — no candidate since John F. Kennedy in 1960 has won the White House...",left
5532,Should Transgender Penn Swimmer Lia Thomas Be Allowed to Compete in Women's Events?,"['LGBT Rights', 'Transgender Issues', 'Sports', 'NCAA', 'Lia Thomas', 'Culture War']","As Lia Thomas Swims, Debate About Transgender Athletes Swirls",New York Times (News),"BOSTON — As Samantha Shelton, an accomplished Harvard swimmer, churned through the water in the 100-yard women’s freestyle on Saturday afternoon, the University of Pennsylvania’s Lia Thomas seemed content to sit on her hip in the adjacent lane.
Shelton chugged ahead from the start, plowing through the water and carrying the lead. But as she did, Thomas cruised along beside her, seeming as unhurried as if on a training swim. Thomas’s broad shoulders and long arms, hallmark features of an elite swimmer, mimicked a windmill with the ease in which...",left
5533,Should Transgender Penn Swimmer Lia Thomas Be Allowed to Compete in Women's Events?,"['LGBT Rights', 'Transgender Issues', 'Sports', 'NCAA', 'Lia Thomas', 'Culture War']",Michael Phelps calls Lia Thomas controversy 'complicated'; highlights need for 'level playing field',The Hill,"U.S. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps has weighed in on the controversy surrounding the University of Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas, calling the transgender swimmer’s recent success “complicated.”
“I believe that we all should feel comfortable with who we are in our own skin, but I think sports should all be played on an even playing field,” he said in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour late last week.
Phelps added that he’s unsure what an “even playing field” should look like.
“It’s very complicated,” he said.",center
5534,Should Transgender Penn Swimmer Lia Thomas Be Allowed to Compete in Women's Events?,"['LGBT Rights', 'Transgender Issues', 'Sports', 'NCAA', 'Lia Thomas', 'Culture War']",Ivy League trans athletes are unfairly gaming the system,New York Post (Opinion),"It’s all going swimmingly in Ivy League women’s watersports. In a shock result at last week’s meet at the University of Pennsylvania, Lia Thomas, of the home team, who has transitioned from male to female, lost the 100- and 400-yard freestyle events to Yale’s Iszac Henig, who is transitioning from female to male.
Are they gaming the system? 
The National Collegiate Athletic Association sets the rules for college sports. Its guidelines, written in 2010, don’t demand that trans athletes put their assets on the line and undergo gender-reassignment surgery. They say...",right
5535,Libertarian Convention this Weekend,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","With Trump vs. Clinton looming, Libertarians get a look",Christian Science Monitor,"Major donors are going to Orlando this weekend, where Libertarians are expected to nominate two popular former Republican governors.",center
5536,Libertarian Convention this Weekend,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Spotlight on Libertarian convention amid voter unease over Trump-Clinton race,Fox News (Online News),"In a confounding election season where voters hold deep reservations about the likely Republican and Democratic nominees, the third-party Libertarian ticket has a rare chance this year to be more than a footnote in the presidential race.",right
5537,Libertarian Convention this Weekend,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Will Political Winds Favor the Libertarians?,HuffPost,"The one common thread is this presidential election is how much voters dislike the presumptive candidates of our political duopoly. The reality is — voters want more choices.
Sadly, one area where Republicans and Democrats are most willing to cooperate is stopping third party efforts with rules and regulations meant to protect the duopoly. One such reform in California now means many areas are effectively one-party states. For instance, my choice for Congress was limited to Republican A or Republican B. No other option allowed.
The big parties rig the...",left
5538,Sally Yates Clashes with Republicans In Hearing On Russia Probe,"['Justice Department', 'Senate', 'Sally Yates', 'Russia', 'Russia Probe', 'Michael Flynn', 'Justice']","Sally Yates, DoJ Boss At Close Of Obama Era, Due In Senate Hearing Wednesday",NPR (Online News),"President Trump's allies in the Senate are set to resume a public investigation on Wednesday that aims to tie former Vice President Joe Biden with what Republicans call abuses of power.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., wants to question former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates about her actions and those of the Justice Department and FBI as President Barack Obama's era closed and Trump's began.
Yates headed the Justice Department for part of the time covered by the investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election and was...",left
5539,Sally Yates Clashes with Republicans In Hearing On Russia Probe,"['Justice Department', 'Senate', 'Sally Yates', 'Russia', 'Russia Probe', 'Michael Flynn', 'Justice']","Sally Yates, Under Attack by Republicans, Defends Flynn Investigation",New York Times (News),"The former deputy attorney general Sally Q. Yates on Wednesday adamantly defended the Justice Department’s investigation of Michael T. Flynn, clashing with Senate Republicans who accused her of being part of a politically motivated ploy by the Obama administration to frame President Trump’s former national security adviser.
In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Ms. Yates described how top White House officials became deeply alarmed when they learned in the waning days of President Barack Obama’s tenure that the top national security adviser to the incoming president was conducting secretive...",left
5540,Sally Yates Clashes with Republicans In Hearing On Russia Probe,"['Justice Department', 'Senate', 'Sally Yates', 'Russia', 'Russia Probe', 'Michael Flynn', 'Justice']","Gregg Jarrett: Sally Yates says James Comey went 'rogue,' but she was just as unscrupulous",Fox News (Online News),"Sally Yates, who served as Deputy Attorney General during a critical period as the Russia collusion hoax evolved in 2016-17, trashed fired FBI director James Comey during her testimony Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
She readily agreed that Comey went “rogue” in his unauthorized pursuit of former national security adviser Michael Flynn. But that, of course, was stating the obvious. It was too easy. Comey managed to turn himself into a human piñata when he engaged in blatant acts of corruption.
Like Comey, Yates was a model of...",right
5541,What Happened to Freddie Gray,['Violence In America'],Freddie Gray death: New narratives question police brutality claim,CNN (Online News),Two new accounts of what happened to Freddie Gray question the narrative that has fueled protests in Baltimore -- the claim that Gray died as a result of police brutality.,left
5542,What Happened to Freddie Gray,['Violence In America'],Reporter Doubts Report Freddie Gray Injured Himself,HuffPost,A leaked police document that claims Freddie Gray was “intentionally trying to injure himself” while in the back of a police van in Baltimore after his arrest is being questioned due to inconsistencies with earlier reports.,left
5543,What Happened to Freddie Gray,['Violence In America'],Prisoner Who Was With Freddie Gray Believes He ‘Was Intentionally Trying to Injure Himself’,The Blaze,"A prisoner who shared a police van with Freddie Gray told investigators that he believes Gray “was intentionally trying to injure himself,” a document obtained by The Washington Post revealed.",right
5544,Perspectives: Veterans Day 2020,"['Holidays', 'Veterans Day', 'General News']","For Veterans Day, Some Former Military Officers Reflect on Lessons From Their Parents",New York Times (News),"The values that shaped them include leadership, optimism and charting your own course.
Debra Weiner is interviewing 100 newsmakers, thought leaders and other people who’ve made an outsize difference about the most valuable thing their parents taught them. Following are excerpts from a few of those stories, edited and condensed.
Leadership: JIM DUBIK, retired U.S. Army lieutenant general
Commanding general for training the Iraqi forces during the surge of 2007-08; Senior Fellow, Institute for the Study of War; author, “Just War Reconsidered: Strategy, Ethics and Theory.”
My dad was an...",left
5545,Perspectives: Veterans Day 2020,"['Holidays', 'Veterans Day', 'General News']","On Veterans Day, how President-elect Biden's plan for the Pentagon differs from Trump",USA TODAY,"The Pentagon under President-elect Joe Biden will face the same threats as it has under the Trump administration but will likely approach them in a different way, analysts say.
The Pentagon's massive $700 billion budget is unlikely to take deep cuts given those threats, they say. Clear breaks with Trump's approach to the military, however, are likely on social issues.
Trump's defense strategy, authored in large part by former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, views China and Russia as the nation's principal adversaries with lesser threats posed by Iran, North Korea...",left
5546,Perspectives: Veterans Day 2020,"['Holidays', 'Veterans Day', 'General News']",Celebrate Veterans Day 2020 virtually with these online events,Fox News (Online News),"With the CDC reporting more than 100,000 new COVID-19 cases in a day in the U.S., some Veterans Day events have been canceled this year, but many have been moved online so Americans can still participate in the holiday.
Americans have observed a holiday on Nov. 11 since 1919, a year after fighting ended in World War I. Originally known as Armistice Day, the holiday was later expanded after World War II to celebrate all U.S. veterans.
The National Veterans Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery will go on as...",right
5547,Abortion Rights Bill Fails to Pass Senate Ahead of Supreme Court Ruling,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Rights', 'Democratic Senators', 'Joe Manchin', 'Partisan Divide', 'Public Health', 'Republican Senators', 'Roe V Wade', 'US Senate', 'Women’S Health Protection Act', ""Women'S Rights""]",Abortion-Rights Bill Backed by Democrats Fails in Senate,Wall Street Journal (News),"Senate Democrats failed to advance a bill seeking to ensure women’s access to abortion, in a vote designed to draw a clear contrast with Republicans ahead of a potential Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade looming just months before the midterm elections.
The vote was 49 in favor to 51 against, falling short of the 60 votes needed to advance the Women’s Health Protection Act.
Democrats held the vote despite knowing it was certain to fail in the 50-50 Senate, where abortion stances split almost entirely along party lines. No Republicans...",center
5548,Abortion Rights Bill Fails to Pass Senate Ahead of Supreme Court Ruling,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Rights', 'Democratic Senators', 'Joe Manchin', 'Partisan Divide', 'Public Health', 'Republican Senators', 'Roe V Wade', 'US Senate', 'Women’S Health Protection Act', ""Women'S Rights""]",Republicans Block Bill To Codify Roe v. Wade Once Again,HuffPost,"Legislation aimed at safeguarding abortion rights across the country failed in the Senate for the second time this year as a conservative majority on the Supreme Court prepares to strike down its landmark 1973 ruling Roe v. Wade.
The Women’s Health Protection Act would create federal protections for providing and accessing abortion services. The House already passed the bill, but Senate Republicans blocked it from advancing earlier this year.
Faced with few legislative options in the narrowly divided Senate, Democrats are hoping their renewed effort to codify abortion rights will...",left
5549,Abortion Rights Bill Fails to Pass Senate Ahead of Supreme Court Ruling,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Rights', 'Democratic Senators', 'Joe Manchin', 'Partisan Divide', 'Public Health', 'Republican Senators', 'Roe V Wade', 'US Senate', 'Women’S Health Protection Act', ""Women'S Rights""]",Senate Democrats Fail to Advance Sweeping Abortion Bill,National Review,"Senate Democrats failed to advance a bill to codify Roe v. Wade and create a national right to abortion on Wednesday.
The procedural vote to invoke cloture and advance the Women’s Health Protection Act failed in a 49-to-51 vote. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer chose to hold the vote despite the near certainty that Democrats would fail to meet the 60-vote threshold needed to break a Republican filibuster and advance the measure.
The largely symbolic vote came after a leaked majority draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization revealed that the Supreme Court could...",right
5550,"Twitter, Facebook Limit Sharing of New York Post Story about Joe Biden","['Online Censorship', 'Twitter', 'Facebook', 'Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Burisma Holdings', 'Technology', 'Free Speech']",Facebook And Twitter Limit Sharing 'New York Post' Story About Joe Biden,NPR (Online News),"Facebook and Twitter took action on Wednesday to limit the distribution of New York Post reporting with unconfirmed claims about Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, leading President Trump's campaign and allies to charge the companies with censorship.
Both social media companies said the moves were aimed at slowing the spread of potentially false information. But they gave few details about how they reached their decisions, sparking criticism about the lack of clarity and consistency with which they apply their rules.
The New York Post published a series of stories on...",left
5551,"Twitter, Facebook Limit Sharing of New York Post Story about Joe Biden","['Online Censorship', 'Twitter', 'Facebook', 'Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Burisma Holdings', 'Technology', 'Free Speech']",Twitter CEO Admits Action on NY Post-Biden Story 'Not Great',Newsmax (News),"Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Wednesday called his company's blocking of posts by those who tried to share the New York Post's story earlier in the day about Hunter Biden's emails referencing his then-vice president father Joe Biden and a Ukrainian natural gas company ""not great.""
""Our communication around our actions on the @nypost article was not great,"" Dorsey posted to his personal Twitter account. ""And blocking URL sharing via tweet or DM (direct message) with zero context as to why we're blocking: unacceptable.""
The admission comes after Twitter blocked...",right
5552,"Twitter, Facebook Limit Sharing of New York Post Story about Joe Biden","['Online Censorship', 'Twitter', 'Facebook', 'Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Burisma Holdings', 'Technology', 'Free Speech']",Facebook and Twitter Take Steps to Limit Spread of Controversial New York Post Article,Slate,"On Wednesday, Facebook and Twitter took steps to limit the spread of a controversial New York Post story about Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s son’s work in Ukraine—and in response, conservative figures are decrying the platforms for improperly censoring speech.
The unverified article claims that a “smoking gun” email shows Hunter Biden introducing his father to an executive at a Ukrainian company that Hunter used to work for. The information supposedly comes from a hard drive left at a computer repair shop in Delaware that made its way to Rudy Giuliani....",left
5553,Trump Disbands Voter Fraud Commission,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']","Trump disbands controversial voting commission, citing 'endless legal battles'",USA TODAY,"President Trump signed an executive order late Wednesday disbanding his own election integrity commission after less than eight months, saying he didn't want to waste taxpayer money fighting with state governments over their voter data.",left
5554,Trump Disbands Voter Fraud Commission,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",Trump’s voting commission was doomed from the start,Washington Post,The foundation for President Trump's now disbanded voting commission was a conspiracy theory. And it only got more detached from reality from there.,left
5555,Trump Disbands Voter Fraud Commission,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']","Trump Ends His Voter Fraud Commission, Asks Homeland Security To ‘Review The Issues’",The Daily Caller,"President Donald Trump decided to dissolve his commission on voter fraud Wednesday, citing refusal from states to cooperate with his commission.",right
5556,"Trump to Implement 'Patriotic Education', Criticizes 1619 Project","['Education', 'Us History', 'Religion And Faith', 'Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'Donald Trump']","Trump Blames Protests on ‘Radical’ Lessons About Slavery, Racism",Bloomberg,"President Donald Trump on Thursday denounced school curricula that emphasize the impact of slavery and racism on American history and blamed “left-wing indoctrination” for nationwide protests against police brutality.
“Patriotic moms and dads are going to demand that their children are no longer fed hateful lies about this country,” Trump said in a speech at the National Archives in Washington.",left
5557,"Trump to Implement 'Patriotic Education', Criticizes 1619 Project","['Education', 'Us History', 'Religion And Faith', 'Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'Donald Trump']",Trump announces commission promoting ‘patriotic education’,Breitbart News,"President Donald Trump on Thursday announced plans for a new commission to promote “patriotic education” in U.S. schools.
Speaking at the National Archives Museum, Trump signed an executive order establishing what he called the 1776 Commission, which is aimed at encouraging educators to teach about “the miracle of American history” and make plans in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.",right
5558,"Trump to Implement 'Patriotic Education', Criticizes 1619 Project","['Education', 'Us History', 'Religion And Faith', 'Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'Donald Trump']","Trump says he will sign executive order on ""patriotic education"" in rebuke of 1619 project",Axios,"President Trump said he would sign an executive order on Thursday to ""promote patriotic education"" through an effort called the 1776 Commission, while denouncing a New York Times' project that investigated the impacts of racial injustice for Black Americans.
The big picture: The 1619 project dug into the personal histories of Black Americans in the U.S. who have faced present-day systematic inequality in housing and farming, as well as how the legacy of slavery altered health care access for Black Americans and fueled the country's early economy.
Driving the news:...",center
5559,Trump’s First 100 Days,"['White House', 'Politics']",Winners and losers from President Trump’s first 100 days,Washington Post,"As of this morning, Donald Trump has been president of the United States for 100 days.",left
5560,Trump’s First 100 Days,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump’s First 100 Days, Ranked",Politico,"Many of us political scribes are sizing up the meaning of President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office with long essays about foreign policy evolutions or executive orders or presidential temperament. But I thought: What better way to mark the milestone than with a good old-fashioned ranking—a list, from best to worst, smooth to chaotic, squeaky-clean to scandalous, of all the president’s days in the White House so far? So, I developed a highly subjective objective points system, and began to count.",left
5561,Trump’s First 100 Days,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump's First 100 Days Gets an 'A' from Wall Street, 'B' from Main",Fox News (Online News),President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office have been good for Wall Street.,right
5562,Perspectives: Juneteenth 2020,"['Civil Rights', 'Slavery', 'History', 'American Heritage', 'Juneteenth', 'Holidays', 'Race And Racism']",What is Juneteenth?,The Hill,"Friday marks the 55th anniversary of Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the abolishment of slavery that takes place every year on June 19.
The date refers not to the end of legal slavery in the United States but to the gap in time before everyone heard the news.
“It’s actually an important event, an important time. But nobody had ever heard of it,” President Trump said of Juneteenth this week in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
Many schools don’t teach the history of Juneteenth and it is not recognized...",center
5563,Perspectives: Juneteenth 2020,"['Civil Rights', 'Slavery', 'History', 'American Heritage', 'Juneteenth', 'Holidays', 'Race And Racism']",Juneteenth and Modern-Day Slavery,Townhall,"Juneteenth should be a reminder to never see any group of humans as non-persons. It never works out well for the ones victimized by such evil arrogance. This holiday commemorates the eventual announcement to slaves in Texas, on June 19th 1865, that President Abraham Lincoln had set them free. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued over two years prior on January 1st, 1863. Isn’t this how truth works sometimes? It has to get over so many obstacles to finally be heard and bring the freedom that is its very nature....",right
5564,Perspectives: Juneteenth 2020,"['Civil Rights', 'Slavery', 'History', 'American Heritage', 'Juneteenth', 'Holidays', 'Race And Racism']",Why Juneteenth Matters,New York Times (Opinion),"Neither Abraham Lincoln nor the Republican Party freed the slaves. They helped set freedom in motion and eventually codified it into law with the 13th Amendment, but they were not themselves responsible for the end of slavery. They were not the ones who brought about its final destruction.
Who freed the slaves? The slaves freed the slaves.
“Slave resistance,” as the historian Manisha Sinha points out in “The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition,” “lay at the heart of the abolition movement.”
“Prominent slave revolts marked the turn toward immediate...",left
5565,Senate and House GOP Reach Tax Deal,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Republican Tax Bill in Final Sprint Across Finish Line,New York Times (News),"The day after suffering a political blow in the Alabama special Senate election, congressional Republicans sped forward with the most sweeping tax rewrite in decades, announcing an agreement on a final bill that would cut taxes for businesses and individuals and signal the party’s first major legislative achievement since assuming political control this year.",left
5566,Senate and House GOP Reach Tax Deal,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",GOP tax cuts will strengthen our economy and drive Democrats crazy,Fox News (Online News),"The agreement in principle announced Wednesday by House and Senate Republican leaders on a tax cut bill – heralded by President Trump at the White House – is good news for the American people. But it’s certain to upset Democrats, who just can’t ever be happy by anything the president or congressional Republicans do.",right
5567,Senate and House GOP Reach Tax Deal,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Republicans say they have a tax cut deal but Democrats can't see it,USA TODAY,"Republicans who control Congress said Wednesday they had struck a deal on legislation to overhaul the tax code, but they refused to release details amid reports tax rates would increase for corporations and drop for people with the highest incomes.",left
5568,The Medicare Debate,['Healthcare'],Obama uses out-of-date data to criticize Romney's Medicare plan,Washington Post,"Two Pinocchios - The policy differences on Medicare are substantial, but that still does not justify using out-of-date figures from last years plan — especially because the plan has been updated and made more generous to deal with some of the original criticisms made by Democrats. The president should avoid claiming such specifics unless he can cite new data to make his case.",left
5569,The Medicare Debate,['Healthcare'],Campaigns both claim advantage on Medicare battle,CNN (Online News),"The political battle over Medicare, brewing since Mitt Romney named Paul Ryan as his running mate, showed no signs of easing Sunday, with operatives from each campaign claiming their side had an advantage with senior citizens concerned about their government-funded health benefits.
Romney senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom, speaking on CNN's ""State of the Union,"" said his campaign wasn't worried that seniors would be turned off by Ryan's House budget plan, which proposes allowing private insurers to compete with traditional Medicare on an exchange.",left
5570,The Medicare Debate,['Healthcare'],Medicare now focal point of Obama-Romney debate,Washington Times,"The Romney and Obama campaigns — both convinced that their man is more trustworthy with the future of Medicare — ramped up the debate this weekend, with operatives trading prickly barbs, the president dismissing Republican plans as “snake oil and Paul Ryan bringing his 78-year-old mother into the fracas.
“This is the first election cycle I can remember for a long time that Democrats are on the defensive with Medicare, Romney senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom said Sunday on CNNs “State of the Union.
Hoping to turn what has...",right
5571,Iran Nuclear Deal,['Middle East'],Deal reached on Iranian nuclear program,Fox News (Online News),"A deal between six world powers and Iran has been struck, Fox News confirms.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said, `'Yes, we have a deal,"" as he walked past reporters crowding the hotel lobby where marathon negotiations had taken place over the past five days.",right
5572,Iran Nuclear Deal,['Middle East'],Obama: Iran nuclear deal limits ability to create nuclear weapons,CNN (Online News),"A historic deal was struck early Sunday between Iran and six world powers over Tehran's nuclear program that freezes the country's nuclear development program in exchange for lifting some sanction while a more formal agreement is worked out.
The agreement -- described as an ""initial, six-month"" deal -- includes ""substantial limitations that will help prevent Iran from creating a nuclear weapon,"" U.S. President Barack Obama said in a nationally televised address.",left
5573,Iran Nuclear Deal,['Middle East'],Iran Nuclear Deal Reached At Geneva Talks,HuffPost,"The French and Iranian foreign ministers said early Sunday that a deal between six world powers and Iran has been struck that calls on Tehran to limit its nuclear activities in return for sanctions relief.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said, ""Yes, we have a deal,"" as he walked past reporters crowding the hotel lobby where marathon negotiations had taken place over the past five days.
Asked if there was a deal, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said ""Yes"" and gave a thumbs up sign.",left
5574,New Presidential Race Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","New Poll: Trump Still Leads, but He’s Lost Ground — and Two Other Republicans Are Surging",The Blaze,"According to a new poll, Donald Trump is still the frontrunner in the crowded Republican presidential field, but the controversial real-estate mogul has lost some support — and fellow candidates Carly Fiorina and Marco Rubio have surged into second and fourth place, respectively.",right
5575,New Presidential Race Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Poll: Clinton's lead over Sanders grows,CNN (Online News),"Hillary Clinton's lead in the Democratic presidential primary race has grown -- and if Vice President Joe Biden decides to stay out of the race, her numbers would rise even higher, a new CNN/ORC poll shows.",left
5576,New Presidential Race Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINIOn: Why the pro-life Fiorina’s ascent should terrify Democrats,Marc A. Thiessen,"In the wake of her stellar performance at the CNN debate, Carly Fiorina has shot to second place in the polls, and her ascent raises a possibility that should terrify Democrats: The GOP might just nominate a passionate, articulate pro-life woman as its standard-bearer in 2016.",right
5577,North Korea Tests Another Nuke,"['North Korea', 'World']","North Korea Tests a Mightier Nuclear Bomb, Raising Tension",New York Times (News),"North Korea conducted its fifth underground nuclear test on Friday, its government said, despite threats of more sanctions from the United States and the United Nations. The latest test, according to South Korean officials, produced a more powerful explosive yield than the North’s previous detonations, indicating that the country was making progress in its efforts to build a functional nuclear warhead.",left
5578,North Korea Tests Another Nuke,"['North Korea', 'World']",OPINION: How far will North Korea go to get the world's attention?,CNN (Online News),"North Korea has carried out its fifth nuclear test, and Kim Jong Un is smiling.
After a breathtaking run of missile and nuclear tests this year, the North Korean leader is now promising miniaturized warheads.",left
5579,North Korea Tests Another Nuke,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea Tests Another Nuke,Townhall,"North Korea has launched its fifth nuclear test and this time, the bomb is reportedly capable of being mounted onto a ballistic missile.",right
5580,"Submarine Deal Between Australia, UK and US Draws Criticism from France and China","['Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Australia', 'United Kingdom', 'China', 'France', 'US Military', 'Nuclear Submarines', 'South China Sea', 'AUKUS']","In Submarine Deal With Australia, U.S. Counters China but Enrages France",New York Times (News),"President Biden’s announcement this week of a deal to help Australia deploy nuclear-powered submarines has strained the Western alliance, infuriating France and foreshadowing how the conflicting American and European responses to confrontation with China may redraw the global strategic map.
In announcing the deal on Wednesday, Mr. Biden said it was meant to reinforce alliances and update them as strategic priorities shift. But in drawing a Pacific ally closer to meet the China challenge, he appears to have alienated an important European one and aggravated already tense relations with Beijing.",left
5581,"Submarine Deal Between Australia, UK and US Draws Criticism from France and China","['Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Australia', 'United Kingdom', 'China', 'France', 'US Military', 'Nuclear Submarines', 'South China Sea', 'AUKUS']",Aukus: China denounces US-UK-Australia pact as irresponsible,BBC News,"China has criticised a historic security pact between the US, UK and Australia, describing it as ""extremely irresponsible"" and ""narrow-minded"".
The deal will see the US and UK give Australia the technology to build nuclear-powered submarines for the first time.
It is being widely viewed as an effort to counter China's influence in the contested South China Sea.
The region has been a flashpoint for years and tensions there remain high.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said the alliance risked ""severely damaging regional peace... and intensifying the arms race""....",center
5582,"Submarine Deal Between Australia, UK and US Draws Criticism from France and China","['Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Australia', 'United Kingdom', 'China', 'France', 'US Military', 'Nuclear Submarines', 'South China Sea', 'AUKUS']",France cancels DC gala after being left out of AUKUS pact,New York Post (News),"After calling the Biden administration’s failure to include France in the national security pact with the United Kingdom and Australia a “stab in the back,” French officials on Thursday canceled a gala at their Washington embassy, a new report says.
French officials canceled the Friday affair, which was set to commemorate the “240th Anniversary of the Battle of the Capes” at the embassy and on a French frigate in Baltimore, Maryland, according to the New York Times. ",right
5583,Portland Mayor Condemns Violence From Protesters,"['Portland Protests', 'Ted Wheeler', 'Criminal Justice', 'Media Bias', 'Polarization', 'Violence In America']",Portland mayor condemns rioters for 'attempting to commit murder',Washington Examiner,"Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler condemned the actions of rioters who he says are “attempting to commit murder.""
He also warned the violent demonstrators that they are helping President Trump’s campaign.
“When you commit arson with an accelerant in an attempt to burn down a building that is occupied by people who you have intentionally trapped inside, you are not demonstrating, you are attempting to commit murder,"" Wheeler, a Democrat, said during a Thursday press conference in response to a riot declared by police early Wednesday morning when people attempted...",right
5584,Portland Mayor Condemns Violence From Protesters,"['Portland Protests', 'Ted Wheeler', 'Criminal Justice', 'Media Bias', 'Polarization', 'Violence In America']",Portland Mayor: Violent Rioters ‘Attempting to Commit Murder’,Breitbart News,"Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler (D) on Thursday condemned the violence that recently convulsed his city, stating demonstrators are “attempting to commit murder” following an attack on East Precinct, where violent left-wing agitators attempted to set it ablaze.
“When you commit arson with an accelerant in an attempt to burn down a building that is occupied by people who you have intentionally trapped inside, you are not demonstrating, you are attempting to commit murder,” Mayor Wheeler, who has remained relatively soft on demonstrators — even joining them last month — said.",right
5585,Portland Mayor Condemns Violence From Protesters,"['Portland Protests', 'Ted Wheeler', 'Criminal Justice', 'Media Bias', 'Polarization', 'Violence In America']","Portland protesters cause mayhem again, police officer hurt",Associated Press,"PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland’s nightly protests turned violent again even after the city’s mayor pleaded for demonstrators to stay off the streets and a police officer hit by a rock early Friday suffered what was described as a serious injury.
The protesters who came out Thursday night clashed with officers near a police precinct station and also used metal bars to disable police vehicles, police said in a statement.
The nightly clashes this week have ratcheted up tensions in the city after an agreement was reached last week between...",left
5586,Pressure Increases on Kushner,"['White House', 'Politics']",Jared Kushner's charmed life is about to come to a screeching halt,The Guardian,"Perhaps Jared Kushner really believed that his New York real-estate skills set him up to bring peace to the Middle East, solve the opioid crisis, run a government SWAT team of business experts and protect his father-in-law from disloyal White House advisers. And that he could do it all while observing the Jewish Sabbath and reserving enough time for family ski vacations with Ivanka and their three children.",left
5587,Pressure Increases on Kushner,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump, Republicans push back on Kushner reports",Politico,The president tweeted a response as Republicans went on Sunday morning shows to downplay the issue.,left
5588,Pressure Increases on Kushner,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump: 'Total Confidence' in Kushner,Newsmax (News),"Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner is being asked to lay low following reports that he has come under FBI scrutiny in the investigation to determine if there was collusion with Russian officials during the 2016 presidential campaign, a source told NBC News on Monday.",right
5589,Pfizer Says Booster Shot Protects Against Omicron Variant,"['Coronavirus', 'Science', 'Pfizer', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'BioNTech', 'Public Health', 'Omicron Variant']",Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Less Effective Against Omicron: Companies,The Epoch Times,"The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is less effective against the Omicron virus variant than other strains of the CCP virus, the companies said Wednesday, citing interim results from a study they’re running.
Scientists found on average a more than 25-fold reduction in neutralizing antibodies against the Omicron variant compared to the wild type, “indicating that two doses of BNT162b2 may not be sufficient to protect against infection with the Omicron variant,” the companies said in a statement.
BNT162b2 is another name for the vaccine. The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus causes COVID-19.
Antibodies help...",right
5590,Pfizer Says Booster Shot Protects Against Omicron Variant,"['Coronavirus', 'Science', 'Pfizer', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'BioNTech', 'Public Health', 'Omicron Variant']",Blood samples from people who received three Pfizer doses showed robust antibody levels against Omicron.,New York Times (News),"Pfizer and BioNTech said Wednesday that laboratory tests suggest that three doses of their coronavirus vaccine offer significant protection against the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the virus.
The companies said that tests of blood from people who received only two doses found much lower antibody levels against the Omicron variant compared with an earlier version of the virus. That finding indicates that two doses alone “may not be sufficient to protect against infection” by the new variant, the companies said.
But the blood samples obtained from people one month after they...",left
5591,Pfizer Says Booster Shot Protects Against Omicron Variant,"['Coronavirus', 'Science', 'Pfizer', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'BioNTech', 'Public Health', 'Omicron Variant']","Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 shot loses power against Omicron variant, but booster restores protection",STAT,"People who have received two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine are likely susceptible to infection from the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, but a third shot restores antibody activity against the virus, the companies said Wednesday.
Their findings are based on lab experiments using the blood of people who have received the vaccine. In a press release, the companies reported a 25-fold reduction on average in the levels of neutralizing antibody activity against the Omicron variant in people who had received two doses of their Covid-19 vaccine. But they also...",center
5592,India Hosts President Trump,"['Donald Trump', 'World', 'India', 'Genocide', 'Kashmir', 'Narendra Modi', 'Asia', 'Foreign Policy']",New citizenship law protests in India ahead of Trump's visit,Al Jazeera,"Police have used tear gas to disperse large crowds protesting a new citizenship law in India's capital New Delhi just a day before US President Donald Trump begins a two-day visit of the country.
In the latest eruption of violence at protests on Sunday, hundreds of people supporting the new law clashed with those opposing it, with the two groups pelting each other with stones in the Maujpur area in the northeastern part of the city, according to television footage.",left
5593,India Hosts President Trump,"['Donald Trump', 'World', 'India', 'Genocide', 'Kashmir', 'Narendra Modi', 'Asia', 'Foreign Policy']",Trump India visit: Seven claims about India fact-checked,BBC News,"The speech praised India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and highlighted the success of recent policies to improve the country.
We looked at some of the claims.
Claim 1: Trump said: ""Since the turn of the century, the size of the Indian economy has grown over six times in size.""
Reality check: Measured in terms of GDP - the sum of the value of goods and services produced in the economy - President Trump is correct.
In 2000, India's GDP was $477 billion, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)....",center
5594,India Hosts President Trump,"['Donald Trump', 'World', 'India', 'Genocide', 'Kashmir', 'Narendra Modi', 'Asia', 'Foreign Policy']",Donald and Melania Trump marvel at Taj Mahal during India tour,New York Post (News),"President Trump and first lady Melania Trump took a hand-in-hand stroll Monday through the well-manicured grounds and along a reflecting pool of the famed Taj Mahal in India.
On their flight to Agra during the president’s first official visit to the country, Trump told reporters on Air Force One that he’d never been to the iconic 17th-century mausoleum, but that he’s heard it’s “incredible.”
Larger-than-life-size cutouts of Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the president along the route from the airport as crowds waved tiny Indian and American flags.",right
5595,North Korea Bans Entry of South Korean Workers,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea blocks South Koreans from entering jointly-run industrial park,Fox News (Online News),North Korea on Wednesday barred South Korean workers from entering a jointly run factory park just over the heavily armed border in the North.,right
5596,North Korea Bans Entry of South Korean Workers,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea Blocks Workers From South at the Border,New York Times (News),South Koreans on Wednesday were blocked from crossing the border to a jointly operated industrial park raising doubt about the future of the last remaining major symbol of inter-Korean cooperation.,left
5597,North Korea Bans Entry of South Korean Workers,"['North Korea', 'World']","North Korea's Brinksmanship: Same As Before, More Dangerous Or Both?",NPR (Online News),The North's move to block South Korean workers from getting to a jointly run factory is a familiar way for the communist state to show its displeasure.,left
5598,Intruder in the White House,"['White House', 'Politics']",White House security breach prompts search due to fears intruder left something on lawn,Fox News (Online News),"The Secret Service, under intense scrutiny after a man jumped the White House fence and got through the front doors, on Saturday morning conducted a full sweep of the crime scene, in a search for evidence.
Law enforcement officials conducted a shoulder-to-shoulder sweep of the White House’s north lawn as well as the plaza in front of the iconic building and adjacent Lafayette Park, following the Friday night incident.
The Secret Service confirmed with Fox News that the sweep was in connection with the incident.
The Secret Service early...",right
5599,Intruder in the White House,"['White House', 'Politics']",White House Intrusion a Blow to Secret Service,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Secret Service is coming under intense scrutiny after a man who hopped the White House fence made it all the way through the front door before being apprehended.
President Barack Obama and his daughters had just departed the White House on Friday evening when an intruder scaled the north fence, darted across the lawn and into the presidential residence, where agents nabbed him. The security breach triggered a rare evacuation of much of the White House, with Secret Service officers drawing their guns as they rushed staffers and journalists...",center
5600,Intruder in the White House,"['White House', 'Politics']",Intruder Gets Into The White House,HuffPost,"The U.S. Secret Service is coming under intense scrutiny after a man who hopped the White House fence made it all the way through the front door before being apprehended.
President Barack Obama and his daughters had just departed the White House on Friday evening when an intruder scaled the north fence, darted across the lawn and into the presidential residence, where agents nabbed him. The security breach triggered a rare evacuation of much of the White House, with Secret Service officers drawing their guns as they rushed staffers and...",left
5601,Disney Workers Stage Walkouts Over Florida Bill,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Education', 'Business', 'Disney', 'Florida', 'Parenting', 'Censorship', 'Culture War']",Disney employees are walking out to demand more LGBTQ support,Fox Business,"A group of Disney employees staged a walkout on Tuesday at locations across the country, demanding the company do more to protect LGBTQ people and protesting that CEO Bob Chapek waited too long to condemn a bill passed by the Florida legislature.
The legislation that sparked the outcry is the Parents Rights in Education bill, which has been dubbed the ""Don't Say Gay"" bill by critics. If signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, it would prohibit Florida educators from teaching sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.
Disney has been under fire...",right
5602,Disney Workers Stage Walkouts Over Florida Bill,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Education', 'Business', 'Disney', 'Florida', 'Parenting', 'Censorship', 'Culture War']",Disney Workers Walk Out to Protest Company’s Response to Florida Bill,Wall Street Journal (News),"Small groups of Walt Disney Co. DIS 1.07% employees across the U.S. took Tuesday off from work and gathered to protest what they described as the company’s continued failure to support LGBT employees.
The walkouts mark the beginning of a third week of turmoil inside the entertainment giant as its leadership struggles to contain fallout from its bungled response to a Republican-led education bill in Florida, which many employees said targeted the LGBT community.
The Parental Rights in Education bill, passed March 8 by the Florida Senate, prohibits classroom instruction on gender identity or sexual orientation...",center
5603,Disney Workers Stage Walkouts Over Florida Bill,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Education', 'Business', 'Disney', 'Florida', 'Parenting', 'Censorship', 'Culture War']",Disney workers walk out over the company's response to so-called 'Don't Say Gay' bill,NPR (Online News),"Some employees of The Walt Disney Company walked off the job Tuesday to protest what they said was the company's tepid response to a Florida bill that would restrict discussion of gender and sexuality in schools.
Hundreds of employees were seen marching out of the company's headquarters in Burbank, Calif., Tuesday morning, according to CNBC field producer Steve Desaulniers.
The full-scale walkout came after Disney employees planned a series of smaller walkouts during their 15-minute breaks to urge the company to take a stronger stance against the Parental Rights in Education legislation, which advocates have dubbed the ""Don't Say...",left
5604,Is Session’s Recusal Enough?,['Justice'],The Perjury Allegation against Jeff Sessions Is Meritless,National Review,His testimony was inaccurate but not willfully false.,right
5605,Is Session’s Recusal Enough?,['Justice'],Russia-Trump ties: Is Sessions' recusal enough?,Christian Science Monitor,"Still needed, some experts say, is a special prosecutor or bipartisan commission to investigate contacts between officials from Russia and the Trump campaign.",center
5606,Is Session’s Recusal Enough?,['Justice'],OPINION: Jeff Sessions Had No Choice,Guest Writer - Left,"It’s no great credit to Attorney General Jeff Sessions that he finally recused himself from all Justice Department investigations relating to the 2016 presidential campaign — and specifically from all current or future inquiries into Russian attempts to influence the election. Short of tendering his resignation, he had no other real choice.",left
5607,Biden Signs Executive Order on Climate Change,"['Climate Change', 'Joe Biden', 'Executive Order', 'White House', 'Environment', 'Conservation', 'Oil', 'Wind Energy']",Biden orders government to buy carbon-free power and electric cars in sweeping climate executive order,Washington Examiner,"President Biden directed agencies to purchase more carbon-free power and electric cars in a sweeping executive order Wednesday meant to have the government weigh climate change in nearly everything it does.
The order also pauses new oil and gas leasing on federal lands, delivering on a campaign promise but creating immediate and fierce tensions with the oil and gas industry and congressional Republicans.
Biden’s order builds on executive actions he took on his first day in office, when he began the process to rejoin the Paris climate agreement and targeted...",right
5608,Biden Signs Executive Order on Climate Change,"['Climate Change', 'Joe Biden', 'Executive Order', 'White House', 'Environment', 'Conservation', 'Oil', 'Wind Energy']",Biden To 'Pause' Oil And Gas Leasing On Public Lands And Waters,NPR (Online News),"In an effort to slow the nation's contribution to climate change, President Biden will begin halting oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters.
The much-anticipated move is one of several executive actions the president is scheduled to make Wednesday to address the worsening climate crisis and the broader decline of the natural world, but it won't come without pushback.
According to White House officials, Biden will order the Department of the Interior to ""pause"" new oil and gas leasing on public land and offshore water ""to the extent...",left
5609,Biden Signs Executive Order on Climate Change,"['Climate Change', 'Joe Biden', 'Executive Order', 'White House', 'Environment', 'Conservation', 'Oil', 'Wind Energy']",Biden aims for most ambitious US effort on climate change,Associated Press Fact Check,"In the most ambitious U.S. effort to stave off the worst effects of climate change, President Joe Biden is aiming to cut oil, gas and coal emissions and double energy production from offshore wind turbines through executive orders Wednesday.
The orders awaiting his signature target federal subsidies for oil and other fossil fuels and halt new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters. They also intend to conserve 30 percent of the country’s lands and ocean waters in the next 10 years and move to an all-electric federal...",left
5610,Christine Blasey Ford Concludes Testimony,['Supreme Court'],'Riveting' Ford testimony has GOP reserving judgment on Kavanaugh nomination,Washington Examiner,"Many Republicans Thursday reacted with silence after the first round of questioning of Christine Blasey Ford, who began testifying that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh attempted to sexually assault her at a party when the two were in high school.",right
5611,Christine Blasey Ford Concludes Testimony,['Supreme Court'],"Christine Blasey Ford's testimony draws praise from Democrats, while Republicans remain mostly quiet on Capitol Hill",USA TODAY,"Christine Blasey Ford's gripping testimony Thursday seemed to spellbind every corner of the U.S. Capitol Thursday, with lawmakers and aides, protesters and supporters, reporters and spectators glued to the nearest screen to",left
5612,Christine Blasey Ford Concludes Testimony,['Supreme Court'],Kavanaugh Hearing: Christine Blasey Ford’s Testimony Grips Nation as G.O.P. Shrugs It Off,New York Times (News),Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony has ended.The Senate Judiciary Committee will reconvene to hear Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh.,left
5613,Trump Open to Improving Gun Background Checks,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Trump 'supportive' of improved gun background checks,BBC News,"US President Donald Trump is ""supportive"" of efforts to improve background checks on gun ownership, the White House says.",center
5614,Trump Open to Improving Gun Background Checks,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Trump open to tougher gun background checks after Florida rampage,New York Post (News),The White House signaled that President Trump would be open to bolstering gun background checks in the wake of a mass shooting at a Florida high school last week that rekindled the national debate about gun control.,right
5615,Trump Open to Improving Gun Background Checks,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],White House says Trump is interested in fixing background checks for gun sales,New York Daily News,"President Trump signaled he’s willing to reform the federal background check system after a deadly high school shooting last week in Florida left 17 people dead, the White House said Monday.",left
5616,S. Africa COVID-19 Variant Detected In US; Vaccine Manufacturers Test Effectiveness Against It,"['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","U.S. finds first cases of South African COVID-19 variant, in South Carolina",Reuters,"The United States has found its first cases of a potent coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa, health officials in the state of South Carolina said on Thursday. Viruses mutate frequently, and several mutated viruses have been identified. The presence of the South African variant in the United States is especially concerning because several laboratory studies have shown that it reduces vaccine effectiveness.
Another concern, according to the nominee for U.S. surgeon general, is that the South African variant could require larger doses of antibody for treatment.",center
5617,S. Africa COVID-19 Variant Detected In US; Vaccine Manufacturers Test Effectiveness Against It,"['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Novavax COVID vaccine highly effective — except against South African strain,New York Post (News),"The vaccine candidate from Novavax is almost 90 percent effective against COVID-19 — but just under 50 percent effective against the new South African variant of the virus, the company announced Thursday.
A UK study found the Novavax vaccine was 89.3 percent effective in protecting test participants from developing COVID-19 symptoms, the company said in a press statement.
The good results came despite the new, highly transmittable coronavirus variant now circulating in the UK.",right
5618,S. Africa COVID-19 Variant Detected In US; Vaccine Manufacturers Test Effectiveness Against It,"['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Novavax vaccine protects against coronavirus in variant hot spots but proved less effective against strain in South Africa,Washington Post,"A coronavirus vaccine made by Maryland biotech company Novavax proved effective at stopping symptomatic infections in global hot spots where concerning variants are dominant, the company announced Thursday. But warning signs lurked amid those findings: The protective effect of the vaccine was substantially muted in South Africa, where a worrisome virus variant is in wide circulation.
The data, presented by a company news release, is ominous news for other vaccine developers. They have been scrambling to determine whether current vaccines would remain effective against the variant found in South Africa...",left
5619,Trump Admin Diverts $3.8B from Military Funds to Border Wall Construction,"['US Congress', 'Federal Budget', 'National Security', 'Homeland Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Border Wall', 'Border Crisis', 'Immigration']",Administration to Divert Billions From Pentagon to Fund Border Wall,New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — The Pentagon plans to divert $3.8 billion intended for military equipment to the construction of a wall at the southwestern border, it informed lawmakers on Thursday, drawing bipartisan outrage and reviving a long-running battle with Congress over funding for President Trump’s signature campaign promise.
The formal notification to Congress on Thursday, which was obtained by The New York Times, was the latest bid by Mr. Trump’s administration to circumvent congressional control of federal spending and unilaterally seize funds that lawmakers had designated for other purposes to finance the...",left
5620,Trump Admin Diverts $3.8B from Military Funds to Border Wall Construction,"['US Congress', 'Federal Budget', 'National Security', 'Homeland Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Border Wall', 'Border Crisis', 'Immigration']","Trump’s plan to strip planes, ships, and vehicles from Pentagon budget to fund border wall draws bipartisan howls of protest from Congress",Washington Examiner,"ASKING NEITHER FORGIVENESS NOR PERMISSION: In an audacious challenge to legislative branch’s power of the purse, the Trump administration has notified Congress it intends to take $3.8 billion from major weapons programs, warfighting funds, and the National Guard to pay for construction of hundreds of miles of additional border wall before the November election.
The reprogramming action sent to Capitol Hill yesterday cites the urgent need to deter drug smuggling across the southern border — not stopping illegal immigration — as an “unforeseen military requirement,” which it argues is “necessary...",right
5621,Trump Admin Diverts $3.8B from Military Funds to Border Wall Construction,"['US Congress', 'Federal Budget', 'National Security', 'Homeland Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Border Wall', 'Border Crisis', 'Immigration']",Esper defends shifting defense funds for Trump’s border wall,Associated Press,"MUNICH, Germany (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday defended his decision to divert billions of dollars in funding for Navy and Air Force aircraft and other military programs to help pay for President Donald Trump’s promised wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Esper was asked by a reporter about criticism from Democrats and Republicans in Congress, including Rep. Mac Thornberry, a Republican from Texas, who called the diversion of funds contrary to the constitutional authority of Congress.
“Border security is national security,” Esper said, “and national security is...",left
5622,House Democrat to Investigate Mike Pompeo's RNC Speech,"['US House', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Mike Pompeo', 'Secretary Of State', 'Elecitons', '2020 Election', 'Politics']","""Unprecedented and wrong"": Mike Pompeo slammed for address to GOP convention from Jerusalem",Salon,"President Donald Trump's reelection campaign announced Sunday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will address this week's Republican National Convention—news that sparked swift criticism both because it's unprecedented for the nation's top diplomat to participate in this type of political event and because he will reportedlyspeak from ""an undisclosed location"" in Jerusalem while he's there on official travel.
Before meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday, Pompeo—a former congressman from Kansas who previously served as CIA director under Trump—wrote Sunday on his personal Twitter account: ""Looking...",left
5623,House Democrat to Investigate Mike Pompeo's RNC Speech,"['US House', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Mike Pompeo', 'Secretary Of State', 'Elecitons', '2020 Election', 'Politics']",House panel to investigate Pompeo's GOP convention speech,The Hill,"A House Democrat announced Tuesday that he is launching an investigation into Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s expected speech to the Republican National Convention, raising concerns that the move is an illegal violation of the Hatch Act and a breach of State Department regulations.
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs panel's subcommittee on oversight and investigations, raised his concerns in a letter to Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun and requested information on the secretary’s planned remarks.",center
5624,House Democrat to Investigate Mike Pompeo's RNC Speech,"['US House', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Mike Pompeo', 'Secretary Of State', 'Elecitons', '2020 Election', 'Politics']",Spare me the outrage over Pompeo’s speech. Look at what Biden and Obama have done.,Marc A. Thiessen,"Democrats are outraged that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered remarks at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night — and that he delivered the remarks from foreign soil. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared Pompeo’s address from Jerusalem “appalling” and accused him of “violating our values in terms of the bipartisanship.”
Please. Where were these critics in August 2016, when then-Vice President Joe Biden attacked Donald Trump from foreign soil while on an official visit overseas? Speaking to allies gathered at a NATO summit in Riga, Latvia, Biden said Trump...",right
5625,Will Kyrsten Sinema Support Democrats’ Climate and Tax Bill?,"['Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'US Senate', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'Joe Manchin', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Renewable Energy', 'Healthcare', 'Taxes', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Inflation', 'Budget Deficit']","Sinema still undecided on Manchin social spending bill, will make determination after parliamentarian review",Fox News (Online News),"The fate of a social spending and tax bill agreed to by Sen. Joe Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer hangs in the balance as another key moderate, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema still hasn't said if she'll support it.
Manchin, D-W.Va., said he plans to talk with Sinema, D-Ariz., on the Senate Monday about the bill. But her office says it may take a little longer for the senator to decide how she will vote. 
""Sen. Sinema does not have comment as she’s reviewing the bill text and will need to see...",right
5626,Will Kyrsten Sinema Support Democrats’ Climate and Tax Bill?,"['Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'US Senate', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'Joe Manchin', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Renewable Energy', 'Healthcare', 'Taxes', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Inflation', 'Budget Deficit']",Sinema indicates she may want to change Schumer-Manchin deal,Axios,"Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) had a message for her Democratic colleagues before she flew home to Arizona for the weekend: She's preserving her options.
Why it matters: Sinema has leverage and she knows it. Any potential modification to the Democrat's climate and deficit reduction package — like knocking out the $14 billion provision on carried interest — could cause the fragile deal to collapse.
Her posture is causing something between angst and fear in the Democratic caucus as senators wait for her to render a verdict on the secret deal announced by Senate...",center
5627,Will Kyrsten Sinema Support Democrats’ Climate and Tax Bill?,"['Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'US Senate', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'Joe Manchin', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Renewable Energy', 'Healthcare', 'Taxes', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Inflation', 'Budget Deficit']",All eyes turn to Sinema as Democrats face a week that could transform Biden's presidency,CNN (Online News),"Democrats this week have the chance to validate their monopoly on political power in Washington, create a legacy of true significance for President Joe Biden and even boost their hopes in daunting midterm elections in three months.
But first they must push a back-from-the-dead climate and health care initiative through the Senate using their tiny majority, notably by locking in the crucial vote of moderate Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who has yet to sign off on a bill that may not save Democrats in November but may at least give them a big new win to...",left
5628,"Former Deputy AG Criticizes FBI, Defends Mueller in Testimony on Russia Probe","['FBI', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics', 'Partisanship', 'Polarization', 'Rod Rosenstein', 'Robert Mueller', 'Russia Investigation', 'Russia']",Rod Rosenstein Offers Limited Defense of Russia Probe,Wall Street Journal (News),"Former Trump Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Wednesday offered lawmakers a limited defense of the Russia investigation he oversaw, as he came under increasing criticism from Republicans.
Mr. Rosenstein said he stood by his decision to appoint special counsel Robert Mueller to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and any links between that effort and the Trump campaign, but said he didn’t know then of the alleged improprieties that have surfaced in recent months on aspects of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s handling of the investigation.
“I...",center
5629,"Former Deputy AG Criticizes FBI, Defends Mueller in Testimony on Russia Probe","['FBI', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics', 'Partisanship', 'Polarization', 'Rod Rosenstein', 'Robert Mueller', 'Russia Investigation', 'Russia']",Rosenstein testifies he would not have signed FISA warrant for Trump aide if he knew of problems,Fox News (Online News),"Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein testified Wednesday that he would not have signed a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant renewal for former Trump campaign aide Carter Page had he known about the since-revealed misconduct surrounding those warrants -- while faulting the FBI for its handling of the documents.
Rosenstein confirmed that he signed a FISA warrant renewal application for Page, during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee where he was the first witness as part of the panel’s fresh investigation into the origins of the Russia probe.
""If...",right
5630,"Former Deputy AG Criticizes FBI, Defends Mueller in Testimony on Russia Probe","['FBI', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics', 'Partisanship', 'Polarization', 'Rod Rosenstein', 'Robert Mueller', 'Russia Investigation', 'Russia']","Rod Rosenstein, Key Figure in Russia Inquiry, Defends Mueller Appointment",New York Times (News),"The former deputy attorney general Rod J. Rosenstein defended during congressional testimony on Wednesday his decision to appoint a special counsel for the Trump-Russia investigation, as Republican allies of President Trump sought to keep a skeptical spotlight on the inquiry heading into the November election.
“I still believe it was the right decision under the circumstances,” Mr. Rosenstein said to the Senate Judiciary Committee about appointing Robert S. Mueller III as special counsel. “I recognize that people can criticize me for them. That’s the consequence of being in these jobs,...",left
5631,"Deadly Shooting at Thousands Oaks, California Bar",['Violence In America'],Thousand Oaks shooting: gunman kills 12 at California western bar,The Guardian,Sheriff’s deputy is among the dead and the gunman was found dead inside the bar.,left
5632,"Deadly Shooting at Thousands Oaks, California Bar",['Violence In America'],12 Killed in Southern California Bar Shooting,Wall Street Journal (News),Suspected gunman is confirmed dead after opening fire at a Southern California bar.,center
5633,"Deadly Shooting at Thousands Oaks, California Bar",['Violence In America'],'It's a Horrific Scene': 13 Dead Including Gunman in Shooting at California Bar,CBN,"A hooded gunman dressed entirely in black opened fire on a crowd at a country dance bar holding a weekly ""college night"" in Southern California, killing 12 people and sending hundreds fleeing including some who used barstools to break windows and escape, authorities said Thursday. The gunman was later found dead at the scene.",right
5634,Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Releases Green New Deal Outline,"['Green New Deal', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'US House', 'Politics']",Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Releases Green New Deal Outline,NPR (Online News),"Whether it's a deadly cold snap or a hole in an Antarctic glacier or a terrifying new report, there seem to be constant reminders now of the dangers that climate change poses to humanity.",left
5635,Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Releases Green New Deal Outline,"['Green New Deal', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'US House', 'Politics']",Pelosi throws shade as Green New Deal unveiled: ‘Green dream or whatever they call it’,Fox News (Online News),"Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is set to release her much-touted “Green New Deal” on Thursday -- a package of far-reaching, big-government proposals like health care for all, federal job guarantees and a push to eliminate U.S. carbon emissions -- but it’s already receiving shade from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.",right
5636,Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Releases Green New Deal Outline,"['Green New Deal', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'US House', 'Politics']",Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is making the Green New Deal a 2020 litmus test,Vox,Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal House resolution is officially here.,left
5637,Americans Among 200 People on Evacuation Flight From Kabul,"['Middle East', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Evacuations']",Flight takes off from Kabul airport after Taliban cleared Americans and others to leave,CNN (Online News),"A commercial flight took off from Kabul airport on Thursday for the first time since the Taliban seized Afghanistan, hours after the militants cleared a group of Americans and other foreign nationals to leave the country.
It is unclear at this stage whether or how many Americans were on board the Qatar Airways flight, reported earlier to be bound for Doha, or the nationalities of the other passengers.
A US official and a source with knowledge of the matter had earlier said the Taliban had cleared around 200 people, including...",left
5638,Americans Among 200 People on Evacuation Flight From Kabul,"['Middle East', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Evacuations']","Scores of Westerners, including Americans, fly out of Kabul",Associated Press,"Some 200 foreigners, including Americans, left Afghanistan on a commercial flight out of Kabul on Thursday, the first such large-scale departure since U.S. and other forces completed their frantic withdrawal over a week ago.
The Qatar Airways flight to Doha marked a breakthrough in the bumpy coordination between the U.S. and Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers. A dayslong standoff over charter planes at another airport has left dozens of passengers stranded.
A senior U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to talk to the media, provided...",left
5639,Americans Among 200 People on Evacuation Flight From Kabul,"['Middle East', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Evacuations']",150 Americans to board Qatar commercial flight out of Kabul: officials,New York Post (News),"About 200 Americans and other western foreigners are expected to be flown out of Kabul airport later Thursday on a Qatar Airways flight that delivered humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, US and Qatari officials said.
The flight would mark the first large evacuation flight of US citizens from Afghanistan since the last troops left the Taliban-run country just over a week ago.
The group of evacuees includes an undisclosed number of other western foreigners, two officials told the Associated Press.
The flight is expected to land in Doha later in the...",right
5640,Turmoil Spreads to Yemen,['Middle East'],Turmoil Over Film Spreads to U.S. Embassy in Yemen,New York Times (News),"Protesters angered by an anti-Islam film tried to storm the American embassy in Sana, the Yemeni capital, on Thursday, two days after assailants killed the United States ambassador to Libya.",left
5641,Turmoil Spreads to Yemen,['Middle East'],Protesters Storm U.S. Embassy Compound In Yemen,NPR (Online News),"Chanting ""death to America,"" hundreds of protesters angered by an anti-Islam film stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemen's capital and burned the American flag on Thursday, the latest in a series of attacks on American diplomatic missions in the Middle East.",left
5642,Turmoil Spreads to Yemen,['Middle East'],"U.S. Embassy in Yemen Stormed, U.S. Flag Burned and Replaced",Townhall,The Middle East is burning. The U.S. Embassy in Yemen has been stormed as angry Muslims continue to show their outrage over a film depicting their profit Muhammad in a negative light.,right
5643,Senators Question John Ratcliffe at Confirmation Hearing to be Intelligence Chief,"['US Senate', 'Senate Intelligence Committee', 'John Ratcliffe', 'Director Of National Intelligence', 'Coronavirus', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump's intel chief pick vows to 'speak truth to power',NBC News (Online),"John Ratcliffe, the Texas congressman whose bid to be director of national intelligence fell apart last summer amid evidence he exaggerated his biography, promised the Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday that if confirmed he would “speak truth to power” and protect spy agencies from political pressure.
“Regardless of what anyone wants our intelligence to reflect, the intelligence I will provide, if confirmed, will not be impacted or altered as a result of outside influence,” Ratcliffe said in opening remarks at his confirmation hearing in the Capitol. “Above all, my fidelity and...",left
5644,Senators Question John Ratcliffe at Confirmation Hearing to be Intelligence Chief,"['US Senate', 'Senate Intelligence Committee', 'John Ratcliffe', 'Director Of National Intelligence', 'Coronavirus', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Who is John Ratcliffe, Trump's nominee for director of national intelligence?",Fox News (Online News),"The first hearing set to take place after the Senate returned from a coronavirus-induced hiatus is the Senate Intelligence Committee's confirmation hearing for Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, President Trump's nominee for the director of national intelligence position.
Ratcliffe is a member of the House Intelligence, Judiciary, and Ethics Committees. He was a staunch defender of Trump during the Russia investigation and was on the president's advisory team during the impeachment proceedings earlier this year. Trump first considered him for the DNI position last year, but he withdrew his name last...",right
5645,Senators Question John Ratcliffe at Confirmation Hearing to be Intelligence Chief,"['US Senate', 'Senate Intelligence Committee', 'John Ratcliffe', 'Director Of National Intelligence', 'Coronavirus', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Senate Intelligence gets its chance to grill John Ratcliffe,The Hill,"Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) will at last get his confirmation hearing to be President Trump’s next director of national intelligence — a moment delayed for weeks by a coronavirus pandemic that shut down much of the country.
Ratcliffe is expected to be grilled by members of both parties on the Senate Intelligence Committee over whether he will be an independent voice for intelligence.
Critics say Trump is seeking to install a loyalist with Ratcliffe.
“While I am willing to give Mr. Ratcliffe the benefit of the doubt in the...",center
5646,Chicago Elects Lori Lightfoot As Mayor,"['Lori Lightfoot', 'Chicago', 'Elections']",Chicago elects Lori Lightfoot as first gay and first black female mayor in city’s history,USA TODAY,"Voters in Chicago on Tuesday elected former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot to become their next mayor, making Chicago the largest city to elect an African-American woman as its top elected official.
With votes in 95% of precincts counted, Lightfoot had 73.7% of the vote and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle 26.3%.
The win by Lightfoot, who identifies as a lesbian and will be Chicago’s first woman of color to serve as mayor, also means the Windy City is the biggest U.S. city to pick an openly gay mayor.
""Out...",left
5647,Chicago Elects Lori Lightfoot As Mayor,"['Lori Lightfoot', 'Chicago', 'Elections']","Lori Lightfoot wins Chicago mayoral race, to become city's first black woman mayor",Fox News (Online News),"Former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot easily won the Chicago mayor's race Tuesday, earning support from every part of the city to defeat a longtime political insider and become the first black woman and openly gay person to lead the nation's third-largest city.
Lightfoot, who had never been elected to public office, delivered a commanding victory over Toni Preckwinkle, who served in the City Council for 19 years before becoming Cook County Board president. Preckwinkle also is chairwoman of the county Democratic Party.
Lightfoot promised to rid City Hall of corruption...",right
5648,Chicago Elects Lori Lightfoot As Mayor,"['Lori Lightfoot', 'Chicago', 'Elections']",Lori Lightfoot makes history as Chicago's first African American female mayor,ABC News (Online),"Former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot took home the victory in Chicago's mayoral race on Tuesday, making her the city's first African American female mayor.
The 56-year-old political newcomer defeated Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, a 72-year-old former school teacher with nearly two decades of experience in public office.
The two Democrats took the lead in a crowded field of 14 candidates in the February general election to succeed two-term Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Emanuel was not seeking re-election.
Lightfoot, also slated to become the city's first openly gay mayor, will...",left
5649,White House Blasts NYT Trump Tax Fraud Claims,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father,New York Times (News),"The president has long sold himself as a self-made billionaire, but a Times investigation found that he received at least $413 million in today’s dollars from his father’s real estate empire, much of it through tax dodges in the 1990s.",left
5650,White House Blasts NYT Trump Tax Fraud Claims,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump blasts NYT tax story as 'hit piece',The Hill,"President Trump on Wednesday accused The New York Times of writing a ""hit piece"" against him for publishing a bombshell report about ""dubious"" tax practices he used in the 1990s.",center
5651,White House Blasts NYT Trump Tax Fraud Claims,"['White House', 'Politics']",'100 Percent False': Trump Lawyer Skewers NYT Piece Accusing President of 'Outright Fraud',CBN,The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has confirmed that it is investigating claims by The New York Times that President Donald Trump helped his parents evade paying taxes on millions of dollars.,right
5652,"California Transit Worker Kills 8, Takes Own Life In Mass Shooting","['Violence In America', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'California']","California transit worker kills 8, extending U.S. epidemic of mass shootings",Reuters,"A California transit employee killed eight co-workers and wounded another before taking his own life on Wednesday,the latest in a spate of deadly U.S. mass shootings, prompting the state’s governor to ask: “What the hell is wrong with us?”
Authorities did not immediately offer many details or a possible motive for the shooting, which unfolded about 6:30 a.m. Pacific Time (1330 GMT) at a light-rail yard for commuter trains of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), in the heart of Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area.",center
5653,"California Transit Worker Kills 8, Takes Own Life In Mass Shooting","['Violence In America', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'California']","Police ID gunman who killed eight, took own life in San Jose rail yard shooting",New York Post (News),"An employee at a California light rail facility opened fire at his workplace Wednesday morning — leaving at least eight people dead and “multiple people” injured, officials said. 
Samuel Cassidy, 57, attacked San Jose’s VTA Light Rail Facility on West Younger Avenue near the airport around 6:30 a.m. local time before turning the gun on himself when he encountered sheriff deputies, according to the Santa Clara Sheriff’s Office.
“I was running so fast. I just ran for my life,” Rochelle Hawkins, a VTA mechanic who was at the facility during...",right
5654,"California Transit Worker Kills 8, Takes Own Life In Mass Shooting","['Violence In America', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'California']","San Jose shooting: nine dead, including gunman, after attack at California rail yard",The Guardian,"A shooting that erupted in the early hours of Wednesday morning at a light rail maintenance yard in San Jose, California, has left at least nine people dead, including the gunman.
Local leaders have described the violence as a “terrible, terrible” tragedy as authorities search for a motive.
Authorities reported on Wednesday that there were about 40 people at the facility at the time the shootings occurred and the gunfire erupted in two separate buildings. Police say the shooter was an employee of the Valley Transportation Authority, which operates the light...",left
5655,Biden Admin to Distribute 500M At-home COVID-19 Tests,"['Coronavirus', 'White House', 'US Military', 'Coronavirus Tests', 'Omicron Variant']","U.S. will deploy troops to help hospitals during omicron wave, distribute free Covid tests starting in January",CNBC,"The White House will deploy 1,000 military medical personnel to support hospitals facing a surge of patients infected with Covid this winter, and will purchase 500 million at-home tests that Americans can order online for free with delivery beginning in January, according to senior administration officials.
President Joe Biden will announce the plan in a speech later Tuesday addressing how the administration is preparing for the highly contagious omicron variant of Covid-19. Biden warned last week that the unvaccinated face a winter of “severe illness and death,” calling on them to get immunized and...",center
5656,Biden Admin to Distribute 500M At-home COVID-19 Tests,"['Coronavirus', 'White House', 'US Military', 'Coronavirus Tests', 'Omicron Variant']","To Fight Omicron, Biden Plans Aid From Military and 500 Million Tests",New York Times (News),"President Biden will announce new steps on Tuesday to confront a staggering surge in coronavirus cases, including readying 1,000 military medical professionals to help at overburdened hospitals, setting up new federal testing sites, deploying hundreds of federal vaccinators and buying 500 million rapid tests to distribute free to the public.
The measures, outlined to reporters Monday night by two senior administration officials who spoke on condition of anonymity, come as coronavirus caseloads are rapidly rising around the country, particularly in the Northeast, fueled by the highly infectious new Omicron variant...",left
5657,Biden Admin to Distribute 500M At-home COVID-19 Tests,"['Coronavirus', 'White House', 'US Military', 'Coronavirus Tests', 'Omicron Variant']","Biden to unveil website to order free COVID-19 tests, will deploy 1K troops to help hospitals",Washington Times,"President Biden on Tuesday will announce the deployment of 1,000 troops to help hospitals reeling from COVID-19 and unveil a website where Americans can order free at-home virus tests in January, senior administration officials said.
He will also underscore the need for widespread vaccination and booster shots to avoid severe disease from increasingly common infections.
The administration said it is purchasing 500 million rapid tests that Americans can order for free delivery to their homes on a forthcoming website.
Also, Mr. Biden will order military doctors, nurses, paramedics and other medical personnel to deploy, as...",right
5658,Veto of Obamacare Repeal,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama vetoes GOP attempt to repeal Obamacare,USA TODAY,"President Obama has vetoed the first bill sent to him by Congress this year, a symbolic attempt by Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act and defund abortion provider Planned Parenthood in an election year.
""Republicans in the Congress have attempted to repeal or undermine the Affordable Care Act over 50 times,"" Obama said in a veto message Friday. ""Rather than refighting old political battles by once again voting to repeal basic protections that provide security for the middle class, Members of Congress should be working together to grow the",left
5659,Veto of Obamacare Repeal,"['White House', 'Politics']",GOP Slams Obama on Obamacare Veto: 'This Law Will Collapse',Newsmax (News),"Republicans slammed President Barack Obama Friday for vetoing legislation that would repeal Obamacare and strip funding for Planned Parenthood, with House Speaker Paul Ryan vowing to take ""this process all the way to the end under the Constitution.""
""It's no surprise that someone named Obama vetoed a bill repealing Obamacare,"" the Wisconsin representative said. ""But we will hold a vote to override this veto.
""The idea that Obamacare is the law of the land for good is a myth. This law will collapse under its own weight, or it will...",right
5660,Veto of Obamacare Repeal,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama Vetoes Anti-Obamacare Bill, Obviously",HuffPost,"President Barack Obama notified Congress on Friday that he has vetoed their legislation to repeal huge parts of the Affordable Care Act, because of course he did.
Republicans celebrated this week after finally managing to push a repeal bill through the House and Senate for the first time, reveling in their impending failure to actually achieve anyth",left
5661,Judge Rules Asylum Claims Must Be Accepted,['Immigration'],A Judge Just Ruled Asylum Claims Must Be Accepted Anywhere Along Border,Townhall,"The White House announced earlier this month that migrants hoping to enter the U.S. could only claim asylum at certain points of entry, not just anywhere along the border. Critics accused President Trump of circumventing Congress and rights groups like the ACLU challenged the decision in court. The opponents have now won a short term victory.",right
5662,Judge Rules Asylum Claims Must Be Accepted,['Immigration'],Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Proclamation Targeting Some Asylum Seekers,New York Times (News),"A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to resume accepting asylum claims from migrants no matter where or how they entered the United States, dealing at least a temporary setback to the president’s attempt to clamp down on a huge wave of Central Americans crossing the border.",left
5663,Judge Rules Asylum Claims Must Be Accepted,['Immigration'],Federal judge blocks Trump's new asylum rules: 'He may not rewrite the immigration laws',USA TODAY,"A federal judge in San Francisco late Monday blocked new rules put into place by President Donald Trump that limit the ability of migrants to request asylum, a legal blow to the administration's efforts to curb legal immigration that opens the door for more members of the migrant caravan to request asylum in the U.S.",left
5664,Fact Check 1st Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Reality Check: First Clinton v Trump presidential debate,BBC News,The first televised presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was a bonanza for fact checkers. Here are some of the candidates' statements and how they compare with the facts.,center
5665,Fact Check 1st Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Fact-checking the first Clinton-Trump presidential debate,Washington Post,"In the first debate between presidential contenders Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, Trump repeatedly relied on troublesome and false facts that have been debunked throughout the campaign. Clinton stretched the truth on occasion, such as when she tried to wiggle out of her 2012 praise of the Trans Pacific Partnership as a “gold standard.” But her misstatements paled in comparison to the list of Trump’s exaggerations and falsehoods.",left
5666,Fact Check 1st Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Fact Wreck: Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers at First Debate,Breitbart News,"Lester Holt bows to the Clinton campaign, and tries to “fact-check” Trump on his support for (or opposition to) the Iraq War.
It happens thus: Holt introduces, matter-of-factly, the premise that Trump supported the Iraq War. Trump pushes back, calling it “mainstream media nonsense.” Trump burns two minutes explaining how he did not support the war, citing Howard Stern and Sean Hannity.
At the end, Holt repeats the allegation again anyway. This is what the Clinton campaign and the mainstream media wanted him to do.
In one gesture, Holt proves...",right
5667,"Tuesday's Primary Results in Illinois, Colorado, New York and Elsewhere","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'Illinois', 'Colorado', 'New York']",Trump-backed Mary Miller defeats Rodney Davis in Illinois Republican primary race,Washington Times,"Rep. Mary Miller defeated Rep. Rodney Davis in the Illinois GOP primary in the newly drawn 15th Congressional District.
The Associated Press called the race for Ms. Miller at 10:48 p.m. EDT.
With 75% of the vote reported, Ms. Miller held a 58% to 42% lead over Mr. Davis.
Mr. Davis, a conservative four-term congressman known for his willingness to work across the aisle, voted to certify the results of the 2020 election and to create a bipartisan Jan. 6 commission that died in the Senate.
Ms. Miller, meanwhile, won...",right
5668,"Tuesday's Primary Results in Illinois, Colorado, New York and Elsewhere","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'Illinois', 'Colorado', 'New York']",MAGA lightning rod Lauren Boebert wins House primary in Colorado,NBC News (Online),"Far-right Rep. Lauren Boebert defeated her more moderate challenger in the Republican primary for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday, NBC News projected.
With virtually all of the expected vote counted, Boebert led state Sen. Don Coram by nearly 30 points.
Boebert, backed by former President Donald Trump, has made a number of inflammatory remarks, and she has positioned herself as one of the most far-right members of Congress — winning herself national attention in the process. Earlier this year, Boebert and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., heckled President Joe Biden at various...",left
5669,"Tuesday's Primary Results in Illinois, Colorado, New York and Elsewhere","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'Illinois', 'Colorado', 'New York']","Five takeaways from races in Colorado, Illinois, New York and more",The Hill,"Tuesday’s primaries and runoffs saw the downfall of at least three House incumbents, as well as the limits of top Republicans and Democrats to sway the results of key primary races.
In Colorado, more moderate Republicans beat out candidates who cast themselves as staunch allies of former President Trump in a handful of statewide GOP primaries, though the former president still managed to notch crucial victories in Illinois.
Meanwhile, establishment Democrats in New York cruised to victory over progressive challengers. 
Here are five takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries and runoffs.
Democratic...",center
5670,NYT's Controversial Coverage of Sexual Assault Allegation Against Joe Biden,"['Media Industry', 'Joe Biden', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Polarization', 'Media Bias']",NY Times faces blowback for removal of controversial passage on Biden sexual assault allegation,The Hill,"The New York Times is facing blowback after its executive editor admitted to removing a controversial passage in a story focusing on a 1993 sexual assault allegation against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
The criticism comes after the Times published an article looking into allegations made against Biden by Tara Reade, who says the then-senator sexually assaulted her when she worked as a Biden senate staffer.
“The Times found no pattern of sexual misconduct by Mr. Biden, beyond the hugs, kisses and touching that women previously said made them...",center
5671,NYT's Controversial Coverage of Sexual Assault Allegation Against Joe Biden,"['Media Industry', 'Joe Biden', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Polarization', 'Media Bias']",NY Times Editor Says Biden Sexual-Assault Article Was Edited after His Campaign Complained,National Review,"New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet said on Monday that the paper made a controversial change to its report on the sexual-assault allegation against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden after his campaign complained about the wording.
In an interview with Times media columnist Ben Smith, Baquet said the Biden campaign took issue with some of the phrasing in the paper’s report on former Senate staffer Tara Reade’s allegation that Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993.
“No other allegation about sexual assault surfaced in the course of reporting, nor...",right
5672,NYT's Controversial Coverage of Sexual Assault Allegation Against Joe Biden,"['Media Industry', 'Joe Biden', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Polarization', 'Media Bias']",The Times Took 19 Days to Report an Accusation Against Biden. Here’s Why.,New York Times (News),"On March 25, Tara Reade, a former Senate aide for Joseph R. Biden Jr., alleged in an interview on a podcast that Mr. Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, had sexually assaulted her in 1993.
The New York Times did not immediately report the allegation.
More than two weeks later, on April 12, The Times published an article by Lisa Lerer and Sydney Ember that included an interview with Ms. Reade detailing her claims. The article reported that a friend said that Ms. Reade had recounted the details of the...",left
5673,Travel Ban Heads to SCOTUS,['Supreme Court'],Trump admin appeals travel ban case to Supreme Court,CNN (Online News),The Trump administration Thursday night asked the Supreme Court to allow the President's travel ban that blocks entry from six Muslim-majority countries to go into effect.,left
5674,Travel Ban Heads to SCOTUS,['Supreme Court'],Pence confident Supreme Court will uphold Trump's travel ban,Fox News (Online News),Vice President Pence said he was “very confident” the Supreme Court would uphold the Trump administration’s authority to issue its controversial travel ban during a wide-ranging discussion Friday on “Fox & Friends.”,right
5675,Travel Ban Heads to SCOTUS,['Supreme Court'],The Supreme Court’s Options in the Travel Ban Case,New York Times (News),"The fight over President Trump’s travel ban reached the Supreme Court late Thursday night, in the form of three urgent requests from the Justice Department.",left
5676,Debating Ebola Quarantine,[],"America’s new Ebola hero: Defying hysteria, Kaci Hickox bravely goes for bike ride",Salon,Nurse Kaci Hickox isn't accepting a quarantine. Her fight is a necessary attack on the fearmongering of the moment,left
5677,Debating Ebola Quarantine,[],OPINION: Joint Chiefs wiser than commander in chief on Ebola quarantine,Fox News (Online News),"The leaders of our uniformed military — the Joint Chiefs of Staff — have committed an act of common sense that exposes President Obama’s Ebola policy for its comprehensive lack of that commodity. According to a recent report on Fox News, they have called for all troops returning from the Ebola “hot zone” to be quarantined for 21 days.",right
5678,Debating Ebola Quarantine,[],"National debate: Weighing returning Ebola workers' liberty, public safety",CNN (Online News),"Nurse Kaci Hickox says it's her right to roam outside her home, but leaders in Maine warn she could be a threat to public welfare.",left
5679,Democrats React to Obama's Call for Moderation in Primary Race,"['Barack Obama', '2020 Election', 'Presidential Race', 'Democratic Primary', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Progressives', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",US election 2020: Democrats respond to Obama's warning,BBC News,"Democratic presidential candidates have given their reaction to a warning by former President Barack Obama against moving too far left in politics.
Mr Obama's rare intervention into the Democratic race was a talking point at campaign events on Saturday.
Some Democrats called for unity, while others defended their policy agenda.
Nearly 20 candidates remain in the running and there is much debate over the best approach to taking on President Trump next year.",center
5680,Democrats React to Obama's Call for Moderation in Primary Race,"['Barack Obama', '2020 Election', 'Presidential Race', 'Democratic Primary', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Progressives', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']","Obama takes veiled shot at Warren and Sanders, warns 2020 Dems Americans don’t want to ‘tear down the system’",Fox News (Online News),"Former President Barack Obama on Friday warned 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls to pay attention to what voters actually think -- warning that most of them don’t want to “tear down the system.”
“The average American doesn't think we have to completely tear down the system and remake it. And I think it's important for us not to lose sight of that,” Obama said.
“There are a lot of persuadable voters and there are a lot of Democrats out there who just want to see things make sense. They just don't...",right
5681,Democrats React to Obama's Call for Moderation in Primary Race,"['Barack Obama', '2020 Election', 'Presidential Race', 'Democratic Primary', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Progressives', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",High anxiety: Jittery Democrats fear their candidate won't beat Trump,NBC News (Online),"WASHINGTON — The offer: A $1 million check from a major Democratic donor to a major Democratic group. The one condition: The money would be refunded if Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren becomes the party's nominee.
That offer was rejected, according to an official familiar with it, but it was indicative of the larger anxiety felt by many in the Democratic Party's elite circles about the state of the 2020 Democratic presidential field. ""Ninety to 95 percent of our donor base is terrified about Warren,"" said a prominent Democratic official.
Democrats,...",left
5682,Cuomo Declares State of Emergency in New York Over Gun Violence,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Violence In America', 'New York', 'Andrew Cuomo']",Cuomo Declares Emergency Over Gun Violence in New York,Wall Street Journal (News),"New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday declared a state of emergency over gun violence, which he said is now claiming more lives than Covid-19 and is a threat to the broader economic recovery.
The designation will allow the state to quickly release $138.7 million of funding for a series of initiatives, including summer recreation and violence interruption, which already operate in some areas of the state’s cities.
Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, also signed legislation that would allow people harmed by firearms to sue gun sellers and manufacturers if those...",center
5683,Cuomo Declares State of Emergency in New York Over Gun Violence,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Violence In America', 'New York', 'Andrew Cuomo']",Cuomo Declares a Gun Violence Emergency in New York State,New York Times (News),"Not long after the coronavirus bore down on New York last year, gun violence surged, rising nearly 75 percent in the state’s largest cities. But even as the virus receded in recent months, shootings continued to rise.
On Tuesday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo declared a new state of emergency around gun violence and committed almost $139 million to reverse the trend of rising shootings and murders across the state.
The emergency declaration, which the governor said was the first by a state to address gun violence, would allow New York...",left
5684,Cuomo Declares State of Emergency in New York Over Gun Violence,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Violence In America', 'New York', 'Andrew Cuomo']",Cuomo unveils 7-point plan to combat ‘disaster emergency’ of gun violence,New York Post (News),"Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday declared a state of “disaster emergency” over gun violence across New York — and announced $138 million in new spending to try to stop the surge in shootings.
“Gun violence and crime should be the top priority for every mayor in this state because every city has been affected by it,” he said.
“It’s a matter of saving lives — and New York’s future depends on it.”
Speaking at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan, Cuomo said that “people are not coming back to...",right
5685,Nunes Steps Aside,"['US House', 'Politics']",Devin Nunes Steps Aside; Ethics Committee Investigating for Spilling Secrets,Daily Beast,Rep. Devin Nunes said Thursday he is stepping aside from the Russia investigation by the House intelligence committee because he is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for allegedly disclosing intelligence without proper authorization.,left
5686,Nunes Steps Aside,"['US House', 'Politics']",Nunes Stepping Aside Temporarily from Russia Probe,Breitbart News,House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) announced Thursday morning that he is temporarily stepping aside from leading a committee probe into Russia’s influence on the 2016 presidential elections.,right
5687,Nunes Steps Aside,"['US House', 'Politics']","Devin Nunes's Russia investigation was one long, unforced error",Washington Post,"Amid major political and ethical questions about his handling of the House Intelligence Committee's Russia investigation, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) Is stepping aside .",left
5688,Core Inflation Index Rises to New 40-Year High,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Inflation Rate', 'CPI']",Inflation surged more than expected in September as prices remain stubbornly high,Fox Business,"Inflation ran hotter than expected in September as persistent prices continued to squeeze U.S. households and worsen a political headache for President Biden with just one month until midterm elections.
The Labor Department said Thursday that the consumer price index, a broad measure of the price for everyday goods including gasoline, groceries and rents, rose 0.4% in September from the previous month. Prices climbed 8.2% on an annual basis. 
Those figures were both higher than the 8.1% headline figure and 0.2% monthly increase forecast by Refinitiv economists, a worrisome sign...",right
5689,Core Inflation Index Rises to New 40-Year High,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Inflation Rate', 'CPI']",Core Inflation Hits New Four-Decade High,Wall Street Journal (News),"U.S. consumer inflation eased slightly in September from a year earlier, but price increases excluding energy and food accelerated to a new four-decade high.   
The Labor Department on Thursday said that the consumer-price index, a measure of what consumers pay for goods and services, gained 8.2% in September from the same month a year ago, down from 8.3% in August. That was down from an annual increase of 8.5% in July and 9.1% in June, which was the highest inflation rate in four decades.
So-called core CPI, which excludes volatile energy...",center
5690,Core Inflation Index Rises to New 40-Year High,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Inflation Rate', 'CPI']",Inflation holds grip on the U.S. economy as September rate hits 8.2%,NBC News (Online),"The annual U.S. inflation rate was little changed in September, hitting 8.2% year-over-year compared with August's 8.3% reading as the pace of price increases remains at multidecade highs, causing pain for many U.S. households.
High prices for food, shelter and medical care sent the consumer price index for September up by 0.4% compared to August's 0.1%, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Thursday morning.
Inflation remains at the top of Americans' minds going into the last quarter of a year that has seen across-the-board volatility in food, gasoline...",left
5691,House Jan. 6 Committee Told that Trump Showed Approval for 'Hang Mike Pence' Chants,"['Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6 Committee', 'Mike Pence', '2020 Election', 'Mark Meadows']",Trump reacted with approval to 'hang Mike Pence' chants from rioters on January 6,CNN (Online News),"A former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told the House January 6 committee that then-President Donald Trump had suggested to Meadows he approved of the ""hang Mike Pence"" chants from rioters who stormed the US Capitol, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
Cassidy Hutchinson, the former aide, also testified that Trump complained about his then-vice president being hustled to safety while Trump supporters breached the Capitol, the sources said.
Hutchinson has answered the panel's questions during three separate sessions, CNN previously reported. She went over ""new ground"" with the committee...",left
5692,House Jan. 6 Committee Told that Trump Showed Approval for 'Hang Mike Pence' Chants,"['Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6 Committee', 'Mike Pence', '2020 Election', 'Mark Meadows']",Trump seemed to approve of chants about hanging Pence: Report,Washington Times,"Former President Donald Trump said that maybe his vice president should be executed after protesters at the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol chanted, “Hang Mike Pence!” according to witnesses who spoke to the House committee probing the attack.
The New York Times reports that White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows left the dining room off the Oval Office and told colleagues in his own office that Mr. Trump was complaining about Mr. Pence being whisked to safety during the Capitol attack — and then made the hanging remark.
It was unclear what kind...",right
5693,House Jan. 6 Committee Told that Trump Showed Approval for 'Hang Mike Pence' Chants,"['Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6 Committee', 'Mike Pence', '2020 Election', 'Mark Meadows']",Trump made approving remark about chants calling for hanging Pence: NYT,The Hill,"Former President Trump made an approving remark about his own vice president being hanged following chants at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to hang then-Vice President Pence, according to a report in The New York Times.
The report is based on an account of an incident at the White House that was reported to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.
It’s no secret that Trump was unhappy with Pence, who had made it clear that on Jan. 6 he would not be questioning the results of the election. Pence’s...",center
5694,Primary Elections Show Trump’s Enduring Influence,"['2022 Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'Midterm Election', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'January 6 Committee']",Donald Trump’s endorsement record of winners and losers as GOP primaries wrap-up,Deseret News,"The last of the midterm primaries took place Tuesday night. After making over 200 endorsements in the Republican primaries, former President Donald Trump achieved many notable wins, while also notching a few significant losses.
Trump’s track record of endorsement victories and defeats are seen by many as an indication of his strength in the Republican Party, and whether he will be competitive enough in 2024 to mount a presidential comeback campaign.
Most of Trump’s endorsed candidates across the U.S. House, Senate and various statewide races ran unopposed or faced political...",center
5695,Primary Elections Show Trump’s Enduring Influence,"['2022 Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'Midterm Election', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'January 6 Committee']",US mid-terms 2022: Tracking Trump's 'extraordinary' endorsement spree,BBC News,"Donald Trump has shown great pride in hand-picking the next wave of Republican stars.
Back when he was still in the White House, he wrote on Twitter: ""As long as I campaign and/or support Senate and House candidates (within reason), they will win!""
In this primary season, he hasn't been far off.
Over the past several months, candidates endorsed by Mr Trump have pocketed victories across the country, winning 92% of the time.
From his home in Palm Beach, Florida, the self-proclaimed ""king"" of endorsements has weighed in on almost...",center
5696,Primary Elections Show Trump’s Enduring Influence,"['2022 Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'Midterm Election', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'January 6 Committee']",A Look at Trump’s Endorsement Record as the Primaries End,New York Times (News),"As the midterm primary season comes to an end, candidates endorsed by former President Donald J. Trump have continued to rack up wins, but with a handful of prominent losses.
Of the more than 200 Republicans Mr. Trump has backed this year, many ran unopposed or faced little-known opponents. He has also waited to make some endorsements until a front-runner emerged, as with his last-minute endorsement of Tudor Dixon for governor of Michigan.
Several of his candidates were defeated in early primaries, including in Georgia and North Carolina; more recently,...",left
5697,New Wave in Gun Debate,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Countdown to new wave in gun violence battle,CNN (Online News),"When a set of recommendations to reduce gun violence hits President Barack Obama's desk on Tuesday, it will trigger a new stage in a decisive political battle consuming Washington. And it will show just how much America may have changed in the wake of last month's massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.",left
5698,New Wave in Gun Debate,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Both Sides in Gun Debate Agree: Punish Background-Check Liars,New York Times (News),"Nearly 80,000 Americans were denied guns in 2010, according to Justice Department data, because they lied or provided inaccurate information about their criminal histories on background-check forms. Yet only 44 of those people were charged with a crime.",left
5699,New Wave in Gun Debate,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Liberal think tank vows national campaign to push for more gun control,Fox News (Online News),The president of the Center for American Progress said Sunday the influential liberal think tank will mount a full-scale campaign to push for more gun control.,right
5700,Oscar Pistorius Found Guilty,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Oscar Pistorius Guilty of Culpable Homicide in Killing of Girlfriend,New York Times (News),"Oscar Pistorius, the disabled track star who once commanded stellar heights of international competition at the Paralympic and Olympic Games, was found guilty on Friday of culpable homicide, equivalent to manslaughter, after being acquitted of murder charges for killing his girlfriend.",left
5701,Oscar Pistorius Found Guilty,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']","Oscar Pistorius guilty of negligent killing of girlfriend, one gun charge",CNN (Online News),"A judge has found Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide, the South African term for unintentionally, but unlawfully, killing a person. It's akin to negligent killing.",left
5702,Oscar Pistorius Found Guilty,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Judge finds Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide,Fox News (Online News),A South African judge on Friday found Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide in the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp and declared him not guilty of murder. Prosecutors said they were disappointed by the ruling but would decide on whether to appeal only after sentencing.,right
5703,Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright To Be Charged With 2nd Degree Manslaughter,"['Criminal Justice', 'Daunte Wright', 'Minnesota', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Police', 'Police Shooting', 'Justice']",Ex-officer Kim Potter to be charged with second-degree manslaughter in Daunte Wright case,NBC News (Online),"The former Minnesota police officer who was captured on camera fatally shooting Daunte Wright during a traffic stop was arrested in connection with Wright's death, authorities said Wednesday.
Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, was taken into custody about 11:30 a.m. at the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in St. Paul, officials said. She will be charged with second-degree manslaughter in connection with Wright's death, Washington County Attorney Pete Orput announced.
Wright, who is Black, died of a gunshot wound to the chest, according the Hennepin...",left
5704,Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright To Be Charged With 2nd Degree Manslaughter,"['Criminal Justice', 'Daunte Wright', 'Minnesota', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Police', 'Police Shooting', 'Justice']","Kim Potter, Officer Who Killed Daunte Wright, to Be Charged With Second-Degree Manslaughter",Wall Street Journal (News),"The former officer who killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright was taken into custody and will be charged with second-degree manslaughter, a day after she resigned from the Brooklyn Center police department.
In an email, Washington County Attorney Pete Orput confirmed plans to charge former officer Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran of the police force. He said the charges would be filed later Wednesday.
The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison under Minnesota law.
State officials said Ms. Potter would be booked into Hennepin County Jail. She was...",center
5705,Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright To Be Charged With 2nd Degree Manslaughter,"['Criminal Justice', 'Daunte Wright', 'Minnesota', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Police', 'Police Shooting', 'Justice']",Daunte Wright shooting: Ex-Minnesota police officer Kim Potter to be charged with second-degree manslaughter,Fox News (Online News),"Local prosecutors in Minnesota on Wednesday are expected to charge former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter with second-degree manslaughter in the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, as civil unrest has persisted for three consecutive nights, with demonstrations spilling into Minneapolis.
Washington County Attorney Pete Orput is expected to announce the second-degree manslaughter charge later Wednesday. Orput did not immediately return a voicemail left by Fox News on Wednesday.
The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, according to The Associated Press. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, KSTP...",right
5706,Trump Impeachment Defense Opens Arguments,"['Impeachment', 'Politics']",Trump's legal team launches first day of impeachment defense: 'The president did absolutely nothing wrong',Fox News (Online News),"Donald Trump's lawyers defended the president against articles of impeachment Saturday morning arguing it’s the Democrats trying to interfere in elections by seeking to remove Trump from the 2020 ballot for doing “absolutely nothing wrong.”
White House Counsel Pat Cipollone said Democrats have no case and are doing damage to democracy by trying to undermine the will of American voters.
“For all their talk about election interference, they're here to perpetrate the most massive interference in an election in American history,” Cipollone said in his opening remarks to the Senate....",right
5707,Trump Impeachment Defense Opens Arguments,"['Impeachment', 'Politics']",Senate impeachment trial: Trump's defense team makes their case,CNN (Online News),"The tables have turned in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
After three days of arguments from the House impeachment managers, the President's legal team has taken over the Senate floor to deliver their side of the story, detailing the defense of the President against the two articles of impeachment.
""You heard the House managers speak for nearly 24 hours over three days,"" White House counsel Pat Cipollone said on the floor of the Senate as he began his remarks. ""We don't anticipate using that much time.""
...",left
5708,Trump Impeachment Defense Opens Arguments,"['Impeachment', 'Politics']",Trump’s idea of executive power is also impeachment defense,Associated Press,"Donald Trump has always been a man of absolutes.
Something is the best or the worst, a person is a winner or a total loser, an event has never happened before, even when it has.
Absolutism was the unwritten credo of his career in business and is the guiding light of his presidency as he makes an assertion rarely heard from an American president: that he can do as he pleases.
Now that approach faces its ultimate test as a foundation of Trump’s defense in his impeachment trial, namely that...",left
5709,Nuclear Talks with Iran Fail,['Middle East'],Kerry: Iran deal unfinished because Iranians need to consult with leaders in Tehran,Washington Post,"Iranian team must consult with leaders back home to see what they can accept, Secretary Kerry says.",left
5710,Nuclear Talks with Iran Fail,['Middle East'],"Iran nuclear talks: Anger, gloom in Tehran after deal falls through",CNN (Online News),"Criticism covered the French Foreign Minister's Facebook page, and an air of disappointment hovered over much of Tehran just hours after word came that Iran and the world powers had failed to reach an agreement on Iran's nuclear program.",left
5711,Nuclear Talks with Iran Fail,['Middle East'],"Kerry says allies agreed on Iran nuclear deal, Iranians balked",Fox News (Online News),U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that the U.S. and its Western allies had agreed on the components of an agreement on Iran's nuclear program - only for the Iranians to say they were unable to accept the deal.,right
5712,Wisconsin in Play,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Wisconsin center of Republican wave,Washington Times,Wisconsin Republicans seem to have it all. Native son Paul Ryan is Mitt Romneys running mate. Gov. Scott Walker is a national conservative hero after surviving a recall vote. Former Gov. Tommy Thompson is vying to capture an open Senate seat held for more than 50 years by Democrats. And Wisconsins own Reince Priebus heads the Republican National Committee.,right
5713,Wisconsin in Play,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","CNN Electoral Map: Wisconsin moves to true ""toss up""",CNN (Online News),"CNN Thursday turned the important battleground state of Wisconsin from ""lean Obama"" to true ""toss up"" on its electoral map, in the wake of Mitt Romney's naming of House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, a seven term congressman from the Badger state, as his running mate.",left
5714,Wisconsin in Play,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Wisconsin finds itself at center of Republican wave with Walker, Ryan and Priebus",Washington Post,Wisconsin Republicans seem to have it all. Native son Paul Ryan is Mitt Romneys running mate. Gov. Scott Walker is a national conservative hero after surviving a recall vote. Former Gov. Tommy Thompson is vying to capture an open Senate seat held for more than 50 years by Democrats. And Wisconsins own Reince Priebus heads the Republican National Committee.,left
5715,Both Sides Declare Victory in Neil Young-Joe Rogan Spotify Standoff Over COVID-19 Claims,"['Polarization', 'Free Speech', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Censorship', 'Joe Rogan', 'Neil Young', 'Spotify', 'Big Tech', 'Music', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",The Real Reason Neil Young Can Afford to Leave Spotify,Slate,"Neil Young has never been quiet about his hatred of streaming, Big Tech, or the digitization of the music experience in general. But the veteran rocker escalated the crusade earlier this week, when he posted (and then deleted) a letter on his website asking his manager and an executive at his label, Warner Bros., to pull his entire catalog from Spotify. Artists have long criticized the streaming platform for not compensating musicians fairly, but Young cited a different reason for his action: Joe Rogan. The most popular podcaster in the world has been trafficking in...",left
5716,Both Sides Declare Victory in Neil Young-Joe Rogan Spotify Standoff Over COVID-19 Claims,"['Polarization', 'Free Speech', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Censorship', 'Joe Rogan', 'Neil Young', 'Spotify', 'Big Tech', 'Music', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Why Neil Young's Spotify standoff matters to the music industry,Axios,"Spotify will remove Neil Young's music from its streaming platform, because the 76-year-old rock icon objected to the company's response to vaccine misinformation.
The big picture: This matters more than you'd think, given the popularity of old music.
70% of the music streamed online is older than 18 months, according to MRC Data's 2021 year-end report.
Yes, but: Many of the big new releases of 2021 were dropped because tour dates got COVID-canceled, Matt Yazge, vice president of research business for MRC Data, tells Axios.
61% of U.S. music listeners say that they are interested in...",center
5717,Both Sides Declare Victory in Neil Young-Joe Rogan Spotify Standoff Over COVID-19 Claims,"['Polarization', 'Free Speech', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Censorship', 'Joe Rogan', 'Neil Young', 'Spotify', 'Big Tech', 'Music', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Joe Rogan Just Scored Another Win on Spotify,Townhall,"This is hilarious. Neil Young tried to pick a fight with Spotify over Joe Rogan—and he lost. It wasn’t really a fight. The streaming service quickly cut ties with Young who demanded that all his music be removed because Joe Rogan is a bad, bad man or something. It was really over the podcaster’s remarks about COVID that the Left has branded misinformation because Rogan is no pro-stab everyone with a needle (via WSJ):
Spotify Technology SA has removed Neil Young’s music, the company confirmed Wednesday, as the folk-rock star isn’t...",right
5718,Romney and Trump Meet,"['White House', 'Politics']",Romney Mum After Meeting With Trump,Newsmax (News),Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney had little to say to reporters after meeting with President-elect Donald Trump for just over an hour Saturday afternoon.,right
5719,Romney and Trump Meet,"['White House', 'Politics']",Donald Trump and Mitt Romney Parley After Months of Clashes,Wall Street Journal (News),"Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Saturday said he and President-elect Donald Trump held a “far-reaching conversation,” as both men moved to reconcile after spending months attacking each other on a number of fronts.",center
5720,Romney and Trump Meet,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump, Romney have ‘far-reaching conversation’ at meeting",Washington Post,"Donald Trump met with Mitt Romney, once a fierce critic of the president-elect who is now being floated as a potential pick for secretary of state, on Saturday afternoon, setting aside the friction between the two men and signaling a willingness by Trump to entertain different points of view on foreign policy.",left
5721,US to Directly Sanction Putin,"['Foreign Policy', 'Russia', 'Sanctions', 'Ukraine', 'Jen Psaki', 'World', 'Europe', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Sergey Lavrov', 'National Security', 'Banking And Finance']","US has sanctioned Putin, but what will that actually mean?",New York Post (News),"The Biden administration said it will follow in the footsteps of the European Union and impose sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin over his decision to send troops into Ukraine.
“Following a telephone conversation President Biden held with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and in alignment with the decision by our European allies, the United States will join them in sanctioning President Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov and members of the Russian national security team,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Friday.",right
5722,US to Directly Sanction Putin,"['Foreign Policy', 'Russia', 'Sanctions', 'Ukraine', 'Jen Psaki', 'World', 'Europe', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Sergey Lavrov', 'National Security', 'Banking And Finance']",U.S. joins EU and U.K. in sanctioning Putin directly,Axios,"The U.S. will impose sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced on Friday.
Why it matters: It is extremely rare for the U.S. to sanction a sitting world leader, and the Kremlin had previously said it would consider sanctions on Putin himself to be a de facto severing of relations between the U.S. and Russia.",center
5723,US to Directly Sanction Putin,"['Foreign Policy', 'Russia', 'Sanctions', 'Ukraine', 'Jen Psaki', 'World', 'Europe', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Sergey Lavrov', 'National Security', 'Banking And Finance']",US to impose sanctions on Putin following Ukraine invasion,CNN (Online News),"The US will impose sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin, the White House announced Friday.
The Russian leader will become the highest-profile target in the effort to impose costs on the Russian economy and Putin's inner circle in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Additional Russian officials are likely to be included, one source familiar with the matter said.",left
5724,Analysis: Bernie Sanders and Medicare for All,"['Medicare For All', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elections', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Healthcare']",Bernie Sanders' New Favorite Medicare for All Study Has Major Problems,Reason,"Has any question taken up more airtime at the Democratic debates than how to pay for Medicare for All? The question keeps being asked partly because multiple estimates have found that the single-payer plan, which would eliminate virtually all private health insurance, would require more than $30 trillion in additional government spending over a decade, a historically unprecedented sum. But it has also been a fixture because of the way it has caused candidates to stumble in revealing ways.
No primary candidate is more closely associated with Medicare for...",right
5725,Analysis: Bernie Sanders and Medicare for All,"['Medicare For All', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elections', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Healthcare']","Bernie Sanders’s new favorite Medicare-for-all study, explained",Vox,"Sen. Bernie Sanders and his Medicare-for-all proposal were again the targets of attacks at Tuesday’s Democratic debate in South Carolina, but the senator had a retort for opponents who doubt his single-payer plan would work: a brand-new study published in The Lancet.
The study, authored by a group of Yale researchers, came to two conclusions that Sanders touted during the debate. Under Medicare-for-all, the researchers found, the United States would spend $3 trillion on health care annually, or about $460 billion less than the country spent in 2017 under the...",left
5726,Analysis: Bernie Sanders and Medicare for All,"['Medicare For All', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elections', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Healthcare']","False claim: Bernie Sanders proposes raising tax rate to 52% on incomes above $29,000",Reuters,"Multiple posts on social media make the claim that 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is proposing a 52% tax rate on incomes above $29,000 a year. Examples of the claim appear on Facebook here , Instagram here , Twitter here , and Reddit here .
The posts give a breakdown of the potential impacts of this extreme tax-hike alongside one of Sanders’ signature proposals: the increase of the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour (see here) . Some of the posts claim that Sanders said he proposed a 52%...",center
5727,"DOJ Investigation Finds Flaws in FBI's Carter Page Probe, No Evidence of Bias","['Russia', 'National Security', 'Carter Page', 'Justice Department', 'Christopher Steele', 'FISA', 'FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Justice Department Inspector General Finds ‘Serious Performance Failures’ in FBI’s Carter Page Probe,Daily Beast,"The Justice Department’s top watchdog blasted the FBI for a series of “fundamental errors” in its probe of a Trump campaign official but said it found no evidence that political bias fueled the investigation.
Less than an hour after the long-awaited findings from Inspector General Michael Horowitz were released, a federal prosecutor conducting a separate investigation of the FBI’s action—and reporting directly to Attorney General Bill Barr—pushed back.
“Our investigation is not limited to developing information from within component parts of the Justice Department,” John Durham, the U.S. attorney in...",left
5728,"DOJ Investigation Finds Flaws in FBI's Carter Page Probe, No Evidence of Bias","['Russia', 'National Security', 'Carter Page', 'Justice Department', 'Christopher Steele', 'FISA', 'FBI', 'Defense And Security']",DOJ inspector general finds 17 'significant errors or omissions' in Carter Page FISA applications,Washington Examiner,"The Justice Department watchdog excoriated the FBI for relying upon British ex-spy Christopher Steele's dossier in obtaining Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants to monitor onetime Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
Inspector General Michael Horowitz, who released a report on Monday showing his findings regarding allegations of surveillance abuses, also found the FISA process was significantly flawed and marred by serious mistakes and missteps, but determined that the initiation of the Trump-Russia investigation itself crossed the low threshold to be properly predicated and was not influenced by political bias as some...",right
5729,"DOJ Investigation Finds Flaws in FBI's Carter Page Probe, No Evidence of Bias","['Russia', 'National Security', 'Carter Page', 'Justice Department', 'Christopher Steele', 'FISA', 'FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Justice Watchdog Highlights FBI ‘Failures’ but Says Russia Probe Was Justified,Wall Street Journal (News),"The FBI made significant errors in 2016 when it sought to monitor a former Trump campaign adviser, an internal watchdog said, as part of what it found to be a justified probe into links between the Trump campaign and Russia.
The report’s scathing assessment of the FBI’s actions make it likely to further inflame a partisan debate about the propriety of the agency’s investigation into Trump campaign associates. The Justice Department’s inspector general found the FBI had information that undercut material it was relying on from a controversial former British...",center
5730,2014 Primaries,['Elections'],"Republicans poised for midterm gains, polling indicates",Los Angeles Times,"Six months out from the November midterm election, Republicans have a strong advantage which, if it holds up, would likely translate into significant gains in Congress, a new nationwide survey indicates.",left
5731,2014 Primaries,['Elections'],North Carolina Senate primary tests GOP loyalties,USA TODAY,"Voters in Indiana, North Carolina and Ohio go to the polls Tuesday, but all eyes are on the fight between the GOP establishment and the Tea Party in the Tar Heel state’s Senate primary.",left
5732,2014 Primaries,['Elections'],Obama hits campaign trail for wary Dems,Washington Times,"Although he’s shunned by some fellow Democrats on the campaign trail, President Obama will work to fill their coffers when he embarks Wednesday on a three-day fundraising trip to the West Coast.",right
5733,Higher Obamacare Premiums in Year 3,['Healthcare'],"In year 3, many hit with Obamacare sticker shock",CBS News (Online),"Sign-up season started Sunday for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, now in year 3. Premiums are going up an average of 7.5 percent, but they could be much higher depending on where you live.",left
5734,Higher Obamacare Premiums in Year 3,['Healthcare'],OPINION: Beginning of the end of Obamacare,Washington Times,Open enrollment will reveal the higher costs and fading services.,right
5735,Higher Obamacare Premiums in Year 3,['Healthcare'],Health Insurers Struggle to Profit From ACA Plans,Wall Street Journal (News),"As third enrollment season kicks off, as insurers move to curb costs and boost premiums.",center
5736,Jeff Sessions Confirmed,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Jeff Sessions confirmed as attorney general after bitter Senate fight,Washington Times,"The Senate approved Jeff Sessions as attorney general Wednesday, installing one of President Trump’s biggest backers at the head of the Justice Department after one of the nastiest confirmation battles in a generation.",right
5737,Jeff Sessions Confirmed,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate confirms Sessions as attorney general,Politico,"The Senate on Wednesday voted to install Sen. Jeff Sessions as the nation’s next attorney general, ending a confirmation battle that plunged the chamber into bitter acrimony and shattered all notions of senatorial courtesy.",left
5738,Jeff Sessions Confirmed,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Jeff Sessions confirmed as attorney general despite controversies,The Guardian,A closely divided Senate confirmed the nomination of Jeff Sessions to be attorney general on Wednesday after a historically tumultuous confirmation process that saw the senator from Alabama come under fire for his views on race and civil rights.,left
5739,CDC Accused of Misleading Public on Coronavirus Testing Tally,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'CDC', 'Domestic Policy', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Healthcare']",A Fundamental Flub From The CDC,The Dispatch,"After two months lived under the threat of coronavirus, the key characteristic of the crisis remains uncertainty. We don’t know where the virus came from. We still don’t know for sure all the ways it attacks the body, which is a big part of why we still don’t know how best to treat it. We certainly don’t know how to cure it. And as it spreads—despite our best efforts, among asymptomatic carriers and carriers not yet symptomatic and carriers who have no choice but to keep coming into contact with...",right
5740,CDC Accused of Misleading Public on Coronavirus Testing Tally,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'CDC', 'Domestic Policy', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Healthcare']",‘How Could the CDC Make That Mistake?’,The Atlantic,"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is conflating the results of two different types of coronavirus tests, distorting several important metrics and providing the country with an inaccurate picture of the state of the pandemic. We’ve learned that the CDC is making, at best, a debilitating mistake: combining test results that diagnose current coronavirus infections with test results that measure whether someone has ever had the virus. The upshot is that the government’s disease-fighting agency is overstating the country’s ability to test people who are sick with COVID-19. The...",left
5741,CDC Accused of Misleading Public on Coronavirus Testing Tally,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'CDC', 'Domestic Policy', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Healthcare']",Scientists Warn CDC Testing Data Could Create Misleading Picture Of Pandemic,NPR (Online News),"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has acknowledged that it is mixing the results of two different kinds of tests in the agency's tally of testing for the coronavirus, raising concerns among some scientists that it could be creating an inaccurate picture of the state of the pandemic in the United States.
The CDC combines the results of genetic tests that spot people who are actively infected, mostly by using a process known as polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, with results from another, known as serology testing, which looks...",left
5742,Supreme Court Gay Marriage Hearings,['Supreme Court'],A look at cases before the Supreme Court,Townhall,"A look at some of the noteworthy cases the Supreme Court will hear this term, which begins Monday:
—Mistaken traffic stop: A broken brake light led a North Carolina police officer to pull over a car in which cocaine was later found. Turns out, the state requires only one functioning brake light. The court is weighing a case about whether a defendant's constitutional protection against unreasonable searches was violated because of the officer's mistaken understanding of the law.
—Prison beards: An Arkansas inmate is challenging a prison policy that prevents...",right
5743,Supreme Court Gay Marriage Hearings,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court will consider hearing gay marriage cases,USA TODAY,"The Supreme Court has scheduled same-sex marriage cases from five states for consideration at its private conference Monday, indicating no hesitation to dive right into the national debate.
The justices placed cases from Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia, Indiana and Wisconsin on the list for their first conference of the 2014 term. They could have delved into some or none, preferring to wait until later in the fall.
By scheduling all for consideration simultaneously, the justices gave equal footing to the Indiana and Wisconsin cases just decided last month by the U.S....",left
5744,Supreme Court Gay Marriage Hearings,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court Term Carries Expectations For Gay Marriage Hearing,HuffPost,"A Supreme Court term that is starting with a lack of headline-grabbing cases may end with a blockbuster that helps define the legacy of the court under Chief Justice John Roberts.
While same-sex marriage is not yet on their agenda, the justices appear likely to take on the issue and decide once and for all whether gay and lesbian couples have a constitutional right to marry.
When the justices formally open their new term Monday, Roberts will be beginning his 10th year at the head of the court, and the...",left
5745,Chris Cuomo Joins NewsNation After Being Fired by CNN,"['Media Industry', 'Chris Cuomo', 'NewsNation', 'CNN']",Chris Cuomo Will Join NewsNation in Return to TV News,Variety,"After a long and much-publicized interruption, Chris Cuomo wants to get after it again.
Cuomo, who made that phrase the mission statement for his 9 p.m. program on CNN, is taking his bulldog demeanor and lean-in anchoring style to NewsNation, the still-nascent news outlet backed by large station owner Nexstar Media, which has in recent months made a series of acquisitions aimed at bolstering its presence in the media sector. Cuomo will join the NewsNation primetime lineup in the fall.
Cuomo has something to prove. His departure from CNN was less than amicable. The anchor was...",center
5746,Chris Cuomo Joins NewsNation After Being Fired by CNN,"['Media Industry', 'Chris Cuomo', 'NewsNation', 'CNN']",Disgraced Host Chris Cuomo Announces His New News Job: ‘I’m Going To Try Very Hard To Be Fair’,The Daily Wire,"Disgraced television host Chris Cuomo announced Tuesday night that he has landed a new job in the news media and that he is going to try to be fair after he was routinely criticized for being a hardcore leftist while at CNN.
“Well, you are a part of my decision. I respect that you asked the questions. I think that’s how you show respect to our relationship is that you didn’t fake the funk. You asked what needs to be asked, I respect you for that,” Cuomo groveled to anchor...",right
5747,Chris Cuomo Joins NewsNation After Being Fired by CNN,"['Media Industry', 'Chris Cuomo', 'NewsNation', 'CNN']",Chris Cuomo Returning To Cable News After CNN Ouster,HuffPost,"Chris Cuomo has announced he’ll return to hosting a prime-time cable news show at the much smaller NewsNation network this fall after he was dismissed from CNN last year.
The announcement came at the end of an interview with Dan Abrams on NewsNation’s “Dan Abrams Live.” The hourlong interview included discussions about his ouster from CNN after he was found to have inappropriately helped his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), respond to multiple sexual harassment allegations.
NewsNation, launched in September 2020 by Nexstar Media Group, reaches a much smaller audience...",left
5748,"Liz Cheney Says Trump is ""Poisoning our Democratic System""","['Politics', 'Liz Cheney', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Capitol Chaos']",What’s Next for the Most Committed Anti-Trump Republican?,Slate,"Liz Cheney sees a winning strategy where none of her conference colleagues will go.
On Monday morning, a political action committee for Donald Trump—a film extra who served as president of the United States from 2017 to 2021—released a statement saying that “The Fraudulent Presidential Election of 2020 will be, from this day forth, known as THE BIG LIE!” The rebranding edict was directed to no one in particular. But among the prominent politicians who chose to respond to it was Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the third-ranking member and chair...",left
5749,"Liz Cheney Says Trump is ""Poisoning our Democratic System""","['Politics', 'Liz Cheney', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Capitol Chaos']",Trump ‘poisoning’ democracy with ‘big lie’ claim -key House Republican,Reuters,"The No. 3 Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday said former President Donald Trump was “poisoning our democratic system” with his persistent false claims that his November election defeat was the result of fraud.
U.S. Representative Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and a Trump critic, assailed him in a tweet, risking further raising the ire of the former president's allies in their Republican Party.
""The 2020 presidential election was not stolen. Anyone who claims it was is spreading THE BIG LIE, turning their...",center
5750,"Liz Cheney Says Trump is ""Poisoning our Democratic System""","['Politics', 'Liz Cheney', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Capitol Chaos']",McCarthy: GOP lawmakers 'concerned' about Cheney's leadership role,Washington Times,"House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday that GOP lawmakers are growing more concerned about Rep. Liz Cheney’s ability to carry out her duties as conference chair.
Mr. McCarthy insisted the anti-Cheney sentiment has nothing to do with her vote to impeach former President Trump after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
“I have heard from members concerned about her ability to carry out the job as conference chair, to carry out the message,” Mr. McCarthy said on “Fox & Friends.”
“We all need to be working as...",right
5751,Secret Service Director Resigns,"['White House', 'Politics']",Pierson failed to provide fresh start for Secret Service that administration wanted,Washington Post,The resignation of Secret Service Director Julia Pierson and the launch of a top-to-bottom review of the agency Wednesday are an acknowledgment by President Obama of what he has long denied: that the force charged with protecting him is in deep turmoil and struggling to fulfill its sacred mission.,left
5752,Secret Service Director Resigns,"['White House', 'Politics']",What the next Secret Service leader needs to do,Politico,President Barack Obama is hanging out the “Help Wanted” sign again.,left
5753,Secret Service Director Resigns,"['White House', 'Politics']",Pounding Pierson: How the media helped push Secret Service chief out the door,Fox News (Online News),"The media chorus--Julia must go!—was loud, and by this afternoon it had reached such a high decibel level that Julia Pierson had little choice but to resign.",right
5754,"Midterm Election Results: Democrats Take House, Republicans Expand Senate Control",['Elections'],Trump declares midterm victory after Republicans expand Senate majority,Washington Times,President Trump declared victory for Republicans in the midterm elections Tuesday night. “Tremendous success tonight. Thank you to all!” the president tweeted as the election returns painted mixed results for the Republican Party.,right
5755,"Midterm Election Results: Democrats Take House, Republicans Expand Senate Control",['Elections'],Democrats Seize the House,The Atlantic,The party is poised to take back control of the chamber—and begin making trouble for the president.,left
5756,"Midterm Election Results: Democrats Take House, Republicans Expand Senate Control",['Elections'],Midterm Results Produce a Split Congress,Wall Street Journal (News),"Millions of voters flocked to the polls Tuesday to render their first national verdict on the Donald Trump presidency, and the results gave Democrats a House majority while Republicans retained their control of the Senate.",center
5757,Napolitano Stepping Down,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano stepping down to run UC system,Washington Post,"Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, who has served in President Obama’s Cabinet since Day One of his administration, announced Friday that she would step down to become president of the University of California system.
Napolitano’s departure has been in the works for several months, and she plans to leave her post in early September, according to two administration officials. Napolitano, a former governor of Arizona who had been seen as a potential Democratic presidential candidate, will exit the political stage to run one of the nation’s largest public university",left
5758,Napolitano Stepping Down,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Homeland Security chief Napolitano to resign,Fox News (Online News),"Janet Napolitano is resigning as head of the Homeland Security Department and seeking a post as president of the University of California, the long-time Obama confidant announced Friday.
Officials told Fox News that Napolitano does not plan to leave her post until September. But she announced the move on Friday after it began to break in the media, revealing that she has been nominated to lead the California university system.
""For more than four years I have had the privilege of serving President Obama and his Administration as...",right
5759,Napolitano Stepping Down,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano Is Stepping Down,NPR (Online News),"Saying the post has been ""the highlight of my professional career,"" Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Friday morning that she is stepping down to become president of the University of California.
Her statement followed a Reuters report that broke the news.
And the Los Angeles Times reported early this morning that:",left
5760,More Problems for Secret Service,"['White House', 'Politics']",Secret Service Draws Fire Over Security Lapses,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Secret Service came under withering criticism on Tuesday over the recent White House security breach and amid new revelations that an armed felon rode an elevator with President Barack Obama days earlier.
Fresh details of the Sept. 19 intrusion, aired at a House Oversight Committee hearing Tuesday, revealed numerous security lapses that allowed Omar J. Gonzalez to get farther into the White House than previously known after he had scaled a fence and darted across the lawn. Mr. Gonzalez knocked over a Secret Service officer and hopscotched through the...",center
5761,More Problems for Secret Service,"['White House', 'Politics']",Nancy Pelosi supports call for Secret Service chief to go,Washington Times,"Secret Service Director Julia Pierson House should be ousted from her job, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday, agreeing with the recommendation of the top Democrat on the oversight committee.
Mrs. Pelosi, the highest-ranking woman in American politics, said problems go beyond Ms. Pierson, who was put in charge of the Secret Service after a scandal involving agents who hired prostitutes in Cartagena in 2012. But Mrs. Pelosi said she accepts the analysis of Rep Elijah Cummings, the ranking Democrat on the House oversight committee, who said he was displeased...",right
5762,More Problems for Secret Service,"['White House', 'Politics']","Armed Outside Guard Was Allowed on Elevator With President, Officials Say",New York Times (News),"An armed private security guard rode in an elevator with President Obama when he visited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Sept. 16, violating Secret Service protocols that only agents and officers for the agency should carry a gun around the president, according to law enforcement officials.
The incident was first reported by The Washington Examiner just hours after Julia Pierson, the director of the Secret Service, defended her agency on Capitol Hill as angry la",left
5763,Memorial Day 2015,"['Holidays', 'General News']",SPECIAL REPORT U.S. MILITARY AND CIVILIANS ARE INCREASINGLY DIVIDED,Los Angeles Times,"Jovano Graves' parents begged him not to join the Army right out of high school in 2003, when U.S. troops were fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.",left
5764,Memorial Day 2015,"['Holidays', 'General News']","On Memorial Day, Learning The Story Behind The Markers",NPR (Online News),Walk through a town square this Memorial Day and you might just see a marker or monument commemorating sacrifice in war. On it: The name of an American who died in combat.,left
5765,Memorial Day 2015,"['Holidays', 'General News']",OPINION: Why I'm proud to be part of freedom's long line of defenders,Fox News (Online News),"Growing up, I spent Memorial Day sitting on the street curb in the tiny farming town of Wanamingo, Minnesota—eating my melting snow cone and watching the commemorative parade make its way down a wide Main Street. Many other American kids had similar experiences. High school marching bands, volunteer fire crews, waving city leaders, and antique tractors all brought smiles and chuckles to spirited onlookers—a slice of Americana.",right
5766,Remembering Barbara Bush,['Politics'],"Barbara Bush, wife and mother of presidents, dies at 92",Washington Times,"Barbara Bush, the popular matriarch of the Bush family dynasty famous for her unpretentious style and elegant halo of white hair, died Tuesday at the age of 92.",right
5767,Remembering Barbara Bush,['Politics'],"Barbara Bush: In her own words, from political prognostication to 'rhymes with rich'",USA TODAY,"Barbara Bush was known for her bluntness and candor, albeit more often in private than in public. Here are some of her most memorable quotes, including some controversial ones:",left
5768,Remembering Barbara Bush,['Politics'],"Barbara Bush, matriarch of American political dynasty, dies at 92",Washington Post,"Barbara Bush, who was the wife of one president and the mother of another and whose embrace of her image as America’s warmhearted grandmother belied her influence and mettle, died April 17. She was 92.",left
5769,Market Meltdown at Opening Bell,['Banking And Finance'],New day of carnage for financial markets amid global sell-off,Washington Post,"Global markets entered a new day of carnage Monday amid a continuing worldwide sell-off, extending last week’s meltdown and stoking new fears over how far financial markets will drop.",left
5770,Market Meltdown at Opening Bell,['Banking And Finance'],Global Stocks Fall Sharply Amid Concerns About the Chinese Economy,Wall Street Journal (News),"The meltdown in financial markets intensified Monday, as global stocks and commodities extended last week’s steep declines and the Dow plunged nearly 600 points. The moves came after a sharp selloff in Chinese shares accelerated, wiping out gains for the year.",center
5771,Market Meltdown at Opening Bell,['Banking And Finance'],Meltdown on Wall Street: Stocks Plunge Amid Global Tumult,Fox News (Online News),"Global economic-growth fears slammed Wall Street on Monday as U.S. equity markets plunged.
As of 9:50 a.m., the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 611 points, or 3.72% to 15853. The S&P 500 declined 73 points, or 3.74% to 1897, while the Nasdaq tumbled 197 points, or 4.22% to 4503.",right
5772,"US to Ban Consumers from Downloading TikTok, WeChat Apps","['Privacy', 'China', 'Business', 'Commerce', 'TikTok', 'WeChat', 'Technology', 'Cybersecurity', 'Big Tech', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Commerce Department announces clampdown on TikTok and WeChat begins Sunday,Washington Examiner,"The Trump administration will begin blocking business transactions in the United States with popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok and messaging app WeChat starting on Sunday.
The Commerce Department announced the new rules barring TikTok and WeChat from U.S. app stores on Friday, but it could be rescinded depending on whether a deal that addresses national security concerns is reached.
“Today’s actions prove once again that President Trump will do everything in his power to guarantee our national security and protect Americans from the threats of the Chinese Communist Party,” Commerce...",right
5773,"US to Ban Consumers from Downloading TikTok, WeChat Apps","['Privacy', 'China', 'Business', 'Commerce', 'TikTok', 'WeChat', 'Technology', 'Cybersecurity', 'Big Tech', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","US bans WeChat, TikTok citing privacy, national security",Associated Press,"The U.S. will ban the downloads of the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat on Sunday, with a total ban on the use of the latter, citing national security and data privacy concerns.
A total ban on the use of TikTok will follow on Nov. 12, but Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said early Friday on Fox Business Network that access to that app may be possible if certain safeguards are put into place.
“At the President’s direction, we have taken significant action to combat China’s malicious collection of American citizens’ personal...",left
5774,"US to Ban Consumers from Downloading TikTok, WeChat Apps","['Privacy', 'China', 'Business', 'Commerce', 'TikTok', 'WeChat', 'Technology', 'Cybersecurity', 'Big Tech', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",The Trump Administration Is Banning Americans From Downloading TikTok And WeChat,BuzzFeed News,"The Trump administration said Friday that it will block people in the United States from downloading popular Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat starting Sunday. Both apps are used by over 100 million people in the country.
According to a US Department of Commerce order, new downloads of the apps will be banned from US app stores as of September 20. WeChat, an app popular with Chinese nationals in the United States, will also be banned from hosting content, processing payments within the US, and sending money to other WeChat users...",left
5775,Death of Jeffrey Epstein in New York Jail Raises Questions,"['Jeffrey Epstein', 'Criminal Justice', 'Child Sex Trafficking', 'Sex Trafficking', 'Justice']","Before Jail Suicide, Jeffrey Epstein Was Left Alone and Not Closely Monitored",New York Times (News),"effrey Epstein, the financier who apparently hanged himself in a federal jail in Manhattan, was supposed to have been checked by guards every 30 minutes, but that procedure was not being followed the night before he was found, a law-enforcement official with knowledge of his detention said.
In addition, the jail had transferred his cellmate and allowed Mr. Epstein to be housed alone in a cell just two weeks after he had been taken off suicide watch, a decision that also violated the jail’s normal procedure, two officials said.",left
5776,Death of Jeffrey Epstein in New York Jail Raises Questions,"['Jeffrey Epstein', 'Criminal Justice', 'Child Sex Trafficking', 'Sex Trafficking', 'Justice']",Trump retweets post implying Bill Clinton behind Jeffrey Epstein’s death,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump added fuel to the conspiracy theories surrounding multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein's apparent suicide on Saturday when he retweeted a post that implied former President Bill Clinton was linked to Epstein's death.
The tweet came from self-described comedian Terrence K. Williams who echoed many on social media in suggesting a connection between the Clintons and Epstein, who previously was an acquaintance of the former president.
""Died of SUICIDE on 24/7 SUICIDE WATCH ? Yeah right! How does that happen,"" the tweet read, alongside a photo of Epstein and one of...",right
5777,Death of Jeffrey Epstein in New York Jail Raises Questions,"['Jeffrey Epstein', 'Criminal Justice', 'Child Sex Trafficking', 'Sex Trafficking', 'Justice']",Jeffrey Epstein's suicide makes no sense,The Hill,"Accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s death this morning — reportedly a suicide, according to federal officials — is an inexplicable end to a bizarre, tragic case that only got more disturbing the more we learned about it.
The fact that one of the country’s highest-profile federal prisoners could even commit suicide defies all logic and belief.
His death raises doubts about officials’ actions. The FBI says it will investigate; Attorney General William Barr says he is “appalled” by what happened; members of Congress such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) are...",center
5778,Rubio Under the Microscope,['Politics'],Marco Rubio's financial woes could be political gold,CNN (Online News),"One presidential candidate and her husband made $30 million since the start of 2014 giving paid speeches.
One ran a Fortune 500 company and recently revealed she and her husband had a net worth of $59 million. Another is so wealthy he bragged of owning a Gucci store that was worth more than 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
Another worked for multiple multinational banks that earned him millions and was born to a moneyed political dynasty.
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, meanwhile, recently had to liquidate a retirement fund...",left
5779,Rubio Under the Microscope,['Politics'],New York Times Exposé on Marco Rubio Backfires and Proves Why He’s a Great Candidate,The Blaze,"Picture this: Your marriage is in trouble, and you have to choose between two marriage counselors. One has been married for 30 years. One has been divorced and remarried for 30 years. Which one do you prefer?
A case could be made for either. One-time married Sandy has successfully worked through any marriage issues that have arisen. Two-time married Pat knows personally the emotion and conflict of a failed marriage. Which one do you think will",right
5780,Rubio Under the Microscope,['Politics'],Republicans Have Always Been At War With The New York Times,HuffPost,"So, who's got their dander up, in the world of the 2016 election? By the looks of things, it's Sen. Marco Rubio, the Florida Republican, who was hopping mad on Tuesday at The New York Times. Congratulations to him, for earning his ""Beefing with the Times"" merit badge, a GOP tradition.
What happened? Well, the Times published an article that takes a rather robust look at Rubio's personal financial dealings, documenting ""a series of decisions over the past 15 years that experts called imprudent."" There's a litany of said decisions...",left
5781,ElBaradei Named Egyptian PM,['Middle East'],Egyptian Nobelist Is Chosen to Be Prime Minister,New York Times (News),"Mohamed ElBaradei, the Nobel Prize-winning diplomat, had defended the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi and said he had worked hard to convince Western powers of its necessity.",left
5782,ElBaradei Named Egyptian PM,['Middle East'],ElBaradei To Be Egypt's Prime Minister,NPR (Online News),Multiple news outlets say the Nobel Peace Prize winner is joining the new interim government.,left
5783,ElBaradei Named Egyptian PM,['Middle East'],Egypt: opposition leader named interim PM,Townhall,Egypt's new president moved to assert his authority Saturday by naming a chief rival of ousted leader Mohammed Morsi as interim prime minister and holding crisis talks with security officials on efforts to reclaim control of the streets.,right
5784,Trump Campaign Loses Election Lawsuits in Three States,"['Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'William Barr', 'Rudy Giuliani']",Pennsylvania judges rule against Trump campaign in 6 challenges over absentee ballots,New York Post (News),"Two Pennsylvania judges served blows to President Trump’s re-election campaign on Friday, tossing out a combined six cases challenging absentee ballots.
Judge James Crumlish of Philadelphia County’s Court of Common Pleas ruled in five related cases that the Trump campaign can’t scrap a total of 8,329 mail-in ballots that it had alleged were improper because the outer envelopes lack names, dates or addresses, The Hill reported.
In his ruling, Crumlish noted that the campaign was “not contending that there has been fraud, that there is evidence of fraud or that...",right
5785,Trump Campaign Loses Election Lawsuits in Three States,"['Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'William Barr', 'Rudy Giuliani']","Trump Loses String of Election Lawsuits, Leaving Few Vehicles to Fight His Defeat",New York Times (News),"President Trump suffered multiple legal setbacks in three key swing states on Friday, choking off many of his last-ditch efforts to use the courts to delay or block President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory.
In quick succession, Mr. Trump was handed defeats in Pennsylvania, Arizona and Michigan, where a state judge in Detroit rejected an unusual Republican attempt to halt the certification of the vote in Wayne County pending an audit of the count.",left
5786,Trump Campaign Loses Election Lawsuits in Three States,"['Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'William Barr', 'Rudy Giuliani']","Election 2020: Trump Campaign Lawsuits, Explained",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump and his allies have filed lawsuits alleging election irregularities or improper ballot-counting procedures in five states where President-elect Joe Biden leads.
Some suits seek to delay state officials from certifying final results, a rare step that judges likely would be reluctant to take without proof of irregularities significant enough to change the election outcome, according to legal analysts. Judges have rejected several Trump campaign and allied claims.",center
5787,Activists March for Life as Supreme Court Considers Overturning Roe v. Wade,"['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Pro-Life', 'Pro-Choice', 'Anti-Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'March For Life']","As Thousands March For Life, Democrats Are Out Of Step With Majority",The Daily Wire,"In 1974, some 20,000 pro-life Americans gathered at the steps of the United States Capitol to observe the first anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. Every year since, thousands of Americans of all stripes have faithfully flooded the streets of Washington, D.C. to defend the cause of the unborn. On Friday, they will do the same for the 49th time—and hopefully the last of the Roe era.
This summer, the Supreme Court is set to rule in the case of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The case deals with...",right
5788,Activists March for Life as Supreme Court Considers Overturning Roe v. Wade,"['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Pro-Life', 'Pro-Choice', 'Anti-Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'March For Life']",White nationalists are flocking to the US anti-abortion movement,The Guardian,"This weekend’s March for Life rally, the large anti-choice demonstration held annually in Washington DC to mark the anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision, has the exuberant quality of a victory lap. This, the 49th anniversary of Roe, is likely to be its last. The US supreme court is poised to overturn Roe in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health, which is set to be decided this spring. For women in Texas, Roe has already been nullified: the court went out of its way to allow what Justice Sonia Sotomayor...",left
5789,Activists March for Life as Supreme Court Considers Overturning Roe v. Wade,"['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Pro-Life', 'Pro-Choice', 'Anti-Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'March For Life']","As White House Frets About Roe v. Wade, March for Life Activists Feel Their Time Has Come",Newsweek,"The White House said that abortion ""is under assault as never before"" on the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruling that enshrined the procedure as a constitutional right.
Saturday's statement comes a day after an anti-abortion march in Washington, DC where activists expressed hope Supreme Court justices weighing up a Mississippi case would eventually overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling made on January 22, 1973.
Tens of thousands of people joined the annual March for Life protest where the group's president Jeanne Mancini told the crowd ""we are hoping and...",center
5790,Debate: Libya Fact Check,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","CNN Fact Check: A day after Libya attack, Obama described it as 'acts of terror'",CNN (Online News),President Barack Obama said he identified the September 11 assault on the U.S. Consulate in Libya as a terrorist attack within a day; former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said it took two weeks.,left
5791,Debate: Libya Fact Check,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",FACT CHECK: Did Obama really call consulate attack in Libya an 'act of terror'?,Fox News (Online News),"One of the tensest moments in an already tense debate Tuesday night came as President Obama and Mitt Romney clashed over the Obama administration's changing explanation for the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that left Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans dead.",right
5792,Debate: Libya Fact Check,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Debate fact check: Hofstra presidential debate,Politico,The pressure was on at Hofstra Tuesday night as President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney faced off for their second debate.,left
5793,"As Lockdowns Ease, a Focus on Safety Risks and the Need for Normalcy","['Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']",From Camping To Dining Out: Here's How Experts Rate The Risks Of 14 Summer Activities,NPR (Online News),"It has been around two months of quarantine for many of us. The urge to get out and enjoy the summer is real. But what's safe? We asked a panel of infectious disease and public health experts to rate the risk of summer activities, from backyard gatherings to a day at the pool to sharing a vacation house with another household.
One big warning: Your personal risk depends on your age and health, the prevalence of the virus in your area and the precautions you take during any of these...",left
5794,"As Lockdowns Ease, a Focus on Safety Risks and the Need for Normalcy","['Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']",The covid-19 lockdown has served its purpose. It’s time to end it.,Marc A. Thiessen,"The covid-19 lockdown has served its purpose. The time has come to end it.
The objective of the lockdown was never to stop every American from getting covid-19, which is impossible; it was to buy time to learn about the virus and prevent our health-care system from being overwhelmed. We have accomplished those goals. The Trump administration is on track to procure nearly 200,000 ventilators by the end of the year, and New York has so many it is sending them to other states. The Army Corps of Engineers spent...",right
5795,"As Lockdowns Ease, a Focus on Safety Risks and the Need for Normalcy","['Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']","How to weigh the risk of going out in the coronavirus pandemic, in one chart",Vox,"Since coronavirus lockdowns began in the US, most Americans have drastically changed their patterns: following instructions to stay home, limiting almost all contact with others, and venturing out only for essential trips and exercise.
As states begin to ease social distancing restrictions, people are beginning to have more options. Between those wanting to patronize newly reopened businesses or socialize in person, and more employers calling people back to work, survey and cellphone data suggests people are already starting to trickle out of their homes.
But for many people, it’s really...",left
5796,Liz Cheney Disputes NYT Report Claiming Jan. 6 Panel Is Split On Trump Criminal Referral,"['2020 Election', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Courts', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Election Integrity', 'Jake Tapper', 'Justice', 'Liz Cheney', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'New York Times', 'Republican Party', 'US Capitol', 'US Congress']","Liz Cheney: Congress mulling criminal referral against Trump over election claims, actions",Washington Times,"Rep. Liz Cheney said Sunday that Congress is mulling whether to issue a criminal referral to the Justice Department against former President Donald Trump for “unlawfully” seeking to obstruct certification of the 2020 election.
Mrs. Cheney, Wyoming Republican, told CNN that the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol had uncovered significant evidence that Mr. Trump and aides had acted improperly.
“It’s absolutely clear that what President Trump was dealing with, what the number of people around him were doing, that they knew it was unlawful [and] they did it anyway,” Mrs. Cheney said on “State of the Union.” “I think...",right
5797,Liz Cheney Disputes NYT Report Claiming Jan. 6 Panel Is Split On Trump Criminal Referral,"['2020 Election', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Courts', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Election Integrity', 'Jake Tapper', 'Justice', 'Liz Cheney', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'New York Times', 'Republican Party', 'US Capitol', 'US Congress']",Cheney says Jan. 6 committee has enough evidence for a criminal referral for Trump,Politico,"Rep. Liz Cheney said Sunday that the House Jan. 6 select committee has enough evidence to refer former President Donald Trump for criminal charges.
But the panel hasn’t made a decision on how to proceed on a referral, Cheney (R-Wyo.) said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Her acknowledgment follows a Sunday report in the New York Times that said the committee is divided on whether to move forward with the largely symbolic act, as some members of the panel worry it would unnecessarily politicize the Justice Department’s investigation into Jan. 6...",left
5798,Liz Cheney Disputes NYT Report Claiming Jan. 6 Panel Is Split On Trump Criminal Referral,"['2020 Election', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Courts', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Election Integrity', 'Jake Tapper', 'Justice', 'Liz Cheney', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'New York Times', 'Republican Party', 'US Capitol', 'US Congress']",Cheney rejects report of a dispute among Jan. 6 committee on criminal referral for Trump,The Hill,"Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Sunday rejected a report that there is a dispute among members of the Jan. 6 House select committee regarding whether to make a criminal referral for former President Trump.
The New York Times reported that members of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are divided over whether to make a criminal referral to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for Trump, even though the panel has determined that they have the evidence for such a move.
The information the committee has reportedly justifies...",center
5799,Top Democrats Leave Meeting with Trump on Syria Prematurely,"['Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Impeachment', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'Democratic Party', 'White House', 'Politics']",'He was insulting': Democratic leaders stomp out of White House meeting with Trump on Syria,Washington Examiner,"Congressional Democratic leaders walked out of a Wednesday meeting with President Trump on Syria policy after Trump allegedly insulted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
""He was insulting, particularly to the speaker ... He called her a third-rate politician,"" Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters on the White House driveway.
Schumer accused Trump of delivering a ""nasty diatribe"" when defending his decision this month to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, which resulted in a Turkish attack on formerly U.S.-allied Kurds.
The meeting occurred moments after the House voted 354-60 to rebuke...",right
5800,Top Democrats Leave Meeting with Trump on Syria Prematurely,"['Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Impeachment', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'Democratic Party', 'White House', 'Politics']",Democratic leaders storm out of Syria meeting after ‘appalling’ Trump calls Pelosi ‘third-rate politician’ to her face,New York Daily News,"President Trump went on a “nasty diatribe” during a Wednesday meeting on the increasingly volatile situation in Syria, calling Nancy Pelosi a “third-rate politician"" to her face and acting in an overall “appalling” manner, the House speaker and other Democratic leaders said after storming out of the tense sit-down.
Speaking immediately after ditching the hostile Cabinet Room standoff, Pelosi said Trump suffered a “meltdown” after she pointed out that the House had just overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning his recent withdrawal of U.S. troops from northern Syria — a decision...",left
5801,Top Democrats Leave Meeting with Trump on Syria Prematurely,"['Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Impeachment', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'Democratic Party', 'White House', 'Politics']",Democrats say they left White House meeting on Syria after Trump ‘meltdown’,CNBC,"Democratic congressional leaders said they walked out of a White House meeting Wednesday on Syria after what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called a “meltdown.”
After top Democrats left the bipartisan meeting with Trump, Pelosi told reporters that the president appeared “shaken up” by a House vote condemning his decision to remove U.S. forces from northern Syria. The House approved the resolution in an overwhelming 354-60 vote, as even a majority of Trump’s Republican Party supported it.
“That’s why we couldn’t continue in the meeting because he was just not relating...",center
5802,"Fed Hikes Interest Rate for Third Time This Year, Citing Strong Economy",['Economy And Jobs'],Fed hikes its key interest rate again and signals more increases coming despite Trump's criticism,Los Angeles Times,"Despite President Trump's unusual public criticism of their monetary policy, Federal Reserve officials inched up their key interest rate again on Wednesday — and indicated they would be undaunted to do so again in the face of strong economic growth.",left
5803,"Fed Hikes Interest Rate for Third Time This Year, Citing Strong Economy",['Economy And Jobs'],"Fed Hikes Interest Rates for Third Time in 2018, Signals More Hikes to Come",Breitbart News,The Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday and signaled that additional increases were on the way this year and next.,right
5804,"Fed Hikes Interest Rate for Third Time This Year, Citing Strong Economy",['Economy And Jobs'],The Fed Just Raised Its Rate Again. When Will It Start To Hurt Consumers?,NPR (Online News),"The Federal Reserve announced another quarter-percentage-point increase in interest rates Wednesday as expected, citing a strong labor market and economy.",left
5805,Will Jeb Be President in 2016,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Jeb Bush Is ‘Moving Forward’ on 2016, Son Says",The Blaze,"Jeb Bush is “moving forward” on a potential 2016 White House run and it appears more likely he’ll enter the Republican race, according to his son who’s running for office in Texas.
George P. Bush told ABC’s “This Week” that his father is “still assessing” a presidential bid, but it seems more likely he’ll seek the presidency this time. The former Florida governor declined to run for president in 2012 despite encouragement from Republicans.",right
5806,Will Jeb Be President in 2016,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",How Jeb Bush can avoid being the Jon Huntsman of 2016,The Week - News,"It seems increasingly likely that Jeb Bush will run for president. (Even his son is talking up the prospects.) What remains to be seen is whether Jeb Bush can actually win.
A lot of GOP establishment types are excited about a Bush candidacy. But don't expect the grassroots to eagerly embrace a former Florida governor who has made a habit of moderately breaking from conservative orthodoxy on big issues like immigration, or who recently (mildly) singled out Fox News for criticism. As the editor of the Washington Free Beacon said",left
5807,Will Jeb Be President in 2016,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","The Bushes, Led by W., Rally to Make Jeb ‘45’",New York Times (News),"When Jeb Bush decides whether to run for president, there will be no family meeting à la Mitt Romney, no gathering at Walker’s Point in Kennebunkport to go over the pros and cons. “I don’t think it’ll be like a big internal straw poll,” said his son, Jeb Bush Jr.
But if there were, the results of the poll are pretty much in. As Mr. Bush nears a decision to become the third member of his storied family to seek the presidency, the extended Bush clan and its attendant network,...",left
5808,"US Soldier Charged With Plotting Against Own Unit, Leaking Info to Neo-Nazis","['US Military', 'Violence In America', 'Nazism', 'Neo-Nazis', 'US Army', 'Terrorism']",Army soldier charged with giving classified info to neo-Nazi group,NBC News (Online),"A U.S. Army soldier stationed overseas has been charged with passing along information about his unit's planned deployment overseas, intending it to get extremist groups to attack it.
Army Private Ethan Phelan Melzer, 22, of Louisville, Kentucky, faces a host of federal attempted murder charges, handed up Monday by a federal grand jury, that carry a maximum sentence of life in prison. John Demers, assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department's national security division said Melzer ""planned a deadly ambush on his fellow soldiers in the service of...",left
5809,"US Soldier Charged With Plotting Against Own Unit, Leaking Info to Neo-Nazis","['US Military', 'Violence In America', 'Nazism', 'Neo-Nazis', 'US Army', 'Terrorism']","UK Nazi Satanist group should be outlawed, campaigners urge",BBC News,"British neo-Nazi Satanist group should be outlawed by the government as a terrorist organisation, according to a report from anti-racism campaigners.
Hope Not Hate has used its annual State of Hate report to call for the Order of Nine Angles (ONA) to be banned.
The Home Office said the list of proscribed terrorist groups was kept ""under review.""
Last week two British extreme right-wing organisations were added their number.",center
5810,"US Soldier Charged With Plotting Against Own Unit, Leaking Info to Neo-Nazis","['US Military', 'Violence In America', 'Nazism', 'Neo-Nazis', 'US Army', 'Terrorism']",US soldier charged with planning 'jihadi' attack on own Army unit by leaking to Neo-Nazi Satanic group,Washington Examiner,"A soldier in the U.S. Army was charged with attempting to carry out a “mass casualty” terrorist attack on his own unit overseas by leaking sensitive info to the Order of the Nine Angles, a Neo-Nazi and satanic group, the Justice Department announced on Monday.
U.S. Army Pvt. Ethan Melzer, 22, was arrested “for allegedly planning an attack on his U.S. Army unit by sending sensitive details about the unit — including information about its location, movements, and security” to the occult-based extremist group which he secretly joined in 2019....",right
5811,Video Shows Police Shooting of Jacob Blake; Media Coverage Differs,"['Police Brutality', 'Police Reform', 'Jacob Blake', 'Criminal Justice', 'Wisconsin', 'Violence In America']","Rioters Devastate Kenosha: Businesses Destroyed, Cars Torched",The Daily Wire,"Violent riots broke out in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday night after police shot a black man earlier in the day while responding to a call about a domestic incident.
Journalist Drew Hernandez posted video footage on Twitter of the riots, which he said were being led by Black Lives Matter activists. The videos show businesses being looted and set on fire.
Wisconsin Democratic Governor Tony Evers released a statement shortly after the incident happened that criticized law enforcement officials while stating at the same time “we do not have all...",right
5812,Video Shows Police Shooting of Jacob Blake; Media Coverage Differs,"['Police Brutality', 'Police Reform', 'Jacob Blake', 'Criminal Justice', 'Wisconsin', 'Violence In America']",Wisconsin deploys National Guard as police shooting of Black man sparks unrest,Reuters,"Wisconsin’s governor on Monday deployed his state’s National Guard to Kenosha following a night of sometimes-violent unrest that came after police in the lakeside city shot a Black man multiple times in the back.
Governor Tony Evers also called a special legislative session to take up a package of bills aimed at addressing problems with law enforcement following the shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake late Sunday afternoon. Blake’s three sons saw the shooting, a lawyer for the family said.
After being rushed to a hospital, Blake was out of surgery...",center
5813,Video Shows Police Shooting of Jacob Blake; Media Coverage Differs,"['Police Brutality', 'Police Reform', 'Jacob Blake', 'Criminal Justice', 'Wisconsin', 'Violence In America']","""They saw a cop shoot their father"": Video shows Wis. police shoot Black dad in back multiple times",Salon,"Two police officers in Wisconsin were placed on administrative leave after video showed a Black father being shot multiple times in the back at close range as he tried to enter a vehicle.
Protests broke out in Kenosha, Wis., a witness recorded the moment police officers followed a man identified by officials as 29-year-old Jacob Blake to a SUV after responding to a domestic incident. Neighbors said Blake was trying to break up a fight between two women, according to the Kenosha News.
One of the officers can be seen...",left
5814,Oil Prices Temporarily Fall Over 8%,"['Energy', 'Oil Prices', 'Gas Prices', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Ukraine War', 'Trade', 'World', 'Transportation', 'Polls']","U.S. oil tumbles more than 8%, dips below $100 per barrel",CNBC,"U.S. oil tumbled more than 8% on Monday, breaking below $100 per barrel, amid talks between Russia and Ukraine as well as new Covid-19 lockdowns in China — which could dent demand.
West Texas Intermediate crude futures, the U.S. oil benchmark, lost 8.75% to trade at $99.76 per barrel at the lows of the day. International benchmark Brent crude shed 8% to $103.68 per barrel.
In afternoon trading some of the losses were recovered. WTI settled 5.78% lower at $103.01 per barrel, with Brent finishing the day at $106.90 per barrel, for...",center
5815,Oil Prices Temporarily Fall Over 8%,"['Energy', 'Oil Prices', 'Gas Prices', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Ukraine War', 'Trade', 'World', 'Transportation', 'Polls']",Oil briefly tumbles below $100 a barrel. That's good news for gas prices,CNN Business,"US oil prices briefly tumbled below $100 a barrel on Monday, unwinding a significant chunk of the recent spike caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Oil plunged more than 8%, touching a low of $99.76 a barrel. That means oil has lost almost roughly quarter of its value since touching a near 14-year high of $130.50 a barrel on March 6.
It's the first time oil has traded below $100 since March 1.
""This is one hell of a correction,"" said Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis at the Oil Price...",left
5816,Oil Prices Temporarily Fall Over 8%,"['Energy', 'Oil Prices', 'Gas Prices', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Ukraine War', 'Trade', 'World', 'Transportation', 'Polls']","Nasdaq hits December 2020 low, S&P slides as oil hits $103",Fox Business,"U.S. stocks ended the Monday session mostly lower as commodity prices eased off recent highs and investors look ahead to the Federal Reserve's likely rate hike on Wednesday. The Russia-Ukraine conflict also remains a driver of volatility. 
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was little changed, kept afloat by financials, including American Express, Travelers and Visa. ",right
5817,Pentagon Moves Forward With Space Force,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon To Start Creating Space Force — Even Before Congress Approves It,Defense One,"Within months, DoD will start standing up a new combatant command, a new space-procurement agency, and a new Space Operations Force.",center
5818,Pentagon Moves Forward With Space Force,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Pentagon Reportedly Starting Work on Trump’s Space Force Without Congressional Approval,Mediaite,"It seems the Pentagon is going ahead with President Donald Trump‘s Space Force idea, with or without congressional approval.",left
5819,Pentagon Moves Forward With Space Force,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']","Space Force Is Coming Together In Potential Boon For Boeing, SpaceX, Northrop",Investor's Business Daily,The Pentagon has reportedly started building the foundations of a Space Force as it waits for approval to create a new military branch proposed by President Trump.,right
5820,Dozens Killed in Strike on Ukraine Train Station,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'War Crimes']",Missile kills 30 evacuees at busy Ukrainian train station,Associated Press,"A missile hit a crowded train station in eastern Ukraine that was an evacuation point for civilians, killing dozens of people, Ukrainian authorities said Friday after warning they expected even worse evidence of war crimes in parts of the country previously held by Russian troops.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that thousands of people were at the train station when the missile struck. The Russian Defense Ministry denied targeting the station in Kramatorsk, a city in the eastern Donetsk region, but Zelenskyy blamed Russia for the bodies lying in what looked like an outdoor...",left
5821,Dozens Killed in Strike on Ukraine Train Station,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'War Crimes']","Russian attack on railway station in eastern Ukraine leaves dozens dead, officials say",Fox News (Online News),"Russian troops attacked a packed railway station in eastern Ukraine Friday morning and dozens were feared dead. 
At least 39 people were killed, according to the regional governor. More than 100 were also hurt in the attack, Ukraine's Ministry of Defense said. 
""Russians carried out two missile strikes on railway station in Kramatorsk, where evacuation of civilians was taking place,"" the ministry tweeted. ""But Russian war criminals not only deliberately targeted thousands of people; they've used cluster munitions.""
The station was being used to evacuate civilians. 
""Thousands of people were at the station...",right
5822,Dozens Killed in Strike on Ukraine Train Station,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'War Crimes']",At least 30 killed in train station missile strike in eastern Ukraine as civilians try to flee Russian onslaught,CNN (Online News),"At least 30 people, including two children, were killed after Russian forces carried out a missile strike on a railway station in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, that was being used by civilians trying to flee the fighting, Ukrainian officials said Friday.
Tetiana Ihnatchenko, a spokeswoman for the region of Donetsk where the attack took place, said that first responders had confirmed the initial casualty figures and warned the numbers were likely to rise.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said later that nearly 300 people have been wounded in the strike and that...",left
5823,Trump Sweeps Up,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump Crushes Rivals In Pennsylvania Republican Primary Race,HuffPost,"Donald Trump has been declared the winner of the Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary.
Trump easily defeated his rivals, Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. It wasn’t his only win of the night on Tuesday, further solidifying his lead in the GOP presid",left
5824,Trump Sweeps Up,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump's big sweep: Why a winner's aura matters more than math,Fox News (Online News),"Presidential campaigns are about media, math and momentum. But in the wake of Donald Trump’s five-state sweep in the Northeast yesterday, it’s time to add another measure.
And that is psychology.
Which ma",right
5825,Trump Sweeps Up,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump: 'It's over',Politico,Donald Trump declared himself the “presumptive nominee” of the Republican Party after he won five Northeastern states in a landslide and set his sights on taking down Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.,left
5826,White House Press Conference Ends in Trump-Media Spat,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Media Industry', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']",Watch Trump’s Coronavirus Press Conference Meltdown,New York Magazine,"It’s a stressful time to work in the White House, as a small outbreak leaves contact tracers unsure of how two West Wing staffers contracted the coronavirus. According to his performance at Monday’s COVID-19 press conference, the president is taking the workplace anxiety to heart — that, or his standard behavior toward female journalists and open biases toward Asian and Asian-American reporters were reaffirmed in the Rose Garden.
It began when CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang, who is Chinese-American, asked Trump about why he appears to consider individual...",left
5827,White House Press Conference Ends in Trump-Media Spat,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Media Industry', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']",'Why are you saying that to me': Chinese American reporter calls Trump out on his anti-China remarks and suggests he's singling her out,Insider,"President Donald Trump and a CBS News White House correspondent had a tense exchange on Monday during a White House press conference at the Rose Garden.
Trump on Monday spoke in front of a large sign that said ""AMERICA LEADS THE WORLD IN TESTING"" and gave a glowing assessment of the country's efforts to test its citizens for the coronavirus.
""If people want to get tested, they get tested,"" Trump said.
The Trump administration regularly says the US leads other countries in the number of coronavirus tests administered. While the...",left
5828,White House Press Conference Ends in Trump-Media Spat,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Media Industry', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']","Trump, Journalists Shred Left-Wing CBS Reporter Weijia Jiang For Behavior During Press Conference",The Daily Wire,"President Donald Trump and numerous journalists slammed left-wing CBS News reporter Weijia Jiang on Monday over her behavior during the White House Coronavirus Task Force news conference.
First, Jiang falsely suggested that Trump delayed widespread testing to cover-up the extent of the coronavirus testing in the U.S. so he could reopen the economy.
The Washington Post and The New York Times had reported already that the delay in testing came from manufacturing errors at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) where the tests were accidentally contaminated and testing...",right
5829,Growing List Of Editorial Boards Support Trump Impeachment,"['Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Ukraine', 'News Media', 'Newspapers', 'Editorials', 'Liberal Media', 'Media Bias']",'Pity liberal editorial writers': Trump campaign mocks newspaper editorial boards for backing impeachment,Washington Examiner,"The Trump campaign dismissed a number of editorial boards at major news publications that have announced their support for impeaching President Trump.
The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote this week on two articles of impeachment: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. It will then go to the Senate for a trial, where it's expected to be dismissed quickly.
The Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, the New York Times, the New York Daily News, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and USA Today have all called for Trump to be...",right
5830,Growing List Of Editorial Boards Support Trump Impeachment,"['Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Ukraine', 'News Media', 'Newspapers', 'Editorials', 'Liberal Media', 'Media Bias']",Newspapers in swing states have yet to embrace impeachment,Politico,"The journalistic juices are now flowing, with the editorial pages of The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Orlando Sentinel, Philadelphia Inquirer, and USA Today all calling for impeachment of President Donald Trump.
But the recent flurry of editorials hasn’t come close to the level two decades ago when more than 115 newspaper boards called for President Bill Clinton’s resignation after the release of independent counsel Ken Starr’s report, which took place two months before articles were officially drawn up in Congress. And the half-dozen or so editorial boards...",left
5831,Growing List Of Editorial Boards Support Trump Impeachment,"['Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Ukraine', 'News Media', 'Newspapers', 'Editorials', 'Liberal Media', 'Media Bias']",‘We’ve seen enough’: More than a dozen editorial boards call for Trump’s impeachment,Washington Post,"The headline the New York Times editorial board settled on was simple: “Impeach.”
The same could be said of the “damning” case laid out against President Trump, the Times said Saturday, as it joined a growing roster of more than a dozen national and regional newspapers that argue that the Senate should take up convincing accusations of “high crimes and misdemeanors.”
The opinions of major publications are divided as the House prepares for a historic vote Wednesday, and a host of traditionally more-conservative editorial boards have yet to weigh in...",left
5832,"E.U., U.S. Sanction Russia",['World'],"Double blow for Putin as EU adopts tough sanctions, Ukraine rebels suffer setbacks",Fox News (Online News),"The European Union ramped up pressure on Russian leader Vladimir Putin by adopting tough new economic sanctions against Russia, as pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine suffered their biggest battlefield setback in months.
The measures, which were prepared in coordination with the United States, include an arms embargo, and a ban on the sale of dual use and sensitive technologies, such as advanced energy technology equipment relevant for deep sea and Arctic drilling. Such equipment will now be subject to prior approval by competent national authorities, an EU official said.",right
5833,"E.U., U.S. Sanction Russia",['World'],EU Extends Russia Sanctions Over Eastern Ukraine Violence,Wall Street Journal (News),"The European Union on Tuesday agreed to place sanctions on broad sectors of the Russian economy, EU diplomats said, marking a significant escalation of the bloc's response to allegations that Moscow is fueling violent conflict in eastern Ukraine.",center
5834,"E.U., U.S. Sanction Russia",['World'],European Officials Approve Tougher Sanctions on Moscow,New York Times (News),"The European Union on Tuesday approved a package of expanded sanctions against Russia over the conflict in eastern Ukraine, where Moscow has been widely accused of supporting separatist rebels.
The new sanctions target Russia’s state-owned banks, and will restrict sales to Russia of arms, some kinds of technology and some equipment used by the oil industry. European diplomats also drew up a list of people who will face individual sanctions, including at least three close associates of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.",left
5835,Perspectives: President Joe Biden's Falling Poll Numbers,"['Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Approval Rating', 'Public Opinion']",Why Biden’s approval rating isn’t recovering,Deseret News,"President Joe Biden’s honeymoon period came to an end this summer, due, in part, to the rise of the delta variant and a chaotic U.S. exit from Afghanistan. But even as new reported COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations fall and attention on Afghanistan fades, his approval rating hasn’t bounced back.
Though Biden was popular during his early months in office, in July, his approval rating began to take a dip. In late August, his disapproval rating overtook his approval rating for the first time, and he hasn’t recovered.
Currently, Biden has a 49.2%...",center
5836,Perspectives: President Joe Biden's Falling Poll Numbers,"['Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Approval Rating', 'Public Opinion']",Biden Approval Ratings in Decline,Voice of America,"Americans are voicing their disapproval of President Joe Biden, nearly nine months after he took office.
In a string of national polls in the last week, an aggregate of 49.2% of voters surveyed disapproved of Biden’s handling of the presidency, while 44.5% approved, according to the FiveThirtyEight polling site. Five of the recent polls registered disapproval of the country’s 46th president at the RealClearPolitics site, with three favorable.
Analysts say the drop in Biden’s standing has been particularly precipitous among independent voters who helped him win the White House last...",center
5837,Perspectives: President Joe Biden's Falling Poll Numbers,"['Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Approval Rating', 'Public Opinion']",‘Frustration is at an all-time high’: Behind Biden’s falling poll numbers,Washington Post,"W. Mondale Robinson spent a large chunk of last fall in clubs and bars and concert venues in Georgia, trying to convince disenchanted Black men that casting a ballot — in the 2020 general election, then the Georgia runoffs for the U.S. Senate — could finally mean real change in their communities.
But Robinson, founder of the Black Male Voter Project, thinks the case would be a lot harder to make now. He remembers the exact moment his optimism that President Biden would be different began to fade: when Democrats in...",left
5838,Perspectives: Lower Job Numbers Prompt Debate Over Federal Aid,"['Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus Stimulus']","One year into the pandemic, millions of jobs are still missing",NBC News (Online),"The U.S. economy added just 266,000 jobs in April — a mere fraction of economists’ expectations of nearly a million, and unemployment ticked up instead of dropping as predicted. According to economists, this is a clear sign that there are still giant holes in America’s economic recovery and that the coronavirus remains in the driver’s seat.
With vaccination rates slowing even as local economies fully reopen, the job market is reorienting itself into a new normal that assumes the virus might linger for the foreseeable future — a shift that...",left
5839,Perspectives: Lower Job Numbers Prompt Debate Over Federal Aid,"['Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus Stimulus']",Weak Jobs Report Shows Limits of ‘Stimulus’,National Review,"The strong economic recovery came to a surprising halt amid the federal government reporting only 266,000 new net jobs created in April. Axios adds that “forecasters had floated gains close to 1 million, making this the biggest miss, relative to expectations, in decades.” And that is not the only bad news: March’s booming 916,000 net jobs gain was also revised down to 770,000.
The unemployment rate that was projected by the Congressional Budget Office to continue falling toward 5.3 percent by the end of the year instead nudged up from...",right
5840,Perspectives: Lower Job Numbers Prompt Debate Over Federal Aid,"['Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus Stimulus']",Tough U.S. jobs report shows Biden’s rocky road to full economic recovery,Reuters,"President Joe Biden reacted on Friday to a disappointing April jobs report by saying the U.S. economy has a “long way to go” before recovering from its pandemic slump, and he urged Washington to do more to help the American people.
U.S. job growth unexpectedly slowed last month, likely restrained by shortages of workers and raw materials. Nonfarm payrolls increased by only 266,000 jobs, well below the nearly 1 million jobs economists expected and a sharp contrast to steady increases in growth from January to March.
Biden and his team...",center
5841,Buffalo Shooting Renews Scrutiny of Right-Wing Backers of 'Replacement Theory',"['Race And Racism', 'White Replacement', 'Violence In America', 'Buffalo', 'New York', 'Mass Shootings', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Immigration', 'Buffalo Shooting']",Leftists Blame Tucker Carlson For Buffalo Massacre. They Didn’t Blame Maddow In Scalise Shooting.,The Daily Wire,"The New York Times and others on the Left linked Fox News personality Tucker Carlson to Saturday’s horrific massacre in Buffalo, despite no evidence the shooter is a fan or even watched the conservative cable news host’s highly rated show.
The Times cited the gunman’s alleged support for so-called “replacement theory,” an anti-semitic conspiracy theory that claims Jews are importing minorities to change the country’s racial makeup. Some have conflated that theory with claims that Democrats favor amnesty for illegal immigrants in order to change the voting demographics of the country, which Carlson has...",right
5842,Buffalo Shooting Renews Scrutiny of Right-Wing Backers of 'Replacement Theory',"['Race And Racism', 'White Replacement', 'Violence In America', 'Buffalo', 'New York', 'Mass Shootings', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Immigration', 'Buffalo Shooting']",Buffalo shooting pushes ‘great replacement theory’ into national spotlight,The Hill,"A mass shooting at a Buffalo grocery store that left 10 people dead has placed a national spotlight on a far-right conspiracy theory espoused by the suspected shooter.
The so-called “great replacement theory” asserts that there is an intentional effort to replace white Americans with people of color by encouraging immigration.
Payton Gendron, the 18-year-old suspect in Saturday’s attack, cited the theory in a manifesto he published online, while authorities say he intentionally planned the attack in a location with a significant Black population. Eleven of the 13 victims killed or...",center
5843,Buffalo Shooting Renews Scrutiny of Right-Wing Backers of 'Replacement Theory',"['Race And Racism', 'White Replacement', 'Violence In America', 'Buffalo', 'New York', 'Mass Shootings', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Immigration', 'Buffalo Shooting']","A Fringe Conspiracy Theory, Fostered Online, Is Refashioned by the G.O.P.",New York Times (News),"Inside a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018, a white man with a history of antisemitic internet posts gunned down 11 worshipers, blaming Jews for allowing immigrant “invaders” into the United States.
The next year, another white man, angry over what he called “the Hispanic invasion of Texas,” opened fire on shoppers at an El Paso Walmart, leaving 23 people dead, and later telling the police he had sought to kill Mexicans.",left
5844,ACA Low Enrollment and High Premium Concerns,['Healthcare'],"For consumers whose health premiums will go up under new law, sticker shock leads to anger",Washington Post,Consumers wonder why single men families who can't have children have to pay for maternity care.,left
5845,ACA Low Enrollment and High Premium Concerns,['Healthcare'],Senate Democrats to White House: Fix Obamacare,Politico,Democratic senators have a warning for the White House Fix Obamacare.,left
5846,ACA Low Enrollment and High Premium Concerns,['Healthcare'],Obamacare enrollment by paper and phone is no better than website: report,Washington Times,"Internal memos from the Obama administration suggest Obamacare's Web problems are holding up the entire enrollment process, including the phone and paper options that President Obama and top officials are pushing as an alternative to the troubled HealthCare.gov website, according to a report by ABC News.",right
5847,Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates for Second Time in 2019,"['Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates', 'Jerome Powell', 'Economy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Stocks charge into positive territory after Fed cuts rates,Fox News (Online News),"Stocks gained after the Federal Reserve on Wednesday lowered its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to session lows, down more than 200 points following the decision, before charging into positive territory. The S&P 500 fell as much as 0.7 percent and the Nasdaq was down as much as 1 percent.
The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to a range between 1.75 percent and 2 percent after its July reduction was its first in a decade....",right
5848,Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates for Second Time in 2019,"['Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates', 'Jerome Powell', 'Economy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Fed slices interest rates for second time since 2008 recession,NBC News (Online),"The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark lending rate by one-quarter of a point on Wednesday, the second time this year it has reduced rates in the face of a weakening global economy.
The central bank's new interest rate is now 1.75 percent to 2 percent, according to a statement issued after a two-day monetary policy meeting by the Federal Open Market Committee, the voting arm of the Fed.
While President Donald Trump has repeatedly pushed for rates of ""ZERO or less"" — a move he believes will boost the economy...",left
5849,Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates for Second Time in 2019,"['Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates', 'Jerome Powell', 'Economy', 'Economy And Jobs']",What the Fed’s rate cut means for you,Associated Press,"The Federal Reserve has cut its benchmark interest rate again, big news for the U.S. economy but something that will likely have a muted impact on Americans’ personal finances, experts say.
That’s because the reduction doesn’t offset the increases of recent years. And as the key rate creeps closer to zero, financial institutions are less eager to pass borrowing benefits along. Lower rates could also further dampen the perks of savings.
As a reminder, the Fed slashed its benchmark rate — which affects a host of consumer and business loans...",left
5850,Boehner and the Sequester,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Boehner unsure if spending cuts will hurt economy,CNN (Online News),"House Speaker John Boehner says he doesn't know if the forced spending cuts that began taking effect Friday will actually have a negative impact, although he argued in a recent op-ed that the sequester would threaten ""U.S. national security, thousands of jobs and more.""
""I don't know whether it's going to hurt the economy or not,"" he said in an interview that aired Sunday. ""I don't think anyone quite understands how the sequester is really going to",left
5851,Boehner and the Sequester,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",McConnell and Boehner: Republicans united on sequesters,Washington Times,"They spent the weekend blaming each other for the $85 billion in sequestration cuts that began taking effect Friday — but top Democrats and Republicans were careful Sunday to keep the door open to a breakthrough deal on the federal budget.
Both sides claimed to find the sequestration abhorrent, but leaders from both parties stressed Sunday that they now have an opportunity to find the “big deal — one that tackles politically treacherous territory such as entitlement reform and an overhaul of the tax code — that has eluded...",right
5852,Boehner and the Sequester,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","John Boehner, Mitch McConnell Offer Opposing Sequester Messages",HuffPost,"House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell offered different views of the sequester cuts that took effect late Friday night after lawmakers failed to reach a deal to avoid them.
On NBC's Meet The Press, Boehner criticized the cuts, calling them ""silly"" and ""random.""
""I am concerned about its impact on our economy and its impact on our military. Listen, we've known about his problem for 16 months. We've known the sequester was coming,"" he said. ""I’ve watched leaders from both parties kick this can down the...",left
5853,Trump Arrives at UN General Assembly,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump’s U.N. General Assembly debut to assert his ‘America First’ message,Washington Times,President to push reforms to the U.N. and rethink America’s massive contributions.,right
5854,Trump Arrives at UN General Assembly,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump's first speech at U.N. will focus on sovereignty and calls for reform,Los Angeles Times,President Trump takes to the world’s largest stage this week. And many onstage are worried.,left
5855,Trump Arrives at UN General Assembly,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump at United Nations to meet with world leaders,USA TODAY,President Donald Trump makes his first appearance at the United Nations in New York with multiple missions according to his administration. Monday morning he'll speak at an event on U.N. reform.,left
5856,Perspectives: Evening One of the 2020 Republican National Convention,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Republican National Convention', 'Elections']",Trump and the RNC Flip the Democrats' Narrative,RealClearPolitics,"The odds were stacked against Donald Trump and Republicans and their seemingly star-crossed convention. In the last two months the venue was changed twice as coronavirus cases spiked in the Sun Belt after an earlier flattening. Midsummer brought no relief from either police violence against African Americans or the violent response from protesters. As if to cue up the chaos, police officers in Kenosha, Wis., shot a black man in the back Sunday night. It was a depressingly familiar scene, caught on videotape, as was the demoralizing response: rioting and...",center
5857,Perspectives: Evening One of the 2020 Republican National Convention,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Republican National Convention', 'Elections']",Republican convention speakers share dark vision of Democrats and praise Trump’s character,Washington Post,"Republicans began their nominating convention Monday with dark denunciations of Democrats and warnings about a future controlled by “radical liberals,” while praising President Trump’s stewardship of the country, including his handling of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 173,000 Americans.
The night’s program also served as a response to attacks on Trump’s character and accusations of racism by featuring testimonials from Black supporters, the grieving parent of a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting victim and a cancer survivor.
The evening’s remarks, coupled with the president’s rambling and...",left
5858,Perspectives: Evening One of the 2020 Republican National Convention,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Republican National Convention', 'Elections']","At upbeat Republican Convention, speakers make strong pitch for Black votes",Michael Goodwin,"We won’t know for some time how well the message is received.
Black power has arrived. For the first time in modern memory, both of America’s major political parties are making an all-out push for the votes of African Americans.
Good for them, and good for our country.
The hunt for Black votes is a given with Democrats, but the first night of the Republican Convention showed that two teams are chasing the same prize this year. Count me as surprised at the GOP’s bold effort to woo members of...",right
5859,US Successfully Intercepts ICBM,"['National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",US successfully 'intercepts and destroys' target in missile test,CNN (Online News),The Pentagon successfully shot down an intercontinental ballistic missile using its own upgraded long-range interceptor missile on Tuesday in what was widely seen as a test of US ability to counter a North Korean missile launch.,left
5860,US Successfully Intercepts ICBM,"['National Defense', 'Defense And Security']","US conducts successful missile intercept test, Pentagon says",Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. military successfully shot down a mock nuclear warhead simulating the speed and range of a potential North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile, the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency said Tuesday.",right
5861,US Successfully Intercepts ICBM,"['National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",US successfully intercepts ICBM in historic test,ABC News (Online),"The U.S. has ""successfully intercepted"" an intercontinental ballistic missile during the first test of its ground-based intercept system, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said Tuesday.",left
5862,Michael Brown’s Family to Sue,['Violence In America'],Michael Brown's Family Announces Plans To Pursue Wrongful Death Lawsuit,HuffPost,"The family of Michael Brown will file a civil lawsuit against the city of Ferguson, Missouri, and former Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, an attorney for the family announced Thursday.
The news comes just one day after the U.S. Department of Justice officially announced its decision not to file federal charges against Wilson for fatally shooting Brown last July.
In a press conference, family attorney Anthony Gray expressed the family’s disappointment in the Justice Department’s decision and announced the next legal actions they plan to take.",left
5863,Michael Brown’s Family to Sue,['Violence In America'],"Michael Brown’s parents to file wrongful death lawsuit against Ferguson, Darren Wilson",Fox News (Online News),"The parents of Michael Brown Jr. have made plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Ferguson and former Ferguson police officer, Darren Wilson. Attorneys for the family, Anthony D. Gray and Daryl D. Parks addressed the media Thursday morning during a news conference that took place at the Greater St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church.
Michael Brown’s parents, Michael Brown Sr. and Leslie McSpadden were present.
According to Gray, they “obviously disagree” with the findings from the Department of Justice’s investigation citing the same systematic issues taking...",right
5864,Michael Brown’s Family to Sue,['Violence In America'],"Mike Brown Family Suing Ferguson, Wilson",Daily Beast,Michael Brown's family said it plans to bring a civil lawsuit for the wrongful death of their son against Darren Wilson and the city of Ferguson. The announcment came a day after the Justice Department released its report on the abuses of the police department and said Wilson wouldn't be charged for violating Brown's civil rights. Brown family attorneys note that the burden of proof is lower in a civil case than the criminal cases that were considered by both the federal government and a St. Louis County grand jury.,left
5865,"Trump Signs New Trade Pact With Mexico, Canada",['Trade'],Trump calls USMCA ‘a groundbreaking achievement.’ But tariffs have turned ties with Canada cold.,Washington Post,The Friday signing of the new North American trade deal featured ceremony but not much celebration — at least from the Canadians.,left
5866,"Trump Signs New Trade Pact With Mexico, Canada",['Trade'],"Trump signs trade deal with Mexico, Canada as pact faces Democratic opposition in Congress",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump, his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have officially signed the replacement to NAFTA, in the wake of the Trump",right
5867,"Trump Signs New Trade Pact With Mexico, Canada",['Trade'],Trump signs trade deal with Mexico and Canada,BBC News,US President Donald Trump and leaders from Canada and Mexico have signed the successor to the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta).,center
5868,Trump Admin. Stops Cruises to Cuba,"['Transportation', 'Cuba', 'Donald Trump', 'General News']",Trump administration halts cruises to Cuba under new rules,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday ended the most popular forms of U.S. travel to Cuba, banning cruise ships and a heavily used category of educational travel in an attempt to cut off cash to the island’s communist government.
Cruise travel from the U.S. to Cuba began in May 2016 during President Barack Obama’s opening with the island. It has become the most popular form of U.S. leisure travel to the island, bringing 142,721 people in the first four months of the year, a more than 300% increase...",left
5869,Trump Admin. Stops Cruises to Cuba,"['Transportation', 'Cuba', 'Donald Trump', 'General News']",Trump bans U.S. cruise ships from Cuba in dramatic escalation of travel restrictions after tens of thousands of Americans flocked to island,Daily Mail,"The Trump administration on Tuesday ended the most popular forms of U.S. travel to Cuba, banning cruise ships and a heavily used category of educational travel in an attempt to cut off cash to the island's communist government.
Cruise travel from the U.S. to Cuba began in May 2016 during President Barack Obama's opening with the island.
It has become the most popular form of U.S. leisure travel to the island, bringing 142,721 people in the first four months of the year, a more than 300% increase over the...",right
5870,Trump Admin. Stops Cruises to Cuba,"['Transportation', 'Cuba', 'Donald Trump', 'General News']","Trump admin imposes new travel restrictions on Cuba, banning cruise ships",CNN (Online News),"(CNN)The US announced major new restrictions on US citizens traveling to Cuba on Tuesday, blocking the most common way Americans are able to visit the island -- through organized tour groups that license US citizens to travel automatically -- and banning US cruise ships from stopping in the country.
American tourism is not explicitly permitted in Cuba. However, Americans can travel to Cuba if it is covered under specific categories, which included organized group travel, known as group people-to-people travel, until Tuesday.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in the...",left
5871,"David Pecker, National Enquirer Publisher, Granted Immunity in Michael Cohen Case",['Politics'],National Enquirer hid damaging Trump stories in a safe,Associated Press,"The National Enquirer kept a safe containing documents on hush money payments and other damaging stories it killed as part of its cozy relationship with Donald Trump leading up to the 2016 presidential election, people familiar with the arrangement told The Associated Press.",left
5872,"David Pecker, National Enquirer Publisher, Granted Immunity in Michael Cohen Case",['Politics'],Immunity Agreements for AMI Execs Aimed to Shore Up Case against Michael Cohen,National Review,There is almost certainly much less here than meets the eye.,right
5873,"David Pecker, National Enquirer Publisher, Granted Immunity in Michael Cohen Case",['Politics'],What does David Pecker's immunity mean for Donald Trump?,The Guardian,"After Michael Cohen stood in court Tuesday and said that a candidate for office – Donald Trump – had directed him to broker hush payments to two women, the details of the payments and the nature of their illegality became extremely urgent questions.",left
5874,Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright Found Guilty of Manslaughter,"['Criminal Justice', 'Daunte Wright', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Courts', 'Police Shootings', 'Gun Violence', 'Justice']",Kim Potter trial: Minneapolis jury finds ex-police officer guilty in death of Daunte Wright,Fox News (Online News),"The jury has found former Minneapolis-area police Officer Kim Potter guilty of first and second degree manslaughter charges in the April 2021 death of Daunte Wright. 
Kim Potter, 49, could face a maximum sentence of 15 years for the first degree manslaught charge, while second degree charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years. 
Judge Regina Chu ordered Potter to be taken into custody and held without bail. She also praised the jurors as ""heroes of the judicial system."" The judge rejected a request from the defense team that Potter be allowed...",right
5875,Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright Found Guilty of Manslaughter,"['Criminal Justice', 'Daunte Wright', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Courts', 'Police Shootings', 'Gun Violence', 'Justice']",Kim Potter Found Guilty Of Manslaughter In Daunte Wright Shooting,Forbes,"Kim Potter was found guilty on Thursday of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, whom the former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer shot during a traffic stop in April when she claimed she thought she was using her taser.
After deliberating for three days, jurors found Potter guilty of first-degree manslaughter and second-degree manslaughter. 
Over the course of the week and a half trial, prosecutors did not dispute that the shooting was an accident, but argued Potter’s training and experience should have prevented the mix-up and subsequent shooting, contending...",center
5876,Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright Found Guilty of Manslaughter,"['Criminal Justice', 'Daunte Wright', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Courts', 'Police Shootings', 'Gun Violence', 'Justice']",Kimberly Potter is convicted on two charges of manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright.,New York Times (News),"The former police officer who fatally shot a man in a Minneapolis suburb after seeming to mistake her gun for her Taser was convicted of two counts of manslaughter on Tuesday, a rare guilty verdict for a police officer that is likely to send her to prison for years.
The jury of 12 took more than 27 hours over four days to reach the unanimous guilty verdicts for Kimberly Potter, a 49-year-old white woman who testified that she had never fired her gun on the police force in Brooklyn Center,...",left
5877,Trump Suggests North Carolina Voters Should Vote Twice to Ensure Votes are Counted,"['Mail-In Voting', 'Donald Trump', 'Absentee Voting', 'White House', 'North Carolina', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",Trump’s awful advice on voting twice,Washington Post,"President Trump caused a stir Wednesday by advising his supporters in North Carolina to attempt to vote twice. This would be, if completed and done intentionally, illegal. What’s more, North Carolina state law also makes it a Class I felony “to induce” someone to do this.
The pushback from Trump’s allies is familiar: He was joking. And that’s plausible! It’s entirely possible Trump was speaking somewhat in jest to make a point about the supposed lack of security in mail-in voting, which he has routinely attacked in hyperbolic ways. The...",left
5878,Trump Suggests North Carolina Voters Should Vote Twice to Ensure Votes are Counted,"['Mail-In Voting', 'Donald Trump', 'Absentee Voting', 'White House', 'North Carolina', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']","Trump says North Carolina voters should vote twice; once by mail, once in person",Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday that voters in the state of North Carolina should vote twice in the November election, once by vote and once by mail, to make sure their vote was counted.
“So, let them send it in and let them go vote,” Trump said in an interview with WECT-TV in Wilmington, North Carolina, when asked about the security of mail-in votes. “And if the system is as good as they say it is then obviously they won’t be able to vote” in person.
Voting more...",center
5879,Trump Suggests North Carolina Voters Should Vote Twice to Ensure Votes are Counted,"['Mail-In Voting', 'Donald Trump', 'Absentee Voting', 'White House', 'North Carolina', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",Trump Seemed To Suggest North Carolina Residents Should Vote By Absentee Ballot And In Person — Here’s The White House’s Response,The Daily Caller,"President Donald Trump seemed to suggest that North Carolina residents should attempt to vote twice in order to ensure the integrity of the state’s absentee ballot system.
The White House now says the president was not specifically urging North Carolina voters to break election law.",right
5880,"NYC Mayor Criticized for Calling Large Jewish Funeral ""Unacceptable""","['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'New York', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Bill De Blasio', 'New York City', 'Religion And Faith']",De Blasio Breaks Up Rabbi’s Funeral and Lashes Out Over Virus Distancing,New York Times (News),"Mayor Bill de Blasio lashed out at Hasidic residents of the Williamsburg section in Brooklyn late Tuesday night after personally overseeing the dispersal of a crowd of hundreds of mourners who had gathered for the funeral of a rabbi who died of the coronavirus.
In a series of tweets, Mr. de Blasio denounced the gathering, which the police broke up, and warned “the Jewish community, and all communities” that any violation of the social-distancing guidelines in place to stop the spread of the virus could lead to a summons or...",left
5881,"NYC Mayor Criticized for Calling Large Jewish Funeral ""Unacceptable""","['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'New York', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Bill De Blasio', 'New York City', 'Religion And Faith']",NYC mayor takes heat after lashing out at Jewish funeral,Associated Press,"NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio defended his tweets criticizing a large Jewish funeral on Wednesday at a briefing at which he also announced a program to provide 150,000 coronavirus antibody tests for health care workers and first responders.
____
ORTHODOX JEWISH FUNERAL TARGETED
De Blasio oversaw the dispersal of a large, tightly packed Hasidic Jewish funeral Tuesday night and lashed out at the mourners who had gathered in defiance of social distancing rules intended to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
“My message to...",left
5882,"NYC Mayor Criticized for Calling Large Jewish Funeral ""Unacceptable""","['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'New York', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Bill De Blasio', 'New York City', 'Religion And Faith']",Bill De Blasio Should Resign Over His Anti-Semitic Tweet,The Federalist,"Late Tuesday night New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, or maybe we should call him King Herod, issued a stern warning to Jews in his city. Amid apparent concerns that some of the Chosen People in Gotham weren’t abiding by his strict social distancing orders, he took to Twitter to single them out and threaten them with arrest for their disobedience. It was an act of anti-Semitism vile enough that the mayor should resign.",right
5883,Mitch McConnell Blocks House Spending Package to End Shutdown,"['US Senate', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US House', 'Donald Trump', 'Immigration', 'Government Shutdown', 'Border Wall', 'Politics']",Why Won’t Mitch McConnell Just End Trump’s Shutdown? He’s up for Re-Election in 2020,The Intercept,SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN Sen. Lindsey Graham’s call for a short-term deal to reopen the government while continuing negotiations on border security means that there is now a,left
5884,Mitch McConnell Blocks House Spending Package to End Shutdown,"['US Senate', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US House', 'Donald Trump', 'Immigration', 'Government Shutdown', 'Border Wall', 'Politics']",Mitch McConnell Rules,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"In the daily headlines, the government shutdown—now the longest in American history—is reported as a clash between two uncompromising forces: President Trump and Speaker Nancy Pelosi.",right
5885,Mitch McConnell Blocks House Spending Package to End Shutdown,"['US Senate', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US House', 'Donald Trump', 'Immigration', 'Government Shutdown', 'Border Wall', 'Politics']","Vote on the wall, and end the shutdown",Washington Examiner,"This is the longest shutdown in the history of the federal government. Both sides have dug in, because both sides see political gain from continuing it. And they both fear reprisals from their",right
5886,Supreme Court Blocks Questioning of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court Halts Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross' Scheduled Deposition About the Census. Here's Why.,Townhall,"The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross cannot be questioned in lawsuits about a citizenship question that will appear on the 2020 census, which halted a scheduled deposition.",right
5887,Supreme Court Blocks Questioning of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross,['Supreme Court'],US top court blocks questioning of Ross in census suit,Reuters,The US Supreme Court on Monday blocked a judge’s order forcing Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to give a deposition in a lawsuit by 18 states challenging a planned question in the 2020 census that would ask respondents whether they are U.S. citizens.,center
5888,Supreme Court Blocks Questioning of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court blocks deposition of Commerce chief Ross over census question,CNN (Online News),The Supreme Court blocked a deposition of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Monday in a case challenging the decision to reinstate a citizenship question on the 2020 census.,left
5889,Recount Ordered for Florida Senate and Governor Race,['Elections'],"Florida's secretary of state orders recounts in Senate, gubernatorial races; Trump 'watching closely'",Fox News (Online News),"Florida’s secretary of state announced Saturday that there will be recounts in the Senate and gubernatorial races after the races became tight enough to trigger them -- amid controversy over the handling of the counts, with President Trump warning that he will be ""watching closely.""",right
5890,Recount Ordered for Florida Senate and Governor Race,['Elections'],Gillum retracts concession as Florida gov and Senate races head to recounts,NBC News (Online),"A statewide machine recount has been ordered by the Florida secretary of state, Ken Detzner, for three hotly contested races, officials announced Saturday.",left
5891,Recount Ordered for Florida Senate and Governor Race,['Elections'],Florida Elections For Governor And U.S. Senate Heading For Recount,NPR (Online News),"Two top elections in Florida are heading for recounts, with voters almost evenly divided on candidates in the state's races for governor and the U.S. Senate. Unofficial vote tallies from all of Florida's 67 counties were turned in at noon on Saturday, and the narrow vote margins triggered machine recounts, which must be completed by Thursday.",left
5892,Billionaires for Hillary,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']","George Soros, Other Democratic Megadonors Plowing Millions Into Clinton, Senate Election Bids",The Blaze,"Democratic megadonors, including George Soros and Tom Steyer, are putting millions of dollars into efforts to put Hillary Clinton in the White House and win control of the Senate. Their investment comes as Republicans worry about not only their nominee Donald Trump’s chances, but also his effect on down-ballot races.
Yet few of the GOP’s biggest donors have put major money into Trump efforts, a striking change from four years ago when Mitt Romney had more million-dollar donors on his side than did President Barack Obama.
The presidential candidates and...",right
5893,Billionaires for Hillary,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Clinton’s allied super PAC laps pro-Trump groups in the money race,Washington Post,"Democratic billionaires are helping Hillary Clinton’s outside allies sustain a massive cash advantage over an array of super PACs backing Donald Trump, which are still struggling to match the financial arsenal on the left.
Priorities USA Action, the main super PAC aligned with Clinton, brought in $9.3 million in July, giving it a total of $110 million for the 2016 cycle, according to new campaign finance reports filed Saturday. The group headed into August with nearly $39 million in the bank.
The robust fundraising is due to huge donations from...",left
5894,Billionaires for Hillary,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Megadonors dominate as Priorities USA PAC raises $9.9 million in July,Politico,"Two megadonors accounted for almost two-thirds of the contributions to the main super PAC supporting Hillary Clinton in July, as the group's income slowed slightly from the month before.
Investors Daniel Abraham and Donald Sussman each gave $3 million to Priorities USA Action. The super PAC's total haul was $9.9 million, down from $11.9 million in June. The group finished July with $38.7 million cash on hand.
The super PAC has been spending aggressively on a torrent of ads attacking Republican nominee Donald Trump, including about a half-million...",left
5895,Political Impact of Hurricane Sandy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Sandy-Fueled Superstorm Is October Surprise in Presidential Race,Newsmax (News),The October surprise goes by the name Sandy.,right
5896,Political Impact of Hurricane Sandy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hurricane Sandy: 5 political questions,Politico,"The presidential campaigns are publicly hitting pause on East Coast electioneering as Hurricane Sandy spirals toward Atlantic beaches, but privately political professionals are starting to assess important questions about how it might affect next weeks elections up and down the ballot.",left
5897,Political Impact of Hurricane Sandy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Sandy introduces big unknown into campaign,CNN (Online News),The beauty of being a president and a candidate is that when a monster storm stalks up the East Coast you can run over to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and be seen as a president on the job.,left
5898,Analysis of Phoenix Rally,['Politics'],"Trump goes on rampage against the media, sitting Arizona senators at Phoenix rally",Fox News (Online News),"A defiant President Trump rallied with his base for more than an hour Tuesday in Arizona, trashing the media over its coverage of his response to the recent violence in Charlottesville, Va., while criticizing the state’s Republican senators for not getting behind him.",right
5899,Analysis of Phoenix Rally,['Politics'],Trump paints himself as the real victim of Charlottesville in angry speech,The Guardian,"Donald Trump has sought to portray himself as the true victim of the deadly events in Charlottesville, launching an all-out assault on the media and branding journalists who “do not like our country” as the true source of division in America.",left
5900,Analysis of Phoenix Rally,['Politics'],Trump Tries to Recharge His Base in Arizona Rally,Wall Street Journal (News),"President addresses supporters in his first rally after uproar over the white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Va.",center
5901,More U.S. Troops Heading to Middle East,"['United States', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Iran', 'Military', 'Foreign Policy', 'Middle East']",Trump approves troop deployment in response to attacks on Saudi oil sites,The Hill,"President Trump on Friday approved the deployment of U.S. troops and missile defense equipment to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) in response to an attack on Saudi oil facilities that the Trump administration has blamed on Iran.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper made the announcement at the Pentagon, saying “all indications are that Iran was responsible for the attack” on the two Saudi oil refineries, which were hit by drones and cruise missiles last weekend.
Saudi Arabia as well as its neighbor the UAE have since requested international support...",center
5902,More U.S. Troops Heading to Middle East,"['United States', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Iran', 'Military', 'Foreign Policy', 'Middle East']","U.S. to deploy military forces to Saudi Arabia, UAE after drone attacks on oil sites",NBC News (Online),"The United States is deploying military forces to the Middle East after Saturday's drone attacks on major oil sites in Saudi Arabia that the administration of President Donald Trump has blamed on Iran.
""The president has approved the deployment of U.S. forces which will be defensive in nature and primarily focused on air and missile defense,"" U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said at a news conference Friday.
Answering reporters' questions about the deployment, Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, described the troop deployment...",left
5903,More U.S. Troops Heading to Middle East,"['United States', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Iran', 'Military', 'Foreign Policy', 'Middle East']",Pentagon sending 'defensive' troops and missiles to Saudi Arabia after Iranian oil attack,Washington Examiner,"The Pentagon is sending additional troops and missiles to Saudi Arabia in response to Iran's attack on Saudi oil facilities last weekend.
""The president has approved the deployment of U.S. forces, which are primarily defensive in nature and primarily focused on air and missile defense,"" Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in a surprise briefing Friday night. ""We will also work to accelerate the delivery of military equipment to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the UAE to enhance their ability to defend themselves.""
""We are contributing to Saudi Arabia's defense....",right
5904,Monthly Child Tax Credits Begin To Go Out To Parents,"['Economic Policy', 'Child Tax Credits', 'Economy And Jobs']",New Monthly Child Tax Credits Are Starting To Go Out. Here's What It Means For You,NPR (Online News),"Roughly 39 million American families will begin receiving the first of six monthly installments of the enhanced child tax credit payments on Thursday, providing at least temporary relief for households living below the poverty line.
The program is part of the Biden administration's $1.9 trillion economic aid package called the American Rescue Plan that was passed in March. It increases the existing tax benefit from $2,000 up to $3,600 for younger kids and $3,000 for older ones, for the 2021 tax year.
It also broadens the umbrella of who's eligible for the full refund....",left
5905,Monthly Child Tax Credits Begin To Go Out To Parents,"['Economic Policy', 'Child Tax Credits', 'Economy And Jobs']",IRS sends Child Tax Credit payments to families of 60 million children,Yahoo News,"The Internal Revenue Service sent the first set of monthly Child Tax Credit payments to families of nearly 60 million children this week, averaging out to $483 per family. 
Approximately $15 billion worth of payments were distributed, the government said.
“For the first time in our nation's history, American working families are receiving monthly tax relief payments to help pay for essentials like doctor’s visits, school supplies, and groceries,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement on Thursday. “This major middle-class tax relief and step in reducing child poverty is a...",left
5906,Monthly Child Tax Credits Begin To Go Out To Parents,"['Economic Policy', 'Child Tax Credits', 'Economy And Jobs']",Child tax credit payments go out July 15: Here’s what you need to know,New York Post (News),"American parents are in for a payday.
The federal government will begin forking over monthly payments to millions of US families July 15 under President Biden’s controversial expanded child tax credit plan.
The cash — approved as part of the Democrat’s 1.9 trillion stimulus package in March — aims to prevent child poverty.
But critics say the checks, which are part of Biden’s coronavirus relief plan, are an expansion of the welfare state and a disincentive to work.
Here’s what you need to know about the child tax credit, including whether you’re eligible.
Who...",right
5907,More on London Attack,"['Great Britain', 'World']",London terror attack: ISIS claims responsibility for deadly rampage outside Parliament building,Fox News (Online News),"The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the terror attack that left four people dead, including the assailant and a police officer, outside of London’s Parliament building on Wednesday, according to the Amaq media agency.",right
5908,More on London Attack,"['Great Britain', 'World']",Islamic State says one of its 'soldiers' carried out London attack,Los Angeles Times,"The Islamic State group says the attack outside the British Parliament in London was carried out by one of its ""soldiers.""",left
5909,More on London Attack,"['Great Britain', 'World']",Utah man among British terror victims; ISIS claims responsibility,USA TODAY,"A Utah man was among the victims of the assailant who killed three people and injured dozens more in an attack near Parliament, his family said Thursday.",left
5910,Nation Prepares for Possible Unrest Ahead of Biden Inauguration,"['Violence In America', 'Joe Biden', 'Inauguration', 'Biden Inauguration', 'Elections', '2020 Election']","25,000 National Guard troops deployed to Capitol as Biden inauguration looms",Fox News (Online News),"As President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration nears, officials have boosted the number of National Guard members deployed in Washington, D.C., to 25,000 -- an increase of 25 percent.
Guard members have fanned out across the U.S. Capitol lawn, inside the building and in surrounding areas of D.C. for days. It's an unprecedented security force, deemed necessary in the wake of a deadly riot at the Capitol and continuing threats of domestic terrorism.
At least 7,000 National Guard troops from dozens of states are already on the ground in the nation's...",right
5911,Nation Prepares for Possible Unrest Ahead of Biden Inauguration,"['Violence In America', 'Joe Biden', 'Inauguration', 'Biden Inauguration', 'Elections', '2020 Election']",Guard troops pour into Washington as states answer the call,Associated Press Fact Check,"By the busload and planeload, National Guard troops were pouring into the nation’s capital on Saturday, as governors answered the urgent pleas of U.S. defense officials for more troops to help safeguard Washington even as they keep anxious eyes on possible violent protests in their own states.
Military leaders spent chunks of Thursday evening and Friday calling states in an unprecedented appeal for more National Guard troops to help lock down much of the city in the days before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. In dribs and drabs, governors responded, some...",left
5912,Nation Prepares for Possible Unrest Ahead of Biden Inauguration,"['Violence In America', 'Joe Biden', 'Inauguration', 'Biden Inauguration', 'Elections', '2020 Election']",'It was a non-event': U.S. capitals see few protesters after bracing for violence,Reuters,"Law enforcement officers far outnumbered protesters at state capitol grounds on Sunday, as few Trump supporters who believe the president’s false claim that he won the 2020 election turned out for what authorities feared could be violent demonstrations. More than a dozen states activated National Guard troops to help secure their capitol buildings following an FBI warning of armed demonstrations, with right-wing extremists emboldened by the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6.
Security officials had eyed Sunday as the first major flashpoint, as that is...",center
5913,Germany Puts New Restrictions on the Unvaccinated,"['Coronavirus', 'Germany', 'Coronavirus Restrictions', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Europe', 'World', 'Vaccine Mandates']",Germany to lock down unvaccinated people with sweeping restrictions,The Blaze,"Germany will impose sweeping new restrictions against unvaccinated people in response to rising coronavirus cases, authorities said Thursday.
Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel and her successor, Olaf Scholz, announced that unvaccinated people will be prohibited from entering public places like theaters, cinemas, and restaurants unless they've recently recovered from COVID-19. Private gatherings that include unvaccinated people who have not recently recovered from the disease will be restricted to one household and a maximum of two individuals from a different household.
“Culture and leisure nationwide will be open only to those who...",right
5914,Germany Puts New Restrictions on the Unvaccinated,"['Coronavirus', 'Germany', 'Coronavirus Restrictions', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Europe', 'World', 'Vaccine Mandates']",Covid: Germany puts major restrictions on unvaccinated,BBC News,"Germany's national and regional leaders have agreed to bar unvaccinated people from much of public life in a bid to fend off a fourth wave of Covid-19.
Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel described the far-reaching measures as an act of ""national solidarity"".
Only those who have been vaccinated or recently recovered from Covid will be allowed in restaurants, cinemas, leisure facilities and many shops.
Vaccinations could be made mandatory by February, the chancellor added.
Germany's fourth wave of Covid is its most severe so far, with another 388 deaths recorded in...",center
5915,Germany Puts New Restrictions on the Unvaccinated,"['Coronavirus', 'Germany', 'Coronavirus Restrictions', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Europe', 'World', 'Vaccine Mandates']","Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan to make shots compulsory",CNN (Online News),"Germany on Thursday announced a nationwide lockdown for the unvaccinated, as its leaders backed plans for mandatory vaccinations in the coming months.
Unvaccinated people will be banned from accessing all but the most essential businesses, such as supermarkets and pharmacies, to curb the spread of coronavirus, outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel and her successor, Olaf Scholz, announced Thursday, following crisis talks with regional leaders. Those who have recently recovered from Covid-19 are not covered by the ban.
The pair also backed proposals for mandatory vaccinations, which if voted through the parliament could take...",left
5916,Pfizer Says Early Data Signals COVID-19 Vaccine Is Effective,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'FDA', 'Healthcare']",Pfizer Says Early Data Signals COVID-19 Vaccine Is Effective,Newsmax (News),"Pfizer announced Monday that a COVID-19 vaccine developed with its partner, BioNTech, has proved to be more than 90% effective and that it plans to ask regulators for permission to sell the shot before the end of this month if pending data shows it is safe.
""Hopefully now we can move on and get this vaccine out there and make sure it’s doing what it’s supposed to do and stop” the virus, said Kathrin Jansen, Pfizer’s head of vaccine research and development, reports The Wall Street Journal.
According to...",right
5917,Pfizer Says Early Data Signals COVID-19 Vaccine Is Effective,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'FDA', 'Healthcare']",Pfizer Says Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Is More Than 90% Effective,NPR (Online News),"Pfizer's experimental COVID-19 vaccine appears to be working. The vaccine was found to be more than 90% effective, according to clinical results released by the company Monday.
That news comes from an interim analysis of a study involving 43,538 volunteers, 42% of whom had ""diverse backgrounds.""
Each participant got two injections spaced 21 days apart. The analysis compared the number of cases of COVID-19 among the volunteers getting the vaccine, with an approximately equal sized group of volunteers who got an injection of a liquid that didn't contain the vaccine....",left
5918,Pfizer Says Early Data Signals COVID-19 Vaccine Is Effective,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'FDA', 'Healthcare']",Pfizer says early analysis shows its Covid-19 vaccine is 90% effective,CNN (Online News),"Drugmaker Pfizer said Monday an early look at data from its coronavirus vaccine shows it is more than 90% effective -- a much better than expected efficacy if the trend continues.
The so-called interim analysis looked at the first 94 confirmed cases of Covid-19 among the more than 43,000 volunteers who got either two doses of the vaccine or a placebo. It found that fewer than 10% of infections were in participants who had been given the vaccine. More than 90% of the cases were in people who had been...",left
5919,Dozens Arrested After Belgium Terror Plot,['Terrorism'],Terrorism Suspects Detained in Police Sweeps Across Europe,New York Times (News),"European investigators moved on a broad front Friday to sweep up suspected militants, with the police announcing that 13 Belgians had been detained in this country and two in France, a day after two other Belgians believed to be planning an attack on police officers were killed in a shootout.",left
5920,Dozens Arrested After Belgium Terror Plot,['Terrorism'],Police arrest suspects across Europe in rush to minimize terror threat,Christian Science Monitor,"A day after police killed two terror suspects in eastern Belgium, a bomb scare forced the evacuation of the busy Gare de l'Est train station in Paris, and Secretary of State Kerry joined French President Hollande in a visit to the sites of last week's attacks.",center
5921,Dozens Arrested After Belgium Terror Plot,['Terrorism'],"Police in Belgium, France, and Germany make arrests in latest anti-terror raids",Fox News (Online News),"Dozens of terror suspects were arrested in Belgium, France, and Germany early Friday, a day after Belgian authorities said that they halted a plot to attack police officers by mere hours.",right
5922,Obama Cabinet Diversity,"['White House', 'Politics']",Mike Huckabee Slams Obama Cabinet's Lack Of Diversity,HuffPost,"Mike Huckabee criticized President Obama on Wednesday for the lack of diversity in his cabinet, accusing the president of waging his own ""war on women"" by not appointing more women to top administration posts.
""Now a lot of those females who supported Barack Obama are scratching their heads, and they’re saying, ‘Whoa! How come there is so much testosterone in the Obama Cabinet and so little estrogen?'"" the former Arkansas governor and one-time Republican presidential candidate said during his radio show. ""Because if you look around, all of these high-powered...",left
5923,Obama Cabinet Diversity,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama's Cabinet shaping up to be a boys club,CNN (Online News),"As Democrats in Congress celebrate a historic number of women elected to their ranks, the White House's top ranks reflect a very different picture -- one that is largely male.
CNN has learned President Barack Obama is expected to nominate White House chief of staff Jack Lew as treasury secretary.
The likely contenders to replace Lew -- including Ron Klain, who once served as Vice President Joe Biden's chief of staff, and Denis McDonough, a deputy n",left
5924,Obama Cabinet Diversity,"['White House', 'Politics']",Rangel hits Obama over 'embarrassing' lack of diversity in new Cabinet,Washington Times,"President Obama took more fire from the left Thursday over what critics say is a lack of diversity in his second-term Cabinet appointments.
""It's embarrassing as hell,"" said Rep. Charles B. Rangel, New York Democrat, on MSNBC's ""Jansing & Co.""
As the president gears up for his second term, Mr. Obama's first four appointments have been white men: Sen. John F. Kerry of Massachusetts to replace Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, former Sen. Chuck Hagel to serve as defense secretary; counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to head the...",right
5925,Justice Department Sues California Over Net Neutrality Law,['Technology'],Jeff Sessions Declares War on California’s “Extreme” Net Neutrality Law,Vanity Fair,"Within hours of Jerry Brown signing into law a bill that would take California back to Obama-era net-neutrality rules, the Justice Department had slapped the state with a lawsuit.",left
5926,Justice Department Sues California Over Net Neutrality Law,['Technology'],Trump administration sues California over newly-signed net neutrality law,USA TODAY,"The Trump administration filed a lawsuit against the state of California on Sunday night in an effort to strike down its new net neutrality law, signed only hours earlier by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown.",left
5927,Justice Department Sues California Over Net Neutrality Law,['Technology'],DOJ Sues Calif. Over New Net Neutrality Bill,One America News Network (OAN),The battle over net neutrality rages on as the Department of Justice goes after the state of California for signing a bill on the issue.,right
5928,Biden Administration Plans To Rescind Trump's 'Conscience Rule' For Healthcare Workers,"['Abortion', 'Biden Administration', 'Courts', 'Department Of Health And Human Services', 'Donald Trump', 'GOP', 'Healthcare', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Health', 'Religion', 'Religious Exemptions', 'Role Of Government', 'U.S. Constitution', 'Transgender Issues']",Biden admin to rescind Trump ‘conscience’ rule for health workers,Politico,"The Biden administration is preparing to scrap a Trump-era rule that allows medical workers to refuse to provide services that conflict with their religious or moral beliefs, three people familiar with the deliberations told POLITICO.
A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed that the policy change is underway, saying: “HHS has made clear through the unified regulatory agenda that we are in the rulemaking process.”
The move, which HHS could propose as soon as the end of this month, comes as many GOP-led states are moving to limit access...",left
5929,Biden Administration Plans To Rescind Trump's 'Conscience Rule' For Healthcare Workers,"['Abortion', 'Biden Administration', 'Courts', 'Department Of Health And Human Services', 'Donald Trump', 'GOP', 'Healthcare', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Health', 'Religion', 'Religious Exemptions', 'Role Of Government', 'U.S. Constitution', 'Transgender Issues']",Biden Administration Wants To Force Nurses To Murder Babies Even If It Terrorizes Their Souls,The Federalist,"President Joe Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services plans to snub religious freedom this month by eliminating conscience-based objections for healthcare workers, Politico reported on Tuesday.
Former President Donald Trump first announced his intent to introduce conscience-based protections for “physicians, pharmacists, nurses, teachers, students, and faith-based charities” in 2018.
By 2019, the HHS Office for Civil Rights crafted a rule that safeguarded nurses, doctors, and others with moral or religious objections to abortion, assisted suicide, sterilization, genital mutilation, and more and emboldened the government to punish institutions that violated it. The...",right
5930,Biden Administration Plans To Rescind Trump's 'Conscience Rule' For Healthcare Workers,"['Abortion', 'Biden Administration', 'Courts', 'Department Of Health And Human Services', 'Donald Trump', 'GOP', 'Healthcare', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Health', 'Religion', 'Religious Exemptions', 'Role Of Government', 'U.S. Constitution', 'Transgender Issues']","U.S. to scrap 'conscience' rule for healthcare workers, Politico reports",Reuters,"President Joe Biden’s administration plans to rescind a rule devised under his predecessor Donald Trump that was intended to make it easier for healthcare providers including doctors and nurses to avoid performing abortions or other medical services on religious or moral grounds, Politico reported on Tuesday.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in 2018 unveiled what it called the “conscience rule,” but it never took effect due to litigation. States including California and New York and abortion providers filed suit to challenge it, leading a federal court...",center
5931,White House Says Shutdown is Still on the Table,"['White House', 'Mick Mulvaney', 'Politics']",White House won’t rule out another government shutdown,Washington Times,The White House said Sunday it cannot rule out another government shutdown as it gets mixed signals from Democrats and Republicans racing a Friday deadline to fund President Trump’s border-wall demands and keep federal operations humming.,right
5932,White House Says Shutdown is Still on the Table,"['White House', 'Mick Mulvaney', 'Politics']",Border-Security Funding Negotiations Stall as Shutdown Looms,Wall Street Journal (News),"Negotiations over a bipartisan deal for border-security funding have broken down, aides familiar with the talks and other officials said Sunday, increasing the likelihood of another government shutdown at the end of the week.",center
5933,White House Says Shutdown is Still on the Table,"['White House', 'Mick Mulvaney', 'Politics']",Democrats and Republicans Say Second Shutdown ‘Train Wreck’ on Horizon,Daily Beast,"Another government shutdown could be less than a week away, with both Democrats and Republicans doubting Sunday that recent talks to avoid it will succeed.",left
5934,Civilian Evacuations Begin in Mariupol,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Mariupol', 'Evacuations']","Civilian evacuation from besieged Ukrainian port of Mariupol underway, officials say",Washington Times,"Civilians trapped in the grim battle for control of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol have been allowed to start leaving the city by besieging Russian forces, the United Nations and the Ukrainian government said Sunday.
Invading Russian troops have been trying to oust a stubborn detachment of Ukrainian troops at a vast steel mill complex on the edge of the city, with about a thousand Ukrainian civilians also trapped at the site.
Previous efforts to establish a “humanitarian corridor” to bus out the civilians have repeatedly broken down.
The first group of 100...",right
5935,Civilian Evacuations Begin in Mariupol,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Mariupol', 'Evacuations']",Ukraine hopes to evacuate more civilians from besieged Mariupol steelworks,The Guardian,"Ukrainian authorities are planning to evacuate more civilians from Mariupol on Monday, after dozens were finally brought to safety following weeks trapped under heavy fire in the strategic port city’s Azovstal steel complex.
The civilians had been sheltering in bunkers beneath the steelworks that is the last redoubt for Ukrainian forces in Mariupol.
On Sunday, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said about 100 civilians evacuated from the steel works and would arrive in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia on Monday morning.
“For the first time, we had two days of a...",left
5936,Civilian Evacuations Begin in Mariupol,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Mariupol', 'Evacuations']",Mariupol steel plant evacuees recount dire scenes in bunkers,Axios,"Russian forces shelled the Azovstal steel plant soon after some civilians were evacuated from the besieged facility, Ukrainian military officials said ahead of fresh evacuations planned for Ukraine's final stronghold in Mariupol on Monday.
Details: Ukraine National Guard brigade commander Denys Shlega said in a TV address Sunday night that ""as soon as the last civilian"" from the group of evacuees left the plant it ""came under fire again"" as several hundred remaining civilians were sheltering, including up to 20 children, per Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said about 100 civilians were...",center
5937,Trump Urges Profiling,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump suggests 'profiling' of Muslims as response to terrorism,USA TODAY,"Donald Trump, who has proposed a moratorium on Muslim immigration into the United States and possible surveillance of mosques, is now talking about ""profiling"" Muslims as a response to terrorism.",left
5938,Trump Urges Profiling,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",GOP's Trump says US should consider profiling Muslims,Townhall,"Donald Trump suggested Sunday that the United States should ""seriously"" consider profiling Muslims inside the country as a terrorism-fighting tool, the latest example of the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting increasingly backing positions that could single out a group based on their religion.
""We really have to look at profiling,"" Tr",right
5939,Trump Urges Profiling,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Many What-Ifs in Donald Trump’s Plan for Migrants,New York Times (News),"In an address after the Orlando massacre punctuated with dire warnings of impending violence, Donald J. Trump said he would “suspend immigration from areas of the world when there is a proven history of terrorism” against the United States or its allies. Mr. Trump promised fixes to the immigration system that would be “tough” and “smart” and “fast.”",left
5940,Poll Controversy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Outweighed Republicans skeptical of polls’ left tilt,Washington Times,"As President Obama and congressional Democrats have surged in polls, Republicans are increasingly arguing that the surveys are skewed — and some are going so far as to accuse pollsters of purposely trying to demoralize GOP voters.",right
5941,Poll Controversy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Presidential Polls Of Swing States Differ On Size Of Obama's Lead,HuffPost,"A batch of new polls from two key battleground states produced some of the largest leads yet for President Barack Obama, drawing criticism from the campaign of Republican nominee Mitt Romney.",left
5942,Poll Controversy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Onslaught of polls leaves both sides arguing over results, methodologies",Fox News (Online News),"With the presidential election just weeks away, each day brings an onslaught of new polls. Experts admit the results aren't always uniform because no two samples are ever alike, and there are multiple methodologies used to interpret the results.",right
5943,DACA Recipients Open to Apply for Renewal,['Immigration'],DACA Renewal Applications Resume After Judge's Ruling,Townhall,"Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would resume the application renewal process for illegal aliens seeking protection from deportation after being brought into the United States as children. These “Dreamers”, as they are known in some circles, had previously been shielded from deportation under President Barack Obama’s executive order known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA).",right
5944,DACA Recipients Open to Apply for Renewal,['Immigration'],"DACA Recipients Can Apply For Renewal, Government Says",NPR (Online News),The Department of Homeland Security says it will once again accept renewal requests from recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in response to a court order.,left
5945,DACA Recipients Open to Apply for Renewal,['Immigration'],"DACA Participants Can Again Apply for Renewal, Immigration Agency Says",New York Times (News),The federal government said on Saturday that it would resume accepting renewal requests for a program that shields from deportation young immigrants who were brought illegally to the United States as children.,left
5946,New Deportation Push,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump adviser says new travel ban will have 'same basic policy outcome',Fox News (Online News),"Senior White House Policy Adviser Stephen Miller told Fox News' ""First 100 Days"" Tuesday that a revised version of President Donald Trump's travel ban would ""have the same basic policy outcome.""",right
5947,New Deportation Push,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",New Trump Deportation Rules Allow Far More Expulsions,New York Times (News),"President Trump has directed his administration to enforce the nation’s immigration laws more aggressively, unleashing the full force of the federal government to find, arrest and deport those in the country illegally, regardless of whether they have committed serious crimes.",left
5948,New Deportation Push,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump steps up deportation push,The Hill,"The Trump administration on Tuesday released a pair of memos outlining aggressive enforcement of immigration laws, potentially resulting in millions of deportations if the White House puts muscle and money behind the policies.",center
5949,House Approves Keystone,['Environment'],House Passes Bill to Approve Keystone XL Pipeline,Wall Street Journal (News),"The second sign-up season under President Barack Obama's health overhaul opened Saturday, with hopes that this time consumers will have a positive experience.
But the fear is that entrenched political opposition and renewed legal challenges may yet collapse the program that's bringing health care to millions of previously uninsured Americans. The administration can't afford another technology meltdown.
With 7 million paying customers in new insurance markets, the Affordable Care Act has shown it is helping to reduce the number of uninsured. Insurers, not known for altruism, have stuck with the...",center
5950,House Approves Keystone,['Environment'],House passes Keystone XL construction bill,Washington Post,"The House easily passed a measure Friday authorizing construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, sending it on to the Senate where the issue is expected to come up for a vote on Tuesday.
Lawmakers voted 252 to 161 to approve the project. Thirty-one Democrats, including a handful who lost reelection last week, joined with all but one Republican who voted for the bill. Rep. Justin Amash (Mich.), A renegade Republican who frequently bucks his party and top leaders, voted present.
For six years, the pipeline has been under review by...",left
5951,House Approves Keystone,['Environment'],"Obama Hints at Keystone Pipeline Veto, Says It Won’t Help Jobs or Gas Prices",The Blaze,"Speaking amid renewed intense debate over the Keystone XL pipeline, President Barack Obama said Friday that project would not be a major job creator nor bring down gas prices.",right
5952,Calls Mount for Joe Biden to Choose a Woman of Color for VP,"['Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Race And Racism', 'Democratic Party']",‘Why not a Black woman?’ Consensus grows around Biden’s VP,Washington Post,"WASHINGTON — Joe Biden is facing growing calls to select a Black woman as his running mate as an acknowledgement of their critical role in the Democratic Party and a response to the nationwide protests against racism and inequality.
The shifting dynamics were clear late Thursday when Amy Klobuchar took herself out of contention for the vice presidency. The Minnesota senator, who is white, told MSNBC that “this is a moment to put a woman of color on that ticket.”",left
5953,Calls Mount for Joe Biden to Choose a Woman of Color for VP,"['Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Race And Racism', 'Democratic Party']",Klobuchar pulls back from consideration as Biden's running mate,Reuters,"(Reuters) - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar effectively pulled herself out of contention to be Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s running mate on Thursday, saying she felt that the historic moment required picking a woman of color.
“This is a moment to put a woman of color on that ticket, and there are so many incredible qualified women,” she said in an interview on MSNBC. “If you want to heal this nation right now – my party, yes, but our nation – this is sure a hell of a way to...",center
5954,Calls Mount for Joe Biden to Choose a Woman of Color for VP,"['Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Race And Racism', 'Democratic Party']",The Possibility of a Biden-Klobuchar Ticket Is Canceled,National Review,"Every now and then, I start writing a Corner post and never get around to finishing it. Back at the end of May, I started writing a response to John McCormack’s assessment that Amy Klobuchar’s prospects of becoming Joe Biden’s running mate were quickly shrinking. I thought John’s assessment was sound, but that the political environment was frequently changing, and that if Biden thought Klobuchar was the best choice to take over as president and serve as vice president, he might still pick her anyway.",right
5955,NAFTA Safe for Now,['Trade'],Trump Says He Will ‘Renegotiate’ NAFTA,HuffPost,"Trump previously accused Mexico of destroying U.S. jobs, and set 20 percent tariffs on Canadian lumber.",left
5956,NAFTA Safe for Now,['Trade'],NAFTA Safe for Now: Trump Calls Trudeau and Peña Nieto to Renegotiate,Breitbart News,"President Donald Trump spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Peña Nieto in separate telephone conversations Wednesday, downplaying reports he was close to issuing an executive order withdrawing the United States from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).",right
5957,NAFTA Safe for Now,['Trade'],Trump agrees 'not to terminate NAFTA at this time',CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump told the leaders of Canada and Mexico Wednesday he was not immediately planning to end the North American Free Trade Agreement, a pact which he railed against as a candidate and as recently as last week declared was harmful to US workers.",left
5958,US Absent at Paris Unity Rally,['Terrorism'],John Kerry Dismisses Criticism Over U.S. Presence at Paris Rally,NBC News (Online),Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday he would travel to Paris this week to express solidarity with the victims of the Islamist militant attack on a satirical weekly newspaper.,left
5959,US Absent at Paris Unity Rally,['Terrorism'],OPINION: Jake Tapper: I'm ashamed by U.S. leaders' absence in Paris,CNN (Online News),"""Thank you,"" said the man. I was standing outside of the offices of Charlie Hebdo covering the aftermath of the terrorist attacks for CNN. He was thanking me just for being here, just for covering the event and its aftermath, what Le Monde referred to as France's September 11. And his appreciation was echoed by French citizen after French citizen.",left
5960,US Absent at Paris Unity Rally,['Terrorism'],"OPINION: Obama AWOL in Paris: Message to America, allies is we don't care",Fox News (Online News),"Sunday, President Obama morally abdicated his place as the leader of the free world.",right
5961,What We Know about Bombing Suspect,['Terrorism'],What We Know So Far About the NYC-NJ Bombing Suspect,CBN,"Ahmad Khan Rahami, the man suspected in the weekend bombings of New York City and New Jersey authorities, is being held on a $5 million bail.",right
5962,What We Know about Bombing Suspect,['Terrorism'],"Bomb Suspect Changed After Trip Abroad, Friends Say",New York Times (News),"He presided behind the counter of a storefront New Jersey fried chicken restaurant, making his home with his family in an apartment above it. To some of his friends, Ahmad Khan Rahami was known as Mad, an abridgment of his name rather than a suggestion of his manner, and they liked that he gave them free food when they were short on money.",left
5963,What We Know about Bombing Suspect,['Terrorism'],What we know about the bombing suspect,CNN (Online News),What's his alleged connection to the bombings?,left
5964,Gun Proposal Details Emerge,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Obama to announce most expansive gun-control agenda in generations,Washington Post,President Obama on Wednesday will formally announce the most aggressive and expansive national gun-control agenda in generations as he presses Congress to mandate background checks for all firearms buyers and prohibit assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips.,left
5965,Gun Proposal Details Emerge,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],White House draws criticism ahead of gun control announcement,Fox News (Online News),President Obama will unveil a comprehensive effort to address gun violence as he calls on Congress to ban military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines as part of an aggressive agenda that is drawing resistance from some Republican lawmakers and gun rights advocates.,right
5966,Gun Proposal Details Emerge,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Details emerge on gun control proposal coming Wednesday,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama will unveil Wednesday a package of gun control proposals that, according to a source, will include universal background checks and bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.",left
5967,"NBC Fires Megyn Kelly After Blackface Comments: Mob Mentality, Missed Opportunity, or the Right Move?",['Culture'],The Electronic Committee of Public Safety,National Review,Modern-day Robespierres send counterrevolutionaries to the virtual chopping block. They should recall his fate.,right
5968,"NBC Fires Megyn Kelly After Blackface Comments: Mob Mentality, Missed Opportunity, or the Right Move?",['Culture'],'Megyn Kelly Today' could've taught us about blackface this Halloween,Annafi Wahed,"Megyn Kelly asked on her now-canceled show, ""But what is racist?"" She continued, ""You do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface for Halloween, or a black",left
5969,"NBC Fires Megyn Kelly After Blackface Comments: Mob Mentality, Missed Opportunity, or the Right Move?",['Culture'],Megyn Kelly's 'blackface' comments show her true face,CNN (Opinion),"Sometimes ""I'm sorry"" just doesn't cut it -- a hard lesson that NBC Today show host Megyn Kelly now understands. Reportedly, Kelly's morning show ""Megyn Kelly Today"" may be",left
5970,Syria Strikes Stalled,['Middle East'],War Powers debate arises again around possible action in Syria,CNN (Online News),"As President Barack Obama considers military action in Syria, debate over War Powers Act has surfaced.",left
5971,Syria Strikes Stalled,['Middle East'],"U.S. rejects Syrian request that U.N. inspectors stay longer, possibly delaying military strike",Washington Post,The regime's request could complicate the timeline for a widely expected U.S. military strike.,left
5972,Syria Strikes Stalled,['Middle East'],"Syria strike push hits hurdles as lawmakers, US allies voice concerns",Fox News (Online News),The Obama administration's aggressive push to punish the Assad regime for an alleged chemical weapons attack last week was running into hurdles on Thursday as Congress demanded a say in the decision and international support began to fray.,right
5973,Elon Musk Files Another Notice to Cancel Twitter Purchase,"['Media Industry', 'Twitter', 'Big Tech', 'Elon Musk', 'Social Media', 'Business']",Elon Musk says whistleblower’s testimony gives him more reasons to dump Twitter deal,The Verge,"Elon Musk says the disclosures of Twitter’s former security chief have given him new justifications to walk away from his $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform.
Musk’s lawyers filed a new “Termination Letter” with the SEC on August 29th, which cites the testimony of Twitter whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko as evidence that Twitter misled Musk in the parties’ merger agreement. Specifically, Musk claims that Twitter’s declaration in the merger agreement that it had not misled the SEC is false, citing Zatko’s allegations. In Zatko’s own complaints, which were published last week,...",left
5974,Elon Musk Files Another Notice to Cancel Twitter Purchase,"['Media Industry', 'Twitter', 'Big Tech', 'Elon Musk', 'Social Media', 'Business']",Elon Musk cites whistleblower claims in latest effort to scrap Twitter deal,CNBC,"Elon Musk’s legal team filed another notice on Tuesday to terminate his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, citing additional reasons.
Twitter shares were down more than 1% in premarket trade.
The latest filings come after Twitter’s former head of security, Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, earlier this month alleged “extreme, egregious deficiencies” by the social media company related to privacy, security and content moderation.
On July 8, Musk’s legal team initially filed a notice with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to terminate the Twitter acquisition. Musk’s team alleged that “Twitter has not complied with its...",center
5975,Elon Musk Files Another Notice to Cancel Twitter Purchase,"['Media Industry', 'Twitter', 'Big Tech', 'Elon Musk', 'Social Media', 'Business']","Elon Musk files another notice to cancel Twitter takeover, citing whistleblower's data privacy concerns",Fox Business,"Tesla CEO Elon Musk filed another notice Monday of his intent to cancel his purchase of social media platform Twitter, citing a whistleblower's recent claims.
Musk's latest attempt to backpedal out of the deal cites revelations found in the ""Zatko complaint"" — a memo released by a former security chief for Twitter that alleged the platform has misused user data and lacks control of the site's core systems.
Musk's camp filed the notice despite claiming it was legally unnecessary due to a previous motion to cancel the purchase. The Aug. 29 filing is...",right
5976,"Record-Breaking Droughts, Heat Waves and Famines Hit Countries Worldwide","['World', 'Heat Waves', 'Drought', 'Famine', 'Food', 'Public Health', 'Water And Oceans', 'Disaster', 'Lake Powell', 'Salt Lake City', 'Food Prices', 'Environment', 'Climate Change', 'Heat Waves']","As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces An ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’",New York Times (News),"If the Great Salt Lake, which has already shrunk by two-thirds, continues to dry up, here’s what’s in store:
The lake’s flies and brine shrimp would die off — scientists warn it could start as soon as this summer — threatening the 10 million migratory birds that stop at the lake annually to feed on the tiny creatures. Ski conditions at the resorts above Salt Lake City, a vital source of revenue, would deteriorate. The lucrative extraction of magnesium and other minerals from the lake could stop.
Most alarming, the...",left
5977,"Record-Breaking Droughts, Heat Waves and Famines Hit Countries Worldwide","['World', 'Heat Waves', 'Drought', 'Famine', 'Food', 'Public Health', 'Water And Oceans', 'Disaster', 'Lake Powell', 'Salt Lake City', 'Food Prices', 'Environment', 'Climate Change', 'Heat Waves']",Scientists warn of 'danger season' due to summer's drought and wildfire risk,Washington Examiner,"The combined threats of drought conditions, extreme heat, and wildfires led a group of scientists to slap a new label on this summer: ""danger season.""
The name was coined by the Union of Concerned Scientists, an environmental research and advocacy group, in a blog post published earlier this week.
The group noted that summer is the season when the U.S. experiences most of its extreme weather, including heat waves, wildfires, hurricanes, and tropical storms. Existing droughts are exacerbated by hot conditions. And, as the group noted, these threats also “compound one another and cause cascading chains of hazards,”...",right
5978,"Record-Breaking Droughts, Heat Waves and Famines Hit Countries Worldwide","['World', 'Heat Waves', 'Drought', 'Famine', 'Food', 'Public Health', 'Water And Oceans', 'Disaster', 'Lake Powell', 'Salt Lake City', 'Food Prices', 'Environment', 'Climate Change', 'Heat Waves']",‘Only God can help’: Hundreds die as Somalia faces famine,Associated Press,"No mother should have to lose her child. Owliyo Hassan Salaad has watched four die this year. A drought in the Horn of Africa has taken them, one by one.
Now she cradles her frail and squalling 3-year-old, Ali Osman, whom she carried on a 90-kilometer (55-mile) walk from her village to Somalia’s capital, desperate not to lose him too. Sitting on the floor of a malnutrition treatment center filled with anxious mothers, she can barely speak about the small bodies buried back home in soil too dry for planting....",left
5979,Pistorius Sentenced to 5 Years,['General News'],Oscar Pistorius sentenced to maximum of five years in prison for girlfriend's killing,Fox News (Online News),"A South African judge sentenced former Olympic and Paralymic sprinter Oscar Pistorius to a maximum of five years in prison Tuesday for the culpable homicide of his girlfriend last February, though lawyers on both sides of the case later acknowledged that he is unlikely to serve his full sentence in prison.",right
5980,Pistorius Sentenced to 5 Years,['General News'],What will Oscar Pistorius face in prison?,CNN (Online News),A new life behind bars awaits Oscar Pistorius after he was sentenced to a maximum five years' imprisonment for culpable homicide in the death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.,left
5981,Pistorius Sentenced to 5 Years,['General News'],Oscar Pistorius Gets 5 Years For Killing Reeva Steenkamp,HuffPost,"Oscar Pistorius was sentenced in South Africa today to five years in prison for the 2013 shooting death of his then-girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp.",left
5982,Biden Administration Tells Supreme Court It Thinks ACA Is Constitutional,"['Public Health', 'Joe Biden', 'Supreme Court', 'Obamacare', 'Affordable Care Act']","Justice Department tells Supreme Court it thinks Obamacare is constitutional, reversing Trump-era position",CNBC,"The Department of Justice notified the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it no longer considers Obamacare to be unconstitutional, the latest reversal from the department since President Joe Biden was inaugurated in January.
The Supreme Court is considering a challenge to Obamacare, formally known as the Affordable Care Act, brought by Texas and other Republican-led states. The Justice Department under former President Donald Trump backed Texas in legal briefs and during oral arguments in November.
California and other blue states are defending the law, under which 20 million Americans have...",center
5983,Biden Administration Tells Supreme Court It Thinks ACA Is Constitutional,"['Public Health', 'Joe Biden', 'Supreme Court', 'Obamacare', 'Affordable Care Act']","Biden administration tells Supreme Court Obamacare is constitutional, should be saved",Washington Post,"President Biden’s administration told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that his predecessor had been wrong to argue that the Affordable Care Act was unconstitutional and urged the court to uphold the health-care law.
A top Justice Department lawyer, in a letter to the court, reversed the government’s position in a case argued last November and in which a decision has not been announced. While it is rare for the government to switch its position in a case, this change was expected, and this case could be the first of several...",left
5984,Biden Administration Tells Supreme Court It Thinks ACA Is Constitutional,"['Public Health', 'Joe Biden', 'Supreme Court', 'Obamacare', 'Affordable Care Act']",Biden kills federal government's Supreme Court challenge to Obamacare,Washington Examiner,"President Biden on Wednesday changed the federal government's position in a Supreme Court case where former President Donald Trump challenged the Affordable Care Act's constitutionality.
The case, California v. Texas, was argued a week after the 2020 election. Many legal experts predicted that Biden would drop the government's offense on the act soon after he took office. In a letter to the court, Deputy Solicitor General Edwin Kneedler wrote that the Biden’s Justice Department ""reconsidered"" the facts of the case and now opposes Trump’s position.
The switch comes after Trump,...",right
5985,Benghazi Emails and Talking Points,['Terrorism'],Benghazi Debate Focuses on Interpretation of Early E-Mail on Attackers,New York Times (News),"House Republicans on Thursday intensified their criticism of the Obama administration for its handling of the assault on the diplomatic compound in Benghazi, with Speaker John A. Boehner calling for the release of an e-mail that he said showed that State Department officials believed from the start that “Islamic terrorists were linked to the attack but have declined to say so publicly.",left
5986,Benghazi Emails and Talking Points,['Terrorism'],"ABC Releases Big Benghazi Report: Talking Points Changed 12 Times, Dramatically Edited by Administration, and Scrubbed of Terror References",The Blaze,The talking points used by Amb. Susan Rice on the Sunday shows on the weekend after the 91112 terror attack in Benghazi underwent at least 12 edits -- including revisions by the Obama administrations State Department.,right
5987,Benghazi Emails and Talking Points,['Terrorism'],John King: Benghazi investigation both legitimate and partisan,CNN (Online News),"It was late in the day with the House oversight hearing on Benghazi winding down. On social media and elsewhere, there was conservative grumbling that Hillary Clinton was getting off relatively unscathed.",left
5988,Possibility of Trump Answering Mueller's Questions Remains Unclear,"['White House', 'Politics']",Giuliani says deal near for written questions from Mueller,Politico,"President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani says a deal is near for Trump to provide written answers to questions from special counsel Robert Mueller, but Giuliani disputed a report that Trump has entirely ruled out a sit-down interview with the prosecutor probing the Trump campaign's ties to Russia.",left
5989,Possibility of Trump Answering Mueller's Questions Remains Unclear,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump Won’t Consider Mueller’s Obstruction Questions Until Later, Giuliani Says",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump won’t consider how to respond to special counsel Robert Mueller’s obstruction-related questions until after the Russian collusion aspect of the probe is finished, Mr. Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, told The Wall Street Journal late Thursday.",center
5990,Possibility of Trump Answering Mueller's Questions Remains Unclear,"['White House', 'Politics']",Giuliani to AP: Trump Will Not Answer Obstruction Questions,Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump will not answer federal investigators' questions, in writing or in person, about whether he tried to block the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, one of the president's attorneys told The Associated Press.",right
5991,Supreme Court to Consider Travel Ban,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court to consider Trump’s travel ban and the president’s authority,Washington Post,"The Supreme Court for the first time Wednesday considers a major initiative of the Trump administration, reviewing whether President Trump’s travel ban is a necessary step to protect the country from terrorism or an illegal and unconstitutional fulfillment of campaign promises to ban Muslim immigrants.",left
5992,Supreme Court to Consider Travel Ban,['Supreme Court'],Why All Libertarians Should Hope that the Supreme Court Throws Out Trump's Travel Ban,Reason,Giving the government the blanket power to check the Bill of Rights at the border won't serve the interests of citizens or immigrants.,right
5993,Supreme Court to Consider Travel Ban,['Supreme Court'],Trump’s Travel Ban Reaches Supreme Court,Bloomberg,The U.S. Supreme Court will directly confront President Donald Trump’s travel ban for the first time with arguments being made Wednesday in a case that could redefine the president’s power to control the nation’s borders.,left
5994,Israel Bars Two US Congresswomen,"['Ilhan Omar', 'Rashida Tlaib', 'World', 'Israel', 'Donald Trump']",Israel bars entry to outspoken US congresswomen,Associated Press,"JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Thursday that it will bar two Democratic congresswomen from entering the country ahead of a planned visit over their support for a Palestinian-led boycott movement, a decision announced shortly after President Donald Trump tweeted that it would “show great weakness” to allow them in.
The move to bar Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota from visiting appeared to be unprecedented. It marked a deep foray by Israel into America’s bitterly polarized politics and a sharp escalation of Israel’s campaign against the...",left
5995,Israel Bars Two US Congresswomen,"['Ilhan Omar', 'Rashida Tlaib', 'World', 'Israel', 'Donald Trump']","Israel blocks Omar, Tlaib from entering country amid pressure from Trump",Fox News (Online News),"Israeli officials have decided to block U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from entering the country as part of a planned visit, a reversal that comes amid pressure from President Trump and concerns about their support for boycotts of Israel.
The move prompted a massive outcry from Democratic lawmakers in Washington, but the Israeli government staunchly defended the decision -- suggesting the lawmakers had ulterior motives with the planned trip.",right
5996,Israel Bars Two US Congresswomen,"['Ilhan Omar', 'Rashida Tlaib', 'World', 'Israel', 'Donald Trump']",Israel bars Democratic congresswomen from entering country,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)Israel announced Thursday it was barring the entry of two US congresswomen after Donald Trump encouraged the move, a remarkable step both by the US President and his ally, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to punish political opponents.
Deputy foreign minister Tzipi Hotovely told CNN on Thursday of Israel's decision to ban Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from entering the country. The announcement came shortly after Trump said Israel would be showing ""great weakness"" by allowing them to enter the country.
""The plan of the two Congresswomen is...",left
5997,Is America Better or Worse Off if Biden's Build Back Better Plan Becomes Law?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Build Back Better', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Economic Policy', 'Inflation', 'Joe Manchin']",What We Lose if We Don’t Build Back Better,Paul Krugman,"I’ll leave the savvy political analysis to others. I don’t know why Senator Joe Manchin apparently decided to go back on an explicit promise he made to President Biden. Naïvely, I thought that even in this era of norm-breaking, honoring a deal you’ve just made would be one of the last norms to go, since a reputation for keeping your word once given is useful even to highly cynical politicians. I also don’t know what, if anything, can be saved from the Build Back Better framework.
What I do know is that...",left
5998,Is America Better or Worse Off if Biden's Build Back Better Plan Becomes Law?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Build Back Better', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Economic Policy', 'Inflation', 'Joe Manchin']",U.S. growth in jeopardy after Manchin says he won’t vote for Build Back Better: Goldman Sachs,Fortune,"President Joe Biden faces the unexpected task of quickly rewriting his policy agenda in a crucial election year after a key Senate Democrat abruptly rejected his signature $1.75 trillion economic plan.
Senator Joe Manchin stunned the White House and fellow Democrats Sunday by announcing his opposition to a tax-and-spending package tailored to win his support after months of courtship by Biden and other administration officials. The move effectively torpedoes Biden’s campaign promises to address climate change, health-care costs and child-care needs.
Losing support from Manchin, a moderate from West Virginia, is essentially fatal...",center
5999,Is America Better or Worse Off if Biden's Build Back Better Plan Becomes Law?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Build Back Better', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Economic Policy', 'Inflation', 'Joe Manchin']",Good Riddance to Build Back Better,National Review,"Senator Joe Manchin declared on Sunday that he is a “no” on President Biden’s Build Back Better bill. Good. The radical legislation that sought to spend trillions of dollars to transform America at a time of historic debt was a bad idea that should never even have made it this far.
After months of back-and-forth negotiations, Manchin said, “I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just can’t. I’ve tried everything humanly possible. I can’t get there.” The fact that he made the pronouncement on Fox News Sunday no doubt...",right
6000,Family Demands Justice After Police Killing of Atatiana Jefferson,"['Race & Racism', 'Police', 'Police Shootings', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Policing', 'Race And Racism']","Family demands charges, firing after fatal police shooting of Atatiana Jefferson in her own home in Texas",Chicago Tribune,"The family of a 28-year-old black woman who was shot and killed by a white police officer in her Fort Worth home as she played video games with her nephew expressed outrage Monday that the officer has not been arrested or fired.
The Fort Worth Police Department said officers responded about 2:25 a.m. Saturday after a neighbor called a non-emergency line to report the home's front door had been left open. The responding officer fired a shot through a window, killing Atatiana Jefferson.
""Why this man is not in handcuffs...",center
6001,Family Demands Justice After Police Killing of Atatiana Jefferson,"['Race & Racism', 'Police', 'Police Shootings', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Policing', 'Race And Racism']","Atatiana Jefferson’s 8-Year-Old Nephew Witnessed Her Killing, Lawyer Says",HuffPost,"The 8-year-old nephew of Atatiana “Tay” Jefferson, the Black woman fatally shot in her own home by a Texas police officer Saturday, witnessed the killing, an attorney for Jefferson’s family told HuffPost.
Lee Merritt, a civil rights attorney representing Jefferson’s family, said the boy will begin counseling Monday in the wake of his beloved aunt’s death.",left
6002,Family Demands Justice After Police Killing of Atatiana Jefferson,"['Race & Racism', 'Police', 'Police Shootings', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Policing', 'Race And Racism']",Family Seeks Answers After Texas Police Kill Atatiana Jefferson at Home,Breitbart News,"FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A white police officer who killed a black woman inside her Texas home while responding to a neighbor’s call about an open front door “didn’t have time to perceive a threat” before he opened fire, an attorney for the woman’s family said.
“You didn’t hear the officer shout, ‘Gun, gun, gun,’” attorney Lee Merritt said after viewing video taken from a Fort Worth officer’s bodycam during Saturday’s shooting of Atatiana Jefferson, 28. “He didn’t have time to perceive a threat. That’s murder.”
Her family...",right
6003,Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. 50 Years Later,['Civil Rights'],"Martin Luther King’s wisdom, words and compassion are needed now more than ever",Fox News (Opinion),"As we pause to reflect on the life and assassination of one of the greatest and most courageous leaders in history – 50 years ago on April 4, 1968 – I recall how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. became a hero to me, when I was a poor and often homeless white boy all those years ago.",right
6004,Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. 50 Years Later,['Civil Rights'],Martin Luther King: Are there too many white politicians?,BBC News,"""Give us the ballot,"" said Dr King, ""and we will fill our legislative halls with men of goodwill"". Half a century after his death, Reality Check looks at how the racial and ethnic make-up of Congress and state legislatures has changed.",center
6005,Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. 50 Years Later,['Civil Rights'],The sanctification — and sanitization — of Martin Luther King Jr.,Vox,MLK was murdered 50 years ago. His legacy has been distorted ever since.,left
6006,Should the US and Other Countries Punish Russian Oligarchs for Putin's Invasion?,"['Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Oligarchs', 'Sanctions', 'World', 'Ukraine']",We aren’t going after Russian oligarchs in the right way. Here’s how to do it,The Guardian,"We’re sanctioning Russian oligarchs up the wazoo, hoping it’s a way to get Putin to stop his deadly attack on Ukraine.
But for this tactic to work, two conditions must be met: first, the US and our allies must be able to locate and tie up Russian oligarchic wealth. Second, Russian oligarchs must have enough power to stop Putin.
Let’s take them one at a time:
Can we locate and tie up the wealth of Russian oligarchs?
Anecdotally, sanctions on the oligarchs appear to be working. Last Sunday, the billionaire industrialist...",left
6007,Should the US and Other Countries Punish Russian Oligarchs for Putin's Invasion?,"['Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Oligarchs', 'Sanctions', 'World', 'Ukraine']",Over a Dozen Yachts Owned by Russian Oligarchs Out of Reach of Sanctions,Newsweek,"More than a dozen Russian oligarch-owned yachts have been moved to remote ports to try to avoid their seizure after Western nations sanctioned their owners.
Sanctions on the oligarchs have increased as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine. Some of their vessels are being moved to or already are sitting in ports in other nations, according to the Associated Press.
While some oligarchs have already had their yachts seized, others are attempting to get their vessels out of the sanctioning countries' reach.
Several superyachts have been seized in the European Union so...",center
6008,Should the US and Other Countries Punish Russian Oligarchs for Putin's Invasion?,"['Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Oligarchs', 'Sanctions', 'World', 'Ukraine']",Seizing The Property Of Russian Oligarchs: Guilt By Association?,The Epoch Times,"The Western world is united in its response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Western countries, including the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom, have imposed a bevy of sanctions expected to hurt the Russian economy.
One such sanction that lately received a great deal of media coverage is the seizure of the assets of Russian oligarchs held in the West. These include luxury villas, yachts, and bank accounts.
In this context, the word “oligarch” is mainly used pejoratively. The word has been in use since the...",right
6009,New Jersey Court Sides with Christie,['Politics'],New Jersey high court rules in favor of Christie pension cut,Politico,"The New Jersey Supreme Court Tuesday upheld 5-2 Gov. Chris Christie’s $1.57 billion cut to the public pension system, overturning a lower court’s decision.",left
6010,New Jersey Court Sides with Christie,['Politics'],New Jersey's top court sides with Christie on pensions,Fox News (Online News),New Jersey's top court sided with Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday in a fight with public worker unions over pension funds.,right
6011,New Jersey Court Sides with Christie,['Politics'],Christie Won’t Be Forced to Make Pension Payments,New York Times (News),"New Jersey’s highest court on Tuesday reversed a ruling requiring Gov. Chris Christie to make payments to the state’s beleagured pension system, avoiding what his administration had said would have been a massive fiscal crisis just weeks before the state closes its books for the year.",left
6012,Andrew Puzder Chosen for Labor,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",OPINION: Andrew Puzder Is the Wrong Choice for Labor Secretary,New York Times (News),"Working in fast-food is no picnic. The industry is infamous for grindingly low pay and labor law violations. Yet Andrew Puzder, the chief executive of the company that operates Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, has been chosen by President-elect Donald Trump as labor secretary.",left
6013,Andrew Puzder Chosen for Labor,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",5 things to know about Trump's Labor pick,USA TODAY,"Trump will nominate Andy Puzder, the vocal CEO of the fast-food company CKE Restaurants, that owns burger chains Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, as his secretary of labor. Puzder has been a strong proponent of rolling back regulations within the restaurant industry, has argued against the Affordable Care Act and raising the federal minimum wage.",left
6014,Andrew Puzder Chosen for Labor,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",OPINION: Andy Puzder’s Labor To-Do List,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),Trump nominates a CEO who puts workers before unions.,right
6015,Trump Backs Out of Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Ducks,Fox News (Online News),"Donald Trump’s campaign said Tuesday night that the Republican presidential primary front-runner does not plan to participate in the upcoming Fox News/Google debate, shortly after the debate lineup was announced.",right
6016,Trump Backs Out of Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: Is Donald Trump really scared of Megyn Kelly?,Guest Writer,"When Hillary Clinton was subjected to nearly 11 hours of intense cross-examination by Republican members of Congress during October's Benghazi committee hearing, she took the grilling. The members of that Republican-controlled committee did their best to be as ""unfair"" as possible and Clinton knew that going in.
What a contrast to Donald Trump, who said Tuesday he would bail on the Fox News-hosted GOP debate scheduled for Thursday because he feared that moderator Megyn Kelly wouldn't treat him fairly.",center
6017,Trump Backs Out of Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","With Donald Trump Abandoning Its Debate, Fox News Scorched By Its Own Chicanery",Media Matters,GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump backing out of Fox News' debate is a damning indictment of the creature that the right-wing media helped create and that the rest of the media enabled for far too long.,left
6018,May's Brexit Deal Fails for Third Time,"['Great Britain', 'Brexit', 'Theresa May', 'United Kingdom', 'European Union', 'World']",No-deal Brexit fears rise as parliament sinks May's deal,Reuters,"Lawmakers rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal for a third time on Friday, sounding its probable death knell and leaving Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union in turmoil on the very day it was supposed to quit the bloc.
The decision to reject a stripped-down version of May’s divorce deal has left it totally unclear how, when or even whether Britain will leave the EU, and plunges the three-year Brexit crisis to a deeper level of uncertainty.
“I fear we are reaching the limits of this process in this...",center
6019,May's Brexit Deal Fails for Third Time,"['Great Britain', 'Brexit', 'Theresa May', 'United Kingdom', 'European Union', 'World']",The Guardian view on Theresa May’s defeat: three strikes and out,The Guardian,"Theresa May’s third successive Brexit defeat leaves Britain in a situation that is precarious yet full of possibilities. Friday’s Commons defeat was smaller than those which had preceded it on 15 January and 12 March – the majority against Mrs May was 58 rather than the previous 230 and 149. It was also confined to the withdrawal agreement part of the EU-UK deal she made in November, rather than extending to the deal as a whole. But the verdict is clear. Three strikes and out.
This was in all but...",left
6020,May's Brexit Deal Fails for Third Time,"['Great Britain', 'Brexit', 'Theresa May', 'United Kingdom', 'European Union', 'World']",Good Brexit? Bad Brexit? No Brexit at all?,Washington Examiner,"British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit withdrawal agreement with the European Union suffered its third successive defeat in Parliament on Friday. That means Britain could still be heading for a no-deal exit from the EU on April 12, a soft Brexit, or no Brexit at all.
The one certain thing is that May's deal is toast. The math just doesn't add up in her favor.
So what happens next? If Parliament votes next week for an alternate approach to Brexit that could earn the EU's favor, May might throw her...",right
6021,Truce Soon?,['Middle East'],"Hamas and Egypt vow calm imminent, but violence rages on",CNN (Online News),"Near the Israel-Gaza border (CNN) -- People on both sides of the raging violence between Israel and Hamas were given hope Tuesday that a halt might be imminent. But Egypt and Hamas -- which had announced the potential ""calming"" -- soon seemed to pull back on their statements.
Meanwhile, Israel suffered its first military fatality in the week of violence, another child was among the dead in Gaza, and CNN saw a group of men in Gaza drag the body of a man through streets from the back of...",left
6022,Truce Soon?,['Middle East'],"Hamas, Israel reportedly near truce agreement, as Clinton heads to Middle East",Fox News (Online News),"Hamas and Israeli officials reportedly were engaged in talks Tuesday -- with Egyptian officials as intermediaries -- that would put in place within hours a cease-fire in their weeklong conflict.
A senior Hamas official told the AP that a truce agreement was within reach, while Reuters quoted an Israeli spokesman who said that while a cease-fire wasn't finalized, the ""ball is still in play.""
Moussa Abu Marzouk, a senior Hamas official, said that ""we haven't struck the deal yet, but we are progressing
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/20/clinton-headed-to-jerusalem-r...",right
6023,Truce Soon?,['Middle East'],"Truce in Gaza Is Close, Egyptian Officials Say",New York Times (News),"Diplomatic efforts accelerated on Tuesday to end the deadly confrontation between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza, as the United States sent Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the Middle East and Egypts president and his senior aides expressed confidence that a cease-fire was close.",left
6024,Previewing Tuesday's Primaries in California and 6 Other States,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 New Jersey House Election', '2022 California Elections']","California’s test on crime, House members in danger and more: What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries",Politico,"Concern about rising crime is overtaking key elections in California Tuesday, where liberal voters are putting pressure on Democrats around the state to address a growing sense of lawlessness spurred during the pandemic.
In key statewide races and local contests in the Democratic strongholds of San Francisco and Los Angeles, tough-on-crime messaging and calls to remove homeless encampments are taking hold, testing the staying power of the criminal justice reform movement that swept the nation in recent years.
The issues have sparked a recall election targeting San Francisco’s district attorney,...",left
6025,Previewing Tuesday's Primaries in California and 6 Other States,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 New Jersey House Election', '2022 California Elections']",Trump ally seeks return to Congress in U.S. midterm primaries,Reuters,"A former member of Donald Trump's cabinet will attempt a return to the U.S. Congress in Montana and California Democrats concerned about crime may oust one of their own as voters head to the polls in midterm primary elections in seven states on Tuesday.
Voters in South Dakota, New Jersey, Iowa, Mississippi and New Mexico will also cast ballots in nominating contests that will set the competitive field for Nov. 8's elections, which will determine control of Congress for the next two years.
With President Joe Biden slumping in the...",center
6026,Previewing Tuesday's Primaries in California and 6 Other States,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 New Jersey House Election', '2022 California Elections']",Crime in spotlight as Californians head to the polls in key races grabbing national attention,Fox News (Online News),"Voters in California, the nation’s most populous state, head to the polls on Tuesday to cast ballots in primary elections where the issue of crime is playing an outsized role in many of the key races.
""Murder up 54%. Nearly 1,500 shooting victims. A wave of property crime. There’s one candidate for mayor who can turn it around. Rick Caruso,"" says the narrator in a TV ad by Caruso, a pro-business billionaire developer who’s running a law-and-order type campaign for Los Angeles mayor.
Caruso, a former Republican who became a Democrat just before...",right
6027,Will Your State Ban Abortion if the Supreme Court Overturns Roe v Wade?,"['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'State Governments', 'Samuel Alito', 'Roe V Wade', 'Politico']",What would happen if Roe v. Wade were overturned,Washington Post,"The Supreme Court may soon be ready to overturn the only federal abortion protections in the country, according to a draft of an opinion obtained by Politico. The court is expected to announce its ruling, on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, sometime before July.
“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” the draft document says, citing two landmark Supreme Court rulings protecting the right to abortion, the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and the 1992 Planned Parenthood v. Casey decision. Together, they establish a constitutional right to an abortion until about 24 weeks into a pregnancy, or when...",left
6028,Will Your State Ban Abortion if the Supreme Court Overturns Roe v Wade?,"['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'State Governments', 'Samuel Alito', 'Roe V Wade', 'Politico']","""Trigger law"" would ban abortion in Texas if Roe v. Wade is overturned",Axios,"A so-called ""trigger law"" that would go into effect in 30 days if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade would make performing abortion a felony in Texas.
Driving the news: According to a draft opinion obtained by Politico — which Axios cannot independently verify — the U.S. Supreme Court intends to overturn the landmark 1973 case, reversing five decades of constitutional protection for abortion.",center
6029,Will Your State Ban Abortion if the Supreme Court Overturns Roe v Wade?,"['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'State Governments', 'Samuel Alito', 'Roe V Wade', 'Politico']",26 states where abortion will be banned or restricted if Roe v. Wade is overturned,New York Post (News),"If Roe v. Wade is overturned by the US Supreme Court, 26 states are likely to restrict abortion, impacting more than 40 million women of child-bearing age, according to a report.
The Guttmacher Institute, a New York-based pro-choice research organization, reported last year that 22 states already have anti-abortion laws that would kick in as soon as Roe v. Wade falls.",right
6030,Texas Gov. Abbott Bans All Texas Businesses From Mandating Vaccinations,"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Texas', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Texas Governor Issues Executive Order Banning Vaccine Mandates by Any Entity,The Epoch Times,"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Oct. 11 issued an executive order that bans vaccine mandates by any entity in the state, including private employers.
“The COVID-19 vaccine is safe, effective, and our best defense against the virus, but should remain voluntary and never forced,” Abbott said in a statement upon issuing the order.
The executive order (pdf) states, “No entity in Texas can compel receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine by any individual, including an employee or a consumer, who objects to such vaccination for any reason of personal conscience, based on...",right
6031,Texas Gov. Abbott Bans All Texas Businesses From Mandating Vaccinations,"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Texas', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Texas Governor Greg Abbott Bans Vaccine Mandates By Any Company or Person,Newsweek,"Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order on Monday banning vaccine mandates by any company or person in the state of Texas.
The order states that ""no entity in Texas can compel receipt of a COVID-19 vaccination by any individual, including an employee or consumer, who objects to such vaccination for any reason of personal conscience, based on a religious belief, or for medical reasons, including prior recovery from COVID-19.""
Abbott sent a message to the Chief Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate, adding the item to the Third Special...",center
6032,Texas Gov. Abbott Bans All Texas Businesses From Mandating Vaccinations,"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Texas', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bans any COVID-19 vaccine mandates — including for private employers,The Texas Tribune,"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday issued another executive order cracking down on COVID-19 vaccine mandates — this time banning any entity in Texas, including private businesses, from requiring vaccinations for employees or customers.
Abbott also called on the Legislature to pass a law with the same effect, promising to rescind the executive order once that happened. The Legislature is in this year's third special legislative session, which ends Oct. 19.
""The COVID-19 vaccine is safe, effective, & our best defense against the virus, but should always remain voluntary & never forced,"" he said in a tweet announcing...",left
6033,J.K Rowling Faces Backlash for Supporting Woman Who Was Fired for Her Views on Transgenderism,"['LGBT', 'LGBT Rights', 'Culture War', 'Culture', 'Transgender']",J.K. Rowling sparks controversy for transgender comments; GLAAD responds,USA TODAY,"J.K. Rowling has cast a spell of controversy.
The ""Harry Potter"" author has come under fire for tweeting a message of support Thursday for Maya Forstater, a researcher who lost her job at a think tank for stating that people cannot change their biological sex.
""Dress however you please,"" Rowling wrote. ""Call yourself whatever you like. Sleep with any consenting adult who’ll have you. Live your best life in peace and security. But force women out of their jobs for stating that sex is real? #IStandWithMaya #ThisIsNotADrill""",left
6034,J.K Rowling Faces Backlash for Supporting Woman Who Was Fired for Her Views on Transgenderism,"['LGBT', 'LGBT Rights', 'Culture War', 'Culture', 'Transgender']","After a Transphobic Tweet, J.K. Rowling Can No Longer Be Considered an LGBTQ Ally",Slate,"J.K. Rowling spent Thursday once again demonstrating a perplexing inability to pipe down and enjoy her millions. This time, the Harry Potter author wasn’t retconning diversity into the series she finished writing over 12 years ago or disclosing that before indoor plumbing, the wizards of her universe used to just poop themselves and magically vanish the evidence away. Instead, Rowling tweeted her support for Maya Forstater, a tax expert whose firing from a think tank over transphobic comments and subsequent court battle has generated a great deal of controversy in...",left
6035,J.K Rowling Faces Backlash for Supporting Woman Who Was Fired for Her Views on Transgenderism,"['LGBT', 'LGBT Rights', 'Culture War', 'Culture', 'Transgender']",Why J. K. Rowling Took a Stand,National Review,"Twitter has exploded in outrage because J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, is an alleged “TERF.” That’s right, a “trans-exclusionary radical feminist.” This ridiculous slur was invented by people who insist on denying the science of sex and who want to take out their rage on nonbelievers, and on dissenting women in particular.
Prominent male transgender activists such as Charlotte Clymer have gone full hysterical. “For several years, there has been substantial concern that J.K. Rowling is transphobic,” Clymer tweeted, referring, I presume, to the time Rowling...",right
6036,Trump Addresses Nation About Iran Conflict,"['Donald Trump', 'Iran', 'Qasem Soleimani', 'Foreign Policy', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump Backs Away from Further Military Conflict With Iran,New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — President Trump backed away from further military confrontation with Iran on Wednesday after a barrage of missiles fired at American troops killed no one and Tehran indicated that would be the end of its retaliation for the killing of a top general.
“Iran appears to be standing down which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world,” Mr. Trump said in a televised statement from the Grand Foyer of the White House, flanked by his vice president, cabinet secretaries and...",left
6037,Trump Addresses Nation About Iran Conflict,"['Donald Trump', 'Iran', 'Qasem Soleimani', 'Foreign Policy', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump warns Iran but says US 'ready to embrace peace with all who seek it',USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump addressed the nation from the Grand Foyer of the White House hours after Iran rained more than a dozen rockets down on airbases in Iraq housing U.S. troops. Iranians said the attack was in response to a U.S. drone strike last week that killed Qasem Soleimani, one of Tehran’s most powerful leaders.
Read the transcript here. Following are highlights from Trump's remarks",left
6038,Trump Addresses Nation About Iran Conflict,"['Donald Trump', 'Iran', 'Qasem Soleimani', 'Foreign Policy', 'White House', 'Politics']","Trump says Iran ‘appears to be standing down,’ missile strikes resulted in no casualties",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump declared Wednesday that Iran “appears to be standing down,” in the wake of missile strikes on American bases in Iraq that he said resulted in “no casualties.”
“The American people should be extremely grateful and happy,” Trump said, in an address to the nation from the White House the morning after the attacks. “No Americans were harmed in last night’s attack by the Iranian regime.”",right
6039,Bridgegate Scandal Resurfaces,['Politics'],"With Bridge Case Charges, a Cloud Descends on Christie’s White House Hopes",New York Times (News),"In an era of maddeningly careful politics, Gov. Chris Christie rocketed to national stardom as brazenly incautious. His excesses defined him: the scorching rants, the seductive oversharing, the caustic insults and endless public feuds.
Harmless theatrics, he said.
But the in-your-face instincts and boundary-breaking behavior that Mr. Christie brought to public life found a vindictive host in the fiercely loyal circle around him, as the federal indictment of a top appointee and a former deputy chief of staff in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal la",left
6040,Bridgegate Scandal Resurfaces,['Politics'],Chris Christie Appointee Pleads Guilty in ‘Bridgegate’ Case,The Blaze,"Two former allies of Gov. Chris Christie have been indicted on charges related to their alleged role in creating politically motivated traffic jams on the George Washington Bridge in 2013.
An indictment against Bridget Kelly and Bill Baroni was unsealed Friday after it was filed on April 23.
Kelly was fired by Christie as his deputy chief of staff after the plot came to light, and Baroni resigned from his job as deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
They are charged with nine...",right
6041,Bridgegate Scandal Resurfaces,['Politics'],Chris Christie's not-so-terrible day,Politico,"Friday was a bad day for Chris Christie.
But it could have been a whole lot worse.
The indictments of two former Christie allies in connection to their involvement in the Bridgegate scandal, and a guilty plea from a third, cast a harsh, unflattering light on the New Jersey governor. They rose troubling questions about his administration, and about whether Christie had propagated an environment in which political retaliation wasn’t just tolerated, but was standard operating procedure.
But, as a series of",left
6042,Uncertainty Surrounds Virus Relief Negotiations,"['Coronavirus', 'Stimulus Checks', 'Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Polarization', 'US Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'Life During Covid-19']","Trump says Schumer, Pelosi 'want to meet to make a deal' on coronavirus relief",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ""want to meet to make a deal"" on the fourth coronavirus stimulus package, after negotiations between congressional lawmakers and the White House reached a stalemate over the weekend.
""So now Schumer and Pelosi want to meet to make a deal,"" the president tweeted Monday. ""Amazing how it all works, isn't it.""
""Where have they been for the last 4 weeks when they were 'hardliners', and only wanted BAILOUT MONEY for Democrat run states and cities that are...",right
6043,Uncertainty Surrounds Virus Relief Negotiations,"['Coronavirus', 'Stimulus Checks', 'Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Polarization', 'US Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'Life During Covid-19']",Stalled stimulus talks could mean thousands of furloughs and halt US immigration system,CNN (Online News),"The federal agency responsible for granting citizenship, providing immigration benefits and processing visa applications could furlough two-thirds of its workforce at the end of the month after negotiations over the next stimulus package stalled.
US Citizenship and Immigration Services, an agency within the Department of Homeland Security, told Congress in May that it expected to furlough the majority of its workforce amid a budget shortfall. The agency asked for $1.2 billion.
But the expected vehicle for the funds would be the next coronavirus relief bill, which is now at a...",left
6044,Uncertainty Surrounds Virus Relief Negotiations,"['Coronavirus', 'Stimulus Checks', 'Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Polarization', 'US Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'Life During Covid-19']",State aid emerges as major hurdle to reviving COVID-19 talks,The Hill,"Federal money for state and local governments is a key sticking point to reviving negotiations over the next coronavirus relief package.
The White House and congressional Democrats are deeply divided over whether states should get more money — and if so, how much.
Before talks collapsed late last week, the two sides were hundreds of billions apart on how much they were willing to put on the table. Democrats want $915 billion, while Republicans are offering $150 billion, the same amount included in the CARES Act from late March.
There...",center
6045,WHO Leader Describes 'Premature Push' to Dismiss COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory,"['Coronavirus', 'Wuhan Lab', 'WHO', 'World', 'China', 'Public Health', 'Media Bias']",WHO chief: 'Premature' to rule out COVID-19 lab leak theory,The Hill,"The World Health Organization (WHO) chief said on Thursday that there was a “premature push” to rule out the COVID-19 lab leak theory without enough evidence.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus acknowledged to reporters during a briefing that the theory that COVID-19 originated from a lab is possible, in remarks that strayed from the WHO’s controversial report designating the hypothesis as “extremely unlikely.”
Tedros cited his experience as a lab technician and immunologist, saying that “lab accidents happen” and “it’s common,” so “checking what happened, especially in our labs,” is...",center
6046,WHO Leader Describes 'Premature Push' to Dismiss COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory,"['Coronavirus', 'Wuhan Lab', 'WHO', 'World', 'China', 'Public Health', 'Media Bias']",‘Premature’ to Rule Out COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory: WHO Chief,The Epoch Times,"World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Thursday that it was “premature” to rule out the possibility that COVID-19 could have emerged from a lab in Wuhan, China, without sufficient evidence.
Walking back on a March WHO report that designated the COVID-19 lab leak theory hypothesis as “extremely unlikely,” Tedros said that based on his experience as a lab technician and immunologist, “lab accidents happen.”
“I have worked in the lab, and lab accidents happen,” Tedros told reporters. “It’s common.”
In recent months, the theory that the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus was the result of a leak...",right
6047,WHO Leader Describes 'Premature Push' to Dismiss COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory,"['Coronavirus', 'Wuhan Lab', 'WHO', 'World', 'China', 'Public Health', 'Media Bias']",WHO Head Says Dismissal of COVID Lab-Leak Hypothesis ‘Premature’,National Review,"The head of the World Health Organization said it was “premature” to rule out the possibility that the novel coronavirus leaked from a laboratory, in comments to reporters on Thursday.
The WHO is “asking actually China to be transparent, open and cooperate, especially on the information, raw data that we asked for at the early days of the pandemic,” director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference. Tedros said there had been a “premature push” to rule out a lab leak as the origin of the coronavirus pandemic.
“I was...",right
6048,Top US General Expects Ukraine War to Last Years,"['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Mark Milley', 'Sanctions', 'Defense And Security']","Milley: Ukraine war likely to last for years, only US troops could have stopped invasion",New York Post (News),"The top US military officer told lawmakers Tuesday that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine likely could not have been prevented except by the presence of US forces and warned that the conflict in Europe is likely to drag on for years to come.
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the conquest of Ukraine had been a “long-standing objective” of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Candidly, short of the commitment of US forces into Ukraine proper, I am not sure he was deterrable,” Milley told the House Armed Services Committee while testifying alongside...",right
6049,Top US General Expects Ukraine War to Last Years,"['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Mark Milley', 'Sanctions', 'Defense And Security']","Ukraine War Likely to Last Years, Top US Military Officer Says",Voice of America,"The top U.S. military officer is warning that the war in Ukraine will likely last years, raising concerns that the world ""is becoming more unstable and the potential for significant international conflict between great powers is increasing, not decreasing.""
During testimony in front of the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley called Russia's invasion of Ukraine ""the greatest threat to peace and security of Europe, and perhaps the world, in (his) 42 years of service in uniform.""
""The United States...",center
6050,Top US General Expects Ukraine War to Last Years,"['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Mark Milley', 'Sanctions', 'Defense And Security']","Top U.S. military officer expects Ukraine conflict to be ""measured in years""",CBS News (Online),"The highest ranking military officer in the U.S. said Tuesday that he expects the conflict in Ukraine to last years. 
""I do think this is a very protracted conflict, and I think it's measured in years. I don't know about decade, but at least years for sure,"" Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley told the House Armed Services Committee Tuesday during testimony on the defense budget. 
""This is a very extended conflict that Russia has initiated and I think that NATO, the United States, Ukraine and all of...",left
6051,Perspectives: Democrats Seek Interparty Compromise as Spending Plan is Cut Back,"['Economic Policy', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Healthcare', 'Education', 'Housing And Homelessness', 'Public Health', 'Infrastructure', 'Clean Energy', 'Community College']",Democrats Come To Grips With Building Back Smaller,HuffPost,"Democrats have spent months trying to pass a multitrillion-dollar expansion of government programs designed to help families, lift people out of poverty, broaden access to health insurance, provide free education, and fight the rising threat of climate change.
Their grand plans for an ambitious legislative package came to a crashing halt this week, however, after President Joe Biden made clear to lawmakers they would need to accept significant cuts to many of their priorities if the bill is to become law this year.
Simply put, Democrats lack the support in...",left
6052,Perspectives: Democrats Seek Interparty Compromise as Spending Plan is Cut Back,"['Economic Policy', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Healthcare', 'Education', 'Housing And Homelessness', 'Public Health', 'Infrastructure', 'Clean Energy', 'Community College']","Here’s what’s in Democrats’ big social-spending bill, as community college, key climate program seen nixed",MarketWatch,"Negotiations continue among Democratic moderates and progressives over President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan, a sweeping proposal targeting “human infrastructure,” climate change and other party priorities.
Biden and other top Democrats had been aiming for a $3.5 trillion social-spending package that would move in tandem with a bipartisan infrastructure PAVE, +1.23% bill, but objections from moderates have shifted the White House to considering toplines ranging from $1.9 trillion to $2.3 trillion.
The president on Wednesday is scheduled to push his economic agenda in a speech in his birthplace of Scranton, Pa., amid reports that two key...",center
6053,Perspectives: Democrats Seek Interparty Compromise as Spending Plan is Cut Back,"['Economic Policy', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Healthcare', 'Education', 'Housing And Homelessness', 'Public Health', 'Infrastructure', 'Clean Energy', 'Community College']",Health Care Provisions of Democratic Spending Bill Would Add More than $500 Billion to the Deficit,Reason,"The massive Democratic spending package now working its way through Congress is not, strictly speaking, a health care bill. But it's not not a health care bill, either. Many of its biggest, most expensive provisions are expansions of government-run or federally subsidized health care programs. Those provisions represent the largest expansion of federal health care spending since Obamacare.  
And now we have a much better sense of just how big and costly some of those expansions would be. Just two provisions alone would cost about $533 billion, according to a new analysis by the...",right
6054,President Trump Commutes Sentence of Alice Marie Johnson After Meeting With Kim Kardashian,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",President Trump Was Right to Commute Alice Johnson’s Sentence,National Review,And many other nonviolent offenders also deserve freedom and a second chance.,right
6055,President Trump Commutes Sentence of Alice Marie Johnson After Meeting With Kim Kardashian,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Trump wants to execute drug dealers. But he granted commutation to one because Kim Kardashian asked.,Vox,Kardashian personally lobbied Trump to grant a pardon or commutation to the 63-year-old — and it worked.,left
6056,President Trump Commutes Sentence of Alice Marie Johnson After Meeting With Kim Kardashian,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Kim Kardashian was ridiculed for her White House visit. Who’s laughing now?,Washington Post,President Trump on Wednesday commuted the sentence of Alice Marie Johnson after reality TV star Kim Kardashian West advocated for the woman’s release during a recent White House visit.,left
6057,Migrant Flights to Martha’s Vineyard: Inhumane Political Stunt or Justified Relocation to Sanctuary Cities?,"['Immigration', 'Busing', 'Florida', 'Texas', 'Massachusetts', 'Chicago', 'Washington DC', 'New York City', 'Sanctuary Cities', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Greg Abbott', 'Transportation']",Ron DeSantis’s repulsive Martha’s Vineyard stunt is made for Fox News,Greg Sargent,"When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed voting restrictions last year, he gave exclusive access to this glorious spectacle to Fox News. It was a twofer for the national right-wing audience, flaunting his relish of voter suppression while sticking it to mainstream Fake News outlets in the process.
Now DeSantis has produced another made-for-Fox moment: He is taking credit for delivering two planeloads of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, where locals are scrambling to meet their needs. DeSantis’s staff apparently supplied exclusive video of these heroics to Fox: It shows the migrants, some children, disembarking from planes, and...",left
6058,Migrant Flights to Martha’s Vineyard: Inhumane Political Stunt or Justified Relocation to Sanctuary Cities?,"['Immigration', 'Busing', 'Florida', 'Texas', 'Massachusetts', 'Chicago', 'Washington DC', 'New York City', 'Sanctuary Cities', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Greg Abbott', 'Transportation']",Democrats and Republicans Actually Agree on These Immigration Views and Policies,AllSides,"Many Americans see themselves as divided on immigration. Disagreements persist about family separation at the southern border, potential criminals entering the country illegally — and even how to describe people who enter the country without authorization.
But despite these perceived divisions, some recent surveys have found that many Republicans and Democrats share significant overlaps on immigration attitudes and policy issues.
Check out these surveys conducted since May 2020:
PRRI annual “American Values Survey” (survey published in October 2020)
76% of Americans opposed the family separation policy, including 91% of Democrats and...",center
6059,Migrant Flights to Martha’s Vineyard: Inhumane Political Stunt or Justified Relocation to Sanctuary Cities?,"['Immigration', 'Busing', 'Florida', 'Texas', 'Massachusetts', 'Chicago', 'Washington DC', 'New York City', 'Sanctuary Cities', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Greg Abbott', 'Transportation']",DeSantis was right to send migrants to Martha's Vineyard. We need to bring border crisis to Democrats,Karol Markowicz,"What should happen when the policies set by one set of people affect an entirely different set?
On Thursday night, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent two planes of illegal immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts.
Taryn Fenske, the governor’s communications director, told Fox News, ""Yes, Florida can confirm the two planes with illegal immigrants that arrived in Martha’s Vineyard today were part of the state’s relocation program to transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations.""",right
6060,How Do Views on Abortion Differ Between Religions?,"['Religion And Faith', 'Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Roe V Wade Leak', 'Supreme Court']",Abortion survivors speak out as Catholic Churches targeted by activists: 'Doesn't have to end in abortion',Fox News (Online News),"Abortion survivors, who are now mothers themselves, are speaking out this Mother's Day offering encouragement for women nationwide as the fallout over the Supreme Court leak continues. 
Amy Miles, Robin Sertell, and Denisha Workizer shared their stories and offered hope for anyone facing an unplanned pregnancy on ""Fox & Friends Weekend.""
""For anyone facing an unplanned pregnancy situation, I just want to say that there's hope and that there's life sustaining options,"" Miles told co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy. ""I was adopted and placed in a loving home where my mom didn't have hope that she would ever...",right
6061,How Do Views on Abortion Differ Between Religions?,"['Religion And Faith', 'Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Roe V Wade Leak', 'Supreme Court']",When does life begin? Religions don't agree,NPR (Online News),"In a bill introduced this past week, a Louisiana lawmaker describes human life as ""created in the image of God"" and seeks to make abortion a homicide from the moment of fertilization – sparking concerns from reproductive rights advocates that such a law would also jeopardize access to contraception and fertility treatments.
Debates around abortion often center around the issue of when life begins, and adjacent religious and moral questions. It came up during oral arguments last year in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a major abortion case currently before the Supreme Court.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked...",left
6062,How Do Views on Abortion Differ Between Religions?,"['Religion And Faith', 'Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Roe V Wade Leak', 'Supreme Court']","After leak, religious rift over legal abortion on display",Associated Press,"America’s faithful are bracing — some with cautionary joy and others with looming dread — for the Supreme Court to potentially overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and end the nationwide right to legal abortion.
A reversal of the 49-year-old ruling has never felt more possible since a draft opinion suggesting justices may do so was leaked this week. While religious believers at the heart of the decades-old fight over abortion are shocked at the breach of high court protocol, they are still as deeply divided and their beliefs on the contentious...",left
6063,Editorials on Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],OPINION: Barack Obama: Guns Are Our Shared Responsibility,Barack Obama,"The epidemic of gun violence in our country is a crisis. Gun deaths and injuries constitute one of the greatest threats to public health and to the safety of the American people. Every year, more than 30,000 Americans have their lives cut short by guns. Suicides. Domestic violence. Gang shootouts. Accidents. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have lost brothers and sisters, or buried their own children. We’re the only advanced nation on earth that sees this kind of mass violence with this frequency.",left
6064,Editorials on Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],OPINION: Evangelist Pens Open Letter Accusing Obama of Getting the Gun Issue Totally Wrong,Guest Writer - Right,"Evangelist Franklin Graham penned an open letter to President Barack Obama this week, writing that the commander in chief is “looking at the wrong place when it comes to the root cause of gun violence.”
Graham said in a Facebook post that he believes Obama’s recently announced executive actions will do nothing to curb the issue, as he said that the real problem is rooted in human sin and behavior.",right
6065,Editorials on Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],OPINION: 'American Sniper' widow: Gun control won't protect us,Guest Writer,"Many of us taking part in the CNN town hall on guns have been touched by someone who chose to do evil.
I am sharing my thoughts with you because I feel I can relate to people on both sides of the issue of gun control. I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil",center
6066,Allies Issue Joint Statement Condemning Nerve Agent Attack,['World'],"UK, US, Germany and France unite to condemn spy attack",The Guardian,"The leaders of Britain, the US, Germany and France have released a joint statement strongly condemning the Salisbury nerve agent attack as “an assault on UK sovereignty” and saying it is highly likely that Russia was behind it.",left
6067,Allies Issue Joint Statement Condemning Nerve Agent Attack,['World'],"In joint statement, world leaders agree Russia behind nerve agent attack on former spy",Fox News (Online News),"The leaders of the United States, Germany and France have joined together with the United Kingdom in accusing Russia of being behind the nerve agent attack on an ex-Russian spy.",right
6068,Allies Issue Joint Statement Condemning Nerve Agent Attack,['World'],Russia spy: Allies condemn nerve agent attack,BBC News,"The leaders of France, Germany, the US and UK have issued a statement on the nerve agent attack in the UK, saying there is ""no plausible alternative explanation"" than Russian culpability.",center
6069,Trump and Putin Talk About About 'Russian Hoax',"['Russia', 'Donald Trump', 'Putin']","Trump boasts about ‘very good call’ with Putin, slams new media",New York Post (News),"President Trump boasted about his “very good call” with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin — and slammed his media critics — in a Saturday tweet.
“Tremendous potential for a good/great relationship with Russia, despite what you read and see in the Fake News Media,” he posted while motorcading to the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia.
“Look how they have misled you on ‘Russia Collusion,'” he continued. “The World can be a better and safer place. Nice!”
Trump said Friday that he believed Putin “is not looking at...",right
6070,Trump and Putin Talk About About 'Russian Hoax',"['Russia', 'Donald Trump', 'Putin']",Trump calls Putin and talks of 'Russian hoax',BBC News,"US President Donald Trump has said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an hour-long call, covering issues including the ""Russian hoax"".
""Had a long and very good conversation with President Putin,"" the US president tweeted.
Mr Trump rebuked a reporter who asked whether he had warned Mr Putin against meddling in the 2020 elections.
It was the leaders' first conversation since the Mueller report cleared Mr Trump of colluding with Russia.
The Kremlin confirmed in a statement the two had spoken, saying the call...",center
6071,Trump and Putin Talk About About 'Russian Hoax',"['Russia', 'Donald Trump', 'Putin']",Trump says he talked to Putin about ‘Russian Hoax’ but not about ongoing election interference,Washington Post,"President Trump said he and Russian President Vladi­mir Putin discussed the end of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election during a lengthy phone call Friday but said he did not raise concerns about the possibility of Russian interference to come in the 2020 contest.
Trump also contradicted his top national security aides on Russian motives in Venezuela, where the United States and Russia are on opposite sides of a deadly political schism. The two leaders, during their first known conversation in months,...",left
6072,Trump Reportedly Edges Closer to Firing Sessions and Rosenstein,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump Sets Out Tougher Approaches to Syria, Justice Department in Tumultuous Week",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Donald Trump this week stepped up preparations to counter political and military challenges that could reshape his presidency, girding for a strike against Syria and pushing a campaign to discredit the Justice Department.",center
6073,Trump Reportedly Edges Closer to Firing Sessions and Rosenstein,"['White House', 'Politics']",The Principle of Professional Law Enforcement Is Now on the Line,The Atlantic,"If the president can, with impunity, remove the deputy attorney general, the very notion that law enforcement has a higher function than serving power becomes a lie.",left
6074,Trump Reportedly Edges Closer to Firing Sessions and Rosenstein,"['White House', 'Politics']","Rod Rosenstein, facing scrutiny from Trump, meets with president at the White House",Fox News (Online News),"Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein -- in President Donald Trump's crosshairs -- was summoned to the White House for a meeting with the president on Thursday, amid recent calls from some of Trump’s supporters for his ouster over his role in the expanding Russia investigation.",right
6075,Gavin Newsom To Help Californians Sue Gunmakers In Response To Texas Abortion Law,"['Abortion', 'California', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas', 'Violence In America']",Newsom to Apply Texas Abortion Law Enforcement Mechanism to Curb ‘Assault Weapons’ Sales,National Review,"California governor Gavin Newsom (D.) is strategizing to use the enforcement mechanism of a recently enacted Texas abortion law, which the Supreme Court allowed to survive on Friday, to curb the sale and circulation of “assault weapons” in the state.
On Saturday, Newsom said in a press release that the governor’s office would work with the legislature and attorney general to create a bill that would empower private citizens to sue for at least $10,000 “anyone who manufactures, distributes, or sells an assault weapon or ghost gun kit or parts in the State of...",right
6076,Gavin Newsom To Help Californians Sue Gunmakers In Response To Texas Abortion Law,"['Abortion', 'California', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas', 'Violence In America']","Newsom to use Texas abortion law tactics to go after assault rifle, ghost gun makers",San Francisco Chronicle,"In a new approach to gun control inspired by Texas’s controversial approach to banning most abortions, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday announced that his administration will work to make it easier for private citizens to sue people who sell assault rifles and parts for untraceable ghost guns.
State officials will aim to craft a measure  that would allow residents to seek damages of at least $10,000, plus legal fees, against anyone who manufactures, distributes or sells an assault weapon or ghost gun kit in California.
“If states can now...",left
6077,Gavin Newsom To Help Californians Sue Gunmakers In Response To Texas Abortion Law,"['Abortion', 'California', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas', 'Violence In America']","In response to Texas abortion law, California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he is working on a bill to allow private citizens to sue anyone who makes or sells assault weapons",Insider,"California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Saturday he is working on a bill that would help private citizens sue manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of assault weapons or ghost gun kits.
Newsom said he was responding to a Supreme Court decision made Friday that allowed a controversial abortion law in Texas to stand. The law bans all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy and invites ordinary citizens, rather than state officials, to enforce it by suing abortion providers or anyone who helps someone get an abortion.
The court's decision was technical, Insider's Oma Seddiq reported...",left
6078,Georgia Secretary of State's Office to Launch Probe Into Trump's Election Phone Calls,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Georgia']",Georgia secretary of state's office launches investigation into Trump's phone call,CNN (Online News),"The office of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger confirmed to CNN on Monday that it has started an investigation into former President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the state's election results, including a phone call the former President made to Raffensperger.
During the call, Trump pushed Raffensperger to ""find"" votes to overturn the election results after his loss to then-President-elect Joe Biden, according to an audio recording later obtained by CNN.
Raffensperger was adamant in defending the results of the presidential election as well as the integrity of the...",left
6079,Georgia Secretary of State's Office to Launch Probe Into Trump's Election Phone Calls,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Georgia']",Georgia opens 'fact-finding' investigation into Trump phone calls about election,Washington Examiner,"The Georgia Secretary of State’s Office has reportedly opened an investigation into former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn President Biden’s win in the state.
Walter Jones, a spokesman for Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office, told Reuters that the office “investigates complaints it receives” and characterized the inquiry as “fact-finding and administrative.”
“Any further legal efforts will be left to the attorney general,” he said
A Jan. 2 phone call between Trump and Raffensperger generated a great deal of controversy in the days leading up to Congress counting electoral...",right
6080,Georgia Secretary of State's Office to Launch Probe Into Trump's Election Phone Calls,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Georgia']",Georgia Secretary of State’s office launches probe into Trump,Reuters,"The Georgia Secretary of State’s office opened an investigation on Monday into former U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election results, an official in the office told Reuters.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office had faced calls to open a probe after Trump was recorded in a Jan. 2 phone call pressuring Raffensperger to overturn the state’s election results based on unfounded voter fraud claims.
“The Secretary of State’s office investigates complaints it receives,” said Walter Jones, a spokesman for the Secretary of State’s office,...",center
6081,"Biden, Pence to Publicly Receive Coronavirus Vaccine","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Joe Biden', 'Mike Pence']",Mike Pence To Get A COVID-19 Vaccine On Live TV,HuffPost,"Vice President Mike Pence is expected to receive a COVID-19 vaccine live on television Friday, media outlets reported.
Axios reported the news Wednesday, citing an administration official with knowledge of the situation. Earlier, CNN reported that Pence was “likely” to receive the vaccine by Friday, according to two sources.
The White House did not immediately return a request for comment.
Pence will receive the vaccine on air to build “vaccine confidence” among Americans, Axios reported. Various polls show that 20% to 40% of Americans won’t commit to getting the...",left
6082,"Biden, Pence to Publicly Receive Coronavirus Vaccine","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Joe Biden', 'Mike Pence']","Biden to Get Covid-19 Vaccine in Public Next Week, Pence on Friday",Wall Street Journal (News),"President-elect Joe Biden intends to publicly receive the coronavirus vaccine as soon as next week, his transition team said Wednesday, as health officials seek to overcome any doubts about its safety.
Vice President Mike Pence will get vaccinated on Friday, the White House said. His wife, Karen Pence, and Surgeon General Jerome Adams will also get the shot in what the White House said was an effort to “promote the safety and efficacy of the vaccine and build confidence among the American people.”
Mr. Biden has said he would follow...",center
6083,"Biden, Pence to Publicly Receive Coronavirus Vaccine","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Joe Biden', 'Mike Pence']","Pence to receive COVID-19 vaccine 'publicly' on Friday, Biden next week",The Blaze,"Vice President Mike Pence will receive Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine ""publicly"" at the White House on Friday, and President-elect Joe Biden is set to get the shot next week.
The news comes as thousands of Americans are dying from COVID-19 on a daily basis, and officials are seeking to reassure the public that the new vaccine is safe as polls show many people have reservations about the inoculation.",right
6084,Looking Ahead to Memorial Day,"['Holidays', 'General News']","As Memorial Day arrives, Americans plan 'chill' vacations",Christian Science Monitor,"Michael Ray Smith and his wife, Barbara Jean, are exceedingly pleased about what they are not going to do on their coming vacation: travel or sightsee; visit museums; go to plays, movies, or amusement parks; window-shop; gamble. The list goes on: They will not visit family or friends, play cards, hike, water-ski, sky-dive, or go bungee jumping.",center
6085,Looking Ahead to Memorial Day,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Thoughts and prayers for those who served and those who are still fighting,Washington Post,"Memorial Day is a day for memories. We remember those who fought and died in our many wars. We also remember those who fought and survived, those who were willing to die for their country.",left
6086,Looking Ahead to Memorial Day,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Obama: Nation must do more for fallen heroes,Washington Times,President Barack Obama says the nation must do more than just remember its fallen heroes on Memorial Day.,right
6087,Perspectives: China’s Zero-Covid Policy Questioned As Omicron Outbreak Spreads,"['China', 'Coronavirus', 'Hong Kong', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health', 'Quarantine', 'World']","China’s Covid-19 Outbreak: Hugely Consequential, Barely Discussed",National Review,"On the menu today: It’s understandable if you never want to read another word about Covid-19 again, but while the U.S. has the pandemic in its rear-view mirror, the Omicron variant has arrived in China and Hong Kong, and the Chinese government, following its “zero Covid” philosophy, is trying to deal with a super-contagious variant by locking down anyplace it appears. As you can imagine, it’s not going well — and perhaps illustrating that as frustrating and flawed as the U.S. response to Covid-19 was, a “zero covid” approach just...",right
6088,Perspectives: China’s Zero-Covid Policy Questioned As Omicron Outbreak Spreads,"['China', 'Coronavirus', 'Hong Kong', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health', 'Quarantine', 'World']","China doesn’t have a Covid exit plan. Two years in, people are fed up and angry",CNN (Online News),"For two years, people in China have largely tolerated living under some of the world’s most stringent Covid-19 controls.
Restricted borders, constant digital tracking, and the potential for mass testing and snap lockdowns whenever a handful of cases appeared were all trade-offs for a comparatively Covid-free life while the pandemic raged overseas.
But China’s inability to bring its latest outbreak under control so far has prompted online rumblings from frustrated citizens, as questions about Beijing’s zero-Covid strategy break into the mainstream for the first time.
In the tech hub of Shenzhen on...",left
6089,Perspectives: China’s Zero-Covid Policy Questioned As Omicron Outbreak Spreads,"['China', 'Coronavirus', 'Hong Kong', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health', 'Quarantine', 'World']",China Grapples With How to Handle All the Mild Covid Cases,Wall Street Journal (News),"Across China, many medical workers are becoming overwhelmed—not by a wave of critically ill Covid-19 patients, but by a wave of not very sick ones.
Apart from a few weeks in early 2020 in the city of Wuhan, hospitals in China haven’t experienced the overflowing Covid wards other countries have had to get used to. Instead, in the country’s zeal to stamp out new infections as quickly as possible, the longstanding drill has been to hospitalize every Covid case and quarantine all “close contacts”—including doctors and nurses.
As Covid infections...",center
6090,Syria and Russia Begin Ground Offensive,['World'],Russia launches naval bombardment of targets in Syria,CNN (Online News),"Russia launched a naval bombardment of ISIS targets in Syria on Wednesday, a senior official said, ramping up a newly muscular presence in the Middle East.",left
6091,Syria and Russia Begin Ground Offensive,['World'],Syrian forces begin ground offensive backed by Russia air and sea power,Washington Post,"Russian missiles fired from Caspian Sea warships traveled more than 900 miles to strike targets in Syria on Wednesday as Syrian government forces opened a ground offensive into areas that include rebel factions, officials said.",left
6092,Syria and Russia Begin Ground Offensive,['World'],Fighting erupts in central Syria amid Russian airstrikes,Washington Times,"Syrian troops backed by Russian airstrikes battled insurgents in central Syria on Wednesday in the first major ground fighting since Moscow began launching air raids on militants last week, activists said.",right
6093,Congress Estimates Social Security to Run Out by 2031,"['Social Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Payroll Tax Cuts', 'Tax Cuts', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Life During Covid-19']",Social Security trust fund to run out by 2031: CBO,The Hill,"The Social Security Old Age and Survivors Insurance fund, which pays out retirement benefits, is on track to run out in 2031 as the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic takes its toll, according to a Wednesday report by the Congressional Budget Office.
Without congressional action to address the shortfalls, the depletion of the fund would lead to benefit cuts for retirees.
CBO projected that the OASI fund would drop from $2.8 trillion today to $533 billion in 2030, and run out the following year.",center
6094,Congress Estimates Social Security to Run Out by 2031,"['Social Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Payroll Tax Cuts', 'Tax Cuts', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Life During Covid-19']",Biden Claims Trump Has ‘Planned Cuts To Social Security’ By Killing The Payroll Tax. What Are The Facts?,Forbes,"Last week, I objected to Kamala Harris’s claim that Trump’s plan would cause Social Security checks to “stop coming.”
Now, the Biden campaign itself has a commercial, with Biden-approved text:
“The Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration just released an analysis of Trump’s planned cuts to Social Security. Under Trump’s plan, Social Security would become permanently depleted by the middle of calendar year 2023. If Trump gets his way, Social Security benefits will run out in just 3 years from now. Don’t let it happen. Joe Biden will protect...",center
6095,Congress Estimates Social Security to Run Out by 2031,"['Social Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Payroll Tax Cuts', 'Tax Cuts', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Life During Covid-19']",Social Security could come to a screeching halt,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump once claimed that he could shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue in New York City and not lose any voters. He's now seeing whether the same is true if he kills Social Security.
His unilateral, unprecedented step of deferring the collection of payroll taxes, the backbone of Social Security, is the murder weapon he would use.",left
6096,Perspectives: Shaming the Unvaccinated,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Skepticism', 'Natural Immunity', 'Media Bias']","Mocking anti-vaxxers’ COVID deaths is ghoulish, yes — but may be necessary",Los Angeles Times,"Among all the ways that COVID-19 affects our lives, the pandemic confronts us with a profound moral dilemma:
How should we react to the deaths of the unvaccinated?
On the one hand, a hallmark of civilized thought is the sense that every life is precious.
On the other, those who have deliberately flouted sober medical advice by refusing a vaccine known to reduce the risk of serious disease from the virus, including the risk to others, and end up in the hospital or the grave can be viewed as receiving...",left
6097,Perspectives: Shaming the Unvaccinated,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Skepticism', 'Natural Immunity', 'Media Bias']",Latest Data on COVID-19 Vaccinations by Race/Ethnicity,Kaiser Family Foundation,"As of this week, federal data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that 74.4% of the total population in the United States have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. While vaccination coverage has increased, it remains uneven across the country. Amid the current Omicron variant-related surge, unvaccinated people are at particularly increased risk for infection, severe illness, and death. As of January 10, 2022, White people accounted for the largest share (65%) of people who are unvaccinated.1 Over the course of the vaccination rollout, Black and...",center
6098,Perspectives: Shaming the Unvaccinated,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Skepticism', 'Natural Immunity', 'Media Bias']","Mainstream media resorts to shaming, insulting unvaccinated Americans as COVID surges",Fox News (Online News),"The mainstream media has resorted to shaming and insulting unvaccinated Americans as the ongoing COVID pandemic surges, but medical professionals don’t think the ""substandard"" tactic is appropriate unless the ultimate goal is to further divide the nation. 
A Washington Post columnist on Tuesday praised French President Emmanuel Macron for a series of discouraging remarks he made about the unvaccinated, urging readers globally to make life a ""living hell"" for those who choose to forego the vaccine. The opinion column titled ""Macron is right: It’s time to make life a living hell for anti-vaxxers,"" was the latest example...",right
6099,Karl Rove and the Election,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Rove Under Fire From GOP for Costly Election Debacle,Newsmax (News),"Republicans across the country are upset with the partys election defeats last week, and many see strategist Karl Rove as a major culprit.
His Crossroads groups raised more than $300 million to defeat President Barack Obama and regain GOP control of the Senate. They failed on both accounts, and many donors to the cause arent too happy.
Some of them are upset that Crossroads had such inaccurate polls, and others say more money should have been spent at the grassroots level rather than on TV advertising, sources tell Politico. Roves...",right
6100,Karl Rove and the Election,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Karl Rove rejects reality,CNN (Online News),"As televised theater, it was hard to beat. As political prognostication, it was a head-scratching moment. As partisan warfare, it was nothing short of audacious.
But Karl Rove's insistence that Barack Obama had not carried Ohio -- despite the call by his own network, Fox News, that the president had done just that -- represented something larger. It captured, for some long and awkward moments, the refusal of some in the media-and-politics game to accept reality.
And that has been a recurring",left
6101,Karl Rove and the Election,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Karl Rove Gives Yet Another Reason For Mitt Romney's Loss: He Had A 'Butt-Ugly Primary',HuffPost,"GOP strategist Karl Rove continued his effort to bury Mitt Romney's election loss under a pile of excuses on Wednesday, adding a new explanation to his growing list.
""Mitt Romney had what I scientifically call a butt-ugly primary,'' Rove told a crowd gathered to hear him speak at Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy, according to the Erie Times-News. He went on to explain that the lengthy contest featured ""way too many debates'' and became overly focused on social issues instead of the economy.
Rove also offered a number of other reasons...",left
6102,Biden Signs Inflation Reduction Act Into Law,"['Climate Change', 'Democratic Agenda', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Healthcare', 'Inflation', 'Inflation Reduction Act', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics', 'Taxes', 'US Congress']","Biden signs $430 billion climate, healthcare and tax bill",Reuters,"President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a $430 billion bill that is seen as the biggest climate package in U.S. history, designed to cut domestic greenhouse gas emissions as well as lower prescription drug prices.
At a White House event, Biden was joined by Democratic leaders including Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, whose support was crucial to passage of the Inflation Reduction Act along party lines after he had initially opposed a similar measure.
“Joe, we never had a doubt,” Biden said of Manchin.",center
6103,Biden Signs Inflation Reduction Act Into Law,"['Climate Change', 'Democratic Agenda', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Healthcare', 'Inflation', 'Inflation Reduction Act', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics', 'Taxes', 'US Congress']","Biden Signs Massive Democratic Spending Bill into Law, Ignores Nonpartisan Analysts to Claim It Will Fight Inflation",National Review,"President Biden on Tuesday signed Democrats’ massive spending bill into law, calling it the “biggest step forward on climate ever.”
“With this law, the American people won, and the special interests lost,” Biden said during a signing ceremony at the White House. “For a while people doubted whether any of that was going to happen, but we are in a season of substance.”
He said the bill’s passage is proof for “the American people that democracy still works in America, notwithstanding… all the talk of its demise, not just for...",right
6104,Biden Signs Inflation Reduction Act Into Law,"['Climate Change', 'Democratic Agenda', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Healthcare', 'Inflation', 'Inflation Reduction Act', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics', 'Taxes', 'US Congress']",Joe Biden Signs Scaled-Back Version of ‘Build Back Better’ Agenda Into Law,HuffPost,"President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a scaled-back version of his ambitious “Build Back Better” agenda into law, capping off a series of modest legislative wins heading into the autumn midterms.
“With this law, the American people won, and the special interests lost,” Biden said.
The measure increases investments in renewable energy, imposes a fee on methane emissions, allows Medicare to negotiate with drug companies to win lower prices for prescription drugs, and extends larger subsidies to poorer families enrolled in the Affordable Care Act.
“This means seniors are going to pay...",left
6105,Obamacare,['Healthcare'],Health care's big four issues: What the justices are tackling,CNN (Online News),"The Supreme Court in coming days will issue perhaps as many as four separate opinions on the constitutionality of the health care law.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or ACA) was signed into law March 23, 2010, passed by a Democratic congressional majority and championed by President Barack Obama. It has about 2,700 pages and contains 450 some provisions.",left
6106,Obamacare,['Healthcare'],No ObamaCare/SB 1070 Ruling Today,Townhall,"The Supreme Court of the United States will not release an opinion on ObamaCare or Arizona's SB 1070 today. The next opinion day will Thursday, June 21. Based on Supreme Court precedent, SB 1070 is expected to be upheld while ObamaCare is still very much up in the air. There is a high chance Presid",right
6107,Nike Pulls Betsy Ross Sneakers,"['Betsy Ross', 'Nike', 'Culture']",Nike defends Betsy Ross flag-shoe recall that reopened culture-war rift,Los Angeles Times,"Nike Inc. stood by its decision to pull its Fourth of July sneakers from stores, even as the move dragged it once again into America’s culture wars and drew criticism from conservative lawmakers claiming political correctness has gone too far.
“We regularly make business decisions to withdraw initiatives, products and services. Nike made the decision to halt distribution of the Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July based on concerns that it could unintentionally offend and detract from the nation’s patriotic holiday,” the company said in an emailed statement...",left
6108,Nike Pulls Betsy Ross Sneakers,"['Betsy Ross', 'Nike', 'Culture']",Nike Nixes 'Betsy Ross Flag' Sneaker After Colin Kaepernick Intervenes,Wall Street Journal (News),"Nike Inc. (NKE -0.53%) is yanking a U.S.A.-themed sneaker featuring an early American flag after NFL star-turned-activist Colin Kaepernick told the company it shouldn’t sell a shoe with a symbol that he and others consider offensive, according to people familiar with the matter.
The sneaker giant created the Air Max 1 USA in celebration of the July Fourth holiday, and it was slated to go on sale this week. The heel of the shoe featured a U.S. flag with 13 white stars in a circle, a design created during the...",center
6109,Nike Pulls Betsy Ross Sneakers,"['Betsy Ross', 'Nike', 'Culture']",Betsy Ross is Canceled,Reason,"While no one seems to be saying that Ross herself was an evil racist, the fact that she lived—and allegedly sewed the iconic, 13-star flag associated with the American Revolution—during slaveholding times is apparently enough to ensure that she and her flag be canceled.
The controversy comes after Nike announced a new Fourth of July-themed sneaker, made in red, white, and blue materials and adorned on the heel with the Betsy Ross flag. After shipping the shoe—a version of Nike's popular Air Max 1—to stores, the company then abruptly called...",right
6110,Federal IDs for Immigrants,['Immigration'],Meet The Virginian Shaping The House GOP's Immigration Plan,NPR (Online News),"Comprehensive immigration reform seems to top everyone's legislative wish list this year, and bills are already taking shape in the White House and the Democratic-led Senate.
A bipartisan group of senators recently laid out a path to citizenship for millions living in the country unlawfully. Less clear is where the Republican-led House is headed on immigration.
The man charged with drafting the House immigration bill is Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, a Republican from Virginia.
Goodlatte's district is home to Roanoke, Va., a tidy city of nearly 100,000 between the...",left
6111,Federal IDs for Immigrants,['Immigration'],Senators Consider National ID Card as Part of Immigration Bill,Newsmax (News),"Senators drafting a bipartisan immigration bill are considering the creation of a high-tech national identity card to be carried by all workers, whether or not they are U.S. citizens.
The biometric ID card would use fingerprints or other personal markers to establish a persons legal eligibility to work, according to the Wall Street Journal.
In a statement, the bipartisan Senate group called only for workers to prove their legal status and identities through “non-forgeable electronic means.
The lawmakers have not yet decided on the biometric card, although five of the...",right
6112,Federal IDs for Immigrants,['Immigration'],Senators in Immigration Talks Mull Federal IDs for All Workers,Wall Street Journal (News),"Key senators are exploring an immigration bill that would force every U.S. worker—citizen or not—to carry a high-tech identity card that could use fingerprints or other personal markers to prove a person's legal eligibility to work.
Key senators are exploring an immigration bill that would force every U.S. worker-citizen or not-to carry a high-tech ID card that could use fingerprints or other personal markers to prove legal eligibility to work.
The idea, signaled only in vaguely worded language from senators crafting a bipartisan immigration bill, has privacy advocates and...",center
6113,"Will US, Russia Hold Ukraine Summit as Tensions Mount?","['World', 'Europe', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'War', 'Joe Biden', 'Foreign Policy']","Kremlin pours cold water on summit plan for Biden, Putin on Ukraine",New York Post (News),"Russia struck down potential plans for a meeting between President Biden and President Vladimir Putin — warning Monday it is too early to discuss holding a summit on the Ukraine crisis.
“It’s premature to talk about any specific plans for organizing any kind of summits,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
“There is an understanding that dialogue should be continued at the level of foreign ministers,” he said, adding that there are “no concrete plans in place” for a presidential summit.
“If necessary, of course, the Russian and American presidents can decide...",right
6114,"Will US, Russia Hold Ukraine Summit as Tensions Mount?","['World', 'Europe', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'War', 'Joe Biden', 'Foreign Policy']",Why a Putin summit would be a huge risk for Biden,CNN (Online News),"By agreeing in principle to a summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin, President Joe Biden is reaching for a signature foreign policy win, but accepting massive political and strategic risks that could easily backfire.
Biden's last-ditch, still-tentative and highly conditioned agreement to meet the Russian President came after a weekend of frenzied diplomacy and alarming new US claims that Russia was about to invade Ukraine.
There are real doubts that the meeting, brokered by French President Emmanuel Macron, will ever take place. The White House said Sunday it will go ahead only ""if an invasion...",left
6115,"Will US, Russia Hold Ukraine Summit as Tensions Mount?","['World', 'Europe', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'War', 'Joe Biden', 'Foreign Policy']","Biden and Putin agree ""in principle"" to hold summit",Axios,"President Biden agreed ""in principle"" to hold a summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, the White House confirmed on Sunday evening.
Driving the news: Biden said the meeting can only take place if Russia does not invade Ukraine, according to statements from the White House and French President Emmanuel Macron's office, which first announced the news.
The agreement was reached following two separate phone calls that Macron had with the U.S. and Russian leaders, according to a statement from the Élysée Palace, which said Putin had also ""accepted the principle of such a...",center
6116,FDA Authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",U.S. FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use,Reuters,"The United States said it authorized the use of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, with the first inoculations expected within days, marking a turning point in a country where the pandemic has killed more than 295,000 people. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use authorization for the vaccine, developed with German partner BioNTech, which was shown to be 95% effective in preventing the disease in a late-stage trial. It said the vaccine can be given to people aged 16 and older.
Healthcare workers and elderly people...",center
6117,FDA Authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",FDA authorizes Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use,CBS News (Online),"The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, kicking off a massive effort to initially deliver nearly 3 million doses of the vaccine to more than 600 sites nationwide. The approval comes just a day after the FDA's advisory panel voted 17-4 in favor of approving the vaccine.
Frontline medical workers and residents of long-term care facilities will be the first to get the vaccine, and could receive it as early as Monday. The vaccine is authorized for people age 16 and older,...",left
6118,FDA Authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","FDA Approves First COVID-19 Vaccine For Emergency Use, Multiple Reports Say",The Daily Wire,"The FDA has approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine through an emergency use authorization, clearing the way for Americans to receive inoculations against COVID-19 for the first time since the pandemic was declared in March, according to multiple reports.
Under the emergency authorization, high-priority Americans will begin receiving the first of two inoculations against COVID-19, possibly within hours, according to previous remarks made by Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla. The CDC expects Pfizer to have 25 million doses available this month.",right
6119,"Coronavirus Affects Food Industry, Worsening Insecurities","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Agriculture', 'Business', 'Welfare', 'Inequality', 'Food']",The Farm-to-Table Connection Comes Undone,New York Times (News),"Zaid Kurdieh has so many fava beans growing at his farm in upstate New York that he could send 4,000 pounds a week to the best chefs in New York City. In Kentucky, Robert Eversole and Thomas Sargent planted enough winter greens to fill the all the salad bars at the University of Kentucky and still have enough left over to feed fans at the state’s two major spring horse races.
But the coronavirus pandemic has postponed the Kentucky Derby and shut the university. And in New York, chefs who...",left
6120,"Coronavirus Affects Food Industry, Worsening Insecurities","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Agriculture', 'Business', 'Welfare', 'Inequality', 'Food']",World Hunger Could Double as Coronavirus Disrupts Food Supplies,Bloomberg,"The number of people going hungry around the world could double in just a few months as the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc on food supplies and hurts incomes.
That’s according to a group of major food companies, industry bodies and academics, which warned that those suffering from chronic hunger may surge from about 800 million amid mounting food-supply risks. The threat is acute for poor regions like sub-Saharan Africa.
“There could not be a more important time in which to keep trade flows open and predictable,” according to a letter...",left
6121,"Coronavirus Affects Food Industry, Worsening Insecurities","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Agriculture', 'Business', 'Welfare', 'Inequality', 'Food']",Knights of Columbus Launch Multi-Million-Dollar Food Bank Delivery Operation During Pandemic,Breitbart News,"The organization is based in New Haven, Connecticut, and is one of the country’s foremost charitable organizations. The Knights call its campaign, “Leave No Neighbor Behind,” and describe the food bank operation as “multi-phase.”
The initial phase of the food bank operation is launching with numerous volunteers and more than $1 million, covering 20 cities in 16 states and the District of Columbia.",right
6122,Trump Signs $484 Billion Stimulus Bill,"['Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'US Congress', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Stimulus Bill', 'Coronavirus']","Trump signs $484 billion measure to aid employers, hospitals",Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a $484 billion bill Friday to aid employers and hospitals under stress from the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 50,000 Americans and devastated broad swaths of the economy.
The bill is the latest effort by the federal government to help keep afloat businesses that have had to close or dramatically alter their operations as states try to slow the spread of the virus. Over the past five weeks, roughly 26 million people have filed for jobless aid, or about 1 in...",left
6123,Trump Signs $484 Billion Stimulus Bill,"['Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'US Congress', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Stimulus Bill', 'Coronavirus']",Trump signs into law $484 billion bill that replenishes coronavirus aid program for small businesses,MarketWatch,"President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law a $484 billion measure that provides additional money for a coronavirus aid program for small businesses, following the Democratic-led House’s approval of the legislation on Thursday and the Republican-run Senate’s passage of it on Tuesday.
The bill received overwhelming support in the House, with 388 votes in favor of it and only five against it, while the Senate approved it by a voice vote.
The measure, which comes after extensive negotiations between Democrats and Republicans produced a deal on Tuesday, contains about...",center
6124,Trump Signs $484 Billion Stimulus Bill,"['Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'US Congress', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Stimulus Bill', 'Coronavirus']",Trump signs coronavirus aid bill as tensions rise over next one,NBC News (Online),"WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a nearly $500 billion interim coronavirus bill into law Friday that includes additional money for the small-business loan program, as well as more funding for hospitals and testing.
Trump was joined in the Oval Office for the bill signing by Republican lawmakers and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, who has been a key White House negotiator with Congress in coronavirus aid legislation. During the ceremony, Trump walked back his comments from the day before that people could get an “injection” of a “disinfectant” that kills...",left
6125,"Manafort Has Three Passports, Traveled Under Fake Name",['Politics'],"Manafort has 3 passports, traveled to China with phone registered under fake name",CNN (Online News),"How rich are Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, and where did they travel? That question lingered over the pair's court hearing on Monday after both faced the first indictments from Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.",left
6126,"Manafort Has Three Passports, Traveled Under Fake Name",['Politics'],"Paul Manafort has three passports and ties to Russian oligarchs, prosecutors say",The Guardian,"Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager for Donald Trump, had three US passports, millions in assets and ties to Russian oligarchs, according to federal court documents related to his indictment on tax fraud and money laundering charges.",left
6127,"Manafort Has Three Passports, Traveled Under Fake Name",['Politics'],"Paul Manafort considered flight risk because of wealth, foreign connections: special counsel",Fox News (Online News),"Just one day after pleading not guilty to a 12-count indictment, Paul Manafort was described as a major flight risk by prosecutors because of his wealth and international connections.",right
6128,Analysis of 2016 SOTU,"['White House', 'Politics']",OPINION: President Obama’s Call to America’s Better Nature,Guest Writer - Left,"In his final State of the Union speech, President Obama endeavored on Tuesday to lift Americans above the miasma of a brutally negative presidential campaign to reflect on what the nation has endured and achieved since he took office in the midst of a dire recession.",left
6129,Analysis of 2016 SOTU,"['White House', 'Politics']",State of the Union: Barack Obama sells optimism to nervous nation,CNN (Online News),"Putting aside a sudden crisis with Iran, President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Americans in his final State of the Union address to reject the politics of tribalism and fear that have rocked the campaign to find his successor and to build a ""clear-eyed, big-hearted"" and ""optimistic"" nation.",left
6130,Analysis of 2016 SOTU,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama downplays ISIS threat, defends economic record in State of the Union",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama, with an eye on cementing his legacy and countering the narrative on the Republican campaign trail, used his final State of the Union address Tuesday night to defend his economic record – and, in stark language, downplay the threat from the Islamic State.",right
6131,$600 Jobless Benefits Set to Expire,"['Banking And Finance', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Life During Covid-19', 'US Congress', 'Economy And Jobs']","$600-a-week unemployment benefits expire, posing fresh danger to Trump's re-election",NBC News (Online),"WASHINGTON — A crucial week on Capitol Hill that began with a rocky Republican rollout of a coronavirus relief package ended with a complete breakdown in negotiations, threatening to deepen the perils of an already embattled President Donald Trump.
The Republican-led Senate adjourned Thursday for a long weekend with no action on COVID-19 relief, all but ensuring that a $600 weekly federal unemployment benefit would expire Friday.
The payment has been a financial lifeline for more than 20 million out-of-work Americans. The U.S. recorded its worst quarterly economic contraction ever...",left
6132,$600 Jobless Benefits Set to Expire,"['Banking And Finance', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Life During Covid-19', 'US Congress', 'Economy And Jobs']","Congress leaves town without a coronavirus stimulus deal, allowing $600 unemployment benefit to end",USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – A $600 weekly unemployment benefit that has helped millions of Americans stay afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic will officially end at midnight as Congress adjourned for the weekend without coming to any deal on the program or a larger emergency stimulus package.
The discussions over another package turned testy Friday as Democrats and Republicans each blamed the other for their inability to come to an agreement, leaving out-of-work Americans in limbo as the vital benefits come to a halt.
In dueling press conferences, White House Chief...",left
6133,$600 Jobless Benefits Set to Expire,"['Banking And Finance', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Life During Covid-19', 'US Congress', 'Economy And Jobs']",Mark Meadows slams Democrats for rejecting offers to extend unemployment boost,New York Post (News),"WASHINGTON — White House chief of staff Mark Meadows lashed Democrats for rejecting what he said were four different offers to extend the $600 per week federal unemployment boost which expires Friday.
Appearing in the White House briefing room after a week of fruitless negotiations with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Meadows accused Democrats of abandoning the American people.
“Those four different offers have been actually rejected — but more importantly than that, they’ve not even been countered,” Meadows said Friday morning.",right
6134,Shipwreck in the Mediterranean,"['Europe', 'World']",'Genocide' charged as boat capsizes in Mediterranean,CNN (Online News),"As a boat packed with hundreds of migrants capsized in Mediterranean waters, many were trapped inside behind locked doors.",left
6135,Shipwreck in the Mediterranean,"['Europe', 'World']",Malta to bury 24 victims of latest shipwreck tragedy,Washington Times,"An Italian coast guard ship headed toward Sicily Monday with 27 survivors of what could be the Mediterranean’s deadliest migrant tragedy, as EU foreign ministers gathered for an emergency meeting on the growing crisis as migrants flee instability in Libya at unprecedented rates.",right
6136,Shipwreck in the Mediterranean,"['Europe', 'World']",Search Continues for Hundreds of Migrants After Ship Capsizes Off Libya,New York Times (News),"Rescuers searched on Monday for survivors after a ship carrying hundreds of migrants sank in the Mediterranean Sea on Saturday night, in what could prove to be one of the deadliest such disasters in the waters between Europe and Africa.",left
6137,Armed Man Arrested Near Brett Kavanaugh's Home,"['Supreme Court', 'Threats', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Violence In America', 'Maryland', 'California', 'Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Mass Shootings', 'Criminal Justice']","Armed man arrested near Brett Kavanaugh’s home, officials say",Washington Post,"A man was detained by police early Wednesday morning near Brett M. Kavanaugh’s Maryland home after making threats against the Supreme Court justice, according to federal and local officials.
The man, described as being from California and in his mid-20s, was taken into custody by police after telling officers he wanted to kill the justice, according to people familiar with the investigation. He apparently did not make it onto Kavanaugh’s property in Montgomery County but was stopped on a nearby street and was found to be carrying at least one weapon...",left
6138,Armed Man Arrested Near Brett Kavanaugh's Home,"['Supreme Court', 'Threats', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Violence In America', 'Maryland', 'California', 'Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Mass Shootings', 'Criminal Justice']",Man with weapon is arrested near Kavanaugh’s home,SCOTUSblog,"An armed man was arrested early Wednesday morning near the Maryland home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. As first reported by The Washington Post and confirmed by a Supreme Court spokesperson, the man made threats against the 57-year-old Kavanaugh, who has served on the court since 2018.
It was not immediately clear what type of weapon the man was carrying. He was taken to a Montgomery County police station.
The news came as the public waits for the court to release opinions in several high-profile cases – most notably, a challenge to a Mississippi abortion...",center
6139,Armed Man Arrested Near Brett Kavanaugh's Home,"['Supreme Court', 'Threats', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Violence In America', 'Maryland', 'California', 'Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Mass Shootings', 'Criminal Justice']",Armed California man arrested by Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh's Maryland home,Fox News (Online News),"An armed man was arrested near the Maryland home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh Wednesday morning, law enforcement sources confirmed to Fox News.
The suspect was carrying a gun and a knife when arrested and had made violent threats against Kavanaugh, sources said.
The man’s name is being withheld at this time, but sources say he is in his 20s and from California and was picked up on a nearby street. He did not get to the Kavanaugh home. ",right
6140,Trump to Demand Border Wall Money in Budget,"['Budget - Debt', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow foresees another budget fight over border wall,Washington Times,"Larry Kudlow, a top White House economic adviser, said President Trump’s “tough” 2020 budget blueprint, due out Monday, could trigger a new fight over the his desired U.S.-Mexico border wall.
The 2020 budget blueprint will include at least $8.6 billion in border wall money, a senior administration official said Sunday. About $5 billion is slated to come from the Department of Homeland Security, with $3.6 billion coming from military construction funds.
“I suppose there will be” another budget fight over the wall, Mr. Kudlow said on “Fox News...",right
6141,Trump to Demand Border Wall Money in Budget,"['Budget - Debt', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump will ask for $8.6B for wall in budget,The Hill,"President Trump reportedly intends to request $8.6 billion for his long-promised wall along the border with Mexico when he submits his 2020 congressional budget on Monday.
Reuters reported that the president will submit his request to Congress based on a 2017 plan crafted by Customs and Border Protection that called for 722 miles of barriers to be built or replaced along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The funding for the wall would pull $5 billion from the Department of Homeland Security budget, plus $3.6 billion for the military construction budget...",center
6142,Trump to Demand Border Wall Money in Budget,"['Budget - Debt', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Trump to demand $8.6 billion in new wall funding, setting up fresh battle with Congress",Washington Post,"President Trump on Monday will request at least another $8.6 billion in funding to build more sections of a wall along the Mexico border, setting up a fresh battle with Congress less than one month after Trump declared a national emergency.
In Trump’s annual budget request to Congress, he will request $5 billion in funding for the Department of Homeland Security to continue building sections of a wall along the Mexico border, three people briefed on the request said. He will request another $3.6 billion for the Department of...",left
6143,"CDC Report Highlights Disparity in Cases Among People of Color, Increase in Mental Health Challenges Among Adults","['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'Mental Health', 'Inequality', 'Race And Racism']",CDC study sheds new light on mental health crisis linked to coronavirus pandemic,CNN (Online News),"The Covid-19 crisis has brought with it a mental health crisis in the United States, and new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show just how broad the pandemic's impact on mental health might be.
A new CDC survey found that almost 41% of respondents are struggling with mental health issues stemming from the pandemic -- both related to the coronavirus pandemic itself and the measures put in place to contain it, including physical distancing and stay-at-home orders.",left
6144,"CDC Report Highlights Disparity in Cases Among People of Color, Increase in Mental Health Challenges Among Adults","['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'Mental Health', 'Inequality', 'Race And Racism']",A Pandemic of Depression: CDC Reveals Huge Numbers of Young People Consider Suicide Due to COVID,CBN,"The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting changes to American life, including business and school closures, canceling entertainment and sports venues, as well as lockdowns, are taking a toll on the mental health of young people.
In the latest Centers for Disease Control (CDC) data released Thursday, more than one-quarter of American adults between the ages of 18 and 24 say they have thought about suicide in the last 30 days because of the coronavirus pandemic. For adults ages 25 to 44, that percentage is 16%.
The data also shows more...",right
6145,"CDC Report Highlights Disparity in Cases Among People of Color, Increase in Mental Health Challenges Among Adults","['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'Mental Health', 'Inequality', 'Race And Racism']",CDC analysis of coronavirus hot spots shows people of color are hit hard,The Hill,"A high percentage of COVID-19 cases in hot spots are among people of color, particularly Hispanic and Black residents, according to a new analysis released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Among 79 counties identified as COVID-19 hot spots, 76 had a disproportionate number of cases among communities of color between February and June, according to the data released Friday.
The CDC said that another 126 counties were also considered hot spots, but those did not have enough racial data of COVID-19 cases to include in the...",center
6146,Trump Says He'll Leave Office if Electoral College Confirms Biden,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'White House']",Trump says he will leave office if Electoral College votes for Biden,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump said Thursday that he would leave office if the Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden, but also alleged “massive fraud” in the vote count and promised to keep up with his legal fight.
Asked by a reporter following a teleconference with military troops on Thanksgiving if he would leave after an unsuccessful electoral college vote, he replied, “Certainly I will. ... You know that I will.""
Regarding the series of legal challenges in multiple states, Trump said: “A lot of things [are] happening between now and...",right
6147,Trump Says He'll Leave Office if Electoral College Confirms Biden,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'White House']","Inching toward exit, Trump says he'll leave if Biden wins Electoral College vote",Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will leave the White House if the Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden, the closest he has come to conceding the Nov. 3 election, even as he repeated unfounded claims of massive voter fraud.
Speaking to reporters on the Thanksgiving holiday, Republican Trump said if Democrat Biden - who is due to be sworn in on Jan. 20 - is formally declared the winner by the Electoral College, he will depart the White House.
Asked if he would leave the White...",center
6148,Trump Says He'll Leave Office if Electoral College Confirms Biden,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'White House']",Trump says he’ll leave if Electoral College seats Biden,Associated Press Fact Check,"WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will leave the White House if the Electoral College formalizes President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory — even as he insisted such a decision would be a “mistake” — as he spent his Thanksgiving renewing baseless claims that “massive fraud” and crooked officials in battleground states caused his election defeat.
“Certainly I will. But you know that,” Trump said Thursday when asked whether he would vacate the building, allowing a peaceful transition of power in January. But Trump — taking questions for...",left
6149,"Fiona Hill Transcript Details Key White House Meeting, Steele Dossier","['Fiona Hill', 'Alexander Vindman', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'Transcript', 'Washington', 'Donald Trump', 'John Bolton', 'US House', 'Politics']","5 takeaways from the impeachment inquiry testimony of Fiona Hill, former White House adviser on Russia",USA TODAY,"Fiona Hill, former National Security Council senior director for Europe and Russia, testified that former National Security Adviser John Bolton was concerned about the push to solicit help from Ukraine, according to a transcript from her impeachment inquiry deposition released Friday.
Hill added to the account emerging from testimony that President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, was part of a team of nontraditional foreign affairs actors spearheading a back-channel Ukraine policy.
In her testimony, Hill outlined key players in a pressure campaign for Ukraine to open investigations into former...",left
6150,"Fiona Hill Transcript Details Key White House Meeting, Steele Dossier","['Fiona Hill', 'Alexander Vindman', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'Transcript', 'Washington', 'Donald Trump', 'John Bolton', 'US House', 'Politics']",Ukraine witness said Steele dossier was 'rabbit hole' and likely contained Russian 'disinformation',Washington Examiner,"Fiona Hill, formerly President Trump’s top Russia adviser on the National Security Council, testified that British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s dossier was a “rabbit hole” that “very likely” contained Russian disinformation and that Steele “could have been played” by the Russians.
Hill’s closed-door congressional testimony during Ukraine whistleblower impeachment proceedings from Oct. 14, 2019, was released on Friday, and the 448 pages show that she was upset by much of what she’d seen this year, including efforts by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and others to pressure Ukraine to investigate Joe and...",right
6151,"Fiona Hill Transcript Details Key White House Meeting, Steele Dossier","['Fiona Hill', 'Alexander Vindman', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'Transcript', 'Washington', 'Donald Trump', 'John Bolton', 'US House', 'Politics']","'Hateful calls, conspiracy theories': What Fiona Hill told impeachment investigators",Politico,"House impeachment investigators on Friday released the deposition transcript of Fiona Hill, a former National Security Council official whose testimony has been among the most damaging so far to President Donald Trump.
Hill on Oct. 14 testified before lawmakers on how the Trump aide grew alarmed about the role Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer, and others were playing in Ukraine policy — especially their efforts to pressure the government in Kyiv to investigate Trump’s political rivals. She said then-national security adviser John Bolton at one point instructed her to...",left
6152,Keystone Fight Continues,['Environment'],"Fellow Democrats press Obama to approve Keystone, following environmental report",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama is facing increasing pressure from Senate Democrats to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, following the release Friday of a State Department report that raised no major environmental concerns.
“Today's Environmental Impact Statement confirms what Alaskans already know -- there are ways to safely and responsibly diversify our domestic energy supply,” said Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska. “Move this project forward.”
Begich also said",right
6153,Keystone Fight Continues,['Environment'],Keystone foes pinning final hopes on Obama,Politico,"Green activists aren’t resigned to losing the Keystone battle. But Friday’s latest blow was yet another disappointment in their often-strained relationship with President Barack Obama.
The new State Department report that discounted most of the environmental community’s warnings about the Keystone XL oil pipeline puts the fin",left
6154,Keystone Fight Continues,['Environment'],Obama's Keystone XL Pipeline Dilemma: Running Out Of Reasons To Say No,HuffPost,"President Barack Obama is running out of reasons to say no to Keystone XL, the proposed oil pipeline that's long been looming over his environmental legacy.
Five years after the pipeline's backers first asked the Obama administration for approval, the project remains in limbo, stuck in a complex regulatory process that has enabled Obama to p",left
6155,Perspectives: Bernie Sanders's Exit from 2020 Race,"['Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Democratic Party', 'Progressives', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Bernie Sanders']",President Sanders Isn’t Happening in 2021. A Political Revolution Still Could.,New York Magazine,"The Bernie Sanders campaign was ahead of its time — possibly by as little as three months.
Had the Democratic primary been held in the year 2040, the socialist’s overwhelming support among millennials and Zoomers would have made him the presumptive nominee by mid-March (for the purposes of this hypothetical, Sanders remains spry at age 98, and human civilization remains a thing in 20 years). Although the Vermont senator ended his 2020 campaign this week boasting a smaller coalition than he’d assembled four years prior, his resilient hold on a...",left
6156,Perspectives: Bernie Sanders's Exit from 2020 Race,"['Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Democratic Party', 'Progressives', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Bernie Sanders']",Sanders — And The Media — Learned The Wrong Lessons From Trump In 2016,FiveThirtyEight,"As I’m sure you’ve probably guessed, this passage seems like it could be about Donald Trump’s campaign for the Republican nomination in 20161 — but it’s actually about Bernie Sanders’s quest for the Democratic nomination this year. It comes from an April 2019 feature by the Atlantic’s Edward-Isaac Dovere that I consider to be a lodestar for Sanders’s strategy since it contains a lot of on-the-record reporting from Sanders campaign.2
The article also reveals how the conventional wisdom about how primary campaigns have changed, in light of Trump winning...",center
6157,Perspectives: Bernie Sanders's Exit from 2020 Race,"['Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Democratic Party', 'Progressives', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Bernie Sanders']","Bernie Sanders, the god who failed",Washington Examiner,"Before ending his second run for president on Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders was a beacon of false hope to those who lack any memory of socialism’s immense human cost.
He helped people believe, for a time, that there is a simple answer to all of life’s problems and that it resides in a powerful central government.
Sanders did one thing further: He also demonstrated that, as radical as it has become, the Democratic Party of 2020 is not as ready for socialism as it once seemed.
In the 19th century,...",right
6158,Democrats Are Voicing Concern Over Ocasio-Cortez,['Politics'],OPINION: Democrats should maybe slow their roll on pushing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as their next big star,CNN (Online News),"Since her massive upset victory over New York Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley last month, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been touted as the fastest-rising star in the Democratic firmament. Potential 2020 presidential contenders seized on her victory as a sign that unapologetic liberalism is where the party is headed. Suddenly would-be national candidates were falling all over themselves to call to abolish ICE. Think pieces over What It All Means -- including in this space -- were launched.",left
6159,Democrats Are Voicing Concern Over Ocasio-Cortez,['Politics'],Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed by Democrats: Her socialist dreams 'would bankrupt the country',Washington Times,"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old socialist who secured a stunning Democratic primary win over New York Rep. Joseph Crowley last month, is getting slammed by some Democrats who say her fringe views are damaging the party.",right
6160,Democrats Are Voicing Concern Over Ocasio-Cortez,['Politics'],Ocasio-Cortez draws ire from Democrats: ‘Meteors fizz out’,The Hill,Frustrated Democratic lawmakers are offering Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez some advice: Cool it.,center
6161,"FDA Authorizes, CDC Recommends Additional Vaccine Dose for Certain Immunocompromised People","['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'FDA', 'Rochelle Walensky', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Moderna']",CDC gives final OK to administer Covid vaccine booster shots to vulnerable Americans,CNBC,"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave final approval Friday to start administering Covid-19 booster shots to Pfizer and Moderna vaccine recipients hours after a key panel unanimously voted to endorse third doses for immunocompromised Americans.
“At a time when the Delta variant is surging, an additional vaccine dose for some people with weakened immune systems could help prevent serious and possibly life-threatening COVID-19 cases within this population,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said in a statement.",center
6162,"FDA Authorizes, CDC Recommends Additional Vaccine Dose for Certain Immunocompromised People","['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'FDA', 'Rochelle Walensky', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Moderna']",CDC recommends third Covid-19 vaccine dose for certain immunocompromised people,CNN (Online News),"Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously on Friday to recommend an extra dose of Covid-19 vaccine for some immunocompromised people, and the CDC director signed off on the recommendation almost immediately.
The US Food and Drug Administration gave emergency use authorization Thursday night for a third dose in certain patients who are likely to have had a poor immune response to two doses of either Pfizer's or Moderna's vaccine. There's not enough data to discuss the possibility for an extra dose of Johnson...",left
6163,"FDA Authorizes, CDC Recommends Additional Vaccine Dose for Certain Immunocompromised People","['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'FDA', 'Rochelle Walensky', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Moderna']",CDC panel votes to recommend COVID-19 booster shot for certain immunocompromised patients,Fox News (Online News),"A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory committee is recommending moderate-to-severe immunocompromised individuals receive an mRNA COVID-19 booster dose. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices held the vote Friday, a day after the FDA expanded emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines to authorize a booster shot for certain immunocompromised patients.
The vote was 11 to 0.",right
6164,Sequester: Who to Blame?,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",No agreement in White House meeting on spending cuts,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama blamed Congress for failing to prevent $85 billion in forced government spending cuts that take effect on Friday, saying that the sharp reduction will harm economic recovery.",left
6165,Sequester: Who to Blame?,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Sequester blame game as leaders head to White House,Politico,"The who-created-the-sequester narrative is no longer a sideshow — its become the main act, as the congressional leadership heads to the White House Friday for the first meeting with the president in months.",left
6166,Sequester: Who to Blame?,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Video: Obama blames Republicans for not coming around sequester,Fox News (Online News),Julie Roginsky and Jim Pinkerton on the failure to negotiate a spending deal among politicians in Washington D.C.,right
6167,Trump Names Communications Team,['Politics'],Trump names his White House communications team,Politico,"Top transition aides will serve as senior members of the incoming White House communications staff, including Republican National Committee strategist Sean Spicer as press secretary, President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday.",left
6168,Trump Names Communications Team,['Politics'],Trump picks Sean Spicer for press secretary,Fox News (Online News),"Republican Party communications chief Sean Spicer will be the voice of the Trump administration.
President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that Spicer will get the coveted job of White House press secretary, as he announced the senior members of his communications team.",right
6169,Trump Names Communications Team,['Politics'],"Trump chooses Sean Spicer for press secretary, rounds out communications staff",Washington Post,"President-elect Donald Trump named Republican National Committee official Sean Spicer as White House press secretary, filling what is likely to be a challenging position given Trump’s sometimes hostile relationship with the media and his propensity to bypass staff to communicate directly with the public on Twitter.",left
6170,"Kyle Rittenhouse Plans to Sue Media Outlets, Celebrities Accused of Lying About Him","['Media Bias', 'Kyle Rittenhouse', 'Libel', 'Defamation', 'Free Speech', 'Polarization']",Kyle Rittenhouse Launches Fund to Finance Lawsuits Targeting Media 'Lies',Newsweek,"Kyle Rittenhouse, who was acquitted last year of charges related to the shooting of three people in Kenosha in August 2020, has launched a new donation fund he says will help take certain media outlets and individuals to court to hold them accountable for their ""lies.""
Donations to Rittenhouse's ""Media Accountability Project"" will help finance the potential lawsuits, he told Fox News's Tucker Carlson Monday night. Rittenhouse said that his team is currently looking at ""quite a few"" politicians, athletes and celebrities to file lawsuits against, including The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg.
""[Goldberg] called me a...",center
6171,"Kyle Rittenhouse Plans to Sue Media Outlets, Celebrities Accused of Lying About Him","['Media Bias', 'Kyle Rittenhouse', 'Libel', 'Defamation', 'Free Speech', 'Polarization']",Kyle Rittenhouse launches initiative to fight media ‘lies’ – and Whoopi Goldberg,The Guardian,"Kyle Rittenhouse, the teen who shot dead two men and injured another during anti-racism protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 2020, has announced the formation of a group to fund lawsuits against reporters – and also Whoopi Goldberg.
In November, after a controversial trial, Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all charges related to the shootings, which he carried out with an assault rifle while purportedly providing security in the protest-racked city.
He has since emerged as a rightwing celebrity. He spoke to Tucker Carlson on Fox News on Monday night.
“Me and my...",left
6172,"Kyle Rittenhouse Plans to Sue Media Outlets, Celebrities Accused of Lying About Him","['Media Bias', 'Kyle Rittenhouse', 'Libel', 'Defamation', 'Free Speech', 'Polarization']","‘Handle Them In A Courtroom’: Kyle Rittenhouse Vows To Hold The Media, Politicians ‘Accountable’ With The Launch Of A New Project",The Daily Caller,"Kyle Rittenhouse vowed Monday to hold media organizations and public figures accountable for repeatedly calling him a “white supremacist” and a “murderer.”
Rittenhouse announced his team is launching “The Media Accountability Project” to fundraise and bring forth legal action toward media organizations that have reported “lies” and inaccurate information.
The 18-year-old was acquitted on Nov. 19, 2021, for fatally shooting Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and injuring Gaige Grosskreutz with an AR-15-style rifle in August, 2020.
“Me and my team have decided to launch The Media Accountability Project as a tool to...",right
6173,Perspectives: The Oscars 2021,"['Culture', 'Oscars', 'Entertainment', 'Movies', 'Hollywood', 'Asian Americans', 'Race And Racism', 'Bridging Divides']",Tyler Perry’s Powerful Oscars Speech Asks the World to ‘Refuse Hate’,Variety,"Tyler Perry urged the global Oscars audience to “refuse hate” and work harder to uplift those on the margins as he accepted the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award on Sunday night at the 93rd annual Academy Awards.
Perry, the mogul who built a thriving studio in Atlanta from humble beginnings that include periods of living out of his car, spoke of the lessons he learned from his mother who grew up under harsh conditions in Mississippi in an earlier generation of civil rights strife such as the 1955 murder of Emmett...",center
6174,Perspectives: The Oscars 2021,"['Culture', 'Oscars', 'Entertainment', 'Movies', 'Hollywood', 'Asian Americans', 'Race And Racism', 'Bridging Divides']",Here's why Chloé Zhao's win matters for Asian women in Hollywood,Guest Writer - Left,"It took 93 years for the Academy to name an Asian woman as Best Director. And until this year, only five women, all White, had ever been nominated and only one had won -- Kathryn Bigelow, in 2010, for ""The Hurt Locker.""
But all of this changed Sunday evening, with Chloé Zhao taking home the Academy Award for the critically-acclaimed ""Nomadland,"" which depicts a woman in her 60s (played by Frances McDormand) traveling through the American West as a van-dwelling nomad. (In an Oscars first, another woman director, Emerald...",left
6175,Perspectives: The Oscars 2021,"['Culture', 'Oscars', 'Entertainment', 'Movies', 'Hollywood', 'Asian Americans', 'Race And Racism', 'Bridging Divides']",The Problem Oscars,Kyle Smith,"One of the Oscars last night went to a short film, Two Distant Strangers, about a black guy who keeps getting killed by police, over and over: It was a Black Lives Matter Groundhog Day. Groundhog Day certainly got a workout as a metaphor this past year, didn’t it? It’s almost as if the alarm went off every morning, Sonny and Cher sang, and people just . . . kept . . . talking about the same things. While we were all stuck in the same place. Stuck in time....",right
6176,The State of Coronavirus Testing in the US,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'FDA', 'Role Of Government', 'Healthcare']","Despite Trump’s claims, the U.S. is far behind in coronavirus testing",Washington Post,"President Trump gave the United States a pat on the back on this week, saying the nation had done more coronavirus testing than South Korea, a country widely seen as a model in its management of the pandemic. But his comparison was misleading.
“Just reported that the United States has done far more ‘testing’ than any other nation, by far!” Trump said in a tweet Wednesday morning. “In fact, over an eight day span, the United States now does more testing than what South Korea (which has been a very...",left
6177,The State of Coronavirus Testing in the US,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'FDA', 'Role Of Government', 'Healthcare']",The coronavirus test that wasn’t: How federal health officials misled state scientists and derailed the best chance at containment,USA TODAY,"The coronavirus epidemic this week reached Beadle County, South Dakota. A single case tied to travel has exploded into 14 infections and counting, with no way to know how many were exposed while supply shortages forced the entire state to briefly suspend testing.
Confirmed cases in New York City, where hospitals have fallen into chaos as resources run thin, on Thursday surpassed Beadle’s entire population of 18,500. With too few tests for too many cases, doctors there already had been told it no longer made sense to test most ill...",left
6178,The State of Coronavirus Testing in the US,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'FDA', 'Role Of Government', 'Healthcare']","Fauci: You Have the Private Sector To Thank For Wuhan Coronavirus Tests, Not the Gov't 'System'",Townhall,"The government “system” could not hold a candle to the private sector on coronavirus testing, Dr. Anthony Fauci explained Thursday during an Instagram story interview with NBA star Steph Curry, which is why the U.S. has seen a drastic uptick in accurate and widespread test kits available.
“We have hundreds of thousands of tests that are out there now, mostly because we got the private sector involved, of the companies who know how to make it well, make large amounts,” Fauci told the Golden State Warriors player.
Wanting to know...",right
6179,Trump Denies He Directed Michael Cohen To Break The Law,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Trump says ex-lawyer Cohen's crimes are 'unrelated to me',Reuters,"President Donald Trump on Thursday said he never told his private lawyer Michael Cohen to break the law and denied any ties to his crimes, a day after Cohen was sentenced to prison for financial crimes that included hush money payments to women ahead of the 2016 presidential election.",center
6180,Trump Denies He Directed Michael Cohen To Break The Law,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']","Trump publicly breaks his silence after former ""fixer"" sentenced to 3 years in prison",CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump publicly broke his silence Thursday morning on the sentencing of his former personal attorney and ""fixer"" Michael Cohen.",left
6181,Trump Denies He Directed Michael Cohen To Break The Law,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']","Trump says he never directed Cohen to break the law, claims lawyer has liability",Washington Times,"President Trump argued Thursday that he never told Michael Cohen to break the law, just one day after his former lawyer was sentenced to three years in prison for campaign finance and tax violations.",right
6182,Biden Heads to Iowa,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Biden heads to Iowa, fueling 2016 speculation",CNN (Online News),"Add Vice President Joe Biden to the list of potential 2016 candidates traveling to the first-in-the-nation caucus state.
Biden will travel on official White House business next week to Des Moines, Iowa where he will deliver a speech on the administration's economic policies, his office announced Friday. And one close supporter told CNN that some in his loyal circle of friends and advisers in Iowa got the heads up about Biden's visit before the Des Moines Register broke the news Friday.
Iowa is a crucial test for presidential candidates and...",left
6183,Biden Heads to Iowa,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Biden to make Iowa trip next week,Washington Times,"Vice President Joseph R. Biden will head to Iowa next week, sparking more rumors that he is considering a bid for the Democratic nod in 2016.
Mr. Biden will speak in Des Moines on Thursday, sources familiar with the matter told The Des Moines Register. His office confirmed that he is scheduled to deliver remarks at Drake University and participate in a roundtable discussion at Des Moines Area Community College on college tuition affordability, the Des Moines Register reported Friday.
The news follows reports on a new Iowa Poll that...",right
6184,Biden Heads to Iowa,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Joe Biden Stirs 2016 Speculation With Iowa Trip,HuffPost,"Vice President Joe Biden will visit the early caucus state of Iowa next week, stirring speculation once again about the possibility of a presidential run in 2016.
Biden will travel to Des Moines on Thursday to tout the Obama administration's policies on the economy at Drake University, the White House announced. The vice president will also participate in a roundtable at Des Moines Area Community College, where he will presumably discuss President Barack Obama's proposal to offer ""free"" community college to American students.
If Biden, 72, were to be elected...",left
6185,How Will the US Respond if Russia Invades Ukraine?,"['Europe', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'War', 'Foreign Policy', 'Nord Stream 2']",Biden administration says it would punish Russian elites if Putin invades Ukraine,The Hill,"Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said on Sunday that the Biden administration will punish Russian elites with sanctions if Russian President Vladimir Putin invades Ukraine. 
During an appearance on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” Adeyemo told host Margaret Brennan that the sanctions would cut off elites from the markets they care about most. 
“There are critical technologies that Russia is dependent on the United States and our allies on, technologies that Russia, that China does not have access to. Russian elites who we would cut off from the global financial system are not putting their...",center
6186,How Will the US Respond if Russia Invades Ukraine?,"['Europe', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'War', 'Foreign Policy', 'Nord Stream 2']",What happens to our troops in Ukraine if Russia invades?,Tucker Carlson,"Joe Biden, you may recall, spent a lot of his time as vice president meddling in the internal affairs of Ukraine. And you may wonder, why Ukraine as opposed to say, Denmark or Senegal or any of the world's other 195 countries. Simple. Because the Ukrainians were paying Joe Biden's family a million dollars a year in exchange for the work that he did. And as president, you may have noticed, Biden has continued to represent Ukrainian interests. Most recently in their dispute with Russia. 
Biden talks constantly about all the scary...",right
6187,How Will the US Respond if Russia Invades Ukraine?,"['Europe', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'War', 'Foreign Policy', 'Nord Stream 2']",How to punish Russia for Ukraine,Vox,"The United States has threatened to sanction Russia if it invades Ukraine.
But, what, exactly those sanctions might look like — and how punishing they might be — will depend not just on what Russia does, but on the costs the United States and its allies, especially in Europe, are prepared to withstand.
This is the dilemma facing the United States, which has ruled out deploying forces to Ukraine. The most aggressive sanctions, like making it extraordinarily difficult for Russian financial institutions and state-owned banks to trade in US dollars, could inflict a lot...",left
6188,More Than 1 Million Flee Ukraine Amid Russian Attacks,"['World', 'Refugees', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Europe']",1 million flee Ukraine as Russian assault hits key cities and fuels exodus,NBC News (Online),"More than 1 million people have fled Ukraine in a rapid exodus after a week of war, as Russia’s military bombarded key cities across the country in an effort to overcome staunch resistance to the invasion.
The conflict has fueled a growing humanitarian crisis in Europe and left those who have remained in Ukraine facing an intensifying assault from the air and ground.
But the mileslong Russian military convoy threatening the Ukrainian capital has made little progress over the last three days. Russian forces' northern advance has struggled to overcome a fierce Ukrainian defense and its own...",left
6189,More Than 1 Million Flee Ukraine Amid Russian Attacks,"['World', 'Refugees', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Europe']",How many refugees have fled Ukraine and where are they going?,BBC News,"More than one million civilians have fled Ukraine because of the Russian invasion, according to the United Nations (UN).
The European Union (EU) says up to four million people may try to leave and that it will welcome refugees with ""open arms"".
Which countries are Ukraine's refugees fleeing to?
Refugees are crossing to neighbouring countries to the west, such as Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Moldova. Smaller numbers have gone to Russia and Belarus.",center
6190,More Than 1 Million Flee Ukraine Amid Russian Attacks,"['World', 'Refugees', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Europe']",One Million Refugees Have Fled Ukraine in 7 Days: UN,The Epoch Times,"More than one million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded the country last week, according to U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.
“In just seven days we have witnessed the exodus of one million refugees from Ukraine to neighboring countries,” Grandi wrote on Twitter on March 2.
“For many millions more, inside Ukraine, it’s time for guns to fall silent, so that life-saving humanitarian assistance can be provided.”
Refugees have been fleeing west from the warzones in Ukraine at a rate of more than 100,000 per day since Russia began its invasion. Roughly half have ended up...",right
6191,Iran Acknowledges 'Unintentionally' Shooting Down Ukrainian Jet,"['Ukrainian International Airlines', 'Tehran', 'Revolutionary Guard', 'Missiles', 'Plane Crash', 'Canadians', 'Flight 752', 'Middle East']",Iran says it 'unintentionally' shot down plane: Latest updates,Al Jazeera,"After initially denying reports suggesting it had caused the crash of a Ukrainian airliner, Iran has acknowledged that it ""unintentionally"" shot down the plane.
The announcement on Saturday came a day after officials from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom said they believed the plane was accidentally brought down by an Iranian missile.",left
6192,Iran Acknowledges 'Unintentionally' Shooting Down Ukrainian Jet,"['Ukrainian International Airlines', 'Tehran', 'Revolutionary Guard', 'Missiles', 'Plane Crash', 'Canadians', 'Flight 752', 'Middle East']","Iran admits to 'unintentionally' shooting down Ukrainian plane, says it mistook aircraft for hostile target",Fox News (Online News),"Iran officials acknowledged Saturday that they accidentally shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed earlier this week, killing all 176 people aboard.
Gen Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard’s aerospace division, told state TV that his unit accepts “full responsibility” for shooting the down aircraft minutes after it took off Wednesday from Tehran’s international airport. He said that when he learned about the downing of the plane, “I wished I was dead.”",right
6193,Iran Acknowledges 'Unintentionally' Shooting Down Ukrainian Jet,"['Ukrainian International Airlines', 'Tehran', 'Revolutionary Guard', 'Missiles', 'Plane Crash', 'Canadians', 'Flight 752', 'Middle East']",Iran plane crash: Ukrainian jet was 'unintentionally' shot down,BBC News,"Iran has admitted ""unintentionally"" shooting down a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 people on board.
An investigation found that ""missiles fired due to human error"", President Hassan Rouhani said. He described the crash as an ""unforgivable mistake"".
The military said the jet turned towards a sensitive site belonging to Iran's Revolutionary Guards and was then mistaken for a cruise missile.",center
6194,House Foreign Affairs Committee Reveals Latest on COVID-19 Origin Probe,"['Coronavirus', 'Wuhan Lab', 'US House', 'China', 'World']",Republican investigation reportedly ‘proves’ COVID leaked from Wuhan lab,New York Post (News),"COVID-19 leaked from the controversial Wuhan lab sometime before Sept. 12, 2019 — with China’s Communist Party keeping the deadly virus under wraps in the “greatest coverup of all time,” according to a damning Republican investigation into the origins released Monday.
The report shows “a preponderance of the evidence proves that all roads lead” to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the bat-research lab already eyed as a source for the pandemic, according to Rep. Michael McCaul.
“It is our belief the virus leaked sometime in late August or early September 2019,” said McCaul, the lead Republican...",right
6195,House Foreign Affairs Committee Reveals Latest on COVID-19 Origin Probe,"['Coronavirus', 'Wuhan Lab', 'US House', 'China', 'World']",GOP report on COVID-19 origins homes in on lab leak theory,The Hill,"A House Republican lawmaker’s investigation into the origins of COVID-19 is raising concerns that the pandemic outbreak stemmed from a genetically modified virus that leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, located in the Chinese city where the virus was first detected in December 2019.
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released on Monday a third installment in his investigation into the origins of the virus and the missteps by China in alerting the world to the risks of the pandemic.
The GOP investigation parallels efforts by the...",center
6196,House Foreign Affairs Committee Reveals Latest on COVID-19 Origin Probe,"['Coronavirus', 'Wuhan Lab', 'US House', 'China', 'World']",Rep. McCaul on House GOP's bombshell Wuhan lab report: 'Greatest cover-up in human history',Fox News (Online News),"Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, shared new findings from the House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans' probe into the possible origins of COVID-19 on Monday and accused the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of engaging in the ""greatest cover-up in human history.""
The committee's ranking Republican, during an appearance on ""America’s Newsroom,"" laid out a number of key points from the report and asserted that the CCP is likely ""very concerned"" by its findings.
""They were playing with fire,"" said McCaul. ""They were genetically manipulating at the lab this gain-of-function that was taking place.""
Many of the key points from the...",right
6197,Obama calls for changes in gun laws at memorial,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Honoring Navy Yard Victims, Obama Asks: ""Do We Care Enough to Change?""",New York Times (News),"President Obama laments America's creeping resignation toward gun violence, but stops short of calling for a new political fight against it.",left
6198,Obama calls for changes in gun laws at memorial,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Obama at Navy Yard memorial: 'We can't accept this',CNN (Online News),Obama said Sunday that the United States can't accept last week's Navy Yard shooting as inevitable.,left
6199,Obama calls for changes in gun laws at memorial,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Obama Politicizes Navy Yard Shooting Memorial Service With Calls for Gun Control,Townhall,"Speaking at a memorial service held over the weekend in honor of Navy Yard shooting victims and their families, President Obama didn't miss another chance for a good crisis to go to waste.",right
6200,FDA Proposes 55-Year Plan for Releasing Data on Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Pfizer', 'FOIA', 'Media Industry', 'Transparency', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Does FDA Want Until 2076 To Release Vaccine Data?,Snopes,"In November 2021, a rumor started circulating on social media that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was attempting to “hide” data related to the COVID-19 vaccine and that they had requested to delay the release of pertinent information until 2076.
The FDA did not request a delay in the release of its COVID-19 data until 2076. The FDA responded to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for more than 300,000 pages of data related to the licensure of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine by proposing a processing schedule that...",left
6201,FDA Proposes 55-Year Plan for Releasing Data on Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Pfizer', 'FOIA', 'Media Industry', 'Transparency', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Wait what? FDA wants 55 years to process FOIA request over vaccine data,Reuters,"Freedom of Information Act requests are rarely speedy, but when a group of scientists asked the federal government to share the data it relied upon in licensing Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, the response went beyond typical bureaucratic foot-dragging.
As in 55 years beyond.
That’s how long the Food & Drug Administration in court papers this week proposes it should be given to review and release the trove of vaccine-related documents responsive to the request. If a federal judge in Texas agrees, plaintiffs Public Health and Medical Professionals for Transparency can expect...",center
6202,FDA Proposes 55-Year Plan for Releasing Data on Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Pfizer', 'FOIA', 'Media Industry', 'Transparency', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",FDA Asks Court for 55 Years to Fully Release Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Data,The Epoch Times,"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asked a federal judge on Nov. 15 to give it until the year 2076 to fully release the documents in its possession tied to the approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
The FDA’s request was made in a filing as part of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit by a medical transparency group. The government told the court it has 329,000 pages of documents responsive to the FOIA request and proposed releasing 500 pages per month to allow for redactions of exempt material. At that rate,...",right
6203,Latino Vote in Nevada,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Polling snapshot: Survey raises questions over Latino vote in Nevada,CNN (Online News),"A data-driven controversy has erupted over a finding in the entrance poll of Nevada's Democratic caucusgoers Saturday, with the results of the poll among Latinos seemingly at odds with widely held expectations that the gro",left
6204,Latino Vote in Nevada,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Bernie Sanders Loses Nevada, Wins Hispanics",Breitbart News,"With 90% of the vote in, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)16%
is losing Saturday’s Nevada Caucus by a margin of more than 5 points (52.6% to 47.4%). As he musters on with a narrow loss in Iowa and a massive win in New Hampshire, one silver lining is that the 74 year-old socialist won a majority (53%) of Hispanic voters. Among all minorities under 45 years of age, Sanders beat Clinton by a margin of 68% to 28%.
Hillary does better with older voters, and 70% of Nevada’s voters were 45 years-old and up.",right
6205,Latino Vote in Nevada,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","No, the Polling Doesn’t Prove Bernie Sanders Won the Hispanic Vote in Nevada",New York Times (News),"One of Saturday’s biggest election surprises was the entrance and exit polling measuring Hispanic voters in the Nevada caucus. It found that Bernie Sanders defeated Hillary Clinton by eight percentage points among Hispanic voters, overturning months of conventional wisdom about Mrs. Clinton’s strength among nonwhites.
But there are a lot of reasons to question the findings from the polls. They have a small sample of precincts and voters, and they simply were not devised to prov",left
6206,Whistleblower is Reportedly a CIA Officer,"['CIA', 'Whistle Blower', 'Donald Trump', 'Ukraine', 'Impeachment', 'White House', 'Politics']",White House Knew of Whistle-Blower’s Allegations Soon After Trump’s Call With Ukraine Leader,New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — The White House learned that a C.I.A. officer had lodged allegations against President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine even as the officer’s whistle-blower complaint was moving through a process meant to protect him against reprisals, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
The officer first shared information about potential abuse of power and a White House cover-up with the C.I.A.’s top lawyer through an anonymous process, some of the people said. The lawyer shared the officer’s concerns with White House and Justice Department officials, following policy. Around the...",left
6207,Whistleblower is Reportedly a CIA Officer,"['CIA', 'Whistle Blower', 'Donald Trump', 'Ukraine', 'Impeachment', 'White House', 'Politics']",Whistleblower Filed Report with CIA Before Submitting Complaint,National Review,"The whistleblower who submitted a complaint on possible abuses of power by President Trump originally reported the matter to the CIA general counsel, according to a report from the New York Times.
The CIA lawyer, Courtney Simmons Elwood, then shared the report with the White House and the Department of Justice, following standard procedure with regard to complaints of this type. The whistleblower remained anonymous throughout the process.
Elwood also took up the whistleblower’s concerns with officials from the Justice Department. Eventually Attorney General William P. Barr was made aware...",right
6208,Whistleblower is Reportedly a CIA Officer,"['CIA', 'Whistle Blower', 'Donald Trump', 'Ukraine', 'Impeachment', 'White House', 'Politics']",Whistleblower is a CIA officer,The Hill,"The whistleblower whose complaint alleged that President Trump tried to get Ukraine to launch an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden is a CIA officer, The New York Times reported Thursday, citing three people familiar with his identity.
The officer was reportedly working in the White House at one point and has returned to the intelligence agency, according to the newspaper.
The Times reported that not much else is known about the whistleblower.
The whistleblower's attorneys refused The Times's request to confirm that he worked for the CIA, telling...",center
6209,Senate Approves $3.5 Trillion Budget Framework,"['Federal Budget', 'US Senate', 'Senate Democrats', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Economy And Jobs']","Senate Passes $3.5 Trillion Partisan Budget Plan, Clearing Way for Sweeping Government Expansion",National Review,"The Senate approved the framework of a $3.5 trillion budget plan in a key procedural vote on Wednesday morning, allowing the body to move towards a final vote on the issue.
Senators voted to advance the framework 50-49 along party lines, with Senator Mike Rounds (R., S.D.) absent. The vote came just before 4 a.m. following a “vote-a-rama,” during which senators introduced amendments for largely symbolic votes designed to test the level of Senate support for various issues.
The plan provides for universal pre-kindergarten, free two-year community college, tax incentives for clean-energy...",right
6210,Senate Approves $3.5 Trillion Budget Framework,"['Federal Budget', 'US Senate', 'Senate Democrats', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate OKs Dems’ $3.5T budget in latest win for Biden,Associated Press Fact Check,"WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed a $3.5 trillion framework for bolstering family services, health, and environment programs through the Senate early Wednesday, advancing President Joe Biden’s expansive vision for reshaping federal priorities just hours after handing him a companion triumph on a hefty infrastructure package.
Lawmakers approved Democrats’ budget resolution on a party-line 50-49 vote, a crucial step for a president and party set on training the government’s fiscal might on assisting families, creating jobs and fighting climate change. Higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations would pay for much of it. Passage...",left
6211,Senate Approves $3.5 Trillion Budget Framework,"['Federal Budget', 'US Senate', 'Senate Democrats', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate Passes Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Budget Blueprint,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Senate passed a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint early Wednesday, the first step in an arduous process designed to allow Democrats to push through a sweeping package of education, healthcare, climate and other provisions without GOP support.
The party line vote, 50-49, came just before 4 a.m., one day after the Senate passed a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package. It is an initial victory for President Biden and congressional Democrats who are seeking to pass as much of their legislative agenda as possible this year, before next year’s midterm elections overtake Capitol...",center
6212,Hyping End of the World,['Media Bias'],"Gad, Maher on a world gone mad",USA TODAY,"Everything else in America has been politicized, so the NFL ought to drop the old NFC and AFC designations and adopt two new conferences: the LFC and the CFC, the Liberal Football Conference and the Conservative Football Conference.
The Cowboys, Eagles, Chiefs and Redskins can be part of the Conservative Conference, because cowboys and eagles sound super-duper American and the names Chiefs and Redskins are demeaning to minorities. The Steelers, Packers, Bengals and Titans can be in the Liberal Conference because steelers and packers sound union-affiliated, Bengal tigers are an...",left
6213,Hyping End of the World,['Media Bias'],"Calm down, America: We’re as safe as we were a year ago",Salon,"President Obama hasn’t even given his speech outlining plans for increased military action to combat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, but we already have a chyron for its coverage: “America on Edge” is the way NBC headlined its new poll Tuesday, which found that 47 percent of Americans believe the U.S. is less safe than it was before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
That’s higher than a year ago, when only 28 percent said we were less safe, and it’s higher still than in September, 2002, only...",left
6214,Hyping End of the World,['Media Bias'],Poll: Nearly Half of Americans Fear New Terrorist Attack,Newsmax (News),"The beheadings of two American journalists has resulted in growing fears that the United States is in more danger from terrorism than at any time since the 9/11 attacks, a new survey shows.
The NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll reveals that nearly one of every two Americans, or 47 percent, believe that the country is less secure than before hijacked planes slammed into the twin towers in New York on Sept. 11, 2001.
The number is more than double the figure of 20 percent of Americans who felt the country...",right
6215,U.S. Extends Embassy Closures,"['State Department', 'Politics']",U.S. Extends Embassy Closures Amid Terror 'Chatter',HuffPost,"Amid online chatter about terror threats, U.S. diplomatic posts in 19 cities in the Muslim world will be closed at least through the end of this week.",left
6216,U.S. Extends Embassy Closures,"['State Department', 'Politics']",U.S. extends embassy closures after intercepted al Qaeda message,CNN (Online News),What started as an unprecedented move to close 22 diplomatic posts around the world has broadened to week-long closures as the U.S. mulls security risks.,left
6217,U.S. Extends Embassy Closures,"['State Department', 'Politics']",US posts in Muslim world will remain closed,Townhall,"U.S. diplomatic posts in 19 cities in the Muslim world will be closed at least through the end of this week, the State Department said Sunday, citing ""an abundance of caution.""",right
6218,Leadson Pulls out of UK PM Race,"['Europe', 'World']",British PM Candidate's Insensitive Remarks Leaves One Woman Standing in Post-'Brexit' Race,Townhall,"The United Kingdom is still searching for a new prime minister after David Cameron announced his resignation after being on the losing side of ""Brexit."" Two women were the leading candidates to be his successor, but one has just disqualified herself for making insensitive comments about motherhood and politics. In an interview with The Sunday Times over the weekend, Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom suggested her opponent, Home Secretary Theresa May, could not properly lead the UK through its newfound independence because she is not a mother, according to the BBC.",right
6219,Leadson Pulls out of UK PM Race,"['Europe', 'World']",Andrea Leadsom pulls out of Conservative leadership race,The Guardian,"Energy minister abandons bid to become next prime minister, apparently leaving the way clear for Theresa May to enter No 10",left
6220,Leadson Pulls out of UK PM Race,"['Europe', 'World']",May expected to be UK prime minister after Leadsom drops out,Associated Press,"Theresa May looked set to become Britain's next prime minister Monday after her sole remaining rival, Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom, unexpectedly withdrew from the race to lead the Conservative Party.
Graham Brady, the head of the party committee running the contest, said the party board would meet to discuss confirming May as the winner. He did not say how long that might take.",left
6221,Top GOP Lawmaker Bends on Taxes,['Taxes'],Top GOP Lawmaker Bends on Taxes,Wall Street Journal (News),"A crack in Republican unity on taxes broke Tuesday when a senior House Republican, Tom Cole of Oklahoma, privately urged his colleagues to accede to the White Houses demand they pass an extension of current tax rates just for income up to $250,000.",center
6222,Top GOP Lawmaker Bends on Taxes,['Taxes'],Tom Cole: Join with President Obama on quick deal,Tom Cole,Republican Rep. Tom Cole urged colleagues in a private session Tuesday to vote to extend the Bush tax rates for all but the highest earners before the end of the year — and to battle over the rest later.,right
6223,Top GOP Lawmaker Bends on Taxes,['Taxes'],Top House Republican Tom Cole: Join with Obama on Quick Deal,ABC News (Online),Politicos Jonathan Allen reports: “Republican Rep. Tom Cole urged colleagues in a private session Tuesday to vote to extend the Bush tax rates for all but the highest earners before the end of the year — and to battle over the rest later.,left
6224,Reaction to Sessions’ Testimony,['Politics'],"Jeff Sessions: a poor, misunderstood man exempt from normal rules",The Guardian,Pity the amnesiac attorney general. The Senate intelligence committee is not the first time his good name has been tarnished by ‘appalling lies’.,left
6225,Reaction to Sessions’ Testimony,['Politics'],5 takeaways from Sessions' Russia testimony,Politico,"Democrats were predictably displeased with his answers, but Republicans signaled that Sessions successfully cleared up any confusion surrounding his interactions last year with Russian officials.",left
6226,Reaction to Sessions’ Testimony,['Politics'],Jeff Sessions crushed his Senate hearing on Trump and the Russia investigation,Washington Examiner,Attorney General Jeff Sessions acquitted himself quite well in testimony Tuesday before the Senate Intelligence Committee.,right
6227,Biden Says U.S. to Reach His Goal of Administering 200 Million COVID-19 Vaccines,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Joe Biden']",Biden calls for businesses to give paid time off for employees to get vaccinated as he touts 200 million shots,CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden on Wednesday touted the anticipated milestone of the United States administering 200 million coronavirus vaccine shots since he took office and urged businesses to give their employees paid time off to get vaccinated.
As a part of that call for time off to get vaccinated, Biden announced a new tax credit to fully offset the cost for small businesses and nonprofits providing paid leave for employees to get vaccinated.
""As we move into the vaccination campaign focused on working age adults, one concern I've heard from...",left
6228,Biden Says U.S. to Reach His Goal of Administering 200 Million COVID-19 Vaccines,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Joe Biden']",Biden Says Goal Of 200 Million COVID-19 Vaccinations In 100 Days Has Been Met,NPR (Online News),"President Biden announced Wednesday that Americans have received 200 million COVID-19 vaccinations since he took office, double his initial goal of 100 million vaccinations in his first 100 days, and what he called ""an incredible achievement for the nation.""
Biden, who will officially cross the 100-day mark next week, also announced the availability of tax credits to employers who give their workers paid leave to get a shot.
""No working American should lose a single dollar from their paycheck because they are doing their patriotic duty to get vaccinated,"" Biden...",left
6229,Biden Says U.S. to Reach His Goal of Administering 200 Million COVID-19 Vaccines,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Joe Biden']",Biden to tout US passing 200 million COVID-19 vaccinations,New York Post (News),"President Biden on Wednesday will hail the US passing 200 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered — as the nation expands eligibility to all Americans over age 16.
According to CDC data, more than 213 million doses were administered as of Wednesday, enough to cover 51 percent of the adult population.
Biden’s remarks around 1:15 p.m. will promote expanding access to reach herd immunity to end the COVID-19 pandemic.
A White House official who briefed select journalists ahead of Biden’s remarks said he will outline how his administration plans to reach...",right
6230,Former Texas Representative Beto O'Rourke Launches 2020 Presidential Campaign,"['Election 2020', ""Beto O'Rourke"", 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Beto O'Rourke jumps into presidential race,CBS News (Online),"Former Texas Representative Beto O'Rourke announced he is running for president, making it official with an online video released Thursday morning. Seated on a couch next to his wife, O'Rourke announced, ""Amy and I are happy to share with you that I am running to serve you as the next president of the United States of America.""
He said that the crises in our economy, democracy and climate ""will either consume us or they will afford us the greatest opportunity to unleash the genius of the United States of America.""...",left
6231,Former Texas Representative Beto O'Rourke Launches 2020 Presidential Campaign,"['Election 2020', ""Beto O'Rourke"", 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why Beto O'Rourke could be Dems' 2020 nominee against Trump,Guest Writer - Right,"Donald Trump and Beto O’Rourke are actually quite similar.
Yes, they both ran against Ted Cruz at one point, but that’s not it.
The answer is authenticity. You either have it or you don’t. And if you do, it can make up for a multitude of sins.
And for Beto, this could be how he ends up as the nominee.
For better or worse, you know who Donald Trump is and what’s on his mind. It’s obvious to anyone who has listened to him for more than five minutes that...",right
6232,Former Texas Representative Beto O'Rourke Launches 2020 Presidential Campaign,"['Election 2020', ""Beto O'Rourke"", 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Democrat Beto O’Rourke Announces 2020 Presidential Run,Wall Street Journal (News),"Texan who narrowly lost Senate race in ’18 brings national profile, fund-raising clout to crowded contest
Former Texas Representative Beto O’Rourke announced Thursday he is running for president, aiming to parlay his turn as one of the Democratic stars of the 2018 midterm elections into a run at his party’s nomination.
Mr. O’Rourke is the 15th Democrat to enter the contest. He joins the race as an instant first-tier candidate, commanding an online donor network second in size only to the one Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders carried over from his...",center
6233,Biden Administration Extends Student Loan Payment Pause to Jan. 2022,"['Education', 'Department Of Education', 'Student Loans', 'CARES Act', 'Miguel Cardona', 'Biden Administration']",Biden extends pause on student loan payments to 2022,The Hill,"The Biden administration is extending the pause on federal student loan payments due to the coronavirus pandemic through Jan. 31, which the administration described as the final extension.
Student loan payments have been paused since Congress passed the CARES Act last year but were due to resume in September. During the pause, borrowers do not need to make payments and interest will not accrue on their remaining balance.
The Education Department described it as a “final extension of the pause” in the official announcement Friday afternoon. The administration said that the additional...",center
6234,Biden Administration Extends Student Loan Payment Pause to Jan. 2022,"['Education', 'Department Of Education', 'Student Loans', 'CARES Act', 'Miguel Cardona', 'Biden Administration']",Biden administration extends a student loan payment pause.,New York Times (News),"The Education Department announced Friday that it would continue a moratorium on federal student loan payments through Jan. 31, 2022, extending emergency relief for millions of borrowers that had been set to expire next month.
The department said that this would be the “final extension” of the pause, which the Trump administration instituted in March 2020 at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, and that the additional time would allow the agency to transition borrowers back into repayment and reduce the risk of default and delinquency. More than 40 million borrowers have...",left
6235,Biden Administration Extends Student Loan Payment Pause to Jan. 2022,"['Education', 'Department Of Education', 'Student Loans', 'CARES Act', 'Miguel Cardona', 'Biden Administration']",Biden Administration Extends Pause on Federal Student-Loan Repayment Until January 2022,National Review,"The Biden administration on Friday announced that it will extend the pause on federal student-loan repayment, interest, and collections until January 31, 2022.
The freeze had been set to expire at the end of September.
“The payment pause has been a lifeline that allowed millions of Americans to focus on their families, health, and finances instead of student loans during the national emergency,” U.S. secretary of education Miguel Cardona said in a statement. “As our nation’s economy continues to recover from a deep hole, this final extension will give students and borrowers...",right
6236,Sessions and the Russian Ambassador,['Justice'],Sessions did not disclose meetings with Russian ambassador,CNN (Online News),"Attorney General Jeff Sessions met twice last year with the top Russian diplomat in Washington whose interactions with President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn led to Flynn's firing, according to the Justice Department.",left
6237,Sessions and the Russian Ambassador,['Justice'],White House defends Sessions as Dems seek resignation over Russia revelation,Fox News (Online News),"The White House is standing by Attorney General Jeff Sessions in the face of mounting Democratic calls for his resignation – after reports showed he spoke with the Russian ambassador, despite testimony that he did not have “communications” with Moscow.",right
6238,Sessions and the Russian Ambassador,['Justice'],Jeff Sessions’s denials of contact with Russians are falling apart quickly,Washington Post,"Attorney General Jeff Sessions's spokeswoman released a statement late Wednesday after The Washington Post reported Sessions had spoken twice with Russia's ambassador last year — contacts he failed to disclose in his confirmation hearings.
“I never met with any Russian officials to discuss the issues of the campaign,” Sessions said. “I have no idea what this allegation is about. It is false.”",left
6239,Officers Funeral,['Violence In America'],Bill de Blasio 2 Hours Late to Wake for Slain Officer Rafael Ramos,Breitbart News,"On Friday evening, thousands of New Yorkers attended a memorial service for Rafael Ramos, one of the two NYPD officers assassinated a week ago by an Eric Garner protester. The service brought mourners from every corner of the city. Noticeably late was embattled Mayor Bill de Blasio, who made it to the service only just before its conclusion.
Ramos, 40, and partner Wenjian Liu, 32, were shot to death on December 20 as they sat in their patrol car. Both were murdered by a 28-year-old named Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley who...",right
6240,Officers Funeral,['Violence In America'],Thousands gather to honor slain officer in New York,USA TODAY,"Vice President Joe Biden honored Rafael Ramos at the slain New York police officer's funeral Saturday.
He spoke of Ramos and his partner Officer Wenjian Liu, who were shot and killed Dec. 20, ambushed as they sat in their squad car.
""Being a cop was not what they did, it was who they were,"" Biden said.
Motioning to the sea of blue police seated in the church where the funeral was being held, Biden said, ""It's who you are.""",left
6241,Officers Funeral,['Violence In America'],"Joe Biden, Bill de Blasio Deliver Eulogies For Slain NYPD Officer",HuffPost,"Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday eulogized slain NYPD officer Rafael Ramos, who was shot dead ""execution style"" by a man who posted on social media that he wanted revenge for the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner.
""The time will come when Rafael’s memory will bring a smile to your lips before a tear to your eyes,"" Biden told Ramos' family. ""I speak for the whole nation when I say our hearts ache for you.""
The funeral, which was held in Queens, was attended by thousands of police...",left
6242,How Did The Latest Supreme Court Term Place Limits on Federal Power?,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Conservatives', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Religion And Faith', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Supreme Court Justices']","‘Revolutionary’ high court term on abortion, guns and more",Associated Press Fact Check,"Abortion, guns and religion — a major change in the law in any one of these areas would have made for a fateful Supreme Court term. In its first full term together, the court’s conservative majority ruled in all three and issued other significant decisions limiting the government’s regulatory powers.
And it has signaled no plans to slow down.
With former President Donald Trump’s appointees in their 50s, the six-justice conservative majority seems poised to keep control of the court for years to come, if not decades.
“This has been a revolutionary term in so many...",left
6243,How Did The Latest Supreme Court Term Place Limits on Federal Power?,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Conservatives', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Religion And Faith', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Supreme Court Justices']",Supreme Court's next term could be just as contentious,Axios,"The most recent Supreme Court term ended with its conservative majority getting rid of major precedents — most notably Roe v. Wade — and setting new ones on religion and guns.
Driving the news: With a 6-3 majority, the next term — which is set to start in October — could be just as big. Here's a look at some of the most prominent cases the court has already agreed to hear.
Moore v. Harper
This case examines a legal theory that would grant state legislatures significantly more power over federal elections.
 ",center
6244,How Did The Latest Supreme Court Term Place Limits on Federal Power?,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Conservatives', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Religion And Faith', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Supreme Court Justices']",Justice Thomas rises: A monumental Supreme Court term's rightward shift shows no sign of slowing,Fox News (Online News),"Justice Clarence Thomas celebrated his 74th birthday last week with a gift he delivered himself — authoring the majority opinion in a gun rights case that will have nationwide implications.
It was the capstone to a monumental, but splintered term that saw the 6-3 conservative majority prevail on a bounty of hot-button issues and building momentum to a dramatic rightward shift that shows no sign of slowing.
As the senior associate justice and de facto driver of the conservative wing, Thomas this year used his deft leadership in the court:
– Striking...",right
6245,Republicans Ask Michigan to Audit Wayne County Election Results,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Michigan']","Republicans ask Michigan election board to delay certification for two weeks, audit Detroit votes",Reuters,"The Republican National Committee and the Michigan Republican Party wrote to Michigan’s state board of canvassers on Saturday asking it to adjourn for 14 days to allow for an audit of ballots in the state’s largest county. A Michigan official said such an audit was not permitted under Michigan law.
The letter came as Wayne County, which includes the majority-Black city of Detroit, has become a focus of President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the Nov. 3 election in states that were decisive in his defeat by...",center
6246,Republicans Ask Michigan to Audit Wayne County Election Results,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Michigan']",GOP Urges Michigan to Delay Certifying Election for ‘Full Audit and Investigation’ of Wayne County Results,The Epoch Times,"The Michigan Republican Party on Saturday urged the state’s election officials to postpone certification by adjourning for two weeks to allow for a “full audit and investigation” of Wayne County’s results amid claims of “numerical anomalies” and procedural irregularities.
The Michigan State Board of Canvassers is scheduled to meet on Monday, Nov. 23, to decide whether to certify the results of the election or seek more time to review the results. Ronna McDaniel, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) and Laura Cox, chairwoman of the Michigan GOP, urged the...",right
6247,Republicans Ask Michigan to Audit Wayne County Election Results,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Michigan']",Michigan attorney general ponders criminal probes of state and local officials who bend to Trump’s will on overturning election results,Washington Post,"Michigan’s attorney general is exploring whether officials there risk committing crimes if they bend to President Trump’s wishes in seeking to block the certification of Joe Biden’s victory in their state, according to two people familiar with the review.
The move by Dana Nessel, a Democrat, reflected a growing sense of unease among many in her party and some Republicans that the president was continuing his unprecedented efforts to reach personally into the state’s electoral process as he seeks to prevent Michigan from formally declaring a winner there.",left
6248,National Debt Tops $22 Trillion for First Time,"['Budget - Debt', 'National Debt', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",National debt hits $22 trillion signaling Titanic like ending,Fox News (Online News),$22 trillion. Let us repeat...$22 trillion. We know. It's just a number. It's just a number that rolls off the tongues. But we here like to simplify things. We here believe in reality.,right
6249,National Debt Tops $22 Trillion for First Time,"['Budget - Debt', 'National Debt', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",National debt tops $22 trillion for the first time as experts warn of ripple effects,USA TODAY,"The national debt surpassed $22 trillion for the first time on Tuesday, a milestone that experts warned is further proof the country is on an unsustainable financial path that could jeopardize",left
6250,National Debt Tops $22 Trillion for First Time,"['Budget - Debt', 'National Debt', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump vowed to cut the national debt ‘very quickly.’ It just hit a record $22 trillion.,ThinkProgress,"""I don’t know, maybe I could even surprise you.""",left
6251,Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized After Fall,['Supreme Court'],Ruth Bader Ginsburg Taken to DC Hospital After Fall at Court,Townhall,"Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been taken to the George Washington University hospital in Washington, D.C. Thursday for ""observation and treatment"" after taking a fall in court Wednesday night. She has reportedly broken three of her ribs.",right
6252,Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized After Fall,['Supreme Court'],Ruth Bader Ginsburg: US Supreme Court judge fractures ribs in fall,BBC News,"US Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg has fractured three ribs in a fall on Wednesday, the court says.",center
6253,Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized After Fall,['Supreme Court'],Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized With 3 Broken Ribs,New York Times (News),"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court was hospitalized on Thursday morning, with three broken ribs after falling in her office Wednesday evening, a spokeswoman said.",left
6254,Stacey Abrams Ends Bid for Georgia Governor,['Elections'],Stacey Abrams Effectively Ended Her Campaign But Refused to “Concede.” Watch Her Rousing Speech.,Mother Jones,"“Democracy failed Georgia,” she said.",left
6255,Stacey Abrams Ends Bid for Georgia Governor,['Elections'],"Democrat Stacey Abrams Ends Bid For Georgia Governor, Decrying 'Suppression'",NPR (Online News),"Republican Brian Kemp will be the next governor of Georgia, with Democrat Stacey Abrams admitting Friday afternoon that there was no path to victory, following a bitter 10-day battle since",left
6256,Stacey Abrams Ends Bid for Georgia Governor,['Elections'],GOP wins Georgia governor's race as Abrams gives up fight,Washington Times,"While claiming “democracy failed Georgia,” Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said Friday she will no longer stand in the way of officials. certifying Brian Kemp, the Republican",right
6257,Washington Post Faces Backlash After Headline On ISIS Leader's Death,"['Terrorism', 'Media Bias', 'Washington Post', 'ISIS', 'Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi']","Washington Post Catches Flak for Changing Baghdadi Headline, Calling ISIS Leader ‘Austere Religious Scholar’",Daily Beast,"The Washington Post changed the headline of its obituary of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Sunday after facing backlash for calling him an “austere religious scholar.” Vice President of Communications at Washington Post Kristine Coratti Kelly said in a tweet that “the headline should never have read that way and we changed it quickly.” The first version of the article described Baghdadi as the “Islamic State’s terrorist-in-chief,” before it was changed to “austere religious scholar.” It’s unclear why the newspaper initially changed the headline, but it was changed for...",left
6258,Washington Post Faces Backlash After Headline On ISIS Leader's Death,"['Terrorism', 'Media Bias', 'Washington Post', 'ISIS', 'Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi']",Hannity hits Washington Post's 'sick and repulsive' headline that called al-Baghdadi a 'religious scholar,Fox News (Online News),"The Washington Post's headline calling ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi an ""austere religious scholar"" is ""sick and repulsive,"" Fox News host Sean Hannity said Sunday, following the confirmation of his death at the hands of U.S. special forces.
Al-Baghdadi, who took over as the head of ISIS after his predecessor Abu Omar al-Baghdadi was killed in 2010, was said to have detonated a suicide vest as U.S. special forces closed in. Troops were sent to attack a compound in northern Syria where al-Baghdadi was located, according to a U.S. defense...",right
6259,Washington Post Faces Backlash After Headline On ISIS Leader's Death,"['Terrorism', 'Media Bias', 'Washington Post', 'ISIS', 'Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi']",The Washington Post faces backlash for headline calling ISIS terrorist 'austere religious scholar',USA TODAY,"The Washington Post is facing backlash after a headline characterized the Islamic State leader who was killed in a U.S. raid over the weekend as an ""austere religious scholar."" The headline was quickly changed, but critics say it sugar coated the terror inflicted by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
President Donald Trump announced Sunday morning that al-Baghdadi was killed when he detonated a vest he was wearing after being cornered by U.S. forces on Saturday evening.",left
6260,US Appeals Court Temporarily Revives Texas Abortion Ban,"['Abortion', 'Texas', 'Court Of Appeals', 'Texas Abortion Law']",Texas Abortion Ban Resumes Temporarily After Decision by US Appeals Court,The Epoch Times,"The Texas Heartbeat Act, a law that bans most abortions, is temporarily back in effect after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request by the state to set aside a lower court judge’s decision while the case is reviewed.
The Texas law, also known as Senate Bill 8, bans abortions after a heartbeat is detected, which is usually around six weeks, unless a medical emergency exists.
U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman, an Obama appointee, had on Wednesday granted the Biden administration’s petition to temporarily suspend the law. Pitman at the time also denied...",right
6261,US Appeals Court Temporarily Revives Texas Abortion Ban,"['Abortion', 'Texas', 'Court Of Appeals', 'Texas Abortion Law']","Appeals court allows Texas abortion law to resume, stopping federal judge’s order to block its enforcement",The Texas Tribune,"The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals late Friday temporarily allowed Texas’ near-total abortion ban — the strictest in the nation — to again be enforced after freezing a federal judge’s temporary block of the law. The state appealed the order just two days after it was issued.
A panel of 5th Circuit justices restored enforcement of the law hours after Texas asked the court to step into a lawsuit that the U.S. Justice Department filed against the state. Enforcement of the law will be allowed to continue until at least Tuesday, when a response from...",left
6262,US Appeals Court Temporarily Revives Texas Abortion Ban,"['Abortion', 'Texas', 'Court Of Appeals', 'Texas Abortion Law']",US appeals court lets Texas resume ban on most abortions,Associated Press,"A federal appeals court Friday night quickly allowed Texas to resume banning most abortions, just one day after clinics began racing to serve patients again for the first time since early September.
A one-page order by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the nation’s strictest abortion law, which bans abortions once cardiac activity is detected, usually around six weeks. It makes no exceptions in cases of rape or incest.
“Patients are being thrown back into a state of chaos and fear,” said Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive...",left
6263,Capitol Police Says Officer Who Shot Ashli Babbitt Acted Lawfully,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Capitol Police', 'US Congress', 'Police', 'Gun Violence']",Officer who fatally shot Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt cleared after internal probe,CNBC,"The Capitol Police officer who shot and killed Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt as a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 will not be disciplined after an internal investigation found no wrongdoing, the department said Monday.
A review “determined the officer’s conduct was lawful and within Department policy,” the Capitol Police said in a statement. The department said an officer can use deadly force if they “reasonably” believe it is “in the defense of human life” or “of any person in immediate danger of serious physical injury.”",center
6264,Capitol Police Says Officer Who Shot Ashli Babbitt Acted Lawfully,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Capitol Police', 'US Congress', 'Police', 'Gun Violence']","Capitol Police Officer Who Killed Ashli Babbitt Will Not Be Disciplined, Department Says",National Review,"The U.S. Capitol police officer who fatally shot Ashli Babbitt during the U.S. Capitol riots in January acted lawfully and in line with department policy, the U.S. Capitol Police announced Monday.
Cellphone videos of the January 6 siege show 35-year-old Babbitt and other rioters forcing their way inside the Capitol to barricaded doors leading to the Speaker’s Lobby — the hallway outside the House chamber where a number of lawmakers were sheltering during the riots. The group attempted to take down the doors with a helmet, their feet and a flagpole. A...",right
6265,Capitol Police Says Officer Who Shot Ashli Babbitt Acted Lawfully,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Capitol Police', 'US Congress', 'Police', 'Gun Violence']",Capitol Police officer exonerated in Ashli Babbitt shooting on Jan. 6,ABC News (Online),"The United States Capitol Police Office of Professional Responsibility has cleared the officer involved in the shooting of Ashli Babbitt, U.S. Capitol Police announced in a press release on Monday, saying that officer ""will not be facing internal discipline.""
An internal investigation found the actions of the officer were ""lawful and within Department policy,"" it said.",left
6266,"CDC Criticized for 'Confusing' COVID-19 Protocols, Promises To Do Better","['CDC', 'CDC Guidelines', 'Communications', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Rochelle Walensky', 'Self-Isolation', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'White House']",Top Doctors Group Calls Out CDC for ‘Confusing’ COVID-19 Isolation Guidance,The Epoch Times,"The influential American Medical Association (AMA) on Wednesday criticized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) revision of guidelines for quarantine and claimed it is confusing.
Last week, the CDC reduced its recommended quarantine time from 10 days to 5 days for people who have asymptomatic COVID-19. On Tuesday, the agency reaffirmed its decision and said most transmission of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19, occurs early on during the infection.
The CDC, which updated its guidance late last month amid the spread of the Omicron variant, said the change...",right
6267,"CDC Criticized for 'Confusing' COVID-19 Protocols, Promises To Do Better","['CDC', 'CDC Guidelines', 'Communications', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Rochelle Walensky', 'Self-Isolation', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'White House']","CDC is criticized for failing to communicate, promises to do better",NPR (Online News),"On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention held a telebriefing.
Director Rochelle Walensky presided, along with two career scientists. The substance was notable — updated COVID-19 guidance for K-12 schools.
But even more notable was the fact that the briefing was happening at all.
It was the first such briefing in months, despite the ongoing pandemic crisis.
That lack of regular communication has spurred criticism of the agency. In recent days, public health experts have called out CDC for confusing isolation and quarantine guidance, and asked the agency to communicate...",left
6268,"CDC Criticized for 'Confusing' COVID-19 Protocols, Promises To Do Better","['CDC', 'CDC Guidelines', 'Communications', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Rochelle Walensky', 'Self-Isolation', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'White House']","For C.D.C.’s Walensky, a Steep Learning Curve on Messaging",New York Times (News),"Two days before Christmas, with the Omicron variant driving a near-vertical rise in new coronavirus cases, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention alerted the White House that she planned to recommend that people infected with the virus isolate for five days instead of 10.
The director, Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, had faced previous criticism for issuing recommendations that confused the public and in some cases caught the White House off guard. Determined to avoid that this time, she briefed other top Biden health officials on her...",left
6269,Swing State Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Will Trump or Clinton win? The 11 states deciding the race,The Hill,"The final sprint toward Election Day has begun, and Donald Trump is reeling in Hillary Clinton’s lead.",center
6270,Swing State Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The swing state math still looks terrible for Donald Trump,Vox,"With about two months left in the campaign, the national race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump has gotten closer, but Clinton still appears to be solidly ahead in more than enough swing states to deliver her the presidency.",left
6271,Swing State Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Swing State Polls: All Tied Up in Battlegrounds, Including...Texas?",Townhall,"We'll circle back to the eye-catching CNN poll Katie wrote about earlier, but first, here are the results of a -- shall we say -- questionable online survey of a slew of swing states (and non-swing states), via the Washington Post and Survey Monkey. Some of these numbers would appear more credible if the absence of others.",right
6272,Mitt Hits Trump on Taxes,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump and Mitt Romney exchange insults,CBS News (Online),"Mitt Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee responded Thursday to a barrage of Twitter insults from Donald Trump with a tweet of his own:",left
6273,Mitt Hits Trump on Taxes,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney's timely Trump trolling,Fox News (Online News),"Donald Trump argues that Mitt Romney is in no position to be asking for the 2016 Republican frontrunner’s tax returns on the grounds that Romney lost the 2012 general election. Romney is also, Trump wrote, a “dope.”
But Romney is arguably the very best Republican to be asking Trump about his tax returns given how successfully Democrats exploited Romney’s filings to alienate potential voters. Democrats essentially called Romney a tax cheat for his low rate",right
6274,Mitt Hits Trump on Taxes,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump rejects 'Dope' Mitt Romney's ironic tax attack,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump is striking back at Mitt Romney on Thursday, after the 2012 Republican presidential nominee said his party's current front-runner could have a ""bombshell"" in his tax returns.
""Mitt Romney, who was one of the dumbest and worst candidates in t",left
6275,Control of Congress Hangs in Balance as Key Races Too Close to Call,"['2022 Elections', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'US Senate', '2022 Gubernatorial Races', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election']",Showdown for Senate control as House leans Republican,Axios,"Control of Congress still hangs in the balance as of Wednesday afternoon, as some competitive House contests remain uncalled and three Senate races are outstanding.
The big picture: Republicans are leading the race for control of the House, but a number of toss-ups are still up for grabs. The razor-thin battle for control of the Senate has winnowed to three key races — Arizona, Georgia and Nevada.
Georgia's high-profile contest between Republican Herschel Walker and incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock is heading to a runoff, which will take place on Dec. 6, Republican Secretary of ...",center
6276,Control of Congress Hangs in Balance as Key Races Too Close to Call,"['2022 Elections', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'US Senate', '2022 Gubernatorial Races', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election']","Midterm marathon continues: Biggest races yet to be called, Georgia looking like a runoff, Arizona looking like it'll be messy",Washington Examiner,"The midterm elections did not go the way many were expecting, and there are several races that have yet to be called.
Many were expecting a red wave on Tuesday night, though it failed to materialize, and the Democrats ended up performing better than expected. However, for many races, the election is ongoing, and the winners of said races may take some time before being declared.
The governor's race for the Grand Canyon State has not yet been called as of Wednesday morning, and Democratic candidate Katie Hobbs has told voters...",right
6277,Control of Congress Hangs in Balance as Key Races Too Close to Call,"['2022 Elections', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'US Senate', '2022 Gubernatorial Races', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election']",Battle for Senate control a toss-up with a few seats left to be called,CBS News (Online),"The morning after Election Day in the 2022 midterms, control of the Senate remains a toss-up. As of Wednesday afternoon, Democrats had secured 48 seats and Republicans had 49 seats, with four races yet to be called, CBS News projects.
The Georgia race will go to a runoff in December between Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker, after neither cleared 50%. CBS News characterizes Nevada as a toss-up, and Arizona as leaning Democrat. 
Alaska, where three candidates are on the ballot in a ranked-choice voting system, had not yet been called early Wednesday, but CBS...",left
6278,Florida House Declares Porn a Public Health Risk,['Politics'],"Florida House Debates Porn, But Refuses To Discuss Assault Weapons",HuffPost,“The Florida House of Representatives literally decided that porn is a greater risk to Floridians than assault weapons.”,left
6279,Florida House Declares Porn a Public Health Risk,['Politics'],Florida House declares porn a public health risk shortly after denying assault rifle ban,The Hill,"Florida lawmakers on Tuesday passed a resolution declaring pornography a public health risk, less than an hour after they rejected a motion to consider a bill that would ban assault rifles.",center
6280,Florida House Declares Porn a Public Health Risk,['Politics'],Florida House declares pornography a public health risk,Fox News (Online News),"Florida lawmakers on Tuesday declared pornography a health risk, and called for more research on its effects.",right
6281,"New Hampshire Abolishes Death Penalty, Overriding Governor's Veto in Bipartisan Effort","['Politics', 'New Hampshire', 'Governor', 'Capital Punishment']",New Hampshire abolishes death penalty after state senate overrides governor,The Guardian,"New Hampshire, which hasn’t executed anyone in 80 years and has only one inmate on death row, has became the latest US state to abolish the death penalty when the state senate voted to override the governor’s veto.
“Now it’s up to us to stop this practice that is archaic, costly, discriminatory and final,” said New Hampshire state senator Melanie Levesque.
The senate vote came a week after the 400-member house voted by the narrowest possible margin to override Republican governor Chris Sununu’s veto of a bill to repeal capital...",left
6282,"New Hampshire Abolishes Death Penalty, Overriding Governor's Veto in Bipartisan Effort","['Politics', 'New Hampshire', 'Governor', 'Capital Punishment']",New Hampshire lawmakers override governor veto to abolish death penalty,The Hill,"New Hampshire lawmakers on Thursday voted to outlaw the death penalty in the Granite State, overriding a veto of a bill by Gov. Chris Sununu (R).
The new law, which takes effect immediately, means that capital punishment will be repealed throughout New England.
Veto overrides require a two-thirds majority, which the state Senate accomplished with its 16-8 vote on Thursday, according to The Associated Press. The state House voted to override the veto last week.
Sununu vetoed the bill repealing the death penalty earlier this month.
New Hampshire has not...",center
6283,"New Hampshire Abolishes Death Penalty, Overriding Governor's Veto in Bipartisan Effort","['Politics', 'New Hampshire', 'Governor', 'Capital Punishment']",New Hampshire Just Abolished the Death Penalty,Reason,"New Hampshire has just repealed capital punishment, the last of the New England states to do so. Today the state Senate voted to override Gov. Chris Sununu's veto of an anti–death penalty bill. The state House did the same last week, so the legislation will now become law.
Sununu belongs to the GOP, but this effort to end the death penalty was bipartisan. ""Ending New Hampshire's death penalty would not have been possible without significant Republican support,"" says Hannah Cox, national manager of Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty. ""Increasing...",right
6284,Former Vice President Walter Mondale Dies at 93,"['Politics', 'Walter Mondale']","In death, long after loss, Mondale’s liberal legacy stands",Associated Press Fact Check,"In the last days of his life, former Vice President Walter Mondale received a steady stream of phone calls of appreciation. Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris all called to say goodbye and thank you.
It was a sign of respect for a man many Americans remember largely for his near-shutout defeat for the White House in 1984. But well after his bruising loss, Mondale remained a revered liberal elder — with a list of accomplishments that are still relevant today....",left
6285,Former Vice President Walter Mondale Dies at 93,"['Politics', 'Walter Mondale']",Former Vice President Walter Mondale dies at age 93,The Hill,"Former Vice President Walter Mondale, who was also the Democratic nominee for president in 1984, died on Monday at the age of 93.
Kathy Tunheim, a spokesperson for the family, confirmed the former vice president’s death in an email to The Hill. Axios first reported the news of Mondale’s death.
According to Tunheim, Mondale died peacefully of natural causes at his home in downtown Minneapolis at 7:21 p.m. while surrounded by his immediate family.
Prior to serving as vice president during former President Carter’s single term in the White House,...",center
6286,Former Vice President Walter Mondale Dies at 93,"['Politics', 'Walter Mondale']","Walter Mondale, Jimmy Carter's vice president, dead at 93",Washington Examiner,"Walter Mondale, a Democratic vice president who was beaten by Ronald Reagan in a landslide presidential election in 1984, died at his home in Minneapolis on Monday. He was 93.
A statement from the Mondale family sharing news of Walter Mondale's death did not provide a specific cause.
Mondale was Jimmy Carter's running mate in 1976, beating Republican incumbent Gerald Ford and Bob Dole. Hamstrung by a weakened U.S. economy and energy crisis, Carter and Mondale lost reelection in 1980 to Reagan and George H.W. Bush. A U.S. senator for...",right
6287,"Biden Dismisses Idea Of Paying $450,000 To Immigrant Families Separated At Border","['Immigration', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Biden Administration', 'Trump Administration', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics', 'Homeland Security', 'Health And Human Services', 'Undocumented Immigrants', 'Justice Department', 'Border Crisis']",WH: Biden now ‘perfectly comfortable’ with migrant payouts — after calling $450K report ‘garbage’,New York Post (News),"President Biden is “perfectly comfortable” with cash payouts to migrant families whose members were detained separately after illegally crossing the US-Mexico border, White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday.
The answer comes just a day after Biden labeled as “garbage” a report that his administration is considering $450,000-per-person payments.
Jean-Pierre pointedly pivoted Biden’s assessment after the American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday night said Biden “may not have been fully briefed about the actions of his very own Justice Department.”
“If it saves taxpayer dollars and puts the disastrous history of the previous...",right
6288,"Biden Dismisses Idea Of Paying $450,000 To Immigrant Families Separated At Border","['Immigration', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Biden Administration', 'Trump Administration', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics', 'Homeland Security', 'Health And Human Services', 'Undocumented Immigrants', 'Justice Department', 'Border Crisis']","Biden Rejects $450,000 Payments for Separated Migrants",New York Times (News),"President Biden on Wednesday said migrants separated from family members at the border would not receive hundreds of thousands of dollars for the damage inflicted by the Trump-era policy, rejecting an option for monetary compensation that had been floated in negotiations with lawyers representing the families.
Representatives of the migrant families and government officials had discussed giving families $450,000 for each member affected by former President Donald J. Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy, which led to the separation of about 5,500 children from their parents, according to people familiar with the matter. But...",left
6289,"Biden Dismisses Idea Of Paying $450,000 To Immigrant Families Separated At Border","['Immigration', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Biden Administration', 'Trump Administration', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics', 'Homeland Security', 'Health And Human Services', 'Undocumented Immigrants', 'Justice Department', 'Border Crisis']","Biden Denies Plan For $450,000 Payments To Separated Families: 'Not Gonna Happen'",Forbes,"President Joe Biden dismissed a “garbage” Wall Street Journal report from last week that alleged his administration was considering paying about $450,000 to each individual separated from their family at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying that the purported plan to settle several lawsuits filed against the federal government on behalf of the immigrants was not under consideration.
After a Fox News reporter asked about the reported payments in a Wednesday press conference, Biden called the WSJ report that cited several anonymous sources “garbage” and “not true.”
Biden didn’t entirely deny that a settlement was in the works though, continuing, “$450,000 per...",center
6290,Further Shutdowns Possible?,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",McConnell: Further shutdowns 'off the table',CNN (Online News),"The 16-day partial government shutdown that just ended will be the last, if Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky has anything to say about it.
In a pair of newspaper interviews Thursday, McConnell used the same Kentucky metaphor that ""there's no education in the second kick of a mule."" The Republican Senate leader said the first kick was the 1995/1996 shutdowns and this one was the second. McConnell remained firm that there will not be a third.
""There will not be a government shutdown,"" McConnell told The Hill newspaper. To...",left
6291,Further Shutdowns Possible?,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",McConnell: No More Shutdowns Over Obamacare,Newsmax (News),"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made it clear on Thursday that repealing Obamacare would never be used by Republicans again to bring the federal government to a halt.
“One of my favorite old Kentucky sayings is there’s no education in the second kick of a mule,"" the Kentucky Republican told The Hill. ""The first kick of a mule was when we shut the government down in the mid-1990s — and the second kick was over the last 16 days.
“There is no education in the second kick of a mule,""...",right
6292,Further Shutdowns Possible?,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Cruz won’t rule out another shutdown,Washington Post,"Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) said in an interview with ABC News on Thursday that he will continue to do whatever is necessary to stop the Affordable Care Act.
""I would do anything, and I will continue to do anything to stop the train wreck that is Obamacare,"" Cruz said.
Pressed explicitly on whether he would rule out another shutdown, Cruz deflected and said he didn't want to game out future debates.",left
6293,House Passes George Floyd Justice in Policing Act,"['US House', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics', 'Police', 'Police Reform', 'George Floyd', 'George Floyd Protests']",'We must act now': House passes police reform bill named for George Floyd,USA TODAY,"The U.S. House of Representatives passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act on Wednesday night in a 220-212 vote, ushering in a series of police reform measures in the wake of national uprising against racial injustice and police brutality.
The policing reform bill aims to bolster police accountability and prevent problem officers from moving from one department to another by creating a national registry to track those with checkered records. It also would end certain police practices that have been under scrutiny after the deaths of Black Americans...",left
6294,House Passes George Floyd Justice in Policing Act,"['US House', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics', 'Police', 'Police Reform', 'George Floyd', 'George Floyd Protests']",House passes police reform act named for George Floyd,NBC News (Online),"The House on Wednesday passed a police reform bill that would ban chokeholds and overhaul qualified immunity protections for officers.
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, H.R. 1280, passed 220-212 — although a Republican representative said he'd voted yes by mistake and changed the official record to reflect his opposition.
Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, tweeted that he'd pressed the wrong button and voted for the bill by accident.",left
6295,House Passes George Floyd Justice in Policing Act,"['US House', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics', 'Police', 'Police Reform', 'George Floyd', 'George Floyd Protests']",House passes George Floyd Justice in Policing Act in party-line vote,Fox News (Online News),"The House voted along party lines Wednesday to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, a Democrat-backed bill that seeks to enact sweeping police reform following Floyd’s death during an encounter with police in Minneapolis last May.
Championed by civil rights groups, the wide-ranging bill would overhaul standards for police tactics and conduct at the federal level. Prominent measures include a federal ban on no-knock warrants and chokeholds, limits on qualified immunity shielding police from civil lawsuits, a framework to prevent racial profiling and the establishment of a national...",right
6296,Obama Weighs Support for Iraqi Airstrikes,['Middle East'],"Militant takeover of Iraq’s largest Christian city, mountaintop siege fuel calls for aid",Fox News (Online News),"Iraqi militants seized control Thursday of the country's largest Christian city -- reportedly telling its residents to leave, convert or die -- while members of another religious minority remained trapped on a mountain without enough food or water, circumstances that fueled calls for the U.S. and U.N. to get more involved.
In response, Pentagon officials told Fox News the administration is considering humanitarian aid drops for the families stuck on the mountain in northern Iraq, and noted they have been ""urgently and directly"" working with officials to coordinate Iraqi...",right
6297,Obama Weighs Support for Iraqi Airstrikes,['Middle East'],Crises Undercut Support for Obama's Long Game in Foreign Policy,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama and his top aides believe they are putting in place a new global security structure that will frame international relations for decades.
Every day, however, brings a split-screen contrast between the White House's confidence in its long-term strategy and the daily chaos playing out from Ukraine to the Middle East.
The disconnect is reflected in the president's declining poll ratings. The Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released this week shows Americans' approval of his foreign-policy record at a new low of 36%.",center
6298,Obama Weighs Support for Iraqi Airstrikes,['Middle East'],"Obama Weighs Airstrikes or Aid to Help Trapped Iraqis, Officials Say",New York Times (News),"President Obama is considering airstrikes or airdrops of food and medicine to address a humanitarian crisis among as many as 40,000 members of religious minorities in Iraq, administration officials said on Thursday. The people have been dying of heat and thirst on a mountaintop, where they took shelter after death threats from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the Sunni extremist group that has taken control of much of northern Iraq.",left
6299,Three EU Leaders Travel to Kyiv to Support Zelenskyy,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'EU Leaders']",Ukraine’s capital barraged; 3 EU nation leaders to visit,Associated Press,"Russia’s relentless bombardment of Ukraine edged closer to central Kyiv as a series of strikes hit a residential neighborhood Tuesday, while the leaders of three European Union countries planned a bold visit to Ukraine’s capital and the number of people the war has driven from the country passed 3 million.
Large explosions thundered across Kyiv before dawn from what Ukrainian authorities said were artillery strikes, as Russia’s assault on the city appeared to become more systematic. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said barrages hit four multi-story buildings in the city and caused dozens of...",left
6300,Three EU Leaders Travel to Kyiv to Support Zelenskyy,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'EU Leaders']","Polish, Czech and Slovenian prime ministers travel to Kyiv",The Guardian,"The prime ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia are travelling to meet Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv even as pre-dawn Russian shelling killed more civilians in an apartment building in Ukraine’s capital.
In statements from their respective capitals, the three leaders said they would be offering their support to Ukraine’s president as representatives of the other 24 EU heads of state and government.
The move by Poland’s Mateusz Morawiecki, his Czech counterpart, Petr Fiala, and Slovenia’s Janez Janša was said to be an attempt to bolster Ukraine in its fight for...",left
6301,Three EU Leaders Travel to Kyiv to Support Zelenskyy,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'EU Leaders']","Czech, Polish, and Slovenian prime ministers to visit Zelensky in Kyiv war zone",Washington Examiner,"Despite back-to-back nights of deadly airstrikes in Ukraine's capital city, the prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovenia will travel to Kyiv on Tuesday to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala tweeted.
The NATO nation leaders joining Fiala on the trip to the war zone will be Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa. Polish Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski will also be a part of the delegation.
""The aim of the visit is to express the European Union's unequivocal support for...",right
6302,Senate Delays Healthcare Vote,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Trumpcare vote delayed while McCain recovers from surgery,Daily Kos,"While Sen. John McCain remains in Arizona recovering from Friday's craniotomy, surgery to remove a 5 cm blood clot from above his left eye, business will not go on as usual in Washington. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has to have every Republican senator voting to have a prayer of passing Trumpcare, has postponed the vote for the week or two (more likely two) that McCain's recovery will take.",left
6303,Senate Delays Healthcare Vote,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate delays healthcare vote as McCain recovers from surgery,Reuters,"The U.S. Senate will delay its consideration of healthcare legislation while Arizona Republican Senator John McCain recuperates from surgery, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell announced over the weekend.",center
6304,Senate Delays Healthcare Vote,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Health Care Setback: Senate Vote Delayed After McCain's Surgery,CBN,"Over the weekend, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced the scheduled Better Care Act vote would be delayed indefinitely because of McCain's absence.",right
6305,Merry Christmas 2015,"['Holidays', 'General News']",How much do you know about Christmas traditions from around the globe?,Christian Science Monitor,Know where the historical Santa Claus comes from? What Christmas song was written for Thanksgiving? Which Asian country celebrates Christmas with sponge cake? Test your knowledge about how the Christmas holidays are celebrated from the Philippines to Mexico.,center
6306,Merry Christmas 2015,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Pope Condemns Islamic State Terrorism In Christmas Message,HuffPost,Pope Francis urged the world in his Christmas message on Friday to unite to end atrocities by Islamist militants that he said were causing immense suffering in many countries.,left
6307,Merry Christmas 2015,"['Holidays', 'General News']",OPINION: The amazing grace of Christmas morn,Washington Times,"The malls and the Main Streets have fallen silent. The ringing cash registers and the happy cries of children are but ghostly echoes across the silent cities. But the Christ child born in a manger 2,000 years ago lives, liberating the hearts of sinners and transforming the lives of the wicked.",right
6308,Xi Jinping Calls for “Rejuvenation of The Chinese Nation” at CCP Congress,"['China', 'Xi Jinping', 'CCP', 'Asia', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Taiwan', 'Hong Kong', 'COVID-19']",Xi Jinping Calls for China to create 'world-class military' as he targets Taiwan,Fox News (Online News),"Chinese dictator Xi Jinping called for China to create a world-class military as he declared supremacy over Hong Kong and set his sights on Taiwan on Sunday.
Xi made the comments during his opening address to the Chinese Community Party Congress in Beijing. Xi spoke before 2,300 CPP delegates who will later vote to grant him an unprecedented third term as China's president and general secretary of the CCP. The leader laid out ambitions for China, declaring a determination to beef up the country's military and take over Taiwan.
""In...",right
6309,Xi Jinping Calls for “Rejuvenation of The Chinese Nation” at CCP Congress,"['China', 'Xi Jinping', 'CCP', 'Asia', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Taiwan', 'Hong Kong', 'COVID-19']",China’s Xi calls for military growth as party congress opens,Associated Press,"Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Sunday called for faster military development and announced no change in policies that have strained relations with Washington and tightened the ruling Communist Party’s control over society and the economy.
China’s most influential figure in decades spoke as the party opened a congress that was closely watched by companies, governments and the public for signs of official direction. It comes amid a painful slump in the world’s second-largest economy and tension with Washington and Asian neighbors over trade, technology and security.
Party plans call for...",left
6310,Xi Jinping Calls for “Rejuvenation of The Chinese Nation” at CCP Congress,"['China', 'Xi Jinping', 'CCP', 'Asia', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Taiwan', 'Hong Kong', 'COVID-19']","China's Xi talks up security, reiterates COVID stance as congress opens",Reuters,"Chinese President Xi Jinping called for accelerating the building of a world-class military while touting the fight against COVID-19 as he kicked off a Communist Party Congress by focussing on security and reiterating policy priorities.
Xi, 69, is widely expected to win a third leadership term at the conclusion of the week-long congress that began on Sunday morning, cementing his place as China's most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong.
Roughly 2,300 delegates from around the country gathered in the vast Great Hall of the People on the west side of...",center
6311,Russia Claims it Blocked Romney from Becoming Secretary of State,['Russia'],2nd Steele Memo: Russia ‘Blocked’ Mitt Romney as Secretary of State,Daily Beast,"A new New Yorker profile of Trump-Russia dossier author Christopher Steele reports on a lesser-known memo the former MI-6 spy allegedly discussed with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators. According to the report, in late November 2016, Steele relayed information from his Russian sources that senior Kremlin officials had intervened to block Mitt Romney as President-elect Trump’s choice for secretary of State. Reporter Jane Mayer writes that Moscow had asked Trump to appoint someone who would be willing to lift sanctions related to Ukraine and cooperate with Russia’s involvement in Syria....",left
6312,Russia Claims it Blocked Romney from Becoming Secretary of State,['Russia'],Russia takes credit for getting Trump to reject Mitt Romney as secretary of state: Report,Washington Examiner,"The author of the Trump dossier wrote a private memo in November 2016 that says Russia is claiming credit for getting president-elect Trump to reject Mitt Romney as his secretary of state, according to a new report.",right
6313,Russia Claims it Blocked Romney from Becoming Secretary of State,['Russia'],Russia says it stopped Mitt Romney from becoming secretary of State: report,The Hill,"Russia says it stopped former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney from becoming President Trump’s secretary of State, according to The New Yorker.",center
6314,Who or What's to Blame for School Shootings?,"['Violence In America', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Public Health', 'Gun Violence', 'Texas', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Faith leaders react to Texas school shooting: 'Act of pure evil',Fox News (Online News),"As the news of a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday continues to travel far and wide, faith leaders across the nation are sharing their reactions, prayers, words and insights with Fox News Digital.
They're also calling out moral rot when they see it.
A suspected lone gunman took the lives of at least 19 children and two teachers; the gunman has been killed, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said on Tuesday. 
""Texans across the state are grieving for the victims of this senseless crime and for the community of...",right
6315,Who or What's to Blame for School Shootings?,"['Violence In America', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Public Health', 'Gun Violence', 'Texas', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']","The complicated, fraught connection between gun violence and mental health: ‘We have to be very careful how we talk about the link between the two’",MarketWatch,"The unthinkable has become horribly predictable.
On Tuesday afternoon, an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at a Texas elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, about 85 miles west of San Antonio, killing at least 19 children, two adults, and injuring others.
It was the deadliest shooting at a grade school in the U.S. since a 20-year-old gunman killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012.
Uvalde is located between San Antonio and the Southern border, and has a large Mexican-American population. The official site for the city...",center
6316,Who or What's to Blame for School Shootings?,"['Violence In America', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Public Health', 'Gun Violence', 'Texas', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Biden On Texas School Shooting: 'Why Are We Willing To Live With This Carnage?',HuffPost,"President Joe Biden said he is “sick and tired” of lawmakers’ inaction on gun control after a gunman shot and killed over a dozen children at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday.
“As a nation, we have to ask: When in God’s name are we gonna stand up to the gun lobby … do what we all know in our gut needs to be done?” Biden said in an emotional speech from the White House.
“Why are we willing to live with this carnage? Why do we keep letting this happen? Where in God’s...",left
6317,"NYT Editorial Board Endorses Warren, Klobuchar","['New York Times', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Amy Klobuchar', 'Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']",The New York Times’s Endorsement Charade,New Republic,"The New York Times has created a spectacle around one of the stodgiest features of presidential primary season: The newspaper endorsement. In years past, the Times had simply splashed the name of the chosen one across its editorial page a week or so before the Iowa Caucuses, with a few bromides about “experience” and “temperament.” In the last two competitive Democratic primaries, the Times endorsed the establishment favorite Hillary Clinton, revealing both the Times’s own establishment leanings and the depths of its influence on actual voters.
This cycle, the Times...",left
6318,"NYT Editorial Board Endorses Warren, Klobuchar","['New York Times', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Amy Klobuchar', 'Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']","NYT editorial board endorses Warren, Klobuchar for Democratic nomination for president",The Hill,"The New York Times editorial board on Sunday night endorsed both Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) for the Democratic nomination for president.
The dual endorsement, a break in convention for the Times, comes just two weeks before the first primary contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, where Warren has remained a top contender while Klobuchar has struggled to break out of single-digit support.
""In a break with convention, the editorial board has chosen to endorse two separate Democratic candidates for president,"" reads the Times's endorsement.
""Choosing who...",center
6319,"NYT Editorial Board Endorses Warren, Klobuchar","['New York Times', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Amy Klobuchar', 'Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']","NYT Splits Presidential Endorsement for First Time in History, Backing Klobuchar and Warren",National Review,"The New York Times editorial board announced Sunday evening that it would endorse two candidates for president for the first time in the newspaper’s history: Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota received the paper’s support.
The Times’s editorial board interviewed nine of the top candidates last month for in-depth interviews and documented the process of how they settled on the double endorsement in the paper’s documentary show “The Weekly” on FX.
The paper’s endorsement of Warren, senator from Massachusetts, and Klobuchar, senator from Minnesota, comes just...",right
6320,Russia Releases US Marine Trevor Reed in Prisoner Exchange,"['World', 'Russia', 'Trevor Reed', 'Prisoner Exchange']",Russia releases US Marine vet as part of prisoner exchange,Associated Press,"Russia and the United States have carried out a dramatic prisoner exchange, trading a Marine veteran jailed by Moscow for a convicted Russian drug trafficker serving a long prison sentence in America, both countries announced Wednesday.
The surprise deal involving Trevor Reed, an American imprisoned for nearly three years, would have been a notable diplomatic maneuver even in times of peace, but it was all the more extraordinary because it was done as Russia’s war with Ukraine has driven relations with the U.S. to their lowest point in decades.
But while the prisoner...",left
6321,Russia Releases US Marine Trevor Reed in Prisoner Exchange,"['World', 'Russia', 'Trevor Reed', 'Prisoner Exchange']",Russia frees jailed US Marine Trevor Reed in exchange for convicted Russian drug trafficker,Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. and Russia have carried out a prisoner swap Wednesday, exchanging Trevor Reed – a Marine veteran jailed in Moscow – for a Russian drug trafficker who has been serving time in America, a senior U.S. official told the Associated Press. 
The deal comes as tensions between U.S. and Russia are running high, with Moscow's bloody invasion of Ukraine in its 63rd day. 
""Today, we welcome home Trevor Reed and celebrate his return to the family that missed him dearly. Trevor, a former U.S. Marine, is free from Russian detention,"" President Biden said...",right
6322,Russia Releases US Marine Trevor Reed in Prisoner Exchange,"['World', 'Russia', 'Trevor Reed', 'Prisoner Exchange']",American Trevor Reed released from Russia in prisoner swap,CNN (Online News),"American Trevor Reed, a US citizen and former Marine who had been detained in Russia since 2019, has been released in a prisoner swap.
The release ends a nearly three-year ordeal for Reed, who was sentenced to nine years in prison in July 2020 for endangering the ""life and health"" of Russian police officers in an altercation. Reed and his family have denied the charges against him.
Reed's release will not impact the US approach to the war in Ukraine, senior administration officials said.
""I'm going to try not to cry,...",left
6323,Biden’s ‘MAGA Republicans’ Speech: Divisive Escalation or Necessary Truth-Telling?,"['Joe Biden', 'MAGA', 'Republican Party', 'Ultra MAGA', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Donald Trump', '2022 Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Democracy', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Polarization', 'Politics', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Threats']",Biden just painted a soul-crushing vision of America that does not reflect the country I know and love,Tim Scott,"On Thursday night in Philadelphia, Joe Biden used his presidential perch, flanked by two United States Marines, to give one of the most menacing and divisive campaign speeches in recent memory.
In his soul-crushing ""soul of the nation"" speech, the president threw half the country back into Hillary Clinton’s basket of deplorables. Anyone who refuses to go along with his radical agenda that’s bankrupting the country is a threat. Anyone who stands up for religious liberty is an extremist. Anyone who is a voice for voiceless and vulnerable unborn babies...",right
6324,Biden’s ‘MAGA Republicans’ Speech: Divisive Escalation or Necessary Truth-Telling?,"['Joe Biden', 'MAGA', 'Republican Party', 'Ultra MAGA', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Donald Trump', '2022 Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Democracy', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Polarization', 'Politics', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Threats']",MAGA Republicans are seething with rage because Biden hit his target,Greg Sargent,"Republicans are in a rage over President Biden’s speech in Philadelphia, in which he flatly declared that the American democratic experiment is in serious danger due to Donald Trump and the Republicans who remain allied with his political project.
So here’s a question for those Republicans: What exactly in Biden’s speech was wrong?
Many objections have been general: Republicans say his speech disparaged millions, that it was angry, or divisive, or political, or hateful, or depicted Republicans as the enemy.",left
6325,Biden’s ‘MAGA Republicans’ Speech: Divisive Escalation or Necessary Truth-Telling?,"['Joe Biden', 'MAGA', 'Republican Party', 'Ultra MAGA', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Donald Trump', '2022 Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Democracy', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Polarization', 'Politics', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Threats']",The Justification for Biden’s Speech,David Frum,"President Joe Biden last night used the backdrop of Philadelphia’s Independence Hall to accuse his political opponents of betraying American democracy. The complaints from GOP leaders are loud. How dare Biden use this birthplace of the republic to speak that way about former President Donald Trump and his tens of millions of supporters?
During his presidency, Trump repeatedly used places of national memory for partisan purposes. He gave a slashing partisan interview to Fox News from the Lincoln Memorial. At Mount Rushmore, he denounced “a new far-left fascism” that seeks “to wipe out our history,...",right
6326,What We Know So Far: Congressional Elections,"['US Congress', 'US Senate', 'US House', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'AOC', 'The Squad', 'Politics']",Every incumbent who’s been booted out of Congress,Politico,"Here are all the House and Senate incumbents around the country who have lost their fights for reelection.
Alabama
Sen. Doug Jones (Democrat)
Arizona
Sen. Martha McSally (Republican)
Colorado
Sen. Cory Gardner (Republican)
Florida
Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (Democrat)
Rep. Donna Shalala (Democrat)
Iowa
Rep. Abby Finkenauer (Democrat)",left
6327,What We Know So Far: Congressional Elections,"['US Congress', 'US Senate', 'US House', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'AOC', 'The Squad', 'Politics']",Democrats projected to retain control of the House of Representatives,CNBC,"Democrats will keep their House majority, NBC News projected Tuesday, as the major U.S. parties jockeyed for control of the White House and Senate in the 2020 election.
Democrats entered Election Day heavily favored to keep control of the chamber. Their hopes of expanding their advantage appeared to dim on election night, as some Democratic incumbents will lose and the party will fall short in picking up some of its top GOP-held targets, according to NBC News projections.
As of early Wednesday morning, NBC News estimated Democrats would hold 227...",center
6328,What We Know So Far: Congressional Elections,"['US Congress', 'US Senate', 'US House', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'AOC', 'The Squad', 'Politics']","Senate Republicans, defying polls, appear on path to hold majority",Washington Examiner,"Senate Republicans on Tuesday are poised to keep the majority in 2021, defying polls that indicated Democrats could defeat a slew of incumbent GOP lawmakers and win back the gavel they lost in 2014.
Democrats needed to pick up four seats to regain the majority but are on track so far for a net gain of just one seat. They have so far defeated only two Republican incumbents and were on track to lose up to two of their own seats.",right
6329,What Will Republicans Do If They Gain Control of Congress?,"['2022 Elections', 'Midterms', 'Republican Party', 'IRS', 'Inflation Reduction Act', 'Kevin McCarthy']",GOP came for abortion rights. Medicare and Social Security could be next.,MSNBC,"President Joe Biden last week slammed two Republican senators for proposing to end Social Security and Medicare as we know it. First, Biden renewed his attacks on Florida’s Rick Scott, who has called for all government programs, including Social Security and Medicare, to be reapproved every five years. The president then ripped Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson for recently proposing a vote each year to determine if Social Security and Medicare would be funded.
As Scott, chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, writes in his “11-Point Plan to Rescue America,” “If...",left
6330,What Will Republicans Do If They Gain Control of Congress?,"['2022 Elections', 'Midterms', 'Republican Party', 'IRS', 'Inflation Reduction Act', 'Kevin McCarthy']",The Polls Still Do Not Show A GOP Bounce Back,FiveThirtyEight,"Ever since we launched our election model in late June, it has moved entirely in one direction: toward Democrats. Pretty much every week, they’ve either gained ground in our forecast or held steady. 
This week has been more in the “held steady” category. In the Deluxe version of our model, Democrats’ chances of keeping the Senate are 71 percent, while their chances of holding the House are 31 percent. Neither number has meaningfully changed from a week ago.
As Democrats’ position has continually improved, I’ve tended to focus on optimistic...",center
6331,What Will Republicans Do If They Gain Control of Congress?,"['2022 Elections', 'Midterms', 'Republican Party', 'IRS', 'Inflation Reduction Act', 'Kevin McCarthy']",Here's what Republicans plan to do if they capture the House after midterm elections,Washington Examiner,"Voters are seven weeks away from casting their ballots in the midterm elections, but House Republicans already have their sights set on what they want to achieve if they manage to recapture the House.
After weeks of weathering stiff criticism from Democrats for being tight-lipped with a comprehensive legislative agenda, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy unveiled the “Commitment to America"" agenda, laying out the broad strokes of what Republicans want to do.
Here is a look at some of the objectives McCarthy rolled out.",right
6332,Manchin Reportedly Opposes Key Piece of Biden's Climate Agenda,"['Politics', 'Energy', 'Climate Change', 'Taxes', 'Joe Manchin', 'Democratic Party', 'Build Back Better', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Sustainability', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers']","Manchin says he won't support climate, tax provisions in sweeping Democratic bill",Fox News (Online News),"Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and his staff told Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D, N.Y., unequivocally Thursday that he is only willing to support a reconciliation bill in August that includes a provision to lower prescription drug prices and a two-year extension of subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, according to a Democrat briefed on the conversations. 
Manchin was explicit that he won't support a bill before the midterms with any provisions on energy and climate or closing tax loopholes exploited by the wealthy and biggest corporations, despite his support for those...",right
6333,Manchin Reportedly Opposes Key Piece of Biden's Climate Agenda,"['Politics', 'Energy', 'Climate Change', 'Taxes', 'Joe Manchin', 'Democratic Party', 'Build Back Better', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Sustainability', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers']","Manchin rejects adding climate spending, tax hikes on wealthy, striking blow to Biden agenda",The Hill,"Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) told Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) “unequivocally” on Thursday that he will only support a narrow budget reconciliation package before Labor Day if is does not include new spending to fight climate change or taxes on wealthy individuals or corporations, according to a Democrat briefed on the talks.
Manchin has informed Schumer that if Democrats move the reconciliation bill in August, he will only support a provision to lower prescription drug prices and a two-year extension of expiring health insurance subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, according to the...",center
6334,Manchin Reportedly Opposes Key Piece of Biden's Climate Agenda,"['Politics', 'Energy', 'Climate Change', 'Taxes', 'Joe Manchin', 'Democratic Party', 'Build Back Better', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Sustainability', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers']",Manchin torpedoes Democrats' hopes for passing sweeping climate action and tax hikes,CNN (Online News),"Sen. Joe Manchin on Thursday dealt a devastating blow to Democrats' hopes for sweeping legislative action this year, telling Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and his staff ""unequivocally"" that he won't support the climate or tax provisions of a Democratic economic package, two sources familiar with the talks tell CNN.
The two had been negotiating for months, and Schumer, a New York Democrat, had made a number of concessions to pare back the climate provisions to appease Manchin, whose support is critical in an evenly decided Senate.
Manchin is open to...",left
6335,Citizenship Question Will Be Reinstated in 2020 Census,['Politics'],Trump Admin Wants a Citizenship Question on 2020 Census - California Immediately Vows to Sue,Townhall,The Trump administration announced they will be reinstating a citizenship question on the 2020 census to “help enforce” the Voting Rights Act of 1965—and California is already pushing back.,right
6336,Citizenship Question Will Be Reinstated in 2020 Census,['Politics'],Commerce Department says citizenship question will be reinstated in 2020 Census,CNN (Online News),"In a controversial move, the Commerce Department announced Monday that the question of citizenship will again be included in the 2020 Census.
The move comes at the request of the Justice Department, first made in the early days of the administration, saying it was needed to better enforce the Voting Rights Act.",left
6337,Citizenship Question Will Be Reinstated in 2020 Census,['Politics'],"Despite Concerns, Census Will Ask Respondents if They Are U.S. Citizens",New York Times (News),"The 2020 census will ask respondents whether they are United States citizens, the Commerce Department announced Monday night, agreeing to a Trump administration request with highly charged political and social implications that many officials feared would result in a substantial undercount.",left
6338,Trump Responds to Syrian Chemical Attacks,['Middle East'],President Trump Slams Putin & Iran For Latest Chemical Attack,Townhall,"On Saturday, reports began flowing out of Syria that their own government allegedly had used chemical attacks on civilians which killed dozens of men, women, and children. It was unknown what the response from the United States would be, but today President Donald J. Trump made clear that he is blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Iranian government for supporting ""Animal Assad.""",right
6339,Trump Responds to Syrian Chemical Attacks,['Middle East'],Trump after chemical attack: Russia ‘responsible’ for backing Syria,The Hill,"President Trump on Sunday had strong words for Russian President Vladimir Putin following what he called a ""mindless chemical attack in Syria.""",center
6340,Trump Responds to Syrian Chemical Attacks,['Middle East'],Trump blames Putin for backing ‘Animal Assad’,Politico,"President Donald Trump leveled his most direct criticism yet at Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday, taking to Twitter to say the Russian leader bears responsibility for a deadly chemical weapons attack in Syria.",left
6341,Sticking Points in Nuclear Talks,['Middle East'],Iran reportedly makes new push for uranium concessions in nuclear talks,Fox News (Online News),Iranian negotiators reportedly have made a last-ditch push for more concessions from the U.S. and five other world powers as talks on the fate of Iran's nuclear program come down to the final days before a crucial deadline.,right
6342,Sticking Points in Nuclear Talks,['Middle East'],Sticking Points In Iran Nuclear Talks: Sanctions And A Fuel Stockpile,NPR (Online News),"With Tuesday's deadline for an international deal on Iran's nuclear program approaching, foreign ministers from Iran and six world powers are trying to hash out an agreement. The debate currently centers on where Iran's nuclear fuel should be stored, and how — and when — economic sanctions should be lifted.",left
6343,Sticking Points in Nuclear Talks,['Middle East'],Iran talks intensify with last-ditch attempt to reach agreement,Washington Post,"With just two days remaining before a deadline, Iran and diplomats from six countries trying to negotiate a preliminary nuclear deal met Monday in a last-ditch attempt to resolve differences on enriched-uranium stockpiles, sanctions and future research into nuclear technology.",left
6344,Top Obama Appointees Using Secret Email Accounts,"['White House', 'Politics']",Top Obama appointees using secret e-mail addresses,Washington Post,"Some top political appointees in the Obama Administration are using secret government e-mail addresses, and several federal agencies have so far failed to disclose their addresses to the Associated Press.",left
6345,Top Obama Appointees Using Secret Email Accounts,"['White House', 'Politics']",Top Obama appointees using secret email accounts,Fox News (Online News),"Some of President Obamas political appointees, including the Cabinet secretary for the Health and Human Services Department, are using secret government email accounts they say are necessary to prevent their inboxes from being overwhelmed with unwanted messages.",right
6346,Top Obama Appointees Using Secret Email Accounts,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama aides use secret e-mail accounts,USA TODAY,Obama aides use secret e-mail accounts.,left
6347,US Lifts Steel and Aluminum Tariffs on Canada and Mexico,"['Trade', 'Canada', 'Mexico']","Trump to lift steel, aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico",Washington Times,"The U.S. has reached a deal to lift steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico, removing a major barrier to congressional approval of President Trump’s revised trade deal with the countries.
The U.S. will be “selling our product into those countries without the imposition of tariffs or major tariffs — big difference,” Mr. Trump announced in a speech Friday afternoon before the National Association of Realtors.
The president said the U.S. has a great relationship with Canada but that it put up a “barrier” by imposing tariffs...",right
6348,US Lifts Steel and Aluminum Tariffs on Canada and Mexico,"['Trade', 'Canada', 'Mexico']",U.S. Seeks to Resolve Other Trade Disputes Amid China Impasse,Wall Street Journal (News),"With U.S.-China trade talks at an impasse, President Trump moved Friday to tackle festering trade disputes with U.S. allies and North American neighbors.
The White House released an order putting off a decision on proposed tariffs on imported cars and auto parts for about six months, giving the administration room to negotiate possible trade deals with the European Union and Japan.
Hours later, Mr. Trump said the U.S. had reached a deal to exempt Canada and Mexico from tariffs on steel and aluminum that were imposed last year....",center
6349,US Lifts Steel and Aluminum Tariffs on Canada and Mexico,"['Trade', 'Canada', 'Mexico']",US lifts steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump lifted steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Friday, a move designed to ease one area of tensions even as the President's wider trade agenda faces an uncertain future.
A joint statement from the US and Canadian governments said the tariffs -- which had been in place for a year -- would be removed within two days. The two sides agreed on monitoring and enforcement mechanisms to prevent steel dumping that might affect prices.
The announcement came a day after the Trump administration...",left
6350,Key Inflation Metric Rose to 40-Year High in March,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Consumers', 'Business', 'Federal Reserve', 'Gas Prices']","U.S. inflation rate surges to 6.6%, PCE index shows, but prices might also be peaking",MarketWatch,"The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation rose a sharp 0.9% in March, but the increase largely stemmed from a surge in the cost of gas and there were some signs that intense price pressures could be starting to ease.
Over the past 12 months, the personal consumption price index has climbed 6.6%, up from 6.4% in February, the government said Friday. That’s the steepest increase since 1981.
Yet a narrower measure of inflation that omits volatile food and energy costs, known as the core PCE, rose by just 0.3% in...",center
6351,Key Inflation Metric Rose to 40-Year High in March,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Consumers', 'Business', 'Federal Reserve', 'Gas Prices']",The Fed's favorite inflation measure hit a fresh 40-year high,CNN Business,"Americans had to reach deeper into their pockets in March, as yet another key inflation index showed prices hit a fresh 40-year high.
The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index increased by 6.6% for the year ended in March, the Commerce Department reported Friday. It was the highest rate since the period ended January 1982, outpacing the figure from February.
Energy costs soared in the first quarter on the back of the war in Ukraine, rising 33.9% for the year ended in March. Food prices rose 9.2% over the same period.
Stripping out food and energy costs,...",left
6352,Key Inflation Metric Rose to 40-Year High in March,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Consumers', 'Business', 'Federal Reserve', 'Gas Prices']",Inflation rises to new 40-year high in key gauge watched by Fed,Washington Examiner,"Inflation rose to a 6.6% annual rate in March in the personal consumption expenditures price index, the metric favored by the Federal Reserve, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Friday.
That is 0.3 percentage points higher than in the previous month and the fastest pace of inflation since January 1982.
The report is evidence that inflation is still accelerating, unwelcome news both for families stretched to afford basics and for President Joe Biden, whose popularity has been greatly damaged by the rising prices.
Friday’s report will not lessen the urgency within the Fed...",right
6353,President Trump Unveils Plan to Address Opioid Crisis,[],Trump Offers Tough Talk but Few Details in Unveiling Plan to Combat Opioids,New York Times (News),"President Trump made his first visit to New Hampshire since the 2016 campaign on Monday, unveiling a plan to combat the opioid epidemic that includes a push for the death penalty for drug dealers and a crackdown on illegal immigrants.",left
6354,President Trump Unveils Plan to Address Opioid Crisis,[],"Trump declares war on opioid abuse, calls for death penalty for traffickers, more access for treatment",Fox News (Online News),"Speaking from one of the states hardest hit by the opioid epidemic, President Trump on Monday laid out a battle plan that calls for harsher sentences - and even the death penalty - for traffickers.",right
6355,President Trump Unveils Plan to Address Opioid Crisis,[],"As U.S. opioid crisis grows, Trump calls for death penalty for dealers",Reuters,"President Donald Trump spelled out in new detail several steps he favors to fight a U.S. epidemic of opioid abuse, including the execution of drug dealers, a proposal that has gained little support from drug abuse and judicial experts.",center
6356,Eric Adams Speaks Out After Texas Sends Migrant Buses to NYC,"['Immigration', 'New York City', 'Texas', 'Eric Adams', 'Greg Abbott', 'Asylum', 'Busing', 'Family And Marriage']","Mayor Adams pushes back as Texas sends more than 4,000 immigrants to NYC",Gothamist,"New York City officials estimated that more than 4,000 immigrants seeking asylum have arrived in the city from Texas, including busloads of immigrants who are at the center of a political showdown initiated by Gov. Greg Abbott.
As part of what has been dubbed Operation Lone Star, Abbott included New York alongside Washington, D.C. as destination cities for chartered buses filled with asylum-seeking immigrants, many of whom are attempting to reach other cities. Democrats, including those from the targeted cities, have described the initiative as a dangerous political stunt.
“This...",center
6357,Eric Adams Speaks Out After Texas Sends Migrant Buses to NYC,"['Immigration', 'New York City', 'Texas', 'Eric Adams', 'Greg Abbott', 'Asylum', 'Busing', 'Family And Marriage']",Adams greets border-crossers — but suggests most skipped crime-riddled city over ‘fear’,New York Post (News),"Even border-crossers are too scared of the crime-riddled Big Apple.
Mayor Adams was on hand for the cameras Sunday to greet the city’s latest busload of migrants being dumped here from Texas — only to be stunned to learn that the vast majority had  gotten off before they made it.
Hizzoner said the immigrants likely bailed out early  because of their “fear” of the city.
“We were led to believe about 40 people should have been on that bus. Only 14 got off,” Adams said at a 7 a.m. press...",right
6358,Eric Adams Speaks Out After Texas Sends Migrant Buses to NYC,"['Immigration', 'New York City', 'Texas', 'Eric Adams', 'Greg Abbott', 'Asylum', 'Busing', 'Family And Marriage']","“This is horrific,” New York City mayor says of Greg Abbott’s policy as second busload of migrants from Texas arrives",The Texas Tribune,"When a second busload of migrants arrived in New York City from the Texas border on Sunday, Mayor Eric Adams was there to greet them — and again slam Gov. Greg Abbott for the move.
“This is horrific, when you think about what the governor is doing,” Adams said at the Port Authority bus terminal, where 14 migrants were dropped off early Sunday morning, Politico reported.
Officials had expected 40 people to be on the bus, but Adams said some migrants appear to have gotten off at other stops along the route. Adams...",left
6359,Trump’s Election Investigation,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Dem state officials refusing to cooperate with Trump voter fraud probe,Fox News (Online News),"Democratic state officials already are refusing to cooperate with the voter fraud investigation ordered by President Trump, saying they will not hand over the extensive “voter roll data” the commission is seeking.",right
6360,Trump’s Election Investigation,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",State election officials push back on data request from Trump voter fraud panel,USA TODAY,"State election officials around the country pushed back Friday against a request by President Trump's voter fraud commission for states to hand over detailed information about their voters, including birth dates, parts of Social Security numbers and voting histories.",left
6361,Trump’s Election Investigation,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump’s Election Investigation Is Already Facing Trouble,HuffPost,"President Donald Trump’s commission on election integrity is facing significant hurdles, as multiple state election officials have said they will not comply with the panel’s request this week for specific, sensitive voter information.",left
6362,Mike Pence is Trump’s Choice,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",CONFIRMED: Trump/Pence 2016,Townhall,"The Indy Star confirmed that Gov. Mike Pence is going to be Donald Trump’s running mate. As a result, the Indiana governor has nixed his plans to run for re-election.",right
6363,Mike Pence is Trump’s Choice,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Mike Pence Is Donald Trump’s Choice for Running Mate, GOP Official Says",Wall Street Journal (News),Indiana governor’s name adds staunch social conservative to ticket,center
6364,Mike Pence is Trump’s Choice,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump Reportedly Taps Mike Pence As His Vice Presidential Running Mate,HuffPost,The Indiana governor brings nearly four years of executive experience to the ticket.,left
6365,"Kanye West Sits Down with Tucker Carlson to Talk Politics, Race, Media","['Culture', 'Kanye West', 'Donald Trump', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Conservatism', 'Fox News', 'Interview', 'Celebrities']","Kanye West addresses 'White Lives Matter' T-shirt flap, why he's pro-life and more on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight'",Fox News (Online News),"In an exclusive wide-ranging interview to air tonight on ""Tucker Carlson Tonight,"" controversial hip-hop artist Kanye West sits down with Tucker Carlson and addresses why he's pro-life, is not afraid of wearing a ""White Lives Matter"" T-shirt and rips ""godless"" hypocritical media.
Watch preview clips of the interview below.
Tune in tonight to Fox News Channel to ""Tucker Carlson Tonight"" at 8 pm ET to watch the entire interview.
KANYE WEST ON WHY HE'S PRO-LIFE:",right
6366,"Kanye West Sits Down with Tucker Carlson to Talk Politics, Race, Media","['Culture', 'Kanye West', 'Donald Trump', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Conservatism', 'Fox News', 'Interview', 'Celebrities']","Kanye's Carlson Interview Reveals Family Ties to Trumps, Clintons, Kushners",Newsweek,"Kanye West gave an explosive interview to right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson on Thursday night and the rapper revealed his ties to three political families—the Trumps, the Kushners and the Clintons.
The rapper and fashion designer—who has legally changed his name to Ye—has been embroiled in yet more controversy this week after promoting a White Lives Matter T-shirt at Paris Fashion Week.
The bombshell interview saw the Donda hitmaker discuss everything from politics to family, to abortion, Lizzo's weight and his divorce from Kim Kardashian.",center
6367,"Kanye West Sits Down with Tucker Carlson to Talk Politics, Race, Media","['Culture', 'Kanye West', 'Donald Trump', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Conservatism', 'Fox News', 'Interview', 'Celebrities']",Kanye West Flips Out About Kim Kardashian During Bonkers Tucker Carlson Interview,HuffPost,"Rapper, artist and fashion designer Kanye West ― who changed his name to Ye last year ― used the first part of an eventful interview with Tucker Carlson on Thursday to slam his ex-wife Kim Kardashian, the Kushner brothers, Lizzo and others.
West, who sat down with the “Fox News” host days after he displayed a “White Lives Matter” shirt during a Paris show for his Yeezy fashion line, claimed the fashion industry has influenced Kardashian to “put her ass out” despite being a Christian woman.
West reflected on his...",left
6368,Aftermath of Capitol Hill Shooting,['Violence In America'],Questions linger on woman's motive in chase,Washington Post,Dental hygienist's toddler reportedly was with her as her car careened from the White House to the Capitol.,left
6369,Aftermath of Capitol Hill Shooting,['Violence In America'],Did D.C. cops have to shoot to kill?,CNN (Online News),Richard Weinblatt says cops followed a standard of objective reasonableness in their split-second reaction in D.C. car chase.,left
6370,Aftermath of Capitol Hill Shooting,['Violence In America'],Woman Behind Capitol Car Chase Identified as a 34-Year-Old Dental Hygienist Who Suffered from Post-Partum Depression,The Blaze,"Suspect identified as 34-year-old Miriam Carey who worked as a dental hygienist in Stamford, CT.",right
6371,Perspectives: Dr. Fauci’s Emails,"['Coronavirus', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Emails', 'Media Industry', 'China', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Masks', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Science']","No, emails to Dr. Anthony Fauci don’t show early agreement that virus was human-made",Poynter,"The release of thousands of emails to and from U.S. infectious disease chief Dr. Anthony Fauci has fueled claims that the virus behind COVID-19 was man-made. BuzzFeed and The Washington Post received the emails in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, and both published articles on June 1.
Fauci’s critics quickly responded.
“Dr Fauci exposed for the fraud he is,” said a June 2 Facebook post from the WTF Files. “Fauci’s fellow scientist could tell early on that the (coronavirus) looked manufactured.”",center
6372,Perspectives: Dr. Fauci’s Emails,"['Coronavirus', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Emails', 'Media Industry', 'China', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Masks', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Science']",Anthony Fauci’s Emails Reveal The Pressure That Fell On One Man,BuzzFeed News,"The woman’s email arrived in Anthony Fauci’s inbox on Feb. 28, 2020, with a one-word subject line: “URGENT.”
The coronavirus crisis was still in its early stages, and Fauci, the US government’s top infectious disease scientist, was already under tremendous pressure, both because of the health threat facing the country and the political climate fostered by the Trump administration.
“I understand Vice President Pence has ordered you to not inform the public about Coronavirus without approval. This is quite terrifying, especially since Trump has already shown his desire to spread...",left
6373,Perspectives: Dr. Fauci’s Emails,"['Coronavirus', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Emails', 'Media Industry', 'China', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Masks', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Science']",Fauci emails all the more reason for US to get to bottom of COVID origins,New York Post (Opinion),"So Dr. Anthony Fauci in the pandemic’s early months was casting doubt on the lab-leak theory of COVID’s origins — even as he was also receiving at least one alert from a genomic researcher that “some of the features look (potentially) engineered.” 
Notably, he forwarded “anti-conspiracy theory” articles that quoted Peter Daszak — the head of a US nonprofit that used some grant money from Fauci’s agency to fund coronavirus work at the Wuhan Institute of Virology — ­attacking the lab-leak idea. Daszak and others wrote Fauci personally to thank him for...",right
6374,Federal Judge Allows Lawsuit Against President Trump's Business Interests to Move Forward,"['White House', 'Politics']",Judge allows case over illegal foreign gifts to proceed against President and Trump Organization,CNN (Online News),"A federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday denied a motion to dismiss portions of a lawsuit alleging that President Donald Trump, the Trump International Hotel, and the Trump Organization violated a Constitution clause banning gifts or payments from foreign and domestic governments.",left
6375,Federal Judge Allows Lawsuit Against President Trump's Business Interests to Move Forward,"['White House', 'Politics']",Judge rejects Trump’s bid to stop emoluments clause lawsuit,New York Post (News),A federal judge on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump’s latest effort to stop a lawsuit alleging that he was violating the Constitution by doing business with foreign governments.,right
6376,Federal Judge Allows Lawsuit Against President Trump's Business Interests to Move Forward,"['White House', 'Politics']",Federal Lawsuit Against President Trump's Business Interests Allowed To Proceed,NPR (Online News),"In a blow to President Trump, a federal judge says a lawsuit that alleges Trump's business interests violate the Constitution can proceed.",left
6377,Romney Comments on Palestinians,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney Comments on Palestinians Draw Criticism,New York Times (News),"Mitt Romney found himself on the defensive yet again on his overseas trip, this time after offending Palestinian leaders with comments he made at a breakfast fund-raiser here on Monday.
Speaking to roughly four dozen donors at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, Mr. Romney suggested that cultural differences between the Israelis and the Palestinians were the reason the Israelis were so much more economically successful than the Palestinians, without mentioning the impact that deep trade restrictions imposed by the Israeli government have had on the Palestinian economy. He also...",left
6378,Romney Comments on Palestinians,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Aide Says Romney's Words That Outraged Palestinians Were 'Mischaracterized',NPR (Online News),"Reports that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said at a fundraiser in Jerusalem that ""culture"" is among the reasons Israel's economy is much stronger than those in ""areas managed by the Palestinian Authority"" have led a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to accuse Romney of racism.
""It is a racist statement and this man doesn't realize that the Palestinian economy cannot reach its potential because there is an Israeli occupation,"" Saeb Erekat, a senior aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud",left
6379,Romney Comments on Palestinians,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Mitt Romney Comments At Fundraiser Outrage Palestinians,HuffPost,"Mitt Romney told Jewish donors Monday that their culture is part of what has allowed them to be more economically successful than the Palestinians, outraging Palestinian leaders who suggested his comments were racist and out of touch with the realities of the Middle East. Romney's campaign later said his remarks were mischaracterized.
""As you come here and you see the GDP per capita, for instance, in Israel which is about $21,000, and compare that with the GDP per capita just across the areas managed by the Palestinian Authority, which is...",left
6380,State Releases More Clinton Emails,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Emails Reveal Clinton Foundation Donors Asking State Department for Favors,Breitbart News,"A few months after Hillary Clinton took over as U.S. secretary of state in 2009, a longtime associate with connections to the Clinton Foundation insisted that her senior aides give a job to an unidentified male associate.
“Important to take care of [name redacted],” Douglas Band, President Bill Clinton’s former right-hand man, wrote to Clinton aides Huma Abedin, Cheryl Mills, and Nora Toiv in an April 22, 2009, email.
“We have all had him on our radar,” Abedin responded. “Personnel has been sending him options.”",right
6381,State Releases More Clinton Emails,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Newly released Clinton emails shed light on relationship between State Dept. and Clinton Foundation,CNN (Online News),Newly released emails from Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state raise questions about the nature of the department's relationship with the Clinton Foundation.,left
6382,State Releases More Clinton Emails,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",New batch of Hillary Clinton emails obtained by legal group,The Guardian,"State department releases emails Democratic nominee failed to turn over, including interactions with lobbyists and donors as secretary of state",left
6383,2 GOP Senators Join Democrats In Calling For Delay on Kavanaugh Vote,['Supreme Court'],GOP Senators Say Committee Should Hear Kavanaugh's Accuser's Side of Story Before Taking a Vote,New York Post (News),Two GOP Senators have come forward and called for the vote on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court to be delayed until after his accuser speaks with members of the Judiciary Committee.,right
6384,2 GOP Senators Join Democrats In Calling For Delay on Kavanaugh Vote,['Supreme Court'],GOP senators: Hold off on Kavanaugh vote until accuser is heard,Washington Post,"Senators Jeff Flake (AZ) and Bob Corker (TN), Republicans who are retiring at the end of this term, joined Democrats in urging a delay in the vote until the committee hears from Ford. The panel is scheduled to vote Thursday afternoon on Kavanaugh’s nomination.",left
6385,2 GOP Senators Join Democrats In Calling For Delay on Kavanaugh Vote,['Supreme Court'],Brett Kavanaugh: Republican senators call for vote delay,BBC News,"A number of Republicans have said the vote on US President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, should be paused while allegations of sexual assault are properly heard.",center
6386,Federal Judge Overturns CDC Mask Mandate For Public Transportation,"['Airplanes', 'Biden Administration', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Courts', 'Donald Trump', 'Florida', 'Justice Department', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Mask Mandates', 'Public Transit', 'Role Of Government', 'Transportation']",Federal Judge Overturns Biden Administration’s Transportation Mask Mandate,National Review,"A federal judge in Florida overturned the Biden administration’s national transportation mask mandate on Monday, determining that the CDC overstepped its authority by requiring masks on planes, trains, buses, and other forms of public transportation.
The order handed down by U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle holds that the CDC’s masking requirement violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) because it was implemented “without allowing public participation through the APA’s notice and comment procedures.”
Mizelle, who was appointed by former president Donald Trump in 2020, found that the mandate is full of contradictions and lacks specificity....",right
6387,Federal Judge Overturns CDC Mask Mandate For Public Transportation,"['Airplanes', 'Biden Administration', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Courts', 'Donald Trump', 'Florida', 'Justice Department', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Mask Mandates', 'Public Transit', 'Role Of Government', 'Transportation']",Judge Throws Out Federal Mask Mandate for Public Transportation,Wall Street Journal (News),"A federal judge in Florida on Monday declared that the Biden administration’s Covid-19 mask mandate for public transportation is unlawful, invalidating a regulation that required travelers in the U.S. to wear masks on airplanes, trains, taxis, buses and other forms of public transit.
U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa said the mandate exceeded the authority granted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under federal public health law.
Judge Mizelle, a President Donald Trump appointee, said Congress had never clearly given the CDC the power to issue population-wide preventive...",center
6388,Federal Judge Overturns CDC Mask Mandate For Public Transportation,"['Airplanes', 'Biden Administration', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Courts', 'Donald Trump', 'Florida', 'Justice Department', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Mask Mandates', 'Public Transit', 'Role Of Government', 'Transportation']",A Federal Judge Struck Down The CDC's Mask Mandate For Public Transportation,BuzzFeed News,"A federal judge in Florida has ruled that the CDC's mask mandate in airports, transit hubs, and public transportation is unlawful and has ordered that it be struck down.
US District Court Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle for the Middle District of Florida wrote in a summary judgment that the CDC had exceeded its legal powers by issuing the mandate in January 2021 to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
""The Court concludes that the Mask Mandate exceeds the CDC's statutory authority and violates the procedures required for agency rulemaking under the...",left
6389,Reactions to $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill,['Politics'],Elizabeth Warren to Dems: Kill the bill,Politico,"Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called on Democrats in the House to use their leverage and reject a bipartisan spending bill to keep the government open until a measure tucked inside rolling back a piece of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law is removed.
“Who does Congress work for?” Warren said in a speech on the Senate floor Wednesday afternoon. “Does it work for the millionaires, the billionaires, the giant companies with their armies of lobbyists and lawyers, or does it work for all the people?”
Story Continued Below
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6390,Reactions to $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill,['Politics'],"GOP scrambles for votes as conservatives, liberals balk at $1.1T spending bill",Washington Times,"The IRS takes a $300 million cut and the EPA’s staffing is reduced to levels not seen since the 1980s under the $1.1 trillion spending bill written by congressional negotiators, and which GOP leaders are pleading with their members to support ahead of key showdown votes this week.
House leaders hope those moves will keep Republicans in line behind the spending bill, which makes some dents in programs the GOP wanted to target, but does not cancel President Obama’s temporary deportation amnesty, instead pushing that fight into next year.",right
6391,Reactions to $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill,['Politics'],$1.1 Trillion Spending Pact Angers Campaign Finance Watchdogs,New York Times (News),"The $1.1 trillion spending agreement reached by House and Senate negotiators on Tuesday night would vastly expand the amount of money that donors can give political parties, bolstering party leaders’ ability to tap into the wallets of their largest contributors and reclaiming some clout from the outside groups that can accept unlimited dollars.
Depending on how the new law is interpreted by election officials, the provision could expand the amount that any one person can give to national party committees to more than $777,000 each year from what is now...",left
6392,What Significance Does Liz Cheney's Loss Hold Heading Into Midterms?,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Wyoming House Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'GOP', 'Harriet Hageman', 'Liz Cheney', 'Republican Party']","With Cheney’s Loss, Just 2 House Republicans Who Voted To Impeach Trump Are On The Ballot In November",FiveThirtyEight,"Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney’s political future had long been in jeopardy. From voting to impeach then-President Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol to repeatedly refuting his baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him, Cheney has been one of Trump’s harshest critics. Now that outspokenness has come with a price.
The daughter of one of America’s most powerful vice presidents lost to her main primary challenger, attorney Harriet Hageman, by around 20 points, based on incomplete returns as of 10:30 p.m. Eastern. Hageman’s path to victory was pretty straightforward. She entered...",center
6393,What Significance Does Liz Cheney's Loss Hold Heading Into Midterms?,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Wyoming House Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'GOP', 'Harriet Hageman', 'Liz Cheney', 'Republican Party']",The Folly of a Liz Cheney Independent Presidential Bid,National Review,"A few folks, like the usually astute Quin Hillyer, argue that if Liz Cheney wants to run for president in 2024, she must do so as an independent. I concur that there is no realistic path to Cheney getting the GOP nomination against Trump, either in a one-on-one race, or in a multi-candidate field that included someone like Florida governor Ron DeSantis. (If you’re getting blown out in a one-on-one GOP primary in Wyoming, you’re not gonna win the GOP presidential nomination. Maybe, if you’re lucky, you get a respectable finish...",right
6394,What Significance Does Liz Cheney's Loss Hold Heading Into Midterms?,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Wyoming House Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'GOP', 'Harriet Hageman', 'Liz Cheney', 'Republican Party']","In the Ways That Count, Liz Cheney Won",New York Times (Opinion),"I know what the numbers say. I can read the returns. By those hard, cold, simplistic measures, Liz Cheney was defeated overwhelmingly in her House Republican primary in Wyoming on Tuesday night, and her time in Congress is winding down.
But it’s impossible for me to say that she lost.
She got many, many fewer votes than her opponent, an unscrupulous shape shifter unfit to shine her shoes, because she chose the tough world of truth over Donald Trump’s underworld of lies. That’s a moral victory.
She was spurned by conservatives in Wyoming because...",left
6395,"Previewing Tuesday's High-Profile Primaries in Georgia and 2 Other States, Runoffs in Texas","['Elections', '2022 Elections', 'Primaries', '2022 Georgia Gubernatorial Election', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', '2022 Texas Gubernatorial Election', '2022 Texas Attorney General Election']","Trump looms large over Tuesday primaries in Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, and runoff in Texas",Fox News (Online News),"Former President Donald Trump has targeted Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp for nearly a year and a half.
And on the eve of the Peach State’s primary – with Trump backing Kemp challenger former Sen. David Perdue – the former president took aim at the governor one last time before voters headed to the polls.
""Brian Kemp is truly an embarrassment to the Republican Party because of what's taken place in your great state, Georgia,"" Trump charged during a tele-rally Monday evening on behalf of Perdue. ""And David will make a massive upgrade as...",right
6396,"Previewing Tuesday's High-Profile Primaries in Georgia and 2 Other States, Runoffs in Texas","['Elections', '2022 Elections', 'Primaries', '2022 Georgia Gubernatorial Election', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', '2022 Texas Gubernatorial Election', '2022 Texas Attorney General Election']","Five things to watch in the Georgia, Alabama primaries",The Hill,"Republicans are gearing up for a handful of hotly contested primaries on Tuesday in Georgia, where GOP voters appear poised to buck former President Trump and his endorsed candidate in the state’s primary for governor.
But Tuesday’s primaries — which will additionally take place in Alabama and Arkansas, along with a key runoff in Texas — also carries stakes for progressives and Republicans who broke with Trump over his false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him. 
Here are five things to watch in the May 24 primaries.
Can Trump evade a...",center
6397,"Previewing Tuesday's High-Profile Primaries in Georgia and 2 Other States, Runoffs in Texas","['Elections', '2022 Elections', 'Primaries', '2022 Georgia Gubernatorial Election', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', '2022 Texas Gubernatorial Election', '2022 Texas Attorney General Election']",Trump faces biggest test since 2020 in Georgia primaries,NBC News (Online),"Former President Donald Trump is facing what could be his biggest electoral defeat since 2020 as he attempts to settle old scores against fellow Republicans in Georgia.
In the marquee race of the day, which includes primaries in Alabama and runoffs in Texas, Trump-backed David Perdue is sputtering in his bid to unseat Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, whom the former president is determined to oust for not joining his effort to overturn the state's presidential election results two years ago.
Polls leading up to Election Day indicate Kemp had a wide lead over Perdue, a former...",left
6398,U.S. Charges Chinese Citizens with Hacking More Than 100 U.S. Companies,"['Cybersecurity', 'China', 'Coronavirus', 'Spying', 'Technology']",U.S. Charges Chinese Nationals in Cyberattacks on More Than 100 Companies,Wall Street Journal (News),"Federal prosecutors unsealed charges on Wednesday against five Chinese citizens that officials say appear linked to Chinese intelligence, accusing them of hacking more than 100 companies in the U.S. and overseas, including social-media firms, universities and telecommunications providers.
Two Malaysian businessmen were arrested Monday in Malaysia and accused of conspiring with some of the Chinese hackers to profit from intrusions into the videogame industry, Justice Department officials said.
The charges, laid out in three separate indictments, build on several other cases brought against accused Chinese hackers during the Trump administration,...",center
6399,U.S. Charges Chinese Citizens with Hacking More Than 100 U.S. Companies,"['Cybersecurity', 'China', 'Coronavirus', 'Spying', 'Technology']","China-Backed Hackers Broke Into 100 Firms and Agencies, U.S. Says",New York Times (News),"The Justice Department said on Wednesday that a group of hackers associated with China’s main intelligence service had infiltrated more than 100 companies and organizations around the world to steal intelligence, hijack their networks and extort their victims.
The United States government presented the allegations in a set of three indictments unsealed on Wednesday that showed the scope and sophistication of China’s attempts to unlawfully advance its economy and to become the dominant global superpower through cyberattacks. The indictments also said some of the hackers had worked with Malaysian nationals...",left
6400,U.S. Charges Chinese Citizens with Hacking More Than 100 U.S. Companies,"['Cybersecurity', 'China', 'Coronavirus', 'Spying', 'Technology']",Chinese tech company reportedly collected data on prominent Americans,New York Post (News),"The personal details of US military commanders and thousands of prominent Americans have been amassed since 2017 by a Chinese technology company with reported ties to the country’s military and intelligence networks, according to a report on leaked data.
A database of about 2.4 million people, including at least 50,000 Americans, was compiled by the small Chinese company called Shenzhen Zhenhua Data Technology, the Washington Post reported.
The massive trove — called the Overseas Key Information Database, or OKIDB — includes biographies and service records of the US military commanders,...",right
6401,"Michael Cohen Says Loyalty Lies with 'Family and Country', Not President Trump",['Politics'],Michael Cohen hints at flipping and says 'first loyalty' is to family – not Trump,The Guardian,"Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, will put “family and country first” as investigations continue into his work for the president, including a payment to an adult film star who claims to have had an affair with Trump.",left
6402,"Michael Cohen Says Loyalty Lies with 'Family and Country', Not President Trump",['Politics'],Michael Cohen Splits From Trump: ‘Family and Country First’,The Daily Caller,President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen signaled a public break with Trump in a Monday morning interview on Good Morning America.,right
6403,"Michael Cohen Says Loyalty Lies with 'Family and Country', Not President Trump",['Politics'],"Michael Cohen: Family, country before President Donald Trump",USA TODAY,"Michael Cohen, former lawyer and fixer for President Donald Trump, does not share Trump's animosity toward special prosecutor Robert Mueller and does not dismiss the possibility of cooperating with the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.",left
6404,10 Days Before Cuts,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama decries 'meat cleaver' sequestration,Politico,President Barack Obama on Tuesday used the threat of cuts to emergency services as his latest attempt to increase pressure on Congress to avert the automatic spending cuts looming to take effect in just 10 days.,left
6405,10 Days Before Cuts,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama pins blame on Republicans for looming cuts...,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama pinned the blame on Republicans Tuesday for looming spending cuts that may be triggered by what was originally a White House proposal -- while a former leader of the president's deficit commission said it's Obama who's on the path to a ""failed presidency"" if he can't tackle the debt.",right
6406,10 Days Before Cuts,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Obama, Republicans clash on forced spending cuts",CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama warned Tuesday of diminished emergency services, longer airport security lines and other problems if Congress fails to reach agreement on avoiding the harshest impacts of automatic, across-the-board spending cuts set to begin March 1.",left
6407,Senate Budget Plan,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Long-awaited vote on Senate budget exposes cracks among Democrats,Fox News (Online News),The final vote which was held after the Senate worked well past midnight churning through dozens of amendments exposed cracks in Democratic unity as lawmakers facing re-election peeled off citing the proposals failure to tackle the deficit.,right
6408,Senate Budget Plan,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate passes Democratic budget plan,USA TODAY,An exhausted Senate gave pre-dawn approval Saturday to a Democratic $3.7 trillion budget for next year that embraces nearly $1 trillion in tax increases over the coming decade but shelters domestic programs targeted for cuts by House Republicans.,left
6409,Senate Budget Plan,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate passes budget - first for four years,Politico,In the early morning hours Saturday after almost 13 continuous hours of voting the Senate passed a budget resolution for the first time in nearly four years. The proposal which Democratic drafters say will reduce the deficit by 1.85 trillion between spending cuts and tax increases passed narrowly 50-49 on a largely partisan vote at 456 a.m. A...,left
6410,Climate Change Activists Take Field at Harvard-Yale Football Game,"['Protests', 'Climate Change', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Education', 'Sports', 'Football', 'Harvard University', 'Environment']","Students swarm field at Harvard-Yale football game, chant ‘OK boomer’ in climate change protest",Washington Post,"Hundreds of climate change protesters swarmed the field during halftime of the annual Harvard-Yale football game Saturday, delaying the action for nearly an hour as students chanted “OK boomer” and as police made arrests and issued summonses for disorderly conduct.
Players from both teams joined demonstrators on the field in a showstopping escalation of long-running campaigns for the two schools to stop investing their endowments in fossil fuels and forgive Puerto Rican debt. Protesters sat at the 50-yard line at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Conn., arms linked and...",left
6411,Climate Change Activists Take Field at Harvard-Yale Football Game,"['Protests', 'Climate Change', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Education', 'Sports', 'Football', 'Harvard University', 'Environment']",Ruining the Harvard-Yale football game is no way to fix climate change,Washington Examiner,"Activists decided it would be a good idea to delay one of the most notable NCAA Football Championship Subdivision football games of the year to make a political statement.
The Yale Bulldogs hosted the Harvard Crimson on Saturday and beat them 50-43 in double overtime, but that's not why the game made headlines. At halftime, left-wing activists took the field and refused to leave when the second half was supposed to start.
The protesters demanded that the two schools divest from their fossil fuel investments and cancel their holdings of...",right
6412,Climate Change Activists Take Field at Harvard-Yale Football Game,"['Protests', 'Climate Change', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Education', 'Sports', 'Football', 'Harvard University', 'Environment']",Activists Disrupt Harvard-Yale Rivalry Game To Protest Climate Change,NPR (Online News),"The annual Harvard-Yale football game was delayed for almost an hour on Saturday as climate change activists rushed the field at the end of halftime.
Unfurling banners with slogans like ""Nobody wins. Yale and Harvard are complicit in climate injustice,"" protesters from both schools called on the universities to divest their multi-million dollar endowments from fossil fuels companies, as well as companies that hold Puerto Rican debt.
Clad in winter coats and hats, about 150 students sprawled around the 50-yard line at Yale Bowl as loudspeaker announcements and police demanded...",left
6413,Secretary Clinton Testifies,"['State Department', 'Politics']","Clinton denies 'delay' in Benghazi response, despite accounts",Fox News (Online News),"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday defended the administration's response the night of the September 2012 terror attack in Libya, testifying before Congress that there were ""no delays in decision-making"" despite accounts to the contrary.",right
6414,Secretary Clinton Testifies,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Hillary Clinton takes blame for Benghazi,Politico,"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took responsibility for the attacks on U.S. diplomatic outposts in Benghazi, Libya that killed four Americans in testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday morning.",left
6415,Secretary Clinton Testifies,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Clinton says Benghazi attack part of broader North Africa challenge,CNN (Online News),"Last September's terrorist attack in Libya that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans didn't happen in a vacuum but was part of a ""broader strategic challenge in North Africa and the wider region,"" Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday.",left
6416,"Vaccines Credited as New COVID-19 Cases, Deaths Decline","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health']",COVID Deaths Continue to Decline in U.S.,U.S. News & World Report,"In a sign that the coronavirus pandemic is beginning to ebb in America, a new analysis finds the seven-day average of new COVID-19 deaths in the United States has hit its lowest point since last October.
As of Wednesday, 684 new deaths had been reported, data from Johns Hopkins University showed. That's roughly an 80% drop since January, CNN reported. And the decline has been sure and steady in recent months: Since the start of 2021, the seven-day average number of COVID-19 deaths has decreased.
What is fueling the promising...",left
6417,"Vaccines Credited as New COVID-19 Cases, Deaths Decline","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health']",Vaccines Appear to Be Slowing Spread of Covid-19 Infections,Wall Street Journal (News),"Vaccines appear to be starting to curb new Covid-19 infections in the U.S., a breakthrough that could help people return to more normal activities as infection worries fade, public-health officials say.
By Tuesday, 37.3% of U.S. adults were fully vaccinated against Covid-19, with about 2.7 million shots each day. Data from Johns Hopkins University shows the seven-day average for new U.S. cases has fallen below the 14-day average for more than a week, which epidemiologists said is a strong signal that cases are starting to slide again after a recent...",center
6418,"Vaccines Credited as New COVID-19 Cases, Deaths Decline","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health']",Pandemic retreat signals vaccines are working,Washington Examiner,"COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the United States are declining, a sign that the vaccination campaign is succeeding and the spring surge has ended.
In the past two weeks, new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. have dropped from a seven-day average of 78,449 to 51,465, a decline of 34%. New hospitalizations have also fallen 34%, from 3,165 to 2,083.
Over 55% of adults have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 39% have been fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.",right
6419,Pence in Estonia,['Foreign Policy'],Vice President Mike Pence: Russian ‘Aggression’ Makes NATO Necessary,NBC News (Online),"The ""specter of aggression"" from Russia makes a strong and united NATO more important now than at any time since the Soviet Union's collapse, Vice President Mike Pence said Monday.",left
6420,Pence in Estonia,['Foreign Policy'],Pence vows U.S. resistance to Russia during Estonia visit,Washington Times,"Vice President Mike Pence on a visit to Estonia pledged Monday unwavering support of NATO allies and steadfast resistance to Russia aggression, especially in Baltic states that have been feeling intense pressure from Moscow.",right
6421,Pence in Estonia,['Foreign Policy'],"VP Pence, in the Baltics, voices support for mutual defense in NATO",Reuters,"U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Monday assured the Baltic states of U.S. support if they faced aggression from Russia, telling them that Washington firmly backs NATO's doctrine of collective defense.",center
6422,SF Renames Columbus Day 'Indigenous Peoples Day',"['Holidays', 'General News']",San Francisco votes to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day instead of Columbus Day,The Hill,San Francisco’s primary legislative body voted Tuesday to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day in order to recognize the “historic discrimination and violence” against Native Americans in the U.S.,center
6423,SF Renames Columbus Day 'Indigenous Peoples Day',"['Holidays', 'General News']","Columbus Day out, as U.S. DNA chipped by PC once more",Washington Times,San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors just voted to rename Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples day as a means of honoring those people — those Indians-slash-Native-Americans-slash-Aboriginals-slash-indigenous-slash-what-have-you people — who lived in this country prior to its European settlement.,right
6424,SF Renames Columbus Day 'Indigenous Peoples Day',"['Holidays', 'General News']",Supervisors Vote 10-1 To Rename Columbus Day To Indigenous Peoples' Day,SFGate,San Francisco supervisors today voted 10-1 to rename Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples' Day despite a last-minute effort to delay the vote in response to objections from some members of the city's Italian-American community.,left
6425,Fed Raises Interest Rates by 0.75 Percentage Points Again to Fight Inflation,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Inflation', 'Federal Reserve', 'Recession', 'Jerome Powell', 'Banks', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Business', 'GDP']",Fed orders another super-sized interest rate hike as it battles stubborn inflation,NPR (Online News),"The Federal Reserve ordered another super-sized jump in interest rates today, and signaled that additional rate hikes are likely in the coming months, as it tries to put the brakes on runaway prices.
The central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.75 percentage points Wednesday, matching hikes in June and July. The Fed has been boosting borrowing costs at the fastest pace in decades. But so far, its actions have done little to curb the rapid run-up in prices.
The annual inflation rate in August was 8.3% — down only slightly...",left
6426,Fed Raises Interest Rates by 0.75 Percentage Points Again to Fight Inflation,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Inflation', 'Federal Reserve', 'Recession', 'Jerome Powell', 'Banks', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Business', 'GDP']",Fed hikes interest rates by a sharp 0.75 percent despite recession fears,New York Post (News),"The Federal Reserve imposed the latest in a series of sharp interest rate hikes on Wednesday in a sign that policymakers aren’t backing down from an aggressive campaign to lower decades-high inflation.
The rate-making Federal Open Market Committee hiked the benchmark interest rate by 0.75%, or 75 basis points, at the end of a two-day meeting. The latest increase moved the Fed’s target range to between 3% and 3.25%.
In a statement after the meeting, the FOMC said it “anticipates that ongoing increases in the target range will be appropriate”...",right
6427,Fed Raises Interest Rates by 0.75 Percentage Points Again to Fight Inflation,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Inflation', 'Federal Reserve', 'Recession', 'Jerome Powell', 'Banks', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Business', 'GDP']","Fed raises rates by another three-quarters of a percentage point, pledges more hikes to fight inflation",CNBC,"The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised benchmark interest rates by another three-quarters of a percentage point and indicated it will keep hiking well above the current level.
In its quest to bring down inflation running near its highest levels since the early 1980s, the central bank took its federal funds rate up to a range of 3%-3.25%, the highest it has been since early 2008, following the third consecutive 0.75 percentage point move.
Stocks had given up earlier gains after the announcement, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping more than 200...",center
6428,March 2016 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"U.S. gains 215,000 jobs in March; unemployment rises to 5 percent",Washington Times,"U.S. employers notched another solid month of hiring in March, adding 215,000 jobs. The improvement was driven by large gains in the construction, retail and health care industries.",right
6429,March 2016 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"U.S. Kept Up Pace of Hiring in March, Adding 215,000 Jobs",New York Times (News),"Americans are going back to work.
Powered by a burst of hiring in recent months and an uptick in wages, the huge army of workers that had been on the sidelines of the recovery is slowly returning to the job market.
The Labor Department said on Friday the proportion of Americans in the labor force crept up slightly to 63 percent — the highest level in two years. Although still well below where it should be, that represents a move in the right direction and extends a trend that began...",left
6430,March 2016 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Strong U.S. jobs report unlikely to sway cautious Fed,Reuters,"U.S. employment increased solidly in March and wages rebounded, underscoring the economy's resilience, but the Federal Reserve is expected to remain cautious in raising interest rates this year due to slowing global growth.",center
6431,How Swing States Are Shaping Up in Final Full Week of 2020 Election,"['2020 Election', 'Swing States', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Polls', 'Elections']","2020 Polls In Battleground States Nearly Identical To 2016, According To RCP",The Daily Wire,"On Election Day 2016, at precisely 10:41 a.m., wunder pollster Nate Silver posted a story on his website FiveThirtyEight.
“Final Election Update: There’s A Wide Range Of Outcomes, And Most Of Them Come Up Clinton,” read the headline.
Silver said his “forecast has Clinton favored in states and congressional districts totaling 323 electoral votes, including all the states President Obama won in 2012 except Ohio and Iowa, but adding North Carolina.” He hedged his bet a bit, though, saying Clinton could lose North Carolina or Florida, so “the average number...",right
6432,How Swing States Are Shaping Up in Final Full Week of 2020 Election,"['2020 Election', 'Swing States', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Polls', 'Elections']","Trump, Biden hit battleground Pennsylvania amid pandemic",Associated Press Fact Check,"President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden zeroed in on the critical battleground of Pennsylvania on Monday, demonstrating starkly different approaches to rallying voters just eight days before polls close during the worst public health crisis in a century.
Trump drew thousands of largely mask-less supporters as he began a final-week charge through nearly a dozen states ahead of the election. Biden, taking a more cautious approach in effort to show that he’s taking the pandemic seriously, greeted a few dozen supporters outside a Chester, Pennsylvania, campaign field office....",left
6433,How Swing States Are Shaping Up in Final Full Week of 2020 Election,"['2020 Election', 'Swing States', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Polls', 'Elections']",Here’s how Trump and Biden stack up in polling in six key battleground states,McClatchyDC,"President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are competing for voters in battleground states that will likely sway the November election: Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
All those states — some historically favorable for Democrats — voted for Trump in 2016 over then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania had voted consistently for Democratic presidential candidates from 1992 to 2012, with Trump being the first Republican to break the streak of blue wins in those states with narrow victories.
According to RealClearPolitics and...",center
6434,Justice Department IG Michael Horowitz Testifies,"['Impeachment Trial', 'Senate Judiciary Committee', 'FBI', 'Defense And Security']",READ: Horowitz opening statement to Senate panel,The Hill,"Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on his findings regarding the FBI investigation into President Trump's 2016 campaign.
Horowitz's report, released Monday, found that the probe was flawed but that agents were not motivated by political bias.
Read his opening remarks below.",center
6435,Justice Department IG Michael Horowitz Testifies,"['Impeachment Trial', 'Senate Judiciary Committee', 'FBI', 'Defense And Security']",IG Horowitz says FBI's Trump probe was a failure by 'the entire chain of command',Washington Times,"Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz will told lawmakers Wednesday the FBI’s investigation into alleged ties between Russia and the Trump campaign was a failure by the bureau’s “entire chain of command.”
Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Mr. Horowitz said the FBI’s application to monitor a Trump campaign aide was riddled with errors and omissions, and the brass should have better managed the agents.
“It is incumbent upon the entire chain of command, including senior officials to take the necessary steps to ensure that they are sufficiently familiar...",right
6436,Justice Department IG Michael Horowitz Testifies,"['Impeachment Trial', 'Senate Judiciary Committee', 'FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Inspector general testifies about FBI’s investigation of Trump campaign,Washington Post,"Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz is testifying Wednesday about his findings that the FBI investigation of President Trump’s 2016 campaign featured “serious performance failures” but was not motivated by political bias.
The inspector general’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee comes amid a tense standoff among senior government officials over the 434-page report analyzing the FBI investigation in 2016 to determine if anyone in the Trump campaign was conspiring with Russia to interfere in the presidential election.
“We did not find any documentary or testimonial evidence that political bias...",left
6437,National Review Shuns Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Conservatives Against Trump,National Review,22 conservatives state why they are against Donald Trump.,right
6438,National Review Shuns Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",National Review publishes anti-Donald Trump issue. Will that stop him?,Christian Science Monitor,"Worried that some members of the Republican establishment are getting used to the idea that Donald Trump might win the party’s presidential nomination, the venerable National Review has just published an extraordinary anti-Trump screed.
The magazine – founded by legendary New York conservative William F. Buckley – follows its own tough Trump editorial with submissions from 22 right-leaning thought leaders on the subject of why the reality star/real estate mogul shouldn’t be entrusted with the reins of American power.
Why such concerted opposition? The magazine’s central problem with Mr. Trump...",center
6439,National Review Shuns Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",National Review Booted From GOP Debate After 'Against Trump' Issue,HuffPost,"Editors of the National Review on Thursday night published their ""Against Trump Symposium,"" a collection of essays in which conservative luminaries teamed up to decry the prospect of Donald Trump becoming the GOP's presidential nominee and, by extension, the party's standard-bearer of conservatism. There were immediate consequences: The magazine was ""disinvited"" from participating in an upcoming debate.
National Review publisher Jack Fowler posted the news to The Corner. As he relates, the magazine was a media partner to the Feb. 25, pre-Super Tuesday debate -- already noteworthy for having been...",left
6440,Colin Powell on Hillary Clinton,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Colin Powell: Everything Hillary Touches She Screws Up With Hubris,Townhall,For weeks Hillary Clinton and her staff have done everything possible to lawyer themselves away from newly damaging details surrounding the FBI's criminal investigation into her use of a private email server during her time as Secretary of State.,right
6441,Colin Powell on Hillary Clinton,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Powell in leaked email: 'I didn't tell Hillary to have a private server at home',Politico,"Former Secretary of State Colin Powell vented to his associates earlier this year about Hillary Clinton’s attempts to rope him into her defense of her email practices, according to alleged leaked messages reviewed by POLITICO late Tuesday.",left
6442,Colin Powell on Hillary Clinton,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Colin Powell Said Clinton “Minions” Are Trying To “Drag” Him Into Email Controversies,BuzzFeed News,Powell said he had to throw a “mini tantrum” at a Hamptons party to get the attention of Clinton aides.,left
6443,Trump Considering Personal Pilot to Head FAA,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump considering personal pilot to lead FAA,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump is considering his longtime personal pilot John Dunkin as a possible candidate to lead the Federal Aviation Administration, a government source confirmed to Fox News.",right
6444,Trump Considering Personal Pilot to Head FAA,"['White House', 'Politics']","U.S. Needs New FAA Head, Trump Generously Offers His Personal Pilot",New York Magazine,"When Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign, he was a highly respected real-estate mogul known for his incredible business instincts and impeccable taste (or at least, that’s the character he played on TV). He could have spent his days enjoying the good life — golfing at a different Trump resort every weekend, eating fast food in bed, and tweeting about things he saw on Fox News — but instead, he generously decided to share his talents with the American people. “My whole life, I have been greedy, greedy, greedy,” Trump...",left
6445,Trump Considering Personal Pilot to Head FAA,"['White House', 'Politics']",Exclusive: Trump privately pushing personal pilot to run FAA,Axios,"The president’s personal pilot is on the administration's short list to head the Federal Aviation Administration. Trump has told a host of administration officials and associates that he wants John Dunkin — his longtime personal pilot, who flew him around the country on Trump Force One during the campaign — to helm the agency, which has a budget in the billions and which oversees all civil aviation in the United States.",center
6446,New UK PM Already Facing Calls to Resign,"['World', 'Liz Truss', 'United Kingdom']","British Conservatives Cave On Pro-Growth Economic Agenda, Prime Minister Might Be Ousted",The Daily Wire,"British Prime Minister Liz Truss may be ousted six weeks into her tenure after she and fellow ministers caved on most portions of an aggressive economic reform package.
Truss, who replaced outgoing head of government and fellow Conservative Party member Boris Johnson last month, unveiled a tax cut and energy production plan in the first days of her premiership. After investors concerned about the government’s ability to meet debt obligations jettisoned their assets, Truss announced that she would eliminate portions of her plan and dismissed finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng.
“We need to act now to...",right
6447,New UK PM Already Facing Calls to Resign,"['World', 'Liz Truss', 'United Kingdom']",UK leader in peril after Treasury chief axes ‘Trussonomics’,Associated Press,"The U.K.’s new Treasury chief ripped up the government’s economic plan on Monday, dramatically reversing most of the tax cuts and spending plans that new Prime Minister Liz Truss announced less than a month ago. The move raises more questions about how long the beleaguered British leader can stay in office, though Truss insisted she has no plans to quit.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt, said he was scrapping “almost all” of Truss’ tax cuts, along with her flagship energy policy and her promise — repeated just last week — that there will be no public...",left
6448,New UK PM Already Facing Calls to Resign,"['World', 'Liz Truss', 'United Kingdom']",UK Prime Minister Liz Truss faces serious pressure to resign after failed budget,CNBC,"U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss is facing calls to resign from within her own Conservative Party just six weeks after entering Downing Street.
Truss and her former Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng announced a fiscal package – a so-called mini-budget – on Sept. 23. The measures triggered market turmoil, from a plunging pound to pension panic, and a rare public rebuke by the International Monetary Fund.
Piece by piece, the plans have been tweaked and trashed – including reversing plans to scrap an increase in the corporation tax, axing plans to abolish the top income tax bracket, and shortening...",center
6449,Gas Prices Reach 7-Year High,"['Transportation', 'Sustainability', 'Energy', 'Gas', 'General News']","With Memorial Day right around the corner, gas prices reach 7-year high",New York Daily News,"With tens of million of drivers expected to hit the road this Memorial Day weekend, none of them will be thrilled to see that the price of gas is at its highest price in nearly a decade.
According to AAA, gas prices are up 58% from a year ago with an average gallon costing drivers $3.04.
Gas prices in the United States soared earlier this month after the Colonial Pipeline, the East Coast’s primary gasoline supply line fell victim to a ransomware attack that took its operations offline for six...",left
6450,Gas Prices Reach 7-Year High,"['Transportation', 'Sustainability', 'Energy', 'Gas', 'General News']",Memorial Day gas prices are the highest in seven years and could stay high all summer,CNBC,"Gasoline prices are expected to be the highest for a Memorial Day weekend in seven years, and prices could stay elevated all summer, as Americans take to the road in a post-coronavirus pandemic driving spree.
The current average price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline of $3.04 per gallon, 16 cents more than a month ago and $1.08 per gallon higher than last year, according to AAA. The motor club federation expects 37 million Americans to travel this weekend, a 60% increase over last year when the economy was still shut down....",center
6451,Gas Prices Reach 7-Year High,"['Transportation', 'Sustainability', 'Energy', 'Gas', 'General News']",Trump laments 7-year-high gas prices as Americans prep for Memorial Day,New York Post (News),"Former President Donald Trump expressed concern Thursday for Americans forced to pay sky-high gas prices as millions hit the road for the Memorial Day holiday.
“With Memorial Day Weekend coming up, tomorrow people start driving in the biggest automobile days of the year,” Trump said in an emailed statement.
“I’m sorry to say the gasoline prices that you will be confronted with are far higher than they were just a short number of months ago where we had gasoline under $2 a gallon.”
According to AAA, travelers will face the highest prices at the pump...",right
6452,Poll Suggests Vaccinated People Still Worry About Getting Sick from COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Omicron Variant', 'Polarization']",Why Are Vaccinated Americans Still Worrying About COVID?,Reason,"Anxiety over COVID-19 might be an unhappy side effect of getting vaccinated against the disease.
I'm kidding, but you could be forgiven for drawing that tongue-in-cheek conclusion from a new Morning Consult/New York Times poll showing that vaccinated (and boosted) Americans are about twice as likely to say they are ""very"" or ""somewhat"" concerned about ""getting sick from COVID-19 within the next year.""
That is, of course, the exact opposite of what the actual science tells us. Even during the tremendous surge in COVID cases caused by the omicron variant, vaccinated individuals...",right
6453,Poll Suggests Vaccinated People Still Worry About Getting Sick from COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Omicron Variant', 'Polarization']","Only 40% of fully vaccinated Americans have received a booster shot, CDC says",Fortune,"The COVID-19 booster drive in the U.S. is losing steam, worrying health experts who have pleaded with Americans to get an extra shot to shore up their protection against the highly contagious Omicron variant.
Just 40% of fully vaccinated Americans have received a booster dose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And the average number of booster shots dispensed per day in the U.S. has plummeted from a peak of 1 million in early December to about 490,000 as of last week.
Also, a new poll from...",center
6454,Poll Suggests Vaccinated People Still Worry About Getting Sick from COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Omicron Variant', 'Polarization']",Two Covid Americas,David Leonhardt,"Covid’s starkly different impact on the young and old has been one of the virus’s defining characteristics. It tends to be mild for children and younger adults but is often severe for the elderly. More than three-quarters of all U.S. Covid deaths have occurred among people 65 and older.
Given these patterns, it seems obvious that older Americans should be more fearful of Covid than younger Americans. Yet they’re not.
That’s one of the striking findings from a new poll that Morning Consult, a survey firm, has conducted for this...",left
6455,Does the GOP Need an Intervention?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump Pushes Republican Party to Its Breaking Point,NBC News (Online),"Several top backers — including Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani — are trying to persuade Trump to move past his feud with the parents of the late Iraq War soldier Humayun Khan, stop bashing fellow Republicans like House Speaker Paul Ryan and Sen. John McCain, and refocus his attacks on Hillary Clinton.",left
6456,Does the GOP Need an Intervention?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Media trumpeting Trump implosion, but is it real?",Fox News (Online News),"This is what a full-fledged feeding frenzy looks like.
With Donald Trump facing the roughest stretch of his candidacy, the media have moved from questioning his sanity to depicting a campaign in disarray and top Republicans still wondering whether they can dump the nominee.",right
6457,Does the GOP Need an Intervention?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Does the Republican Party need an intervention?,The Hill,"There is a growing bipartisan feeling that something has gone wrong in America. We may have been heading toward it for a long time before the 2016 race and paid no attention. But now America is in crisis. It can be seen in the headlines of opinion writers this week in The Washington Post. From the right, Robert Kagan says, ""There is something very wrong with Donald Trump."" On the left, Eugene Robinson asks, ""Is Donald Trump just plain crazy?""",center
6458,Democrats and the Healthcare Saga,['Healthcare'],"With Enrollment Slow, Some Democrats Back Change in Health Law",New York Times (News),"Anxious congressional Democrats are threatening to abandon President Obama on a central element of his signature health care law, voicing increasing support for proposals that would allow Americans who are losing their health insurance coverage because of the Affordable Care Act to retain it.",left
6459,Democrats and the Healthcare Saga,['Healthcare'],DNC to RNC on Obamacare: Bring it on,Washington Times,"Democrats have a message for Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, who has said the GOP will “tattoo” Obamacare to Democrats’ foreheads in the 2014 midterm elections.
Bring it on.
In a memo issued Thursday afternoon, Democratic National Committee spokesman Mo Elleithee touted the law’s benefits, such as provisions that bar insurance companies from denying coverage based on pre-existing conditions and allow young people to stay on their parents’ insurance plans until they are 26.",right
6460,Democrats and the Healthcare Saga,['Healthcare'],Obama to Democrats: Stay with me,Politico,"President Barack Obama admitted Thursday to the American people that he “fumbled the ball” in implementing the heart of the Affordable Care Act, but his immediate concern is convincing congressional Democrats to give him another chance to prove he can cross the goal line.
The new play: Offer a fix to reverse the cancellation of millions of Americans’ existing health insurance, blame insurers for the situation, put Republicans on the defensive, and — if he’s lucky — unify Democrats around a new policy that might just give them political...",left
6461,Senate Democrats Reveal Proposal to Decriminalize Marijuana,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Public Health']",Schumer and Senate Democrats unveil proposal to federally decriminalize marijuana,CNN (Online News),"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and a group of other Senate Democrats introduced draft legislation on Wednesday that would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level by striking it from the federal controlled substances list.
It's significant for a Senate majority leader to back such a measure and the move highlights the evolving politics of cannabis policy. At a news conference, Schumer vowed to ""use my clout as majority leader to make this a priority in the Senate."" At the same time, the proposal remains a draft bill at this point and marks...",left
6462,Senate Democrats Reveal Proposal to Decriminalize Marijuana,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Public Health']",Senate Democrats unveil bill to decriminalize marijuana,The Hill,"Senate Democrats unveiled a bill on Wednesday to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level.
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act on Wednesday after Schumer previously teased the plan on April 20.
The bill is designed to decriminalize marijuana on the federal level, expunge federal convictions for nonviolent marijuana crimes, allow those imprisoned for marijuana to petition their sentencing, take marijuana off the federal list of controlled substances and create a tax system for the substance. ",center
6463,Senate Democrats Reveal Proposal to Decriminalize Marijuana,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Public Health']",Chuck Schumer Says He Wants To Legalize Marijuana. His Bill Suggests Otherwise.,Reason,"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D–N.Y.) reportedly has been working for months to generate bipartisan support in his chamber for repealing the federal ban on marijuana. If so, there is little evidence of that effort in the draft legislation that he unveiled today, which is larded with new taxes, regulations, and spending programs that seem designed to alienate Republicans who might be inclined to support a cleaner bill on federalist grounds.
Schumer is presenting the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, which is also backed by Sens. Cory Booker (D–N.J.) and Ron Wyden (D–Ore.), as a...",right
6464,Iowa Summit for GOP,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']","At 2016 Iowa summit, some fresh GOP faces — finally",Washington Times,"For all the talk of a deep Republican bench for 2016, a lot of the faces in the early game are the same.
Mitt Romney? Really? He ran and lost in 2012 — badly. Rick Santorum? Mike Huckabee? Rick Perry? They all ran and lost to the guy who won the nomination — and then lost — badly. Sarah Palin? She lost so badly in 2008 she didn’t even make an effort in 2012. The list of has-beens goes on and on.",right
6465,Iowa Summit for GOP,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']","A GOP Weekend, Courtesy Of The Koch Network And Citizens United",NPR (Online News),"Republican presidential hopefuls are turning out this weekend for two big events, but just one of them, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, plans to be at both.
Cruz is among seven possible contenders who spoke Saturday at the Iowa Freedom Summit, cosponsored by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) and the group Citizens United. Sunday night, Cruz is scheduled to join two possible primary rivals, Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., at a semi-annual conference of the Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce.
Freedom Partners is a central part of the powerful...",left
6466,Iowa Summit for GOP,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']","Prepping for 2016, a Gathering of Republicans in Iowa Leans Hard to the Right",New York Times (News),"A crowded field of potential Republican presidential candidates scrapped for the hearts of the party’s conservative base here Saturday, implicitly rejecting the more moderate wing favored by big donors and trying to fire up the kind of grass-roots supporters who will play a critical role in the nominating process.
The daylong forum, billed as an informal kickoff to the 2016 campaign, was attended by about 1,200 people, many of whom ardently oppose the centrist views that tend to prevail in a general election.
The speakers, some of them experienced presidential...",left
6467,When Will We Know the 2022 Midterm Election Results?,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Mail-In Voting', 'Local Governments', 'Politics', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', '2022 Nevada Senate Election', '2022 Arizona Senate Election']",Be patient: This election is probably going to go on a while,NPR (Online News),"Election Day is Tuesday, but with early voting, the more accepted use of mail voting and the prospect of razor-thin races, it's really Election Season.
And Tuesday only marks the beginning of the next phase in that season.
Gird for many of these elections to go on for days, if not weeks. This is all perfectly normal when there are close elections. It doesn't mean that there is fraud — despite the lies about his 2020 loss that former President Donald Trump has pushed and so many candidates he's backed...",left
6468,When Will We Know the 2022 Midterm Election Results?,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Mail-In Voting', 'Local Governments', 'Politics', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', '2022 Nevada Senate Election', '2022 Arizona Senate Election']",When Will We Know 2022 Midterm Election Results?,FiveThirtyEight,"When are we going to know the results of the midterms? In 2020, due to slow vote counting in many states, it took days — until Saturday, Nov. 7 — for ABC News to declare Joe Biden the president-elect. We likely won’t have to wait that long this year, but it is again possible that we won’t know the winners of the 2022 election on election night. States like Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania that are key to Senate control could take multiple days to count all their votes.
The exact timing of...",center
6469,When Will We Know the 2022 Midterm Election Results?,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Mail-In Voting', 'Local Governments', 'Politics', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', '2022 Nevada Senate Election', '2022 Arizona Senate Election']",Midterm mirage: How early results could be skewed and why we might not know results for days,Washington Examiner,"Voters won’t immediately know the results of the 2022 midterm elections , with some of the most consequential races not expected to be called for days — maybe even weeks.
The fate of both the House and Senate for the next two years will be decided after the polls close on Tuesday. However, a number of factors could delay how long until voters and candidates know the results of their races, especially for those in key battleground states that are set to determine which party will gain control of Congress.",right
6470,2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winners,['World'],"Malala Yousafzai, Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize",Fox News (Online News),"Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for risking their lives to fight for children's rights. The decision made Malala, a 17-year-old student and education activist, the youngest-ever Nobel winner.",right
6471,2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winners,['World'],"In Pakistani’s Swat Valley, Malala’s peace prize seen as slap at Taliban",Washington Post,"Last year, supporters of Malala Yousafzai in her native Swat Valley defied possible backlash from Taliban-backed militants and organized events to await word on the Nobel Peace Prize, which went to an organization seeking a ban on chemical weapons.",left
6472,2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winners,['World'],Pakistani Teen Malala Yousafzai Shares Nobel Peace Prize,NPR (Online News),"Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen who was attacked by Taliban militants for promoting education for girls, will share the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize with Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian campaigner against exploitation of children.",left
6473,Christie Suggests Social Security Changes,"['Social Security', 'Economy And Jobs']","Chris Christie Calls for Raising Age for Social Security, Cutting Benefit for Some Seniors",Wall Street Journal (News),"Gov. Chris Christie called for reduced Social Security benefits for retired seniors earning more than $80,000 and eliminating the benefit entirely for individuals making $200,000 and up in other income, along with raising the retirement age to 69 from 67.
The changes would not apply to current retirees or those near retirement, but could help keep Social Security sustainable for future generations, Mr. Christie said. Not acting would jeopardize longevity of Social Security and other entitlement programs, he said, and potentia",center
6474,Christie Suggests Social Security Changes,"['Social Security', 'Economy And Jobs']","Chris Christie kicks off his comeback tour in NH, going all-in on entitlement reform",Washington Post,"Chris Christie kicked off a two day swing to New Hampshire with a sober prescription for tackling escalating entitlement spending.
The New Jersey governor and potential Republican presidential candidate proposed raising the retirement age for Social security to 69, means testing for Social Security, and gradually raising the eligibility age for Medicare.
Christie outlined his proposals on entitlement reform at a speech Tuesday morning at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College.",left
6475,Christie Suggests Social Security Changes,"['Social Security', 'Economy And Jobs']",Chris Christie Proposes Social Security Cuts,Newsmax (News),"New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican trying to gain traction in a crowded 2016 presidential field, on Tuesday proposed a major overhaul of the popular Social Security program for older Americans that would cut benefits for wealthy people.
At a New Hampshire appearance later on Tuesday, Christie plans to propose Social Security ""means-testing"" that would reduce the size of benefits for people earning more than $80,000 annually and phase them out entirely for those earning $200,000 or more.
""Do we really believe that the wealthiest Americans need to...",right
6476,North Carolina Election Board Orders New House Election,"['Voter Fraud', 'North Carolina', 'Elections']",Election re-run in North Carolina after voter fraud inquiry,BBC News,North Carolina will hold a new election for a congressional seat following an investigation into alleged ballot-tampering for a Republican candidate.,center
6477,North Carolina Election Board Orders New House Election,"['Voter Fraud', 'North Carolina', 'Elections']",North Carolina elections board orders new House election after ballot tampering scandal,Vox,Voters will go back to the drawing board with new primary elections in the Ninth District after the board’s vote.,left
6478,North Carolina Election Board Orders New House Election,"['Voter Fraud', 'North Carolina', 'Elections']",North Carolina board orders new election in fraud-shrouded House race,Washington Times,Months of conflict and confusion over a fraud-tainted House race in North Carolina ended Thursday with the State Board of Elections ordering a new election.,right
6479,Trump Suggests Shift on Deportations,['Immigration'],Trump Has A Completely Different Immigration Position Every Day,HuffPost,"His new position basically resembles that of many of his GOP primary opponents, whom he attacked for being too soft on immigration.",left
6480,Trump Suggests Shift on Deportations,['Immigration'],Trump suggests major shift on deportations,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that he would allow exceptions to let some undocumented immigrants to stay in the US, vowing he wouldn't grant them citizenship but telling Fox News, ""there's no amnesty, but we work with them.""",left
6481,Trump Suggests Shift on Deportations,['Immigration'],Trump says government can 'work with' illegal immigrants,Fox News (Online News),"Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump continued to insist Wednesday in a ""Hannity"" town hall with Fox News' Sean Hannity that there will be ""no amnesty"" for illegal immigrants, but suggested that he would be willing to ""work with them.""",right
6482,Obama to Expand Drug Clemency,"['Domestic Policy', 'General News']","Holder to overhaul clemency guidelines, possibly freeing thousands of inmates",Washington Times,The U.S. Department of Justice plans to advise President Obama to widen his guidelines for clemency — a move that could make thousands of federal prisoners eligible for consideration and reduce federal prison costs and social divides.,right
6483,Obama to Expand Drug Clemency,"['Domestic Policy', 'General News']",Holder: U.S. To Make More Convicts Eligible for Presidential Clemency,Time Magazine,The Obama Administration continued its push to reduce the number of prisoners serving long sentences as a result of the nation’s federal drug laws on Monday with an announcement by Attorney General Eric Holder describing new rules that would expand the pool of convicts eligible to apply for presidential clemency.,left
6484,Obama to Expand Drug Clemency,"['Domestic Policy', 'General News']",Holder: Obama to dramatically expand drug clemency,Politico,"President Barack Obama is preparing to make much broader use of his power to grant commutations to nonviolent drug convicts who have served long sentences, Attorney General Eric Holder said in a video released Monday.",left
6485,Rudy Giuliani Issues Statement Clarifying Remarks on Stormy Daniels Payment,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Rudy Giuliani issues statement clarifying Fox News comments,Axios,"President Trump's new lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, issued a statement Friday clarify his earlier remarks on Fox News, noting that his ""references to timing [regarding Trump's reimbursing Michael Cohen for his $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels] were not describing my understanding of the President’s knowledge, but instead, my understanding of these matters.""",center
6486,Rudy Giuliani Issues Statement Clarifying Remarks on Stormy Daniels Payment,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Giuliani’s statement tells us a lot about what’s worrying Team Trump,Washington Post,"Speaking to reporters Friday morning, President Trump offered assurances that former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, newly added to his legal team, would soon answer outstanding questions about the October 2016 payment of $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels. Giuliani had joined the team only “yesterday,” Trump said, and the former mayor would soon “get his facts straight,” implying that Giuliani’s facts, broadcast in various television and print interviews, had missed the mark. Trump promised a clarifying statement from Giuliani, perhaps explaining the vagueness of the timeline that had been...",left
6487,Rudy Giuliani Issues Statement Clarifying Remarks on Stormy Daniels Payment,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']","Giuliani clarifies statements on Stormy payment, Comey firing",Fox News (Online News),"Rudy Giuliani put out a three-point clarification Friday regarding comments he made in bombshell interviews this week about the hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels and more, just hours after President Trump said the latest addition to his legal team would “get his facts straight.”",right
6488,Two Associates Of Rudy Giuliani Are Arrested For Campaign Finance Violations,"['Ukraine Scandal', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Two business associates of Trump’s personal lawyer Giuliani have been arrested on campaign finance charges,Washington Post,"Two business associates of President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani were arrested and are in custody Thursday, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan said.
The two men, who helped Giuliani investigate former vice president Joe Biden, were arrested Wednesday night in Virginia and charged with campaign finance violations, according to a person familiar with the charges. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman have been under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan and...",left
6489,Two Associates Of Rudy Giuliani Are Arrested For Campaign Finance Violations,"['Ukraine Scandal', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Feds Arrest 2 Florida Businessmen Linked to Giuliani on Campaign-Finance Violations,Newsmax (News),"Two men with ties to President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and who are believed to be natives of former Soviet republics will appear in federal court in Virginia Thursday on campaign finance charges.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Florida businessmen Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman were arrested Wednesday. Giuliani, the lawyer for President Donald Trump, said in May he was representing both men.
A spokesman for he Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office confirmed the arrests to Reuters.
Details of the charges were not immediately known but they have...",right
6490,Two Associates Of Rudy Giuliani Are Arrested For Campaign Finance Violations,"['Ukraine Scandal', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Two Rudy Giuliani associates who once dined with Trump and Trump Jr. arrested,USA TODAY,"Two Ukrainian-born business partners, who showered Republican campaign committees with nearly $500,000 and dined with President Donald Trump at the White House, were arrested late Wednesday on campaign finances charges, federal authorities said Thursday.
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman helped Rudy Giuliani meet a key Ukrainian prosecutor as the president's personal lawyer sought to discredit Trump's political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. Both of the men also are among the prospective witnesses House Democrats want to question in their impeachment inquiry.
Parnas and Fruman, who were born in...",left
6491,House Delays Resolution Condemning Anti-Semitism,"['Anti-Semitism', 'Ilhan Omar', 'US House', 'Politics']",House Dems postpone vote rebuking Omar amid pressure from left,Politico,"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other liberal allies stepped up their defense of the freshman Democrat.
A vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism in response to controversial comments by Rep. Ilhan Omar is set to slip past Wednesday amid intensifying pressure from the left both inside and outside the House Democratic Caucus.
An array of progressive groups declared their support for Omar, while both the Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Progressive Caucus — two of the most important factions among House Democrats — wanted more time to review the situation, lawmakers and...",left
6492,House Delays Resolution Condemning Anti-Semitism,"['Anti-Semitism', 'Ilhan Omar', 'US House', 'Politics']",Progressives come to Omar's defense,The Hill,"Progressive allies of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) are rushing to her defense as the House prepares to approve a resolution condemning anti-Semitism that is largely seen as a rebuke of the outspoken lawmaker’s remarks about Israel.
Omar’s progressive allies largely stayed quiet during other recent controversies regarding Israel, which led to an apology from Omar.
But this time, Omar is holding her ground, and supporters such as fellow progressive freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) are speaking out.
Ocasio-Cortez said advancing a resolution to rebuke Omar should have only been done...",center
6493,House Delays Resolution Condemning Anti-Semitism,"['Anti-Semitism', 'Ilhan Omar', 'US House', 'Politics']",'Democrats are walking into a trap': Liberals rip party leaders for piling on Rep. Ilhan Omar,Washington Times,"Her colleagues are rushing to condemn her on the House floor this week, but Representative Ilhan Omar has her backers among powerful progressive activist groups who say they don’t understand why Democratic leaders are going out of their way to cut down one of their own.
A draft resolution slated for a vote Wednesday doesn’t name Ms. Omar, but it condemns anti-Semitism as “hateful expressions of intolerance” and would come just days after the Minnesota congresswoman suggested other lawmakers show too much fealty to Israel.
She says her words are...",right
6494,Left and Right Condemn Investor's 'Nobody Cares' Comments About China's Human Rights Abuses,"['Bridging Divides', 'China', 'Uighur Muslims', 'Human Rights', 'Sports', 'Polarization', 'Trade', 'Labor', 'Asia', 'World', 'Business']",NBA silence on China proves it's less interested in human rights than the bottom line,MSNBC,"It is something only a blinkered sociopath or a billionaire hedge fund manager would say out loud. The financial titan in question, Chamath Palihapitiya, said with a shrug to fellow co-hosts of his podcast All-In, ""Nobody cares about what's happening to the Uyghurs, OK? You bring it up because you really care, and I think it's nice that you care, the rest of us don't care. ... I'm just telling you ... a very hard, ugly truth. Of all the things I care about, yes, it is below my line.""
If Palihapitiya were...",left
6495,Left and Right Condemn Investor's 'Nobody Cares' Comments About China's Human Rights Abuses,"['Bridging Divides', 'China', 'Uighur Muslims', 'Human Rights', 'Sports', 'Polarization', 'Trade', 'Labor', 'Asia', 'World', 'Business']",Chamath Palihapitiya's Uyghur Controversy Is Latest in NBA's Awkward China Relationship,Newsweek,"Chamath Palihapitiya, an owner of the Golden State Warriors NBA basketball team, came under fire following his recent remarks expressing strong doubts about reports of human rights violations against Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang region.
The comments by Palihapitiya—who reportedly owns two percent of the NBA franchise, according to the New York Post—is the latest among recent controversies that have compromised the NBA's relationship with China, with whom the franchise has garnered billion-dollar deals.
During an episode of his All-In podcast, which aired Saturday, Palihapitiya and his co-hosts began a debate about the Joe Biden administration's stance on Beijing's treatment...",center
6496,Left and Right Condemn Investor's 'Nobody Cares' Comments About China's Human Rights Abuses,"['Bridging Divides', 'China', 'Uighur Muslims', 'Human Rights', 'Sports', 'Polarization', 'Trade', 'Labor', 'Asia', 'World', 'Business']",Investor’s Uyghur Comments Are Even Worse Than You’ve Heard,Jim Geraghty,"You’re going to hear a lot of hot takes about Chamath Palihapitiya and his comments about the Uyghurs in China this week. Amid the resulting firestorm, Palihapitiya issued a brief statement declaring he recognizes he “came across as lacking empathy . . . My belief is that human rights matter, whether in China, or the United States, or elsewhere. Full stop.”
No, that isn’t his belief. This is damage-control public relations. He specifically said in this conversation that if he said he cared, he was lying. He said the “hard truth” is...",right
6497,Mark Zuckerberg Arrives on Capitol Hill,['Technology'],Mark Zuckerberg's Congressional Testimony Will Mark a Stunning Reversal for the Facebook CEO,Time Magazine,"Facebook founder and chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg will strike an apologetic tone when he appears before Congress this week, expressing contrition for the website’s oversight of user data and its role in the 2016 election.",left
6498,Mark Zuckerberg Arrives on Capitol Hill,['Technology'],Mark Zuckerberg’s Washington Mission: Stay Cool in a Very Hot Seat,Wall Street Journal (News),"A year ago, Mark Zuckerberg was preparing to deliver the commencement speech at Harvard University. As well as a personal milestone, it was the kind of carefully choreographed, profoundly upbeat event at which he excels.",center
6499,Mark Zuckerberg Arrives on Capitol Hill,['Technology'],Facebook’s Zuckerberg issues mea culpa before Capitol Hill grilling,Fox News (Online News),"Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrived Monday on Capitol Hill contrite and apologetic, ahead of an expected grilling later this week before Congress -- and the threat of regulations -- after the social media giant allowed a data-mining company to get the personal information from at least 87 million users.",right
6500,House Democrats Concerned USPS Changes Will Affect Mail-In Voting,"['US House', 'USPS', 'Postal Service', 'US Postal Service', 'Mail-In Voting', 'Politics']",U.S. Postal Service remains committed to fulfilling our role in the electoral process,USA TODAY,"The U.S. Postal Service is well prepared and has ample capacity to deliver America’s election mail for the upcoming general election in November.
On any given day, the Postal Service delivers more than 425 million pieces of mail, and our best estimates are that election mail will account for less than 2% of all mail volume from mid-September until Election Day. Given our available processing capacity, we can easily handle the anticipated increase in election mail due to the COVID-19 pandemic, without impact to on-time performance.
In recent weeks, the...",left
6501,House Democrats Concerned USPS Changes Will Affect Mail-In Voting,"['US House', 'USPS', 'Postal Service', 'US Postal Service', 'Mail-In Voting', 'Politics']",House Democrats demand Postal Service chief roll back changes ahead of Election Day,NBC News (Online),"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and 174 other Democrats in the chamber signed a letter sent Wednesday to the new Postmaster General demanding the agency reverses operational changes they argue would hamper mail-in voting on Nov. 3.
""It is always essential that the Postal Service be able to deliver mail in a timely and effective manner. During the once-in-a-century health and economic crisis of COVID-19, the Postal Service's smooth functioning is a matter of life-or-death, and is critical for protecting lives, livelihoods and the life of our American Democracy,"" the...",left
6502,House Democrats Concerned USPS Changes Will Affect Mail-In Voting,"['US House', 'USPS', 'Postal Service', 'US Postal Service', 'Mail-In Voting', 'Politics']",House Oversight chair introduces bill to freeze Postal Service changes amid coronavirus pandemic,The Hill,"House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday introduced legislation that would block the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from implementing a series of changes amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Delivering for America Act would prevent USPS from instituting shifts to its operations or to the level of service that was in place at the beginning of 2020.
The bill comes as Maloney and other Democrats increasingly speak out against the decisions made at USPS during a year in which the presidential election will rely more heavily...",center
6503,"Oath Keepers Leader, 10 Others Charged With ‘Seditious Conspiracy’ for Role in Jan. 6 Riot","['Criminal Justice', 'Oath Keepers', 'Justice Department', 'FBI', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Right-Wing Militias', 'Justice']",Oath Keepers leader indicted on charges related to Jan. 6,Axios,"Stewart Rhodes, a founder and leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, has been arrested and charged in connection with events leading up to and including the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the Justice Department announced Thursday.
Why it matters: Rhodes is the most prominent figure arrested on charges related to the Capitol insurrection.
State of play: Rhodes, along with 10 other defendants, was charged with seditious conspiracy.
The indictment alleges that following the 2020 presidential election, Rhodes ""conspired with his co-defendants and others to oppose by force the execution of the laws governing the...",center
6504,"Oath Keepers Leader, 10 Others Charged With ‘Seditious Conspiracy’ for Role in Jan. 6 Riot","['Criminal Justice', 'Oath Keepers', 'Justice Department', 'FBI', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Right-Wing Militias', 'Justice']","DOJ charges Oath Keepers founder, 10 others with seditious conspiracy related to Jan. 6 riot",Fox News (Online News),"The Department of Justice unveiled seditious conspiracy charges against 11 defendants, including the founder and leader of the right-wing Oath Keepers militia group, Elmer Stewart Rhodes III, for their role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
On Jan. 6, 2021, after then-President Trump had repeatedly claimed that the 2020 election had been stolen from him, thousands of his supporters left his rally at Freedom Plaza near the White House and headed toward the Capitol. Lawmakers evacuated the complex and temporarily suspended the certification of the Electoral College results as...",right
6505,"Oath Keepers Leader, 10 Others Charged With ‘Seditious Conspiracy’ for Role in Jan. 6 Riot","['Criminal Justice', 'Oath Keepers', 'Justice Department', 'FBI', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Right-Wing Militias', 'Justice']",Oath Keepers leader and 10 others charged with 'seditious conspiracy' related to US Capitol attack,CNN (Online News),"The Justice Department has charged 11 defendants with seditious conspiracy related to the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, including the leader of the Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes.
The new indictment, handed down by a grand jury on Wednesday and made public Thursday, alleges that Rhodes and his co-conspirators engaged in a conspiracy to ""oppose the lawful transfer of presidential power by force, by preventing, hindering, or delaying by force execution of laws governing the transfer of power.""
The latest court filings revealed that Oath Keeper Thomas Caldwell, who was arrested...",left
6506,Facebook Undergoes Independent Civil Rights Audit,"['Free Speech', 'Civil Rights', 'Facebook', 'Social Media', 'Hate Speech', 'Mark Zuckerberg', 'Technology']",Why Facebook failed its civil rights audit,Vox,"Facebook has failed on civil rights.
On Wednesday, after two years of work, the social media giant finally released the results of its independent audit, a wide-ranging report on the state of civil rights on Facebook, from hate speech to advertising to algorithmic bias. The auditors found that the company simply hasn’t done enough to combat hate and abuse on its platform.
Following up on two previous updates in December 2018 and June 2019, the audit concludes that the company’s handling of civil rights issues is “too reactive and piecemeal,”...",left
6507,Facebook Undergoes Independent Civil Rights Audit,"['Free Speech', 'Civil Rights', 'Facebook', 'Social Media', 'Hate Speech', 'Mark Zuckerberg', 'Technology']",Pressure mounts on Facebook to rein in hate speech,The Hill,"Facebook came under renewed public scrutiny Wednesday with the release of an independent audit slamming the platform’s progress on civil rights issues, adding to internal and external pressure on the company to rein in hate speech and misinformation.
The audit was the third shoe to drop this month after a group of high-profile advertisers launched a boycott of the site and following a Democratic National Committee memo bashing the company just months before a crucial election.",center
6508,Facebook Undergoes Independent Civil Rights Audit,"['Free Speech', 'Civil Rights', 'Facebook', 'Social Media', 'Hate Speech', 'Mark Zuckerberg', 'Technology']",Mark Zuckerberg Is Right,Rich Lowry,"Mark Zuckerberg clearly hasn’t gotten the memo.
The founder of Facebook persists in defending free expression, even though free speech has fallen decidedly out of fashion.
His reward for adhering to what once would have been a commonsensical, if not banal, view of the value of the free exchange of ideas is to get vilified for running a hate-speech machine and to get boycotted by major American companies.
In a speech at Georgetown University last fall, Zuckerberg stated that it’s important “we hold each other’s right to express our views...",right
6509,Trump Urges GOP Lawmakers to Drop Immigration Effort,['Immigration'],Trump says Republicans are ‘wasting their time’ trying to pass immigration bills before November elections,Washington Post,"President Trump said Friday that Republicans should stop “wasting their time” on immigration, suggesting they put off efforts to pass legislation until after the November elections, when he predicted more GOP members of Congress will be elected.",left
6510,Trump Urges GOP Lawmakers to Drop Immigration Effort,['Immigration'],Trump urges Republican lawmakers to drop immigration effort,Reuters,"President Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers on Friday to drop their efforts to pass comprehensive immigration legislation until after the November elections, which he hoped would bring more party members into Congress.",center
6511,Trump Urges GOP Lawmakers to Drop Immigration Effort,['Immigration'],Donald Trump to Paul Ryan: Stop Wasting Your Time on Immigration,Breitbart News,"President Donald Trump has expressed his support for Republican immigration legislation, but he signaled his frustration with the process on Friday on Twitter.",right
6512,"Majority Say Trump, Congress Are Not Doing Enough to Stop Mass Shootings",['Violence In America'],"Poll: 60 Percent Say Trump, Congress Not Doing Enough to Stop Mass Shootings",Newsmax (News),"More than 60 percent of Americans say President Donald Trump and Congress are not doing enough to prevent mass shootings, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll reveals.",right
6513,"Majority Say Trump, Congress Are Not Doing Enough to Stop Mass Shootings",['Violence In America'],"Poll: Most say Trump, Congress could do more to stop mass shootings",The Hill,"Most Americans say Congress and President Trump are not doing enough to prevent mass shootings in the U.S., according to a Washington Post/ABC News poll out early Tuesday.",center
6514,"Majority Say Trump, Congress Are Not Doing Enough to Stop Mass Shootings",['Violence In America'],"Majority polled says Trump, Congress not doing enough to stop mass shootings",Politico,"More than three-quarters of respondents to a new Washington Post/ABC News poll said Congress is not doing enough to stop mass shootings, while just over 60 percent said the same of President Donald Trump.",left
6515,Primaries in Wisconsin and Minnesota Test Democratic Strength,['Elections'],Midwest battleground states tap candidates for midterm elections,Reuters,"States such as Wisconsin helped drive Donald Trump’s surprising presidential win two years ago, and Tuesday’s primaries there and in neighboring Minnesota serve as a barometer of opposition strength headed into the November midterm elections.",center
6516,Primaries in Wisconsin and Minnesota Test Democratic Strength,['Elections'],Midwest Democrats look to Tuesday's races to upend GOP gains,Washington Times,"Democrats are fighting to beat back Republican gains across the Midwest as the 2018 primary season roars through Wisconsin and Minnesota, two states where President Donald Trump’s appeal among working-class voters threaten to upend decadeslong political trends this fall and beyond.",right
6517,Primaries in Wisconsin and Minnesota Test Democratic Strength,['Elections'],"Democrats' bid to save the Midwest shifts to Wisconsin, Minnesota primaries",CNN (Online News),"For the fourth time, Democrats in Wisconsin believe they have a chance to finally defeat Gov. Scott Walker and steer the state back to the left after eight years of Republican rule.",left
6518,European Migrant Crisis,['World'],'NO CAMP! NO CAMP!': Scuffles break out at Hungary train station after police stop migrant train,Fox News (Online News),"Confusion reigned at Budapest's main railway station Thursday morning after Hungarian police allowed hundreds of migrants to enter the building, but the country's railway operator said that no direct trains would depart for Western Europe, the intended destination for many refugees.
A Reuters photographer estimated that up to 1,000 migrants from the Middle East, Africa and Asia had poured into the Keleti railway station from the square outside. The photographer also reported that some people had stormed the first trains they could find and were trying to push themselves...",right
6519,European Migrant Crisis,['World'],Hungary's leader to migrants: ‘Please don't come.’,Washington Post,"In a dramatic sign that Europe’s fast-mounting refugee crisis may be set to get even worse, Hungary’s far-right leader told asylum-seekers Thursday to stay away from Europe and vowed to crack down on the thousands of migrants who are crossing into his country every day.
The harsh comments following emergency meetings with European Union leaders in Brussels came as thousands of asylum-seekers rushed Budapest’s central train station, desperate to move onward from squalid conditions but frightened that Hungarian authorities were laying a trap.
Hungary’s leaders have taken the hardest stance...",left
6520,European Migrant Crisis,['World'],Hungary's Premier Defends Handling Of Migrant Crisis,NPR (Online News),"Hungary's prime minister says his country is doing all it can to manage a growing migrant crisis that has flooded it with refugees, as European officials said they will meet later this month in Brussels to discuss an effort to ""strengthen the European response"" to the situation.
Viktor Orban said the influx of refugees into his country is really ""a German problem"" because that is the intended destination of most of them. Hungarians, along with other Europeans are ""full of fear"" he says, because ""they see that the European leaders,...",left
6521,"N.Y., N.J. Sign Laws to Let Undocumented Immigrants Apply for Driver's Licenses","['Illegal Immigration', 'Undocumented Immigrants', 'Transportation', 'Law', 'New York', 'New Jersey', 'Green Light Law', 'Immigration']",New Jersey just became the 15th state to pass a bill letting unauthorized immigrants obtain driver’s licenses,Vox,"New Jersey has joined 14 other states in passing a law allowing unauthorized immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses — meaning that nearly half of the estimated 10.6 million unauthorized immigrants currently in the US now live in states with such laws.
Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, is expected to sign the bill passed by the New Jersey Legislature on Monday night. The legislation would create two forms of driver’s licenses: a federally compliant Real ID license that let people board planes, and a “standard” driver’s license for driving and identification,...",left
6522,"N.Y., N.J. Sign Laws to Let Undocumented Immigrants Apply for Driver's Licenses","['Illegal Immigration', 'Undocumented Immigrants', 'Transportation', 'Law', 'New York', 'New Jersey', 'Green Light Law', 'Immigration']","New York law lets undocumented immigrants apply for driver's licenses, blocks ICE access",USA TODAY,"ALBANY, N.Y. – Federal immigration and border officials have been blocked from New York's DMV database, a move that keeps them from accessing data that can be used to help determine whether a vehicle owner has a criminal history or a warrant for their arrest.
New York's Green Light Law took effect Saturday, allowing those without legal immigration status to apply for driver's licenses in New York.
But the law also included a provision prohibiting state DMV officials from providing any of its data to entities that enforce immigration law...",left
6523,"N.Y., N.J. Sign Laws to Let Undocumented Immigrants Apply for Driver's Licenses","['Illegal Immigration', 'Undocumented Immigrants', 'Transportation', 'Law', 'New York', 'New Jersey', 'Green Light Law', 'Immigration']",New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signs law letting illegal immigrants get driver's licenses,Fox News (Online News),"New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill on Thursday allowing illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses, making the Garden State the 14th state in the country, along with the District of Columbia, to enact such a measure.
""Expanding access to driver's licenses is critical for the safety of New Jerseyans and a step toward building a stronger and fairer New Jersey for all,"" Murphy said.
Murphy, a Democrat, signed the bill after it was approved by the Democratic majorities in both the state Assembly and Senate, during their final...",right
6524,Left and Right Divided After Starbucks Asks 6 Police Officers to Leave,"['Business', 'Starbucks', 'Police']",Dump the #DumpStarbucks hashtag and national hand-wringing over Tempe police incident,Guest Writer - Left,"It’s like the first line of a bad joke: “Six Tempe police officers go into a Starbucks …”
And the punchline is even worse.
An unwise decision by a single barista in a single coffee shop on a single day winds up as a triple, venti, double-shot, non-fat, caramel macchiato campaign for a national boycott.
It’s time to dump the #DumpStarbucks hashtag, which never should have existed in the first place.",left
6525,Left and Right Divided After Starbucks Asks 6 Police Officers to Leave,"['Business', 'Starbucks', 'Police']",Charlie Kirk: Starbucks engages in intolerable discrimination against police,Guest Writer - Right,"On Feb. 1, 1960, four black college students sat down at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., and politely ordered coffee. White waitresses ignored them because the store had a policy of not serving African-Americans.
The incident sparked massive protests across the nation involving sit-ins by black people at Woolworth lunch counters, leading the chain to finally desegregate that July and boosting the civil rights movement.
This week, on the Fourth of July, the Officers Association in Tempe, Ariz., says six police officers were drinking coffee at a Starbucks...",right
6526,Left and Right Divided After Starbucks Asks 6 Police Officers to Leave,"['Business', 'Starbucks', 'Police']","Good cop, bad cop, and the Starbucks incident",Guest Writer,"I married a cop.
Well, he’s a retired lawyer now, but he was all cop when I met him. And as a young reporter at the time, I learned a great deal from this police supervisor and SWAT team commander that would prove useful in my career as a journalist.
I learned that — while relatively rare— there are bad cops, poorly-trained cops, power-hungry cops and careless cops. I even covered a case in Florida in which an auxiliary police officer turned out to be a serial killer. He shot...",center
6527,Feds Reportedly Believe They Have Enough Evidence to Charge Hunter Biden,"['Justice', 'Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Justice Department', 'FBI', 'US Attorneys', 'Drugs', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Banking And Finance', 'Taxes', 'Business']","Federal agents see chargeable tax, gun-purchase case against Hunter Biden",Washington Post,"Federal agents investigating President Biden’s son Hunter have gathered what they believe is sufficient evidence to charge him with tax crimes and a false statement related to a gun purchase, according to people familiar with the case. The next step is for the U.S. Attorney in Delaware, a Trump administration holdover, to decide on whether to file such charges, these people said.
The investigation into Hunter Biden began in 2018, and became a central focus for then-president Donald Trump during his unsuccessful 2020 reelection effort. Initially, the investigation centered around Hunter Biden’s finances...",left
6528,Feds Reportedly Believe They Have Enough Evidence to Charge Hunter Biden,"['Justice', 'Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Justice Department', 'FBI', 'US Attorneys', 'Drugs', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Banking And Finance', 'Taxes', 'Business']","Feds weigh charges against Hunter Biden, outcome of yearslong case could be 'imminent': source",Fox News (Online News),"Federal investigators are weighing whether to charge Hunter Biden with various tax and foreign lobbying violations, false statements and more, with a former official telling Fox News that an outcome to the case could be ""imminent.""
Fox News first reported in July that the federal investigation into President Biden’s son had reached a ""critical stage."" Hunter Biden has been under federal investigation since 2018.
The investigation is being conducted by Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss, a prosecutor appointed by former President Donald Trump.",right
6529,Feds Reportedly Believe They Have Enough Evidence to Charge Hunter Biden,"['Justice', 'Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Justice Department', 'FBI', 'US Attorneys', 'Drugs', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Banking And Finance', 'Taxes', 'Business']",Federal investigators indicate they have enough to charge Hunter Biden: report,The Hill,"Federal investigators believe they have compiled enough evidence to charge President Biden’s son Hunter Biden with tax crimes and on allegations related to falsifying paperwork having to do with a gun purchase in 2018, according to a report by The Washington Post on Thursday that cited people familiar with the case.
Hunter Biden has reportedly been under federal investigation by prosecutors seeking more information about his business dealings abroad, particularly income he received from a Ukrainian natural gas company as well as his business dealings in China and Kazakhstan. The investigation became central to former President Trump’s...",center
6530,"Trump Says US Will Remain 'Steadfast Partner' of Saudi Arabia, No New Punishment for Journalist Jamal Khashoggi's Murder",['Middle East'],"Statement from President Donald J. Trump on Saudi Arabia, Khashoggi murder",USA TODAY,The White House released the following statement by President Donald Trump in connection with Saudi Arabia and the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.,left
6531,"Trump Says US Will Remain 'Steadfast Partner' of Saudi Arabia, No New Punishment for Journalist Jamal Khashoggi's Murder",['Middle East'],"For Trump, the Truth About Jamal Khashoggi Is Beside the Point",The Atlantic,"The White House’s Tuesday statement was striking for its implication that, whatever the truth of the crown prince’s involvement, it didn’t really matter.",left
6532,"Trump Says US Will Remain 'Steadfast Partner' of Saudi Arabia, No New Punishment for Journalist Jamal Khashoggi's Murder",['Middle East'],Trump's mealy-mouthed statement on the Jamal Khashoggi murder is actually prudent,Washington Examiner,"President Trump was right to make a deliberately blurry finding on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's culpability for the Oct. 2 murder of Saudi dissident, Jamal Khashoggi at the",right
6533,Impeachment Witness Alexander Vindman 'Escorted' From White House,"['Alexander Vindman', 'Impeachment Trial', 'Adam Schiff', 'National Security', 'NSC', 'White House', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']","Key Impeachment Witness Vindman 'Escorted' From White House, His Lawyer Says",NPR (Online News),"Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the Ukraine expert at the National Security Council who became a star witness in the House impeachment hearings on President Trump's dealings with Ukraine, was escorted out of the White House on Friday, his lawyer said, adding Trump had ""decided to exact revenge.""
""There is no question in the mind of any American why this man's job is over, why this country now has one less soldier serving it at the White House. LTC Vindman was asked to leave for telling the truth,"" David Pressman of...",left
6534,Impeachment Witness Alexander Vindman 'Escorted' From White House,"['Alexander Vindman', 'Impeachment Trial', 'Adam Schiff', 'National Security', 'NSC', 'White House', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']","Alexander Vindman, Impeachment trial, Adam Schiff, National Security, NSC, White House",Vox,"“Do not worry. I will be fine for telling the truth,” Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman testified in November, during the House’s impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign against Ukraine.
But now that the Senate has delivered the president “total acquittal” on two articles of impeachment, a triumphant Trump is apparently seeking vengeance. And Vindman appears to be his first target.
Vindman, a top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, listened in on Trump’s July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He testified that he found the...",left
6535,Impeachment Witness Alexander Vindman 'Escorted' From White House,"['Alexander Vindman', 'Impeachment Trial', 'Adam Schiff', 'National Security', 'NSC', 'White House', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",BREAKING: Schiff's Impeachment Witness Has Been Fired and Escorted Out of the White House,Townhall,"Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman has been fired from the National Security Council and escorted out of the White House.
“Today, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman was escorted out of the White House where he has dutifully served his country and his President. He does so having spoken publicly once, and only pursuant to a subpoena from the United States Congress,"" Vindman's attorney released in a statement.
Vindman's ousting comes as part of a restructuring of the NSC, which has been in the works for months.
Last year Vindman testified...",right
6536,Ali + Hatch: Unlikely Friends,['Polarization'],Muhammad Ali and Orrin Hatch: An unlikely friendship,Politico,"Have you heard the one about the Mormon and the Muslim?
Politics makes strange bedfellows, but there may no odder couple in recent American political history than Orrin Hatch — the white, rock-ribbed conservative Utah Republican and Mormon — and Muhammad Ali, the most famous boxer ever, African-American icon and Muslim convert.
Yet the two had a friendship that lasted decades, up until Ali's death last week at age 74. Ali's wife, Lonnie, asked Hatch to speak at her husband's funeral Friday in Louisville, Ky., Ali's hometown.
Hatch said he...",left
6537,Ali + Hatch: Unlikely Friends,['Polarization'],Senator Hatch's Remarks at the funeral service for Muhammad Ali,YouTube,Video: Footage recorded as shown live on MSNBC,center
6538,Ali + Hatch: Unlikely Friends,['Polarization'],Bill Clinton and Orrin Hatch Among Speakers at Muhammad Ali’s Memorial,New York Times (News),"Among the dignitaries who will speak on Friday at Muhammad Ali’s memorial service in Louisville, Ky., such as former President Bill Clinton and the comedian Billy Crystal, is one Washington figure who might be something of a surprise: Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Republican of Utah.
Mr. Ali, the former heavyweight champion, showed up in Mr. Hatch’s office in the Senate one day in 1988, apparently impressed by Mr. Hatch’s performance at some high-profile hearings. A deep friendship was born.
Mr. Ali campaigned in Utah for Mr. Hatch’s re-election in 1988...",left
6539,World Bank Lowers 2022 Global Growth Prediction Amid Recession Fears,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'World', 'World Bank', 'Inflation', 'Stagflation', 'Supply Chains', 'Coronavirus Lockdowns', 'Ukraine War', 'Currency', 'Federal Reserve', 'Janet Yellen', 'Trade']",World Bank warns global economy may suffer 1970s-style stagflation,Washington Post,"The global economy may be headed for years of weak growth and rising prices, a toxic combination that will test the stability of dozens of countries still struggling to rebound from the pandemic, the World Bank warned Tuesday.
Not since the 1970s — when twin oil shocks sapped growth and lifted prices, giving rise to the malady known as “stagflation” — has the global economy faced such a challenge.
The bank slashed its annual global growth forecast to 2.9 percent from January’s 4.1 percent and said that “subdued growth will...",left
6540,World Bank Lowers 2022 Global Growth Prediction Amid Recession Fears,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'World', 'World Bank', 'Inflation', 'Stagflation', 'Supply Chains', 'Coronavirus Lockdowns', 'Ukraine War', 'Currency', 'Federal Reserve', 'Janet Yellen', 'Trade']","World Bank slashes global growth forecast to 2.9%, warns of 1970s-style stagflation",CNBC,"The World Bank on Tuesday slashed its global growth forecast and warned that many countries could fall into recession as the economy slips into a period of stagflation reminiscent of the 1970s.
Global economic expansion is expected to slip to 2.9% this year from 5.7% in 2021 — 1.2 percentage points lower than the 4.1% predicted in January, the Washington-based bank said in its latest Global Economic Prospects report.
Growth is expected to then hover around that level through 2023 to 2024 while inflation remains above target in most economies, the...",center
6541,World Bank Lowers 2022 Global Growth Prediction Amid Recession Fears,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'World', 'World Bank', 'Inflation', 'Stagflation', 'Supply Chains', 'Coronavirus Lockdowns', 'Ukraine War', 'Currency', 'Federal Reserve', 'Janet Yellen', 'Trade']",‘Sharpest Slowdown In 80 Years’: World Bank Releases Ominous News About Recession Risk,The Daily Wire,"The World Bank cut its global growth forecasts for 2022 on Tuesday and warned of the “sharpest slowdown in 80 years.”
In January, the international financial institution forecasted 4.1% economic growth for this year. In light of elevated inflation, lockdowns in China, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and other phenomena, the World Bank revised its 2022 forecast to 2.9%.",right
6542,Postmaster General Suspends Changes to USPS Until After Election,"['US House', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Mail-In Voting', 'USPS']",Post Office Chief Suspends Controversial Changes Until After Election,NPR (Online News),"Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has announced he will suspend the controversial changes he instituted to the U.S. Postal Service until after the November election.
""To avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail, I am suspending these initiatives until after the election is concluded,"" DeJoy said in a statement.
He said that between now and Election Day, retail hours at post offices will not change, no mail processing facilities will be closed, mail processing equipment and collection boxes will remain in place, and overtime for workers will be...",left
6543,Postmaster General Suspends Changes to USPS Until After Election,"['US House', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Mail-In Voting', 'USPS']","Postmaster general agrees to testify before Senate, House lawmakers amid mail-in voting firestorm",ABC News (Online),"Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday agreed to testify on Friday before Senate lawmakers, setting up President Donald Trump's controversial pick for two blockbuster hearings within a few days amid a political firestorm over mail-in voting and claims that President Donald Trump is trying to ""sabotage"" the November election.
After Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., announced the Friday hearing, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer credited ""immense pressure from Senate Democrats and the American people"" with having ""forced Senate Republicans to confront Postmaster General DeJoy's...",left
6544,Postmaster General Suspends Changes to USPS Until After Election,"['US House', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Mail-In Voting', 'USPS']","USPS vows it won’t change equipment, overtime until after 2020 election",New York Post (News),"Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday pledged not to make any changes to equipment or overtime at the US Postal Service until after the election.
DeJoy is poised to testify Friday before a Senate committee and on Monday before a House committee about cutbacks to services and machinery ahead of an anticipated deluge of mail-in ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“The Postal Service is ready today to handle whatever volume of election mail it receives this fall,” DeJoy said in a statement.",right
6545,Nancy Pelosi Says She Opposes Pursuing Impeachment of Donald Trump,"['Impeachment', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Politics']","Pelosi Says It's 'Just Not Worth It' to Impeach Trump, but These Democrats Aren't Giving Up",CBN,"Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) says it's ""just not worth it"" to attempt to impeach President Donald Trump.
She told the Washington Post, ""Unless there's something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don't think we should go down that path, because it divides the country.""
Still, Pelosi doesn't think Trump deserves to be president. ""Are we talking ethically? Intellectually? Politically? What are we talking here?"" she said. ""All of the above. No. No. I don't think he is... I mean, ethically unfit. Intellectually unfit. Curiosity-wise...",right
6546,Nancy Pelosi Says She Opposes Pursuing Impeachment of Donald Trump,"['Impeachment', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Politics']",Pelosi Opposes Pursuing Impeachment of Trump,Wall Street Journal (News),"House speaker says such a move would be too divisive.
WASHINGTON—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) said she doesn’t support pursuing the impeachment of President Trump, saying such a step would be too divisive and the Democratic Party should focus instead on winning back the White House in 2020.
“I’m not for impeachment,” Mrs. Pelosi said in a Washington Post interview published Monday. “Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there’s something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don’t think we should go down that path.""",center
6547,Nancy Pelosi Says She Opposes Pursuing Impeachment of Donald Trump,"['Impeachment', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Politics']","Impeaching Trump Is ‘Not Worth It,’ Nancy Pelosi Says",New York Times (News),"Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, who has played down talk of impeachment for months, ratcheted up her objections to trying to remove President Trump from office in an interview published on Monday.
“I’m not for impeachment,” Ms. Pelosi told The Washington Post Magazine in the interview, which was conducted last week.
“Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there’s something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don’t think we should go down that path, because it divides the country,” she added. “And he’s just not worth it.”...",left
6548,U.S. Court Rules North Carolina Gerrymandered Map Is Unconstitutional,['Elections'],"U.S. court says North Carolina gerrymander is illegal, seeks new congressional map",Reuters,"A federal court ruled on Monday that North Carolina Republicans illegally drew up U.S. congressional districts in the state to benefit their party, suggesting that new lines be crafted before November’s election.",center
6549,U.S. Court Rules North Carolina Gerrymandered Map Is Unconstitutional,['Elections'],Fair elections just won a victory in the courts. Now the Republican assault begins.,Washington Post,"On Monday, a federal appeals court struck down a congressional district map drawn by Republican legislators in North Carolina, one of the most brazenly gerrymandered states in the country, saying",left
6550,U.S. Court Rules North Carolina Gerrymandered Map Is Unconstitutional,['Elections'],Monday's federal court ruling may just give Democrats the House,Washington Examiner,A federal court just issued a ruling that could push Democrats over the top in their effort to retake the House of Representatives this November.,right
6551,Trump’s Immigration Speech,['Immigration'],Fact-checking Donald Trump’s immigration speech,Washington Post,Donald Trump gave his long-awaited speech on immigration in Phoenix on Aug. 31. Here’s a roundup of some of the more interesting claims he made in the lengthy address; we expect we will dig deeper into some of his other statistics in the coming days.,left
6552,Trump’s Immigration Speech,['Immigration'],OPINION: Trump immigration speech: A president was born on Wednesday,Guest Writer - Right,"America, we were introduced to our next president on Wednesday night. He’s not a politician. He is one of a kind. He is an American. Welcome President Donald J. Trump.",right
6553,Trump’s Immigration Speech,['Immigration'],Trump's immigration rope-a-dope,Politico,"After diplomatic turn in Mexico, a fiery immigration speech proves the GOP nominee's moderation to be a ruse.",left
6554,Judgement of Sebelius,['Healthcare'],Don't fire Sebelius; just fix the mess,CNN (Online News),"A host of Republicans is calling for the head of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius over the troubled health care website rollout. Thirty-three Republican members of Congress signed Rep. John Fleming's letter to President Barack Obama demanding that Sebelius be fired. But whether to sack her is not one of the questions we should be asking.
The secretary spent 3 ½ hours testifying before a congressional committee on Wednesday about the awful mess that was the launch of the federal website intended to allow millions of Americans...",left
6555,Judgement of Sebelius,['Healthcare'],This Was How Kathleen Sebelius Reacted When A GOP Lawmaker Gave Her 'Web Sites For Dummies',HuffPost,"During a Friday Obamacare education and outreach session in Tennessee, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius faced an unexpected encounter.
The Memphis Daily News captured a photo of Sebelius holding a copy of ""Web Sites for Dummies"" at a local library. The individual behind the exchange was state Sen. Brian Kelsey (R), who claimed on Twitter that the ""book is simply a reminder"" that ""Tennessee does NOT want Medicaid expansion.""",left
6556,Judgement of Sebelius,['Healthcare'],Deep sleep: ObamaCare site goes offline for extended maintenance,Fox News (Online News),"The problem-plagued ObamaCare website shut down Saturday night for “extended” repairs, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Technicians have shut down HealthCare.gov during weekends since the site launched Oct. 1 but just for a few overnight hours.
The site was scheduled to be offline from 9 p.m. ET Saturday until 9 a.m. Sunday.
""The HealthCare.gov tech team is performing extended maintenance this weekend to improve network infrastructure and make enhancements to the online application and enrollment tools,” agency spokeswoman Joanne Peters said Saturday.",right
6557,Trump to Hold Virtual Rally on Rush Limbaugh's Radio Show Friday,"['Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']",Limbaugh: Trump to hold 'virtual rally' on radio show Friday,The Hill,"Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh announced that President Trump will host a “virtual rally” on his nationally syndicated show on Friday as Trump seeks to gin up enthusiasm among his supporters heading into Election Day.
“I’m thrilled to announce that our commander-in-chief, President Donald Trump, will be right here tomorrow hosting the largest virtual rally in radio history,” Limbaugh said on his show Thursday afternoon. “It will be special, and I am really looking forward to it.”
The conservative host, who boasts 15.5 million listeners per day according to Talkers...",center
6558,Trump to Hold Virtual Rally on Rush Limbaugh's Radio Show Friday,"['Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']",Trump to host 'virtual rally' with Rush Limbaugh on Friday,Washington Examiner,"A top conservative radio host whose adamant support of President Trump helped galvanize his election in 2016 scored a virtual visit from the commander in chief himself.
On his radio show Thursday afternoon, Rush Limbaugh said Trump will join him on the airwaves Friday as part of a ""virtual rally.""
“I’m thrilled to announce that our commander in chief, President Donald Trump, will be right here tomorrow hosting the largest virtual rally in radio history,” Limbaugh said during his show on Thursday. “It will be special, and I am really...",right
6559,Trump to Hold Virtual Rally on Rush Limbaugh's Radio Show Friday,"['Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']","Live and nationwide, it’s Donald J. Trump on radio today",Boston Herald,"I have a great lead-in for my radio show today on most of my stations, including WRKO. Donald J. Trump. Everybody needs guest hosts occasionally. And sometimes, when you’re breaking in a replacement, you wonder if he’s going to be up to the task of carrying a show for three or four hours, hitting the hard breaks, taking just enough callers but not too many, etc. But Rush Limbaugh’s got nothing to worry about today. President Trump doesn’t even need to take a call. He could talk a dog off...",right
6560,Trump Says the 'Fake News Media' Are 'the true Enemy of the People',['Media Bias'],‘Great Anger’ in America Caused By ‘Fake News’ — Trump Rips Media For Biased Reports,Independent Journal Review,President Donald Trump took to Twitter to slam the media for what he claimed was inaccurate reporting. Many news outlets have published op-eds and articles that have questioned recent,right
6561,Trump Says the 'Fake News Media' Are 'the true Enemy of the People',['Media Bias'],President Trump renews attacks on press as 'true enemy of the people' even as CNN receives another suspected bomb,New York Daily News,President Trump returned on Monday to excoriating the free press as “the true Enemy of the People” even as CNN announced it had received another suspected bomb in the mail.,left
6562,Trump Says the 'Fake News Media' Are 'the true Enemy of the People',['Media Bias'],Trump blames 'Fake News' for country's anger: 'The true Enemy of the People',The Hill,"President Trump on Monday blamed what he deems unfair media coverage for causing ""great anger"" in the country in the wake of a violent week that saw a spate of mail bombs and a shooting",center
6563,"UN Climate Report Highlights 'Unavoidable' Risks of Global Warming, Urges Action","['Climate Change', 'Sustainability', 'Environment', 'United Nations', 'Energy']",UN climate panel’s ‘dire warning’ hits realpolitik as Putin exploits an energy-starved world,Washington Times,"The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change called Monday for “urgent action” in its latest report, prodding countries to hasten emissions reductions even as events in Ukraine threaten to submerge the global-warming agenda.
The IPCC Working Group II report said that climate change is running ahead of global adaptation efforts, creating “dangerous and widespread disruption in nature” that could be irreversible unless action is taken quickly.
“This report is a dire warning about the consequences of inaction,” said IPCC chair Hoesung Lee in a statement. “It shows that climate change is a grave...",right
6564,"UN Climate Report Highlights 'Unavoidable' Risks of Global Warming, Urges Action","['Climate Change', 'Sustainability', 'Environment', 'United Nations', 'Energy']","'Delay means death': We're running out of ways to adapt to the climate crisis, new report shows. Here are the key takeaways",CNN (Online News),"Climate change is on course to transform life on Earth as we know it, and unless global warming is dramatically slowed, billions of people and other species will reach points where they can no longer adapt to the new normal, according to a major report published Monday.
The UN-backed report, based on years of research from hundreds of scientists, found that the impacts from human-caused climate change were larger than previously thought. The report's authors say these impacts are happening much faster and are more disruptive and widespread than scientists expected 20 years ago....",left
6565,"UN Climate Report Highlights 'Unavoidable' Risks of Global Warming, Urges Action","['Climate Change', 'Sustainability', 'Environment', 'United Nations', 'Energy']","UN climate report: 'Atlas of human suffering' worse, bigger",Associated Press,"Deadly with extreme weather now, climate change is about to get so much worse. It is likely going to make the world sicker, hungrier, poorer, gloomier and way more dangerous in the next 18 years with an “unavoidable” increase in risks, a new United Nations science report says.
And after that watch out.
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report said Monday if human-caused global warming isn’t limited to just another couple tenths of a degree, an Earth now struck regularly by deadly heat, fires, floods and drought in...",left
6566,"US Works to Evacuate Americans, Afghans at Kabul Airport","['Middle East', 'Afghanistan', 'World', 'Taliban']","Evacuees Won’t Be Charged for Flights From Kabul, State Dept Says Amid Confusion",The Epoch Times,"U.S. citizens evacuated from Afghanistan by the United States will not be charged for repatriation flights, the State Department clarified, amid reports that some were asked to pay $2,000 or more.
“In these unique circumstances, we have no intention of seeking any reimbursement from those fleeing Afghanistan,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told several media outlets on Thursday.
The U.S. embassy in Afghanistan had previously said it would seek reimbursement for the cost of evacuation flights from those seeking evacuation assistance once they were safely out of the country.
The Overseas Security...",right
6567,"US Works to Evacuate Americans, Afghans at Kabul Airport","['Middle East', 'Afghanistan', 'World', 'Taliban']",Diplomats urged State Department to begin evacuations out of Afghanistan last month,NBC News (Online),"WASHINGTON — Last month, two dozen diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, warned about the possibility of a Taliban takeover and urged the State Department to begin an airlift operation in a dissent cable sent to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, according to a source familiar with the situation.
The July 13 cable called on Washington to be firm and direct in describing atrocities by the Taliban, the source said. NBC News has not seen the cable.
A dissent channel cable is a confidential, formal way for State Department diplomats...",left
6568,"US Works to Evacuate Americans, Afghans at Kabul Airport","['Middle East', 'Afghanistan', 'World', 'Taliban']","US struggles to speed Kabul airlift despite Taliban, chaos",Associated Press,"The United States is struggling to pick up the pace of American and Afghan evacuations at Kabul airport, constrained by obstacles ranging from armed Taliban checkpoints to paperwork problems. With an Aug. 31 deadline looming, tens of thousands remained to be airlifted from the chaotic country.
Taliban fighters and their checkpoints ringed the airport — major barriers for Afghans who fear that their past work with Westerners makes them prime targets for retribution. Hundreds of Afghans who lacked any papers or clearance for evacuation also congregated outside the airport, adding to...",left
6569,Republicans Release Final Tax Bill,['Taxes'],The final GOP tax bill is complete. Here’s what is in it.,Washington Post,The bill would affect nearly every American business and family.,left
6570,Republicans Release Final Tax Bill,['Taxes'],Republicans release their final tax bill ahead of key vote next week,CNN (Online News),"Republicans unveiled their final tax bill Friday evening, a step that will place them on track to vote on their plan next week and potentially have President Donald Trump sign it into law by the end of the year.",left
6571,Republicans Release Final Tax Bill,['Taxes'],Republicans unveil $1.5 trillion tax-cut package,Washington Times,"Congressional Republicans late Friday officially unveiled their final $1.4 trillion-plus tax-cut plan that slashes corporate and individual rates, winds down certain credits and exemptions, and imposes new international tax rules.",right
6572,Perspectives: Should Donald Trump be Prosecuted?,"['Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Criminal Justice', 'January 6th', 'January 6 Committee', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid']","In Speech Walkback, Biden Now Admits He’s The Real Threat To Democracy",The Federalist,"President Joe Biden attempted to walk back his divisive rhetoric delivered Thursday night, when the commander-in-chief stood before Independence Hall flanked by Marines illuminated by blood-red lights like stormtroopers.
Two months before the November midterms, Biden went on a 25-minute tirade in which he branded his political opposition as an existential threat to democracy and the “soul of this nation.”
“Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our Republic,” Biden said. “There’s no question that the Republican Party today is dominated, driven,...",right
6573,Perspectives: Should Donald Trump be Prosecuted?,"['Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Criminal Justice', 'January 6th', 'January 6 Committee', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid']",The Case for Prosecuting Donald Trump,Jed Shugerman,"Recent reports suggest that the Department of Justice is ramping up its investigation of former President Donald Trump’s criminal liability for the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. The FBI search of Mar-a-Lago for classified documents has opened up a different legal front against the former president, but it is important not to lose sight of this summer’s earlier revelations that increase the chance that Trump will be prosecuted for his efforts to overturn the election and for the violence at the Capitol.
Some commentators have questioned the wisdom...",left
6574,Perspectives: Should Donald Trump be Prosecuted?,"['Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Criminal Justice', 'January 6th', 'January 6 Committee', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid']",AllSides Coverage of Donald Trump,AllSides,"Donald Trump was the 45th President of the United States.
The former President's Florida residence, known as Mar-a-Lago, was searched by FBI agents last month after a Federal Judge signed off on a warrant. The search was conducted to locate and recover classified materials that Trump allegedly had in his possession.
AllSides curates balanced news and diverse perspectives on Donald Trump and hundreds of other topics. 
 ",center
6575,Senator Elizabeth Warren Takes Big Move Toward 2020 Presidential Run,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",She's Running: Guess Who Just Formed a 2020 Exploratory Committee,Townhall,"She persisted. And she's running. In a new four-minute video released on Monday, the last day of 2018, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) announced that she's forming an exploratory committee for the 2020 presidential election.",right
6576,Senator Elizabeth Warren Takes Big Move Toward 2020 Presidential Run,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Elizabeth Warren launches exploratory committee ahead of likely 2020 presidential run,CNN (Online News),"Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren took a major step toward a presidential run on Monday, announcing in a video message and email to supporters that she is forming an exploratory committee ahead of an expected campaign for the Democratic nomination in 2020.",left
6577,Senator Elizabeth Warren Takes Big Move Toward 2020 Presidential Run,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Elizabeth Warren Launches Exploratory Bid For President In 2020,NPR (Online News),Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has announced she is forming an exploratory committee as she considers whether to seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2020.,left
6578,Excluded from WH Briefing,"['White House', 'Politics']",Some Media Outlets Excluded From White House Briefing,Wall Street Journal (News),"Reporters from several major news outlets, including the New York Times and CNN, were excluded from attending a White House press briefing on Friday, an unusual move that underscores the increasingly strained relations between the new administration and the media.",center
6579,Excluded from WH Briefing,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump White House Bars News Organizations From Press Briefing,HuffPost,"The White House blocked several news outlets from attending a closed-door briefing Friday afternoon with press secretary Sean Spicer, a decision that drew strong rebukes from news organizations and may only heighten tensions between the press corps and the administration.",left
6580,Excluded from WH Briefing,"['White House', 'Politics']",WH Defends Limited Press Briefing: 'We Invited the Pool',Townhall,"White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer defended Friday’s press gaggle, which restricted the number of journalists present.
According to an audio recording of the briefing circulated by the pool, when Spicer was asked whether he was playing favorites by excluding outlets such as The New York Times, CNN, BBC, and the Los Angeles Times, among others, he said he “disagreed with the premise of the question,” but added that the White House had “shown an abundance of accessibility.”",right
6581,White House Disputes Reports on Biden-Ukraine Call,"['Europe', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Joe Biden', 'War', 'World']",Biden warns Russia may invade next month,BBC News,"US President Joe Biden has warned there is a ""distinct possibility"" Russia might invade Ukraine next month, the White House says.
Russia meanwhile says it sees ""little ground for optimism"" in resolving the crisis after the US rejected Russia's main demands.
The build-up of tens of thousands of Russian troops on Ukraine's borders in recent weeks has stoked fears of an invasion.
Russia denies it is planning an attack.
The US president made the comments in a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday.
""President Biden said that...",center
6582,White House Disputes Reports on Biden-Ukraine Call,"['Europe', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Joe Biden', 'War', 'World']",Ukrainian official tells CNN Biden's call with Ukrainian President 'did not go well' but White House disputes account,CNN (Online News),"A call between US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday ""did not go well,"" a senior Ukrainian official told CNN, amid disagreements over the ""risk levels"" of a Russian attack.
The White House, however, disputed the official's account, warning that anonymous sources were ""leaking falsehoods."" They did state that Biden warned Zelensky an imminent invasion is a ""distinct possibility.""
On the call, which the Ukrainian official described as ""long and frank,"" Biden warned his Ukrainian counterpart that a Russian attack may be imminent, saying that an invasion was now...",left
6583,White House Disputes Reports on Biden-Ukraine Call,"['Europe', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Joe Biden', 'War', 'World']",White House Rebuts 'Completely False' Claim of 'Virtually Certain Invasion',Newsmax (News),"The White House National Security Council is disputing a ''completely false'' claim from a Ukrainian official to CNN that President Joe Biden has warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of the inevitability of a Russian invasion.
After an official asserted that Biden warned of Kyiv being potentially ''sacked'' and said Ukraine should ''prepare for impact'' once the ground freezes, White House NSC spokeswoman Emily Horne tweeted a pointed objection to the readout of the call between leaders.
''This is not true,'' Horne tweeted. ''President Biden said that there is a distinct possibility that the...",right
6584,"Supreme Court Blocks Vaccine Rule for Private Businesses, Allows Health Care Mandate","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Supreme Court', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'John Roberts', 'Business', 'Role Of Government', 'Joe Biden']",Supreme Court Blocks Biden’s Vaccine-Or-Test Rule For Large Employers,HuffPost,"The Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration from enforcing its emergency rule mandating that workers at large businesses get vaccinated or undergo regular testing for COVID-19, a major setback for the president’s national vaccination effort.
However, the court decided to allow the administration to proceed with a vaccine mandate for health care workers at federally funded facilities.
The justices’ decision to intervene and halt one of the vaccine regulations has major public health implications amid a surge in coronavirus cases due to the omicron variant. The White House hoped the rule, issued through the...",left
6585,"Supreme Court Blocks Vaccine Rule for Private Businesses, Allows Health Care Mandate","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Supreme Court', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'John Roberts', 'Business', 'Role Of Government', 'Joe Biden']","Supreme Court blocks Biden Covid vaccine mandate for businesses, allows health-care worker rule",CNBC,"The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Biden administration from enforcing its sweeping vaccine-or-test requirements for large private companies, but allowed a vaccine mandate to stand for medical facilities that take Medicare or Medicaid payments.
The rulings came three days after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s emergency measure for businesses started to take effect.
The mandate required that workers at businesses with 100 or more employees get vaccinated or submit a negative Covid test weekly to enter the workplace. It also required unvaccinated workers to wear masks indoors at work....",center
6586,"Supreme Court Blocks Vaccine Rule for Private Businesses, Allows Health Care Mandate","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Supreme Court', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'John Roberts', 'Business', 'Role Of Government', 'Joe Biden']","Supreme Court Blocks Biden Vaccine Mandate for Large Employers, Allows Health-Care Vaccine Requirement",National Review,"The Supreme Court temporarily suspended the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers on Thursday, but allowed the administration’s vaccine mandate for health-care workers at facilities that receive federal funding to go into effect.
In the first case, the conservative majority on the bench ruled in a 6-3 vote to block President Biden’s vaccine requirement for private businesses pending further review by the court. Biden had argued that the order derived authority from the 1971 Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), which empowered the federal government to regulate workplace health and safety standards.
However,...",right
6587,"9/11, 15 Years Later",['Terrorism'],"Where 9/11 once united, it now divides",CNN (Online News),"The days following the September 11, 2001, attacks were marked by political solidarity over confronting America's enemies. No longer.
As the 15th anniversary of the horrific attacks approaches Sunday, the political world is bitterly divided on how to address terrorism and national security.",left
6588,"9/11, 15 Years Later",['Terrorism'],September 11th: Where Do We Go From Here?,The American Spectator,September 11th feels like yesterday. The towers on fire. The buildings collapsing on live TV. The Pentagon hit. The horror of Flight 93. The sense that war was upon us and nowhere was safe.,right
6589,"9/11, 15 Years Later",['Terrorism'],How 9/11 Changed These Muslim Americans’ Lives Forever,HuffPost,"Muslims experienced very different treatment in America 15 years ago.
“There was a sense of intrigue; it was something different,” said Adam Soltani, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Oklahoma chapter, of how others viewed Islam. “But I didn’t sense any fear in being Muslim at all.”",left
6590,Democrats Introduce Bill To Raise Minimum Wage To $15 by 2025,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Minimum Wage', 'US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'Joe Biden', 'Labor', 'Business']",Top Democrats introduce bill to raise minimum wage to $15 by 2025,Axios,"A group of top Democrats on Tuesday introduced legislation to gradually increase the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour over five years.
Why it matters: The policy, which has widespread support among Democratic lawmakers, aligns with what President Joe Biden has called for in his emergency COVID-19 relief package. It would more than double the current minimum wage of $7.25.
Congress has not increased the federal minimum wage in more than a decade.
The state of play: The bill — sponsored by House Committee on Education and Labor...",center
6591,Democrats Introduce Bill To Raise Minimum Wage To $15 by 2025,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Minimum Wage', 'US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'Joe Biden', 'Labor', 'Business']",Democrats Unveil $15 Minimum Wage Bill Ahead of Stimulus Action,Bloomberg,"House and Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a bill to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, highlighting their intention to include the measure in the next round of Covid-19 relief.
The Raise the Wage Act of 2021 follows through on one of President Joe Biden’s priorities for the aid package, and mirrors a bill that passed in the House in 2019. It would phase in the hike from the current $7.25 to $9.50 this year and the full $15 by 2025.",left
6592,Democrats Introduce Bill To Raise Minimum Wage To $15 by 2025,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Minimum Wage', 'US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'Joe Biden', 'Labor', 'Business']","Dems unveil $15 minimum wage bill, say they may use reconciliation to pass legislation",Fox News (Online News),"A group of Democratic lawmakers reintroduced legislation on Tuesday to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2025 — and indicated they may use a powerful procedural tool to pass the bill using their slimmest-possible Senate majority.
“Let’s be clear: The $7.25 an hour federal minimum wage is a starvation wage,” Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the incoming chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said during a call with reporters. ""No person in America can make it on $8, $10 or $12 an hour.""",right
6593,Obama Says US Misjudged ISIS,['Middle East'],Obama: 'Contradictory' Syria Policy Helps Assad,ABC News (Online),"President Barack Obama on Sunday gave voice to the conundrum at the heart of his Syria policy, acknowledging that the U.S.-led military campaign against the Islamic State group and al-Qaida's affiliate in Syria is helping Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, a man the United Nations has accused of war crimes.",left
6594,Obama Says US Misjudged ISIS,['Middle East'],Obama admits ISIS threat was misjudged as U.S. splits emerge,CNN (Online News),"A week after U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria began, lawmakers continued to question President Barack Obama's strategy for defeating the militant group ISIS, which he admitted in a televised interview Sunday was more powerful than the U.S. initially believed.",left
6595,Obama Says US Misjudged ISIS,['Middle East'],"Obama says US 'underestimated' rise of ISIS, admits 'contradictory' Syria policy",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama acknowledged Sunday that U.S. intelligence officials ""underestimated"" the threat posed by the Islamic State and overestimated the Iraqi army’s capacity to defeat the militant group.",right
6596,House Begins ACA Repeal and Replace,"['US House', 'Politics']",Congress approves initial measures to repeal Affordable Care Act,The Guardian,"Congress has set the stage for repeal of the Affordable Care Act, approving a preliminary measure that will allow Republicans to dismantle Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law.",left
6597,House Begins ACA Repeal and Replace,"['US House', 'Politics']",House takes first step towards repealing Obamacare,CNN (Online News),"The House of Representatives began the process of dismantling the Affordable Care Act on Friday, approving a budget resolution on a mostly party line vote.",left
6598,House Begins ACA Repeal and Replace,"['US House', 'Politics']",House passes budget to begin Obamacare repeal-and-replace process,Washington Times,"The House passed a 2017 budget Friday that lays the groundwork for dismantling Obamacare, brushing aside intra-GOP anxiety and defiant Democrats to launch the repeal-and-replace strategy staked out by President-elect Donald Trump.",right
6599,"Olympians Compete in Beijing Amid Low TV Ratings, Criticism of Chinese Government","['Sports', 'Beijing Olympics', 'China', 'Human Rights', 'Peng Shuai', 'Uighur Muslims', 'Media Industry', 'NBC News Bias']",Celebrate Your Right To Ignore (or Watch) the Olympics,Reason,"Viewership for the Olympics is down (way down) from 2018, to an audience for the 2022 opening ceremonies that was 43 percent smaller than that which watched the winter games in 2018. But that still leaves millions of Americans choosing to watch the international contest, which is fine. Unlike the situation in many other countries, U.S. Olympic teams are supported by those who spend of their own accord, so everybody is free to glue themselves to the screen, to tune in on occasion, or to totally ignore the event without being compelled to...",right
6600,"Olympians Compete in Beijing Amid Low TV Ratings, Criticism of Chinese Government","['Sports', 'Beijing Olympics', 'China', 'Human Rights', 'Peng Shuai', 'Uighur Muslims', 'Media Industry', 'NBC News Bias']",These Olympics Are Not a Shelter,Slate,"Sports were never a durable shelter from the world for anyone who wasn’t privileged enough, or naïve enough, to turn them into one. Every game fits into the world it inhabits, for good or ill. The Olympics are even more enmeshed in the rest of the world than other sporting events, as evidenced by the massive political operations that go into landing them for host countries in the first place, the flags that fly all over them, and the nationalistic scenes they create. Maybe the most remembered Winter Olympic moment...",left
6601,"Olympians Compete in Beijing Amid Low TV Ratings, Criticism of Chinese Government","['Sports', 'Beijing Olympics', 'China', 'Human Rights', 'Peng Shuai', 'Uighur Muslims', 'Media Industry', 'NBC News Bias']",Why Americans are turned off by the Olympics,Axios,"Americans' concerns about the Chinese government's human rights abuses, surveillance and international competitiveness — and fears of another COVID-19 outbreak — are driving down enthusiasm about this year's Winter Olympics, according to a new Axios-Momentive poll.
The big picture: Seven in 10 survey respondents disapprove of allowing China to host these Olympics — but half plan to tune in anyhow.
Just 7% say they're more enthusiastic about this year's games than the 2018 games in South Korea, while 47% say they're less enthusiastic.
Fewer than half of Americans say the Olympics should go...",center
6602,Could Warren Run?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The Speech That Could Make Elizabeth Warren the Next President of the United States,HuffPost,"Early Friday evening Sen. Elizabeth Warren took to the Senate floor and gave a plain-spoken, barn-burning speech that could make history and put her into serious contention to be the next President of the United States.
There are only a handful of political speeches that have such historic impact. Barack Obama's keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic Convention comes readily to mind. It's what catapulted an obscure Illinois state Senator into the national limelight and put him on the path to becoming President.
Warren's Senate speech was different, but just...",left
6603,Could Warren Run?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Press, left swoon for Warren",Fox News (Online News),"Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is still using a strict present-tense “not running” as her answer to questions about her possible presidential ambitions. But that seems increasingly likely to change given the overwhelmingly positive (and generally overwhelming) coverage of her bid to harass the White House and Senate leaders over Wall Street carve outs stuffed in a fiscal-cliff spending bill. The Daily Beast called her the “most powerful Democrat in America.” The WaPo warned Warren’s moves may force 2016 frontrunner Hillary Clinton to alter her plans. And Warren got star treatment...",right
6604,Could Warren Run?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Warren says (4 times) she's not running for president,CNN (Online News),"She's said it once, and she'll say it four times: Sen. Elizabeth Warren is not running for president.
Asked four times by NPR's Steve Inskeep on Monday morning whether she was running for president, Warren held her ground, repeating each time: ""I am not running for president.""
""That's not what we're doing. We had a really important fight in the United States Congress just this past week, and I'm putting all my energy into that fight, into what happens after this,"" the Massachusetts Democrat said.
Inskeep pointed...",left
6605,Press Secretary Sarah Sanders to Depart White House,"['White House', 'Sarah Sanders', 'Politics']","Good riddance, Sarah Sanders: Washington's worst communicator",The Guardian,"What on earth was the point of Sarah Sanders?
For 94 days, the outgoing White House press secretary gave no press briefing in the press room just a few steps from the press office that she nominally ran.
But the press did not stop pressing.
For more than three years, Sanders made no meaningful news on behalf of a boss who considers it his presidential priority to make as much meaningless news as possible.
Yet the news did not stop breaking.",left
6606,Press Secretary Sarah Sanders to Depart White House,"['White House', 'Sarah Sanders', 'Politics']",Sarah Sanders: White House press secretary resigns,BBC News,"White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders is leaving her post, President Donald Trump has announced.
He said his spokeswoman would return to her home state of Arkansas at the end of June, praising her as a ""warrior"".
Mrs Sanders, who is the latest senior White House aide to exit, said her role had been ""the honour of a lifetime"".
Her credibility was questioned during a combative tenure that saw press briefings all but relegated to a thing of the past.
She started out as deputy press secretary before replacing Sean...",center
6607,Press Secretary Sarah Sanders to Depart White House,"['White House', 'Sarah Sanders', 'Politics']",Four very different replacements for Sarah Huckabee Sanders,Washington Examiner,"In an unexpected tweet on Thursday afternoon, President Trump announced that White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving her post at the end of June. Who should replace her?
Well, here are four Trump supporters who would bring very different styles to the Brady Room's podium.
First off, in the MAGA devotee category: Sebastian Gorka. With a penchant for rather hyperbolic support of the president, and rather hyperbolic disdain for Trump's opponents, Gorka would obviously bring a smile to the president's face. It is far less certain...",right
6608,NY District Judge Says He'll Dismiss Sarah Palin Libel Lawsuit,"['Justice', 'Sarah Palin', 'New York Times', 'Defamation', 'Media Bias']",Judge says he'll dismiss Palin's landmark libel lawsuit against NYT,Axios,"The New York Times was handed a small victory on Monday, after a New York district judge said he would dismiss a landmark defamation case brought against it by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
Driving the news: In an unusual decision ahead of the jury vote Monday, Judge Jed S. Rakoff said Palin failed to prove the New York Times acted with ""actual malice,"" per NPR's David Folkenflik.
Be smart: In dismissing the case, the judge opens up the opportunity for Palin's legal team to appeal the jury's decision in an appellate court.
The...",center
6609,NY District Judge Says He'll Dismiss Sarah Palin Libel Lawsuit,"['Justice', 'Sarah Palin', 'New York Times', 'Defamation', 'Media Bias']",NY Times Wins Motion to Potentially Override Any Jury Verdict in Palin Defamation Suit,The Epoch Times,"Judge Jed Rakoff struck a blow to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times on Feb. 14 when he ruled in favor of a motion by the defense that essentially nullifies a jury’s verdict in her favor should it come back with one.
Officially known as Federal Rule of Civil Procedure No. 50, or the “Rule 50 Motion,” the motion states that the plaintiff has to have sufficient evidence for every element it needs to prove.
In this case, the element in question is “actual malice.” Proving this...",right
6610,NY District Judge Says He'll Dismiss Sarah Palin Libel Lawsuit,"['Justice', 'Sarah Palin', 'New York Times', 'Defamation', 'Media Bias']",Judge to dismiss Sarah Palin defamation case against The New York Times,NBC News (Online),"A New York City federal judge said Monday he would dismiss Sarah Palin's claim that she was defamed by The New York Times when it incorrectly linked her to a 2011 mass shooting in Arizona that nearly killed former Rep. Gabby Giffords.
Palin, who was the governor of Alaska when she rocketed to fame in 2008 after Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the GOP presidential nominee, picked her as his running mate, claimed her reputation had been damaged by the Times editorial.
U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan disagreed and...",left
6611,GOP Fighting Obamacare,['Healthcare'],House GOP already planning for next Obamacare fight,CNN (Online News),"Two hours before the House passed a short term spending bill that defunded Obamacare - something Senate Democrats said they will reject next week - House Republicans met to plan their next attack on President Barack Obama's signature health care law.
House GOP launches shutdown battle
Congress: will it be a government shutdown or budget compromise?
House Speaker John Boehner and other top leaders outlined a lengthy GOP wish list of items they plan to attach to legislation raising the nation's debt limit, including a delay of...",left
6612,GOP Fighting Obamacare,['Healthcare'],Obama: GOP trying to ‘plunge this country back into a recession’,Washington Times,"After a disagreeable phone call with Speaker John A. Boehner on the budget impasse, President Obama Saturday accused House Republicans of trying to “plunge this country back into a recession” in their battle with the president over Obamacare.
In his weekly address, Mr. Obama blamed the gridlock on “a faction on the far right of the Republican party who’ve convinced their leadership to threaten a government shutdown if they can’t shut off the Affordable Care Act.”",right
6613,GOP Fighting Obamacare,['Healthcare'],House passes GOP spending plan that defunds Obamacare,Washington Post,"House Republicans rallied behind their right wing Friday to launch a full-scale assault on President Obama’s health-care initiative, setting up a protracted confrontation with Democrats that risks shutting down the government in just 10 days.
On a vote of 230 to 189, the House approved and sent to the Senate a plan to fund federal agencies past Sept. 30, but also to strip funding from the Affordable Care Act, the president’s most significant legislative achievement.",left
6614,Fake News Accusations Surround Trump's 'Home Alone 2' Cameo,"['Donald Trump', 'Home Alone 2', 'Canada', 'Justin Trudeau', 'Commercials', 'Movies', 'Entertainment', 'Media Bias', 'Fake News']","Trump appears to joke, blames Trudeau for being cut from 'Home Alone 2' in Canada",Fox News (Online News),"President Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to joke about his cameo being cut from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s version of ""Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.""
“I guess Justin T doesn’t much like my making him pay up on NATO or Trade!,” Trump tweeted, referring to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.",right
6615,Fake News Accusations Surround Trump's 'Home Alone 2' Cameo,"['Donald Trump', 'Home Alone 2', 'Canada', 'Justin Trudeau', 'Commercials', 'Movies', 'Entertainment', 'Media Bias', 'Fake News']",CBC edit of Trump scene from Home Alone 2 was done in 2014,CBC News,"CBC confirmed Thursday it deleted a scene featuring Donald Trump from the movie Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, but the broadcaster says the cut occurred before he became president and was not politically motivated.
Several media outlets reported Trump's cameo in the 1992 movie was edited out of the CBC TV broadcast of the movie earlier this month.
In the uncut version, Trump appears for some seven seconds in a scene set at the Plaza Hotel in New York, when Macauley Culkin's character Kevin McCallister asks him for...",left
6616,Fake News Accusations Surround Trump's 'Home Alone 2' Cameo,"['Donald Trump', 'Home Alone 2', 'Canada', 'Justin Trudeau', 'Commercials', 'Movies', 'Entertainment', 'Media Bias', 'Fake News']",Fox News Host Apologizes for Calling CBC’s ‘Home Alone 2’ Edit ‘Censorship’,Daily Beast,"Fox News host Katie Pavlich on Friday walked back her assertion that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s cut of Donald Trump’s Home Alone 2 cameo was “censorship,” noting that the edit took place years before Trump actually became president.
During Thursday’s broadcast of Fox & Friends, Pavlich took issue with the CBC axing Trump’s seven-second scene from their airings. After fellow co-host Ed Henry called it “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” Pavlich groused that it was “also censorship.”",left
6617,Happy Fourth of July 2019!,"['Fourth Of July', 'Holidays', 'General News']","Trump, VIP Guests and Critics Prepare for July 4 ‘Show of a Lifetime’",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump hyped his revamped July 4 celebration as the “show of a lifetime,” as officials sought to ready military equipment and VIP guests for the event amid mounting questions about logistics and costs.
Mr. Trump has overhauled Washington’s traditional festivities to include an event called “Salute to America,” which will feature a presidential speech from the Lincoln Memorial, a display of military equipment and flyovers by military planes. He is also creating a VIP ticketed area that will hold family, friends, government officials, campaign aides and troops.
Critics have...",center
6618,Happy Fourth of July 2019!,"['Fourth Of July', 'Holidays', 'General News']",OPINION: Wishing for a Tank-Free Fourth,Guest Writer - Left,"Happy Fourth of July, everybody. I want you to have a great day. No moaning about the state of the nation.
Don’t obsess about Donald Trump! It’s true he thought watching a bunch of tanks roll through Washington, D.C., would be a great way of celebrating our national character. Fortunately, it turned out the city streets couldn’t support his vision. The military came up with a compromise, dragging in tanks and other tanklike vehicles on flatbed trucks, in a very expensive show totally unrelated to their actual function.
Some people...",left
6619,Happy Fourth of July 2019!,"['Fourth Of July', 'Holidays', 'General News']",OPINION: You’re Free on Independence Day,Guest Writer - Right,"There’s no prescribed way to celebrate July 4th. And that’s the best part of it.
Donald Trump is recruiting some Abrams tanks and obsessing about some of the choreography for an Independence Day parade in Washington D.C. He wants it to be militaristic, bombastic, and he wants to be at the center of it. I couldn’t care less. And, I wonder why anyone else does.
I can’t remember ever paying attention to how this day was celebrated in the capital city. In recent years I’ve taken my kids to...",right
6620,Romney Makes A Birther Joke,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",TRENDING: Romney: 'No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate',CNN (Online News),"Mitt Romney began his stump speech in Michigan on Friday with a joke which raised a sensitive issue: birth certificates.
""I love being home in this place where Ann and I were raised, where both of us were born,"" he said. ""Ann was born at Henry Ford hospital, I was born at Harper hospital. No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised.""",left
6621,Romney Makes A Birther Joke,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Romney cracks 'birther' joke, draws Obama campaign rebuke",Fox News (Online News),"Campaigning in his home state, Mitt Romney cracked an out-of-the-ordinary joke Friday about the so-called ""birther"" controversy.
While talking up his roots in Michigan -- both he and his wife Ann were born and raised here, and his father was a much-beloved governor -- Romney noted the proof behind his place of birth.
""Ann was born in Henry Ford Hospital. I was born in Harper Hospital,"" he said to cheers from a crowd of several thousand at a local orchard and cider mill, before joking about the questions...",right
6622,Romney Makes A Birther Joke,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Mitt Romney Makes Birth Certificate Joke,HuffPost,"Mitt Romney made a joke about his birth certificate at a rally in Commerce, Mich. on Friday.
Speaking about his Michigan roots, he said, ""No one's ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised.""
The joke was received with hearty applause by the audience. Still, it was an awkward moment for the candidate to play on the birther conspiracies that have plagued Barack Obama since he ran for president in 2008, even after the president released his ""long-form""...",left
6623,Bipartisan Group of Senators Reaches Tentative Agreement on Infrastructure Deal to Present to Biden,"['Economic Policy', 'US Senate', 'Infrastructure', 'Bipartisanship', 'Economy And Jobs']",Bipartisan Senate Group Reaches Deal on Infrastructure to Present to Biden,National Review,"A bipartisan group of ten senators reached a deal on an infrastructure plan on Thursday to present to the Biden administration for further negotiations.
The plan includes about $579 billion in new spending and, including expected future spending, would cost $974 billion over five years or $1.2 trillion over eight years, multiple outlets reported. The ten senators said there would be no tax increases. 
“Our group — comprised of 10 Senators, 5 from each party — has worked in good faith and reached a bipartisan agreement on a realistic, compromise framework to modernize...",right
6624,Bipartisan Group of Senators Reaches Tentative Agreement on Infrastructure Deal to Present to Biden,"['Economic Policy', 'US Senate', 'Infrastructure', 'Bipartisanship', 'Economy And Jobs']",10 Senators Say They Agree On Infrastructure 'Framework' — But There Are Few Details,NPR (Online News),"A bipartisan group of 10 U.S. senators says they agree on a ""framework"" for a deal on an infrastructure package, but the members did not release any details and top leaders from both parties have been mostly silent on the development.
According to two sources familiar with the negotiations, the agreement is focused on ""core, physical infrastructure."" The proposal would cost $1.2 trillion over eight years and include $579 billion in new spending.
The plan would not have any tax hikes, and aides did not provide any further details on...",left
6625,Bipartisan Group of Senators Reaches Tentative Agreement on Infrastructure Deal to Present to Biden,"['Economic Policy', 'US Senate', 'Infrastructure', 'Bipartisanship', 'Economy And Jobs']",Bipartisan Group of Senators Say They Reached Agreement on Infrastructure Plan,New York Times (News),"A bipartisan group of senators announced on Thursday that they had reached an agreement on a framework to invest in the nation’s aging public works system, racing to prove that a compromise was feasible despite deep divisions over how to structure and finance an infrastructure package.
The announcement came after a dizzying day on Capitol Hill, where senators involved in the bipartisan discussions offered conflicting assessments of their progress and declined to comment on specific proposals. But by early evening, five Democrats and five Republicans issued a joint statement announcing...",left
6626,Mississippi Sen. Hyde-Smith Draws Backlash for Joke About 'Public Hanging',['Politics'],GOP Senator's 'Public Hanging' Comment Roils Mississippi Runoff Election,NPR (Online News),"In a video posted on Twitter over the weekend, Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi is seen complimenting a supporter by saying, ""If he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be on the",left
6627,Mississippi Sen. Hyde-Smith Draws Backlash for Joke About 'Public Hanging',['Politics'],A senator refuses to apologize for joking about ‘public hanging’ in a state known for lynchings.,Washington Post,"Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) demanded a public apology — for all Mississippians — from congressional-hopeful Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who drew harsh criticism for a line",left
6628,Mississippi Sen. Hyde-Smith Draws Backlash for Joke About 'Public Hanging',['Politics'],Mississippi Sen. Hyde Smith dismisses criticism of 'public hanging' remark as 'ridiculous',Washington Examiner,"Sen. Cindy Hyde Smith, R-Miss., said the backlash to a supposed joke about attending a ""public hanging"" in the front row is ""ridiculous.""",right
6629,Leaked Power Contract Shows Audit Restrictions,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Leaked document reveals Whitefish contract blocks government from reviewing costs or profits,The Hill,"A deal reached between the government and a small Montana energy company located in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's hometown prohibits the government from reviewing labor costs or profits related to the company's relief efforts in Puerto Rico, according to a leaked copy of the contract.",center
6630,Leaked Power Contract Shows Audit Restrictions,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Leaked Whitefish contract to restore Puerto Rico's power shows attempt to avoid government oversight,Washington Examiner,"A leaked copy Whitefish’s contract to restore power in Puerto Rico, which circulated online Thursday night, reveals how the energy company and the island’s power utility sought to avoid government oversight of the deal.",right
6631,Leaked Power Contract Shows Audit Restrictions,"['Disaster', 'General News']",The shadiest details in Puerto Rico's leaked electricity contract with Whitefish Energy,Mashable,"Puerto Rico has now endured the longest power failure in U.S. history, after Category 4 Hurricane Maria tore a path of destruction across the island on Sept. 20. One of the contracts the island's beleaguered government signed in order to get the lights turned back on is with a tiny Montana-based company named Whitefish Energy.",left
6632,Trump To Advance Pipelines,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump signing executive order forcing through Keystone XL and DAPL pipelines,Daily Kos,"The evidence that the pipelines aren’t needed is overwhelming. The idea that they would create significant numbers of jobs is laughable. The threat they represent to the environment—both directly, and indirectly—is sizable.",left
6633,Trump To Advance Pipelines,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump Set to Take Action on Keystone, Dakota Pipelines",Wall Street Journal (News),Trump administration begins process to reverse Obama on contentious oil pipelines.,center
6634,Trump To Advance Pipelines,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump to sign orders reviving pipeline projects, sources say",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump plans to sign executive orders reviving the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, which had been stalled under the Obama administration, sources tell Fox News.",right
6635,John Kelly Out As Chief Of Staff,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump: Chief of Staff John Kelly to Leave Toward Year-End,Wall Street Journal (News),"White House chief of staff John Kelly will leave his job “toward the end of the year,” President Trump said Saturday, part of a broad shake-up as the White House girds for a re-election bid and clashes with congressional Democrats.",center
6636,John Kelly Out As Chief Of Staff,"['White House', 'Politics']","John Kelly to Step Down as Trump, Facing New Perils, Shakes Up Staff",New York Times (News),"President Trump said on Saturday that his chief of staff, John F. Kelly, would step down by the end of the year, the latest move in a long-planned staff shake-up as the president heads into the 2020 campaign facing growing peril from the special counsel and newly empowered Democrats.",left
6637,John Kelly Out As Chief Of Staff,"['White House', 'Politics']","With New Chief of Staff, Trump Moves to Reset White House",Newsmax (News),"Nick Ayers, in talks with President Donald Trump to become his new White House chief of staff, is a 36-year-old political whiz-kid who could help with the looming re-election campaign, but critics question whether he has the grit needed to keep Trump and an often chaotic administration under control.",right
6638,Arizona Mom Freed From Mexican Jail,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']","Arizona mother who was jailed in Mexico on drug charges is now free, back home",Washington Times,An Arizona mother of seven who was jailed last week on drug charges is now free after a judge reviewed security footage of her boarding the bus and dismissed the charges.,right
6639,Arizona Mom Freed From Mexican Jail,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Arizona mom freed from Mexican jail 'screamed' for joy,CNN (Online News),An American woman who was released from a Mexican jail cried out for joy when she crossed the border into Arizona.,left
6640,Arizona Mom Freed From Mexican Jail,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']","Arizona woman facing drug charge released in Mexico, returns to US",Washington Post,A U.S. woman in a Mexico prison on a drug-smuggling charge has been released.,left
6641,Darren Wilson Resigns,['Violence In America'],"Darren Wilson, officer who shot Michael Brown, resigns from Ferguson Police Department",Vox,"Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Missouri, police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown on August 9, has resigned, effective immediately, from the Ferguson Police Department, the Associated Press reported.
A grand jury on November 24 decided not to indict Wilson for killing Brown, a black 18-year-old who was unarmed at the time of the shooting.
Wilson's resignation was reported even before the grand jury decision.",left
6642,Darren Wilson Resigns,['Violence In America'],Officer Darren Wilson's resignation does little to stop protests in Ferguson,Fox News (Online News),"City officials in Ferguson, Mo. were due Sunday to address the resignation of Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot and killed teenager Michael Brown in a confrontation in August that fueled protests in the St. Louis suburb and around the nation.
Stephanie Karr, Ferguson city attorney, told the Associated Press that city officials planned to make a statement regarding Wilson's resignation. Karr earlier this week said Wilson had been on paid leave pending the outcome of an internal police investigation.
Wilson's resignation was announced Saturday by one of his...",right
6643,Darren Wilson Resigns,['Violence In America'],Ferguson Largely Peaceful After Officer's Decision To Quit,NPR (Online News),"A few hundred people protested overnight in Ferguson, Mo., but there were initial reports of few arrests by police hours after officer Darren Wilson's resignation was made public.
The St. Louis Post Dispatch says that ""outside the Ferguson police department, about 150 to 200 protesters gathered to chant and wave signs and flags. At about 8:45 p.m., they marched South on South Florissant Road."" The newspaper says one arrest was made after a man threw a bottle at police.
St. Louis Public Radio live blogged the evening's marches and protests...",left
6644,"Background: A History of US-Iran Relations, Tensions","['Iran', 'National Defense', 'US Military', 'Donald Trump', 'Barack Obama', 'Middle East']",What History Says Will Happen Next in Iran,Guest Writer,"After claiming credit for killing Qassem Soleimani outside Baghdad International Airport, Donald Trump said that the world was now a “safer place.” This viewpoint was perhaps understandable, given Soleimani’s position as the commander of Iran’s Quds Force and his role in developing the Badr Organization in Iraq, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria, and the Houthi movement in Yemen, among numerous other fighting outfits around the world. At the heart of this sprawling violent network stood Soleimani. Not for nothing, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called him “a living martyr of the revolution.”...",center
6645,"Background: A History of US-Iran Relations, Tensions","['Iran', 'National Defense', 'US Military', 'Donald Trump', 'Barack Obama', 'Middle East']","Yes, Obama Helped Fund the Iranian Regime",National Review,"In his address to the nation this morning, Donald Trump asserted that the ballistic missiles that targeted the al-Assad and Erbil bases in Iraq yesterday were paid for using “funds made available by the last administration.” Few things irritate media fact checkers more than Trump’s accusation that Obama helped fund the Iranian regime and its terror apparatus. Probably because it’s completely true.
Now, we don’t really know that Obama’s ransom payments to Iran in 2016 subsidized those specific ballistic missiles, but we do know that money is fungible — especially...",right
6646,"Background: A History of US-Iran Relations, Tensions","['Iran', 'National Defense', 'US Military', 'Donald Trump', 'Barack Obama', 'Middle East']",The killing of Iran's top general won't stop a war. The US and Iran have already been fighting for more than 40 years,CNN (Opinion),"(CNN)US President Donald Trump says he ordered the assassination on Friday of Iran's top general, Qasem Soleimani, ""to stop a war."" But that's simply not true.
Rather than stop a war, Trump just called Tehran's bluff and wagered all in with the single most daring American act in a conflict that's been raging for years.
No American president has ever taken the fight to Tehran like this. It's bold. It's provocative.
And it could set the Middle East aflame -- but it is most definitely not stopping a war....",left
6647,YouTube Bans Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes,['Technology'],YouTube Finally Bans Alt-Right Hate Group Founder Gavin McInnes for … ‘Copyright Infringement’,New York Magazine,"Gavin McInnes, a man you may know for having co-founded Vice magazine, creating the “Proud Boys” — a far-right hate group who were in attendance at the Unite the Right rally",left
6648,YouTube Bans Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes,['Technology'],YouTube Bans Former CRTV Host Gavin McInnes,The Daily Wire,"On Monday, YouTube banned Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes, who had almost a quarter-million subscribers on the channel. A statement on McInnes’ YouTube channel’s page",right
6649,YouTube Bans Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes,['Technology'],YouTube bans Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes,The Hill,"Far-right activist Gavin McInnes has been kicked off YouTube, the latest social media platform to cut ties with him or his group, the Proud Boys.",center
6650,IRS Apologizes,['Taxes'],"Oh My: IRS Admits ""Inappropriately"" Targeting Conservative Groups in 2012",Townhall,"The Internal Revenue Service inappropriately flagged conservative political groups for additional reviews during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status, a top IRS official said Friday. Organizations were singled out because they included the words ""tea party"" or ""patriot"" in their applications for tax-exempt status, said Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS division that oversees tax-exempt groups. In some cases, groups were asked for their list of donors, which violates IRS policy in most cases, she said.",right
6651,IRS Apologizes,['Taxes'],IRS Apologizes For Singling Out Conservative Groups,NPR (Online News),"During the 2012 campaign, some organizations complained they were being unfairly scrutinized. A top IRS official said groups that included the words ""tea party"" or ""patriot"" in applications for tax-exempt status were subjected to additional reviews.",left
6652,IRS Apologizes,['Taxes'],IRS admits it targeted conservatives in 2012,Washington Post,"The Internal Revenue Service on Friday said that it inappropriately selected tea party political groups for special scrutiny in the 2012 campaign, an admission likely to fuel long-simmering suspicions among conservatives that the IRS has been singling them out for unfair treatment.",left
6653,Macron Awards Grants to US Climate Scientists,['Environment'],France awards climate grants to U.S.-based scientists on summit eve,Reuters,"Emmanuel Macron plans to award multi-year grants for several U.S.-based scientists to relocate to France, his office said on Monday on the eve of a climate summit hosted by the president to raise finances to counter global warming.",center
6654,Macron Awards Grants to US Climate Scientists,['Environment'],"Promising to ‘Make Our Planet Great Again,’ Macron lures 13 U.S. climate scientists to France",Washington Post,What initially looked like an impish dig at President Trump by French President Emmanuel Macron over climate policy has turned into a concrete plan.,left
6655,Macron Awards Grants to US Climate Scientists,['Environment'],France to Reward Anti-Trump U.S. Academics With ‘Make Our Planet Great Again’ Cash Grants,Breitbart News,"Emmanuel Macron is preparing to award all-expenses-paid grants for U.S. scientists to relocate to France, as part of the French leader’s attack on U.S. president Donald Trump’s climate policies.",right
6656,Sessions Appears Before the House,"['US House', 'Politics']",Sessions will be questioned about Trump campaign dealings with Russians at House Judiciary hearing,Washington Post,"Attorney General Jeff Sessions is appearing Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee, where the committee’s top Democrat vowed to press him about his and other former Trump campaign aides’ dealings with Russians leading up to the 2016 election.",left
6657,Sessions Appears Before the House,"['US House', 'Politics']",Sessions faces grilling on Capitol Hill,The Hill,Attorney General Jeff Sessions is set to testify before the House Judiciary Committee this morning and is expected to face questions about a possible Justice Department probe into the Clinton Foundation and the ongoing Russian influence investigation.,center
6658,Sessions Appears Before the House,"['US House', 'Politics']","Sessions to face Uranium One, Clinton Foundation, recusal questions on Hill",Fox News (Online News),"Attorney General Jeff Sessions could face heat from both sides of the aisle Tuesday, in a widely anticipated appearance before House lawmakers that comes just hours after he revealed that he has ordered top prosecutors to look into ""certain issues"" involving the Clinton Foundation and the controversial sale of American uranium interests to Russia.",right
6659,Perspectives: The COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Children', 'Schools', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'CDC', 'Moderna', 'Pfizer']",Schools Should Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines for Kids,U.S. News & World Report,"Schools are back in session. Kids are back in classrooms. And the highly contagious delta variant is along for the ride, causing COVID-19 cases among children to rise.
On Sept. 9, the Los Angeles board of education voted to mandate coronavirus vaccines for in-person students ages 12 and up in America's second-largest school district. The move has been met with praise and criticism.
As part of Two Takes, a series examining opinions about key issues, U.S. News checked in with Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center and an attending physician...",left
6660,Perspectives: The COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Children', 'Schools', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'CDC', 'Moderna', 'Pfizer']",Children have been hurt enough by lockdowns. Think twice before mandating a vaccine for kids,Fox News (Opinion),"Parents should have the option to vaccinate their children when a vaccine becomes available. This is especially true for parents of kids with pre-existing medical conditions, including obesity. 
As highlighted in a recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a real-world analysis of COVID-19 hospitalizations among adolescents aged 12–18 years showed 72 percent of those hospitalized had at least one underlying pre-existing medical condition. Of the hospitalized, 97 percent were unvaccinated, highlighting the importance of vaccinating high-risk adolescents.
Late Friday evening, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published the...",right
6661,Perspectives: The COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Children', 'Schools', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'CDC', 'Moderna', 'Pfizer']",These are the questions I'm asking as approval of a COVID-19 vaccine for younger children nears,Des Moines Register,"As grandparents we wonder whether to recommend that our grandchildren, ages 2 to 7, get COVID-19 vaccinations. Vaccines for children 5 to 11 will soon be available under Emergency Use Authorization, and a vaccine will probably be ready the next few months for those younger.
We are not alone in questioning whether our grandkids should get the shots. A Kaiser Family Foundation survey in August showed that roughly one-quarter of parents of children aged 5 to 11 would vaccinate their children “right away,” 40% said they would “wait and see” how the vaccine worked...",center
6662,Many Invoke Frederick Douglass' Words Amid Racial Tensions this Fourth of July,"['Holidays', 'Race And Racism', 'Us History', 'Fourth Of July', 'General News']",Frederick Douglass' descendants recite his famous speech about July 4th,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)For the Fourth of July, Frederick Douglass' descendants read excerpts of his famous speech, ""What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?""
Douglass, an abolitionist who fought for social reform in the 1800s, delivered the speech on July 5, 1852 at an Independence Day celebration, pointing out the hypocrisy in the holiday and in the Founding Fathers' ideals.
On Saturday, five of Douglass' descendants -- Douglass Washington Morris II, 20, Isidore Dharma Douglass Skinner, 15, Zoë Douglass Skinner, 12, Alexa Anne Watson, 19 and Haley Rose Watson, 17 --...",left
6663,Many Invoke Frederick Douglass' Words Amid Racial Tensions this Fourth of July,"['Holidays', 'Race And Racism', 'Us History', 'Fourth Of July', 'General News']",What Frederick Douglass Had to Say About Monuments,Smithsonian Magazine,"Frederick Douglass, with typical historical foresight, outlined a solution to the current impasse over a statue he dedicated in Washington, D.C., in 1876. Erected a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol, in a square called Lincoln Park, the so-called Emancipation Memorial depicts Abraham Lincoln standing beside a formerly enslaved African-American man in broken shackles, down on one knee—rising or crouching, depending on who you ask. As the nation continues to debate the meaning of monuments and memorials, and as local governments and protesters alike take them down, the Lincoln Park...",center
6664,Many Invoke Frederick Douglass' Words Amid Racial Tensions this Fourth of July,"['Holidays', 'Race And Racism', 'Us History', 'Fourth Of July', 'General News']","Slavery, the Declaration of Independence and Frederick Douglass' ""What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?""",Reason,"July 4 is an appropriate time to remember Frederick Douglass' famous 1852 speech, ""What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"" The speech is—for good reason—most famous for its powerful condemnation of slavery, racism, and American hypocrisy. But it also includes passages praising the American Revolution and the Founding Fathers. Both are worth remembering.",right
6665,"Trump Admin Wants to Cut Subsidies for Electric Vehicles, Renewable Energy",['Energy'],"Trump plans to end subsidies for electric cars, renewable energy",Washington Times,"White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Monday that plans were in the works to scrap subsidies for electric cars and other renewable energy items, Reuters reported.",right
6666,"Trump Admin Wants to Cut Subsidies for Electric Vehicles, Renewable Energy",['Energy'],Trump Aide Larry Kudlow Calls for End of Electric Vehicle Subsidies,Bloomberg,"President Trump’s top economic adviser on Monday said the White House wants to end subsidies for electric vehicle purchases, without saying how it would eliminate the incentives that",left
6667,"Trump Admin Wants to Cut Subsidies for Electric Vehicles, Renewable Energy",['Energy'],Trump's White House just gave you another reason to buy an electric car right away,Mashable,"When Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduced a lower-priced Model 3 a few months ago, he deducted thousands in federal tax incentives from the sticker price. On Monday, according to",left
6668,Manafort's Attorney Relayed Discussions With Mueller to Trump Legal Team,['Politics'],Manafort's lawyer updated Trump's attorneys on what he told Mueller,Washington Examiner,A lawyer for Paul Manafort would repeatedly brief President Trump’s lawyers on the former campaign chairman’s discussions with federal investigators even after Manafort agreed to cooperate,right
6669,Manafort's Attorney Relayed Discussions With Mueller to Trump Legal Team,['Politics'],Trump appears consumed by Mueller investigation as details emerge,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump's behavior isn't doing much to bolster White House assurances that he's got nothing to worry about from Robert Mueller's probe, after a series of potentially ominous turns in the",left
6670,Manafort's Attorney Relayed Discussions With Mueller to Trump Legal Team,['Politics'],Report: Paul Manafort has been giving Trump's legal team updates on what Mueller asks,USA TODAY,"Even after Paul Manafort pledged to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller's team in hopes of a lighter prison sentence, his attorneys continued giving the president's legal team",left
6671,Gianforte Wins Montana Special Election,['Elections'],Gianforte taps out Quist in Montana special election for Zinke House seat,Washington Times,"Republican Greg Gianforte muscled his way to victory in Montana, overcoming a challenge from Democrat Rob Quist and an election-eve scuffle with a reporter that led to a criminal charge being filed against him.",right
6672,Gianforte Wins Montana Special Election,['Elections'],Republicans' 7-point win in last night's Montana election is great news for Democrats,Vox,"Greg Gianforte’s 7 percentage point win in the Montana special election keeps a seat in Republican hands, but fundamentally represents bad news for the GOP. The basic issue, as David Wasserman breaks down for the Cook Political Report, is that for prognostication purposes you don’t just want to know who wins or loses a special election — you want to know the margin.",left
6673,Gianforte Wins Montana Special Election,['Elections'],What Greg Gianforte's win in Montana taught Washington,CNN (Online News),"Looking up at the large projection of vote totals in the ballroom of the Hilton Garden Inn on Thursday night, Montana Republican Party Chairman Jeff Essmann looked relaxed and promised, ""It ain't gonna be close.""",left
6674,Protests Turn Peaceful in MO,['Violence In America'],"Federal, state officials take sweeping steps in response to Ferguson, Mo., unrest",Washington Post,"Federal and state officials unveiled a sweeping response Thursday to violent clashes between police and protesters over the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, with Missouri taking over security operations from local police and authorities agreeing to accept Justice Department help in handling protests.",left
6675,Protests Turn Peaceful in MO,['Violence In America'],'They're Talking To People': Tensions Ease In Ferguson As Police Change Tactics,NPR (Online News),"Ferguson, Mo., saw more protests last night – but instead of meeting demonstrators with tear gas and armored vehicles, police walked with them, and posed for photos. The shift came after days of clashes sparked by the police killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown.",left
6676,Protests Turn Peaceful in MO,['Violence In America'],Ferguson shooting: Protests turn peaceful as Highway Patrol takes over security,Fox News (Online News),"Hundreds of people protesting a police officer's fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager marched peacefully Thursday alongside state troopers in Ferguson, Missouri as the Highway Patrol took over supervising security in the city.",right
6677,Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Convicted of Wire Fraud,"['Justice', 'Elizabeth Holmes', 'Theranos', 'Wire Fraud', 'Crime', 'Criminal Justice']",Elizabeth Holmes found guilty of defrauding Theranos investors,CNET,"A jury in federal court on Monday found that Elizabeth Holmes had deliberately misled investors in Theranos, the company she started to revolutionize blood testing. The verdict follows a closely watched trial that stretched over almost four months.
Admirers often compared Holmes to Steve Jobs while she helmed Theranos, and the company she founded and ran was worth billions. She will soon face sentencing after being convicted of three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. A masked Holmes showed no visible reaction as...",center
6678,Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Convicted of Wire Fraud,"['Justice', 'Elizabeth Holmes', 'Theranos', 'Wire Fraud', 'Crime', 'Criminal Justice']",Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes found guilty on 4 of 11 charges,Fox News (Online News),"The California jury in the criminal fraud case against Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has found her guilty on four of 11 charges on its seventh day of deliberation to determine Holmes' fate.
The panel composed of eight men and four women convicted Holmes on one charge of conspiracy and three charges of fraud. They determined she was not guilty of a second conspiracy charge and not guilty on three fraud charges. They were unable to reach a unanimous decision on another three fraud charges. 
Holmes, 37, was charged by federal prosecutors with nine counts...",right
6679,Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Convicted of Wire Fraud,"['Justice', 'Elizabeth Holmes', 'Theranos', 'Wire Fraud', 'Crime', 'Criminal Justice']",Elizabeth Holmes convicted of fraud but acquitted on other charges,CBS News (Online),"Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has been convicted of four counts of fraud, but she was acquitted of four other charges. The jury said earlier they were deadlocked on the three remaining charges. 
Holmes showed no reaction as the verdicts were read, sitting alongside her defense team, CBS San Francisco reports.
A judge will determine her sentence at a later date. Holmes could now face up to 20 years in prison for each count.
Earlier Monday, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila called the jury back to the courtroom where the lengthy...",left
6680,Trump Asks Supreme Court to Intervene on Mar-a-Lago Legal Battle,"['Donald Trump', 'Department Of Justice', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Supreme Court', 'Justice Clarence Thomas']",Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in Mar-a-Lago dispute,Associated Press,"Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to step into the legal fight over the classified documents seized during an FBI search of his Florida estate, escalating a dispute over the powers of an independent arbiter appointed to inspect the records.
The Trump team asked the justices to overturn a lower court ruling and allow the arbiter, called a special master, to review the roughly 100 documents with classification markings that were taken in the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago.
A three-judge panel from...",left
6681,Trump Asks Supreme Court to Intervene on Mar-a-Lago Legal Battle,"['Donald Trump', 'Department Of Justice', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Supreme Court', 'Justice Clarence Thomas']",Trump elevates Mar-a-Lago raid legal battle to Supreme Court,Fox News (Online News),"Former President Donald Trump’s legal team has elevated its legal battle to the Supreme Court, requesting that Justice Clarence Thomas, who has jurisdiction over the 11th Circuit, vacate the stay by the court that allowed the Justice Department to continue its review of classified documents seized during the FBI’s unprecedented raid of Mar-a-Lago. 
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon issued an injunction against the DOJ's use of the 100 documents purportedly marked as classified to be used for investigative purposes.
The 11th Circuit overturned Cannon's order and prevented court-appointed Special Master...",right
6682,Trump Asks Supreme Court to Intervene on Mar-a-Lago Legal Battle,"['Donald Trump', 'Department Of Justice', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Supreme Court', 'Justice Clarence Thomas']",Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to intervene over seized classified records,Reuters,"Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in his fight with the Justice Department over classified documents seized from his Florida home as part of a criminal investigation into his handling of government records.
Trump filed an emergency request asking the justices to block part of a lower court's ruling that prevented an independent arbiter requested by Trump, known as a special master, from vetting more than 100 documents marked as classified that were among 11,000 records seized by FBI agents at the Mar-a-Lago...",center
6683,NBC Issues Correction After Network Misquotes Trump on Robert E. Lee,['Media Bias'],"NBC News Corrects Misleading Claim That Trump Praised Robert E. Lee as ‘Incredible,’ 2 Days Later",Independent Journal Review,"It took a tweet from President Donald Trump and two days of ridicule online, but NBC News has finally corrected their claim that the president praised Confederate general Robert E. Lee as “incredible.”",right
6684,NBC Issues Correction After Network Misquotes Trump on Robert E. Lee,['Media Bias'],Trump called Robert E. Lee ‘a great general.’ Robert Lee IV disagrees.,Washington Post,"An indirect descendant of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee said he was “disheartened” that President Trump called his ancestor a “great general.” Robert Lee IV, a North Carolina pastor",left
6685,NBC Issues Correction After Network Misquotes Trump on Robert E. Lee,['Media Bias'],Not Even Trump Wants to Praise Robert E. Lee,The Atlantic,Twentieth-century American presidents lionized the Confederate general. Now the tide is shifting.,left
6686,The States Poised to Restrict or Outlaw Abortion,"['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Healthcare', 'Supreme Court']",Abortion access in a post-Roe America,Reuters,"On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that recognized a woman's constitutional right to an abortion and legalized it nationwide. These 22 states are now primed to outlaw the procedure under existing laws or constitutional amendments that heavily restrict access. Some bans will take effect immediately and others in the weeks and months ahead.
South Dakota, Louisiana and Kentucky have “trigger” bans in place to immediately outlaw abortion once Roe is overturned. Penalties for people who provide or attempt to provide...",center
6687,The States Poised to Restrict or Outlaw Abortion,"['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Healthcare', 'Supreme Court']",What does overturning Roe v. Wade mean? Supreme Court decision's implications,Fox News (Online News),"The Supreme Court delivered a dramatic change to abortion jurisprudence in a Mississippi abortion case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, by overturning Roe v. Wade.
A leaked February draft opinion indicated that the court may move in that direction. The final opinion was released Friday, June 24. 
Overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that limited government restrictions on abortion, will allow states to change access to abortion, allowing state legislatures to pass laws banning abortions prior to fetal viability. Blue states, however, are looking to expand access to abortion.
How...",right
6688,The States Poised to Restrict or Outlaw Abortion,"['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Healthcare', 'Supreme Court']",These States Will Ban Abortion Now That Roe Is Overturned,HuffPost,"The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in a 5-1-3 decision in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on Friday. Abortion will now be heavily restricted or completely banned in about half of the U.S.’s 50 states.
But changes to legal access to abortion, while radical and widespread, will happen unevenly under a patchwork of varying state laws. Overturning Roe just means states are free to decide how to, or if, to allow access to abortion services. Sixteen states will immediately, or in short order, ban abortions in...",left
6689,"John McCain, Senator, Presidential Nominee and Prisoner of War, Dies at 81","['US Senate', 'Politics']","Sen. John McCain, Former Presidential Nominee And Prisoner Of War, Dies At 81",NPR (Online News),"Arizona senator and former Republican presidential nominee John McCain died Saturday at the age of 81. McCain leaves behind his wife of 37 years, Cindy; seven children, including three from his first marriage, to Carol Shepp; and his 106-year-old mother, Roberta McCain. Perhaps America's most famous prisoner of war, the former Navy pilot with a famous admiral father was shot down over Vietnam and spent 5 1/2 years as a POW in the north, most of that time in a prison sarcastically termed the Hanoi Hilton for the way inmates were treated.",left
6690,"John McCain, Senator, Presidential Nominee and Prisoner of War, Dies at 81","['US Senate', 'Politics']",Video: John McCain dies at age 81,Fox News (Online News),U.S. Senator John McCain has died after a battle with brain cancer. Here’s a look back at the life and times of the Arizona Republican senator who was also known as a ‘Maverick.’,right
6691,"John McCain, Senator, Presidential Nominee and Prisoner of War, Dies at 81","['US Senate', 'Politics']",Sen. John McCain's death draws outpouring of condolences from across political spectrum,ABC News (Online),"As condolences poured in for Sen. John McCain from his political allies and foes alike, the Arizona Republican's daughter, Meghan McCain, offered a personal a heartfelt tribute to a father who ""taught me how to live.""
""I was with my father at his end, as he was with me at my beginning,"" Meghan McCain wrote in a statement. ""In the thirty-three years we shared together, he raised me, taught me, corrected me, comforted me, encouraged me, and supported me in all things. He loved me, and I loved him.",left
6692,"Perspectives: Record Quarterly Drop in GDP Drives Economic Speculation, Stimulus Talks","['Economic Policy', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Banking And Finance', 'Commerce', 'Economy And Jobs']",GDP Plunged 32.9%: Here's Why It Matters,Forbes,"The Commerce Department's initial estimate of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter was, in a word, historic. The value of all goods and services purchased last quarter plunged at a 32.9% annual rate. This followed a 5% contraction in the first quarter of 2020.
The BEA offered the following assessment of this decline in GDP:
“The decline in second quarter GDP reflected the response to COVID-19, as ‘stay-at-home’ orders issued in March and April were partially lifted in some areas of the country in May and June,...",center
6693,"Perspectives: Record Quarterly Drop in GDP Drives Economic Speculation, Stimulus Talks","['Economic Policy', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Banking And Finance', 'Commerce', 'Economy And Jobs']",The worst of the coronavirus recession is past. Now what?,Washington Examiner,"When the Department of Commerce announced on Thursday that the advanced estimate for second-quarter GDP growth came in with a bone-chilling 32.9% decline on an annualized basis, Congress was debating the details of another multitrillion-dollar relief package for America’s beleaguered, coronavirus-fatigued population. An extended federal supplement for the more than 20 million unemployed people, along with perhaps another round of cash payments for families, will almost surely be finalized before Congress goes on recess.
But while our legislators deliberate and the coronavirus surges, GDP growth (which until the pandemic was...",right
6694,"Perspectives: Record Quarterly Drop in GDP Drives Economic Speculation, Stimulus Talks","['Economic Policy', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Banking And Finance', 'Commerce', 'Economy And Jobs']",We won’t ignore the horrible economic numbers,Jennifer Rubin,"Minutes after horrible economic numbers — a 32.9 percent annualized contraction in gross domestic product and 1.43 million new jobless claims — were released, President Trump tweeted out a statement suggesting we should delay the election. Clearly, he wants us to ignore the 32.9 percent annualized contraction in gross national product and 1.43 million new jobless claims. But we won’t ignore the 32.9 percent annualized contraction in gross domestic product and 1.43 million new jobless claims.
Do not get me wrong. Trump’s suggestion is anti-democratic and emblematic of his inability...",left
6695,Record-Setting Wildfires Burn Along West Coast,"['California', 'Oregon', 'Washington', 'Idaho', 'California Wildfires', 'Disaster', 'General News']",'I Heard Popping And Houses Blowing Up': Unprecedented Wildfires Rage On West Coast,NPR (Online News),"Intense wildfires are ravaging large swaths of the West Coast, prompting thousands of people to flee parts of Oregon and forcing power outages in California, where fires have already burned a record of more than 2.3 million acres this year. Fires are burning from Washington state to Southern California.
In southern Oregon, people in parts of Medford, Talent and nearby communities were ordered to evacuate the area immediately on Tuesday, with officials citing the imminent threat of fast-moving fires. The entire town of Phoenix — which has several thousand people...",left
6696,Record-Setting Wildfires Burn Along West Coast,"['California', 'Oregon', 'Washington', 'Idaho', 'California Wildfires', 'Disaster', 'General News']","Hundreds of thousands of acres are burning in Oregon, California and Washington, and weather conditions are no help",CNN (Online News),"About 40 large fires are ravaging the three contiguous West Coast states, and Oregon's governor says some situations have been dire enough to make even firefighters retreat.
Hundreds of thousands of acres are burning and thousands of people have been evacuated in parts of California, Oregon and Washington after extreme heat and high winds combined to let fires tear through territories uncontrolled.
In Oregon, thousands of residents evacuated their homes to escape the flames that have already scorched more than 230,000 acres, Gov. Kate Brown said Tuesday evening.
Fires...",left
6697,Record-Setting Wildfires Burn Along West Coast,"['California', 'Oregon', 'Washington', 'Idaho', 'California Wildfires', 'Disaster', 'General News']",California wildfires set new record with 2 million acres burned; Creek Fire dubbed 'unprecedented disaster',Fox News (Online News),"A heat wave over Labor Day weekend that fueled new wildfires across California has pushed the state to set a new record for the number of acres burned, as dramatic evacuations continue for one blaze called an ""unprecedented disaster.""
As of Monday, wildfires have scorched over 2 million acres of land in the Golden State. Crews were conducting active rescue operations to save people surrounded by the flames.
“It’s a little unnerving because September and October are historically our worst months for fires,” Cal Fire spokeswoman Lynne Tolmachoff told The...",right
6698,Romney in London,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney causes London stir over Olympic readiness remark,Fox News (Online News),"The Brits, taking a break from beating up on their own politicians over the state of the economy, made major sport out of a seemingly minor gaffe Thursday from Mitt Romney.",right
6699,Romney in London,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Shaky Start for Romney Overseas Trip,Wall Street Journal (News),"Mitt Romney launched an overseas tour Thursday that injected a dose of national security into a presidential race that has been nearly devoid of it.
But in his first day of official visits with British leaders, the presumptive Republican nominee had to deal instead with a flap that followed comments he made about British preparations for the Olympics that ruffled feathers and drew a dig from London's mayor.",center
6700,Romney in London,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney's Olympics false start,CNN (Online News),"Mitt Romney told British leaders he hopes to take in an Olympics swimming competition during his time in London. With no pool in sight, the Republican presidential candidate has already made waves of his own.
Early Thursday morning in the U.K., while much of the U.S. political world was fast asleep, the British press had seized on comments the GOP contender made about London's preparations for the Olympics.",left
6701,President Trump to Create 'Space Force' as Sixth Military Branch,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Trump orders creation of U.S. force to dominate space,Reuters,U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he was ordering the establishment of a sixth branch of the military to clear the way for American dominance of space.,center
6702,President Trump to Create 'Space Force' as Sixth Military Branch,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']","Trump really, really wants troops in space",Vox,Will Trump get to create the “space force” he wants?,left
6703,President Trump to Create 'Space Force' as Sixth Military Branch,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Trump orders establishment of 'space force' as 6th branch of military,Fox News (Online News),President Trump vowed on Monday to make space great again.,right
6704,Manhunt Underway After Facebook Homicide,['General News'],Search for Facebook killer intensifies; police say suspect could 'be a lot of places',Fox News (Online News),"Police hunting the man suspected of killing an elderly passerby at random and posting the gruesome footage of the murder on Facebook said they don't know where Steve Stephens is, but they vowed to continue the desperate search ""until he's in custody.""",right
6705,Manhunt Underway After Facebook Homicide,['General News'],Multistate manhunt underway for suspect in Facebook homicide video,Washington Post,"Local, state and federal law enforcement are frantically searching for a suspect accused of shooting and killing a 74-year-old man Sunday in Cleveland and then posting a video of the coldblooded slaying on Facebook.",left
6706,Manhunt Underway After Facebook Homicide,['General News'],Search for suspect in Facebook homicide video widens to 5 states,CNN (Online News),"A man who allegedly killed an elderly father after he had enjoyed an Easter meal with his children -- then posted a video of the killing on Facebook -- may no longer be in the Cleveland area, police said Monday.",left
6707,"House, Senate Democrats Call for Investigation of Barr, Durham","['Justice Department', 'William Barr', 'Elections', '2020 Election']",William Barr Speaks Truth to (Illegitimate) Power,The American Spectator,"When E. F. Hutton speaks, people listen. When William Barr speaks, call an electrician.
Mental circuits trip and temperament fuses blow. The attorney general, bucking the behavior of attorneys generally, displays all the emotion of a mortician, approaches an audience with the calm detachment of a psychiatrist, and speaks in the reading-room volume of a librarian. His bearing rarely proves contagious.
“The person in the white coat is not the grand seer who can come up with the right decision for society. A free people makes its decision through its...",right
6708,"House, Senate Democrats Call for Investigation of Barr, Durham","['Justice Department', 'William Barr', 'Elections', '2020 Election']",Top Democrats call for DOJ watchdog to probe Barr over possible 2020 election influence,The Hill,"Four House committee chairs are calling on the Justice Department watchdog to open an emergency investigation into whether Attorney General William Barr and other political appointees have improperly influenced the upcoming 2020 presidential election.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and House Administration Committee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) on Friday called on Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael Horowitz to probe whether Barr's public comments on ongoing investigations and other actions...",center
6709,"House, Senate Democrats Call for Investigation of Barr, Durham","['Justice Department', 'William Barr', 'Elections', '2020 Election']",Barr creates firestorm with comments that appear to boost Trump's reelection campaign,Politico,"Attorney General William Barr is facing fresh criticism over a series of appearances and provocative public remarks that appear to dovetail with key themes of President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign.
Barr has maintained an unusually high public profile as the presidential campaign gets into full swing, sometimes sounding more like a cable news pundit as he blames Democrats for violent civil unrest and offers dire warnings about the potential consequences if Trump loses in November.",left
6710,Reactions to Texas Shooting,['Violence In America'],"Trump: 'Mental health' is the issue behind the Texas shooting, not guns",USA TODAY,"President Trump said Monday that better mental health — not gun control — is the key to the mass shooting that claimed at least 26 lives at a Texas church.
""I think mental health is the problem here,"" Trump said during a news conference in Tokyo, saying the shooter in Texas was a ""deranged"" man who should have received treatment. ""This isn't a guns situation.""
Trump, who received heavy political support from the National Rifle Association and other gun owners, has been an opponent of gun control proposals that have...",left
6711,Reactions to Texas Shooting,['Violence In America'],"Obama, Biden call for action to prevent gun violence after Texas church shooting",CBS News (Online),"Former President Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden called for action to prevent gun violence in the hours after the shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Sunday that left 26 people dead and at least 20 injured.
Obama spoke out on Twitter, saying that he stands with the families and survivors. But he suggested that grieving isn't enough. ""May God also grant all of us the wisdom to ask what concrete steps we can take to reduce the violence and weaponry in our midst,"" he...",left
6712,Reactions to Texas Shooting,['Violence In America'],Politicizing the TX Church Shooting Doesn't Help the Victims & Disrespects the Dead,Fox News (Online News),"Counselor to President Donald Trump Kellyanne Conway criticized some on the left for immediately politicizing the deadly church shooting in Texas.
At least 26 people were killed and approximately 20 more were wounded after a gunman opened fire at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs on Sunday.
In the wake of the attack, many Democrat lawmakers and Hollywood celebrities called for gun control.",right
6713,Inflation Slowed in July but Remained Near Record High,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Consumers', 'Energy', 'Food']","Consumer prices rose 8.5% in July, less than expected as inflation pressures ease a bit",CNBC,"Prices that consumers pay for a variety of goods and services rose 8.5% in July from a year ago, a slowing pace from the previous month due largely to a drop in gasoline prices.
On a monthly basis, prices were flat as energy prices broadly declined 4.6% and gasoline fell 7.7%. That offset a 1.1% monthly gain in food prices and a 0.5% increase in shelter costs.
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones were expecting headline CPI to increase 8.7% on an annual basis and 0.2% monthly.
Excluding volatile food and...",center
6714,Inflation Slowed in July but Remained Near Record High,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Consumers', 'Energy', 'Food']",Inflation climbed 8.5% in July as prices cool but remain near record high,Fox Business,"The torrid pace of inflation slowed in July for the first time in months, but prices remained near the highest level in 40 years.
The Labor Department said Wednesday that the consumer price index, a broad measure of the price for everyday goods including gasoline, groceries and rents, rose 8.5% in July from a year ago, below the 9.1% year-over-year surge recorded in June. Prices were unchanged in the one-month period from June.
Those figures were both lower than the 8.7% headline figure and 0.2% monthly gain forecast by Refinitiv...",right
6715,Inflation Slowed in July but Remained Near Record High,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Consumers', 'Energy', 'Food']","Runaway consumer prices took a breather in July, fueling hopes that inflation has peaked",CNN Business,"Runaway inflation took a breather in July, with consumer prices increasing by 8.5% year over year, a slower pace than the 9.1% increase in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday.
On a month-to-month basis, prices held steady, compared to the 1.3% increase in June.
Core inflation, which does not include volatile food and fuel components, was unchanged on a year-over-year basis after June’s 5.9% jump.
Months’ worth of elevated numbers for the Consumer Price Index, which covers a wide array of goods and services Americans buy, pose a growing...",left
6716,Senate Passes Budget Plan,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate passes $4 trillion budget in crucial step for Trump’s tax overhaul,Washington Times,"Senate Republicans powered their budget through Thursday night, adopting a fiscal year 2018 plan that would clear the path to get a massive tax deal done relying only on GOP votes, setting the stage for Republicans’ next big-ticket agenda item.",right
6717,Senate Passes Budget Plan,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Senate narrowly passes 2018 budget, paving way for tax reform",The Hill,Senate Republicans took the first step Thursday evening toward passing a tax plan and fulfilling a long-held campaign pledge.,center
6718,Senate Passes Budget Plan,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate Approves Budget Plan That Smooths Path Toward Tax Cut,New York Times (News),The Senate took a significant step toward rewriting the tax code on Thursday night with the passage of a budget blueprint that would protect a $1.5 trillion tax cut from a Democratic filibuster.,left
6719,History of Targeting Black Churches,['Violence In America'],Charleston attack echoes history of violence targeting black churches,Los Angeles Times,"For 90 years, Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church stood as a place of worship in Williamsburg County, S.C.",left
6720,History of Targeting Black Churches,['Violence In America'],Why racists target black churches in America,Christian Science Monitor,The black church has long been the cornerstone and sanctuary for African-American life. It's also long been a target for racists and white supremacists trying to strike blows against the African-American psyche.,center
6721,History of Targeting Black Churches,['Violence In America'],OPINION: An Open Letter To Black Americans About The Mass Murder In Charleston,Townhall,"The mass murder of nine innocent black Americans attending a Bible study in a Charleston church by a drug-addled, racist, terrorist thug was as close to universally condemned as anything can be in a country like America.",right
6722,Joe Biden on the Mid Terms,['Elections'],Joe Biden plays the Democratic optimist on final day of midterm campaigning,The Guardian,"The vice-president predicts the Democrats will keep the Senate, while Joni Ernst may have pulled ahead in Iowa",left
6723,Joe Biden on the Mid Terms,['Elections'],Vice President Joe Biden: Democrats will keep Senate,CNN (Online News),Vice President Joe Biden isn't buying the growing consensus heading into Election Day that Republicans are poised to take control of the Senate.,left
6724,Joe Biden on the Mid Terms,['Elections'],Biden signals election defeat: White House ‘ready to compromise’ with GOP,Washington Times,Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said the White House is “ready to compromise” after the midterm elections but that a Republican victory on Tuesday wouldn’t force the administration to undergo a wholesale overhaul in how it does business.,right
6725,Filibuster Against Gorsuch,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Jeff Merkley holds the Senate floor overnight to make the case against Gorsuch nomination,Daily Kos,"At 6:45 ET Tuesday evening, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) headed to the Senate floor to start talking about why he was opposed to the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court ""for as long as I am able."" He has enough stamina, and enough material, that he's still going strong more than 13 hours later.",left
6726,Filibuster Against Gorsuch,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate Is Running Out of Compromises to Avoid ‘Nuclear Option’ in Gorsuch Vote,Wall Street Journal (News),A bipartisan group of 14 senators in 2005 ended a bruising fight over federal judgeships with a compromise agreement that stopped GOP leaders from changing the chamber’s rules for confirming Supreme Court nominees.,center
6727,Filibuster Against Gorsuch,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",McConnell: We Have the Votes to Bust Filibuster on Gorsuch for Supreme Court,Newsmax (News),"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is claiming he has the votes necessary to thwart a planned Democratic filibuster of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, as a showdown draws near that could change the Senate, and the court, for generations.",right
6728,Fast Track Friday,['Trade'],Obama makes last-ditch plea to Dems ahead of showdown vote on trade,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama went to Capitol Hill Friday morning to make a final plea to congressional Democrats for his trade agenda, ahead of a showdown vote in the House.",right
6729,Fast Track Friday,['Trade'],Obama rushes to Capitol to save trade deal,Politico,President Barack Obama went to Capitol Hill Friday morning to meet with House Democrats in a last-minute bid to salvage his trade agenda.,left
6730,Fast Track Friday,['Trade'],Obama’s Trade Bills Face Tough Battle Against House Democrats,New York Times (News),"House Democrats — pressed hard by organized labor, environmental groups and liberal activists — are threatening to bring down the president’s entire package of trade bills.",left
6731,Paul Ryan at RNC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ryan on tap to deliver 'hard truths' in VP nomination speech,Fox News (Online News),"The Wisconsin congressman has been quietly preparing his speech for days. Members of Ryan's staff contacted by Fox News earlier this week said they couldn't say precisely how long it would be, but that he has ""teased"" some of the ideas in it before.",right
6732,Paul Ryan at RNC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Words, Good And Bad, Come Quickly To Mind For Many About Paul Ryan",NPR (Online News),"Young — he's 42 — and a favorite of the conservative right, Ryan brought energy and attention to Mitt Romney's ticket, and could help him play better in the key Badger State in November. Tonight, he's set to accept his party's vice presidential nomination.",left
6733,Paul Ryan at RNC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Paul Ryan's Debt Talk Contradicts His Entire Career,HuffPost,"Paul Ryan gives the first major national address of his career at the RNC on Wednesday night, and he will have to do more than ""introduce"" himself. He needs to rebrand himself.",left
6734,Vice President Harris Visits South Korea to Affirm U.S. Alliance,"['World', 'Kamala Harris', 'Vice President', 'North Korea', 'South Korea', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Asia']",Kamala Harris hits out at North Korea’s ‘provocative nuclear rhetoric’ on DMZ visit,The Guardian,"The US vice-president, Kamala Harris, has condemned North Korea’s “provocative nuclear rhetoric” during a trip to South Korea that included a visit to the heavily armed border dividing the peninsula.
Harris arrived in Seoul on Thursday, hours after North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, in a move that underlines Washington’s struggle to rein in the regime’s weapons programme.
Her visit to the demilitarised zone (DMZ) – which has divided the peninsula since the 1950-1953 Korean war ended in an uneasy truce – was intended to demonstrate...",left
6735,Vice President Harris Visits South Korea to Affirm U.S. Alliance,"['World', 'Kamala Harris', 'Vice President', 'North Korea', 'South Korea', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Asia']",Harris hails US ‘alliance with North Korea’ in latest Biden admin botch,New York Post (News),"Vice President Kamala Harris made an unforced error of global proportions Thursday by touting the strong alliance between the United States and “the Republic of North Korea” during a visit to the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
“The United States shares a very important relationship, which is an alliance with the Republic of North Korea,” said the veep, flubbing the official name of longstanding US ally South Korea, the Republic of Korea. “And it is an alliance that is strong and enduring.”
The gaffe was the latest foreign policy-related blunder by Harris, who...",right
6736,Vice President Harris Visits South Korea to Affirm U.S. Alliance,"['World', 'Kamala Harris', 'Vice President', 'North Korea', 'South Korea', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Asia']",Flurry of N Korea missiles for Kamala Harris visit,BBC News,"North Korea carried out another banned missile test, just hours after a visit by US Vice-President Kamala Harris, South Korea's military says.
Two short-range ballistic missiles were fired into the sea off the North's east coast, it said, in the third such breach of UN sanctions this week.
It follows a visit by Ms Harris to the demilitarised zone dividing the Koreas.
This has been a record year for missile tests in North Korea and the latest launches are timed to send a message.
They come as the US and...",center
6737,GOP Support for Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],Rove sees potential support for gay marriage,Townhall,GOP strategist Karl Rove says he can imagine a Republican candidate in the next presidential campaign supporting gay marriage.,right
6738,GOP Support for Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],Former Bush Aide Pushes 'Conservative Case' For Gay Marriage,NPR (Online News),Ken Mehlman the political director for the George W. Bush White House compares the right to marry to other fundamental rights conservatives embrace. He rounded up a group of 131 prominent Republicans to sign a legal brief thats at odds with the House GOP leadership and the partys platform.,left
6739,GOP Support for Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],Republicans see cash opportunity in gay marriage shift,Politico,Republican fundraisers say the changing views of gay marriage in their party could unlock big money from GOP donors in places like New York California and Florida mdash where some Republicans have kept their checkbooks closed over what they saw as misplaced priorities at best or intolerance at worst at the highest ranks of the party. Several...,left
6740,Fundraisers Leave Jeb,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Top Jeb fundraisers leave campaign amid troubling signs,Politico,"Three top Jeb Bush fundraisers abruptly parted ways with his presidential campaign on Friday, amid internal personality conflicts and questions about the strength of his candidacy, POLITICO has learned.
There are different versions of what transpired. The Florida-based fundraising consultants — Kris Money, Trey McCarley, and Debbie Aleksander — have said that they voluntarily quit the campaign and were still working with Bush's super PAC, Right to Rise Super PAC. Others said the three, who worked under the same contract, were let go because they were no longer needed...",left
6741,Fundraisers Leave Jeb,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",3 Fundraisers Quit Bush Campaign,Newsmax (News),"Three Florida-based fundraisers quit Jeb Bush's presidential campaign on Friday, with inside sources saying personality conflicts and other internal issues led to the decision.
Kris Money, Trey McCarley, and Debbie Alexander said they quit voluntarily, but will remain with Bush's Right to Rise super PAC, reports Politico. However, other sources reported that the three had been let go because they were no longer needed with the campaign.
Bush spokesman Tim Miller commented that longtime aide Ann Herberger will continue to lead the",right
6742,Fundraisers Leave Jeb,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Jeb Bush’s Campaign Makes Appeal Amid Fund-Raising Woes,New York Times (News),"Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign, which to date has raised significantly more than his Republican rivals’, is encountering difficulties matching its torrid pace as Mr. Bush slips in the polls and top party donors continue to withhold their commitments.
A finance aide for Mr. Bush sent an email to contributors Friday with an invitation to a breakfast fund-raiser in Washington next month with a pointed plea that the former Florida governor’s supporters find new donors.
“Please note – this is new money only,” wrote Sarah Corsaro, the staff member, adding: “We...",left
6743,Post Convention Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Gallup: No convention bounce for Romney,USA TODAY,"HARLOTTE -- It doesn't look like Mitt Romney's poll position improved after last week's Republican national convention.
Recent daily tracking poll averages nationwide put President Obama at 47% and Romney at 46%, according to Gallup.
""We have been monitoring the",left
6744,Post Convention Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney's Convention Bounce,Townhall,"Did the Republican National Convention give Mitt Romney a poll bounce? Yes, it seems, but a small one. Before things kicked off in Tampa, Joel Pollak warned Romney supporters not to expect much of a post-convention bump. His admonition has been partially vindicated. Liberal electoral stats maven Nate Silver says evidence of a lasting poll surge is scant, but that assessment depends on what survey you're looking at. Gallup's weekend numbers showed Obama's job approval dropping and his disapproval on the rise, but the overall race remains deadlocked. Reuters' tracker...",right
6745,Post Convention Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",CNN poll: Romney gains one point after GOP convention,CNN (Online News),"- It's the question everyone's asking: Did Mitt Romney get a bounce out of last week's Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida?
According to a new national poll released Tuesday, just before the start of the Democratic convention, the GOP presidential nominee appears to have received a one-point convention bounce, normal for the modern political era.",left
6746,Trump Says He Will Not Fire Kellyanne Conway For Hatch Act Violations,"['Kellyanne Conway', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump says will not fire White House adviser Conway,Reuters,"President Donald Trump on Friday said he would not fire White House adviser Kellyanne Conway, even though a government watchdog found she had violated U.S. law by making political statements in her official role and called for her ouster.
Trump, in an interview with Fox News, defended Conway, saying it was a free speech issue.
“She’s got to have the right of responding to questions. It really sounds to me like a free speech thing. It doesn’t sound fair,” the Republican president said.
On Thursday, the Office of Special Counsel...",center
6747,Trump Says He Will Not Fire Kellyanne Conway For Hatch Act Violations,"['Kellyanne Conway', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump on ‘Fox & Friends’: I will not fire Kellyanne Conway after watchdog rebuke,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump, in an exclusive interview Friday morning with “Fox & Friends,” said he will not fire adviser Kellyanne Conway in the wake of a government watchdog’s recommendation that she be removed over violations of the Hatch Act.
“I’m not gonna fire her. I think she’s a terrific person. She’s a tremendous spokesperson,” Trump said.
The Hatch Act limits certain political activities of federal employees. In an explosive report released a day earlier, the Office of Special Counsel (which is separate from the office with a similar name previously run...",right
6748,Trump Says He Will Not Fire Kellyanne Conway For Hatch Act Violations,"['Kellyanne Conway', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump won't fire Conway despite federal agency recommendation,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump said Friday that he would not fire his adviser Kellyanne Conway, despite the US Office of Special Counsel's recommendation that she be removed from federal service for several violations of the Hatch Act.
""No, I'm not going to fire her. I think she's a terrific person,"" Trump told Fox News' ""Fox and Friends.""
""I got briefed on it yesterday and it looks to me like they're trying to take away their right of free speech. And that's just not fair,"" Trump added. ""She's got to have the...",left
6749,Betsy DeVos Interviews on '60 Minutes',['Education'],Here's why progressives hate Betsy DeVos,Fox News (Opinion),"After Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s appearance on CBS’s “60 Minutes” on Sunday night, progressive media outlets and personalities mocked her performance as “trainwreck” saying that she “stumbled,” “struggled,” and “stunk up” the interview.",right
6750,Betsy DeVos Interviews on '60 Minutes',['Education'],DeVos struggles in pointed '60 Minutes' interview,The Hill,"Education Secretary Betsy DeVos struggled to answer basic questions about education policy and schools during a pointed interview that aired Sunday on CBS's ""60 Minutes.""",center
6751,Betsy DeVos Interviews on '60 Minutes',['Education'],Betsy DeVos' trainwreck interview on '60 Minutes',CNN (Opinion),"An interview with ""60 Minutes"" probably made a lot of sense when Education Secretary Betsy DeVos agreed to it. DeVos has a brand problem -- she is greeted by protesters almost everywhere she goes and is widely cast as an out-of-touch plutocrat. And, given that she is heading up President Donald Trump's new committee aimed at figuring out solutions to curb school violence, it seemed like a perfectly-timed moment for DeVos to (re)introduce herself to the public.",left
6752,Trump Moves to Regulate Gun Bump Stocks,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Trump Takes Step to Ban ‘Bump Stocks’,Wall Street Journal (News),"Move follows Florida school killings, though shooter didn’t use the device on his weapon",center
6753,Trump Moves to Regulate Gun Bump Stocks,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Bump stock prices jump after Trump comments, report says",Fox News (Online News),"Gun auction platforms are reporting a significant price increase for bump stocks just hours after President Donald Trump directed the Justice Department to move to ban similar devices, Bloomberg reported.",right
6754,Trump Moves to Regulate Gun Bump Stocks,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Trump Moves to Regulate ‘Bump Stock’ Devices,New York Times (News),"President Trump — under pressure from angry, grieving students from a Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people last week — ordered the Justice Department on Tuesday to issue regulations banning so-called bump stocks, which convert semiautomatic guns into automatic weapons like those used last year in the massacre of concertgoers in Las Vegas.",left
6755,Jordan Executes 2 Terrorists,['Terrorism'],Jordan Executes Two Prisoners After Militants Kill Pilot,Wall Street Journal (News),"Jordan executed two convicted terrorists early Wednesday, hours after Islamic State jihadists released a video purporting to show them burning alive a captured Jordanian air-force pilot.
The death of the pilot, First Lt. Muath al-Kasasbeh, had spurred promises Tuesday evening of a severe response from Jordan, but execution of the two prisoners in the early hours of Wednesday came with unexpected swiftness. It was a dramatic tit-for-tat in the fight against Islamic State militants who have killed numerous high-profile hostages as they have spread across Iraq and Syria since last...",center
6756,Jordan Executes 2 Terrorists,['Terrorism'],AN EYE FOR AN EYE: Jordan hangs 2 Al Qaeda after ISIS burns pilot alive,Fox News (Online News),"JORDAN HANGS two terrorists, including Sajida al-Rishawi, near left, early Wednesday, in a swift response to the release of a video showing ISIS burning alive a captured air force pilot, Muath al-Kaseasbeh, far left, and vows an 'earth-shaking' response to the terror group's sadistic slaughter.",right
6757,Jordan Executes 2 Terrorists,['Terrorism'],Jordan executes 2 prisoners after pilot burned alive by Islamic State,Washington Post,"In a swift and severe response, Jordan authorities executed at dawn Wednesday two Iraqi terror convicts just hours after Islamic State militants released a video showing a Jordanian pilot burned to death in a cage.
The hangings underscored the hardening stance by officials in Jordan, a key U.S. ally in the fight against the Islamic State, after street protests calling for revenge against the militant group.
The backlash from the video — released while Jordan’s King Abdullah II was holding talks in Washington — also threatened to draw the usually...",left
6758,House Democrat Leaders Rein In Impeachment Talk,"['Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Politics']",House Dem Leaders Try to Tone Down Impeachment Talk,Newsmax (News),"House Democratic leaders are urging their colleagues to tone down the impeachment rhetoric as it relates to President Donald Trump.
During a Monday evening conference call, high-ranking party leaders tried to squash talk of pursuing impeachment at this time.
According to The Hill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and others expressed their concern over jumping on the impeachment bandwagon without concrete evidence Trump might have committed an impeachable offense.
""We need to hear from [Attorney General William] Barr and [special counsel Robert] Mueller – and we need to see the unredacted...",right
6759,House Democrat Leaders Rein In Impeachment Talk,"['Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Politics']",OPINION: Democrats may be outsmarting themselves on impeachment,Guest Writer - Left,"History can be a wise teacher, but it's also crucial to take the right lessons. Confronted with a should-they-or-shouldn't-they proposal on impeachment, Democrats worry that if they fail to learn history's lessons, they are doomed to repeat them.
As they held a conference call to consider the Mueller report on Monday, party leaders in the House tried to resist falling into the same trap as Republicans who tried to oust President Bill Clinton and paid a heavy short-term political price.
They also stepped up their post-Mueller investigations by subpoenaing President...",left
6760,House Democrat Leaders Rein In Impeachment Talk,"['Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Politics']",Dems seek to rein in calls for impeachment,The Hill,"Democratic leaders are racing to keep the impeachment genie in its bottle.
The release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s mammoth report on Russia’s 2016 election meddling revealed a trove of details related to President Trump’s handling of the investigation, lending a new boost to the small but vocal group of Democrats pushing to oust the president — and creating new challenges for party leaders advocating a more deliberative approach.
In a conference call with House Democrats on Monday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other party leaders sought to rein...",center
6761,House GOP Spending Bill,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",House Republicans unveil government funding measure,Fox News (Online News),Republicans controlling the U.S. House moved Monday to give the Pentagon more money for military readiness while easing the pain felt by such agencies as the FBI and the Border Patrol from the across-the-board spending cuts that are just starting to take effect.,right
6762,House GOP Spending Bill,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",2013 Sequester: House Republican Bill Seeks To Avoid Brunt Of Defense Cuts,HuffPost,Republicans controlling the House are moving to take the roughest edges off across-the-board spending cuts that are just starting to take effect.,left
6763,House GOP Spending Bill,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",House Likely to Pass Continuing Resolution on Thursday,ABC News (Online),"House Republicans unveiled a stopgap measure today to fund the federal government through the rest of the fiscal year, a move intended to mollify a deeply divided Congress that has fought through three years of bruising budget battles.",left
6764,Trump to Outline Economic Plan,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Donald Trump Looks to Steady His Campaign With New Economic Speech,Time Magazine,Donald Trump is trying to shift from a disastrous stretch of his presidential campaign to one focused on policy and party unity.,left
6765,Trump to Outline Economic Plan,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump's economic plan aims to please both corporations and working families,Christian Science Monitor,Mr. Trump is set to unveil his economic plan Monday during a midday speech at the Detroit Economic Club.,center
6766,Trump to Outline Economic Plan,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump to outline economic plan in Detroit,Fox News (Online News),"Donald Trump is focusing his economic message on boosting jobs and making the country more competitive on a global stage by cutting business taxes, reducing regulations and increasing domestic energy production.",right
6767,President Trump and Pope Francis Meet,['Religion And Faith'],"A President, a Pope, and Peace: Steering World Religions to Common Ground?",CBN,"President Donald Trump's first overseas foreign trip as president has finally brought him to the Vatican, where he came face-to-face with Pope Francis.",right
6768,President Trump and Pope Francis Meet,['Religion And Faith'],Trump tells Pope Francis: 'I won't forget what you said',CNN (Online News),"After a highly anticipated meeting, Pope Francis appears to have left his mark on President Donald Trump.",left
6769,President Trump and Pope Francis Meet,['Religion And Faith'],Pope Asks Trump To Be A Peacemaker During Vatican Meeting,HuffPost,"Pope Francis urged U.S. President Donald Trump to be a peacemaker at their highly anticipated first meeting on Wednesday, and Trump promised he would not forget the pontiff’s message.",left
6770,Perspectives: Trump Hasn't Yet Conceded the Election,"['Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'White House']","If He Loses, Trump Will Concede Gracefully",Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"I’ve been asked the same question at least a hundred times in the past week: If the president loses, will he participate in a peaceful transition of power?
The question probably says as much about those asking it as the answer does about President Trump. Most of the inquirers are the same people who still don’t understand why nearly half the country voted for Mr. Trump. They still wonder if he somehow cheated his way into office. They still think he should’ve been impeached, believe the polls, and consider the...",right
6771,Perspectives: Trump Hasn't Yet Conceded the Election,"['Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'White House']",The Republican Party Is Attacking Democracy,New York Times (Opinion),"It turns out there was a coordinated attack on the 2020 election after all. It began several years ago and accelerated in the last several months. Now that Election Day has passed, it has launched into overdrive.
Its weapons are baseless insinuation and evidence-free charges, deployed solely to sow chaos and undermine the results of a free and fair election — one that produced a clear winner and an even clearer loser.
But the most dangerous attackers of American democracy aren’t the Russians or the Chinese. They are the leaders...",left
6772,Perspectives: Trump Hasn't Yet Conceded the Election,"['Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'White House']",Biden says Trump's failure to concede is an 'embarrassment',The Hill,"President-elect Joe Biden called President Trump’s refusal to concede the election an “embarrassment” on Tuesday and warned that failing to do so would reflect poorly on his legacy in office.
“I just think it’s an embarrassment, quite frankly,” Biden said, when asked to comment on Trump’s refusal to acknowledge defeat in last week’s presidential election.
“The only thing that — how can I say this tactfully — I think it will not help the president’s legacy,” Biden, seemingly choosing his words carefully, added.",center
6773,Manchin Says He Won't Support Biden's Spending Bill,"['Federal Budget', 'US Senate', 'Joe Manchin', 'Build Back Better', 'Economy And Jobs']","Manchin upends Biden’s agenda, won’t back $2 trillion bill",Associated Press Fact Check,"Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin all but delivered a death blow to President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion domestic initiative, throwing his party’s agenda into jeopardy, infuriating the White House and leaving angry colleagues desperate to salvage what’s left of a top priority.
The West Virginia senator’s announcement that he could not support the bill, delivered on “Fox News Sunday” after only a cursory heads-up to the president’s staff, potentially derails not only Biden’s “Build Back Better Act,” but sparks fresh questions over passing voting rights legislation and potentially other significant bills that...",left
6774,Manchin Says He Won't Support Biden's Spending Bill,"['Federal Budget', 'US Senate', 'Joe Manchin', 'Build Back Better', 'Economy And Jobs']","Manchin undercuts Biden, leaving his agenda in limbo",The Hill,"Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) stunned fellow Democrats on Sunday by announcing he would not vote for President Biden’s ambitious climate and social spending bill, which his allies saw as the crowning legislative achievement of his first term.
Biden’s plans to address global warming and wealth inequality will now have to be substantially reworked if they are to become law, with many of his policy proposals potentially shelved in order to get Manchin’s vote.
Manchin’s warning Sunday that the Build Back Better bill would fuel inflation and risk American energy independence means that Democrats...",center
6775,Manchin Says He Won't Support Biden's Spending Bill,"['Federal Budget', 'US Senate', 'Joe Manchin', 'Build Back Better', 'Economy And Jobs']",Sen. Joe Manchin All But Kills Biden's Budget Busting 'Build Back Better' Package,CBN,"The centerpiece of Joe Biden's domestic agenda, the $2 trillion ""Build Back Better"" spending package, has been dealt a possibly fatal blow by a fellow Democrat, who calls it bad for America. 
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin said Sunday he just can't vote for it. ""I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just can't. I've tried everything humanly possible. I can't get there,"" Manchin announced on Fox News Sunday, ""This is a 'no'."" 
Manchin said he opposes the expensive package that Republicans have called a welfare goody bag...",right
6776,Consumer Prices Rise 5% Since May 2020 Despite Slower Monthly Inflation,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'CPI', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Economic Policy', 'Wall Street', 'Federal Reserve']",Key inflation measure rises at fastest pace since 1992,CNN Business,"Consumer prices roared higher last month, rising at their fastest pace in decades.
Inflation rose 5% in the 12-months ending in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. That marked the biggest jump since August 2008.
Stripping out food and energy costs, which tend to be more volatile, inflation stood at 3.8% over that 12- month period. It was the biggest increase in so-called core inflation since June 1992.
In the month of May alone, prices rose 0.6% on a seasonally adjusted basis, slightly less than in April. Core inflation, excluding food and...",left
6777,Consumer Prices Rise 5% Since May 2020 Despite Slower Monthly Inflation,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'CPI', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Economic Policy', 'Wall Street', 'Federal Reserve']","Inflation is hotter than expected, but it looks temporary and likely won’t affect Fed policy yet",CNBC,"Consumer prices jumped more than expected in May, but the surge in inflation looks to be temporary and should not push the Federal Reserve to tighten policy for now.
The consumer price index rose 5% in May on a year-over-year basis, the highest since the summer of 2008, when oil prices were skyrocketing. Excluding food and energy, core CPI rose 3.8% year over year, the highest pace since 1992. A third of the increase was attributed to a sharp 7.3% increase in used car and truck prices.
Fed officials have described...",center
6778,Consumer Prices Rise 5% Since May 2020 Despite Slower Monthly Inflation,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'CPI', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Economic Policy', 'Wall Street', 'Federal Reserve']",Inflation spike could force Fed's hand on tapering asset purchases,Fox Business,"A key inflation gauge that revealed consumer prices rose at their fastest pace in decades last month could prompt the Federal Reserve to start laying the groundwork to begin curtailing its massive monetary support to the U.S. economy.
The Labor Department announced Thursday that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) surged 5% in May from a year prior, the fastest year-over-year jump since 2008. Excluding the volatile food and energy data, core inflation rose 3.8% from a year earlier, the quickest since June 1992. 
The data could have significant implications for the U.S. Central...",right
6779,WikiLeaks Founder Charged By Federal Prosecutors,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Julian Assange has been charged, prosecutors reveal inadvertently in court filing",Washington Post,"WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been charged under seal, prosecutors inadvertently revealed in a recently unsealed court filing — a development that could significantly advance the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election and have major implications for those who publish government secrets.",left
6780,WikiLeaks Founder Charged By Federal Prosecutors,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Assange Has Been Charged, U.S. Prosecutors Reveal Inadvertently in Filing",Bloomberg,"WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been charged by federal prosecutors in Virginia in a move that suggests the U.S. government is determined to pursue his extradition, according to a filing in an unrelated court case.",left
6781,WikiLeaks Founder Charged By Federal Prosecutors,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",WikiLeaks: Julian Assange Charged in US,Breitbart News,"WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who was behind a massive dump of classified US documents in 2010, has been charged in the United States, WikiLeaks said Thursday.",right
6782,House Panel Finds No Collusion Between Russia and Trump Campaign,"['US House', 'Politics']",House committee led by Trump ally says campaign did not collude with Russia,The Guardian,A congressional committee led by a member of Donald Trump’s presidential transition team has announced that Trump’s 2016 campaign did not collude with Russian operatives and that the committee was nearing the completion of its investigation of the matter.,left
6783,House Panel Finds No Collusion Between Russia and Trump Campaign,"['US House', 'Politics']",Devin Nunes: House Intel Committee wrapped investigation due to lack of evidence,Washington Times,Representative Devin Nunes said Tuesday the House Intelligence Committee decided to end its investigation into President Trump and Russian collusion after interviewing “many dozens” of witnesses with no results.,right
6784,House Panel Finds No Collusion Between Russia and Trump Campaign,"['US House', 'Politics']",Republicans on House Panel Find No Collusion Between Russia and Trump Campaign,Wall Street Journal (News),Panel found ‘bad judgment’ and some ‘inappropriate meetings’ between members of the Trump campaign and Russians; report not yet shared with Democrats on committee,center
6785,Senate Judiciary Committee to Vote on Legislation Protecting Mueller,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate panel moving ahead with Mueller bill despite McConnell opposition,The Hill,Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said his committee will take up legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller despite opposition from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).,center
6786,Senate Judiciary Committee to Vote on Legislation Protecting Mueller,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Sen. Richard Blumenthal: Judiciary Committee pushing bill to protect Robert Mueller,Washington Times,Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Wednesday the Senate is working on a bill to prevent President Trump from firing special counsel Robert Mueller.,right
6787,Senate Judiciary Committee to Vote on Legislation Protecting Mueller,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Mitch McConnell sees 'no indication' Donald Trump might fire Robert Mueller. Um, what?",CNN (Opinion),"Mitch McConnell said something very odd Tuesday in an interview with Fox News Channel. Asked about the ongoing bipartisan effort in the Senate to pass legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller, McConnell said this: ""I don't think he should fire Mueller and I don't think he's going to. So this is a piece of legislation that isn't necessary in my judgment."" He added (bolding is mine): ""There's no indication that Mueller's going to be fired.""",left
6788,Ukraine Opens Investigation Into Reports Of Surveillance Of Marie Yovanovitch,"['Marie Yovanovitch', 'Ukraine', 'Lev Parnas', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Ukraine Investigates Reports of Surveillance of Marie Yovanovitch,New York Times (News),"Newly released documents suggest that Ms. Yovanovitch was being watched in Kyiv while she was the U.S. ambassador there.
The police in Ukraine have opened a criminal investigation into whether allies of President Trump had the United States ambassador to the country under surveillance while she was stationed in Kyiv, the Ukrainian government said on Thursday.
Democrats in the House of Representative on Tuesday revealed text messages to and from Lev Parnas — an associate of Rudolph W. Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer — pointing to surveillance of the ambassador,...",left
6789,Ukraine Opens Investigation Into Reports Of Surveillance Of Marie Yovanovitch,"['Marie Yovanovitch', 'Ukraine', 'Lev Parnas', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Ukraine Opens Investigation Into Claims U.S. Ambassador Yovanovitch Was Monitored,NPR (Online News),"Ukraine's national police are investigating allegations that U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was under surveillance in Kyiv last spring — an allegation made in WhatsApp messages between a U.S. politician and Lev Parnas.
""Ukraine cannot ignore such illegal activities on the territory of its own state,"" the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine said in a statement Thursday. The ministry says it's asking the FBI to help its inquiry.
The texts between Parnas and Robert F. Hyde, a Trump supporter and retired Marine who is running for Congress in Connecticut, suggested...",left
6790,Ukraine Opens Investigation Into Reports Of Surveillance Of Marie Yovanovitch,"['Marie Yovanovitch', 'Ukraine', 'Lev Parnas', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Ukraine investigating whether ex-US ambassador was surveilled, after impeachment document dump",Fox News (Online News),"Ukraine’s government announced Thursday that police are investigating whether ousted U.S. ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was subject to illegal surveillance, in response to new documents released ahead of President Trump’s impeachment trial.
Those documents, released by Democratic lawmakers, showed Lev Parnas -- an associate of Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani -- communicating about the removal of Marie Yovanovitch as the ambassador to Ukraine.
In some of those communications, Trump donor Robert F. Hyde seemed to indicate intimate knowledge of Yovanovitch’s activities – claiming at one point her phone and computer were off,...",right
6791,LaPierre CPAC Speech,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Wayne LaPierre Delivers Fiery Speech At CPAC,HuffPost,NATIONAL HARBOR Md. -- National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre attempted to turn the tables Friday on those in the media and government who have recently characterized the gun lobbyists talking points as crazy. In a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference LaPierre accused the federal government the Department of Homeland Security so-called Washington elites and Vice President Joe Biden of offering illogical solutions to the challenges of gun violence.,left
6792,LaPierre CPAC Speech,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"CPAC 2013: We will not be demonized, and we will not be silent, LaPierre says",Washington Times,National Rifle Association executive vice president and CEO Wayne LaPierre struck a defiant tone during an address Friday morning at the Conservative Political Action Conference saying that advocates of the Second Amendment will never back down despite the elitists who constantly denigrate and mock them.,right
6793,LaPierre CPAC Speech,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],NRA's LaPierre slams Obama administration over gun proposals,CNN (Online News),A top NRA official slams the White House and says proposed tougher gun laws would destroy constitutional rights.,left
6794,President Trump Demands Testimony From Whistleblower,"['Donald Trump', 'Whistleblower', 'Impeachment', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump rejects offer of written answers from whistleblower,Politico,"The president says the anonymous intelligence official must instead testify publicly.
President Donald Trump on Monday rejected an offer by the lawyer for the anonymous whistleblower at the center of House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry to submit written answers to questions from Republican lawmakers.
“The Whistleblower gave false information & dealt with corrupt politician Schiff,” Trump wrote on Twitter, referring to House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), one of the leaders of the impeachment probe.
“He must be brought forward to testify,” the president continued. “Written answers not acceptable!”
Attorney Mark...",left
6795,President Trump Demands Testimony From Whistleblower,"['Donald Trump', 'Whistleblower', 'Impeachment', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump demands testimony from whistleblower,The Hill,"President Trump on Monday demanded that the anonymous whistleblower who raised an alarm about his contacts with Ukraine testify.
Trump said it was “not acceptable” for the whistleblower to answer written questions from Republican lawmakers in connection with the House impeachment inquiry, as his attorneys communicated was on the table on Sunday. And he claimed without evidence that the whistleblower gave “false information.”
The president also referenced revelations that the whistleblower contacted House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff’s (D-Calif.) committee for guidance before filing the complaint, calling the top Democrat...",center
6796,President Trump Demands Testimony From Whistleblower,"['Donald Trump', 'Whistleblower', 'Impeachment', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump Ups Attempt to Discredit Whistleblower,Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump sent out a flurry of tweets on Monday morning in his continued attempt to discredit the whistleblower behind the complaint that led to the House’s impeachment inquiry.
“The Whistleblower gave false information & dealt with corrupt politician Schiff,” Trump wrote. “He must be brought forward to testify. Written answers not acceptable! Where is the 2nd Whistleblower? He disappeared after I released the transcript. Does he even exist?""
The president also pressed ahead with his insistence that there was nothing wrong in his July telephone call with...",right
6797,"Shanahan Out, Esper Named Acting Secretary of Defense","['White House', 'Defense', 'Patrick Shanahan', 'Politics']",BREAKING: Patrick Shanahan out as Pentagon chief nominee,Washington Times,"Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has withdrawn his name from consideration to be the next permanent Pentagon chief, President Trump said Tuesday, with Army Secretary Mark Esper in line to step in as a temporary replacement.",right
6798,"Shanahan Out, Esper Named Acting Secretary of Defense","['White House', 'Defense', 'Patrick Shanahan', 'Politics']","Patrick Shanahan Pulls Out Of Defense Secretary Confirmation Process, Trump Tweets",HuffPost,"Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has withdrawn from consideration to hold the post in a permanent capacity, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday in tweets.
The president said Shanahan had opted to “devote more time to his family.” Trump said he would name Army Secretary Mark Esper as the new acting defense secretary.",left
6799,"Shanahan Out, Esper Named Acting Secretary of Defense","['White House', 'Defense', 'Patrick Shanahan', 'Politics']","Trump: Shanahan out at Pentagon, Esper now acting secretary",Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan is withdrawing his nomination to lead the Pentagon.
The abrupt announcement came in a tweet from the president, who said Shanahan had done “a wonderful job” but would step aside to “devote more time to his family.”
The president added that the Secretary of the Army, Mark Esper, will be the new acting secretary.
“I know Mark, and have no doubt he will do a fantastic job!” Trump said in a second tweet on the...",left
6800,The Supreme Court Upholds Block on Abortion Restriction But Allows Fetal Burial,"['Abortion', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court Won’t Reinstate Indiana Ban on Abortion for Sex Selection,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Supreme Court sidestepped major abortion cases Tuesday, letting stand a lower-court ruling that Indiana cannot ban abortions for the purpose of sex, race or disability selection but allowing the state to regulate the disposal of fetal remains.
The court’s unsigned opinion appeared the product of a delicate compromise, and it stressed the justices weren’t ready—for now—to consider whether either law violates the Constitution. Instead, the three-page opinion offered procedural reasons for the different, if perhaps temporary, outcomes in both cases.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit,...",center
6801,The Supreme Court Upholds Block on Abortion Restriction But Allows Fetal Burial,"['Abortion', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court upholds Indiana's fetal tissue burial law,Washington Times,"The Supreme Court Tuesday upheld an Indiana law that governs how hospitals and abortion clinics can dispose of fetal remains, ruling the state does have a valid interest in that matter.
But the justices declined to hear a challenge involving the state’s law banning abortions when the decision is based on race, gender or diagnosed disability such as Down syndrome.
A lower appeals court had struck down that law as an infringement on abortion rights. The court said it wanted to wait for other cases to bubble up before granting...",right
6802,The Supreme Court Upholds Block on Abortion Restriction But Allows Fetal Burial,"['Abortion', 'Supreme Court']","Supreme Court leaves intact block on Indiana abortion restriction, but allows fetal burial to go into effect",CNN (Online News),"The Supreme Court said Tuesday that a provision of an Indiana law which said the state may prohibit abortions motivated solely by race, sex or disability should remain blocked.
The court, however, did say it would allow part of the law that requires clinics to bury or cremate fetal remains to take effect.
The fact that the court decided not to take up the more controversial provision of the Indiana law suggests that there is not a current appetite on the court to move aggressively to question the court's core...",left
6803,How Would Overturning Roe v Wade Impact the 2022 Elections?,"['2022 Elections', 'Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Politics', 'Roe V Wade', 'Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party']",A decision to overturn Roe v. Wade might upend the midterms,Washington Post,"In an already divided country, political battle lines hardened Tuesday with the prospect that the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade — a move that threatens to upend the 2022 midterm elections and turn the campaign into a massive mobilizing effort over the issues of abortion, individual rights and the contrasting philosophies of the two major political parties.
Supporters of abortion rights and their Democratic allies predicted that the thunderclap heard Monday night with Politico’s publication of a leaked draft opinion by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. would reverberate through...",left
6804,How Would Overturning Roe v Wade Impact the 2022 Elections?,"['2022 Elections', 'Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Politics', 'Roe V Wade', 'Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party']",What Would Striking Down Roe v. Wade Mean For The Midterms?,FiveThirtyEight,"Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited.
sarah (Sarah Frostenson, politics editor): It’s possible that Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that established the constitutional right to abortion, is about to be overturned.
Late on Monday, Politico published a draft Supreme Court opinion that indicates a majority of the court’s conservative justices are ready to overturn Roe. There’s still a lot we don’t know at this point, including whether this opinion has changed — the draft Politico obtained is dated Feb. 10, and Supreme Court opinions often involve...",center
6805,How Would Overturning Roe v Wade Impact the 2022 Elections?,"['2022 Elections', 'Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Politics', 'Roe V Wade', 'Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party']",How Likely Is Abortion to be the Central Issue in the 2022 Midterms?,Jim Geraghty,"Sean Patrick Maloney, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, declared last night, “only Democrats will protect our freedoms. That is now the central choice in the 2022 election.” I can’t help but wonder how many gas stations with a price around $4.36 per gallon Maloney passed as he was typing that tweet.",right
6806,China Promises Retaliation to US Sanctions Over Uighur Internment Camps,"['China', 'White House', 'Sanctions', 'Uighur Muslims', 'Genocide', ""John Bolton'S Book"", 'Asia', 'World', 'Foreign Policy']",Trump signs bill for sanctions on China officials over Uighurs,Al Jazeera,"President Donald Trump signed legislation on Wednesday calling for sanctions against those responsible for the repression of Uighur Muslims in China's far western region of Xinjiang, the White House said in a statement.
The bill, which passed the US Congress with only a single 'no' vote, was intended to send China a strong message on human rights by mandating sanctions against those responsible for the oppression of members of China's Muslim minority.",left
6807,China Promises Retaliation to US Sanctions Over Uighur Internment Camps,"['China', 'White House', 'Sanctions', 'Uighur Muslims', 'Genocide', ""John Bolton'S Book"", 'Asia', 'World', 'Foreign Policy']",Trump signs bill pressuring China over Uighur Muslim crackdown,Reuters,"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China threatened retaliation after U.S. President Donald Trump signed legislation on Wednesday calling for sanctions over the repression of China’s Uighurs, as excerpts from a book by his former national security adviser alleged he had approved of their mass detention.
The bill, which Congress passed with only one “no” vote, was intended to send China a strong message on human rights by mandating sanctions against those responsible for oppression of members of China’s Muslim minority.
The United Nations estimates that more than a million Muslims have been...",center
6808,China Promises Retaliation to US Sanctions Over Uighur Internment Camps,"['China', 'White House', 'Sanctions', 'Uighur Muslims', 'Genocide', ""John Bolton'S Book"", 'Asia', 'World', 'Foreign Policy']",Trump signs sanctions bill over China’s Uyghur ‘concentration camps’,New York Post (News),"President Trump on Wednesday signed legislation authorizing sanctions to punish Chinese officials responsible for human rights abuses against the country’s mostly Muslim Uyghur minority.
Trump quietly signed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act without a public event.
The White House announced the bill signing about an hour after bombshell allegations in former White House National Security Adviser John Bolton’s forthcoming book that Trump told Chinese President Xi Jinping he approved of “concentration camps” used to detain thousands of Uyghurs in western China.",right
6809,US Swimmers Detained in Brazil,['Sports'],American Swimmers Pulled Off Plane in Rio,New York Times (News),"Two American swimmers were pulled off their flight to the United States by the Brazilian authorities and detained for several hours on Wednesday night, Olympic officials said. It was the latest indication that the police were skeptical of the swimmers’ claims that they had been held up at gunpoint during the Rio Games.",left
6810,US Swimmers Detained in Brazil,['Sports'],2 US swimmers pulled from plane in Rio over questions in robbery,CNN (Online News),"American Olympic swimmers Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz were pulled off their flight from Rio de Janeiro to the United States overnight and have been ordered to stay in Brazil for questioning, as muddled accounts of a reported robbery involving the athletes spirals into a diplomatic matter.",left
6811,US Swimmers Detained in Brazil,['Sports'],3 American swimmers stuck in Brazil amid investigation into robbery report,Fox News (Online News),"Two American Olympic swimmers who were yanked off a homebound flight will not be allowed to leave Brazil until they provide testimony to investigators about a reported robbery that targeted them and a couple of their teammates, their attorney said Thursday.",right
6812,"Fauci, Top Infectious Disease Expert, to Retire in December","['Anthony Fauci', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Federal Government', 'Public Health', 'Science']","Fauci Reveals He Will Retire This Year, Pursue ‘Next Chapter’",The Daily Wire,"Dr. Anthony Fauci announced on Monday that he will be stepping down as the president’s top medical adviser and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in December.
“I will be leaving these positions in December of this year to pursue the next chapter of my career,” said Fauci, who has earned the ire of many Americans for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, his discussions of vaccines, lockdowns, and the origins of the pandemic, and more.
“It has been the honor of a lifetime to...",right
6813,"Fauci, Top Infectious Disease Expert, to Retire in December","['Anthony Fauci', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Federal Government', 'Public Health', 'Science']",Fauci Says He Will Step Down in December to Pursue His ‘Next Chapter’,New York Times (News),"Dr. Anthony S. Fauci said on Monday that he intended to leave government service in December to “pursue the next chapter” of his career, and that he would step down as President Biden’s top medical adviser and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which he has led for 38 years.
The announcement by Dr. Fauci, 81, was not entirely unexpected. He has hinted for some time that he was thinking of retiring, saying last month that he would “almost certainly” do so by 2025. In an interview...",left
6814,"Fauci, Top Infectious Disease Expert, to Retire in December","['Anthony Fauci', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Federal Government', 'Public Health', 'Science']",Fauci Resigning Out of Fear of GOP Investigations: Republicans,Newsweek,"Dr. Anthony Fauci announced Monday that he will resign as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) after spending more than a half-century in government, prompting Republican detractors to question his timing following his perceived double-talk during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In December, Fauci will also forfeit his roles as chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation and President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser, saying he wants ""to pursue the next chapter of my career."" Republicans believe Fauci is leaving government due to the possibility that the GOP will take control of the...",center
6815,Trump's Push of MSNBC Host Conspiracy Theory Met by Calls for Censorship,"['Technology', 'Censorship', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Scarborough', 'MSNBC', 'Twitter', 'Social Media', 'Politics', 'Polarization', 'Free Speech']",Twitter Must Cleanse the Trump Stain,New York Times (Opinion),"“Please delete those tweets,” the widower begged in a letter last week to Twitter’s chief executive, Jack Dorsey. “My wife deserves better.”
Yes, Twitter, Lori Klausutis certainly does deserve better, nearly two decades after she died in a tragic accident that has morphed into a macabre and continuing nightmare for her husband, Timothy Klausutis.
The boogeyman plunging him and the family of his late wife into the very worst of memory holes is a conspiracy-theory-loving, twitchy-fingered and often shameless tweeter who also happens to be the president of the United...",left
6816,Trump's Push of MSNBC Host Conspiracy Theory Met by Calls for Censorship,"['Technology', 'Censorship', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Scarborough', 'MSNBC', 'Twitter', 'Social Media', 'Politics', 'Polarization', 'Free Speech']",Husband of deceased Scarborough staffer asks Twitter to delete baseless Trump claims,Axios,"The husband of Lori Klausutis, an aide to Joe Scarborough when he was a member of Congress who died in 2001, asked Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to take down President Trump's tweets baselessly accusing the MSNBC host of murdering her, according to a letter obtained by the New York Times' Kara Swisher.
The state of play: Timothy Klausutis asked Dorsey to delete the tweets because Trump ""has taken something that does not belong him — the memory of my dead wife and perverted it for perceived political gain.""",center
6817,Trump's Push of MSNBC Host Conspiracy Theory Met by Calls for Censorship,"['Technology', 'Censorship', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Scarborough', 'MSNBC', 'Twitter', 'Social Media', 'Politics', 'Polarization', 'Free Speech']",‘Unspeakably Cruel’: ‘Morning Joe’ Co-Hosts Call Out Trump For Continuing To Tweet Conspiracy About Scarborough’s Dead Intern,The Daily Caller,"MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” co-hosts addressed President Donald Trump’s tweets about Joe Scarborough’s dead intern Tuesday morning, calling it “unspeakably cruel.”
Scarborough and his co-hosts pointed to a New York Times op-ed written by contributing opinion writer Kara Swisher. In the Tuesday op-ed, Swisher called for Twitter to remove Trump’s tweets about Lori Klausutis – who was found dead at her desk while working as an intern for Scarborough’s congressional office in 2001. It was determined that Klausutis died of natural causes.",right
6818,Appeals Court: Trump Must Turn Over Tax Returns,"['Justice', 'Supreme Court', 'Second Circuit Court Of Appeals', 'Subpoena', 'Taxes', 'Tax Returns', 'Donald Trump', 'New York', 'Mazars']",A federal appeals court just demolished Trump’s claim that he is immune from criminal investigation,Vox,"Less than two weeks ago, President Trump’s personal attorney William Consovoy stood before a panel of federal appellate judges and told them that the president is immune from criminal investigation even if Trump shoots someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue.
It didn’t take long for that panel to reject this extraordinary argument. On Monday, an unanimous panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that Trump is not immune from such investigations. The case is Trump v. Vance.
Vance arises from Manhattan District Attorney...",left
6819,Appeals Court: Trump Must Turn Over Tax Returns,"['Justice', 'Supreme Court', 'Second Circuit Court Of Appeals', 'Subpoena', 'Taxes', 'Tax Returns', 'Donald Trump', 'New York', 'Mazars']",Appeals Court Rules Trump's Accountants Must Turn Over Tax Records,NPR (Online News),"President Trump has lost another legal fight in his efforts to keep his tax returns private. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that Trump's accounting firm must turn over his tax returns to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.
The president will appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court, said Jay Sekulow, one of Trump's outside attorneys.
""The decision of the Second Circuit will be taken to the Supreme Court. The issue raised in this case goes to the heart of our Republic. The constitutional issues are...",left
6820,Appeals Court: Trump Must Turn Over Tax Returns,"['Justice', 'Supreme Court', 'Second Circuit Court Of Appeals', 'Subpoena', 'Taxes', 'Tax Returns', 'Donald Trump', 'New York', 'Mazars']",Trump attorney vows to go to Supreme Court in tax return case after appeals court allows subpoena,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump's attorney is vowing to go to the Supreme Court after a federal appeals court ruled Monday to allow New York City prosecutors to proceed with a subpoena for records including the president's tax returns.
Trump was attempting to block a subpoena which was issued to accounting firm Mazars USA by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. In a 34-page ruling handed down Monday morning, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court's ruling that state prosecutors can subpoena the tax returns of a sitting president.",right
6821,Kavanaugh on Abortion,['Supreme Court'],Kavanaugh's view on precedent central to U.S. abortion debate,Reuters,"U.S. senators on Wednesday are set to probe Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court, over his views on abortion as his confirmation hearing",center
6822,Kavanaugh on Abortion,['Supreme Court'],"If Kavanaugh is confirmed, any of these 13 cases could end Roe v. Wade",Vox,The landmark abortion decision could be overturned within a year.,left
6823,Kavanaugh on Abortion,['Supreme Court'],Dianne Feinstein admits Democratic opposition to Brett Kavanaugh is all about abortion,Washington Examiner,"Democrats don’t really care about documents from Brett Kavanaugh’s time working in the White House. Democrats only really care about Brett Kavanaugh’s opinion on abortion. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., gave that away.",right
6824,Senate GOP Goes Nuclear,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","The lesson of Gorsuch and the nuclear option: ""Neither party has any incentive to compromise""",Vox,"""It is depressing; I'm very depressed,” Republican Sen. John McCain said this week.
“We're going down the wrong path here,” Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said.",left
6825,Senate GOP Goes Nuclear,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",NUCLEAR: Senate GOP Uses Reid Rule to Nuke Dems' Unprecedented SCOTUS Filibuster,Townhall,"Harry Reid's legacy is thus cemented. Democrats' unprecedented filibuster of Judge Neil Gorsuch has been broken under the nuclear option they pioneered in 2013. Every single Republican voted to invoke the Reid Rule, including some who had expressed a strong hesitancy to do so; that's how indefensible Democrats' conduct has been. The Senate will now reach cloture on the nomination with 51 votes, setting up a final confirmation tomorrow. It's over. Neil Gorsuch will be the next Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court:",right
6826,Senate GOP Goes Nuclear,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate Eliminates Filibuster for Supreme Court Nominees,Wall Street Journal (News),"Senate Republicans eliminated the filibuster on Supreme Court nominees Thursday, thwarting Democratic opposition to Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court and removing a key pillar of the minority’s power to exert influence in the chamber.",center
6827,Biden to Address Joint Session of Congress,"['US Congress', 'Joint Session', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics']",Biden to address U.S. Congress as lawmakers consider infrastructure plan,Reuters,"President Joe Biden will speak to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on April 28, accepting an invitation from House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a fellow Democrat.
“The President has accepted the invitation of the Speaker of the House to address a Joint Session of Congress on April 28, the night before his 100th day in office,” the White House said in a prepared statement.
The speech will give Biden, 78, an opportunity to deliver a sales pitch to millions of Americans for his $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal,...",center
6828,Biden to Address Joint Session of Congress,"['US Congress', 'Joint Session', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics']",Pelosi invites Biden to address joint session of Congress,Washington Examiner,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi invited President Joe Biden to deliver his first address to a joint session of Congress on April 28, two days shy of the 100th day of his administration.
In a letter sent to the White House on Tuesday, Pelosi touted Biden's ""historic and transformative leadership"" and praised him for, in her words, turning his campaign pledge of ""help is on the way"" into ""help is here"" governing.
“In that spirit, I am writing to invite you to address a Joint Session of Congress on Wednesday, April...",right
6829,Biden to Address Joint Session of Congress,"['US Congress', 'Joint Session', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics']",Biden to address joint session of Congress on April 28,CBS News (Online),"President Biden on Tuesday night accepted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's invitation to address a joint session of Congress on April 28. The address is not an official State of the Union because a president's first speech before Congress is not considered a State of the Union.
""Nearly 100 days ago, when you took the oath of office, you pledged in a spirit of great hope that 'Help Is On The Way,'"" Pelosi wrote in a letter to Mr. Biden. ""Now, because of your historic and transformative leadership, Help Is Here!""...",left
6830,US Confirms First Coronavirus Victim,"['Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Washington State', 'Coronavirus', 'Death', 'Pandemics', 'Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",President Trump Confirms 1st U.S. Coronavirus Death; U.S. Heightens Travel Warnings,NPR (Online News),"A person in Washington state has died of the new coronavirus, President Trump confirmed Saturday. The fatality marks the first reported death from the virus in the United States.
The patient who died was a man in his 50s with underlying medical conditions, according to Washington state health officials.
Also at the press conference, Vice President Pence, who has been put in charge of the country's coronavirus response, announced that the U.S. would elevate an advisory to Americans to not travel to highly affected parts of Italy and South Korea....",left
6831,US Confirms First Coronavirus Victim,"['Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Washington State', 'Coronavirus', 'Death', 'Pandemics', 'Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump warns against panic amid news of first U.S. coronavirus death,Politico,"President Donald Trump preached calm on Saturday after the first U.S. death from coronavirus was confirmed in Washington state and the government ratcheted up travel warnings for several countries where the virus is spreading.
The president, flanked by his top health officials, said that Americans should not be alarmed by the latest news. ""If you are healthy, you will probably go through a process and you'll be fine,"" he said. Fifteen people have recovered from the virus, he added.",left
6832,US Confirms First Coronavirus Victim,"['Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Washington State', 'Coronavirus', 'Death', 'Pandemics', 'Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']","Trump misidentifies first US coronavirus fatality, calling man a ‘wonderful woman’",New York Post (News),"President Trump misidentified the nation’s first coronavirus fatality as a “wonderful woman” on Saturday — the victim, in fact, was a man who became ill while in a long-term care facility in Kirkland, Washington, officials said.
The patient, who died overnight Friday, was a man with “an underlying health condition,” Dr. Jeff Duchin, a public health officer for Seattle and King County, told reporters in an afternoon news conference.",right
6833,New York Opens Criminal Investigation of Trump Organization,"['Justice', 'New York', 'Letitia James', 'Trump Organization', 'Donald Trump']",New York's Probe Into Trump Organization Is Now A Criminal Inquiry,NPR (Online News),"The New York state attorney general's office has widened its probe into the Trump Organization to include an examination of potential criminal wrongdoing, according to the office's spokesman.
Previously, the office was investigating former President Donald Trump's namesake company in a solely civil matter with New York Attorney General Letitia James focusing on whether the company improperly valued its assets for loan and tax purposes.
However, now the state's investigation has entered ""a criminal capacity,"" spokesman Fabien Levy confirmed to NPR late Tuesday.
""We have informed the Trump Organization that...",left
6834,New York Opens Criminal Investigation of Trump Organization,"['Justice', 'New York', 'Letitia James', 'Trump Organization', 'Donald Trump']","Investigation of Trump Organization now exploring possible criminal conduct, N.Y. attorney general’s office says",Washington Post,"New York Attorney General Letitia James's investigation into the Trump Organization is now considered a criminal matter, James's office said Tuesday night, noting that officials with the former president's company were recently apprised of the development.
""We have informed the Trump Organization that our investigation into the company is no longer purely civil in nature,"" said Fabien Levy, a spokesperson for the attorney general's office. ""We are now actively investigating the Trump Organization in a criminal capacity, along with the Manhattan DA. We have no additional comment at this time.""...",left
6835,New York Opens Criminal Investigation of Trump Organization,"['Justice', 'New York', 'Letitia James', 'Trump Organization', 'Donald Trump']",New York AG’s office says Trump Organization probe now ‘criminal’ investigation,Fox News (Online News),"The office of New York state Attorney General Letitia James issued a statement to Fox News on Tuesday night, confirming a change in its investigation of the Trump Organization.
The case has now become a criminal investigation after initially being a civil matter, the statement said.
""We have informed the Trump Organization that our investigation into the organization is no longer purely civil in nature,"" James spokesman Fabien Levy wrote in a statement to Fox News.
""We are now actively investigating the Trump Organization in a criminal capacity, along with...",right
6836,Evaluating Debt Limit Talks,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Clock Is Ticking for Recess, and for a Deficit Deal",New York Times (News),"Talks between the White House and Senate Republicans have gone nowhere this summer, increasing the likelihood of a government shutdown this fall.",left
6837,Evaluating Debt Limit Talks,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","House GOP leaders plan to advance a short-term spending bill, then demand health-law changes in debt-limit talks.",Wall Street Journal (News),The strategy would be to avert an expected September showdown with Democrats over government funding levels by deferring the toughest budget issues to later in the fall when lawmakers face a deadline to raise the debt ceiling.,center
6838,Evaluating Debt Limit Talks,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Democrats Hope to Use GOP 'Chaos' to Make Gains at Ballot Box,Newsmax (News),"House Democrats are hoping that a protracted fight with Republicans over the budget will swing voters to their side in the 2014 midterm elections.
According to The Hill, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is working on a ""chaos"" campaign theme to convince voters the GOP is more concerned with its ideology than acting responsibly to avoid a government shut down and protect the nation's credit.",right
6839,How Should Queen Elizabeth II Be Remembered?,"['World', 'United Kingdom', 'Queen Elizabeth', 'Colonialism']",Queen Elizabeth's death: Reaction from world leaders,Reuters,"Queen Elizabeth, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and the nation's figurehead for seven decades, died on Thursday aged 96.
Here is some reaction to her death:
U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTONIO GUTERRES
""As the United Kingdom's longest-lived and longest-reigning Head of State, Queen Elizabeth II was widely admired for her grace, dignity, and dedication around the world. She was a reassuring presence throughout decades of sweeping change, including the decolonization of Africa and Asia and the evolution of the Commonwealth.""
U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND JILL BIDEN
""In a world of constant change, she...",center
6840,How Should Queen Elizabeth II Be Remembered?,"['World', 'United Kingdom', 'Queen Elizabeth', 'Colonialism']","Not merely a queen, but the Queen",Washington Examiner,"People simply referred to “the Queen.” They usually didn’t say “Queen Elizabeth.” They didn’t need to. Neither her name nor those of the countries she ruled were necessary to identify her. There are other queens, of course, but none has remotely the same stature or instant recognition. Mention of them is likely to prompt the fugitive thought, “I’d forgotten that country had a queen.”
Why was there only one Queen?
Partly it was her brilliance in balancing warm accessibility and the awe-inspiring dignified distance that makes majesty. She was “Her...",right
6841,How Should Queen Elizabeth II Be Remembered?,"['World', 'United Kingdom', 'Queen Elizabeth', 'Colonialism']",Queen Elizabeth's death revives criticism of Britain's legacy of colonialism,NBC News (Online),"As the death Thursday of Queen Elizabeth II prompted an outpouring of grief from millions across the world, it also revived criticism of her legacy, highlighting the complicated feelings of those who saw her as a symbol of the British colonial empire — an institution that enriched itself through violence, theft and oppression.
""If anyone expects me to express anything but disdain for the monarch who supervised a government that sponsored the genocide that massacred and displaced half my family and the consequences of which those alive today are still trying to...",left
6842,"Tucker Carlson Says NSA Spied On Him, NSA Denies Claim","['National Security', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Privacy', 'NSA']",Tucker Carlson is in a credibility battle with the NSA — and so far he’s losing,Washington Post,"Time tends to warp in the vicinity of a presidential election, so you may have forgotten about one odd incident that occurred late last October.
On Oct. 29, Fox News host Tucker Carlson made a remarkable allegation. He had been sent a cache of documents offering revealing information about the family of the Democratic nominee for president, Joe Biden. These were “documents that are directly relevant to the presidential campaign just six days from now,” Carlson insisted — but they had inexplicably vanished. A member of his staff had given...",left
6843,"Tucker Carlson Says NSA Spied On Him, NSA Denies Claim","['National Security', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Privacy', 'NSA']",NSA hits back at allegations it spied on Fox News host,BBC News,"The US National Security Agency (NSA) has hit back at allegations by Fox News host Tucker Carlson that it is spying on him to force him off air.
On Monday Carlson, a long-time critic of President Joe Biden, said a government whistle-blower had told him the NSA was monitoring him for ""political reasons"".
The NSA denied he was a ""target"", saying it deals with foreign threats.
Fox News has not commented publicly on its host's claim.
In response to a question about Carlson's comments, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said...",center
6844,"Tucker Carlson Says NSA Spied On Him, NSA Denies Claim","['National Security', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Privacy', 'NSA']",Tucker Carlson: NSA is spying on this show,Tucker Carlson,"""Tucker Carlson Tonight"" host said Monday that the National Security Agency is ""spying on him"" and planned to leak his communications in efforts to cancel his show. 
TUCKER CARLSON: It's not just political protesters the government is spying on, yesterday, we heard from a whistleblower within the US government who reached out to warn us that the NSA, the National Security Agency, is monitoring our electronic communications and is planning to leak them in an attempt to take this show off the air. 
Now, that's a shocking claim and ordinarily would be skeptical...",right
6845,Week Two Of Public Hearings Into The Trump Impeachment Inquiry,"['Impeachment Hearings', 'US House', 'Politics']",White House Officials to Kick Off Big Trump Impeachment Week,Newsmax (News),"Two top national security aides who listened to President Donald Trump’s July call with Ukraine’s president are preparing to testify Tuesday at House impeachment hearings as the inquiry reaches deeper into the White House.
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, an Army officer at the National Security Council, and Jennifer Williams, his counterpart at Vice President Mike Pence’s office, say they had concerns as Trump spoke on July 25 with the newly elected Ukraine president about political investigations into Joe Biden.
After they appear Tuesday morning, the House will hear in the...",right
6846,Week Two Of Public Hearings Into The Trump Impeachment Inquiry,"['Impeachment Hearings', 'US House', 'Politics']","White House official criticizes Trump call, decries 'cowardly' attacks",Reuters,"A White House official testified in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Tuesday that the president’s phone call urging Ukraine’s leader to investigate Trump’s political rivals was improper and blasted what he called “cowardly” attacks on witnesses in the investigation.
Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, the White House National Security Council’s top Ukraine expert, testified at the third public hearing in the impeachment effort before the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee.
Vindman, who along with other witnesses has been publicly criticized by Trump, also told lawmakers that “vile...",center
6847,Week Two Of Public Hearings Into The Trump Impeachment Inquiry,"['Impeachment Hearings', 'US House', 'Politics']",What to expect from this week’s impeachment hearings,Vox,"Nine witnesses will testify at five hearings between Tuesday and Thursday.
House Democrats have set up a packed schedule for their second full week of impeachment inquiry hearings, with nine witnesses set to testify between Tuesday and Thursday.
Things kick off on Tuesday morning at 9 am Eastern, with testimony from Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman (a National Security Council staffer) and Jennifer Williams (a State Department official detailed to the vice president’s office). We’ve embedded a live stream above, and you can also watch it on C-SPAN or on Vox’s...",left
6848,NSA Leaker Found,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Intelligence Contractor Is Charged in First Leak Case Under Trump,New York Times (News),"An intelligence contractor was charged with sending a classified report about Russia’s interference in the 2016 election to the news media, the Justice Department announced Monday, the first criminal leak case under President Trump.",left
6849,NSA Leaker Found,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",NSA Leaker Is A Bernie Supporter Who ‘Resists’ Trump,The Daily Caller,"The 25-year-old woman who stole “Top Secret” documents from the National Security Agency and leaked them to The Intercept appears to be a supporter of Bernie Sanders and other progressive icons, such as Bill Maher and Michael Moore.",right
6850,NSA Leaker Found,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Accused NSA leaker Reality Leigh Winner left easily followed trail, FBI says",USA TODAY,The Justice Department has announced charges against an NSA contractor for allegedly leaking classified information to a news organization. 25 year old Reality Winner reportedly removed confidential information from an NSA site in Georgia. The charges were announced after The Intercept published an NSA briefing about the alleged Russian meddling in last year's election.,left
6851,Another Ceasefire Ends,['Middle East'],"30 dead in Gaza, as Palestinians head back to peace table",Washington Times,"Israel reported at least 30 more killed in Gaza, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered shelling against Hamas to resume and doubled down on claims that the Jewish nation would not stop defending itself against terror group Hamas, no matter the pressures of the international community.",right
6852,Another Ceasefire Ends,['Middle East'],"Israel Suspends Attack in Parts of Gaza, but Strike Kills Girl",New York Times (News),"Minutes after Israel began a unilateral and partial cease-fire in Gaza on Monday, the air force struck a house in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, killing a girl, 8, and wounding at least 29 others.",left
6853,Another Ceasefire Ends,['Middle East'],Blast Hits Gaza Within Minutes of Truce,Wall Street Journal (News),"Apparent Airstrike Kills Girl, Injures 30 People, Palestinian Officials Say",center
6854,Judge Rules Clinicians Cannot Object to Abortions on Moral or Religious Grounds,"['Healthcare', 'Human Rights', 'Pro-Choice', 'Pro-Life', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Department Of Health And Human Services', 'Abortion']",Federal judge strikes down rule allowing clinicians to object to abortions for moral or religious reasons,NBC News (Online),"A federal judge in New York on Wednesday struck down a new Trump administration rule that would have allowed health care clinicians to refuse to provide abortions for moral or religious reasons.
U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York rejected the federal rule after women's groups, health organizations and multiple states sued the Department of Health and Human Services, arguing the exemptions were unconstitutional.
Engelmayer ruled that the so-called conscience rule was too coercive, allowing HHS to withhold billions in federal funding unless health...",left
6855,Judge Rules Clinicians Cannot Object to Abortions on Moral or Religious Grounds,"['Healthcare', 'Human Rights', 'Pro-Choice', 'Pro-Life', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Department Of Health And Human Services', 'Abortion']",Judge strikes down new Trump rule on religious objections,Associated Press,"NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday struck down a new Trump administration rule that could open the way for more health care workers to refuse to participate in abortions or other procedures on moral or religious grounds.
U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer said the U.S. Health and Human Services Department overstepped its authority and went beyond existing law in issuing the rule. He also said that the measure could be costly, burdensome and damaging to emergency care and that the whole rationale for the rule was...",left
6856,Judge Rules Clinicians Cannot Object to Abortions on Moral or Religious Grounds,"['Healthcare', 'Human Rights', 'Pro-Choice', 'Pro-Life', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Department Of Health And Human Services', 'Abortion']",Judge Rules Federally Funded Doctors and Nurses Must Ignore Conscience and Perform Abortions If Asked to Do So,Townhall,"A federal judge ruled Wednesday that President Donald J. Trump's Health and Human Services ""conscience rule"" that allows doctors, nurses, physicians assistant and more health care providers to refuse participation in abortion based on moral and religious grounds was unconstitutional. New York attorney General Letitia James led the lawsuit on behalf of 19 states and the District of Columbia, which argued that the policy allows Americans to ""openly discriminate and refuse to provide necessary health care to patients based on providers’ ‘religious beliefs or moral objections.'""",right
6857,Brett Kavanaugh Concludes Testimony,['Supreme Court'],Brett Kavanaugh Calls Allegations a ‘Political Hit’,Wall Street Journal (News),"A fiery, tearful Brett Kavanaugh defended his nomination to the Supreme Court and his personal reputation against allegations of sexual assault in an extraordinary Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday, shortly after his accuser said she was 100% certain he had assaulted her decades earlier.",center
6858,Brett Kavanaugh Concludes Testimony,['Supreme Court'],Kavanaugh abandons script to deliver blistering opening statement on assault accusation,Fox News (Online News),"A visibly emotional Judge Brett Kavanaugh abandoned his prepared script and delivered a blistering opening statement denying the allegations of sexual assault leveled against him by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, calling it a “calculated and orchestrated political hit.”",right
6859,Brett Kavanaugh Concludes Testimony,['Supreme Court'],Brett Kavanaugh Plays The Victim,HuffPost,The Supreme Court nominee’s strategy is classic.,left
6860,Nevada Chaos,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders Facing Pressure Over Supporters’ Actions in Nevada,New York Times (News),"Raising the prospect of lasting fissures in the Democratic Party, Senator Bernie Sanders rebuffed mounting pressure on Tuesday to rein in his supporters after they disrupted a weekend Democratic convention in Nevada, throwing chairs and later threatening the state party chairwoman in a fight over delegates. The uproar comes as Hillary Clinton is struggling to turn her and the party’s attention to the general election.",left
6861,Nevada Chaos,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Wasserman Schultz on Sanders' response to Nevada chaos: 'Anything but acceptable',Politico,"Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz panned Bernie Sanders' response to reports of violence at the Nevada Democratic state convention over the weekend, calling it ""anything but acceptable.""
Wasserman Schultz was speaking on CNN on Tuesday night, after a day in which the Sanders campaign exchanged pointed public statements with the DNC and the Nevada Democratic Party over allegations that the campaign encouraged ""extra-parliamentary behavior — indeed, actual violence"" at the convention, in the words of the state Democ",left
6862,Nevada Chaos,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","MSNBC’s Maddow: Dems Might ‘Need To Be More Concerned’ About Party Discontent Than GOP, ‘Really Could Lose’ NV",Breitbart News,"MSNBC host Rachel Maddow stated that while most of the election coverage has focused on discord on the GOP side, “I have to wonder if it’s not the Democrats who might now need to be more concerned” while discussing the Nevada State Democratic Convention on Monday.",right
6863,Campaign Spending by Outside Groups,['Elections'],Koch Super-PAC Drops $6.5 Million in New Ads in Six States,Bloomberg,"The Koch-backed political network makes its closing arguments starting Wednesday in six Senate contests, with new political commercials set to run in Alaska, Arkansas, North Carolina, Colorado, Iowa and New Hampshire. The buy is $6.5 million, according to Freedom Partners Action Fund, which is paying for the spots.",left
6864,Campaign Spending by Outside Groups,['Elections'],"Big spending by parties, independent groups drowns airwaves in negative attacks",Washington Post,"The record amount of independent spending swamping this year’s congressional races is fueling a deeply negative political atmosphere, as attack ads from independent groups overwhelm the messages of candidates in many competitive races.",left
6865,Campaign Spending by Outside Groups,['Elections'],Teachers unions spend big to boost vulnerable Dems,Fox News (Online News),"The top teachers unions are flexing their muscle ahead of the November midterms, spending at least $60 million on television ads and ground operations hoping to have a major impact on close gubernatorial and Senate races.",right
6866,Prepping for the 1st Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",False Claims to Watch Out for in Monday’s Debate,Politico,"From the minute that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton open their mouths at the debate on Monday night, they’re going to be relentlessly fact-checked — by each other, by the media, and of course, by POLITICO.",left
6867,Prepping for the 1st Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Debate Prep? Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Differ on That, Too",New York Times (News),"Hillary Clinton is determined to get under Donald J. Trump’s skin at Monday’s debate, and is testing attack lines to try to rattle him.
Mr. Trump is largely shunning traditional debate preparations, but has been watching video of Mrs. Clinton’s best and worst debate moments, looking for her vulnerabilities.",left
6868,Prepping for the 1st Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump’s Debate Opportunity,The American Spectator,"As usual, Donald Trump’s approach to news is non-traditional: Saying that the Tulsa police officer who shot and killed Terence Crutcher may have “choked,” as if she missed a free throw in the NBA playoffs, isn’t exactly how most people would put it. After all, choking doesn’t normally earn one a charge of felony first-degree manslaughter, as Officer Betty Shelby now faces.",right
6869,Fiscal Cliff Impact,[],Fiscal deal failure would dent monthly budgets for millions,Fox News (Online News),"Families across the country might soon have to start trimming back their monthly budgets, with lawmakers running out of time and ideas for averting a crushing set of tax hikes.",right
6870,Fiscal Cliff Impact,[],"Now or later, a fiscal cliff deal fixes a self-inflicted problem",CNN (Online News),"Sometime in the next 10 days, a fiscal cliff agreement is likely.",left
6871,Fiscal Cliff Impact,[],NASA Langley To Face Consequences If Congress Fails To Avert Fiscal Cliff,HuffPost,"If the ""fiscal cliff"" isn't averted by Congress by January, NASA Langley Research Center would be among the agencies facing serious job losses.",left
6872,"Sec. of Transportation Elaine Chao Has Yet to Divest Shares, as She Had Promised to do","['White House', 'Elaine Chao', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Politics']",Report: Elaine Chao still owns shares in stock she promised to divest,The Hill,"Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao reportedly still owns stock in a construction company that she previously promised to divest from upon taking office.
The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that federal disclosure forms show Chao to be the owner of nearly $400,000 worth of stock in Vulcan Materials Co., a major supplier of materials for road pavement and other construction projects, more than a year after she promised to trade the shares for a cash payout.
The cash payout has yet to occur, the Journal reported. A spokesman for the Department...",center
6873,"Sec. of Transportation Elaine Chao Has Yet to Divest Shares, as She Had Promised to do","['White House', 'Elaine Chao', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Politics']",Transport Secretary Elaine Chao Still Owns Road-Paving Company Stock She Promised To Get Rid Of,Daily Beast,"Transport Secretary Elaine Chao could be in for a bumpy ride after The Wall Street Journal reported that she still owns stock in a road-paving company, more than a year after she promised to get rid of it. Chao’s holdings are in Vulcan Materials, which is the largest U.S. supplier of stone, sand, and gravel used in road-paving and building. The stock price has risen nearly 13 percent since April 2018, the month Chao said she would ditch the shares, meaning she’s gained more $40,000 since the promise was made....",left
6874,"Sec. of Transportation Elaine Chao Has Yet to Divest Shares, as She Had Promised to do","['White House', 'Elaine Chao', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Politics']",Transportation Sec. Elaine Chao Under Fire For Reportedly Failing To Cut Ties With Construction Materials Company,The Daily Caller,"Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is under fire for reportedly retaining shares in a construction materials company following a Tuesday story in The Wall Street Journal headlined she had “pledged to divest.”
Chao agreed to take a “cash payout” in April 2018 for her shares in road materials giant Vulcan Materials Co. per a January 2017 ethics agreement prior to her confirmation. She was paid in shares now worth roughly $400,000 as deferred compensation for serving on Vulcan’s board prior to her confirmation, reported WSJ. The DOT’s head ethics official said...",right
6875,Will Christie Popularity Last?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Why the GOP establishment loves Chris Christie, in 1 paragraph",Washington Post,Want to understand why the Republican political establishment is in love with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as a 2016 candidate?,left
6876,Will Christie Popularity Last?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Will Christie's moment last?,CNN (Online News),"The path to the White House is paved with former frontrunners -- or maybe call them buzzleaders, since we're three years away from 2016 and nobody is officially running for president yet.
Time magazine has put three different GOP lawmakers on its cover. First it was Marco Rubio. Then it was Rand Paul. Now it is Chris Christie.
Don't forget to sprinkle that seasoning over all the sugary buzz surrounding Christie, who was emphatically reelected as New Jersey governor this week.
The foreshadowing was evident as he...",left
6877,Will Christie Popularity Last?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Rand Paul: Moderate Like Christie Has Little Chance in 2016,Newsmax (News),"The sweeping re-election of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie proves moderates are an integral part of the Republican Party, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky says.
""There's room in the Republican Party for moderates, like Chris Christie. They seem to be the only ones that are winning in the Northeast,"" Paul told ""The Steve Malzberg Show"" on Newsmax TV.",right
6878,"Pompeo Claims ""Pretty Clear"" Russia Behind Cyberattack, Trump Says ""May"" Be China","['Cybersecurity', 'China', 'Russia', 'Technology']","Pompeo Says Russia 'Pretty Clearly' Behind Cyberattack, Prompting Pushback From Trump",NPR (Online News),"Since news of the SolarWinds hack surfaced nearly a week ago, high-ranking Trump administration officials had remained largely silent about the cyberattack that involved at least half a dozen federal agencies. On Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo broke that silence, becoming the most prominent administration official to blame Russia for the attack.
""This was a very significant effort,"" Pompeo told the The Mark Levin Show, ""and I think it's the case that now we can say pretty clearly that it was the Russians that engaged in this activity.""",left
6879,"Pompeo Claims ""Pretty Clear"" Russia Behind Cyberattack, Trump Says ""May"" Be China","['Cybersecurity', 'China', 'Russia', 'Technology']",Trump claims China 'may' have been behind cyberattack after Pompeo says it was ‘pretty clearly’ Russia,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Saturday claimed China ""may"" have been behind a massive cyberattack on U.S. government systems -- a day after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the attack was ""pretty clearly"" perpetrated by Russians.
Trump downplayed the attack, dubbed by one U.S. official as ""the worst hacking case in the history of America,"" as ""far greater in the Fake News Media than in actuality.""",right
6880,"Pompeo Claims ""Pretty Clear"" Russia Behind Cyberattack, Trump Says ""May"" Be China","['Cybersecurity', 'China', 'Russia', 'Technology']","Trump contradicts Pompeo in bid to downplay massive hack of U.S. government, Russia’s role",Washington Post,"President Trump addressed the ongoing cyber hacks of the U.S. government for the first time on Saturday, seeking to turn blame away from Moscow in defiance of mounting evidence while downplaying how devastating the intrusions appear to be.
In a bizarre outburst on Twitter that Trump’s critics condemned for its alarming disconnect from the facts, the president contradicted his top diplomat, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who on Friday pinned the breaches that have afflicted at least five major federal agencies “clearly” on Russia. Rather, the president baselessly suggested that...",left
6881,Senate Considers Bill on Iran Deal,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate panel votes Tuesday on Iran bill that gives Congress say on nuclear deal,Fox News (Online News),How much say Congress has on a possible nuclear deal with Iran will be tested Tuesday as a controversial bill goes up for a vote in the Senate Foreign Relations committee.,right
6882,Senate Considers Bill on Iran Deal,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Obama’s goal to make a deal with Iran gets a new test in Congress,Washington Post,President Obama’s quest to get a deal with Iran on its nuclear program hinges on not only reaching across the aisle in Congress but also across oceans to find common ground with enemies.,left
6883,Senate Considers Bill on Iran Deal,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",What's in that Iran bill and why all the fuss about it?,CNN (Online News),"For months, the White House and Congress have wrangled over a bill that would give lawmakers a greater say in the Iran nuclear deal the administration is hammering out along with other world powers.",left
6884,"Parents of Otto Warmbier Denounce Trump Comments, Say Kim Jong Un Is Responsible for Son's Death","['North Korea', 'Otto Warmbier', 'Donald Trump', 'Kim Jong Un', 'World']",Trump absolves Kim Jong Un of responsibility for Otto Warmbier’s death,Vox,“He tells me that he didn’t know about it and I will take him at his word.”,left
6885,"Parents of Otto Warmbier Denounce Trump Comments, Say Kim Jong Un Is Responsible for Son's Death","['North Korea', 'Otto Warmbier', 'Donald Trump', 'Kim Jong Un', 'World']","Warmbier's parents push back on Trump comments, blame Kim’s ‘evil regime’ for son’s death",Fox News (Online News),"The parents of American college student Otto Warmbier, who died after his detention in North Korea, on Friday countered President Trump’s suggestion that Kim Jong Un was unaware of",right
6886,"Parents of Otto Warmbier Denounce Trump Comments, Say Kim Jong Un Is Responsible for Son's Death","['North Korea', 'Otto Warmbier', 'Donald Trump', 'Kim Jong Un', 'World']",Kellyanne Conway defends Trump comments on Warmbier,The Hill,"Kellyanne Conway on Friday said President Trump agrees with the parents of Otto Warmbier that North Korea is responsible for their son's death, but reiterated that Trump is taking North",center
6887,Republican Candidates and Staff Physically Assaulted,['Polarization'],Democratic operative arrested in assault on GOP candidate's campaign manager,Associated Press,A political operative from Virginia with a history of confronting Republican political figures faces a misdemeanor battery charge in Nevada after witnesses say he pushed into a GOP campaign event and grabbed the manager of state Attorney General Adam Laxalt’s gubernatorial campaign.,left
6888,Republican Candidates and Staff Physically Assaulted,['Polarization'],Rep. Steve Scalise: Republicans keep getting violently attacked – Democrats should condemn this,Guest Writer - Right,"We are less than 20 days out from Election Day and the shocking reports of attacks against Republican candidates and volunteers keep getting worse. In Minnesota, two Republican candidates for state office were punched. Shane Mekeland is a first-time candidate who is unfortunately entering politics at a time when violence seems to be condoned or shrugged off by leading voices on the left.",right
6889,Republican Candidates and Staff Physically Assaulted,['Polarization'],Two Minnesota Republicans report attacks,The Hill,Two Republicans in Minnesota said they have been physically attacked in the past few days by assailants who were angry about their politics.,center
6890,"Pope Francis Changes Catholic Church's Official Stance on Death Penalty, Declaring it 'Inadmissible' in All Cases",[],"Pope Francis changes Catholic Church teaching on death penalty, declares it 'inadmissible'",USA TODAY,"Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church's stance on the death penalty in a new policy published Thursday, saying it is “inadmissible” because it “attacks” the inherent dignity of all humans.",left
6891,"Pope Francis Changes Catholic Church's Official Stance on Death Penalty, Declaring it 'Inadmissible' in All Cases",[],Pope Francis goes all-in against the death penalty.,New Republic,"The Vatican announced on Thursday that the pontiff revised the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the church’s written summarization of its teachings, to categorically oppose capital punishment in all circumstances.",left
6892,"Pope Francis Changes Catholic Church's Official Stance on Death Penalty, Declaring it 'Inadmissible' in All Cases",[],"Pope Francis Comes Out Against Death Penalty, Says It ‘Attacks’ Human Dignity",The Daily Caller,Pope Francis is steering the Catholic church away from supporting the death penalty in a new papal policy released Thursday.,right
6893,Trump Seeks to Rally Support for Immigration and Customs Enforcement,['Immigration'],"Trump implores state, local officials to publicly praise ICE",New York Post (News),"President Trump has asked state and local officials to publicly praise Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, calling efforts to abolish the agency “dangerous.”",right
6894,Trump Seeks to Rally Support for Immigration and Customs Enforcement,['Immigration'],"President Trump attacks critics of border agents, warns of 'bloodshed and suffering'",USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump called on local officials to support U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in an open letter Monday, warning that “terror, bloodshed and suffering” would continue without their cooperation.",left
6895,Trump Seeks to Rally Support for Immigration and Customs Enforcement,['Immigration'],Trump sees political win in some Democrats' calls to abolish ICE,Los Angeles Times,President Trump plans to brandish two of his favorite political weapons at the White House today: a phalanx of uniformed law enforcement officers and an angry denunciation of Democrats as a party of lawlessness and open borders.,left
6896,Bush 41 Rips Cheney and Rumsfeld,['Politics'],"George H Bush jabs at Cheney, Rumsfeld in new book",Fox News (Online News),"As an ex-president, George H.W. Bush has generally maintained a respectful silence regarding later administrations. But now he's speaking out, criticizing some big names, and not in ways you might expect.",right
6897,Bush 41 Rips Cheney and Rumsfeld,['Politics'],"George H.W. Bush slams ‘iron-ass’ Cheney, ‘arrogant’ Rumsfeld in new biography. Also faults Bush 43.",Washington Post,"It’s long been a mystery what President George H.W. Bush thought of President George W. Bush’s response to the Sept. 11 attacks and the subsequent invasion of Iraq. Bush 41, of course, had stopped short of ousting Saddam Hussein; Bush 43 had gone ahead and done just that. But what was said behind closed doors in Crawford or Kennebunkport?",left
6898,Bush 41 Rips Cheney and Rumsfeld,['Politics'],Bush 41 hits 43's aides in new biography,CNN (Online News),An upcoming biography of former President George H.W. Bush contains harsh critical assessments by the 41st president of some of the top officials from his son's presidency.,left
6899,Elon Musk Files to Terminate Twitter Deal,"['Business', 'Elon Musk', 'Twitter', 'Big Tech', 'Technology', 'Social Media', 'Banking And Finance', 'Internet', 'SEC', 'Parag Agrawal']",Twitter will sue Elon Musk for calling off his $44 billion takeover,Quartz,"Elon Musk regrets his agreement to buy Twitter for $44 billion. And now, he’s officially trying to get out of the deal.
In a letter to Twitter (pdf) on July 8, filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Musk’s lawyers said that Musk is terminating the takeover agreement with Twitter because, they allege, Twitter made “false and misleading” statements about its user data.
Musk, who agreed to buy Twitter on April 25, has since expressed concern with what percentage of Twitter’s monetizable daily active users (mDAU), a metric reported quarterly to the...",center
6900,Elon Musk Files to Terminate Twitter Deal,"['Business', 'Elon Musk', 'Twitter', 'Big Tech', 'Technology', 'Social Media', 'Banking And Finance', 'Internet', 'SEC', 'Parag Agrawal']",Elon Musk files to back out of Twitter deal,Washington Post,"Elon Musk is terminating his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, according to a filing the billionaire made with the Securities and Exchange Commission Friday.
Musk’s lawyers sent a letter to Twitter saying he is “terminating their merger agreement,” according to the filing. In the letter, Musk argues he has a right to drop out of the deal because Twitter hasn’t given him enough information about the company’s business.",left
6901,Elon Musk Files to Terminate Twitter Deal,"['Business', 'Elon Musk', 'Twitter', 'Big Tech', 'Technology', 'Social Media', 'Banking And Finance', 'Internet', 'SEC', 'Parag Agrawal']",Elon Musk tells Twitter he's terminating deal to buy social media giant,Fox Business,"Elon Musk has informed Twitter that he's terminating a deal to buy the social media giant.
A law firm representing the Tesla CEO sent a letter to Twitter on Friday, alleging that they appear ""to have made false and misleading representations"" when Musk agreed to buy the company on April 25 and have ""breached"" multiple provisions of the initial agreement.
The announcement from Musk comes after a month's long feud over how many spam and fake accounts are on Twitter, and the Tesla CEO requested that Twitter provide details supporting its internal estimate that...",right
6902,Nancy Pelosi Says It May Be Possible To Indict a Sitting President,"['US House', 'Politics']",Pelosi: ‘Open Discussion’ Whether Trump Can Be Indicted While in Office,National Review,"Representative Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), who is expected to be elevated to Speaker of the House Thursday, has refused to rule out the possibility of indicting President Trump while he is in office.",right
6903,Nancy Pelosi Says It May Be Possible To Indict a Sitting President,"['US House', 'Politics']",Nancy Pelosi doesn't rule out impeaching Trump,NBC News (Online),Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi told NBC’s “Today” that Democrats will wait and see what comes out of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report before deciding whether to impeach President Donald Trump.,left
6904,Nancy Pelosi Says It May Be Possible To Indict a Sitting President,"['US House', 'Politics']",Pelosi: Indicting a sitting president ‘an open discussion in terms of the law',The Hill,"Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi (D Calif.) in an interview that aired on Thursday said that she believes it is an ""open discussion"" on whether special counsel Robert Mueller could seek an indictment of President Trump.",center
6905,Trump Spars With Pelosi and Schumer Over Border Wall Funding,['Immigration'],Trump Throws Down With Pelosi and Schumer Over Border Wall: ‘I Am Proud to Shut Down the Government’,Daily Beast,"During the tense exchanges, Vice President Mike Pence sat stoically next to Trump and remained silent.",left
6906,Trump Spars With Pelosi and Schumer Over Border Wall Funding,['Immigration'],"Trump feuds openly with Pelosi, Schumer as border fight explodes in White House",Washington Examiner,"President Trump's battle with Democrats to fund a border wall spilled out into public view on Tuesday, as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi,",right
6907,Trump Spars With Pelosi and Schumer Over Border Wall Funding,['Immigration'],"Trump, top Democrats clash on border wall in rare Oval Office fight",Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump openly sparred about government funding with the top two Democratic lawmakers during an Oval Office meeting on Tuesday, throwing into question whether a deal",center
6908,"Thanksgiving in the Time of COVID-19, High Inflation","['Holidays', 'Thanksgiving', 'Coronavirus', 'Inflation', 'Food', 'Supply Chains', 'Gas Prices', 'General News']","To avoid Covid, here are four questions to ask family and friends ahead of Thanksgiving gatherings",CNN (Online News),"Thursday marks the second Thanksgiving during the coronavirus pandemic. Many grandparents are excitedly planning to see their grandchildren. Friends are dressing their dining tables for turkey and loved ones. Some people have flights booked or road trips scheduled.
But in the background, Covid-19 case numbers are inching upward across the United States and millions of Americans remain unvaccinated -- leaving some people worried about the possible Covid-19 risks that could come with their Thanksgiving plans.
If you have concerns, experts say there are some important questions to ask to help weigh your...",left
6909,"Thanksgiving in the Time of COVID-19, High Inflation","['Holidays', 'Thanksgiving', 'Coronavirus', 'Inflation', 'Food', 'Supply Chains', 'Gas Prices', 'General News']",The Thanksgiving bouncers,Axios,"No one really wants this job, but millions of households may need their own Thanksgiving bouncer. The cover charge is a negative COVID test, done ahead of arrival or outside the front door.
Why it matters: Normalizing rapid tests is a practical way to help extended families feel a little more normal around the holiday dinner table.
You may have relatives who aren't vaccinated (or won't say) — or babies or immunocompromised guests who are vulnerable to breakthrough infections.
How it works: If you're hosting, let your guests know ahead of their...",center
6910,"Thanksgiving in the Time of COVID-19, High Inflation","['Holidays', 'Thanksgiving', 'Coronavirus', 'Inflation', 'Food', 'Supply Chains', 'Gas Prices', 'General News']",Turkey farmers explain why prices are so high as Thanksgiving favorites soar,Fox News (Online News),"Inflation, worker shortages and supply chain problems are causing an increase in turkey prices, a turkey-farming couple told Fox News.
""You name it, equipment, fuel, labor, everything,"" Kyle Scott, who co-owns Old Glory Farm in Wisconsin with his wife, Deanna, told Fox News. ""There's just inflation. Everywhere we look, every direction we turn, everything seems to be more expensive.""
 Deanna Scott said: ""The price of the poults has gone up. The price of the feed has gone up, the price of shipping has gone up, the price of labor has...",right
6911,Trumps Says U.S. to Pull Out From Nuclear Treaty With Russia,['Foreign Policy'],Russia nuclear treaty: US warned over threat to scrap deal,BBC News,"On Saturday, President Trump said he intended to ""terminate"" the three-decade-old 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty.",center
6912,Trumps Says U.S. to Pull Out From Nuclear Treaty With Russia,['Foreign Policy'],Trump says US is ending decades-old nuclear arms treaty with Russia,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the US is pulling out of the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia, a decades-old agreement that has drawn the ire of the President.",left
6913,Trumps Says U.S. to Pull Out From Nuclear Treaty With Russia,['Foreign Policy'],"Trump's 'very dangerous' decision to abandon nuclear accord has 'mankind facing full chaos,' Russia says",Fox News (Online News),"Hours after President Trump announced that the U.S. will pull out of a decades-old bilateral nuclear agreement that he said Russia had been ""violating for many years,"" top Russian officials lined up to hit back in no uncertain terms, calling the president's move a ""very dangerous"" provocation that would lead to ""full chaos.""",right
6914,Trade Bill Fight Continues,['Trade'],Dems look to start Senate trade war next week,Politico,"Senate liberals know they are going to lose the battle over fast-track trade authority. But they’re doing all they can to prolong the fight — perhaps even past the Memorial Day recess into June — in hopes that a long delay will damage the bill’s already difficult prospects in the House.
A coalition of Senate Democrats who’ve long opposed new trade agreements, led by Sherrod Brown of Ohio, say they are planning to throw up procedural roadblocks and offer amendments that woul",left
6915,Trade Bill Fight Continues,['Trade'],Obama on His Trade Fight With Elizabeth Warren: It’s ‘Never Been Personal’,The Blaze,"After a preliminary victory on trade authority in the Senate Thursday, President Barack Obama sought to make peace with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) after a string of apparent political clashes.
During a press conference at Camp David on Thursday, Obama blamed the media for stirring things up.
“The issue with respect to myself and Elizabeth has never been personal,” Obama said.",right
6916,Trade Bill Fight Continues,['Trade'],Canada Just Threw A Grenade Into Elizabeth Warren's Trade Fight With Obama,HuffPost,"President Barack Obama and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) have been locked in a public feud over whether free trade agreements can be used to undermine the 2010 Wall Street reform law. On Wednesday, the Canadian government sided with Warren.
Canadian Finance Minister Joe Oliver gave a speech in New York arguing that the Volcker Rule -- a key tenet of the 2010 banking law -- violates the North American Free Trade Agreement. The move underscores Warren's warning that such deals, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership that Obama is currently negotiating, jeopardize...",left
6917,Sarah Sanders Apologizes for False Claim About Black Jobs Growth Under President Trump,['Economy And Jobs'],"Sarah Sanders Issues Correction on Black Employment Numbers, but Refuses to Apologize for One Critical Thing",The Daily Caller,White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Tuesday issued a correction via Twitter for her contention that three times the number of jobs were created for black workers during President Trump’s first year and a half than were created during former President Obama’s entire eight years.,right
6918,Sarah Sanders Apologizes for False Claim About Black Jobs Growth Under President Trump,['Economy And Jobs'],Sarah Sanders sorry for false claim that Donald Trump created more jobs for blacks than Barack Obama,USA TODAY,White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders offered a rare correction and apology after providing false information during a press briefing Tuesday about how many jobs Barack Obama created for blacks during his presidency.,left
6919,Sarah Sanders Apologizes for False Claim About Black Jobs Growth Under President Trump,['Economy And Jobs'],Sarah Huckabee Sanders made a false claim about black employment. She's issued a rare apology,Los Angeles Times,"President Trump and administration officials frequently overstate the strength of the labor market and their role in it, but now, a top White House official has admitted she went too far with the latest claim about black employment.",left
6920,Perspectives: Black Friday in a Pandemic,"['Holidays', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'General News']",What happens to Black Friday crowds in a pandemic?,Vox,"Even before the coronavirus pandemic changed everything about, well, everything, Black Friday was already on its last legs. The post-Thanksgiving shopping holiday kept creeping up earlier and earlier. Retailers started opening their stores before dawn on Friday, then at midnight, encouraging shoppers to wait in line for doorbusters before they had even finished digesting their turkey and mashed potatoes. Eventually they threw caution to the wind and started opening on Thursday afternoons, well before most people had gotten a chance to eat dinner at all.
This year, thanks to the...",left
6921,Perspectives: Black Friday in a Pandemic,"['Holidays', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'General News']",Retailers hurt by coronavirus pandemic set sights on Black Friday,The Hill,"Retailers, who took a financial hit because of the coronavirus pandemic and its associated shutdowns, are setting their sights on Black Friday, cautiously hopeful for a day of improved sales.
Businesses are looking to the usual busiest shopping day of the year to boost low sales. But this Black Friday is expected to see more online purchases amid the coronavirus pandemic rather than millions of in-person shoppers.
Many businesses broke from recent years’ traditions of staying open on Thanksgiving and starting Black Friday sales early and instead increased safety...",center
6922,Perspectives: Black Friday in a Pandemic,"['Holidays', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'General News']","Virus Keeps Black Friday Crowds Thin, Shoppers Shift Online",Breitbart News,"The raging coronavirus pandemic kept crowds thin at malls and stores across the country on Black Friday, but a surge in online shopping offered a small beacon of hope for struggling retailers after months of slumping sales and businesses toppling into bankruptcy.
In normal times, Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year, drawing millions of shoppers eager to get started on their holiday spending.",right
6923,President Trump Is Sending Secretary Mike Pompeo To Meet With King Salman Of Saudi Arabia,['World'],"Trump Speaks to Saudi King, Sends Pompeo for Follow-Up",Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump says he's spoken to King Salman of Saudi Arabia, who ""denies any knowledge of whatever may have happened"" to missing Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.",right
6924,President Trump Is Sending Secretary Mike Pompeo To Meet With King Salman Of Saudi Arabia,['World'],Jamal Khashoggi disappearance: Trump to send Pompeo to meet Saudi King,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump has spoken to Saudi King Salman over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and has ordered Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to ""immediately get on a plane"" to Saudi Arabia to discuss the situation with the monarch.",left
6925,President Trump Is Sending Secretary Mike Pompeo To Meet With King Salman Of Saudi Arabia,['World'],Trump to Send Mike Pompeo to Saudi Arabia to Discuss Missing Journalist,Wall Street Journal (News),Turkey reaches an agreement with Saudis to search consulate where Khashoggi went missing.,center
6926,US Economy Shrank in First 3 Months of 2022,"['Economy And Jobs', 'GDP', 'Inflation']",U.S. GDP fell at a 1.4% pace to start the year as pandemic recovery takes a hit,CNBC,"Gross domestic product unexpectedly declined at a 1.4% annualized pace in the first quarter, marking an abrupt reversal for an economy coming off its best performance since 1984, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.
The negative growth rate missed even the subdued Dow Jones estimate of a 1% gain for the quarter. GDP measures the output of goods and services in the U.S. for the three-month period.
A plethora of factors conspired to weigh against growth during the first three months of 2022, which fell off a cliff following the 6.9%...",center
6927,US Economy Shrank in First 3 Months of 2022,"['Economy And Jobs', 'GDP', 'Inflation']",The US economy shrank in the first quarter,CNN Business,"America's economy unexpectedly shrank in the first quarter of 2022, data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis showed Thursday.
The nation's gross domestic product -- the broadest measure of economic activity -- declined at an annualized rate of 1.4% between January and March in an abrupt reversal of the prior year's strong growth.
While one quarter does not yet make a trend, it is a warning sign for how the recovery is going: Two straight quarters of declining growth meet a commonly used definition of a recession.
It was a marked...",left
6928,US Economy Shrank in First 3 Months of 2022,"['Economy And Jobs', 'GDP', 'Inflation']",Major disappointment: Economy shrank at 1.4% annual rate in first quarter,Washington Examiner,"GDP contracted at a 1.4% annualized rate in the first quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Thursday morning, meaning that slowing commerce added to the woes of high inflation.
The decline in GDP, which is adjusted for inflation, is a major reversal from the previous quarter, when growth soared to a 6.9% rate as businesses began healing faster from the pandemic.
Friday's report means that President Joe Biden now has to contend with economic contraction in addition to the soaring inflation that has strained households and driven down his...",right
6929,Second Health Care Worker Has Ebola,[],Second Health Care Worker With Ebola Was In Isolation Within 90 Minutes: Official,HuffPost,"A second health care worker at a Dallas hospital who provided care for the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. has tested positive for the disease, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Wednesday.",left
6930,Second Health Care Worker Has Ebola,[],US rethinks Ebola response as second Dallas nurse is diagnosed,Christian Science Monitor,"A second nurse has been diagnosed with Ebola, with a nurses' union saying safety protocols at a Dallas hospital were inconsistent. The CDC is forming new response units.",center
6931,Second Health Care Worker Has Ebola,[],Texas health officials say second healthcare worker at Dallas hospital tests positive for Ebola,Fox News (Online News),"A second healthcare worker at the Dallas hospital where Ebola patient Thomas Duncan was treated has tested positive for the virus, Texas health officials say.",right
6932,Clint Eastwood at RNC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clint Eastwood adds Hollywood glitter to GOP gathering,Washington Times,"The worst-kept secret of the Republican National Convention was revealed Thursday evening, when Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood took the stage to lend his magnetism and distinctively gravelly voice on behalf of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney.",right
6933,Clint Eastwood at RNC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","After a Gunslinger Cuts Loose, Romney Aides Take Cover",New York Times (News),"Clint Eastwoods rambling and off-color endorsement of Mitt Romney on Thursday seemed to startle and unsettle even the candidates own top aides, several of whom made a point of distancing themselves from the decision to put him onstage without a polished script.",left
6934,Clint Eastwood at RNC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why did GOP invite Clint Eastwood?,CNN (Online News),"The beloved actor/director, 82, was the ""mystery guest"" at the Republican Convention, a warm-up act for Sen. Mario Rubio of Florida, who introduced candidate Romney. He strode out on the stage, hair uncombed and a little wild, with his familiar, stiff-legged authority, and proceeded to deliver an improvised piece of performance art that triggered unintentional amusement and confusion within the Tampa Bay Times Forum and throughout the viewing audience.",left
6935,30 House Democrats Have Announced Their Retirement,"['US House', 'House Democrats', 'Democratic Party', '2022 Elections', 'Politics']",Democratic Rep. Kathleen Rice to retire from the House,The Hill,"Democratic Rep. Kathleen Rice (N.Y.) announced Tuesday she will retire at the end of her current term, becoming the 30th House member from her party to plan on leaving the chamber after this year.
Rice, a former prosecutor and district attorney, said in a statement on her 57th birthday that it has been an “honor” to serve in public office but that elected officials “must give all we have and then know when it is time to allow others to serve.”
“Though I will not be running for re-election to Congress this year, I will remain...",center
6936,30 House Democrats Have Announced Their Retirement,"['US House', 'House Democrats', 'Democratic Party', '2022 Elections', 'Politics']",Here's why Democrats' chances of winning in November are slipping,CNN (Online News),"House Democrats are retiring in numbers not seen in decades as a dire political outlook, new district lines and a negative environment at the US Capitol have combined into a toxic brew for lawmakers considering their political futures.
On Tuesday, New York Rep. Kathleen Rice became the 30th Democrat to announce plans to not seek re-election in 2022. By comparison, only 13 House Republicans are planning to call it quits or seek higher office.
""I entered public service 30 years ago and never left,"" said Rice of her decision. ""I have always...",left
6937,30 House Democrats Have Announced Their Retirement,"['US House', 'House Democrats', 'Democratic Party', '2022 Elections', 'Politics']",30 House Democrats Now Retiring — the GOP Needs Only Five Seats for Majority,National Review,"Just shy of one in seven House Democrats has elected to retire this year, a historic record. It’s almost as if they’re trying to get out of the way of a coming anti-Biden tsunami.
Representative Kathleen Rice, who represents a majority of Long Island’s Nassau County, announced her retirement suddenly on Tuesday. Her seat went for Joe Biden by twelve points in 2020, but last year, it voted to oust incumbent Democrats from the Nassau County executive and district attorney posts. The seat is viewed as highly competitive, and Rice’s current...",right
6938,"Zelenskyy Suspends 2 Top Officials Amid Leadership Concerns, Treason Probes","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Spying', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy']",Zelenskiy sidelines close allies in Kyiv's biggest purge of war,Reuters,"President Volodymyr Zelenskiy sidelined his childhood friend as head of Ukraine's security service, and another close ally as top prosecutor, in Kyiv's biggest internal purge of the war, citing their failure to root out Russian spies.
The careers of SBU security service chief Ivan Bakanov and Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova had personified Zelenskiy's policy of putting young loyalists in charge of fighting corruption since the former TV comic came to power in 2019.
But nearly five months after Russia's invasion, the president acknowledged that his two allies had failed to...",center
6939,"Zelenskyy Suspends 2 Top Officials Amid Leadership Concerns, Treason Probes","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Spying', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy']","Zelensky fires top security chief, prosecutor over alleged treason",New York Post (News),"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fired the country’s security service chief and prosecutor general while accusing dozens of their employees of collaborating with Russia.
Zelensky, 44, announced the moves during a nightly address Sunday while citing hundreds of criminal proceedings into treason and corruption within the country.
“In particular, more than 60 employees of the prosecutor’s office and the [state security service] have remained in the occupied territory and work against our state,” Zelensky said. “Such an array of crimes against the foundation of the state’s national security, and the links...",right
6940,"Zelenskyy Suspends 2 Top Officials Amid Leadership Concerns, Treason Probes","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Spying', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy']",Zelensky dismisses Ukraine's prosecutor general and spy chief over leadership concerns,The Week - News,"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Sunday he has dismissed Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova and Security Service head Ivan Bakanov, due to concerns over their leadership and the number of officials in their departments suspected of treason.
Zelensky said as of Sunday, 651 criminal proceedings have been ""registered regarding treason and collaboration activities of employees of prosecutor's offices, pretrial investigation bodies, and other law enforcement agencies,"" and more than 60 employees of the prosecutor's office and Security Service remain in ""the occupied territory and are working against our state.""
It was necessary...",left
6941,10 Years after Hurricane Katrina,['Politics'],Bush returns to New Orleans for 10th anniversary of Katrina,Townhall,Former President George W. Bush is returning Friday to New Orleans — the scene of one of his presidency's lowest points — to tout the region's recovery from the nation's costliest natural disaster on the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.,right
6942,10 Years after Hurricane Katrina,['Politics'],"Obama, in New Orleans, Praises Results of Federal Intervention",New York Times (News),"President Obama came to this once-stricken city on Thursday to make a case for his entire presidency: that when disaster strikes, the federal government should help not only to rescue the stranded but also to rebuild better and fairer than before.",left
6943,10 Years after Hurricane Katrina,['Politics'],"For Hurricane Katrina anniversary, Obama cites inequities 'brewing for decades'",CNN (Online News),President Barack Obama returned Thursday to an outwardly thriving New Orleans to mark strides 10 years after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the city.,left
6944,Judge Delays Sentencing for Michael Flynn,['Russia'],"Judge blasts Trump ex-adviser Flynn, delays sentencing in Mueller case",Reuters,"A U.S. judge fiercely criticized President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Tuesday for lying to FBI agents, and delayed sentencing to ensure Flynn cooperates",center
6945,Judge Delays Sentencing for Michael Flynn,['Russia'],Judge blasts Michael Flynn for lying to the FBI: 'You sold your country out',Washington Times,Judge Emmet Sullivan repeatedly asked the president’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn if he wants to reconsider his guilty plea on Tuesday ahead of what was supposed to be,right
6946,Judge Delays Sentencing for Michael Flynn,['Russia'],Judge Postpones Sentencing of Michael Flynn After Harshly Rebuking Him,New York Times (News),"A federal judge on Tuesday postponed the sentencing of Michael T. Flynn, President Trump’s first national security adviser, after warning Mr. Flynn that he could well face prison for lying to",left
6947,"As Schools Reopen, Child COVID-19 Cases Rise","['Education', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Schools']","At least 1,000 schools in 35 states have closed for in-person learning since the start of the school year",USA TODAY,"At least 1,000 schools across 35 states have closed for in-person learning because of COVID-19 since the beginning of the school year, according to Burbio, a New York-based data service that is tracking K-12 school reopening trends.
Schools listed in the company's tracker have closed for anywhere from one day to several weeks. Most temporarily moved to remote learning. Others temporarily closed with no instruction. And a small number delayed the start of school or shifted into hybrid learning, according to Burbio.
The rising number of closures comes amid a battle over mask...",left
6948,"As Schools Reopen, Child COVID-19 Cases Rise","['Education', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Schools']","COVID-19 cases increasing among US children, data shows",Fox News (Online News),"The start of the school year coincided with increasing COVID-19 infections among children, according to the latest data from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
""Having children in the classroom is critically important to learning,"" Dr. Patrice Harris, former president of the American Medical Association and current CEO and co-founder of digital telehealth company, eMed, told Fox News in part. ""Keeping schools open is a particular challenge now as we have seen an increasing number of children with moderate illness and hospitalized with COVID-19.""
As of Aug. 26, an estimated 204,000 new...",right
6949,"As Schools Reopen, Child COVID-19 Cases Rise","['Education', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Schools']","Alabama schools report 13,000 COVID-19 cases in two-week period",The Hill,"Alabama schools reported 13,000 coronavirus cases in a two-week period on Friday, according to data from the Alabama Department of Public Health and the Alabama State Department of Education.
The data shows a total of 9,195 cases were recorded this week in schools across the state, and 4,337 cases reported in the previous week. 
The number could be higher, because only 84 of the 143 school districts have reported their data, according to the dashboard. 
Alabama does not have a statewide school mask mandate in place, but 90 percent of schools have chosen to...",center
6950,"As Major US Cities Set All-time Homicide Records, Media Split on Placing Blame","['Criminal Justice', 'Crime', 'Violence In America', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Police Reform', 'Defund The Police', 'Progressives', 'Smash And Grab']",'It's just crazy': 12 major cities hit all-time homicide records,ABC News (Online),"At least 12 major U.S. cities have broken annual homicide records in 2021 -- and there's still three weeks to go in the year.
Of the dozen cities that have already surpassed the grim milestones for killings, five topped records that were set or tied just last year.
""It's terrible to every morning get up and have to go look at the numbers and then look at the news and see the stories. It's just crazy. It's just crazy and this needs to stop,"" Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said after his city...",left
6951,"As Major US Cities Set All-time Homicide Records, Media Split on Placing Blame","['Criminal Justice', 'Crime', 'Violence In America', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Police Reform', 'Defund The Police', 'Progressives', 'Smash And Grab']",12 major U.S. cities set homicide records this year,Axios,"At least 12 major U.S. cities have set homicide records this year, including topping five set just last year, ABC News reports.
The big picture: Experts cite fewer cops on the streets, reduced after-school and nonviolence programs, court systems that can't handle the strain, and mental health issues exacerbated by two years of COVID.
""[I]t's worse than a war zone around here lately,"" Rochester Police Capt. Frank Umbrino said after the city set a new all-time high on Nov. 11.
The bottom line: Minneapolis and Milwaukee are close to becoming Nos. 13 and 14...",center
6952,"As Major US Cities Set All-time Homicide Records, Media Split on Placing Blame","['Criminal Justice', 'Crime', 'Violence In America', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Police Reform', 'Defund The Police', 'Progressives', 'Smash And Grab']",Cities that broke homicide records in 2021 often veered left on crime and policing,Washington Examiner,"Many of the 12 cities that experienced record levels of violence in 2021 moved over the past two years to cut police funding, overhaul law enforcement policies, or put fewer people behind bars.
The sweeping changes that city leaders across America pursued came at a time of intense scrutiny of law enforcement after a white Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, a black man, during an arrest attempt in May 2020.
But even some Democratic lawmakers have begun to rethink the reforms championed by activists as the number of homicides...",right
6953,Biden 'Convinced' Putin Has Decided to Invade Ukraine,"['Joe Biden', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Europe']",Biden 'convinced' Putin has made decision to invade Ukraine as crisis with Russia escalates,ABC News (Online),"President Joe Biden spoke to the nation Friday on the crisis with Russia over Ukraine, amid increased shelling in eastern Ukraine and possible false-flag attacks he said Russia could use to falsely justify an invasion.
Answering questions afterward, he appeared to go further than he has before about what Russian President Vladimir Putin might do, saying, ""As of this moment, I am convinced he has made the decision"" to invade.",left
6954,Biden 'Convinced' Putin Has Decided to Invade Ukraine,"['Joe Biden', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Europe']",Biden ‘convinced’ Russia intends to attack Ukraine within days,New York Post (News),"President Biden told Americans Friday that he was “convinced” Russian President Vladimir Putin had decided to invade Ukraine — and warned of a massive military operation that could target the Eastern European country’s capital, Kyiv. 
“We have reason to believe that Russian forces are planning to — intending to attack Ukraine in the coming week — in the coming days,” Biden said in remarks from the White House Roosevelt Room. “We believe that they will target Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, a city of 2.8 million innocent people.”",right
6955,Biden 'Convinced' Putin Has Decided to Invade Ukraine,"['Joe Biden', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Europe']","Putin has ‘Made the Decision’ to Attack Ukraine, Biden Says",Defense One,"President Joe Biden said Friday that he is convinced Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to invade Ukraine. 
""As of this moment, I am convinced he has made the decision. We have reason to believe that,"" Biden said at the White House. “We believe that they will target Ukraine’s capital Kyiv.” The president cited U.S. intelligence but providing no details to support his assertion. Biden said diplomacy remains open to prevent war until Putin actually begins an attack. ",center
6956,US Reacts to Texas GOP's New Platform,"['Politics', 'Texas', 'Secession', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Polarization', '2020 Election']",Texas Republicans want to secede? Good riddance.,Dana Milbank,"The Lone Star State does not have the best track record as a sovereign power. The Republic of Texas survived only 10 years from independence to annexation by the United States in 1845. Texas seceded during the Civil War — and, with the rest of the Confederacy, was crushed.
But, as the saying goes: If at first you don’t secede, try, try again. The Texas GOP now wants the state to vote on declaring independence.
And the United States should let Texas go! Better yet, let’s offer Texas a severance package that...",left
6957,US Reacts to Texas GOP's New Platform,"['Politics', 'Texas', 'Secession', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Polarization', '2020 Election']","Texas GOP calls Biden ""acting president""",Axios,"At a state convention in Houston, nearly 5,000 Texas GOP delegates on Saturday ""overwhelmingly passed a resolution questioning the 2020 election,"" the party announced.
What they're saying: ""We reject the certified results of the 2020 Presidential election, and we hold that acting President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was not legitimately elected,"" the resolution says.
The big picture: The Platform Committee's final report has a ""State Sovereignty"" section declaring: ""Texas retains the right to secede from the United States.""
A ""Texas Independence"" section calls for the legislature to hold a statewide 2023 referendum ""to determine whether or...",center
6958,US Reacts to Texas GOP's New Platform,"['Politics', 'Texas', 'Secession', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Polarization', '2020 Election']",Texas GOP chooses anti-gay intolerance over liberty and political success,Washington Examiner,"Broadly speaking, the Republican Party has made tremendous strides when it comes to gay acceptance over the last decade. In fact, a strong majority of GOP voters now support anti-discrimination protections for gay people, and a slim majority now support same-sex marriage as well. But this progress has been uneven, and in some places, intolerance and bigotry still reign within the GOP.
Texas is the prime example, unfortunately. The Texas state GOP just made waves for its decision to prohibit the Texas Log Cabin Republicans, a group representing LGBT Republicans, from having a booth at its...",right
6959,U.S. Jobless Claims Total 6.6 Million Last Week,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Layoffs', 'Furloughs', 'Economy And Jobs']",U.S. Unemployment Claims Total 6.6 Million Last Week,Wall Street Journal (News),"The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits continued to surge at record levels, bringing the total number of applications to nearly 17 million since the coronavirus pandemic shut down swaths of the U.S. economy.
The Labor Department reported Thursday that another 6.6 million people submitted applications for unemployment benefits in the week ended April 4. That is on top of a revised 6.9 million in the prior week, a record, and 3.3 million the week before.
Another key measurement of joblessness showed a record 7.5 million Americans were receiving unemployment...",center
6960,U.S. Jobless Claims Total 6.6 Million Last Week,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Layoffs', 'Furloughs', 'Economy And Jobs']","Weekly jobless claims hit 6.6 million due to coronavirus outbreak, Labor Department says",Washington Times,"Another 6.6 million people applied for unemployment benefits last week, the government reported on Thursday, as the economic shutdown due to the coronavirus continued to devastate the labor market.
Claims for the previous week were revised upward to 6.8 million. The three-week total for jobless claims now stands at 16.5 million.
Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department announced Thursday another $2.3 trillion in stimulus. They established a Main Street Business Lending Program and a Municipal Liquidity Facility to support the flow of credit to American workers, businesses, states,...",right
6961,U.S. Jobless Claims Total 6.6 Million Last Week,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Layoffs', 'Furloughs', 'Economy And Jobs']",Another 6.6 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week,CNN (Online News),"Another 6.6 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week, according to the US Department of Labor, as American workers continue to suffer from devastating job losses, furloughs and reduced hours during the coronavirus pandemic.
It was the second largest number of initial unemployment claims in history, since the Department of Labor started tracking the data in 1967.
Altogether, roughly 16.8 million American workers, making up about 10% of the US labor force, have sought aid in the form of jobless benefits in just the prior three weeks alone....",left
6962,U.S. and Taliban Agree to Draft Peace Deal,"['Terrorism', 'Middle East', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban']","U.S., Taliban Agree on Key Points in Peace Deal",Wall Street Journal (News),"Hurdles to a final deal remain, including insurgents’ reluctance to meet President Ghani’s demand for face-to-face negotiations to end the war",center
6963,U.S. and Taliban Agree to Draft Peace Deal,"['Terrorism', 'Middle East', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban']",A US-Taliban peace deal may be on the way. But it could easily fall apart.,Vox,"“Talking to the Taliban is a waste of time,” said one former general.",left
6964,U.S. and Taliban Agree to Draft Peace Deal,"['Terrorism', 'Middle East', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban']",Us Gets Closer to Making a Deal With the Taliban,The Daily Caller,"The United States has gotten closer to reaching a deal with the Taliban that could lead to a withdrawal of U.S. troops in the region, President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Afghanistan peace",right
6965,"ISIS is ""Pure Evil""",['Middle East'],U.S. review of Islamic State video confirms American's death,USA TODAY,"The Islamic State militant group released a video Sunday that shows American aid worker Peter Kassig was beheaded, along with a dozen Syrian soldiers, in the latest killings the group has posted on the Internet.
The",left
6966,"ISIS is ""Pure Evil""",['Middle East'],Obama Calls Kassig Murder 'Pure Evil',HuffPost,"President Barack Obama called the Islamic State's execution of Abdul-Rahman Kassig, an American hostage also known as Peter, ""pure evil"" on Sunday.
Obama released the statement after the White House confirmed that an ISIS video showing Kassig's murder was authentic.
Below is Obama's full statement:
Today we offer our prayers and condolences to the parents and family of Abdul-Rahman Kassig, also",left
6967,"ISIS is ""Pure Evil""",['Middle East'],ISIS Beheads US Hostage Peter Kassig,Newsmax (News),"An Islamic State group video released Sunday purports to show extremists beheading a dozen Syrian soldiers and ends with a militant claiming to have killed U.S. aid worker Peter Kassig, the latest slaughter proudly broadcast by the group on the Internet.
The video ends with the militant standing over a severed head he says belongs to Kassig.
The White House confirmed Kassig's death on Sunday afternoon.
President Barack Obama, in a statement, called the killing an ""an act of pure evil by a terrorist group that the world rightly...",right
6968,Contrite White House defends Obamacare,['Healthcare'],Contrite White House Spurns Health Law's Critics,New York Times (News),"While the Secretary of Health and Human Services apologized profusely for the troubled rollout of the Affordable Care Act, President Obama traveled to Massachusetts to offer a forceful defense of the law.",left
6969,Contrite White House defends Obamacare,['Healthcare'],"As fight over health law rages, President Obama tempers an insurance pledge",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama said Americans who are losing insurance under the health law would find better coverage, rebutting a rising chorus of complaints that he had oversold the law's benefits.",center
6970,Contrite White House defends Obamacare,['Healthcare'],Obama: 'Shop around' if you lose your health insurance plans,Fox News (Online News),Obama: Shop around if you lose your health insurance plans.,right
6971,Democrats Defend Obama,['Healthcare'],Top Democratic lawmakers stand by Obama on healthcare rollout,Los Angeles Times,"Top congressional Democrats on Sunday stood by President Obama and the flawed rollout of the government's healthcare website, expressing confidence the problems would be fixed and the issue would not drag down the party in next year’s mid-term elections.",left
6972,Democrats Defend Obama,['Healthcare'],Pelosi: Dems 'stand tall' in support of health care law,USA TODAY,"After 39 Democrats joined Republicans Friday to vote for a bill that would allow insurers to keep health plans that do not meet federal laws, the top House Democrat tried Sunday to show the law has support from most Democrats.",left
6973,Democrats Defend Obama,['Healthcare'],"Pelosi, fellow Democrats jump in to defend president over ObamaCare",Fox News (Online News),"California Rep. Nancy Pelosi -- one of President Obama’s most ardent Capitol Hill supporters -- and other Democrats on Sunday defended the president’s handling of ObamaCare amid widespread criticism, particularly his pledge that Americans could keep their health insurance.",right
6974,"Syria Signs Paris Climate Accord, U.S. Only Country Opposed",['Environment'],"Paris climate accord: Syria 'to sign up', isolating US",BBC News,"The US is set to become isolated in its stance on the Paris climate agreement, after reports that Syria is preparing to join the deal.",center
6975,"Syria Signs Paris Climate Accord, U.S. Only Country Opposed",['Environment'],"Syria joins Paris climate deal, leaving US as the only country opposed",Washington Examiner,"Syria announced on Tuesday that it would be joining the Paris climate change agreement, leaving the United States as the only remaining country opposed to the deal after President Trump's June 1 decision to exit from the accord.",right
6976,"Syria Signs Paris Climate Accord, U.S. Only Country Opposed",['Environment'],"Syria Vows To Sign Paris Agreement, Leaving U.S. Alone In Climate Denial",HuffPost,"Syria took a break on Tuesday from its gruesome six-year civil war to announce plans to sign the Paris climate agreement, leaving the United States as the only country to reject the emissions-cutting deal.",left
6977,"Bipartisan Senate Report on January 6 Finds Intelligence, Security Failures","['US Senate', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Capitol Police', 'National Guard', 'Donald Trump', 'Bipartisanship', 'Politics']",US Capitol riot: Senate spells out intelligence and police failures,BBC News,"A broad breakdown in law enforcement intelligence and communication before and during the Capitol riot in January has been set out in a US Senate report.
It found intelligence was not passed on to police and officers lacked command, as supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the building.
Five people died after Congress in Washington was invaded as it tried to validate Joe Biden's election victory.
The report does not discuss the role of the Republican president in the riot.",center
6978,"Bipartisan Senate Report on January 6 Finds Intelligence, Security Failures","['US Senate', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Capitol Police', 'National Guard', 'Donald Trump', 'Bipartisanship', 'Politics']",Senate Report Details Security Failures in Jan. 6 Capitol Riot,New York Times (News),"Top federal intelligence agencies failed to adequately warn law enforcement officials before the Jan. 6 riot that pro-Trump extremists were threatening violence, including plans to “storm the Capitol,” infiltrate its tunnel system and “bring guns,” according to a new report by two Senate committees that outlines large-scale failures that contributed to the deadly assault.
An F.B.I. memo on Jan. 5 warning of people traveling to Washington for “war” at the Capitol never made its way to top law enforcement officials. The Capitol Police failed to widely circulate information its own...",left
6979,"Bipartisan Senate Report on January 6 Finds Intelligence, Security Failures","['US Senate', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Capitol Police', 'National Guard', 'Donald Trump', 'Bipartisanship', 'Politics']","Bipartisan group of senators release report on Capitol attack, make recommendations",Fox News (Online News),"A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday released its report on the deadly Capitol riot on Jan. 6 and offered recommendations to help prevent a similar breach in the future.
The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Senate Rules Committee announced the investigation two days after the riot broke out. The months-long investigation included two hearings and committees reviewed thousands of documents, a press release said. Members interviewed workers from the Capitol Police and various law enforcement agencies.",right
6980,Perspectives: Netanyahu Ousted as Israel's Prime Minister,"['Israel', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Naftali Bennett', 'Polarization', 'Middle East', 'World']","Netanyahu, ‘King of Israel,’ Exits a Stage He Dominated",New York Times (News),"Israel’s longest-serving prime minister was a polarizing figure who sidelined efforts to resolve the Palestinian conflict but opened relations with four Arab countries.
He came to power like some conqueror from a distant land called Philadelphia.
Educated in the United States, speaking flawless East Coast English, warning in pungent sound bites about the threats posed by Islamic terrorism and a nuclear Iran, the Benjamin Netanyahu who stormed into Israeli politics in the 1990s was like no other politician the country had seen.
Before long, he would capture the prime minister’s office, lose...",left
6981,Perspectives: Netanyahu Ousted as Israel's Prime Minister,"['Israel', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Naftali Bennett', 'Polarization', 'Middle East', 'World']",More Unites the Parties of Israel's New Government than Divides Them,Marc Schulman,"Anew Israeli government has been sworn in. This new government does not include former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or his Likud Party, which has ruled Israel with few exceptions for the last 44 years. And both Bibi's supporters and his opponents will need to adjust to a whole new world in which, to paraphrase President Richard Nixon, they won't have Netanyahu to kick around anymore.
The question remains as to how long this new world will exist. Many pundits predict a quick demise of the new government. The ideological differences within this...",center
6982,Perspectives: Netanyahu Ousted as Israel's Prime Minister,"['Israel', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Naftali Bennett', 'Polarization', 'Middle East', 'World']",Benjamin Netanyahu’s reckoning a sour ending for a transformative prime minister,John Podhoretz,"Benjamin Netanyahu showed the opposite of grace as he exited from power on Sunday. If you want to evaluate his legacy on the basis of his final day in office, you will mark him down as one of history’s sorest losers. 
History will likely tell a very different story, one that cites Netanyahu’s time in office from 2009 onward as a hinge moment in history itself — as a period during which Israel moved beyond the existential drama of its first 60 years and established itself as an enduring, undeniable and formidable permanent...",right
6983,The Media Predicts What's To Come in 2022,"['2022', '2022 Elections', 'Abortion', 'Capitol Chaos', 'China', 'Climate Change', 'Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Elections', 'Inflation', 'Joe Biden', 'Media Bias', 'Polarization', 'Politics', 'World']",Forecasting the world in 2022,Financial Times,"The world on the brink of 2022 seems an especially unpredictable, and unsettling, place. For the first time, two FT forecasts this year ask if Russia and China will invade neighbours (we say no, but that may be wishful thinking). Less optimistically, our forecasters warn a more infectious coronavirus variant than Omicron could yet emerge, inflation will not return to US targets, tighter monetary policy will hit equities, and the next global climate conference will still not achieve enough in limiting warming. A bit playfully, perhaps, John Thornhill forecasts shares...",center
6984,The Media Predicts What's To Come in 2022,"['2022', '2022 Elections', 'Abortion', 'Capitol Chaos', 'China', 'Climate Change', 'Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Elections', 'Inflation', 'Joe Biden', 'Media Bias', 'Polarization', 'Politics', 'World']",22 things we think will happen in 2022,Vox,"Predicting future events is hard, but it’s among the most important tasks a journalist can perform. Especially if you work at a section called Future Perfect.
Our mission is to explain the world around us to our readers, and it’s impossible to do that without anticipating what comes next. Will inflation continue to rise in the US and Europe, or level off? Will the Supreme Court allow states to ban abortion, eliminating legal access in red states? Will Brazil’s 212 million people be led by a left-wing populist, or a...",left
6985,The Media Predicts What's To Come in 2022,"['2022', '2022 Elections', 'Abortion', 'Capitol Chaos', 'China', 'Climate Change', 'Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Elections', 'Inflation', 'Joe Biden', 'Media Bias', 'Polarization', 'Politics', 'World']",The 2022 Reckoning,National Review,"This is the last Morning Jolt of 2021. I’ll see you January 3. Let’s close out the year by looking at what 2021 brought us and what 2022 is likely to bring. I think the one word that will most succinctly summarize 2022 is “reckoning.”
I can’t predict specifically what’s going to happen in 2022. But I think I can predict the general theme of the coming year: a reckoning, in the sense of a settling of accounts.
Up until the Trump era, America’s role in the world was shaped by...",right
6986,"Pelosi Hair Salon Visit Sparks Criticism, Skewed Coverage","['Nancy Pelosi', 'San Francisco', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']",Nancy Pelosi’s dumb salon visit during coronavirus pandemic deals blow to credibility,The Sacramento Bee,"Shame on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for forcing us to agree with Fox News on something.
On Tuesday, Fox released exclusive video of Pelosi visiting a San Francisco salon even though salons in the city were officially closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited a San Francisco hair salon on Monday afternoon for a wash and blow-out, despite local ordinances keeping salons closed amid the coronavirus pandemic,” wrote Brooke Singman of Fox News in a story highlighting Pelosi’s hypocrisy.
It gets worse.
“In security footage obtained...",left
6987,"Pelosi Hair Salon Visit Sparks Criticism, Skewed Coverage","['Nancy Pelosi', 'San Francisco', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']",Pelosi takes heat over visit to California hair salon,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is getting heat over a solo hair salon visit in San Francisco at a time when California businesses are limited by concern over coronavirus.
But Pelosi’s spokesman said she was complying with the rules as presented to her by eSalon.
“This business offered for the Speaker to come in on Monday and told her they were allowed by the city to have one customer at a time in the business,” said spokesman Drew Hammill in a statement. “The Speaker complied with the rules...",left
6988,"Pelosi Hair Salon Visit Sparks Criticism, Skewed Coverage","['Nancy Pelosi', 'San Francisco', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']","Pelosi used shuttered San Francisco hair salon for blow-out, owner calls it 'slap in the face'",Fox News (Online News),"EXCLUSIVE: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited a San Francisco hair salon on Monday afternoon for a wash and blow-out, despite local ordinances keeping salons closed amid the coronavirus pandemic, Fox News had learned.
In security footage obtained by Fox News, and timestamped Monday at 3:08 p.m. Pacific Time, the California powerhouse is seen walking through eSalon in San Francisco with wet hair, and without a mask over her mouth or nose.
The stylist doing her hair can be seen following her wearing a black face mask.
Salons in San Francisco...",right
6989,Rep. Mark Sanford Loses Primary,['Elections'],Another Trump critic falls and 5 other things we learned from Tuesday's primaries,CNN (Online News),Republican Rep. Mark Sanford became the latest proof point that fealty to President Donald Trump -- much more than purity on the issues -- matters most in GOP politics.,left
6990,Rep. Mark Sanford Loses Primary,['Elections'],Sanford defeated in primary defined by support for Trump,The Hill,"Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) appears to have lost his Tuesday primary, which became a referendum on his criticism of President Trump.",center
6991,Rep. Mark Sanford Loses Primary,['Elections'],Rep. Mark Sanford loses to Republican primary challenger at Trump's urging,Washington Examiner,"Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., lost his Tuesday GOP primary to challenger Katie Arrington, hours after President Trump tweeted that he should be defeated.",right
6992,Amazon Raises Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour,['Economy And Jobs'],Amazon hikes minimum wage to $15 for all US employees,Fox News (Online News),"All U.S. Amazon employees, full-time, part-time, temporary and seasonal, will earn $15 per hour, effective Nov. 1. According to a press release from the company, the new minimum wage will benefit more than 250,000 Amazon employees as well as over 100,000 seasonal employees that will be hired at Amazon across the country this holiday season.",right
6993,Amazon Raises Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour,['Economy And Jobs'],Amazon boosts minimum wage to $15 for all workers following criticism,Washington Post,"Amazon.com announced Tuesday that it will raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour for all employees, a move that comes after the tech giant faced harsh criticism for how much it pays its workers.",left
6994,Amazon Raises Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour,['Economy And Jobs'],Amazon to Raise Its Minimum U.S. Wage to $15 an Hour,Wall Street Journal (News),"Amazon.com Inc. on Tuesday said it was raising the minimum wage it pays all U.S. workers to $15 an hour, a move that comes as the company faced increased criticism about pay and benefits for its warehouse workers.",center
6995,Senate Reveals Health Care Plan,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Senate Republicans set to reveal Trumpcare: Tax cuts for the rich, Medicaid destroyed",Daily Kos,"After weeks of secret, backroom negotiating in which lobbyists seem to have played a much bigger role than either senators or health care experts, Mitch McConnell is ready to release his version of Trumpcare Thursday morning—a ""discussion draft""—the first step in a rushed process to get it to the floor by next Thursday. As with the House bill, the primary feature of it is that it will destroy Medicaid to provide those big tax cuts to the rich.",left
6996,Senate Reveals Health Care Plan,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate GOP to bring Obamacare repeal bill out of the shadows,Politico,"After weeks of work behind closed doors, the GOP will release its plan and try to find the votes to pass it.",left
6997,Senate Reveals Health Care Plan,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate GOP Unveils Health Care Overhaul as Obamacare Collapses,CBN,Senate Republican leaders are poised to release their new plan Thursday to dismantle Obamacare as insurance companies pull out from more states in the unsustainable health care exchanges.,right
6998,Mueller Issues Indictments Against Russians,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",What Mueller’s new Russia indictments mean — and don’t mean,Vox,They’re plucking the low-hanging fruit of Russian interference.,left
6999,Mueller Issues Indictments Against Russians,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Five key takeaways from the Russian indictments,The Hill,New indictments of 13 Russians who allegedly meddled in the 2016 election set the political world abuzz on Friday.,center
7000,Mueller Issues Indictments Against Russians,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Latest Mueller indictment complicates Russian collusion narrative,Washington Examiner,A 37-page indictment special counsel Robert Mueller issued on Friday against more than a dozen Russians has complicated the political narratives surrounding allegations of collusion between the Kremlin and President Trump's campaign.,right
7001,Trump To Declare Opioids a Health Emergency,['Healthcare'],Trump to declare opioid epidemic public health emergency – here’s what that means,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump is officially declaring the opioid crisis a “public health emergency.”
Trump told reporters in August that the epidemic is a “serious problem the likes of which we have never had” and had promised to declare it a national emergency.",right
7002,Trump To Declare Opioids a Health Emergency,['Healthcare'],"Trump will declare opioid epidemic a public health emergency, not a national emergency",Daily Kos,"Donald Trump has talked big about the action he was going to take to combat the opioid epidemic, describing it as a “national emergency,” which he said he was “saying officially, right now” back in August. Except he wasn't actually officially declaring a national emergency then or at any of the other times he decided to try to sound serious about opioids. The day of the official declaration has come and … Trump isn’t declaring a national emergency. Instead, he’s declaring a public health emergency.",left
7003,Trump To Declare Opioids a Health Emergency,['Healthcare'],White House: Trump to declare opioid crisis a public health emergency,The Hill,"President Trump on Thursday will instruct the acting director of the Department of Health and Human Services to declare the opioid epidemic a public health emergency, White House officials said.",center
7004,Economists Warn of Potential Housing Bubble as Home Prices and Mortgages Rise,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Federal Reserve', 'Housing Market']",What is a housing bubble? Answering your questions as housing market spikes,USA TODAY,"America's real estate market may be showing signs of a housing bubble as prices become “unhinged from fundamentals,” according to the authors of a blog post published by the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank.
House prices can fall out of sync with market fundamentals like supply and demand when there is a widespread belief that prices will keep climbing.
“If many buyers share this belief, purchases arising from a ‘fear of missing out’ can drive up prices and heighten expectations of strong house-price gains,"" according to the researchers.",left
7005,Economists Warn of Potential Housing Bubble as Home Prices and Mortgages Rise,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Federal Reserve', 'Housing Market']","Housing prices are still surging, but a bubble doesn’t seem likely",Multiple Writers - Center,"Last week we learned that housing prices grew rapidly yet again in January.
The widely followed S&P CoreLogic 20-City Home Price Index was up 19.1% compared with January of last year — a blistering pace, especially considering that the growth was on top of the 11%-plus growth rate reported for January 2021.
It’s highly anomalous for housing prices to rise over 32% in a span of two years, and so the trend is causing some economists to start worrying about a possible bubble.",center
7006,Economists Warn of Potential Housing Bubble as Home Prices and Mortgages Rise,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Federal Reserve', 'Housing Market']",Rising mortgage rates could begin to cool a still-hot housing market,Washington Examiner,"Mortgage rates have rebounded from their pandemic-era record lows and are rising rapidly. Those rising rates will eventually tamp down demand and cool the smoldering housing market, although the question of how quickly remains to be seen.
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 4.42%, up more than 1.25% from a year before, according to Freddie Mac. Three weeks ago, the rate sat at 3.76% — the fastest three-week increase since the 1980s.
Much of the pressure behind the rising interest rates comes from the Federal Reserve, which raised its interest...",right
7007,"Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty, Says Trump Directed Him to Break Campaign Finance Law",['Politics'],Cohen testifies Trump told him to commit crime by paying off women,Reuters,U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen testified on Tuesday that Trump had directed him to commit a crime by arranging payments ahead of the 2016 presidential,center
7008,"Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty, Says Trump Directed Him to Break Campaign Finance Law",['Politics'],Michael Cohen’s guilty plea implicates Trump in federal crime. Republicans don’t care.,Vox,Sen. Lindsey Graham: “Anything short” of Russia collusion will probably “fall into partisan camps.”,left
7009,"Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty, Says Trump Directed Him to Break Campaign Finance Law",['Politics'],Dershowitz: Cohen Plea Not as 'Lethal' for Trump as Critics Say,Fox News (Online News),"Harvard Law Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Tuesday on ""Tucker Carlson Tonight"" that attorney Michael Cohen's set of guilty pleas may cause some trouble for President Trump, but that they are not ""lethal"" to his presidency.",right
7010,"Biden Administration's Latest Vaccine Push Includes 'Door-to-Door' Outreach, Focus on Doctor's Offices, Workplaces","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Delta Variant', 'Joe Biden']",Biden Sets Out Plan To Go ‘Door To Door’ To Urge Americans To Take COVID-19 Vaccine Shots,The Daily Wire,"President Joe Biden on Tuesday laid out his administration’s plan to urge more Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19, including “door-to-door outreach” in some communities.
Biden also announced new efforts to get more vaccines to primary-care doctors and pediatricians. 
“We are continuing to wind down the mass vaccination sites that did so much in the spring. … Now, we need to go community by community, neighborhood by neighborhood, and oftentimes door to door, literally knocking on doors, to get help for the remaining people protected from the virus,” Biden said....",right
7011,"Biden Administration's Latest Vaccine Push Includes 'Door-to-Door' Outreach, Focus on Doctor's Offices, Workplaces","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Delta Variant', 'Joe Biden']","To try to spur shots, Biden again outlines strategies to reach those who remain unvaccinated.",New York Times (News),"With the pace of U.S. coronavirus vaccinations relatively flat, President Biden called on Tuesday for employers to set up clinics at work and to offer paid time off for workers as part of a renewed push to reach tens of millions of Americans who remain unvaccinated.
“Please get vaccinated now — it works, it’s free, it’s never been easier,” Mr. Biden said in brief remarks. “It’s never been more important. Do it now for yourself and the people you care about — for your neighborhood, for your country. It sounds corny, but...",left
7012,"Biden Administration's Latest Vaccine Push Includes 'Door-to-Door' Outreach, Focus on Doctor's Offices, Workplaces","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Delta Variant', 'Joe Biden']","Biden’s new Covid vaccine push focuses on workers, students, doctor’s offices to stifle delta variant",CNBC,"President Joe Biden on Tuesday once again pushed for all eligible Americans to get Covid vaccinations, stressing the importance of being protected against the highly transmissible delta variant.
Despite the U.S. being on track to hit 160 million people fully vaccinated in the coming days, Biden said, millions remain unvaccinated against Covid, “and because of that, their communities are at risk, their friends are at risk, the people they care about are at risk.”
“This is an even bigger concern because of the delta variant,” the president said.",center
7013,Analysis of Grand Jury Decision,['Civil Rights'],Ferguson Documents: How The Grand Jury Reached A Decision,NPR (Online News),"After sitting through hours of testimony and reading through thousands of pages of documents, a grand jury decided that there was not enough probable cause to indict police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old.",left
7014,Analysis of Grand Jury Decision,['Civil Rights'],"Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson’s Grand Jury Testimony Revealed: ‘Still Charging, Hands Still in His Waistband’",The Blaze,"As cars and buildings burned in the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, on Monday night, officer Darren Wilson’s grand jury testimony was revealed for the first time as officials released some of evidence in the case. The Ferguson grand jury declined to indict Wilson in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown.",right
7015,Analysis of Grand Jury Decision,['Civil Rights'],OPINION: Ferguson grand jury decision: Brown's death should be call to action not violence,Juan Williams,Where is the black leadership now that a grand jury has decided not to indict the police officer that killed Michael Brown?,left
7016,Anniversary of Charlottesville White Nationalist Rally Approaches,['Inequality'],"A Year After Charlottesville, the Alt-Right Movement Frays",Wall Street Journal (News),"The violent Charlottesville, Va., rally last August energized the alt-right, and many in its ranks predicted their momentum would continue. But a year later, what is billed as a “white civil rights rally” across the street from the White House is expected to draw a",center
7017,Anniversary of Charlottesville White Nationalist Rally Approaches,['Inequality'],"In Trump's White House, Charlottesville was a moment that wasn't",CNN (Online News),"When President Donald Trump declared a year ago that ""very fine people"" were among the Nazi mobs descending upon Charlottesville, Virginia, the reaction was swift.",left
7018,Anniversary of Charlottesville White Nationalist Rally Approaches,['Inequality'],"Trump denounces ‘all types of racism’ ahead of Unite the Right rally, anniversary",Washington Examiner,"President Trump denounced “all types of racism” and violence Saturday, comments that come ahead of the anniversary of the violent Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.",right
7019,President Trump Attends Gridiron Dinner,['Politics'],Trump mocks media — and himself — at Gridiron Dinner,USA TODAY,"President Trump made his debut at a Washington press dinner Saturday night by mocking the media, his Democratic critics, his staff, and even himself — a little bit.",left
7020,President Trump Attends Gridiron Dinner,['Politics'],"At Gridiron Dinner, Trump jokes on politics -- but gets serious about North Korea talks",Fox News (Online News),"President Donald Trump on Saturday night traded humorous jabs with a cabal of lawmakers, administration officials, media figures and military officers at the annual Gridiron Dinner in Washington.",right
7021,President Trump Attends Gridiron Dinner,['Politics'],"At a white-tie Gridiron dinner, President Trump tries joking: ‘I like chaos’",Washington Post,"On Saturday night, President Trump was not having the sort of evening he prefers. For starters, he was dressed in white-tie finery, not the golf-ready khakis he favors on weekends. He was surrounded by the very members of the mainstream media he routinely derides. And rather than his beloved Fox News, his entertainment was skits and musical acts, some of which poked fun at him.",left
7022,GOP Convention Bounce,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","A Fine Night For Romney, But No Game Change",NPR (Online News),"It's been the political world's obsession for weeks leading into the Republican National Convention in Tampa. Would nominee Mitt Romney manage what would be miraculous for any candidate, and in a handful of days and one big speech wash away the problems of a modern candidacy?
Turns out Romney's moment Thursday night was a fine one, if not a great one.",left
7023,GOP Convention Bounce,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Sept. 1: Romney’s Convention Bounce Appears Middling So Far,New York Times (News),"The Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. received mediocre television ratings — and the polling data so far suggests that it may produce only a modest bounce in the polls for Mitt Romney.",left
7024,GOP Convention Bounce,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney 47% Obama 44%,Townhall,"Following last weeks GOP Convention, Mitt Romney has seen a bump in his polling numbers. Just one day after the convention ended, Rasmussen found that Governor Romney now leads President Obama. Romney now garners 47% of the vote compared to Obamas 44%. This is an expected modest bounce, but there could be an even larger bounce because of much of this data was collected before Romneys speech on Thursday night.",right
7025,CDC Endorses 'Test to Stay' School COVID-19 Strategy,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Public Health', 'Schools', 'Education', 'Coronavirus Testing', 'Life During Covid-19']",New CDC guidance encourages more testing to limit school quarantines,NPR (Online News),"At a White House briefing on Friday, Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said schools should limit quarantines by requiring testing for unvaccinated close contacts of a confirmed COVID-19 case.
It's a practice known as ""test to stay.""
""In the 'test to stay' protocol, there's increased testing of close contacts after a COVID-19 exposure, and that testing needs to be at least twice in the seven-day period after exposure,"" Walensky explained. ""If exposed children meet a certain criteria and continue to test negative, they can...",left
7026,CDC Endorses 'Test to Stay' School COVID-19 Strategy,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Public Health', 'Schools', 'Education', 'Coronavirus Testing', 'Life During Covid-19']","Children exposed to covid can safely stay in class with in-school testing, CDC says",Washington Post,"Students who have been exposed to the coronavirus can safely continue in-person learning if they are regularly tested for the virus at school, avoiding disruptive at-home quarantines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
The CDC released two studies that show the effectiveness of what’s known as “test-to-stay.” School districts across the country have tried this strategy, though it is not widely used.
“These studies demonstrate that test-to-stay works to keep unvaccinated children in school safely,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told reporters Friday. She called it “a promising and now...",left
7027,CDC Endorses 'Test to Stay' School COVID-19 Strategy,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Public Health', 'Schools', 'Education', 'Coronavirus Testing', 'Life During Covid-19']",CDC introduces new ‘test to stay’ approach in schools,New York Post (News),"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said unvaccinated students exposed to COVID-19 can remain in school if they undergo testing — as three New York City schools closed in one day.
The “test to stay” approach allows kids who aren’t jabbed and have been in “close contact” with an infected peer to keep going to class if they test negative for the virus at least twice during the week after exposure, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said at a White House press briefing.",right
7028,Perspectives: Night Two of the 2020 Democratic National Convention,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Democratic National Convention', 'Jill Biden', 'Elections']",5 winners and 2 losers from night 2 of the Democratic convention,Vox,"The first night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention was about highlighting ordinary Americans, and the second night was about putting the spotlight on its leaders — the figures who dominated the party in decades prior and those who hope to take the reins in the decades ahead. It cast Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the people at the center who can serve as the bond — though other people did most of the talking, including, perhaps most notably, former second lady Jill Biden. She wove her family’s story...",left
7029,Perspectives: Night Two of the 2020 Democratic National Convention,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Democratic National Convention', 'Jill Biden', 'Elections']",Jill Biden makes personal appeal for her husband,Washington Examiner,"Jill Biden spoke to her husband's deep faith and perseverance through multiple tragedies in her Democratic convention speech, describing a personal side of Joe Biden that she may know better than anyone.
“How do you make a broken family whole? The same way you make a nation whole. With love and understanding — and with small acts of compassion. With bravery. With unwavering faith,” she said of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
The former vice president's first wife, Neilia, and 1-year-old daughter Naomi died in a 1972 car crash just...",right
7030,Perspectives: Night Two of the 2020 Democratic National Convention,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Democratic National Convention', 'Jill Biden', 'Elections']",4 Takeaways From Night 2 Of The Democratic National Convention,NPR (Online News),"After former first lady Michelle Obama's foreboding address Monday about the consequences of a second term for President Trump, and her urgent appeal that people ""vote for Joe Biden like our lives depend on it,"" the second night of the Democratic National Convention focused on building the case for how Biden would restore a country struggling in an economic and public health crisis.
The main messenger — Jill Biden — delivered an intimate speech that wove together her career as an educator with her story about how her partnership with...",left
7031,"Perspectives: Post-9/11 Unity, 20 Years Later","['Polarization', '9/11', 'Terrorism', 'Politics', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Polls', 'George Bush']",Our Post-9/11 Bond,Judson Berger,"Moments of national unity are as fleeting as they are rare. September 12, 2001, was one of them.
It’s become something of a political cliché to call for a return to that post-9/11 mindset. How much it has eroded, from then to now, illustrates why we hear this. Pew dug up an interesting figure — after the launch of airstrikes in Afghanistan, 79 percent of adults “said they had displayed an American flag.” Briefly, at a level that was unprecedented and never again matched in the modern age, a broad majority expressed...",right
7032,"Perspectives: Post-9/11 Unity, 20 Years Later","['Polarization', '9/11', 'Terrorism', 'Politics', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Polls', 'George Bush']",9/11 anniversary: The attacks brought us together 20 years ago. Nothing can unite us now.,Jill Lawrence,"The 2000 election was so close that it came down to 537 votes in one state, so close that the Supreme Court ended up deciding who would be the next president – five weeks after the election.
Was America divided? We sure thought so back then. I spent most of the next year traveling between Montclair, New Jersey, and Franklin, Tennessee, two towns that voted heavily for Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush, respectively, and wrote a series for USA TODAY called One Nation, Divided.
My final day of research for the entire project was...",left
7033,"Perspectives: Post-9/11 Unity, 20 Years Later","['Polarization', '9/11', 'Terrorism', 'Politics', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Polls', 'George Bush']","After 9/11, We Found Unity. We Must Reclaim That in a Post-January 6 America",Guest Writer - Center,"Twenty years ago, we witnessed a defining moment in American and world history. The terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 changed a generation and shaped our world like few events ever have, or ever will. With the passing of time, a new generation forges ahead and creates their own future while we commemorate the victims and struggle with the lessons of our past. The world has now watched as the war which the attacks started has come to an ignominious end. And those of us who lived through that day...",center
7034,Rep. Ilhan Omar Apologizes for Tweet Denounced as Anti-Semitic,"['Israel', 'Ilhan Omar', 'World']",Rep. Ilhan Omar 'unequivocally' apologizes for 'anti-Semitic' tweet condemned by Democratic leaders,USA TODAY,"Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar ""unequivocally"" apologized Monday for a tweet that was condemned by Democratic House leaders as ""anti-Semitic"" for asserting that lobbyists at the American Israel",left
7035,Rep. Ilhan Omar Apologizes for Tweet Denounced as Anti-Semitic,"['Israel', 'Ilhan Omar', 'World']","The Christian Right, Not AIPAC, Drives the GOP’s Pro-Israel Stance",New York Magazine,"In the latest incident pursuant to a House Republican campaign to paint Muslim-American Democratic members of Congress as being as objectionable as their own Steve King, Representative",left
7036,Rep. Ilhan Omar Apologizes for Tweet Denounced as Anti-Semitic,"['Israel', 'Ilhan Omar', 'World']","Ilhan Omar's AIPAC tweet sparks condemnation, including from Chelsea Clinton",Fox News (Online News),"Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., sparked backlash Sunday evening from members of both parties -- including former first daughter Chelsea Clinton -- after she accused a prominent lobbying group of",right
7037,Will Justice Kennedy Retire?,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court: Will Justice Kennedy retire this month?,Fox News (Online News),The Supreme Court’s term ends next week with growing speculation that Justice Anthony Kennedy--the panel’s most pivotal member--may retire at age 80 after 29 years on the court.,right
7038,Will Justice Kennedy Retire?,['Supreme Court'],The terrifying and terrible prospect of Justice Kennedy retiring,Washington Post,"The end of the Supreme Court term looms, and with it the prospect — the terrifying prospect — of a retirement. Specifically, the retirement of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who will turn 81 next month and is the longest-serving current justice, named to the high court almost 30 years ago.",left
7039,Will Justice Kennedy Retire?,['Supreme Court'],Anthony Kennedy retirement watch at a fever pitch,CNN (Online News),"Justice Anthony Kennedy, the man who so often determines the outcome of the most controversial Supreme Court cases, is himself the center of brewing speculation.
Will he stay or will he go?
The rumors have swirled for months and the 80-year-old justice has done nothing either personally or though intermediaries to set the record straight on whether he will step down.",left
7040,Manafort Accountant Testifies About Incorrect Tax Filings,['Politics'],Manafort Accountant Testifies Tax Returns Contained False Information,Wall Street Journal (News),Laporta says former Trump campaign chairman improperly cut his tax liability by classifying millions in income as loans.,center
7041,Manafort Accountant Testifies About Incorrect Tax Filings,['Politics'],"Accountants testify Manafort inflated loans, failed to disclose foreign accounts",Washington Post,One of Paul Manafort’s accountants testified Friday that she went along with falsifying his tax records because she was afraid to confront a longtime client.,left
7042,Manafort Accountant Testifies About Incorrect Tax Filings,['Politics'],"Jury gets peek into Manafort's lavish lifestyle, discrepancies in financial records",Washington Examiner,"The 12-member jury who will decide former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s future were given an intimate look this week at his seven-figure lifestyle and financial records, which the government say when taken together, provide evidence he was hiding millions of dollars of income from tax authorities.",right
7043,Boehner Stands By GOP Whip Scalise,['Politics'],Boehner Ally Steve Scalise Rocked by White Supremacy Scandal,Breitbart News,"A member of John Boehner’s inner circle is under fire even as the House Speaker is at his most vulnerable: Exactly one week before the House GOP’s top official will seek re-election to his post.
“Every member who votes for John Boehner is vulnerable because not only is he unpopular with the base after his lame duck deception, but now he’s exposing members to the results of his poor judgement,” a senior GOP aide told Breitbart News after news broke Monday from the Washington Post and local Louisiana sources that...",right
7044,Boehner Stands By GOP Whip Scalise,['Politics'],Boehner Stands By Steve Scalise After Revelations,Wall Street Journal (News),"House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) on Tuesday said he supports House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R., La.), following revelations that the Louisianian addressed a white nationalist group in 2002.
“More than a decade ago, Representative Scalise made an error in judgment, and he was right to acknowledge it was wrong and inappropriate,” Mr. Boehner said. “Like many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, I know Steve to be a man of high integrity and good character. He has my full confidence as our whip, and he...",center
7045,Boehner Stands By GOP Whip Scalise,['Politics'],John Boehner Backs Steve Scalise Amid Controversy Over White Supremacist Meeting,HuffPost,"House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is throwing a lifesaver to House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R) as the Louisiana congressman faces a deluge of criticism and questions over a 2002 speech he gave to a white supremacist group.
""More than a decade ago, Representative Scalise made an error in judgment, and he was right to acknowledge it was wrong and inappropriate. Like many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, I know Steve to be a man of high integrity and good character. He has my full confidence...",left
7046,"Manchin, Schumer Strike Deal on $739B Spending Package","['Economy And Jobs', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Energy', 'Climate Change', 'Taxes', 'Joe Manchin', 'Chuck Schumer']","Lawmakers react after Manchin, Schumer agree to reconciliation deal: 'Build Back Broke'",Fox News (Online News),"Republicans are not pleased with the prospect of a revived version of Build Back Better after Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced they came to an agreement on a reconciliation package.
While some details of the reconciliation package are unclear, Manchin said in a statement that the bill will contain a minimum 15% tax on companies worth more than $1 billion and will also have investments in energy, which include nuclear, renewables and fossil fuels. 
Manchin said the bill will be titled the ""Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.""...",right
7047,"Manchin, Schumer Strike Deal on $739B Spending Package","['Economy And Jobs', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Energy', 'Climate Change', 'Taxes', 'Joe Manchin', 'Chuck Schumer']","In a major boost to Democrats, Manchin and Schumer announce deal for energy and health care bill",CNN (Online News),"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin on Wednesday announced a deal on an energy and health care bill, representing a breakthrough after more than a year of negotiations that have collapsed time and again.
But it will face furious GOP opposition.
The deal is a major reversal for Manchin, and the health and climate bill stands a serious chance of becoming law as soon as August -- assuming Democrats can pass the bill in the House and that it passes muster with the Senate parliamentarian to allow it to be approved...",left
7048,"Manchin, Schumer Strike Deal on $739B Spending Package","['Economy And Jobs', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Energy', 'Climate Change', 'Taxes', 'Joe Manchin', 'Chuck Schumer']","Solar stocks jump as Schumer, Manchin announce climate spending deal",CNBC,"Solar stocks jumped on Thursday after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., said they’ve reached a deal on what would be the most ambitious climate spending package in U.S. history.
The “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” includes $369 billion for clean energy provisions
“The entire clean energy industry just breathed an enormous sigh of relief,” American Clean Power CEO Heather Zichal said Wednesday evening.
“This is an 11th hour reprieve for climate action and clean energy jobs, and America’s biggest legislative moment for climate and energy policy,” she added.
The Invesco...",center
7049,Sequester Politics,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","At Camp Pendleton, President Obama takes on sequester politics",Politico,"President Barack Obama came here Wednesday to tell Marines that by refusing to reverse the sequester cuts, Congress is failing to live up to the Corps'rs motto: Semper Fidelis.",left
7050,Sequester Politics,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Government Shutdown? Odds Are Uncomfortably High,NPR (Online News),"For all the fiscal cliffhangers and debt-ceiling brinksmanship over the past couple of years, Congress has been able to find some kind of solution at the last minute. This time many budget analysts worry might be different.",left
7051,Sequester Politics,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Republicans revive 'Penny Plan' as sequester alternative to balance budget,Fox News (Online News),As Congress faces a fast-approaching deadline on passing a federal spending bill Republican lawmakers are reviving the Tea Party-backed Penny Plan designed to balance the federal budget in two years with a one-percent reduction in government spending.,right
7052,Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Sentenced to Life in Prison,"['Criminal Justice', 'Ahmaud Arbery', 'Race And Racism', 'Georgia', 'Courts', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Violence In America', 'Justice']","Ahmaud Arbery’s killers sentenced to life in prison, two with no possibility of parole",Washington Post,"The three White men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery nearly two years ago in a case that sparked nationwide outrage and protests, were sentenced Friday to life in prison, two of them without the possibility of parole.
Travis McMichael, his father Greg McMichael and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan chased and killed Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, in February 2020. Their pursuit of Arbery in pickup trucks through suburban streets near Brunswick, Ga., ended with Travis McMichael fatally shooting Arbery, who was unarmed. All three face federal hate-crime charges in a...",left
7053,Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Sentenced to Life in Prison,"['Criminal Justice', 'Ahmaud Arbery', 'Race And Racism', 'Georgia', 'Courts', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Violence In America', 'Justice']",Ahmaud Arbery: Jogger's murderers sentenced to life in prison,BBC News,"A white father and son convicted of killing a black jogger have been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
In November, a jury found Travis and Gregory McMichael and their neighbour, William Bryan, guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020.
Bryan also received the maximum penalty of life, but was offered the possibility of parole in 30 years.
The judge said the McMichaels had not shown remorse or empathy for Arbery.
Judge Timothy Walmsley said he gave them severe sentences in part because of their...",center
7054,Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Sentenced to Life in Prison,"['Criminal Justice', 'Ahmaud Arbery', 'Race And Racism', 'Georgia', 'Courts', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Violence In America', 'Justice']","Ahmaud Arbery’s killers all sentenced to life in prison, father and son without parole",New York Post (News),"The three white Georgia men who chased and gunned down Ahmaud Arbery were each given life sentences Friday for what the dead jogger’s dad called a modern-day lynching “in broad daylight.”
Shooter Travis McMichael, 35, and his 66-year-old dad, ex-cop Gregory McMichael, were both told they would spend the rest of their lives behind bars without the possibility of parole. Even though they can never be released, both were also given an extra 20 years to run consecutively on a lesser aggravated assault charge.",right
7055,Ferguson Shooting Arrests,['Violence In America'],Arrest Made In Connection To Ferguson Police Shooting,HuffPost,"St. Louis County Police announced on Sunday that they had made an arrest related to the two officers who were shot during a protest on Thursday in Ferguson, Missouri.
Robert McCulloch and St. Louis County Chief of Police Jon Belmar announced that they would hold a press conference Sunday afternoon to discuss the arrest.
The shooting came during protests after Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson announced that he would resign. One of the officers was shot in the face and the other was shot in the shoulder, but both survived...",left
7056,Ferguson Shooting Arrests,['Violence In America'],Protester accused of shooting officers in Ferguson,USA TODAY,"An arrest has been made in connection with the shooting of two police officers in Ferguson, Mo., St. Louis County Police said Sunday.
County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch said Jeffrey Williams, 20, was charged with two counts of assault in the first degree, one count of firing a weapon from a vehicle, and thee counts of armed criminal action.
McCulloch said Williams admitted firing th",left
7057,Ferguson Shooting Arrests,['Violence In America'],Obama: ‘There is No Excuse’ for Shooting of Cops in Ferguson,Townhall,"President Obama condemns the violent protests in Ferguson, Missouri this week, where two police officers were shot amid racial tension.",right
7058,Positive Looks at 2020,"['Holidays', '2021', 'New Year', 'General News']","Goodbye, 2020. You were awful, but some lights shine through.",Guest Writer - Right,"For most people, a list of the best news stories in 2020 would be extremely short. But even in a year marked by much grief and countless sorrows, there have been terrific examples of great changes for the better. Chief among these is the success of Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration’s vaccine-development project. Few predicted that one, much less two, pioneering vaccines would result so quickly from this vast outpouring of effort and government funding to the private sector. The remarkable all-hands-on-deck explosion of ventilator production that began last...",right
7059,Positive Looks at 2020,"['Holidays', '2021', 'New Year', 'General News']","What Got Us Through 2020? For Many, It Was Hobbies, Relationships And 4-Legged Pals",NPR (Online News),"It was an eventful year to say the least. It began with a historic impeachment, and then the global pandemic, a reckoning around racial injustice, a tumultuous election and even more unlikely news.
The events of 2020, however significant, had an effect on everyone. NPR's Morning Edition wanted to know what helped get people through the tough times — and hundreds responded on Twitter.
Some said they turned to writing letters, creating art or starting a new hobby. Others relied on friends and family and mindless escapist TV shows. And...",left
7060,Positive Looks at 2020,"['Holidays', '2021', 'New Year', 'General News']",18 Actually Good Things That Happened in 2020,HuffPost,"In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a surprising amount of positive news to celebrate this past year. Let’s start with the obvious: 2020 was a massively disappointing year, right from the jump. In January, we learned that 162 billionaires have the same wealth as half of humanity, and that we’d just muddled through the hottest decade on record. Then, February came and the coronavirus pandemic began to touch all of us.
The losses piled on after that: the death of more than 1.7 million people worldwide from COVID-19,...",left
7061,Analysis of Robert Mueller's Court Filings on Michael Cohen,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Michael Cohen assisted Mueller's office with info about contacts between Trump aides and Russia,NBC News (Online),"But federal prosecutors still recommended a stiff prison sentence for Cohen, citing his ""extensive"" criminal conduct.",left
7062,Analysis of Robert Mueller's Court Filings on Michael Cohen,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","So, It Looks Like Michael Cohen Really Didn't Stab Trump In the Back (But He Could Have)",Townhall,Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen could be spending the next few years in jail. The sentencing memo from the Russian investigation headed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller has recommended that Cohen spend the next four years in jail for the eight charges he’s plead guilty to. It also suggests that Cohen was not as cooperative as originally blasted out there by the news media.,right
7063,Analysis of Robert Mueller's Court Filings on Michael Cohen,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Cohen Gave Significant Help on Russia Probe, Mueller Team Says",Wall Street Journal (News),"Cohen also worked ‘at the direction of’ Trump in arranging illegal payments, Manhattan prosecutors say in sentencing document.",center
7064,Obamacare Employer Mandate Delayed,['Healthcare'],Key Obamacare provision delayed,CNN (Online News),The requirement that businesses provide their workers with health insurance or face fines - a key provision contained in President Barack Obamas sweeping health care law - will be delayed by one year.,left
7065,Obamacare Employer Mandate Delayed,['Healthcare'],6 questions about the Obamacare mandate,Politico,"The bombshell announcement came from the Treasury Department on Tuesday night, catching even the administration's close allies by surprise.",left
7066,Obamacare Employer Mandate Delayed,['Healthcare'],Administration delays key ObamaCare insurance mandate,Fox News (Online News),The Obama administration announced Tuesday that it is delaying an ObamaCare requirement that large employers provide health insurance coverage to workers.,right
7067,House Leadership Clinches Budget Deal,"['US House', 'Politics']",Congress and White House Reach Tentative Budget Deal,New York Times (News),"After five years of bitter clashes, Republican congressional leaders and President Obama on Monday night appeared to settle their last budget fight by reaching a tentative deal that would modestly increase spending over the next two years, cut some social programs, and raise the federal borrowing limit.",left
7068,House Leadership Clinches Budget Deal,"['US House', 'Politics']",House GOP leaders unveil two-year budget deal with White House,Fox News (Online News),House Republican leaders have unveiled a tentative two-year budget agreement with the Obama White House aimed at preventing a partial government shutdown and forestalling a debt crisis.,right
7069,House Leadership Clinches Budget Deal,"['US House', 'Politics']",White House And GOP Congressional Leaders Reach Budget Deal,NPR (Online News),"Just days before the election of a new speaker of the House, lame-duck Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, made good on one last promise — that he'd try to ""clear the barn"" for his successor.",left
7070,US and EU Agree to End Dispute Over Aircraft Subsidies,"['Transportation', 'EU', 'Airbus', 'Boeing', 'Aircraft Subsidies', 'Airlines', 'Trade', 'General News']",Biden And The EU Agree To A Truce In A 17-Year-Long Fight Over Aircraft Subsidies,NPR (Online News),"President Biden on Tuesday announced a truce in a long-running trade war with the European Union, saying it was time to put aside the fight and focus together on the growing trade threats posed by China.
His Brussels stop at EU headquarters was the latest part of his mission to mend ties with allies that were strained by the go-it-alone approach of his predecessor before he sits down with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva.
Biden was also set to launch a trade and technology council during his session with Ursula von...",left
7071,US and EU Agree to End Dispute Over Aircraft Subsidies,"['Transportation', 'EU', 'Airbus', 'Boeing', 'Aircraft Subsidies', 'Airlines', 'Trade', 'General News']",Biden eases trade friction with EU ahead of Putin summit,Associated Press Fact Check,"President Joe Biden on Tuesday moved to end a long-running dispute with the European Union over subsidies for aircraft manufacturers, a major breakthrough in the U.S.-EU trade relationship that comes on the eve of his highly anticipated meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The announcement that the two sides reached resolution in a 17-year dispute over how much of a government subsidy each can provide for its aircraft manufacturing giant — Boeing in the United States and Airbus in the EU.—came as Biden met with European Council President Charles Michel...",left
7072,US and EU Agree to End Dispute Over Aircraft Subsidies,"['Transportation', 'EU', 'Airbus', 'Boeing', 'Aircraft Subsidies', 'Airlines', 'Trade', 'General News']","EU, US Unveil 5-Year Truce In 17-Year Aircraft Trade Spat",ZeroHedge,"The European Union and the United States are on the verge of announcing a truce in their 17-year conflict over aircraft subsidies, bringing to a close one set of Trump-era tariffs which had soured relations between them. As Reuters reminds us, the two sides have been battling since 2004 in parallel cases at the World Trade Organization over subsidies for U.S. planemaker Boeing and European rival Airbus
The EU and US agreed in March to a four-month suspension of tariffs on $11.5 billion of goods from EU wine to U.S....",right
7073,"6 State Primaries, Including Michigan, Set for Biden-Sanders Duel","['Bernie Sanders', 'Joe Biden', 'Michigan Primary', '2020 Election', 'Elections']",Detroit crowd hopes 'Joementum' lasts through Election Day,Detroit Free Press,"The night before Michigan's presidential primary, former Vice President Joe Biden came to Detroit on Monday, looking for votes, volunteers and campaign cash.
""Michigan, I’m counting on you in a big way,"" he told the crowd of about 1,000 people at Renaissance High School. ""This is a state we have to win in November. I spent a lot of time in this state,"" adding he worked side-by-side with Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan when the city was going through bankruptcy. ""I’ve always believed in Detroit, like I’ve always believed in Michigan.""...",left
7074,"6 State Primaries, Including Michigan, Set for Biden-Sanders Duel","['Bernie Sanders', 'Joe Biden', 'Michigan Primary', '2020 Election', 'Elections']",Michigan primary is a must win for Bernie Sanders’ campaign,New York Post (News),"Michigan saved Bernie Sanders’ presidential bid in 2016. On Tuesday, the state’s primary could end it.
After crushing losses on Super Tuesday, the Vermont democratic socialist’s White House bid is now counting on the Wolverine State to put him back in contention with its 125 delegates, after former Vice President Joe Biden swept the South and won the state of Texas last week.
Sanders defied the odds in Michigan in 2016 when he pulled off a stunning victory over Hillary Clinton — bucking polls that had him behind and winning...",right
7075,"6 State Primaries, Including Michigan, Set for Biden-Sanders Duel","['Bernie Sanders', 'Joe Biden', 'Michigan Primary', '2020 Election', 'Elections']",Stakes rise for Sanders heading into Michigan primary,Associated Press,"DETROIT (AP) — Bernie Sanders proved his 2016 presidential bid was serious with an upset victory in Michigan powered by his opposition to free trade and appeal among working-class voters. Four years later, the same state could either revive the Vermont senator’s campaign or relegate him to the role of protest candidate.
Michigan and five other states hold presidential contests on Tuesday at a critical point in the Democratic race.
Former Vice President Joe Biden is looking to quash Sanders’ hopes and cement his own front-runner status just a week...",left
7076,Sally Yates Testifies,['Politics'],Yates: 'Flynn Was Compromised With Respect to the Russians',CBN,Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates testified Monday before a Senate subcommittee about her efforts to warn the Trump administration of misinformation put forth by former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.,right
7077,Sally Yates Testifies,['Politics'],Sally Yates Testifies: 'We Believed Gen. Flynn Was Compromised',NPR (Online News),"It was a matter of urgency, former acting Attorney General Sally Yates says, when she called White House lawyers back in late January.",left
7078,Sally Yates Testifies,['Politics'],Sally Yates speaks — and the strange tale of Michael Flynn begins to unwind a little,Salon,"Whatever Flynn said to the Russians was ""problematic in itself,"" Yates said — and the 18-day gap remains a mystery.",left
7079,Putin Declares Annexation as Zelenskyy Submits NATO Application,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Nuclear Arms', 'North Atlantic Treaty Organization', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Europe']","Defiant Putin proclaims Ukrainian annexation, vows war win",Reuters,"A defiant Vladimir Putin proclaimed Russia's annexation of a swathe of Ukraine in a pomp-filled Kremlin ceremony, promising Moscow would triumph in its ""special military operation"" against Kyiv even as some of his troops faced potential defeat.
The Russian president's proclamation of Russian rule over 15% of Ukraine - the biggest annexation in Europe since World War Two - was roundly rejected by Western countries, with the United States and Britain announcing new sanctions.
It comes as Russian forces in one of the four regions being annexed face being encircled...",center
7080,Putin Declares Annexation as Zelenskyy Submits NATO Application,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Nuclear Arms', 'North Atlantic Treaty Organization', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Europe']","Putin swipes at US in hostile speech amid annexation of Ukraine, says it set 'precedent' for nuclear warfare",Fox News (Online News),"Russian President Vladimir Putin came out swinging at the U.S. on Friday in an aggressive speech as he announced the annexation of four Ukrainian regions. 
In a message that was already expected to be hostile, Putin further escalated threats against Ukraine and the West by saying the U.S. set a ""precedent"" of nuclear warfare by hitting Japan with atomic bombs during World War II.
Fears have mounted since last week when Putin said he was ""not bluffing"" after he warned that Moscow would use ""all weapons systems available"" to defend Russian...",right
7081,Putin Declares Annexation as Zelenskyy Submits NATO Application,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Nuclear Arms', 'North Atlantic Treaty Organization', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Europe']",Putin illegally annexes Ukraine land; Kyiv seeks NATO entry,Associated Press,"Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties Friday to illegally annex more occupied Ukrainian territory in a sharp escalation of his war. Ukraine’s president countered with a surprise application to join the NATO military alliance.
Putin’s land-grab and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s signing of what he said is an “accelerated” NATO membership application sent the two leaders speeding faster on a collision course that is cranking up fears of a full-blown conflict between Russia and the West.
Putin vowed to protect newly annexed regions of Ukraine by “all available means,” a renewed...",left
7082,Senate Unanimously Passes Anti-Lynching Bill,['Civil Rights'],Senate passes anti-lynching bill after nearly 200 failed attempts,Washington Times,"After more than a century of failed attempts, the Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation making mob lynching a federal civil rights crime.",right
7083,Senate Unanimously Passes Anti-Lynching Bill,['Civil Rights'],It’s Unanimous: Senate Approves Long-Suffering Anti-Lynching Bill,Newsweek,"It took over 200 attempts over 100 years, but the U.S. Senate finally passed – unanimously – a nonpartisan anti-lynching bill Wednesday.",center
7084,Senate Unanimously Passes Anti-Lynching Bill,['Civil Rights'],US passes first anti-lynching law after Senate vote,BBC News,The United States Senate has unanimously approved a bill to make lynching a federal crime in the country. Three black senators introduced the bill in June to allow lynching to be charged as,center
7085,October 2012 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Job Growth Beats Forecasts; Unemployment Rate Is 7.9 Percent,NPR (Online News),"The nation's unemployment rate edged up to 7.9 percent in October from 7.8 percent in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says.",left
7086,October 2012 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Unemployment rate rises to 7.9 percent, economy adds 171,000 jobs",Fox News (Online News),"The unemployment rate in October rose a notch to 7.9 percent, according to the latest Labor Department report, as employers added 171,000 jobs.",right
7087,October 2012 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"US economy adds 171,000 jobs in October, unemployment rate ticks up to 7.9 percent",Washington Post,"U.S. employers added 171,000 jobs in October and hiring was stronger over the previous two months than first thought. The unemployment rate inched up to 7.9 percent from 7.8 percent in September because the work force grew.",left
7088,NY Prison Worker Pleads Guilty,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Joyce Mitchell pleads guilty to helping killers escape from New York prison,Fox News (Online News),A northern New York prison worker admitted Tuesday to smuggling hacksaw blades in frozen hamburger meat to two killers who later broke out and spent more than two weeks on the run.,right
7089,NY Prison Worker Pleads Guilty,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",NY Prison Worker Joyce Mitchell Pleads Guilty to Aiding Escapees,ABC News (Online),Former prison employee Joyce Mitchell pleaded guilty today to helping two convicted murderers escape from a maximum security prison last month in New York.,left
7090,NY Prison Worker Pleads Guilty,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Joyce Mitchell pleads guilty to helping New York inmates escape,CNN (Online News),"With a barely audible whisper of ""guilty,"" the prison tailor charged with helping two murderers stage a dramatic escape from an upstate New York prison last month pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that could bring her up to seven years behind bars.",left
7091,Bernie Sanders Announces Presidential Bid,['Elections'],Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to Run for President,Wall Street Journal (News),"Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, launched his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday, presenting competition from the political left to front-runner Hillary Clinton.
“This campaign is not about Bernie Sanders,” Mr. Sanders will email supporters early Thursday, according to a preview offered by his campaign. “It’s about a grass-roots movement of Americans standing up and saying: ‘Enough is enough. This country and our government belong to all of us, not just a handful of billionaires.’”
On Wednesday, Mr. Sanders declared his candidacy to the Associated...",center
7092,Bernie Sanders Announces Presidential Bid,['Elections'],Bernie Sanders Takes Presidential Plunge,Townhall,"According to the experts, Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) has zero chance of winning the 2016 Democratic nomination.
Nevertheless, on Thursday he announced he’s running for president, vowing to make his candidacy about issues that are extremely and personally important to the progressive Left.
“This country today, in my view, has more serious crises than at any other time since the Great Depression of the 1930s,” he said. “For most Americans, their reality is that they’re working longer hours for lower wages. And [in] inflation-adjusted income, they’re earning less money than...",right
7093,Bernie Sanders Announces Presidential Bid,['Elections'],Bernie Sanders Announces He Is Running for President,New York Times (News),"Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont, announced Thursday that he was running for president as a Democrat, injecting a progressive voice into the contest and providing Hillary Rodham Clinton with her first official rival for the party’s nomination.
Avoiding the fanfare that several Republicans have chosen so far when announcing their candidacies, Mr. Sanders issued a statement to supporters that laid out his goals for reducing income inequality, addressing climate change and scaling back the influence of money in politics.",left
7094,Perspectives: Biden's Call for Vaccine Mandates,"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Joe Biden']",Biden’s war on virus becomes war on unvaccinated,Associated Press Fact Check,"They’re a source of frustration. A risk to their fellow citizens. A threat to the nation’s economic recovery.
President Joe Biden is trying to concentrate the anger of the nation’s inoculated majority against the stubborn 25% of eligible Americans who remain unvaccinated against COVID-19.
Nearly 8 months after declaring “war” on the coronavirus as he took office, Biden announced far-reaching new federal requirements Thursday that could force millions to get shots. In doing so, he embraced those who haven’t rolled up their sleeves as a new foe amid a devastating...",left
7095,Perspectives: Biden's Call for Vaccine Mandates,"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Joe Biden']",Have Vaccines Ever Been Mandated in History? Biden COVID Shot Plans Could Affect 100m People,Newsweek,"In order to tackle the spread of COVID in the U.S., President Joe Biden made a U-turn on mandatory vaccination on Thursday when he announced that all federal employees must be vaccinated over the coming months or their jobs may be at risk.
The mandate could potentially affect up to 100 million Americans. Employers with more than 100 employees must ensure their workers are vaccinated or tested weekly, while federal contractors must be vaccinated. The move reflects measures employed in California and New York.
The U.S. is no stranger to protecting the health...",center
7096,Perspectives: Biden's Call for Vaccine Mandates,"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Joe Biden']","Until Today, Joe Biden, Jen Psaki, and Rochelle Walensky Were All Publicly Opposed to Federal COVID Vaccine Mandates",Reason,"Right up until the moment that he declared all large private employers in the country would be forced to require COVID-19 vaccinations, President Joe Biden consistently opposed COVID vaccine mandates. And he was not alone: Speaking in her capacity as an official White House spokesperson, Press Secretary Jen Psaki explicitly stated ""that's not the role of the federal government.""
Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), also said there would be no mandate.
On December 4, 2020, Biden said the vaccine would not be imposed by mandate. ""No,...",right
7097,Pope Benedict XVI Announces Resignation,['Religion And Faith'],Pope Benedict XVI Says He Will Resign,New York Times (News),"Citing advanced years and infirmity, Pope Benedict XVI stunned the Roman Catholic world on Monday by saying that he would resign on Feb. 28 after less than eight years in office, the first pope to do so in six centuries.",left
7098,Pope Benedict XVI Announces Resignation,['Religion And Faith'],Pope Benedict to become first pontiff in 600 years to resign,Fox News (Online News),"In a sudden announcement that caught Catholics around the world off guard, Pope Benedict XVI said he will resign at the end of February, becoming the first pontiff to step down in nearly 600 years.",right
7099,Pope Benedict XVI Announces Resignation,['Religion And Faith'],"Pope Benedict to resign at the end of the month, Vatican says",CNN (Online News),"The spiritual leader of 1.2 billion Catholics, Pope Benedict XVI, surprised the world Monday by saying he will resign at the end of the month ""because of advanced age.""",left
7100,Sanders vs. DNC,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']","Sanders says he's backing DNC chair's primary opponent, wouldn't reappoint her to DNC",CNN (Online News),"Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday said he supports Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz's Democratic opponent in her August 30 primary, adding that if he is elected president, he would effectively terminate her chairmanship of the DNC.
Sanders, whose campaign has engaged in an increasingly bitter feud w",left
7101,Sanders vs. DNC,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Bernie Sanders Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz Will Be Gone From DNC If He’s President,HuffPost,"Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) went all in on Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), the head of the Democratic National Committee, on Saturday, saying he supports a primary challenger in her re-election bid for her House seat and would remove her from the DNC if elected president.",left
7102,Sanders vs. DNC,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Sanders’ Feud With DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz Reaches Next Level,The Blaze,Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said he plans to support the opponent of Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz in her Florida primary contest Aug. 30 for her congressional seat.,right
7103,CNN+ to Shut Down Weeks After Launch,"['Media Industry', 'CNN', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Business', 'Warner Brothers', 'Streaming Services']",CNN+ will shut down at the end of April,CNN Business,"CNN+, the streaming service that was hyped as one of the most significant developments in the history of CNN, will shut down on April 30, just one month after it launched.
CNN+ customers ""will receive prorated refunds of subscription fees,"" the company said.
The decision was made by new management after CNN's former parent company, WarnerMedia, merged with Discovery to form Warner Bros. Discovery earlier this month.
The prior management team's vision for CNN+ runs counter to Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav's plan to house all of the company's...",left
7104,CNN+ to Shut Down Weeks After Launch,"['Media Industry', 'CNN', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Business', 'Warner Brothers', 'Streaming Services']",CNN+ Is Shutting Down One Month After Launch,Variety,"Warner Bros. Discovery is shutting down CNN+ as of April 30, marking one of the company’s first significant maneuvers since completing the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery less than two weeks ago.
The decision puts an abrupt end to an ambitious and aggressive venture that people familiar with the matter say rankled David Zaslav, the new CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, from the start. Zaslav was annoyed by the decision of Jason Kilar, the former CEO of WarnerMedia when it was owned by AT&T, to launch CNN+ just weeks before Discovery was...",center
7105,CNN+ to Shut Down Weeks After Launch,"['Media Industry', 'CNN', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Business', 'Warner Brothers', 'Streaming Services']",CNN+ streaming service to shut down after just one month,Fox News (Online News),"Warner Bros. Discovery has pulled the plug on CNN+ after the network’s recently launched streaming service failed to resonate with viewers. It will cease operations on April 30. 
""As we become Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN will be strongest as part of WBD’s streaming strategy which envisions news as an important part of a compelling broader offering along with sports, entertainment, and nonfiction content,"" CNN Worldwide CEO Chris Licht said in a statement. ",right
7106,"Facebook to Ban All Groups, Content Related to QAnon","['Terrorism', 'Online Censorship', 'Free Speech', 'QAnon', 'Culture', 'Facebook', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Violence In America']",Facebook says it will ban QAnon across its platforms,TechCrunch,"Facebook expanded a ban on QAnon-related content on its various social platforms Tuesday, deepening a previous prohibition on QAnon-related groups that had “discussed potential violence,” according to the company.
Today’s move by Facebook to not only ban violent QAnon content but “any Facebook Pages, Groups and Instagram accounts representing QAnon” is an escalation by the social giant to clean its platform ahead of an increasingly contentious election.
QAnon is a sprawling set of interwoven pro-Trump conspiracy theories that has taken root inside swaths of the American electorate. Its more extreme...",center
7107,"Facebook to Ban All Groups, Content Related to QAnon","['Terrorism', 'Online Censorship', 'Free Speech', 'QAnon', 'Culture', 'Facebook', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Violence In America']","Instagram Bans QAnon Accounts, But Refuses To Remove ISIS Accounts Celebrating 9/11",ZeroHedge,"Facebook-owned Instagram has announced that will ban all QAnon accounts, including ones that don’t promote violence, while refusing to remove ISIS propaganda accounts that celebrate 9/11 under the justification that “people may express themselves differently.”
In an update to its policy announced yesterday, Facebook said that it was moving beyond a measure taken back in August that removed QAnon accounts which contained “discussions of potential violence.”
“We’ve seen other QAnon content tied to different forms of real world harm, including recent claims that the west coast wildfires were started by...",right
7108,"Facebook to Ban All Groups, Content Related to QAnon","['Terrorism', 'Online Censorship', 'Free Speech', 'QAnon', 'Culture', 'Facebook', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Violence In America']",QAnon Believers Say Being Banned From Facebook Is Proof of the Conspiracy,New York Times (News),"QAnon followers were speculating on Tuesday night that Facebook’s new ban on all QAnon groups and pages was part of a complex plan by the Trump administration to root out the “deep state” and arrest their enemies. Or the social media company was trying to squelch the impending news that President Trump was about to crack down on his foes.
QAnon believers were making both arguments. Neither was true.
Earlier on Tuesday, Facebook announced it would remove any group, page or Instagram account associated with the QAnon conspiracy. Within 24...",left
7109,Bipartisan Senate Group to Introduce Two-Part Coronavirus Relief Package,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Stimulus']",Bipartisan group to offer 2-part coronavirus relief package,Politico,"A bipartisan group of senators is expected to introduce a $908 billion coronavirus relief bill as soon as Monday, with a twist: The deal is expected to be split into two pieces, according to two people familiar with the negotiations.
One would be a $748 billion piece of coronavirus relief with less controversial items like schools and health care; the other would marry $160 billion in money for local governments with a temporary liability shield.",left
7110,Bipartisan Senate Group to Introduce Two-Part Coronavirus Relief Package,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Stimulus']","Manchin says bipartisan $908B coronavirus bill coming Monday, urges compromise",Fox News (Online News),"Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is confident that an urgently needed bipartisan coronavirus relief bill will soon be finalized.
In a conversation with “Fox News Sunday,” Manchin said that despite a rocky negotiation process, progress has been made and he expects the bill's text to be ready Monday.
“It hasn’t fallen apart -- we’ve been meeting day and night for the last month,” Manchin said. “We were on the call all day yesterday, we’ll get on the call again this afternoon to finish things up. We’ll have a bill produced for...",right
7111,Bipartisan Senate Group to Introduce Two-Part Coronavirus Relief Package,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Stimulus']",Will Congress vote on a new COVID aid package and other questions answered about possible relief,USA TODAY,"As the coronavirus death toll in the United States soars to almost 300,000, the question of Congress approving a new round of aid remains.
Negotiations were stalled for months, but on Dec. 1, a group of bipartisan lawmakers introduced a roughly $908 billion stimulus proposal while additional proposals were also introduced with some differences. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell initially rejected the bipartisan proposal, but then offered his own proposal aimed to support businesses.
Since then, lawmakers have continued to negotiate, but it’s unclear when Congress will pass a...",left
7112,Prince Harry and Meghan Allege Royal Mistreatment in Oprah Interview,"['Race And Racism', 'United Kingdom', 'Prince Harry', 'Meghan Markle', 'Royal Family', 'Culture', 'Oprah Winfrey']","Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Blasted For Airing Royal Family’s Dirty Laundry In Oprah Interview: ‘Whine-athon’",The Daily Wire,"Ex-British royals Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are again caught up in controversy and criticism for airing their troubles with Britain’s Royal Family in an interview with talk show icon Oprah Winfrey.
During the interview, Harry and Markle made many unsavory claims about their time as the duke and duchess of Sussex before they cut ties with the Royal Family and moved to the United States to begin lives as private citizens. The couple received heavy criticism for their decision to ditch the Royal Family, and again opened themselves up...",right
7113,Prince Harry and Meghan Allege Royal Mistreatment in Oprah Interview,"['Race And Racism', 'United Kingdom', 'Prince Harry', 'Meghan Markle', 'Royal Family', 'Culture', 'Oprah Winfrey']","Meghan and Harry interview: Racism claims, duke 'let down' by dad, and duchess on Kate",BBC News,"The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's much-anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey has aired in the US - with the couple sharing their side of the story about life in the Royal Family.
The couple spoke about their relationships with other royals, racism and how their mental health suffered.
Meghan spoke with Oprah for most of the interview, before being joined by Prince Harry.
The interview will be aired on ITV on Monday at 21:00 GMT and on ITV Hub.
Live updates: Oprah with Meghan and Harry airs in US
...",center
7114,Prince Harry and Meghan Allege Royal Mistreatment in Oprah Interview,"['Race And Racism', 'United Kingdom', 'Prince Harry', 'Meghan Markle', 'Royal Family', 'Culture', 'Oprah Winfrey']","Meghan and Harry on being snubbed by Queen Elizabeth, how race plays a role in royal family in new Oprah clips",CBS News (Online),"Oprah Winfrey is sharing more of her groundbreaking interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, after the two-hour program aired on CBS Sunday night.
In the previously unaired clips, the couple discuss why they believe race played a difference in how Meghan was treated by Buckingham Palace and British tabloids. They also open up about a visit to see Queen Elizabeth that was suddenly called off after the couple's decision to step back from royal duties in early 2020.
The Sunday special saw the Duchess of Sussex break...",left
7115,Perspectives: Concerns About Consumer Inflation,"['Banking And Finance', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Reserve']",‘Good’ inflation or ‘bad’? Investors are scared because they can’t tell difference just yet,MarketWatch,"The stock market is generally expected to benefit from inflation, but a long-predicted surge in U.S. prices rattled investors in the past week. A closer look at the historical record might indicate the source of concern, according to one Wall Street analyst.
For equities, there is “good” inflation and “bad” inflation, said Nicholas Colas, co-founder of DataTrek Research, in a Thursday note. Good inflation lifts corporate earnings as long as employment remains high; bad inflation causes recessions, undercutting corporate earnings.
“Markets are volatile because they’re not sure which sort of...",center
7116,Perspectives: Concerns About Consumer Inflation,"['Banking And Finance', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Reserve']",Inflation is up. The stock market is down. Here’s why you shouldn’t panic.,Washington Post,"This was the week of consumer angst. Inflation is pushing prices up, while the stock market started the week trending down.
“The economy is going through some dramatic adjustments as it opens up following the unprecedented circumstances associated with the pandemic last year,” said Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst for Bankrate.
Then there’s the panic over gas.
“Top off your cars,” a friend texted this week. “Costco and BJ lines are extremely long this morning and smaller stations are running out of gas.”
It’s the toilet paper sellout all over...",left
7117,Perspectives: Concerns About Consumer Inflation,"['Banking And Finance', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Reserve']","As Prices Rise, Fed Dismisses Inflation Worries",The Epoch Times,"Although inflationary pressures keep building in the U.S. economy, economists believe the Federal Reserve officials are unlikely to tighten monetary policy before seeing significant improvement in labor market recovery.
From gas to groceries, Americans have started to see price increases in recent weeks as the economy reopens. Used car and truck prices, for example, surged 21 percent year-over-year, including a 10 percent increase in April alone.
Surveys also show that U.S. businesses are raising prices for their goods and services at a rate not seen since the late 1970s and...",right
7118,2nd Circuit Says Trump Administration May Withhold Sanctuary City Funding,"['Sanctuary Cities', 'Donald Trump', 'Law Enforcement', 'Criminal Justice', 'Law', 'Second Circuit Court Of Appeals', 'Immigration']","Court hands Trump win in sanctuary city fight, says administration can deny grant money",Fox News (Online News),"A federal appeals court on Wednesday handed a major win to the Trump administration in its fight against “sanctuary” jurisdictions, ruling that it can deny grant money to states that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York overturned a lower court ruling that stopped the administration’s 2017 move to withhold grant money from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, which dispenses over $250 million a year to state and local criminal justice efforts.
“Today’s decision rightfully recognizes the lawful...",right
7119,2nd Circuit Says Trump Administration May Withhold Sanctuary City Funding,"['Sanctuary Cities', 'Donald Trump', 'Law Enforcement', 'Criminal Justice', 'Law', 'Second Circuit Court Of Appeals', 'Immigration']",Court rules Trump administration can withhold funds from sanctuary cities,Axios,"The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration can withhold millions of dollars in federal law enforcement grants from sanctuary cities and states that don't cooperate with immigration enforcement, AP reports.
The state of play: Seven states and New York City sued the U.S. government after the Justice Department said in 2017 it would withhold funds from cities and states that don't give immigration enforcement officials access to jails or notice when an undocumented migrant is scheduled to be released from jail, per AP.
The...",center
7120,2nd Circuit Says Trump Administration May Withhold Sanctuary City Funding,"['Sanctuary Cities', 'Donald Trump', 'Law Enforcement', 'Criminal Justice', 'Law', 'Second Circuit Court Of Appeals', 'Immigration']",Trump Administration Can Withhold Grants From ‘Sanctuary Cities’: Court,Daily Beast,"The Justice Department is justified in withholding millions of dollars in grants from cities and states for refusing to enforce the Trump Administration’s immigration laws, according to a Wednesday ruling by a federal appeals court. The order specifically targets “sanctuary cities,” which are known to protect immigrants who have not committed crimes from deportation. The ruling overturns a district court judge’s order for the DOJ to release funding to cities and states including New York City, Connecticut, New Jersey, Washington, and Virginia. The states and cities filed a lawsuit against...",left
7121,IEA Proposes 10-Point Plan To Cut Oil Use Amid Putin's Invasion of Ukraine,"['Climate Change', 'Energy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Environment', 'IEA', 'Oil', 'Oil Prices', 'OPEC', 'Russia', 'Sustainability', 'Ukraine War', 'World']",IEA calls for driving restrictions and air travel curbs to reduce oil demand,Financial Times,"The International Energy Agency has called for member countries to adopt “emergency measures” to cut oil demand in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including driving restrictions, lower speed limits and curbs on air travel.
Fatih Birol, head of the energy watchdog, on Friday warned that such steps might be necessary because “oil markets are in an emergency situation . . . and it may get worse”.
As much as 2.5mn barrels a day of Russian oil exports could cease from next month due to the impact of the war and consumer...",center
7122,IEA Proposes 10-Point Plan To Cut Oil Use Amid Putin's Invasion of Ukraine,"['Climate Change', 'Energy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Environment', 'IEA', 'Oil', 'Oil Prices', 'OPEC', 'Russia', 'Sustainability', 'Ukraine War', 'World']",Global Energy Group Asks Citizens To Sacrifice Amid Worldwide Crisis,The Daily Caller,"The International Energy Agency (IEA) released a 10-point plan Friday to reduce global reliance on fossil fuels amid an historic worldwide oil supply crunch.
The IEA’s plan laid out a series of “practical actions by governments and citizens in advanced economies” that could be taken to lower the global reliance on crude oil reserves from hostile regimes. Russia’s grip on the global energy marketplace — the nation is the world’s largest exporter of natural gas and second-largest exporter of crude oil and condensates, according to U.S. data — has come into focus after Russian President Vladimir...",right
7123,IEA Proposes 10-Point Plan To Cut Oil Use Amid Putin's Invasion of Ukraine,"['Climate Change', 'Energy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Environment', 'IEA', 'Oil', 'Oil Prices', 'OPEC', 'Russia', 'Sustainability', 'Ukraine War', 'World']","Oil 'emergency': Work from home and drive slower, IEA says",CNN Business,"Governments around the world must consider drastic steps to slash oil demand in the face of an emerging global energy crisis caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the International Energy Agency warned on Friday.
The energy watchdog detailed a 10-point emergency plan that includes reducing speed limits on highways by at least 6 miles per hour, working from home up to three days a week where possible and car-free Sundays in cities.
The recommendations for advanced economies like the United States and European Union would aim to offset the feared loss of nearly...",left
7124,Tax Cuts,['Taxes'],Michael Bloomberg: Obama Should Veto Any Extension Of The Bush Tax Cuts,HuffPost,"WASHINGTON -- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is arguing once again that all the Bush-era tax cuts, including those on the first $250,000 in annual income, should be allowed to expire at the end of 2012.
Bloomberg",left
7125,Tax Cuts,['Taxes'],Economists Agree: Extending Tax Cuts Aids Economy,Townhall,"Speaker of the House John Boehner has recently touted a list of 88 economists who warn against the expiration of tax cuts on high-income earners. These economists came together from some of the country's top universities, think-tanks and business organizations to write that the expiration of the tax cuts pushed by President Obama ""will hurt the economy and must be stopped before it goes into effect.""
Speaker Boehner also touted a study from Ernst and Young conducted for the National Federation of Independent Businesses that found that allowing tax...",right
7126,Tax Cuts,['Taxes'],"Obama calls Romney tax plan ‘Romney Hood,’ says middle class would pay for tax cuts for rich",Washington Post,"STAMFORD, Conn. — President Barack Obama is labeling opponent Mitt Romneys tax plan as “Romney Hood, saying it takes from the middle class and gives to the rich.
Speaking Monday night at a campaign event in Connecticut, Obama said the GOP plan “is like Robin Hood in reverse.",left
7127,Voter ID Laws Overturned,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Courts Crush Voter Suppression Just in Time for Election Day,Daily Beast,"July may be the month that voter suppression died.
In the latest of a string of shocking judicial decisions, a federal appeals court Friday struck down North Carolina’s voting restrictions, some of the strictest in the nation. Today’s action comes after the normally conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Texas’s Voter ID laws, and a federal district court placed an injunction against Wisconsin’s.",left
7128,Voter ID Laws Overturned,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","North Carolina Voter ID Law Targeted African-Americans, Appeals Court Rules",HuffPost,"A U.S. appeals court on Friday struck down a North Carolina law that required voters to show photo identification when casting ballots, ruling that it intentionally discriminated against African-American residents.
The ruling, a victory for rights advocates that will enable thousands of people to vote more easily, is also likely to be seen as a boost for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton going into the election on Nov. 8.",left
7129,Voter ID Laws Overturned,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Republican-Authored Voting Laws in Wisconsin, Kansas, North Carolina Overturned",Breitbart News,"Courts dealt setbacks to Republican efforts in three states to restrict voting, blocking a North Carolina law requiring photo identification, loosening a similar measure in Wisconsin and halting strict citizenship requirements in Kansas.
The rulings Friday came as the 2016 elec",right
7130,California Voters Weigh Measure That Would Ban Sale of Eggs and Meat That Are Not Cage-Free,"['Animal Welfare', 'General News']",Cage-free eggs on the midterm ballot for Californians,Fox News (Online News),"Ken Klippen lives in Philadelphia, but he's trying to save egg farmers in the Midwest from a ballot measure in California. As the president of the National Association of Egg Farmers, Klippen",right
7131,California Voters Weigh Measure That Would Ban Sale of Eggs and Meat That Are Not Cage-Free,"['Animal Welfare', 'General News']",California Voters May Force Meat And Egg Producers Across The Country To Go Cage-Free,NPR (Online News),"California voters will soon decide whether to ban the sale of meat and eggs from farm animals raised in cages. A November ballot measure, Proposition 12, would require more spacious digs",left
7132,California Voters Weigh Measure That Would Ban Sale of Eggs and Meat That Are Not Cage-Free,"['Animal Welfare', 'General News']","Animal-welfare groups clash over Proposition 12, which promises cage-free hens by 2022",Los Angeles Times,"Animal-welfare activists have split over an initiative on the Nov. 6 statewide ballot that would phase in requirements to provide more space for egg-laying hens, breeding pigs and calves raised",left
7133,New York Jews Vote,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Presidential Candidates Court New York Jews,Wall Street Journal (News),"Republicans Ted Cruz and John Kasich visit Orthodox Brooklyn neighborhoods; Bernie Sanders faces criticism over remarks on Israel. It was a sight that even those anticipating a competitive New York presidential primary on Tuesday hadn’t expected to witness: Republican candidate Ted Cruz in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn belting out “Dayenu,” the traditional Passover Seder song.
With New York’s many delegates in play this year, candidates from both parties have sought to court Jewish voters, a population known for its high turnout. New York contains the largest concentration of...",center
7134,New York Jews Vote,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Ahead of NY primary, Jewish supporters make the case for each candidate",JTA,JTA invited supporters of the five leading Republican and Democratic contenders for their parties’ presidential nomination to submit opinion pieces in support of their candidate.,center
7135,New York Jews Vote,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump Courts Wary Jewish Voters,New York Times (News),"On paper, Donald J. Trump is the last candidate one would expect to raise eyebrows within the Jewish community.
He is from the city with the country’s largest Jewish population, and he made his fortune working among the Jewish machers in New York’s real estate industry. His Palm Beach club, Mar-a-Lago, was effectively marketed as a Jewish alternative to the town’s private clubs that had historically excluded Jews. His daughter Ivanka married an Orthodox Jew and converted. He endorsed Benjamin Netanyahu for prime minister of Israel. (“Terrific guy, terrific leader.”)...",left
7136,Rick Perry Announces Today,[],Rick Perry Announces He's Running For President In 2016 Because Why The Hell Not,HuffPost,"Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced on his website Thursday that he is running for president a second time, joining an already crowded Republican field of contenders.",left
7137,Rick Perry Announces Today,[],"Flanked By Navy SEALS, Rick Perry Will Announce He's Running For President Today",Townhall,"Former Texas Governor Rick Perry will officially announce his presidential plans today from Addison, Texas flanked by an impressive group of special operations veterans. Perry is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.",right
7138,Rick Perry Announces Today,[],Can Rick Perry 2.0 overcome Rick Perry 1.0?,Christian Science Monitor,"In the early going, Rick Perry’s top challenger for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination won’t be any of the other Republican candidates. It will be Mr. Perry himself.",center
7139,Democrat Doug Jones Captures Alabama Seat,['Elections'],Democrat Doug Jones Beats Roy Moore to Win Alabama Senate Seat,Wall Street Journal (News),"Democrat Doug Jones of Alabama on Tuesday scored an upset win in a deeply Republican state, capturing the U.S. Senate seat here in a special election that drove a wedge within the Republican party and gave Democrats another burst of momentum ahead of the 2018 midterm races.",center
7140,Democrat Doug Jones Captures Alabama Seat,['Elections'],"Bannon Mercilessly Mocked, Blamed After Moore Loss",Townhall,Breitbart CEO and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon was widely mocked and blamed Wednesday after Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore’s devastating loss to Democrat Doug Jones.,right
7141,Democrat Doug Jones Captures Alabama Seat,['Elections'],Trump: ‘I Said Roy Moore Will Not Be Able to Win’ in Alabama,New York Times (News),White House aides were bracing for fallout from President Trump on Wednesday after the Republican candidate he vigorously backed over his aides’ objections lost a Deep South Senate seat to a Democrat.,left
7142,UN Says Team Fired On In Syria,['Middle East'],"Snipers Fire on Weapons Inspectors in Syria, U.N. Says",New York Times (News),UN inspectors seeking to establish what happened when their team came under fire multiple times by snipers.,left
7143,UN Says Team Fired On In Syria,['Middle East'],Snipers fire at UN chemical weapons team in Syria,Christian Science Monitor,The United Nations inspectors were heading to the site of last weeks alleged chemical weapons attack when unidentified gunmen forced the convoy to retreat.,center
7144,UN Says Team Fired On In Syria,['Middle East'],U.N.'s Syria team says vehicle shot at by snipers,Washington Times,A U.N. spokesman says a vehicle belonging to a team investigating the Syrian regimes alleged use of chemical weapons has been deliberately shot at multiple times by unidentified snipers in Damascus.,right
7145,Views of Obamacare,['Healthcare'],If you can’t say anything nice: Positive reviews for Obamacare few and far between,Washington Times,"A new poll says Americans are less likely to have negative perceptions of Obamacare’s rollout, yet two thirds of them still think its implementation hasn’t been so hot.
The Associated Press-Gfk poll says 71 percent of people who tried to sign up — or live with someone who has — have encountered problems, although the portion of those having success increased to 40 percent from 24 percent in December.
Negative perceptions of the rollout have dropped from 75 percent in December to 66",right
7146,Views of Obamacare,['Healthcare'],The search for a non-awkward Obamacare shout-out,Politico,"This time, President Barack Obama is going to have to actually talk about Obamacare in his State of the Union address.
No more touch-the-base-and-keep-running treatments, the way he’s handled it the past couple of years. This time, he’ll be expected to linger on base a bit, at least long enough to acknowledge the launch of the biggest domestic achievement of his presidency — and do it in the least awkward way possible.",left
7147,Views of Obamacare,['Healthcare'],Negative View Of Obamacare Rollout Eases: AP Poll,HuffPost,"Memo to the White House: The website may be fixed, but President Barack Obama's new health insurance markets have yet to win over most consumers.
Negative perceptions of the health care rollout have eased, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds. But overall, two-thirds of Americans say things still aren't going well.
Of those who've tried to sign up, or who live with someone who has, 71 percent have encountered problems. But the share reporting success jumped to 40 percent from a meager 24 percent in December.
""Everything is not perfect;...",left
7148,"Breaking Tradition, Trump Speaks with Taiwan",['Foreign Policy'],"Trump Speaks With Taiwan’s Leader, an Affront to China",New York Times (News),"President-elect Donald J. Trump spoke by telephone with Taiwan’s president on Friday, a striking break with nearly four decades of diplomatic practice that could precipitate a major rift with China even before Mr. Trump takes office.",left
7149,"Breaking Tradition, Trump Speaks with Taiwan",['Foreign Policy'],"Trump Speaks With Taiwan's President, Risking China Tensions",Newsmax (News),"America's relationship with China could potentially be in jeopardy after President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen by phone Friday. It marked the first time a U.S. president or incoming president has spoken with the leader of the island nation since the 1970s, when formal diplomatic ties between the countries were severed.",right
7150,"Breaking Tradition, Trump Speaks with Taiwan",['Foreign Policy'],China lodges complaint over Trump-Taiwan call,CNN (Online News),"China's foreign ministry said Saturday it has lodged a complaint with the United States over a controversial phone call between President-elect Donald Trump and Taiwan's President that has overturned decades of diplomatic protocol.
China views Taiwan as a renegade province and, since 1979, the US has acknowledged Beijing's claim that Taiwan is part of China, with US-China relations governed by a set of protocols known as the 'one China' policy.",left
7151,Chicago Suburb Bans Assault Weapons,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Turn Them Over: Chicago Suburb Bans AR-15s (And A Lot Of Handguns),Townhall,"Well, if you live in Deerfield, Illinois, a new law is going into effect on June 13: a ban on so-called assault weapons, which carries a $1,000/day fine if current owners of AR-15s don’t remove them from the village limits. Of course, retired law enforcement is exempt.",right
7152,Chicago Suburb Bans Assault Weapons,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Lawsuit challenges Deerfield's assault weapons ban: 'It flies in the face of state law',Chicago Tribune,"A Deerfield resident and two gun owners advocacy groups filed suit Thursday against the village of Deerfield, saying the municipality does not have the authority to ban assault weapons under a 2013 state law.",center
7153,Chicago Suburb Bans Assault Weapons,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Illinois town votes to ban assault weapons, fine violators up to $1,000 per day",CBS News (Online),"The mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida has once again ignited the public debate around assault weapons and large capacity magazines. And while no sweeping gun control laws have been enacted at the federal level, one town in Illinois is taking matters into its own hands.",left
7154,Trial of Clinton Lawyer Michael Sussmann Starts on Monday,"['Politics', 'Michael Sussmann', '2016 Election', 'FBI', 'Russia Probe']",Trial of Clinton campaign lawyer relitigates 2016 election fights,CNN (Online News),"Michael Sussmann, a former lawyer for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign, is set to go on trial Monday for a single charge of lying to the FBI, as part of Special Counsel John Durham's three-year investigation of the Trump-Russia investigation.
But the trial is shaping up to be about something much bigger than whether Sussmann lied about his clients while passing on a tip to the FBI alleging suspicious ties between former President Donald Trump and Russia.
Durham's prosecution team, in court documents and pre-trial hearings, has pursued a strategy of casting Sussmann's actions...",left
7155,Trial of Clinton Lawyer Michael Sussmann Starts on Monday,"['Politics', 'Michael Sussmann', '2016 Election', 'FBI', 'Russia Probe']",Michael Sussmann's trial to begin in first case brought by Special Counsel John Durham,Fox News (Online News),"The trial of former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann is set to begin Monday morning as Special Counsel John Durham’s yearslong investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe finally lands in court.
Sussmann is charged with making a false statement and has pleaded not guilty.
The trial is set to begin at 9 a.m. in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia with jury selection and U.S. District Court Judge Christopher Cooper presiding.
Durham alleges Sussmann told FBI General Counsel James Baker in September 2016 — less than two months before the 2016 presidential election...",right
7156,Trial of Clinton Lawyer Michael Sussmann Starts on Monday,"['Politics', 'Michael Sussmann', '2016 Election', 'FBI', 'Russia Probe']","Trial set to test special counsel probe, Trump’s 2016 allegations",The Hill,"A trial over whether a lawyer with ties to the Democratic Party lied to the FBI in 2016 is set to begin on Monday in what could be the first major test for John Durham, the special counsel appointed during the Trump administration to investigate the former president’s allegations of a conspiracy to undermine his campaign. 
Michael Sussmann, a former partner at the law firm Perkins Coie, is charged with making false statements to the FBI’s top lawyer during the 2016 campaign when he handed over data to the bureau purporting...",center
7157,President Trump Backs Out of G7 Agreement,['World'],Trump brings chaos to G7 with trade threats and praise for Russia – and then backs out of joint agreement,Los Angeles Times,"President Trump alienated the United States’ closest allies at the Group of Seven summit in Canada with his aggressive trade declarations and surprising suggestion that Russia be readmitted to the exclusive club of major economic powers — and then, after departing early, went on Twitter to blow up the agreement forged at the meeting.",left
7158,President Trump Backs Out of G7 Agreement,['World'],"Trump Says U.S. Won’t Endorse G-7 Communiqué, Threatens Auto Tariffs",Wall Street Journal (News),President Donald Trump said Saturday the U.S. wouldn’t endorse the final communiqué of the Group of Seven industrial nations summit and threatened to impose auto tariffs in a statement on Twitter in which he insulted the Canadian prime minister.,center
7159,President Trump Backs Out of G7 Agreement,['World'],"Trump backs out of G-7 agreement, lashes out at 'meek and mild' Justin Trudeau for 'dishonest' press conference",Washington Examiner,President Trump lashed out at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for being “dishonest” and “weak” and informed U.S. officials not to affirm the communique signed by the other G-7 members.,right
7160,Perspectives: The Impact of the Israel-UAE Agreement,"['Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Israel', 'UAE', 'Palestine', 'Donald Trump', 'Iran', 'Trump Middle East Peace Plan', 'Middle East']",The Israel-UAE agreement is an insult to the peace Palestinians and Arabs want and need,Washington Post,"The useless agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel is nothing but a ploy to artificially inflate the Trump administration’s foreign policy achievements ahead of the election. In real terms, it was nothing but leaders trading with used goods.
On Thursday, President Trump announced that U.S. diplomats had brokered a major breakthrough. The agreement basically declares that the corrupt government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will postpone its plans for the unilateral annexation of occupied Palestinian land in return for normalization with a small but rich Arab Gulf...",left
7161,Perspectives: The Impact of the Israel-UAE Agreement,"['Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Israel', 'UAE', 'Palestine', 'Donald Trump', 'Iran', 'Trump Middle East Peace Plan', 'Middle East']","In Historic Deal With the UAE, Israel Is the Biggest Winner",Foreign Policy,"No matter how one reads the diplomatic deal announced Thursday between Israel and the United Arab Emirates­—and there will surely be many supporters and detractors given its historic nature—there is one conclusion that seems irrefutable: Israel was the biggest victor.
Israel, and specifically its embattled prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has scored a huge victory. In suspending threats to annex parts of the West Bank in return for full normalization of relations with the UAE, he has given himself room to back away from a promise that may have been popular...",center
7162,Perspectives: The Impact of the Israel-UAE Agreement,"['Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Israel', 'UAE', 'Palestine', 'Donald Trump', 'Iran', 'Trump Middle East Peace Plan', 'Middle East']",Trump’s Mideast Breakthrough,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"President Trump’s Mideast strategy has been to strongly back Israel, support the Gulf monarchies, and press back hard against Iranian imperialism. His liberal critics insisted this would lead to catastrophe that never came, and on Thursday it delivered a diplomatic achievement: The United Arab Emirates and Israel agreed to normalize relations, making the UAE the first Arab League country to recognize the Jewish state in 20 years.
The agreement is worth celebrating on its own terms but it also holds lessons for U.S. foreign policy. On regional strategy, this shows...",right
7163,Misleading Reports on Trump's Mention of George Floyd at Press Conference,"['Donald Trump', 'Inequality', 'Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",Trump declares it 'great day' for George Floyd and equality,The Hill,"President Trump on Friday declared it a ""great day for equality"" and a ""great day"" for George Floyd following a jobs report that showed unemployment falling, except for African Americans, and days of unrest sparked by Floyd's death.
The president delivered lengthy and often rambling remarks in the Rose Garden that were ostensibly meant to highlight a new jobs report that showed unemployment falling after weeks of the country being shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic.
But Trump veered frequently from topic to topic, at times addressing the nationwide protests spurred...",center
7164,Misleading Reports on Trump's Mention of George Floyd at Press Conference,"['Donald Trump', 'Inequality', 'Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Facts And Fact Checking']","Did Trump Say He Hoped George Floyd, Looking Down From Heaven, Is Happy About Job Numbers?",The Dispatch,"Reporting on President Trump’s press conference Friday, several journalists and news outlets claimed the president said he hoped George Floyd is looking down from heaven and is happy about improving job numbers. A number of news outlets including ABC News, Business Insider, the Independent, and the New York Daily News also made the claim in news stories they published about the press conference.
A conservative media critic who tweets under the handle @AGHamilton29 quickly flagged the claims and pointed out further examples of journalists and news outlets making this claim....",right
7165,Misleading Reports on Trump's Mention of George Floyd at Press Conference,"['Donald Trump', 'Inequality', 'Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",Trump says he hopes George Floyd 'is looking down' and celebrating jobs report: 'This is a great day for him',Yahoo News,"President Trump on Friday strode to a lectern in the White House Rose Garden to tout an unexpectedly good jobs report that showed the U.S. unemployment rate falling in May to 13.3 percent, as 2.7 million people who had been furloughed due to the coronavirus crisis returned to work.
During a 45-minute, stream-of-consciousness, often rambling speech, Trump all but declared victory in his administration’s response to both the pandemic and protests over the death of George Floyd, calling the jobs report a “tremendous tribute to equality.”
The president said...",left
7166,Kerry Says Syria Peace Depends on Weapons Talks,['Middle East'],John Kerry: Syria peace prospects ride on weapons talks,Washington Times,U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday the prospects for resuming the Syrian peace process are riding on the outcome of U.S.-Russian talks aimed at securing Syrias chemical weapons arsenal that lurched into a second day.,right
7167,Kerry Says Syria Peace Depends on Weapons Talks,['Middle East'],Kerry: Syria Peace Depends On Weapons Talks,HuffPost,U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday the prospects for resuming the Syrian peace process are riding on the outcome of U.S.-Russian talks aimed at securing Syria's chemical weapons arsenal that lurched into a second day.,left
7168,Kerry Says Syria Peace Depends on Weapons Talks,['Middle East'],Disarmament Talks Begin on Shaky Grounds,Wall Street Journal (News),The U.S. and Russia began efforts to dismantle Syrias chemical arms network building on an uncertain pledge by President Bashar al-Assad to join the international treaty banning the use and production of such weapons.,center
7169,FBI Director Wray Testifies About Capitol Breach,"['FBI', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Violence In America', 'Polarization', '2020 Election', 'Defense And Security']",The 5 biggest takeaways from FBI Director Christopher Wray's testimony about the Capitol insurrection,Insider,"During congressional testimony on Tuesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray defended the agency's actions leading up to the Capitol siege and said it sees the riot as an act of domestic terrorism.
Wray is among several current and former law enforcement officials who testified or are slated to testify before Congress about the siege and how to prevent such an event from happening again.
Here are the biggest takeaways from Wray's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee:
The FBI alerted law enforcement partners about the threat of violence before the siege
...",left
7170,FBI Director Wray Testifies About Capitol Breach,"['FBI', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Violence In America', 'Polarization', '2020 Election', 'Defense And Security']",GOP Senators Grill FBI Director over Use of Geolocation Data to Track Capitol Rioters,National Review,"Senators Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) and Mike Lee (R., Utah) on Tuesday pressed FBI Director Christopher Wray on the procedures federal law enforcement officials have used to track down those who participated in the January 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol.
“I’m anxious to see those who committed unlawful, violent acts on January 6 brought to justice,” Lee said during a Senate Judiciary Hearing on Tuesday. “I also believe that … with this circumstance, like every other circumstance, we have to make sure that the civil liberties of the American...",right
7171,FBI Director Wray Testifies About Capitol Breach,"['FBI', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Violence In America', 'Polarization', '2020 Election', 'Defense And Security']",FBI Director Wray knocks down conspiracy theory that January 6 rioters were 'fake Trump protesters',CNN (Online News),"FBI Director Chris Wray told lawmakers Tuesday that the FBI has not seen any evidence indicating that the rioters who took part in the January 6 US Capitol attack were ""fake Trump protesters,"" knocking down a baseless claim that has been pushed by Republican Sen. Ron Johnson in recent weeks as he has sought to downplay the violence committed by supporters of former President Donald Trump.
Testifying publicly for the first time since pro-Trump rioters breached the Capitol nearly two months ago, Wray was pressed by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman...",left
7172,Trump Says He Will Issue Order Temporarily Suspending Immigration Into U.S.,"['Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Public Health', 'Executive Order', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Immigration']","Trump says he will issue order to suspend immigration during coronavirus crisis, closing off the United States to a new extreme",Washington Post,"President Trump announced in a tweet late Monday night that he plans to suspend immigration to the United States, a move he said is needed to safeguard American jobs and defend the country from coronavirus pandemic, which he called “the Invisible Enemy.”
“In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!,” the president wrote, announcing the plan at 10:06 p.m.
Trump,...",left
7173,Trump Says He Will Issue Order Temporarily Suspending Immigration Into U.S.,"['Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Public Health', 'Executive Order', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Immigration']",U.S. coronavirus response deepens divide as Trump suspends immigration,Reuters,"President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus took an even sharper political turn on Tuesday after he seized upon the crisis in a controversial move to suspend immigration, and as he planned to meet with the governor of New York, the hardest hit state.
Trump is also seizing the moment to launch a sweeping effort to repeal or suspend federal business regulations in a separate executive action, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing two unnamed people familiar with the planning.
The developments came as Trump planned to meet on...",center
7174,Trump Says He Will Issue Order Temporarily Suspending Immigration Into U.S.,"['Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Public Health', 'Executive Order', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Immigration']",Trump to 'suspend immigration into the United States' by executive order amid coronavirus,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump announced late Monday he will soon sign an executive order ""to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States,"" in what appeared to be a drastic escalation of his efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic and boost the economy.
The declaration came hours after U.S. equity markets plunged, with oil prices turning negative for the first time in history. Also on Monday, three states -- Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina -- revealed plans to begin reopening some businesses.
""In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well...",right
7175,Obama Counterterrorism Speech,['Terrorism'],Obama debates Obama,Politico,A heckler briefly interrupted President Barack Obama while he was arguing with himself on Thursday.,left
7176,Obama Counterterrorism Speech,['Terrorism'],Republicans criticize Obama over call for repeal of 2001 use of force law,Fox News (Online News),President Obama drew sharp criticism from Republican senators Thursday for urging the repeal of the 2001 law that effectively authorized the war on terror.,right
7177,Obama Counterterrorism Speech,['Terrorism'],Obama Resets War on Terror,Wall Street Journal (News),"Obama outlined the next phase of his administration's counterterrorism efforts, detailing tighter standards for the use of unmanned drone strikes and making the case for closing the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay.",center
7178,Seattle Police Chief Resigns After Department Cuts,"['Law Enforcement', 'Police', 'Seattle Protests', 'Seattle Autonomous Zone', 'Defund The Police', 'Justice']",'Darker Times Are Ahead' in Seattle After Police Chief Resigns,Townhall,"Carmen Best will step down as Seattle’s Police Chief—a decision that comes after the City Council voted to cut the police department’s budget by nearly $4 million.
""I want to thank Mayor Durkan for her continuous support through good times and tough times,"" Best said in a letter sent to members of the department Monday night. ""I am confident the department will make it through these difficult times. You truly are the best police department in the country, and please trust me when I say, the vast majority of people...",right
7179,Seattle Police Chief Resigns After Department Cuts,"['Law Enforcement', 'Police', 'Seattle Protests', 'Seattle Autonomous Zone', 'Defund The Police', 'Justice']","Seattle's police chief stepping down after City Council votes to trim department, sources say",CBS News (Online),"Seattle's Police Chief Carmen Best is stepping down, multiple sources tell the CBS affiliate there, KIRO-TV. One source calls the development ""devastating.""
The move came to light made the same day the City Council approved reducing the department's ranks by as many as 100 officers through layoffs and attrition, note's KIRO's Gary Horcher:
Cuts to the department have been supported by demonstrators who have marched in the city following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis but strongly opposed by Mayor Jenny Durkan and Best.
Best, the city's first...",left
7180,Seattle Police Chief Resigns After Department Cuts,"['Law Enforcement', 'Police', 'Seattle Protests', 'Seattle Autonomous Zone', 'Defund The Police', 'Justice']",Seattle police chief to resign following department cuts,Associated Press,"Seattle’s police chief says she is stepping down, a move made public the same day the City Council approved reducing the department by as many as 100 officers through layoffs and attrition.
Carmen Best, the city’s first Black police chief, said in a letter to the department that her retirement will be effective Sept. 2 and the mayor has appointed Deputy Chief Adrian Diaz as the interim chief, KING-TV reported Monday. Councilmembers had approved the cuts Monday.
“I am confident the department will make it through these difficult times,” Best...",left
7181,Obama on Russian Hacking,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama on Alleged Russian Hacking: ‘We Need to Take Action — And We Will’,Breitbart News,"President Barack Obama has expressed his intent to take action against Russia for its alleged effort to impact the “integrity” of last month’s election.
Obama said that action may be “explicit and publicized” and some of it may not be, adding Russian President Vladimir Putin was aware of Obama’s sentiment on the issue.",right
7182,Obama on Russian Hacking,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama On Russian Hacking: 'We Need To Take Action. And We Will' Listen· 10:00,NPR (Online News),President Obama says the United States will respond to Russian cyberattacks that the intelligence community has concluded were part of an effort to influence the 2016 presidential election.,left
7183,Obama on Russian Hacking,"['White House', 'Politics']",Barack Obama promises retaliation against Russia over hacking during US election,The Guardian,"Barack Obama has warned that the US will retaliate for Russian cyberattacks during the presidential election.
According to extracts of an interview due to air on National Public Radio on Friday morning, the US president said he was waiting for a final report he has ordered into a range of Russian hacking attacks, but promised there would be a response.",left
7184,Poll: GOP Field Tight,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",No one is dominating the Republican field in CNN's poll - except Hillary Clinton,Washington Post,"One of the benefits of media outlets polling on the same question over and over is that it allows us to see trends. (Was that too earth-shattering a revelation for your Monday morning? Too bad.)
In the new CNN / ORC poll out Monday , two Trends Are clear. First, in the Murky Republican field, Marco Rubio and Scott Walker Have Seen the best Continued improvement. And, Second, no one of Either Party IS getting very Close to Hillary Clinton.
. Here's how the Republican field has evolved In several...",left
7185,Poll: GOP Field Tight,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","As campaigns launch, CNN/ORC poll finds GOP field stays tight",CNN (Online News),"With the ranks of declared 2016 presidential candidates growing, a new CNN/ORC poll finds the contests for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations solidifying around two key points: Hillary Clinton dominates everyone on the Democratic side, while no one has broken out of the pack on the Republican side.
The recent formal entries into the Republican race by Marco Rubio, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz have stirred up the GOP field somewhat, but still, no clear leader has emerged. The new poll finds Jeb Bush has held on to the...",left
7186,Poll: GOP Field Tight,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Hillary galvanizes the press, earning twice as much recognition as Repubicans: Poll",Washington Times,"Does the news media favor Hillary Clinton? Analysts bicker about it even as journalists scramble after the Democratic hopeful wherever she may be - though formal press conferences are a rarity in her campaign so far. A new poll, however, suggests that the press is at least very eager to cover Mrs. Clinton, and it’s having an impact: 66 percent of Americans now say they’ve heard “a lot” about Mrs. Clinton’s presidential intentions. Only 46 percent say they’ve heard a lot about the 2016 election itself - and far less...",right
7187,Omicron Variant Causes Airlines To Cancel Thousands of Christmas Eve Flights,"['Airlines', 'Business', 'Coronavirus', 'Delta Airlines', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Transportation', 'Travel', 'United Airlines']","United, Delta cancel hundreds of U.S. Christmas Eve flights amid COVID surge",Reuters,"United Airlines and Delta Air Lines (DAL.N)have canceled hundreds of Christmas Eve flights, as the spreading COVID-19 Omicron variant takes a toll on its flight crews and other workers.
Chicago-based United on Thursday canceled 120 flights for Friday, while Atlanta-based Delta said it had canceled about 90. Both said they were working to contact passengers so they would not be stranded at airports.
FlightAware on Friday said United has now canceled 169 flights on Christmas Eve and Delta has canceled 127, along with another 50 canceled flights for United on Christmas...",center
7188,Omicron Variant Causes Airlines To Cancel Thousands of Christmas Eve Flights,"['Airlines', 'Business', 'Coronavirus', 'Delta Airlines', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Transportation', 'Travel', 'United Airlines']","Multiple Airlines Cancel Hundreds of Flights on Christmas Eve, Citing Omicron Surge",The Epoch Times,"Multiple airlines across the United States canceled hundreds of flights on Christmas eve, citing a nationwide surge in Omicron cases which has directly impacted employees and flight crew.
The cancellations come as more than 109 million Americans are expected to travel 50 miles or more via airplanes and other forms of transportation to visit friends and family over the festive period.
That figure is an almost 34 percent increase from 2020, with 27.7 million more people traveling than last year, bringing the number of people traveling during the season to pre-pandemic levels, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA).
According to Flight Aware,...",right
7189,Omicron Variant Causes Airlines To Cancel Thousands of Christmas Eve Flights,"['Airlines', 'Business', 'Coronavirus', 'Delta Airlines', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Transportation', 'Travel', 'United Airlines']","Christmas travel chaos as airlines cancel more than 3,000 flights",The Guardian,"Passengers travelling home for Christmas have been hit with disruption worldwide after airline companies cancelled more than 3,000 flights on Friday, according to a flight tracking website.
The surge of Christmas Eve cancellations came as the rapidly spreading Omicron coronavirus variant meant carriers were unable to staff their flights.
The website of the flight tracking firm FlightAware showed that 2,175 flights around the world had been scrapped on Christmas Eve, a typically heavy day for travel. Around a quarter of those were in the US. Another 1,259 Christmas Day flights...",left
7190,New York Times Apologizes For A Tweet About New Sexual Misconduct Allegation Against Brett Kavanaugh,"['Media Watch', 'New York Times', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Media Bias']",New York Times apologizes for ‘inappropriate and offensive’ tweet about Kavanaugh sexual misconduct allegation,Washington Post,"When the New York Times revealed a new allegation of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh this weekend, the political world was again thrown into turmoil. Democrats, including several presidential candidates, called for further investigations and impeachment, while President Trump and top Republicans staunchly defended the embattled judge.
But amid that furor, the Times also weathered fierce criticism over how it framed the news and promoted it on social media. On Sunday, the newspaper apologized for a tweet that said the type of misconduct in the claim...",left
7191,New York Times Apologizes For A Tweet About New Sexual Misconduct Allegation Against Brett Kavanaugh,"['Media Watch', 'New York Times', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Media Bias']",Trump says Kavanaugh 'assaulted by lies and Fake News' after NYT correction,The Hill,"President Trump on Monday hammered the media after the New York Times issued a correction to a report that included a sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
In a trio of tweets, the president lashed out at the media over the reports, saying that The Times “should be sued” after the news outlet released a correction that noted that friends of the woman allegedly involved in the incident with Kavanaugh during law school say she did not recall the incident.
“ “The New York Times walks back...",center
7192,New York Times Apologizes For A Tweet About New Sexual Misconduct Allegation Against Brett Kavanaugh,"['Media Watch', 'New York Times', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Media Bias']",NYT updates Kavanaugh 'bombshell' to note accuser doesn't recall alleged assault,Fox News (Online News),"The New York Times suddenly made a major revision to a supposed bombshell piece late Sunday concerning a resurfaced allegation of sexual assault by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh — hours after virtually all 2020 Democratic presidential candidates had cited the original article as a reason to impeach Kavanaugh.
The update included the significant detail that several friends of the alleged victim said she did not recall the purported sexual assault in question at all. The Times also stated for the first time that the alleged victim refused to be...",right
7193,Democrats Unveil Plan to End Government Shutdown,['Immigration'],House Democrats Lay Out Plan to Reopen Government by Carving Out Wall Fight,Wall Street Journal (News),"WASHINGTON—House Democrats will try to reopen the government when they take control of the chamber with a spending package aimed at isolating the fight over border-wall funding, a",center
7194,Democrats Unveil Plan to End Government Shutdown,['Immigration'],"House Democrats ready strategy to reopen government, deny Trump wall money",Washington Post,"Democrats have settled on a strategy for attempting to reopen the government when they take control of the House on Thursday, aimed at ending the partial shutdown quickly — but denying",left
7195,Democrats Unveil Plan to End Government Shutdown,['Immigration'],Dems' plan to end shutdown punts border battle into February,Washington Times,"Democrats announced a plan Monday to try to reopen the government by passing a package of Senate-written bills to fund most remaining parts of government for all of 2019, coupled with",right
7196,McCarthy Faces Partisan Fallout Over Leaked Jan. 6 Remarks,"['Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Donald Trump', 'Violence In America', 'US House', '2022 Elections', 'Matt Gaetz', 'Adam Schiff']",McCarthy Feared G.O.P. Lawmakers Put ‘People in Jeopardy’ After Jan. 6,New York Times (News),"Representative Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican leader, feared in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack that several far-right members of Congress would incite violence against other lawmakers, identifying several by name as security risks in private conversations with party leaders.
Mr. McCarthy talked to other congressional Republicans about wanting to rein in multiple hard-liners who were deeply involved in Donald J. Trump’s efforts to contest the 2020 election and undermine the peaceful transfer of power, according to an audio recording obtained by The New York Times.
But Mr. McCarthy...",left
7197,McCarthy Faces Partisan Fallout Over Leaked Jan. 6 Remarks,"['Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Donald Trump', 'Violence In America', 'US House', '2022 Elections', 'Matt Gaetz', 'Adam Schiff']",McCarthy defends leaked audio slamming Trump and calls on Republicans to unify,Washington Examiner,"House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday defended himself to fellow Republican lawmakers meeting for the first time after a New York Times report showed him criticizing then-President Donald Trump in the frenzied days after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
McCarthy, a California Republican, said his reported comments and the tapes backing them up lack context and are part of an attempt to assuage conservative hard-liners dissatisfied with his leadership.",right
7198,McCarthy Faces Partisan Fallout Over Leaked Jan. 6 Remarks,"['Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Donald Trump', 'Violence In America', 'US House', '2022 Elections', 'Matt Gaetz', 'Adam Schiff']",Tucker Carlson Calls Kevin McCarthy A 'Puppet Of The Democratic Party',Newsweek,"Tucker Carlson has accused Kevin McCarthy of being a ""puppet of the Democratic Party"" after leaked audio revealed the House Minority Leader asked if social media companies could suspend the accounts of some GOP lawmakers in the wake of the Capitol attack.
The Fox News host made the remarks about the top Republican in the House of Representatives while talking about Elon Musk's $44 billion takeover of Twitter, and what that could mean for censorship on the platform.",center
7199,Mid Term Election Hopes,['Elections'],"OPINION: Architect of Democratic strategy for keeping Senate is hopeful, but realistic",Washington Post,The chief architect of the Democrats’ strategy for holding their Senate majority is cautiously optimistic about next week’s outcome. With a heavy emphasis on the cautious part.,left
7200,Mid Term Election Hopes,['Elections'],"Republicans have Senate takeover in their sights, races remain close",Fox News (Online News),"After eight years in the proverbial wilderness, Republicans are feeling confident about their chances of reclaiming the Senate majority in next week’s elections – as the two-year, bare-knuckle battle boils down to about 10 key races in the final days.",right
7201,Mid Term Election Hopes,['Elections'],What Women's Votes Could Mean For The Midterms,NPR (Online News),"In presidential elections, Democrats have been on the winning end of the gender gap — but that hasn't been true in midterms. Renee Montagne speaks with NPR's Mara Liasson about women in this election.",left
7202,Record-Number Level of Migrant Deaths Occurred at US-Mexico Border,"['Border Crisis', 'Immigration', 'Immigrant Surge', 'Joe Biden', 'Mexico', 'Texas', 'United Nations', 'US-Mexico Border', 'Violence In America']",US-Mexico Border Is World’s ‘Deadliest’ Land Crossing: UN Study,The Epoch Times,"The U.S.-Mexico border has become the world’s “deadliest” land crossing, according to data recently brought to light by a United Nations study.
A historic high of 728 recorded immigrant deaths and disappearances along the U.S.-Mexico border crossing in 2021 has made the land crossing the deadliest in the world, according to the study conducted by the United Nations agency, the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
These deaths accounted for the majority of the 1,238 immigrant deaths in the Americas in 2021, the IOM said in a press release on July 1, adding that these...",right
7203,Record-Number Level of Migrant Deaths Occurred at US-Mexico Border,"['Border Crisis', 'Immigration', 'Immigrant Surge', 'Joe Biden', 'Mexico', 'Texas', 'United Nations', 'US-Mexico Border', 'Violence In America']",Smuggling Migrants to the U.S. Is Big Business,Wall Street Journal (News),"The business of smuggling migrants to the U.S.—such as the 53 who died after being left in a truck in San Antonio—has grown quickly with more illegal immigration and stronger links between smugglers and organized crime, according to U.S. and Mexican officials.
Migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador pay an estimated $1.7 billion a year to smugglers known as coyotes, according to a 2021 United Nations study. By far the biggest users of coyotes are Guatemalans.
“Migrant smuggling has become an industrial business. Demand is huge and rising, and that means you need...",center
7204,Record-Number Level of Migrant Deaths Occurred at US-Mexico Border,"['Border Crisis', 'Immigration', 'Immigrant Surge', 'Joe Biden', 'Mexico', 'Texas', 'United Nations', 'US-Mexico Border', 'Violence In America']",Death is a constant risk for undocumented migrants entering Texas,The Texas Tribune,"More than four dozen migrants were found dead in an overheated tractor-trailer on an industrial road in south San Antonio on Monday. Many of them had been sprinkled with steak seasoning in a possible attempt by smugglers to ward off authorities, law enforcement officials said.
The sheer scale and disturbing details, including migrants who apparently tried to escape the suffocating triple-digit temperatures inside the truck by jumping to their deaths along several city blocks, were horrific.
Large numbers of fatalities along the most heavily trafficked northbound path from Mexico and...",left
7205,Obama Released Money to Palestine,"['Palestine', 'World']",US quietly sent $221M to Palestinians in Obama's last hours,Fox News (Online News),Officials said Monday that the Obama administration-- in its waning hours-- defied Republican opposition and quietly released $221 million to the Palestinian Authority that GOP members of Congress had been blocking.,right
7206,Obama Released Money to Palestine,"['Palestine', 'World']",U.S. Gave Palestinians $221 Million on Obama's Last Day in Office,Newsweek,"Barack Obama’s administration handed the Palestinians $221 million (£177 million) on his last day in office, officials say.
The U.S. State Department released the funds to the Palestinian Authority, the body led by President Mahmoud Abbas that presides over the West Bank.",center
7207,Obama Released Money to Palestine,"['Palestine', 'World']",Obama released $221M to Palestinians in final hours,The Hill,"The Obama administration sent $221 million to the Palestinian Authority on Friday as President Obama prepared to leave the White House for the last time, The Associated Press reports.",center
7208,Trump Says All Americans Will Have Vaccine Access by April; Fauci Estimates Mid-Summer,"['Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'CDC', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']",Trump says U.S. will have vaccine doses for all Americans in April,Politico,"President Donald Trump said Friday that there will be enough doses of coronavirus vaccine for every American by April, contradicting administration health officials who have projected the country would not reach that point until mid-2021.
""Hundreds of millions of doses will be available every month and we expect to have enough vaccines for every American by April,"" he said at a White House press briefing. Trump earlier in the week said that doses would be broadly available by March.
Trump touted the timeline as evidence of ""historic progress,"" and said...",left
7209,Trump Says All Americans Will Have Vaccine Access by April; Fauci Estimates Mid-Summer,"['Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'CDC', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']",Trump: DOD Will Distribute Vaccine Doses Within 24 Hours Of FDA Approval — Will Be Available To Every American By April,The Daily Caller,"President Donald Trump announced Friday that the Department of Defense will begin distributing coronavirus vaccines 24 hours after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves them.
“Since January, America’s brilliant doctors and scientists have been working been working around the clock, the best medical minds in the world by far and the vaccines are going through the gold standard of clinical trials, very heavy emphasis placed on safety,” Trump told reporters at the top of his Friday afternoon press conference. “Three vaccines are already in the final stage.”
The president...",right
7210,Trump Says All Americans Will Have Vaccine Access by April; Fauci Estimates Mid-Summer,"['Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'CDC', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']",EXPLAINER-When will COVID-19 vaccines be generally available in the U.S.?,Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump and the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week disagreed about when a COVID-19 vaccine would become widely available. Trump has said one could initially be available by the Nov. 3 election, while the CDC director said vaccines were likely to reach the general public around mid-2021, an assessment more in line with most experts.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR A VACCINE TO GENERALLY AVAILABLE?
General availability is when every American who wants the vaccine can get it. There are...",center
7211,Details of Phase 4 Coronavirus Legislation up for Debate,"['Domestic Policy', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Healthcare', 'Infrastructure', 'Labor', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'US House', 'Coronavirus']","‘It’s not enough’ — Pelosi wants more small business loans, direct payments and unemployment benefits",CNBC,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday called for another bill to expand the provisions in the $2 trillion package Congress passed last week to limit the economic devastation from the coronavirus pandemic.
“Right now, I think that we have a good model. It was bipartisan, it was signed by the president. But it’s not enough,” Pelosi told CNBC’s Jim Cramer after the government employment report showed the U.S. economy lost 701,000 jobs in early March as businesses started to shut down.
In the interview on “Squawk on the Street,”...",center
7212,Details of Phase 4 Coronavirus Legislation up for Debate,"['Domestic Policy', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Healthcare', 'Infrastructure', 'Labor', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'US House', 'Coronavirus']","Democrats outline ""phase 4"" of coronavirus response, emphasizing infrastructure",CBS News (Online),"Washington — House Democrats unveiled a proposal Wednesday to bolster the country's infrastructure to mitigate the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, in what would be ""phase four"" of the congressional response to the outbreak.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters in a conference call that the House's ""interest in infrastructure has always been bipartisan."" The plan builds upon a framework first introduced by Democrats in January, which would cost an estimated $760 billion over five years.",left
7213,Details of Phase 4 Coronavirus Legislation up for Debate,"['Domestic Policy', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Healthcare', 'Infrastructure', 'Labor', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'US House', 'Coronavirus']",Democrats: Phase four coronavirus legislation must reopen healthcare exchanges,Washington Examiner,"Senate Democrats say Congress needs to pass a new economic relief package that would also reopen Obamacare exchanges for people needing treatment for the coronavirus.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon said on a call with reporters that they do not favor a Trump administration plan to provide direct financial aid to people who lack healthcare instead of reopening the healthcare exchanges.
Democrats will push to include a provision to open a special enrollment period in a new economic relief package that...",right
7214,Biden Supports Senate Filibuster Exception to Codify Roe v Wade,"['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Politics', 'Filibuster', 'US Senate', 'Joe Biden']",Biden backs filibuster changes to codify Roe v. Wade,Axios,"President Biden said Thursday he would support changing the Senate's filibuster rules for Congress to pass a federal law codifying Roe v. Wade.
Why it matters: With the current 60-vote threshold, Democrats have few legislative options to fight the end of the nationwide right to an abortion.
The big picture: Democrats have previously attempted and failed to pass legislation to protect abortion rights on the federal level, and while they have a 50-vote majority in the Senate, such a bill cannot pass unless they change filibuster rules.
Despite not meeting the 60-vote threshold, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has...",center
7215,Biden Supports Senate Filibuster Exception to Codify Roe v Wade,"['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Politics', 'Filibuster', 'US Senate', 'Joe Biden']",Biden Supports ‘Exception’ To Filibuster To Codify Roe v. Wade,HuffPost,"President Joe Biden said he would support an “exception” to Senate filibuster rules to codify abortion rights in the wake of the Supreme Court decision repealing the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.
“I believe we have to codify Roe v. Wade into law and the way to do that is to make sure Congress votes to do that,” Biden said in Madrid after attending the NATO summit.
“And if the filibuster gets in the way — it’s like voting rights — we should be requiring an exception to the filibuster for this...",left
7216,Biden Supports Senate Filibuster Exception to Codify Roe v Wade,"['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Politics', 'Filibuster', 'US Senate', 'Joe Biden']",Biden Backs Senate Filibuster 'Exception' Over Abortion,Newsmax (News),"President Joe Biden said Thursday he backs an ""exception"" to Senate filibuster rules to codify abortion rights.
He called the Supreme Court's decision ending the right to abortion “destabilizing” but said it does not affect U.S. standing on the world stage, as he took credit for modernizing the transatlantic alliance to adapt to new threats from Russia and China.
""I believe we have to codify Roe v. Wade into law. And the way to do that is to make sure that the Congress votes to do that and if the...",right
7217,Akin Rape Comment Controversy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Todd Akin Decision: GOP Candidate Staying In Senate Race In Wake Of Controversy,HuffPost,"ST. LOUIS — Rep. Todd Akin renewed his vow to carry on with his embattled Senate campaign Tuesday, even as a key deadline loomed to withdraw from the race over his comments that women's bodies can prevent pregnancies in cases of ""legitimate rape.""
Akin, who has been frantically trying to salvage his once-promising bid against incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill, insisted the uproar surrounding his remarks was an overreaction to misspeaking ""one word in one sentence on one day.""",left
7218,Akin Rape Comment Controversy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","New Akin Ad: Look, I'm Really Sorry",Townhall,"No one actually believes that Todd Akin is pro-rape. His problem is that he spouted off biologically false nonsense and used the term ""legitimate rape"" while discussing the subject on television. This suggests that Akin is either terribly misinformed, profoundly ill-equipped to run a competent Senate campaign, or not especially bright. Or perhaps some combination of the three. When one is forced to begin a political ad with a ""clarification"" that ""rape is an evil act,"" one is in very serious political trouble. I am utterly...",right
7219,Akin Rape Comment Controversy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Akin defies mounting calls to withdraw from Senate race,CNN (Online News),"A defiant Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri said Tuesday he will stay in the Senate race to unseat Democrat Claire McCaskill despite mounting calls from across the political spectrum for him to withdraw over incendiary comments on rape and pregnancy.
Akin cited what he called a grassroots conservative movement in the country that needs a voice in government for his decision to reject increasing pressure from the Republican Party, congressional colleagues and others to step aside.",left
7220,Cindy Hyde-Smith Wins Mississippi Senate Runoff,['Elections'],Hyde-Smith prevails in Mississippi runoff after 'public hanging' stumble,The Hill,"Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) won Mississippi's Senate runoff, fending off a stronger-than-expected challenge from Democrats after she stumbled with a series of missteps that brought race to the forefront of the campaign.",center
7221,Cindy Hyde-Smith Wins Mississippi Senate Runoff,['Elections'],Cindy Hyde-Smith wins Mississippi Senate runoff,Washington Times,"Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith emerged victorious Tuesday night in the Mississippi Senate runoff, easily fending off Democrat Mike Espy in the deeply conservative Magnolia State.",right
7222,Cindy Hyde-Smith Wins Mississippi Senate Runoff,['Elections'],Mississippi runoff: What we learned from 2018's last Senate race,CNN (Online News),"Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith has defeated Democrat Mike Espy in the Mississippi special Senate runoff election. The win capped off a tumultuous final few weeks of the campaign for Hyde-Smith who had a string of controversies, many of them touching on issues of race.",left
7223,Russian and Turkish Relations,['World'],"Turkey, Russia Headed for a Military Face-Off?",CBN,The confrontation between Russia and Turkey entered its second day after Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet on its border Tuesday.,right
7224,Russian and Turkish Relations,['World'],Range of Frustrations Reached Boil as Turkey Shot Down Russian Jet,New York Times (News),"Turkey and Russia promised on Wednesday not to go to war over the downing of a Russian fighter jet, leaving Turkey’s still-nervous NATO allies and just about everyone else wondering why the country decided to risk such a serious confrontation.",left
7225,Russian and Turkish Relations,['World'],Skies Darken for Accord on Syria With Turkish Downing of Russian Fighter,Wall Street Journal (News),"When Turkey destroyed a Russian warplane it had warned away from its airspace, the fallout threatened to destroy chances for any grand coalition of international powers to change the course of chaos in Syria, at least for now.",center
7226,"In Late-Night TV Appearance, Biden Takes Questions About Son Hunter","['Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Corruption', 'FBI']","Biden tells Stephen Colbert he has ""great confidence"" in Hunter",CBS News (Online),"President-elect Joe Biden said he and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, have ""great confidence"" in Hunter Biden, who announced last week that federal prosecutors are investigating his ""tax affairs."" The president-elect made the remarks alongside the future first lady on CBS' ""A Late Show with Stephen Colbert.""
In the interview, Colbert asked Mr. Biden about criticism directed toward his son.
""What are you going to do and how will you sustain each other for the attacks you know are coming your way?"" Colbert asked. ""Case in point, I know...",left
7227,"In Late-Night TV Appearance, Biden Takes Questions About Son Hunter","['Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Corruption', 'FBI']",Biden Tells Colbert He Has 'Great Confidence' In His Son Amid Investigation,NPR (Online News),"President-elect Joe Biden told Stephen Colbert he is ""not concerned"" about accusations against his son Hunter Biden amid the investigation by federal prosecutors into his son's tax affairs.
Colbert asked Biden about people in Washington who ""are going to try to use your adult son as a cudgel against you,"" during The Late Show With Stephen Colbert that aired Thursday night.
""We have great confidence in our son,"" said Biden, who appeared alongside his wife, Jill Biden. ""I am not concerned about any accusations that have been made against him....",left
7228,"In Late-Night TV Appearance, Biden Takes Questions About Son Hunter","['Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Corruption', 'FBI']",Joe Biden claims ‘foul play’ while defending son Hunter but says he’s ‘not concerned’,Fox News (Online News),"President-elect Joe Biden defended his son Hunter Biden amid an ongoing investigation into the younger Biden’s taxes.
During an interview with Stephen Colbert that aired Thursday night, Biden sat alongside his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, and expressed ""confidence"" in his son.
In raising the subject of Hunter Biden, the liberal comedian Colbert claimed to Joe Biden that ""the people who want to make hay in Washington are going to try to use your son as as a cudgel against you.
""How do you feel about that?"" Colbert asked. ""And what...",right
7229,"Mississippi Asks Supreme Court to Uphold 15-Week Abortion Ban, Overturn Roe v. Wade","['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Mississippi', 'Roe V Wade']",Mississippi Brief in Dobbs Calls for Overruling of Roe and Casey,National Review,"The state of Mississippi has just filed its merits brief in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the big abortion case to be decided by the Supreme Court next term. At issue in the case is Mississippi’s Gestational Age Act, enacted in 2018, which allows abortions after 15 weeks of gestational age only in medical emergencies or in instances of severe fetal abnormality.
It is difficult to see how the Court could rule in favor of Mississippi without overruling Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, so I’m glad to see Mississippi’s strong and straightforward...",right
7230,"Mississippi Asks Supreme Court to Uphold 15-Week Abortion Ban, Overturn Roe v. Wade","['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Mississippi', 'Roe V Wade']",Mississippi asks the Supreme Court to overrule Roe v. Wade,New York Times (News),"Calling Roe v. Wade “egregiously wrong,” Mississippi’s attorney general urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to do away with the constitutional right to abortion and to sustain a state law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
The court will hear arguments in the case in the fall, giving its newly expanded conservative majority a chance to confront what may be the most divisive issue in American law: whether the Constitution protects the right to end pregnancies.
Lower courts blocked the Mississippi statute, calling it a cynical and calculated assault...",left
7231,"Mississippi Asks Supreme Court to Uphold 15-Week Abortion Ban, Overturn Roe v. Wade","['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Mississippi', 'Roe V Wade']",Mississippi asks U.S. Supreme Court to overturn abortion rights landmark,Reuters,"The state of Mississippi on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court in a major case set to be argued in its next term to overturn the landmark 1973 ruling that recognized that women have a constitutional right to obtain an abortion. 
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, a Republican, said in papers filed with the court that the Roe v. Wade ruling and a subsequent 1992 decision that affirmed it were both “egregiously wrong” and that state legislatures should have more leeway to restrict abortion. The court has a 6-3 conservative...",center
7232,Biden Announces All Adults Will Be Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccine by May 1,"['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'White House', 'Sustainability']",Biden delivers prime-time address on anniversary of COVID-19 pandemic,New York Post (News),"President Biden on Thursday used his first primetime address to the nation to outline a gradual return to normal following the COVID-19 pandemic.
The speech set a goal for Americans to be able to gather in small groups by the Fourth of July and for all adults to be eligible for vaccine sign-ups by May 1.
“I’m announcing that I will direct all states, tribes and territories to make all adults — people 18 and over — eligible to be vaccinated no later than May 1,” Biden said. “Let me...",right
7233,Biden Announces All Adults Will Be Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccine by May 1,"['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'White House', 'Sustainability']",Biden directs states to make all adult Americans eligible for vaccine by May 1,New York Times (News),"President Biden on Thursday evening directed states to make all adult Americans eligible to receive coronavirus shots by no later than May 1, using his first prime-time, nationwide television address to say he expects life in the United States could return to a kind of normal by the Fourth of July.
Mr. Biden offered a renewed sense of hope as he marked a year that plunged the nation into health and economic crises. With continued vigilance, he said, families and friends could be able to gather to celebrate the nation’s...",left
7234,Biden Announces All Adults Will Be Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccine by May 1,"['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'White House', 'Sustainability']",Biden Tells States to Make All Adults Eligible for Covid-19 Vaccine by May 1,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Biden called on states to make all adults in the U.S. eligible for Covid-19 vaccines by May 1 and set a goal for the public to be able to gather in small groups during the Fourth of July holiday.
“If we do this together, by July the Fourth, there’s a good chance you, your families and friends will be able to get together in your backyard or in your neighborhood and have a cookout or a barbeque and celebrate Independence Day,” Mr. Biden said during a Thursday night primetime...",center
7235,Supreme Court Sides With Ted Cruz in Campaign Finance Case,"['Campaign Finance', 'Courts', 'Economic Policy', 'Elections', 'FEC', 'Free Speech', 'Supreme Court', 'Ted Cruz']",Supreme Court Sides With Ted Cruz In Campaign Finance Case,Forbes,"The Supreme Court ruled Monday in favor of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in a campaign finance case concerning how campaigns can repay candidates’ loans, in a 6-3 decision that critics warn could make it easier to bribe political candidates.
Cruz sued the Federal Election Committee regarding a rule that limits how political campaigns can reimburse candidates for loans they make to their own campaign, allowing them to repay up to $250,000 in loans at any time, and more than that only if they’re repaid within 20 days post-election.
Cruz made a $260,000...",center
7236,Supreme Court Sides With Ted Cruz in Campaign Finance Case,"['Campaign Finance', 'Courts', 'Economic Policy', 'Elections', 'FEC', 'Free Speech', 'Supreme Court', 'Ted Cruz']",The Supreme Court just made it much easier to bribe a member of Congress,Vox,"The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has been at war with campaign finance laws for more than a dozen years, stretching at least as far back as its decision in Citizens United v. FEC (2010). On Monday, the Court’s six Republican appointees escalated this war.
The Court’s decision in FEC v. Ted Cruz for Senate is a boon to wealthy candidates. It strikes down an anti-bribery law that limited the amount of money candidates could raise after an election in order to repay loans they made to their own campaign.
Federal law permits candidates to...",left
7237,Supreme Court Sides With Ted Cruz in Campaign Finance Case,"['Campaign Finance', 'Courts', 'Economic Policy', 'Elections', 'FEC', 'Free Speech', 'Supreme Court', 'Ted Cruz']",Supreme Court Sides with Ted Cruz Against FEC in Win for Free Speech,Townhall,"The Supreme Court sided with Senator Ted Cruz in a 6-3 decision issued Monday morning in a case brought against him by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) over how loans from candidates can be repaid following an election cycle.
The decision was authored by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett while Justice Elena Kagan wrote the dissent and was joined in the minority by Justices Breyer and Sotomayor.
As Roberts explains, the situation at issue — while convoluted by the bureaucratic...",right
7238,CDC Panel Unanimously Recommends COVID Vaccines For Young Children,"['CDC', 'Children', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Moderna', 'Pfizer', 'Public Health', 'Rochelle Walensky', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",CDC Advisers Back COVID-19 Vaccines for Young Children,The Epoch Times,"Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on June 18 backed COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as 6 months of age.
The advisers unanimously voted to advise the CDC to recommend all children, save for those who have contraindications to the vaccines, from 6 months through 5 years of age get the Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines, both of which are built on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology.
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky will now decide whether or not to accept the advice.
The advisory panel’s vote is the third step of a...",right
7239,CDC Panel Unanimously Recommends COVID Vaccines For Young Children,"['CDC', 'Children', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Moderna', 'Pfizer', 'Public Health', 'Rochelle Walensky', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",CDC advisers unanimously recommend 2 COVID vaccines for kids 5 and under,Axios,"A key CDC advisory committee unanimously voted to support a recommendation that Moderna and Pfizer COVID shots be allowed for children as young as six months old.
Why it matters: If CDC Director Rochelle Walensky agrees, the shots could be in little arms as early as next week.
Zoom in: The shots received emergency use authorization by the FDA on Friday after being considered by an FDA advisory committee earlier in the week. The FDA says the pediatric dose of Moderna COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine may trigger an immune response ""slightly more rapidly"" than the...",center
7240,CDC Panel Unanimously Recommends COVID Vaccines For Young Children,"['CDC', 'Children', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Moderna', 'Pfizer', 'Public Health', 'Rochelle Walensky', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",CDC panel unanimously endorses Covid vaccines for littlest kids,NBC News (Online),"A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee on Saturday endorsed Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccines for young children, the last step before Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky can issue her final signoff.
The unanimous recommendations from the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices followed the Food and Drug Administration’s authorization of the shots on Friday.
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee on Saturday endorsed Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccines for young children, the last step before Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky can issue her final signoff.
The unanimous...",left
7241,"Trump Holds Coronavirus Vaccine Summit, Signs Order to Prioritize Americans as Vaccine Nears Authorization","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Life During Covid-19']",Countdown to America’s first coronavirus vaccine: What to watch this critical week,Washington Post,"For a nation ravaged by the pandemic, this week marks a pivotal moment — the final push by federal regulators to clear the first experimental coronavirus vaccine for a besieged populace.
If all goes as expected over the next few days, the Food and Drug Administration could give emergency authorization to the vaccine as early as week’s end, triggering the start of an unprecedented effort to inoculate enough Americans to confer individual immunity and eventually stop the virus’s spread. That next chapter, however, is filled with herculean challenges, including ramping...",left
7242,"Trump Holds Coronavirus Vaccine Summit, Signs Order to Prioritize Americans as Vaccine Nears Authorization","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Life During Covid-19']",Trump to sign coronavirus vaccine executive order prioritizing Americans over foreign nations,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump is expected to sign an executive order Tuesday that will ensure all Americans have access to the coronavirus vaccine before the U.S. government begins aiding nations around the world, Fox News has learned. Senior administration officials told Fox News Monday that the president will reemphasize to the American people that the “priority has been an America First approach,” during a vaccine summit at the White House Tuesday.
The news of the executive order comes just days ahead of the Food and Drug Administration's Thursday meeting regarding Pfizer and...",right
7243,"Trump Holds Coronavirus Vaccine Summit, Signs Order to Prioritize Americans as Vaccine Nears Authorization","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Life During Covid-19']",President Trump to hold White House COVID-19 summit as pressure mounts for FDA vaccine approval,USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump is set to kick off a summit at the White House Tuesday to highlight the rapid development of a COVID-19 vaccine he is eager to take credit for despite criticism for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
The summit, designed to provide an update on the status of the administration's ambitious plan to vaccinate all Americans against the coronavirus, comes two days before the FDA advisory committee will meet to review Pfizer and BioNTech's application for emergency authorization of their COVID-19 vaccine and distribution is expected...",left
7244,White House Plans to Replace Tillerson,"['State Department', 'Politics']","Rex Tillerson expected to step down in January, plans discussed for Pompeo to take place",Fox News (Online News),"Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is expected leave the Trump administration in January, sources tell Fox News, amid discussion of potentially tapping CIA Director Mike Pompeo as a replacement.",right
7245,White House Plans to Replace Tillerson,"['State Department', 'Politics']",White House Plans To Replace Rex Tillerson With Mike Pompeo,HuffPost,"U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson could soon be replaced by CIA Director Mike Pompeo, The New York Times and The Associated Press reported Thursday.",left
7246,White House Plans to Replace Tillerson,"['State Department', 'Politics']",White House has plan to replace top diplomat with CIA chief: U.S. officials,Reuters,"The White House has developed a plan to oust Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who has had an increasingly tense relationship with President Donald Trump, and replace him with CIA director Mike Pompeo within weeks, senior administration officials said on Thursday.",center
7247,Response to CIA Torture Report,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",CIA Chief Insists Torture Did Thwart Attacks,Newsmax (News),"The director of the CIA insisted Tuesday that US agents' use of brutal interrogation techniques against Al-Qaeda suspects helped prevent attacks, in the wake of a critical Senate report.
John Brennan admitted that mistakes had been made in the years following the September 11, 2001 attacks on US cities.
But he said the Central Intelligence Agency's own review found that harsh interrogations ""did produce intelligence that helped thwart attack plans, capture terrorists and save lives.""
This is disputed in the Senate report, a redacted version of a review that the...",right
7248,Response to CIA Torture Report,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",CIA interrogation report: Battle lines being drawn,BBC News,"The public has yet to see the Senate Intelligence committee report on the rendition, detention and interrogation practices of the George W Bush administration, so its actual contents are currently the province of rumours and leaks.
With the release of its 480-page executive summary said to come on Tuesday, however, the arguments over its implications are already in full swing.
In an article in Monday's New York Times, Peter Baker says that the two-year-old report details the ""brutal techniques"" - considered torture by critics - the government employed on suspected...",center
7249,Response to CIA Torture Report,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",Obama Responds To CIA Torture Report: Enhanced Interrogation 'Contrary To Our Values',HuffPost,"The Senate Intelligence Committee released a 500-page summary Tuesday of its report on the Central Intelligence Agency's torture program following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The report, a result of a five-year investigation, details the gruesome techniques and systemic failures of the CIA's post-9/11 practices.
President Barack Obama said the revelations bring light to a ""troubling"" program involving practices that were ""contrary to our values"" in a statement following the release.
""That is why I unequivocally banned torture when I took office, because one of our most effective tools...",left
7250,Top White House Science Advisor Resigns,"['White House', 'Science', 'Eric Lander', 'Technology', 'Bullying', 'Joe Biden', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Politics']","Biden’s top science adviser bullied and demeaned subordinates, according to White House investigation",Politico,"President Joe Biden’s top science adviser, Eric Lander, bullied and demeaned his subordinates and violated the White House’s workplace policy, an internal White House investigation recently concluded, according to interviews and an audio recording obtained by POLITICO.
The two-month investigation found “credible evidence” that Lander — a Cabinet member and director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy who the White House touts as a key player in the pandemic response — was “bullying” toward his then-general counsel, Rachel Wallace, according to a recorded January briefing on the investigation’s...",left
7251,Top White House Science Advisor Resigns,"['White House', 'Science', 'Eric Lander', 'Technology', 'Bullying', 'Joe Biden', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Politics']",Biden Promised To Fire ‘On The Spot’ Disrespectful Staff. His Top Science Adviser Was Just Outed For ‘Demeaning’ His Team.,The Daily Wire,"President Joe Biden’s top science adviser routinely bullied and demeaned staff in front of their peers, a White House investigation into his conduct found.
The White House conducted a two-month investigation into Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) director Eric Lander over complaints that Lander would habitually demean and publicly upbraid staff. The investigation concluded in January with a briefing on its conclusions by White House deputy director of management and administration for personnel Christian Peele.",right
7252,Top White House Science Advisor Resigns,"['White House', 'Science', 'Eric Lander', 'Technology', 'Bullying', 'Joe Biden', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Politics']","Biden adviser Lander investigated after workplace complaints, White House says",Reuters,"The White House said on Monday a full investigation has been conducted into the behavior of science adviser Eric Lander, after receiving reports that he bullied and demeaned staffers, and it will monitor any corrective actions taken.
Lander, a top science adviser to Biden and director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, was the focus of an internal review after subordinates complained. Politico first reported the review Monday.",center
7253,Obama Trump Meet at White House,['Bridging Divides'],Obama says he and Trump had 'excellent conversation',USA TODAY,"President Obama said he and successor-in-waiting Donald Trump had an ""excellent conversation"" Thursday as the intense rivals who defined the volatile 2016 election discussed the hand-off of the White House.
Just days after vicious attacks on the campaign trail, the two men spoke well of each other and shook hands for the cameras. Trump, who famously challenged the president's place of birth, called his predecessor ""a very good man"" following their Oval Office meeting.",left
7254,Obama Trump Meet at White House,['Bridging Divides'],Obama Hosts Trump at White House for First Meeting After Election,NBC News (Online),"After their first face-to-face meeting, President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump pledged to work together following a rancorous election, with the sitting president saying he wants to make Trump and his family ""feel welcome as we prepare to make this transition.""
Obama and Trump met alone in the Oval Office for 90 minutes, and the president told reporters they had an ""excellent"" and ""wide-ranging"" conversation covering domestic and foreign policy issues. Trump said he looked forward to working with Obama in the future and would seek his counsel.",left
7255,Obama Trump Meet at White House,['Bridging Divides'],Trump makes first White House visit as president-elect,Yahoo News,"President-elect Donald Trump swooped into Washington, D.C., on Thursday for his first-ever visit to the White House since his historic election, huddling with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office for more than an hour and a half. The brash entrepreneur then headed off for meetings with leaders of the Republican majorities in Congress.
Obama and Trump struck a conciliatory pose in brief remarks after the meeting, their first face-to-face conversation after years of doing long-distance political battle. They presented a united, bipartisan front by refusing to answer questions from...",left
7256,Missouri Senate Race,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Senate battles head on to the general in Missouri and Michigan,CNN (Online News),"Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri now has the Republican challenger she'd hoped for, but the first term senator still faces a serious fight to keep her seat in November.",left
7257,Missouri Senate Race,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why Todd Akin’s win gives Democrats hope in Missouri,Washington Post,Senate Democrats got exactly what they wanted in Missouri on Tuesday night. Now comes the hard part.,left
7258,Missouri Senate Race,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Missouri's GOP Surprise,Wall Street Journal (News),"To beat Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill in November, Todd Akin will have to appeal to a broader base...",center
7259,FDA to Approve Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Ages 12-15 by Next Week,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Schools', 'Education']",U.S. FDA set to authorize Pfizer COVID-19 shot for ages 12-15 early next week,Reuters,"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is preparing to authorize Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE’s COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents aged between 12 and 15 years by early next week, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing federal officials familiar with the agency’s plans. An approval is highly anticipated after the drugmakers said in March that the vaccine was found to be safe, effective and produced robust antibody responses in 12- to 15-year-olds in a clinical trial.
Responding to a Reuters request for comment, the FDA said its...",center
7260,FDA to Approve Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Ages 12-15 by Next Week,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Schools', 'Education']",FDA Set to Approve Pfizer COVID Vaccine for 12-15 Year Olds by Next Week: Report,National Review,"The Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents aged 12 to 15 by early next week, according to a new report.
The authorization could come as soon as the end of this week, the New York Times reported on Monday. If the FDA gives the green light, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s advisory panel will likely convene the next day to review the clinical trial data and make recommendations for the shots’ use in adolescents, the report says.",right
7261,FDA to Approve Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Ages 12-15 by Next Week,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Schools', 'Education']",FDA appears poised to authorize Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for adolescents by next week,Washington Post,"The Food and Drug Administration is expected by next week to grant expanded emergency use authorization to allow children as young as 12 to receive the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and German firm BioNTech, according to three federal officials familiar with the situation.
The agency is still working on the authorization, said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak freely. Shortly after the FDA decision, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee is expected to meet to recommend how the vaccine should be...",left
7262,Dennis Hastert Indicted,['Politics'],Indicted Denny Busted By His Own Law,HuffPost,"On Oct. 24, 2001, then-House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) shepherded the Patriot Act through the House of Representatives. Little did Hastert know at the time that the law he helped pass would give federal law enforcement the tools to indict him on charges of violating banking-related reporting requirements more than a decade later.",left
7263,Dennis Hastert Indicted,['Politics'],Dennis Hastert indictment shocks former colleagues,Politico,“Everyone is in shock. ”That’s how former Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) summed up the feelings of official Washington — among Republicans especially — after Thursday’s stunning federal indictment of former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.).,left
7264,Dennis Hastert Indicted,['Politics'],Former House Speaker Indicted on Federal Charges,The Blaze,A federal indictment against former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert says he agreed to pay $3.5 million to hide `prior misconduct’ against an unidentified person.,right
7265,"Federal Judge's Son Killed, Husband Shot at Home in New Jersey","['Federal Judge', 'New Jersey', 'Deutsche Bank', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Violence In America']","Manhunt underway for gunman in New Jersey attack on federal judge's son, husband",Fox News (Online News),"A dragnet of federal, state and local law enforcement is on the hunt for the gunman who fatally shot a federal court judge’s son and wounded her husband – all while disguised as a FedEx worker – at their New Jersey home Sunday night, officials announced Monday.
U.S. District Judge Esther Salas’ son, 20-year-old Daniel Anderl, was killed and her husband, defense lawyer Mark Anderl, 63, is in the hospital after the men were shot in the doorway of their North Brunswick home around 5 p.m. Sunday, officials have said....",right
7266,"Federal Judge's Son Killed, Husband Shot at Home in New Jersey","['Federal Judge', 'New Jersey', 'Deutsche Bank', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Violence In America']","New Jersey federal judge's son killed, husband critical after being shot at home",NBC News (Online),"The son of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas was killed Sunday and her husband was in critical condition after they were shot at their home in New Jersey, senior law enforcement officials told NBC New York.
The shooting occurred in North Brunswick Township early in the evening, the FBI said in a statement, adding that it was searching for one suspect.
NBC New York reported that Salas' husband, criminal defense lawyer Mark Anderl, answered the door and is believed to have been shot multiple times. Their 20-year-old son was also...",left
7267,"Federal Judge's Son Killed, Husband Shot at Home in New Jersey","['Federal Judge', 'New Jersey', 'Deutsche Bank', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Violence In America']","Gunman Dressed As FedEx Driver Kills Son, Wounds Husband Of New Jersey Federal Judge",NPR (Online News),"The son of U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas was fatally shot and her husband critically wounded when a gunman dressed as a FedEx driver entered her home near North Brunswick, N.J., Sunday afternoon, according to local media.
Salas was reportedly unharmed in the attack, the New Jersey Globe reports. Daniel Anderl, Salas' 20-year-old son, was killed. Her husband, Mark Anderl, a criminal defense attorney and former assistant Essex County prosecutor, reportedly underwent surgery at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick and was listed in critical but stable condition....",left
7268,Political Turmoil in England,"['Europe', 'World']",Brexit leaders are walking back some of their biggest promises,Washington Post,"In the days after Britain's momentous decision to withdraw from the European Union, there has been much talk of voter's remorse. Some who voted in favor of a British exit have said they merely wanted to lodge a protest vote and hadn't expected the ""leave"" camp to actually win. Others said they had no idea that the implications of such a vote would be so dire.",left
7269,Political Turmoil in England,"['Europe', 'World']",Brexit's broken promises,CNN (Online News),"So much for all those promises. Leading politicians in the campaign to pull the U.K. out of the European Union are back-pedaling fast on a number of pledges, particularly over extra money for health care.",left
7270,Political Turmoil in England,"['Europe', 'World']",British political turmoil deepens after EU referendum,Fox News (Online News),Britain's shocking decision to remove itself from the European Union brought more political turmoil Sunday as Scotland's leader threatened to block the move and the opposition Labor Party's leader faced a coup attempt from his own legislators.,right
7271,House Passes Farm Bill,"['US House', 'Politics']",U.S. House approves farm bill without food stamp aid,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN) -- House Republicans stripped food stamp provisions opposed by conservatives and narrowly passed scaled back legislation on Thursday to overhaul the nation's farm programs.
Democrats chastised the GOP for ignoring initiatives they argue poor Americans need to keep from going hungry.
The vote was 216-208 and no Democrat voted for it. Twelve Republicans opposed the bill.
Debate on the floor was raucous and Democrats several times angrily screamed at Republicans and accused them of dismissing the needs of low income Americans.",left
7272,House Passes Farm Bill,"['US House', 'Politics']","House Republicans Push Through Farm Bill, Without Food Stamps",New York Times (News),"Republicans muscled a pared-back agriculture bill through the House on Thursday, stripping out the food stamp program to satisfy recalcitrant conservatives but losing what little Democratic support the bill had when it failed last month. It was the first time food stamps had not been a part of the farm bill since 1973.",left
7273,House Passes Farm Bill,"['US House', 'Politics']",House narrowly passes farm bill after Republicans carve out food stamps,Fox News (Online News),"The House on Thursday narrowly passed a massive farm bill, after Republicans took the risky step of carving out the food stamp program -- a move Democrats effectively boycotted.
The bill passed on a 216-208 vote. Zero Democrats voted for it.
House Democrats spent
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/11/house-republicans-drop-food-s...",right
7274,"Supreme Court Rules Trump's Tax Returns Can Be Obtained By A New York District Attorney, But Rebuffs Congress","['Trump Tax Returns', 'House Democrats', 'House Subpoenas', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court rules Trump's financial documents can be obtained in criminal probe,Washington Times,"The Supreme Court ruled Thursday a New York district attorney can obtain President Trump’s financial documents in a criminal probe.
The ruling was 7-2.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. wrote the opinion of the court and said the president cannot have absolute immunity from a state criminal subpoena. They remanded the case back to the lower court for further review.
“Two hundred years ago, a great jurist of our Court established that no citizen, not even the President, is categorically above the common duty to produce evidence when called...",right
7275,"Supreme Court Rules Trump's Tax Returns Can Be Obtained By A New York District Attorney, But Rebuffs Congress","['Trump Tax Returns', 'House Democrats', 'House Subpoenas', 'Supreme Court']","Supreme Court grants NY prosecutors access to Trump's tax returns, rebuffs Congress",The Hill,"The Supreme Court in a split decision on Thursday granted New York state prosecutors access to President Trump’s tax returns, even as it shielded a trove of his financial records from Congress.
The justices upheld a Manhattan district attorney subpoena for eight years of Trump’s financial documents, including his personal and corporate tax returns. But they declined to grant Congress access to records subpoenaed by a trio of Democratic-led House committees.
Both decisions were handed down in 7-2 rulings.
The ruling in the New York case makes it more...",center
7276,"Supreme Court Rules Trump's Tax Returns Can Be Obtained By A New York District Attorney, But Rebuffs Congress","['Trump Tax Returns', 'House Democrats', 'House Subpoenas', 'Supreme Court']","Supreme Court says Manhattan prosecutor may see Trump’s financial records, denies Congress access for now",Washington Post,"The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a New York prosecutor is entitled to see President Trump’s private and business financial records, ending an intense legal battle waged by the president to keep them secret.
The court said Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. had the authority to subpoena the records from Trump’s private accounting firm. Trump had claimed an immunity from criminal investigations while in office.
Read the Supreme Court’s opinion: Trump v. Vance
Vance is investigating whether the Trump Organization falsified business records to conceal hush payments to...",left
7277,Sparring Over Obamacare,['Healthcare'],"With elections looming, Obamacare rattling Democratic nerves",CNN (Online News),"Quick, can you hear it? That creaking sound from Washington is the nerves of congressional Democrats in response to the political firestorm raging around Obamacare.
The botched rollout of the Affordable Care Act's vital new marketplaces, coupled with insurers notifying more than a million Americans that their policies were being canceled, raised questions about the administration competence and honesty in selling and implementing President Barack Obama's signature health care reforms.",left
7278,Sparring Over Obamacare,['Healthcare'],"A White House in Crisis Mode, but Some Allies Prod for More Action",New York Times (News),"President Obama was seething. Two weeks after the disastrous launch of HealthCare.gov, Mr. Obama gathered his senior staff members in the Oval Office for what one aide recalled as an “unsparing” dressing-down.",left
7279,Sparring Over Obamacare,['Healthcare'],"White House, Republicans spar over Obamacare record",Washington Times,"The Obama administration said Friday it is seeing mixed progress in fixing the federal Obamacare website, as Republicans piled on criticism by saying taxpayers should get a refund for the broken $400 million Internet portal and that new numbers indicate that few people have enrolled in the insurance market for the District of Columbia tied to the health care law.
Jeffrey Zients, the management expert tapped to fix HealthCare.gov, said his repair team knocked items off its to-do list this week, reducing the time it takes for pages to...",right
7280,Dallas Shooting Kills At Least 5 Cops,['Violence In America'],Black Lives Matter Protest Devolves Into One Of The Worst Attacks On Law Enforcement In 100 Years,Townhall,Members of the community gathered to protest the police-related shooting deaths of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota. What was a peaceful protest devolved into a horrific attack on law enforcement that left 12 police officers shot. Five were killed. The attack occurred when two snipers opened fire from elevated positions near Dealey Plaza. People were running for their lives as rifle fire was heard. It’s one of the worst attacks on law enforcement in a century.,right
7281,Dallas Shooting Kills At Least 5 Cops,['Violence In America'],Dallas shooting kills multiple police officers: what we know,Vox,"At least one sniper shot 14 people, killing five police officers, in Dallas late Thursday night, turning a peaceful protest against the police shootings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, into a scene of chaos and carnage.",left
7282,Dallas Shooting Kills At Least 5 Cops,['Violence In America'],Chief: Suspect in Dallas police slayings 'wanted to kill white people',USA TODAY,"A gunman suspected of killing five police officers during a protest march in downtown Dallas late Thursday told negotiators before he died that he was upset over recent police-involved shootings of African Americans and ""wanted to kill white people, especially white officers,"" Dallas Police Chief David Brown said.",left
7283,Plan B Vote Showdown,[],Today's 'Plan B' Vote: Part Of Posturing Or A Push Over The 'Fiscal Cliff?',NPR (Online News),"With the House set to vote this afternoon on Republicans' ""Plan B"" for avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff, the questions that have been asked every day for weeks are being asked yet again, with added urgency.",left
7284,Plan B Vote Showdown,[],House GOP To Forge Ahead With Vote On Fiscal Cliff 'Plan B',HuffPost,"The GOP-controlled House is moving ahead Thursday on a bill that would raise taxes on people earning over $1 million a year, sparing most workers from a tax hike but leaving in place painful budget cuts to the military and domestic agencies as ""fiscal cliff"" talks appear stalled.",left
7285,Plan B Vote Showdown,[],Republicans plan showdown votes on fiscal crisis over Dem opposition,Fox News (Online News),"House Republicans are charging ahead Thursday with a pair of votes aimed at averting tax hikes scheduled to kick in 12 days from now -- but the move is fraught with tactical risk, as Democrats have effectively boycotted the legislation.",right
7286,2013 Farm Bill,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']",Farm bill 2013: House leadership redoubles its efforts,Politico,"Rolling the dice, House Republicans are calling for floor votes early Thursday on a pared-back farm bill that strips out nutrition programs to appease conservatives and reduces the net 10-year costs to about $195.6 billion.",left
7287,2013 Farm Bill,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']",House GOP Leaders Aim To Pass Pared-Down Farm Subsidy Bill And Deal With Food Stamp Funding Separately; Prospects For Passage Seem Dim,International Business Times,"Republican leaders in the House of Representative, struggling to pass a farm subsidy bill, arranged for a vote Thursday on a trimmed down version of the measure that does not include food stamp provisions, which they aim to deal with in a separate bill. But prospects for passages seem remote.",center
7288,2013 Farm Bill,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']",House Republicans drop food stamps from massive farm bill,Fox News (Online News),"House Republican leaders are taking a risky step as they try to bring a massive farm bill back to the floor, dropping food stamps from the legislation in the face of Democratic opposition.",right
7289,Obama 50th Anniversary Speech,['Civil Rights'],"Speaking At The Lincoln Memorial, Obama Assesses 'The Dream'",NPR (Online News),"Thousands gathered under gray skies in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington.
They gathered in the exact same spot where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his ""I Have a Dream"" speech, and many of the same them",left
7290,Obama 50th Anniversary Speech,['Civil Rights'],"Obama, citing MLK, calls for economic justice",Washington Times,"Standing on the spot where Martin Luther King Jr. famously urged Americans not to judge each other by the color of their skin, President Obama said Wednesday that Americans must use the example of the civil-rights marchers of 50 years ago to press for his brand of economic justice for the middle class.
“We must remind ourselves that the measure of progress for those who marched 50 years ago was not merely how many blacks could join the ranks of millionaires",right
7291,Obama 50th Anniversary Speech,['Civil Rights'],"Where King Stood, Obama Reframes a Dream for a New Era",New York Times (News),President Obama stepped on Wednesday into the space where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once stood and summoned his iconic dream of a colorblind society in a celebration of a half-century of progress and a call to arms for the next generation.,left
7292,Rice Resigns from Consideration,"['White House', 'Politics']",Rice: Why I made the right call,Washington Post,On Thursday I asked that President Obama no longer consider me for the job of secretary of state.,left
7293,Rice Resigns from Consideration,"['White House', 'Politics']",Why Obama blinked on Susan Rice nomination,Fox News (Online News),"On Thursday, President Obama took the unusual step of issuing a statement saying Susan Rice, the embattled US ambassador to the UN, had withdrawn herself from consideration to be secretary of state.",right
7294,Rice Resigns from Consideration,"['White House', 'Politics']",An unfair portrait of Susan Rice,CNN (Online News),"Over the past few months, a slew of articles have criticized Rice's personality.",left
7295,"Positive COVID Test, Alleged Sexting Scandal Roil Important NC Senate Race","['North Carolina', 'Coronavirus', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Elections', '2020 Congressional Elections', 'US Senate', 'Politics']","A covid-19 diagnosis, texts suggesting infidelity roil pivotal N.C. Senate race",Washington Post,"On Thursday night, Sen. Thom Tillis (R) and Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham bumped elbows at their final debate in the contentious North Carolina race that could determine which party controls the Senate.
Not 24 hours later, both candidates’ lives — and possibly the fate of the upper chamber — were upended, as Tillis tested positive for the novel coronavirus and Cunningham acknowledged sending illicit texts to a woman who is not his wife.
Now, both men are in their homes, one self-isolating and the other dodging reporters asking about those...",left
7296,"Positive COVID Test, Alleged Sexting Scandal Roil Important NC Senate Race","['North Carolina', 'Coronavirus', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Elections', '2020 Congressional Elections', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Scandal Upends Final Weeks of Pivotal North Carolina Senate Race,Wall Street Journal (News),"A personal scandal has reshaped the pivotal Senate contest in North Carolina, as Republicans ramp up their criticism of Democratic candidate Cal Cunningham and Democrats try to manage the fallout in a race that had been leaning his way.
Mr. Cunningham, who is married, apologized for the flirtatious and sexually suggestive text messages he exchanged with a public-relations strategist soon after they emerged last week.
The strategist, Arlene Guzman Todd, said this week in a statement to the Associated Press that her relationship with Mr. Cunningham “spanned several months and...",center
7297,"Positive COVID Test, Alleged Sexting Scandal Roil Important NC Senate Race","['North Carolina', 'Coronavirus', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Elections', '2020 Congressional Elections', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Combat Veteran Husband of Cal Cunningham’s Mistress Calls for North Carolina Senate Hopeful to Drop Out,Breitbart News,"The wounded warrior husband of Cal Cunningham’s mistress has called for the North Carolina Senate hopeful to drop out of the race, after the revelation that his wife had an affair with the candidate, according to a report.
Army veteran Jeremy Todd, who served in the Army for 19 years and injured his spine during a paratrooper training jump at Fort Bragg, called for Cunningham to exit the race after his public relations executive wife, Arlene Guzman Todd, admitted to having an affair with Cunningham, who is also an Army...",right
7298,Key Parts of Patriot Act Expire,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate to Take Up Spy Bill as Parts of Patriot Act Expire,New York Times (News),"The Senate will reconvene at midday on Monday to consider changes to a House bill that would curtail the government’s authority to sweep up vast quantities of telephone records after the program, which began after the 2001 terrorist attacks, expired at 12:01 a.m.",left
7299,Key Parts of Patriot Act Expire,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate fails to save PATRIOT Act,Politico,Key parts of the PATRIOT Act expired at midnight after a bitterly divided Senate adjourned after failing to reach agreement during a rare Sunday session to extend the anti-terrorism law.,left
7300,Key Parts of Patriot Act Expire,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Parts of Post-Sept. 11 Patriot Act Expire as Senate Fails to Act Before Midnight,The Blaze,"The National Security Agency lost its authority at midnight to collect Americans’ phone records in bulk, after GOP Sen. Rand Paul stood in the way of extending the fiercely contested program in an extraordinary Sunday Senate session.",right
7301,Pelosi Says Jan. 6 Committee Will Continue Despite GOP 'Antics',"['US House', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'January 6', 'Politics', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Liz Cheney', 'Adam Kinzinger', 'Jim Jordan', 'Jim Banks']",Pelosi says GOP antics won't stop Jan. 6 panel's work,The Hill,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday said the panel looking into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol “will not let"" GOP ""antics stand in the way” of the investigation, offering her first detailed remarks on her rejection of two Republican lawmakers for the committee.
“It's my responsibility as Speaker of the House to make sure we get to the truth on this, and we will not let their antics stand in the way of that,” Pelosi said at a press conference on Thursday.
Drama unfolded on Wednesday after Pelosi announced...",center
7302,Pelosi Says Jan. 6 Committee Will Continue Despite GOP 'Antics',"['US House', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'January 6', 'Politics', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Liz Cheney', 'Adam Kinzinger', 'Jim Jordan', 'Jim Banks']",Pelosi firm on booting pro-Trump GOP from Jan. 6 riot committee,Washington Examiner,"Speaker Nancy Pelosi won’t be reconsidering an unprecedented decision to block two Republican appointees from a special committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, even though it prompted GOP leaders to walk away from participating entirely.
The California Democrat told reporters Thursday that Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Jim Banks of Indiana have made statements that would jeopardize the integrity of the investigation.
The comments counter claims by the GOP that Pelosi and Democrats want to block Republicans from investigating serious security lapses in the Capitol on...",right
7303,Pelosi Says Jan. 6 Committee Will Continue Despite GOP 'Antics',"['US House', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'January 6', 'Politics', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Liz Cheney', 'Adam Kinzinger', 'Jim Jordan', 'Jim Banks']",Pelosi says Jan. 6 panel to move ahead without GOP’s choices,Associated Press Fact Check,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection “will do the job it set out to do” despite Republicans’ vow to boycott the probe.
House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy said on Wednesday that Republicans won’t participate after Pelosi rejected two of the Republicans he chose to sit on the panel, Reps. Jim Banks of Indiana and Jim Jordan of Ohio. Pelosi made clear on Thursday that she won’t relent, telling reporters that the two men “took actions that made it ridiculous to put them on...",left
7304,Perspectives: Tara Reade's Sexual Assault Allegations,"['Joe Biden', 'Tara Reade', 'Sexual Assault', 'Media Bias', 'Democratic Party', 'Sexual Misconduct']","Now Accused, Biden Tries to Re-Write His Own Kavanaugh Standard",Townhall,"As former Vice President Joe Biden attempts to keep his failing presidential campaign afloat, he's getting a reality check about the consequences of his party's outrageous ""believe all women"" standards.
Credibly accused of sexual assault by former Senate staffer Tara Reade, whose story has been corroborated by multiple people, Biden is quickly learning that leftist ideas about justice have little room for nuance, due process or context. But we shouldn't feel sorry for him.",right
7305,Perspectives: Tara Reade's Sexual Assault Allegations,"['Joe Biden', 'Tara Reade', 'Sexual Assault', 'Media Bias', 'Democratic Party', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Why I'm skeptical about Reade's sexual assault claim against Biden: Ex-prosecutor,USA TODAY,"During 28 years as a state and federal prosecutor, I prosecuted a lot of sexual assault cases. The vast majority came early in my career, when I was a young attorney at a prosecutor’s office outside Detroit.
A year ago, Tara Reade accused former Vice President Joe Biden of touching her shoulder and neck in a way that made her uncomfortable, when she worked for him as a staff assistant in 1993. Then last month, Reade told an interviewer that Biden stuck his hand under her skirt and forcibly...",left
7306,Perspectives: Tara Reade's Sexual Assault Allegations,"['Joe Biden', 'Tara Reade', 'Sexual Assault', 'Media Bias', 'Democratic Party', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Biden Just Wants You To Take His Word For It,Jezebel,"Former Vice President Joe Biden is finally speaking out against allegations of sexual assault, in a carefully orchestrated set of releases. On Friday, Biden released a statement on Medium denying the allegations made by his former Senate aide, Tara Reade. Soon after, he appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe to reiterate his innocence. In the post, after noting that April was Sexual Assault Awareness Month, reminding readers of his leadership in the Violence Against Women Act, and acknowledging the “importance of women feeling they can step forward, say something, and be...",left
7307,Federal Court Rules Ohio's Congressional Map Is Illegally Gerrymandered,"['Elections', 'Gerrymandering', 'Ohio']","Court Strikes Down Ohio Congressional Map, Says It’s Gerrymandered To Benefit GOP",HuffPost,"A panel of three federal judges struck down Ohio’s congressional map on Friday, ruling the districts were so severely drawn to benefit Republicans that they violated the U.S. Constitution.
The panel blocked Ohio lawmakers from using the map in any future elections, and it gave lawmakers until June 14 to come up with a new plan.
Republicans controlled the redistricting process in 2011 and drew lines that gave them a 12-4 electoral advantage in the state’s congressional delegation. They have maintained that advantage since.
The court said the...",left
7308,Federal Court Rules Ohio's Congressional Map Is Illegally Gerrymandered,"['Elections', 'Gerrymandering', 'Ohio']",Federal Court Throws Out Ohio's Congressional Map,NPR (Online News),"A federal court has ruled that Ohio's congressional map is an ""unconstitutional partisan gerrymander"" and must be redrawn by the 2020 election.
In their ruling Friday, a three-judge panel from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio argue that the map was intentionally drawn ""to disadvantage Democratic voters and entrench Republican representatives in power."" The court argues the map violates voters' constitutional right to choose their representatives and exceeds the state's powers under Article I of the Constitution.
""Accordingly, we declare Ohio's 2012 map an unconstitutional partisan...",left
7309,Federal Court Rules Ohio's Congressional Map Is Illegally Gerrymandered,"['Elections', 'Gerrymandering', 'Ohio']",Gerrymandering Ruling Tees Up Another Challenge for GOP in Key Swing State,The Daily Caller,"A special three-judge court struck down Ohio’s congressional district map Friday, finding it was unlawfully rigged to the benefit of Republicans.
The decision is the latest in a series of lower court rulings striking down district lines as unconstitutionally gerrymandered. The fate of those disputes will turn on a pair of gerrymandering cases from Maryland and North Carolina the Supreme Court is currently considering.
“The court issued a meticulously detailed opinion, concluding that Ohio’s map was an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander, and ordered the state to enact a new remedial plan...",right
7310,Melania Trump Says Some in Media Are 'Opportunists',"['White House', 'Politics']","Melania Trump tells Fox News she does what's 'right,' despite media criticism",Fox News (Online News),"First lady Melania Trump on Wednesday explained that she does what she believes to be the “right” thing, despite any potential disapproval that may come her way. She also doesn't hold back",right
7311,Melania Trump Says Some in Media Are 'Opportunists',"['White House', 'Politics']","Melania Trump Attacks Media as 'Opportunists,' but Admits She Sometimes Disagrees With Husband's 'Tone'",Time Magazine,"First Lady Melania Trump criticized “opportunists,” including journalists, book authors and comedians, whom she accused of “using my name or my family name to advance themselves” in a",left
7312,Melania Trump Says Some in Media Are 'Opportunists',"['White House', 'Politics']","Melania Trump: Some comedians, journalists use Trump name to ‘advance themselves’",The Hill,"First lady Melania Trump on Wednesday criticized journalists and comedians as “opportunists.” In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, Trump accused media figures, authors",center
7313,Students Walk Out to Protest Gun Violence,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],'Enough': US students come together in spectacular walkout to end gun violence,The Guardian,Thousands of students poured out of classrooms in the US on Wednesday in an unprecedented expression of mourning and a demand for action to stem the country’s epidemic of gun violence.,left
7314,Students Walk Out to Protest Gun Violence,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Students Stage National School Walkout to Protest Shootings,Wall Street Journal (News),"Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where a school shooting took 17 lives one month ago, kicked off a national school walkout Wednesday morning to press elected officials to take action on school gun violence.",center
7315,Students Walk Out to Protest Gun Violence,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],The National School Walkout Reveals What Students Really Want: Safe Spaces,Reason,Students across the country plan to walk out of class at 10:00 a.m. today to protest the government's failure to prevent crimes like the massacre at Parkland by tightening gun laws.,right
7316,Rebooting Marco Rubio,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Marco Rubio's Struggle To Be More Than A Talking Point Machine,HuffPost,"With a solid debate performance over the weekend and a strong showing in New Hampshire Tuesday, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio had a chance to put the rest of the GOP establishment on borrowed time. Instead, there is a real danger for Rubio that a Granite State stumble could turn into a national fall.",left
7317,Rebooting Marco Rubio,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Rubio’s problem: An excess of caution,Politico,"Marco Rubio isn’t really a robot — he isn’t dumb or teleprompter-tied — but he is a calculating and cautious candidate, and in the mean, fast-moving 2016 primary, caution can sometimes kill.",left
7318,Rebooting Marco Rubio,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: What Marco Rubio needs to do now to win,Guest Writer - Right,"A few days before the Iowa caucuses, Ted Cruz called Marco Rubio a “Republican Obama.” It was intended to be an insult. Rubio should take it as a compliment.
Like Barack Obama eight years ago, Rubio is a young and handsome first-term U.S. senator, an eloquent speaker with a compelling personal story who is a candidate for the presidency of the United States.",right
7319,"US House Condemns President Trump For ""Racist Comments""","['Donald Trump', 'Racism', 'Tweets', 'US House', 'Politics']",House Condemns Trump ‘Racist’ Tweets in Extraordinary Rebuke,CBN,"In a remarkable political repudiation, the Democratic-led House voted Tuesday night to condemn President Donald Trump’s “racist comments” against four congresswomen of color, despite protestations by Trump’s Republican congressional allies and his own insistence he hasn’t “a racist bone in my body.”
Two days after Trump tweeted that four Democratic freshmen should “go back” to their home countries — though all are citizens and three were born in the U.S.A. — Democrats muscled the resolution through the chamber by 240-187 over strong GOP opposition. The rebuke was an embarrassing one...",right
7320,"US House Condemns President Trump For ""Racist Comments""","['Donald Trump', 'Racism', 'Tweets', 'US House', 'Politics']",House votes to condemn Trump's racist tweets,CNN (Online News),"The House voted on Tuesday night to condemn racist language from President Donald Trump, capping off a tumultuous couple of hours on Capitol Hill including a brief time in which House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was barred from speaking in the chamber.
The vote was 240-187. Four Republicans and one independent -- Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan -- supported it as well as all Democrats who voted.
Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, one of the congresswomen Trump attacked, said Tuesday's vote sent a message to young kids who ""are wrestling...",left
7321,"US House Condemns President Trump For ""Racist Comments""","['Donald Trump', 'Racism', 'Tweets', 'US House', 'Politics']","House Rebuke of Trump for Racism Unites Democrats, Energizes GOP",Bloomberg,"The Democratic-led House responded to Donald Trump’s sustained attacks on four female Democratic lawmakers by taking the extraordinary step of rebuking the president for racism.
The resolution -- backed Tuesday by all 235 Democrats, four Republicans and one independent -- accused the president of having “legitimized and increased fear and hatred of new Americans and people of color,” a serious accusation that sharply draws the battle lines going into the 2020 elections.
Trump had egged Democrats on, issuing his tweets and incendiary remarks for three straight days. “It’s my opinion...",left
7322,"Ayman al Zawahiri, al Qaeda Leader and 9/11 Strategist, Killed in US Drone Strike","['Afghanistan', 'Al Qaeda', 'Foreign Relations', 'Joe Biden', 'Kabul', 'Middle East', 'Osama Bin Laden', 'Terrorism']","Ayman al Zawahiri, al Qaeda Leader and 9/11 Strategist, Dies at 71",Wall Street Journal (News),"Al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri, a founding member of the jihadist movement and one of the key strategists behind an international campaign of terror that culminated in the 9/11 attacks on the U.S., has been killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan, U.S. congressional officials said. He was 71.
From his days as a young medical student who organized underground Islamist cells in Cairo to his years as Osama bin Laden’s top lieutenant in al Qaeda, Zawahiri was a seminal figure of modern jihad as it transformed from a movement seeking...",center
7323,"Ayman al Zawahiri, al Qaeda Leader and 9/11 Strategist, Killed in US Drone Strike","['Afghanistan', 'Al Qaeda', 'Foreign Relations', 'Joe Biden', 'Kabul', 'Middle East', 'Osama Bin Laden', 'Terrorism']",Biden Just Killed One of the Original 9/11 Masterminds,Vice,"One of the key masterminds behind the 9/11 attacks was killed by U.S. forces in Afghanistan, according to the White House.
Ayman al-Zawarhi, the Egyptian militant who assumed leadership of the Al Qaeda terror group after the death of Osama Bin Laden, was killed in a drone-strike over the weekend, President Joe Biden said in a primetime announcement to the nation.  
“On Saturday, at my direction, the United States successfully concluded an air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan that killed the Emir of Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawarhi,” Biden said. “He was...",left
7324,"Ayman al Zawahiri, al Qaeda Leader and 9/11 Strategist, Killed in US Drone Strike","['Afghanistan', 'Al Qaeda', 'Foreign Relations', 'Joe Biden', 'Kabul', 'Middle East', 'Osama Bin Laden', 'Terrorism']",Republicans join Democrats in praising Biden for death of al Qaeda leader Zawahiri,Fox News (Online News),"Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle praised the White House on Monday after it was announced that the leader of al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, had been killed by a drone strike in Afghanistan. 
Republicans and Democrats alike were quick to commend President Biden for taking action against the 71-year-old terrorist. Zawahiri, a one-time surgeon, had led al Qaeda since the 2011 death of Osama bin Laden. 
""Congratulations to the Biden Administration and all those brave Americans involved in the successful counterterrorism operation against al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri,"" said Sen. Lindsey Graham,...",right
7325,Jobless Claims Fall to Another Pandemic Low,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",U.S. Jobless Claims Fall to Another Pandemic Low,Wall Street Journal (News),"Jobless claims declined to a new pandemic low last week, in a sign hiring is primed to strengthen as workers return to the labor market.
Unemployment claims fell to 473,000 last week from a revised 507,000 a week earlier, the Labor Department said Thursday. Claims are now at the lowest level since mid-March 2020, when the pandemic shut down the economy. They remain more than twice as high as levels seen before the pandemic struck last spring.
“Employers are really clinging to their talent,” said Jay Denton, chief analyst for...",center
7326,Jobless Claims Fall to Another Pandemic Low,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","Jobless Claims Fall to 473,000 as U.S. Reopening Rebound Continues",Breitbart News,"New jobless claims fell to 473,000 for the week ended May 8th, data from the Department of Labor showed Thursday.
Economists had expected claims to fall to 475,000. The previous week was revised up to 507,000 from the preliminary estimate of 498,000.
Jobless claims can be volatile week to week so economists like to look at the four-week average. This fell to 5340,000, the lowest since the pandemic struck last March.
Continuing claims—which get reported with a week’s delay—fell to 3,655,000, a decrease of 45,000 from the previous week’s revised...",right
7327,Jobless Claims Fall to Another Pandemic Low,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",Jobless Claims Decline Further Last Week,U.S. News & World Report,"The number of Americans filing first-time unemployment claims continued to fall last week to 473,000, a drop of 34,000 from the prior week's revised level, the Labor Department reported on Thursday.
The number was below expectations of 500,000.
The continued downward trend brings the number to its lowest level since March 14, 2020, when it stood at 256,000. The previous week's level was revised up by 9,000 from 498,000 to 507,000. The four-week moving average was 534,000, a decrease of 28,250 from the previous week's revised average. That is also...",left
7328,"AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Up to 90% Effective, Cheaper Than Alternatives","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'World', 'AstraZeneca']","Third Major COVID-19 Vaccine Up To 90% Effective, Trial Results Show",The Daily Wire,"AstraZeneca and Oxford University on Monday said their jointly created COVID-19 vaccine has proven to be up to 90% effective and easier to distribute than another potential vaccine, which must be kept at sub-zero temperatures.
“These findings show that we have an effective vaccine that will save many lives,” said Oxford University professor Andrew Pollard, who served as the lead investigator for the drug’s trials. “Because the vaccine can be stored at fridge temperatures, it can be distributed around the world using the normal immunization distribution system. And so our...",right
7329,"AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Up to 90% Effective, Cheaper Than Alternatives","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'World', 'AstraZeneca']",AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 Vaccine Up to 90% Effective in Late-Stage Trials,Wall Street Journal (News),"AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford said their Covid-19 vaccine was as much as 90% effective in preventing infections without serious side effects in large clinical trials, boosting hopes that a third Western-developed shot could be authorized for use before the end of the year.
The partners said Monday that there were no confirmed serious safety events related to the vaccine and that it was well tolerated across different dosing regimens. Its efficacy ranged from 62% to 90% depending on the dosage given, with an average of 70%, they said.",center
7330,"AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Up to 90% Effective, Cheaper Than Alternatives","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'World', 'AstraZeneca']","Oxford's Coronavirus Vaccine Is 70% Effective, Early Data Shows. It's The Third Vaccine To Clear A Crucial Hurdle.",BuzzFeed News,"A COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca has shown ""positive high-level results"" in early data from clinical trials, researchers announced Monday. It is the third vaccine to clear that crucial hurdle, alongside ones made by Pfizer and Moderna.
The vaccine has been 70% effective on average so far, researchers said. The early data came with a potentially promising surprise: The vaccine was 90% effective for volunteers who were given a half-dose of the vaccine followed by a full dose — a much higher success rate than...",left
7331,Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Heralds Progress With North Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']",Pompeo: 'We Continue To Make Progress' With North Korea,NPR (Online News),"U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrapped up his fourth visit to North Korea on Sunday, describing his talks with leader Kim Jong Un as productive.",left
7332,Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Heralds Progress With North Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']","Next Trump-Kim summit 'pretty close,' Mike Pompeo says",ABC News (Online),U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said logistics for the next summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are getting “pretty close.”,left
7333,Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Heralds Progress With North Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']",Pompeo: North Korea Ready to Allow International Inspectors at Nuclear Sites,Townhall,Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was in Pyongyang this Sunday to meet briefly with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on their denuclearization efforts. He described the trip as productive.,right
7334,Trump Administration Announces Withdrawal From United Nations Human Rights Council,['World'],"U.S., Which Is Brimming With Credibility Right Now, to Quit U.N. Human Rights Council",Slate,"The U.S. plans to announce its withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council today, according to Reuters. It’s certainly interesting timing, coming just a day after the U.N. human rights chief, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, slammed the Trump administration’s policy of separating migrant parents from their children as “unconscionable.” But the move has been expected for some time now and has more to do with the United States pushing back against U.N. criticism of Israel.",left
7335,Trump Administration Announces Withdrawal From United Nations Human Rights Council,['World'],US withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council is the right decision,Fox News (Opinion),The Trump administration’s announcement Tuesday that the U.S. is leaving the notorious United Nations Human Rights Council has been characterized as an example of administration’s deep-seated hostility to the international community. Nothing could be further from the truth.,right
7336,Trump Administration Announces Withdrawal From United Nations Human Rights Council,['World'],"U.S. Quits UN Human Rights Council, Saying It’s Anti-Israel",Bloomberg,"The Trump administration withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, making good on a pledge to leave a body it accused of hypocrisy and bias against Israel.",left
7337,Trump Threatens to Withhold FEMA Funds for California Wildfires,"['Disaster', 'General News']",President Trump warns he'll cut off FEMA money for California fires,USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump on Wednesday again threatened to cut off federal funds to fight California wildfires, saying the money is being wasted.",left
7338,Trump Threatens to Withhold FEMA Funds for California Wildfires,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Double or nothing: Instant Newsom-Trump feud ensnares California emergency funds,Washington Times,"California governor, Republican president square off on wall, forest management",right
7339,Trump Threatens to Withhold FEMA Funds for California Wildfires,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Trump threatened to cut California wildfire aid. He may not have the authority to follow through.,Washington Post,"In the midst of a government shutdown, President Trump has threatened to cut off federal emergency aid to California for forest fires.",left
7340,Davis Reveals Past Abortions,['Abortion'],Memoir: Wendy Davis tells of ending pregnancy,Politico,"Wendy Davis, the Texas state senator and Democratic gubernatorial candidate who vaulted to political stardom after a well-publicized filibuster of anti-abortion legislation, writes in her upcoming memoir that she terminated a pregnancy, according to a new report.
According to the San Antonio Express-News, Davis’ book, “Forgetting to Be Afraid,” describes an incident 17 years ago in her second trimester in which she learned that her unborn third daughter — whom she and her then-husband already named Tate Elise — had a serious brain abnormality that appeared potentially life-threatening.",left
7341,Davis Reveals Past Abortions,['Abortion'],Wendy Davis Reveals Abortion In New Book,HuffPost,"Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis reveals in a new campaign memoir that she terminated two pregnancies for medical reasons in the 1990s, including one where the fetus had developed a severe brain abnormality.
Davis writes in ""Forgetting to be Afraid"" that she had an abortion after an exam revealed that the brain of the fetus had developed in complete separation on the right and left sides. The Associated Press purchased an early copy of the book, which hits stores Tuesday.
The memoir also describes ending an earlier ectopic pregnancy,...",left
7342,Davis Reveals Past Abortions,['Abortion'],Wendy Davis Memoir: I Had 2 Abortions During 2nd Marriage,Breitbart News,"Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis reveals in a new campaign memoir that she terminated two pregnancies for medical reasons in the 1990s, including one where the fetus had developed a severe brain abnormality.
Davis writes in ""Forgetting to be Afraid"" that she had an abortion after an exam revealed that the brain of the fetus had developed in complete separation on the right and left sides. The Associated Press purchased an early copy of the book, which hits stores Tuesday.
The memoir also describes ending an earlier...",right
7343,"CBP Reports 212,672 Migrant Encounters in July, Reaching 21-Year High","['Immigration', 'Texas', 'CBP', 'DHS', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Quarantine', 'Alejandro Mayorkas']",Migrant Border Arrests in July Surge to Highest Level in 21 Years,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Border Patrol made about 200,000 arrests at the southern border in July, marking the busiest month at the border in 21 years and a 12% increase over the previous month, according to new figures released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Thursday.
The number marks a departure from seasonal trends that would typically see fewer migrants attempting the dangerous journey at the peak of the summer heat.
Nearly 19,000 unaccompanied children crossed the border in July—almost equal to the record set this March. And 76,000 parents and children crossed...",center
7344,"CBP Reports 212,672 Migrant Encounters in July, Reaching 21-Year High","['Immigration', 'Texas', 'CBP', 'DHS', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Quarantine', 'Alejandro Mayorkas']","Border Patrol Encountered 212,000 Migrants in July, Breaking 21-Year Record",National Review,"Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced Thursday that border patrol agents apprehended over 212,000 undocumented migrants in July, breaking the 200,000 threshold for the first time in 21 years, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.
During a stop at the border in Texas, Mayorkas commented that 212,672 migrants were encountered in July, a 13 percent increase over the influx of 188,000 migrants encountered in June. He acknowledged that the rapidly deteriorating situation at the border constitutes a crisis, calling it “one of the toughest challenges we face.”",right
7345,"CBP Reports 212,672 Migrant Encounters in July, Reaching 21-Year High","['Immigration', 'Texas', 'CBP', 'DHS', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Quarantine', 'Alejandro Mayorkas']","US encounters 'unprecedented' number of migrants at southern border, Homeland Security chief says",CNN (Online News),"The Biden administration is facing a ""serious challenge"" at the US southern border, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday, saying the US has encountered an ""unprecedented"" number of migrants illegally crossing the border.
During a news conference in Brownsville, Texas, Mayorkas stressed the sharp increase of migrants arriving at the US-Mexico border, many of whom are fleeing deteriorating conditions in their home countries.
In July, US Customs and Border Protection apprehended 212,672 people, up from June and amid some of the hottest summer weeks -- when arrests usually dip -- and of those,...",left
7346,Heat Wave Puts Additional Strain on California Electric Grid,"['Climate Change', 'Energy', 'Electric Vehicles', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Heat Waves', 'Sustainability']",California under statewide flex alert as heat wave threatens power grid,Axios,"California's grid operator issued a statewide ""flex alert"" for Wednesday and Thursday as an intense heat wave increased electrical demand and threatened available power supplies.
Driving the news: Residents are asked to voluntary conserve energy from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. on both days while the excessive heat increases air condition use, per the California Independent System Operator, which runs most of the state’s electric grid.
Flex alerts are a call to consumers to voluntarily conserve energy when demand for power could outstrip supply, which generally occurs during heat waves....",center
7347,Heat Wave Puts Additional Strain on California Electric Grid,"['Climate Change', 'Energy', 'Electric Vehicles', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Heat Waves', 'Sustainability']",California scrambles to keep the lights on as heat wave crests,Washington Examiner,"California’s Independent System Operator declared an “energy state of emergency” yesterday and issued its first of two “flex alerts” asking residents to voluntarily curb power use during peak demand hours, as regulators brace for a record-breaking heatwave expected to last through next week.
The flex alert system asks residents to voluntarily conserve electricity by turning up their thermostats to at least 78 degrees and to avoid charging electric vehicles or using large appliances between 4 and 9 p.m., when solar power generation decreases and the grid is most strained.
Regulators...",right
7348,Heat Wave Puts Additional Strain on California Electric Grid,"['Climate Change', 'Energy', 'Electric Vehicles', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Heat Waves', 'Sustainability']",California Calls On Residents To Save Electricity Amid Extreme Heat,HuffPost,"California’s power grid operator on Thursday repeated a call for residents to conserve energy as the state battles extreme heat ahead of Labor Day.
The electrical grid is “most stressed from higher demand and less solar energy” from 4-9 p.m., said the California Independent System Operator. It issued a “Flex Alert” for Friday calling on residents to take action during those hours — the third day in a row with such a warning.
“With triple-digit temperatures in much of California and the West, the power grid operator is again expecting...",left
7349,Election 2016 Reactions,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Shocking, Yes. Looming Dictatorship? No.",Jeff Jacoby,"At deadline, the presidential race hadn't been definitively called for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, but it was clear that Trump had once again turned conventional wisdom on its head and smashed it. Heading into Election Day, Clinton had seemed poised to finally break what she kept calling that ""highest, hardest glass ceiling."" By the wee hours of Wednesday morning, it had become even more likely that Trump was about to make history instead.",right
7350,Election 2016 Reactions,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump wins US election: How world leaders have reacted,BBC News,"World leaders are reacting to the triumph of Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in the US presidential election.
As news of the result was confirmed, they began to send congratulations - some fulsome, some more tentative - to the business mogul.",center
7351,Election 2016 Reactions,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Don’t Be Surprised. This Is The America You Have Always Lived In.,HuffPost,"And so, the so-called “unthinkable” has happened. Donald Trump, the racist, sexist, xenophobic candidate of the Republican alt-right, has been elected President of the United States.",left
7352,Deal Reached on Trade Pact,['Trade'],Negotiators reach deal on Asia free-trade pact,Washington Times,"A dozen Pacific-rim nations including the U.S. and Japan agreed early Monday to a massive free-trade pact that would cut trade barriers and set new labor and environmental standards, setting up a potentially contentious ratification vote before a skeptical Congress.",right
7353,Deal Reached on Trade Pact,['Trade'],U.S. Reaches Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal With 11 Pacific Nations,Wall Street Journal (News),"The U.S., Japan and 10 countries around the Pacific reached a historic accord Monday to lower trade barriers to goods and services and set commercial rules of the road for two-fifths of the global economy.",center
7354,Deal Reached on Trade Pact,['Trade'],Officials Reach Deal On Trans-Pacific Partnership,HuffPost,"Pacific trade ministers have reached a deal on the most sweeping trade liberalization pact in a generation that will cut trade barriers and set common standards for 12 countries, an official familiar with the talks said on Monday.",left
7355,Upcoming Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",DNC Predicts: Romney Winning First Debate With Obama?,Townhall,"The DNC is predicting Mitt Romney will win the first presidential debate against Barack Obama this week in Denver. Why? So if Obama totally bombs he won't look as bad.
Democratic National Committee spokesman Brad Woodhouse tells Fox News he thinks Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will win.
Woodhouse says the way the DNC sees it, challengers win the first debate when they are up against incumbents.
""Mitt Romney has had a lot more time to debate, the president has",right
7356,Upcoming Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Welcome to the most important week of the campaign,Washington Post,"There are 36 days left until Election Day, and that means that every day matters. But the next five days matter more than most when it comes to the races final outcome.
Heres why: There are two seminal events in the campaign this week — the first presidential debate on Wednesday night and the release of the September jobs report on Friday morning.
Yes, we know — and have written about — the fact that the general election debates in a presidential race may be less than meets the...",left
7357,Upcoming Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","With First Debate This Week, We Really Are In Campaign's Final Stretch",NPR (Online News),"We're nearly to the last of the many milestones that come along during presidential campaigns.
The primaries? Long over.
The conventions? All wrapped up.
Labor Day, when voters supposedly start paying attention? That was four weeks ago.
Now we turn to the debates, which begin Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET. The first setting: The University of Denver. The focus: Domestic policy. The moderator: Jim Lehrer from PBS-TV's NewsHour. The stars (just for the record, we suspect you know by now): President Obama and his Republica",left
7358,Perspectives: Simone Biles Withdraws from Olympic Gymnastics Team Final,"['Sports', 'Mental Health', 'Simone Biles', 'Olympics', 'Tokyo Olympics', 'Polarization']","Simone Biles withdraws from Olympics team final after vault miss, proving she's the GOAT",Ana Marie Cox,"It took the lowest vault score of her Olympic gymnastics career for Simone Biles to seal her position as the greatest of all time. She gave up having others judge where she might place and put herself first.
After failing to land a vault she's been nailing in competitions since 2018, Biles’ withdrew from the women’s team finals Tuesday. Instead of throwing herself into the air to do a fully extended flip while also spinning around two and a half times, she landed after only having turned around one and a half times.",left
7359,Perspectives: Simone Biles Withdraws from Olympic Gymnastics Team Final,"['Sports', 'Mental Health', 'Simone Biles', 'Olympics', 'Tokyo Olympics', 'Polarization']","Defend Simone Biles, but Don’t Glorify Quitting",Dan McLaughlin,"As I explained last night, Simone Biles had an entirely defensible reason to pull out of the gymnastics competition, a withdrawal that has now extended to the individual all-around competition. CNN’s Elle Reeve adds to the picture of why her problem is such a big one for a gymnast:
[Biles] said in morning practice that she had a little bit of the twisties. The twisties are a mysterious phenomenon . . . Your body just won’t cooperate, your brain loses track of where you are in the air. You find out where the ground...",right
7360,Perspectives: Simone Biles Withdraws from Olympic Gymnastics Team Final,"['Sports', 'Mental Health', 'Simone Biles', 'Olympics', 'Tokyo Olympics', 'Polarization']",Black Athletes Lead Conversation on Mental Health,Heather Thompson Day,"Gymnast Simone Biles chose her mental health over the possibility of a literal gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and for a lot of people that decision won't make sense.
Biles pulled out of the competition on Tuesday, and told reporters that she was concerned about the well-being of her body and mind.
The 24-year-old four-time gold medalist explained that she needed to put her mental health first. ""This Olympic Games, I wanted it to be for myself when I came in — and I felt like I was still...",center
7361,Obama on Hillary’s Emails,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama Tells ‘60 Minutes’ Hillary Clinton Made Email ‘Mistake’,New York Times (News),"President Obama on Sunday called Hillary Rodham Clinton’s use of a private email server “a mistake,” but said it had not endangered national security and had been “ginned-up” into a political attack by Republicans eager to keep her from being president.
Mr. Obama made the comments during an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” program in which he also defended his policy in Syria during a lengthy, contentious exchange with Steve Kroft, a veteran correspondent.
Mrs. Clinton’s use of the email server during her tenure as secretary of state has become...",left
7362,Obama on Hillary’s Emails,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Here’s What Obama Told ’60 Minutes’ About Hillary Clinton’s Email Scandal,The Blaze,"Hillary Rodham Clinton’s use of a private email server to conduct government business when she served as secretary of state was a mistake but didn’t endanger national security, President Barack Obama said during an interview airing Sunday on CBS’s “60 Minutes.”
Obama said public officials have to be more sensitive about how they handle information and personal data. Yet he also said the criticism of Clinton has been “ginned up” because of politics.",right
7363,Obama on Hillary’s Emails,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama: Hillary Clinton’s Personal Email a Mistake but Didn’t Endanger U.S.,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama said former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email server was a mistake, but that U.S. national security hadn’t been endangered.
In his first extensive remarks on the controversy that has roiled the Democratic presidential primary, Mr. Obama said on CBS’s “60 Minutes” program on Sunday that questions about Mrs. Clinton’s email arrangement were legitimate.
“It is important for her to answer these questions to the satisfaction of the American public,” Mr. Obama told CBS’s Steve Kroft.
“When we’re in these offices, we have...",center
7364,Biden and DeSantis Voice Unity While Touring Hurricane Ian Wreckage,"['Joe Biden', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Weather', 'Hurricanes', 'FEMA', 'Disaster Aid', 'Bridging Divides', 'Common Ground']",Biden and DeSantis put political rivalry aside – for now – as President tours hurricane damage,CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden was in Florida to see first-hand the destruction caused by Hurricane Ian, once again putting a spotlight on his icy relationship with Gov. Ron DeSantis, the combative Republican leader posed to potentially challenge the Democrat for the presidency in 2024.
For the time being, Biden and DeSantis have put their budding political rivalry aside, and their administrations have worked in concert since the hurricane’s deadly collision with Florida’s west coast. That was on display Wednesday.
Shortly after touring the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast communities by helicopter, Biden was...",left
7365,Biden and DeSantis Voice Unity While Touring Hurricane Ian Wreckage,"['Joe Biden', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Weather', 'Hurricanes', 'FEMA', 'Disaster Aid', 'Bridging Divides', 'Common Ground']","Biden, DeSantis project unity in response to Hurricane Ian",The Hill,"President Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) put their political rivalry on hold Wednesday as the two toured damage from Hurricane Ian and projected a sense of unity in vowing to help the hardest-hit parts of the state rebuild.
“Today we have one job and only one job. That is to make sure the people of Florida get everything they need to fully recover,” Biden said in prepared remarks as DeSantis stood behind him.
Asked about DeSantis’s response to the storm, Biden told reporters: “I think he’s done a...",center
7366,Biden and DeSantis Voice Unity While Touring Hurricane Ian Wreckage,"['Joe Biden', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Weather', 'Hurricanes', 'FEMA', 'Disaster Aid', 'Bridging Divides', 'Common Ground']",'We're in this together': Biden and DeSantis make peace in wake of hurricane,Washington Examiner,"Despite a burgeoning political rivalry, President Joe Biden and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) stood side by side and thanked each other Wednesday for their work to provide emergency relief to the people of Florida in the wake of Hurricane Ian.
Biden and first lady Jill Biden joined DeSantis and his wife, Casey, in Fort Myers, Florida, Wednesday to survey damage caused by the deadly storm and receive a briefing from Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell on the government's joint response.
DeSantis is widely regarded as a potential 2024...",right
7367,Judicial Nominee Struggles in Hearing,['Politics'],Video Shows Trump Judicial Nominee Unable To Answer Basic Questions Of Law,NPR (Online News),A viral video making the rounds Friday has one of President Trump's judicial nominees in an uncomfortable spotlight.,left
7368,Judicial Nominee Struggles in Hearing,['Politics'],A Trump judicial nominee was just embarrassed for his lack of legal knowledge,Salon,"One of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees — a man who, if confirmed, would sit on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for life — failed to answer basic legal questions during his confirmation hearing on Thursday night.",left
7369,Judicial Nominee Struggles in Hearing,['Politics'],Dem Senator Mocks Trump Judicial Nominee for Failing to Answer 'Basic' Questions,Townhall,One of President Trump's judicial nominees struggled to answer a Republican senator's questions at his confirmation hearing Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.,right
7370,Trump Administration Issues Ban on Bump Stocks,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Justice Department will ban bump-stock devices that turn rifles into fully automatic weapons,Washington Post,"The Trump administration will ban bump-stock devices like the kind used in the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting, a decision that is scheduled to go into effect in three months but could face",left
7371,Trump Administration Issues Ban on Bump Stocks,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Trump administration bans bump stocks,The Hill,"The Trump administration is issuing a final rule that bans bump stocks, devices that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire much more rapidly, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Tuesday.",center
7372,Trump Administration Issues Ban on Bump Stocks,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"DOJ, ATF Are About to Find Themselves in Court Over the Newly-Released Bump Stock Ban",Townhall,"For over a year, gun owners have prepared for a ban on bump stocks. After the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas, the Trump administration vowed to make the firearm accessory illegal.",right
7373,Trudeau's Liberal Party Wins in Canada but Remains a Minority Government,"['Elections', 'Canada', 'Justin Trudeau']",Trudeau's Reason for Calling Snap Election Fails,Townhall,"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party won the parliamentary elections held Monday, but he did not meet his goal of securing 170 seats to form a majority government.
Trudeau called the snap election in August, bringing voters to the polls just two years into his minority government—a move that angered many Canadians who saw it as unnecessary given there was no “compelling ‘ballot box’ issue to justify the undertaking,” according to CNN.
His opponent, conservative Erin O'Toole, called the move a “power grab.”
""Five weeks ago Mr Trudeau asked...",right
7374,Trudeau's Liberal Party Wins in Canada but Remains a Minority Government,"['Elections', 'Canada', 'Justin Trudeau']",Canada election result: Trudeau wins third term after early vote gamble,The Guardian,"Justin Trudeau has won a third term as Canada’s prime minister, with his Liberal party set to capture the most seats in the snap election, a result he called a “clear mandate” to get the country through the pandemic.
With results still trickling in late Monday night, Trudeau was on track for another minority government, meaning he will once again need to work with other parties to pass legislation.
“I hear you when you say you want to get back to the things you love, not to worry about the...",left
7375,Trudeau's Liberal Party Wins in Canada but Remains a Minority Government,"['Elections', 'Canada', 'Justin Trudeau']",Canada's Trudeau vows cooperation with opponents after bid for majority fails,Reuters,"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday acknowledged he will need to work with other parties after he fell short of winning a majority in parliamentary elections, leaving him once more dependent on opposition legislators to govern.
Trudeau, 49, was re-elected to a third term on Monday after calling a vote two years early, hoping for approval of his free-spending response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2019 he had been working with a minority, forced to make deals with other parties to push through legislation.
But provisional results showed virtually...",center
7376,"El Paso Shooting Anniversary Prompts Reflections on Hate, Violence","['Domestic Policy', 'El Paso Shooting', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Second Amendment', 'Race And Racism', 'Latinos', 'Inequality', 'Texas', 'Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America']","Who should prosecute the El Paso Walmart shooting suspect? A year after the massacre, local and federal prosecutors still face hard decisions",The Texas Tribune,"EL PASO — When El Pasoans mark the one-year anniversary of the Walmart shooting Monday, attorney Yvonne Rosales will be one of hundreds of thousands of border residents reflecting on the tragedy afflicted on this city that claimed the lives of 23 people.
But after the candlelight vigils dim, Rosales will be right back at the task she’s been preparing for since she was confirmed as the county’s incoming district attorney — how to take over an office that could prosecute the man authorities say is responsible for one of...",left
7377,"El Paso Shooting Anniversary Prompts Reflections on Hate, Violence","['Domestic Policy', 'El Paso Shooting', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Second Amendment', 'Race And Racism', 'Latinos', 'Inequality', 'Texas', 'Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America']",Attacks against Latinos in the US didn't stop after El Paso mass shooting,CNN (Online News),"As Natalia Miranda lay on the ground, she didn't know how she got there. Her body was severely swollen and her clothes were torn and dirty.
A SUV ran over the 14-year-old a few weeks before Christmas last year. She says she was walking the two blocks between her home in Clive, Iowa, and her junior high school to watch a basketball game.
Neither Natalia or her parents could make sense of what happened but soon, police told the family that it wasn't an accident. The driver, a White...",left
7378,"El Paso Shooting Anniversary Prompts Reflections on Hate, Violence","['Domestic Policy', 'El Paso Shooting', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Second Amendment', 'Race And Racism', 'Latinos', 'Inequality', 'Texas', 'Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America']","One year later, El Paso reflects on the hate behind Walmart shooting",USA TODAY,"Roberto Jurado hid with his 88-year-old mother between toy machines at the entrance of the Cielo Vista Walmart.
Lying in broken glass, he listened as the sound of gunshots grew closer. Then the man with the AK-47 was only 10 feet away.
""That day, I believe I stared death in the eyes,"" Jurado, 53, said.
But the shooter left after his attention was drawn to a moving vehicle outside the store, and Jurado and his mother survived.
Jurado spent the next few hours helping victims in the Aug....",left
7379,Tlaib Cancels Trip to West Bank,"['World', 'Israel', 'BDS', 'Rashida Tlaib', 'International']",Israeli minister: Tlaib's 'hatred for Israel' stronger than 'her love for her grandmother',Washington Examiner,"The Israeli interior minister Aryeh Deri said Rep. Rashida Tlaib had more ""hatred for Israel"" than she had ""love for her grandmother"" after the Michigan Democrat turned down an offer to come to the West Bank to visit her family.
""I authorized this humanitarian trip, but it turns out that it was a provocation to embarrass Israel. Her hatred for Israel overcomes her love for her grandmother,"" Deri said Friday.",right
7380,Tlaib Cancels Trip to West Bank,"['World', 'Israel', 'BDS', 'Rashida Tlaib', 'International']",Congresswoman Rejects Israeli Visit as Effort to ‘Silence’ Her,Bloomberg,"Rashida Tlaib, the Democratic U.S. House member barred by Israel because of her support of a boycott, said she is rejecting the country’s new offer to let her visit her grandmother in the West Bank saying the terms are too restrictive.
“Silencing me & treating me like a criminal is not what she wants for me. It would kill a piece of me. I have decided that visiting my grandmother under these oppressive conditions stands against everything I believe in -- fighting against racism, oppression & injustice,” the Michigan lawmaker...",left
7381,Tlaib Cancels Trip to West Bank,"['World', 'Israel', 'BDS', 'Rashida Tlaib', 'International']","Rashida Tlaib backs off plans for Israel trip, citing ""oppressive conditions""",CBS News (Online),"After the Israeli government agreed to allow U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib entry into the West Bank to visit her relatives during an overseas humanitarian trip, the Michigan Democrat says she's now changing her plans amid widespread outcry, slamming Israeli leadership for their initial ban.
""When I won, it gave the Palestinian people hope that someone will finally speak the truth about the inhumane conditions. I can't allow the State of Israel to take away that light by humiliating me & use my love for my sity"" — grandmother —...",left
7382,SCOTUS Rejects Gay Marriage Appeals,['LGBT Rights'],Supreme Court Rejects Appeals From Five States Looking to Ban Gay Marriage,The Blaze,"The Supreme Court turned away appeals Monday from five states seeking to prohibit same-sex marriages, paving the way for an immediate expansion of gay and lesbian unions.",right
7383,SCOTUS Rejects Gay Marriage Appeals,['LGBT Rights'],5 States Get Marriage Equality,HuffPost,"The Supreme Court turned away appeals Monday from five states seeking to prohibit same-sex marriages, paving the way for an immediate expansion of gay and lesbian unions.",left
7384,SCOTUS Rejects Gay Marriage Appeals,['LGBT Rights'],Supreme Court Won't Hear Gay Marriage Cases In New Term,NPR (Online News),"The Supreme Court's new term will not include any cases that might decide the issue of same-sex marriage in the U.S., a development that comes after many lower and appeals courts have ruled against states' bans on gay marriage. Advocates on both sides of the issue have been calling for the high court to review the issue and make an official ruling.",left
7385,"Amid Pressure To Step Down, Afghan President Pledges To 'Prevent Further Instability'","['World', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Middle East']",Afghan president resists pressure to resign as allies wither amid Taliban rout,New York Post (News),"Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani is resisting calls to resign as his political allies melt away and his military proves unable or unwilling to stop the Taliban’s advance across the country.
One report Saturday morning placed the Taliban just 7 miles away from the capital city Kabul, as US Marines arrived to secure the US Embassy there and help diplomats and Afghan civilians flee.
Across the country, as provincial capitals fell to the advancing Taliban militants, Ghani’s political allies have faded or capitulated.
Ghani, in a televised address Saturday, told the country he was...",right
7386,"Amid Pressure To Step Down, Afghan President Pledges To 'Prevent Further Instability'","['World', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Middle East']",Afghan President Says He Is ‘Remobilizing’ Forces,New York Times (News),"In a recorded speech to his fractured nation, President Ashraf Ghani ignored growing pressure to step aside, even as his soldiers surrender to the Taliban and his close political associates flee the country.
Several of his close political associates have surrendered to the Taliban without a fight or fled into exile. His army has all but collapsed and the warlords he was counting on have proved ineffectual or are bargaining for their lives.
Afghanistan’s president, Ashraf Ghani, is more isolated than ever, facing pressure to step aside — and not...",left
7387,"Amid Pressure To Step Down, Afghan President Pledges To 'Prevent Further Instability'","['World', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Middle East']","As Taliban Encircle Kabul, Afghan President Says He Seeks to Avoid Further Bloodshed",Wall Street Journal (News),"Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday said he started consultations on how to unite the country and prevent further bloodshed, as the Taliban tightened their grip, seizing additional provincial capitals.
Mr. Ghani, in his first public remarks since the Taliban swept through southern and western Afghanistan, capturing the major cities of Kandahar and Herat, said his priority is to remobilize the Afghan security forces that surrendered en masse.
“As a historic responsibility, I am trying to not let the war that has been imposed on the Afghan people cause the further killing of innocents,...",center
7388,Obama Urges Action on Climate Change,['Environment'],Obama urges world action on climate change: ‘Hour is almost upon us’,Washington Post,"President Obama sought to rally world leaders at a climate summit on Monday, declaring that “no nation large or small, wealthy or poor, is immune” to challenges such as global warming and urged political action even if the benefits are not seen for generations.",left
7389,Obama Urges Action on Climate Change,['Environment'],Obama casts climate talks as world's last best chance,Politico,President Barack Obama urged the world to consider the climate talks that kicked off here Monday as potentially the last chance to make a meaningful impact on combating climate change.,left
7390,Obama Urges Action on Climate Change,['Environment'],"The cost of climate change: Cold, hard cash sought for support of Obama’s deal",Washington Times,Ugandan Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa was explicit earlier this year when asked what it would take for developing countries to sign up for the emerging U.S.-led climate deal: “Money.”,right
7391,Perspectives: The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.,"['Holidays', 'Martin Luther King Jr.', 'Civil Rights', 'General News']",Has America finally heard Martin Luther King Jr.?,Washington Post,"WHEN PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan signed the bill creating a federal holiday honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., he warned that “traces of bigotry still mar” the country. This may seem the understatement of the 20th century; it would be an understatement today.
King spoke in his “I Have a Dream” speech of the “sweltering summer of the Negro’s legitimate discontent.” This would not pass, he explained, “until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.” He said this on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial — not far...",left
7392,Perspectives: The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.,"['Holidays', 'Martin Luther King Jr.', 'Civil Rights', 'General News']",Martin Luther King Jr.'s words of unity and truth transcend how they are often twisted,USA TODAY,"More than half a century after an assassin's bullet silenced him, and 35 years after the nation began observing a federal holiday in his honor, Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy still resonate.
As the preeminent voice of the civil rights movement, King's eloquence and vision for a united America made him an icon. His powerful words – delivered through sermons, speeches and books – symbolize a utopia to which our nation always aspires.
Few people in history have been quoted more than King. His message of equality and...",left
7393,Perspectives: The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.,"['Holidays', 'Martin Luther King Jr.', 'Civil Rights', 'General News']",Continuing the African American tradition of civil society,Washington Examiner,"Community uplift without government support has deep roots among African Americans. This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, it’s time to rediscover them.
Each year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day encourages an upsurge in volunteer work and charitable giving. Unfortunately, it tends to be just a one-day commitment. The annual one day of celebration each year of civic-mindedness isn’t enough to keep African American communities like mine thriving, especially when so many are struggling economically in the wake of the pandemic. For inspiration, we should look back to the Reconstruction Era,...",right
7394,South Park's 300th Episode Gets Banned in China,"['Free Speech', 'China', 'Television', 'Arts And Entertainment']",'South Park' creators offer mocking 'apology' to China over episode,Reuters,LOS ANGELES/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The creators of satirical animated series “South Park” issued a mocking “apology” to China after media reports that episodes of the show were no longer available on some Chinese websites.,center
7395,South Park's 300th Episode Gets Banned in China,"['Free Speech', 'China', 'Television', 'Arts And Entertainment']",South Park's 'Apology' to China Is Exactly What You'd Expect,Time Magazine,"Trust the creators of South Park to respond to controversy with… even more controversy.
The long-running satirical cartoon show found itself in a bit of hot water after its most recent episode, “Band in China,” parodied the way that Western media tiptoes around China’s politics and regulations, often kowtowing to the country’s more restrictive policies. Ironically, the response showed life imitating art: China effectively banned all of South Park from its internet. The Hollywood Reporter reports that episodes, clips and even discussions or social media mentions of the show have...",left
7396,South Park's 300th Episode Gets Banned in China,"['Free Speech', 'China', 'Television', 'Arts And Entertainment']",'South Park' fires F-bomb in response to China ban,Fox News (Online News),"'South Park' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone made good on their plan to fire back at China after Beijing banned their long-running animated series over its criticisms of the Chinese government.
Wednesday night's episode on Comedy Central, called ""SHOTS!!!,"" reached a milestone as the series’ 300th – and included a profane response to Beijing.
""F--- the Chinese Government!! characters ""Towlie"" and ""Randy"" shout, after Towlie admonishes Randy for selling marijuana to China and tells him about the country’s human rights atrocities.",right
7397,"BA.2 COVID-19 Variant Spreads in the US, but Experts See Minimal Cause for Alarm","['Coronavirus', 'Ba2 Variant', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health']",The BA.2 subvariant is now 72 percent of new Covid cases. Experts say don’t panic.,NBC News (Online),"The BA.2 subvariant of the omicron variant continues to rapidly spread throughout the U.S., now accounting for about 72 percent of all new Covid-19 cases, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The new CDC estimate is up from about 55 percent a week ago, when the subvariant, which is thought to be more contagious than the original strain of omicron, became the dominant variant of the coronavirus circulating in the country.
Despite its spread, health experts see no cause for alarm in the U.S.
That's because there...",left
7398,"BA.2 COVID-19 Variant Spreads in the US, but Experts See Minimal Cause for Alarm","['Coronavirus', 'Ba2 Variant', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health']",Dr. Scott Gottlieb believes omicron BA.2 subvariant unlikely to cause ‘national wave’ in U.S.,CNBC,"  Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Tuesday that he believes the U.S. this spring will avoid a “national wave” of infection related to the more contagious omicron BA.2 subvariant.
However, the former Food and Drug Administration commissioner said on “Squawk Box” that he thinks cases are being “dramatically” underreported in some parts of the country. Given the reliance on at-home testing now, he estimated that in the Northeast, as few as one in seven or one in eight infections are actually showing up in official case counts.
“I think we’re further into this...",center
7399,"BA.2 COVID-19 Variant Spreads in the US, but Experts See Minimal Cause for Alarm","['Coronavirus', 'Ba2 Variant', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health']",Biden Admin Cuts Off 14 More States From COVID-19 Treatment as BA.2 Variant Spreads,The Epoch Times,"President Joe Biden’s administration has ordered 14 additional states to stop using a COVID-19 treatment made by GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on March 30 that it has paused shipments of the drug sotrovimab to the states, bringing the total number of states that are no longer receiving doses to 22.
The states are Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin in the Midwest; Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington in the West; and Alaska and Hawaii.
Previously, eight states in the Northeast U.S. stopped receiving...",right
7400,SCOTUS Dismisses Travel Ban Case,['Supreme Court'],Winning: Supreme Court Tosses Case Against Trump’s ‘Travel Ban’,Breitbart News,The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a case against President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order restricting travel and immigration from several terror-prone states on Tuesday.,right
7401,SCOTUS Dismisses Travel Ban Case,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court says it has dismissed travel ban case — for now,Los Angeles Times,The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it had dismissed as moot a case from Maryland involving the fight over President Trump's travel ban.,left
7402,SCOTUS Dismisses Travel Ban Case,['Supreme Court'],"In victory for Trump, Supreme Court dismisses travel ban case",USA TODAY,"The Supreme Court dismissed a major challenge to President Trump's travel ban on majority-Muslim countries Tuesday because it has been replaced by a new version, sending the controversy back to the starting block.",left
7403,Gas Rebate Cards? What the White House May Do About High Gas Prices,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Gas Prices', 'Joe Biden', 'Energy', 'Oil']",Soaring gas prices lead White House aides back to brainstorming,Washington Post,"Senior White House aides have in recent days explored new ideas for responding to high gas prices and looked again at some that they had previously discarded, desperate to show that the administration is trying to address voter frustration about rising costs at the pump.
Biden officials are taking a second look at whether the federal government could send rebate cards out to millions of American drivers to help them pay at gas stations — an idea they examined months ago before ruling it out. Aides had found that shortages...",left
7404,Gas Rebate Cards? What the White House May Do About High Gas Prices,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Gas Prices', 'Joe Biden', 'Energy', 'Oil']",Biden blasts oil refiners for record profits on pain at the pump,Reuters,"U.S. President Joe Biden, under pressure over sky-high gasoline prices, on Wednesday demanded oil refining companies explain why they are not putting more fuel on the market as they reap windfall profits.
Biden wrote to executives from Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC.N), Valero Energy Corp (VLO.N) and Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N), and complained they had cut back on oil refining to pad profits, according to a copy of the letter seen by Reuters.
The letter was also sent to Phillips 66 (PSX.N), Chevron Corp (CVX.N), BP (BP.L) and Shell (SHEL.L), a White House official, who declined to be identified, told Reuters.
""At...",center
7405,Gas Rebate Cards? What the White House May Do About High Gas Prices,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Gas Prices', 'Joe Biden', 'Energy', 'Oil']",White House considering sending gas rebate cards to Americans: report,Fox Business,"The White House is reportedly floating the idea of gas rebates for U.S. residents due to record gas prices.
A White House official told FOX Business that the administration has not ruled out the distribution of gas rebate cards. The cards would hypothetically subsidize the price of gas for Americans – many of whom are struggling to make ends meet with fuel now priced at the level of a luxury good.
""The president has made clear that he is willing to explore all options and hear all ideas that would help lower gas...",right
7406,Clinton and Sanders Clash in Milwaukee,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton, Sanders clash over Obama, more at testy debate",Fox News (Online News),"Hillary Clinton launched her harshest attacks yet on Bernie Sanders during their debate Thursday night in Milwaukee, in a clear attempt to define their differences on major issues and win over black voters — but they had their most heated exchanges over campaign financing, who was the stronger supporter of President Obama — and who was a friend of Henry Kissinger.",right
7407,Clinton and Sanders Clash in Milwaukee,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Democratic debate in Milwaukee spotlights fundamental divide,Washington Post,"Fresh off her double-digit loss in New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton sought to undermine surging rival Bernie Sanders here Thursday night, arguing that his expansive agenda for government action on health care, college costs and infrastructure investments is both impractical and far more costly than he has said.",left
7408,Clinton and Sanders Clash in Milwaukee,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders Clash Over Cost of Plans at Democratic Debate",Wall Street Journal (News),"Hillary Clinton pressed Bernie Sanders on the viability of his proposals for free health care and college tuition in a Democratic presidential debate Thursday, and questioned his loyalty to President Barack Obama for past statements calling the president weak and a disappointment.",center
7409,Air Force Caused Lapse in FBI Database,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Air Force Error Allowed Texas Gunman to Buy Weapons,New York Times (News),"A day after a gunman massacred parishioners in a small Texas church, the Air Force admitted on Monday that it had failed to enter the man’s domestic violence court-martial into a federal database that could have blocked him from buying the rifle he used to kill 26 people.",left
7410,Air Force Caused Lapse in FBI Database,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Lapse in background check database allowed Texan church gunman to buy weapons: Pentagon,Reuters,"Devin Kelley, the gunman in Sunday’s massacre at a church in rural southeastern Texas, was found guilty by court-martial of assaulting his first wife and a stepson while assigned to a U.S. Air Force logistics readiness unit in 2012, the Pentagon disclosed on Monday.",center
7411,Air Force Caused Lapse in FBI Database,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Air Force launches review after failing to enter Texas shooter’s criminal history in FBI database,Washington Times,"He had a history of abusing his ex-wife and stepson as well as a bad-conduct discharge from the Air Force, yet the suspect in the Texas church massacre was able to obtain multiple firearms legally after passing background checks.
How? It turns out Holloman Air Force Base officials failed to enter Devin Patrick Kelley’s 2012 court-martial and conviction on two counts of domestic assault into the federal database.",right
7412,Debt Ceiling Discussions,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",House GOP pushes plan to raise debt ceiling; Jack Lew warns against default,Washington Post,Treasury secretary Jack Lew warns of major economic damage if Congress allows breach of debt ceiling.,left
7413,Debt Ceiling Discussions,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Short-term debt ceiling proposal on lawmakers' minds,CNN (Online News),Republicans moving away from anti-Obamacare demands in the debate over government funding and the debt ceiling.,left
7414,Debt Ceiling Discussions,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama to Meet With House Republicans at the White House,Townhall,Blink - President Obama will meet with House Republicans at the White House Thursday in an attempt to end the government shutdown and come to some kind of agreement on the looming debt ceiling.,right
7415,Trump Ultimatum on AHCA,['Healthcare'],House leaders and President Trump press for ‘yes’ on health-care overhaul as some Republicans previously opposed start changing their minds,Washington Post,"Several House Republicans previously opposed to an overhaul of the nation’s health-care system said Friday they are likely to support the legislation, as GOP leaders said a vote is expected by late afternoon to attempt to deliver the central promise that brought them to power.",left
7416,Trump Ultimatum on AHCA,['Healthcare'],House set to vote on ObamaCare replacement bill after Trump ultimatum,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Friday told lawmakers still on the fence over repealing and replacing ObamaCare with TrumpCare, that voting against the White House-backed bill is tantamount to voting for Planned Parenthood.",right
7417,Trump Ultimatum on AHCA,['Healthcare'],Trump card: White House plays its hand in health care battle,CNN (Online News),"After days of trying to charm members of Congress, Trump gave them an ultimatum: If they don't vote yes Friday, he will move on and saddle them with the shame of failing to repeal Obamacare, a cherished GOP goal.",left
7418,California Population Shrinks for 2nd Straight Year,"['General News', 'Population', 'California']","California population keeps falling, led by coastal losses; inland areas keep growing",Los Angeles Times,"California’s population continued to decline after falling for the first time on record during the COVID-19 pandemic — but that loss is showing signs of slowing, new demographic data indicate.
The state’s population declined by 117,552 between Jan. 1, 2021, and Jan. 1, 2022, bringing the estimated total population to 39,185,605, according to data released by the state Department of Finance on Monday. The 0.3% decline represents a slowing compared with the 0.59% drop over the nine-month period between the April 2020 census date and that year’s end, demographers said....",left
7419,California Population Shrinks for 2nd Straight Year,"['General News', 'Population', 'California']",California population falls for 2nd straight year as most populous state in US marks historic shift,The Californian,"The nation's most populous state is shrinking.
California’s population shrank for the second year in a row in 2021 as the nation’s most populous state was hit by declining birth rates, higher deaths from the pandemic and fewer people moving into the state from elsewhere in the U.S., officials said Monday.
California lost 117,552 people in 2021, putting its population to 39,185,605, the California Department of Finance said. That’s still the largest state population in the country ahead of second-place Texas.
But after years of steady population growth for California that...",center
7420,California Population Shrinks for 2nd Straight Year,"['General News', 'Population', 'California']",California saw population shrink again during pandemic's 2nd year,Fox Business,"California's population decreased by more than 100,000 people in 2021, the second consecutive year the state has seen a population decline, officials announced Monday.
The state attributes its population drop off to reduced births and immigration, and an increase in deaths and people moving to other states. 
Despite the decline, California remains the most populous state in the country with an estimated 39 million residents. In comparison, second-place Texas is home to 29.5 million people.
California lost 117,552 people between Jan. 1, 2021 and Jan. 1, 2022, according to the state's Department...",right
7421,States Move to Coordinate Reopening Plans as Trump Claims Total Authority,"['Coronavirus', 'State Rights', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Donald Trump', 'Role Of Government', 'Politics']",'State decision': Governors defy Trump with coronavirus pacts,Washington Times,"Ten governors in the Northeast and the West Coast announced Monday that they are crafting joint plans for reopening schools and businesses in their states, putting them on a collision course with President Trump, who said he has “the ultimate authority” on when to reopen states after the coronavirus crisis eases.
“When somebody is president of the United States, the authority is total,” Mr. Trump said.
In a move led by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that blindsided White House officials, the Democratic governors of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware...",right
7422,States Move to Coordinate Reopening Plans as Trump Claims Total Authority,"['Coronavirus', 'State Rights', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Donald Trump', 'Role Of Government', 'Politics']",Coronavirus: Trump claims 'total' authority to lift lockdown,BBC News,"President Donald Trump has claimed ""total"" power to lift the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, contradicting governors and legal experts.
""The president of the United States calls the shots,"" Mr Trump said during a combative press conference in which he feuded with reporters.
But the US Constitution says the states maintain public order and safety.
Ten states on the US East and West coasts are planning to lift their strict stay-at-home orders.
The US is the global epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic with 554,684 confirmed cases and 23,608 deaths.
Mr Trump, a...",center
7423,States Move to Coordinate Reopening Plans as Trump Claims Total Authority,"['Coronavirus', 'State Rights', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Donald Trump', 'Role Of Government', 'Politics']",Trump's frightening claim of 'total' authority,The Week - Opinion,"The United States of America faces two critical emergencies. One is the coronavirus pandemic. The other is the presidency of Donald Trump.
The latter assertion isn't just linked to the Trump administration's well-documented mishandling of the pandemic response. Indeed, Trump is not the first president to be caught short by an unexpected crisis. But other presidents — FDR after Pearl Harbor, George W. Bush after 9/11, Barack Obama after the economy collapsed in 2008 — brought their focus to bear on meeting the great challenges before them. But as anybody...",left
7424,Men Convicted in Hate Crime Murder of Ahmaud Arbery Get 2nd Life Sentence,"['Criminal Justice', 'Hate Crimes', 'Ahmaud Arbery', 'Race And Racism', 'Justice']","Father and son sentenced to life in prison, neighbor gets 35 years for federal hate crimes in killing of Ahmaud Arbery",NBC News (Online),"The father and son convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery were both given an additional sentence of life in prison Monday on federal hate crime charges, while their neighbor was sentenced to 35 years in prison.
A judge also required that Travis McMichael, 36, Greg McMichael, 66, and William “Roddie” Bryan, 52, serve their sentences in state prison, not federal prison as had been requested by their attorneys.
""A young man is dead. Ahmaud Arbery will be forever 25. And what happened, a jury found, happened because he’s Black,"" U.S. District...",left
7425,Men Convicted in Hate Crime Murder of Ahmaud Arbery Get 2nd Life Sentence,"['Criminal Justice', 'Hate Crimes', 'Ahmaud Arbery', 'Race And Racism', 'Justice']","McMichael Father, Son Both Get Second Life Sentence in Ahmaud Arbery Murder",Newsweek,"Travis McMichael and his father, Greg McMichael, both received a second life sentence on Monday after being convicted of hate crimes in connection with the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020.
During a hearing earlier on Monday morning, U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood sentenced Travis McMichael to life in prison and McMichael's father received the same sentence later on Monday.
""Greg McMichael, who chased Ahmaud Arbery with his son, sentenced to life in prison for hate crime in Black man's death,"" Mike Balsamo of the Associated Press wrote...",center
7426,Men Convicted in Hate Crime Murder of Ahmaud Arbery Get 2nd Life Sentence,"['Criminal Justice', 'Hate Crimes', 'Ahmaud Arbery', 'Race And Racism', 'Justice']",Father and son involved in Ahmaud Arbery killing sentenced to life in prison,Washington Examiner,"A father and son got additional life sentences in prison on Monday for the death of Ahmaud Arbery after a judge handed down a pair of sentences in federal court.
Judge Lisa Godbey Wood of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia sentenced Travis McMichael, 36, to life plus an additional 10 years in prison on federal hate crime charges. He will serve his sentence in state prison along with his father, Gregory McMichael, 66, who was sentenced hours later to life in prison plus seven years. Wood declined...",right
7427,Obama in Cuba,['World'],Obama and Raul Castro to Meet in Cuba in Pivotal Moment,New York Times (News),"The presidents of the United States and Cuba are expected to discuss a path toward normalizing relations, and the differences that still divide their nations economically and politically.",left
7428,Obama in Cuba,['World'],An eager Cuba welcomes Obama’s visit – with a dose of realism,Christian Science Monitor,"The streets of Havana have been bustling as Cubans prepare for the first visit by a US president in nearly 90 years. Still, many remain cautious about what it will mean for them.",center
7429,Obama in Cuba,['World'],Obama Aims to Bury the Hatchet with Cuba,CBN,President Barack Obama is meeting with Cuban President Raoul Castro in his historic visit to the island nation Monday.,right
7430,Possible Tax Reveal for Trump,['Taxes'],Trump Tax Records Obtained by The Times Reveal He Could Have Avoided Paying Taxes for Nearly Two Decades,New York Times (News),"Donald J. Trump declared a $916 million loss on his 1995 income tax returns, a tax deduction so substantial it could have allowed him to legally avoid paying any federal income taxes for up to 18 years, records obtained by The New York Times show.",left
7431,Possible Tax Reveal for Trump,['Taxes'],Donald Trump Can’t Shut Down New York Times Tax Leak Showing He Lost Nearly $1 Billion in 1995,Daily Beast,"Donald J. Trump’s threat to sue the New York Times for its report about his leaked 1995 state tax returns showing he lost nearly $1 billion is as predictable as it is laughable.
Trump’s lawyer pledged “prompt initiation of appropriate legal action” against the Times, saying the Oct. 1 story was “illegal” because Trump did not authorize the release of his confidential tax returns.",left
7432,Possible Tax Reveal for Trump,['Taxes'],Rudy Giuliani: Donald Trump’s huge tax write-off show ‘absolute genius’,Washington Times,Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Sunday that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is an “absolute genius” for claiming nearly $1 billion in deductions in a 1996 tax return that likely got him out of paying income taxes for years.,right
7433,"Several Advertisers Pull Ads From Fox News Programs Hosted by Pirro, Carlson","['Media Bias', 'Fox News', 'Jeanine Pirro', 'Tucker Carlson']","Several advertisers cut ties to Fox News shows hosted by Pirro, Carlson",The Hill,"Multiple advertisers have reportedly said they will pull their ads from Fox News shows hosted by Jeanine Pirro and Tucker Carlson in the wake of inflammatory comments made by each of the hosts.
At least three advertisers have pulled ads from Pirro's show since she suggested during a segment on ""Justice with Judge Jeanine"" last Saturday that Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) Islamic beliefs put her at odds with the Constitution, according to The Hollywood Reporter.",center
7434,"Several Advertisers Pull Ads From Fox News Programs Hosted by Pirro, Carlson","['Media Bias', 'Fox News', 'Jeanine Pirro', 'Tucker Carlson']",Don't let its success fool you: Fox News is a mess,The Guardian,"Fox News Channel should not be struggling right now. It has just completed its 17th year as the most-watched cable news channel, and its third year as the most-watched channel in all of cable TV. It prints money for its owners, the Murdoch family, as part of a cable division that earns more than $1.5bn every quarter. And as the Chinese and North Koreans like to say, it’s as close to the White House as lips and teeth.
There’s also no doubt that it is lurching from one self-inflicted crisis...",left
7435,"Several Advertisers Pull Ads From Fox News Programs Hosted by Pirro, Carlson","['Media Bias', 'Fox News', 'Jeanine Pirro', 'Tucker Carlson']",The Astonishing Hypocrisy of Media Matters,National Review,"If there’s one thing we can absolutely count on in our post-ethical partisan era, it’s that for every scandal, there is, in short order, a similar — sometimes astoundingly similar — scandal on the other side. Sometimes, the comparisons are just so on-the-nose that you have a hard time believing they’re real. Remember when Virginia’s Democratic lieutenant governor hired Brett Kavanaugh’s lawyers to defend him from allegations of sexual assault? Remember when his accuser hired Christine Blasey Ford’s attorneys? Remember when the leader of a #MeToo organization called Time’s Up...",right
7436,EU Leader Proposes Ban of Russian Oil Imports,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Europe', 'EU', 'Oil', 'Energy', 'Trade']",EU leader announces Russian oil embargo plans,Axios,"The European Commission on Wednesday announced plans for a phased ban on all Russian oil by the end of the year, in a proposed sixth round of sanctions aimed at pressing President Vladimir Putin to end the invasion of Ukraine.
Why it matters: Russia is the world's second-largest crude oil exporter and Europe, unlike the U.S., is hugely reliant on Russian oil, gas and coal, per Axios' Ben Geman.
Ambassadors from the European Union's 27 member countries were expected to adopt the plans as early as this week, meaning the sanctions could soon...",center
7437,EU Leader Proposes Ban of Russian Oil Imports,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Europe', 'EU', 'Oil', 'Energy', 'Trade']",EU chief calls for ban on Russian oil imports by end of 2022,Fox Business,"The European Union's top official called for a full-scale ban of Russian oil imports to take effect by the end of 2022 on Wednesday.
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen included the ban in a new suite of sanctions against Russia she proposed Wednesday. The sanctions would also hit more Russian banks, TV stations and target Russian officials believed to be responsible for alleged war crimes in Ukraine.
""We will make sure that we phase out Russian oil in an orderly fashion, in a way that allows us and our partners to...",right
7438,EU Leader Proposes Ban of Russian Oil Imports,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Europe', 'EU', 'Oil', 'Energy', 'Trade']",EU proposes ban on Russian oil imports,CNN Business,"The European Union is proposing to ban all oil imports from Russia by the end of the year and remove the country's biggest bank, Sberbank, from the SWIFT international payments network.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday the measures would form part of a sixth round of sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
""We now propose a ban on Russian oil,"" she said during a speech to the European Parliament. ""Let's be clear: it will not be easy. But we simply have to work on it. We will make...",left
7439,"Perspectives: Biden, Sanders Elevated as Dems' 2020 Frontrunners After Dropouts","['Elections', '2020 Election', 'White House', 'Public Opinion', 'Voting', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",The Worm Has Turned in the Democratic Race,Rich Lowry,"The establishment has consolidated incredibly rapidly around Joe Biden after his South Carolina triumph.
Most importantly, Amy Klobuchar and Peter Buttigieg have both dropped out and are endorsing him. Part of the reason it was difficult to see anyone stopping Bernie was that it was hard to figure how the field could consolidate before Super Tuesday, which on the prior trajectory would have given Bernie an insurmountable delegate lead. Now, the field is at least partly consolidated with the exception of the increasingly pointless Mike Bloomberg campaign and of Elizabeth...",right
7440,"Perspectives: Biden, Sanders Elevated as Dems' 2020 Frontrunners After Dropouts","['Elections', '2020 Election', 'White House', 'Public Opinion', 'Voting', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Biden and Sanders Offer a Choice: Unite or Fight?,Wall Street Journal (News),"It isn’t hard to imagine a Joe Biden administration in which Kamala Harris is vice president, Michael Bloomberg is treasury secretary, Pete Buttigieg is homeland security secretary, Tom Steyer is climate-change czar and Andrew Yang is commerce secretary—or, well, maybe special envoy for math and numbers and stuff like that.
It is, on the other hand, almost impossible to imagine a Bernie Sanders administration in which that same group of former competitors would unite.
In a nutshell, that illustrates the most basic choice Democrats face now that Mr. Biden’s candidacy...",center
7441,"Perspectives: Biden, Sanders Elevated as Dems' 2020 Frontrunners After Dropouts","['Elections', '2020 Election', 'White House', 'Public Opinion', 'Voting', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Bernie or Biden. Period.,David Leonhardt,"If you’re a Democrat who doesn’t want Bernie Sanders to be the party’s nominee, your choice is now clear: You should vote for Joe Biden.
That’s the implication of Biden’s resounding victory in South Carolina. And Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar — to their credit — have both acknowledged this reality by dropping out of the race.
I realize it was only about a week ago that Biden’s campaign seemed grievously wounded, and he has still won only a single primary. So how has he so quickly become the only...",left
7442,Blame Surrounds the Shutdown,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",CNN Poll: GOP would bear the brunt of shutdown blame,CNN (Online News),"If the federal government shuts down starting Tuesday because of a bitter partisan battle over the new health care law, more people say congressional Republicans rather than President Barack Obama would be responsible, according to a new national survey.
A CNN/ORC International poll released Monday morning, hours before funding for the government is scheduled to run out, also indicates that most Americans think Republicans in Congress are acting like spoiled children in this fiscal fight, with the public divided on whether the president is acting like a spoiled child...",left
7443,Blame Surrounds the Shutdown,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","With Shutdown Near, Talk Is of Who’s at Fault, Not of a Deal",New York Times (News),"House Republicans showed no sign of backing down in the escalating budget fight on Monday, signaling a readiness to shut down the federal government unless Democrats agreed to delay or undo parts of the 2010 health care overhaul.",left
7444,Blame Surrounds the Shutdown,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Cruz: Harry Reid Unwilling to Compromise Over Obamacare,Newsmax (News),"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has told the House of Representatives and the American people to ""go jump in the lake,"" says Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who has been leading the charge to defund Obamacare.
Cruz, appearing on NBC's ""Meet the Press"" on Sunday, repeating his argument that a government shutdown over funding for the Affordable Care Act would be the fault of Reid and President Barack Obama, who have said they will not negotiate the issue.
Cruz said that Reid's position is ""I'm not willing to...",right
7445,Trump Ramps Up 'Fake News' Comments in Europe,['Fake News'],"Trump takes war on 'fake news' to UK – and tells towering, easily debunked lies",The Guardian,"Donald Trump took his war against “fake news” to the UK on Friday, using the term as a means to row back on his criticisms of the British prime minister in an interview with the Sun, and to refuse once again to take a question from CNN at a press conference.",left
7446,Trump Ramps Up 'Fake News' Comments in Europe,['Fake News'],"CNN’s Acosta Interrupts Another Presser, Trump Proceeds to Call on ‘Real Network’ Fox News",Townhall,President Trump held a press conference with UK Prime Minister Theresa May Friday morning from Chequers Court and didn't leave the lectern before a confrontation with CNN's Jim Acosta.,right
7447,Trump Ramps Up 'Fake News' Comments in Europe,['Fake News'],Trump: I don't take questions from CNN,The Hill,"President Trump on Friday at an international press conference lashed out at CNN, declaring that he would not take questions from the network.",center
7448,Trump Tweets 'I Won the Election' After Tweeting Biden 'Won',"['Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Twitter']",Trump seems to suggest Biden 'won' but later says he's not conceding,NBC News (Online),"President Donald Trump suggested Sunday that Joe Biden had ""won"" the presidential election while saying that the election was rigged — a claim that has been widely debunked.
""He won because the Election was Rigged,"" Trump wrote before falsely claiming that no watchers or observers had been allowed.
It was not clear whether the tweet represented a grudging or an accidental concession by Trump that he had lost the election, which he has repeatedly claimed to have won, even after every major news organization projected Biden as the victor.
A...",left
7449,Trump Tweets 'I Won the Election' After Tweeting Biden 'Won',"['Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Twitter']",Trump says Biden won but again refuses to concede,BBC News,"Donald Trump has insisted he is not conceding the US election, despite seemingly acknowledging for the first time that Democrat Joe Biden won.
""He won because the Election was Rigged,"" the Republican president wrote on Twitter, repeating unsubstantiated claims of election fraud.
About an hour later he said he was not conceding the 3 November vote.
He has launched a slew of lawsuits in key states, but has not provided any evidence to back his claims of fraud.
All the lawsuits have so far been unsuccessful.",center
7450,Trump Tweets 'I Won the Election' After Tweeting Biden 'Won',"['Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Twitter']","No, Trump Did Not Concede the Election (Even Briefly)",Reason,"A Sunday morning tweet by President Donald Trump set off a flurry of misleading reports suggesting he had finally admitted that he lost his bid for reelection. ""Trump says for the first time Biden won the election,"" CNN said. ""Trump says Biden won,"" BBC News announced. ""Referring to Mr. Biden, the president said that 'he won,'"" The New York Times reported. ""That represented the first time Mr. Trump had publicly said what his advisers have been telling him for days privately: His re-election bid failed and Mr. Biden will be...",right
7451,Trump Says He Might Accept Opposition Research From Foreign Countries,"['Election 2020', 'Foreign Influence', 'Opposition Research', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump Says He’d Consider Accepting Information on His Rivals From Foreign Governments,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump said Wednesday that his campaign might be willing to accept information from foreign governments that was damaging to his 2020 rivals, adding that he might not divulge such information to the FBI.
“It’s not an interference, they have information—I think I’d take it,” Mr. Trump said in an interview with ABC News. “If I thought there was something wrong, I’d go maybe to the FBI—if I thought there was something wrong.”
But Mr. Trump maintained that he believed there wasn’t anything wrong with listening.
“If somebody called from...",center
7452,Trump Says He Might Accept Opposition Research From Foreign Countries,"['Election 2020', 'Foreign Influence', 'Opposition Research', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump flips script on Dem outrage over comments on foreign dirt,Fox News (Online News),"A defiant President Trump pushed back Thursday against the outrage over his comments that he would be open to accepting opposition research from individuals from foreign countries, arguing he should have no obligation to call the FBI in certain cases while trying to turn the tables on Democratic lawmakers over their own foreign contacts.
“I meet and talk to ‘foreign governments’ every day,” the president tweeted Thursday.
Citing recent conversations with leaders in the United Kingdom and Ireland, France and Poland, Trump said, “We talked about ‘Everything!’ Should I immediately...",right
7453,Trump Says He Might Accept Opposition Research From Foreign Countries,"['Election 2020', 'Foreign Influence', 'Opposition Research', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Legal Experts Explode Over Donald Trump’s ‘Despicable’ 2020 Bombshell,HuffPost,"“This is an open invitation to foreign governments to commit crimes to re-elect Trump.”
Legal analysts, attorneys and former prosecutors have joined the growing chorus of criticism of Donald Trump after the president confessed on national TV that he’d willfully receive dirt on his 2020 rivals from foreign powers ― and perhaps not inform the FBI about it.
Trump’s astonishing admission in an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos was described as “despicable” by Walter Shaub, the former head of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.
Shaub, who served under...",left
7454,US Detainees in North Korea Have Been Freed,"['North Korea', 'World']","Pompeo returning from North Korea with 3 American detainees, Trump says",CBS News (Online),"President Trump tweeted early Wednesday morning that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is on his way back from North Korea with three American detainees. ""They seem to be in good health. Also, good meeting with Kim Jong Un. Date & Place set,"" Mr. Trump added.",left
7455,US Detainees in North Korea Have Been Freed,"['North Korea', 'World']",Trump says US detainees in North Korea have been freed,The Hill,President Trump on Wednesday said three U.S. prisoners in North Korea have been freed and are returning to the United States with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.,center
7456,US Detainees in North Korea Have Been Freed,"['North Korea', 'World']","American prisoners held in North Korea on their way home after Pompeo visit, Trump says",Fox News (Online News),"Three American prisoners held in North Korea have been released and are en route to the U.S. after a surprise diplomatic mission by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, President Trump announced Wednesday.",right
7457,Perspectives: Ranked-Choice Voting in NYC,"['Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Ranked-Choice Voting', 'New York', 'Bill De Blasio', 'Andrew Yang', 'Politics']",Ranked-Choice Voting Gets A Prime-Time Shot Under New York City's Bright Lights,NPR (Online News),"An important election takes place Tuesday in New York City.
But beyond who wins the mayoral primaries there, what happens could have consequences for how millions of Americans vote in the future.
That's because the city, for the first time, is using ranked-choice voting. The method, which allows voters to rank candidates by preference rather than selecting just their top choice, has gained some traction throughout the country, pushed by reformers who say it's a better election system.
New York City, though, is by far the largest jurisdiction to implement ranked-choice voting, and that...",left
7458,Perspectives: Ranked-Choice Voting in NYC,"['Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Ranked-Choice Voting', 'New York', 'Bill De Blasio', 'Andrew Yang', 'Politics']",Ranked Choice Voting Gets Biggest Test Yet in New York City,Reason,"New York City's raucous mayoral primary today will be the country's most prominent test of ranked choice voting. How it all works out may make the case for wider adoption.
Democratic Party voters have 13 mayoral candidates on their ballots. They don't have to select just one to face off against Republican and third-party candidates in the November general election; they can choose and rank up to five candidates in order of preference.
With ranked choice voting, it's not enough for the top candidate to get a plurality of the votes. He or she must have a...",right
7459,Perspectives: Ranked-Choice Voting in NYC,"['Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Ranked-Choice Voting', 'New York', 'Bill De Blasio', 'Andrew Yang', 'Politics']","Don’t Overthink Ranked-Choice Voting, New York City",New York Times (Opinion),"Last month this board endorsed Kathryn Garcia for mayor of New York City and urged voters to cast a ballot for her in the June 22 Democratic primary. (Early voting begins June 12.)
Normally, that would be the end of it. But this year’s ballot looks different, for mayor and for other citywide races. Instead of having only one choice in each race, New York City voters have the opportunity to rank up to five candidates, in order of preference.
Ranked-choice voting, as it’s known, has been in use for decades around...",left
7460,Perspectives on New Year's 2020,"[""New Year'S Day 2020"", ""New Year'S"", 'Climate Change', 'National Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Holidays', 'General News']",A New Year's Resolution: Don't forget the good news,John Fund,"About half of us make New Year’s resolutions at this time. Most of us end up not fulfilling them, whether it be losing weight, becoming more organized or getting out of debt.
But here’s one resolution that may be easier to keep and help maintain your sanity during the upcoming presidential campaign. Stop letting all the “bad news” that floods your mobile phone or TV make you forget there’s a lot of good news out there that makes a bigger difference to all of us in the long run.
Keeping...",right
7461,Perspectives on New Year's 2020,"[""New Year'S Day 2020"", ""New Year'S"", 'Climate Change', 'National Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Holidays', 'General News']",What to worry about: 6 top risks to watch for in 2020,The Hill,2019 brought no great surprises or “black swans.” But the fragile world order did move further down the path of unraveling. What to worry about in 2020? Some nasty disruptions may lie ahead. Here’s the top of my list of things to watch out for in 2020:,center
7462,Perspectives on New Year's 2020,"[""New Year'S Day 2020"", ""New Year'S"", 'Climate Change', 'National Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Holidays', 'General News']",A New Year’s Climate Diet,New York Times (Opinion),"Most diets fail. They fail mostly because after a period of bingeing (for example, New Year’s Eve) we set unrealistic goals for reforming our bad ways. In time, self-control breaks down and we hunger to throw open the cupboards and binge again.
The same is true of the American carbon diet. After a period of bingeing (say, the last century), the United States is per capita the most prodigious emitter of carbon dioxide among the world’s top 10 economies. The average American generated around 15 metric tons of carbon per...",left
7463,Senate Democrats Walk Out of Committee Meeting To Protest Kavanaugh Vote,['Supreme Court'],Democrats walk out of hearing room in protest,The Hill,Four Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee walked out of the hearing room in protest after Republicans decided along party lines to schedule a “time certain” vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh for 1:30 p.m.,center
7464,Senate Democrats Walk Out of Committee Meeting To Protest Kavanaugh Vote,['Supreme Court'],Some Democrats walked out of the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting,CNN (Online News),At least five Democrats walked out of today's meeting after the Senate Judiciary Committee moved to vote later today on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination.,left
7465,Senate Democrats Walk Out of Committee Meeting To Protest Kavanaugh Vote,['Supreme Court'],Democratic senators flee committee to protest Kavanaugh vote,Washington Times,"Some Democratic senators stormed out of the Judiciary Committee Friday morning after losing their latest bid to derail Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, protesting what they called a “ram job” ahead of a vote later in the day.",right
7466,Biden Signs First Executive Actions Shortly After Inauguration,"['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'Biden Inauguration', 'Immigration', 'Environment', 'Climate Change', 'Sustainability']","Mask mandates, Paris accord and halting the wall: Biden thrills the Left with wave of executive orders",Washington Examiner,"President Biden signed a wave of Inauguration Day executive orders designed to reverse some of former President Donald Trump’s signature policy decisions, drawing praise from Democrats and many of Trump's critics abroad.
“One of the first things we must do is undo the Trump regression, and executive orders are one of the most effective tools to accomplish just that,” newly sworn-in Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said approvingly.
The full suite of orders covered a range of Biden's campaign trail promises, including an end to construction of the U.S.-Mexico border...",right
7467,Biden Signs First Executive Actions Shortly After Inauguration,"['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'Biden Inauguration', 'Immigration', 'Environment', 'Climate Change', 'Sustainability']","On Day One, Biden targets Trump policies on climate, virus",Associated Press Fact Check,"President Joe Biden is moving swiftly to dismantle Donald Trump’s legacy on his first day in office, signing a series of executive actions that reverse course on immigration, climate change, racial equity and the handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
The new president signed the orders just hours after taking the oath of office at the Capitol, pivoting quickly from his pared-down inauguration ceremony to enacting his agenda. With the stroke of a pen, Biden ordered a halt to the construction of Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall, ended the ban on travel...",left
7468,Biden Signs First Executive Actions Shortly After Inauguration,"['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'Biden Inauguration', 'Immigration', 'Environment', 'Climate Change', 'Sustainability']",Biden signs first executive actions as president,The Hill,"President Biden signed his first executive actions on Wednesday afternoon, hours after being sworn in as the 46th commander in chief.
Biden, wearing a mask while seated at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, signed executive actions mandating mask use on federal property to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, rejoining the Paris climate agreement and extending support for underserved communities.
""I thought there's no time to wait. Get to work immediately,"" Biden told reporters. ""There's no time to start like today.""",center
7469,Holder To Pitch Changes to Drug Enforcement,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",New DOJ Drug Sentencing Reforms Outlined By Eric Holder,HuffPost,The Justice Department will avoid charging certain low-level and nonviolent drug offenders with crimes that carry mandatory minimums.,left
7470,Holder To Pitch Changes to Drug Enforcement,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Holder to call for scaled-back use of mandatory minimum drug sentences,Fox News (Online News),Attorney General Eric Holder is calling for major changes to the nations criminal justice system that would scale back the use of harsh prison sentences for certain drug-related crimes divert people convicted of low-level offenses to drug treatment and community service programs and expand a prison program to allow for release of some elderly non-violent offenders.,right
7471,Holder To Pitch Changes to Drug Enforcement,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Timely Idea? Holder To Pitch Changes To Drug Enforcement,NPR (Online News),The attorney general is set to lay out changes and ideas that would shorten prison terms for nonviolent offenders and send more of them to treatment programs rather than prison.,left
7472,Will Biden Run,['2016 Election'],Joe Biden 2016 bid becomes viable as Hillary Clinton sinks and Bernie Sanders surges,Washington Times,Stealing the thunder from the Republican Party’s first presidential debate this week is a flurry of speculation about a Democrat: Vice President Joseph R. Biden.,right
7473,Will Biden Run,['2016 Election'],Beau Biden adviser to join Draft Biden super PAC,CNN (Online News),"Josh Alcorn, a close confidant and adviser to the late Beau Biden, is joining a group hoping to get Vice President Joe Biden to run for president in 2016.",left
7474,Will Biden Run,['2016 Election'],Hillary Clinton Campaign Weighs Implications of Potential Joe Biden Challenge,New York Times (News),"For months, Hillary Rodham Clinton has been telling crowds, the news media, and anyone else who will listen that she “always thought this would be a competitive race.”",left
7475,Joe Biden Officially Joins The 2020 Presidential Race,"['Election 2020', 'Joe Biden', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Joe Biden Joins 2020 Democratic Presidential Race,Wall Street Journal (News),"Former Vice President Joe Biden said he would seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, launching a third bid for the White House as a blue-collar stalwart in a party hungry to defeat President Trump.
Mr. Biden made his long-awaited announcement Thursday in an online video posted nearly 32 years after he began his first presidential campaign in June 1987.
Mr. Biden announced his candidacy with a three-and-a-half minute online video posted on his social-media accounts. “We are in the battle for the soul of this nation,” Mr. Biden says...",center
7476,Joe Biden Officially Joins The 2020 Presidential Race,"['Election 2020', 'Joe Biden', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Biden cites Charlottesville and saving 'soul' of US in 2020 presidential bid,ABC News (Online),"In a video released Thursday morning, former vice president Joe Biden formally announced he's running for president in 2020 -- ending months-long speculation about his intentions.
Biden becomes the 20th Democrat to enter the 2020 race, and enters as a high-profile candidate, with decades of experience.
He will hold his first event as a candidate at a union hall in Pittsburgh on Monday.
Following his formal announcement, Biden's first television interview will take place on ABC's ""The View"" on Friday.
Biden opened his announcement video quoting from the Declaration of...",left
7477,Joe Biden Officially Joins The 2020 Presidential Race,"['Election 2020', 'Joe Biden', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Joe Biden Officially Enters the Presidential Race,Reason,"Joe Biden officially announced his presidential bid this morning, promising that he could save the country from Donald Trump and the forces of white supremacy.
""We are in a battle for the soul of this nation,"" the former vice president says in a video released today, which focuses heavily on 2017's deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
""If we give Donald Trump eight years in the White House, he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation. Who we are. I cannot stand by and watch...",right
7478,Perspectives: Nevada Democratic Caucus Results,"['Bernie Sanders', 'Donald Trump', 'Presidential Race', 'Democratic Primary', 'Establishment', 'Nevada', 'Progressives', 'Politics']","After the Nevada Blowout, It’s Bernie’s Party Now",Jacobin,"Bernie Sanders’s crushing victory in the Nevada caucuses today is much more than one giant leap toward the Democratic Party nomination.
Sanders is, of course, the favorite to win at the convention in Milwaukee. But a closer look at the numbers and demographics of the “Silver State” reveals something much bigger — the seeds of a new electorate rising up, and a fundamental realignment of US politics. And a new party, thoroughly working-class and committed to egalitarian politics, quickly blooming up into the husk of the old one.
While recent...",left
7479,Perspectives: Nevada Democratic Caucus Results,"['Bernie Sanders', 'Donald Trump', 'Presidential Race', 'Democratic Primary', 'Establishment', 'Nevada', 'Progressives', 'Politics']",Bernie Sanders Wins the Nevada Caucus. He's on Track To Win the Democratic Presidential Nomination,Reason,"Multiple news outlets are projecting that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) has won today's Nevada caucus, making him the clear frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Sanders hasn't locked up the race yet, but he's now in a position to do so. Democrats look very much like they're about to nominate a self-described democratic socialist for president.
There are some hurdles Sanders will have to overcome first—namely the way the large primary field interacts with the complexities of the party's nominating rules. A total of 3,979 ""pledged"" delegates are...",right
7480,Perspectives: Nevada Democratic Caucus Results,"['Bernie Sanders', 'Donald Trump', 'Presidential Race', 'Democratic Primary', 'Establishment', 'Nevada', 'Progressives', 'Politics']",From fringe candidate to front-runner: Sanders wins Nevada with diverse backers,Reuters,"NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, often maligned by opponents as a liberal outsider who cannot unify the Democratic Party, won the party’s Nevada caucuses by a comfortable margin thanks to a diverse coalition of supporters, according to polling agency Edison Research.
Edison, which compiles voter polls and live election results for media organizations including ABC News, CBS News, CNN, NBC News and Reuters, found Sanders won the largest share of whites and nonwhite caucus-goers.",center
7481,Trump Admin Redirected $10M From FEMA to ICE,['Immigration'],$10M redirected from FEMA funds to ICE less than a year after Hurricane Maria,Washington Examiner,"Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., shared documents Tuesday that purported to show millions of dollars being redirected from FEMA’s budget to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to pay for immigration detention.",right
7482,Trump Admin Redirected $10M From FEMA to ICE,['Immigration'],"Homeland Security Shifted $10 Million From FEMA For Immigrant Crackdown, Senator Says",HuffPost,"“This is a scandal,” Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley said as the Carolinas brace for Hurricane Florence.",left
7483,Trump Admin Redirected $10M From FEMA to ICE,['Immigration'],"Trump administration took nearly $10 million from FEMA's budget to support ICE, documents show",USA TODAY,"The Trump administration took nearly $10 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's budget this summer to help boost U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to budget documents shared with USA TODAY.",left
7484,Trump Calls For Trade Deal Approval Before Infrastructure Talks,"['Infrastructure', 'USMCA', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump Calls on Democrats to Put Trade Pact Before Infrastructure Package,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump on Tuesday told Democratic congressional leaders that Congress should approve his trade deal with Canada and Mexico before taking up infrastructure legislation.
Mr. Trump sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer the day before a White House meeting scheduled with them to discuss a potential infrastructure package.
“Before we get to infrastructure, it is my strong view that Congress should first pass the important and popular USMCA trade deal,” Mr. Trump wrote. “Once Congress has passed USMCA, we should turn our...",center
7485,Trump Calls For Trade Deal Approval Before Infrastructure Talks,"['Infrastructure', 'USMCA', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump Puts Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal On Hold Until Congress Passes This Bill,Townhall,"President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Democrats on Wednesday to unveil a way to fund a $2 million infrastructure deal. In a last minute move, Trump, however, said infrastructure won't happen until a trade deal is struck.
“Before we get to infrastructure, it is my strong view that Congress should first pass the important and popular USMCA trade deal,” Trump wrote in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday. “It will replace the job killing Nafta, one of the...",right
7486,Trump Calls For Trade Deal Approval Before Infrastructure Talks,"['Infrastructure', 'USMCA', 'White House', 'Politics']",Donald Trump Threatens To Blow Up Infrastructure Talks,HuffPost,"The president has demanded that Democrats approve his trade deal with Canada and Mexico before passing any bipartisan infrastructure bill.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday made an already difficult task even more challenging for lawmakers by calling on Congress to ratify his Mexico-Canada trade deal before passing any bipartisan infrastructure bill.
The demand, which Trump laid out in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) ahead of their meeting on infrastructure scheduled for Wednesday, effectively decreases the already slim odds that a...",left
7487,Perspectives: Should Vaccinated People Mask Up Again?,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Mask up (again) and get vaccinated. Now is not the time to let up against covid.,Washington Post,"The highly transmissible delta variant of the coronavirus has forced a return to face masks in some places. Despite the grim disappointment of what might appear to be a step backward, the nation’s pandemic response must not flag. Vaccines have proved to be extraordinarily effective in preventing severe disease and death, and there is no better solution at hand than getting millions more people vaccinated in the United States and the world. Face masks can restrain the spread of this virus. However, it is going to take longer than once hoped. We...",left
7488,Perspectives: Should Vaccinated People Mask Up Again?,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","No, you’re not crazy. Yes, the CDC’s mask guidelines are confusing — should you wear a mask indoors even if you’re vaccinated?",MarketWatch,"Wear a mask. Don’t wear a mask. Make one. Buy one. Wear it outdoors. Wear it indoors.
Confused? You’re not alone.
So what’s the deal with the CDC’s new guidance? In an effort to help combat the highly contagious delta variant, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that people in areas with “substantial” or “high” rates of COVID-19 should go back to wearing masks in public indoor spaces.
“The delta variant is showing us every day its willingness to outsmart us,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC,...",center
7489,Perspectives: Should Vaccinated People Mask Up Again?,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Stop listening to the CDC,Washington Examiner,"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its guidance once again to recommend that fully vaccinated persons continue to wear masks in certain situations.
Apparently, this reversal was made out of concern for the delta variant, which appears to be more transmissible, though not at all more deadly. That last part is key: Vaccinated persons are not falling seriously ill or dying from the delta variant because the vaccines work. Out of the tens of millions of people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, less than 0.037% have been hospitalized...",right
7490,Could 'Red Flag Laws' Be the Common Ground in Gun Safety Debate?,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Red Flag Laws', '2nd Amendment', 'Violence In America', 'Bridging Divides']",What's 'Red Flag' Gun Law and Why Lawmakers Want Legislation to Be National,Newsweek,"Following the mass shooting of Uvalde, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers, many Democrats and Republicans are hoping to implement the so-called 'Red Flag' laws.
This legislation would allow authorities to temporarily remove firearms from people they believe are a danger to themselves and others.
It's unclear whether there is majority support for passing these gun laws yet, but many are pushing for it regardless.
Informal discussions surrounding these proposals began last Wednesday, a day after the massacre unfolded at Robb Elementary school.
Essentially, a 'Red Flag' law, also known as a yellow...",center
7491,Could 'Red Flag Laws' Be the Common Ground in Gun Safety Debate?,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Red Flag Laws', '2nd Amendment', 'Violence In America', 'Bridging Divides']","Florida's red flag law, championed by Republicans, is taking guns from thousands of people",CNN (Online News),"Twice a week from her courtroom, Florida 13th Circuit Court Judge Denise Pomponio decides who in Hillsborough County can no longer be trusted with a gun.
In just the last two months, she has taken away the firearm privileges of dozens of people, including a dad accused of threatening to ""shoot everyone"" at his son's school, a woman who police say attempted suicide and then accidentally shot her boyfriend during a struggle for her revolver, a husband who allegedly fired multiple rounds in the street to ""blow off steam"" after...",left
7492,Could 'Red Flag Laws' Be the Common Ground in Gun Safety Debate?,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Red Flag Laws', '2nd Amendment', 'Violence In America', 'Bridging Divides']",Congressional chambers approach new gun laws differently,Washington Examiner,"Multiple mass shootings in recent weeks have led to calls for Congress to act on gun reforms, with both chambers taking different approaches on how to address the problem legislatively.
Following the May 14 shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket that left 10 dead, the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre on May 24 that resulted in the death of 19 children and two teachers, and the five killed in a shooting at a Tulsa, Oklahoma, medical facility on June 1, Democrats in the lower chamber are pushing for substantial policy...",right
7493,Concerns Over Healthcare,['Healthcare'],Health Care Law Providing Relief and Frustration,New York Times (News),"Mike Horrigan is a lifelong Democrat with heart problems who supports President Obama’s health care law because he expects it will help many people obtain better insurance, including himself.",left
7494,Concerns Over Healthcare,['Healthcare'],Ills of HealthCare.gov: Errors in ObamaCare website forms spark concerns,Fox News (Online News),"The Obama administration announced Friday that enrollment records for one in four Americans who selected health plans on HealthCare.gov in October and November could contain errors, raising concerns that consumers who think they have coverage won't actually be enrolled on Jan. 1.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services spokeswoman Julie Bataille said recent fixes to HealthCare.gov have brought the error rate on forms sent to insurance companies down to about one in 10 for files generated after Dec. 1, The Wall Street Journal reported.",right
7495,Concerns Over Healthcare,['Healthcare'],Now who's having trouble with health care signup? Ask Congress,CNN (Online News),"Congress itself is now having so much trouble signing up for the Obamacare exchanges that late Friday the top administrator in the House of Representatives laid out a backup plan in case lawmakers and staff can't get through the process by the time their enrollment ends Monday.
The red flags started reaching critical mass Thursday and Friday, when some staff and members of Congress told House administrators they were having trouble enrolling through the Washington health exchange, known as DC Health Link. The D.C. exchange is",left
7496,All 50 States Have Partially Reopened,"['Public Health', 'Role Of Government', 'Coronavirus']",All 50 States at Least Partially Reopened,Breitbart News,"All states in America had begun a phased reopening of their economies as of Wednesday after shutting down non-essential businesses to stem the spread of COVID-19, the illness associated with the novel coronavirus.
Although lockdown orders remain in effect in a handful of states as well as the nation’s capital and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, some non-essential businesses in those regions have reopened, data compiled by the New York Times revealed as of Wednesday afternoon, echoing other analyses.
Still, Democrat-allied mainstream media outlets like the Times argue that...",right
7497,All 50 States Have Partially Reopened,"['Public Health', 'Role Of Government', 'Coronavirus']",All states are partially reopen leaving Americans to weigh the risk of venturing out again,CNN (Online News),"All 50 states have now partially emerged from coronavirus lockdowns, but with only a handful of states showing significant improvement in infection rates, some experts caution it could be too soon.
On Wednesday, Connecticut became the final state to begin lifting restrictions, allowing retail shops and restaurants to reopen their doors.
Despite the reopening milestone, health officials say, Americans remain at risk of catching the highly transmissible and sometimes deadly virus.
As of Wednesday afternoon, at least 18 states had registered an upward trend in average daily cases -- a...",left
7498,All 50 States Have Partially Reopened,"['Public Health', 'Role Of Government', 'Coronavirus']",All 50 States Have Now Taken Steps to Reopen,Wall Street Journal (News),"The U.S. hit a milestone in the coronavirus pandemic as all 50 states have now begun reopening, working to revive their economies after months of shutdowns designed to curb the contagion.
Slight declines in new confirmed cases in some states have prompted governors from New York to Ohio to restart some services, with rules varying from place to place, including restaurants, churches and schools. On Wednesday, Connecticut became one of the last states to loosen restrictions.
Washington, D.C., remains under stay-at-home orders, and large parts of states, including major metropolitan...",center
7499,Happy Mother's Day 2018,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Mothers: the Last Best Hope for America,Townhall,"When Matthew Vasser founded Vasser Women’s College he said it was because he realized that the “Mothers of a nation mold its citizens, determine its institutions, and shape its destiny.”",right
7500,Happy Mother's Day 2018,"['Holidays', 'General News']",What giving my mom the worst Mother's Day gift ever taught me,USA TODAY,"The worst Mother’s Day gift I ever got my mom was also, at the time, one of my proudest purchases.",left
7501,Happy Mother's Day 2018,"['Holidays', 'General News']","Dear Mom, the War’s Going Great",New York Times (News),"On Sunday morning, May 12, 1918, Arthur Wolff penned a four-page letter to his mother, Frances, in New York City. A captain in the 306th Infantry Regiment, Wolff was quartered in Calais, France. He was safely behind the lines, but he could hear the distant roar of the giant guns at the front. Wolff wrote to his mother faithfully each week to assure her that he was safe. But this correspondence had special meaning — it was Mother’s Day.",left
7502,London Subway Explosion,['Terrorism'],"Explosion Rocks London Tube Station, Sending Commuters Into Panic",HuffPost,"At least 22 people were injured after a bomb exploded in a West London Underground station during rush hour on Friday, causing a fire inside a train and a stampede of panicking commuters.",left
7503,London Subway Explosion,['Terrorism'],"Parsons Green: Underground blast a terror incident, say police",BBC News,"An ""improvised explosive device"" was detonated on a Tube train in south-west London during Friday's rush hour, Scotland Yard has confirmed.",center
7504,London Subway Explosion,['Terrorism'],Subway Explosion: 22 Wounded as Terrorists Attack London Yet Again,CBN,Today London police are investigating what they're calling a terrorist attack on the subway.,right
7505,Controversial Anti-Gay Bill,['LGBT Rights'],Arizona Businesses Urge Brewer to Veto Anti-Gay Bill,Newsmax (News),"A recently passed bill in Arizona allowing businesses to refuse service to gays and others based on religious beliefs is stirring controversy as Gov. Jan Brewer considers whether to sign or veto it.
Some businesses fear it will spark a boycott of the state, much like the yearlong one after Arizona passed a controversial immigration law in 2010.
The law intends to allow business owners the right to refuse service to anyone if doing so would violate their religious convictions. It was sparked by incidents such as a case in...",right
7506,Controversial Anti-Gay Bill,['LGBT Rights'],"Jeff Flake, Arizona Senator, Calls On Governor Jan Brewer To Veto Anti-Gay Bill",HuffPost,"Jeff Flake, Republican senator from Arizona, joined a chorus of critics against a state bill that would let businesses deny service to gay customers based on religious beliefs.
Flake tweeted that he hopes Governor Jan Brewer vetoes the bill.",left
7507,Controversial Anti-Gay Bill,['LGBT Rights'],Arizona protesters demand Governor deny signature to bill denying service to gays,CNN (Online News),"Protesters in Arizona are chanting ""stop the hate"" and hoping Governor Jan Brewer will stop a controversial 'religious rights' bill. It would allow business owners, as long as they assert it is their religious belief to deny service to gay and lesbian customers. Governor Brewer says she has not yet made up her mind. Miguel Marquez has the latest on the protests.
Anderson discussed this with Arizona State Representative John Kavanagh, who defends voting for this bill and New York University Professor Kenji Yoshino, who breaks down the legal...",left
7508,The Biden Vaccine Mandate's Impact on Private Businesses,"['Coronavirus', 'Business', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",More workers are facing mandatory Covid vaccination or no job,CNBC,"As more and more people return to the workplace following months of working from home, the question of one’s vaccination status is becoming increasingly relevant and, in an increasing number of cases, a condition of employment.
In both the U.S. and Europe there are a growing number of jobs and sectors which are now requiring people to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 — not only in the more obvious public-facing roles like healthcare and education but also in the technology, hospitality, travel and finance sectors.
When Covid vaccine rollouts began...",center
7509,The Biden Vaccine Mandate's Impact on Private Businesses,"['Coronavirus', 'Business', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Biden vaccine mandate leaves companies scrambling to figure out how to comply,Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden’s new vaccine and testing mandate is expected to affect some 100 million workers, with employers scrambling to figure out how to comply.
Employment attorneys are already being deluged by corporate leaders who want advice about what to make of the executive order, which covers federal employees, federal contractors, and workers at companies with 100 or more employees . Workers must soon be vaccinated or subject to weekly tests.
“Practically half an hour after the president made his speech, I had a line of people on the phone wanting to...",right
7510,The Biden Vaccine Mandate's Impact on Private Businesses,"['Coronavirus', 'Business', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Biden's vaccine mandate: Even Trump-friendly companies seem comfortable with COVID restrictions,Yahoo News,"On Thursday afternoon, President Joe Biden announced that U.S. businesses with over 100 employees will soon need to ensure that their employees are either fully vaccinated or tested weekly.
Within hours, the reaction in the political class was intense. The hashtag #wewillnotcomply was trending on Twitter, Biden was called an authoritarian and a fascist, and Republican governors and the RNC threatened legal action.
Brooke Rollins, the CEO of Trump-aligned America First Policy Institute, was one of many to try to bring in the business community. “Businesses across the country should refuse to endorse this...",left
7511,Overnight in Syria,['Middle East'],"Official: Airstrikes hit refineries, aim to cut off flow of money to ISIS fighters",CNN (Online News),"The United States and its allies are steeling themselves for what an American defense official described Thursday as a years-long fight against the so-called Islamic State, a revelation that came as airstrikes pummeled oil refineries in Syria used by the terror group to help fund its operations.",left
7512,Overnight in Syria,['Middle East'],U.S. strikes in Syria against al-Qaeda’s Khorasan group kill one of its leaders,Washington Post,"U.S. missile strikes against an obscure al-Qaeda cell in Syria killed at least one of the group’s leaders, delivering what U.S. officials described as a significant but not decisive blow to a terrorist group accused of plotting attacks against Europe and the United States.",left
7513,Overnight in Syria,['Middle East'],"US, allies target ISIS oil supplies in Syria",Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. and Arab allies unleashed a new round of airstrikes against Islamic State militants in eastern Syria late Wednesday, targeting a dozen small oil refineries.",right
7514,House Passes Biden's $1.9T Spending Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Build Back Better', 'Climate Change', 'Welfare']",House passes expensive social spending bill that now faces big Senate hurdles,Washington Examiner,"The House of Representatives on Friday passed President Joe Biden’s $1.85 trillion Build Back Better Act, sending the measure to the Senate, where major hurdles could significantly change, or even halt, the legislation.
The vote came much later than intended.
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, the top House Republican, stopped Democrats from passing the bill as they intended on Thursday when he commandeered the floor with a speech lasting more than eight hours in which he denounced the spending legislation along with the entire Democratic agenda.",right
7515,House Passes Biden's $1.9T Spending Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Build Back Better', 'Climate Change', 'Welfare']",House passes Biden's massive spending bill,CNN (Online News),"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other top House Democrats spoke to reporters after voting to pass President Biden's sweeping spending bill.
""Today, we had the honor of participating in passing legislation for the people to build back better. As I always say, with women, for the children,"" Pelosi said.
She lauded Biden, saying that while the infrastructure bill was ""was very, very important,"" it ""was not the sum total of his vision.""
Pelosi said she is most excited about family medical leave in this legislation.
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer called the Build Back Better Act a ""historic piece of...",left
7516,House Passes Biden's $1.9T Spending Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Build Back Better', 'Climate Change', 'Welfare']",US House votes to pass $1.9tn social spending plan,BBC News,"The US House of Representatives has passed US President Joe Biden's $1.9tn (£1.4tn) Build Back Better Act after facing fierce opposition from Republicans.
The sweeping social spending and climate package is considered a key pillar of Mr Biden's agenda.
The vote came after a record-long speech from House minority leader Kevin McCarthy to delay the vote.
The legislation now faces significant hurdles as it heads to the US Senate.
The Build Back Better Act would expand Medicare, lower prescription drug costs and includes funding for universal pre-kindergarten and subsidies for...",center
7517,Fighting Resumes In Gaza,['Middle East'],"Even Gaza Truce Is Hard to Win, Kerry Is Finding",New York Times (News),"After failing to win a deal to end fighting in Gaza last week, Secretary of State John Kerry is trying to salvage Plan B: a succession of temporary cease-fires that he hopes might yet open the door to Israeli and Palestinian negotiations for a long-term solution.",left
7518,Fighting Resumes In Gaza,['Middle East'],U.N. Security Council demands humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza,CNN (Online News),"With more than 1,000 people killed in the Israel-Hamas conflict, the U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting in New York early Monday to push for ""an immediate and unconditional humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza.""",left
7519,Fighting Resumes In Gaza,['Middle East'],Gaza fighting resumes after UN Security Council calls for 'immediate' cease-fire,Fox News (Online News),Israeli jets resumed airstrikes in the Gaza Strip in response to Hamas rocket fire hours after the United Nations Security Council ratified a draft statement early Monday calling for a cease-fire in the region.,right
7520,John Conyers’ Sexual Misconduct,"['US House', 'Politics']",Leaked documents reveal sexual harassment by John Conyers ... and Congress' broken system,Daily Kos,"Representative John Conyers, the Democrat who’s the longest-serving member of Congress, is the latest powerful man revealed to be a sexual harasser. Documents detailing a settlement Conyers reached with a former member of his staff who alleged she was fired for rejecting his sexual advances were leaked to Buzzfeed, and the details are bad. Conyers’ career should be over as a result of these revelations.",left
7521,John Conyers’ Sexual Misconduct,"['US House', 'Politics']",Conyers settled wrongful dismissal complaint over 'sexual advances',The Hill,"Representative John Conyers (D-Mich.), the longest-serving current House member, reportedly settled a wrongful dismissal complaint in 2015 after a former employee accused him of firing her for resisting his ""sexual advances.""",center
7522,John Conyers’ Sexual Misconduct,"['US House', 'Politics']",Powerful Dem Representative John Conyers hit by report on sexual conduct with ex-staffers,Fox News (Online News),"Another sexual harassment bombshell is rocking Capitol Hill, after a report claimed powerful Democratic Representative John Conyers settled a complaint with an ex-employee who said she was fired because she did not “succumb to [his] sexual advances.”",right
7523,Update on Nigerian Kidnappings,['World'],Nigeria reportedly in 'indirect contact' with group holding schoolgirls,Fox News (Online News),"The Nigerian government has made indirect contact with the terrorist group believed to be behind the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls in the north of that country last month, according to a published report.",right
7524,Update on Nigerian Kidnappings,['World'],Nigeria abducted girls: Boko Haram leader claims captives converted to Islam,CNN (Online News),A Boko Haram video emerged Monday purportedly showing some of the kidnapped Nigerian girls and the terror groups leader declaring they have converted to Islam,left
7525,Update on Nigerian Kidnappings,['World'],Abducted Nigerian Girls Offered In Exchange For Prisoners,HuffPost,"Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Nigeria's Islamist Boko Haram militants, said on Monday he would release more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by his fighters in exchange for prisoners.",left
7526,President Trump Brushes Off Concerns Of Recession,"['Recession', 'Donald Trump', 'Economy And Jobs']",President Trump says he doesn’t see a recession on the horizon,New York Post (News),"WASHINGTON – President Trump tried to alleviate fears of a recession on Sunday, echoing recent statements from his top economic advisers.
“I don’t see a recession,” Trump said as he headed to Washington D.C. after vacationing in Bedminster, New Jersey.
He added: “I’m prepared for everything. I don’t think we’re having a recession.”
The comments came after the president reportedly spent portions of his time in Bedminster fretting over what a global economic downturn could do to his reelection prospects.",right
7527,President Trump Brushes Off Concerns Of Recession,"['Recession', 'Donald Trump', 'Economy And Jobs']","Trump, top officials play down recession risks",Washington Post,"President Trump and two of his senior economic advisers on Sunday played down the risk of a recession after a tumultuous week in the markets suggested that the economy is heading onto shaky ground.
In an exchange with reporters in Morristown, N.J., shortly before taking off for Washington on Sunday evening, Trump dismissed the notion that the nation is headed toward a downturn, saying, “I don’t see a recession.”
“I mean, the world is in a recession right now — although that’s too big a statement,” he added, in a...",left
7528,President Trump Brushes Off Concerns Of Recession,"['Recession', 'Donald Trump', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump plays down fears of US recession,BBC News,"Donald Trump has tried to reassure markets about the risk of the US falling into a recession by saying the economy is doing ""tremendously well"".
The US president said he did not see a recession - usually defined as when an economy shrinks for two consecutive quarters.
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow also said there was ""no recession in sight"".
Last week, financial markets indicated a recession could be on the way.
This is because it became cheaper for the US government to borrow for 10 years, rather than...",center
7529,Pence Says Trump Is 'Wrong' For Suggesting He Could've Overturned 2020 Election,"['2020 Election', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Mike Pence', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Republican Party', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Pence Smacks Down Idea He Could Have ‘Overturned’ 2020 Election,The Daily Caller,"Former Vice President Mike Pence rebuked former President Donald Trump’s assertion that he could have overturned the result of the 2020 election in a Friday speech.
Pence made the statement during an address to the Federalist Society, days after Trump attacked him for refusing to hold up the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory in January 2021. Trump had reiterated his claim Sunday that Pence could have overturned the election.
“There are those in our party who believe that, as the presiding officer over the joint session of Congress, that I possessed...",right
7530,Pence Says Trump Is 'Wrong' For Suggesting He Could've Overturned 2020 Election,"['2020 Election', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Mike Pence', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Republican Party', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Pence says 'Trump is wrong' to say then-vice president had the right to overturn 2020 election,CNN (Online News),"Former Vice President Mike Pence called out his former boss by name on Friday, saying that ""President (Donald) Trump is wrong"" in claiming that Pence had the right to overturn the 2020 election on January 6, 2021.
Speaking at the Federalist Society Florida Chapters conference near Orlando, Pence delivered his strongest response yet to Trump's ongoing efforts to relitigate the 2020 presidential election, calling it ""un-American"" to suggest one person could have decided the outcome.
Pence warned against conservatives who continue to insist the vice president can alter an election, and said it could be...",left
7531,Pence Says Trump Is 'Wrong' For Suggesting He Could've Overturned 2020 Election,"['2020 Election', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Mike Pence', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Republican Party', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Pence Calls Trump Wrong in Claiming Vice President Could Overturn Election Result,Wall Street Journal (News),"Former Vice President Mike Pence forcefully rejected former President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that Mr. Pence could have overturned the 2020 election outcome during the session of Congress that was interrupted by pro-Trump rioters.
“President Trump is wrong,” Mr. Pence said in a speech Friday. “The presidency belongs to the American people and the American people alone. And frankly, there is no idea more un-American than the notion that any one person could choose the American president.”
Mr. Pence oversaw the Jan. 6, 2021, certification of President Biden’s Electoral College victory and ignored...",center
7532,Democratic Wins Prompt Speculation of Biden Comeback,"['Joe Biden', '2022 Elections', '2024 Election', 'Polls', 'Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Terrorism', 'Inflation Reduction Act', 'Domestic Policy', 'US Congress']",Biden Is on a Roll That Any President Would Relish. Is It a Turning Point?,New York Times (News),"President Biden arrived at Air Force One on Monday with a jaunty step, a playful manner and a huge grin. “Feeling great,” he declared. He meant physically, having finally ended his lengthy bout with Covid-19, but he could have been talking about his presidency writ large.
Mr. Biden has emerged from medical isolation to a new political world. Suddenly, the administration that could not get anything right, that could not catch a break, was on a roll that any president would relish: Major legislation cruising to passage, at least some economic indicators...",left
7533,Democratic Wins Prompt Speculation of Biden Comeback,"['Joe Biden', '2022 Elections', '2024 Election', 'Polls', 'Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Terrorism', 'Inflation Reduction Act', 'Domestic Policy', 'US Congress']",Biden is passing laws - but is he winning hearts?,BBC News,"A day after the marathon voting session that saw his climate change bill passed by the Senate, President Joe Biden was off to Kentucky to meet people affected by flooding.
The state has been hit by a deluge that has toppled homes into rivers, left dozens dead and many more missing - the kind of event that will become more likely as a result of climate change.
For the president, it was a chance to cement his administration's ownership of a landmark piece of legislation on one of the most...",center
7534,Democratic Wins Prompt Speculation of Biden Comeback,"['Joe Biden', '2022 Elections', '2024 Election', 'Polls', 'Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Terrorism', 'Inflation Reduction Act', 'Domestic Policy', 'US Congress']","No, Joe Biden Still Isn’t a Good President",Rich Lowry,"Polls show that even his own party has very little confidence in him.
Every dog has his day, and apparently so does every miserably inadequate president.
Joe Biden, who has been out of touch, tone-deaf, and disturbingly incompetent from the outset of his presidency, suddenly has the “Big Mojo,” or at least the “Moderate-Sized This-Isn’t-Quite-the Legislative-Debacle-We-Expected Mojo.”",right
7535,Barr Testifies Before Congress Amid Reports Of Tensions With Mueller,"['Mueller Report', 'William Barr', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Attorney General Barr defends clearing Trump on obstruction of justice,Reuters,"Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday defended his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report at a tense Senate hearing, explaining in detail his contacts with Mueller, who had objected to his description of the report's findings on obstruction.
In sworn testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Barr said he wanted to release the report’s bottom-line conclusions as quickly as possible because the public was in a “high state of agitation” over the results of Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference and potential coordination between President Trump’s campaign and Moscow....",center
7536,Barr Testifies Before Congress Amid Reports Of Tensions With Mueller,"['Mueller Report', 'William Barr', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Democrats grill Barr amid reports of Mueller's frustration,NBC News (Online),"The attorney general appears before Congress amid reports that the special counsel told him his four-page summary of the investigation caused confusion.
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr testified before Congress on Wednesday for the first time since the release of a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report of his nearly two-year investigation into Russian election meddling and possible obstruction by President Donald Trump.
The hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee began with heated questions from Democrats, who grilled Barr over reports that Mueller wrote a letter to...",left
7537,Barr Testifies Before Congress Amid Reports Of Tensions With Mueller,"['Mueller Report', 'William Barr', 'US Senate', 'Politics']","Barr hearing: AG reveals tensions with Mueller team over Russia report conclusion, no-obstruction punt",Fox News (Online News),"Attorney General William Barr, in highly anticipated Senate testimony Wednesday, revealed tensions between the Justice Department and Robert Mueller’s team over the special counsel’s final report on the Russia investigation, pointedly saying he was surprised Mueller didn’t come to a conclusion over whether President Trump obstructed justice.
“We did not understand exactly why the special counsel was not reaching a decision,” Barr told the Senate Judiciary Committee. Barr later released his own letter saying he determined, from Mueller’s investigation, that obstruction charges against Trump were not warranted -- a decision...",right
7538,Pro-Choice Protests Across US After Supreme Court Decision,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Ban', 'Abortion Rights', 'Culture', 'Nationwide Protests', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Violence In America']","Abortion protests in Portland turn violent, businesses vandalized",New York Post (News),"A group of black-clad marchers turned violent Saturday night in Portland, Ore., smashing windows and scrawling graffiti on downtown businesses as protests continued to rage across the nation against the US Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
Several banks and coffee shops had their windows broken, a van belonging to Portland Public Schools was spray-painted, and a pregnancy resource center was vandalized, the Portland Police Bureau said in a statement Sunday. 
“If abortions aren’t safe then you aren’t either,” a flier announcing the march said, according to Oregonlive. 
The crowd of about 100 began...",right
7539,Pro-Choice Protests Across US After Supreme Court Decision,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Ban', 'Abortion Rights', 'Culture', 'Nationwide Protests', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Violence In America']",Protests continue across US to voice anger over supreme court ruling,The Guardian,"Protests over a US supreme court decision that overturned abortion rights continued across the country this weekend. In New York, thousands marched to voice their anger at the ruling that came at the end of a dizzying week around not just reproductive rights but also gun carry laws and the US Capitol attack.
“Not your uterus, not your choice,” many shouted as the demonstrations progressed in Washington DC., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, Atlanta and Austin.",left
7540,Pro-Choice Protests Across US After Supreme Court Decision,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Ban', 'Abortion Rights', 'Culture', 'Nationwide Protests', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Violence In America']",Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade Ruling Sets Off Protests as States Plan Moves,Wall Street Journal (News),"Protests and rallies continued Saturday in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling that ended constitutional protections for abortion rights, as states continue to adjust to a decision that overturned nearly 50 years of law.
Abortion-rights demonstrators have converged in cities across the U.S. since Friday’s decision. Demonstrations took place from Los Angeles to Philadelphia on Saturday, following protests Friday from Washington Square Park in New York City to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Albuquerque, N.M.
In Indianapolis, hundreds of abortion-rights supporters gathered outside the Indiana Statehouse, chanting and waving signs. “The 1950s called. They want...",center
7541,Supreme Court on Voting Rights Act,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court Seems Poised to Rule Against Key Provision of Voting Rights Act,ABC News (Online),"Conservative Supreme Court justices continued to express strong reservations today about Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, suggesting a key provision of the law -- Section 5 -- might be in danger.
That section of the law says that certain states, mostly in the South, must get any changes to voting regulations precleared by federal officials in Washington, D.C. RELATED: Challenge to the Voting Rights Act Reaches",left
7542,Supreme Court on Voting Rights Act,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court May Roll Back '65 Voting Rights Act,Newsmax (News),"U.S. Supreme Court justices suggested they may cut back the 1965 Voting Rights Act, saying Congress was using an outdated formula to decide which states must comply with a core provision of the landmark law.
Hearing arguments today in Washington, the courts Republican-appointed justices expressed skepticism about the laws requirement that all or parts of 16 states get federal clearance before changing their voting rules. The courts Democratic appointees voiced support for the law.
Read Latest Breaking News from Newsmax.com
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/voting-rights-supreme-court/2013/02/27/...

Urgent: Should Obamacare Be Repealed? Vote...",right
7543,Supreme Court on Voting Rights Act,['Supreme Court'],Voting Rights Act under fire at Supreme Court,Politico,"A key provision in one of the U.S.s best known civil rights laws, the Voting Rights Act, received a highly skeptical and sometimes downright hostile response from the conservative justices at the Supreme Court Wednesday.
During contentious oral arguments, several liberal justices argued vigorously in favor of preserving a portion of the 1965 law which requires parts or all of 16 states to get permission from the Justice Department or a court before changing voting requirements or redrawing election districts
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/voting-rights-act-under-fire-at-su...",left
7544,Sixteen Marines Arrested for Smuggling and Drug Offenses,"['National Defense', 'Marines', 'Military', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Immigration', 'Defense And Security']","16 Marines arrested on charges ranging from human smuggling to drugs, officials say",Fox News (Online News),"More than a dozen U.S. Marines were arrested early Thursday on a variety of charges ranging from human smuggling to drug-related offenses, according to officials.
The U.S. Marine Corps said in a news release that 16 Marines were arrested during a Battalion formation at Camp Pendleton in California.
""Information gained from a previous human smuggling investigation precipitated the arrests,"" USMC officials said in a statement.",right
7545,Sixteen Marines Arrested for Smuggling and Drug Offenses,"['National Defense', 'Marines', 'Military', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Immigration', 'Defense And Security']",16 US Marines arrested for alleged crimes including human smuggling and drug-related offenses,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN)Sixteen US Marines were arrested Thursday for alleged involvement in various illegal activities ranging from human smuggling to drug-related offenses, according to a statement from the Marine Corps.
The arrests took place in a dramatic fashion on Thursday morning at Camp Pendleton, California, during a battalion formation.
""Information gained from a previous human smuggling investigation precipitated the arrests,"" the statement said. ""None of the Marines arrested or detained for questioning served in support of the Southwest Border Support mission.""
Eight other Marines were also questioned on their...",left
7546,Sixteen Marines Arrested for Smuggling and Drug Offenses,"['National Defense', 'Marines', 'Military', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Immigration', 'Defense And Security']","16 Marines arrested for smuggling undocumented immigrants, drug offenses",The Hill,"Sixteen Marines were arrested early Thursday morning for ""alleged involvement in various illegal activities,"" including human smuggling and drug-related offenses, according to a U.S. Marine Corps. (USMC) statement.
""Information gained from a previous human smuggling investigation precipitated the arrests,” the release said, adding that the arrests transpired at Camp Pendleton, Calif., during a battalion formation.
“None of the Marines arrested or detained for questioning served in support of the Southwest Border Support mission,” the release states.
The release added that eight other Marines “were taken aside to be questioned...",center
7547,NRA Sues Against New Florida Gun Law,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],NRA sues against new gun law in response to Florida mass murder – here’s why,The Blaze,The National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit Friday against a law narrowly passed through the Florida legislature and signed by Republican Governor Rick Scott in response to the horrific Parkland massacre.,right
7548,NRA Sues Against New Florida Gun Law,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Florida shooting: NRA sues as Florida enacts gun-control law,BBC News,The National Rifle Association (NRA) is suing Florida after it passed a gun control law in the wake of a school shooting that left 17 people dead.,center
7549,NRA Sues Against New Florida Gun Law,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],NRA sued to block Florida’s new gun law hours after it was passed,Vox,The group is arguing that young women really need their guns.,left
7550,Senate Candidates Face Off in Debates Ahead of Midterm Elections,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Arizona Senate Election', '2022 Wisconsin Senate Election', 'US Senate', 'Midterm Elections']","Johnson, Barnes polished in 1st Wisconsin Senate debate",Associated Press,"Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and his Democratic challenger Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes stuck to their scripts — and their time limits — as they met for a debate Friday evening in a hotly contested race that could determine party control of the U.S. Senate.
In battleground Wisconsin, it was a welcome chance for both candidates to clarify their positions on a variety of issues, and though they disagreed on most subjects, their comments were similar to those they’ve made on the campaign trail. Here are the key takeaways:
THE ECONOMY...",left
7551,Senate Candidates Face Off in Debates Ahead of Midterm Elections,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Arizona Senate Election', '2022 Wisconsin Senate Election', 'US Senate', 'Midterm Elections']",Five takeaways from the North Carolina Senate debate,The Hill,"North Carolina’s Senate race has emerged as perhaps the year’s most quiet toss-up contest.
But both parties are taking the race — one of a handful that could decide control of the upper chamber — seriously. Democrat Cheri Beasley and Republican Ted Budd met for the first time on Friday night to debate a laundry list of issues that are playing out in key races across the country.
Here are five takeaways from their debate:",center
7552,Senate Candidates Face Off in Debates Ahead of Midterm Elections,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Arizona Senate Election', '2022 Wisconsin Senate Election', 'US Senate', 'Midterm Elections']","Arizona Senate race debate: Democrat Mark Kelly, Republican Blake Masters clash over immigration, abortion",Fox News (Online News),"Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly and Republican challenger Blake Masters took to the debate stage in Phoenix Thursday evening, where the two clashed over President Joe Biden’s handling of the U.S. economy, border security, and reproductive rights.
The candidates opened the debate by highlighting how high inflation has crippled consumer spending across the country. Masters specifically shared a story of how some parents are having to forgo meals so they can better afford to feed their children.
""This crushing inflation is ruining people's lives,"" Masters told debate moderator Ted Simons....",right
7553,"Heat Wave Hits Western US, Threatening Fires and Straining Power Grids","['Disaster', 'Climate Change', 'Heat Waves', 'Texas Blackouts', 'California', 'Science', 'Drought', 'General News']","Historic heat wave expands across California, wildfire risk builds",Axios,"The record-breaking heat wave roasting the West is expanding its grip on Thursday, with the focus of the triple-digit heat shifting into California — particularly the Central Valley and desert regions.
Why it matters: Across the West, the combination of record heat, preexisting drought conditions, and dry lightning strikes from afternoon thunderstorms threatens to ignite numerous wildfires Thursday.
Fires have already been burning in Montana, Arizona and other states affected by the heat wave.
More than 40 million people across the West and Southwest are likely to see temperatures in their area...",center
7554,"Heat Wave Hits Western US, Threatening Fires and Straining Power Grids","['Disaster', 'Climate Change', 'Heat Waves', 'Texas Blackouts', 'California', 'Science', 'Drought', 'General News']",Extreme heat shatters records across Western US,Washington Examiner,"All-time heat records were shattered this week in Western states as temperatures rose 10 to 30 degrees above average and caught more than 40 million people in the sweltering weather.
Death Valley, California, reached 124 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday, making it the hottest place in the country and, as experts suggested, perhaps the most blistering spot in the world. High temperatures in Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nevada, and Arizona also broke heat records.
Billings, Montana, broke its all-time heat record by 10 degrees, reaching 108 on thermometers. Similarly, Chula Vista, California, reached temperatures of 89...",right
7555,"Heat Wave Hits Western US, Threatening Fires and Straining Power Grids","['Disaster', 'Climate Change', 'Heat Waves', 'Texas Blackouts', 'California', 'Science', 'Drought', 'General News']",West enters Day 7 of heat wave as experts warn not to walk barefoot on hot asphalt,NBC News (Online),"Tens of millions of Americans are under record-setting heat alerts again Friday as a heat wave enters its seventh day across the West, with experts warning against walking on asphalt barefoot or touching car handles barehanded for fear of third-degree burns.
Temperatures in Arizona, Nevada and Colorado soared into the 90s and 100s Thursday, but the sizzling heat also spread east to Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa, breaking record after record where observed highs were sweltering by late spring standards.
Tucson, Arizona, Phoenix and Las Vegas all topped their previous records...",left
7556,"Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh Charged with Fraud, Tax Evasion","['Baltimore', 'Crime', 'Fraud', 'Children', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Former Mayor Of Baltimore Indicted In Alleged Children's Book Fraud Scheme,NPR (Online News),"Federal prosecutors have unsealed an indictment accusing former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh of using her series of self-published children's books to commit fraud, evade federal taxes and illegally boost her own political campaigns.
Pugh, 69, resigned in May after public outcry over a scandal involving hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of Healthy Holly books that she sold to a nonprofit health care company. She was on the board of that company when she was a state senator, raising questions about self-dealing — and even about the existence of the...",left
7557,"Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh Charged with Fraud, Tax Evasion","['Baltimore', 'Crime', 'Fraud', 'Children', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Ex-Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh indicted on federal charges related to self-published children's books,Fox News (Online News),"Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh is facing federal charges related to what prosecutors say was a plot to enrich herself through sales of her self-published children’s book series, according to a grand jury indictment made public Wednesday.
Pugh, 69, is expected to self-surrender to U.S. Marshals Thursday before her first court appearance before U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow, according to a news release.
The former mayor, who resigned her post in May amid the book sale controversy, is charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, seven counts of wire...",right
7558,"Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh Charged with Fraud, Tax Evasion","['Baltimore', 'Crime', 'Fraud', 'Children', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']","Former Baltimore mayor Catherine E. Pugh charged with wire fraud, tax evasion",Washington Post,"Baltimore’s former mayor Catherine E. Pugh has been indicted by a federal grand jury on wire fraud and tax evasion over lucrative book deals for her self-published Healthy Holly children’s series, according to charges made public Wednesday.
Pugh resigned in May after revelations about the deals she allegedly cut with companies connected to the city and state government, setting off another political crisis and setback for the city.
Pugh, 69, was the second Baltimore mayor to leave office in the past decade while facing corruption allegations. The indictment describes a...",left
7559,Queen Elizabeth II Dies at 96,"['World', 'Queen Elizabeth', 'Great Britain', 'United Kingdom', 'Europe']","Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s Beacon of Stability, Dies",New York Times (News),"The death of Queen Elizabeth II, which Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday, is a watershed moment for Britain, at once incomparable and incalculable.
It marks both the loss of a revered monarch — the only one most Britons have ever known — and the end of a figure who served as a living link to the glories of World War II Britain, presided over its fitful adjustment to a post-colonial, post-imperial era and saw it through its bitter divorce from the European Union.
There is no analogous public figure who...",left
7560,Queen Elizabeth II Dies at 96,"['World', 'Queen Elizabeth', 'Great Britain', 'United Kingdom', 'Europe']","Queen Elizabeth II, longest-reigning British monarch, dead at 96",Fox News (Online News),"Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch who served as the beloved face of her country and source of strength for seven decades, died Thursday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. She was 96.
Elizabeth's doctors said earlier Thursday that they were ""concerned for Her Majesty’s health"" and that she was ""resting comfortably"" at Balmoral under medical supervision.",right
7561,Queen Elizabeth II Dies at 96,"['World', 'Queen Elizabeth', 'Great Britain', 'United Kingdom', 'Europe']",Obituary: Queen Elizabeth II,BBC News,"The long reign of Queen Elizabeth II was marked by her strong sense of duty and her determination to dedicate her life to her throne and to her people.
She became for many the one constant point in a rapidly changing world as British influence declined, society changed beyond recognition and the role of the monarchy itself came into question.
Her success in maintaining the monarchy through such turbulent times was even more remarkable given that, at the time of her birth, no-one could have foreseen that the throne would...",center
7562,Man Indicted in Rape of 10-Year Old Girl Who Traveled to Indiana for Abortion,"['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Ohio', 'Indiana']",Suspect indicted in rape of 10-year-old Columbus girl who got Indiana abortion,The Columbus Dispatch,"A Franklin County grand jury on Thursday indicted on two counts of rape the man accused of impregnating a 10-year-old Columbus girl who traveled across state lines to seek an abortion.
The arrest and now the indictment of 27-year-old Gerson Fuentes further confirmed the existence of the 10-year-old rape victim who was forced to seek an abortion in Indiana and brought international attention to Ohio's so-called ""heartbeat"" law.
Fuentes was arrested July 12 after police say he confessed to sexually assaulting the girl on at least two occasions. The girl became pregnant and because of Ohio's...",center
7563,Man Indicted in Rape of 10-Year Old Girl Who Traveled to Indiana for Abortion,"['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Ohio', 'Indiana']",Man Indicted In Rape Of 10-Year-Old Ohio Girl Who Traveled To Indiana For An Abortion,The Daily Caller,"  A grand jury indicted Gerson Fuentes, who recently confessed to raping and impregnating a 10-year-old girl, Thursday.
Authorities charged the 27-year-old illegal immigrant on two counts of rape, the Columbus Dispatch reported. The indictment said the victim was 9 years old at the time of the rape.
Reports of a 10-year-old child traveling across state lines to Indiana circulated in early July when Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an obstetrician-gynecologist, reported the events to the Indianapolis Star. Media outlets and prominent political leaders, including Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, cast doubt on the...",right
7564,Man Indicted in Rape of 10-Year Old Girl Who Traveled to Indiana for Abortion,"['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Ohio', 'Indiana']","Man indicted in rape of Ohio girl, 10, who traveled to Indiana for abortion",NBC News (Online),"The man accused of raping a 10-year-old girl who traveled to Indiana for an abortion was indicted by a grand jury in Ohio Thursday, in a case that became a flashpoint in the debate about the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Gerson Fuentes, 27, was charged with two felony counts of rape in the indictment filed in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas in Columbus.
Court records did not appear to list an attorney for Fuentes after the indictment. His arraignment was scheduled for Monday.
The case quickly gained...",left
7565,US to Donate 500 Million Pfizer Doses to Developing Countries,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Joe Biden', 'World']",WH says Biden will prod G-7 nations to donate COVID-19 vaccines,Washington Times,"The White House on Thursday formally announced its plan to purchase and donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to 92 poorer countries and the African Union, dubbing it the “largest-ever purchase and donation of vaccines by a single country and a commitment by the American people to help protect people around the world from COVID-19.”
President Biden will outline the plan in remarks from Cornwall, England, on the eve of the Group of Seven nations summit.
Mr. Biden will call on the other leaders “to do their parts in contributing to the global supply of...",right
7566,US to Donate 500 Million Pfizer Doses to Developing Countries,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Joe Biden', 'World']",Biden administration buys 500 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses for global use,CBS News (Online),"The Biden administration is purchasing 500 million doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to donate to the global supply, the White House said Thursday. That will provide enough shots to fully vaccinate 250 million people.
The U.S. is donating 200 million doses this year and 300 million doses in the first half of 2022, the White House said. All of the doses will be distributed through COVAX — the global entity that is working to ensure equitable access to COVID testing and vaccines — and will be given to 92 low- and middle-income countries and...",left
7567,US to Donate 500 Million Pfizer Doses to Developing Countries,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Joe Biden', 'World']",U.S. to donate 500 million Pfizer doses to poor nations,Reuters,"The United States will spend $3.5 billion to buy and donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer (PFE.N) coronavirus vaccine to some of the world’s poorest countries, it said on Thursday, urging other G7 nations to follow suit.
The vaccine donation - the largest ever by a single country - was announced before U.S. President Joe Biden meets leaders of the Group of Seven advanced economies in western England.
The 500 million doses are destined for the world's 100 poorest countries. A senior Biden administration official described the gesture as a ""major...",center
7568,Iraq's Parliament Votes To End U.S. Military Presence,"['Iraq', 'Parliament', 'Us Troops', 'Iran', 'Qasem Soleimani', 'Donald Trump', 'Assassination', 'Vote', 'Middle East']",The Latest: US forces halt anti-IS operations in Iraq,Associated Press,"The U.S-led coalition in Iraq says it is pausing operations in support of Iraqi forces in the fight against Islamic State militants.
The coalition says it’s focus will now be on protecting U.S. personnel and bases in Iraq, and it is suspending training for Iraqi forces.
The coalition’s decision Sunday comes days after a U.S. drone strike killed Iran’s top commander in Baghdad.",left
7569,Iraq's Parliament Votes To End U.S. Military Presence,"['Iraq', 'Parliament', 'Us Troops', 'Iran', 'Qasem Soleimani', 'Donald Trump', 'Assassination', 'Vote', 'Middle East']",Iraqi Lawmakers Vote to Expel U.S. Troops as Iran Mourns a Slain General,New York Times (News),"BAGHDAD — Lawmakers in Iraq heeded the demands of angry citizens and voted on Sunday to expel United States troops from the country, as hundreds of thousands of mourners poured into the streets of Iran to pay their respects to the slain leader of the elite Quds Force, Maj. General Qassim Suleimani.
The vote is not final until Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi signs the draft bill. Earlier on Sunday, however, Mr. Mahdi indicated that he would do so, having urged lawmakers to oust the United States-led coalition after President...",left
7570,Iraq's Parliament Votes To End U.S. Military Presence,"['Iraq', 'Parliament', 'Us Troops', 'Iran', 'Qasem Soleimani', 'Donald Trump', 'Assassination', 'Vote', 'Middle East']",Iraq’s Parliament calls for expulsion of US troops from the country following drone attack,Fox News (Online News),"Iraqi lawmakers approved a resolution Sunday calling to expel U.S. troops from the country, following an American drone attack that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
Lawmakers approved a resolution asking the Iraqi government to end the agreement under which Washington sent forces to Iraq more than four years ago to help in the fight against the Islamic State terror group.",right
7571,Jobs and Election,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney says latest jobs report shows Obama's out of ideas,Fox News (Online News),"The latest Labor Department report showing a continuing decline in job growth in America shows President Obama has run out of ideas, Mitt Romney told Fox News Channel in an exclusive interview, a day after the president wrapped up the Democratic National Convention.",right
7572,Jobs and Election,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Deflating Jobs Report May Not Move The Needle On The Election,NPR (Online News),Republicans cast the Labor Department report showing another month of sluggish economic growth as evidence that President Obama's policies have failed. Democrats said the recovery will take more time and that the partisan impasse in Congress has hampered progress. But analysts say the latest numbers likely won't change voters' minds.,left
7573,Jobs and Election,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Jobs Report Clouds Democrats' Message,Wall Street Journal (News),A weaker-than-expected jobs report could pose an immediate test for the Democratic Party's message urging voters to be patient with the sluggish recovery.,center
7574,New EPA Water Regs,['Environment'],Congressional Republicans are outraged that the EPA wants to protect our drinking water,Salon,"“The only people with reason to oppose the rule are polluters who knowingly threaten our clean water""",left
7575,New EPA Water Regs,['Environment'],"EPA unveils comprehensive water regs, critics decry 'power grab'",Fox News (Online News),"The Obama administration issued controversial new rules Wednesday aimed at protecting the nation's drinking water but decried by congressional critics as a regulatory ""power grab.""",right
7576,New EPA Water Regs,['Environment'],"EPA full steam with 'Waters' protection rule, but trouble ahead",Politico,"The Obama administration on Wednesday launched a sweeping measure to protect the nation’s waterways and wetlands — an initiative that faces a fierce counterattack from powerhouse industries like agriculture, oil and home-building.
On its face, the final “Waters of the United States” rule is largely a technical docume
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/epa-waterways-wetlands-rule-118319...",left
7577,Lawmakers Question Big Tech CEOs About Content Moderation Policies,"['Technology', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Social Media Bias', 'Social Media', 'Twitter', 'Facebook']",Democrats demand more censorship from Big Tech bosses,New York Post (News),"Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee spent Tuesday’s hearing chiding the CEOs of Facebook and Twitter for not stepping up their censorship efforts — despite Twitter’s unprecedented gagging of The Post’s account for two weeks and frequent masking of President Trump’s tweets.
Members of the panel grilled Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for over four hours Tuesday as the pair face accusations of anti-conservative bias and censorship by the right and being lax on “misinformation” by the left.
They appeared to be unaware of the recent...",right
7578,Lawmakers Question Big Tech CEOs About Content Moderation Policies,"['Technology', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Social Media Bias', 'Social Media', 'Twitter', 'Facebook']","'More power than traditional media': Facebook, Twitter policies attacked",Reuters,"Republican senators on Tuesday attacked the chief executives of Facebook and Twitter for what they called censorship of President Trump and his allies during the U.S. election while Democrats bemoaned the spread of misinformation on social media. The CEOs, Jack Dorsey of Twitter and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, defended their content moderation practices at a congressional hearing scheduled after the platforms decided to block stories from the New York Post that made claims about the son of then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
The move incited uproar among Republican lawmakers who...",center
7579,Lawmakers Question Big Tech CEOs About Content Moderation Policies,"['Technology', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Social Media Bias', 'Social Media', 'Twitter', 'Facebook']",Zuckerberg and Dorsey Face Harsh Questioning From Lawmakers,New York Times (News),"The Senate Judiciary Committee concluded its hearing with Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, and Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s chief executive, after more than four hours and 127 questions on Tuesday.
The New York Times tracked each question. Here’s what we found.",left
7580,Several Counties Defy Orders As California Placed on Lockdown,"['Coronavirus', 'California', 'Public Health', 'Gavin Newsom']",Second Major California Sheriff Openly Rebels Against Newsom Lockdown,ZeroHedge,"Just a day after Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco told California Governor Gavin Newsom that his department won't be ""blackmailed, bullied or used as muscle"" against residents during the pandemic, The Epoch Times reports that Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes announced that deputies would not enforce the regional stay-at-home order that was scheduled to go into effect Dec. 6 throughout Southern California.
“Compliance with health orders is a matter of personal responsibility and not a matter of law enforcement,” Barnes said in a Dec. 5 news release.
“Orange County Sheriff’s...",right
7581,Several Counties Defy Orders As California Placed on Lockdown,"['Coronavirus', 'California', 'Public Health', 'Gavin Newsom']",California faces strict new coronavirus lockdowns; some sheriffs push back,Reuters,"More than 23 million people in Southern California were preparing on Sunday for the harshest lockdowns in the United States as COVID-19 cases spiked to record levels in the country’s most populous state. The restrictions in California, ordered by Governor Gavin Newsom to take effect on a region-by-region basis as hospital intensive care unit beds are filled almost to capacity, call for bars, hair and nail salons and tattoo shops to close again.
As of 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, the affected regions were also required to shut down even outdoor...",center
7582,Several Counties Defy Orders As California Placed on Lockdown,"['Coronavirus', 'California', 'Public Health', 'Gavin Newsom']",33 million Californians face COVID-19 stay-at-home order that will restrict movements and business,Los Angeles Times,"A new stay-at-home order will be imposed on Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley Sunday night, as the coronavirus crisis spirals out of control with a speed that has exceeded health officials’ most dire projections.
Some 33 million Californians will be subject to the new order, representing 84% of the state’s population. The state mandated the restrictions in the Southland and Central Valley as capacity at hospitals’ intensive care units hit dangerously low levels. Five Bay Area counties will also begin lockdown restrictions in the coming days despite not...",left
7583,Trump Threatens to Permanently Cut WHO Funding,"['WHO', 'WHO Funding', 'Donald Trump', 'Public Health', 'China', 'Coronavirus']",Trump threatens permanent freeze on WHO funding without 'major' reforms within 30 days,The Hill,"President Trump on Monday threatened to permanently halt U.S. funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) if the body does not commit to ""major substantive improvements"" in the next 30 days.
The president, in a letter to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, levied a series of allegations that the global health entity overlooked or ignored various warning signs about the coronavirus and criticized its stance toward China during the pandemic.
""We do not have time to waste,"" he wrote. ""That is why it is my duty, as President of the...",center
7584,Trump Threatens to Permanently Cut WHO Funding,"['WHO', 'WHO Funding', 'Donald Trump', 'Public Health', 'China', 'Coronavirus']",Trump threatens to keep WHO funding freeze in place after WH investigation,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump released a blistering letter late Monday to the head of the World Health Organization, stating that his administration conducted an investigation that confirmed the health body’s multiple failures in the early stages of the coronavirus outbreak, and warned that his current funding freeze will become permanent if the organization does not make “substantive” improvements within 30 days.
“It is clear the repeated missteps by you and your organization in responding to the pandemic have been extremely costly for the world,” he wrote in the letter to Dr. Tedros...",right
7585,Trump Threatens to Permanently Cut WHO Funding,"['WHO', 'WHO Funding', 'Donald Trump', 'Public Health', 'China', 'Coronavirus']","Trump threatens to permanently cut WHO funding, leave body if changes aren’t made within 30 days",Washington Post,"President Trump threatened Monday to permanently halt U.S. funding to the World Health Organization and “reconsider” the country’s membership in the United Nations body if it does not “commit to major substantive improvements” within the next 30 days.
In a letter to the WHO posted in a late-night tweet, Trump said the global health agency floundered in its early responses to the coronavirus outbreak. In particular, he continued to attack the organization and its director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, accusing them of being too soft on China, where the virus...",left
7586,Small Company With Zinke Ties Wins Puerto Rico Contract,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Puerto Rico’s infrastructure will be rebuilt by a 2-person company with ties to Ryan Zinke,Salon,"Puerto Rico's infrastructure is in desperate need of repair, which makes it all the more puzzling that the commonwealth's state-owned utility hired an obscure Montana firm to do the job.",left
7587,Small Company With Zinke Ties Wins Puerto Rico Contract,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Small company from Trump Interior chief's hometown wins massive contract to restore Puerto Rico's power,The Hill,"A small Montana company located in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's hometown has signed a $300 million contract to help get the power back on in Puerto Rico, The Washington Post reported.",center
7588,Small Company With Zinke Ties Wins Puerto Rico Contract,"['Disaster', 'General News']",No-name firm with Zinke ties lands $300M Puerto Rico power contract,New York Post (News),"A tiny Montana company from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s hometown inked a $300 million contract to help restore electrical power on Puerto Rico, according to a report Tuesday.",right
7589,Uncovering Ebola Mistakes,[],"Lax U.S. Guidelines on Ebola Led to Poor Hospital Training, Experts Say",New York Times (News),"Many American hospitals have improperly trained their staffs to deal with Ebola patients because they were following federal guidelines that were too lax, infection control experts said on Wednesday.",left
7590,Uncovering Ebola Mistakes,[],Top Dallas Hospital Official To Tell Lawmakers 'We Made Mistakes',NPR (Online News),"A top official from the Dallas hospital where the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. was treated and two nurses who cared for him have become infected, is expected to testify before a House panel today and acknowledge mistakes in the facility's handling of the situation.",left
7591,Uncovering Ebola Mistakes,[],Incredible: CDC Told Second Nurse Exposed to Ebola to Fly With a Fever,Townhall,Yesterday we learned a second Texas nurse named Amber Vinson contracted Ebola after treating patient Thomas Eric Duncan before his death at a Dallas hospital. We also learned that Vinson got an airplane from Dallas to Cleveland and back knowing she had been exposed to Ebola and also knowing her co-worker was in the hospital fighting the deadly and highly contagious disease. She also had a fever.,right
7592,Trump Chooses William Barr To Be Next Attorney General,['Justice'],Trump Confirms He'll Nominate William Barr for Attorney General,Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump said on Friday he had chosen former U.S. Attorney General William Barr to once again lead the Justice Department, a role that is in charge of the probe into Russian election interference and possible collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign.",right
7593,Trump Chooses William Barr To Be Next Attorney General,['Justice'],Trump to pick William Barr as attorney general as White House awaits Mueller documents – live,The Guardian,"Donald Trump will nominate William Barr as attorney general, the president confirmed on Friday.",left
7594,Trump Chooses William Barr To Be Next Attorney General,['Justice'],Trump Says He Has Chosen William Barr to Be Next Attorney General,Wall Street Journal (News),Nominee served in the post for two years during the first Bush administration,center
7595,Biden to Debate Trump Despite Pelosi's Calls to Cancel,"['Elections', 'Debates', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi']","Biden rejects skipping Trump debates, vows to fact-check",SFGate,"Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says he won't skip debates with President Donald Trump this fall, vowing he'll use the opportunity to confront his rival and be a “fact checker on the floor.""
Biden said Thursday there’s no question the debates will take place, after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters earlier in the day that she didn’t think Biden should debate the president at all. Pelosi said she knows she disagrees with Biden on this, but she doesn’t think he should “legitimize a conversation” with Trump.",left
7596,Biden to Debate Trump Despite Pelosi's Calls to Cancel,"['Elections', 'Debates', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi']",Pelosi: 'I have every confidence' in Biden against Trump in debates,The Hill,"Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that she has confidence in Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden holding his own against President Trump in debates this fall.
Her comments come hours after saying earlier in the day that she doesn't think there should be any debate between the candidate and the incumbent ahead of the November election.
""I have every confidence in Joe Biden,"" Pelosi said on MSNBC's ""The Beat with Ari Melber."" ""Why I said he shouldn't debate [Trump] has nothing to do with Joe Biden. Joe Biden will be...",center
7597,Biden to Debate Trump Despite Pelosi's Calls to Cancel,"['Elections', 'Debates', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi']","Now that Pelosi wants to cancel the presidential debates, can we stop saying it's just a right-wing meme?",Washington Examiner,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said there should not be any 2020 presidential debates.
And just like that, she has made the idea of canceling the election-year showdowns between President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden into something far more than just chatter among news and political commentators.
“I don't think there should be any debates,” Pelosi told reporters Thursday.
She added, “I do not think that the president of the United States has comported himself in a way that has any association with truth, evidence, data, and facts....",right
7598,AstraZeneca Says Its COVID-19 Vaccine is 79% Effective,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'AstraZeneca']",AstraZeneca’s U.S. trial shows coronavirus vaccine is 79 percent effective,Washington Post,"Oxford University and AstraZeneca reported on Monday that their coronavirus ""vaccine for the world"" was safe and 79 percent effective overall, according to data from a long-awaited clinical trial in the United States, alongside other studies in Chile and Peru. The two-shot regimen was completely effective at preventing severe cases of illness.
In a news release, the Oxford researchers, who developed the easily transported $4 shot for the British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, said their coronavirus vaccine is “safe and highly effective, adding to previous trial data from the United Kingdom,...",left
7599,AstraZeneca Says Its COVID-19 Vaccine is 79% Effective,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'AstraZeneca']",AstraZeneca: US data shows vaccine effective for all adults,Associated Press,"AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine provided strong protection against sickness and eliminated hospitalizations and deaths from the disease, including in older adults, in final-stage U.S. testing, the company announced Monday.
AstraZeneca said its experts did not identify any safety concerns related to the vaccine, including finding no increased risk of rare blood clots identified in Europe. The question now is whether the findings will help rebuild public confidence in the vaccine around the world, as the company seeks to win clearance in the United States
In a statement, AstraZeneca said its COVID-19...",left
7600,AstraZeneca Says Its COVID-19 Vaccine is 79% Effective,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'AstraZeneca']","AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine 100% effective at preventing hospitalizations, company says",Washington Examiner,"New data from AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine trial, which has yet to receive emergency authorization in the United States, is showing positive results.
The latest data from the company published on Monday showed that the vaccine has an efficacy of 79% at preventing symptomatic cases of the coronavirus while being 100% effective at stopping severe disease and hospitalization. The trial included 32,449 participants, and a fifth of them, approximately 8,000 people, were 65 years old or older. 60% of study participants have comorbidities that make them more at risk for a...",right
7601,Robert Mueller Asks FBI to Investigate Claims That Women Were Offered Money to Falsely Accuse Him of Sexual Misconduct,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']","Gateway Pundit writer, GOP lobbyist caught trying to push fake sex assault claims against Mueller",The Blaze,"Gateway Pundit writer Jacob Wohl and Republican lobbyist Jack Burkman were exposed trying to promote fake sexual assault allegations against FBI special counsel Robert Mueller, NBC",right
7602,Robert Mueller Asks FBI to Investigate Claims That Women Were Offered Money to Falsely Accuse Him of Sexual Misconduct,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']","Robert Mueller asks FBI to review alleged sexual harassment hoax, his spokesman says",USA TODAY,"A scheme in which women were allegedly offered money to falsely implicate Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller in sexual misconduct has been referred to the FBI for review,",left
7603,Robert Mueller Asks FBI to Investigate Claims That Women Were Offered Money to Falsely Accuse Him of Sexual Misconduct,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",How a right-wing effort to slime Mueller with a sexual assault allegation fell apart,CNN (Online News),"For a little while on Tuesday, a document posted to The Gateway Pundit, a popular right-wing blog prone to peddling conspiracy theories, must have seemed to some of its readers like the",left
7604,Conservatives Sweep UK Elections,"['Great Britain', 'World']",David Cameron and Conservatives Get Majority in British Election,New York Times (News),"Prime Minister David Cameron and his Conservatives won a resounding victory in the British general election, with complete results on Friday showing that the party had secured an overall majority in Parliament.
The vote was a stunning disappointment for the opposition Labour Party and its leader, Ed Miliband, who had shifted the party away from the more centrist strategy it pursued in the late 1990s and early 2000s under Tony Blair. Mr. Miliband stepped down on Friday, opening up a new debate over the party’s direction.
The result defied",left
7605,Conservatives Sweep UK Elections,"['Great Britain', 'World']",David Cameron’s Conservatives Sweep to U.K. Election Victory,Wall Street Journal (News),"Prime Minister David Cameron swept to an unexpectedly strong election victory on Friday with a majority in Parliament, and immediately vowed to give more powers to Scotland and let voters have a say on whether to stay in the European Union.
The clear win reshapes Britain’s political landscape, giving Mr. Cameron’s Conservatives the right to govern without the influence of a coalition",center
7606,Conservatives Sweep UK Elections,"['Great Britain', 'World']",Obama keeps key ally in anti-ISIS fight as Cameron's party dominates UK elections,Fox News (Online News),"British Prime Minister David Cameron and his Tory party's decisive victory in parliamentary elections likely has President Obama breathing a sigh of relief, with analysts saying the win virtually ensures the continuation of vital U.K. support in fighting the Islamic State and other security matters.
""You need to have a very strong, robust Britain on the world stage,"" said Nile Gardiner, director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom with the Heritage Foundation. ""I think it's very important that the United States has alon",right
7607,Is Centrist Media Still Biased Media?,['Media Bias'],"A ""Center"" Media Bias Rating Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means",AllSides,"An AllSides Media Bias Rating of Center does not necessarily mean a source is neutral, unbiased, or perfectly reasonable.",center
7608,Is Centrist Media Still Biased Media?,['Media Bias'],The Six Forms of Media Bias,New York Times (Opinion),"A media critic inveighs against the bias toward centrism, which inspires me to come up with my own list.",left
7609,Is Centrist Media Still Biased Media?,['Media Bias'],"The media feel safest in the middle lane. Just ask Jeff Flake, John Kasich and Howard Schultz.",Washington Post,"One of the supposed golden rules of journalism goes like this: “If everybody’s mad at your coverage, you must be doing a good job.” That’s ridiculous, of course, though it seems comforting.",left
7610,Julián Castro Drops Out of Primaries,"['Julian Castro', 'Immigration', 'US Congress', 'Decision 2020', 'HUD', 'Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']",Julian Castro drops out of 2020 Democratic primary race,CNBC,"Former Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro dropped out of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary on Thursday, ending a progressive and pugnacious bid that emphasized immigration and social issues but rarely made progress in the polls.",center
7611,Julián Castro Drops Out of Primaries,"['Julian Castro', 'Immigration', 'US Congress', 'Decision 2020', 'HUD', 'Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']",Julian Castro drops out of 2020 Democratic presidential race,Washington Examiner,"Julian Castro is no longer seeking the Democratic 2020 presidential nomination.
""With only a month until the Iowa caucuses and given the circumstances of this campaign season, I've determined that it simply isn't our time,"" Castro said in a video released Thursday. ""So today it’s with a heavy heart and with profound gratitude, that I will suspend my campaign for president.""",right
7612,Julián Castro Drops Out of Primaries,"['Julian Castro', 'Immigration', 'US Congress', 'Decision 2020', 'HUD', 'Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']",Julián Castro Drops Out Of 2020 Presidential Race,HuffPost,"Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro ended his campaign on Thursday, The New York Times reported.
Castro, the former mayor of San Antonio and secretary of Housing and Urban Development under then-President Barack Obama, would have been the first Latino president, had the voters rallied behind him. He was the first Texas Democrat to run for president since 1976.",left
7613,"Migrant Border Crossings Hit 76,000 in February","['Immigration', 'Illegal Immigration']","Southern border at 'breaking point' after more than 76,000 illegal immigrants tried crossing in February, officials say",Fox News (Online News),"More than 76,000 people tried to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in February — a ""remarkable"" leap that more than doubles the number of border apprehensions during the same period of time last year, and is also the highest number of any February in the past 12 years, according to officials.
The system is ""well beyond capacity, and remains at the breaking point,"" U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan told reporters on Tuesday as the agency released the ""record numbers"" of those trying to enter the U.S. through the...",right
7614,"Migrant Border Crossings Hit 76,000 in February","['Immigration', 'Illegal Immigration']","Record number of families, cold reality at border",Washington Post,"In a dusty lot along the U.S.-Mexico border fence, a single Border Patrol agent was stuck with few options and falling temperatures.
A group of 64 parents and children had waded through a shallow bend in the Rio Grande to turn themselves in to the agent on the U.S. side. He radioed for a van driver, but there were none available. By 2 a.m., the temperature was 44 degrees.
The agent handed out plastic space blankets. The group would have to wait.",left
7615,"Migrant Border Crossings Hit 76,000 in February","['Immigration', 'Illegal Immigration']",Record Immigration Surge at the Border,Wall Street Journal (News),"Arrests of families crossing into the U.S. illegally in the past five months hit a record, prompting the chief of Customs and Border Protection to say the system is at “the breaking point.”
From October through February, border agents arrested 136,150 people traveling in families for crossing the border illegally. The prior record for a 12-month period was 107,212, during the fiscal year that ended in September.",center
7616,"Tensions Grow as US, Russia Meet About Ukraine","['Europe', 'World', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Vladimir Putin']",‘Minor incursion’ by Russia could complicate West’s response,Associated Press,"Short of an all-out invasion, Russian President Vladimir Putin could take less dramatic action in Ukraine that would vastly complicate a U.S. and allied response. He might carry out what President Joe Biden called a “minor incursion” — perhaps a cyberattack — leaving the U.S. and Europe divided on the type and severity of economic sanctions to impose on Moscow and ways to increase support for Kyiv.
Biden drew widespread criticism for saying Wednesday that retaliating for Russian aggression in Ukraine would depend on the details. “It’s one thing if it’s a...",left
7617,"Tensions Grow as US, Russia Meet About Ukraine","['Europe', 'World', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Vladimir Putin']","US escalates pressure on Russia, approving new arms and accusing it of plot against Ukraine",ABC News (Online),"Ahead of a key meeting on Friday between the U.S. and Russia, the Biden administration on Thursday pushed a full-scale campaign to pressure Moscow as Russian leader Vladimir Putin weighs a possible attack on its neighbor Ukraine.
The U.S. approved its NATO allies in the Baltics to provide additional arms to Ukraine, including critical anti-aircraft missiles that escalate U.S. support. The U.S. Treasury sanctioned four Ukrainian officials it accused of working with Russian intelligence, including to form a new government backed by Russian occupying forces. The State Department blasted a...",left
7618,"Tensions Grow as US, Russia Meet About Ukraine","['Europe', 'World', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Vladimir Putin']",Mitch McConnell says US should arm Ukraine after Biden’s Russia comments,New York Post (News),"Senate Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday the US should arm Ukraine, a day after President Joe Biden’s remarks raised questions about an international response to a Russian invasion.
Biden seemed to imply during a news conference on Wednesday that the US and its allies might not be unified in response to Russia if it attacks Ukraine in “a minor incursion.”
The comments, which the president and White House sought to clarify amid backlash, served as a signal to Russia that it was okay to “take some” of Ukraine, McConnell said on...",right
7619,Awkward Al Smith Dinner,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump, Clinton Trade Biting Jokes at Al Smith Dinner After Fiery Debate",NBC News (Online),"What began as the expected ribbing of presidential candidates at the white-tie Al Smith Dinner Thursday turned to boos as Donald Trump described Hillary Clinton as ""corrupt"" at the event, which is a major fundraiser for the Catholic charities connected to the Archdiocese of New York.",left
7620,Awkward Al Smith Dinner,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump jeered over Clinton slams at charity dinner, as candidates get personal",Fox News (Online News),"Republican nominee Donald Trump was jeered by attendees at a New York white-tie charity dinner Thursday night after his speech crossed from roast-style jokes into attacks on Hillary Clinton -- though the Democratic nominee also took swipes, and both candidates got roasted by the master of ceremonies.",right
7621,Awkward Al Smith Dinner,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","At Al Smith Dinner, Donald Trump Turns Friendly Roast Into 3-Alarm Fire",NPR (Online News),"It was tense even before they started. Reporters tweeted that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump entered the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner from separate sides of the room, and didn't even shake hands (which at this point really isn't a surprise).",left
7622,Power Lunch,['Politics'],Obama To Host Congressional Leaders As Post-Election Battles Boil,HuffPost,Republican victors of Tuesday's U.S. congressional elections break bread with Democratic President Barack Obama on Friday as the two sides assess what legislation can be enacted in coming months despite years of confrontation.,left
7623,Power Lunch,['Politics'],The Awkward Post-Election White House Lunch,NPR (Online News),President Obama is having lunch with congressional leaders at the White House Friday. This sort of post-election sit-down after power shifts away from the president's party has become something of a Washington tradition. An awkward one.,left
7624,Power Lunch,['Politics'],"Worlds collide over lunch: Obama, emboldened GOP leaders to chart course",Fox News (Online News),"Two titanic forces -- a ""hope and change"" president struggling to cement an enduring legacy in the final quarter of his term, and a resurgent Republican leadership eager to exercise a voters' mandate -- will face off Friday afternoon in a White House meeting that could set the course for the next two years.",right
7625,Perspectives: Florida Bans Critical Race Theory from Schools,"['Race And Racism', 'Education', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Florida']",To CRT or Not to CRT?,National Review,"So are we doing the thing where we are pretending that curriculum, instruction, and materials can’t be determined by school boards and state legislatures and should be left to radical education consultants who are hired by bureaucrats?
What is popularly known as critical-race theory in education debates is, effectively, an omnibus term for a series of propagandistic approaches to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) that are common in the corporate business sector, along with certain contested ideas about the extent and nature of systemic racism, and the appropriate remedies that follow.",right
7626,Perspectives: Florida Bans Critical Race Theory from Schools,"['Race And Racism', 'Education', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Florida']",Florida bans ‘critical race theory’ from its classrooms,Associated Press,"Florida’s state Board of Education banned “critical race theory” from public school classrooms Thursday, adopting new rules it said would shield schoolchildren from curricula that could “distort historical events.”
Florida’s move was widely expected as a national debate intensifies about how race should be used as a lens in classrooms to examine the country’s tumultuous history.
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared by video at the top of the board’s meeting, urging its members, many of whom he appointed, to adopt the new measures he asserted would serve students with the...",left
7627,Perspectives: Florida Bans Critical Race Theory from Schools,"['Race And Racism', 'Education', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Florida']",What Florida’s “Critical Race Theory” Ban Tells Us About Anti-Antiracism,Slate,"On Thursday, Florida’s State Board of Education voted unanimously, at the behest of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, to ban lessons that employ critical race theory (CRT) or the New York Times’ 1619 Project from schools. The vote aligns with initiatives in several other states such as Idaho, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Iowa. 
Florida’s amendment takes an existing rule saying instruction “may not suppress or distort significant historical events, such as the Holcaust” and adds “slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction, the civil rights movement and the contributions of women, African American and Hispanic people to...",left
7628,Ryan on Medicare,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ryan's mom is new face in Medicare wars,Politico,"Betty Ryan Douglas, 78, is the newest face of the Medicare wars that have abruptly taken center stage in the 2012 contest, joining her son here Saturday in the town square of a sprawling retirement community as Ryan assured seniors that he and Mitt Romney wont take away their Medicare and Social Security.",left
7629,Ryan on Medicare,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ryan vows Romney campaign's Medicare plan is best for seniors,Fox News (Online News),"Walking on stage Saturday hand-and-hand with his retired mother, GOP vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan vowed to hundreds of Florida seniors that he and Mitt Romney, if elected, would preserve Medicare for them.",right
7630,Ryan on Medicare,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Paul Ryan Defends Medicare Plan, Accuses President Obama of 'Raiding It'",,"With his 78-year-old mother by his side, Paul Ryan told a crowd of several thousand retirees that he and Mitt Romney have a plan that will save Medicare from bankruptcy and accused President Obama of ""raiding it.""",center
7631,Super Tuesday 2 Results,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Super Tuesday 2: Live updates,CNN (Online News),"CNN to simulcast Univision #DemDebate, & everything you need to know about CNN's #GOPDebate
http://cnn.it/1pfdSb0",left
7632,Super Tuesday 2 Results,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Sanders wins Michigan in stunning upset,Washington Times,"Sen. Bernard Sanders scored a major upset victory in Michigan on Tuesday night, defeating presidential primary rival Hillary Clinton and notching a symbolic win that may breathe new life into his underdog campaign.",right
7633,Super Tuesday 2 Results,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump wins Mississippi, Michigan primaries",Washington Post,"Donald Trump won convincing victories Tuesday in the Michigan and Mississippi primaries, suggesting That the GOP establishment intensified assault on Trump's character and record HAD not yet wounded the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination.",left
7634,White House Says Biden Will Not Create Presidential Commission to Probe Jan. 6 Capitol Breach,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'US House']",Biden Comes Out Against Establishing Presidential Commission To Investigate Jan. 6,The Daily Caller,"President Joe Biden is opposing creating a Jan. 6 presidential commission, Axios reported Thursday.
The president plans to continue urging Congress to establish its own committee, White House officials said according to Axios. He won’t, however, appoint his own presidential committee dedicated to investigating the Jan. 6 riot, which saw Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol as lawmakers were voting to certify the election for Biden.
House Democrats proposed creating a presidential commission after Senate Republicans killed a bill to create one in a vote at the end of May. Six Republicans supported the bill, but...",right
7635,White House Says Biden Will Not Create Presidential Commission to Probe Jan. 6 Capitol Breach,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'US House']",Biden opposes a presidential commission for Jan. 6,Axios,"President Biden has decided against appointing his own commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection and will instead increase pressure on Congress to establish a committee, White House officials tell Axios.
Why it matters: Some House Democrats suggested Biden create a presidential commission after Senate Republicans blocked the establishment of a bipartisan, independent panel. This decision signals his preference for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to take the lead.
What they're saying: “Congress was attacked on that day, and President Biden firmly agrees with Speaker Pelosi that Congress itself has a unique...",center
7636,White House Says Biden Will Not Create Presidential Commission to Probe Jan. 6 Capitol Breach,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'US House']",Biden won't create presidential commission on January 6 attack,CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden has no plans to create a presidential commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement Thursday.
""As the President has said, the events of January 6th were an unprecedented assault on our democracy -- and he believes they deserve a full, and independent, investigation to determine what transpired and ensure it can never happen again,"" Psaki said in a statement to CNN.
""Congress was attacked on that day, and President Biden firmly agrees with Speaker Pelosi that Congress itself...",left
7637,Trump Makes Controversial Statements in Fox News Interview; Media Coverage Differs,"['Joe Biden', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Laura Ingraham', 'Fox News', 'Donald Trump']",Trump to Supporters: ‘Leave It to Law Enforcement’,Breitbart News,"President Donald Trump told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham that he wants his supporters to “leave it to law enforcement” when it comes to confronting violent left-wing activists.
Ingraham asked Trump to respond to his rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, who called Trump supporters “an armed militia in this country.” Trump defended his supporters and said Biden was “weak,” noting that Democrats had lost control of violent left-wing mobs in the cities that they governed.",right
7638,Trump Makes Controversial Statements in Fox News Interview; Media Coverage Differs,"['Joe Biden', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Laura Ingraham', 'Fox News', 'Donald Trump']","Trump tells Ingraham some officers 'choke' during shootings, saying 'They miss a 3-foot putt'",USA TODAY,"While discussing the shooting of Jacob Blake with Fox News ahead of his visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin, President Donald Trump said some police officers who shoot unarmed suspects ""choke,"" as if missing a 3-foot putt in golf, a comment that drew social media criticism and mockery.
Blake, a Black man, was shot seven times in the back by an officer as he tried to enter a vehicle in an incident caught on video. The shooting sparked a new wave of protests around the country against police brutality and racial...",left
7639,Trump Makes Controversial Statements in Fox News Interview; Media Coverage Differs,"['Joe Biden', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Laura Ingraham', 'Fox News', 'Donald Trump']",Trump Spouts New Conspiracy Theories In Bizarre Fox News Interview,HuffPost,"President Donald Trump spouted numerous baseless conspiracy theories and attacked Black Lives Matter protesters while claiming his own supporters were peacefully demonstrating during a lengthy interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Monday.
When asked if his supporters should confront Black Lives Matter protesters ― as they have been doing in various cities ― Trump said that should be left to law enforcement. Then, he proceeded to call his base “wonderful, hardworking, tremendous” people who were shocked by the violence and were simply engaging in “peaceful protest.”",left
7640,Trump Willing to Testify,"['White House', 'Politics']","Calling Comey a Liar, Trump Says He Will Testify Under Oath",New York Times (News),"President Trump on Friday accused James B. Comey, the fired F.B.I. director, of lying under oath to Congress, saying he would gladly provide sworn testimony disputing Mr. Comey’s charge that the president forced him out because of his handling of the investigation into the Trump campaign’s possible collusion with Russia.",left
7641,Trump Willing to Testify,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump: Willing to Testify Under Oath That He Didn’t Ask Comey to Ease Flynn Probe,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Donald Trump on Friday disputed his former Federal Bureau of Investigation director’s statements about their conversation regarding the agency’s probe of former National Security Adviser Mike Flynn, laying the groundwork for a potential legal clash that could have far-reaching consequences.",center
7642,Trump Willing to Testify,"['White House', 'Politics']",President Trump: I'm 100 Percent Willing To Testify Under Oath About Russia,Townhall,"Speaking during a joint press conference with Romanian President Klaus Lohannis in the Rose Garden Friday at the White House, President Donald Trump said he is ""100 percent"" willing to testify under oath about the Russia probe. He also said he is happy to speak with Special Counsel Robert Mueller about the facts of the case.",right
7643,Romney/Ryan,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Can Paul Ryan boost Romney's poll numbers?,Politico,"A new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground poll released today finds that President Obama and Mitt Romney are tied in a dead heat for the White House. The poll, which was conducted a few days before Romney announced Paul Ryan as his running mate, finds that despite the unprecedented amount of money being poured into the contest and the non-stop attacks from each side, the top line numbers are essentially unchanged from a previous Battleground poll in early May.",left
7644,Romney/Ryan,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Ryan could bring senior, female votes to GOP ticket despite Dem narrative",Fox News (Online News),"Though Democrats are hammering Paul Ryan as the bringer of Medicare's doom, the Republican vice presidential candidate is far more popular among seniors than he's given credit for.
Same goes for women. And independents.
Surveys conducted shortly before Mitt Romney's VP roll-out show Ryan actually polls fairly well among all three of these groups. And while Democrats claim to be ecstatic at Romney's choice -- they say he's an easy target, and they've already gone to town portraying him as ""extreme"" -- the bookish lawmaker from Janesville, Wis.,...",right
7645,Romney/Ryan,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The race to define Paul Ryan,CNN (Online News),"Ask Sarah Palin. It happens every campaign cycle. And now, the race to define Rep. Paul Ryan has begun.
At two separate events in North Carolina Sunday, Mitt Romney sought to portray his new running mate as a reluctant budget warrior who went to Washington to change the status quo.
""His career ambition was not to go to Washington. That is not what he wanted to do,"" Romney said about Ryan at a rally in Mooresville.
""He went there to change minds,"" the presumptive GOP nominee added about his running...",left
7646,Democrats uncomfortable over Obamacare,['Healthcare'],"With Enrollment Slow, Some Democrats Back Change in Health Law",New York Times (News),Congressional Democrats are increasingly expressing support for allowing Americans to retain the insurance coverage they are losing because of the Affordable Care Act.,left
7647,Democrats uncomfortable over Obamacare,['Healthcare'],Obama open to health-law change,Wall Street Journal (News),"The government released numbers Wednesday showing that far fewer Americans had enrolled in private insurance plans under the new health law than expected, and in a marked shift, the Obama administration signaled it was open to legislation to fix the troubled rollout.",center
7648,Democrats uncomfortable over Obamacare,['Healthcare'],"Sen. Claire McCaskill on Obamacare: ""The store is open and we've locked the front door""",Washington Times,"Sen. Claire McCaskill, Missouri Democrat, said Thursday that people are able to window shop for health care on the federal government website at this point but that the store is open and we've locked the front door.",right
7649,Warning from Hagel about ISIS,['Middle East'],"Islamic State can’t be beat without addressing Syrian side of border, top general says",Washington Post,"Islamic State cannot be defeated without addressing “both sides of what is essentially at this point a nonexistent border” between Iraq and Syria, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Thursday.",left
7650,Warning from Hagel about ISIS,['Middle East'],Pentagon chief: ISIS 'beyond anything we have seen',CNN (Online News),"America's top defense officials left open the possibility of targeting fighters with the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, saying during a news briefing Thursday that it was not enough to just hit the extremist group in Iraq.",left
7651,Warning from Hagel about ISIS,['Middle East'],"Hagel on ISIS: ""We must get ready""",Townhall,"President Obama may be in denial over the serious threat the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) poses to the U.S., but senior military officials are not.",right
7652,Fiscal Talks Heat Up,[],"Obama, Boehner meet amid hard bargaining over tax hikes, debt ceiling",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner met for 45 minutes Monday morning at the White House, in the latest push to iron out the particulars of a possible deal to avert the looming fiscal crisis.
An end-of-the-year deadline fast-approaching, the debt ceiling is emerging as perhaps the biggest sticking point in negotiations.
The speaker, in a possible breakthrough toward a deal, last week offered Obama a compromise by proposing a tax rate hike on those making over $1 million. However, the speaker's office insists that Boehner will...",right
7653,Fiscal Talks Heat Up,[],"Obama, Boehner meet again as fiscal cliff talks heat up",CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner met at the White House on Monday after the top Republican negotiator made concessions over the weekend that moved the talks to a new level.
The 45-minute meeting was their third face-to-face discussion in eight days, a sign of acceleration in the negotiations that seek to avert the automatic tax increases and spending cuts of the fiscal cliff set to take effect in the new year.
Sources told CNN over the weekend that Boehner's latest proposal dropped Republican opposition to...",left
7654,Fiscal Talks Heat Up,[],"Obama, Boehner Meet as Cliff Talks Advance",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner huddled at the White House Monday as the pace quickened in negotiations to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff.
The meeting, which lasted about 45 minutes, was the first face-to-face gathering between the two leaders since Mr. Boehner on Friday said he could support increased tax rates on income above $1 million a year. Mr. Boehner has also said he wants the White House to offer significant spending cuts in exchange for any new taxes, an issue that likely came up at the...",center
7655,How Does Oklahoma's Abortion Ban Strengthen Efforts Against Roe v Wade?,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Ban', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Courts', 'GOP', 'Kevin Stitt', 'Oklahoma', 'Planned Parenthood', 'Polarization', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas Abortion Law', ""Women'S Issues""]","Oklahoma's new abortion law doesn't even pretend to adhere to Roe, setting up a showdown",St. Louis Post-Dispatch,"In the game of up-the-ante that Republican-controlled states are playing in their zeal to eradicate abortion rights, Oklahoma took the lead this week. Its new law doesn’t bother with heartbeat standards or clever enforcement mechanisms but just says it outright: Any doctor who performs any abortion at any time (other than to save a woman’s life) could face 10 years in prison. This is the oppression that awaits women throughout red-state America should the U.S. Supreme Court dismantle Roe v. Wade.
That landmark 1973 case established the right of women to determine...",center
7656,How Does Oklahoma's Abortion Ban Strengthen Efforts Against Roe v Wade?,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Ban', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Courts', 'GOP', 'Kevin Stitt', 'Oklahoma', 'Planned Parenthood', 'Polarization', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas Abortion Law', ""Women'S Issues""]",Now nothing will stop the Supreme Court from overturning Roe v. Wade,Paul Waldman,"When the history of how American women lost their reproductive rights is written, the bill-signing that took place in Oklahoma City on Tuesday should be acknowledged as a key moment when the shrinking window of possibility that the Supreme Court might hold back from overturning Roe v. Wade essentially closed forever.
The occasion was Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signing a bill outlawing almost all abortions in the state, a move that is as plainly unconstitutional as it would be for the state to make it illegal to practice Judaism or criticize the president.
Why...",left
7657,How Does Oklahoma's Abortion Ban Strengthen Efforts Against Roe v Wade?,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Ban', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Courts', 'GOP', 'Kevin Stitt', 'Oklahoma', 'Planned Parenthood', 'Polarization', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas Abortion Law', ""Women'S Issues""]","Abortion rights without Roe poised to splinter across states, jurisdictions, courts",Washington Times,"Performing an abortion in Oklahoma will be a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday — just three days after lawmakers in Maryland went the other direction by expanding not only who can perform abortions but also requiring insurance to cover the procedure at no cost to the policyholder.
The new laws in Oklahoma and Maryland reflect a rapidly splintering legal landscape as Republican-controlled states enact abortion restrictions while Democratic-run states race to codify abortion rights....",right
7658,O’Reilly Out at Fox,['Arts And Entertainment'],Fox News Has Decided Bill O’Reilly Has to Go,New York Magazine,"The Murdochs have decided Bill O’Reilly’s 21-year run at Fox News will come to an end. According to sources briefed on the discussions, network executives are preparing to announce O’Reilly’s departure before he returns from an Italian vacation on April 24. (Update: Parent company 21st Century Fox announced at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday that O’Reilly “will not be returning to the Fox News Channel.”)",left
7659,O’Reilly Out at Fox,['Arts And Entertainment'],Fox ends ties with top-rated host Bill O'Reilly,Reuters,"Twenty-First Century Fox Inc has decided to part ways with star cable news host Bill O'Reilly following allegations of sexual harassment, the company said on Wednesday.",center
7660,O’Reilly Out at Fox,['Arts And Entertainment'],O’Reilly Done at Fox News - Activist Left Gets Monster Scalp,Breitbart News,"Fox News has officially cut ties with Bill O’Reilly. Through the network’s parent company 21st Century Fox, the Murdochs issued a statement on Wednesday afternoon: “After a thorough and careful review of the allegations, the Company and Bill O’Reilly have agreed that Bill O’Reilly will not be returning to the Fox News Channel.”",right
7661,Facebook Suspends Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones for 'Hate Speech' and Encouraging 'Physical Harm',['Technology'],Facebook blocks InfoWars's Alex Jones for 30 days over 'hate speech' and 'encouraging physical harm',Daily Mail,InfoWars's Alex Jones has been blocked by Facebook for 30 days after the right-wing conspiracy theorist was accused of spreading hate speech and encouraging physical harm.,right
7662,Facebook Suspends Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones for 'Hate Speech' and Encouraging 'Physical Harm',['Technology'],Facebook Finally Dumps Alex Jones — But Only for 30 Days,Vice,"Facebook finally took action Thursday against the far-right conspiracy theorist and Trump-backer Alex Jones, banning the Infowars host from its platform for 30 days and removing four of his videos.",left
7663,Facebook Suspends Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones for 'Hate Speech' and Encouraging 'Physical Harm',['Technology'],YouTube removes videos from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones: Infowars website,Reuters,"YouTube has removed four videos by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, his website Infowars said on Wednesday, after the radio host used his YouTube channel to denounce Muslim immigrants to Europe and the creators of a transgender cartoon.",center
7664,Johnson & Johnson Announces 1-Shot Vaccine is 66% Effective Against Moderate to Severe COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'Johnson & Johnson', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Novavax', 'Moderna', 'Pfizer', 'AstraZeneca', 'World', 'Belgium', 'Science', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare']",Johnson & Johnson’s Vaccine Offers Strong Protection but Fuels Concern About Variants,New York Times (News),"Johnson & Johnson, the only major drug maker developing a single-dose vaccine for Covid, announced on Friday that its shot provided strong protection against Covid-19, potentially offering another powerful tool in a desperate race against a worldwide rise in virus mutations.
But the results came with a significant cautionary note: The vaccine’s efficacy rate dropped from 72 percent in the United States to 57 percent in South Africa, where a highly contagious variant is driving most cases.",left
7665,Johnson & Johnson Announces 1-Shot Vaccine is 66% Effective Against Moderate to Severe COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'Johnson & Johnson', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Novavax', 'Moderna', 'Pfizer', 'AstraZeneca', 'World', 'Belgium', 'Science', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare']",Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Is 66% Effective In Preventing Moderate To Severe COVID-19,NPR (Online News),"A global study of nearly 44,000 found that the COVID-19 vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson is 66% effective in preventing moderate to severe disease.
The study was conducted in the U.S., Latin America and South Africa. The vaccine did better at preventing disease in the U.S. – 72% — and less well in South Africa – 57% efficacy. The efficacy seen in Latin America was 66%.
The South African results are troubling because of the coronavirus variant spreading there that has now been detected in the U.S., raising concerns...",left
7666,Johnson & Johnson Announces 1-Shot Vaccine is 66% Effective Against Moderate to Severe COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'Johnson & Johnson', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Novavax', 'Moderna', 'Pfizer', 'AstraZeneca', 'World', 'Belgium', 'Science', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare']",Johnson & Johnson Releases Single-Dose Vaccine Results,National Review,"Johnson & Johnson announced on Friday that its coronavirus vaccine was 72 percent effective against the pathogen in the U.S., and the company will ask federal regulators for approval in February.
Unlike the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna candidates, Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine is administered in one shot. The vaccine uses a relatively new technology to deliver a coronavirus gene into the body by using a modified form of the common cold. The gene instructs bodily cells to make a protein similar to coronavirus, which wards off infection.",right
7667,Supreme Court Rules Employers Can Bar Employees From Filing Class-Action Lawsuits,['Supreme Court'],The Supreme Court Just Made It A Lot Harder For You To Sue Your Employer,HuffPost,"A new ruling allows employers to force workers into class-action waivers. As one justice put it, the case cuts to “the entire heart of the New Deal.”",left
7668,Supreme Court Rules Employers Can Bar Employees From Filing Class-Action Lawsuits,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court Says Employers Can Bar Worker Class-Action Lawsuits,Bloomberg,A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employers can force workers to use individual arbitration instead of class-action lawsuits to press legal claims. The decision potentially limits the rights of tens of millions of employees.,left
7669,Supreme Court Rules Employers Can Bar Employees From Filing Class-Action Lawsuits,['Supreme Court'],"The Supreme Court Just Handed Business A Huge Victory, And Ginsburg Is Angry",The Daily Caller,"In a decisive victory for business, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that employers can effectively bar class-action lawsuits by requiring workers to resolve disputes in individual arbitration.",right
7670,Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts Spar Over Independence of Judiciary,['Supreme Court'],Chief Justice Roberts rebukes Trump's 'Obama judge' gibe,BBC News,US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has taken the extraordinary step of rebuking President Donald Trump's criticism of a federal judge.,center
7671,Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts Spar Over Independence of Judiciary,['Supreme Court'],Why Chief Justice John Roberts spoke out,CNN (Online News),"Chief Justice John Roberts has watched, silently, as Donald Trump denigrated judges over the years, complaining about one because of his Mexican heritage, referring to another as a",left
7672,Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts Spar Over Independence of Judiciary,['Supreme Court'],Justice Roberts’ attack against President Trump was blatantly political and wrong,Fox News (Opinion),"In a remarkably inappropriate and blatantly political statement Wednesday, U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts chastised President Trump for the president’s quite accurate criticism of the 9th U.S.",right
7673,"Supreme Court Lifts Ban on California In-Person Worship Services, Leaves Some Restrictions","['Religion And Faith', 'Supreme Court', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'California']",The Supreme Court Just Ordered California to Reopen Churches,National Review,"Late Friday evening, the Supreme Court, in South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom, issued emergency relief suspending California’s broad ban on indoor religious services. The Court ruled that California was “enjoined from enforcing the . . . prohibition on indoor worship services . . . pending disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari.” The order is limited: Relief was “denied with respect to the [25%] percentage capacity limitations” and denied with respect to the prohibition on singing and chanting during indoor services,” although the Court left the...",right
7674,"Supreme Court Lifts Ban on California In-Person Worship Services, Leaves Some Restrictions","['Religion And Faith', 'Supreme Court', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'California']",Justices: California can’t enforce indoor church service ban,Associated Press Fact Check,"The Supreme Court is telling California that it can’t bar indoor church services because of the coronavirus pandemic, but it can keep for now a ban on singing and chanting indoors.
The high court issued orders late Friday in two cases where churches had sued over coronavirus-related restrictions in the state. The high court said that for now, California can’t ban indoor worship as it had in almost all of the state because virus cases are high.
The justices said the state can cap indoor services at 25% of a...",left
7675,"Supreme Court Lifts Ban on California In-Person Worship Services, Leaves Some Restrictions","['Religion And Faith', 'Supreme Court', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'California']",Supreme Court Rules Against California Ban On In-Person Worship Amid The Pandemic,NPR (Online News),"A divided Supreme Court has ruled that California can no longer continue with a ban on indoor church services put in place in response to the coronavirus pandemic, but said the state can keep in place restrictions on singing and chanting inside.
The two cases at the center of Friday's rulings marked a test of how far states can go to safeguard public health before running afoul of constitutional protections for the free exercise of religion. In response to suits brought by the South Bay United Pentecostal Church in Chula...",left
7676,President Trump Withdraws U.S. Troops from Syria,"['Syria', 'Turkey', 'Donald Trump', 'Foreign Policy', 'Military', 'Middle East']","Syrian regime claims Turkey is ALREADY striking Kurdish targets as U.S. troops withdraw, Republican fury at 'betrayal' grows, and Donald Trump claims he has told Turkish leader: 'Any of our people get hurt - big trouble'",Daily Mail,"The regime of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad claimed Monday through state-run media that Turkey began launching aerial attacks across the border, as American troops are obeying President Donald Trump's order to withdraw to the United States.
Trump defended his decision as unconfirmed reports of airstrikes blanketed Twitter, largely traceable back to unverified amateur video. Syrian government-run SANA TV called it 'Turkish aggression' targeting the 'north-eastern countryside' of Syria where some Kurdish forces are based.
Claims of airstrikes are likely to ramp up military tensions and benefit both Syria and...",right
7677,President Trump Withdraws U.S. Troops from Syria,"['Syria', 'Turkey', 'Donald Trump', 'Foreign Policy', 'Military', 'Middle East']","Chaos in Syria, Washington after Trump call with Erdogan unleashed Turkish military",NBC News (Online),"WASHINGTON — American forces in northeastern Syria received an urgent, unexpected alert early Monday morning to pull back from their posts.
""They were told, 'We're departing the field,'"" said current and former senior U.S. defense officials.
At 3 a.m. local time, the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Gen. Mazloum Kobane, also received a phone call from a senior U.S. official telling him to get on a video teleconference with an American military commander who informed him President Donald Trump had ordered U.S. troops to withdraw.
""This decision, this is...",left
7678,President Trump Withdraws U.S. Troops from Syria,"['Syria', 'Turkey', 'Donald Trump', 'Foreign Policy', 'Military', 'Middle East']",McConnell Urges Trump to Keep U.S. Troops in Northern Syria,Wall Street Journal (News),"WASHINGTON—Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urged President Trump to “exercise American leadership” and keep U.S. troops in northern Syria, joining a chorus of Republican and Democratic lawmakers who warned the president against withdrawing from the area.
“American interests are best served by American leadership, not by retreat or withdrawal,” the Kentucky Republican said. He didn’t directly criticize Mr. Trump, but reminded him that the Senate voted in January to keep U.S. troops in Syria, in reaction to a previous withdrawal plan announced by the White House.
The remarks by Mr....",center
7679,Russian troops in Ukraine,['World'],"NATO Military Officer: More Than 1,000 Russian Troops Operating Inside Ukraine",HuffPost,"NATO believes well over 1,000 Russian troops are operating inside Ukraine, a NATO military officer said on Thursday.",left
7680,Russian troops in Ukraine,['World'],Russia To Ukraine: We're Back!,Townhall,"Determined to preserve the pro-Russian revolt in eastern Ukraine, Russia reinforced what Western and Ukrainian officials described as a stealth invasion on Wednesday, sending armored troops across the border as it expanded the conflict to a new section of Ukrainian territory.",right
7681,Russian troops in Ukraine,['World'],Ukraine Accuses Russia of Invasion,Wall Street Journal (News),"Russian official Denies Claim, But West Will Be Challenged to Respond",center
7682,Duck Dynasty Bigotry Controversy,['LGBT Rights'],Why The Racist And Homophobic ‘Duck Dynasty’ Comments Have Nothing To Do With Free Speech,ThinkProgress,"On Wednesday, Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson made comments in a GQ interview condemning homosexuality as sinful and comparable to bestiality, as well as claiming that African Americans were better off under Jim Crow laws. A&E, the network that airs the program, has since suspended Robertson from filming, prompting conservatives to rush to his defense. Even some prominent lawmakers are insisting that his free speech is in danger.",left
7683,Duck Dynasty Bigotry Controversy,['LGBT Rights'],"Sarah Palin, Gov. Jindal, 'Duck Dynasty' fans react to Phil Robertson's suspension by A&E",Fox News (Online News),"Governors, former Vice Presidential nominees -- just about everybody has an opinion about the ""Duck Dynasty"" brouhaha.
Sarah Palin was one of many of the show's fans to take to social media after news hit that Phil Robertson had been indefinitely suspended by A&E following his controversial statements about homosexuality in an interview with GQ Magazine.
Palin went on Facebook to voice her reaction, charging that the suspension is an attack",right
7684,Duck Dynasty Bigotry Controversy,['LGBT Rights'],'Duck Dynasty' reactions debate: Free speech or bigotry?,CNN (Online News),"If there's one thing we can all agree on when it comes to ""Duck Dynasty"" star Phil Robertson and the fallout from his interview with GQ, it's that everyone has an opinion.
And, to be honest, that's about the only thing we can agree on.
In the 24 hours since GQ released its January profile of Robertson and his family, who draw millions to A&E with their reality show ""Duck Dynasty,"" social media has seen more than its typical overuse of exclamation points and excessive capitalization.",left
7685,Analysis of Jobs Report,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Growth or 'standstill'? Monthly jobs report gives mixed picture ahead of election,Fox News (Online News),"The final monthly jobs report before Election Day offered a mixed bag of economic evidence that would surely become political putty for the presidential candidates, with the unemployment rate ticking up to 7.9 percent but the economy adding a better-than-expected 171,000 jobs.",right
7686,Analysis of Jobs Report,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",October jobs numbers: Little political ammunition in data,Politico,"The final jobs report before Election Day paints a picture of the U.S. economy that looks a lot like the 2012 campaign itself: a long, grinding march forward with little in the way of big inspiration that still slightly favors President Barack Obama.",left
7687,Analysis of Jobs Report,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Last jobs report before election crucial in close race,CNN (Online News),The monthly jobs report -- the last before the nail-biting election next week -- may be the single most motivating event to take place at this point in the campaign.,left
7688,Todd Akin and his thoughts on abortion,['Abortion'],Todd Akin Led Missouri Senate Polls Before Rape Comments,HuffPost,"With Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) embroiled in controversy over remarks that victims of ""legitimate rape"" rarely get pregnant, political handicappers are reassessing the viability of his challenge to Democratic incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill.
Although polls conducted in recent months show Akin leading McCaskill, political observers are speculating that Akin's support will drop, with the disagreement centering mostly on how much the numbers will change.",left
7689,Todd Akin and his thoughts on abortion,['Abortion'],"Rep. Akin 'rape' comment draws widespread GOP criticism, call to exit Senate race",Fox News (Online News),"Fellow Republican Senate candidates buffeted Rep. Todd Akin with condemnation Monday over his controversial comments on rape, with GOP Sen. Scott Brown going so far as to call on Akin to bow out of the race for U.S. Senate in Missouri.
Akin, a six-term GOP congressman challenging Democratic Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill for her seat, found himself quickly isolated by Republicans after telling an interviewer that a woman's body can typically prevent pregnancy during a ""legitimate rape"" -- as he argued against allowing abortions in cases of rape, claiming...",right
7690,Todd Akin and his thoughts on abortion,['Abortion'],Akin flub puts abortion at center of campaign debate,CNN (Online News),"A campaign flub by a Republican Senate candidate shifted the political focus Monday to abortion and women's rights, as certain GOP nominee Mitt Romney and his conservative running mate faced a town hall-style meeting in New Hampshire.
U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, R-Missouri, said Sunday he misspoke when he said in an earlier interview that ""legitimate rape"" rarely resulted in pregnancy. Akin also expressed opposition to abortion in cases of rape.
The comment by Akin, who won Missouri's Republican primary to take on incumbent Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in...",left
7691,Egg Thrown At GOP Recall Candidate Larry Elder During Campaign Event,"['Media Bias', 'Larry Elder', 'Race And Racism', 'Elections', 'California', 'Newsom Recall']",Egg thrown at California governor candidate Larry Elder on homeless camp walk,New York Post (News),"California Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder got a hostile reception as he toured a Venice homeless encampment Wednesday — with one woman in a pink gorilla mask chucking an egg that narrowly missed the radio talk show host’s head.
Video tweeted by Spectrum News reporter Kate Cagle showed the unidentified black-clad woman steering her bike into position a few feet from Elder’s left shoulder before letting fly with the missile.
When the woman was confronted by a member of Elder’s security team, she told him to “take your hands off me, motherf—er! Touch me...",right
7692,Egg Thrown At GOP Recall Candidate Larry Elder During Campaign Event,"['Media Bias', 'Larry Elder', 'Race And Racism', 'Elections', 'California', 'Newsom Recall']",Larry Elder cuts short Venice homeless encampment tour after hostile confrontation,Los Angeles Times,"Larry Elder’s scheduled tour of homeless encampments in Venice ended shortly after it began Wednesday morning, with the leading Republican in the gubernatorial recall race hastily exiting in an SUV after being angrily confronted by a group of homeless people and advocates.
Elder — who had arrived in his new “Recall Express” campaign bus shortly after casting his ballot at a voting center across town — spent roughly 12 minutes in the neighborhood, with his departure hastened by what appeared to be an egg thrown in the candidate’s direction and...",left
7693,Egg Thrown At GOP Recall Candidate Larry Elder During Campaign Event,"['Media Bias', 'Larry Elder', 'Race And Racism', 'Elections', 'California', 'Newsom Recall']",Why Isn’t the Attack on Larry Elder the Biggest Story in America?,National Review,"  Do a search for “Larry Elder” and gorilla on the CNN website and nothing comes up. Washington Post? Zilch. Nothing comes up on the New York Times site either, although if you make it to the 15th paragraph of a story entitled “The Vice President pushed back against the effort to recall Newsom in the Bay Area,” you will find a bland passing reference to Wednesday’s disgusting incident. According to our nation’s media leaders, it’s not a story that a white person wearing a gorilla mask attacked Larry Elder, a black man seeking to become...",right
7694,Controversial Budget Deal headed toward passage,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","House Set to Vote on Budget, With the Right Still in Dissent",New York Times (News),"A deal that would reverse many spending cuts has support from Republican leaders and is expected to pass with bipartisan support, but conservatives are mustering opposition.",left
7695,Controversial Budget Deal headed toward passage,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",A budget deal that's bad for America,CNN (Online News),"Dean Baker says the Murray-Ryan budget deal helps Congress by forestalling an election-year standoff, but puts drag on economy by preventing job-creating growth.",left
7696,Controversial Budget Deal headed toward passage,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",KIBBE: Another Republican budget surrender,Washington Times,"On Tuesday nigh,t the House and Senate Budget Committees reached a bipartisan budget deal. Congress hasn't passed a budget in five years but this new deal is hardly good news.",right
7697,Talk About Putin Continues,['Politics'],"Sen. Lindsey Graham: On Russian hacking, Donald Trump worried about own legitimacy",Washington Times,"Sen. Lindsey Graham implored President-elect Donald Trump Sunday to change his tune and punish Russians accused of interfering in the U.S. election, reasoning that the real estate mogul is hesitant to delve into what happened because it would undermine his legitimacy on the cusp of his inauguration.",right
7698,Talk About Putin Continues,['Politics'],Obama: I didn’t underestimate the threats from Vladimir Putin,Washington Post,"President Obama said in an interview that he did not misjudge the potential threats of Vladimir Putin, despite the U.S. intelligence report that the Russian president personally ordered an “influence campaign” to meddle in the U.S. presidential elections.",left
7699,Talk About Putin Continues,['Politics'],OPINION: Are we looking at Putin-Trump relationship all wrong?,CNN (Online News),"It's not impossible that the United States, much of the world, or even the Kremlin have been looking at the Trump-Putin lovefest through the wrong end of the telescope. Why not examine just how Donald Trump might play Vladimir Putin?",left
7700,Islamic State Issues Threat,['Middle East'],Islamic State Group Calls for Attacking Civilians,Newsmax (News),"Fighters of the Islamic State militant group are ready to battle a U.S.-led military coalition seeking to destroy it, the group's spokesman said in a new audio recording in which he called on Muslims worldwide to kill civilians of nations that join the fight.
American and French warplanes have carried airstrikes against the group, and U.S. President Barack Obama is working to form a global coalition to confront the group, which controls large parts of Syria and Iraq.
The United States has rallied some 40 countries to take part in...",right
7701,Islamic State Issues Threat,['Middle East'],Islamic State appears to release chilling threat,USA TODAY,"A spokesman for the Islamic State militant group has apparently released a new, chilling message threatening the U.S. and its allies.
In a speech titled ""Indeed Your Lord Is Ever Watchful"" and released widely over social media Sunday, Islamic State spokesman Abu Muhammad al Adnani urges members of the Muslim faith to take violent action against ""disbelievers"" by any means necessary.
""O America, O allies of America, and O crusaders, know that the matter is more dangerous than you have imagined and greater than you have envisioned. We have warned...",left
7702,Islamic State Issues Threat,['Middle East'],Obama to Lead U.N. Effort to Halt Movement of Terror Recruits,New York Times (News),"President Obama will preside this week over an unusual meeting of the United Nations Security Council poised to adopt a binding resolution that would compel all countries to put in place domestic laws to prosecute those who travel abroad to join terrorist organizations and those who help them, including by raising funds.
The resolution, proposed by the United States, would also for the first time establish international standards for nations to prevent and suppress the recruiting of their citizens by terrorist organizations, and bar the entry and transit across their...",left
7703,Jobless Claims Fall to Lowest Level Since March 2020,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits']",Jobless Claims Fell to a New Pandemic Low Last Week,Wall Street Journal (News),"Unemployment claims declined to the lowest level since the pandemic struck last spring, adding to signs the U.S. economic revival is picking up speed.
Jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 576,000 last week from 769,000 a week earlier.
That is the lowest weekly figure since March 2020, but still way above the levels of around 220,000 that prevailed early last year, before the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S. economy.
“The labor market is on a recovery path,” said AnnElizabeth Konkel, economist at the job site Indeed. “The recovery...",center
7704,Jobless Claims Fall to Lowest Level Since March 2020,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits']",State Jobless Claims in U.S. Fall to Lowest Since March 2020,Bloomberg,"The number of applications for U.S. state unemployment benefits plummeted last week to the lowest since the pandemic began, indicating the labor market continues to thaw as governments lift restrictions on business and activity picks up.
Initial claims in regular state programs decreased by 193,000 to 576,000 in the week ended April 10, Labor Department said Thursday. The prior week’s total was revised upward to 769,000. The latest figure was below all estimates in a Bloomberg survey that had a median projection of 700,000 initial claims.
The decrease in claims...",left
7705,Jobless Claims Fall to Lowest Level Since March 2020,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits']","Unemployment claims fall to coronavirus pandemic low of 576,000",Fox News (Online News),"The number of Americans filing first-time jobless claims last week fell to the lowest level since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Labor Department.
Data released Thursday showed 576,000 Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits in the week ended April 10, down from an upwardly revised 769,000 the week prior. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv were expecting 700,000 filings.
Continuing claims for the week ended April 3, meanwhile, ticked up to 3.731 million from 3.727 million the prior week. That number was above the 3.7 million that was expected.",right
7706,Does Trump Need a Unified GOP?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump says he doesn’t need a unified GOP. Logic and math suggest otherwise.,Washington Post,"When Donald Trump told ABC's George Stephanopoulos in an interview on Sunday that he didn't think the Republican Party needed to be unified behind his candidacy, it wasn't really clear what he meant.",left
7707,Does Trump Need a Unified GOP?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Fault lines: GOP civil war deepens,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump is poised to breeze through another round of primary contests this week -- while the Republican Party splinters around him.
Trump's ascent to the top of the GOP, which was capped last week with Ted Cruz's devastating loss in the Indiana primary, happened so fast that even the billionaire himself was surprised. And the whipsawed party establishment now faces immediate choices -- none of which particularly appeal to them.",left
7708,Does Trump Need a Unified GOP?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump on GOP: 'Does It Have to Be Unified?',Newsmax (News),Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump says he doesn't need the Republican Party to unify behind him to win the general election.,right
7709,House Democrats Pass Police Spending Bills Despite Party Divisions,"['2022 Elections', 'Defund The Police', 'Police', 'Congress', 'Democratic Party', 'Progressives', 'House Democrats']",Crime Is Costing Democrats Millions,Axios,"Democrats are spending millions of dollars to fund the police after years of relentless attacks from Republicans claiming the party is soft on crime.
After months of negotiations within their caucus to reach a deal, House Democrats passed a four-bill criminal justice package Thursday worth millions of dollars to bolster the budgets of small local police departments around the country.
Together, the legislation would introduce millions in officer safety, de-escalation, and domestic violence response training; provide grants for small departments to recruit new officers alongside retention bonuses to keep existing...",center
7710,House Democrats Pass Police Spending Bills Despite Party Divisions,"['2022 Elections', 'Defund The Police', 'Police', 'Congress', 'Democratic Party', 'Progressives', 'House Democrats']",House Democrats pass police reform deal ahead of midterm elections,Washington Examiner,"The House passed a series of police reform bills Thursday after last-minute negotiations among Democrats delayed the effort.
The deal ultimately united centrist and progressive lawmakers in the party on a key issue ahead of the midterm elections. The Senate is unlikely to take up the deal before Nov. 8.
The bills resurrected a previous attempt to reach an agreement on a package of pro-policing bills centrists sought to counter the narrative that Democrats widely support “defund the police'' efforts embraced by some progressives.
“Today, we will witness with our...",right
7711,House Democrats Pass Police Spending Bills Despite Party Divisions,"['2022 Elections', 'Defund The Police', 'Police', 'Congress', 'Democratic Party', 'Progressives', 'House Democrats']",House Passes Symbolic Police Funding And Reform Bills,HuffPost,"House Democrats approved legislation Thursday that would provide millions of dollars to local law enforcement while aiming to enhance police training and technology.
The four bills, which are unlikely to clear the Senate and become law, are designed to send a message: that Democrats support small police departments, but also improvements to police practices.
Democrats reached a breakthrough deal after months of arguments between progressives and centrists. President Joe Biden and other moderates have worked to distance the party from the “Defund the Police” slogan and activism of the summer...",left
7712,White House Releases Memorandum of Trump-Zelensky Call,"['Ukraine Phone Call Transcript', 'White House', 'Politics']",Read the transcript of Trump’s call with Ukraine’s president,Vox,"It comes out as Trump is embroiled in an impeachment mess.
The White House has just released the transcript of a now infamous call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky.
Trump is embroiled in a crisis about whether he improperly used his position to try to coerce Zelensky into investigating Trump’s 2020 political opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden — perhaps by withholding military aid to the Eastern European country.
Trump has admitted to discussing Biden with Ukraine, but he maintains that a phone call he had...",left
7713,White House Releases Memorandum of Trump-Zelensky Call,"['Ukraine Phone Call Transcript', 'White House', 'Politics']",Transcript shows Trump pressed Ukraine leader to look into Biden,The Hill,"President Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to work with his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and expressed hope that he “can look into” former Vice President Joe Biden’s role in the firing of a Ukrainian prosecutor, according to a five-page transcript of the call released by the White House on Wednesday.
“There's a lot of talk about Biden's son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great,"" Trump tells Zelensky...",center
7714,White House Releases Memorandum of Trump-Zelensky Call,"['Ukraine Phone Call Transcript', 'White House', 'Politics']","Ukraine call transcript shows Trump sought Biden probe, but made no mention of US aid",Fox News (Online News),"The White House on Wednesday released a transcript of President Trump’s July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky showing him seeking a review of Biden family dealings in the country – but the document does not show Trump leveraging military aid as part of a quid-pro-quo, as Democrats have suggested in pressing forward with impeachment.
The transcript, declassified by Trump a day earlier, indicates the call – which Trump made from the White House residence -- took place July 25 from 9:03 a.m. to 9:33 a.m. It begins with...",right
7715,Tracking the Paths of Ukraine's Refugees,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Refugees', 'Filtration Camps', 'Mexico', 'Border Crisis']",A New Surge of Ukrainians at U.S. Border,New York Times (News),"More than 2,000 Ukrainians have made their way to the U.S. border from Mexico over the past 10 days, joining desperate migrants from around the world in what officials expect could become a major border surge as pandemic restrictions are lifted and the continuing fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reaches America’s shores.
The sudden arrivals in Tijuana present an immediate challenge to U.S. border officials, who are already bracing for a flood of unauthorized migration from countries such as Honduras and Haiti when the United States eases its emergency Covid-19...",left
7716,Tracking the Paths of Ukraine's Refugees,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Refugees', 'Filtration Camps', 'Mexico', 'Border Crisis']",How many Ukrainians have fled their homes and where have they gone?,BBC News,"Thousands of people are trying to leave eastern Ukraine ahead of an expected Russian offensive in the region.
More than 10 million people are already thought to have fled their homes in Ukraine because of the invasion, according to the United Nations.
As well as the 4.3 million who have left for neighbouring countries, another 6.5 million people are thought to be displaced inside the war-torn country itself.
Where are people fleeing inside Ukraine?
Ukraine's deputy prime minister has warned people in large parts of the east of the country...",center
7717,Tracking the Paths of Ukraine's Refugees,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Refugees', 'Filtration Camps', 'Mexico', 'Border Crisis']",Mexico opens shelter for overflow of Ukrainians waiting to cross US border,Washington Examiner,"Mexican authorities have converted a sports complex near the U.S. border into a shelter to house the wave of thousands of Ukrainian refugees fleeing war-torn Ukraine and seeking to enter the United States.
Roughly 1,700 Ukrainian refugees have descended on Tijuana, Mexico, in recent weeks hoping to claim asylum to enter the U.S., according to Mexican authorities. Hundreds of these Ukrainian asylum-seekers in need of housing were transferred to the temporary shelter less than a 2-mile walk to the San Ysidro Port of Entry, Mexican officials said on Monday.
""They will continue to arrive,"" Enrique Lucero, Tijuana's migration...",right
7718,Russia Imposes Trade Sanctions,['World'],Russia blocks agricultural imports from Western countries in response to sanctions,Fox News (Online News),"Russia announced Thursday that it had banned imports of meat, fish, milk and milk products and fruit and vegetables from the United States, the European Union, Australia, Canada and Norway.",right
7719,Russia Imposes Trade Sanctions,['World'],"In Reprisal, Russia Imposes Trade Sanctions on the West",New York Times (News),"Russia announced on Thursday that it was banning the import of a wide range of food and agricultural products from Europe and the United States, among others, responding to Western-imposed sanctions and raising the level of confrontation between the West and Moscow over the future of Ukraine.",left
7720,Russia Imposes Trade Sanctions,['World'],"In Retaliation, Russia Bans Some Food Imports From U.S., Europe",NPR (Online News),"Retaliating for sanctions placed on it by the West, Russia announced it was banning the import of some food from the United States and its allies.",left
7721,Trump Vetoes Bill To End US Military Assistance In Yemen,"['Yemen', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump vetoes congressional resolution to end U.S. involvement in Yemen war,Reuters,"President Donald Trump has vetoed a congressional resolution that sought to end U.S. involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen, the White House said on Tuesday.
“This resolution is an unnecessary, dangerous attempt to weaken my constitutional authorities, endangering the lives of American citizens and brave service members, both today and in the future,” Trump said in the veto message.
The resolution passed the House of Representatives in April and the Senate in March, marking the first time both chambers of Congress had supported a War Powers resolution, which limits...",center
7722,Trump Vetoes Bill To End US Military Assistance In Yemen,"['Yemen', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump Vetoes Bill To End U.S. Support For Saudis In Yemen War,HuffPost,"The bill passed with bipartisan support in the House and Senate.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday vetoed a resolution to end U.S. support of Saudi Arabia’s military campaign in Yemen, which has been blamed for tens of thousands of deaths in the region.
“This resolution is an unnecessary, dangerous attempt to weaken my constitutional authorities, endangering the lives of American citizens and brave service members, both today and in the future,” Trump said in a statement accompanying his veto.
The Senate passed the resolution by a slim majority in March,...",left
7723,Trump Vetoes Bill To End US Military Assistance In Yemen,"['Yemen', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump Vetoes Measure to End US Involvement in Yemen War,Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump on Tuesday vetoed a bill passed by Congress to end U.S. military assistance in Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen.
In a break with the president, Congress voted for the first time earlier this month to invoke the War Powers Resolution to try to stop U.S. involvement in a foreign conflict.
The veto — the second in Trump's presidency — was expected. Congress lacks the votes to override him.
""This resolution is an unnecessary, dangerous attempt to weaken my constitutional authorities, endangering the lives of American citizens and...",right
7724,Reactions to Third Dem Debate Differ,"['2020 Election', 'Presidential Election', 'Houston', 'Debate', 'Elections']","Thin the Herd Further, DNC",National Review,"There’s an old joke often expressed well into banquets and conferences, where a speaker says, “We’re at the point where everything that needs to be said has been said, but not everyone has said it.” We’re already at that point with the Democratic primary debates. Tonight was a three-hour ordeal, and candidates largely repeated the arguments they made in the previous two debates. There’s not much reason to expect tonight will generate any dramatic swings in the polling in the coming days or weeks. The conventional wisdom will remain that...",right
7725,Reactions to Third Dem Debate Differ,"['2020 Election', 'Presidential Election', 'Houston', 'Debate', 'Elections']",Joe Biden is the frontrunner for a reason,CNN (Opinion),"With each debate, former Vice President Joe Biden's performance has improved. He handled the predictable incoming questions much better than past debates with greater passion and authenticity. Biden finally began to remind voters of his experience and accomplishments, not only as a senator, but as vice president, proudly serving at the side of the Democrats' most popular living president. No one else in this race has that resume.
Going forward, Biden needs to continue to focus on his proven ability to get things done, his readiness to lead on day...",left
7726,Reactions to Third Dem Debate Differ,"['2020 Election', 'Presidential Election', 'Houston', 'Debate', 'Elections']",Key takeaways from the 2020 Democratic candidates’ debate,Associated Press,"HOUSTON (AP) — Democratic debate night No. 3: Attacks and counter-attacks. Love for one former president, loathing for the current one. A 76-year-old front-runner essentially got called old, and he turned around and called another rival a “socialist.”
But will it change the fundamentals of a nominating fight that remains remarkably stable at the top with five months until voting begins? Here’s a look at some takeaways and potential answers:
STATUS QUO PREVAILED
The third Democratic debate seemed to end in a 10-way tie.
Former Vice President Joe Biden was...",left
7727,"Economy Adds 196,000 Jobs in March, Exceeding Expectations","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobs Report']",'Strong' Jobs Numbers in March Report,Townhall,"The Labor Department reported Friday morning that the U.S. economy added 196,000 jobs in March, showing a rebound from the February report and beating economists’ predictions.
The unemployment rate of 3.8 percent remained the same.
Numbers were also revised for earlier months, with 33,000 new jobs added in February, up 13,000, while there was a modest—1,000 job—upward revision for January, to 312,000.",right
7728,"Economy Adds 196,000 Jobs in March, Exceeding Expectations","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobs Report']","American hiring bounced back in March, but a slowdown still looms",CNN (Online News),"American hiring rebounded last month after an unusually weak job market in February, but signs still point to a gradual economic slowdown.
The US economy added 196,000 jobs in March, up from 33,000 the prior month. Despite a slight upward revision from the original estimate, February hiring remained the weakest since September 2017.
Meanwhile, the unemployment rate remained at 3.8%, a level near historic lows.
While March hiring was robust, it brings the first-quarter average to 180,000 jobs created per month, down from 223,000 per month on average in...",left
7729,"Economy Adds 196,000 Jobs in March, Exceeding Expectations","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobs Report']","Economy added solid 196,000 jobs in March, unemployment stays at 3.8%",USA TODAY,"Hiring rebounded strongly in March as employers added 196,000 jobs, easing fears that payroll growth is slowing sharply amid a cooling economy.
The unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.8%, the Labor Department said Friday.
Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had estimated 175,000 jobs were added last month.
Job gains for January and February were revised up by a modest 14,000.
After severe, weather-related swings in employment early this year, economists largely anticipated a return to normalcy in March. If anything, Goldman Sachs reckoned below-average snowfall would bolster job gains by about...",left
7730,G-20 Financial Leaders Say Geopolitical Trade Tensions Have Intensified,"['Economic Policy', 'G20', 'Economy And Jobs']","G-20 finance officials say trade, geopolitical tensions have ‘intensified,’ vow to protect global growth",Fox News (Online News),"G-20 finance leaders said in a joint communique Sunday that trade and geopolitical tensions have “intensified” but vowed to protect global growth amid the trade war Opens a New Window. between the United States and China Opens a New Window.
Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 major economies met Sunday in Japan and indicated rising trade tensions between the U.S. and China was the main concern. The meeting comes just weeks before world leaders, including President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, head to...",right
7731,G-20 Financial Leaders Say Geopolitical Trade Tensions Have Intensified,"['Economic Policy', 'G20', 'Economy And Jobs']",G-20 Financial Leaders Criticize Trade Tensions for Impact on Growth,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Group of 20 major economies decried worsening trade tensions and their impact on global growth, with the U.S. and China locked in a protracted trade battle since negotiations fell apart a month ago. Finance ministers and central bankers fretted about the trade and geopolitical tensions and agreed to stand ready with action in case those risks intensify, according to a statement released Sunday after a weekend meeting in Japan. Their statement didn’t mention the tariffs the U.S. and China have used, though the measures and their effect weighed on...",center
7732,G-20 Financial Leaders Say Geopolitical Trade Tensions Have Intensified,"['Economic Policy', 'G20', 'Economy And Jobs']",World Economic Leaders Warn of Fallout From Trade War Between U.S. and China,New York Times (News),"Global finance leaders meeting in Japan this weekend said they were increasingly worried that the trade dispute between the United States and China, which shows no signs of abating, could propel the world economy into a crisis.
The sense of gloom at the gathering of the Group of 20 major economies came amid increasing evidence that global economic growth is slowing amid President Trump’s renewed trade war with Beijing. In a closing statement, or communiqué, officials at the G-20 warned that trade tensions have “intensified” and agreed to address...",left
7733,Copenhagen Shooting,['Free Speech'],It’s Over: Danish Police Kill Suspect They Say Is Responsible For The Copenhagen Shootings,Townhall,It was a dark day for Denmark; two shootings left three people dead–including the gunman–and five police officers wounded. This occurs a little more than a month after the horrific Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris. Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt called the first shooting yesterday afternoon a terror attack.,right
7734,Copenhagen Shooting,['Free Speech'],Copenhagen Shooting Suspect Killed by Police,Wall Street Journal (News),"Danish police said they shot dead a gunman on Sunday who they believe was behind shootings at a free-speech event at a Copenhagen cafe and a nearby synagogue a day earlier.
The suspect was shot dead on the street outside a train station in the northern part of Copenhagen after he opened fire, police said.
“There are a number of things indicating we have the right perpetrator, but our technical investigation isn’t complete so we cannot be 100% sure,” said Jørgen Skov, head of the Copenhagen police.",center
7735,Copenhagen Shooting,['Free Speech'],Suspected terrorist attack on a free speech event in Copenhagen leaves one dead,Vox,"This is horrifying news, especially on the heels of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris. This tweet from Inna Shevchenko, an activist with the feminist group Femen who was speaking at the event, is especially chilling:",left
7736,FBI Director Wray Testifies Before Congress,"['Politics', 'Homeland Security', 'FBI', 'Christopher Wray', 'Russia', 'Antifa', 'Violence In America', '2020 Election', 'Polarization']","Wray says Russia engaged in 'very active efforts' to interfere in election, damage Biden",Politico,"FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday described “very active efforts” by Russia to interfere in the 2020 election, primarily by working to damage former Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
Wray said Russians have been using social media, as well as “proxies, state media, online journals"" and other vehicles to hurt Biden and what it views as anti-Russian factions in U.S. politics.
Wray’s assessment affirms the findings of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which last month described Russia’s efforts to damage Biden and specifically identified...",left
7737,FBI Director Wray Testifies Before Congress,"['Politics', 'Homeland Security', 'FBI', 'Christopher Wray', 'Russia', 'Antifa', 'Violence In America', '2020 Election', 'Polarization']",Wray: Racially motivated violent extremism makes up most of FBI's domestic terrorism cases,The Hill,"FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers Thursday that racially motivated violent extremism cases account for the bulk of the bureau's work on domestic terrorist threats.
Testifying before the House Homeland Security Committee, Wray also said most of the racially motivated cases deal with white supremacists.
""Within the domestic terrorism bucket, the category as a whole, racially motivated violent extremism is, I think, the biggest bucket within that larger group. And within the racially motivated violent extremist bucket, people subscribing to some kind of white supremacist type ideology is certainly the...",center
7738,FBI Director Wray Testifies Before Congress,"['Politics', 'Homeland Security', 'FBI', 'Christopher Wray', 'Russia', 'Antifa', 'Violence In America', '2020 Election', 'Polarization']",FBI: 'Antifa is a real thing',Washington Times,"FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday that “Antifa is a real thing,” pushing back against Democrats who have questioned the threat of left-wing violence.
“Antifa is a real thing, it’s not a fiction. But it’s not an organization or a structure, we understand it to be more of a kind of a movement, or maybe you could call it an ideology,” Mr. Wray told Congress.
He said the FBI has opened a number of investigations into people who “self-identify as Antifa” this year.
And he said that while they don’t...",right
7739,Perspectives: Biden's DNC Acceptance Speech,"['2020 Election', 'Elections', 'White House', 'DNC 2020', 'Democratic Party', 'Joe Biden']","In convention speech, Biden emerges from shadow and into 'the light'",Reuters,"After a 2020 presidential campaign dominated by President Donald Trump’s words and actions, Biden on Thursday rose to the level of a true adversary as he accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for the November election.
Accused by the Republican Trump of hiding in his basement throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Biden turned his opponent’s narrative to his advantage on the final night of the Democratic National Convention, delivering an austere address in a quiet room that some commentators, both left and right, likened to a speech from the Oval Office, not...",center
7740,Perspectives: Biden's DNC Acceptance Speech,"['2020 Election', 'Elections', 'White House', 'DNC 2020', 'Democratic Party', 'Joe Biden']",Joe Biden's speech reveals tension at heart of his candidacy,Washington Examiner,"In his third run for president, Joe Biden finally secured the Democratic presidential nomination and opened his Thursday night acceptance speech on a unifying note.
“I'm a proud Democrat,” Biden said. “And I'll be proud to carry the banner of our party into the general election ... But while I'll be a Democratic candidate, I will be an American president. I'll work hard for those who didn't support me — as hard for them as I did for those who did vote for me.”
He continued, “That's the job of...",right
7741,Perspectives: Biden's DNC Acceptance Speech,"['2020 Election', 'Elections', 'White House', 'DNC 2020', 'Democratic Party', 'Joe Biden']",Biden’s calm and steady acceptance caps a unifying Democratic convention,Los Angeles Times,"In accepting the Democratic presidential nomination, Joe Biden decisively debunked the accusation by President Trump that he is “sleepy” or mentally impaired. His speech may not have been soaring oratory, but it was a self-assured and sobering address. It combined a withering indictment of the man he referred to disdainfully as “the current occupant of the White House” with a promise to “choose hope over fear, facts over fiction, fairness over privilege.”
Biden’s overarching emphasis was on the urgency of replacing a president who has “cloaked America in darkness for...",left
7742,Perspectives: Re-opening the Economy During Coronavirus,"['Coronavirus', 'White House', 'Public Health', 'Reopening', 'Timeline', 'Economy And Jobs']",The Road to Reopening the Economy Is Still Long,Bloomberg,"Last week, which was 84 years ago, we wrote the pandemic-gripped world is like that kid on the long car ride asking “Are we there yet?” The analogy was off by just a bit, at least in the U.S.: Here, that impatient kid is actually driving the car.
President Donald Trump has obviously been itching to end lockdowns, and yesterday he released guidelines on how states could do it. These were surprisingly deferential to governors, but that didn’t last long. This morning he was on Twitter, calling on Minnesota, Michigan...",left
7743,Perspectives: Re-opening the Economy During Coronavirus,"['Coronavirus', 'White House', 'Public Health', 'Reopening', 'Timeline', 'Economy And Jobs']","Reopening the Economy, at Last",Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"At long last our political leaders are considering how they can reopen the American economy they put into a destructive coma. Let’s hope this overdue process doesn’t devolve into another fight between governors and President Trump that will confuse Americans and slow the return to normal economic life.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo took the lead Monday by announcing a committee of six Northeast states aimed at reopening the economy without sacrificing the gains made so far, and at such a great cost, against the coronavirus....",right
7744,Perspectives: Re-opening the Economy During Coronavirus,"['Coronavirus', 'White House', 'Public Health', 'Reopening', 'Timeline', 'Economy And Jobs']",Can we reopen before there’s a cure or a vaccine? It won’t be easy.,Washington Post,"EXPECTATIONS ARE running high that reopening the United States will mean returning to offices, factories and schools, kick-starting the economy and rediscovering life before the novel coronavirus pandemic. At best these alluring goals are likely to be achieved haltingly, partially, more slowly than we would like — and how haltingly will depend heavily on how well the nation undertakes a mammoth set of public health tasks.
The inescapable fact is that in the absence of a vaccine or drug therapy for the next year or more, a highly infectious virus...",left
7745,Iran Deal Protests on Capitol Hill,['Politics'],"Trump, Cruz thump Iran nuclear deal at Capitol Hill rally",CNN (Online News),"Presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Ted Cruz took to the steps of Capitol Hill on Wednesday, each using their trademark fiery rhetoric to slam President Barack Obama's proposed Iran nuclear deal.",left
7746,Iran Deal Protests on Capitol Hill,['Politics'],Donald Trump and Ted Cruz Lead Anti-Iran Deal Rally,ABC News (Online),"Republican Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Sen Ted Cruz, R-Texas, headlined a rally today in Washington D.C. protesting the U.S. negotiated deal with Iran.",left
7747,Iran Deal Protests on Capitol Hill,['Politics'],Iran Deal Backers 'Will Have Blood on Their Hands',CBN,Members of Congress are debating what many consider the most important vote of their careers: President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran.,right
7748,Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Expire For 7.5 Million Americans,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Sustainability']",Unemployment Benefits Expire for Millions Without Pushback From Biden,New York Times (News),"Expanded unemployment benefits that have kept millions of Americans afloat during the pandemic expired on Monday, setting up an abrupt cutoff of assistance to 7.5 million people as the Delta variant rattles the pandemic recovery.
The end of the aid came without objection from President Biden and his top economic advisers, who have become caught in a political fight over the benefits and are now banking on other federal help and an autumn pickup in hiring to keep vulnerable families from foreclosure and food lines.
The $1.9 trillion economic aid package...",left
7749,Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Expire For 7.5 Million Americans,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Sustainability']","On Labor Day 2021, the end of enhanced unemployment benefits bring hope to US small businesses",Fox Business,"Labor Day is traditionally an opportunity to recognize the contributions made by workers, but this year it's small businesses that are celebrating. That's because this Labor Day coincides with the end of enhanced federal unemployment benefits that were paying people not to work. These payouts have contributed to a record labor shortage that prevents small businesses from bringing the economy back. Oxford Economics estimates that roughly 11.2 million Americans will lose some form of federal unemployment benefits this week. This will help fill the 10.1 million available jobs nationwide. 
On Friday, the Labor Department released its...",right
7750,Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Expire For 7.5 Million Americans,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Sustainability']",Unemployment benefits ended for millions of Americans. These extended pandemic programs may provide help,CNBC,"Enhanced federal unemployment insurance put in place during the coronavirus pandemic ended this weekend, after nearly a year and a half.
That means some 9 million people will lose all benefits and another 3 million will see weekly checks reduced by $300, according to an estimate by The Century Foundation.
The end of the federal unemployment insurance programs comes as the delta variant of coronavirus continues to threaten the economic recovery from the pandemic and sweeping lockdowns to curb the disease last year.
At the same time, a few other...",center
7751,Court to Hear Lethal Injection Case,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court to Review Lethal Injection Protocol in Oklahoma Executions,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Supreme Court said Friday it would examine Oklahoma’s lethal-injection protocol, bringing new scrutiny to drug formulas states have adopted as pharmaceutical manufacturers have refused to provide narcotics for U.S. executions.
Among other issues, the court will examine whether Oklahoma’s drug protocol—a new formula the state adopted after a bungled execution in April 2014 drew international criticism—complies with the constitutional pro",center
7752,Court to Hear Lethal Injection Case,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court To Take Up Use Of Lethal Injection,HuffPost,"The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review Oklahoma's method of execution by lethal injection, taking up a case brought by three death row inmates who accuse the state of violating the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
The high court just last week allowed the execution of a convicted killer to go ahead in Oklahoma over the objection of its four liberal members.
The three-drug process used by Oklahoma prison officials for carrying out the death penalty has been widely debated since the April 2014 botched execution...",left
7753,Court to Hear Lethal Injection Case,['Supreme Court'],High Court to Hear Lethal Injection Case,The Blaze,"The Supreme Court is stepping into the issue of lethal injection executions for the first time since 2008 in an appeal filed by death row inmates in Oklahoma.
The justices agreed Friday to review whether the sedative midazolam can be used in executions because of concerns that it does not produce a deep, comalike unconsciousness and ensure that a prisoner does not experience intense and needless pain when other drugs are injected to kill him. The order came eight days",right
7754,"Betsy DeVos to Revise Rules on Campus Sexual Misconduct, Bolstering Rights of the Accused",['Sexual Misconduct'],Betsy DeVos appears poised to improve Title IX guidelines,Washington Examiner,"After a year of deliberation, the Education Department is poised to release new guidelines governing investigations of sexual harassment and assault on college campuses. Secretary Betsy DeVos rescinded the chaos-inducing Obama-era guidelines last September and set out to reform the rules to establish some semblance of due process protections for the accused. Her department appears to be taking a big step in the right direction.",right
7755,"Betsy DeVos to Revise Rules on Campus Sexual Misconduct, Bolstering Rights of the Accused",['Sexual Misconduct'],Betsy DeVos is set to weaken sexual misconduct enforcement on campus,New Republic,The New York Times reported on Wednesday afternoon that the Education Department secretary is revising Title IX standards for addressing cases of sexual harassment and assault on college campuses.,left
7756,"Betsy DeVos to Revise Rules on Campus Sexual Misconduct, Bolstering Rights of the Accused",['Sexual Misconduct'],New Rules Would Boost Rights of Those Accused of Campus Sexual Assaults,Wall Street Journal (News),"Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is preparing to release new rules strengthening protections for students accused of sexual assault on campus and lightening the burden placed on schools, according to a person familiar with the contents.",center
7757,Pope Francis Calls for Civil Union Laws for Same-Sex Couples,"['Religion And Faith', 'Catholic Church', 'Pope Francis', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'LGBT Rights']",Pope Francis Said He Supports Civil Unions For Same-Sex Couples,BuzzFeed News,"After decades of attempts by the Catholic Church to crush marriage equality, Pope Francis has called for civil unions for same-sex couples.
“What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered,” said Pope Francis, in a new documentary when speaking about how to support LGBTQ people, according to the Catholic News Agency. “I stood up for that.""
""Homosexuals have a right to be a part of the family,"" said the pope. ""They’re children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody...",left
7758,Pope Francis Calls for Civil Union Laws for Same-Sex Couples,"['Religion And Faith', 'Catholic Church', 'Pope Francis', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'LGBT Rights']",Pope says homosexuals should be covered by civil union laws,Reuters,"Pope Francis has said that homosexuals should be protected by civil union laws in some of the clearest language he has used on the rights of gay people since his election seven years ago.
He made his comments in a new documentary “Francesco” by Oscar-nominated director Evgeny Afineevsky that was released on Wednesday.
“Homosexual people have a right to be in a family. They are children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out or be made miserable over it,” he said.
“What we...",center
7759,Pope Francis Calls for Civil Union Laws for Same-Sex Couples,"['Religion And Faith', 'Catholic Church', 'Pope Francis', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'LGBT Rights']",‘Nobody Should Be Thrown Out’: Pope Francis Endorses Same-Sex Civil Union Laws,The Daily Wire,"Pope Francis came out in support of civil union laws for same-sex couples, according to a new documentary that premiered Wednesday in Rome.
“Homosexuals have a right to be a part of the family,” Francis said in “Francesco,” a new film about his life and papacy, according to Catholic News Agency. “They’re children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out, or be made miserable because of it.”",right
7760,"""Skinny Repeal"" Motions Fails","['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate Fails To Pass Motion To Proceed On ‘Skinny Repeal’,The Daily Caller,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell failed to garner the support needed to pass the motion to proceed on the watered-down version of the Obamacare repeal bill just after 1:30 a.m. Friday morning.
Three Republicans — Sens. John McCain of Arizona, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine — opted to join the 48 Democrats in voting against the measure.",right
7761,"""Skinny Repeal"" Motions Fails","['US Senate', 'Politics']",Obamacare repeal is dead for now. What could that mean for you?,USA TODAY,"The Senate’s effort to repeal and replace Obamacare collapsed early Friday morning, and President Trump has already replied that he is ready to “let Obamacare implode” and then reopen negotiations.
Absent some kind of legislation, what is going to happen to the Affordable Care Act? Here's what the death of ""repeal and replace"" could mean for you.",left
7762,"""Skinny Repeal"" Motions Fails","['US Senate', 'Politics']",Why Senate Republicans couldn’t repeal Obamacare,Vox,"In a stunning turn, Senate Republicans — in the dead of night, on their last hope of passing any kind of Obamacare repeal bill — came up short.
The result is, for now, a crushing blow to seven years of promises to uproot the health care law.",left
7763,What is the Media Saying About Biden’s New Student Loan Forgiveness Plan?,"['Colleges And Universities', 'Debt', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Education', 'Joe Biden', 'Labor', 'National Debt', 'Student Debt', 'Student Loans', 'Student Loan Forgiveness']",Student debt forgiveness is finally here,The Hill,"Everything about student debt is big. There are more than 40 million borrowers and they owe an astronomical $1.6 trillion. By comparison, the major increase in military aid to Ukraine announced this week will cost only $3 billion. 
President Biden’s announcement today forgives $10,000 for millions of borrowers and up to $20,000 for recipients of the Federal Pell Grant program, which provides grants to students who have demonstrated significant financial need. Before the different rates for Pell Recipients was added to the equation, this plan was estimated to cost about $300 billion.
The Biden administration deserves much credit for targeting...",center
7764,What is the Media Saying About Biden’s New Student Loan Forgiveness Plan?,"['Colleges And Universities', 'Debt', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Education', 'Joe Biden', 'Labor', 'National Debt', 'Student Debt', 'Student Loans', 'Student Loan Forgiveness']",Leftists Can Thank ‘Joe The Plumber’ For Biden’s Student Debt Bailout,The Daily Wire,"Knick-knack wealth redistribution is back!
In 2008, then-candidate Barack Obama infamously told Samuel Joseph “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher that he believed, “When you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.” It cemented in many Americans’ minds that Obama and the Democratic Party were quickly becoming socialist.
Flash forward 14 years, and Obama’s vice president announced one of the largest wealth redistribution plans ever via a massive college debt forgiveness plan. This time, working-class individuals like “Joe the Plumber” will be paying for millions of college graduates’ degrees.
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden unveiled a plan to cancel $10,000 in...",right
7765,What is the Media Saying About Biden’s New Student Loan Forgiveness Plan?,"['Colleges And Universities', 'Debt', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Education', 'Joe Biden', 'Labor', 'National Debt', 'Student Debt', 'Student Loans', 'Student Loan Forgiveness']",Biden’s reported plan to cancel student debt isn’t enough,CNN (Opinion),"With the simple stroke of a pen, President Biden has the unique opportunity to unlock financial freedom for countless Black Americans and low-income communities. But according to CNN reporting, he might cancel just $10,000 of student loan debt per borrower for those earning less than $125,000 a year. That would do little to help.
Black Americans have been disproportionately devastated by student loan debt. Four years after graduating, they hold an average of almost $53,000 in debt, almost double the $28,000 average White Americans hold. And they typically end up owing 6% more than...",left
7766,"Senate Votes 95-1-1 to Ratify NATO Membership for Sweden, Finland","['World', 'Politics', 'NATO', 'Finland', 'Sweden', 'Bipartisanship']","Hawley is only senator to vote against Finland, Sweden NATO membership",The Hill,"Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) was the only senator to vote against a resolution on Wednesday backing Finland’s and Sweden’s entry to NATO.
The Senate approved the resolution in a 95-1 vote. One senator, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), voted present.
The resolution backs Finland and Sweden joining NATO. The House approved a resolution in a bipartisan 394-18 vote last month that formally supported the two Nordic countries joining the military alliance. All opposition in the House came from the Republican Party.
Hawley’s vote against the resolution did not come as a...",center
7767,"Senate Votes 95-1-1 to Ratify NATO Membership for Sweden, Finland","['World', 'Politics', 'NATO', 'Finland', 'Sweden', 'Bipartisanship']","Senate ratifies Sweden, Finland bids to join NATO amid Russia's war on Ukraine",Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. Senate on Wednesday officially approved efforts by Sweden and Finland to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, in a rebuke to Russia amid its war on Ukraine. 
The resolution passed 95-1 with Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., as the only dissenting vote and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., voting ""present."" The Senate needed two-thirds of the body to vote in favor of ratification, and it will now head to President Biden to submit to NATO.
Sweden and Norway's efforts to join NATO come as the West quickly united earlier this year in...",right
7768,"Senate Votes 95-1-1 to Ratify NATO Membership for Sweden, Finland","['World', 'Politics', 'NATO', 'Finland', 'Sweden', 'Bipartisanship']",Senate votes to ratify NATO membership for Sweden and Finland,CNN (Online News),"The Senate voted on Wednesday to approve a resolution to ratify membership for Sweden and Finland in NATO, a historic vote aimed at strengthening the defense bloc amid Russia's war in Ukraine.
NATO formalized its invitation to Sweden and Finland to join the alliance at the end of June and the decision must go to the 30 member states' parliaments and legislatures for final ratification.
President Joe Biden sent the protocols for ratification to the Senate in July, paving the way for the vote, which needed to be approved by two-thirds of the Senate...",left
7769,"Biden, OPEC, and the Ukraine War: Who's to Blame for Rising Energy Costs?","['Energy', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Administration', 'Oil', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', '2022 Elections', 'Midterm Elections', 'OPEC']",Oil Politics Are Entering a New Phase as the U.S.-Saudi Relationship Descends,Karen E. Young,"U.S.-Saudi relations seem to be in a race to the bottom. Both countries are now directly involved in each other’s domestic politics, which has not been the case in most of the 80-year bilateral relationship. 
On Oct. 5, OPEC announced it would cut group oil production by two million barrels per day. The announcement was led by Saudi Arabia, but included informal OPEC+ members at the table, most notably Russia.  Last week, the Biden administration accused the Saudi government of aligning with Russia. The fallout continues to roil global energy...",center
7770,"Biden, OPEC, and the Ukraine War: Who's to Blame for Rising Energy Costs?","['Energy', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Administration', 'Oil', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', '2022 Elections', 'Midterm Elections', 'OPEC']",EXPLAINER: What is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?,Associated Press,"President Joe Biden plans to release 15 million barrels of oil or more from the U.S. strategic reserves in an effort to stop gasoline prices from rising now that OPEC and its allies plan to cut production.
The administration hopes that tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a move that comes just weeks before the midterm elections, will bring relief to voters who have been struggling from high gasoline prices.
Global oil prices were rising even before Russia invaded Ukraine in February. When Biden announced a ban on Russian oil imports...",left
7771,"Biden, OPEC, and the Ukraine War: Who's to Blame for Rising Energy Costs?","['Energy', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Administration', 'Oil', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', '2022 Elections', 'Midterm Elections', 'OPEC']",The Democrats' oil folly,Byron York,"President Joe Biden has just announced his plan to release even more oil, 15 million barrels, from the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve. That is the last portion of the 180 million barrels he authorized for release in March, which was the biggest withdrawal ever from the reserve that is supposed to ensure a supply of oil in case of a national emergency.
In this case, the national emergency is most likely the midterm elections, in which the president's party is likely to lose seats in Congress, in large part because of runaway inflation that is...",right
7772,Health Experts Say Pro-Biden Celebrations May Have Been 'Superspreader' Events,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', '2020 Election', 'Media Bias', 'Public Health']",Were those Biden victory celebrations coronavirus superspreader events? Health experts ‘extremely concerned’ they could be,MarketWatch,"After Joe Biden was projected the winner of the 2020 presidential election by the Associated Press on Saturday, videos and images of people dancing and cheering in the streets of New York, D.C. and cities around the country began flooding social media.
Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and public health professor at George Washington University who previously served as Baltimore’s health commissioner, told MarketWatch that she was “extremely concerned” while watching these celebrations being broadcast on the news and across Facebook FB, -2.27%, TikTok and Twitter TWTR, -1.80% over...",center
7773,Health Experts Say Pro-Biden Celebrations May Have Been 'Superspreader' Events,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', '2020 Election', 'Media Bias', 'Public Health']","Biden silent on lack of social distancing, possible 'super spreader' celebrations",Fox News (Online News),"Democratic President-elect Joe Biden has not addressed concerns that some celebrations of his projected victory may contribute to the spread of coronavirus after his transition team declared Biden will always ""listen to science.""
Thousands of Americans flooded streets of major cities, including New York City, Washington and Philadelphia, to celebrate Biden ahead of his Saturday night victory speech.
While many were wearing masks, the crowds tended to violate social distancing guidelines that have been recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Biden had made fighting the coronavirus a...",right
7774,Health Experts Say Pro-Biden Celebrations May Have Been 'Superspreader' Events,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', '2020 Election', 'Media Bias', 'Public Health']","Celebrations for Biden, Harris probably spread coronavirus, Bay Area health experts warn",San Francisco Chronicle,"The impromptu celebrations for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris after the marathon presidential election could very well have harmed the new president’s goal of taming the coronavirus pandemic, Bay Area epidemiologists said.
Corks popped in the Bay Area and across the nation after the two ended President Trump’s four-year reign, but it was pretty clear from television crowd shots that social distancing was not foremost on the minds of the shouting, chanting, singing revelers, some of whom even snuck in hugs and kisses.
“It’s going to be a concern, particularly...",left
7775,House Democrats Reportedly Preparing 'Subpoena Cannon' to Probe Trump,"['US House', 'Politics']","Democrats load ""subpoena cannon"" with 85+ Trump targets",Axios,"House Democrats plan to probe every aspect of President Trump’s life and work, from family business dealings, the Space Force and his tax returns to possible ""leverage"" by Russia",center
7776,House Democrats Reportedly Preparing 'Subpoena Cannon' to Probe Trump,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Democrats Plan to Use Their New Majority to Target Trump. Let's Hope It Keeps Them Too Busy to Legislate,Reason,What's a subpoena cannon? We're about to find out... Democrats are prepping to weaponize the House of Representatives against President Donald Trump—stockpiling potential subpoenas,right
7777,House Democrats Reportedly Preparing 'Subpoena Cannon' to Probe Trump,"['US House', 'Politics']","To beat Trump, House Democrats need to fight on policy, not just scandals",Vox,Trump’s weakness is policy. Can Democrats exploit it?,left
7778,Cruz Affair Scandal in Tabloids,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why Mark Levin Is ‘Starting to Think’ GOP Is ‘Not Going to Win’ in 2016: ‘I Fear We’re Going to Get Blown Out’,The Blaze,"Conservative talk show host Mark Levin said Thursday that he fears the Republican party could “get blown out” in 2016.
Levin expressed his concerns while discussing the attacks launched by Donald Trump on Ted Cruz’s wife, Heidi.
“Do you think this is going",right
7779,Cruz Affair Scandal in Tabloids,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Ted Cruz, Donald Trump Trade Salvos as Feud Heats Up",Wall Street Journal (News),"The personal feud between Republican presidential contenders Ted Cruz and Donald Trump took a nasty turn Friday with an exchange about charges of marital infidelity and a new round of insults between the two candidates’ camps.
Mr. Cruz, the Texas senator, used an impromptu press conference in Wisc",center
7780,Cruz Affair Scandal in Tabloids,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ted Cruz Blames Donald Trump and ‘Henchmen’ for Tabloid Report of Affairs,New York Times (News),"Senator Ted Cruz on Friday accused Donald J. Trump “and his henchmen” of peddling an article in a supermarket tabloid alleging that Mr. Cruz had engaged in extramarital affairs.
Mr. Cruz called the report, published by The National Enquirer, a piece of “garbage,” replete with “utter lies.” He said that “the truth does not matter” to Mr. Trump.
“He will lie and go to sleaze,” Mr. Cruz told reporters after a campaign stop in Wisconsin. “Well",left
7781,"Biden, China's Xi Hold First In-Person Meeting","['World', 'China', 'Asia', 'Joe Biden', 'Xi Jinping', 'Foreign Policy', 'Trade']","Biden, China’s Xi Jinping hold in-person meeting at G-20 Summit in Indonesia",Fox News (Online News),"President Biden and Xi Jinping have met together Monday for the first time in person since Biden took office on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Indonesia, with the Chinese leader saying the relationship between the two superpowers has ""attracted the world’s attention."" 
Xi's trip to Indonesia is his first in three years and comes as tension between Washington and Beijing mounts following increased Chinese aggression toward Taiwan. 
""As leaders of our two nations we share responsibility in my view to show that China and the United States can manage our differences,...",right
7782,"Biden, China's Xi Hold First In-Person Meeting","['World', 'China', 'Asia', 'Joe Biden', 'Xi Jinping', 'Foreign Policy', 'Trade']",Biden tells Xi US and China should manage differences to prevent competition from becoming conflict,The Hill,"President Biden on Monday met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and said in their first in-person meeting since Biden took office that the two leaders should manage their differences.
“As the leaders of our two nations, we share a responsibility, in my view, to show that China and the United States can manage our differences, prevent competition from becoming anything ever near conflict, and to find ways to work together on urgent global issues that require our mutual cooperation,” Biden said to Xi to open their meeting in Bali, Indonesia.
“And I believe this is...",center
7783,"Biden, China's Xi Hold First In-Person Meeting","['World', 'China', 'Asia', 'Joe Biden', 'Xi Jinping', 'Foreign Policy', 'Trade']",Biden presses for U.S and China to find 'ways to work together' in meeting with Xi in Bali,USA TODAY,"President Joe Biden said he remains hopeful that the U.S. and China can work together during a Monday meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. 
""The world expects, I believe, China and the United States to play key roles in addressing global challenges from climate change to food insecurity and for us to be able to work together,"" Biden told Xi. ""The United States stands ready to do just that – work with you – if that's what you desire.”
The meeting between the leaders of the world's two largest economies is happening on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit,...",left
7784,Perspectives: Trump Opposes Democrat Proposals for More USPS Funding,"['Donald Trump', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'USPS', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Democrats Sure Love the Post Office,Townhall,"If you’ve ever made the mistake of signing up for campaign emails from Democrats, if only out of morbid curiosity, you are inundated with requests for money from every candidate and cause under the Sun. In an odd way, it’s amusing to get an email from Eric Holder’s group hyperventilating about Republican gerrymandering while ignoring states like Maryland (where I live) where the former Democratic governor admitted they drew the lines to eliminate as many Republican members of Congress as possible (they got two of three with a map that...",right
7785,Perspectives: Trump Opposes Democrat Proposals for More USPS Funding,"['Donald Trump', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'USPS', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Trump confesses to voter suppression,Jennifer Rubin,"President Trump has admitted to intentional voter suppression. The Post reports, “President Trump said Thursday that he does not want to fund the U.S. Postal Service because Democrats are seeking to expand mail-in voting during the coronavirus pandemic, making explicit the reason he has declined to approve $25 billion in emergency funding for the cash-strapped agency.” There is no nuance, no joke. Republicans are firmly opposing free and fair elections — unless they do something about this.
Trump and Republicans have been successful in imposing a raft of measures designed...",left
7786,Perspectives: Trump Opposes Democrat Proposals for More USPS Funding,"['Donald Trump', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'USPS', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Biden campaign accuses Trump of 'sabotaging' post office,The Hill,"Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's campaign on Thursday ripped President Trump's opposition to funding for the U.S. Postal Service, calling it ""an assault on our democracy.""
The Biden campaign seized on comments Trump made to Fox Business Network, where he signaled that he was against approving funding for the Postal Service that Democrats have pushed as part of coronavirus legislation because it would strengthen access to mail-in ballots.
""The President of the United States is sabotaging a basic service that hundreds of millions of people rely upon, cutting a...",center
7787,Trump Administration Says Formal Biden Transition Processes Can Begin,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Politics']",Trump accepts transition to Biden can begin,BBC News,"Donald Trump has accepted that a formal transition can begin for US President-elect Joe Biden to take office.
The president said he was recommending a key federal agency ""do what needs to be done"", even as he vowed to continue contesting the result.
The General Services Administration (GSA) said it was acknowledging Mr Biden as the ""apparent winner"".
Earlier, Mr Biden's victory in the US state of Michigan was officially certified, in a major blow to Mr Trump.
Mr Trump tweeted as the GSA, which is tasked with formally beginning...",center
7788,Trump Administration Says Formal Biden Transition Processes Can Begin,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Politics']",Trump Administration Finally Clears Way For Biden Transition To Begin,HuffPost,"Emily Murphy, the administrator of the General Services Administration, said the transition between President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden can begin, releasing millions of dollars in funds and clearing the way for a new administration.
“I have dedicated much of my adult life to public service, and I have always strived to do what is right,” Murphy wrote in a letter to Biden on Monday. “Please know that I came to my decision independently, based on the law and the available facts. I was never directly or indirectly pressured...",left
7789,Trump Administration Says Formal Biden Transition Processes Can Begin,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Politics']",GSA chief informs President-elect Biden that formal transition process can begin,Fox News (Online News),"U.S. General Services Administration chief Emily Murphy informed Joe Biden on Monday that her agency has formally ascertained him as the apparent winner of the 2020 presidential election and would proceed with transition proceedings.
The letter effectively ends a weeks-long standoff in which the Biden transition team accused Murphy and her agency of withholding critical transition resources needed for a smooth transfer of power. President Trump has yet to concede the 2020 election.
“Please know that I came to my decision independently, based on the law and available facts,” Murphy...",right
7790,Jan. 6 Committee Asks Ivanka Trump to Cooperate With Capitol Riot Investigation,"['US House', 'Ivanka Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Liz Cheney', 'Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'National Guard', 'White House', 'Politics']",Ivanka Trump asked to cooperate with Capitol attack committee,The Guardian,"The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack is asking Ivanka Trump, the daughter of the former president, to appear for a voluntary deposition to answer questions about Donald Trump’s efforts to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory.
The move by the panel marks an aggressive new phase in its inquiry into the 6 January insurrection, as House investigators seek for the first time testimony from a member of the Trump family about potential criminality on the part of the former president.
Congressman Bennie Thompson, the chair of the...",left
7791,Jan. 6 Committee Asks Ivanka Trump to Cooperate With Capitol Riot Investigation,"['US House', 'Ivanka Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Liz Cheney', 'Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'National Guard', 'White House', 'Politics']",Jan. 6 House panel asks Ivanka Trump to cooperate with investigation,New York Post (News),"The House select committee investigating last year’s Capitol riot requested Thursday that Ivanka Trump voluntarily appear before the panel next month. 
In an eight-page letter to the former first daughter, committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) pointed out that Ivanka was in contact with her father on Jan. 6, 2021, and observed key communications between the 45th president and then-Vice President Mike Pence. 
“On January 6th, you were serving as Advisor [sic] to the President and head of the White House Office of Economic Initiatives and Entrepreneurship, and were present in the West Wing...",right
7792,Jan. 6 Committee Asks Ivanka Trump to Cooperate With Capitol Riot Investigation,"['US House', 'Ivanka Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Liz Cheney', 'Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'National Guard', 'White House', 'Politics']",Jan. 6 committee asks Ivanka Trump to sit for interview,The Hill,"The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol is asking Ivanka Trump, former President Trump's daughter and one of his White House advisers, to voluntarily sit down with the committee.
The request — the first official outreach to a member of the Trump family — notes that Ivanka Trump spent considerable time with her father in the days leading up to Jan. 6, including witnessing a conversation between him and Vice President Mike Pence ahead of Congress's certification of the 2020 presidential election.
“The Select Committee wishes to discuss the...",center
7793,Book Says Gen. Milley Secretly Acted to Limit Trump's Nuclear Powers and Reassure Chinese Counterpart After Jan. 6,"['US Military', 'Mark Milley', 'Joint Chiefs Of Staff', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'China', 'Defense And Security']",Gen. Milley Reportedly Took Steps To Limit Trump’s Nuclear Strike Powers After Jan. 6,Forbes,"Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, placed roadblocks in front of former President Donald Trump’s ability to launch a nuclear strike as top officials voiced concerns about his mental health after the January 6 attack on the Capitol, according to a book excerpt from reporter Bob Woodward.
Milley expressed concerns about Trump's ""trigger point"" and told senior military officials they needed his authorization to launch a nuclear strike even if Trump ordered it, according to passages of “Peril,” a book from Woodward and fellow Washington Post reporter...",center
7794,Book Says Gen. Milley Secretly Acted to Limit Trump's Nuclear Powers and Reassure Chinese Counterpart After Jan. 6,"['US Military', 'Mark Milley', 'Joint Chiefs Of Staff', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'China', 'Defense And Security']","Top general was so fearful Trump might spark war that he made secret calls to his Chinese counterpart, new book says",Washington Post,"Twice in the final months of the Trump administration, the country’s top military officer was so fearful that the president’s actions might spark a war with China that he moved urgently to avert armed conflict.
In a pair of secret phone calls, Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, assured his Chinese counterpart, Gen. Li Zuocheng of the People’s Liberation Army, that the United States would not strike, according to a new book by Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward and national political reporter Robert...",left
7795,Book Says Gen. Milley Secretly Acted to Limit Trump's Nuclear Powers and Reassure Chinese Counterpart After Jan. 6,"['US Military', 'Mark Milley', 'Joint Chiefs Of Staff', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'China', 'Defense And Security']",Milley promised Chinese military leader advance warning of Trump-ordered attack: Book,Washington Examiner,"The top military official in the United States promised to give his Chinese counterpart advance notice if former President Donald Trump decided to order a strike against China, according to a new book.
Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was concerned that Trump might start a war with China and made assurances to try and avert armed conflict to Chinese Gen. Li Zuocheng of the People’s Liberation Army in a pair of secret calls during the final months of the administration, Watergate sleuth Bob Woodward and fellow Washington Post journalist Robert Costa write in Peril.",right
7796,Huckabee Leaves Fox,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Huckabee Leaves Fox News Show to Consider 2016 Run,New York Times (News),"Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, announced Saturday night that he was ending his cable talk show and would make a decision about a presidential bid this spring.
Mr. Huckabee, a Republican, used his weekly Fox News program, “Huckabee,” to reveal that he was leaving the network as he considers a second campaign for the White House.
“As much as I have loved doing the show, I cannot bring myself to rule out another presidential run,” said Mr. Huckabee, 59, who also sought the Republican nomination in 2008. Adding...",left
7797,Huckabee Leaves Fox,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Huckabee to Mull Another Presidential Bid,Wall Street Journal (News),"Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee announced Saturday night on his Fox News show that he is leaving the network after more than six years to consider another bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
Mr. Huckabee, who ran for president in 2008, said he will decide on a 2016 campaign in late spring.
“The continued chatter has put Fox News into a position that is not fair to the",center
7798,Huckabee Leaves Fox,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Huckabee leaving Fox News ahead of 2016 decision,Townhall,"TV host and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says he is leaving his Fox News talk show as he considers whether to seek the Republican nomination for president, a decision he expects to reach in the spring.
Huckabee said Saturday night's edition of ""Huckabee"" would be his last as he ponders his political future. The weekly show, which is taped with a live audience and features political commentary as well as interviews with guests and musical entertainment, has been on the air for more than six years.
""There's been a...",right
7799,What Clashes in Ferguson tell us,['Violence In America'],"OPINION: In Ferguson, a sense of being left behind",Eugene Robinson,"The fire this time is about invisibility. Our society expects the police to keep unemployed, poorly educated African American men out of sight and out of mind. When they suddenly take center stage, illuminated by the flash and flicker of Molotov cocktails, we feign surprise.",left
7800,What Clashes in Ferguson tell us,['Violence In America'],OPINION: Ferguson: The signal it sends about America,CNN (Online News),"The protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, want justice for the unarmed black teenager shot and killed there by a police officer. But the protests also reflect broader patterns of racial injustice across the country, from chronic police violence and abuse against black men to the persistent economic and social exclusion of communities of color.",left
7801,What Clashes in Ferguson tell us,['Violence In America'],OPINION: The wrong way to restore peace in Ferguson,Washington Times,The National Guard is better trained to use the big guns in Missouri.,right
7802,"Migrant Buses Arrive in Chicago, Expanding Abbott’s Immigration-Surge Response","['Immigration', 'Border Control', 'Border Crisis', 'US-Mexico Border', 'Greg Abbott']",Texas governor buses migrants to Chicago,NewsNation,"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bused migrants to Chicago Wednesday, adding the city to the list of drop-off “sanctuary cities,” part of his continued response to President Joe Biden’s immigration policy.
The governor’s office told NewsNation that two buses arrived in Chicago Wednesday night and carried about 95 migrants.
Abbott believes Biden isn’t doing enough to secure the border, letting overwhelmed Texas border communities handle the crisis on their own. He has been busing migrants to Washington, D.C., and New York City since the spring.",center
7803,"Migrant Buses Arrive in Chicago, Expanding Abbott’s Immigration-Surge Response","['Immigration', 'Border Control', 'Border Crisis', 'US-Mexico Border', 'Greg Abbott']","Texas, Arizona bus migrants to U.S. cities, and now Chicago. Here's what could happen next",USA TODAY,"First Washington, D.C., then New York City. Now Chicago. 
Officials from Texas and Arizona have been sending busloads of asylum seekers to those cities to the east for months. On Wednesday, Chicago joined New York and Washington when the first busloads of migrants from Texas arrived there. 
""President Biden's inaction at our southern border continues putting the lives of Texans --- and Americans -- at risk and is overwhelming our communities,"" Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a statement late Wednesday. ""To continue providing much-needed relief to our small, overrun border towns, Chicago will join fellow...",left
7804,"Migrant Buses Arrive in Chicago, Expanding Abbott’s Immigration-Surge Response","['Immigration', 'Border Control', 'Border Crisis', 'US-Mexico Border', 'Greg Abbott']","Texas sends buses of migrants to Chicago for first time, dropped off at train station",Fox News (Online News),"Two buses carrying migrants from Texas arrived in Chicago on Wednesday night.
The buses arrived at Chicago's Union Station at around 7:30 p.m., carrying migrants who crossed the southern border illegally.
An estimated 80 to 100 people were on the buses, including 20 to 30 small children. Many of the migrants said they were from Venezuela.
Chicago is the latest city where migrants have been bused to from Texas, following New York City and Washington, D.C., all of which have Democrat mayors.
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a...",right
7805,Romney Interviewed,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Mitt Romney: 'It kills me' not to be president,Politico,"Four months after he lost to President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney says “it kills me not to be in the White House finding solutions to the nations problems.",left
7806,Romney Interviewed,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Romney relays disappointment over loss, admits mistakes, in first sitdown since 2012 election",Fox News (Online News),"Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, gave an unflinching review Sunday of his unsuccessful campaign, admitting his shortcomings and disappointments but vowing to remain a force in American politics.",right
7807,Romney Interviewed,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","In First Post-Election Interview, Romney Calls Race A 'Magnificent' Experience",NPR (Online News),"It was not the outcome they had hoped for, but in his first interview since losing the presidential election, Mitt Romney said he and his wife are moving on.",left
7808,Pence Unveils Plans to Create Space Force by 2020,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Trump sets goal to create U.S. military Space Force by 2020,Reuters,President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday outlined an aggressive plan for creating a sixth branch of the U.S. military by 2020 - a Space Force to better confront emerging security threats - but the proposal will need approval from a divided Congress.,center
7809,Pence Unveils Plans to Create Space Force by 2020,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']","Pence, Pentagon promise 'Space Force' by 2020",Washington Times,"The U.S. “Space Force” will become a reality by 2020, Vice President Mike Pence and Defense Secretary James Mattis promised Thursday, laying out a highly ambitious timeline to set up the first",right
7810,Pence Unveils Plans to Create Space Force by 2020,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",The Pentagon is giving Trump his Space Force. Congress may take it away.,Vox,It all comes down to a defense budget fight for 2020.,left
7811,Suspect in 2 Cop Killings Caught,['Violence In America'],2 Iowa police officers killed; suspect in custody,CNN (Online News),"The two Iowa police officers shot dead Wednesday morning were Des Moines police Sgt. Anthony ""Tony"" Beminio and Urbandale police Officer Justin Martin, said Des Moines police Sgt. Paul Parizek.",left
7812,Suspect in 2 Cop Killings Caught,['Violence In America'],Police capture suspect in separate ambush-style attacks that killed 2 Iowa officers,Fox News (Online News),Authorities in Iowa have captured the suspected gunman in the ambush-style attacks early Wednesday morning that claimed the lives of two police officers who were sitting in their patrol cars.,right
7813,Suspect in 2 Cop Killings Caught,['Violence In America'],Iowa Police Arrest Suspect in ‘Ambush’ Killings of 2 Officers,New York Times (News),"Two police officers were shot and killed early Wednesday while sitting in their patrol cars in the Des Moines area, and the authorities later arrested a 46-year-old Iowa man in connection with the “ambush-style attacks.”",left
7814,President Trump Proposes Budget For Fiscal Year 2021,"['Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Federal Spending', 'Tax Cuts', 'Foreign Aid', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump To Again Propose Slashing Foreign Aid In Budget,NPR (Online News),"President Trump will propose $4.4 trillion in spending cuts over the next decade in his budget for fiscal year 2021 — a document that is expected to be quickly dismissed by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives.
The proposal, set for release at 12:30 p.m. ET on Monday, will include slashing foreign aid by 21%, budget chief Russell Vought told NPR's Steve Inskeep.
The White House wants to boost funding for the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation while cutting other types of foreign aid, said Vought, the acting head of the...",left
7815,President Trump Proposes Budget For Fiscal Year 2021,"['Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Federal Spending', 'Tax Cuts', 'Foreign Aid', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump's budget previews his 2020 economic pitch: Tax cuts and more wall money,Washington Post,"President Trump’s budget previews the economic pitch he will be making to voters: more deficit spending to compensate for extended tax cuts and pay for everything from his border wall to boosted NASA funding. All while avoiding painful cuts to Social Security and Medicare benefits.
The document, out today, abandons Trump’s 2016 campaign pledge to eliminate the national debt by the end of a second term — as well as the less-ambitious plan in his first budget to close the gap between federal revenue and spending by 2028.
The...",left
7816,President Trump Proposes Budget For Fiscal Year 2021,"['Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Federal Spending', 'Tax Cuts', 'Foreign Aid', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","'Shrink' government: Trump's budget reduces spending by $4.4 trillion, makes 2017 tax cuts permanent",Washington Times,"President Trump is proposing to balance the federal budget within 15 years, “shrink” the federal government and extend food stamp work requirements to Medicaid and housing programs in a $4.8 trillion spending plan being released Monday.
The plan would reduce spending by $4.4 trillion equally from discretionary and mandatory programs such as Medicare over the next decade.
The plan also includes $2 billion for the border wall, with officials saying the administration is approaching 80% of the money needed to finish the wall.
The president’s budget for fiscal 2021 would...",right
7817,Software Entrepreneur John McAfee Found Dead in Spanish Prison,"['Technology', 'Cybersecurity', 'John McAfee', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry']",Antivirus pioneer John McAfee found dead in Spanish prison,Associated Press,"John McAfee, the creator of McAfee antivirus software, was found dead in his jail cell near Barcelona in an apparent suicide Wednesday, hours after a Spanish court approved his extradition to the United States to face tax charges punishable by decades in prison, authorities said.
The eccentric cryptocurrency promoter and tax opponent whose history of legal troubles spanned from Tennessee to Central America to the Caribbean was discovered at the Brians 2 penitentiary in northeastern Spain. Security personnel tried to revive him, but the jail’s medical team finally certified his...",left
7818,Software Entrepreneur John McAfee Found Dead in Spanish Prison,"['Technology', 'Cybersecurity', 'John McAfee', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry']",Antivirus software pioneer John McAfee dead after hanging himself in jail,New York Post (News),"Antivirus software tycoon John McAfee apparently hanged himself in a Spanish jail cell on Wednesday — just hours after a court ruled he would be extradited to face federal charges in the US.
Authorities said a preliminary investigation determined there were no signs of foul play, the Spanish newspaper El Pais reported.
The 75-year-old eccentric tech entrepreneur was arrested in October and was awaiting extradition in the Barcelona jail when he was found dead by hanging, police sources told El Pais.
The newspaper reported McAfee was pulled from his cell in Barcelona and police are...",right
7819,Software Entrepreneur John McAfee Found Dead in Spanish Prison,"['Technology', 'Cybersecurity', 'John McAfee', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry']",John McAfee: antivirus entrepreneur found dead in Spanish prison,The Guardian,"The antivirus software entrepreneur John McAfee has been found dead in his cell in Spain from an apparent suicide, hours after the country’s highest court approved his extradition to the United States, where he was wanted on tax-related criminal charges that carry a prison sentence of up to 30 years.
Catalan’s regional police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra, confirmed a report in El País that McAfee, 75, had been found dead in the Brians 2 prison near Barcelona, late on Wednesday.
In a statement, the Catalan justice department said that prison officers and medics had tried...",left
7820,Assad Issues US Strike Threat,['Middle East'],Assad: U.S. 'Should Expect Every Action' If It Strikes Syria,HuffPost,"CBS This Morning previewed an interview with Syria's President Bashar Assad that Charlie Rose conducted in Damascus. In the interview, Assad denies his administration used chemical weapons and criticized U.S. foreign policy.",left
7821,Assad Issues US Strike Threat,['Middle East'],Assad: U.S. attack on Syria will bring 'repercussions',USA TODAY,"Syrian President Bashar Assad has denied in an interview that his country had used chemical weapons against his own people and warned of ""repercussions"" for any U.S. strike against his country.",left
7822,Assad Issues US Strike Threat,['Middle East'],Assad's Dire Warning to American Journalist: Expect Retaliation,The Blaze,Syrian President Bashar Assad is warning there will be retaliation against the U. S. for any military strike launched in response to a chemical weapons attack.,right
7823,California Man Indicted For Plotting to Murder Justice Kavanaugh,"['Abortion', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'California', 'Courts', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Justice', 'Roe V Wade Leak', 'Supreme Court', 'Violence In America', 'Polarization']",Feds indict California man found with gun near Kavanaugh’s home,New York Post (News),"The California man who was arrested outside of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh home last week was indicted by a federal jury for on a charge of attempted assassination.
Nicholas John Roske, 26, of Simi Valley, was found outside of Kavanaugh’s Maryland home with a gun, knife and pepper spray. He told police that he was planning to kill the justice, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Prosecutors said Roske traveled across the country to Chevy Chase, Maryland with the intent to kill Kavanaugh over the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion expected to...",right
7824,California Man Indicted For Plotting to Murder Justice Kavanaugh,"['Abortion', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'California', 'Courts', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Justice', 'Roe V Wade Leak', 'Supreme Court', 'Violence In America', 'Polarization']",Man arrested near Kavanaugh’s house indicted for attempted murder,The Hill,"A California man who was arrested near U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s residence has been indicted for attempted murder of the justice.
A federal grand jury returned an indictment on Wednesday against Nicholas John Roske, a 26-year-old Simi Valley, California resident, after he allegedly traveled to Maryland to kill Kavanaugh.
Montgomery County police arrested Roske last week after he called the county’s Emergency Communications Center saying he was having suicidal thoughts, had a firearm and came to Kavanaugh’s residence to kill him.
Officers found a range of...",center
7825,California Man Indicted For Plotting to Murder Justice Kavanaugh,"['Abortion', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'California', 'Courts', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Justice', 'Roe V Wade Leak', 'Supreme Court', 'Violence In America', 'Polarization']",Man accused of Kavanaugh murder plot indicted by federal grand jury,Washington Post,"A California man accused of flying across the country with plans to break into Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh’s home to assassinate him was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury, officials said.
The single count of attempting to kill a U.S. judge added new details about what authorities say Nicholas Roske, 26, had with him when he arrived via taxi cab to the conservative justice’s home just after 1 a.m. in Chevy Chase, Md., last week.
In addition to a gun, burglary tools and a pair of boots with...",left
7826,Trump Willing to Walk Away From North Korea Talks,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Says He’ll Walk Out of a Planned Meeting With Kim if It Is ‘Not Fruitful’,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Donald Trump said there would be a “bright path” available to North Korea if it successfully shut down its nuclear weapons program, but he vowed he would walk out of a planned meeting with the country’s leader Kim Jong Un if he felt it wasn’t yielding results.",center
7827,Trump Willing to Walk Away From North Korea Talks,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump says he’ll walk away from North Korea summit if Kim Jong-un plays games,Washington Times,President Trump said Wednesday night he’s prepared to walk away from the bargaining table at an historic summit with Kim Jong-un if he feels the North Korean leader isn’t negotiating in good faith over giving up his nuclear weapons.,right
7828,Trump Willing to Walk Away From North Korea Talks,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump bullish on North Korea talks, but willing to walk away",CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump offered a bullish view on Wednesday of his planned talks with North Korean despot Kim Jong Un, insisting he's positioned to accomplish what his predecessors could not.",left
7829,Trump To Sign Executive Order Tying Federal Grants To Free Speech on Campus,"['College Campuses', 'Donald Trump', 'Executive Order', 'Free Speech']",Trump's hyped free speech order will ask colleges to do what they already have to,Politico,"President Donald Trump on Thursday afternoon is set to sign his much-hyped executive order on campus free speech — which he has vowed will require colleges to ""support free speech"" or face ""very costly"" penalties.
But the order essentially just reinforces what schools are already supposed to be doing by formally requiring colleges to agree to promote free inquiry in order to get billions of dollars in federal research funding.
""While many schools — or all schools — are frankly supposed to follow this currently, it will ensure that grant...",left
7830,Trump To Sign Executive Order Tying Federal Grants To Free Speech on Campus,"['College Campuses', 'Donald Trump', 'Executive Order', 'Free Speech']",Trump to Issue Order Tying Federal Grants to Free Speech on Campus,Wall Street Journal (News),"Moves follows complaints that conservative speakers are stifled.
President Trump is expected to issue an executive order Thursday directing federal agencies to tie research and education grants made to colleges and universities to more aggressive enforcement of the First Amendment, according to a draft of the order viewed by The Wall Street Journal.
The order instructs agencies including the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services and Defense to ensure that public educational institutions comply with the First Amendment, and that private institutions live up to their...",center
7831,Trump To Sign Executive Order Tying Federal Grants To Free Speech on Campus,"['College Campuses', 'Donald Trump', 'Executive Order', 'Free Speech']",Trump to sign executive order promoting free speech on college campuses,Washington Times,"President Trump will sign an executive order Thursday requiring colleges and universities to ensure free speech on campus, in the wake of cases of conservatives being attacked for expressing their views.
A senior administration official said Mr. Trump’s order will require colleges that receive federal research grant money to certify that they “promote free inquiry.”
“The president strongly supports cultivating free speech and open inquiry in higher education,” the official said. “American institutions of higher education should promote open, intellectually engaging debate which is critical to create the next generation...",right
7832,Obama Takes Fire for Crusades Comment,['Religion And Faith'],Obama takes fire for Crusades comparison,CNN (Online News),"Rick Santorum seized on President Barack Obama's comparison of Islamic extremism to the Christian Crusades and other violent excesses during Thursday's National Prayer Breakfast, decrying the comments as ""inappropriate"" and ""insulting to every person of faith.""",left
7833,Obama Takes Fire for Crusades Comment,['Religion And Faith'],"Critics pounce after Obama talks Crusades, slavery at prayer breakfast",Washington Post,President Obama has never been one to go easy on America.,left
7834,Obama Takes Fire for Crusades Comment,['Religion And Faith'],OPINION: Obama’s comparison of Crusades to Islamist terror acts misses mark,Washington Times,President Obama put on his preaching clothes yesterday and drove up Connecticut Avenue to the Washington Hilton to deliver a sermon to the choir. He took his text from the first chapter of the Book of Moral Equivalence and let the choir have both barrels.,right
7835,Global Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 1 Million,"['CDC', 'WHO', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Brazil', 'World', 'India', 'Mexico', 'Coronavirus']",Coronavirus has killed 1 million people worldwide. Experts fear the toll may double before a vaccine is ready,CNN (Online News),"More than 1 million people have died from the coronavirus worldwide, marking another milestone in the pandemic's brief but devastating history.
The death toll from the coronavirus, which causes Covid-19, now stands at 1,000,555, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
The grim tally has been reached in less than nine months since the first death caused by the coronavirus was confirmed by Chinese authorities in the city of Wuhan.
Since then, the virus has disrupted the everyday lives of billions of people around the globe and caused...",left
7836,Global Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 1 Million,"['CDC', 'WHO', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Brazil', 'World', 'India', 'Mexico', 'Coronavirus']",Worldwide grief: Death toll from coronavirus tops 1 million,Associated Press,"Joginder Chaudhary was his parents’ greatest pride, raised with the little they earned farming a half-acre plot in central India to become the first doctor from their village.
For the coronavirus, though, he was just one more in a million.
After the virus killed the 27-year-old Chaudhary in late July, his mother wept inconsolably. With her son gone, Premlata Chaudhary said, how could she go on living? Three weeks later, on Aug. 18, the virus took her life, too — yet another number in an unrelenting march toward a woeful...",left
7837,Global Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 1 Million,"['CDC', 'WHO', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Brazil', 'World', 'India', 'Mexico', 'Coronavirus']",Coronavirus death toll hits 1M worldwide,Fox News (Online News),"There have been over 1 million coronavirus-associated deaths worldwide since the illness was first reported in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
In January, as the virus began to spread outside of the country's borders, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it a global health emergency, but it wasn’t officially deemed a global pandemic until March.
Since then, the world has been watching as companies race to develop a vaccine, and numerous countries issued lockdowns in hopes of containing the virus’ spread and cutting down...",right
7838,Chaffetz Announces His Run,"['US House', 'Politics']",Jason Chaffetz Announces His Run for House Speaker,The Blaze,"GOP Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah says he’s running for House speaker in a longshot challenge to Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California.
Chaffetz — chairman of the high-profile House Oversight and Government Reform Committee — says voters and the public want Republicans to fight. He says the current House leaders don’t deserve an automatic promotion.",right
7839,Chaffetz Announces His Run,"['US House', 'Politics']",U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz Says He Will Run for House Speaker,Wall Street Journal (News),"House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R., Utah) said Sunday he will run to be the next House speaker.
Mr. Chaffetz is considered a long-shot bid to replace Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio), who said in late September that he would leave Congress on Oct. 30. Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) is the front-runner to succeed Mr. Boehner.
“I think the American public wants to see a change. They want a fresh start,” Mr. Chaffetz said on Fox News Sunday. “You don’t just give an automatic...",center
7840,Chaffetz Announces His Run,"['US House', 'Politics']",Chaffetz formally announces bid for House speaker,Washington Post,"Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has formally announced his bid for House speaker, saying he would ""bridge the divide"" between establishment and conservative Republicans better than House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
""I think the American public wants to see a change,"" Chaffetz told ""Fox News Sunday."" ""They want a fresh start. There is a reason why we see this [conservative] phenomenon across the country. You don't just give an automatic promotion to the exis",left
7841,Rittenhouse Judge Bans MSNBC From Courtroom Over Alleged Attempt to Photograph Jurors,"['Media Industry', 'MSNBC Bias', 'Kyle Rittenhouse', 'Media Bias']",Judge In Kyle Rittenhouse Murder Trial Bans MSNBC From Courthouse,HuffPost,"The judge presiding over the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse on Thursday banned MSNBC employees from the courthouse, saying someone who identified himself as a producer for the network was caught following a bus carrying jurors.
Judge Bruce Schroeder made the announcement in court on Thursday as the jury deliberated for a third day over whether Rittenhouse, 18, is guilty of felony charges in the shooting deaths of two people and wounding of another during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year. Rittenhouse claims self-defense.
The judge said a man named James Morrison...",left
7842,Rittenhouse Judge Bans MSNBC From Courtroom Over Alleged Attempt to Photograph Jurors,"['Media Industry', 'MSNBC Bias', 'Kyle Rittenhouse', 'Media Bias']",Judge in Kyle Rittenhouse trial bars MSNBC from courthouse after freelancer is accused of following jurors’ bus,CNBC,"The judge overseeing Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial banned MSNBC from the courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Thursday after a freelance producer working for the network was accused of following a bus carrying jurors the previous night. 
“I have instructed that nobody from MSNBC news be permitted in this building for the duration of this trial,” Judge Bruce Schroeder said during a hearing. 
“This is a very serious matter, and I don’t know what the ultimate truth of it is, but absolutely it would go without much thinking that someone who is...",center
7843,Rittenhouse Judge Bans MSNBC From Courtroom Over Alleged Attempt to Photograph Jurors,"['Media Industry', 'MSNBC Bias', 'Kyle Rittenhouse', 'Media Bias']",Judge Bans MSNBC From Rittenhouse Trial,Washington Free Beacon,"Judge Bruce Schroeder banned MSNBC journalists from the courthouse during the Kyle Rittenhouse trial after a network producer was taken into police custody for ""trying to photograph jurors.""
The Kenosha Police Department announced Thursday morning that it arrested James J. Morrison, who said he is a producer employed by MSNBC News, for running a red light while tailing the jury's bus Wednesday night. Schroeder said MSNBC will no longer be allowed in the courthouse and that the act was ""a very serious matter."" This was apparently the second day in a row...",right
7844,Repeal Revival?,['Healthcare'],White House Tailors Health-Law Tweaks for Conservative Appeal,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Trump administration is floating a new health-care proposal aimed at winning over House conservatives that could allow states to opt-out of some requirements in the Affordable Care Act.
The administration’s proposal, if it secures the support of the House conservatives, could be turned into legislation that would be part of a broader Republican effort to knock down key parts of the Obama-era health law.",center
7845,Repeal Revival?,['Healthcare'],The Essential Question Needing An Answer Before Healthcare Can Be Reformed,The Daily Caller,"Election Day 2016 should have been Christmas morning for Republicans. Long awaited control of the White House and both houses of Congress. A chance to deliver on an every two-year election cycle promise to repeal and replace Obamacare. In 2010 Republicans needed the House. They got it. In 2014, it was the Senate. Delivered. But we still need the White House they said. Asked and answered with President Donald Trump.",right
7846,Repeal Revival?,['Healthcare'],Republican Health Proposal Would Undermine Coverage for Pre-existing Conditions,New York Times (News),"Throughout the debate to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, President Trump and Republican congressional leaders have insisted they would retain a crucial, popular part of the health law: the promise that people can buy insurance even if they’ve had illnesses in the past.",left
7847,Pushing for Highway Spending,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama to ask Congress for cash for roads, bridges",Washington Post,"America's roads, bridges and ports are falling apart, and the federal government is running out of money to fix them So President Barack Obama is heading to a crumbling bridge outside New York City to try to pressure Congress into giving the nation's infrastructure an infusion of cash.
Obama was to travel Wednesday to the Tappan Zee Bridge, a major crossing point over the Hudson River that's in dire need of replacement nearly six decades after being built. In addition to calling on lawmakers to back h",left
7848,Pushing for Highway Spending,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama to Speed Infrastructure Permits, Highlight Highway Funding Squeeze",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama on Wednesday will announce plans to speed up permits for building roads, bridges and other infrastructure, part of a broader effort to highlight the administration's focus on transportation as a highway trust fund runs dry.
A White House official said the new plan would add to prior efforts to ""cut through red tape and expedite permitting decisions,"" while retaining environmental protections.
Mr. Obama is set to discuss infrastructure spending on Wednesday at an event near New York's Tappan Zee Bridge, a span that is overdue for replacement....",center
7849,Pushing for Highway Spending,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama to push for more highway spending, blame GOP on blocked bill",Washington Times,"Residents of the Hudson River valley of New York are being warned to expect commuter delays Wednesday when President Obama visits a heavily used bridge as a backdrop for a speech urging Congress to support his $302 billion transportation plan.
Mr. Obama will use a helicopter and motorcade for his visit to the Tappan Zee Bridge in Tarrytown, N.Y., one of the busiest spans on the East Coast. The 3-mile-long bridge is undergoing a $3.9 billion replacement project, financed mostly by bonds funded by higher tolls.
Mr. Obama...",right
7850,Brexit Delay Approved by EU,"['EU', 'Great Britain', 'Brexit', 'World']",Brexit: Departure date pushed back by at least two weeks,BBC News,"Theresa May has been granted an extra two weeks to come up with a Brexit solution after talks with EU leaders.
The UK's departure date had originally been set for 29 March.
If Mrs May can get her withdrawal deal through Parliament next week, that date will be pushed back to 22 May to give time to pass the necessary legislation.
If the prime minister can't get the deal through, the UK will have to propose a way forward by 12 April for EU leaders to consider.
European Council President...",center
7851,Brexit Delay Approved by EU,"['EU', 'Great Britain', 'Brexit', 'World']","EU Approves Brexit Extension, but Chaotic Departure Still Looms",New York Times (News),"European Union leaders on Thursday agreed to extend the deadline for Britain’s looming exit from the bloc in order to give Prime Minister Theresa May and the British Parliament more time to get their act together.
Thursday’s agreement effectively averted the possibility of a disorderly and possibly chaotic departure by Britain on March 29. Yet that still remains a possibility just a few weeks later.
After hours of difficult and sometimes passionate talks, the leaders decided that Britain’s exit date will be pushed back to May 22 if next week...",left
7852,Brexit Delay Approved by EU,"['EU', 'Great Britain', 'Brexit', 'World']","EU leaders agree to short-term Brexit delay, granting PM Theresa May a lifeline",Fox News (Online News),"European Union leaders on Thursday night agreed to a short-term Brexit extension in order to allow British Prime Minister Theresa May more time to get her withdrawal agreement through Parliament -- just a week before Britain was scheduled to leave the bloc.
Britain was due to leave the E.U. on March 29 without a deal after the withdrawal agreement May negotiated with E.U. leaders in 2018 was shot down for the second time by lawmakers last week -- hurling Britain into a full-blown political crisis and leaving May scrambling for...",right
7853,"Graham Announces, GOP Field Now 9","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Lindsey Graham Has Entered The 2016 Presidential Race, Because Why The Hell Not",HuffPost,"In April, there was only a 91 percent chance that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) would run for president of the United States. Now, he's 100 percent ready.
On Monday morning, the longtime hopeful officially announced his 2016 presidential run in his hometown of Central, South Carolina, in front of his family's restaurant and pool hall.
""I'm Lindsey Graham and I'm running for president of the United States,"" he said during the campaign launch -- and, as he added later in the announcement, he is ""ready to be commander in chief...",left
7854,"Graham Announces, GOP Field Now 9","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Graham bets on foreign experience in White House bid announcement,CNN (Online News),"Lindsey Graham is running for president because, he says, ""the world is falling apart.""
And if Americans are looking for a commander-in-chief, the South Carolina senator believes he's it.
Graham, who told CNN last month he's been ""more right than wrong on foreign policy,"" announced his presidential bid in his hometown of Central, South Carolina, on Monday. He hopes that his track record on foreign affairs will give him the advantage in a wide-open primary fight.",left
7855,"Graham Announces, GOP Field Now 9","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Lindsey Graham Is Running for President: ‘I’m Ready to Be Commander in Chief on Day One’,The Blaze,"South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham stayed heavy on his national security record while announcing his presidential campaign Monday.
“I am more experienced on national security that any candidate in the race. That includes you, Hillary,” Graham said in front of a crowd in South Carolina",right
7856,ISIS Demanded Ransom Before Execution,['Middle East'],ISIS Demanded Ransom From U.S. Before Killing James Foley,New York Times (News),"Kneeling in the dirt in a desert somewhere in the Middle East, James Foley lost his life this week at the hands of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Before pulling out the knife used to decapitate him, his masked executioner explained that he was killing the 40-year-old American journalist in retaliation for the recent United States’ airstrikes against the terrorist group in Iraq.",left
7857,ISIS Demanded Ransom Before Execution,['Middle East'],Foley captors' ransom demand revives debate over US no-pay policy,Christian Science Monitor,"Islamic State militants had demanded millions of dollars for James Foley's release. While the US government refuses to pay ransoms to kidnappers, some European governments have done so in the past, enriching Al Qaeda and its affiliates.",center
7858,ISIS Demanded Ransom Before Execution,['Middle East'],"ISIS militants threatened to kill journalist in email to family, CEO says",Fox News (Online News),"In the days before journalist James Foley was brutally beheaded by a member of the Islamic State militant group, an e-mail sent to Foley's family threatened his execution in ""vitriolic"" terms, the CEO of the international news service he had worked for said Wednesday.",right
7859,U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer Fired Over Seal Controversy,"['US Navy', 'Richard Spencer', 'Mark Esper', 'Edward Gallagher', 'Seal Controversy']",Pentagon Chief Fires Navy Secretary Over SEAL Controversy,Newsmax (News),"Defense Secretary Mark Esper has fired the Navy’s top official, ending a stunning clash between President Donald Trump and top military leadership over the fate of a SEAL accused of war crimes in Iraq.
Esper said Sunday that he had lost confidence in Navy Secretary Richard Spencer and alleged that Spencer proposed a deal with the White House behind his back to resolve the SEAL’s case. Trump has championed the matter of Navy Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, who was acquitted of murder in the stabbing death of an Islamic...",right
7860,U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer Fired Over Seal Controversy,"['US Navy', 'Richard Spencer', 'Mark Esper', 'Edward Gallagher', 'Seal Controversy']",US Navy Secretary Richard Spencer fired over Seal case,BBC News,"US Navy chief Richard Spencer has been fired over his handling of the case of a Navy Seal demoted for misconduct.
The case of Edward Gallagher, who was convicted for posing with a corpse, had sparked tensions between US President Donald Trump and military officials.
The navy officer had been due to face a disciplinary review where he could have been stripped of his Seals membership.
There have been differing accounts as to why Richard Spencer was asked to resign.
US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said he had lost confidence...",center
7861,U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer Fired Over Seal Controversy,"['US Navy', 'Richard Spencer', 'Mark Esper', 'Edward Gallagher', 'Seal Controversy']",Esper forces out Navy secretary over disputed SEAL case,Politico,"Navy Secretary Richard Spencer resigned Sunday at Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s request over a private compromise Spencer proposed to the White House that would have allowed a sailor accused of war crimes to retire as a SEAL rather than being kicked out of the elite force’s ranks, the Pentagon said.
Spencer‘s departure marks the latest development in a case that has pitted military leaders against President Donald Trump, whose desire to keep the sailor in the SEALs Spencer criticized in a letter to the president. It also adds to a...",left
7862,Greg Abbott Sends Two Migrant Buses to Kamala Harris' DC Residence,"['Immigration', 'Greg Abbott', 'Washington DC', 'Kamala Harris']",Two migrant buses from Texas arrive outside VP Kamala Harris’ DC residence,New York Post (News),"Two buses carrying about 100 migrants from Texas arrived early Thursday morning outside Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington DC.
The migrants, many of them Venezuelan nationals, had been picked up in Eagle Pass, Texas, and were then shipped off to DC by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Fox News Digital reported.
Video from the scene showed a large group of men, women and children carrying small pillows and backpacks, some with blankets draped over their shoulders to keep out the morning chill as they milled about and...",right
7863,Greg Abbott Sends Two Migrant Buses to Kamala Harris' DC Residence,"['Immigration', 'Greg Abbott', 'Washington DC', 'Kamala Harris']",Buses of Migrants Appear Outside Kamala Harris' House Sent by Greg Abbott,Newsweek,"Texas Governor Greg Abbott has reportedly sent two buses of migrants to Kamala Harris' residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington D.C., delivering between 75 and 100 people outside the vice president's official mansion.
According to a breaking news report by Fox News, the migrants originally come from Venezuela, Uruguay, Colombia and Mexico. They were picked up at Eagle Pass in Texas, and sent to Washington on the Republican governor's orders.
The two buses that arrived outside Harris' residence are the latest of dozens sent by Abbott to Washington D.C., New York and Chicago...",center
7864,Greg Abbott Sends Two Migrant Buses to Kamala Harris' DC Residence,"['Immigration', 'Greg Abbott', 'Washington DC', 'Kamala Harris']",Texas sends two buses of migrants to Kamala Harris’s home,The Independent,"Two migrant buses sent by Texas Governor Greg Abbott carrying between 75 and 100 people have arrived outside the home of Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington, DC.
The buses arrived on Thursday morning after setting off from Del Rio, Texas, according to Fox News Digital.",left
7865,House Republicans Meet to Discuss Future of 2 House Members,"['US House', 'US House Republicans', 'Liz Cheney', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene', 'Politics']","House Republicans, divided and angry, meet to decide fate of Liz Cheney and Marjorie Taylor Greene",USA TODAY,"When House Republicans meet Wednesday, they'll be at odds over what to do about Liz Cheney and Marjorie Taylor Greene, controversial figures representing the two wings of an increasingly fractured party.
But the closed-door gathering also could reveal a lot more about the direction of a party openly warring with itself while charting a future without Donald Trump in the White House but very much on GOP voters' minds.
Denver Riggleman, a former Virginia GOP congressman who lost reelection last year to a more conservative Republican, told USA TODAY Tuesday...",left
7866,House Republicans Meet to Discuss Future of 2 House Members,"['US House', 'US House Republicans', 'Liz Cheney', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene', 'Politics']","House Republicans meet Wednesday to address Liz Cheney leadership, Marjorie Taylor Greene comments",ABC News (Online),"House Republicans will meet Wednesday afternoon to address simmering intraparty tensions after former President Donald Trump's second impeachment, with debate expected around Rep. Liz Cheney's impeachment vote and the controversy ignited by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's history of espousing conspiracy theories.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., met with Greene Tuesday night over her committee assignments, and even convened the GOP Steering Committee - which assigns committee seats - to discuss the issue, though no final decision about Greene's situation was made.
Cheney, the chair of the conference and a...",left
7867,House Republicans Meet to Discuss Future of 2 House Members,"['US House', 'US House Republicans', 'Liz Cheney', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene', 'Politics']","Marjorie Taylor Greene's, Liz Cheney's futures in balance as House GOP gathers for crucial meeting Wednesday",Fox News (Online News),"House Republicans will gather Wednesday afternoon for a conference meeting that comes as two of its members are in hot water for very different reasons, and they could face threats to their futures in the party.
Debate is expected at the meeting about the standing in the conference of Reps. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. Cheney angered many of her fellow Republicans with a vote to impeach former President Trump, triggering a push by some of the Trump loyalists in the conference to remove her as...",right
7868,Several States Unveil Plans to Start Reopening in Next 2 Weeks,"['Role Of Government', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health', 'Texas', 'Georgia', 'Tennessee', 'South Carolina', 'Coronavirus']","Georgia, other U.S. states press ahead with early coronavirus reopening",Reuters,"ATLANTA (Reuters) - Governors of about half a dozen U.S. states are pushing ahead with plans to begin a partial restart of their economies despite warnings that loosening restrictions prematurely could lead to a fresh surge of coronavirus infections and loss of life.
The move toward reopening in Georgia, South Carolina and other states follows a series of protests in Michigan, Pennsylvania and elsewhere to demand a rollback on orders that have shut down business and social life to fight the pandemic.
In some other, harder-hit states, tensions between President...",center
7869,Several States Unveil Plans to Start Reopening in Next 2 Weeks,"['Role Of Government', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health', 'Texas', 'Georgia', 'Tennessee', 'South Carolina', 'Coronavirus']",These States Are Beginning to Open for Business and Protestors Are Demanding Freedom: 'We're Free People!',CBN,"Plans are now in place in Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina and Texas to gradually open their state's economies after indications the coronavirus outbreak is slowing.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says gyms, barbershops, and bowling alleys can reopen Friday. Some restaurants and theaters will also open with social distancing.
South Carolina is set to allow most retail stores to reopen, but only at 20 percent capacity. Merchant Catherine Gouge said, ""We're just really glad we can have people in the store again.""
Tennessee is set to reopen most businesses on...",right
7870,Several States Unveil Plans to Start Reopening in Next 2 Weeks,"['Role Of Government', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health', 'Texas', 'Georgia', 'Tennessee', 'South Carolina', 'Coronavirus']",The Statistical Case for Reopening Georgia Is Weak,Guest Writer - Left,"Just days after the Trump administration set out careful benchmarks for states to meet before reopening their economies, four governors announced plans that basically ignore them.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp will allow many businesses to reopen on Friday. In South Carolina, some retailers and its beaches are already open. The governors of Tennessee and Ohio will begin phased restarts on May 1. Yet all of these states have seen Covid-19 case counts, day over day, jump within the past few days. The White House guidelines call for two weeks of...",left
7871,Perspectives: Could Zelenskyy's Appeal Draw The US Into War With Russia?,"['Europe', 'Foreign Relations', 'NATO', 'Joe Biden', 'Russia', 'US Congress', 'Ukraine War', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Weapons', 'White House', 'World']",Zelenskyy’s stirring appeal to conscience: How far should America go?,Fox News (Online News),"He invoked Pearl Harbor and 9/11, Mount Rushmore and Martin Luther King.
He portrayed America and Ukraine as having the same dreams and values, and both having known the pain of destruction delivered from the sky. 
Volodymyr Zelenskyy rose to the moment in his address to Congress on Wednesday, an unlikely leader who has become the face of the brave Ukrainian resistance to Russia’s brutality – and wants the U.S. to help him stop the ongoing massacre of civilians.
Lawmakers looked riveted as Zelenskyy asked for a humanitarian no-fly zone and, knowing he probably won’t get that,...",right
7872,Perspectives: Could Zelenskyy's Appeal Draw The US Into War With Russia?,"['Europe', 'Foreign Relations', 'NATO', 'Joe Biden', 'Russia', 'US Congress', 'Ukraine War', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Weapons', 'White House', 'World']",Mixed signals from Ukraine’s president and his aides leave West confused about his end game,Washington Post,"The mounting death toll in Ukraine has forced President Volodymyr Zelensky to consider concessions to Russia in order to bring an end to the devastating conflict, but the specific elements of any peace deal his government may be discussing with Moscow remain a mystery to Western leaders, said U.S. and European officials.
The secretive rounds of meetings between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators could hold the key to ending the conflict but also carry broader implications for European security depending on how the warring parties settle their differences. If Russian President...",left
7873,Perspectives: Could Zelenskyy's Appeal Draw The US Into War With Russia?,"['Europe', 'Foreign Relations', 'NATO', 'Joe Biden', 'Russia', 'US Congress', 'Ukraine War', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Weapons', 'White House', 'World']",Is Biden Getting Sucked Into Putin’s War?,Foreign Policy,"Besieged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a powerful plea to the U.S. Congress by video on Wednesday, echoing former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s wartime address to the same chamber and appealing to Americans to recall their own past traumas, from Pearl Harbor to Sept. 11, 2001. He challenged U.S. President Joe Biden to show more leadership as Ukraine faces an existential fight against an enemy bent on its annihilation.
“You are the leader of the nation. … I wish you to be the leader of the world. Being the leader of the world...",center
7874,Former Trump Advisor Steve Bannon Arrested on Fraud Charges,"['Steve Bannon', 'Criminal Justice', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Border Wall', 'Fraud', 'Politics', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",Former White House adviser Steve Bannon indicted on fraud charges,New York Post (News),"Former White House adviser Steve Bannon has been indicted on charges he defrauded donors to a $25 million campaign to build a border wall, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said Thursday.
Bannon and others are accused of ripping off donations to the “We Build the Wall” GoFundMe fundraiser that was launched in December 2018.
Audrey Strauss, acting US attorney for the Southern District of New York, said the defendants “defrauded hundreds of thousands of donors, capitalizing on their interest in funding a border wall to raise millions of dollars, under the...",right
7875,Former Trump Advisor Steve Bannon Arrested on Fraud Charges,"['Steve Bannon', 'Criminal Justice', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Border Wall', 'Fraud', 'Politics', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",Steve Bannon Charged in Alleged Border Wall Fundraising Scheme,Wall Street Journal (News),"Former senior Trump adviser Steve Bannon was arrested and charged with fraud Thursday for what federal prosecutors said was a scheme to siphon hundreds of thousands of dollars from a crowdfunding campaign that aimed to help achieve one of the president’s signature campaign promises: building a wall along the Southern U.S. border.
The We Build the Wall campaign wasn’t connected to President Trump but was promoted by several people close to him. It raised more than $25 million, according to prosecutors from the Southern District of New York, which brought...",center
7876,Former Trump Advisor Steve Bannon Arrested on Fraud Charges,"['Steve Bannon', 'Criminal Justice', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Border Wall', 'Fraud', 'Politics', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon arrested on charges of defrauding donors to 'Build the Wall' campaign,NBC News (Online),"Federal prosecutors on Thursday indicted one-time presidential aide Steve Bannon and three others on charges of taking money donated to help build a wall along the southern border, authorities said.
Bannon, Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato, Timothy Shea ""and others orchestrated a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors,"" according to prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York.
The defendants' online crowdfunding campaign “We Build The Wall” raised more than $25 million, with Kolfage ""repeatedly and falsely assured the public that he would 'not...",left
7877,Senate Blocks Trump's Emergency Declaration,"['US Senate', 'Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']",Emergency-Declaration Rebuke Splits Senate GOP,National Review,"Twelve Republican senators joined Democrats Thursday to pass a resolution terminating the national emergency declared by President Trump last month.
On Thursday afternoon, twelve Republican senators — nearly a fifth of the GOP caucus — joined Senate Democrats to pass a resolution terminating the national emergency declared by President Trump last month in an effort to unilaterally appropriate funds for construction of his long-promised border wall. The 59–41 vote was a rare bipartisan rebuke of Trump, who will now issue the first veto of his presidency in order to preserve...",right
7878,Senate Blocks Trump's Emergency Declaration,"['US Senate', 'Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']",Senate Passes Resolution to Block Trump’s Border Emergency,Wall Street Journal (News),"A dozen Senate Republicans joined Democrats on Thursday to reject President Trump’s emergency declaration at the southern border, rebuking the president on his signature policy issue after he pushed to use funds that weren’t appropriated by Congress.",center
7879,Senate Blocks Trump's Emergency Declaration,"['US Senate', 'Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']","Congress Has a Breaking Point. This Week, Trump Might Have Found It.",New York Times (News),"Time and again — when President Trump stood by Saudi Arabia after the killing of a Virginia-based journalist, when it looked as if he might intervene in the special counsel’s Russia investigation and when he threatened to declare a national emergency to pay for his border wall — lawmakers on Capitol Hill warned him not to push them too far.",left
7880,Unions donated more than Corporations,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Labor unions benefit more from Citizens United than big conservative donors,Watchdog.org,"The loosening of federal rules for political spending has done more to help Democrats than Republicans, according to two recent analyses of campaign contributions.
Those facts run counter to a well-established national media narrative — one often repeated by liberal groups and Democratic lawmakers who bemoan the influence of corporate cash in politics after the Supreme Court’s ruling in 2010 opened the flood gates to unlimited political spending — that says Republicans and their big business allies have been able to unduly influence elections with unfettered spending.",right
7881,Unions donated more than Corporations,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Unions wrote more big checks than corporations in 2013,Sunlight Foundation,"When it comes to writing big checks to favored candidates and causes, unions last year seemed to be taking greater advantage of the landmark Citizens United decision than corporations.
A Sunlight analysis of groups and individuals who wrote checks of $10,000 or more to super PACs and other political committees that report to the FEC revealed big labor bested big business in 2013 by better than 2-to-1.",center
7882,Unions donated more than Corporations,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']","Heavy Hitters: Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2014",OpenSecrets.org,"Totals include reported contributions from PACs and individuals affiliated with Heavy Hitter organizations, which are defined as the top overall donors to candidates, parties, Leadership PACs and other committees. Contributions to outside groups like super PACs do not factor into an organization's designation as a Heavy Hitter, however the totals below do include contributions by Heavy Hitters to such groups, as well as contributions to candidates, parties, Leadership PACs and other committees. Furthermore, the totals do not include contributions to politically active nonprofits, which are not disclosed to the public.",center
7883,RNC Says It Will Advise Future Candidates to Skip Debates if CPD Doesn't Make Changes,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Media Bias', 'RNC', 'Republican Party']",RNC warns it will advise presidential candidates against future debates if panel doesn't make changes,The Hill,"Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel Tuesday warned she may advise future presidential candidates against joining debates hosted by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) unless the group makes significant changes.
The letter from McDaniel follows a flood of criticism from former President Trump during the 2020 race complaining that format adjustments to health guidance during the coronavirus pandemic were unfair. McDaniel laid out a slate of changes she believes must be made and threatened that Republicans will be advised to boycott CPD-hosted debates if they are not. 
""The CPD's...",center
7884,RNC Says It Will Advise Future Candidates to Skip Debates if CPD Doesn't Make Changes,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Media Bias', 'RNC', 'Republican Party']",Ronna McDaniel: RNC will advise presidential candidates to skip debates unless reforms made,Fox News (Online News),"The Republican National Committee (RNC) is taking aim at the organization that for more than three decades has hosted and produced the presidential and vice presidential general election debates, warning that it may advise the next GOP presidential nominee to skip the debates unless significant changes are made.
The letter by RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel to the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) appears to be the latest example of the GOP taking issue with the commission and how it operates. Then-President Trump and his reelection campaign tangled multiple times with the commission last summer and autumn...",right
7885,RNC Says It Will Advise Future Candidates to Skip Debates if CPD Doesn't Make Changes,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Media Bias', 'RNC', 'Republican Party']",RNC threatens to advise candidates against participating in presidential debates,CBS News (Online),"Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel blasted the Commission on Presidential Debates in a letter on Tuesday over its handling of the 2020 debates and threatened to advise future GOP candidates against participating in the organization's events. 
""The CPD's repeated missteps and the partisan actions of its Board Members make clear that the organization no longer provides the fair and impartial forum for presidential debates which the law requires and the American people deserve,"" McDaniel wrote.",left
7886,New Conservative Views on Immigration,['Immigration'],Immigration Proves A 'Rubik's Cube' For Many Republicans : NPR,NPR (Online News),They dont want to offend Hispanic voters but they dont want to turn off the GOP base either says Ron Bonjean a former Republican leadership aide. And competing for Hispanic votes is not a top priority for the sizable number of Republican rank and file who still see the bill as amnesty.,left
7887,New Conservative Views on Immigration,['Immigration'],Conservatives See a Turning Tide on Immigration,New York Times (News),Opponents of an overhaul plan are trying to harness the airwaves the way they did in 2007 when talk radio hosts helped amplify outrage that doomed a similar bill.,left
7888,New Conservative Views on Immigration,['Immigration'],Is Rejecting a Path to Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants Un-Christian?,The Blaze,Immigration continues to be a contentious sociopolitical issue with politicians faith leaders and American citizens all weighing in on proposals to cope with the millions of illegals who are currently residing within the nations borders. Due to its complexities finding common ground can be difficult however religious leaders likethe...,right
7889,National Defense University Speech,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama to defend drone strikes, reignite Gitmo debate in key speech today",Washington Times,"U.S. drone strikes have killed four Americans, including one who was “specifically targeted and three others who were not targets, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said in a letter to Congress on Wednesday, publicly confirming the strikes for the first time.",right
7890,National Defense University Speech,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama, in a Shift, to Limit Targets of Drone Strikes",New York Times (News),"A day after admitting the killing of four Americans in drone strikes, the president will announce new limits on the program of targeted attacks. Mr. Obama also plans to renew his effort to close Guantánamo prison.",left
7891,National Defense University Speech,"['White House', 'Politics']","Secret drones, terror prisons to be focus of Obama Speech",CNN (Online News),"From the targeted killing of Americans overseas to the future of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, President Barack Obama will lay out the framework and legal rationale for his administration's counterterrorism policy in a widely anticipated speech on Thursday.",left
7892,White House Announces It Will Not Comply With Impeachment Inquiry,"['Impeachment Inquiry', 'US House', 'White House', 'Politics']",White House calls House impeachment probe unconstitutional,Reuters,"The White House on Tuesday rejected an impeachment inquiry launched by Democrats in the House of Representatives as “constitutionally invalid” and said it would refuse to cooperate with the probe absent a vote of the full House.
An eight-page letter signed by White House counsel Pat Cipollone was sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the top U.S. Democrat, and the Democratic chairs of the House intelligence, foreign affairs and oversight committees.
Pelosi argues the impeachment inquiry she launched is constitutional and that no House vote is necessary at this juncture....",center
7893,White House Announces It Will Not Comply With Impeachment Inquiry,"['Impeachment Inquiry', 'US House', 'White House', 'Politics']",White House Refuses To Cooperate With Impeachment Inquiry; Constitutional Crisis Looms,HuffPost,"The White House is pushing back against the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump by refusing to cooperate with lawmakers’ demands for documents and interviews related to the investigation, setting up a constitutional crisis.
The eight-page letter, signed Tuesday by White House counsel Pat Cipollone, also accused Democratic lawmakers of using the investigation to overturn the 2016 election results and demanded they abandon all impeachment efforts.
The administration’s letter ― which consisted more of the president’s political attacks than substantive legal arguments ― alleged that Democrats have denied Trump...",left
7894,White House Announces It Will Not Comply With Impeachment Inquiry,"['Impeachment Inquiry', 'US House', 'White House', 'Politics']",White House announces it will not comply with 'illegitimate and unconstitutional' impeachment inquiry,Fox News (Online News),"The White House outlined in a defiant eight-page letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and top Democrats on Tuesday why it will not participate in their “illegitimate and unconstitutional” impeachment inquiry, charging that the proceedings have run roughshod over congressional norms and the president's due-process rights.
Trump administration officials called the letter, which was written by White House counsel Pat Cipollone and obtained by Fox News, perhaps the most historic letter the White House has sent. The document tees up a head-on collision with Democrats in Congress, who have fired...",right
7895,Veteran's Affairs Scandal,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",Obama’s Silence Amid VA Crisis Raised Stakes for Democrats,Wall Street Journal (News),"It’s rare, in the epicenter of partisan national politics, for a scandal implicating one of the political parties to unfold in slow motion. But that’s what has happened in Washington since charges of misconduct at the Department of Veterans Affairs were raised last month.
That may explain the White House’s somewhat muted response – before Tuesday, President Barack O",center
7896,Veteran's Affairs Scandal,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']","Rights group calls VA official 'scapegoat' in scandal over wait times, care",CNN (Online News),"A top official at the Department of Veterans Affairs has resigned amid the growing scandal about wait times and care at veterans' hospitals, the department's leader said Friday.
News about the resignation of Dr. Robert Petzel, undersecretary for health in the Department of Veterans Affairs, came one day after he spoke at a Senate hearing about the issue alongside Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki.",left
7897,Veteran's Affairs Scandal,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",VA Secretary Eric Shinseki needs to go,Washington Post,"Eric Shinseki has served his country honorably as a twice-wounded officer in Vietnam, as Army chief of staff and finally as President Obama’s secretary of veterans affairs.
But his maddeningly passive response to the scandal roiling his agency suggests that the best way Shinseki can serve now is to step aside.",left
7898,World Markets Rebound,['Banking And Finance'],Stock Markets Rebound Despite Continued Sell-Off in China,New York Times (News),"After a three-day rout that erased nearly $3 trillion in value from stocks globally, markets other than China’s on Tuesday showed signs that selling pressures were easing.",left
7899,World Markets Rebound,['Banking And Finance'],U.S. Stocks Surge as Global Markets Rebound,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Dow surged more than 300 points Tuesday, echoing a rally in Europe, as the global market rout eased despite another sharp drop in China.",center
7900,World Markets Rebound,['Banking And Finance'],"Relief Rally: Wall Street Surges After Global Rout, China Rate Cut",Fox News (Online News),What a difference a day makes. Wall Street surged at the opening bell after a massive selloff took billions of dollars in value out of the market in the prior session.,right
7901,Trump Meets with Supreme Court Contenders,['Supreme Court'],Trump Interviews 4 Supreme Court Prospects in Rush to Name Replacement,New York Times (News),President Trump interviewed four candidates on Monday to take Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s place on the Supreme Court as the White House raced to meet the president’s promise to announce a replacement for the retiring justice early next week.,left
7902,Trump Meets with Supreme Court Contenders,['Supreme Court'],Trump interviews four candidates as Supreme Court fight heats up,Washington Times,"President Trump interviewed four candidates Monday in his search for the next Supreme Court nominee, with two federal appeals court judges emerging as leading contenders for the nomination that could change the complexion of the high court for decades to come.",right
7903,Trump Meets with Supreme Court Contenders,['Supreme Court'],"Trump meets with Supreme Court contenders, two in focus",Reuters,"President Donald Trump said he met with four potential Supreme Court justices on Monday, while a person familiar with the selection process said Trump was focused keenly on two people, although others were still in contention.",center
7904,"After Uvalde, Democrats Move to Pass Gun Laws Amid Republican Opposition","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'California', 'Texas', 'State Governments', 'US Senate', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Ted Cruz', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Ken Paxton', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Mass Shootings', 'Violence In America']",Top Texas Republicans resist gun control and push for more armed teachers and police at schools in wake of Uvalde shooting,The Texas Tribune,"In the hours after a gunman killed more than 20 people at a South Texas elementary school Tuesday, the state’s top Republicans sought to immediately squelch the possibility of gun control measures in the wake of yet another mass shooting.
As the death toll mounted from the shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde and President Joe Biden vowed to push for stricter gun laws, Texas Republicans made it clear that any kind of gun restriction in response to the tragedy was off the table.",left
7905,"After Uvalde, Democrats Move to Pass Gun Laws Amid Republican Opposition","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'California', 'Texas', 'State Governments', 'US Senate', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Ted Cruz', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Ken Paxton', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Mass Shootings', 'Violence In America']","Schumer Says There’s No Imminent Gun Bill, ‘Americans Can Cast Their Vote In November’",The Daily Caller,"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer indicated Wednesday that Democrats will not rush anti-gun legislation after the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school because Republican support is unlikely.
While speaking on the floor of the Senate, Schumer said Americans are fearful of sending their children to school, and they will have to decide whether to reject the “Republican guns at all costs doctrine” in the November midterms, according to CSPAN’s transcript of Schumer’s speech.",right
7906,"After Uvalde, Democrats Move to Pass Gun Laws Amid Republican Opposition","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'California', 'Texas', 'State Governments', 'US Senate', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Ted Cruz', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Ken Paxton', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Mass Shootings', 'Violence In America']",California advances gun control bills amid Texas school massacre,CalMatters,"As news traveled around the country Tuesday of a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school that left at least 22 dead — including 19 children, two teachers and the 18-year-old gunman — California lawmakers were advancing a package of gun control bills, including one sponsored by Gov. Gavin Newsom that co-opts the structure of Texas’ abortion ban to crack down on illegal firearms.",center
7907,America Reacts to Ferguson Grand Jury Ruling,['Violence In America'],What the grand jury heard: Ferguson witness accounts differ from story on street,Fox News (Online News),"The St. Louis County grand jury that declined to indict a white police officer in the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, heard wildly contrasting testimony, including witness accounts that the hulking Brown was charging at Officer Darren Wilson when he was shot, and Wilson's own claim that Brown taunted him as he grabbed for his gun, saying, ""you are too much of a p---- to shoot me.""
The grand jury decision came late Monday in Missouri after more than 70 hours of testimony from roughly 60...",right
7908,America Reacts to Ferguson Grand Jury Ruling,['Violence In America'],The latest from the Ferguson fallout,USA TODAY,"St. Louis Prosecutor Robert McCulloch announced Monday night that a grand jury declined to indict officer Darren Wilson, 28, for firing six shots in an August confrontation that killed 18-year-old Michael Brown. Here are the latest developments:
Wilson speaks publicly for the first time: Officer Darren Wilson will speaking with ABC's George Stephanopoulos on World News Tonight at 6:30 p.m. ET. It will be the first time he has spoken publicly since the shooting on Aug. 9.",left
7909,America Reacts to Ferguson Grand Jury Ruling,['Violence In America'],"Americans Remain Deeply Divided Over Ferguson Shooting, Poll Finds",HuffPost,"Americans are still deeply divided over the shooting of teenager Michael Brown this summer by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, according to a HuffPost/YouGov poll taken before a grand jury decision not to indict Wilson was released Monday night.
While 28 percent said Wilson was at fault and should be punished, 23 percent said he was fully justified in the shooting of the unarmed 18-year-old, and another 30 percent said both Wilson and Brown made mistakes and it was ""just a tragic accident."" Another 20 percent were undecided.",left
7910,State of the Union Fact Check,"['White House', 'Politics']",FactChecking Obama’s SOTU,FactCheck.org,President Obama put a rosy spin on several accomplishments of his administration in his 2013 State of the Union address.,center
7911,State of the Union Fact Check,"['White House', 'Politics']",Fact check on Obama's State of the Union address,Fox News (Online News),President Barack Obama did some cherry-picking Tuesday night in defense of his record on jobs and laid out a conditional path to citizenship for illegal immigrants that may be less onerous than he made it sound.,right
7912,FINA Adopts New Policy for Transgender Swimmers,"['Culture', 'Gender Identity', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Lia Thomas', 'Sports And Activism', 'Swimming', 'Transgender Athletes', 'Transgender Issues', 'Transgender Sports']",Fina bars transgender swimmers from women's elite events if they went through male puberty,BBC News,"Fina, swimming's world governing body, has voted to stop transgender athletes from competing in women's elite races if they have gone through any part of the process of male puberty.
Fina will also aim to establish an 'open' category at competitions for swimmers whose gender identity is different than their birth sex.
The new policy, which was passed with 71% of the vote from 152 Fina members, was described as ""only a first step towards full inclusion"" for transgender athletes.
The 34-page policy document says that male-to-female transgender athletes are...",center
7913,FINA Adopts New Policy for Transgender Swimmers,"['Culture', 'Gender Identity', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Lia Thomas', 'Sports And Activism', 'Swimming', 'Transgender Athletes', 'Transgender Issues', 'Transgender Sports']",FINA approves 'gender inclusion policy' for transgender swimmers,Fox News (Online News),"FINA, the governing body for international swimming, approved new policies for transgender swimmers which will go into effect on Monday.
The ""gender inclusion policy"" will only permit swimmers who transitioned before the age of 12 to compete in women’s events. FINA members voted 71.5% in favor of the new policies. 
There was also a proposal for a new ""open competition policy."" The organization said it was setting up ""a new working group that will spend the next six months looking at the most effective ways to set up this new category.""...",right
7914,FINA Adopts New Policy for Transgender Swimmers,"['Culture', 'Gender Identity', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Lia Thomas', 'Sports And Activism', 'Swimming', 'Transgender Athletes', 'Transgender Issues', 'Transgender Sports']",International Swimming Federation votes to restrict transgender athletes from competing in elite women’s aquatics competitions,CNN (Online News),"The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has voted to approve a new policy that will restrict most transgender athletes from competing in elite women’s aquatics competitions.
Swimming’s world governing body approved the new “gender inclusion” policy on Sunday, after 71.5% of FINA’s member federations voted in support at the FINA Extraordinary General Congress 2022.
The new gender inclusion policy, which is set to go into effect on June 20, 2022, says that male-to-female transgender athletes will only be eligible to compete in the women’s categories in FINA competitions if they transition...",left
7915,White House Announces Biden's 2023 Budget Plan,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Budget', 'Joe Biden', 'Build Back Better', 'Crime', 'Defund The Police', 'Defense And Security']",President Biden’s 2023 Budget Increases Funding for Police,National Review,"President Biden’s 2023 budget plan, released Monday, increases funding for the police, cementing his party’s turn away from the anti-police rhetoric and policies many lawmakers and activists embraced after the murder of George Floyd two years ago.
The plan sent to Congress allocates more than $32 billion to fighting crime, especially violent crime, with $20.6 billion going to the Department of Justice and $3.2 billion in discretionary resources for funding local and state law enforcement, much of it in the form of grants to hire more police officers. About $30 billion in mandatory resources will be funneled...",right
7916,White House Announces Biden's 2023 Budget Plan,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Budget', 'Joe Biden', 'Build Back Better', 'Crime', 'Defund The Police', 'Defense And Security']",Biden Aims to Boost Military and Social Spending in 2023 Budget,New York Times (News),"President Biden’s fiscal 2023 budget will call for additional military spending in the face of Russian aggression toward Ukraine, domestic funding for child care and police departments along with new taxes on the wealthiest Americans.
The proposal, which will be released on Monday, could be the last salvo of Mr. Biden’s legislative agenda, as Democrats face the prospect of losing control of Congress in what are expected to be bruising midterm elections.
Mr. Biden plans to ask Congress to help his administration tackle some of the biggest concerns facing voters, including...",left
7917,White House Announces Biden's 2023 Budget Plan,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Budget', 'Joe Biden', 'Build Back Better', 'Crime', 'Defund The Police', 'Defense And Security']","Biden’s 2023 budget would hike taxes on the ultra-rich and corporations, boost defense and police spending",CNBC,"President Joe Biden’s 2023 federal budget, released Monday, proposes tax hikes on the ultra-wealthy and corporations while providing billions of dollars in new spending for the Defense Department and the Justice Department.
The proposal sent to Congress touts a reduction in the federal budget deficit of more than $1 trillion over the next 10 years. This is paid for, in part, by raising the corporate tax rate from 21% up to 28%, a rate favored by progressive Democrats but opposed by key moderates. Biden also proposes a new 20% minimum tax...",center
7918,"China-run Newspaper Paid US Media Outlets Millions for Advertising, Printing Costs","['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'China', 'China Daily', 'Propaganda']",Beijing-Controlled News Outlet Paid US Newspapers Millions To Publish Propaganda This Year,The Daily Caller,"An English-language newspaper controlled by the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda department paid U.S. media companies nearly $2 million for printing and advertising expenses over the past six months, even amid heightened scrutiny over Beijing’s disinformation efforts in the West.
China Daily paid The Wall Street Journal more than $85,000 and the Los Angeles Times $340,000 for advertising campaigns between May and October 2020, according to a disclosure that the propaganda mill filed this week with the Justice Department under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
China Daily also paid Foreign...",right
7919,"China-run Newspaper Paid US Media Outlets Millions for Advertising, Printing Costs","['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'China', 'China Daily', 'Propaganda']",Chinese propaganda outlet paid U.S. newspapers millions of dollars for sympathetic advertisements,Just The News,"An English-language newspaper run by the Chinese Communist Party has in recent months funneled millions of dollars in printing and advertising expenses to several U.S. media companies, according to a news report.
The report in the Daily Caller is based on a recent Foreign Agents Registration Act filing.
The filing to the Justice Department appears to show China Daily paid the media companies close to $2 million dollars from May to October.
The Wall Street Journal received just over $85,000, while the Los Angeles Times took $340,000. Foreign Policy magazine...",center
7920,"China-run Newspaper Paid US Media Outlets Millions for Advertising, Printing Costs","['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'China', 'China Daily', 'Propaganda']",Chinese Gov’t Spending Millions On Ads In U.S. Newspapers,One America News Network (OAN),"The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is spending millions on ad space to spread pro-China messages across the United States. The U.S. Department of Justice reported that in just the last four years, Beijing has spent nearly $19 million in an attempt to push pro-China narratives within the country.
The payments have been on behalf of Beijing-controlled China Daily newspaper, which is an English language publication produced by the CCP that has paid millions of dollars just this year.
Publications like the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Los Angeles...",right
7921,"Death of George Floyd Raises Questions About Police Brutality, Racism","['Police Brutality', 'Criminal Justice', 'George Floyd', 'Minnesota', 'Race And Racism', 'Minneapolis', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Violence In America']",Swift firings for Minneapolis officers in death of black man,Associated Press,"MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — To the general public, the video of a white police officer pressing his knee into the neck of a black man prone on the street, crying out for help until he finally stopped moving, was horrifying.
Four officers were fired a day after George Floyd’s death, a stunning and swift move by the Minneapolis chief with the mayor’s full backing. But despite their dismissal, whether the incident will be considered criminal, or even excessive force, is a more complicated question that will likely take months to investigate....",left
7922,"Death of George Floyd Raises Questions About Police Brutality, Racism","['Police Brutality', 'Criminal Justice', 'George Floyd', 'Minnesota', 'Race And Racism', 'Minneapolis', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Violence In America']",Bystander Videos of George Floyd and Others Are Policing the Police,New York Times (News),"The Minneapolis police statement was short and sanitized. An allegation of forgery. A suspect who “appeared to be under the influence,” who “physically resisted officers” and who appeared to be “suffering medical distress.”
The video that emerged hours later told a drastically different story. It showed a white police officer pressing his knee into the neck of a black suspect until he appeared limp and unconscious. Throughout the encounter, the man, George Floyd, could be heard saying “I can’t breathe” again and again. He later died at a hospital.
The...",left
7923,"Death of George Floyd Raises Questions About Police Brutality, Racism","['Police Brutality', 'Criminal Justice', 'George Floyd', 'Minnesota', 'Race And Racism', 'Minneapolis', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Violence In America']",Protesters clash with Minneapolis police after George Floyd’s death,Fox News (Online News),"Chaos broke out on Tuesday night in Minneapolis as protesters took to the streets to demand action after the death of George Floyd, a Minnesota man who died in police custody a day earlier.
Police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and stun grenades on some protesters, reports said. The protest started peacefully, but the situation deteriorated and some demonstrators were seen breaking windows of police cars and hurling rocks, reports said.
Floyd, 46, died Monday night and video later emerged showing the man on the ground with a police officer...",right
7924,Al Franken Announced Resignation from Senate with Controversial Speech,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Al Franken Announces He Plans to Resign,Wall Street Journal (News),"Sen. Al Franken said Thursday he plans to resign, in a speech on the Senate floor that put him face to face with dozens of Democratic colleagues who called for him to step down over mounting allegations of sexual misconduct.",center
7925,Al Franken Announced Resignation from Senate with Controversial Speech,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",To the few who thought Al Franken delivered a good resignation speech: Which version did you watch?,Washington Examiner,It’s heartening that the reaction to the words of Sen. Al Franken’s resignation announcement Thursday has been overwhelmingly negative.,right
7926,Al Franken Announced Resignation from Senate with Controversial Speech,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Al Franken's selfish, damaging resignation speech",Vox,"The senator squandered an opportunity to do good, and offered a master class in what not to do when accused of sexual misconduct.",left
7927,Washington Post Pulls Cruz Cartoon,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Washington Post retracts cartoon depicting Ted Cruz's daughters as monkeys,CBS News (Online),"Senators Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Marco Rubio, R-Florida, have had a contentious few weeks on the campaign trail sparring over policy positions from immigration to government surveillance in an effort to break out in a crowded GOP primary field and solidify their own support for the Republican nomination.",left
7928,Washington Post Pulls Cruz Cartoon,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Washington Post pulls cartoon depicting Ted Cruz's daughters,CNN (Online News),"Ted Cruz obtained new ammunition Tuesday to shoot at his favorite bogeyman, the mainstream media, after The Washington Post depicted his two young daughters as monkey-like characters doing the bidding of their father.",left
7929,Washington Post Pulls Cruz Cartoon,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Washington Post pulls cartoon depicting Ted Cruz's daughters as trained monkeys,Fox News (Online News),The Washington Post removed an editorial cartoon from its website late Tuesday that depicted Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz's young daughters as trained monkeys.,right
7930,Perspectives: Rittenhouse Trial Results,"['Criminal Justice', 'Kyle Rittenhouse', 'Violence In America', 'Justice', 'Kenosha', 'Crime', 'Gun Violence']","In the Rittenhouse Case, the Justice System Worked",National Review,"Mere minutes elapsed between the end of the Rittenhouse trial and the arrival of the unsolicited hot takes. Responding to the decision, the attorney general of New York, Letitia James, explained that “as a lawyer, I respect jury verdicts,” but confirmed nevertheless that the existence of a jury verdict that she dislikes had convinced her that “our system needs to be uprooted.” On Twitter, Colin Kaepernick echoed this sentiment, proposing that the decision “further validates the need to abolish our current system.” From New York City, Mayor Bill DeBlasio called...",right
7931,Perspectives: Rittenhouse Trial Results,"['Criminal Justice', 'Kyle Rittenhouse', 'Violence In America', 'Justice', 'Kenosha', 'Crime', 'Gun Violence']",Kyle Rittenhouse Was a Minor. Prosecuting Him as One May Have Been Better.,Mother Jones,"On November 10, three days into his trial, Kyle Rittenhouse took the witness stand in his own defense on murder charges stemming from his killing two men and wounding another with an assault weapon during the civil unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the wake of the 2020 police shooting of Jacob Blake. During his testimony, Rittenhouse was overcome with emotion. Wracked with sobs, he was unable to continue speaking. Whether you believe they were crocodile tears or a legitimate expression of remorse and horror, Rittenhouse’s breakdown marked a turning point in his...",left
7932,Perspectives: Rittenhouse Trial Results,"['Criminal Justice', 'Kyle Rittenhouse', 'Violence In America', 'Justice', 'Kenosha', 'Crime', 'Gun Violence']",The two trials of Kyle Rittenhouse,The Hill,"Kyle Rittenhouse was put on trial for two very different offenses. The prosecution accused him of being in the wrong place for the wrong reasons and of carrying a gun to a volatile situation. Rittenhouse’s lawyers defended him against a very different charge — namely, that he did not act in self-defense during the moments when he was confronted with a skateboard and a loaded gun.
Anyone who watched biased commentators on CNN or MSNBC would have focused on the prosecution’s charges. Anyone who watched the actual trial live would have understood that...",center
7933,Widow of Pulse Nightclub Gunman Cleared of All Charges,['General News'],Widow of Pulse Nightclub Gunman Found Not Guilty,Townhall,Noor Salman has been found not guilty of obstruction of justice and providing material support to a terrorist organization.,right
7934,Widow of Pulse Nightclub Gunman Cleared of All Charges,['General News'],"Noor Salman, widow of Pulse nightclub gunman, found not guilty on all counts",NBC News (Online),"Noor Salman, the widow of Pulse nightclub gunman Omar Mateen, was found not guilty Friday in the only trial to stem from the deadly June 2016 shooting rampage.",left
7935,Widow of Pulse Nightclub Gunman Cleared of All Charges,['General News'],Wife Of Orlando Nightclub Shooter Cleared Of All Charges,NPR (Online News),"Noor Salman, widow of the gunman who opened fire on an Orlando nightclub in 2016, has been found not guilty on both the counts she faced. U.S. District Judge Paul Byron announced the verdict Friday, roughly one month after the trial opened.",left
7936,Internet Sales Tax,['Taxes'],Senate Passes Bill to Widen Tax Collection on the Web,New York Times (News),"A bipartisan coalition in the Senate easily passed legislation on Monday to force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes for state and local governments, sending the issue to the House, where antitax forces have vowed to kill it. But the 69-to-27 vote in the Senate will give the measure significant momentum.",left
7937,Internet Sales Tax,['Taxes'],Boehner: Internet Sales Tax Bill Likely DOA,Newsmax (News),"U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said he “probably wont support legislation to let states require out-of-state Internet retailers to collect sales taxes, saying it would be too cumbersome to implement.",right
7938,Internet Sales Tax,['Taxes'],Internet sales tax passes Senate,USA TODAY,"The Senate passed a bill Monday night aimed at making it easier for states to collect sales taxes for online purchases, but its final prospects remain uncertain.",left
7939,April 2019 Jobs Report,"['Jobs Report', 'Unemployment', 'Economy And Jobs']",U.S. Hiring Jumped in April; Unemployment Falls to 3.6%,Wall Street Journal (News),"Nation saw increased employment in professional business services, construction and health care.
American employers picked up the pace of hiring in April and the unemployment rate fell to a fresh half-century low, adding to signs of a healthy U.S. economy.
Nonfarm payrolls increased a seasonally adjusted 263,000 in April, the Labor Department said Friday. The unemployment rate fell to 3.6% last month, the lowest level since December 1969. Average hourly wages for private-sector workers grew 3.2% from a year earlier, matching the prior month’s increase.
Economists surveyed by The Wall...",center
7940,April 2019 Jobs Report,"['Jobs Report', 'Unemployment', 'Economy And Jobs']",U.S. adds robust 263K jobs; unemployment at 49-year low: 3.6%,Washington Times,"US employers added a robust 263,000 jobs in April, suggesting that businesses have shrugged off earlier concerns that the economy might slow this year and anticipate strong customer demand.
The unemployment rate fell to a five-decade low of 3.6% from 3.8%, though that drop partly reflected an increase in the number of Americans who stopped looking for work. Average hourly pay rose 3.2% from 12 months earlier, a healthy increase though unchanged from the previous month.
Friday’s jobs report from the Labor Department showed that solid economic growth is still...",right
7941,April 2019 Jobs Report,"['Jobs Report', 'Unemployment', 'Economy And Jobs']","U.S. Added 263,000 Jobs in April; Unemployment Rate at 3.6%",New York Times (News),"The economy produced another strong month of growth, and the jobless rate fell to the lowest level of the recovery.
The Labor Department released the April data on hiring and unemployment on Friday morning, providing an up-to-the-minute snapshot of the economy.
263,000 jobs were created last month. Analysts had expected a gain of 190,000 jobs, according to Bloomberg.
The unemployment rate was 3.6 percent, the lowest in half a century. The rate was 3.8 percent in March.
Average hourly earnings rose by 0.2 percent, which follows an increase of 0.1...",left
7942,Trump Calls For Speedy Deportations,['Immigration'],Trump Wants Illegal Immigrants Who 'Invade' US Sent Immediately Back Home,Townhall,President Trump on Sunday called for illegal immigrants who “invade” the U.S. to be sent “back from where they came” from without due process for deportation cases.,right
7943,Trump Calls For Speedy Deportations,['Immigration'],Donald Trump’s authoritarian power-grab: Due process is for wimps,Salon,"There is a tendency among the punditocracy to dismiss President Trump's authoritarian rhetoric as nothing more than red meat for his worshipful base: passing Twitter tantrums or hyperbolic salesmanship. He's been doing it from the moment he announced his run for president, when he insulted Latino immigrants as rapists. It continued through the campaign as he endorsed torture, summary executions and banning Muslims from the country.",left
7944,Trump Calls For Speedy Deportations,['Immigration'],Trump calls for deportations without judicial process,BBC News,President Donald Trump has called for speedy deportations that bypass any judicial process in a tweet on Sunday.,center
7945,2016 New Hampshire Primary,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Voting Starts in a State Built for Surprises,New York Times (News),"Half a million New Hampshire voters will pour into their polling places on Tuesday, many of them slogging through snow banks and wobbling across ice to get there, in the first primary election of the 2016 presidential campaign.",left
7946,2016 New Hampshire Primary,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",4 Things The New Hampshire Primary Will Tell Us,NPR (Online News),"New Hampshire voters go to the polls Tuesday, and they will resolve a lot of questions. Here are four things the first-in-the-nation primary will tell us:",left
7947,2016 New Hampshire Primary,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Sanders, Republican governors eye comeback in New Hampshire primary",Fox News (Online News),"Residents of three small New Hampshire towns cast their ballots in the Granite State's first-in-the-nation presidential primary just after midnight Tuesday, kicking off a contest where several candidates are eyeing a comeback.",right
7948,"Concerns with ""Serious Errors"" by FBI in Warrants to Spy","['US Senate', 'Michael Horowitz', 'Investigations', 'FISA', 'FBI', 'Defense And Security']","The FBI's warrant system for spying on Americans is a mess, the IG report shows",NBC News (Online),"Analysis: The report found an FBI process so rife with errors that the bureau's director immediately issued a statement saying he would begin reforms.
Given the unsupported claims President Donald Trump has made for two years about the FBI's Russia investigation — calling it a witch hunt cooked up by his political opponents — the conclusion by the Justice Department watchdog that the probe was justified was big news.
But the other major findings of the inspector general's report — that there were serious problems with the way the FBI...",left
7949,"Concerns with ""Serious Errors"" by FBI in Warrants to Spy","['US Senate', 'Michael Horowitz', 'Investigations', 'FISA', 'FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Horowitz offers troubling picture of FBI's Trump campaign probe,The Hill,"Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz delivered a troubling picture of missteps taken during the FBI’s investigation into Trump campaign associates on Wednesday, saying his findings should not be viewed as a vindication of the bureau.
Horowitz, testifying for more than five hours before the Senate Judiciary Committee, outlined the findings of his 20-month investigation into the bureau’s probe, saying he found “basic, fundamental and serious errors” as part of the FBI’s process.
“We are deeply concerned that so many basic and fundamental errors were made by...",center
7950,"Concerns with ""Serious Errors"" by FBI in Warrants to Spy","['US Senate', 'Michael Horowitz', 'Investigations', 'FISA', 'FBI', 'Defense And Security']",The FBI’s Corrupt Cops,National Review,"White-collar criminals should hope for one thing this Christmas: that they get to live under the Horowitz rules.
Michael Horowitz has testified that he found no evidence of political bias on the part of the decision makers who, under the Obama administration, relied on hilariously implausible “evidence” and falsified evidence of their own in order to launch a federal investigation of the Trump campaign. Rather than political bias, Horowitz says, the investigation uncovered a series of “basic and fundamental” errors. Democrats are cheering that aspect of the report, because they...",right
7951,Migrant Workers Found Dead in Truck,"['Europe', 'World']",Austrian Police Find Up to 50 Migrants Dead in Truck,Wall Street Journal (News),"Up to 50 migrants have been found dead Thursday in a truck parked near a highway south-east of Vienna, close to the Hungarian border, Austrian police said.",center
7952,Migrant Workers Found Dead in Truck,"['Europe', 'World']","Up to 50 migrants found dead in abandoned truck in Austria, report says",Fox News (Online News),"Police on Thursday discovered the partially decomposed bodies of at least 50 migrants piled up in a truck parked on the shoulder of an Austrian highway leading from the Hungarian border, Austrian officials say.",right
7953,Migrant Workers Found Dead in Truck,"['Europe', 'World']","Austria Finds 20, Maybe up to 50, Migrants Dead in Truck",ABC News (Online),Austrian police on Thursday discovered the badly decomposing bodies of at least 20 — and possibly up to 50 — migrants stacked in a truck parked on the shoulder of the main highway from Budapest to Vienna.,left
7954,"President Trump Plans Executive Order, Sanctions on Turkish Government","['Turkey', 'Syria', 'Donald Trump', 'Foreign Policy', 'International Relations', 'Middle East']",Trump announces sanctions on Turkey after it pushes into Syria,The Week - News,"President Trump has gone full bipartisan.
Matching calls from both sides of the aisle, Trump announced Monday that he would soon authorize sanctions ""against current and former officials"" in Turkey and ""any persons contributing to Turkey's destabilizing actions in northeast Syria,"" as well as other tariffs against the country. The move comes after the U.S. withdrew troops from the Kurdish-held area and Turkey quickly invaded.
Trump's promised executive order includes an increase on steel tariffs back to 50 percent, ""the level prior to reduction in May,"" a Monday statement from...",left
7955,"President Trump Plans Executive Order, Sanctions on Turkish Government","['Turkey', 'Syria', 'Donald Trump', 'Foreign Policy', 'International Relations', 'Middle East']",Trump says he will soon authorize order enabling sanctions on Turkey over its incursion into Syria,Washington Post,"President Trump announced Monday that he would “soon” issue an executive order to authorize sanctions against the highest levels of the Turkish government, as the situation on the ground in northern Syria continued to deteriorate Monday following the recent withdrawal of U.S. forces in the region.
Trump did not specify when the sanctions would be leveled against Turkey, but said in a statement that the executive order would empower the U.S. government to impose additional penalties against “those who may be involved in serious human rights abuses, obstructing a cease-fire,...",left
7956,"President Trump Plans Executive Order, Sanctions on Turkish Government","['Turkey', 'Syria', 'Donald Trump', 'Foreign Policy', 'International Relations', 'Middle East']",Trump Authorizes Sanctions Against Turkey In Response To Syria Invasion,The Daily Caller,"President Donald Trump announced Monday that he will sign an executive order giving his administration the authority to impose sanctions on Turkish government officials over the country’s invasion of Syria.
The administration first mulled sanctions during a Friday press briefing with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.
“President Trump … will be signing a new executive order giving the Treasury Department, in consultation with himself and Secretary Pompeo, very significant new sanctions authorities that can be targeted at any person associated with the government of Turkey,” Mnuchin told reporters.
The president released...",right
7957,Tomorrow: The VP Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","All eyes on Mike Pence, Tim Kaine ahead of vice-presidential debate",Washington Times,"Donald Trump’s stumble in the first presidential debate and the rough week that followed upped the pressure on his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, to regain the campaign’s footing with a strong performance in Tuesday’s debate with Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine.",right
7958,Tomorrow: The VP Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Kaine’s Role Is Bolstered by His Popularity at Home,Wall Street Journal (News),"Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton introduced her running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine, as a future partner in the White House and hinted at an outsize role he may play in her potential administration.",center
7959,Tomorrow: The VP Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Stakes Rise for Mike Pence in Vice-Presidential Debate,Wall Street Journal (News),Mike Pence is in many ways Donald Trump’s opposite—an unfailingly polite and humble establishment Republican with a full head of naturally white hair and a wife of 31 years.,center
7960,Jury Finds Alex Jones Caused $4.1M in Damages to Parents of Sandy Hook Victim,"['Fake News', 'Alex Jones', 'Sandy Hook School Shooting', 'Violence In America', 'Misinformation And Disinformation', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",Jury Finds Alex Jones Must Pay $4.1 Million to Parents of Sandy Hook Victim,The Epoch Times,"A Texas jury on Aug. 4 ordered Alex Jones, founder and host of the Infowars radio show and webcast, to pay $4.1 million to the parents of a boy killed in the Sandy Hook mass shooting, marking the first time he has been held financially liable for spreading the false claim that the shooting was a hoax.
Sandy Hook refers to the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, when 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 26 people—20 of whom were children between 6 and 7 years old—at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on Dec. 14, 2012....",right
7961,Jury Finds Alex Jones Caused $4.1M in Damages to Parents of Sandy Hook Victim,"['Fake News', 'Alex Jones', 'Sandy Hook School Shooting', 'Violence In America', 'Misinformation And Disinformation', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",Alex Jones Rants at 'Damn Lawyers' After Sandy Hook Trial,Newsweek,"Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones complained about his lawyers on his InfoWars show following an order from a judge to pay one of the Sandy Hook families $4.1 million in damages.
Sandy Hook parents Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose six-year-old son Jesse Lewis was killed in the school shooting, had initially asked the jury to order Jones to pay up to $150 million in damages.
Despite the much lower figure, they are reported to be ""thrilled"" by the actions of the jury in the defamation trial. The $4.1 million doesn't include punitive damages,...",center
7962,Jury Finds Alex Jones Caused $4.1M in Damages to Parents of Sandy Hook Victim,"['Fake News', 'Alex Jones', 'Sandy Hook School Shooting', 'Violence In America', 'Misinformation And Disinformation', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",Jury finds Alex Jones caused $4 million in damages to two Sandy Hook parents,CNN Business,"Right-wing talk show host Alex Jones will have to pay the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim a little more than $4 million in compensatory damages, a jury decided Thursday, capping a stunning and dramatic case that showcased for the public the real-world harm inflicted by viral conspiracy theories.
The award from the jury was far less than what the plaintiffs, Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin, had asked for. At the start of the trial, attorneys for Lewis and Heslin asked the jury to award their clients $150 million in compensatory...",left
7963,Taliban Claim Responsibility for Attack,['Terrorism'],Taliban claims responsibility for attack on Americans at Kabul airport base,Washington Post,"The Taliban claimed responsibility Friday for a shooting incident at a military base attached to Kabul’s international airport Thursday that killed three American civilian contractors and an Afghan national, saying the attacker had infiltrated the ranks of the security forces.",left
7964,Taliban Claim Responsibility for Attack,['Terrorism'],Taliban claim responsibility for Kabul attack,USA TODAY,"A gunman killed three U.S. contractors and wounded a fourth Thursday evening at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan, Pentagon officials said.",left
7965,Taliban Claim Responsibility for Attack,['Terrorism'],Taliban says agent infiltrated Afghan's security forces for attack that killed 3 Americans,Fox News (Online News),"Just days after an Obama administration official went to great pains to explain that the Taliban is not considered a terrorist group, the Afghan-based organization on Friday to credit for an attack that killed three American contractors and said it was carried out by a fighter who had infiltrated Afghanistan's security forces.",right
7966,Stocks Rise,['Economy And Jobs'],Super Tuesday: Dow closes at record high,CNN (Online News),U.S. stocks surged Tuesday as investors digested stellar economic data that appeared to put the housing and financial crises far in the rearview mirror.,left
7967,Stocks Rise,['Economy And Jobs'],"U.S. Stocks Rise as Home Prices, Consumer Confidence Jump",Bloomberg,"U.S. stocks rose, with the Standard & Poors 500 Index rebounding from a weekly loss, after data showed consumer confidence climbed to the highest level since 2008 and home values jumped the most in seven years.",left
7968,Stocks Rise,['Economy And Jobs'],Home prices post biggest increase in 7 years,Washington Post,"Home prices increased by the most in seven years, jumping nearly 11 percent in March, according to data released Tuesday, as buyers continued to compete for a limited supply of homes and the spring buying season kicked off.",left
7969,"Trump Suspended From Facebook, Instagram for 2 Years","['Donald Trump', 'Big Tech', 'Facebook', 'Free Speech', 'Online Censorship', 'Misinformation And Disinformation']",Facebook suspends Trump accounts for two years,BBC News,"Facebook Inc has suspended former US President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts for two years.
He was barred indefinitely from both sites in January in the wake of posts he made on the US Capitol riots, but last month Facebook's Oversight Board criticised the open-ended penalty.
Facebook said Mr Trump's actions were ""a severe violation of our rules"".
Mr Trump said the move was ""an insult"" to the millions who voted for him in last year's presidential election.
Facebook's move comes as the social media giant is also ending...",center
7970,"Trump Suspended From Facebook, Instagram for 2 Years","['Donald Trump', 'Big Tech', 'Facebook', 'Free Speech', 'Online Censorship', 'Misinformation And Disinformation']",‘Insult To The Record-Setting 75M People.’ Trump Slams Facebook For ‘Censoring And Silencing’ After Two-Year Suspension,The Daily Wire,"On Friday, Facebook VP of Global Affairs, Nick Clegg, announced that former President Donald Trump would be suspended from Facebook’s platforms for two years, and would only be reinstated if certain conditions were met.
Trump blasted Facebook’s controversial decision in a statement, obtained by POLITICO. 
“Facebook’s ruling is an insult to the record-setting 75M people, plus many others,” said Trump, who also called the presidential election he lost to Democratic nominee Joe Biden rigged. “They shouldn’t be allowed to get away with this censoring and silencing, and ultimately, we will win. Our Country...",right
7971,"Trump Suspended From Facebook, Instagram for 2 Years","['Donald Trump', 'Big Tech', 'Facebook', 'Free Speech', 'Online Censorship', 'Misinformation And Disinformation']",Facebook Cuts ‘Indefinite’ Trump Suspension To A 2-Year Sentence,HuffPost,"Former President Donald Trump could return to Facebook on Jan. 7, 2023.
Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice president of global affairs, announced Friday that the company has cut short its “indefinite” ban on Trump, which was imposed after he used the platform to spread baseless claims of election fraud and incite the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. 
In its place, Facebook has implemented a conditional two-year ban.
Should Facebook determine Trump fit to return to the platform at the end of that ban, he’d be back just in time for...",left
7972,Hero or Deserter,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Questions swirl after Bowe Bergdahl's release,CNN (Online News),Nine questions and answers about the controversial negotiations that won Sgt. Bowe Bergdahls release.,left
7973,Hero or Deserter,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Bergdahl's Platoon Mates: Six Died Looking for 'Deserter',Newsmax (News),With Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl safe after five years as a prisoner of the Taliban the circumstances of his capture are getting a fresh look. He walked away from his base reportedly without a weapon after sending damning emails to his father.,right
7974,Hero or Deserter,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']","Here's Everything You Need To Know About Bowe Bergdahl, The U.S. Captive Returning Home",HuffPost,U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl the only known American prisoner of war in Afghanistan is finally coming back to the United States.,left
7975,Daughter of Putin Ally Killed in Car Bombing,"['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Car Bombing', 'Ukraine War']","Darya Dugina: Ukraine killed Putin ally's daughter, Russia says",BBC News,"Russia has accused Ukrainian special services of killing the daughter of one of Vladimir Putin's allies in a car bombing near Moscow at the weekend.
Journalist Darya Dugina, aged 29, died on Saturday when a vehicle she was driving exploded near Russia's capital.
Her prominent ultra-nationalist father, Alexander Dugin, said to be close to Mr Putin, may have been the intended target of the attack.
Ukrainian officials have denied any involvement in the explosion.
But Russia' Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday it had solved the case and -...",center
7976,Daughter of Putin Ally Killed in Car Bombing,"['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Car Bombing', 'Ukraine War']","Russia blames US, Ukraine for 'terrorist attack' that killed daughter of 'Putin’s Brain’",Fox News (Online News),"Russian media has accused the United States of orchestrating the ""attack"" that killed the daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin's close ally.
""Daria Dugina’s death will likely rally the Russians who suspect Ukraine’s hand behind the attack,"" Rebekah Koffler, president of Doctrine & Strategy Consulting and former DIA intelligence officer, told Fox News Digital.
Dugina, journalist and daughter of Alexander Dugin, died Saturday evening in an explosion while driving her car along the Mozhayskoye Highway in the Moscow region after leaving a music festival. Authorities have said an explosive device planted under the car...",right
7977,Daughter of Putin Ally Killed in Car Bombing,"['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Car Bombing', 'Ukraine War']",Car bomb kills daughter of 'spiritual guide' to Putin's Ukraine invasion - Russian media,CNN (Online News),"Russian authorities said Sunday they had opened a murder investigation after the daughter of influential, ultra-nationalist philosopher Alexander Dugin was killed by a car bomb on the outskirts of Moscow.
The Russian Investigative Committee said it believed someone planned and ordered the car explosion that killed Darya Dugina, based on evidence already collected from the blast. ""Taking into account the data already obtained, the investigation believes that the crime was pre-planned and was of an ordered nature,"" the investigative committee said in a statement Sunday.
Dugina died at the scene after...",left
7978,Flynn to Testify Against Trump,['Justice'],Flynn to testify that Trump directed him to make contact with Russians: Report,CNBC,Former National Security Advisor Gen. Michael Flynn is reportedly prepared to testify that President Donald Trump and Trump transition officials directed him to make,center
7979,Flynn to Testify Against Trump,['Justice'],Flynn has promised special counsel 'full cooperation' in Russia probe: Source,ABC News (Online),"Retired Lt. Gen Michael Flynn has promised “full cooperation” in the special counsel’s Russia investigation and, according to a confidant, is prepared to testify that Donald Trump",left
7980,Flynn to Testify Against Trump,['Justice'],"Flynn pleads guilty to lying to FBI, vows to cooperate in Mueller’s Russia probe",Washington Times,"Former White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty Friday to making false statements to FBI agents, admitting that he lied to investigators when he said he didn’t ask Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. to limit Moscow’s reaction to U.S. sanctions during the presidential transition.",right
7981,"NRA Files for Bankruptcy, Plans to Move from New York to Texas","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'NRA']",National Rifle Association files for bankruptcy,CBS News (Online),"The National Rifle Association said Friday that it has filed for bankruptcy and is moving to Texas, where the organization says it has 400,000 members. The NRA is currently based out of New York, where state Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit alleging financial crimes by its top officials and seeking to disband the organization.
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection stops all court and legal proceedings regarding debt or collection, while an organization restructures its debts. In May 2020, the NRA, which says it has 5 million members, laid...",left
7982,"NRA Files for Bankruptcy, Plans to Move from New York to Texas","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'NRA']","National Rifle Association files for bankruptcy, seeking to escape New York lawsuit",Reuters,"The National Rifle Association on Friday filed for bankruptcy, a sudden development that could help the gun rights group escape a lawsuit by New York’s attorney general seeking its dissolution.
The NRA filed for Chapter 11 protection in federal bankruptcy court in Dallas, and said it plans to reincorporate in Texas to escape “a corrupt political and regulatory environment” in New York, where it is now incorporated.
“Texas values the contributions of the NRA, celebrates our law-abiding members, and joins us as a partner in upholding constitutional freedom,” Chief Executive...",center
7983,"NRA Files for Bankruptcy, Plans to Move from New York to Texas","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'NRA']","NRA files for bankruptcy, announces it's ditching New York for Texas",Fox News (Online News),"The National Rifle Association has filed for bankruptcy, and plans to ditch what CEO Wayne LaPierre described as “the toxic political environment of New York” and move its headquarters to Texas.
“The plan can be summed up quite simply: We are DUMPING New York, and we are pursuing plans to reincorporate the NRA in Texas,” LaPierre wrote in a letter to members.
The gun rights group has faced legal issues in New York in recent years. Attorney General Letitia James sought in court to have the organization dissolved over allegations...",right
7984,House Approves Federal Decriminalization of Marijuana,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Public Health']",House Approves Decriminalizing Marijuana; Bill To Stall In Senate,NPR (Online News),"The House of Representatives approved decriminalizing marijuana at the federal level on Friday in the first time Congress has acted on the issue.
The vote was largely along party lines – 228-164. Five Republicans and the lone independent member joined Democrats to pass the bill, and six Democrats voted no.
Branded as the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, or MORE Act, the bill removes cannabis from the list of federally controlled substances and facilitates canceling low-level federal convictions and arrests related to marijuana.
The legislation is not expected to...",left
7985,House Approves Federal Decriminalization of Marijuana,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Public Health']",House passes bill decriminalizing marijuana at federal level,CNN (Online News),"The House of Representatives has approved legislation that would decriminalize marijuana and seek to ""address the devastating injustices caused by the War on Drugs.""
Friday's vote in the Democratic-led House is the first time a chamber of Congress has voted on federal marijuana decriminalization. It has little chance of passing the Republican-led Senate, however.
The bill passed largely along party lines: 222 Democrats, five Republicans and Rep. Justin Amash, a libertarian, voted in support while 158 Republicans and six Democrats voted against.
The Republicans who voted for the bill are...",left
7986,House Approves Federal Decriminalization of Marijuana,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Public Health']",House passes legislation to decriminalize marijuana at federal level,Fox News (Online News),"The House of Representatives voted 228-164 to pass the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act on Friday, the first time either chamber of Congress has ever voted to decriminalize marijuana.
Marijuana legislation has been largely stagnant on the federal level, but more states have moved toward legalization in recent days. Arizona, Montana, New Jersey and South Dakota voted to legalize marijuana in election referendums, bringing the total to 15 states where the drug will be legal. In addition, 38 states allow medical marijuana.
“We’re not rushing to legalize marijuana. The...",right
7987,House Republicans Storm Secure Room And Demand To See Closed-Door Proceedings,"['Impeachment Inquiry', 'US House Republicans', 'US House', 'Politics']","House Republicans storm secure room, demand access to impeachment inquiry proceedings",Washington Times,"House Republicans on Wednesday stormed the secure room where lawmakers have been conducting the impeachment probe against President Trump, upending a scheduled deposition as they demanded fairness from the Democrats running the show.
The move enraged Democrats, who said as part of their protest the Republican lawmakers carried electronics into the secure area, creating a potential security lapse. They demanded the 30 or so Republican protesters face ethics charges.
GOP lawmakers brushed those complaints aside, saying the hearing they disrupted, involving Defense Department official Laura Cooper, was not classified, and...",right
7988,House Republicans Storm Secure Room And Demand To See Closed-Door Proceedings,"['Impeachment Inquiry', 'US House Republicans', 'US House', 'Politics']",Republicans barging into secure room to stall impeachment inquiry highlights another wild day,CNN (Online News),"In Thursday's biggest development, nearly two dozen Republican lawmakers -- led by Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida -- barged into a deposition and demanded they be allowed to see the closed-door proceedings. Members of three committees planned to interview Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary Laura Cooper as part of the impeachment probe into President Donald Trump. It delayed Cooper's testimony by hours.
The chaotic scene, with Republicans flouting House rules to make a political point, represented a new and more confrontational phase of the GOP attack on House Intelligence Chairman Adam...",left
7989,House Republicans Storm Secure Room And Demand To See Closed-Door Proceedings,"['Impeachment Inquiry', 'US House Republicans', 'US House', 'Politics']",Republican lawmakers disrupt Democratic-led Trump impeachment inquiry,Reuters,"Republican lawmakers, encouraged by President Donald Trump to get tougher in fighting Democrats’ attempts to impeach him, on Wednesday disrupted the U.S. House of Representatives impeachment inquiry and prevented a Pentagon official from testifying.
The Republicans stormed into a hearing room where Laura Cooper, the U.S. defense official who oversees Ukraine and Russia matters, was due to testify behind closed doors and began yelling, lawmakers and aides said.
The impeachment inquiry focuses on Trump’s request for Ukraine to investigate a domestic rival - Democrat Joe Biden - for his personal...",center
7990,Obama in Wisconsin,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama stumps in surprise battleground state,CNN (Online News),"His campaign thought Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes were in the bag long ago, but President Barack Obama's trip here Saturday is the latest indicator that both sides believe the Badger State has become a toss-up.",left
7991,Obama in Wisconsin,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama tries to lock up Wisconsin,Politico,"Wisconsin could prove key for the Republican nominees hopes in November, especially with the consistent lead Obama is showing in Ohio, Virginia and Florida polls.",left
7992,Obama in Wisconsin,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama Takes Re-Election Campaign to Ryan’s Wisconsin Territory,Bloomberg,"President Barack Obama told supporters in Wisconsin, home turf of Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, to dedicate their energy to voting for him and not disparaging Republicans.",left
7993,Bombing Suspect Moved to Federal Prison Hospital,['Terrorism'],Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Transferred To Prison,HuffPost,"Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been moved to a prison at Fort Devens, MA from the hospital where he had been held since his arrest by police a week ago.",left
7994,Bombing Suspect Moved to Federal Prison Hospital,['Terrorism'],Boston bombing suspect moves to federal prison hospital,CNN (Online News),The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing has been moved from a Boston medical center to a federal Bureau of Prisons hospital about 40 miles away.,left
7995,Bombing Suspect Moved to Federal Prison Hospital,['Terrorism'],Boston Marathon bombing suspect moved to federal medical center,Fox News (Online News),Investigators reportedly believe the two Boston bombing suspects had planned to set off bombs in New Yorks Times Square law enforcement and national security sources said on Thursday.,right
7996,School Surveillance Footage Shows Police Response to Uvalde Shooting,"['Violence In America', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Criminal Justice', 'Police']",Uvalde surveillance footage shows police response as gunman murdered 19 children and 2 adults,Fox News (Online News),"Portions of surveillance footage of the Robb Elementary School shooting were published by the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE on Tuesday ahead of a planned release by officials on Sunday. 
The footage shows the gunman, who authorities have identified as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, firing multiple shots from an AR-15 style rifle outside the school, then entering the building at 11:33 a.m. and shooting his way into adjoining classrooms. 
A barrage of more than 100 bullets were fired inside those two classrooms over the next two-and-a-half minutes before seven officers ran into the school at 11:36,...",right
7997,School Surveillance Footage Shows Police Response to Uvalde Shooting,"['Violence In America', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Criminal Justice', 'Police']",Uvalde’s new anguish: Video shows police waiting in school,Associated Press,"A new wave of anger swept through Uvalde on Tuesday over surveillance footage of police officers in body armor milling in the hallway of Robb Elementary School while a gunman carried out a massacre inside a fourth-grade classroom where 19 children and two teachers were killed.
The video published Tuesday by the Austin American-Statesman is a disturbing 80-minute recording of what has been known for weeks now about one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history: that heavily armed police officers, some armed with rifles and bulletproof shields, massed in the...",left
7998,School Surveillance Footage Shows Police Response to Uvalde Shooting,"['Violence In America', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Criminal Justice', 'Police']",Watch Uvalde school shooting video obtained by Statesman showing police response,Austin American-Statesman,"The gunman walks into Robb Elementary School unimpeded, moments after spraying bullets from his semi-automatic rifle outside the building and after desperate calls to 911 from inside and outside the Uvalde school.
He slows down to peek around a corner in the hallway and flips back his hair before proceeding toward classrooms 111 and 112.
Seconds later, a boy with neatly combed hair and glasses exits the bathroom to head back to his class. As he begins to turn the corner, he notices the gunman standing by the classroom door and then firing...",left
7999,Perspectives: Thanksgiving Gatherings and Coronavirus Restrictions,"['Holidays', 'Thanksgiving', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'General News']",Coronavirus: The agonising Thanksgiving dilemma facing millions of Americans,BBC News,"With over a million new Covid-19 cases nationwide in the past week, according to Johns Hopkins University, public health officials are cautioning people not to gather in large groups this holiday season.
Next week's Thanksgiving weekend poses a particular concern. Americans traditionally travel home to be with loved ones, taking part in meals, parades and shopping sprees.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) strongly recommended that this year, Americans stay home and celebrate only with those they live with.
The nation's top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci...",center
8000,Perspectives: Thanksgiving Gatherings and Coronavirus Restrictions,"['Holidays', 'Thanksgiving', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'General News']",Americans need Thanksgiving – our founders knew the value of this moment,Fox News (Opinion),"In October 1789, George Washington issued our nation’s first Thanksgiving proclamation, declaring that Thursday, Nov. 26 would be “devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be.”
Washington was just a few months into his first term. It was far from clear that our fledgling nation would survive, much less still be thriving over two centuries later.
Yet Washington found much to be thankful for....",right
8001,Perspectives: Thanksgiving Gatherings and Coronavirus Restrictions,"['Holidays', 'Thanksgiving', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'General News']",Cancel Thanksgiving,The Atlantic,"The United States is now in what disaster-preparedness experts once modeled as a worst-case scenario. We are flooded with a highly transmissible virus that causes unpredictable symptoms: sometimes mild, sometimes fatal. The curve is not flat, or even a curve. It’s almost a line that points straight upward. More than 1,000 Americans are dying every day, on average. Soon that number will likely hit 2,000.
In this precarious moment, many Americans are planning to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday by traveling and having dinner with 10 or more people. Pandemic models...",left
8002,July Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Voters look to candidates for long-term plan to fix economy,CNN (Online News),"When Deanna Hubbard serves up steaming plates of scrambled eggs and bacon at Ann's Place in Akron, Ohio, she isn't thinking about how the ailing economy affects the presidential race or any of the other chatter from politicos who followed President Barack Obama to the Ohio eatery Friday.",left
8003,July Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Job Weakness Starts to Shape Election Tone,New York Times (News),It is increasingly apparent what the economy will look like when President Obama faces voters in November: pretty much what it looks like today.,left
8004,July Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Romney: Jobs figures underscore Obama failure,Washington Times,"GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Friday that the latest jobs numbers released Friday, showing anemic job growth and an unemployment rate unchanged at 8.2 percent, are the latest proof that President Obamas economic plans have failed the country.",right
8005,First Lawsuits Filed After Travis Scott Concert Leaves 8 Dead,"['Arts And Entertainment', 'Astroworld Festival', 'Culture', 'Travis Scott', 'Violence In America']",First Lawsuits Filed After Travis Scott Concert Leaves 8 Dead,HuffPost,"Attendees of Travis Scott’s Astroworld music festival sued the rapper and the event’s organizer, Live Nation, on Sunday, in what are expected to be the first of many lawsuits after a tragic crowd crush left at least eight people dead and scores injured on Friday night.
Manuel Souza filed a case just days after the incident, claiming the festival “failed to properly plan and conduct the concert in a safe manner.” The suit names Scott, Live Nation and other co-organizers, calling the deaths a “preventable tragedy.” Souza is demanding at least $1...",left
8006,First Lawsuits Filed After Travis Scott Concert Leaves 8 Dead,"['Arts And Entertainment', 'Astroworld Festival', 'Culture', 'Travis Scott', 'Violence In America']",Travis Scott Now Faces 14 Lawsuits Connected to 8 Deaths At Astroworld Performance,Newsweek,"Rapper Travis Scott is facing multiple lawsuits in connection to the deadly crowd incident that claimed eight lives and injured hundreds more during Scott's performance at the Astroworld Festival in Houston last Friday.
As of Monday, at least 14 lawsuits have been filed against Scott and organizers of the festival, Live Nation Entertainment and ScoreMore, in Harris County District Court.
In one petition filed over the weekend, concertgoer Manuel Souza sued Scott for the ""predictable and preventable tragedy"" that Souza claims was a direct result of ""a motivation for profit...",center
8007,First Lawsuits Filed After Travis Scott Concert Leaves 8 Dead,"['Arts And Entertainment', 'Astroworld Festival', 'Culture', 'Travis Scott', 'Violence In America']","Travis Scott, Drake sued over Astroworld concert incident",Fox News (Online News),"Rappers Travis Scott and Drake have been sued over the incident at the former’s Astroworld Festival on Friday that left eight people dead. 
Fox News can confirm that Texas attorney Thomas J. Henry filed a lawsuit Sunday against Travis Scott, whose real name is Jacques Bermon Webster, as well as Drake, whose real name is Aubrey Drake Graham. The suit also names Live Nation and NRG Stadium. 
According to a report from The Daily Mail, the suit is being filed on behalf of concert attendee Kristian Paredes, 23, from Austin, Texas. Paredes reportedly filed...",right
8008,"Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Good News is Still Available","['Media Industry', 'Animal Welfare', 'Science', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Housing And Homelessness', 'Coronavirus']",Newest Shortage in New York: The City Is Running Out of Dogs to Foster,Bloomberg,"Of all the shortages created by the coronavirus pandemic -- the toilet paper and the hand sanitizer and the bottled water -- the oddest of them all has to be dogs. Oh, and cats too.
That’s right, in the New York city area, the epicenter of the disease, there is suddenly a run on pets. At least of the adopted or fostered kind. Muddy Paws Rescue and Best Friends Animal Society are reporting shelters they work with are either all out of or almost out of cats and dogs after...",left
8009,"Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Good News is Still Available","['Media Industry', 'Animal Welfare', 'Science', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Housing And Homelessness', 'Coronavirus']","Coronavirus has 'stable genome,' study suggests, so vaccine could help 'over many years'",Fox News (Online News),"Currently, there is no known specific medicine to treat the novel coronavirus, but researchers in Italy suggest that the COVID-19 disease is slow to mutate, based on its genetic material.
This finding could aid in helping large swaths of people over an extended period of time once a specific cure is found.
The study, which was produced by two independent teams in the country, used ""a new next-generation sequencing (NGS) research assay"" from Thermo Fisher Scientific on Italian COVID-19 patients. The experts then compared them to a sample from the...",right
8010,"Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Good News is Still Available","['Media Industry', 'Animal Welfare', 'Science', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Housing And Homelessness', 'Coronavirus']",Kristen Bell And Dax Shepard Waive Tenants' Rent Fees Amid The Coronavirus Pandemic,BuzzFeed News,"The coronavirus pandemic has left many without jobs, making it difficult to pay for rent.
Thankfully, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard, who own a couple of residential buildings in Los Angeles, are taking notice of this and are waiving tenants' rent fees for April.
TMZ reported that Dax's sister, who is the manager of Kristen and Dax's company Pringus Property LLC, emailed tenants over the weekend to let them know the great news and ""promised to work with residents going forward as best as possible.""
This news comes after many...",left
8011,What did Obama know and when did he know it,"['White House', 'Politics']",What did President Obama know and when did he know it?,Washington Post,Obama professes to know very little.,left
8012,What did Obama know and when did he know it,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obamacare and NSA spying: What did Obama know, and when did he find out?",CNN (Online News),"Amid accusations over Obamacare and U.S. spying, there are key questions: What did President Obama know and when did he find out?",left
8013,What did Obama know and when did he know it,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Knew Promise You Could Keep Your Insurance Was A Lie,Townhall,"The Obama Administration changed a grandfathering provision that would have allowed most Americans to keep their insurance, and as a result estimated that 40 to 67 of all members of the individual health insurance market would lose their plans.",right
8014,Trump Floats Nuclear Option,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Trump urges Senate Republicans to go nuclear to pass a budget if shutdown continues,Washington Examiner,"President Trump called for Republicans to exercise the nuclear option to pass a long-term budget with a simple majority in the Senate, should the government shutdown continue for too long.",right
8015,Trump Floats Nuclear Option,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","To end government shutdown, Trump suggests Senate use 'nuclear option'",USA TODAY,"As the partial government shutdown stretches into its second day, President Trump brought up one of his favorite suggestions to break the logjam: End the Senate rule that requires 60 votes for legislation to pass.",left
8016,Trump Floats Nuclear Option,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Trump launches new round of partisan attacks as government shutdown enters Day 2,Washington Post,"President Trump pressured Congress Sunday to end the government shutdown that reached its second day, attacking Democrats and urging Republicans to change the rules of the Senate if the standoff isn’t resolved.",left
8017,Defending the Wage Hike,['Economy And Jobs'],Opinion: GOP’s lame new talking point: Why they’re wrong about the minimum wage and jobs,Salon,"When the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released a new report estimating the effects of a higher minimum wage, conservatives pounced on the possibility that a minimum wage hike to $10.10 would cost about 500,000 jobs. But much like their reaction to the recent report about the Affordable Care Act, they are jumping to conclusions far too quickly.
First, there are reasons to be skeptical about the negative employment effect. Many studies find no negative employment effects. A recent report by Demos finds that by stimulating economic growth, a minimum...",left
8018,Defending the Wage Hike,['Economy And Jobs'],"Wage-Rise Report Sees Fewer Jobs, Less Poverty",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama's quest to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would eliminate about 500,000 jobs by 2016 but increase pay for millions of Americans and lift nearly a million out of poverty, a Congressional Budget Office report found.
The estimates released",center
8019,Defending the Wage Hike,['Economy And Jobs'],White House spins minimum wage report,Fox News (Online News),"Five hundred thousand jobs.
That’s the number that the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says may be lost if President Obama pushes through a raise in the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour, from $7.25. The report cranked up the heat online on what has already been a feisty political battle.",right
8020,Biden: Poor Choice of Words,"['White House', 'Politics']",Gaffe-Prone Vice President Steps in it Again,Townhall,"The politically incorrect and offensive word the vice president used this time was “Shylocks.” During a recent speech, he was trying to describe the dishonest and greedy bankers his son warned him about, while deployed in Iraq, who knowingly took advantage of American soldiers. It’s unclear whether he was reading from prepared remarks, or speaking off-the-cuff, but the characterization has at least one Jewish group wondering what in the world he was thinking (via Yahoo News’ Olivier Knox and Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey):",right
8021,Biden: Poor Choice of Words,"['White House', 'Politics']",Biden: 'Shylocks' comment a 'poor choice of words',Washington Post,"After coming under criticism from the head of a Jewish organization after he used the word ""Shylocks"" in a speech, Vice President Biden acknowledged making a ""poor"" word choice.
In a statement responding to Anti-Defamation League National Director Abraham Foxman, Biden said Foxman was right to express his disapproval.
""Abe Foxman has been a friend and advisor of mine for a long time. He's correct, it was a poor choice of words, particularly as he said coming from 'someone as friendl",left
8022,Biden: Poor Choice of Words,"['White House', 'Politics']",Joe Biden: I was wrong to say ‘Shylocks’,Politico,"Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that it was a “poor choice of words” for him to use the term “Shylocks” in a recent speech.
On Tuesday, Anti-Defamation League’s national director Abraham Foxman had said the word “Shylocks” promoted an anti-Semitic stereotype.",left
8023,Perspectives: A Potential Eviction Crisis in America,"['Coronavirus', 'Evictions', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Housing And Homelessness']",A Wave of Evictions Would Be Bad for Everybody,Bloomberg,"Even before the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. rental market was in trouble. In 2017, economist Andrew Dumont calculated that 46.8% of U.S. renter households spent more than 30% of their income on housing. Poorer households, unsurprisingly, were even more heavily burdened; in 2015, the lowest-income quintile spent more than half of their income on rent.
Then came the pandemic. Although federal relief managed to support many unemployed workers and distressed businesses, many people fell through the cracks, failing to qualify for special unemployment benefits or bailout funds. And many Americans...",left
8024,Perspectives: A Potential Eviction Crisis in America,"['Coronavirus', 'Evictions', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Housing And Homelessness']",Republicans warm to tenant protections as evictions loom,Washington Examiner,"The White House and a growing number of congressional Republicans support a renewal of the federal evictions moratorium and rental assistance payments in the next economic relief package.
The GOP support is due to the fear of a wave of evictions due to the pandemic downturn. The federal evictions moratorium put in place by the CARES Act relief bill in March expired on July 25.
Approximately 30-40 million people in the United States are at risk of losing their homes in the next several months without significant federal intervention, according...",right
8025,Perspectives: A Potential Eviction Crisis in America,"['Coronavirus', 'Evictions', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Housing And Homelessness']",The Coming Eviction Crisis: ‘It’s Hard to Pay the Bills on Nothing’,New York Times (Opinion),"In Columbus, Ohio, judges have relocated eviction hearings to the cavernous halls of the city’s convention center, to ensure there’s plenty of space for the grim business of throwing families onto the street.
In New Orleans, piles of personal belongings on sidewalks — “eviction cairns,” in the haunting phrase of Sue Mobley, a member of the city’s planning commission — are an increasingly common sight.
In Savannah, Ga., the county sheriff, John Wilcher, announced at the start of the month that he would begin moving forward with about 500 pending...",left
8026,Joe Soptic Ad,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Misleading Obama Attack Ad Uses Familiar Face, Disputing Aide's Claim",Fox News (Online News),"Ex-steelworker Joe Soptic, featured in an inaccurate and misleading Obama ad that suggests Mitt Romney was responsible for his wife's death, also appears in other Obama ads — an apparent contradiction of top campaign aide Robert Gibbs' claim that he doesn't know 'the specifics of the man's case.'",right
8027,Joe Soptic Ad,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Team Obama denies knowing story of man in its TV ad, call",Politico,"When President Obamas aides said they werent familiar with former Missouri steelworker Joe Soptics life story, all they had to do was check their own campaign archives. Soptic, laid off from Bain Capital-owned GST Steel, stars in a Priorities USA Action spot this week in which he tells of how his wife died without health insurance after he lost his job. Soptic also appeared, wearing what appears to be an identical shirt, in a May television ad for the Obama campaign.",left
8028,Joe Soptic Ad,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Presidential campaign gets even dirtier,CNN (Online News),"Hypocritical. Contemptible. Dishonest. ""Obamaloney."" The rhetoric, charges and counter-charges flew fast and thick Tuesday as the presidential election campaign continued on its sharply negative trajectory.",left
8029,Supreme Court Ends Eviction Moratorium With 6-3 Vote,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Eviction Moratorium', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court ends federal eviction moratorium,New York Post (News),"The US Supreme Court on Thursday night struck down a federal eviction moratorium that was recently extended by President Biden’s administration without congressional support.
The decision to end the pandemic-related eviction freeze came as a result of a legal challenge to the policy brought by a coalition of landlords and real estate trade groups.
On Aug. 3, the moratorium was extended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, despite a lack of congressional approval.
The decision was a change of course for the Biden administration, which had initially let the previous...",right
8030,Supreme Court Ends Eviction Moratorium With 6-3 Vote,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Eviction Moratorium', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Supreme Court']",White House calls for 'urgent' action to prevent evictions after Supreme Court decision,Reuters,"The White House said it regretted the Supreme Court’s decision on Thursday to end the Biden administration’s pandemic-related federal moratorium on evictions, and urged states, cities, landlords and others to do what they could to help.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the eviction moratoriums issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had saved lives by preventing the spread of the COVID-19 virus throughout the pandemic.
The court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, granted a request by the challengers to lift the CDC moratorium that...",center
8031,Supreme Court Ends Eviction Moratorium With 6-3 Vote,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Eviction Moratorium', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court strikes down CDC eviction moratorium despite delta’s rise,Washington Post,"A divided Supreme Court has ended a national moratorium on evictions in parts of the country ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, removing protections for millions of Americans who have not been able to make rent payments.
A coalition of landlords and real estate trade groups in Alabama and Georgia challenged the latest extension of a moratorium imposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, issued Aug. 3 and intended to run through Oct. 3.
In an unsigned opinion released Thursday night, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority agreed that the federal...",left
8032,Snowden Able To Leave Moscow Airport,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Snowden to be given permission to leave airport,Washington Post,Official tells radio station that fugitive will get permission to leave airport where he's been since June 23rd.,left
8033,Snowden Able To Leave Moscow Airport,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Snowden able to leave Moscow airport,CNN (Online News),Russia has given Edward Snowden a document that allows him to leave the Moscow airport and wait elsewhere in the country while asylum request is considered.,left
8034,Snowden Able To Leave Moscow Airport,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",NSA leaker Edward Snowden may be leaving Moscow airport soon,Fox News (Online News),"Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor on the lam in Russia after disclosing secrets about the U.S. spying program, may be leaving Moscow soon.",right
8035,Al Qaeda Threats Close Some U.S. Embassies,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Al Qaeda threat closes some U.S. embassies,CNN (Online News),Al Qaeda is linked to a terror threat that prompted the closing of some U.S. embassies starting Sunday.,left
8036,Al Qaeda Threats Close Some U.S. Embassies,"['State Department', 'Politics']","U.S. embassies in Muslim countries to close amid ""specific threat""",Washington Times,"The United States is closing down several embassies in Muslim nations this Sunday due to a specific threat, a senior government head said.",right
8037,Bipartisan House Deal to Avert Shutdown Faces Opposition From Senate Republicans,"['US House', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'House Democrats', 'Senate Republicans', 'Government Shutdown', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Biden Administration', 'Mike Lee', 'Roger Marshall', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Government Funding', 'Politics']",Lawmakers Strike Spending Deal but Government Shutdown Still Looms,New York Times (News),"Top lawmakers announced a deal on Thursday to keep the government funded through mid-February, but a group of Senate Republicans was still threatening to force a shutdown over the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for large employers.
With less than 48 hours before funding is set to lapse, the House was expected to vote later Thursday to keep the government open through Feb. 18 and provide $7 billion for the care and resettlement of Afghan refugees. But the fate of the measure was uncertain in the Senate, where unanimity would be needed to expedite its...",left
8038,Bipartisan House Deal to Avert Shutdown Faces Opposition From Senate Republicans,"['US House', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'House Democrats', 'Senate Republicans', 'Government Shutdown', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Biden Administration', 'Mike Lee', 'Roger Marshall', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Government Funding', 'Politics']",Congress strikes deal to avoid government shutdown 1 day before deadline — but roadblocks remain,CNBC,"The House reached a deal Thursday on a short-term government funding bill that would prevent a shutdown before a Friday deadline.
The measure would fund the government at current levels through Feb. 18, House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., said in a statement. The House plans to pass the legislation Thursday afternoon.
Both chambers of Congress need to approve a spending bill by Friday to prevent a lapse in funding. An extended shutdown can lead to furloughs of federal workers and the suspension of certain government services. The Biden...",center
8039,Bipartisan House Deal to Avert Shutdown Faces Opposition From Senate Republicans,"['US House', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'House Democrats', 'Senate Republicans', 'Government Shutdown', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Biden Administration', 'Mike Lee', 'Roger Marshall', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Government Funding', 'Politics']",Congress barrels toward government shutdown as handful of GOP senators hold out over vaccine mandates,Fox Business,"Funding for the government runs out just before midnight Friday and Congress is not even close to passing a bill to avert a shutdown. 
""The vaccine mandate is going to shut down our businesses in this country, which is going to further disrupt"" the economy, Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., told FOX Business Wednesday. 
He's one of a handful of Republican senators demanding that a continuing resolution includes a provision to withhold funding from the enforcement of COVID-19 vaccine mandates by the Biden administration. ",right
8040,GOP to Cancel Presidential Primaries in Four States,"['Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Election: Presidential', 'GOP', 'Kansas', 'South Carolina']",Republicans to scrap primaries and caucuses as Trump challengers cry foul,Politico,"Four states are poised to cancel their 2020 GOP presidential primaries and caucuses, a move that would cut off oxygen to Donald Trump’s long-shot primary challengers.
Republican parties in South Carolina, Nevada, Arizona and Kansas are expected to finalize the cancellations in meetings this weekend, according to three GOP officials who are familiar with the plans.",left
8041,GOP to Cancel Presidential Primaries in Four States,"['Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Election: Presidential', 'GOP', 'Kansas', 'South Carolina']",Four states set to cancel 2020 GOP presidential primaries: report,The Hill,"Four states are preparing to cancel their 2020 Republican nominating contests over the weekend, Politico reported, citing three sources.
The sources told the outlet that South Carolina, Nevada, Arizona and Kansas Republicans are reportedly slated to scrap their primaries and caucuses, in a move that would demonstrate President Trump's effort to shore up control over the GOP at the state level.
The report comes as Trump faces two long-shot primary challenges from former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) and former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld.
The Hill has reached out...",center
8042,GOP to Cancel Presidential Primaries in Four States,"['Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Election: Presidential', 'GOP', 'Kansas', 'South Carolina']",The GOP Deals With Trump Competition by Canceling Elections,Reason,"In a move that has been foreshadowed for a year, the Republican Party this weekend will cancel presidential primary elections in four states, Politico reports.
Quoting ""three GOP officials who are familiar with the plans,"" the paper said that South Carolina, Nevada, Arizona and Kansas, which between them comprise around 7 percent of the overall delegate haul, will simply wave away political competition rather than let the likes of Bill Weld, Joe Walsh, and perhaps Mark Sanford take a David vs. Goliath swing at an incumbent president whose Gallup approval...",right
8043,Republicans Press New FBI Director,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",GOP to James Comey: Investigate Benghazi,Politico,"In a letter to new FBI Director James Comey, several Republican members of Congress called the Obama administration’s investigation of the 2012 Benghazi attack “unacceptable” and encouraged an “aggressive” investigation.
“It has been more than 10 months since the attacks,” a copy of the letter, obtained by POLITICO, states. “We appear to be no closer to knowing who was responsible today than we were in the early weeks following the attack. This is simply unacceptable.”
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/republicans-james-comey-benghazi-9...",left
8044,Republicans Press New FBI Director,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",New FBI director to face GOP heat,CNN (Online News),"Labeling the Obama administration's investigation of the September 2012 Benghazi attacks ""simply unacceptable,"" eight Republican lawmakers are demanding more aggressive steps from the new FBI Director.",left
8045,Republicans Press New FBI Director,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Republicans press new FBI director,Fox News (Online News),"Just two days after being confirmed, the new leader of the FBI is facing pressure from Congress to get to the bottom of the Benghazi terror attacks.",right
8046,Pandemic Gives Memorial Day 2020 a Different Look,"['US Military', 'Veterans Affairs', 'Memorial Day', 'Holidays', 'General News']","Memorial Day tributes — even amid so much loss, this is why we honor our war dead",Fox News (Opinion),"Memorial Day is the most solemn of our national holidays. It is meant to be a time for Americans to remember, with appropriate displays of gratitude and honor, those who have died while fighting our country’s wars.
We must be especially careful this year, in the absence of large public gatherings, and amid all the fears, frustrations and losses from the global pandemic, that the true meaning of this national holiday not be lost.
The grievous trials of the past three months cannot be allowed to diminish the realization of...",right
8047,Pandemic Gives Memorial Day 2020 a Different Look,"['US Military', 'Veterans Affairs', 'Memorial Day', 'Holidays', 'General News']",The real meaning of Memorial Day,Washington Post,"In normal times, for most Americans, Memorial Day conjures up the start of summer — beach and lake trips, barbecues, pool time, warm weather. Many don’t even stop to think about the purpose of the holiday. And those who do sometimes confuse Memorial Day with other holidays honoring veterans. But, with covid-19 leaving many Americans stuck at home or unable to enjoy these usual holiday celebrations, 2020 might be an opportunity to recall that Memorial Day is actually intended to be a day to remember those who died while serving...",left
8048,Pandemic Gives Memorial Day 2020 a Different Look,"['US Military', 'Veterans Affairs', 'Memorial Day', 'Holidays', 'General News']",Photos: Crowds Flock To Beaches And Lakes For Memorial Day Weekend,Forbes,"From Venice Beach, California to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and from South Padre Island, Texas, to Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, people are flocking to the water to enjoy the long holiday weekend, albeit with varying degrees of social distancing and face-mask wearing during the coronavirus pandemic.
In the opening photo, above, the beach town of Ocean City lifted its COVID-19 related beach and boardwalk restrictions May 9 and lodging restrictions on May 14. The state of Maryland moved from a stay-at-home order to safe-at-home order May 15.
Despite the...",center
8049,Obama Budget Compromise,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","GOP Weekly Address: ""The President's Budget Isn't a Compromise; it's a Blank Check For More Spending and More Debt""",Townhall,"Im not going to discuss the nature of the presidents weekly radio and Internet address in this forum, although you can read about it here if you like; I think Allahpundits admonition to the GOP will suffice for now. I am, however, very interested in this video which is notable for two reasons. (1) Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) debunks the myth peddled by the White House and others that the presidents budget proposal is somehow a “compromise, and (2) why the Republican alternative is a serious, credible plan that will...",right
8050,Obama Budget Compromise,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Obama budget 'compromise?' No way, says the GOP",Christian Science Monitor,In the Republican radio address Saturday Rep. Jackie Walorski (R) of Indiana called President Obamas proposed budget for 2014 a blank check for more spending and more debt.,center
8051,Obama Budget Compromise,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama's Budget Revives Benefits as Divisive Issue,New York Times (News),It seems certain that liberal Democrats will focus on Social Security and Medicare in the midterm elections next year and perhaps in the 2016 presidential contest.,left
8052,Rice Questioned,['Middle East'],Rice: We didn't intend to mislead on Benghazi,Politico,"Under fire from congressional critics, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice stressed in a Tuesday statement that she did not intend to mislead the public about the September 11th attacks on the Benghazi consulate.
""Neither I nor anyone else in the administration intended to mislead the American people at any stage in this process, and the administration updated Congress and the American people as our assessments evolved,"" Rice said.",left
8053,Rice Questioned,['Middle East'],Lawmakers say meeting with Rice left them with more questions,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN) – Republican lawmakers said Tuesday their meeting with Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and the acting CIA director left them with more unanswered questions about her remarks following the September 11, 2012 attack on a U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that left four Americans dead.
Speaking to reporters after the morning meeting, Sen. John McCain said he and fellow Republicans Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Lindsey Graham were ""significantly troubled"" by many of the answers they received from Rice, who asked for the meeting with...",left
8054,Rice Questioned,['Middle East'],Republican senators say Rice meeting just leaves more questions unanswered,Fox News (Online News),"Republican senators finally got their opportunity Tuesday for a face-to-face talk with Ambassador Susan Rice about events related to the fatal attacks on U.S. outposts in Benghazi, Libya, but said they left feeling more confused and “disturbed than before the meeting.
“I am more disturbed now than before, said South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who met with Rice for about 90 minute on Capitol Hill.
Graham was joined at the meeting by acting CIA Director Michael Morell and Sen
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/26/rice-to-meet-with-top-gop-sen...",right
8055,"Jobless Claims Rise to 853,000 Amid Resurgence of COVID-19","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Layoffs']","U.S. Unemployment Claims Rose to 853,000 Last Week",Wall Street Journal (News),"Worker applications for unemployment benefits rose sharply last week, an indication layoffs remain at a high level nearly nine months into the coronavirus pandemic.
Weekly initial claims for jobless benefits, a proxy for layoffs, rose by 137,000 to a seasonally adjusted 853,000 in the week ended Dec. 5, the Labor Department said Thursday. That marked the highest level of applications since September, but was still well down from a peak of nearly seven million in late March.
Jobless claims have mostly trended down since the spring, when the pandemic caused...",center
8056,"Jobless Claims Rise to 853,000 Amid Resurgence of COVID-19","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Layoffs']","Jobless Claims Jump to 853,000, Far Worse than Expected",Breitbart News,"New weekly jobless claims jumped 137,000 to 853,000 in the week that ended December 5, the Department of Labor said Thursday. That is far worse than expected.
Economists had forecast 724,000. The prior week was initially estimated at 712,000, the first decline after two weeks of rising claims, and was revised up to 716,000. Many economists think that decline was due to the Thanksgiving holiday, when many employers hold back from laying off workers and some workers do not bother applying for benefits until after the holiday.
Jobless claims can...",right
8057,"Jobless Claims Rise to 853,000 Amid Resurgence of COVID-19","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Layoffs']",U.S. Jobless Claims Jump to Three-Month High Amid New Shutdowns,Bloomberg,"Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits surged last week, topping estimates with the highest level since September, suggesting that widening business shutdowns to curb the pandemic are spurring fresh job losses.
Initial jobless claims in regular state programs rose by 137,000 to 853,000 in the week ended Dec. 5, Labor Department data showed Thursday. On an unadjusted basis, the figure increased by almost 229,000. The prior week included Thanksgiving, and data tend to be volatile around holidays.
Continuing claims, the number of Americans on ongoing unemployment benefits, jumped by 230,000 to...",left
8058,Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks TikTok App Store Ban,"['TikTok', 'Social Media', 'Commerce Department', 'Donald Trump', 'Oracle', 'Federal Courts', 'Cybersecurity', 'Entertainment', 'Technology']","Judge gives temporary reprieve to TikTok, allows U.S. downloads to continue",NBC News (Online),"A federal judge granted a temporary reprieve Sunday to TikTok, the short-form video app that was facing a Trump administration-imposed midnight deadline that would have prevented users from downloading it.
The order from U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols of Washington, D.C., allows U.S. app stores to continue offering downloads. Nichols did not rule on a second, more comprehensive ban that would halt U.S. companies from working with TikTok.
In a statement, TikTok said that it was pleased with the ruling and that it ""will continue defending our rights for the...",left
8059,Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks TikTok App Store Ban,"['TikTok', 'Social Media', 'Commerce Department', 'Donald Trump', 'Oracle', 'Federal Courts', 'Cybersecurity', 'Entertainment', 'Technology']",TikTok: US judge halts app store ban,BBC News,"TikTok has avoided a government-ordered block on new downloads in the US after a judge issued a temporary injunction.
The video-sharing app had faced being removed from Apple's App Store and Android's Google Play marketplace at midnight local time in Washington DC.
Existing US-based users would have been able to have continued using it.
But they would not have been able to have re-downloaded the app if they had deleted it from their phones, nor have been offered software updates.
Judge Carl Nichols of the US...",center
8060,Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks TikTok App Store Ban,"['TikTok', 'Social Media', 'Commerce Department', 'Donald Trump', 'Oracle', 'Federal Courts', 'Cybersecurity', 'Entertainment', 'Technology']",Federal Court Blocks TikTok Download Ban,National Review,"A federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s order prohibiting TikTok downloads in the U.S. on Sunday, less than four hours before the ban was set to begin.
The ruling from the U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. will allow TikTok’s owner, Chinese technology firm ByteDance, extra time to receive approval from the U.S. and Chinese governments for a deal with Oracle and Walmart, though a November 12 complete ban of the app still looms if a deal cannot be approved.",right
8061,Suspected Chinese Spy Targeted US Politicians Including Eric Swalwell,"['China', 'Eric Swalwell', 'Foreign Intelligence', 'House Intelligence Committee', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'California']","Suspected Chinese spy targeted Bay Area politicians, then disappeared",San Francisco Chronicle,"The Cal State East Bay student and Chinese national hobnobbed with some of the Bay Area’s leading politicians, even fundraising for some. She attended student events, fundraisers, campaign rallies and cocktail parties throughout the region, ingratiating herself to politicians on the rise.
But what Congressman Eric Swalwell and others didn’t know was Christine Fang, or Fang Fang, was a suspected Chinese spy, according to a one-year investigation by Axios. U.S. intelligence officials told the news organization that China’s main civilian spy agency ran an operation developing connections with local and...",left
8062,Suspected Chinese Spy Targeted US Politicians Including Eric Swalwell,"['China', 'Eric Swalwell', 'Foreign Intelligence', 'House Intelligence Committee', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'California']",Suspected Chinese spy targeted California politicians,Axios,"A suspected Chinese intelligence operative developed extensive ties with local and national politicians, including a U.S. congressman, in what U.S. officials believe was a political intelligence operation run by China’s main civilian spy agency between 2011 and 2015, Axios found in a yearlong investigation.
Why it matters: The alleged operation offers a rare window into how Beijing has tried to gain access to and influence U.S. political circles.
While this suspected operative’s activities appear to have ended during the Obama administration, concerns about Beijing's influence operations have spanned President Trump’s...",center
8063,Suspected Chinese Spy Targeted US Politicians Including Eric Swalwell,"['China', 'Eric Swalwell', 'Foreign Intelligence', 'House Intelligence Committee', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'California']",Swalwell Says His Ties to Chinese Spy Were Leaked Because of Trump Criticism,National Review,"Democratic congressman Eric Swalwell is alleging that information about his ties to a suspected Chinese spy were leaked to the press in retribution for his vocal criticism of President Trump.
“I’ve been a critic of the president. I’ve spoken out against him. I was on both committees that worked to impeach him,” Swalwell told Politico on Tuesday. “The timing feels like that should be looked at.”
Between 2011 and 2015, a suspected Chinese intelligence operative, Christine Fang, developed relationships with Swalwell and a number of other American politicians, particularly in...",right
8064,Kavanaugh Accuser Seeks FBI Probe Before She'll Testify,['Supreme Court'],Woman who accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault wants FBI to investigate incident before she testifies to Senate,Washington Post,The woman who has accused Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexual assault decades ago wants the FBI to investigate her allegation before she testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee — a demand that came as President Trump and Senate Republicans increasingly rallied to the defense of the embattled Supreme Court nominee.,left
8065,Kavanaugh Accuser Seeks FBI Probe Before She'll Testify,['Supreme Court'],Kavanaugh Accuser Wants an FBI Probe Before She'll Testify - Now What?,CBN,Republicans delayed a Senate Judiciary Committee vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh this week to take Dr. Christine Blasey Ford up on her offer to share with the panel her allegations that he sexually assaulted her in high school.,right
8066,Kavanaugh Accuser Seeks FBI Probe Before She'll Testify,['Supreme Court'],Kavanaugh accuser says FBI should investigate before she testifies,The Hill,The woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault says she will not testify until the FBI investigates her claims.,center
8067,Kerry on Syria,"['White House', 'Politics']",Steve Hayes on Kerry: A disconnect between words and action in Syria,Fox News (Online News),"Steve Hayes said on Fox News' ""Special Report with Bret Baier"" on Friday that there's a disconnect between the language Secretary of State John Kerry used to bolster the case for action in Syria -- and the proposed action itself.
""What struck me... is the tension between the case that they are making, the urgency and the strength of the case that they are making for intervention and then what they've already announced that we're going to do,"" Hayes, senior writer for the Weekly Standard and Fox News contributor,...",right
8068,Kerry on Syria,"['White House', 'Politics']",U.S. Makes Case for Strikes as Military Builds in Mideast,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Obama administration made public its case that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was responsible for a chemical-weapons attack outside Damascus, bracing Americans for potential strikes in the coming days.
President Barack Obama said he hasn't made a decision on military strikes on Syria, even as U.S. forces continued a buildup in the Middle East on Friday and the White House took the rare step of releasing a detailed U.S. intelligence assessment.",center
8069,Kerry on Syria,"['White House', 'Politics']",John Kerry's moment,Politico,"Meet John Kerry, chief prosecutor for President Barack Obama.
Both in public and behind the scenes, the secretary of State has emerged as the most forceful advocate for the administration’s case that Bashar Assad’s regime used chemical weapons in Syria’s civil war.",left
8070,Confirmation Hearing Delayed for VA Secretary Nominee,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","VA secretary pick Ronny Jackson’s confirmation hearing delayed, amid conduct questions",Fox News (Online News),The Senate has delayed its confirmation hearing for President Trump's pick for Veteran Affairs secretary amid growing questions about nominee Dr. Ronny Jackson’s past conduct and ability to manage the agency.,right
8071,Confirmation Hearing Delayed for VA Secretary Nominee,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate Delays Confirmation Hearings For White House Doctor Ronny Jackson,HuffPost,The postponement appears to be related to questions about qualifications and past conduct.,left
8072,Confirmation Hearing Delayed for VA Secretary Nominee,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senators delay hearing for VA nominee Ronny Jackson to further vet his record,USA TODAY,"Senators are delaying a confirmation hearing for Ronny Jackson, President Trump's nominee to take over the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga.",left
8073,U.S. Sets Record for New Daily COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalization,"['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health']","U.S. Sets Records for New Infections, Hospitalizations",Wall Street Journal (News),"The U.S. set another single-day record for coronavirus cases, as the total number of new infections topped 136,000, while hospitalizations due to Covid-19 were at their highest level since the pandemic began.
The total number of confirmed cases in the country surpassed 10.2 million, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, as the virus spread widely across the country.",center
8074,U.S. Sets Record for New Daily COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalization,"['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health']",COVID-19 hospitalizations hit record high as illness peaks in three states,New York Post (News),"COVID-19 hospitalization rates hit an all-time high in the US on Tuesday, as the illness peaked in at least three states.
A record 61,964 people were hospitalized with the virus nationwide, according to a tally kept by the COVID Tracking Project.
That number exceeds levels reached in the early days of the pandemic, when 59,940 hospitalized patients were reported on April 15, The New York Times reported.
New cases of the virus are also setting records nationwide.",right
8075,U.S. Sets Record for New Daily COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalization,"['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health']","In one week new daily coronavirus cases in U.S. go from 104,000 to 145,000, latest all-time high",Washington Post,"In one week, new daily coronavirus cases in the United States went from 104,000 to more than 145,000 on Wednesday, the latest all-time high. Almost every metric is trending in the wrong direction as states add restrictions and health officials warn of a dangerous fall ahead.",left
8076,Perspectives: Sanders's Endorsement of Joe Biden,"['Democratic Party', 'Joe Biden', 'Bernie Sanders', '2020 Election', 'White House', 'Elections']","If Biden wants to win over Bernie Sanders' supporters and beat Trump, he needs to back up his promises with the right people",Insider,"Nearly 12 years ago, Barack Obama began staffing his administration in the middle of a global economic crisis. Despite the high hopes of the progressive forces that catapulted Obama into office, his transition set the tone for a presidency that would be steered by corporate insiders.
In one notorious example, Citigroup continued to pay a top executive, Michael Froman, while he served on the board of Obama's transition team, playing a key role in filling the administration with Wall Street insiders, whose firms were seeking government support amid the financial...",left
8077,Perspectives: Sanders's Endorsement of Joe Biden,"['Democratic Party', 'Joe Biden', 'Bernie Sanders', '2020 Election', 'White House', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders just endorsed Joe Biden. Now comes the hard part.,Washington Post,"In 2016, Bernie Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton on July 12, two weeks before the start of the Democratic convention. This year, Sanders endorsed Joe Biden on April 13, offering much more time for the party to achieve the unity it needs to prevail in November.
As befits the moment, they did it over a joint livestream.
“Today, I am asking all Americans, I’m asking every Democrat, I’m asking every Independent, I’m asking a lot of Republicans, to come together in this campaign to support your candidacy, which I endorse,” said...",left
8078,Perspectives: Sanders's Endorsement of Joe Biden,"['Democratic Party', 'Joe Biden', 'Bernie Sanders', '2020 Election', 'White House', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders’ Political Movement Not Sold on Biden Despite Endorsement,Breitbart News,"On Monday, shortly after Sanders threw his backing behind the former vice president, the senator’s one-time campaign spokeswoman, Briahna Joy Gray, announced that she was not following suit. Gray, who has made no effort to conceal disagreement with other high profile national Democrats, asserted she was unable to support Biden because of his unwillingness to adopt progressive stances on the economy and healthcare.",right
8079,Obama 100 Day Press Conference,"['White House', 'Politics']",President Obama defends second-term performance,Politico,"President Barack Obama defended the sluggish start to his second term Tuesday, arguing the United States needs more facts on Syria to guide his response and more cooperation from Congress to make progress on his domestic agenda.",left
8080,Obama 100 Day Press Conference,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama: ""Maybe I Should Just Pack Up and Go Home""",Townhall,"Yes, please. He wasn't serious, of course; he was responding to a question from ABC's Jonathan Karl, who essentially asked him if he still has the political juice to accomplish anything these days. A few thoughts on the president's performance this morning, issue by issue:",right
8081,Obama 100 Day Press Conference,"['White House', 'Politics']","100 days in, Obama exudes second-term confidence",CNN (Online News),President Barack Obama confidently declared that his administration will get things done in Washington despite an atmosphere he described as divided and politically dysfunctional.,left
8082,"Scaramucci Calls Out ""Senior Leakers""","['White House', 'Politics']",Scaramucci Tags Priebus in Tweet Blasting ‘Felony’ Leak of Financial Disclosure Form,Breitbart News,"The White House’s new communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, Tweeted on Wednesday evening that he believes the leak of his financial disclosure form is a “felony” and that he will be contacting the FBI and Justice Department seeking an investigation.",right
8083,"Scaramucci Calls Out ""Senior Leakers""","['White House', 'Politics']",Scaramucci rails against 'senior leakers' in White House and threatens to call FBI,USA TODAY,"Anthony Scaramucci, President Trump's new director of communications, railed against leaks Thursday, vowing to call the FBI and lambasting ""senior leakers"" in the White House who ""think it is their job to save America from this president.""",left
8084,"Scaramucci Calls Out ""Senior Leakers""","['White House', 'Politics']",Anthony Scaramucci Suggests Reince Priebus Is Leaking Info To The Press,HuffPost,"“If Reince wants to explain that he’s not a leaker, let him do that.”",left
8085,Negotiating the Fiscal Cliff,[],"Boehner says fiscal talks 'going nowhere,' as Obama warns of middle class tax hikes",Fox News (Online News),"House Speaker John Boehner, responding to President Obama's tax-hike campaign stop at Pennsylvania toy factory where he issued a ""Scrooge Christmas"" warning to America's middle class, accused the administration of not being “serious” and characterized negotiation progress as ""almost nowhere.""",right
8086,Negotiating the Fiscal Cliff,[],"Obama warns of ""Scrooge"" Christmas without tax-cut extension",CNN (Online News),"Stumping for a deal to avoid automatic tax increases and spending cuts that will otherwise hit at year's end, President Barack Obama on Friday toured a Pennsylvania toy factory that's churning out would-be holiday gifts, warning of a ""Scrooge"" Christmas if Congress does not pass legislation extending tax cuts for 98% of Americans.",left
8087,Negotiating the Fiscal Cliff,[],Obama warns of GOP ‘lump of coal’ tax hike,Politico,"President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) finished another week without a fiscal cliff deal not even agreeing on how the negotiations are going. Obama expressed optimism as he took his case on the road here Friday, saying Democrats and Republicans “can and will work together.",left
8088,Taxes Still the Issue,[],"As Fiscal Talks Heat Up, Questions on Whether Boehner Can Get the Votes",New York Times (News),"As a potential year-end fiscal crisis nears, White House officials have begun to wonder whether Speaker John A. Boehner can garner enough Republican votes to push through a deficit-reduction plan.",left
8089,Taxes Still the Issue,[],Fiscal cliff talks still hung up on taxes,CNN (Online News),Public posturing or possible stalemate? Continued sniping by both sides in the fiscal cliff negotiations shows little movement on the core issue - higher taxes on the wealthy.,left
8090,Taxes Still the Issue,[],Boehner: ‘Serious Differences’ on Budget,Bloomberg,"Republicans in Congress hardened their resistance to President Barack Obamas proposed higher taxes for top earners and demanded a spending-cut plan, as lawmakers in both parties said its becoming less likely an agreement can be enacted before the Christmas holiday.",left
8091,Iran Deal Ongoing,['Middle East'],"Iran ""Deal-or-No- Deal"": Talks to Continue Through June",Breitbart News,"Negotiations toward a nuclear deal between Iran and the P+5 nations (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany) will continue through June, according to reports from Lausanne, Switzerland on Tuesday. The announcement was made to satisfy the self-imposed deadline of March 31 for a provisional agreement, with “technical” details to be agreed by July 1. However, major differences appear to have been redefined as “technical” to keep talks going.
The chief sticking point remains the question of what will happen to Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium....",right
8092,Iran Deal Ongoing,['Middle East'],Iran And World Powers Will Reportedly Continue Nuclear Talks In New Phase,HuffPost,"Nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers could be extended past Tuesday's deadline for the outline of an agreement if enough progress is made to justify it, the White House said.
Tuesday's statement by White House press secretary Josh Earnest suggested that talks meant to produce an outline that would allow the sides to continue negotiations until the June 30 final deadline had not bridged all gaps — but that the sides were working to produce a text with few specifics, accompanied by documents outlining areas where further talks...",left
8093,Iran Deal Ongoing,['Middle East'],"Iran's power rises, with or without deal",CNN (Online News),"Deal or no deal in the Iranian nuclear talks, Tehran is already behaving like it's made a killing.
Sure, U.S. and international sanctions inflicted staggering damage on Iran's economy, convincing the longtime American foe to join talks aimed at limiting its nuclear program. Those talks face an important Tuesday night deadline.
But it's not just Iran's nuclear aspirations that have everyone's attention -- though just the fact that Iranian officials are at the table with the world's most powerful countries has elevated Iran's international status.",left
8094,Musk Threatens to Back Out of Twitter Deal Over Request for Internal Spam Data,"['Business', 'Twitter', 'Technology', 'Elon Musk', 'Banking And Finance', 'SEC', 'Social Media', 'Privacy', 'Data']","Musk seeks a way out, claims Twitter violated deal by not providing spam data",Ars Technica,"Elon Musk today threatened to pull out of his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter in a letter that claimed the company violated the merger agreement by refusing to provide the data behind its spam estimates. Musk needs the data to obtain financing and prepare for the ownership transition, according to the letter sent to Twitter Chief Legal Officer Vijaya Gadde.
""Based on Twitter's behavior to date, and the company's latest correspondence in particular, Mr. Musk believes the company is actively resisting and thwarting his information rights (and the company's...",center
8095,Musk Threatens to Back Out of Twitter Deal Over Request for Internal Spam Data,"['Business', 'Twitter', 'Technology', 'Elon Musk', 'Banking And Finance', 'SEC', 'Social Media', 'Privacy', 'Data']",Elon Musk accuses Twitter of breaching contract over spam bots,New York Post (News),"Elon Musk on Monday accused Twitter of breaching its contract with him by failing to provide information about spam accounts — and once again threatened to back out of his $44 billion takeover deal. 
Attorneys for Musk wrote that Twitter has refused to provide information that would “facilitate his evaluation of spam and fake accounts on the company’s platform,” according to a stern letter to Twitter that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ",right
8096,Musk Threatens to Back Out of Twitter Deal Over Request for Internal Spam Data,"['Business', 'Twitter', 'Technology', 'Elon Musk', 'Banking And Finance', 'SEC', 'Social Media', 'Privacy', 'Data']",Elon Musk threatens to scrap Twitter deal over ‘breach’ of agreement,The Verge,"Elon Musk says that Twitter is in “clear material breach” of their $44 billion acquisition deal and that he could “terminate” the agreement in response. In a letter sent to Twitter this morning, Musk’s legal team claims that Twitter has failed to provide him with information on the service’s spam bot problem and that he’s entitled to receive that information under the deal agreement.
“Mr. Musk believes the company is actively resisting and thwarting his information rights (and the company’s corresponding obligations) under the merger agreement,” the lawyers write. The letter says...",left
8097,How Will Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine End?,"['Russia', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Sergey Lavrov', 'Diplomacy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Sanctions']",How will Russia’s war with Ukraine end? Here are 5 possible outcomes,CNBC,"Less than two weeks into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the country’s people and armed forces continue to mount a staunch — and undeniably brave — resistance against Russian forces.
But for all of Ukraine’s heart and courage in facing down multiple, sustained attacks from Russia’s military in the north, east and south of the country, many analysts and strategists believe it is only a matter of time before Ukraine is overwhelmed by Moscow’s military might.",center
8098,How Will Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine End?,"['Russia', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Sergey Lavrov', 'Diplomacy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Sanctions']",I See Three Scenarios for How This War Ends,Thomas L. Friedman,"The battle for Ukraine unfolding before our eyes has the potential to be the most transformational event in Europe since World War II and the most dangerous confrontation for the world since the Cuban missile crisis. I see three possible scenarios for how this story ends. I call them “the full-blown disaster,” “the dirty compromise” and “salvation.”",left
8099,How Will Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine End?,"['Russia', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Sergey Lavrov', 'Diplomacy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Sanctions']",5 potential outcomes for the Russia-Ukraine war,Deseret News,"The war between Russia and Ukraine is still ongoing and it’s unclear when it will end.
What’s happening: Russia invaded Ukraine at the end of February, with Russian President Vladimir Putin suggesting the move was a military operation.
Since that time, major cities across Ukraine have been attacked with missile strikes. Hospitals, Holocaust memorials and civilian-filled areas have been destroyed in the attacks, as I reported for the Deseret News.",center
8100,Representative Justin Amash Quits The GOP Party,"['Justin Amash', 'Politics']","With Primary Challenger Reportedly Surging, Justin Amash, Who Backs Trump's Impeachment, Quits GOP",Townhall,"Well, he already left the House Freedom Caucus. He’s for the impeachment of President Donald J. Trump. It’s not shocking that Rep. Justin Amash (I-MI) decided to declare his intention to leave the Republican Party. It’s the usual crap from these clowns. He’s doing it because of principles. That’s fine, but even his stance on why eh supported Trump’s impeachment was a bit shaky since it means buying into the alleged (and probable) abuse of power that was exercised by the government against the Trump campaign during the 2016 election....",right
8101,Representative Justin Amash Quits The GOP Party,"['Justin Amash', 'Politics']","Justin Amash, sole Republican in Congress to support Trump impeachment, says he's now an independent",USA TODAY,"Michigan Rep. Justin Amash said Thursday that he's leaving the Republican party to become an independent as modern politics remains ""trapped in a partisan death spiral.""
Penning an op-ed in the Washington Post on the July 4th holiday, Amash described how he had become ""disenchanted with party politics"" and ""frightened by what I see from it.""
""The two-party system has evolved into an existential threat to American principles and institutions,"" Amash wrote.
Amash was the only GOP member of Congress to have come out in favor of impeaching President Donald...",left
8102,Representative Justin Amash Quits The GOP Party,"['Justin Amash', 'Politics']",Representative Justin Amash Quits Republican Party,HuffPost,"Rep. Justin Amash is celebrating this Fourth of July in a manner years in the making: by declaring his independence from the Republican Party.
“No matter your circumstance, I’m asking you to join me in rejecting the partisan loyalties and rhetoric that divide and dehumanize us,” Amash wrote in a Washington Post op-ed posted Thursday morning. “I’m asking you to believe that we can do better than this two-party system — and to work toward it. If we continue to take America for granted, we will lose it.”
Amash, perhaps...",left
8103,Navy Yard Shooting,['Violence In America'],'Multiple' deaths in Navy Yard shooting rampage; suspects may be on loose,CNN (Online News),"One suspect is dead after a shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, but two others may be on the loose, the D.C. police chief said Monday.
""The big concern for us right now is that we potentially have two other shooters that we have not located at this point,"" Washington Police Chief Cathy Lanier told reporters.
Multiple people were killed in the shooting rampage, Lanier said, which sent police in SWAT team gear swarming to the scene Monday morning.
Hours later, Lanier said authorities were still looking...",left
8104,Navy Yard Shooting,['Violence In America'],Obama On Navy Yard Shooting: A 'Cowardly Act',HuffPost,"Speaking hours after a mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, President Barack Obama called the incident a ""cowardly act"" that would be swiftly and ""thoroughly"" investigated.
""We still don’t know all the facts, but we do know that several people have been shot and some have been killed,"" he said. ""So we are confronting yet another mass shooting and today it happened on a military installation in our nation's capital.""",left
8105,Navy Yard Shooting,['Violence In America'],EYEWITNESSES GIVE CHILLING RECOUNTING OF NAVY SHOOTING: ‘PEOPLE WERE SHOVING’ & EVEN CLIMBING WALLS TO GET AWAY,The Blaze,"Early reports say ten people were shot and at least four killed in Washington, D.C., when a gunman opened fire Monday morning at the Washington Naval Yard.",right
8106,2013 Lie of the Year,['Politics'],"Lie of the Year: 'If you like your health care plan, you can keep it'",PolitiFact,"It was a catchy political pitch and a chance to calm nerves about his dramatic and complicated plan to bring historic change to America’s health insurance system. ""If you like your health care plan, you can keep it,"" President Barack Obama said -- many times -- of his landmark new law.",left
8107,2013 Lie of the Year,['Politics'],PolitiFact's Forked Tongue,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"The site once vouched for its ""lie of the year."" PolitiFact.com, the Tampa Bay Times's ""fact checking"" operation, is out with its ""Lie of the Year,"" and it's a doozy of dishonesty: ""If you like your health care plan, you can keep it.' """,right
8108,2013 Lie of the Year,['Politics'],Whoppers of 2013,FactCheck.org,"In 2013, we uncovered falsehoods to fairy tales about immigration, gun control, the IRS, Benghazi and — no surprise here — the Affordable Care Act.",center
8109,Obama Downplays Snowden Case,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","U.S. won't 'scramble jets' to get Snowden, Obama says",CNN (Online News),"The United States will keep to routine channels in its efforts to bring self-avowed NSA leaker Edward Snowden back for prosecution, President Barack Obama said Thursday.",left
8110,Obama Downplays Snowden Case,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Obama: I Won't Be Scrambling Jets To Get Edward Snowden,HuffPost,"The United States won't be scrambling military jets or engaging in high-level diplomatic bartering to get National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden extradited to the U.S., President Barack Obama said Thursday.",left
8111,Obama Downplays Snowden Case,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","Obama downplays Snowden case, says US not 'scrambling jets' to get 'hacker'",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama said Thursday he has not gotten personally involved in the case of Ed Snowden, because he expects other countries to ""abide by international law"" and not provide harbor to a fugitive. At the same time, he indicated he does not plan to go to extraordinary lengths to capture the NSA leaker, saying: ""No, I'm not going to be scrambling jets to get a 29-year-old hacker.""",right
8112,Biden Nominates Two to FCC in Bid for Democratic Majority,"['Technology', 'FCC', 'Net Neutrality', 'Joe Biden', 'Broadband', 'Internet', 'Politics']","Jessica Rosenworcel becomes the first woman to chair the FCC, and Gigi Sohn is nominated for 5th spot",TechCrunch,"The FCC has its first-ever woman as Chair of the agency, Jessica Rosenworcel, who has been serving as acting Chair since the beginning of the year. President Biden officially appointed her to the position today, and nominated her for a new term — as well as FCC veteran and tireless policy advocate Gigi Sohn, who if confirmed would become the first openly LGBTQ+ Commissioner in history.
The appointment has been a long time coming for Rosenworcel, who has worked at the FCC for nearly 20 years, and has been a Commissioner for half that...",center
8113,Biden Nominates Two to FCC in Bid for Democratic Majority,"['Technology', 'FCC', 'Net Neutrality', 'Joe Biden', 'Broadband', 'Internet', 'Politics']",Biden To Name Jessica Rosenworcel As First Female Chair Of The FCC,The Daily Caller,"President Joe Biden is set to announce the first female chair of the Federal Communications Commission, according to multiple reports.
Biden will nominate Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democrat and the current acting head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to chair the agency as soon as Tuesday, several outlets reported. If confirmed, Rosenworcel would be the first ever woman to serve as FCC Chair in the agency’s history.
Biden will also nominate Gigi Sohn, a former FCC official and founder of technology think tank Public Knowledge, to the open Democratic seat on the commission. Sohn...",right
8114,Biden Nominates Two to FCC in Bid for Democratic Majority,"['Technology', 'FCC', 'Net Neutrality', 'Joe Biden', 'Broadband', 'Internet', 'Politics']",Biden appoints Jessica Rosenworcel to lead the FCC,The Verge,"President Joe Biden named acting Federal Communications Commissioner Chair Jessica Rosenworcel to officially head the agency on Tuesday, propping her up as the administration’s leader to tackle broadband expansion and net neutrality. Biden also nominated progressive advocate Gigi Sohn as the third Democrat for the bench.
The decision comes late into Biden’s term, beating out both former presidents Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon who nominated their FCC chairs well into September of their first years. If confirmed by the Senate before December, the FCC’s 2-2 deadlock would end and provide Democrats with...",left
8115,"Perspectives: Time Magazine's Piece on the 2020 Election ""Shadow Campaign""","['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Politics']",The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election,Time Magazine,"A weird thing happened right after the Nov. 3 election: nothing.
The nation was braced for chaos. Liberal groups had vowed to take to the streets, planning hundreds of protests across the country. Right-wing militias were girding for battle. In a poll before Election Day, 75% of Americans voiced concern about violence.
Instead, an eerie quiet descended. As President Trump refused to concede, the response was not mass action but crickets. When media organizations called the race for Joe Biden on Nov. 7, jubilation broke out instead, as people thronged...",left
8116,"Perspectives: Time Magazine's Piece on the 2020 Election ""Shadow Campaign""","['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Politics']",Time Magazine Details the ‘Shadow Campaign’ Against Trump,The Epoch Times,"In a surprisingly brazen article, “The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election,” Time magazine chronicles a myriad of pre- and post-election actions taken by a loose coalition of Democratic operatives, grassroots activists, mainstream media, tech companies, and corporate CEOs before and after the 2020 presidential election.
According to the article, the effort consisted of “a well-funded cabal of powerful people, ranging across industries and ideologies, working together behind the scenes to influence perceptions, change rules and laws, steer media coverage and control the flow of...",right
8117,"Perspectives: Time Magazine's Piece on the 2020 Election ""Shadow Campaign""","['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Politics']",Time Magazine Gushingly Profiles The Successful ‘Conspiracy’ To Rig The 2020 Election,The Federalist,"Corporate media has spent the last year arguing that Donald Trump’s claims about 2020 election integrity amount to “seditious” conspiracy theories. While maintaining that narrative despite the cognitive dissonance, Time magazine’s Feb. 15 cover story pulls back the curtain on a “conspiracy” among a “well-funded cabal of powerful people” in an “an extraordinary shadow effort” that successfully pushed Trump from office.
“In a way, Trump was right,” writes Time national political correspondent Molly Ball. “There was a conspiracy unfolding behind the scenes.” She later describes this “conspiracy” as something that...",right
8118,"US to Ease Restrictions, Require COVID-19 Vaccine for International Travelers","['Coronavirus', 'Travel', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates']",US easing virus restrictions for foreign flights to America,Associated Press,"The U.S. said Monday it will ease airline restrictions this fall on travel to the country for people who have vaccination proof and a negative COVID-19 test, replacing a hodgepodge of rules that had kept out many non-citizens and irritated allies in Europe and beyond where virus cases are far lower.
The changes, to take effect in November, will allow families and others who have been separated by the travel restrictions for 18 months to plan for long-awaited reunifications and allow foreigners with work permits to get back to their...",left
8119,"US to Ease Restrictions, Require COVID-19 Vaccine for International Travelers","['Coronavirus', 'Travel', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates']","Biden Easing Airplane Travel Restrictions on Foreigners, Require Proof of Full Vaccination",The Epoch Times,"The Biden administration on Monday confirmed it will direct the Department of Homeland Security to ease travel restrictions on COVID-19 vaccinated foreign visitors.
White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients said in a news conference that all foreign visitors need to be vaccinated and present proof of their vaccination before boarding a U.S.-bound airline. Those individuals must also show a negative COVID-19 test no later than 72 hours before flying, he said, adding that there will be no quarantine requirement.
Zients said the new rules, which go into effect in early November, will “protect Americans...",right
8120,"US to Ease Restrictions, Require COVID-19 Vaccine for International Travelers","['Coronavirus', 'Travel', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates']","U.S. to ease Covid travel entry rules, require vaccinations for foreign visitors",NBC News (Online),"The Biden administration will require all international travelers coming into the United States to be fully vaccinated and tested for Covid-19 under a new system that will open up air travel to vaccinated foreign nationals from dozens of countries for the first time since the early days of the pandemic.
Starting in early November, foreign nationals will be allowed to fly into the U.S. if they are fully vaccinated and able to show proof of vaccination prior to boarding a U.S.-bound flight, White House Covid coordinator Jeffrey Zients said.
The requirement will...",left
8121,The Final Stretch,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton campaign schedule: 33 events in 11 states this weekend,Washington Times,"It had to end sometime. This is the last of the Inside the Beltway weekend candidate reports — that is, until we start tracking outgoing and incoming presidents, transition teams, long goodbyes, short tempers, hanging chads, hysterical journalists and everything else looming on the horizon. On this final weekend before Election Day, here’s where Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will be.",right
8122,The Final Stretch,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton, Trump make their closing arguments",CNN (Online News),Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have a simple closing argument for voters: A loss in Tuesday's election would be catastrophic.,left
8123,The Final Stretch,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton Wants You To Imagine The Headlines After A Trump Win,HuffPost,"In a digital ad push that begins Friday morning, Hillary Clinton’s aides are indulging a hypothetical that campaigns often avoid: the possibility that the opposition could win.
The ad, which an aide said is being promoted on social media and through paid digital advertising, imagines the cable news headlines of a future under President Donald Trump.",left
8124,Special Olympics Drops COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate After Florida Threatens $27.5 Million Fine,"['Coronavirus', 'Sports', 'Florida', 'Olympics', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Disney']",Special Olympics reverses vaccine requirement after Florida threatens $27.5M fine,Politico,"The Special Olympics reversed its Covid-19 vaccine mandate for upcoming competitions in Orlando after Florida threatened event organizers with a $27.5 million fine over the requirement.
The Special Olympics issued a statement on Friday saying it will lift its mandate as directed by state officials on May 27 “based upon the Florida Department of Health’s interpretation of Florida law.”",left
8125,Special Olympics Drops COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate After Florida Threatens $27.5 Million Fine,"['Coronavirus', 'Sports', 'Florida', 'Olympics', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Disney']",Special Olympics drops vaccine mandate after Florida threatens $27.5 million fine,The Blaze,"The Special Olympics on Thursday reversed its vaccine requirement for upcoming games in Orlando, Florida, this weekend after receiving pressure from Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration.
ABC News reporter Jay O'Brien revealed Friday that the state of Florida threatened the Special Olympics with a $27.5 million fine because it said the organization's vaccine requirement violated state law.",right
8126,Special Olympics Drops COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate After Florida Threatens $27.5 Million Fine,"['Coronavirus', 'Sports', 'Florida', 'Olympics', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Disney']",Special Olympics drops COVID vaccine mandate after Florida threatens $27.5M fine,Orlando Sentinel,"Florida threatened to fine Special Olympics International $27.5 million for requiring 5,500 participants at the USA Games in Orlando to be vaccinated against COVID, prompting the organization to drop the mandate.
“There needs to be a choice in this regard,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said at an event in Orlando surrounded by a cheering crowd that included athletes for the games set to begin Sunday. “Let them compete. We want everyone to be able to compete.”
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8127,"Russia Breaks Second Ceasefire Agreement As 200,000 Ukrainians Try To Evacuate Mariupol","['Ceasefire Talks', 'Europe', 'Kyiv', 'Mariupol', 'NATO', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'World']","Zelensky remains defiant, urges Ukrainians to fight back as Putin threatens country’s statehood",New York Post (News),"Russia continued its assault on Ukraine Sunday morning on the 11th day of its invasion, a day after a temporary ceasefire fell apart and Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened Ukrainian statehood.
Putin once again blamed Ukraine leaders for Russia’s violent invasion, threatening on Saturday that if they “continue to do what they are doing, they are calling into question the future of Ukrainian statehood.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky remained defiant, urging Ukrainians to pick up arms to fight back against Russian invaders.
“It is a special kind of heroism — to protest when your city...",right
8128,"Russia Breaks Second Ceasefire Agreement As 200,000 Ukrainians Try To Evacuate Mariupol","['Ceasefire Talks', 'Europe', 'Kyiv', 'Mariupol', 'NATO', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'World']","200,000 civilians remain trapped in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol as the Russian cease-fire fails for a second time",Insider,"A second cease-fire announced by Mariupol City Council to allow civilians to escape through a designated safe route out of the city fell apart when Russian troops began ""heavy shelling."" 
""The evacuation convoy with the local population could not leave Mariupol today: the Russians began regrouping their forces and heavy shelling of the city. It is extremely dangerous to take people out in such conditions,"" a statement on the Telegram channel read. 
The International Committee of the Red Cross, aiding the proposed evacuation from Mariupol in southern Ukraine, also tweeted to...",left
8129,"Russia Breaks Second Ceasefire Agreement As 200,000 Ukrainians Try To Evacuate Mariupol","['Ceasefire Talks', 'Europe', 'Kyiv', 'Mariupol', 'NATO', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'World']",Putin tells Ukraine to stop fighting amid new ceasefire calls,Reuters,"Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday his campaign in Ukraine was going according to plan and would not end until Kyiv stopped fighting, as efforts to evacuate the heavily bombarded city of Mariupol failed for a second day in a row.
He made the comments in a phone call with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who appealed for a ceasefire in the conflict that the United Nations says has created the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War Two.
Russian media said Putin also held almost two hours...",center
8130,Georgia GOP To Pick Governor Candidate,['Elections'],"Georgia runoff: Cagle-Kemp fight scrambled by secret tapes, late Trump endorsement",Fox News (Online News),"Georgia's voters on Tuesday will select one of two Trump-supporting candidates as the Repubican nominee for governor, capping off an electric race rocked by a slow burn of secretly recorded tapes and eye-catching advertising, as well as a sudden and unexpected endorsement by the president himself.",right
8131,Georgia GOP To Pick Governor Candidate,['Elections'],Georgia runoffs: GOP picks governor candidate in test of Trump endorsement,Washington Post,"Georgia Republicans will decide Tuesday on their nominee for governor in a race that has been shaped by embarrassing audio recordings, accusations of “fake news” and a last-minute endorsement from President Trump.",left
8132,Georgia GOP To Pick Governor Candidate,['Elections'],Trump looms over Republican nominating contest for Georgia governor,Reuters,"Republican voters in Georgia on Tuesday will choose their party’s nominee for governor in a two-man faceoff that has become a proxy battle between U.S. President Donald Trump and the state’s popular Republican governor, Nathan Deal.",center
8133,Actor Jussie Smollett Is Arrested Over False Attack Report,"['Jussie Smollett', 'Culture']",Actor Jussie Smollett Arrested by Chicago Police,Newsmax (News),"Actor Jussie Smollett has been arrested after he was charged with lying to police when he claimed he was attacked and beaten by two masked men shouting racist and homophobic slurs, Chicago police said on Thursday on Twitter.",right
8134,Actor Jussie Smollett Is Arrested Over False Attack Report,"['Jussie Smollett', 'Culture']",Jussie Smollett taken into custody by Chicago police over allegedly lying about attack,ABC News (Online),"The ""Empire"" actor was charged with felony disorderly conduct.",left
8135,Actor Jussie Smollett Is Arrested Over False Attack Report,"['Jussie Smollett', 'Culture']",Jussie Smollett arrested over false attack report,BBC News,US actor Jussie Smollett has been arrested in Chicago after being charged with filing a false police report.,center
8136,"Stocks Rise After Steep Selloff, Dow Recovers 1,000 Point Loss","['Banking And Finance', 'Stock Market', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Wall Street', 'Dow Jones']","Stocks mount stunning comeback on Monday with Dow closing in the green after earlier 1,000-point loss",CNBC,"Stocks mounted a dramatic comeback on Monday as investors stepped in to buy beaten-up tech shares following a sharp sell-off earlier in the day.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 99.13 points, or 0.3%, at 34,364.50, gaining for the first day in seven. The S&P 500 finished higher by 0.3% at 4,410.13. The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.6% at 13,855.13. The Russell 2000 index of small-cap shares closed up as well.
The Nasdaq Composite Index turned positive after being down as much as 4.9% earlier in the session. The Dow...",center
8137,"Stocks Rise After Steep Selloff, Dow Recovers 1,000 Point Loss","['Banking And Finance', 'Stock Market', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Wall Street', 'Dow Jones']",Stocks end higher after dramatic selloff,CNN Business,"On a wild day on Wall Street, stocks ended the day higher with a stunning turnaround just before the closing bell. Stocks began the day with a dramatic selloff.
US stocks opened in the red as investors worried about the Federal Reserve's plans to hike interest rates, tensions in Ukraine, earnings season and — of course — inflation.
At the low point of the session, the market was on track for its worst day since October 2020, with the Dow down more than 1,000 points.
But with just minutes to go in the trading...",left
8138,"Stocks Rise After Steep Selloff, Dow Recovers 1,000 Point Loss","['Banking And Finance', 'Stock Market', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Wall Street', 'Dow Jones']","Stocks erase losses in wild ride, Dow cuts 1,000+ point loss",Fox Business,"It was a wild session on Wall Street, with big market swings, as investors assessed Russia’s military buildup on Ukraine’s borders and the Federal Reserve's meeting this week which begins tomorrow. 
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed with a gain of 101 points or 0.3% erasing a 1,000+ point drop. The S&P 500 also curbed all losses to end 0.3% higher and the Nasdaq Composite, at one point down nearly 5%, rose 0.6%. ",right
8139,8 Children Killed in Australia,['General News'],"Eight Children Found Dead at Home in Cairns, Australia",NBC News (Online),"Eight children were found dead after a stabbing at their Australian home Friday, in what their country's prime minister described as an ""unspeakable crime.""",left
8140,8 Children Killed in Australia,['General News'],Australia shocked again: Eight children found dead in home,Christian Science Monitor,"Police say the mother of most of the children was also found in the home, suffering from stab wounds.",center
8141,8 Children Killed in Australia,['General News'],8 children killed in northern Australian city,Fox News (Online News),"Eight dead children and a woman suffering from serious stab wounds were found inside a northern Australian home Friday, police say.",right
8142,More on the Leaked NSA Report,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",NSA Leaks Contradict What Obama Promised The Public About Russia’s Election Meddling,The Daily Caller,Leaked NSA documents revealing that Russia engaged in election-related hacking efforts just days before the election directly contradict what former President Barack Obama told the American public.,right
8143,More on the Leaked NSA Report,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Bad tradecraft: How the Intercept may have outed its own leaker,Los Angeles Times,"The Intercept, a journalism website funded by eBay billionaire Pierre Omidyar and run by investigative journalists Glenn Greenwald and Jeremy Scahill, produced an important scoop Monday.
Its article, drawn from a classified National Security Agency document the Intercept said it received anonymously, exposed “a months-long Russian intelligence cyber effort against elements of the U.S. election and voting infrastructure.” Absent the website’s publication, we might never have learned about the Russian attack aimed at a U.S. vendor of voter registration systems.",left
8144,More on the Leaked NSA Report,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",5 Unanswered Questions Raised By The Leaked NSA Hacking Report,NPR (Online News),"America's sprawling elections infrastructure has been called ""a hairball"" — but as people in Silicon Valley might ask, is that a feature or a bug? Then-FBI Director James Comey touted it as a good thing — ""the beauty of our system,"" he told Congress, is that the ""hairball"" is too vast, unconnected and woolly to be hacked from the outside.
That was before Monday's leak of a top secret National Security Agency report about a Russian election cyberattack. What that document confirms is that if the whole is safe, its...",left
8145,Gun Legislation Vote,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Republicans divided on filibuster front,CNN (Online News),The Republican Party appears split over whether to block gun legislation in the Senate.,left
8146,Gun Legislation Vote,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Harry Reid sets showdown gun vote for Thursday,Washington Times,Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday the Senate will vote on gun legislation Thursday but admitted he doesnt know whether he has the 60 votes necessary to overcome a potential filibuster.,right
8147,Gun Legislation Vote,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],G.O.P. Senators Signal Possible Breakthrough in Gun Debate,New York Times (News),With backers of gun safety laws increasingly optimistic that they can corral the votes necessary to begin debate Senator Harry Reid said he would schedule a vote for Thursday.,left
8148,Yellen Urges Congress to Raise or Suspend Debt Ceiling,"['Treasury', 'Janet Yellen', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'US House', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Banking And Finance']","Yellen urges Congress to raise debt limit, warns Pelosi about extraordinary measures running out soon",CNBC,"Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday warned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that the mere specter of a U.S. default can have drastic consequences for U.S. financial markets and urged Democratic leadership to raise or suspend the debt ceiling as soon as possible.
Yellen reiterated that lawmakers have until some point in October before the department exhausts its extended efforts to prevent what would be a historic default.
“A delay that calls into question the federal government’s ability to meet all its obligations would likely cause irreparable damage to the U.S....",center
8149,Yellen Urges Congress to Raise or Suspend Debt Ceiling,"['Treasury', 'Janet Yellen', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'US House', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Banking And Finance']",Yellen: US Will Be Out Of Money In October If Congress Doesn’t Raise Debt Ceiling,The Daily Caller,"Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned congressional leaders Wednesday that the U.S. is on track to default on its debt sometime in October if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling.
Yellen said the Treasury would likely run out of cash in the coming weeks and exhaust its “extraordinary” spending measures to keep the country within its legal borrowing limit.
“Once all available measures and cash on hand are fully exhausted, the United States of America would be unable to meet its obligations for the first time in our history,” Yellen...",right
8150,Yellen Urges Congress to Raise or Suspend Debt Ceiling,"['Treasury', 'Janet Yellen', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'US House', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Banking And Finance']","Janet Yellen warns of a possible October default of U.S. debt, swollen by the pandemic.",New York Times (News),"The United States could default on its debt sometime in October if Congress does not take action to raise or suspend the debt limit, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen warned on Wednesday.
The “extraordinary measures” that the Treasury Department has been employing to finance the government on a temporary basis since Aug. 1 will be exhausted next month, Ms. Yellen said in a letter to lawmakers. She added that the exact timing remained unclear but that time to avert an economic catastrophe was running out.",left
8151,Arrest Made in Brussels,['Terrorism'],Brussels terrorists ID'd as police hunt Belgian bomb maker; 1 arrested in overnight raid,Fox News (Online News),"Belgian police continued their dragnet Wednesday for the mystery man who appeared with two suicide bombers in a surveillance photo taken a day earlier, moments before explosions ripped through Zaventem Airport, killing at least 11 in the first of twin attacks that shook Brussels.",right
8152,Arrest Made in Brussels,['Terrorism'],Belgian authorities: Brothers carried out Islamic State suicide attacks,Washington Post,Authorities uncovered bomb material and a farewell message from a suspected suicide bomber Wednesday as details emerged of the Brussels attackers: two brothers who brought chaos and carnage to the city at the heart of European unity.,left
8153,Arrest Made in Brussels,['Terrorism'],Brussels attack investigation: 1 person arrested,CNN (Online News),"One person has been arrested after the bloody terrorist attacks in Belgium, though the country's federal prosecutor said that the man believed to have been the third person taking part directly in the Brussels airport attack remains on the run.",left
8154,National Archives Apologizes After Blurring Anti-Trump Photo,"[""Women'S March"", 'Donald Trump', 'National Archives', 'History', 'Apology', 'Museum', ""Women'S Issues"", 'General News']",National Archives apologizes for blurring anti-Trump signs in Women's March photo: 'We made a mistake',Fox News (Online News),"The National Archives on Saturday apologized for blurring out signs in a photograph of the 2017 Women’s March in Washington, D.C., showcased at the museum -- saying it would review policies and replace the image.
“We made a mistake,” it said in a statement.",right
8155,National Archives Apologizes After Blurring Anti-Trump Photo,"[""Women'S March"", 'Donald Trump', 'National Archives', 'History', 'Apology', 'Museum', ""Women'S Issues"", 'General News']",National Archives apologizes for blurring picture of anti-Trump Women's March signs,USA TODAY,"The National Archives, which contains some of the country's founding documents like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, apologized for blurring parts of an image from the 2017 Women's March critical of President Donald Trump.
""We apologize, and will immediately start a thorough review of our exhibit policies and procedures so that this does not happen again,"" the National Archives Twitter account wrote.",left
8156,National Archives Apologizes After Blurring Anti-Trump Photo,"[""Women'S March"", 'Donald Trump', 'National Archives', 'History', 'Apology', 'Museum', ""Women'S Issues"", 'General News']",The Erasure of Political History at the National Archives,The New Yorker,"Last month, a photographer named Ellen Shub died, near Boston, at the age of seventy-three. I had got to know Shub in the nineteen-eighties, when I worked for gay and lesbian publications. At that time, she was already well known as a chronicler of social protest—a role that she continued to perform up until she unexpectedly fell ill, just weeks before she died. Many of her pictures were compositionally similar—frontal, focussed on one person and one sign. In 1975, she took a picture of a woman holding a placard that...",left
8157,Harley Davidson to Move Production Overseas Due to Tariffs,['Trade'],Harley-Davidson is a loser in Trump’s trade war,Vox,Harley-Davidson is shifting production of its European-bound motorcycles overseas because of tariffs.,left
8158,Harley Davidson to Move Production Overseas Due to Tariffs,['Trade'],Trump Calls out Harley-Davidson for Moving Production Overseas Due to Tariffs,The Daily Caller,President Donald Trump called out Harley-Davidson for moving some of its production overseas due to tariffs placed on the U.S. by European countries.,right
8159,Harley Davidson to Move Production Overseas Due to Tariffs,['Trade'],EU tariffs force Harley-Davidson to shift some production overseas,Chicago Tribune,"Production of Harley-Davidson motorcycles sold in Europe will move from U.S. factories to facilities overseas, the Milwaukee-based company announced Monday, a consequence of the retaliatory tariffs the EU is imposing on American exports in an escalating trade war with the Trump administration.",center
8160,Robert Mueller Testifies That He Did Not Clear Trump Of Obstruction Of Justice,"['Robert Mueller', 'Donald Trump', 'Obstruction Of Justice', 'US Congress', 'Hearing', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Read Robert Mueller’s opening statement,Vox,"Former special counsel Robert Mueller opened his hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday by noting it was unusual that he was testifying at all — and trying to head off lawmakers from asking questions he won’t be able to answer.
“It is unusual for a prosecutor to testify about a criminal investigation, and given my role as a prosecutor, there are reasons why my testimony will necessarily be limited,” he said.
Mueller is set to appear before two congressional committees on Wednesday to discuss the results of his...",left
8161,Robert Mueller Testifies That He Did Not Clear Trump Of Obstruction Of Justice,"['Robert Mueller', 'Donald Trump', 'Obstruction Of Justice', 'US Congress', 'Hearing', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","In dramatic testimony, Mueller says he did not exonerate Trump",Reuters,"Former U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday defended the integrity of his Russia investigation during a dramatic congressional hearing and reiterated that he had not cleared President Donald Trump of obstruction of justice or, as the president has said, totally exonerated Trump.
Mueller appeared for eagerly anticipated testimony at the first of two back-to-back congressional hearings that carry high stakes for President Donald Trump and Democrats who are split between impeaching him or moving on to the 2020 election.
The former FBI director, who spent 22 months investigating Russian...",center
8162,Robert Mueller Testifies That He Did Not Clear Trump Of Obstruction Of Justice,"['Robert Mueller', 'Donald Trump', 'Obstruction Of Justice', 'US Congress', 'Hearing', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Mueller testifies no Russia conspiracy found, but Trump not exonerated on obstruction",Fox News (Online News),"Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday affirmed his finding of no criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russians during the 2016 election -- but said his report did not exonerate the president on obstruction either.
He also said he won't discuss the origins of the FBI's investigation into the president as he made his highly anticipated appearance before a congressional committee to discuss his investigation into President Trump, his associates and Russia.
“The investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired with the Russian...",right
8163,"Congress Averts Government Shutdown, Nears COVID-19 Relief Deal","['US Congress', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Government Shutdown', 'Politics']",Congress votes to avert government shutdown for now as Covid relief talks drag on,CNN (Online News),"Congressional leaders on Friday failed to secure a long-awaited deal on a $900 billion pandemic relief package but managed to narrowly avoid a government shutdown -- for now.
The House and Senate passed a two-day extension of government funding to keep agencies operating until Sunday night. The stop-gap bill now goes to President Donald Trump for his signature.
The move ratcheted up pressure on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to finalize a stimulus agreement that they have said for days they are on the cusp...",left
8164,"Congress Averts Government Shutdown, Nears COVID-19 Relief Deal","['US Congress', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Government Shutdown', 'Politics']",Congress passes bill to avert shutdown as coronavirus talks drag into weekend,The Hill,"Congress passed a days-long stopgap bill on Friday, hours before the government was scheduled to shut down, as negotiations over another coronavirus stimulus bill stretched into the weekend.
The legislation, which passed the Senate in a voice vote, extends the government funding deadline from Dec. 18 to the end of Dec. 20, giving negotiators more time to finish a sweeping deal to provide year-end coronavirus relief and fund the government through Oct. 1.
The House already passed the two-day continuing resolution (CR), meaning it now goes to President Trump’s desk....",center
8165,"Congress Averts Government Shutdown, Nears COVID-19 Relief Deal","['US Congress', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Government Shutdown', 'Politics']",Senate clears measure to keep government funded past midnight deadline,Washington Examiner,"The Senate Friday passed a measure to keep the government funded until Sunday at midnight, clearing the measure for President Trump's signature.
The legislation will provide Republican and Democratic leaders additional time to hammer out final differences in a coronavirus aid package they plan to bundle with 2021 government spending legislation.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, withdrew his objection to the bill after warning he would not agree to a final government funding bill until it is paired with the coronavirus bill.
""Let us get this package passed,"" Sanders...",right
8166,Obama on Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Gun-Control Advocates Should Listen More, Obama Says",NPR (Online News),"""I have a profound respect for the traditions of hunting that trace back in this country for generations,"" Obama told The New Republic in an interview published Sunday. ""And I think those who dismiss that out of hand make a big mistake.""",left
8167,Obama on Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Gun Control Advocates Need to Listen to Gun Owners, Obama Says",New York Times (News),"In an interview released Sunday morning, Mr. Obama acknowledged that getting his package of gun proposals through Congress could be tough, and he expressed empathy for the strong sentiments of gun owners. Like Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who has mentioned that he owns two shotguns, Mr. Obama tried to associate himself with those who enjoy firing guns.",left
8168,Obama on Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Obama suggests Republicans unwilling to compromise in gun control debate,Fox News (Online News),"“The House Republican majority is made up mostly of members who are in sharply gerrymandered districts that are very safely Republican and may not feel compelled to pay attention to broad-based public opinion, because what they're really concerned about is the opinions of their specific Republican constituencies,” the president said in an interview with The New Republic.",right
8169,"8 Dead in Atlanta Shootings, Suspect Claims ‘Sexual Addiction’ as Motive","['Violence In America', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Race And Racism', 'Asian Americans', 'Georgia', 'Atlanta', 'Atlanta Spa Shootings']",What we know about the Atlanta shootings that left 8 dead at Asian businesses,Vox,"Eight people were killed in shootings at three businesses in the Atlanta area on Tuesday. Six of the eight victims were Asian women, authorities say.
The attacks began at around 5 pm Tuesday afternoon. Atlanta police officers first responded to a crime scene at Young’s Asian Massage, where four people were killed, in Cherokee County, just north of Atlanta. The victims were Delaina Ashley Yuan, Paul Andre Michels, Xiaojie Yan, and Daoyou Feng. A fifth person, Elcias R. Hernandez-Ortiz, sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
About 45 minutes later, four more people were...",left
8170,"8 Dead in Atlanta Shootings, Suspect Claims ‘Sexual Addiction’ as Motive","['Violence In America', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Race And Racism', 'Asian Americans', 'Georgia', 'Atlanta', 'Atlanta Spa Shootings']",Police investigate suspect’s motive in Atlanta-area killings,Associated Press,"A white gunman accused of killing eight people, most of them of Asian descent, at three Atlanta-area massage parlors claimed to have a “sex addiction” and apparently lashed out at what he saw as sources of temptation, officials said Wednesday.
The bloodshed immediately raised fears of another hate crime against Asian Americans. But Robert Aaron Long, 21, told police the attack was not racially motivated, and police said it appeared it may not have been. Six of the victims were identified as Asian and seven were women.
The attack was...",left
8171,"8 Dead in Atlanta Shootings, Suspect Claims ‘Sexual Addiction’ as Motive","['Violence In America', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Race And Racism', 'Asian Americans', 'Georgia', 'Atlanta', 'Atlanta Spa Shootings']","Georgia Mass Shooting Kills 8, Media Races To Speculate On Motive",The Daily Wire,"A series of shootings at Atlanta-area massage parlors left eight dead Tuesday night and, after an extended manhunt, police have arrested a 21-year-old man who is believed to have confessed to the crimes.
“The attacks began around 5 p.m. when five people were shot at Youngs Asian Massage Parlor in a strip mall near a rural area in Acworth, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Atlanta, Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Capt. Jay Baker said. Two people died at the scene and three were transported to a hospital where...",right
8172,Mass Shooting in Las Vegas,['Violence In America'],"At Least 50 Dead, Hundreds Wounded In Shooting At Las Vegas Country Music Festival",HuffPost,It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.,left
8173,Mass Shooting in Las Vegas,['Violence In America'],"At least 50 dead, more than 400 hurt in Las Vegas concert attack",Reuters,"At least 50 people died and more than 400 more hurt when a 64-year-old gunman with an arsenal of at least 10 rifles fired on a Las Vegas country music festival on Sunday, raining down bullets from a 32nd-floor window for minutes before killing himself.",center
8174,Mass Shooting in Las Vegas,['Violence In America'],"Death Toll Soars: 50+ Killed, 400+ Wounded in Las Vegas Shooting",CBN,"What started as a country music concert turned into a bloody massacre overnight, and it's now being called the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.",right
8175,Hong Kong: Protesters Clash With Police at Airport,"['World', 'International', 'China', 'Hong Kong', 'Democracy', 'Protests']",BREAKING: Riot Police Clash With Hong Kong Protestors As Airport Protest Tensions Rise,Townhall,"The Hong Kong police have clashed with protesters in the city-state's airport on Tuesday evening as demonstrators continue to occupy the international travel hub for the fifth day straight since Friday, in a sit-in that has canceled hundreds of flights in the last two days.
According to Skynews, which has a film-crew on the ground providing a live-feed, the police claimed their officers arrived at the airport not to disperse protesters, but to rescue people that were captured by the protesters. But Skynews said that those allegedly captured individuals may...",right
8176,Hong Kong: Protesters Clash With Police at Airport,"['World', 'International', 'China', 'Hong Kong', 'Democracy', 'Protests']",Clashes at Hong Kong airport after flights halted,Reuters,"HONG KONG (Reuters) - Police and protesters clashed at Hong Kong’s international airport on Tuesday evening after flights were disrupted for a second day and the political crisis in the former British colony deepened.
In Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump said the Chinese government was moving troops to the border with Hong Kong and he urged calm.
In a second day of unrest at the airport, thousands of black-clad protesters jammed the terminal, chanting, singing and waving banners.",center
8177,Hong Kong: Protesters Clash With Police at Airport,"['World', 'International', 'China', 'Hong Kong', 'Democracy', 'Protests']",Hong Kong protesters clash with police at airport riot,NBC News (Online),"HONG KONG — Protesters clashed with police in riot gear and armed with pepper spray in Hong Kong's main airport terminal on Tuesday, leaving at least one person injured.
Video showed officers attempting to clear out the crowd at Hong Kong International Airport as the protesters chanted. Not long after the intense altercation began, most of the protesters had left the airport and police had pulled back.
Several demonstrators were arrested during the violent confrontation. The Hong Police Force said in a tweet that at least one person was injured...",left
8178,Split Decision,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",It's Going to Stay Messy,CNN (Online News),Bernie Sanders won more delegates than Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night -- but not enough to slow Clinton's march to the Democratic presidential nomination.,left
8179,Split Decision,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Can't Shake the Bern,Fox News (Online News),Bernie Sanders just won't go away -- and that's a growing problem for Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party as the front-runner once again failed Tuesday to score the decisive victory needed to put the Vermont senator in her rear-view mirror and turn her full attention to Donald Trump.,right
8180,Split Decision,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why Democrats Haven't Unified Yet,Time Magazine,"Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton split the primaries in Oregon and Kentucky Tuesday, as Clinton avoided going weeks without a victory. But as Clinton is set to secure the Democratic nomination on June 7, the rift in the party is deeper than ever.",left
8181,Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Cheerleader in Student Free Speech Case,"['Free Speech', 'Supreme Court', 'Schools', 'Education', 'Pennsylvania', 'Justice Breyer']",Supreme Court gives cheerleader victory in school free speech case,NBC News (Online),"The nation's public schools have no general power to punish students for what they say off campus, the Supreme Court said Wednesday.
The 8-1 ruling broadened First Amendment protections in an era when school children are in nearly constant contact with one another through social media and text messages. The decision did not protect all off-campus expression, but the court suggested that the exceptions, to be worked out in future cases, would be limited.
""The leeway the First Amendment grants to schools,"" in light of the special characteristics of off-campus expression, ""is...",left
8182,Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Cheerleader in Student Free Speech Case,"['Free Speech', 'Supreme Court', 'Schools', 'Education', 'Pennsylvania', 'Justice Breyer']",Supreme Court Rules for High-School Cheerleader Brandi Levy in Free-Speech Case Over Snapchat Post,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Supreme Court extended its protection of student speech to social media on Wednesday, by an 8-1 ruling that a Pennsylvania school district overstepped its authority by punishing a high-school cheerleader who used a vulgar word on Snapchat when she didn’t make the varsity cheerleading team.
The case stems from a May 2017 Snapchat post that Brandi Levy, then a high-school sophomore in Mahanoy City, Pa., sent to some 250 followers after failing to make the varsity cheerleading squad.
“F— school f— softball f— cheer f— everything,” the 14-year-old, frustrated at the...",center
8183,Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Cheerleader in Student Free Speech Case,"['Free Speech', 'Supreme Court', 'Schools', 'Education', 'Pennsylvania', 'Justice Breyer']",Supreme Court rules school wrong to punish cheerleader for profane Snapchat rant in 8-1 free speech decision,Fox News (Online News),"The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 8-1 that a Pennsylvania high school was in the wrong when it kicked a cheerleader off of her team for a profane Snapchat post that she made off of school grounds.
Student speech advocates will likely claim the ruling as a victory, although it was very narrow. The court ruled that while schools do maintain some interest in regulating students' off-campus speech, the factors in the case of the cheerleader, Brandi Levy, weighed against the school's actions. 
""[T]he school argues that it was trying to prevent disruption, if not within...",right
8184,"Walmart Ends Handgun Sales, Plans to Discontinue Certain Ammo","['Guns', 'Alaska', 'Walmart', 'Gun Sales', 'Corporations', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",‘The status quo is unacceptable’: Walmart will stop selling some ammunition and exit the handgun market,Washington Post,"Walmart will stop selling handguns and certain types of ammunition, and will no longer allow customers to openly carry firearms, after separate shootings at company stores last month left at least 24 people dead.
“It’s clear to us that the status quo is unacceptable,” chief executive Doug McMillon said in a memo to employees on Tuesday. “We know these decisions will inconvenience some of our customers, and we hope they will understand.""
The world’s largest retailer says it will stop selling ammunition for handguns and short-barrel rifles — including .223...",left
8185,"Walmart Ends Handgun Sales, Plans to Discontinue Certain Ammo","['Guns', 'Alaska', 'Walmart', 'Gun Sales', 'Corporations', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']","Walmart to stop Alaska handgun sales, end sales of short-barrel rifle and handgun ammo nationwide",Fox News (Online News),"Walmart is set to end sales of handguns in Alaska and will discontinue the sale of short-barrel rifle and handgun ammunition in stores nationwide, the super chain's president and CEO announced Tuesday afternoon.
The store said it will gear its focus toward long barrel deer rifles and shotguns, supply much of the ammunition they require and provide hunting and sporting accessories and apparel, Doug McMillon wrote in a memo.
""We have a long heritage as a company of serving responsible hunters and sportsmen and women, and we're going to continue...",right
8186,"Walmart Ends Handgun Sales, Plans to Discontinue Certain Ammo","['Guns', 'Alaska', 'Walmart', 'Gun Sales', 'Corporations', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']","Read the full memo from Walmart’s CEO about pulling back on gun sales, asking the government to act",CNBC,"Walmart on Tuesday announced major changes to its stance on ammunition sales, following two deadly and “horrific” shootings at Walmart stores over the summer.
The retailer is calling on the government to do more in the wake of a larger wave of mass shootings across the country, including one as recently as this weekend in Odessa, Texas.
Walmart is also asking customers at Walmart and Sam’s Club to no longer openly carry firearms in stores, in states where “open carry” is allowed, unless authorized law enforcement officers are present.
At...",center
8187,Outsourcing,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama Stimulus Program Sent Jobs Abroad, GOP Says",Wall Street Journal (News),"Republicans opened a counteroffensive against Democratic claims that Mitt Romney outsourced jobs, highlighting how President Barack Obama's economic-stimulus program ended up sending some U.S. taxpayer money to foreign firms and workers.",center
8188,Outsourcing,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama and Romney Trade Shots, a Few Possibly Accurate, on Outsourcing",New York Times (News),"Deep questions remain about the fundamental truth of each candidates arguments that the other accelerated an exodus of jobs, even as both campaigns kept pressing.",left
8189,Outsourcing,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama, Romney ratchet up back and forth over outsourcing",CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama, who took his renewed pitch to cut taxes for the middle class to Iowa Tuesday, and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney ratcheted up the tense back and forth over outsourcing work overseas in an appeal to those hit hardest by the economic downturn.",left
8190,Biden Reverses Trump-Era Transgender Military Ban,"['LGBT Rights', 'US Military', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Executive Orders', 'Transgender', 'Trans Rights']",Biden reverses Trump's transgender military ban,NBC News (Online),"President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order repealing the ban on transgender people serving openly in the military, a ban that former President Donald Trump had put in effect, the White House said.
In a statement, the White House said Biden's order ""sets the policy that all Americans who are qualified to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States should be able to serve.""",left
8191,Biden Reverses Trump-Era Transgender Military Ban,"['LGBT Rights', 'US Military', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Executive Orders', 'Transgender', 'Trans Rights']",Biden ends Trump ban on transgender service members,Military Times,"Less than two years after then-President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender service members went into effect, President Joe Biden has reversed it.
An executive order signed Monday requires both the Pentagon and the Homeland Security Department, which oversees the Coast Guard, to remove gender identity as a bar to service.
“The all-volunteer force thrives when it is composed of diverse Americans who can meet the rigorous standards for military service, and an inclusive military strengthens our national security,” according to a release from the White House.",center
8192,Biden Reverses Trump-Era Transgender Military Ban,"['LGBT Rights', 'US Military', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Executive Orders', 'Transgender', 'Trans Rights']",Biden Ends Partial Ban on Transgender Soldiers in U.S. Military,National Review,"President Biden signed an executive order on Monday to lift restrictions on transgender Americans who wish to serve in the U.S. military.
Biden’s order allows all transgender soldiers to serve openly and to receive gender reassignment surgery under the military’s health plans.",right
8193,Cory Booker Unveils Gun Control Plan,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Cory Booker', 'Election: Presidential']","Cory Booker unveils ""bold"" plan to curb gun violence",CBS News (Online),"Democratic presidential candidate and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker introduced a sweeping gun violence prevention plan. If elected, the campaign announced Monday that on day one of his presidency, Booker will use executive action to close gun sales loopholes and to make investments in communities affected by gun violence.
The plan, which is the most extensive gun violence prevention proposal put forth by a presidential candidate to date, prioritizes a gun licensing program whereby gun owners would be required to obtain a gun permit and pass an FBI background check....",left
8194,Cory Booker Unveils Gun Control Plan,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Cory Booker', 'Election: Presidential']",Cory Booker: Americans should be 'thrown in jail' if they won't give up their guns,Washington Examiner,"Cory Booker said he backs legislation that would get Americans “thrown in jail” for owning ""assault weapons"" if they do not hand them over in a buyback program in which they would be sold to the government.
Booker, a senator for New Jersey and 2020 presidential hopeful, said that incarceration would be an option after a “reasonable period"" following the buyback offer.
“Again, we should have a law that bans these weapons, and we should have a reasonable period in which people can turn in these weapons. Right now we...",right
8195,Cory Booker Unveils Gun Control Plan,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Cory Booker', 'Election: Presidential']",Sen. Cory Booker Rolls Out Gun-Control Proposal,Wall Street Journal (News),"Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker is proposing an aggressive approach to curb the flow of guns in the U.S., including strict new federal requirements for firearm ownership.
The New Jersey senator on Monday called for prospective gun owners to submit to the Federal Bureau of Investigation documentation showing they completed a gun-safety course to obtain a federal gun license, which would be required to purchase a firearm under his proposal. Like other Democrats, he is also calling for a federal background check on virtually all sales; currently, the checks aren’t...",center
8196,Perspectives: Dr. Seuss Enterprises Ends Publication of Six Books Over Racial Stereotypes,"['Culture', 'Dr. Seuss', 'Race And Racism', 'Cancel Culture', 'Business', 'Books']",Dr. Seuss Gets Blindsided by a Moral Minority,Kyle Smith,"If, in 1987, the editorial boards of the major newspapers learned that a fanatical cult of angry moral scolds, representing a small sliver of the population, was successfully campaigning to remove books from the public eye with the not-so-subtle encouragement of the president and his political allies, they would have been outraged. In fact, liberal pundits were outraged — by far-less disturbing developments than these — and in the Nineties, they were re-enraged by suggestions that even the most deliberately offensive art should not enjoy a public subsidy, nor scarce...",right
8197,Perspectives: Dr. Seuss Enterprises Ends Publication of Six Books Over Racial Stereotypes,"['Culture', 'Dr. Seuss', 'Race And Racism', 'Cancel Culture', 'Business', 'Books']",Dr. Seuss silenced – sobering lessons as cancel culture strikes beloved author,Guest Writer - Right,"Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known in households across America as Dr. Seuss, just became the latest cancel culture casualty.
If you have kids chances are you have probably found yourself on more than one occasion dressing them up as a character from their favorite Dr. Seuss book and sending them to school to celebrate his birthday.
Dr. Seuss’ birthday coincides with Read Across America Day, which was by design when it was founded by the National Education Association more than 20 years ago.",right
8198,Perspectives: Dr. Seuss Enterprises Ends Publication of Six Books Over Racial Stereotypes,"['Culture', 'Dr. Seuss', 'Race And Racism', 'Cancel Culture', 'Business', 'Books']",Why Fox News is having a day-long meltdown over Dr. Seuss,Vox,"Conservative media turned 2021’s National Read Across America Day into an epic culture war meltdown.
On Tuesday morning and into the afternoon, programming on Fox News and Fox Business ceaselessly harped upon the purported “cancellation” of legendary children’s author Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, as the latest example of woke liberalism run amok — conveniently ignoring the fact that Dr. Seuss has not, in fact, been canceled.
“The cancel culture is canceling Dr. Seuss,” lamented Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade, adding later, “It’s out of control.”
“People...",left
8199,How Will Inflation Impact Politics Ahead of the 2022 Elections?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Economic Policy', 'Business', 'Labor', 'Unemployment', 'GDP', 'Recession', 'Politics', '2022 Elections']",Inflation is crushing Joe Biden and Democrats,Chris Cillizza,"The Consumer Price Index -- a measure of inflation in the economy -- hit a four-decade high in March, a brutal reminder for Democrats of the political headwinds facing them as they seek to keep their majorities in the House and Senate this fall.
Prices rose 8.5% from March 2021 to March 2022, while they increased 1.2% from February to March. Half of the increase in the CPI was due to rising gas prices in March.
The Biden administration had been expecting a bad CPI number. ""We expect March CPI...",left
8200,How Will Inflation Impact Politics Ahead of the 2022 Elections?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Economic Policy', 'Business', 'Labor', 'Unemployment', 'GDP', 'Recession', 'Politics', '2022 Elections']",Inflation is About to Come Down — but Don’t Get Too Excited,Paul Krugman,"The inflation report for March came in hot, as expected: Consumer prices are up 8.5 percent over the past year. But more than two years into the pandemic, we’re still living on Covid time, where things can change very fast — so fast that official data, even about the recent past, can give a misleading picture of what’s happening now.
In this case, the Consumer Price Index — which roughly speaking measures average prices over the month — probably missed a downward turn that began in late March and is accelerating as you read...",left
8201,How Will Inflation Impact Politics Ahead of the 2022 Elections?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Economic Policy', 'Business', 'Labor', 'Unemployment', 'GDP', 'Recession', 'Politics', '2022 Elections']",Democrats' Bidenflation disaster,Byron York,"You've seen the news — the government says inflation rose 8.5% in March compared to last year. That is up from the annual inflation rate last month, which was 7.9%. Both are the worst since 1981.
There are a lot of stories behind the big number. Inflation is up in every area of the economy. But the worst news concerns some very fundamental human activities: eating, finding warmth and shelter, and moving around. Look deep into the website at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and you'll see how bad inflation is in those...",right
8202,Brett Kavanaugh Nominated to Supreme Court,['Supreme Court'],Kavanaugh nod touches off Supreme Court confirmation battle; Dems warn of 'deaths of countless women',Fox News (Online News),"President Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to replace retiring Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy has set the stage for a bruising confirmation battle, as Senate Democrats and liberal groups vowed to resist what could be a dramatic and long-lasting rightward shift on the Supreme Court.",right
8203,Brett Kavanaugh Nominated to Supreme Court,['Supreme Court'],Brett Kavanaugh: Supreme Court nominee straight out of central casting,USA TODAY,"On paper, Brett Michael Kavanaugh may be the most qualified Supreme Court nominee in generations.",left
8204,Brett Kavanaugh Nominated to Supreme Court,['Supreme Court'],Where Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh stands on key issues,CNN (Online News),President Donald Trump announced on Monday his decision to nominate Brett Kavanaugh to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Anthony Kennedy's decision to retire.,left
8205,Another Night of Protests,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",More anti-Trump action planned after second night of protests across US,The Guardian,"Tens of thousands of Americans are planning further protests and acts of dissent against the election of Donald Trump, after a second night of action in cities across the US that followed a wave of demonstrations on Wednesday in which dozens were arrested.",left
8206,Another Night of Protests,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Behind anti-Trump protests, worries that America's promise has dimmed",Christian Science Monitor,"For many Americans who have long felt threatened, the election of Donald Trump raises deep-seated fears that they could again become targets of hatred and prejudice.",center
8207,Another Night of Protests,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","'Professional protesters' riot over Trump's election, attacking bystanders and vandalizing cars, property",Fox News (Online News),"Police in Portland, Ore. declared that a once peaceful protest was a riot after demonstrators were seen attacking drivers and committing acts of vandalism during their march against Donald Trump’s election Thursday night.",right
8208,Trump Offers Dreamers a Path to Citizenship,['Immigration'],"Trump offers 'Dreamers' a path to citizenship, wants other immigration curbs",Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump is offering a path to citizenship for up to 1.8 million young illegal immigrants but insists on measures that would curb some legal immigration programs and provide a border wall with Mexico, senior White House officials said on Thursday.",center
8209,Trump Offers Dreamers a Path to Citizenship,['Immigration'],Trump immigration proposal could provide path to citizenship for 1.8 million in US illegally,Fox News (Online News),"The White House Thursday released an immigration plan that would offer a path to citizenship for approximately 1.8 million of the so-called ""Dreamers,"" along with a $25 billion investment in border security -- including for President Trump's long-promised wall.",right
8210,Trump Offers Dreamers a Path to Citizenship,['Immigration'],Trump Immigration Plan Demands Tough Concessions From Democrats,New York Times (News),"President Trump proposed legislation on Thursday that would provide a path to citizenship for as many as 1.8 million young undocumented immigrants in exchange for an end to decades of family-based migration policies, a costly border wall and a vast crackdown on other immigrants living in the country illegally.",left
8211,Countdown to Democrat Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Democrats see a more substantive, if sleepy, debate than rowdy GOP show",Washington Post,"The Republican presidential debates have become appointment television. Tens of millions of Americans have tuned in to watch Donald Trump whack his unwieldy field of opponents — pooh-poohing Jeb Bush’s energy level, for example, or disparaging Rand Paul’s appearance.",left
8212,Countdown to Democrat Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton, Sanders to Face Off in 1st Democrat Debate",CBN,"The Democratic presidential candidates are holding their first debate Tuesday night in Las Vegas. It marks the first time frontrunner Hillary Clinton and her main challenger so far – socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. – will appear on the same stage in this campaign, along with the other three candidates.",right
8213,Countdown to Democrat Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders finally face off,CNN (Online News),The shadow boxing that Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have played at for months -- they've barely mentioned each other on the campaign trail -- will give way to more direct jabs Tuesday night.,left
8214,The House Debates Impeachment,"['Impeachment', 'Impeachment Vote', 'Obstruction Of Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Politics']",House begins historic day of debate expected to end with Trump’s impeachment,Washington Post,"The House has begun a historic day of debate that is expected to end with votes to impeach President Trump for his conduct toward Ukraine, making him only the third president in U.S. history to receive that sanction.
Based on public announcements, Democrats have enough votes to approve articles of impeachment against Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Wednesday’s action will lead to a trial in the Republican-led Senate, where a two-thirds vote would be required to remove the president from office.
At the heart of the...",left
8215,The House Debates Impeachment,"['Impeachment', 'Impeachment Vote', 'Obstruction Of Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Politics']",Democrats set to take historic step of impeaching Trump,The Hill,"House Democrats are poised to take the historic step of impeaching President Trump on Wednesday, marking what will be the most partisan vote to remove a sitting president since the country's founding.
The highly divisive vote — packed into the very last week of the legislative year — is sure to exacerbate tensions in Washington and around the country heading into a crucial election year, when echoes of impeachment could play an outsize role up and down the ballot.
The Democrats’ decision to bring impeachment to the floor caps months...",center
8216,The House Debates Impeachment,"['Impeachment', 'Impeachment Vote', 'Obstruction Of Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Politics']",House set for historic and partisan vote to impeach Trump,Washington Examiner,"The House on Wednesday is set to impeach President Trump along strictly partisan lines, setting up a January Senate trial that has already provoked a battle between Democrats and Republicans that will consume Congress in the new year.
In defiance of indifferent and sagging poll numbers for impeachment, House Democrats are poised to approve two articles of impeachment accusing Trump of abusing power and obstructing Congress.
The looming vote would make Trump the third president in history to be impeached by the House. He’ll join President Bill Clinton, who was...",right
8217,Breaking Down Legal Questions on Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan,"['Joe Biden', 'Student Loan Forgiveness', 'Student Loan Debt', 'Legal Precedent', 'Heroes Act']",Is Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan legal?,PolitiFact,"President Joe Biden has made a long-awaited decision on how to handle student debt. On Aug. 24 Biden announced that his administration will waive student loan debt for qualifying Americans — $10,000 for individuals earning less than $125,000, plus an additional $10,000 for those who had received Pell Grants, which support tuition for lower-income students.
But can Biden make his plan stick? 
On that question, the jury is out.
Legal experts say the Biden administration’s legal rationale for waiving student debt may not hold up in court. But it’s unclear...",left
8218,Breaking Down Legal Questions on Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan,"['Joe Biden', 'Student Loan Forgiveness', 'Student Loan Debt', 'Legal Precedent', 'Heroes Act']",Biden's student loan bailout boondoggle is on shaky legal footing,Fox News (Opinion),"The Biden administration’s decision to transfer the debt of college graduates onto working Americans – euphemistically called loan ""forgiveness"" – brings with it a host of policy and legal questions.
The move has a staggering price tag: at least $570 billion. And that’s not including the continued ""pause"" on repayments in place through the end of the year, costing taxpayers $5 billion each month. The cost is exceeded only by the unfairness of the action, which punishes the millions of Americans who dutifully paid off their student loans or avoided...",right
8219,Breaking Down Legal Questions on Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan,"['Joe Biden', 'Student Loan Forgiveness', 'Student Loan Debt', 'Legal Precedent', 'Heroes Act']",White House faces legal questions with student loan forgiveness plan,The Hill,"The White House has stepped into tricky legal territory with a plan to erase $10,000 in federal student loan debt for millions of borrowers. 
The plan is expected to face legal challenges, which would cause uncertainty for borrowers who stand to benefit from the new policy. 
At the same time, there are also expected to be challenges for those planning to sue the administration over the plan.
Demonstrating standing in the case in particular is seen as a hurdle, leading some to doubt a future challenge will be successful.
The...",center
8220,"States Consider Ballot Measures on Abortion, Marijuana, and Other Key Issues","['2022 Elections', 'Ballot Initiatives', 'Abortion', 'Marijuana Legalization', 'State Governments', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Politics', 'Elections', 'Minimum Wage', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Taxes', 'Race And Racism']",Five ballot measures to watch on Tuesday,The Hill,"In addition to who represents them in Congress and in state legislatures, voters on Tuesday will weigh in directly on issues including abortion, marijuana and vaping.
Here are the measures we’re watching on Tuesday:
Abortion
Five states will have abortion on the ballot Tuesday, the most abortion-related ballot initiatives ever to take place in a single year. The referendums come more than four months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion that had been in place for nearly 50 years and kicking...",center
8221,"States Consider Ballot Measures on Abortion, Marijuana, and Other Key Issues","['2022 Elections', 'Ballot Initiatives', 'Abortion', 'Marijuana Legalization', 'State Governments', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Politics', 'Elections', 'Minimum Wage', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Taxes', 'Race And Racism']",EXPLAINER: Which states put marijuana on the ballot in 2022?,Associated Press,"Recreational marijuana could be legal in half the country if the handful of states with cannabis measures on ballots this November pass them.
Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota have measures on their ballots this fall for voters to consider legalizing recreational marijuana. They would join 19 states and the District of Columbia with recreational cannabis.
A decade since Colorado and Washington approved recreational cannabis, prohibitions have fallen across the country: in big, populous states like California and New York and smaller rural ones like Maine and Vermont. States in...",left
8222,"States Consider Ballot Measures on Abortion, Marijuana, and Other Key Issues","['2022 Elections', 'Ballot Initiatives', 'Abortion', 'Marijuana Legalization', 'State Governments', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Politics', 'Elections', 'Minimum Wage', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Taxes', 'Race And Racism']",The five states that will have abortion measures on the ballot in November,Washington Examiner,"Voters in California, Michigan, Vermont, Kentucky, and Montana will weigh in on ballot measures this November deciding on the future of abortion access in their states.
All six states have proposed ballot initiatives that will either codify or restrict abortion rights, an increasingly galvanizing issue following the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade in June, eliminating the federal right to the procedure.",right
8223,How Ballot Measures on Key Issues Fared Nationwide in the 2022 Elections,"['2022 Elections', 'Abortion', 'Slavery', 'Marijuana Legalization', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Immigration', 'Justice', 'Gambling', 'Taxes', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']","Pot Prohibition Continues Collapsing, and Psychedelic Bans Could Be Next",Reason,"Voters on Tuesday approved the legalization of recreational marijuana in Maryland and Missouri while rejecting similar measures in Arkansas, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Meanwhile, voters in five Texas cities passed ballot measures that bar local police from issuing citations or making arrests for low-level marijuana possession. But the most striking election result for drug policy reformers looking beyond the ongoing collapse of marijuana prohibition happened in Colorado, where a broad psychedelic decriminalization measure is winning by two points with 80 percent of votes counted.
Prior to yesterday's elections, 37 states had approved marijuana for medical purposes, and 19 of them also had legalized recreational use. The...",right
8224,How Ballot Measures on Key Issues Fared Nationwide in the 2022 Elections,"['2022 Elections', 'Abortion', 'Slavery', 'Marijuana Legalization', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Immigration', 'Justice', 'Gambling', 'Taxes', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']","Slavery rejected in some, not all, states where on ballot",Associated Press,"Voters in four states have approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime, while those in a fifth state rejected a flawed version on the question.
The measures approved Tuesday could curtail the use of prison labor in Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont.
In Louisiana, a former slave-holding state and one of a handful that sentences convicted felons to hard labor, lawmakers trying to get rid of forced prisoner labor ended up torpedoing their own measure. They told voters to...",left
8225,How Ballot Measures on Key Issues Fared Nationwide in the 2022 Elections,"['2022 Elections', 'Abortion', 'Slavery', 'Marijuana Legalization', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Immigration', 'Justice', 'Gambling', 'Taxes', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Voters support abortion rights in all five states with ballot measures,The Hill,"Voters in California, Vermont and Michigan on Tuesday approved ballot measures enshrining abortion rights into their state constitutions, while those in the traditionally red states of Montana and Kentucky rejected measures that would have restricted access to reproductive care.
The votes signal support for abortion rights after the Supreme Court in June overturned the landmark 1973 case Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to the procedure.
In August, Kansas voters also rejected a ballot measure that would have given the state legislature the authority to restrict abortion access through a state...",center
8226,"Former Congressman TJ Cox Indicted on 28 Counts of Fraud, Money Laundering","['Politics', 'Fraud', 'Money Laundering', 'TJ Cox']","Ex-Democratic Congressman TJ Cox Indicted for Campaign Contribution Fraud, Other Financial Crimes",National Review,"TJ Cox, who represented California’s 21st congressional district as a Democrat from 2019 to 2021, was indicted on 28 different counts of various federal financial crimes on Tuesday.
Cox defeated incumbent Republican David Valadao in the 2018 midterm elections before falling to Valadao in a 2020 rematch. The 59-year-old ex-congressman is accused of “15 counts of wire fraud, 11 counts of money laundering, and one count of financial institution fraud, and one count of campaign contribution fraud,” according to a press release from the Department of Justice.
In that same statement, the...",right
8227,"Former Congressman TJ Cox Indicted on 28 Counts of Fraud, Money Laundering","['Politics', 'Fraud', 'Money Laundering', 'TJ Cox']","Former congressman charged with fraud, money laundering",The Hill,"Former Rep. TJ Cox (D-Calif.) has been indicted on 28 counts related to financial and campaign contribution fraud, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday. 
The one-term congressman is charged with “15 counts of wire fraud, 11 counts of money laundering, one count of financial institution fraud, and one count of campaign contribution fraud,” according to a release from the Justice Department.
Public sheriff’s office records show Cox was arrested by the FBI in his hometown of Fresno, Calif., on Tuesday.
Cox was released from jail later that day after pleading not guilty, he...",center
8228,"Former Congressman TJ Cox Indicted on 28 Counts of Fraud, Money Laundering","['Politics', 'Fraud', 'Money Laundering', 'TJ Cox']",Former US Rep. TJ Cox indicted on federal money laundering and wire fraud charges,CNN (Online News),"Former US Rep. TJ Cox, a Democrat from California, has been indicted on federal money laundering and wire fraud charges related in part to campaign donations, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday.
Cox pleaded not guilty in federal court on Tuesday afternoon, following his arrest hours before at the Fresno County federal courthouse, according to online records from the county Sheriff's Office. He is charged with 15 counts of wire fraud, 11 counts of money laundering, one count of financial institution fraud and one count of campaign contribution fraud, according...",left
8229,Biden Announces Another $800 Million in Military Aid for Ukraine,"['Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Foreign Aid']","Biden sends $800M in additional military aid to Ukraine, bans Russian ships from U.S. ports",Washington Times,"U.S. President Biden said Thursday he is sending another $800 million in military aid to Ukraine to send an “unmistakable message” to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“He will never succeed in dominating and occupying Ukraine. That will not happen,” Mr. Biden said from the White House.
Paraphrasing Theodore Roosevelt, Mr. Biden said the U.S. will “speak softly and carry a large Javelin” in providing weapons to Ukraine, meaning some of the specifics will be kept secret.
It is the eighth drawdown of arms, equipment and supplies from Department of Defense...",right
8230,Biden Announces Another $800 Million in Military Aid for Ukraine,"['Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Foreign Aid']",Biden proposes $500 million in aid for Ukrainian government,The Hill,"The Biden administration is seeking to send Ukraine $500 million to help keep its government services running as the war with Russia stretches into its third month, the Treasury Department announced Thursday.
The administration will ask Congress to approve $500 million to cover the cost of Ukraine’s basic government services, including pensions, salaries and aid programs, the Treasury Department said. The aid package would be in addition to another $800 million in military support proposed by Biden on Thursday, which would also require approval from Congress.
Biden said Thursday the U.S. has almost exhausted the $13.6 billion...",center
8231,Biden Announces Another $800 Million in Military Aid for Ukraine,"['Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Foreign Aid']",Biden announces new $800 million round of military aid to Ukraine,CBS News (Online),"President Biden announced Thursday the U.S. will provide another round of security assistance to Ukraine worth roughly $800 million, as the war with Russia enters in next phrase with Russian forces continuing their large-scale offensive to take control of Ukraine's east.
The equipment will ""further augment Ukraine's ability to fight in the east in the Donbas region,"" the president told reporters. The Defense Department said the package includes 72 155mm howitzers, 144,000 artillery rounds, 72 tactical vehicles to tow the howitzers and 121 unmanned aerial drone systems. 
""We won't always be able...",left
8232,Mid-August Economic Reports,['Economy And Jobs'],Retail sales climb for 1st time in 4 months,CNN (Online News),"NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- U.S. retail sales rose for the first time in four months in July, an encouraging sign that the economy may have started strengthening in the middle of the summer.
Overall retail sales rose 0.8% in the month, according to a Commerce Department report released Tuesday. The increase was well above economists' expectations for growth of 0.2%.",left
8233,Mid-August Economic Reports,['Economy And Jobs'],"Post- Obamacare Ruling, Small Business Optimism Remains in Recession Territory",Fox News (Online News),"In its first index since the Supreme Courts Obamacare ruling in June, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Optimism Index took another dip. The July index fell 0.2 points to 91.2, still holding steady in recession territory.
In its first index since the Supreme Courts Obamacare ruling in June, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Optimism Index took another dip. The July index fell 0.2 points to 91.2, still holding steady in recession territory.
Read more:
http://smallbusiness.foxbusiness.com/entrepreneurs/2012/08/14/post-obama...",right
8234,Mid-August Economic Reports,['Economy And Jobs'],Job Numbers Better Than Expected,Politico,"Job growth in July beat expectations but unemployment ticked upward, the Labor Department reported Friday, handing Mitt Romney and the Obama administration a statistic of choice as they spar over the state of the economy.
The economy added 163,000 jobs in July while unemployment ticked up slightly to 8.3 percent from 8.2 percent, the Labor Department reported on Friday.
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79352.html#ixzz23YxynUfw",left
8235,Trump Catching Up,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama Warns NYC Donors: ‘Weird Stuff Happens,’ Trump Might Win",Breitbart News,"President Barack Obama warns that Donald Trump might beat Hillary Clinton in November, even with her efforts to tag him as a xenophobic bigot who does not represent America.",right
8236,Trump Catching Up,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","SORRY, AMERICA, BUT TRUMP CAN ACTUALLY WIN",Vanity Fair,"A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a mostly facetious article about six events that could occur to flip the polls in favor of Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton, and then I assessed how much each would matter. No single occurrence, apart from the preposterously unlikely event of Barack Obama endorsing Trump, seemed to have a ton of power on its own. Non-silly scenarios included the release of new and questionable Clinton e-mails, a month of passable behavior from Trump, and a serious health setback for Clinton.",left
8237,Trump Catching Up,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why Democrats are anxious,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump's reversal on the ""birther"" controversy is turning attention -- at least for the moment -- from a major shift in the presidential race.
The battle for the White House -- dominated by Hillary Clinton only weeks ago -- is tightening dramatically, a nerve-wracking turn for Democrats that sets up what could be a nail-biter election in 52 days.",left
8238,Implications of Tax Deal,[],Tax hike deal: Obama's first or GOP's last?,Washington Times,President Obama and congressional Republicans have learned sharply different lessons from the deal to avert the “fiscal cliff as they prepare to battle again over the next two months on a series of budget deadlines that carry risks such as crippling defense cuts and a government default.,right
8239,Implications of Tax Deal,[],Was Boehner's Fiscal Cliff End Run Past GOP The New Normal?,NPR (Online News),"By letting the House take up the Senate's fiscal cliff-dodging legislation that raises income tax rates on the wealthiest earners, Speaker John Boehner answered affirmatively a question that had been on many minds: Would he allow an up-or-down floor vote on a bill opposed by most fellow House Republicans?",left
8240,"Split Research, Opinions on Whether Protests Caused Virus Spike","['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Polarization', 'Media Bias', 'Public Health']",Researchers Say Protests Didn't Increase Covid-19 Spread—But Republicans Are Still Blaming Them,Forbes,"Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Giménez, a Republican, is placing some of the blame for the recent coronavirus spike in south Florida on protesters who took to the streets following the death of George Floyd in support of Black Lives Matter, repeating an explanation that is becoming increasingly popular among Republicans, while many in the scientific community remain skeptical.
Giménez said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday that protests “had a lot to do with” causing a renewed coronavirus spike in south Florida.
The area has seen a major rise in...",center
8241,"Split Research, Opinions on Whether Protests Caused Virus Spike","['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Polarization', 'Media Bias', 'Public Health']","Black Lives Matter protests may have slowed overall spread of coronavirus in Denver and other cities, new study finds",The Colorado Sun,"As protests against racism and police violence swept across the country, drawing massive crowds into the streets amid a pandemic, public health officials worried about what the overall impact would be.
Would these protests — which many health leaders said they support — also turn out to be virus super-spreading events?
But a new study by a nationwide research team that includes a University of Colorado Denver professor has found something surprising: The protests may have slowed the overall spread of the coronavirus in cities with large demonstrations, including Denver....",left
8242,"Split Research, Opinions on Whether Protests Caused Virus Spike","['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Polarization', 'Media Bias', 'Public Health']","Anti-police demonstrations may have sparked new coronavirus cases, some cities now acknowledge",Fox News (Online News),"Several big-city mayors and top officials are acknowledging that weeks of anti-police protests and riots may have contributed to surging coronavirus rates, weeks after Democrats and even some epidemiologists openly encouraged Black Lives Matter allies to demonstrate in the streets.
In public statements and interviews with Fox News this weekend, officials in Los Angeles, Seattle and Miami-Dade County, Fla., have indicated that some link between protests and new cases was at least possible. Still, many officials declined to comment when contacted by Fox News this weekend, and others – including...",right
8243,"CDC Report Says Double Masking, Knotting and Tucking Reduce Coronavirus Spread","['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Masks', 'Anthony Fauci', 'CDC', 'N95 Masks']",CDC report: Double-masking can block more than 90 percent of viral particles,NBC News (Online),"Double-masking — specifically, wearing a surgical mask underneath a cloth mask — may provide an extremely high level of protection against the viral particles that cause Covid-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday.
A year into the pandemic, the report is the first from the CDC that breaks down how well certain mask-wearing techniques work to protect wearers and those around them.
""We know that masks work,"" said Dr. John Brooks, a medical epidemiologist at the CDC and co-author of the new report. ""This is about how...",left
8244,"CDC Report Says Double Masking, Knotting and Tucking Reduce Coronavirus Spread","['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Masks', 'Anthony Fauci', 'CDC', 'N95 Masks']",CDC recommends double masking for first time,The Hill,"Wearing a cloth mask over a medical procedure mask can significantly decrease the spread of COVID-19, according to a new study the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released Wednesday.
The agency updated its guidance to note that double masking or wearing a tightly fitted surgical mask are two of the best ways to boost protection against exposure.
CDC researchers experimenting in a lab found that the better the fit of the mask, the better the protection it provides.
""The effectiveness of cloth and medical procedure masks...",center
8245,"CDC Report Says Double Masking, Knotting and Tucking Reduce Coronavirus Spread","['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Masks', 'Anthony Fauci', 'CDC', 'N95 Masks']",CDC: Doubling masks or tightening fits helps limit virus spread,Washington Examiner,"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that doubling up on masks or tightening the fit of a single mask can drastically cut down on aerosolized transmission by about 95%.
“In the study ... well-fitting masks provided the greatest performance both at blocking emitted aerosols and exposure of aerosols,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said on Wednesday. “Having both the source and the receiver wear masks modified to fit better reduced the receiver’s exposure by more than 95% compared to no mask at all.”
The report, published on Wednesday, found...",right
8246,Supreme Court Upholds Trump Travel Ban,['Supreme Court'],"Supremes Deal Victory For Trump, Uphold Travel Ban",The Daily Caller,A five-justice majority of the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the latest iteration of President Donald Trump’s travel sanctions Tuesday.,right
8247,Supreme Court Upholds Trump Travel Ban,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court rules in favor of Trump’s travel ban,Vox,The court says the ban is a typical government policy — not an expression of Trump’s feelings about Muslims.,left
8248,Supreme Court Upholds Trump Travel Ban,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban,The Hill,The Supreme Court in a 5-4 ruling on Tuesday upheld President Trump’s ban on nationals from five Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.,center
8249,U.S. Jobless Claims Rise Amid Third Quarter Economic Growth,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Economic Policy', 'Business', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']","New claims for state unemployment benefits rose to 743,000 last week.",New York Times (News),"New claims for unemployment insurance remained elevated last week amid a surge in coronavirus cases, the government reported Thursday.
More than 743,000 workers filed new claims for state benefits last week, before adjusting for seasonal factors, an increase of 18,000 from the week before. With seasonal swings factored in, the latest figure was 742,000, also an increase from the previous week, the Labor Department said.",left
8250,U.S. Jobless Claims Rise Amid Third Quarter Economic Growth,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Economic Policy', 'Business', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']","Economy Grows at Record Pace in Third Quarter, Remains Below Pre-Pandemic Levels",National Review,"The economy grew at a record pace during the third quarter as it rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic, although it has not fully recovered to its pre-pandemic heights.
GDP increased by an annualized rate of 33.1 percent during the third quarter, a stark contrast to the second quarter’s annualized rate of 31.4 percent contraction, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. The figure is a measure of how much the economy would have grown if the third quarter rate had endured for a whole year.",right
8251,U.S. Jobless Claims Rise Amid Third Quarter Economic Growth,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Economic Policy', 'Business', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']",U.S. Unemployment Claims Rise Amid Coronavirus Surge,Wall Street Journal (News),"The number of applications for unemployment benefits rose sharply last week, indicating continued challenges for the U.S. economic recovery as coronavirus infections increased around the country.
Initial claims for jobless benefits, a proxy for layoffs, rose to a seasonally adjusted 742,000 last week, up from the 711,000 filed a week earlier. That level is more than three times higher than the roughly 210,000 typically filed each week in the first two months of 2020, though it is down sharply from a peak of nearly seven million in late March.",center
8252,Gaetz Reportedly Asked Trump White House for Blanket Pardon,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Matt Gaetz', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Administration', 'White House', 'US House', 'Justice Department', 'Sex Trafficking', 'Pardons']","Matt Gaetz, Loyal for Years to Trump, Is Said to Have Sought a Blanket Pardon",New York Times (News),"Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, was one of President Donald J. Trump’s most vocal allies during his term, publicly pledging loyalty and even signing a letter nominating the president for the Nobel Peace Prize.
In the final weeks of Mr. Trump’s term, Mr. Gaetz sought something in return. He privately asked the White House for blanket pre-emptive pardons for himself and unidentified congressional allies for any crimes they may have committed, according to two people told of the discussions.",left
8253,Gaetz Reportedly Asked Trump White House for Blanket Pardon,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Matt Gaetz', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Administration', 'White House', 'US House', 'Justice Department', 'Sex Trafficking', 'Pardons']",Rep. Matt Gaetz sought blanket pardons from former President Trump,USA TODAY,"Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz sought blanket pre-emptive pardons for himself and others in Congress during the final days of former President Donald Trump's term, according to reports from the New York Times and Fox News.
Gaetz, an ardent Trump ally during the former president's four years in office, asked Trump aides in January for the president to offer pardons for any given crimes, two Trump associates with knowledge of the request told the Times.
The report comes amid an ongoing scandal for the representative, who is under federal criminal investigation...",left
8254,Gaetz Reportedly Asked Trump White House for Blanket Pardon,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Matt Gaetz', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Administration', 'White House', 'US House', 'Justice Department', 'Sex Trafficking', 'Pardons']","Trump defends Gaetz over allegations, says GOP rep never asked him for preemptive pardon",Fox News (Online News),"Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a statement in defense of Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, a political ally who is facing a federal investigation over allegations of sexual misconduct.
The statement came after The New York Times reported -- and a source told Fox News -- that Gaetz once asked Trump White House aides for a preemptive pardon at the end of his term.
But in a statement Wednesday, Trump said Gaetz never asked him directly: ""Congressman Matt Gaetz has never asked me for a pardon,"" Trump said....",right
8255,Clinton Foundation Acknowledges Mistakes,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton Foundation addresses disclosure of $31M Canadian donation, re-filing IRS revenue forms",Fox News (Online News),"The Clinton Foundation acknowledged Sunday that the nonprofit group “made mistakes” in IRS filings and defended its disclosure of controversial contributions from a Canadian financier, following days of intense public scrutiny about foundation finances.",right
8256,Clinton Foundation Acknowledges Mistakes,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton Foundation: 'Yes, we made mistakes'",CNN (Online News),"The Clinton Foundation, fighting back against charges of conflict of interest in a forthcoming book, is trying to tamp down a growing political problem by admitting that it made ""mistakes"" as the philanthropy grew but maintaining that it did not intentionally do anything wrong.",left
8257,Clinton Foundation Acknowledges Mistakes,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton Foundation acknowledges ‘mistakes,’ emphasizes transparency",Washington Post,"With scrutiny of the Clinton Foundation’s financial practices threatening to create political problems for Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign, the organization on Sunday took the unusual step of acknowledging “mistakes” but insisted that it is committed to transparency regarding its donors and operations around the world.",left
8258,Hillary Clinton Opens Up on Election Loss,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Hillary Clinton Blames Loss on Not Sharing White Anger, but Still Hates 'Creep' Trump",Newsweek,"""Get back you creep!""",center
8259,Hillary Clinton Opens Up on Election Loss,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton: I am done with being a candidate,The Hill,"Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said in an interview broadcast Sunday that while she is ""done"" being a candidate, she is not leaving politics.",center
8260,Hillary Clinton Opens Up on Election Loss,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton: Biggest mistakes were the email server and Wall Street speeches,Washington Examiner,Hillary Clinton acknowledges two of her biggest errors that led to her downfall in the 2016 election may have been the setup and use of a private email server while she was secretary of state and the high-dollar speeches she made to several financial firms.,right
8261,Huge Win in SC for Hillary,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",South Carolina Democratic primary results 2016: An overwhelming win for Clinton,Vox,"Hillary Clinton decisively won today's South Carolina Democratic primary, according to multiple sources, by what election projections are calling an ""overwhelming"" margin. Final results are not yet in but exit polls suggest she will secure 68 percent of the vote to Bernie Sanders' 31 percent.
That 37 percentage point margin is even better than an expected victory margin of 26 percent ba",left
8262,Huge Win in SC for Hillary,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton campaign confident victory was in hand the moment polls opened,Washington Times,"The mood was excited and merry at the Hillary Clinton’s campaign headquarters at midday, with state official reporting light turnout in Saturday’s Democratic presidential primary that likely helps her score another win.
Mrs. Clinton led rival Sen. Bernard Sanders by more than 20 percent in most polls heading into the first-in-the-South primary election, and Mr. Sanders had all but given up on the state and shifted focus to crucial multi-state contests",right
8263,Huge Win in SC for Hillary,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton wallops Sanders in South Carolina,Politico,"Hillary Clinton vanquished Bernie Sanders — and her own ghosts — in the South Carolina Democratic primary Saturday night, notching her second straight early-state victory for a burst of momentum heading into Super Tuesday.
With 29 percent of precincts reporting, Clinton led Sanders 76 percent to 23 percent.",left
8264,Joe Biden Dismisses Possible Impeachment Trial Witness Swap,"['Impeachment Trial', 'Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'John Bolton', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Impeachment: Democrats reject witness swap in Trump trial,BBC News,"US Democrats have ruled out a ""witness swap"" with Republicans in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.
Lawmakers who are seeking to remove the president from office hope to hear testimony from his former National Security Adviser John Bolton.
But Democrats refused any deal to allow the son of former US Vice-President Joe Biden to be called as a witness.
Mr Trump is accused of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. He strongly denies any wrongdoing.
House Democrats have up to three days to make their case as they present...",center
8265,Joe Biden Dismisses Possible Impeachment Trial Witness Swap,"['Impeachment Trial', 'Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'John Bolton', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Biden says he won’t be part of witness deal some Democrats reportedly eyeing,Fox News (Online News),"Joe Biden, the 2020 Democratic presidential frontrunner, said Wednesday he wants ""no part"" of a witness swap reportedly being discussed by some members of his own party.
Under the hypothetical deal, Democrats would reportedly offer up Biden or his son Hunter Biden to testify at President Trump's Senate impeachment trial in return for testimony from a Republican figure, such as ex-national security adviser John Bolton.
The Washington Post quoted the former vice president admitting that it was ""not an irrational question"" but said Trump's trial was a ""constitutional issue."" He...",right
8266,Joe Biden Dismisses Possible Impeachment Trial Witness Swap,"['Impeachment Trial', 'Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'John Bolton', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Joe Biden says he won't testify in impeachment trial in exchange for Republican witnesses,CNN (Online News),"Former Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he would not make a deal where he would testify at the impeachment trial in exchange for the testimonies of former and current top Trump officials.
""The reason why I would not make the deal, the bottom line is, I, this is a constitutional issue. And we're not going to turn it into a farce, into some kind of political theater,"" Biden, a Democratic presidential candidate, said at an event in Osage, Iowa.
The Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump is...",left
8267,"Manchin Rebukes Biden, Calls Coal Comments ""Offensive and Disgusting""","['Energy', 'Joe Biden', 'Joe Manchin', 'Coal Plants', 'Coal', 'Environment', 'Green Energy', 'Economy And Jobs']","Joe Manchin condemns Biden's ""offensive"" coal plant remarks",Axios,"Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) condemned President Biden's recent comments on shutting down power plants that burn coal Saturday, calling them ""outrageous and divorced from reality.""
Why it matters: Manchin's state is one of the country's biggest coal and gas producers. The coal-friendly senator and the president struck a deal to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, a climate-focused bill, in August.
Catch up quick: Biden said Friday during a speech in California on the CHIPS Act that coal plants cost too much money and that his administration will ""be shutting these...",center
8268,"Manchin Rebukes Biden, Calls Coal Comments ""Offensive and Disgusting""","['Energy', 'Joe Biden', 'Joe Manchin', 'Coal Plants', 'Coal', 'Environment', 'Green Energy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Manchin demands Biden apologize for 'outrageous' coal comments: 'Time he learn a lesson',Fox News (Online News),"Sen. Joe Manchin Saturday demanded President Biden apologize for saying coal plants ""all across America"" will be shut down, in a scathing statement just days before crucial midterm elections. 
""President Biden’s comments are not only outrageous and divorced from reality, they ignore the severe economic pain the American people are feeling because of rising energy costs,"" Manchin, D-W.Va., said. ""Comments like these are the reason the American people are losing trust in President Biden and instead believes he does not understand the need to have an all in energy policy...",right
8269,"Manchin Rebukes Biden, Calls Coal Comments ""Offensive and Disgusting""","['Energy', 'Joe Biden', 'Joe Manchin', 'Coal Plants', 'Coal', 'Environment', 'Green Energy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Manchin: Biden’s coal comments are ‘divorced from reality’,Associated Press,"President Joe Biden on Saturday was criticized by West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democratic antagonist and ally, for being “cavalier” and “divorced from reality” after vowing to shutter coal-fired power plants and rely more heavily on wind and solar energy in the future.
The powerful coal-state lawmaker said Biden’s words “ignore the severe economic pain” for people from higher energy prices and are why Americans “are losing trust” in Biden. Manchin’s stinging rebuke of his party’s leader comes at precarious time for Democrats on the final weekend of campaigning...",left
8270,Democrats Aim To Check Trump With New House Majority,['Elections'],"House Democrats ascendant, set to check Trump's power",CNN (Online News),"Democrats on Tuesday captured the House of Representatives and are set to exert a major institutional check on President Donald Trump, while breaking the Republican monopoly on power and ushering in a younger, more female and more racially diverse political generation.",left
8271,Democrats Aim To Check Trump With New House Majority,['Elections'],"Dems to flex muscle with new House majority: Subpoenas, investigations, even possible impeachment talks loom",Fox News (Online News),"The incoming Democratic majority in the House of Representatives has the power to open a slew of investigations into the White House and President Trump when the new Congress is seated in January, and early indications are that Democrats plan to aggressively take advantage of their new authority.",right
8272,Democrats Aim To Check Trump With New House Majority,['Elections'],Democrats aim to restrain Trump after seizing U.S. House,Reuters,Donald Trump faced greater restraints on his presidency after Democrats won control of the U.S. House of Representatives and pledged to hold the Republican accountable after a tumultuous two years in the White House.,center
8273,Perspectives: Raising the Minimum Wage,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Joe Biden', 'Minimum Wage', 'Labor', 'US Senate']",Ramming a $15 Minimum Wage Bill Through the Senate Using Reconciliation Would Be a Norm-Busting Mistake,Reason,"Fittingly for someone who spent more than three decades as a member of the U.S. Senate, President Joe Biden holds the so-called world's greatest deliberative body in high regard.
Biden calls the Senate his ""second home"" in his 2007 memoir and, as that metaphor suggests, it is often obvious that the relationship is about more than just a physical place. Biden sees the Senate—with its arcane rules and combative but dignified atmosphere—as the embodiment of what government should aspire to be. When Biden stresses that Americans must learn to disagree...",right
8274,Perspectives: Raising the Minimum Wage,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Joe Biden', 'Minimum Wage', 'Labor', 'US Senate']",The Counterintuitive Workings of the Minimum Wage,The Atlantic,"The Biden administration and House and Senate Democrats want to raise the national minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour. The result would be straightforward: higher wages, but also the closure of mom-and-pop stores; higher prices on everything from gas-station tacos to day care; a rise in unemployment, particularly among teenagers; and strain in low-wage, rural economies.
That, at least, is the argument being made by many economists, businesses, lobbying groups, and conservative politicians as the proposal comes under congressional consideration. It is an intuitive one. Democrats...",left
8275,Perspectives: Raising the Minimum Wage,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Joe Biden', 'Minimum Wage', 'Labor', 'US Senate']",What to Know About President Biden’s $15-an-Hour Minimum-Wage Plan,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Biden wants to more than double the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, and Democratic allies in Congress released new details Tuesday on legislation to lift the wage floor in phases over four years. The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 an hour since 2009, with a patchwork of states increasing the wage floor above that minimum.
Here is what we know about the status of the $15 minimum-wage proposal:",center
8276,Haiti Hit by Tropical Storm Amid Aftermath of 7.2-Magnitude Earthquake,"['Disaster', 'Haiti', 'Tropical Storm', 'Earthquake', 'United Nations', 'Caribbean', 'General News']","Death toll from Haiti’s weekend earthquake raised to 1,941",Associated Press,"Officials in Haiti raised the death toll from a powerful weekend earthquake to 1,941 on Tuesday, just as a tropical storm brought strong winds and heavy rains the Caribbean nation.
The Civil Protection Agency also raised the number of injured people to 9,900.
The devastation is centered on the country’s southwestern area, where health care has reached capacity and people have lost homes and loved ones.
Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Grace forced a temporary halt Tuesday to the Haitian government’s response to the deadly weekend earthquake, feeding the growing...",left
8277,Haiti Hit by Tropical Storm Amid Aftermath of 7.2-Magnitude Earthquake,"['Disaster', 'Haiti', 'Tropical Storm', 'Earthquake', 'United Nations', 'Caribbean', 'General News']",Haiti death toll rises as tropical storm hits earthquake zone,CNN (Online News),"A tropical storm system has dumped heavy rain on the area of Haiti where a 7.2-magnitude earthquake on Saturday killed at least 1,419 people.
Tropical Depression Grace moved across the southern coast of Hispaniola, the island comprising Haiti and the Dominican Republic, late Monday, bringing with it sustained winds and heavy rain, according to CNN meteorologist Taylor Ward.
Rain is forecast to lighten during the morning hours Tuesday and will last into the afternoon into the far western portions of the southern peninsula, added Ward.
In addition to the known deaths, the weekend's...",left
8278,Haiti Hit by Tropical Storm Amid Aftermath of 7.2-Magnitude Earthquake,"['Disaster', 'Haiti', 'Tropical Storm', 'Earthquake', 'United Nations', 'Caribbean', 'General News']",Tropical Storm Grace strikes Haiti amid earthquake recovery,Washington Examiner,"Haiti was struck by the Atlantic's latest tropical storm on Monday as the country continues to recover from a massive earthquake that killed hundreds of people.
Tropical Storm Grace was expected to dump somewhere between 5-10 inches of rain on Haiti, with some estimates as high as 15 inches, according to the National Hurricane Center , with the heavy rainfall threatening recovery efforts with flooding and mudslides.
The storm came days after the Caribbean country was hit by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that killed more than 1,400 residents and injured at least 6,000 more, Haiti's Civil Protection Agency announced on...",right
8279,Will Trump and Ryan Reconcile?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Can Donald Trump and Paul Ryan mend their rift?,CBS News (Online),"Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump is meeting with House Speaker Paul Ryan Thursday morning to discuss major policy differences. The gap between the men is so wide that Ryan, who represents conservatives still skeptical of Trump, announced last week he was withholding support for Trump until the rift could be mended.",left
8280,Will Trump and Ryan Reconcile?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ryan and Trump Hold High-Stakes Meeting,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan and other top Republican officials are meeting at the Republican National Committee headquarters.",left
8281,Will Trump and Ryan Reconcile?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Republican Unity on the Line as Trump Meets with Ryan,Fox News (Online News),"After months of running a campaign railing against the Washington political establishment, Donald Trump – now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee – sat down opposite GOP leaders Thursday morning with nothing less than party unity on the line.",right
8282,Media Coverage of Jobs Report Tweet,['Media Bias'],Kudlow on Trump Jobs Tweet: 'I Don't Think He Gave Anything Away',Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump was briefed Thursday night about the monthly employment report issued Friday morning in Washington and signaled in advance that the numbers were going to be favorable, breaking with past practice of presidents who avoided disclosure of market-sensitive information.",right
8283,Media Coverage of Jobs Report Tweet,['Media Bias'],Trump Roils Jobs Day With Thumbs-Up Tweet Before Data Release,Bloomberg,"President Donald Trump was briefed Thursday night about the monthly employment report issued Friday morning in Washington and signaled in advance that the numbers were going to be favorable, breaking with past practice of presidents who avoided disclosure of market-sensitive information.",left
8284,Media Coverage of Jobs Report Tweet,['Media Bias'],Trump’s teasing jobs report tweet raises questions,The Boston Globe,"With a tantalizing tweet, President Donald Trump seemed to tease a positive jobs report on Friday, a protocol-defying step that moved markets and raised questions about the appropriateness of the president publicly hinting at information that could make or lose fortunes.",left
8285,President Trump Postpones Trip to Denmark,"['Denmark', 'Greenland', 'Donald Trump', 'World']","In Denmark, Bewilderment and Anger Over Trump’s Canceled Visit",New York Times (News),"The astonishment in Denmark over President Trump’s apparent desire to buy Greenland turned to bewilderment and anger on Wednesday after the American leader abruptly scrapped a state visit because the Danes have no desire to sell.
The cancellation was a rare snub of Denmark’s head of state, Queen Margrethe II, who had extended the invitation to the president and would have hosted him and the first lady.
News that Mr. Trump had called off his visit “came as a surprise,” the Royal House’s communications director told the state broadcaster, adding,...",left
8286,President Trump Postpones Trip to Denmark,"['Denmark', 'Greenland', 'Donald Trump', 'World']",Trump cancels visit with Denmark PM after she rebuffs 'absurd' idea of US buying Greenland,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Tuesday abruptly canceled a planned meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, saying there was no point to the trip after Frederiksen called the idea that the U.S. might buy Greenland from Denmark ""absurd"" -- and insisted there would be no Copen-haggling about it.
Trump had been expected to visit Denmark on Sept. 2-3 as part of his trip to Europe, but until his tweets Tuesday, there were no solid indications the visit to Denmark was centered on buying Greenland.
""Denmark is a very special country with...",right
8287,President Trump Postpones Trip to Denmark,"['Denmark', 'Greenland', 'Donald Trump', 'World']",White House Cancels Trump’s Visit to Denmark After Greenland Flap,Wall Street Journal (News),"The White House on Tuesday canceled President Trump’s planned visit to Denmark after the prime minister said she wouldn’t entertain his proposal to purchase Greenland from the Scandinavian nation.
“Denmark is a very special country with incredible people, but based on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s comments, that she would have no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland, I will be postponing our meeting scheduled in two weeks for another time,” Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter.
The White House said later the president’s entire visit, which was scheduled for Sept....",center
8288,Media Attention Turns To Mike Pence Following Trump Statements on Election Confirmation,"['Donald Trump', 'Mike Pence', '2020 Election', 'US Senate', 'US Congress', 'Georgia Senate Runoffs']",Trump Pressures Pence to Reject Electoral Votes,New York Times (News),"President Trump on Tuesday escalated his efforts to force Vice President Mike Pence to overturn President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory, falsely asserting that Mr. Pence had the power to unilaterally throw out electoral votes on Wednesday when Congress meets to certify the election results.
But there is nothing in the Constitution or the law that explicitly gives a vice president that power, and aides close to Mr. Pence, who concede that he is facing a politically perilous moment, are convinced he will follow the normal procedures and confirm Mr....",left
8289,Media Attention Turns To Mike Pence Following Trump Statements on Election Confirmation,"['Donald Trump', 'Mike Pence', '2020 Election', 'US Senate', 'US Congress', 'Georgia Senate Runoffs']",Trump at Georgia rally says he hopes Pence 'comes through for us',The Hill,"President Trump on Monday said he hoped Vice President Pence “comes through for us” as he discussed efforts to overturn the presidential election results, hinting at Pence’s role overseeing the certification of the Electoral College vote count on Wednesday.
“I hope that Mike Pence comes through for us, I have to tell you. I hope that our great vice president, our great vice president comes through for us. He’s a great guy,” Trump told a crowd of supporters at a rally in Dalton, Ga.
“Of course, if he doesn’t come...",center
8290,Media Attention Turns To Mike Pence Following Trump Statements on Election Confirmation,"['Donald Trump', 'Mike Pence', '2020 Election', 'US Senate', 'US Congress', 'Georgia Senate Runoffs']",Trump Claims Pence Has ‘Authority to Reject Fraudulently Chosen Electors’,National Review,"President Trump on Tuesday falsely declared that Vice President Mike Pence “has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors,” part of his final push to overturn the presidential election ahead of Wednesday’s electoral vote count.
Pence will oversee a joint session of Congress on Wednesday to tally the Electoral College votes, which President-elect Joe Biden won with 306 votes to Trump’s 232. However, the vice president does not have the power to reject slates of electors, only Congress has that power and it has only ever been exercised in a...",right
8291,Federal Judge Blocks Part of Border Wall Plans,"['Politics', 'Border Wall']",Court halts Trump's emergency declaration wall-building plans,Washington Times,"A federal judge ruled Friday night that President Trump overstepped his powers when he used an emergency declaration to go around Congress and try to build his border wall, and ordered a halt to at least some of the construction.
Judge Haywood Gilliam, an Obama appointee to the Northern District of California, said the Constitution gives Congress the power to control spending, and Mr. Trump’s efforts to do an end-run around Capitol Hill, after lawmakers explicitly denied him more money for the wall, was too much.",right
8292,Federal Judge Blocks Part of Border Wall Plans,"['Politics', 'Border Wall']",Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Border-Wall Plans,Wall Street Journal (News),"A federal judge late Friday dealt a blow to the White House’s plans to build a wall along the southern U.S. border, blocking Trump administration officials from moving forward on construction projects with funds that Congress hadn’t approved.
U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland, Calif., said President Trump’s plans to divert federal money to build a border wall, absent appropriations from Congress, exceeded the executive’s authority.",center
8293,Federal Judge Blocks Part of Border Wall Plans,"['Politics', 'Border Wall']",Federal Judge Blocks Part of Trump’s Plan to Build Border Wall,New York Times (News),"President Trump’s efforts to build a wall along the southwest border hit a roadblock on Friday night when a federal judge in California granted a preliminary injunction that prevents the administration from redirecting funds under the national emergency declaration issued in February.
The judge, Haywood Gilliam of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, who is overseeing a pair of lawsuits over border wall financing, ruled that the administration’s efforts likely overstep the president’s statutory authority.",left
8294,Senate Democrats Block Republican COVID-19 Relief Bill,"['Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Life During Covid-19']",Senate Democrats block GOP COVID-19 bill that included unemployment relief,New York Post (News),"Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked a coronavirus stimulus bill that included funds for people left unemployed by the pandemic.
In a party-line vote, Democrats withheld the 60 votes needed to consider the bill, continuing months-long gridlock ahead of Election Day. Republican leaders said the bill included widely supported bipartisan ideas, but Democrats argued it didn’t do enough.",right
8295,Senate Democrats Block Republican COVID-19 Relief Bill,"['Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Life During Covid-19']",Senate Democrats block Republican Covid-19 relief proposal,Politico,"Senate Democrats blocked a scaled-down, $500 billion Republican coronavirus relief measure Thursday, weakening the chances that Congress will approve another package before the November election.
Fifty-two out of the 53-member GOP caucus voted in favor of moving forward on the proposal, a win for Senate Republican leadership after weeks of internal division. But 60 votes were needed for the bill to advance, and no Senate Democrats voted for the measure, dismissing it as a political stunt.",left
8296,Senate Democrats Block Republican COVID-19 Relief Bill,"['Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Life During Covid-19']","Senate Democrats block $300 billion coronavirus stimulus package, leaving little hope for relief before November",USA TODAY,"Senate Democrats blocked a $300 billion COVID-19 stimulus bill Thursday, dampening the prospects Congress will pass much-needed financial relief for Americans weathering the coronavirus pandemic ahead of the November election.
The bill was defeated in a 52-47 vote, not meeting the 60 needed to break the Democratic filibuster, a mechanism requiring three-fifths of the chamber to agree to end the debate and allow a final vote. One Republican, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., voted with Democrats in opposing the bill.
After the chamber failed to move forward, senators voiced skepticism...",left
8297,Ukraine Claims Responsibility for Sinking Russia's Flagship; Moscow Says Fire Caused Explosion,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russian Warship']",Russian warship Moskva: What do we know?,BBC News,"Russia's flagship Black Sea missile cruiser has been ""seriously damaged"" and its crew forced to evacuate, Russian state media says.
The defence ministry said ammunition on the Moskva exploded in an unexplained fire, but that the 186-metre (610 foot) vessel was still afloat.
Ukraine claims it struck the vessel with its Neptune missiles.
The 510-crew warship has led Russia's naval assault on Ukraine, making it an important symbolic and military target.
Earlier in the conflict the Moskva gained notoriety after calling on Ukrainian border troops defending Snake Island in the...",center
8298,Ukraine Claims Responsibility for Sinking Russia's Flagship; Moscow Says Fire Caused Explosion,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russian Warship']",Ukraine Claims It Badly Damaged A Major Russian Warship In The Black Sea,The Daily Caller,"Ukraine has claimed to have landed a massive blow against a major Russian warship.
The Russian guided-missile cruiser Moskva suffered serious damage after an unknown incident while in the Black Sea, and there are competing stories, according to CNN.
“In the Black Sea operational zone, Neptune anti-ship cruise missiles hit the cruiser Moskva, the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet — it received significant damage. A fire broke out. Other units of the ship’s group tried to help, but a storm and a powerful explosion of ammunition overturned the cruiser...",right
8299,Ukraine Claims Responsibility for Sinking Russia's Flagship; Moscow Says Fire Caused Explosion,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russian Warship']",Russian navy evacuates badly damaged flagship in Black Sea. Ukraine claims it was hit by a missile,CNN (Online News),"One of the Russian Navy's most important warships has been badly damaged in the Black Sea, a massive blow to a military struggling against Ukrainian resistance 50 days into Vladimir Putin's invasion of his neighbor.
Russian sailors evacuated the guided-missile cruiser Moskva, the flagship of its Black Sea fleet, after a fire that detonated ammunition aboard, Russia's defense ministry said.
Ukraine's Operational Command South claimed Thursday that the Moskva had begun to sink after it was hit Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship missiles.
""In the Black Sea operational zone, Neptune anti-ship cruise missiles hit the cruiser...",left
8300,Trump Admin Moves to Rescind Obama-Era Policies on School Discipline,['Education'],Betsy DeVos's Commission Says A Way To Prevent School Shootings Is To Drop Disciplinary Protections For Minority Students,BuzzFeed News,"The Trump administration's school safety commission report also recommends adding ""highly trained armed personnel"" if schools choose to do so.",left
8301,Trump Admin Moves to Rescind Obama-Era Policies on School Discipline,['Education'],Trump admin seeks to roll back Obama-era policy on school discipline: report,The Hill,"The Trump administration is poised to roll back Obama-era policies aimed at reducing racial disparities in the way children are disciplined in school, according to a New York",center
8302,Trump Admin Moves to Rescind Obama-Era Policies on School Discipline,['Education'],Donald Trump School Safety Report Urges More Responsible Media Coverage of Mass Shooters,Breitbart News,"President Donald Trump’s school safety commission recommends that media stop giving notoriety to mass shooters, White House officials told reporters on Tuesday.",right
8303,Taliban Victories Raise Fears of Complete Afghanistan Takeover,"['Afghanistan', 'World', 'Joe Biden', 'Taliban', 'War', 'Kabul', 'NATO', 'European Union']","Speed of Taliban Advance Surprises Biden Administration, Dismays U.S. Allies",Wall Street Journal (News),"When President Biden this spring announced the decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan, his administration expected the Afghan military to defend key cities and perhaps battle the Taliban to a stalemate.
Before the current Taliban offensive, U.S. officials said they didn’t expect the takeover of any provincial capital until fall at the earliest.
Instead, a carefully planned strategy carried out by the Taliban has produced swift battlefield advances, allowing insurgents to seize a succession of provincial capitals since Friday. Three more fell Tuesday, bringing the total to nine, including several major...",center
8304,Taliban Victories Raise Fears of Complete Afghanistan Takeover,"['Afghanistan', 'World', 'Joe Biden', 'Taliban', 'War', 'Kabul', 'NATO', 'European Union']",Could the Taliban Take Over Afghanistan? Here’s What We Know.,New York Times (News),"Since international troops began withdrawing from Afghanistan in May, the Taliban have carried out a sweeping military campaign and gained control of much of the country’s rural areas. But for months, the insurgents failed to capture major cities — until now.
Over the past six days, the insurgents have overrun nine provincial capitals across the country, most of them clustered in the north, in a major escalation of their military offensive and a devastating setback for the Afghan government.
The Taliban’s rapid victories have put enormous pressure on Afghan political leaders and the country’s...",left
8305,Taliban Victories Raise Fears of Complete Afghanistan Takeover,"['Afghanistan', 'World', 'Joe Biden', 'Taliban', 'War', 'Kabul', 'NATO', 'European Union']","Afghanistan capital Kabul could fall to Taliban within 90 days, US assesses",Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. assesses that the capital of Afghanistan could fall to the Taliban within the next 90 days, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to Fox News, just weeks before President Biden plans to completely withdraw U.S. troops from the region following nearly two decades of war. 
The Taliban seized three more Afghan provincial capitals and a local army headquarters on Wednesday, attaining control of two-thirds of the nation. The sources said that the intelligence regarding Kabul’s security has been dire for some time.
Pentagon officials told Fox News that the intelligence community updated its assessment...",right
8306,Arizona Governor Considers Anti-Gay Bill,['LGBT Rights'],Governor of Arizona Is Pressed to Veto Bill,New York Times (News),"As the Arizona Legislature sent a bill to her desk Monday that would grant business owners the right to invoke religion to refuse service to gays and others, Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, faced pressure from many corners to veto the measure, which has cast unwanted national attention on Arizona.",left
8307,Arizona Governor Considers Anti-Gay Bill,['LGBT Rights'],Gov. Jan Brewer to CNN: 'I will do the right thing for the state of Arizona',CNN (Online News),Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer tells CNN she will make her decision in the near future about whether to sign or veto a bill that supporters say promotes religious freedom and opponents call discriminatory against gays and lesbians.,left
8308,Arizona Governor Considers Anti-Gay Bill,['LGBT Rights'],"Gov. Jan Brewer: ""I will do the right thing for Arizona""",Washington Times,Gov. Jan Brewer Arizona Republican says that she will do the right thing as she weighs a controversial bill that would allow businesses in the state to refuse services to gays and lesbians on religious grounds.,right
8309,Americans Pay Respects to George H.W. Bush at the Capitol Rotunda,['General News'],'Here lies a great man': Americans pay respects to Bush in nation's 'hallowed cathedral',Washington Times,"Americans began to get a chance to pay their respects in person Monday to former President George H.W. Bush, whose body was brought to the U.S. Capitol to lie in state, joining just 31 other heroes so honored.",right
8310,Americans Pay Respects to George H.W. Bush at the Capitol Rotunda,['General News'],George HW Bush funeral: Trump pays respects at US Capitol,BBC News,US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania have paid their respects to President George HW Bush as he lies in state at the US Capitol.,center
8311,Americans Pay Respects to George H.W. Bush at the Capitol Rotunda,['General News'],Capitol Hill ceremony to honor Bush offers bipartisan moment,CNN (Online News),"In a deeply divided political climate, Washington witnessed a rare moment of unity on Monday as lawmakers from both sides of the aisle came together to remember George H.W. Bush.",left
8312,Prelude to the State of the Union,"['White House', 'Politics']",The State of the Obama's Union,HuffPost,Obama now supports an increase in the federal minimum wage to 10.10 an hour. That's great but as the rest of his SOTU speech will make all too clear Congress is not about to pass this overdue legislation or anything else Obama proposes.,left
8313,Prelude to the State of the Union,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama to assert unilateral agenda in State of Union address,Wall Street Journal (News),President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday will seek to shift the publics souring view of his leadership by proposing executive actions on infrastructure job training climate change and education.,center
8314,Prelude to the State of the Union,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama to use State of the Union as opening salvo in 2014 midterms,Washington Times,President Obamas State of the Union address Tuesday night is shaping up as an election-year rallying cry to his Democratic base to fight for income equality in America.,right
8315,New Details Emerge on Ottawa Shooting,['World'],New details emerge on Canada shooting suspect,CBS News (Online),"As the investigation of Wednesday's shooting rampage in Ottawa continues, CBS News can report that his passport was revoked by Canadian officials after he contacted known militants in Syria, possibly with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.",left
8316,New Details Emerge on Ottawa Shooting,['World'],OPINION: This is not supposed to happen in Canada,CNN (Online News),"It was a surprise, even for a journalist, to be driving down Wellington Street, the city's ceremonial thoroughfare, and to find myself swept into the chaotic aftermath of a disaster. I was rushing to a television studio at mid-morning and passing by the National War Memorial, just minutes after the shooting. A solider was down.",left
8317,New Details Emerge on Ottawa Shooting,['World'],"Pal says Ottawa gunman wanted to go to Middle East, seemed 'mentally ill'",Fox News (Online News),"The man who stormed Canada’s government complex Wednesday, killing a soldier and sending Ottawa into an all-out panic, was a small-time criminal who recently converted to Islam and desperately wanted to move to the Middle East, according to reports.",right
8318,Petition Urges Trump to Denounce White Nationalism Before Visiting Pittsburgh,['Politics'],Thousands signed a letter saying Trump was not welcome in Pittsburgh. He plans to visit anyway.,Washington Post,"More than 35,000 people have signed an open letter to President Trump from the leaders of a Pittsburgh-based Jewish group who say the president will not be welcome in the city unless he",left
8319,Petition Urges Trump to Denounce White Nationalism Before Visiting Pittsburgh,['Politics'],Some Pittsburgh Jewish leaders to Trump: Don't come until you denounce white nationalism,USA TODAY,"A group of Jewish leaders in Pittsburgh, a city still reeling from the bloody attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue that left 11 people dead, have published an open letter telling President Donald Trump not to come until he denounces white nationalism.",left
8320,Petition Urges Trump to Denounce White Nationalism Before Visiting Pittsburgh,['Politics'],Media Tout 'Jewish Leaders' In Pittsburgh Telling Trump He's Not Welcome. They're Lying. Those 'Jewish Leaders' Are Professional Progressive Activists.,Ben Shapiro,"Over the weekend, the press began a narrative drumbeat suggesting that President Trump was somehow responsible for the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh on Saturday –",right
8321,House Votes Against Asset Forfeiture,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",House Rejects Sessions Order Giving Cops More Power To Take Innocent People’s Stuff,HuffPost,Lawmakers from across the political spectrum are pushing back against Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ support for civil asset forfeiture.,left
8322,House Votes Against Asset Forfeiture,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",House votes to curb asset seizures,The Hill,The House voted Tuesday to curb the law enforcement practice of seizing cash and property from people who are suspected of illegal activity but who have not necessarily been charged.,center
8323,House Votes Against Asset Forfeiture,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",House Passes Amendment to Block Funding of Sessions Civil Asset Forfeiture Program,Washington Free Beacon,The House of Representatives passed an amendment Tuesday that blocks funding of a controversial program reimplemented by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.,right
8324,House Passes Abortion Rights Bills Despite Near-Certainty of Failure in Senate,"['Abortion', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'US Senate', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'State Governments', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Henry Cuellar', 'Adam Kinzinger']","House passes bills to codify Roe, protect interstate travel for abortion",ABC News (Online),"The House of Representatives on Friday passed two measures to restore abortion rights after the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade.
The action comes as Democrats ramp up their political messaging on abortion ahead of the November midterm elections, hoping the issue will drive voters to the ballot box to preserve the party's majorities in Congress.
""It's outrageous that 50 years later, women must again fight for our most basic rights against an extremist court and Republican Party,"" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Friday in a press conference...",left
8325,House Passes Abortion Rights Bills Despite Near-Certainty of Failure in Senate,"['Abortion', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'US Senate', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'State Governments', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Henry Cuellar', 'Adam Kinzinger']",House again passes sweeping abortion rights bill on track to fail in the Senate,Washington Examiner,"The House on Friday again passed the Women’s Health Protection Act, a sweeping abortion rights bill that has already been passed by the chamber this Congress. It goes on to face dim prospects in the Senate.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi touted the House’s second passage of the same bill this Congress and argued the matter is an election issue to pass the bill in the Senate.
“We must ensure that the American people remember in November because with two more Democratic senators, we will be able to eliminate the filibuster when it comes to a...",right
8326,House Passes Abortion Rights Bills Despite Near-Certainty of Failure in Senate,"['Abortion', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'US Senate', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'State Governments', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Henry Cuellar', 'Adam Kinzinger']",House passes bills to protect abortion access following Roe reversal,The Hill,"The House on Friday passed two bills aimed at protecting access to abortion, marking the chamber’s first legislative attempts at safeguarding the procedure after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month.
The first bill — the Women’s Health Protection Act — passed in a 219-210 vote, clearing the House for a second time in the past year. The lower chamber previously approved the measure in September, but it was twice blocked in the Senate.
Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar was the only Democrat to vote against the bill, which all Republicans present opposed as well. He also...",center
8327,AP Suing Over Emails,['Politics'],Associated Press Sues State Department to Force Hillary Clinton Email Release,The Blaze,"The Associated Press filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the State Department to force the release of email correspondence and government documents from Hillary Rodham Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state.
The legal action comes after repeated requests filed under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act have gone unfulfilled. They include one r",right
8328,AP Suing Over Emails,['Politics'],Associated Press Sues U.S. State Department To Force Release Of Clinton Emails,HuffPost,"The Associated Press filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the State Department to force the release of email correspondence and government documents from Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as secretary of state.
The legal action comes after repeated requests filed under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act have gone unfulfilled. They include one request AP made five years ago and others pending since the summer of 2013.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, comes a day after Clinton broke her silence about her use of...",left
8329,AP Suing Over Emails,['Politics'],AP sues State Dept. over Clinton e-mails,USA TODAY,"The Associated Press said Wednesday it has sued the State Department to force the release of government documents and e-mails from Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as secretary of State, an action taken a day after she defended her use of a private e-mail account to conduct business and after six formal attempts by the news agency to obtain records.
""After careful deliberation and exhausting our other options, The Associated Press is taking the necessary legal steps to gain acc",left
8330,Did West Virginia Primary Matter?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Bernie Sanders Wins West Virginia, Prolonging Race With Hillary Clinton",New York Times (News),"Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont captured the West Virginia primary on Tuesday, forcing Hillary Clinton to continue a costly and distracting two-front battle: to lock down the Democratic nomination and to take on Donald J. Trump in the general election.",left
8331,Did West Virginia Primary Matter?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Sanders Trounces Clinton in W. Va. -- But Will It Make a Difference?,CBN,"Democrat Bernie Sanders picked up more delegates in West Virginia and Nebraska than Hillary Clinton.
The Vermont senator's still way behind, but says he's not giving up, calling his win in West Virginia ""tremendous.""",right
8332,Did West Virginia Primary Matter?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: Why Hillary Clinton wins even when she loses,CNN (Online News),"We're not with her. That's what Democratic voters in West Virginia said Tuesday night, with Hillary Clinton losing to Bernie Sanders. Although the loss was not unexpected, Clinton's campaign sure seems like one long slog of speeches, handshakes and voter selfies on the way toward the 2016 convention in Philadelphia.",left
8333,Perspectives: Texas Holding Facility for Immigrant Teens Reopens,"['Immigration', 'Media Bias', 'Illegal Immigration']",US reopens Texas surge facility to hold immigrant teenagers,Associated Press,"President Joe Biden’s administration has reopened a tent facility to house up to 700 immigrant teenagers after they cross the U.S.-Mexico border unaccompanied by a parent, a sign of growing worries about how children are treated in government custody.
U.S. Health and Human Services said Monday that the first teens arrived at Carrizo Springs, Texas, which was converted two years ago into a holding facility under former President Donald Trump. The facility has been closed since July 2019.
Two years ago, Carrizo Springs had a large tent serving as a...",left
8334,Perspectives: Texas Holding Facility for Immigrant Teens Reopens,"['Immigration', 'Media Bias', 'Illegal Immigration']",WaPo called out for report on Biden's 'migrant facility for children' after hitting Trump's 'kids in cages',Fox News (Online News),"The Washington Post raised eyebrows on Monday night for a report on the first newly opened ""migrant facility for children"" under President Biden, which critics compared to the ""kids in cages"" mantra that was pushed during the Trump administration.
""Dozens of migrant teens boarded vans Monday for the trip down a dusty road to a former man camp for oil field workers here, the first migrant child facility opened under the Biden administration,"" the Post reported from Carrizo Springs, Texas. ""The emergency facility — a vestige of the Trump...",right
8335,Perspectives: Texas Holding Facility for Immigrant Teens Reopens,"['Immigration', 'Media Bias', 'Illegal Immigration']","No, Biden’s new border move isn’t like Trump’s ‘kids in cages’",Washington Post,"For as long as former president Donald Trump’s highly controversial policies on children at the U.S.-Mexico border have been at issue, there have been allegations of hypocrisy leveled against critics of those policies. Democrats accused Trump of putting “kids in cages,” so Trump and his defenders pointed out that the chain-link partitions were built by the Obama administration. Democrats decried the separation of children from their families, so Trump defenders pointed out this happened sometimes under Barack Obama, too.
Both of those allegations of hypocrisy were vastly oversimplified. As The...",left
8336,DNC Disciplines Sanders Campaign,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders loses access to crucial voter data after aide is caught prying into Clinton files,Los Angeles Times,The Democratic Party has cut off Bernie Sanders' access to its massive voter database – a crucial tool presidential candidates rely on to target their operations – after it learned that Sanders campaign employees tapped into the private files of rival Hillary Clinton’s campaign.,left
8337,DNC Disciplines Sanders Campaign,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Bernie Sanders campaign accesses Hillary Clinton data, gets suspended from DNC voter files",CNN (Online News),The Democratic National Committee suspended Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign's access to the DNC voter database after the party organization said the campaign was able to take advantage of a software error to access Hillary Clinton's confidential voter information.,left
8338,DNC Disciplines Sanders Campaign,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",DNC reportedly punishes Sanders campaign for accessing Clinton voter data,Fox News (Online News),Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign reportedly has been punished by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for improperly accessing voter data compiled by Hillary Clinton's campaign.,right
8339,Day 3 of Government Shutdown,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Democrats reject last-minute deal; Republicans schedule Monday vote to reopen government,Washington Times,"Senators were reaching for a deal overnight Sunday to try to end a 2-day-old government shutdown, hoping to prevent the worst of the effects of furloughs that hits in earnest on Monday.",right
8340,Day 3 of Government Shutdown,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Shutdown grinds into workweek after Senate fails to clinch deal,The Hill,The shutdown is barreling into the workweek after senators failed late Sunday to clinch a deal to reopen the government.,center
8341,Day 3 of Government Shutdown,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","OPINION: Ahead of key vote, both parties weigh risks and rewards",Guest Writer - Left,Democratic and Republican leaders are making intricate political calculations ahead of a planned 12 p.m. ET vote in the Senate on whether to end the government shutdown.,left
8342,Courts Disagree on Healthcare Law,['Healthcare'],Breaking Down Today’s Conflicting Obamacare Court Rulings,The Blaze,"Two federal appeals courts released conflicting decisions on Tuesday on the legality of giving people subsidies to buy Obamacare health plans under the federal healthcare exchange.
Tuesday morning, a panel in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found that a plain reading of Obamacare says that only people who buy insurance from a state-run exchange can be given subsidies. That decision had Republicans cheering, and calling it a significant blow to the law that could unravel it entirely if millions of people were suddenly not eligible for...",right
8343,Courts Disagree on Healthcare Law,['Healthcare'],U.S. Appeals Courts Issue Conflicting Decisions On Obamacare Subsidies,NPR (Online News),"A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday dealt a significant blow to the Affordable Care Act, when it threw out an IRS regulation that governs subsidies. But before the ink dried on that decision, another three-judge panel hearing a similar case issued a decision that was completely opposite.
In essence, by a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit struck down subsidies in the 36 states that did not set up their own insurance exchanges.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Justice said...",left
8344,Courts Disagree on Healthcare Law,['Healthcare'],New Questions on Health Law as Rulings on Subsidies Differ,New York Times (News),"Two federal appeals court panels issued conflicting rulings Tuesday on whether the government could subsidize health insurance premiums for millions of Americans, raising yet more questions about the future of the health care law four years after it was signed by President Obama.
The contradictory rulings will apparently have no immediate impact on consumers. But they could inject uncertainty, confusion and turmoil into health insurance markets as the administration firms up plans for another open enrollment season starting in November.",left
8345,Media Bias Watch,['Media Bias'],New Study Shows that MSNBC is Overwhelmingly Negative Towards Romney,Accuracy in Media,"As if anyone needed more proof that MSNBC has a strong Democratic and left-wing bias, along comes a new study by the Pew Research Centers Project for Excellence in Journalism which shows that MSNBC has been far more negative in its coverage of Mitt Romney than Fox News has of President Obama.
From August 27 through October 21 of this year, 71 percent of MSNBCs coverage of Mitt Romney was negative compared to just three percent that was positive, for a ratio of nearly 24-to-1. By comparison, Fox News reported...",right
8346,Media Bias Watch,['Media Bias'],"For Every Minute Of Airtime Fox News Gave Obama Speech, Romney Got Seven",Media Matters,"Fox News capped off election season 2012 by ignoring President Obama's late-night campaign speech in Des Moines, Iowa -- his last as a candidate -- to rerun an earlier broadcast of Bill O'Reilly's show. The decision to not cover Obama's last speech was not surprising considering the network has treated its airtime as an extension of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's communications efforts.
On Monday, the day before Election Day, Fox covered every single Romney speech save the last for a total airtime of 59 minutes. Fox News even kicked...",left
8347,Clinton Makes History,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton Declares Victory and Makes History: 'This is For All of You',Townhall,"Speaking from the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York Tuesday, the location where she last debated opponent Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton declared victory and pronounced herself as the Democrat nominee for president of the United States.",right
8348,Clinton Makes History,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Hillary Clinton’s Time Arrives, but Are the Times Right for Her?",Wall Street Journal (News),"When Hillary Clinton first burst onto the national political scene, Barack Obama was a rookie law lecturer, Bernie Sanders was an obscure back-bencher in the House of Representatives and Donald Trump was an over-extended developer trying to keep unhappy banks and bondholders at bay.",center
8349,Clinton Makes History,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",This Is What Making History Looks Like,HuffPost,Forty-four presidents have been elected in the United States over the past 228 years. Not once have voters had the option to choose a female candidate in a major party. Until this cycle.,left
8350,GOP Debates Immigration Reform,['Immigration'],New Democrat Coalition Issues Ultimatum On Immigration Reform,HuffPost,"Moderate Democrats working to gather support from Republicans for comprehensive immigration reform sent an ultimatum Friday to Speaker John Boehner: introduce a bill by Sept. 30 or they'll introduce their own.
""[W]e are frustrated that there was not a bipartisan immigration reform bill introduced prior to the August recess,"" reads the letter from 39 members of the New Democrat Coalition, a 53-member group, including co-chairmen Reps. Joaquín Castro (D-Texas) and Jared Polis (D-Colo.).",left
8351,GOP Debates Immigration Reform,['Immigration'],Priebus: GOP Not Divided Over Immigration Reform,Newsmax (News),"Contrary to news reports, comprehensive immigration reform is not splintering the Republican Party, Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, tells Newsmax TV.
""It's bizarre. I don't find it to be dividing the party,"" Priebus tells Newsmax in an exclusive interview. ""What you have is a consensus in the party that we need immigration reform, and everyone agrees on it.""",right
8352,GOP Debates Immigration Reform,['Immigration'],House Weighs More Guest-Worker Visas in Immigration Bill,Wall Street Journal (News),"Two House Republicans are working on an immigration bill that could disrupt the delicate deal struck between labor and business groups over how many visas to award to low-skilled guest workers.
GOP Reps. Ted Poe of Texas and Raul Labrador of Idaho may call for nearly twice the number of annual visas for low-skilled workers than the Senate included in its immigration bill, though they haven't yet settled on a number, two people familiar with drafts of the House bill say.",center
8353,Two Jail Guards Indicted in Connection with Jeffrey Epstein's Death,"['Jeffrey Epstein', 'Justice', 'Manhattan', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Conspiracy', 'Cover-Up', 'Criminal Justice']",Jeffrey Epstein's Prison Guards Are Indicted On Federal Charges,NPR (Online News),"Two correctional officers who were assigned to guard Jeffrey Epstein on the night he was found dead in his cell of an apparent suicide have been indicted on criminal charges, federal prosecutors in New York announced Tuesday.
Authorities have charged Michael Thomas and Tova Noel with making false records and conspiracy. The two worked as jail guards at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, a federal jail in Manhattan that's mostly used for defendants awaiting trial.
According to video surveillance footage obtained by prosecutors, Epstein was in his cell unobserved for eight...",left
8354,Two Jail Guards Indicted in Connection with Jeffrey Epstein's Death,"['Jeffrey Epstein', 'Justice', 'Manhattan', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Conspiracy', 'Cover-Up', 'Criminal Justice']",Jeffrey Epstein Suicide: Two Jail Workers Charged,New York Times (News),"Two federal workers who were on duty the night Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan jail were charged on Tuesday with failing to check on him every half-hour as they were supposed to and then lying about it on prison documents.
The two federal Bureau of Prisons employees, Tova Noel and Michael Thomas, were expected to appear in United States District Court in Manhattan to face charges including conspiracy and making false records.
The charges are the first to arise from a criminal investigation into the death of Mr....",left
8355,Two Jail Guards Indicted in Connection with Jeffrey Epstein's Death,"['Jeffrey Epstein', 'Justice', 'Manhattan', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Conspiracy', 'Cover-Up', 'Criminal Justice']",Jeffrey Epstein prison guards charged with falsifying records,Fox News (Online News),"Two prison guards who were on duty during the night Jeffrey Epstein killed himself have been taken into custody Tuesday on federal charges linked to their alleged failure to check on his wellbeing.
The guards, identified as Tova Noel and Michael Thomas, have been charged with making false records and conspiring to make false records and to defraud the United States by impairing the lawful functions of the Metropolitan Correctional Center, the New York facility where Epstein was found dead on Aug. 10, prosecutors announced.",right
8356,"Coronavirus Tips, Advice, and Need-to-know Information","['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'World', 'Domestic Policy', 'Coronavirus']",What does the coronavirus do to your body? Everything to know about the infection process,USA TODAY,"As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the U.S. – canceling major events, closing schools, upending the stock market and disrupting travel and normal life – Americans are taking precautions against the new coronavirus that causes the disease sickening and killing thousands worldwide.
The World Health Organization and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advise the public be watchful for fever, dry cough and shortness of breath, symptoms that follow contraction of the new coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2.
From infection, it takes approximately five to 12 days for symptoms to...",left
8357,"Coronavirus Tips, Advice, and Need-to-know Information","['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'World', 'Domestic Policy', 'Coronavirus']",‘Freaking out doesn’t help.’ 10 things you can do right now — instead of losing your head about the Dow or coronavirus,MarketWatch,"First off, remember to breathe.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -4.004% and S&P 500 Index SPX, -3.840% plunged Monday, causing trading to be temporarily halted, as traders digested news of a possible oil price war between OPEC and Russia. On Tuesday, they rose sharply higher, but did not recover all of the lost ground from the previous day. The market turmoil did not come at a good time on the back of the seemingly unstoppable, silent spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.",center
8358,"Coronavirus Tips, Advice, and Need-to-know Information","['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'World', 'Domestic Policy', 'Coronavirus']","Worried about coronavirus? If your loved one is over 60, read this",CNN (Online News),"(CNN) - The novel coronavirus can infect anyone, but it's older adults — ages 60 and up — who are more likely to get seriously sick from it.
Some tips are applicable to every generation, but there are specific precautions older adults should take to protect their health.
We spoke to two geriatricians and pulled guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assemble what people 60 and up need to know about the novel coronavirus.
You can download a sheet of that information (in English...",left
8359,Clinton Discusses Election Loss,['Politics'],Here Are The 18 Things Hillary Blames For Her Election Defeat,The Daily Caller,"Hillary Clinton blamed the Democratic National Committee, Facebook, and conspiracy site Infowars Wednesday for her election defeat during an interview in which she pointed at a total of 18 alleged guilty parties for her big loss.",right
8360,Clinton Discusses Election Loss,['Politics'],"Hillary Clinton takes ""responsibility” for loss, but says others contributed",CBS News (Online),"Speaking at the Code Conference in California, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she takes responsibility for her campaign's missteps, while at the same time arguing that she lost last November's election largely for reasons beyond her control.",left
8361,Clinton Discusses Election Loss,['Politics'],"In election blame game, it's time for Hillary Clinton to take her share",CNN (Online News),Hillary Clinton's list of who's to blame for her 2016 election loss gets longer with every passing day.,left
8362,Trump Administration Considers Legally Defining Sex as Biologically Fixed at Birth,['LGBT Rights'],Trump administration considering narrowing legal definition of gender: report,The Hill,"The Trump administration is weighing a change that would require individuals to identify as male or female based on their genitalia at birth, tightening gender definitions that had offered more",center
8363,Trump Administration Considers Legally Defining Sex as Biologically Fixed at Birth,['LGBT Rights'],The Trump Administration Isn’t ‘Dehumanizing’ Transgender Americans,National Review,The administration is proposing to conform the law to the truth.,right
8364,Trump Administration Considers Legally Defining Sex as Biologically Fixed at Birth,['LGBT Rights'],Trump can't erase transgender people with a memo. But he can make our lives a lot harder.,NBC News (Online),"The state might soon tell me that I don't legally exist. We won't stop fighting for the basic right to be ourselves, though — and we will win.",left
8365,ISIS Decision To Be Made Soon,['Middle East'],Obama to Present Case for Broader U.S. Mission Against Militants,New York Times (News),"President Obama will use a speech to the nation on Wednesday to make his case for launching a United States-led offensive against Sunni militants gaining ground in the Middle East, seeking to rally support for a broad military mission while reassuring the public he is not plunging American forces into another Iraq war.
“I’m preparing the country to make sure that we deal with a threat from” the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, Mr. Obama said in an interview broadcast Sunday on NBC’s",left
8366,ISIS Decision To Be Made Soon,['Middle East'],Obama expected to outline US plan to defeat ISIS militants,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama will tell Americans in a speech Wednesday his plans to combat Islamic State militants in the Middle East.
The president disclosed his plans during an interview that aired Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Obama will outline his plan after meeting Tuesday in the Oval Office with Capitol Hill leaders -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio; and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
“What I'm going to ask the American people to understand is that this...",right
8367,ISIS Decision To Be Made Soon,['Middle East'],Obama To Speak Wednesday On U.S. Strategy Against Islamic State,NPR (Online News),"Citing a broad threat posed by the Islamic State, President Obama said Sunday that he'll deliver a national address Wednesday to discuss the U.S. approach to fighting the group that has beheaded two American journalists this summer.
""This is not going to be an announcement about U.S. ground troops,"" Obama tells Chuck Todd on NBC's Meet the Press. ""This is not the equivalent of the Iraq war. What this is, is similar to the kinds of counter-terrorist campaigns that we've been engaging in consistently over the last five, six, seven...",left
8368,Home Prices Hit All-Time High Despite Falling Sales,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Housing Market', 'Recession', 'Inflation', 'Interest Rates']","Home prices hit an all-time high, even as sales continue to slow",CNN Business,"Home prices hit a new all-time high in June, even as home sales declined for the fifth straight month as a lack of affordability continues to push buyers out of the market.
The median home price was $416,000 last month, up 13.4% from one year ago, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. It marks more than a decade of year-over-year monthly price gains.
Sales of existing homes -- which include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops -- were down 5.4% in June from May and 14.2%...",left
8369,Home Prices Hit All-Time High Despite Falling Sales,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Housing Market', 'Recession', 'Inflation', 'Interest Rates']",Home prices driving more Americans out of the market,Axios,"Americans are pumping the brakes on home purchases even as — or perhaps because — prices have hit new record highs.
Driving the news: Existing-home sales fell for the fifth straight month in June, declining 5.4% from May and 14.2% from a year earlier, the National Association of Realtors reported Wednesday.
Meanwhile, mortgage applications fell 6.3% last week, compared with the previous week, hitting their lowest point since 2000, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday.
The median sales price of existing homes was up 13.4% year-over-year to $416,000, an all-time high.
Why it matters: Homeownership is...",center
8370,Home Prices Hit All-Time High Despite Falling Sales,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Housing Market', 'Recession', 'Inflation', 'Interest Rates']",Existing home sales fall for fifth straight month as recession fears rise,Washington Examiner,"Sales of existing homes tumbled last month for the fifth month in a row in June as housing became less affordable across the country.
Existing-home sales declined by 5.4% in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.12 million, according to a report by the National Association of Realtors released Wednesday. Sales were down a hefty 14.2% from a year ago.
Despite that, the NAR said the median existing-home sales price rose to $416,000, up 13.4% for the 12 months ending in June. The hike marks 124 consecutive months of year-over-year price increases, the longest...",right
8371,House Sets First Public Impeachment Hearing for Dec. 4; President Trump Invited,"['Impeachment', 'House Judiciary Committee', 'Donald Trump', 'US Congress', 'Jerry Nadler', 'White House', 'Politics']",U.S. House Judiciary panel invites Trump to December 4 impeachment hearing,Reuters,"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Tuesday invited President Donald Trump to its first impeachment hearing, scheduled for Dec. 4, starting a new phase of the inquiry that could lead to formal charges against the president within weeks.
Trump is not required to attend the hearing. But the move allows the president and his legal team access to congressional impeachment procedures that he and other Republicans have denounced as unfair, partly because the White House has not been able to call or cross-examine witnesses.
The...",center
8372,House Sets First Public Impeachment Hearing for Dec. 4; President Trump Invited,"['Impeachment', 'House Judiciary Committee', 'Donald Trump', 'US Congress', 'Jerry Nadler', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump invited to impeachment hearing next week,Washington Examiner,"The House Judiciary Committee will hold its first public impeachment hearing next week, and President Trump is invited to testify, panel Democrats announced Tuesday.
""At base, the president has a choice to make: He can take this opportunity to be represented in the impeachment hearings, or he can stop complaining about the process,"" Chairman Jerrold Nadler of New York said. ""I hope that he chooses to participate in the inquiry, directly or through counsel, as other presidents have done before him.”
The Democratic congressman sent a letter to Trump inviting...",right
8373,House Sets First Public Impeachment Hearing for Dec. 4; President Trump Invited,"['Impeachment', 'House Judiciary Committee', 'Donald Trump', 'US Congress', 'Jerry Nadler', 'White House', 'Politics']","House Judiciary Committee announces first impeachment hearing, invites Trump to attend",NBC News (Online),"The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday announced it will hold its first public impeachment hearing next week, and invited President Donald Trump and his lawyers ""to participate.""
""I am hopeful that you and your counsel will opt to participate in the Committee's hearing, consistent with the rules of decorum and with the solemn nature before us,"" Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler said in a letter announcing the hearing.
Nadler said the hearing, which will focus on ""Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment,"" will take place on Dec. 4. Trump is scheduled to...",left
8374,Trump Discounts New York Times Story On Deutsche Bank Transactions,"['Donald Trump', 'Fake News', 'New York Times', 'Deutsche Bank', 'Politics']",Trump Rips NYT Over This 'Phony' Story,Townhall,"President Trump hit back against a New York Times report about bank employees flagging ‘suspicious activity’ in accounts controlled by him and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, blasting it as more fake news by a paper that will go out of business when he leaves office.
“The Failing New York Times (it will pass away when I leave office in 6 years), and others of the Fake News Media, keep writing phony stories about how I didn’t use many banks because they didn’t want to do business with me,” he said...",right
8375,Trump Discounts New York Times Story On Deutsche Bank Transactions,"['Donald Trump', 'Fake News', 'New York Times', 'Deutsche Bank', 'Politics']",Deutsche Bank Staff Saw Suspicious Activity in Trump and Kushner Accounts,New York Times (News),"Anti-money-laundering specialists at Deutsche Bank recommended in 2016 and 2017 that multiple transactions involving legal entities controlled by Donald J. Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, be reported to a federal financial-crimes watchdog.
The transactions, some of which involved Mr. Trump’s now-defunct foundation, set off alerts in a computer system designed to detect illicit activity, according to five current and former bank employees. Compliance staff members who then reviewed the transactions prepared so-called suspicious activity reports that they believed should be sent to a unit of the Treasury Department that...",left
8376,Trump Discounts New York Times Story On Deutsche Bank Transactions,"['Donald Trump', 'Fake News', 'New York Times', 'Deutsche Bank', 'Politics']",'I didn’t need money': Trump bristles at report Deutsche Bank staff flagged his transactions,USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump once again went after The New York Times on Twitter, this time to deny and deride its report that anti-money laundering specialists with Deutsche Bank flagged transactions involving himself and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
Software designed to identify illegal activity alerted the staff about the transactions, involving the now-shuttered Trump Foundation and business entities owned by Trump and Kushner, the Times reported Sunday, citing five current and former Deutsche Bank employees.
After reviewing the transactions, bank staff prepared to file suspicious activity reports to send to...",left
8377,Wisconsin to Hold Primary Election Tuesday,"['Wisconsin', 'Wisconsin Primary', '2020 Election', 'Coronavirus', 'Elections']",Wisconsin court rules that primary can proceed on Tuesday,Associated Press,"MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Voters in Wisconsin will likely face a choice on Tuesday of participating in a presidential primary election or heeding warnings from public health officials to stay away from large crowds during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday ordered the election back on, hours after Democratic Gov. Tony Evers issued an executive order postponing it for two months. That was part of a last-ditch effort by Evers to stop in-person voting on Tuesday out of concerns about putting poll workers and voters at risk...",left
8378,Wisconsin to Hold Primary Election Tuesday,"['Wisconsin', 'Wisconsin Primary', '2020 Election', 'Coronavirus', 'Elections']",Primary back on: Wisconsin Supreme Court rules governor can't delay voting,Washington Examiner,"Wisconsin's Tuesday primary is back on.
In a 4-2 decision along ideological lines, the state's supreme court ruled Monday that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers does not have the authority to unilaterally move the scheduled primary to June 9. Evers attempted to delay the primary due to the coronavirus pandemic through an executive order issued the day before the scheduled primary.
Republican lawmakers in the state immediately responded to Evers's attempted order by challenging it in court. Those in the Republican-controlled legislature have blocked delaying of the primary.
The ruling means...",right
8379,Wisconsin to Hold Primary Election Tuesday,"['Wisconsin', 'Wisconsin Primary', '2020 Election', 'Coronavirus', 'Elections']",Wisconsin Is Set to Vote on Tuesday After Court Overrules Governor’s Postponement,New York Times (News),"Wisconsin’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the governor could not postpone Tuesday’s elections because of concerns about the coronavirus, a decision that throws into chaos a presidential primary and nearly 4,000 local contests.
The court ruled 4-2, along ideological lines, that Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, could not use emergency powers to unilaterally change the date of the election, which he sought to do to circumvent Republican opposition to the move.
Mr. Evers had previously said he lacked the legal authority to delay the election and had called upon...",left
8380,Momentum (or Not) for Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Donald Trump Holds Substantial Lead in New Hampshire, According to Poll",Wall Street Journal (News),"The Republican presidential race in the Granite State increasingly looks like a referendum on Sen. Marco Rubio as much as on the current front-runner Donald Trump.
While the celebrity businessman still holds a double-digit lead ahead of Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, Mr. Rubio ranked second in the latest Wall Street",center
8381,Momentum (or Not) for Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The Edge: Iowa loss turns down Trump's volume in N.H.,Fox News (Online News),"We know that Iowa caucus results can change the discussion in New Hampshire and here’s the proof. Prior to Monday night, Donald Trump dominated media mentions within the state of New Hampshire the same way he dominated polls. But, according to research by The New Analytics Company, Trump’s lead in mentions has been cut in half.",right
8382,Momentum (or Not) for Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump's Momentum Could Be Petering Out As New Hampshire Vote Approaches,HuffPost,"Republicans who aren’t in Donald Trump’s camp and independent polltakers and experts here are increasingly convinced that the fear-peddling billionaire is losing momentum and could even lose on Election Day.
“I’ve been convinced since day one that he would not win in the end,” said Andy Smith, the respected dean of New Hampshire polling and a teacher at the University of New Hampshire.",left
8383,Virginia Governor Refuses to Resign After Racist Photo,['Politics'],Former Virginia Gov. McAuliffe calls on Northam to resign amid yearbook photo scandal,Fox News (Online News),"Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Sunday that the man currently holding that seat, Gov. Ralph Northam, will resign soon amid the mounting scandal over a photo on his medical school yearbook page that showed what appeared to be a man in blackface and a second person cloaked in Ku Klux Klan garb.",right
8384,Virginia Governor Refuses to Resign After Racist Photo,['Politics'],"Biden, NAACP, more: Calls for Gov. Ralph Northam to resign persist for second day",USA TODAY,Calls for Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to resign are coming from all sides of the political aisle following the report Friday that Northam appeared in a photo in his medical school yearbook that showed a man dressed in blackface and another person wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood.,left
8385,Virginia Governor Refuses to Resign After Racist Photo,['Politics'],"Virginia Governor, Ralph Northam, Defies Calls to Resign Over Racist Photo",New York Times (News),"Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia, defying pleas from his own party to resign, said on Saturday that he would remain in office, and flatly denied that he had worn Ku Klux Klan robes or appeared in blackface in an image from his medical school yearbook that has upended his governorship and embarrassed his fellow Democrats.",left
8386,Alabama Freezes Enrollment in Children's Health Insurance Program,['Healthcare'],Doug Jones: Funding for CHIP Has Reached 'Crisis Level',Newsmax (News),"Senator-elect Doug Jones, D-Ala., criticized his future colleagues for ""playing political football"" and not yet renewing the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), AL.com is reporting.",right
8387,Alabama Freezes Enrollment in Children's Health Insurance Program,['Healthcare'],Alabama to freeze enrollment in children's health program in two weeks,The Hill,Alabama will freeze enrollment in its children's health insurance program soon if Congress doesn't reauthorize funding for the program.,center
8388,Alabama Freezes Enrollment in Children's Health Insurance Program,['Healthcare'],Alabama is first state to freeze enrollment to Children’s Health Insurance Program,ThinkProgress,Congress has failed to renew the program that covers nearly nine million children nationwide.,left
8389,Understanding Caucuses,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Turnout is name of the game in Iowa caucuses,Fox News (Online News),"The 2016 presidential contenders are begging their Iowa supporters to get to the caucuses Monday and Donald Trump, true to form, is in-your-face about it.
""You're from Iowa,"" Trump told a Dubuque crowd Saturday. ""Are you afraid of snow?""
A snowfall forecast to start Monday night appeared more likely to hinder the hopefuls in their rush out of Iowa than the voters who will be flocking to the caucuses in t",right
8390,Understanding Caucuses,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why do the Iowa caucuses matter? Because everyone thinks they do.,Vox,"Donald Trump has dominated the GOP presidential race for seven months. Nothing €— not his many offensive comments, not his mediocre debate performances, and not the once-feared GOP establishment €— has been able to stop his rise.
But on February 1, all that could change when Trump faces by far his biggest challenge yet: the Iow",left
8391,Understanding Caucuses,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",How Predictive Are Iowa And New Hampshire?,NPR (Online News),"Iowa and New Hampshire get a lot of attention, but their records in picking presidents, let alone nominees, is spotty (as you can see from the chart above). But that doesn't mean the states don't matter. They have been effective at weeding the field of candidates, and they're about momentum for those later states.
Plus, in the last 40 years, just one person has gone on to win the presidency after losing both I",left
8392,"Vaccine Distribution Continues, Alongside Concerns About Access","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare']",Biden Slams Trump For Slow COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout,HuffPost,"President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday called out Donald Trump’s administration for bungling the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and laid out his own plans for quickly immunizing as many Americans as possible.
“The Trump administration’s plan to distribute the vaccine is falling behind ― far behind,” Biden said from Wilmington, Delaware.
“As I long feared and warned, the effort to distribute and administer the vaccine is not progressing as it should,” he said, adding that if the current pace continues, “it’s going to take years, not months, to vaccinate the American people.”...",left
8393,"Vaccine Distribution Continues, Alongside Concerns About Access","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare']","Red states prioritize elderly and vulnerable in vaccine distribution, bucking federal guidance",Washington Examiner,"Several red states are eschewing federal recommendations for vaccine distribution and prioritizing the elderly and vulnerable over essential workers, in the hopes of saving more lives.
Texas, Florida, South Dakota, and Tennessee have decided to focus on groups that are the most at risk of death, including those with chronic conditions and elderly people who are 65 and up. That is a different distribution plan than the one recommended in mid-December by the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which said that certain essential workers and those age 75 and...",right
8394,"Vaccine Distribution Continues, Alongside Concerns About Access","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare']",First patient to receive COVID-19 vaccine gets second shot,The Hill,"Margaret Keenan, the first person outside of trial to receive Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, received her second dose on Tuesday, making her the first patient to be fully immunized against the coronavirus.
Sky News reports that Keenan received her second dose at Coventry's University Hospital, three weeks after her first dose was administered on Dec. 8.
Upon receiving her first dose of the vaccine earlier in December, Keenan told reporters that it was a “privilege” and “the best early birthday present I could wish for.""
""We were delighted to welcome...",center
8395,Dems Accept GOP's Short-term Debt Limit Extension Offer,"['Federal Budget', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Economic Policy', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Politics', 'Capitol Hill', 'Economy And Jobs']","Dems take GOP's short-term debt fix offer, kicking deadline to December",Politico,"Democrats are planning to accept an offer from Mitch McConnell to let them raise the debt ceiling into December without a GOP filibuster, multiple senators said after a closed-door caucus meeting on Wednesday.
The move effectively kicks the can two months on the fight over the debt. But even as Democrats accepted part of the Senate minority leader’s entreaties, they said they will not bend on rejecting his demands that they use the laborious process of budget reconciliation to pass a longer debt ceiling increase.
Democrats accepted the deal because...",left
8396,Dems Accept GOP's Short-term Debt Limit Extension Offer,"['Federal Budget', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Economic Policy', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Politics', 'Capitol Hill', 'Economy And Jobs']",Democrats say they will accept McConnell debt ceiling offer,The Hill,"Democratic senators on Wednesday signaled they will accept a proposal by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to raise the debt limit for two months to avoid a potential economic crisis.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) noted that accepting McConnell’s offer to vote to raise the debt limit to a certain number high enough to cover the nation’s financial obligations until December would amount to “a temporary victory.”
“In terms of a temporary lifting of the debt ceiling, we view that as a victory, a temporary victory with more work to do,” she told CNN's Jake Tapper. 
Baldwin...",center
8397,Dems Accept GOP's Short-term Debt Limit Extension Offer,"['Federal Budget', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Economic Policy', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Politics', 'Capitol Hill', 'Economy And Jobs']",Democrats poised to accept GOP's short-term debt limit extension,Washington Examiner,"Senate Democrats say they’ll agree to a proposal by Republicans to solve a debt limit impasse by extending the nation’s borrowing limit for only three months.
“We are willing to take this offer in order to stave off fiscal ruin,” Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, told reporters after the caucus huddled privately Wednesday.
Democrats aren’t happy with the plan.
They intended to pass legislation that would extend the debt ceiling until December 2022, but Republicans said they would not provide the necessary 10 votes to stave off a filibuster,...",right
8398,Peace Talks Resume as Russia Pressures Ukraine Capital,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Peace Talks']",Live Updates: Russia and Ukraine Hold Talks After Bloody Weekend,New York Times (News),"Negotiators from Russia and Ukraine were meeting again on Monday for another round of talks aimed at finding a way out of the increasingly brutal war, even as Russia expanded the targets of its military offensive and the humanitarian catastrophe deepened in Mariupol and other cities ravaged by weeks of bombardment.
A convoy led by a Ukrainian Orthodox priest was headed toward Mariupol carrying 100 tons of medicine and food, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said in a speech overnight. But the 50 miles of road the convoy had to...",left
8399,Peace Talks Resume as Russia Pressures Ukraine Capital,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Peace Talks']",Kyiv apartment block shelled but 'hard' Ukraine peace talks go ahead,Reuters,"Ukraine said it had begun ""hard"" talks on a ceasefire, immediate withdrawal of troops and security guarantees with Russia on Monday, despite the fatal shelling of a residential building in Kyiv.
Both sides suggested at the weekend some results could be in sight after earlier rounds have primarily focused on ceasefires to get aid to towns and cities under siege by Russian forces and evacuate civilians; those truces have frequently failed. read more
Firefighters tackled the remains of a blaze at the damaged apartment block in the capital, where a stunned...",center
8400,Peace Talks Resume as Russia Pressures Ukraine Capital,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Peace Talks']",Negotiators hint at progress before fourth round of Ukraine-Russia peace talks,Washington Examiner,"The fourth round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine began on Monday, and before the talks, officials from both countries hinted at progress after weekend negotiations.
Hopes of de-escalating the war in Ukraine come after a bloody weekend that saw American journalist Brent Renaud killed by Russian gunfire and more than 30 cruise missiles hit a Ukrainian base near Poland, leaving at least 35 people dead. Overnight shellings also occurred in numerous parts of Ukraine hours before the talks.
""Russia is already beginning to talk constructively,"" Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian...",right
8401,"Harris, Biden Mistakenly Mention 'Harris Administration'; Reports Come Mainly from Right-Rated Media","['Campaign Rhetoric', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Kamala Harris', 'Democratic Party', 'Media Bias']",Biden running mate Harris mistakenly refers to potential 'Harris administration',Just The News,"Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris' recent public comment about a ""Harris administration"" is playing into speculation that she would promptly take over for presidential nominee Joe Biden if they win in November.
""A Harris administration, together with Joe Biden as the president of the United States,"" Harris started to say Monday before apparently catching her mistake.
""The Biden-Harris administration will provide access to $100 billion in low-interest loans and investments from minority business owners,"" she quickly continued, at a virtual roundtable discussion for Arizona small-business owners.
The Trump...",center
8402,"Harris, Biden Mistakenly Mention 'Harris Administration'; Reports Come Mainly from Right-Rated Media","['Campaign Rhetoric', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Kamala Harris', 'Democratic Party', 'Media Bias']","Biden bungles Dem ticket, refers to 'Harris-Biden administration' in campaign speech",Fox News (Online News),"Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden really appears to be on the same page as his running mate Kamala Harris, mistakenly referring to plans in a ""Harris-Biden administration"" just one day after the California senator similarly suggested that she was on the top of the Democratic ticket.
While speaking at a campaign event in Tampa, Fla. on Tuesday, the former vice president attempted to make an appeal to veterans and offered a glimpse of what they should expect with him in the White House.
However, his remarks sounded like he would...",right
8403,"Harris, Biden Mistakenly Mention 'Harris Administration'; Reports Come Mainly from Right-Rated Media","['Campaign Rhetoric', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Kamala Harris', 'Democratic Party', 'Media Bias']","Joe Biden And Kamala Harris Make Freudian Slips, Accidentally Referring To A ‘Harris Administration’",The Federalist,"Vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris spoke of a “Harris administration,” while discussing economic plans during a virtual roundtable Saturday.
“A Harris administration, together with Joe Biden as the president of the United States,” she said before correcting what many are calling a “Freudian slip.”
Harris’ gaffe comes a few days before Joe Biden himself referred to a “Harris/Biden administration,” at a roundtable discussion with veterans in Tampa, Florida on Tuesday.
With worries about Biden’s mental agility, many people wonder if a potential Biden administration would really be Biden’s. The Federalist...",right
8404,House Oversight Committee to Probe Ivanka Trump's Email Use,['Politics'],"Ivanka Trump’s emails, and the many things Trump attacked Obama and Clinton for and then did",Washington Post,"As far as 2016 Donald Trump was concerned, there was little worse than a high-ranking government official using private email; this was something that warranted prison time for Hillary Clinton.",left
8405,House Oversight Committee to Probe Ivanka Trump's Email Use,['Politics'],Ivanka Trump emails a yawner of a scandal,Washington Times,"Ivanka Trump has apparently, reportedly — according to various media outlets — used her private email account for official government White House business.",right
8406,House Oversight Committee to Probe Ivanka Trump's Email Use,['Politics'],House Democrats to Investigate Ivanka Trump’s Email Use,Wall Street Journal (News),"The House Oversight Committee will probe her use of a private email account to conduct official government business, the panel’s senior Democrat said",center
8407,GOP Delegate Race,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Can Donald Trump really hit 1,237 before Cleveland?",CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump is now the only Republican presidential candidate with a realistic chance of winning the 1,237 votes to clinch the nomination before the national convention this summer.",left
8408,GOP Delegate Race,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",How Trump Could Win Outright,New York Times (News),"After a forceful win in New York, Donald Trump has a narrow but real path to 1,237 delegates, the number required to avoid a contested convention.
He needs about 390 more delegates to become the Republican presidential nominee. Here’s one way he could get them.",left
8409,GOP Delegate Race,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why Trump is Likely to Fall 57 Delegates Short of Nomination,New York Post (News),"There’s nothing quite like playing in front of the hometown crowd to get your mojo back. And that’s exactly what Donald Trump did in the New York primary Tuesday, winning 61 of 62 counties and all but one congressional district en route to scooping up 90 delegates.",right
8410,Fact Checking the 2nd Dem Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Fact Check: The Second Democratic Debate,New York Times (News),We checked the accuracy of candidates’ remarks live in the Democratic debate in Des Moines. See fact checks from the last Republican debate.,left
8411,Fact Checking the 2nd Dem Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Democratic debate: CNN's Reality Check team inspects the claims,CNN (Online News),"The Democratic candidates for president gathered in Des Moines, Iowa, for their second debate Saturday, and CNN's Reality Check team spent the night putting their statements and assertions to the test.
The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN selected key statements and rated them: True; Mostly True; True, but Misleading; False; or It's Complicated.
Previous CNN Reality Check coverage of the Democratic and Republican candidates can be found here. This story will be updated throughout the night.",left
8412,Fact Checking the 2nd Dem Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Democrats Debate in Iowa Day After Paris Terror Attacks,Breitbart News,"The three Democrats left stranding—frontrunner Hillary Clinton, former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)16%
—debate tonight in Iowa the day after a series of horrific Islamic terror attacks rocked Paris and left 129 dead and hundreds more injured.
In Iowa, viewers may be more interested in their undefeated Iowa Hawkeyes (Iowa ate nearly ten minutes off the clock on a 17-play drive and took a 7-0 lead on a LeShun Daniels touchdown run before Minnesota tied the game on quarterback Mitch Leidner’s touchdown run) taking on...",right
8413,Trump Names Impeachment Defense Team,"['Donald Trump', 'Ken Starr', 'Alan Dershowitz', 'Monica Lewinsky', 'White House', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']","Dershowitz, Starr join Trump impeachment legal defense",Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s legal team for his upcoming Senate impeachment trial will include former Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz and Ken Starr, the independent counsel who investigated President Bill Clinton.
The team will also include Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general and a Trump ally, according to a person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the person wasn’t authorized to speak on the record.
The lead roles for Trump’s defense will be played by White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and...",left
8414,Trump Names Impeachment Defense Team,"['Donald Trump', 'Ken Starr', 'Alan Dershowitz', 'Monica Lewinsky', 'White House', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Monica Lewinsky floored after Ken Starr joins Trump’s impeachment legal team,New York Daily News,"Monica Lewinsky is having a déjà vu day.
The former White House intern was incredulous Friday amid revelations that President Trump’s Senate impeachment trial defense team will feature Ken Starr, the former independent counsel who investigated her sexual relationship with Bill Clinton in 1998.
“This is definitely an ‘are you f--king kidding me?’ kinda day,” Lewinsky tweeted as news broke that Starr was among four new additions to Trump’s legal team.",left
8415,Trump Names Impeachment Defense Team,"['Donald Trump', 'Ken Starr', 'Alan Dershowitz', 'Monica Lewinsky', 'White House', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']","Ken Starr, Alan Dershowitz join Trump’s impeachment defense team",Fox News (Online News),"Ken Starr, the former independent counsel who led the Whitewater investigation into then-President Bill Clinton in the mid-1990s, and attorney Alan Dershowitz will join President Trump’s impeachment defense team, Fox News has learned.
The prominent lawyers are among several attorneys added to the team as the president's impeachment trial gets underway, with proceedings kicking off Thursday and moving into full swing next Tuesday.
The team will also include former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi, former federal prosecutor Robert Ray and Jane Raskin, who was part of the president's legal team...",right
8416,University Free Speech vs Safe Spaces,['Free Speech'],University Of Chicago Sends The Acceptance Letter Every College Should,The Federalist,"The University of Chicago refuses to be your safe space from new ideas. The University of Chicago’s acceptance letter for the incoming class of 2020 is more than that— it’s a declaration of academic freedom. The college’s Dean of Students Jay Ellison used the letter to welcome students and reclaim the definition of college. An education at the University of Chicago is not about “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings,” he wrote, but “rigorous debate, discussion…disagreement,” and even occasional “discomfort.”
This daring correspondence begins:",right
8417,University Free Speech vs Safe Spaces,['Free Speech'],UChicago's anti-safe spaces letter isn’t about academic freedom. It’s about power.,Vox,"A letter from the University of Chicago’s dean of students to the incoming students of the class of 2020 has been making the rounds on social media the past few days. Its purpose, I guess, was to let those students know they were in for a real education. More of a full-on broadside than a welcome letter, the dean let the incoming students know that the university is totally committed to academic freedom and ""freedom of expression"" from its faculty and students.
What this means in practice, the letter continues,...",left
8418,University Free Speech vs Safe Spaces,['Free Speech'],U. of C. tells incoming freshmen it does not support 'trigger warnings' or 'safe spaces',Chicago Tribune,"University of Chicago class of 2020, get ready for a college experience filled with debate, discussion — and possibly discomfort.",center
8419,Bills in Several States Aim to Criminalize Transgender Treatments for Children,"['Healthcare', 'South Dakota', 'Psychology', 'Mental Health', 'Transgender Rights', 'LGBT Rights']",National firestorm on horizon as states consider criminalizing transgender treatments for youths,USA TODAY,"A polarizing debate is happening around the nation as lawmakers in eight states have introduced bills in recent weeks seeking to restrict transition-related treatment for transgender youth.
Proponents say the measures protect minors from medical changes they may regret as adults, while opponents say the bills prevent doctors from following health care guidelines approved by organizations such as the American Medical Association.
The South Dakota House passed its version of the bill last week, which would impose a one-year jail sentence and a maximum fine of $2,000 on doctors...",left
8420,Bills in Several States Aim to Criminalize Transgender Treatments for Children,"['Healthcare', 'South Dakota', 'Psychology', 'Mental Health', 'Transgender Rights', 'LGBT Rights']",Fact Check: Washington Post Reports Transgender Puberty Blockers Are ‘Reversible’,Breitbart News,"CLAIM: The Washington Post reported youth puberty blockers are “reversible” in an article critical of a South Dakota proposed law that would criminalize treating transgender young people with medical treatments or surgery.
VERDICT: FALSE.
South Dakota could become the first state in the nation to criminalize treating transgender youths under 16 years old with medical treatment or surgery.
A WaPo piece published on January 28 stated:
Hormone treatment, which can be used to delay puberty, is reversible and medical evidence suggests allowing transgender children to delay puberty until they are...",right
8421,Bills in Several States Aim to Criminalize Transgender Treatments for Children,"['Healthcare', 'South Dakota', 'Psychology', 'Mental Health', 'Transgender Rights', 'LGBT Rights']",What South Dakota Doesn’t Get About Transgender Children,New York Times (Opinion),"Early in my medical training, I read a landmark case study about a 12-year-old boy who wrote a suicide note to his mother saying he would rather die than go through puberty. I later met teenagers who tightly bound their chests — knowing that it could result in fractured ribs — because the emotional pain of seeing their breasts was much worse than any imaginable physical pain.
These children are transgender, and they account for almost 2 percent of youth in the United States. They are suffering from the psychological...",left
8422,Government Shutdown Avoided,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","Spending bill language omits border wall funding, sanctuary cities crackdown",Fox News (Online News),"Republican and Democratic lawmakers forged a $1.07 trillion spending package that would fund the government through the end of September, but does not include some of President Trump’s cornerstone promises including funding for a border wall or funding cuts to sanctuary cities.",right
8423,Government Shutdown Avoided,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Bipartisan Agreement Reached to Fund Government Through September,New York Times (News),"Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan agreement on Sunday to fund the government through September, effectively ending any suspense about the possibility of a government shutdown next weekend.",left
8424,Government Shutdown Avoided,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","U.S. Congress negotiators set spending plan to avert shutdown, bolster defense",Reuters,"Negotiators in the U.S. Congress reached a deal late on Sunday on around $1 trillion in federal funding that would avert a government shutdown later this week, while handing President Donald Trump a down payment on his promised military buildup.",center
8425,Harris's Staff Dissatisfied With 'Dysfunctional' Work Environment,"['Kamala Harris', 'Politics', 'Culture', 'Media Industry', 'Sexism', 'White House']","Kamala Harris’ chief of staff, criticized for tough tactics, built reputation while working for Bill Clinton",CNBC,"Tina Flournoy, the chief of staff for Vice President Kamala Harris, has established a reputation as a tough gatekeeper, using similar tactics to those she used while overseeing former President Bill Clinton’s post-White House office.
Flournoy’s tight approach, which includes blocking longtime allies from contacting Harris, has led to both praise and criticism.
It also has created tension within the vice president’s team and among her outside confidants and donors. Politico reported on Wednesday that there is dysfunction in Harris’ office and that much of the frustration stems from Flournoy. She oversaw...",center
8426,Harris's Staff Dissatisfied With 'Dysfunctional' Work Environment,"['Kamala Harris', 'Politics', 'Culture', 'Media Industry', 'Sexism', 'White House']","Kamala Harris staff contending with low morale, internal tensions: reports",Fox News (Online News),"As Vice President Kamala Harris contends with intense scrutiny over her handling of the border crisis and other key issues, members of her staff are experiencing low morale and struggling to communicate with top staffers, according to multiple reports on Wednesday.
Communication issues and distrust between aides and senior officials on Harris’ team, including her chief of staff Tina Flournoy, have contributed to a ""tense and at times dour office atmosphere."" Politico reported, citing interviews with 22 current and former aides. 
Much of the criticism was directed at Flournoy, who aides claimed has limited access to Harris...",right
8427,Harris's Staff Dissatisfied With 'Dysfunctional' Work Environment,"['Kamala Harris', 'Politics', 'Culture', 'Media Industry', 'Sexism', 'White House']",‘Not a healthy environment’: Kamala Harris’ office rife with dissent,Politico,"When Vice President Kamala Harris finally made the decision to visit the Mexico border last week, people inside her own office were blindsided by the news.
For days, aides and outside allies had been calling and texting with each other about the political fallout that a potential trip would entail. But when it became known that she was going to El Paso, it left many scrambling, including officials who were responsible for making travel arrangements and others outside the VP’s office charged with crafting the messaging across the administration.",left
8428,Kurds Launch Offensive,['Middle East'],Kurds launch offensive to take Sinjar from ISIS,CNN (Online News),"Plumes of smoke blackened the sky above Sinjar as Kurdish forces, backed by intense coalition air support, tried Thursday to take back the northern Iraqi town from ISIS.",left
8429,Kurds Launch Offensive,['Middle East'],Kurdish Forces Retake Strategic Highway in Iraq’s North From ISIS,New York Times (News),"Kurdish forces aided by thousands of lightly armed Yazidi fighters captured a strategic highway on Thursday in northern Iraq in the early stages of an offensive to reclaim the town of Sinjar from the Islamic State, which seized it last year and murdered, raped and enslaved thousands of Yazidis.",left
8430,Kurds Launch Offensive,['Middle East'],"Iraqi Kurds reach Sinjar road, cutting IS supply line",Townhall,"Kurdish Iraqi fighters, backed by U.S.-led airstrikes, launched a major assault Thursday aiming to retake the strategic town of Sinjar, which the Islamic State group overran last year in an onslaught that caused the flight of tens of thousands of Yazidis and first prompted the United States to launch the air campaign against the militants.",right
8431,Shinseki Apologizes,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",Shinseki apologizes for VA health-care scandal,Washington Post,The veterans affairs secretary said the problems in the VA health-care system are indefensible.,left
8432,Shinseki Apologizes,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']","Shinseki apologizes, orders VA fixes",CNN (Online News),"VA Secretary Eric Shinseki announced several fixes to VA systems, including removal of senior leaders at the Phoenix VA hospital.",left
8433,Shinseki Apologizes,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']","Shinseki vows firings at Phoenix VA, ahead of private meeting with Obama",Fox News (Online News),President Obama plans to meet with embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki in the Oval Office on Friday morning amid mounting calls for his resignation.,right
8434,Shep Smith and Sean Hannity Feud Over Bias at Fox,['Media Bias'],Shep Smith Has the Hardest Job on Fox News,Time Magazine,"In a Manhattan Fox News studio on a recent Tuesday in February, Shepard Smith sits ready to begin taping his 3 p.m. newscast. He’s spent the preceding hour typing out edits to his script with slightly hunched posture, raising his eyebrows at his keyboard and reading his monologue to himself to test its accuracy and its cadence. The computers behind him—clad in giant white shells, they look like robots from the Star Wars universe—are each manned by researchers. Several of them are scanning their email and news sites, one is...",left
8435,Shep Smith and Sean Hannity Feud Over Bias at Fox,['Media Bias'],Shepard Smith: Fox News opinion hosts 'don't really have rules',The Hill,"Fox News anchor Shepard Smith says opinion programming on his network doesn't ""really have rules"" and exists ""strictly to be entertaining,"" in an interview published Thursday.",center
8436,Shep Smith and Sean Hannity Feud Over Bias at Fox,['Media Bias'],Sean Hannity fires back at Shepard Smith: ‘He is clueless about what we do’,Washington Times,Sean Hannity fired back at his Fox News colleague Shepard Smith on Twitter Friday after the breaking news anchor claimed Fox News’s opinion programming doesn’t “really have rules.”,right
8437,Companies Split with NRA,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],US companies pull back from NRA after Florida shooting,Washington Examiner,Some U.S. companies that offered discount programs and other services to the National Rifle Association are ending them as the powerful lobbying group fights efforts to restrict firearm sales following a deadly school shooting in Florida.,right
8438,Companies Split with NRA,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"NRA-affiliated businesses shed ties after Parkland, Florida school shooting",USA TODAY,"Several businesses with ties to the National Rifle Association are breaking up with the group amid mounting pressure from gun-control proponents following the Parkland, Fla. school shooting.",left
8439,Companies Split with NRA,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Companies are cutting ties with the NRA after the Parkland mass shooting,Vox,"Enterprise, the First National Bank of Omaha, Symantec, and Simplisafe have ended partnerships with the organization.",left
8440,Apple Moves Production of Mac Pro to China,"['Trade', 'Technology', 'China', 'Apple']",Report: Apple to shift assembly of Mac Pro from US to China,Associated Press,"SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple will manufacture its new Mac Pro computer in China, shifting away from a U.S. assembly line it had been using for that product in recent years, according to a report published Friday.
The company intends to assemble the new Mac Pro in a factory near Shanghai, according to The Wall Street Journal , which cited unidentified people familiar with the plan.
Apple issued a statement saying the new Mac Pro will be designed and engineered in California, but wouldn’t say where it will be assembled....",left
8441,Apple Moves Production of Mac Pro to China,"['Trade', 'Technology', 'China', 'Apple']",Apple moves production of $6G Mac Pro to China,Fox News (Online News),"Apple is manufacturing its new Mac Pro computer in China, according to people familiar with its plans, shifting abroad production of what had been its only major device assembled in the U.S. as trade tensions escalate between the Trump administration and Beijing.
The tech giant has tapped contractor Quanta Computer Inc. to manufacture the $6,000 desktop computer and is ramping up production at a factory near Shanghai, the people said. Quanta’s facility is close to other Apple suppliers across Asia, making it possible for Apple to achieve lower shipping costs...",right
8442,Apple Moves Production of Mac Pro to China,"['Trade', 'Technology', 'China', 'Apple']",Apple Goes All In on China,Mother Jones,"Apple Inc. is manufacturing its new Mac Pro computer in China, according to people familiar with its plans, shifting abroad production of what had been its only major device assembled in the U.S. as trade tensions escalate between the Trump administration and Beijing….With the previous Mac Pro model, released in 2013, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook trumpeted plans to build it in the U.S. Apple invested $100 million in tooling and other equipment for a plant in Austin, Texas, run by contract manufacturer Flex Ltd. Each computer was stamped with...",left
8443,Trump's Tulsa Rally Turnout Lower Than Expected,"['Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Race And Racism', 'Tulsa']",TikTok Teens and K-Pop Stans Say They Sank Trump Rally,New York Times (News),"President Trump’s campaign promised huge crowds at his rally in Tulsa, Okla., on Saturday, but it failed to deliver. Hundreds of teenage TikTok users and K-pop fans say they’re at least partially responsible.
Brad Parscale, the chairman of Mr. Trump’s re-election campaign, posted on Twitter on Monday that the campaign had fielded more than a million ticket requests, but reporters at the event noted the attendance was lower than expected. The campaign also canceled planned events outside the rally for an anticipated overflow crowd that did not materialize.",left
8444,Trump's Tulsa Rally Turnout Lower Than Expected,"['Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Race And Racism', 'Tulsa']","Tulsa Fire Department says Trump rally attendance was about 6,200",The Hill,"Fewer than 6,200 people attended President Trump's campaign rally at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night, well below the arena's capacity of roughly 19,000, according to the Tulsa Fire Department.
Andrew Little, the department's public information officer, told The Hill that a fire marshal recorded the tally at around 7:30 p.m., noting that the figure applied to scanned tickets from the event. The number did not account for members of the media, campaign staff and those in box suites.",center
8445,Trump's Tulsa Rally Turnout Lower Than Expected,"['Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Race And Racism', 'Tulsa']","10.1 Million People Watched Trump’s Tulsa Rally Online, Campaign Says",The Epoch Times,"More than 10 million people watched President Donald Trump’s reelection rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 20, according to Gary Coby, the campaign’s digital director.
The total doesn’t include television viewers. More than 2.5 million people watched the rally prior to Trump’s speech, according to Tim Murtaugh, the campaign’s communications director.",right
8446,Committee Wants Hillary to Explain,['Politics'],Hillary’s emails: Deleted but not gone,Politico,"As House Republican leaders weigh whether to try to force former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to hand over her personal email server, experts say the messages she deleted from it — or at least portions of them — can almost certainly be recovered.
Half a dozen computer forensics experts interviewed by POLITICO said remnants of Clinton’s emails likely still exist on the server, although retrieving them could be time intensive and expensive.
Story Continued Below
Clinton’s attorney David Kendall on Friday wrote Benghazi Committee Chairman Rep....",left
8447,Committee Wants Hillary to Explain,['Politics'],Hil on the grill: Benghazi committee demands Clinton testify on emails,Washington Times,"The Benghazi investigative committee on Tuesday formally requested former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton give a transcribed interview detailing her decision-making in determining which emails she turned over to the government and why she wiped her email server clean.
Chairman Trey Gowdy said Mrs. Clinton’s “unique arrangement with herself” — in which she claimed complete control of government business emails — needs to be explained, and nobody other than Mrs. Clinton can do that.
The interview would be behind closed doors, but would be part of the committee investigation’s...",right
8448,Committee Wants Hillary to Explain,['Politics'],House Panel Seeks Private Talk With Hillary Clinton About Email,New York Times (News),"The chairman of the House select committee investigating the Benghazi attacks asked Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday to appear for a private interview about her exclusive use of a personal email account when she was secretary of state.
Mrs. Clinton’s “email arrangement with herself is highly unusual, if not unprecedented,” the committee’s chairman, Representative Trey Gowdy, Republican of South Carolina, wrote in a letter to Mrs. Clinton’s lawyer Tuesday morning. He added that Mrs. Clinton’s disclosure last week that all of the emails from the personal account had been deleted...",left
8449,Several Biden Cabinet Nominees Face Confirmation Hurdles,"['Politics', 'Biden Cabinet Nominees', 'Identity Politics', 'Institutional Racism', 'Race And Racism', 'Polarization']",Many of Biden’s nominees of color run into turbulence in the Senate,Washington Post,"The Biden administration has fewer top government leaders in place than other recent presidents at this point in their terms, a pace that’s been slowed by a siege at the Capitol, an impeachment trial, a plague and a series of snowstorms.
But activists who pushed Biden to nominate a diverse Cabinet are also noticing another phenomenon: Many of the president’s Black, Latino, Asian and Native American nominees are encountering more political turbulence than their White counterparts, further drawing out the process of staffing the federal government.
Controversy has centered on...",left
8450,Several Biden Cabinet Nominees Face Confirmation Hurdles,"['Politics', 'Biden Cabinet Nominees', 'Identity Politics', 'Institutional Racism', 'Race And Racism', 'Polarization']",Biden's picks face peril in 50-50 Senate,The Hill,"Two of President Biden’s Cabinet nominees are slamming into confirmation hurdles on Capitol Hill, testing the White House’s ability to navigate a tenuous Senate majority amid deep partisan divisions in Washington.
Biden’s pick for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Neera Tanden, now appears unlikely to be confirmed after two Senate panels delayed business meetings to vote on her nomination Wednesday.
And Republicans are solidifying their opposition to Xavier Becerra, Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
Rep. Deb Haaland (D.N.M.), whose prospects were uncertain...",center
8451,Several Biden Cabinet Nominees Face Confirmation Hurdles,"['Politics', 'Biden Cabinet Nominees', 'Identity Politics', 'Institutional Racism', 'Race And Racism', 'Polarization']",Democrats weaponize identity politics to shield vulnerable Biden nominees,Fox News (Online News),"Prominent Democrats in Washington are weaponizing identity politics to defend some of President Biden's most controversial Cabinet nominees from criticism.
Neera Tanden, Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M. and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra have all faced intense scrutiny for their policy positions and public statements, but some Democrats are suggesting that the nominees' critics are motivated by prejudice.
During Becerra's second confirmation hearing to become secretary of Health and Human Services on Wednesday, Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., suggested that Becerra was ""being held to a much different standard than...",right
8452,More Fallout from Trump’s Muslim Comment,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump Feud with Military Family Draws Ire of Fellow Republicans,CBN,"Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is under fire for how he reacted over the weekend to the parents of Humayun Khan, a fallen Muslim U.S. Army captain.",right
8453,More Fallout from Trump’s Muslim Comment,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Gold Star Families Attack Trump Over Comments About Ghazala Khan,NBC News (Online),"The families of 11 service members who died fighting for the U.S. demanded an apology from Donald Trump on Monday, accusing him of ""cheapening the sacrifice made by those we lost.""",left
8454,More Fallout from Trump’s Muslim Comment,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Did Trump go too far?,CNN (Online News),Donald Trump's criticism about the Muslim parents of a slain American soldier has generated -- once again -- a backlash within his own party.,left
8455,Perspectives: Renters Celebrate Eviction Ban as Landlords Plan Legal Challenges,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Eviction Moratorium', 'Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",Small-Time Landlords ‘Hanging on By Their Fingernails’ as Eviction Moratorium Drags On,National Review,"One of Raj Sookram’s tenants stopped paying rent in December. Another man hasn’t paid him a cent in 20 months. He now owes Sookram over $20,000.
One woman stopped paying this spring, Sookram said, then demanded that he fix her hot water heater when it blew. That ended with city officials threatening Sookram with daily fines.
In all, Sookram said, about half of the tenants living in his 13 Rochester, New York, rental properties are behind on rent. Sookram said he’s struggling to pay his bills and taxes. He’s had...",right
8456,Perspectives: Renters Celebrate Eviction Ban as Landlords Plan Legal Challenges,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Eviction Moratorium', 'Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",Will new CDC moratorium keep tenants housed?,Associated Press,"After a federal eviction moratorium was allowed to lapse this weekend, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new moratorium Tuesday on evictions that would last until Oct. 3.
The new moratorium aims to keep millions in their homes and prevent the spread of the coronavirus’ delta variant. The order cites the fact that there are lower vaccination rates in areas most at risk for eviction.
The moratorium also give states additional time to get out nearly $47 billion in rental assistance, most of which has yet to be distributed to...",left
8457,Perspectives: Renters Celebrate Eviction Ban as Landlords Plan Legal Challenges,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Eviction Moratorium', 'Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",Renters are rejoicing now that eviction ban has been extended. What you need to know,CNN Business,"This weekend, after the almost year-long ban on evictions expired, Ronald Leonard was terrified of being thrown out of his Daytona Beach, Florida, rental home. But then, on Tuesday evening, he heard the eviction moratorium had been extended again.
""I'm the happiest guy in the world,"" said Leonard.
Like millions of other renters at risk of losing their homes without the protective federal eviction ban in place, Leonard said he was a wreck on Monday and Tuesday, waiting in fear of a sheriff coming to his door after the moratorium expired on July 31.
""If I end...",left
8458,Jobless Claims Rise; Unemployment and Continuing Claims Fall,"['Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus', 'Labor', 'Department Of Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']","Jobs Are Starting to Come Back, But Bankruptcies Are Soaring",New York Magazine,"Roughly 2.1 million Americans lost their jobs last week, according to Labor Department data. In this economy, that qualifies as good news.
Yes, 2.1 million initial unemployment claims is an awful lot of initial unemployment claims. But it is also a smaller number of claims than were filed the previous week. In fact, the number of Americans applying for first-time jobless benefits has now declined for eight straight weeks. More significantly, the number of Americans who just joined the unemployment roles is smaller than the number who just left them:...",left
8459,Jobless Claims Rise; Unemployment and Continuing Claims Fall,"['Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus', 'Labor', 'Department Of Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']","Another 2.1 million file jobless claims, but total unemployed shrinks",CNBC,"First-time claims for unemployment benefits totaled 2.1 million last week, the lowest total since the coronavirus crisis began though indicative that a historically high number of Americans remain separated from their jobs.
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for 2.05 million. The total represented a decrease of 323,000 from the previous week’s upwardly revised 2.438 million.
Continuing claims, or those who have been collecting for at least two weeks, numbered 21.05 million, a clearer picture of how many workers are still sidelined. That number dropped sharply, falling 3.86...",center
8460,Jobless Claims Rise; Unemployment and Continuing Claims Fall,"['Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus', 'Labor', 'Department Of Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Weekly Jobless Claims Fall to 2.1 Million,Breitbart News,"New claims for unemployment benefits fell to 2.123 million last week, data from the Department of Labor showed Thursday.
That brings new unemployment claims, a proxy for layoffs, since the coronavirus pandemic began to claim jobs ten weeks ago to nearly 40 million.
Economists had been expecting around 2.1 million for weekly claims. The prior week was revised up by 8,000 to 2,438,000.
Claims hit a record 6.87 million for the week of March 27. Each subsequent week has seen claims decline.
Continuing claims, those made after an initial application,...",right
8461,Rand Paul Today Show Interview,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Tense: Rand Paul clashes with Today host over his foreign policy flip-flops,HotAir,"The fight of Rand Paul’s life will not be against the Republican Party’s “establishment,” nor will it be against Hillary Clinton should he become his party’s presidential nominee in 2016. No, the great adversaries against which Paul will be contending for the remainder of his presidential campaign will be himself and the political press.
This battle was foreshadowed on Tuesday during an interview between Paul and NBC’s Today host Savannah Guthrie.
To read Today’s take on this interview is to come away with the impression that it was a collegial...",right
8462,Rand Paul Today Show Interview,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Rand Paul Questions the ‘Today’ Show Questions,New York Times (News),"Barely a day into his presidential campaign, and only a couple of months after a testy exchange with another reporter, Senator Rand Paul is facing more criticism for his brusque tone with a television interviewer.
In an interview Wednesday morning with Savannah Guthrie on NBC’s “Today” show, Mr. Paul took issue with her repeated questioning of his foreign policy positions, accusing her of “editorializing.”
“Why don’t you let me explain instead of talking over me?” Mr. Paul said, before instructing Ms. Guthrie on how he believes an interview should be...",left
8463,Rand Paul Today Show Interview,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Rand Paul accuses 'Today' anchor of editorializing,CNN (Online News),"A day into his just-launched presidential campaign, Senator Rand Paul clashed with ""Today'""show anchor Savannah Guthrie over what he said was biased questioning.
The interview on Wednesday took a contentious turn when Guthrie began to detail what she said were shifts over the years in the Kentucky senator's foreign policy views.
""You have had views on foreign policy in the past that are somewhat unorthodox, but you seem to have changed",left
8464,GOP Hopefuls Gather in New Hampshire,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Political world turns eyes to New Hampshire,CNN (Online News),New Hampshire is once again the epicenter of the political world -- at least for the next five days.,left
8465,GOP Hopefuls Gather in New Hampshire,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",GOP Prospects Gather In New Hampshire Ahead Of Hillary,ABC News (Online),"REPUBLICANS FLOCK TO THE GRANITE STATE: The New Hampshire GOP is hosting this weekend's First in the Nation Leadership Summit, which will include speeches by many prospective presidential candidates, and the three senators that have already announced they're running.",left
8466,GOP Hopefuls Gather in New Hampshire,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Step aside: GOP, conservatives, Democrats on collision course in New Hampshire",Washington Times,"They’re first in the nation, and don’t you forget it. The New Hampshire Republican Party is ferocious about its traditional status as host of the nation’s first presidential primary, which can make and break candidates and create a media ruckus.",right
8467,GOP Versus Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",GOP establishment eyes Ted Cruz to thwart Donald Trump,CBS News (Online),Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign is getting new support from an unlikely source: establishment Republicans. Former candidates Sen. Lindsey Graham and Sen. Marco Rubio praised Cruz on Thursday. They said they were afraid of what GOP front-runner Donald Trump’s candidacy could do to their party. Major Garrett reports on the effort to boost a former political outsider.,left
8468,GOP Versus Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Is the GOP's stop Trump campaign too late?,CNN (Online News),The Republican Party is waking up -- but it might already be too late.,left
8469,GOP Versus Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Moving Pieces: GOP alliances shift in bids to block, boost Trump",Fox News (Online News),"Donald Trump’s emergence as the big fish in a now-tiny pool of three remaining Republican presidential candidates has touched off a remarkable scramble by political powerbrokers to quickly choose sides, all while talk of a potential independent run isn’t going away.",right
8470,First Openly Transgender Official Elected in West Virginia,"['LGBT Rights', 'Elections', 'West Virginia', 'Pride Month']",West Virginia Elects First Openly Transgender Official,Breitbart News,"“She also focused on improving infrastructure, providing better resources to law enforcement, helping small businesses flourish and transforming local clean energy consumption and waste management,” the report noted.
Ketchum said what the Third Ward deemed important should be the focal point of her win, not her identity, according to WTRF.
“To make criticisms about the promises I’ve made or the positions that I hold, that’s fair game. But you know, talking about a person’s identity is incredibly vulnerable. And, I don’t think we have a space for that,” she commented....",right
8471,First Openly Transgender Official Elected in West Virginia,"['LGBT Rights', 'Elections', 'West Virginia', 'Pride Month']",West Virginia Elects Its First Out Transgender Official,HuffPost,"West Virginia elected its first out transgender official on Tuesday, a victory civil rights groups said would help bolster representation and political power for LGBTQ Americans.
Rosemary Ketchum won her bid for the Wheeling City Council on Tuesday and will represent the city’s Ward 3. When she assumes her role on July 1, Ketchum will be one of just four out LGBTQ officials in the state to hold public office.
“I’m incredibly excited and grateful. I know this was a close race,” Ketchum told The Wheeling News-Register on Tuesday,...",left
8472,First Openly Transgender Official Elected in West Virginia,"['LGBT Rights', 'Elections', 'West Virginia', 'Pride Month']",More than sixty LGBTQ+ candidates are on the ballot during Pride month in a new 'rainbow wave',The Hill,"For an entire generation of LGBTQ+ political candidates, election is not just a personal victory, but a historic one. All 50 states have elected openly LGBTQ+ people to political office in some capacity, but representation is still lacking in a number of positions from local to federal levels of government.
In the 2020 election cycle, at least 850 LGBTQ+ candidates have appeared or will appear on ballots in the United States, according to the LBGTQ Victory Fund, almost twice as many as the 2018 election cycle. And for at...",center
8473,Biden Signs Executive Order Addressing 'Financial Risks' of Climate Change,"['Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Joe Biden', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business']",Biden Wants To Measure How Climate Change Impacts America's Finances,NPR (Online News),"President Biden wants the government to measure the financial fallout of a changing climate on American families, businesses and the federal government.
On Thursday, Biden signed an executive order compelling key regulators including Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and other members of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to assess the risks that a changing climate poses to the U.S. financial system.
It also suggests the Council make recommendations within six months on steps to reduce those risks.
""Americans should be able to know the real risks that extreme weather and rising...",left
8474,Biden Signs Executive Order Addressing 'Financial Risks' of Climate Change,"['Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Joe Biden', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business']",Biden issues sweeping executive order requiring agencies to combat climate change,Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden is directing federal agencies to identify and address financial risks posed by climate change in a sweeping executive order that could affect much of the government budget and many private industries.
The Thursday order is the latest action by the Biden administration to enlist the financial sector in fighting climate change, both through dedicated efforts to reduce climate-related economic risks and actions to minimize public investment in fossil fuels.
""The global financial sector will be a crucial player, helping channel capital into investments to green our society,"" Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen...",right
8475,Biden Signs Executive Order Addressing 'Financial Risks' of Climate Change,"['Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Joe Biden', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business']",Biden order on climate financial risk reaches deep into the economy,Politico,"President Joe Biden will direct agencies to mitigate the financial risk of climate change to homeowners, consumers, federal workers, businesses and the government itself in a sweeping executive order signed Thursday.
Extreme weather poses risks to supply chains, food and water, housing and energy, according to a two-page fact sheet on the order. National Economic Council Director Brian Deese called the measure a pivotal moment for the U.S. government.",left
8476,"Biden, Bipartisan Senators Reach Agreement on Infrastructure Package","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Bipartisanship', 'Infrastructure', 'Sustainability', 'Joe Biden', 'US Senate']",'We have a deal': Biden reaches $1.2 trillion infrastructure compromise with bipartisan group of senators,USA TODAY,"President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of 21 senators reached a compromise Thursday to modernize the nation's deteriorating transportation and public works systems, putting the president in position to pass the first plank of his sweeping infrastructure agenda.
Yet Biden made clear he would only sign a bipartisan infrastructure bill if Congress also approves a larger measure focused on ""human infrastructure"" programs like subsidized child care, home caregiving and climate change that only Democrats support.
Biden announced the breakthrough after a 30-minute meeting with the senators in the Oval Office, ending a weekslong stalemate over the price tag and how...",left
8477,"Biden, Bipartisan Senators Reach Agreement on Infrastructure Package","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Bipartisanship', 'Infrastructure', 'Sustainability', 'Joe Biden', 'US Senate']",Biden: 'We have a deal' on infrastructure with bipartisan group of senators,CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden said Thursday he has agreed to a deal on infrastructure with a bipartisan group of senators after White House officials and the senators had a massive breakthrough the night before in their infrastructure negotiations.
Both Republican and Democratic senators said Wednesday evening there was an agreement reached with White House officials and 10 senators on a bipartisan infrastructure deal. And on Thursday afternoon, Biden said he had signed off on the agreement. 
""To answer your direct question, we have a deal,"" he said.
Though hurdles remain -- it's unclear if the proposal will have...",left
8478,"Biden, Bipartisan Senators Reach Agreement on Infrastructure Package","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Bipartisanship', 'Infrastructure', 'Sustainability', 'Joe Biden', 'US Senate']",Biden Announces ‘We Have a Deal’ on Bipartisan Infrastructure Package,National Review,"President Joe Biden announced an agreement on a bipartisan infrastructure package Thursday, giving his stamp of approval to a plan spearheaded by ten senators. The new consensus marks the end to many weeks of negotiations and partisan gridlock over the president’s chief legislative priority.
“We have a deal,” Biden said outside the White House shortly after the deal broke. “We have made serious compromises on both ends.”
“They have my word, I’ll stick with what they’ve proposed. And they’ve given me their word as well. Where I come from that’s good enough...",right
8479,Missouri Governor Eric Greitens Resigns,['Politics'],Embattled Missouri Governor Eric Greitens resigns amid scandals,USA TODAY,"Missouri Governor Eric Greitens announced his resignation Tuesday afternoon, leaving behind him a brief and tumultuous legacy and moving on from his first public office with the continued prospect of criminal prosecution related to his 2016 campaign.",left
8480,Missouri Governor Eric Greitens Resigns,['Politics'],"With impeachment looming, scandal-plagued Eric Greitens resigns as Missouri governor",Daily Kos,"On Tuesday afternoon, following months of scandals, indictments in two separate criminal cases, and looming impeachment proceedings, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens finally announced he would resign effective Friday. With Greitens’ departure, Lt. Gov. Mike Parson, a fellow Republican, will take his place.",left
8481,Missouri Governor Eric Greitens Resigns,['Politics'],Missouri's embattled Republican governor resigns,Washington Times,"Governor Eric Greitens, mired in a scandal over an extramarital affair and allegations of campaign-finance violations, announced his resignation, effective Friday, at a hastily called news conference as an impeachment effort in the Legislature gained momentum.",right
8482,Death Toll Rises In Europe As Floodwaters Diminish,"['World', 'Climate Change', 'Natural Disaster', 'Flooding']",Death toll from Europe floods tops 150 as water recedes,Breitbart News,"The death toll from disastrous flooding in Western Europe rose above 150 on Saturday as rescue workers toiled to clear up the devastation revealed by receding water and prevent further damage.
Police said that more than 90 people are now known to have died in western Germany’s Ahrweiler county, one of the worst-hit areas, and more casualties are feared. On Friday, authorities gave a death toll of 63 for Rhineland-Palatinate state, where Ahrweiler is located.
Another 43 people were confirmed dead in neighboring North Rhine-Westphalia state, Germany’s most populous. Belgium’s...",right
8483,Death Toll Rises In Europe As Floodwaters Diminish,"['World', 'Climate Change', 'Natural Disaster', 'Flooding']",Rescuers race to prevent more deaths from European floods,Associated Press,"In one flooded German town, the ground collapsed under family homes. In another, floodwaters swept through an assisted living center, killing 12.
Rescue workers across Germany and Belgium rushed Friday to prevent more deaths from some of the Continent’s worst flooding in years as the number of dead surpassed 125 and the search went on for hundreds of missing people.
Fueled by days of heavy rain, the floodwaters also left thousands of Germans homeless after their dwellings were destroyed or deemed to be at risk, and elected officials began to...",left
8484,Death Toll Rises In Europe As Floodwaters Diminish,"['World', 'Climate Change', 'Natural Disaster', 'Flooding']","As Floodwaters Ebb in Europe, Death Toll Passes 165",New York Times (News),"As waters receded on Saturday, Germans in the country’s west surveyed scenes of destruction, grieved over a rising death toll and confronted questions about how the country’s flood control systems had been so quickly overwhelmed by one of the most extreme rainfalls on record.
The death toll in Germany climbed to at least 143 on Saturday, while the toll across the border in Belgium stood at 24, the authorities there said. The count rose most sharply in Germany’s Ahrweiler district in Rhineland-Palatinate State, where the police said that more than...",left
8485,"US Daily New COVID-19 Cases Drop Below 30,000","['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","Coronavirus infections drop below 30,000 daily in continuing sign of recovery",Washington Post,"For the first time in 11 months, the daily average of new coronavirus infections in the United States has fallen below 30,000 amid continuing signs that most communities across the nation are emerging from the worst of the pandemic.
The seven-day average dipped to 27,815 on Friday, the lowest since June 22 and less than a tenth of the infection rate during the winter surge, according to state health department data compiled by The Washington Post.
The pandemic map remains speckled with hot spots, including parts of the Deep South, the Rocky Mountains and...",left
8486,"US Daily New COVID-19 Cases Drop Below 30,000","['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",US's daily COVID-19 cases fall below 30K for first time since last summer,The Hill,"The U.S.'s daily COVID-19 cases on Thursday fell below 30,000 for the first time since June.
There were 29,128 new reported coronavirus cases in the U.S. on Thursday, a Wall Street Journal analysis of Johns Hopkins University data showed. There were 669 deaths from the virus recorded that day.
Over the past two weeks, the national average has been 32,256 new cases per day.",center
8487,"US Daily New COVID-19 Cases Drop Below 30,000","['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",New COVID-19 cases plummet to lowest levels since last June,Fox News (Online News),"New coronavirus cases across the United States have tumbled to rates not seen in more than 11 months, sparking optimism that vaccination campaigns are stemming both severe COVID-19 cases and the spread of the virus.
As cases, hospitalizations and deaths steadily dropped this week, pre-pandemic life in America has largely resumed. Hugs and unmasked crowds returned to the White House, a Mardi Gras-style parade marched through Alabama's port city of Mobile, and even states that have stuck to pandemic-related restrictions readied to drop them. However, health experts also cautioned that not enough Americans have been...",right
8488,Democratic Leaders Seek $500 Billion in Next Round of Coronavirus Relief Plan,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Testing', 'Food Stamps', 'US Congress', 'Politics']","Pelosi, Schumer lay down markers for 'interim emergency' relief package",Washington Times,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Wednesday laid down markers for what congressional Democrats want to see in the next legislative package in response to the coronavirus pandemic, including more money for small businesses, hospitals and local governments.
The leaders said Democrats do support $250 billion in assistance to small businesses, in line with what Republicans have called for, though Mrs. Pelosi and Mr. Schumer want at least $125 billion directed through “community-based” financial institutions that serve underrepresented communities.
They also want $100 billion...",right
8489,Democratic Leaders Seek $500 Billion in Next Round of Coronavirus Relief Plan,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Testing', 'Food Stamps', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",Congress is finally wising up to the scale of the coronavirus disaster — with 1 big exception,The Week - News,"Since late February, Congress and President Trump have passed three bills in response to the coronavirus pandemic: A modest $8.3 billion investment in the public health response, then about $100 billion to beef up food stamps, state Medicaid budgets, unemployment benefits, and provide some limited paid leave. The third package, the CARES Act, was a whopping $2.2 trillion in aid that threw gobs of money at American households and businesses alike.
Now Congress is discussing a fourth bill — ""CARES 2"" as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cali.) is calling it...",left
8490,Democratic Leaders Seek $500 Billion in Next Round of Coronavirus Relief Plan,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Testing', 'Food Stamps', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",Democrats tack on demands to $250 billion boost for small businesses,CBS News (Online),"Washington — As lawmakers on Capitol Hill turn their focus to approving additional funding for small businesses weathering the coronavirus crisis, Democratic leaders said Wednesday they back more aid for struggling businesses but made further requests for an interim legislative package, including money for hospitals and state and local governments.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday requested Congress approve an additional $250 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program, a key pillar of the $2.2 trillion economic stimulus package signed into law last month. The loan program, administered by the Small...",left
8491,VA Secretary Shinseki Testifies,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",What to expect when Shinseki testifies about VA troubles on Thursday,Washington Post,The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee will likely question Shinseki about recent allegations that the VA covered up treatment delays at several health clinics.,left
8492,VA Secretary Shinseki Testifies,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",'Angered' Shinseki to speak but say little about growing VA scandal,CNN (Online News),"Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki is scheduled to testify before a Senate panel on Thursday. In prepared remarks, he says he's angered and saddened.",left
8493,VA Secretary Shinseki Testifies,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",Veterans Affairs Secretary in the Hot Seat on Capitol Hill Over Medical Wait Times and Deaths,Townhall,Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki will face tough questions today during a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill as details surrounding secret lists and veteran deaths as a result of long wait times continue to emerge.,right
8494,Who Did Voters Choose in Tuesday's Primaries?,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'Special Election', 'Wisconsin', 'Vermont', 'Connecticut', 'Minnesota']",Trump endorsed 5 candidates in Tuesday’s primaries. Here are the winners.,Politico,"Donald Trump’s pick to be the next governor of Wisconsin won his primary last night — but the former president struck out, narrowly, in an attempt to take down the most powerful Republican legislator in the state.
While Adam Steen failed to defeat Wisconsin state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, who won by a few percentage points, Trump picked candidates in a handful of other major races Tuesday as he continues stretching the power of his endorsement around the country.
We’re tracking Donald Trump’s endorsement track record through the 2022 primaries....",left
8495,Who Did Voters Choose in Tuesday's Primaries?,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'Special Election', 'Wisconsin', 'Vermont', 'Connecticut', 'Minnesota']","Five takeaways from primaries in Wisconsin, Minnesota and beyond",The Hill,"Tuesday’s primaries in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Vermont and Connecticut saw victories for Trump-endorsed candidates in the GOP, wins for progressives on the Democratic side of the aisle and a few history-making moments as well. 
Former President Trump and progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) touted their endorsed candidates’ victories, while Democrats in Vermont put the state on track to send its first female representative to Capitol Hill. 
Here are five takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries.
A good night for Trump-backed candidates
Trump saw a number of victories on Tuesday, marking a second successful week in...",center
8496,Who Did Voters Choose in Tuesday's Primaries?,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'Special Election', 'Wisconsin', 'Vermont', 'Connecticut', 'Minnesota']",Top 5 takeaways: Here’s what you missed from last night’s primaries,Washington Examiner,"Primary voters in four states headed to the polls Tuesday night to determine several contested races in key elections that might sway control of Congress in November.
Voters cast their ballots in Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont, and Wisconsin, with most races called by late Tuesday. Additionally, some victors emerged from primary races that were left uncalled from last week, ousting one House Republican who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump last year.
Here are the biggest results from last night’s primary elections:
Tim Michels won the Republican nomination for Wisconsin’s governor, setting the stage for...",right
8497,DOJ Prepares New Antitrust Suit Against Google,"['Antitrust Lawsuit', 'Biden Administration', 'Big Tech', 'Digital Advertising', 'Google', 'Justice Department', 'Technology']",Justice Department gearing up for new antitrust lawsuit against Google: Report,Washington Times,"The Biden administration may launch a new offensive against Google this fall aimed at the tech giant’s advertising business, escalating the government’s battle with Big Tech to new heights.
The Justice Department is primed to file a new antitrust lawsuit as soon as September against Google over its alleged advertising market dominance, according to Bloomberg. Publishers have faced questions from antitrust division lawyers as the government reportedly prepares its litigation.
Advertising revenue is at the heart of Google’s business. Google’s parent company, Alphabet, said in June that it raked in...",right
8498,DOJ Prepares New Antitrust Suit Against Google,"['Antitrust Lawsuit', 'Biden Administration', 'Big Tech', 'Digital Advertising', 'Google', 'Justice Department', 'Technology']","DOJ Will Sue Google Over Ad Tech Business in September, Report Says",CNET,"The US Department of Justice is preparing to sue Google over its dominance in the online advertising market, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. A lawsuit could be filed as soon as next month.
The Justice Department is engaged in a round of interviews with publishers to gather more information for its complaint, according to Bloomberg, which cited three unidentified sources. 
In 2020, the Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google for its dominance in the search market and its alleged efforts to suppress competition in search. The lawsuit is still working its way through...",center
8499,DOJ Prepares New Antitrust Suit Against Google,"['Antitrust Lawsuit', 'Biden Administration', 'Big Tech', 'Digital Advertising', 'Google', 'Justice Department', 'Technology']",Justice Dept. Said to Conduct New Interviews in Inquiry Into Google’s Ad Tech,New York Times (News),"The Justice Department has in recent weeks conducted new interviews for its investigation into Google’s ad technology, a sign it may be moving closer to filing its second antitrust case against the company, said three people with knowledge of the matter.
The Justice Department for more than a year has investigated whether Google abuses its dominance over the interlocking technologies that deliver ads online. Its lawyers are now speaking again with publishers and Google’s competitors to gather new material, confirm evidence and test its legal theory ahead of a possible...",left
8500,Election Update,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why Obama Will Have Trouble Closing the Deal,Townhall,"As the campaign settles in for the home stretch, there are many reasons to believe that the Obama campaign will have trouble closing the deal.",right
8501,Election Update,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","For Both Parties, Spanglish Is The Unofficial Convention Language",NPR (Online News),"If you grew up in a bilingual Hispanic household, listening to the Democratic and Republican conventions may have sounded a lot like home.",left
8502,Election Update,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","State of the race: Advantage, Obama",Politico,"President Barack Obama heads out of the national political conventions with a much clearer path to winning, top advisers to Mitt Romney privately concede.",left
8503,"Taking heat for ""white suburban moms"" comment",['Education'],Education Sec. Duncan under fire for comment about 'white suburban moms',CNN (Online News),Education Secretary Arne Duncan has ignited a storm of protest by noting opposition from white suburban moms to one of his prized educational initiatives.,left
8504,"Taking heat for ""white suburban moms"" comment",['Education'],"Jay Carney Defends ""Broader Point"" of Education Secretary's ""White Suburban Moms"" Comment",The Blaze,White House press secretary Jay Carney said most people should be able to agree with the broader point of comments by Education Secretary Arne Duncan assigning gender and race to opponents of Common Core.,right
8505,"Taking heat for ""white suburban moms"" comment",['Education'],'White suburban mom' responds to Arne Duncan,Washington Post,She invites him to visit the suburbs.,left
8506,New Healthcare Study,['Healthcare'],"More Young Adults Have Insurance After Health Care Law, Study Says",New York Times (News),"The share of young adults without health insurance fell by one-sixth in 2011 from the previous year, the largest annual decline for any age group since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began collecting the data in 1997, according to a new report released on Monday.",left
8507,New Healthcare Study,['Healthcare'],"Insurance Costs Rise, But More Slowly",NPR (Online News),"you get health insurance on the job, chances are it cost more again this year.
Annual family health insurance premiums rose about 4 percent to $15,745 in 2012, according to the latest survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research and Educational Trust.
Now that's a fairly modest increase by historical standards, and well down from last year's 9 percent. Still, it's more than double the 1.7 percent increase in average wages and way above the 2.3 percent rate of general inflation this year.",left
8508,New Healthcare Study,['Healthcare'],"Premiums for family health plans hit $15,745",Washington Times,"It sounds like good news: Annual premiums for job-based family health plans went up only 4 percent this year.
But hang on to your wallets. Premiums averaged $15,745, with employees paying more than $4,300 of that, a glaring reminder that the nations problem of unaffordable medical care is anything but solved.
The annual employer survey released Tuesday by two major research groups also highlighted another disturbing trend: employees at companies with many low-wage workers pay more money for skimpier insurance than what their counterparts at upscale firms get.
...",right
8509,Is a Special Master Needed to Review Documents Seized from Mar-a-Lago?,"['Justice', 'Justice Department', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump']","Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents already examined by FBI, Justice Dept. tells judge",Washington Post,"  FBI agents have already finished their examination of possibly privileged documents seized in an Aug. 8 search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, according to a Justice Department court filing Monday that could undercut the former president’s efforts to have a special master appointed to review the files.
The “filter team” used by the Justice Department to sort through the documents and weed out any material that should not be reviewed by criminal investigators has completed its review, the brief filed by Justice Department prosecutors says. The filing came in response...",left
8510,Is a Special Master Needed to Review Documents Seized from Mar-a-Lago?,"['Justice', 'Justice Department', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump']","DOJ says only a ""limited"" number of Trump documents may be privileged",Axios,"Only a ""limited set"" of the documents seized by the FBI from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home may be protected by attorney-client privilege, the Department of Justice said in a court filing Monday.
Driving the news: The filing comes in response to a lawsuit filed by Trump last week seeking the appointment of a special master to review the materials seized and prevent the FBI from examining the seized documents until the special master is in place.
A special master, usually a third party like a retired judge, would review the material and determine whether it...",center
8511,Is a Special Master Needed to Review Documents Seized from Mar-a-Lago?,"['Justice', 'Justice Department', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump']",Biden admin says 'special master' not needed because FBI has already reviewed seized Mar-a-Lago docs,The Post Millennial,"The Justice Department responded Monday to a federal judge's order to hold a hearing this week in order to determine if she will appoint a special master to independently review the documents the FBI took from former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on August 8.
According to the Washington Post, the Justice Department prosecutors said they already appointed an FBI ""filter team"" that ""identified a limited set of materials that potentially contain attorney-client privileged information, completed its review of those materials, and is in the process of following the procedures.""
The Justice Department's court filings state they...",right
8512,Obama Inauguration 2013,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama Sworn In for 2nd Term, This Time Quietly",New York Times (News),"The quiet ceremony before Mondays public pomp, forced by a quirk of the constitutional calendar, started President Obamas second term with a divided government at home and persistent threats abroad.",left
8513,Obama Inauguration 2013,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama’s relationship with Congress is key in second term,Washington Times,"As President Obama embarks on another four years in office, he is mindful that history is littered with the wreckage of presidents second terms.",right
8514,Obama Inauguration 2013,"['White House', 'Politics']",A tale of two terms: Obama's unfinished business and battles ahead,CNN (Online News),"Barack Obama assumed the presidency four years ago on a day full of history and hope. The second time around there is less hype, far lower expectations, and no illusions about the capital's political climate.",left
8515,Obamacare Survives SCOTUS Challenge,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court Rules Obamacare Subsidies Are Legal,NPR (Online News),"The Supreme Court today handed the Obama administration a major victory on health care, ruling 6-3 that nationwide subsidies called for in the Affordable Care Act are legal.",left
8516,Obamacare Survives SCOTUS Challenge,['Supreme Court'],Affordable Care Act survives Supreme Court challenge,Washington Post,The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a key provision of the Affordable Care Act and agreed with the Obama administration that government subsidies that make health insurance affordable for millions of Americans should be available to all.,left
8517,Obamacare Survives SCOTUS Challenge,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court upholds ObamaCare subsidies,Fox News (Online News),"In the second major court win for President Obama on his signature health care law, the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld ObamaCare subsidies in states that did not set up their own health care exchanges.",right
8518,Trump to Sign Police Reform Executive Order,"['Police Reform', 'Executive Order', 'George Floyd Death', 'Criminal Justice', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump to unveil police reform proposals that fall short of what activists have demanded,Washington Post,"President Trump plans to take executive action Tuesday that would provide new federal funding incentives for local police departments to beef up training over the use of force and strengthen a national database to track misconduct, according to senior administration officials.
Trump’s order, the product of collaboration with law enforcement groups and families of suspects killed by police, aims to address the mass protests over police brutality that have convulsed American cities. Yet even as the president described his measures as “pretty comprehensive,” they are expected to fall far short...",left
8519,Trump to Sign Police Reform Executive Order,"['Police Reform', 'Executive Order', 'George Floyd Death', 'Criminal Justice', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump to sign executive order on policing to 'build trust' in law enforcement,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Tuesday is expected to sign an executive order on law enforcement reform in the wake of the death of George Floyd, an event that tipped off weeks of protests, as the nation grapples with racial disparities in policing and the criminal justice system that have spurred calls as drastic as the dismantling of entire police departments.
The president will deliver remarks in the Rose Garden and sign the order, which is titled ""Safe Policing for Safe Communities."" The event is scheduled for noon.
""Both public safety and...",right
8520,Trump to Sign Police Reform Executive Order,"['Police Reform', 'Executive Order', 'George Floyd Death', 'Criminal Justice', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump To Sign Executive Order On Police Reform,NPR (Online News),"President Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday outlining the administration's efforts to track officer misconduct, incentivize some departments and involve social workers and mental health professionals on some calls.
The order comes as the president faces tremendous pressure to take action following the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police last month.
According to senior White House officials, the order will create a database to track police officers with multiple instances of misconduct, and use federal grants to encourage departments to meet certain higher certification standards on...",left
8521,Judge Rules Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions Process is Constitutional,"['Harvard', 'College', 'Race', 'Discrimination', 'Asian-Americans', 'Education']",Harvard wins bid to keep race as factor in admissions process,New York Post (News),"A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Harvard can continue to use race as a factor in its admissions process.
An anti-affirmative-action group, Students for Fair Admissions, sued the Ivy League university in 2014, arguing that the school was admitting members of under-represented ethnic groups at the expense of more qualified Asian-Americans.
But Judge Allison Burroughs wrote in her decision, “Harvard’s admission program passes constitutional muster,” according to NPR.
“Ensuring diversity at Harvard relies, in part, on race-conscious admissions,” Burroughs added.
The student group is expected to appeal, and experts predict...",right
8522,Judge Rules Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions Process is Constitutional,"['Harvard', 'College', 'Race', 'Discrimination', 'Asian-Americans', 'Education']",Harvard Defeats Suit Seeking to Bar Race-Conscious Admission,Bloomberg,"Harvard University defeated an anti-affirmative action group’s lawsuit to stop the school from using race as a factor in admissions, in a ruling that’s likely to be challenged all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that the nation’s oldest college doesn’t discriminate against Asian-Americans, as the suit claimed, and that its consideration of race as one criterion among many in its admissions decisions is lawful. The suit, brought in 2014 by Students for Fair Admissions, claimed that Harvard illicitly engaged in “racial balancing”...",left
8523,Judge Rules Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions Process is Constitutional,"['Harvard', 'College', 'Race', 'Discrimination', 'Asian-Americans', 'Education']",Federal judge rules Harvard does not discriminate against Asian Americans in admissions,Washington Post,"A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Harvard University does not discriminate against Asian Americans in undergraduate admissions, handing the school a victory in a lawsuit that marks one of the latest chapters in the affirmative action debate.
U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs rejected claims of a plaintiff that Harvard violates the law as it considers race in selecting an incoming freshman class. While Harvard’s “admissions process may be imperfect,” Burroughs wrote, the judge concluded that statistical disparities among racial groups of applicants “are not the result of any racial...",left
8524,US Investigating if Chinese Lab Mismanagement Led to Pandemic,"['Coronavirus', 'China', 'World', 'Public Health', 'Science', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Evidence that coronavirus originated at Chinese lab is 'inconclusive,' top general says",Politico,"The top U.S. general said evidence that the coronavirus originated at a Chinese research lab is ""inconclusive,"" following a report that U.S. officials warned of safety concerns at a research facility in the city of Wuhan two years ago.
""We've had a lot of intelligence take a hard look at that,"" Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley told reporters Tuesday. ""At this point it's inconclusive, although the weight of the evidence seems to indicate natural. But we don’t know for certain.""
The comments come hours after The Washington Post reported...",left
8525,US Investigating if Chinese Lab Mismanagement Led to Pandemic,"['Coronavirus', 'China', 'World', 'Public Health', 'Science', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",It's Looking Increasingly Likely Wuhan Coronavirus Came From a Lab Bat,Townhall,"Outside of knowing Wuhan coronavirus originated in Wuhan, China, United States intelligence agencies are still working on nailing down exactly where in the city the virus came from. There's been speculation it came from an infected animal, likely a bat, that was sold and eaten at a Wuhan wet market. This theory has prompted a number of politicians in the U.S. and around the world to call for the closing of China's wet markets.
But increasingly it looks like the disease came from a bat being studied at the...",right
8526,US Investigating if Chinese Lab Mismanagement Led to Pandemic,"['Coronavirus', 'China', 'World', 'Public Health', 'Science', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",U.S. military says coronavirus likely occurred naturally but not certain,Reuters,"U.S. intelligence indicates that the coronavirus likely occurred naturally, as opposed to being created in a laboratory in China, but there is no certainty either way, the top U.S. general said on Tuesday.
The remarks by Army General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, could fan speculation about the coronavirus’ origins — something China has dismissed as a conspiracy theory that is unhelpful to the fight against the pandemic.
Asked whether he had any evidence that the virus perhaps began in a Chinese laboratory and was...",center
8527,Russia Signals Pessimism on Ukraine Tensions After NATO Offers No Major Concessions,"['Russia', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'NATO', 'Ukraine', 'Antony Blinken', 'State Department', 'National Security']",Russia signals ‘little optimism’ on resolving crisis as the West races to shore up support for Ukraine,Washington Post,"A spokesman for President Vladimir Putin said Thursday there is “little optimism” about ending Russia’s confrontation with United States and NATO over Ukraine after the allies rejected Moscow’s key demands, but he opened the path for further high-level talks.
Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said Putin has studied the proposals and will respond quickly — raising the prospect of further dialogue, even as more Western military aid arrives in Ukraine amid fears that Russia could attack at any time.
The handover of the U.S. and NATO proposals is an important development in the...",left
8528,Russia Signals Pessimism on Ukraine Tensions After NATO Offers No Major Concessions,"['Russia', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'NATO', 'Ukraine', 'Antony Blinken', 'State Department', 'National Security']",Russia says US response to demands offered little hope for optimism,The Hill,"The Kremlin's spokesperson said on Thursday that the responses to Russia's security demands from the U.S. and NATO amid the Ukraine crisis left ""little ground for optimism."" 
But Dmitry Peskov added that “there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it’s in the interests of both us and the Americans,” according to The Associated Press.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov echoed Peskov's dissatisfaction with the U.S. response.",center
8529,Russia Signals Pessimism on Ukraine Tensions After NATO Offers No Major Concessions,"['Russia', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'NATO', 'Ukraine', 'Antony Blinken', 'State Department', 'National Security']",Kremlin says ‘little ground for optimism’ in US response to Moscow demands,New York Post (News),"The United States’ rejection of Russia’s key security demand that Ukraine be barred from ever joining NATO leaves “little ground for optimism,” Kremlin spokesman Dimitry Peskov said Thursday before signaling that there is still a chance for diplomacy.  
Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed Wednesday that the written response had been delivered to Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and reiterated that the US would stand by its commitment to NATO’s “open door” policy that could allow Ukraine to join the alliance in the future.
“Right now, the document is with them, and the...",right
8530,CDC Clarifies the 'Record Number' of Children Hospitalized with COVID-19 Amid Rise in Cases,"['CDC', 'Children', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Hospitalizations', 'Public Health', 'Rochelle Walensky', 'Sonia Sotomayor', 'Vaccine Mandates']",A record number of children are hospitalized with COVID-19,Insider,"A record number of children in the US are hospitalized with COVID-19, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
The US averaged 672 new hospital admissions per day for the 0-17 age group in the week of December 27 and January 2, shattering the previous record of around 340 admissions per day during a period in early September 2021.
Children, however, are the least likely age bracket to get hospitalized by the virus, according to the data.  
The 0-17 age group has seen a rate...",left
8531,CDC Clarifies the 'Record Number' of Children Hospitalized with COVID-19 Amid Rise in Cases,"['CDC', 'Children', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Hospitalizations', 'Public Health', 'Rochelle Walensky', 'Sonia Sotomayor', 'Vaccine Mandates']",CDC Announces Rise In Kids Hospitalized With COVID – But Data Includes Kids Hospitalized For Other Reasons,The Daily Wire,"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) put forward data on Friday that showed the amount of young kids who are brought to the hospital and tested positive for COVID-19 went up in the past week, but there is more to the information than is first evident.
The data included kids who were taken to the hospital for issues other than COVID-19 and then received a positive test result.
The New York Times reported, “The rise may at least be partly explained by the overall surge of Omicron cases, which...",right
8532,CDC Clarifies the 'Record Number' of Children Hospitalized with COVID-19 Amid Rise in Cases,"['CDC', 'Children', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Hospitalizations', 'Public Health', 'Rochelle Walensky', 'Sonia Sotomayor', 'Vaccine Mandates']",The CDC Is Warning That Child Hospitalization Rates Are Breaking Pandemic Records,BuzzFeed News,"CDC Director Rochelle Walensky warned on Friday that pediatric hospitals are seeing record numbers of children with COVID-19, as the Omicron variant surges nationwide.
US coronavirus cases are currently higher than they’ve ever been, averaging around 600,000 new cases reported daily (itself an undercount), with hospitalization rates that have increased for people of all ages, according to Walensky, who briefed reporters on Friday. More than 1,200 people a day are dying of COVID-19 nationwide.
“While children still have the lowest rate of hospitalization of any group, pediatric hospitalizations are at the highest rate compared...",left
8533,Abbott Considers Challenging Right to Education for Children of Unauthorized Migrants,"['Education', 'Supreme Court', 'Immigration', 'Greg Abbott', 'Roe V Wade', '14th Amendment', 'US Constitution', 'Schools', '2022 Texas Gubernatorial Election']",Texas Governor Ready to Challenge Schooling of Migrant Children,New York Times (News),"With the Supreme Court signaling a willingness to reverse decades-old precedents like the Roe v. Wade decision on abortion, Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas said on Thursday that he would seek to overturn a 1982 court decision that obligated public schools to educate all children, including undocumented immigrants.
Mr. Abbott’s comments opened a new front in his campaign to use his powers as governor to harden Texas against unauthorized migration. And they demonstrated just how expansively some conservatives are thinking when it comes to the kinds of changes to American life...",left
8534,Abbott Considers Challenging Right to Education for Children of Unauthorized Migrants,"['Education', 'Supreme Court', 'Immigration', 'Greg Abbott', 'Roe V Wade', '14th Amendment', 'US Constitution', 'Schools', '2022 Texas Gubernatorial Election']",Abbott Says State May ‘Resurrect’ Supreme Court Case That Required Texas to Educate Children of Illegal Aliens,The Texan,"Citing the cost of illegal immigration to the State of Texas, Governor Greg Abbott pitched the idea of revisiting a decades-old case that requires public schools to provide education to the children of illegal aliens.
The governor made the comments in a radio appearance with host Joe “Pags” Pagliarulo.
Abbott broached the topic when he was asked in a radio appearance about the state’s efforts against illegal immigration.",right
8535,Abbott Considers Challenging Right to Education for Children of Unauthorized Migrants,"['Education', 'Supreme Court', 'Immigration', 'Greg Abbott', 'Roe V Wade', '14th Amendment', 'US Constitution', 'Schools', '2022 Texas Gubernatorial Election']","After SCOTUS Leak, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Says It’s Time to ‘Resurrect’ and ‘Challenge’ Ruling Which Allowed Children of Undocumented Immigrants to Attend Public School",Law & Crime,"In the immediate aftermath of the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said Wednesday that the Lone Star State is ready to challenge a 40-year old decision requiring Texas to provide free public education to the children of undocumented immigrants.",center
8536,More Work on Deficit,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Boehner steadies Republican team, reframes deficit debate",Fox News (Online News),House John Boehner has shored up his political clout after a shaky month by persuading fellow Republicans to pick their fights with Democrats more strategically.,right
8537,More Work on Deficit,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Panetta: Allowing sequester to happen would be ‘shameful’,Washington Post,"Failing to avert the automatic spending cuts set to soon hit the Pentagon and other government agencies would be a “shameful and “irresponsible decision, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in an interview that aired Sunday.",left
8538,More Work on Deficit,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",The risks of aiming low in deficit reduction,Christian Science Monitor,"In one of the more dangerous fiscal developments of recent months, some on the left are defining successful deficit reduction as merely stabilizing the federal debt at about 70 percent of Gross Domestic Product by 2022. While there is no magic target, this one is far too modest and threatens to leave future fiscal policy perilously constrained.",center
8539,"Trump Sues House Jan. 6 Committee, National Archives to Block Records Request","['Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'White House', 'Executive Privilege', 'National Archives']","Trump Sues House Jan. 6 Committee, National Archives",The Epoch Times,"Former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Monday in a Washington D.C. court against the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol incident and against the National Archives in a bid to keep his presidential records classified, citing executive privilege.
Trump’s court filing, namely, argues (pdf) that the committee’s records request is too broad and doesn’t serve any legislative purpose.
“The Committee’s request amounts to nothing less than a vexatious, illegal fishing expedition openly endorsed by [President Joe] Biden and designed to unconstitutionally investigate President Trump and his administration,” the...",right
8540,"Trump Sues House Jan. 6 Committee, National Archives to Block Records Request","['Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'White House', 'Executive Privilege', 'National Archives']","Trump sues National Archives, Jan. 6 committee to block records request",Axios,"President Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block the National Archives from releasing White House records to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, citing executive privilege.
Why it matters: It's the latest escalation in Trump's campaign to disrupt the committee's sweeping probe into the circumstances surrounding Jan. 6, including his actions and communications leading up to the Capitol attack.
The big picture: Trump has already attempted to assert executive privilege to block former aides from testifying, despite subpoenas issued by the committee.
The committee will vote Tuesday evening on...",center
8541,"Trump Sues House Jan. 6 Committee, National Archives to Block Records Request","['Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'White House', 'Executive Privilege', 'National Archives']",Jan. 6 panel plans contempt vote as Trump sues over probe,Associated Press Fact Check,"A House committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is moving swiftly Tuesday to hold at least one of Donald Trump’s allies in contempt as the former president is pushing back on the probe in a new lawsuit.
Trump is aggressively trying to block the committee’s work by directing former White House aide Steve Bannon not to answer questions in the probe while also suing the panel to try to prevent Congress from obtaining former White House documents. But lawmakers on the House committee say they will not back down as they...",left
8542,Financial Establishment Criticized from All Angles Amid GameStop Saga,"['Banking And Finance', 'Wall Street', 'Stock Market', 'Gamestop', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Investing']",Rep. Maxine Waters to Hold GameStop Hearing as 'First Step' to Stop 'Abusive Practices',Newsweek,"Democratic California Representative Maxine Waters, Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, has pledged to convene a hearing to examine ""short-selling"" and other stock market practices that have recently affected the video game retailer GameStop and other stocks.
This week, members of the subreddit r/WallStreetBets undermined hedge fund and investment firm short-sellers who had betted on GameStop's stock falling. Instead, subreddit members invested heavily into its stock, increasing its value by over 700 percent during the past week and causing the firms to lose billions.
""As a first step in...",center
8543,Financial Establishment Criticized from All Angles Amid GameStop Saga,"['Banking And Finance', 'Wall Street', 'Stock Market', 'Gamestop', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Investing']",Rush Limbaugh: GameStop saga mirrors politics as elites attempt to prevent regular people from benefiting,Fox News (Online News),"Radio host Rush Limbaugh called the on-going GameStop story ""the most fascinating thing"" to happen in a long time because it mirrors politics with elites trying to prevent ordinary people from benefiting – just like the political establishment has tried to hold down average Americans.
Robinhood, TD Ameritrade and others restricted trading on Thursday and Wednesday, respectively, following an unexpected surge in trading volume of shares of GameStop, AMC Entertainment, Bed Bath & Beyond, BlackBerry and others. Limbaugh feels the move was made to protect hedge fund billionaires.
""Folks, it’s...",right
8544,Financial Establishment Criticized from All Angles Amid GameStop Saga,"['Banking And Finance', 'Wall Street', 'Stock Market', 'Gamestop', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Investing']","'This is unacceptable': AOC, Ted Cruz and others side with retail investors, slam Robinhood and Wall Street amid GameStop mania",Yahoo News,"The battle between the financial establishment and small individual investors is heating up, and the situation is already becoming political — in some cases providing some interesting common ground.
The anger is bipartisan. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.), Rep Ro Khanna (D., Calif.), Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) and even Donald Trump Jr., eldest son of the former president, have all called out the situation as unfair for individual investors.
As Robinhood and other brokerages halted buying of Gamestop (GME), AMC (AMC) and other stocks Thursday, only allowing users to...",left
8545,Secretary of State Pompeo Meets with North Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']",The other North Korea threat -- that almost never gets talked about,Fox News (Online News),"As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with North Korean officials Saturday to discuss how to achieve the U.S. goal of denuclearization of the communist nation, the world was paying less attention to a related challenge: how to stop the North from continuing to sell nuclear capabilities and weapons to rogue regimes around the world.",right
8546,Secretary of State Pompeo Meets with North Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']","Pompeo says made progress with North Korea, more work needed",Reuters,"U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday he had made progress “on almost all of the central issues” in talks with North Korea, including on setting a timeline for its denuclearisation, but work remained to be done.",center
8547,Secretary of State Pompeo Meets with North Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']",Secretary of State Pompeo leaves North Korea with promise of more talks but no tangible breakthrough,Washington Post,Secretary of State Mike Pompeo came away from a two-day visit to North Korea on Saturday without meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un or securing a breakthrough in efforts to implement the denuclearization agreement signed by Washington and Pyongyang in Singapore last month.,left
8548,ISIS Claims Istanbul Attack,['Terrorism'],ISIS Claims Responsibility for Istanbul Nightclub Terror Attack,CBN,"ISIS has claimed responsibility for the shooting at an Istanbul nightclub.
The IS-linked Aamaq News Agency said the New Year's attack was carried by a ""heroic soldier of the caliphate who attacked the most famous nightclub where Christians were celebrating their pagan feast.""",right
8549,ISIS Claims Istanbul Attack,['Terrorism'],ISIS Claims Responsibility In Turkish Nightclub Attack; U.S. Man Among The Wounded,NPR (Online News),"The Islamic State issued a statement on Monday saying it was responsible for the attack on a New Year's Eve celebration at a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, in which at least 39 people were killed.",left
8550,ISIS Claims Istanbul Attack,['Terrorism'],ISIS Claims Istanbul Nightclub Attack That Claimed 39,HuffPost,"Islamic State claimed responsibility on Monday for a New Year’s Day mass shooting in a packed Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people, an attack carried out by a lone gunman who remains at large.",left
8551,Democrats Maintain Control of Senate After Masto Wins Nevada,"['2022 Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Senate', 'House Of Representatives', 'Joe Biden', 'Josh Hawley', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Catherine Cortez Masto', 'Politics', 'Midterm Elections', '2022 Nevada Senate Election']","Nevada’s Catherine Cortez Masto will win reelection, CNN projects, allowing Democrats to keep the Senate",CNN (Online News),"Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto will win reelection in Nevada, CNN projects, clinching a critical victory that will allow Democrats to keep control of the US Senate.
Cortez Masto had long been viewed as one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents as she fended off a challenge from former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt in a state whose economy had been hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic and inflation.
With Cortez Masto – the first Latina senator – securing a second term, Democrats will hold 50 seats and Republicans will...",left
8552,Democrats Maintain Control of Senate After Masto Wins Nevada,"['2022 Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Senate', 'House Of Representatives', 'Joe Biden', 'Josh Hawley', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Catherine Cortez Masto', 'Politics', 'Midterm Elections', '2022 Nevada Senate Election']",Democrats Keep Control of Senate as Red Wave Fails to Materialize,Newsweek,"Democrats kept control of the Senate on Saturday after Catherine Cortez Masto won re-election in Nevada, repelling Republican efforts to retake the chamber.
The Associated Press called Nevada for Cortez Masto on Saturday, projecting that Republican opponent Adam Laxalt—backed by former president Donald Trump—could not make enough gains to win in one of the most competitive races of the midterm elections.
Masto's victory allows Democrats to retain control of the Senate with at least 50 seats because of Vice President Kamala Harris' tiebreaking vote, making it harder for Republicans to...",center
8553,Democrats Maintain Control of Senate After Masto Wins Nevada,"['2022 Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Senate', 'House Of Representatives', 'Joe Biden', 'Josh Hawley', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Catherine Cortez Masto', 'Politics', 'Midterm Elections', '2022 Nevada Senate Election']","Catherine Cortez Masto Holds On to Nevada U.S. Senate Seat, Democrats Win Senate Control",Breitbart News,"Democrats will keep control of the Senate due to Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s (D-NV) narrow election victory against Republican Adam Laxalt, the Associated Press projected on Saturday evening. 
The race results come after several days of delayed mail-in ballot counting — Cortez Masto secured a win with just under 5,000 votes by the time the Associated Press called the race, with 48.7 percent for Cortez Masto and 48.2 percent for former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt. 
With Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly’s win in Arizona, Democrats will now hold a 50-49...",right
8554,Senate Democrats Issue Blockade on All New Legislation After McConnell Blocks Funding Bills to Reopen Government,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate Democrats pushed a vote to reopen the government. Mitch McConnell shot them down.,Vox,McConnell called the attempt a “pointless show vote.”,left
8555,Senate Democrats Issue Blockade on All New Legislation After McConnell Blocks Funding Bills to Reopen Government,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",McConnell blocks House bills to reopen government,The Hill,Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday blocked two House-passed funding bills that would reopen the federal government.,center
8556,Senate Democrats Issue Blockade on All New Legislation After McConnell Blocks Funding Bills to Reopen Government,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Democrats shut down the Senate,Washington Examiner,Senate Democrats on Thursday began a “blockade” of all legislation after Senate Republicans refused to consider two House-passed bills that would fund partially shut down government,right
8557,NRA Goes Before Senate Committee,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],NRA's LaPierre to tell Congress more gun laws 'not a serious solution',Fox News (Online News),A top National Rifle Association official will tell a Senate committee Wednesday -- in the first Capitol Hill hearing on gun control since President Obama announced his proposals – that more gun laws without enforcing existing ones “is not a serious solution to reducing crime.,right
8558,NRA Goes Before Senate Committee,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Quick draw: How the NRA's LaPierre keeps his enemies guessing,CNN (Online News),"Wayne LaPierre is not a large man. He does not move with the easy assurance of a skilled fighter. His head sits low on his neck, and he seems to turn from the shoulders.",left
8559,NRA Goes Before Senate Committee,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Congress Takes Up Gun Violence,New York Times (News),"Senate hearings on stronger gun controls are scheduled to begin on Wednesday before a divided Congress and a nation agonizing over how to prevent more of the carnage that killed 20 schoolchildren and six adults last month at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school.",left
8560,ABC Cancels 'Roseanne' After Roseanne Barr Tweet Sparks Outrage,['Arts And Entertainment'],ABC Cancels ‘Roseanne’ Sitcom After Star’s Racist Tweet,Wall Street Journal (News),"ABC canceled the hit sitcom “Roseanne” after its star, Roseanne Barr, sent a racist tweet about a top aide to former President Barack Obama.",center
8561,ABC Cancels 'Roseanne' After Roseanne Barr Tweet Sparks Outrage,['Arts And Entertainment'],"ABC cancels ‘Roseanne’ after its star, Roseanne Barr, went on a vitriolic and racist Twitter rant",Washington Post,"ABC announced Tuesday that it canceled “Roseanne” after the show’s star, Roseanne Barr, went on a vitriolic and racist Twitter rant.",left
8562,ABC Cancels 'Roseanne' After Roseanne Barr Tweet Sparks Outrage,['Arts And Entertainment'],Tone-deaf MSNBC slammed for bringing on Joy Reid to discuss Roseanne Barr's social media slur,Fox News (Online News),MSNBC provided viewers with one of the most tone-deaf moments in cable news history on Tuesday when Andrea Mitchell asked Joy Reid about a racist tweet that Roseanne Barr sent about former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett.,right
8563,Perspectives: Derek Chauvin Convicted of Murder,"['Criminal Justice', 'Derek Chauvin Trial', 'George Floyd', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Race And Racism', 'Police', 'Police Violence', 'Maxine Waters', 'Joe Biden', 'Justice']",Derek Chauvin trial verdict is guilty on all three counts. Here's why the prosecution won.,Guest Writer - Center,"Doubt is at the heart of every criminal defense: Beyond a reasonable doubt, did Derek Chauvin cause the death of George Floyd, and if so, what was the degree of his intent? Eric Nelson, a defense attorney for the former Minneapolis police officer, hammered this question home to the jury in closing arguments Monday. While the jurors might have thought the prosecution’s evidence was convincing, that wasn’t enough. It had to be convincing beyond a reasonable doubt on every count Chauvin faced: unintentional murder in the second degree, third-degree murder...",center
8564,Perspectives: Derek Chauvin Convicted of Murder,"['Criminal Justice', 'Derek Chauvin Trial', 'George Floyd', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Race And Racism', 'Police', 'Police Violence', 'Maxine Waters', 'Joe Biden', 'Justice']",Why Chauvin’s conviction matters,Vox,"The Derek Chauvin verdict has been nearly a year in the making. Footage of the murder of George Floyd last May has been viewed by millions worldwide, sparking ongoing international protests against police brutality and igniting policy changes to reform and reimagine the role of police. Though the amount of video footage of the killing was unprecedented and the momentum for justice was undeniable, history did not necessarily point to an easy conviction.
The former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty of all three charges — second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree...",left
8565,Perspectives: Derek Chauvin Convicted of Murder,"['Criminal Justice', 'Derek Chauvin Trial', 'George Floyd', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Race And Racism', 'Police', 'Police Violence', 'Maxine Waters', 'Joe Biden', 'Justice']","After Chauvin trial, politicians must turn down the temperature",New York Post (Opinion),"The jury has spoken. Derek Chauvin is guilty on all charges. Now it’s time for politicians to do what they haven’t done so far — act responsibly.
President Biden was completely wrong to weigh in on Tuesday, saying that he was praying for a guilty verdict. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) was of course worse, saying crowds should get “more confrontational” if former officer Derek Chauvin was found not guilty. It was incitement, and it’s shameful that Democrats defeated a censure vote against her.",right
8566,Biden Announces Release of 15 Million More Oil Barrels from Reserve,"['Energy', 'Oil', 'Joe Biden', 'OPEC', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation']",Biden set to go to the mat with Big Oil over gas prices,Politico,"The White House is intensifying a pressure campaign against the oil industry over rebounding gas prices as it tries to contain the political fallout of rising fuel costs just ahead of the midterms.
Top Biden administration officials in recent weeks have publicly warned companies against inflating prices. In private, their message has been even more direct. They’ve aired complaints to executives over their ballooning profits and threatened drastic new restrictions — such as limits on companies’ fuel exports — if the industry refuses to help ease the price at the...",left
8567,Biden Announces Release of 15 Million More Oil Barrels from Reserve,"['Energy', 'Oil', 'Joe Biden', 'OPEC', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation']","Biden to lay out plan to complete emergency oil sales, support U.S. production",Reuters,"U.S. President Joe Biden will announce a plan on Wednesday to sell off the last portion of his release from the nation's emergency oil reserve by year's end, and detail a strategy to refill the stockpile when prices drop, a senior administration official said.
The plan is intended to add enough supply to prevent oil price spikes that could hurt consumers and businesses, while also assuring the nation's drillers the government will swoop into the market as a buyer if prices plunge too low.
Biden's efforts to use federal powers...",center
8568,Biden Announces Release of 15 Million More Oil Barrels from Reserve,"['Energy', 'Oil', 'Joe Biden', 'OPEC', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation']",White House Signals ‘Significant’ Drawdowns From Strategic Reserve Beyond 180 Million Oil Barrels,The Epoch Times,,right
8569,China Sanctions 11 U.S. Lawmakers and Heads of Organizations,"['Sanctions', 'Hong Kong', 'China']","China sanctions 11 US politicians, heads of organizations",Associated Press,"China on Monday announced unspecified sanctions against 11 U.S. politicians and heads of organizations promoting democratic causes, including Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, who have already been singled out by Beijing.
Foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Monday said the 11 had “performed badly” on issues concerning Hong Kong, where China has cracked down on opposition voices following its imposition of a national security law in the semi-autonomous southern Chinese city last month.
The number of Americans named by the ministry exactly equals the number of Hong Kong and...",left
8570,China Sanctions 11 U.S. Lawmakers and Heads of Organizations,"['Sanctions', 'Hong Kong', 'China']","China sanctions Rubio, Cruz and other US officials for 'Hong Kong-related issues'",CNN (Online News),"China said on Monday it has imposed sanctions on 11 Americans, including six US lawmakers, for ""behaving badly on Hong Kong-related issues.""
The action is the latest in escalating tensions between the two countries and a back-and forth in sanctions. The US on Friday sanctioned Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam as well as 10 other Chinese and Hong Kong officials for their role in crackdowns on political freedom in the region -- the latest measure taken by the Trump administration in response to China's imposition of a controversial national...",left
8571,China Sanctions 11 U.S. Lawmakers and Heads of Organizations,"['Sanctions', 'Hong Kong', 'China']",China Imposes Sanctions on US Lawmakers Over Hong Kong,Newsmax (News),"China imposed sanctions on 11 U.S. citizens including legislators on Monday in response to the U.S. imposition of sanctions on 11 Hong Kong and Chinese officials accused of curtailing political freedoms in the former British colony.
Among those targeted were Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Tom Cotton, Josh Hawley and Pat Toomey and Representative Chris Smith, as well as individuals at non-profit and rights groups.
""In response to that wrong U.S. behavior, China has decided to impose sanctions on individuals who have behaved egregiously on Hong Kong-related issues,"" Chinese foreign...",right
8572,Update On House Judiciary Committee Impeachment Inquiry,"['Impeachment Hearings', 'House Judiciary Committee', 'US House', 'Politics']",Nadler boils down impeachment case: 'No president should put himself before the country',Washington Times,"House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold L. Nadler on Monday put a fine point on Democrats’ impeachment case against President Trump, arguing that the president put himself before the country.
“We surely agree that no public official, including and especially the president of the United States, should use his public office for private gain,” he said at the opening of an evidentiary hearing before his committee.
Based on the evidence presented, the committee will proceed to write articles of impeachment against Mr. Trump.
Mr. Nadler, New York Democrat, called the process...",right
8573,Update On House Judiciary Committee Impeachment Inquiry,"['Impeachment Hearings', 'House Judiciary Committee', 'US House', 'Politics']","Democratic lawyer: Trump's efforts are a ""clear and present danger to our free and fair elections""",CNN (Online News),"Daniel Goldman, lawyer for Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, said President Trump's behavior is ""a clear and present danger"" to future US elections.
""President Trump's persistent and continuing effort to coerce a foreign country to help him cheat to win an election is a clear and present danger to our free and fair elections and to our national security,"" he said.
Goldman is still giving his opening statement, but he'll come back to the idea of ""clear and present danger,"" according to a copy of his prepared remarks.
According...",left
8574,Update On House Judiciary Committee Impeachment Inquiry,"['Impeachment Hearings', 'House Judiciary Committee', 'US House', 'Politics']",U.S. Democrat says Trump violated oath; Republicans attack impeachment probe,Reuters,"The head of a U.S. congressional panel leading the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump on Monday accused the Republican president of putting himself before his country and violating his oath of office.
In a statement kicking off a hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives to weigh the evidence against Trump, Judiciary Committee Democratic Chairman Jerrold Nadler said there was extensive proof of wrongdoing.
“The evidence shows that Donald J. Trump, the president of the United States, has put himself before his country. He has violated his most basic responsibilities...",center
8575,CDC Recommends Against Traveling for Thanksgiving,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Thanksgiving', 'Travel', 'Airlines']",CDC pleads with Americans to avoid Thanksgiving travel,Associated Press,"With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with Americans on Thursday not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household.
The Thanksgiving warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention came as the White House coronavirus task force held a briefing for the first time in months and Vice President Mike Pence concluded it without responding to questions by reporters or urging Americans not to travel.
Other members of the task force — whose...",left
8576,CDC Recommends Against Traveling for Thanksgiving,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Thanksgiving', 'Travel', 'Airlines']",CDC warns America: Do not travel for Thanksgiving,NBC News (Online),"Americans should avoid travel for Thanksgiving, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Thursday.
It was a last-minute attempt by the nation's leading public health agency to curb what's sure to be yet another dangerous spike in Covid-19 cases if families gather next week.
""In the last week, we've seen over a million new cases,"" Erin Sauber-Schatz, head of the CDC's Community Interventions and Critical Populations Task Force, said Thursday on a call with reporters. ""Thanksgiving is a week away.""
Still, the CDC stopped short of mandating that Americans...",left
8577,CDC Recommends Against Traveling for Thanksgiving,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Thanksgiving', 'Travel', 'Airlines']",CDC asks public not to travel for Thanksgiving,Washington Examiner,"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said Thursday that people should not travel for Thanksgiving, citing fears that holiday celebrations could further spread the coronavirus amid a sharp rise in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths.
""More than 1 million COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States over the last 7 days,"" the CDC wrote in a statement issued Thursday. ""As cases continue to increase rapidly across the United States, the safest way to celebrate Thanksgiving is to celebrate at home with the people you live with.""
Last week, AAA...",right
8578,Obamacare Working or Not?,['Healthcare'],"Official tells Congress Obamacare 'is working,' Republicans disagree",Christian Science Monitor,An Obama administration official offered an apology for the Obamacare website glitches during a congressional hearing Tuesday but said fixes would be completed on schedule.,center
8579,Obamacare Working or Not?,['Healthcare'],Top Dem admits ObamaCare could have been 'more precise',Fox News (Online News),"A top Democratic official conceded Tuesday that the health care overhaul should have been ""more precise"" in acknowledging the possibility that some Americans would lose their current insurance.",right
8580,Obamacare Working or Not?,['Healthcare'],Health Site Chief Expects Low Initial Enrollment Number,New York Times (News),"Despite the snags, Marilyn B. Tavenner argued against calls for delaying enforcement of the requirement that most Americans carry health insurance.",left
8581,"Pompeo Says US ""No Longer"" Considers Hong Kong Autonomous From China","['Foreign Policy', 'State Department', 'Mike Pompeo', 'Hong Kong', 'Democracy', 'Free Protest', 'China']",Pompeo declares Hong Kong 'no longer autonomous' from China,Al Jazeera,"United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has notified the US Congress that the Trump administration no longer regards Hong Kong as autonomous from mainland China.
Wednesday's notification to lawmakers sets the stage for the US to withdraw preferential trade and financial status that the former British colony has enjoyed since it reverted to Chinese rule in 1997.
""Hong Kong does not continue to warrant treatment under United States laws in the same manner as US laws were applied to Hong Kong before July 1997,"" Pompeo said in a statement.",left
8582,"Pompeo Says US ""No Longer"" Considers Hong Kong Autonomous From China","['Foreign Policy', 'State Department', 'Mike Pompeo', 'Hong Kong', 'Democracy', 'Free Protest', 'China']",Pompeo declares Hong Kong no longer autonomous from China in a move that threatens to escalate US-China tensions,USA TODAY,"Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared Wednesday that Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China – a landmark decision that will likely escalate already strained U.S.-China relations and which could have serious economic consequences for the global financial hub.
""No reasonable person can assert today that Hong Kong maintains a high degree of autonomy from China, given facts on the ground,"" Pompeo said in a statement.
Pompeo's decision was sparked by the Chinese government's move to assert sweeping authority over Hong Kong and comes as tensions between the Trump...",left
8583,"Pompeo Says US ""No Longer"" Considers Hong Kong Autonomous From China","['Foreign Policy', 'State Department', 'Mike Pompeo', 'Hong Kong', 'Democracy', 'Free Protest', 'China']",Pompeo: Hong Kong No Longer Autonomous From China,Newsmax (News),"Secretary of State of Mike Pompeo has notified Congress that the Trump administration no longer regards Hong Kong as autonomous from mainland China and no longer deserves special treatment under U.S. law as it did while still under British law before July 1997.
Wednesday’s notification to lawmakers sets the stage for the U.S. to withdraw that preferential trade and financial status, which it has enjoyed since it reverted to Chinese rule in 1997.
“Hong Kong does not continue to warrant treatment under United States laws in the same manner as...",right
8584,US Economy Shrank for 2nd Consecutive Quarter,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Recession', 'GDP']","Economy in recession range, with GDP contracting 0.9% in second quarter",Washington Examiner,"GDP fell at a 0.9% annualized rate in the second quarter, a preliminary estimate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis showed Thursday morning.
The report marks the second straight quarter of declining inflation-adjusted GDP — a situation commonly used to define a recession. GDP tumbled at a 1.6% rate in the first quarter.
Thursday’s numbers indicate that the economy has been struggling to stay above water during the historic monetary policy tightening cycle by the Federal Reserve, which is trying to lower soaring inflation. Residential investment cratered, a sign of the housing...",right
8585,US Economy Shrank for 2nd Consecutive Quarter,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Recession', 'GDP']","US economy contracts again, fueling recession fears",CNN Business,"The US economy shrank again in the second quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Thursday.
Gross domestic product, a wide-ranging measure of economic activity, fell by 0.9% on an annualized basis from April through June. That decline marks a key symbolic threshold for the most commonly used — albeit unofficial — definition of a recession as two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth.
The hotly anticipated data release has taken on outsized significance as investors, policymakers and ordinary Americans seek some measure of clarity in the current muddled economic...",left
8586,US Economy Shrank for 2nd Consecutive Quarter,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Recession', 'GDP']",U.S. GDP Fell at 0.9% Annual Rate in Second Quarter,Wall Street Journal (News),"The U.S. economy shrank for a second quarter in a row—a common definition of recession—as businesses trimmed their inventories, the housing market buckled under rising interest rates, and high inflation took steam out of consumer spending.
Gross domestic product, a broad measure of the goods and services produced across the economy, fell at an inflation and seasonally adjusted annual rate of 0.9% in the second quarter, the Commerce Department said Thursday. That marked a deterioration from the 1.6% rate of contraction recorded in the first three months of 2022.
The report indicated...",center
8587,Trump Administration Releases ‘1776 Commission’ Report,"['Race And Racism', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Slavery', 'History', 'American Heritage', 'Education']",Trump’s 1776 Commission Critiques Liberalism in Report Derided by Historians,New York Times (News),"The White House on Monday released the report of the presidential 1776 Commission, a sweeping attack on liberal thought and activism that calls for a “patriotic education,” defends America’s founding against charges that it was tainted by slavery and likens progressivism to fascism.
President Trump formed the 18-member commission — which includes no professional historians but a number of conservative activists, politicians and intellectuals — in the heat of his re-election campaign in September, as he cast himself as a defender of traditional American heritage against “radical” liberals. Not previously...",left
8588,Trump Administration Releases ‘1776 Commission’ Report,"['Race And Racism', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Slavery', 'History', 'American Heritage', 'Education']","Trump's 1776 Commission defends nation's founding, compares progressivism to racism",The Hill,"Members of President Trump’s 1776 Commission are calling for “patriotic education that teaches the truth of America” and identifying “progressivism” and “racism and identity politics” among the challenges to America’s principles.
The commission, officially established by Trump in November, argues in a report released on the federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday that Americans must “stand up to the petty tyrants in every sphere who demand that we speak only of America’s sins while denying her greatness” while not “ignoring the faults in our past.”
The...",center
8589,Trump Administration Releases ‘1776 Commission’ Report,"['Race And Racism', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Slavery', 'History', 'American Heritage', 'Education']",Trump's 1776 Commission Releases 'Definitive' Founding of America,Newsmax (News),"A commission formed by President Donald Trump to promote ""patriotic education"" issued its final report, criticizing how American students are taught about the country's formation, as well as the history of slavery and racial discrimination.
The 1776 Commission released a 45-page report Monday that offered ""a definitive chronicle of the American founding,"" according to the White House.",right
8590,Paying Tribute to Nelson Mandela,['World'],Mandela's Death Stirs Sense of Loss Around the World,New York Times (News),"After the long months of vigil as Nelson Mandela weakened far from public view, many around the world - including politicians, celebrities and royal figures - scrambled to mourn and praise the former president of South Africa.",left
8591,Paying Tribute to Nelson Mandela,['World'],What made Nelson Mandela great,CNN (Online News),"While in jail Nelson Mandela was able to fundamentally change himself and emerge as a potent leader, says John Battersby.",left
8592,Paying Tribute to Nelson Mandela,['World'],"South Africa, world mourn Nelson Mandela's death, celebrate his legacy",Fox News (Online News),"The people of South Africa reacted Friday with deep sadness at the loss of a man considered by many to be the father of the nation, while mourners said it was also a time to celebrate the achievements of the anti-apartheid leader who emerged from prison to become South Africa's first black president.",right
8593,Trump vs. Ginsburg,['Politics'],Ginsburg under fire from both sides over ‘highly inappropriate’ Trump comments,Fox News (Online News),"Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg faced a growing and bipartisan backlash Wednesday -- including a call from Donald Trump to resign -- as she doubled down on her criticism of the presumptive GOP nominee, calling him a “faker” who is unqualified to be president.",right
8594,Trump vs. Ginsburg,['Politics'],OPINION: Donald Trump Is Right About Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,Guest Writer - Left,Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg needs to drop the political punditry and the name-calling.,left
8595,Trump vs. Ginsburg,['Politics'],"Responding to criticism, Trump calls on Justice Ginsburg to resign",Reuters,"U.S. Republican presidential contender Donald Trump called on Wednesday for the resignation of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, describing her as mentally unfit after she lambasted him in a series of media interviews.",center
8596,Book By John Bolton Alleges Trump Tied Aid To Investigations,"['John Bolton', 'Testimony', 'US Senate', 'Impeachment Trial', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']","'Bombshell' Excerpt from Bolton Book Leaks, But the Timing Is Very Suspect",Townhall,"President Trump blasted John Bolton on Sunday after a bombshell excerpt from his forthcoming book leaked that could be used against him in the impeachment trial, accusing his former national security adviser of trying to boost book sales.
“I NEVER told John Bolton that the aid to Ukraine was tied to investigations into Democrats, including the Bidens. In fact, he never complained about this at the time of his very public termination,” the president tweeted. “If John Bolton said this, it was only to sell a book. With that...",right
8597,Book By John Bolton Alleges Trump Tied Aid To Investigations,"['John Bolton', 'Testimony', 'US Senate', 'Impeachment Trial', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']","John Bolton’s Account Upends Trump’s Denials, but Will It Upend Trump?",New York Times (News),"A president who has survived one revelation after another the last three years now faces perhaps the most serious disclosure of his political career at the very moment he is on trial in the Senate.
In another time, in another Washington, this might be the moment that changed the trajectory of the presidency. A former national security adviser confirms that the president, despite his denials, conditioned security aid to a war-torn ally on its cooperation against his domestic rivals, the issue at the heart of his ongoing impeachment trial.
At...",left
8598,Book By John Bolton Alleges Trump Tied Aid To Investigations,"['John Bolton', 'Testimony', 'US Senate', 'Impeachment Trial', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Bolton Bombshell Adds Pressure on GOP as White House Pushes Back,Bloomberg,"An explosive leak from former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s unpublished book that says President Donald Trump wanted to freeze aid to Ukraine until its government investigated his political rival threatens to scramble the politics of the impeachment trial and bring new pressure on Republicans to call witnesses.
Bolton’s account in the draft of his book, as described by the New York Times, fortifies the two central arguments made by Democrats in the trial: that Trump used the power of his office for political gain and that the senators urgently...",left
8599,Iranians Protest For Downed Ukrainian Plane,"['Iran', 'Iranian Protests', 'Ukrainian Plane Crash', 'Donald Trump', 'Justin Trudeau', 'Middle East']",Iran police shoot at those protesting plane shootdown,CNBC,"Iranian security forces fired both live ammunition and tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting against the Islamic Republic’s initial denial that it shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, online videos purported to show Monday.
Videos sent to the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran and later verified by The Associated Press show a crowd of demonstrators near Azadi, or Freedom, Square fleeing as a tear gas canister landed among them. People cough and sputter while trying to escape the fumes, with one woman calling out in Farsi: “They fired...",center
8600,Iranians Protest For Downed Ukrainian Plane,"['Iran', 'Iranian Protests', 'Ukrainian Plane Crash', 'Donald Trump', 'Justin Trudeau', 'Middle East']",Iran Protests Turning Violent in Ongoing Anger Over Downed Jet,Newsmax (News),"Conditions boiled over as Iranians gathered for a second night of protests after the government admitted it had mistakenly downed a Ukrainian passenger jet, triggering global outrage as well as internal dissent.
Security forces stepped up their patrols as protesters, many of the them students, came out in force in Tehran’s landmark Azadi Square and at Shahid Beheshtri University, as well as in several regional cities.
Videos posted on social media, which could not immediately be verified by Bloomberg News, showed clashes between protesters and riot police, trails of blood...",right
8601,Iranians Protest For Downed Ukrainian Plane,"['Iran', 'Iranian Protests', 'Ukrainian Plane Crash', 'Donald Trump', 'Justin Trudeau', 'Middle East']",Thousands of Iranian protesters hit streets condemning leaders over downed plane,CNN (Online News),"Apologies from Iranian leaders over the downing of an airliner last week have done little to quell mass anti-government protests spreading across the country.
Thousands of demonstrators hit the streets this weekend condemning Iranian authorities for shooting down a Ukrainian passenger plane and killing all 176 people on board.
The airliner disaster came hours after Iran fired missiles at Iraqi military bases housing US troops. That was retaliation for a drone strike at Baghdad airport that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani.
Amid rising tensions in the region, eight Katyusha rockets...",left
8602,Migrant Arrests at Southern Border Reach All-Time High,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Homeland Security', 'Border Patrol', 'Mexico']",Border apprehensions hit yearly high as another migrant caravan gathers in Mexico,NBC News (Online),"Apprehensions of undocumented migrants crossing the southern U.S. border passed 1.7 million in fiscal year 2021 to hit an all-time high, according to Customs and Border Protection data obtained by NBC News, as U.S. officials turn their attention to a huge new caravan of migrants in southern Mexico that may head north as soon as this weekend.
The caravan gathered in Tapachula, near the Mexico-Guatemala border, includes thousands of migrants fleeing Haiti, Venezuela, Cuba and other Latin American countries, two Department of Homeland Security officials said. Violent clashes with Mexican police...",left
8603,Migrant Arrests at Southern Border Reach All-Time High,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Homeland Security', 'Border Patrol', 'Mexico']",Border Arrests Hit All-Time High,National Review,"U.S. authorities detained more than 1.7 million illegal immigrants at the southern border during the 2021 fiscal year that ended in September as arrests by Border Patrol surged to the highest levels ever recorded, according to a new report.
According to unpublished U.S. Customs and Border Protection data obtained by the Washington Post, agents made 1.66 million arrests along the Mexico border only, topping the previous high of 1.64 million taken into custody in 2000 along the Mexico border, the report says.
The new data show Mexico was the single largest source of illegal migration...",right
8604,Migrant Arrests at Southern Border Reach All-Time High,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Homeland Security', 'Border Patrol', 'Mexico']",Border Patrol arrests at highest level ever: report,The Hill,"Arrests by the Border Patrol are at their highest levels ever, The Washington Post reported early Wednesday, citing unpublished U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. 
The data also reportedly show that authorities detained more than 1.7 million migrants along the border during the fiscal year that ended last month.
Migrants from outside Mexico and Central America, including Haitians, Venezuelans, Ecuadorans, Cubans, Brazilians and migrants from dozens of other nations that the CBP categorized as “other,” accounted for 367,000 arrests, according to the Post.
Approximately 309,000 migrants from Honduras were also detained, along with 279,000 from Guatemala and 96,000 from...",center
8605,Graham Pushes Bill in Response to Weekend's Mass Shootings,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Donald Trump', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Police', 'State Governments']",Lindsey Graham pushes 'red flag' bill to curb gun violence,Politico,"Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday he will propose bipartisan legislation to encourage more states to adopt “red flag” laws following a pair of horrific mass shootings.
The South Carolina Republican’s announcement came soon after President Donald Trump also called for such laws, which allow police and family members to request that a court temporarily restrict access to firearms to people who may pose an imminent threat to themselves or others.",left
8606,Graham Pushes Bill in Response to Weekend's Mass Shootings,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Donald Trump', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Police', 'State Governments']",Graham to offer bipartisan 'red flag' bill with Trump's support,The Hill,"Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Monday that he will introduce bipartisan legislation encouraging states to create ""red flag"" laws and that President Trump is ""very supportive"" of the idea.
Graham, in a statement, said he has reached a deal with Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on a bill that would start a federal grant program to help and encourage states to create "" 'red flag' protection order"" laws, which are meant to make it easier for law enforcement to identify mentally ill people who should be...",center
8607,Graham Pushes Bill in Response to Weekend's Mass Shootings,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Donald Trump', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Police', 'State Governments']",Rights Violating Confiscation? Or a Good Idea? Lindsey Graham Announces New Agreement to Fund State Based Red Flag Laws,Townhall,"Shortly after President Trump's remarks to the nation Monday morning about back-to-back mass shootings over the weekend, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham announced a bipartisan agreement to federally fund local ""Red Flag"" laws.
“I appreciate President Trump’s strong statement rejecting hate and white supremacist ideology, urging us all to reject a culture of violence, as well as a call to action on multiple fronts,"" Graham released in a statement. “I have reached an agreement with Senator Blumenthal to create a federal grant program to assist and encourage states...",right
8608,Report says NSA program illegal,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Watchdog Report Says N.S.A. Program Is Illegal and Should End,New York Times (News),"An independent federal privacy watchdog has concluded that the National Security Agency’s program to collect bulk phone call records has provided only “minimal” benefits in counterterrorism efforts, is illegal and should be shut down.",left
8609,Report says NSA program illegal,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Privacy Board: NSA telephone records program illegal,CNN (Online News),"The National Security Agency program that collects data on nearly every U.S. phone call isn't legal or terribly useful, a privacy review board said Thursday.",left
8610,Report says NSA program illegal,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","Board declares NSA data sweep illegal, says program should be ended",Fox News (Online News),An independent federal review board has said that the National Security Agency's phone data collection program is illegal and should be immediately shut down.,right
8611,Ceasefire holds ahead of talks,['Middle East'],Cease-fire in Gaza holds for second day,Washington Times,"A cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that ended a month of war was holding for a second day Wednesday, ahead of negotiations in Cairo on a long-term truce and a broader deal for the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.",right
8612,Ceasefire holds ahead of talks,['Middle East'],Gaza cease-fire takes hold ahead of talks with Israelis in Cairo,Washington Post,A three-day cease-fire that ended the round-the-clock carnage and terror in Gaza and southern Israel was holding Wednesday ahead of negotiations in Cairo on a longer-term truce and perhaps a broader deal for the ravaged Gaza Strip.,left
8613,Ceasefire holds ahead of talks,['Middle East'],Cease-Fire Between Israel and Hamas Holds for Second Day,Wall Street Journal (News),"Gaza Strip Residents Venture Out, Survey Damage",center
8614,Perspectives: Biden's Address To Congress,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Joint Speech To Congress', 'Role Of Government', 'Politics']","Big Government Is Back, And 3 Other Takeaways From Biden's Address To Congress",NPR (Online News),"President Biden's joint address to Congress looked back over the challenges he faced taking office 100 days ago in the midst of a pandemic — and declared ""America is on the move again."" But the speech also outlined an ambitious, active role for the government to continue helping Americans struggling, as well as new proposals to boost the country's ability to compete. It amounted to an updated New Deal, but one that faces a precarious path to get through razor-thin margins in both the House and Senate.
Because of the...",left
8615,Perspectives: Biden's Address To Congress,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Joint Speech To Congress', 'Role Of Government', 'Politics']",Biden Just Gave the Most Ideologically Ambitious Speech of Any Democratic President in Generations,Politico,"With his vow to spend money on blue-collar jobs and tax the rich, Biden’s program aims to splinter the Trump Coalition.
President Joe Biden’s address to a joint session Congress was the most ambitious ideological statement made by any Democratic president in decades—couched in language that made it sound as if he wasn’t making an ideological argument at all.
Make no mistake that he was. He called for trillions in new spending in a robust expansion of government’s role in multiple arenas of American life in ways that would have...",left
8616,Perspectives: Biden's Address To Congress,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Joint Speech To Congress', 'Role Of Government', 'Politics']",Biden’s Dishonest Sales Pitch,National Review,"President Biden’s address to Congress connected only intermittently with reality.
On his telling, every good thing that has happened in America since he took office — from vaccination to job creation — is a tribute to his wisdom, rather than a continuation of a trajectory set beforehand. All presidents say such stuff, and they all get away with it, although Senator Tim Scott made a valiant attempt to correct the record. Worse was the dishonesty of Biden’s sales pitch for his policies.
He insinuated that the ten-year ban on...",right
8617,Debt and Higher Education,['Education'],Obama: Free community college in ‘everybody’s interest’,Washington Times,"President Obama on Friday called on Congress to close tax loopholes for millionaires and billionaires and use the savings to offer all Americans a higher education, saying that two years of free community college is in “everybody’s interest.”
Speaking at Lake Area Technical Institute’s commencement ceremony in Watertown, South Dakota, the president said community colleges will play an increasingly vital role in the 21st-century economy. Mr. Obama has proposed two years of free community college for everyone, but his plan remai",right
8618,Debt and Higher Education,['Education'],Obama Touts Community College Value on Unfriendly Dakotas Turf,Bloomberg,"President Barack Obama checked off his pledge to visit all 50 states while in office with a commencement address at a South Dakota community college that he called a model for preparing young Americans for the modern workforce.
“I believe that in a fast-paced, hyper-connected, constantly changing world, there are few institutions that are more important to America’s economic future than community colleges,” Obama told students at nationally-recognized Lake Area Technical Institute in Watertown, South Dakota. “We should have faith in people like you. We should invest in people like...",left
8619,Debt and Higher Education,['Education'],Obama Administration Improperly Denies Student Loan Debt Relief,HuffPost,"Federal law allows students who were defrauded by their colleges into taking out federal student loans to have their debts forgiven. The Obama administration has said repeatedly it will ensure aggrieved borrowers get this form of relief, a commitment that Education Undersecretary Ted Mitchell reiterated this week following the bankruptcy filing of troubled for-profit school operator Corinthian Colleges Inc.
But that’",left
8620,Biden Lays Out Crime-Prevention Strategy,"['Criminal Justice', 'Crime', 'Crime Prevention', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Violence In America', 'Justice']","'It has to end': Biden targets illegal gun sales, rogue dealers in strategy to combat rising crime",USA TODAY,"President Joe Biden launched a new crime prevention strategy Wednesday in a push to take on soaring gun violence as Republicans blame a rise in crime on calls from progressive activists to cut police funding. 
In a speech from the White House, Biden announced a ""zero-tolerance policy"" for rogue gun dealers and a new focus by the Justice Department to try to stop the illegal sale of firearms.
Biden also emphasized that cities and states can use their portions of $350 billion in direct aid from Biden's COVID-19 rescue plan, approved by Congress in March, on public safety efforts, including hiring...",left
8621,Biden Lays Out Crime-Prevention Strategy,"['Criminal Justice', 'Crime', 'Crime Prevention', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Violence In America', 'Justice']","Biden Vows a Crackdown on Illegal Gun Dealers, Labeling them ‘Merchants of Death’",National Review,"President Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland discussed a plan to curb gun violence at a White House press conference on Wednesday evening, amid rising homicide rates throughout the U.S.
Biden said he will direct the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms to revoke licenses from dealers the first time they are caught selling a weapon to someone without a permit. Dealers would also have their licenses revoked if they refuse a federal request for trace information about a gun used in a crime, or refuse to run a background check.
“If...",right
8622,Biden Lays Out Crime-Prevention Strategy,"['Criminal Justice', 'Crime', 'Crime Prevention', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Violence In America', 'Justice']",Biden warns of 'more pronounced' summer crime spike as he announces plan to tackle gun violence,CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a comprehensive strategy on violent crime prevention -- with a particular emphasis on gun crimes -- amid a nationwide surge in violent crime that's emerged as an area of concern for the White House.
Following his meeting with state and local leaders to discuss the spike in crime, Biden addressed the issue in a speech at the White House.
""Crime historically rises during the summer and as we emerge from this pandemic with the country opening back up again, the traditional summer spike may be...",left
8623,GOP Takes Alaska,[],Number Eight: Republicans Pick Up Another Seat as Dan Sullivan Wins Alaska Senate Race,Townhall,"Contrary to media predictions (including mine), it didn’t take weeks. On Tuesday, incumbent Democrat Sen. Mark Begich officially lost to his GOP challenger Dan Sullivan, giving Republicans their eighth Senate pickup in the 2014 midterms.
Begich had a lot of factors working against him in the Last Frontier. Alaskans were not happy with President Obama and therefore not impressed with Begich’s tendency to vote with him.
Begich’s gaffes also didn’t help. He managed to offend a female Republican Senator with sexist comments and then offered this lie during a debate...",right
8624,GOP Takes Alaska,[],Alaska Senate Midterm Election Results Show Sullivan Wins Over Begich,HuffPost,"Republican Dan Sullivan was victorious over incumbent Democrat Mark Begich in the Alaska Senate race. The Associated Press announced the decision early Wednesday, more than a week after the midterms were held.
Sullivan served as the Attorney General of Alaska under former Gov. Sarah Palin (R). Begich previously served as the mayor of Anchorage before being elected to the Senate in 2008.",left
8625,GOP Takes Alaska,[],Republican Dan Sullivan wins Senate race in Alaska,USA TODAY,"Republican Dan Sullivan won Alaska's U.S. Senate race, defeating incumbent Democrat Mark Begich.
Sullivan led Begich by about 8,100 votes on election night last week, and when state officials counted absentee and questioned ballots Tuesday, the results indicated that Begich could not overcome Sullivan's lead.
The Alaska seat was initially considered key to the Republicans' hopes of taking control of the U.S. Senate, but that was accomplished election night with the GOP sweep.
Sullivan, a first-time candidate, ran a confident campaign, ignoring the debate schedule Begich released during the primary...",left
8626,Supreme Court Rules in Favor of LGBT Workers,"['SCOTUS', 'Civil Rights', 'Civil Rights Act', 'Workplace Discrimination', 'Title VII', 'LGBT Rights']","Supreme Court Extends Sex-Based Anti-Discrimination Protections to Transgender, Gay Employees",National Review,"The Supreme Court ruled Monday that federal sex-based civil rights law protects workers from discrimination on the basis on sexual orientation and gender identity.
The six-to-three decision established that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act covers sexual orientation as well as an employee’s sex, meaning workers will now be protected in the 29 states that do not have laws protecting all LGBTQ employees from job discrimination. The ruling upheld decisions by lower courts that concluded job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation was included in illegal sex discrimination....",right
8627,Supreme Court Rules in Favor of LGBT Workers,"['SCOTUS', 'Civil Rights', 'Civil Rights Act', 'Workplace Discrimination', 'Title VII', 'LGBT Rights']","Civil Rights Law Protects Gay and Transgender Workers, Supreme Court Rules",New York Times (News),"The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landmark civil rights law protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination, handing the movement for L.G.B.T. equality a stunning victory.
The vote was 6 to 3, with Justice Neil M. Gorsuch writing the majority opinion. He was joined by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.
The case concerned Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bars employment discrimination based on race, religion, national origin and sex....",left
8628,Supreme Court Rules in Favor of LGBT Workers,"['SCOTUS', 'Civil Rights', 'Civil Rights Act', 'Workplace Discrimination', 'Title VII', 'LGBT Rights']","Supreme Court grants federal job protections to gay, lesbian, transgender workers",USA TODAY,"A divided Supreme Court further advanced the cause of LGBTQ rights Monday, ruling that a landmark civil rights law barring sex discrimination in the workplace applies to gay, lesbian and transgender workers.
The decision was written by Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump's first nominee to the cour. He was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and the court's four liberal justices. Associate Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh dissented.
""An employer who fires an individual for being homosexual or transgender fires that person for traits or...",left
8629,White House Aims to Have 90 Percent of Adults Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccine by April 19,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Public Health', 'Sustainability', 'Joe Biden']",Biden to announce 90% of U.S. adults eligible for vaccine by April 19,Reuters,"U.S. President Joe Biden will announce on Monday that 90% of adults in the United States will be eligible for vaccination against COVID-19 and have a vaccination site within 5 miles of their home by April 19, a White House official said.
Bloomberg first reported that Biden planned to make the announcement.
Biden has previously set a goal of having 200 million vaccine shots in people’s arms in his first 100 days in office.",center
8630,White House Aims to Have 90 Percent of Adults Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccine by April 19,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Public Health', 'Sustainability', 'Joe Biden']",Biden administration aims to have vaccine accessible to 90% of adults by mid-April,Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden announced a goal to have the coronavirus vaccine available to 90% of U.S. adults by April 19, marking a new milestone in the process of putting an end to the pandemic.
“You heard me say many times before, our progress in vaccination is a stunning example that there is nothing this country cannot do if we put our minds to it, and we do it together… but our work is far from over,” Biden said Monday. Under the Biden administration’s plan, the number of pharmacies authorized to...",right
8631,White House Aims to Have 90 Percent of Adults Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccine by April 19,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Public Health', 'Sustainability', 'Joe Biden']",Biden says 90% of all adults will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine by April 19,CBS News (Online),"President Biden announced Monday that 90% of all American adults will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine by April 19, about two weeks before May 1, the date he has set to have enough doses for all adults. But Mr. Biden on Monday also warned Americans should not ""let up now"" amid rising COVID-19 infection increases and called on governors who have lifted mask mandates to reinstate them.
""If we let our guard down now, we could still see the virus getting worse, not better,"" Mr. Biden said Monday....",left
8632,"Report Reveals Fauci's Emails With Business Leaders, Chinese Health Official","['Coronavirus', 'China', 'Anthony Fauci']",866 pages of Fauci emails shed light on early days of COVID crisis,Axios,"The Washington Post obtained 866 pages of Anthony Fauci's emails from March and April 2020 via the Freedom of Information Act, revealing what it was like for the government's top infectious-disease expert to navigate the chaotic early weeks of the pandemic under the Trump administration.
Why it matters: Fauci has been one of the most prominent public faces of the U.S. government's coronavirus response, opening him up to both widespread admiration and criticism. U.S. officials were eventually forced to assign Fauci a full-time security detail.
The big picture: Fauci told the Post that he...",center
8633,"Report Reveals Fauci's Emails With Business Leaders, Chinese Health Official","['Coronavirus', 'China', 'Anthony Fauci']",Anthony Fauci’s pandemic emails: ‘All is well despite some crazy people in this world’,Washington Post,"As the coronavirus pandemic engulfed the world last spring, Science magazine quoted a top Chinese health official saying that the United States and other Western nations were making a “big mistake” by not telling people to mask up.
The official, George Gao, worried that the comment might upset his longtime friend Anthony S. Fauci, Washington’s leading expert on infectious diseases. So amid the deepening crisis, Gao reached out to clear the air.
“I saw the Science interview, how could I say such a word ‘big mistake’ about others? That was journalist’s...",left
8634,"Report Reveals Fauci's Emails With Business Leaders, Chinese Health Official","['Coronavirus', 'China', 'Anthony Fauci']","Fauci told Chinese official they would ‘get through this together,’ email reveals",New York Post (News),"Dr. Anthony Fauci corresponded with a Chinese health official early in the pandemic, acknowledging the “crazy people in this world” and vowing to “get through this together,” a new report revealed Tuesday.
The nation’s top expert on infectious diseases received an email March 28, 2020, from George Gao, director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in which Gao apologized for saying the US and other countries were making a “big mistake” by not encouraging people to wear masks from the get-go, according to correspondence obtained by the Washington...",right
8635,House to try again to pass funding bills,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",House G.O.P. Pushes Piecemeal Approach as Democrats Stand Firm,New York Times (News),"The Republicans were likely to try again Wednesday to pass three spending bills for veterans programs, national parks and museums, and services in Washington - after they failed to get the votes needed on Tuesday.",left
8636,House to try again to pass funding bills,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",White House: Obama would veto 'piecemeal' funding bills,Politico,"President Obama would veto any piecemeal bill funding only parts of the federal government and not resolving the whole government shutdown, the White House said Tuesday.",left
8637,House to try again to pass funding bills,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",House to try again to pass 3 emergency funding bills amid government slimdown,Fox News (Online News),Lawmakers prepared for a potentially drawn-out stalemate over the budget as the first day of a partial suspension of government services brought officials no closer to an agreement.,right
8638,Too Few Votes to Repeal ACA,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Dead on Arrival: 'Repeal Now, Replace Later' Has Already Crashed",Townhall,"When I wrote this analysis earlier, 'Plan B' was already on life support. Republican Senators Susan Collins and Shelley Moore Capito had signaled that they were no-go's on the GOP backup proposal, which would entail passing the same ""clean"" repeal bill approved by the upper chamber in late 2015. That was a show vote, I explained, and everybody knew it.",right
8639,Too Few Votes to Repeal ACA,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",McConnell Backup Plan To Repeal Affordable Care Act Falters,NPR (Online News),"Hours after a replacement for the Affordable Care Act was all but scuttled by a clutch of Senate Republicans, three lawmakers appear to have doomed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's Plan B: Repeal the Affordable Care Act without replacing it.",left
8640,Too Few Votes to Repeal ACA,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate now lacks votes to abolish parts of ACA outright,Washington Post,"It became apparent today that GOP leaders, who were caught off guard by defections of their members Monday night, lacked the votes to abolish parts of the 2010 law outright. Three centrist Republican senators — Susan Collins (Maine), Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) — all said they would oppose any vote to proceed with an immediate repeal of the law.",left
8641,Senate Prepares Bill to Avert Shutdown Before Thursday Deadline,"['US Senate', 'Politics', 'Government Shutdown', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Federal Budget']",Congress primed to avert shutdown despite remaining conflicts,Politico,"The Senate appears on track to prevent a government shutdown on Thursday at midnight, as Democrats and Republicans wade through last-minute impediments to a stopgap funding bill’s speedy passage.
Senators were close to finalizing an agreement on Wednesday evening that would tee up final passage of the short-term funding package on Thursday, just hours before federal cash expires, according to a source. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a fiscal hawk notorious for blocking spending bills, also indicated that he wouldn’t object to quickly passing the continuing resolution, which would keep the...",left
8642,Senate Prepares Bill to Avert Shutdown Before Thursday Deadline,"['US Senate', 'Politics', 'Government Shutdown', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Federal Budget']",Senate may vote Wednesday on bill to prevent a government shutdown as deadline approaches,CNBC,"The Senate may vote as soon as Wednesday on a bill that would prevent a government shutdown, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
Federal funding will lapse if Congress fails to pass an appropriations plan before midnight Thursday. Senators plan to introduce a bill that would keep the government running into early December, according to Schumer, a New York Democrat.",center
8643,Senate Prepares Bill to Avert Shutdown Before Thursday Deadline,"['US Senate', 'Politics', 'Government Shutdown', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Federal Budget']",Senate plans vote to avert government shutdown,Washington Examiner,"The Senate will vote as early as Wednesday on legislation to extend government funding beyond a Sept. 30 deadline, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced.
The New York Democrat plans to bring up the legislation in time for the House to clear it for President Joe Biden’s signature.
The fiscal year ends on Sept. 30, requiring Congress to pass temporary funding in order to avert a partial government shutdown.
The measure would extend government funding until Dec. 3 and would provide emergency aid to states damaged by wildfires and hurricanes, as well as...",right
8644,"Key Congressional Votes on Biden Agenda, Debt Ceiling Set for This Week","['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Infrastructure', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Debt Ceiling']","Missed deadlines, GOP blockades and the week that makes or breaks Biden and Democrats",CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden enters the most seismic week of his legislative agenda explicitly set to miss one deadline and implicitly knowing he'll soon have to bow to a Republican blockade on another.
Feverish talks over the course of the weekend led to a rhetorical intraparty pressure release, but still left Democrats miles away from a clear pathway forward on their sweeping $4 trillion dual-pronged agenda, according to multiple people directly involved.
Every piece of Biden's agenda is on the line this week. The vote on his $1.2 trillion Senate-passed infrastructure bill has...",left
8645,"Key Congressional Votes on Biden Agenda, Debt Ceiling Set for This Week","['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Infrastructure', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Debt Ceiling']",Biden's reengineer-America moment,Axios,"The Senate's bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and President Biden's $3.5 trillion spending package could live or die this week — and take Democrats' fortunes with them. But all the minute-by-minute political drama obscures how much America could change if even a fraction of it passes.
The big picture: Anything short of total failure could have a transformative impact on day-to-day life — from how we move around to our access to the internet, paid family leave and child care, health care and college.
To be sure, the massive price tag that comes with these...",center
8646,"Key Congressional Votes on Biden Agenda, Debt Ceiling Set for This Week","['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Infrastructure', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Debt Ceiling']","Pelosi strikes confident tone on infrastructure, says she ‘never’ brings bill to floor without the votes",Fox Business,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told House Democrats in a letter Sunday night to fellow Democrats that the $1 trillion infrastructure bill will be voted on Thursday after doing her best Joe Namath imitation by guaranteeing that the bill will be passed.
""We’re going to pass the bill this week,"" she told ABC’s ""This Week."" ""I’m never bringing a bill to the floor that doesn’t have the votes.""
Pelosi on Sunday vowed that Democrats will pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill this week and push ahead on the bigger $3.5 trillion social safety net...",right
8647,Kavanaugh Questioning Enters Final Day,['Supreme Court'],"Kavanaugh questioning enters final stretch, as Dems seem to lay traps",Fox News (Online News),"Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh enters what could be the final stretch of questioning in his confirmation hearing Thursday, with Democrats springing a series of cryptic questions – in an apparent attempt to box the nominee into an embarrassing admission or at least throw him off what has been a relatively steady performance.",right
8648,Kavanaugh Questioning Enters Final Day,['Supreme Court'],"Ducking queries on Trump, Supreme Court nominee resumes U.S. Senate test",Reuters,"Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will face a final barrage of questions on Thursday in a multi-day US Senate confirmation hearing, as Democrats press him on his independence from the man who nominated him, President Donald Trump.",center
8649,Kavanaugh Questioning Enters Final Day,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court nominee faces more grilling,CBS News (Online),It's day three for Judge Brett Kavanaugh as President Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court faces another round of questions by lawmakers. Kavanaugh wrapped up his first round of probing after 12 hours of questions and answers before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.,left
8650,Trump Touts Trade Agreement Meeting With China,['Trade'],Trump touts ‘big leap forward’ with China after G-20 meeting,The Hill,"President Trump on Monday touted “strong” relations with China in the wake of his Group of 20 (G-20) Summit meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, claiming in a series of tweets that only he and the Chinese leader could reach an agreement on trade and other matters.",center
8651,Trump Touts Trade Agreement Meeting With China,['Trade'],"Trump Calls Truce in China Trade War a Big Success, but Little Is Known About the Deal",New York Times (News),"President Trump on Monday portrayed his Saturday meeting with President Xi Jinping of China as an unabashed success, insisting that American farmers and automakers will quickly see benefits from a trade truce that has yet to produce any concrete commitments.",left
8652,Trump Touts Trade Agreement Meeting With China,['Trade'],Trump's G20 Deal With Xi Jinping Promises De-escalation of Trade War but Lacks Many Specifics,Reason,Saturday's deal seems to be a strategic retreat by the Trump administration.,right
8653,John Bolton Out As National Security Adviser,"['National Security', 'White House', 'John Bolton', 'Donald Trump', 'Defense And Security']",Trump says he fired national security advisor John Bolton — but Bolton says he ‘offered to resign’,CNBC,"President Donald Trump said Tuesday he fired national security advisor John Bolton, saying on Twitter that Bolton had “disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions.”
But minutes later, Bolton in his own tweet said he “offered to resign” Monday night — and that Trump told him, “Let’s talk about it tomorrow.”
“I offered to resign last night. He never asked for it, directly or indirectly,” Bolton said in a later text to NBC News.
“I slept on it, and resigned this morning.”",center
8654,John Bolton Out As National Security Adviser,"['National Security', 'White House', 'John Bolton', 'Donald Trump', 'Defense And Security']",‘No Longer Needed’: Trump Boots John Bolton as National Security Adviser,Daily Beast,"Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that he had fired his national security adviser John Bolton, in what is the latest indication of unrest and tension inside the president’s national security team.
“I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the White House,” the president tweeted. “I disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions, as did others in the Administration, and therefore I asked John for his resignation, which was given to me this morning. I thank John very much for his service. I will...",left
8655,John Bolton Out As National Security Adviser,"['National Security', 'White House', 'John Bolton', 'Donald Trump', 'Defense And Security']",Trump fires John Bolton as National Security Advisor,New York Post (News),"President Trump on Tuesday announced that he had fired embattled National Security Advisor John Bolton.
“I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the White House. I disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions, as did others in the Administration, and therefore I asked John for his resignation, which was given to me this morning. I thank John very much for his service. I will be naming a new National Security Advisor next week,” Trump wrote in a pair of tweets.",right
8656,China Imposes another $60 Billion in Tariffs,['Trade'],China Once Looked Tough on Trade. Now Its Options Are Dwindling.,New York Times (News),"BEIJING — President Trump imposed tariffs in July on $34 billion in Chinese goods. China matched them dollar for dollar with its own.
Then he hit an additional $16 billion in goods in August. China matched that, too.
Now, Mr. Trump has made his biggest move yet, announcing 10 percent tariffs starting in a week on $200 billion a year of Chinese goods. But this time, China can’t match them all — and that crystallizes a growing problem for Beijing.",left
8657,China Imposes another $60 Billion in Tariffs,['Trade'],China hits back at Trump with tariffs on $60bn of US goods,BBC News,"China has hit back at President Donald Trump by imposing new trade tariffs on $60bn of American goods.
It comes after the US slapped duties on $200bn of Chinese imports on Monday, escalating its trade war with Beijing.
China will target American goods such as liquefied natural gas, which are produced in states loyal to the US president.",center
8658,China Imposes another $60 Billion in Tariffs,['Trade'],China retaliates with tariffs on another $60 billion in US imports,The Blaze,The Chinese government has announced that it will be fulfilling its promise to retaliate against further U.S. tariffs. Chinese tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S. products are scheduled to go into effect next week.,right
8659,Sessions Under Fire,['Politics'],White House issues new Sessions warning as Trump tears into AG,Fox News (Online News),"The top White House spokesperson warned Tuesday that President Trump’s frustration with Jeff Sessions is not going away, moments after the president tore into his attorney general on Twitter as “VERY weak” on Hillary Clinton’s supposed “crimes.”",right
8660,Sessions Under Fire,['Politics'],Trump savages 'very weak' Attorney General Jeff Sessions,BBC News,"President Donald Trump has launched yet another attack on US Attorney General Jeff Sessions, labelling him ""weak"".",center
8661,Sessions Under Fire,['Politics'],Donald Trump continues to try and make Attorney General Jeff Sessions quit,Daily Kos,"Once again, Donald Trump is using his morning Twitter fit as a way to attack, not just Hillary Clinton, but the attorney general he put in office.",left
8662,Quid Pro Quo Attempt,"['State Department', 'Politics']","Agencies Clashed on Classification of Clinton Email, Inquiry Shows",New York Times (News),"Documents released Monday in the Hillary Clinton email investigation show intense disagreement last year between the State Department and the F.B.I. over whether some of Mrs. Clinton’s emails should be considered classified, including a discussion of a possible “quid pro quo” to settle one dispute.",left
8663,Quid Pro Quo Attempt,"['State Department', 'Politics']",FBI Documents Show State Department Fought Classification of Clinton Emails,Wall Street Journal (News),"Released pages suggest official pressured government bureaucracy into marking few, if any, emails as classified",center
8664,Quid Pro Quo Attempt,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Quid Pro Quo: A Staggering Example of Hillary Email Corruption,The American Spectator,The FBI’s disclosure of Patrick Kennedy’s attempts to tamper with their Clinton email investigation gives a window into the extent of the rot in Washington.,right
8665,EU Supports Ukraine's Bid for Membership,"['World', 'European Union', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia']","Ukraine granted EU candidate status, first step toward membership",Fox News (Online News),"Ukraine on Friday got the green light from the executive arm of the European Union after it recommended the war-torn nation be granted ""candidate status"" as Kyiv seeks to join the 27-nation alliance. 
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said, ""Ukraine has clearly shown commitment to live up to European values and standards. And embarked, before the war, on its way towards the EU.
""We recommend to give Ukraine the candidate status, on the understanding that the country will carry out a number of important reforms,"" she added.
The top...",right
8666,EU Supports Ukraine's Bid for Membership,"['World', 'European Union', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia']",EU backs Ukraine's membership bid to 'live the European dream',Reuters,"The European Union gave its blessing on Friday for Ukraine and its neighbour Moldova to become candidates to join, in the most dramatic geopolitical shift to result from Russia's invasion.
""Ukrainians are ready to die for the European perspective,"" European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told a news conference, wearing Ukrainian colours - a yellow blazer over a blue blouse.
""We want them to live with us the European dream.""
It was only the start of a process that could take many years, but it puts Kyiv on course...",center
8667,EU Supports Ukraine's Bid for Membership,"['World', 'European Union', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia']",Ukraine's bid to join EU gets major boost as executive backs candidacy,CNN (Online News),"Ukraine's bid to join the European Union received a major boost on Friday morning, after the bloc's executive said it believed the country should be formally considered for candidate status in the wake of Russia's invasion.
Speaking in Brussels, the European Commission's President Ursula von der Leyen said the Commission recommends ""that Ukraine is given candidate status. This is of course on the understanding that the country will carry out a number of further reforms.""
""In the view of the Commission, Ukraine has clearly demonstrated the country's aspiration and the country's determination to...",left
8668,NSA Reviewed in Secret Court,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",NSA misrepresented scope of data collection to secret court,CNN (Online News),"The Obama administration on Wednesday declassified opinions from a secret court that oversees government surveillance showing the National Security Agency was broadly collecting domestic Internet communications of Americans and misrepresenting the scope of that effort to the court.
The three opinions include one from October 2011 by U.S. District Judge John Bates, who scolded government lawyers that the NSA had, for the third time in less than three years, belatedly acknowledged it was collecting more data than it was legally allowed to.",left
8669,NSA Reviewed in Secret Court,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Secret Court Rebuked N.S.A. on Surveillance,New York Times (News),"A federal judge sharply rebuked the National Security Agency in 2011 for repeatedly misleading the court that oversees its surveillance on domestic soil, including a program that is collecting tens of thousands of domestic e-mails and other Internet communications of Americans each year, according to a secret ruling made public on Wednesday.",left
8670,NSA Reviewed in Secret Court,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Documents show NSA overreach in data collection,Washington Times,"The Obama administration, under pressure from continued NSA leaks, declassified documents Wednesday showing the agency scooped up tens of thousands of emails and other online communications from Americans beginning in 2008 that it wasn’t allowed to target, and was told to stop by the secret court that oversees the program.
Officials briefed reporters on the documents before releasing them as the Obama administration struggles to defend NSA domestic snooping in the face of growing national opposition and especially on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers argue the administration has misled them...",right
8671,Opinions: Trump and the Politics of Coronavirus,"['Donald Trump', 'Public Health', 'Role Of Government', 'Public Opinion', 'China', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Coronavirus']",President Trump Is Unfit for This Crisis. Period.,New York Times (Opinion),"The coronavirus is no longer just a slow-moving public health crisis that may soon turn into a rapid-moving one. It’s a crisis of transparency. It’s a crisis of government legitimacy. So it is in this spirit that we all have to say: enough.
Whose side is the Trump administration on? Based on every public appearance we’ve seen so far — whether it’s from a cabinet member or the director of the Centers for Disease Control or the president himself — the answer is clear: not the public’s. President Trump, hellbent...",left
8672,Opinions: Trump and the Politics of Coronavirus,"['Donald Trump', 'Public Health', 'Role Of Government', 'Public Opinion', 'China', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Coronavirus']",Never mind Trump. Coronavirus shows why electing competent state and local officials is vital.,Guest Writer - Center,"How the president responds to a disease outbreak is important, but it is only one aspect of multifaceted efforts at every level of government. Does a county have a system for prioritizing who receives virus tests and for delivering the results quickly? Will public transit be sanitized? Answering questions such as these is the real work of disease management — and it is not done by the White House.",center
8673,Opinions: Trump and the Politics of Coronavirus,"['Donald Trump', 'Public Health', 'Role Of Government', 'Public Opinion', 'China', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Coronavirus']",Coronavirus shows Donald Trump was right all this time about China,Guest Writer - Right,"Donald Trump has been insisting for years that our country has been too economically dependent on China, so it is sad that it took a global public health crisis to prove he was right all this time. When he began imposing strategic tariffs on China in response to its long history of abusive trade practices, the liberals all of a sudden became free trade fundamentalists, predicting that this new “trade war” would harm the American economy because we have relied so heavily on cheap Chinese imports for so many years....",right
8674,"Twitter Changes Policy After Limiting NY Post's Biden Story; Subpoenas, FCC Regulations Loom","['Online Censorship', 'Twitter', 'Social Media', 'Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Corruption', 'Misinformation', 'Fake News', 'Media Bias', 'Free Speech']",Senate to Subpoena Twitter CEO Over Blocking of Disputed Biden Articles,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to issue a subpoena on Tuesday to Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Jack Dorsey after the social-media company blocked a pair of New York Post articles that made new allegations about Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, which his campaign has denied.
The subpoena would require the Twitter executive to testify on Oct. 23 before the committee, according to the Republicans who announced the hearing.
GOP lawmakers are singling out Twitter because it prevented users from posting links to the articles, which the Post said were based...",center
8675,"Twitter Changes Policy After Limiting NY Post's Biden Story; Subpoenas, FCC Regulations Loom","['Online Censorship', 'Twitter', 'Social Media', 'Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Corruption', 'Misinformation', 'Fake News', 'Media Bias', 'Free Speech']","Twitter Changes Policy After Censorship Backlash, Claims Biden Emails ‘Hacked’ Without Evidence",The Federalist,"A Twitter official announced Thursday night that Twitter will be making changes following the firestorm of backlash after it censored two bombshell New York Post stories.
The first story on Wednesday indicates that Hunter Biden monetized foreign companies’ access to Joe Biden while the latter was vice president. The second story alleges that Hunter pursued business deals with one of China’s largest energy companies in an attempt to cash in “for me and my family.”
Vijaya Gadde, the global lead for legal, policy, and trust and safety at Twitter,...",right
8676,"Twitter Changes Policy After Limiting NY Post's Biden Story; Subpoenas, FCC Regulations Loom","['Online Censorship', 'Twitter', 'Social Media', 'Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Corruption', 'Misinformation', 'Fake News', 'Media Bias', 'Free Speech']",What the FCC can and can’t do to Section 230,Vox,"The Trump administration is once again trying to force social media platforms to do its bidding. This time, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been tapped to use a law called Section 230 to prevent websites from moderating content in a way that many conservatives believe is biased against them. Despite the law being designed to prevent FCC intervention — and the FCC itself using that as justification not to regulate the internet just a few years ago — it appears the agency is going to try.
This comes after...",left
8677,Obamacare Battle at the Supreme Court,['Healthcare'],Huge Stakes As Supreme Court Takes Third Crack At Obamacare,HuffPost,"Obamacare faces its strangest challenge yet when the Supreme Court takes up the law for the third time Wednesday, but the oddity of the lawsuit shouldn’t obscure the cataclysm that a loss for President Barack Obama would provoke.",left
8678,Obamacare Battle at the Supreme Court,['Healthcare'],Obamacare on the line at SCOTUS,CNN (Online News),The future of health care in America is on the table -- and in serious jeopardy -- this morning in the Supreme Court.,left
8679,Obamacare Battle at the Supreme Court,['Healthcare'],OPINION: A prescription for health care after Burwell,Washington Times,The Supreme Court case could bring real reform that expands consumer choice.,right
8680,Trump Strongly Endorses COVID-19 Vaccine During Candace Owens Interview,"['Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Candace Owens', 'COVID-19 Vaccine Divide', 'Bridging Divides', 'Public Health']",Trump touts effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccine,CNN (Online News),"Former President Donald Trump pushed back on a questioner's skepticism about the effectiveness and safety of the Covid-19 vaccine in a new interview, saying that the ""vaccine works"" and ""people aren't dying when they take the vaccine.""
""Look, the results of the vaccine are very good, and if you do get (Covid), it's a very minor form. People aren't dying when they take the vaccine,"" he said in an interview with The Daily Wire's Candace Owens that was released Tuesday.
When Owens began raising doubt about the vaccine efficacy, Trump interjected,...",left
8681,Trump Strongly Endorses COVID-19 Vaccine During Candace Owens Interview,"['Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Candace Owens', 'COVID-19 Vaccine Divide', 'Bridging Divides', 'Public Health']","Trump Doubles Down on Vaccine Advocacy, Dismisses Candace Owens’s Skepticism",National Review,"Former president Donald Trump was effusive in his praise for the coronavirus vaccines in a recent interview with the Daily Wire’s Candace Owens, telling Owens that “the vaccine is one of the greatest achievements of mankind.”
Owens began by asking Trump about vaccine mandates, citing “Big Pharma,” as a “huge topic on the minds of mothers especially.” Trump quickly restated opposition to mandates — “people have to have their freedom” — before pivoting to extolling the benefits of the vaccines. 
Trump called “all three vaccines . . . very, very good,” during...",right
8682,Trump Strongly Endorses COVID-19 Vaccine During Candace Owens Interview,"['Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Candace Owens', 'COVID-19 Vaccine Divide', 'Bridging Divides', 'Public Health']",Trump hails the COVID-19 vaccine as 'one of the greatest achievements of mankind' and rejects vaccine skepticism in new interview,Insider,"Former President Donald Trump hailed the COVID-19 vaccine and pushed back on vaccine skepticism in a new interview with conservative commentator Candace Owens.
Trump called the vaccine ""one of the greatest achievements of mankind"" and praised his administration's success in getting the vaccine developed on his watch.
Typically, vaccine development takes years, but the Trump administration pumped billions of dollars into Operation Warp Speed to help produce a vaccine ready at record speed. The Food and Drug Administration authorized the Moderna and BioNTech-Pfizer vaccines for emergency use in December 2020. The Johnson and Johnson vaccine was authorized for...",left
8683,All Eyes on Paul Ryan,"['US House', 'Politics']","Under speaker pressure, signs pointing to a reluctant Paul Ryan",Washington Post,"As soon as Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) shocked his fellow Republicans by withdrawing from the race for House speaker, Paul Ryan knew what was coming.",left
8684,All Eyes on Paul Ryan,"['US House', 'Politics']",Pleading for Paul Ryan,Politico,"It's all about Paul Ryan right now. House Republicans are frantically lobbying Ryan to run for speaker after House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) abruptly ditched his bid Thursday for speaker, leaving a gaping hole atop the fractious Republican Conference and no obvious successor to John Boehner.",left
8685,All Eyes on Paul Ryan,"['US House', 'Politics']",Next man up? House GOP pushes reluctant Ryan to seek speaker's chair,Fox News (Online News),"Since House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., shocked his congressional colleagues early Thursday by withdrawing his name from consideration to replace John Boehner, R-Ohio, as Speaker of the House, Republicans have launched a relentless press aimed at convincing House Ways and Means Committee chair Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to put himself forward for the job.",right
8686,"US Jobless Claims Rose to 412,000 Last Week","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment']",U.S. Jobless Claims Rose Last Week for First Time Since April,Bloomberg,"Applications for U.S. state unemployment insurance rose slightly for the first time since late April, likely a temporary blip for a labor market that’s otherwise improving as the economy reopens.
Initial claims in regular state programs increased by 37,000 to 412,000 in the week ended June 12, Labor Department data showed Thursday. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for 360,000 applications.
The jump in claims was concentrated in three states -- Pennsylvania, California and Kentucky. Even with the increase, layoffs have declined significantly in recent months as...",left
8687,"US Jobless Claims Rose to 412,000 Last Week","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment']","New jobless claims at 412,000, more than expected",Washington Examiner,"The number of new applications for unemployment benefits rose 37,000 last week to 412,000, the Labor Department reported on Thursday.
The number of new jobless claims represents the number of people who filed for unemployment in the previous week. The new figure was more than forecasters’ expectations of 359,000 new claims. The number is also higher than the week before, which saw 375,000 filings.
Weekly jobless claims are being watched closely as the U.S. economy recovers because recent monthly jobs reports have been less than stellar and have added to concerns that...",right
8688,"US Jobless Claims Rose to 412,000 Last Week","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment']","Jobless Claims Rose Last Week, Pausing Downward Trend",Wall Street Journal (News),"Worker filings for initial unemployment benefits rose by 37,000 to 412,000 last week, marking the first increase since late April and pausing what had been a steady downward trend in filings.
The increase was the biggest jump since late March, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Claims for the prior week were revised slightly to 375,000.
The four-week moving average, which smooths out week-to-week volatility, reached a new pandemic low of 395,000. This is the lowest average level since March 2020, when the pandemic first took hold in the U.S.
The latest...",center
8689,Differing Opinions on Iran,['Middle East'],"White House, Congress Clash on Iran",Wall Street Journal (News),"The White House is pressing Congress to hold back on new sanctions against Iran, pitting the administration's hopes for a re-energized diplomatic engagement against the growing concern of some lawmakers and foreign allies.
The Obama administration is arguing that diplomatic efforts need more time to contain Tehran's nuclear program. But a number of Republican and Democratic lawmakers want to bring a new sanctions bill targeting Iran's oil exports and finances to a Senate vote by the end of next week. A similar bill cleared the House of Representatives in July...",center
8690,Differing Opinions on Iran,['Middle East'],Rice Offers a More Modest Strategy for Mideast,New York Times (News),"Each Saturday morning in July and August, Susan E. Rice, President Obama’s new national security adviser, gathered half a dozen aides in her corner office in the White House to plot America’s future in the Middle East. The policy review, a kind of midcourse correction, has set the United States on a new heading in the world’s most turbulent region.",left
8691,Differing Opinions on Iran,['Middle East'],Dick Cheney: Military action against Iran may be inevitable,Washington Times,"The Obama administration is optimistic that Iran’s new leadership could offer an opportunity to repair diplomatic relations with the United States and to permanently halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
But former Vice President Dick Cheney believes that, eventually, America may have to resort to military force.
In an interview on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, Mr. Cheney was asked whether a strike on Iran is “inevitable.”
“I have trouble seeing how we’re going to achieve our objective short of that,” he said. “And I doubt very much that...",right
8692,Legality of Immigration Reform,['Immigration'],OPINION: The Great Immigration Betrayal,New York Times (News),"IN the months since President Obama first seem poised — as he now seems poised again — to issue a sweeping executive amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants, we’ve learned two important things about how this administration approaches its constitutional obligations.",left
8693,Legality of Immigration Reform,['Immigration'],OPINION: The Missing Immigration Memo,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"If the White House press corps wants to keep government honest, here’s a question to ask as President Obama prepares to legalize millions of undocumented immigrants by executive order: Has he sought, and does he have, any written legal justification from the Attorney General and the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) for his actions?",right
8694,Legality of Immigration Reform,['Immigration'],OPINION: Chill out; it's not an impeachable offense,CNN (Online News),"Like misery, failure loves company. Look at the immigration debate and how both liberals and conservatives -- and elected officials in both parties -- bungle it.",left
8695,Trump Threatens to Veto Omnibus Spending Bill,"['White House', 'Politics']",Why Trump Is Threatening to Veto Omnibus Spending Bill,Townhall,"While Congress passed a massive $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill early Friday, President Trump threatened to veto it later in the morning, meaning a government shutdown is still a possibility.",right
8696,Trump Threatens to Veto Omnibus Spending Bill,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump threatens to veto omnibus over lack of wall funding, DACA fix",The Hill,"President Trump on Friday threatened to veto a massive $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill, raising the prospect of a government shutdown.",center
8697,Trump Threatens to Veto Omnibus Spending Bill,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump threatens to veto omnibus spending bill passed overnight, suddenly making shutdown possible",CBS News (Online),"President Trump is threatening to veto the omnibus spending bill the Senate passed overnight — despite indicating support for it in the last two days — because he says it doesn't protect Dreamers or fully fund his border wall. The president's veto threat suddenly makes a government shutdown, which seemed to be a crisis averted early Friday morning, much more likely.",left
8698,Petraeus Probe Widens,[],"Petraeus investigation ensnares commander of U.S., NATO troops in Afghanistan",Washington Post,"The FBI probe into the sex scandal that prompted CIA Director David Petraeus to resign has expanded to ensnare Gen. John R. Allen, the commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced early Tuesday.",left
8699,Petraeus Probe Widens,[],Top US commander in Afghanistan under investigation as Petraeus scandal widens,Fox News (Online News),"The rapidly unfolding scandal surrounding David Petraeus' affair ensnared another top-ranking official overnight, with the American commander in Afghanistan Gen. John Allen coming under investigation for ""inappropriate communications"" with a woman at the heart of the controversy.",right
8700,Petraeus Probe Widens,[],ISAF chief Gen. John Allen under investigation amid Petraeus probe,CNN (Online News),"The spiraling scandal that took down David Petraeus has apparently ensnared another powerful general, as authorities announced that Gen. John Allen is under investigation for allegedly sending inappropriate messages to Jill Kelley, a woman who has been linked to the Petraeus scandal.",left
8701,Hypothetical 2016 Elections,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",George W. Bush: Jeb Would Beat Hillary Clinton In 2016,HuffPost,"George W. Bush says that he badly wants his brother Jeb to run for president -- and that if he were to face off against Hillary Clinton, he would ""absolutely"" beat her in a 2016 matchup.
""He knows I want him to run,"" the former president told Candy Crowley on CNN's ""State of the Union"" Sunday. ""If I need to reiterate it, I will: Run, Jeb. I think he'd be a great president.""
Asked if he considered Clinton to be ""formidable,"" Bush said, ""Very much so. No question. So is...",left
8702,Hypothetical 2016 Elections,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Poll: Hillary Clinton ahead in 5 would-be GOP match-ups,CNN (Online News),"A new poll released Monday indicates Hillary Clinton holds an advantage over five potential Republican opponents in hypothetical match-ups for the 2016 presidential election.
Clinton, however, fails to break past the 50% line when matched against each of the possible Republican contenders, according to the Bloomberg Politics Poll.
If the contest were held today, 45% of likely voters say they would pick the former secretary of state over Mitt Romney, who garners 39%.",left
8703,Hypothetical 2016 Elections,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton outpacing GOP rivals in early look at 2016,Washington Times,"Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is outpacing her would-be Republican rivals in an early look at 2016 head-to-head presidential match-ups, as well as on favorability and key qualities voters are looking for in their presidential candidates.
Fifty-two percent of adults view Mrs. Clinton favorably in a new Bloomberg Politics poll, compared to 42 percent who view her unfavorably.
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., a possible Democratic rival for Mrs. Clinton if she runs, is at a slightly positive 45 percent/43 percent favorable/unfavorable split.
Thirty-two percent have a...",right
8704,The Politics of Ebola,[],Andrew Cuomo Defends Ebola Quarantines But Loosens Policy,HuffPost,New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) announced new quarantine guidelines on Sunday evening for patients who may have been exposed to Ebola.,left
8705,The Politics of Ebola,[],"OPINION: Cuomo, Perry play politics on Ebola",CNN (Online News),"There are times when political ambition spurs political leaders to reach new heights of courage and creativity. To date, the Ebola outbreak of 2014 is not proving to be one of those times.",left
8706,The Politics of Ebola,[],"Governor Christie Defends Ebola Quarantine, Nurse Rails Against It and People on Twitter Say Nasty Things",The Blaze,To quarantine or not to quarantine — that is the question.,right
8707,"Senate Votes to End Military Support for Saudi War in Yemen, Unanimously Condemns Mohammed bin Salman",['Middle East'],The entire Senate just said Trump is wrong about Jamal Khashoggi,Washington Post,President Trump and top Cabinet officials have completely obscured and slow-rolled their own intelligence community’s conclusion about the Saudis' killing of Washington Post Global,left
8708,"Senate Votes to End Military Support for Saudi War in Yemen, Unanimously Condemns Mohammed bin Salman",['Middle East'],Senators vote to end US backing for Saudi war on Yemen,BBC News,The US Senate has voted to withdraw US military aid for Saudi Arabia's war on Yemen and to blame the kingdom's crown prince for the murder of a journalist.,center
8709,"Senate Votes to End Military Support for Saudi War in Yemen, Unanimously Condemns Mohammed bin Salman",['Middle East'],"Senator Marco Rubio: Hold Saudis accountable, but don't ignore Iran in Yemen",Fox News (Opinion),"After Saudi operatives brutally murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul in October, the Senate is rightly reviewing U.S. relations with",right
8710,Dow Falls After Trump Imposes Tariffs on China,['Economy And Jobs'],Dow closes down more than 700 points on fear of U.S.-China trade war,Washington Post,"Markets plunged Thursday amid fears President Trump’s new tariffs would start a global trade war, with the Dow Jones industrial average closing 724 points down as the Nasdaq Composite and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index also nose-dived.",left
8711,Dow Falls After Trump Imposes Tariffs on China,['Economy And Jobs'],Stocks tumble to worst day in six weeks after Trump tariff action,Reuters,U.S. stocks slumped on Thursday as President Donald Trump’s move to impose tariffs on up to $60 billion of Chinese imports drove fears about the impact on the global economy,center
8712,Dow Falls After Trump Imposes Tariffs on China,['Economy And Jobs'],"After Trump Tariffs Hit, China 'Not Afraid' To Fight Trade War",Investor's Business Daily,"President Donald Trump made punishing China for trade misdeeds official U.S. policy on Thursday, imposing tariffs of 25% on up to $60 billion of imports, with a focus on high-tech goods. While not as hostile as the $60 billion worth of tariffs floated in recent days, the move signals the beginning of a fractious era for China-U.S. economic relations as the two countries vie for technological supremacy.",right
8713,UN Climate Change Report Finds Dangers Of Global Warming,['Environment'],Doubling Down on Global-Warming Alarmism,National Review,"The U.N.’s latest doomsaying comes off as hyperbole, not science.",right
8714,UN Climate Change Report Finds Dangers Of Global Warming,['Environment'],The Guardian view on climate change: a global emergency,The Guardian,"The consequences of catastrophic warming will be political and even military, not just environmental.",left
8715,UN Climate Change Report Finds Dangers Of Global Warming,['Environment'],United Nations climate report shows civilization is at stake if we don’t act now,Salon,"Absent heroic efforts, the world has locked in dangerous climate change. That’s according to a much-anticipated report released on Monday in South Korea by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a U.N.-sponsored collection of the world’s top scientists.",left
8716,Signups Surpass 1 Million,['Healthcare'],Federal Health Market Surpasses 1 Million Signups,ABC News (Online),"A December surge propelled health care sign-ups through the government's rehabilitated website past the 1 million mark, the Obama administration said Sunday, reflecting new vigor for the problem-plagued federal insurance exchange.
Of the more than 1.1 million people now enrolled, nearly 1 million signed up in December, with the majority coming days before a pre-Christmas deadline for coverage to start in January. Compare that to a paltry 27,000 in October —the website's first, error-prone month — or 137,000 in November.
The figures tell only part of the story. The administration...",left
8717,Signups Surpass 1 Million,['Healthcare'],Federal health market surpasses 1 million signups,CNSNews.com,"A December surge propelled health care sign-ups through the government's rehabilitated website past the 1 million mark, the Obama administration said Sunday, reflecting new vigor for the problem-plagued federal insurance exchange.
Of the more than 1.1 million people now enrolled, nearly 1 milli",right
8718,Signups Surpass 1 Million,['Healthcare'],Federal Health Market Surpasses 1 Million Signups,NPR (Online News),"A December surge propelled health care sign-ups through the government's rehabilitated website past the 1 million mark, the Obama administration said Sunday, reflecting new vigor for the problem-plagued federal insurance exchange.
Of the more than 1.1 million people now enrolled, nearly 1 million signed up in December, with the majority coming days before a pre-Christmas deadline for coverage to start in January. Compare that to a paltry 27,000 in October —the website's first, error-prone month — or 137,000 in November.
The figures tell only part of the story. The administration...",left
8719,Will the Government’s Anti-Inflation Efforts Spark a Recession?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Recession', 'Inflation', 'Banking And Finance', 'Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates', 'Stock Market', 'Bear Market', 'Mortgage Rates', 'Jerome Powell', 'Joe Biden']",'A Big Mistake': Economists Warn Fed Rate Hikes Risk Plunging US Into Recession,Common Dreams,"The Federal Reserve's decision Wednesday to hike interest rates by 75 basis points—the largest increase since 1994—heightened fears among economists that the central bank's attempt to tame inflation risks plunging the U.S. economy into recession and inflicting more pain on vulnerable workers.
The Fed's move came on the heels of worse-than-expected federal data showing that inflation jumped 8.6% in May compared to a year earlier, prompting central bank officials to pursue more aggressive federal-funds rate increases, the Fed's blunt tool to rein in consumer prices.",left
8720,Will the Government’s Anti-Inflation Efforts Spark a Recession?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Recession', 'Inflation', 'Banking And Finance', 'Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates', 'Stock Market', 'Bear Market', 'Mortgage Rates', 'Jerome Powell', 'Joe Biden']","Fed Authorizes Biggest Interest Rate Hike In 28 Years, As Experts Worry Its Fight Against Inflation Will Spark Recession",Forbes,"The Federal Reserve on Wednesday instituted the largest interest rate hike in 28 years as it escalates its fight against the worst inflation in four decades and fends off criticism that it moved too slowly in easing pandemic-era stimulus measures, driving experts to increasingly question whether the economy is headed toward a recession.",center
8721,Will the Government’s Anti-Inflation Efforts Spark a Recession?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Recession', 'Inflation', 'Banking And Finance', 'Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates', 'Stock Market', 'Bear Market', 'Mortgage Rates', 'Jerome Powell', 'Joe Biden']",Escalating Oil Prices and Fed Funds Rates Preceded Every Recession Since 1957,Cato Institute,"In 1997, Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, while still an academic, wrote a famous historical study for the Brookings Institution: “Systematic Monetary Policy and the Effects of Oil Price Shocks” with Mark Gertler and Mark Watson.
It began by documenting that “essentially all the U.S. recessions of the past thirty years have been preceded by both oil price increases and a tightening of monetary policy.” So here we are again tightening monetary policy at a time of unaffordable oil price increases.",right
8722,2018 Midterms: Will There Be a Blue Wave?,['Elections'],"Poll: Midwest Abandons Trump, Fueling Democratic Advantage For Control Of Congress",NPR (Online News),"In a troubling sign for Republicans less than two months before November's elections, Democrats' advantage on the question of which party Americans are more likely to vote for in November is ballooning, according to a new NPR/Marist poll.",left
8723,2018 Midterms: Will There Be a Blue Wave?,['Elections'],"Get Over Your Election-Needle P.T.S.D.: The Blue Wave Is Real, and It’s a Monster",Vanity Fair,"All the fundamentals are pointing to a Democratic tsunami rumbling offshore, even if we’re being too careful about saying it. As with most elements of Trump’s presidency, the most",left
8724,2018 Midterms: Will There Be a Blue Wave?,['Elections'],"Don’t Get Too Excited about Election Day Yet, Democrats",National Review,"Making the click-through worthwhile: Why you shouldn’t quite buy the hype about the Democrats winning control of the Senate this November, NBC finds a convenient scapegoat for #MeToo concerns, and a bit of intrigue about a disputed recount in Massachusetts.",right
8725,New Gun Laws for 2016,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],New Gun Laws for the New Year: Three Big Changes Coming for 2016 in These States,The Blaze,"Although President Barack Obama has expressed frustration about his inability to sign federal gun laws, liberal lawmakers at the state and local level have pushed through proposals to curb firearms.",right
8726,New Gun Laws for 2016,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],The Split Between the States Over Guns,The Atlantic,"Owners of firearms will have more rights in Texas and fewer rights in California in the new year, thanks to the nation’s deepening cultural divide.",left
8727,New Gun Laws for 2016,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Obama to announce new executive action on guns,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama is expected to announce in the coming days a new executive action with the goal of expanding background checks on gun sales, people familiar with White House planning said.",left
8728,"New Year: new laws, old problems",['Politics'],A New Year's Message,HuffPost,"Despite do-nothing congressional Republicans, we ARE making progress around the country because Americans are organizing and mobilizing. Together we can make 2014 the year we turn the tide on economic inequality.",left
8729,"New Year: new laws, old problems",['Politics'],"New Year, new laws: Obamacare, pot, guns and drones",CNN (Online News),"Not everyone subscribes to a New Year's resolution, but Americans will be required to follow new laws in 2014.",left
8730,"New Year: new laws, old problems",['Politics'],A New Year and Old Problems,Townhall,"Whenever we stand on the threshold of a new year, we are tempted to forget the hazards of prophecy and try to see what may lie on the other side of this arbitrary division of time.",right
8731,Perspectives: Should Voting be Mandatory?,"['California', 'Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']","Mandatory Voting Will Build Resentment, Not Democracy",Reason,"American democracy—or, at least, the California simulation of it—requires that even disinterested and actively hostile non-voters mark a ballot so government officials can gin up participation numbers, says Assemblyman Marc Levine (D-San Rafael). Levine has introduced a bill that would make voting compulsory, with civil penalties for the non-compliant. It's a proposal that seems guaranteed to make disaffected non-voters become even less impressed with a sketchy political process.
If passed, the measure would ""require a person who qualifies and is registered to vote to cast a ballot, marked or unmarked...",right
8732,Perspectives: Should Voting be Mandatory?,"['California', 'Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Should it be illegal to sit out an election?,Jeff Jacoby,"In the name of “strengthening our democracy,” State Representative Dylan Fernandes has introduced a bill to force Bay State citizens to vote in November general elections — whether they want to or not. In California, Assemblyman Marc Levine goes even further: Declaring that “democracy is not a spectator sport,” he has submitted legislation to strong-arm Californians into taking part in every election, including local and primary contests.
Their goal is to make democracy better, but their results would make it worse.
Presumably, Fernandes and Dylan would not describe their respective...",right
8733,Perspectives: Should Voting be Mandatory?,"['California', 'Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Make Voting Mandatory in the U.S.,New York Times (Opinion),"Around the world, citizens appear to be re-engaging with democracy. In May, voter turnout at the European parliamentary elections reached a 20-year high, and in 2018 turnout for the United States midterm elections was the highest in a hundred years.
Yet in each instance, voter turnout reached just a feeble 50 percent. In the context of recent history, that was a surge. In the 2014 United States midterms, only 37 percent of the electorate voted, rising to 50 percent in 2018. In Europe, this year’s turnout was 50 percent —...",left
8734,Perspectives: Should Gen. Milley Be Fired Over Calls With Top Chinese General?,"['US Military', 'Mark Milley', 'Donald Trump', 'China', 'Defense And Security']","If the China Story Is True, Milley Has to Go",National Review,"Iagree with our editorial that General Mark Milley should be aggressively investigated and, if the Washington Post reporting is verified, removed from office. In fact, I think he ought to be pressed, as a preliminary matter, about whether the reporting is substantially accurate; if he concedes that it is, he should be suspended immediately pending an investigation.
But we need a real investigation. I carry no brief for Milley, who personifies the politicization of institutions that must be apolitical in a properly functioning republic. Nevertheless, conclusions about his alleged behavior have gotten way out in front of the...",right
8735,Perspectives: Should Gen. Milley Be Fired Over Calls With Top Chinese General?,"['US Military', 'Mark Milley', 'Donald Trump', 'China', 'Defense And Security']",Joint Chiefs Chairman Milley becomes lightning rod on right,The Hill,"Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has become a lightning rod for the Biden administration, which is facing calls for him to resign over book excerpts underscoring his maneuvering during former President Trump’s final days in office.
Milley was already a target for conservatives before the revelations in “Peril,” the upcoming book by Watergate reporter Bob Woodward and Robert Costa of The Washington Post.
But the new bombshells, including that Milley twice called his Chinese counterpart following the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to assure him...",center
8736,Perspectives: Should Gen. Milley Be Fired Over Calls With Top Chinese General?,"['US Military', 'Mark Milley', 'Donald Trump', 'China', 'Defense And Security']","Pentagon, White House mobilize defense of Milley amid criticism over China calls",CNN (Online News),"The defense of the top US military official kicked into gear across Washington Wednesday in response to claims that Gen. Mark Milley overstepped his authority during the waning days of the Trump administration.
The Joint Chiefs chairman came under attack Tuesday over new reporting in ""Peril,"" a forthcoming book by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, which details Milley's phone conversations to reassure a nervous Chinese general and efforts Milley took to limit then-President Donald Trump from potentially ordering a dangerous military strike.
Milley's actions, which were reported by CNN and others on Tuesday...",left
8737,Kanye West’s Twitter Account Locked After Rapper Vows to Go ‘Death Con 3 on Jewish People’,"['Arts And Entertainment', 'Race And Racism', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Jews', 'Kanye West', 'Culture', 'Twitter', 'Instagram', 'Social Media', 'Content Moderation', 'Hate Speech', 'Technology', 'Candace Owens', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Mark Zuckerberg']",Twitter locks Kanye West’s account for antisemitic tweet following warm Elon Musk welcome,TechCrunch,"Elon Musk’s troubling, nascent vision for Twitter was on full display this weekend after the SpaceX and Tesla CEO strode into the center of a content moderation controversy created by Kanye West, who now goes by Ye.
West popped up on Twitter Friday night for the first time since November 2020, tweeting “Look at this Mark, How you gone kick me off instagram” with a blurry photo of himself and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg singing karaoke. The company confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that Instagram indeed removed content from West’s account and placed restrictions on it...",center
8738,Kanye West’s Twitter Account Locked After Rapper Vows to Go ‘Death Con 3 on Jewish People’,"['Arts And Entertainment', 'Race And Racism', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Jews', 'Kanye West', 'Culture', 'Twitter', 'Instagram', 'Social Media', 'Content Moderation', 'Hate Speech', 'Technology', 'Candace Owens', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Mark Zuckerberg']","Ye locked out of social media for antisemitism; Jamie Lee Curtis, Sarah Silverman, more react",USA TODAY,"Ye shared antisemitic statements in his latest posts, and Hollywood and the social media platforms are proving actions have consequences.
The rapper, also known as Kanye West, was locked out of his Twitter and Instagram accounts; Spokespeople for Twitter and Instagram said Sunday that Ye posted messages that violated their policies.
Jamie Lee Curtis, Sarah Silverman and more figures in Hollywood have also used their platform to speak out against the hateful messages shared by Ye.
In a tweet sent late Saturday, Ye said he would soon go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE,” an apparent reference...",left
8739,Kanye West’s Twitter Account Locked After Rapper Vows to Go ‘Death Con 3 on Jewish People’,"['Arts And Entertainment', 'Race And Racism', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Jews', 'Kanye West', 'Culture', 'Twitter', 'Instagram', 'Social Media', 'Content Moderation', 'Hate Speech', 'Technology', 'Candace Owens', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Mark Zuckerberg']",Ye Sparks New Controversy With Deleted Tweet About ‘Jewish People’,The Daily Wire,"Ye, the rap and fashion mogul formerly known as Kanye West, sparked new controversy Saturday night with a tweet pledging to take on “Jewish people” after finding himself restricted from his 18-million-follower Instagram account earlier in the day.
Ye, who spent the entire week in a media firestorm after appearing at a Paris fashion show with The Daily Wire’s Candace Owens wearing matching “White Lives Matter” shirts, asked Mark Zuckerberg, whose Meta owns both Facebook and Instagram, how he could be locked out of his Instagram account. But it was a tweet some...",right
8740,Obama Addresses Immigration,['Immigration'],'I had promised': Obama to announce executive action on immigration Thursday in primetime speech,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama, following through on his vow to sidestep Congress, will announce in a prime time TV speech Thursday the executive actions he will take to change U.S. immigration law.
Obama will make his announcement, expected to protect roughly 5 million illegal immigrants from deportation, from the White House at 8 p.m. EST.
The president will go ahead with his plan despite widespread opposition from Capitol Hill Republicans, who have asked him to wait until next year when the GOP controls the House and Senate to try to reform the...",right
8741,Obama Addresses Immigration,['Immigration'],Republican Response on Immigration Faces Hurdle,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama prepared Thursday night to unveil far-reaching changes to the immigration system, while new wrinkles on Capitol Hill complicated his opponents’ plans to block his action.
Acting without Congress, Mr. Obama is expected to shield as many as five million illegal immigrants from deportation and offer them a chance for work permits, while overhauling the enforcement system, people briefed on his plan said. His action would represent the most significant changes to U.S. immigration policy in nearly three decades.
Hours before Mr. Obama was scheduled to outline his...",center
8742,Obama Addresses Immigration,['Immigration'],Obama’s Immigration Plan Could Shield Five Million,New York Times (News),"Up to four million undocumented immigrants who have lived in the United States for at least five years can apply for a program that protects them from deportation and allows those with no criminal record to work legally in the country, President Obama is to announce on Thursday, according to people briefed on his plans.
An additional one million people will get protection from deportation through other parts of the president’s plan to overhaul the nation’s immigration enforcement system, including the expansion of an existing program for “Dreamers,” young immigrants...",left
8743,Kavanaugh Accuser Julie Swetnick Gives Interview on NBC News,['Supreme Court'],Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick speaks out on sexual abuse allegations,NBC News (Online),"""I felt like somebody took me and basically said, 'You're worthless. You are nothing to us. You are disposable.'""",left
8744,Kavanaugh Accuser Julie Swetnick Gives Interview on NBC News,['Supreme Court'],"Kavanaugh accuser Swetnick faces credibility questions amid changing story, details from past",Fox News (Online News),"Julie Swetnick, who has made uncorroborated and lurid sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, is facing credibility questions as she appears to partially walk back some of her more salacious claims about the embattled nominee and details about her past emerge.",right
8745,Kavanaugh Accuser Julie Swetnick Gives Interview on NBC News,['Supreme Court'],"'Mean drunk' Kavanaugh was 'handsy' with girls, Julie Swetnick says in first televised interview",USA TODAY,"The third woman to accuse Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct dating to his teenage years described him as a ""mean drunk"" who pushed ""girls against walls"" during her first televised interview.",left
8746,Military Control of Sexual Assault Cases,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Pentagon takes Round One in sex-assault fight,Politico,"The country’s most senior military commanders filed into a Capitol Hill hearing room in June, sat in front of TV cameras and promised to stamp out military sexual assault — a problem Army chief of staff Gen. Ray Odierno called “a cancer.”",left
8747,Military Control of Sexual Assault Cases,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Levin backs military leaders in prosecuting sex assaults,Washington Times,A Democrat-sponsored bill aimed at tackling sexual assault cases within the military gained traction this week after two conservative Republicans joined as supporters.,right
8748,Military Control of Sexual Assault Cases,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Sexual assault in the military: Can special counsels for victims help?,Christian Science Monitor,"After a wave of sexual assault cases in the military, the Air Force is using special lawyers in a venture that top Pentagon officials hope will transform the way the armed forces treat victims.",center
8749,Barr Defends Himself Against Critics,"['William Barr', 'Russia Probe', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Barr Says Review of Origins of Russia Probe Could Lead to Rule Changes,Wall Street Journal (News),"Attorney General William Barr said his review of the origins of the Russia investigation is focused on U.S. intelligence gathering before the Federal Bureau of Investigation opened its formal inquiry in July 2016 and could lead to rule changes for counterintelligence investigations of political campaigns.
“Government power was used to spy on American citizens,” Mr. Barr told The Wall Street Journal, in his first interview since taking office in February. “I can’t imagine any world where we wouldn’t take a look and make sure that was done properly.”
He added:...",center
8750,Barr Defends Himself Against Critics,"['William Barr', 'Russia Probe', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Bill Barr vows to uncover 'exactly what happened' with Russia probe, says explanations have been 'inadequate'",Fox News (Online News),"Attorney General Bill Barr, in an exclusive interview with Fox News, said the country must know “exactly what happened” with counterintelligence activities conducted during the 2016 election -- and he is determined to get to the bottom of the case.
In his first interview since becoming attorney general, Barr spoke to “America’s Newsroom” host Bill Hemmer during a visit to El Salvador for meetings with law enforcement officials. In pointed terms, he fired back at Democrats who have castigated him over his handling of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report --...",right
8751,Barr Defends Himself Against Critics,"['William Barr', 'Russia Probe', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Attorney General William Barr doubles down on spying claims, questions origins of Russia probe",CBS News (Online),"Attorney General William Barr is not backing down from claims that he believes unauthorized spying took place on President Trump's campaign during the 2016 presidential election as the Justice Department makes moves to investigate the origins of the Russia probe. FBI officials have denied that the agency spied on the president's campaign.
In two separate interviews, Barr doubled down on his assertion that illegal spying did take place, a claim he made before senators last month. In a conversation with Fox News' Bill Hemmer on ""America's Newsroom,"" Barr suggested that...",left
8752,Reactions to Zimmerman Verdict,['Civil Rights'],Not The Law: The Culture Failed Trayvon Martin,International Business Times,"The George Zimmerman verdict shouldn't really surprise anyone. The case really couldn't have gone any other way; in a situation like this with few witnesses and a lot of conflicting accounts, it is much easier for the defense to put enough reasonable doubt in the jury's minds than it was for the prosecution to do otherwise. The problem, really, has less to do with the specifics of the case and law and a lot more to do with how we apply that law.
This was brought to my attention initially...",center
8753,Reactions to Zimmerman Verdict,['Civil Rights'],DOJ trolling for email tips in Zimmerman probe,Fox News (Online News),"More than a year after an FBI report indicated there was no evidence of racial bias in George Zimmerman's history, the Justice Department is trolling for email tips on the former neighborhood watch volunteer as it weighs a possible federal civil rights case against him.
Amid pressure from the NAACP and several Democratic lawmakers to pursue Zimmerman, the department has set up a public email address asking for any tips or information regarding the case. The move app
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/17/doj-seeking-tips-in-zimmerman...",right
8754,Reactions to Zimmerman Verdict,['Civil Rights'],Hillary Clinton: George Zimmerman verdict brought ‘deep heartache’,Politico,"Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke about the “heartache” of the Trayvon Martin case in D.C. Tuesday evening while speaking to an African-American sorority group.
“My prayers are with the Martin family and with every family who loves someone who is lost to violence,” she said in an almost 30-minute speech. “No mother, no father, should ever have to fear for their child walking down a street in the United States of America.”
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/hillary-clinton-trayvon-martin-geo...",left
8755,2012 1st Presidential Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney goes on the offensive,Washington Post,"In first presidential debate, the Republican challenger forces President Obama to defend his economic record in a series of sharp exchanges.",left
8756,2012 1st Presidential Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama & Romney: 'Corporate Executive' Vs. The 'Government Professor',NPR (Online News),"President Obama and his Republican challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, engaged Thursday night in a sometimes spirited, but always cordial, debate that got very technical at times.",left
8757,2012 1st Presidential Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney Dominates In First Debate,Townhall,"Romney seemed eager to answer every question, Obama looked peeved and sluggish.",right
8758,Giuliani at Center of Ukraine Controversy,"['Donald Trump', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'Ukraine', 'Impeachment', 'New York', 'Prosecution', 'White House', 'Politics']",Rudy is doing Trump no favors,Washington Examiner,"Two clients of Rudy Giuliani just got indicted on serious federal charges. The two men, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, were born in the former Soviet Union, are tied up with Ukrainian state-owned oil companies and marijuana ventures in Las Vegas, and a federal court found them to have stiffed business partners in the past. Federal authorities on Wednesday nabbed the two at the airport while trying to leave the United States with one-way tickets.
While everyone ought to be presumed innocent until proven guilty, these guys hardly look like...",right
8759,Giuliani at Center of Ukraine Controversy,"['Donald Trump', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'Ukraine', 'Impeachment', 'New York', 'Prosecution', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump says he doesn't know if Rudy Giuliani is still his lawyer amid reports that Giuliani is under federal investigation,Insider,"President Donald Trump appears to be distancing himself from his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, amid reports that Giuliani is under investigation by federal prosecutors at the Southern District of New York (SDNY).
""I don't know,"" Trump said Friday when reporters asked him if Giuliani was still his lawyer. ""I haven't spoken to Rudy ... He has been my attorney.""
When The Washington Post's Josh Dawsey texted Giuliani asking him about Trump's comments and if he was still representing the president, Giuliani replied, ""Yes.""",left
8760,Giuliani at Center of Ukraine Controversy,"['Donald Trump', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'Ukraine', 'Impeachment', 'New York', 'Prosecution', 'White House', 'Politics']",‘Stop talking’: Trump advisers want Giuliani dumped,Politico,"For weeks, prominent Republican advisers have been privately imploring President Donald Trump to sideline Rudy Giuliani after a barrage of inconsistent, combative and occasionally cringe-inducing media interviews, according to three people familiar with the conversations.
And that was before the arrest of two foreign-born businessmen who reportedly helped Giuliani try to discredit former Vice President Joe Biden, the leading Democrat to take on Trump in next year’s election. Several reports have indicated Giuliani himself may be caught up in the probe.",left
8761,Death Toll Rises to 525 in Cairo,['Middle East'],Morsi supporters call for protest marches as crackdown death toll rises in Egypt,Washington Post,"With at least 525 people killed, it was the deadliest day in Egypt since the 2011 uprising that toppled Mubarak.",left
8762,Death Toll Rises to 525 in Cairo,['Middle East'],Egypt death toll passes 500 as rally looms,Wall Street Journal (News),"The death toll from Egypt's wave of violence on Wednesday climbed to at least 525, fueling anger and deepening the political cleavages in the Arab world's most populous nation.",center
8763,Death Toll Rises to 525 in Cairo,['Middle East'],Death toll from Egypt violence rises to 525,Townhall,"Egyptian authorities on Thursday significantly raised the death toll from clashes the previous day between police and supporters of the ousted Islamist president, saying more than 500 people died and laying bare the extent of the violence that swept much of the country and prompted the government to declare a nationwide state of emergency and a nighttime curfew.",right
8764,Affirmative Action Ban,['Civil Rights'],Justice Sonia Sotomayor: Affirmative Action ‘Opened Doors in My Life’,ABC News (Online),"In a heartfelt dissent to today’s Supreme Court ruling upholding Michigan’s voter-approved ban on race=-based admission programs in its public colleges, Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks from experience about the complex impact of such affirmative action programs on her own life.",left
8765,Affirmative Action Ban,['Civil Rights'],Supreme Court upholds ban on affirmative action in college admissions,Politico,"The Supreme Court delivered another setback to affirmative action Tuesday, easing the way for states to bar public colleges from considering race in admissions and to prohibit officials from taking race into account in hiring and contracting.",left
8766,Affirmative Action Ban,['Civil Rights'],RACE NOT A FACTOR Supreme Court OKs Mich. affirmative action ban,Fox News (Online News),"The Supreme Court has upheld Michigan's affirmative action ban, ruling that the state has the right to determine whether racial preferences can be considered in college admissions.",right
8767,9/11 Remembrance,['Terrorism'],Let's Roll: Motorcyclists Prove Patriotism over Muslim March,Townhall,"#2MillionBikerstoDC should be trending. Despite being denied riding permits by D.C. city officials, motorcyclists from across the nation honored 9/11 victims and the U.S. Armed Forces Wednesday by rumbling more than 900,000 strong through the Capitol.",right
8768,9/11 Remembrance,['Terrorism'],"'Our hearts still ache': Obama marks 9/11; bells toll, tears in N.Y.",Los Angeles Times,"To the solemn lament of tolling bells and the mournful recitation of names of the fallen, Americans on Wednesday paused to commemorate the moment of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
Memorial events unfolded at the site of the former World Trade Center, the White House, the Pentagon and near Shanksville, Pa., as the nation reflected on the 12th anniversary of the attacks by airliners commandeered by Al Qaeda that killed nearly 3,000 people.
As in past years, the ceremony at the site of the former Twin Towers began...",left
8769,9/11 Remembrance,['Terrorism'],"9/11 anniversary a time of remembrance, reflection",USA TODAY,"A nation that just stepped back from the brink of conflict with Syria paused Wednesday to honor and reflect on the nearly 3,000 victims of 9/11, the day terrorist attacks spurred two other long-running conflicts in the Middle East.
In New York, hundreds of friends and families of the victims stood silently — many holding photos of their loved ones — as bagpipes played. Relatives recited the names of those killed when two hijacked commercial airliners slammed into the World Trade Center's Twin Towers. Another plane that day crashed into...",left
8770,Trump Campaigns for Roy Moore,['Elections'],Trump urges Alabama voters to back Roy Moore,Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday voiced support for Roy Moore, the Alabama Republican Senate candidate dogged by accusations of sexual misconduct, during a rally that foreshadowed themes for next year’s midterm elections.",center
8771,Trump Campaigns for Roy Moore,['Elections'],It’s official: President Trump just campaigned for Roy Moore,Washington Post,"President Trump said his name just twice Friday night at a rally in Pensacola, Fla. But it was enough to get his message across: Trump went down South to urge nearby Alabama voters to send Roy Moore, a man accused of making sexual advances toward teenagers, to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday.",left
8772,Trump Campaigns for Roy Moore,['Elections'],"Trump Says Vote Roy Moore, Slams Fake News at Raucous Rally",Townhall,"President Donald J. Trump rallied his base at a “Make America Great Again” event in Pensacola, Florida on Friday evening, reports Fox News. The 45th President urged Alabama citizens to vote for GOP senate candidate Roy Moore, blasted the mainstream media, and said America’s institutions have a “sick system from the inside.”",right
8773,Teacher Tenure Ruled Unconstitutional,['Education'],California Teacher Tenure Found to Violate Student Rights,Dana Milbank,"California’s teacher tenure statutes are unconstitutional and shouldn’t be enforced, a judge said in handing a victory to a group of students in the broadest legal challenge to date against laws that guarantee public school teachers’ jobs.",left
8774,Teacher Tenure Ruled Unconstitutional,['Education'],Huge loss for teachers unions in California case,Politico,"A court ruling on Tuesday striking down job protections for teachers in California deals a sharp blow to unions — and will likely fuel political movements across the nation to eliminate teacher tenure.
Los Angeles Supe",left
8775,Teacher Tenure Ruled Unconstitutional,['Education'],California Teacher Tenure Laws Ruled Unconstitutional,Allysia Finley (Wall Street Journal),"A California judge ruled Tuesday that teacher tenure laws deprive students of their right to an education under the state Constitution. The decision hands teachers’ unions a major defeat in a landmark case, one that could radically alter how California teachers are hired and fired and prompt challenges to tenure laws in other states.",right
8776,NRA Annual Convention 2013,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],‘Let Them Be Damned!’: Wayne LaPierre Savages Anti-Gun ‘Elites’,The Blaze,National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre on Saturday launched a blistering attack against the so-called Washington and media “elites whom he said just dont understand America.,right
8777,NRA Annual Convention 2013,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Gun control in crosshairs at NRA convention,CNN (Online News),"Within minutes of the National Rifle Association's opening forum at their annual meeting Friday, the group's leaders went after gun control proposals and advocates who sought to expand tougher firearm laws following the deadly Newtown elementary school massacre.",left
8778,NRA Annual Convention 2013,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],The NRA's no-compromise strategy,Politico,"The National Rifle Association has become, more than ever, part and parcel of the Republican Party.",left
8779,2nd Amendment Activists Rally Against Gun Control Legislation in Virginia,"['Virginia 2A Rally', 'Second Amendment', 'Ralph Northam', 'Democratic Party', 'Gun Owners', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",No violence at Virginia pro-gun rally as fearmongering falls flat,Washington Examiner,"On Monday, tens of thousands of people descended on the state Capitol in Richmond, Virginia, to exercise the First Amendment in defense of their Second Amendment rights. But if all you’d done was follow liberal media reports and take cues from Democratic politicians, you would have expected this political protest, launched in response to Virginia Democrats' anti-gun legislative agenda, to end in violence and be made up of extremists.
Examples of hysterical media fearmongering abound.
News outlet Axios billed the protest as possibly “another Charlottesville.” As my colleague Timothy P....",right
8780,2nd Amendment Activists Rally Against Gun Control Legislation in Virginia,"['Virginia 2A Rally', 'Second Amendment', 'Ralph Northam', 'Democratic Party', 'Gun Owners', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']","At tense Virginia rally, demonstrators reject extremists, defend law-abiding gun owners",NBC News (Online),"RICHMOND, Va. ─ Thousands of gun-rights activists, banned from carrying their weapons out of fear of violence, crammed into the Virginia Capitol on Monday to urge state lawmakers to reject sweeping measures to limit the spread of firearms.
The rally, planned for weeks as part of a citizen-lobbying tradition held on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, has focused national attention on Virginia's attempts to enact new gun regulations, pushed by Democrats who took control of the Statehouse for the first time in 26 years. Gun control supporters say they are...",left
8781,2nd Amendment Activists Rally Against Gun Control Legislation in Virginia,"['Virginia 2A Rally', 'Second Amendment', 'Ralph Northam', 'Democratic Party', 'Gun Owners', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Pro-gun rally by thousands in Virginia ends peacefully,Associated Press,"RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Tens of thousands of gun-rights activists from around the country rallied peacefully at the Virginia Capitol on Monday to protest plans by the state’s Democratic leadership to pass gun-control legislation — a move that has become a key flash point in the national debate over gun violence
The size of the crowd and the expected participation of white supremacists and fringe militia groups raised fears that the state could see a repeat of the violence that exploded in 2017 in Charlottesville. But the rally concluded uneventfully...",left
8782,Trump to Return to Social Media with His Own Platform,"['Donald Trump', 'Social Media', 'Media Industry', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Big Tech', 'Technology']",Trump adviser says former president will return to social media within months,The Hill,"Former Trump administration senior adviser Jason Miller said Sunday that the former president plans to return to social media in the coming months with his “own platform.”
Miller told Fox News’s Mediabuzz that Trump was “returning to social media in two or three months” with “his own platform.” Miller also added the platform would “completely redefine the game” and rake in “tens of millions” of users.
The Hill has reached out to Trump’s representatives for comment.",center
8783,Trump to Return to Social Media with His Own Platform,"['Donald Trump', 'Social Media', 'Media Industry', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Big Tech', 'Technology']","Trump is returning to social media in a few months with his own platform, spokesman says",CNN (Online News),"Former President Donald Trump is coming back to social media -- but this time with his own network, a Trump spokesperson told Fox News on Sunday.
Jason Miller, a long-time adviser and spokesperson for Trump's 2020 campaign told Howard Kurtz on Fox's ""MediaBuzz"" that Trump will be ""returning to social media in probably about two or three months."" He added Trump's return will be with ""his own platform"" that will attract ""tens of millions"" of new users and ""completely redefine the game.""",left
8784,Trump to Return to Social Media with His Own Platform,"['Donald Trump', 'Social Media', 'Media Industry', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Big Tech', 'Technology']","Trump to Launch Social Media Platform, Adviser Says",National Review,"Former President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to launch his own social media platform in the coming months, after being permanently banned from Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms following the Capitol riots in January, an adviser to the former president said Sunday.
Jason Miller, who served as a spokesperson for the 45th president’s 2020 campaign, told Fox News that Trump will be “returning to social media in probably about two or three months” with “his own platform” that will attract “tens of millions” of new users and “completely...",right
8785,Secret Service Dogs Protect White House,"['White House', 'Politics']",Dedicated Secret Service dogs back on duty after feasting on White House fence jumper,Washington Times,"Two White House guard dogs injured while stopping an intruder from reaching the front door of the presidential office were checked by a veterinarian and given the green light Thursday to return to duty.
The Secret Service K-9s, Hurricane and Jordan, were treated for minor bruises after successfully fending off Dominic Adesanya, who jumped the fence and rushed the building, authorities said.
Mr. Adesanya, 23, fought the dogs, kicking one and throwing and punching the other on the ground. But the Secret Service said both were cleared for duty by...",right
8786,Secret Service Dogs Protect White House,"['White House', 'Politics']","W.H. fence jumper charged with assault, making threats",USA TODAY,"The latest White House fence jumper has been charged with assault of two police dogs and making threats, officials said Thursday, and has had previous run-ins with law enforcement at the executive mansion and elsewhere.
Dominic Adesanya, 23, of Bel Air, Md., is currently in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service for jumping outstanding warrants, the Secret Service said in a statement.",left
8787,Secret Service Dogs Protect White House,"['White House', 'Politics']",Secret Service guard dogs are in spotlight after latest White House fence jumping,Washington Post,"The apprehension of a man who jumped the White House fence Wednesday night and was bitten by a guard dog highlighted one of the Secret Service’s most effective weapons: its canines.
Secret Service agents and K-9 units quickly subdued the latest fence jumper, whom authorities identified as Dominic Adesanya, 23, of Bel Air, Md., after he punched two of the Secret Service dogs, Hurricane and Jordan, authorities say.",left
8788,Obama to bring in computer specialists,['Healthcare'],'Best and brightest' techies drafted to fix Obamacare computer glitches,Christian Science Monitor,Republican lawmakers are demanding that Secretary Sebelius tell them how and why the Obamacare rollout got bogged down with computer problems.,center
8789,Obama to bring in computer specialists,['Healthcare'],HealthCare.gov's glitches prompt Obama to call in more computer experts,Washington Post,The administration has brought in more computer specialists to debug the online insurance marketplace.,left
8790,Obama to bring in computer specialists,['Healthcare'],"""Best and Brightest"" Gathering for ""Tech Surge"" to Fix Obamacare Website Woes",The Blaze,"Technical experts are reportedly being called in to fix what's ailing the badly flawed Obamacare website, the Department of Health and Human Services said Sunday.",right
8791,Obama on Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],Obama administration weighs in on defense of marriage law,CNN (Online News),"In a preview of a major constitutional showdown at the Supreme Court over same-sex marriage, the Obama administration said on Friday that a federal law denying financial benefits to legally wed gay and lesbian couples is unconstitutional.",left
8792,Obama on Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],Obama urges Supreme Court to strike down federal Defense of Marriage Act,Fox News (Online News),The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to strike down the federal law defining marriage as a union between only a man and a woman.,right
8793,Obama on Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],Obama brief fuels gay marriage speculation,Politico,A legal brief the Justice Department filed with the Supreme Court Friday asking the justices to strike down a key part of the Defense of Marriage Act is raising hopes among gay rights advocates that President Barack Obama is on the verge of embracing a federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage.,left
8794,Cuomo Aides Altered Reports to Hide Nursing Home Death Toll,"['Coronavirus', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York', 'Nursing Homes', 'Corruption', 'Healthcare']",Cuomo advisers altered report on coronavirus nursing-home deaths: WSJ,Fox News (Online News),"Top advisers to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo influenced state health officials to remove data from a public report that showed coronavirus-related nursing-home deaths in the state had exceeded numbers previously acknowledged by the administration, a bombshell report says.
Details about the July report were disclosed Thursday night in a story first published by The Wall Street Journal.
The final report focused only on nursing-home residents who died inside those facilities and did not include nursing-home residents who were transferred to hospitals after becoming sick, the Journal reported.
That means...",right
8795,Cuomo Aides Altered Reports to Hide Nursing Home Death Toll,"['Coronavirus', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York', 'Nursing Homes', 'Corruption', 'Healthcare']",Reports: NY officials altered count of nursing home deaths,Associated Press,"Top aides to Gov. Andrew Cuomo altered a state Health Department report to obscure the true number of people killed by COVID-19 in the state’s nursing homes, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times reported late Thursday.
The aides, including the secretary to the governor, Melissa DeRosa, pushed state health officials to edit the July report so only residents who died inside long-term care facilities, and not those who became ill there and later died at a hospital, were counted, the newspapers reported, citing documents and people with...",left
8796,Cuomo Aides Altered Reports to Hide Nursing Home Death Toll,"['Coronavirus', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York', 'Nursing Homes', 'Corruption', 'Healthcare']",Cuomo Aides Rewrote Nursing Home Report to Hide Higher Death Toll,New York Times (News),"Top aides to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo were alarmed: A report written by state health officials had just landed, and it included a count of how many nursing home residents in New York had died in the pandemic.
The number — more than 9,000 by that point in June — was not public, and the governor’s most senior aides wanted to keep it that way. They rewrote the report to take it out, according to interviews and documents reviewed by The New York Times.
The extraordinary intervention, which came just...",left
8797,Biden to Nominate Jerome Powell for 2nd Fed Chair Term,"['Banking And Finance', 'Federal Reserve', 'Jerome Powell', 'Lael Brainard', 'Joe Biden', 'Economic Policy', 'Monetary Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Unemployment']","Biden taps Jerome Powell for second term as Fed chair, spurning progressives",Fox Business,"President Biden announced Monday that he will nominate Jerome Powell to a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve, signaling that he believes the battle-tested central bank chief, who navigated the U.S. economy through the depths of the worst recession in nearly a century, is the best person for one of the most high-stakes jobs in the world.
The announcement ends months of speculation over whether Biden would stick with Powell, a Republican nominated by former President Donald Trump in 2017, or attempt to reshape the central bank by tapping Lael Brainard, the sole Democrat...",right
8798,Biden to Nominate Jerome Powell for 2nd Fed Chair Term,"['Banking And Finance', 'Federal Reserve', 'Jerome Powell', 'Lael Brainard', 'Joe Biden', 'Economic Policy', 'Monetary Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Unemployment']",Biden taps Powell for second term as Fed chair in sign of continuity at central bank,Washington Post,"During his first term as Federal Reserve chair, Jerome H. Powell faced blistering political pressure and an enormous economic crisis. He has confronted an ethics scandal within the central bank and the steepest inflation in more than 30 years.
Despite all that, or perhaps because of it, President Biden on Monday announced he was nominating the 68-year-old Fed chairman for another four-year term. Democrats and Republicans gleefully offered their support.
Powell somehow emerged stronger than ever from the economic, domestic and political convulsions of 2020. He steered the Fed through wild...",left
8799,Biden to Nominate Jerome Powell for 2nd Fed Chair Term,"['Banking And Finance', 'Federal Reserve', 'Jerome Powell', 'Lael Brainard', 'Joe Biden', 'Economic Policy', 'Monetary Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Unemployment']",Biden to Nominate Jerome Powell for Second Term as Federal Reserve Chairman,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Biden said he would nominate Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to a second term leading the central bank, opting for continuity in U.S. economic policy despite pushback from some Democrats who wanted someone tougher on bank regulations and climate change.
Mr. Biden said he would also nominate Fed governor Lael Brainard as vice chairwoman of the central bank’s board of governors. Prominent liberals like Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) had warned the president against picking Mr. Powell, and progressive groups mounted a last-ditch campaign to pressure the president to tap...",center
8800,"Perspectives: Waukesha Parade Tragedy Prompts Reflections, Critiques of Justice System","['Disaster', 'Waukesha', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice', 'Progressives', 'General News']",The Waukesha Parade Suspect Was Out on Bail. Now the DA Is Probing How Bail Is Set,Wall Street Journal (News),"Low bail that led to the release of the man accused of driving an SUV through a downtown Christmas parade and killing six people here is prompting debates among lawmakers over bail policies in the state.
The suspect, 39-year-old Darrell Brooks, has a history of arrests. As recently as Nov. 5 he was charged with disorderly conduct and recklessly endangering safety after punching the mother of his child, then running her over with a vehicle, according to a complaint.
After posting $1,000 cash bail on Nov. 11, Mr. Brooks was released, the...",center
8801,"Perspectives: Waukesha Parade Tragedy Prompts Reflections, Critiques of Justice System","['Disaster', 'Waukesha', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice', 'Progressives', 'General News']",Progressive Prosecutor Project Strikes Again,Andrew C. McCarthy,"Progressive prosecutors always have the courage of their convictions as long as they’re just gasbagging about their lofty aspirations for society . . . which is to say, right up until their abstractions about “equity,” “systemic racism,” and the need to “reform” our “broken system” crash into the reality of violent, recidivist crime that destroys the lives of flesh-and-blood Americans.
At that point, it’s always some underling’s fault — some nameless bureaucrat who didn’t get the subtle, oh-so-thoughtful nuances of the boss’s position.
I mean, how could subordinate prosecutors in the...",right
8802,"Perspectives: Waukesha Parade Tragedy Prompts Reflections, Critiques of Justice System","['Disaster', 'Waukesha', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice', 'Progressives', 'General News']",'A sisterhood': Beloved Milwaukee Dancing Grannies face death and tragedy after SUV assault,USA TODAY,"Every parade has an act that draws the eye, that brings a quick smile and a delighted laugh. 
An act like the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies, who with their pom-poms, sense of humor and moxie have entertained crowds across the area for decades.
Funded in 1984, they usually performed 25 times a year, although they had to take a break in the earlier months of the pandemic.
""The Grannies are kind of a really tight unit,"" said Beth Krohn, a retired member of the group. ""We used to call it a sisterhood.""...",left
8803,North Korea Nuclear Test,"['North Korea', 'World']","In latest test, North Korea detonates its most powerful nuclear device yet",Washington Post,"North Korea sharply raised the stakes Sunday in its standoff with the rest of the world, detonating a powerful nuclear device that it claimed was a hydrogen bomb that could be attached to a missile capable of reaching the mainland United States.",left
8804,North Korea Nuclear Test,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea nuclear test: Trump condemns 'hostile' move,BBC News,The US has joined condemnation of North Korea after it tested what it says is a more advanced nuclear weapon.,center
8805,North Korea Nuclear Test,"['North Korea', 'World']",Trump calls North Korea 'dangerous' and 'great threat' after overnight nuclear test,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Sunday responded to North Korea’s nuclear test, calling it “very hostile and dangerous” to the United States.",right
8806,Challenges for Emmanuel Macron,['Elections'],"After French win, Macron fields congratulations but has little time to bask in glory",Washington Post,"Emmanuel Macron received congratulations from around the world — including Moscow — on Monday after French voters made the centrist political neophyte their new president and rejected anti-E.U. firebrand Marine Le Pen.
But the raucous celebration among Macron supporters Sunday night — which also served as pep rally for the European Union — quickly gave way to the steep challenges ahead for Macron’s untested leadership.",left
8807,Challenges for Emmanuel Macron,['Elections'],French President-elect Macron gears up for challenges ahead,Fox News (Online News),"French President-elect Emmanuel Macron laid the groundwork Monday for his transition to power, announcing a visit to Germany and a name change for his political movement and appearing with his predecessor at a solemn World War II commemoration.",right
8808,Challenges for Emmanuel Macron,['Elections'],Many French voters yet to be convinced by Macron,Reuters,"Emmanuel Macron may have won Sunday's presidential election by a comfortable margin, but even his supporters' enthusiasm is tempered by the scale of the challenge that the inexperienced politician faces in tackling France's deep-seated economic, social and security problems.",center
8809,When Will States Finish Counting Presidential Votes?,"['Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",Trump's call to halt vote counts is his most brazen swipe at democracy yet,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump's demand for vote counting to stop in an election that is still undecided may have been his most extreme and dangerous assault on the institutions of democracy yet in a presidency replete with them.
Trump appeared in the East Room of the White House early on Wednesday morning to claim falsely that he had already beaten Democrat Joe Biden, and the election was being stolen from him in a massive act of fraud. He vowed to mount a challenge in the Supreme Court and declared that he...",left
8810,When Will States Finish Counting Presidential Votes?,"['Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",'We'll Be Working 24 Hours': Vote Counting To Continue Through The Week,NPR (Online News),"Election Day itself went off far more smoothly than many election officials would have predicted seven months ago, as the pandemic took hold in the middle of primary season.
But for months, those officials warned that the expected influx of mail-in votes this year could mean a longer wait before the winner of the presidency was known.
As Nov. 3 turned into Nov. 4, it became clear that's exactly what was happening.
Voting administrators worked into and through the wee hours in swing states like Pennsylvania and Michigan. Officials in...",left
8811,When Will States Finish Counting Presidential Votes?,"['Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",When will Pennsylvania count mail-in ballots?,New York Post (News),"Pennsylvania voters shouldn’t look forward to election results anytime soon, with even an unofficial tally for the swing state likely off the table until Friday, according to local election officials.
Due to a crush of mail-in ballots — which, thanks to a Supreme Court ruling, can be counted up to three days after Election Day — the fate of the state’s potentially crucial 20 electoral votes will remain up in the air for some time.
Because mail-in voters predominantly skew Democratic, early returns could potentially give false hope to President...",right
8812,"Yearly US Overdose Deaths Top 100,000 for the First Time","['Opioid Crisis', 'Public Health', 'CDC', 'Fentanyl', 'Drug Overdoses', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']","100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 12 months during the pandemic",Washington Post,"The U.S. drug epidemic reached another terrible milestone Wednesday when the government announced that more than 100,000 people had died of overdoses between April 2020 and April 2021. It is the first time that drug-related deaths have reached six figures in any 12-month period.
The people who died — 275 every day — would fill the stadium where the University of Alabama plays football. Together, they equal the population of Roanoke, Va.
There are now more overdose deaths from the illegal synthetic opioid fentanyl than there were overdose deaths from all drugs in 2016.",left
8813,"Yearly US Overdose Deaths Top 100,000 for the First Time","['Opioid Crisis', 'Public Health', 'CDC', 'Fentanyl', 'Drug Overdoses', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']","US overdose deaths topped 100,000 in one year, officials say",Associated Press,"An estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year, a never-before-seen milestone that health officials say is tied to the COVID-19 pandemic and a more dangerous drug supply.
Overdose deaths have been rising for more than two decades, accelerated in the past two years and, according to new data posted Wednesday, jumped nearly 30% in the latest year.
President Joe Biden called it “a tragic milestone” in a statement, as administration officials pressed Congress to devote billions of dollars more to address the problem.
“This is unacceptable and...",left
8814,"Yearly US Overdose Deaths Top 100,000 for the First Time","['Opioid Crisis', 'Public Health', 'CDC', 'Fentanyl', 'Drug Overdoses', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']",U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Reach Record High,National Review,"Drug overdose deaths surpassed 100,000 in the United States between April 2020 and April 2021, a record high, per the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
The estimated 100,306 deaths during that window represented a 29 percent increase from the estimated 78,056 overdose deaths during the same period last year, according to the latest CDC data.
“It’s telling us that 2021 looks like it will be worse than 2020,” Robert Anderson, head of the mortality statistics branch at the NHCS, told the Wall Street Journal. ",right
8815,US Gymnasts Criticize FBI's Investigation of Larry Nassar at Senate Hearing,"['FBI', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Sports', 'Senate Judiciary Committee', 'Justice Department', 'Simone Biles', 'Defense And Security']","Simone Biles to Congress: ‘I blame Larry Nassar, and I also blame an entire system’",Washington Post,"Simone Biles and three fellow gymnasts offered gut-wrenching testimony to Congress on Wednesday, describing the abuse they suffered at the hands of doctor Larry Nassar and charging the FBI “turned a blind eye” as he molested young female patients.
Biles blamed USA Gymnastics, the U.S. Olympics committee and the FBI for the long-running abuse by the doctor, who molested girl and women athletes under the guise of medical treatments. At times, the 24-year-old superstar’s voice quivered as she tied her mental health difficulties at the Tokyo Olympics this summer directly...",left
8816,US Gymnasts Criticize FBI's Investigation of Larry Nassar at Senate Hearing,"['FBI', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Sports', 'Senate Judiciary Committee', 'Justice Department', 'Simone Biles', 'Defense And Security']","Simone Biles, Olympic Gymnasts Blister FBI Over Handling Of Larry Nassar Case In Explosive Congressional Testimony",The Daily Wire,"Gymnasts Simone Biles, Maggie Nichols, Aly Raisman, and McKayla Maroney shocked Congress on Wednesday, revealing details of the sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar and blistering the FBI, which they say failed to act on repeated reports that American gymnasts and may have even covered up evidence of an abusive system.
On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing examining the FBI’s handling of the Larry Nassar case, in which the four Olympic gymnasts — Biles, Nichols, Raisman, and Maroney...",right
8817,US Gymnasts Criticize FBI's Investigation of Larry Nassar at Senate Hearing,"['FBI', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Sports', 'Senate Judiciary Committee', 'Justice Department', 'Simone Biles', 'Defense And Security']",US gymnasts offer scathing assessment of FBI,The Hill,"Star U.S. gymnasts offered stark criticism Wednesday of the FBI's handling of its investigation into sexual assault and harassment in the U.S. gymnastics program, prompting criticism from lawmakers of the Department of Justice.  
“We have been failed and we deserve answers,” Olympic medalist Simone Biles, widely considered the greatest U.S. gymnast of all time, said during testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The entire day of testimony was a difficult one for the FBI, which fired one agent involved with the investigation a week before the hearing. ",center
8818,Leaked Audio Shows Kevin McCarthy Criticizing Trump After Capitol Riot,"['Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos']",New audio reveals McCarthy said Trump admitted bearing some responsibility for Capitol attack,CNN (Online News),"In the days following the January 6 insurrection, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told Republican lawmakers on a private conference call that then-President Donald Trump had admitted bearing some responsibility for the deadly attack, according to new audio -- a significant admission that sheds light on Trump's mindset in the immediate aftermath of the US Capitol riots.
A readout of that conversation, which took place on January 11, 2021, had been previously reported by CNN. But two New York Times reporters obtained an audio recording of the conference call for their...",left
8819,Leaked Audio Shows Kevin McCarthy Criticizing Trump After Capitol Riot,"['Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos']",Trump and McCarthy spoke by phone after audio of House GOP leader released: report,The Hill,"Former President Trump and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reportedly spoke on the phone Thursday night after audio was released of McCarthy saying he considered telling Trump to resign following the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol.
The Washington Post reported Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter, that Trump was not upset about McCarthy’s remarks and was glad that he didn’t push him to resign like he said he would. 
The pair reportedly spoke after MSNBC aired audio of McCarthy’s taped remarks during “The Rachel Maddow Show” on Thursday night after obtaining audio...",center
8820,Leaked Audio Shows Kevin McCarthy Criticizing Trump After Capitol Riot,"['Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos']",Leaked Trump impeachment tape puts McCarthy in bind as he chases speaker's gavel,Washington Examiner,"House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is drawing fire from Republican lawmakers after being caught in a lie about telling colleagues he considered calling on then-President Donald Trump to resign after the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.
McCarthy, a California Republican in line to become House speaker if his party wins the majority in November, is also vulnerable to criticism that, as shown on the tapes, he would have liked to see social media companies ban certain conservative firebrands from their platforms. Social media companies have in recent months come under heavy criticism by House Republicans...",right
8821,Happy Mother's Day 2021,"['Holidays', ""Mother'S Day"", 'Marriage And Family', 'Culture', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'General News']","Mother's Day amid COVID – I know how hard this year's been, give yourself a pat on the back",Fox News (Online News),"This Mother’s Day, I would like to take a moment to congratulate all the moms who made this past year possible. Of course, I know it wasn’t just mothers. Fathers, guardians, caregivers and more made this possible, but Sunday is Mother’s Day so I would like to focus on the moms.
A year ago March, I had just flown back from New York and Washington, D.C., where I would fly twice a month to do Fox programs on set. The school notified us by email that we needed to...",right
8822,Happy Mother's Day 2021,"['Holidays', ""Mother'S Day"", 'Marriage And Family', 'Culture', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'General News']",The Anti-War Origins of Mother’s Day,Snopes,"For many people, Mother’s Day may conjure up images of croissants, mimosas, and brunch on the second Sunday of May, but did you know this holiday can trace its origins back to anti-war efforts in the 1800s? Here’s the story of where American Mother’s Day began, how it evolved, and why its founder eventually came to disown it altogether.
The origins of Mother’s Day can be traced back to the 1860s, according to historian Katharine Lane Antolini, when Ann Reeves Jarvis (shown above, left) started Mother’s Day Work Clubs...",left
8823,Happy Mother's Day 2021,"['Holidays', ""Mother'S Day"", 'Marriage And Family', 'Culture', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'General News']",Mother’s Day Can Be Painful. It Can Also Reconnect Us to the World.,New York Times (Opinion),"Mother’s Day is still nearly a week away, but there are buds on the antique rambling rose that my mother rooted for me from her grandmother’s rose, and it will be in full bloom by Sunday, as it always is on Mother’s Day. My husband will make brunch. Our adult children will come over, and we’ll bring my husband’s 92-year-old father over, too, because he lives for family gatherings and has felt the loss of them more acutely than any of us. We’re all vaccinated now, but we won’t soon...",left
8824,Hillary Used Private Email Account,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Hillary Clinton used private e-mail for government business at State Dept.,Washington Post,"Hillary Rodham Clinton used a private e-mail account for her official government business when she was secretary of state and did not routinely preserve and turn over those e-mails for government records collection, the State Department said Monday.",left
8825,Hillary Used Private Email Account,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Gibbs: Use of private Clinton emails 'highly unusual',Politico,Former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says he can’t think of a good reason why Hillary Clinton would have used a personal email address for all correspondence when she was secretary of state.,left
8826,Hillary Used Private Email Account,"['State Department', 'Politics']","Surprise: Hillary Clinton Went Around Federal Law, Used Her Personal Email Account For Official Business as Secretary of State",Townhall,What difference does it make if you conduct your entire State Department career as secretary on personal email? A huge difference.,right
8827,"Russia Begins Retreat From Kherson, Ukraine Warns of Traps Left Behind","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Europe', 'Conflict']","Ukraine claims big gains in south, but fears retreating Russians will turn Kherson into ‘city of death’",CNN (Online News),"Ukraine’s military said it had retaken swathes of territory in Kherson on Thursday after Moscow ordered a partial withdrawal from the area, though officials in Kyiv warned that retreating Russian soldiers could turn the regional capital into a “city of death” on their way out.
A military spokesman said that in just 24 hours, Ukrainian forces had pushed the front line in the key southern region of Kherson forward by 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) and taken control of more than 260 square kilometers of territory (100 square miles). Kyiv said...",left
8828,"Russia Begins Retreat From Kherson, Ukraine Warns of Traps Left Behind","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Europe', 'Conflict']",What’s behind Russia’s ignominious retreat from the only provincial Ukrainian capital it captured?,Washington Examiner,"AN IGNOMINIOUS RETREAT: The announcement came in one of those carefully staged meetings broadcast on Russian state TV. Gen. Sergey Surovikin, the overall commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, was providing a grim “sitrep” to his boss, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
“Comrade minister of defense, after a comprehensive assessment of the current situation, we suggest taking defense along the left shore of the Dnieper River. Understand this is not a simple decision, but at the same time, we will most importantly preserve the lives of our servicemen and in general...",right
8829,"Russia Begins Retreat From Kherson, Ukraine Warns of Traps Left Behind","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Europe', 'Conflict']","In Kherson, Hidden Dangers Likely Await Advancing Ukraine Forces",Newsweek,"Ukrainian forces are warily advancing towards the occupied city of Kherson, after Russia's defense minister publicly announced a retreat. Yet the prospect of messy urban warfare looms large.
A liberation of Kherson—the only provincial capital seized by Russian troops since the invasion began in February—will be a major blow to the Kremlin, which has failed for months to seize back momentum.
But the strategic importance of the city raises the prospect that Russian troops will not leave quietly. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said troops would proceed ""very carefully,"" while presidential...",center
8830,Trump Says He Will Intervene in Texas Election Lawsuit,"['Elections', 'Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Texas Election Case', 'Donald Trump', 'SCOTUS']","Trump touts Texas Supreme Court case as 'the big one,' says 'we will be intervening'",Fox News (Online News),"At least 3 more states are backing challenge to results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
President Trump on Wednesday touted Texas' suit demanding the U.S. Supreme Court block the Electoral College votes of Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, calling it the ""big one.""
""We will be INTERVENING in the Texas (plus many other states) case. This is the big one. Our Country needs a victory!"" Trump wrote on Twitter.
Trump's legal team has faced repeated setbacks in challenging the results of states that went for President-elect Joe Biden. Trump's team...",right
8831,Trump Says He Will Intervene in Texas Election Lawsuit,"['Elections', 'Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Texas Election Case', 'Donald Trump', 'SCOTUS']",Trump Vows to Intervene in Texas Election Bid at Supreme Court,Bloomberg,"Donald Trump said his campaign would try to join a last-ditch bid by Texas’s Republican attorney general to challenge the president’s defeat in four swing states at the U.S. Supreme Court, a case ridiculed by state officials and legal experts as a publicity stunt. “This is the big one” Trump tweeted Wednesday morning. He also said that his campaign hadn’t been part of a separate ca
“This is the big one” Trump tweeted Wednesday morning. He also said that his campaign hadn’t been part of a separate case, brought by...",left
8832,Trump Says He Will Intervene in Texas Election Lawsuit,"['Elections', 'Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Texas Election Case', 'Donald Trump', 'SCOTUS']",Trump says he will intervene in Texas election lawsuit,The Hill,"President Trump on Wednesday suggested he will intervene in a case brought by the state of Texas against other states alleging election fraud in yet another last-gasp effort to subvert the outcome of the presidential election.
""We will be INTERVENING in the Texas (plus many other states) case. This is the big one. Our Country needs a victory!"" Trump tweeted.
It was not immediately clear if Trump planned to intervene in his personal capacity or if his campaign would get involved. A campaign spokesperson did not respond to a request...",center
8833,Biden To Split $7B Of Frozen Afghan Funds Between Humanitarian Efforts and 9/11 Families,"['9/11', 'Afghanistan', 'Economic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Kabul', 'Taliban', 'White House']","Biden to divide $7B in frozen Afghan funds for terror victims, humanitarian relief",The Hill,"President Biden signed an executive order on Friday intended to free up $7 billion in assets from Afghanistan’s central bank being held in the U.S., half of which could go to humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan and the other half for compensation to the families of 9/11 victims. 
The White House said in a release that the executive order is “designed to provide a path for the funds to reach the people of Afghanistan while keeping them out of the hands of the Taliban and malicious actors.” 
In signing the executive order, Biden is...",center
8834,Biden To Split $7B Of Frozen Afghan Funds Between Humanitarian Efforts and 9/11 Families,"['9/11', 'Afghanistan', 'Economic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Kabul', 'Taliban', 'White House']",Biden Orders Frozen Afghan Funds Split Between Aid to Afghanistan and 9/11 Victims,The Epoch Times,"President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday that will steer frozen assets from Afghanistan’s central bank toward both addressing the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the country and compensating Sept. 11 victims.
The funds were frozen and held in the United States in the wake of the U.S. troop withdrawal and subsequent collapse of the government in Kabul in August.
The order requires the U.S. financial institutions holding the funds to transfer them into a consolidated account held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
The total $7 billion—largely made up of...",right
8835,Biden To Split $7B Of Frozen Afghan Funds Between Humanitarian Efforts and 9/11 Families,"['9/11', 'Afghanistan', 'Economic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Kabul', 'Taliban', 'White House']","Spurning Demand by the Taliban, Biden Moves to Split $7 Billion in Frozen Afghan Funds",New York Times (News),"President Biden is starting to clear a legal path for relatives of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to pursue $3.5 billion that Afghanistan’s central bank had deposited in New York before the Taliban takeover, while also seeking to steer a roughly equal amount toward spending to aid the Afghan people.
Beginning that process, Mr. Biden issued an executive order Friday morning invoking emergency powers to consolidate and freeze all $7 billion of the total assets the Afghan central bank kept in New York. The administration said it would ask a judge for...",left
8836,Biden Administration Bans Russian Energy Imports,"['Energy', 'Russia', 'Oil', 'Gas', 'Gas Prices', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'Europe']","Biden on Russian oil import ban: ""We will not be part of subsidizing Putin's war""",Axios,"President Biden announced Tuesday that the U.S. will ban all imports of Russian oil, natural gas and coal in response to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
What he's saying: ""We will not be part of subsidizing Putin’s war,"" Biden said. ""The American people will deal another powerful blow to Putin's war machine.""
Biden acknowledged that the decision ""is not without costs here at home.""
""I'm going to do everything I can to minimize Putin's [gas] price hikes"" in the U.S., the president said.
""This crisis is a stark reminder that...",center
8837,Biden Administration Bans Russian Energy Imports,"['Energy', 'Russia', 'Oil', 'Gas', 'Gas Prices', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'Europe']",Biden Announces Ban On Russian Oil Imports In Bid To Hold Putin ‘Accountable’,The Daily Wire,"President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a ban on the U.S. import Russian oil and natural gas, declaring that he is “targeting the main artery of Russia’s economy.”
“Russian oil will no longer be accepted at U.S. ports,” the president said in remarks at the White House. “We will not be part of subsidizing Putin’s war.”
The president said his decision comes after consulting with European allies, although he said some are not able to join the U.S. in banning Russian oil. Still, the European Commission (E.U.) said it plans to...",right
8838,Biden Administration Bans Russian Energy Imports,"['Energy', 'Russia', 'Oil', 'Gas', 'Gas Prices', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'Europe']",Biden Administration Bans Russian Oil Imports,HuffPost,"The U.S. has banned imports of Russian oil, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday, in a major escalation of economic sanctions intended to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin for his war in Ukraine.
Oil had been omitted from earlier sanctions to shield consumers from higher fuel costs, but with gas prices surging anyway and Congress likely to force the issue, Biden made the surprise announcement at the White House on Tuesday.
“We’re banning all imports of Russian oil and gas and energy,” Biden said. “That means Russian oil will no longer...",left
8839,Fuel Leak Aborts NASA’s Second Attempt to Launch Artemis I Rocket,"['Science', 'NASA', 'Space Exploration', 'Space Travel', 'Mars']",NASA Scrubbed Another Moon Launch. It May Not Be the Last Time.,New York Times (News),"Before the first launch attempt of the Artemis I mission last Monday, Wayne Hale, a former program manager of NASA’s space shuttle program, shared a note of caution on Twitter that the day could end up disappointing:
Bill Harwood, a longtime space reporter at CBS News, responded, “I think you’re being optimistic!”
In the past week, their words have been prophetic. On Saturday, when NASA tried for a second time to launch the Artemis I mission’s Space Launch System rocket, a leak in a hydrogen fuel line stymied engineers. They...",left
8840,Fuel Leak Aborts NASA’s Second Attempt to Launch Artemis I Rocket,"['Science', 'NASA', 'Space Exploration', 'Space Travel', 'Mars']",Artemis launch scrubbed again after another leak issue,Fox Business,"The launch of the NASA Artemis I rocket was scrubbed for a second time on Saturday after another fuel leak. 
Artemis Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson finally halted the countdown at 11:17 a.m. EDT after three to four hours of effort.
The team then started to work to de-tank the rocket. 
Launch controllers were unable to troubleshoot a hydrogen leak – which was detected at 7:15 a.m. EDT – that reoccurred twice in a cavity between the ground and flight side plates of a quick disconnect. 
Engineers had attempted to reseat...",right
8841,Fuel Leak Aborts NASA’s Second Attempt to Launch Artemis I Rocket,"['Science', 'NASA', 'Space Exploration', 'Space Travel', 'Mars']",NASA Postpones Artemis Launch for Second Time After Fuel Leak,Newsweek,"NASA was expected to make a second attempt to launch the Artemis I moon rocket on Saturday after they were forced to scrub the initial launch on August 29 due to an engine issue.
However, the planned launch will not now take place on Saturday as a result of a fuel leak.
""The #Artemis I mission to the Moon has been postponed. Teams attempted to fix an issue related to a leak in the hardware transferring fuel into the rocket, but were unsuccessful,"" NASA's official Twitter account announced.
There is...",center
8842,Judge Problem for Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump: Muslim judges might be biased against me, too",Washington Times,"Standing by his contention that a Mexican judge is treating him unfairly because of his plan to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump on Sunday said it’s “possible” that Muslim judges also could be biased against him.",right
8843,Judge Problem for Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton Calls Trump ‘Dangerous,’ ‘Bigoted’ in His Comments on Judge",Wall Street Journal (News),"Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton on Saturday issued her most stinging rebuke yet of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s criticism of a federal judge, calling his remarks “dangerous” and “bigoted.”",center
8844,Judge Problem for Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Jake Tapper asked Donald Trump if his judge attack was racist — then followed up 23 times,Washington Post,"There's persistent ... and then there's Jake Tapper.
The CNN anchor posed the following question to Donald Trump on Friday:
Let me ask you about comments you made about the judge in the Trump University case. You said that you thought it was a conflict of interest that he was the judge because he is of Mexican heritage, even though he is from Indiana. Hillary Clinton said that that is a racist attack on a federal judge.",left
8845,Senate Democrats Lower Eligibility Limit for Stimulus Checks,"['Coronavirus', 'US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate coronavirus bill lowers cutoffs for stimulus checks,The Hill,"Senate Democrats have struck a deal to lower the income cut off for receiving a stimulus payment as part of the coronavirus bill, a Democratic aide confirmed to The Hill.
The decision, which speeds up the phasing out of checks, reflects a demand from moderates to curb the ability of high-income earners to receive the stimulus payments.
Under the agreement, individuals who make up to $75,000 per year or couples who make up to $150,000 per year will still receive a $1,400 check.",center
8846,Senate Democrats Lower Eligibility Limit for Stimulus Checks,"['Coronavirus', 'US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate Democrats limit eligibility for stimulus checks in $1.9 trillion COVID bill,CBS News (Online),"President Biden and moderate Senate Democrats have struck a deal to limit eligibility for direct stimulus checks to Americans, lowering the income level for those who would qualify for payments, according to a Democratic source.
The Senate is set to take up Mr. Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill as early as Wednesday. Since the bill is not expected to attract any Republican votes, all Democrats will need to support the bill in order for it to pass, giving moderate Democrats leverage to make demands of the president and...",left
8847,Senate Democrats Lower Eligibility Limit for Stimulus Checks,"['Coronavirus', 'US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Economy And Jobs']",Democrats tighten stimulus check limits in bid to smooth passage of $1.9 trillion spending bill,Washington Examiner,"The Senate on Wednesday is slated to advance a $1.9 trillion spending package after working out a deal with centrist Democrats on stimulus checks and enhanced jobless pay.
Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, had pushed for a reduction in the size and duration of enhanced unemployment. Instead, Democrats and President Biden have agreed to a quicker income phaseout of the next round of $1,400 stimulus checks, which will be capped at individuals earning $80,000 annually. The $400 in weekly bonus jobless pay remains in the bill and...",right
8848,First Bus of Migrants Sent by Texas Governor Arrives in DC,"['Immigration', 'Texas', 'Greg Abbott', 'Washington DC', 'Transportation', 'DHS', 'Media Industry', 'World', 'Central America', 'Latin America']",Texas Follows Through With Gross Stunt of Dumping Migrants in D.C.,Daily Beast,"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott followed through on his cruel promise to dump asylum seekers and migrants in the capital with the first busload conveniently arriving outside Fox News’ office on Wednesday morning.
Abbott vowed last week to bus them to the Capitol steps in response to the Biden administration’s decision to end Title 42, a pandemic-era emergency order implemented by Donald Trump that allowed migrants to be sent back to Mexico at the border, even if they were seeking asylum.",left
8849,First Bus of Migrants Sent by Texas Governor Arrives in DC,"['Immigration', 'Texas', 'Greg Abbott', 'Washington DC', 'Transportation', 'DHS', 'Media Industry', 'World', 'Central America', 'Latin America']",Bus with migrants sent by Texas governor arrives in DC,The Hill,"A bus carrying migrants from Texas arrived in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) last week announced plans to send them from his state’s southern border to the nation’s capital.
Fox News anchor John Roberts tweeted a picture of the bus parked outside the building that houses the network’s bureau on Capitol Hill and that of several other news outlets on Wednesday morning.
Abbott said during a press conference last week the migrants would be voluntarily sent to Washington so that President Biden could “immediately address the needs of the people that...",center
8850,First Bus of Migrants Sent by Texas Governor Arrives in DC,"['Immigration', 'Texas', 'Greg Abbott', 'Washington DC', 'Transportation', 'DHS', 'Media Industry', 'World', 'Central America', 'Latin America']",First bus of illegal immigrants from Texas arrives in DC,The Blaze,"A bus from Texas carrying dozens of illegal immigrants arrived in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning, allowing passengers to disembark just blocks away from the U.S. Capitol, according to a Fox News report.
Governor Greg Abbott (R-Texas) announced last week that he directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to ""charter buses and flights to transport migrants who have been processed and released from federal custody to Washington, D.C.,"" in response to the Biden administration's plan to rescind Title 42.",right
8851,Republicans Shift and Debate Abortion Stances Ahead of 2022 Elections,"['2022 Elections', 'Abortion', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Blake Masters', '2022 Arizona Senate Election', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Public Health']",Republicans in muddle on abortion as ban proposed by Graham exposes rifts,Washington Post,"In a memo to GOP campaigns released this week, the Republican National Committee laid out what it called a winning message on abortion: Press Democrats on where they stand on the procedure later in pregnancy, seek “common ground” on exceptions to bans and keep the focus on crime and the economy.
Then, Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) introduced legislation to ban abortions nationwide after 15 weeks of pregnancy — overshadowing new inflation numbers and undermining what many GOP strategists see as their best message for the fall: “Leave it to the states.”",left
8852,Republicans Shift and Debate Abortion Stances Ahead of 2022 Elections,"['2022 Elections', 'Abortion', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Blake Masters', '2022 Arizona Senate Election', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Public Health']",Why many Republicans are scrambling and scrubbing on abortion,Fox News (Online News),"Republicans are still virtually certain to take over the House. The Senate seems a tossup. But there is no question that the abortion issue has changed the midterm playing field.
The relentless media focus on the Donald Trump investigation isn’t helping either, when Republicans want to be talking about inflation and Joe Biden. But there are clear signs that potential Democratic voters are fired up and may turn out in larger numbers in November.
The latest Wall Street Journal poll finds 52% of white suburban women say they would support a...",right
8853,Republicans Shift and Debate Abortion Stances Ahead of 2022 Elections,"['2022 Elections', 'Abortion', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Blake Masters', '2022 Arizona Senate Election', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Public Health']",McConnell throws shade on Graham’s proposed national abortion ban,The Hill,"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday made clear that Senate Republicans are not eager to debate Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) proposal to ban abortions nationwide after 15 weeks of pregnancy, telling reporters that most GOP senators want to leave the issue to states.  
McConnell also said Graham’s proposal is the South Carolina senator’s own initiative and not something being pushed at the leadership level. 
“With regard to his bill, you’ll have to ask him about it. In terms of scheduling, I think most of the members of my conference...",center
8854,Mark Judge Agrees to Comply With FBI Probe,['Supreme Court'],"Kavanaugh friend Mark Judge agrees to cooperate with FBI probe, denies latest allegations",Fox News (Online News),"The high school friend of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, whose name has been drawn into the allegations leveled against the Supreme Court nominee by several women, said Friday he would cooperate with any law enforcement investigation that will “confidentially” probe the allegations, which he “categorically” denies.",right
8855,Mark Judge Agrees to Comply With FBI Probe,['Supreme Court'],Friend of top U.S. court pick would cooperate with FBI probe - lawyer,Reuters,"Mark Judge, a high school friend of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who a university professor alleges witnessed an incident of sexual misconduct involving Kavanaugh in 1982, would be willing to cooperate with an investigation by the FBI or any law enforcement agency, his lawyer said on Friday.",center
8856,Mark Judge Agrees to Comply With FBI Probe,['Supreme Court'],Brett Kavanaugh friend Mark Judge says he'll cooperate with any law enforcement agency,CBS News (Online),"Mark Judge, the high school friend of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh whom Dr. Christine Blasey Ford has said was present when she was allegedly sexually assaulted by Kavanaugh, said in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee that he would cooperate with any law enforcement agency that would ""confidentially investigate"" sexual misconduct allegations against him and Kavanaugh.",left
8857,Journalist Attacked in Clashes Between Leftist and Right-Wing Protesters,"['Free Speech', 'Antifa', 'Right-Wing', 'Protests', 'Andy Ngo']",Antifa Trends on Twitter After Video Shows Protest Group Throwing Milkshakes at Journalist,Newsweek,"Police in Portland, Oregon, have advised groups protesting in their city to disperse after things got unruly on the streets Saturday afternoon. Protests and counterdemonstrations were taking place at three different locations.
Portland police said the scenes had become a ""civil disturbance and unlawful assembly,"" and asked all folks in the area to leave immediately.
Those advertised to be among the demonstrators Saturday included two right-wing groups — the street-fighting fraternal group called Proud Boys, and Haley Adams of the ""HimToo Movement."" The Rose City Antifa planned a counterdemonstration.
The...",center
8858,Journalist Attacked in Clashes Between Leftist and Right-Wing Protesters,"['Free Speech', 'Antifa', 'Right-Wing', 'Protests', 'Andy Ngo']","Right-wing protesters, 'antifa' clashes bring chaos to streets of Portland, Oregon",USA TODAY,"Oregon's largest city was calm and quiet Sunday after a day of chaotic, competing protests that clogged Portland streets, crippled public transit and left at least eight people injured.
Police in riot gear broke up the demonstrations as clashes developed among law enforcers, anti-fascist ""antifa"" protesters and right-wing groups. Three people were charged with crimes ranging from assault on a police officer to harassment, police said.
As the violence increased, police declared a civil disturbance and ordered the protests dispersed. Pepper spray was used by demonstrators and police, Assistant Chief...",left
8859,Journalist Attacked in Clashes Between Leftist and Right-Wing Protesters,"['Free Speech', 'Antifa', 'Right-Wing', 'Protests', 'Andy Ngo']",Antifa Mob Viciously Assaults Journalist Andy Ngo at Portland Rally,Reason,"Andy Ngo, a photojournalist and editor at Quillette, landed in the emergency room after a mob of antifa activists attacked him on the streets of Portland during a Saturday afternoon demonstration.
The assailants wore black clothing and masks, and were engaged in a counter-protest against several right-wing groups, including the Proud Boys. Ngo is a well-known chronicler of antifa activity, and has criticized their illiberal tactics on Fox News. He attended the protest in this capacity—as a journalist, covering a notable public event.
According to Ngo, his attacker stole his...",right
8860,Officials End Search for Survivors in Florida Condo Collapse,"['Disaster', 'Florida', 'Infrastructure', 'Miami Condo Collapse', 'General News']",Surfside death toll jumps to 60 one day after shift from search-and-rescue to recovery,Miami Herald,"Two weeks after the building collapse at Surfside, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said 60 bodies have been recovered from the rubble, as authorities pledged on their first official day of search and recovery to find every single victim.
“The work continues with all speed and all urgency,” said Levine Cava during a press briefing on Thursday morning.
First responders paused their work briefly at 1:20 a.m. to honor the victims of the collapse and mark two full weeks since the partial collapse. As of Thursday morning, 80 people remained...",left
8861,Officials End Search for Survivors in Florida Condo Collapse,"['Disaster', 'Florida', 'Infrastructure', 'Miami Condo Collapse', 'General News']","At least 60 people dead in Florida condo collapse, 80 missing with hope for survivors ‘near zero’",CNBC,"At least 60 are confirmed dead and 80 unaccounted for after the search at the site of a collapsed Florida condominium building shifted from rescue to recovery overnight, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said in a press conference Thursday morning.
“The work continues with all speed and urgency, all task forces are being deployed from across the country and the world,” Levine Cava said. “We are working around the clock to recover victims, and to bring closure to the families as fast as we possibly can.”
Two weeks after...",center
8862,Officials End Search for Survivors in Florida Condo Collapse,"['Disaster', 'Florida', 'Infrastructure', 'Miami Condo Collapse', 'General News']",Death toll in Florida building collapse rises to 60 as search moves to recovery phase,New York Post (News),"The number of confirmed dead at the site of the collapsed Florida condo building jumped to 60 overnight, with rescue workers pulling six more bodies from the rubble, officials said at a briefing Thursday morning.
“It’s officially two weeks since this unthinkable and unprecedented tragedy shook our community and the world,” Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said as she announced the additional fatalities since the previous total of 54.",right
8863,Fiorina and Christie End 2016 Campaigns,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Christie, Fiorina suspend 2016 campaigns",Fox News (Online News),"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie suspended his Republican presidential bid Wednesday afternoon, joining former HP executive Carly Fiorina in exiting the 2016 race after a disappointing finish in the New Hampshire primary.",right
8864,Fiorina and Christie End 2016 Campaigns,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Carly Fiorina and Chris Christie end presidential bids,New York Times (News),"The governor of New Jersey said on Facebook that he was ending his presidential campaign, a day after he came in a disappointing sixth in the primary.",left
8865,Fiorina and Christie End 2016 Campaigns,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Inside Chris Christie's failed campaign,CNN (Online News),"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie poured everything he had into New Hampshire, clawing his way up the polls in a crowded field and Donald Trump-dominated year while tainted by scandal back home.",left
8866,Happy Fourth of July 2016,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Quiz: Can you pass the U.S. citizenship test?,CNN (Online News),"In addition to barbecuing, beer-drinking, and fireworks-watching, we'd like to suggest another way to celebrate July 4th: Taking a quiz on American history and politics!",left
8867,Happy Fourth of July 2016,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Fourth of July 2016: What the Founders ask of us,Fox News (Online News),"It is remarkable that Abraham Lincoln never delivered a Fourth of July speech.
The closest he came was on July 10, 1858, in Chicago during one of the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates, when Lincoln spoke of the Founders as “iron men.” He remarked how, every July 4, Americans celebrate those “iron men” and their extraordinary achievement, because we are “historically connected” with it.",right
8868,Happy Fourth of July 2016,"['Holidays', 'General News']",The American Revolution was a huge victory for equality. Liberals should celebrate it.,Vox,The left is turning its back on the Revolution. Here's why that's a mistake.,left
8869,"DNC Changes Debate Requirements, Frustrating Some 2020 Democrats","['Elections', 'Debate Stage', 'Democratic National Committee', '2020 Election', 'Democratic Primary', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']","Campaigns slam new debate rules, as DNC changes make way for Bloomberg to be on stage",USA TODAY,"The Democratic National Committee has altered the criteria to qualify for the Nevada debate, almost doubling the polling threshold and eliminating donor requirements —which could make way for Michael Bloomberg to make it on stage.
The change has caused backlash from presidential candidates, as well as from Sen. Cory Booker's former campaign staff, who criticized the DNC as changing the rules in the middle of the game. Booker, who dropped out several weeks before the Iowa caucuses, said Friday they previously redirected campaigns funds to help bring in donors specifically...",left
8870,"DNC Changes Debate Requirements, Frustrating Some 2020 Democrats","['Elections', 'Debate Stage', 'Democratic National Committee', '2020 Election', 'Democratic Primary', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']","DNC overhauls debate requirements, opening door for Bloomberg",Politico,"The Democratic National Committee is drastically revising its criteria to participate in primary debates after New Hampshire, doubling the polling threshold and eliminating the individual donor requirement, which could pave the way for former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg to make the stage beginning in mid-February.
Candidates will need to earn at least 10 percent in four polls released from Jan. 15 to Feb. 18, or 12 percent in two polls conducted in Nevada or South Carolina, in order to participate in the Feb. 19 debate in Las Vegas....",left
8871,"DNC Changes Debate Requirements, Frustrating Some 2020 Democrats","['Elections', 'Debate Stage', 'Democratic National Committee', '2020 Election', 'Democratic Primary', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",2020 Democrats slam party rule change that could let Bloomberg debate,Washington Examiner,"Current and former candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination lashed out at the Democratic National Committee for changing debate qualification rules that would give Michael Bloomberg an opening to make the stage.
""The DNC didn’t change the rules to ensure good, diverse candidates could remain on the debate stage. They shouldn’t change the rules to let a billionaire on. Billionaires shouldn't be allowed to play by different rules — on the debate stage, in our democracy, or in our government,"" Massachuetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said in a tweet on...",right
8872,Is China Planning To Invade Taiwan?,"['Autocracy', 'Asia', 'Beijing', 'China', 'Democracy', 'Foreign Policy', 'National Defense', 'Russia', 'Taiwan', 'Ukraine War', 'World', 'Xi Jinping']",China looks to learn from Russian failures in Ukraine,Associated Press Fact Check,"With its ground troops forced to pull back in Ukraine and regroup, and its Black Sea flagship sunk, Russia’s military failings are mounting. No country is paying closer attention than China to how a smaller and outgunned force has badly bloodied what was thought to be one of the world’s most powerful armies.
China, like Russia, has been ambitiously reforming its Soviet-style military and experts say leader Xi Jinping will be carefully parsing the weaknesses exposed by the invasion of Ukraine as they might apply to his own People’s Liberation Army and...",left
8873,Is China Planning To Invade Taiwan?,"['Autocracy', 'Asia', 'Beijing', 'China', 'Democracy', 'Foreign Policy', 'National Defense', 'Russia', 'Taiwan', 'Ukraine War', 'World', 'Xi Jinping']",China’s Taiwan Invasion Plans May Get Faster and Deadlier,Foreign Policy,"The Russian invasion of Ukraine has fueled concern over China’s plans for Taiwan, which it has repeatedly threatened to invade. Some speculate that the odds of invasion have increased, while others argue that Western unity and Russian military failures should counsel Chinese caution regarding the island.
This discussion conflates two different questions: Has the Ukraine conflict changed Beijing’s willingness to use force against Taiwan? And has the Ukraine conflict altered Beijing’s and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) assessments of its ability to conduct a successful amphibious invasion of Taiwan?
China’s willingness to use force is a political...",center
8874,Is China Planning To Invade Taiwan?,"['Autocracy', 'Asia', 'Beijing', 'China', 'Democracy', 'Foreign Policy', 'National Defense', 'Russia', 'Taiwan', 'Ukraine War', 'World', 'Xi Jinping']",China Is Nearly Done Building a Taiwan Invasion Fleet,The Epoch Times,"The Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I prohibited Germany from creating an air force. So, before plunging the world into the cataclysm of World War II, Adolph Hitler engaged in a massive, clandestine, determined, effort to build Germany’s air force, the Luftwaffe, under the guise of building out Germany’s civil airline, Lufthansa.
By 1935, Hitler revealed his new air arm to the world. The allied victors of World War I protested, but could do nothing.  Within five years,  the Nazis had intimidated Austria to give in to the Anschluss...",right
8875,California Recall Election for Gov. Gavin Newsom Draws Near,"['Elections', 'Politics', 'California', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Recall', 'Newsom Recall']",Hollywood Throws Weight Behind Gavin Newsom as California Governor Fights Recall Election,Newsweek,"Several Hollywood figures are throwing their weight behind Gavin Newsom, as the California governor fights a recall election in the state.
Voters in the Golden State are now just two weeks away from the gubernatorial recall election that will determine whether the sitting governor will remain in office for the rest of his term or lose his seat to one of his many challengers.
All registered voters will receive a mail-in ballot ahead of the day on September 14 and a number of politically engaged celebrities are already using their platforms...",center
8876,California Recall Election for Gov. Gavin Newsom Draws Near,"['Elections', 'Politics', 'California', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Recall', 'Newsom Recall']",Larry Elder Releases Spanish Campaign Ads as Latino Support Rises for Newsom Recall,Breitbart News,"  Larry Elder, talk radio host and Republican candidate for governor of California in the state’s special election, released Spanish campaign advertisements on Saturday — a gracious nod to Latino voters who could play a key role in ousting current Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA).
Elder speaks in Spanish:
Governor Gavin Newsom closed public schools for our children while his children went to in-person classes at a private school. Also, he closed independent restaurants while he dined in the most luxurious restaurant, where they charge $12,000 for wine! This election is not about Democrats or...",right
8877,California Recall Election for Gov. Gavin Newsom Draws Near,"['Elections', 'Politics', 'California', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Recall', 'Newsom Recall']","Who’s voted so far in the California recall? Lots of Democrats, few young people",Los Angeles Times,"With the recall election less than two weeks away, the mail ballot returns so far show that more than twice as many Democrats have voted than Republicans and that liberal areas of the state such as the Bay Area have the highest rates of return, according to state officials and political data researchers.
The early numbers provide good news for Gov. Gavin Newsom. But they also show his weaknesses and what his campaign must do between now and election day on Sept. 14 — turn out young and Latino voters...",left
8878,Trump Invites Congressional Leaders to White House for Border Security Meeting,['Immigration'],"Trump to Pelosi on shutdown, border wall: ‘Let’s make a deal’",Fox News (Online News),"As the fight over the federal government shutdown entered the new year, President Trump on Tuesday expressed his desire to “make a deal” with House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi over",right
8879,Trump Invites Congressional Leaders to White House for Border Security Meeting,['Immigration'],Trump taunts Pelosi about border wall; invites party leaders to 'border security' meeting,ABC News (Online),"President Trump has invited congressional leaders to a briefing Wednesday on ""border security"" at the White House, congressional sources confirm.",left
8880,Trump Invites Congressional Leaders to White House for Border Security Meeting,['Immigration'],Trump invites congressional leaders to border security briefing,Reuters,President Donald Trump on Tuesday invited Republican and Democratic congressional leaders to a border security briefing at the White House as the federal government remained partially shut,center
8881,Barrett Writes First Supreme Court Major Opinion In Wildlife Protection Case,"['Supreme Court', 'Amy Coney Barrett', 'Environment', 'Animal Welfare', 'Sustainability']",Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett delivers 1st opinion,Washington Post,"Justice Amy Coney Barrett delivered her first Supreme Court majority opinion Thursday, ruling against an environmental group that had sought access to government records.
President Donald Trump’s third nominee wrote for a 7-2 court that certain draft documents do not have to be disclosed under the federal Freedom of Information Act. The case was the first one Barrett heard after joining the court in late October, and it took four months for the 11-page opinion to be released. Two liberal justices, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor, dissented.",left
8882,Barrett Writes First Supreme Court Major Opinion In Wildlife Protection Case,"['Supreme Court', 'Amy Coney Barrett', 'Environment', 'Animal Welfare', 'Sustainability']",Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett delivers first opinion in case involving records disclosure,USA TODAY,"The Supreme Court ruled Thursday against an environmental group that sued the government for internal studies detailing potential harm to endangered aquatic species in the first major opinion by Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
The Sierra Club sued the Obama administration in 2015, arguing the Freedom of Information Act required the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serviceto disclose studies about the biological impact of an Environmental Protection Agency rule outlining how power plants draw water to cool machinery.
The case marked the first time Barrett took part in oral arguments, which...",left
8883,Barrett Writes First Supreme Court Major Opinion In Wildlife Protection Case,"['Supreme Court', 'Amy Coney Barrett', 'Environment', 'Animal Welfare', 'Sustainability']","Barrett writes first majority opinion, in wildlife protection case",Washington Examiner,"After a busy first four months on the Supreme Court, Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday wrote her first majority opinion in a case involving the Environmental Protection Agency and Freedom of Information Act requirements.
Barrett's opinion, which was joined by the court's five other conservative members and Justice Elena Kagan, focused on a dispute over the EPA and other environmental agencies and the Sierra Club, an environmental organization seeking to view the agency's consultations with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The court found that the government agencies were...",right
8884,Biden Comment Controversy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ryan takes on Obama campaign over Biden 'chains' remark,Fox News (Online News),"Paul Ryan is taking on the Obama campaign directly over Vice President Biden's ""back in chains"" comment, calling them the mark of a ""desperate"" campaign as President Obama defends his running mate against bipartisan criticism.
In an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News Radio, Ryan kept up the new tough tone that Mitt Romney set earlier in the week.
""You know, these are the kinds of things you say when you're desperate in a campaign,"" Ryan said of Biden's comments. ""I think you're going to hear more...",right
8885,Biden Comment Controversy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Mission Impossible: Managing Joe Biden,Politico,"The most emotionally powerful minute of Joe Bidens two-day swing through rural Virginia almost didnt happen.
After the vice president paid a solemn visit Wednesday to the memorial honoring the victims of the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting here, reporters asked him about his feelings upon seeing the site.
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79776.html#ixzz23jnOt4Nq",left
8886,Biden Comment Controversy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Campaign Trail: Biden's Comment About 'Chains' Sparks Controversy,NPR (Online News),"By telling a racially mixed audience in Virginia on Tuesday that the Republican ticket's economic plans would ""put y'all back in chains,"" Vice President Biden sparked the latest campaign controversy.",left
8887,"Bush Video, Trump Response Shine Light on Hyperpartisanship","['Bridging Divides', 'George W. Bush', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Culture', 'Polarization']",George W. Bush’s Coronavirus Video Has Critics Nostalgic,Bloomberg,"Former President George W. Bush says Americans should come together as one to confront the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed the lives of over 66,000 in the country so far.
In a video released on Saturday, the 43rd U.S. president said, “We are not partisan combatants. We’re human beings, equally vulnerable and equally wonderful in the sight of God.”
Bush’s presidential center posted the message on Twitter, tagging @TheCallToUnite, a livestream for celebrities and public figures to post encouraging videos during the pandemic.
It got the Republican, who left office...",left
8888,"Bush Video, Trump Response Shine Light on Hyperpartisanship","['Bridging Divides', 'George W. Bush', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Culture', 'Polarization']",Trump's 'Lack of Empathy and Simple Kindness',The Atlantic,"This past Saturday, former President George W. Bush released a brief video whose subtweeted message was unmistakable. It recognized the suffering of those who had lost family members, or economic prospects, or hope itself; it emphasized the all of us rather than the us and them response to national crisis; and it appealed to the generous rather than the resentful in human nature.
In short, it was the kind of message that leaders of any nation have been expected to transmit, as part of their duty, in time of national...",left
8889,"Bush Video, Trump Response Shine Light on Hyperpartisanship","['Bridging Divides', 'George W. Bush', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Culture', 'Polarization']",Trump rips George W. Bush's call to end partisanship amid coronavirus,Washington Times,"President Trump criticized former President George W. Bush’s call to put aside partisanship amid coronavirus but not during the impeachment proceedings of Mr. Trump.
Mr. Bush published a video message on Saturday urging unity amid the coronavirus’ outbreak, which received 4 million views on Twitter as of Sunday morning.
“
.@PeteHegseth
“Oh bye the way, I appreciate the message from former President Bush, but where was he during Impeachment calling for putting partisanship aside. @foxandfriends He was nowhere to be found in speaking up against the greatest Hoax in American...",right
8890,May Jobs Report Sparks Debate on Who Deserves Credit for Strong Economy,['Economy And Jobs'],How trend-riding Trump is taking credit for the economy he inherited,Washington Post,"President Trump inherited several positive economic trends, and no one should be surprised that he’s taking credit for them.",left
8891,May Jobs Report Sparks Debate on Who Deserves Credit for Strong Economy,['Economy And Jobs'],It’s Trump’s Economy Now,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),Liberals want to keep crediting Obama—never mind their own 2016 predictions of disaster.,right
8892,May Jobs Report Sparks Debate on Who Deserves Credit for Strong Economy,['Economy And Jobs'],"The Bubble: By undoing Obama accomplishments, Trump let economy soar, conservatives say",USA TODAY,"This week, commentators responded to outstanding jobs reports and economic data that signaled a continued economic expansion under President Trump.",left
8893,"New York Times Poll Compares Support for Trump, DeSantis in Potential 2024 Matchup","['Elections', '2024 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Public Opinion', 'Politics']","Half of G.O.P. Voters Ready to Leave Trump Behind, Poll Finds",New York Times (News),"As Donald J. Trump weighs whether to open an unusually early White House campaign, a New York Times/Siena College poll shows that his post-presidential quest to consolidate his support within the Republican Party has instead left him weakened, with nearly half the party’s primary voters seeking someone different for president in 2024 and a significant number vowing to abandon him if he wins the nomination.
By focusing on political payback inside his party instead of tending to wounds opened by his alarming attempts to cling to power after his 2020 defeat, Mr....",left
8894,"New York Times Poll Compares Support for Trump, DeSantis in Potential 2024 Matchup","['Elections', '2024 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Public Opinion', 'Politics']",NYT Poll: GOP Voters Prefer Trump to DeSantis in 2024,National Review,"While roughly half of Republican voters prefer someone other than Donald Trump to be the party’s nominee in 2024, the former president would still best the party’s top five contenders, including Governor Ron DeSantis, in head-to-head matchups, according to a new poll.
Fifty-one percent of GOP primary voters would prefer an alternative to Trump, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll released Tuesday. A majority of primary voters under 35 years old, 64 percent, reported that they would not vote for Trump in a presidential primary. The college educated, a leading indicator of...",right
8895,"New York Times Poll Compares Support for Trump, DeSantis in Potential 2024 Matchup","['Elections', '2024 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Public Opinion', 'Politics']",Another 2024 poll shows Ron DeSantis poised to benefit from Donald Trump collapse,Florida Politics,"A new national poll offers more evidence that a significant portion of potential Republican voters in the 2024 Primary for President are ready to abandon former President Donald Trump.
The survey of 350 respondents who said they planned to vote in the 2024 Republican Primary, conducted by the New York Times and Siena College from July 5 through July 7, showed that 65% of potential Primary voters under the age of 35 and 64% of those with college educations are ready for a different Republican standard-bearer in 2024.
It also showed that Trump would struggle to...",center
8896,US Reports Record Average of Daily COVID-19 Infections,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Cases', 'Omicron Variant']",Daily Cases Of Coronavirus Smash Records In U.S. After Biden Promised To ‘Shut Down The Virus’,The Daily Wire,"The U.S. set a new record for the number of daily coronavirus cases recorded in the country, which comes nearly a year into Democrat President Joe Biden’s first year into office.
“The U.S. logged its highest single-day total of new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, with 441,278 infections surpassing the previous daily record by close to 150,000,” Politico reported. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s tally represents a grim new milestone in the coronavirus pandemic and comes as the Omicron strain has quickly taken hold throughout the U.S., leading to long...",right
8897,US Reports Record Average of Daily COVID-19 Infections,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Cases', 'Omicron Variant']",Covid: US reports record infections as Europe's Omicron cases also soar,BBC News,"The US and several European countries have reported their highest daily rises in Covid cases since the pandemic began, as the Omicron variant spreads.
More than 440,000 new cases were recorded in the US on Monday, health officials said.
France, Italy, Greece, Portugal and England have also reported record numbers of daily infections.
Officials have said the high figures could be due in part to reporting delays over the Christmas period.
Studies suggest that Omicron is milder than the previously dominant Delta variant, but fears remain that the sheer number of...",center
8898,US Reports Record Average of Daily COVID-19 Infections,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Cases', 'Omicron Variant']",The US just hit a record average of daily new Covid-19 cases,CNN (Online News),"The US hit a seven-day average of 265,427 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, blowing past the country's previous record of about 252,000 daily cases, reported nearly a year ago on January 11.
The new peak, according to Johns Hopkins University data, comes amid a rapid acceleration of infections in the United States -- and across the world -- since last month.
And experts predict the Omicron variant -- the most contagious strain of coronavirus yet -- is going to make the start of 2022 very difficult.
""January is going to be a...",left
8899,Perspectives: New Texas Abortion Law,"['Abortion', 'Texas', 'Texas Abortion Law']",Supreme Court Gets It Right on Texas Abortion Law,National Review,"Just before midnight, the Supreme Court, over the incoherent objections of four dissenting justices, denied the request by Texas abortion providers for emergency relief against the Texas Heartbeat Act. The compelling procedural grounds on which five justices — Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett — ruled have no direct bearing on the substantive question whether the Court will overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey in next term’s blockbuster abortion case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. But the clarity, courage, and commitment to the rule of law that the five justices demonstrated...",right
8900,Perspectives: New Texas Abortion Law,"['Abortion', 'Texas', 'Texas Abortion Law']",About six-in-ten Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases,Pew Research Center,"Abortion has long been a contentious issue in the United States, and it is one that sharply divides Americans along partisan, ideological and religious lines.
Today, a 59% majority of U.S. adults say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while 39% think abortion should be illegal in all or most cases. These views are relatively unchanged in the past few years. The latest Pew Research Center survey, conducted April 5 to 11, finds deep disagreement between – and within – the parties over abortion. In fact, the partisan divide...",center
8901,Perspectives: New Texas Abortion Law,"['Abortion', 'Texas', 'Texas Abortion Law']",Texas' repugnant abortion law is pure Republican hypocrisy,CNN (Opinion),"The cry of ""Freedom!"" echoes across the land, rising from places like Texas, controlled by Republican officials who are using every tool at their disposal to ban mask mandates or vaccine requirements. It's curious, then, that as of Wednesday morning, the women of Texas are essentially banned from choosing to get an abortion.
The same politicians who declare that mask requirements are an intolerable intrusion by government into sacrosanct individual freedom, have just imposed the country's most restrictive abortion law since the Supreme Court made abortion legal in the landmark 1973 decision, Roe v....",left
8902,Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Shows Positive Results,"['Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Moderna', 'Antibodies', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus']",Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Promise in Early-Stage Study,Newsmax (News),"Moderna Inc. said on Monday its experimental COVID-19 vaccine showed promise in a small early-stage trial, with the vaccine producing virus-neutralizing antibodies similar to that found in recovered patients.
The news sent Moderna shares (MRNA) soaring 25%.
The company's vaccine is at the forefront of the efforts in developing a treatment for the fast-spreading virus and last week, won the U.S. health agency's ""fast track"" label to speed up the regulatory review. Moderna expects to start a larger late-stage trial in July.
There are currently no approved treatment or vaccine...",right
8903,Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Shows Positive Results,"['Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Moderna', 'Antibodies', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus']",Moderna reports 'positive' results from early data on coronavirus vaccine,The Hill,"The biotech company Moderna on Monday reported “positive” data on its potential coronavirus vaccine from an early clinical trial, raising hopes about the effort.
The company said early data from a phase one clinical trial showed that people given the potential vaccine generated an immune response similar to that in people who had recovered from the disease.
The levels of neutralizing antibodies were “at or above” the levels seen in blood samples from people who have recovered from the coronavirus, Moderna said in a statement.
Still, that early result is...",center
8904,Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Shows Positive Results,"['Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Moderna', 'Antibodies', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus']",Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine shows encouraging early results in human safety trial,Washington Post,"Moderna, the Massachusetts biotechnology company behind a leading effort to create a coronavirus vaccine, announced promising early results from its first human safety tests Monday. The company plans to launch a large clinical trial in July aimed at showing whether the vaccine works.
The company reported that in eight patients who had been followed for a month and a half, the vaccine at low and medium doses triggered blood levels of virus-fighting antibodies that were similar or greater than those found in patients who recovered. That would suggest, but doesn’t...",left
8905,Supreme Court Sides With Football Coach in Public School Prayer Case,"['Christianity', 'Education', 'First Amendment', 'Religion And Faith', 'School Prayer', 'Sports', 'Supreme Court']","Supreme Court Affirms Religious Liberty, Rules In Favor Of Public High School Football Coach Punished For Praying After Games",The Daily Wire,"On Monday morning, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District that a public high school football coach in the state of Washington had his First Amendment rights violated after he was placed on administrative leave by the school district and banned from participating in the football program for praying on the field after games in view of students.
“SCOTUS sides with a high school football coach in a First Amendment case about prayer at the 50-yard-line,” SCOTUS Blog tweeted Monday morning. “In a 6-3 ruling,...",right
8906,Supreme Court Sides With Football Coach in Public School Prayer Case,"['Christianity', 'Education', 'First Amendment', 'Religion And Faith', 'School Prayer', 'Sports', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court Lets Public Schools Coerce Students Into Practicing Christianity,Slate,"In another extreme ruling, the Supreme Court has removed foundational, decades-old constitutional limits on religion in public schools. Its Monday decision in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District overruled a half-century of precedent to elevate the rights of public school officials over students. The ruling will allow these officials to engage in coercive sectarian prayer on the job. Justice Neil Gorsuch’s 6–3 decision is another maximalist attack on the separation of church and state, stripping students of their First Amendment freedom against religious indoctrination. His opinion also embraces a false narrative of faith-based persecution,...",left
8907,Supreme Court Sides With Football Coach in Public School Prayer Case,"['Christianity', 'Education', 'First Amendment', 'Religion And Faith', 'School Prayer', 'Sports', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court sides with coach who wanted to pray after game,NewsNation,"The Supreme Court sided Monday with a high school football coach from Washington state who sought to kneel and pray on the field after games, a decision that could strengthen the acceptability of some religious practices in other public school settings.
The court ruled 6-3 for the coach with the court’s conservative justices in the majority and its liberals in dissent. The justices said the coach’s prayer was protected by the First Amendment.
“The Constitution and the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and tolerance, not censorship and suppression, for religious...",center
8908,Romney VP,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ryan: 'Together we will unite America and get this done',CNN (Online News),"Presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney introduced his running mate Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin to supporters at a campaign event in Norfolk, Virginia Saturday.",left
8909,Romney VP,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Ryan comes out swinging as Romney VP pick, condemns Obama 'record of failure'",Fox News (Online News),"Paul Ryan came out swinging Saturday in his new role as Mitt Romney's running mate, accusing President Obama of presiding over a ""record of failure"" and promising to speak ""truth"" to America's problems and correct course.",right
8910,Romney VP,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Romney, Ryan Appear Together As Running Mates",HuffPost,"Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney is appearing alongside his running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan.",left
8911,March 2013 Jobs Report,[],Jobs Report: Economy Sputters and Stalls in March,Townhall,"The American economy added 88,000 jobs in March according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.",right
8912,March 2013 Jobs Report,[],"88,000 JOBS",HuffPost,Austerity may be starting to squeeze the life out of the job market.,left
8913,March 2013 Jobs Report,[],Jobs report: Hiring slows severely in March,CNN (Online News),"U.S. employers added only 88,000 jobs in March and the unemployment rate sinks to 7.6.",left
8914,Nikki Haley Resigns as US Ambassador,['Politics'],UN Ambassador Nikki Haley resigns,CNN (Online News),"US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley resigned Tuesday directly to President Donald Trump, according to multiple sources familiar with her decision.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders tweeted that ""President Trump and Ambassador Nikki Haley will meet in the Oval Office at 10:30am this morning. This event will be open to the pool"".",left
8915,Nikki Haley Resigns as US Ambassador,['Politics'],Nikki Haley resigns as UN ambassador: reports,The Hill,"US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has resigned from her role in the Trump administration, according to multiple reports.",center
8916,Nikki Haley Resigns as US Ambassador,['Politics'],Nikki Haley Resigns as President Trump's UN Ambassador,CBN,"President Trump has accepted the resignation of Nikki Haley, his ambassador to the United Nations, according to a report by Axios. The details are unclear at this time.",right
8917,Brexit Vote Delayed,"['Great Britain', 'World']",British Prime Minister May Cancelling Brexit Vote,Newsmax (News),"British Prime Minister Theresa May looked set to postpone Parliament's vote on her European Union divorce deal Monday to avoid a shattering defeat, throwing Brexit plans into chaos just weeks after Britain and the bloc finally reached an agreement.",right
8918,Brexit Vote Delayed,"['Great Britain', 'World']","Brexit vote delayed as Theresa May pulls the plug, sources say",CNN (Online News),Britain's big Brexit decision appears to have been delayed.,left
8919,Brexit Vote Delayed,"['Great Britain', 'World']",Brexit: Theresa May understood to be delaying key vote,BBC News,Theresa May is to call off Tuesday's crucial vote on her Brexit deal in the face of what was expected to be a significant defeat by Tory rebels.,center
8920,Ted Cruz to Announce Presidential Run,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ted Cruz to announce presidential run,USA TODAY,"Ted Cruz will announce Monday that he will seek the presidency, with a campaign that aims to energize the party's Tea Party and socially conservative wings.
Cruz's plans were confirmed Sunday by two senior advisers with direct knowledge of his plans, who requested anonymity because an official announcement had not yet been made. He will be the first Republican to declare hi",left
8921,Ted Cruz to Announce Presidential Run,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ted Cruz to Announce on Monday He Plans to Run for President,New York Times (News),"Senator Ted Cruz intends to declare on Monday that he will run for president in 2016, making him the first major hopeful to formally enter the race, an aide to Mr. Cruz said.
Mr. Cruz, Republican of Texas, will make his announcement at Liberty University in Virginia, where he is expected to be a speaker at a convocation ceremony. His intention to declare his candidacy was first reported by The Houston Chronicle and an aide to Mr. Cruz, who requested anonymity, confirmed the report on Sunday.
Mr. Cruz will skip...",left
8922,Ted Cruz to Announce Presidential Run,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ted Cruz Is Planning to Take the White House — and He’s About to Pull a Move That Leapfrogs the Competition,The Blaze,"He’s going to skip the exploratory committee and go straight for the jugular.
Ted Cruz plans to run for president.
The Houston Chronicle broke the news just before midnight Saturday evening, citing senior advisers speaking on the condition of anonymity who said that Cruz, the Texas Tea Party Republican elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012, would pursue the presidency.",right
8923,Reactions to Dallas Shooting,['Violence In America'],GOP rips Obama after Dallas shooting,Politico,"President Barack Obama's political opponents quickly piled on after news emerged that a gunman had killed five police officers in Dallas, assailing him for his focus on gun control, his overseas trip, and his treatment of the law enforcement community.",left
8924,Reactions to Dallas Shooting,['Violence In America'],Cornel West: Obama’s response to shootings was ‘weak’,Washington Post,"When this city was chosen to host the Democratic Party's pre-convention platform meeting, it meant affordable hotels and plenty of available space. Then came the massacre at the nearby Pulse nightclub, and then came this week's shootings in Baton Rouge, Falcon Heights, Minn., and Dallas. The business of amending the party's manifesto was slowed, necessarily, by a moment of silence, speeches about the need to end gun violence and",left
8925,Reactions to Dallas Shooting,['Violence In America'],"Racial Tensions, Political Divides Heating up Angry Nation",Newsmax (News),"A week of violence that left five Dallas police officers dead during the protests over the killings of two black men by law enforcement officials is bringing fears that the anger simmering just below the surface in the United States is beginning to boil over, and leaving people in public and private life searching for answers to restoring the peace.",right
8926,Christie Launches PAC,['Politics'],Chris Christie Joins Crowded GOP Fight for Donors,Wall Street Journal (News),"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and his supporters have formed a political-action committee ahead of a likely bid for president, adding a third well-known Republican figure to the fight for campaign funds among the party’s core donor class.
The launch of the PAC, called Leadership Matters for America, is the clearest sign yet that Mr. Christie is running. It allows Mr. Christie to assemble a team of about a dozen staffers and fundraisers who could support a po",center
8927,Christie Launches PAC,['Politics'],"In Move Toward Campaign, Christie Creates PAC and Hires Staff",New York Times (News),"Gov. Chris Christie on Monday will make his most decisive moves yet toward a presidential run by creating a political action committee, hiring eight experienced campaign aides and outlining plans for a spree of fund-raising events across the country.
Mr. Christie’s PAC, to be called “Leadership Matters For America,” will allow the New Jersey governor to raise and spend the money necessary to woo Republicans across the country over the next year. It will employ several of his closest political advisers and aides, said a person briefed on the plans.",left
8928,Christie Launches PAC,['Politics'],Christie launches PAC in significant step toward White House run,Fox News (Online News),"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has taken a major step toward a run for president in 2016, forming a political action committee that will allow him to raise money for a possible White House bid.
The creation of the committee, called Leadership Matters for America, was confirmed to Fox News by a Christie adviser. The paperwork was filed Friday before his address over the weekend to the Iowa Freedom Summit, a conservative gathering in Des Moines.",right
8929,Supreme Court Rules Public Sector Unions Can't Force Members to Pay Dues,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court Deals Blow To Government Unions,NPR (Online News),"In a blow to organized labor, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that government workers who choose not to join a union cannot be charged for the cost of collective bargaining.",left
8930,Supreme Court Rules Public Sector Unions Can't Force Members to Pay Dues,['Supreme Court'],"Supreme Court rules against public sector unions, says employees can’t be forced to pay dues",The Blaze,"The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday in Janus v. AFSCME that public sector unions do not have a constitutional right to be able to force employees to pay dues. From now on, employees will have to give consent before any money from their paycheck goes to support a public-sector union. This ruling does not involve unions at private companies.",right
8931,Supreme Court Rules Public Sector Unions Can't Force Members to Pay Dues,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court Rules 5-4 In Janus Union Fees Case,HuffPost,"The conservative majority of the Supreme Court delivered a sweeping and historic blow to the labor movement Wednesday, ruling that public sector workers who are represented by unions cannot be required to pay any union dues.",left
8932,EU Leaders Agree on Partial Embargo of Russian Oil Imports,"['Energy', 'European Union', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Oil', 'Oil Ban', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Ursula Von Der Leyen', 'World']",EU leaders agree on partial embargo on Russian oil,New York Post (News),"European Union leaders reached a compromise Monday to impose a partial oil embargo on Russia at a summit focused on helping Ukraine with a long-delayed package of sanctions that was blocked by Hungary.
The watered-down embargo covers only Russian oil brought in by sea, allowing a temporary exemption for imports delivered by pipeline.
EU Council President Charles Michel said on Twitter the agreement covers more than two-thirds of oil imports from Russia, “cutting a huge source of financing for its war machine. Maximum pressure on Russia to end the war.”...",right
8933,EU Leaders Agree on Partial Embargo of Russian Oil Imports,"['Energy', 'European Union', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Oil', 'Oil Ban', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Ursula Von Der Leyen', 'World']",European Union Pledges to Curb Oil Purchases From Russia,Wall Street Journal (News),"European Union leaders said for the first time that they would impose an oil embargo on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, taking a big step forward in an economic fight against Moscow that is already reverberating in global markets.
The embargo would include an exemption for oil delivered from Russia via pipelines, an amount that makes up one-third of EU oil purchases from Russia. EU officials said that by the end of this year, the embargo would cover 90% of previous Russian oil imports. It would be phased in over several months....",center
8934,EU Leaders Agree on Partial Embargo of Russian Oil Imports,"['Energy', 'European Union', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Oil', 'Oil Ban', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Ursula Von Der Leyen', 'World']",EU leaders agree to partial embargo of Russian oil imports,The Guardian,"The European Union has agreed to a partial embargo on Russian oil after late-night talks at a summit in Brussels.
The president of the European Council, Charles Michel, hailed the deal as a ""remarkable achievement,"" after tweeting on Monday night that it ""immediately covers more than two-thirds of oil imports from Russia, cutting a huge source of financing for its war machine.""
He added that the package also included removing access to Swift payments for Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank; banning three more Russian state-owned broadcasters; and further sanctions against ""individuals responsible for war...",left
8935,DNC Chair Demands Recanvass of Iowa Votes,"['Iowa', 'Iowa Caucuses', 'Tom Perez', 'DNC', 'Election 2020', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders declares victory in the Iowa caucuses moments after the DNC demands a recanvass of the results,Insider,"Sen. Bernie Sanders proclaimed victory in the Iowa caucuses from his New Hampshire headquarters moments after Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez demanded a recanvass, or re-tabulation, of the results.
Almost four days after the caucuses took place on February 3, the Iowa Democratic Party still has not declared an official winner with 97% of the precincts reporting as of 2 p.m. Central Time due to a series of breakdowns in the reporting process and unexplained inconsistencies and errors in the results.
Because caucuses conduct two rounds of...",left
8936,DNC Chair Demands Recanvass of Iowa Votes,"['Iowa', 'Iowa Caucuses', 'Tom Perez', 'DNC', 'Election 2020', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",DNC Chairman Tom Perez Calls for ‘Immediate Recanvass’ in Iowa,Daily Beast,"Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez called on the Iowa Democratic Party on Thursday to “immediately begin a recanvass” in the state after the caucus disaster earlier this week. “Enough is enough,” Perez tweeted, citing the “problems that have emerged in the implementation of the delegate selection plan and in order to assure public confidence in the results.” The Daily Beast reported that a DNC aide defined Perez’s “recanvass” as a hand audit of caucus math worksheets and reporting forms to make sure that they were correctly tallied and reported...",left
8937,DNC Chair Demands Recanvass of Iowa Votes,"['Iowa', 'Iowa Caucuses', 'Tom Perez', 'DNC', 'Election 2020', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",DNC Chair Tom Perez Orders Recanvass of Iowa Caucus Vote,Breitbart News,"Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman Tom Perez on Thursday demanded state officials immediately recanvass the Iowa caucus vote amid fears that the delayed results could be inaccurate or inauthentic.
“Enough is enough. In light of the problems that have emerged in the implementation of the delegate selection plan and in order to assure public confidence in the results, I am calling on the Iowa Democratic Party to immediately begin a recanvass,” Perez tweeted.
The directive followed a New York Times report stating that some results published Wednesday were riddled with...",right
8938,Obama Makes Case for Government,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Offers Liberal Vision: ‘We Must Act’,New York Times (News),"Barack Hussein Obama ceremonially opened his second term on Monday with an assertive Inaugural Address that offered a robust articulation of modern liberalism in America, arguing that “preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action.",left
8939,Obama Makes Case for Government,"['White House', 'Politics']",Resolute Rhetoric: Obama's Confident Case For Government,NPR (Online News),"President Barack Hussein Obama, sobered but resolute after four years as the nation's first African-American head of state, began his second term Monday with an ardent defense of government as essential to the nation's economic and moral fiber, and a call to citizens to accept their obligation to shape the national debate.",left
8940,Obama Makes Case for Government,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama vows to tackle unfinished business in second term, faces high hurdles",Fox News (Online News),"With the oath, a punchy inaugural address and the traditional ride down Pennsylvania Avenue, President Obama began his second term Monday pledging to ""finish what we started.""",right
8941,FAA Issues Drone Rule,['Technology'],FAA finally issues its small drone rule,Politico,"Drones can begin flying low over the American skyscape by 2017 under rules proposed Sunday by the Obama administration that will finally allow their legal use for business purposes.
The rules, which still need to go through an extensive public comment phase, apply to smaller drones weighing 55 pounds or less. Such small flyers aren’t likely to share airspace with manned flights.
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“We have tried to be flexible in writing these rules,” FAA Adm",left
8942,FAA Issues Drone Rule,['Technology'],Drone on: FAA sets rules for unmanned aircraft,Washington Times,"The Obama administration on Sunday released a long-awaited set of guidelines to govern drones in American skies, setting the stage for widespread use of unmanned aircraft in a variety of industries.
The Federal Aviation Administration proposal, which is in draft form and will be open to public comment for the next 60 days, applies to drones weighing less than 55 pounds and being used for non-recreational purposes, such as commercial use by private companies.
Under the proposed rules, drone operators must be at least 17 years old, must pass an",right
8943,FAA Issues Drone Rule,['Technology'],Draft U.S. Rules on Commercial Drones Keep Some Restrictions on Use,New York Times (News),"The U.S. aviation regulator proposed rules on Sunday for flying drones for commercial purposes that would lift some restrictions but would still limit activities such as inspections of pipelines that have been eyed by companies as a potentially breakthrough use of the technology.
The long-awaited draft rules from the Federal Aviation Administration governing use of unmanned aircraft require pilots to obtain special pilot certificates, stay away from bystanders and fly only during the day. They limit flying speed to 100 miles per hour (160 kph) and the altitude to 500...",left
8944,Compromise on Farm Bill,"['US House', 'Politics']","House passes farm bill preserving crop subsidies, slightly curbing food stamps",Fox News (Online News),"The House on Wednesday approved a nearly $100 billion-a-year farm bill that would make small reductions in the growth of food stamp spending while continuing generous subsidies for the nation's farmers.
The vote was 251-166. The five-year bill now goes to the Senate for final approval.
Leaders scheduled a quick vote after the nearly 1,000-page bill was introduced Monday, g",right
8945,Compromise on Farm Bill,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Passes Compromise Farm Bill,NPR (Online News),"The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to pass a five-year farm bill.
The $100 billion-a-year measure included small cuts to the food stamps program, and preserved some farm subsidies. The vote in the House was 251-166.
The bill now heads to the Senate, which is expected to approve it. President Obama is expected to sign the measure into law.
Here's more from The Associated Press:",left
8946,Compromise on Farm Bill,"['US House', 'Politics']","House Approves Farm Bill, Ending 2-Year Impasse",New York Times (News),"The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill authorizing nearly $1 trillion in spending on farm subsidies and nutrition programs, setting the stage for final passage of a new five-year farm bill that has been stalled for over two years.
Negotiators from the House and Senate spent several weeks working out their differences on issues",left
8947,Obamacare Starts Rollout,['Healthcare'],ObamaCare: Coverage killer,Fox News (Online News),"ObamaCare seems to have been an insurance killer so far. More than 5 million policies were nixed under the law’s new regulations. Announcing that just over 2 million people are potential paying customers is a rather stunning admission of defeat. Some of the millions may have landed on employer-based insurance and others may have become eligible under the expanded Medicaid program, but there are evidently many people who do not have coverage today because of the law.
[Deadline: ObamaCare enrollees have until Jan. 10 to pay premiums for coverage...",right
8948,Obamacare Starts Rollout,['Healthcare'],Health Law's Uneasy Launch,Wall Street Journal (News),"Nearly four years after President Barack Obama signed his health initiative into law, the Affordable Care Act is officially reshaping America's $2.75 trillion health-care system.
A survivor of bare-knuckle political fights, a U.S. Supreme Court challenge and a technologically disastrous rollout, the law now faces a fundamental test: Can its mix of government subsidies and market-based competition extend health insurance to millions of people whose medical conditions, income level or personal choice left them without it?",center
8949,Obamacare Starts Rollout,['Healthcare'],Health Law Challenge Opens Up New Front,New York Times (News),"In temporarily blocking enforcement of the part of President Obama’s health care law that requires many employers to provide health insurance coverage for birth control or face penalties, Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday opened a second front in Supreme Court challenges to the provision.",left
8950,Jan. 6 Hearing Focuses on Extremist Groups,"['Donald Trump', 'Politics', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Twitter', 'Pat Cipollone', 'Cassidy Hutchinson', 'Proud Boys', 'Oath Keepers', 'Militias', 'Sidney Powell', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Violence In America']",'Call to arms': Jan. 6 panel argues Trump summoned the violent extremists,NBC News (Online),"The day after an explosive Oval Office meeting in which a motley crew of outside advisers clashed with White House lawyers over a plan to seize voting machines, then-President Donald Trump turned his focus to riling up his supporters for the Jan. 6 push to stop the counting of electoral votes, according to evidence presented in Tuesday's House committee hearing.
Two longtime Trump advisers, Michael Flynn and Roger Stone, were in contact with leaders of the violent extremist groups The Proud Boys and The Oath Keepers, according to text messages and...",left
8951,Jan. 6 Hearing Focuses on Extremist Groups,"['Donald Trump', 'Politics', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Twitter', 'Pat Cipollone', 'Cassidy Hutchinson', 'Proud Boys', 'Oath Keepers', 'Militias', 'Sidney Powell', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Violence In America']",Trump sought to name Sidney Powell as White House special counsel to seize voting machines,Washington Times,"President Trump‘s proposal to appoint conservative attorney Sidney Powell as a special counsel to investigate voting fraud in the 2020 election culminated in a profane screaming match between Trump loyalists and White House advisers who opposed the plan, witnesses told the Jan. 6 committee on Tuesday.
Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone was shown in video testimony saying he was “vehemently opposed” to having Ms. Powell appointed to any position in the White House.",right
8952,Jan. 6 Hearing Focuses on Extremist Groups,"['Donald Trump', 'Politics', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Twitter', 'Pat Cipollone', 'Cassidy Hutchinson', 'Proud Boys', 'Oath Keepers', 'Militias', 'Sidney Powell', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Violence In America']",Jan. 6 Hearing Describes Heated Argument in White House Over Election Fraud Claims,Wall Street Journal (News),"The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol played testimony describing a heated argument in which former President Donald Trump’s White House lawyers rejected claims of election fraud by Trump personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and other outside advisers.
The testimony came in the committee’s seventh hearing of the year, focusing on potential connections between Mr. Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election and far-right groups allegedly at the center of the day’s violence.",center
8953,"Castro, Dead at 90",['World'],Watch: Hundreds of Cuban Exiles Gather in Miami to Celebrate the Death of Castro,Townhall,"The Cuban exiles living in Miami, Florida were up late last night celebrating the death of their former Communist dictator, Fidel Castro. Fireworks, parades, and the popping of champagne bottles were seen and heard all throughout the night in Little Havana into Saturday morning.",right
8954,"Castro, Dead at 90",['World'],Fidel Castro: iconic revolutionary and longtime American nemesis,Christian Science Monitor,"He was a revolutionary and a liberator: delivering his island nation from the colonial powers and mafia dons that ruled over it from the 16th century halfway into the 20th, and inspiring other independence movements in Latin America and Africa.",center
8955,"Castro, Dead at 90",['World'],"In Havana, Castro’s Death Lays Bare a Generation Gap",New York Times (News),"The nightclubs shut down early and the young people, dressed for a night out, spilled into the darkened streets.
Some had already been told the news, called by loved ones watching state television at home. Some were just finding out, their cellphones pressed to their ears as they absorbed what happened.
Others still did not know — Fidel Castro had died.",left
8956,FBI to investigate IRS,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",FBI Launches Probe of IRS,Wall Street Journal (News),"Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday the Justice Department has opened a criminal probe of the Internal Revenue Service's treatment of tea-party groups, while an investigative report blamed the agency's managers for allowing the practices to continue for more than 18 months.",center
8957,FBI to investigate IRS,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Senate Leaders Say Congress Able to Handle IRS Probe,Newsmax (News),"U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that Congress is ""fully capable"" of handling by itself an investigation of the Internal Revenue Service.",right
8958,FBI to investigate IRS,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",FBI to Investigate IRS Targeting of Tea Party Groups,ABC News (Online),Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday that he had ordered an FBI investigation to determine whether the Internal Revenue Service broke any laws when it targeted conservative groups for closer scrutiny of their tax-exempt status.,left
8959,"US Adds 559,000 Jobs in May; Unemployment Drops to 5.8%","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Labor']","US adds 559,000 jobs in May as fears of hiring slowdown fade",The Guardian,"The US added 559,000 jobs in May as the coronavirus pandemic receded, shaking off fears of a substantial slowdown in hiring after April’s disappointing monthly report.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday that the unemployment rate had fallen to 5.8% from 6.1% in April, still significantly higher than the 3.8% unemployment rate recorded in February 2020 before Covid 19 hit the US but less than half its 14.8% peak in April last year.
The news comes one month after the labor department shocked economists by announcing the US had...",left
8960,"US Adds 559,000 Jobs in May; Unemployment Drops to 5.8%","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Labor']",Job creation accelerated in May but still below lofty expectations,CNBC,"Job creation disappointed again in May, with nonfarm payrolls up what normally would be considered a solid 559,000 but still short of lofty expectations, the Labor Department reported Friday.
Payrolls were expected to increase by 671,000, according to economists surveyed by Dow Jones.
The unemployment rate fell to 5.8% from 6.1%, which was better than the estimate of 5.9%. An alternative measure of unemployment that includes discouraged workers and those holding parttime jobs for economic reasons edged lower to 10.2%.
May’s letdown came after April sharply undershot expectations, with the...",center
8961,"US Adds 559,000 Jobs in May; Unemployment Drops to 5.8%","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Labor']","Stock futures rise after jobs data, unemployment rate dip",Fox News (Online News),"U.S. stock futures were modestly higher Friday morning as traders digested the May jobs report.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were higher by 75 points, or 0.22%, while S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures edged up 0.3% and 0.38%, respectively. 
May nonfarm payrolls showed the U.S. economy added 559,000 jobs last month, lighter than expected, as the unemployment rate slipped to 5.8%, a fresh pandemic low.  
In stocks, the E.U. and U.K. have opened an antitrust investigation into whether Facebook Inc. used its classified-ads service Marketplace to repurpose advertiser data for its own illegal...",right
8962,Hillary Keeps Iowa Guessing,['Politics'],Hillary Clinton Keeps Iowa Crowd Guessing About Her Presidential Plans,NPR (Online News),"Hillary Clinton, who has a huge lead in many early presidential polls, returned to Iowa on Sunday. The woman who says she has not yet decided on a 2016 presidential run appeared along with former President Bill Clinton in a state she has not visited since she lost the 2008 Iowa caucuses to Barack Obama.
Her speech at the annual steak fry hosted by U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, a must-attend event for state Democratic activists, revealed little about her intentions — but also did nothing to dampen the widespread belief...",left
8963,Hillary Keeps Iowa Guessing,['Politics'],"Hillary Clinton returns to Iowa, teases about 2016 White House ambitions",Washington Times,"Hillary Rodham Clinton parachuted into Iowa on Sunday, marking her first visit to the state that crippled her 2008 presidential campaign — sparking a feeding frenzy of speculation about what’s next for the former first lady.
Mrs. Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, headlined retiring Sen. Tom Harkin’s 37th annual steak fry in a grassy field in Indianola, where they were tracked by a media mob and celebrated the Iowa lawma",right
8964,Hillary Keeps Iowa Guessing,['Politics'],Bill and Hillary Clinton Sell Their Brand of Sizzle at a Steak Fry in Iowa,New York Times (News),"It was a preview of coming distractions.
When Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton decided to return to the state where her presidential ambitions first came undone six years ago, the idea was that they would remind Democratic activists about the importance of the midterm elections and honor their host, Senator Tom Harkin, Democrat of Iowa, who is retiring from Congress and held his final steak fry fund-raiser here Sunday. And that was what transpired, in part, on a sun-splashed day on a balloon field here, just south of Des Moines....",left
8965,NATO Summit Opens,['World'],Trump Nato: New war of words with Merkel,BBC News,"US President Donald Trump has clashed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel over Russian influence and defence spending, ahead of a Nato summit.",center
8966,NATO Summit Opens,['World'],"Trump opens NATO summit with blistering criticism of Germany, labels allies 'delinquent'",CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump came out brawling in his first public comments here ahead of NATO's annual summit, accusing a close US ally of being ""a captive of Russia,"" calling members of the alliance ""delinquent"" in their defense spending and insisting they increase it ""immediately.""",left
8967,NATO Summit Opens,['World'],"OPINION: At the NATO summit, Trump is standing up for fair treatment for America",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump is in Europe, attending a two-day NATO summit in Belgium as part of a trip that will include meetings with British Prime Minister Theresa May and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The American political establishment has learned over the past 18 months that with President Trump in office, business as usual is over. The international political establishment is now finding this out as well.",right
8968,Insurers Want to Bypass Healthcare.gov,['Healthcare'],Ills of HealthCare.gov: Insurers say ObamaCare site producing flawed forms,Fox News (Online News),"So you think you've succeeded in making it through the ObamaCare website maze, and now you have health insurance? You might want to think again.
Despite the Obama administration's claim that HealthCare.gov is ""vastly improved,"" insurance companies are still grappling with error-riddled files fed to them from the flawed website. The lingering glitch could cause major problems weeks down the road, resulting in people thinking they've signed up when insurance companies have no record of them doing so.",right
8969,Insurers Want to Bypass Healthcare.gov,['Healthcare'],Insurers Seek to Bypass Health Site,Wall Street Journal (News),"Insurers and some states are continuing to look for ways to bypass the balky technology underpinning the health-care law despite the Obama administration's claim Sunday that it had made ""dramatic progress"" in fixing the federal insurance website.",center
8970,Insurers Want to Bypass Healthcare.gov,['Healthcare'],Insurers Claim Health Website Is Still Flawed,New York Times (News),Weeks of frantic technical work appear to have made the government’s health care website easier for consumers to use. But that does not mean everyone who signs up for insurance can enroll in a health plan.,left
8971,US Stays in Iran Nuclear Deal For Now,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']",Haley says U.S. to stay in Iran nuclear deal 'right now',Reuters,"The United States for the time being will stay in an international nuclear deal with Iran, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said on Sunday, adding that the Trump administration wanted to weigh a “proportionate” response to Tehran’s actions on the world stage.",center
8972,US Stays in Iran Nuclear Deal For Now,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']",Nikki Haley: U.S. to Stay in Iran Nuclear Deal While Aiming to ‘Make It Better’,Breitbart News,"The Times of Israel reports: The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said on Sunday that the US would “stay” in the Iranian nuclear agreement negotiated between the world powers, including the US, and Iran, but “aim to make it better.”",right
8973,US Stays in Iran Nuclear Deal For Now,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']","Trump takes hard line on Iran, but keeps Obama deal in place",ABC News (Online),"President Donald Trump slammed Iran Friday, calling the country a ""menace"" and announced new sanctions against its regime -- but did not take action to alter the Obama-era nuclear deal that he has denounced since his presidential campaign.
The deal, Trump said, is no longer in the national security interest of the United States. This decision, which has been referred to as “decertification,” is a shift in official position.
It is a significant declaration that leaves the nuclear agreement in place, but puts Congress in charge of whether or not...",left
8974,End of Transgender Bathroom Rule,['General News'],End of transgender bathroom rule gets conservative praise,Breitbart News,"Conservatives are praising the Trump administration’s rollback of public school bathroom requirements for transgender students, saying the move corrects a legal overreach by the Obama administration that is best left for states to decide. Transgender rights advocates, meanwhile, are vowing to overcome a major setback.",right
8975,End of Transgender Bathroom Rule,['General News'],Trump's reversal on transgender bathroom directive: How we got here,CNN (Online News),The Trump administration's reversal of Obama-era protections that allowed transgender students in public schools to use bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity has angered civil rights groups.,left
8976,End of Transgender Bathroom Rule,['General News'],"The short, troubled life of Obama’s transgender student protections",Washington Post,"Well-intended as they might have been, President Barack Obama’s protections for transgender students were on shaky ground from the get-go.",left
8977,Trump Criticized for Taking Question,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump Does Not Correct a Man Who Called Obama a Muslim,New York Times (News),"Donald Trump is not often criticized for remaining silent, but on Friday, other presidential candidates rebuked him for not correcting an apparent supporter who said Barack Obama was a Muslim who was not born in America.",left
8978,Trump Criticized for Taking Question,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump doesn't challenge anti-Muslim questioner at event,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump came under fire Thursday night for his handling of a question at a town hall about when the U.S. can ""get rid"" of Muslims, for failing to take issue with that premise and an assertion that President Barack Obama is Muslim.",left
8979,Trump Criticized for Taking Question,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump takes heat for not correcting man who called Obama Muslim, not American",Fox News (Online News),"Donald Trump is taking heat from both sides of the aisle after he declined Thursday to correct a questioner at a town hall event who incorrectly stated President Obama is Muslim, and ""not even an American.""",right
8980,Man Surrenders Peacefully After Bomb Threat Near Library of Congress,"['Violence In America', 'Polarization', 'Floyd Ray Roseberry', 'US Capitol', 'Washington D.C.']","Suspect who claimed to have a bomb has surrendered to authorities, sources say",CNN (Online News),"A suspect who claimed to have an explosive device in a truck near the US Capitol has surrendered to authorities, two law enforcement sources tell CNN.
The incident prompted multiple buildings in the area to be evacuated midday Thursday as authorities responded to an ""active bomb threat investigation,"" the US Capitol Police wrote on Twitter.
A man drove a black pickup truck onto the sidewalk in front of the Library of Congress at 9:15 a.m. ET, claiming he had a bomb and displayed what looked like a detonator to the officer on...",left
8981,Man Surrenders Peacefully After Bomb Threat Near Library of Congress,"['Violence In America', 'Polarization', 'Floyd Ray Roseberry', 'US Capitol', 'Washington D.C.']",Ray Roseberry: Facebook Live Video From Truck Near U.S. Capitol,Heavy.com,"Ray Roseberry was identified as the North Carolina man streaming on Facebook Live while talking about Joe Biden and revolution from a truck during an active bomb threat investigation near the Library of Congress.
You can watch the videos throughout this article. The Facebook page has now been taken down. His full name is Floyd Ray Roseberry, 49, from Grover, North Carolina, although he went by Ray Roseberry on Facebook. A photo from the scene showed that he threw money out of the pickup truck as parts of the Capitol complex were...",center
8982,Man Surrenders Peacefully After Bomb Threat Near Library of Congress,"['Violence In America', 'Polarization', 'Floyd Ray Roseberry', 'US Capitol', 'Washington D.C.']",US Capitol bomb threat suspect in custody hours after claiming to have 'explosives' near Library of Congress,Fox News (Online News),"The suspect who authorities say claimed to have a bomb in his pickup truck Thursday morning is in police custody hours after parking his vehicle in front of Washington, D.C.'s Library of Congress – prompting evacuations and lockdowns in the area, Fox News can confirm.
The suspect, identified as North Carolina resident Floyd Ray Roseberry from Grover, was taken into police custody at about 2:30 p.m. local time – more than five hours after police received a report of a suspicious vehicle parked in the area of Independence Avenue and First Street, sources...",right
8983,"Government Launches 'Disinformation Governance Board,' Irking Conservatives","['Free Speech', 'Misinformation And Disinformation', 'Defense And Security', 'Censorship', 'Role Of Government']",WH pick for Big Brother-like disinformation board spread lie about Hunter Biden laptop,New York Post (News),"Guess it takes one to know one?
President Biden’s pick to lead his Department of Homeland Security’s Big Brother-like Disinformation Governance Board has her own history of posting disinformation online.
Nina Jankowicz, who was a disinformation fellow at the Wilson Center, has repeatedly cast doubt on The Post’s reporting about Hunter Biden’s laptop.
During a series of live tweets during the presidential debate between Biden and Donald Trump in October 2020, Jankowicz had referenced the laptop.
“Back on the ‘laptop from hell,’ apparently—Biden notes 50 former natsec officials and 5 former...",right
8984,"Government Launches 'Disinformation Governance Board,' Irking Conservatives","['Free Speech', 'Misinformation And Disinformation', 'Defense And Security', 'Censorship', 'Role Of Government']","Disinformation board to tackle Russia, migrant smugglers",Associated Press,"The Department of Homeland Security is stepping up an effort to counter disinformation coming from Russia as well as misleading information that human smugglers circulate to target migrants hoping to travel to the U.S.-Mexico border.
“The spread of disinformation can affect border security, Americans’ safety during disasters, and public trust in our democratic institutions,” the department said in a statement Wednesday. It declined The Associated Press’ request for an interview.
A newly formed Disinformation Governance Board announced Wednesday will immediately begin focusing on misinformation aimed at migrants, a problem that has helped...",left
8985,"Government Launches 'Disinformation Governance Board,' Irking Conservatives","['Free Speech', 'Misinformation And Disinformation', 'Defense And Security', 'Censorship', 'Role Of Government']",DHS Standing Up Disinformation Governance Board Led by Information Warfare Expert,Homeland Security Today,"A new board at the Department of Homeland Security will focus on countering misinformation and disinformation, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told lawmakers today, with Wilson Center fellow Nina Jankowicz separately confirming that she would be executive director of the board.
During a hearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security to discuss the president’s fiscal year 2023 budget request, Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Ohio) stated that disinformation is a “huge threat to our homeland” and said Mayorkas has “noted that it’s a concern of yours at the border with...",left
8986,Darren Wilson Cleared,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",U.S. Won’t Charge Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Justice Department said it would not file federal civil-rights charges against the former Ferguson, Mo., police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teen last year, saying the U.S. couldn’t disprove the officer’s claims he fired because he feared for his safety.
At the same time, the Justice Department painted a damning portrait of widespread racial bias in the Ferguson police department, releasing a lengthy report",center
8987,Darren Wilson Cleared,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Darren Wilson Is Cleared of Rights Violations in Ferguson Shooting,New York Times (News),"Offering the most definitive account yet of the shooting of an unarmed black teenager that stirred racially charged protests across the country, the Justice Department has cleared a Ferguson, Mo., police officer of civil rights violations in the death last August of Michael Brown.
The decision, announced on Wednesday, ends a lengthy investigation into the shooting last August, in which the officer, Darren Wilson shot and killed Mr. Brown in the street as he tried to stop him for a possible theft. Several witnesses said Mr. Brown, 18, had his...",left
8988,Darren Wilson Cleared,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",DOJ will not prosecute former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson,Fox News (Online News),"The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it will not prosecute former Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of an unarmed black 18-year-old, while also releasing a report faulting the city and its law enforcement for racial bias.
In the criminal investigation, federal officials concluded Wilson's actions ""do not constitute prosecutable violations under the applicable federal criminal rights statute.""
Specifically, the DOJ said there was ""no evidence"" to disprove Wilson's testimon",right
8989,Paul Manafort Found Guilty on Eight Counts of Bank and Tax Fraud,['Politics'],Paul Manafort Convicted of Eight Counts of Fraud,Wall Street Journal (News),"Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was convicted Tuesday of eight charges related to tax and bank fraud, in the first trial to stem from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.",center
8990,Paul Manafort Found Guilty on Eight Counts of Bank and Tax Fraud,['Politics'],"Manafort split verdict says nothing on Trump, Russia, and the 2016 election",Washington Examiner,What does the Paul Manafort divided verdict -- guilty on 8 fraud charges with a mistrial declared on the remaining 10 charges -- mean for the question of whether the Trump campaign conspired with Russia to fix the 2016 election?,right
8991,Paul Manafort Found Guilty on Eight Counts of Bank and Tax Fraud,['Politics'],"It could be Trump’s worst day, ever: Manafort guilty on eight counts",Jennifer Rubin,"The handwriting was on the wall — or rather, on a note from the Paul Manafort jury to U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis at approximately 11 a.m. inquiring what the jury should do if it could not reach a decision on “a single count.” When the verdict finally came in, the jury was hung on 10 counts but convicted on the remaining eight counts relating to tax and bank fraud.",left
8992,Predictions for the Midterm Elections,['Elections'],"Democrats poised to take the House, GOP likely retains control in Senate",CNN (Online News),"We'll be letting you know, based on our data analysis, who is favored to win and lose in House and Senate races through the election. We'll be aggregating those individual estimates to forecast who has the best chance of controlling the House and Senate. These forecasts will be updated at least daily, so check back often!",left
8993,Predictions for the Midterm Elections,['Elections'],OPINION: Why the Senate Will Probably Stay Red,Guest Writer - Right,Senatorial elections are staggered in groups for a reason.,right
8994,Predictions for the Midterm Elections,['Elections'],Republicans see silver linings in deep-blue states,The Hill,"At a moment when Republicans are bracing for the growing possibility that they lose control of the House of Representatives, party strategists are holding out hope that their side can make gains down the ballot – even in some of the bluest states in the country.",center
8995,GOP Support of Oklahoma Aid,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']","After Tornado, Oklahoma Senators Grapple With Past Disaster Aid Opposition",ABC News (Online),"Lawmakers have pledged to send aid to tornado-devastated Oklahoma quickly, but the state's Republican lawmakers -- six of whom voted against disaster aid after Superstorm Sandy -- may be forced to reckon with their past votes against emergency disaster funding.",left
8996,GOP Support of Oklahoma Aid,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Boehner: Obama admin will get what it needs for Oklahoma,Washington Times,House Speaker John A. Boehner said repeatedly on Tuesday that he will work with the Obama administration to make sure that it has the resources it needs to support Oklahoma in the wake of the deadly tornado that swept through the state Monday.,right
8997,GOP Support of Oklahoma Aid,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Oklahoma's GOP Senators Find Themselves In Tornado Aid Bind,NPR (Online News),Sens. Tom Coburn and James Inhofe have become the faces of pushback on federal emergency spending. Now the deadly and devastating tornado in their home state has put them in an awkward position.,left
8998,Rick Perry Deletes Tweet,['Politics'],Rick Perry deletes ‘drunk’ DA tweet,Politico,"Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s Twitter account posted — and then quickly deleted — a tweet that characterized a district attorney with whom the governor is in a dispute as the “most drunk Democrat in Texas,” according to a report.
A picture of Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg, modeled after Dos Equis’ “Most Interesting Man in the World” ad campaign, was tweeted from the verified “@GovernorPerry” account on Sunday. “I don’t always drive drunk at 3x the legal blood alcohol limit… …but when I do, I indict Gov. Perry...",left
8999,Rick Perry Deletes Tweet,['Politics'],Rick Perry says disparaging tweet about DA unauthorized,Washington Times,"Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry says a disparaging tweet from his personal account about the Democratic district attorney he’s charged with unlawfully trying to oust was unauthorized.
A tweet from Perry’s account Sunday, after the other post was deleted, said he does “not condone the tweet.” The tweets were sent from Perry’s verified account, but it was unclear who does the actual posting for the feed. Perry aides did not immediately return messages.
The earlier tweet linked to an unflattering mock image of Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg, who...",right
9000,Rick Perry Deletes Tweet,['Politics'],Rick Perry makes a Twitter ‘oops’,Washington Post,"On Sunday night, Texas Gov. Rick Perry tweeted this image out from his personal @governorperry Twitter account accompanied by the text ""A2"":",left
9001,Trump's National Security Advisor Tests Positive for COVID-19,"['White House', 'Coronavirus Testing', ""Robert O'Brien"", 'Coronavirus']",National security adviser Robert O'Brien tests positive for Covid-19,Politico,"Robert O’Brien, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, has tested positive for Covid-19, making him the highest profile Trump official to get the virus, an administration official confirmed.
It’s unclear how O’Brien was exposed to the coronavirus or how much in-person contact he’s had recently with Trump. Anyone who is near the president is tested regularly for the disease.
According to a White House statement, O’Brien “has mild symptoms and has been self-isolating and working from a secure location off site. There is no risk of exposure to the president...",left
9002,Trump's National Security Advisor Tests Positive for COVID-19,"['White House', 'Coronavirus Testing', ""Robert O'Brien"", 'Coronavirus']",Trump national security advisor Robert O’Brien tests positive for coronavirus,CNBC,"President Donald Trump’s national security advisor Robert O’Brien has tested positive for the coronavirus.
O’Brien has “mild symptoms and has been self-isolating and working from a secure location off site,” the White House said in a statement Monday.
“There is no risk of exposure to the President or the Vice President. The work of the National Security Council continues uninterrupted,” the White House said.
O’Brien, 54, is among the highest-ranking members in Trump’s orbit reported to have come down with the coronavirus.
But other administration officials have previously been diagnosed...",center
9003,Trump's National Security Advisor Tests Positive for COVID-19,"['White House', 'Coronavirus Testing', ""Robert O'Brien"", 'Coronavirus']",National security adviser Robert O'Brien tests positive for coronavirus,Washington Examiner,"National security adviser Robert O'Brien has tested positive for the coronavirus.
O’Brien ""tested positive for COVID-19. He has mild symptoms and has been self-isolating and working from a secure location off site. There is no risk of exposure to the President or the Vice President. The work of the National Security Council continues uninterrupted,” the White House said in a statement on Monday.
The White House official contracted the virus while attending a family event, sources told Bloomberg News.
O'Brien recently returned from Europe, where he and his top deputy...",right
9004,Hockey Commentator Don Cherry Fired After Criticizing Those Who Don't Honor Veterans,"['Cancel Culture', 'Culture', 'Culture War', 'Immigrants', 'Free Speech', 'Don Cherry', 'Sports']","Don Cherry, a Hockey Institution in Canada, Is Fired After Divisive Comments",New York Times (News),"Don Cherry, the colorfully dressed fixture of “Hockey Night in Canada” broadcasts, was fired on Monday after on-air comments that were widely viewed as a racist attack on the patriotism of immigrants.
“Following further discussions with Don Cherry after Saturday night’s broadcast, it has been decided it is the right time for him to immediately step down,” Bart Yabsley, the president of the cable channel Sportsnet, said in a statement.",left
9005,Hockey Commentator Don Cherry Fired After Criticizing Those Who Don't Honor Veterans,"['Cancel Culture', 'Culture', 'Culture War', 'Immigrants', 'Free Speech', 'Don Cherry', 'Sports']",BREAKING: Don Cherry fired from Sportsnet,The Post Millennial,"Longtime legendary TV personality Don Cherry has been fired by Sportsnet, first reported by the Toronto Sun‘s Joe Warmington.
Cherry triggered outrage on Twitter, with many accusing of him racism, when he said immigrants should honour those who fought for our freedom and way of life they came here to enjoy:
“You people love—they come here whatever it is—you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey, at least you can pay a couple of bucks...",right
9006,Hockey Commentator Don Cherry Fired After Criticizing Those Who Don't Honor Veterans,"['Cancel Culture', 'Culture', 'Culture War', 'Immigrants', 'Free Speech', 'Don Cherry', 'Sports']",Hockey commentator Don Cherry fired for rant over immigrants,Associated Press,"TORONTO (AP) — Don Cherry, Canada’s most polarizing, flamboyant and opinionated hockey commentator, was fired Monday for calling immigrants “you people” in a television rant in which he said new immigrants are not honoring the country’s fallen soldiers.
Rogers Sportsnet President Bart Yabsley announced the decision following discussions with the 85-year-old broadcaster.
“It has been decided it is the right time for him to immediately step down,” Yabsley said in a statement. “During the broadcast, he made divisive remarks that do not represent our values or what we stand for.”",left
9007,The Aftermath of the Wall Street GameStop Saga,"['Business', 'Wall Street', 'Stocks', 'Stock Market', 'Gamestop', 'Gamestop Saga']",GameStop’s stupefying stock rise doesn’t hide its reality,Associated Press,"Behind GameStop’s stock surge is the grim reality of its prospects: The video game retailer is floundering even as the industry around it is booming.
GameStop has been swept up in a battle between big-moneyed hedge funds betting against it and small investors trying to prop it up. That has caused GameStop’s share price to soar despite the shaky financials underneath.
Flailing companies like AMC Entertainment and American Airlines have likewise enjoyed a stock surge, but GameStop has been the primary battleground between the Davids and the Goliaths. Shares rocketed...",left
9008,The Aftermath of the Wall Street GameStop Saga,"['Business', 'Wall Street', 'Stocks', 'Stock Market', 'Gamestop', 'Gamestop Saga']",Robinhood Faces 30 Lawsuits Across Several States After Restricting Trading,The Daily Caller,"Investment app Robinhood is facing 30 lawsuits after restricting the trading of certain stocks, court records show, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Investors have filed lawsuits in federal courts across several states, including New Jersey, Florida, California, Texas, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The complaints allege that the company breached its contract when it restricted the trade of some stocks on its app. Reddit users on r/WallStreetBets drove up the price of Gamestop over 600% after discovering that the stock had been heavily shorted by hedge funds, meaning...",right
9009,The Aftermath of the Wall Street GameStop Saga,"['Business', 'Wall Street', 'Stocks', 'Stock Market', 'Gamestop', 'Gamestop Saga']",GameStop frenzy leaves behind a mess for Wall Street regulators,Washington Post,"Long before an army of small investors buying shares of GameStop shocked Wall Street, regulators saw the need for a clearer, real-time view of the trillions of dollars that sloshed through the markets each day.
In May 2010, a trader in London using an algorithm to manipulate a futures market helped trigger a chain reaction that wiped 9 percent off the Dow Jones industrial average in minutes. The market quickly recovered. But that “flash crash” underscored regulators’ urgent need for a tool that would allow them to pinpoint who was...",left
9010,"Biden Announces Executive Actions on Climate Change, Stops Short of Declaring Emergency","['Climate Change', 'Joe Biden', 'Sustainability', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Energy', 'Renewable Energy', 'Environment', 'Heat Waves', 'Droughts', 'Wildfires', 'Massachusetts', 'Wind Energy', 'Joe Manchin']","Biden labels climate change an ‘emergency,’ stopping short of declaration",The Hill,"President Biden labeled climate change as an “emergency” on Wednesday but stopped short of declaring a national emergency following pressure from climate advocates. 
In a speech at a former coal plant in Somerset, Mass., Biden also pledged to take action to combat the threat of climate change after congressional action stalled. ",center
9011,"Biden Announces Executive Actions on Climate Change, Stops Short of Declaring Emergency","['Climate Change', 'Joe Biden', 'Sustainability', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Energy', 'Renewable Energy', 'Environment', 'Heat Waves', 'Droughts', 'Wildfires', 'Massachusetts', 'Wind Energy', 'Joe Manchin']",Biden spews CO2 on trip to Massachusetts for speech on climate change,New York Post (News),"President Biden traveled to Massachusetts on Air Force One Wednesday to speak about the “climate crisis” linked to use of fossil fuels — pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere in the process.
With the presidential aircraft scheduled to land in Warwick, Rhode Island, Biden will then join a largely gasoline-powered motorcade to travel 25 miles to Brayton Point Power Station — a onetime coal-burning plant that is being refurbished to support offshore windmill-generated energy — in Somerset, Mass.",right
9012,"Biden Announces Executive Actions on Climate Change, Stops Short of Declaring Emergency","['Climate Change', 'Joe Biden', 'Sustainability', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Energy', 'Renewable Energy', 'Environment', 'Heat Waves', 'Droughts', 'Wildfires', 'Massachusetts', 'Wind Energy', 'Joe Manchin']","Facing legislative failure, Biden announces incremental climate initiatives",NPR (Online News),"As President Biden's climate ambitions continue to languish in the Senate, he traveled to the site of a former coal power plant in Massachusetts to announce new funding designed to help communities bear extreme heat, as well as tout the country's developing offshore wind industry.
""As president, I have the responsibility to act with urgency and resolve when our nation faces clear and present danger. And that's what climate change is about,"" Biden said. ""It is literally — not figuratively — a clear and present danger.""",left
9013,"Arrests Made in Portland and Seattle on Inauguration Day for Violence, Property Damage","['Violence In America', 'Portland', 'Seattle', 'Immigration']","Portland Rioters Attack ICE Building, Local Dem Headquarters after Biden Inauguration",National Review,"Portland, Ore., Police declared an unlawful assembly Wednesday night after roughly 150 rioters damaged a federal immigration facility in the city, authorities said.
Rioters threw rocks and eggs and vandalized the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building, Portland police Sgt. Kevin Allen said Wednesday night, adding that some were seen carrying pepper ball guns, electronic control weapons, shields, fireworks and rocks.
“We have observed property damage to the building,” the Portland Police Bureau wrote on Twitter. “Anyone who is involved in criminal behavior including: vandalism and graffitting is subject to arrest...",right
9014,"Arrests Made in Portland and Seattle on Inauguration Day for Violence, Property Damage","['Violence In America', 'Portland', 'Seattle', 'Immigration']","Portland police arrest 8 after rioters damage Democratic Party office, ICE facility following Biden's inauguration",ABC News (Online),"At least eight people were arrested in Portland on Wednesday after rioters damaged both federal and private property, police said.
Dozens of protesters took to the streets of Oregon's largest city following the inauguration of President Joe Biden. Some people were seen carrying Black Lives Matter signs, while others held banners with anti-Biden or anti-police slogans.
Although the demonstrations were largely peaceful, two protest events resulted in property damage and arrests, according to the Portland Police Bureau.
A crowd of about 150 people gathered at Revolution Hall, a music venue...",left
9015,"Arrests Made in Portland and Seattle on Inauguration Day for Violence, Property Damage","['Violence In America', 'Portland', 'Seattle', 'Immigration']","Protesters clash with police, feds during Inauguration Day march, ‘Abolish ICE’ protest",The Oregonian,"Oregonians marked President Joe Biden’s first day in office Wednesday with celebrations and protests of the nation’s 46th president.
Fears of armed riots in Oregon’s capital never materialized amid heightened law enforcement presence and the fortification of buildings including the Capitol.
Yet protests continued to unfold late Wednesday in Portland as demonstrators pushed for more rapid policy changes than what Biden has promised.
On Wednesday night, a crowd of at least 100 gathered in South Portland’s Elizabeth Caruthers Park with plans to march to a nearby Immigrations and Customs Enforcement...",center
9016,New York Becomes First Major US City to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccination for Most Indoor Activities,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'New York', 'New York City', 'Bill De Blasio', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'Vaccine Passports', 'Vaccine Mandates']","First in the nation, NYC to mandate proof of COVID vaccination for most indoor activities",New York Daily News,"Anyone who wants to dine, drink, exercise or enjoy a live performance indoors in New York City will soon have to show proof of coronavirus vaccination or be denied entry, Mayor de Blasio announced Tuesday in his most aggressive push yet to jack up the city’s flagging immunization rates.
The requirement, which mirrors mandates on leisure activities enforced in some European countries, is presumed to be the first-of-its-kind in the U.S. and comes as the Big Apple is seeing a delta-variant driven surge in new COVID-19 infections.",left
9017,New York Becomes First Major US City to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccination for Most Indoor Activities,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'New York', 'New York City', 'Bill De Blasio', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'Vaccine Passports', 'Vaccine Mandates']",New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will mandate Covid vaccines for certain indoor activities,CNBC,"New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio mandated inoculations for a range of indoor venues at a news conference Tuesday morning, requiring proof of Covid vaccinations from employees and customers of indoor eateries, gyms and entertainment centers.
The order goes into effect Aug. 16, with full enforcement beginning Sept. 13. De Blasio said the mandate, known as the Key to NYC Pass, would encourage increased immunizations to combat the spread of the delta coronavirus variant.
“When you hear those words, I want you to imagine the notion that, because someone’s vaccinated, they...",center
9018,New York Becomes First Major US City to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccination for Most Indoor Activities,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'New York', 'New York City', 'Bill De Blasio', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'Vaccine Passports', 'Vaccine Mandates']","NYC to be first in nation to require proof of vaccination for indoor restaurants, gyms, shows",Fox Business,"New York City residents and visitors will be required to show proof of vaccination for indoor dining, gyms, and shows, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday.
The mayor is calling the city's vaccine passport the ""Key to NYC Pass.""
""This is a miraculous place, literally filled with wonders,"" de Blasio said of the city. ""If you’re vaccinated, that’s gonna open up to you, you can open the door. If you’re unvaccinated you will not be able to participate in many things. It’s time for people to see vaccination as necessary...",right
9019,Should More Justices be Added to the Supreme Court?,"['Supreme Court', 'Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Justice', 'Courts', 'Politics', 'Court Packing']",Joe Biden Clashes With Progressives Over Supreme Court Expansion,Newsweek,"The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday has prompted calls to reform the nation's highest court to ensure that its decisions are fair and balanced.
Some Democrats favor expanding the number of seats in the court to restore what many Americans say is a loss of legitimacy. Although the court currently has a conservative majority of 6-3, President Joe Biden has said that he doesn't support the expansion of the number of judges.
There's no legal requirement for the Supreme Court to be composed of nine justices and the size of...",center
9020,Should More Justices be Added to the Supreme Court?,"['Supreme Court', 'Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Justice', 'Courts', 'Politics', 'Court Packing']",Any Institution the Left Doesn’t Control They Seek to Destroy,The Daily Signal,"From overturning Roe v. Wade to supporting the Second Amendment and maintaining religious liberty, the Supreme Court’s recent decisions have put the left in a sour mood.
The left certainly hasn’t taken the news well.
Despite the left’s obsession with the notion that the right is all about “undermining democracy,” the left has shown little trepidation in demanding we lay waste to republican institutions that stand in opposition to its agenda.
Pleas for “court packing” from Democrats have been building for a while. Undoubtedly, those calls will become louder now, despite caution from the Biden administration. The latter hasn’t stopped...",right
9021,Should More Justices be Added to the Supreme Court?,"['Supreme Court', 'Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Justice', 'Courts', 'Politics', 'Court Packing']",Republicans have hijacked the US supreme court. It’s time to expand it,The Guardian,"When the US supreme court this week radically expanded the second amendment and declared most any restrictions on guns to be presumptively unconstitutional, then overturned five decades of reproductive rights and created a likely desert for abortion access all the way from Idaho to Florida, America’s grim new reality became painfully clear.
An extreme conservative majority holds absolute control over the court. They will likely hold this power for multiple generations. They intend to use it to impose a far-right vision that most Americans oppose, twisting the rule of law into whatever...",left
9022,Flynn Under Investigation for Plan to Kidnap Turkish Dissident,"['White House', 'Politics']",Ex- Trump aide Flynn investigated over plot to kidnap Turkish dissident – report,The Guardian,"Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, is under investigation for involvement in an alleged plot to kidnap a Turkish dissident cleric living in the US and fly him to an island prison in Turkey in return for $15m, it was reported on Friday.",left
9023,Flynn Under Investigation for Plan to Kidnap Turkish Dissident,"['White House', 'Politics']",Mueller Probes Flynn’s Role in Alleged Plan to Deliver Cleric to Turkey,Wall Street Journal (News),"Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating an alleged plan involving former White House national security adviser Mike Flynn to forcibly remove a Muslim cleric living in the U.S. and deliver him to Turkey in return for millions of dollars, according to people familiar with the investigation.",center
9024,Flynn Under Investigation for Plan to Kidnap Turkish Dissident,"['White House', 'Politics']",Mueller Probing Flynn Meeting With Veteran GOP Lawmaker,The Daily Caller,"Special counsel Robert Mueller is questioning witnesses about a September 2016 meeting between former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and GOP Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, in connection with his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.",right
9025,Lawmakers React to U.S. Killing of Iranian General,"['Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'Iran', 'Qasem Soleimani', 'Foreign Policy', 'Middle East']",Trump steamrolls Congress as Iran fight escalates,Politico,"President Donald Trump’s decision to kill a top Iranian commander marks his most unabashed move yet to steamroll Congress on matters of war and peace.
Yet the powerlessness of Capitol Hill is of lawmakers’ own making.
Despite a concerted push from Democrats and a handful of Republicans to reassert congressional authority when it comes to military action abroad, Congress has done little to restrain Trump — or many presidents before him.
The White House gave zero notice to key congressional leaders about the U.S. drone strike on Qassem Soleimani, who...",left
9026,Lawmakers React to U.S. Killing of Iranian General,"['Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'Iran', 'Qasem Soleimani', 'Foreign Policy', 'Middle East']","Schumer: Trump failed to alert top House, Senate leaders on Iran attack",The Hill,"Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) on Friday knocked President Trump over a military strike that killed a senior Iranian military official, saying Trump failed to alert top lawmakers in the House and Senate before the move, which has led to a dramatic escalation in tensions with Tehran.
Schumer said Trump did not alert the Gang of Eight — the top four leaders in Congress and the top four lawmakers on the Senate and House Intelligence committees — ahead of the strike. He said that the nation’s Founding Fathers gave...",center
9027,Lawmakers React to U.S. Killing of Iranian General,"['Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'Iran', 'Qasem Soleimani', 'Foreign Policy', 'Middle East']",Ilhan Omar ‘outraged the president would assassinate a foreign official’,Washington Examiner,"A day after saying Congress must ""step in and stop"" President Trump after he instructed U.S. forces to kill top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al Muhandis, Rep. Ilhan Omar said she was ""outraged the president would assassinate a foreign official.""
Responding to a tweet from Sen. Ted Cruz that called Soleimani a ""terrorist,"" Omar, 38, used the word ""foreign official"" to describe one of America's top adversaries.
""We are outraged the president would assassinate a foreign official, possibly setting off another war without Congressional...",right
9028,How to debate Donald Trump,[],How in the world do you debate Donald Trump? Here’s what the experts prescribe.,Washington Post,"Donald Trump is an unusual presence on the presidential debate stage. And it's not just because he's a businessman and untested politician who happens to be in the lead. It's also because he's, well, Donald Trump. His rhetorical devices, use of hyperbole, looseness with the facts and bravado simply cannot be compared to any recent presidential hopefuls.",left
9029,How to debate Donald Trump,[],"For first debate, how do you solve a problem like Donald Trump?",Christian Science Monitor,"Before the highly-anticipated first GOP debate Thursday night in Cleveland, Donald Trump – the party's wild card candidate who has made headlines for his campaign antics, like giving out a rival's phone number, suggesting Mexican immigrants are ""rapists"" and ""criminals,"" and calling Arizona Sen. John McCain a ""dummy"" – has promised to be civil.",center
9030,How to debate Donald Trump,[],OPINION: Which Donald Trump Will Debate?,Guest Writer - Right,"Which Donald J. Trump will show up at Thursday night’s Republican debate in Cleveland?
There’s the Trump who calls the other GOP candidates “clowns” and responds to criticism with schoolyard insults. Then there’s the Trump who last week tweeted about the coming debate: “it is certainly my intention to be very nice & highly respectful of the other candidates.”",right
9031,The Divided Effort for Additional Coronavirus Relief,"['Coronavirus', 'Polarization', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Economic Policy']",What's on the table in pandemic relief talks,Washington Examiner,"President Trump and Senate Republicans are beginning negotiations with House Democrats on a new round of pandemic fiscal relief. Here are some of the major policies under consideration:
Payroll tax cut
Trump strongly supports providing a payroll tax cut to workers and their employers, but the proposal is not popular with Senate Republicans or Democrats.
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows met with Senate Republicans on Tuesday and said the president is committed to including the payroll tax cut in the next relief bill despite the opposition in the...",right
9032,The Divided Effort for Additional Coronavirus Relief,"['Coronavirus', 'Polarization', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Economic Policy']",White House and GOP struggle to unite around virus relief plan,Politico,"Senate Republicans and the White House remain plagued by deep ideological divides over major elements of the next coronavirus relief package, creating an opening for Democrats as the pace of negotiations accelerates.
With coronavirus cases soaring across the country, the U.S. economy in near tatters, and elections just over 100 days away, senior White House officials and the Senate GOP leadership have yet to find agreement on big portions of the soon-to-be-released Republican proposal. They’re still undecided on whether to propose a payroll tax cut or how to respond to...",left
9033,The Divided Effort for Additional Coronavirus Relief,"['Coronavirus', 'Polarization', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Economic Policy']",What Democrats and Republicans want in the next coronavirus relief package,Reuters,"Republicans and Democrats in Congress aim to pass a fourth coronavirus aid package before the end of the month, but they will have to overcome significant differences.
The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed a $3.4 trillion virus relief bill in May. Republicans who control the Senate are expected to unveil a package later this week that will cost closer to $1 trillion, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday. Republican President Donald Trump’s administration has weighed in with its own ideas as well.
As negotiations begin, here is where...",center
9034,"John McCain Announces Senate Retirement, Offers Thoughts on Political Climate",['Politics'],John McCain Makes An Appeal For Civility And Humility,NPR (Online News),"While Washington is consumed with the aftermath of yet another biting comedian performance at a White House Correspondents Association dinner, answers on bridging the political divide seem harder to come by.",left
9035,"John McCain Announces Senate Retirement, Offers Thoughts on Political Climate",['Politics'],John McCain: Cancer diagnosis makes me freer to speak my mind,Washington Examiner,"Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., says his brain cancer diagnosis has given him a sense of freedom to speak his mind in what is his final term in the Senate.",right
9036,"John McCain Announces Senate Retirement, Offers Thoughts on Political Climate",['Politics'],"Sen. John McCain speaks his mind, criticizes President Trump in new memoir",New York Daily News,Sen. John McCain is dropping any sense of pretense regarding his relationship with President Trump in his forthcoming new memoir.,left
9037,Water Crisis in Flint,['Environment'],Obama Declares Emergency in Flint,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama on Saturday declared a federal emergency in Michigan, freeing up federal aid to help with the water crisis in the city of Flint.
The declaration means the federal government will pick up 75% of the cost of bottled water, filters, cartridges and other supplies, up to $5 million, state and federal officials said. If the $5 million is exhaus",center
9038,Water Crisis in Flint,['Environment'],"President Obama, Please Come to Flint",HuffPost,"Dear President Obama,
I am writing this to you from the place where I was born -- Flint, Michigan. Please consider this personal appeal from me and the 102,000 citizens of the city of Flint who have been poisoned -- not by a mistake, not by a natural disaster, but by a governor and his administration who, to ""cut costs,"" took over the city of Flint from its duly elected leaders, unhooked the city from its fresh water supply of Lake Huron, and then mad",left
9039,Water Crisis in Flint,['Environment'],Bernie Sanders Calls for Resignation of Michigan Governor Following Lead-Poisoning Crisis,The Blaze,"As Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) calls for the Obama administration to declare the area of Flint a federal emergency, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is calling for Snyder’s resignation.
Residents of Flint, Michigan have been saddled with the contaminated water for the past couple of years. According to the New York Times, some 100,000 people have been unable to use tap water for cooking, bathing or drinking as the Nation",right
9040,Government Shutdown Resumes as Negotiations Continue,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Mulvaney: Saturday shutdown meeting 'did not make much progress',CNN (Online News),"Progress in talks to reopen the government remains at a standstill after Saturday's meeting with Trump administration officials and congressional staff, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Saturday.",left
9041,Government Shutdown Resumes as Negotiations Continue,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Mick Mulvaney: Trump Willing to Take Concrete Wall 'Off The Table',Newsmax (News),Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says President Donald Trump is willing to “take a concrete wall off the table” in negotiations with Democratic leaders over the shutdown.,right
9042,Government Shutdown Resumes as Negotiations Continue,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",White House Signals Flexibility on Concrete Border Wall,Wall Street Journal (News),Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says President Trump willing to accept a barrier made of steel,center
9043,Ukrainian Counter-Offensive Pushes Back Russian Forces,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Military', 'Europe']",Ukraine punches through Russian lines as surprise offensive retakes land in the east,NBC News (Online),"Ukrainian forces surged forward in the country's east Friday after punching through Russian defenses in a surprise counteroffensive that could prove a decisive turning point in the war.
Kyiv said its military had recaptured swaths of territory in a thrust centered on the region around Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city.
Officials shared a flood of images and videos from the region, with some verified by NBC News showing soldiers raising Ukrainian flags over once-occupied towns and villages or posing victoriously next to road signs. Others appeared to show troops being met...",left
9044,Ukrainian Counter-Offensive Pushes Back Russian Forces,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Military', 'Europe']",Ukraine’s one-two-punch counter-offensive catches Russians by surprise,New York Post (News),"Ukrainian forces surprised occupying Russians with a one-two punch Thursday, pushing deep into enemy territory to open a second front in Kyiv’s counterattack.
Ukrainian authorities announced the liberation of 20 villages in the northeast, outside Kharkiv, as the military pushed for the occupied city of Izyum — all while continuing a fierce fight for Kherson in the south.
Oleksiy Hromov, a deputy chief with the general staff of the armed forces of Ukraine, said Thursday that his nation’s forces — pushing toward the Donbas from Kharkiv — had penetrated more...",right
9045,Ukrainian Counter-Offensive Pushes Back Russian Forces,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Military', 'Europe']",Ukraine retakes territory in Kharkiv region as Russian front crumbles,Reuters,"Ukrainian forces have seized an expanding area of previously Russian-held territory in the east in a ""very sharp and rapid"" advance, a Russian-installed regional official said on Friday, in a breakthrough that may mark a turning point in the war.
After keeping silent for a day, Russia effectively acknowledged a section of its frontline had crumbled southeast of Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv.
""The enemy is being delayed as much as possible, but several settlements have already come under the control of Ukrainian armed formations,"" Vitaly Ganchev, head of the Russian-backed...",center
9046,"DOJ, Cleveland Police Reach Deal","['Justice Department', 'Justice']","Cleveland, DOJ set to announce changes in police force",CNN (Online News),"The city of Cleveland and Department of Justice will announce as soon as this week how they are moving forward on agreed changes to the city's police force, law enforcement officials tell CNN.
The consent decree is the next step after the city agreed to changes last year following a scathing report from DOJ investigators regarding patterns of civil rights violations and excessive force by the Cleveland police. It will mean years of court-supervised monitoring of the Cleveland Police Department.",left
9047,"DOJ, Cleveland Police Reach Deal","['Justice Department', 'Justice']","Cleveland, Justice Department Reach Policing Deal",Newsmax (News),"Cleveland has reached a settlement with the Department of Justice over a pattern of excessive force and civil rights violations by its police department, and it could be announced as soon as Tuesday, a senior federal law enforcement official said.
The official, who wasn't authorized to speak publicly about the settlement before the formal announcement, spoke Monday on the condition of anonymity.
News of the settlement came days after a white police officer was acquitted of manslaughter for firing the final 15 rounds of a 137-shot police barrage through the...",right
9048,"DOJ, Cleveland Police Reach Deal","['Justice Department', 'Justice']","Cleveland police are out of control, say the feds. Now they're making a deal to change.",Vox,"A brutal Justice Department report in December found Cleveland police officers used excessive deadly force, including shootings and head strikes with impact weapons; unnecessary, excessive, and retaliatory force, including Tasers, chemical sprays, and their fists; and excessive force against people with mental illness or in crisis, including one situation in which officers were called exclusively to check up on someone's well-being.
In one case, a police officer shot at an unarmed man wearing only boxer shorts as he was fleeing from armed assailants:",left
9049,House Passes Budget Deal,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Government Stays Open As Congress Advances Poison-Pill Spending Bill,HuffPost,"At least Democrats will have eggnog to wash down the poison pills they swallowed on Thursday as the House narrowly passed a government funding bill that will let Congress go home early for Christmas, and give Wall Street a fresh gift.",left
9050,House Passes Budget Deal,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Congress poised to end where it started,CNN (Online News),This Congress is going out just the way it began: in complete disarray.,left
9051,House Passes Budget Deal,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","House narrowly approves spending bill, legislation heads to Senate",Fox News (Online News),"The House narrowly approved a sweeping spending bill Thursday night despite deep misgivings among liberals and conservatives alike, sending the measure to the Senate as lawmakers averted a partial government shutdown.",right
9052,White House Legal Team Shake Up,['Healthcare'],Marc Kasowitz and Mark Corallo depart Trump's legal team,CBS News (Online),"There's been a shakeup in President Trump's legal team.
Marc Kasowitz is out as Mr. Trump's personal attorney, CBS News chief White House correspondent Major Garrett reports. And Kasowitz's spokesman, Mark Corallo, has resigned, Garrett says.",left
9053,White House Legal Team Shake Up,['Healthcare'],Role of Trump lawyer Kasowitz being reduced,Politico,"The role of President Trump's lawyer Marc Kasowitz's is being reduced, according to two people familiar with the matter, and he could depart the team entirely.",left
9054,White House Legal Team Shake Up,['Healthcare'],"Resignation, changes on Trump legal team",Fox News (Online News),"The spokesman for President Trump’s personal legal team resigned Thursday, as part of what may be a wave of changes for the president's inner circle.
The attorney who had been leading the charge for Trump's outside counsel team on the Russia investigation also will now take a lower-profile role.",right
9055,John McCain on Free Press,['Politics'],McCain Warns Suppressing Press ‘Is How Dictators Get Started’,NBC News (Online),"Republican Sen. John McCain took a veiled swipe at President Donald Trump's attacks on the media, cautioning that suppressing the press ""is how dictators get started.""
McCain, who has broken with Trump on several issues, made the comments in an exclusive interview with NBC's ""Meet the Press"" host Chuck Todd, after being asked about the president's condemnation of several media outlets as ""fake news"" and ""an enemy of the American people.""",left
9056,John McCain on Free Press,['Politics'],McCain: Dictators 'get started by suppressing free press',CNN (Online News),"Sen. John McCain slammed President Donald Trump's attacks on the media this week by noting dictators ""get started by suppressing free press.""
It was a startling observation from a sitting member of Congress against the President of the United States, especially considering McCain is a member of Trump's party.",left
9057,John McCain on Free Press,['Politics'],McCain defends the media in NBC interview,Fox News (Online News),"In an interview on NBC airing on Sunday, Senator John McCain defended the media, saying “we need a free press, we must have it.”
In an interview with NBC News' Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press” the Republican senator was asked to respond to President Trump’s tweet on Friday where he called many media outlets “the enemy of the American people.”",right
9058,Senate GOP Primary in Pennsylvania Too Close To Call,"['Elections', '2022 Elections', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election', 'Mehmet Oz', 'David McCormick']",Pennsylvania’s Senate GOP primary too close to call,Washington Times,"Former hedge fund CEO Dave McCormick and celebrity physician Mehmet Oz were nearly tied in Pennsylvania’s Republican Senate primary Tuesday night, and the race appeared headed for a recount.
Mr. McCormick appeared to supporters at his campaign headquarters near midnight and told them he expected to win, but not tonight.
“We’re gonna win this campaign,” he told the cheering crowd before telling them that there were still “tens of thousands” of early votes still to be counted, starting Wednesday.
”Unfortunately, we’re not gonna have a resolution tonight, but we see a path...",right
9059,Senate GOP Primary in Pennsylvania Too Close To Call,"['Elections', '2022 Elections', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election', 'Mehmet Oz', 'David McCormick']",The Hill’s Morning Report — Pennsylvania Senate race goes to overtime,The Hill,"Pennsylvania will have to wait a little longer to find out who the GOP’s Senate nominee will be this fall. Candidates Mehmet Oz and David McCormick todayare deadlocked in the Keystone State and the winner is pending as a potential recount looms. 
As of press time, Oz leads McCormick by a margin of 2,672 votes (0.2 percent) with 94 percent of precincts reported. Both campaigns told supporters late Tuesday night that they are standing by and awaiting a result.
“We’re not going to have a result tonight. … “When all the votes are tallied, I am...",center
9060,Senate GOP Primary in Pennsylvania Too Close To Call,"['Elections', '2022 Elections', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election', 'Mehmet Oz', 'David McCormick']","6 takeaways from primaries in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and more",CNN (Online News),"(CNN)Pennsylvania Republicans chose an election denier Tuesday as their candidate for governor in this year's midterm elections -- but appear to have rejected a far-right Senate contender.
As of early Wednesday, Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon endorsed by former President Donald Trump, and retired hedge fund executive David McCormick are locked in a neck-and-neck battle in the Republican Senate primary that could take days to sort out. Conservative Kathy Barnette, who many Republican officials worried would surge past Oz and McCormick despite concerns about her electability, was in third place.
The winner of...",left
9061,"Tension in First High-Level Meeting Between China, Biden Admin","['China', 'Foreign Policy', 'Domestic Policy', 'World', 'White House']",US official accuses China of 'grandstanding' in tense bilateral talks,Fox News (Online News),"A U.S. official accused Chinese leaders of ""grandstanding"" during contentious bilateral talks in Alaska Thursday, according to a report.
""The Chinese delegation ... seems to have arrived intent on grandstanding, focused on public theatrics and dramatics over substance,"" the official, who asked to remain anonymous, told reporters in Anchorage, according to Reuters. ""They made that clear by promptly violating protocol.""
He added that ""exaggerated diplomatic presentations often are aimed at a domestic audience.""
The official said the two sides had agreed on two-minute opening statements that ended up...",right
9062,"Tension in First High-Level Meeting Between China, Biden Admin","['China', 'Foreign Policy', 'Domestic Policy', 'World', 'White House']",US and China trade angry words at high-level Alaska talks,BBC News,"US and Chinese officials have exchanged sharp rebukes in the first high-level talks between the Biden administration and China, taking place in Alaska.
Chinese officials accused the US of inciting countries ""to attack China"", while the US said China had ""arrived intent on grandstanding"".
Relations between the two superpowers are at their most strained for years.
The US pledged to raise contentious issues such as Beijing's treatment of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang.
The ill-tempered talks in Anchorage involved Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on...",center
9063,"Tension in First High-Level Meeting Between China, Biden Admin","['China', 'Foreign Policy', 'Domestic Policy', 'World', 'White House']","Sparks fly in the 1st direct, high-level U.S.-China talks of the Biden era",CBS News (Online),"The top diplomats from the U.S. and China opened a new chapter in bilateral ties on Thursday in what proved to be one of the most undiplomatic episodes in recent memory. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan hosted their counterparts, top diplomat Yang Jiechi and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in Anchorage, Alaska for the first official, face-to-face government talks between the world's two biggest economies under the Biden administration.
Within minutes, the barbs began to fly.
""The United States' relationship with China will...",left
9064,President Trump Finds Fault With Lack Of Border Wall Spending,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump complains about lack of funding for border wall in ‘ridiculous’ spending bill,Washington Post,"President Trump lashed out at congressional Republicans on Thursday, questioning their strategy of pushing off a messy fight over border wall funding until after the midterm elections in November.",left
9065,President Trump Finds Fault With Lack Of Border Wall Spending,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump urges Republicans to 'get tough' on border wall spending,Reuters,"President Donald Trump pressed fellow Republicans in Congress on Thursday to “get tough” and push to fund his proposed border wall in the current spending bill, raising the specter of a government shutdown when funding lapses later this month.",center
9066,President Trump Finds Fault With Lack Of Border Wall Spending,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump finds fault with latest spending bill: Where's the border wall funding?,Washington Times,"President Trump called the latest spending bill “ridiculous” while complaining about border wall funding Thursday morning and demanded Republicans “finally get tough.”
Mr. Trump demanded to know why border wall and security funds were left out of the newest bill, and how Congress planned on paying for it after the midterms. He also accused Democrats of “obstructing law enforcement and border security.”",right
9067,Herman Cain Nominated to the Fed,"['Federal Reserve', 'Fed', 'Herman Cain', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Herman Cain Would Bring Unconventional Views to Fed,Wall Street Journal (News),"For the second time in two weeks, President Trump has chosen a nominee to the Federal Reserve Board who hails from outside mainstream economics circles and is seen as sympathetic to his goals.
Herman Cain, the president’s latest choice to join the powerful policy-making body, rose from a humble childhood to contend for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. Along the way he served at the Kansas City Fed, was chief executive of Godfather’s Pizza and headed a major restaurant lobbying group.",center
9068,Herman Cain Nominated to the Fed,"['Federal Reserve', 'Fed', 'Herman Cain', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump: Herman Cain would do 'very well' at Federal Reserve,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump Opens a New Window. wants to appoint Herman Cain, the former Republican presidential candidate, to the Federal Reserve Opens a New Window. board, but is waiting for the completion of his background check before making a formal announcement.",right
9069,Herman Cain Nominated to the Fed,"['Federal Reserve', 'Fed', 'Herman Cain', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump’s next possible Fed nominee can’t understand basic policy issues,Washington Post,"Nein, nein, nein.
That should be the Senate’s response if President Trump actually nominates his friend Herman Cain, the former pizza magnate turned failed Republican presidential candidate, to the Federal Reserve Board, as Trump said he plans to do.",left
9070,OP-ED: Reflections on Bush Presidency,"['White House', 'Politics']",Democrat reveals 3 things liberals don't get about George W. Bush,Fox News (Online News),On the occasion of the Bush Library dedication here are three things my liberal friends dont understand or appreciate about President George W. Bush.,right
9071,OP-ED: Reflections on Bush Presidency,"['White House', 'Politics']",George W. Bush: A Disastrous President,HuffPost,The Bush presidency was a disastrous presidency which caused a range catastrophies including the Iraq war the budget deficit and the financial crash.,left
9072,Biden Announces $800M in Military Aid to Ukraine,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Foreign Aid', 'Joe Biden']",Biden Sends $800M In Weapons To Ukraine After Zelenskyy’s Emotional Appeal,Defense One,"The U.S. is sending an additional $800 million in military assistance to Ukraine, President Joe Biden announced Wednesday, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made an impassioned plea to Congress for more help. 
The additional assistance, which brings the total the U.S. sent to Ukraine this week to $1 billion, is expected to help local forces better counter Russian missile attacks on major Ukrainian cities. But it does not fulfill all of Zelenskyy’s requests, which included American help to enact a no-fly zone over Ukraine as Russian leader Vladimir Putin continues to target civilians. ...",center
9073,Biden Announces $800M in Military Aid to Ukraine,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Foreign Aid', 'Joe Biden']",Biden offers $800M in new military aid for Ukraine as Zelenskyy pleads for no-fly zone,Washington Times,"President Biden on Wednesday announced the U.S. will provide more than $800 million in military aid for Ukraine, as Russian bombs fall on its cities and more than three million refugees have fled the country.
“It’s about making sure Ukraine will never be a victory for [Russian President Vladimir Putin], no matter what advances he makes on the battlefield,” Mr. Biden said in a speech from the White House.
The new package brings the total amount of U.S. military aid sent to Ukraine this week to more than $1 billion, Mr. Biden said.
Mr. Biden’s remarks came just hours after Ukrainian President...",right
9074,Biden Announces $800M in Military Aid to Ukraine,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Foreign Aid', 'Joe Biden']",Biden announces fresh aid to Ukraine but stops short of Zelenskyy's demands,Politico,"President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced an additional $800 million in military aid to Ukraine, bringing the total amount of funding allocated to the country this week to $1 billion.
Biden’s announcement came on the heels of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s speech to Congress, in which Zelenskyy pleaded with the U.S. and its NATO allies to enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine or send jets to aid in its fight against Russia. Biden made no mention of either Zelenskyy request, and emphasized the aid would empower Ukrainians to fight the...",left
9075,Federal Appeals Court Upholds Decision To Halt Biden's Vaccine Mandate For Larger Businesses,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health', 'Court Of Appeals', 'Republican Party', 'Business', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Jobs vs. jabs: Federal court upholds stay on Biden’s ‘sledgehammer’ vaccine mandate,Deseret News,"A federal appeals court late Friday upheld its stay of the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for larger businesses, saying it leaves workers with a choice between “their jobs and their jabs.”
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals put the Occupational Safety and Hazards Administration rule requiring employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their workers are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or tests negative for the coronavirus at least once a week on hold pending a decision on a permanent injunction.
The judges barred OSHA from taking steps to implement...",center
9076,Federal Appeals Court Upholds Decision To Halt Biden's Vaccine Mandate For Larger Businesses,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health', 'Court Of Appeals', 'Republican Party', 'Business', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",U.S. appeals court affirms hold on Biden COVID-19 vaccine mandate,Reuters,"A U.S. appeals court on Friday affirmed its decision to put on hold an order by President Joe Biden for companies with 100 workers or more to require COVID-19 vaccines, rejecting a challenge by his administration.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans upheld the ruling despite the Biden administration saying on Monday that halting implementation of the rule could lead to the deaths of dozens or even hundreds of workers.
The government has been sued by private employers, religious organizations and U.S. states saying it was...",center
9077,Federal Appeals Court Upholds Decision To Halt Biden's Vaccine Mandate For Larger Businesses,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health', 'Court Of Appeals', 'Republican Party', 'Business', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","Federal appeals court halts Biden administration’s vaccine requirement, delivering policy a major blow",Washington Post,"A federal appeals court in New Orleans has halted the Biden administration’s vaccine or testing requirement for private businesses, delivering another political setback to one of the White House’s signature public health policies.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, helmed by one judge who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan and two others who were appointed by President Donald Trump, issued the ruling Friday, after temporarily halting the mandate last weekend in response to lawsuits filed by Republican-aligned businesses and legal groups.
Calling the requirement...",left
9078,Last Night's Democratic Debate In Atlanta,"['Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Debates', 'Elections']",A Dull Debate Night Helps the Front-Runners,National Review,"The United States has never before witnessed a presidential primary debate during an ongoing impeachment process, and while Bernie Sanders insisted that all Democrats can “walk and chew gum at the same time,” tonight’s debate — perhaps overshadowed by the impeachment hearings — was an oddly flat showcase for the candidates, where almost every candidate seemed content to tread water and play it safe.
MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow seemed really eager to get the candidates talking about impeachment, which was not in the interest of the candidates. One way or...",right
9079,Last Night's Democratic Debate In Atlanta,"['Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Debates', 'Elections']",5 Takeaways From The 5th Democratic Debate,NPR (Online News),"Candidates seeking the Democratic presidential nomination took to the debate stage for the fifth time Wednesday night. There weren't any groundbreaking or game-changing moments, but here are five things that stood out:
1. Impeachment hearings may have taken some steam out of the debate
Let's face it: The biggest story of Wednesday was not the debate, it was the impeachment testimony of Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union.
And you have to wonder if that had some effect on the energy in the debate and the willingness...",left
9080,Last Night's Democratic Debate In Atlanta,"['Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Debates', 'Elections']",Commentators: Who won the Democratic debate,CNN (Online News),"Democratic candidates for president took part in their party's fifth debate on Wednesday night in Atlanta and CNN commentators weighed in. The opinions expressed in these commentaries are those of the authors.
Paul Begala: Buttigieg was the winner
After spending all day watching Republican congressmen (and one Republican congresswoman) during the impeachment hearings mindlessly denying the Everest of evidence of Donald Trump's alleged criminality, the Democratic debate was like a wake-up call from the real world.
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders stayed true to form, pushing Medicare for All and...",left
9081,Terror Attack in London,['Terrorism'],Londoners aren’t freaking out about the terrorist attacks. Some politicians are.,Vox,"LONDON — In bustling King’s Cross, a railway center in a city that depends on rail, life is continuing as normal. Travelers are hurrying to their trains, tourists are gawking at the Harry Potter Platform 9 and 3/4, and there are virtually no security checks or extra police in sight. It’s as if Saturday night’s terrorist attack — where three attackers armed with a rental van and knives killed at least seven and wounded 48 less than three miles away — didn’t happen.",left
9082,Terror Attack in London,['Terrorism'],London attack: Seven killed in vehicle and stabbing incidents,BBC News,Seven people have been killed and at least 48 injured in a terror incident in London in which three male attackers were shot dead by police.,center
9083,Terror Attack in London,['Terrorism'],"Theresa May On Defeating Terrorism: ""Yes, That Means Taking Military Action""",Townhall,"British Prime Minister Theresa May spoke outside 10 Downing Street Sunday afternoon in response to Saturday's terror attack, promising to end terrorists' ""safe spaces"" online and ""in the real world.""",right
9084,Wisconsin Governor Urges Trump to Stay Away,"['Kenosha', 'Wisconsin', 'Violent Protests', 'Tony Evers', 'Donald Trump', 'Violence In America']","Defying Wisconsin governor, Trump says he will still visit Kenosha",Politico,"President Donald Trump declared Monday that he would move ahead with a planned trip to Kenosha, Wis., in defiance of Gov. Tony Evers’ request that he stay away from the state amid raw tensions surrounding protests against racial injustice and police brutality.
“If I didn’t INSIST on having the National Guard activate and go into Kenosha, Wisconsin, there would be no Kenosha right now,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “Also, there would have been great death and injury. I want to thank Law Enforcement and the National Guard. I will see...",left
9085,Wisconsin Governor Urges Trump to Stay Away,"['Kenosha', 'Wisconsin', 'Violent Protests', 'Tony Evers', 'Donald Trump', 'Violence In America']",Wisconsin governor urges Trump not to visit Kenosha: 'I am concerned your presence will only hinder our healing',The Hill,"Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) urged President Trump on Sunday to ""reconsider"" his plans to visit Kenosha, Wis., which has been rocked by unrest for the past several nights following the shooting of Jacob Blake by police.
In a letter to the White House shared by Evers's office Sunday afternoon, the governor warned that Trump's presence could ""hinder"" the state's attempts to heal after a video of Kenosha police shooting Blake seven times in the back sparked a week of protests that in some cases descended into violence.
""I, along...",center
9086,Wisconsin Governor Urges Trump to Stay Away,"['Kenosha', 'Wisconsin', 'Violent Protests', 'Tony Evers', 'Donald Trump', 'Violence In America']",'Hinder our healing': Wisconsin governor urges Trump to reconsider Kenosha visit,Washington Examiner,"Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said President Trump's presence in his state may prevent healing from a wave of civil unrest.
In a letter made public Sunday, Evers pleaded with Trump to reconsider a planned trip to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday. Among his reasons, the Democratic governor said the visit may worsen social divisions and require massive security resources that should be focused on protecting Kenosha citizens.
""I, along with other community leaders who have reached out, are concerned about what your presence will mean for Kenosha and our state. I...",right
9087,Remembrances for McCain from Across the Aisle,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Sen. Lieberman: The John McCain I Knew Was a Warrior to the End,Newsmax (News),"I traveled throughout the world with my friend and Senate colleague John McCain, visiting allies, trouble spots, and American soldiers. I’ll never forget one such trip: John and I were both reading when our jet encountered a terrible storm.",right
9088,Remembrances for McCain from Across the Aisle,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",What I learned about John McCain during 20 years covering him,USA TODAY,"The famous news media faces were gone. The swarm of reporters who followed U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., had scattered, and only a few of us remained.",left
9089,Remembrances for McCain from Across the Aisle,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","John McCain, a Last Lion of the Senate",New York Times (News),"John McCain was an essential element of the nation’s political conversation for half a century, an ever-present figure eager to challenge friend and foe through his singular temperament — sometimes angry, often funny, always ardent.",left
9090,Fox News Announces It Will Back CNN in Lawsuit Against Trump Administration,['Free Speech'],Fox News stands with CNN: ‘Passes for working White House journalists should never be weaponized’,Fox News (Online News),Fox News announced on Wednesday that it supports CNN’s efforts to restore Jim Acosta’s White House credential after the network filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration.,right
9091,Fox News Announces It Will Back CNN in Lawsuit Against Trump Administration,['Free Speech'],Fox News and other outlets join CNN fight over press access to White House,CNN (Online News),"More than a dozen news outlets -- from the Associated Press to USA Today, The Washington Post and Politico -- are filing friend-of-the-court briefs to support CNN and Jim Acosta's lawsuit",left
9092,Fox News Announces It Will Back CNN in Lawsuit Against Trump Administration,['Free Speech'],"Fox News, other outlets back CNN’s lawsuit against Trump administration",The Hill,Fox News joined a number of media outlets on Wednesday in announcing that they would back rival CNN’s lawsuit against the Trump administration.,center
9093,David Koch dead at 79,"['David Koch', 'Koch Brothers', 'Koch Industries', 'Philanthropy', 'Big Business', 'Conservatives', 'Politics']",Billionaire conservative philanthropist David Koch dead at 79,Washington Examiner,"Conservative billionaire David Koch has died at the age of 79.
“Sources close to the family say David Koch has died,” New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer tweeted Friday.
A family spokesman confirmed the death to a CBS affiliate in Wichita, Kansas, where Koch was born.",right
9094,David Koch dead at 79,"['David Koch', 'Koch Brothers', 'Koch Industries', 'Philanthropy', 'Big Business', 'Conservatives', 'Politics']","David Koch, conservative donor and philanthropist, has died at age 79",CBS News (Online),"Billionaire conservative icon David Koch has died at age 79, CBS News has confirmed, according to a source close to the Koch family. The New York resident was suffering from deteriorating health as of late, according to a letter Koch's older brother Charles Koch sent to company officials last summer.
He wrote at the time: ""We are deeply saddened by this, as we miss David's insightful questions and his many contributions to Koch Industries.""",left
9095,David Koch dead at 79,"['David Koch', 'Koch Brothers', 'Koch Industries', 'Philanthropy', 'Big Business', 'Conservatives', 'Politics']",Billionaire industrialist and libertarian political activist David Koch dies at 79,CNBC,"David Koch was a billionaire, industrialist, philanthropist, political activist and onetime vice presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party.
Koch and his 83-year-old brother, Charles, ran Koch Industries, one of the nation’s largest privately held conglomerates. Its investments include subsidiaries involved with manufacturing, refining and distribution of chemicals, fibers and minerals.
Their father, Fred Koch, founded the company in 1940, the year David was born.",center
9096,Grammy Awards Cameo by Hillary Clinton,['Arts And Entertainment'],"Hillary Clinton's 'Fire and Fury' reading on Grammys slammed by Nikki Haley, Donald Trump, Jr.",Fox News (Online News),"Hillary Clinton's surprise Trump-bashing cameo during the 60th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night caused at least a couple of viewers to switch channels, namely the president's U.N. ambassador, and his oldest son.",right
9097,Grammy Awards Cameo by Hillary Clinton,['Arts And Entertainment'],"These were the Grammys’ most political moments, from Logic to Hillary Clinton",Washington Post,"Though Bruno Mars’s lighthearted “24K Magic” prevailed over more pointed albums from rappers Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar, the 2018 Grammy Awards managed to get political through the words of its performers and presenters. Their onstage commentary Sunday night ranged from a subtle joke to an unexpected rant, keeping in line with most award ceremonies of the Trump era. Here are some of the celebrities who, in the words of Childish Gambino, stayed woke:",left
9098,Grammy Awards Cameo by Hillary Clinton,['Arts And Entertainment'],White House on Clinton's Grammy cameo: Don't take it seriously,Politico,"White House spokesman Raj Shah on Monday panned Hillary Clinton’s cameo appearance during Sunday night’s Grammy awards, telling Fox News that award show criticism directed at President Donald Trump ought to be dismissed as the complaints of out of touch liberals.",left
9099,Four Americans Killed in Syria in Bombing Claimed by ISIS,"['ISIS', 'Mike Pence', 'Syria', 'Donald Trump', 'Terrorism']","ISIS Attack in Syria Kills 4 Americans, Raising New Worries About Troop Withdrawal",New York Times (News),"Four Americans were among 19 people killed in Syria on Wednesday in a suicide bombing that was claimed by the Islamic State, just weeks after President Trump ordered the withdrawal of",left
9100,Four Americans Killed in Syria in Bombing Claimed by ISIS,"['ISIS', 'Mike Pence', 'Syria', 'Donald Trump', 'Terrorism']",Pence Declares ISIS ‘Defeated’ Hours after Group Brags of Killing U.S. Troops,National Review,Vice President Mike Pence declared the Islamic State “defeated” in remarks at the State Department Wednesday delivered just hours after the terror group claimed credit for a deadly suicide,right
9101,Four Americans Killed in Syria in Bombing Claimed by ISIS,"['ISIS', 'Mike Pence', 'Syria', 'Donald Trump', 'Terrorism']",Blast claimed by Islamic State kills U.S. troops in Syria,Reuters,"A bomb attack claimed by Islamic State killed two U.S. troops and two civilians working for the U.S. military in northern Syria on Wednesday, weeks after President Donald Trump said the group",center
9102,US to Spend $3.2B on Developing Antiviral COVID-19 Pills,"['Healthcare', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus']",A Pill to Treat Covid-19? The U.S. Is Betting on It.,New York Times (News),"The U.S. government spent more than $18 billion last year funding drugmakers to make a Covid vaccine, an effort that led to at least five highly effective shots in record time. Now it’s pouring more than $3 billion on a neglected area of research: developing pills to fight the virus early in the course of infection, potentially saving many lives in the years to come.
The new program, announced on Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services, will speed up the clinical trials of a few promising drug candidates. If...",left
9103,US to Spend $3.2B on Developing Antiviral COVID-19 Pills,"['Healthcare', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus']",HHS to invest $3 billion for antiviral pills against COVID-19,Axios,"The Biden administration will invest $3.2 billion to foster the development of antiviral pills to help fight against COVID-19, the Health and Human Services department announced Thursday, with hopes the medication becomes available to the public as soon as the end of this year.
The big picture: Researchers had tested existing antivirals like remdesivir in hospitals on patients with severe COVID-19, but they produced underwhelming results and little to no benefit.
The Food and Drug Administration has given emergency authorization for three monoclonal antibody drug treatment for early COVID infections.
...",center
9104,US to Spend $3.2B on Developing Antiviral COVID-19 Pills,"['Healthcare', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus']",US will spend $3B to develop antiviral pills for COVID-19,New York Post (News),"The US will invest more than $3 billion to advance the development of antiviral pills for COVID-19 and other pathogens to prepare for future pandemics, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday.
The nation’s top infectious disease expert announced the $3.2 billion investment as part of a new “antiviral program for pandemics” to develop drugs to address symptoms caused by potentially dangerous viruses.
“It’s a whole-of-government effort aimed at developing the next generation of COVID-19 treatments, as well as preparing us for future threats,” Fauci said at the White House’s coronavirus press...",right
9105,AOC: Manafort Should Not be Held in Solitary Confinement,"['Justice', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'Paul Manafort', 'Solitary Confinement']",Ocasio-Cortez calls for Manafort to be released from solitary confinement,New York Post (News),"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday came to the defense of Paul Manafort, arguing against holding President Trump’s former campaign chairman in solitary confinement at Rikers Island jail.
“Paul Manafort is being sent to solitary confinement in my district – Rikers Island. A prison sentence is not a license for gov torture and human rights violations. That‘s what solitary confinement is,” the New York Democrat wrote on Twitter. “Manafort should be released, along with all people being held in solitary.”",right
9106,AOC: Manafort Should Not be Held in Solitary Confinement,"['Justice', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'Paul Manafort', 'Solitary Confinement']",Ocasio-Cortez fights against solitary confinement for Paul Manafort,Politico,"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday took up an unlikely cause — the plight of convicted fraudster Paul Manafort.
The progressive lawmaker expressed alarm at reports that President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman would likely be held in isolation after his expected transfer to Rikers Island — the New York City jail complex is in her congressional district — to face additional state fraud charges.",left
9107,AOC: Manafort Should Not be Held in Solitary Confinement,"['Justice', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'Paul Manafort', 'Solitary Confinement']",AOC says Paul Manafort should not be held in solitary confinement at Rikers Island,USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., does not want President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort to be held in solitary confinement, she said in a Wednesday morning tweet.
Ocasio-Cortez was responding to a to a New York Times report that Manafort may be held in solitary confinement at the Rikers Island jail in New York.
Noting that the notorious prison was located in her district, the freshman representative called solitary confinement a ""license for gov torture and human rights violations.""
""Manafort should be released, along with...",left
9108,Senate Passes Immigration Bill,['Immigration'],"Immigration Reform Passes: Your Move, House",HuffPost,The Senate passed a politically fraught immigration reform bill on Thursday that would give a path to citizenship to some of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S.,left
9109,Senate Passes Immigration Bill,['Immigration'],Senate's Immigration Joy Could Turn To Ashes In House,NPR (Online News),There's enough recent evidence to suggest that strong bipartisan support for legislation in the Senate doesn't necessarily lead to a similar result in the House.,left
9110,Senate Passes Immigration Bill,['Immigration'],Senate Passes Massive Immigration Bill,The Blaze,The Senate has passed massive immigration legislation that will offer a pathway to citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants while promising border security in the future.,right
9111,House Republican Campaign Arm Hacked Months Before 2018 Midterms,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Exclusive: Emails of top NRCC officials stolen in major 2018 hack,Politico,"The House GOP campaign arm suffered a major hack during the 2018 election, exposing thousands of sensitive emails to an outside intruder, according to three senior",left
9112,House Republican Campaign Arm Hacked Months Before 2018 Midterms,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Republican campaign emails hacked months before election,Reuters,Emails accounts for a campaign group supporting Republicans running for the U.S. House of Representatives were hacked before this year’s congressional,center
9113,House Republican Campaign Arm Hacked Months Before 2018 Midterms,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Video of Trump saying DNC should be 'ashamed' for getting hacked resurfaces after NRCC hack revealed,Washington Examiner,Video of Trump saying DNC should be 'ashamed' for getting hacked resurfaces after NRCC hack A video of President Trump saying the Democratic National Committee,right
9114,Major Kentucky Flooding Leaves At Least 25 Dead,"['Climate Change', 'Disaster', 'Environment', 'Floods', 'Kentucky', 'Natural Disaster', 'Weather']","Kentucky sees death toll mount in aftermath of floods, at least 25 people dead",Washington Times,"At least 25 people are dead amid devastating floods in Kentucky that have overtaken much of the eastern portion of the state, with concerns that conditions will worsen.
Gov. Andy Beshear said the flooding is among the most consequential kind that’s ever hit the state, and the death toll is likely to rise in coming weeks.
“We’re likely going to be finding bodies for weeks to come,” Mr. Beshear told NPR.
The governor said flooding hit Kentuckians overnight, prompting some to wake up to themselves being drifted away by water....",right
9115,Major Kentucky Flooding Leaves At Least 25 Dead,"['Climate Change', 'Disaster', 'Environment', 'Floods', 'Kentucky', 'Natural Disaster', 'Weather']",Kentucky Flooding Death Toll Climbs to 25,Wall Street Journal (News),"The death toll from flash floods triggered by torrential rain in eastern Kentucky earlier this week has climbed to 25, according to Gov. Andy Beshear.
Mr. Beshear said on Facebook Saturday that the state was still in the search-and-rescue phase and that the number of fatalities was likely to increase.
“I’m worried that we are going to be finding bodies for weeks to come,” he said Saturday at a briefing.
The governor said authorities now believe at least 4 children have died in the flooding, after earlier reports that six juveniles...",center
9116,Major Kentucky Flooding Leaves At Least 25 Dead,"['Climate Change', 'Disaster', 'Environment', 'Floods', 'Kentucky', 'Natural Disaster', 'Weather']",Search for Victims Continues in Kentucky After Floods Kill at Least 25,New York Times (News),"The response to some of the worst flooding in Kentucky’s history was entering a pivotal phase on Saturday morning, with the confirmed death toll at 25 and the search for victims poised to accelerate over a battered stretch of central Appalachia.
A cold front is expected to bring clearer weather to flood-stricken areas on Saturday, giving rescue personnel one less obstacle to contend with as they work to pluck more residents off rooftops. Nearly 300 people have been rescued in Kentucky so far, about 100 of them by aircraft, Gov. Andy Beshear told reporters...",left
9117,Senate Power-Sharing Deal Will Proceed With Filibuster Assurances,"['US Senate', 'Filibuster', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Politics']",McConnell to lift blockade on Dems' Senate control after filibuster assurances,Washington Times,"Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that he’s now satisfied the filibuster, a defining feature of the Senate, won’t be erased, so he will lift his blockade and allow Democrats to finish organizing as the majority party.
The Kentucky Republican has been holding up Democrats’ ability to take control of committees, using that as leverage to try to win an ironclad agreement from Democrats that they would not trigger the nuclear option and nix the filibuster.
He didn’t win that concession, but he said two Democrats have come out forcefully...",right
9118,Senate Power-Sharing Deal Will Proceed With Filibuster Assurances,"['US Senate', 'Filibuster', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Politics']","McConnell: Power-sharing deal can proceed after Manchin, Sinema back filibuster",The Hill,"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) indicated on Monday night that a power-sharing deal could move forward after two Democrats reiterated they would not nix the 60-vote legislative filibuster.
""Today two Democratic Senators publicly confirmed they will not vote to end the legislative filibuster. They agree with President Biden’s and my view that no Senate majority should destroy the right of future minorities of both parties to help shape legislation,"" McConnell said in a statement.
""The legislative filibuster was a key part of the foundation beneath the Senate’s last 50-50...",center
9119,Senate Power-Sharing Deal Will Proceed With Filibuster Assurances,"['US Senate', 'Filibuster', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Politics']",Why Mitch McConnell relented on his demands about preserving the filibuster,Vox,"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is no longer holding up the Senate organizing resolution — after two Democrats confirmed that they won’t be blowing up the legislative filibuster any time soon.
In the past few weeks, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and McConnell have been working to negotiate the organizing resolution — which governs committee membership and funding allocation — in the 50-50 Senate. The leaders had previously been at an impasse because McConnell had demanded that Democrats commit to keeping the legislative filibuster intact as part of the resolution...",left
9120,January Jobs Report,"['Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Stock Market', 'Economy And Jobs']","The economy added 225,000 jobs in January, showing continued strength",Washington Post,"The U.S. economy added 225,000 jobs in January, surpassing analysts predictions in a sign of continued growth for the economy.
The unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 3.6 percent, remaining near a 50 year low.
Job gains picked up in construction, health care, as well as transportation and warehousing, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“I can say that it pretty much blew estimates out of the water,” said Beth Ann Bovino, the Chief U.S. Economist at S&P Global. “It’s just a really nice report. I’d also say that...",left
9121,January Jobs Report,"['Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Stock Market', 'Economy And Jobs']","U.S. adds 225,000 jobs in January as hiring speeds up, unemployment rises to 3.6%",MarketWatch,"The numbers: The U.S. created a robust 225,000 new jobs in January to get off to a good start in 2020, reflecting surprising resilience in the labor market despite a contraction in manufacturing and softer economic growth.
The economy has added an average of 211,000 new jobs in the past three months, a marked acceleration from last fall and summer. Unseasonably warm weather in January likely gave hiring an added boost, however.
The unemployment rate, meanwhile, edged up to 3.6% from a 50-year low of 3.5% as more people entered...",center
9122,January Jobs Report,"['Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Stock Market', 'Economy And Jobs']","January adds a much stronger-than-expected 225,000 jobs, with a boost from warm weather",CNBC,"WASHINGTON — An unseasonably mild January helped power the U.S. jobs market to more gains, with nonfarm payrolls rising 225,000 for the month, well above Wall Street estimates.
The unemployment rate ticked higher to 3.6%, but for the right reason as the labor force participation rate increased 0.2 percentage points to 63.4%, matching its highest level since June 2013, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department.
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones were looking for payroll growth of 158,000 and the jobless rate to stay at 3.5%, its lowest...",center
9123,Supreme Court Rules NCAA Cannot Ban Education-Related Compensation for Student Athletes,"['Supreme Court', 'Sports', 'NCAA', 'Student Athletes', 'People And Profit', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs']",Supreme Court rules in favor of athletes in NCAA compensation case,Politico,"The Supreme Court sided unanimously with college athletes on Monday, ruling the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s restrictions on education benefits for players violate the nation’s antitrust laws.
The 9-0 decision represents a landmark victory for college players and a significant moment in the history of college athletics, as lawmakers in Congress and statehouses weigh new laws to allow athletes to profit from personal endorsements and sponsorships.
The ruling is likely to allow colleges to offer topflight football and basketball players pricey enticements related to their education — such as thousands of...",left
9124,Supreme Court Rules NCAA Cannot Ban Education-Related Compensation for Student Athletes,"['Supreme Court', 'Sports', 'NCAA', 'Student Athletes', 'People And Profit', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs']","In unanimous ruling, Court agrees with athletes that NCAA violated antitrust laws",SCOTUSblog,"The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a major shift in the relationship between universities and the athletes who play sports for those schools. In an opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the justices unanimously affirmed a lower-court decision holding that the NCAA, the umbrella group that regulates college sports, cannot restrict benefits related to education, such as free laptops or paid post-graduate internships.
Monday’s decision in NCAA v. Alston ended a dispute that began seven years ago as a class action filed against the NCAA and the major athletic conferences by the athletes who...",center
9125,Supreme Court Rules NCAA Cannot Ban Education-Related Compensation for Student Athletes,"['Supreme Court', 'Sports', 'NCAA', 'Student Athletes', 'People And Profit', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs']","Supreme Court sides with student athletes, rules NCAA improperly capped education-related benefits",Fox News (Online News),"The Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision Monday that the NCAA has illegally restricted education-based benefits that could be used as compensation to student athletes.
The case was brought by current and former student athletes who played college football, as well as men's and women's college basketball. They sued the NCAA and 11 conferences, claiming that the rules restricting compensation violated antitrust laws. A lower court ruling maintained the NCAA's rules of generally forbidding payment to student athletes, while allowing for education-related aid. The students accepted this, but the NCAA fought it, eventually...",right
9126,Andrew Yang To Launch Third Political Party,"['Elections', 'Andrew Yang', 'Politics']",Andrew Yang to launch a third party,Politico,"Former presidential and New York mayoral candidate Andrew Yang is set to launch a third party next month, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Yang is expected to start the party in conjunction with the Oct. 5 release of his new book, ""Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy.""
It’s not clear what the name of Yang’s third party will be or how he plans to deploy it in 2022 or 2024. Yang and his team did not respond to requests for comment.
But the book’s publisher,...",left
9127,Andrew Yang To Launch Third Political Party,"['Elections', 'Andrew Yang', 'Politics']",Andrew Yang to Abandon Democrats and Start a Third Party,National Review,"Andrew Yang, formerly a 2020 presidential hopeful and 2021 candidate for mayor of New York City, is expected to abandon his affiliation with the Democratic Party and start a third party this fall.
The launch will occur in tandem with the release of Yang’s latest book, “Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy” on October 5th, two people familiar with the development told Politico.
“Forward” is expected to be a condemnation of establishment elitism and America’s “era of institutional failure” wrought by “politicians whose incentives have become divorced from the people...",right
9128,Andrew Yang To Launch Third Political Party,"['Elections', 'Andrew Yang', 'Politics']",Andrew Yang planning to launch third party,The Hill,"Former Democratic presidential and New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang is planning on launching a third party, two people familiar with the situation told Politico. 
Neither the name of the third party nor its plans to impact future elections have been revealed, but it is set to start when Yang’s book is released on Oct. 5, the sources told Politico.
His book, called ""Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy,” is promoted to be about moving past the country’s “era of institutional failure,” according to its publisher.
Yang gained national attention when he ran to...",center
9129,Moving Towards Impeachment,"['White House', 'Politics']","Senate Hopeful Joe Miller Calls For Obama's Impeachment, Blasts Mark Begich Over Border",HuffPost,"Joe Miller, who is running in the Republican primary for the opportunity to challenge Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska), has called for President Barack Obama's impeachment, his campaign said this week.
""Sarah Palin is right; it’s time to impeach this President for dereliction of duty, selectively enforcing the law, and usurping powers that the Constitution does not authorize,"" he said in a press release. ""He is willfully undermining the rule of law and creating chaos.""
Palin, the former Alaska governor who shot to prominence as Sen. John McCain's presidential running mate...",left
9130,Moving Towards Impeachment,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama could be impeached, White House aide says",USA TODAY,"A top aide to President Obama said it's possible that Obama could be impeached by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.
House Speaker John Boehner's decision to proceed with a lawsuit ag",left
9131,Moving Towards Impeachment,"['White House', 'Politics']","GOP Rank-and-File Discusses Ways to Take on Obama Over Amnesty, Including Impeachment",Breitbart News,"In a free-wheeling discussion that touched on dozens of proposals for how to address the tens of thousands of illegal immigrant children streaming across the southern U.S. borders, one thread connected the calls to add to or change a border crisis proposal from GOP leadership: President Barack Obama.
The proposals included trying to prevent a future executive amnesty by Obama, telling the president what he should do to enforce the law in a non-binding resolution, and even putting impeachment on the table.
Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) told colleagues...",right
9132,TikTok To Cut Ties with Chinese Parent Company After Trump Says He'll Ban TikTok in the U.S.,"['Cybersecurity', 'Social Media', 'Privacy', 'China', 'Technology']",Trump says he’ll act to ban TikTok in US as soon as Saturday,Associated Press,"President Donald Trump says he will take action as soon as Saturday to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok from the United States.
Trump made the announcement to reporters Friday on Air Force One as he returned from Florida.
“As far as TikTok is concerned, we’re banning them from the United States,” Trump said.
U.S. lawmakers have raised intelligence and privacy concerns about the company’s ownership. The company has denied allegations that it shares user data with the Chinese government.
The move comes as Trump has ratcheted up tensions with China...",left
9133,TikTok To Cut Ties with Chinese Parent Company After Trump Says He'll Ban TikTok in the U.S.,"['Cybersecurity', 'Social Media', 'Privacy', 'China', 'Technology']",Microsoft shares do a little jig on possible TikTok acquisition,MarketWatch,"Microsoft Corp. MSFT, +0.54% shares rose slightly Friday after multiple media reports that it is in talks to buy TikTok because President Donald Trump is set to order the dance app’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to divest its ownership of TikTok’s U.S. operations.
Shares of Microsoft climbed about $2 after the news was first reported by Bloomberg, but closed up $1.11, or 0.5%, at $205.01 as the Wall Street Journal and others followed with similar reports, citing sources familiar with the negotiations.
Wedbush Securities said in a note to clients Friday...",center
9134,TikTok To Cut Ties with Chinese Parent Company After Trump Says He'll Ban TikTok in the U.S.,"['Cybersecurity', 'Social Media', 'Privacy', 'China', 'Technology']",Exclusive: TikTok's Chinese Owner Offers to Forego Stake to Clinch U.S. Deal-Sources,New York Times (News),"NEW YORK/WASHINGTON — China's ByteDance has agreed to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok completely in a bid to save a deal with the White House, after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular short-video app, two people familiar with the matter said on Saturday.
U.S. officials have said TikTok under its Chinese parent poses a national risk because of the personal data it handles. ByteDance's concession will test whether Trump's threat to ban TikTok is a negotiating tactic, or whether he is intent...",left
9135,"As Coronavirus Lockdowns Ease, Public Ponders Second Wave","['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Homeland Security', 'Coronavirus']",The second virus wave: How bad will it be as lockdowns ease?,Associated Press,"ROME (AP) — From the marbled halls of Italy to the wheat fields of Kansas, health authorities are increasingly warning that the question isn’t whether a second wave of coronavirus infections and deaths will hit, but when — and how badly.
In India, which relaxed its lockdown this week, health authorities scrambled Wednesday to contain an outbreak at a huge market. Hard-hit New York City shut down its subway system overnight for disinfection. Experts in Italy, which just began easing some restrictions, warned lawmakers that a new surge of infections...",left
9136,"As Coronavirus Lockdowns Ease, Public Ponders Second Wave","['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Homeland Security', 'Coronavirus']",Can the U.S. handle the second wave of COVID-19 coming our way?,MarketWatch,"CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Project Syndicate) — Like surfers looking out for the next big breaker before the first one has passed, epidemiologists and public-health officials in the United States are bracing themselves for a fresh surge of COVID-19 infections later this year. The fear is that this second wave will coincide with the peak of the 2020-21 U.S. influenza season, triggering a new flood of hospital patients in dire need of respiratory support.
The fear is justified, based on what we know about coronaviruses and influenza. For both, infections begin rising...",center
9137,"As Coronavirus Lockdowns Ease, Public Ponders Second Wave","['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Homeland Security', 'Coronavirus']","Second wave of coronavirus is ""very likely,"" doctor warns",CBS News (Online),"As states begin to reopen and social distancing rules are relaxed, public health officials are warning about a possible second wave of coronavirus cases later this year. Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider, an internal medicine physician at Sutter Health in San Francisco, said Monday on CBSN that public health officials agree another round of cases is ""very, very likely to happen.""
Ungerleider said a potential second wave coinciding with flu season could cause a lot of confusion due to the overlap in symptoms between the viruses. ""This may put a heavy...",left
9138,Obama Tries to Save Part of ACA,['Healthcare'],Obama huddles with Democrats on protecting his signature health care law,Washington Post,President Obama was meeting behind closed doors Wednesday morning with congressional Democrats to map out a strategy to defend the Affordable Care Act and other health-care policies — the very day Republicans are beginning debate on how to get rid of the sweeping 2010 health-care law.,left
9139,Obama Tries to Save Part of ACA,['Healthcare'],"Obama, Pence head to Capitol Hill as health law fight begins",Fox News (Online News),"A day after Republicans took their first step toward dismantling ObamaCare, President Obama huddled Wednesday with congressional Democrats to strategize on ways to preserve at least parts of his signature health care law.",right
9140,Obama Tries to Save Part of ACA,['Healthcare'],Obama Makes A Last-Ditch Effort For His Signature Health Care Law,NPR (Online News),"President Obama meets with Democrats on Capitol Hill today, looking for ways to preserve his signature health care law in the face of stiff Republican opposition.",left
9141,Oxford's Coronavirus Vaccine Trials Indicate Progress,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'World', 'Science', 'Healthcare']",Oxford University Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Produces Strong Immune Response,National Review,"An early human trial of Oxford University’s experimental coronavirus vaccine has yielded a strong immune response in hundreds of people, according to newly released data.
The potential vaccine, which the U.K. university developed in partnership with drugmaker AstraZeneca, was administered in a trial that involved 1,077 people and caused an immune response in people aged 18 to 55 that lasted two months or slightly longer, according to data published Monday by the medical journal The Lancet. The vaccine, which is made from a combination of coronavirus genetic material and a...",right
9142,Oxford's Coronavirus Vaccine Trials Indicate Progress,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'World', 'Science', 'Healthcare']",Oxford Coronavirus Vaccine ‘Safe’ And Showing ‘Promising Results’,HuffPost,"A UK vaccine against coronavirus has shown “promising” results, findings of the first phases of the study suggest.
The early-stage trial showed the vaccine is “safe, causes few side effects, and induces strong immune responses,” results published in The Lancet said.
However, scientists warned it is still too soon to know if the results are enough, and larger trials are currently under way.
The vaccine, developed by the University of Oxford, is called ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 and is delivered via a chimpanzee virus, called the vaccine vector.
It is made from...",left
9143,Oxford's Coronavirus Vaccine Trials Indicate Progress,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'World', 'Science', 'Healthcare']",First human trial of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine shows promise,Reuters,"LONDON (Reuters) - An experimental coronavirus vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford university was safe and produced an immune response in early-stage clinical trials, data showed on Monday, keeping alive the hope it could be in use by the end of the year.
The vaccine, called AZD1222, has been described by the World Health Organization’s chief scientist as the leading candidate in a global race to halt a pandemic that has claimed more than 600,000 lives.
More than 150 possible vaccines are in various stages of development with U.S....",center
9144,President Trump Reportedly Interested in Buying Greenland,"['Greenland', 'Foreign Policy', 'Global Markets', 'Imperialism', 'Donald Trump']","Trump floated US buying Greenland, but country says it’s not for sale",New York Post (News),"President Trump has reportedly talked to his aides and allies about whether the US could buy Greenland – but the country’s foreign minister said Friday that the world’s biggest island is not on the market.
“We are open for business, but we’re NOT for sale,” Ane Lone Bagger told Reuters.
People familiar with the deliberations said Trump asked his White House counsel to look into the matter, according to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported about his interest.",right
9145,President Trump Reportedly Interested in Buying Greenland,"['Greenland', 'Foreign Policy', 'Global Markets', 'Imperialism', 'Donald Trump']",President Trump Eyes a New Real-Estate Purchase: Greenland,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump made his name on the world’s most famous island. Now he wants to buy the world’s biggest.
The idea of the U.S. purchasing Greenland has captured the former real-estate developer’s imagination, according to people familiar with the discussion, who said Mr. Trump has, with varying degrees of seriousness, repeatedly expressed interest in buying the ice-covered autonomous Danish territory between the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
In meetings, at dinners and in passing conversations, Mr. Trump has asked advisers whether the U.S. can acquire Greenland, listened with interest when...",center
9146,President Trump Reportedly Interested in Buying Greenland,"['Greenland', 'Foreign Policy', 'Global Markets', 'Imperialism', 'Donald Trump']",‘Not for Sale’: Trump’s Talk of Buying Greenland Draws Derision,New York Times (News),"President Trump’s idea to possibly buy Greenland for its natural resources left residents of the semiautonomous Danish territory amused, apoplectic and in disbelief, and received a chilly reception in Denmark on Friday.
“I hope it’s a joke, because it’s a terrible and grotesque thought,” said Martin Lidegaard, chairman of Denmark’s Foreign Policy Committee.
“It must be an April Fool’s Day joke … but totally out of season,” Lars Lokke Rasmussen, a former prime minister of Denmark and the leader of the opposition, posted on Twitter.",left
9147,"Trump Administration Tells Hospitals to Send Coronavirus Data to HHS, Not CDC","['CDC', 'Trump Administration', 'Hospitals', 'HHS', 'Coronavirus']","New Policy: Hospitals to Send COVID-19 Data to HHS Database, Not CDC",Newsmax (News),"Hospitals are now to send all COVID-19 patient information to a Department of Health and Human Services database in Washington, D.C., through a new policy that is alarming health experts who say they are concerned that the information will be withheld from the public or politicized.
""Historically, CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] has been the place where public health data has been sent, and this raises questions about not just access for researchers but access for reporters, access for the public to try to better understand what...",right
9148,"Trump Administration Tells Hospitals to Send Coronavirus Data to HHS, Not CDC","['CDC', 'Trump Administration', 'Hospitals', 'HHS', 'Coronavirus']","Hospitals told to send coronavirus data to Washington, not CDC",NBC News (Online),"""The new faster and complete data system is what our nation needs to defeat the coronavirus,"" Department of Health and Human Services official says.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will ""no longer control"" the coronavirus data collection system from hospitals across the nation, a spokesman for U.S. Health and Human Services confirmed Tuesday night.
The New York Times reported earlier Tuesday that the administration had ordered hospitals to bypass the CDC and send all COVID-19 patient information to a central database in Washington beginning Wednesday, raising concerns from...",left
9149,"Trump Administration Tells Hospitals to Send Coronavirus Data to HHS, Not CDC","['CDC', 'Trump Administration', 'Hospitals', 'HHS', 'Coronavirus']","Trump administration orders hospitals to send coronavirus data to Washington, not the CDC",USA TODAY,"The Trump administration has ordered hospitals to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and send all COVID-19 patient information to a central database in Washington starting Wednesday, according to a Health and Human Services document updated July 10.
Michael Caputo, HHS assistant secretary for public affairs, said in a state the new coronavirus data collection system would be “faster,” adding that the CDC has a one-week lag in reporting hospital data.
“The President’s Coronavirus Task Force has urged improvements for months, but they cannot keep up with this...",left
9150,ACA deadline delayed for some employers,['Healthcare'],White House delays health insurance mandate for medium-size employers until 2016,Washington Post,Companies with 50 to 99 employees have until 2016 before they must offer health insurance to full-time workers.,left
9151,ACA deadline delayed for some employers,['Healthcare'],Obamacare tweaked again: Medium-sized businesses given more time (+video),Christian Science Monitor,Businesses with between 50 and 99 employees now have until 2016 to cover their workers.,center
9152,ACA deadline delayed for some employers,['Healthcare'],Republicans renew ObamaCare battle after latest mandate delay,Fox News (Online News),"The Obama administration announced another delay Monday in the requirement on businesses to provide health coverage, giving some employers a reprieve next year while phasing in the mandate for others.",right
9153,All 3 Men Found Guilty of Murder in Ahmaud Arbery Case,"['Race And Racism', 'Ahmaud Arbery', 'Georgia', 'Murder', 'Courts', 'Racial Justice', 'Black Lives Matter']",'Guilty': Jury finds all 3 men guilty of murder in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery,ABC News (Online),"A Georgia jury convicted three white men of murder on Wednesday in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, 21 months after the 25-year-old Black man was chased down and shot to death while out for a Sunday jog.
Travis McMichael, who fatally shot Arbery in February 2020, was convicted on all nine charges, including malice murder, four counts of felony murder, aggravated assault with a shotgun, aggravated assault with a pickup truck, false imprisonment and criminal intent to commit a felony.",left
9154,All 3 Men Found Guilty of Murder in Ahmaud Arbery Case,"['Race And Racism', 'Ahmaud Arbery', 'Georgia', 'Murder', 'Courts', 'Racial Justice', 'Black Lives Matter']",Three Georgia men found guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery,Washington Examiner,"Three white Georgia men all face life in prison after being found guilty on Wednesday of chasing down and murdering Ahmaud Arbery , a 25-year-old black man.
Their lawyers argued self-defense, while prosecutors claimed Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William ""Roddie"" Bryan chased down and killed Arbery near the port city of Brunswick because of his race.",right
9155,All 3 Men Found Guilty of Murder in Ahmaud Arbery Case,"['Race And Racism', 'Ahmaud Arbery', 'Georgia', 'Murder', 'Courts', 'Racial Justice', 'Black Lives Matter']",All 3 men in Arbery killing found guilty of murder,The Hill,"A Georgia jury on Wednesday found three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery guilty of multiple counts of murder.
The jury found Travis McMichael, 35, who fatally shot Arbery on Feb. 23, 2020, in a Brunswick, Ga., neighborhood, guilty of all nine counts brought against him, including malice murder.
His father, Gregory McMichael, 65, who was with him at the time of the shooting, was found guilty of four counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault, one count of false imprisonment and one count of criminal attempt to commit a felony. ",center
9156,"U.S., U.K. and France Strike Syria",['Middle East'],"U.S., U.K. and France Launch Strikes Against Syria",Wall Street Journal (News),"U.S., U.K. and French forces launched airstrikes targeting sites associated with Syria’s chemical-weapons capabilities, a reprisal for an attack last week that killed at least 43 civilians and injured hundreds more.",center
9157,"U.S., U.K. and France Strike Syria",['Middle East'],"Trump touts 'perfectly executed' strike on Syria, declares 'Mission Accomplished'",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Saturday touted the “perfectly executed strike” against the Assad regime in Syria, thanking France and Britain for joining the US-led assault before declaring “Mission Accomplished!”",right
9158,"U.S., U.K. and France Strike Syria",['Middle East'],Was Trump’s Syria Strike Illegal? Explaining Presidential War Powers,New York Times (News),"President Trump ordered the military on Thursday to carry out a missile attack on Syrian forces for using chemical weapons against civilians. The unilateral attack lacked authorization from Congress or from the United Nations Security Council, raising the question of whether he had legal authority to commit the act of war.",left
9159,The Battle for Ohio,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama auto-bailout strategy running on fumes in Ohio,Washington Times,"The Obama campaign is counting on the auto-industry bailout to carry the president to a victory in Ohio, but it ultimately may hold little sway with voters across the state who are still out of work and struggling to stay solvent.",right
9160,The Battle for Ohio,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","On One Ohio Street, Voters Weary of Election Promises",Wall Street Journal (News),"Long before Ted and Linda Prues planted a Mitt Romney sign in their front yard, they were Midwestern Democrats, and then some.",center
9161,The Battle for Ohio,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",President Obama Wraps Blitz With Air Force One Rally in Ohio,ABC News (Online),"After 37 hours, 6,500 flight miles and six grassroots rallies that drew tens of thousands of supporters, President Obamas frenetic battleground-state blitz came to a close tonight with a rally on a small airport tarmac overlooking Lake Erie.",left
9162,"Clintons, Bushes, Obamas, and Melania Trump Attend Funeral of Barbara Bush",['Bridging Divides'],"Why are the Bushes, Clintons, Obamas and Melania smiling so broadly at a funeral?",The Guardian,"Consider him the elephant not in the room, simultaneously absent from this picture and looming over it.",left
9163,"Clintons, Bushes, Obamas, and Melania Trump Attend Funeral of Barbara Bush",['Bridging Divides'],"Former presidents, first ladies come together to honor Barbara Bush",The Hill,"Several past residents of the White House came together to honor former first lady Barbara Bush on Saturday, and gathered for a photo shared by the office of former President George H.W. Bush on Sunday.",center
9164,"Clintons, Bushes, Obamas, and Melania Trump Attend Funeral of Barbara Bush",['Bridging Divides'],"Barbara Bush's funeral attended by Melania Trump, Clintons, others",Fox News (Online News),"The funeral for former first lady Barbara Bush, who died Tuesday at the age of 92, was attended by many high-profile figures, including first lady Melania Trump and former President Barack Obama.",right
9165,Boehner Pulls Plan B,[],"House puts off vote on 'Plan B' tax bill, path to avert fiscal crisis uncertain",Fox News (Online News),"House Speaker John Boehner abruptly pulled his “Plan B tax rate bill from the floor Thursday night, after struggling to garner support from fellow Republicans.",right
9166,Boehner Pulls Plan B,[],Boehner's Plan B fiscal cliff bill pulled amid dissension in GOP caucus,CNN (Online News),"House Speaker John Boehner's proposal to avert the looming fiscal cliff's automatic tax increases failed to curry enough Republican support Thursday night, after which Congress left for the holiday with no clear end in sight in the high-stakes debate.",left
9167,Boehner Pulls Plan B,[],'Plan B' Vote Spiked In House In Major Setback For Boehner,HuffPost,"House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) failed to muscle a controversial fiscal cliff fallback through the House Thursday night, suddenly pulling the bill after spending almost a week on a plan that Democrats called a waste of time.",left
9168,CNN's Don Lemon Says He ‘Had to Get Rid of’ Friends Over the Right’s Coronavirus Approach,"['Media Industry', 'Polarization', 'Coronavirus', 'CNN', 'Don Lemon']",Don Lemon got 'rid of' Trump-supporting friends: 'They have to hit rock bottom like an addict',Washington Times,"CNN host Don Lemon said Thursday he “had to get rid of” a lot of President Trump-supporting friends during the coronavirus pandemic, because he thinks they are “too far gone” in their delusions and “have to hit rock bottom like an addict” in order to accept reality.
“You know what the sad thing is?” Mr. Lemon asked fellow prime-time colleague Chris Cuomo during his nightly handoff. “And I’ll be honest with you, I have many people who I love in my life. Yes, I come from a red state. I’ve...",right
9169,CNN's Don Lemon Says He ‘Had to Get Rid of’ Friends Over the Right’s Coronavirus Approach,"['Media Industry', 'Polarization', 'Coronavirus', 'CNN', 'Don Lemon']",CNN's Don Lemon boasts that he 'had to get rid of' friends from red states because of their views on coronavirus,The Blaze,"CNN's Don Lemon revealed on Thursday that he had to cut loose friends, who he said were from ""red states"" who were ""too far gone.""
What are the details?
Lemon made the remarks during a handoff between him and CNN anchor Chris Cuomo.
""I have many people who I love in my life,"" he began. ""And yeah, I come from a red state. I've lived in several red states. There are a lot of friends I had to get rid of because they are so nonsensical when it comes...",right
9170,CNN's Don Lemon Says He ‘Had to Get Rid of’ Friends Over the Right’s Coronavirus Approach,"['Media Industry', 'Polarization', 'Coronavirus', 'CNN', 'Don Lemon']",Don Lemon: 'Had to get rid of' friends who support Trump,The Hill,"CNN anchor Don Lemon on Thursday said that he “had to get rid of” friends supporting President Trump ""because they're too far gone,"" adding that he would be friends with them again if “they want to live in reality.”
The commentary came during a handoff between anchor Chris Cuomo and Lemon.
“I had to get rid of them because they're too far gone,” Lemon said to Cuomo of his Trump-supporting friends. “I try and I try and I try, they say something really stupid and then I'll show them the...",center
9171,Analysis of the December 2017 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Black unemployment rate falls to lowest on record,Washington Examiner,"The unemployment rate for black workers fell to the lowest rate on record in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.",right
9172,Analysis of the December 2017 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],U.S. Job Market’s Strength Is Allowing More to Share in Pay Gains,New York Times (News),The bustling United States economy is beginning to benefit some American workers who have not gotten a taste of the recovery and have been most in need of relief.,left
9173,Analysis of the December 2017 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"OPINION: Don't Worry, Wage Gains Should Be Just Around the Corner",Forbes,"The December jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows a year of steady improvement in the labor market. The unemployment rate continued to decline, from 4.8 percent in January to 4.1 percent in December, and total employment increased by 2.1 million jobs. This labor market strength extends beyond the headline numbers, as many other stubborn indicators have shown tremendous improvement. The labor underutilization rate, which captures unemployed, involuntary part-time workers and discouraged workers, is today at 8.1 percent, down from its peak of 17 percent in 2010. The...",center
9174,WHO: Nearly 15 Million Deaths Associated With COVID-19 Pandemic,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'WHO', 'Data', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Public Health', 'Science', 'Healthcare', 'Hospitals', 'India', 'Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus']","Nearly 15 million deaths related to covid-19, WHO estimates",Washington Post,"The coronavirus pandemic led to nearly 15 million excess deaths worldwide, according to a new estimate by the World Health Organization, including people who died from covid-19 and others who died from other causes related to the crisis, such as health care shortages as the virus surged and overwhelmed hospitals.
The WHO defines excess deaths as “the difference between the number of deaths that have occurred and the number that would be expected in the absence of the pandemic based on data from earlier years.”",left
9175,WHO: Nearly 15 Million Deaths Associated With COVID-19 Pandemic,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'WHO', 'Data', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Public Health', 'Science', 'Healthcare', 'Hospitals', 'India', 'Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus']","WHO: COVID-19 death toll nearly 15 million, over double previous estimate",Washington Examiner,"New figures from the World Health Organization Thursday estimate that around 14.9 million people died ""directly or indirectly"" from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, more than double the previously reported death toll.
The estimate is focused around ""excess mortality"" as a result of COVID-19, meaning deaths caused directly by the virus and indirect deaths, such as people with cancer unable to receive treatment due to overcrowded hospitals. The lack of ""reliable"" death reporting methods in certain countries contributed to the rise, the WHO said.",right
9176,WHO: Nearly 15 Million Deaths Associated With COVID-19 Pandemic,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'WHO', 'Data', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Public Health', 'Science', 'Healthcare', 'Hospitals', 'India', 'Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus']",WHO: Nearly 15 million died as a result of Covid-19 in first two years of pandemic,STAT,"Nearly 15 million people died as a result of Covid-19 in the first two years of the pandemic, the World Health Organization estimated in a report released Thursday. That figure is 2.7 times higher than the 5.4 million deaths that governments around the world reported to the global health agency for that period.
The WHO analysis used mathematical modeling to calculate “excess mortality” for 2020 and 2021 — ascribing to the pandemic deaths that were over and above what had been seen in the years leading up to the emergence...",center
9177,Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford Testifies,['Supreme Court'],"Ford, her voice shaking, describes the night she was sexually assaulted",CNN (Online News),"Christine Blasey Ford, seemingly on the verge of tears, recounted the incident where she alleges Judge Brett Kavanaugh sexual and physically assaulted her while they were both at a party during their high school years.",left
9178,Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford Testifies,['Supreme Court'],Woman details sexual assault allegation against Trump court nominee,Reuters,"A university professor detailed her allegations that Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, sexually assaulted her 36 years ago during a momentous Senate hearing on Thursday that could determine whether he will be confirmed to the lifetime job after a pitched political battle.",center
9179,Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford Testifies,['Supreme Court'],Christine Ford testifies: Brett Kavanaugh ‘sexually assaulted me’,Fox News (Online News),"Christine Blasey Ford appeared in public for the first time Thursday to testify on her allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, saying she was “terrified” to detail her accusations but felt it’s her “civic duty.”",right
9180,Republican Rep. Kevin Brady Releases New Tax Bill,['Taxes'],"Top U.S. House tax writer floats tax bill on retirement plans, IRS",Reuters,"A Republican who will soon step down as chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives tax committee late on Monday released a sweeping, nearly 300-page tax bill that he said would",center
9181,Republican Rep. Kevin Brady Releases New Tax Bill,['Taxes'],Time For Another Tax Cut!,Mother Jones,Rep. Kevin Brady has an itsy-bitsy little favor to ask before Democrats take over the House in January: A Republican who will soon step down as chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives,left
9182,Republican Rep. Kevin Brady Releases New Tax Bill,['Taxes'],Top House Republican aims for new tax law in lame-duck session,Washington Examiner,"Top Republican tax law writer Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, wants at least one more major tax law under his name.",right
9183,Trump Suggests Schiff May Be Guilty of Treason,"['Donald Trump', 'Intelligence', 'US House', 'Adam Schiff', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump: Schiff Should Be Arrested for Treason,Townhall,"President Trump believes a House censure, like the one introduced by the House Freedom Caucus, is not enough to punish House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff. The California Democrat opened a hearing with Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire last week by embellishing the transcript of the phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky. Following backlash from Republicans on the panel, Schiff would later explain that it was a ""parody.""
Well Trump wasn't laughing. And on Monday he suggested that Schiff's behavior was egregious that it amounts to treason...",right
9184,Trump Suggests Schiff May Be Guilty of Treason,"['Donald Trump', 'Intelligence', 'US House', 'Adam Schiff', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump suggests arresting Adam Schiff for 'treason',Politico,"President Donald Trump and his allies on Monday ratcheted up their campaign against Rep. Adam Schiff as the White House’s Ukraine scandal entered its second week — with Trump again suggesting the House Intelligence chairman committed treason.
Locked in a defensive crouch and staring down an impeachment inquiry, Trump continued to batter the California Democrat for allegedly mischaracterizing his July phone call with newly elected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“Rep. Adam Schiff illegally made up a FAKE & terrible statement, pretended it to be mine as the most important part...",left
9185,Trump Suggests Schiff May Be Guilty of Treason,"['Donald Trump', 'Intelligence', 'US House', 'Adam Schiff', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump asks if House Intel Chair Adam Schiff should face ‘arrest for treason’ as impeachment probe gathers steam,CNBC,"President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff could face “arrest for treason” over his recent statement about Trump’s call with Ukraine’s president.
“Rep. Adam Schiff illegally made up a FAKE & terrible statement, pretended it to be mine as the most important part of my call to the Ukrainian President, and read it aloud to Congress and the American people,” Trump tweeted.
“It bore NO relationship to what I said on the call. Arrest for Treason?” he added.
Neither the White House nor a...",center
9186,J. Thomas Manger Named New US Capitol Police Chief,"['National Security', 'Criminal Justice', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Defense And Security']","Ex-Montgomery, Fairfax chief J. Thomas Manger named new Capitol Police chief",Washington Post,"J. Thomas Manger, who spent 21 years as a police chief in the wealthy Washington suburbs of Montgomery and Fairfax counties, was named Thursday to take over the U.S. Capitol Police as it tries to regain its footing in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. More than 80 Capitol officers were assaulted, two later died, and its commanders were found to have ignored warnings of a violent attack.
Manger was selected by three members of the Capitol Police Board — the sergeant-at-arms of the House and...",left
9187,J. Thomas Manger Named New US Capitol Police Chief,"['National Security', 'Criminal Justice', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Defense And Security']",New chief of Capitol Police chosen in aftermath of Jan. 6 riot,New York Post (News),"A new chief has been selected to lead the US Capitol Police in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 riot where a mob violently stormed the building.
J. Thomas Manger, a longtime police official who has run large departments in Maryland and Virginia, will be named to the post after an extensive search, the Associated Press reported, citing two people briefed on the matter.
The agency’s top official, Steven Sund, was forced out a day after the riot, and Yogananda Pittman was elevated to the role of acting chief.",right
9188,J. Thomas Manger Named New US Capitol Police Chief,"['National Security', 'Criminal Justice', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Defense And Security']",Capitol Police have new chief after Jan. 6 insurrection,Associated Press," J. Thomas Manger, a former police chief in Maryland and Virginia, is the new chief of the U.S. Capitol Police, congressional officials announced Thursday. Manger will take charge of the department in the aftermath of the violent Jan. 6 insurrection in which supporters of former President Donald Trump easily overwhelmed law enforcement and stormed the building.
The Capitol Police Board, which includes the House and Senate sergeant-at-arms and the Architect of the Capitol, oversees the force and led the search. The board said in a statement that Manger had been...",left
9189,Trump Presses Mexico to Stop Immigrant Caravans,['Immigration'],"Caravan of 1,000 Illegal Aliens Forces Trump to Talk Tougher With Mexico",Townhall,"Could a recent Buzzfeed news story force America to get even tougher with Mexico due to illegal immigration? Based on President Trump's tweets today, that answer is yes.",right
9190,Trump Presses Mexico to Stop Immigrant Caravans,['Immigration'],Trump claims 'caravans' of migrants in Mexico mean US 'is being stolen',The Guardian,"Donald Trump returned to the offensive on immigration on Monday, repeating a claim that “caravans” of migrants from Central America are threatening to enter the US via Mexico and demanding: “Act now Congress, our country is being stolen!”",left
9191,Trump Presses Mexico to Stop Immigrant Caravans,['Immigration'],Trump: Mexico must stop immigrant 'caravans',The Hill,President Trump early Monday pressed Mexico to stop immigrant “caravans” trying to reach the United States.,center
9192,Manchin Doubles Down on $1.5 Trillion Limit for Democrats' Budget Reconciliation Bill,"['Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Joe Manchin', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'Federal Budget', 'Infrastructure']",Manchin Sets $1.5 Trillion Ceiling For Democrats’ Reconciliation Bill,Forbes,"Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Thursday said he favors a $1.5 trillion price tag for Democrats’ budget reconciliation bill, a spending package focused on social programs, which puts him far out of step with progressives who are threatening to tank a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill Manchin strongly supports.",center
9193,Manchin Doubles Down on $1.5 Trillion Limit for Democrats' Budget Reconciliation Bill,"['Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Joe Manchin', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'Federal Budget', 'Infrastructure']",Manchin says $1.5 trillion is his limit on Biden economic agenda amid battle with progressives,CNN (Online News),"Moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia made clear Thursday that $1.5 trillion was the price tag he was willing to settle on for his party's plan to expand the social safety net, putting him $2 trillion away from the lowest number progressive Democrats have said they would accept.
Manchin said he informed President Joe Biden that was his number, and Biden said he needed more than that.
""I've never been a liberal in any way, shape or form,"" Manchin said. ""I'm willing to come from zero to 1.5 (trillion).""",left
9194,Manchin Doubles Down on $1.5 Trillion Limit for Democrats' Budget Reconciliation Bill,"['Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Joe Manchin', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'Federal Budget', 'Infrastructure']","Manchin sets $1.5 trillion limit on spending package, dealing blow to Biden agenda",Washington Examiner,"Sen. Joe Manchin dealt a blow to fellow Democrats and President Joe Biden Thursday, announcing he won’t back a massive social welfare spending package that costs more than $1.5 trillion.
The figure, which Manchin has been floating publicly for weeks, falls far below the $3.5 trillion most House and Senate Democrats say they need at minimum to create a broad array of new government programs and assistance under Biden's Build Back Better Plan. Manchin's announcement is likely to thwart efforts to pass a critical bipartisan infrastructure plan on Thursday that Biden hoped...",right
9195,Trump: Fight Freedom Caucus,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump, Freedom Caucus turn on each other",The Hill,"President Trump on Thursday used Twitter to rip into the conservative House Freedom Caucus, which quickly returned fire as Republicans turned on one another a week after the collapse of their ObamaCare repeal plan.",center
9196,Trump: Fight Freedom Caucus,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump: ‘We must fight’ hard-line conservative Freedom Caucus in 2018 midterm elections,Washington Post,"President Trump effectively declared war Thursday on the House Freedom Caucus, the powerful group of hard-line conservative Republicans who blocked the health-care bill, vowing to “fight them” in the 2018 midterm elections.",left
9197,Trump: Fight Freedom Caucus,"['White House', 'Politics']",Rove Advises Trump Against 'Punching Down' on Freedom Caucus,Newsmax (News),"The House Freedom Caucus did a ""grave disservice"" to its own party's agenda by holding out against the American Health Care Act, but President Donald Trump should let others go after the conservative group, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove said Thursday.",right
9198,What the Star-Spangled Banner Means to America,"['Culture', 'Fourth Of July', 'Holidays', 'Patriotism', 'Freedom']",Where does the US national anthem ‘Star Spangled Banner’ come from?,The Independent,"The Fourth of July is a day of summer weather, barbeques and national hot dog eating competitions in America as the nation celebrates its independence.
But few people will know that the tune of the US national anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner”, a song sung proudly at every Super Bowl, actually originally came from England.
The melody to which Francis Scott Key set the lyrics was derived from “To Anacreon in Heaven”, the constitutional song of the Anacreontic Society, a private gentleman’s club in London.
The song was named after a Greek poet...",left
9199,What the Star-Spangled Banner Means to America,"['Culture', 'Fourth Of July', 'Holidays', 'Patriotism', 'Freedom']",‘Star-Spangled Banner’: How its meaning changes with each generation,Christian Science Monitor,"The national anthem of the United States is full of surprises, writes Mark Clague, a professor of musicology at the University of Michigan, in “O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner.’”
Nearly everything about the 208-year-old anthem – from its meaning to how people sing it – has changed over time. Like America itself, the song is always evolving, Professor Clague tells the Monitor. The interview has been lightly edited and condensed. 
You point out that the first line is a question, not a declaration....",center
9200,What the Star-Spangled Banner Means to America,"['Culture', 'Fourth Of July', 'Holidays', 'Patriotism', 'Freedom']",The national anthem doesn’t have to divide us. It can unite us,Deseret News,"I’m a singer living in Nashville, Tennessee — Music City, USA. But at age 64, you won’t find me singing at the honky-tonks. You’re much more likely to hear me singing in my church choir or perhaps a ballpark.
That’s because I’ve sung the national anthem in public for 20 years. I even accomplished one of my lifelong dreams: to sing for my beloved Chicago Cubs and nearly 40,000 fans at a packed Wrigley Field.
That single performance turned into multiyear, cross-country quest to sing the anthem at all the...",center
9201,Twitter Suspends 'From the Desk of Donald Trump' Account,"['Technology', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Donald Trump', 'Twitter']",Twitter Suspends Trump’s New Account For Trying To Evade The Ban On His Old Account,Forbes,"Twitter has suspended an account created to share posts from a website recently launched by former President Donald Trump, claiming the new handle is an attempt to bypass the suspension of his personal account, in the latest move by a major social media company limiting Trump’s ability to spread his message.
The new site, “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump,” went live Tuesday, as did its accompanying Twitter handle, @DJTDesk.
By late Wednesday night, the account had been suspended.
A Twitter spokesperson told Forbes: “As stated in...",center
9202,Twitter Suspends 'From the Desk of Donald Trump' Account,"['Technology', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Donald Trump', 'Twitter']",Twitter suspends account that was posting Trump statements,NBC News (Online),"Twitter suspended an account on Thursday that appeared to be circumventing its ban on former President Donald Trump by posting messages he shared on his own website.
The move was more evidence that the social media behemoth will continue to take action to enforce its ban on Trump, which was instituted in his final days in office as he tried to overturn his election defeat.
On Thursday morning, a Twitter accounts with the handle “@DJTDesk” appeared on Twitter. The account’s bio section stated that the handle would be featuring “Posts...",left
9203,Twitter Suspends 'From the Desk of Donald Trump' Account,"['Technology', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Donald Trump', 'Twitter']","Twitter suspends Trump ‘From the Desk’ account, despite no link to Team Trump",New York Post (News),"An account pulled from Twitter for appearing to belong to former President Donald Trump’s newly launched communications platform was not created by the ex-commander-in-chief’s team, The Post has learned.
The 45th president on Tuesday revealed his new website, “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump,” which allows him to provide his thoughts in Twitter-style posts that can then be shared on social media sites from which he has been banned.
The site is meant to serve as “a place to speak freely and safely,” a statement from Team Trump said....",right
9204,Trump Administration's Census Reversal Causes Confusion,"['White House', 'Census', 'Citizenship Question', 'Politics']",It's Not Nice to Lie to the Supreme Court,New York Times (Opinion),"A cynic might say that with his two major decisions on the last day of the Supreme Court term a week ago, Chief Justice John Roberts saved both the Republican Party and the court — first by shutting the federal courts’ door to claims of partisan gerrymandering, a practice in which both political parties indulge but that Republicans have perfected to a high art, and then by refusing to swallow the Trump administration’s dishonest rationale for adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
President Trump, having placed two justices...",left
9205,Trump Administration's Census Reversal Causes Confusion,"['White House', 'Census', 'Citizenship Question', 'Politics']",How to Put Citizenship Back in the Census,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"The Trump administration said Wednesday it will attempt to add a citizenship question on the 2020 census while complying with the Supreme Court’s ruling in Department of Commerce v. New York. Five justices held that the Census Act allows the question, but a separate five-justice majority found the rulemaking that added the question was procedurally deficient. There is a way forward. The Constitution itself requires the collection of citizenship information.
Section 2 of the 14th Amendment provides that if a state denies the franchise to anyone eligible to vote, its...",right
9206,Trump Administration's Census Reversal Causes Confusion,"['White House', 'Census', 'Citizenship Question', 'Politics']",Census 2020: Trump persists in citizenship question row,BBC News,"President Trump sowed confusion on Wednesday and said he was ""moving forward"" with the controversial plan.
This came a day after his own senior officials said the census papers would be printed without the question.
It leaves the future of the census, which determines electoral districts and federal funding, in some doubt.",center
9207,Judicial Nominee Thomas Farr's Confirmation Derailed Amid Allegations of Voter Suppression,['Politics'],Trump Judicial Nominee Set To Fail Amid Voter Suppression Charges,NPR (Online News),The controversial judicial nomination of Thomas Farr has been derailed in the Senate. South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott — the lone African-American Republican in the Senate — sealed Farr's fate,left
9208,Judicial Nominee Thomas Farr's Confirmation Derailed Amid Allegations of Voter Suppression,['Politics'],Republicans Sink Trump Judicial Nominee Hostile To Black Voters’ Rights,HuffPost,Sens. Tim Scott and Jeff Flake joined Democrats in rejecting Thomas Farr to be a lifetime federal judge.,left
9209,Judicial Nominee Thomas Farr's Confirmation Derailed Amid Allegations of Voter Suppression,['Politics'],"Sen. Tim Scott announces opposition to judicial nominee Thomas Farr, effectively dooming confirmation",Fox News (Online News),"South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott announced Thursday he will oppose embattled judicial nominee Thomas Farr, in an apparent reversal from his position Wednesday that seemingly",right
9210,Emails Linked Al Qaeda,['Middle East'],E-mails: White House knew of extremist claims in Benghazi attack,CNN (Online News),"Two hours after the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, the White House, the State Department and the FBI were told that an Islamist group had claimed credit, government e-mails obtained by CNN show.",left
9211,Emails Linked Al Qaeda,['Middle East'],State Department emails from day of Libya attack show Al Qaeda-tied group on radar,Fox News (Online News),A series of internal State Department emails obtained by Fox News shows that officials reported within hours of last month's deadly consulate attack in Libya that Al Qaeda-tied group Ansar al-Sharia had claimed responsibility.,right
9212,Emails Linked Al Qaeda,['Middle East'],Chambliss slams W.H. for Libya emails,Politico,A senior senator slammed the Obama administration on Wednesday and called for additional hearings on Libya after emails surfaced showing that White House officials knew within hours that an Islamic militant group was taking responsibility for the attacks on the Benghazi-based U.S. Consulate there.,left
9213,Recent 9/11 Torture Comments,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Obama: 'We Tortured Some Folks' After 9/11 And We Have To Take Responsibility For It,HuffPost,"President Barack Obama bluntly acknowledged on Friday that the United States conducted torture in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
""I was very clear that in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, we did some things that were wrong,"" he said. ""We did a whole lot of things that were right, but we tortured some folks. We did some things that were contrary to our values.""
""We crossed the line and that needs to be understood and accepted. And we have to, as a country, take responsibility...",left
9214,Recent 9/11 Torture Comments,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Obama 'Torture' Comments Reopen Debate,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama, reopening a debate over U.S. interrogation methods under his predecessor, said a coming declassified report would show techniques used on some terrorism suspects that ""any fair-minded person would believe were torture.""
Mr. Obama said the declassification of the report as soon as next week would disclose a part of America's history that was wrong and runs ""contrary to our values.""
""We did a whole lot of things that were right [after 9/11], but we tortured some folks,"" Mr. Obama said at a news conference Friday.
But Mr....",center
9215,Recent 9/11 Torture Comments,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']","Obama: After 9-11, US 'Tortured Some Folks'",Newsmax (News),"The United States tortured al Qaida detainees captured after the 9/11 attacks, President Obama acknowledged Friday, in some of his most expansive comments to date about a controversial set of CIA practices that he banned after taking office.
""We tortured some folks,"" Obama said at a televised news conference at the White House. ""We did some things that were contrary to our values.""
Addressing the impending release of a Senate report that criticizes CIA treatment of detainees, Obama said he believed the mistreatment happened because of the pressure national security...",right
9216,Iran Tests Ballistic Missile,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']",Report: Iran tests missile capable of reaching Israel,Christian Science Monitor,"The Iranian Revolutionary Guard has allegedly tested a ballistic missile capable of traveling up to 1,250 miles, far enough to reach Israel, according to a Monday report by the Islamic republic's quasi-official Tasnim News Agency that the minister of defense subsequently denied.
If true, the test is the latest in a series of short-, medium-, and long-range missile exercises in the past few months since reaching a nuclear deal in July 2015.",center
9217,Iran Tests Ballistic Missile,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']",Iran carries out new ballistic missile test,Fox News (Online News),"Iran successfully test-fired a medium-range ballistic missile capable of striking U.S. forces in the region as well as Israel, the third such test since the nuclear agreement with Western nations took effect in January, multiple defense officials confirmed to Fox News.
The rogue nation conducted the test in defiance of a United Nations resolution that calls on Iran to cease work on its ballistic missile program.
“Iran has to abide by U.N. resolutions with regard to ballistic missiles tests, and if they have violated or not been consistent with those...",right
9218,Iran Tests Ballistic Missile,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']",Iran disputes report of missile test,USA TODAY,"Iran's defense minister on Monday denied at least parts of a report in the Iranian media that the military recently test-fired a ballistic missile with pinpoint accuracy at a range of 1,250 miles — a range that would include Israel and several other Middle East nations.
Brigadier General Ali Abdollahi, the Iranian military's deputy chief of staff, told Iran's Tasnim news agency that Iran fired the test missile two weeks ago and that it was accurate to within 25 feet, which he described as zero error.
""We can guide this...",left
9219,GOP Plan Against Trump,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",GOP Operative Plans ‘Guerrilla Campaign’ Against Donald Trump,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Republican establishment, increasingly alarmed by the enduring strength of Donald Trump’s presidential bid, is ratcheting up efforts to knock him out of the race, including the first attempt to unite donors from rival camps into a single anti-Trump force.
A well-connected GOP operative is planning a “guerrilla campaign” backed by secret donors to “defeat and destroy” the celebrity businessman’s candidacy, according to a memo reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
A super PAC supporting Ohio Gov. John Kasich is airing a series of ads targeting Mr. Trump. Former Florida...",center
9220,GOP Plan Against Trump,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Donald Trump Sets Off a Furor With Call to Register Muslims in the U.S.,New York Times (News),"Under assault from Democrats and Republicans alike, Donald J. Trump on Friday drew back from his call for a mandatory registry of Muslims in the United States, trying to quell one of the ugliest controversies yet in a presidential campaign like few others.
The daylong furor capped a week of one-upmanship among Republican presidential candidates as to who could sound toughest about preventing terrorism after the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris. Polls show the national mood has soured on accepting refugees from Syria amid concerns about potential terrorist attacks within...",left
9221,GOP Plan Against Trump,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Secret GOP Group Being Formed to Torpedo Trump,Newsmax (News),"Top Republican establishment forces are joining up to eliminate Donald Trump from the presidential race through a ""guerrilla campaign,"" backed by secret donors, The Wall Street Journal reports Saturday.
In a page-one story, the paper reported that anti-Trump efforts are being spearheaded by a one-time Republican National Party online communications director who worked briefly for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's failed bid for the GOP nomination.
The group, called Trump Card LLC , is headed by former RNC employee Liz Mair. A det",right
9222,Jan. 6 Hearing Highlights Trump’s Pressure on State Officials,"['Politics', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'State Governments', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Brad Raffensperger', 'Arizona', 'Georgia', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Liz Cheney', 'Adam Schiff', 'Bennie Thompson', 'US House']",1/6 panel focuses on Trump’s pressure on elected officials,Associated Press Fact Check,"The House 1/6 committee outlined on Tuesday Donald Trump’s relentless pressure to overturn the 2020 presidential election, aiming to show it led to widespread personal threats on the stewards of American democracy --— election workers and local officials — who fended off the defeated president’s efforts.
The panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol resumed with a focus on Trump’s efforts to undo Joe Biden’s victory in the most local way — by leaning on officials in key battleground states to reject ballots outright or to submit alternative electors...",left
9223,Jan. 6 Hearing Highlights Trump’s Pressure on State Officials,"['Politics', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'State Governments', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Brad Raffensperger', 'Arizona', 'Georgia', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Liz Cheney', 'Adam Schiff', 'Bennie Thompson', 'US House']",Trump's pressure campaign on states in focus at Jan. 6 Capitol riot hearing,Reuters,"The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol shifted its focus on Tuesday to the pressure Donald Trump put on state officials as he sought to remain in the White House despite losing the 2020 election.",center
9224,Jan. 6 Hearing Highlights Trump’s Pressure on State Officials,"['Politics', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'State Governments', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Brad Raffensperger', 'Arizona', 'Georgia', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Liz Cheney', 'Adam Schiff', 'Bennie Thompson', 'US House']",Jan. 6 Committee: Watch Tuesday's hearing focused on pressuring state officials to take action,Fox News (Online News),"The Jan. 6 Select Committee is set to hold its fourth public hearing Tuesday, during which testimony is expected to focus on how pressuring state officials to overturn the 2020 election results may have influenced the Capitol protests. Committee member and Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., will lead the hearing.",right
9225,Obstruction of Justice Allegations,"['White House', 'Politics']",Report: President Trump is now under investigation for obstruction of justice,Vox,Trump really wasn’t under investigation for most of this year. But the Washington Post reports that he is now.,left
9226,Obstruction of Justice Allegations,"['White House', 'Politics']",The Russia investigation is now inside the Oval Office,CNN (Online News),"For months, President Trump has been obsessed -- publicly and privately -- with clearing his name in relation to the ongoing investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election and potential collusion with members of his campaign.",left
9227,Obstruction of Justice Allegations,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump rips 'WITCH HUNT' in response to reports of obstruction probe,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump took to Twitter Thursday morning to claim he's caught up in a ""WITCH HUNT"" led by ""bad and conflicted people"" following reports that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating him for obstruction of justice.",right
9228,British PM Theresa May Says Trump Advised Her to Sue EU Over Brexit,"['Europe', 'World']",Famously Litigious Trump Advised Theresa May to Sue EU Over Brexit,Mother Jones,"President Donald Trump seems to have spent much of his first official visit to the UK mansplaining to the country’s prime minister, Theresa May.",left
9229,British PM Theresa May Says Trump Advised Her to Sue EU Over Brexit,"['Europe', 'World']",Theresa May Says Trump Advised Her to Sue the EU,Wall Street Journal (News),U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday revealed the secret advice she received from President Donald Trump on how to handle Brexit talks: He suggested the U.K. sue the European Union.,center
9230,British PM Theresa May Says Trump Advised Her to Sue EU Over Brexit,"['Europe', 'World']","May Says Trump Told Her to SUE the EU, President Says It’s Still Not Too Late to Get ‘Brutal’ with Brussels",Breitbart News,Prime Minister Theresa May has revealed that President Donald Trump’s “brutal” advice on dealing with the EU was that she should sue the bloc instead of making concessions to it.,right
9231,Walmart Announces Program to Pay for Employees' College Tuition,['Education'],Walmart to offer employees a college education for $1 a day,Washington Post,"Walmart, the country’s largest private employer, announced Wednesday that it will pay for its workers to go back to school — as long as they get degrees in business or supply-chain management.",left
9232,Walmart Announces Program to Pay for Employees' College Tuition,['Education'],"Walmart to cover employees' college tuition, within limits",Washington Examiner,Walmart will begin subsidizing the cost of college for store workers who work toward company-selected degrees at schools that have teamed with the retailing giant.,right
9233,Walmart Announces Program to Pay for Employees' College Tuition,['Education'],Walmart announces new college education program for employees,The Hill,"Walmart on Wednesday announced that it would pay for its employees to get a college education with the employee only spending $1 a day for their studies, The Washington Post reported.",center
9234,How Trump's Endorsements Fared in Tuesday's Primaries,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'Nevada', 'South Carolina', 'Texas']","Trump goes 1-1 in South Carolina primaries as Rice loses, Mace wins",Washington Times,"Rep. Tom Rice’s vote to impeach former President Donald Trump ultimately cost him his seat in South Carolina’s deep-red 7th Congressional District.
The conservative record that Mr. Rice, a Republican, compiled over his five terms in Congress was not enough to beat his Trump-backed challenger, state Rep. Russell Fry, who won the seven-candidate primary race.
It was a different story in the more moderate 1st Congressional District where Rep. Nancy Mace defeated Mr. Trump’s preferred pick, former South Carolina state Rep. Katie Arrington, who fully embraced his stolen election claims.
To avoid a June 28...",right
9235,How Trump's Endorsements Fared in Tuesday's Primaries,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'Nevada', 'South Carolina', 'Texas']","Five takeaways from races in Nevada, South Carolina and Texas",The Hill,"Voters from different sides of the country headed to the polls on Tuesday evening, lending some new insight into what to expect going into the general election in November. 
Former President Trump saw his endorsement put to the test in two key races in South Carolina, while Republicans saw victory in a South Texas congressional district that could bode well for their strategy in the region. 
Meanwhile, progressives saw yet another defeat, this time in Nevada. 
Here are five takeaways from the June 14 primaries.
Trump’s endorsement record takes another...",center
9236,How Trump's Endorsements Fared in Tuesday's Primaries,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'Nevada', 'South Carolina', 'Texas']",Trump gets impeachment revenge on Tom Rice in South Carolina — but Nancy Mace prevails,NBC News (Online),"Rep. Tom Rice, targeted by former President Donald Trump for voting to impeach him after the Capitol riot, was defeated by a Trump-backed challenger in South Carolina Tuesday night while Rep. Nancy Mace, who also incurred Trump's ire for criticizing him over Jan. 6, prevailed, NBC News projects.
Rice’s primary defeat in the state’s 7th Congressional District at the hands of state Rep. Russell Fry marks the first time this election cycle that a pro-impeachment Republican has lost at the ballot box. Rice's loss also delivered Trump his first victory against an incumbent...",left
9237,"US House Passes COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, Sends to Biden's Desk","['US House', 'Race And Racism', 'Asian Americans', 'Politics']",House passes bill to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans,Washington Post,"The House on Tuesday passed legislation to aggressively investigate hate crimes, especially those targeting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, that have increased during the coronavirus pandemic.
The vote was 364 to 62; all the votes in opposition came from Republicans. The legislation heads to President Biden for his signature.
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) introduced the Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act in March after attacks against Asian Americans increased after the coronavirus emerged in China. Just five days after Hirono introduced the legislation, eight people were killed — including six women of...",left
9238,"US House Passes COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, Sends to Biden's Desk","['US House', 'Race And Racism', 'Asian Americans', 'Politics']",House sends anti-Asian hate bill to Biden's desk,The Hill,"In a big bipartisan vote, House lawmakers on Tuesday passed legislation aimed at combating the sharp rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans that have occurred since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
The bill now goes to President Biden, who is expected to sign it into law as soon as Thursday, in the middle of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The bill passed in a 364-62 vote, with all no votes coming from Republicans. The Senate last month approved the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act on a 94-1 vote,...",center
9239,"US House Passes COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, Sends to Biden's Desk","['US House', 'Race And Racism', 'Asian Americans', 'Politics']","House Passes COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, Signature Away From Becoming Law",The Daily Caller,"The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act Tuesday, clearing Congress with bipartisan support.
The bill, which was introduced by New York Democratic Rep. Grace Meng and Hawaii Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono, passed 364 to 62, above the two-thirds majority required. It passed the Senate 92-6 in April, and now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law.
The bill directs the Department of Justice to accelerate its reviews of reported COVID-related hate crimes, and improves the ways to report them to local governments...",right
9240,Guaido Leads Marches In Venezuela But Maduro Remains In Power,"['Venezuela', 'World']",Venezuela's Guaido Calls for 'Largest March in History' in Uprising Effort,Newsmax (News),"Venezuelans were expected to take to the streets on Wednesday for what opposition leader Juan Guaido pledged would be the ""largest march"" in the country's history, a day after he called for the military to oust President Nicolas Maduro.
In his boldest effort yet to gain the support of the armed forces, Guaido appeared early Tuesday outside a Caracas air force base with dozens of National Guard members. That triggered a day of violent protests, leaving more than 100 injured, but without any concrete signs of defection from the armed...",right
9241,Guaido Leads Marches In Venezuela But Maduro Remains In Power,"['Venezuela', 'World']","Venezuelan Opposition Leader Steps Up Pressure, but Maduro Holds On",New York Times (News),"It was the boldest move yet by Juan Guaidó, Venezuela’s opposition leader: at sunrise, he stood flanked by soldiers at an air force base in the heart of the capital, saying rebellion was at hand.
Mutinous security forces supporting him had released the country’s most famed political prisoner. National guardsmen stood at Mr. Guaidó’s side as others joined marches to support the protesters that they had spent years repressing.
In the streets, anti-government demonstrators clashed with forces loyal to the president amid reports of live fire, rubber bullets and tear...",left
9242,Guaido Leads Marches In Venezuela But Maduro Remains In Power,"['Venezuela', 'World']",Guaido faces test with call for 'largest march' in Venezuela history,Reuters,"Opposition leader Juan Guaido faced a key test of support on Wednesday after calling for the “largest march” in Venezuela’s history to try to dislodge President Nicolas Maduro, even as the military has so far resisted calls to help remove him.
Guaido on Tuesday urged the armed forces to support his effort to oust Maduro and appeared outside an air force base with dozens of National Guard members.
But there were no concrete signs of defection from the armed forces leadership, despite a years-long deep economic crisis and support for...",center
9243,U.S. Abstains from UN Vote on Israel,['Middle East'],Security Council Condemns Israeli Settlements As U.S. Abstains From Vote,NPR (Online News),"The U.N. Security Council has approved a resolution condemning construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, after the U.S. abstained from the vote rather than vetoing the resolution outright.",left
9244,U.S. Abstains from UN Vote on Israel,['Middle East'],"After UN veto, Kerry suggests Israel's West Bank foray spawning 'terrorism'",Fox News (Online News),"Secretary of State John Kerry is defending the Obama administration’s decision to effectively allow the United Nations to condemn Israeli for attempting to build more settlements in the disputed West Bank, saying the “unprecedented” effort has spawned terrorism and violence that jeopardizes lasting peace in the region.
The United States on Friday abstained from a U.N. Security Council vote to adopt a resolution condemning the Israel’s settlement expansion, which allowed for the measure’s passage and disapproval from incoming Republican President Donald Trump.",right
9245,U.S. Abstains from UN Vote on Israel,['Middle East'],OPINION: The United States just made Middle East peace harder,Guest Writer - Left,"Sizing up the Israeli-Palestinian conflict upon assuming office, President Obama decided Israeli settlements were the problem, and he insisted on a total freeze on construction. What followed were eight years of deadlock, the deterioration of U.S. relations with Israelis and Palestinians alike, and widespread disillusionment with the two-state solution.",left
9246,Proud Boys Charged With 'Seditious Conspiracy' in Capitol Riot Probe,"['Capitol Chaos', 'Crime', 'Defense And Security', 'Justice Department', 'Proud Boys', 'US Capitol', 'Violence In America', 'White House']",Proud Boys charged with ‘seditious conspiracy’ related to Capitol riot,Washington Examiner,"The Justice Department announced on Monday that five members of the right-wing Proud Boys group were charged by the Justice Department with “seditious conspiracy” related to their alleged roles in the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021.
The Justice Department says that more than 800 defendants have been arrested related to the Capitol riot, including over 250 defendants charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement officers.
“A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned a superseding indictment today charging five members of the Proud Boys, including the group’s former national chairman, with seditious conspiracy...",right
9247,Proud Boys Charged With 'Seditious Conspiracy' in Capitol Riot Probe,"['Capitol Chaos', 'Crime', 'Defense And Security', 'Justice Department', 'Proud Boys', 'US Capitol', 'Violence In America', 'White House']",Proud Boys Charged With Sedition in Capitol Attack,New York Times (News),"Enrique Tarrio, the former chairman of the Proud Boys, and four other members of the far-right group were indicted on Monday for seditious conspiracy in connection with the storming of the Capitol last January, the most serious criminal charges to be brought in the Justice Department’s sprawling investigation of the assault.
The sedition charges against Mr. Tarrio and his co-defendants — Joseph Biggs, Ethan Nordean, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola — came in an amended indictment that was unsealed in Federal District Court in Washington. The men had already been charged...",left
9248,Proud Boys Charged With 'Seditious Conspiracy' in Capitol Riot Probe,"['Capitol Chaos', 'Crime', 'Defense And Security', 'Justice Department', 'Proud Boys', 'US Capitol', 'Violence In America', 'White House']","Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio, Four Others, Charged With Seditious Conspiracy in Jan. 6 Probe",Wall Street Journal (News),"Enrique Tarrio, a former leader of the Proud Boys, and four other members of the far-right group have been indicted on seditious conspiracy charges in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, marking an escalation in the Justice Department’s riot probe.
A grand jury on Monday returned the indictment against Mr. Tarrio and co-defendants Ethan Nordean, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola, charging them with two new counts. The men already had been indicted in March on conspiracy and other charges stemming from the attack, with prosecutors alleging they...",center
9249,"Citing Inflation and Jobs Growth, Federal Reserve Signals Interest Rate Hike 'Soon'","['Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates', 'Jerome Powell', 'Economic Policy', 'Monetary Policy', 'Unemployment', 'GDP', 'Inflation']",Stocks wipe out gains after Fed signals rate hike in March,Washington Post,"Stocks staged another late-day reversal Wednesday, giving up their gains and adding to the week’s breathtaking volatility after the Federal Reserve signaled that interest hikes are indeed around the corner.
After trading higher most of the day, the Dow Jones industrial average shed more than 600 points following the Fed’s policy announcement. It cut some of its losses to settle at 34,168.09, down 129.64 points, or about 0.4 percent. A day earlier, the blue-chip index limped out of a tumultuous session that saw it stage a more than 1,000-point comeback...",left
9250,"Citing Inflation and Jobs Growth, Federal Reserve Signals Interest Rate Hike 'Soon'","['Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates', 'Jerome Powell', 'Economic Policy', 'Monetary Policy', 'Unemployment', 'GDP', 'Inflation']",Fed signals first interest rate hike coming in March as it scrambles to curb inflation,Washington Examiner,"The Federal Reserve has signaled that the first interest rate hike in years is on the horizon as it moves to leave its pandemic crisis posture and limit inflation.
The Federal Open Market Committee released its decision Wednesday after a two-day monetary policy meeting. The central bank said in a statement that ""it will soon be appropriate to raise"" its interest rate target.",right
9251,"Citing Inflation and Jobs Growth, Federal Reserve Signals Interest Rate Hike 'Soon'","['Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates', 'Jerome Powell', 'Economic Policy', 'Monetary Policy', 'Unemployment', 'GDP', 'Inflation']",Federal Reserve points to interest rate hike coming in March,CNBC,"Facing both turbulent financial markets and raging inflation, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday indicated it could soon raise interest rates for the first time in more than three years as part of a broader tightening of historically easy monetary policy.
In a move that came as little surprise, the Fed’s policymaking group said a quarter-percentage point increase to its benchmark short-term borrowing rate is likely forthcoming. It would be the first rise since December 2018.
Chairman Jerome Powell added that the Fed could move on an aggressive path.",center
9252,Sanders Campaign Organizer Filmed Threatening Violence if Defeated in Primary,"['Campaign Rhetoric', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Media Bias', 'Election 2020', 'Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Elections']",Project Veritas–Bernie Campaigner Dreams of Slaying MSNBC Hosts: ‘Liberals Get the F***ing Wall First’,Breitbart News,"Undercover footage released by Project Veritas on Tuesday shows a field organizer for Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-VT) 2020 campaign warning that liberals will “get the f***ing wall first” in a socialist revolution.
The remark, uttered by an individual identified as Kyle Jurek, was prompted by a Project Veritas journalist, who asked: “Guys like that (liberals), what are we going to do with them?”
“Gulag,” Jurek quipped with a laugh, before adding: “Liberals get the f***ing wall first.”
The Sanders organizer’s comment is a play on the expression “against the wall,”...",right
9253,Sanders Campaign Organizer Filmed Threatening Violence if Defeated in Primary,"['Campaign Rhetoric', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Media Bias', 'Election 2020', 'Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Elections']","Sanders Campaign Organizer: Free Education, Gulags Needed To ""Re-Educate"" You To Not Be A ""F*cking Nazi""",RealClearPolitics,"A campaign organizer for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders warned about mass violence and advocated for the use of gulags for ""re-education"" in a conversation caught on tape by James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas. In the undercover video, Kyle Jurek, an Iowa field organizer for the Sanders campaign, said the country will have to ""spend billions"" on re-education for people that are ""Nazified.""
Jurek said the candidate's ""free education"" policies will ""teach you how not to be a f*cking Nazi."" He touted post-war Germany spending money to ""re-educate"" people not to...",center
9254,Sanders Campaign Organizer Filmed Threatening Violence if Defeated in Primary,"['Campaign Rhetoric', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Media Bias', 'Election 2020', 'Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders aides lock Twitter accounts after Project Veritas exposé,Washington Examiner,"Two Iowa field directors for Bernie Sanders's 2020 presidential campaign locked their Twitter accounts after a Project Veritas video showed a ""top-tier organizer"" saying ""Milwaukee will burn"" if the senator doesn't win the Democratic nomination.
Sanders organizer Kyle Jurek told undercover journalists that ""there is a reason why Stalin had gulags,"" that Sanders wanted ""free education"" so that Trump supporters could be taught how to ""not be a f---ing Nazi,"" and that he wants to ""walk into that MSNBC studios, drag those motherf---ers out by their hair, and light them...",right
9255,"McConnell Says $2,000 Checks Have ""No Realistic Path"" to Quick Senate Passage","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US Senate']","‘No Realistic Path’ for Quick Vote on $2,000 Stimulus Checks, McConnell Says",New York Times (News),"Senator Mitch McConnell effectively killed off any chance that Congress would increase stimulus checks to $2,000 before President Trump leaves office, saying there was “no realistic path” for the Senate to pass a stand-alone bill.
Mr. McConnell, the majority leader, insisted on Wednesday that lawmakers would only consider an omnibus bill that included the $2,000 checks and two other issues that Mr. Trump has demanded Congress address: investigating the integrity of the 2020 election and revoking legal protections for social media platforms. Democrats will not take up either matter, dooming...",left
9256,"McConnell Says $2,000 Checks Have ""No Realistic Path"" to Quick Senate Passage","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US Senate']","McConnell thwarts Trump bid for $2,000 coronavirus economic relief checks",Reuters,"U.S. Senate leader Mitch McConnell dealt a likely death blow on Wednesday to President Donald Trump’s bid to boost coronavirus aid to Americans, declining to schedule a swift Senate vote on a bill to raise relief checks to $2,000 from $600.
McConnell said on the Senate floor that a bill passed by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, which sought to meet fellow Republican Trump’s demands for bigger checks, “has no realistic path to quickly pass the Senate.”
McConnell, who controls the Senate’s agenda and opposes the increase in aid, had...",center
9257,"McConnell Says $2,000 Checks Have ""No Realistic Path"" to Quick Senate Passage","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US Senate']","McConnell Criticizes $2,000 Stimulus Check Plan as Benefitting High-Earners",National Review,"Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) said in a floor speech on Wednesday that Democrats’ attempts to pass a standalone bill to disburse $2,000 stimulus checks has “no realistic chance” of passage.
McConnell is planning to organize a vote on a bill that combines the $2,000 checks with provisions to set up an election fraud commission and a repeal of Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act. All three proposals are supported by President Trump, but it is unlikely that they will pass the Senate as one bill....",right
9258,Jan. 6 Panel Reportedly Finds ‘Gaps’ in Trump White House Phone Records,"['White House', 'US House', 'Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'National Archives', 'New York Times', 'CNN', 'Politics']",House probe of Jan. 6 Capitol riot finds long gap in White House phone records,CNBC,"White House telephone logs obtained by the House probe of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot show an hourslong gap in calls on the day of the attack at a time when investigators know then-President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers spoke on the phone, NBC News reported Thursday.
Those records show no calls made by Trump, or to him, for several hours after his speech outside the White House, which began shortly before a violent mob of his supporters stormed into the Capitol, a source familiar with the records told NBC.",center
9259,Jan. 6 Panel Reportedly Finds ‘Gaps’ in Trump White House Phone Records,"['White House', 'US House', 'Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'National Archives', 'New York Times', 'CNN', 'Politics']",Jan. 6 investigators find gaps in White House call logs -NYT,Reuters,"The U.S. House committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on Congress has found gaps in official White House telephone logs on the day of the deadly riot, with few records of calls by then President Donald Trump during the hours investigators know he was making them, the New York Times reported.
Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; editing by Susan Heavey and Tomasz Janowski",center
9260,Jan. 6 Panel Reportedly Finds ‘Gaps’ in Trump White House Phone Records,"['White House', 'US House', 'Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'National Archives', 'New York Times', 'CNN', 'Politics']",Investigators Find Gaps in White House Logs of Trump’s Jan. 6 Calls,New York Times (News),"The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has discovered gaps in official White House telephone logs from the day of the riot, finding few records of calls by President Donald J. Trump from critical hours when investigators know that he was making them.
Investigators have not uncovered evidence that any official records were tampered with or deleted, and it is well known that Mr. Trump used his personal cellphone, and those of his aides, routinely to talk with aides, congressional allies and outside confidants.",left
9261,Rep. Ryan Zinke for Interior,['Politics'],Trump taps Montana congressman Ryan Zinke as interior secretary,Washington Post,"President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke, who has represented Montana’s at-large congressional seat for one term, to serve as secretary of the Department of the Interior, according to an individual with firsthand knowledge of the decision.",left
9262,Rep. Ryan Zinke for Interior,['Politics'],"Trump chooses congressman, former SEAL Zinke as interior secretary",Reuters,"President-elect Donald Trump has chosen first-term Republican U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke of Montana, a former Navy SEAL commander, as his interior secretary, a senior transition official said on Tuesday.",center
9263,Rep. Ryan Zinke for Interior,['Politics'],Trump Taps Former Navy SEAL Rep. Ryan Zinke For Interior Secretary,The Daily Caller,President-elect Donald Trump has asked freshman Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke to be secretary of the interior.,right
9264,Thoughts on upcoming NSA speech by POTUS,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Obama's NSA speech: 53 years after Ike's warning,USA TODAY,The Nations Newspaper provides you with up-to-date coverage of US and international news weather entertainment finance and more.,left
9265,Thoughts on upcoming NSA speech by POTUS,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",NSA Surveillance and the Media: Why the spying scandal no longer resonates,Fox News (Online News),The contrast between the governments vast surveillance powers and the meager limits it places on those powers got me thinking about the media scandal and public opinion.,right
9266,Thoughts on upcoming NSA speech by POTUS,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",NSA Reformers Brace For Disappointment From Obama's Speech,HuffPost,President Barack Obama is set to announce his vision of surveillance reforms in a speech on Friday and National Security Agency critics in Congress are bracing for disappointment.,left
9267,Bernie Fights Convention Posts,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Bernie Sanders Fights to Oust Two Hillary Clinton Backers From Key Convention Posts,Wall Street Journal (News),"Bernie Sanders is fighting to oust two Hillary Clinton supporters heading key Democratic National Convention committees, despite the party’s refusal to remove them, in the latest sign of disunity amid a bitter fight for the presidential nomination.
An attorney for Mr. Sanders’s campaign sent a letter to Democratic National Committee officials on Friday asking them to disqualify former congressman Barney Frank and Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy, who are co-chairmen of the convention’s rules and platform committees, respectively.",center
9268,Bernie Fights Convention Posts,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Sanders tries to get Clinton 'aggressive attack surrogates' off key campaign committees,Fox News (Online News),"Bernie Sanders is attempting to wage a fight to the finish for the Democratic presidential nomination -- and to upend the party’s “rigged” system -- by trying to remove key convention officials.
The Sanders campaign has called former Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank and Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy “aggressive attack surrogates” for Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton.",right
9269,Bernie Fights Convention Posts,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Bernie Sanders Derides Pick of Clinton Allies as Convention Committee Leaders,New York Times (News),"Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is seeking to bar allies of Hillary Clinton from leading the powerful rules and platform committees of the Democratic National Convention in July, escalating his battle with party leaders.
In a letter sent on Friday to party officials, lawyers for Mr. Sanders said that the appointments of Barney Frank, the former Massachusetts congressman, and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy of Connecticut violated party rules. Mr. Frank is to co-lead th",left
9270,"Biden Calls for Stricter Gun Laws, Return of Federal 'Assault Weapons Ban'","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Background Checks', 'Assault Weapons', 'Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Red Flag Laws']","Biden calls for assault weapons ban, making gun manufacturers liable for shootings",Washington Times,"President Biden on Thursday made an emotional appeal for ambitious new gun laws including a ban on military-style rifles, as lawmakers wrangled bitterly over how to prevent more bloodshed in America.
In an address to the nation, the president prodded Congress that “it is time to act” and repeatedly declared “enough” about the slaughters in schools and other mass shootings that have become all too routine in the U.S.
If Congress would not ban assault weapons outright, Mr. Biden said the least lawmakers could do would be to raise the age of purchase for...",right
9271,"Biden Calls for Stricter Gun Laws, Return of Federal 'Assault Weapons Ban'","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Background Checks', 'Assault Weapons', 'Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Red Flag Laws']",Biden calls on Congress to reinstate Federal Assault Weapons Ban,Axios,"President Biden laid out his gun control agenda on Thursday night, saying America should be unified around the provisions he suggested.
The big picture: Biden called on Congress to reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban, which was passed in 1994 and expired under President George W. Bush in 2004. He also called for expansions on background checks, raising the age limits to purchase semi-automatic rifles and red flag laws.
Biden added there should be a ban on certain semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines.
Other recommendations from Biden included:
Raising the age to purchase semi-automatic rifles from 18 to...",center
9272,"Biden Calls for Stricter Gun Laws, Return of Federal 'Assault Weapons Ban'","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Background Checks', 'Assault Weapons', 'Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Red Flag Laws']",'Enough': Biden Exhorts Congress To Pass Gun Control Laws,HuffPost,"President Joe Biden delivered just the second evening address of his presidency on Thursday night, almost begging Congress to pass gun control legislation following yet another wave of mass shootings stretching from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Buffalo, New York.
“Enough,” Biden said repeatedly, invoking the dozens of school shootings that have swept America over the past decade. “We can’t fail the American people again.”
Biden delivered his 15-minute speech, informed by his recent trips to both Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, from the East Room of the White House after walking down an aisle...",left
9273,Obama Speech on Economy,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama tries to offset current scandals by recycling talking points on economy,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama tried to offset a series of second-term scandals Wednesday by talking for more than an hour on the economy. Despite being hyped by the White House a day earlier as a major economic speech, Obama recycled many of his talking points.
His speech at Knox College comes on the heels of new polls showing a dramatic dip in his approval ratings.
During his speech, Obama said Washington has ""taken its eye off the ball"" as he pledged a stronger commitment to tackling the eco
Read more:...",right
9274,Obama Speech on Economy,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama at Knox College: ‘Washington has taken its eye off the ball,Washington Post,"President Obama described a vulnerable economic recovery Wednesday that he said is being undermined by worsening partisan politics in Washington and urged the country to stand behind his budget priorities in the months ahead as the best way to promote jobs and protect the middle class.
Angrily denouncing House Republicans for opposing legislation he says would benefit the economy, Obama said political obstruction is hampering what has been a steady, if unfinished, climb from the depths of the worst recession in",left
9275,Obama Speech on Economy,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama: Rest of my presidency is for working-class America,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama pledged Wednesday to focus his energy for the rest of his presidency on the core tenet of his election victories -- equal opportunity for all Americans -- starting with a campaign-style speech on the economy that also appeared to launch this year's budget battle with Republicans.
Confronting deep partisan divide over federal spending, tax reform and raising the debt ceiling later this year, Obama told a raucous crowd of hundreds at Knox C",left
9276,Senate Republicans Block John Lewis Voting Rights Act Proposed By Democrats,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Democratic Party', 'US Senate', 'John Lewis', 'John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act', 'Filibuster Senate Democrats', 'Republican Party', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Lisa Murkowski', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Partisan Divide']",U.S. Senate Democrats fail in latest bid to debate voting rights bill,Reuters,"U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday failed to advance voting-rights legislation for the fourth time this year due to overwhelming Republican opposition, raising potential ramifications for the 2022 congressional and 2024 presidential elections.
The Senate voted 50-49 in favor of starting debate on the ""John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act"" but fell short of the 60 votes needed under a procedural blocking maneuver known as a filibuster. Named for the late civil rights activist and congressman, the legislation would restore state voting requirements to prohibit racial discrimination that were struck down...",center
9277,Senate Republicans Block John Lewis Voting Rights Act Proposed By Democrats,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Democratic Party', 'US Senate', 'John Lewis', 'John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act', 'Filibuster Senate Democrats', 'Republican Party', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Lisa Murkowski', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Partisan Divide']",Republicans Block a Second Voting Rights Bill in the Senate,New York Times (News),"Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked legislation to restore parts of the landmark Voting Rights Act weakened by Supreme Court rulings, making it the second major voting bill to be derailed by a G.O.P. filibuster in the past two weeks.
Despite receiving majority support, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, named for the civil rights activist and congressman who died last year, fell nine votes short of the 60 required to advance over Republican opposition.
In the aftermath of the defeat, Senate Democrats said they would intensify internal discussions about altering filibuster...",left
9278,Senate Republicans Block John Lewis Voting Rights Act Proposed By Democrats,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Democratic Party', 'US Senate', 'John Lewis', 'John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act', 'Filibuster Senate Democrats', 'Republican Party', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Lisa Murkowski', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Partisan Divide']",Senate GOP blocks federal election law debate for fourth time this year,New York Post (News),"Senate Democrats tried and failed once again Wednesday to begin debate on a bill that would radically revamp America’s election laws, as all but two Republicans voted to block the measure from coming to the chamber floor.
Just 50 senators, including Lisa Murkowski (R-Ak.), voted to open debate on the legislation, known as the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. The bill needed 60 votes to clear the Senate’s legislative filibuster. Forty-nine senators voted to block debate, with Republican Mike Rounds of South Dakota not recording a vote.
Senate Majority Leader...",right
9279,Left-Leaning Populist Andres Obrador Wins Mexico's Presidential Election,"['Mexico', 'World']",Mexico elects Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador president by wide margin,USA TODAY,"Left-leaning populist Andrés Manuel López Obrador easily won Mexico’s presidential election Sunday, in a victory that upends the country’s political order.",left
9280,Left-Leaning Populist Andres Obrador Wins Mexico's Presidential Election,"['Mexico', 'World']",Mexico backs left-wing 'messiah' Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in historic presidential election,Fox News (Online News),"In an election many Mexicans hope will be a turning point for a country beset by decades of corruption, violence and enduring poverty, voters turned to a left-wing populist some supporters refer to as a “messiah.” A savior from the two major parties that have failed to deliver on promises of reform, in the eyes of many voters.",right
9281,Left-Leaning Populist Andres Obrador Wins Mexico's Presidential Election,"['Mexico', 'World']",Lopez Obrador scores landslide victory as Mexico votes for change,CNN (Online News),"Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has declared victory in Mexico's presidential election, as preliminary results showed that the leftist veteran politician, who had presented himself as an agent of change, secured a landslide win.",left
9282,Academy Awards Speeches Touch on Unity and Politics to Mixed Reactions,"['Oscars', 'Academy Awards', 'Hollywood', 'Elitism', 'Culture', 'Arts And Entertainment']",The Oscars finally got it right,CNN (Opinion),"The Oscars took place Sunday night under torrential rain so heavy that it threatened to rip through the white tent sheltering the celebrity fabulousness on the red carpet. You'd be excused if you assumed this downpour to be a symbol of the sweeping cultural changes to which the Motion Picture Academy, and Hollywood in general, have failed to fully adapt. In the lead up to the award show, we wondered: Would this be another year focused on pale-as-snow slates of winners, celebrating stories that elevate the privilege of white English-speaking...",left
9283,Academy Awards Speeches Touch on Unity and Politics to Mixed Reactions,"['Oscars', 'Academy Awards', 'Hollywood', 'Elitism', 'Culture', 'Arts And Entertainment']","Equality: Hollywood Celebs Handed $225,000 Swag Bag at Oscars",Breitbart News,"A parade of monied Hollywood A-Listers preached down to the rest of us about equality at this year’s Oscars ceremony all while collecting a $225,000 swag bag.
This year’s swag bag, put together by LA-based Distinctive Assets, came with free cosmetic surgery, a cruise on a luxury yacht, dating services, gold-plated vaping devices, and more, according to reports.
“It’s the highest value we’ve ever put together,” Distinctive Assets founder Lash Fary said.
“This year’s top swag includes a $78,000, 12-day yacht cruise; $20,000 of facial rejuvenation treatments; and $20,000 in...",right
9284,Academy Awards Speeches Touch on Unity and Politics to Mixed Reactions,"['Oscars', 'Academy Awards', 'Hollywood', 'Elitism', 'Culture', 'Arts And Entertainment']",A Close Read of Joaquin Phoenix and Renée Zellweger’s Utterly Baffling Oscar Speeches,New York Magazine,"There comes a time in an actor’s life when they find themselves seated in the Dolby Theater for the 12th consecutive hour, and they are either working on their face of gracious defeat for when their name is not called out as a winner, or they are optimistically going over a victory speech in their head, ensuring they don’t forget this producer or that agent or that grip on stage. (Or they are running around the bar, asking why the Academy can’t “just do another ‘Shallow,’” which is probably the...",left
9285,De Blasio Under Fire,['Violence In America'],NYPD Officers Turn Their Back to Mayor de Blasio,Townhall,,right
9286,De Blasio Under Fire,['Violence In America'],De Blasio’s nightmare,Politico,"Bill de Blasio, like his progressive political idol Barack Obama, is finding out that you can’t do the New Politics if you don’t pay attention to the old politics.
In Obama’s case, it was a failure to recognize the threat posed to him by Republicans who didn’t buy into his calls for a post-partisan partnership with Congress. For New York’s ambitious liberal mayor, it was an inability to keep long-simmering tensions with the city’s traditionally powerful police department from boiling over in the past few days.
Story Continued...",left
9287,De Blasio Under Fire,['Violence In America'],NYC mayor urges halt to 'political debates and protests' until officers are laid to rest,Washington Post,"New York City Leaders tried to Tamp down the strong emotions Coursing through Their City on Monday after the Shooting deaths of two Police Officers , calling for Unity and Urging Protesters to refrain from demonstrations until the Officers Are laid to rest.
In an Emotional speech at a sometimes Heated News conference, Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) Declined to address the Swirling controversy over Whether his vocal Efforts to Reform the Police Department Contributed to Saturday's execution-Style Slaying of Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos. INSTEAD , de Blasio...",left
9288,Mississippi Senate Primary Run-off,['Elections'],Thad Cochran backers face agonizing choice,Politico,"Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran’s national backers awakened to a wrenching decision Wednesday: whether to continue pouring energy and cash into an effort to rescue a six-term incumbent who failed to win a majority of the vote in this week’s primary.
The dilemma is agonizing on every level, forcing longtime Cochran allies who have already spent millions defending him to gauge how realistic the beloved senior senator’s chances are to win a June 24 runoff.",left
9289,Mississippi Senate Primary Run-off,['Elections'],GOP Sen. Cochran forced into runoff against Tea Party-backed challenger,Fox News (Online News),"Six-term Mississippi GOP Sen. Thad Cochran has been forced into a runoff with Tea Party-backed challenger Chris McDaniel, after neither candidate was able to win 50 percent of the vote and clinch an outright victory in Tuesday’s primary.
With most precincts reporting and an unknown number of mail-in and provisional ballots yet to be counted, unofficial results showed McDaniel, a state senator, with a slight",right
9290,Mississippi Senate Primary Run-off,['Elections'],Mississippi’s G.O.P. Senate Primary Headed to a Runoff,New York Times (News),"The hard-fought Mississippi Republican Senate primary is headed to a runoff between the six-term incumbent, Senator Thad Cochran, and his Tea Party-backed challenger, State Senator Chris McDaniel. Each received less than 50 percent of the vote in the achingly close first round of balloting on Tuesday.
With 100 percent of the vote counted, Mr. Cochran and Mr. McDaniel each had about 49 percent, with a third candidate pulling in less than 2 percent. Mr. McDaniel was leading by 1,386 votes out of the 310,000 cast.",left
9291,Jihadi John Identified,['Terrorism'],Identity of ISIS terrorist known as 'Jihadi John' reportedly revealed,Fox News (Online News),"The true identity of the ISIS terrorist known as ""Jihadi John,"" who has appeared in several videos showing the beheading of hostages, reportedly has been revealed.",right
9292,Jihadi John Identified,['Terrorism'],'Jihadi John' Reportedly Identified As Mohammed Emwazi,HuffPost,"Investigators believe that the ""Jihadi John"" masked fighter who fronted Islamic State beheading videos is a British man named Mohammed Emwazi, two U.S. government sources said on Thursday.",left
9293,Jihadi John Identified,['Terrorism'],ISIS militant 'Jihadi John' identified,CNN (Online News),"A man with a British accent seen in ISIS videos showing the beheadings of Western hostages was identified Thursday as Mohammed Emwazi, a Kuwaiti-born Londoner, the Reuters news agency reported, citing The Washington Post.",left
9294,Kerry No Longer Testifying on Benghazi,"['White House', 'Politics']",Darrell Issa forfeits John Kerry appearance on Benghazi,Politico,Secretary of State John Kerry will not appear next month before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.,left
9295,Kerry No Longer Testifying on Benghazi,"['White House', 'Politics']",Issa releases Kerry from commitment to testify on Benghazi,Washington Times,"While accusing Secretary of State John F. Kerry of trying to “squirm his way” out of a commitment to appear before his committee, House Oversight and Government Reform (OGR) Committee Chairman Darrell E. Issa said Friday he will no longer try to force Mr. Kerry to testify on Benghazi at a June 12 hearing.
Mr. Issa, California Republican, had subpoenaed Mr. Kerry twice to appear",right
9296,Kerry No Longer Testifying on Benghazi,"['White House', 'Politics']",Darrell Issa Begrudgingly Says John Kerry No Longer Has To Testify On Benghazi,HuffPost,"Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is throwing in the towel.
The House Oversight Committee chairman on Friday released Secretary of State John Kerry from his subpoena to testify on the Sept. 12, 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, saying Kerry was using the summons to ""shield against"" appearing before a select committ",left
9297,"11 US Troops Injured in Jan. 8 Missile Attack, Contradicting Initial Reports","['National Security', 'Iran', 'Middle East', 'Pentagon', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']",American Troops Were Injured in Jan. 8 Iran Missile Attack,Wall Street Journal (News),"WASHINGTON—Nearly a dozen American troops were injured in the Iranian missile attack on two bases in Iraq last week, Defense Department officials said, after initially stating that there were no casualties in the strikes.
Eleven individuals are being screened for traumatic brain injuries following the attacks on two bases in Iraq that house American troops. Iran fired a dozen rockets total at Erbil in northern Iraq and the sprawling Al Asad air base in the west in retaliation for the American killing of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani days before. Pentagon...",center
9298,"11 US Troops Injured in Jan. 8 Missile Attack, Contradicting Initial Reports","['National Security', 'Iran', 'Middle East', 'Pentagon', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']","Iranian missile attack on Iraq bases injured 11 US troops, officials say",New York Post (News),"Iran’s missile attack on bases housing US troops in Iraq last week injured 11 American troops — despite the Army previously saying no causalities were recorded, a report said Thursday.
Officials from the US-led coalition fighting ISIS in Iraq told CNN in a statement that troops suffered concussion-related symptoms that emerged days after the attack.
“While no US service members were killed in the Jan. 8 Iranian attack on Al Asad Air base, several were treated for concussion symptoms from the blast and are still being assessed,” the officials told...",right
9299,"11 US Troops Injured in Jan. 8 Missile Attack, Contradicting Initial Reports","['National Security', 'Iran', 'Middle East', 'Pentagon', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']",US troops were injured in Iran missile attack despite Pentagon initially saying there were no casualties,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)Several US service members were injured during last week's Iranian missile attack on Al-Asad airbase in Iraq despite the Pentagon initially saying that no casualties were suffered.
""While no U.S. service members were killed in the Jan. 8 Iranian attack on Al Asad Air base, several were treated for concussion symptoms from the blast and are still being assessed,"" the US-led military coalition fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria said in a statement Thursday.
""Out of an abundance of caution, service members were transported from Al Asad Air Base,...",left
9300,"Clinton, Greenpeace Spat","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Fact checking the Clinton-Sanders spat over Big Oil contributions,Washington Post,"“I have money from people who work for fossil-fuel companies. I am so sick — I am so sick of the Sanders campaign lying about me.”
— Hillary Clinton, to a Greenpeace activist, March 31, 2016
“The fact of the matter is Secretary Clinton has taken significant money from the fossil fuel industry. She raises her money with a super PAC. She gets a lot of money from Wall Street, from the drug companies and fossil fuel industry.”",left
9301,"Clinton, Greenpeace Spat","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton, under fire for oil and gas donations, once hit Obama for same reason",CNN (Online News),"Hillary Clinton, currently defending herself from environmental critics for accepting money from employees at oil and gas companies, hit then-Sen. Barack Obama for doing the same thing in 2008.
Clinton lost her temper at an event on Thursday when activists from Greenpeace and 350 Action, two environmental organization, asked her to ""reject fossil fuel money"" and not accept donations from the gas and oil industry. ""I'm so sick of the Sanders' cam",left
9302,"Clinton, Greenpeace Spat","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders responds to Hillary Clinton’s ‘lying’ comment: She has taken fossil fuel money,Washington Times,"Sen. Bernard Sanders said Friday that Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton has taken money from the fossil fuel industry, a day after a clip of Mrs. Clinton telling an activist she’s “sick of the Sanders campaign lying” about her surfaced online.
“Well, I’m not crazy about people disrupting meetings, but the fact of the matter is Secretary Clinton has taken significant sums of money from the fossil fue",right
9303,Robert Mueller to Reveal Key Findings in Russia Probe After Midterms,['Russia'],"Mueller Ready to Deliver Key Findings in His Trump Probe, Sources Say",Bloomberg,Special Counsel Robert Mueller is expected to issue findings on core aspects of his Russia probe soon after the November midterm elections as he faces intensifying pressure to produce more,left
9304,Robert Mueller to Reveal Key Findings in Russia Probe After Midterms,['Russia'],It Looks Like Mueller May Have A November Surprise,Vanity Fair,"Even for someone who’s shunned the public eye and spoken solely through indictments for the past year and a half, Robert Mueller has been uncharacteristically quiet in recent weeks. This is, of",left
9305,Robert Mueller to Reveal Key Findings in Russia Probe After Midterms,['Russia'],"Robert Mueller nearly ready to present findings on collusion, obstruction: Report",Washington Times,"Special counsel Robert Mueller is almost ready to present his findings after months of investigation on two key aspects of the Trump-Russia probe, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.",right
9306,Perspectives: Is Mathematics Education Racist?,"['Education', 'Mathematics', 'Race And Racism', 'Woke Culture', 'Culture', 'Polarization', 'Inequality', 'Schools', 'Public Schools', 'California']","Racism in our curriculums isn’t limited to history. It’s in math, too.",Washington Post,"Virginia’s 2021 gubernatorial race revealed that the education wars will play a major role in politics for the foreseeable future. Debates over how history gets taught in schools and universities are increasingly framed in relation to “critical race theory,” a term that has been used to mean almost anything. However, the conversations are difficult even in subjects such as math, which is perceived, incorrectly, as a neutral space outside the reach of structural racism and national histories.
These tensions become clear when teaching RSA encryption, the algorithm that runs on your phone to...",left
9307,Perspectives: Is Mathematics Education Racist?,"['Education', 'Mathematics', 'Race And Racism', 'Woke Culture', 'Culture', 'Polarization', 'Inequality', 'Schools', 'Public Schools', 'California']",California Is Planning to 'De-Mathematize Math.' It Will Hurt the Vulnerable Most of All,Newsweek,"The spotlight is once again on the State of California and its proposed new mathematics framework for grades K-12. The proposed framework would ""de-mathematize math"" and encourage the use of a ""trauma-informed pedagogy,"" as an open letter to Governor Gavin Newsom signed by more than 900 professors of math and science from across California put it. The framework also rejects the idea of natural or innate giftedness among children and discourages allowing students to be placed into accelerated courses even if they have mastered the material covered in the course.
And it would be a disaster.
No doubt,...",center
9308,Perspectives: Is Mathematics Education Racist?,"['Education', 'Mathematics', 'Race And Racism', 'Woke Culture', 'Culture', 'Polarization', 'Inequality', 'Schools', 'Public Schools', 'California']",The Folly of ‘Woke’ Math,National Review,"Math proficiency is white supremacy, proclaims Deborah Lowenberg Ball, a mathematics professor and former dean of the University of Michigan School of Education.
In the latest episode of the EdFix Podcast, Ball complains that math is a “harbor for whiteness” and “the very nature of the knowledge and who’s produced it, and what has counted as mathematics is itself dominated by whiteness and racism.” She groans that considering math proficiency to be a sign of intelligence is “raced.” In response, host, Michel Feuer, dean of the George Washington University Graduate School of Education and...",right
9309,5 Lawyers Leave Trump Legal Team Ahead of Impeachment Trial,"['Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'US Senate']",Trump loses his impeachment team amid unfaltering loyalty from the GOP,CNN (Online News),"Former President Donald Trump's lies and his insistence that the November election was rigged against him may have turned out to be a bridge too far for the attorneys who were slated to defend him in his upcoming Senate impeachment trial in a little more than a week.
But his party has largely stuck with him. After a brief flirtation with reason and sound judgment in the weeks following the January 6 siege at the Capitol, the Republican Party has decided to honor their deep and often blind allegiance to...",left
9310,5 Lawyers Leave Trump Legal Team Ahead of Impeachment Trial,"['Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'US Senate']",5 lawyers leave Trump impeachment team ahead of trial,The Hill,"Butch Bowers, the lead attorney who was slated to represent former President Trump during his second impeachment trial in just more than a week, has left the legal team along with four other members, according to multiple reports.
Last week, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). announced that Bowers, a South Carolina attorney, would act as the Trump legal team's ""anchor"" during the trial.
""I think [Trump’s] gonna have a good [legal team],"" Graham said. ""Butch Bowers I think will be sort of the anchor tenant. I’ve known Butch for a...",center
9311,5 Lawyers Leave Trump Legal Team Ahead of Impeachment Trial,"['Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'US Senate']","Trump, legal defense team part ways as Senate impeachment trial looms",New York Post (News),"Former President Donald Trump and his legal team parted ways a little more than a week before his impeachment trial was scheduled to begin in the Senate on a charge that he incited the riot at the Capitol earlier this month, according to a report.
Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier, noted for defending a slew of South Carolina politicians, pulled out of Trump’s team on Saturday, along with former federal prosecutors Greg Harris, Johnny Gasser and Josh Howard, Fox News reported on Sunday.
The report cited a source who said...",right
9312,"Jeb Busy, Still Not Running",['Politics'],Jeb Bush In 1995: Unwed Mothers Should Be Publicly Shamed,HuffPost,"Public shaming would be an effective way to regulate the “irresponsible behavior” of unwed mothers, misbehaving teenagers and welfare recipients, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) argued in his 1995 book Profiles in Character.
In a chapter called ""The Restoration of Shame,” the likely 2016 presidential candidate made the case that restoring the art of public humiliation could help prevent pregnancies",left
9313,"Jeb Busy, Still Not Running",['Politics'],"In Florida, not-yet-candidate Jeb Bush marks his territory",CNN (Online News),"Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who has yet to declare his candidacy, received the warmest reception out of an array of GOP presidential contenders at the Economic Growth Summit in Orlando on Tuesday.
The event was hosted at Disney World by the state's current Republican governor, Rick Scott.
While Sen. Marco Rubio, another favorite son of Florida, was set to attend the cattle call, he had to stay in Washington instead and vote on a national security bill, ceding much of the Florida storyline to Bush, his former colleague.
But...",left
9314,"Jeb Busy, Still Not Running",['Politics'],"Bush in Berlin:Step Off, Vlad",Washington Times,"Republican Jeb Bush on Tuesday warned Vladimir Putin to back off in Ukraine and eastern Europe, vowing that if he is elected president, the United States will take a harder line on Russian aggression.
“Russia must respect the sovereignty of all of its neighbors. And who can doubt that Russia will do what it pleases if its aggression goes unanswered? Our alliance, our solidarity and our actions are essential if we want to preserve the fundamental principles of our international order… an order that free nations have sacrificed so much...",right
9315,CIA And White House Rebuke CNN For Spy Extraction Claim,"['CIA', 'White House', 'Russia', 'Spy', 'CNN', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",CIA Denies Report of Extracting Russian Spy to US,Newsmax (News),"The CIA is pushing back against news reports that it pulled a U.S. asset from Moscow two years ago because of President Donald Trump, calling the story ""simply false.""
It was reported Monday that a Russian who had been working inside the Kremlin with access to Russian President Vladimir Putin is now living in Washington, D.C., under U.S. protection. The person was evacuated from Russia by the CIA, according to the report, after the agency believed Trump divulged too much classified information to the Russians and may have put the...",right
9316,CIA And White House Rebuke CNN For Spy Extraction Claim,"['CIA', 'White House', 'Russia', 'Spy', 'CNN', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Exclusive: US extracted top spy from inside Russia in 2017,CNN (Online News),"In a previously undisclosed secret mission in 2017, the United States successfully extracted from Russia one of its highest-level covert sources inside the Russian government, multiple Trump administration officials with direct knowledge told CNN.
A person directly involved in the discussions said that the removal of the Russian was driven, in part, by concerns that President Donald Trump and his administration repeatedly mishandled classified intelligence and could contribute to exposing the covert source as a spy.
The decision to carry out the extraction occurred soon after a May 2017 meeting...",left
9317,CIA And White House Rebuke CNN For Spy Extraction Claim,"['CIA', 'White House', 'Russia', 'Spy', 'CNN', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","US extracted high-level spy from inside Russia in 2017, reports say",BBC News,"The US extracted a high-level spy from inside Russia in 2017, reports say.
Citing ""multiple Trump administration officials with direct knowledge"" of the operation, CNN reported that US intelligence feared the source's cover could be blown by US officials.
The decision was made soon after a meeting in which President Trump unexpectedly shared classified US intelligence with Russian officials.
Reports said the mole was the highest-level US source inside Russia.
Reporting by CNN and the New York Times said the source was outside the inner circle of Russian leader President...",center
9318,"President Trump, CNN's Acosta Spar Over Truth-Telling","['CNN', 'India', 'Jim Acosta', 'Donald Trump', 'Journalism', 'Media Bias']",Trump squabbles with CNN's Jim Acosta over Russia coverage during news conference in India,USA TODAY,"NEW DELHI – President Donald Trump took his battle with CNN overseas on Tuesday, as he and correspondent Jim Acosta clashed over truth-telling and reports over Russian interference in U.S. elections.
After Trump attacked CNN during a wide-ranging news conference in India, Acosta told the president: ""I think our record on delivering the truth is a lot better than yours sometimes, if you don’t mind me saying.""
Acosta was responding to Trump's criticism of CNN's coverage of reports that Russia is seeking to interfere in the U.S. election, just as...",left
9319,"President Trump, CNN's Acosta Spar Over Truth-Telling","['CNN', 'India', 'Jim Acosta', 'Donald Trump', 'Journalism', 'Media Bias']",Jim Acosta Hits Back After Trump Says He Should Be ‘Ashamed’: CNN’s Record On the Truth ‘A Lot Better Than Yours’,Mediaite,"Donald Trump and Jim Acosta attacked each other on Tuesday when the CNN reporter pressed the president on the circumstances behind Joe Maguire’s departure as Acting Director of National Intelligence.
During Trump’s press conference in New Delhi, India, Acosta followed up on previous questions about Russia’s attempts to influence the election by asking “Can you pledge to the American people that you will not accept any foreign assistance in the upcoming election?”",left
9320,"President Trump, CNN's Acosta Spar Over Truth-Telling","['CNN', 'India', 'Jim Acosta', 'Donald Trump', 'Journalism', 'Media Bias']",Trump scolds CNN’s Jim Acosta in India: ‘You ought to be ashamed of yourself’,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump scolded CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta on Tuesday during a press conference in India, telling the reporter he should be “ashamed” and blasting the liberal network.
Acosta asked Trump if he would accept foreign interference in the upcoming election and how he could justify replacing Joseph Maguire as acting director of national intelligence.
The president didn’t appreciate the two-part question.
“First of all, I want no help from any country, and I haven’t been given help from any country,” Trump answered before referencing a report that CNN...",right
9321,International Sanctions Threaten Russian Economy,"['Foreign Policy', 'Russia', 'World', 'Sanctions', 'Economy And Jobs']",Long lines at Russia’s ATMs as bank run begins — with more pain to come,CNBC,"A run on Russian banks is underway.
Russia’s ruble dropped dramatically in Monday’s trading on the news of unprecedented sanctions levied on Moscow by the EU and U.S. for its invasion of Ukraine.
Lines at ATMs snaked down sidewalks and around buildings in Moscow and at Russian banks in Europe as depositors rushed to withdraw cash. Sberbank Europe, which is owned by Russia’s state-run Sberbank, says it has experienced “significant outflows of deposits in a very short time.”",center
9322,International Sanctions Threaten Russian Economy,"['Foreign Policy', 'Russia', 'World', 'Sanctions', 'Economy And Jobs']",‘The damage is done’: Russians face economic point of no return,The Guardian,"As markets opened in a panic on Monday, many Russians rushed to local cashpoints in Moscow to retrieve their savings before the damage got any worse.
“It said they had dollars so I came here immediately,” said Alexei Presnyakov, 32, pointing to an app for Russia’s Tinkoff Bank, indicating he could withdraw hard currency. About 20 people were queued in line. “Yesterday [the rate] was 80 [to the dollar]. Today it’s 100. Or 150.”
“I just made a spontaneous decision today that I would ask [out of work] and go around...",left
9323,International Sanctions Threaten Russian Economy,"['Foreign Policy', 'Russia', 'World', 'Sanctions', 'Economy And Jobs']",Russia’s richest have lost $83B this year as Ukraine war sanctions slam economy,New York Post (News),"Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is taking a worsening toll on the wealth of the country’s richest oligarchs as international sanctions crush the Russian economy.
Russian billionaires have lost a combined $83 billion in on-paper wealth this year – with most of the losses occurring in the days since the Kremlin ordered military against Ukraine. Their losses have more than doubled since the invasion began last week.",right
9324,Roe v Wade Protests Move to Homes of Supreme Court Justices,"['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Roe V Wade', 'Roe V Wade Leak']",Abortion protests: Security tightened around court justices,BBC News,"US law enforcement agencies are beefing up security for Supreme Court justices after a leak suggested they may overturn legalised abortion.
The US Marshals Service said on Monday it was helping the agencies normally tasked with the judges' protection.
A protest was held on Monday night at Justice Samuel Alito's house in Alexandria, Virginia. Activists chanted: ""Abort the court!""
Rallies were held outside the homes of two other justices this weekend.
On Saturday night, a group of about 100 people marched from the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to Chief...",center
9325,Roe v Wade Protests Move to Homes of Supreme Court Justices,"['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Roe V Wade', 'Roe V Wade Leak']",DOJ’s Silence on the Left’s Lawless Intimidation of Supreme Court Justices,Andrew C. McCarthy,"Fox News has a report on the Biden Justice Department’s refusal to take enforcement action against radical leftists who have been conducting demonstrations at the homes of Supreme Court justices, blatantly seeking to intimidate and influence the Court while it has the Dobbs abortion case under consideration.
As Rich noted last week (citing Allahpundit), a federal penal statute, Section 1507, unambiguously criminalizes this behavior. I’ve heard some suggestion in the commentary in recent days that Section 1507 may violate free-speech principles. It doesn’t.
The First Amendment has always permitted reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions. The degree of permissible...",right
9326,Roe v Wade Protests Move to Homes of Supreme Court Justices,"['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Roe V Wade', 'Roe V Wade Leak']",Peaceful protests outside Supreme Court justices' homes is good,MSNBC,"Centrist and conservative commentators are saying the recent pro-abortion rights protests outside the houses of conservative Supreme Court justices have crossed a line. These are mobs of harassers who have breached the acceptable parameters of protest, critics contend. But such arguments rest in large part on the myth of an apolitical judiciary. Looked at another way, the protests are salutary rather than destructive, bringing something to bear upon the court that by design it has been always been shielded from: democratic energy.
The leaked draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade has sparked...",left
9327,Clinton Emails Expose Gaps,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Hillary Clinton email flap exposes gaps in State Department records,Politico,"Hillary Clinton’s claim that most work-related emails sent from her personal account were preserved in the electronic files of other State Department officials fell apart Friday.
After a week of deflecting questions about how emails were handled during Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state, the agency finally acknowledged that the email traffic of other senior officials was not automatically or routinely archived.
Story Continued Below
The loose record-keeping practices, which were immediately criticized by historians and open government advocates, are only now being corrected.",left
9328,Clinton Emails Expose Gaps,"['State Department', 'Politics']",You Won't Be Surprised To Hear That Hillary Clinton's Emails Are More Divisive Than Ever,HuffPost,"After a week of stories about Hillary Clinton's use of email during her time as secretary of state, the controversy is more polarizing than ever. A new poll shows that Republicans are increasingly convinced of the issue's importance and Democrats are increasingly sure that the media is overhyping things, while independents remain somewhere in between.
In the aftermath of Clinton's press conference Tuesday, during which she fielded a number of questions about her use of a personal email account, attention to the story has continued to grow, a new HuffPost/YouGov...",left
9329,Clinton Emails Expose Gaps,"['State Department', 'Politics']",State Department challenges Clinton claim that emails to officials ‘immediately’ saved,Fox News (Online News),"A State Department spokeswoman said Friday that the department did not start automatically archiving emails from senior officials until February of this year -- raising questions about Hillary Clinton's claim that her emails were ""immediately"" saved whenever she corresponded with colleagues.
The former secretary of state made that assertion during her press conference earlier this week -- and in a lengthy statement put out by her office -- as she defended her exclusive use of personal email. Clinton downplayed concerns that official emails could have been lost by suggesting anytime...",right
9330,New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Wins Gubernatorial Primary,['Elections'],"Cuomo handily defeats 'resistance' challenger Cynthia Nixon, as far-left Dems fall in several key races",Fox News (Online News),"New York Governor Andrew Cuomo soundly defeated insurgent progressive Cynthia Nixon in Thursday's gubernatorial primary, denying far-left liberals a victory they had long sought against the establishment Democrat.",right
9331,New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Wins Gubernatorial Primary,['Elections'],Victorious Cuomo confronts changing Democratic landscape,Reuters,"Andrew Cuomo heads into November the heavy favorite to win a third term as New York’s governor, en route to what some believe are presidential aspirations come 2020. But on his way there, the ground has shifted under his feet.",center
9332,New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Wins Gubernatorial Primary,['Elections'],"Andrew Cuomo has won himself another term, but his presidential aspirations are dead",Vox,He zigged right when the party was zagging left.,left
9333,How States and Students are Faring with Back to School,"['Life During Covid-19', 'Schools', 'Public Health', 'States', 'Education']","COVID-19 forces some U.S. schools to close, as new cases remain high in most states",Reuters,"Almost as quickly as they welcomed students back, some U.S. schools are closing again due to outbreaks of COVID-19, the latest challenge as the nation tries to reopen while the level of new cases per day remains high in most states.
Schools in the United States are set to reopen for the start of the academic year either this month or early September. Some - particularly in urban centers - have opted for online-only learning, while others have chosen in-person learning, or a hybrid of the two.
But outbreaks or...",center
9334,How States and Students are Faring with Back to School,"['Life During Covid-19', 'Schools', 'Public Health', 'States', 'Education']","Coronavirus is spreading in schools, but the federal government isn't keeping count",NBC News (Online),"Coronavirus cases are already surfacing in K-12 schools that have reopened, but the federal government is not tracking these outbreaks, and some states are not publicly reporting them, making it more difficult to determine how the virus is spreading, experts say.
Scores of students and staff members have been quarantined because of potential COVID-19 exposure in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Indiana, among other states.
But there is no official national tally of school-linked COVID-19 cases, and some states are not reporting how many outbreaks have occurred or how many students...",left
9335,How States and Students are Faring with Back to School,"['Life During Covid-19', 'Schools', 'Public Health', 'States', 'Education']",Gov. Tate Dismisses COVID-19 Threat from Transmission Inside Schools,Newsmax (News),"Mississippi’s GOP Gov. Tate Reeves on Sunday refuted COVID-19 transmission in the state’s now-open schools statewide, saying cases are being brought in from the outside.
In an interview on CBS News’ “Face The Nation,” Tate said the state won’t shut down all schools because of 109 cases of students who are coronavirus positive.
“We have very objective measures in place to shut down schools if and when that becomes necessary,” he said of a shutdown.
“We have 300,000 kids in classrooms. We’ve had approximately 100 confirmed cases… it is the...",right
9336,Perspectives: Controversial NYU Study Says Social Media Companies Are Not Biased Against Conservatives,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Technology', 'Big Tech']",The Technology 202: New report calls conservative claims of social media censorship 'a form of disinformation',Washington Post,"A new report concludes that social networks aren't systematically biased against conservatives, directly contradicting Republican claims that social media companies are censoring them.
Recent moves by Twitter and Facebook to suspend former president Donald Trump's accounts in the wake of the violence at the Capitol are inflaming conservatives' attacks on Silicon Valley. But New York University researchers today released a report stating claims of anti-conservative bias are “a form of disinformation: a falsehood with no reliable evidence to support it.”
The report found there is no trustworthy large-scale...",left
9337,Perspectives: Controversial NYU Study Says Social Media Companies Are Not Biased Against Conservatives,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Technology', 'Big Tech']",NYU's farce of a study on Big Tech censorship of conservatives,Tucker Carlson,"For several years now, we've been telling you that the biggest threat to Americans' basic freedoms is huge, publicly held corporations, particularly the tech monopolies. Unlike the federal government -- which, while stupid and dangerous, you theoretically have some control over -- these corporations aren't interested in what you think, and yet they have enormous control over your life.
However, our friends in the academic research community (specifically, New York University) have provided us with a corrective. On Monday, a pair of NYU researchers released what they described as a...",right
9338,Perspectives: Controversial NYU Study Says Social Media Companies Are Not Biased Against Conservatives,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Technology', 'Big Tech']",A new report says social media doesn’t censor conservatives. Comedian Steven Crowder would like a word,Deseret News,"Conservative pundit Steven Crowder punched deep into the debate over social media and censorship this week with the announcement that he is suing Facebook for what he believes are unfair and secretive policies.
But the move comes as a new report was published saying that claims of social media bias against conservatives is disinformation, “a falsehood with no reliable evidence to support it.”
The report, issued by New York University’s Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, dismisses accusations by former President Donald Trump and Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee,...",center
9339,Trump Administration to Give Billions in Aid to U.S. Farmers Hurt by Trade War,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump: “Tariffs are the greatest.” Also farmers need $12 billion in aid because of tariffs.,Vox,The administration plans an aid package to shore up the agriculture industry.,left
9340,Trump Administration to Give Billions in Aid to U.S. Farmers Hurt by Trade War,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump to offer U.S. farmers billions to ease trade pain,Reuters,"The Trump administration was set to announce billions of dollars in aid for U.S. farmers on Tuesday to help protect them from the repercussions of trade spats between the United States and China, the European Union and others, a source familiar with the plan told Reuters.",center
9341,Trump Administration to Give Billions in Aid to U.S. Farmers Hurt by Trade War,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']",Why Trump’s tariffs could actually help farmers,Fox News (Online News),"Tariffs levied by President Trump against traditional American economic partners like China and the European Union may hurt farmers in the short-term, but according to the CEO of the Summit Agricultural Group, the tariffs could ultimately help the agricultural sector.",right
9342,Trump and Family Watch the Eclipse,"['White House', 'Politics']",The President Who Looked at the Sun,The Atlantic,"Despite warnings, Trump gazed directly at the eclipse.",left
9343,Trump and Family Watch the Eclipse,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump takes in eclipse from White House,The Hill,President Trump and first lady Melania Trump viewed Monday’s once-in-a-generation solar eclipse from the White House.,center
9344,Trump and Family Watch the Eclipse,"['White House', 'Politics']",Internet Goes Nuts Over Pictures of Trump Looking at Eclipse Without Glasses,Townhall,"Unless you've been under a rock, you're probably aware that a total solar eclipse was visible today from the United States. Many people, including the First Family, went outside and donned a pair of solar glasses (or used an old-school pinhole viewer) to take a look at the phenomena.",right
9345,Bipartisan Immigration Deal Soon?,['Immigration'],Immigration bill is personal for many at Capitol rally,USA TODAY,"It's been a long and arduous journey from Guatemala to the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, but Mayra Ragon says the trip was well worth taking.
Ragon is among thousands of immigrants and their supporters gathering Wednesday at the Rally for Citizenship, a demo",left
9346,Bipartisan Immigration Deal Soon?,['Immigration'],Bipartisan Group of Senators Agrees on Outline of Immigration Bill,New York Times (News),The legislation would require tough border measures to be in place before illegal immigrants could take the first steps to become American citizens.,left
9347,Bipartisan Immigration Deal Soon?,['Immigration'],Katie Pavlich - Illegal Immigration Reform to Get Some Time for Debate,Townhall,According to POLITICO the Gang of 8 is expected to release their illegal immigration reform,right
9348,Sandy Hook Anniversary,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Obama honors Sandy Hook victims while renewing call for tighter gun laws,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama on Saturday honored the victims of the fatal Sandy Hook elementary school shootings while renewing his call for tighter gun control and more spending on mental-health care, on the anniversary of the tragic event.
“We have to do more to keep dangerous people from getting their hands on a gun so easily. We have to do more to heal troubled minds,” the president said in his weekly radio address, before he and first lady Michelle Obama honored the shooting victims and their families in a moment of silence....",right
9349,Sandy Hook Anniversary,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"On Newtown anniversary, Obama says ‘these tragedies must end’",CNN (Online News),"One year after a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 first-graders and six adults, devastating a community and shocking the nation, President Barack Obama said we haven’t done enough to keep our country safe.
""More than the tragedy itself, that’s how Newtown will be remembered,"" the President said Saturday in his weekly address.
Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama marked the anniversary Saturday by lighting 26 candles at the White House - one for each of the victims at Newtown - and a moment...",left
9350,Sandy Hook Anniversary,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Progress On Gun Control Seemed Inevitable After Sandy Hook, But Apparently That Was Wrong",HuffPost,"In the immediate aftermath of the shooting of 20 students and six school staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., no one knew or could have imagined the magnitude of what had transpired.
Thirty minutes passed between the incident and the first media reports that police were responding to a school shooting. Details were sketchy. The first injuries described in the press were those of a teacher, said to have been shot in the foot -- a seemingly minor wound that gave a momentary sense of relief...",left
9351,"Senate Authorizes Subpoenas of Facebook, Google and Twitter CEOs","['US Senate', 'Facebook', 'Google', 'Twitter', 'Big Tech', 'Bias Against Conservatives', 'Technology']",Senate Will Hold Hearing With Tech CEOs Before the Election,Vice,"On Thursday, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee voted unanimously to subpoena the chief executives of Twitter, Facebook, and Google to testify primarily about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
CEOs Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pinchai, and Jack Dorsey are expected to testify before the committee in a pre-election congressional hearing regarding the limited liability shield established by Section 230 that allows platforms wide berth with regards to content moderation of their services.",left
9352,"Senate Authorizes Subpoenas of Facebook, Google and Twitter CEOs","['US Senate', 'Facebook', 'Google', 'Twitter', 'Big Tech', 'Bias Against Conservatives', 'Technology']",Senate panel votes to subpoena Big Tech CEOs,Axios,"The Senate Commerce Committee has voted to authorize subpoenas compelling Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Google CEO Sundar Pichai to testify before the panel.
Why it matters: The tech giants are yet again facing a potential grilling on Capitol Hill sometime before the end of the year, at a time when tech is being used as a punching bag from both the left and right.
Yes, but: The subpoenas will only be issued if the executives refuse to come voluntarily. The Commerce panel will first be...",center
9353,"Senate Authorizes Subpoenas of Facebook, Google and Twitter CEOs","['US Senate', 'Facebook', 'Google', 'Twitter', 'Big Tech', 'Bias Against Conservatives', 'Technology']","Senate committee votes unanimously to subpoena CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter",Washington Times,"The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation voted unanimously on Thursday to subpoena the CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter to testify.
Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, said at a commerce committee meeting Thursday that he hoped the bipartisan votes to subpoena Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sounded an alarm for the tech sector.
“Big Tech, I believe, poses the single greatest threat to free speech in our country today, and poses the single greatest threat to democracy in our day,”...",right
9354,Fiscal Cliff Debate,[],DeMint: Obama Wants to Take Country Over Cliff,Newsmax (News),"Fiscal cliff negotiators are intentionally dragging the talks out to the last minute and will then give legislators a take-it-or-leave-it option with little chance for their own input, outgoing Sen. Jim DeMint has charged.
And he accused President Barack Obama of wanting to take the country over the cliff so everyone will have to pay higher taxes.
“There’s no transparent, democratic process at all — just a few people in a room — which I think they’ll intentionally draw out until the last day and then drop on us...",right
9355,Fiscal Cliff Debate,[],Fiscal cliff debate is really about role of government,CNN (Online News),"Get past the counterproposals and public sniping of the fiscal cliff negotiations and the issue comes down to a dominant theme of Washington politics of the past 50 years -- Republicans want to shrink the growing government, and Democrats don't.
The nation faces automatic tax hikes on everyone and deep spending cuts that include the military in less than three weeks unless President Barack Obama and Congress reach agreement on another way to reduce the chronic federal deficits and debt.
Obama demands more revenue from taxes, including higher...",left
9356,Fiscal Cliff Debate,[],"U.S. Fiscal Cliff Talks Continue, Republicans Losing Public Opinion Wars",HuffPost,"Negotiations are expected to continue Thursday on the ""fiscal cliff"" with Republicans at a growing public opinion disadvantage and approval ratings for President Barack Obama rising to levels not seen since the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Senior Democratic Senator Kent Conrad of North Dakota said on MSNBC late Wednesday that he thought Obama and House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner were edging closer to a deal.
He added that he hoped something will be announced next week to avert the steep tax hikes and budget cuts set for the...",left
9357,Clinton Is Close But Sanders Sticks In,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton is close, but Sanders not ready to give up",CNN (Online News),Hillary Clinton is on the cusp of declaring victory as the Democratic nominee after a long and protracted battle with Bernie Sanders. But she has one very serious problem: The Vermont senator isn't giving up.,left
9358,Clinton Is Close But Sanders Sticks In,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","As Clinton moves to brink of nomination, Sanders eyes California upset",Fox News (Online News),While Hillary Clinton moved to the brink of clinching the Democratic presidential nomination with weekend wins in Caribbean contests – and could pass the milestone with a victory Tuesday evening in New Jersey – polls show Bernie Sanders still could deliver a symbolic wound by taking the Democratic stronghold of California.,right
9359,Clinton Is Close But Sanders Sticks In,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton wins Puerto Rico, marches ever closer to clinching the Democratic nomination",Washington Post,Hillary Clinton moved closer to the Democratic presidential nomination with two contests this weekend as she and Sen. Bernie Sanders continued a fierce contest in California ahead of voting Tuesday that is likely to make Clinton the winner of a bruising primary battle.,left
9360,"The Drip, Drip of WikiLeaks","['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",WikiLeaks reveals fears and frustrations inside Clinton world,Washington Post,"On the day the news broke that Hillary Clinton had used a private email account as secretary of state, the man who would soon be named to chair her presidential campaign fired off a note of distress, venting frustration about some of Clinton’s closest aides.",left
9361,"The Drip, Drip of WikiLeaks","['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']","New DC routine: Wake up, search WikiLeaks, wince",CNN (Online News),"It's shaping up to be a new part of the morning routine for DC's elite: Grab coffee, skim the news and type your name into WikiLeaks to see what damage the day's hacked emails might hold for you.
And the fallout isn't just political; it's personal.",left
9362,"The Drip, Drip of WikiLeaks","['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Emails Show Clinton Camp Concerned About Obama Emails: ‘We Need to Clean This Up',Media Research Center,"Newly released emails published by Wikileaks show Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign admitting President Obama knew about Clinton’s use of a private email address during her time as Secretary of State, despite Obama saying he did not know about it until he saw it on the news.",right
9363,Trump Narrows the VP List,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Decision time for Trump on VP,The Hill,It’s decision time for Donald Trump and for the potential vice presidential candidates considering whether to hitch their political futures to his renegade campaign.,center
9364,Trump Narrows the VP List,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The Short List,Fox News (Online News),Donald Trump on Monday spent part of his July 4th with Sen. Joni Ernst -- fueling speculation that the Iowa freshman senator could be on the short list of his vice presidential picks.,right
9365,Trump Narrows the VP List,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump names three apparent vice-presidential possibilities on Twitter,The Guardian,"In a flurry of activity on Monday, Donald Trump named three Republican politicians seemingly in contention to be named as his vice-presidential pick at the party’s national convention in Cleveland later this month.",left
9366,Student Loan Forgiveness Program Paused by Appeals Court,"['Joe Biden', 'Student Loan Forgiveness', 'Student Loan Debt', 'Appeals Court', 'Economy']",U.S. appeals court temporarily blocks Biden's student loan forgiveness plan,Reuters,"A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked President Joe Biden's plan to cancel billions of dollars in college student debt, one day after a judge dismissed a Republican-led lawsuit by six states challenging the loan-forgiveness program.
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted an emergency stay barring the discharge of any student debt under the program until the court rules on the states' request for a longer-term injunction while Thursday's decision against them is appealed.
The St. Louis-based appeals court also ordered an expedited briefing schedule on the...",center
9367,Student Loan Forgiveness Program Paused by Appeals Court,"['Joe Biden', 'Student Loan Forgiveness', 'Student Loan Debt', 'Appeals Court', 'Economy']",White House urges borrowers to apply for student debt relief despite court order,The Guardian,"The Biden administration is urging student loan borrowers to continue applying for debt relief despite a federal appeals court order late on Friday that temporarily halted this program.
“[This] temporary order does not prevent borrowers from applying for student debt relief,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement following the eighth circuit court of appeals’ temporary stay.
This temporary stay mandates that Biden’s administration not act on the program while it weighs a legal challenge. The appeals court’s decision stems from a motion brought by six Republican-led...",left
9368,Student Loan Forgiveness Program Paused by Appeals Court,"['Joe Biden', 'Student Loan Forgiveness', 'Student Loan Debt', 'Appeals Court', 'Economy']",US appeals court temporarily blocks Biden's student loan handout,Fox Business,"The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a motion on Friday to temporarily block President Biden's estimated $500 billion student loan handout plan.
The appeals court ruled in favor of six Republican-led states who requested that Biden's handout plan is halted while the court works through its request for an injunction.
Biden's plan, which aims to cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt for Pell Grant recipients in college and up to $10,000 for others who borrowed using federal student loans.
Qualifications for the handout include having an...",right
9369,Student Kills 4 in Michigan High School Shooting,"['Violence In America', 'Michigan', 'Oxford Shooting']","Student shoots, kills 3, wounds 8 at Michigan high school",Associated Press,"A 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at his Michigan high school, killing three students, including a 16-year-old boy who died in a deputy’s patrol car on the way to a hospital, authorities said.
Eight other people were wounded, some critically, including a 14-year-old girl who was placed on a ventilator after surgery. Investigators were still trying to determine a motive for the shooting Tuesday at Oxford High School, located in a community of about 22,000 people roughly 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of Detroit, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said.
“The...",left
9370,Student Kills 4 in Michigan High School Shooting,"['Violence In America', 'Michigan', 'Oxford Shooting']","Michigan high school teen killed in shooting was 'hero', classmates say",Fox News (Online News),"Three Michigan high school students were shot and killed on Tuesday, including a ""hero"" 16-year-old, and eight other people were injured in a school shooting at Oxford High School. 
Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard identified the three students who died as 16-year-old Tate Myre, 14-year-old Hana St. Juliana, and 17-year-old Madisyn Baldwin.
Bouchard said that Myre died inside a patrol car as deputies rushed him to a hospital. 
""One of our deputies, due to the severity of wounds, loaded up one of the children in his car and sadly, that child died in the car,"" Bouchard...",right
9371,Student Kills 4 in Michigan High School Shooting,"['Violence In America', 'Michigan', 'Oxford Shooting']",Students grabbed scissors for self-defense and escaped out a window during Michigan high school shooting that killed 3 and injured 8,CNN (Online News),"The terror at Michigan's Oxford High School began with sounds of gunfire, yelling and an urgent message on the loudspeaker.
Then frightened students barricaded doors, phoned for help and picked up anything they could grab in case they needed to fight back.
Senior Aiden Page was in a classroom when he heard two gunshots Tuesday afternoon -- part of a rampage in which authorities say a sophomore killed three students and injured eight other people.
Just like in the active shooter drills they'd practiced, Page watched his teacher run in and lock the...",left
9372,"Biden Fields Criticism on Border Crisis From GOP, Arizona Dems","['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Joe Biden']",Trump: Biden Didn't Mention 'Disaster' Border Situation He Created,Newsmax (News),"President Joe Biden didn't mention the border situation in his first joint address to Congress, but he's created a ""disaster"" there, former President Donald Trump said Thursday.
""One thing is that he didn't discuss the border and the fact that tens of thousands of people are pouring into our country, many of them criminals, many of them people from jails, many of them doing acts that you don't even want to know about,"" Trump told Fox Business's Maria Bartiromo. ""They're pouring into our country by the thousands at a...",right
9373,"Biden Fields Criticism on Border Crisis From GOP, Arizona Dems","['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Joe Biden']",Mark Kelly: I didn't hear plan for border in Biden speech,The Hill,"Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly (Ariz.) criticized President Biden for not laying out a comprehensive plan to address the recent surge of migrants at the southern border during his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday.
“While I share President Biden’s urgency in fixing our broken immigration system, what I didn’t hear tonight was a plan to address the immediate crisis at the border, and I will continue holding this administration accountable to deliver the resources and staffing necessary for a humane, orderly process as we work...",center
9374,"Biden Fields Criticism on Border Crisis From GOP, Arizona Dems","['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Joe Biden']",Biden lays border crisis on Trump admin's refusal to cooperate,NBC News (Online),"WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden blamed the Trump administration for ongoing problems at the U.S.-Mexico border, citing its failure to cooperate and share critical information during the presidential transition period.
In an exclusive interview airing Friday with TODAY show co-anchor Craig Melvin, Biden said his administration inherited “one god-awful mess at the border” from former President Donald Trump. He said it’s the result of “the failure to have a real transition — cooperation from the last administration, like every other administration has done.”
After the November election, Biden said that...",left
9375,Kavanaugh Confirmed to Supreme Court,['Supreme Court'],"Senate Confirms Kavanaugh to Supreme Court, Ending a Clash With Lasting Fallout",New York Times (News),"A deeply divided Senate voted on Saturday to confirm Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, delivering a victory to President Trump and ending a rancorous Washington battle that began as a debate over ideology and jurisprudence and concluded with questions of sexual misconduct.
The vote, 50 to 48, was interrupted repeatedly by protesters, with the Capitol Police dragging screaming demonstrators out of the gallery as the senators sat somberly at their wooden desks in the chamber below. “This is a stain on American history!” one woman cried, as...",left
9376,Kavanaugh Confirmed to Supreme Court,['Supreme Court'],"Kavanaugh confirmed to Supreme Court after bitter fight, securing rightward shift",Fox News (Online News),"The Senate voted Saturday to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, marking the end to one of the most rancorous confirmation fights in modern times and securing a rightward shift on the nation’s highest court.
The chamber voted 50-48 to confirm Kavanaugh, mostly along party lines, after a weeklong FBI probe helped settle concerns among most wavering senators about the sexual assault allegations that nearly derailed his nomination and led to a dramatic second hearing. Saturday’s roll call marked the tightest successful Supreme Court confirmation vote in over...",right
9377,Kavanaugh Confirmed to Supreme Court,['Supreme Court'],"Brett Kavanaugh confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, cementing conservative control of the nation’s highest court",USA TODAY,"The Senate voted Saturday to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice, solidifying conservative control of the highest court in the land for years to come and ending a bitter battle over his nomination.
Kavanaugh's confirmation was not just a chance for Republicans to shift the court to the right for what could be decades but was also a test of how public officials responded to the raw emotions unleashed by the allegations of sexual assault against Kavanaugh as part of the #MeToo movement.",left
9378,Tentative Agreement Reached to Avoid Massive Rail Strike,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Railroads', 'Amtrak']",'Failure wasn't an option here': How Biden navigated a political and economic minefield at a critical moment in rail negotiations,CNN (Online News),"As the marathon meeting between rail industry and union representatives neared its 12th hour, the moment Biden administration officials viewed as equal parts inevitable and essential was set into motion.
It was time for President Joe Biden to call in and underscore the stakes. Biden's message was consistent with the one he'd delivered in private calls over the course of the last several weeks, sources said, but an urgency framed around just how devastating a rail shutdown would be for the country was palpable.
It would be another eight hours before the White House...",left
9379,Tentative Agreement Reached to Avoid Massive Rail Strike,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Railroads', 'Amtrak']",White House says tentative deal reached to avoid rail strike,Axios,"Early Thursday morning, after 20 hours of talks, the White House announced that a looming rail strike was averted and a tentative deal struck between the freight rail operators and their unions. The run-up to the agreement had businesses — and the economy — on the brink.
Why it matters: The negotiations, which started in 2019 but reached a fever pitch this week, were the latest issue to pop up in the game of supply chain whack-a-mole we've played for two-plus years.
Virtually every part of the economy needs functioning railways. Plus, a strike...",center
9380,Tentative Agreement Reached to Avoid Massive Rail Strike,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Railroads', 'Amtrak']","Rail strike averted, tentative agreement reached",Fox Business,"With the deadline to avert a freight railroad strike by Friday morning approaching fast, a tentative agreement has been reached according to the Labor Department.
The new contracts provide rail workers a 24% wage increase during the five-year period from 2020 through 2024, including an immediate payout on average of $11,000 upon ratification, the Association of American Railroads said. The industry trade group added that all tentative agreements are subject to ratification by the unions’ membership.
""These rail workers will get better pay, improved working conditions, and peace of mind...",right
9381,Obamacare Opinions,['Healthcare'],Poll: Do you support or oppose the health care law?,CNN (Online News),"A majority of Americans still oppose the nation's new health care measure, three years after it became law, according to a new survey.
But a CNN/ORC International poll released Monday also indicates that more than a quarter of those who oppose the law, known by many as Obamacare, say they don't support the measure because it doesn't go far enough.
According to th",left
9382,Obamacare Opinions,['Healthcare'],"Obamacare Reminder: Even If You Like Your Plan, You Can't Necessarily Keep It",Townhall,"Let's begin with a verbatim quote from President Obama from July of 2009, touting the legislative perfection that would be Obamacare:
“If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period. If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period. No one will take it away. No matter what.”",right
9383,Obamacare Opinions,['Healthcare'],The Obamacare Shock,New York Times (News),"The Affordable Care Act, a k a Obamacare, goes fully into effect at the beginning of next year, and predictions of disaster are being heard far and wide. There will be an administrative “train wreck, were told; consumers will face a terrible shock. Republicans, one hears, are already counting on the laws troubles to give them a big electoral advantage.",left
9384,"Links Between Cannabis, Illness Persist Despite Legalization Pushes","['Disease', 'Marijuana', 'Cannabis', 'Vaping', 'Public Health', 'Psychosis', 'Media Bias', 'Marijuana Legalization']","The true cost of cannabis: Why don't its illnesses, deaths command media headlines?",USA TODAY,"I've covered things that injure, sicken and kill kids and adults for more than 30 years. From auto safety to medical errors, I've competed to break stories on the latest deadly defect or health policy change, most recently on electronic cigarettes.
In late August, I added vaping-related lung illnesses to the beat. Last month, I added marijuana, psychosis and other mental illness.
It's a pretty solitary place to be.
We reporters covered the heck out of vaping lung illnesses starting in August. Once it became clear the...",left
9385,"Links Between Cannabis, Illness Persist Despite Legalization Pushes","['Disease', 'Marijuana', 'Cannabis', 'Vaping', 'Public Health', 'Psychosis', 'Media Bias', 'Marijuana Legalization']",Surge in ER Visits After New Marijuana Laws Take Effect,CBN,"It didn't take long for the negative consequences of new pot laws to take effect. Within hours of the new year, several people showed up in Illinois emergency rooms complaining of cannabis-related illnesses.
Recreational use of marijuana became legal in the state on Jan. 1, 2020. Currently eleven states and Washington, DC, have now legalized marijuana for recreational use for adults over 21. Thirty-three states have legalized marijuana for medical purposes only.
Illinois doctors and other health officials report a surge in emergency room visits from people overindulging...",right
9386,"Links Between Cannabis, Illness Persist Despite Legalization Pushes","['Disease', 'Marijuana', 'Cannabis', 'Vaping', 'Public Health', 'Psychosis', 'Media Bias', 'Marijuana Legalization']","Marijuana edibles might not be as safe as thought, health experts warn",ABC News (Online),"Cannabis edibles were poised to become the next big health craze -- but science is saying to be aware.
Weed edibles have been legal recreationally in Canada since October and are on the cusp of being widely available to the public. They're also popular, according to the 2019 National Cannabis Survey, with 27% of Canadian respondents who used cannabis reporting they'd eaten edibles during the previous three months.
In the U.S., 11 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized recreational marijuana, with more states expected to go fully legal in 2020....",left
9387,US House Passes The Equality Act,"['LGBT Rights', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Equality Act', 'US House']",House Passes Sweeping Gay and Transgender Equality Legislation,New York Times (News),"A divided House on Thursday narrowly passed a sprawling bill that would extend civil rights protections to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, but the measure faced an uphill battle to enactment, with Republicans almost uniformly opposed.
The legislation, passed 224 to 206, almost entirely along party lines, stands little chance of drawing enough Republican support in the Senate to advance, at least in its current form. It was the second time the Democratic-led House had passed the measure, known as the Equality Act, which...",left
9388,US House Passes The Equality Act,"['LGBT Rights', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Equality Act', 'US House']","Equality Act Passes House, Likely to Face Opposition in Senate",National Review,"The Democrat-controlled House on Thursday passed the Equality Act, sweeping legislation that would add sexual orientation and transgender status as protected classes under the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
The legislation, passed in a vote of 224-206, would amend federal civil rights laws to solidify protections for LGBTQ Americans in employment, education, housing, credit, jury service and other areas. President Biden has called the bill “a critical step toward ensuring that America lives up to our foundational values of equality and freedom for all.”",right
9389,US House Passes The Equality Act,"['LGBT Rights', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Equality Act', 'US House']",Equality Act: US House passes legislation protecting LGBT rights,BBC News,"The US House of Representatives has passed sweeping legislation that prohibits LGBT discrimination, but it faces an unlikely future in the Senate.
The Equality Act was previously passed by the Democratic-led House in 2019, but was killed by Senate Republicans.
The debate has laid bare the ideological battle between liberals who support the act and conservatives who say it infringes on religious freedom.
The act expands on a 2020 Supreme Court ruling protecting some LGBT rights.",center
9390,Wildfires Raging in Northern California,"['Disaster', 'General News']","California wildfires kill at least 11, more than 100 reported missing in wine country",Fox News (Online News),"At least 11 people are dead and more than 100 missing as explosive wind-whipped wildfires rage through Northern California's famed wined country as fire crews worked to get the massive blazes under control, officials said.",right
9391,Wildfires Raging in Northern California,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Fire crews battle California wildfires as death toll creeps up,Reuters,Firefighters battled 15 wildfires on Tuesday that have killed at least 11 people and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses in Northern California while raging through the state’s world-famous wine country.,center
9392,Wildfires Raging in Northern California,"['Disaster', 'General News']",At least 11 dead as wildfires devour wide swaths of Northern California,CBS News (Online),"An onslaught of relentless wildfires across a wide swath of Northern California broke out almost simultaneously and then grew exponentially, swallowing up properties from wineries to trailer parks and tearing through both tiny rural towns and urban subdivisions.",left
9393,Watch: Closing Arguments Set Up Final Impeachment Vote on Wednesday,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Jay Sekulow', 'Adam Schiff', 'US Senate', 'Ken Starr', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Democrats appeal to senators’ faith in final argument to convict President Trump,Deseret News,"WASHINGTON — House impeachment managers, failing to get the Senate to subpoena witnesses in the trial of President Donald Trump, turned their sights Monday to the long-shot goal of removing a president from office for the first time in history.
In impassioned speeches, several laced with religious language and messages, the prosecutors asked senators to be numbered among the “Davids who slew Goliath” by exercising faith in the Founding Fathers and to convict Trump, who is “guilty as sin.”
“They gave you a remedy and they meant for you to...",center
9394,Watch: Closing Arguments Set Up Final Impeachment Vote on Wednesday,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Jay Sekulow', 'Adam Schiff', 'US Senate', 'Ken Starr', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Factbox: Trump impeachment - What happens next?,Reuters,"(Reuters) - Closing arguments in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump were completed on Monday in the U.S. Senate as the Republican president appeared headed to an acquittal on Wednesday.
Monday Feb. 3
* The Senate trial resumed at 11 a.m. (1600 GMT) with Chief Justice John Roberts presiding. Over four hours, Trump’s lawyers and House of Representatives’ Democratic prosecutors delivered their closing arguments.
* The Senate then recessed and subsequently went into a regular session to hear speeches from senators on whether Trump should be convicted or acquitted. Roberts...",center
9395,Watch: Closing Arguments Set Up Final Impeachment Vote on Wednesday,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Jay Sekulow', 'Adam Schiff', 'US Senate', 'Ken Starr', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Democrats And Trump’s Lawyers Made Their Final Arguments In The Impeachment Trial,BuzzFeed News,"WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial continued Monday with closing arguments from both legal teams, setting up a likely acquittal vote on Wednesday afternoon.
House Democrats and Trump’s lawyers had a total of four hours to make their cases before the trial wraps up. Though Trump had hoped to have the trial ended quickly — and before his State of the Union address Tuesday night — senators will take Tuesday off and vote on whether to remove him from office on Wednesday at 4 p.m.
Trump was charged with...",left
9396,Trump Stands By Tariffs On Aluminum and Steel Imports,['Trade'],"Trump declares 'trade wars are good,' digs in amid tariff turmoil",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump showed no sign Friday of backing off his shock announcement a day earlier that he would slap tariffs on aluminum and steel imports -- tweeting that “trade wars are good, and easy to win.”",right
9397,Trump Stands By Tariffs On Aluminum and Steel Imports,['Trade'],Trump Repeats Nixon's Folly,The Atlantic,"This president isn’t the first to embrace a “trade war” to bolster his populist credentials—but in the end, it’s ordinary people who will bear its cost.",left
9398,Trump Stands By Tariffs On Aluminum and Steel Imports,['Trade'],"Trump Says Trade Wars Are ‘Good, and Easy to Win’",Bloomberg,"President Donald Trump pushed back against a wave of criticism against steel tariffs, telling the world that not only are trade wars good, they are easy to win.",left
9399,Perspectives: How Coronavirus Fallout Will Impact US-China Relations,"['Foreign Policy', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'World', 'Asia', 'Democracy', 'Communism', 'China']",Are We Done with China Now?,National Review,"We have known about the People’s Republic of China’s exploitation of American enterprise for years. The problem is that we have not wanted to confront it. Ever since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, it has been a relentless and pernicious economic adversary, routinely taking advantage of the greed and weakness of American companies. We should have taken actions previously to address imbalances in our trade relationships, but we didn’t. Now the pandemic has put these issues front and center.
In early December, China knew an infectious virus...",right
9400,Perspectives: How Coronavirus Fallout Will Impact US-China Relations,"['Foreign Policy', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'World', 'Asia', 'Democracy', 'Communism', 'China']",Trump's anti-China theory implodes,CNN (Opinion),"The big lie of the Trump administration is that China is the cause of America's problems. The meme has worked for a while, since it plays into American smugness that if China is succeeding, they must be cheating.
Trump and his right-wing allies upped this game recently by claiming the Covid-19 pandemic was the result of an accidental release from a Chinese laboratory and that China's ""cover up"" blocked an effective global response.
According to CNN, the still-secret findings of the Five Eyes intelligence agencies (the US, UK, Australia, New...",left
9401,Perspectives: How Coronavirus Fallout Will Impact US-China Relations,"['Foreign Policy', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'World', 'Asia', 'Democracy', 'Communism', 'China']",US-China: Are Americans ready for a (costly) breakup?,Christian Science Monitor,"The Commerce Department announces tighter standards for the export of some sensitive technology to China.
Members of Congress send a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo encouraging him to investigate the role of the Chinese Communist Party in what they say was a cover-up of the coronavirus’ origins and a disinformation campaign about the outbreak.
And President Donald Trump declares at a press conference that the United States will seek to require China to “pay big” for a pandemic that originated in China but spread globally to sicken millions,...",center
9402,Biden Apologizes for Response to CNN Reporter After Putin Meeting,"['Joe Biden', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Russia']",Joe Biden Spars With Reporter Who Asked Why He's 'Confident' Putin Will Change Behavior,Newsweek,"President Joe Biden sparred Wednesday with a reporter who asked what makes him confident that Russian President Vladimir Putin will change his behavior.
The tense exchange happened during Biden's solo news conference following his first face-to-face meeting with Putin as president. The two leaders were in Geneva for the summit.
""Why are you so confident he'll change his behavior, Mr. President?"" CNN's chief White House correspondent, Kaitlan Collins, asked Biden at the end of the news conference.",center
9403,Biden Apologizes for Response to CNN Reporter After Putin Meeting,"['Joe Biden', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Russia']",Biden apologises for snapping at CNN reporter: ‘I shouldn’t have been such a wiseguy’,The Independent,"President Joe Biden has apologised after snapping at a CNN reporter at a press conference following his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.
Asked why he was “confident” that Mr Putin would change his behaviour by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Mr Biden appeared agitated, responding: “I’m not confident.”
“What the hell, what do you do all the time?” he asked.
As Collins tried to speak, Mr Biden continued, saying: “When did I say I was confident?
“Let’s get this straight,” the president said. “I said what will change their behaviour is if the rest of...",left
9404,Biden Apologizes for Response to CNN Reporter After Putin Meeting,"['Joe Biden', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Russia']",Biden snaps at reporter over Putin question: 'You're in the wrong business',Fox News (Online News),"President Biden snapped at a reporter at the end of his press conference Wednesday in Geneva after she asked why he was ""confident"" Russian President Vladimir Putin would change his previously malign behavior.
Biden, who was walking away after saying he was committed to freeing Americans imprisoned in Russia, whirled around at his questioner and said, ""I'm not confident he'll change his behavior. What in the hell, what do you do all the time?""
As CNN's Kaitlan Collins tried to speak, Biden stuck up a finger and continued, ""When did I...",right
9405,ViacomCBS Fires Nick Cannon for Anti-Semitic Comments,"['Hate Speech', 'Free Speech', 'Nick Cannon', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Media Industry', 'Race And Racism']","Nick Cannon Apologizes to Jewish Community, Demands ViacomCBS Give Him Rights to Wild ’N Out",Vanity Fair,"In a lengthy Facebook message posted Wednesday, Nick Cannon apologized to the Jewish community for his recent inflammatory remarks, which were deemed anti-Semitic by his former employer ViacomCBS. But he also stood firm against ViacomCBS—which terminated its relationship with him over Cannon’s comments—and demanded the corporation give him the rights to his lucrative, long-running comedy series Wild ’N Out.
“I demand full ownership of my billion dollar ‘Wild ’N Out’ brand that I created, and they will continue to misuse and destroy without my leadership!” he wrote.
Cannon also pushed...",left
9406,ViacomCBS Fires Nick Cannon for Anti-Semitic Comments,"['Hate Speech', 'Free Speech', 'Nick Cannon', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Media Industry', 'Race And Racism']","ViacomCBS drops Nick Cannon, cites ‘anti-Semitic’ comments",Associated Press,"LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nick Cannon’s “hateful speech” and anti-Semitic theories led ViacomCBS to cut ties with the TV host and producer, the media giant said.
“ViacomCBS condemns bigotry of any kind and we categorically denounce all forms of anti-Semitism,” the company said in a statement Tuesday. It is terminating its relationship with Cannon, ViacomCBS said.
The company’s move was in response to remarks made by Cannon on a podcast in which he and Richard “Professor Griff” Griffith, the former Public Enemy member, discussed racial bias. The podcast reportedly was...",left
9407,ViacomCBS Fires Nick Cannon for Anti-Semitic Comments,"['Hate Speech', 'Free Speech', 'Nick Cannon', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Media Industry', 'Race And Racism']","ViacomCBS Terminates Nick Cannon Over Anti-Semitic Remarks, Does Not Mention Anti-White Remarks",The Daily Wire,"ViacomCBS announced late on Tuesday evening that they had terminated their relationship with left-wing entertainer Nick Cannon after the actor made remarks that were widely deemed to be anti-Semitic on his podcast.
“ViacomCBS condemns bigotry of any kind and we categorically denounce all forms of anti-Semitism,” the company said in a statement. “We have spoken with Nick Cannon about an episode of his podcast ‘Cannon’s Class’ on YouTube, which promoted hateful speech and spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.”",right
9408,Will the 6th Flip?,['Elections'],Georgia Votes in Critical House Race Seen as Part of Trump Referendum,Wall Street Journal (News),"Voting began Tuesday morning in a highly anticipated special election here to fill a vacant U.S. House seat, with both Republicans and Democrats seeing it in part as a referendum on Donald Trump’s presidency.",center
9409,Will the 6th Flip?,['Elections'],Democrat In GA Special Election Can't Actually Vote For Himself,Townhall,"By now, you've likely heard a thing or two about the election in Georgia's 6th district. The special election is being heralded as a test on the Trump administration (although it's probably not), and tensions are relatively high for Democrat Jon Ossoff. On Tuesday, voters learned a fun new twist about their candidate: he actually can't vote for himself as he doesn't live in the district.",right
9410,Will the 6th Flip?,['Elections'],Why Georgia's big special election is a perfect political Rorschach test,Washington Post,"All eyes will be on Georgia's 6th Congressional District Tuesday night, as we try to glean whether President Trump is doing damage to the Republican Party.
Do not expect easy answers - at least not yet.
Through a combination of Georgia's unusual electoral system, a unique congressional district and the strangeness of special elections, it's likely Tuesday's results will be very open to interpretation.",left
9411,Wisconsin Primary Battle Looms,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump and Ted Cruz Shift Into High Gear as Wisconsin Primary Looms,New York Times (News),A bastion of “Midwestern nice.” An opening for Senator Ted Cruz. Swelling doubts about the go-it-alone approach of Donald J. Trump.,left
9412,Wisconsin Primary Battle Looms,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Sanders campaign accuses Clinton of ducking debates as Wisconsin battle looms,Fox News (Online News),Bernie Sanders’ campaign accused Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton of “playing silly political games” with debate dates as both candidates readied their final appeals to Wisconsin voters ahead of Tuesday’s critical primary.,right
9413,Wisconsin Primary Battle Looms,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Wisconsin, Long The Front-Runner's Friend, Looks To Play Spoiler On Tuesday",NPR (Online News),"Tomorrow, Wisconsin's primary is poised to do something it has not done in more than 30 years. It is about to deal a blow to a presidential front-runner.",left
9414,U.S. House Committee Advances D.C. Statehood Bill,"['US House', 'Washington D.C.', 'US Senate', 'DC Statehood', 'States', 'Politics']",House committee approves DC statehood bill,The Hill,"The House Oversight and Reform Committee approved legislation on Wednesday that would make Washington, D.C., a state, sending the measure to the House for a vote later this month.
The House Oversight and Reform Committee passed H.R. 51, also known as the Washington, D.C., Admission Act, in a 25-19 party-line vote.
The legislation, which has 215 co-sponsors, is likely to pass the House on a narrow, party-line vote, with all Republicans voting against it.
However, it will likely stall in an evenly divided Senate, where Democrats lack the 60...",center
9415,U.S. House Committee Advances D.C. Statehood Bill,"['US House', 'Washington D.C.', 'US Senate', 'DC Statehood', 'States', 'Politics']",House Oversight Committee Advances Bill That Would Make DC The 51st State,The Daily Caller,"The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday voted to advance H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, to the full chamber.
The 25 to 19 vote was along party lines, with Democrats in favor and Republicans opposed, and followed several hours of debate. Despite its advancement and upcoming likely passage in the Democratic House, it faces total Republican opposition in the Senate where it would need 60 votes to overcome an all but certain filibuster.
“Today is an historic day for our country – and our democracy,” said New York Democratic...",right
9416,U.S. House Committee Advances D.C. Statehood Bill,"['US House', 'Washington D.C.', 'US Senate', 'DC Statehood', 'States', 'Politics']","House committee approves D.C. statehood, setting up likely passage in the full chamber",Washington Post,"Legislation to make D.C. the 51st state advanced from the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Wednesday, paving the way for approval by the full House for the second consecutive year — possibly as soon as next week.
The Democratic-majority committee voted along party lines to pass the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, quashing every Republican amendment during Wednesday’s markup session.
Though largely expected, the vote injects another shot of momentum in Democrats’ favor as they seek to capitalize on their majorities in both chambers of Congress and control of...",left
9417,‘Freedom Convoy’ Blocks Busiest US-Canada Border Crossing,"['Trade', 'Canada', 'Freedom Convoy', 'Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Justin Trudeau', 'GoFundMe', 'World', 'Supply Chains', 'Truckers']","Canadian truckers shut down busiest border crossing in North America, back up Detroit roads",Fox News (Online News),"The busiest border crossing in North America was shut down as the Canadian truckers protesting their country's vaccine mandates made it to the Detroit-Windsor border, causing traffic on the highway to Detroit. 
""It doesn’t make sense as they shouldn’t be blocking the borders or the roads,"" Canadian truck driver Nav Aulch told Click on Detroit. 
Traffic began building on I-75 and the Ambassador Bridge around 3 p.m. Monday. Detroit officials said the Ambassador Bridge was closed at about 8 p.m., leaving thousands of truckers left stranded on Detroit roads, according to Fox 2 Detroit.",right
9418,‘Freedom Convoy’ Blocks Busiest US-Canada Border Crossing,"['Trade', 'Canada', 'Freedom Convoy', 'Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Justin Trudeau', 'GoFundMe', 'World', 'Supply Chains', 'Truckers']",Canada truckers protest: Ambassador Bridge reopened,BBC News,"Canada's busiest border crossing has reopened after protesting truckers ground traffic to a standstill, authorities say.
Truckers rallying against Canada's Covid vaccine rules had blocked the Ambassador Bridge on Monday night, forcing vehicles to take long detours.
The bridge over the Detroit River is a vital trade link between it and the US.",center
9419,‘Freedom Convoy’ Blocks Busiest US-Canada Border Crossing,"['Trade', 'Canada', 'Freedom Convoy', 'Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Justin Trudeau', 'GoFundMe', 'World', 'Supply Chains', 'Truckers']",Truck blockade at U.S.-Canada border could undermine supply chains for the auto industry.,New York Times (News),"As Canada’s capital remained paralyzed by nearly two weeks of protests against pandemic measures, a new road blockade effectively cut off Canada’s busiest link to the United States, threatening to undermine a significant sector of the country’s economy.
While smaller than the protests that have buffeted Ottawa’s downtown, the new protest targets the Ambassador Bridge to Detroit. The bridge is a vital link for the automobile industry, which relies on a constant shuttling of parts and components across the border to keep factories humming in Ontario and the Midwestern United...",left
9420,WH Responds To Competency Remarks,"['White House', 'Politics']",‘Ridiculous And Outrageous’ — Sarah Sanders Rips GOP Sen For Questioning Trump’s Competence,The Daily Caller,"White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders ripped Republican Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker’s questioning of Trump’s “stability” and “competence” on Thursday, calling Corker’s claim “ridiculous and outrageous.”",right
9421,WH Responds To Competency Remarks,"['White House', 'Politics']",White House calls GOP senator's remark about Trump's competence 'outrageous',The Hill,"The White House on Thursday ripped GOP Sen. Bob Corker for questioning President Trump's stability and competence, calling it a ""ridiculous and outrageous"" claim.",center
9422,WH Responds To Competency Remarks,"['White House', 'Politics']",Sarah Sanders Rips GOP Sen. Corker For Questioning Trump’s Competence: ‘Ridiculous and Outrageous’,Mediaite,"Last Thursday, Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) made some stunning comments to local media assessing President’s Donald Trump’s performance over the first seven months of his term.",left
9423,Brett Kavanaugh And His Accuser Will Testify Before Senate Committee,['Supreme Court'],"Kavanaugh, His Accuser Will Testify Before Senate Committee",Wall Street Journal (News),"The Senate Judiciary Committee said Monday it would hold a hearing next week with Judge Brett Kavanaugh and the woman who has accused him of sexual assault, setting the stage for a dramatic public showdown that could determine the fate of his nomination to the Supreme Court.",center
9424,Brett Kavanaugh And His Accuser Will Testify Before Senate Committee,['Supreme Court'],Brett Kavanaugh and His Accuser Will Face the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday,Reason,"Senator Charles Grassley (R–Iowa), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has called for Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford to answer questions at a public hearing on Monday.",right
9425,Brett Kavanaugh And His Accuser Will Testify Before Senate Committee,['Supreme Court'],OPINION: Day of reckoning looms for Kavanaugh and his accuser,CNN (Opinion),"It will be a public reckoning of a woman's courage, a man's character and the capacity of Washington's leaders to show that some things matter more than politics.",left
9426,Fiscal Cliff Politics,[],Fiscal Cliff Talks: Behind Obama's Opening Bid,HuffPost,"Republicans in Congress reacted angrily to an Obama administration proposal delivered Thursday by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner that offered to avert the fiscal cliff by raising $1.6 trillion in new taxes, in exchange for some $400 billion in cuts to entitlement programs to be negotiated next year.",left
9427,Fiscal Cliff Politics,[],Why Democrats really want Republicans to cave on taxes,Fox News (Online News),Lets stipulate something about the current tussle at the edge of the fiscal cliff.,right
9428,Fiscal Cliff Politics,[],Fiscal stalemate: A new proposal and more accusations,CNN (Online News),"The White House and Congressional Republicans are squaring off in negotiations to avert the fiscal cliff, with each side accusing the other of blocking a deal.",left
9429,Two Charged with Voter Registration Fraud in California,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'California']","2 Charged With Voter Fraud, Allegedly Submitted 8,000 Fraudulent Registration Applications",The Epoch Times,"Two men were arrested and charged in Southern California on voter fraud charges after they allegedly submitted thousands of fraudulent voter registration applications on behalf of homeless people, said the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office on Tuesday.
Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Montenegro, 53, and Marcos Raul Arevalo, 34, were charged with one count each of conspiracy to commit voter fraud, eight counts of voter fraud, four counts of procuring and offering a false or forged instrument, and other charges, said the DA’s office in a news release.
The office...",right
9430,Two Charged with Voter Registration Fraud in California,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'California']","Former Hawthorne Mayoral Candidate Charged In Voter Fraud Effort To Register 8,000 Homeless People",CBS News (Online),"Two men – including a former Hawthorne mayoral candidate – have been charged for allegedly submitting thousands of fraudulent voter registration applications on behalf of homeless people, prosecutors announced Tuesday.
Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Montenegro, aka Mark Anthony Gonsalves, 53, allegedly submitted more than 8,000 fraudulent voter registration applications between July and October 2020, according to a 41-count criminal complaint from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
Montenegro also is accused of falsifying names, addresses and signatures on nomination papers under penalty of perjury to run for mayor in...",left
9431,Two Charged with Voter Registration Fraud in California,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'California']",2 accused of voter registration fraud in Los Angeles County,Associated Press,"A man seeking to run for mayor of a Southern California suburb and a co-defendant allegedly submitted 8,000 fraudulent voter registration applications on behalf of homeless people, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.
Overt acts listed in the criminal complaint did not indicate any fraudulent ballots were cast, and a press release did not specify how the homeless were involved. In an email response to queries, the prosecutor’s office declined to comment.
Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Montenegro, 53, and Marcos Raul Arevalo, 34, each pleaded not guilty...",left
9432,Bernie Sanders and Lindsey Graham Find Common Ground in Fox Debate,"['Bernie Sanders', 'Bipartisanship', 'Bridging Divides', 'Common Ground', 'Debates', 'Domestic Policy', 'Fox News', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Senators', 'South Carolina', 'Vermont']","Bernie Sanders, Lindsey Graham pull no punches in spirited debate",Boston Herald,"It started with a handshake, but U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders and Lindsey Graham wasted very little time when their debate devolved into the same disagreements they would have had if they stayed in D.C.
“Do yourself a favor and ask yourself the following question, am I better off today than I was two years ago? And if you are, you were in a world of hurt two years ago, because most people are not better off today,” Graham, a Republican of South Carolina, told the audience Monday.
“What we don’t...",right
9433,Bernie Sanders and Lindsey Graham Find Common Ground in Fox Debate,"['Bernie Sanders', 'Bipartisanship', 'Bridging Divides', 'Common Ground', 'Debates', 'Domestic Policy', 'Fox News', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Senators', 'South Carolina', 'Vermont']","SC’s Graham, Sanders square off in televised debate to find common ground in DC",The State,"The purpose of Monday’s televised debate was to find policy common ground between South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham and self-described Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders — two veteran U.S. senators with not a whole lot in common.
The two did agree that Social Security has a solvency problem, that the future of the country’s transportation will be electric and that Russian President Vladimir Putin ""sucks.""
But on major policy solutions — from gun control, to taxes, infrastructure, health care reform and foreign trade — the two could not have been further...",center
9434,Bernie Sanders and Lindsey Graham Find Common Ground in Fox Debate,"['Bernie Sanders', 'Bipartisanship', 'Bridging Divides', 'Common Ground', 'Debates', 'Domestic Policy', 'Fox News', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Senators', 'South Carolina', 'Vermont']",Bernie Sanders skewers Republican critic of ‘full-on socialism’ in Fox debate,The Guardian,"Fox News is, to put it mildly, not known for indulging progressive politics – but the rightwing news channel gave it a go on Monday, when Bernie Sanders appeared in a debate on the network’s sister channel, Fox Nation.
Sanders, the Vermont senator, democratic socialist and two-time presidential candidate, took on Lindsey Graham, his Republican Senate colleague from South Carolina.
Sanders gave an unfettered breakdown of Medicare for all, or a national public healthcare system, a living wage, and increasing taxes on the wealthiest Americans.
For Fox viewers it was a rare opportunity to hear...",left
9435,Michelle Obama Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",First lady seeks to reignite flame for president,CNN (Online News),"As Michelle Obama took the stage at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night, she faced a similar task as Ann Romney of presenting her husband as a father and family man, above his public persona in the political spotlight.",left
9436,Michelle Obama Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Michelle Obama Speech: Being President 'Reveals Who You Are',HuffPost,"Michelle Obama was the overwhelming star of Tuesday night's Democratic National Convention, delivering a powerful personal narrative about her husband still being the same deeply principled man she fell in love with 23 years ago when they were both broke and watching their families struggle.",left
9437,Michelle Obama Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Michelle Obama touts husband's humble roots, asks for time to see 'change' through",Fox News (Online News),"First lady Michelle Obama mounted a robust defense of her husbands record and character Tuesday night at the opening of the Democratic convention, telling supporters “we are playing a long game here and urging Americans to give him another term in order to implement the “change he promised in 2008.",right
9438,Calls For Resignation Grow As Virginia Governor Meets With Cabinet,"['Virginia', 'Ralph Northam', 'Politics']","Northam meets with senior staff and considers options, including resignation",Washington Post,Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D) was scheduled to meet with his Cabinet Monday at 9 a.m. and later with other administration officials as he considers resigning following two days of controversy over a racist photo in his medical school yearbook.,left
9439,Calls For Resignation Grow As Virginia Governor Meets With Cabinet,"['Virginia', 'Ralph Northam', 'Politics']","Virginia Governor Rebuffs Fellow Democrats, Risks Undermining Party in 2020",Wall Street Journal (News),Ralph Northam meets with aides amid Democratic calls to resign over racist yearbook photo.,center
9440,Calls For Resignation Grow As Virginia Governor Meets With Cabinet,"['Virginia', 'Ralph Northam', 'Politics']","After Accusations of Racism and Infanticide, Resignation Calls Grow Louder for Embattled Gov. Northam",CBN,Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D) says he's staying in office despite a growing chorus of demands for his resignation over accusations of racism.,right
9441,El Chapo Recaptured,['World'],"Sean Penn’s Meeting with ‘El Chapo’ Reminiscent of ABC’s Miller and Bin Laden Interview, But Legally Questionable",Breitbart News,"In a move reminiscent of then-ABC journalist John Miller’s 1998 interview of deceased terrorist Osama Bin Laden, actor Sean Penn has interviewed the Western Hemisphere’s most notorious drug lord and fugitive under legally questionable circumstances.
Only three years before the tragic al-Qaeda terrorist attacks of 9/11, then-ABC journalist John Miller and a small crew traveled under clandestine circumstances through the border regions of Pakistan and into Afghanistan. Their purpose was to interview Osama Bin Laden, who was at the time not as reviled or well known as he would be...",right
9442,El Chapo Recaptured,['World'],Official: Mexico Willing To Extradite El Chapo To U.S.,HuffPost,"Mexico is willing to extradite drug lord Joaquin ""El Chapo"" Guzman to the United States, a federal law enforcement official said Saturday, a sharp reversal from the official position after his last capture in 2014.
""Mexico is ready. There are plans to cooperate with the U.S.,"" said the official, who spoke on condition anonymity because he wasn't authorized to comment.
But he cautioned that there could be a lengthy wait before U.S. prosecutors can get their hands on Guzman, the most-wanted trafficker who was recaptured Friday after six...",left
9443,El Chapo Recaptured,['World'],Mexico: Sean Penn interview helped nab 'El Chapo',USA TODAY,"The hard work of Mexican law enforcement officials and the lure of Hollywood glitz fueled the triumphant end to a six-month manhunt for the notorious Mexican druglord dubbed ""El Chapo,"" Mexican officials say.
Now the lawyers take over, kicking off the legally arduous effort of extraditing Joaquin Guzmán to the United States, where he faces trafficking charges dating as far back as 2009. Mexican officials had expressed little interest in extraditing Guzmán prior to his July prison escape, preferring that he serve his time in Mexico for crimes there. But...",left
9444,House GOP Elects Elise Stefanik to Replace Liz Cheney,"['Republican Party', 'US House', 'Liz Cheney', 'Elise Stefanik', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']",Elise Stefanik elected to replace Liz Cheney as House GOP Conference chair,Fox News (Online News),"The House Republican Conference on Friday morning voted to elect Rep. Elise Stefanik as its chairwoman, sealing the New York lawmaker's ascent two days after the group ousted Rep. Liz Cheney amid strong tension over the party's future.
Stefanik said she's ""truly honored and humbled"" to earn the support of her Republican colleagues, and vowed to ""save our country"" from the ""radical Democrat Socialist agenda,"" Fox News is told.
""I know we are all here to serve the people, the voters who place their trust and faith in us. You...",right
9445,House GOP Elects Elise Stefanik to Replace Liz Cheney,"['Republican Party', 'US House', 'Liz Cheney', 'Elise Stefanik', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']",GOP votes to replace Cheney with Stefanik after backing from Trump,The Hill,"House Republicans on Friday elevated Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) to replace Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as the party’s conference chair, capping a tumultuous three-week stretch that exposed deep divisions in a conference beholden to former President Trump.
Stefanik, who was backed by Trump and top House GOP leaders, easily defeated Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus who launched a last-minute challenge over concerns Stefanik’s voting record is too liberal. The vote, conducted by secret ballot, was 134-46.
Three other Republicans — Reps. Virginia Foxx...",center
9446,House GOP Elects Elise Stefanik to Replace Liz Cheney,"['Republican Party', 'US House', 'Liz Cheney', 'Elise Stefanik', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']",Stefanik voted in as House GOP's new No. 3 leader,Politico,"Elise Stefanik cruised to victory in a Friday vote to replace Liz Cheney as House Republicans' third-ranked leader, capping off a tumultuous month in the GOP conference sparked by its bitter divisions over Donald Trump.
Stefanik won in a 134-46 secret-ballot vote, defeating her sole challenger Rep. Chip Roy of Texas — an unsurprising outcome after she aggressively campaigned for the No. 3 spot, scooping up endorsements from top party leaders and Trump.
The 36-year-old New Yorker, known as a moderate turned Trump ally who's used her fundraising skills to...",left
9447,Delay of Health Care Mandates,['Healthcare'],House votes to delay two health care mandates: Will it matter?,Christian Science Monitor,"Staging a fresh assault on President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform law, the Republican-led House of Representatives on Wednesday approved largely symbolic legislation to delay key coverage requirements.",center
9448,Delay of Health Care Mandates,['Healthcare'],House Votes to Delay Two Requirements of the Health Care Overhaul,New York Times (News),"Defying a veto threat from President Obama, the House on Wednesday passed bills delaying two crucial parts of his health care overhaul that require most Americans to have insurance and many employers to offer it.",left
9449,Delay of Health Care Mandates,['Healthcare'],House votes for delays on Obamacare; some Democrats give support to GOP move,Washington Times,"The House voted Wednesday to delay mandates in the federal health care law requiring individuals and large employers to have coverage, with dozens of Democrats joining Republicans in poking a symbolic hole in the president’s signature achievement.",right
9450,Need-to-know Coronavirus Advice and Information,"['Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health', 'Social Security', 'Transportation', 'Culture', 'Business', 'Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus']","Coronavirus etiquette: Your guide to work, friends, food shopping and more",New York Post (News),"New Yorkers aren’t known for their politeness at the best of times. And Miss Manners definitely never prepped this city for a pandemic.
During lockdown, normal activities like grocery shopping, walking around the block and even just calling friends are suddenly charged with new tensions and stressors. Everything is uncharted territory, so the usual rules for behavior are out the window. At the same time, the city’s lone-wolf residents depend on each other more than ever to stay healthy and sane.
You already know what to do from a germ...",right
9451,Need-to-know Coronavirus Advice and Information,"['Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health', 'Social Security', 'Transportation', 'Culture', 'Business', 'Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus']",The complete guide on how to stay sane: A 13-step process,Los Angeles Times,"Ready, set, reframe: Instead of stressing out about coronavirus and the shutdown, let’s use this time of social isolation to prioritize self-care and mental wellness. Are you eating junk food or taking the time to make something nutritious and delicious? Are you getting enough sleep? How about taking some time to exercise?
If all of that feels a little demanding right now, how about just starting with some deep, calming breaths?
It you’re skeptical this can help, know that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends deep breathing to...",left
9452,Need-to-know Coronavirus Advice and Information,"['Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health', 'Social Security', 'Transportation', 'Culture', 'Business', 'Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus']",Stimulus Checks: Who Is Eligible and How Much Will They Be?,AARP,"Editor’s note: The IRS is in the process of developing procedures for the issuance of stimulus payments to Americans, as called for under the CARES Act. These procedures are evolving, and the IRS has not yet worked out all of the details. AARP is monitoring the IRS closely and will provide the latest information on stimulus payments as soon as it becomes available.
En español | Federal lawmakers enacted a $2 trillion economic stimulus package on March 27 that will send most Americans checks of up to $1,200, as a...",center
9453,Jobless Claims Soar to 6.6 Million,"['Jobless Claims', 'Layoffs', 'Furloughs', 'Coronavirus', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Economy And Jobs']",Record 6.6 Million Americans Sought Unemployment Benefits Last Week,Wall Street Journal (News),"A record 6.6 million workers applied for unemployment benefits last week, marking a sharp downturn in the labor market caused by the new coronavirus.
The large number of claims comes after 3.3 million sought benefits two weeks ago as the U.S. shut down parts of the economy in an effort to contain the virus. Jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, provide temporary financial assistance for workers who lose their jobs.
More Americans are expected to have filed for unemployment benefits in the past two weeks than in the prior six...",center
9454,Jobless Claims Soar to 6.6 Million,"['Jobless Claims', 'Layoffs', 'Furloughs', 'Coronavirus', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Economy And Jobs']",A record 6.6 million Americans filed for unemployment last week,NBC News (Online),"A record 6.6 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, the latest brutal reminder of the toll the coronavirus pandemic is taking on the U.S. economy.
Analysts had predicted a jobless claims total of anywhere between 3 million and 6 million, after huge numbers of businesses across the country were forced to close down due to the need for social distancing, leaving millions of Americans without work.
Thursday's figure eclipses even the record-shattering 3.28 million jobless claims from the week before, the first real marker of the number of...",left
9455,Jobless Claims Soar to 6.6 Million,"['Jobless Claims', 'Layoffs', 'Furloughs', 'Coronavirus', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Economy And Jobs']",New jobless claims soar to record 6.6 million as pandemic ripples through the economy,Washington Examiner,"Workers claiming new unemployment benefits swelled to a record 6.6 million last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday, as the coronavirus pandemic forced businesses across the country to shut down.
The historic jobless number, about double what forecasters expected, exceeds the previous record, by far, set last week of 3.2 million requesting unemployment benefits.
The past two weeks have been record-breakers in terms of job losses as the virus has infected over 215,000 Americans, according to Johns Hopkins University. The previous record high for weekly jobless claims was 695,000 in...",right
9456,Biden Revokes Trump Order Barring Immigrants Who Cannot Afford Health Care,"['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump']",Biden revokes Trump order on immigrants' health care costs,Politico,"President Joe Biden on Friday shot down a Trump proclamation that blocked potential immigrants deemed to be a “financial burden” on the nation’s health care system from coming to the United States, saying it didn’t align with U.S. interests.
“My Administration is committed to expanding access to quality, affordable healthcare,” Biden said in a statement. “We can achieve that objective, however, without barring the entry of noncitizens who seek to immigrate lawfully to this country but who lack significant financial means or have not purchased health insurance coverage from a...",left
9457,Biden Revokes Trump Order Barring Immigrants Who Cannot Afford Health Care,"['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump']",Biden cancels Trump plan to ban immigrants who cannot afford healthcare coverage,Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden rescinded former President Donald Trump's executive order that would have denied visas to immigrants who were viewed as a financial ""burden"" to the U.S. healthcare system.
The White House announced Friday afternoon that it would not go forward with the Trump administration's plan because it ""does not advance the interests"" of the United States. The move is the latest in a string of reversals of Trump policies and protocols to restrict both legal immigration and asylum-seekers, following Biden's earlier decisions to halt border wall construction, increase the...",right
9458,Biden Revokes Trump Order Barring Immigrants Who Cannot Afford Health Care,"['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump']",Biden reverses Trump order barring immigrants who cannot afford healthcare,The Hill,"President Biden on Friday revoked a 2019 proclamation signed by then-President Trump that prevented immigrants from obtaining visas unless they proved they could obtain health insurance or pay for health care.
Biden said in his own proclamation signed Friday afternoon that the October 2019 order ""does not advance the interests of the United States.""
“My Administration is committed to expanding access to quality, affordable healthcare,” Biden's proclamation states. “We can achieve that objective, however, without barring the entry of noncitizens who seek to immigrate lawfully to this country but who...",center
9459,Why Did 2 Prosecutors Resign From NYC's Investigation Into Donald Trump?,"['Donald Trump', 'Trump Organization', 'Justice', 'Polarization']",An insider fears the Trump investigation in Manhattan has lost momentum after the 2 lead prosecutors resigned,Insider,"Early last year — at the height of their probe into The Trump Organization — as many as nine Manhattan prosecutors at a time, and sometimes then-DA Cyrus Vance himself, would file into the grand jury room, eager to see the testimony for themselves.
During interviews, probe witnesses would find themselves in Zoom meetings with a small crowd of prosecutors occupying the other squares of their screen, apparently also just to watch.
""There were piles of prosecutors on every call, including two from the [New York Attorney General's] office,"" one person...",left
9460,Why Did 2 Prosecutors Resign From NYC's Investigation Into Donald Trump?,"['Donald Trump', 'Trump Organization', 'Justice', 'Polarization']",Manhattan DA’s Trump Investigation Appears to Have Cratered,Andrew C. McCarthy,"The New York Times reports that two of the prosecutors heading up the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office investigation of former president Trump have resigned.
Mark Pomerantz and Carey R. Dunne, two highly regarded prosecutors, quit the probe after the office’s new DA, Alvin Bragg, “indicated to them that he had doubts about moving forward with a case against Mr. Trump,” according to the Times.
This is not a surprising development.
The investigation was started by Bragg’s predecessor, Cyrus Vance. The probe may initially have been triggered by hush-money payments during the 2016 campaign, made...",right
9461,Why Did 2 Prosecutors Resign From NYC's Investigation Into Donald Trump?,"['Donald Trump', 'Trump Organization', 'Justice', 'Polarization']",New York investigation into Trump’s business looks imperiled after prosecutors quit,Vox,"Donald Trump may be about to escape legal peril yet again.
A long-running investigation into Trump’s business practices from the Manhattan district attorney’s office appears to have been derailed, as the two lead prosecutors, Carey Dunne and Mark Pomerantz, resigned Wednesday. A New York Times report suggests they did so because the new district attorney, Alvin Bragg, told them “he had doubts about moving forward with a case” against Trump.
The big question is why. Did Bragg legitimately conclude that the case against Trump, which he inherited from former district attorney Cyrus...",left
9462,Romney Backs Pre-Election Vote on SCOTUS Nominee,"['US Senate', 'Senate GOP', 'Mitt Romney', 'Supreme Court Nomination', 'Supreme Court']","Mitt Romney indicates that he would vote to confirm a qualified nominee from Trump, likely dooming Democrats' obstruction chances",The Blaze,"As President Donald Trump quickly moves ahead to nominate a replacement for the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Democrats had hoped to halt that process in its tracks by convincing at least four Republicans that Trump's nominee should not even receive a vote before the election. Those hopes likely took a mortal blow on Tuesday when Utah Sen. Mitt Romney (R) announced that he is not opposed to confirming a nominee in an election year and that he would vote on Trump's replacement ""based upon their qualifications.""
Thus far, Democrats have...",right
9463,Romney Backs Pre-Election Vote on SCOTUS Nominee,"['US Senate', 'Senate GOP', 'Mitt Romney', 'Supreme Court Nomination', 'Supreme Court']",Republicans likely have enough support for a vote on Trump's Supreme Court nominee after Romney backs push to fill vacancy,USA TODAY,"Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, announced Tuesday he would back a Senate vote to confirm a Supreme Court nominee to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat, signaling Republicans may have enough support to vote on Trump's pick before the November presidential election.
""The Constitution gives the President the power to nominate and the Senate the authority to provide advice and consent on Supreme Court nominees,"" Romney said in a statement, citing historical precedent on Supreme Court nominees. ""Accordingly, I intend to follow the Constitution and precedent in considering the President’s...",left
9464,Romney Backs Pre-Election Vote on SCOTUS Nominee,"['US Senate', 'Senate GOP', 'Mitt Romney', 'Supreme Court Nomination', 'Supreme Court']",Mitt Romney backing of Supreme Court vote paves way for election-year confirmation,CNN (Online News),"GOP Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah signaled on Tuesday that he is on board with the Senate's taking up a new Supreme Court nominee during the current election year, an announcement that all but ensures a nominee put forward by President Donald Trump will be confirmed barring any potential missteps by the nominee during the confirmation process.
""The historical precedent of election year nominations is that the Senate generally does not confirm an opposing party's nominee but does confirm a nominee of its own. The Constitution gives the President the...",left
9465,Susan Collins Announces She Will Vote To Acquit Trump,"['Impeachment Trial', 'US Senate', 'Susan Collins', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Sen. Susan Collins said she'll vote to acquit Trump. Impeachment trial resumes Wednesday,USA TODAY,"Senator Susan Collins, one of only two Republicans to join Democrats in seeking testimony in the Senate trial of President Donald Trump, said Tuesday she would vote to acquit the president in a final vote on Wednesday.
Collins said key facts in the case were undisputed, including the July 25, 2019, call when Trump urged Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate his political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, which she considered “improper and in very poor judgment.”
“It was wrong for him to ask a foreign government to...",left
9466,Susan Collins Announces She Will Vote To Acquit Trump,"['Impeachment Trial', 'US Senate', 'Susan Collins', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']","Republican Susan Collins, key swing-vote senator, announces she will vote to acquit Trump",Fox News (Online News),"Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins, a key swing vote in President Trump's impeachment trial, announced Tuesday she would vote to acquit on both articles of impeachment -- noting that Democrats' ""abuse of power"" charge ""did not even attempt"" to allege that Trump had committed a crime, and instead constituted a ""difficult-to-define, non-criminal act.""
Even as she criticized Trump's behavior as ""flawed,"" Collins further slammed House Democrats for delaying transmitting the articles of impeachment to the Senate for more than a month, saying the stalling and posturing undercut their arguments that...",right
9467,Susan Collins Announces She Will Vote To Acquit Trump,"['Impeachment Trial', 'US Senate', 'Susan Collins', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']","Susan Collins Announces She Will Vote to Acquit Trump, Calling Conduct ‘Wrong’",New York Times (News),"The Maine senator became the latest Republican to condemn President Trump’s conduct but argue it did not warrant his removal.
She said that Mr. Trump’s call to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, in which he asked for an investigation of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., was “improper and demonstrated very poor judgment,” but said there had been “conflicting evidence in the record” about Mr. Trump’s motivations.
Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, said on Tuesday that she would vote to acquit President Trump of abuse of power and...",left
9468,Perspectives: Putin's Questionable State of Mind,"['Authoritarianism', 'Joe Biden', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Mental Health', 'NATO', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine War', 'World']",What is Going On Inside Vladimir Putin's Head? 12 Experts Weigh In,Newsweek,"Russian president Vladimir Putin is keeping the world guessing as western intelligence says the invasion he ordered of Ukraine has not been as successful or as swift as he had hoped.
Nearly a week into the largest military campaign in Europe since World War Two, Russian forces have encountered fierce resistance from Ukraine while global condemnation has spurred sanctions that have roiled the Russian economy.
Before the invasion, Putin humiliated his spy chief, Sergei Naryshkyn in a Russian Security Council meeting which showed the president relishing being in control.
But now with...",center
9469,Perspectives: Putin's Questionable State of Mind,"['Authoritarianism', 'Joe Biden', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Mental Health', 'NATO', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine War', 'World']",What’s Going On With Vladimir Putin’s Weird Behavior?,The Daily Caller,"A collection of weird reports are making people question what is actually going on with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio sent a cryptic tweet Feb. 25 in which he wrote, “I wish I could share more, but for now I can say it’s pretty obvious to many that something is off with #Putin.” Given Rubio’s seat in the Senate Intelligence Committee, it’s possible he’s privy to classified information regarding Putin’s health and wellbeing in the wake of his invasion of Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron met with Putin in early February,...",right
9470,Perspectives: Putin's Questionable State of Mind,"['Authoritarianism', 'Joe Biden', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Mental Health', 'NATO', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine War', 'World']",The Russian People May Be Starting to Think Putin Is Insane,Daily Beast,"There is a lot of talk in the West about Russian President Vladimir Putin being mentally unhinged. How could he not have known that his invasion of Ukraine would have serious consequences for his country? Or is he so obsessed with maintaining an image of greatness—especially ahead of Russia’s upcoming 2024 presidential elections—that he doesn’t care?
Either way, Putin risks losing the confidence of his people, whose economic suffering will increase as the conflict continues.
Perhaps the question of Putin’s sanity is beside the point, because there is little the West can do about...",left
9471,Should We Be Concerned About Monkeypox?,"['Public Health', 'Monkeypox', 'LGBTQ Issues']","U.S. Leads Globally in Known Monkeypox Cases, CDC Says",Wall Street Journal (News),"The U.S. has reported more than 3,400 confirmed or suspected monkeypox cases, federal data showed, becoming the country with the most known infections since the onset of the global health emergency.
The rise in cases comes as the U.S. expands testing capacity, broadening the ability to spot new infections, but also as the global outbreak continues to grow. Some public-health experts said rising transmission heightens the chances a broader population will face the risk of infections as the opportunity to slow and potentially stop the outbreak is fading.
The outbreak has largely been...",center
9472,Should We Be Concerned About Monkeypox?,"['Public Health', 'Monkeypox', 'LGBTQ Issues']",Not Everyone Has to Be Equally Worried About Monkeypox,Slate,"Lisa, a 30-year-old mom living in Chicago, has seen the warnings.
Monkeypox spreads through contaminated clothes, the virus lives on surfaces for months, and it might even be airborne. Monkeypox “will become established in the pediatric and general population and will transmit through daycares and schools,” a prominent doctor on Twitter declares.
Is it risky, Lisa wonders, to shop at the grocery store? Can she keep her child, born during the first year of the COVID pandemic, safe? Will she have to go back to living like she did in 2020?
“I...",left
9473,Should We Be Concerned About Monkeypox?,"['Public Health', 'Monkeypox', 'LGBTQ Issues']",Monkeypox: What you must know about the virus — and how to protect yourself,Fox News (Online News),"As the monkeypox virus becomes a health concern that Americans seem to hear about more and more, what are some of the best practices for avoiding the virus — and is it time to worry?
Fox News Digital talked on Monday with Dr. Marc Siegel, a physician and professor of medicine at the NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City, and a Fox News contributor, about the monkeypox virus.
He said the virus is usually not serious, though the rash is ""painful"" and ""can cause scarring,"" he said.
Dr. Siegel said that no...",right
9474,What Obama Can Do,['Politics'],Agenda Clash: Will Obama Listen,Fox News (Online News),"Constructing the Keystone XL oil pipeline, overhauling the tax code and easing ""excessive"" regulations blamed for slow economic growth are at the top of the agenda for the new Republican majority in Congress.",right
9475,What Obama Can Do,['Politics'],OPINION: Mr. Obama’s Offer to Republicans,New York Times (News),President Obama refused on Wednesday to submit to the Republican narrative that his presidency effectively ended with the midterm elections.,left
9476,What Obama Can Do,['Politics'],What Obama Can Do,CNN (Online News),"For someone who's only used it twice, President Obama may need some reacquainting with the last remaining weapon in Democrats' arsenal. He last rejected a bill from Congress in 2010.",left
9477,"Fox News, NBC, and Facebook Pull Controversial Trump Immigration Ad",['Elections'],Facebook Caves to Left-Wing Journalists Demanding Removal of Trump Midterm Ad,Breitbart News,"Facebook has refused ad purchases from President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, which is seeking to encourage voter support for Republicans in competitive races before Tuesday’s",right
9478,"Fox News, NBC, and Facebook Pull Controversial Trump Immigration Ad",['Elections'],NBC and Fox finally stop running Trump's racist ad after it was viewed by millions,CNN (Online News),NBC and Fox News said in separate statements on Monday that their networks will no longer air the Trump campaign's racist anti-immigrant advertisement.,left
9479,"Fox News, NBC, and Facebook Pull Controversial Trump Immigration Ad",['Elections'],CNN Aired Trump’s Racist Ad Way More Than Even Fox News Did,Daily Beast,"Trump’s penchant for fact-free stunts poses a challenge for news outlets on how to cover his presidency. The most recent example? His racist anti-immigrant ad, released this week.",left
9480,Facebook buries conservative news?,['Media Bias'],Former Facebook staffers say conservative news is deliberately suppressed,Fox News (Online News),"Facebook is being accused of fiddling with its formulas to suppress conservative news.
That’s what some unnamed former Facebook contractors told the tech site Gizmodo—and it’s an accusation that strikes at the heart of the social network’s credibility.
Facebook relies on computer algorithms to determine what is “trending,” an influential designation that inevitably boosts traffic for what are deemed the hottest topics. But unbeknownst to much of the public, Facebook hires journalists to tweak these formulas, and this is where the question of political bias has erupted.
Gizmodo reports that...",right
9481,Facebook buries conservative news?,['Media Bias'],Facebook denies censoring conservative news,USA TODAY,"Is Facebook, one of the world's most powerful distributors of news on the Internet, censoring politically conservative articles?
Facebook denies it, but that's the allegation in a published report that set off a firestorm among conservative media on Monday.
According to tech news outlet Gizmodo, a former Facebook news curator says popular articles from politically conservative outlets on conservative subjects were deliberately left off of the ""trending news"" sidebar. Among the allegedly verboten topics: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and former Fox News contributor Steven Crowder.
“I’d come on shift and...",left
9482,Facebook buries conservative news?,['Media Bias'],Did Facebook bury conservative news? Ex-staffers say yes.,Washington Post,"The great irony of the tech blog Gizmodo's revelation that Facebook's trending-topic curators weeded out stories about Facebook or about issues popular with conservatives is that Gizmodo's story therefore likely won't end up on Facebook's list of trending topics. After all, the report, which suggests that the social media behemoth's team filtered out stories on conservative topics from conservative sites, will most certainly be very, very popular with conservatives. (Update: Or maybe it will.)
What we're talking about here is that little box in the upper right of your Facebook...",left
9483,Manhunt Continues,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",OPINION: Escapees' ruthlessness and rage will give them away,CNN (Online News),The question on everyone's mind is: What are the chances that the two escaped murderers from the Dannemora prison can stay on the loose?,left
9484,Manhunt Continues,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Searches close road near prison where convicted killers escaped,Fox News (Online News),A small town in upstate New York became the focus Thursday of a massive manhunt for two convicted murderers who escaped almost a week ago from a maximum security prison five miles away.,right
9485,Manhunt Continues,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",New York Escape: Road Closed Near Prison as Cops Pursue New Lead,NBC News (Online),Cops hunting for two escaped murderers were zeroing in early Thursday on a 3-mile area not far from where the dangerous duo broke out to freedom six days ago.,left
9486,"Justice Dept. Sues Georgia Over Voting Law, Saying it Restricts Black Vote","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Race And Racism', 'Inequality', 'Georgia', 'Elections', 'Election Law']",Trump blasts Biden DOJ amid lawsuit against Georgia voter integrity law,New York Post (News),"Former President Donald Trump released a statement lambasting the politicization of the Department of Justice, following the announcement of a lawsuit against the state of Georgia over a recently passed election reform bill.
“The right of all eligible citizens to vote is the central pillar of our democracy, the right from which all other rights ultimately flow,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement announcing the decision.
“This lawsuit is the first step of many we are taking to ensure that all eligible voters can cast a vote; that all lawful votes...",right
9487,"Justice Dept. Sues Georgia Over Voting Law, Saying it Restricts Black Vote","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Race And Racism', 'Inequality', 'Georgia', 'Elections', 'Election Law']","Georgia’s New Voting Law Aims to Restrict Black Vote, Justice Department Says",Wall Street Journal (News),"The Biden administration sued the state of Georgia on Friday, alleging its new voting law aims to restrict the rights of Black voters, marking the administration’s first such challenge to Republican-backed efforts in multiple states to tighten voting laws.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Atlanta, alleges that Georgia violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act when it earlier this year enacted changes to the state’s election requirements, including altering how people cast absentee ballots and where people can drop off their ballots.
Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed the...",center
9488,"Justice Dept. Sues Georgia Over Voting Law, Saying it Restricts Black Vote","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Race And Racism', 'Inequality', 'Georgia', 'Elections', 'Election Law']",Justice Department announces challenge to Georgia's restrictive voting law,NBC News (Online),"The Justice Department announced Friday that it is suing the state of Georgia over its recently enacted voting restrictions.
""Our complaint alleges that recent changes to Georgia’s election laws were enacted with the purpose of denying or abridging the right of Black Georgians to vote on account of their race or color in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said.
The move is the first major federal enforcement action around the spate of Republican-led laws that have imposed limits on voting in the wake of former...",left
9489,"Prince Philip, Husband of Queen Elizabeth, Dies at 99","['Great Britain', 'Prince Philip', 'World']","Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, dies aged 99",The Guardian,"The Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen’s “strength and stay” for 73 years, has died aged 99.
A statement from Buckingham Palace on Friday said: “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle. Further announcements will made in due course. The Royal Family join with people around the world in mourning his loss.”
He was the longest serving consort in British history,...",left
9490,"Prince Philip, Husband of Queen Elizabeth, Dies at 99","['Great Britain', 'Prince Philip', 'World']","Britain's Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, dies aged 99",Reuters,"Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth and a leading figure in the British royal family for almost seven decades, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace said on Friday.
The Duke of Edinburgh, as he was officially known, had been by his wife’s side throughout her 69-year reign, the longest in British history. During that time he earned a reputation for a tough, no-nonsense attitude and a propensity for occasional gaffes.
“It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His Royal...",center
9491,"Prince Philip, Husband of Queen Elizabeth, Dies at 99","['Great Britain', 'Prince Philip', 'World']","Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II's husband, dead at 99",Fox News (Online News),"Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II’s husband of 73 years, died on Friday at Windsor Castle. He was 99.
The royal family confirmed the Duke of Edinburgh's death on Friday in a statement.
""It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle,"" the statement reads.
An announcement about Philip's death was placed on the gates of Buckingham Palace...",right
9492,Democrats Seek Ways to Stop Kavanaugh Confirmation,['Supreme Court'],"Democrats Aim to Derail Kavanaugh With Eye on Abortion, Mueller",Bloomberg,Democrats will have plenty of material to draw upon when they question U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at his Senate confirmation hearings. What they won’t have is leverage.,left
9493,Democrats Seek Ways to Stop Kavanaugh Confirmation,['Supreme Court'],"With Kavanaugh on track for confirmation, Democrats regret triggering 'nuclear option'",Washington Times,"With attempts to attack Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh’s record failing, Democrats over the weekend mounted a last-ditch bid to derail his confirmation to the Supreme Court by claiming",right
9494,Democrats Seek Ways to Stop Kavanaugh Confirmation,['Supreme Court'],'The stakes are astronomical': Brett Kavanaugh supreme court hearing will be a battle royale,The Guardian,Democrats know Donald Trump’s greatest legacy may be the confirmation of a second conservative justice. Their fight to stop it starts now.,left
9495,Trump’s War with Intel,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump’s War With the Intelligence Community Is His Biggest Yet,NBC News (Online),"Less than a month in office, President Trump has engaged in plenty of fights already -- with the courts, Mexico, the media, and even Nordstrom. But his emerging fight with the U.S. intelligence community (over Russia and leaks) might be his biggest fight yet.",left
9496,Trump’s War with Intel,"['White House', 'Politics']",Spies Keep Intelligence From Donald Trump on Leak Concerns,Wall Street Journal (News),Decision to withhold information underscores deep mistrust between intelligence community and president,center
9497,Trump’s War with Intel,"['White House', 'Politics']",US spies reportedly keeping intelligence from Trump,Fox News (Online News),Sensitive intelligence is being withheld from President Trump by U.S. intelligence officials because they are reportedly concerned that the information could be compromised.,right
9498,October 2018 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"US employers added 250,000 jobs in October, soaring past expectations",Fox News (Online News),"US employers added a better-than-expected 250,000 jobs in October, soaring past expectations for an increase of 190,000 jobs in the last jobs report before the midterm elections and on the heels of an incredibly volatile month for the stock markets.",right
9499,October 2018 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"US adds robust 250,000 jobs; pay growth fastest since 2009",Associated Press,"The final major economic report before Tuesday’s congressional elections showed that U.S. employers added a stellar 250,000 jobs in October and raised average pay by the most in nearly a decade.",left
9500,October 2018 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"The U.S. economy added 250,000 jobs in October, unemployment stays at 3.7 percent",Washington Post,"The U.S. economy added 250,000 jobs in October, federal economists reported Friday. The unemployment rate stayed at 3.7 percent.",left
9501,Diplomats Call for Strikes Against Assad,['Middle East'],"Dozens of Officials Break With Administration, Call for Strikes Against Assad",Townhall,"Protesting the Obama administration’s policy in Syria, dozens of State Department officers have signed an internal document calling on the administration to order targeted military strikes against Damascus to force regime change as the only way to defeat ISIS, the Wall Street Journal reports.",right
9502,Diplomats Call for Strikes Against Assad,['Middle East'],U.S. Diplomats Call For Military Pressure On Syria's Assad Regime,NPR (Online News),"More than 50 U.S. State Department officials have signed an internal memo calling for a change in the way the United States approaches Syria — specifically, advocating military pressure on Bashar Assad's regime to push him toward the negotiating table.",left
9503,Diplomats Call for Strikes Against Assad,['Middle East'],51 U.S. Diplomats Urge Strikes Against Assad in Syria,New York Times (News),"More than 50 State Department diplomats have signed an internal memo sharply critical of the Obama administration’s policy in Syria, urging the United States to carry out military strikes against the government of President Bashar al-Assad to stop its persistent violations of a cease-fire in the country’s five-year-old civil war.",left
9504,1.3 Million New Jobless Claims Last Week; Media Frames Number Differently,"['Labor', 'Unemployment', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs']","For 16th straight week, unemployment filings top 1 million",MSNBC,"When Americans lose their jobs, they file for unemployment benefits, and the government has kept track of the number of these filings every week since 1967. Up until fairly recently, with a healthy domestic job market, the weekly tally has been about 210,000.
But as we've discussed, looking at historical data, we know what things look like when there's an economic crisis. In early 2009, for example, near the height of the Great Recession, initial jobless claims reached 665,000 -- roughly triple the totals from, say, a couple of months...",left
9505,1.3 Million New Jobless Claims Last Week; Media Frames Number Differently,"['Labor', 'Unemployment', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs']",Layoffs stuck at high level as 1.3 million seek jobless aid,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 1.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a historically high pace that shows that many employers are still laying people off in the face of a resurgent coronavirus.
The persistently elevated level of layoffs are occurring as a spike in virus cases has forced six states to reverse their move to reopen businesses. Those six — Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Michigan and Texas — make up one-third of the U.S. economy. Fifteen other states have suspended their re-openings. Collectively, the pullback has stalled...",left
9506,1.3 Million New Jobless Claims Last Week; Media Frames Number Differently,"['Labor', 'Unemployment', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs']",Weekly Jobless Claims Lower Than Expected At 1.3 Million,The Daily Caller,"Jobless claims for the past week were lower than economists had predicted as workers begin returning to their jobs, according to data from the Labor Department shows.
The total number for jobless claims for the week ending in July 4 was 1.3 million, according to the Labor Department data, which is 99,000 fewer claims than the previous week. Economists surveyed by Down Jones had predicted 1.39 million jobless claims, according to CNBC.",right
9507,"US, Others Accuse Russia of Attempted Hacks on Virus Vaccine Development","['World', 'Russia', 'Coronavirus', 'Technology', 'Healthcare', 'Cybersecurity']","UK, US, Canada accuse Russia of hacking virus vaccine trials",Associated Press,"LONDON (AP) — Britain, the United States and Canada accused Russian hackers on Thursday of trying to steal information from researchers seeking a coronavirus vaccine, warning scientists and pharmaceutical companies to be alert for suspicious activity.
Intelligence agencies in the three nations alleged that the hacking group APT29, also known as Cozy Bear and said to be part of the Russian intelligence services, is attacking academic and pharmaceutical research institutions involved in COVID-19 vaccine development.
“It is completely unacceptable that the Russian Intelligence Services are targeting those working to combat...",left
9508,"US, Others Accuse Russia of Attempted Hacks on Virus Vaccine Development","['World', 'Russia', 'Coronavirus', 'Technology', 'Healthcare', 'Cybersecurity']","REPORT: Russian Group That Hacked DNC Attempted To Steal COVID-19 Research From US, Allies",The Daily Caller,"A Russian government-backed hacking group reportedly attempted to steal research on coronavirus vaccines from the United States and its closest allies, according to a joint report from the U.S., Britain, and Canada released Thursday.
The report, published primarily through Britain’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), alleges the group APT29 or ‘Cozy Bear’ was responsible for attempting to break into academic and pharmaceutical institutions for information on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, according to Reuters. ‘Cozy Bear’ is reportedly the same hacking group widely accused of breaching the Democratic Party ahead of...",right
9509,"US, Others Accuse Russia of Attempted Hacks on Virus Vaccine Development","['World', 'Russia', 'Coronavirus', 'Technology', 'Healthcare', 'Cybersecurity']",Russia Is Trying to Hack COVID-19 Vaccine Development,Vice,"Russian state-based hackers have targeted Western COVID-19 vaccine development, the cybersecurity agencies of the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada say.
APT29, a hacker group that has been linked to the Kremlin and Russian-sanctioned hacking campaigns, undertook a campaign to steal information and intellectual property around the development and testing of vaccines for the novel coronavirus.
The campaign sought to “hinder response efforts at a time when healthcare experts and medical researchers need every available resource to help fight the pandemic” reads a joint statement from the three countries.
The...",left
9510,Preview Of The 2020 New Hampshire Primary,"['Presidential Elections', 'New Hampshire', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Elections']",Everything You Need To Know About The New Hampshire Primary,NPR (Online News),"Democrats are going to try again.
After the Iowa results meltdown, New Hampshire takes center stage Tuesday night. This election is run by the secretary of state's office and not the state party. It's also a more-straightforward primary (with a couple kinks we explain below) rather than a complicated, math-heavy caucus.
There is lots at stake, as New Hampshire has served to reinforce or reset the Democratic primary race over the last five decades. As always, be ready for surprises, especially because through the years, a third to half of...",left
9511,Preview Of The 2020 New Hampshire Primary,"['Presidential Elections', 'New Hampshire', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Elections']","New Hampshire primary voting kicks off, with Sanders and Buttigieg locked in fierce battle",Fox News (Online News),"New Hampshire’s presidential primary kicked off at midnight – as voters in three tiny townships in the state’s North Country and White Mountains cast the first ballots in the first primary in the White House race.
Dixville Notch – which has held the midnight voting tradition for 60 years – as well as nearby Millsfield and Hart’s Location, grab the national spotlight every four years as they report the first results in New Hampshire.
In Dixville Notch, a surprise candidate came away the winner. Former New York City Mayor Michael...",right
9512,Preview Of The 2020 New Hampshire Primary,"['Presidential Elections', 'New Hampshire', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Elections']",Sanders may be on the verge of another New Hampshire win. Democrats aren't ready to get behind him.,Washington Post,"Bernie Sanders has been running for president a very long time. Long enough to get nostalgic.
“Four years ago, I came to New Hampshire and I had a series of proposals that the political establishment said was very radical, too extreme,” Sanders told a crowd at Franklin Pierce University on Monday.
Many in the crowd hadn’t lived in the state back then. Many more had been too young to vote. They cheered along, applauding at the end of every sentence, as Sanders told them how he would overthrow the...",left
9513,"Kremlin Accuses Ukraine of Attacking Russian Fuel Depot, Disrupting Peace Talks","['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War']",Moscow says Ukraine hit a fuel depot inside Russia,Reuters,"Russia accused Ukraine of carrying out an air strike against a fuel depot in the Russian city of Belgorod on Friday, an incident the Kremlin said set an unfavourable tone for peace talks with Kyiv.
Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said he could not confirm or deny reports of Ukrainian involvement in the strike as he did not have military information. The Ukrainian Defence Ministry and the general staff did not respond to requests for comment.
Video footage of the purported attack -- the first accusation of a Ukrainian air...",center
9514,"Kremlin Accuses Ukraine of Attacking Russian Fuel Depot, Disrupting Peace Talks","['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War']",Russia alleges Ukrainian helicopters struck Belgorod fuel depot,Al Jazeera,"A Russian official has alleged that two Ukrainian military helicopters flew across the border and bombed a fuel depot in the eastern city of Belgorod, in what would be, if confirmed, the first known air raid by Ukraine’s forces on Russian soil since Moscow invaded its neighbour in late February.
Video images of the purported attack posted online on Friday showed what looked like several missiles being fired from low altitude, followed by an explosion that sparked a huge fire. It was not possible to independently verify the images.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry...",left
9515,"Kremlin Accuses Ukraine of Attacking Russian Fuel Depot, Disrupting Peace Talks","['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War']",Kremlin Says Ukraine Strike on Russian Fuel Depot Creates Awkward Backdrop for Talks,The Epoch Times,"The Kremlin said on Friday that a Ukrainian strike against a fuel depot in the Russian city of Belgorod did not create comfortable conditions to continue peace talks with Kyiv.
Russia accused Ukraine on Friday of attacking the depot but Ukrainian authorities did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Speaking to reporters on a conference call, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said authorities were doing everything to reorganise the fuel supply chain and avoid disruption of energy supplies in Belgorod.
A Russian official said earlier on Friday that two Ukrainian...",right
9516,Brown to Replace Loans With Grants,['Education'],Brown to replace student loans with grants,The Hill,Brown University plans to replace student loans with financial grants that do not have to be repaid.,center
9517,Brown to Replace Loans With Grants,['Education'],Brown University Plans to Eliminate Loans From Student Aid,Pacific Standard,"Brown University wants to replace all loans in student aid packages with grants that do not have to be paid back, the school announced in a press release on Wednesday.",left
9518,Brown to Replace Loans With Grants,['Education'],"Brown University to Eliminate Student Loans, Replace Them with Grants",Breitbart News,Brown University plans to eliminate student loans from financial aid packages and replace them with grants that students do not have to pay back.,right
9519,"Paul Manafort Sent to Jail, Pending Trial",['Politics'],Paul Manafort sent to jail over witness-tampering charges,New York Post (News),President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sent to jail Friday after a federal judge revoked his bail in the wake of witness tampering charges lodged by special counsel Robert Mueller.,right
9520,"Paul Manafort Sent to Jail, Pending Trial",['Politics'],"Judge sends Paul Manafort to jail, pending trial",CNN (Opinion),Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort will await his trial for foreign lobbying crimes from jail.,left
9521,"Paul Manafort Sent to Jail, Pending Trial",['Politics'],Judge orders ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort to jail while awaiting money laundering and fraud trials,USA TODAY,A federal judge on Friday ordered former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to jail to await separate trials on money laundering and fraud charges following allegations that he sought to obstruct the Russia inquiry while he was on house arrest.,left
9522,More Boys Freed From Thailand Cave,"['Asia', 'World']",Thai cave rescue operation suspended after four more boys freed,CNN (Online News),"Rescuers working at a cave site in northern Thailand have suspended operations for the day after bringing four more boys out of the flooded cave system Monday, according to a witness working with the rescue team, bringing the total number of rescued boys to eight.",left
9523,More Boys Freed From Thailand Cave,"['Asia', 'World']",Cave rescue: Operation resumes to bring out boys,BBC News,Cave divers in Thailand have resumed the high-risk operation to extract the remaining eight boys and their football coach from a vast flooded cave system.,center
9524,More Boys Freed From Thailand Cave,"['Asia', 'World']","More boys freed from Thailand cave, but rescuers face 'war with water and time' to get to others",Fox News (Online News),"Rescuers in Thailand on Monday freed at least three more members of the boys soccer team stranded in a flooded cave complex, marking the start of the second phase of a desperate rescue operation that aims to save five more kids and the team's coach before heavy rains imperil the effort.",right
9525,What to Watch for: 2020 Gubernatorial Races,"['Governors', 'Elections', '2020 Election']",11 States Are Choosing Their Governor On Tuesday. Here Are The Races To Watch.,FiveThirtyEight,"On Tuesday, voters will cast the last ballots in the Nov. 3 races for president, the U.S. House of Representatives and, in 34 states, the U.S. Senate. But in 11 states, voters will also pick their next governor. It’s more common to hold governors’ races during midterm elections, so the few gubernatorial contests held in presidential election years sometimes get overlooked while the spotlight is trained on races for federal office. But these elections will affect states’ policies and other important political matters, including the congressional and state legislative redistricting...",center
9526,What to Watch for: 2020 Gubernatorial Races,"['Governors', 'Elections', '2020 Election']",Meet the Highest-Polling Libertarian Gubernatorial Candidate in the Country,Reason,"Donald Rainwater, the Libertarian Party's (L.P.) candidate for governor of Indiana, has racked up some unprecedented polling numbers for a Libertarian in a race in which both major parties are running candidates. The 57-year-old Navy veteran and information technology professional hit as high as 24 percent in a Change Research poll back in September.
While that very high result was an outlier, Rainwater has in the past week polled at 14 percent (in a Ragnar Research Partners poll) and 15 percent (in a Cygnal poll). Previous Libertarian candidates for governor...",right
9527,What to Watch for: 2020 Gubernatorial Races,"['Governors', 'Elections', '2020 Election']",The 3 biggest governor races to watch in 2020,Vox,"As much change as the 2020 election might bring on a national level, it’s unlikely to shake up many states’ leadership: Of the 11 states with governor races in 2020, nine have incumbents running for reelection, many of whom are expected to coast to victory.
That makes Montana, where current Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock is leaving the seat open to run for US Senate, one of the cycle’s most contested gubernatorial races. Bullock’s lieutenant, Mike Cooney, is running against the current US House member in Montana’s at-large congressional district, Republican...",left
9528,White House Imposes Diplomatic Boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing,"['Sports', 'Beijing Olympics', 'Diplomatic Boycott', 'China', 'World', 'Asia']","U.S. to Diplomatically Boycott Beijing Olympics, China Promises 'Resolute Countermeasures'",Newsweek,"White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed Monday that the U.S. will not send a diplomatic delegation to the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, China.
""The Biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games given the [People's Republic of China's] ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and other human rights abuses,"" Psaki told reporters.
The boycott does not extend to athletes, and Psaki added that competitors will have the country's ""full support."" The winter event will kick off on Friday, February 4....",center
9529,White House Imposes Diplomatic Boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing,"['Sports', 'Beijing Olympics', 'Diplomatic Boycott', 'China', 'World', 'Asia']",Republicans blast Biden 'diplomatic boycott' of Olympics as too meager,Fox News (Online News),"Republican lawmakers took aim at President Biden for his diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics, arguing keeping U.S. officials from attending did not go far enough as they called for removing the games from China.
The Biden administration itself has accused the communist nation of genocide.
""While I have called for the United States and other nations to impose a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics, this is the bare minimum, and President Biden should do more to hold accountable the Chinese Communist Party,"" Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., said in a statement...",right
9530,White House Imposes Diplomatic Boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing,"['Sports', 'Beijing Olympics', 'Diplomatic Boycott', 'China', 'World', 'Asia']",China warns U.S. will 'pay' for Olympics diplomatic boycott,NBC News (Online),"China has told the United States it will ""pay"" for its diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics on human rights grounds.
The White House on Monday announced it would not send any government officials to the Games in February 2022, due to ""ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and other human rights abuses.""
This prompted a stern response from Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian, who told a press conference Tuesday: ""The U.S. will pay for its wrongdoing. You can wait and see.""
Zhao accused the U.S. of hypocrisy and...",left
9531,Will Trump's Defamation Lawsuit Against CNN Succeed?,"['Donald Trump', 'CNN', 'Lawsuits', 'Free Press', 'First Amendment', 'Defamation', 'Media Industry']",Trump wants CNN punished for comparing him to Hitler. Good luck with that.,MSNBC,"Former President Donald Trump is not a Nazi. He is not, nor has it been reported that he has ever been, a member of the National Socialist Party. He also is not, in fact, some sort of genetic copy of Adolf Hitler. To misappropriate Dickens: ""This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate.""
You see, Trump’s lawyers sued CNN alleging defamation in a Florida federal court Monday. The main focus of their ire? In reporting on their client’s ongoing lies...",left
9532,Will Trump's Defamation Lawsuit Against CNN Succeed?,"['Donald Trump', 'CNN', 'Lawsuits', 'Free Press', 'First Amendment', 'Defamation', 'Media Industry']",Trump Sues CNN for Defamation,AllSides,"Former President Donald Trump sued CNN (Left bias) for defamation on Monday, seeking at least $475 million in damages.
Trump’s lawsuit alleges that CNN used “false, defamatory, and inflammatory mischaracterizations” to interfere with Trump’s political career. It argues that the phrase “the Big Lie,” in reference to Trump’s unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud, is an attempt to connect Trump to Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf.” “Beyond simply highlighting any negative information about the plaintiff and ignoring all positive information about him, CNN has sought to use its massive influence — purportedly...",center
9533,Will Trump's Defamation Lawsuit Against CNN Succeed?,"['Donald Trump', 'CNN', 'Lawsuits', 'Free Press', 'First Amendment', 'Defamation', 'Media Industry']",Trump's no-hope CNN lawsuit has nothing to do with the law,Washington Examiner,"Former President Donald Trump is suing CNN for defamation and demanding $475 million in damages. His lawsuit has nothing to do with the law. Instead, it helps Trump mobilize his supporters as he looks toward a 2024 presidential run. For a few million dollars in legal fees, Trump has gained media attention while bolstering his political narrative of fighting media bias and elites.
Again, however, this lawsuit isn't about remedy under the law.
Trump's lawsuit takes particular issue with numerous CNN personalities who have compared him to Adolf Hitler. The...",right
9534,Mitt Romney Launches Senate Bid,['Elections'],Romney Takes A Swipe At Trump In Senate Announcement,The Daily Caller,Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney announced his bid to become the next U.S. Senator from Utah in a Friday morning tweet.,right
9535,Mitt Romney Launches Senate Bid,['Elections'],Mitt Romney as the 'never Trump' Senate candidate? Don't bet on it,USA TODAY,"Mitt Romney has used words like ""phony,"" ""fraud"" and ""con man"" to describe Donald Trump. But don't expect the one-time presidential nominee to use that same level of invective against the current president during his Senate campaign in Utah — or on Capitol Hill if he wins in November.",left
9536,Mitt Romney Launches Senate Bid,['Elections'],Mitt Romney Has Launched A Senate Bid In Utah — And Some Republicans Are Playing The Carpetbagger Card,BuzzFeed News,"The former Massachusetts governor made it official Friday. But State Auditor John Dougall said he’s being encouraged to challenge Romney in a primary. “Some of the key things in Utah are that we want to make sure we have a senator who understands Utah issues, and those are clearly different than Massachusetts issues, for instance.”",left
9537,Terror Attack Averted in Belgium,['Terrorism'],New 'Charlie Hebdo' averted: Belgian police say raid kills 2 ISIS-linked jihadists,Fox News (Online News),"Police stopped a ""Belgian Charlie Hebdo"" late Thursday, with government agents killing at least two in raids aimed at jihadists returning from Syria who were planning to launch terrorist attacks ""on a grand scale,"" according to police and prosecutors.
The raids included one on an apartment above a bakery in the eastern city of Verviers, authorities said. They said no officers were injured and that the suspects opened fire on them as the swooped in. Authorities said the terror cell had ties to ISIS and was planning a major attack.",right
9538,Terror Attack Averted in Belgium,['Terrorism'],At Least 2 Killed in Antiterror Raid by the Belgian Police,New York Times (News),"Belgium stepped up its efforts against suspected terrorists on Thursday with police raids, arrests and a heightened alert level across the country. Two suspects were killed in a gun battle near the German border, and the authorities said that a man suspected of links to last week’s deadly terror attacks in Paris had been arrested in southern Belgium.
The gun battle happened in Verviers, a town about 75 miles east of Brussels. The police were closing in on several suspects there in the early evening when they were met with...",left
9539,Terror Attack Averted in Belgium,['Terrorism'],Belgium Foils Islamist Terrorist Attack,Daily Beast,"At least two people were killed Thursday in Verviers, Belgium when police raided an apartment used by suspected Islamist radicals. Two unidentified people were killed, a third injured, and several others arrested. No police were hurt. Yesterday, a Belgian arms dealer turned himself in after saying he gave the Charlie Hebdo attackers weapons in Brussels last year.
Eric Van der Sypt, a spokesman for the office of the Belgian federal prosecutor, confirmed two people had been killed and one person was in custody. “All I can tell you now...",left
9540,UK PM Liz Truss Resigns After 6 Weeks in Office,"['World', 'United Kingdom', 'Liz Truss']",Liz Truss resigns as British prime minister after 6 weeks in office,New York Post (News),"Embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced she would step down from officer Thursday after serving just six weeks in office.
Truss’ perilous stint on Downing Street was marked by fiscal fiasco and hostile opposition form her own conservative party over her proposal to cut taxes on corporations and the wealthy, which sent financial markets into a weeks-long slide.
Truss, 47, replaced Boris Johnson who resigned over the summer following a ethics scandal that 50 members of the government to quit in protest.
Britain’s shortest tenured leader had been welcomed...",right
9541,UK PM Liz Truss Resigns After 6 Weeks in Office,"['World', 'United Kingdom', 'Liz Truss']",Liz Truss resigns as prime minister after Tory revolt,BBC News,"Liz Truss has dramatically resigned as prime minister after just 45 days in the job.
The PM said her successor will be elected in a Tory leadership contest, to be completed in the next week.
Tory MPs urged Ms Truss to go after her government was engulfed by political turmoil, following the ditching of most of her economic policies.
Ms Truss was elected by the Tory membership in September, but she lost authority after a series of U-turns.
In a speech outside Downing Street, Ms Truss said: ""I recognise that...",center
9542,UK PM Liz Truss Resigns After 6 Weeks in Office,"['World', 'United Kingdom', 'Liz Truss']",Liz Truss resigns as PM and triggers fresh leadership election,The Guardian,"Liz Truss has resigned as prime minister and will step down after a week-long emergency contest to find her successor, she has announced outside Downing Street.
It follows a turbulent 45 days in office during which Truss’s mini-budget crashed the markets, she lost two key ministers and shed the confidence of almost all her own MPs.
Her statement came after she met Graham Brady, the chair of the 1922 Committee of backbench Tory MPs at Downing Street, followed by her deputy PM, Thérèse Coffey, and the party chair, Jake Berry....",left
9543,"Biden Asks Supreme Court to Cancel Border Wall, Asylum Arguments","['Immigration', 'Asylum', 'Border Wall', 'Joe Biden', 'Supreme Court', 'Mexico']",Biden asks Supreme Court to delay oral arguments on border wall and asylum rule,CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden's Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Monday to postpone oral arguments in significant cases regarding former President Donald Trump's border wall and a controversial asylum policy.
The Justice Department said Biden has directed a ""pause in construction"" so that the administration can undertake an assessment ""of the legality of the funding and contracting methods used to construct the wall."" The American Civil Liberties Union, Sierra Club and Southern Border Communities Coalition asked the Supreme Court last year to block the construction the wall.",left
9544,"Biden Asks Supreme Court to Cancel Border Wall, Asylum Arguments","['Immigration', 'Asylum', 'Border Wall', 'Joe Biden', 'Supreme Court', 'Mexico']","Biden Asks Supreme Court to Cancel Asylum, Border Wall Arguments",Newsmax (News),"President Joe Biden's administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to cancel upcoming oral arguments and delay further action in two pending appeals that were filed by his Republican predecessor Donald Trump over U.S.-Mexico border wall funding and the so-called ""remain in Mexico"" asylum policy.
The court is scheduled to hear arguments in the two cases on Feb. 22 and March 1, respectively.",right
9545,"Biden Asks Supreme Court to Cancel Border Wall, Asylum Arguments","['Immigration', 'Asylum', 'Border Wall', 'Joe Biden', 'Supreme Court', 'Mexico']","Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Cancel Arguments on Border Wall, Asylum Policy",Wall Street Journal (News),"The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to cancel coming oral arguments on two pillars of former President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, construction of a wall along the southern U.S. border and the “Remain in Mexico” program that barred U.S. entry to many asylum applicants while their cases were considered.
The filings are among the first of many the Justice Department is expected to make as the Biden administration changes direction on immigration, LGBT protections, voting rights, the Affordable Care Act and other policies.
In both cases, acting...",center
9546,Perspectives: The Supreme Court and Trump's Tax Returns,"['Supreme Court', 'Taxes', 'Tax Returns', 'Law', 'US Constitution', 'Donald Trump']",Will The Supreme Court Finally Force Trump’s Tax Returns To Be Released?,FiveThirtyEight,"Remember President Trump’s tax returns? It seems like a relic from the distant past, but only last December, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a trio of cases on whether the president could block his accounting firm and two of his banks from turning over eight years of tax returns and other financial records to Democratic-led House committees and New York City prosecutors. Trump’s lawyers have offered an extraordinarily expansive vision of his power as president, arguing that as chief executive he is immune from criminal investigations and congressional...",center
9547,Perspectives: The Supreme Court and Trump's Tax Returns,"['Supreme Court', 'Taxes', 'Tax Returns', 'Law', 'US Constitution', 'Donald Trump']",Will Breyer Side With Trump in Congressional Subpoena Fight?,Reason,"The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in Trump v. Mazars, a case which asks whether the House Committee on Oversight and Reform overstepped its legal authority in 2019 when it subpoenaed Mazars USA, Donald Trump's longtime accounting firm, demanding eight years of financial records pertaining to Trump and several of his business entities.
In Barenblatt v. United States (1959), the Supreme Court held that ""Congress may only investigate into those areas in which it may potentially legislate or appropriate."" In Eastland v. U.S. Servicemen's Fund (1975), the Court...",right
9548,Perspectives: The Supreme Court and Trump's Tax Returns,"['Supreme Court', 'Taxes', 'Tax Returns', 'Law', 'US Constitution', 'Donald Trump']",Remember When Trump Said He’d Be Happy to Share His Tax Returns?,New York Times (Opinion),"On Tuesday, lawyers for President Trump appeared before the Supreme Court (hearing arguments again by telephone conference) to assert the claim that the nation’s chief executive is unaccountable to Congress or law enforcement authorities — that he is, in short, above the law.
The lawyers were trying to block three congressional committees and the Manhattan district attorney from getting access to years of Mr. Trump’s tax returns and other financial records, as well as those of his family members and companies. The House committees said they subpoenaed those records to...",left
9549,House Democrats Begin Battle For Trump Tax Returns,"['Tax Returns', 'Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Politics']",House Democrats Launch Quest for Trump Tax Returns,Newsmax (News),House Democrats are facing off with Republicans for a battle that could turn intensely personal for Donald Trump and risks a backlash against the chamber's new majority — how to get their hands on the president's tax returns.,right
9550,House Democrats Begin Battle For Trump Tax Returns,"['Tax Returns', 'Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Politics']",The Battle Over Trump’s Tax Return Begins,Bloomberg,House Democrats are facing off with Republicans for a battle that could turn intensely personal for Donald Trump and risks a backlash against the chamber’s new majority -- how to get their hands on the president’s tax returns.,left
9551,House Democrats Begin Battle For Trump Tax Returns,"['Tax Returns', 'Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Politics']",House Democrats take 1st step to obtain Trump's tax returns,ABC News (Online),"House Democrats will take their first step toward obtaining President Donald Trump's personal tax returns, convening a hearing Thursday to examine legislative proposals and laws dictating the process to acquire the documents.",left
9552,Will a $965 Million Defamation Verdict Stop Future Disinformation?,"['Disinformation', 'Alex Jones', 'Criminal Justice', 'Sandy Hook School Shooting', 'Defamation', 'First Amendment', 'Free Speech', 'Infowars']",Alex Jones’ Downfall Could Spell the End for the Disinformation Business Model,Matt Lewis,"Try to imagine having a young child die in a horrific mass shooting. Now, imagine spending a decade being attacked and mocked by a mob of nutjobs who claim your child never even existed. These people show up at your home, demanding to see your now-murdered child. Some even go so far as to make rape threats and desecrate your baby’s grave.
All of these things happened in real life. And responsibility for all of those horrors that came after the massacre can be attributed to the repeated actions of...",center
9553,Will a $965 Million Defamation Verdict Stop Future Disinformation?,"['Disinformation', 'Alex Jones', 'Criminal Justice', 'Sandy Hook School Shooting', 'Defamation', 'First Amendment', 'Free Speech', 'Infowars']",Alex Jones Isn't Going Away That Easily,Michael Arceneaux,"In this country, there are only so many ways to deal with a man like Alex Jones.
On Wednesday, a jury in Connecticut tried its best to force the Infowars host and owner to face consequences for the hurt that his lies have caused others, ordering Jones to pay $965 million to relatives of victims of a 2012 mass shooting and an FBI agent he accused of all being actors.
In an interview with “PBS NewsHour,” trial lawyer Jesse Gessin described the nearly $1 billion judgment as “probably one of...",left
9554,Will a $965 Million Defamation Verdict Stop Future Disinformation?,"['Disinformation', 'Alex Jones', 'Criminal Justice', 'Sandy Hook School Shooting', 'Defamation', 'First Amendment', 'Free Speech', 'Infowars']",The Alex Jones Verdict Is Just—But It Should Be the Exception,Mark Weaver,"James Madison never met Alex Jones. This side of heaven, we'll never know whether the author of the First Amendment would've listened to Jones' outlandish radio show. But Jones now knows that James Madison's hand-crafted First Amendment umbrella protects most—though not all—speech. On Wednesday, a jury awarded the parents of the deadly Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting $1 billion in damages; Jones had called the shooting a hoax and the parents crisis actors. The verdict followed a smaller but just as significant Texas jury verdict against Jones' lies about...",right
9555,White House Says Trump Will Sign GOP Immigration Bill,['Immigration'],"White House, in reversal, embraces Dreamer legislation",Politico,The president’s comments came hours after he seemed to disavow a compromise immigration bill.,left
9556,White House Says Trump Will Sign GOP Immigration Bill,['Immigration'],White House walks back Trump's rejection of immigration compromise,The Hill,"President Trump in fact supports both of the House GOP immigration bills expected to receive votes next week and misspoke earlier Friday when he said that he would oppose a compromise measure between centrists and conservatives, a White House official told The Hill.",center
9557,White House Says Trump Will Sign GOP Immigration Bill,['Immigration'],"White House reverses Trump, says he will sign GOP leaders' immigration bill",Washington Times,"The White House said Friday evening that President Trump misunderstood the question when he blasted Republican leaders’ immigration bill, and insisted he really does support the compromise plan that just hours earlier he said he “wouldn’t sign.”",right
9558,Who is Russia Targeting in Syria,['World'],Russia vehemently defends Syrian airstrikes and denies targeting U.S. -backed rebels,Washington Post,"Russian officials vehemently defended the country’s airstrike campaign in Syria on Thursday, denying reports of civilian deaths and Western accusations that the country was targeting U.S.-backed rebels instead of the Islamic State.",left
9559,Who is Russia Targeting in Syria,['World'],Syrian Opposition Says Russian Airstrikes Aren't Targeting ISIS,NPR (Online News),Russia says it has carried out at least 20 airstrikes in Syria. But many of those attacks hit areas miles from the ISIS strongholds that were initially named as targets. Syria's opposition says Russian forces are hitting any opponents of President Bashar al-Assad — and that civilians are paying a price.,left
9560,Who is Russia Targeting in Syria,['World'],"US-backed rebels, civilians reportedly targeted by Russian airstrikes in Syria",Fox News (Online News),"Human rights groups say Russian airstrikes in Syria targeted US-backed rebels on Thursday, as a new report claims hundreds of Iranian troops have arrived for an upcoming ground offensive. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claims the targets of Russian airstrikes included US-backed group Tajamu Alezzah.",right
9561,Trump Tweets About Global Warming,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump mocks ‘global warming’ amid frigid US temperatures — and a Democrat doesn’t like that one bit,The Blaze,"Amid frigid temperatures gripping the northeastern United States, President Donald Trump said those battling the cold “could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming” in a mocking tweet Thursday night.",right
9562,Trump Tweets About Global Warming,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump tweets that 'cold' East Coast 'could use a little bit of' global warming,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump, on vacation in balmy Florida, suggested that climate change could be a good thing on Thursday, tweeting that cities gripped by freezing temperatures on the East Coast could use some warming.",left
9563,Trump Tweets About Global Warming,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump thinks climate change isn't real because it's cold out. This map proves him wrong.,Vox,The US and Canada are the most unusually cold places in the world right now.,left
9564,UN Votes Against Trump's Jerusalem Decision,['Foreign Policy'],Nikki Haley Powerfully Reminds the U.N. General Assembly of U.S. Strength,National Review,"Nikki Haley, United States ambassador to the United Nations, addressed the U.N. General Assembly this morning, taking its members to task for considering a vote to condemn the United States’ decision to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Here are some key excerpts from her powerful remarks, which focused on how the U.S. contributes far more to the U.N. and to international stability than any other nation.",right
9565,UN Votes Against Trump's Jerusalem Decision,['Foreign Policy'],The world just delivered a stinging rebuke to Trump over Jerusalem,Vox,Trump said he’d cut aid to countries who criticized the US at the UN. They did it anyway.,left
9566,UN Votes Against Trump's Jerusalem Decision,['Foreign Policy'],U.N. General Assembly repudiates Trump on Jerusalem decision despite his threat of U.S. aid cutoff,USA TODAY,The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Thursday to repudiate President Trump’s controversial declaration recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Trump threatened to withhold aid in retaliation for a vote condemning his position.,left
9567,Trump Attorney Michael Cohen Is Being Investigated,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']","Trump attorney Cohen is being investigated for possible bank fraud, campaign finance violations",Washington Post,"Michael Cohen, the longtime attorney of President Trump, is under federal investigation for possible bank fraud, wire fraud and campaign finance violations, according to three people with knowledge of the case.",left
9568,Trump Attorney Michael Cohen Is Being Investigated,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Trump slams FBI raid of lawyer Michael Cohen: 'Attorney-client privilege is dead',Fox News (Online News),"President Trump took to Twitter Tuesday to express his anger over the FBI’s raid of the office of his personal lawyer Michael Cohen, slamming the move as proof of a “witch-hunt” and declaring “attorney-client privilege is dead!”",right
9569,Trump Attorney Michael Cohen Is Being Investigated,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Blasts 'Total Witch Hunt' After FBI Raids His Longtime Attorney's Office,NPR (Online News),"President Trump unloaded on both Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, hours after federal agents raided the office of Trump's longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen.",left
9570,Obama Agenda Push,['Economy And Jobs'],Obama Plans to Unveil His Agenda for Economy,New York Times (News),"President Obama is trying to regain the initiative, embarking on a campaign-style tour of the Midwest this week to lay out his plans for reinvigorating the economy.",left
9571,Obama Agenda Push,['Economy And Jobs'],Obama to campaign base: Get going pushing my agenda,Washington Times,President Obama will give supporters their marching orders for promoting his agenda Monday night when he speaks to an advocacy group created from the remnants of his reelection campaign.,right
9572,Obama Agenda Push,['Economy And Jobs'],Obama sets campaign to tout his vision for the economy,USA TODAY,President Obama will kick off a several-weeks long effort Wednesday to barnstorm the country and press resistant Republicans to work with him to bolster the economy.,left
9573,Will Trump Return to Twitter if Elon Musk Reverses His Permanent Ban?,"['Big Tech', 'Censorship', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Elon Musk', 'Free Speech', 'Misinformation', 'Social Media', 'Truth Social', 'Twitter']",Elon Musk’s move threatens to bring Trump back to the White House,CNN (Online News),"Elon Musk just threw a wrench in the next US presidential election – to the benefit of Donald Trump.
With the man thought to be the world’s richest buying Twitter, the platform is likely in for some big shifts. Among them: changes to the terms of service that would allow currently banned users to return. That could include the former President.
Trump was permanently suspended after the January 6 riots; the company said it worried his tweets increased “the risk of further incitement of violence.” But Musk is a self-styled free speech...",left
9574,Will Trump Return to Twitter if Elon Musk Reverses His Permanent Ban?,"['Big Tech', 'Censorship', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Elon Musk', 'Free Speech', 'Misinformation', 'Social Media', 'Truth Social', 'Twitter']",Elon Musk gets Twitter’s Trump ban all wrong,Quartz,"Elon Musk wants to reinstate the Twitter account of former president Donald Trump, the billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO said at a Financial Times event on May 10. Musk, who is in the process of buying the popular social media website, said he disagrees with the decision to ban Trump from Twitter for inciting the violent takeover of the US Capitol last Jan. 6, a riot in which 150 law enforcement officers were injured and at least two killed, alongside several rioters.
Musk called the ban a “morally bad decision,” a “mistake,” and “foolish...",center
9575,Will Trump Return to Twitter if Elon Musk Reverses His Permanent Ban?,"['Big Tech', 'Censorship', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Elon Musk', 'Free Speech', 'Misinformation', 'Social Media', 'Truth Social', 'Twitter']",Why Elon Musk says he would reverse Donald Trump’s Twitter ban,Deseret News,"Elon Musk plans to reverse the permanent Twitter ban on former President Donald Trump.
“I would reverse the permanent ban,” Musk announced at FT Live’s Future of the Car conference.
Musk has become outspoken on the issue of free speech, and started making advances to purchase Twitter in April. He offered $43 billion for the social media site, and the platform will become a privately held company when the transaction is complete, Deseret News reported.
“Banning Trump from Twitter didn’t end Trump’s voice, it will amplify it among the right and this is...",center
9576,Hong Kong Protestors Fill the Streets Over Extradition Bill,"['Foreign Policy', 'Hong Kong']","Huge crowds march in Hong Kong, piling pressure on leader",Fox News (Online News),"Tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents, mostly in black, jammed the city's streets Sunday in a march protesting the government's handling of a proposed extradition bill.
The crowds, walking slowly and shouting ""withdraw"" and ""resign,"" spilled into the streets from downtown Victoria Park and began marching toward the Central district where the government headquarters is located",right
9577,Hong Kong Protestors Fill the Streets Over Extradition Bill,"['Foreign Policy', 'Hong Kong']",Hong Kong Protests: Huge Turnout Keeps Heat on City’s Leader,New York Times (News),"Hong Kong’s chief executive apologized to the public on Sunday after a surprisingly large and defiant crowd poured onto the streets and converged on government offices. The protest capped a week of heated protests and soul-searching questions about the city’s ability to maintain some semblance of autonomy from mainland China.
Many opponents of an unpopular bill, slated to allow extraditions to mainland China, focused their anger on the territory’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, who insisted on pushing through the legislation despite a public outcry that grew into a series...",left
9578,Hong Kong Protestors Fill the Streets Over Extradition Bill,"['Foreign Policy', 'Hong Kong']",Hong Kong Marchers Flood Streets Over Extradition Bill,Wall Street Journal (News),"Protesters poured into this city’s streets for a second Sunday despite the suspension of a controversial bill to expand the government’s extradition powers, as a week of demonstrations appeared to be spiraling into a broader political movement.",center
9579,Senate Rules Committee to Consider Election Overhaul Bill,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'US Senate', 'Senate Rules Committee', 'Elections']",U.S. Senate Democrats aim to expand voting as Republicans seek to rein it in,Reuters,"Democrats in the U.S. Senate hope on Tuesday to advance sweeping election reform legislation making it easier for Americans to cast ballots, despite intense opposition from Republicans, many of whom support new restrictive voting rules at the state level.
The 886-page bill would expand mail-in voting that was used widely in last year's presidential election because of the coronavirus pandemic and would lengthen the hours of in-person balloting.
The bill faces long odds in the Senate, where 10 Republicans would have to join with Democrats for it to pass.
Senate...",center
9580,Senate Rules Committee to Consider Election Overhaul Bill,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'US Senate', 'Senate Rules Committee', 'Elections']","Democrats’ election overhaul is expected to clear a major Senate hurdle, but the road ahead is unclear.",New York Times (News),"A key Senate committee is expected to vote as soon as Tuesday to advance Democrats’ sweeping elections overhaul, stamping its approval on a landmark voting rights expansion as Washington tries to blunt ballot restrictions by Republican-controlled statehouses.
The debate and anticipated vote in the Senate Rules Committee are a significant milestone for liberals who have made the bill, H.R. 1, their top legislative priority. If enacted, it would effectively override laws emerging in states like Georgia and Florida that raise barriers to vote with national requirements — like automatic voter...",left
9581,Senate Rules Committee to Consider Election Overhaul Bill,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'US Senate', 'Senate Rules Committee', 'Elections']",Schumer and McConnell set for another showdown over Democrat-backed elections bill,Fox News (Online News),"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are set Tuesday to attend a Senate Rules Committee markup of S. 1, a Democrat-backed elections bill that would dramatically change the role of the federal government in elections.
The two party leaders are members of the Rules Committee but rarely appear to speak at hearings and markups. But they were both at the contentious hearing for the bill in March where they traded accusations of ""Shame!""
Similar fireworks are expected Tuesday in what could be a marathon meeting....",right
9582,U.S. Marks 17 Years Since 9/11 Attacks,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Trump is harming the dream of America more than any foreign adversary ever could,Washington Post,Cataclysmic events often bring with them violent and abrupt endings to settled ages and long-established norms. Those absorbing the impact of these historical aftershocks rarely grasp the epochal changes in real time.,left
9583,U.S. Marks 17 Years Since 9/11 Attacks,"['Disaster', 'General News']","Testing presidents from Bush to Trump, 9/11 shaped politics",Associated Press,"Four presidential campaigns. Eight congressional elections. The longest war in U.S. history. The Sept. 11 attacks have shaped U.S. politics, sometimes over the objections of victims’ families.",left
9584,U.S. Marks 17 Years Since 9/11 Attacks,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Did the 9/11 attacks usher in the post-truth age?,Washington Examiner,"The Sept. 11 attacks on America 17 years ago this week began the nation’s longest war, a seemingly never-ending battle against terrorists and other enemies of freedom.",right
9585,Trump Administration To Revoke California's Power To Set Auto Emissions Standards,"['Auto Emissions', 'Trump Administration', 'California', 'Environment']",Trump to revoke California's tailpipe waiver,The Hill,"The Trump administration is set to formally revoke California's tailpipe waiver under the Clean Air Act on Wednesday, according to a source with knowledge of the change.
The move is a major strike in the ongoing battle between the Trump administration and California over the state's right to enact more stringent air pollution standards due to its poor air quality.
It would come as Trump is fundraising in California, a state that has been a hotbed of resistance to his administration where Hillary Clinton won more than 4 million more...",center
9586,Trump Administration To Revoke California's Power To Set Auto Emissions Standards,"['Auto Emissions', 'Trump Administration', 'California', 'Environment']",Trump to Bar California from Setting Vehicle Emission Rules,Newsmax (News),"The Trump administration will announce as early as Wednesday it is revoking California’s authority to set its own greenhouse gas and vehicle fuel efficiency standards and barring all states from setting such rules, two auto industry officials said on Tuesday.
The move is sure to spark legal challenges over issues including states' rights and climate change that administration officials say could ultimately be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Trump met with senior officials last Thursday and agreed to greenlight the plan to bar California from setting tailpipe emission standards...",right
9587,Trump Administration To Revoke California's Power To Set Auto Emissions Standards,"['Auto Emissions', 'Trump Administration', 'California', 'Environment']",Trump plans to revoke a key California environmental power; state officials vow to fight,Los Angeles Times,"President Trump is expected Wednesday to revoke a decades-old rule that empowers California to set tougher car emissions standards than those required by the federal government — putting the state and the administration on a path to years of fighting in court.
The move, which has been in the works for much of the last three years, would overturn the foundation for California’s role as an environmental leader in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving air quality. By revoking a special waiver the state has relied on for years to...",left
9588,Cruz all-night floor speech against Obamacare,['Healthcare'],"After 19 hours, Sen. Cruz still talking in an effort to defeat Obamacare",Washington Post,Texas Republicans overnight discourse likely complicates House GOP efforts to pass a funding bill.,left
9589,Cruz all-night floor speech against Obamacare,['Healthcare'],Cruz's Defiant Stand Is Also a Lonely One,Wall Street Journal (News),Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas took to the Senate floor Tuesday in a long speech against the new health-care law - the biggest test of whether his conservative rhetoric can upend the ways of Congress.,center
9590,Cruz all-night floor speech against Obamacare,['Healthcare'],Cruz delivers all-night floor speech against ObamaCare as vote looms,Fox News (Online News),It's a final act of political theater before a key test vote in the Senate.,right
9591,Why Obama Won,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The strategy that paved a winning path,Washington Post,"In early spring, President Obamas veteran campaign staff in Chicago confronted the question that would ultimately determine the presidency: how to run against Mitt Romney?",left
9592,Why Obama Won,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Fox News exit poll summary: Obama's key groups made the difference,Fox News (Online News),"President Obamas win today came from of a strong showing among core Democratic constituencies, being more likeable than his opponent, and an economy that voters felt is doing well-enough to keep him in the White House.",right
9593,Why Obama Won,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney couldn't overcome contradictions,CNN (Online News),Mitt Romney is a paradox.,left
9594,New Sanctions on Iran,['Foreign Policy'],Trump warns he will withdraw U.S. from Iran nuclear deal if fixes not made,Washington Post,"President Trump on Friday kept alive the Iran nuclear deal he detests by waiving sanctions for the third time, but he said he will not grant another reprieve unless the agreement is amended to permanently block a potential pathway for Iran to build nuclear weapons.",left
9595,New Sanctions on Iran,['Foreign Policy'],"U.S. ultimatum on nuclear deal, new sanctions draw Iran threat",Reuters,Iran said on Saturday it would retaliate against new sanctions imposed by the United States after President Donald Trump set an ultimatum to fix “disastrous flaws” in a deal curbing Tehran’s nuclear program.,center
9596,New Sanctions on Iran,['Foreign Policy'],"Iran protesters thank Trump, call for stronger sanctions",Fox News (Online News),"They are risking their lives to bring freedom to Iran, and vow to continue their protests.",right
9597,Defending the Defense of Marriage Act,['LGBT Rights'],"Supreme Court justices question DOMA's range, consider effect act has in states",Washington Times,The federal government has a powerful interest in a single uniform definition of marriage even if it excludes gay unions that are legal in individual states the lawyer defending the federal Defense of Marriage Act said Wednesday as the Supreme Court concluded two days of landmark arguments on gay marriage.,right
9598,Defending the Defense of Marriage Act,['LGBT Rights'],The Indefensible Marriage Act,New York Times (News),A majority of justices seem doubtful that this antigay law has any legitimate purpose.,left
9599,Defending the Defense of Marriage Act,['LGBT Rights'],Justices Cast Doubt On Federal Defense Of Marriage Act,NPR (Online News),In oral arguments several Supreme Court justices expressed strong skepticism about DOMA the law that bars same-sex couples legally married under state law from receiving the same federal benefits as married heterosexual couples.,left
9600,Election Coverage: Is Texas a Swing State?,"['Elections', 'Texas', '2020 Election', 'John Cornyn', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party']","Polls, late campaign activity suggest Republican dominance in Texas could be at risk",The Texas Tribune,"Joe Biden’s campaign will be running television ads in El Paso, San Antonio and Dallas-Fort Worth heading into Election Day. The Democratic nominee for vice president, Kamala Harris, is planning a visit to Texas during the homestretch of the campaign. And polls show the Biden-Harris ticket within striking distance — and, in some surveys, ahead — in the traditionally Republican state.
Texas may still not be among the top priorities of either party’s presidential nominee in 2020 — and President Donald Trump might still be the favorite here. But the...",left
9601,Election Coverage: Is Texas a Swing State?,"['Elections', 'Texas', '2020 Election', 'John Cornyn', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party']","Biden’s Path to 270 Widens, Trump’s Path Narrows, as Texas Moves to Toss Up",Cook Report,"Less than a week out from Election Day and President Donald Trump is playing catch-up. In 2016, he won 30 states (and Maine's 2nd Congressional District) and their 306 electoral votes. Today, just 20 states, worth 125 electoral votes, are safely in his column. Former Vice President Joe Biden is holding 24 states worth 290 electoral votes in his column.",center
9602,Election Coverage: Is Texas a Swing State?,"['Elections', 'Texas', '2020 Election', 'John Cornyn', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party']",The battle for Texas,Washington Examiner,"Some pundits and a whole lot of excited Democrats project the once fiery-red Lone Star State to be on the verge of going blue — or at least turning a shade of purple. Such a flip would upend national politics and threaten to put Republicans out of reach of the White House for a generation; Texas’s 38 electoral votes put it just behind California, which has 55, for the most. But the battle for Texas is likely to be a prolonged affair, a multiyear war of attrition that both parties...",right
9603,Donald Trump Jr. and WikiLeaks Correspondence,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump tweeted about Podesta emails 15 minutes after WikiLeaks asked Trump Jr. to: report,The Hill,"President Trump tweeted about the hacked emails of then-Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta approximately 15 minutes after WikiLeaks requested his son Donald Trump Jr. to, The Atlantic reported Monday.",center
9604,Donald Trump Jr. and WikiLeaks Correspondence,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Analysis: New Report on Don Jr. and Wikileaks is an Underwhelming 'Bombshell',Townhall,"The usual suspects in the press have been going virtually wall-to-wall with this story -- taking breaks to cover the Roy Moore debacle -- and the headline admittedly doesn't look great for Team Trump. ""The Secret Correspondence Between Donald Trump Jr and Wikileaks"" has an ominous air to it, and at first blush, it appeared as though the president's eldest son would once again provide serious fodder to support the ""collusion"" narrative.",right
9605,Donald Trump Jr. and WikiLeaks Correspondence,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The Secret Correspondence Between Donald Trump Jr. and WikiLeaks,The Atlantic,"Just before the stroke of midnight on September 20, 2016, at the height of last year’s presidential election, the WikiLeaks Twitter account sent a private direct message to Donald Trump Jr., the Republican nominee’s oldest son and campaign surrogate. “A PAC run anti-Trump site putintrump.org is about to launch,” WikiLeaks wrote. “The PAC is a recycled pro-Iraq war PAC. We have guessed the password. It is ‘putintrump.’ See ‘About’ for who is behind it. Any comments?” (The site, which has since become a joint project with Mother Jones, was founded...",left
9606,"Trump Told Georgia Official He Wanted to ""Find"" Votes to Overturn Election","['Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Brad Raffensperger']","Trump, in Taped Call, Pressured Georgia Official to ‘Find’ Votes to Overturn Election",New York Times (News),"President Trump pressured Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to “find” him enough votes to overturn the presidential election and vaguely threatened him with “a criminal offense” during an hourlong telephone call on Saturday, according to an audio recording of the conversation.
Mr. Trump, who has spent almost nine weeks making false conspiracy claims about his loss to President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., told Brad Raffensperger, the state’s top elections official, that he should recalculate the vote count so Mr. Trump, not Mr. Biden, would end up winning the state’s 16...",left
9607,"Trump Told Georgia Official He Wanted to ""Find"" Votes to Overturn Election","['Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Brad Raffensperger']",Trump Pressured Georgia Secretary of State to ‘Find’ Votes,Wall Street Journal (News),"‘There is nothing wrong with saying, you know, that you recalculated,’ the president told Brad Raffensperger
President Trump in a Saturday telephone call urged Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to overturn the November election results that delivered the state to President-elect Joe Biden.
At one point in the roughly hourlong call, Mr. Trump told Mr. Raffensperger that he could face legal action and said he wanted him to find nearly 12,000 votes so he could reverse Mr. Biden’s victory.
“I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one...",center
9608,"Trump Told Georgia Official He Wanted to ""Find"" Votes to Overturn Election","['Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Brad Raffensperger']",Perdue says Trump call with Georgia secretary of state won’t affect runoff,Fox News (Online News),"Sen. David Perdue, one of two Republicans in Georgia fighting to keep their seats in a tight runoff election, said Sunday that he doesn't believe President Trump’s leaked phone call with the state's top election official will have any bearing on Tuesday’s election.
The Washington Post obtained the voice audio of a phone call between Trump and Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. At one point during the conversation, Trump reportedly said, ""All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more...",right
9609,Who Won the Hofstra Debate?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton clear debate winner among group of undecided voters,The Guardian,"In a clash between the two most unpopular presidential nominees in modern history, a group of undecided voters in the battleground state of Pennsylvania declared Hillary Clinton the clear winner; but remained deeply pessimistic about their choices in November.",left
9610,Who Won the Hofstra Debate?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: Who won the presidential debate?,CNN (Online News),CNN commentators and guest analysts offer their take on Monday night's presidential candidate debate.,left
9611,Who Won the Hofstra Debate?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Online polls declare Trump debate winner, despite media consensus for Clinton",Fox News (Online News),"If polls only included media pundits, Hillary Clinton would have won Monday’s debate by a landslide, but online surveys had Donald Trump as the yuge winner.",right
9612,Justice Department Releases Carter Page FISA Documents,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Carter Page FISA Documents Are Released by Justice Department,New York Times (News),"The Trump administration disclosed on Saturday a previously top-secret set of documents related to the wiretapping of Carter Page, the onetime Trump campaign adviser who was at the center of highly contentious accusations by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee that the F.B.I. had abused its surveillance powers.",left
9613,Justice Department Releases Carter Page FISA Documents,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump: Carter Page surveillance applications 'confirm' officials 'misled the courts',The Hill,President Trump said early Sunday that documents related to surveillance warrants on former campaign adviser Carter Page “confirm with little doubt” that officials “misled the courts.”,center
9614,Justice Department Releases Carter Page FISA Documents,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",DOJ releases Carter Page FISA docs,Fox News (Online News),"The Department of Justice has released documents relating to a FISA warrant against Carter Page, a former campaign adviser to then-candidate Donald Trump.",right
9615,"Biden Condemns Russia, Pledges $2.9 Billion in Global Food Aid in UN Speech","['Joe Biden', 'United Nations', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'China', 'Taiwan', 'Israel', 'Food Crisis', 'Climate Crisis', 'Foreign Policy', 'Environment']","Biden accuses Russia of 'irresponsible' nuclear threats, violating U.N. charter",Reuters,"U.S. President Joe Biden accused Russia on Wednesday of violating the core tenets of membership in the United Nations by invading Ukraine and said Moscow was making ""irresponsible"" threats to use nuclear weapons.
Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Biden slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin for starting an unprovoked war that some 40 U.N. members are helping Ukraine fight with funding and weapons.
“A permanent member of the United Nations Security Council invaded its neighbor, attempted to erase a sovereign state from the map. Russia has...",center
9616,"Biden Condemns Russia, Pledges $2.9 Billion in Global Food Aid in UN Speech","['Joe Biden', 'United Nations', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'China', 'Taiwan', 'Israel', 'Food Crisis', 'Climate Crisis', 'Foreign Policy', 'Environment']",Biden: Russia ‘shamelessly violated’ UN Charter in Ukraine,Associated Press,"President Joe Biden declared at the United Nations Wednesday that Russia has “shamelessly violated the core tenets” of the U.N with its “brutal, needless war” in Ukraine. He said the war is an affront to the heart of what the international body stands for as he looked to rally allies to stand firm in backing the Ukrainian resistance.
Delivering a forceful condemnation of Russia’s seven-month invasion, Biden said reports of Russian abuses against civilians in Ukraine “should make your blood run cold.” And he said President Vladimir Putin’s new nuclear...",left
9617,"Biden Condemns Russia, Pledges $2.9 Billion in Global Food Aid in UN Speech","['Joe Biden', 'United Nations', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'China', 'Taiwan', 'Israel', 'Food Crisis', 'Climate Crisis', 'Foreign Policy', 'Environment']",Biden in UN speech accuses Russia of 'extremely significant' violation of international charter,Fox News (Online News),"President Biden accused Russia of an ""extremely significant"" violation of the United Nations international charter in its ""brutal, needless war"" against Ukraine, delivering harsh words directed to Russian president Vladimir Putin, saying the war was ""chosen by one man.""
Biden, speaking to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City Wednesday, reflected on the past year.
""In the last year, our world has experienced great upheaval— growing crisis and food insecurity; record heat, floods, droughts, COVID-19, inflation, and a brutal, needless war—a war chosen by one man,"" Biden said...",right
9618,Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs Law Limiting Mail-In Ballots and Drop Boxes,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Fox News', 'Republican Party', 'Mail-In Voting', 'Ballot Drop Boxes', '2020 Election', 'Local Government', 'State Governments', 'Elections']",Gov. Ron DeSantis signs Florida voting bill in front of Trump fan club,Tampa Bay Times,"During a nationally televised event hosted by a fan club of former President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed into law contentious and wide-ranging changes to the state’s voting system, including provisions targeting voting by mail and limiting the use of ballot drop boxes.
Highlighting the sharply partisan debate surrounding Senate Bill 90, passed by state lawmakers last week, DeSantis barred Florida reporters from attending the event held in West Palm Beach before the group Club 45 USA. Fox News was granted exclusive access.",center
9619,Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs Law Limiting Mail-In Ballots and Drop Boxes,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Fox News', 'Republican Party', 'Mail-In Voting', 'Ballot Drop Boxes', '2020 Election', 'Local Government', 'State Governments', 'Elections']","DeSantis signs Florida election bill tightening drop box, mail-in ballot rules live on 'Fox & Friends",Fox News (Online News),"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a voting bill in the state into law on Thursday morning, making his state the latest GOP-leaning state to enact voting changes after the 2020 presidential election.
DeSantis, a Republican, said live on ""Fox & Friends"" that the new law would continue to keep things like mail voting accessible while also protecting election integrity.
""I have what we think is the strongest election integrity measures in the country,"" DeSantis said. ""We're making sure we're enforcing voter ID… We're also banning ballot harvesting. We're not gonna...",right
9620,Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs Law Limiting Mail-In Ballots and Drop Boxes,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Fox News', 'Republican Party', 'Mail-In Voting', 'Ballot Drop Boxes', '2020 Election', 'Local Government', 'State Governments', 'Elections']",Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs restrictive voting bill,CNN (Online News),"Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday morning signed into law a controversial voting bill aimed at curbing access to mail-in voting in the state, joining a host of other GOP-led states pushing new limits in connection with former President Donald Trump's baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 election.
In signing the bill during an appearance on ""Fox & Friends,"" the Florida Republican highlighted provisions of the bill including stricter voter ID requirements for voting by mail, creating limits on who can pick up and return a voter's ballot,...",left
9621,Trump Fires Defense Secretary Mark Esper,"['US Military', 'Defense Secretary', 'Mark Esper', 'Defense And Security']","Esper, on his way out, says he was no yes man",Military Times,"As had long been expected, President Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday, cutting short what would have otherwise been his final months at the Pentagon, in anticipation of President-elect Joe Biden’s transition in January.
Delivered via tweet, Trump announced Chris Miller, previously the National Counterterrorism Center director, will step in immediately as acting defense secretary.",center
9622,Trump Fires Defense Secretary Mark Esper,"['US Military', 'Defense Secretary', 'Mark Esper', 'Defense And Security']",Trump fires Secretary of Defense Mark Esper,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Monday said he fired Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and that Christopher Miller, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, will take over as acting defense secretary ""effective immediately.""
“Mark Esper has been terminated,” Trump tweeted, his first ousting of a Cabinet official since the election was called for Democratic nominee Joe Biden. “I would like to thank him for his service.”
A senior U.S. official told Fox News that White House chief of staff Mark Meadows called Esper and let him know he was being fired...",right
9623,Trump Fires Defense Secretary Mark Esper,"['US Military', 'Defense Secretary', 'Mark Esper', 'Defense And Security']",Trump fires Esper as Pentagon chief after election defeat,Associated Press Fact Check,"President Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday, an unprecedented move by a president struggling to accept election defeat and angry at a Pentagon leader he believes wasn’t loyal enough.
The decision, which could unsettle international allies and Pentagon leadership, injects another element of uncertainty to a rocky transition period as Joe Biden prepares to assume the presidency.
Presidents who win reelection often replace Cabinet members, including the secretary of defense, but losing presidents have kept their Pentagon chiefs in place until Inauguration Day to preserve stability in...",left
9624,What Does Kansas' Abortion Vote Mean for the 2022 Elections?,"['Abortion', 'Kansas', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers', 'Elections', '2022 Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Voter Turnout']","What Kansas Abortion Vote Means for Democrats, Republicans in the Midterms",Newsweek,"The decision by Kansas voters to protect their abortion rights is a taste of how the overturning of Roe v. Wade could impact November's midterm elections.
In the first electoral test since the Supreme Court overturned the 1973 ruling giving women a federal right to an abortion in June, more than 59 percent of people in Kansas backed upholding the state's constitutional right for women to access the procedure.
Given that former Republican President Donald Trump won the state by 15 points (56-41) only two years ago, Monday's referendum result is considered a landslide, pointing to unhappiness with...",center
9625,What Does Kansas' Abortion Vote Mean for the 2022 Elections?,"['Abortion', 'Kansas', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers', 'Elections', '2022 Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Voter Turnout']",The Lessons of Kansas,National Review,"On Tuesday, an overwhelming majority of Kansas voters defeated a referendum that would have added language to the state constitution declaring that the state’s basic law “does not create or secure a right to abortion.”
The ballot initiative was a response to the 2019 Kansas supreme-court ruling that held the state constitution contained a “fundamental” right to abortion since 1859. That judicial usurpation, plus the post-Dobbs, pro-abortion media monsoon, made the task of the pro-life movement very difficult in Kansas. But Tuesday’s defeat in a high-turnout election was so lopsided — 58.8 percent...",right
9626,What Does Kansas' Abortion Vote Mean for the 2022 Elections?,"['Abortion', 'Kansas', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers', 'Elections', '2022 Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Voter Turnout']",It’s Not Just Kansas—Voters Nationwide Are Pro-Choice,John Nichols,"Donald Trump won Kansas by a 15-point margin in 2020, sweeping 100 of the state’s 105 counties as the presidential candidate of a Republican Party that has for decades pledged to overturn the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that protected abortion rights. So a lot of folks just presumed, prior to Tuesday’s Kansas vote on whether to remove protections for abortion access from their state Constitution, that the anti-choice position would prevail.
But the first statewide vote on abortion rights since the conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court overturned Roe didn’t go as the right...",left
9627,"Study Says 47 of 50 States, 169 Metro Areas Have Housing Shortage","['Housing And Homelessness', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Housing Market', 'California']",These are the states where the housing shortage is the worst,The Hill,"The state of the nationwide housing crisis shifted significantly in the mid 2000’s, moving from primarily a coastal issue to one dispersed throughout the U.S., according to a new report. 
The report from Up For Growth shows the U.S. fell short of meeting housing needs across the country by more than three million homes in 2019 – up from 1.6 million in 2012.  
During this seven-year period, forty-seven states and the nation’s capital saw an increase in underproduction, and another six states moved into the underproduction category.  
“When working individuals...",center
9628,"Study Says 47 of 50 States, 169 Metro Areas Have Housing Shortage","['Housing And Homelessness', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Housing Market', 'California']",Report: California has most severe housing deficit in the nation,Washington Examiner,"California has the most severe housing underproduction in the nation, reaching a deficit of nearly 980,000 homes, according to a new report released Thursday.
The study, released by Up for Growth, found that 47 states, the District of Columbia and 169 out of 309 metropolitan areas have a housing deficit. Nationwide, the study found that housing underproduction has reached 3.79 million units – up from 1.65 million units in 2012.
At the state level, California leads the nation in housing underproduction, with the report estimating the state has a deficit...",right
9629,"Study Says 47 of 50 States, 169 Metro Areas Have Housing Shortage","['Housing And Homelessness', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Housing Market', 'California']",There's a massive housing shortage across the U.S. Here's how bad it is where you live,NPR (Online News),"Danielle and Colin Lloyd spent the past year trying to buy a house in Atlanta, which went about as you'd expect these days.
""There is just nothing in this whole area, just nothing,"" says Danielle. The couple was looking for a place with at least a small yard and space for their three young kids.
""The prices were just ridiculous,"" says Colin. ""People were just bidding much higher than what the house was listed for.""
""I only cried twice,"" Danielle chimes in.
Meanwhile, their landlord was about to raise their...",left
9630,"Two Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputies Shot, Prompting Responses from Biden and Trump","['Police', 'Gun Violence', 'Shooting', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Violence In America']",Compton ambush: $100G reward offered for information on gunman as manhunt for suspect continues,Fox News (Online News),"Los Angeles police officials have announced a $100,000 reward for information that leads them to the gunman who ambushed two sheriff’s deputies in Compton over the weekend.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced the six-figure reward late Sunday for any information that leads to the arrest and conviction of a person seen on dramatic video walking up to a stopped police car, opening fire and running away, critically injuring the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies inside.",right
9631,"Two Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputies Shot, Prompting Responses from Biden and Trump","['Police', 'Gun Violence', 'Shooting', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Violence In America']",Los Angeles police officers shot in 'ambush',BBC News,"Two Los Angeles police officers are recovering in hospital after being shot in what police are calling an ambush.
Video of the incident shows a figure approach the officers' vehicle, before opening fire and running away.
Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva called the act ""cowardly"". The suspect remains at large.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has announced a $100,000 (£78,000) reward for any information leading to the gunman's arrest.",center
9632,"Two Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputies Shot, Prompting Responses from Biden and Trump","['Police', 'Gun Violence', 'Shooting', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Violence In America']",Trump and Biden condemn shooting of Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies,Washington Post,"COMPTON, Calif. — President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Sunday denounced what police called an ambush of two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies and said the attacker, still at large, should face harsh punishment.
The sheriff expressed optimism Sunday that the deputies would recover after being shot Saturday night as they sat in their patrol vehicle in Compton. A video released by authorities shows a person walk up to a parked police car, fire a gun into the passenger-side window and then run away.
Police and elected...",left
9633,Obama Administration Granted Iran Secret License to Access U.S. Financial System,['Middle East'],Obama administration allegedly gave Iran access to US financial system,Fox News (Online News),"The Obama administration granted a license letting Iran access the United States financial system despite officials’ pledges that they would prohibit it, according to a draft report from the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.",right
9634,Obama Administration Granted Iran Secret License to Access U.S. Financial System,['Middle East'],Senate Republicans claim that Obama secretly helped Iran get around US sanctions,Vox,"“The Obama administration misled the American people and Congress because they were desperate to get a deal with Iran,” said one senator.",left
9635,Obama Administration Granted Iran Secret License to Access U.S. Financial System,['Middle East'],Secret Obama-era permit let Iran convert funds to dollars,Associated Press,"After striking an elusive nuclear deal with Iran, the Obama administration found itself in a quandary in early 2016: Iran had been promised access to its long-frozen overseas reserves, including $5.7 billion stuck in an Omani bank.",left
9636,Biden Admin to Finish Parts of Border Wall in Arizona,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Border Wall', 'Illegal Immigration']","Biden Reverses Course, Will Close Gaps In Areas Of Border Wall As Crisis Hits D.C., Elections Loom",The Daily Wire,"Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration will fill gaps in certain areas of former President Donald Trump’s border wall on the U.S. southern border as the illegal immigration crisis hits Washington, D.C., following a decision by Republican governors to transport thousands of illegal aliens to the nation’s capital.
The Associated Press noted that Biden “pledged during his campaign to cease all future wall construction,” but that his administration has now agreed to some additional barriers.
Controversial Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas authorized the project that will close four massive gaps in the border wall near...",right
9637,Biden Admin to Finish Parts of Border Wall in Arizona,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Border Wall', 'Illegal Immigration']",Biden admin. OKs project to fill gaps in border wall near Yuma,United Press International,"The Biden administration has authorized construction to close gaps in a U.S southern border wall near Arizona's Yuma, citing safety concerns.
The authorization comes from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday concerning a border wall project spearheaded by the Trump administration.
President Joe Biden had campaigned on halting all border wall construction, and on his first day in office signed a proclamation to terminate Department of Defense funds the previous White House had diverted for the project.
Mayorkas said U.S. Customs and Border Protection has now been authorized to fill four gaps located within the...",center
9638,Biden Admin to Finish Parts of Border Wall in Arizona,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Border Wall', 'Illegal Immigration']",Biden administration to finish portion of Trump's border wall following pressure from Democrat,Washington Examiner,"The Biden administration will complete a portion of border wall construction in an area of Arizona that has become one of the most popular spots for illegal immigration at the southern border .
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) announced Thursday that the Department of Homeland Security had agreed to fill in a gap that was left between Trump-era border wall projects in response to his pressuring the White House to secure a vulnerable spot in Yuma, known as the Morelos Dam.
“For too long, the Morelos Dam area has been an operational challenge for Border Patrol agents to properly...",right
9639,Obama on Immigration,['Immigration'],Romney Mum On Whether He'd Nix Immigration Order,Fox News (Online News),"Mitt Romney declined to say whether, if elected president, he would nix the Obama administration's controversial new order allowing potentially hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children to avoid deportation. In an interview broadcast Sunday on CBS' ""Face the Nation,"" Romney criticized the move by the Department of Homeland Security as political and a short-term fix.",right
9640,Obama on Immigration,['Immigration'],Obama: No deportation of some young illegal immigrants,Politico,"President Barack Obama on Friday announced a major election-year immigration policy shift to halt the deportation of certain younger illegal immigrants and grant them work permits, infuriating Republicans with what the president said is a step toward making the countrys immigration system “more fair, more efficient and more just.",left
9641,Obama on Immigration,['Immigration'],OPINION: Will Obama's immigration initiative sway Latinos?,CNN (Online News),"Did you ever wonder why Charlie Brown kept charging at the football, despite the fact that Lucy always pulled it away and he wound up flat on his back? You would think that experience has made him skeptical. It's because he really wanted to believe that, this time, things would work out. And when you really want to believe in something, you have a short memory when it comes to past disappointments.",left
9642,"Trump, Comey and the Flynn Investigation",['Politics'],"Trump Asked Comey to Drop Flynn Investigation, According to Memo Written by Former FBI Director",Wall Street Journal (News),President made request after Flynn resigned; White House denies account,center
9643,"Trump, Comey and the Flynn Investigation",['Politics'],White House disputes explosive report that Trump asked Comey to end Flynn probe,Fox News (Online News),"The White House grappled late Tuesday with the political ghost of James Comey, as an explosive new report said a memo written by the ousted FBI chief claimed President Trump once asked him to end the probe into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.",right
9644,"Trump, Comey and the Flynn Investigation",['Politics'],Did Trump Try to Shut Down the FBI's Michael Flynn Investigation?,The Atlantic,"A memo from fired FBI Director James Comey quotes the president as asking him to “let it go,” contradicting White House claims.",left
9645,SOTU and Polarization,['Polarization'],Obama regrets polarized rancor. He should.,Jeff Jacoby,"One of the “few regrets” of his presidency, President Obama said dolefully in his State of the Union speech, was “that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better.” Were he endowed with “the gifts of Lincoln or Roosevelt,” he remarked, he could have done more to bridge the partisan divide. But he pledged to “keep trying to be better so long as I hold this office.”
Did you experience a touch of déjà vu when the president said that? Four years ago, when he...",right
9646,SOTU and Polarization,['Polarization'],Obama accepts blame with an ever-more-obstructionist GOP,Las Vegas Sun,"Considering the stubbornness of his opposition, I thought President Barack Obama was being quite generous in expressing “regrets” over his role in Washington’s dysfunction.
“It’s one of the few regrets of my presidency,” he said, “that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better.”
He shouldn’t be too hard on himself, in my view. When it comes to stirring “rancor an",left
9647,SOTU and Polarization,['Polarization'],The New York Times Debates the Obama Presidency: Disappointment or Disaster?,New York Magazine,The New York Times' “Room for Debate” column today debates “the defining aspects of Obama’s legacy.” Six writers contributed to the discussion. It is safe to say the debate has not gone well for the Obama administration:,left
9648,WHO Probe Says Theory That Pandemic Leaked from Chinese Lab is Unlikely,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'China', 'Asia', 'WHO']",Mike Pompeo Says ‘Not A Thing’ Has Changed His View That Coronavirus Came From A Chinese Lab,The Daily Caller,"Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that he still believes the novel coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab despite the World Health Organization (WHO) saying that theory is unlikely.
Pompeo appeared on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” and watched as host Bill Hemmer played clips from a May 2020 interview, where he stated that “there is a significant amount of evidence” that the virus came from a lab in the Wuhan province of China.
“How do we look at that now, sir?” asked Hemmer after playing the clips.
“Well...",right
9649,WHO Probe Says Theory That Pandemic Leaked from Chinese Lab is Unlikely,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'China', 'Asia', 'WHO']",WHO says 'extremely unlikely' virus leaked from lab in China,BBC News,"International experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 have all but dismissed a theory that the virus came from a laboratory in China.
Peter Ben Embarek, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) mission, said it was ""extremely unlikely"" that the virus leaked from a lab in the city of Wuhan.
He said more work was needed to identify the source of the virus.
The investigation could now focus on South East Asia, one expert said.
The WHO team are currently at the end of their investigation mission.
Wuhan, in...",center
9650,WHO Probe Says Theory That Pandemic Leaked from Chinese Lab is Unlikely,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'China', 'Asia', 'WHO']","Unlikely that Covid came from Wuhan lab, WHO says",NBC News (Online),"It is “extremely unlikely” that the coronavirus leaked from a lab in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where Covid-19 first emerged, according to the head of a team of experts that on Tuesday released the first details of its fact-finding mission into the virus's origins.
Dr. Peter Ben Embarek from the World Health Organization said it was more likely that the virus, which has now claimed more than 2.3 million lives worldwide, had jumped to humans from an animal.
“Our initial findings suggest that the introduction through an intermediary host...",left
9651,Cheney Retains House Leadership as GOP Divisions Persist,"['US House', 'GOP', 'Liz Cheney', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene', 'Politics']",Donald Trump's backers failed to take down Liz Cheney. But the GOP's 'civil war' is nowhere near over.,USA TODAY,"Donald Trump and his allies lost the first battle for post-election control of the Republican Party Wednesday night – but not without a fight, making clear that the political war within the GOP is nowhere near over.
House Republicans voted Wednesday to keep Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., in her leadership position despite her January impeachment vote against the now-former president. The secret-ballot vote was overwhelmingly in Cheney's favor, 145-61.
Nevertheless, Trump's backers have vowed to defeat Cheney and other Republicans who voted for his impeachment in their future political races....",left
9652,Cheney Retains House Leadership as GOP Divisions Persist,"['US House', 'GOP', 'Liz Cheney', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene', 'Politics']",There's a Trump-sized hole at the center of GOP leadership as Cheney and Greene decisions hit,Washington Examiner,"Former President Donald Trump’s departure from the White House after a single term has triggered a heated debate over the direction of the Republican Party, with the governing class that never fully made peace with him frequently at odds with the MAGA-centric base.
Rep. Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican, beat back an attempt to oust her as chairwoman of the House Republican Conference for being one of 10 GOP members of the chamber to vote for Trump's impeachment. It was a stunning turn of events that the daughter of former...",right
9653,Cheney Retains House Leadership as GOP Divisions Persist,"['US House', 'GOP', 'Liz Cheney', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene', 'Politics']","McCarthy moves to keep splintering GOP intact, with protection for both Cheney and Greene",Washington Post,"The top House Republican leader moved Wednesday to keep his splintering party intact — declining to take concrete action against a freshman lawmaker whose extremist rhetoric prompted widespread outrage, while also moving to protect a senior party leader who faced calls for her ouster after backing Donald Trump’s impeachment.
The moves from Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reflected the delicate path the GOP is blazing through the post-Trump political landscape as it seeks to regain power in Washington.
On one hand, the party needs to regain its appeal with traditional...",left
9654,Perspectives: The Errant US Drone Strike That Killed 10 Civilians in Kabul,"['Middle East', 'US Military', 'Afghanistan', 'Drone Strikes', 'Pentagon', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",Costly drone mistake bolsters doubts about Biden's Afghanistan strategy,St. Louis Post-Dispatch,"From the first weeks of the Afghanistan war to its final days, U.S. officials repeatedly championed the use of aerial surveillance technology to distinguish friend from foe, fighter from civilian, and eliminate America’s enemies with pinpoint accuracy. The technology was heralded as a way to minimize civilian casualties and reduce the risks and costs of ground deployments. In practice, though, the U.S. military got it wrong — a lot — leading to high-profile civilian deaths and handing the Taliban a potent recruitment tool.
After weeks of hesitation, the Pentagon admitted Friday that it...",center
9655,Perspectives: The Errant US Drone Strike That Killed 10 Civilians in Kabul,"['Middle East', 'US Military', 'Afghanistan', 'Drone Strikes', 'Pentagon', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",A Tale of Two Drone Strikes,National Review,"When then-President Trump ordered a strike that killed two leaders of two terrorist organizations with zero collateral damage, many in the media, academia, and Hollywood immediately condemned it as impulsive and dangerous. When President Biden ordered a drone strike against alleged ISIS-K members that instead killed an aid worker and his family, the reaction in those same quarters amounted to barely a reprimand.
The study in contrasts underscores just how differently the two presidents’ actions are filtered through the media and academia prisms.
Trump’s attack on January 3, 2020, killed the Islamic...",right
9656,Perspectives: The Errant US Drone Strike That Killed 10 Civilians in Kabul,"['Middle East', 'US Military', 'Afghanistan', 'Drone Strikes', 'Pentagon', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",The US military needs to do more than apologize for its deadly 'mistake' in Kabul,CNN (Opinion),"On August 29, a US drone strike killed 10 members of one family in Kabul. That same day, the Pentagon announced that the operation successfully targeted a suicide bomber affiliated with ISIS-K, who had allegedly filled a car with explosives as part of a suspected plan to attack the Hamid Karzai International Airport, where US troops raced to complete their evacuation operation a day before their deadline.
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, had previously called the attack a ""righteous strike,"" days after two bombing attacks outside the airport killed 13 US...",left
9657,US Population Grew at Historically Low Rate in 2021,"['US Census', 'Demographics', 'Demographic Change', 'Fertility', 'Mortality', 'Coronavirus', 'Immigration', 'Texas', 'Idaho', 'New York', 'Washington DC', 'Florida', 'Pennsylvania', 'Ohio']",U.S. Population Growth Falls To Record Low 0.1% In 2021—Here Are The States With The Biggest Gains And Losses,Forbes,"The population of the U.S. grew 0.1% this year, the lowest rate since the nation’s founding, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates, with the continuing trends of decreased fertility and decreasing net international migration compounded by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, —here are the states with the biggest population changes:
New York State’s population fell 319,020, the largest decline in the nation, which the bureau attributed to negative domestic migration.
California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New Jersey and Ohio also lost over 10,000 people each—a historically large number of...",center
9658,US Population Grew at Historically Low Rate in 2021,"['US Census', 'Demographics', 'Demographic Change', 'Fertility', 'Mortality', 'Coronavirus', 'Immigration', 'Texas', 'Idaho', 'New York', 'Washington DC', 'Florida', 'Pennsylvania', 'Ohio']",Census Bureau: Yearly Population Growth Slowest In US History,The Daily Caller,"The U.S. population grew by 0.1% over the year that ended July 1, the slowest rate in American history, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
The bureau estimated that the population grew by 392,665 in the 12 months before July 1. It attributed the record low to “decreased net international migration, decreased fertility, and increased mortality due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Of the 392,665 people, just 148,043 came from natural increase (based on net number of births and deaths over a year), while 244,622 came from international migration. The bureau...",right
9659,US Population Grew at Historically Low Rate in 2021,"['US Census', 'Demographics', 'Demographic Change', 'Fertility', 'Mortality', 'Coronavirus', 'Immigration', 'Texas', 'Idaho', 'New York', 'Washington DC', 'Florida', 'Pennsylvania', 'Ohio']","U.S. population growth hits record low, slowed by pandemic",Washington Post,"The United States’ population grew by just 0.1 percent in the past year, the lowest rate since the nation’s founding, according to estimates released Tuesday by the Census Bureau — a slowdown in which the coronavirus pandemic had a major role.
The country’s population increased by 392,665 in the year ending on July 1, 2021. Some of the reduced rate of growth can be attributed to decreased immigration, reduced fertility and an aging population, trends underway before the pandemic. But the pandemic helped push the rate down to almost flat...",left
9660,W.V. Gov. Approves Firing of Cadets in Nazi Salute Photo,"['West Virginia', 'Jim Justice', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Hate Speech', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",West Virginia Governor Approves Firing All Cadets Who Posed In Nazi-Like Salute Photo,NPR (Online News),"West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced Monday he has approved recommendations to fire all of the correctional officer cadets who participated in an apparent Nazi salute during a class photo.
""As I said from the beginning, I condemn the photo of Basic Training Class 18 in the strongest possible terms,"" Justice said in a statement.
""I also said that this act needed to result in real consequences — terminations and dismissals,"" he added. ""This kind of behavior will not be tolerated on my watch in any agency of State government.""...",left
9661,W.V. Gov. Approves Firing of Cadets in Nazi Salute Photo,"['West Virginia', 'Jim Justice', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Hate Speech', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",West Virginia correctional cadets who gave Nazi salute in photo will all be fired,NBC News (Online),"West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said Monday he has approved the recommendations from a report calling for the firing of all correctional officer cadets who participated in a Nazi salute during a class photo.
The photo of Basic Training Class 18, released by the state's Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety on Dec. 5 with the employees’ faces blurred, shows about 30 uniformed trainees posing with their right arms raised, most of them with their hands also extended. The words “Hail Byrd!” also appear at the top of the...",left
9662,W.V. Gov. Approves Firing of Cadets in Nazi Salute Photo,"['West Virginia', 'Jim Justice', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Hate Speech', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",West Virginia governor fires corrections officers over Nazi salute,New York Post (News),"All 34 cadets from the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation who posed in a class photo raising their hands in a Nazi salute will reportedly be fired, the state’s governor announced Monday.
Gov. Jim Justice’s decision followed a state probe that found the class had been giving Nazi salutes since early on in their five-week training, according to a summary of the probe obtained by the Charleston Gazette-Mail.
However, the report also said there was no racist intent from the cadets because they did not fully grasp the...",right
9663,No Agreement At North Korea Summit,"['North Korea Summit', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Things Fall Apart: Nuclear Summit Abruptly Ends Without Agreement,Townhall,"The nuclear summit between President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un fell apart Thursday when the parties failed to reach a deal over the issue of sanctions relief.
In a news conference Trump explained the meeting ended abruptly because of Kim's insistence on lifting sanctions without committing to the elimination of his country's nuclear arsenal.
“I am always prepared to walk,” Trump told reporters. “I am never afraid to walk from a deal.”
“I’d much rather do it right than do it fast,” the president said....",right
9664,No Agreement At North Korea Summit,"['North Korea Summit', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",'Sometimes you have to walk': Trump scraps North Korea summit deal,Reuters,"President Donald Trump said he had walked away from a nuclear deal at his summit with Kim Jong Un in Vietnam on Thursday because of unacceptable demands from the North Korean leader to lift punishing U.S.-led sanctions.
Trump said two days of talks in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi had made good progress in building relations and on the key issue of denuclearization, but it was important not to rush into a bad deal.
“It was all about the sanctions,” Trump said at a news conference after the talks were cut...",center
9665,No Agreement At North Korea Summit,"['North Korea Summit', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Trump, Kim Fail To Reach Agreement In Hanoi After Talks Abruptly Collapse",HuffPost,"Kim wanted sanctions to be “lifted in their entirety and we wouldn’t do that,” the president said.
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un failed to reach a nuclear agreement during their second summit, which was abruptly cut short in Hanoi, Vietnam on Thursday afternoon.
Speaking to reporters following his negotiations with Kim, Trump said there were two sticking points that had made a deal “inappropriate” at this time. Kim wanted sanctions to be “lifted in their entirety and we wouldn’t do that,” the president said.
Trump...",left
9666,Anonymous Trump Employee’s Witness Account Gave DOJ Grounds for Warrant,"['Donald Trump', 'Department Of Justice', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Mar-A-Lago', 'Classified Information']",Trump employee tells FBI that Trump directed boxes to be moved at Mar-a-Lago after subpoena served,CNN (Online News),"A Trump employee has told the FBI about being directed by the former President to move boxes out of a basement storage room to his residence at Mar-a-Lago after Donald Trump’s legal team received a subpoena for any classified documents at the Florida estate, according to a source familiar with the witness’ description.
The FBI also has surveillance footage showing a staffer moving boxes out of the storage room, the source told CNN.
The witness account of Trump’s actions after the subpoena was served in May coupled with the footage...",left
9667,Anonymous Trump Employee’s Witness Account Gave DOJ Grounds for Warrant,"['Donald Trump', 'Department Of Justice', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Mar-A-Lago', 'Classified Information']",Aide tells FBI Trump ordered boxes moved at Mar-a-Lago - report,Reuters,"A former employee of Donald Trump told federal agents the former president asked that boxes of records be moved within his Florida residence after receiving a government subpoena demanding their return, according to a Washington Post report.
The testimony of the key witness, coupled with surveillance footage the Justice Department also obtained, represent some of the strongest known evidence to date of possible obstruction of justice by the former Republican president.
The New York Times separately reported on Wednesday that Trump aide Walt Nauta was captured on security camera footage...",center
9668,Anonymous Trump Employee’s Witness Account Gave DOJ Grounds for Warrant,"['Donald Trump', 'Department Of Justice', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Mar-A-Lago', 'Classified Information']",Trump employee told FBI former president ordered Mar-a-Lago boxes be moved,New York Post (News),"A Trump employee told federal agents that boxes containing troves of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago were moved at the bidding of the ex-president before the Florida estate was raided by FBI agents in August, according to a new report.
The witness account, backed by surveillance footage, indicates that Donald Trump told people to move the boxes to his residence at the Florida resort after the former president’s advisors received a subpoena in May demanding any classified documents remaining on the property, according to the Washington Post.
The unidentified employee, who...",right
9669,Biden Says Activists Confronting Sinema Was Inappropriate but 'Part of the Process',"['US Senate', 'Joe Biden', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Politics']","Biden says activists went too far in confronting Sinema and Manchin, 'but it happens to everybody'",Yahoo News,"President Biden said on Monday that activists who have confronted Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., in recent days went too far, even as he described such confrontations as a common facet of life in politics.
“I don’t think they’re appropriate tactics, but it happens to everybody,” Biden said in a question-and-answer session with reporters following a speech he gave about the debt ceiling.",left
9670,Biden Says Activists Confronting Sinema Was Inappropriate but 'Part of the Process',"['US Senate', 'Joe Biden', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Politics']",Biden: 'Not appropriate' for protesters to follow Sinema into bathroom,The Hill,"President Biden on Monday said he did not agree with activists who followed Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) into a bathroom over the weekend to protest her position on a reconciliation bill containing Democratic priorities.
""I don’t think they’re appropriate tactics, but it happens to everybody. The only people it doesn’t happen to are people who have Secret Service standing around them. So it’s part of the process,"" Biden said, responding to a question from Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy.
Sinema traveled over the weekend to Arizona for a medical appointment and a reported fundraiser. The...",center
9671,Biden Says Activists Confronting Sinema Was Inappropriate but 'Part of the Process',"['US Senate', 'Joe Biden', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Politics']",'Happens to everybody': Biden says Sinema ambush not 'appropriate' but 'part of the process',Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden condemned activists cornering Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema in a bathroom over the weekend and filming the encounter but dismissed the tactics as common and ""part of the process.""
“I don’t think they’re appropriate tactics, but it happens to everybody,” Biden said of the people who confronted Sinema on Sunday. “The only people it doesn’t happen to is people who have Secret Service standing around them. It’s part of the process.”",right
9672,South Dakota to Send Troops to Texas Border,"['Immigration', 'South Dakota', 'Kristi Noem', 'Texas', 'Border Crisis']",Noem to send 50 South Dakota National Guard troops to Texas border,The Hill,"South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) is deploying National Guard troops to Texas to help “secure” the U.S.-Mexico border, she announced Tuesday. 
The move comes as record numbers of people, mostly from Central America, seek asylum at the U.S. southern border. Republicans have seized on the border crossings in recent months, blaming President Biden and his administration for failing to adequately secure the border.
“The border is a national security crisis that requires the kind of sustained response only the National Guard can provide,” Noem, who’s seen as a potential 2024 presidential contender, said...",center
9673,South Dakota to Send Troops to Texas Border,"['Immigration', 'South Dakota', 'Kristi Noem', 'Texas', 'Border Crisis']",South Dakota Joins Other GOP-Led States Sending National Guard To Southern Border,The Daily Wire,"South Dakota is sending National Guard troops to assist Texas in securing the U.S. southern border.
“Tomorrow morning I’m officially announcing up to 50 National Guard troops to Texas to help secure our border,” South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R) tweeted on Monday. “The Biden Administration has failed to keep America safe. We shouldn’t be making our own communities vulnerable by sending police to fix Biden’s border crisis.”
The South Dakota national guardsmen will join others from Florida and Nebraska. Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts (R) announced last week that he would be...",right
9674,South Dakota to Send Troops to Texas Border,"['Immigration', 'South Dakota', 'Kristi Noem', 'Texas', 'Border Crisis']",South Dakota to send National Guard troops to Texas,The Independent,"South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem announced Tuesday that she will join a growing list of Republican governors sending law enforcement officers to the U.S. border with Mexico.
Noem's announcement that she will send up to 50 South Dakota National Guard troops to Texas comes as the GOP ramps up a political fight with President Joe Biden over border security. The issue has drawn a host of prominent GOP figures: former President Donald Trump was expected to travel to the border this week and Republican governors from Florida, Nebraska and Iowa have all committed to sending law enforcement officers for...",left
9675,US Ends COVID-19 Testing Requirement for International Air Travelers,"['Airlines', 'Biden Administration', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs', 'International Travel', 'Life During Covid-19']",U.S. drops COVID testing for incoming international air travelers,Reuters,"The United States late Friday rescinded a 17-month-old requirement that people arriving in the country by air test negative for COVID-19, a move that follows intense lobbying by airlines and the travel industry.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky issued a four-page order lifting the mandate, effective at 12:01 a.m. ET (0400 GMT) Sunday, saying it is ""not currently necessary.""
The requirement had been one of the last major U.S. COVID-19 travel requirements. Its end comes as the summer travel season kicks off, and airlines were already preparing...",center
9676,US Ends COVID-19 Testing Requirement for International Air Travelers,"['Airlines', 'Biden Administration', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs', 'International Travel', 'Life During Covid-19']",US will end Covid-19 testing requirement for air travelers entering the country,CNN (Online News),"The Biden administration is expected to announce Friday that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will lift its requirement for travelers to test negative for Covid-19 before entering the US, according to a senior administration official and a US Centers For Disease Control and Prevention official.
The move, which CNN was first to report, will go into effect for US-bound air travelers at midnight on Sunday, the officials said.
The CDC is lifting the restriction that the travel industry had lobbied against for months after determining it was no longer necessary...",left
9677,US Ends COVID-19 Testing Requirement for International Air Travelers,"['Airlines', 'Biden Administration', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs', 'International Travel', 'Life During Covid-19']",US Ends COVID-19 Testing Requirement For International Visitors,The Daily Caller,"The Biden administration is reportedly set to announce Friday that the country is lifting its COVID-19 testing requirement for travelers heading to the U.S.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ultimately makes the decision to maintain or lift the requirement on U.S.-bound air travelers to test negative for COVID-19 before being allowed into the country. Senior administration officials told CNN that the CDC is expected to lift the restrictions at midnight on Sunday, and will reassess the decision in 90 days. Several other outlets also reported the U.S. is set to remove the testing...",right
9678,Mail-In Ballots Delay Primary Election Results,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Primary Elections', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']",Lots of Drama but Little Certainty in Kentucky and New York Primaries,New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — Voters in Kentucky and New York were selecting nominees in extraordinary circumstances on Tuesday, as fears about the coronavirus reduced the number of polling places and led to a surge in absentee balloting that was almost certain to delay the results, possibly for days.
Kentucky Democrats were deciding who would be their nominee against Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, in a race that was testing the power of money against the potency of the grass-roots activism that has sprung up around the Black Lives Matter movement.",left
9679,Mail-In Ballots Delay Primary Election Results,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Primary Elections', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']",Election results are delayed again. Get used to it.,Associated Press,"Kentucky and New York had primaries Tuesday, but the winners of the closest races probably won’t be known until next week. What’s going on?
Get used to it. Slow vote counts and delayed results are a feature of elections during the pandemic and are likely to continue into the general election in November, when many election officials say that, absent a landslide, it won’t be clear who won the presidential election for several days.",left
9680,Mail-In Ballots Delay Primary Election Results,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Primary Elections', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']",Louisville voters bang on doors to demand vote at city’s sole polling site,New York Post (News),"Frustrated Louisville voters banged on the closed doors of the city’s lone polling site Tuesday after nearly getting shut out from having their voices heard.
Dozens of residents chanted “let us in!” after they were locked out of the expo center when the doors at the poll site closed at 6 p.m.",right
9681,Trump Commutes Roger Stone's Prison Sentence,"['Criminal Justice', 'Donald Trump', 'Roger Stone', 'Justice']",Roger Stone: Trump commutes ex-adviser's sentence,BBC News,"US President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of his former adviser Roger Stone.
The announcement came just after the Washington DC Court of Appeals denied Stone's request to delay the start date of his custodial term of 40 months.
He was convicted of lying to Congress, obstruction and witness tampering.
Stone was the sixth Trump aide found guilty on charges linked to a justice department probe that alleged Russia tried to boost the Trump 2016 campaign.
The 67-year-old had been due to report to a federal prison in...",center
9682,Trump Commutes Roger Stone's Prison Sentence,"['Criminal Justice', 'Donald Trump', 'Roger Stone', 'Justice']",Trump commutes 'unjust' sentence of friend Roger Stone days before prison term to begin,Washington Examiner,"President Trump commuted the prison sentence of longtime friend Roger Stone on Friday night, days before Stone was to report to federal prison to serve a sentence for lying to Congress and obstruction of justice.
The president said Stone’s 40-month prison term was “unjust.”
“Roger Stone is a victim of the Russia Hoax that the Left and its allies in the media perpetuated for years in an attempt to undermine the Trump presidency,” said White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany. “There was never any collusion between the Trump campaign, or...",right
9683,Trump Commutes Roger Stone's Prison Sentence,"['Criminal Justice', 'Donald Trump', 'Roger Stone', 'Justice']",Roger Stone: Trump proves his love for 'law and order' doesn't apply to friends,The Guardian,"The law and order president has decided that a convicted criminal should not go to prison.
It may be mere coincidence that Roger Stone is an old friend and fellow resident of Florida with a shared crush on Richard Nixon.
Trump commutes sentence of Roger Stone, longtime friend and adviser
Read more
It may also be mere coincidence that Donald Trump made the announcement on a Friday night, a graveyard shift that has become his favorite for firing inspectors general and others who get in his way.",left
9684,Trump Approval Rating Among Small Business Owners Reaches New High,"['Donald Trump', 'Small Business', 'CNBC', 'Economy', 'Poll', 'Approval Rating', 'Business']","President Trump’s approval rating among small business owners hits all-time high of 64%, survey reveals",CNBC,"Sixty-four percent of small business owners approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president, the highest approval rating for Trump among entrepreneurs since CNBC and SurveyMonkey began conducting a quarterly survey in 2017.
The spike in approval among small business owners follows a pivotal period for Trump. This CNBC|SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey for the first quarter 2020 — which includes responses from more than 2,100 small business owners — was conducted the same week (Feb. 3–Feb. 10) as Trump’s third State of the Union address, his...",center
9685,Trump Approval Rating Among Small Business Owners Reaches New High,"['Donald Trump', 'Small Business', 'CNBC', 'Economy', 'Poll', 'Approval Rating', 'Business']",Small business approval of Trump hits record high of 64%: Poll,Washington Examiner,"An all-time-high 64% of small business owners approve of how President Trump is doing his job, a survey that regularly gauges small business sentiments reports.
The rating is up from 60% in the final quarter of 2019 and 56% a year ago in the first quarter of 2019, according to the results of a quarterly CNBC/SurveyMonkey survey that polls small-business owners nationwide.
Respondents cited a phase one trade deal with China and favorable regulatory conditions for their strong approval of Trump.",right
9686,Trump Approval Rating Among Small Business Owners Reaches New High,"['Donald Trump', 'Small Business', 'CNBC', 'Economy', 'Poll', 'Approval Rating', 'Business']",Trump’s Approval Rating Among Small Business Owners Soars to All-Time High,Breitbart News,"Small business owners are increasingly applauding the work of President Donald Trump.
Sixty-four percent of small business owners approve of Trump’s job performance as president, according to a survey released Thursday by CNBC and Survey Monkey. That was a four-point gain from the prior survey taken at the end of 2019.
That is the highest approval rating since the quarterly survey was launched in 2017.",right
9687,December 2013 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Jobs Report Not Great, Again",HuffPost,"The U.S. economy added 74,000 jobs in December as the unemployment rate fell to 6.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.",left
9688,December 2013 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Jobs report: 2013 ends with weakest job growth in years,CNN (Online News),"Job growth suddenly slumped in December, falling far short of expectations.",left
9689,December 2013 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Jobs Report: The Obama Economy Sputters Along,Townhall,"In what's seen as a massive disappointment - the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report came out today and found 74,000 jobs were added to the economy in December.",right
9690,Border Security Heightened Awaiting Migrant Caravan,['Immigration'],Congress Must Act to Deter Future Caravans,National Review,King Leonidas had his 300. President Trump has his 800. That’s the number of soldiers Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has ordered to the southern border to greet the caravan of illegal immigrants originating from Honduras.,right
9691,Border Security Heightened Awaiting Migrant Caravan,['Immigration'],Defense Secretary Approves Sending More Troops to Mexican Border,Wall Street Journal (News),"The U.S. defense secretary on Friday approved a request to deploy additional U.S. troops along the U.S.-Mexico border, fulfilling President Trump’s vow to use the American military in an expanding campaign to stop a caravan of migrants and asylum seekers.",center
9692,Border Security Heightened Awaiting Migrant Caravan,['Immigration'],TRUMP WORRIED MIGRANT CARAVAN IS NOT DOING ENOUGH TO RILE UP THE BASE BEFORE THE MIDTERMS,Vanity Fair,"Donald Trump propelled himself into the White House in 2016, in large part by stoking racist fears about non-white immigrants, a key feature of the speech announcing his candidacy (“Rapists!” “Criminals!” “Drug dealers!”).",left
9693,"Weekly Jobless Claims Rise to 419,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Delta Variant', 'Coronavirus']",Wall Street set for muted open as jobless claims rise,Reuters,"U.S. stock indexes were set for a subdued open on Thursday after data showed an unexpected rise in weekly jobless claims, while a steady flow of positive earnings reports offered markets some support.
The Labor Department’s report showed the number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased by 51,000 to a seasonally adjusted 419,000 for the week ended July 17. Still, the number likely does not suggest a material shift in labor market conditions, with another month of strong job growth expected in July.
Investors have been closely...",center
9694,"Weekly Jobless Claims Rise to 419,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Delta Variant', 'Coronavirus']","Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Jump 51,000 to 419,000",Breitbart News,"The jobs market’s progress appeared to stall last week.
New claims for unemployment benefits soared by 51,000 to 419,000 for the week ended July 17, the Department of Labor said Thursday.
Economists had forecast 350,000 new claims, a decline of 10,000 from the previous week’s initial estimate of 360,000. That estimate was revised up to 368,000.
The four-week moving average, which smoothes out week-to-week volatility and is considered by many to be a more reliable gauge of the health of the labor market, rose by 750 to 385,250.
Continuing claims,...",right
9695,"Weekly Jobless Claims Rise to 419,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Delta Variant', 'Coronavirus']",Surprise Gain in Jobless Claims Shows U.S. Labor Market Churn,Bloomberg,"Applications for U.S. state unemployment insurance rose unexpectedly last week by the most since late March, underscoring week-to-week volatility in an otherwise improving labor market.
Initial jobless claims in regular state programs totaled 419,000 in the week ended July 17, up 51,000 from the prior week, Labor Department data showed Thursday. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for 350,000 new applications.
Continuing claims for state benefits fell to 3.24 million in the week ended July 10.
Stock futures erased gains and Treasuries advanced following the data....",left
9696,Trump Touts Acquittal At National Prayer Breakfast,"['Donald Trump', 'Mitt Romney', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'National Prayer Breakfast', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']","Trump hits back, slams 'dishonest and corrupt' opponents at National Prayer Breakfast",Washington Times,"President Trump blasted his impeachment opponents Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast, taking a veiled shot at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for offering what he termed insincere prayers for him.
“I don’t like people who use their faith as justification for doing what they know is wrong,” Mr. Trump said with Mrs. Pelosi seated near him on the dias. “Nor do I like people who say ‘I pray for you’ when they know that that’s not so.”
It was Mr. Trump’s first public comments since the Senate acquitted him on...",right
9697,Trump Touts Acquittal At National Prayer Breakfast,"['Donald Trump', 'Mitt Romney', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'National Prayer Breakfast', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Trump blasts impeachment supports at annual prayer breakfast on morning after final Senate vote,USA TODAY,"Taking a victory lap, President Donald Trump used the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday to attack supporters of the impeachment drive against him.
“As everybody knows, my family, our great country and your president have been put through a terrible ordeal by some very dishonest and corrupt people,"" Trump said a day after the Republican-run Senate acquitted him of impeachment charges in a largely partisan vote.
Trump, who said he would expand on those thoughts at a White House speech at noon, told religious leaders that impeachment supporters ""know what...",left
9698,Trump Touts Acquittal At National Prayer Breakfast,"['Donald Trump', 'Mitt Romney', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'National Prayer Breakfast', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",'Dishonest and corrupt': Trump unloads at National Prayer Breakfast after acquittal,NBC News (Online),"President Donald Trump blasted ""dishonest and corrupt"" people Thursday morning at the National Prayer Breakfast, bashing his impeachment before the nonpartisan event with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just steps away.
""As everybody knows, my family, our great country, and your president have been put through a terrible ordeal by some very dishonest and corrupt people,"" Trump said. ""They have done everything possible to destroy us and by so doing, very badly hurt our nation. They know what they are doing is wrong, but they put themselves far ahead of our...",left
9699,Labor Dept. Suspends Biden's Vaccine Mandate for Large Private Businesses,"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'OSHA', 'Joe Biden', 'Labor']",OSHA Suspends the Implementation and Enforcement of Biden's Vaccine Mandate,Townhall,"After a series of court rulings halting President Joe Biden's vaccination mandate for private companies, OSHA has officially suspended the implementation and enforcement of the requirement. The mandate was scheduled to go into effect January 4, 2022. 
""On November 12, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a motion to stay OSHA's COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard, published on November 5, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 61402) (""ETS""). The court ordered that OSHA 'take no steps to implement or enforce' the ETS 'until further court...",right
9700,Labor Dept. Suspends Biden's Vaccine Mandate for Large Private Businesses,"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'OSHA', 'Joe Biden', 'Labor']",Fate of Biden administration's vaccine mandate for employers now at conservative-leaning appeals court,CNN (Online News),"The Biden administration's vaccine mandate targeting businesses with more than 100 employees is now before the conservative-leaning Ohio-based 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals, which could soon decide its fate.
Late Wednesday, the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals, which has blocked the mandate, transferred its case to the 6th Circuit, where 34 challenges filed nationwide will be consolidated after that court was picked through a lottery on Tuesday. The Justice Department is expected to file a motion with the 6th Circuit to try to vacate the order blocking the mandate....",left
9701,Labor Dept. Suspends Biden's Vaccine Mandate for Large Private Businesses,"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'OSHA', 'Joe Biden', 'Labor']",OSHA suspends enforcement of COVID-19 vaccine mandate for businesses,The Hill,"The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is suspending enforcement of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large private businesses after a federal appeals court upheld a stay on it last week.
OSHA said in a statement published on its website Friday night that while it is confident in its power to protect workers amid the pandemic, it is suspending activities related to the mandate, citing the pending litigation.
“The court ordered that OSHA 'take no steps to implement or enforce' the ETS [Emergency Temporary Standard] 'until further court order.' While OSHA remains confident in its...",center
9702,Charles Proclaimed King of UK Amid Questions of Monarchy’s Relevance,"['World', 'Great Britain', 'United Kingdom', 'Royal Family', 'Europe', 'Queen Elizabeth', 'King Charles']","If Monarchy Is a Must, Keep It Neutral",Reason,"With Queen Elizabeth II's passing, the United Kingdom enters not just a period of mourning, but of huge uncertainty. The queen provided a constant presence during 70 years of change—but she played another role. Given that she enjoyed such affection from the British people, she saved us from having to think about the inherent contradictions of a hereditary monarchy and our anachronistic constitution.
Brits loved the Queen, even though deep down plenty of us know hereditary rule is a terrible idea—as it consistently proves in other countries (even U.S.-style political...",right
9703,Charles Proclaimed King of UK Amid Questions of Monarchy’s Relevance,"['World', 'Great Britain', 'United Kingdom', 'Royal Family', 'Europe', 'Queen Elizabeth', 'King Charles']","King Charles proclaimed monarch, queen's funeral on Sept. 19",Reuters,"The state funeral for Queen Elizabeth will be held on Monday, Sept. 19, royal officials said on Saturday, as her son Charles was officially proclaimed Britain's new king in a colourful ceremony laden with pageantry and tradition.
The death of the 96-year-monarch after 70 years on the throne set in train long-established and highly choreographed plans for days of national mourning and a state funeral.
Elizabeth's coffin will leave her Scottish estate on Sunday and be driven by hearse through remote highland villages to Scotland's capital, Edinburgh, pausing during its...",center
9704,Charles Proclaimed King of UK Amid Questions of Monarchy’s Relevance,"['World', 'Great Britain', 'United Kingdom', 'Royal Family', 'Europe', 'Queen Elizabeth', 'King Charles']","King Charles Is Proclaimed Monarch in Arcane, Very White-Looking Ceremony",Daily Beast,"King Charles, with Queen Consort Camilla and son and heir Prince William by his side, was proclaimed monarch at St James’ Palace in London Saturday morning by a gathering of the “lords spiritual and temporal” who make up the so-called Accession Council.
In the declaration he read out, Charles said: “I am deeply aware of this great inheritance and of the duties and heavy responsibilities of sovereignty which have now passed to me. In taking up these responsibilities, I shall strive to follow the inspiring example I have been set...",left
9705,Florida Election Official Brenda Snipes Resigns,['Elections'],Broward County official Brenda Snipes submits resignation after criticism,The Hill,"Broward County, Fla., election chief Brenda Snipes submitted her resignation on Sunday after weeks of criticism from Republican officials who accused her of illegal activity during the Florida recounts, according to multiple reports.",center
9706,Florida Election Official Brenda Snipes Resigns,['Elections'],Florida election official Brenda Snipes resigns after tumultuous recount,The Guardian,Broward county supervisor of elections who missed recount deadline by two minutes intends to leave her post in January,left
9707,Florida Election Official Brenda Snipes Resigns,['Elections'],Broward County election supervisor at center of Florida recount battle resigns,Washington Times,The Florida county election chief who came under considerable fire for incompetence and possible corruption during this month’s recount battles reportedly resigned Sunday.,right
9708,Trump Officials Linked to Offshore Accounts,['Taxes'],The Paradise Papers: The Next Big Scandal To Hit Washington,RedState,"Ok. What’s going on? Several news organizations have gotten their hands on leaked documents that have to deal with offshore accounts, tax havens and policies being influenced by some Trump associates and cabinet members.",right
9709,Trump Officials Linked to Offshore Accounts,['Taxes'],Paradise Papers leak: Documents reveal how the wealthy are hiding their money,Washington Post,A huge leak of financial documents revealed by a group of about 100 media organizations on Sunday provided deep insights into some of the mechanisms used by top politicians and celebrities to escape paying taxes.,left
9710,Trump Officials Linked to Offshore Accounts,['Taxes'],Leaked documents reveal offshore dealings of top Trump officials,The Hill,A slew of leaked documents reported by a consortium of news organizations show several individuals connected to President Trump as having legally protected their business investments or influenced policies that would keep client and company funds in tax havens.,center
9711,"Fallout from the ""Deplorables"" Remark","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton's 'deplorables' slip: 2012 campaign hints it's not a game-changer,Christian Science Monitor,"Past perceived gaffes, such as Romney's '47 percent' comment in 2012, have drawn far more attention from the media than from voters, who may make up their minds about candidates in other ways.",center
9712,"Fallout from the ""Deplorables"" Remark","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","OPINION: 'Basket of deplorables': For once, Hillary told the truth about what she really thinks",Guest Writer - Right,"Hillary let the cat out of a bag Friday. For once, she told us what she really thinks. the truth. No lies, no filters, no politically correct editing.",right
9713,"Fallout from the ""Deplorables"" Remark","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: Hillary Clinton’s 'deplorables' comment is not entirely wrong,Guest Writer - Left,"At some point in every election cycle, a TV news anchor — and more likely several of them — will speak in reverential tones about “the wisdom of the American people.” This expression of clichéd, lazy patriotism implies that the collective choice made by voters when they go to the polls is magically infallible. Unfortunately, that is simply not true.",left
9714,Belgium Suspect was Target in Syria,['World'],Paris Attacks Suspect Was Monitored by Western Allies Seeking to Kill Him,Wall Street Journal (News),"An Islamic State operative suspected of helping plan the Paris attacks had been monitored in Syria by Western allies seeking to kill him in an airstrike, but they couldn’t locate him in the weeks before the plot was carried out, two Western security officials said.",center
9715,Belgium Suspect was Target in Syria,['World'],Paris Attacks Suspect Was Target of Strikes on ISIS in Syria,New York Times (News),"The Belgian man suspected of being the plotter of the Paris terrorist attacks was a target of Western airstrikes on the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa, Syria, as recently as last month, according to a European security official.",left
9716,Belgium Suspect was Target in Syria,['World'],French Intel Name Alleged Author of Paris Massacre,Townhall,"A 28-year-old Belgian, Abaaoud Abdelhamid, is reportedly the mastermind behind this weekend's mayhem in Paris, according to French intelligence. He had been a target since January after allegedly plotting to murder Belgian police and has been on the run ever since.",right
9717,Joe Biden Tests Positive for COVID-19,"['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'White House', 'Karine Jean-Pierre']",President Biden tests positive for COVID,Axios,"President Biden on Thursday tested positive for COVID-19, according to the White House.
The big picture: Biden, who is fully vaccinated and received a second booster shot in March, has ""very mild"" symptoms, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
The 79-year-old president is continuing to work remotely while isolating at the White House and will ""carry out all of his duties fully during that time,"" Jean-Pierre added. His last negative test was taken on Tuesday.
Biden is also taking Paxlovid, Pfizer's COVID antiviral drug, the White House said. Vice...",center
9718,Joe Biden Tests Positive for COVID-19,"['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'White House', 'Karine Jean-Pierre']",President Biden Tests Positive for Covid-19,National Review,"President Biden has tested positive for Covid-19, the White House announced Thursday.
Biden, who is fully vaccinated and double-boosted, has been experiencing mild symptoms, the White House said. At 79 years old, Biden is the oldest president in U.S. history. After Biden recently took a tumble off his bicycle, his mental state and capacities came under heightened scrutiny. Besides the occasions in which he’s stumbled or tripped on camera, Biden has also delivered some embarrassing gaffes and stuttered during speeches, which some have attributed to cognitive decline.",right
9719,Joe Biden Tests Positive for COVID-19,"['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'White House', 'Karine Jean-Pierre']","Biden tests positive for Covid, experiencing mild symptoms",NBC News (Online),"President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid on Thursday and is experiencing ""mild symptoms,"" the White House said in a statement.
Biden, 79, is being treated with the antiviral Paxlovid and is fully vaccinated and twice boosted, the statement said. White House Covid coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said Biden is tired, has a runny nose and a dry cough. Jha said Biden felt fine when he went to bed, but didn't sleep well.
""Consistent with CDC guidelines, he will isolate at the White House and will continue to carry out all...",left
9720,Attorney General Nominee Merrick Garland Gets Senate Confirmation Hearing,"['Justice Department', 'Attorney General Joe Biden', 'Biden Cabinet', 'US Senate', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Justice']",Biden AG Pick Merrick Garland: Far-Left Rioters Attacking Federal Courthouse Not Domestic Terrorism Because It’s At Night When Court Is Closed,The Daily Wire,"President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. attorney general, Merrick Garland, said during the first day of his confirmation hearing on Monday that the attacks on federal courthouses in the Pacific Northwest may not qualify as domestic terrorism because the attacks happen at night when the court is closed.
“Let me ask you about assaults on federal property in places other than Washington, D.C. Portland for instance, Seattle,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said. “Do you regard assaults on federal courthouses or other federal property as acts of domestic extremism, domestic terrorism?",right
9721,Attorney General Nominee Merrick Garland Gets Senate Confirmation Hearing,"['Justice Department', 'Attorney General Joe Biden', 'Biden Cabinet', 'US Senate', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Justice']","Poised to take over a beleaguered Justice Department, Merrick Garland may face his biggest test",Yahoo News,"For Merrick Garland, a well-regarded lawyer and federal judge — and onetime Supreme Court nominee — there was a critical condition under which he’d accept the nomination of attorney general under President Biden.
“Merrick’s acceptance comment was, ‘President-elect Biden has guaranteed me independence,’” Earl Steinberg, a childhood friend of Garland, recalled from Biden and Garland’s Jan. 7 nomination announcement. “Then he choked up a little bit and said, ‘or I would not have accepted the nomination.’ That is classic Merrick.”
It seemed to strike Steinberg as an encapsulation of the...",left
9722,Attorney General Nominee Merrick Garland Gets Senate Confirmation Hearing,"['Justice Department', 'Attorney General Joe Biden', 'Biden Cabinet', 'US Senate', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Justice']",Nominee Garland says politics won't influence DOJ criminal probes,Reuters,"President Joe Biden’s attorney general nominee, Merrick Garland, vowed on Monday to protect the integrity of the Justice Department from partisan influence, in an effort to restore confidence after President Donald Trump repeatedly sought to bend the department to his will. Trump, a Republican who lost to Biden in November, for years attacked Justice Department investigations of his 2016 campaign and Russian election interference as a “witch hunt” or a “hoax.”
Garland, in his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, also vowed to make the investigation of the Jan....",center
9723,Pfizer Says Its Vaccine is 100% Effective in Children Ages 12-15,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer']",Pfizer: COVID-19 vaccine 100% effective in ages 12-15,Washington Times,"The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was 100% effective in teens ages 12 to 15, the company said Wednesday, providing hope there will be an option for people under age 16 before the next school year.
Pfizer said it found 18 cases within a placebo group but none in the vaccine arm of a trial involving over 2,200 participants. The antibody response also exceeded levels detected in an earlier trial of people ages 16 to 25.
The company said it will amend its emergency-use filing with the Food and Drug Administration in...",right
9724,Pfizer Says Its Vaccine is 100% Effective in Children Ages 12-15,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer']",Pfizer Says COVID-19 Vaccine Shows '100% Efficacy' In Adolescents,NPR (Online News),"New clinical trials showed that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine elicits ""100% efficacy and robust antibody responses"" in adolescents from 12-15 years old, the drug company announced Wednesday. The trial included 2,260 trial participants; the results are even better than earlier responses from participants ages 16-25.
Pfizer and its vaccine partner BioNTech say they will submit the results ""as soon as possible"" to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency, asking regulators to expand their authorizations for the vaccine's use in young people.
Pfizer will submit the data...",left
9725,Pfizer Says Its Vaccine is 100% Effective in Children Ages 12-15,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer']",Pfizer says Covid vaccine 100 percent effective in children ages 12 to 15,NBC News (Online),"Pfizer says its Covid-19 vaccine is safe and 100 percent effective in preventing the illness in teenagers ages 12 to 15.
""This is exactly the news that we hoped to hear,"" said Dr. Buddy Creech, a pediatric infectious disease expert at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Creech was not involved in the Pfizer research.
The vaccine, given in two doses three weeks apart, is already cleared for emergency use in people ages 16 and up.
The company plans to request emergency use authorization for 12- to 15-year-olds...",left
9726,Biden Signs Executive Order on Abortion Access,"['Abortion', 'Executive Order', 'Joe Biden', 'Roe V Wade', 'Public Health', 'Birth Control']","Biden Signs Executive Order Aimed At Protecting Access To Abortion, Contraception",The Daily Caller,"President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Friday aimed at “protecting access to reproductive health,” the White House announced.
The “Executive Order Protecting Access to Reproductive Health Care Services” is the Biden administration’s latest response to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. That decision, decried by Biden as a “tragic error,” has reportedly caused friction within the Democratic Party and the president, with some members quietly questioning the administration’s response.
Only Congress has the ability to codify abortion rights, so Biden’s executive order is designed to build “on the actions...",right
9727,Biden Signs Executive Order on Abortion Access,"['Abortion', 'Executive Order', 'Joe Biden', 'Roe V Wade', 'Public Health', 'Birth Control']",Biden signs executive order on abortion access,Axios,"President Biden signed an executive order on Friday aimed at protecting abortion access after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Why it matters: Biden has faced intense pressure from his own party to act more aggressively on abortion. Many conservative states had ""trigger laws"" in place that banned or severely limited abortions in the days following the ruling and more bans are expected.
While the order will not restore access to abortion in the states that have already banned or restricted the procedure, it could enhance the administration's efforts to help people know what rights they do have....",center
9728,Biden Signs Executive Order on Abortion Access,"['Abortion', 'Executive Order', 'Joe Biden', 'Roe V Wade', 'Public Health', 'Birth Control']",Biden Signs Executive Order To Address Access To Abortion,HuffPost,"President Joe Biden signed a new executive order addressing Americans’ access to abortion on Friday, two weeks after the Supreme Court’s conservative bloc voted to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling.
The White House said Biden will use his executive authority to defend reproductive rights within various federal agencies, but stressed Congress had the ultimate power to codify abortion access as federal law.
The order will build on steps the Biden administration has already taken.
Biden plans to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take additional action to protect...",left
9729,Recap Of The Democratic Presidential Debate In Las Vegas,"['Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Debates', 'Las Vegas Debate', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elections']",6 Takeaways From The Nevada Democratic Debate,NPR (Online News),"In Las Vegas — a city known for prize fights — the Democrats were gloves-off.
And there was a new entrant in the ring, who took a lot of incoming: Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has spent more than $300 million of his own money on ads to raise his profile.
Bloomberg qualified for the debate just the day before, after an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll became the fourth national survey showing him with 10% or more support in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Herewith, six takeaways...",left
9730,Recap Of The Democratic Presidential Debate In Las Vegas,"['Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Debates', 'Las Vegas Debate', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elections']","Warren Leads an Onslaught of Attacks, Zeroing In on Bloomberg",New York Times (News),"The sharp exchanges in the Nevada debate reflected the urgency of the moment as Michael Bloomberg, in his first presidential debate, was repeatedly criticized in personal terms.
The Democratic presidential candidates turned on one another in scorching and personal terms in a debate on Wednesday night, with two of the leading candidates, Senator Bernie Sanders and Michael R. Bloomberg, forced onto the defensive repeatedly throughout the evening.
In his first appearance in a presidential debate, Mr. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, struggled from the start to address...",left
9731,Recap Of The Democratic Presidential Debate In Las Vegas,"['Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Debates', 'Las Vegas Debate', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elections']",Bloomberg obliterates socialist Bernie Sanders over his 3 homes during Democrat debate,The Blaze,"New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg obliterated Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for owning three homes while declaring himself a socialist democrat during the Democratic debate in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Sanders criticized President Donald Trump and Walmart over what he called ""socialism for the rich,"" when Bloomberg inserted his verbal assault.
""I believe in democratic socialism for the working people, not billionaires!"" exclaimed Sanders. ""Health care for all, educational opportunities for all!""
""What a wonderful country we have!"" interjected Bloomberg. ""The best-known socialist in the country happens to be a millionaire with...",right
9732,July Jobs Report,"['Jobs Report', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Banking And Finance', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economy And Jobs']","Long Road To Recovery: Hiring Slows In July, As U.S. Employers Add 1.8 Million Jobs",NPR (Online News),"U.S. employers added 1.8 million jobs last month, as the unemployment rate dipped to 10.2%.
The pace of hiring slowed from June, when employers added a record 4.8 million jobs. That suggests a long road back to full employment for the tens of millions of people who have been laid off during the coronavirus pandemic.
""There are still a lot of people on the sidelines,"" said Sarah House, a senior economist at Wells Fargo Securities. ""That's going to have a big impact on what we see in terms of consumer...",left
9733,July Jobs Report,"['Jobs Report', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Banking And Finance', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economy And Jobs']","US Economy Added 1.8 Million Jobs In July, Unemployment At 10.2%",The Daily Caller,"The U.S. economy added 1.8 million jobs in July, while unemployment fell to 10.2%, according to Department of Labor data released Friday.
Total non-farm payroll employment rose by 1.8 million in July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report, and the number of unemployed persons fell by 1.4 million to 16.3 million.
“In July, notable job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality, government, retail trade, professional and business services, other services, and health care,” the report adds.
In June, the U.S. added 4.8 million jobs, while the unemployment declined...",right
9734,July Jobs Report,"['Jobs Report', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Banking And Finance', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economy And Jobs']","Economy added back 1.763 million payrolls in July, unemployment rate fell to 10.2%",Yahoo News,"U.S. employers regained fewer jobs in July after a record gain in June, as a resurgence of coronavirus cases in some states earlier this summer weighed on the labor market recovery. However, the number of jobs added topped estimates, and the unemployment rate fell more than expected.
The Department of Labor’s July jobs report was released at 8:30 a.m. ET Friday. Here were the main metrics in the report, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg:
Change in non-farm payrolls: +1.783 million vs. +1.48 million expected and +4.791 million in...",left
9735,Senate Passes Budget Bill,"['Budget - Debt', 'Budget/Debt', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Budget Deficit', 'Deficit', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Hard-won budget, debt deal clears Senate, advances to Trump",Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — A hard-won budget and debt deal easily cleared the Senate on Thursday, powered by President Donald Trump’s endorsement and a bipartisan drive to cement recent spending increases for the Pentagon and domestic agencies. The legislation passed by a 67-28 vote as Trump and his GOP allies relied on lots of Democratic votes to propel it over the finish line. Passage marked a drama-free solution to a worrisome set of looming Washington deadlines as both allies and adversaries of the president set aside ideology in exchange for relative...",left
9736,Senate Passes Budget Bill,"['Budget - Debt', 'Budget/Debt', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Budget Deficit', 'Deficit', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",The Senate Will Vote on a $2.7 Trillion Budget Deal That Adds to the National Debt. The Democrats' Debates Ignored It.,Reason,"Before the end of the day, a budget-busting, deficit-hiking, $2.7 trillion spending deal will probably be on its way to President Donald Trump's desk, and he appears willing to sign it.
But you wouldn't know about that if you watched this week's Democratic primary debates.
The Senate is poised for a final vote on the budget deal later Thursday—the bill cleared the House with bipartisan support last week, after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D–Calif.) and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin hammered out the details last month. The two-year, $2.7 trillion budget deal...",right
9737,Senate Passes Budget Bill,"['Budget - Debt', 'Budget/Debt', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Budget Deficit', 'Deficit', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate passes massive budget deal that lifts the debt ceiling,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)The Senate passed Thursday a massive budget deal that would stave off the looming threat of a potential default on US debt and prevent automatic spending cuts to domestic and military funding.
The a final vote was 67-28 and the bill will now go to President Donald Trump for his signature.
The vote followed days of grumbling from GOP senators about the cost of the package and uncertainty surrounding who will support it.
The agreement, negotiated between congressional leaders and the Trump administration, represents a significant bipartisan compromise...",left
9738,Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas 6 Trump Associates,"['Donald Trump', 'US House', 'January 6 Committee', 'Subpoenas', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Bennie Thompson', 'Michael Flynn', 'Jason Miller', 'Politics']","Jan. 6 committee subpoenas top Trump officials, allies who supported effort to overturn election",NBC News (Online),"The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol issued a new batch of subpoenas on Monday to former Trump administration and re-election campaign aides who supported then-President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election.
Six individuals were subpoenaed: Bill Stepien, Trump's 2020 reelection campaign manager; Jason Miller, a senior campaign adviser; Angela McCallum, a former campaign aide; John Eastman, a conservative lawyer who reportedly advised Trump and others in the administration; Michael Flynn, Trump's former national security adviser; and Bernard Kerik, an adviser who the committee said used Washington, D.C. hotels to serve as...",left
9739,Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas 6 Trump Associates,"['Donald Trump', 'US House', 'January 6 Committee', 'Subpoenas', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Bennie Thompson', 'Michael Flynn', 'Jason Miller', 'Politics']",January 6 Committee Subpoenas Top Trump Advisers,National Review,"The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot issued six new subpoenas on Monday for associates and allies of former president Trump.
The committee chairman, Representative Bennie Thompson (D., Miss.), announced that subpoenas were issued for former Trump campaign manager William Stepien, senior adviser Jason Miller, and former national executive assistant to the campaign Angela McCallum.",right
9740,Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas 6 Trump Associates,"['Donald Trump', 'US House', 'January 6 Committee', 'Subpoenas', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Bennie Thompson', 'Michael Flynn', 'Jason Miller', 'Politics']","Jan. 6 panel issues six new subpoenas for Eastman, top Trump aides",The Hill,"The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol sent a number of subpoenas on Monday, including to top 2020 Trump campaign aides and the lawyer responsible for crafting the strategy for how the former president could seek to overturn the election results in Congress. 
Among the six subpoenas released is one for John Eastman, who drafted a memo advising the Trump campaign both to use supposed vice presidential authority to push back on election results and to get state legislatures to reject electors from certain states in order...",center
9741,Will Trans Athletes Help Advance Women's Sports or Create Unfair Competition?,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Sports', 'Lia Thomas', 'Transgender Issues', 'Transgender Athletes', 'Culture War', ""Women'S Issues""]",Lia Thomas' NCAA championship performance gives women sports a crucial opportunity,NBC News (Online),"On Saturday, University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas placed last in the 100-yard freestyle swim during the NCAA championships, ending her career in collegiate swimming. A last-place showing at an NCAA swim meet, even a championship one, would not typically garner national headlines. Yet, Thomas has been at the center of controversy regarding her eligibility to compete in women's events.
This controversy came to an apex last week at the NCAA championships when she became the first openly trans athlete to win a Division I championship in any sport. For anyone who cares about...",left
9742,Will Trans Athletes Help Advance Women's Sports or Create Unfair Competition?,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Sports', 'Lia Thomas', 'Transgender Issues', 'Transgender Athletes', 'Culture War', ""Women'S Issues""]","In sports, what’s fair for transgender athletes and their competitors?",Christian Science Monitor,"At a recent Ivy League swim meet, spectators were split over which side of the pool to look at. 
At one end, several women jackknifed their bodies in flip turns for the final lap of the 500-meter freestyle. Their furious kicks churned the water and left white vapor trails in the sky-blue pool. On the other end, a swimmer named Lia Thomas had already finished and broken the Harvard pool record. In the 7.5 seconds it took for the second-place swimmer to arrive, Ms. Thomas adjusted her swimming cap, took...",center
9743,Will Trans Athletes Help Advance Women's Sports or Create Unfair Competition?,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Sports', 'Lia Thomas', 'Transgender Issues', 'Transgender Athletes', 'Culture War', ""Women'S Issues""]","Physics, independent of biological reality, explains why Lia Thomas's victory over women is rigged",Tiana Lowe,"For all the think pieces and Twitter tirades penned over the transgender athlete debate, in the end, it really was a picture that said the definitive thousand words. After winning the NCAA 500-yard freestyle by just shy of two seconds, transgender Penn student Lia Thomas stood victorious next to the two girls relegated to second and third place.
In the picture, Lia carries the trophy. Lia stands atop the highest podium. And next to second-place winner Emma Weyant and third place Erica Sullivan, Lia's body is clearly not that of...",right
9744,Celebrating Black History Month,"['Holidays', 'Black History Month', 'Race And Racism', 'Ethnicity And Heritage', 'General News']",Black History Month 2021 focusing on 'The Family' as a theme,Fox News (Online News),"Monday marks the start of Black History Month, a time to reflect on the contributions African Americans have made to the U.S. while recognizing that the fight for racial justice continues.
The theme of Black History Month this year is ""The Black Family: Representation, Identity and Diversity.""
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) chose the theme, as it does every year: Past themes include ""Black Migrations,"" ""Black Women in American Culture and History"" and ""The Niagara Movement,"" among others.",right
9745,Celebrating Black History Month,"['Holidays', 'Black History Month', 'Race And Racism', 'Ethnicity And Heritage', 'General News']",Do We Ask Too Much of Black Heroes?,New York Times (News),"This is the first piece in “Black History, Continued,” a series that will explore pivotal moments and transformative figures in Black culture and examine how the past shapes the present and the future.
In the early 20th century, before Negro History Week had turned into Black History Month, African-American teachers and children in schools throughout the segregated South would paste images of celebrated figures of Black history on the walls of their schools. It was a public affirmation that greatness existed among their people despite oppression. As a woman born...",left
9746,Celebrating Black History Month,"['Holidays', 'Black History Month', 'Race And Racism', 'Ethnicity And Heritage', 'General News']","Black History Month 2021: The only way forward is through, together",USA TODAY,"It’s an understatement to say that 2020 got on Black folks’ collective last nerve.
We began the year with a COVID-19 pandemic that hit us harder than any other group of Americans and exposed the systemic inequities still at the root of the nation’s institutions despite the gains of the civil rights movement.
Black people were among essential workers risking their lives to serve others, but also among the first to lose their jobs after stay-at-home orders shuttered businesses in every state. Many of us lost friends and relatives...",left
9747,Perspectives: Caring for Children in a Pandemic,"['Family And Marriage', 'Children', 'Education', 'Healthcare', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health']",How Long Can Public Schools Operate This Way?,National Review,"I don’t think I can do this in the fall. What I mean by this is managing my kids’ new distance learning. Every time a day is finished I think, “How long can I do this?”
Much has been said about how colleges will struggle and some will close as a result of COVID-19. America’s aging and declining in fertility. More schools chase after fewer students. The moment that schools try to charge for the premium college experience while delivering a CD-ROM-level education over the Internet, the weaker ones will...",right
9748,Perspectives: Caring for Children in a Pandemic,"['Family And Marriage', 'Children', 'Education', 'Healthcare', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health']",How to Set Up Your Kid’s Virtual Work/Play Space,Wired,"SURE, YOU’VE BEEN stuck at home and are now feeling Zoom fatigue. Chances are your kid is too. That’s why it’s important for them to carve out a space of their own to connect remotely, for school or just hanging out with friends. After all, if they’re not happy with their immediate surroundings, the video meetups from home will be all the more unsatisfying.
Whether it’s Zoom or another videoconferencing tool, here are some tips to help your kids optimize the experience. Before you get too far into it, be...",center
9749,Perspectives: Caring for Children in a Pandemic,"['Family And Marriage', 'Children', 'Education', 'Healthcare', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health']",Is it safe for day care centers to be open right now?,Vox,"Children under 5 are not known for respecting personal space or keeping germs to themselves — even in the best of circumstances. And when you get lots of these little drooling, hugging, shouting humans together in one space, such as day care, illnesses tend to spread rapidly, bouncing among children, their families, and back again.
While some child care centers around the country have remained open in the Covid-19 pandemic, many US states and localities have required them to close or limit services to health care worker parents only. According...",left
9750,Potential Impacts of Impeachment,"['Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Ukraine', 'Congress', 'Public Opinion', 'White House', 'Politics']",We spoke to 5 money managers about how Trump impeachment proceedings could impact the stock market. Here's what they said.,Insider,"On Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House of Representatives will open a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.
The proceedings came after a whistleblower complaint revealed that the President asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, over corruption allegations at least eight times during a July phone call.
Stocks tumbled following the announcement, then gained Wednesday when President Trump signaled that a deal between the US and China could be coming soon. By Thursday, geopolitical fears had...",left
9751,Potential Impacts of Impeachment,"['Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Ukraine', 'Congress', 'Public Opinion', 'White House', 'Politics']",How President Pence Would Blow Up 2020,Politico,"If the Senate were to remove President Donald Trump from office—which could happen only on a bipartisan vote—the 2016 election results wouldn’t be overturned. Democrats wouldn’t control the White House. America’s reward for convicting Trump would be President Michael Richard Pence.
Nine out of every 10 Republican respondents said in a Quinnipiac poll released Monday that Trump should not be impeached and removed from office. But President Pence would likely be harder for Democrats to dispatch in the 2020 general election than an impeached but still in office President Trump....",left
9752,Potential Impacts of Impeachment,"['Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Ukraine', 'Congress', 'Public Opinion', 'White House', 'Politics']",Red-state Dems worried broadening impeachment push will kill hopes of retaking Senate in 2020,Fox News (Opinion),"Some red-state Senate Democrats are fretting that the ongoing House impeachment inquiry could expand uncontrollably and become a “kitchen sink” of complaints about President Trump, Fox News has learned.
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and Montana Sen. Jon Tester specifically expressed concerns about a broadening impeachment push severely damaging Democrats' chances to win back a Senate majority next year, sources told Fox News.
The senators have told Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., that leadership cannot allow liberal Democrats to push for the inquiry to include allegations about Trump illegally using...",right
9753,Energy-Efficiency Bill Fails,['Energy'],"Senate stumbles over energy bill as Reid, GOP spar",Politico,"The Senate officially presided over the demise of bipartisan energy efficiency legislation Monday — and the chance to put the Keystone XL pipeline up for a vote ahead of the midterm elections. On a 55-36 vote, the Senate fell short of the 60 votes needed Monday to move ahead on the innocuous and popular efficiency bill from Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) that had been caught in the headwinds of the far more politically fraught debates over the Keystone pipeline and EPA regulations.",left
9754,Energy-Efficiency Bill Fails,['Energy'],"Amid Pipeline and Climate Debate, Energy-Efficiency Bill Is Derailed",New York Times (News),"The bill, which had drawn unusual bipartisan support, died in the Senate in a standoff over the Keystone XL pipeline and plans for climate change regulations.",left
9755,Energy-Efficiency Bill Fails,['Energy'],Energy Bill’s Failure Shows Congress Can’t Agree to Agree,Bloomberg,The sponsors of a bill to promote U.S. energy conservation built it to pass in a Congress where almost nothing passes.,left
9756,Trump Warns Iran To Stop Threats to the US,['Middle East'],Trump says Iran will 'suffer consequences' after speech by president Rouhani,The Guardian,"President Trump issues a late-night tweet in capital letters, saying Iran must ‘never, ever threaten the United States again.'",left
9757,Trump Warns Iran To Stop Threats to the US,['Middle East'],Trump warns Iran's Rouhani to stop the threats or suffer historic consequences,Fox News (Online News),President Trump late Sunday tweeted out to Iranian President Rouhani to never threaten the U.S. again or face historic consequences.,right
9758,Trump Warns Iran To Stop Threats to the US,['Middle East'],"Trump To Iran's President Rouhani: 'NEVER, EVER THREATEN' The US Again",NPR (Online News),"President Trump threatened Iran in a late-night tweet on Sunday, responding angrily after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani criticized Trump and warned the American president not to ""play with the lion's tail"" and that ""war with Iran is the mother of all wars.""",left
9759,White House Drops Call to Raise Guns Age Limit,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],White House Unveils Proposals to Reduce Gun Violence at Schools,Wall Street Journal (News),Plan would fund training for armed teachers in wake of Florida school shooting but omits President Trump’s call to raise age limit for buying guns,center
9760,White House Drops Call to Raise Guns Age Limit,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Trump: Efforts to raise minimum age for buying long guns 'moving rapidly',Fox News (Online News),"Trump said Monday ”things are moving rapidly” when it comes to raising the minimum age for buying certain guns, but said he is letting the issue play out in the courts before taking action himself.",right
9761,White House Drops Call to Raise Guns Age Limit,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Trump says gun policy with 82 percent support has 'not much political support (to put it mildly).',Daily Kos,"Donald Trump is trying to defend his ""school safety"" plan, which doesn’t call for an age limit on assault weapon purchases (but does support arming teachers). Predictably, his claims about those age limits are all about deflecting and obfuscating (or, to be less polite, are full of crap).",left
9762,Happy Easter,"['Holidays', 'General News']","What is Easter, and why do Christians celebrate this holiday?",Fox News (Opinion),"Easter Day, which falls on Sunday for most Christians in the U.S., celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. After being executed on a cross on Good Friday, Jesus was buried in a tomb. That first Easter, some 2,000 years ago, God the Father raised Jesus from the dead. The account is found in all four Gospels of the New Testament in the Bible.",right
9763,Happy Easter,"['Holidays', 'General News']",In pictures: Christians celebrate Easter around the world,BBC News,"Pictures from around the world capture Christians celebrating Easter, their holiest time of year.",center
9764,Happy Easter,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Pope Francis Delivers Plea for Peace in Easter Sunday Mass,New York Times (News),"Under tight security in St. Peter’s Square in Rome, tens of thousands of worshipers from around the word thronged to a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis on Easter Sunday.",left
9765,Fate of Gorsuch Nomination,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Sen. Schumer Says It’s Unlikely Gorsuch Will Reach 60 Votes,NBC News (Online),"As the Senate gears up to consider President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., predicted Sunday that ""it looks like Gorsuch will not reach the 60-vote margin"" needed to overcome a filibuster.",left
9766,Fate of Gorsuch Nomination,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate panel to vote on Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch,USA TODAY,Republicans will take a major step Monday toward restoring the conservative majority on the Supreme Court lost last year when Justice Antonin Scalia's death led to a political standoff involving all three branches of government.,left
9767,Fate of Gorsuch Nomination,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","McConnell vows Gorsuch confirmation this week, says nuclear option 'in hands of Democrats'",Fox News (Online News),Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday that Judge Neil Gorsuch will be confirmed this week to the Supreme Court but acknowledged Republicans still might not have enough support from Senate Democrats to avoid their attempts to slow or try to stop the nomination process with a filibuster.,right
9768,Trump Compares US and Russia,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump on 'Killer' Putin, 'You Think Our Country Is Innocent?'",Newsmax (News),President Donald Trump said he had respect for Russian President Vladimir Putin and asked whether the United States is innocent in an interview with Fox News' Bill O’Reilly set to air ahead of the Super Bowl on Sunday.,right
9769,Trump Compares US and Russia,"['White House', 'Politics']","Donald Trump Appears to Draw Parallels Between U.S., Vladimir Putin’s Russia",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Donald Trump appeared to draw an equivalence between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the behavior of the U.S. when he responded to a remark about Mr. Putin being a “killer” by saying: “We got a lot of killers—what, you think our country’s so innocent?”",center
9770,Trump Compares US and Russia,"['White House', 'Politics']","Bill O’Reilly Calls Vladimir Putin A ‘Killer’, Donald Trump Says Americans Are Just As Bad",HuffPost,"President Donald Trump doubled down on his support for Russian President Vladimir Putin in a Fox News interview to be aired ahead of the Super Bowl on Sunday.
Speaking to Bill O’Reilly, Trump shrugged off the anchor’s characterization of Putin as a “killer,” noting that Americans are just as bad.",left
9771,RNC 2016 Starts Today,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump’s Convention Is Already Nervous With Guns, Protesters, and Cop-Killings in the Air",Daily Beast,"Security and safety came into sharp focus on the eve of the Republican convention, threatening to overshadow the first day of an event dedicated to safety and security.
The shooting death of three police officers in Baton Rouge further put the city on edge, as it was already grappling with the promise of multiple protests as well as an open carry law.",left
9772,RNC 2016 Starts Today,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The Cleveland Show: Convention starts under security cloud,Fox News (Online News),"You must file back to the Democrats’ convention in Chicago in 1968 to find a similar political forum which unfolded under such a pall and the potential for epic violence.
And frankly, as the GOP convenes its Cleveland conclave, things could be even more volatile after the three police murders in Baton Rouge.",right
9773,RNC 2016 Starts Today,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Republican National Convention begins with 'Make America Safe Again' theme,Washington Post,"The bunting is out, the balloons are ready and this city is awash in Republican activists, liberal protesters and reporters from the across the globe as the Republican National Convention kicks off Monday.
The quadrennial confab where Donald Trump is expected to be officially nominated for president will be four days of speeches, meetings and parties That officially gavels in at 1 pm",left
9774,Record 4.5 Million Americans Quit Their Jobs in November,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Great Resignation', 'Labor', 'Business', 'Wages']",More workers quit than ever as U.S. job openings remain near a record.,New York Times (News),"The number of Americans quitting their jobs is the highest on record, as workers take advantage of strong employer demand to pursue better opportunities.
Yet despite that leverage, an overwhelming majority of Americans say they are worried about inflation — and most say their pay isn’t keeping up with rising prices.
That contrast — evident in survey results released on Tuesday — underscores the strange, contradictory moment facing the U.S. economy after two years of pandemic-induced disruptions.
For some workers, particularly at the lower end of the pay scale, the...",left
9775,Record 4.5 Million Americans Quit Their Jobs in November,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Great Resignation', 'Labor', 'Business', 'Wages']",Record 4.5 Million Americans Quit Jobs In November As Employers Struggle To Retain Workers,Forbes,"Though the number of job openings fell more than expected in November, the number of Americans quitting their jobs jumped to record territory, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday, further illustrating the struggle employers are facing in filling—and retaining—jobs during the pandemic. 
The number of people quitting their jobs in November jumped to a record-high 4.5 million—surpassing the previous record of 4.4 million, set in September, according to the Labor Department’s job openings and labor turnover report.
The quits rate increased to 3%, matching the series high in September, with...",center
9776,Record 4.5 Million Americans Quit Their Jobs in November,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Great Resignation', 'Labor', 'Business', 'Wages']",Number of people quitting jobs hits another all-time high,Washington Examiner,"The number of people leaving the workforce hit a new record in November, according to data released Tuesday by the Department of Labor.
About 4.5 million workers quit their jobs in November, up from 4.2 million the month before. The number is the highest since the United States began keeping records of the statistic about two decades ago. The figure is equivalent to about 3% of the workforce.
The so-called quits rate measures the number of people who voluntarily left their jobs and includes those who left their previous employment for another job and people...",right
9777,How Ticket Splitting Played a Role in the 2022 Elections,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Ticket Splitting', '2022 Georgia Gubernatorial Election', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election']",Could an old-school approach to voting decide the midterms?,Vox,"Election Day is here, and voters will reveal whether tightening polls in competitive statewide races will mean a “red wave” sweeps the country.
If that wave turns out not to be as strong as expected, Democrats can likely thank split-ticket voting, the practice of electing candidates from different political parties for different statewide, congressional, or presidential races.
Split-ticket voting was once far more common, in part because of a belief expressed by Elon Musk recently. In endorsing Republicans up and down the ballot Monday night, he argued that “shared power curbs the worst excesses...",left
9778,How Ticket Splitting Played a Role in the 2022 Elections,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Ticket Splitting', '2022 Georgia Gubernatorial Election', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election']",Split-ticket voters were declared extinct. They may decide the Senate.,Christian Science Monitor,"In recent election cycles, party loyalty – and deep suspicion of “the other side” – has meant fewer voters willing to split their vote. But this time around, they could decide control of the Senate.
While parties and pundits may cast America as neatly lined up into tribal camps, competing in a zero-sum contest for the future of the republic, allow Richard Bink to break the mold.
The Savannah, Georgia, veterinarian voted early at Islands Library here on Georgia’s Whitemarsh Island as ibises veered through an ultramarine sky. He usually...",center
9779,How Ticket Splitting Played a Role in the 2022 Elections,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Ticket Splitting', '2022 Georgia Gubernatorial Election', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election']",Split-ticket Georgia voters keeping Walker from victory while reelecting Kemp,Washington Examiner,"Split-ticket voters in Georgia are playing a significant role in tightening the Senate race between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Republican Herschel Walker — after reelecting Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) by a nearly 10-point margin.
Neither candidate in the Senate race has yet to surpass the 50% threshold necessary to avoid a runoff, with 84% of the vote counted. In the gubernatorial race between Kemp and his 2018 Democratic opponent, Stacey Abrams, the incumbent governor was declared the winner before 80% of precincts reported their results, given that he earned 54% of the vote and comfortably evaded a runoff.
Experts have...",right
9780,Scrutiny of Secret Service Builds Over Lost Jan. 6 Texts,"['Justice', 'Secret Service', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Corruption']","How did the Secret Service lose its Jan. 6 texts? So far, the explanations won't wash",Salon,"The U.S. Secret Service motto is ""Worthy of Trust and Confidence."" Recent events, including the apparent deletion of Jan. 6 evidence, have put a large question mark after that phrase, and the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection is moving to answer the question. Producing a complete inventory of the agency's texts around Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, is vital to the committee's search for truth.
The Secret Service was already embroiled in controversy about whether former agents may have been involved in witness intimidation targeting star committee witness...",left
9781,Scrutiny of Secret Service Builds Over Lost Jan. 6 Texts,"['Justice', 'Secret Service', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Corruption']",Secret Service turned over just one text after records request: report,The Hill,"The Secret Service provided only one text exchange to the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general for a month’s worth of records requests for 24 Secret Service personnel, CNN reported on Wednesday. 
CNN obtained a letter from the Secret Service to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, revealing that Inspector General Joseph Cuffari requested in June 2021 that the Secret Service provide text messages for two dozen personnel from Dec. 8, 2020, to Jan. 8, 2021. 
The letter’s revelation comes in the aftermath of Cuffari informing the committee that the...",center
9782,Scrutiny of Secret Service Builds Over Lost Jan. 6 Texts,"['Justice', 'Secret Service', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Corruption']",The Dog Ate Their Accountability,Kevin D. Williamson,"From sea to shining sea, ‘delete, delete, delete’ has become standard operating procedure for government officials seeking to evade public scrutiny.
Item: The January 6 committee wants relevant text messages sent by and to Secret Service officers for its investigation. The Secret Service says Congress can’t have them, because they were accidentally deleted — at least some of them after the committee’s request for them had been made — as part of a “device-replacement program.”
Item: In 2014, congressional investigators demanded that the IRS turn over emails to and from Lois...",right
9783,More Than 5 Million Americans Missed Second Vaccine Dose,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health']",5 Million Americans Skipped Second COVID-19 Vaccine Shot: Why?,International Business Times,"Millions of Americans are skipping the second COVID-19 vaccine shot, according to data released Sunday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A report published by the CDC on vaccine completion status through April 9 shows that 8% of all patients — roughly 5 million Americans — who had one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna skipped the second dose.
The percentage of those not getting their second shot doubled from 3.4%, according to the CDC’s data through mid-February.
In interviews with...",center
9784,More Than 5 Million Americans Missed Second Vaccine Dose,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health']",Millions Are Skipping Their Second Doses of Covid Vaccines,New York Times (News),"Millions of Americans are not getting the second doses of their Covid-19 vaccines, and their ranks are growing.
More than five million people, or nearly 8 percent of those who got a first shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, have missed their second doses, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is more than double the rate among people who got inoculated in the first several weeks of the nationwide vaccine campaign.
Even as the country wrestles with the problem of...",left
9785,More Than 5 Million Americans Missed Second Vaccine Dose,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health']",Americans' Failure to Get 2nd COVID Shot Shows Need for 1-Dose Vaccine,Newsmax (News),"The former acting director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that people are not getting their second dose of COVID-19 vaccines which “points to the importance of one-shot vaccine.” Statistics show that over 8% of people are not returning for that second, vital dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, according to a report in The New York Times this weekend. That means more than 5 million people have missed their second shot and may not have full immunity against the virus.
According to NBC/Today, Dr....",right
9786,Big Ten and Pac-12 Postpone Fall Football Season,"['Culture', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'College', 'Football', 'College Football', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Sports']","The Big Ten and Pac-12 won't play football this fall, but the Big 12 reportedly intends to",CNN (Online News),"After two premier college athletics conferences said they'd postpone fall sports including football because of the Covid-19 pandemic, reports say that another still intends to play football this autumn.
The Big 12 Conference, following a meeting on Tuesday, still intends to have a fall football season, according to reports from Yahoo! Sports and ESPN. Both outlets cite unnamed sources.
When reached by CNN on Tuesday night, a spokesperson for the Big 12 said that details would be announced Wednesday morning.
Earlier Tuesday, the Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences...",left
9787,Big Ten and Pac-12 Postpone Fall Football Season,"['Culture', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'College', 'Football', 'College Football', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Sports']","College football updates: Focus shifts to SEC, ACC and Big 12 after Big Ten, Pac-12 moves",USA TODAY,"The college football season remains in a state of flux, with the NCAA’s member institutions and conferences not exactly presenting a united front with regard to how to proceed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
As matters stand now, two major conferences, the Big Ten and the Pac-12, will not play this fall. Two others, the SEC and the ACC, are hoping to move ahead with the plans they announced last week to delay competition until late September and move ahead with games. The Big 12 followed Wednesday by confirming its plans....",left
9788,Big Ten and Pac-12 Postpone Fall Football Season,"['Culture', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'College', 'Football', 'College Football', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Sports']",What does no college football mean for college communities?,Washington Examiner,"The cancellation of the Big 10 football season likely means a loss of millions of dollars for college towns such as Columbus, the home of The Ohio State University.
On Tuesday, the Big 10 formally delayed its fall athletics season, and could reschedule it for the spring.
“One of the big impacts in college towns will be retailers,” John Crossman, CEO of Crossman Career Builders, said in an email to The Center Square.
“As if they weren’t facing enough issues, the lack of students is a huge impact,” Crossman added....",right
9789,Egypt's Mubarak To Be Freed,['Middle East'],Egyptian Court Is Said to Order That Mubarak Be Released,New York Times (News),"While the authorities could find a way to keep former President Hosni Mubarak in detention, and his release did not appear imminent, the development risked adding a volatile new element to Egypt's crisis.",left
9790,Egypt's Mubarak To Be Freed,['Middle East'],Reports: Mubarak Might Be Freed While Awaiting New Trial,NPR (Online News),Egypt's former president still faces a retrial for the killing of protesters during the 2011 Arab Spring.,left
9791,Egypt's Mubarak To Be Freed,['Middle East'],Report: Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to be freed,Fox News (Online News),"Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak will be released from jail in the next 48 hours after a prosecutor cleared him of corruption, his lawyer Fareed El-Deeb told Reuters.",right
9792,Rick Perry Suspends Campaign,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Rick Perry to suspend 2016 GOP presidential campaign,Washington Times,"Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is suspending his campaign to win the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, announcing the decision in a speech to the Eagle Forum in St. Louis on Friday afternoon.
Mr. Perry, who served 14 years as governor of Texas, had struggled to raise money and gain traction in a crowded and heavily experienced field.
He said God works in mysterious ways, but his political future had become clear to him.
“That is why today I am suspending my campaign for the presidency of the United States,” he...",right
9793,Rick Perry Suspends Campaign,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Rick Perry drops out of presidential race,CNN (Online News),"Rick Perry, the former Texas governor who insisted he learned lessons from his disastrous 2012 presidential campaign, dropped his second bid for the White House on Friday after just 100 days.
""Today, I am suspending my campaign for the presidency of the United States,"" Perry said in an address in St. Louis that virtually mirrored his standard stump speech until the very end. ""Life is good. I am a blessed man.""",left
9794,Rick Perry Suspends Campaign,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Rick Perry Ends His 2016 Presidential Campaign,HuffPost,"Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) announced Friday he is ending his presidential campaign.
Perry announced the end of his campaign at the Eagle Forum -- an event founded by conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly -- in St. Louis, Missouri.
""We have a tremendous field – the best in a generation – so I step aside knowing our party is in good hands, and as long as we listen to the grassroots, the cause of conservatism will be too,"" Perry said.",left
9795,February 2013 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Pleasant Surprises: 236,000 Jobs Added; Jobless Rate Dips To 7.7 Percent",NPR (Online News),"There were 236,000 jobs added to payrolls in February — many more than expected — and the jobless rate unexpectedly dropped by two-tenths of a point, to 7.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.",left
9796,February 2013 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Unemployment Hits 4-Year Low,HuffPost,"Despite constant budget fights in Washington, the U.S. economy managed one of the best months for job gains in the past year in February, driving the unemployment rate to its lowest level in more than four years.",left
9797,February 2013 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS TO LOWEST RATE IN FOUR YEARS,The Blaze,"The unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent from 7.9 percent in February, the lowest it has been since President Barack Obama took office, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.",right
9798,Why Did FTX Collapse and What Does it Mean For Crypto?,"['Business', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Investments', 'Banking And Finance', 'Federal Reserve', 'Capitalism', 'Interest Rates', 'Banks']",The FTX Crypto Fiasco,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"This week’s investor run on the FTX crypto-currency exchange marks round two of the great crypto crackup, and so far the victims are consenting adults. Barring an unexpected spread to the banking system, this is another in the long line of easy-money manias turned to panic.
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has been the crypto industry’s leading champion. This year he engineered bailouts of several troubled crypto firms, including lenders Voyager Digital and BlockFi Inc., as plunging digital asset values exposed bad bets and computer coding. Recall the May collapse of...",right
9799,Why Did FTX Collapse and What Does it Mean For Crypto?,"['Business', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Investments', 'Banking And Finance', 'Federal Reserve', 'Capitalism', 'Interest Rates', 'Banks']",You need to understand the FTX debacle even if you have no investments in crypto,MarketWatch,"The sudden collapse of FTX, the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange, underlines how important it is for any investor to learn about the risks they take when they park their money with a lightly regulated firm.
FTX and its affiliate companies filed for bankruptcy Nov. 11. The company’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, resigned his position as CEO and was replaced by John J. Ray III, a lawyer who has worked on the bankruptcies of Enron, Nortel Networks and many other companies.
Bankman-Fried is staying on with FTX “to assist with an orderly...",center
9800,Why Did FTX Collapse and What Does it Mean For Crypto?,"['Business', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Investments', 'Banking And Finance', 'Federal Reserve', 'Capitalism', 'Interest Rates', 'Banks']",Why the crypto bubble has finally imploded,Washington Post,"The bursting of the cryptocurrency bubble will end the way other speculative crazes have concluded: in a trail of wreckage across companies, continents — and unlucky investors. Crypto has had a horrible year. We saw the terra “stablecoin” wipeout in May, the unraveling of the FTX trading exchange this week and the shriveling of trading in non-fungible tokens all year long.
Small-time investors already have fled, their grubstakes or life savings decimated. Well-heeled venture capitalists, badly burned by each successive bust-up, will wash their hands and move on to the...",left
9801,"Portland Protests, Violence Continue in Parallel","['Portland Protests', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Police', 'Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America']",Man seriously injured in attack after crashing his truck during Black Lives Matter protest in Portland,Washington Post,"A man was seriously injured late Sunday when protesters beat him after he crashed his truck on a downtown sidewalk, authorities said. The protesters had reportedly accused the man, who has not been identified, of trying to hit them with his vehicle before the crash.
Portland police said they received a report at about 10:30 p.m. on Sunday that a man had been injured near the intersection of Southwest Broadway and Southwest Taylor Street. The incident occurred several blocks away from a Black Lives Matter rally in front of the...",left
9802,"Portland Protests, Violence Continue in Parallel","['Portland Protests', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Police', 'Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America']",Portland Police Say They’re Struggling To Answer 911 Calls Amid Increasingly Violent Protests,Forbes,"Portland’s Police Bureau says it’s struggling to respond to 911 calls, including reports of assault, burglary and theft, as violence continues to escalate amid over 80 days of Black Lives Matter protests.
Police told the New York Post on Sunday night that dozens of people were struggling to reach 911 operators as officers were directed to quell sometimes aggressive crowds, throwing rocks and bottles at officers.
Among those requesting help were people calling to report “theft, vandalism, suspicious activity, hazards, hit and run, burglary, violation of restraining order, alarms,...",center
9803,"Portland Protests, Violence Continue in Parallel","['Portland Protests', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Police', 'Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America']","Black Lives Matter, Antifa Crowd Beat Man Unconscious in Portland",National Review,"A crowd of Black Lives Matter and Antifa rioters in downtown Portland beat a white man unconscious Sunday night after dragging him from his truck, video footage of the incident shows.
The crowd surrounded the man’s white truck around 10:30 p.m. near where he crashed into a light pole at Southwest Broadway and Taylor Street. At least one individual punched him as he sat inside before he was pulled out of the vehicle.
The rioters punched the man and forced him to sit in the street as he tried to...",right
9804,"Trump vs. NFL, NBA & MLB",['Sports'],"Hey, Golden State Warriors, President Trump honors winners, not whiners",Fox News (Online News),The Golden State Warriors may not be visiting the White House after all -- after several high-profile players pitched a hissy fit about meeting President Trump.,right
9805,"Trump vs. NFL, NBA & MLB",['Sports'],Trump Called White Supremacists ‘Very Fine People’ But An Athlete Who Protests Is A ‘Son Of A Bitch’,HuffPost,This is a stark contrast.,left
9806,"Trump vs. NFL, NBA & MLB",['Sports'],"Trump stirs backlash feuding with NFL, NBA players",The Hill,"President Trump caught flak on Saturday after ratcheting up his barbs on NFL and NBA players, prompting criticism from various professional athletes.",center
9807,Saudi Arabia Bombs Yemen Rebels,['Middle East'],"Saudi Arabia, Egypt to Invade Yemen",Daily Beast,"Egypt and Saudi Arabia are planning a ground operation in Yemen, Egyptian officials said Thursday, a day after Saudi Arabia began bombing Houthi rebels in the country. Three officials speaking to the AP did not give troop numbers, but said that they would enter by land and by sea and that the coalition would involve other countries. Turkey has said that it may be one of the nations providing ""logistical support."" Yemeni President Rabbo Mansour Hadi fled his home to an undisclosed location Wednesday. The White House said late Wednesday...",left
9808,Saudi Arabia Bombs Yemen Rebels,['Middle East'],"Saudi Arabia, allies open air campaign against Yemen rebels",Townhall,"Saudi Arabia bombed key military installations in Yemen on Thursday, leading a regional coalition in a campaign against Shiite rebels who have taken over much of the country and drove out the president. The dramatic military assault turns impoverished, fragmented Yemen into a new front in the conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Egyptian military and security officials told The Associated Press that the military intervention will go further, with a ground assault into Yemen by Egyptian, Saudi and other forces, planned once airstrikes have weakened the capabilities of the...",right
9809,Saudi Arabia Bombs Yemen Rebels,['Middle East'],Saudi Jets Strike Yemen in Bid to Halt Houthis,New York Times (News),"Saudi Arabian jets pounded Yemeni targets early Thursday in a drive to stop the Houthi advance through the country, and the Saudi news media declared that the first night of the offensive had fully disabled the Houthi-aligned Yemeni Air Force.
Iran, Saudi Arabia’s regional rival and the Houthis’ main ally, denounced the assault as an American-backed attempt “to foment civil war in Yemen or disintegrate the country.” Houthi-controlled television channels broadcast footage of dead bodies and wounded civilians, blaming “American-backed aggression.”
The movement’s leaders warned that the battle could widen...",left
9810,Missouri Rejects Right-to-Work Law,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Missouri voters reject right-to-work law in rare win for unions,Fox News (Online News),The national push to check union power was dealt a rare blow Tuesday when voters in Missouri rejected a right-to-work law that would have prevented private-sector unions from collecting compulsory fees from workers who do not join.,right
9811,Missouri Rejects Right-to-Work Law,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Missouri voters just blocked the right-to-work law Republicans passed to weaken labor unions,Vox,It’s the first time voters have overturned right-to-work laws through a ballot referendum in recent years.,left
9812,Missouri Rejects Right-to-Work Law,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Missouri Blocks Right-To-Work Law,NPR (Online News),Voters in Missouri have overwhelmingly rejected a right-to-work law passed by the state's Republican-controlled Legislature that would have banned compulsory union fees — a resounding victory for organized labor that spent millions of dollars to defeat the measure.,left
9813,Response to Israel-Gaza Conflict,['Middle East'],Israel's Justice Minister Tells Off UN,Townhall,"Predictably, the United Nations Human Rights Council decided to launch a commission of inquiry on Wednesday into alleged war crimes committed by Israel during its current fighting in Gaza. And if you’re wondering—yes, it was a Palestinian-drafted resolution.
China, Russia, Latin American, African, Arab, and Muslim countries supported the resolution, while European countries on the 46-member council abstained. The United States was the only member state to vote against it.
“The decision today by the HRC is a travesty and should be rejected by decent people everywhere,” the Israeli Prime...",right
9814,Response to Israel-Gaza Conflict,['Middle East'],Jeremy Scahill On U.S. Media Coverage Of Israel-Gaza Conflict: 'We've Hit All-Time Lows',HuffPost,"Jeremy Scahill joined HuffPost Live on Wednesday to discuss his expose for the Intercept on the way the U.S. government handles its terrorist watchlist database. During the interview, host Alyona Minkovski asked the journalist about media coverage of the Israel-Gaza conflict, and Scahill had some strong opinions on the matter.
""We could say this every time I come on your show and talk to you: we've hit all-time lows with media coverage in this country,"" Scahill told Minkovski. ""When you look at what's happening right now in Gaza, this is...",left
9815,Response to Israel-Gaza Conflict,['Middle East'],"U.N. shelter in Gaza hit, 16 dead",CNN (Online News),"At least 16 people were killed and many more were wounded when a U.N. shelter in northern Gaza was hit during Thursday's fighting, officials said.
John Ging, director of the U.N.'s Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, confirmed to CNN's Christiane Amanpour that 16 died in the strike. Numbers were still coming in as to how many people were wounded, he said.",left
9816,Trump Response to Muslim Father,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Khizr Khan, Father Of Slain War Hero, Calls Donald Trump A ‘Black Soul’",HuffPost,"Khir Khan, the father of a slain Muslim American war hero, on Sunday continued to speak out against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his anti-Muslim bigotry.
“He is a black soul, and this is totally unfit for the leadership of this country,” Khan said in an interview with CNN’s “State of the Union.” “The love and affection that we have received affirms that our grief ― that our experience in this country has been correct and positive. The world is receiving us like we have never seen. They have...",left
9817,Trump Response to Muslim Father,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Khizr Khan calls Trump's statement on fallen son 'disingenuous',Politico,"The father of a Muslim-American soldier killed in Iraq on Sunday says Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's statement on his son's service is ""disingenuous.""
""I appreciate his statement calling my son a hero and making this clarification and statement. I appreciate that. But it sounds so disingenuous because of his policies, because of his rhetoric of hatred, of derision, of dividing us,"" Khizr Khan, whose son, Army Capt. Humayun Khan, died in Iraq in 2004, said in an interview airing Sunday on NBC's ""Meet the Press.""",left
9818,Trump Response to Muslim Father,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Hillary Called Benghazi Mom a Liar, But Media Freak Out over Trump on Muslim Parents",Breitbart News,"Donald Trump is embroiled in another media controversy, this time over his reaction when asked about the emotional speech at the Democratic National Convention by the bereaved parents of Capt. Humayun Khan, an immigrant soldier who died in Iraq in 2004.",right
9819,Border Talks Stall Ahead Of Deadline,"['Border Talks', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",Democrats' cut to immigrant detention centers derails talks to avoid shutdown,Washington Times,Negotiators working on a deal to avoid another government shutdown hit an impasse over the weekend after Democrats insisted on cutting the number of beds available at detention centers.,right
9820,Border Talks Stall Ahead Of Deadline,"['Border Talks', 'US Congress', 'Politics']","Talks Over Border Security Break Down, Imperiling Effort to Prevent Shutdown",New York Times (News),"Congressional efforts to reach a border security deal ahead of another government shutdown broke down on Sunday over Democratic demands to limit the detention of undocumented immigrants, as President Trump moved more troops to the border and prepared to rally supporters in Texas on Monday.",left
9821,Border Talks Stall Ahead Of Deadline,"['Border Talks', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",US shutdown looms as border talks stall ahead of deadline,BBC News,"US congressional talks over a border security deal have stalled, raising the chances of another government shutdown.",center
9822,Biden Gives First UN Address as President,"['World', 'Foreign Policy', 'United Nations', 'Joe Biden', 'Climate Change', 'Coronavirus', 'China', 'Diplomacy']","Biden vows a new era of ‘relentless diplomacy’ as the world contends with Covid, climate change and China",CNBC,"President Joe Biden defended his decision to end America’s longest war in Afghanistan in his address to the United Nations on Tuesday, a move that he says will allow the U.S. to pivot to other global challenges like the Covid pandemic, climate change and an ambitious China.
Biden’s debut address to the 193-member body since taking office in January comes as the U.S. president strives to rebuild alliances that crumbled under the reign of his predecessor and reclaim a global leadership position. He addressed a scaled-down gathering at the 76th United Nations...",center
9823,Biden Gives First UN Address as President,"['World', 'Foreign Policy', 'United Nations', 'Joe Biden', 'Climate Change', 'Coronavirus', 'China', 'Diplomacy']",Biden declares ‘new era’ of U.S. diplomacy in U.N. speech,Politico,"President Joe Biden said Tuesday the United States was “opening a new era of relentless diplomacy” after the American military withdrawal from Afghanistan, telling the United Nations General Assembly his administration would work closely with other world powers to confront growing global threats.
“Instead of continuing to fight the wars of the past,” Biden said, “we are fixing our eyes on devoting our resources to the challenges that hold the keys to our collective future: Ending this pandemic, addressing the climate crisis, managing the shifts in global power dynamics, shaping...",left
9824,Biden Gives First UN Address as President,"['World', 'Foreign Policy', 'United Nations', 'Joe Biden', 'Climate Change', 'Coronavirus', 'China', 'Diplomacy']",Biden addresses UN General Assembly amid foreign policy crises,New York Post (News),"The United States is moving into a “new era of relentless diplomacy,” President Biden said Tuesday during the opening of the UN General Assembly, despite several glaring diplomatic blunders by his administration in recent weeks. 
In the days leading up to the UNGA, the Biden administration has been forced to answer to Congress for the chaotic troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, as well as diplomatic frustration from France over the nuclear-powered submarine deal with the United Kingdom and Australia. ",right
9825,"If Democrats Flip the House, What Will They Prioritize?",['Elections'],"First Up if Democrats Win: Campaign and Ethics Changes, Infrastructure and Drug Prices",New York Times (News),"Democrats would use their first month in the House majority to advance sweeping changes to future campaign and ethics laws, requiring the disclosure of shadowy political donors,",left
9826,"If Democrats Flip the House, What Will They Prioritize?",['Elections'],"U.S. House within Democrats' grasp, Senate a long shot",Reuters,"After two years of wielding no practical political power in Washington, the Democratic Party faces a strong chance of winning control of the U.S. House of Representatives in next",center
9827,"If Democrats Flip the House, What Will They Prioritize?",['Elections'],"If Democrats take House, Trump impeachment will be a priority",Fox News (Online News),"If the Democrats win a majority in the House, it will be Democrats who chair key committees. And since the chair is picked largely on the basis of seniority, we know who they will be.",right
9828,Disinformation Governance Board ‘Paused’ as Jankowicz Resigns,"['Media Industry', 'DHS', 'Disinformation Governance Board', 'Disinformation', 'Nina Jankowicz', 'Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security', 'Harassment', 'Social Media', 'Washington Post', 'Taylor Lorenz']","Biden puts disinfo ‘Mary Poppins’ on ice, scraps Orwellian DHS board",New York Post (News),"They couldn’t handle the truth.
The Biden administration has “paused” its controversial plans to create a Disinformation Board, causing its would-be leader to resign. 
In a statement Wednesday, Nina Jankowicz, the “disinformation expert” tapped to head the panel, said that “[w]ith the Board’s work paused and its future uncertain, and [sic] I have decided to leave DHS [the Department of Homeland Security] to return to my work in the public sphere.” Jankowicz’s departure and the decision to scrap the board was first reported by the Washington Post. ",right
9829,Disinformation Governance Board ‘Paused’ as Jankowicz Resigns,"['Media Industry', 'DHS', 'Disinformation Governance Board', 'Disinformation', 'Nina Jankowicz', 'Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security', 'Harassment', 'Social Media', 'Washington Post', 'Taylor Lorenz']",DHS to pause work of disinformation board,The Hill,"The Department of Homeland Security will pause the work of a controversial board to coordinate efforts to battle disinformation, saying that while its work was “grossly and intentionally mischaracterized” the “false attacks have become a significant distraction.”
Its leader, disinformation expert Nina Jankowicz, will also resign from the department.
Designed as a way to coordinate efforts across the department with disparate missions, the Disinformation Governance Board prompted attacks from Republicans and civil rights groups alike. ",center
9830,Disinformation Governance Board ‘Paused’ as Jankowicz Resigns,"['Media Industry', 'DHS', 'Disinformation Governance Board', 'Disinformation', 'Nina Jankowicz', 'Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security', 'Harassment', 'Social Media', 'Washington Post', 'Taylor Lorenz']",How the Biden administration let right-wing attacks derail its disinformation efforts,Washington Post,"On the morning of April 27, the Department of Homeland Security announced the creation of the first Disinformation Governance Board with the stated goal to “coordinate countering misinformation related to homeland security.” The Biden administration tapped Nina Jankowicz, a well-known figure in the field of fighting disinformation and extremism, as the board’s executive director.",left
9831,Labor Department Reports 5.2 Million New Unemployment Claims Last Week,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Economy And Jobs']",U.S. Jobless Claims Top 20 Million Since Start of Shutdowns,Wall Street Journal (News),"Another 5.2 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, bringing the total seeking aid in a month of coronavirus-related shutdowns to 22 million and showing a broad shock for the U.S. labor market.
Total claims filed in the week ended April 11 were down from the 6.6 million filed the prior week, the Labor Department said Thursday. For the March 28 week, 6.9 million claims were filed, and 3.3 million the week before. Prior to the pandemic, the largest number of Americans to ask for unemployment benefits in a...",center
9832,Labor Department Reports 5.2 Million New Unemployment Claims Last Week,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Economy And Jobs']","Jobless claims hovered at 5.2 million last week, over 21 million have filed for unemployment in pandemic",Washington Examiner,"The number of workers claiming new unemployment benefits increased by 5.2 million last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday, as the coronavirus incited more layoffs.
Forecasters had expected that 5.46 million jobs would be lost the week ending April 11.
Over 21 million people have lost their job in the last four weeks, the jobless claims numbers show. Roughly 6.6 million were lost the week ending April 4 and 6.8 million jobs were lost the week ending March 28, according to the Labor Department. For the preceding week, 2.6 million...",right
9833,Labor Department Reports 5.2 Million New Unemployment Claims Last Week,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Economy And Jobs']","U.S. now has 22 million unemployed, wiping out a decade of job gains",Washington Post,"Last week, 5.2 million people filed unemployment claims, bringing the total to 22 million in the four weeks since President Trump declared a national emergency.
More than 22 million Americans have filed for unemployment aid since President Trump declared a national emergency four weeks ago, a staggering loss of jobs that has wiped out a decade of job gains and pushed families to flood food banks as they await government help.
Last week, 5.2 million people filed unemployment insurance claims in the week ending April 11, the Labor Department reported...",left
9834,Trump Threatens NBC’s License,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']",Trump threatens to revoke NBC’s broadcast license over unflattering report,The Hill,President Trump on Wednesday forcefully denied an NBC News report that he asked to dramatically expand the U.S. nuclear arsenal and suggested he might pull the network’s broadcasting license.,center
9835,Trump Threatens NBC’s License,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']","Trump denies he wants to increase nuke production, questions when to challenge NBC's broadcast license",Washington Examiner,"President Trump refuted a story from NBC News published Wednesday stating the president wanted to increase the U.S. nuclear arsenal by tenfold, calling the article ""pure fiction"" that was ""made up to demean"" — and then threatened to challenge their broadcast license.",right
9836,Trump Threatens NBC’s License,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']","‘Frankly disgusting’: Trump lashes out at press, threatens NBC over news report he calls ‘pure fiction’",Washington Post,"President Trump on Wednesday threatened NBC over a news report he called ""pure fiction,"" and he lashed out at the news media, declaring that it is ""frankly disgusting the press is able to write whatever it wants to write.""",left
9837,Biden Pledges to Defend Taiwan if China Were to Invade,"['World', 'Joe Biden', 'Taiwan', 'China', 'One China Policy']",Biden: US would intervene with military to defend Taiwan,Associated Press Fact Check,"President Joe Biden said Monday that the U.S. would intervene militarily if China were to invade Taiwan, saying the burden to protect Taiwan is “even stronger’ after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It was one of the most forceful presidential statements in support of self-governing in decades.
Biden, at a news conference in Tokyo, said “yes” when asked if he was willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if China invaded. “That’s the commitment we made,” he added.
The U.S. traditionally has avoided making such an explicit security guarantee to...",left
9838,Biden Pledges to Defend Taiwan if China Were to Invade,"['World', 'Joe Biden', 'Taiwan', 'China', 'One China Policy']",Biden Promises to Keep ‘Commitment’ to Defend Taiwan in Case of Attack by China,The Epoch Times,"U.S. President Joe Biden reiterated his country’s support for Taiwan, saying on Monday that his administration is willing to defend Taiwan with force if there is an attack by China’s communist party (CCP) on the mainland.
When a reporter asked whether Biden would be “willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if it comes to that?” during the May 23 press conference in Tokyo, he replied with a flat “Yes.”
Biden then added, “It’s the commitment we made. Look, here’s the situation. We agree with a ‘One China’ policy, we’ve...",right
9839,Biden Pledges to Defend Taiwan if China Were to Invade,"['World', 'Joe Biden', 'Taiwan', 'China', 'One China Policy']",Biden vows to defend Taiwan in apparent US policy shift,BBC News,"US President Joe Biden has warned China is ""flirting with danger"" over Taiwan, and vowed to intervene militarily to protect the island if it is attacked.
Speaking in Japan, he appeared to contradict long-standing US policy in the region, although the White House insisted there had been no departure.
Mr Biden drew a parallel between Taiwan and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, prompting an angry rebuke from Beijing.
He is on his first tour of Asia as US president, visiting regional allies.
Mr Biden prefaced his remarks saying US policy toward...",center
9840,House Passes Bill to Codify Same-Sex Marriage with Large Bipartisan Support,"['Culture', 'Family And Marriage', 'Jerry Nadler', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'LGBTQ Rights', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'Supreme Court', 'US House Of Representatives']",House Passes Bill to Protect Same-Sex and Interracial Marriages,Wall Street Journal (News),"The House passed a bill that would provide protection for same-sex and interracial marriage under federal law, with Democratic lawmakers saying the recent Supreme Court ruling ending abortion rights could endanger other precedents.
The 267-157 vote on the Respect for Marriage Act comes the same week the chamber is also set to vote on the Right to Contraception Act. Both pieces of legislation would enshrine into law rights not enumerated in the Constitution but that the court has recognized in recent decades. Senate Democrats haven’t said if they will schedule votes on the House bills....",center
9841,House Passes Bill to Codify Same-Sex Marriage with Large Bipartisan Support,"['Culture', 'Family And Marriage', 'Jerry Nadler', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'LGBTQ Rights', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'Supreme Court', 'US House Of Representatives']",47 House Republicans back bill to protect same-sex marriage,Fox News (Online News),"A vote to codify same-sex marriage into federal law split House Republicans on Tuesday, with roughly a third of the GOP conference voting with Democrats in favor and the rest opposing. 
In a 267-157 vote, the House passed legislation repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and enshrining protections for gay marriage into federal law. Overall, 47 House Republicans voted with nearly every single Democrat to back the measure, dubbed the Respect for Marriage Act.  
""This legislation guarantees that no married couple can be denied equal protection under federal law,""...",right
9842,House Passes Bill to Codify Same-Sex Marriage with Large Bipartisan Support,"['Culture', 'Family And Marriage', 'Jerry Nadler', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'LGBTQ Rights', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'Supreme Court', 'US House Of Representatives']",House Passes Bill To Protect Same-Sex Marriage In Rebuke To Supreme Court,HuffPost,"Lawmakers on Tuesday pushed a bill through the House of Representatives to protect same-sex marriage, amid worries that it may be in danger after the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade abortion precedent.
The vote on the bill, authored by House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), was 267 to 157. The bill drew significant Republican support, with 47 of the 211 House GOP members voting in favor, while no Democrats voted against it. The bipartisan support for the legislation suggests how much political momentum the issue has gained since the 2015 Supreme Court...",left
9843,Ahmaud Arbery Killing Puts Racial Violence Under Microscope,"['Race And Racism', 'Ahmaud Arbery', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Inequality', 'Georgia', 'Violence In America']",Why is Georgia only now seeking justice for Ahmaud Arbery? We know the terrible answers.,Washington Post,"WHAT IF Ahmaud Arbery had been white? What if the two men who confronted Mr. Arbery before one of them shot and killed him had been black? What if the graphic video showing a young man needlessly gunned down while on a Sunday afternoon jog had not been anonymously posted to the Internet but, instead, had been kept hidden?
We all know the terrible answers. Had Mr. Arbery not been black, it would not have taken law enforcement authorities in Georgia more than two months to be shamed into seeking...",left
9844,Ahmaud Arbery Killing Puts Racial Violence Under Microscope,"['Race And Racism', 'Ahmaud Arbery', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Inequality', 'Georgia', 'Violence In America']","Shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia: What we know about the video, grand jury and arrests",USA TODAY,"A grand jury will decide if criminal charges are warranted in the death of a black man who was shot after he was chased by two armed white men who later told police they thought he was a burglar.
Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was shot and killed in February in a neighborhood outside Brunswick, Georgia. Two men, a father and son, told police they saw him running and believed he was a burglary suspect; they told police Arbery attacked them after one of the men got out of the truck...",left
9845,Ahmaud Arbery Killing Puts Racial Violence Under Microscope,"['Race And Racism', 'Ahmaud Arbery', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Inequality', 'Georgia', 'Violence In America']",Georgia shooting of Ahmaud Arbery spurs outcry,Fox News (Online News),"The case of a black man in Georgia who was fatally shot in February after being pursued by two armed white men is gaining widespread attention among lawmakers, particularly after a graphic video of the incident was released this week.
""Ahmaud Arbery was murdered for being Black,"" Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said in a Thursday morning tweet. ""His White assailants were allowed to roam free *for months* after lynching him. They faced no charges, no arrests. Police had video of Ahmaud’s murder the day it happened. His family deserves justice....",right
9846,Questions Remain About Clinton Emails,['Politics'],No Classified Emails by Clinton? Some Experts Are Skeptical,New York Times (News),Anyone who has tried to pry information from the federal government may have been surprised on Tuesday by Hillary Rodham Clinton’s assertion that in all her emails in four years as secretary of state she never strayed into the classified realm.,left
9847,Questions Remain About Clinton Emails,['Politics'],OPINION: Hillary Clinton's bigger problem,CNN (Online News),"Hillary Clinton's lawyerly news conference Tuesday, at which she doggedly parried suggestions that her use of a private email server to conduct official State Department business was improper, might extinguish the matter for most Americans -- but it doesn't get Clinton out of the woods politically.",left
9848,Questions Remain About Clinton Emails,['Politics'],"OPINION: Hillary Clinton's private emails: We should distrust, then verify",Fox News (Online News),"After a week of stonewalling, Hillary Clinton hijacked a United Nations conference room Tuesday to hold a 20 minute news conference on her use of a private email account to conduct government business while Secretary of State.",right
9849,Biden's Approval Rating Continues Downward Trend,"['Joe Biden', 'Approval Rating', 'White House', 'Public Opinion']","Biden’s approval rating falls to new low of 43 percent, disapproval over 50 percent",New York Post (News),"President Biden’s popularity is maintaining its downward trend, as an average of recent polls by FiveThirtyEight finds that his approval rating hit a new low of 43.4 percent as of Friday, from a high of 55 percent in March. 
At the same time, the president’s disapproval rating hit new heights, reaching 50.7 percent, from 36 percent in January. 
Biden’s approval rating dipped under 50 percent in August as his administration faced rising coronavirus numbers, struggled to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies from Afghanistan after a chaotic pullout that left 13 service members dead,...",right
9850,Biden's Approval Rating Continues Downward Trend,"['Joe Biden', 'Approval Rating', 'White House', 'Public Opinion']",Axios-Ipsos poll: Confidence in Biden COVID recovery tumbles,Axios,"Confidence in President Biden's ability to rescue the economy from COVID-19 has dropped since January, even as Americans' faith rises in his ability to make the vaccine widely accessible, according to the latest installment of the Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index.
Why it matters: It's Democrats and independents driving the declining economic confidence, from 52% of all U.S. adults at the start of his presidency to 44% now. Their softening faith could hinder Biden's ability to lead and hurt Democrats' position heading into the 2022 midterms.
In another ominous sign, barely two in 10...",center
9851,Biden's Approval Rating Continues Downward Trend,"['Joe Biden', 'Approval Rating', 'White House', 'Public Opinion']",Joe Biden's approval ratings are worse than every recent president -- except 1 -- at this stage,CNN (Online News),"Roughly nine months into his presidency, Joe Biden is on the verge of writing his name into the history books -- and not in a good way.
The latest polling from Gallup pegs the President's approval at just 42%, the lowest of his term to date and the second lowest of any president Gallup has measured at this moment in their presidency over the last almost five decades.
Here's a look at Biden's approval in comparison to his predecessors in Gallup polling (all of this data comes courtesy of the terrific Gallup Presidential...",left
9852,Coronavirus Riles Criminal Justice System,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Justice', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Criminal Justice']",70 percent of federal inmates tested for coronavirus have COVID-19,The Hill,"More than 70 percent of federal inmates who have been tested for the coronavirus have COVID-19, the Bureau of Prisons said Wednesday.
About 2,700 inmates have been given tests, and 71 percent of those came back positive. Officials say they expect the overall number of cases to rise since testing so far has covered less than 2 percent of the 153,000 inmates in the federal system, The Wall Street Journal reported.
While the low testing rate mirrors that of the general U.S. population, prisons and jails face unique challenges in...",center
9853,Coronavirus Riles Criminal Justice System,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Justice', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Criminal Justice']",Stopping covid-19 behind bars was an achievable moral imperative. We failed.,Washington Post,"Covid-19 is rampaging through the country’s jails and prisons. As of last week, the Marshall Project documented more than 9,400 cases of covid-19 in U.S. jails and prisons, with more than 140 deaths. A Twitter account tracking prison data puts the figure higher — more than 18,000 staff and prisoners infected in the 45 states providing data. The known infection rate in jails in prisons is about 2½ times higher than in the general population, and as of this week, eight of the 10 largest outbreaks in the country have...",left
9854,Coronavirus Riles Criminal Justice System,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Justice', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Criminal Justice']",de Blasio is using coronavirus as excuse to empty NYC jails at public’s expense,New York Post (News),"COVID-19 may be killing people and ravaging the economy, but for Mayor Bill de Blasio, it’s the perfect excuse to swing open city jail doors and free inmates.
That’s a fair conclusion anyway, given his recent boasts of reaching a “milestone,” with less than 4,000 people now behind bars after the city set more than 2,000 loose over virus fears. It’s “one part of the overall effort to create a system that is smaller, safer and fairer for all,” he gloats.
By “fairer for all,” he means “softer on those...",right
9855,FDA Authorizes Updated COVID-19 Booster Shots for Expected Fall Omicron Wave,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Booster Shots', 'CDC', 'Pfizer', 'Moderna', 'BioNTech', 'BA.5 Variant', 'Omicron Variant']",FDA authorizes updated COVID-19 booster shots targeting omicron variant,Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Wednesday that it has authorized updated coronavirus booster shots targeting the highly-contagious omicron variant.
""Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to authorize bivalent formulations of the vaccines for use as a single booster dose at least two months following primary or booster vaccination,"" it said in a statement.",right
9856,FDA Authorizes Updated COVID-19 Booster Shots for Expected Fall Omicron Wave,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Booster Shots', 'CDC', 'Pfizer', 'Moderna', 'BioNTech', 'BA.5 Variant', 'Omicron Variant']",FDA authorizes Pfizer and Moderna Covid boosters targeted against Omicron strains,STAT,"The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized new Covid booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer that more closely match the strains of the coronavirus that are currently circulating in the U.S.
Pfizer’s booster, made with partner BioNTech, is being authorized for people as young as 12 years old. The Moderna booster is being authorized for people ages 18 and up.
Use of the new boosters still requires the signoff the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC’s vaccine advisory panel is scheduled to meet Thursday and Friday and could vote...",center
9857,FDA Authorizes Updated COVID-19 Booster Shots for Expected Fall Omicron Wave,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Booster Shots', 'CDC', 'Pfizer', 'Moderna', 'BioNTech', 'BA.5 Variant', 'Omicron Variant']",Omicron-specific vaccine boosters get FDA sign-off,The Verge,"COVID-19 vaccines designed to target the omicron variant have just been authorized by the Food and Drug Administration. Both Pfizer / BioNTech and Moderna got the FDA’s sign-off for their booster doses of the reformulated shot. This is the first update to COVID-19 vaccines to be authorized in the United States.
The Pfizer / BioNTech booster is available to people 12 and older, and the Moderna shot will be available to people 18 and older. They’ll only be boosters — they can’t be used by people who haven’t already had their...",left
9858,Israel and UAE Normalize Relations in US-Brokered Deal,"['Israel', 'Palestine', 'UAE', 'United Arab Emirates', 'World', 'Donald Trump', 'Middle East']",Israel and UAE strike historic deal to normalise relations,BBC News,"A joint statement by Mr Trump, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed Al Nahyan said they hoped the ""historic breakthrough will advance peace in the Middle East"".
As a result, they added, Israel would suspend its controversial plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank.
Until now Israel has had no diplomatic relations with Gulf Arab countries
However, shared concerns over Iran's regional influence have led to unofficial contacts between them.
In response to President Trump's announcement, Mr Netanyahu tweeted in Hebrew: ""Historic day.""",center
9859,Israel and UAE Normalize Relations in US-Brokered Deal,"['Israel', 'Palestine', 'UAE', 'United Arab Emirates', 'World', 'Donald Trump', 'Middle East']","Trump announces 'Historic Peace Agreement' between Israel, UAE",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Thursday announced what he called a “Historic Peace Agreement” between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, saying they agreed to “full normalization of relations.”
“HUGE breakthrough today! Historic Peace Agreement between our two GREAT friends, Israel and the United Arab Emirates!” Trump tweeted Thursday morning.
The president, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed released a joint statement Thursday, after the three spoke “and agreed to the full normalization of...",right
9860,Israel and UAE Normalize Relations in US-Brokered Deal,"['Israel', 'Palestine', 'UAE', 'United Arab Emirates', 'World', 'Donald Trump', 'Middle East']",Israel and United Arab Emirates Strike Major Diplomatic Agreement,New York Times (News),"Israel struck an agreement with the United Arab Emirates on Thursday to establish “full normalization of relations” even as it forgoes for now plans to annex occupied West Bank territory in order to focus on improving its ties with the rest of the Arab world.
In a surprise statement issued by the White House, President Trump said he brokered a deal that will lead to Israel and the U.A.E. signing a string of bilateral agreements on investment, tourism, security, technology, energy and other areas while moving to allow direct flights...",left
9861,Opinions on Jeffrey Epstein Case Show Left/Right Divide,"['Jeffrey Epstein', 'Bill Clinton', 'Sexual Misconduct']",I Guess This Is Another One of those ‘The Definition of Is’ Situations,Guest Writer - Right,"Bill Clinton issues a statement about accused underage sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein:
In 2002 and 2003, President Clinton took a total of four trips on Jeffrey Epstein’s airplane: one to Europe, one to Asia, and two to Africa, which included stops in connection with the work of the Clinton Foundation. Staff, supporters of the Foundation, and his Secret Service detail traveled on every leg of every trip.
That statement does not match previous reporting by Fox News that is based upon flight logs filed with the Federal Aviation Administration.",right
9862,Opinions on Jeffrey Epstein Case Show Left/Right Divide,"['Jeffrey Epstein', 'Bill Clinton', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Do charges against Jeffrey Epstein signal 'bigger targets'?,Guest Writer,"One intriguing aspect of a new criminal case against Jeffrey Epstein is that the matter is assigned to the Public Corruption Unit of the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office. As its name implies, that unit typically handles cases involving public officials. Epstein is instead the billionaire money manager who socializes with powerful people such as Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew.
On Monday, federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) announced criminal charges against Epstein, alleging that he “sexually exploited and abused dozens of underage girls”...",center
9863,Opinions on Jeffrey Epstein Case Show Left/Right Divide,"['Jeffrey Epstein', 'Bill Clinton', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Who Protected Jeffrey Epstein?,New York Times (Opinion),"On Monday, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York unsealed a 14-page indictment against Jeffrey Epstein, charging the wealthy financier with operating and conspiring to operate a sex trafficking ring of girls out of his luxe homes on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and in Palm Beach, Fla., “among other locations.”
Even in the relatively sterile language of the legal system, the accusations against Mr. Epstein are nauseating. From “at least in or about” 2002 through 2005, the defendant “sexually exploited and abused dozens of minor...",left
9864,Mental Health Tips and Information in the Coronavirus Era,"['Mental Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Domestic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Public Health']",‘We can get through this’: How to manage your mental health during the coronavirus pandemic,MarketWatch,"The coronavirus pandemic poses an obvious threat to physical safety, but advocates stress that Americans shouldn’t sleep on their mental health.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, whose state has become an epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis, said Wednesday that more than 6,000 mental-health professionals had volunteered to provide free mental-health services.
The Empire State had at least 60,000 confirmed cases as of Monday morning, up from 37,258 just four days ago, making up a disproportionate share of the United States’ 143,055 confirmed cases. New York City accounts for...",center
9865,Mental Health Tips and Information in the Coronavirus Era,"['Mental Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Domestic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Public Health']","Coronavirus pandemic could inflict emotional trauma and PTSD on an unprecedented scale, scientists warn",CNBC,"Researchers are warning that the coronavirus pandemic could inflict long-lasting emotional trauma on an unprecedented global scale. They say it could leave millions wrestling with debilitating psychological disorders while dashing hopes for a swift economic recovery.
The COVID-19 crisis has combined mental health stressors that have been studied before in other disasters, but which have never been seen consolidated in one global crisis, experts in trauma psychology said.
It has left millions without jobs, sent billions into isolation and forced nearly everyone on earth to grapple with the feeling that...",center
9866,Mental Health Tips and Information in the Coronavirus Era,"['Mental Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Domestic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Public Health']",E-therapy apps see booming business since coronavirus pandemic. I gave one a try.,Washington Post,"My new therapist seemed wise and compassionate, with her salt-and-pepper bob and sensible glasses. But given we’d never met, how could I know she wasn’t really some guy in a poodle suit, downing Tequila shots while chuckling away at my inner child’s expense?
After all, she (or he) was my texting therapist, hired with Tinder-like ease as I clicked on her photo online. Life is hard, and the psychiatrist who helped me through my tortured early 20s retired, so I figured I’d give it a try.
As it turns out,...",left
9867,Study Says U.K. COVID-19 Strain Spreading Rapidly In U.S.,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","More contagious coronavirus variant identified in UK is spreading rapidly throughout the US, study says",CNN (Online News),"A new study finds that cases of a more contagious coronavirus variant are rapidly increasing in the United States, and significant community transmission may already be occurring.
Although the B.1.1.7 variant first identified in the UK is currently at a relatively low frequency in the United States, the paper says it's doubling every week and a half, similar to what was observed in other countries. The report estimates this variant is 35-45% more transmissible than strains that appeared earlier in the United States, and it's doubling about every 10 days...",left
9868,Study Says U.K. COVID-19 Strain Spreading Rapidly In U.S.,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Study: British Variant Doubling Every Day in US,Newsmax (News),"The British coronavirus strain is doubling in the U.S. every 10 days, according to a study released Sunday on the medRxiv server.
Researchers estimated that the British variant is expected to become the predominant strain in the U.S. by March, posing a potential risk of increased cases and deaths, although the study has not yet been peer-reviewed or published in a medical journal.
“Our study shows that the U.S. is on a similar trajectory as other countries where B.1.1.7 rapidly became the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant, requiring immediate and decisive...",right
9869,Study Says U.K. COVID-19 Strain Spreading Rapidly In U.S.,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","U.K. coronavirus strain is doubling in the U.S. every 10 days, study finds",CNBC,"The mutant coronavirus strain first identified in the United Kingdom remains at low levels in the United States but is doubling its reach approximately every 10 days, according to a study published by researchers on Sunday.
The study bolstered modeling done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which predicted last month that the more contagious variant could be the dominant strain in the U.S. by March. The U.S. still has time to take steps to slow down the new virus strain, the researchers wrote, but they warned that...",center
9870,US Administers First COVID-19 Vaccine to Front-Line Workers,['Coronavirus'],"U.S. Begins Vaccine Rollout, With Shots Given in New York",New York Times (News),"The first shot was given in the American mass vaccination campaign on Monday morning, opening a new chapter in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more people in the United States than in any other country.
Shortly after 9 a.m. on Monday, the first vaccination took place in Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens. The pandemic has scarred New York State profoundly, leaving more than 35,000 people dead and severely weakening the economy.
“I believe this is the weapon that will end the war,” Gov. Andrew...",left
9871,US Administers First COVID-19 Vaccine to Front-Line Workers,['Coronavirus'],Nurse gets New York's first COVID-19 vaccine as U.S. rollout begins,Reuters,"New York on Monday inoculated its first healthcare worker, an intensive care unit nurse in Queens, with the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, marking a pivotal turn in the U.S. effort to control the deadly virus.
Sandra Lindsay, an ICU nurse, was given the vaccine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, New York, an early epicenter of the country’s COVID-19 outbreak, receiving applause on a livestream with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
“It didn’t feel any different from taking any other vaccine,” Lindsay said. “I feel hopeful today, relieved. I...",center
9872,US Administers First COVID-19 Vaccine to Front-Line Workers,['Coronavirus'],US administers first COVID-19 vaccine to front-line workers,Washington Examiner,"The first COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in the United States was administered to a front-line worker in Queens, New York, on Monday morning.
The vaccine, which was produced by Pfizer and BioNTech, was shipped across the country over the weekend after the Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use authorization for the vaccine on Friday. The Pfizer vaccine is the fastest vaccine ever to be produced and administered in the U.S.
Sandra Lindsey, an ICU nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, was one of the first in...",right
9873,CFPB Official Sues Trump,['Banking And Finance'],Obama-Era Official Sues Trump For Control Of Powerful Agency,The Daily Caller,"Leandra English, the deputy director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), sued President Donald Trump and White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney late Sunday to secure control of the agency, claiming she is the lawful interim successor to former CFPB Director Richard Cordray.",right
9874,CFPB Official Sues Trump,['Banking And Finance'],CFPB Official Sues Trump Administration Over Agency Leadership,Wall Street Journal (News),An Obama-era official at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued the Trump administration on Sunday night to block budget director Mick Mulvaney from taking control of the agency.,center
9875,CFPB Official Sues Trump,['Banking And Finance'],Top CFPB Official Sues Trump Administration As Showdown Over Agency Heats Up,HuffPost,The deputy director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued the Trump administration on Sunday to block the president’s appointment of Mick Mulvaney as interim director of the agency.,left
9876,Gun Background Check Failure,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],FBI: Breakdown in background check system allowed Dylann Roof to buy gun,Washington Post,"Dylann Roof, who is accused of killing nine people at a church in South Carolina three weeks ago, was only able to purchase the gun used in the attack because of lapses in the FBI’s background-check system, FBI Director James B. Comey said Friday.
Comey said that Roof should have been prevented from buying the .45-caliber weapon used in a shooting that authorities have said was motivated by Roof’s racist views. The political repercussions of the June 17 massacre at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston led South Carolina...",left
9877,Gun Background Check Failure,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],FBI chief says Roof shouldn't have been able to buy gun,USA TODAY,"In an extraordinary acknowledgement of cascading bureaucratic failures, FBI Director James Comey said Friday that Dylann Roof should not have been able to purchase the gun police say he used in the June 17 Charleston, S.C., massacre.
Comey said an arrest record detailing Roof's March 1 drug arrest by the Columbia, S.C., Police Department was not included in materials reviewed by the FBI's National Instant Check System, which performs criminal background investigations on gun purchasers in 30 states. The contents of the record, the FBI director said, would have prohibited...",left
9878,Gun Background Check Failure,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Dylann Roof Illegally Obtained the Gun He Used — The FBI Just Announced Who Allowed That to Happen,Independent Journal Review,"Dylann Roof, the white supremacist who massacred nine black Christians at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, used an illegally purchased firearm to conduct his terrorist act. Now, it appears that the federal government failed to flag him.
FBI Director James Comey met with a group of reporters at the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., where he revealed the reason Roof was able to purchase a firearm.",right
9879,Obama on Aurora Shooting,['Violence In America'],"'Words are ... inadequate,' Obama tells families of Colorado shooting victims",CNN (Online News),"(CNN) -- President Barack Obama offered comfort Sunday night to the survivors and the families of the 12 people killed in a mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado, never once mentioning by name the man accused of opening fire in a crowded movie theater.",left
9880,Obama on Aurora Shooting,['Violence In America'],Obama Consoles Aurora as City Begins Healing,New York Times (News),"President Obama came to Aurora, Colo., to meet with survivors of a rampage at a movie theater. The police said they had finished collecting evidence out of the suspects apartment.",left
9881,McConnell Says There's 'Greater Likelihood the House Flips than the Senate',"['2022 Elections', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Republican Party', 'Politics', 'Elections']","McConnell says House more likely to flip than Senate, cites candidate quality",The Hill,"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday predicted that Republicans have a better chance of flipping the House than the Senate, citing candidate quality, again taming expectations for the upper chamber less than three months out from the midterm elections.
“I think there’s probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate. Senate races are just different — they’re statewide, candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome,” McConnell said when asked about his expectations for the midterms during an event in Kentucky, according to NBC News....",center
9882,McConnell Says There's 'Greater Likelihood the House Flips than the Senate',"['2022 Elections', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Republican Party', 'Politics', 'Elections']","McConnell says Republicans may not win Senate control, citing ‘candidate quality’",NBC News (Online),"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday downplayed expectations of Republicans capturing control of the Senate in the fall elections, describing “candidate quality” as an important factor.
“I think there’s probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate. Senate races are just different — they're statewide, candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome,” he said in Florence, Kentucky, at a Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce luncheon when asked about his projection for the 2022 election.
“Right now, we have a 50-50 Senate and a 50-50...",left
9883,McConnell Says There's 'Greater Likelihood the House Flips than the Senate',"['2022 Elections', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Republican Party', 'Politics', 'Elections']","McConnell makes grim prediction about Republicans in Senate races, references 'candidate quality'",Fox News (Online News),"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, thinks that Republicans have a lukewarm chance of flipping the Senate in November, citing ""candidate quality"" as a factor.
The senator made the honest prediction at the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Thursday afternoon.
""I think there's probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate,"" the minority leader anticipated. ""Senate races are just different, they're statewide. Candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome.""
""Right now, we have a 50-50 Senate and a 50-50 country, but I think when all is said...",right
9884,What to Watch for: 2020 Senate Races,"['US Senate', 'US Congress', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Politics']",What to watch for in the battle for the Senate,Washington Post,"Apart from who wins the White House, which party wins the Senate majority is probably the biggest open question of 2020.
To have a governing majority next year in Washington, Democrats need control of the Senate. Without it, much — maybe even most — of an agenda by a President Joe Biden will be dead on arrival in a Republican-controlled Senate.",left
9885,What to Watch for: 2020 Senate Races,"['US Senate', 'US Congress', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Politics']",Control of the Senate hangs in the balance on Election Day. Here are key Senate races to watch,USA TODAY,"The presidential election isn't the only critical race happening on November 3. Democrats and Republicans will battle across the country over control of the Senate.
The Senate is currently split 53-47 between Republicans and Democrats. There are 35 seats up for election in the Senate, and of those, 23 belong to Republicans and 12 to Democrats. Democrats would need to win four seats for a majority, or three seats if Democrats win the White House.
There are now nine Republican-held seats rated as either leaning Democratic or toss-ups...",left
9886,What to Watch for: 2020 Senate Races,"['US Senate', 'US Congress', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Politics']",US Senate and congressional races to watch on Election Day 2020,New York Post (News),"A number of hotly contested congressional races could rival the drama and fascination of the main contest between President Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden on Election Day and possibly beyond.
Republicans control the upper chamber by a 53-47 majority but that could be in jeopardy in Tuesday’s presidential election as some GOP senators are locked in highly competitive contests, including Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Susan Collins of Maine.
Democrats would need to pick up four seats to snatch majority control or three seats if Joe Biden...",right
9887,UN Votes to Denounce Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine,"['World', 'United Nations', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Diplomacy', 'Foreign Policy']",The U.N. approves a resolution demanding Russia end the invasion of Ukraine,NPR (Online News),"The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday approved a non-binding resolution condemning Russia for invading Ukraine and demanding that it withdraw its military forces.
The vote came after a series of speeches during which the majority of countries called on Russia to end the violence in Ukraine, which has continued for nearly one week.
Sergiy Kyslytsya, the Ukrainian ambassador to the U.N., urged countries to vote in favor of the resolution in an emotional address that ended with applause from the chamber.",left
9888,UN Votes to Denounce Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine,"['World', 'United Nations', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Diplomacy', 'Foreign Policy']",UN Assembly votes to demand that Russia stop war in Ukraine,Associated Press,"The U.N. General Assembly voted at an emergency special session Wednesday to demand an immediate halt to Moscow’s offensive against Ukraine and withdrawal of all Russian troops, with very strong support from the world organization’s 193 member nations that sparked sustained applause.
The vote on the resolution, entitled “Aggression against Ukraine,” was 141-5 with 35 abstentions.
Russia got support for its appeal to vote against the resolution only from Belarus, Syria, North Korea and Eritrea, a powerful indication of the international isolation that Russian President Vladimir Putin faces for invading...",left
9889,UN Votes to Denounce Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine,"['World', 'United Nations', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Diplomacy', 'Foreign Policy']",UN passes resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine; China abstains,Fox News (Online News),"The United Nations General Assembly passed a historical resolution Wednesday condemning Russia’s deadly invasion into Ukraine and demanded it withdraw its forces immediately.
The resolution holds no legal authority but serves as a symbol of global unity against Russian President Vladimir Putin as only five of the 181 nations present for the vote opposed the measure. ",right
9890,2014 in Review,['General News'],The 2014 hall of shame: Looking back at the year’s worst candidates,Salon,"Once seen as either sure things or formidable contenders, these candidates flopped -- big time.",left
9891,2014 in Review,['General News'],2014 Year in Review: The Events That Shaped a Turbulent Year,Wall Street Journal (News),"From the Rise of Islamic State to Republicans’ Sweep of the Midterms, the Past Year Brought a Number of Game-Changing Developments.",center
9892,2014 in Review,['General News'],Fox News Poll: Voters say 2014 was a good year,Fox News (Online News),"If you’re a San Francisco Giants fan, a stock market investor or a Congressional Republican, 2014 was likely a good year for you – and you’re not alone.",right
9893,Russian Missiles Strike Apartment Building Near Nuclear Power Plant,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Death', 'Nuclear Energy', 'Europe', 'Power Plants', 'War Crimes']",Russian missiles rock Zaporizhizhia as Ukrainian forces advance in 'annexed' regions,Fox News (Online News),"At least seven Russian missile strikes rocked the city of Zaporizhzhia Thursday, as Moscow looks to gain control over ""annexed"" regions as Ukrainian forces continue to advance.
Residential buildings were hit in the regional capital killing at least one and trapping at least five in the rubble, including a 3-year-old.
""Preliminary data on victims of the enemy attack. One woman was killed. There are at least five people under the rubble of houses,"" Head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, Oleksandr Starukh, said on Telegram.",right
9894,Russian Missiles Strike Apartment Building Near Nuclear Power Plant,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Death', 'Nuclear Energy', 'Europe', 'Power Plants', 'War Crimes']",Ukrainian MP Accuses Russia of 'War Crime' for Missile Strike on Apartments,Newsweek,"A Ukrainian MP said that a missile strike on an apartment block in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia was a ""war crime"" carried out by Russian forces who intended to step up their attacks on civilian targets.
The strikes came hours after the Kremlin said it was formally seizing Europe's biggest nuclear power plant nearby. Ukrainian emergency services said three bodies have been pulled from the rubble of the five-story apartment block and a three-year-old girl was among those saved.
Local officials said seven rockets hit residential buildings in strikes...",center
9895,Russian Missiles Strike Apartment Building Near Nuclear Power Plant,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Death', 'Nuclear Energy', 'Europe', 'Power Plants', 'War Crimes']",Russian missiles slam apartments; refugees missing at border,Associated Press,"Russian missiles hit apartment buildings in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Thursday, a local official said, killing three people and wounding at least 12 in a region that houses Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant and which Moscow has illegally annexed.
The two strikes, the first before dawn and another in the morning, damaged more than 40 buildings, authorities said. The attacks came hours after Ukraine’s president announced that his military had retaken three more villages in another of the four regions annexed by Russia, Moscow’s latest battlefield reversal....",left
9896,Net Neutrality Prevails at FCC,['Technology'],"FCC approves sweeping Internet regulation plan, Obama accused of meddling",Fox News (Online News),"The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday adopted sweeping new regulations sought by President Obama for how Americans use and do business on the Internet, in a party-line vote that is sure to be challenged by the broadband industry.
The commission, following a contentious meeting, voted 3-2 to adopt its so-called net neutrality plan -- a proposal that remained secret in the run-up to the final vote.
On its surface, the plan is aimed at barring service providers from creating paid ""fast lanes"" on the Internet, which consumer advocates...",right
9897,Net Neutrality Prevails at FCC,['Technology'],FCC Turns Internet Into a Public Utility,Daily Beast,"The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to change how the Internet is regulated in the most consequential decision of its kind since the Internet’s creation. By a 3-2 vote along party lines, FCC commissioners endorsed “net neutrality.” Now Internet service providers will be prohibited from creating “fast lanes” for certain content providers, e.g. Comcast speeding up Netflix over YouTube. In layman’s terms, the Internet will now be regulated as a public utility along the lines of electricity or water. “The Internet is simply too important to allow broadband providers...",left
9898,Net Neutrality Prevails at FCC,['Technology'],Net Neutrality Prevails In Historic FCC Vote,HuffPost,"The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to approve strong net neutrality rules in a stunning decision, defying vocal, months-long opposition by telecom and cable companies and Republicans on Capitol Hill.
Democratic Commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel and Mignon Clyburn joined Chairman Tom Wheeler to approve a rule that reclassifies consumer broadband as a utility under Title II of the Communications Act.",left
9899,Supreme Court Enforces Travel Ban,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court revives Trump travel ban,Washington Times,"The Supreme Court said Monday that most of President Trump’s travel ban executive order can go into effect, delivering the first major victory to the new administration on perhaps his most controversial policy to date.
Justices said the lower court rulings that blocked Mr. Trump’s policy were far too broad, and said the president can begin to enforce his ban against foreigners who don’t already have some ties to the U.S.",right
9900,Supreme Court Enforces Travel Ban,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court Allows Implementation of Most of Trump Travel Ban,Wall Street Journal (News),High court grants Trump administration stay of lower court rulings against President Trump.,center
9901,Supreme Court Enforces Travel Ban,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court To Take On Trump’s Travel Ban,HuffPost,"The Supreme Court has agreed to review President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
The high court allowed the ban to take effect in most instances, with the exception of individuals with a bona fide relationship to the United States.",left
9902,Hillary Silent?,['Trade'],"As Senate Dems move to back Obama trade deal, Clinton takes heat for staying on sidelines",Fox News (Online News),"Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is staying mum on whether she supports legislation to give President Obama broad authority in global trade deals, amid calls for her influential support and even as congressional Democrats now appear to back the measure.
Liberal Capitol Hill Democrats had opposed the measure, largely arguing it poses a threat to U.S. workers.",right
9903,Hillary Silent?,['Trade'],The Right Baits the Left to Turn Against Hillary Clinton,New York Times (News),"A Twitter post recently caught the eye of Bill McKibben, the environmental advocate and godfather of the Keystone XL pipeline protests. It included an image from “The Simpsons” showing Homer and his family basking in mountains of cash in their living room, followed by a report on Hillary Rodham Clinton’s appearing at a fund-raiser with a lobbyist from the Keystone fight.
Mr. McKibben’s environmental organization, 350.org, has been trying to raise awareness about the ties it sees between lobbyists for the oil pipeline and former aides to Mrs. Clinton. He...",left
9904,Hillary Silent?,['Trade'],The 13 Questions Hillary Clinton Has Answered From The Press,NPR (Online News),"There is always a tension between the press and the candidates they cover. Journalists want access, and want to ask questions. Campaigns want to control the message. Over time, that has especially been true with Hillary Clinton.
It has been more than three weeks since she answered a question from reporters. Since announcing her candidacy in a Web video, there have been no press conferences and no sit-down interviews. It has been a month, and the candidate has answered just 13 reporter questions (at least that we've been able to...",left
9905,Washington Post Airs Super Bowl Ad Honoring Journalists,"['Sports', 'Super Bowl', 'First Amendment', 'Freedom Of The Press', 'Washington Post', 'Jamal Khashoggi']","Washington Post airs Super Bowl ad honoring journalists, press freedom",The Hill,"The Washington Post on Sunday aired its first Super Bowl advertisement, a one-minute long compilation of historic images and clips meant to signify the role of journalists.",center
9906,Washington Post Airs Super Bowl Ad Honoring Journalists,"['Sports', 'Super Bowl', 'First Amendment', 'Freedom Of The Press', 'Washington Post', 'Jamal Khashoggi']",Donald Trump Jr. blasts Washington Post Super Bowl ad,Fox News (Online News),Donald Trump Jr. on Sunday blasted The Washington Post over the estimated $10 million ad the paper ran during the Super Bowl.,right
9907,Washington Post Airs Super Bowl Ad Honoring Journalists,"['Sports', 'Super Bowl', 'First Amendment', 'Freedom Of The Press', 'Washington Post', 'Jamal Khashoggi']",Washington Post honours Marie Colvin and Jamal Khashoggi in first Super Bowl ad,The Guardian,Dangers of journalism feature in newspaper’s first commercial at the major sporting event,left
9908,Democrat Ralph Northam Wins VA Governor’s Race,['Elections'],"Ralph Northam wins Virginia governor's race, giving boost to Democrats against Trump",Washington Examiner,"After stumbling in the final stretch of the campaign, Democrat Ralph Northam defeated Republican Ed Gillespie Tuesday in Virginia’s gubernatorial election.",right
9909,Democrat Ralph Northam Wins VA Governor’s Race,['Elections'],Dem Northam wins Va. gov race,The Hill,"Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam (D) won the Virginia governor’s race in a blowout Tuesday, fending off a potential gut punch for his party and giving Democrats a jolt of momentum ahead of the 2018 midterms.",center
9910,Democrat Ralph Northam Wins VA Governor’s Race,['Elections'],Democrat Ralph Northam defeats Ed Gillespie in race for Va. governor closely watched by national parties,Washington Post,"Democrat Ralph Northam was projected to win Virginia’s race for governor Tuesday over Republican Ed Gillespie, as Democrats appeared headed for a big night across the board in races for lieutenant governor, attorney general and several key seats in the House of Delegates, based on exit polls and early returns.",left
9911,Supreme Court Denies Remington's Sandy Hook Appeal,"['Justice', 'Supreme Court', 'Remington', 'Guns', 'Sandy Hook School Shooting']",Supreme Court will allow Sandy Hook families to move forward in suit against gunmaker Remington,CNBC,"WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court said Tuesday that it will not hear a closely watched case against gunmaker Remington, a move the company has warned could potentially increase the liability of firearm manufacturers to suits brought by victims of gun crimes.
The court’s action will allow the family members of children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary school massacre to move forward with their lawsuit. The shooting left 20 children and six adults dead.",center
9912,Supreme Court Denies Remington's Sandy Hook Appeal,"['Justice', 'Supreme Court', 'Remington', 'Guns', 'Sandy Hook School Shooting']",Supreme Court allows Sandy Hook families to sue gun maker Remington Arms,New York Post (News),"The Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered a blow to the gun industry Tuesday by permitting a lawsuit to proceed against the maker of the AR-15-style weapon used in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that left 26 dead.
The justices denied a bid from firearms manufacturer Remington Arms, which argued that it should be protected by a 2005 federal law that aims to prevent most lawsuits against gunmakers when their weapons are used in crimes.",right
9913,Supreme Court Denies Remington's Sandy Hook Appeal,"['Justice', 'Supreme Court', 'Remington', 'Guns', 'Sandy Hook School Shooting']",Supreme Court allows Sandy Hook families to sue Remington,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN Business)The Supreme Court won't stop a lawsuit brought by Sandy Hook victims' families against Remington Arms Co., the manufacturer of the semi-automatic rifle that was used in the 2012 mass shooting at an elementary school.
The Court decided not to take up an appeal by Remington. That marks a blow to the gun industry: Depending on the outcome of the case, it could open the door to gun violence victims' families suing gun manufacturers for damages.
The Sandy Hook victims' families are ""grateful"" for the Supreme Court's...",left
9914,House Democrats Launch Trump Probe,"['US House', 'Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Democrats']",Here Are The 81 People And Entities Close To Trump Democrats Are Investigating,HuffPost,"The list includes Trump’s sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., as well as his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.",left
9915,House Democrats Launch Trump Probe,"['US House', 'Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Democrats']",House Panel Requests Documents From Associates of Trump,Wall Street Journal (News),"Information sought from former White House staff, Trump Organization executives and inaugural committee officials",center
9916,House Democrats Launch Trump Probe,"['US House', 'Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Democrats']",Dems Continue Their Assault on The Trump Administration By Launching Another Probe,Townhall,"Democrats are desperate to take down President Donald Trump. The Russia probe has proven to be ineffective and, quite frankly, a waste of time and taxpayer money. They didn't find what",right
9917,House Democrats Announce Two Articles Of Impeachment,"['House Democrats', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'US House', 'Politics']",Democrats announce 2 articles of impeachment against President Trump,Vox,"One article is on abuse of power, the second is on obstruction of Congress.
Democrats in the House of Representatives announced they will introduce two articles of impeachment Tuesday morning, making clear they intend to charge President Donald Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Both articles are based on the Ukraine scandal, meaning the party decided not to introduce any articles of impeachment solely based on the Mueller report, as some had pushed for.
Articles of impeachment are essentially the “charges” against the president that the House...",left
9918,House Democrats Announce Two Articles Of Impeachment,"['House Democrats', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'US House', 'Politics']",Democrats unveil articles of impeachment against Trump,The Hill,"House Democrats on Tuesday said they would bring two articles of impeachment against President Trump, setting up just the third vote to impeach a U.S. president in history.
""Today, in the service to our duty to the Constitution and to our country, the House Judiciary Committee is introducing two articles of impeachment, charging the president of the United States of committing high crimes and misdemeanors,"" House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said before introducing the first article.
The charges brought by Democrats are that Trump abused the power of...",center
9919,House Democrats Announce Two Articles Of Impeachment,"['House Democrats', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'US House', 'Politics']","Democrats unveil articles of impeachment alleging abuse of power, obstruction",Fox News (Online News),"House Democrats on Tuesday announced articles of impeachment against President Trump alleging abuse of power and obstruction of Congress regarding his interactions with Ukraine, touching off a rapid-fire sequence that could result in a momentous floor vote in a matter of days.
“The framers of the Constitution prescribed a clear remedy for presidents who so violate their oath of office,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., said. ""No one, not even the president, is above the law.”
The key Democratic committee leaders, along with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.,...",right
9920,Democrats Demands Mueller Report be Released to the Public,"['Russia', 'Mueller Report']",Trump-Russia: Special counsel Robert Mueller delivers report,BBC News,"Special Counsel Robert Mueller has submitted his long-awaited report on alleged collusion between Russia and President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.
A justice department official said Mr Mueller's report did not recommend any further indictments.
The special counsel has already charged six former Trump aides and dozens of Russians.
The Attorney General William Barr will now summarise the report and decide how much to share with Congress.
Mr Barr told congressional leaders in a letter that he anticipated being able to inform them of the report's key...",center
9921,Democrats Demands Mueller Report be Released to the Public,"['Russia', 'Mueller Report']","AG Barr aims to release Mueller report 'top-line' conclusions Saturday night, won't 'parse words, play games,' source says",Fox News (Online News),"Attorney General William Barr is pushing to reveal the principal conclusions of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report as early as Saturday night, an administration official familiar with the process tells Fox News.
“The Attorney General wants to get this out tonight,"" the source said, noting that some procedural hurdles could delay Barr's release. “It will hit what is on everyone’s minds — no parsing of words, no games.""
A separate source told Fox News that Barr is likely to report on Mueller's primary conclusions between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m....",right
9922,Democrats Demands Mueller Report be Released to the Public,"['Russia', 'Mueller Report']",Democrats respond to Mueller report with one message: Make it public now,Washington Post,The 2020 presidential candidates and congressional leaders said the American people have a ‘right to the truth.’,left
9923,Ronny Jackson Withdraws as Nominee to Veterans Affairs,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",Ronny Jackson withdraws as Trump’s nominee to lead Veterans Affairs,Washington Post,"Ronny Jackson, President Trump’s embattled nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, withdrew from consideration Thursday amid mushrooming allegations of professional misconduct that raised questions about the White House vetting process.",left
9924,Ronny Jackson Withdraws as Nominee to Veterans Affairs,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",White House doctor Ronny Jackson withdraws from VA nomination,Reuters,President Donald Trump’s physician Ronny Jackson withdrew on Thursday from consideration to head the Department of Veterans Affairs after allegations about misconduct mounted and a Senate panel postponed his confirmation hearing.,center
9925,Ronny Jackson Withdraws as Nominee to Veterans Affairs,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",Dr. Ronny Jackson Pulls His Nomination For VA Secretary,Townhall,United States Navy Rear Admiral and longtime White House Doctor Ronny Jackson will not become the next Secretary of Veteran's Affairs and pulled his name from consideration Thursday morning. He was nominated by President Trump for the position in March.,right
9926,President Trump Calls For Stronger Background Checks,"['Background Checks', 'US Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Trump calls on U.S. lawmakers to pass gun background check law,Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday called on lawmakers to pass legislation requiring strong background checks for firearm purchases following two mass shooting in Texas and Ohio over the weekend that killed 29 people.
Trump, who is scheduled to deliver remarks at the White House later on Monday morning following the attacks, said the victims’ deaths could not be “in vain” and called on both political parties to take steps to require further screenings for gun buyers.
“We cannot let those killed in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, die...",center
9927,President Trump Calls For Stronger Background Checks,"['Background Checks', 'US Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']","Ahead of remarks, Trump proposes gun background checks perhaps tied to immigration reform",ABC News (Online),"Ahead of his planned remarks Monday in the wake of this past weekend's shootings, President Donald Trump has proposed ""strong background checks,"" perhaps, he said, tied to immigration reform.
In tweets Monday morning, the president said, ""We cannot let those killed in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, die in vain.""
At the same time, Trump also blamed the news media for ""the anger and rage that has built up over many years.""
Trump has threatened to veto two background check bills passed by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives and...",left
9928,President Trump Calls For Stronger Background Checks,"['Background Checks', 'US Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Trump: We Must Pass 'Strong Background Checks' for Gun Buyers,Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump called on lawmakers Monday to pass legislation requiring strong background checks for firearm purchases in the wake of mass shooting in Texas and Ohio over the weekend that killed 29 people.
Trump, who was scheduled to deliver remarks at the White House later Monday morning, tweeted that ""we cannot let those killed in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, die in vain. Likewise for those so seriously wounded. We can never forget them, and those many who came before them.""
He said Republicans and Democrats ""must come...",right
9929,Harvey Causes Floods in Texas,"['Disaster', 'General News']","Harvey drops nearly two feet of water on Houston area, causing deadly floods",Washington Post,"Officials here warned of “catastrophic” and potentially historic flooding in the nation’s fourth-largest city on Sunday morning, as Harvey continued to pummel Texas, dropping more than two feet of rain and causing dire flash floods. At least five people have been reported dead as a result of the storm, according to the National Weather Service.",left
9930,Harvey Causes Floods in Texas,"['Disaster', 'General News']","Storm Harvey: 1,000 rescued as Houston hit by 'catastrophic floods'",BBC News,"More than 1,000 people have been rescued in flooded parts of Houston, as Tropical Storm Harvey continues to batter Texas with heavy rains.",center
9931,Harvey Causes Floods in Texas,"['Disaster', 'General News']","Harvey causes 'catastrophic flooding' in Houston, shuts down airport",Fox News (Online News),"Hurricane Harvey continued to pound southeastern Texas on Sunday with ""catastrophic flooding"" in Houston that led to at least one death and an airport shutdown caused by standing water on the runways.",right
9932,"Peter Strzok, Agent Who Sent Anti-Trump Text Messages, Fired by FBI","['FBI', 'Defense And Security']","FBI fires Peter Strzok, agent who sent anti-Trump text messages",USA TODAY,"Peter Strzok, the FBI agent who exchanged anti-Trump text messages with his co-worker girlfriend, was fired, his lawyer said Monday.",left
9933,"Peter Strzok, Agent Who Sent Anti-Trump Text Messages, Fired by FBI","['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Why Was Peter Strzok Fired: Former FBI Agent’s Lawyer Says ‘Normal Process’ Not Followed Amid Trump Attacks,Newsweek,The FBI fired embattled agent Peter Strzok this past Friday reportedly amid accusations of improper conduct by Strzok and repeated attacks by President Donald Trump on the bureau and the Justice Department over the handling of the Russia investigation.,center
9934,"Peter Strzok, Agent Who Sent Anti-Trump Text Messages, Fired by FBI","['FBI', 'Defense And Security']","FBI fires Peter Strzok, months after anti-Trump texts revealed",Fox News (Online News),"FBI official Peter Strzok, who played a lead role in both the Russian meddling and Hillary Clinton email probes but became a political lightning rod after the revelation of anti-Trump text messages, has been fired.",right
9935,Trump Attacks Clinton,['Politics'],President Trump Attacked Hillary Clinton Over Her Emails. Again.,Time Magazine,"Amid reports that he's under investigation for obstruction of justice, President Donald Trump said Thursday that investigators should examine unspecified “dealings” that Hillary Clinton and Democrats have with Russia, as opposed to his “non-dealings.""",left
9936,Trump Attacks Clinton,['Politics'],Trump goes after 'Crooked H' Clinton and 'Dems dealings with Russia' as special counsel probe expands,Insider,"President Donald Trump asked Thursday on Twitter why investigators were not looking at ""Hillary Clinton's family"" and Democrats' ""dealings with Russia,"" instead examining his ""non-dealings.""",left
9937,Trump Attacks Clinton,['Politics'],"Trump: Why aren't Hillary Clinton's family, Democrats investigated for Russian ties?",Washington Examiner,"President Trump said Thursday investigators should look into ties between Hillary Clinton's family and Democrats, instead of his own ""non-dealings"" with the Kremlin.",right
9938,"Food, Gas Prices Rise as Consumer Spending Increases","['Food', 'Economic Policy', 'Inflation', 'Gas', 'Economy And Jobs']","Food, Energy Inflation Soars Amid Virus, Jobs Uncertainties",Newsmax (News),"INDICATOR: June Consumer Prices, Real Earnings and Small Business Optimism
KEY DATA: CPI: +0.6%; Ex-Food and Energy: +0.2%; Food: +0.6%; Energy: +5.1%/ Real Earnings: -1.7%; Over-Year: +4.3%/ NFIB: +6.2 points
IN A NUTSHELL: “Inflation is not an issue unless you eat, drive and/or cool your house (yes, that is an oldie but goodie, but it still works).”
WHAT IT MEANS: Almost 15 years ago, I used the comment above to criticize the Fed for saying that inflation was not an issue if you exclude food and energy. That caught the...",right
9939,"Food, Gas Prices Rise as Consumer Spending Increases","['Food', 'Economic Policy', 'Inflation', 'Gas', 'Economy And Jobs']","Consumer prices rebounded in June, but that's not the whole story",CNN (Online News),"New York (CNN Business) - Consumer prices rose in June after three straight months of declines, as the cost of gas and food increased.
The consumer price index, which measures what Americans pay for everything from clothing to appliances, rose 0.6% last month on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Tuesday. In May, prices declined 0.1%.
The consumer price index is a closely watched indicator during recessions. The National Bureau of Economic Research said last month that the United States entered a recession in February.
...",left
9940,"Food, Gas Prices Rise as Consumer Spending Increases","['Food', 'Economic Policy', 'Inflation', 'Gas', 'Economy And Jobs']","Gasoline, food boost U.S. consumer inflation in June",CNBC,"U.S. consumer prices increased by the most in nearly eight years in June as businesses reopened, but the underlying trend suggested inflation would remain muted and allow the Federal Reserve to keep injecting money into the ailing economy.
The Labor Department said on Tuesday its consumer price index increased 0.6% last month, the biggest gain since August 2012, after easing 0.1% in May. The increase, which ended three straight months of declines, was driven by rises in the prices of gasoline and food.
In the 12 months through June, the...",center
9941,Trump To Withdraw from TPP,['Trade'],Trump’s First Monday in Office: Dismantling Trade Agreements,Slate,"President Trump is expected to take two steps to begin the upending of American trade policy very soon—perhaps as soon as Monday. One, an executive order withdrawing the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which Barack Obama championed, is expected to be issued Monday.",left
9942,Trump To Withdraw from TPP,['Trade'],Trump to sign executive order to withdraw from TPP,NPR (Online News),"President Trump is expected to sign an executive order Monday announcing his plan to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, according to multiple reports.
He will instead start individual trade negotiations with the countries in the partnership.",left
9943,Trump To Withdraw from TPP,['Trade'],Trump to pull out of Trans-Pacific Partnership,Washington Times,"President Trump is expected to sign executive orders Monday that pulls the U.S. out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and possible unravel other major trade deals, according to multiple reports.",right
9944,Trump on the Iran Deal,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']",Trump was right to put the Iran nuclear deal on death row,Fox News (Online News),President Trump was right to sharply criticize the 2015 international nuclear agreement with Iran Friday and say that Congress and other nations must set stricter conditions for Iranian behavior in order to keep the U.S. from withdrawing from the pact.,right
9945,Trump on the Iran Deal,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']",Trump asks Congress to fix Iran deal’s flaws,Politico,The president's action chips away at the landmark international agreement without killing it — for now.,left
9946,Trump on the Iran Deal,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']",Trump’s “new strategy” on Iran is neither new nor a strategy,Vox,And experts think his speech already has made things worse.,left
9947,Pushing Against the Gun Bill,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"McConnell, Conservatives Preparing to Push Back on Gun Background Check Bill",Newsmax (News),Despite signs of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill in recent days relations between the two parties remain tense and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell seems ready to push back on votes testing support for controversial gun and immigration proposals.,right
9948,Pushing Against the Gun Bill,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Will Gun Bill Pass Or Fail? Conflicting Signals Yet Again : NPR,NPR (Online News),As the Senate prepares to vote on gun legislation there are more mixed signals on what will be the fate of a bipartisan plan concerning background checks of gun purchasers.,left
9949,Pushing Against the Gun Bill,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],House Republicans Devise Plan To Weaken Gun Control Proposals,HuffPost,WASHINGTON April 15 (Reuters) - As the U.S. Senate prepares to debate a gun-control bill for the first time in two decades on Monday Republicans in the House of Representatives are devising ways to delay and weaken gun legislation they see as limiting Americans right to bear arms congressional sources say. Some Republican lawmakers and strategists are urging House Speaker John Boehner to kill any gun-control bill passed by the Senate by refusing to take action on it. But the Republican speaker is planning what could be a months-long review...,left
9950,Analyzing Romney Foreign Policy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",In Search of Answers From Mr. Romney,New York Times (News),"His speech yesterday served up hawkish sound bites, but had no real agenda other than to drown out Mr. Obamas respectable record in world affairs.",left
9951,Analyzing Romney Foreign Policy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney offers powerful alternative to apologizing for America,Fox News (Online News),"On Columbus Day, Mitt Romney went to the Virginia Military Institute to outline a starkly different foreign policy vision from President Obamas approach of apologizing for America, ignoring Islamism, mistreating our allies and embracing our enemies.",right
9952,Analyzing Romney Foreign Policy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney's sorta-kinda call to arms,CNN (Online News),"On Monday, Mitt Romney delivered what his campaign billed as a major foreign policy address, in which he sought to distinguish himself from the man he called the ""lead from behind"" president.",left
9953,Polls Show Netanyahu Down,"['World', 'Elections', 'Israel', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Middle East']",Israel's 2 main political parties deadlocked after election,Washington Times,"JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s two main political parties were deadlocked Wednesday after an unprecedented repeat election, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing an uphill battle to hold on to his job.
The election’s seeming political kingmaker, Avigdor Lieberman, said he’ll insist upon a secular unity government between Netanyahu’s Likud and Benny Gantz’s Blue and White parties, who based on partial results are currently tied at 32 seats each out of the 120 in parliament.
Without Lieberman’s endorsement, both parties appear to have fallen well short of securing a parliamentary majority...",right
9954,Polls Show Netanyahu Down,"['World', 'Elections', 'Israel', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Middle East']",Israeli election too close to call: exit polls,Reuters,"JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel’s election on Tuesday was too close to call, exit polls indicated, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party virtually level with Benny Gantz’s centrist Blue and White.
The exit polls by three Israeli broadcasters had Gantz slightly ahead or tying with Netanyahu, likely meaning days or weeks of wrangling over which candidate might form the next coalition government.",center
9955,Polls Show Netanyahu Down,"['World', 'Elections', 'Israel', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Middle East']",Israel’s election results show Netanyahu is in serious trouble,Vox,"The September Israeli election results are in — and it’s still not clear who the country’s next prime minister will be. But the results are the biggest threat to incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hold on power since he took office in 2009.
With over 90 percent of the vote now counted, the centrist Blue and White party looks to have won the largest number of seats in Israel’s parliament, called the Knesset — 32 out of a total of 120. Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud came in a close second, with...",left
9956,"US Adds 850,000 Jobs in June; Unemployment at 5.9%","['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","Economy beats expectations with 850,000 jobs in June, unemployment at 5.9%",Washington Examiner,"The economy rebounded and added 850,000 new jobs in June, a welcome result after two months of disappointing growth.
The unemployment rate slightly increased to 5.9%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
The numbers exceeded expectations, with the consensus among economists being that 700,000 jobs would be added, and unemployment would drop from 5.8% to 5.7%.
Employment in the leisure and hospitality industry grew 343,000, another strong showing, as pandemic-related restrictions continued to ease across the country. More than half of those job gains were in restaurants and bars...",right
9957,"US Adds 850,000 Jobs in June; Unemployment at 5.9%","['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","US adds a solid 850,000 jobs as economy extends its gains",Associated Press,"In an encouraging burst of hiring, America’s employers added 850,000 jobs in June, well above the average of the previous three months and a sign that companies may be having an easier time finding enough workers to fill open jobs.
Friday’s report from the Labor Department was the latest sign that the reopening of the economy is propelling a powerful rebound from the pandemic recession. Restaurant traffic across the country is nearly back to pre-pandemic levels, and more people are shopping, traveling and attending sports and entertainment events. The number...",left
9958,"US Adds 850,000 Jobs in June; Unemployment at 5.9%","['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","The US economy added 850,000 jobs in June",CNN Business,"The US economy added 850,000 jobs in June, when adjusted for seasonal changes. It was far more than economists had expected.
The consensus number from analysts polled by Refinitiv was 700,000.
The unemployment rate stood at 5.9%, up from 5.8% in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The labor force participation rate was unchanged at 61.6%.
Nevertheless, America's once-strong labor market is still far from being back to normal, down 6.8 million jobs compared with February 2020.
It's still a tale of a job market in imbalance: Employers are struggling to attract...",left
9959,No Action on Fiscal Cliff,[],Fiscal cliff talks still in dark,Politico,"President Barack Obama called closed-door negotiations a “mistake after backroom wheeling and dealing almost sunk his health care bill.
But the fiscal cliff talks are playing out much the same way.",left
9960,No Action on Fiscal Cliff,[],"Obama, Boehner speak, but no action on 'fiscal cliff'",CNN (Online News),"The wealthy will account for more tax revenue, House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday, while challenging President Barack Obama to sit down with him to hammer out a deal for avoiding the fiscal cliff.",left
9961,No Action on Fiscal Cliff,[],Geithner Warns 'It's Either Tax Hikes or the Cliff',CBN,"Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the Obama administration is ""absolutely"" ready for the U.S. economy to go over the fiscal cliff rather than accept a deal that doesn't include higher tax rates for top earners.",right
9962,"Hillary, Barack ""Hug it Out""",['Politics'],"Clinton promises cease-fire on Obama, for now",Politico,"A split between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama was inevitable. Now that they’ve made peace, keeping it will be the challenge.
The Obama and Clinton camps tried to mend their differences Tuesday, but certain dynamics won’t be as easy to overcome in the months ahead as Clinton mulls a White House bid: Some advisers around both politicians have a hard time letting bygones be bygones. The press is determined to continue to dissect the relationship. And Obama and Clinton have genuinely different interests and instincts on some big questions...",left
9963,"Hillary, Barack ""Hug it Out""",['Politics'],Hillary Clinton backtracks on slam of Obama’s foreign policy,Washington Times,"Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dialed back her critical comments on President Obama’s foreign policy, reaching out to the White House by phone to clarify that she didn’t mean to offend.
“Earlier today, the secretary called President Obama to make sure he knows that nothing she said was an attempt to attack him, his policies, or his leadership,” said Nick Merrill, a spokesman for Mrs. Clinton, in a widely reported statement. “While they’ve had honest differences on some issues, including",right
9964,"Hillary, Barack ""Hug it Out""",['Politics'],Hillary Clinton's Barack Obama problem,Washington Post,"Hillary Clinton made a strategic move to begin to distance herself from President Obama's foreign policy over the weekend. It failed.
Clinton's Team, Concerned About the Blowback from Obamaworld for her Critique of His ""do not do Stupid Stuff"" Comments, put out a statement Tuesday Evening seeking to quiet the Tensions . ""Earlier Today, the Secretary called President",left
9965,Turkish Military Offensive in Syria Begins,"['Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Syria', 'Turkey', 'Kurdish', 'Middle East']",Turkey launches offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria,Associated Press,"AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) — Turkey launched a military operation Wednesday against Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria after U.S. forces pulled back from the area, with a series of airstrikes hitting a town on Syria’s northern border.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the start of the campaign, which followed an abrupt decision Sunday by U.S. President Donald Trump that American troops would step aside to allow for the operation.",left
9966,Turkish Military Offensive in Syria Begins,"['Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Syria', 'Turkey', 'Kurdish', 'Middle East']","Turkish military operation in Syria has started, Erdogan says",New York Post (News),"Turkey has launched a military offensive against Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday, just days after President Trump announced that he would pull US troops from the area.
“Turkish Armed Forces together with the Syrian National Army against PKK / YPG and Deash terrorist organizations in northern Syria #BarışPınarıHarekatı has started,” Erdogan wrote on Twitter, according to a translation.",right
9967,Turkish Military Offensive in Syria Begins,"['Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Syria', 'Turkey', 'Kurdish', 'Middle East']",Erdogan orders Turkish offensive against northern Syria as Kurds mobilize civilian defense,Washington Post,"ISTANBUL — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Wednesday that Turkey’s military has launched a long-expected offensive into northeastern Syria targeting U.S.-allied Syrian Kurdish fighters who have played a central role in battling the Islamic State militant group.
“The Turkish Armed Forces, together with the Syrian National Army, just launched #OperationPeaceSpring against PKK/YPG and Daesh terrorists in northern Syria,” Erdogan wrote Wednesday afternoon on Twitter, referring to the Syrian Kurdish force as well as the Islamic State.",left
9968,"Perspectives: Woodrow Wilson, Princeton and Racism","['History', 'Woodrow Wilson', 'Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'American Heritage', 'Princeton', 'Education', 'Race And Racism']",Don’t Cheer Woodrow Wilson’s Cancellation,The American Conservative,"First things first: Woodrow Wilson was a deplorable bigot and one of the worst presidents in American history. He re-segregated the federal government, glamorized the Ku Klux Klan, screened The Birth of a Nation at the White House, and opposed Reconstruction and black suffrage (Dylan Matthews has more on Wilson’s racism). In common with many progressive intellectuals of his time, he was a champion of eugenics. He sank the United States into the pointless carnage of World War I. He viewed the Constitution as outmoded and sought to snap its...",right
9969,"Perspectives: Woodrow Wilson, Princeton and Racism","['History', 'Woodrow Wilson', 'Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'American Heritage', 'Princeton', 'Education', 'Race And Racism']",What This Moment of Reckoning About Woodrow Wilson’s Racism Leaves Out,Slate,"In 1919, the pioneering newspaper editor and civil rights activist Monroe Trotter obtained papers to work as a cook on a ship sailing from the United States to France. After the ship docked, he learned that crew members were not permitted to disembark, so he sneaked off and arrived in Paris “ragged and hungry and in need of funds,” he would write later.
This was not his first choice as a mode of transportation. Trotter had requested permission from the State Department to travel to the Paris Peace Conference following...",left
9970,"Perspectives: Woodrow Wilson, Princeton and Racism","['History', 'Woodrow Wilson', 'Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'American Heritage', 'Princeton', 'Education', 'Race And Racism']",I opposed taking Woodrow Wilson’s name off our school. Here’s why I changed my mind.,Guest Writer,"The Princeton University Board of Trustees voted on Friday to remove Woodrow Wilson’s name from the university’s School of Public and International Affairs. It acted because Wilson’s racist opinions and policies make him an inappropriate namesake for a school whose scholars, students and alumni must stand firmly against racism and for equality and justice.
For my university, the decision was momentous. Wilson was an undergraduate alumnus of Princeton, a distinguished professor on its faculty and eventually its 13th president. He transformed the place from a sleepy college to a world-class...",center
9971,North Korea Defiant,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea ‘Primed and Ready’ for Sixth Nuclear Test: Analysts,NBC News (Online),"North Korea appears ""primed and ready"" to carry out another nuclear test, satellite images suggest, defying President Donald Trump's warning that American could use military force to stop the pariah nation's atomic ambitions.",left
9972,North Korea Defiant,"['North Korea', 'World']",Satellite photos show North Korean nuclear site 'primed and ready',CNN (Online News),"North Korean monitoring service 38 North said Wednesday the country's Punggye-ri nuclear site is ""primed and ready"" for a sixth nuclear test.",left
9973,North Korea Defiant,"['North Korea', 'World']","North Korea preparing for sixth nuclear test, monitoring group says",Fox News (Online News),North Korea may soon conduct its sixth nuclear test in the face of the United States' decision to move a carrier group toward the region.,right
9974,5th GOP Debate Fact Check,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",AP Fact Check: Republican Debaters Go Astray,The Blaze,"The vast complexities of a dangerous world were cast in too-simple terms in the latest Republican presidential debate.
In addition, Chris Christie pledged to make common cause with a Jordanian king who’s actually dead and Rand Paul wrongly stated that all terrorist attacks in the U.S. since 2001 have come from the hands of legal immigrants.
Here’s a look at some of the claims Tuesday night and how they compare with the facts:",right
9975,5th GOP Debate Fact Check,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Fact check: The fifth Republican debate,USA TODAY,"The Republican presidential candidates’ fifth debate focused on national security and included misleading claims on terrorism, immigration and foreign oil.",left
9976,"White House Criticized for ""Secrecy""",['Media Bias'],Journalists Say Obama's Press Restrictions 'Significantly Worse' Than Past Administrations,HuffPost,"Editors and reporters meeting in Chicago raised concerns Wednesday about what they described as a lack of access and transparency undermining journalists' work, several blaming the current White House for setting standards for secrecy that are spreading nationwide.
Criticism of President Barack Obama's administration on the issue of openness in government came on the last day of a three-day joint convention of the American Society of News Editors, the Associated Press Media Editors and the Associated Press Photo Managers.",left
9977,"White House Criticized for ""Secrecy""",['Media Bias'],Rieder: Fighting back against government secrecy,Rem Reider,"A transportation reporter for the Associated Press was told by federal government sources that they would be fired if they provided information to the journalist, AP Washington Bureau Chief Sally Buzbee says.
Not for turning over classified information a la Edward Snowden. Not for giving up the innermost secrets of the CIA or the NSA.
For furnishing information about the oh-so-sensitive world of transportation.
It's been clear for some time that the Obama administration has a terrible record when it comes to transparency. (Never mind that candidate Barack Obama vowed...",center
9978,"White House Criticized for ""Secrecy""",['Media Bias'],Journalists Criticize White House for 'Secrecy',ABC News (Online),"Editors and reporters meeting in Chicago raised concerns Wednesday about what they described as a lack of access and transparency undermining journalists' work, several blaming the current White House for setting standards for secrecy that are spreading nationwide.
Criticism of President Barack Obama's administration on the issue of openness in government came on the last day of a three-day joint convention of the American Society of News Editors, the Associated Press Media Editors and the Associated Press Photo Managers.
""The White House push to limit access and reduce transparency has...",left
9979,Celebrating Mother's Day During Coronavirus,"['Mothers Day', 'Social Distancing', 'Quarantine', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Holidays', 'General News']",Mother’s Day this year means getting creative from afar,Associated Press,"NEW YORK (AP) — Treats made and delivered by neighbors. Fresh garden plantings dug from a safe 6 feet away. Trips around the world set up room-to-room at home.
Mother’s Day this year is a mix of love and extra imagination as families do without their usual brunches and huggy meet-ups.",left
9980,Celebrating Mother's Day During Coronavirus,"['Mothers Day', 'Social Distancing', 'Quarantine', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Holidays', 'General News']",This is how Mother's Day was born,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)It's time to celebrate the person who brought you into this world.
Here's how Mother's Day came to be, and how it's changed over time.
Suffragist and writer Julia Ward Howe first suggested the idea of Mother's Day in the United States in 1872. Howe was a pacifist and saw the holiday as a chance to unite women and rally for peace. For several years, she held an annual Mother's Day meeting in Boston.",left
9981,Celebrating Mother's Day During Coronavirus,"['Mothers Day', 'Social Distancing', 'Quarantine', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Holidays', 'General News']",Hollywood moms share advice on how to celebrate Mother’s Day while social distancing,Fox News (Online News),"Mother’s Day is going to be very different this year.
The Hollywood Museum is postponing its Mother’s Day tribute, which would have exhibited personal photographs from several stars over the years, due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, some beloved TV and movie moms who would have participated in the event still believe there are plenty of unique, fun ways you can say “thank you” to the special lady in your life.",right
9982,Senators to Hear Opening Arguments in Second Trump Impeachment Trial,"['Impeachment', 'Impeachment Trial', 'House Managers', 'Donald Trump', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Democrats to argue Trump alone incited mob,Associated Press Fact Check,"House Democrats will begin two days of arguments in Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, trying to convince skeptical Republicans that the former president alone was responsible for inciting his mob of supporters who broke into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and interrupted the presidential electoral count.
The arguments Wednesday from the nine Democratic impeachment managers for the House, which impeached Trump last month, will come a day after the Senate voted to move ahead with the trial even though Republicans and Trump’s lawyers argued that it was unconstitutional because...",left
9983,Senators to Hear Opening Arguments in Second Trump Impeachment Trial,"['Impeachment', 'Impeachment Trial', 'House Managers', 'Donald Trump', 'US Senate', 'Politics']","After emotional start, Democrats to outline case at Trump's impeachment trial",Reuters,"Democrats begin formally making their case on Wednesday that former President Donald Trump should be convicted for inciting the U.S. Capitol siege, a day after a divided Senate concluded his impeachment trial could proceed even though Trump has already left office.
The House of Representatives has charged Trump with inciting an insurrection after he delivered a fiery speech on Jan. 6 exhorting thousands of supporters to march on the U.S. Capitol, where members of Congress were gathered to certify President Joe Biden’s electoral victory.
In an assault that stunned the...",center
9984,Senators to Hear Opening Arguments in Second Trump Impeachment Trial,"['Impeachment', 'Impeachment Trial', 'House Managers', 'Donald Trump', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Dems set to prosecute case at Trump impeachment trial amid speculation over which Republicans might convict,Fox News (Online News),"The House impeachment managers will begin their opening arguments on the merits of the impeachment of former President Donald Trump when the chamber convenes at noon on Wednesday, following a 56-44 Senate vote to move ahead with the trial Tuesday.
Meanwhile, speculation is running rampant about which Republicans may vote to convict Trump. The attention has mainly been on a group of moderate senators, but also includes Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Bloomberg reported Tuesday that McConnell hasn't decided how he'll vote on the final conviction question and...",right
9985,Trump Administration to Send 800 Troops to U.S.-Mexico Border Ahead of Migrant Caravan,['Immigration'],"Trump sends troops to border, pushing an issue key to base",Associated Press,The Trump administration is planning to dispatch 800 or more active duty troops to the southern border at the direction of a president who has sought to transform fears about immigration into,left
9986,Trump Administration to Send 800 Troops to U.S.-Mexico Border Ahead of Migrant Caravan,['Immigration'],Migrant caravan: Mattis is preparing for a humanitarian crisis at the border — not an invasion,Washington Post,"A huge procession of Central Americans is walking north through Mexico, defying President Trump and facing little resistance from Mexican authorities. We’ll be tracking the caravan’s advance",left
9987,Trump Administration to Send 800 Troops to U.S.-Mexico Border Ahead of Migrant Caravan,['Immigration'],Pentagon to send active-duty troops to U.S.-Mexico border,Washington Times,"The administration will send about 800 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border ahead of the illegal immigrant caravan, a defense official confirmed Thursday, following through on President Trump’s pledge.",right
9988,China Struggles to Contain Major COVID-19 Surge; Lockdowns Threaten Global Economy,"['Coronavirus', 'China', 'World', 'Economy And Jobs']",Covid-19 cases continue to rise in China's worst outbreak since Wuhan,CNN (Online News),"China reported thousands of new local Covid-19 cases Sunday as the Omicron variant drove the worst outbreak in the country since Wuhan in early 2020, according to the National Health Commission (NHC).
Health officials said 2,125 cases were reported across 58 cities in 19 of 31 mainland provinces, marking the fourth consecutive day China reported more than 1,000 daily local cases. More than 10,000 cases have been reported since the latest outbreak began in early March, the NHC said.
Saturday, the commission reported 3,122 local cases -- the highest number of daily...",left
9989,China Struggles to Contain Major COVID-19 Surge; Lockdowns Threaten Global Economy,"['Coronavirus', 'China', 'World', 'Economy And Jobs']",China's COVID curbs set to tighten global supply chain pinch,Reuters,"Manufacturers of everything from flash drives to glass for Apple iPhone screens are warning of shipment delays as they comply with Chinese controls to curb the spread of COVID-19, further straining global supply chains.
Authorities across China are trying to try stem the spread of the country's worst COVID-19 outbreak in two years, putting millions of people in lockdown, curbing transport and shutting factories.
Some of the toughest measures have been applied in the key manufacturing hubs of Shenzhen, Dongguan and Changchun, as well as the Chinese financial centre of...",center
9990,China Struggles to Contain Major COVID-19 Surge; Lockdowns Threaten Global Economy,"['Coronavirus', 'China', 'World', 'Economy And Jobs']",China Locks Down Entire Province in Struggle to Contain Covid Outbreak,National Review,"Chinese authorities locked down the entire province of Jilin, which shares a border with North Korea and is home to 24 million people, in order to contain the latest outbreak of Covid.
Beijing has relied on strict lockdowns and massive testing efforts to control previous outbreaks, attempting to bring Covid cases in the country to zero. The lockdown of Jilin marks the first time since the pandemic began more than two years ago that the authorities have resorted to shuttering an entire province. However, that strategy is now being tested...",right
9991,What Does the Dem Party Do Now?,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",The Perpetually Collapsing Political Parties,Reason,"It has become a tradition in American politics to greet each party's reversals of fortunes by proclaiming that it has been smashed beyond any short-term repair, perhaps even reduced to ""permanent minority"" status. This week we've seen just how quickly the conventional wisdom can see-saw: After a year of editorials about the decimated state of the GOP, suddenly we've started seeing takes like this:",right
9992,What Does the Dem Party Do Now?,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",The Democratic Party descends into 'civil war' after Clinton's loss,Insider,"President-elect Donald Trump’s unforeseen election win over Hillary Clinton has ignited immediate infighting inside the Democratic Party, with progressive members lashing out at the establishment wing for failing to defeat one of the most flawed Republican presidential candidates in a generation.",left
9993,What Does the Dem Party Do Now?,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']","What’s next for Democrats? For starters, a battle for the soul of the party.",Washington Post,"Amid the wreckage of Hillary Clinton’s loss, Democrats have started jockeying for control of the national party — and vigorously debating a dramatic course correction in response to Donald Trump’s election.",left
9994,Weekly Jobless Claims Total 1.3 Million,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Labor Department', 'Economy And Jobs']",U.S. Jobless Claims Held Nearly Steady at 1.3 Million in July 11 Week,Wall Street Journal (News),"New applications for unemployment benefits held nearly steady last week after a period of larger declines, a sign an increased number of Covid-19 cases in some states and related restrictions on businesses is causing the labor market’s healing to stall.
Initial unemployment claims fell by a seasonally adjusted 10,000 to 1.3 million for the week ended July 11, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
That narrowly extends a trend of declines from a peak of 6.9 million in late March, when the coronavirus pandemic and mandated business closures shut down swaths...",center
9995,Weekly Jobless Claims Total 1.3 Million,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Labor Department', 'Economy And Jobs']",1.3 million people filed for first-time unemployment last week,NBC News (Online),"First-time applications for unemployment benefits topped 1.3 million last week, marking a continued pain point in the nation's economic recovery after 17 straight weeks of job losses in the millions.
The data, released Thursday by the Department of Labor, comes amid a spike in coronavirus cases in 40 states, complicating a broader nationwide reopening of businesses.
Meanwhile, lawmakers in Washington remain at loggerheads over extending the supplemental $600 in pandemic unemployment assistance that has been a lifeline to families affected by coronavirus-induced layoffs. The benefit is set to expire at...",left
9996,Weekly Jobless Claims Total 1.3 Million,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Labor Department', 'Economy And Jobs']",1.3M jobless claims last week as number remains above 1M for 17th straight week,Washington Examiner,"The number of new jobless claims last week was 1.3 million, the Labor Department reported Thursday, which marks the 17th straight week that claims have exceeded 1 million.
Economists projected that 1.25 million jobs were lost last week.
On average, over the past four weeks more than 1.3 million jobless claims have been filed each week, according to the Labor report.
The total number of people claiming benefits for all jobless programs for the week ending June 27 was over 32 million. Compared to the same week last year, there...",right
9997,Congress to Vote on Arming Syrian Rebels Against ISIS,['Terrorism'],House Expected to Vote on Training Syrian Rebels to Fight ISIS,New York Times (News),"The House will probably vote on Wednesday to grant President Obama the authority to train and equip Syrian rebels to battle the Islamic State, but Republicans will insist on a detailed accounting of how the program fits into a broader strategy to defeat the militants, Republican aides said Monday.
House Republican leaders plan to offer the legislation as an amendment to a broader bill to keep the government funded into December and the Export-Import Bank open through June. The Senate would try to pass the bill by the end of...",left
9998,Congress to Vote on Arming Syrian Rebels Against ISIS,['Terrorism'],ISIS fight: Congress to vote on arming Syrian rebels,CNN (Online News),"House Republicans will require the White House to provide a detailed plan for arming and training Syrian rebels to fight ISIS in exchange for giving it the OK to carry out the mission.
The provision -- which is expected to be added to a must-pass spending bill funding the government through mid-December and could face a vote as early as Wednesday in the House -- would require the Secretary of Defense to explain how the Pentagon is vetting Syrian opposition groups.",left
9999,Congress to Vote on Arming Syrian Rebels Against ISIS,['Terrorism'],Boehner: Aid for Syria Rebels Will Pass House,Newsmax (News),"House leaders of both parties said they expect to pass a measure granting President Barack Obama’s request to arm and equip Syrian rebels.
“The president asked us to authorize the training of the Free Syrian Army,” House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican, told reporters today in Washington. “That’s what we’re going to do.”
The House will begin debate today on the measure offered yesterday as an amendment to a must-pass bill to fund the U.S. government through Dec. 11. Separate votes on the amendment and the bill, H.J.Res. 124,...",right
10000,Debating Tax Reform,['Taxes'],Why the GOP Could Take Obama’s Corporate Tax Proposal Seriously,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama‘s budget for next year, released Monday, is filled with ideas, programs and proposals with prospects for adoption by the new Republican-controlled Congress that range from dismal to zero.
Then there is corporate tax reform.
It may seem illogical to direct hopes for agreement toward one of the most far-reaching and politically fraught proposals on the president’s wish list, but, in fact, there are two big forces that can pry open the door to at least a serious bipartisan discussion on corporate tax reform this year. The first...",center
10001,Debating Tax Reform,['Taxes'],Congressional Republicans declare Obama’s budget dead on arrival,Washington Post,"Republican members of Congress on Tuesday declared President Obama's $4 trillion budget plan to be a legislative nonstarter, as they decried new taxes it would require to pay for an ambitious slate of proposed programs.
""It's dead on arrival,"" said Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) called it ""unrealistic -- completely.""
Obama's plan, which includes calls for new early-education programs and free community college tuition, among other things, would require new tax revenue from the wealthy Americans and large corporations to fund the initiatives.",left
10002,Debating Tax Reform,['Taxes'],The Complex Maze of Obama's Tax Reform,Townhall,"Obama wants to cap your retirement.
Inside his new budget he is proposing to cap qualified retirement savings at $3 million.
That's how much the White House figures it would take to generate $200,000 worth of income annually. However the problem with such an approach as investment news points out as that and in the historic low interest-rate environment it takes more money to produce $200,000 worth of income which is all you apparently",right
10003,Clinton or Sanders?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",DNC chair: GOP’s infighting far eclipses Sanders-Clinton feud,Washington Times,"Infighting on the Democratic side of the 2016 presidential race is mild compared to the GOP side, a top party official said Sunday, even as Sen. Bernard Sanders’ attacks on front-runner Hillary Clinton dent her favorability ratings.",right
10004,Clinton or Sanders?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Can Sanders' millennials switch to Clinton?,CNN (Online News),"Bernie's Brooklyn mourned Tuesday's New York primary results as Hillary Clinton solidified her lead over the shaggy, endearing ideologue. This may be the beginning of the end for Bernie Sanders, but that doesn't mean Clinton can coast. Far from it.
Sanders recently stressed that if Clinton does become the nominee, she'll have to do a much better job of engaging his supporters -- namely millennials. He's not kidding: Sanders has had an astronomical lead with this demographic, earning more",left
10005,Clinton or Sanders?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Can Clinton Feel the Bern?,New York Times (News),"WHEN Hubert H. Humphrey captured the Democratic presidential nomination in 1968, at a Democratic convention marked by violence on the streets and protests in the hall, antiwar demonstrators backing Eugene McCarthy threatened to spike Chicago’s water system with L.S.D. and enlist a squad of virile men to seduce the wives and daughters of delegates.",left
10006,Biden Administration to Send 4 Million Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine to Canada and Mexico,"['Coronavirus', 'Biden Administration', 'AstraZeneca', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Mexico', 'Canada', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Border Crisis']","US to send 4 million AstraZeneca COVID vaccine doses to Canada, Mexico",New York Post (News),"The United States will send 4 million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to Canada and Mexico, the White House said Thursday.
The AstraZeneca vaccine, which is still pending FDA approval in the US but has been approved in other countries, will be shipped out to prevent those doses from continuing to go unused.
“Many countries, as you know, have already approved AstraZeneca[‘s vaccine] and also have requested our doses from the United States,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said at a briefing, adding that while this includes Canada...",right
10007,Biden Administration to Send 4 Million Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine to Canada and Mexico,"['Coronavirus', 'Biden Administration', 'AstraZeneca', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Mexico', 'Canada', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Border Crisis']","U.S. to send 4 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Mexico, Canada in loan deal: official",Reuters,"The United States plans to send roughly 4 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine that it is not using to Mexico and Canada in loan deals with the two countries, an administration official told Reuters on Thursday.
Mexico will receive 2.5 million doses of the vaccine and Canada is to receive 1.5 million doses, the official said.
“We’re lending a portion of our releasable doses of AstraZeneca vaccine,” the official said on condition of anonymity. “We only put the virus behind us if we’re helping our global partners.”
White House...",center
10008,Biden Administration to Send 4 Million Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine to Canada and Mexico,"['Coronavirus', 'Biden Administration', 'AstraZeneca', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Mexico', 'Canada', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Border Crisis']",U.S. to Send Millions of Vaccine Doses to Mexico and Canada,New York Times (News),"The United States plans to send millions of doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Mexico and Canada, the White House said Thursday, a notable step into vaccine diplomacy just as the Biden administration is quietly pressing Mexico to curb the stream of migrants coming to the border.
Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said the United States was planning to share 2.5 million doses of the vaccine with Mexico and 1.5 million with Canada, adding that it was “not finalized yet, but that is our aim.”",left
10009,Mueller's Office Calls Report by Buzzfeed Not Accurate,"['White House', 'Mueller', 'Politics']",Trump bemoans mainstream media 'disgraceful' coverage of 'phony' BuzzFeed report,Washington Times,President Trump on Saturday blasted what he called the “phony” BuzzFeed story and the mainstream media’s coverage of it.,right
10010,Mueller's Office Calls Report by Buzzfeed Not Accurate,"['White House', 'Mueller', 'Politics']",Mueller's office disputes BuzzFeed story about Trump directing Cohen's false testimony,USA TODAY,"In a rare public statement, special counsel Robert Mueller's office on Friday disputed a blockbuster report from BuzzFeed News that alleged President Donald Trump directed his former attorney, Michael Cohen, to lie in his testimony before Congress.",left
10011,Mueller's Office Calls Report by Buzzfeed Not Accurate,"['White House', 'Mueller', 'Politics']","In a rare move, Mueller’s office denies BuzzFeed report that Trump told Cohen to lie about Moscow project",Washington Post,"Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s office on Friday denied an explosive report by BuzzFeed News that his investigators had gathered evidence showing President Trump directed his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress about a prospective business deal in Moscow.",left
10012,House Democrats To Subpoena White House For Documents Related To Ukraine Probe,"['Subpoena', 'White House', 'Ukraine', 'Documents', 'US House', 'Politics']",House Democrats to subpoena White House in Ukraine probe,Washington Times,"House Democrats are threatening to subpoena the White House in their fight for more documents related to President Trump’s July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The chairs of the House Intelligence, Oversight and Foreign Affairs committees sent a memo to the White House demanding the key documents they need.
“Over the past several weeks, the committees tried several times to obtain voluntary compliance with our requests for documents, but the White House has refused to engage with—or even respond to—the committees,” they wrote.
The subponea will be issued...",right
10013,House Democrats To Subpoena White House For Documents Related To Ukraine Probe,"['Subpoena', 'White House', 'Ukraine', 'Documents', 'US House', 'Politics']",House Democrats threaten to subpoena White House for Ukraine docs,The Hill,"House Democrats are threatening to subpoena the White House for documents on President Trump's dealings with Ukraine as part of their impeachment inquiry, with three House panels signaling Wednesday they plan to move forward with the effort unless they get the material.
“Over the past several weeks, the Committees tried several times to obtain voluntary compliance with our requests for documents, but the White House has refused to engage with—or even respond to—the Committees,” reads a memo from House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.).
The subpoena will be issued...",center
10014,House Democrats To Subpoena White House For Documents Related To Ukraine Probe,"['Subpoena', 'White House', 'Ukraine', 'Documents', 'US House', 'Politics']",House Threatens to Subpoena White House for Ukraine Records,New York Times (News),"The House threatened on Wednesday to subpoena the White House if it did not comply by Friday with requests for a broad range of documents related to an alleged scheme to pressure Ukraine into investigating a leading political rival of President Trump.
Representative Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland, the chairman of the Oversight and Reform Committee, notified his committee of the impending subpoena on Wednesday. He said the White House had thus far ignored Congress’s voluntary requests.
“I do not take this step lightly,” Mr. Cummings wrote. “Over the past...",left
10015,EU Eases COVID-19 Travel Restrictions for Vaccinated Tourists,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'European Union', 'Europe', 'Travel']","Vaccinated Travelers Will Be Allowed to Visit, E.U. Says",New York Times (News),"The European Union agreed on Wednesday to reopen its borders to visitors who have been fully vaccinated with an approved shot and to those coming from a list of countries considered safe from a coronavirus perspective, permitting broader travel just in time for the summer tourism season.
Ambassadors from the 27 member states of the European Union endorsed a plan that would allow visits from tourists and other nonessential travelers, who have been mostly barred from entering the bloc for more than a year.",left
10016,EU Eases COVID-19 Travel Restrictions for Vaccinated Tourists,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'European Union', 'Europe', 'Travel']",European Union Set to Open Borders to Vaccinated Travelers,Wall Street Journal (News),"The European Union took a step toward opening its borders to vaccinated tourists, a move that likely means Americans and other non-Europeans will be allowed to visit the continent this summer.
The decision, taken Wednesday by ambassadors from the 27 EU member countries, must still be formally approved by national leaders, which could come as soon as tomorrow.
It isn’t yet clear exactly when tourists will be allowed to arrive, but it is expected to be very soon, an EU spokesman said.
The U.S. would need to be added to a list...",center
10017,EU Eases COVID-19 Travel Restrictions for Vaccinated Tourists,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'European Union', 'Europe', 'Travel']",European Union to ease travel restrictions for vaccinated Americans,Fox News (Online News),"Vaccinated Americans will soon be able to travel to Europe with ease.
The European Union on Wednesday agreed on a proposal to relax COVID-19 travel restrictions for travelers visiting from outside its 27 countries, welcoming vaccinated Americans and a number of other nations, including the U.K., ahead of the summer vacations, according to the Associated Press. A date for when borders will reopen, however, has not yet been set. ",right
10018,Massive Earthquake Hits Mexico,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Why the Giant Mexican Earthquake Happened,Scientific American,"Late Thursday night the biggest earthquake to hit Mexico in 100 years shook the country—and a large part of the globe. The magnitude 8.1 temblor was centered just off the southern end of Mexico’s Pacific coast. It was stronger than the 1985 quake that killed thousands of people in Mexico City. Last night’s quake took 32 lives, according to news reports, and the toll may rise.",left
10019,Massive Earthquake Hits Mexico,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Photos Show Destruction From Mexico’s Strongest Earthquake In Decades,HuffPost,"Mexico’s most powerful earthquake in more than eight decades hit off the country’s southern coast late Thursday evening, damaging and destroying hundreds of buildings and killing at least 34 people.",left
10020,Massive Earthquake Hits Mexico,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Watch A Massive Earthquake Rock Southern Mexico,The Daily Caller,"The strongest earthquake to hit Mexico in a century hit off the country’s Pacific coast late Thursday, causing massive tremors that rocked cities and leveled buildings.",right
10021,Republican and Democratic Senators Exchange Endorsements Across Party Lines,"['Bridging Divides', 'Bipartisanship', 'Joe Manchin', 'Lisa Murkowski', 'Endorsements', '2022 Alaska Senate Election', 'Electoral Count Act', '2022 Elections']","Crossing party lines, Manchin endorses Murkowski for re-election",NBC News (Online),"Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., on Sunday endorsed the re-election campaign of his Republican colleague Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who faces a tough challenger this year supported by former President Donald Trump.
""I'm endorsing my dear friend Lisa Murkowski,"" Manchin said on CNN's ""State of the Union."" ""Alaska could only be so lucky to have her continue to serve them.""
Murkowski returned the favor, saying she will endorse Manchin, who is up for re-election in 2024, if he decides to run.
The two moderate senators appeared on the show in a joint interview to promote bipartisanship...",left
10022,Republican and Democratic Senators Exchange Endorsements Across Party Lines,"['Bridging Divides', 'Bipartisanship', 'Joe Manchin', 'Lisa Murkowski', 'Endorsements', '2022 Alaska Senate Election', 'Electoral Count Act', '2022 Elections']",Sens. Joe Manchin and Lisa Murkowski crossed party lines and endorsed each other during a joint interview,Insider,"In a rare show of bipartisanship, Sens. Joe Manchin and Lisa Murkowski appeared in a joint TV interview on Sunday and exchanged endorsements.
Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, and Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, appeared on CNN's ""State of the Union,"" during which Manchin endorsed her and called her a ""dear friend.""
""It's hypocritical to work with a person day-in and day-out and then when they're in cycle you're supposed to be against them because they have an R or a D by their name,"" Manchin said. ""If these are good...",left
10023,Republican and Democratic Senators Exchange Endorsements Across Party Lines,"['Bridging Divides', 'Bipartisanship', 'Joe Manchin', 'Lisa Murkowski', 'Endorsements', '2022 Alaska Senate Election', 'Electoral Count Act', '2022 Elections']","Manchin, Murkowski endorse each other during rare joint TV appearance",New York Post (News),"Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin and Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski endorsed each other Sunday during a joint TV interview — as Manchin defended his opposition of President Biden’s $2 trillion social spending bill, saying he’s “not a Washington Democrat.”
The lawmakers put up a bipartisan front during their appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” ahead of their upcoming re-election races.
“I’m endorsing my dear friend Lisa Murkowski. Alaska could only be so lucky to have her continue to serve them,” Manchin, of West Virginia, said on the show.
“It’s hypocritical to basically work...",right
10024,More Work on Debt Ceiling,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",House Republicans to vote next week on three-month extension of debt ceiling,CNN (Online News),"While at a GOP retreat, House Republican leaders on Friday announced a vote next week on a three-month extension of the debt limit, with a requirement that both chambers pass a budget or else go without pay.",left
10025,More Work on Debt Ceiling,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","House GOP backs down, plans vote to raise debt limit for three months",Washington Post,Legislation is a retreat from some party members insistence on cuts equal to the increase in borrowing.,left
10026,More Work on Debt Ceiling,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Boehner wants Senate budget before any final debt ceiling deal,Washington Times,"Capping a three-day GOP retreat, House GOP leaders announced that next week they will pursue a three-month extension of the nations borrowing limit to give Congress more time to pass a federal budget — warning that the proposal will also freeze members pay if they fail to do their job.",right
10027,"Melania Trump Gives Rare Television Interview, Talks White House, Bullying, and #MeToo","['White House', 'Politics']",Melania Trump says women 'need evidence' if they say they're victims,CNN (Online News),"First lady Melania Trump said victims who make accusations of sexual misconduct ""need to have really hard evidence"" in a recently taped interview, echoing a statement she made in October 2016 amid allegations against her husband.",left
10028,"Melania Trump Gives Rare Television Interview, Talks White House, Bullying, and #MeToo","['White House', 'Politics']",Melania Trump doesn’t trust some White House staffers,Washington Examiner,First lady Melania Trump says there are staffers in West Wing whom she doesn’t trust. Trump was asked during an interview with ABC News that aired Thursday whether her husband has people working for him whom she distrusts.,right
10029,"Melania Trump Gives Rare Television Interview, Talks White House, Bullying, and #MeToo","['White House', 'Politics']",Melania Trump says she's one of the most bullied people in the world,USA TODAY,"Melania Trump says bullying is one of the issues she's using her first lady platform to address. And in a new clip from her interview with ABC News' Tom Llamas, part of her first TV interview as first lady which will air in its entirety Friday, Trump says she's experienced her fair share of bullying firsthand.",left
10030,Bipartisan Budget Deal Approved,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Budget deal wins final approval in Senate,Fox News (Online News),"The Senate on Wednesday approved a two-year budget deal, sending it to President Obama's desk and staving off the threat of a partial government shutdown.
The bill cleared the Senate on a 64-36 vote. It passed despite the objections of Republican senators to a provision that cuts billions from military retiree benefit",right
10031,Bipartisan Budget Deal Approved,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate passes bipartisan budget agreement,Washington Post,"Congress declared a holiday truce in the budget wars Wednesday, sending President Obama a blueprint for funding the government through 2015. But the next skirmish was already on the horizon: an election-year fight over the national debt.
The budget deal that passed the Senate on Wednesday amounts to a handshake",left
10032,Bipartisan Budget Deal Approved,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Senate approves budget, sends to Obama",CNN (Online News),"For the first time in what seems like ages, Congress has passed a government spending plan without resorting to last-minute brinkmanship such as midnight negotiations to prevent an imminent government shutdown.
The Senate voted 64-36 on Wednesday to send the compromise federal budget framework to President Barack Obama, who has signaled his support.",left
10033,House Passes $3.5T Budget Blueprint,"['Federal Budget', 'US House', 'Moderate Democrats', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Economy And Jobs']",Democrats Pass $3.5 Trillion Budget After Moderate Democrats Cave,Breitbart News,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and moderate Democrats struck a compromise Tuesday on the path forward to voting on the so-called bipartisan infrastructure bill and adopting the $3.5 trillion budget resolution.
The House passed on H. Res. 601, the resolution that contains the rule for the House to consider the so-called bipartisan infrastructure bill, otherwise known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, S. Con. Res. 14, the budget resolution, and H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021.
The measure passed 220-212, after House moderate Democrats led a...",right
10034,House Passes $3.5T Budget Blueprint,"['Federal Budget', 'US House', 'Moderate Democrats', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Economy And Jobs']",House Democrats clear path toward passing $3.5 trillion budget bill and infrastructure plan after breaking stalemate,CNBC,"House Democrats forged ahead with President Joe Biden’s economic plans Tuesday after they broke a stalemate that threatened to unravel the party’s sprawling agenda.
In a 220-212 party-line vote, the chamber passed a $3.5 trillion budget resolution and advanced a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. The vote allows Democrats to write and approve a massive spending package without Republicans and puts the Senate-passed infrastructure plan on a path to final passage in the House.
The measure includes a nonbinding commitment to vote on the infrastructure bill by Sept. 27, which aims...",center
10035,House Passes $3.5T Budget Blueprint,"['Federal Budget', 'US House', 'Moderate Democrats', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Economy And Jobs']","House passes $3.5 trillion budget plan, aims to vote on infrastructure package by late September",Washington Post,"House Democrats on Tuesday approved a roughly $3.5 trillion budget that could enable sweeping changes to the nation’s health-care, education and tax laws, overcoming their own internal divisions to take the next step toward enacting President Biden’s broader economic agenda.
The 220-to-212 party-line vote came after days of delays as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) scrambled to stave off a revolt from her party’s moderate-leaning lawmakers. With the frenzy resolved, the chamber averted what would have been a political embarrassment for the White House and its allies — even as...",left
10036,Wife of Orlando Shooter Under Scrutiny,['Violence In America'],"Gunman's Wife Gave No Warning to Cops Before Attack, Sources Say",NBC News (Online),"The Orlando gunman's wife feared he was going to attack a gay nightclub overnight Saturday and pleaded with him not to do anything violent — but failed to warn police after he left, NBC News has learned.",left
10037,Wife of Orlando Shooter Under Scrutiny,['Violence In America'],"Orlando probe intensifies as feds eye gunman's wife, possible ties to international terror",Fox News (Online News),"Federal authorities in Orlando and around the nation are scrambling to connect dots in the wake of Sunday's massacre by an Islamist terrorist, with potential charges looming for the gunman's wife as early as Wednesday and agents tracing possible ties to radical Muslims in the U.S. and abroad.",right
10038,Wife of Orlando Shooter Under Scrutiny,['Violence In America'],Wife of Orlando shooter could face charges soon,Reuters,"The wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at an Orlando gay nightclub could face criminal charges as early as Wednesday after a federal grand jury was convened to study possible wrongdoing by her, a law enforcement source said.",center
10039,"Trump Will Not Release Tax Returns, Citing An IRS Audit","['Trump Tax Returns', 'White House', 'Politics']","Trump rejects giving Dems tax returns, citing audit",The Hill,"President Trump said Wednesday that he won’t release his tax returns while he’s under audit, setting the stage for a standoff among the White House, the Treasury Department and House Democrats.
“I would love to give them, but I’m not going to do it while I’m under audit,” Trump told reporters as he departed the White House for a trip to Texas.
Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee set a Wednesday deadline for the Treasury Department to turn over six years worth of Trump’s personal and business tax...",center
10040,"Trump Will Not Release Tax Returns, Citing An IRS Audit","['Trump Tax Returns', 'White House', 'Politics']",It's deadline day for Trump's tax returns,CNN (Online News),"House Democrats aren't optimistic they'll see Trump's tax returns Wednesday.
That's the deadline they had given IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig to turn over six years of President Donald Trump's personal and business tax returns to House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal, a Massachusetts Democrat.
But a week after Neal made his formal request for Trump's tax information, including information on eight of the President's business entities, Democrats are fully anticipating a drawn-out political and legal showdown as the administration digs in and Democrats prepare to go to court.
""They...",left
10041,"Trump Will Not Release Tax Returns, Citing An IRS Audit","['Trump Tax Returns', 'White House', 'Politics']","Trump cites audit, won't turn over taxes on deadline",Washington Times,"President Trump said Wednesday he doesn’t plan to hand over his tax returns to House Democrats, citing an ongoing audit.
“I would love to give them but I’m not going to do it while I’m under audit,” Mr. Trump told reporters as he departed the White House. “I have no obligation to do that while under audit and no lawyer would tell you to release your tax returns while you’re under audit.”
Experts disagree, saying nothing prevents him from following a decadeslong tradition of transparency among presidents, though Mr. Trump...",right
10042,"Media, Fauci Acknowledge COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory After Dismissing It Initially","['Media Bias', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Coronavirus', 'China']","With Trump Out of White House, Media Suddenly Finds ‘Lab Leak Theory’ Plausible",The Daily Signal,"Former President Donald Trump is known for a lot of things, but one of his special powers is his ability to make the entire corporate media act in concert to bring embarrassment upon themselves.
For nearly a year, almost every major news outlet declared that it was a debunked, fringe conspiracy theory to even discuss the idea that the coronavirus pandemic began as a leak from a laboratory in Wuhan, China.
It so happened that Trump was the most visible person pressing the case of the “lab leak theory,” which meant...",right
10043,"Media, Fauci Acknowledge COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory After Dismissing It Initially","['Media Bias', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Coronavirus', 'China']",Timeline: How the Wuhan lab-leak theory suddenly became credible,Washington Post,"The source of the coronavirus that has left more than 3 million people dead around the world remains a mystery. But in recent months the idea that it emerged from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) — once dismissed as a ridiculous conspiracy theory — has gained new credence.
How and why did this happen? For one, efforts to discover a natural source of the virus have failed. Second, early efforts to spotlight a lab leak often got mixed up with speculation that the virus was deliberately created as a bioweapon. That made it...",left
10044,"Media, Fauci Acknowledge COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory After Dismissing It Initially","['Media Bias', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Coronavirus', 'China']","Media face hard questions on Trump, Wuhan lab",The Hill,"The media face hard questions amid a growing acceptance that it is possible COVID-19 originated in a Chinese laboratory.
The idea was disparaged as a conspiracy theory by multiple outlets last year - almost surely because its loudest promoter was then-President Trump.
Now, as uncertainty grows, there are burgeoning suspicions that the media overstepped their mark.
For conservatives and some media critics, that's part of the larger issue of bias. 
They argue, for example, that mainstream outlets have played down the severity of the crisis at the southwestern border under...",center
10045,Manafort Faces Trial As First Defendant In Mueller Probe,['Politics'],What's at stake in the Manafort trial? A whole heck of a lot legally and politically speaking,Daily Kos,"Russia's 2016 election attack isn't at issue in the bank and tax fraud trial of former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort beginning in Virginia Tuesday, but in many ways the future of the Russia probe will very much be on the line as Special Counsel Robert Mueller works to secure a conviction.",left
10046,Manafort Faces Trial As First Defendant In Mueller Probe,['Politics'],Paul Manafort's trial set to start today; he is facing 18 criminal counts,Washington Times,"The first trial to emerge from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe is set to start Tuesday when former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort appears before a federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia.",right
10047,Manafort Faces Trial As First Defendant In Mueller Probe,['Politics'],Manafort Heads To Court As First Defendant In Mueller Probe To Face Trial,NPR (Online News),Most tax and bank fraud cases are built on stacks of bland business documents and Internal Revenue Service paperwork — hardly the stuff of international intrigue.,left
10048,Biden to Announce Emissions Goal At International Climate Summit this Week,"['Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Energy', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Joe Biden', 'Russia', 'China']",Biden feels heat on emissions goal as climate summit nears,Associated Press,"As President Joe Biden convenes a virtual climate summit on Thursday with 40 world leaders, he faces a vexing task: how to put forward a nonbinding but symbolic goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that will have a tangible impact on climate change efforts not only in the U.S. but throughout the world.
The emissions target, eagerly awaited by all sides of the climate debate, will signal how aggressively Biden wants to move on climate change, a divisive and expensive issue that has riled Republicans to complain about job-killing government...",left
10049,Biden to Announce Emissions Goal At International Climate Summit this Week,"['Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Energy', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Joe Biden', 'Russia', 'China']",Joe Biden to reveal US emissions pledge in key climate crisis moment,The Guardian,"Joe Biden faces a key test of his commitment to climate action this week, when he sets out his core plans for tackling the climate crisis and calls on all of the world’s major economies to join him in bold action to slash greenhouse gas emissions in the next ten years.
The US president has made the climate emergency one of his administration’s top priorities, and stated that clean growth must be the route for the US to rebound from the coronavirus crisis.
Biden and his climate envoy, John Kerry,...",left
10050,Biden to Announce Emissions Goal At International Climate Summit this Week,"['Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Energy', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Joe Biden', 'Russia', 'China']",3 largest U.S. electricity firms push 80% cut in carbon emissions ahead of Biden's climate summit,Washington Times,"Thirteen of the nation’s leading electricity companies are pledging to work with President Biden to slash carbon emissions ahead of Thursday’s international White House summit on climate change.
On Friday, the companies sent a letter to Mr. Biden urging the administration to design a wide-reaching energy agenda to curb carbon emission more than 80% below 2005 levels by 2030.
“A federal policy framework can be designed to support the power sector’s deployment of strategies that are technically feasible, ensure reliability, and maintain affordability for customers,” the companies wrote.",right
10051,Ukrainian Protestors Clash with Police,['World'],Kiev explodes in chaos,Washington Post,The European Union is considering sanctions in response to the violence.,left
10052,Ukrainian Protestors Clash with Police,['World'],Ukrainian Protestors dig in,CNN (Online News),"After the deaths of 25 people from clashes a day earlier, Ukrainian protesters are prepared to stand and fight again Wednesday.",left
10053,Ukrainian Protestors Clash with Police,['World'],"At least 26 killed, hundreds injured as protesters clash with police in Ukraine",Fox News (Online News),Thousands of angry anti-government protesters clashed with police outside Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday in a new eruption of violence.,right
10054,Roger Stone Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison,"['Roger Stone', 'Justice Department', 'Donald Trump', 'Crime', 'William Barr', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']","Trump associate Roger Stone sentenced to 3 years, 4 months in prison for lying to Congress",NBC News (Online),"Roger Stone, a friend of President Donald Trump and longtime Republican campaign adviser, was sentenced to three years, four months in federal prison Thursday for obstructing a congressional investigation of Russia's 2016 presidential election meddling.
“He was not prosecuted, as some have complained, for standing up for the president. He was prosecuted for covering up for the president,” Federal District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson said before she handed down her sentence of 40 months, a $20,000 fine, two years of probation and 250 hours of community service.
Trump has...",left
10055,Roger Stone Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison,"['Roger Stone', 'Justice Department', 'Donald Trump', 'Crime', 'William Barr', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Roger Stone Sentenced to Three Years and Four Months in Prison,Wall Street Journal (News),"WASHINGTON— Roger Stone was sentenced to three years and four months in prison on Thursday for lying to Congress and other crimes, after a tumultuous two weeks in which the government trial lawyers withdrew and President Trump repeatedly criticized the handling of the case.
Mr. Stone, a Republican consultant who has been a political adviser to Mr. Trump for decades, was sentenced to 40 months of incarceration, a $20,000 fine and two years of supervised release by Judge Amy Berman Jackson at a morning hearing in federal court in Washington,...",center
10056,Roger Stone Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison,"['Roger Stone', 'Justice Department', 'Donald Trump', 'Crime', 'William Barr', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']","Roger Stone Sentenced To 3 Years For Lying To Congress, Trump Hints At Pardon",The Daily Wire,"Former Trump associate Roger Stone has become the latest person in President Donald Trump’s orbit to be sentenced for lying to congress, something that has so far not happened to any anti-Trump people who have lied to congress.
Stone was sentenced to 40 months in prison on Thursday for lying to congress and obstructing the FBI’s investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia in 2016 to steal the election. Special Counsel Robert Mueller concluded there was no evidence that anyone on the Trump campaign colluded with Russia, yet...",right
10057,"Sinclair Broadcasting Required Local News Anchors to Film ""False News"" Promo",['Media Bias'],Sinclair requiring anchors to read new promo slamming 'one-sided news stories': report,The Hill,"Sinclair Broadcasting Corp. is requiring news anchors at its local TV stations to take part in a new promotional campaign that slams national media outlets for sharing “fake stories,” according to a new report.",center
10058,"Sinclair Broadcasting Required Local News Anchors to Film ""False News"" Promo",['Media Bias'],Sinclair Broadcasting Orders Local Anchors To Record Bizarre ‘Hostage’ Video,HuffPost,"It’s being slammed on Twitter as a “hostage” video. Sinclair Broadcasting Group, which owns more than 170 U.S. TV stations, has ordered local news anchors across the country to read a script decrying “some media outlets” for “false news” and “fake stories.”",left
10059,"Sinclair Broadcasting Required Local News Anchors to Film ""False News"" Promo",['Media Bias'],Sinclair Broadcast Group's 'fake news' promo guilty of carrying water for Trump by the liberal media,Washington Examiner,"Over the weekend, you may have noticed a viral video featuring a smorgasbord of small local TV anchors recording the same exact message across multiple platforms.",right
10060,Secret Service Was Warned Mike Pence Could Be in Danger A Day Before Capitol Riot,"['Capitol Chaos', 'Defense And Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Mike Pence', 'Secret Service', 'Violence In America', 'White House']",Secret Service Was Warned of Danger to Pence on January 5: Report,National Review,"The Secret Service was warned by one of Mike Pence’s top aides of a threat to the then–vice president the day before the storming of the Capitol, per revelations in a new book on the Trump presidency.
On January 5, 2021, Marc Short, Pence’s chief of staff and the former White House director of legislative affairs to then-President Donald Trump, called to speak with Special Agent Tim Giebels, the head of the vice-presidential protective detail. Short reportedly told Giebels that Trump was going to “publicly turn” against Pence, which would...",right
10061,Secret Service Was Warned Mike Pence Could Be in Danger A Day Before Capitol Riot,"['Capitol Chaos', 'Defense And Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Mike Pence', 'Secret Service', 'Violence In America', 'White House']","Pence Staffer Warned Secret Service Of Jan. 6 Security Threat, Report Says",Forbes,"Former Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff, Marc Short, warned Pence’s lead Secret Service agent a day before the Capitol riot that Pence could be in danger on January 6 because Trump would publicly attack him for refusing to intervene in the election certification, the New York Times reported on Friday.
Short did not share with Pence’s Secret Service agent, Tim Giebels, what kind of security threat Pence might face when he met with Giebels in the West Wing, but the warning was the only time Short voiced a...",center
10062,Secret Service Was Warned Mike Pence Could Be in Danger A Day Before Capitol Riot,"['Capitol Chaos', 'Defense And Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Mike Pence', 'Secret Service', 'Violence In America', 'White House']",Aide Told Secret Service That Mike Pence Could Be At Risk Targeted By Trump's Anger: Report,HuffPost,"Former Vice President Mike Pence’s top aide warned the Secret Service the day before last year’s riot at the U.S. Capitol that Pence could be in danger after an expected betrayal by then-President Donald Trump, The New York Times reported Friday.
Chief of staff Marc Short told Pence’s lead Secret Service agent, Tim Giebels, that Trump was “going to turn publicly against the vice president, and there could be a security risk to Mr. Pence because of it,” reported Times journalist Maggie Haberman.
Short couldn’t predict what form the risk could take, but he did know that Pence’s...",left
10063,US to Recognize Utah Marriages,['LGBT Rights'],Gay-Marriage Fight Takes a Toll on Utahns,Wall Street Journal (News),"The recent flurry of court rulings legalizing and then halting gay marriage in Utah has whipsawed residents of this predominantly Mormon city, a conservative enclave that saw its first-ever gay pride celebration only last summer.
For same-sex couples here who say they endure stares and whispers while walking hand in hand, news that they could suddenly marry was almost unbelievable, said Todd Markham, who wed his partner, Addison Rose, during the brief 18-day window when same-sex marriages were allowed.
Meanwhile, city leaders here say they have been receiving emails and...",center
10064,US to Recognize Utah Marriages,['LGBT Rights'],"U.S. to Recognize 1,300 Marriages Disputed by Utah",New York Times (News),"The Obama administration on Friday made the latest contribution to a fast-moving legal battle over same-sex marriage rights as the Justice Department said that the federal government would recognize as lawful the marriages of some 1,300 same-sex couples in Utah even though the state government is largely refusing to do so.
The announcement furthered President Obama’s self-described evolution on same-sex marriage rights. He was once a politician who said he was “not in favor of gay marriage” and repeatedly invoked the rights of states to decide how marriage should be...",left
10065,US to Recognize Utah Marriages,['LGBT Rights'],Federal government to recognize same-sex marriages in Utah,Fox News (Online News),"Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday the federal government will recognize more than 1,000 same-sex marriages in Utah, despite an earlier announcement this week from the state’s governor saying the state would not.
The decision means those Utah couples will have access to federal benefits that are available to married couples in other states, including the ability to file joint tax returns. It also adds to the confusion in the state following a surprise ruling last month against the state's same-sex marriage ban.",right
10066,Does Sussmann's Legal Victory Cover Up The FBI or Expose Trump?,"['2016 Election', 'Courts', 'Cybersecurity', 'Donald Trump', 'Ethics Investigation', 'FBI', 'Hillary Clinton', 'James Baker', 'John Durham', 'Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Michael Sussmann', 'Mueller Investigation', 'Russia', 'Spying']","The Sussmann Verdict Is an Indictment of Durham, Not a Vindication of the Ex-Clinton Lawyer",National Review,"Michael Sussmann did exactly what he was accused of by Special Counsel John Durham. But the latter charged the former with lying to former FBI general counsel James Baker on the wrong day.
Durham’s team alleged that Sussmann told Baker that he wasn’t representing any client during a meeting at FBI headquarters on September 19, 2016, during which Sussmann handed over flimsy evidence of a secret communications channel between Russia’s Alfa Bank and the Trump Organization. In fact, the prosecution argued, Sussmann was acting on behalf of Hillary Clinton’s presidential...",right
10067,Does Sussmann's Legal Victory Cover Up The FBI or Expose Trump?,"['2016 Election', 'Courts', 'Cybersecurity', 'Donald Trump', 'Ethics Investigation', 'FBI', 'Hillary Clinton', 'James Baker', 'John Durham', 'Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Michael Sussmann', 'Mueller Investigation', 'Russia', 'Spying']",John Durham’s flop is only the latest of many Trump coverup failures,Paul Waldman,"For three years, conservatives hyped John Durham’s investigation into the origins of the FBI’s original investigation of Russia’s effort to help Donald Trump get elected president in 2016. Durham, a prosecutor appointed in 2019 by then-Attorney General William P. Barr, would blow the lid off the real scandal, they said, which was a conspiracy between Democrats and the FBI to get Trump. This would show there was never anything to the Russiagate scandal.
Durham had all the time and resources he needed. As of last December, a partial accounting found he had spent about...",left
10068,Does Sussmann's Legal Victory Cover Up The FBI or Expose Trump?,"['2016 Election', 'Courts', 'Cybersecurity', 'Donald Trump', 'Ethics Investigation', 'FBI', 'Hillary Clinton', 'James Baker', 'John Durham', 'Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Michael Sussmann', 'Mueller Investigation', 'Russia', 'Spying']",Durham Jury Convicts the FBI,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"If special counsel John Durham didn’t get the verdict he wanted in the Michael Sussmann case, it’s because he did a better job of convicting the victim than he did the culprit—the victim being the FBI, the agency to which the Democratic lawyer allegedly lied when claiming he wasn’t acting for the Clinton campaign while peddling slime about Donald Trump in the run-up to the 2016 election.
In the indictment filed eight months ago, Mr. Durham went out of his way to show why the FBI would not have been fooled by Mr. Sussmann,...",right
10069,Fed Raises Interest Rates Another 0.75 Point to Combat Inflation,"['Business', 'Consumer Spending', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Reserve', 'Inflation', 'Interest Rates', 'Jerome Powell', 'Recession']",Fed makes history with second massive rate hike in as many months,CNN Business,"What seemed unfathomable just six months ago – a 75-basis-point rate hike by the Federal Reserve – has now happened twice in a row.
At the conclusion of its July monetary policymaking meeting, members of the US central bank on Wednesday once again approved a supersized interest rate hike of three-quarters of a percentage point. Members voted unanimously in favor of the aggressive move to tackle white-hot inflation.
The unprecedented action emphasizes how far the Fed is willing to push the economy to temper rising costs for Americans amid the highest...",left
10070,Fed Raises Interest Rates Another 0.75 Point to Combat Inflation,"['Business', 'Consumer Spending', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Reserve', 'Inflation', 'Interest Rates', 'Jerome Powell', 'Recession']",Fed hikes interest rates by 0.75 percentage point for second consecutive time to fight inflation,CNBC,"The Federal Reserve on Wednesday enacted its second consecutive 0.75 percentage point interest rate increase as it seeks to tamp down runaway inflation without creating a recession.
In taking the benchmark overnight borrowing rate up to a range of 2.25%-2.5%, the moves in June and July represent the most stringent consecutive action since the Fed began using the overnight funds rate as the principal tool of monetary policy in the early 1990s.
While the fed funds rate most directly impacts what banks charge each other for short-term loans, it...",center
10071,Fed Raises Interest Rates Another 0.75 Point to Combat Inflation,"['Business', 'Consumer Spending', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Reserve', 'Inflation', 'Interest Rates', 'Jerome Powell', 'Recession']","The Fed Announces Another Rate Hike To Rein In Inflation, But Economists Aren’t Convinced",The Daily Caller,"The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.75% on Wednesday as the central bank tries to fight inflation by decreasing consumer spending, but some economists aren’t convinced that it’ll be enough to stop inflation, or that it won’t push the economy into a recession.
The federal funds rate, the main interest rate that the Federal Reserve manipulates to control the economy, now stands between 2.25% to 2.50%, up from between 1.5% to 1.75%, according to the Federal Reserve’s press release. The Federal Reserve has been fighting inflation by raising rates since March, issuing a...",right
10072,Perspectives: The 2020 Vice Presidential Debate,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Vice Presidential Debate', 'Mike Pence', 'Kamala Harris', 'Elections']",The VP debate offers the nation a glimpse of a post-Trump future,Politico,"At one point during Wednesday night's vice presidential debate, Mike Pence answered a question about abortion laws in Indiana by discussing Qasem Soleimani. Kamala Harris responded to a question about whether she and Joe Biden would expand the Supreme Court by invoking Abe Lincoln.
Let's say this at the outset: This was a boring, unfocused debate between two well-prepared and polished candidates who had little interest in answering the questions posed to them — and were under virtually no pressure from the moderator to do so.
In other words, it...",left
10073,Perspectives: The 2020 Vice Presidential Debate,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Vice Presidential Debate', 'Mike Pence', 'Kamala Harris', 'Elections']","Trump's pandemic record in spotlight as Harris, Pence trade blows at VP debate",Reuters,"Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Kamala Harris clashed over the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic during their debate on Wednesday, as the White House struggled to contain an outbreak that has infected President Donald Trump and dozens of others.
The policy-heavy, relatively sedate debate stood in stark contrast to last week’s chaotic presidential showdown between Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, which was marred by Trump’s constant interruptions and personal insults from both men.
Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis, along with his age and that of Biden,...",center
10074,Perspectives: The 2020 Vice Presidential Debate,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Vice Presidential Debate', 'Mike Pence', 'Kamala Harris', 'Elections']",Pence takes Harris to the cleaners in VP debate,The American Spectator,"Vice President Mike Pence emerged from the 2020 vice presidential debate Wednesday night with a sound victory over challenger Sen. Kamala Harris. The debate was, of course, calmer and more focused on policy than the presidential debate between Trump and Biden last week. Although it may seem surprising that such conditions would work in favor of the bombastic Trump administration, Pence’s unflappable demeanor and meticulous preparation proved to be his big advantages of the night.
Pence started the evening by mounting a much better defense of the administration’s COVID response...",right
10075,Celebrating an Easter Sunday Marked by Pandemic,"['Easter', 'Coronavirus', 'World', 'Religion And Faith', 'Holidays', 'General News']","An Easter People, Now More Than Ever",National Review,"At the beginning of Holy Week one year ago, we watched in horror as the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris seemed to be going up in smoke right before our eyes. Though the damage didn’t end up being as catastrophic as we feared, what I wrote at the time, while the church was still lit up with flames, is a poignant reminder as we face an entirely different sort of tragedy this Easter:
Watching this holy place slowly collapse at the start of Holy Week — which will culminate...",right
10076,Celebrating an Easter Sunday Marked by Pandemic,"['Easter', 'Coronavirus', 'World', 'Religion And Faith', 'Holidays', 'General News']",What Easter Can Teach Us About Suffering,The Atlantic,"Jimmy Dorrell is the kind of Texas pastor who slips into preaching mode within the first five minutes of conversation, who has to tell two stories before finishing the first. His jokes can skip right past you if you’re not paying attention. On Palm Sunday, the fast-talking 70-year-old stood in the middle of Waco’s Webster Avenue, near Baylor University, wearing a light-blue face mask and a black hoodie, surrounded at six-foot intervals by homeless men and women waving palm fronds. Beside the street’s double yellow lines, a tattooed Jesus washed...",left
10077,Celebrating an Easter Sunday Marked by Pandemic,"['Easter', 'Coronavirus', 'World', 'Religion And Faith', 'Holidays', 'General News']","Pope urges solidarity on an Easter of both joy, virus sorrow",Associated Press,"VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis called for solidarity the world over to confront the “epochal challenge” posed by the coronavirus pandemic, as Christians celebrated a solitary Easter Sunday, blending the joyful feast day with sorrow over the toll the virus has already taken.
Families that normally would attend morning Mass wearing their Easter best and later join friends for celebratory lunches hunkered down at home. Police checkpoints in Europe and closed churches around the globe forced the faithful to watch Easter services online or on TV.
A few lucky...",left
10078,Trump Jr. Met With Russian Lawyer,['Politics'],Trump’s Son Met With Russian Lawyer After Being Promised Damaging Information on Clinton,New York Times (News),"President Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton before agreeing to meet with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign, according to three advisers to the White House briefed on the meeting and two others with knowledge of it.",left
10079,Trump Jr. Met With Russian Lawyer,['Politics'],Donald Trump Jr. says Russian lawyer claimed Clinton campaign collusion,Washington Times,"President Trump’s eldest son said Sunday that there was more to his meeting with a Russian lawyer last year than previously acknowledged, prompting fresh speculation about Trump campaign intrigue with the Kremlin.",right
10080,Trump Jr. Met With Russian Lawyer,['Politics'],Trump Son Admits To Meeting Russian Lawyer With Offer Of 'Helpful' Info For Campaign,NPR (Online News),"President Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., admitted Sunday to meeting last summer with a Russian attorney because she ""might have information helpful to"" his father's campaign.",left
10081,Hillary’s Capital Gains Policy,['Politics'],Hillary Clinton’s Capital Gains Tax Double-Cross,Townhall,"Hillary Clinton is expected to unveil an overhaul of the capital gains tax rate this week that she says will strengthen the economy and create more jobs.
The only trouble is that her plan calls for raising the tax rate on investors, the ones who provide the lion's share of investment capital needed for business expansion which fosters stronger economic growth and creates more jobs.
There have been few details coming out of the former Secretary of State's presidential campaign which has been very secretive about Clinton's economic policies.
But...",right
10082,Hillary’s Capital Gains Policy,['Politics'],Hillary Clinton to Propose Doubling Capital Gains Tax Rate on Short-Term Investments,Wall Street Journal (News),"Hillary Clinton will propose a sharp increase in the capital-gains tax rate for the highest earners for investments held only a few years, a campaign official said Friday.
Under the Clinton plan, investments held between one and two years would be taxed at the normal income-tax rate of 39.6%, nearly double the existing 20% capital gains rate. Neither figure counts an extra 3.8% tax on net investment income included as part of the health-care law, a campaign official said.",center
10083,Hillary’s Capital Gains Policy,['Politics'],"Hillary Clinton wants to take on ""quarterly capitalism"" — here's what that means",Vox,"In a speech today at NYU's Stern Business School, Hillary Clinton plans to finger what she considers a key impediment to long-term economic growth: ""quarterly capitalism."" It's a brand of excessively short-term thinking in which Wall Street considerations end up doing too much to drive Main Street business decisions.
It's an intriguing way to drive a conceptually left-wing message that many business executives actually agree with, and a demonstration that there's no necessary tension between a progressive economic approach focused on fairness and a more centrist one focused on growth.",left
10084,Trump’s 2005 Tax Returns Revealed,['Taxes'],Did Trump have his own tax return leaked? That was the big question after Maddow.,Washington Post,"It wasn’t the smoking gun President Trump’s critics had hoped for. Far from it.
Some even thought MSNBC host Rachel Maddow’s apparent scoop on Trump’s leaked 2005 tax return made him look good. After all, the New York Times had once suggested that he had avoided taxes, and others that he was faking the extent of his wealth.",left
10085,Trump’s 2005 Tax Returns Revealed,['Taxes'],Trump hits MSNBC for 'FAKE NEWS' after tax return report,Fox News (Online News),"Hours after a much-touted MSNBC “scoop” revealed part of President Trump's 2005 tax returns -- and in the process, undermined the left's speculation that he was a tax dodger -- the commander-in-chief fired back Wednesday morning with another volley of barb-laden tweets.",right
10086,Trump’s 2005 Tax Returns Revealed,['Taxes'],Report: Trump’s 2005 Taxes Revealed,Daily Beast,"Donald Trump earned more than $150 million in the year 2005—and paid just a small percentage of that in regular federal income taxes. Daily Beast contributor David Cay Johnston has obtained what appear to be the first two pages of Trump’s 2005 federal income-tax return, and published an analysis of those pages on his website, DCReport.org. The Daily Beast could not independently verify these documents.",left
10087,"MGM Files Lawsuit Against Las Vegas Shooting Victims Claiming It Has ""No Liability""",['Violence In America'],Mandalay Bay casino sues victims of Las Vegas shooting massacre. Here’s the insane reason why.,The Blaze,"MGM Resorts International has filed a lawsuit in federal court against more than 1,000 victims of last October’s shooting massacre claiming it is not financially liable for the tragedy.",right
10088,"MGM Files Lawsuit Against Las Vegas Shooting Victims Claiming It Has ""No Liability""",['Violence In America'],"Mandalay Bay owner sues victims of Las Vegas mass shooting, claims it has “no liability of any kind”",Salon,"The corporate owners of Mandalay Bay and the Route 91 Harvest festival venue have filed federal lawsuits against the victims of last year's mass shooting at a country music concert in Las Vegas, claiming that MGM Resorts International has zero liability in the deadly Oct. 1 incident.",left
10089,"MGM Files Lawsuit Against Las Vegas Shooting Victims Claiming It Has ""No Liability""",['Violence In America'],'A stunt': Outrage builds over MGM Resorts' decision to sue victims of Las Vegas massacre,USA TODAY,"A lawsuit filed by MGM Resorts International, owner of the Las Vegas hotel from which Stephen Paddock fatally shot 58 people and wounded hundreds, is drawing outrage from survivors of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.",left
10090,Fact Checkers Disagree On Whether Biden Called Trump's China Travel Ban 'Xenophobic',"['2020 Election Fact Checking', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Facts And Fact Checking']","Yes, Biden Called Trump’s Travel Restrictions Xenophobic",National Review,"Biden campaign national press secretary TJ Ducklo had a disastrous interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier on Thursday in which Ducklo appeared to be as eminently unprepared as your typical Trump White House surrogate, and grew increasingly agitated as the segment progressed. After Baier played clips of two experts that Biden has relied upon downplaying the coronavirus in late January, Ducklo claimed that “the vice president was not against the travel ban” placed on China by President Trump on January 31. Baier pressed Ducklo on this point, repeatedly asking if...",right
10091,Fact Checkers Disagree On Whether Biden Called Trump's China Travel Ban 'Xenophobic',"['2020 Election Fact Checking', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",Fact-checking whether Biden called Trump ‘xenophobic’ for restrictions on travel from China,PolitiFact,"Amid criticism of his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump routinely flags one action as efficient and bold: restricting travel from China into the United States.
Trump has said he instituted a travel ban against everyone’s wishes and that ""nobody,"" not even doctors, wanted him to restrict travel. But ""probably tens of thousands"" of people would be dead now if he hadn’t done so, he claimed on Fox News March 24.",left
10092,Fact Checkers Disagree On Whether Biden Called Trump's China Travel Ban 'Xenophobic',"['2020 Election Fact Checking', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",Trump’s Misleading Comments on Biden and the Coronavirus,FactCheck.org,"In July 14 remarks in the White House Rose Garden, President Donald Trump made a series of false, misleading and unsupported statements about the novel coronavirus and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s position on it.We’ll examine the errors one by one.
Not a “travel ban.” First, as he repeatedly does, the president incorrectly describes the action that he took regarding travel from China, where the coronavirus was discovered last December. As we have previously reported, it wasn’t a “travel ban.”
On Jan. 31, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex...",center
10093,Foreign Donations to Clinton Foundation,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Surprise: Clinton Foundation Will Keep Receiving Donations From Foreign Governments,Townhall,Do we want a president who is bought and paid for by foreign governments? That's the question Americans should be asking themselves.,right
10094,Foreign Donations to Clinton Foundation,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton Foundation to continue accepting foreign money during Hillary's run,CNN (Online News),"The Clinton Foundation will accept donations from foreign governments while Hillary Clinton runs for president, the organization announced Wednesday evening.",left
10095,Foreign Donations to Clinton Foundation,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton Foundation to restrict foreign donations,Washington Post,"Responding to concerns from activists across the political spectrum, the Clinton Foundation board voted Wednesday to tighten its policy on accepting foreign donations -- and to make its operations more transparent.",left
10096,More Trump In The News,[],Trump Schools the Republican Establishment,Politico,"“Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably,” the great Homer Simpson once observed. “The lesson is: never try.” That’s probably how the so-called “smart set” within the Republican Party feels these days. Ever since Mitt Romney’s 2012 defeat—a loss that caught everyone off guard except for people who followed public opinion polls or read a newspaper—we Republicans were promised a tough, new approach to the presidential primary process.",left
10097,More Trump In The News,[],Mark Cuban summarized Donald Trump’s appeal in just 43 words,Washington Post,"Noted Maverick Mark Cuban is a fan of Donald Trump's presidential candidacy. And, writing on something called Cyber Dust, Cuban succinctly and effectively explained the Trumpian appeal.",left
10098,More Trump In The News,[],Donald Trump talks possible government post for Sarah Palin,Washington Times,Would businessman Donald Trump pick former Alaska Gov. and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin for a government post if he wins the presidency?,right
10099,Court Ruling on Travel Ban,['Immigration'],Appeals Court Rejects Bid To Reinstate Trump's Travel Ban,NPR (Online News),"A federal appeals court has unanimously rejected a Trump administration request to allow its travel ban to take effect.
The three-judge appeals panel declined to overturn a lower court's order suspending the president's ban against entry into the United States by refugees and travelers from seven majority-Muslim nations.",left
10100,Court Ruling on Travel Ban,['Immigration'],Appeals court maintains block on Trump travel limits from Muslim countries,Washington Times,"A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that President Trump’s extreme vetting executive order is likely illegal, upholding a temporary restraining order that’s halted most of the president’s plan and delivering the first serious legal setback of the new administration.",right
10101,Court Ruling on Travel Ban,['Immigration'],What's Next for the Trump Travel Ban,U.S. News & World Report,"A federal appeals court has handed a resounding victory to Washington and Minnesota in their challenge of President Donald Trump's travel ban, finding unanimously that a lower court ruling suspending the ban's enforcement should stay in place for now.",left
10102,Trump Asks Judge to Appoint Neutral Watchdog to Review Seized Documents,"['Justice', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice Department', 'FBI']",Donald Trump asks judge to review ‘shockingly aggressive’ Mar-a-Lago search,NBC News (Online),"Former President Donald Trump asked a judge Monday to order the appointment of a special master to oversee the handling of the documents seized in the search of his Mar-a-Lago estate two weeks ago.
The court filing also asks the judge to require the Justice Department to return materials not covered by the scope of the search warrant, which Trump's team refers to as ""overbroad."" The filing also calls the Justice Department's decision to search the estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on Aug. 8 a ""shockingly aggressive move.""
The federal...",left
10103,Trump Asks Judge to Appoint Neutral Watchdog to Review Seized Documents,"['Justice', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice Department', 'FBI']",Trump sues to block DOJ from reviewing materials FBI seized at Mar-a-Lago until watchdog appointed,CNBC,"Former President Donald Trump in a new lawsuit Monday asking that a federal judge appoint a special watchdog to review documents seized from his Florida home as part of a criminal investigation of the removal of White House records when he left office in January 2021.
Trump’s lawsuit, which suggests the Aug. 8 FBI raid was politically motivated, also asks that the Department of Justice be blocked from “further review of seized materials” from his Mar-a-Lago residence until the so-called special master is appointed to review the documents.
Special masters are appointed in criminal...",center
10104,Trump Asks Judge to Appoint Neutral Watchdog to Review Seized Documents,"['Justice', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice Department', 'FBI']",Trump files motion asking for special master to go through documents seized from Mar-a-Lago,New York Post (News),"Former President Donald Trump filed a motion Monday demanding federal investigators stop going through material seized from his Mar-a-Lago mansion earlier this month until a neutralspecial master could be appointed to review the records.
The 27-page filing in Florida federal court also asked for the federal government to provide more detail about what was seized in the Aug. 8 raid on the 45th president’s Palm Beach estate and demanded the Justice Departmentreturn any item not covered by the search warrant.
“We are now demanding that the Department of ‘Justice’ be instructed to immediately STOP the review of documents illegally seized...",right
10105,Manhunt Underway After NYPD Officers Shot,['General News'],Two Plainclothes Officers Are Shot in the Bronx,New York Times (News),"Two plainclothes New York City police officers were shot in the Bronx on Monday night while they were investigating an armed robbery at a grocery store, the police said.",left
10106,Manhunt Underway After NYPD Officers Shot,['General News'],Manhunt underway after two NYPD officers shot,USA TODAY,A manhunt was underway Tuesday across the city and beyond after two NYPD officers were shot while responding to a robbery.,left
10107,Manhunt Underway After NYPD Officers Shot,['General News'],Manhunt on for 2 suspected of shooting NYPD cops responding to robbery,Fox News (Online News),A massive manhunt was on in New York after two NYPD officers were shot while trying to stop a robbery in the Bronx late Monday in the latest case of the nation’s largest police force coming under fire on the street.,right
10108,Year End Budget Deal,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Budget deal expected this week amounts to a cease-fire as sides move to avert a standoff,Washington Post,"House and Senate negotiators were putting the finishing touches Sunday on what would be the first successful budget accord since 2011, when the battle over a soaring national debt first paralyzed Washington.
The deal expected to be sealed this week on Capitol Hill would not significantly reduce the debt, now $17.3 trillion and rising. It would not close corporate tax loopholes or reform expensive health-care and retirement programs. It would not even fully replace sharp spending cuts known as the",left
10109,Year End Budget Deal,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Lawmakers nearing possible budget deal, but no 'grand bargain'",Fox News (Online News),"Congressional negotiators are said to be nearing a budget proposal for next year that would achieve the bare minimum -- setting basic spending levels to avoid a partial government shutdown, and tinkering around the edges of the sequester.
Sources tell Fox News that House and Senate negotiators are close on a possible agreement, at least on paper. Lawmakers have until Friday to finish off their work for the year.
""'Close' is a staff term,"" one senior lawmaker cautioned, suggesting it's unclear whether those drafting the bill yet have...",right
10110,Year End Budget Deal,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Budget talks worry those not in room,Politico,"Largely shut out of the budget negotiations, Capitol Hill’s minority parties are getting increasingly antsy about the emerging agreement.
Senate Republicans and House Democrats are learning the details of a possible deal largely through the media. For Republicans, their unease is caused by news that domestic spending may surpass existing caps, fueled by an increase in fees on government services. House Democrats are growing angry over the increased likelihood that federal workers’ benefits are going to be cut and the possible exclusion of unemployment ins",left
10111,"Biden to Travel to UK, Belgium for First Overseas Trip in June","['Joe Biden', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'NATO', 'G-7 Summit', 'Europe', 'European Union', 'United Kingdom', 'Belgium']","Biden to make first overseas trip in June for G-7, NATO summits",Politico,"Joe Biden will head to Europe for his first overseas trip as president, the White House announced on Friday, traveling in mid-June to the United Kingdom and Belgium.
Biden will attend international summits during the trip, including the G-7 summit in Cornwall, England, from June 11-13 and then the June 14 NATO Summit in Brussels. While in Brussels, Biden will also participate in a U.S.-EU summit, the White House said.",left
10112,"Biden to Travel to UK, Belgium for First Overseas Trip in June","['Joe Biden', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'NATO', 'G-7 Summit', 'Europe', 'European Union', 'United Kingdom', 'Belgium']",Biden to travel to U.K. and Brussels for first foreign trip as president,Axios,"President Biden will travel to the U.K. on June 11-13 for the G7 summit, followed by a trip to Brussels on June 14 for the NATO summit, the White House announced Friday.
Why it matters: Biden's first overseas trip — which has been delayed due to the pandemic — will be used to reaffirm the U.S. commitment to multilateralism, following four years of strained relations with European allies under former President Trump.
What to watch: At the G7, hosted this year in Cornwall, England, Biden will ""work to advance key...",center
10113,"Biden to Travel to UK, Belgium for First Overseas Trip in June","['Joe Biden', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'NATO', 'G-7 Summit', 'Europe', 'European Union', 'United Kingdom', 'Belgium']",White House reveals Biden’s first overseas trip will be to Europe,New York Post (News),"The White House announced Friday that President Biden will make his first foreign trip in June with stops in the UK and Belgium.
Biden has avoided travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic, despite being vaccinated, but will make the trip to participate in annual G7 and NATO summits.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said, “This trip will highlight his commitment to restoring our alliances, revitalizing the trans-Atlantic relationship, and working in close cooperation with our allies and multilateral partners to address global challenges and better secure America’s interests.”",right
10114,Margaret Thatcher Dies,"['Great Britain', 'World']",Margaret Thatcher Dies; Remade Britain,New York Times (News),Lady Thatcher was a towering political figure who transformed Britains way of thinking about its economic and political life during her 11 years as prime minister.,left
10115,Margaret Thatcher Dies,"['Great Britain', 'World']","Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female PM, dead at 87",CNN (Online News),Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher a towering figure in postwar British and world politics has died at the age of 87.,left
10116,Margaret Thatcher Dies,"['Great Britain', 'World']",Former Britain Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dies after suffering stroke,Fox News (Online News),Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died after suffering a stroke.,right
10117,CNN Hosts Final Town Hall Before New Hampshire Primary,"['Decision 2020', 'Democratic Party', 'New Hampshire', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Joe Biden', 'Andrew Yang', 'Tom Steyer', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Amy Klobuchar', 'Elections']","What to watch for and everything to know as Biden, Warren, Yang and Steyer face off in CNN town hall",Newsweek,"Four Democratic candidates will take the stage in New Hampshire on Wednesday to make a final pitch to voters ahead of the state's primary contest next week.
Former Vice President Joe Biden, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang and billionaire Tom Steyer will participate in back-to-back town hall events hosted by CNN.
The cable news network will host a total of eight town halls with presidential candidates over the next two days at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. The events will kick off at 8 p.m....",center
10118,CNN Hosts Final Town Hall Before New Hampshire Primary,"['Decision 2020', 'Democratic Party', 'New Hampshire', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Joe Biden', 'Andrew Yang', 'Tom Steyer', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Amy Klobuchar', 'Elections']",CNN to host two straight nights of Democratic town halls before NH primary,The Hill,"CNN announced Friday it will host eight Democratic presidential town halls over a two-night period from New Hampshire ahead of the party's first primary slated for Feb. 11.
The network format has candidates appearing back-to-back on Feb. 5 and 6. Questions will come from either a CNN moderator or the audience at Saint Anselm College. Moderators will be announced at a later date.
""The audience will be comprised of invited New Hampshire Democrats and independents who say they will vote in the Democratic primary, as well as Saint...",center
10119,CNN Hosts Final Town Hall Before New Hampshire Primary,"['Decision 2020', 'Democratic Party', 'New Hampshire', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Joe Biden', 'Andrew Yang', 'Tom Steyer', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Amy Klobuchar', 'Elections']",Tulsi Gabbard organizing protest at venue for CNN's town hall after being snubbed from event,Fox News (Online News),"Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, is protesting CNN after the network snubbed her from a Democratic town hall just days before the New Hampshire primary on Feb. 11.
Last week, CNN announced its lineups for a two-night town hall event set in New Hampshire on Wednesday and Thursday. The event is set to feature eight Democrat candidates: former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.; businessman Andrew Yang and billionaire Democratic donor Tom Steyer on the first night, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen....",right
10120,Breaking Down Biden's Proposal for a 20% Minimum Tax on the Country's Top Earners,"['Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Taxes', 'Wealth Tax', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Joe Biden']",Here’s the Neat Trick of Biden’s Billionaire Tax,New York Times (Opinion),"President Biden is trying to pull off a neat trick with his so-called billionaire tax plan: to raise taxes on the wealthy without directly taxing wealth.
The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives Congress “power to lay and collect taxes on incomes.” Wealth is not income, so courts have found that straight-ahead wealth taxes are unconstitutional.
Biden’s plan gets around that large obstacle by taxing billionaires on the increase in their wealth. That gain, the administration argues, can be considered income: If your horse farm or your Renoir painting doubles in value, that...",left
10121,Breaking Down Biden's Proposal for a 20% Minimum Tax on the Country's Top Earners,"['Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Taxes', 'Wealth Tax', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Joe Biden']","Can Biden turn his ‘billionaire minimum income tax’ into law? Don’t count on it, analysts say",MarketWatch,"In the latest Democratic effort to increase the tax bill for the super-wealthy, President Joe Biden is calling for a 20% minimum tax on multi-millionaires and billionaires in his new budget.
The “billionaire minimum income tax” is a new take on Biden’s recurring pledge to make the rich pay their “fair share.”
Instead of raising the pre-existing tax rates, this proposal would set a new floor to make sure households worth at least $100 million pay a 20% minimum — and the value of their untapped, unsold assets would all count as a...",center
10122,Breaking Down Biden's Proposal for a 20% Minimum Tax on the Country's Top Earners,"['Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Taxes', 'Wealth Tax', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Joe Biden']",Biden’s Big New Wealth Tax,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"So much for President Biden’s pivot to the political middle. The fiscal 2023 budget he unveiled Monday re-proposes most of the bad ideas that haven’t passed Congress and adds a new one—a tax on wealth that he refused to endorse as a candidate in 2020. On the economy, he’s pivoting further left—presumably to fire up sullen progressives in November.
The White House is proposing a new “billionaire minimum income tax,” which the Federal Trade Commission would call false advertising if a private company tried that description. The tax isn’t limited...",right
10123,Bolton to Replace McMaster as National Security Advisor,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Taps Iran Hawk John Bolton for NSA Post as McMaster Departs,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Donald Trump has named former Ambassador John Bolton as his new national security adviser, succeeding H.R. McMaster. Bolton is known for pressing the White House to take tougher positions on Iran and North Korea.",center
10124,Bolton to Replace McMaster as National Security Advisor,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","John Bolton to replace H.R. McMaster as White House national security adviser, Trump says",Fox News (Online News),President Donald Trump announced Thursday that former United Nations Amb. John Bolton will replace Gen. H.R. McMaster as his national security adviser effective April 9 -- the latest in a growing list of White House staff shakeups over the past year.,right
10125,Bolton to Replace McMaster as National Security Advisor,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump names former ambassador John Bolton as his new national security adviser,Washington Post,"President Trump said Thursday that he was naming former ambassador John Bolton, a Fox News commentator and conservative firebrand, as his new national security adviser, replacing Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster.",left
10126,Putin Warns Russia Will Strike 'New Targets' If US Supplies Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine,"['Joe Biden', 'Kremlin', 'Kyiv', 'Missiles', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Weapons']",Russia hits Kyiv with missiles; Putin warns West on arms,Washington Post,"Russia took aim Sunday at Western military supplies for Ukraine, launching airstrikes on Kyiv that it claimed destroyed tanks donated from abroad, as Vladimir Putin warned that any Western deliveries of longer-range rocket systems would prompt Moscow to hit “objects that we haven’t yet struck.”
The Russian leader’s cryptic threat of military escalation did not specify what the new targets might be. It came days after the United States announced plans to deliver $700 million of security assistance for Ukraine that includes four precision-guided, medium-range rocket systems, as well as helicopters, Javelin...",left
10127,Putin Warns Russia Will Strike 'New Targets' If US Supplies Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine,"['Joe Biden', 'Kremlin', 'Kyiv', 'Missiles', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Weapons']",Putin Warns Russia Will Strike New Targets If US Gives New Missiles to Ukraine,The Epoch Times,"Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 5 warned that Russia would strike new targets if the United States were to supply longer-range missiles to Ukraine.
Giving new weapons to Kyiv only aims to “drag out the armed conflict for as long as possible,” Putin told state-run media, adding that after longer-range missiles are sent to Ukraine, Moscow will draw the “appropriate conclusions” and strike facilities it hasn’t targeted.
“If they are supplied, we will draw appropriate conclusions from this and use our own weapons, of which we have enough, in order to strike at those...",right
10128,Putin Warns Russia Will Strike 'New Targets' If US Supplies Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine,"['Joe Biden', 'Kremlin', 'Kyiv', 'Missiles', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Weapons']",Putin warns United States against supplying Ukraine longer range missiles,Reuters,"President Vladimir Putin warned the United States in an interview broadcast on Sunday that Russia would strike new targets if the West supplied longer-range missiles to Ukraine for use in high-precision mobile rocket systems.
The United States has ruled out sending its own or NATO forces to Ukraine but Washington and its European allies have supplied weapons to Kyiv such as drones, Howitzer heavy artillery, anti-aircraft Stinger and anti-tank Javelin missiles.
President Joe Biden last week said Washington would supply Ukraine with M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS,...",center
10129,Plans and Hires,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump’s Hires Will Set Course of His Presidency,New York Times (News),"“Busy day planned in New York,” President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Twitter on Friday morning, two days after his astonishing victory. “Will soon be making some very important decisions on the people who will be running our government!”",left
10130,Plans and Hires,"['White House', 'Politics']",President-Elect Trump Should Avoid the Bellicosity of Candidate Trump,National Review,"The Republican party resembles the man who told his psychiatrist, “I have an identity problem, and so do I.” The party’s leader is at best indifferent to, and often is hostile to, much of the party’s recent catechism: limited government, the rule of law, a restrained executive, fiscal probity, entitlement reforms, free trade, the general efficiency and equity of markets allocating wealth and opportunity, and — this matters especially — the importance of decorousness in political discourse.",right
10131,Plans and Hires,"['White House', 'Politics']",Ryan: 'We are not planning on erecting a deportation force',CNN (Online News),"House Speaker Paul Ryan said Sunday despite Donald Trump's campaign rhetoric, lawmakers are not prepared to form a deportation force to round-up and deport undocumented immigrants.
""We are not planning on erecting a deportation force. Donald Trump's not planning on that,"" Ryan told CNN's Jake Tapper on ""State of the Union.""",left
10132,"Biden, Harris Reveal Coronavirus Plans In First Interview Since Election","['Joe Biden', 'Kamala Harris', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Elections', '2020 Election']",Biden to call for 100 days of masks after inauguration,Fox News (Online News),"President-elect Joe Biden said during an interview Thursday that he plans to ask the American public to wear masks for 100 days, starting the day he is inaugurated, in order to drive down the number of coronavirus cases. Biden, during an interview with CNN, said he will ask Americans to mask up, but only for a limited period.
""The first day I'm inaugurated I'm going to ask the public for 100 days to mask,"" Biden said. ""Just 100, not forever -- 100 days.""
""I think we'll see a significant reduction...",right
10133,"Biden, Harris Reveal Coronavirus Plans In First Interview Since Election","['Joe Biden', 'Kamala Harris', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Elections', '2020 Election']","Biden says he'll publicly get a COVID-19 vaccine, keep Fauci",Reuters,"U.S. President-elect Joe Biden said on Thursday he would publicly take a coronavirus vaccine to demonstrate its safety to the public and pledged to retain the nation’s top adviser on the pandemic, Anthony Fauci, when he takes office next month. “People have lost faith in the ability of the vaccine to work,” Biden told CNN in an interview that aired on Thursday.
Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a member of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force, met with Biden’s advisers on the pandemic...",center
10134,"Biden, Harris Reveal Coronavirus Plans In First Interview Since Election","['Joe Biden', 'Kamala Harris', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Elections', '2020 Election']",Biden says he will ask Americans to wear masks for the first 100 days he's in office,CNN (Online News),"President-elect Joe Biden told CNN's Jake Tapper on Thursday that he will ask Americans to wear masks for the first 100 days after he takes office, in a sign of how Biden's approach to the virus will be dramatically different from President Donald Trump's response.
""Just 100 days to mask, not forever. One hundred days. And I think we'll see a significant reduction,"" Biden said for the first time in the interview with Tapper.
The wide-ranging conversation with Biden, his first joint interview with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris since...",left
10135,Protesters Attempt to Topple Statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square,"['Confederate Statues', 'Vandalism', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Race And Racism', 'Andrew Jackson', 'Lafayette Square', 'Violence In America']",Trump Warns: 10 Years in Prison for Toppling Jackson Statue,Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump issued a threat to anyone defacing a monument of former President Andrew Jackson, saying they'll face a decade in prison for doing so.
As protesters across the street from the White House spray painted the Jackson monument in Lafayette Square Monday night, in addition to defacing St. John's Episcopal Church, Trump called the acts ""disgraceful"" in a late-night tweet.
""Numerous people arrested in D.C. for the disgraceful vandalism, in Lafayette Park, of the magnificent Statue of Andrew Jackson, in addition to the exterior defacing of St. John's...",right
10136,Protesters Attempt to Topple Statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square,"['Confederate Statues', 'Vandalism', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Race And Racism', 'Andrew Jackson', 'Lafayette Square', 'Violence In America']",Jackson Statue Near White House Still Standing After Protesters Try To Topple It,NPR (Online News),"Police fired chemical agents to clear Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., on Monday night after protesters attempted — and failed — to pull down a huge statue of Andrew Jackson located there.
The famous statue of the seventh president on a rearing horse sits opposite the North Portico of the White House. The park has been the scene of anti-racist protests since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month.
Protesters removed a chain-link fence that had recently been placed around the statue and climbed its base to...",left
10137,Protesters Attempt to Topple Statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square,"['Confederate Statues', 'Vandalism', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Race And Racism', 'Andrew Jackson', 'Lafayette Square', 'Violence In America']",Police thwart attempt by protesters to topple statue of Andrew Jackson near White House,Washington Post,"Protesters attempted to topple a bronze statue of President Andrew Jackson in a park next to the White House on Monday night but were thwarted when police intervened.
The scene unfolded dramatically as hundreds of demonstrators protesting police brutality locked arms around the statue in Lafayette Square shortly before 8 p.m., while chanting, “Hey, hey, ho, ho, Andrew Jackson’s got to go.”
Inside the metal pickets surrounding the statue, a smaller group — some clad in black with goggles, helmets and gas masks — scaled the statue and draped ropes...",left
10138,Perspectives: Facebook Sued Over Potential Antitrust Violations,"['Privacy', 'Big Tech', 'Technology', 'Facebook', 'Trade', 'FTC', 'Corruption']",The Smoking Gun in the Facebook Antitrust Case,Wired,"IMAGINE A POPULAR social network that takes privacy super seriously. By default, your posts are visible only to people in your real-life community. Not only does the company not use tracking cookies, but it promises it never will. It even announces that future changes to the privacy policy will be put to a vote by users before implementation.
It’s hard to imagine now, but such a social network once existed. It was called Facebook. The company’s journey from privacy-focused startup to mass surveillance platform is at the heart of the...",center
10139,Perspectives: Facebook Sued Over Potential Antitrust Violations,"['Privacy', 'Big Tech', 'Technology', 'Facebook', 'Trade', 'FTC', 'Corruption']","Facebook Acquisitions Benefitted Its Employees, Sellers, and Consumers. Where Is the Harm?",National Review,"The claim by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 48 state attorneys general that Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp qualifies as anticompetitive behavior foolishly focuses on the motivations of the world’s largest social-media firm and ignores what those acquisitions have meant for consumers.
In the filings, the FTC and the states allege that Facebook snatched up the picture-sharing and messaging apps to prevent them from becoming a competitive threat. Perhaps it did. Maybe Facebook was indeed worried about being displaced as the market leader. But what does its motivation...",right
10140,Perspectives: Facebook Sued Over Potential Antitrust Violations,"['Privacy', 'Big Tech', 'Technology', 'Facebook', 'Trade', 'FTC', 'Corruption']","When it Comes to Facebook, the Need for Action Has Been Obvious for a Long Time",New York Times (Opinion),"It’s about time, even if it’s been a very long 22 years.
It was 1998 when Microsoft finally landed in the cross hairs of the federal government, when the Justice Department and 20 state attorneys general alleged in an antitrust lawsuit that the software giant had abused its market power to crush competition. It was the last time the government took meaningful action against the unfettered rise of a tech behemoth.
The Big Tech companies that have sprouted up since the Microsoft case have been treated by government as if...",left
10141,US Marks 50th Anniversary of Title IX Legislation,"['Sports', 'Title IX', ""Women'S Issues"", 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Civil Rights', 'Transgender Issues', 'Culture War']",How 50 years of Title IX have changed American sports,Axios,"Title IX, the landmark 1972 legislation that barred sex discrimination in education and paved the way for a decadeslong women's sports boom, turns 50 today.
Why it matters: Before Title IX, 294,000 girls were participating in high school sports nationwide and just 15% of NCAA athletes were women. Today, those numbers are roughly 3.4 million and 44%, respectively.
That profound shift has contributed to the dominance of U.S. women at the Olympics: In Tokyo, American women would have finished fourth in the medal standings (66) if they were a country.
Women's soccer has been...",center
10142,US Marks 50th Anniversary of Title IX Legislation,"['Sports', 'Title IX', ""Women'S Issues"", 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Civil Rights', 'Transgender Issues', 'Culture War']","Title IX Built Women’s Sports. Now, It’s Time for it to Change.",Mother Jones,"The law that transformed sports for women and girls is turning 50. 
On June 23, 1972, President Richard Nixon signed into law Title IX, prohibiting sex-based discrimination in schools, as part of sweeping reforms to the education system. When the law passed, just over 300,000 young women played college and high school sports. Forty years later, six times as many women and girls were competing at the high school and college level. By 2016, one in every five girls in the United States played sports. The law essentially created women’s professional sports as...",left
10143,US Marks 50th Anniversary of Title IX Legislation,"['Sports', 'Title IX', ""Women'S Issues"", 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Civil Rights', 'Transgender Issues', 'Culture War']",Title IX's 50th anniversary: Debate over transgender athletes rages,Fox News (Online News),"The emergence of transgender athletes in sports has created debate over whether a transgender woman or girl has a competitive advantage over a biological woman or girl.
With Thursday marking the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the discourse is only getting hotter.
The Biden administration wants transgender athletes to enjoy the same protections Title IX originally afforded women when it passed five decades ago. At that point in 1972, the debate about transgender athletes was many years away.
The debate comes down to advocates wanting to protect the space already established by Title...",right
10144,"Two Autopsies Rule George Floyd Death a Homicide, but Offer Separate Reasons","['Race And Racism', 'George Floyd', 'Minneapolis', 'Minnesota', 'Criminal Justice', 'Police Brutality', 'Violence In America']","Two autopsies both find George Floyd died by homicide, but differ on some details",CBS News (Online),"George Floyd, the Minnesota man who died after an officer arresting him pressed his knee onto his neck, died by homicide, according to the results of two autopsies released on Monday — one by the county medical examiner and the other by independent pathologists commissioned by Floyd's family. But the two autopsy reports differed on exactly how the man died.
Dr. Allecia Wilson, one of the pathologists who conducted the independent autopsy, said Monday afternoon that Floyd died as a result of mechanical asphyxiation.
But the report released later...",left
10145,"Two Autopsies Rule George Floyd Death a Homicide, but Offer Separate Reasons","['Race And Racism', 'George Floyd', 'Minneapolis', 'Minnesota', 'Criminal Justice', 'Police Brutality', 'Violence In America']",Medical examiner and family-commissioned autopsy agree: George Floyd's death was a homicide,USA TODAY,"MINNEAPOLIS – Both the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office and an autopsy commissioned by George Floyd's family have ruled that the death of Floyd – in an incident that has triggered nationwide unrest – was a homicide and the 46-year-old's heart stopped beating while police restrained him and compressed his neck.
The medical examiner's report released Monday listed ""cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint and neck compression"" as the cause of death. It came hours after Floyd family attorney Benjamin Crump held a press conference to announce the...",left
10146,"Two Autopsies Rule George Floyd Death a Homicide, but Offer Separate Reasons","['Race And Racism', 'George Floyd', 'Minneapolis', 'Minnesota', 'Criminal Justice', 'Police Brutality', 'Violence In America']",Medical examiner deems George Floyd's manner of death a homicide,Washington Examiner,"The medical examiner for Hennepin County deemed George Floyd's cause of death a homicide.
The county's medical examiner listed Floyd's cause of death as ""cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint and neck compression,"" meaning the autopsy deemed that the heart attack Floyd suffered was triggered by the manner of his arrest. The manner of death was listed as a homicide, which means that the death was caused by the intentional actions of another person.
The medical examiner already noted that early findings found Floyd had not died of asphyxia...",right
10147,High Hopes in Iran after Deal,['Middle East'],"Landmark nuclear agreement sparks celebrations in Iran, alarm in Israel",Washington Times,"The U.S. and other world powers struck a historic deal with Iran on Tuesday to curb Iranian nuclear programs in exchange for relief from crushing international sanctions, an agreement that sparked dancing in the streets of Tehran, alarm in Israel and vows of a showdown in Congress with President Obama.",right
10148,High Hopes in Iran after Deal,['Middle East'],Iran Nuclear Deal: High Hopes for Economy Amid 'New Beginning',NBC News (Online),You could almost see the dollar signs in the eyes of Iranians who spilled onto Tehran's streets after the Islamic republic signed a historic nuclear deal in exchange for an easing of bruising economic sanctions.,left
10149,High Hopes in Iran after Deal,['Middle East'],"With More Cash, Iran Poised to Help Mideast Friends",Wall Street Journal (News),Iran is widely expected to use some of the billions of dollars freed up by sanctions relief under the newly minted nuclear deal to aid regional partners hostile to Washington and its allies.,center
10150,Pelosi Joins Growing Bipartisan Support for Ban on Stock Trading in Congress,"['US Congress', 'Stock Market', 'Banking And Finance', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Politics', 'Bipartisanship', 'Bridging Divides', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Corruption']",Pelosi shifts stance on banning lawmakers from trading individual stocks,Washington Post,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) shifted her public position Wednesday on banning lawmakers and their spouses from owning and trading individual stocks, saying more readily that she would support a ban if members of her caucus wanted to do so.
In December, Pelosi had swiftly shot down the idea that lawmakers and their spouses should not trade individual stocks while in Congress.
“We’re a free-market economy,” Pelosi told reporters then. “They should be able to participate in that.”",left
10151,Pelosi Joins Growing Bipartisan Support for Ban on Stock Trading in Congress,"['US Congress', 'Stock Market', 'Banking And Finance', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Politics', 'Bipartisanship', 'Bridging Divides', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Corruption']",Push to ban Pelosi-style stock trading in Congress gains steam with new bipartisan bill,New York Post (News),Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Steve Daines are teaming up on the first bipartisan Senate bill to prohibit stock trading by members of Congress and their spouses — adding to growing momentum on both sides of the aisle for a ban on the practice. ,right
10152,Pelosi Joins Growing Bipartisan Support for Ban on Stock Trading in Congress,"['US Congress', 'Stock Market', 'Banking And Finance', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Politics', 'Bipartisanship', 'Bridging Divides', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Corruption']","Pelosi, McCarthy, McConnell, and Schumer all say they're open to a congressional stock-trade ban. But details could derail this rare bipartisanship.",Insider,"Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently called her top Republican counterpart Kevin McCarthy a ""moron,"" while McCarthy joked — maybe? — that he'd hit Pelosi with a gavel.
Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, meanwhile, has accused his Democratic peer, the Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of ""angry incompetence"" either belying weakness or a tendency to bully. Schumer has chided McConnell as a Vladimir Putin toady who's personally responsible for, in his estimation, almost pushing Americans over a cliff to financial ruin.",left
10153,Illinois City Approves Plan to Pay Reparations to Certain Black Residents,"['Race And Racism', 'Reparations', 'Slavery', 'History', 'Illinois', 'Evanston', 'Inequality', 'Economic Policy']",Reparations Have Officially Come to America,Townhall,"The Illinois city of Evanston approved a reparations program Monday night for black Americans, making it the first city in America to carry out a program that seeks to redress past discriminatory practices.
The $10 million measure will be funded from annual cannabis taxes.
Passed by a vote of 8-1, the first phase of reparations makes $400,000 available in $25,000 homeownership and improvement grants, plus mortgage assistance, for black residents who can prove they’re direct descendants of Evanston residents between the period of 1919 and 1969.
“Right now the whole...",right
10154,Illinois City Approves Plan to Pay Reparations to Certain Black Residents,"['Race And Racism', 'Reparations', 'Slavery', 'History', 'Illinois', 'Evanston', 'Inequality', 'Economic Policy']",Illinois city approves first reparations program for Black residents,The Guardian,"An Illinois city has become the first in America to embark upon a reparations program for its Black residents after its local council approved the implementation of its first such initiative to tackle the legacy of slavery.
Late on Monday night aldermen in Evanston – a suburban community in Chicago – voted to approve the Local Reparations Restorative Housing Program, a $400,000 housing grant program.
Designed to address the inequality gap and ongoing impact of slavery on African Americans in the city, Evanston’s reparations program will be funded with sales...",left
10155,Illinois City Approves Plan to Pay Reparations to Certain Black Residents,"['Race And Racism', 'Reparations', 'Slavery', 'History', 'Illinois', 'Evanston', 'Inequality', 'Economic Policy']","Evanston approves housing grants as part of city’s local reparations program, believed to be first of its kind in the nation",Chicago Tribune,"Evanston aldermen Monday evening approved the first expenditures in the city’s landmark municipal reparations program designed to compensate Black residents for codified discrimination.
Officials in the suburb say the initiative, which has been in the planning stages since 2019, is designed to address the discriminatory housing policies and practices faced by Black residents. The $10 million program — the first of its kind in the nation when approved in 2019 — will be funded through marijuana sales tax revenue along with some donations.
The specific measure approved Monday in an...",center
10156,Pope Francis Is Inaugurated,['Religion And Faith'],"Catholic Church inaugurates Pope Francis in huge, open-air Mass",Washington Post,Catholic Church officially inaugurates new pope as hundreds of thousands watch in St. Peters Square.,left
10157,Pope Francis Is Inaugurated,['Religion And Faith'],Joe Biden greets Pope Francis during pontiff's installation Mass,Washington Times,Its official - Pope Francis has started his ministry.,right
10158,Pope Francis Is Inaugurated,['Religion And Faith'],"Pope's first mass: 'protect each person, especially the poorest'",Christian Science Monitor,While Pope Francis the former archbishop of Buenos Aires has brought a dramatic change of style to the papacy whether he brings a change of substance remains to be seen.,center
10159,Obama: California Drought Affects Us All,['Environment'],"In drought-ravaged California, Obama sounds alarm on climate change",Washington Times,"While touring areas of California ravaged by a historic drought, President Obama on Friday sounded an ominous warning and said that even if the federal government takes meaningful action to combat climate change, much of the damage already has been done.
“Unless and until we do more to combat carbon pollution that causes climate change, this trend is going to get worse, and the hard truth is even if we do take action on climate change, carbon pollution has built up in our atm",right
10160,Obama: California Drought Affects Us All,['Environment'],President Obama: Fate of California farms affects whole country,Politico,"It’s not often President Barack Obama gives a speech centered on agriculture, but the three years of scorching drought in California prompted him to fly there Friday to speak to weary farmers and ranchers and pledge millions of dollars worth of aid.
“As anyone in this state could tell you, California is living through some of its driest years in a century,” Obama said after touring a farm and a water facility.",left
10161,Obama: California Drought Affects Us All,['Environment'],Obama On California Drought: Climate Change Threatens The Nation,HuffPost,"Warning that weather-related disasters will only get worse, President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. must rethink the way it uses water as he announced new federal aid to help drought-stricken California.
Obama drew a clear connection between California's troubles and climate change as he toured part of a farm that will go unsown this year as the state faces its worst drought in more than 100 years. Even if the U.S. takes action now to curb pollution, the planet will keep getting warmer ""for a long time to come""...",left
10162,Primary Results From Arizona and Florida,['Elections'],"Liberal Democrats, Trump loyalists, and women win in US nominating contests",Reuters,"Liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans loyal to Donald Trump scored victories in nominating contests for Florida and Arizona, giving momentum to the insurgent wings of America’s two main parties ahead of the November mid-term election.",center
10163,Primary Results From Arizona and Florida,['Elections'],"Trump-Backed Candidates Emerge Victorious in Florida, Arizona Primaries",CBN,"Election night in Florida brought a surprise for Democrats, setting up a race that pits a Bernie Sanders progressive against a Trump-backed Republican in the governor's race.",right
10164,Primary Results From Arizona and Florida,['Elections'],"Primary takeaways: A history-making upset in Florida, the establishment wins in Arizona",CNN (Online News),"On a night when Arizona's Republican US Senate primary was expected to command most of the attention, a stunning upset victory in Florida's Democratic governor's race stole the show.",left
10165,Will Trump Block Comey?,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Spicer doesn't rule out WH trying to block Comey from testifying,Fox News (Online News),White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer did not rule out President Trump’s option to block former FBI Director James Comey from testifying before a congressional committee next week.,right
10166,Will Trump Block Comey?,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Appears Unlikely to Hinder Comey’s Testimony About Russia Inquiry,New York Times (News),"President Trump does not plan to invoke executive privilege to try to prevent James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, from providing potentially damaging testimony to Congress on statements the president made about an investigation into his former national security adviser, two senior administration officials said Friday.",left
10167,Will Trump Block Comey?,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",White House weighs blocking Comey's testimony,The Hill,The White House faces a dilemma over whether to try to block former FBI Director James Comey’s highly anticipated testimony before Congress next week about his conversations with President Trump.,center
10168,Obama and Cameron call on NATO,['World'],Obama and Cameron Call on NATO to Confront ISIS,New York Times (News),"President Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain have called on NATO to reject “isolationist” impulses and confront the rising terrorist threat posed by Sunni militants in the Middle East, saying the United States and Britain “will not be cowed by barbaric killers.”",left
10169,Obama and Cameron call on NATO,['World'],"Leaders hold key NATO summit as threats of ISIS, Russian aggression loom",CNN (Online News),"As the threat of ISIS extremists in the Middle East and Russia's actions in Ukraine unsettle the world, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen opened Thursday what has been billed as a historic summit.",left
10170,Obama and Cameron call on NATO,['World'],"Obama, Cameron to push for coalition against ISIS at NATO summit",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron will use this week's NATO summit to press for a multi-national coalition to carry out military action against the Islamic State militant group, formerly known as ISIS.",right
10171,World Leaders Pledge to Cut Methane Emissions by 30%,"['Climate Change', 'Methane Gas', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Sustainability', 'COP26', 'World', 'United Nations', 'Joe Biden', 'EPA', 'Environment', 'Deforestation']","Biden unveils new rules to curb methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from oil and gas operations",Washington Post,"More than 90 countries have signed the Global Methane Pledge, which requires a 30 percent cut in methane emissions by 2030, one of the Biden administration’s priorities for the current climate summit in Glasgow. The pledge’s signatories now include six of the 10 largest methane emitters and about 45 percent of global methane emissions.
The Biden administration also unveiled a sweeping set of domestic policies Tuesday to cut emissions of methane from oil and gas operations across the United States. The proposals, announced at the U.N. climate summit known as COP26, represent one...",left
10172,World Leaders Pledge to Cut Methane Emissions by 30%,"['Climate Change', 'Methane Gas', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Sustainability', 'COP26', 'World', 'United Nations', 'Joe Biden', 'EPA', 'Environment', 'Deforestation']",Leaders at global climate talks pledge to cut methane and save forests,Reuters,"Leaders at the COP26 global climate conference in Glasgow have pledged to stop deforestation by the end of the decade and slash emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane to help slow climate change.
The inability of major powers so far to agree more broadly on rapid reductions in the use of fossil fuels, the main cause of manmade global warming, has upset the poorer, smaller countries likely to suffer its worst effects.
Surangel Whipps Jr, president of Palau, a Pacific state of 500 low-lying islands under threat from rising sea levels,...",center
10173,World Leaders Pledge to Cut Methane Emissions by 30%,"['Climate Change', 'Methane Gas', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Sustainability', 'COP26', 'World', 'United Nations', 'Joe Biden', 'EPA', 'Environment', 'Deforestation']","Biden leads global pledge at conference to end deforestation, cut methane",New York Post (News),"President Biden on Tuesday led about half of the world’s countries in committing to stop deforestation and reduce methane emissions — seeking foreign policy wins at a climate conference in Scotland amid a stalled agenda at home.
More than 100 countries pledged to end deforestation by 2030 and more than 80 countries agreed to cut methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030.
But major countries sat out the methane pledge, including China, which is the world’s top methane emitter by far. Of the top six methane emitters, only the US signed on — with India, Indonesia, Iran and...",right
10174,"Perspectives: The 'Let's Go, Brandon' Chant","['Polarization', 'Politics', 'Joe Biden', ""Let'S Go Brandon"", 'Culture', 'White House']","'Let's go Brandon,' explained",CNN (Online News),"On Friday night, a Southwest Airlines pilot allegedly said ""Let's go Brandon"" over the plane intercom, causing a stir on board and prompting an investigation by the airline.
As CNN wrote:
""The Associated Press, which had a reporter on board the flight, first reported that a pilot of a Friday flight from Houston to Albuquerque ended his typical greeting to passengers with the phrase ""Let's go Brandon,"" which has become right-wing code for 'F**k Joe Biden.' The AP report said passengers responded with audible gasps.""
If you follow Donald Trump...",left
10175,"Perspectives: The 'Let's Go, Brandon' Chant","['Polarization', 'Politics', 'Joe Biden', ""Let'S Go Brandon"", 'Culture', 'White House']",Trump campaign sells 'Let's Go Brandon' T-shirts,The Hill,"The Trump campaign team sent out an email Thursday offering ""Let's Go Brandon"" T-shirts in return for any campaign donation of $45 or more. 
The email reads in part: ""You’ve probably heard it being chanted anywhere patriotic Americans get together. Well now, President Trump has put America’s favorite new phrase on a custom shirt. That’s right. President Trump has just authorized the release of his brand-new, limited-edition 'LET’S GO BRANDON' shirts.""
The email goes on to say that the T-shirt is in ""high demand,"" and is stated in the email as being ""low stock."" The email...",center
10176,"Perspectives: The 'Let's Go, Brandon' Chant","['Polarization', 'Politics', 'Joe Biden', ""Let'S Go Brandon"", 'Culture', 'White House']","The Revolutionary Power of ‘Let’s Go, Brandon!’",Breitbart News,"For very good reason, the media and Democrats feel threatened and terrified by the “Let’s go, Brandon!” chant, which is why we must never stop saying it.
If the organized left understands nothing else, it understands the power that comes when normal, everyday people realize they are not alone.
This is why, among the joyless left, there was a weekend-wide, five-alarm freakout over a Southwest Airlines pilot reportedly saying over the intercom, “Let’s go, Brandon.”
Before I go any further, it’s important to point out that this particular pilot incident...",right
10177,General Mattis Tapped for Defense,[],Trump picks General 'Mad Dog' Mattis as defense secretary,Politico,Mattis would be only the second retired general to become the civilian leader of the military.,left
10178,General Mattis Tapped for Defense,[],Trump picks retired Marine Gen. James Mattis for secretary of defense,Washington Post,"President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he has chosen retired Marine Gen. James N. Mattis, who has said that responding to “political Islam” is the major security issue facing the United States, to be secretary of defense.",left
10179,General Mattis Tapped for Defense,[],Donald Trump announces James Mattis as his new Pentagon chief,Washington Times,"As he kicked off his post-election thank-you tour in Cincinnati, President-elect Donald Trump announced — sort of — that he was naming U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis as defense secretary. But he told the crowd and the TV cameras not to let it out of the room.",right
10180,Perspectives: The 13 US Service Members Killed in Kabul,"['US Military', 'Afghanistan', 'Kabul', 'Middle East', 'Defense And Security']",13 US service members died in Afghanistan because terrible leadership let them down,New York Post (Opinion),"Our 13 young military fallen deserved better, but they died with honor and give us faith in their noble generation, which has had to shoulder the burden of its feckless elders. A war that began when most of them were babies ended in disgrace when they were killed along with nearly 200 Afghans in last week’s suicide attack at Kabul airport during a withdrawal that could not have been more botched.
As President Biden attended Dover Air Force Base Sunday for the “dignified transfer” of the remains of these first US troops killed in Afghanistan in 18 months,...",right
10181,Perspectives: The 13 US Service Members Killed in Kabul,"['US Military', 'Afghanistan', 'Kabul', 'Middle East', 'Defense And Security']",Here are the names of the 13 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan attack,Military Times,"A Thursday attack outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport Kabul, Afghanistan, killed 13 U.S. service members supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.
Eleven Marines, one Navy corpsman and one soldier were “killed as the result of an enemy attack while supporting non-combatant evacuation operations,” according to a Saturday press release from the Department of Defense, which released the names of the U.S. troops.
The names were released 24 hours after families of the deceased were notified.
For the Marine Corps, the deceased are:
Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, assigned...",center
10182,Perspectives: The 13 US Service Members Killed in Kabul,"['US Military', 'Afghanistan', 'Kabul', 'Middle East', 'Defense And Security']",Most of the Americans killed in the Kabul bombing were 9/11 babies who never knew a nation at peace,Washington Post,"They had signed up to do their part, to heal a country — their own — that had not known a moment of peace in their entire lives. Rylee McCollum wanted to become a history teacher, but only after doing what he could as a Marine to serve his country. Hunter Lopez knew this was what he wanted since he was 11 years old. Ryan Knauss knew it in second grade.
The 13 American service members killed in Kabul on Thursday died in gruesome violence, victims of a terrorist bombing....",left
10183,"Trump Calls on Republicans to Donate to Him And Not to ""RINOs""","['Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Campaign Finance']",Trump makes cash grab in bid to dominate GOP,Politico,"Donald Trump is tightening his grip on the Republican Party in the most painful way possible — he’s threatening to starve the GOP of funding.
Just in the past few weeks, Trump declared at the Conservative Political Action Conference that the “only” way to give to Trump-aligned candidates was through Save America, his leadership political action committee, circumventing the party campaign arms devoted to electing Republicans. He has criticized the party for how it spends donor money, and his attorneys have sent cease-and-desist letters to GOP committees demanding they stop...",left
10184,"Trump Calls on Republicans to Donate to Him And Not to ""RINOs""","['Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Campaign Finance']",'No More Money For RINOs': How Trump's Fight With The GOP Is All About Control,NPR (Online News),"The latest Trump-versus-The-Establishment skirmish is over one of the things couples fight about most.
Money.
""No more money for RINOS,"" former President Donald Trump said in a statement Monday night, using the acronym for ""Republicans In Name Only,"" which is what conservatives call Republicans they deem not sufficiently conservative. ""They do nothing but hurt the Republican Party and our great voting base—they will never lead us to Greatness. Send your donation to Save America PAC at DonaldJTrump.com. We will bring it all back stronger than ever before!""
Trump's appeal follows...",left
10185,"Trump Calls on Republicans to Donate to Him And Not to ""RINOs""","['Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Campaign Finance']",Trump Call to Funnel GOP Donations into PAC Threatens to Split Party's Resources,Newsmax (News),"Former President Donald Trump’s call for supporters to donate all their contributions to his new political action group could divide the Republican Party’s funds in the 2022 midterm elections, according to the Washington Examiner.
In a statement on Monday, Trump said, “no more money for RINOs,” or Republicans in Name Only, in a call for supporters to funnel all their planned donations to GOP candidates into his PAC.
“They do nothing but hurt the Republican Party and our great voting base — they will never lead us to Greatness,” Trump...",right
10186,NY Judge Holds Trump in Contempt for Failing to Comply With Subpoena,"['Donald Trump', 'New York', 'Letitia James', 'Courts', 'Trump Organization', 'Business', 'Banking And Finance', 'Subpoena']",Judge Holds Trump in Contempt Over Documents in New York A.G.’s Inquiry,New York Times (News),"A New York judge on Monday held Donald J. Trump in contempt of court for failing to turn over documents to the state’s attorney general, an extraordinary rebuke of the former president.
The judge, Arthur F. Engoron, ordered Mr. Trump to comply with a subpoena seeking records and assessed a fine of $10,000 per day until he satisfied the court’s requirements. In essence, the judge concluded that Mr. Trump had failed to cooperate with the attorney general, Letitia James, and follow the court’s orders.
“Mr. Trump: I know you take...",left
10187,NY Judge Holds Trump in Contempt for Failing to Comply With Subpoena,"['Donald Trump', 'New York', 'Letitia James', 'Courts', 'Trump Organization', 'Business', 'Banking And Finance', 'Subpoena']","Trump held in civil contempt of court, ordered to pay $10,000 a day",Washington Examiner,"Former President Donald Trump has been held in civil contempt of court and ordered to pay a fine of $10,000 a day until he complies with the court's orders to turn over key documents.
Trump had been ordered to turn over documents to New York Attorney General Letitia James for her investigation into his business practices, but he has failed to comply. Nearly three weeks ago, James filed a motion requesting that the court hold him in contempt.",right
10188,NY Judge Holds Trump in Contempt for Failing to Comply With Subpoena,"['Donald Trump', 'New York', 'Letitia James', 'Courts', 'Trump Organization', 'Business', 'Banking And Finance', 'Subpoena']",Donald Trump held in contempt in New York legal battle,BBC News,"A US judge has held former President Donald Trump in contempt for failing to turn over files for an investigation into his business practices.
Justice Arthur Engoron on Monday ordered Mr Trump pay a fine of $10,000 (£7,850) per day until he complies.
New York Attorney General Letitia James had asked the court to hold Mr Trump in contempt after he missed a March deadline to present certain documents.",center
10189,Pelosi Asks Trump To Delay State Of The Union Address,"['Nancy Pelosi', 'SOTU', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",Pelosi: Let's Push Back the State of the Union,Townhall,"Given that we are now in the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is requesting that President Trump delay his State of the Union address.",right
10190,Pelosi Asks Trump To Delay State Of The Union Address,"['Nancy Pelosi', 'SOTU', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",Pelosi asks Trump to postpone State of the Union address because of government shutdown — or deliver it in writing,Washington Post,House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday asked President Trump to postpone his State of the Union address — or deliver it in writing — because of the partial federal government shutdown.,left
10191,Pelosi Asks Trump To Delay State Of The Union Address,"['Nancy Pelosi', 'SOTU', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",Pelosi asks Trump to postpone State of the Union over shutdown,The Hill,Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) asked President Trump on Wednesday to delay his State of the Union address set for Jan. 29 until after the government re-opens.,center
10192,Multiple Abortion-Related Bills Move Through State Legislatures,"['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'South Carolina', 'Georgia', 'Alabama', 'New York', 'Virginia']",Vermont Poised to Add Abortion Language to Constitution,Townhall,"While states such as Georgia and Alabama are restricting abortion access on the basis of fetal viability and heartbeats, Vermont is setting the stage for abortion to be included in its state constitution. The state legislature voted to push forward an amendment guaranteeing access to abortion. The state’s senate chamber already passed the same legislation.
The proposal, named ""The Right to Personal Reproductive Liberty,"" was approved 28-2.
Because of the stature of such a constitutional amendment, both chambers of Vermont’s state legislature will need to affirm this once...",right
10193,Multiple Abortion-Related Bills Move Through State Legislatures,"['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'South Carolina', 'Georgia', 'Alabama', 'New York', 'Virginia']",The Race to Limit Abortion Access,New York Times (News),"Four states have passed “heartbeat bills,” and Alabama is close to banning most abortions completely, a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade.
This year, with the future of Roe v. Wade newly in question after the appointment of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, a rash of abortion-related bills have been making their way through statehouses. The vast majority are bills to restrict access to abortion, though a couple are efforts to shore up abortion rights.
This week, Georgia and Alabama have made moves to restrict access to the...",left
10194,Multiple Abortion-Related Bills Move Through State Legislatures,"['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'South Carolina', 'Georgia', 'Alabama', 'New York', 'Virginia']",Abortion bill delayed as Alabama Senate falls into chaos,USA TODAY,"The Alabama Senate fell into chaos Thursday after the lieutenant governor removed from consideration two amendments that created rape and incest exceptions in a bill that would create a near-total ban on abortion.
The move by Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth led to anger from Senate Democrats, who demanded a vote on whether to keep the amendments in, and ultimately led to a delay in the bill itself.
The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Terri Collins, a Republican from Decatur, would ban abortion in nearly all cases except when a woman's...",left
10195,Planned Parenthood to Testify,"['US House', 'Politics']",House panel spars over Planned Parenthood funding,CNN (Online News),"Republicans and Democrats sparred over funding for Planned Parenthood on Tuesday, using a House hearing to spotlight deeply personal questioning and testimony over abortion and health care.",left
10196,Planned Parenthood to Testify,"['US House', 'Politics']",Planned Parenthood goes head-to-head with Republicans seeking its demise,Los Angeles Times,The head of Planned Parenthood will defend the organization Tuesday against what is likely to be a barrage of attacks from conservative lawmakers who are so upset over controversial videos regarding its practices that they’re willing to shut down part of the federal government over them.,left
10197,Planned Parenthood to Testify,"['US House', 'Politics']",Planned Parenthood president says she's 'proud' of organization's actions amid controversy,Fox News (Online News),Cecile Richards will testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform committee Tuesday morning. It will be her first appearance since the scandal erupted this past July.,right
10198,"Researchers, Building President Previously Warned Residents of Collapse Building's Structural Damage","['Disaster', 'Florida', 'Miami', 'Miami Condo Collapse', 'General News']","Collapsed Miami condo had been sinking into Earth as early as the 1990s, researchers say",USA TODAY,"A Florida high-rise that collapsed early Thursday was determined to be on unstable land a year ago, according to a researcher at Florida International University.
The building, which was constructed in 1981, has been sinking at an alarming rate since the 1990s, according to a study in 2020 by Shimon Wdowinski, a professor in the Department of Earth and Environment.
When Wdowinski saw the news that the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside collapsed, he instantly remembered it from the study, he said.
“I looked at it this morning and said, ‘Oh my god.’...",left
10199,"Researchers, Building President Previously Warned Residents of Collapse Building's Structural Damage","['Disaster', 'Florida', 'Miami', 'Miami Condo Collapse', 'General News']",Letter Warned Of Collapsed Miami Building’s Problems Months Ago,HuffPost,"The board president of the collapsed high-rise near Miami warned residents two months before the deadly tragedy that parts of the building’s infrastructure were seriously decaying, according to a letter obtained by multiple media outlets Tuesday. 
In the letter dated April 9, Surfside’s Champlain Towers South’s condominium association president Jean Wodnicki explained to residents why an assessed $15 million in repairs to the building was necessary. 
“The concrete deterioration is accelerating,” she wrote, noting that the damage was expected to “multiply exponentially” in the coming years. “When you can visually...",left
10200,"Researchers, Building President Previously Warned Residents of Collapse Building's Structural Damage","['Disaster', 'Florida', 'Miami', 'Miami Condo Collapse', 'General News']","Miami building's concrete deterioration was 'accelerating,' April condo board letter reads",Fox News (Online News),"The president of the Champlain South Towers condo association, in an April letter, wrote that damage to the garage had gotten significantly worse since a 2018 inspection and that the concrete deterioration of the building was ""accelerating,"" according to reports Monday. 
At least 11 people have died and more than 150 are still missing after the Miami condo partially collapsed early Thursday in Surfside, Florida. Rescue workers continue to search for survivors in the rubble. 
In the April 9 letter, the Surfside condo board president, Jean Wodnicki, wrote how the building was in desperate need...",right
10201,White House Considering Unilateral Action if No Coronavirus Deal is Reached with Congress,"['Economy And Jobs', 'US Congress', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump administration examining options for unilateral action if no coronavirus deal is reached with Congress,Washington Post,"The Trump administration is looking at options for unilateral actions it can take to try to address some of the economic fallout caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic if no relief deal is reached with Congress, according to two people with knowledge of the deliberations.
The discussions are a reflection of officials’ increasingly pessimistic outlook for the talks on Capitol Hill. The White House remains in close contact with Democratic leaders, but a wide gulf remains and deadlines have already been missed.
It’s not clear what steps the administration could...",left
10202,White House Considering Unilateral Action if No Coronavirus Deal is Reached with Congress,"['Economy And Jobs', 'US Congress', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",White House considering unilateral actions with coronavirus aid bill stuck in Congress,Fox News (Online News),"The Trump administration is considering taking ""a number of options"" without congressional approval as negotiations on the fourth coronavirus stimulus relief package are stalled between the White House and lawmakers on Capitol Hill, Fox News has learned.
A senior administration official told Fox News Monday that the administration is weighing taking unilateral action to quell the economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic.
""As the negotiations continue to progress as a snail's pace, the administration is considering a number of options that might be available without congressional legislative action,"" the official...",right
10203,White House Considering Unilateral Action if No Coronavirus Deal is Reached with Congress,"['Economy And Jobs', 'US Congress', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",White House Explores Trump Acting on His Own on Virus Relief,Bloomberg,"The White House is exploring whether President Donald Trump can act on his own to extend enhanced unemployment benefits and eviction protection if lawmakers fail to act, people familiar with the matter said.
The White House is concerned about the economic impact of the $600 a week supplemental benefits having expired on Friday, the people said, as Democrats and Republicans have been unable to reach an agreement over a new coronavirus stimulus package.
It wasn’t immediately clear how Trump would be able to accomplish either goal without Congress acting. The...",left
10204,Romney's Overseas Trip,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney’s trip a bumpy ride,Washington Times,"Under mounting pressure to be more open on foreign policy issues, Mitt Romney tried to do just that during his six-day trip to visit three American allies — but repeatedly found himself having to backtrack on the things he said.",right
10205,Romney's Overseas Trip,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney's Overseas Trip Produces Hits and Misses,Wall Street Journal (News),"WARSAW—With a speech lauding Poland as a ""defender of freedom,' Mitt Romney finished a trip abroad Tuesday that was long on symbolism but short on new policy, a combination that may have given his presidential campaign much of what it wanted despite some well-publicized stumbles.",center
10206,Romney's Overseas Trip,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Was Romney's trip 'a great success' or gaffe-filled disaster?,CNN (Online News),"Warsaw (CNN) -- In the estimation of Mitt Romney and his top campaign aides, there were no gaffes, no mistakes, no ill-advised statements on the Republican candidate's overseas trip.",left
10207,WaPo: Highly Classified Info Was Released,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Claims ‘Absolute Right’ to Disclose Information to Russia,Bloomberg,"President Donald Trump defended wanting to share terrorism intelligence with Russian officials in a White House meeting last week, saying he has the “absolute right” to do so.",left
10208,WaPo: Highly Classified Info Was Released,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Deep State Leaks Highly Classified Info to Washington Post to Smear President Trump,Breitbart News,"Current and former U.S. officials, supposedly concerned that President Trump had shared some “highly classified information” with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador to the U.S. last week, leaked that information to the Washington Post in an article published Monday.",right
10209,WaPo: Highly Classified Info Was Released,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian diplomats,Washington Post,"President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials, who said Trump’s disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State.",left
10210,U.S. House Passes $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'US House', 'Coronavirus Stimulus']",House passes $1.9T Biden COVID-19 bill decried by some as bloated,New York Post (News),"House Democrats early Saturday narrowly approved President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill, overcoming Republican opposition and accusations of waste in the “emergency” package.
The American Rescue Plan Act passed 219 to 212 just before 2 a.m., garnering not one Republican vote.
Two Democrats, Jared Golden of Maine and Kurt Schrader of Oregon, voted against the measure, which gives $1,400 stimulus checks to adults earning $75,000 or less a year.",right
10211,U.S. House Passes $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'US House', 'Coronavirus Stimulus']",House passes Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid package,Politico,"The House approved President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic rescue plan in a 219 to 212 vote early Saturday morning, sending the measure to the Senate as Democrats race to pass it into law before boosted unemployment payments expire next month.
All but two Democrats supported the sprawling coronavirus relief package, with zero Republicans backing it — a major step toward enacting the White House’s first major legislative priority amid dueling public health and economic crises.",left
10212,U.S. House Passes $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'US House', 'Coronavirus Stimulus']",House Democrats pass sweeping $1.9T COVID-19 relief bill with minimum wage hike,The Hill,"House Democrats passed their sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid package in a party-line vote early Saturday morning, advancing President Biden’s top legislative priority.
Lawmakers passed the bill 219-212, with two Democrats — Reps. Jared Golden (Maine) and Kurt Schrader (Ore.) — joining all Republicans in voting against it. Democrats could afford up to four defections with their narrow House majority.
The bill's passage comes days after the COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. surpassed 500,000 people. More contagious virus variants remain a threat to containing the pandemic.",center
10213,"High COVID-19 Case Counts, Mask Debates Put Florida in Spotlight","['Coronavirus', 'Florida', 'Mask Mandates', 'Delta Variant', 'Schools']",Florida's biggest school districts vote to defy DeSantis on masks,Axios,"After record-shattering daily COVID-19 counts, school boards in Florida's Hillsborough and Miami-Dade Counties held emergency meetings Wednesday and voted to again require face coverings on campuses.
Why it matters: The districts are the nation's fourth- and seventh-largest — representing more than 600,000 students.
They join Broward, Leon and Alachua Counties in openly defying Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Education.
State of play: Hillsborough reported Wednesday that there were 1,840 confirmed cases among students and staff, and that 10,000 students and staff were quarantined.
A big change: Students had been allowed to...",center
10214,"High COVID-19 Case Counts, Mask Debates Put Florida in Spotlight","['Coronavirus', 'Florida', 'Mask Mandates', 'Delta Variant', 'Schools']",Ron DeSantis leans into mask-mandate fights as Covid cases soar in Florida,CNN (Online News),"As the number of new coronavirus cases in his state soars, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is betting that an aggressive campaign against mandatory mask-wearing in schools will harden the Republican base ahead of his expected re-election bid next year -- and make him a GOP star nationwide as the party's 2024 presidential primary comes into view.
The gamble appears to be paying off -- for now. DeSantis is a Fox News darling and relishes the intensifying backlash from Democrats, especially President Joe Biden, who has criticized the governor and other Republican state executives for...",left
10215,"High COVID-19 Case Counts, Mask Debates Put Florida in Spotlight","['Coronavirus', 'Florida', 'Mask Mandates', 'Delta Variant', 'Schools']","Florida COVID-19 surge to peak next week, researchers project",Fox News (Online News),"Florida could hit the peak of its latest COVID-19 surge next week with some 23,000 cases, with herd immunity to follow in mid-September, according to an epidemiologist at the University of South Florida.
Edwin Michael, PhD, professor of epidemiology at the USF College of Public Health, projected the peak will occur on Aug. 24, and along with the current pace of vaccinations, the state could see herd immunity by Sept. 11. Herd immunity was defined as 90% of the population with antibodies from prior infection or vaccination.
The projected peak in infections...",right
10216,Big Tech CEOs Face Antitrust Hearing,"['Technology', 'Business', 'Congress', 'Social Media', 'Facebook', 'YouTube', 'Amazon', 'Google']","Congress Used the Antitrust Hearing To Peddle Petty Grievances Against Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google",Reason,"The top executives of four major tech companies—Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google—were hauled before Congress on Wednesday; each accused of being an online monopoly that may require government action.
Math, as the $26 trillion national debt might suggest, is not exactly Congress' strong suit.
One thing Congress is quite good at, however, is putting on a show—and Wednesday's hearing of the House Judiciary Committee was more about theatrics than seriously considering the use of antitrust law. Perhaps that's because it's somewhat ridiculous to argue with a straight face that Google...",right
10217,Big Tech CEOs Face Antitrust Hearing,"['Technology', 'Business', 'Congress', 'Social Media', 'Facebook', 'YouTube', 'Amazon', 'Google']",Tech's major powers face heat during House antitrust hearing,Axios,"Wednesday's House antitrust hearing with the CEOs of Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple went down some politically fraught rabbit holes, but also saw tech's most powerful figures face sharper questions than they've seen before from Washington.
What's happening: Republicans slammed the companies for alleged anti-conservative bias, but Democrats largely narrowed their focus to possible competitive abuses, putting the CEOs on their back feet and producing some surprising admissions.
Why it matters: The face-off is the culmination of a protracted conflict between Washington and Silicon Valley that has seen members of...",center
10218,Big Tech CEOs Face Antitrust Hearing,"['Technology', 'Business', 'Congress', 'Social Media', 'Facebook', 'YouTube', 'Amazon', 'Google']",Big Tech CEOs face off with Congress,Washington Post,"Democrats and Republicans in Congress came out swinging against Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google on Wednesday, needling the tech giants’ top executives over their size, power and approach to a wide array of issues, including the content they allow online.
Rep. David N. Cicilline (D-R.I.), the chairman of the House’s top antitrust subcommittee, opened the wide-ranging hearing by stressing that lawmakers’ year-long investigation into the industry had informed his growing belief that the country’s largest technology companies have “wielded their power in disruptive, harmful ways,” risking not only competition but...",left
10219,Trump Considering Executive Order To End Birthright Citizenship,['Immigration'],Trump Wants To Order End To Birthright Citizenship,HuffPost,"The law offering citizenship to babies of non-citizens is “ridiculous” and “has to end,” the president said.",left
10220,Trump Considering Executive Order To End Birthright Citizenship,['Immigration'],OPINION: Ending Birthright Citizenship Is No Panacea,Guest Writer - Right,"According to Axios, President Trump is gearing up to sign an executive order that would, in their words, “remove the right to citizenship for babies of non-citizens born on U.S. soil.” There is some ambiguity in this formulation. Will the executive order in question limit birthright citizenship to the children of U.S. citizens, or will it extend citizenship to the children of lawful permanent residents, as in the case of most market democracies that have revised their birthright citizenship rules in recent decades?",right
10221,Trump Considering Executive Order To End Birthright Citizenship,['Immigration'],Trump targeting birthright citizenship with executive order,Axios,"President Trump plans to sign an executive order that would remove the right to citizenship for babies of non-citizens and unauthorized immigrants born on U.S. soil, he said yesterday in an exclusive interview for ""Axios on HBO,"" a new four-part documentary news series debuting on HBO this Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET/PT.",center
10222,Democrats Release Text of Biden's Build Back Better Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Build Back Better', 'Joe Biden', 'Taxes', 'Child Tax Credit', 'Climate Change', 'Energy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Democrats release text of massive social spending bill,Fox News (Online News),"Democrats have released the text of their massive social spending bill, outlining many of the priorities of President Biden's ""Build Back Better"" plan.
The 1684-page bill, released Thursday, comes just one day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., signaled optimism that various factions of the Democratic caucus were close to reaching a deal on the legislation.
""As we have insisted, we are close to agreement on the priorities and the topline of the legislation, which can and must pass the House and Senate,"" Pelosi said in a letter to Democrats Wednesday. ""At the same...",right
10223,Democrats Release Text of Biden's Build Back Better Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Build Back Better', 'Joe Biden', 'Taxes', 'Child Tax Credit', 'Climate Change', 'Energy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Framework’s climate elements may keep emissions goals in reach,Roll Call,"The climate and low-carbon energy elements in President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion budget reconciliation framework would likely fall short of what is needed for the U.S. to meet its emissions reduction goals even though the proposal is poised to be the largest climate legislation in the nation’s history, experts said.
Before heading to Italy and then the United Kingdom for back-to-back summits on climate change, Biden presented the outline for climate and social safety net proposals as well as $2 trillion in offsets, including an international tax agreement, more IRS enforcement...",center
10224,Democrats Release Text of Biden's Build Back Better Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Build Back Better', 'Joe Biden', 'Taxes', 'Child Tax Credit', 'Climate Change', 'Energy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Biden's Build Back Better bill: What made it in and what was stripped out,NBC News (Online),"The Build Back Better framework unveiled by the White House on Thursday revises key climate change proposals, keeps funding for universal pre-kindergarten and jettisons earlier plans to provide paid family and medical leave.
The changes come after months of negotiations between moderates, progressives and the White House over the components of a massive social safety net package.
Here's a look at what's new, what's out and what was kept intact in the $1.75 trillion package that's now half the size of the initial proposal from President Joe Biden.
Climate: The proposed framework contains over...",left
10225,"US Adds 199,000 Jobs in December","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus']","US hiring cools in December as economy adds just 199,000 new jobs",Fox Business,"U.S. job growth faltered in December just before the rapid spread of the new omicron coronavirus variant cast a fresh threat over the economy and its recovery from the pandemic.
The Labor Department said in its monthly payroll report released Friday that payrolls in December rose by 199,000, sharply missing the 400,000 jobs forecast by Refinitiv economists. The unemployment rate, which is calculated based on a separate survey, dropped to 3.9% from 4.2% — the lowest level since the pandemic began. 
The labor market had been gaining momentum after a delta-induced slowdown over the...",right
10226,"US Adds 199,000 Jobs in December","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus']",US jobless rate sinks to 3.9% as many more people find jobs,Associated Press,"U.S. employers added a modest 199,000 jobs last month while the unemployment rate fell sharply, at a time when businesses are struggling to fill jobs with many Americans remaining reluctant to return to the workforce.
At the same time, Friday’s jobs report from the Labor Department showed that the nation’s unemployment rate fell from 4.2% to a healthy 3.9%, evidence that many more people found jobs last month. Indeed, despite the slight hiring gain reported by businesses, 651,000 more people said they were employed in December compared with November.
Wages...",left
10227,"US Adds 199,000 Jobs in December","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus']","Jobs disappoint in December, but unemployment falls to 3.9%",CNN Business,"The US economy added 199,000 jobs in December, the Labor Department reported Friday. That was the fewest jobs added in any month of 2021.
That was a major disappointment: Economists had forecast jobs growth of double that number.
So how could forecasts be so off again?
""We just have to acknowledge that this is still such an unusual time. In the best of times it's hard to tell,"" said Sarah House, economist at Wells Fargo.
A lot of the models that economists use aren't adapted to capture the labor shortage, for example,...",left
10228,Virus Sparks Nationwide Need for Medical Equipment as Pentagon Steps In,"['Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Hospitals', 'Disease', 'Coronavirus']","Pentagon to free up 5 million respirator masks and 2,000 ventilators for coronavirus efforts",CNBC,"WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says it will give 5 million respirator masks and 2,000 ventilators to the Department of Health and Human Services from the military’s strategic reserve in order to support the coronavirus response.
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Tuesday from the Pentagon press briefing room that 1 million respirator masks would be made available immediately.
Esper said the Pentagon is able to offer up to 2,000 deployable ventilators but that the machines are different from those used by civilians and will require training before operation. He...",center
10229,Virus Sparks Nationwide Need for Medical Equipment as Pentagon Steps In,"['Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Hospitals', 'Disease', 'Coronavirus']",The Pentagon just offered ventilators for the coronavirus response. It could do much more.,Vox,"With civilian hospitals increasingly overwhelmed and the coronavirus outbreak in America deepening, a question is coming up of whether there’s a bigger role the US military to play in responding.
President Donald Trump isn’t so sure, yet.
“We’re starting the process. And it’s a process — we hope it’s not going to be necessary, but it could be necessary,” he said during the White House briefing on Tuesday morning.
Hours later, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the Pentagon would at least offer some support. He told reporters that his department...",left
10230,Virus Sparks Nationwide Need for Medical Equipment as Pentagon Steps In,"['Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Hospitals', 'Disease', 'Coronavirus']",Coronavirus sparks surge in demand for ventilators as companies try to keep up,Fox News (Online News),"As the coronavirus continues to spread around the world, boosting the need for ventilators, companies are ramping up their efforts to keep up with demand.
From the Netherlands to Wisconsin, to Southern California, companies that manufacture the lifesaving machines all said they are stepping up production.
A spokesman for Vyaire Medical Inc., which is based in Illinois, said the company is adding a second shift at its Palm Springs, Calif., factory and hiring more workers. As a global supplier, it has previously shipped ventilators to China and now is getting...",right
10231,Outrage Grows Over Separating Families at the Border,['Immigration'],Outrage Grows over Separating Families at the Border: A Closer Look at the Immigration Controversy,CBN,The battle over children being separating from their parents at the border is spilling over into another week.,right
10232,Outrage Grows Over Separating Families at the Border,['Immigration'],US child migrants: First ladies speak out on Trump separation policy,BBC News,"The former US First Lady Laura Bush has condemned a controversial policy that splits up families who illegally enter the country at the Mexican border.
Earlier Melania Trump made a rare statement expressing concern.",center
10233,Outrage Grows Over Separating Families at the Border,['Immigration'],OPINION: Outrage grows as families are separated. Will Trump change his policy?,CNN (Opinion),"The White House's ""zero tolerance"" immigration policy and resulting separations of undocumented parents and kids is exploding into the most emotive and politically unpredictable test yet of President Donald Trump's effort to change the character of America.",left
10234,Opposing Views on Impeachment,"['White House', 'Politics']","Karl Rove: 'Shame' on Obama, conservatives for impeachment chatter",Washington Post,"Republican strategist Karl Rove blamed President Obama and conservatives Tuesday for making impeachment seem like a much more realistic possibility than it is.
""This man IS Playing with the American People by Suggesting a constitutional Crisis where none exists,"" Rove said on Fox News's "" On the Record with Greta Van Susteren. "" ""Shame on him, and Shame on Those People in his Administration who participate with him. And shame on those conservatives an",left
10235,Opposing Views on Impeachment,"['White House', 'Politics']",Boehner: Impeachment talk a Dem 'scam' to raise money,CNN (Online News),"House Speaker John Boehner flatly denied Tuesday that congressional Republicans are moving to impeach President Barack Obama, blasting talk about it as ""a scam started by Democrats at the White House.""
""We have no plans to impeach the President. We have no future plans,"" Boehner told reporters after a weekly meeting with GOP members.",left
10236,Opposing Views on Impeachment,"['White House', 'Politics']",White House Snaps Back at John Boehner’s Impeachment Accusation,The Blaze,"The White House shot back at House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Tuesday for calling talk of impeaching President Barack Obama a Democratic “scam” to raise money.
In response, White House press secretary Josh Earnest named several House Republicans who have called for the president’s impeachment.",right
10237,Preview: Super Tuesday 2020,"['Presidential Elections', 'Super Tuesday 2020', 'Democratic Primaries', 'Elections']",Why Super Tuesday could leave Democrats even more unsettled as Biden tries to stop Sanders' momentum,Fox News (Online News),"On the eve of Super Tuesday, a confident Joe Biden glanced back to his landslide victory in South Carolina over the weekend and looked ahead to what he thinks will be a very good night. The former vice president told supporters in Houston that ""we won in South Carolina, and we’ll win in Texas tomorrow.”
Texas is the second biggest prize on Super Tuesday – when a third of all Democratic presidential nomination delegates are up for grabs. Fourteen states from coast to coast hold primaries on a single day....",right
10238,Preview: Super Tuesday 2020,"['Presidential Elections', 'Super Tuesday 2020', 'Democratic Primaries', 'Elections']",What to watch as 14 states vote in Super Tuesday primaries,Associated Press,"The Democratic presidential candidates are racing toward the biggest day on the primary calendar, when 14 states vote on Super Tuesday. It’s the day when the primary moves from retail to wholesale. Instead of one state voting at a time, candidates have to focus on contests in every region of the country with all types of voters.
While Super Tuesday won’t necessarily determine who wins the nomination, it has historically been difficult for a candidate who performs poorly on the day to recover. Here’s a look at Tuesday’s contests: THE...",left
10239,Preview: Super Tuesday 2020,"['Presidential Elections', 'Super Tuesday 2020', 'Democratic Primaries', 'Elections']","Super Tuesday, explained",Vox,"It’s the first day with a whole lot of delegates at stake, and it will shape the future of the contest.
The first day of the Democratic contest that really matters for the cold, hard delegate math — Super Tuesday — is almost here.
Tuesday, March 3, will be enormously important because it’s the first day that a lot of the delegates necessary to win the nomination are at stake, and the biggest delegate day overall. A total of 14 states and one territory — including California and Texas, the...",left
10240,Syrian Leader Assad Meets with Putin,['Middle East'],Syria's Assad Bolstered With Visit to Ally in Moscow,ABC News (Online),"President Bashar Assad has traveled to Moscow in his first known trip abroad since war broke out in Syria in 2011, meeting his strongest ally, Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The two leaders stressed that military operations in Syria— in which Moscow is the latest and most powerful addition— must lead to a political process.",left
10241,Syrian Leader Assad Meets with Putin,['Middle East'],Syria's Assad Visits Moscow To Discuss Military Plans With Putin,NPR (Online News),"In his first known international trip since civil war began in Syria, President Bashar Assad has just returned from a quick visit in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Assad reportedly briefed Putin on Syria's current and future military operations.",left
10242,Syrian Leader Assad Meets with Putin,['Middle East'],Syrian leader Assad meets with Putin in Moscow,Fox News (Online News),"President Bashar Assad has traveled to Moscow in his first known trip abroad since war broke out in Syria in 2011, meeting his strongest ally Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The two leaders stressed that the military operations in Syria-- in which Moscow is the latest and most powerful addition-- must lead to a political process.",right
10243,Michael Cohen Hired IT Firm To Rig Polls In Trump's Favor,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Cohen Hired IT Firm to Rig Early CNBC, Drudge Polls to Favor Trump",Wall Street Journal (News),"Behind the scenes, Michael Cohen hired RedFinch Solutions, then allegedly stiffed it—and his boss.",center
10244,Michael Cohen Hired IT Firm To Rig Polls In Trump's Favor,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Michael Cohen hired IT firm to manipulate polls for Trump before Republican primary: Report,Washington Times,"Michael Cohen hired an IT firm to rig polls to favor then-candidate Donald Trump before his presidential campaign and skipped out on paying most of the money he owed, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.",right
10245,Michael Cohen Hired IT Firm To Rig Polls In Trump's Favor,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Michael Cohen: I Rigged Online Polls for Trump,Daily Beast,Ex-fixer confirms WSJ bombshell report: Scheme with Liberty University’s IT director was carried out ‘at the direction and for the sole benefit’ of the president.,left
10246,"CNN Alleges Trump Violated Military Guidelines by Signing MAGA Hats in Iraq, Drawing Scrutiny From Right-Leaning Sources","['US Military', 'Defense And Security']","MAGA hat, campaign rhetoric cast cloud over Trump Iraq visit",CNN (Online News),By injecting a heavy dose of campaign-style rhetoric and partisan optics into this week's holiday visit with troops in Iraq -- his first trip to a war zone since taking office -- President Donald Trump,left
10247,"CNN Alleges Trump Violated Military Guidelines by Signing MAGA Hats in Iraq, Drawing Scrutiny From Right-Leaning Sources","['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",CNN: Trump signing MAGA hats for troops may have violated Pentagon rules,The Hill,CNN’s Pentagon correspondent said that President Trump signing red “Make America Great Again” hats for troops in Iraq may have violated Defense Department rules.,center
10248,"CNN Alleges Trump Violated Military Guidelines by Signing MAGA Hats in Iraq, Drawing Scrutiny From Right-Leaning Sources","['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Media Points out Soldiers May Have Broken Rules by Asking Trump to Sign MAGA Gear. Didn’t Same Situation Happen With Obama?,The Daily Caller,"Military personnel have been criticized for asking President Donald Trump to autograph personal items during his trip Wednesday to Iraq, but it’s not too different from what happened when",right
10249,China Behind Hacking Attack,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Federal Government Suffers Massive Hacking Attack,HuffPost,"China-based hackers are suspected of breaking into the computer networks of the U.S. government personnel office and stealing identifying information of at least 4 million federal workers, American officials said Thursday.",left
10250,China Behind Hacking Attack,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Chinese hackers access data of 4 million federal employees,Politico,"Chinese hackers stole the personal information of 4.1 million current and former federal employees in one of the largest-ever breaches of a U.S. government computer network, federal officials revealed Thursday.",left
10251,China Behind Hacking Attack,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",China Suspected in Massive Breach of Federal Personnel Data,The Blaze,"China-based hackers are suspected of breaking into the computer networks of the U.S. government personnel office and stealing identifying information of at least 4 million federal workers, American officials said Thursday.",right
10252,Economic Analysis Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Economy Shrank At 0.1 Percent Annual Rate In Fourth Quarter,NPR (Online News),"The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.1 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reports, its first quarterly contraction since the second quarter of 2009.
Economists were not expecting to hear that. Before the number was released, they were predicting BEA would say there was modest — 1.1 percent — growth in the last three months of 2012.
According to BEA: ""the decrease in real [gross domestic product] in the fourth quarter primarily reflected negative contributions from private inventory investment, federal government spending, and exports...",left
10253,Economic Analysis Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Economy Shrinks Due to Military Cuts,Townhall,"A release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis today surprised analysts when the top-line number showed that the economy shrunk in the last quarter of 2013 by a slight 0.1%. While small, it was unexpected. This marks the first time the American economy has shrunk since the end of the 2008 recession.
Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- decreased at an annual rate of 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 (that...",right
10254,Economic Analysis Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Fiscal fights ding economy,Politico,"No one is predicting a ""double-dip recession"" yet — but Wednesday's negative-growth GDP reading put to rest the question of whether Washington’s budget wars can damage the economy.
They just did.
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/us-economy-shrinks-01-pct-1st-time...",left
10255,DOD Considers Rescue Mission,['Middle East'],"In Increase, U.S. to Send 130 Advisers to Aid Iraqis",New York Times (News),"The Pentagon has sent an additional 130 military advisers to northern Iraq to help plan the evacuation of thousands of displaced people trapped by Sunni militants on Mount Sinjar, Defense Department officials said Tuesday, raising the possibility that a larger American force may eventually be needed in the rescue attempt.",left
10256,DOD Considers Rescue Mission,['Middle East'],U.S. Weighs Iraq Rescue Mission to Save Yazidis,Wall Street Journal (News),Proposal Under Development Could Put Americans in Direct Confrontation With Islamic State Militants,center
10257,DOD Considers Rescue Mission,['Middle East'],Officials: Pentagon considering rescue mission for Iraqis trapped on mountain,Fox News (Online News),"The Pentagon sent additional military planners to Iraq on Tuesday to figure out a way to rescue and relocate the tens of thousands of religious minorities trapped on a mountain by Islamic militants, senior U.S. officials said.",right
10258,Congressional Leaders Criticize Maxine Waters,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Congressional Leaders Criticize Maxine Waters For Urging Confrontation,NPR (Online News),A senior California Democratic lawmaker added some fresh fuel to the raging debate over civility in politics with a call for public confrontations with Trump administration officials.,left
10259,Congressional Leaders Criticize Maxine Waters,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Representative Andy Biggs: Maxine Waters Should Resign,Newsmax (News),Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ) is calling for Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) to resign after she urged supporters to harass Trump administration officials.,right
10260,Congressional Leaders Criticize Maxine Waters,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Schumer on Waters: Calling for harassment 'not American',CNN (Online News),Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sharply criticized fellow Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters of California on Monday for calling on opponents of President Donald Trump to protest his policies by harassing members of his administration.,left
10261,"Nation Remembers Civil Rights Leaders John Lewis, C. T. Vivian","['Civil Rights', 'Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'Us History']",John Lewis’ legacy shaped in 1965 on ‘Bloody Sunday’,Associated Press,"SELMA, Ala. (AP) — John Lewis saw the line of Alabama state troopers a few hundred yards away as he led hundreds of marchers to the apex of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on March 7, 1965. Armed with gas canisters and nightsticks, the troopers were flanked by horse-riding members of the sheriff’s posse. A crowd of whites milled around nearby.
Lewis, who died Friday at age 80, was just 25 at the time. He had been leading voting rights demonstrations for months in the notoriously racist town, and...",left
10262,"Nation Remembers Civil Rights Leaders John Lewis, C. T. Vivian","['Civil Rights', 'Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'Us History']","With the deaths of John Lewis and C.T. Vivian, history seems to be sending a message",Washington Post,"Sometimes I wonder if history is trying to tell us something.
July 17, for example. In the morning came news of the death of C.T. Vivian. At night, the news that Rep. John R. Lewis (D-Ga.) passed away. Two men linked by decades of struggle, success and the deep truth that struggle itself is a kind of success. They met long ago, in the days of tiny television sets and black ribbon neckties and automobiles with fins stamped from sheet metal.
Around 1960, Vivian and Lewis were students together in...",left
10263,"Nation Remembers Civil Rights Leaders John Lewis, C. T. Vivian","['Civil Rights', 'Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'Us History']","Trump, Pelosi order flags at half-staff to honor John Lewis; possible he could lie in state",Fox News (Online News),"Flags at the White House and U.S. Capitol were lowered to half staff Saturday morning to honor the late Rep. John Lewis, who died Friday night at the age of 80 and President Trump ordered all American flags to be lowered nationwide for the rest of the day.
The tribute to signify a nation in mourning is the first of what is expected to be many ways the civil rights leader and longtime congressman from Georgia will be eulogized.It's possible Lewis will lie in state at the Capitol, an honor...",right
10264,President Gun Control Plan,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Obama seeks assault weapons ban, background checks on all gun sales",CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed background checks on all gun sales and bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines as part of a package of steps to reduce gun violence in the wake of the Newtown school massacre last month.
With relatives of some of the 20 children killed in the Connecticut rampage looking on, Obama signed 23 executive actions that don't require congressional approval that he said would strengthen background checks and expand safety programs in schools.",left
10265,President Gun Control Plan,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Obama using gun issue to advance health law,Washington Times,"President Obama is using the national debate over gun violence to push for further action on his health care law, including insisting on the kind of mental health coverage states must provide under their Medicaid programs.
Mr. Obama, unveiling his gun proposals Wednesday barely a month after the deadly school shooting in Newtown, Conn., will make it clear that his health law, known as the Affordable Care Act, allows doctors to ask patients whether they have guns in their homes, and will tell them they are able to report...",right
10266,President Gun Control Plan,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Obama unveils gun-control proposals,Washington Post,"President Obama on Wednesday formally proposed the most expansive gun-control policies in generations and initiated 23 separate executive actions aimed at curbing what he called “the epidemic of gun violence in this country.
While no legislation can prevent every tragedy, he said in announcing the proposals, “if there is even one thing we can do to reduce this violence, if theres eve",left
10267,How Trump's Endorsements Fared in Georgia's Primaries,"['Elections', '2022 Elections', 'Donald Trump', '2022 Georgia Gubernatorial Election', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene']",Trump endorsements collapse in Georgia,Axios,"The power of Donald Trump’s endorsement took a beating in Georgia's primaries as he failed to dislodge all of the Republican elected officials he targeted, including some he's publicly treated as sworn enemies.
Why it matters: Georgia was Ground Zero for Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. His struggle to elevate candidates in the state who loudly echo his lies about stolen elections cast doubt on the 2020 election's continued salience for GOP voters — and may presage his weakened lock on the party.
Top target Gov. Brian Kemp handily...",center
10268,How Trump's Endorsements Fared in Georgia's Primaries,"['Elections', '2022 Elections', 'Donald Trump', '2022 Georgia Gubernatorial Election', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene']",‘We’re going to go f---ing scorched-earth’: How Brian Kemp crushed Trump in Georgia,Politico,"When Brian Kemp’s top donors huddled with the Georgia governor and his lieutenants at Atlanta’s Capital City Club earlier this year, they had reason to worry that his political career was about to come to an end.
Former President Donald Trump had spent the previous year savaging the Republican governor for refusing to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results, and he was bent on ousting the governor from office, recruiting and endorsing Kemp’s primary opponent. Few Republicans in recent years had survived Trump’s wrath. But the Kemp team reassured the nearly...",left
10269,How Trump's Endorsements Fared in Georgia's Primaries,"['Elections', '2022 Elections', 'Donald Trump', '2022 Georgia Gubernatorial Election', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene']",Firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene handily wins GOP primary in Georgia,New York Post (News),"Far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene easily won a crowded Republican primary in Georgia on Tuesday, fending off five challengers and surviving ongoing backlash over her controversial statements and behavior.
The 47-year-old political lightning rod leaned in to her national notoriety to raise millions for her first reelection bid and will now run in the general election to represent the safely Republican 11th Congressional District in the Peach State.
The incumbent held 70.4% of the vote when the race was called with 44% of precincts reporting, according to the Associated Press.
Greene, a Donald...",right
10270,WH Communications Director Resigns,"['White House', 'Politics']",Mike Dubke Resigns as White House Communications Director,Breitbart News,"The seasoned Republican operative was one of the few staffers respected by establishment Republicans in Washington, D.C., but was ultimately unwilling to continue to try to shape a daily narrative for the Trump White House.",right
10271,WH Communications Director Resigns,"['White House', 'Politics']",Mike Dubke Quits as White House Communications Director,Wall Street Journal (News),Departure comes as President Trump seeks reset amid probes,center
10272,WH Communications Director Resigns,"['White House', 'Politics']",Donald Trump’s Communications Director Resigns,HuffPost,Mike Dubke served in the White House for nearly three months before tendering his resignation.,left
10273,Judge Approves Trump's Special Master Request for Mar-a-Lago Investigation,"['Justice', 'FBI', 'Donald Trump', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Justice Department']",Judge halts prosecutors from using Trump Mar-a-Lago materials for criminal investigation,Washington Examiner,"A judge placed a roadblock on federal prosecutors conducting a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump's handling of documents until a special master is appointed and has completed his or her work.
""The Court does not find that a temporary special master review under the present circumstances would cause undue delay"" to the investigation, said U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon of the Southern District of Florida, granting Trump's motion for a third-party review to look for privileged materials. She said the government is ""temporarily enjoined from further review...",right
10274,Judge Approves Trump's Special Master Request for Mar-a-Lago Investigation,"['Justice', 'FBI', 'Donald Trump', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Justice Department']",Judge approves Trump special master request,NewsNation,"A federal judge has granted the request from former President Donald Trump’s legal team to appoint a special master to review the handling of classified documents seized during an FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago estate on Aug. 8.
The decision by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon came despite the objections of the Justice Department, which said an outside legal expert was not necessary in part because officials had already completed their review of potentially privileged documents.
With Monday’s approval, the Trump legal team has scored at least one victory in its defense against the...",center
10275,Judge Approves Trump's Special Master Request for Mar-a-Lago Investigation,"['Justice', 'FBI', 'Donald Trump', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Justice Department']",Judge grants Trump's request for a 'special master' to review materials seized from Mar-a-Lago,CNN (Online News),"A federal judge has granted former President Donald Trump's request to appoint a ""special master"" to review materials that the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago last month.
The decision, from Trump-appointed District Judge Aileen Cannon, is a significant victory for the former President, who has railed against the Biden administration and Justice Department since the search was executed four weeks ago.
""As a function of Plaintiff's former position as President of the United States, the stigma associated with the subject seizure is in a league of its own,"" Cannon wrote. ""A future indictment, based...",left
10276,Report Highlights Wasteful Government Spending,"['Role Of Government', 'Politics']","""Wastebook"" report singles out $30B in federal spending",CBS News (Online),"One million dollars to build a bus stop in Virginia. Five million for customized crystal stemware. Those are just some of the items paid for by the federal government last year. A new report out Tuesday by a prominent Republican senator, called the ""Wastebook,"" details $30 billion in questionable spending.",left
10277,Report Highlights Wasteful Government Spending,"['Role Of Government', 'Politics']",Costs Of Shutdown And Health Website Highlight 'Wastebook',NPR (Online News),Republican Sen. Tom Coburn is out with his annual account of wasteful and low-priority spending.,left
10278,Report Highlights Wasteful Government Spending,"['Role Of Government', 'Politics']",Funding for Facebook friends? Coburn catalogues worst of government waste,Fox News (Online News),This year's installment of Senator Tom Coburn's annual Wastebook may make politicians on both sides of the aisle squirm with discomfort.,right
10279,President Trump Signs USMCA At White House,"['USMCA', 'White House', 'Congress', 'Democrats', 'Trade']",Trump touts USMCA trade deal in latest effort to upstage impeachment trial,Los Angeles Times,"President Trump grinned and gave a thumbs up as he strutted to the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday, hoping to shift public attention from his Senate impeachment trial to the signing of a long-promised trade deal with Mexico and Canada.
But even as he made good on his 2016 campaign pledge to replace NAFTA — once Canada ratifies the deal — he kept bringing up impeachment.
Before signing the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, known as USMCA, Trump joked to Republican senators at the crowded ceremony that he was...",left
10280,President Trump Signs USMCA At White House,"['USMCA', 'White House', 'Congress', 'Democrats', 'Trade']",Donald Trump signs his USMCA trade deal into law and uses ceremony to lock down support from Republican senators in his impeachment trial after snubbing Democrats from White House ceremony,Daily Mail,"President Donald Trump used a signing ceremony for a new North American trade agreement Wednesday to praise Republicans who have defended him during his impeachment trial – and inviting half the sitting GOP senators who are hearing his case.
With the full Senate meeting just hours later during a critical new phase of his impeachment trial, Trump made no effort to mask the power play he and his advisors orchestrated.
As he read through the list of 27 individual GOP senators invited to attend the event, Trump observed: 'Maybe I'm...",right
10281,President Trump Signs USMCA At White House,"['USMCA', 'White House', 'Congress', 'Democrats', 'Trade']",Democrats slam Trump for USMCA signing snub,The Hill,"Congressional Democrats on Wednesday slammed President Trump for excluding them from a signing ceremony for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), an agreement for which they achieved significant changes and won union support.
""Perhaps we were not invited to today’s event on the South Lawn because our presence would be a prominent reminder of our critical leadership in achieving this deal,"" said Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.), who chairs the House Ways and Means Committee.
Democrats delivered strong bipartisan support for the deal in Congress after negotiating significant changes on labor enforcement,...",center
10282,Congress and Sexual Harassment,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","Congress’ sexual harassment system, decoded",Politico,"POLITICO answers some of the most pressing questions and misconceptions about how Capitol Hill handles, and settles, misconduct complaints.",left
10283,Congress and Sexual Harassment,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Taking Harassment Seriously Requires Serious Distinctions,National Review,The logic of zero tolerance often renders every bad act as equally unacceptable.,right
10284,Congress and Sexual Harassment,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Congress Has A Sexual Harassment Problem,HuffPost,And Congress isn’t adequately dealing with it.,left
10285,Perspectives: The Ongoing Migrant Surge at the Southern Border,"['Immigration', 'Joe Biden', 'World', 'Central America', 'Border Crisis', 'Asylum Seekers']","As migrants surge over the border, America must respond with compassion",Deseret News,"As the United States sees a sharp increase in immigration under President Joe Biden’s administration, the nation must respond from a place of principle — and Utah offers solid foundations from which to start.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas this week directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to assist as 4,200 children were being kept in poor, crowded conditions in Customs and Border Protection facilities, in cells meant for adults. Biden, who criticized former President Donald Trump for keeping “kids in cages,” is passing the buck to his predecessor...",center
10286,Perspectives: The Ongoing Migrant Surge at the Southern Border,"['Immigration', 'Joe Biden', 'World', 'Central America', 'Border Crisis', 'Asylum Seekers']",Migrants are heading north because Central America never recovered from last year’s hurricanes,Vox,"Republicans are eager to decry a “Biden border crisis.” But the current wave of migration at the southern border is the result of a humanitarian crisis in Central America that has been years in the making.
Citizens of the “Northern Triangle” region — Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador — have long suffered from gang-related violence, frequent extortion, government corruption, and high levels of poverty. Over the past few months, though, another factor has added an additional push to make the dangerous journey north: continuing devastation from back-to-back hurricanes.",left
10287,Perspectives: The Ongoing Migrant Surge at the Southern Border,"['Immigration', 'Joe Biden', 'World', 'Central America', 'Border Crisis', 'Asylum Seekers']",Team Biden’s disgraceful border media blackout,New York Post (Opinion),"There’s only one thing not open on the southern border: media access to the operations of Customs and Border Protection. In a totalitarian effort at hiding the truth, the Biden administration has blocked the press.
Veteran photojournalist John Moore raised the alarm on Twitter over the weekend: “I respectfully ask US Customs and Border Protection to stop blocking media access to their border operations,” he wrote. “I have photographed CBP under Bush, Obama and Trump but now — zero access is granted to media. These long-lens images taken from the...",right
10288,Trump Calls Out Raiders Player,['Sports'],Trump says NFL should suspend Oakland Raiders' Marshawn Lynch,Los Angeles Times,"President Trump says the NFL should suspend Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch.
Lynch sat during most of the U.S. national anthem and stood for the Mexican anthem before Sunday's game against the Patriots at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.",left
10289,Trump Calls Out Raiders Player,['Sports'],Trump hits Raiders' Marshawn Lynch for standing only for Mexican anthem; suggests suspension,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Monday slammed a top NFL player who sat for “The Star-Spangled Banner” but stood for Mexico’s national anthem, and offered a new directive: suspend him for the “remainder of the season.”",right
10290,Trump Calls Out Raiders Player,['Sports'],Trump calls on NFL to suspend Raiders' Marshawn Lynch,CNN (Online News),President Donald Trump took to Twitter to criticize Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch early Monday morning.,left
10291,Republicans Poised To Rebuke Trump On National Security Moves,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",GOP poised to rebuke Trump,The Hill,Frustrated Republicans say it’s time for the Senate to reclaim more power over foreign policy and are planning to move a measure Thursday that would be a stunning rebuke to a president of their own party.,center
10292,Republicans Poised To Rebuke Trump On National Security Moves,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Top Republicans pushing back on Trump's national security moves,CNN (Online News),"A growing number of Republicans are openly scoffing at President Donald Trump's handling of national security issues, with the Senate's number two Republican bashing Trump's criticism on Wednesday of the heads of the US intelligence community ahead of a vote on a measure disapproving Trump's Middle East policy.",left
10293,Republicans Poised To Rebuke Trump On National Security Moves,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","McConnell issues warning over Syria, Afghanistan troop withdrawals",Washington Examiner,"Senate Majority Leader Senator Mitch McConnell wants Congress to have a say when it comes to President Trump’s plans to pull U.S. forces out of both Afghanistan and Syria. Including he says, “a thorough accounting of the risks of withdrawing too hastily.”",right
10294,Chavez Dies,['World'],"Chavez Dies, Leaving Sharp Divisions in Venezuela",New York Times (News),"President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela died Tuesday afternoon after a struggle with cancer, the government announced, leaving behind a bitterly divided nation in the grip of a political crisis that grew more acute as he languished for weeks, silent and out of sight, in hospitals in Havana and Caracas.",left
10295,Chavez Dies,['World'],"Venezuela's Chavez: An Outsized Personality, A Domineering Figure",NPR (Online News),"A fiery leftist, Hugo Chavez was a steadfast ally of dictators like Cuba's Fidel Castro while loudly opposing the United States. He claimed capitalism was destroying the world and tried to transform Venezuela into a socialist state. Millions of Venezuelans loved him because he showered the poor with social programs.
Yet Chavez, who ruled Venezuela from 1999 until his death Tuesday, was not able to turn the country's oil wealth into broad-based prosperity. At various times, the country experienced high in",left
10296,Chavez Dies,['World'],Cuba's coup de grace in Venezuela,Fox News (Online News),"For two long years, Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez's Cuban medical team perpetrated a colossal deception of the Venezuelan people and the world about his bout with terminal cancer. According to knowledgeable sources, Cuban doctors botched the initial treatment that doomed Chavez, manipulated his anxiety and paranoia so he would settle for substandard medical care in Havana, and pushed him back on to the campaign trail despite the impact on his health.",right
10297,Ebola: World Needs to Prepare,['World'],Ebola Crisis: Obama Says World Needs to Better Prepare for Outbreaks,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama on Friday said the world has to better coordinate and respond to outbreaks of diseases, noting that Ebola isn't the first deadly virus to cross borders and threaten global health and security.
""Each time, the world scrambles to coordinate a response,"" Mr. Obama said at the Global Health Security Summit in Washington, D.C. ""Each time, it's been harder than it should be to share information and to contain the outbreak. As a result, diseases have spread faster and farther than they should have, which means lives are...",center
10298,Ebola: World Needs to Prepare,['World'],"Obama blocks deportation for thousands of Liberian illegals, citing Ebola crisis",Washington Times,"President Obama deferred deportation Friday for thousands of Liberians living in the U.S., allowing them to remain in America for two more years rather than return to their Ebola-stricken homeland.
In a presidential order, Mr. Obama extended the grant of “deferred enforced departure” for Liberians who have enjoyed safe haven status in the U.S. as far back as 1991, when their country was in the midst of a civil war.
Mr. Obama said there are “compelling foreign policy reasons” for his action; Liberia is one of three West African nations...",right
10299,Ebola: World Needs to Prepare,['World'],"Obama tells global health officials: After Ebola, 'we have to do better.'",Washington Post,"President Obama Addressed Health officials from Dozens of countries who HAD Gathered Friday at the White House to Determine Ways the International Community CAN Strengthen defenses Against Future Epidemics , SUCH as the Ebola Outbreak Now Raging in West Africa.
Administration officials HAD Launched a global Health Security Initiative in February to help develop Other Nations Basic disease detection and Monitoring Systems to CONTAIN the spread of Deadly Illnesses. The push to develop a long-Term Strategy GAINED Added Impetus in the Wake of the Ebola epidemic.",left
10300,US Lifts Vietnam Arms Embargo,['Foreign Policy'],"US Will Sell Arms to Vietnam Again, With Eye on China",New York Times (News),"During a news conference in Hanoi, President Obama said the decades-long embargo on lethal weapons sales would be lifted.",left
10301,US Lifts Vietnam Arms Embargo,['Foreign Policy'],"Obama, muted on human rights, lifts arms embargo on Vietnam",Politico,"Standing a block from the corpse of Ho Chi Minh, the president said nothing about democratic reform.",left
10302,US Lifts Vietnam Arms Embargo,['Foreign Policy'],US lifts Vietnam arms embargo in move to counter China,Fox News (Online News),President Obama lifted the decades-long U.S. arms embargo against Vietnam on Monday in an apparent effort to shore up the communist country's defenses against an increasingly aggressive China – though he faced criticism that the move takes away U.S. leverage to press for human rights freedoms.,right
10303,Perspectives: The Necessity of Another COVID-19 Relief Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Public Opinion', 'Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Economy And Jobs']",Broad Public Support for Coronavirus Aid Package; Just a Third Say It Spends Too Much,Pew Research Center,"As the House of Representatives prepares to give final approval to the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, a sizable majority of U.S. adults (70%) say they favor the legislation. Only about three-in-ten (28%) oppose the bill, which provides economic aid to businesses, individuals and state and local governments. While congressional votes on the legislation have been deeply divided along partisan lines, 41% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents support the measure. The bill draws overwhelming support from Democrats and Democratic leaners (94% favor). In assessing the proposed spending in...",center
10304,Perspectives: The Necessity of Another COVID-19 Relief Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Public Opinion', 'Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Economy And Jobs']",The ‘Massive Scandal’ Buried in Covid 'Relief' Bill,Townhall,"Republicans warned that only a small percentage of the American Rescue Plan was actually going toward Covid-19 relief, and that the rest is filled with pork, far-left policies, and bailouts—hence why it passed on a party-line vote. One provision in the $1.9 trillion legislation that’s now coming under scrutiny is the $86 billion bailout for failing pensions. As The New York Times reports, taxpayer money is going towards problems that existed prior to the pandemic: Tucked inside the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill that cleared the Senate on Saturday is an...",right
10305,Perspectives: The Necessity of Another COVID-19 Relief Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Public Opinion', 'Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Economy And Jobs']",The stimulus bill's Child Tax Credit expansion is exactly the pandemic relief parents need,MSNBC,"When big legislation makes its way through Congress, peeling back the layers usually reveals the rot inside. Once they're brought into the light, we see why provisions were slipped into a bigger package. But that doesn't seem to be the case with the Covid-19 stimulus bill, which is set to pass the House on its way to President Joe Biden's desk on Wednesday. Instead, if you examine the $1.9 trillion relief package, you'll find more and more provisions designed to help people than were originally highlighted. Everyone has heard about...",left
10306,McCarthy Lays Out Plan to Reopen House as Senate Returns,"['Kevin McCarthy', 'Coronavirus', 'US House', 'Politics']","Kevin McCarthy, House Republicans lay out priorities for reopening Congress",Washington Times,"House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and several top Republicans on Monday laid out a set of proposals for members to follow when the full chamber does return to Washington, D.C., amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Office buildings and floor plans should be reassessed to accommodate social distancing and plexiglass dividers could be installed at security checkpoints or other high-traffic areas, the members said.
The ideas were offered by Mr. McCarthy, along with Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, the top Republican on the House Rules Committee, and Rep. Rodney Davis of Illinois,...",right
10307,McCarthy Lays Out Plan to Reopen House as Senate Returns,"['Kevin McCarthy', 'Coronavirus', 'US House', 'Politics']",The Senate’s return is a test case for the House,Politico,"If Congress returns too soon and lawmakers contract coronavirus, leaders could face backlash for not keeping members safe. But if Congress doesn’t get back to business, leaders could take heat for sitting on the sidelines in the middle of a crisis. Those are the competing pressures that the Senate and House are under as they make decisions about when — and how — to reopen.
So far, the chambers are taking divergent approaches. But the House will surely be keeping a close eye on operations in the Senate, which is...",left
10308,McCarthy Lays Out Plan to Reopen House as Senate Returns,"['Kevin McCarthy', 'Coronavirus', 'US House', 'Politics']",McCarthy lays out plan to reopen Congress,The Hill,"Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) released a plan Monday to reopen the House amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The top House Republican, along with Rep. Tom Cole (Okla.), the ranking GOP member of the Rules Committee, and Rep. Rodney Davis (Ill.), the ranking GOP member of the House Administration Committee, offered four strategies as part of the plan.
“This pandemic has claimed too many lives and livelihoods already. We must not allow the institution we are tasked with safeguarding to be the next,” the GOP members wrote.
The...",center
10309,White House Enlists TikTok Influencers To Combat Russian Disinformation,"['Arts And Entertainment', 'Biden Administration', 'Jen Psaki', 'Joe Biden', 'Media Industry', 'Misinformation', 'Russia', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'TikTok', 'Ukraine War', 'White House', 'Politics']",President Biden Brings In TikTok Stars To Help Sway Public Opinion Over Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine,Forbes,"During the height of the virus outbreak, President Joe Biden’s administration authorized thousand dollar cash payments to create a TikTok “Influencer Army '' as part of the campaign to get people vaccinated. High school student Ellie Zeiler, a 17-year-old TikToker with over ten million followers, was approached by the White House with an interesting offer. Zeiler was requested to partake in a campaign to entice her followers and young people to get vaccinated.
About 50 Twitch streamers, YouTubers and TikTokers with large followings, including the popular 18-year-old star, Olivia Rodrigo,...",center
10310,White House Enlists TikTok Influencers To Combat Russian Disinformation,"['Arts And Entertainment', 'Biden Administration', 'Jen Psaki', 'Joe Biden', 'Media Industry', 'Misinformation', 'Russia', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'TikTok', 'Ukraine War', 'White House', 'Politics']",The White House is briefing TikTok stars about the war in Ukraine,Washington Post,"On Thursday afternoon, 30 top TikTok stars gathered on a Zoom call to receive key information about the war unfolding in Ukraine. National Security Council staffers and White House press secretary Jen Psaki briefed the influencers about the United States’ strategic goals in the region and answered questions on distributing aid to Ukrainians, working with NATO and how the United States would react to a Russian use of nuclear weapons.
As the crisis in Ukraine has escalated, millions have turned to TikTok for information on what is happening there in real time....",left
10311,White House Enlists TikTok Influencers To Combat Russian Disinformation,"['Arts And Entertainment', 'Biden Administration', 'Jen Psaki', 'Joe Biden', 'Media Industry', 'Misinformation', 'Russia', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'TikTok', 'Ukraine War', 'White House', 'Politics']",White House enlists TikTokers in messaging war with Russia,New York Post (News),"TikTok isn’t just for dances anymore.
The White House briefed 30 high-profile creators on the popular app Thursday about key details of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Washington Post reported.
According to the outlet, the briefing took place over Zoom and was led by White House press secretary Jen Psaki and National Security Council special communications adviser Matt Miller.
The topics reportedly broached included America’s strategic goals in Eastern Europe, how the US would respond to nuclear escalation by Russia, and how millions of dollars in aid were being distributed to...",right
10312,"Trump Says He Is Willing to Meet President of Iran Hassan Rouhani ""Anytime,"" Without Preconditions",['Middle East'],Donald Trump Willing to Meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani ‘Anytime They Want’,Wall Street Journal (News),President Trump said he would be willing to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani without conditions.,center
10313,"Trump Says He Is Willing to Meet President of Iran Hassan Rouhani ""Anytime,"" Without Preconditions",['Middle East'],Trump's offer to meet with Iran's President Rouhani won't get us a better deal. We had our chance and lost it.,NBC News (Online),"Iran has offered American deals to end their nuclear programs before, but we preferred belligerency to diplomacy",left
10314,"Trump Says He Is Willing to Meet President of Iran Hassan Rouhani ""Anytime,"" Without Preconditions",['Middle East'],Trump would be wise to meet with Iran's Rouhani — even without preconditions,Washington Examiner,President Trump deserves credit for his openness to meet with President Hassan Rouhani of Iran in the near future.,right
10315,Government Shutdown Begins,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Congress Plunges Nation Into Chaos,HuffPost,Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law stalled a temporary funding bill.,left
10316,Government Shutdown Begins,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",No End In Sight As Government Shutdown Begins,NPR (Online News),Lawmakers are at loggerheads over issues they've been arguing about for more than five years.,left
10317,Government Shutdown Begins,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Partial shutdown begins: Can Congress, White House compromise?",Fox News (Online News),"After triggering a partial government shutdown for the first time in 17 years, the question now is: Can Congress and the White House compromise?",right
10318,Biden Issues First Pardons and Commutations as President,"['Politics', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice', 'Presidential Pardons']",Biden pardons former Secret Service agent and 2 others,Associated Press,"President Joe Biden has granted the first three pardons of his term, providing clemency to a Kennedy-era Secret Service agent convicted of federal bribery charges that he tried to sell a copy of an agency file and to two people who were convicted on drug-related charges but went on to become pillars in their communities.
The Democratic president also commuted the sentences of 75 others for nonviolent, drug-related convictions. The White House announced the clemencies Tuesday as it launched a series of job training and reentry programs for those in prison...",left
10319,Biden Issues First Pardons and Commutations as President,"['Politics', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice', 'Presidential Pardons']",Biden reveals first pardons and commutations of his administration,Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden is commemorating Second Chance Month by announcing the first pardons and commutations of his administration.
Abraham Bolden, an 86-year-old former Secret Service agent who maintains he was wrongly convicted of trying to sell a copy of a Secret Service file, Betty Jo Bogans, a 51-year-old first-time offender who served seven years in prison for transporting crack cocaine for her boyfriend and his accomplice, and Dexter Jackson, a 52-year-old man who allowed marijuana dealers to meet buyers in his pool hall, were the three former inmates pardoned of their crimes, according to...",right
10320,Biden Issues First Pardons and Commutations as President,"['Politics', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice', 'Presidential Pardons']",Biden Announces The First Pardons Of His Presidency,HuffPost,"President Joe Biden announced Tuesday morning that he has granted clemency to 78 individuals, all of whom were convicted of low-level drug offenses or nonviolent crimes. Three people were pardoned, and 75 received commutations of their sentences.
It’s the first time Biden has exercised his constitutional clemency powers as president. Many of the people granted commutations were convicted years ago of crimes that today carry much lighter sentences. In a call with reporters Monday evening, White House officials said that if the people who received clemency were charged or convicted of any...",left
10321,Trump Criticizes GOP Senator for Calling 2020 Election Fair,"['Republican Party', 'Donald Trump', 'Mike Rounds', 'Mitt Romney', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Politics']",Republican senator says Trump's fate should be left to the courts,ABC News (Online),"Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., said former President Donald Trump’s fate should be left in the hands of the Department of Justice and the federal courts over his role in allegedly inciting the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection.
In an interview with ABC ""This Week"" anchor George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, the senator said all Americans, even former presidents, are subject to the U.S. court system.",left
10322,Trump Criticizes GOP Senator for Calling 2020 Election Fair,"['Republican Party', 'Donald Trump', 'Mike Rounds', 'Mitt Romney', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Politics']",Romney backs Rounds after Trump criticism,Washington Examiner,"Sen. Mitt Romney posted a message on social media Monday backing Sen. Mike Rounds after his Republican colleague was criticized by former President Donald Trump for saying the 2020 election was fairly decided.
Romney, a Utah Republican who was his party’s nominee for president in 2012, wrote on Twitter, “Mike Rounds speaks truth knowing that our Republic depends upon it.”
He added that Republican governors, senators, and even former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney, as well as the conservative-leaning Wall Street Journal editorial page, are in agreement that “Joe Biden won...",right
10323,Trump Criticizes GOP Senator for Calling 2020 Election Fair,"['Republican Party', 'Donald Trump', 'Mike Rounds', 'Mitt Romney', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Politics']",Trump rips GOP senator who called 2020 election 'fair',The Hill,"Former President Trump on Monday tore into Sen. Mike Rounds after the South Dakota Republican rejected Trump’s baseless claims about the 2020 presidential election. 
In a lengthy statement, Trump rehashed his false assertion that the 2020 election was tainted by widespread fraud and vowed to withhold his support from Rounds the next time the South Dakota senator is up for reelection in 2026.
“Is he crazy or just stupid?” Trump said in the statement. “The numbers are conclusive, and the fraudulent and irregular votes are massive. The only reason he did this is because...",center
10324,U.S. Starts Formal Withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement,"['World', 'Donald Trump', 'Climate Change', 'Emissions', 'United States', 'Paris Climate Accord', 'Environment']",Trump takes formal step to pull out of Paris climate agreement,New York Post (News),"The Trump administration notified the United Nations on Monday that it will formally withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement, marking the first step in a one-year process to exit the global pact to fight climate change.
The move would leave the US as the only country outside the accord, a decision President Trump promised early in his term to unfetter America’s domestic oil, gas and coal industries.
“What we won’t do is punish the American people while enriching foreign polluters,” Trump said at a shale gas industry conference in...",right
10325,U.S. Starts Formal Withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement,"['World', 'Donald Trump', 'Climate Change', 'Emissions', 'United States', 'Paris Climate Accord', 'Environment']",US begins formal withdrawal from Paris climate accord,CNN (Online News),"The Trump administration announced Monday that it will begin formally withdrawing the US from the Paris climate accord, the first step in a year-long process to leave the landmark agreement to reduce emissions of planet-warming gases.
""Today the United States began the process to withdraw from the Paris Agreement,"" Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement. ""Per the terms of the Agreement, the United States submitted formal notification of its withdrawal to the United Nations. The withdrawal will take effect one year from delivery of the notification.""
...",left
10326,U.S. Starts Formal Withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement,"['World', 'Donald Trump', 'Climate Change', 'Emissions', 'United States', 'Paris Climate Accord', 'Environment']",Trump begins formal withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement,Axios,"President Trump got a step closer to pulling America out of the Paris Climate Agreement by sending a withdrawal letter to the United Nations, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced in a statement Monday.
Driving the news: While Trump indicated this intention in June 2017, today marks the first day his administration could begin the formal process, which will be completed on Nov. 4, 2020 — a day after the 2020 presidential election.
Why it matters: While today is more procedural than symbolic in nature, the U.S. beginning the exit...",center
10327,Uncertainty Surrounds Schools for the Fall; Pediatricians Recommend Reopening,"['Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Education']",American Academy of Pediatrics Recommends Schools Reopen,Newsmax (News),"The American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending schools reopen this fall with students ""physically present"" in their classrooms, as the negative impacts are already being shown in children since schools closed earlier this spring.
""The importance of in-person learning is well-documented,"" the AAP said in recently released guidance, reports the U.K.'s Daily Mail. ""The AAP strongly advocates that all policy considerations for the coming school year should start with the goal of having students physically present in school.""
Being away from school for too long can often result in...",right
10328,Uncertainty Surrounds Schools for the Fall; Pediatricians Recommend Reopening,"['Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Education']","All the ways the coronavirus will make this school year harder than the last, even if campuses reopen",Washington Post,"School communities desperate for normalcy are hoping that the new school year will be more stable than the last, when the coronavirus forced schools to close and launch remote learning overnight. But that seems like wishful thinking, as 2020-2021 is shaping up to be even more problematic.
School districts are embarking on novel experiments in learning, unveiling plans to reopen with new procedures for just about everything. But none of them are set in stone because the unknowns about how things will work far outweigh the knowns.
That heralds confusion...",left
10329,Uncertainty Surrounds Schools for the Fall; Pediatricians Recommend Reopening,"['Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Education']",U.S. teens envision fall school reopening during COVID-19 pandemic,Reuters,"When U.S. schools begin the next academic year with the country still fighting the coronavirus pandemic, students should spend half their time in classrooms and half doing online activities that pinpoint their individual learning style such as videos or reading.
That advice comes from Nimish Mathur, 17, and his team from DuPont Manual High School in Louisville, Kentucky.
The “I’m So Confused Gang” team submitted its idea for re-opening school in the age of COVID-19 to a competition sponsored by Discover Your Genius (DYG), a nonprofit company that challenges young...",center
10330,Video Between Student And Native American Draws Controversy,"['Kentucky Student', 'Native American', 'Politics']",New Video Complicates Uproar Over Incident Between Student And Native American Man,HuffPost,"The student in the video said he’s received death threats after the confrontation, and attempted to clarify that he was trying to help defuse the situation.",left
10331,Video Between Student And Native American Draws Controversy,"['Kentucky Student', 'Native American', 'Politics']",Fuller video casts new light on Covington Catholic students' encounter with Native American elder,USA TODAY,"The furor over the behavior of a group of Catholic school students from Kentucky toward a Native American elder during weekend protests in Washington, D.C., took a turn Sunday with the emergence of a new video.",left
10332,Video Between Student And Native American Draws Controversy,"['Kentucky Student', 'Native American', 'Politics']",Kentucky student seen in viral confrontation with Native American speaks out,Fox News (Online News),"The Kentucky high school student seen in a viral video standing-face-to-face with a Native American protester at a Washington rally spoke out for the first time Sunday evening, claiming in a statement that he and his classmates were taunted by a group of African-American protesters and saying that he and his family had received death threats.",right
10333,Chicago Police Probe Findings,['Violence In America'],Former Chicago Police Superintendent: The DOJ Investigation Was 'Political' and 'Predetermined',Townhall,"Garry McCarthy was the superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. He was dismissed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel following the police shooting death of a young African-American male named Laquan McDonald. That shooting resulted in not only protests throughout the city, but also an investigation by the Department of Justice. Attorney General Loretta Lynch shared the agency's findings on Friday after a 13-month probe, but McCarthy predicted what she would say shortly before she even took the mic.",right
10334,Chicago Police Probe Findings,['Violence In America'],"Chicago police officers have pattern of using excessive, unconstitutional force, Justice Dept. says",Washington Post,"A sprawling federal investigation into the Chicago police found that officers engage “in a pattern or practice of use of excessive force,” part of larger, ingrained failures in how the department trains officers and reviews misconduct, Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced Friday.",left
10335,Chicago Police Probe Findings,['Violence In America'],"Chicago police use excessive force, unfairly target minorities, Justice Dept. says",Chicago Tribune,A damning U.S. Department of Justice report released Friday morning excoriates the Chicago Police Department for using excessive force and unfairly targeting minorities while providing shoddy training and little effective supervision or discipline.,center
10336,"US, NATO and EU Blame China-Affiliated Hackers for Microsoft Hack","['Cybersecurity', 'State Department', 'White House', 'NATO', 'European Union', 'China', 'Microsoft', 'Business', 'Ransomware', 'Technology']",U.S. Formally Accuses China of Hacking Microsoft,New York Times (News),"The Biden administration on Monday formally accused the Chinese government of breaching Microsoft email systems used by many of the world’s largest companies, governments and military contractors, as the United States joined a broad group of allies, including all NATO members, to condemn Beijing for cyberattacks around the world.
The United States accused China for the first time of paying criminal groups to conduct large-scale hackings, including ransomware attacks to extort companies for millions of dollars, according to a statement from the White House. Microsoft had pointed to hackers linked to the...",left
10337,"US, NATO and EU Blame China-Affiliated Hackers for Microsoft Hack","['Cybersecurity', 'State Department', 'White House', 'NATO', 'European Union', 'China', 'Microsoft', 'Business', 'Ransomware', 'Technology']","U.S., NATO and EU to blame China for cyberattack on Microsoft Exchange servers",CNBC,"A new joint effort made up of NATO member states, the European Union, Australia, New Zealand and Japan is coming together to confront the global threat posed by Chinese state-sponsored cyberattacks.
In its first action on Monday, the countries will publicly blame China’s Ministry of State Security for a massive cyberattack on Microsoft Exchange email servers earlier this year.
The attack was carried out by criminal contract hackers working for the MSS who also engage in cyber-enabled extortion, cryptojacking and ransomware, the official said.",center
10338,"US, NATO and EU Blame China-Affiliated Hackers for Microsoft Hack","['Cybersecurity', 'State Department', 'White House', 'NATO', 'European Union', 'China', 'Microsoft', 'Business', 'Ransomware', 'Technology']",US and allies blame China's spy agency for 'really eye-opening' cyberattacks,Washington Examiner,"Cyberattackers linked to a Chinese spy agency conducted a major ransomware attack against an American company, adding a new layer of complexity to a threat usually attributed to Russia, according to President Joe Biden’s administration.
""This was surprising to us,"" a senior administration official acknowledged in a media briefing Sunday on how China’s Ministry of State Security has emerged as a major cybersecurity threat. ""And, in fact, one of the reasons that we've put so much work into this attribution is because it really gave us new insights on the...",right
10339,Trump Issues Pardons in Final Hours as President,"['Politics', 'Presidential Pardons', 'Donald Trump']","In late-night move, President Donald Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Lil Wayne, and more",The Blaze,"Late Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump was busy issuing a long list of pardons and sentence commutations, including for former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, rapper and Trump supporter Lil Wayne, and scores more.
According to reports, Trump fired off a total of 73 pardons and 70 commutations, but did not pardon himself or any members of his family in the 11th-hour move.
A pardon comes for Bannon, who was accused of defrauding donors in a ""build the wall"" fundraising effort. He has pleaded not...",right
10340,Trump Issues Pardons in Final Hours as President,"['Politics', 'Presidential Pardons', 'Donald Trump']",Trump’s final pardons warped presidential powers for his own benefit,Washington Post,"On his way out of office, Trump distorts the Constitution to serve his ego and personal interests.
President Trump’s last-minute pardons betray what the Constitution’s pardon power is all about. While he has not decided to try to pardon himself (at least, not as far as we know), the pardons he issued during his term taken together serve as a microcosm for his presidency. They take a noble part of our Constitution and warp it in the service of Trump’s ego and future personal interests.
The Founders put the pardon...",left
10341,Trump Issues Pardons in Final Hours as President,"['Politics', 'Presidential Pardons', 'Donald Trump']","In late-night move, President Donald Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Lil Wayne, and more",USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly used his clemency authority as a political tool rather than an act of mercy, issued a final wave of pardons and commutations on his last night in office, delivering relief for a mix of beneficiaries that included former strategist Stephen Bannon, Republican Party and Trump fundraiser Elliott Broidy, and former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, found guilty in 2013 of corruption charges.
He granted pardons to 73 people and commuted the sentences of another 70 people, according to a news release from the White House....",left
10342,Crude Oil Prices Fall Sharply as Recession Fears Grow,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Trade', 'Energy', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Recession', 'World', 'OPEC', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Transportation']","Oil prices, stocks fall sharply as recession worries grow",Washington Post,"Stocks and oil prices slid Tuesday coming off Independence Day weekend, amplifying the losses of Wall Street’s dismal first half and offering more warning signs of a coming downturn. Crude fell below $100 a barrel for the first time since May.
The Dow Jones Industrial tumbled more than 560 points or 1.9 percent in afternoon trading. The S&P 500 index fell by 60 points or 1.6 percent at midday Tuesday, while the tech heavy-Nasdaq lost 49 points or 0.4 percent.",left
10343,Crude Oil Prices Fall Sharply as Recession Fears Grow,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Trade', 'Energy', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Recession', 'World', 'OPEC', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Transportation']",Oil drops below $100 for first time in months as recession fears grow,Washington Examiner,"Oil prices tumbled below $100 a barrel on Tuesday for the first time since May, falling more than 8% amid supply concerns and growing fears of a global recession.
Futures for the United States-based West Texas Intermediate fell Tuesday by 8%, or $8.67, trading below $100 at $99.76 per barrel for the first time since May 11.
Meanwhile, futures for international benchmark Brent crude fell by $7.70 to $104.76 per barrel.
Analysts at Citigroup said Tuesday that oil prices could fall to $65 per barrel by the end of this year and to $45 by the end...",right
10344,Crude Oil Prices Fall Sharply as Recession Fears Grow,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Trade', 'Energy', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Recession', 'World', 'OPEC', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Transportation']",WTI Drops Below $100 As Recession Fears Grow,OilPrice.com,"Despite serious supply problems in the market, oil prices crashed on Tuesday morning due to renewed recession fears and the prospect of demand destruction.
Whilst most of 2022 could only be characterized as a period of hardship for Europe’s embattled industries, things are about to get even worse as Russian pipeline supply falls and power prices across the continent soared. 
- Day-ahead prices in Italy and France have soared above €400 per MWh, with Germany trending slightly lower – attesting to the tightness, annual 2023 forward prices are only marginally...",center
10345,Vaping Illnesses May Be Linked to Illegal Marijuana Products,"['CDC', 'Marijuana', 'Vaping', 'THC', 'Illness', 'Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",Tests show bootleg marijuana vapes tainted with hydrogen cyanide,NBC News (Online),"Fabian Castillo was suffering from crippling anxiety when his uncle handed him a marijuana vape pen one day last December.
""It will help calm you down,"" Castillo said his uncle told him.
Over the next several months, the vape worked as advertised. Castillo, who had just graduated high school in southern California, found himself more mellow and more productive.
He had no idea at the time that he was using, what he now believes, was a bootleg vape pen filled with a toxic mix of chemicals.
But on Aug. 2,...",left
10346,Vaping Illnesses May Be Linked to Illegal Marijuana Products,"['CDC', 'Marijuana', 'Vaping', 'THC', 'Illness', 'Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",Many Vaping Illnesses Linked To Black Market 'Dank Vapes' Or Other THC Products,NPR (Online News),"The mystery of the outbreak of vaping-related lung illnesses is still not solved.
But investigators in Illinois and Wisconsin have found some clues, they announced Friday in a press briefing.
Investigators in these two states conducted detailed interviews with 86 patients — mostly young men — and 66% said they had vaped THC products labeled as Dank Vapes. THC is the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis.
What are Dank Vapes and how could they be fueling the outbreak?
""Dank Vapes appears to be the most prominent in a class of largely...",left
10347,Vaping Illnesses May Be Linked to Illegal Marijuana Products,"['CDC', 'Marijuana', 'Vaping', 'THC', 'Illness', 'Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",CDC: Vaping-related lung illnesses may be linked to THC products,Fox News (Online News),"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday described a possible link between the current outbreak of vaping-related lung injuries and the use of THC-containing vaping products.
The CDC’s findings indicated that out of 514 patients with suspected vaping-related illnesses, 77 had self-reported that they had been using products containing THC, or using both nicotine- and THC-containing products.
THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the main psychoactive compound in marijuana, responsible for users' ""high"" sensation.
“CDC has made it a priority to find out what is causing this outbreak of...",right
10348,Trump Proposes Government Start Television Network to Compete With CNN,['Media Bias'],Trump proposes new network to compete with CNN: ‘Something has to be done’,Fox News (Online News),"President Donald Trump on Monday afternoon proposed the creation of a new, United States-funded television network to compete with CNN globally.",right
10349,Trump Proposes Government Start Television Network to Compete With CNN,['Media Bias'],Trump suggests government start its own worldwide television network,The Hill,President Trump on Monday suggested the government start its own television network as he voiced frustration with the way CNN in particular has covered his administration.,center
10350,Trump Proposes Government Start Television Network to Compete With CNN,['Media Bias'],Trump Proposes State-Run Tv Network to Show the World How Great He Is,Vanity Fair,“Something has to be done”!,left
10351,DOJ to Reduce Recommended Sentence for Former Trump Adviser Roger Stone,"['Roger Stone', 'Criminal Justice', 'Crime', 'Justice', 'White House', 'Justice Department']",DOJ to Curtail Roger Stone Sentencing Recommendation,Newsmax (News),"The Department of Justice will decrease the sentencing recommendation federal prosecutors made for Roger Stone, it announced on Tuesday, a few hours after President Donald Trump criticized the recommendation in a tweet.
“The Department was shocked to see the sentencing recommendation in the filing in the Stone case last night,” an unnamed senior Justice official told Fox News. “The sentencing recommendation was not what had been briefed to the Department.”
Federal prosecutors recommended that Stone should be sentenced to between 87 and 108 months in prison following his conviction on...",right
10352,DOJ to Reduce Recommended Sentence for Former Trump Adviser Roger Stone,"['Roger Stone', 'Criminal Justice', 'Crime', 'Justice', 'White House', 'Justice Department']",Justice Dept backs off stiff sentence recommendation for Roger Stone,Politico,"The Justice Department is stepping back from a recommendation that Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to President Donald Trump, serve a stiff prison sentence following his conviction on charges of impeding congressional and FBI investigations into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.
In an early-morning tweet Tuesday, Trump blasted federal prosecutors for urging a prison sentence of about seven to nine years for Stone, the veteran GOP political consultant and provocateur found guilty by a jury last year on seven felony counts brought by former special counsel Robert Mueller....",left
10353,DOJ to Reduce Recommended Sentence for Former Trump Adviser Roger Stone,"['Roger Stone', 'Criminal Justice', 'Crime', 'Justice', 'White House', 'Justice Department']",Justice Department changes course on Roger Stone sentencing after Trump's angry tweet,The Week - News,"It looks like President Trump got his point across.
The Justice Department has decided to back off its earlier recommendation that Trump's longtime adviser Roger Stone receive a sentencing of seven to nine years following his seven-count conviction last year for lying to Congress, witness tampering, and obstructing a House investigation into possible coordination between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia. A department official confirmed the news to The Associated Press, describing the recommendation as ""extreme, excessive, and grossly disproportionate"" to Stone's offenses.
Upon learning about the initial recommendation, Trump...",left
10354,Trump´s Tax Plan Announcement,['Taxes'],Trump: White House will release tax reform plan next week,Politico,President Donald Trump said Friday that the process to reform America’s tax code will kick into high gear next week.,left
10355,Trump´s Tax Plan Announcement,['Taxes'],"‘Big announcement’ on tax reform unlikely to reveal details, official says",Washington Post,"The White House will release on Wednesday the “broad principles and priorities” of their plans to overhaul federal taxes, a White House official said Friday night, downplaying expectations that the Trump administration would reveal key details underpinning the plan.",left
10356,Trump´s Tax Plan Announcement,['Taxes'],Trump to unveil tax cut he says could be biggest ever,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Friday said businesses and individuals will receive a ""massive tax cut"" under a tax reform package he plans to unveil next week.",right
10357,Kevin Spacey Found Not Liable in Sexual Abuse Lawsuit,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Celebrities', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'MeToo', 'Courts']","Kevin Spacey not liable in sex abuse case, jury rules",Axios,"A jury ruled Thursday that actor Kevin Spacey was not liable for battery against Anthony Rapp, according to multiple reports.
Driving the news: The case was born during the early days of the #MeToo movement during which the former ""House of Cards"" actor was fired from the Netflix series.
The jury made its ruling after about an hour of deliberation, per multiple reports.
Details: Rapp alleged that Spacey made a sexual advance on Rapp in 1986 after a party when the two were relatively unknown actors who had become friends on Broadway, Axios previously reported.",center
10358,Kevin Spacey Found Not Liable in Sexual Abuse Lawsuit,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Celebrities', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'MeToo', 'Courts']",Anthony Rapp Has Lost A Lawsuit Accusing Kevin Spacey Of Sexual Assault,BuzzFeed News,"Anthony Rapp has lost his civil lawsuit against Kevin Spacey, whom he accused of sexually assaulting him when Rapp was 14.
The jury deliberated for about one hour and 20 minutes on Thursday before finding that Rapp's attorneys did not prove that Spacey had touched his ""sexual or intimate part or parts."" During closing arguments earlier in the day, Spacey’s attorney Jennifer Keller accused Rapp of “trying to hitch his wagon to the #MeToo movement.”
Throughout the trial, the defense accused Rapp of lying due to jealousy of Spacey’s career...",left
10359,Kevin Spacey Found Not Liable in Sexual Abuse Lawsuit,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Celebrities', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'MeToo', 'Courts']",Kevin Spacey cleared by jury in civil sex abuse case,New York Post (News),"Kevin Spacey dodged another set of misconduct claims on Thursday, when a Manhattan federal court jury cleared him in a lawsuit alleging he sexually abused a 14-year-old boy in 1986.
Jurors deliberated for a little over an hour before siding with the disgraced Oscar-winner over plaintiff Anthony Rapp, finding the latter had failed to prove Spacey made unwanted sexual advances and inappropriately touched him 36 years ago.",right
10360,Planned Parenthood Removes President Leana Wen,"['Abortion', 'Planned Parenthood']",Planned Parenthood President Ousted after Less Than a Year in Charge,National Review,"Leana Wen, a physician who has led Planned Parenthood since last fall, announced via Twitter this afternoon that she has been ousted from her position by the board of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Wen, a physician who was most recently a health commissioner in Baltimore, said the board voted to replace her at a “secret meeting,” even as they “were engaged in good faith negotiations about [her] departure based on philosophical differences over the direction and future of Planned Parenthood.”
According to the New York Times report this...",right
10361,Planned Parenthood Removes President Leana Wen,"['Abortion', 'Planned Parenthood']",Planned Parenthood Removes Leana Wen As President After Less Than A Year,NPR (Online News),"Planned Parenthood's President Leana Wen was removed from the position on Tuesday after less than a year on the job.
In a statement on Twitter, Wen said the decision was made during a ""secret meeting.""
""I am leaving because the new Board Chairs and I have philosophical differences over the direction and future of Planned Parenthood,"" Wen said in a statement on Twitter.",left
10362,Planned Parenthood Removes President Leana Wen,"['Abortion', 'Planned Parenthood']","Planned Parenthood Has Ousted Its President, Leana Wen, In A Dispute Over The Organization's Direction",BuzzFeed News,"Planned Parenthood President Leana Wen was removed from her position by the organization’s board “at a secret meeting,” due to “philosophical differences over the direction and future of Planned Parenthood,” Wen said in a tweet Tuesday. She was in the position for less than a year.
“I believe that the best way to protect abortion care is to be clear that it is not a political issue but a health care one,” Wen tweeted in a statement about her sudden termination.",left
10363,PA Lawmaker Proposes Banning Certain Political Discussions From Classroom,['Education'],"Pennsylvania lawmaker introduces bill to ban teachers from discussing politics, government in classrooms",The Hill,A Pennsylvania state lawmaker has introduced a bill that would ban public school teachers from discussing politics or government in their classrooms.,center
10364,PA Lawmaker Proposes Banning Certain Political Discussions From Classroom,['Education'],GOP Representative Proposes Banning All Political Discussions in Pennsylvania Classrooms,Newsweek,"A Republican Pennsylvania representative proposed legislation that would ban all political discussions in K-12 public school classrooms to help prevent ""indoctrination"" by teachers.",center
10365,PA Lawmaker Proposes Banning Certain Political Discussions From Classroom,['Education'],PA Lawmaker's Bill Would Ban Teachers From Talking Politics in the Classroom,Fox News (Online News),"A Pennsylvania state lawmaker is pushing a bill that would ban schoolteachers from talking about modern-day civics, politics and public affairs in the classroom.",right
10366,Spiral of Silence,['Free Speech'],All of Your Facebook Friends Already Agree With You,Slate,"How do most of the people on your Twitter timeline feel about Ferguson? About foreign affairs? About the latest pop culture scandal? Except for that one weirdly conservative uncle or those random people to whom you never really spoke in high school, the answer is probably: a lot like you do. And if not, you aren’t going to tell them so.
A new study by the Pew Research Internet Project found that social media sites like Facebook and Twitter do not offer a platform for those hesitant to speak up...",left
10367,Spiral of Silence,['Free Speech'],"Social Media, Groupthink and the Spiral of Silence",Fox News (Online News),"Ever wonder how social norms occur? Those that openly support the majority viewpoint on an issue are lauded so that behavior is reinforced. Dissenters, on the other hand, are denounced so they clam up for fear of being ostracized. This phenomenon is called the spiral of silence.
The spiral of silence theory is believed to be a function of evolution. Animals that are isolated from the herd don’t usually live very long. The same is true of humans. Safety in numbers is a core survival instinct reinforced by the brain’s...",right
10368,Sunday News Shows on Scandals,"['White House', 'Politics']","AP president blasts ""unconstitutional"" phone records probe",CBS News (Online),"The Associated Press doesn't question the Justice Department's right to have seized two months' worth of its phone records, the organization's president and CEO Gary Pruitt said Sunday on ""Face the Nation."" It was the methodology - ""so sweeping, so secretively, so abusively and harassingly overbroad,"" he said - that breached the Constitution.",left
10369,Sunday News Shows on Scandals,"['White House', 'Politics']",McConnell: 'Culture of Intimidation' Fueled IRS Scandal,Newsmax (News),"The White House might not have commanded Internal Revenue agents to target conservative groups, but a ""culture of intimidation throughout the administration"" made them think it was acceptable, says Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.",right
10370,Sunday News Shows on Scandals,"['White House', 'Politics']",Top adviser defends White House in IRS scandal,USA TODAY,"President Obama and his team are looking to move past last week's parade of scandal stories, but it won't be easy.",left
10371,Trump Slams Media Amidst Leaks,['Media Bias'],Trump: WH 'Leaks' Are 'Fabricated Lies' by 'Fake News' Enemy,Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump hurled more jabs at the ""fake news media"" Sunday morning, describing White House ""leaks"" as ""fabricated lies"" and saying stories with ""sources say"" make it ""very possible"" those ""sources don't exist"" and are made up by ""fake news writers."" Trump included all of this in a morning tweetstorm.",right
10372,Trump Slams Media Amidst Leaks,['Media Bias'],Trump accuses 'fake news' media of making up sources,Politico,President Donald Trump on Sunday morning accused news outlets of fabricating stories and making up sources.,left
10373,Trump Slams Media Amidst Leaks,['Media Bias'],"Back in U.S., Trump Quickly Resumes Berating Media",New York Times (News),"President Trump, back from a nine-day overseas trip, wasted little time on Sunday morning turning his Twitter account back into a political weapon as he assailed what he called the “fabricated lies made up by the #FakeNews media.”",left
10374,Prominent Scientists Call for Deeper Investigation Into COVID-19 Origins,"['Coronavirus', 'China', 'WHO', 'Science', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Race And Racism', 'Public Health']","COVID-19 lab leak theory cannot be ruled out, leading scientists say",Reuters,"The origin of the novel coronavirus is still unclear and the theory that it was caused by a laboratory leak needs to be taken seriously until there is a rigorous data-led investigation that proves it wrong, a group of leading scientists said.
COVID-19, which emerged in China in late 2019, has killed 3.34 million people, cost the world trillions of dollars in lost income and upended normal life for billions of people.
""More investigation is still needed to determine the origin of the pandemic,"" said the 18 scientists, including Ravindra...",center
10375,Prominent Scientists Call for Deeper Investigation Into COVID-19 Origins,"['Coronavirus', 'China', 'WHO', 'Science', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Race And Racism', 'Public Health']",Another Group of Scientists Calls for Further Inquiry Into Origins of the Coronavirus,New York Times (News),"A group of 18 scientists stated Thursday in a letter published in the journal Science that there is not enough evidence to decide whether a natural origin or an accidental laboratory leak caused the Covid-19 pandemic.
They argued, as the U.S. government and other countries have, for a new investigation to explore where the virus came from.
The organizers of the letter, Jesse Bloom, who studies the evolution of viruses at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, and David Relman, a microbiologist at Stanford University, said they strove...",left
10376,Prominent Scientists Call for Deeper Investigation Into COVID-19 Origins,"['Coronavirus', 'China', 'WHO', 'Science', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Race And Racism', 'Public Health']","Top scientists slam WHO, insist COVID lab leak theory is ‘viable’",New York Post (News),"A group of top scientists from around the globe has pushed back on the World Health Organization’s conclusion that it is “extremely unlikely” COVID-19 leaked from a Wuhan lab — insisting the theory is “viable” and deserves “a proper investigation.”
Eighteen prominent scientists, including a Harvard University epidemiologist and a Stanford University microbiologist, are calling for a “transparent” and “data-driven” probe into the origins of the pandemic that has killed more than 3.34 million people worldwide as of Friday.
“Theories of accidental release from a lab and zoonotic spillover both...",right
10377,Biden Heads Overseas to Rally European Partners,"['Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'G-7 Summit']",'Unpredictable world': What to expect from Biden's first foreign trip as president,USA TODAY,"Joe Biden embarked Wednesday on his first foreign trip as president, an eight-day swing across Europe that will give him a chance to shore up frayed alliances with U.S. allies and meet face to face with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid rising tensions with Moscow.
He’ll also get to enjoy one of the perks of the presidency: a visit with Queen Elizabeth II.
Biden, who has been on the world stage for nearly five decades as senator, vice president and now president, has hosted the leaders of Japan and South Korea at the White House since taking office Jan....",left
10378,Biden Heads Overseas to Rally European Partners,"['Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'G-7 Summit']",Joe Biden heads overseas as his prospects darken at home,CNN (Online News),"Joe Biden is heading abroad, just at the moment when his hopes for a historic legislative legacy at home seem headed for a wall.
For all the talk among Democrats of Biden assembling a Rooseveltian legacy, the moment was always going to come when his vast political agenda would hit the blockade of Washington's uncompromising political math.
Recent days have chastened Democrats who dreamed of using what may be a brief two-year window of congressional power to forge the most fundamental economic and political change for a generation.
Biden had a strong start...",left
10379,Biden Heads Overseas to Rally European Partners,"['Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'G-7 Summit']","Biden to face global challenges from China, Russia as he departs for first foreign trip",Fox News (Online News),"President Biden embarked on his first trip overseas since taking office Wednesday, a journey in which he will meet with G-7 and NATO allies to discuss ways to address the coronavirus pandemic and an increasingly aggressive China and Russia.
Biden departed Joint Base Andrews in Maryland Wednesday morning is set to arrive in the United Kingdom Wednesday night local time. His first order of business will be a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday, before joining G-7 leaders for the group's summit over the weekend.
Biden is also expected...",right
10380,Facebook Under Fire for Data Harvesting,['Technology'],Former Obama Staffer: Facebook Allowed Us To Break User Data Rules Because They Were On Our Side,Townhall,"Yesterday, Facebook’s stock tanked after it was revealed that they gave user data to a firm, Global Science Research (GSR), via an app. This data was then given to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that was working for Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. The app not only gave GSR the data of the user who filled out the survey, but also that of all of the user’s friends without them knowing it. Some have noted a similar mining tool used by the Obama team, but they gathered information through their...",right
10381,Facebook Under Fire for Data Harvesting,['Technology'],FTC Probing Facebook Over Data Use by Cambridge Analytica,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Facebook Inc. over the use of personal data by an analytics firm tied to President Donald Trump’s campaign, a person familiar with the matter said.",center
10382,Facebook Under Fire for Data Harvesting,['Technology'],'Utterly horrifying': ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine,The Guardian,Sandy Parakilas says numerous companies deployed these techniques – likely affecting hundreds of millions of users – and that Facebook looked the other way,left
10383,Federal Judge Rules Against Trump Administration in Lawsuit Over Sanctuary City Funding,['Immigration'],Trump sanctuary cities policies hit with another setback,New York Post (News),"A federal judge in Manhattan landed another blow to the Trump administration’s immigration policies Friday, blocking efforts to punish cities for protecting immigrants from the feds by blocking",right
10384,Federal Judge Rules Against Trump Administration in Lawsuit Over Sanctuary City Funding,['Immigration'],Federal judge in New York rules against Trump in sanctuary cities case,The Hill,"A federal judge on Friday ruled against the Trump administration's move to withhold grant funding from law enforcement agencies of so-called sanctuary cities, saying it was illegal and unconstitutional.",center
10385,Federal Judge Rules Against Trump Administration in Lawsuit Over Sanctuary City Funding,['Immigration'],Trump Loses Another Court Battle Over Sanctuary Cities,Splinter,Yet another federal judge has found that the Trump administration’s attempts to strong-arm state and local governments into being as hostile to immigrants as possible is illegal.,left
10386,Live Election 2014 Coverage,['Elections'],Live Coverage of the Midterm Election,New York Times (News),Updates and analysis from reporters of First Draft and The Upshot,left
10387,Live Election 2014 Coverage,['Elections'],2014 Election Center,Washington Times,"While the president is not on the ballot, midterm elections function largely as a referendum on his performance, which often means losses for the president’s party. Democrats lost the House of Representatives in 2010 and have a five-member majority in the Senate, helped by two left-leaning independents.",right
10388,Live Election 2014 Coverage,['Elections'],2014 Senate Election Results,Politico,Key Senate Election Results by State,left
10389,WH Aide Jokes About McCain's Death,"['White House', 'Politics']",The Trump White House crossed a new threshold for political debasement this week,Washington Post,The White House probably thinks it cannot punish Kelly Sadler for her awful comment about John McCain because President Trump has also said nasty things about McCain. It may worry that showing her the door would set a troubling precedent for a president who may one day cross a very similar line.,left
10390,WH Aide Jokes About McCain's Death,"['White House', 'Politics']",John McCain's family hits out at Trump aide for 'mocking' his cancer,BBC News,"The daughter of US Senator John McCain has hit back at a White House aide who reportedly joked his vote ""doesn't matter"" because ""he's dying anyway"".",center
10391,WH Aide Jokes About McCain's Death,"['White House', 'Politics']",Mick Mulvaney defends White House aide's 'dying' McCain remark: 'It was a joke' made in a 'private meeting',Washington Examiner,"Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney defended a White House aide's ""dying"" joke about Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Saturday, saying officials should have ""some freedom"" to speak ""candidly"" in private meetings.",right
10392,Israel Rejects Cease-fire,['Middle East'],Israel's security cabinet rejects cease-fire proposal,USA TODAY,"Israel's Security Cabinet unanimously rejected a cease-fire proposal Friday that called for a week-long truce in the deadly conflict.
The proposal by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called for a temporary pause in fighting to allow Israelis and Palestinians to broker a broader deal. Israeli TV reported the deal was rejected mainly because Israel would have to cut short its effort at destroying Hamas tunnels.
""The agony of events on the ground in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel, all of them together, simply cannot be overstated,"" Kerry said...",left
10393,Israel Rejects Cease-fire,['Middle East'],Israel rejects Kerry's cease-fire plan as deadly clashes escalate in Gaza,Fox News (Online News),"Israel's security cabinet unanimously rejected U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's proposal for a temporary cease-fire in Gaza Friday, as bloody clashes continued between Israel and Islamic militants.
Kerry’s proposal called for a temporary truce to make time for Israel and Hamas to hold indirect talks about easing the border closure of the blockaded Gaza Strip. Hamas has demanded that Gaza's crossings be opened.
Israel TV reports that on Friday evening, Israel's Security Cabinet -- which groups top ministers on security issues -- rejected the proposal in its current form...",right
10394,Israel Rejects Cease-fire,['Middle East'],West Bank Protests Against Gaza Violence On Friday Leave 5 Dead,HuffPost,"A last-ditch effort by the U.N. chief and the U.S. secretary of state to broker a temporary Gaza truce was thrown into doubt Friday, as Israeli media reported that Israel's Security Cabinet rejected the plan.
The proposal by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry calls for a week-long pause in Israel-Hamas fighting. During this time, the two sides would begin indirect talks on easing the border closure of the blockaded Gaza Strip.
Hamas has demanded that Gaza's crossings be opened. Israel and Egypt imposed the Gaza closure in 2007, after...",left
10395,Trump Claims Intel on Russian Bounties Was Deemed Not Credible,"['Donald Trump', 'US Intelligence', 'Russian Bounties', 'US Military', 'Afghanistan', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Russian bounties to Taliban-linked militants resulted in deaths of U.S. troops, according to intelligence assessments",Washington Post,"Russian bounties offered to Taliban-linked militants to kill coalition forces in Afghanistan are believed to have resulted in the deaths of several U.S. service members, according to intelligence gleaned from U.S. military interrogations of captured militants in recent months.
Several people familiar with the matter said it was unclear exactly how many Americans or coalition troops from other countries may have been killed or targeted under the program. U.S. forces in Afghanistan suffered a total of 10 deaths from hostile gunfire or improvised bombs in 2018, and 16 in 2019....",left
10396,Trump Claims Intel on Russian Bounties Was Deemed Not Credible,"['Donald Trump', 'US Intelligence', 'Russian Bounties', 'US Military', 'Afghanistan', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump claims intel on Russian bounties was deemed not credible,The Hill,"President Trump claimed in a late-night tweet that he was not briefed on intelligence about a Russian unit offering bounties on American service members in Afghanistan because the U.S. intelligence community deemed the information not credible.
Trump also suggested that details of the intelligence, first reported by The New York Times on Friday, may have been fabricated by the media in order to “make Republicans look bad.”
“Intel just reported to me that they did not find this info credible, and therefore did not report it to me or @VP,”...",center
10397,Trump Claims Intel on Russian Bounties Was Deemed Not Credible,"['Donald Trump', 'US Intelligence', 'Russian Bounties', 'US Military', 'Afghanistan', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Thornberry: Trump should have been briefed on report of Russian bounties to kill U.S. troops if true,Washington Times,"If there was a “hint” of truth to reports that Russian agents offered bounties to Afghan militants to kill U.S. soldiers, then President Trump should have been immediately informed on the matter, Rep. Mac Thornberry, the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, said Monday.
His comments come a day after Mr. Trump said that “nobody briefed or told me,” Vice President Mike Pence or White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows “about the so-called attacks on our troops in Afghanistan by Russians, as reported through an ‘anonymous source’...",right
10398,House Intelligence Committee To Review Impeachment Report Monday,"['Impeachment Inquiry', 'Donald Trump', 'Adam Schiff', 'US House', 'Politics']",House Intel Report On Ukraine Investigation Expected Monday,Townhall,"The House Intelligence Committee is expected to review a report on Monday of the panel's investigation into whether President Trump pressured the Ukrainian government into investigating former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter, according to Politico.
Chairman Adam Schiff has previously stated that the report would be coming soon without providing a specific date. There is a 24-hour review period of the report, which will likely pass the panel on a party-line vote before heading to the House Judiciary Committee for further consideration.
The report may...",right
10399,House Intelligence Committee To Review Impeachment Report Monday,"['Impeachment Inquiry', 'Donald Trump', 'Adam Schiff', 'US House', 'Politics']",House Intelligence Committee to review impeachment investigation report Monday,The Hill,"The House Intelligence Committee will begin reviewing a report Monday on its investigation into President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, a committee official confirmed to The Hill.
The committee is then expected to consider and adopt the report Tuesday evening. The report and any minority views will be sent to the House Judiciary Committee, which could draft articles of impeachment against the president in the next few weeks, according to Politico.
This is a major event, moving impeachment proceedings one step closer to a possible impeachment trial in the Senate.",center
10400,House Intelligence Committee To Review Impeachment Report Monday,"['Impeachment Inquiry', 'Donald Trump', 'Adam Schiff', 'US House', 'Politics']",Intelligence Committee to begin circulating draft Ukraine report Monday,Politico,"Members of the House Intelligence Committee will begin reviewing a report Monday on the panel's investigation of President Donald Trump's efforts to press Ukraine to investigate his Democratic adversaries, a crucial step in the House's fast-moving impeachment inquiry.
Lawmakers on the panel will get a 24-hour review period, according to internal guidance sent to committee members and obtained by POLITICO. On Tuesday, the panel is expected to approve the findings — likely on a party-line vote — teeing it up for consideration by the Judiciary Committee, which is in turn...",left
10401,President Trump To Unveil Executive Order To Expand Medicare,"['Donald Trump', 'Healthcare']","Trump to unveil order aiming to boost Medicare health program, woo seniors",Reuters,"President Donald Trump will unveil an executive order on Thursday aimed at strengthening the Medicare health program for seniors, seeking to improve its fiscal position and offer more affordable plan options, administration officials said.
The order, which Trump will discuss during a visit to a retirement community in Florida known as the Villages, is the Republican president’s answer to some Democrats who are arguing for a broad and expensive expansion of Medicare to cover all Americans, proposals that Republicans reject.
It follows measures rolled out in recent months by the...",center
10402,President Trump To Unveil Executive Order To Expand Medicare,"['Donald Trump', 'Healthcare']",Trump Expected to Expand Private Medicare Advantage Program,New York Times (News),"President Trump is expected to unveil a new executive order on Thursday afternoon that expands the private-sector version of Medicare, framing the decision as the responsible alternative to the Medicare-for-All policies supported by some of his Democratic political opponents.
Seniors “like what they have, so the president is going to protect it,” Alex M. Azar II, the secretary of health and human services, said in a conference call with reporters ahead of Mr. Trump’s afternoon speech. “Today’s executive order makes very clear his commitment to protecting Medicare.”
The executive order,...",left
10403,President Trump To Unveil Executive Order To Expand Medicare,"['Donald Trump', 'Healthcare']","Trump to sign order enhancing Medicare, heads to Florida to slam Dems' plans",Washington Times,"President Trump will sign an executive order Thursday aimed at improving the Medicare program for seniors, hoping to redirect the 2020 conversation from his failure to overhaul President Barack Obama’s program to his step-by-step efforts to improve health care across the board.
Mr. Trump will promote the order in The Villages, Florida, a huge retirement community that’s home to many people who rely on the government insurance program for Americans 65 or older.
Officials said the order will expand seniors’ choices, increase access to their health data and promote “telehealth”...",right
10404,AirAsia Flight Found,"['Asia', 'World']",Wreckage From AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Found,HuffPost,"Bodies and wreckage from an AirAsia flight that went missing on its way to Singapore on Sunday were found on Tuesday in the Karimata Strait off the coast of Borneo, Indonesian rescue teams said.",left
10405,AirAsia Flight Found,"['Asia', 'World']",AirAsia Flight 8501 debris recovered; two bodies found,CNN (Online News),"A grim discovery in the waters off Indonesia on Tuesday dealt a heartbreaking blow to families whose loved ones were lost on AirAsia Flight QZ8501, and their anguish was felt around the world.",left
10406,AirAsia Flight Found,"['Asia', 'World']","Bodies, Debris Found Floating in Waters Near Site Where AirAsia Flight Disappeared",The Blaze,"Searchers discovered what appeared to be a life jacket and an emergency exit door. Part of the plane’s interior, including an oxygen tank, was brought to the nearest town, along with a suitcase that appeared to be in perfect condition.",right
10407,Ukraine Peace Deal Reached,"['Europe', 'World']",Putin Says Leaders Have Agreed on Ukraine Peace Deal,The Blaze,"Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday emerged from marathon Ukraine peace talks by announcing a new cease-fire deal, but questions remained whether Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels have agreed on its terms.",right
10408,Ukraine Peace Deal Reached,"['Europe', 'World']",Marathon Talks Produce Ukraine Peace Deal; Cease-Fire Sunday,ABC News (Online),"Guns would fall silent, heavy weapons would pull back from the front and Ukraine would trade a broad autonomy for the east to get back control of its Russian border by the end of 2015 under a peace deal hammered out Thursday in all-night negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany.",left
10409,Ukraine Peace Deal Reached,"['Europe', 'World']","Ukraine Cease-Fire Is Reached, Along With $40 Billion Aid Deal",NPR (Online News),"A new cease-fire is set to begin Sunday in eastern Ukraine, in a deal after 16 hours of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. The leaders of France and Germany helped broker the deal, which calls for a buffer zone free of heavy weapons. News of the temporary peace emerged along with a new international aid plan for Ukraine.",left
10410,Paul Ryan Will Not Seek Re-Election,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Speaker Paul Ryan will not run for re-election,Fox News (Online News),House Speaker Paul Ryan of WIsconsin announced Wednesday that he is not seeking re-election in November -- a move that comes as the GOP girds for a tough fight to keep control of the House.,right
10411,Paul Ryan Will Not Seek Re-Election,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Speaker Paul Ryan won't seek re-election,CNN (Online News),"House Speaker Paul Ryan is not seeking re-election and will retire from Congress after this year, his office announced Wednesday.",left
10412,Paul Ryan Will Not Seek Re-Election,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Speaker Paul Ryan Won't Seek Re-Election in Blow to GOP,Bloomberg,"House Speaker Paul Ryan won’t seek re-election in November, according to people familiar with his plans, dealing a blow to congressional Republicans already facing a possible Democratic takeover of the House in the November elections and setting off a GOP leadership battle.",left
10413,"State Department Finds Violations But No ""Systemic"" Mishandling in Clinton Email Probe","['Hillary Clinton', 'Emails', 'State Department', 'Investigation', 'Classified Information', 'Ethics', 'Donald Trump', 'Secretary Of State', 'Republicans', 'Democrats', 'Politics']","State Department report on Clinton emails finds hundreds of violations, dozens of individuals at fault",Fox News (Online News),"A State Department report into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server for government business, obtained by Fox News on Friday, found dozens of individuals at fault and hundreds of security violations.
The report summarized an administrative review of the handling of classified information relating to Clinton’s private email server used during her tenure as the nation’s highest-ranking diplomat between 2009 and 2013. The report, dated Sept. 13., was delivered to the office of Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa., who was chairman of the Senate Judiciary...",right
10414,"State Department Finds Violations But No ""Systemic"" Mishandling in Clinton Email Probe","['Hillary Clinton', 'Emails', 'State Department', 'Investigation', 'Classified Information', 'Ethics', 'Donald Trump', 'Secretary Of State', 'Republicans', 'Democrats', 'Politics']",38 people cited for violations in Clinton email probe,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has completed its internal investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of private email and found violations by 38 people, some of whom may face disciplinary action.
The investigation, launched more than three years ago, determined that those 38 people were “culpable” in 91 cases of sending classified information that ended up in Clinton’s personal email, according to a letter sent to Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley this week and released Friday. The 38 are current and former State Department officials but were...",left
10415,"State Department Finds Violations But No ""Systemic"" Mishandling in Clinton Email Probe","['Hillary Clinton', 'Emails', 'State Department', 'Investigation', 'Classified Information', 'Ethics', 'Donald Trump', 'Secretary Of State', 'Republicans', 'Democrats', 'Politics']",State Department probe of Clinton emails finds no deliberate mishandling of classified information,Washington Post,"A multiyear State Department probe of emails that were sent to former secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s private computer server concluded there was no systemic or deliberate mishandling of classified information by department employees, according to a report submitted to Congress this month.
The report appears to represent a final and anticlimactic chapter in a controversy that overshadowed the 2016 presidential campaign and exposed Clinton to fierce criticism that she later cited as a major factor in her loss to President Trump.",left
10416,"Police Killing of Ma’Khia Bryant, Who Attacked 2 With Knife, Sparks Outcry, Media Criticism","['Violence In America', 'MaKhia Bryant', 'Police', 'Police Reform', 'Media Bias', 'Ohio', 'Derek Chauvin Trial']",Ma’Khia Bryant: Columbus police release body camera footage in shooting of 16-year-old,The Columbus Dispatch,"In an unprecedented move, Columbus police showed body camera footage of the shooting of a 16-year-old girl by a Columbus police officer just hours after the incident on the Southeast Side.
The shooting, which happened about 20 minutes before a guilty verdict was announced in the trial of Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer who killed George Floyd, prompted hundreds to protest at the shooting site and Downtown.",center
10417,"Police Killing of Ma’Khia Bryant, Who Attacked 2 With Knife, Sparks Outcry, Media Criticism","['Violence In America', 'MaKhia Bryant', 'Police', 'Police Reform', 'Media Bias', 'Ohio', 'Derek Chauvin Trial']",Ohio officials release more body cam video of fatal police shooting of Black teen and urge community to await the facts,CNN (Online News),"Columbus, Ohio, officials released additional body camera video on Wednesday of a police officer fatally shooting a Black teen who charged two females with a knife.
""We don't yet have all of the facts but we do know that a 16-year-old girl, a child of this community, tragically died last night,"" Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther told reporters.
""Bottom line: Did Ma'Khia Bryant need to die yesterday?"" he added. ""How did we get here? This is a failure on the part of our community. Some are guilty but all of...",left
10418,"Police Killing of Ma’Khia Bryant, Who Attacked 2 With Knife, Sparks Outcry, Media Criticism","['Violence In America', 'MaKhia Bryant', 'Police', 'Police Reform', 'Media Bias', 'Ohio', 'Derek Chauvin Trial']",'NBC Nightly News' under fire for editing out key part of 911 call before Ma'Khia Bryant shooting,Fox News (Online News),"Critics bashed ""NBC Nightly News"" Wednesday after the Peacock Network's flagship evening news program omitted key details from a report on the police-involved shooting of Ma'Khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio.
Media Research Center news analyst Nicholas Fondacaro called out NBC News for editing out a portion of a frantic 911 call in which a woman is heard saying: ""It's these grown girls over here trying to fight us, trying to stab us, get here now!""
NBC did air a brief audio clip from the call in which the woman...",right
10419,Fixing Obamacare Glitches,['Healthcare'],Pelosi calls Obamacare problems 'unacceptable',Politico,"House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says problems with the rollout of the president's signature health care law are ""unacceptable,"" but said the law is still on track to be a success.
""As far as the Affordable Care Act as I call it, the fact is that, yes, what has happened is unacceptable in terms of the glitches,"" the California Democrat said in an interview aired Sunday on ABC's ""This Week."" ""They were overwhelmed to begin with. There is much that needs to be done to correct the situation.""
While Pelosi...",left
10420,Fixing Obamacare Glitches,['Healthcare'],Obama focused on fixing glitches in healthcare rollout,Townhall,"President Barack Obama is frustrated by the problems in the rollout of his signature healthcare reform and the administration intends to fix them, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Sunday.
Speaking on NBC's ""Meet the Press,"" Lew said the administration was determined to repair the technical glitches in the online insurance exchanges that are a central part of the program known as ""Obamacare,"" which launched on October 1.
""I think that there's no one more frustrated than the president at the difficulty in the website,"" Lew said. He said the...",right
10421,Fixing Obamacare Glitches,['Healthcare'],Republicans Won't Stop Targeting Obamacare Anytime Soon,HuffPost,"""Obamacare"" escaped unharmed from the government shutdown Republicans hoped would stop it, but just as quickly they have opened a new line of attack — one handed to them by the administration itself.
While Congress was arguing, President Barack Obama's plan to expand coverage for the uninsured suffered a self-inflicted wound. A computer system seemingly designed by gremlins gummed up the first open enrollment season. After nearly three weeks, it's still not fixed.
Republicans hope to ride that and other defects they see in the law into the 2014 congressional...",left
10422,Romney Libya Comments,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney Gets Heat From Some Republicans,Wall Street Journal (News),"Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney comes in for daily bashing from Democrats, but on Wednesday, he took heat from some Republicans as well.",center
10423,Romney Libya Comments,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",TRENDING: Romney's political pretzel over Libya,CNN (Online News),"A timeline of the events suggests Romney was wrong in his accusation that the Obama administration's ""first response"" on Tuesday was one of sympathy for those who started the violence itself–as the violence came after the first statement was published.",left
10424,Romney Libya Comments,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Whoa: Press Caught Conspiring to Ask Romney Certain Questions,Townhall,"It's no secret that the media is often overtly in President Obama's corner, but it's still a little shocking to come across evidence of their efforts to make the Right look bad. Case in point: this clip that The Right Scoop found, which appears to feature reporters coordinating their efforts to trip up Mitt Romney during his press conference, after giving a statement on the violence in Libya. The transcript:",right
10425,Coca-Cola Reportedly Exploring Cannabis-Infused Beverages,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",Coca-Cola 'in talks' over cannabis-infused drinks,BBC News,"Coca-Cola is best known for its eponymous caffeine-based drink, but the firm now appears to be experimenting with a different drug: cannabis.",center
10426,Coca-Cola Reportedly Exploring Cannabis-Infused Beverages,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",Coke could make a move into cannabis-infused drinks,CNN (Online News),Coca-Cola is considering a move into the growing market for cannabis-infused drinks.,left
10427,Coca-Cola Reportedly Exploring Cannabis-Infused Beverages,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",Coca-Cola to get into the cannabis business? ‘The space is evolving quickly’,The Blaze,"Coca-Cola is eyeing the cannabis market, according to a Monday Bloomberg report.",right
10428,Trump Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize,"['Nobel Peace Prize', 'Donald Trump', 'UAE', 'Israel', 'World']",Norwegian far-right MP nominates Donald Trump for Nobel peace prize,The Guardian,"A Norwegian far-right MP has nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel peace prize for a second time, citing his role in the normalising of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
Christian Tybring-Gjedde told Fox News: “For his merit, I think he has done more trying to create peace between nations than most other peace prize nominees.”
Trump responded to news of his nomination for the 2021 prize by expressing his thanks on Twitter.
The bar for being nominated for the prize is low, as nominations are accepted from...",left
10429,Trump Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize,"['Nobel Peace Prize', 'Donald Trump', 'UAE', 'Israel', 'World']",Trump Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize For Actually Doing Something,The Federalist,"Once again, a sitting president of the United States has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, but unlike last time, when President Barack Obama received the honor, current president Donald Trump has been nominated for an actual achievement, not just being popular in Europe and a nifty public speaker.
Last month, the Trump administration pulled off a massive deal between Israel and The United Arab Emirates in which the latter recognized the former and commercial air flights between the two began for the first time ever.
Back in 2009...",right
10430,Trump Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize,"['Nobel Peace Prize', 'Donald Trump', 'UAE', 'Israel', 'World']",Norwegian lawmaker nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize,USA TODAY,"A far-right Norwegian lawmaker said Wednesday that he has nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the Middle East.
Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament for the far-right Progress Party, said Trump should be considered because of his work “for a peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel which opens up for possible peace in the Middle East.”
Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed last month to a historic deal normalizing relations and are scheduled to sign it at...",left
10431,"NYC Mayoral Election Board Wrongly Counted 135,000 Test Ballots","['Elections', 'New York', 'New York City', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Confusion Engulfs New York Mayor’s Race After Elections Board Debacle,New York Times (News),"Today, probably “later this afternoon,” according to a spokeswoman, the New York City Board of Elections will post new primary election returns, tabulated according to the rules of ranked-choice voting.
If all of this feels like déjà vu, that’s because this will be the second day in a row that the Board of Elections will have run the ranked-choice voting algorithm.
Yesterday, the Board ran the algorithm, posted the results, and then, following hours of comments from mayoral candidates and questions from reporters, abruptly took them down from its website, acknowledging on Twitter it...",left
10432,"NYC Mayoral Election Board Wrongly Counted 135,000 Test Ballots","['Elections', 'New York', 'New York City', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",NYC mayoral race thrown into disarray after 'test' ballots counted; 'foolishness' blamed on election board,USA TODAY,"The New York City mayoral election was thrown into disarray Tuesday night after the Board of Elections acknowledged a ""discrepancy"" in the calculation of ranked choice votes, showing 135,000 ""test"" votes  had been added into the count.
The race between Brooklyn borough President Eric Adams and his rivals appeared to narrow significantly after the partial results were released Tuesday afternoon, but hours later the Board removed the tally from its website and said there were issues with it. 
Approximately 135,000 additional votes, added into the Board's computer software for testing purposes, were never removed before...",left
10433,"NYC Mayoral Election Board Wrongly Counted 135,000 Test Ballots","['Elections', 'New York', 'New York City', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']","NYC Election Mess: Board Wrongly Counted 135,000 Test Ballots in Mayor’s Race",National Review,"The New York City Board of Elections called for “patience” from candidates and the public after discovering a “discrepancy” in the latest vote tally of the Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday — before abruptly removing the data from its site.
“We are aware there is a discrepancy in the unofficial [ranked choice voting] round by round elimination report,” the BOE said in a statement on Twitter. “We are working with our RCV technical staff to identify where the discrepancy occurred. We ask the public, elected officials and candidates to have...",right
10434,Christmas Around the World,"['Holidays', 'General News']",10 Weird Holiday Traditions Celebrated Around the World,Newsweek,"Forget about Santa Claus. As the holidays approach, millions of people around the world will participate in their own holiday traditions. Instead of hanging stockings on the mantle or drinking eggnog around a fire watching holiday movies, there are other whacky traditions that people in different cultures partake in.",center
10435,Christmas Around the World,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Whiskey And Fufu: What Kids Around The World Leave Out For Santa,NPR (Online News),Children all over the United States will have a big decision to make on Christmas Eve: Would Santa Claus prefer a chocolate chip cookie for a snack or perhaps a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?,left
10436,Christmas Around the World,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Christmas in Saudi Arabia,The American Spectator,"Mecca and Medina, Islam’s two holiest cities, are both located in Saudi Arabia. As guardians of these sacred sites, the Saudi royal family has decreed that no non-Muslim house of worship may be erected in the kingdom.",right
10437,Facebook Fined $5 Billion for Privacy Violations,"['Facebook', 'Cambridge Analytica', 'Technology']",Reported $5B Facebook settlement is well-deserved punishment for abuses of user privacy,Guest Writer - Right,"According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a settlement under which Facebook will pay a record $5 billion fine for violating an FTC order regarding its privacy practices.
The settlement, which still needs Justice Department approval, shows that Facebook is finally getting a well-deserved punishment for abusing the privacy of those who use the service.
The Journal reported that the FTC hit Facebook with the $5 billion fine for violating a 2011 agreement that required the social media giant to notify users...",right
10438,Facebook Fined $5 Billion for Privacy Violations,"['Facebook', 'Cambridge Analytica', 'Technology']",Facebook’s $5 billion FTC fine is an embarrassing joke,The Verge,"Facebook’s stock went up after news of a record-breaking $5 billion FTC fine for various privacy violations broke today.
That, as The New York Times’ Mike Isaac points out, is the real story here: the United States government spent months coming up with a punishment for Facebook’s long list of privacy-related bad behavior, and the best it could do was so weak that Facebook’s stock price went up.",left
10439,Facebook Fined $5 Billion for Privacy Violations,"['Facebook', 'Cambridge Analytica', 'Technology']",FTC settles with Facebook for $5 billion fine: report,The Hill,"The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reportedly approved a roughly $5 billion settlement with Facebook following its investigation into the company's handling of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the largest the FTC has ever imposed for privacy violations.
The Wall Street Journal, citing a person familiar with the matter, reported Friday that the FTC voted along party lines this week to approve the settlement, closing the investigation into the Cambridge Analytica incident.
The vote was 3-2, with Republicans in the majority approving the deal, according to the Journal.",center
10440,Berlin Police Launch Manhunt,['Terrorism'],Berlin Police Launch Manhunt For Tunisian Refugee Suspect,The Daily Caller,"A 23-year-old Tunisian man emerged as the primary suspect behind the Monday terror attack in Berlin, which killed 12 and injured 48.",right
10441,Berlin Police Launch Manhunt,['Terrorism'],German manhunt seeks Tunisian asylum-seeker in deadly Christmas market attack,Washington Post,"German police mounted a manhunt for a Tunisian asylum-seeker whose identity papers were found inside the truck used in this week’s deadly assault on a Berlin Christmas market, two senior law enforcement officials said Wednesday.",left
10442,Berlin Police Launch Manhunt,['Terrorism'],Berlin truck attack: Manhunt across Europe for suspect,BBC News,A manhunt is under way across Europe's Schengen states after prosecutors identified a suspect in the lorry attack on a Berlin Christmas market.,center
10443,Merkel Meets with Trump,['Foreign Policy'],Trump Slams 'Fake News' Coverage After 'Great' Meeting With Merkel,Newsmax (News),"After hosting German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House on Friday, President Donald Trump took to Twitter Saturday morning to debunk the unfavorable press coverage the visit received.",right
10444,Merkel Meets with Trump,['Foreign Policy'],Trump States Strong Support for NATO at Meeting With German Chancellor Merkel,Wall Street Journal (News),President Donald Trump expressed strong support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and said he’s “not an isolationist” after meeting Friday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the first time since taking office.,center
10445,Merkel Meets with Trump,['Foreign Policy'],"Trump bid to smooth relations with Germany's Angela Merkel complicated by policy, personal differences",Washington Post,The White House summit Friday aimed at easing friction between President Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel was undermined by the visible lack of warmth between the two leaders and sharp differences on immigration and trade.,left
10446,Should Lawmakers Pass Stricter Gun Control Laws to Prevent Future Mass Shootings?,"[""Children'S Rights"", 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Greg Abbott', 'Gun Control Laws', 'Mass Shootings', 'Mental Health', 'NRA', 'State Governments', 'Texas', 'US Senate', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America']",Failed gun legislation is the norm after mass shootings,Axios,"After the deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade, lawmakers are making emotional pleas for stricter gun control legislation. ""What are we doing?"" an impassioned Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said on the Senate floor on Tuesday after an attack at a Texas elementary school killed at least 19 children and two adults.
The big picture: There's a familiar pattern. In the wake of a mass shooting, Congress zeroes in on gun and other relevant legislation, but Republicans won't support most new gun laws and Democrats don't have 50 senators who are willing to ditch the...",center
10447,Should Lawmakers Pass Stricter Gun Control Laws to Prevent Future Mass Shootings?,"[""Children'S Rights"", 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Greg Abbott', 'Gun Control Laws', 'Mass Shootings', 'Mental Health', 'NRA', 'State Governments', 'Texas', 'US Senate', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America']",What people don’t get about guns and the Constitution,CNN (Opinion),"Mass shootings have become so common in the US that we have developed a pathology for how to react. The aggrieved families who have lost someone they loved are the recipients of thoughts and prayers. Law enforcement is praised for keeping the tragedy from becoming even more horrific. Counseling is offered to survivors. Politicians come to town to express their sympathy and outrage, and vow that the latest community will recover and stand “Texas strong” or “Sandy Hook strong” or “Parkland strong.”
But nothing happens to prevent another shooting.
We...",left
10448,Should Lawmakers Pass Stricter Gun Control Laws to Prevent Future Mass Shootings?,"[""Children'S Rights"", 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Greg Abbott', 'Gun Control Laws', 'Mass Shootings', 'Mental Health', 'NRA', 'State Governments', 'Texas', 'US Senate', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America']",Don’t Surrender To Do-Somethingism On Guns,The Federalist,"Before we even knew how the killer of 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, had obtained his guns, Chris Murphy was engaging in his customary performative emotionalism on the Senate floor, literally begging Republicans to “compromise.”
Compromise on what exactly? Murphy has never once offered a single proposal that would have deterred any of these mass shooters. Literally minutes after his routine, Murphy was asked about the obvious mental illness prevalent among most of these shooters. “Spare me the bullsh-t about mental illness,” the...",right
10449,Perspectives: Americans Remain Split On Severity Of China-Russia Alliance,"['Biden Administration', 'China', 'Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'NATO', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'War', 'World']",Washington Must Prepare for War With Both Russia and China,Foreign Policy,"As Russia threatens the largest land invasion in Europe since World War II, the most consequential strategic question of the 21st century is becoming clear: How can the United States manage two revisionist, autocratic, nuclear-armed great powers (Russia and China) simultaneously? The answer, according to many politicians and defense experts, is that Washington must moderate its response to Russia in Europe to focus on the greater threat posed by China in the Indo-Pacific.
This would be a mistake.
The United States remains the world’s leading power with global interests, and it cannot afford...",center
10450,Perspectives: Americans Remain Split On Severity Of China-Russia Alliance,"['Biden Administration', 'China', 'Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'NATO', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'War', 'World']",Why is the Biden administration uniting our adversaries?,Washington Post,"The Biden administration has handled the Ukraine crisis intelligently and effectively, formulating a policy that could be described as “deterrence plus diplomacy.” It made credible threats about the costs of a Russian invasion and rallied its European allies in an impressive show of unity. And while (correctly) refusing to promise that Ukraine will be barred from NATO, it has offered to discuss almost everything else, from arms control to missile deployments.
This crisis, however, has highlighted a larger strategic failure, one that extends beyond this administration. One of the central rules of strategy is to divide your adversaries....",left
10451,Perspectives: Americans Remain Split On Severity Of China-Russia Alliance,"['Biden Administration', 'China', 'Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'NATO', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'War', 'World']",Entente Multiplies the Threat From Russia and China,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"It’s been more than 75 years since the U.S. last faced an axis of strategic threats. Fortunately, that axis proved dysfunctional. Had it been otherwise, Japan and Germany would have systematically attacked the Soviet Union, not America, first.
Our current strategic adversaries, Russia and China, aren’t an axis. They’ve formed an entente, tighter today than any time since de-Stalinization split the communist world. Involving some mutual interests and objectives, displays of support, and coordination, ententes are closer than mere bilateral friendships but discernibly looser than full alliances. The pre-World War...",right
10452,Challenges for Ted Cruz,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ted Cruz Hopes Early Campaign Entry Will Focus Voters’ Attention,New York Times (News),"The venue has little personal significance for him, but the timing of Senator Ted Cruz’s formal entry into the 2016 presidential field on Monday is full of meaning, as he seeks to catapult to the forefront of an increasingly competitive cluster of conservatives vying for the Republican nomination.",left
10453,Challenges for Ted Cruz,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: What history says about Ted Cruz's chances,CNN (Online News),"Texas Sen. Ted Cruz announced Monday that he is launching his campaign to become the 2016 Republican nominee for president. Cruz has been positioning for this nomination almost since he entered the upper chamber in 2012. His announcement takes place at a bastion of conservatism, Liberty University, the institution founded by evangelical leader Jerry Falwell.",left
10454,Challenges for Ted Cruz,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: The Establishment will try to detroy Ted Cruz,Fox News (Online News),"Presidential candidate Ted Cruz's biggest opposition will come not from Democrats, but from Establishment Republicans (video).",right
10455,Sanders Sweeps West Contests,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Bernie Sanders Seizes 3 States, Sweeping Democratic Contests",New York Times (News),"Senator Bernie Sanders routed Hillary Clinton in all three Democratic presidential contests on Saturday, infusing his underdog campaign with critical momentum and bolstering his argument that the race for the nomination is not a foregone conclusion.
Mr. Sanders found a welcome tableau in the largely white and liberal electorates of the Pacific Northwest, where just days after resoundingly beating Mrs. Clinton in Idaho he repeated the feat in the Washington caucuses, winning 73 percent of the vote. He did even better in Alaska, winning 82 percent of the vote, and...",left
10456,Sanders Sweeps West Contests,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Sanders sweeps, wins Alaska, Hawaii, Washington Democratic caucuses",Fox News (Online News),"Sen. Bernie Sanders won the Alaska, Washington and Hawaii Democratic presidential caucuses on Saturday by decisive margins -- victories he hopes will spark a Western states comeback and help him cut into frontrunner Hillary Clinton’s substantial lead.
""We knew things were going to improve as we headed west,"" Sanders said at a rally in Madison, Wis. ""We are making significant inroads in ... Clinton's lead ... We have a path toward victory.""
Sanders won Alaska 81-to-18 percent; 68-32 in Hawaii and 73-26 in Wshignton over Clinton, with all precincts reporting....",right
10457,Sanders Sweeps West Contests,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders' big day,CNN (Online News),"Saturday was a big day for Bernie Sanders' quest for the Democratic presidential nomination as he swept to resounding victories in the caucus states of Hawaii, Washington and Alaska. But the delegate math is still in Hillary Clinton's favor. ""We knew things were going to improve as we headed West,"" Sanders said at a jubilant rally before 8,000 people in Madison, Wisconsin -- a state that will hold the next major contest in 10 days. ""We have a path toward victory.""",left
10458,Rand Paul Speech to GOP,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']","At Reagan library, Rand Paul calls for inclusiveness",Politico,"On a pilgrimage to Ronald Reagans presidential library, Rand Paul prodded Republicans Friday to become more inclusive.",left
10459,Rand Paul Speech to GOP,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']","Rand Paul outlines agenda, potential 2016 presidential platform in Reagan Library speech",Washington Times,Sen. Rand Paul put a palatable price tag on federal spending Friday night — precisely. The Kentucky Republican said Uncle Sams acceptable payout peg is is “actually for $2.6 trillion dollars worth of government.,right
10460,Rand Paul Speech to GOP,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']","Rand Paul at Reagan Library: for Obama, 'everywhere a scandal'",Chicago Tribune,"Rounding out a week of visits with technology company executives and potential 2016 donors in California, Sen. Rand Paul told Republicans Friday night that the GOP would continue to lose California and other states on the West Coast if it did not adopt a more welcoming attitude toward Latinos and make a more appealing pitch to black voters through issues like school choice and education reform.",center
10461,The Qualms of the American Middle Class: Who is to Blame?,"['Inequality', 'Wealth Gap', 'Middle Class']",It’s Time to Hold American Elites Accountable for Their Abuses,Rahm Emanuel,"Normally, a scandal centered on how rich parents used bribes to win their children’s admittance into elite colleges wouldn’t play so heavily in the national news. No one much cared when Donald Trump promised large donations as his children enrolled at Penn. But the outrage over the Varsity Blues investigation perfectly illustrates what may be the most important, least understood, and underappreciated political dynamic of our era: a full-on middle-class revolt against the elites and the privileges they hoard. For all the focus on inequality and social justice, this middle-class...",left
10462,The Qualms of the American Middle Class: Who is to Blame?,"['Inequality', 'Wealth Gap', 'Middle Class']",The Democrats’ Other Class War,National Review,"There is a class war going on inside the Democratic Party.
Consider these two cris de couer: Writing in the New York Times under the headline “America’s Cities Are Unlivable—Blame Wealthy Liberals,” Farhad Manjoo argues that rich progressives have, through their political domination of cities such as San Francisco, built an invisible wall by artificially constricting the supply of housing to keep prices up and the riff-raff down; writing in The Atlantic, Rahm Emanuel, the feckless former mayor of one of those unlivable cities, puts into prose a campaign rally...",right
10463,"US Deploys 3,000 Troops to Eastern Europe Amid Russia-Ukraine Tensions","['US Military', 'Defense Department', 'NATO', 'Europe', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Poland', 'Romania', 'Germany', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Fort Bragg', 'Defense And Security']","Biden sending 3,000 more troops to Eastern Europe as Russia threat looms",New York Post (News),"The Biden administration will deploy 3,000 forces to Eastern and Central Europe to bolster the “deterrence and defensive posture” of NATO amid the backdrop of a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
Press secretary John Kirby announced that 1,000 US troops based in Germany will be shifted to Romania, joining 900 US forces already there. Of the remaining 2,000 forces, members of the 82nd Airborne and components of an Infantry Bridge Combat team will be sent to Poland, while members of the 18th Airborne Corps will be deployed to Germany.",right
10464,"US Deploys 3,000 Troops to Eastern Europe Amid Russia-Ukraine Tensions","['US Military', 'Defense Department', 'NATO', 'Europe', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Poland', 'Romania', 'Germany', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Fort Bragg', 'Defense And Security']","US to send more troops to Germany, Poland",Deutsche Welle,"US President Joe Biden approved the deployment of additional forces in eastern Europe, US media reported on Wednesday.
Under the plan, the US will reportedly send about 2,000 American troops to Poland and Germany, while 1,000 troops would move from Germany to Romania.
The troops in Poland will be put on high-readiness, according to DW correspondent Teri Schultz.",center
10465,"US Deploys 3,000 Troops to Eastern Europe Amid Russia-Ukraine Tensions","['US Military', 'Defense Department', 'NATO', 'Europe', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Poland', 'Romania', 'Germany', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Fort Bragg', 'Defense And Security']",U.S. troops will be deployed to NATO allies in Eastern Europe.,New York Times (News),"President Biden has approved the deployment of about 3,000 additional American troops to Eastern Europe, administration officials said on Wednesday.
The troops, including 1,000 already in Germany, will head to Poland and Romania, the Pentagon spokesman, John F. Kirby, said. Their purpose will be to reassure NATO allies that while the United States has no intention of sending troops into Ukraine, where President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has been threatening an invasion, Mr. Biden would protect America’s NATO allies from any Russian aggression.",left
10466,Hurricane Sandy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Hurricane Sandy scrambles campaign schedule, Romney cancels Virginia rallies",Fox News (Online News),"Mitt Romney has cancelled all of his Sunday rallies in Virginia as a precaution ahead of Hurricane Sandy moving closer to the East Coast, the campaign said Saturday.",right
10467,Hurricane Sandy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama cancels some campaign events ahead of Hurricane Sandy,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama has canceled some of his campaign events on Monday and Tuesday - including one with former President Bill Clinton - in light of the approaching hurricane, the White House said Saturday.",left
10468,Hurricane Sandy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hurricane Sandy update: Sandy blows out campaign events,Politico,President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both shifted their schedules Saturday around Hurricane Sandy as the eastern third of the United States braced for the looming storm.,left
10469,"Snowden says ""Mission already accomplished""","['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","Edward Snowden, after months of NSA revelations, says his mission's accomplished",Washington Post,His leaks have fundamentally altered the U.S. government's relationship with its citizens and the rest of the world.,left
10470,"Snowden says ""Mission already accomplished""","['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",5 takeaways from Edward Snowden's Washington Post interview,CNN (Online News),Edward Snowden the National Security Agency leaker has given a wide-ranging interview to The Washington Post.,left
10471,"Snowden says ""Mission already accomplished""","['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","NSA Leaker Edward Snowden: ""Mission's Already Accomplished""",The Blaze,National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden said his mission's already accomplished after leaking NSA secrets that have caused a reassessment of U.S. surveillance policies.,right
10472,Senator Corker Spars with Trump,['Politics'],Trump rips Corker: 'Couldn’t get elected dog catcher',Fox News (Online News),President Trump slammed Sen. Bob Corker on Tuesday for going “negative on anything Trump” after the retiring Republican lawmaker ramped up criticism of the administration and its policies.,right
10473,Senator Corker Spars with Trump,['Politics'],"Trump, key Republican U.S. senator spar ahead of tax meeting",Reuters,A senior Republican senator called President Donald Trump “utterly untruthful” on Tuesday in an exchange of insults on Twitter hours before the president was to meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to build consensus for tax reform.,center
10474,Senator Corker Spars with Trump,['Politics'],Corker says White House should stay out of tax debate; Trump fires back with insult,Washington Post,"Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) admonished President Trump on Tuesday to stop interfering in the debate over tax legislation and said his volatility could lead the United States into war, prompting a slew of Twitter insults from the president and renewing a long-simmering feud just hours before he is scheduled to visit Capitol Hill.",left
10475,Remembering 9/11,[],Nation marks 9/11 anniversary with somber ceremonies,Washington Post,"President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama marked the 11th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks Tuesday morning with a moment of silence on the White House lawn, pausing to remember the nearly 3,000 victims that died.",left
10476,Remembering 9/11,[],11th anniversary ceremony of 9/11 begins in N.Y.,Washington Times,The 11th anniversary ceremony of the Sept. 11 terror attacks has begun in New York with a moment of silence to mark the moment that the first hijacked jetliner crashed into the World Trade Center in 2001.,right
10477,Remembering 9/11,[],Lower-Key Ceremonies For This Year's Sept. 11 Commemoration,NPR (Online News),"President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and White House staffers observed a moment of silence on the White House South Lawn to remember the nearly 3,000 people killed in terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.",left
10478,Student Loan Relief Application Goes Live as Questions Remain,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Student Loans', 'Education', 'Department Of Education', 'Banking And Finance', 'Debt', 'Lawsuits', 'Politics', 'Technology', 'Joe Biden']",Student loan borrowers are happy with the White House’s beta forgiveness application: ‘It was a real quick and easy process’,Fortune,"Borrowers anxiously awaiting the federal student loan relief application say the beta version that was released this weekend couldn’t have been simpler.
“It was a real quick and easy process,” says Glenn Gallimore, a 42-year-old living in Arizona with just over $21,000 in student loans left to repay. He estimates it took about two minutes to fill out.
The Biden administration released a test version of its long-awaited federal student loan forgiveness application Friday night. It requires a borrower’s full name, date of birth, Social Security number, and attestation that...",center
10479,Student Loan Relief Application Goes Live as Questions Remain,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Student Loans', 'Education', 'Department Of Education', 'Banking And Finance', 'Debt', 'Lawsuits', 'Politics', 'Technology', 'Joe Biden']","The student-loan forgiveness application is officially live, and your debt relief is now being processed",Insider,"Student-loan borrowers can now officially apply for President Joe Biden's one-time debt relief.
On Monday, Biden announced that the site to apply for student-loan forgiveness is officially live, following a beta test of the website conducted over the weekend. This means that the Education Department will begin processing applications as borrowers apply for up to $20,000 in debt relief through a form on studentaid.gov that requires just basic information, like a borrower's name, email address, and Social Security number.
""It landed and handled more than 8 million applications without a glitch or any difficulty,""...",left
10480,Student Loan Relief Application Goes Live as Questions Remain,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Student Loans', 'Education', 'Department Of Education', 'Banking And Finance', 'Debt', 'Lawsuits', 'Politics', 'Technology', 'Joe Biden']",Maintaining the Student Loan Forgiveness Application Will Cost an Estimated $100 Million,Reason,"While the incredible costs of the Biden administration's federal student loan forgiveness plan are widely known, yet another expense of the program is stirring controversy: maintaining the online application for loan forgiveness is expected to cost nearly $100 million annually.
This latest expense—not included in the Congressional Budget Office's recent estimate of the program's cost to taxpayers—is yet more evidence that sweeping student loan forgiveness will end up doing considerable economic harm.
In August, President Joe Biden announced a sweeping federal student loan forgiveness plan. Under the proposal, most borrowers making under $125,000 annually and married...",right
10481,November Jobs Report Misses Expectations; Unemployment Rate Drops to 4.2%,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus', 'Inflation', 'Supply Chains', 'Labor']","America added a disappointing 210,000 jobs in November. But the details paint a different picture",CNN Business,"The November jobs report looked disappointing at first glance, but the details show that the recovery is very much moving along.
US employers added another 210,000 jobs to the economy in November, far fewer than expected, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. It was the smallest number of jobs added to the US economy since December 2020, when the economy actually shed jobs amid a surge in Covid cases.
Economists had expected more than double the number of jobs created in November, forecasting a continuation of the buoyant economic recovery over the past two months....",left
10482,November Jobs Report Misses Expectations; Unemployment Rate Drops to 4.2%,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus', 'Inflation', 'Supply Chains', 'Labor']",US jobless rate sinks to 4.2% as many more people find jobs,Associated Press,"America’s unemployment rate tumbled last month to its lowest point since the pandemic struck, even as employers appeared to slow their hiring — a mixed picture that pointed to a resilient economic rebound that’s putting more people to work.
The government reported Friday that private businesses and other employers added just 210,000 jobs in November, the weakest monthly gain in nearly a year and less than half of October’s gain of 546,000.
But other data from the Labor Department’s report painted a much brighter picture. The unemployment rate plummeted from 4.6% to...",left
10483,November Jobs Report Misses Expectations; Unemployment Rate Drops to 4.2%,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus', 'Inflation', 'Supply Chains', 'Labor']",November Jobs Report Falls Well Short of Expectations,National Review,"The U.S. economy added 210,000 jobs in November, the Labor Department reported Friday, far lower than the Dow Jones estimate of 573,000 jobs.
Meanwhile, the unemployment rate fell to 4.2 percent, exceeding experts’ 4.5 percent prediction.
Leisure and hospitality added just 23,000 jobs last month after accounting for a significant amount of job growth for much of the economy’s recovery.
The report is based on surveys taken before the first cases of the omicron COVID-19 variant were detected in South Africa, but the report comes amid heightened concern that the...",right
10484,Analysis of Benghazi Hearing,"['US House', 'Politics']","Clinton, back in the Benghazi hot seat, withstands Republicans’ grilling",Washington Post,"Hillary Rodham Clinton easily parried barbed Republican questioning Thursday about the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, emerging unscathed from a high-stakes congressional hearing with a smooth and sometimes poignant account of her role in the event that has loomed as among her largest political liabilities.",left
10485,Analysis of Benghazi Hearing,"['US House', 'Politics']",Clinton pins responsibility on Stevens,Washington Times,"Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton brushed aside emails Thursday that showed she privately told family and world leaders that the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi was a terrorist assault, and said Ambassador Christopher Stevens was responsible for his own decisions regarding skimpy security ahead of his death.",right
10486,Analysis of Benghazi Hearing,"['US House', 'Politics']",5 takeaways from Clinton's marathon Benghazi testimony,Politico,"If getting yelled at for hours without losing your cool is a requirement for the presidency, Hillary Clinton checked the box on Thursday.",left
10487,"Bezos Criticizes Biden Administration, Says Build Back Better Would Have Spurred Inflation","['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Inflation', 'Jeff Bezos', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Administration', 'White House', 'Twitter', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Politics', 'Billionaires', 'Build Back Better']",White House hits back at Amazon’s Bezos after Biden inflation spat,CNBC,"The White House on Monday hit back at Amazon founder Jeff Bezos after he took a swipe at President Joe Biden in a series of tweets over the weekend for his comments on inflation.
The exchange began Friday when Biden tweeted, without directly referring to Amazon: “You want to bring down inflation? Let’s make sure the wealthiest corporations pay their fair share.”",center
10488,"Bezos Criticizes Biden Administration, Says Build Back Better Would Have Spurred Inflation","['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Inflation', 'Jeff Bezos', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Administration', 'White House', 'Twitter', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Politics', 'Billionaires', 'Build Back Better']",Biden has unlikely and escalating Bezos beef,Washington Examiner,"Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and White House officials traded Twitter blows this week, arguing taxes and inflation, political misdirection, and even the now-infamous Disinformation Governance Board.
It's the latest episode in an increasingly tense relationship between the Biden administration and one of Washington's most well-known part-time residents. Bezos owns the liberal-leaning Washington Post and the district's largest house and is building a second headquarters for Amazon across the Potomac in Arlington, Virginia, but finds himself at odds with President Joe Biden, whom he blames for high inflation.",right
10489,"Bezos Criticizes Biden Administration, Says Build Back Better Would Have Spurred Inflation","['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Inflation', 'Jeff Bezos', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Administration', 'White House', 'Twitter', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Politics', 'Billionaires', 'Build Back Better']",Jeff Bezos and Joe Biden are having the stupidest fight ever,CNN Business,"Among the many silly, mind-numbing, agenda-pushing exchanges happening on Twitter at any given moment, the one playing out between the President of the United States and the world's second-richest person stands out for both its dullness and its deliberate oversimplification.
If you've been away from Twitter lately, first of all: Good on you. Here's a quick recap of the dispute between Jeff Bezos and President Joe Biden.
On Friday, Biden tweeted that the way to bring down inflation is to ""make sure the wealthiest corporations pay their fair share.""",left
10490,Clashes Continue in Venezuela,['World'],"White House Compares Venezuelan President to Assad, Kim Jong Un",Townhall,On Monday Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and White House National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster announced new sanctions for Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro after the dictator moved to illegally rewrite the country's constitution.,right
10491,Clashes Continue in Venezuela,['World'],Top Venezuelan opposition leaders taken into custody amid fears of wider crackdowns,Washington Post,"Masked security forces staged raids in the middle of the night Tuesday to haul away two leading Venezuelan opposition leaders, suggesting an expanded crackdown on dissent after widely denounced elections aimed at boosting the authoritarian government.",left
10492,Clashes Continue in Venezuela,['World'],Police take 2 Venezuela opposition leaders from their homes in the middle of the night,Chicago Tribune,Two of Venezuela's leading opposition figures were taken from their homes in the middle of the night by state security agents on Tuesday in President Nicolas Maduro's government's first moves against prominent enemies since a widely denounced vote granting the ruling party nearly unlimited powers.,center
10493,Ben Carson Unveils Make Affordable Housing Work Act,['Inequality'],Carson plan would raise rent for millions in public housing,Associated Press,Millions of families living in federally subsidized public housing would pay more for rent under a proposal unveiled Wednesday by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson.,left
10494,Ben Carson Unveils Make Affordable Housing Work Act,['Inequality'],Ben Carson Thinks Poor People Should Pay Higher Rent If They Want Government Help,HuffPost,The HUD secretary also wants stricter work requirements for people living in subsidized housing.,left
10495,Ben Carson Unveils Make Affordable Housing Work Act,['Inequality'],HUD chief Ben Carson proposes hiking rents for some low-income Americans getting housing subsidies,Fox News (Online News),Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson unveiled a plan Wednesday to raise public housing rents in an effort to bring more money into the federal housing system and encourage residents to be more self-sufficient.,right
10496,Senators Reach Deal on Bipartisan Gun Safety Framework,"['Bipartisan Senators', 'Bipartisanship', 'Chris Murphy', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Reform', 'Gun Violence', 'Mass Shootings', 'US Senate', 'Violence In America']",A bipartisan group of senators announces a deal for school safety and gun measures,NPR (Online News),"A bipartisan group of Senate negotiators say they have reached a deal on a package of safety and gun-related measures narrowly focused on preventing future shootings similar to the one in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two teachers were killed in their school.
The proposal, which has not been written into legislative text, includes money to encourage states to pass and implement so-called ""red flag"" laws to remove guns from potentially dangerous people, money for school safety and mental health resources, expanded background checks for gun purchases for people...",left
10497,Senators Reach Deal on Bipartisan Gun Safety Framework,"['Bipartisan Senators', 'Bipartisanship', 'Chris Murphy', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Reform', 'Gun Violence', 'Mass Shootings', 'US Senate', 'Violence In America']",Senators reach bipartisan deal on gun reforms framework,New York Post (News),"A bipartisan group of senators announced Sunday that they had reached agreement for a framework of gun safety measures that would include red flag laws, background checks and funds to secure schools — but wouldn’t raise the age to buy certain rifles to 21.
“Today, we are announcing a commonsense, bipartisan proposal to protect America’s children, keep our schools safe, and reduce the threat of violence across our country. Families are scared, and it is our duty to come together and get something done that will help restore their sense of safety and...",right
10498,Senators Reach Deal on Bipartisan Gun Safety Framework,"['Bipartisan Senators', 'Bipartisanship', 'Chris Murphy', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Reform', 'Gun Violence', 'Mass Shootings', 'US Senate', 'Violence In America']",Senators Reach Framework for Legislation Addressing Gun Violence,Wall Street Journal (News),"Senate negotiators said Sunday they reached a bipartisan framework on measures intended to limit some access to firearms, paving the way for the broadest federal legislation on guns in decades.
The proposal, after weeks of push and pull in the wake of mass shootings last month at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket and a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school, is narrower than what many Democrats had sought. It aims to go after illegal sales of guns and to fund mental-health programs and school security. It also provides incentives for states to implement and maintain so-called red-flag laws and includes juvenile...",center
10499,US State Department Issues Travel Warning to Ukraine as Family Members of Embassy Staff Leave,"['National Security', 'Ukraine', 'US Embassy', 'State Department', 'Defense And Security']",U.S. Orders Family Members of Embassy Staff to Leave Ukraine,New York Times (News),"The State Department said on Sunday that it had ordered family members of U.S. Embassy personnel in Kyiv, Ukraine, to leave the country amid increasing concerns about a possible Russian invasion.
The embassy will remain open for now, senior State Department officials said in a briefing with reporters, but some diplomats have been authorized to depart as well.
The State Department also cited the possibility of Russian military action in keeping its travel risk advisory at Level 4, the highest category, urging U.S. citizens to not travel to Ukraine. The...",left
10500,US State Department Issues Travel Warning to Ukraine as Family Members of Embassy Staff Leave,"['National Security', 'Ukraine', 'US Embassy', 'State Department', 'Defense And Security']",US draws down Ukraine embassy presence as war fears mount,Associated Press,"The State Department on Sunday ordered the families of all American personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine to leave the country amid heightened fears of a Russian invasion.
The department told the dependents of staffers at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv that they must leave the country. It also said that non-essential embassy staff could leave Ukraine at government expense.
The move came amid rising tensions about Russia’s military buildup on the Ukraine border that were not eased during talks Friday between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian...",left
10501,US State Department Issues Travel Warning to Ukraine as Family Members of Embassy Staff Leave,"['National Security', 'Ukraine', 'US Embassy', 'State Department', 'Defense And Security']",State Department issues 'do not travel' warning for Ukraine as embassy staff is told to leave,Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. State Department has ordered the evacuation of American citizens in Ukraine amid the threat of Russian military action.
""U.S. citizens in Ukraine should be aware that Russian military action anywhere in Ukraine would severely impact the U.S. Embassy’s ability to provide consular services, including assistance to U.S. citizens in departing Ukraine,"" the State Department said in a travel advisory.
The State Department said in the travel advisory that eligible family members are being ordered to leave the country, while U.S. citizens in Ukraine should ""consider"" leaving the country....",right
10502,McCain Diagnosed with Brain Cancer,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senator John McCain Diagnosed With Aggressive Brain Tumor,CBN,"The 80-year-old McCain has been diagnosed with one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer, the same kind that killed Sen. Ted Kennedy and Beau Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden.",right
10503,McCain Diagnosed with Brain Cancer,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",John McCain's cancer: What is glioblastoma?,USA TODAY,"Glioblastoma, the type of brain tumor diagnosed in Sen. John McCain, is an aggressive type that is difficult to treat, experts say.",left
10504,McCain Diagnosed with Brain Cancer,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","McCain diagnosed with brain cancer, sending a jolt through Congress",Washington Post,"The announcement comes days after Sen. John McCain revealed he had surgery to remove a blood clot above his left eye. The Arizona Republican’s significance inside Congress is hard to overstate — and his absence, however long, will reverberate across the Capitol.",left
10505,Trump Courts Black Voters,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump predicts he can win 95 percent of the black vote,Politico,"Donald Trump promised Friday night that if elected president, he will win 95 percent of the African-American vote in his reelection bid.
Renewing his effort to reach out to black voters at a rally Friday evening, Trump suggested that Democratic politicians that overwhelmingly govern in America’s inner cities have failed African-Americans. Trump told the Dimondale, Michigan, crowd that “we can never fix our problems by relying on the same politicians who created our problems in the first place. A new future requires brand-new leadership.”",left
10506,Trump Courts Black Voters,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump to African Americans: 'What Do You Have to Lose?',Newsmax (News),"Donald Trump made his most direct appeal to African Americans on Friday, asking ""What do you have to lose?"" while slamming longstanding Democratic policies that have destroyed inner cities and sent manufacturing jobs to Mexico and other countries.",right
10507,Trump Courts Black Voters,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",DONALD TRUMP'S NEW FOCUS: WOOING AFRICAN-AMERICANS,Newsweek,"Donald Trump is undergoing a campaign pivot, but it doesn’t have anything to do with his remarks Thursday night that he regretted some of his statements (he left unspecified which) over the course of his raucous year-long campaign. Trump’s semi-apology set political pundits abuzz, but the most notable change in Trump’s rhetoric in recent weeks has really been his direct and repeated appeals towards African-Americans. It’s a shift that began before the Republican presidential nominee’s latest campaign shakeup—bringing in Breitbart News executive Steve Bannon Wednesday and parting ways with Paul...",center
10508,"Paris Shooting, French Election","['Europe', 'World']","Paris terror attack halts presidential campaign, but looms large as vote nears",Fox News (Online News),"An apparent terror attack at one of Paris’ most storied landmarks has forced an early end to campaigning in Sunday’s presidential election, but the murder of a cop on the Champs-Elysees could have a huge effect on the race even as candidates are silenced.",right
10509,"Paris Shooting, French Election","['Europe', 'World']",Paris shooting casts shadow over final day of French election campaign,CNN (Online News),A deadly attack on a police bus in the heart of Paris cast the shadow of terror over the final days of the French presidential election campaign.,left
10510,"Paris Shooting, French Election","['Europe', 'World']",Trump predicts deadly Paris shooting to have ‘big effect’ on key French election,Washington Post,"A deadly shootout on the Champs Elysees, Paris’s most famous avenue, darkened the final day of campaigning in France’s pivotal presidential election on Friday as President Trump predicted the attack will help shape the outcome.",left
10511,President Trump Signs Bill Scrapping Auto-lending Measure Targeting Racial Bias,['Inequality'],Trump signs resolution killing rule intended to prevent racial bias in auto lending,USA TODAY,Auto dealers will once again be allowed to mark up the interest rates on auto loans to sell their cars — a practice critics say is racially discriminatory — after President Trump signed a bill striking down a rule discouraging the practice.,left
10512,President Trump Signs Bill Scrapping Auto-lending Measure Targeting Racial Bias,['Inequality'],The Tyranny of the Administrative State,Reason,Unelected bureaucrats should not wield legislative power.,right
10513,President Trump Signs Bill Scrapping Auto-lending Measure Targeting Racial Bias,['Inequality'],Trump signs bill blocking consumer bureau auto-lending measure,Politico,President Donald Trump today signed legislation that will undo a 2013 effort by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to discourage discrimination in auto lending.,left
10514,How Do We Know if We’re in a Recession?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Recession', 'Business', 'Biden Administration', 'Joe Biden', 'Janet Yellen', 'GDP', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Campaign Rhetoric']","Here’s how to know if we’re in a recession, and it’s not what you think",CNBC,"Everyone who cares knows that recessions happen when there are two consecutive quarters of negative growth — everyone, that is, except for the people who actually decide when the economy is in recession.
For those folks, at the National Bureau of Economic Research, the definition of recession is much squishier.
Officially, the NBER defines recession as “a significant decline in economic activity that is spread across the economy and lasts more than a few months.” The bureau’s economists, in fact, profess not even to utilize gross domestic product, the broadest measure of...",center
10515,How Do We Know if We’re in a Recession?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Recession', 'Business', 'Biden Administration', 'Joe Biden', 'Janet Yellen', 'GDP', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",The Biden administration’s preemptive pushback on ‘recession’,Washington Post,"It’s quite possible that, by the end of this week, we could be having yet another hugely important political debate over the definition of a word: “recession.”
The Bureau of Economic Analysis on Thursday is set to release the second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) numbers. And if they’re negative, that will mark two consecutive quarters in which the economy has contracted — something that is generally understood to mean a recession.
How real and politically sensitive is that possibility? Real enough that the Biden administration is seeking to preempt it.",left
10516,How Do We Know if We’re in a Recession?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Recession', 'Business', 'Biden Administration', 'Joe Biden', 'Janet Yellen', 'GDP', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",Top Trump WH economist slams Biden administration's 'recession' spin,Fox Business,"Casey Mulligan, former chief economist for the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), criticized the Biden administration for attempting to redefine what a recession constitutes.
Several underlying indicators suggest the U.S. is heading towards an economic downturn despite President Biden's insistence that the economy is strong, Mulligan — who served in the Trump administration between 2018 and 2019 — told FOX Business in an interview. In recent days, several top White House officials have downplayed the technical definition of a recession and argued that two consecutive quarters of negative gross domestic product (GDP)...",right
10517,President Trump Holds Christmas Eve Teleconference with Troops Overseas,"['Christmas', 'US Military', 'Donald Trump', 'Foreign Policy', 'Melania Trump', 'Holidays', 'General News']",Trump Offers Holiday Greetings in Video Call to U.S. Troops,Wall Street Journal (News),"WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—President Trump called U.S. troops deployed around the world to offer holiday greetings on Christmas Eve, saying they were “tremendous warriors” who have “kept the Taliban running scared.”
“You’re tremendous warriors, and we appreciate it so much,” Mr. Trump told members of the military over a video teleconference from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. “You kept the Taliban running scared. You are incredible people.”
The president’s comments come after the Pentagon announced Monday the death of a U.S. service member in Afghanistan. This year has seen at...",center
10518,President Trump Holds Christmas Eve Teleconference with Troops Overseas,"['Christmas', 'US Military', 'Donald Trump', 'Foreign Policy', 'Melania Trump', 'Holidays', 'General News']","Trump lashes out at Pelosi, Democrats after exchanging holiday greetings with troops",Washington Post,"PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump lashed again Tuesday at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other Democrats involved in his impeachment after a teleconference in which he exchanged holiday greetings with members of the military stationed around the globe from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
“She hates the Republican Party,” Trump said of Pelosi, predicting that she would lose her speakership. “She hates all of the people who voted for me and the Republican Party. … She’s doing a tremendous disservice to the country.”
Speaking to reporters who had...",left
10519,President Trump Holds Christmas Eve Teleconference with Troops Overseas,"['Christmas', 'US Military', 'Donald Trump', 'Foreign Policy', 'Melania Trump', 'Holidays', 'General News']",Trump calls troops around the world to wish them an 'amazing Christmas',Washington Examiner,"President Trump is spending part of his holiday vacation calling American troops overseas to wish them a merry Christmas.
The president spoke via video conference on Tuesday with service members of all five branches of the military from Mar-a-Lago, his private golf club in Florida. Trump will be at the resort through the holidays in what is expected to be at least a two-week stay.
""I want to wish you an amazing Christmas,"" Trump said.
The service members on the call included Marines in Afghanistan, Army soldiers in Kuwait, Navy...",right
10520,New US Jobless Claims Drop to Pandemic Low,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Delta Variant', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",New jobless claims fall to pandemic low despite Delta variant concerns,New York Post (News),"The number of Americans newly seeking jobless benefits fell last week to a fresh pandemic low as the labor market continued to recover — despite fresh concerns over the surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the Delta variant of the coronavirus, the feds said Thursday.
Initial filings for unemployment benefits, seen as a proxy for layoffs, reached 348,000 last week, down 29,000 from the prior week’s revised level of 377,000, according to data released Thursday by the Labor Department.
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones expected to see weekly new claims fall...",right
10521,New US Jobless Claims Drop to Pandemic Low,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Delta Variant', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims Drop for Fourth Straight Week,Bloomberg,"Applications for U.S. state unemployment benefits dropped for a fourth consecutive week, a trend that suggests labor market conditions are improving as the economy recovers.
Initial unemployment claims in regular state programs dropped 29,000 to 348,000 in the week ended Aug. 14, a pandemic low, Labor Department data showed Thursday. Economists in a Bloomberg survey had called for a decline to 364,000.
Continuing claims for state benefits fell to 2.8 million in the week ended Aug. 7, also the lowest since the pandemic began.
The decrease in initial claims points...",left
10522,New US Jobless Claims Drop to Pandemic Low,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Delta Variant', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",U.S. weekly jobless claims fall to 17-month low,Reuters,"The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell to a 17-month low last week, pointing to another month of robust job growth, though surging COVID-19 infections pose a risk to the labor market recovery.
The weekly unemployment claims report from the Labor Department on Thursday, the most timely data on the economy's health, also showed the number of people on state jobless rolls dropped in early August to levels last seen in mid-March 2020, when the economy almost ground to a halt amid mandatory business closures aimed...",center
10523,"Biden, Democrats Urge Gun Control Legislation After Colorado Mass Shooting","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Joe Biden', 'Chuck Schumer', 'US Senate', 'Background Checks', 'Assault Weapons', 'Mass Shooting', 'Boulder Shooting']",Joe Biden Demanded The Senate Act On Gun Control After 10 People Were Killed In Colorado,BuzzFeed News,"President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to pass new gun control measures after mass shootings in the last week in Atlanta and Boulder, Colorado.
In a short speech Tuesday afternoon, Biden said “we can save lives” by increasing background checks for gun purchases, banning assault weapons, and limiting the size of magazines. Speaking directly to the families of those killed in Atlanta last Tuesday and in Boulder on Monday, Biden said the US government must “act so there’s not more of you, there’s fewer of you, as time goes...",left
10524,"Biden, Democrats Urge Gun Control Legislation After Colorado Mass Shooting","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Joe Biden', 'Chuck Schumer', 'US Senate', 'Background Checks', 'Assault Weapons', 'Mass Shooting', 'Boulder Shooting']",Schumer vows to address gun violence after Boulder shooting,The Hill,"Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) vowed on Tuesday that the chamber would take up measures to combat gun violence in the wake of a shooting at a grocery store in Colorado that left 10 people dead.
""The Senate is going to debate and address the epidemic of gun violence in this country,"" Schumer said during floor speech.
“We have a lot of work to do. I’ve already committed to bringing universal background checks legislation to the floor of the Senate. There is a hearing today in the Senate Judiciary...",center
10525,"Biden, Democrats Urge Gun Control Legislation After Colorado Mass Shooting","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Joe Biden', 'Chuck Schumer', 'US Senate', 'Background Checks', 'Assault Weapons', 'Mass Shooting', 'Boulder Shooting']",Biden demands Congress ban assault weapons after Boulder mass shooting,Washington Examiner,"President Biden urged Congress to ban assault weapons and tighten background checks on gun sales in the aftermath of the Colorado mass shooting.
“I don't need to wait another minute, let alone an hour, to take common sense steps or save the lives in the future, and to urge my colleagues in the House and Senate to act,” he said in an address Tuesday at the White House. “We can ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in this country once again.”
Biden, as a senator, helped push a ban on...",right
10526,Perspectives: Blast Shocks Lebanon as Some Blame Leaders for Negligence,"['Lebanon', 'Disaster', 'Foreign Policy', 'Role Of Government', 'Middle East']",Don't blame fate for Beirut's cruel tragedy,CNN (Opinion),"Sometimes, it seems as if fate is trying to prove its unlimited capacity for cruelty. When the skies over Beirut exploded on Tuesday, sending shockwaves felt all the way to Cyprus, 150 miles away in the Mediterranean, and devastating much of a city that was once known as the Paris of the Middle East, it seemed one of those times.
But the never-ending tragedy that is Lebanon is not the result of the random doings of destiny.
Lebanon's government has blamed a large quantity of poorly stored ammonium nitrate for...",left
10527,Perspectives: Blast Shocks Lebanon as Some Blame Leaders for Negligence,"['Lebanon', 'Disaster', 'Foreign Policy', 'Role Of Government', 'Middle East']",Beirut's accidental cargo: how an unscheduled port visit led to disaster,Reuters,"MOSCOW (Reuters) - The chemicals that went up in flames in Beirut’s deadliest peace-time explosion arrived in the Lebanese capital seven years ago on a leaky Russian-leased cargo ship that, according to its captain, should never have stopped there.
“They were being greedy,” said Boris Prokoshev, who was captain of the Rhosus in 2013 when he says the owner told him to make an unscheduled stop in Lebanon to pick up extra cargo.
Prokoshev said the ship was carrying 2,750 tonnes of a highly combustible chemical from Georgia to Mozambique...",center
10528,Perspectives: Blast Shocks Lebanon as Some Blame Leaders for Negligence,"['Lebanon', 'Disaster', 'Foreign Policy', 'Role Of Government', 'Middle East']",Help Lebanon: Remove Hezbollah’s Stranglehold — and Its Dangerous Missile Stockpiles,National Review,"Beirut has been ravaged by a massive explosion, likely caused by careless handling of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse at its port. As the city is still picking through the debris and thousands search for loved ones, countries such as Turkey, Iran, Qatar, France, and Israel are rushing to provide support. Yet looming over Beirut even now is the presence of the terrorist group Hezbollah with its network of 150,000 missiles, many stored in civilian areas throughout the country.
While Hezbollah has not been blamed for the August 4...",right
10529,SCOTUS Upholds Public Prayers,['Supreme Court'],High court upholds legislative prayer at council meetings,Washington Post,Court overturns lower court ruling that N.Y. town of Greece's opening council prayers are unconstitutional.,left
10530,SCOTUS Upholds Public Prayers,['Supreme Court'],Justices allow public prayers at New York town's council meetings,CNN (Online News),The Supreme Court gave limited approval on Monday to public prayers at a New York town's board meetings.,left
10531,SCOTUS Upholds Public Prayers,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court: Opening prayers at council meetings constitutional,Fox News (Online News),The Supreme Court says prayers that open town council meetings do not violate the Constitution even if they routinely stress Christianity.,right
10532,Ghislaine Maxwell Trial Set to Begin Next Week,"['Criminal Justice', 'Ghislaine Maxwell', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Justice']",Ghislaine Maxwell: Brother Ian says she will not get fair hearing at trial,BBC News,"Ghislaine Maxwell's brother, Ian, has said he doubts his sister will get a fair hearing at her trial on sex trafficking and other charges which is due to start next week.
Ms Maxwell, the daughter of the late media mogul Robert Maxwell, has been accused of trafficking minors for her former lover Jeffrey Epstein.
She has been in a New York jail since her arrest in July 2020.
The former socialite has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
""I think my sister's probably relieved finally that it is starting because...",center
10533,Ghislaine Maxwell Trial Set to Begin Next Week,"['Criminal Justice', 'Ghislaine Maxwell', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Justice']",Ghislaine Maxwell attempts to obtain settlement documents with victims of Epstein,Washington Examiner,"Ghislaine Maxwell, a known associate of Jeffrey Epstein, is attempting to gain access to documents in a settlement fund for the convicted pedophile's victims.
Jordana Feldman, the administrator of the Epstein Victims’ Compensation Program, filed a letter in court Friday obtained by the Daily Beast that said she intends to ""quash defendant Maxwell’s subpoena directed to her.”
The document request comes two weeks before Maxwell's criminal trial which aims to shed light on the role she allegedly played in Epstein's sex-trafficking scheme. According to her accusers, she was the procurer of the...",right
10534,Ghislaine Maxwell Trial Set to Begin Next Week,"['Criminal Justice', 'Ghislaine Maxwell', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Justice']",Ghislaine Maxwell's Trial Opens a New Chapter in Heinous Jeffrey Epstein Saga,Vanity Fair,"For those following the Jeffrey Epstein story, the past two years have felt like driving around a curve that never ends. Answers to the key questions at the heart of the vast scandal have seemed tantalizingly close and frustratingly out of reach. How did the late pedophile earn his estimated half-billion-dollar fortune? Which powerful men participated in his sex-trafficking ring? What about all those surveillance videos from inside his homes? On November 29, lawyers are set to deliver opening statements in the highly anticipated trial of Epstein’s alleged accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. For...",left
10535,Unrest Continues After Breonna Taylor Decision,"['George Floyd Protests', 'Breonna Taylor', 'Criminal Justice', 'Police Brutality', 'Violence In America']",One injured after vehicles drive through Breonna Taylor protesters in Hollywood,CBS News (Online),"At least one protester was taken to the hospital after being struck by a vehicle during a demonstration in Hollywood on Thursday night.
Video posted to social media shows a blue truck striking a protester who was holding a sign, knocking the person to the ground. The incident happened after the driver became involved in an altercation while maneuvering through the crowd of more than 300 protesters, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
""As the driver attempted to get away from the situation, he struck a protester standing...",left
10536,Unrest Continues After Breonna Taylor Decision,"['George Floyd Protests', 'Breonna Taylor', 'Criminal Justice', 'Police Brutality', 'Violence In America']","Amid Kentucky unrest, AP poll shows public support for racial justice protests falling",Fox News (Online News),"A new poll shows support for protests like those engulfing Louisville following a grand jury decision in the Breonna Taylor case has fallen from a peak reached soon after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody in May.
The survey by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 44% of Americans disapprove of protests in response to police violence against Black Americans, while 39% approve. In June, 54% approved of the protests
The survey was conducted before Wednesday’s announcement that a former Louisville police officer...",right
10537,Unrest Continues After Breonna Taylor Decision,"['George Floyd Protests', 'Breonna Taylor', 'Criminal Justice', 'Police Brutality', 'Violence In America']","In despair, protesters take to streets for Breonna Taylor",Associated Press,"LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Some of them raised their fists and called out “Black lives matter!” Others tended to the letters, flowers and signs grouped together in a square in downtown Louisville. All of them said her name: Breonna Taylor.
People dismayed that the officers who shot the Black woman in her apartment during a drug raid last March wouldn’t be charged with her death vowed to persist in their fight for justice. The big question for a town torn apart by Taylor’s death and the larger issue of racism...",left
10538,Politics and the Emmys,['Arts And Entertainment'],The Shameful Embrace of Sean Spicer at the Emmys,Frank Bruni,"I’m an awards-show geek who usually spends the morning after the Emmys or Oscars nattering about who was unjustly robbed, who was unwisely dressed and whether it’s a felony in Hollywood to consume more than 300 calories a meal, because it sure looks that way.",left
10539,Politics and the Emmys,['Arts And Entertainment'],"The Real 'Spicey' Crashes The Emmys, As Stars Mock Trump",NPR (Online News),"Television is intractable in the story of Donald Trump, with his run on reality TV serving as the lead-in to his political rise.",left
10540,Politics and the Emmys,['Arts And Entertainment'],Emmys ratings crater; Trump-bashing to blame?,Fox News (Online News),How low can the Emmys go?,right
10541,White House Press Corps Evicted From Kim Jong Un's Hotel,"['White House Press Corps', 'Hanoi', 'Asia', 'World']",Media evicted from Vietnam hotel ahead of Trump-Kim summit,Washington Examiner,Members of the media were told to leave a hotel in Hanoi on Tuesday before the arrival of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.,right
10542,White House Press Corps Evicted From Kim Jong Un's Hotel,"['White House Press Corps', 'Hanoi', 'Asia', 'World']",Story spiked: Kim's Hanoi hotel masterstroke undone as White House press evicted,Reuters,It had been dubbed a brilliant move in a grand game of diplomatic chess: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had booked the same hotel being used by the White House press corps during his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Vietnam this week.,center
10543,White House Press Corps Evicted From Kim Jong Un's Hotel,"['White House Press Corps', 'Hanoi', 'Asia', 'World']",White House press corps evicted from hotel ahead of North Korea summit,NBC News (Online),The forced move was highly unusual because the White House had approved of and supported the use of the space by media who cover the president.,left
10544,Pride Month 2022 Celebrates LGBTQ+ Rights Amid Transgender Controversies,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Pride Month', 'LGBT Rights', 'Human Rights', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'Transgender', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Gender', 'Culture', 'Family And Marriage']",It's Pride Month. Here's what you need to know,CNN (Online News),"June is Pride Month, when the world's LGBTQ communities come together and celebrate the freedom to be themselves.
Pride gatherings are rooted in the arduous history of minority groups who have struggled for decades to overcome prejudice and be accepted for who they are.
The original organizers chose this month to pay homage to the Stonewall uprising in June 1969 in New York City, which helped spark the modern gay rights movement. Most Pride events take place each year in June, although some cities hold their celebrations at other times of the year.",left
10545,Pride Month 2022 Celebrates LGBTQ+ Rights Amid Transgender Controversies,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Pride Month', 'LGBT Rights', 'Human Rights', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'Transgender', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Gender', 'Culture', 'Family And Marriage']","This Pride, the LGBTQ+ Community Is in Crisis",Guest Writer - Left,"During Pride Month, we celebrate our stories: stories of our elders who fought so hard to realize the progress many never got to see, stories of our chosen families, our own stories of coming out, of falling in love, of finding healing in community. 
As the interim president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, I get to hear so many powerful stories directly from folks in our community. And this Pride Month, I need you to hear these stories as well: stories of trans and...",left
10546,Pride Month 2022 Celebrates LGBTQ+ Rights Amid Transgender Controversies,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Pride Month', 'LGBT Rights', 'Human Rights', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'Transgender', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Gender', 'Culture', 'Family And Marriage']",Matt Walsh Shares Video Clip ‘For Pride Month’ Of New Documentary ‘What Is A Woman?’,The Daily Wire,"Bestselling author and podcast host Matt Walsh on Wednesday shared a video clip on the first day of “Pride Month,” which happened to be a clip from Walsh’s highly anticipated documentary, titled, “What Is a Woman?”
The doc, which challenges radical gender theory, will be available to stream exclusively for Daily Wire members on June 1 at 8 p.m. ET. You can become a member here.",right
10547,Gallup Names Donald Trump and Michelle Obama as 2020's Most Admired Man and Woman,"['Culture', 'Donald Trump', 'Barack Obama', 'Michelle Obama', 'Joe Biden', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Polls']","Donald Trump, Michelle Obama Most Admired in 2020",Gallup,"Americans are most likely to name President Donald Trump and Michelle Obama as most admired man and woman in 2020. Trump tied former President Barack Obama for the honor last year but edged out his predecessor this year. Trump's first-place finish ends a 12-year run as most admired man for Obama, tied with Dwight Eisenhower for the most ever.
Meanwhile, Michelle Obama ranks as most admired woman for the third year in a row. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is second.",center
10548,Gallup Names Donald Trump and Michelle Obama as 2020's Most Admired Man and Woman,"['Culture', 'Donald Trump', 'Barack Obama', 'Michelle Obama', 'Joe Biden', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Polls']",Trump Ends Obama’s 12-Year Reign as Most Admired Man in America: Gallup,Mediaite,"President Donald Trump is the most admired man in America.
That’s according to Gallup, which — on Tuesday — released its annual survey tracking the most admired man. Trump edged out former President Barack Obama for the honor, with 18 percent of respondents naming the current commander in chief as their pick, compared to 15 percent opting for his predecessor.
Ordinarily, the sitting president tends to perform very well in this poll. In the 74 years, Gallup has conducted its most admired survey, the current president has topped the list...",left
10549,Gallup Names Donald Trump and Michelle Obama as 2020's Most Admired Man and Woman,"['Culture', 'Donald Trump', 'Barack Obama', 'Michelle Obama', 'Joe Biden', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Polls']",Trump Dethrones Obama for 'Most Admired Man' in 2020,Townhall,"Former President Obama's 12-year reign is over. Although he enjoyed the title for years, President Trump has just nabbed ""Most Admired Man"" in Gallup's 2020 poll. Obama came in second, with president-elect Joe Biden grabbing third place, and Dr. Anthony Fauci entering the top ten for the first time at fourth place. Former first lady Michelle Obama won most admired woman of the year.",right
10550,Newly Released Documents Thrust Michael Flynn Case Back into Spotlight,"['Michael Flynn', 'Russia Investigation', 'Peter Strzok', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Trump praise of ‘tormented’ Flynn raises pardon speculation,Associated Press,"President Donald Trump voiced strong support Thursday for his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, raising speculation that a pardon may be coming after Flynn’s lawyers disclosed internal FBI documents they claim show the FBI tried to “intentionally frame” him.
Trump said he believes Flynn should now be cleared in court, but if that doesn’t happen he as president has “a different type of power.”
“It looks to me like Michael Flynn would be exonerated based on everything I see,” Trump said at the White House. “I’m not the judge,...",left
10551,Newly Released Documents Thrust Michael Flynn Case Back into Spotlight,"['Michael Flynn', 'Russia Investigation', 'Peter Strzok', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Records Show Strzok Intervened when FBI Moved to Close Flynn Investigation Due to Lack of ‘Derogatory Information’,National Review,"New unsealed FBI memos show that the Bureau found “no derogatory information” on former national security adviser Michael Flynn while investigating his alleged Russian contacts, and moved to close their investigation of him in early January 2017 before former FBI agent Peter Strzok intervened, asking to keep the case open.
The documents, which were released Thursday by the Department of Justice, show that Flynn was given the codename “Crossfire Razor” and investigated in a spinoff case predicated by the FBI’s “Crossfire Hurricane” surveillance of the 2016 Trump campaign — a...",right
10552,Newly Released Documents Thrust Michael Flynn Case Back into Spotlight,"['Michael Flynn', 'Russia Investigation', 'Peter Strzok', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Flynn Lawyers Seize on Newly Released F.B.I. Documents,New York Times (News),"President Trump’s allies cheered new documents unsealed on Wednesday in the criminal case of his former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, saying that internal investigative notes showed that Mr. Flynn was set up by F.B.I. officials intent on undermining the president.
It will be up to a federal judge to decide if the notes and emails advance claims that Mr. Flynn was framed when he lied to the F.B.I. in January 2017 about his conversations with a Russian diplomat, a felony he twice pleaded guilty to.
The documents show...",left
10553,Analysis of Detroit GOP Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",One clear loser in Thursday’s debate: the Grand Old Party,Washington Post,"It’s highly questionable whether anyone emerged as the winner in Thursday’s Republican presidential debate in Detroit, though the candidates’ spinmeisters would all quibble with that. There was one clear loser: the Grand Old Party.",left
10554,Analysis of Detroit GOP Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",7 takeaways from the Republican debate,CNN (Online News),Republicans began their debate Thursday night with insults and ended with three candidates pledging to back Donald Trump should he win the nomination.,left
10555,Analysis of Detroit GOP Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Rivals spar with Trump on trust at GOP debate – but all vow to support nominee,Fox News (Online News),"Donald Trump’s rivals teamed up at Thursday’s Fox News Republican presidential debate in a concerted effort to cast him as a political salesman willing to say anything and take any position to win the nomination – but in the end, pledged to support the GOP nominee, even if it's Trump.",right
10556,How Will Drug Prices Be Affected By the Inflation Reduction Act?,"['Drug Prices', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Healthcare', 'Inflation', 'Inflation Reduction Act', 'Medicare', 'Public Health', 'US Congress']",Will you get insulin-cost relief from the inflation bill? Not if you have private insurance,Deseret News,"Cost relief may be coming for Medicare recipients who use insulin. But a proposed $35 monthly cap for those with private insurance is no longer part of the Senate’s Inflation Relief Act, which goes before the House on Friday.
The cost of insulin, which is used by people with diabetes to control their blood sugar, has become a political issue, with politicians like Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders decrying how much Americans pay compared to people in other countries.
The highest cost for insulin is borne by those who pay for insulin themselves,...",center
10557,How Will Drug Prices Be Affected By the Inflation Reduction Act?,"['Drug Prices', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Healthcare', 'Inflation', 'Inflation Reduction Act', 'Medicare', 'Public Health', 'US Congress']",How the Inflation Reduction Act Reduces Health Care Costs,Center For American Progress,"High drug and health care costs continue to prevent millions of Americans from achieving full health. Nearly 1 in 2 American adults report difficulty affording health care costs. It’s no wonder that voters consistently rank bringing down prescription drug prices and other measures to reduce the cost of care as among Congress’ top priorities.
The Inflation Reduction Act, when passed by the House of Representatives and signed into law by President Joe Biden, will give a lifeline to people struggling with health costs by providing much-needed financial relief for the health coverage and medications they need to survive...",left
10558,How Will Drug Prices Be Affected By the Inflation Reduction Act?,"['Drug Prices', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Healthcare', 'Inflation', 'Inflation Reduction Act', 'Medicare', 'Public Health', 'US Congress']",Passage of Inflation Reduction Act gives Medicare historic new powers over drug prices,CNBC,"Medicare is poised to renegotiate the prices of some of its most expensive drugs through a historic expansion of its power, which could reduce costs for many seniors as well as federal spending on its prescription drug plan.
The changes are tucked inside a massive spending-and-tax bill in Congress that includes $433 billion in investments in health-care and clean energy. House Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act on Friday in a 220 to 207 vote along party lines, ending a tortured legislative process that took more than a year.
The...",center
10559,North Korea Threatens to Cancel US Summit,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea threatens to cancel Trump summit,BBC News,North Korea has said it may pull out of a summit with US President Donald Trump if the US insists it gives up its nuclear weapons.,center
10560,North Korea Threatens to Cancel US Summit,"['North Korea', 'World']","North Korea cancels talks with South, threatens to pull out of U.S. summit",Washington Times,"North Korea sent shock waves through the Trump administration’s hope for a history-making summit with Kim Jong-un, angrily canceling a planned meeting with South Korean officials Wednesday to protest joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises and calling into doubt President Trump’s announced meeting with Mr. Kim in Singapore in less than a month.",right
10561,North Korea Threatens to Cancel US Summit,"['North Korea', 'World']","North Korea Threatens To ‘Reconsider’ Trump Summit, Cancels South Korea Talks",HuffPost,"Pyongyang condemned recent joint military exercises conducted by the United States and South Korea, calling the drills an “intentional provocation.”",left
10562,Police Standoff With Gunman In Philadelphia Ends,"['Police', 'Philadelphia', 'Violence In America']",Suspect surrenders after shooting six police officers in hours-long Philadelphia standoff,Washington Post,"A suspect surrendered just after midnight after shooting six police officers in a north Philadelphia neighborhood Wednesday evening, igniting a standoff that dragged on for hours in what authorities called a hostage situation.
The suspect is Maurice Hill, a 36-year-old Philadelphia resident with a history of gun convictions, his former lawyer, Shaka Johnson, told The Washington Post. Philadelphia Police Sgt. Eric Gripp said on Twitter early Thursday that the suspect is in custody.
Johnson said he did not know Hill’s motive. He said Hill would likely face several charges from...",left
10563,Police Standoff With Gunman In Philadelphia Ends,"['Police', 'Philadelphia', 'Violence In America']","Philadelphia police pelted with objects, taunted during harrowing shootout, standoff: reports",Fox News (Online News),"Onlookers were seen taunting and throwing things at Philadelphia police Wednesday night amid a wild shootout and subsequent standoff that saw six cops wounded, and video posted online shows one woman shoving a police officer making his way to the scene.
Philadelphia’s KYW-TV reporter Alexandria Hoff described on Twitter Wednesday night how a crowd of people bordering the blocked off active shooter scene allegedly harassed officers.
""I mentioned this at 10 and since I was harassed during that live shot, I’ll mention it here, too,"" Hoff said on Twitter. ""A...",right
10564,Police Standoff With Gunman In Philadelphia Ends,"['Police', 'Philadelphia', 'Violence In America']",'Nothing short of a miracle': Dramatic standoff with Philadelphia gunman ends with no loss of life,USA TODAY,"Throughout a seven-hour gun battle that turned a Philadelphia neighborhood into a war-zone and left six officers injured, the goal was ""preservation of life,"" police commissioner Richard Ross said, explaining a day of intense gunfire and tear gas salvos before the gunman surrendered early Thursday.
At one point, with hundreds of officers pinned down by erratic gunfire, a SWAT team rescued two officers trapped upstairs with handcuffed prisoners in the north Philadelphia home.
In the end, the police tactics worked as the shooter, with his hands up, was driven...",left
10565,"McConnell Ready to Bypass Dems, Set Rules for Impeachment Trial","['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Impeachment', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",McConnell Claims He Has the Votes to Set Senate Trial Rules Without Dem Cooperation,National Review,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) has whipped the 51 votes required to establish the rules for President Trump’s impending impeachment trial without a concrete agreement on witnesses, according to multiple reports.
McConnell told colleagues during a closed-door lunch on Tuesday that he had secured the necessary backing to begin President Trump’s impeachment trial, according to the Washington Post. Politico first reported that Republicans were growing increasingly confident in their ability to set the trial parameters without input from Democrats.
The decision comes despite protests from Senate Minority Leader...",right
10566,"McConnell Ready to Bypass Dems, Set Rules for Impeachment Trial","['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Impeachment', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",McConnell to move ahead on Senate trial rules without Democrats,Axios,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday that he'll move ahead on approving rules for President Trump's Senate trial without negotiating them with Democrats.
Between the lines: Senate Republicans' comments on Tuesday suggested that they've fallen in line with McConnell's position that the rules should be based on Bill Clinton's 1999 Senate trial, where the question of whether to call witnesses was postponed until after the start of the trial.
Many of these senators have said they're comfortable following the precedent of the Clinton trial, in which senators first gave...",center
10567,"McConnell Ready to Bypass Dems, Set Rules for Impeachment Trial","['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Impeachment', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",McConnell ready to start impeachment trial with partisan power play,Politico,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is moving forward on a set of impeachment trial rules without Democratic support.
The Kentucky Republican said Tuesday he has locked down sufficient backing in his 53-member caucus to pass a blueprint for the trial that leaves the question of seeking witnesses and documents until after opening arguments are made.
That framework would mirror the contours of President Bill Clinton’s trial and ignore Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s demands for witnesses and new evidence at the outset.
“We have the votes once the impeachment trial...",left
10568,Trump Approval Hits Historic Low,['Politics'],Trump's Approval Ratings After Six Months Are the Worst of Any President,Newsweek,"Donald Trump’s approval rating has reached a historic new low in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, with almost half of Americans believing the country to be weaker since he took office.",center
10569,Trump Approval Hits Historic Low,['Politics'],Trump’s approval rating at record low,The Hill,"President Trump’s approval rating after six months in office is the lowest of any president in the past 70 years, according to a new poll.",center
10570,Trump Approval Hits Historic Low,['Politics'],"Trump's approval continues to drop, new poll finds",Washington Examiner,"The American people's support for President Trump has weakened since the spring as the White House has faced a stalled agenda overshadowed by investigations into Russian meddling, a perceived decline in American leadership worldwide, and struggling GOP efforts to pass a healthcare bill unpopular with the American people.",right
10571,Hillary Named Most Admired Woman,['Politics'],Hillary Clinton Named Most Admired Woman... Again,HuffPost,"Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was again named the most admired woman in the world in an annual Gallup poll released Monday.
Clinton has taken the title 17 of the last 18 years. In 2001, then-first lady Laura Bush took the title.
President Barack Obama took the title of most admired man again this year, topping the list for the seventh consecutive year.",left
10572,Hillary Named Most Admired Woman,['Politics'],"Hillary Clinton Faces Uphill Fight for White, Rural Vote",Wall Street Journal (News),"White, working-class voters in eastern Arkansas for years backed Democratic candidates, among them Bill Clinton and outgoing Gov. Mike Beebe, but have moved sharply toward Republicans in recent elections.
Now, as the 2016 election takes shape, some of Hillary Clinton ’s allies are trumpeting her potential as a presidential candidate to bring these voters back to the Democratic Party and to run competitively in a handful of states, including Arkansas, that have spurned President Barack Obama .
But even here, where",center
10573,Hillary Named Most Admired Woman,['Politics'],"Obama, Hillary Clinton ‘most admired’ man and woman in 2014: Gallup poll",Washington Times,"Americans have named former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton their most admired woman anywhere in the world for the 13th straight year and President Obama the most admired man for the seventh straight year, Gallup said.
Twelve percent said Mrs. Clinton was the women they admired most, followed by Oprah Winfrey at 8 percent, Nobel prize winner Malala Yousafzai at 5 percent, and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at 4 percent.
Mr. Obama, the choice of 19 percent for most admired male, beat out Pope Francis at 6...",right
10574,"California, New York On Lockdown","['Public Health', 'California', 'New York', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Coronavirus']","Gov. Newsom orders all Californians to stay home as coronavirus cases top 1,000",Los Angeles Times,"SACRAMENTO — The day after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced extraordinary measures directing all Californias to stay at home amid the coronavirus outbreak, Contra Costa County on Friday announced its first death related to the virus.
The person was in their 70s, had an underlying medical condition and had recently traveled overseas, officials said. The patient died Thursday in an undisclosed hospital, becoming the 20th person to die of the virus in California.",left
10575,"California, New York On Lockdown","['Public Health', 'California', 'New York', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Coronavirus']","New York, California impose toughest restrictions yet in U.S. coronavirus fight",Reuters,LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - California ordered nearly 40 million people to stay home and New York state on Friday told all non-essential workers to do the same while pleading for more medical personnel and supplies to treat coronavirus cases that could overwhelm hospitals.,center
10576,"California, New York On Lockdown","['Public Health', 'California', 'New York', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Coronavirus']","Coronavirus in NY: Cuomo orders lockdown, shuts down non-essential businesses",New York Post (News),"ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered a statewide lockdown amid the worsening coronavirus pandemic Friday that will shut down most of the Empire State — including New York City.
“I want to be able to say to the people of New York — I did everything we could do,” Cuomo said. “And if everything we do saves just one life, I’ll be happy.”
The restrictions take effect Sunday night at 8pm and will:",right
10577,2 Mass Shootings in 24 Hours,['Violence In America'],"Mick Mulvaney on shootings in Ohio, Texas: To think this is 'just a gun issue ... is not right'",Washington Times,"Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said Sunday that guns are only part of the discussion on how to prevent mass shootings like the ones in Texas and Ohio over the weekend.
“Are we going to talk about the role of guns? Certainly we are. But to think that this is just a gun issue that many people make it out to be is not right,” Mr. Mulvaney said on ABC’s “This Week.” “We’ve had guns in this country for hundreds of years. We haven’t had this...",right
10578,2 Mass Shootings in 24 Hours,['Violence In America'],Mulvaney: Not fair to lay shootings 'at the feet of the president',The Hill,"Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Sunday defended President Trump's record in the wake of two mass shootings in which dozens of people were killed in less than 24 hours.
""This is a serious problem — there's no question about it — but they are sick, sick people, and the president knows it,"" Mulvaney said on ABC's ""This Week."" ""I don't think it's fair to try and lay this at the feet of the president.""",center
10579,2 Mass Shootings in 24 Hours,['Violence In America'],"Politicians grieve for El Paso victims, with Democrats decrying GOP inaction on gun laws",Washington Post,"Shortly after a gunman opened fire at a Walmart and shopping mall in El Paso, a shaken Beto O’Rourke took the stage at a labor forum in Las Vegas.
The Democratic presidential hopeful and former congressman, who lives in the Texas border city, told the audience that he had just called his wife to make sure she was okay. He said the shooting shatters “any illusion that we have that progress is inevitable” when it comes to tackling gun violence.",left
10580,Executive Order on Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Barack Obama's emotional evolution on gun control,CNN (Online News),"The Mr. Cool in the Oval Office rarely shows emotion.
But on one issue -- guns -- President Barack Obama lets the public mask slip, revealing the ire boiling within.",left
10581,Executive Order on Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],OPINION: President Obama wants to disarm America,Guest Writer - Right,"President Obama is plotting with his attorney general to get our guns.
The president will purportedly bypass Congress and crack down on small scale gun sellers. Fox News reports the plan would require gun sellers to order background checks on prospective buyers and tighten laws for gun sales to those who have committed domestic-abuse offenses.",right
10582,Executive Order on Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],OPINION: Is Obama’s executive action on guns legal? Let’s break it down.,Guest Writer - Left,"On Tuesday, President Obama will formally announce new executive actions aimed at addressing American gun violence. The measure that's sure to evoke the most debate — and which has already done so — is his plan to extend the use of background checks to cover more sales at gun shows.",left
10583,Harris Breaks Tie to Begin Senate Talks On COVID-19 Stimulus,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Kamala Harris', 'US Senate']","By slimmest of margins, Senate takes up $1.9T relief bill",Associated Press Fact Check,"The Senate voted by the slimmest of margins Thursday to begin debating a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, after Democrats made eleventh-hour changes aimed at ensuring they could pull President Joe Biden’s top legislative priority through the precariously divided chamber.
Democrats were hoping for Senate approval of the package before next week, in time for the House to sign off and get the measure to Biden quickly. They were encountering opposition from Republicans arguing that the measure’s massive price tag ignored promising signs that the pandemic and wounded economy were...",left
10584,Harris Breaks Tie to Begin Senate Talks On COVID-19 Stimulus,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Kamala Harris', 'US Senate']",Kamala Harris breaks 50-50 tie to begin Senate debate on $1.9T stimulus,New York Post (News),"Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday broke a 50-50 Senate tie to begin debate on President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.
Debate on the bill, which would grant $1,400 stimulus checks to most Americans, is expected to drag into the weekend before a final vote.
“On this vote the yays are 50, the nays are 50. The Senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative and the motion to proceed is agreed to,” Harris said.",right
10585,Harris Breaks Tie to Begin Senate Talks On COVID-19 Stimulus,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Kamala Harris', 'US Senate']",Senate votes to take up COVID-19 relief bill,The Hill,"Senate Democrats voted on Thursday to take up a sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus bill, teeing off what's expected to be a days-long sprint to pass the legislation.
The Senate voted 50-50 to proceed to the coronavirus relief legislation, with Vice President Harris breaking the tie to advance the bill. “The Senate is going to move forward with the bill. No matter how long it takes, the Senate is going to stay in session to finish the bill this week,” Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said from the Senate...",center
10586,Seattle Mayor Ed Murray To Resign,['Politics'],"Seattle mayor, facing sexual abuse allegations, says he will resign",Reuters,"Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, dogged since April by mounting allegations of child sexual abuse, said he would resign as mayor effective Wednesday afternoon.",center
10587,Seattle Mayor Ed Murray To Resign,['Politics'],Seattle Mayor Ed Murray resigns after fifth claim of sexual abuse,Washington Post,"Seattle Mayor Ed Murray (D), embattled by child sex-abuse allegations, will resign Wednesday.",left
10588,Seattle Mayor Ed Murray To Resign,['Politics'],Seattle Mayor Ed Murray to resign following multiple accusations of sexual abuse,Fox News (Online News),Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has announced plans to resign following multiple accusations of sexual abuse after a fifth accuser -- who is the mayor's younger cousin -- came forward and alleged that Murray repeatedly molested him in the 1970s.,right
10589,Debating Marriage in the Supreme Court,['LGBT Rights'],"Justices Appear Divided, Cautious on Gay Marriage",Wall Street Journal (News),"A divided and cautious Supreme Court on Tuesday probed whether states barring same-sex marriage are violating a right for gay couples, hearing extended arguments on one of the most direct constitutional issues to cross its docket in recent memory.
Justices, speaking at arguments that lasted 2½ hours, questioned whether they should require all 50 states to recognize same-sex unions or allow sta",center
10590,Debating Marriage in the Supreme Court,['LGBT Rights'],What Happens at the Supreme Court Today Could Define the Future of Gay Marriage in America: Here’s Everything You Need to Know,The Blaze,"The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday for Obergefell v. Hodges, a same-sex marriage case whose outcome could have profound implications for the definition of marriage across America and the ability of states to handle the rules and regulations surrounding matrimony as they see fit.
The justices will assess whether states should be permitted to ban gay marriage — or whether the Fourteenth Amendment requires it. They will also examine whether those states that do not permit same-sex nuptials are allowed to refuse recognition of gay unions...",right
10591,Debating Marriage in the Supreme Court,['LGBT Rights'],The Supreme Court's marriage battle has been years in the making,Vox,"In Obergefell v. Hodges, the US Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments on Tuesday, April 28, over whether states' same-sex marriage bans are constitutional, setting the stage for a final decision on the issue by the end of June. Although the cases deal with laws in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee specifically, the Court's decision could bring marriage equality to the entire US by striking down all states' same-sex marriage bans.
The same-sex marriage battle has been more than a decade in the making — going back to the early...",left
10592,"Polarization Distorts Views of Hydroxychloroquine, Healthcare","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Science', 'Polarization', 'Healthcare']",Hydroxychloroquine: Evidence suggests it is relatively safe,Washington Examiner,"Is hydroxychloroquine a generally safe drug?
The politically charged atmosphere surrounding the drug in the context of COVID-19 can present a distorted picture. But the best evidence suggests that it has few adverse effects, although it does present some risks for patients with heart conditions.
Dr. Alieta Eck, who prescribed hydroxychloroquine for her patients who had COVID-19 symptoms, was confident the drug was safe.
""My feeling was that it was not going to do any harm, which is true. It’s a very safe medicine,"" said Eck, an internist in New...",right
10593,"Polarization Distorts Views of Hydroxychloroquine, Healthcare","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Science', 'Polarization', 'Healthcare']","Hydroxychloroquine being 'discarded prematurely', say scientists",BBC News,"A trial investigating the drug hydroxychloroquine as a preventative treatment against Covid-19 may never find out if it's effective, say scientists involved.
Controversy around the drug - touted by President Trump and the subject of online misinformation - is stopping completion of the trial, they say.
It is ineffective in hospitalised patients, but investigators hope it might work if given earlier on.
Hospitals have pulled out of the trial.
The Oxford University-led trial is aiming to enrol 40,000 frontline workers around the world.
Investigators hope the large-scale, double-blind randomised study...",center
10594,"Polarization Distorts Views of Hydroxychloroquine, Healthcare","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Science', 'Polarization', 'Healthcare']",Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 prevention? How to separate science from partisanship,NBC News (Online),"A Rasmussen Reports survey of 1,000 American adults conducted in April found that 53 percent of Republicans were willing to take anti-malarial hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19, while only 18 percent of Democrats were willing to try it.
The utter arbitrariness of how public opinion on scientific questions has fractured along partisan divides reveals something rotten at the core of the national conversation.
No one is surprised to see political polarization around issues of taxation, immigration, welfare or military spending. But it has been remarkable to see such deep partisan divides...",left
10595,U.S. Lack of Response to Iraq,['World'],U.S. Said to Rebuff Iraqi Request to Strike Militants,Allysia Finley (Wall Street Journal),"As the threat from Sunni militants in western Iraq escalated last month, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki secretly asked the Obama administration to consider carrying out airstrikes against extremist staging areas, according to Iraqi and American officials.",right
10596,U.S. Lack of Response to Iraq,['World'],Militants Make Gains In Iraq Amid Report U.S. Rebuffed Calls For Help,NPR (Online News),"The violence in Iraq has intensified today, with al-Qaida-linked Sunni militants moving into areas close to Baghdad after capturing the cities of Mosul and Tikrit. And amid this chaos, there's a new report that the U.S. rebuffed Iraqi requests last month to conduct airstrikes against the advancing militants, and that Kurdish fighters have taken territory in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk",left
10597,U.S. Lack of Response to Iraq,['World'],"White House mum on pleas from Iraq for airstrikes, as militants gain ground",Fox News (Online News),"The Obama administration reportedly has rebuffed calls from the Iraqi government to carry out airstrikes against Al Qaeda-aligned militants who are on a violent march that is threatening to take over the nation's north.
The insurgents have already seized several major ci",right
10598,Paul Ryan- Who is he?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Could Ryan Lure Younger Voters To GOP?,NPR (Online News),"Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the newly chosen vice presidential running mate for Republican Mitt Romney, was in Ohio on Wednesday to speak at his alma mater.
Ryan graduated from Miami University of Ohio in 1992 with degrees in economics and political science. And his ascension to the GOP ticket thrills Rob Harrelson, a member of the school's College Republicans (as was Ryan, two decades earlier).
""He's young. He's energetic. He's popular. He's rising through the ranks of the Republican Party and in the House,"" says Harrelson. ""I think he's...",left
10599,Paul Ryan- Who is he?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Choice of Paul Ryan Shifts the Focus From Economy to Ideology,New York Times (News),"Four years ago, John Brooks cast his ballot for Barack Obama, becoming one of the voters won over by his promise for changing Washington. This time, he had been undecided, but he said Mitt Romney made his decision easier by placing Representative Paul D. Ryan on the Republican ticket.",left
10600,Nikki Haley's Comments On Confederate Flag Spotlight Media Bias,"['Nikki Haley', 'Confederate Flag', 'Glenn Beck', 'South Carolina', 'Dylan Roof', 'Media Bias']",Nikki Haley: Dylann Roof hijacked meaning of Confederate flag,Axios,"Former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley said that shooter Dylann Roof hijacked the meaning of the Confederate flag when, in 2017, he attacked a historically black church in Charleston, S.C., in an interview with The Blaze.
What she's saying: ""People saw [the Confederate flag] as service, and sacrifice and heritage,"" Haley said, adding, ""the national media came in droves — they wanted to define what happened. They wanted to make this about racism. They wanted to make it about gun control. They wanted to make it about the death penalty.""",center
10601,Nikki Haley's Comments On Confederate Flag Spotlight Media Bias,"['Nikki Haley', 'Confederate Flag', 'Glenn Beck', 'South Carolina', 'Dylan Roof', 'Media Bias']",Nikki Haley gets widely mocked for bizarre defense of the Confederate Flag,AlterNet,"Former South Carolina governor and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley stepped in it on Friday afternoon after making the bizarre claim that the Confederate flag was a symbol of “service, and sacrifice, and heritage” until convicted murderer Dylann Roof “hijacked” it.
During an interview with conservative talk show host Glenn Beck, Haley stated, ““Here is this guy who comes out with this manifesto, holding the Confederate flag. And [he] had just hijacked everything that people thought of. We don’t have hateful people in South Carolina — there’s always the small minority,...",left
10602,Nikki Haley's Comments On Confederate Flag Spotlight Media Bias,"['Nikki Haley', 'Confederate Flag', 'Glenn Beck', 'South Carolina', 'Dylan Roof', 'Media Bias']",Nikki Haley fires back at 'pure garbage' report misrepresenting what she said about the confederate flag,The Blaze,"Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is swatting down a report misrepresenting comments she made about the confederate flag.
She retweeted a criticism calling the misrepresentation ""pure garbage.""
The misrepresentation was set off by a tweet from an employee of ""Media Matters,"" a left-wing news propaganda association.",right
10603,Does Trump Deserve Credit for the Economy?,['Economy And Jobs'],"Economists Credit Trump For Booming Economy, Growth Will Continue In 2018 Thanks To Trump's Tax Bill",Townhall,"CNBC’s economic survey released prior to Christmas showed that for the first time in over a decade a majority was optimistic about the economy, and there was a shift as to who should receive credit for it: Donald J. Trump. The economic growth for the fourth quarter was near four percent. Over 100 companies gave bonuses of at least $1,000 or more to over a million workers, even some part-timers got a piece of that action. The GOP tax bill, which the Left said was going to be a prelude...",right
10604,Does Trump Deserve Credit for the Economy?,['Economy And Jobs'],"The Trump Effect: Business, Anticipating Less Regulation, Loosens Purse Strings",New York Times (News),"A wave of optimism has swept over American business leaders, and it is beginning to translate into the sort of investment in new plants, equipment and factory upgrades that bolsters economic growth, spurs job creation — and may finally raise wages significantly.",left
10605,Does Trump Deserve Credit for the Economy?,['Economy And Jobs'],"No, Donald Trump Has Not Made the Economy Great Again",Slate,"Donald Trump is convinced that he has done wonders for the economy. The president is especially proud of the surging stock market, which he crowed about Friday morning on Twitter.",left
10606,Obamacare Overhaul,['Healthcare'],The simple reason Republicans are stuck with Obamacare,Washington Post,"Republicans have settled on a bold, new strategy for not replacing Obamacare. They're making the moderates in their caucus kill their plan instead of the ultra-conservatives.",left
10607,Obamacare Overhaul,['Healthcare'],"They hate Obamacare, but Republicans can't bear to kill all of it",CNN (Online News),"As Republicans scramble to tamp down fears that their health care bill would gut protections for sick people, they're running into a chorus of opposition -- from fellow Republicans.",left
10608,Obamacare Overhaul,['Healthcare'],ObamaCare overhaul: Are Republicans getting anywhere?,Fox News (Online News),Are Republicans getting anywhere? Or are they pretending they’re moving?,right
10609,Political Attacks in SC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","In GOP Primary, South Carolina Lives Up to Mudslinging Reputation",Wall Street Journal (News),"The South Carolina Republican primary is closing with a flurry of accusations and gripes about underhanded campaign tactics in a state renowned for being a breeding ground for political dirty tricks.
Donald Trump is charging Ted Cruz with handing out “voter violation” forms to fool peop",center
10610,Political Attacks in SC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Cruz camp responds to Rubio Photoshop flap, brushes off criticism",Fox News (Online News),"Sen. Ted Cruz’s national spokesman Rick Tyler doubled-down on Friday following accusations that the campaign Photoshopped an image of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and President Obama.
“Every picture in a political campaign is Photoshopped,” Tyler told Fox News. “It is absolutely true.”
When",right
10611,Political Attacks in SC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz Have the Most to Lose in South Carolina,New York Times (News),"It is not yet clear which Republican presidential candidate will emerge from Saturday’s South Carolina primary with the biggest boost. But it is becoming increasingly apparent which two would suffer most from a disappointing performance.
South Carolina will render a brutal and perhaps final verdict on Jeb Bush’s campaign if he does not at least finish close to Senator Marco Rubio of Florida. Mr. Bush, the former Florida governor, has made an all-out push here, campaigning ag",left
10612,Coup in Thailand,"['Asia', 'World']","Thai Army Declares Coup, Citing Need to ‘Reform’ Nation",New York Times (News),"Two days after declaring martial law the Thai military on Thursday seized full control of the country, the second time in a decade that the army has overthrown an elected government.",left
10613,Coup in Thailand,"['Asia', 'World']",Thai military says it's taken over the country in a coup,CNN (Online News),The Thai military has announced it has taken control of the country in a coup.,left
10614,Coup in Thailand,"['Asia', 'World']","Thai Military Declares Coup, After Saying They Weren?t Staging One",The Blaze,Thailand's army chief seized power Thursday in a bloodless coup mounting the country's 12th military takeover since 1932 in what he called a necessary move to restore stability after nearly seven months of political deadlock and deadly violence.,right
10615,Perspectives: Biden's First Prime-time Address,"['Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Biden leaves Trump's dystopia in the dust,CNN (Opinion),"If you were expecting President Joe Biden to take a victory lap, to boast about his remarkable achievements in just 50 days in office, it's understandable. After four years of the former president, many of us became accustomed to self-serving rhetoric. But Biden's first prime-time address Thursday night was something altogether different from that.
""I need you,"" Biden said, leaning into his lectern, ""I need every American to do their part."" He said that if everyone agrees to get the Covid-19 vaccine, if everyone wears a mask like the...",left
10616,Perspectives: Biden's First Prime-time Address,"['Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","Takeaways from Biden's speech: Small gatherings by July 4, denouncing racist attacks and a contrast to Trump",USA TODAY,"All eyes were on President Joe Biden Thursday evening as he gave his first prime time address to the nation since taking office. Hours after signing a massive coronavirus relief bill into law, he commemorated the anniversary of the nation's shutdown over the pandemic.
The president urged Americans to be unified in battling the coronavirus and to continue to take precautions against its spread while the administration works to make vaccines more widely available. He struck a hopeful tone for the country's return to a semblance of normality while also...",left
10617,Perspectives: Biden's First Prime-time Address,"['Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Biden’s disappointing prime-time speech was a con job,New York Post (Opinion),"Low as our expectations were, President Biden still disappointed with his speech Thursday night.
We’re supposed to hope that if all goes well, we can gather with a few others outdoors to celebrate Independence Day? Sorry, sir, we can do that now. And Americans by the tens if not hundreds of millions are.
And in Texas, Florida and other states, they’ll be packing stadiums by Memorial Day — with precautions, sure. But half the country’s done with extreme cautions.
Whether Biden knew it or not (and how would he?), the...",right
10618,Trump Signs Executive Order on Social Media Companies,"['Executive Order', 'Social Media', 'Twitter', 'Online Censorship', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump launches his salvo against social media — will it land?,Politico,"President Donald Trump's attempt to punish companies like Twitter, Google and Facebook for alleged anti-conservative bias takes aim at the online industry's most-cherished legal protections — but the shot could ultimately be a glancing blow.
Trump announced the action Thursday, signing an executive order that he said would “defend free speech from one of the greatest dangers"" — tech platforms that have amassed ""unchecked power to censor, restrict, edit, shape, hide, alter virtually any form of communication between private citizens or large public audiences.""
“We can't allow that to happen,”...",left
10619,Trump Signs Executive Order on Social Media Companies,"['Executive Order', 'Social Media', 'Twitter', 'Online Censorship', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump considering legislation that may scrap law that protects social media companies,Reuters,"President Donald Trump said he will introduce legislation that may scrap or weaken a law that has long protected internet companies, including Twitter and Facebook, an extraordinary attempt to intervene in the media that experts said was unlikely to survive legal scrutiny.
Trump signed an executive order on Thursday afternoon after attacking Twitter for tagging his tweets about unsubstantiated claims of fraud in mail-in voting with a warning prompting readers to fact-check the posts.
Trump said we may “remove or change” a law kown as section 230 through legislation so...",center
10620,Trump Signs Executive Order on Social Media Companies,"['Executive Order', 'Social Media', 'Twitter', 'Online Censorship', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",President Trump Signs Executive Order Regulating Social Media Companies,Townhall,"President Trump intends to sign an executive order on Thursday regarding social media and big technology companies. The order comes on the heels of a fact-check on the president from Twitter, related to President Trump’s sentiment regarding voting by mail.
The president is using section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to back up his grievance with social media companies, a provision which intends to allow free speech to flourish by shielding providers from liability. Under current laws, social media companies such as Twitter and Facebook are not held liable...",right
10621,Ft. Lauderdale Airport Shooting,['Violence In America'],"5 dead, at least 8 injured in shooting at Fort Lauderdale airport",Washington Times,"An airline passenger arriving at the Fort Lauderdale airport retrieved a firearm from his checked luggage and opened fire at a baggage claim Friday afternoon, killing five people and injuring eight others.
The gunman was taken into custody and is being interrogated by law enforcement, but authorities said Friday it was too soon to say whether the shooting was terrorism-related.",right
10622,Ft. Lauderdale Airport Shooting,['Violence In America'],"Fort Lauderdale shooting suspect ‘lost his mind’ in Iraq, family says",Washington Post,"An Iraq War veteran who had complained that the government was forcing him to watch Islamic State videos pulled a gun from his checked bag and opened fire Friday afternoon at Fort Lauderdale’s international airport, killing five people and injuring eight, authorities said.",left
10623,Ft. Lauderdale Airport Shooting,['Violence In America'],'A hateful act': What we know about the Ft. Lauderdale airport shooting,USA TODAY,Authorities are gathering information about the deadly shooting rampage that killed at least five people and injured eight others Friday at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.,left
10624,Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Announces Retirement,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Announces Retirement,Wall Street Journal (News),"Anthony M. Kennedy, one of the Supreme Court’s most consequential modern-day justices and author of landmark rulings on gay rights, the death penalty and campaign finance, announced his retirement Wednesday, handing President Donald Trump a historic opportunity to reshape the court.",center
10625,Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Announces Retirement,['Supreme Court'],Justice Kennedy Retiring; Supreme Court to Become Trump Court,Daily Kos,"America is screwed, even more than it already was.",left
10626,Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Announces Retirement,['Supreme Court'],Possible Justice Kennedy retirement would give Trump opportunity to tilt Supreme Court to right,Fox News (Online News),"Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy might retire from the bench as early as this summer, a GOP senator said, and if true, President Trump would be able to nominate a justice who could tilt the nation’s highest court well to the right for the foreseeable future.",right
10627,US Catholic Bishops to Prepare Document That May Deny Biden Communion,"['Religion And Faith', 'Abortion', 'Culture', 'Joe Biden', 'Democratic Party']",US Catholic bishops OK steps toward possible rebuke of Biden,Associated Press,"U.S. Catholic bishops overwhelmingly approved the drafting of a “teaching document” that many of them hope will rebuke Catholic politicians, including President Joe Biden, for receiving Communion despite their support for abortion rights.
The decision, vehemently opposed by a minority of bishops, came despite appeals from the Vatican for a more cautious and collegial approach to the divisive issue. And it raises questions of how closely the bishops will be able to cooperate with the Biden administration on issues such as immigration and racial injustice.",left
10628,US Catholic Bishops to Prepare Document That May Deny Biden Communion,"['Religion And Faith', 'Abortion', 'Culture', 'Joe Biden', 'Democratic Party']","US Catholic bishops advance communion document, setting up potential rebuke of Biden",CNN (Online News),"The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on Friday proceeded with a plan that could deny communion to public figures who support abortion rights, setting up a potential public rebuke of President Joe Biden.
By a vote of 168 to 55, with six abstentions, the bishops went forward with plans for a report on the meaning of the Eucharist in the church. The vote is part of a longer process, and a rebuke of Biden and other Catholic politicians who support abortion rights is not assured. The report will be developed...",left
10629,US Catholic Bishops to Prepare Document That May Deny Biden Communion,"['Religion And Faith', 'Abortion', 'Culture', 'Joe Biden', 'Democratic Party']",Catholic bishops approve Communion document aimed at possible rebuke of Biden,Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) voted overwhelmingly to draft a formal document on the meaning of the Eucharist after a contentious debate on whether President Biden and other politicians who support abortion policies are worthy of receiving Communion at Mass. 
More than 73% of the U.S. bishops casting ballots at a virtual conference this week supported tasking the USCCB's doctrine committee to draft language on maintaining consistency with the Eucharist. A section of the document is expected to include a specific admonition to Catholic politicians and other public figures who disobey church...",right
10630,Bloomberg Heard Advocating 'Stop-and-frisk' Policies in 2015 Audio,"['Michael Bloomberg', 'Aspen Institute', 'Stop-And-Frisk', 'Crime', 'Police', 'Criminal Justice', 'New York City', 'Race And Racism']",Leaked Audio Captures Bloomberg Defending Racial Profiling and Stop-and-Frisk Policing,Slate,"Given his history, registered Republican-turned-Independent-turned-Democrat Michael Bloomberg was always going to have to work to convince Democrats he was one of them. On Monday night, recently surfaced 2015 audio from Bloomberg’s Aspen Institute remarks on controversial “stop-and-frisk” policing in 2015 show why.",left
10631,Bloomberg Heard Advocating 'Stop-and-frisk' Policies in 2015 Audio,"['Michael Bloomberg', 'Aspen Institute', 'Stop-And-Frisk', 'Crime', 'Police', 'Criminal Justice', 'New York City', 'Race And Racism']","In 2015 audio, Bloomberg advocates targeting minorities",Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Bloomberg is under fire for resurfaced comments in which he says the way to bring down murder rates is to “put a lot of cops” in minority neighborhoods because that’s where “all the crime is.”
The billionaire and former New York mayor made the comments at a 2015 appearance at the Aspen Institute, as part of an overall defense of his support for the controversial “stop and frisk” policing tactic that has been found to disproportionately affect minorities.
Bloomberg launched his Democratic presidential bid late last...",left
10632,Bloomberg Heard Advocating 'Stop-and-frisk' Policies in 2015 Audio,"['Michael Bloomberg', 'Aspen Institute', 'Stop-And-Frisk', 'Crime', 'Police', 'Criminal Justice', 'New York City', 'Race And Racism']",Bloomberg Defends Racial Profiling by Police in 2015 Recording: ‘They Are Male Minorities’,National Review,"Recently-resurfaced audio from a speech that Mike Bloomberg gave about his law enforcement strategy as New York City mayor reveals that his support for the controversial “stop-and-frisk” program, which he has since disavowed due to it’s impact on minority communities, continued until as recently as 2015.
In an audio recording of his 2015 speech at the Aspen Institute, which was obtained by Fox News, Bloomberg can be heard saying that while it may be “controversial,” the way to stop murders is to seize guns from young minority males.
“You can...",right
10633,Bill Clinton on Obamacare,['Healthcare'],Bill Clinton says Americans should be able to keep their health plans,Los Angeles Times,"In an interview released Tuesday, former President Bill Clinton said President Obama should make sure Americans can retain their current health insurance plans",left
10634,Bill Clinton on Obamacare,['Healthcare'],Obama's critic-in-chief strikes again,Politico,President Bill Clinton — the man President Barack Obama once dubbed his “Secretary of Explaining Stuff” — once again has some explaining of his own to do with the Obama White House.,left
10635,Bill Clinton on Obamacare,['Healthcare'],"White House pledges another ObamaCare fix, as Clinton critiques rollout",Fox News (Online News),"A blunt critique from Bill Clinton on President Obama's handling of the rocky ObamaCare rollout is prompting the White House to pledge another set of health law fixes -- though in doing so, it could inadvertently build the case for those calling for a delay in the law's implementation.",right
10636,"Despite Inflation, Retail Sales Jump More Than Expected","['Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Consumers', 'Inflation', 'Holidays', 'Supply Chains']","U.S. Retail Sales Jump by Most Since March, Topping Forecasts",Bloomberg,"U.S. retail sales rose in October for a third month, signaling households continue to spend even with the fastest inflation in decades. 
The value of overall retail purchases increased 1.7% last month, the most in seven months, following an upwardly revised 0.8% advance in September, Commerce Department figures showed Tuesday. Excluding gas and motor vehicles, sales gained 1.4% in October. The figures aren’t adjusted for price changes.
The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for a 1.4% advance in overall retail sales. The S&P 500 advanced while...",left
10637,"Despite Inflation, Retail Sales Jump More Than Expected","['Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Consumers', 'Inflation', 'Holidays', 'Supply Chains']",Retail sales rise faster than expected in October even as inflation pushes prices higher,CNBC,"U.S. shoppers accelerated their level of spending in October even as the prices of goods jumped at their fastest pace since the 1990s, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.
Retail sales, a measure of how much consumers spent on goods ranging across categories from autos to sporting goods and food and gas, increased 1.7% for October, compared with 0.8% the previous month.
Excluding autos, sales also increased 1.7%, according to the Census Bureau advance estimate.
The two numbers were above the Dow Jones estimates of 1.5% for the headline print and 1%...",center
10638,"Despite Inflation, Retail Sales Jump More Than Expected","['Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Consumers', 'Inflation', 'Holidays', 'Supply Chains']",Retail sales accelerate as supply chain crisis causes earlier start to holiday shopping season,Fox Business,"Consumer spending accelerated in October as shoppers kicked off the holiday shopping season earlier than usual due to the supply chain bottlenecks. 
Retail sales, a measure of spending at restaurants, stores and online, rose 1.7% last month, according to the Commerce Department. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv were expecting a 1.4% increase. The reading was 16.3% above year-ago levels. 
September’s reading was revised up by 0.1 percentage points to 0.8%.
""October retail sales growth was led by holiday-friendly categories such as nonstore retailers (e-commerce shops such as Amazon.com) and electronics stores,"" said Ted...",right
10639,Memorial for Mandela,['World'],Nelson Mandela Memorial Draws Mourners And Leaders From Around The World,HuffPost,World leaders and joyous singing South Africans gathered Tuesday to honor Nelson Mandela at a Soweto soccer stadium that was half full amid cold driving rain.,left
10640,Memorial for Mandela,['World'],"South Africa Honors Mandela, An 'Incomparable Force Of Leadership'",NPR (Online News),"Joyful, mournful and soulful, South Africans gathered to celebrate the country's emancipator.",left
10641,Memorial for Mandela,['World'],Obama praises Mandela as 'giant of history' at massive memorial,Fox News (Online News),"An eclectic mix of world leaders, including President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro, will eulogize Nelson Mandela before a crowd of nearly 100,000 mourners at a massive memorial service Tuesday.",right
10642,Christie Spends Taxpayer Money,['Politics'],Chris Christie Racked Up $300k of Food and Alcohol on Expense Account,Time Magazine,"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie spent $300,000 of a government state allowance over five years in office to buy food, alcoholic drinks and desserts, according to a new analysis of state records.
In addition to his $175,000 salary, Christie receives $95,000 a year for purposes vaguely defined in the state budg",left
10643,Christie Spends Taxpayer Money,['Politics'],"Chris Christie spent over $82,000 on concessions at MetLife Stadium with NJ expense account",USA TODAY,"An expense report obtained by Watchdog.org by a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request shows that in 2010 and 2011 New Jersey governor Chris Christie paid $82,594 to Delaware North Sportservice, a company that operates the concessions at MetLife Stadium, home to the Giants and Jets.
The charges were made on 58 occasions. You can see the expense report here. Delaware North Sport",left
10644,Christie Spends Taxpayer Money,['Politics'],Chris Christie spent a lot of money on concessions at NFL games,Fox News (Online News),"We're well aware that the prices for food and beverages at sporting events are offensively high, but this seems a bit much.
According to WatchDog.org, New Jersey governor Chris Christie spent nearly $83,000 on concessions at Jets and Giants games during the 2010 and 2011 season.
Let's say, hypothetically, that Christie attended every Jets and Giants home game for those two seasons. That's 32 games. Now let's divide that by $82,500. That comes out to $2,578 spent on concessions per game.
Christie had",right
10645,Former Ambassador to Testify Publicly in Impeachment Probe Friday,"['Marie Yovanovitch', 'Ukraine', 'Impeachment', 'Election Interference', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'George Soros', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",Who is Marie Yovanovitch?,Yahoo News,"Who is Marie Yovanovitch? originally appeared on abcnews.go.com
Her friends and colleagues all know her as ""Masha.""
But to most of the rest of the world, she's Marie Yovanovitch, the career diplomat caught up in the blizzard of headlines about Ukraine and President Donald Trump's possible impeachment.
Until a few months ago, she was the tough-minded U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, living in the embassy in Kyiv with her mother Nadia and her dog Scout, she said in a 2017 interview.
Then, her whole world changed.
Now, she's telling her story...",left
10646,Former Ambassador to Testify Publicly in Impeachment Probe Friday,"['Marie Yovanovitch', 'Ukraine', 'Impeachment', 'Election Interference', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'George Soros', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",Yovanovitch to face GOP grilling on second day of public impeachment hearings,Fox News (Online News),"Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine who was recalled this past May, became teary-eyed as she recounted her sudden firing during a closed-door deposition last month, sources told Fox News.
That may have been the easy part.
On Friday morning at 9 a.m. ET, the 60-year-old diplomat will take the stand again for Day Two of the public impeachment hearings against President Trump -- and Republicans are set to hammer her with an aggressive cross-examination related to her previous statements under oath, as well as her reported role...",right
10647,Former Ambassador to Testify Publicly in Impeachment Probe Friday,"['Marie Yovanovitch', 'Ukraine', 'Impeachment', 'Election Interference', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'George Soros', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",Marie Yovanovitch testifies in round two of the Trump impeachment hearings,CNBC,"Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine testifies Friday in the second round of public impeachment hearings before the House Intelligence Committee. She’s the only witness appearing on Friday.
She has said in a prior closed-door session that she was the victim of a smear campaign by President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and that the president personally pressured the State Department to remove her from her role, according to a transcript of that hearing.
She said the deputy secretary of State had told her in April after...",center
10648,Left and Right Praise Ukrainian President Zelenskyy,"['World', 'Media Industry', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Kyiv']","How Volodymyr Zelensky rallied Ukrainians, and the world, against Putin.",New York Times (News),"Before Russia invaded Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky was often derided as a comic turned unlikely politician. But with the help of social media, he has become the leader Ukraine did not know it needed.
Dressed in an army-green T-shirt or fleece, unshaven and wan, Mr. Zelensky has inspired Ukrainians to fight for their country — and Europeans to see Ukraine in a different light, as a victim of aggression fighting bravely for independence, freedom and democracy.",left
10649,Left and Right Praise Ukrainian President Zelenskyy,"['World', 'Media Industry', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Kyiv']",I did not vote for Ukraine’s president. His courage has changed my mind and inspired millions.,Guest Writer - Center,"“Captain Ukraine,” the first “true” president of Ukraine, a hero, a leader. I would have never thought I would see people use these terms to refer to Volodymyr Zelensky.
Back in 2019, I did not vote for him. Like some other Ukrainians, I did not believe Zelensky, a comedian, actor and entertainer with no experience in politics, was suited for the job. His campaign was idealistic but lacked substance. He was often vague and raised concerns about where he stood toward Russia. He had his own powerful backer, the billionaire who owned the TV...",center
10650,Left and Right Praise Ukrainian President Zelenskyy,"['World', 'Media Industry', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Kyiv']",Ukraine Leads the World,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine invasion isn’t going according to his script, and for that the world owes a great debt to the heroic people of that besieged country of 41 million. Their resistance against fearsome odds is an inspiration and has awakened the world to the menace of the Kremlin autocrat. Ukraine deserves more support to raise the costs of war for Mr. Putin with arms, the toughest sanctions, and global ostracism.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is proving to be the man for the moment as he rallies his country and...",right
10651,Massive Tornadoes Hit Several States,"['Arkansas', 'Disaster', 'Illinois', 'Kentucky', 'Midwest', 'Missouri', 'Tennessee', 'Tornadoes', 'Weather', 'General News']",More Than 50 Dead in Kentucky Alone as Devastating Tornadoes Strike Six States,Slate,"A devastating tornado outbreak tore through Kentucky and five other states on Friday night, killing dozens of people and leaving people trapped in factories and warehouses. More than 30 tornadoes were reported in Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, Kentucky, and Mississippi. The main tornado that struck Kentucky traveled more than 227 miles, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said. “We believe our death toll from this event will exceed 50 Kentuckians and probably end up 70 to 100,” he said at a news conference. “It’s very hard, really tough, and we’re praying for each...",left
10652,Massive Tornadoes Hit Several States,"['Arkansas', 'Disaster', 'Illinois', 'Kentucky', 'Midwest', 'Missouri', 'Tennessee', 'Tornadoes', 'Weather', 'General News']",Kentucky governor: At least 70 people feared dead in storms,Associated Press,"At least 70 people were feared dead in Kentucky after tornadoes and severe weather tore through multiple states and caused catastrophic damage.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said at a news conference Saturday that the death toll may exceed 100.
“This has been the most devastating tornado event in our state’s history,” Beshear said.
The storms hit a candle factory in Kentucky, an Amazon facility in Illinois and a nursing home in Arkansas. Beshear said about 110 people were in the Mayfield factory when the tornado hit.
Kentucky State Police Trooper...",left
10653,Massive Tornadoes Hit Several States,"['Arkansas', 'Disaster', 'Illinois', 'Kentucky', 'Midwest', 'Missouri', 'Tennessee', 'Tornadoes', 'Weather', 'General News']","Massive Tornadoes Rip Through Kentucky Overnight Killing At Least 50, State of Emergency Declared",The Daily Wire,"Late Friday night, several tornadoes ripped through the Midwest, hitting the state of Kentucky the hardest, causing severe structural damage and taking the lives of at least 50 people in the Bluegrass State. On Saturday morning, Democratic Governor Andy Beshear announced he had declared a state of emergency and said the total death is expected to be between “70-100 people.”
“We are nearing the end of the most severe tornado event in Kentucky’s history,” Beshear said Saturday morning at a 4:00 am press conference. “Multiple tornadoes have touched down and we have...",right
10654,John Edwards,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",John Edwards Trial: 7 ways he can rebuild,Politico,"John Edwards walked out of court Thursday a free man, at least for now, thanks to a mistrial in his case.
But in the court of public opinion, hes already serving time.
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76935.html#ixzz1wYRLYStS",left
10655,John Edwards,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","After mistrial in Edwards case, law enforcement official says retrial unikely",Fox News (Online News),"John Edwards walks -- at least for now.
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/31/jury-reaches-verdict-in-edwar...",right
10656,John Edwards,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Edwards gets acquittal on one count, mistrial on others",CNN (Online News),"Greensboro, North Carolina (CNN) -- Two-time Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards took responsibility for ""my sins,"" including an affair that resulted in a ""precious"" daughter, after his federal corruption case ended in an acquittal and mistrial Thursday.",left
10657,Senate Votes 52-48 to Block Biden's Vaccine Mandate for Private Businesses,"['US Senate', 'Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Private Businesses', 'Business', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Politics']",Senate Passes Measure Nullifying Biden’s Vaccine Mandate On Large Companies,The Daily Caller,"The Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution that would block President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for large private companies from taking place after two Democrats joined Republicans in backing the bill.
The joint resolution, brought by Indiana Republican Sen. Mike Braun, passed 52-48 with the support of Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Jon Tester of Montana. It passed under the Congressional Review Act, a law that empowers the minority party in the Senate to force a vote of disapproval on a federal rule.
“I’m not crazy about...",right
10658,Senate Votes 52-48 to Block Biden's Vaccine Mandate for Private Businesses,"['US Senate', 'Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Private Businesses', 'Business', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Politics']",Senate votes to nix Biden's vaccine mandate for businesses,The Hill,"The Senate on Wednesday voted to nix President Biden’s vaccine mandate for larger businesses, handing Republicans a symbolic win.
Senators voted 52-48 on the resolution, which needed a simple majority to be approved. Democratic Sens. Jon Tester (Mont.) and Joe Manchin (W.Va.) voted with Republicans, giving it enough support to be sent to the House. 
The resolution faces an uphill path in the House, where Republicans aren’t able to use a similar fast-track process to force a vote over the objections of Democratic leadership. Instead, Republicans are hoping to get the simple majority needed to force a...",center
10659,Senate Votes 52-48 to Block Biden's Vaccine Mandate for Private Businesses,"['US Senate', 'Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Private Businesses', 'Business', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Politics']",Senate votes to overturn Biden vaccine mandate for businesses,CNN (Online News),"The Senate voted Wednesday night to overturn President Joe Biden's Covid-19 vaccine or testing mandate for private businesses with 100 or more employees.
While it likely won't become law since its chances of getting a vote in the House are uncertain and Biden is certain to veto it, the effort demonstrates the bipartisan opposition in Congress to the federal government's vaccine mandate for large employers.
The effort was led by Indiana Republican Sen. Mike Braun, and it needed just a simple majority of 51 votes to be approved by the chamber.
The...",left
10660,SCOTUS Gaffe in NV,['LGBT Rights'],"Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Gay Marriage In Idaho, Nevada",NPR (Online News),"Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has temporarily blocked Tuesday's appeals court decision that struck down bans on same-sex marriage in Idaho and Nevada.
Officials in Idaho had filed a last-minute appeal to the Supreme Court following Tuesday's appeals court decision. In his order, Kennedy gave lawyers representing same-sex couples until 5 p.m. Thursday to respond to the appeal.
""The order means that gay and lesbian couples will not be able to obtain marriage licenses in that state in the meantime,"" Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSblog notes.",left
10661,SCOTUS Gaffe in NV,['LGBT Rights'],Court Says It Mistakenly Blocked Same-Sex Marriage In Nevada,HuffPost,"The Supreme Court spokeswoman says Justice Anthony Kennedy mistakenly blocked the start of same-sex marriage in Nevada in an order that spawned confusion among state officials and disappointment in couples hoping to be wed.
Spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said Thursday that Kennedy's order issued a day earlier was an error that the justice corrected with a second order several hours later.
By that time, however, Nevada officials had decided to hold off on issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples until they could be certain the legal situation was settled.",left
10662,SCOTUS Gaffe in NV,['LGBT Rights'],Day of legal confusion in Nev. leaves gay couples in limbo,Fox News (Online News),"County clerks in Nevada turned away gay couples eager to marry Wednesday amid a flurry of conflicting court decisions, including a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that blocked partners in Idaho moments before they would have picked up marriage licenses.
""I think I have whiplash,"" said Mary Baranovich who was a plaintiff in a Nevada court challenge to the state's gay marriage ban with Beverly Sevcik, her partner of 43 years.
A 9th Circuit ruling late Tuesday cleared the way for Idaho and Nevada to begin issuing same-sex marriage licenses. Couples...",right
10663,"President Trump Criticizes Social Media Companies for ""Censorship"" and ""Discrimination"" Against the Right",['Free Speech'],"Trump, via Twitter, says social media discriminates against GOP, conservative voices",USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump, addressing his 53.8 million Twitter followers, charged Saturday that social media discriminates against Republican and conservative voices and that his administration would not let that happen.",left
10664,"President Trump Criticizes Social Media Companies for ""Censorship"" and ""Discrimination"" Against the Right",['Free Speech'],Donald Trump’s Social Media Solution? A Free-For-All For Both The ‘Good And Bad’,HuffPost,"“Let everybody participate, good and bad, and we will all just have to figure it out,” the president tweeted Saturday morning.",left
10665,"President Trump Criticizes Social Media Companies for ""Censorship"" and ""Discrimination"" Against the Right",['Free Speech'],"Trump Slams Social Media Censorship As Big Tech Silences PragerU, Other Conservatives",Townhall,"President Donald J. Trump slammed social media and big tech. today for their censorship of conservative voices, arguing that mainstream media sites like CNN and MSNBC are allowed to post fake news without punishment and that ""censorship is a very dangerous thing & absolutely impossible to police.""",right
10666,Police Officers Not Charged for Daniel Prude Death,"['Criminal Justice', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Race And Racism', 'Daniel Prude', 'Police', 'Police Violence', 'BLM', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Justice']","Grand jury declines to charge officers in Daniel Prude's death, New York attorney general announces",CBS News (Online),"New York's attorney general has announced no officers will be charged following an investigation into the death of Daniel Prude, a 41-year-old Black man who died after being restrained by Rochester police last year.
New York Attorney General Letitia James said Tuesday that her office presented the ""strongest case possible"" to a grand jury, but the grand jury decided not to indict any officers in the case. James' office is required to investigate police-involved deaths of unarmed civilians under state law.
""While I know that the Prude family, the Rochester...",left
10667,Police Officers Not Charged for Daniel Prude Death,"['Criminal Justice', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Race And Racism', 'Daniel Prude', 'Police', 'Police Violence', 'BLM', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Justice']",Daniel Prude: No charges for US officers over 'spit-hood' death,BBC News,"New York police officers filmed restraining an unarmed black man until he stopped breathing will not be charged over his death, officials say.
Daniel Prude, who had mental health issues, died in Rochester city after officers put him in ""spit hood"" designed to protect police.
The death in March last year led to days of protests against police.
On Tuesday, New York's attorney general said a grand jury had declined to indict any officers in the case.
""I know that the Prude family, the Rochester community and communities across the...",center
10668,Police Officers Not Charged for Daniel Prude Death,"['Criminal Justice', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Race And Racism', 'Daniel Prude', 'Police', 'Police Violence', 'BLM', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Justice']",No charges for officers involved in Daniel Prude's death after grand jury declines to indict,Washington Examiner,"A New York grand jury on Tuesday declined to indict the officers involved in the death of Daniel Prude, a black man who died from asphyxiation while in police custody in March 2020.
""A grand jury has voted not to indict any police officer on charges related to the death of Daniel Prude,"" New York Attorney General Letitia James wrote in a Twitter thread Tuesday afternoon. ""My office concluded there was sufficient evidence surrounding Mr. Prude’s death to present the case to a grand jury, and we presented the most...",right
10669,White House to Allow States to Test Medicaid Work Requirements,['Healthcare'],Trump administration opens door to allowing Medicaid work requirements,Fox News (Online News),"The Trump administration announced Thursday that it will open the door for states to impose work requirements for Medicaid recipients, in a major shift that could affect millions of low-income people receiving benefits.",right
10670,White House to Allow States to Test Medicaid Work Requirements,['Healthcare'],Trump administration will allow states to test Medicaid work requirements,Reuters,The Trump administration said on Thursday it would allow states to test requiring some Medicaid recipients to work or participate in community activities such as volunteering or jobs training as a condition of eligibility for the government health insurance program for the poor.,center
10671,White House to Allow States to Test Medicaid Work Requirements,['Healthcare'],Trump administration opens door to let states impose Medicaid work requirements,Washington Post,The Trump administration issued guidance to states early Thursday that will allow them to compel people to work or prepare for jobs in order to receive Medicaid for the first time in the half-century history of this pillar of the nation’s social safety net.,left
10672,Cruz Sweeps Colorado,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Strong organization leaves Cruz poised for victory in Colorado,CNN (Online News),"Ted Cruz is dominating the intricate delegate selection process of the Colorado Republican Party, edging closer to a victory at the state's GOP convention Saturday where the last batch of the state's 37 delegates will be awarded.
In this pivotal swing state, a strong campaign organization has often made the difference between defeat and victory in the race to the White House. And in this first round for the GOP, Team Cruz is once again proving its m",left
10673,Cruz Sweeps Colorado,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Cruz Adds 21 Delegates With Sweep of Colorado’s Seven Congressional Districts,The Blaze,"Sen. Ted Cruz continued his Colorado winning streak Friday, locking up the support of 21 total delegates to the Republican National Convention, representing a majority of the delegates Colorado will send to Cleveland in July.",right
10674,Cruz Sweeps Colorado,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ted Cruz Wins Majority of Delegates in Colorado,New York Times (News),"Senator Ted Cruz captured a majority of Colorado’s delegates to the Republican National Convention on Friday, outmaneuvering Donald J. Trump, whose lack of an organized national campaign once again allowed Mr. Cruz to gain at his expense.
As the fight for the Republican campaign moves into a period in which a handful of delegates could decide the nomination, Mr. Trump’s losses here were a troubling sign.
Colorado awards its delegates di",left
10675,Sanders and Race,['Race And Racism'],Bernie Sanders faces frustrated crowd at race forum in Minneapolis,CNN (Online News),"Bernie Sanders faced a frustrated and at times tough crowd at a race and economics forum here Friday night.
Sanders spoke to the predominately African-American crowd, addressing issues such as the incarceration rates of whites versus African-Americans due to marijuana use. He also talked about nationwide police reforms.
After delivering a stump speech for about 15 minutes, Sanders answered questions on racial inequality, economic disparities and small business growth, and environme",left
10676,Sanders and Race,['Race And Racism'],Does Bernie Sanders really want to win? Three Democratic debate takeaways,Fox News (Online News),"To understand what ails Hillary Clinton, let’s rewind past Iowa and New Hampshire – two years back, in fact, to a speech in New Orleans before the National Auto Dealers Association and these words:
“The last time I actually drove a car myself was 1996. I remember it very well. Unfortunately, so does the Secret Service, which is why I haven't driven since then.”
That one passage underscores three of Clinton’s present-day woes: she’s lived in a cocoon for well over two decades; she’s not all that entertaining; there may...",right
10677,Sanders and Race,['Race And Racism'],Why Is It So Hard To Believe Race Relations Would Improve Under Bernie Sanders?,HuffPost,"Race was a key topic of conversation at Thursday's Democratic presidential debate, as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) each sought to establish themselves as the greatest adversary of racism and champion of communities of color.
Both candidates appeared to hit their stride on criminal justice reform and systemic racism. But when they were asked specifically if they'd be able to improve race relations, things got awkward.",left
10678,What’s Happening at the Iowa Fair?,['Politics'],Bernie Sanders Beating Hillary in Iowa State Fair Straw Poll,Newsmax (News),"Sen. Bernie Sanders beat Hillary Clinton in a real-time Iowa State Fair straw poll Saturday, polling ahead of her by double digits, 52-41, according to the website of the Iowa secretary of state.
Though very unscientific, it did sustain the pace that Sanders is hitting in New Hampshire and other states, where he is gaining ground if not outright surpassing Clinton.
Specifically, more than 52 percent of Democrats who have cast a vote in the straw poll say they support Sanders. Just over 41 percent said they support Clinton. On...",right
10679,What’s Happening at the Iowa Fair?,['Politics'],"Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and chaos visit the Iowa State Fair",Washington Post,"The road to the White House leads from the life-size cow carved from 600 pounds of butter here at the Iowa State Fair to the stand selling $ 7 grilled pork chops on a stick.
There's Where H",left
10680,What’s Happening at the Iowa Fair?,['Politics'],Donald Trump breaks the rules at the Iowa State Fair,CNN (Online News),"There are a few golden rules when it comes to campaigning in Iowa: never arrive by helicopter, leave your entourage at home and don't skip the Des Moines Register soapbox, even if you have to brave hecklers.
But the normal rules of politics don't apply to Donald Trump, who broke all of them during his visit to the Iowa State Fair on Saturday.
Trump made a grand entrance by touching down in a $7 million helicopter. He was thronged by supporters as he walked the fair",left
10681,Pfizer-BioNTech Begins Omicron-focused Study to Compare COVID-19 Vaccine Doses,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Omicron Variant', 'Pfizer']",Pfizer opens study of COVID shots updated to match omicron,Associated Press,"Pfizer has begun a study comparing its original COVID-19 vaccine with doses specially tweaked to match the hugely contagious omicron variant.
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech announced the study on Tuesday.
COVID-19 vaccine-makers have been updating their shots to better match omicron in case global health authorities decide the change is needed.
Omicron is more likely than previous variants to cause infection even in people who’ve been vaccinated, but it’s not yet clear that a change to the vaccine recipe will be ordered. Among the issues regulators are weighing: Some of...",left
10682,Pfizer-BioNTech Begins Omicron-focused Study to Compare COVID-19 Vaccine Doses,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Omicron Variant', 'Pfizer']",Pfizer and BioNTech announce plans to test omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine in adult trials,USA TODAY,"Vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech announced plans early Tuesday to test an omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine in people. 
The companies will run three simultaneous trials in adults ages 18-55 to determine if an omicron-specific vaccine is more effective than current shots.
The existing vaccine was developed to target the original or ""ancestral"" strain of COVID-19. While three shots appear to provide some protection against omicron, the vaccine, called Comirnaty, is not as effective as it was against earlier strains.
“This study is part of our science-based approach to develop a variant-based vaccine...",left
10683,Pfizer-BioNTech Begins Omicron-focused Study to Compare COVID-19 Vaccine Doses,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Omicron Variant', 'Pfizer']","Pfizer, BioNTech begin omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine study",Fox Business,"COVID-19 vaccine-makers Pfizer and BioNTech announced Tuesday that they would test an omicron-specific vaccine candidate in healthy adults ages 18 to 55. 
The companies said there would be three trials examining different regimens of the current Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for an omicron-based vaccine.
The study will also draw upon some participants from the companies’ Phase 3 COVID-19 booster study, evaluating up to 1,420 people. 
The first cohort received two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine 90-180 days before enrollment and will receive one or two doses of the omicron-based vaccine. 
In the second, participants received three doses...",right
10684,Southern California Declares Emergency as Western US Faces Ongoing Drought,"['Water And Oceans', 'Drought', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Disaster', 'California', 'Domestic Policy', 'Sustainability', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'People And Profit', 'Natural Resources']",About 6M Californians ordered to cut water use amid drought,Associated Press,"Southern California’s gigantic water supplier has taken the unprecedented step of requiring about 6 million people to cut their outdoor watering to one day a week as an extended drought plagues the state following another dry winter.
The board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California on Tuesday declared a water shortage emergency and is requiring certain cities and water agencies it supplies to implement the cutback on June 1 and enforce it or face hefty fines.",left
10685,Southern California Declares Emergency as Western US Faces Ongoing Drought,"['Water And Oceans', 'Drought', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Disaster', 'California', 'Domestic Policy', 'Sustainability', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'People And Profit', 'Natural Resources']",California declares historic water emergency measures amid drought,Washington Post,"The historically severe drought in Southern California has compelled one of its water suppliers to implement “emergency” conservation measures for the first time that will affect about 6 million people.
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) declared the water shortage emergency Tuesday and ordered limits to “reduce nonessential water use” to parts of Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino counties. The move includes the unprecedented measure of restricting outdoor watering to one day a week for about a third of their region.",left
10686,Southern California Declares Emergency as Western US Faces Ongoing Drought,"['Water And Oceans', 'Drought', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Disaster', 'California', 'Domestic Policy', 'Sustainability', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'People And Profit', 'Natural Resources']",Western US scrambles to secure water supplies as it faces historic drought,Washington Examiner,"Leaders in the Western United States are scrambling to secure precious water supplies for their states and cities as they battle the worst drought conditions in 1,200 years with little, if any, relief on the horizon.
Irrigation districts in many parts of the Southwest are already warning farmers to expect less water from rivers such as the Rio Grande this year, even as demand has surged following months of below-average precipitation. And in the Pacific Northwest, experts are forecasting one of the driest summers on record, noting that more than 70% of the region is already considered to...",right
10687,Trade Deficit Hits Record High: Good News or Bad News?,"['Trade', 'Donald Trump', 'Tariffs', 'Trade Deficit']",Trade Deficit Freak Out,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"Where’s the Valium? Mass quantities may be needed to calm the apparent media panic over Wednesday’s Commerce Department report that the U.S. trade deficit hit a record last year. Everyone can calm down, and President Trump can take a bow that his tax reform and deregulation are working as intended.",right
10688,Trade Deficit Hits Record High: Good News or Bad News?,"['Trade', 'Donald Trump', 'Tariffs', 'Trade Deficit']",U.S. Posts Record Annual Trade Deficit,Wall Street Journal (News),"The U.S. trade deficit in goods hit a record in 2018, defying President Trump’s efforts to narrow the gap, as imports jumped and some exports, including soybeans and other farm products, got hammered by retaliation against U.S. trade policies.",center
10689,Trade Deficit Hits Record High: Good News or Bad News?,"['Trade', 'Donald Trump', 'Tariffs', 'Trade Deficit']",Trump’s trade illiteracy comes back to haunt him,Jennifer Rubin,President Trump doesn’t understand that the trade deficit is not an accounts payable that the United States must settle by writing a big check. He insists money is being “taken out” of the,left
10690,Aftermath of New York Truck Attack,['Terrorism'],Donald Trump Vows to ‘Get Much Tougher’ on Immigration Visas After Terrorist Attack in New York,Breitbart News,President Donald Trump signaled on Twitter that he was prepared to crack down on immigration visa programs in the wake of the terrorist attack in New York City.,right
10691,Aftermath of New York Truck Attack,['Terrorism'],"Trump blames Schumer, Democrats for immigration policies he says led to terror attack",CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump, less than 24 hours after a 29-year-old Uzbek national allegedly drove a truck down a bike path and killed at least eight people, blamed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democrats for immigration policies he claims allowed the suspect to enter the United States.",left
10692,Aftermath of New York Truck Attack,['Terrorism'],Manhattan Terror Attack Kills 8 and Injures 11,New York Times (News),"A driver plowed a pickup truck down a crowded bike path along the Hudson River in Manhattan on Tuesday, killing eight people and injuring 11 before being shot by a police officer in what officials are calling the deadliest terrorist attack on New York City since Sept. 11, 2001.",left
10693,"Ahead of Trump's July 4 Visit, Mount Rushmore Spurs Controversy","['History', 'American Heritage', 'Mount Rushmore', 'Holidays', 'Native Americans', 'Cancel Culture', 'Race And Racism', 'Culture']",Second tribal leader calls for removal of Mount Rushmore before Trump visit,The Hill,"A second South Dakota tribal leader called for the removal of the four sculptures on Mount Rushmore, which is carved into land sacred to the Lakota Sioux.
""Nothing stands as a greater reminder to the Great Sioux Nation of a country that cannot keep a promise or treaty than the faces carved into our sacred land on what the United States calls Mount Rushmore,” Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Chairman Harold Frazier said in a statement, according to USA Today.
Frazier also criticized President Trump’s and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s...",center
10694,"Ahead of Trump's July 4 Visit, Mount Rushmore Spurs Controversy","['History', 'American Heritage', 'Mount Rushmore', 'Holidays', 'Native Americans', 'Cancel Culture', 'Race And Racism', 'Culture']","As the Fourth of July approaches, The New York Times compares America to Nazi Germany and tries to cancel Mount Rushmore",The Post Millennial,"In one day, The New York Times called for the cancellation of Mount Rushmore and compared the United States to Nazi Germany. You read that right—as most Americans prepare for the Fourth of July weekend, the gray lady seems hellbent on dismantling the country by churning out sophomoric hot takes that would make even Brian Stelter blush.
The article detailing the sullied history of the Mount Rushmore monument suffers from precisely the same kind of omissions that spurred the paper to embark upon their 1619 Project. That project was meant...",right
10695,"Ahead of Trump's July 4 Visit, Mount Rushmore Spurs Controversy","['History', 'American Heritage', 'Mount Rushmore', 'Holidays', 'Native Americans', 'Cancel Culture', 'Race And Racism', 'Culture']",How Mount Rushmore Became Mount Rushmore,New York Times (News),"This year, for the first time in more than a decade, there will be a major fireworks display to commemorate Independence Day at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
The sculpture features the faces of four American presidents — Washington, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Lincoln — carved into a granite slope over the Black Hills of South Dakota. In the eight decades since the carving was completed, it has never been without controversy.
So when President Trump announced in May that he would attend the festivities there, it invited even more...",left
10696,Joe Walsh Ends Primary Bid Against Trump,"['Joe Walsh', 'Republican Primary', '2020 Election', 'Iowa Caucus', 'Presidential Race', 'CNN', 'Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']",Joe Walsh ends Republican primary challenge against Trump,CNN (Online News),"Former US Rep. Joe Walsh is ending his uphill challenge against Donald Trump for the 2020 Republican presidential nomination, after suffering a crushing loss in the Iowa GOP caucuses in which he received only 1% of the vote.
""I am ending my candidacy for president of the United States,"" Walsh told CNN's John Berman on ""New Day."" ""I got into this because I thought it was really important that there was a Republican -- a Republican -- out there every day calling out this president for how unfit he is.""
...",left
10697,Joe Walsh Ends Primary Bid Against Trump,"['Joe Walsh', 'Republican Primary', '2020 Election', 'Iowa Caucus', 'Presidential Race', 'CNN', 'Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']",Joe Walsh ends GOP primary challenge to Trump,The Hill,"Former U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) has ended his primary campaign against President Trump for the Republican Party's 2020 presidential nomination, after receiving just one percent of the vote in the Iowa caucuses.
Walsh announced the end of his longshot campaign on CNN's ""New Day.""
""I am ending my candidacy for president of the United States,"" he told CNN's John Berman. ""I got into this because I thought it was really important that there was a Republican — a Republican — out there every day calling out this president for...",center
10698,Joe Walsh Ends Primary Bid Against Trump,"['Joe Walsh', 'Republican Primary', '2020 Election', 'Iowa Caucus', 'Presidential Race', 'CNN', 'Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']","‘I would rather have a socialist in the White House than Donald Trump,’ says Republican Joe Walsh",MarketWatch,"One of President Trump’s few Republican challengers in the 2020 presidential race has dropped out — but not without a few parting shots.
Former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) ended his presidential bid on CNN Friday morning, and said he would be throwing all of his support toward the eventual Democratic candidate, as “any Democrat would be better than Trump in the White House.”",center
10699,Obama Plan for 2nd Term,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama says he’ll renew pursuit of ‘grand bargain,’ offering specifics on agenda",Washington Post,"President Obama, criticized as failing to offer a vision for a potential second term, has begun sketching out his agenda with greater specificity in recent days, including a pledge to solve the nations in­trac­table budget problems within “the first six months.",left
10700,Obama Plan for 2nd Term,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama 'confident' about immigration reform in a second term,CNN (Online News),New details of President Barack Obama's plans for a second term were given in an off-the-record interview with the Des Moines Register Tuesday but made public only after the paper protested that leaving it private would be a disservice to Iowa voters.,left
10701,Obama Plan for 2nd Term,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney camp says Obama taking Hispanic vote for 'granted' after comment to Iowa newspaper,Fox News (Online News),"The Romney campaign accused President Obama of taking the Hispanic community ""for granted"" after a previously off-record interview was published, showing the president predicting that if he wins it will be because Republicans ""alienated"" Latinos.",right
10702,Parkland Students to Launch Gun Control Bus Tour,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Parkland Students to Announce Nation-Wide Gun-Control Tour,National Review,"The student gun control activists of Parkland will announce an extensive bus tour Monday featuring 70 stops in 20 states, where the students will advocate stricter gun control legislation and register voters to that end.",right
10703,Parkland Students to Launch Gun Control Bus Tour,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Parkland Students Are Taking Their Activism on the Road This Summer With a 20-State Bus Tour,Time Magazine,"It’s not going to be a quiet summer off for the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. With the school year ending, many of the Parkland school shooting survivors are taking their political activism on the road.",left
10704,Parkland Students to Launch Gun Control Bus Tour,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Parkland students' bus tour targets places where NRA 'bought and paid for politicians',USA TODAY,A group of students-turned-activists from Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School will be hitting the road next week on a nationwide bus tour aimed at educating voters — and encouraging them to actually vote to end gun violence.,left
10705,US Ramps Up Vaccine Availability,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare']",US shifts to speed COVID shots as cases and deaths rise,Associated Press Fact Check,"Barely a month into a mass vaccination campaign to stop the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration unexpectedly shifted gears Tuesday to speed the delivery of shots. The move came after widespread concern over a slow start even as coronavirus cases and deaths reach alarming new highs.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced a series of major changes to increase supply of vaccines and expand the age groups eligible as well as locations where people can get shots.
One change will have some teeth to it. Azar said going...",left
10706,US Ramps Up Vaccine Availability,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare']",U.S. widens vaccination eligibility as COVID-19 deaths mount,Reuters,"U.S. federal officials on Tuesday agreed to send states additional coronavirus vaccine doses requested by several governors, as the country tries to ramp up the pace of inoculations with the daily COVID-19 death toll hovering at 3,200.
Officials also recommended that states broaden vaccination eligibility to people as young as 65 or who have other chronic health conditions that make them vulnerable to severe COVID-19, drawing a mixed reaction from states that have tailored their inoculation priorities differently.
Releasing additional vaccine was called for last week by President-elect Joe Biden’s...",center
10707,US Ramps Up Vaccine Availability,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare']",Trump Will Adopt Biden Plan for Speeding Up COVID-19 Vaccinations,Reason,"Last week, President-elect Joe Biden announced that his incoming administration would not keep COVID-19 vaccines idling in freezers as boosters for folks who have already been inoculated with the first of two doses. Instead, his team would release all doses now and count on future production to provide the second doses in the coming weeks. This way, far more people could get some initial protection from the virus—a particularly timely consideration, as diagnosed COVID-19 cases have been soaring throughout the U.S. Additionally, it is urgent to get more Americans vaccinated...",right
10708,Nepal Aftershock,['World'],Powerful 6.7 magnitude aftershock rattles Nepal as aid arrives in region,Fox News (Online News),"A powerful magnitude 6.7 aftershock shook the Kathmandu region of Nepal sending people yelling and running Sunday, a day after a massive earthquake crippled the region killing more than 2,200.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the aftershock registered at a shallow depth of six miles.
""The aftershocks keep coming ... so people don't know what to expect,"" said Sanjay Karki, Nepal country head for global aid agency Mercy Corps. ""All the open spaces in Kathmandu are packed with people who are camping outdoors. When the aftershocks come you cannot imagine...",right
10709,Nepal Aftershock,['World'],Major aftershock hits Nepal as search for quake survivors intensifies,USA TODAY,"The Kathmandu area of Nepal was struck by a magnitude-6.7 aftershock Sunday, just a day after a massive earthquake in the region killed over 2,000 people and devastated a large swath of the capital city's buildings and infrastructure.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the aftershock was likely within a radius of 31 miles of Kathmandu. The aftershock sent people in the city running for o",left
10710,Nepal Aftershock,['World'],"Nearly 2,000 dead after devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal",Vox,"The true devastation from the quake, which struck around noon, won't be known for some time, as rescue workers continue to wade through the rubble, particularly in the heavily populated Kathmandu Valley — where, according to the AP, building quality is often low. Home Ministry official Laxmi Dhakal has said the death toll will rise.
For perspective on the magnitude of this quake — at 7.8, the AP reports, it was considerably more powerful than the one that devastated Haiti in 2010, and the same magnitude as the 1906 earthquake...",left
10711,Chris Christie Surgery,['Elections'],NJ Governor Had Secret Weight Loss Surgery,ABC News (Online),"Gov. Chris Christie secretly underwent weight-loss surgery in February at the urging of his family, spokesman Michael Drewniak told The Associated Press on Tuesday.",left
10712,Chris Christie Surgery,['Elections'],New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Undergoes Secret Weight-Loss Surgery: Will He Run For Presidency In 2016?,International Business Times,"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie underwent lap-band surgery in Feb., which begs the question: Will he run for president in 2016?",center
10713,Chris Christie Surgery,['Elections'],New Jersey Gov. Christie reportedly underwent stomach surgery to lose weight,Fox News (Online News),"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie secretly underwent stomach surgery earlier this year to lose weight for the sake of his family, the New York Post reported Monday night.",right
10714,Earth Day 2015,['Environment'],"Obama celebrates Earth Day by burning 9,180 gallons of fuel on Air Force One",Washington Times,President Obama is celebrating Earth Day by flying in his jumbo jet down to Florida so he can tour the Everglades.,right
10715,Earth Day 2015,['Environment'],"Blob of warm Pacific water threatens ecosystem, may intensify drought",CNN (Online News),Marine life seen swimming in unusual places. Water temperatures warmer than they should be. No snow where there should be feet of it.,left
10716,Earth Day 2015,['Environment'],Why Earth Day’s creator might not celebrate Earth Day,Washington Post,"Soledad O’Brien, former CNN news anchor extraordinaire, was met with a puzzling situation last Saturday. She was co-hosting a massive Earth Day extravaganza on the National Mall. She was standing in front of a crowd she estimated at 250,000 people. She had a microphone. But she was talking and nobody was listening.",left
10717,"Historic Flooding Hits New York, New Jersey","['Disaster', 'Hurricane Ida', 'Flooding', 'General News']",At Least 9 Dead as Ida Swamps New York City Area,New York Times (News),"The New York area awoke to a flood-ravaged and largely paralyzed landscape on Thursday, after record-shattering rains brought by the remnants of Hurricane Ida left a trail of death and damage across several states, shut down transit and exposed anew the region’s vulnerability to a changed climate.
At least nine people died as waters rose in basements. A tornado in southern New Jersey leveled a stretch of houses. Some drivers have reportedly been stranded since Wednesday night, more than 200,000 homes in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania remain without power, and...",left
10718,"Historic Flooding Hits New York, New Jersey","['Disaster', 'Hurricane Ida', 'Flooding', 'General News']","At least 9 reported dead in 'historic' flooding in New York, New Jersey",Reuters,"Flooding killed at least nine people, swept away cars, submerged subway lines and grounded flights in New York and New Jersey as the remnants of Hurricane Ida brought torrential rains to the area.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio described the flooding and weather on Wednesday night as a ""historic weather event,"" and the National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency in New York City for the first time.
Recovery efforts were underway early on Thursday to bring back transportation systems serving millions of residents in the densely...",center
10719,"Historic Flooding Hits New York, New Jersey","['Disaster', 'Hurricane Ida', 'Flooding', 'General News']",At least 8 deaths as Hurricane Ida’s remnants hit Northeast,Washington Times,"The New York City region awoke Thursday to debris-strewn downtowns, soggy basements and crippled transit after a “historic” overnight downpour from the remnants of Hurricane Ida killed at least eight people.
The storm dropped more than 5 inches of rain in Central Park in a three-hour period Wednesday. Newark, New Jersey, saw 8 inches, making it the wettest day on record.
Eight people ranging in age from 2 to 86 died in New York City, and a man in his 70s died in Passaic, New Jersey, after he was trapped...",right
10720,Trump Rejects U.S Climate Change Report,['Environment'],Trump Administration’s Strategy on Climate: Try to Bury Its Own Scientific Report,New York Times (News),"The Trump White House, which has defined itself by a willingness to dismiss scientific findings and propose its own facts, on Friday issued a scientific report that directly contradicts its own",left
10721,Trump Rejects U.S Climate Change Report,['Environment'],Trump doesn't believe U.S. government predictions of huge economic losses from climate change,Washington Times,President Trump on Monday said he doesn’t believe his administration’s new report that predicted climate change would shave 10 percent off the U.S. economy by the end of the century.,right
10722,Trump Rejects U.S Climate Change Report,['Environment'],Trump rejects findings of U.S. government climate change report,Reuters,"President Donald Trump on Monday rejected projections that climate change will cause severe economic harm to the U.S. economy, findings outlined by a report his own U.S. government published",center
10723,Romney Taxes,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney Says He Paid A Tax Rate Of At Least 13 Percent,NPR (Online News),"Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Thursday revealed a bit more about his tax history, telling reporters: ""I never paid less than 13 percent"" in the past 10 years.
The Obama campaign's response: ""Prove it.""",left
10724,Romney Taxes,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney campaign doesn't bite on Obama tax return offer,Fox News (Online News),"The Obama campaign made an unusual offer to Mitt Romney Friday, pledging to refrain from criticizing his transparency on taxes if he agrees to release five more years of returns. The Romney campaign's response? Thanks, but no thanks.",right
10725,Romney Taxes,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama Campaign Wants Romney To Release 5 Years Of Tax Returns,HuffPost,"With the spotlight back on Mitt Romney's tax returns, Obama campaign manager Jim Messina reached out to the Romney campaign on Friday pledging a deal: If Romney releases five more years of tax returns, the Obama campaign will no longer criticize the presumptive GOP presidential nominee for his refusal to disclose more information.",left
10726,Could The US Adopt A Four-Day Workweek?,"['4-Day Workweek', 'Business', 'California', 'Capitalism', 'Corporate America', 'Culture', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Progressives']",The realities of the four-day workweek,BBC News,"When Koray Camgöz was granted a four-day workweek, the benefits seemed numerous. The new schedule forced the London-based PR officer to organise his time better. He was still able to meet deadlines and stay on top of to-do lists, while enjoying an extra day off each week. Most importantly, for the recent father, he was able to spend more time with his child. 
His day off rotated between Tuesdays and Wednesdays. In an always-on environment, he still had to be on call for emergencies on his day off, and also...",center
10727,Could The US Adopt A Four-Day Workweek?,"['4-Day Workweek', 'Business', 'California', 'Capitalism', 'Corporate America', 'Culture', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Progressives']",We can make a four-day workweek happen if we want,SFGate,"Back when I entered the workforce in 1998, my ad agency introduced the concept of “Summer Fridays” to me for the first time. You might assume, given the work that they produce for the viewing public, that folks in the advertising industry don’t work terribly hard. This is incorrect. Every god-awful TV ad you’ve ever seen can take an obscene number of all-nighters and conference calls with clients in Topeka. Yes, the end result is Lizzo and a talking dog selling you a crypto exchange app named PHNTM, but many people...",left
10728,Could The US Adopt A Four-Day Workweek?,"['4-Day Workweek', 'Business', 'California', 'Capitalism', 'Corporate America', 'Culture', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Progressives']",California’s French Four-Day Workweek,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"The popular book “The 4-Hour Workweek” provides tips on how to make more money by working less. Now California Democrats are taking a page from the book by proposing to mandate a four-day week, which would require businesses to pay employees the same wages for less work. As labor economics goes, this is up there with paying people not to work and expecting more people to work.
A bill moving through the Legislature would shorten California’s normal workweek to 32 hours from 40 for companies with more than 500 employees....",right
10729,Trump Faces Criticism Over Press Conference With Putin,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",GOP lambasts Trump over performance in Helsinki,The Hill,"President Trump’s refusal to denounce Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election sparked a backlash Monday from Republican lawmakers, including prominent voices on national security and foreign policy.",center
10730,Trump Faces Criticism Over Press Conference With Putin,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump caved spectacularly to Putin. Here's what might happen next,CNN (Online News),The President's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday is already one of the most notorious moments in the tortured relations between Washington and Moscow.,left
10731,Trump Faces Criticism Over Press Conference With Putin,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump faces bipartisan criticism over press conference with Putin,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump faced harsh bipartisan criticism back home for his Helsinki press conference with Vladimir Putin on Monday, as lawmakers claimed the US president missed a chance to ""stand up"" to the Russian president on election meddling.",right
10732,Democrats Introduce Significant Police Reform Legislation,"['Police Reform', 'Democratic Party', 'Violence In America', 'Police Brutality', 'Race And Racism', 'Culture', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']","House Democrats kneel for George Floyd, unveil police reform bill",New York Post (News),"WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats introduced a large police reform bill on Monday after kneeling for eight minutes and 46 seconds in memory of George Floyd, whose death sparked nationwide protests.
The “Justice in Policing Act of 2020” aims to increase transparency and limit abuses after unrest over Floyd’s May 25 death when Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck until he died.
“The martyrdom of George Floyd gave the American experience a moment of national anguish as we grieve for the black Americans killed by police brutality,” House...",right
10733,Democrats Introduce Significant Police Reform Legislation,"['Police Reform', 'Democratic Party', 'Violence In America', 'Police Brutality', 'Race And Racism', 'Culture', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Democrats Unveil Police Reform Legislation Amid Protests Nationwide,NPR (Online News),"In the wake of national protests following the death of George Floyd, House and Senate Democrats unveiled legislation on Monday that would bring about wide-ranging reforms to police departments across the country.
The Democratic proposal, the Justice in Policing Act of 2020, has more than 200 sponsors and marks one of the most comprehensive efforts in modern times to overhaul the way police do their jobs.
It would prohibit the use of chokeholds, lower legal standards to pursue criminal and civil penalties for police misconduct, and ban no-knock warrants in...",left
10734,Democrats Introduce Significant Police Reform Legislation,"['Police Reform', 'Democratic Party', 'Violence In America', 'Police Brutality', 'Race And Racism', 'Culture', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Democrats offer sweeping police reform bill,CNN (Online News),"Democrats put forward sweeping legislation Monday aimed at cracking down on police brutality and recording patterns of misuse of force across the country, the first concrete step toward action from Washington as a national movement emerges.
The legislation -- which was led by the Congressional Black Caucus, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee and Democratic Sens. Kamala Harris of California and Cory Booker of New Jersey -- comes as the country is reeling from the recent deaths of several black Americans at the hands of the police, including George Floyd,...",left
10735,KY Senate Debate,['Elections'],Mitch McConnell Wants Kentucky To Believe Its Obamacare Exchange Is Just A Website,HuffPost,"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has struggled throughout his re-election campaign to explain what repealing Obamacare would mean for the 500,000 people who have been insured by Kentucky's health care exchange, Kynect.",left
10736,KY Senate Debate,['Elections'],"In Kentucky Senate debate, both McConnell, Grimes duck a big question",Christian Science Monitor,"In a debate Monday in the Kentucky Senate race, Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes again refused to answer whether she voted for President Obama, while incumbent Sen. Mitch McConnell brushed past a question about climate change",center
10737,KY Senate Debate,['Elections'],"McConnell, Grimes focus on jobs, coal, Obama in heated Kentucky Senate debate",Fox News (Online News),"The first-and-only Kentucky Senate debate this season sparked fireworks Monday, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell charging that Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes intends to further President Obama's agenda and Grimes accusing the five-term incumbent of being a selfish Washington insider.",right
10738,Trump Rips Michael Cohen For Flipping,['Politics'],"Trump rips Cohen for 'flipping,' praises Manafort in exclusive FNC interview",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump blasted his former attorney, Michael Cohen, for “flipping” on him and praised another ex-lieutenant with legal trouble, Paul Manafort, in an exclusive “Fox & Friends” interview with Ainsely Earhardt airing Thursday morning.",right
10739,Trump Rips Michael Cohen For Flipping,['Politics'],Trump: ‘Flipping’ to take a plea deal ‘almost ought to be illegal’,The Hill,"President Trump on Thursday suggested that the practice of cooperating with prosecutors as part of a plea agreement ""ought to be illegal"" after his former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, said in a guilty plea that he violated campaign finance laws at Trump's direction.",center
10740,Trump Rips Michael Cohen For Flipping,['Politics'],Trump says longstanding legal practice of flipping 'almost ought to be illegal',CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump continued working to fortify himself against accusations of legal misdeeds on Thursday, defending himself on Twitter in the dark morning hours and telling an interviewer he'd done nothing wrong.",left
10741,Democrats Set to Advance Pandemic Relief Bill as Congress Approves Budget,"['Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'US Congress', 'Economy And Jobs']","Senate passes $1.9 trillion COVID relief resolution after all-night ""vote-a-rama""",CBS News (Online),"The Senate passed a budget resolution very early Friday morning, a key step for the Democratic-controlled Congress to pass President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief proposal without any Republican votes. The 51-50 vote, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie, came after an all-night marathon ""vote-a-arama.""
The ""vote-a-rama"" included 41 votes with dozens of amendments considered. Harris cast her first tie-breaking votes as vice president, allowing the resolution to finally pass shortly before 6 a.m. with support from all 50 Democratic senators.
The Senate voted to reject a major...",left
10742,Democrats Set to Advance Pandemic Relief Bill as Congress Approves Budget,"['Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'US Congress', 'Economy And Jobs']","Congress Approves Budget, Paving the Way For Biden's COVID-19 Relief Package",NPR (Online News),"The House quickly approved a budget resolution intended to speed the drafting of President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.
The Senate approved the same budget resolution early Friday morning. With the Senate evenly divided, Vice President Harris cast the tiebreaking vote.
Democrats are planning to use a feature of the budget process called reconciliation to pass the legislation with a simple majority in the Senate, meaning it could be approved entirely along party lines. The process is expected to last weeks and key components face calls for changes, including...",left
10743,Democrats Set to Advance Pandemic Relief Bill as Congress Approves Budget,"['Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'US Congress', 'Economy And Jobs']","House Passes Budget Resolution, Clearing Path for Dems to Push COVID Relief Through",National Review,"The House on Friday passed a budget resolution, mounting a key procedural hurdle and clearing a path for Congress to pass President Biden’s sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.
The Senate passed the budget resolution earlier on Friday in a 51-50 vote along party lines, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote.
Democrats plan to use a process called budget reconciliation to pass the hefty relief bill, which allows the legislation to be approved and sent to Biden’s desk with a simple majority of votes, rather than the...",right
10744,Heading Towards Contested Convention?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump's Super Night: Now the GOP is betting on convention chaos,Fox News (Online News),"There is no longer any doubt that Donald Trump will be close to clinching the nomination by the time he arrives in Cleveland and that only an orchestrated party effort will be able to stop him.
That’s why the debate has been gradually shifting to whether Trump can be deprived of the nomination without blowing the party to smithereens.
Trump emerged from Super Duper Tuesday in a commanding position after taking Florida, knocking Marco Rubio out of the race. Rubio was a press favorite who never quite ma",right
10745,Heading Towards Contested Convention?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why Both The Democratic And Republican Races Are Probably Going To June,NPR (Online News),"This has been an unpredictable primary season, but one thing is becoming increasingly clear: This race, on both sides, is going to go on for a while.
For Republicans, because of how the vote has been split up, no one will have the required delegates to be the nominee until — at the earliest — their very last nominating",left
10746,Heading Towards Contested Convention?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Kasich’s Ohio Win Pushes G.O.P. Race Closer to Chaotic Convention,Vanity Fair,"Donald Trump expanded his commanding delegate lead Tuesday night by winning primary contests in Illinois, North Carolina and the winner-take-all state of Florida, prompting Senator Marco Rubio to suspend his campaign and bringing the Republican front-runner one step closer to securing the party’s nomination for president. While Trump lost the winner-take-all state of Ohio to the state’s governor, John Kasich, slowing his potential path to the W",left
10747,Making the Case for Donald Trump or Joe Biden,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Media Industry', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'White House']",Collection of Op-Eds For/Against Donald Trump and Joe Biden,AllSides,"Got a strong opinion on how to vote in this year’s presidential election? You’re not alone.
Here’s a range of op-eds written by people from throughout the political spectrum, making various cases for why you should (or shouldn’t) vote for either President Donald Trump or Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
(These are all opinion articles and don’t necessarily align with the overall philosophy or AllSides Media Bias Rating of the outlet that published them.)",center
10748,Making the Case for Donald Trump or Joe Biden,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Media Industry', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'White House']",I want your vote to become your next president — here’s what I will do for you and our nation,Joe Biden,"On Day One, I’ll mount an aggressive approach to control this virus and get us back to our lives.
Across our nation today, there are nearly 230,000 empty chairs at dining room tables, where just weeks or months ago loved ones sat and talked and laughed. There are 30 million Americans feeling the sting of a lost job or lost wages — 10 million who’ve had the peace of mind of health coverage taken away.
Parents are struggling to teach their kids at home — often while balancing their own...",left
10749,Making the Case for Donald Trump or Joe Biden,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Media Industry', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'White House']","Reelect me and I will continue to deliver safety, prosperity and opportunity for all Americans",Donald Trump,"A vote for me is a vote for jobs, safety, rule of law, lower taxes, protection of your Second Amendment, and freedom.
Four years ago, Americans elected me president to go to Washington, drain the swamp and produce real results for them. Now they have a choice: continue the record of prosperity that my administration delivered or return to the old Washington status quo, where Beltway insiders enriched themselves at the expense of hardworking Americans across the country.
My administration has delivered safety, prosperity and opportunity for all Americans...",right
10750,US New Home Sales Fall in July to Six-Year Low,"['Commerce Department', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Home Prices', 'Housing And Homelessness', 'Inflation', 'Mortgage Rates']",U.S. new home sales tumble to 6-1/2-year low; prices still high,Reuters,"Sales of new U.S. single-family homes plunged to a 6-1/2-year low in July as persistently high mortgage rates and house prices further eroded affordability.
The report from the Commerce Department on Tuesday added to a stream of weak housing data, and suggested that the Federal Reserve's aggressive monetary policy tightening campaign to slow the economy in order to tame inflation was achieving some desired results in the housing market. But with house prices remaining elevated amid a critical shortage of previously owned properties, a total housing market collapse is unlikely.",center
10751,US New Home Sales Fall in July to Six-Year Low,"['Commerce Department', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Home Prices', 'Housing And Homelessness', 'Inflation', 'Mortgage Rates']",US new home sales plunge for sixth straight month to lowest level since 2016,Fox Business,"Sales of new U.S. homes plunged more than expected in July to the lowest level in six years as rising mortgage rates and the relentless increase in home values slowed activity by edging prospective homebuyers out of the market. 
New single-family home purchases tumbled 12.6% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 511,000 units, the Commerce Department reported on Tuesday. It marked the sixth consecutive month of declines. Economists surveyed by Refinitiv expected new home sales – which account for a small percentage of total sales – to fall 2.5% last month....",right
10752,US New Home Sales Fall in July to Six-Year Low,"['Commerce Department', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Home Prices', 'Housing And Homelessness', 'Inflation', 'Mortgage Rates']",New home sales fall 12.6% in July as rising prices take a toll,CNN Business,"New home sales plunged in July as high prices and mortgage rates pushed buyers to think twice about closing the deal.
Sales of newly constructed homes fell by 12.6% in July from June and were down 29.6% from a year ago, according to a joint report from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and the US Census Bureau. It was the second consecutive month of declines.
Only 511,000 new homes were sold last month, at a seasonally adjusted annualized rate, down from a revised 585,000 in June. That’s...",left
10753,Taliban Frees US Contractor in Exchange for Drug Trafficker,"['Defense And Security', 'Terrorism', 'World', 'Middle East', 'Taliban', 'Afghanistan']",Taliban free Navy veteran and engineer Mark Frerichs in prisoner swap,Washington Examiner,"The Taliban released Navy veteran Mark Frerichs in a prisoner exchange for an Afghan tribal leader with ties to the Taliban on Monday, ending Frerichs's captivity after two years.
The exchange occurred at Kabul airport, where Frerichs was swapped for Bashir Noorzai, the Afghan leader who had been imprisoned in the United States for allegedly smuggling more than $50 million worth of heroin into the U.S. and Europe.
“The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is ready to solve problems by negotiation with all including the United States,” acting Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said at...",right
10754,Taliban Frees US Contractor in Exchange for Drug Trafficker,"['Defense And Security', 'Terrorism', 'World', 'Middle East', 'Taliban', 'Afghanistan']",Taliban release U.S. engineer Frerichs as Biden approves swap for drug smuggler,Reuters,"Afghanistan's Taliban on Monday freed American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for Taliban-linked Afghan tribal leader Bashir Noorzai, after President Joe Biden granted clemency to the convicted drug smuggler who had been detained by the United States since 2005, officials said.
Frerichs, an engineer abducted in 2020 while working in Afghanistan, was exchanged at Kabul airport for Noorzai, acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi told a news conference.
Biden said Frerichs' release was the culmination of work by U.S. officials and other governments. His administration has been under pressure from...",center
10755,Taliban Frees US Contractor in Exchange for Drug Trafficker,"['Defense And Security', 'Terrorism', 'World', 'Middle East', 'Taliban', 'Afghanistan']",US contractor freed by Taliban in swap for drug trafficker,Associated Press,"An American contractor held hostage in Afghanistan for more than two years has been released in exchange for a convicted Taliban drug lord jailed in the United States, the White House said Monday, announcing a rare success in U.S.-Taliban talks since the militant group took power a little more than a year ago
Mark Frerichs, a Navy veteran who had spent more than a decade in Afghanistan as a civilian contractor, was abducted in January 2020 and is believed to have been held since then by the Taliban-linked Haqqani network. He was traded for...",left
10756,Supreme Court Sides With Google in Copyright Dispute Case,"['Supreme Court', 'Copyright', 'Google', 'Oracle']",High court sides with Google in copyright fight with Oracle,Associated Press,"The Supreme Court sided Monday with Google in an $8 billion copyright dispute with Oracle over the internet company’s creation of the Android operating system used on most smartphones worldwide.
To create Android, which was released in 2007, Google wrote millions of lines of new computer code. But it also used 11,330 lines of code and an organization that’s part of Oracle’s Java platform.
Google had argued that what it did is long-settled, common practice in the industry, a practice that has been good for technical progress. And it said...",left
10757,Supreme Court Sides With Google in Copyright Dispute Case,"['Supreme Court', 'Copyright', 'Google', 'Oracle']",Supreme Court sides with Google in copyright battle against Oracle,Washington Times,"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled 6-2 for Google in its copyright fight with Oracle.
At issue were more than 11,000 lines of computer code, which Oracle claimed Google stole. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer wrote the majority opinion that said Google’s copying was a “fair use” of Oracle’s computer code, which he said the justices assumed was capable of being copyrighted.
Justice Breyer wrote: “Several features of Google’s copying suggest that the better way to look at the numbers is to take into account the several...",right
10758,Supreme Court Sides With Google in Copyright Dispute Case,"['Supreme Court', 'Copyright', 'Google', 'Oracle']",Supreme Court sides with Google in $8 billion copyright dispute with Oracle,CBS News (Online),"The Supreme Court sided Monday with Google in an $8 billion copyright dispute with Oracle over the internet company's creation of the Android operating system used on most smartphones worldwide.
To create Android, which was released in 2007, Google wrote millions of lines of new computer code. But it also used 11,330 lines of code and an organization that's part of Oracle's Java platform.
Google had argued that what it did is long-settled, common practice in the industry, a practice that has been good for technical progress. And it said...",left
10759,Trump Speaks in Poland,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump in Poland: ‘Our values will prevail’,The Hill,President Trump on Thursday underlined his commitment to Western values and his willingness to stand up to Russia during a speech in Warsaw that seemed designed to reassure European allies.,center
10760,Trump Speaks in Poland,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump, in Poland, vows 'the West will never, ever be broken'",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump delivered a staunch defense of Western values during a rousing speech Thursday to thousands of Poles in Warsaw’s Krasinski Square, rallying allies against what he described as “dire threats” to civilization and vowing, “the West will never, ever be broken.”",right
10761,Trump Speaks in Poland,"['White House', 'Politics']","Donald Trump, in Poland, Urges West to ‘Defend Our Civilization’",New York Times (News),"President Trump signaled a tougher line against Russia on Thursday, a day before his first face-to-face meeting with its president, Vladimir V. Putin — but he still refused to concede that Moscow was solely responsible for interference in the 2016 election.",left
10762,Justice Department Sues Texas Over Voting Law,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Justice Department', 'Texas', 'State Governments', 'Ken Paxton', 'Civil Rights Act', 'Voting Rights Act']",U.S. Justice Dept sues Texas over law curbing voting,Reuters,"The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Texas on Thursday over a state law that places strict curbs on voting by mail, in the latest effort by the Biden administration to combat new voting restrictions being enacted in Republican-controlled states across the nation.",center
10763,Justice Department Sues Texas Over Voting Law,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Justice Department', 'Texas', 'State Governments', 'Ken Paxton', 'Civil Rights Act', 'Voting Rights Act']",Justice Department sues Texas over election integrity legislation,Fox News (Online News),"The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it filed a lawsuit against Texas, targeting a state law that proponents say aims to make elections more secure.
Senate Bill 1 was signed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in early September, establishing new rules for mail-in voting while increasing the number of partisan poll watchers and giving the state more control over local voting operations.
""Our democracy depends on the right of eligible voters to cast a ballot and to have that ballot counted,"" Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said in a statement. ""The Justice Department will continue to use...",right
10764,Justice Department Sues Texas Over Voting Law,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Justice Department', 'Texas', 'State Governments', 'Ken Paxton', 'Civil Rights Act', 'Voting Rights Act']",Justice Department sues Texas over restrictive voting law,NBC News (Online),"The Justice Department is suing Texas over key components of the state's Republican-led voting law that federal officials say are in violation of U.S. protections for civil rights and voting access.
The lawsuit, filed on Thursday, alleges that Senate Bill 1, known as SB 1, violates part of the Voting Rights Act and Civil Rights Act by imposing restrictions at polling locations and through absentee ballots.
""In this action, the United States challenges provisions of SB 1 that deny eligible voters meaningful assistant in the voting booth and require rejection of mail ballot materials...",left
10765,Prelude to the Fox News Debate,[],OPINION: Republican debate: What establishment candidates must accomplish Thursday night,Guest Writer - Right,"As the leading Republican candidates prepare to square off in their first debate, one thing has become clear: Americans are dissatisfied. The ascent of real estate mogul Donald Trump and Socialist Bernie Sanders testifies to serious doubts about establishment politicians.",right
10766,Prelude to the Fox News Debate,[],"Bill Sammon Is The ""Secret Weapon"" Shaping The Fox News Debate",Media Matters,"Bill Sammon, Fox News' vice president of News and Washington managing editor, is reportedly the ""secret weapon"" helping to develop the questions moderators will ask at the network's August 6 debate. Internal emails and critics within Fox have exposed Sammon's history of deception and his efforts to use his position at Fox to slant the network's news coverage to the right.",left
10767,Prelude to the Fox News Debate,[],6 things to watch at GOP debate,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump loves the spotlight and the camera. But when he takes center stage Thursday night, it won't be as the star of a reality TV show -- it will be as the Republican Party's front-runner presidential candidate. Trump and nine of his GOP rivals will battle it out in the 2016 cycle's inaugural GOP primary debate, hosted by Fox News in Cleveland. The stakes are high, as each participant clamors to stand out from a nearly unprecedented pack of 17 declared GOP candidates.",left
10768,Perspectives: The 2020 Democratic National Convention Begins,"['Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Kamala Harris', 'John Kasich', 'Barack Obama', 'Donald Trump', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Democrats', 'Wisconsin', 'AOC', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Biden and Harris run away from the press and into the Democratic National Convention,Washington Examiner,"The Democratic National Convention is set to begin on Monday, not that you would know it if you watched any of the Sunday shows. Despite the culmination of the highly publicized veepstakes succeeding in roiling media praise and a massive fundraising haul, Joe Biden and his newly announced running mate Kamala Harris have taken an unusually guarded approach to campaign coverage, even in the midst of a global pandemic forcing much of normal campaigning to go virtual.
Biden's campaign strategy since locking down the nomination through waiting for the general...",right
10769,Perspectives: The 2020 Democratic National Convention Begins,"['Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Kamala Harris', 'John Kasich', 'Barack Obama', 'Donald Trump', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Democrats', 'Wisconsin', 'AOC', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",A Democratic convention to change the world,The Hill,"As Democrats convene for one of the most important political conventions in history, they are as strong as the Rock of Gibraltar, as noble as the ideals of Mount Rushmore, and as united as previous generations of Democrats who nominated the great Democratic presidents of American history.
While the conventions this year are unlike any others, in large measure because of a Republican president whose negligence has allowed a deadly virus to spread across our country and bring economic pain to Americans across our land, in the most critical way...",center
10770,Perspectives: The 2020 Democratic National Convention Begins,"['Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Kamala Harris', 'John Kasich', 'Barack Obama', 'Donald Trump', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Democrats', 'Wisconsin', 'AOC', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Unconventional convention a crucial moment for Biden,CNN (Opinion),"It may be unfashionable to say, but national party conventions are important -- even when the parties can't convene.
They are among the few nights on the election calendar when a candidate and campaign have the chance to deliver an unfiltered message directly to an audience of tens of millions of Americans.
Joe Biden enters his convention with an average polling lead of 9 points, the strongest position of any challenger to an incumbent president in recent history.",left
10771,Nancy Pelosi Gives 8 Hour Speech on House Floor,"['US House', 'Politics']",Nancy Pelosi Sets Record For Longest Continuous Speech In House History,HuffPost,She persisted.,left
10772,Nancy Pelosi Gives 8 Hour Speech on House Floor,"['US House', 'Politics']",Nancy Pelosi tells US House immigrant stories for eight hours,BBC News,"US politician Nancy Pelosi is thought to have set a new record for the longest speech ever made in the House of Representatives, after telling the stories of immigrants for eight hours.",center
10773,Nancy Pelosi Gives 8 Hour Speech on House Floor,"['US House', 'Politics']",Pelosi celebrates her grandson's racial self-hatred in marathon House speech,American Thinker,"It was inevitable that when speaking for 8 straight hours on the House floor, Nancy Pelosi would spout some crazy nonsense. But I was not prepared for what only can be called a depraved celebration of racial self-hatred. The muddled state of her thinking was on display when she spoke praise of her grandson wishing he were not white. Tucker Carlson (video below) captured the pathetic nature of her celebration of racial self-hatred when she said:",right
10774,Comey Testifies,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Comey: ‘Whole Lot Of Wrong Information’ In Media,The Daily Caller,"FBI Director James Comey cautioned against believing reporting on classified information, which he said oftentimes gets the facts wrong.
During his testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on Monday, Comey went out of his way to caution against lending too much credibility on reporting of classified information.",right
10775,Comey Testifies,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",FBI Director Comey: Justice Dept. has no information that supports Trump’s tweets alleging he was wiretapped by Obama,Washington Post,FBI Director James B. Comey on Monday said there is “no information” that supports President Trump’s claims that his predecessor ordered surveillance of Trump Tower during the election campaign.,left
10776,Comey Testifies,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']","James Comey, Mike Rogers Testify on Wiretapping, Russia",Wall Street Journal (News),The FBI and NSA directors take questions about Russia's interference in 2016 election and Trump's wiretapping claims.,center
10777,Senate Passes Bill to Expand Healthcare Access for Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits,"['Bridging Divides', 'Healthcare', 'Jon Stewart', 'Public Health', 'US Senate', 'Veterans']",Senate passes veterans toxic exposure healthcare bill after contentious delay,Washington Examiner,"The Senate passed veteran healthcare legislation Tuesday after a contentious delay brought about by a group of Republican senators blocking the bill over a budget measure.
The measure passed by a vote of 86-11, a bipartisan supermajority easily exceeding the 60-vote threshold to clear a filibuster. President Joe Biden hailed the passage of the ""biggest expansion of benefits for service-connected health issues in 30 years and the largest single bill ever to comprehensively address exposure to burn pits"" in a statement issued by the White House afterward.
""I look forward to signing this bill, so that veterans and their families...",right
10778,Senate Passes Bill to Expand Healthcare Access for Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits,"['Bridging Divides', 'Healthcare', 'Jon Stewart', 'Public Health', 'US Senate', 'Veterans']",Senate passes veterans health bill after Republicans cave to pressure,NBC News (Online),"The Senate on Tuesday passed legislation expanding lifesaving health care benefits for Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.
The 86-11 vote came after Republicans agreed to lift their blockade of the popular bill, caving to pressure from more than 60 veterans groups — and comedian Jon Stewart — who had railed against Republicans for days outside the Capitol.
Many of the veterans who had camped on the Senate steps, braving heat, humidity and thunderstorms, watched the vote from the gallery in the Senate chamber. The bill has already...",left
10779,Senate Passes Bill to Expand Healthcare Access for Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits,"['Bridging Divides', 'Healthcare', 'Jon Stewart', 'Public Health', 'US Senate', 'Veterans']",Senate Passes Bill To Extend Benefits To Veterans Exposed To Burn Pits; Jon Stewart Led Outcry After Republicans Blocked Previous Vote,Deadline,"The Senate passed legislation to extend health and disability benefits to millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits in Iraq, Afghanistan and other areas of military engagement.
The 86-11 vote came after Republicans blocked the legislation last week, with a number of the lawmakers having previously supported it when it came before the Senate in June.
Jon Stewart, a longtime advocate for the veterans, blasted the opposition, speaking at rallies on Capitol Hill multiple times over the past week and making a series of media appearances on network Sunday shows, Fox News and...",center
10780,Fact-Checking Biden's CNN Town Hall,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus']",FactChecking Biden’s Town Hall,FactCheck.org,"President Joe Biden got some facts wrong and spun others in a Feb. 16 town hall that aired on CNN.
He said it was “not true” that he had revised his 100-day school reopening goal, saying it “was reported” that he meant a majority of schools only need to be open one day a week. That’s exactly what his press secretary had said.
Biden left the false impression that the preceding administration had contracted for fewer COVID-19 vaccines than it actually had.
The president wrongly claimed that Federally Qualified Health...",center
10781,Fact-Checking Biden's CNN Town Hall,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus']","Vaccines, Schools And Racist Insurance: ‘Fact-Checking’ Biden’s Town Hall Claims",The Daily Wire,"On Tuesday evening, President Joe Biden traveled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to participate in a CNN Presidential Town Hall — his first as President of the United States. Speaking with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, Biden fielded questions from audience members, some of whom voted for him and some of whom did not.
In a similar fashion to Biden’s television appearances while on the campaign trail, and the first days of his administration, the town hall event was dripping with falsehoods and misleading arguments.
Here is a breakdown of some such statements...",right
10782,Fact-Checking Biden's CNN Town Hall,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus']",Biden makes at least four false statistical claims at CNN town hall,CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden took questions from Wisconsin residents and from Anderson Cooper at a CNN town hall event in Milwaukee on Tuesday night.
We're still looking into some of the claims Biden made, so this article is not comprehensive. But we can tell you now that he made at least four false claims -- all of them involving statistics -- about the minimum wage, undocumented immigrants, China's economy and Covid-19 vaccinations.
Biden also made claims that could have benefited from some additional context, that he acknowledged he might not have...",left
10783,California Gov. Newsom Defeats Recall Effort,"['Elections', 'Politics', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Newsom Recall', 'California', 'Larry Elder']",The No's have it - Gov. Gavin Newsom survives in California recall election,Fox News (Online News),"California Gov. Gavin Newsom will keep his job steering the nation's most populous state.
A majority of Californians have voted no - meaning against removing Newsom from office - in Tuesday's recall election of the embattled first-term Democratic governor.
Newsom, who was overwhelmingly elected governor in 2018 in the heavily blue state, was facing a recall drive sparked last year mainly over accusations that he mishandled his state’s response to the coronavirus, the worst pandemic to strike the globe in a century.
The governor, who cruised to major victory, said soon after the Associated Press projected...",right
10784,California Gov. Newsom Defeats Recall Effort,"['Elections', 'Politics', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Newsom Recall', 'California', 'Larry Elder']",5 takeaways after Gov. Gavin Newsom prevails in California recall,CNN (Online News),"California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered a decisive answer to the question of whether voters would penalize those who enacted strict policies aimed at slowing the coronavirus pandemic, triumphing over an effort to recall him Tuesday.
Newsom faced the first recall election in California in 18 years. At one point, weeks before the election, he appeared to be in serious enough jeopardy that Democrats decided to dispatch President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to campaign for him.
Republicans sought a replay of 2003, when actor Arnold Schwarzenegger attracted support across ideological lines and voters decided to boot then-Gov....",left
10785,California Gov. Newsom Defeats Recall Effort,"['Elections', 'Politics', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Newsom Recall', 'California', 'Larry Elder']",California Gov. Newsom survives recall election,Axios,"California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) defeated a Republican-backed effort to remove him, AP projected on Tuesday night.
Why it matters, via Axios' Margaret Talev: Tuesday's results highlight the limits of Republicans trying to use Trump tactics in a deeply Democratic state.
The campaign of Larry Elder — a conservative radio show host and Black Republican who has embraced Trump and anti-COVID vaccine rhetoric — in particular may have done more to help Newsom than hurt him by motivating Democrats to cast their ballots.
What he's saying: Newsom thanked Californians at a news conference for ""overwhelmingly"" voting ""no"" in the...",center
10786,Trump Heads to the US-Mexico Border,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Holding the Line on Border Security: President Trump Heads to Texas as Pelosi and Schumer Lie About Their Meeting,Townhall,President Trump is headed to Texas Thursday for a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border as he holds the line against Democrats on security. He will visit a U.S. Border Patrol station in McAllen and then head to the Rio Grande. He will participate in briefings at both locations.,right
10787,Trump Heads to the US-Mexico Border,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump heads to the border to push for his wall as shutdown stretches on,The Guardian,Tour – which Trump is reportedly unenthusiastic about – comes as the rift between president and congressional Democrats hardens.,left
10788,Trump Heads to the US-Mexico Border,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump heads to U.S. border with Mexico to press case for wall,Reuters,President Donald Trump heads to Texas on Thursday to press his case that the country is facing a crisis that can only be solved by spending billions of dollars to construct a wall along the border with Mexico.,center
10789,How the 4/20 Holiday is Celebrated During Coronavirus Pandemic,"['Business', 'Holidays', 'Culture', 'Economy', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Essential Businesses', 'Drugs', 'Healthcare', 'Marijuana Legalization']","4/20 in the age of coronavirus, explained",Vox,"In normal times, April 20 would be 4/20, the unofficial holiday for celebrating marijuana. People would be preparing to rally near state capitols, in concerts, and at huge fairs to fill the air with thick, pungent smoke.
But April 20 this year, on Monday, doesn’t come during normal times. With a coronavirus pandemic still going, much of the United States and the rest of the world are staying at home as much as possible to avoid the spread of Covid-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. That means the...",left
10790,How the 4/20 Holiday is Celebrated During Coronavirus Pandemic,"['Business', 'Holidays', 'Culture', 'Economy', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Essential Businesses', 'Drugs', 'Healthcare', 'Marijuana Legalization']",Marijuana's big moment: Pot stores are essential businesses. Will legal weed go mainstream?,USA TODAY,"DENVER – The marijuana industry embraces change.
Edible products and pre-rolled joints are out. Vape concentrates and loose ""flower,"" which can be packed into bongs or pipes or rolled into joints and provide more bang for the buck, are in.
Stores are effectively closed. Instead, customers order online and pick up curbside, a major shift from when each buyer had to be personally verified by a licensed store worker. In California, stores have largely switched to an all-delivery model.
The country's burgeoning marijuana industry is working swiftly to...",left
10791,How the 4/20 Holiday is Celebrated During Coronavirus Pandemic,"['Business', 'Holidays', 'Culture', 'Economy', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Essential Businesses', 'Drugs', 'Healthcare', 'Marijuana Legalization']",The best CBD products to buy in honor of 4/20,New York Post (News),"If you’ve been feeling anxiety over current events, it might be time to browse a few soothing CBD products — especially in honor of this week’s cheeky 4/20 holiday, celebrated by cannabis lovers around the globe.
Besides their scintillating aroma, CBD (cannabidiol) products promise to reduce inflammation, calm nerves and alleviate pain. While few of these benefits are backed up by medical studies, the cannabis craze shows no signs of slowing down.
From CBD-infused oils and eye masks to gummies and skin-care potions, chill out with our favorite plant-based...",right
10792,Jeb Bush Announces Today,[],How a devastating loss in Florida taught Jeb Bush what it takes to win,Washington Post,"It was a typically chaotic afternoon in Judge Kathleen Kearney’s Brow­ard County, Fla., courtroom, where she heard dozens of cases a day involving abused and neglected children in foster care.",left
10793,Jeb Bush Announces Today,[],Is Jeb Bush a conservative? Six things to know about his record.,Christian Science Monitor,"Republican Jeb Bush announces his candidacy for president Monday, and he will highlight his record as a two-term governor of Florida, 1999 to 2007 – a record that is plenty conservative, his supporters say.",center
10794,Jeb Bush Announces Today,[],"After long wind-up, Bush set to enter 2016 White House race",Fox News (Online News),"After months raising money and lining up support on the sidelines, Jeb Bush is preparing Monday to enter the Republican presidential race -- aiming to regain the momentum after watching several other GOP luminaries seize the spotlight.",right
10795,Missouri Protests Shooter,['Violence In America'],"St. Louis Protestors Throw Blood Like Substances on Reporter's Car, Rocks at Police",Breitbart News,"On Monday evening, protesters in St. Louis who chaotically clashed with police over the shooting of an unarmed black resident jumped on a reporter's car and threw a ""blood-like substance"" on the hood.
New York Times reporter Julie Bosman, who covers the region, said they apologized after realizing she ""wasn't police."" Confrontations between police and residents have intensified after Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, was shot to death by a cop over the weekend. The FBI is now investigating the shooting.",right
10796,Missouri Protests Shooter,['Violence In America'],Michael Brown shooting: Activists appeal for calm,BBC News,"The death on Saturday of Michael Brown, 18, has sparked two nights of unrest.
""To become violent in Michael Brown's name is to betray the gentle giant he was,"" said the Revered Al Sharpton, flanked by Mr Brown's parents.
The FBI and the US justice department's civil rights division have opened an investigation into the shooting.",center
10797,Missouri Protests Shooter,['Violence In America'],Outrage in Ferguson after police shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown,Vox,"On August 9, Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was killed by a police officer in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, MO. Eyewitnesses to the shooting report that Brown was killed while attempting to surrender, but police say that Brown assaulted the officer before the shooting.
The incident provoked immediate anger and frustration in the community and around the country. The killing of Eric Garner, also an unarmed black man, by New York City police last month revived a public conversation about the history of police violence against black...",left
10798,Iowa Results Not Expected Until Later Tuesday,"['Presidential Elections', 'Iowa Caucus', 'Iowa Democratic Party', 'Trump Campaign', 'Elections']",Iowa Caucuses: Results Delayed Over 'Reporting Issue'; Officials Blame Malfunctions,NPR (Online News),"The Iowa caucuses aren't over yet. A delay in the results meant the state Democratic Party did not call the race Monday night as expected, leaving the candidates and their supporters in limbo.
In a brief statement he read to reporters over the phone shortly after 2 a.m. ET, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price said, ""At this point the [Iowa Democratic Party] is manually verifying all precinct results. We expect to have numbers to report later today.""
""We are validating every piece of data we have against our paper...",left
10799,Iowa Results Not Expected Until Later Tuesday,"['Presidential Elections', 'Iowa Caucus', 'Iowa Democratic Party', 'Trump Campaign', 'Elections']",Why the Iowa results are taking so long,Vox,"The many, many things that seem to have gone wrong with the Iowa Democratic Party’s vote-counting process.
The Iowa caucuses, the first contest of the 2020 Democratic primary, have been going for hours, and at this point it’s clear that results are badly delayed. As of 11:40 pm, not a single precinct’s votes have been publicly reported by the state party; at this point in 2016, 90 percent of precincts had reported their totals.
In a statement at 11:30 pm Monday, the Iowa Democratic Party said the delay was due...",left
10800,Iowa Results Not Expected Until Later Tuesday,"['Presidential Elections', 'Iowa Caucus', 'Iowa Democratic Party', 'Trump Campaign', 'Elections']",Iowa caucus vote totals delayed amid 'inconsistencies'; campaigns lash out at 'crazy' state party,Fox News (Online News),"The Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) still has not reported official vote totals in the critical Iowa caucuses as of early Tuesday morning, in a largely unexplained and unprecedented delay that has raised questions about the legitimacy of the contest -- and Democratic campaign officials are livid, Fox News has learned.
The Trump campaign, meanwhile, openly suggested that the delay meant that the caucuses were being ""rigged,"" and that the embarrassing night proved that the Democratic Party can't be trusted to run Americans' health care and implement sweeping new government programs....",right
10801,"Man Yells 'White Power' in Video Retweeted, Then Deleted, by Trump","['Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Inequality', 'White Supremacy', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Race And Racism']",Trump didn’t hear ‘white power’ on deleted retweet: White House,New York Post (News),"The White House said Sunday that President Trump didn’t hear someone shouting “white power” in a now-deleted retweet of a pro-Trump rally in Florida.
“He did not hear the one statement made on the video. What he did see was tremendous enthusiasm from his many supporters,” White House spokesman Judd Deere said.
The president had retweeted the video early Sunday showing a parade of Trump supporters in golf carts outfitted with “Trump 2020” and “Make America Great Again” signs in The Villages, a retirement community in central Florida near Orlando.",right
10802,"Man Yells 'White Power' in Video Retweeted, Then Deleted, by Trump","['Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Inequality', 'White Supremacy', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Race And Racism']",McEnany: Trump shared video of man shouting 'white power' to stand with 'demonized' supporters,The Hill,"White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Monday defended President Trump's retweet a day earlier in which the president shared a video of a man in Florida shouting ""white power,"" saying he did so to stand up for his supporters.
""The president did not hear that phrase in that portion of the video, and when it was signaled to him that this was in there he took that tweet down,"" McEnany told ""Fox & Friends.""
""But he made very clear to me that he stands with the people of The...",center
10803,"Man Yells 'White Power' in Video Retweeted, Then Deleted, by Trump","['Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Inequality', 'White Supremacy', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Race And Racism']",It's not enough to delete Trump's 'white power' video tweet,CNN (Opinion),"(CNN) - President Donald Trump on Sunday morning told America who he believes are ""great people."" They're the supporters who scream ""white power"" in response to those who call the President a racist.
That, at least, seemed to be the message from Trump's sharing of a two-minute video showing residents from a Florida community known as The Villages driving in golf carts adorned with signs such as ""Trump 2020"" and ""America First."" As these Trump supporters approached anti-Trump protesters, some of whom were holding up Black Lives Matters signs, one...",left
10804,Trump Launches 2020 Re-Election Campaign In Florida,"['Election 2020', 'Donald Trump', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Four Years Ago Trump Was Seen as a Sideshow. Now He Is the Show.,New York Times (News),"As he rode down that escalator in June 2015, it felt like a lark, a curiosity, just another staged television spectacle. At most, many assumed that Donald J. Trump’s candidacy would be a sideshow, sure to be entertaining but hardly decisive.
Four years later, as President Trump kicks off his campaign for a second term on Tuesday with an eardrum-pounding, packed-to-the-rafters rally in Florida, no one doubts that he is the dominant force in the arena today, the one defining the national conversation as no president has done in generations....",left
10805,Trump Launches 2020 Re-Election Campaign In Florida,"['Election 2020', 'Donald Trump', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","In battleground state of Florida, Trump to launch re-election campaign",Reuters,"President Donald Trump on Tuesday formally launches what may be an uphill battle to persuade voters to give him four more years in office, as he bets a strong U.S. economy will outweigh voter concerns about his unorthodox style and polarizing policies.
At an evening rally in Orlando, Florida, Trump, who has long made it known he is running for re-election, will begin making his case with gusto for a second term.
The Trump of 2020 most certainly will bear a strong resemblance to the Trump of 2016 - brash...",center
10806,Trump Launches 2020 Re-Election Campaign In Florida,"['Election 2020', 'Donald Trump', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump Officially Launches 2020 Campaign - Here's What the Polls Show and Why He's Rejecting Them,CBN,"President Donald Trump officially jumps into the 2020 presidential race today with an event in Orlando, Florida. But if recent polling holds true, he has a lot of ground to make up. Former Vice President Joe Biden not only leads the Democratic field, but he holds a 10-point advantage over the president.
""I believe we can win Texas and Florida if you look at the polling data now,"" Biden said at an event in DC on Monday.
According to a new CBS battleground poll of early contest states, Biden...",right
10807,Sen. Cory Booker Proposes Bill That Would Create Federally Funded Savings Account for Every American Child,['Politics'],Cory Booker unveils bill to create taxpayer-funded savings account for every American born in U.S.,Washington Times,"Sen. Cory Booker announced a new bill Monday that would establish a taxpayer-funded savings account for every American at birth. “Today, nearly one in three American families have zero",right
10808,Sen. Cory Booker Proposes Bill That Would Create Federally Funded Savings Account for Every American Child,['Politics'],Booker bill would create federally funded savings account for every child,The Hill,Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) is introducing a bill to give every U.S. child an interest-bearing savings account at birth in an attempt to reverse rising economic inequality.,center
10809,Sen. Cory Booker Proposes Bill That Would Create Federally Funded Savings Account for Every American Child,['Politics'],An exclusive look at Cory Booker’s plan to fight wealth inequality: give poor kids money,Vox,"Baby bonds, explained.",left
10810,Reporter Banned from Clinton Event,['Free Speech'],Clinton campaign stiff-arms reporter in coverage pool,Washington Post,"To share the high costs of covering the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, more than a dozen news organizations banded together to form a press pool — essentially a collaborative in which reporters from contributing organizations take turns shadowing the Democratic front-runner and sending back e-mailed reports of her every move. The whole idea rests upon the expectation that the Clinton campaign will provide access to the pool reporter.",left
10811,Reporter Banned from Clinton Event,['Free Speech'],Clinton campaign denies access to pool reporter,Politico,"The Hillary Clinton campaign denied access to the print pool reporter on Monday, reigniting reporters' longstanding concerns about the campaign's commitment to running an open and transparent campaign.",left
10812,Reporter Banned from Clinton Event,['Free Speech'],Reporter says Clinton camp denying him access to events,Fox News (Online News),The simmering dispute over media access to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign erupted again Monday when a reporter for DailyMail.com was told by the campaign he couldn’t attend her events in New Hampshire.,right
10813,Democrats to Introduce Legislation to Add Four New Supreme Court Justices,"['Supreme Court', 'Court Packing', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'Joe Biden', 'Democratic Party']",Democratic Lawmakers to Present Plan to Expand Supreme Court,Wall Street Journal (News),"Democratic lawmakers plan to introduce legislation on Thursday that would add four seats to the Supreme Court, an initiative that has slim hopes of passage but reflects progressives’ impatience with President Biden’s cautious approach toward overhauling a court that turned to the right during the Trump administration.
Last week, Mr. Biden signed an executive order establishing a 36-member commission to report back within six months on possible changes to the Supreme Court’s membership, jurisdiction and lifetime terms. Mr. Biden appointed former Obama White House Counsel Bob Bauer and Yale law...",center
10814,Democrats to Introduce Legislation to Add Four New Supreme Court Justices,"['Supreme Court', 'Court Packing', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'Joe Biden', 'Democratic Party']",Democrats to propose legislation expanding the Supreme Court,Fox News (Online News),"Democratic lawmakers are set to unveil legislation Thursday to expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court.
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Reps. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., Hank Johnson, D-Ga., and Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., will hold a press conference on Thursday to introduce the proposal on the steps of the Supreme Court.
Given their control of the White House and the Senate, the legislation could allow them to supersede the current conservative majority by ""packing"" the Court with liberal justices.",right
10815,Democrats to Introduce Legislation to Add Four New Supreme Court Justices,"['Supreme Court', 'Court Packing', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'Joe Biden', 'Democratic Party']",Democrats to introduce bill to expand Supreme Court from 9 to 13 justices,NBC News (Online),"Congressional Democrats will introduce legislation Thursday to expand the Supreme Court from nine to 13 justices, joining progressive activists pushing to transform the court.
The move intensifies a high-stakes ideological fight over the future of the court after President Donald Trump and Republicans appointed three conservative justices in four years, including one who was confirmed days before the 2020 election.
The Democratic bill is led by Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee. It is co-sponsored by Reps....",left
10816,Labor Day 2015,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Uneven Wages Cast Shadow Over Labor Day,U.S. News & World Report,"Millions of American workers for more than a century have welcomed the beginning of September – and the three-day weekend accompanying it – with open arms, ironically enjoying a day off on a holiday known as Labor Day.",left
10817,Labor Day 2015,"['Holidays', 'General News']",OPINION: Labor Day: Why small business works for America,Guest Writer,"Labor Day is a holiday to honor hard working Americans, and small business owners are among the hardest workers around. They are often the first ones in and the last ones out. They toil and sweat beside their employees on the same job site, under the same tough conditions, behind the same counter or in the same office.",center
10818,Labor Day 2015,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Obama to order government contractors to offer workers paid sick leave,Reuters,"President Barack Obama will sign an executive order on Monday in Boston requiring U.S. government contractors to offer seven days of paid sick leave a year to their workers, the White House said.",center
10819,Uvalde School Board Votes Unanimously to Fire Police Chief,"['Violence In America', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Police']",Uvalde School Board Votes Unanimously To Fire Police Chief Pete Arredondo,The Daily Wire,"The Uvalde school board voted unanimously on Wednesday night to immediately fire police chief Pete Arredondo over the disastrous response to the shooting at Robb Elementary earlier this year that resulted in the deaths of 19 children.
The disgraced police chief refused to attend the meeting because he was scared for his safety.
The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District had already recommended that Arredondo be fired.
“Chief Arredondo will not participate in his own illegal and unconstitutional public lynching and respectfully requests the Board immediately reinstate him, with all backpay and benefits...",right
10820,Uvalde School Board Votes Unanimously to Fire Police Chief,"['Violence In America', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Police']",Uvalde school shooting: Embattled police chief Pete Arredondo fired,BBC News,"A police chief accused of botching the response to the fatal shooting of 19 schoolchildren and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, has been sacked.
The local school board voted unanimously to fire Pete Arredondo, who had been on leave since June.
His lawyers said in a written statement that he had been unaware anyone was inside the classrooms with the shooter.
The firing came three months to the day since the attack and two weeks before the new school term begins.
The attack at Robb Elementary School on 24 May...",center
10821,Uvalde School Board Votes Unanimously to Fire Police Chief,"['Violence In America', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Police']",Uvalde school board votes unanimously to fire police chief Pete Arredondo,CNN (Online News),"The Uvalde school board voted unanimously Wednesday evening to immediately terminate the contract of district police chief Pete Arredondo, three months after a teenaged gunman took the lives of 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary.
The board made its decision in a closed session meeting lasting nearly an hour-and-a-half. Several members of the audience applauded after the decision was announced. One person was heard repeatedly shouting: ""We're not done.""
Arredondo didn't attend the meeting. His attorney instead issued a 17-page press statement that said the district wasn't following legal procedure as...",left
10822,China Terminates Cooperation with US After Pelosi's Taiwan Visit,"['Asia', 'China', 'Climate Policy', 'Defense And Security', 'Foreign Policy', 'Immigration', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Taiwan', 'World']",China cuts off vital US contacts over Pelosi Taiwan visit,Associated Press Fact Check,"China cut off contacts with the United States on vital issues Friday — including military matters and crucial climate cooperation — as concerns rose that the Communist government’s hostile reaction to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit could signal a lasting, more aggressive approach toward its U.S. rival and the self-ruled island.
China’s move to freeze key lines of communication compounded the worsening of relations from Pelosi’s visit and from the Chinese response with military exercises off Taiwan, including firing missiles that splashed down in surrounding waters.
After the White House summoned...",left
10823,China Terminates Cooperation with US After Pelosi's Taiwan Visit,"['Asia', 'China', 'Climate Policy', 'Defense And Security', 'Foreign Policy', 'Immigration', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Taiwan', 'World']",China will refuse to take back illegal immigrants in retaliation for Pelosi visit,Washington Times,"China said Friday that it will stop accepting deportees from the U.S. as part of its retaliation for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s visit this week to Taiwan.
The move was among nine steps announced by China‘s Foreign Affairs Ministry, along with ending cooperation on transnational crime and drugs, and halting talks on climate change.
It also raises the stakes for the Biden administration, which under U.S. law can punish countries that refuse to cooperate on deportations by refusing to issue new visas to that country’s citizens.
That decision belongs to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas....",right
10824,China Terminates Cooperation with US After Pelosi's Taiwan Visit,"['Asia', 'China', 'Climate Policy', 'Defense And Security', 'Foreign Policy', 'Immigration', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Taiwan', 'World']",Blinken chides China's 'irresponsible' cut in U.S. communication,Reuters,"U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused China of “irresponsible steps” on Saturday by halting key communication channels with Washington, and said its Taiwan actions showed a move from prioritising peaceful resolution towards use of force.
His comments came as Chinese aircraft and warships practised on Saturday for an attack on Taiwan, island officials said, part of a raft of steps taken by Beijing after a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi earlier this week.
China’s retaliation in stopping bilateral processes in eight key areas including defence, narcotics, transnational...",center
10825,Ryan RNC Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ryan energizes GOP convention with speech attacking Obama,CNN (Online News),"In the biggest speech of his still young political career, GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan told the Republican National Convention on Wednesday that time is running out to solve the nation's fiscal problems, but Mitt Romney and he can do it if elected in November.",left
10826,Ryan RNC Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Paul Ryan Address: Convention Speech Built On Demonstrably Misleading Assertions,HuffPost,"Paul Ryan pledged Wednesday that if he and his running mate Mitt Romney were elected president, they would usher in an ethic of responsibility. The Wisconsin congressman and GOP vice presidential candidate repeatedly chided President Barack Obama for blaming the jobs and housing crises on his predecessor, saying that his habit of ""forever shifting blame to the last administration, is getting old. The man assumed office almost four years ago -– isnt it about time he assumed responsibility?""",left
10827,Ryan RNC Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Ryan charges at Obama in RNC speech, vows GOP won't 'duck the tough issues'",Fox News (Online News),"Paul Ryan, if only for a night, shelved his budget-nerd persona and used his Republican convention address to lunge – again and again – at President Obama while accusing his White House of economic malpractice.",right
10828,ISIS Advances Efforts,['Terrorism'],"US General: ISIS Recruiting from Caribbean, Could Enter US Via Caribbean Nations, South America",Fox News (Online News),"A top American general says that 100 would-be militants have already left small Caribbean countries to fight with Islamic State extremists in Syria – and could potentially get across the US border when they return home.
Marine Gen. John F. Kelly, chief of the US Southern Command, made the remarks at a Pentagon briefing with reporters on Thursday. He said that small Caribbean nations – such as Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Suriname – as well as Venezuela are concerned about the militants returning home to conduct terror operations because...",right
10829,ISIS Advances Efforts,['Terrorism'],Islamic State accepts Boko Haram allegiance pledge,USA TODAY,"Islamic State militants have accepted a pledge of allegiance by Nigerian-grown Boko Haram extremist group, a spokesman for the Islamic State movement said Thursday.
Boko Haram has been weakened by a multinational force that has dislodged it from a score of northeastern Nigerian towns. But its new Twitter account, increasingly slick and more frequent video messages and a new media arm all were considered signs that the group is now being helped by IS propagandists.
Then on Saturday, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Sheka posted an audio recording online that pledged...",left
10830,ISIS Advances Efforts,['Terrorism'],"ISIS Still on the Attack, Despite Internal Strife and Heavy Losses",New York Times (News),"The Islamic State is facing growing dissension among its rank-and-file fighters and struggling to govern towns and villages it has seized, but the militant Sunni group is still managing to launch attacks and expand its ideological reach outside of Iraq and Syria, senior American officials said.
In the seven months since allied warplanes in the American-led air campaign began bombing select Islamic State targets, the Sunni militancy, while marginally weaker, is holding its own, senior defense and intelligence officials said.
Pentagon officials expressed only cautious optimism on Thursday after the...",left
10831,Trump Wins NV Caucus,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump dominates in Nevada,Washington Times,"Businessman Donald Trump won the Nevada GOP caucuses Tuesday, rolling to his third straight victory in the 2016 nomination race and giving him extra momentum heading into the delegate-rich Super Tuesday contests next week.
CNN called the race for Mr. Trump minutes after the first results became available. It was not yet clear where the other candidates finished — though Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz of Texas were battling for second place.",right
10832,Trump Wins NV Caucus,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump wins Nevada caucuses,Politico,"Donald Trump trounced his rivals in the Nevada caucuses on Tuesday, notching his third consecutive victory and giving the Manhattan mogul even more momentum heading into Super Tuesday next week, when voters in a dozen states will cast their ballots.
Trump’s decisive win, which the Associated Press announced immediately after polls closed, was propelled by an electorate even more en",left
10833,Trump Wins NV Caucus,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","In Nevada caucuses, Trump gets a third straight win",Washington Post,"Donald Trump convincingly won the Nevada presidential caucuses here Tuesday evening, the Associated Press projected, accelerating His march to the Republican nomination as His top two rivals fell short here DESPITE aggressive campaigning in the closing days.",left
10834,VP Harris Leads Calls for Russia War Crimes Probe,"['World', 'Russia', 'War Crimes', 'Ukraine War', 'Kamala Harris']",Harris decries ‘unimaginable’ Russian atrocities in Ukraine invasion,New York Post (News),"Vice President Kamala Harris accused Russia Thursday of committing “atrocities of unimaginable proportion” in Ukraine — while warning the US will “defend every inch of NATO territory” if the war was to spread.
Harris made the commitment while also saying that Russia “absolutely” should be investigated for war crimes amid scenes of “atrocities of unimaginable proportion” during three weeks of his “unjustified” invasion.
“What is at stake at this very moment are some of the guiding principles around the NATO alliance,” Harris said after meeting Polish President Andrzej Duda in...",right
10835,VP Harris Leads Calls for Russia War Crimes Probe,"['World', 'Russia', 'War Crimes', 'Ukraine War', 'Kamala Harris']",US VP Harris embraces call for war crimes probe of Russia,Associated Press Fact Check,"U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday embraced calls for an international war crimes investigation of Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, citing the “atrocities” of bombing civilians, including a maternity hospital.
Speaking alongside Polish President Andrzej Duda at a press conference in Warsaw, where she is demonstrating U.S. support for NATO’s eastern flank allies, Harris expressed outrage over the bombing Wednesday of the maternity hospital and scenes of bloodied pregnant women being evacuated, as well as other attacks on civilians. She stopped short of directly accusing Russia of having committed...",left
10836,VP Harris Leads Calls for Russia War Crimes Probe,"['World', 'Russia', 'War Crimes', 'Ukraine War', 'Kamala Harris']","What is a war crime, and could Putin be prosecuted over Ukraine?",BBC News,"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has described an attack on a maternity and children's hospital as a ""war crime"".
It may not seem like it, but ""even war has rules"", as the International Committee of the Red Cross puts it.
These are contained in treaties called the Geneva Conventions and a string of other international laws and agreements.
What is a war crime?
Civilians cannot be deliberately attacked - nor can the infrastructure that is vital to their survival.
Some weapons are banned because of the indiscriminate or appalling suffering they cause - such as...",center
10837,Trump Renews Attacks on John McCain,"['Polarization', 'Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'John McCain']",Trump won't let McCain feud rest in peace,CNN (Online News),"For Donald Trump, feuding comes as easily as breathing. His latest shots at the late John McCain and his escalating social media altercation with George Conway, the husband of White House",left
10838,Trump Renews Attacks on John McCain,"['Polarization', 'Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'John McCain']",Trump: 'I was never a fan of John McCain and I never will be',The Hill,"President Trump on Tuesday renewed his attacks on the late Sen. John McCain, calling his 2017 vote against repealing ObamaCare “disgraceful” and saying he will “never” be a fan of the",center
10839,Trump Renews Attacks on John McCain,"['Polarization', 'Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'John McCain']",Trump Explains Why He's Still Criticizing McCain,Townhall,"Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) passed away in August, but President Trump is still sharing his opinion of his old adversary. Here's what he tweeted on Sunday.",right
10840,Virginia Lawmakers Pass Red Flag Gun Legislation,"['Virginia', 'Second Amendment', 'Gun Owners', 'Democratic Party', 'NRA', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Virginia Senate passes red flag gun law after tightening due process protections,Virginia Mercury,"As a Virginia Senate committee debated how to craft a policy allowing police to take guns away from people deemed dangerous, one Republican made an ominous warning about what could happen if the state starts sending officers up “Ruby Ridge Drive” to bang on the door.
“When they don’t answer the door,” said Sen. Ben Chafin, R-Russell, “… is this committee asking that that door be knocked down to find out what’s on the other side?”
It’s not clear how many of Chafin’s colleagues share his concern about the bill’s...",center
10841,Virginia Lawmakers Pass Red Flag Gun Legislation,"['Virginia', 'Second Amendment', 'Gun Owners', 'Democratic Party', 'NRA', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Virginia Senate approves ‘red flag’ law allowing temporary seizure of guns from someone deemed a threat,Washington Post,"RICHMOND — The Virginia Senate on Wednesday passed a ""red flag"" law that would allow authorities to temporarily seize the firearm of someone deemed a threat, a measure that was strongly opposed by gun rights advocates who swarmed the streets around the state Capitol on Monday.
The bill passed on a party-line vote of 21-19, with every Democrat in favor and every Republican against. Debate grew unusually sharp as some GOP senators suggested that the bill would violate the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms.
“Each legislator that votes in...",left
10842,Virginia Lawmakers Pass Red Flag Gun Legislation,"['Virginia', 'Second Amendment', 'Gun Owners', 'Democratic Party', 'NRA', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",VA Democrat Lawmakers Pass Red Flag Legislation,Breitbart News,"Virginia Democrat lawmakers are pushing ahead with Red Flag Law legislation just days after thousands of gun owners rallied for the Second Amendment.
The Virginia Shooting Sports Association reports the Virginia Senate passed such legislation by a vote of 21 to 19.
It did not garner any Republican support.
The Virginia Mercury reports the Red Flag legislation is like similar legislation throughout the country, in that it allows court orders to be issued to prevent certain people from buying or possessing guns. These orders allow the confiscation of guns the...",right
10843,Senate Parliamentarian Rules Minimum Wage Increase Ineligible for Budget Reconciliation,"['US Senate', 'US Congress', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Minimum Wage', 'Politics']",Senate parliamentarian nixes minimum wage boost in aid package,Roll Call,"Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has told senators that the federal minimum wage increase President Joe Biden and Democrats have been seeking would violate the chamber's rules for inclusion in a filibuster-proof pandemic relief reconciliation bill.
Two sources familiar with the discussions confirmed the ruling, which emerged after arguments from aides to both parties in closed-door meetings with MacDonough this week.
The decision dealt a blow to Democratic hopes of tacking the long-sought rise in the minimum wage onto the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package that's taking shape. While the provision...",center
10844,Senate Parliamentarian Rules Minimum Wage Increase Ineligible for Budget Reconciliation,"['US Senate', 'US Congress', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Minimum Wage', 'Politics']",Senate parliamentarian rules against including minimum wage in Covid relief bill,CNN (Online News),"The Senate parliamentarian has ruled against including the increase in the minimum wage in the Covid relief bill.
While Democrats had pushed for the increase to be included -- and leadership expressed its disappointment in the ruling Thursday evening -- its removal may actually make it easier to pass the bill, senior Democratic sources believe, because it'll avoid a messy fight over whether to strip it out of the bill and whether to compromise.",left
10845,Senate Parliamentarian Rules Minimum Wage Increase Ineligible for Budget Reconciliation,"['US Senate', 'US Congress', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Minimum Wage', 'Politics']",Senate blocked from adding $15 minimum wage provision to COVID aid package,Washington Examiner,"Democrats cannot include a $15 minimum wage mandate in their COVID-19 spending package, the Senate parliamentarian ruled Thursday.
Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough rejected arguments by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders that a minimum wage increase conformed to special rules allowing the Senate to pass the COVID-19 spending package with only 51 votes, a source familiar told the Washington Examiner.
Democrats can try to vote to overrule MacDonough with a majority vote, but some lawmakers in their own party would likely object.",right
10846,Kim Kardashian Fined $1.26M for Unlawfully Promoting Cryptocurrency,"['Criminal Justice', 'Kim Kardashian', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Banking And Finance', 'Celebrities']",Kim Kardashian to pay $1.26 million in crypto charges settlement,Axios,"The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission on Monday announced charges against Kim Kardashian for promoting a cryptocurrency without disclosing that she had been paid for the promotion. Kardashian has agreed to pay $1.26 million as part of a settlement.
The big picture: Federal securities regulators have been cracking down on celebrity crypto endorsements.
Details: Kardashian didn't disclose that she was paid $250,000 to publish an Instagram post about a crypto token called EMAX, in which Kardashian included a link to a related website and instructions for potential investors.
Under terms of the settlement, Kardashian agreed...",center
10847,Kim Kardashian Fined $1.26M for Unlawfully Promoting Cryptocurrency,"['Criminal Justice', 'Kim Kardashian', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Banking And Finance', 'Celebrities']",Kim Kardashian’s Instagram story just cost her $1.26 million,Vox,"The crypto crackdown has come for Kim Kardashian.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Monday that the queen of influencers did a little too much influencing when it came to the EthereumMax (EMAX) token, which Kardashian promoted on her Instagram in June 2021. She’s agreed to pay $1.26 million and not promote crypto securities for the next three years.
The settlement shows that the SEC is ready, willing, and able to go after celebrity crypto endorsers. Many of them made plenty of money promoting what ended up being shady crypto schemes that quickly collapsed,...",left
10848,Kim Kardashian Fined $1.26M for Unlawfully Promoting Cryptocurrency,"['Criminal Justice', 'Kim Kardashian', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Banking And Finance', 'Celebrities']",SEC fines Kim Kardashian $1.26M for touting crypto token without disclosing stake,Washington Examiner,"The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Kim Kardashian $1.26 million for promoting a cryptocurrency asset without disclosing being paid to promote it.
Kardashian promoted EthereumMax tokens on her Instagram account without disclosing that she had been paid $250,000 to post about the cryptocurrency. The influencer agreed to settle with the SEC over the action but did not admit to or deny the regulator's allegations in settling the case.
""This case is a reminder that, when celebrities or influencers endorse investment opportunities, including crypto-asset securities, it doesn't mean that those investment products are right for...",right
10849,Obama Will Push To Reverse Sequester Cuts,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",President Obama to propose ending sequester,Politico,President Barack Obama will tell House Democrats on Thursday that his budget will call for an end to sequestration cuts and build on the “middle class economics” package he outlined in the State of the Union — setting up a clear contrast with Republicans in Congress who want to stick to the spending limits.,left
10850,Obama Will Push To Reverse Sequester Cuts,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama seeking to 'fully reverse' sequester cuts in budget plan,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama will push to ""fully reverse"" the so-called sequester cuts as part of his upcoming budget plan, a proposal likely to anger fiscal conservatives who want to see spending limits in place.",right
10851,Obama Will Push To Reverse Sequester Cuts,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama to propose 2016 budget that ends mandatory spending cuts,Washington Post,President Obama on Thursday will seek to rally Democrats behind a budget proposal he'll release next week that exceeds the spending caps mandated by Congress four years ago in an attempt to reduce the federal deficit.,left
10852,Taliban Give First Press Conference Since Taking Over Afghanistan,"['Middle East', 'Afghanistan', 'World', 'Taliban', ""Women'S Rights"", 'Islam']",Taliban Spokesman: Afghan Women Will ‘Be Happy’ Living Under Sharia Law,National Review,"Addressing the media at a press conference Tuesday in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid promised that the country’s women would embrace sharia law, the strict Islamic fundamentalist moral code the militant organization subscribes to and enforces for citizens.
“Our women are Muslim, they will also be happy to be living within our framework of Sharia,” he said, according to a translation from the Independent.
The group’s representative indicated that the rights of women will be recognized and respected under Taliban reign, insisting that nobody should be “worried about our norms and...",right
10853,Taliban Give First Press Conference Since Taking Over Afghanistan,"['Middle East', 'Afghanistan', 'World', 'Taliban', ""Women'S Rights"", 'Islam']","Taliban vow to honor women's rights, but within ""cultural frameworks""",Axios,"In his first press conference from Kabul, a Taliban spokesperson said Tuesday the group would honor women's rights and an independent media, but within the ""frameworks"" of Islamic law.
The big picture: The Taliban's swift takeover has renewed fears that the group will return to the brutal grip it ruled with in the 1990s, when women's freedoms were severely restricted, other human rights were limited and executions were carried out in public.
The Taliban now insist they have changed, but will still rule Afghanistan within the norms of Islamic law.
What...",center
10854,Taliban Give First Press Conference Since Taking Over Afghanistan,"['Middle East', 'Afghanistan', 'World', 'Taliban', ""Women'S Rights"", 'Islam']",The Taliban Just Gave Its First Press Conference After Taking Afghanistan,Vice,"The Taliban just gave its first press conference since the insurgent group took over Afghanistan. 
Zabihullah Mujahid, the long-elusive Taliban spokesman, appeared in front of cameras for the first time to promise security and peace during the Taliban takeover. “After 20 years of struggle we have emancipated [Afghanistan] and expelled foreigners. This is a proud moment for the whole nation,” he said. “This was our right, and we achieved this right, and we would like to express our gratitude to almighty God for having brought us to this stage.”
Mujahid...",left
10855,December 2012 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Economy Adds 155,000 Jobs",Wall Street Journal (News),"U.S. job growth slowed slightly in December, showing that the economy muddled along as Congress fought over tax increases and spending cuts.",center
10856,December 2012 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"U.S. economy adds 155K jobs, rate stays at 7.8%",Washington Times,"U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in December, a steady gain that shows hiring held up during tense fiscal cliff negotiations in Washington.",right
10857,December 2012 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],December jobs report: Hiring and unemployment steady,CNN (Online News),"The job market ended 2012 with more growth, as moderate hiring continued at the end of the year.",left
10858,San Bernardino Investigation,['Terrorism'],San Bernardino Investigation: FBI Searches Lake for Clues as Victims' Funerals Continue,ABC News (Online),"As FBI investigators return to search a San Bernardino lake today for clues into last week's deadly shooting, funerals continue for some of the 14 victims who lost their lives during the massacre in Southern California's Inland Empire.",left
10859,San Bernardino Investigation,['Terrorism'],San Bernardino divers return to lake seeking electronic evidence,Fox News (Online News),"An FBI dive team returned to a San Bernardino lake Friday with a metal detector, seeking evidence pinpointing the motive and history of the married attackers, including an apparent plot in 2012 that was never carried out.",right
10860,San Bernardino Investigation,['Terrorism'],Enrique Marquez: San Bernardino killer and I plotted in 2012,CNN (Online News),"As federal authorities attempt to piece together the circumstances surrounding last week's terrorist attack in San Bernardino, their far-flung investigation has taken them as far away as Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.",left
10861,Trump Denies Hiding Details of Meetings with Putin,['Foreign Policy'],Trump denies hiding detail of Putin summit talks from staff,BBC News,"US President Donald Trump has denied hiding details of conversations with Russia's Vladimir Putin, saying he is ""not keeping anything under wraps"".",center
10862,Trump Denies Hiding Details of Meetings with Putin,['Foreign Policy'],Trump rejects report he hid key details of conversations with Putin: 'I don't care',Fox News (Online News),"resident Trump on Saturday night strongly denied a report that he had taken unusual steps to hide the details of his private conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin in July 2017 in Hamburg, Germany, telling Fox News in an exclusive interview that he had followed typical protocols in the wake of other high-profile leaks of his sensitive communications with foreign leaders.",right
10863,Trump Denies Hiding Details of Meetings with Putin,['Foreign Policy'],Trump has concealed details of his face-to-face encounters with Putin from senior officials in administration,Washington Post,"Aides said there is no substantial record of the president’s meetings with the Russian leader even in classified files, but Trump allies say he has a justified fear of leaks. Late Saturday, Trump denied concealing the meetings.",left
10864,McConnell Delays Healthcare Vote,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Delaying the Senate health care vote likely won't solve the problem,CNN (Online News),")Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell bowed to political reality Tuesday afternoon: Postponing a planned vote this week on the Senate's health care bill, according to CNN.",left
10865,McConnell Delays Healthcare Vote,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",McConnell delays vote on Senate's ObamaCare overhaul bill,Fox News (Online News),"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday delayed the vote on his ObamaCare overhaul plan amid dwindling support from rank-and-file Republicans, touching off what is sure to be a furious scramble to revise the bill and win over GOP holdouts.",right
10866,McConnell Delays Healthcare Vote,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Facing GOP opposition, Senate leaders postpone vote to overhaul Obamacare",Washington Post,"Senate Republican leaders bowed to pressure from within their own ranks Tuesday and postponed a vote to overhaul the Affordable Care Act until after the July 4 recess, raising doubts about their ability to fulfill one of their party’s core political promises.",left
10867,Rubio Expresses Skepticism Over GOP Trickle-Down Tax Strategy,['Taxes'],Marco Rubio offers his Trump-crazed party a glint of hope,The Economist,"The episode that encapsulated the Republican establishment’s capitulation to Donald Trump had been planned as a repudiation of him. It was when Senator Marco Rubio, in a bid to salvage his sinking candidacy in the 2016 Republican primaries, suggested that Mr Trump had a small penis. Formerly known as a high-minded conservative, Mr Rubio also mocked the Republican front-runner’s hair and “orange” skin. “Donald Trump likes to sue people,” he told a crowd in Virginia, ahead of the round of primaries that more or less sealed Mr Trump’s capture of...",left
10868,Rubio Expresses Skepticism Over GOP Trickle-Down Tax Strategy,['Taxes'],Marco Rubio veers way off message on GOP tax cuts,Washington Examiner,"Sen. Marco Rubio went off message about the GOP tax overhaul in an interview posted Monday, suggesting that the corporate tax cuts have not benefited workers.",right
10869,Rubio Expresses Skepticism Over GOP Trickle-Down Tax Strategy,['Taxes'],Senator Rubio says U.S. workers get little benefit from tax reform: report,Reuters,"Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, in a move that may undercut his party’s message about their recent tax overhaul ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, told the Economist magazine there is “no evidence whatsoever” the law significantly helped American workers.",center
10870,What Paul Ryan Might Face,"['US House', 'Politics']",Debt limit chaos awaits Paul Ryan as he seeks House speakership,Fox News (Online News),"The stars may be aligning for Paul Ryan to clinch the speakership later this week -- but if he wins, he'll likely immediately be tested by a debt limit crisis for which Congress appears to have no solution.",right
10871,What Paul Ryan Might Face,"['US House', 'Politics']",Paul Ryan will face 'monumental obstacles' as speaker,CNN (Online News),"Rep. Paul Ryan is walking into a hornet's nest.
After he managed to win support from his warring caucus, the full House is expected to elect Ryan as speaker on Thursday. But he won't have much time to celebrate, because he will immediately confront a series of divisive issues that could undermine his hold on the speakership just as he reaches the pinnacle of his career.",left
10872,What Paul Ryan Might Face,"['US House', 'Politics']",Paul Ryan caves to the wingnuts: He’s already looking like a hostage of the insanity caucus,Salon,"The boy wonk was supposed to tame the hardliners. Instead, they're already setting the terms for his speakership",left
10873,Analysis of Election 2013,['Elections'],2013 Virginia election results: Why Terry McAuliffe barely won,Politico,How the heck did that happen? Most public polls leading up to Election Day had Democrat Terry McAuliffe coasting to victory some by double digits in the Virginia Governor's race.,left
10874,Analysis of Election 2013,['Elections'],"Virginia, New Jersey results highlight Republican Party's divisions, problems",Washington Post,The Governors' races pitted the tea party against the GOP establishment and the party's stark divisions about the path forward are likely to linger.,left
10875,Analysis of Election 2013,['Elections'],Virginia election shows Obamacare can be used as political weapon,Washington Times,Democrats spent heavily to win the Virginia governorship Tuesday but Republicans said by making the race far closer than polls had projected just a few weeks ago Kenneth T. Cuccinellis campaign showed how much of a weapon Obamacare can be in the hands of the GOP.,right
10876,ISIS Executes American Photojournalist,['Middle East'],"James Foley, Missing American Photojournalist, Beheaded By ISIS In Syria",HuffPost,"James Foley, an American journalist who went missing in Syria more than a year ago, has reportedly been killed by the Islamic State, a militant group formerly known as ISIS.",left
10877,ISIS Executes American Photojournalist,['Middle East'],James Foley remembered as 'brave and tireless' journalist,CNN (Online News),"When war reporter James Foley wasn't writing for GlobalPost or recording video for AFP or appearing on the PBS ""NewsHour,"" he occasionally shared stories on his own blog, aptly titled ""A World of Troubles.""",left
10878,ISIS Executes American Photojournalist,['Middle East'],"Officials looking to identify location, executioner in ISIS video showing beheading of American journalist",Fox News (Online News),"U.S. intelligence officials were analyzing Wednesday a video released by Islamic militants showing the beheading of American journalist James Foley, focusing on identifying the surrounding landscape and the British accent of his executioner.",right
10879,Ghislaine Maxwell Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison,"['Courts', 'Crime', 'Ghislaine Maxwell', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Justice', 'Sex Trafficking', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case,New York Post (News),"Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 in prison Tuesday for her role in helping powerful pedophile Jeffrey Epstein abuse young girls, capping off a dramatic fall from grace for the British socialite turned-convicted sex-trafficker.
US District Judge Alison Nathan said the sentence of 240 months was “sufficient and not greater than necessary,” for Maxwell, who earlier addressed the court and told victims in a half-hearted apology, “I am sorry for the pain that you experienced.”
As she finally learned her fate, the 60-year-old predator’s face remained inscrutable, and she briefly hugged her...",right
10880,Ghislaine Maxwell Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison,"['Courts', 'Crime', 'Ghislaine Maxwell', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Justice', 'Sex Trafficking', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Ghislaine Maxwell is sentenced to 20 years in prison,NPR (Online News),"Disgraced socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the sex-trafficking ring of young teens she helped financier Jeffrey Epstein run for a decade.
The punishment doled out by U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan on Tuesday marks the most concrete punishment yet for the years of abuse Maxwell and Epstein imposed on young girls.
Several of those girls, now adults, testified during the trial, bravely pulling the curtain back on years of abuse they suffered after Maxwell and Epstein tugged them into their orbit. The two often used the allure...",left
10881,Ghislaine Maxwell Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison,"['Courts', 'Crime', 'Ghislaine Maxwell', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Justice', 'Sex Trafficking', 'Sexual Misconduct']","Ghislaine Maxwell, Associate of Jeffrey Epstein, Sentenced to 20 Years for Sex Trafficking",Wall Street Journal (News),"A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell to 20 years in prison for what prosecutors said was a decadelong scheme to help disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls.
Before being sentenced, Ms. Maxwell spoke to a packed Manhattan courtroom that included some of the dozens of women who have accused her of exploiting them. She called Epstein, her onetime boyfriend, a manipulative, cunning and controlling man who fooled all those in his orbit.
“It is the greatest regret of my life that I ever met Jeffrey Epstein,” she said....",center
10882,50-50 Chance of Jeb Running,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bush's 'love letter' to Dad and message to Jeb: Run,USA TODAY,"Former president George W. Bush, who has written a book he calls ""a love letter"" to his father (that would be former president George H.W. Bush), also has a message in mind for brother Jeb.
Run.
""I think he'd be a superb president and I think he'd be a very good candidate and I think he could heal wounds,"" Bush told USA TODAY in an interview Friday about 41: A Portrait of My Father, being published Tuesday by Crown Publishers. ""Dad very much wants him to run,"" though he acknowledges,...",left
10883,50-50 Chance of Jeb Running,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",George Bush says brother Jeb ‘wrestling’ with decision to run for president,Washington Times,"Former President George W. Bush put the odds at 50-50 that his brother, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, will run for president in 2016.
“I know that he’s wrestling with the decision,” Mr. Bush said in an interview aired Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
“I’d give it a toss up,” the former president said. “On the other hand … he’s not here knocking on my door, you know, agonizing about the decision.”
Speculation has been swirling about Jeb Bush potential to be a strong Republican presidential candidate.",right
10884,50-50 Chance of Jeb Running,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",One Bush Brother Says Odds Are Even That the Other Will Run for President,New York Times (News),"Will Jeb Bush, a former Florida governor, try to become the third member of his immediate family to run for president? His brother calls it “a toss up.”
In an interview with CBS broadcast Sunday on “Face the Nation,” former President George W. Bush said his brother was “wrestling with the decision” about whether to undertake a presidential campaign in 2016. The former president said he put the chances of his brother doing so at “50-50.”
“I know this about Jeb,” Mr. Bush said. “He is not afraid to succeed....",left
10885,SCOTUS Vacancy Impacts Senate Races,['Elections'],Scalia's Death Will Cast A Long Shadow Across This Year's Senate Races,NPR (Online News),"Within hours of Justice Antonin Scalia's death, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell aimed to squash any expectation that President Obama will get to name his successor.",left
10886,SCOTUS Vacancy Impacts Senate Races,['Elections'],Republican Risk Five Key Senate Races with Supreme Court Stance,New York Times (News),"2016 election contest: the fight for control of the Senate. The Senate is in play this November, and the same vulnerable Republicans whose defeats might cost the G.O.P. control of the chamber are at once among the likeliest to back",left
10887,SCOTUS Vacancy Impacts Senate Races,['Elections'],US senate candidates add voices to Supreme Court battle,Washington Times,"Illinois politics, like that across the nation, is being roiled by the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Within hours of Scalia’s death, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate won’t consider any replacement justice nominated by President Barack Obama.",right
10888,Perspectives: Biden and Press Conferences,"['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Joe Biden', 'White House']",It’s past time for Biden to hold a news conference,Washington Post,"White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday that President Biden would hold a news conference “before the end of the month.” Last month would have been better, and this week would be better than next. Avoiding news conferences must not become a regular habit for Mr. Biden. He is the president, and Americans have every right to expect that he will regularly submit himself to substantial questioning.
We say this while recognizing that Mr. Biden has shown galaxies more respect for the free press and the people’s right to...",left
10889,Perspectives: Biden and Press Conferences,"['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Joe Biden', 'White House']","Biden team 'has zero confidence' that 'absentee president' can handle press conference, Concha suggests",Fox News (Online News),"Joe Biden is showing himself to be an ""absentee president"" by not holding a solo press conference or scheduling an address to Congress despite having been in office for more than six weeks, Joe Concha told ""America Reports"" Thursday.
""I look at what President Biden said on January 14th where he said, as president-elect, he would address Congress 'next month', as in February,"" said Concha, a Fox News contributor and The Hill media columnist. ""And when White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked about that, [she] said no promise...",right
10890,Perspectives: Biden and Press Conferences,"['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Joe Biden', 'White House']",When will President Joe Biden hold a press conference?,Poynter,"Today is Joe Biden’s 47th full day as president, and he has yet to hold a solo press conference.
This is becoming a big deal in some circles.
Biden has made announcements, answered a few questions from reporters here and there at events, sat for several one-on-one interviews and did a CNN town hall. But no solo press conferences.
And the complaints are growing louder.
The Associated Press’ Zeke Miller, president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, told AP reporters Jonathan Lemire and Alexandra Jaffe, “Press conferences are critical to...",center
10891,"Moderna, NIH Advance Coronavirus Vaccine Trials","['Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine', 'Coronavirus']",Late-stage clinical trial for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is launched at Brigham and Women’s,The Boston Globe,"A nationwide study begins Monday to find out if a potential coronavirus vaccine, developed by Cambridge-based Moderna and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is safe and effective in preventing people from getting COVID-19.
The clinical trial will enroll 30,000 people, with Brigham and Women’s Hospital leading the New England section of the trial.
The Moderna vaccine is one of five candidates that have advanced to Phase 3, the stage of research in which large numbers of people get either the vaccine or a placebo and are then...",left
10892,"Moderna, NIH Advance Coronavirus Vaccine Trials","['Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine', 'Coronavirus']",How to volunteer for a coronavirus vaccine trial,CNET,"If you're actively searching for a way to constructively contribute to the resolution of the coronavirus pandemic, you could consider volunteering for a coronavirus vaccine study. By taking part in a vaccine trial, you'd be a major player in moving science forward so the world can finally get a grip on the virus that's been overloading hospitals, taking lives and forcing lockdowns for more than six months now.
With more than 10 million cases worldwide and more than half a million deaths, it's clear that we need an intervention....",center
10893,"Moderna, NIH Advance Coronavirus Vaccine Trials","['Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine', 'Coronavirus']",Moderna Funding Nears $1 Billion as Vaccine Study Starts,Newsmax (News),"Moderna Inc. climbed as much as 11% Monday after getting a second round of U.S. funding for an experimental vaccine for COVID-19 and kicking off its late-stage trial.
With an additional $472 million award from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) announced on Sunday, Moderna’s shot is now backed by $955 million of funds from the U.S.
The first participants in the 30,000 person study have been dosed, the Cambridge, Mass-based biotech company said on Monday. Earlier, it said that the new award closed a funding gap in...",right
10894,Netanyahu Fights for Re-Election,"['Israel', 'World']",Netanyahu Fights For Right-Wing Vote As Israelis Go To The Polls,HuffPost,"With his political future in question, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday made a list-ditch appeal to hard-liners as the country went to the polls in a tight parliamentary election, saying that high Arab voter turnout was endangering his right wing party's dominance.",left
10895,Netanyahu Fights for Re-Election,"['Israel', 'World']",Israel votes: Netanyahu's last-ditch vow to his base – a dead peace process,Christian Science Monitor,"With Israel's final pre-election polls pointing to a difficult road for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stay in power, he spent his final days on the campaign trail throwing red meat to his base.",center
10896,Netanyahu Fights for Re-Election,"['Israel', 'World']",Benjamin Netanyahu’s rival holds lead in Israel election,Washington Times,"Opposition leader Isaac Herzog’s center-left coalition holds a small but clear lead as Israelis head to the polls Tuesday. If he wins and is able to form a government, Mr. Herzog is expected to present a very different face to the world than the far better known Benjamin Netanyahu has over the past six years.",right
10897,Will Clarence Thomas Be Forced Off the Supreme Court Over Wife's Activism?,"['Supreme Court', 'Clarence Thomas', 'Elections', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6 Committee', 'Polarization']",Ginni and Clarence Thomas Have Done Enough Damage,New York Times (Opinion),"What did Justice Clarence Thomas know, and when did he know it?
The question usually gets directed at politicians, not judges, but it’s a fair one in light of the revelation on Thursday that Justice Thomas’s wife, Ginni, was working feverishly behind the scenes — and to a far greater degree than she previously admitted — in a high-level effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
As The Washington Post and CBS News first reported, Ms. Thomas, a supremely well-connected right-wing agitator, was in constant communication with the White House in the weeks following...",left
10898,Will Clarence Thomas Be Forced Off the Supreme Court Over Wife's Activism?,"['Supreme Court', 'Clarence Thomas', 'Elections', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6 Committee', 'Polarization']",Dems grapple with Clarence Thomas response,Axios,"House Democrats are split over how to approach what they mostly agree is a clear conflict of interest for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
Why it matters: Thomas has thus far resisted calls to recuse himself from election-related cases amid revelations about the activism of his wife, Virginia ""Ginni"" Thomas, before the Jan. 6 insurrection. One remedy would be impeachment — a long shot, as well as a rarity in the nation's history.
State of play: While progressive Democrats like Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.) are already talking about impeachment, party leaders...",center
10899,Will Clarence Thomas Be Forced Off the Supreme Court Over Wife's Activism?,"['Supreme Court', 'Clarence Thomas', 'Elections', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6 Committee', 'Polarization']",Clarence Thomas impeachment unlikely despite push from far-left lawmakers,Washington Examiner,"Top Democrats are tamping down calls from liberal lawmakers to impeach Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for not recusing himself from cases related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
That despite text messages showing his wife pushing then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to fight to overturn the presidential election results.
Democrats have voiced strong concerns that Ginni Thomas’s correspondences with conservative lawmakers' offices and Meadows ahead of the riot pose a conflict of interest, with a growing number arguing Clarence Thomas should step aside in cases pertaining to the 2020 election.
While...",right
10900,Inmates Escape from CA Jail,['General News'],Anatomy of a Jail Escape. Drilling for Answers,Los Angeles Times,"Three dangerous prisoners have escaped from the Orange County Men's Central Jail by cutting through half-inch steel bars, making their way through plumbing tunnels and rappelling from the roof using a makeshift rope. The three, who were facing charges ranging from murder to kidnap and torture, are believed to be armed and dangerous. Meanwhile, sheriff's officials shared photos of how it happened.",left
10901,Inmates Escape from CA Jail,['General News'],California jail break: How rare are US prison escapes?,Christian Science Monitor,The elaborate escape by three California inmates is reminiscent of a June jailbreak in New York. How often do such escapes occur?,center
10902,Inmates Escape from CA Jail,['General News'],Authorities struggling to piece together daring jail escape,Fox News (Online News),"It was a daring and elaborate escape: cutting through metal, crawling through plumbing tunnels, climbing a roof, rappelling four stories to freedom using ropes made from bedsheets.",right
10903,"Supreme Court Allows Texas Abortion Law to Remain in Place, Sets Oral Arguments for Nov. 1","['Supreme Court', 'Abortion', 'Texas', 'Justice Department', 'Texas Abortion Law']",Supreme Court won’t block Texas abortion law but grants expedited review for Nov. 1,Washington Post,"The Supreme Court on Friday said it will consider legal arguments over the Texas abortion law that is the nation’s most restrictive on Nov. 1, and that the law will remain in effect.
The court granted an expedited review of what is called S. B. 8, which the Biden administration in a filing Friday said “has virtually eliminated abortion in Texas after six weeks of pregnancy.”",left
10904,"Supreme Court Allows Texas Abortion Law to Remain in Place, Sets Oral Arguments for Nov. 1","['Supreme Court', 'Abortion', 'Texas', 'Justice Department', 'Texas Abortion Law']",Court won’t block Texas abortion ban but fast-tracks cases for argument on Nov. 1,SCOTUSblog,"The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Nov. 1 in a pair of cases challenging the Texas law that bans nearly all abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy. In two orders issued on Friday afternoon, the court granted requests by the Biden administration and a group of Texas abortion providers to leap-frog proceedings in the court of appeals, but it allowed the law to remain in effect for now — a decision that drew a stinging dissent from Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
The two orders suggest that the court will not directly...",center
10905,"Supreme Court Allows Texas Abortion Law to Remain in Place, Sets Oral Arguments for Nov. 1","['Supreme Court', 'Abortion', 'Texas', 'Justice Department', 'Texas Abortion Law']",Supreme Court to hear Texas abortion law arguments on procedural elements of challenges,Fox News (Online News),"The Supreme Court has agreed to expedite and hear procedural elements of two challenges to Texas' new anti-abortion law, which effectively bans most abortions after six weeks.
One case is the Department of Justice's challenge against the Texas law, and the other is by an organization called Whole Women's Health. 
The questions presented in each case are procedural in nature and will not get to the merits of the Texas law or whether to potentially overturn the major abortion precedent Roe v. Wade. ",right
10906,Tax Day 2022: Should Congress Approve New Taxes and Funding to Modernize the IRS?,"['Taxes', 'IRS', 'Treasury', 'Tax Returns', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Government Funding', 'Federal Budget', 'Politics', 'Technology', 'Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance']",The IRS urgently needs more money and staff,Washington Post,"This is not a normal tax year for the Internal Revenue Service. As millions of American households scramble to meet the April 18 filing deadline, it’s easy to view this as just another tax season that causes temporary annoyance and then fades in the headlines and minds of most people. But there’s a lot more at stake.
The IRS is currently limping along without enough staff or funding. Congress, especially Republicans, needs to face up to reality. The IRS still manually enters the information on paper tax returns into its computing system because...",left
10907,Tax Day 2022: Should Congress Approve New Taxes and Funding to Modernize the IRS?,"['Taxes', 'IRS', 'Treasury', 'Tax Returns', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Government Funding', 'Federal Budget', 'Politics', 'Technology', 'Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance']",IRS Tax Day Message: Thank You for Filing,Guest Writer - Center,"Monday marks April 18, the annual tax deadline and a unique day for citizens of our nation. On behalf of the employees of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), I want to thank everyone for taking the time to file and pay their taxes. This civic duty is important to our great nation in many ways, by funding critical needs essential to our democracy on issues ranging from schools and roads to defense. The IRS collects about $4.1 trillion a year, about 96 percent of the U.S. gross revenue.",center
10908,Tax Day 2022: Should Congress Approve New Taxes and Funding to Modernize the IRS?,"['Taxes', 'IRS', 'Treasury', 'Tax Returns', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Government Funding', 'Federal Budget', 'Politics', 'Technology', 'Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance']","Tax Day is already bad, and Biden wants to make it worse",Grover Norquist,"Tax Day is a particularly dreary and unpleasant ""holiday"" this year. Americans who trudge down to the post office to drop off their returns or simply push a button to file electronically are aware that the IRS itself confesses that is it behind in processing those returns it already has by roughly 22 million.
Taxpayers are to hurry up (or be fined) and get in a long line. If you have last-minute questions about the tax form it is not cheerful to read that the IRS admits it is answering no...",right
10909,Nunes Memo to be Declassified and Released,['Politics'],OPINION: Why Trump is so eager to release the Nunes memo,Washington Post,"The classified memo written by Republican staffers for Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) could be released as early as today, despite an FBI statement expressing “grave concerns” and complaints from Democrats that it’s been materially altered at the last minute.",left
10910,Nunes Memo to be Declassified and Released,['Politics'],"FBI condemns Nunes memo for 'omissions,' escalating feud",The Hill,The FBI on Wednesday issued an extraordinary public statement condemning the Republican push to release a classified memo that alleges surveillance abuses at the Department of Justice.,center
10911,Nunes Memo to be Declassified and Released,['Politics'],Trump to Declassify Infamous FISA Memo,Townhall,President Trump is expected to imminently declassify and release a memo written by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee. The memo reportedly outlines FISA abuses and shows misconduct from the FBI during the 2016 presidential election.,right
10912,Riots Hit Charlotte,['Violence In America'],"Charlotte on edge after police shooting, riot",USA TODAY,"There are conflicting stories about what led up to a Charlotte police officer shooting and killing Keith Scott. Police say he was armed with a gun. Witnesses and family say he was armed with a book. Now, anger is filling the streets.",left
10913,Riots Hit Charlotte,['Violence In America'],Charlotte erupts with protests after police kill disabled black man,Salon,"Large protests erupted throughout Charlotte, North Carolina, late Tuesday night after police shot and killed a black father.
The family of the victim, who was identified as 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott, says he was disabled, and was unarmed and reading a book in his car when he was killed. Police claim Scott was armed.",left
10914,Riots Hit Charlotte,['Violence In America'],"Following Police Shooting, Protesters in Charlotte Temporarily Shut Interstate, Injure 16 Officers",The Blaze,Authorities used tear gas to disperse protesters in an overnight demonstration that left about a dozen officers injured in North Carolina’s largest city and shut down a highway after the fatal shooting of a black man by Charlotte police who said he was armed and posed a threat.,right
10915,"Nord Stream Pipelines Likely Sabotaged, Culprit Unknown","['World', 'Energy', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Nord Stream 2', 'Oil', 'Environment']","Nord Stream leak: West shores up pipeline security, blaming Russia 'sabotage'",BBC News,"European countries say they will ramp up security around oil and gas installations after the suspected sabotage of two major pipelines.
The EU, US and Nato have suggested damage to the pipelines between Russia and Germany was deliberate, but have not blamed Russia directly.
Russia has said it was not involved, and asked if the US was instead.
Russia has previously been accused of using gas supplies as a weapon against the West over its support for Ukraine.
The leaks on the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines...",center
10916,"Nord Stream Pipelines Likely Sabotaged, Culprit Unknown","['World', 'Energy', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Nord Stream 2', 'Oil', 'Environment']","Blaming Moscow for Nord Stream sabotage is 'stupid and absurd,' Moscow says",Fox Business,"Moscow dismissed accusations that it was behind the alleged Tuesday sabotage of Nord Stream energy pipelines as ""stupid and absurd"" Wednesday.
Accusations have flown after three unprecedented leaks sprang from the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines at the bottom of the Baltic Sea on Monday. Germany, the U.S. and Russia have all agreed that sabotage is a likely or possible cause for the leaks, but Ukraine has outright accused Moscow of carrying out the deed.
""Gas leak from NS-1 [Nord Stream 1] is nothing more than a terrorist attack...",right
10917,"Nord Stream Pipelines Likely Sabotaged, Culprit Unknown","['World', 'Energy', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Nord Stream 2', 'Oil', 'Environment']","Leaks in Nord Stream gas pipelines likely ‘sabotage,’ European leaders say",CNN Business,"Leaders of several Western countries have said leaks in two Russian gas pipelines are likely the result of sabotage, vowing a strong response as investigations continue.
Swedish authorities sounded the alarm on Tuesday about leaks in the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines – both of which run under the Baltic Sea near Sweden and Denmark, and have been major flashpoints in the energy war between Europe and Russia.
Neither pipeline was in operation at the time the leaks were found, but both still contained gas under pressure....",left
10918,Biden Prepares for Putin Meeting,"['National Security', 'Joe Biden', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Russian Hackers', 'Russia', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Cybersecurity', 'Defense And Security']",5 Things To Watch At The Biden-Putin Summit,NPR (Online News),"The Biden administration wants a more stable and predictable relationship with Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to show that his country is taken seriously as a world power. That is the backdrop for the first summit between the U.S. and Russian presidents, which will take place in Geneva on June 16.
""Russia is quite invested in having a very friction-filled rather than friction-free relationship with the United States,"" warns Fiona Hill of the Brookings Institution.
U.S.-Russian relations have been in a downward spiral since Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea...",left
10919,Biden Prepares for Putin Meeting,"['National Security', 'Joe Biden', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Russian Hackers', 'Russia', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Cybersecurity', 'Defense And Security']",Biden gears up for showdown with 'killer' Putin on placid Lake Geneva,Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden has bluntly called Vladimir Putin a ""killer"" and said he ""doesn't have a soul.""
While he may have used robust language in the past, he is playing his cards closer to his chest ahead of the showdown with his Russian counterpart in an 18th-century Swiss villa overlooking Lake Geneva.
Landing in the U.K. last week, Biden told cheering throngs of U.S. Air Force personnel he planned to “meet with Mr. Putin to let him know what I want him to know.”
He warned Putin, with whom he is expected to meet on...",right
10920,Biden Prepares for Putin Meeting,"['National Security', 'Joe Biden', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Russian Hackers', 'Russia', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Cybersecurity', 'Defense And Security']","Biden, unlike predecessors, has maintained Putin skepticism",Associated Press Fact Check,"President Joe Biden frequently talks about what he sees as central in executing effective foreign policy: building personal relationships.
But unlike his four most recent White House predecessors, who made an effort to build a measure of rapport with Vladimir Putin, Biden has made clear that the virtue of fusing a personal connection might have its limits when it comes to the Russian leader.
Biden, who is set to meet with Putin face to face on Wednesday in Geneva, has repeated an anecdote about his last meeting with Putin, 10 years ago when...",left
10921,'Howdy Modi' Event Draws President Trump,"['World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Narendra Modi', 'Donald Trump', 'United Nations']","‘Howdy, Modi!’ Thousands, plus Trump, rally in Texas for India’s leader",CNBC,"U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared a stage and showered each other with praise on Sunday at a “Howdy, Modi!” rally attended by upward of 50,000 people, a rare mass showing for a foreign leader on American soil.
Trump, calling the gathering a “profoundly historic event,” was greeted with a standing ovation by the Indian-American crowd and his speech was interrupted several times by roars of approval.",center
10922,'Howdy Modi' Event Draws President Trump,"['World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Narendra Modi', 'Donald Trump', 'United Nations']",Trump plays unusual role of warm-up act at massive Modi rally in Houston,Washington Post,"HOUSTON — The foreign strategy of soothing tensions with the United States by stroking President Trump’s ego was put into vivid effect here Sunday when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi lathered praise on his American counterpart at a massive rally celebrating the Indian diaspora.
The leaders of the world’s two largest democracies took the stage together in Houston before a roaring crowd of tens of thousands of Indian Americans, where Modi delivered an unmistakable endorsement of Trump’s presidency and cast their joint appearance in historic terms.",left
10923,'Howdy Modi' Event Draws President Trump,"['World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Narendra Modi', 'Donald Trump', 'United Nations']","Trump visits 2 key states with leaders of India, Australia",Washington Times,"President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for a trip to Houston to attend an event with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. The president then travels to Ohio before finally ...",right
10924,Actions and Reactions on Cuba,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama: Isolating Cuba hasn't worked,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced plans to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba and ease economic restrictions on the nation, an historic shift he called the end of an ""outdated approach"" to U.S.-Cuban relations.
Obama said he's instructed Secretary of State John Kerry to immediately begin discussions with Cuba to re-establish diplomatic relations, and that the U.S. will re-open an embassy in Havana. The administration will also allow some travel and trade that had been banned under a decades-long embargo instated during the Kennedy administration.
""Neither the American...",left
10925,Actions and Reactions on Cuba,"['White House', 'Politics']","Rubio slams Cuba agreement, says Obama is ‘willfully ignorant’",Washington Times,"Calling President Obama “willfully ignorant” and “the worst negotiator” the U.S. has had in decades, Sen. Marco Rubio on Wednesdayslammed the administration’s agreement with Cuba to open normal diplomatic relations for the first time in more than 50 years,vowing that the incoming Republican majority in the Senate will try to undo the deal with whatever tools they have at their disposal.
Speaking just minutes after Mr. Obama hailed the deal — predicated on the release of political prisoners by both nations — Mr. Rubio, a Cuban-American, said the president has...",right
10926,Actions and Reactions on Cuba,"['White House', 'Politics']",Cuba Action Is Obama’s Latest Step Away From 6 Years of Caution,New York Times (News),"President Obama is putting his most ardent Republican critics on notice: Remember what I vowed to do as a candidate in 2008? I have two years left in office, and I intend to do it all.
Mr. Obama’s decision on Wednesday to radically shift United States policy toward Cuba is the latest and most striking example of a president unleashed from the hesitancy that characterized much of his first six years in office. It follows decisions by Mr. Obama to defy Republicans on immigration, climate change policy, the regulation of...",left
10927,Levi Strauss CEO Announces Initiative to Fight Gun Violence,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Levi Strauss CEO: Why Business Leaders Need to Take a Stand on Gun Violence,Fortune,"In November 2016, I wrote an open letter requesting that gun owners not bring firearms into our stores, offices, or facilities, even in states where it’s permitted by law. This was following an incident in one of our stores in which a customer accidentally shot and injured himself while trying on a pair of jeans. While that was bad, it could have been worse: The bullet could have killed him, another customer, or one of our employees.",center
10928,Levi Strauss CEO Announces Initiative to Fight Gun Violence,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Levi Strauss CEO Sets Up Fund To Help Groups Working to Lessen U.S. Gun Violence,HuffPost,"“Americans shouldn’t have to live in fear of gun violence,” CEO Chip Bergh said.",left
10929,Levi Strauss CEO Announces Initiative to Fight Gun Violence,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Levi Strauss launches gun-control initiative: 'We simply cannot stand by silently',Washington Times,American clothing company Levi Strauss & Co. announced Tuesday the launch of a new campaign aimed at preventing gun violence.,right
10930,MGM Settles With Vegas Shooting Survivors,"['Justice', 'Las Vegas', 'Las Vegas Shooting', 'Settlement']",MGM Resorts To Pay Up To $800 Million To Victims Of Las Vegas Shooting,NPR (Online News),"MGM Resorts International has agreed to pay up to $800 million to settle thousands of liability claims stemming from the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas, lawyers announced Thursday, almost exactly two years after the bloodshed.
On Oct. 1, 2017, a gunman on the 32rd floor of the MGM-owned Mandalay Bay resort rained bullets on crowd of people at a country music festival, killing 58 and injuring hundreds.
Lawyers representing survivors and victims wanted MGM held liable for negligence because the shooter was able to enter the hotel with luggage...",left
10931,MGM Settles With Vegas Shooting Survivors,"['Justice', 'Las Vegas', 'Las Vegas Shooting', 'Settlement']",Massive settlement expected in Las Vegas mass shooting lawsuits,New York Post (News),"A massive settlement is expected to resolve lawsuits related to the Las Vegas massacre two years ago, according to a new report.
An exact settlement amount has not yet been disclosed, but MGM Resorts International has previously said in financial filings that it expects to pay up to $800 million to victims of the mass shooting, sources told ABC News.",right
10932,MGM Settles With Vegas Shooting Survivors,"['Justice', 'Las Vegas', 'Las Vegas Shooting', 'Settlement']",MGM and Las Vegas shooting victims reach a settlement of up to $800 million,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)MGM Resorts International and the victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting reached a landmark settlement worth between $735 million and $800 million, depending on the number of claimants, MGM said in a statement Thursday.
MGM said the settlement is not an admission of liability in the October 1, 2017 mass shooting that left 58 dead and hundreds wounded or injured. It is the worst mass shooting in modern American history.
""Our goal has always been to resolve these matters so our community and the victims and their families...",left
10933,Several House Democrats Announce Retirement,"['US House', 'Politics', 'Democratic Party', '2022 Elections', 'US Congress', 'Joe Biden']",Why many House Democrats are retiring or moving on before the next election,CBS News (Online),"Just this week, three House Democrats announced they won't seek reelection in 2022: New Jersey's Albio Sires, Florida's Stephanie Murphy and California's Lucille Roybal-Allard. That makes 23 House Democrats who have announced they're retiring or running for another office next year, as the party braces for the possible loss of its already slim majority in the House in next year's midterm elections. 
By comparison, just 11 House Republicans have said they're not coming back after their 2020 term ends. Two members, Steve Stivers of Ohio and Devin Nunes of California, resigned...",left
10934,Several House Democrats Announce Retirement,"['US House', 'Politics', 'Democratic Party', '2022 Elections', 'US Congress', 'Joe Biden']",What A Flurry Of Democratic Departures Means For The 2022 House Race,FiveThirtyEight,"Just a few hours after we published this article, Democratic Rep. Alan Lowenthal of California announced his retirement from the House.
With Lowenthal’s retirement, 20 House Democrats have now announced they will not seek reelection in 2022, compared with 11 Republicans. Although California has not completed its redistricting process, Lowenthal represents a heavily Democratic district around Long Beach, so unless he ended up facing another incumbent Democrat, he likely wouldn’t have had much trouble winning reelection. But with Republicans favored to take back the House next year, Lowenthal might have decided...",center
10935,Several House Democrats Announce Retirement,"['US House', 'Politics', 'Democratic Party', '2022 Elections', 'US Congress', 'Joe Biden']",Surge in House Democratic 2022 retirement announcements as 2021 comes to a close,Fox News (Online News),"With the end-of-the-year holiday break fast approaching, the announcements came quickly.
A trio of Democrats in the House of Representatives – Reps. Stephanie Murphy of Florida, Lucille Roybal-Allard of California, and Albio Sires of New Jersey – last week said that they’ll retire at the end of next year rather than run in the 2022 midterm elections for another term in Congress.
The latest news brought to 23 the number of House Democrats who are retiring or bidding for another office rather than run for reelection in 2022, when their party tries to defend its razor-thin...",right
10936,Eric Fehrnstrom,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Team Romney blasts Obama campaign for 'desperate tactics',CNN (Online News),"Eric Fehrnstrom, a senior member of team Romney, faulted what he called the Obama campaign's ""desperate tactics,"" over a pro-Obama super PAC's advertisement that linked Romney to the death of a steelworker's wife.",left
10937,Eric Fehrnstrom,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney Camp Returns Fire With ‘Limbo Dancer’,Wall Street Journal (News),"Eric Fehrnstrom, a top adviser to Mr. Romney, accused the Obama campaign Friday of peddling “unbelievable exaggerations that diminish the office of the president and insult the American people.",center
10938,Eric Fehrnstrom,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Meet Mitt's Tantrum-Throwing, Chest-Bumping Top Aide",HuffPost,"Eric Fehrnstrom began to panic when he landed on Sanibel Island off Floridas Gulf Coast in December 1989. Fehrnstrom, a scandal-sniffing veteran reporter for the Boston Herald, the then-Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid, was on a juicy story he knew had page one potential. It might even, as he would later describe it, become a “kill shot.",left
10939,First Case of Ebola Diagnosed in the US,['General News'],First U.S. case of Ebola diagnosed in Texas after man who came from Liberia falls ill,Washington Post,"A man who flew from Liberia to Dallas this month was diagnosed with Ebola on Tuesday, becoming the first person to board a passenger jet and unknowingly bring the disease here from West Africa, where it has killed thousands of people in recent months.",left
10940,First Case of Ebola Diagnosed in the US,['General News'],First US Ebola case in Dallas: why public health threat remains small,Christian Science Monitor,"The CDC announced the first US case of Ebola Tuesday, but the nature of the disease and US preparedness severely limit the prospects of an outbreak, experts say.",center
10941,First Case of Ebola Diagnosed in the US,['General News'],"After first Ebola case, red flags emerge that U.S. unprepared for pandemic",Washington Times,The confirmation Tuesday of the first Ebola case on U.S. soil emerges against a backdrop of increasing concern in America’s medical community that preparedness for a pandemic has stagnated or slipped in recent years because of tough economic times and increasing malaise since the 2001 anthrax threat.,right
10942,Only Joking! The Al Smith Dinner,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Comedic relief: Obama, Romney bring on the jokes at annual dinner",CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney were within arm's length for the second time this week, as they shared the stage at the annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner Thursday and delivered feisty quips at each other's expense.",left
10943,Only Joking! The Al Smith Dinner,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama, Romney joke at Al Smith dinner in New York",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama and Mitt Romney squeezed a comedy break in between debates last night, drawing laughs at a New York charity dinner that's long been a required stop for anyone trying to capture the White House.",right
10944,Only Joking! The Al Smith Dinner,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","President Obama, Mitt Romney win laughs at Al Smith dinner",Politico,"For a change, the nastiness between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney was all in good fun Thursday night.",left
10945,"Rose McGowan Likens Democrats, GOP To a 'Cult' in Fox News Interview","['Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Polarization', 'Rose McGowan']","Rose McGowan calls the Democrats a ‘cult,’ says people should evaluate their beliefs",Los Angeles Times,"Rose McGowan says the Democratic Party is just as much of a cult as the one she was raised in.
Growing up with the Children of God “gave me the ability to see the control and the propaganda machine, especially in the U.S., for what it is and how it harms people,” the actor and activist said Monday on Fox News.
The “Brave” author called that ability a “superpower” that allowed her to see that the political left could harm people just as much as the right, if they ignore...",left
10946,"Rose McGowan Likens Democrats, GOP To a 'Cult' in Fox News Interview","['Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Polarization', 'Rose McGowan']",Why Rose McGowan Thinks Democrats Are in a 'Deep Cult',Newsweek,"Rose McGowan has said that Democrats are in a ""deep cult"" in an appearance on Fox News.
The outspoken actress and #MeToo advocate discussed being able to recognize a cult having grown up in one herself, in comments that were labeled ""disturbing"" by critics.
""I am not here to make people feel bad about their political choices,"" she told host Tammy Bruce on Fox News Primetime on Monday night. ""But I am here to say that you might be in a cult too if you don't know the signs. And...",center
10947,"Rose McGowan Likens Democrats, GOP To a 'Cult' in Fox News Interview","['Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Polarization', 'Rose McGowan']","Rose McGowan pushes back on critics of her Fox News appearance, gets blocked by Olbermann",Fox News (Online News),"Actress and activist Rose McGowan pushed back on critics of her Monday interview on Fox News, adding that she also had to dispatch with the predisposition to avoid the network before having a constructive and amiable conversation with ""Fox News Primetime"" host Tammy Bruce.
""I did an interview on Fox News -- that caused so much cognitive dissonance as someone who was basically from when I stepped foot in America, a Democrat, because thats what my mother was,"" she said in a response video posted to Twitter. ""I never questioned...",right
10948,Trump Says He Can Pardon Himself,['Politics'],"Trump Asserts He Can Pardon Himself, Challenges Mueller’s Legal Authority",Bloomberg,"President Donald Trump said Monday that he has the “absolute right” to pardon himself, a bold assertion that raises the stakes as he and Special Counsel Robert Mueller may be headed toward a Supreme Court battle that could test once and for all how much a president is above the law.",left
10949,Trump Says He Can Pardon Himself,['Politics'],Trump: I Can Pardon Myself,The Daily Caller,President Donald Trump affirmed his belief that he can pardon himself for any crime but said he would never do so because he has done nothing wrong.,right
10950,Trump Says He Can Pardon Himself,['Politics'],Trump: I have 'absolute right to pardon myself',CNN (Online News),"Pesident Donald Trump asserted Monday that he has the right to pardon himself but suggested that he won't use that power, adding that the special counsel investigation is ""unconstitutional.""",left
10951,Low Youth Participation in ACA,['Healthcare'],Older Pool of Health Care Enrollees Stirs Fears on Costs,New York Times (News),"People signing up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act’s federal and state marketplaces tend to be older and potentially less healthy, officials said Monday, a demographic mix that could threaten the law’s economic underpinnings and cause premiums to rise in the future if the pattern persists.",left
10952,Low Youth Participation in ACA,['Healthcare'],One-third of health plan enrollees in new insurance marketplaces are 55 or older,Wall Street Journal (News),One-third of health plan enrollees in new insurance marketplaces are 55 or older a figure that insurers said makes the pool older than they would need to sustain coverage at current premiums.,center
10953,Low Youth Participation in ACA,['Healthcare'],Insurers raise cost concerns after ObamaCare demographic data released,Fox News (Online News),"Less than 25 percent of people aged 18 to 34 signed up for ObamaCare, falling short of the 40 percent experts predicted would needed in signups for the Affordable Care Act to be fiscally solvent.",right
10954,Judge Reinstates Injunction Against Asylum Ban,"['Immigration', 'California', 'Donald Trump', 'Asylum Ban']",Judge Blocks Ban on Asylum-Seekers Who Travel through Safe Third Country,National Review,"A federal judge in San Francisco restored a nationwide injunction on Monday preventing the Trump administration’s ban on asylum-seekers who travelled through a so-called safe third country before arriving in the U.S.
U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar issued the ruling after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in August narrowed his previous nationwide injunction, allowing the Trump administration to implement the asylum-rule change in Texas and New Mexico but not in California or Arizona.
In response to an overwhelming surge in asylum-seekers arriving at the southern border,...",right
10955,Judge Reinstates Injunction Against Asylum Ban,"['Immigration', 'California', 'Donald Trump', 'Asylum Ban']",Judge blocks Trump's asylum ban along entire U.S.-Mexico border for second time,CBS News (Online),"A federal judge on Monday restored a nationwide scope on an order he issued earlier in the summer to block the Trump administration's most sweeping effort yet to unilaterally restrict the asylum system for migrants from Central America and other parts of the world who seek refuge at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Judge Jon Tigar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California reinstated a nationwide injunction blocking a joint Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security rule that makes most migrants who transited through a third...",left
10956,Judge Reinstates Injunction Against Asylum Ban,"['Immigration', 'California', 'Donald Trump', 'Asylum Ban']",Judge reinstates block on Trump's asylum ban for migrants at southern border,The Hill,"A federal judge in California on Monday reinstated a ban on a Trump administration policy that would restrict migrants’ ability to apply for asylum at the southern border.
U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar had issued a nationwide injunction in July blocking the rule, which would make most asylum-seekers who pass through another country before reaching the U.S. ineligible for asylum, with exceptions for victims of trafficking and migrants who have been denied asylum in the countries they traveled through.
The rule would primarily effect Central American immigrants crossing through Mexico.",center
10957,Report Says Kavanaugh Discouraged Other Justices From Siding in Politicized Cases,"['Supreme Court', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Justice', 'Abortion', 'Taxes', 'Bridging Divides', 'Politics']",Gorsuch and Kavanaugh Stake Out Their Independence from Trump,National Review,"Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, perhaps more than any other Supreme Court justices in modern history, are closely connected to the president who appointed them. Gorsuch got his seat after Republicans stonewalled the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland and then Trump unexpectedly prevailed in the 2016 election. And any other president probably would have withdrawn his nominee after Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations, but Trump dug deep, and Kavanaugh crossed the finish line. That past cannot be erased, but a new prologue is being written. Gorsuch and Kavanaugh know full well...",right
10958,Report Says Kavanaugh Discouraged Other Justices From Siding in Politicized Cases,"['Supreme Court', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Justice', 'Abortion', 'Taxes', 'Bridging Divides', 'Politics']",How Brett Kavanaugh tried to sidestep abortion and Trump financial docs cases,CNN (Online News),"Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh urged his colleagues in a series of private memos this spring to consider avoiding decisions in major disputes over abortion and Democratic subpoenas for President Donald Trump's financial records, according to multiple sources familiar with the inner workings of the court.
In the abortion controversy, Kavanaugh wanted the justices to sidestep any ruling on the merits of a Louisiana law that could have closed abortion clinics in the state, CNN has learned. The case marked the first time in four years the justices were taking...",left
10959,Report Says Kavanaugh Discouraged Other Justices From Siding in Politicized Cases,"['Supreme Court', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Justice', 'Abortion', 'Taxes', 'Bridging Divides', 'Politics']","Kavanaugh urged Supreme Court to avoid decisions on Trump finances, abortion: report",The Hill,"Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote a series of memos to his colleagues on the nation’s highest court urging them not to take up recent cases on Louisiana abortion regulations and Democratic subpoenas for President Trump’s financial records, CNN reported Wednesday.
The justice recommended his colleagues avoid ruling on the merits of the Louisiana law, a case viewed by both pro- and anti-abortion rights groups as the high court’s first chance to revisit the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision since President Trump appointed Kavanaugh and Justice Neil Gorsuch to...",center
10960,Perspectives: Biden's Syria Air Strike,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Middle East', 'Iran', 'Syria', 'Joe Biden', 'Defense And Security']","Biden's Syria airstrikes test US role as world's police, get bipartisan support - and criticism",USA TODAY,"Pentagon airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Syria are not only the first military action taken by President Joe Biden. They are a test of his broad pledge to pursue a foreign policy that is more cooperative and mindful of international partners than his predecessor's but still eschews the U.S. role as the world's police to focus on making life better for Americans, some experts and lawmakers say.
Biden on Thursday night ordered the airstrikes on multiple facilities at a Syrian-Iraqi border control point in southeastern Syria in retaliation for rocket...",left
10961,Perspectives: Biden's Syria Air Strike,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Middle East', 'Iran', 'Syria', 'Joe Biden', 'Defense And Security']","With minimum wage loss and Syria strikes, liberals taste first disappointments under Biden",Washington Examiner,"Liberals were dealt their first major disappointments of President Biden’s young administration as the United States launched airstrikes in Syria and the prospects for a $15 federal minimum wage dimmed.
“We didn’t flip Georgia Blue for Biden to air strike Syria,” left-wing activist Ja’Mal Green tweeted. “We flipped Georgia Blue for our $2,000 Stimulus Checks.”
“And for $15 minimum wage,” he added. “And for $50,000 of student loan debt to be canceled.”
The two Georgia Senate races shifted the Senate to Democratic control after Kamala Harris was sworn in as...",right
10962,Perspectives: Biden's Syria Air Strike,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Middle East', 'Iran', 'Syria', 'Joe Biden', 'Defense And Security']",The tough message Biden just sent Iran,CNN (Opinion),"In a single stroke on Thursday, President Joe Biden did far more than destroy a few support facilities for Iranian-backed Syrian militias. Unlike his two predecessors, Biden has drawn a new red line in the Middle East and shown he is prepared to defend it.
Pentagon officials said two F15s dropped Joint Direct Attack Munitions (precision weapons with GPS navigation capabilities) on buildings at an unofficial border crossing believed to be used by militias to transfer munitions into Syria from Iraq.
The strike sought to cripple the ability...",left
10963,"Two Men Charged With Assault on Police Officer Brian Sicknick, Who Died After Capitol Breach","['Criminal Justice', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Brian Sicknick', 'Justice']",Two are charged in the assault of a Capitol Police officer who died after the Jan. 6 riot.,New York Times (News),"Two men have been charged with assaulting Officer Brian D. Sicknick of the Capitol Police and other officers during the Jan. 6 riot, the Justice Department said on Monday, but prosecutors stopped short of linking the attack to Officer Sicknick’s death the next day.
The F.B.I. arrested George Pierre Tanios, 39, of Morgantown, W.Va., and Julian Elie Khater, 32, of State College, Pa., on Sunday. They were charged with conspiracy to injure an officer, assaulting an officer with a dangerous weapon, civil disorder, obstruction of an official proceeding, and other...",left
10964,"Two Men Charged With Assault on Police Officer Brian Sicknick, Who Died After Capitol Breach","['Criminal Justice', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Brian Sicknick', 'Justice']",Two Charged With Assaulting Officer Brian Sicknick During January 6 Riot,The Daily Wire,"Two men sprayed Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick with bear spray during the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to charging documents unsealed on Monday.
Julian Khater of Pennsylvania and George Tanios of West Virginia have been charged with assault for allegedly hitting Sicknick, who died a day after the riot, with the chemical spray, according to The Washington Post. Khater and Tanios face a total of nine charges that are punishable by up to 20 years in prison.",right
10965,"Two Men Charged With Assault on Police Officer Brian Sicknick, Who Died After Capitol Breach","['Criminal Justice', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Brian Sicknick', 'Justice']","Two men charged with assault of Officer Brian Sicknick, who died after Capitol attack",The Hill,"Two men were arrested and charged with assaulting U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died following the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
The two men — Julian Elie Khater, 32, of Pennsylvania, and George Pierre Tanios, 39, of West Virginia — were both arrested Sunday, the Justice Department said. They each face nine counts related to the Capitol attack, including the assault of Sicknick and two other federal agents with a chemical irritant.
That charge — assaulting an officer with a deadly weapon — carries a maximum of...",center
10966,Obamacare Repeal Plan,['Healthcare'],Obamacare Fines and Planned Parenthood? What's in the New Health Law,CBN,House Republicans are taking the first step toward fulfilling one of President Trump's biggest campaign promises: Repealing and replacing Obamacare.,right
10967,Obamacare Repeal Plan,['Healthcare'],House Republicans release long-awaited plan to replace Obamacare,Washington Post,"House Republicans on Monday released long-anticipated legislation to supplant the Affordable Care Act with a more conservative vision for the nation’s health-care system, replacing federal insurance subsidies with a new form of individual tax credits and grants to help states shape their own policies.",left
10968,Obamacare Repeal Plan,['Healthcare'],The Republicans take on health care -- and it won't be easy,CNN (Online News),"Republican lawmakers have finally unveiled a plan to repeal major portions of Obamacare, capping years of attacks against the health care law and a months-long debate that exposed deep rifts within the GOP.",left
10969,Biden Says Texas Abortion Ban Will Cause 'Unconstitutional Chaos',"['Abortion', 'Texas', 'Joe Biden', 'Supreme Court']",Biden warns of 'unconstitutional chaos' due to Texas abortion ban,Reuters,"A Texas law imposing a near-total ban on abortion that the U.S. Supreme Court allowed to stand will cause ""unconstitutional chaos"" by infringing on a right that women have exercised for almost a half-century, President Joe Biden warned on Thursday.
The court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, also raised questions about how it will rule on a more sweeping upcoming case that could curb abortion rights nationwide, as it left in place the ban on abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy.
Texas' ban has so far survived legal challenges partly because...",center
10970,Biden Says Texas Abortion Ban Will Cause 'Unconstitutional Chaos',"['Abortion', 'Texas', 'Joe Biden', 'Supreme Court']",Biden launches federal effort to respond to Texas law as he faces pressure to protect abortion,CNN (Online News),"A new Texas law that effectively bans most abortions prompted President Joe Biden on Wednesday to use a word he'd entirely avoided as president: ""Abortion.""
The absence of the word in Biden's public remarks and statements has frustrated activists, who say it reflects an issue that fell off the priority list even as women's right to an abortion comes under threat in states across the Midwest and South.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday night formally denied a request from Texas abortion providers to freeze the state law, meaning it will remain on the books for now. Abortion providers...",left
10971,Biden Says Texas Abortion Ban Will Cause 'Unconstitutional Chaos',"['Abortion', 'Texas', 'Joe Biden', 'Supreme Court']",Biden slams Supreme Court Texas abortion ruling as 'unprecedented assault on a woman’s constitutional rights’,Fox News (Online News),"President Biden on Thursday slammed the Supreme Court’s overnight ruling to allow Texas' ""extreme"" law that bans most abortions to remain in effect as an ""unprecedented assault on a woman’s constitutional rights."" 
In a strongly worded statement Thursday, the president reacted to the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling to allow Texas’ law to remain in effect. 
The law, signed by Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in May, prohibits abortions once medical professionals can detect cardiac activity, usually around six weeks and before many women know they’re pregnant. 
""The Supreme Court’s ruling overnight is...",right
10972,Campaign Rhetoric,"['Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']",Mitt Romney blasts campaign of hate,Politico,"Blasting President Barack Obama for running a campaign of “hate"", Mitt Romney delivered a blistering critique of the tone of the election.",left
10973,Campaign Rhetoric,"['Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']",Romney repeats his claim of hatred in Obama's campaign,CNN (Online News),(CNN) -- President Barack Obama wraps up a three-day bus tour of Iowa on Wednesday under steady attack from Republican rival Mitt Romney over Medicare reforms and what Romney contends is the president's divide-and-conquer campaign strategy.,left
10974,Campaign Rhetoric,"['Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']","Mitt Romney: Take Your Anger, Division and Hate Back to Chicago",Townhall,"Fresh off of Vice President Joe Biden's ""they'll put ya'll back in chains"" comments yesterday in Danville, Virginia, Mitt Romney hit back at the Obama campaign, hard, telling President Obama to take his campaign of division, hate and anger back to Chicago.",right
10975,McConnell Threatens to Kill China Competition Bill as Democrats Push Reconciliation Spending Package,"['China', 'Democratic Party', 'Economic Policy', 'Foreign Policy', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Polarization', 'US Congress']","Mitch McConnell Stands Firm on Plan to Kill China Competition Bill as Democrats Push Climate, Obamacare Package",Breitbart News,"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell stood firm Thursday on his promise to kill a China competition bill should Democrats advance efforts to pass a $500 billion climate, Obamacare bill.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) continues to negotiate with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on a revived, yet scaled-down, Build Back Better bill. The effort would spend $500 billion on climate change and Obamacare subsidies, while offsetting the bill by reportedly nixing many of the tax cuts contained in the Trump Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Although Schumer has made progress, McConnell promised...",right
10976,McConnell Threatens to Kill China Competition Bill as Democrats Push Reconciliation Spending Package,"['China', 'Democratic Party', 'Economic Policy', 'Foreign Policy', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Polarization', 'US Congress']","Congress Juggles China Bill, Democrats’ Climate and Drug-Pricing Ambitions",Wall Street Journal (News),"Congress returns on Monday with Democrats aiming to revive central pieces of President Biden’s stalled economic agenda while trying to keep on track a separate, bipartisan bill targeted at boosting competitiveness with China that top Republicans are threatening to block.
House Democrats also are set to roll out legislation responding to the Supreme Court ruling ending federal abortion protections. The push could include legislation to write into law the right to an abortion before fetal viability, as well as a bill intended to block any state attempts to criminalize travel for the purpose of getting an...",center
10977,McConnell Threatens to Kill China Competition Bill as Democrats Push Reconciliation Spending Package,"['China', 'Democratic Party', 'Economic Policy', 'Foreign Policy', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Polarization', 'US Congress']",Senate GOP sticks to ugly hostage gambit on competitiveness bill,MSNBC,"The name of the bill — the “United States Innovation and Competition Act” (USICA), though it’s gone by a few different titles — probably makes it sound boring, but it’s proving to be one of the most contentious legislative disputes of the current Congress.
At issue is a bill that lawmakers in both parties and both chambers have been working on for nearly a year. The point of USICA is relatively straightforward: It intends to bolster American competitiveness and counter China, in large part by addressing domestic semiconductor shortages. It’s...",left
10978,President Trump Requests Large Military Parade,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Wants to Display Military's Might With Grand Parade,Townhall,"President Trump has requested the Pentagon plan a grand military parade to display America’s military strength. His vision “was suddenly heard as a presidential directive” during a meeting last month with high-ranking members of the military, the Washington Post reports.",right
10979,President Trump Requests Large Military Parade,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Saw A Military Parade In France And Now He Wants One Of His Very Own,HuffPost,And it looks like he’s going to get it.,left
10980,President Trump Requests Large Military Parade,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Asks Pentagon to Plan Military Parade,Wall Street Journal (News),"The U.S. Department of Defense is planning a military parade at the request of President Donald Trump, White House and Pentagon officials said Tuesday.",center
10981,Louisiana Mayor Bans Nike Products From City's Booster Clubs,['Sports'],"City mayor bans Nike products from booster clubs, according to leaked memo",USA TODAY,"The same day Colin Kaepernick shared his full-length Nike ad, a Louisiana mayor reportedly banned Nike products from booster clubs.",left
10982,Louisiana Mayor Bans Nike Products From City's Booster Clubs,['Sports'],This Mayor Is Trying To Ban Nike From His Town's Parks And Booster Clubs,BuzzFeed News,"""Under no circumstances will any Nike product or any Nike logo be purchased for use or delivery any City of Kenner Recreation Facility,"" he wrote in a memorandum.",left
10983,Louisiana Mayor Bans Nike Products From City's Booster Clubs,['Sports'],Louisiana mayor sparks backlash after banning city parks department from using Nike products,The Blaze,A Louisiana mayor is facing backlash after he allegedly signed a memorandum barring his city’s recreation department from using or accepting Nike athletic products and apparel.,right
10984,India has a new Prime Minister,['World'],Opposition leader Narendra Modi to be India's next prime minister,Washington Times,"Opposition leader Narendra Modi will be India's next prime minister, winning the most decisive election victory the country has seen in more than a quarter century and sweeping the long-dominant Congress party from power, partial results showed Friday.",right
10985,India has a new Prime Minister,['World'],Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi claims victory as India's next prime minister,CNN (Online News),"Narendra Mod,\i, the leader of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, claimed victory as India's next prime minister Friday, bringing to power a man whose controversial past at one point led the United States to deny him a visa.",left
10986,India has a new Prime Minister,['World'],Opinion: A new policy on India,Washington Post,U.S. should end its ostracism of Narendra Modi.,left
10987,Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist Charles Krauthammer Announces He Has Weeks Left to Live,['Politics'],A note to readers,Charles Krauthammer,"I have been uncharacteristically silent these past ten months. I had thought that silence would soon be coming to an end, but I’m afraid I must tell you now that fate has decided on a different course for me.",right
10988,Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist Charles Krauthammer Announces He Has Weeks Left to Live,['Politics'],Fridays without Charles,Washington Post,"FRIDAY HAS always been Charles’s day. Since long ago, before digital news, when space meant just a strip across the top of a printed page, we knew to save space on Friday’s page for Charles Krauthammer. Charles always filled the space, with just the right number of words, and the most acute words, too. Our copy editors knew to check any change with Charles, because he cared about every word. There was never much to change.",left
10989,Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist Charles Krauthammer Announces He Has Weeks Left to Live,['Politics'],Fox News star Charles Krauthammer reveals he has weeks to live in heartbreaking letter,Fox News (Online News),"Charles Krauthammer, the beloved and brilliant Fox News Channel personality who gave up a pioneering career in psychiatry to become a Pulitzer Prize-winning political analyst, on Friday revealed the heartbreaking news that he is in the final stages of a losing battle with cancer.",right
10990,"Top Student Loan Official Resigns, Blaming Trump Administration",['Education'],A Student Loan Official Quit His Position In The Trump Administration For A Troubling Reason,Bustle,"There's one government agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which is essentially tasked with protecting the unsuspecting public from predatory actions on the part of financial companies. One department of the CFPB deals with student loans — and according to someone leaving that office, it's not in great shape. A student loan official quit his position, and he made sure to let the agency know why on his way out.",left
10991,"Top Student Loan Official Resigns, Blaming Trump Administration",['Education'],"Top student loan official resigns, slams Team Trump on way out",New York Post (News),The top government official overseeing the $1.5 trillion student loan market quit Monday after slamming Team Trump’s hostility toward protecting the millions of students burdened by crushing debt.,right
10992,"Top Student Loan Official Resigns, Blaming Trump Administration",['Education'],"Top CFPB official resigns, accuses administration of turning its back on students' financial futures",The Hill,"The student loan ombudsman at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has resigned, saying the agency's leaders have chosen to serve powerful financial companies instead of consumers, NPR News reported on Monday.",center
10993,Presidential Campaign Rolls On,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Candidates buy $40 million more in ads in record-setting campaign,CNN (Online News),"The Barack Obama and Mitt Romney campaigns bought $40 million worth of commercials to run this week and into Election Day in key battleground states, according to a source tracking media buys, as spending records continue to be shattered.",left
10994,Presidential Campaign Rolls On,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Race Is Back On After Storm Hiatus,Wall Street Journal (News),"As the ruinous force of Sandy begins to diminish, the nominal pause it created in the presidential election campaign is about to fade away.",center
10995,Presidential Campaign Rolls On,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama visits storm victims, Romney goes to Florida as campaign rolls on",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama is emphasizing his incumbent's role for a third straight day, skipping battleground states to visit victims of Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey, a state he's confident of winning.",right
10996,"Taiwan President Stands Up To China, Says Country Won’t ‘Bow To Pressure’","['China', 'Taiwan', 'World', 'Xi Jinping', 'Tsai Ing-We', 'Asia']","Taiwan won't be forced to bow to China, President Tsai says during National Day celebrations",CNN (Online News),"Taiwan will not bow to pressure and nobody can force it to accept the path China has laid out for the self-governing democracy, President Tsai Ing-wen said Sunday as the island celebrated its National Day amid heightened tensions with Beijing.
During her speech in front of the presidential office in the capital Taipei, Tsai warned that Taiwan is facing the ""most complex situation"" in the past 72 years, since the end of the Chinese civil war.
Her speech came days after China flew record numbers of warplanes into its defense...",left
10997,"Taiwan President Stands Up To China, Says Country Won’t ‘Bow To Pressure’","['China', 'Taiwan', 'World', 'Xi Jinping', 'Tsai Ing-We', 'Asia']",Taiwan rejects China’s ‘path’ amid show of military force,Associated Press,"Taiwan’s president on Sunday vowed to defend the island from China’s rising pressure for reunification, after a week of unprecedented tensions with Beijing.
Speaking at the island’s National Day celebrations, a rare show of Taiwanese defense capabilities in the annual parade underlined Tsai Ing-wen’s promise to resist Chinese military threats.
“We will do our utmost to prevent the status quo from being unilaterally altered,” President Tsai said.
“We will continue to bolster our national defense and demonstrate our determination to defend ourselves in order to ensure that nobody can force...",left
10998,"Taiwan President Stands Up To China, Says Country Won’t ‘Bow To Pressure’","['China', 'Taiwan', 'World', 'Xi Jinping', 'Tsai Ing-We', 'Asia']","Taiwan President Stands Up To China, Says Island Won’t ‘Bow To Pressure’",The Daily Wire,"The Taiwanese president stood firm against Chinese President Xi Jinping in a speech Sunday and said the island, which is separated from China by the Taiwan Strait, would not “bow to pressure” from the mainland. The speech comes amidst heightened pressure from China’s communist leadership in Beijing and only a day after Xi pushed for “reunification” of Taiwan with China. 
“Our position on cross-strait relations remains the same: neither our goodwill nor our commitments will change. We call for maintaining the status quo, and we will do our utmost to...",right
10999,Perez Elected as DNC Chair,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Trump Calls DNC Chairman Race 'Rigged',Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump slammed both the Democratic National Committee and The New York Times in a pair of early morning tweets Sunday.
Trump tweeted that the race for Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman was “rigged.”",right
11000,Perez Elected as DNC Chair,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']","Tom Perez, new DNC chair: Why this post matters",Christian Science Monitor,"The Democratic Party’s 447 National Committee members elected former Obama labor secretary Tom Perez to be their new party chair on Saturday, in an unusually contentious race for what amounts to the top job for a party in transition.",center
11001,Perez Elected as DNC Chair,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Thomas Perez elected the first Latino leader of Democratic Party,Washington Post,"Former labor secretary Thomas Perez was elected the first Latino chair of the Democratic National Committee on Saturday, narrowly defeating Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) at the end of a contentious battle over the fate of the beleaguered party in the age of President Trump.",left
11002,Media Reacts to Elon Musk’s Takeover of Twitter,"['Media Industry', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Business', 'Banking And Finance', 'Elon Musk', 'Twitter', 'Jack Dorsey', 'Donald Trump', 'Free Speech', 'Content Moderation', 'Censorship', 'Misinformation']","Because of Elon Musk, tyrants are grieving",Tucker Carlson,"Good news, we don't get that often. It's April 25 2022. Elon Musk bought Twitter today. That means that Twitter henceforth will be privately held. Elon Musk will determine what is allowed on the platform.  
Now, why is this significant? Not because it singles the sudden arrival of oligarchy as you're hearing now. It's too late for that; oligarchy is already here. Every major tech company is already controlled by billionaires. That's been the case for a long time, so this is nothing new. The reason today's sale of...",right
11003,Media Reacts to Elon Musk’s Takeover of Twitter,"['Media Industry', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Business', 'Banking And Finance', 'Elon Musk', 'Twitter', 'Jack Dorsey', 'Donald Trump', 'Free Speech', 'Content Moderation', 'Censorship', 'Misinformation']",Elon Musk Is a Problem Masquerading as a Solution,Anand Giridharadas,"It is a perfect marriage for an age of plutocracy: Twitter with its serious problems and Elon Musk, the embodiment of those problems. What happens when the incarnation of a problem buys the right to decide what the problem is and how to fix it?
Twitter has a disinformation problem — fake news about Covid vaccines, climate and more running buck wild across the platform. Mr. Musk has shown himself to be a highly capable peddler of dubious claims, whether putting out misleading financial information or calling the British diver who helped rescue trapped schoolboys...",left
11004,Media Reacts to Elon Musk’s Takeover of Twitter,"['Media Industry', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Business', 'Banking And Finance', 'Elon Musk', 'Twitter', 'Jack Dorsey', 'Donald Trump', 'Free Speech', 'Content Moderation', 'Censorship', 'Misinformation']",Here’s a simple way Elon Musk could make Twitter better,Guest Writer - Center,"These numbers are not accurate. The average price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil in June 2008 was $134, not $181.58. In March 2022, it was $108, not $99.76. Gas prices were $4.05 in June 2008 and $4.22 in March 2022. So the markup on gasoline has increased modestly since 2008, but not nearly as much as this tweet suggests.
Even so, Rashid’s tweet has racked up 18,000 retweets. As of publication time, it’s still on Twitter.
Tweets like this one are on my mind as I think about Twitter’s Monday announcement that it had accepted...",center
11005,Trump Tells Congresswomen to 'Go Back' to the Countries They Came From,"['Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Democrats']",AOC fires back at Trump: 'You cannot accept that we don't fear you',Washington Times,"President Trump’s comments Sunday about “Progressive Democratic Congresswomen” prompted a furious response from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who tweeted at Mr. Trump, “you can’t conceive of an America that includes us.”",right
11006,Trump Tells Congresswomen to 'Go Back' to the Countries They Came From,"['Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Democrats']",Trump under fire for racially-charged tweets against congresswomen,BBC News,"US President Donald Trump has been accused of racism after posting tweets attacking Democratic congresswomen.
He claimed the women ""originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe"", before suggesting they ""go back"".
He then said Speaker ""Nancy Pelosi would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements"".",center
11007,Trump Tells Congresswomen to 'Go Back' to the Countries They Came From,"['Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Democrats']",Trump Tells Freshman Congresswomen to ‘Go Back’ to the Countries They Came From,New York Times (News),"President Trump on Sunday weighed in on the friction between a group of four freshman Democratic congresswomen and Speaker Nancy Pelosi: He suggested that the congresswomen — none of whom are white — should “go back and help fix” the countries they came from. His message was immediately seized upon by Democrats, who called it a racist trope.",left
11008,Saudi Arabia Acknowledged Jamal Khashoggi was Killed Inside its Consulate in Istanbul,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","Fight at Consulate Led to Journalist’s Death, Saudis Say",Wall Street Journal (News),"Saudi Arabia early Saturday acknowledged for the first time journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside its consulate in Istanbul, capping weeks of uncertainty over the fate of the Saudi government critic.",center
11009,Saudi Arabia Acknowledged Jamal Khashoggi was Killed Inside its Consulate in Istanbul,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","Trump, Breaking With U.S. Intelligence, Appears to Accept Saudi Explanation of Journalist’s Death",New York Times (News),"President Trump broke with his own intelligence agencies on Friday, appearing to accept Saudi Arabia’s explanation that the journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed by accident during a fistfight, while the United States’ spy agencies are increasingly convinced that he was assassinated on high-level orders from the Saudi royal court.",left
11010,Saudi Arabia Acknowledged Jamal Khashoggi was Killed Inside its Consulate in Istanbul,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Congress faces tough choices on Saudi Arabia in wake of Khashoggi killing,Fox News (Online News),A lot of tough talk about Saudi Arabia now cascades down Capitol Hill after the suspected death of Jamal Khashoggi.,right
11011,U.S. Weighs Options In Syria,['Middle East'],Reported Israeli airstrikes in Syria could accelerate U.S. decision process,Washington Post,Senior officials have indicated that a decision will come within weeks.,left
11012,U.S. Weighs Options In Syria,['Middle East'],Lawmakers divided over arming rebels in Syria,CNN (Online News),"Lawmakers had varying opinions Sunday on whether the United States should supply Syrian rebel forces with weapons now that the situation has escalated with Syria, accusing Israel, a close U.S. ally, of launching rockets into the country.",left
11013,U.S. Weighs Options In Syria,['Middle East'],Israeli airstrikes on Syria put Obama at the crossroads,Washington Times,"As Israeli planes hit targets in Syria for the second time in three days, some Republicans on Sunday ramped up their calls for President Obama to take stronger measures against the Assad regime.",right
11014,Iran Warns of Increased Uranium Production,"['Middle East', 'Iran', 'Tehran', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Foreign Policy']",Iran using advanced tech to speed up nuclear weapon production: experts,New York Post (News),"Iran is now using technology which could allow it to produce enough material to build a nuclear weapon in less than a year, experts said.
Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesman for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, said the nation is using an array of advanced centrifuges to enrich uranium in violation of its 2015 nuclear deal, the Associated Press reported.
Time is running out for Iran and Europe to settle on new terms to the agreement. Iran previously breached limits set on its nuclear stockpile and enrichment levels, but claimed it could...",right
11015,Iran Warns of Increased Uranium Production,"['Middle East', 'Iran', 'Tehran', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Foreign Policy']","Iran uses advanced centrifuges, threatens higher enrichment",Associated Press,"TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Saturday said it now uses arrays of advanced centrifuges prohibited by its 2015 nuclear deal and can enrich uranium “much more beyond” current levels to weapons-grade material, taking a third step away from the accord while warning Europe has little time to offer it new terms.
While insisting Iran doesn’t seek a nuclear weapon, the comments by Behrouz Kamalvandi of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran threatened pushing uranium enrichment far beyond levels ever reached in the country. Prior to the atomic deal, Iran...",left
11016,Iran Warns of Increased Uranium Production,"['Middle East', 'Iran', 'Tehran', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Foreign Policy']",Tehran warns time is running out to save Iran nuclear deal,The Guardian,"Iran has stated itis now capable of raising uranium enrichment past the 20% level and, while it has no immediate plans to do so, the clock is ticking towards the point where the 2015 nuclear deal could not be salvaged.
Behrouz Kamalvandi, the Iranian nuclear agency spokesman, told a press conference: “We have started lifting limitations on our research and development imposed by the deal … It will include development of more rapid and advanced centrifuges.
“The European parties to the deal should know that there is not much time...",left
11017,Biden Administration Expected To Recommend COVID-19 Booster Shots at 8 Months,"['Coronavirus', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",The Biden Administration May Recommend COVID Boosters After 8 Months,NPR (Online News),"Fully vaccinated Americans could be rolling up their sleeves for another dose of the coronavirus vaccine as soon as next month.
The Biden administration is close to advising fully vaccinated Americans get COVID-19 booster shots eight months after their last vaccine. A source familiar with the discussions among administration health experts said this recommendation could come as soon as this week.
The plan was first reported by The New York Times and The Washington Post.
The boosters would be intended to protect against the highly contagious delta variant, which has caused caseloads in...",left
11018,Biden Administration Expected To Recommend COVID-19 Booster Shots at 8 Months,"['Coronavirus', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Biden administration to announce most Americans will need coronavirus booster shots,Washington Post,"The Biden administration is planning to announce that most Americans who have received the coronavirus vaccine will need booster shots to combat waning immunity and the highly transmissible delta variant that is sparking a surge in covid-19 cases, according to four people familiar with the decision.
The administration’s health and science experts are coalescing around the view that people will need the boosters eight months after being fully vaccinated, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a decision not yet public. The move is likely to...",left
11019,Biden Administration Expected To Recommend COVID-19 Booster Shots at 8 Months,"['Coronavirus', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Biden admin. crafts COVID-19 booster plan; WHO says poor nations need initial shots,Washington Times,"The Biden administration this week is coalescing around a plan to administer booster shots to people who completed their COVID-19 vaccinations eight months ago.
The U.S. would start rolling out third shots of vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna in September as it tries to fend off the fast-moving delta variant of the coronavirus, according to the plan first reported by The New York Times.
The Food and Drug Administration would need to approve the third shot before the rollout. Recipients of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine will likely need...",right
11020,Terror in Mali,['World'],Gunmen storm luxury hotel in Mali in hostage standoff,Washington Post,"Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Mali’s capital on Friday with 170 guests and staff, killing at least three people and taking hostages in a city that serves as a logistics hub for French and American forces helping fight Islamist insurgents.",left
11021,Terror in Mali,['World'],Mali hotel attack: 3 dead after gunmen take captives at Radisson Blu in Bamako,CNN (Online News),"Security forces have reportedly launched a counterassault on a hotel in the capital of the West African nation of Mali, where officials say gunmen took dozens of hostages and killed at least three people Friday morning.",left
11022,Terror in Mali,['World'],"Malian forces storm hotel after militants kill 3, take 90 hostages",Fox News (Online News),"Malian special forces stormed a hotel in the country’s capital Friday to rescue 90 people who were taken hostage hours earlier by militants who shouted “Allahu Akbar"" and reportedly forced their captives to recite verses from the Koran or face death.",right
11023,President Trump Shows Altered Map of Hurricane Dorian,"['White House', 'Disaster', 'Donald Trump', 'Hurricane Dorian', 'Alabama', 'General News']",Trump presents doctored NHC graphic showing Alabama could get hit by Hurricane Dorian,Washington Examiner,"President Trump presented an outdated forecast map for Hurricane Dorian on Wednesday that was altered to show Alabama could be hit by the storm.
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, the president gave an update on Hurricane Dorian, which is now hugging the East Coast near Florida and Georgia.
Trump ushered acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan to bring out the map, which was from last week as Dorian appeared to not even have reached the Bahamas yet. The short-term forecast cone covers the Bahamas, and its extended reach,...",right
11024,President Trump Shows Altered Map of Hurricane Dorian,"['White House', 'Disaster', 'Donald Trump', 'Hurricane Dorian', 'Alabama', 'General News']",Trump clings to idea Alabama faced big threat from Dorian,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump isn’t giving up on the dubious idea that Alabama faced a serious threat from Hurricane Dorian.
During an Oval Office briefing Wednesday, Trump displayed a map of the National Hurricane Center forecast for last Thursday that showed Dorian could track over Florida. The map he displayed included what appeared to be a hand-drawn half-circle that extended the cone of uncertainty over a swath of Alabama.
Trump had raised eyebrows and drawn an emphatic fact check from the National Weather Service on Sunday when he...",left
11025,President Trump Shows Altered Map of Hurricane Dorian,"['White House', 'Disaster', 'Donald Trump', 'Hurricane Dorian', 'Alabama', 'General News']",Trump Insists He Was Right About Hurricane Dorian Heading for Alabama,New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — When President Trump displayed a large map of Hurricane Dorian’s path in the Oval Office on Wednesday, it was hard to miss a black line that appeared to have been drawn to extend the storm’s possible path into the state of Alabama.
That might have been intended to bolster Mr. Trump’s claim on Sunday when he tweeted that “in addition to Florida — South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, will most likely be hit (much) harder than anticipated.”
Never mind that the Alabama office of the National...",left
11026,House Debates DHS Funding,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']","Boehner says House has spoken on DHS funding, Obama's plan for ISIS isn't 'smart'",Fox News (Online News),"House Speaker John Boehner is giving little ground to President Obama and his fellow Democrats on Capitol Hill on key issues, blaming Senate Democrats if the Homeland Security Department runs out of money and criticizing the president’s proposal to fight The Islamic State.
Boehner said on “Fox News Sunday,” in an interview taped on Friday, that Senate Democrats are blocking votes on a House-passed bill that funds the agency after Feb. 27 but also rolls back Obama’s executive actions on immigration.
And the House won’t send the Senate a new...",right
11027,House Debates DHS Funding,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']","Boehner: If DHS funding runs out, Senate Democrats to blame",Washington Post,"House Speaker John A. Boehner said Sunday that if Congress is unable to reach a compromise to continue funding for the Department of Homeland Security, it is the Senate Democratic minority that deserves the blame.
The House has passed legislation that would extend funding for DHS – whose current funding is set to run out on Feb. 27 – but has tied that bill to provisions that would block President Obama’s executive action on immigration. Senate Democrats have insisted on a “clean” bill, and Obama has threatened",left
11028,House Debates DHS Funding,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']","House, Senate GOP spar over DHS funding",CNN (Online News),"House and Senate Republicans aren't getting any closer to bridging their differences over funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
House Speaker John Boehner again insisted on Sunday that the ""House has done its job"" and the cards are in the Senate's hands, Sens. John McCain and Bob Corker urged their fellow Republicans pass a bill without letting the agency's funding lapse. Mc",left
11029,12 Dead in Attack on Paris Magazine,['Terrorism'],At least 12 dead after terror attack at Paris newspaper office,Christian Science Monitor,Gunmen stormed the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday. French President Francois Hollande called the deadly assault a terrorist attack.,center
11030,12 Dead in Attack on Paris Magazine,['Terrorism'],At least 12 dead in Islamist terror attack at satirical French publication,Fox News (Online News),"Black-clad gunmen shouting ""Allahu Akbar!"" stormed the Paris offices of a satirical publication known for lampooning Islam Wednesday, killing 12 and injuring as many as 15 before escaping, French officials said.",right
11031,12 Dead in Attack on Paris Magazine,['Terrorism'],12 dead in attack on Paris magazine; French leader labels it terrorism,Los Angeles Times,"Twelve people were shot and killed Wednesday after masked gunmen stormed into the offices of a French satirical magazine in the center of Paris, police said.",left
11032,Pentagon Says Russia Violated Airspace,['World'],Ukraine crisis: Pentagon says Russian jets violated airspace,BBC News,"The US says Russian military aircraft have entered Ukrainian airspace on several occasions, amid rising tension in the east of the country. A Pentagon spokesman called on Russia to ""de-escalate the situation"".",center
11033,Pentagon Says Russia Violated Airspace,['World'],Russian jets enter Ukrainian airspace; Pentagon calls for nation to 'deescalate the situation',Washington Times,Russian warplanes have entered Ukraine airspace several times within the past 24 hours conducting what one Pentagon official describes as small probes.,right
11034,Pentagon Says Russia Violated Airspace,['World'],Pentagon says Russia has violated Ukraine’s airspace multiple times in last 24 hours,Washington Post,The Pentagon said late Friday that Russian aircraft had entered Ukrainian airspace “on several occasions in the last 24 hours” and called on Moscow to take “immediate steps” to de-escalate rising tensions.,left
11035,"Trump Makes Surprise Visit to Iraq, Defends Syria Policy","['US Military', 'Defense And Security']","Trump makes surprise trip to Iraq to visit with troops, says US intends to stay",Washington Examiner,"President Trump made an unannounced visit to troops stationed in Iraq on Wednesday, landing after hours of speculation in Washington on his whereabouts.",right
11036,"Trump Makes Surprise Visit to Iraq, Defends Syria Policy","['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Trump defends Syria pullout during surprise visit to Iraq,Reuters,"President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria during an unannounced visit to Iraq, saying that many people will start seeing things on Syria the",center
11037,"Trump Makes Surprise Visit to Iraq, Defends Syria Policy","['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Trump makes first trip to Iraq as president,Politico,"President Donald Trump visited U.S. troops in Iraq for the first time during his presidency, the White House said Wednesday, after he came under criticism for not going earlier and during a",left
11038,"Speaker Pelosi Visits Armenia, Blames Azerbaijan for Recent Fighting","['World', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Armenia', 'Azerbaijan', 'Russia', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Conflict']",Nancy Pelosi condemns Azerbaijan's attacks on Armenia,Reuters,"U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday strongly condemned what she said were ""illegal"" border attacks by Azerbaijan on Armenia, using a visit to the Russian ally to pledge American support for its sovereignty.
Pelosi cast her trip to Armenia, a sliver of land the size of U.S. state of Maryland that is wedged between Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and Iran, as an attempt to strengthen support for what she cast as a beacon of democracy.
Speaking in the ancient city of Yerevan, Pelosi said her trip had significance...",center
11039,"Speaker Pelosi Visits Armenia, Blames Azerbaijan for Recent Fighting","['World', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Armenia', 'Azerbaijan', 'Russia', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Conflict']",Pelosi condemns Azerbaijan over Armenia attack,Associated Press,"The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, said Sunday that the United States deplores recent attacks by Azerbaijan and called for a negotiated solution to the countries’ conflict.
Pelsoi’s visit to the Armenian capital, Yerevan, with a congressional delegation came just a few days days after two days of shelling by both sides that killed more than 200 troops. It was the largest outbreak of hostilities in more than two years.
The two ex-Soviet countries have been locked in a decades-old conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, which is part...",left
11040,"Speaker Pelosi Visits Armenia, Blames Azerbaijan for Recent Fighting","['World', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Armenia', 'Azerbaijan', 'Russia', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Conflict']",Azerbaijan dismisses Nancy Pelosi as 'Armenian propaganda' after she condemns Azeri attacks,Fox News (Online News),"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi condemned Azerbaijan's attacks on Armenia as ""illegal"" during a Sunday press conference alongside Armenian officials.
Pelosi led a Congressional delegation to the region this weekend, days after roughly 200 troops were killed in clashes between the two countries. The conflict centers around the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is ethnically Armenian but legally belongs to Azerbaijan, a situation that has resulted in decades of violence.
Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to a ceasefire days before Pelosi's arrival.
""Our meeting, again, had a particular importance to us because of the...",right
11041,Trump Admin Rolls Back Anti-Discriminatory Policy for Transgender and Abortion Patients,"['LGBT Rights', 'Affordable Care Act', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump']",Trump is kicking the LGBTQ community while we're down,CNN (Opinion),"(CNN)--The Trump administration yanked the rug out from under more than a million Americans on Friday by removing protections that prohibit discrimination in health care against transgender patients. This move -- announced on the four-year anniversary of a shooting at a gay nightclub in Orland, Florida, in which 49 people died -- is cruel and unusual punishment from an administration that chooses to represent a small and extreme fringe pushing to further marginalize the already disadvantaged.",left
11042,Trump Admin Rolls Back Anti-Discriminatory Policy for Transgender and Abortion Patients,"['LGBT Rights', 'Affordable Care Act', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump']",Susan Collins vows to overturn Trump rule rolling back LGBT patients' protections,The Hill,"Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced Saturday she would work to overturn Trump Administration's new rule rolling back LGBT patients' protections in the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
""The Trump Administration's decision to eliminate protections for transgender patients is simply wrong. I'll work to overturn this discriminatory policy,"" Collins tweeted.",center
11043,Trump Admin Rolls Back Anti-Discriminatory Policy for Transgender and Abortion Patients,"['LGBT Rights', 'Affordable Care Act', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump']",Trump Administration Reverses Obama-Era Regulation That Redefined ‘Sex’,National Review,"The Department of Health and Human Services has just announced a rule undoing an Obama-administration policy that had redefined “sex” to include “gender identity” and “termination of pregnancy” for purposes of nondiscrimination under the Affordable Care Act.
Section 1557 of Obamacare prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in health-related programs or activities. Near the end of President Obama’s second term, his HHS Department released a regulation redefining “sex” for the purposes of Section 1557 to include “gender identity” and “termination of pregnancy.”",right
11044,Senate Vows AHCA Overhaul,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",AHCA: Republican health care bill headed for overhaul in Senate,Fox News (Online News),"While President Trump took a victory lap with House Republicans after their health care bill passed its first big test Thursday, the hard work is just beginning for the majority party whose mission these past seven years has been ObamaCare’s demise.",right
11045,Senate Vows AHCA Overhaul,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate GOP vows big changes for ObamaCare bill,The Hill,Senate Republicans plan to dramatically overhaul the House ObamaCare repeal bill that passed Thursday and are warning the process could take weeks.,center
11046,Senate Vows AHCA Overhaul,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",How Obamacare Repeal Could Run Aground in the Senate,The Atlantic,Republicans in the upper chamber might set aside the House-passed bill and write their own legislation instead. Their narrow majority leaves them almost no room for division.,left
11047,"COVID-19 Vaccines, Stimulus Among Biden's Plan For First 100 Days In Office","['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Life During Covid-19']",Biden hoping Senate can split impeachment with other priorities,Washington Times,"President-elect Joseph R. Biden said Monday he’s been in touch with “folks in the Senate” on potentially splitting the floor time that would be required for an impeachment trial with time for his early legislative and personnel priorities.
“Can you go a half day on dealing with impeachment and a half-day getting my people nominated and confirmed in the Senate as well as moving on the [coronavirus] package?” he said. “So that’s my hope and expectation,” Mr. Biden said, saying he hasn’t gotten an answer from the Senate parliamentarian yet.",right
11048,"COVID-19 Vaccines, Stimulus Among Biden's Plan For First 100 Days In Office","['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Life During Covid-19']",Biden to unveil vaccination plan this week,Politico,"President-elect Joe Biden is set to unveil a sweeping coronavirus vaccination plan on Thursday, calling the nationwide distribution effort his ""number one priority.""
The plan, which Biden teased on Monday, will serve as the incoming administration's roadmap to quickly vaccinating millions of Americans amid frustration over the slow rollout of the initial doses.",left
11049,"COVID-19 Vaccines, Stimulus Among Biden's Plan For First 100 Days In Office","['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Life During Covid-19']","Biden hopes Senate can split time on impeachment, his agenda",The Hill,"President-elect Joe Biden said Monday that he hoped the Senate would “bifurcate” its work so that an impeachment trial of President Trump does not interfere with confirming his Cabinet nominees or passing a stimulus package.
Biden said that he had spoken with the Senate parliamentarian about whether the upper chamber can “go a half day with the impeachment and a half day getting my people nominated and confirmed in the Senate as well as moving on the [coronavirus stimulus] package.” He said he had yet to receive an answer on...",center
11050,Supreme Court Rules States Can Legalize Sports Betting,['Sports'],Sports Betting Will Complete the Gambling Revolution,Reason,"We think of revolutions as sudden, spectacular events, much like earthquakes or erupting volcanoes that transform the landscape overnight. But sometimes they occur so slowly and quietly that it's possible to overlook how much change they bring about.",right
11051,Supreme Court Rules States Can Legalize Sports Betting,['Sports'],"OPINION: What Supreme Court victory for sports gambling means for marijuana, sanctuary cities",USA TODAY,Murphy v. NCAA shows the Court is committed to the anti-commandeering principle — the federal government can't force states to enforce its laws.,left
11052,Supreme Court Rules States Can Legalize Sports Betting,['Sports'],"With states free to legalize sports betting, do the pro leagues deserve a cut?",Washington Post,"In late January, NBA vice president Dan Spillane explained to the New York state Senate why the state, one day, should give the league some cash. In a joint effort with Major League Baseball, Spillane had come to testify about the prospect of legalized sports betting and what provisions the professional leagues believed should be included in potential laws.",left
11053,White House Irresolute on Sending Troops to Iran,"['White House', 'Iran', 'Troops', 'Middle East']",White House reviews military plans that would include massive troop deployment to Middle East,The Blaze,"Amid escalating tensions with Iran, President Donald Trump's top national security advisers reviewed military plans last week that would send more 120,000 U.S. troops to the Middle East ""should Iran attack American forces or accelerate work on nuclear weapons,"" The New York Times reported Monday.
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan presented the plan last Thursday, which was requested by national security adviser John Bolton, The Times reported.
The plan was presented during a meeting among top national security officials — including CIA chief Gina Haspel, Director of National Intelligence Dan...",right
11054,White House Irresolute on Sending Troops to Iran,"['White House', 'Iran', 'Troops', 'Middle East']","Trump denies U.S. plan to send 120,000 troops to counter Iran threat",Reuters,"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday denied a New York Times report that U.S. officials were discussing a military plan to send up to 120,000 troops to the Middle East to counter any attack or nuclear weapons acceleration by Iran.
“I think it’s fake news, OK? Now, would I do that? Absolutely. But we have not planned for that. Hopefully we’re not going to have to plan for that. And if we did that, we’d send a hell of a lot more troops than that,” Trump told reporters...",center
11055,White House Irresolute on Sending Troops to Iran,"['White House', 'Iran', 'Troops', 'Middle East']","White House Reviews Military Plans Against Iran, in Echoes of Iraq War",New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — At a meeting of President Trump’s top national security aides last Thursday, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan presented an updated military plan that envisions sending as many as 120,000 troops to the Middle East should Iran attack American forces or accelerate work on nuclear weapons, administration officials said.
[To follow new military deployments to the Middle East, sign up for the weekly At War newsletter.]
The revisions were ordered by hard-liners led by John R. Bolton, Mr. Trump’s national security adviser. They do not call for a land...",left
11056,President Trump Denies Request to Release Democrats' Russia Memo,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Trump blocks release of Russia memo drafted by Democrats,Reuters,President Donald Trump on Friday blocked the release of a classified memo written by congressional Democrats to rebut a Republican document that he allowed to be made public last week that claimed FBI and Justice Department bias against him in the federal probe of Russia and the 2016 U.S. election.,center
11057,President Trump Denies Request to Release Democrats' Russia Memo,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Blocks Release of Memo Rebutting Republican Claims,New York Times (News),"President Trump on Friday blocked the release of a classified Democratic memo rebutting Republican claims that top federal law enforcement officials had abused their powers in spying on a former Trump campaign aide, a move that Democrats denounced as politically motivated hypocrisy.",left
11058,President Trump Denies Request to Release Democrats' Russia Memo,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",White House Cites Security Concerns in Decision Not to Declassify the Democratic Memo,Townhall,"President Trump has decided not to declassify the Democratic rebuttal to a memo that details surveillance abuses at the FBI. Trump reviewed the rebuttal just as he did the Republican-authored memo, but decided against making it public because of national security concerns. He has asked the authors to remove some sensitive materials.",right
11059,Democrats Tie Debt Ceiling Suspension to Spending Bill to Avoid Shutdown,"['US Congress', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Federal Budget', 'Government Shutdown']","Democrats to pair stopgap spending with debt ceiling increase, testing Republican opposition.",New York Times (News),"Democratic congressional leaders announced on Monday that they will pair a stopgap spending bill to keep the government funded though December with an extension of the federal borrowing limit through the end of 2022, increasing pressure on Republicans to support legislation needed to avert a fiscal catastrophe.
Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the minority leader, and a majority of his party have vowed to withhold their support for raising the debt ceiling under a Democratic-controlled government, arguing that it is the ruling party’s responsibility to finance the federal spending they...",left
11060,Democrats Tie Debt Ceiling Suspension to Spending Bill to Avoid Shutdown,"['US Congress', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Federal Budget', 'Government Shutdown']",Democrats propose raising debt ceiling through midterms,Axios,"House and Senate leadership announced on Monday that they plan to attach a proposal to raise the debt ceiling through Dec. 2022 to a short-term, government funding bill. The bill must pass before the end of the month or Congress risks a shutdown.
Why it matters: Democrats are taking a huge risk by trying to force through an increase of the debt limit in its must-pass funding bill. The move is wishful thinking on behalf of Democrats who are hoping they can get at least 10 centrist Republicans to balk, as...",center
11061,Democrats Tie Debt Ceiling Suspension to Spending Bill to Avoid Shutdown,"['US Congress', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Federal Budget', 'Government Shutdown']",Pelosi tries to hold line as Democrats start to crack on debt ceiling standoff,Washington Examiner,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pressured her caucus to keep insisting on a bipartisan vote to increase the debt ceiling as some high-ranking Democrats in the House start to entertain raising the limit without Republican support.
Asked on CNN Sunday if he would be fine with Democrats passing a debt ceiling increase with only Democratic support, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina said: “No, I'm not fine with that.”",right
11062,Trump Speech Condemns Extremism,['Terrorism'],"Trump reaches out to Muslims, calls for sharing 'burden' in terror fight",CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump on Sunday looked to make clear that the United States is not at war with Islam in a major speech here on Sunday, instead defining the battle against terrorist groups as a ""battle between good and evil.""",left
11063,Trump Speech Condemns Extremism,['Terrorism'],Trump to call for 'stamping out extremism' in speech to Muslim leaders,Fox News (Online News),President Trump Sunday in a highly-anticipated speech to Muslim leaders during his first foreign trip is expected to call for unity in the fight to “stamp out extremism.”,right
11064,Trump Speech Condemns Extremism,['Terrorism'],"In Speech, Trump to Declare Terrorism a ‘Battle Between Good and Evil’",New York Times (News),"President Trump planned in a centerpiece speech on Sunday to rally leaders from around the Muslim world in a renewed campaign against extremism, rejecting the idea that the fight is a battle between religions even as he has promised not to chastise them about human rights violations in their own countries.",left
11065,Which Party Will Control the Senate After the 2022 Elections?,"['2022 Elections', 'Politics', 'US Senate', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', '2022 Florida Senate Election', '2022 Arizona Senate Election', '2022 Ohio Senate Election', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election']",Control of the Senate Is Still a Jump Ball,Jim Geraghty,"This sentence from Nate Cohn in the New York Times is likely to thrill a lot of Republicans who hunger for good news about the upcoming midterms: “That warning sign is flashing again: Democratic Senate candidates are outrunning expectations in the same places where the polls overestimated Mr. Biden in 2020 and Mrs. Clinton in 2016.”
What was most memorable about the 2020 Senate polling were the spectacular misses — Sara Gideon’s consistent polling lead over incumbent Republican Susan Collins in Maine,  and the Quinnipiac polls that kept showing South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham tied...",right
11066,Which Party Will Control the Senate After the 2022 Elections?,"['2022 Elections', 'Politics', 'US Senate', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', '2022 Florida Senate Election', '2022 Arizona Senate Election', '2022 Ohio Senate Election', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election']",These 3 races could determine whether Democrats or Republicans control the Senate in 2023,MarketWatch,"Thirty five Senate seats are up for reelection in November, but only eight are considered toss-ups, according to RealClearPolitics. Of those, there are three that are most likely to determine which party controls the Senate, according to research firm Beacon Policy Advisors.
In a report released Friday, Beacon predicted “the likely tipping point race to be Georgia, a purple state that is still to the right of the nation by about three points.”
The incumbent senator, Democrat Raphael Warnock, defeated Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler in a special runoff election last year...",center
11067,Which Party Will Control the Senate After the 2022 Elections?,"['2022 Elections', 'Politics', 'US Senate', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', '2022 Florida Senate Election', '2022 Arizona Senate Election', '2022 Ohio Senate Election', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election']",Forecasters now predict Democrats have the edge in the fight for Senate control,CNN (Online News),"Two prominent election forecasting models now give Democrats a 70% or better chance of retaining their Senate majority in November, a major shift that suggests the fight for control may no longer be the toss-up that it has long been considered.
The FiveThirtyEight election model finds that in 70 out of 100 election simulations, Democrats emerge from 2022 in the majority. The Economist's model is even more optimistic for the party, finding that in 78 out of 100 simulations, Democrats retain their majority in November.
Both models take into account polling, demographic, fundraising and...",left
11068,Nurse Breaks Quarantine,[],"Maine gov.: Negotiations with nurse in Ebola quarantine have failed, will use legal authority",Washington Times,"Maine Gov. Paul LePage said Thursday he is ready to use the “full extent of his authority” to rein in a 33-year-old nurse who worked with Ebola patients in West Africa but balked at a deal that would prevent her from entering public spaces.
The Republican, who is up for re-election Tuesday, said state attorneys tried to work with Kaci Hickox, of Fort Kent, but those negotiations “have failed.”",right
11069,Nurse Breaks Quarantine,[],Maine Officials Fail to Reach Compromise With Nurse Over Ebola Quarantine,New York Times (News),"The governor of Maine said Thursday that negotiations with the nurse who cared for Ebola patients in Sierra Leone had failed to reach a compromise that would allow her to take walks, runs or rides but would prevent her from mingling with the public.
As a result, Gov. Paul LePage said he would “exercise the full extent of his authority allowable by law.” Though he did not make it explicit what the next stop would be, state officials have said that they would seek a court order to enforce a...",left
11070,Nurse Breaks Quarantine,[],Nurse Breaks Quarantine With Bike Ride,Daily Beast,"Kaci Hickox is a woman of her word. After vowing to defy Maine’s voluntary quarantine for health workers who treated Ebola patients by Thursday, she and her boyfriend left their home to go for a bicycle ride. The two were followed by state police; however they could not detain her. Hickox has said that a quarantine is unnecessary as she is showing no symptoms and has tested negative for the Ebola virus. State officials have said they’re going to court to try to detain her for the remainder of the...",left
11071,Averting Sequester,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",White House seeks 'balanced way' to budget fix,Townhall,"President Barack Obama is concerned about the effect that looming, drastic across-the-board budget cuts will have on the middle class, his new chief of staff said Sunday.",right
11072,Averting Sequester,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",GOP senator: Sequester is going to happen,CNN (Online News),"Republican Sen. John Barrasso said Sunday the country should be prepared for the sequester and its massive spending cuts to kick in next month, despite Democrats' proposal last week to avert it.",left
11073,Averting Sequester,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",McDonough: ‘We’ve not given up’ on averting sequester,Washington Post,White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said Sunday that Presiden Obama has not given up on the prospect of averting the looming across-the-board spending cuts known as the sequester.,left
11074,Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Where To Get Live Coverage,"['BBC News', 'CNN', 'Foreign Policy', 'Fox News', 'Joe Biden', 'Kyiv', 'Media Industry', 'NATO', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin', 'World']",Live updates: Russia invades Ukraine,CNN (Online News),"What we're covering here
Talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations will take place Monday on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, President Zelensky's office said as Russian President Putin ordered his country’s deterrence forces – including nuclear arms – be placed on high alert.
The US continues to see Russian forces face “stiff resistance” and their momentum slow in Ukraine's northern part, while forces are having a “little bit more success” in the south, a US defense official says.
The White House and several EU nations announced the expulsion of certain Russian banks from the SWIFT banking system Saturday evening.",left
11075,Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Where To Get Live Coverage,"['BBC News', 'CNN', 'Foreign Policy', 'Fox News', 'Joe Biden', 'Kyiv', 'Media Industry', 'NATO', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin', 'World']",Ukraine live updates: Putin puts nuclear deterrent on 'special alert',BBC News,"Summary
Vladimir Putin says he is moving Russia's nuclear deterrent to ""special alert""
He says it's a response to Nato ""aggression""
The announcement does not mean Russia intends to use the weapons
The US has condemned the move as ""unacceptable""
Ukrainian troops are in control of Kharkiv, governor says, after Russian attack
Ukraine claims 4,300 Russians have died in the whole invasion - this has not been verified
The EU is to send weapons to Ukraine and has banned all Russian flights from European airspace
A Ukrainian delegation will
...",center
11076,Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Where To Get Live Coverage,"['BBC News', 'CNN', 'Foreign Policy', 'Fox News', 'Joe Biden', 'Kyiv', 'Media Industry', 'NATO', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin', 'World']",Ukraine battles Russian forces: LIVE UPDATES,Fox News (Online News),"Fast Facts
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday called for Russia to lose its voting power as a member of the U.N. Security Council during the fourth day of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Russian forces advanced on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, after troops stormed in from the outskirts on Sunday, according to reports.
A suspected Russian missile strike exploded at a civilian oil depot outside Kyiv early Sunday morning local time, Ukrainian officials said.",right
11077,Poll says worst Congress in our lifetime,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Americans Think This Is A 'Do-Nothing' Congress,HuffPost,"Americans think this has been a do-nothing Congress, according to a CNNORC International poll released Thursday.",left
11078,Poll says worst Congress in our lifetime,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Poll: Just how despised is Congress?,Politico,"As the first year of the 113th Congress comes to a close, a vast majority of Americans say it has been the worst in recent history, according to a poll released Thursday.",left
11079,Poll says worst Congress in our lifetime,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Two-thirds of Americans say Congress is the worst,Washington Times,"Two-thirds of Americans say this is the worst Congress in their lifetime, according to a CNNORC International poll released Thursday.",right
11080,Trump Supports Immunity Deal,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump: Flynn should get immunity from possible prosecution if he talks,USA TODAY,President Trump encouraged former aide Michael Flynn to seek immunity from prosecution on Friday and again denounced the various investigations into contacts between Trump campaign associates and Russians who sought to influence last year's election.,left
11081,Trump Supports Immunity Deal,"['White House', 'Politics']","The Trump White House is in deep legal trouble, according to Trump’s own standards",Washington Post,"President Trump on Friday urged his former top adviser, Michael Flynn, to seek an immunity deal from Congress, after news broke late Thursday that Flynn was seeking such a deal. Trump said Flynn should cut a deal because the entire thing is “a witch hunt” that ostensibly won't lead anywhere.",left
11082,Trump Supports Immunity Deal,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump backs Flynn, says ex-adviser should seek immunity amid 'witch hunt'",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump said Friday that his former national security adviser is right to seek immunity in exchange for answering questions on Russia, tweeting that Mike Flynn is caught up in a “witch hunt” of “historic proportion.”",right
11083,Jefferson Davis School to be Renamed After Obama,['Education'],Jefferson Davis school to be renamed after Obama,The Hill,A public school in Mississippi named after Jefferson Davis is being renamed to honor former President Obama.,center
11084,Jefferson Davis School to be Renamed After Obama,['Education'],A Predominately Black School Named After A Confederate Leader Will Now Be Named After Obama,BuzzFeed News,"""Jefferson Davis...would probably not be too happy about a diverse school promoting the education of the very individuals he fought to be enslaved named after him.""",left
11085,Jefferson Davis School to be Renamed After Obama,['Education'],A School Named After Jefferson Davis Will Be Renamed After Obama,The Daily Caller,"A dominantly black public school in Mississippi named after Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States in the 1860s, will be renamed after former President Barrack Obama, according to a report released Wednesday.",right
11086,Why Cantor Lost,['Elections'],Cantor's demise brings huge lesson: Here's why the Tea Party is so coddle',Salon,The GOP pays attention to its base because it votes in primaries. The Democratic base is ignored because it doesn't.,left
11087,Why Cantor Lost,['Elections'],5 takeaways from Eric Cantor shocker,Politico,House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's astonishing loss in his primary Tuesday to an obscure economics professor named Dave Brat sent shock waves through the House the GOP and the Virginia political establishment.,left
11088,Why Cantor Lost,['Elections'],Three Ways Eric Cantor Ticked Off the Right,The Blaze,House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) lost in a major primary upset Tuesday night to a political newcomer economics professor David Brat.,right
11089,Operation Warp Speed Adviser Predicts A COVID-19 Vaccine By Mid-December,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Operation Warp Speed Chief Predicts Return to Normal Life in May as Americans Are Vaccinated,National Review,"Dr. Moncef Slaoui, chief of Operation Warp Speed, the initiative which is managing the Trump administration’s coronavirus vaccine development efforts, predicted Sunday that life could return to normal around May as Americans begin receiving vaccinations against the coronavirus.
Asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper how many Americans would need to be vaccinated for life to return to normal and when that might happen, Slaoui said that about 70 percent of the U.S. population would have to be immunized “for true herd immunity.”",right
11090,Operation Warp Speed Adviser Predicts A COVID-19 Vaccine By Mid-December,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","Americans Could See A Vaccine By Mid-December, Says Operation Warp Speed Adviser",NPR (Online News),"Dr. Moncef Slaoui, the chief scientific adviser for Operation Warp Speed, says that some Americans could start receiving a COVID-19 vaccine by the second week of December.
Slaoui's comments follow the announcement on Friday that Pfizer and its partner, BioNTech, have asked the Food and Drug Administration to grant an emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine — which has been found to be 95% effective. A second vaccine from the biotech company Moderna is expected to be submitted for emergency authorization soon as well.",left
11091,Operation Warp Speed Adviser Predicts A COVID-19 Vaccine By Mid-December,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","'The train is running' on Covid vaccines despite transition delay, Warp Speed adviser says",Politico,"The delay in the presidential transition process won't impact the work of Operation Warp Speed, the public-private partnership to develop coronavirus vaccines, the operation's chief adviser said Sunday.
""Frankly, the operation has been isolated from, from the administration, from the political environment and the political context,"" Moncef Slaoui said on NBC's ""Meet the Press."" ""We worked very hard to make sure that’s the case. And therefore, all decisions are made, the train is running, whether one administration or the other doesn’t, frankly, make a difference. I hope there is no...",left
11092,"Ukraine Marks 6 Months of War, 31 Years of Independence","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Russia']",Kyiv displays captured tanks on Independence Day as Ukrainians cast a wary eye on Russia,CNN (Online News),"Ukraine's Independence Day, which on Wednesday marks 31 years since the country voted to break with the Soviet Union, is set to be a somber affair as officials warn that Russia may carry out missile attacks against Ukrainian cities.
While previous years have been marked by celebrations and parades, Wednesday's commemoration comes exactly six months after Russia's invasion of the country began.
President Volodymyr Zelensky marked the day with an emotional address that spoke of the Russian invasion as a new independence day -- the day Ukraine had to fight for...",left
11093,"Ukraine Marks 6 Months of War, 31 Years of Independence","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Russia']","The Ukraine war, six months on",Axios,"When Vladimir Putin began his invasion six months ago, Ukrainians defiantly tallied each night their defenses had held. Now, Ukraine and its western backers are contemplating how far ahead the fighting could still stretch.
The big picture: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday he would not agree to freeze the conflict where it stands, with Russia occupying one-fifth of his country. Putin too seems intent on pressing on despite his own enormous losses.
Some analysts believe Putin would prefer a conflict that rumbles on indefinitely, with Ukraine divided and no clear ending.
Zelensky also urged against war...",center
11094,"Ukraine Marks 6 Months of War, 31 Years of Independence","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Russia']","Ukraine marks 31 years of independence, 6 months of war, and spirit of defiance",Washington Examiner,"After six months of war, Ukraine has suffered the destruction of many of its cities, some 9,000 combat deaths, 13,000 civilians killed or wounded, with millions more driven from their homes, and yet the country and its leader remain defiant in the face of the brutal, grinding war of attrition waged by its numerically superior neighbor.
“It doesn't matter to us what kind of army you have, what matters to us is our land. We will fight for it until the end,” vowed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a defiant speech marking 31 years...",right
11095,Trump Admin Rolls Back Automotive Mileage Standards,"['Donald Trump', 'Transportation', 'Carbon Emissions', 'Automotive Industry', 'Climate Change', 'Environment']",Trump Administration Finalizes Rollback of Obama Gas Mileage Standards,Breitbart News,"The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule. The rule sets corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions standards for the model years of 2021 to 2026 passenger cars and light trucks.
“This rule is the largest deregulatory initiative of this administration,” the EPA noted in its press release on Tuesday.
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said in a statement on Tuesday:",right
11096,Trump Admin Rolls Back Automotive Mileage Standards,"['Donald Trump', 'Transportation', 'Carbon Emissions', 'Automotive Industry', 'Climate Change', 'Environment']",Trump rollback of mileage standards guts climate change push,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration rolled back ambitious Obama-era vehicle mileage standards Tuesday, raising the ceiling on damaging fossil fuel emissions for years to come and gutting one of the United States’ biggest efforts against climate change.
The Trump administration released a final rule Tuesday on mileage standards through 2026. The change — after two years of Trump threatening and fighting states and a faction of automakers that opposed the move — waters down a tough Obama mileage standard that would have encouraged automakers to ramp up production of...",left
11097,Trump Admin Rolls Back Automotive Mileage Standards,"['Donald Trump', 'Transportation', 'Carbon Emissions', 'Automotive Industry', 'Climate Change', 'Environment']",Trump Moves Forward On Biggest Environmental Rollback To Date Amid Pandemic Chaos,HuffPost,"The White House released the final version of its rules to roll back Obama-era auto emissions standards, taking a critical step toward completing what would be President Donald Trump’s most substantial environmental change since taking office as the novel coronavirus pandemic rages.
The rule, called the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule and written by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation, would lower fuel economy standards for vehicles sold in the United States from 54 miles per gallon by 2025 to 40 miles per gallon....",left
11098,CDC Relaxes COVID-19 Safety Guidelines,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Public Health', 'Social Distancing']","No more quarantines or test-to-stay in schools, CDC reveals sweeping changes to COVID-19 guidance",The Blaze,"The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Americans no longer need to quarantine if exposed to COVID-19, a sweeping announcement that rolls back several of the agency's pandemic recommendations.
In new ""streamlined"" guidance released Thursday, health officials removed the distinction between vaccinated Americans and those who are not up to date with COVID-19 vaccines, meaning the CDC's guidance is now the same for everyone.
The agency says that individuals exposed to someone with COVID-19 no longer need to quarantine and should instead wear a high-quality face mask for 10 days...",right
11099,CDC Relaxes COVID-19 Safety Guidelines,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Public Health', 'Social Distancing']","CDC loosens guidance on quarantining, social distancing for COVID-19",Axios,"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new COVID-19 guidance Thursday, loosening recommendations that have been in place since the onset of the pandemic.
Why it matters: The shift marks a significant change in how the nation deals with COVID-19 more than two years after the pandemic began. A majority of Americans are now fully vaccinated against the virus or have been exposed to it.
Be smart: The CDC is now putting more of an emphasis on personal choices to make informed decisions to protect oneself and others from severe illness, including by vaccination...",center
11100,CDC Relaxes COVID-19 Safety Guidelines,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Public Health', 'Social Distancing']","CDC ends recommendations for social distancing and quarantine for Covid-19 control, no longer recommends test-to-stay in schools",CNN (Online News),"The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the nation should move away from restrictive measures such as quarantines and social distancing and focus on reducing severe disease from Covid-19.
In new guidelines released Thursday, the agency no longer recommends staying at least 6 feet away from other people to reduce the risk of exposure – a shift from guidance that had been in place since the early days of the pandemic.
The shift is a sign of how much has changed since the beginning of the pandemic more than two...",left
11101,Amazon Offers Vaccine Distribution Aid to Biden Administration,"['Business', 'Joe Biden', 'Amazon', 'Technology', 'Essential Workers', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Amazon offers to help Biden administration with COVID vaccine efforts,Axios,"Amazon's worldwide consumer CEO Dave Clark has offered to help the Biden administration with its coronavirus vaccination goals by mobilizing efforts to inoculate its employees, according to a letter sent to President Biden on Wednesday.
Why it matters: As demand for the coronavirus vaccine is outstripping supply, Amazon has about 800,000 employees, many of whom are essential workers. The Biden administration wants to vaccinate 100 million Americans in 100 days.
Amazon also offered up any technologies, communications and personnel to the White House to help move along tracking and vaccinations.",center
11102,Amazon Offers Vaccine Distribution Aid to Biden Administration,"['Business', 'Joe Biden', 'Amazon', 'Technology', 'Essential Workers', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Amazon to Biden: Prioritize our workers for the vaccine,CNN (Online News),"Amazon wasted no time to reach out to newly installed US President Joe Biden about prioritizing its essential workers in his administration's vaccine distribution plans.
In a letter sent to Biden Wednesday, Amazon (AMZN) executive Dave Clark wrote that the company ""stands ready to assist"" in vaccinating 100 million Americans in the first 100 days, as Biden has pledged to do.
As part of that offer, Clark highlighted that Amazon has more than 800,000 US-based employees — most of whom work in essential roles at Amazon fulfillment centers, AWS...",left
11103,Amazon Offers Vaccine Distribution Aid to Biden Administration,"['Business', 'Joe Biden', 'Amazon', 'Technology', 'Essential Workers', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Why did Amazon wait until Biden’s inauguration to offer help with vaccine distribution?,Fox News (Online News),"Shortly after President Joe Biden was sworn into office Wednesday, Amazon congratulated him on his inauguration and offered their extensive resources to help the new administration in its vaccination effort.
""As you begin your work leading the country out of the COVID-19 crisis, Amazon stands ready to assist you in reaching your goal of vaccinating 100 million Americans in the first 100 days of your administration,"" Dave Clark, CEO of Amazon's worldwide consumer business, wrote in a letter to Biden Wednesday.",right
11104,Trump Defends Payment to Stormy Daniels,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump says Stormy payment never came from campaign, was meant to stop ‘false’ claims",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump, in his first statements since lawyer Rudy Giuliani revealed overnight that the president reimbursed attorney Michael Cohen for a hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, said the money was meant to stop “false” allegations and stressed campaign funds played no role.",right
11105,Trump Defends Payment to Stormy Daniels,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump defends payment to Stormy Daniels after Giuliani revelation,The Hill,"President Trump on Thursday defended hush money paid to porn actress Stormy Daniels, saying he reimbursed his personal attorney through a retainer that had “nothing to do with the campaign.”",center
11106,Trump Defends Payment to Stormy Daniels,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump changes his story about Stormy Daniels,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump said Thursday that his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, was paid via a monthly retainer and flatly denied that any campaign money was used to reimburse Cohen for the hush agreement with Stormy Daniels.",left
11107,Right-Rated Media Focuses on Biden Earpiece Story; Less Covered by Left and Center,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Debates', 'Trump V Biden', 'Media Bias']",Trump camp seeks extra debate rule: Third party inspectors to look for electronic devices in candidates' ears,Fox News (Online News),"CLEVELAND -- President Trump is asking for an additional ground rule ahead of Tuesday night’s first presidential debate between himself and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. But the Biden campaign is rejecting it.
Fox News has learned that the president’s re-election campaign wants the Biden campaign to allow a third party to inspect the ears of each debater for electronic devices or transmitters. The president has consented to this kind of inspection, but a source said the Biden campaign has declined the ear check.
The Trump campaign, in the hours...",right
11108,Right-Rated Media Focuses on Biden Earpiece Story; Less Covered by Left and Center,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Debates', 'Trump V Biden', 'Media Bias']",The Long History of ‘Hidden Earpiece’ Conspiracy Theories,New York Times (News),"Ahead of Tuesday’s presidential debate, rumors began spreading among right-wing influencers and Trump campaign surrogates that Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic nominee, was being outfitted with a hidden earpiece in order to receive surreptitious help during the debate, and that Mr. Biden’s campaign had refused a request from the Trump campaign to allow a third party to inspect both candidates’ ears for hidden earpiece receivers before the debate.
“If Joe Biden isn’t hiding anything,” wrote the conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Twitter, “why won’t he consent to a third...",left
11109,Right-Rated Media Focuses on Biden Earpiece Story; Less Covered by Left and Center,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Debates', 'Trump V Biden', 'Media Bias']","Joe Biden Reverses Course, Declines to Have Ears Inspected Pre-Debate Despite Agreeing Days Ago",Breitbart News,"Joe Biden’s (D) team has reportedly rejected the Trump campaign’s request to have the former vice president’s ears inspected for an electronic device prior to Tuesday night’s debate despite agreeing to the proposal just days ago.
President Trump’s campaign has requested that a third party inspect the ears of both candidates for listening devices ahead of the first presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio. While Trump has agreed to the request, the Biden campaign, at the time of this writing, has reportedly declined the request. That represents a drastic shift for...",right
11110,The Roe v Wade Supreme Court Leak: Is it a Crime?,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Courts', 'Leaks', 'Politico', 'Roe V Wade', 'Samuel Alito', 'State Governments', 'Supreme Court', ""Women'S Issues""]",Roe v Wade Supreme Court leak must be investigated as a crime,Andrew C. McCarthy,"Unless and until proven otherwise, we must assume that the outrageous leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion in the Mississippi abortion case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, is an attempt to intimidate the justices by inciting the radical left. It must be investigated by the FBI as a potential crime.
The Court’s longstanding norms and protocols impose a duty of confidentiality on the justices, their clerks and staff, and the contractors who support the Court’s work. Obviously, norms and protocols, unless they are codified as statutes, or at least accepted as...",right
11111,The Roe v Wade Supreme Court Leak: Is it a Crime?,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Courts', 'Leaks', 'Politico', 'Roe V Wade', 'Samuel Alito', 'State Governments', 'Supreme Court', ""Women'S Issues""]",This Supreme Court Is Out of Step With Most Americans,New York Times (Opinion),"No one expected that the news of Roe v. Wade’s imminent demise would come as it did — in an extraordinary late-night leak of a draft opinion two months before the end of the Supreme Court’s session. But everyone should have expected that it would, eventually, come.
For decades, the court has been chipping away at a woman’s right to choose what happens to her own body, but the core holding of Roe always managed to survive. Then came 2020, when Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died and was replaced by Justice Amy Coney Barrett only...",left
11112,The Roe v Wade Supreme Court Leak: Is it a Crime?,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Courts', 'Leaks', 'Politico', 'Roe V Wade', 'Samuel Alito', 'State Governments', 'Supreme Court', ""Women'S Issues""]","Leaked draft abortion ruling a major blow to Supreme Court, experts say",Reuters,"The leak of a U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn the constitutional right to abortion is a major breach of confidentiality that has heightened the stakes in an already politically-charged case, experts say.
Politico on Monday night published a draft majority opinion that it had obtained striking down the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which guaranteed the right to abortion nationwide. It was a sign that the court’s 6-3 conservative majority was ready to flex its muscle.
While the substance of the draft sparked praise from anti-abortion...",center
11113,CDC Announces Vaccinated Americans No Longer Need to Wear Masks In Most Indoor Settings,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Fully vaccinated Americans can largely drop masks indoors and outdoors – CDC,The Guardian,"As coronavirus cases and deaths decline across the US amid vaccination efforts, the director of the CDC said Thursday that fully vaccinated Americans could participate in most indoor activities without wearing a mask.
“Anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities, large or small, without wearing a mask or physical distancing,” Rochelle Walensky said during a White House briefing. “If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic.”
Walensky also said: “We have all longed...",left
11114,CDC Announces Vaccinated Americans No Longer Need to Wear Masks In Most Indoor Settings,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",CDC: Fully vaccinated people can largely ditch masks indoors,Associated Press,"In a major step toward returning to pre-pandemic life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people on Thursday, allowing them to stop wearing masks outdoors in crowds and in most indoor settings.
The new guidance still calls for wearing masks in crowded indoor settings like buses, planes, hospitals, prisons and homeless shelters but it will help clear the way for reopening workplaces, schools, and other venues — even removing the need for social distancing for those who are fully vaccinated.
“We have all...",left
11115,CDC Announces Vaccinated Americans No Longer Need to Wear Masks In Most Indoor Settings,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",CDC Announces Vaccinated Americans No Longer Need to Wear Masks Indoors in Most Situations,National Review,"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Rochelle Walensky announced on Thursday that vaccinated Americans are no longer recommended to wear masks. “Today, CDC is updating our guidance for fully vaccinated people: Anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities, large or small, without wearing a mask or physical distancing,” Dr. Walensky told reporters. “If you are fully vaccinated, you are protected, and you can start doing the things that you stopped doing because of the pandemic.” Updated CDC guidance will still call on Americans...",right
11116,Caitlyn Jenner Announces Campaign for California Governor,"['Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Caitlyn Jenner', 'California', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Transgender', 'Coronavirus']",Caitlyn Jenner Is Pitching Herself as the Anti-Lockdown Savior California Needs,Reason,"Former Olympian, reality TV star, and conservative firebrand Caitlyn Jenner has announced she is running for governor against incumbent Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) in the impending recall election.
""For the past decade, we have seen the glimmer of the Golden State reduced by one-party rule that places politics over progress and special interests over people,"" said Jenner in an announcement email sent this morning. ""I am a proven winner and the only outsider who can put an end to Gavin Newsom's disastrous time as governor.""
The thrust of Jenner's initial...",right
11117,Caitlyn Jenner Announces Campaign for California Governor,"['Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Caitlyn Jenner', 'California', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Transgender', 'Coronavirus']",'I'm in': Caitlyn Jenner announces bid for California governor,USA TODAY,"Caitlyn Jenner, the former Olympic athlete-turned-transgender activist and reality TV star, has declared her intention to run for California governor in the looming recall race to unseat incumbent Democrat Gavin Newsom.
In a website launched Friday, Jenner says: ""I'm In! California has been my home for nearly 50 years. I came here because I knew that anyone, regardless of their background or station in life, could turn their dreams into reality. But for the past decade, we have seen the glimmer of the Golden State reduced by one-party rule that...",left
11118,Caitlyn Jenner Announces Campaign for California Governor,"['Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Caitlyn Jenner', 'California', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Transgender', 'Coronavirus']",Caitlyn Jenner launches bid for California governor,NBC News (Online),"Caitlyn Jenner, the former Olympian, reality TV star and transgender activist, said Friday she is running to be governor of California, as a recall of the sitting Democratic governor moves forward.
In a press release posted to Twitter, Jenner, a longtime Republican, said that she’d make a “formal announcement” in the “the coming weeks” and pitched herself as a “compassionate disruptor” who will campaign on “solutions” and “providing a roadmap back to prosperity” for the state.
“California has been my home for nearly 50 years. I came here because I...",left
11119,House Democrats Pass Election and Campaign Finance Overhaul Bill,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Dems pass 'power grab' voting rights bill; McConnell says proposal has no chance in Senate,Fox News (Online News),"U.S. House Democrats passed a sweeping anti-corruption and voting rights bill Friday that they said was intended to make voting easier, as well as strengthen ethics rules, while also rejecting a motion to condemn voting by undocumented immigrants.
The legislation, dubbed the “For The People Act” or ""H.R.1,"" passed 234-193 along party lines.
The proposal -- nearly 700 pages -- calls for Election Day to be designated a federal holiday, requires all states to offer automatic voter registration, restores voting rights to convicted felons, institutes independent redistricting commissions...",right
11120,House Democrats Pass Election and Campaign Finance Overhaul Bill,"['US House', 'Politics']","House Democrats pass plan to overhaul ethics rules, expand voting rights and target Trump tax returns",CNN (Online News),"The House of Representatives on Friday passed a key priority of the new Democratic majority: A sweeping legislative proposal that Democrats call HR 1 that seeks to enact wide-ranging ethics reform, expand voting rights and mandate the disclosure of presidential tax returns.
The vote was 234 to 193 and the measure passed along party lines.
Congressional Republicans have criticized the legislation as an attempted power grab by Democrats, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made clear it won't be taken up in the Senate. The White House...",left
11121,House Democrats Pass Election and Campaign Finance Overhaul Bill,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Passes Extensive Election And Campaign Finance Overhaul Bill,NPR (Online News),"The House passed an extensive bill Friday that would overhaul the way Americans vote and take aim at the money currently flowing through the U.S. political system.
The bill was dubbed the ""For The People Act"" by House Democrats who want election accessibility and weeding out corruption to be core tenets of their majority agenda the next two years. The bill passed along straight party lines, 234-193.",left
11122,Comey Will Testify,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Trump won't try to block James Comey's testimony,USA TODAY,"President Trump will not try to assert executive privilege over conversations with James Comey, a spokesperson said Monday, clearing the way for the ex-FBI director's testimony before Congress on Thursday.",left
11123,Comey Will Testify,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Trump will let Comey testify,Washington Times,"President Trump won’t block former FBI Director James B. Comey’s scheduled testimony to Congress this week, the White House said Monday.",right
11124,Comey Will Testify,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",White House: Trump will not try to stop James Comey testimony by asserting executive privilege,Washington Post,"President Trump will not attempt to stop former FBI director James B. Comey from testifying in an open hearing Thursday, the White House said Monday.",left
11125,Penn Voter ID Change,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Judge Puts Pennsylvania Voter ID Law On Hold Through Election,NPR (Online News),"A judge is basically ""postponing Pennsylvania's tough new voter identification requirement, ordering that it not be enforced in the presidential election,"" The Associated Press writes.
But in a ruling that's rather difficult to follow if you're not very familiar with the case, Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson also says he ""will not restrain election officials from asking for photo ID at the polls; rather, I will enjoin enforcement of those parts of Act 18 which directly result in disenfranchisement.""",left
11126,Penn Voter ID Change,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Judge blocks Pa.’s new voter ID requirement,Washington Times,"A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday blocked the state from enforcing its Republican-backed voter ID law in November, dealing a blow to the GOP’s hopes of carrying the state in the presidential election.
Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson, a Republican, cited concerns over “disenfranchisement,” saying there wasn’t enough time for state officials to make sure everyone who needs a photo ID would have one by Nov. 6.
Read more: Judge blocks Pa.'s new voter ID requirement - Washington Times
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/2/judge-blocks-pas-new-vote...

Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter",right
11127,Penn Voter ID Change,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Key Part of Voter ID Law in Pennsylvania Is Delayed for Election,New York Times (News),"A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday delayed full implementation of a highly contested state law requiring strict photographic identification to vote in next months election, saying that the authorities had not done enough to ensure that potential voters had access to the new documents.",left
11128,Senate Marijuana Bill,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",Senate bill would decriminalize medical marijuana,USA TODAY,"Three senators are introducing a bill to remove federal prohibitions on medical marijuana in states where it is already legal.
The measure is being unveiled on Capitol Hill Tuesday by Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky and Democrats Kirsten G",left
11129,Senate Marijuana Bill,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",Rand Paul joins Democratic senators to push marijuana legalization bill,Washington Times,"Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, and likely 2016 presidential candidate, joined Democratic Sens. Cory Booker and Kirsten Gillibrand to end the federal ban on medical marijuana, now legalized in 23 states.
The three senators issued a statement saying the bill would “allow patients, doctors and businesses in states that have already passed medical-marijuana laws to participate in those programs without fear of federal prosecution,” Time reported.
Mr. Paul has spoken out about marijuana users in the past saying they should not",right
11130,Senate Marijuana Bill,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']","Sens. Booker, Gillibrand and Paul unveil federal medical marijuana bill",Washington Post,"A Historic Senate Medical marijuana Bill Unveiled Tuesday Would Dramatically reshape the Landscape for the Plant, Nearly 80 years after it WAS Effectively Criminalized.
The bill, introduced by Sens. Cory Booker (DN.J.), Kirsten Gillibrand (DN.Y.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Would end the federal prohibition on medical marijuana and eliminate the ambiguity surrounding related state laws . It would untie the hands of veterans' doctors when it comes to recommending the drug and bankers when it comes to providing business services to the industry. It would also facilitate very limited inter-state...",left
11131,New Senate Health Bill Struggles,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate immediately loses 2 Republican votes on revised Obamacare repeal bill,Washington Times,Sen. Susan Collins: ‘Not something that I can support’,right
11132,New Senate Health Bill Struggles,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Centrist Republicans push back on GOP healthcare bill,The Hill,Senate Republicans from states that expanded Medicaid enrollment under ObamaCare are pushing back on pressure from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to support the conference’s new healthcare bill.,center
11133,New Senate Health Bill Struggles,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Revised Senate health-care bill still lacks the votes to pass,Washington Post,"Within hours, it was clear that Senate leaders still didn’t have the votes to fulfill their long-standing quest to replace former president Barack Obama’s 2010 health-care law.",left
11134,Perspectives: Election Day 2021 Spells Trouble for Dems,"['Elections', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Virginia', 'Joe Biden', 'Glenn Youngkin', 'Terry McAuliffe']",A ‘Five-Alarm Fire’ for Democrats,Jim Geraghty,"And how are you this morning? Here in Virginia, the sun is shining a little brighter, the birds are chirping sweetly, the leaves are turning vibrant colors, and Republicans just stomped the bejeebers out of Democrats up and down the ballot. A “bloodbath,” as University of Virginia professor Larry Sabato told Rachel Maddow last night. “A five-alarm fire,” as Van Jones declared on CNN.
Glenn Youngkin won the Virginia governor’s race by about 70,000 votes over Terry McAuliffe, Winsome Sears won the lieutenant-governor’s race by about 56,000 votes, and Jason Miyares won the state...",right
11135,Perspectives: Election Day 2021 Spells Trouble for Dems,"['Elections', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Virginia', 'Joe Biden', 'Glenn Youngkin', 'Terry McAuliffe']",5 reasons why Democrats should start panicking about 2022,CNN (Online News),"Tuesday night was a disaster for Democrats nationally. Period.
Losing the Virginia governor's race in a state that President Joe Biden had won by 10 percentage points just a year earlier was bad enough. But the surprising closeness of the New Jersey governor's race -- coupled with the rejection of a ballot measure to replace the police department in Minneapolis -- suggests that there is broad dissatisfaction in the country for how Democrats have handled the power given to them in 2020.
Below are five reasons why now is the time...",left
11136,Perspectives: Election Day 2021 Spells Trouble for Dems,"['Elections', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Virginia', 'Joe Biden', 'Glenn Youngkin', 'Terry McAuliffe']",Can Joe Biden Save His Presidency?,Newsweek,"Joe Biden's presidency was meant to be defined by calm, experienced competence. Yet just nine months into his term, he has been teetering on the brink of failure. Vicious infighting within his own party has threatened to torpedo his ambitious domestic agenda, encapsulated in two sprawling pieces of legislation that Democrats have not yet been able to vote out of Congress. Even before the bickering over the bills, Biden's claim to competence, based on more than 40 years in Washington, had been shredded by a calamitous exit from Afghanistan and an ongoing crisis...",center
11137,Barr Orders Prosecutor To Examine Russia Inquiry Origins,"['Russia Probe', 'William Barr', 'Politics']",William Barr appoints U.S. attorney to investigate Russia probe origins,Washington Times,"Attorney General William P. Barr has tapped the U.S. attorney in Connecticut to examine the origins of the Russian election-interference probe, according to reports late Monday.
John H. Durham, the top federal prosecutor in Connecticut, has been asked to get the bottom of the Justice Department’s investigation into members of the Trump presidential campaign.
Mr. Durham’s probe will focus on whether the Justice Department lawfully collected intelligence on Trump campaign associates, according to both The New York Times and Associated Press, each citing sources familiar with the matter....",right
11138,Barr Orders Prosecutor To Examine Russia Inquiry Origins,"['Russia Probe', 'William Barr', 'Politics']",Barr Appoints Prosecutor To Investigate Start Of Russia Probe: Reports,HuffPost,"Trump had been demanding a new probe to investigate the people who investigated him.
Attorney General William Barr has ordered a federal prosecutor to investigate the inception of the Russia probe, according to multiple media accounts.
John Durham, the U.S. attorney in Connecticut, has been appointed to oversee the inquiry, The New York Times first reported. The effort will focus heavily on intelligence collection methods used by investigators during the early days of special counsel Robert Mueller’s efforts, per The Associated Press.
The appointment has long been demanded by President...",left
11139,Barr Orders Prosecutor To Examine Russia Inquiry Origins,"['Russia Probe', 'William Barr', 'Politics']",Trump-Russia probe: Barr 'assigns prosecutor to review inquiry',BBC News,"US Attorney General William Barr has assigned a senior federal prosecutor to examine the origins of the Russia investigation, media reports say.
John Durham, the US attorney in Connecticut, has reportedly been asked to determine whether the collection of intelligence on the Trump campaign was lawful.
President Donald Trump has long called for such an investigation.
He has branded the Russia inquiry a ""witch hunt"" by his opponents.
Critics of Mr Barr, however, have accused him of acting on behalf of the president rather than in the interests of US...",center
11140,Putin to Formally Annex 4 Ukrainian Regions,"['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Annexation']",Russia to formally annex four more areas of Ukraine,BBC News,"Russia's Vladimir Putin will hold a signing ceremony on Friday formally annexing four more areas of Ukraine after self-styled referendums condemned by Ukraine and the West as a sham.
Russian-backed officials had earlier claimed the five-day exercise secured almost total popular support.
So-called votes were held in Luhansk and Donetsk in the east, and in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in the south.
The Russian president will make a major speech at the Kremlin.
A stage has already been set up in Moscow's Red Square, with billboards proclaiming the four regions as...",center
11141,Putin to Formally Annex 4 Ukrainian Regions,"['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Annexation']",Kremlin says Putin will sign ‘treaties’ to annex Ukrainian regions,Washington Post,"Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday will formally move to seize four Ukrainian territories by signing documents that the Kremlin is calling “accession treaties.”
The signing ceremony, to take place in the Grand Kremlin Palace on Friday, marks Putin’s attempt to annex the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, even though Russia does not fully control any of them either militarily or politically.
The move, in defiance of stern international warnings including from President Biden, potentially slams the door on diplomacy for years to come, and almost certainly assures...",left
11142,Putin to Formally Annex 4 Ukrainian Regions,"['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Annexation']",Russian President Vladimir Putin to annex 4 Ukrainian regions in Friday ceremony,Fox News (Online News),"Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday will officially begin annexing four more regions in Ukraine in a signing ceremony following the conclusion of self-run referenda this week that the West and Kyiv have decried as a sham.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday the ceremony would take place in Moscow ""on agreements on the accession of new territories into the Russian Federation,"" first reported Reuters.
The ""agreement"" will apparently be signed ""with all four territories that held referendums and made corresponding requests to the Russian side,"" he added. 
Moscow-installed regionals officials from...",right
11143,"Kudlow Contradicts Trump, Says US Will Pay For China Tariffs","['Trade', 'Donald Trump', 'Larry Kudlow']",Kudlow says China will retaliate over Trump’s tariff hike,New York Post (News),"President Trump’s top economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Sunday that he expected China to retaliate against the administration’s planned tariff hike.
“I think I do, but it’s interesting, the expected countermeasures haven’t yet materialized,” Kudlow told Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.” “I reckon they will. We’ll see what they come up with. So far we haven’t heard on that basis.”
Talks with the Chinese are in limbo as the Chinese delegation left D.C. without an inked trade deal earlier this week. Kudlow said new talks haven’t been...",right
11144,"Kudlow Contradicts Trump, Says US Will Pay For China Tariffs","['Trade', 'Donald Trump', 'Larry Kudlow']","Kudlow contradicts Trump, says China isn't paying tariffs on goods going into US",The Hill,"White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Sunday contradicted President Trump, saying he didn't disagree with the characterization that China is not paying the tariffs on goods coming into the U.S.
Kudlow made the comments after Fox News anchor Chris Wallace repeatedly pressed him on ""Fox News Sunday"" about Trump's recent comments in regard to trade with China. ""It’s not China that pays tariffs. It’s the American importers, the American companies that pay what in effect is a tax increase and oftentimes passes it on to U.S. consumers,"" Wallace...",center
11145,"Kudlow Contradicts Trump, Says US Will Pay For China Tariffs","['Trade', 'Donald Trump', 'Larry Kudlow']","Kudlow acknowledges U.S. consumers, not China, pay for tariffs on imports",Washington Post,"National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow acknowledged Sunday that American consumers end up paying for the administration’s tariffs on Chinese imports, contradicting President Trump’s repeated claim that the Chinese foot the bill.
In an appearance on “Fox News Sunday” two days after U.S.-China trade talks ended with no news of a deal, Kudlow was asked by host Chris Wallace about Trump’s claim.
“It’s not China that pays tariffs,” Wallace said. “It’s the American importers, the American companies that pay what, in effect, is a tax increase and oftentimes...",left
11146,Federal Probe of Hunter Biden Reportedly Nears 'Critical Juncture',"['Justice', 'Hunter Biden', 'Hunter Biden Laptop', 'Joe Biden', 'Corruption']","Federal investigation of Hunter Biden reaches critical juncture, sources say",CNN (Online News),"The federal investigation into Hunter Biden's business activities is nearing a critical juncture as investigators weigh possible charges and prosecutors confront Justice Department guidelines to generally avoid bringing politically sensitive cases close to an election, according to people briefed on the matter.
While no final decision has been made on whether to bring charges against President Joe Biden's son, sources say the probe has intensified in recent months along with discussions among Delaware-based prosecutors, investigators running the probe and officials at Justice Department headquarters.
Discussions recently have centered around possibly bringing charges...",left
11147,Federal Probe of Hunter Biden Reportedly Nears 'Critical Juncture',"['Justice', 'Hunter Biden', 'Hunter Biden Laptop', 'Joe Biden', 'Corruption']",What Is Hunter Biden Being Investigated For? Details of Federal Probe,Newsweek,"Federal investigators looking into Hunter Biden's business activities are reportedly weighing possible charges, as the probe reaches a ""critical stage.""
Unnamed sources mentioned by CNN told the news channel that prosecutors are considering charges in relation to alleged tax violations and a possibly false statement made during the purchase of a firearm.
Prosecutors also have to consider Justice Department guidelines around the handling of politically sensitive cases close to an election because the midterms are approaching, according to CNN. An unwritten rule says that such cases shouldn't be brought within 60 days of...",center
11148,Federal Probe of Hunter Biden Reportedly Nears 'Critical Juncture',"['Justice', 'Hunter Biden', 'Hunter Biden Laptop', 'Joe Biden', 'Corruption']",Hunter Biden probe is reaching critical stage: Report,Washington Times,"A federal investigation into President Biden’s son Hunter is reportedly reaching a critical stage as prosecutors weigh whether to bring charges ahead of the midterm elections.
The Department of Justice is discussing the case with Delaware-based prosecutors and consulting guidelines around politically sensitive cases, according to CNN, which cited people familiar with the talks.
Talks about charges have centered on potential tax violations and making a false statement regarding Hunter Biden’s purchase of a firearm when he would have been prevented from doing so because of his struggles with drug addiction, the report said.
The probe,...",right
11149,Emails Show Trump Pressed DOJ to Back Election Fraud Claims,"['Justice Department', 'Donald Trump', 'William Barr', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Justice']","Newly released emails show Trump pressured DOJ to challenge election results, House Oversight says",CNBC,"In his final days in office, then-President Donald Trump pressured top Department of Justice officials to challenge his election loss to Joe Biden, the House Oversight Committee said Tuesday.
The oversight panel said a cache of more than 200 pages of newly released emails from Justice Department officials and White House staff sheds new light on how Trump tried to undermine the results of the 2020 election and advance unsupported voter fraud claims with the “apparent goal” of keeping himself in power.",center
11150,Emails Show Trump Pressed DOJ to Back Election Fraud Claims,"['Justice Department', 'Donald Trump', 'William Barr', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Justice']","Trump Pushed DOJ Officials To Back Claims That The Election Was Stolen, Documents Show",The Daily Caller,"Documents released by the House Oversight Committee show how former President Donald Trump and his allies pressured the Department of Justice (DOJ) to back his baseless claims that the 2020 election was rigged late last year.
The documents, which were made public Tuesday, show Trump and several allies, including his former chief-of-staff Mark Meadows, pressuring senior DOJ officials to investigate voter fraud claims last December and January. One email with the subject line “From POTUS” urged then-Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to investigate alleged fraud in Antrim County, Michigan, even though...",right
11151,Emails Show Trump Pressed DOJ to Back Election Fraud Claims,"['Justice Department', 'Donald Trump', 'William Barr', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Justice']",'Pure insanity': Emails show DOJ response to Trump election fraud claims,Politico,"Top Justice Department officials derisively dismissed a series of last-ditch efforts by then-President Donald Trump’s aides and emissaries to get DOJ lawyers and the FBI to investigate outlandish election fraud claims in the waning weeks of Trump’s presidency, newly-released emails show.
The emails — made public by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee — detail the Justice Department’s response to attempts by Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows to get investigators to look at bizarre allegations in a YouTube video where a former intelligence officer named Brad Johnson asserted that individuals...",left
11152,Biden Denies Sexual Assault Allegation,"['Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Tara Reade', 'Sexual Misconduct']",It Took 37 Days For Media To Ask Joe Biden About Tara Reade’s Sexual Assault Accusation,The Daily Caller,"The media afforded former Vice President Joe Biden 37 days of silence in regards to a sexual assault allegation against him.
Biden was directly asked about former Senate staffer Tara Reade’s accusation that he sexually assaulted her in the early 1990s for the first time Friday. Before that moment, Biden had only rejected the accusation through a spokesperson, despite numerous public interviews in the five weeks since Reade publicly accused him.
The presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee denied sexually assaulting Reade on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Friday.",right
11153,Biden Denies Sexual Assault Allegation,"['Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Tara Reade', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Biden denies sexual assault allegation: 'This never happened',CNN (Online News),"Joe Biden released a statement Friday denying a former aide's claims he sexually assaulted her 27 years ago, saying of Tara Reade's allegation: ""This never happened.""
Friday's statement is the first detailed response from Biden to Reade's allegation.
""While the details of these allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault are complicated, two things are not complicated. One is that women deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, and when they step forward they should be heard, not silenced. The second is that their stories should be subject to...",left
11154,Biden Denies Sexual Assault Allegation,"['Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Tara Reade', 'Sexual Misconduct']","'This Never Happened,' Biden Says Of 1990s Sexual Assault Allegation",NPR (Online News),"More than a month after being publicly accused of sexual assault by a former Senate staffer in the 1990s, former Vice President Joe Biden says the allegations ""aren't true. This never happened.""
Biden's campaign released a statement Friday morning from the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee shortly before a live television interview with MSNBC. The statement and interview are the candidate's first direct response to the allegations by former Biden Senate staff assistant Tara Reade.
In the statement, Biden seeks to walk the line between respecting and listening to sexual assault...",left
11155,GOP Strategy Meeting,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Louisiana Gov. Jindal calls on GOP to 'recalibrate' at RNC's winter meeting,Fox News (Online News),"Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal called on the Republican Party to ""stop being the stupid party"" on Thursday as GOP leaders promised fundamental changes to help stave off future losses.",right
11156,GOP Strategy Meeting,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",GOP Considers Strategy from Obama's Playbook,New York Times (News),"As Republican leaders gathered here on Thursday to consider how to rebuild their party, President Obama was at the center of the conversation. But the sharp criticism directed at him was replaced by something new: envy over his campaign.",left
11157,GOP Strategy Meeting,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Jindal urges GOP to stop being ‘stupid’,CNN (Online News),“We must stop being the stupid party. “We must stop looking backward. “We must stop insulting the intelligence of voters.,left
11158,Fact-Checking Claims of Voter Fraud in the 2020 Election,"['Facts And Fact Checking', '2020 Election', '2020 Election Fact Checking', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",U.S. Election Fraud is Real—And It Is Being Ignored,Guest Writer - Right,"Mark Harris was riding high on Election Day in 2018. The Republican candidate for North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District had beaten his Democratic opponent in a very close race. Next stop: the U.S. House of Representatives.
Or so it seemed. Harris had won by 905 votes, a margin of only 0.3 percent of all ballots cast. The state’s Board of Elections refused to certify the results, though, when evidence surfaced of “concerted fraudulent activities related to absentee by-mail ballots,” including illegal vote harvesting by a political consultant and his associates....",right
11159,Fact-Checking Claims of Voter Fraud in the 2020 Election,"['Facts And Fact Checking', '2020 Election', '2020 Election Fact Checking', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",US election 2020: Five viral vote claims fact-checked,BBC News,"As President Trump continues to dispute the result of the US election, false or misleading posts have been spreading on social media about the vote.
Some have been amplified by President Trump and his team, who have called into question the integrity of the election without providing evidence.
We've checked some of the main claims.
Dead people can't vote: Michigan rumour debunked
Viral tweets alleged that dead people were casting votes in the key state of Michigan, adding to a Trump-led chorus of unproven ""voter fraud"" claims.
Michigan authorities have...",center
11160,Fact-Checking Claims of Voter Fraud in the 2020 Election,"['Facts And Fact Checking', '2020 Election', '2020 Election Fact Checking', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",Fact-checking Trump’s election fraud falsehoods in White House remarks,PolitiFact,"In his first public remarks since falsely saying he won re-election hours after the polls closed, President Donald Trump lashed out at ballot-counting efforts in several states, alleging with no evidence that the system was stacked against him in multiple ways.
""If you count the legal votes, I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us,"" Trump said Nov. 5 from the White House press room podium.
There is no evidence at this point that any significant number of illegal votes...",left
11161,"With Labor Day as Backdrop, 2020 Campaigns Try to Satisfy Workers","['Holidays', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Labor']",Trump: 'The American workforce is the best in the world',Washington Times,"The president’s Labor Day “thank you” is directed to a mighty number of recipients. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are 147.4 million people who work full- or part-time in the U.S.
President Trump has a message for them.
“The American workforce is the best in the world and, since day one of my administration, I have been standing up for the American worker. As recent global challenges have tested our mettle, the dedication of our workforce has once again proven that Americans’ resolve will never be overcome,”...",right
11162,"With Labor Day as Backdrop, 2020 Campaigns Try to Satisfy Workers","['Holidays', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Labor']",What to Watch For as Harris and Pence Visit Wisconsin on Labor Day,New York Times (News),"Labor Day is the traditional kickoff to the fall campaign season, but this year the holiday represents something more: the first time both candidates for vice president will be on the trail on the same day in the same state.
Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris on Monday will be on opposite ends of Wisconsin, a battleground that’s increasingly essential to President Trump’s electoral map.
There were a few more competitive states in 2016, but no loss was as devastating to Democrats as Wisconsin. Michigan they saw coming...",left
11163,"With Labor Day as Backdrop, 2020 Campaigns Try to Satisfy Workers","['Holidays', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Labor']",Biden to mark Labor Day with union event as U.S. campaign enters homestretch,Reuters,"Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is headed on Monday to the crucial electoral state of Pennsylvania, where he plans to mark the U.S. Labor Day holiday by speaking with union workers as the presidential campaign enters its homestretch.
The trip kicks off another flurry of travel to battleground states this week by both Biden and President Donald Trump as some opinion polls show the race tightening with fewer than 60 days until the Nov. 3 election.
With the coronavirus pandemic and civil unrest over racism and police brutality gripping the...",center
11164,Puerto Rico Governor Resigns Amid Public Outcry Over Obscene Online Chats,"['Puerto Rico', 'Resignation', 'World']",Puerto Rico’s Governor to Resign After Weeks of Public Outcry,Wall Street Journal (News),"Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said he would resign from office, bowing to public outcry over scandals that have convulsed the U.S. territory’s political system and further imperiled its economy.
His decision Wednesday marked the first-ever resignation of a Puerto Rico governor and followed the release of nearly 900 pages of vulgar messages between him and his advisers, sparking protests that drew hundreds of thousands of demonstrators into the streets of San Juan.
Mr. Rosselló said his resignation would be effective on Aug. 2 at 5:00 p.m. The governorship would...",center
11165,Puerto Rico Governor Resigns Amid Public Outcry Over Obscene Online Chats,"['Puerto Rico', 'Resignation', 'World']",Embattled Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló resigns amid public outcry,NBC News (Online),"Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced his resignation Wednesday days after demonstrators at the island's largest protest in recent history called for his ouster over a scandal involving leaked private chats as well as corruption investigations and arrests.
His resignation, effective Aug. 2, came late Wednesday night on a recorded video published on Facebook. In the message, he touted what he considered accomplishments of his tenure, saying he fought corruption and made strides for different communities.
""My only North Star has been the well-being of my island,"" he said.
Crowds...",left
11166,Puerto Rico Governor Resigns Amid Public Outcry Over Obscene Online Chats,"['Puerto Rico', 'Resignation', 'World']",Puerto Rico's governor to resign amid protests over leaked obscene online chats,Fox News (Online News),"Ricardo Rosselló, the embattled governor of Puerto Rico, announced on Wednesday that he will resign on Aug. 2, after more than a week of massive protests calling for his ouster over leaked obscene, misogynistic online chats.
Rosselló took to Facebook Wednesday to announce that his resignation will go into effect at 5 p.m. on Friday.
Puerto Rico’s Department of Justice confirmed to Fox News Tuesday that search warrants had been issued in an investigation into the governor and 11 of his aides over whether they committed any crimes related to...",right
11167,Former VA Governor and Wife Indicted,['Politics'],Former Va. Gov. McDonnell and wife charged in gifts case,Washington Post,McDonnell and his wife were charged with illegally accepting gifts luxury vacations and large loans.,left
11168,Former VA Governor and Wife Indicted,['Politics'],The tragedy of Bob McDonnell,Politico,"On Feb. 24, 2012, Bob McDonnell was in a fix.",left
11169,Former VA Governor and Wife Indicted,['Politics'],"Former Virginia Gov. McDonnell, wife indicted on federal corruption charges",Washington Times,Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen were indicted Tuesday on federal corruption charges related to their relationship with a former health supplement company executive.,right
11170,Trump Fires Intelligence Chief Who Handled Ukraine Complaint,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Michael Atkinson', 'Ukraine', 'Whistleblower', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']","Trump fires Michael Atkinson, intelligence IG who told Congress about Ukraine phone call",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump has fired Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for the U.S. intelligence community who alerted Congress to concerns about a Trump phone call with the president of Ukraine – a matter that led to the president’s impeachment last year.
Trump formally notified the intelligence committees of both the Senate and House in a letter dated Friday. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., posted the letter online.",right
11171,Trump Fires Intelligence Chief Who Handled Ukraine Complaint,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Michael Atkinson', 'Ukraine', 'Whistleblower', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Trump fires watchdog who handled Ukraine complaint,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump abruptly fired the inspector general of the intelligence community, sidelining an independent watchdog who played a pivotal role in his impeachment even as his White House struggles with the deepening coronavirus pandemic.
Trump informed the House and Senate intelligence committees late Friday of his decision to fire Michael Atkinson, according to letters obtained by The Associated Press. Atkinson handled the anonymous whistleblower complaint that triggered Trump’s impeachment last year.",left
11172,Trump Fires Intelligence Chief Who Handled Ukraine Complaint,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Michael Atkinson', 'Ukraine', 'Whistleblower', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Trump fires intelligence community watchdog who told Congress about whistleblower complaint that led to impeachment,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)President Donald Trump on Friday fired Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson, who had told Congress about the whistleblower complaint that led to Trump's impeachment, the President told Congress in a letter obtained by CNN.
Atkinson will leave his job in 30 days, Trump told the House and Senate Intelligence committees, and he has been placed on administrative leave effective immediately, according to a congressional source.",left
11173,Annexation Referendums Begin in Russian-Occupied Ukrainian Regions,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Fair Voting', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin']",Moscow-held regions of Ukraine in ‘sham’ vote to join Russia,New York Post (News),"Russia’s sham elections began in occupied Ukrainian territory Friday — long predicted “referendums” as to whether the pieces of sovereign Ukraine should be considered Moscow’s.
The votes — orchestrated by the Kremlin as Russia loses territory on the battlefield — are the first steps in an expected annexation of Ukrainian territory, and have widely been denounced as frauds by Kyiv and the West.
Voting began Friday in the occupied provinces of Luhansk and Kherson, as well as in the portions of Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia provinces that are under Russian control.",right
11174,Annexation Referendums Begin in Russian-Occupied Ukrainian Regions,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Fair Voting', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin']",Voting begins in Russia's annexation plan for swathes of Ukraine,Reuters,"Voting began on Friday in four Ukrainian regions mostly held by Russian forces, the start of a plan by President Vladimir Putin annex a big chunk of Ukraine in what the West says is violation of international law that significantly escalates the war.
After nearly seven months of war that has killed tens of thousands and left some eastern cities of Ukraine wastelands, Putin signalled he will annex the regions if the people in the Russian-controlled areas vote to join Russia.
The voting, which the West and Ukraine says is...",center
11175,Annexation Referendums Begin in Russian-Occupied Ukrainian Regions,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Fair Voting', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin']",Occupied parts of Ukraine vote on joining Russia in ‘sham’ referendums,CNN (Online News),"Four Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine began voting in referendums on joining Russia, according to their separatist leaders, in a move that raises the stakes of Moscow’s invasion seven months after fighting began.
The referendums, which are illegal under international law and dismissed as “a sham” by Western governments and Kyiv, could pave the way for Russian annexation of the areas, allowing Moscow to frame the ongoing Ukrainian counteroffensive as an attack on Russia itself.
Such a move could provide Moscow with a pretext to escalate its faltering war, which has...",left
11176,US Officials Briefed on Soon-to-be-Public UFO Reports,"['Science', 'Outer Space', 'Space Exploration', 'UFOs']",Military UFO Reports to Be Made Public,Heavy.com,"he public is going to find out a little more about unidentified flying objects, or as they are called in military circles, “unidentified aerial phenomenon, in about six months. That’s because as part of the U.S. Intelligence budget for 2021, there is now a mandate for the Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Task Force at the Office of Naval Intelligence to create a standard for collecting and reporting unidentified aerial phenomenon.
They are to submit their report of all that collected information to the senate in 180 days from the date of...",center
11177,US Officials Briefed on Soon-to-be-Public UFO Reports,"['Science', 'Outer Space', 'Space Exploration', 'UFOs']","No Longer in Shadows, Pentagon’s U.F.O. Unit Will Make Some Findings Public",New York Times (News),"Despite Pentagon statements that it disbanded a once-covert program to investigate unidentified flying objects, the effort remains underway — renamed and tucked inside the Office of Naval Intelligence, where officials continue to study mystifying encounters between military pilots and unidentified aerial vehicles.
Pentagon officials will not discuss the program, which is not classified but deals with classified matters. Yet it appeared last month in a Senate committee report outlining spending on the nation’s intelligence agencies for the coming year. The report said the program, the Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Task Force,...",left
11178,US Officials Briefed on Soon-to-be-Public UFO Reports,"['Science', 'Outer Space', 'Space Exploration', 'UFOs']","Pentagon Found ""Vehicles Not Made On This Earth""; Rubio Hopes It's Alien, Not Chinese",ZeroHedge,"The Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Task Force was formed in 2019 for the purpose of studying strange and inexplicable encounters between U.S. military pilots and unidentified aerial vehicles or UFOs in a bid “to standardize collection and reporting” of the various sightings.
The program is the successor to the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, which also investigated UFOs but was dissolved in 2017 due to a lapse of funding. However, the team working on that program continued its work alongside the intelligence community even after it was officially disbanded.
Luis Elizondo,...",right
11179,Choosing the Next Speaker,"['US House', 'Politics']",How Republicans will choose the next speaker,CNN (Online News),"House Republicans will cast secret ballots on Thursday to elect their party's nominee to succeed House Speaker John Boehner, who is resigning at the end of the month.",left
11180,Choosing the Next Speaker,"['US House', 'Politics']",High drama on Capitol Hill: Republicans square off in speaker vote,Fox News (Online News),"House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's run to succeed John Boehner as speaker was thrown a curveball late Wednesday, when a bloc of conservatives threw their support elsewhere -- setting up a potential showdown Thursday afternoon as Republicans caucus to pick their favorite.",right
11181,Choosing the Next Speaker,"['US House', 'Politics']",The GOP may not survive Kevin McCarthy: His speakership is a disaster before it even begins,Salon,"As Republicans and their media allies scramble to contain the damage from Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) comments on Fox News, where he admitted the allegedly non-partisan Benghazi select committee was created to sabotage Hillary Clinton’s political career, note that the other key player in this story is the Beltway press. And like Republicans, reporters and pundits who have feasted off Benghazi — and the supposedly-related Clinton email story — now have a chance to come to terms with a new political reality.",left
11182,"Manchin's Election Bill Compromise Praised by Abrams, Rejected by McConnell","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Election Law', 'Joe Manchin']",Republicans reject Stacey Abrams-endorsed elections bill proposal from Manchin: 'Totally inappropriate',Fox News (Online News),"Senate Republicans Thursday said that they have no intention of supporting Sen. Joe Manchin's proposal for elections legislation, which was intended to be a possible bipartisan compromise in lieu of Democrats' controversial elections proposal S.1. 
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said Thursday that he hopes ""all Republicans"" will oppose the proposal from Manchin, the senior senator from West Virginia, at a press conference that was designed to show Republican unity against S.1.
""It still turns the Federal Election Commission (FEC) from a judge into a prosecutor by taking away the three-three balance...",right
11183,"Manchin's Election Bill Compromise Praised by Abrams, Rejected by McConnell","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Election Law', 'Joe Manchin']",GOP crushes Manchin’s hopes for elections compromise,Politico,"Senate Republicans spent months praising Joe Manchin for his insistence on cross-party compromise. Next week they will almost surely end his hopes for a bipartisan deal on elections.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he believed all 50 Republicans would oppose Sen. Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) slimmed-down elections compromise, which focuses on expanding early voting and ending partisan gerrymandering in federal elections. And it’s not clear there’s a single Republican vote to even begin debate on the matter, potentially dooming Manchin's proposals before they can even make it into the bill.",left
11184,"Manchin's Election Bill Compromise Praised by Abrams, Rejected by McConnell","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Election Law', 'Joe Manchin']",McConnell shoots down Manchin's voting compromise,The Hill,"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Thursday that Republicans will oppose a compromise election reform proposal put forward by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.).
""I would make this observation about the revised version ... all Republicans I think will oppose that as well if that were to be what surfaced on the floor,"" McConnell told reporters, referring to Manchin's proposal.
McConnell's comments, which came during a press conference with GOP senators railing against the For the People Act, are the latest signal that the election bill will fail during a procedural vote next...",center
11185,Veto Threat,"['White House', 'Politics']","White House makes formal veto threat against Keystone, ACA bills",Washington Post,"The White House made formal veto threats Wednesday against House bills that would allow the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and change a key mandate under the Affordable Care Act, signaling a rocky start to the 114th Congress.
While White House press secretary Josh Earnest had announced Tuesday that President Obama intends to veto the first bill headed to his desk under the GOP-cont",left
11186,Veto Threat,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama’s year of the veto,Politico,"President Barack Obama’s Keystone veto threat Tuesday was the opening gambit in his fight with the new Republican majorities in Congress looking to derail his post-midterm momentum.
Worried White House aides spent the last few weeks working behind the scenes to make sure they had the votes to sustain a veto, rounding up enough Democrats willing to stand behind their lame-duck president and prevent him from being humiliated by an override.
Story Continued Below
White House press secretary Josh Earnest’s waiting only for the initial text of...",left
11187,Veto Threat,"['White House', 'Politics']",Mitch McConnell: Obama will determine how much new Congress works,Washington Times,"Ending gridlock in Washington will require a change of heart by President Obama, the Senate’s new leader said Wednesday in laying out terms for getting things done on Capitol Hill this year, now that Republicans have majorities in both chambers.
Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican who was recognized as majority leader Tuesday, said in a commentary piece for CNN that Congress will need to learn to function, which means senators will need to rebuild trust, cast votes and allow each other to offer tricky amendments.
But he laid most...",right
11188,McConnell Backs Electoral Reform Bill,"['Bridging Divides', 'Bipartisanship', 'US Senate', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Electoral Reform', 'Politics']",McConnell endorses bipartisan electoral reform bill,Washington Examiner,"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will support the bipartisan electoral reform bill that emerged from the Senate Rules Committee on Tuesday afternoon.
The bill, intended to make it harder to object to presidential election results following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot , received the Republican leader's endorsement during a Tuesday floor speech. A similar piece of legislation passed the House last week.
“I strongly support the modest changes that our colleagues in the working group have fleshed out after months of detailed discussions,” McConnell said. “I will proudly support the legislation, provided that nothing more...",right
11189,McConnell Backs Electoral Reform Bill,"['Bridging Divides', 'Bipartisanship', 'US Senate', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Electoral Reform', 'Politics']",U.S. Republican McConnell backs Jan. 6-linked electoral reform bill,Reuters,"U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday voiced qualified support for a bipartisan Senate bill to clarify Congress' role in certifying presidential election results, calling it the only chance to prevent any future chaos like the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol assault.
""I'll proudly support the legislation provided that nothing more than practical changes are made to its current form,"" McConnell said in a floor speech.
""This bill, as introduced, is the only chance to get an outcome and to actually make law,"" he added.
Fourteen lawmakers from both parties...",center
11190,McConnell Backs Electoral Reform Bill,"['Bridging Divides', 'Bipartisanship', 'US Senate', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Electoral Reform', 'Politics']","McConnell says he'll ""proudly"" support Senate bill to reform Electoral Count Act",CBS News (Online),"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday announced he'll ""proudly"" support bipartisan legislation in the Senate to reform the Electoral Count Act, a move intended to prevent a recurrence of the events of Jan. 6, 2021. 
A similar effort passed in the House last week. Eleven Senate Republicans have already announced they are co-sponsoring the measure, more than enough for passage. The Senate Rules Committee on Tuesday voted to advance the bill, with GOP Sen. Ted Cruz being the only committee member to object. 
""I strongly support the modest changes that our colleagues...",left
11191,CDC Recommends Booster Shots for All Adults,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Booster Shots', 'CDC', 'FDA', 'Rochelle Walensky', 'Public Health', 'Science', 'Pfizer', 'Moderna']",CDC advisers back coronavirus boosters for all adults; urge them for people 50 or older,Washington Post,"Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed a coronavirus booster-shot-for-all policy Friday, voting to allow all adults to get an extra shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines. In a separate last-minute vote, they also recommended the shots for all people 50 or over.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky is expected to sign off on the unanimous recommendations later Friday, making broad booster eligibility official U.S. policy a week before Thanksgiving, the unofficial start of holiday season and as infections tick up in large swaths of the country. Fearful of winter...",left
11192,CDC Recommends Booster Shots for All Adults,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Booster Shots', 'CDC', 'FDA', 'Rochelle Walensky', 'Public Health', 'Science', 'Pfizer', 'Moderna']","CDC panel, FDA OKs Moderna, Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for all US adults",New York Post (News),"A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel on Friday unanimously approved recommending booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for all adults.
The CDC panel said anyone 18 or above can get a third shot, while recommending that Americans over the age of 50 should get one. A final decision by the agency is expected later Friday.
Earlier in the day, the Food and Drug Administration approved requests by Moderna and Pfizer to get booster shots into the arms of all adults nationwide.
The vaccine manufacturers announced the approvals on...",right
11193,CDC Recommends Booster Shots for All Adults,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Booster Shots', 'CDC', 'FDA', 'Rochelle Walensky', 'Public Health', 'Science', 'Pfizer', 'Moderna']",CDC panel endorses COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all adults,The Hill,"A key outside advisory group to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has endorsed the use of COVID-19 booster shots for all adults, a one-size-fits-all approach designed to simplify eligibility.
If CDC Director Rochelle Walensky signs off on the broader use, as expected, the extra shots will be available immediately to all adults, as long as they are six months past the final dose of a Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, or two months after a Johnson & Johnson dose. 
The recommendation from the panel comes just hours after the Food...",center
11194,Supreme Court and Same Sex Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],Gay marriage pressure back on Obama,Politico,"The Supreme Court will ultimately decide on two same-sex marriage cases, but the courts attention-grabbing move has put the pressure on President Barack Obama to clarify his stance on the issue.
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/new-gay-marriage-pressure-on-obama...",left
11195,Supreme Court and Same Sex Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],Supreme Court Decision to Hear Same-Sex Marriage Cases Reignites Debate,ABC News (Online),"The Supreme Court's announcement that it would hear two cases challenging laws prohibiting same-sex marriage has reinvigorated one of the most hotly contentious social debates in American history, a debate that has been fueled by a dramatic change in attitudes.",left
11196,Supreme Court and Same Sex Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],Supreme Court to weigh in on gay marriage,Washington Times,"In a saga that began almost 22 years ago in Hawaii, lawsuits over the rights to gay marriage are finally going to reach the nations highest court.",right
11197,Ron Paul and GOP Convention,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ryan plays down tension with Ron Paul backers,Fox News (Online News),"A day after Ron Paul and his supporters held a boisterous pre-convention rally, Paul Ryan told Fox News that he thinks Paul's backers should ultimately ""be very comfortable with us"" -- as he downplayed any divisions the Republican ticket might have with the libertarian-leaning former presidential candidate.
""We see eye to eye on a lot of issues and believe in some ... limited government,"" Ryan told Fox News. ""We believe in academic freedom. We believe in the founding principles. We believe that this is a watershed moment for America,...",right
11198,Ron Paul and GOP Convention,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Paul Ryan seeks comfort of Ron Paul fans,Politico,"Paul Ryan said Monday he expects Ron Paul supporters will come around to the Republican ticket and “should be very comfortable with us.
Ryan told Fox News that he and Paul “see eye to eye on a lot of issues, adding that he doesnt feel there is any tension with Paul — who held his own rally in Tampa on Sunday and did not endorse Romney — or the Texas congressmans supporters.
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80215.html#ixzz24mhLX2W2",left
11199,Ron Paul and GOP Convention,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Paul to supporters: 2012 the start of a new era,CNN (Online News),"As Rep. Ron Paul's third presidential bid is set to come to its formal end at the Republican National Convention, Paul sought to rally his loyal supporters with talk of a new era in American history.
""I'm convinced that we're living at the end of an era,"" Paul told the crowd at a rally in honor of him and his libertarian political movement. ""The end of an era provides an opportunity,"" Paul added before laying out his view that an era in American government, foreign policy, and monetary policy that...",left
11200,States Lift COVID-19 Restrictions Amid Vaccinations and New Variants,"['Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",U.S. States Ease Covid Restrictions as Variants Take Hold,Bloomberg,"California and other large states are loosening Covid restrictions just as scientists warn that more-contagious variants of the virus are beginning to take hold in the U.S. and the vaccine rollout struggles.
With a two-month spike in cases beginning to subside, California Governor Gavin Newsom is lifting the state’s stay-at-home order. New York, Illinois, Michigan and Massachusetts also are easing restrictions.
The shift comes as new Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are declining. Still, the new variants -- including one in the U.K., another in California and a Brazilian one first...",left
11201,States Lift COVID-19 Restrictions Amid Vaccinations and New Variants,"['Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",States lift restrictions gradually amid fears of new variant,Associated Press,"States are loosening their coronavirus restrictions on restaurants and other businesses because of improved infection and hospitalization numbers but are moving gradually and cautiously, in part because of the more contagious variant taking hold in the U.S.
While the easing could cause case rates to rise, health experts say it can work if done in a measured way and if the public remains vigilant about masks and social distancing.
“If the frequency goes up, you tighten it up. If the frequency goes down, you loosen up. Getting it just right...",left
11202,States Lift COVID-19 Restrictions Amid Vaccinations and New Variants,"['Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",6 Democrat Cities That Ended Lockdowns After Biden’s Inauguration,The Daily Wire,"As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the United States in early 2020, multiple states and cities run by Democrats imposed what they claimed to be preventative and protective measures to combat the virus. Businesses, including restaurants, were forced to close in a shuttered fashion, going from outdoor-only to takeout-only to – in some cases – closed completely.
Residents were instructed to stay at home, unless they were protesting in favor of the Democratic Party or Black Lives Matter.
Since Biden’s electoral victory, however, several of the most vocal pro-lockdown Democrats...",right
11203,World Tensions over Ukraine,['World'],"Russia wants to start third world war, says Ukraine",The Guardian,Prime minister Arseny Yatseniuk accuses Moscow of acting like a gangster by aiming to occupy Ukraine 'militarily and politically'.,left
11204,World Tensions over Ukraine,['World'],Ukraine crisis: West wants to 'seize control' - Russia,BBC News,"Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the West of wanting to ""seize"" Ukraine, amid escalating rhetoric between Russia and the US. The US says Russia has failed to live up to an agreement to end the crisis struck in Geneva last week. American officials say Russia is behind unrest in eastern Ukrainian cities.",center
11205,World Tensions over Ukraine,['World'],Kerry: Russia has 'refused to take a single step' to de-escalate Ukraine crisis,Fox News (Online News),"Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday Russia is not abiding by last week’s Geneva agreement to de-escalate the crisis in Ukraine and warned ""if Russia continues in this direction, it will be not just a grave mistake, it will be an expensive mistake.""",right
11206,"Fallout from ""Fast and Furious"" Report","['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Management failures cited in ‘Fast and Furious’ report,Washington Times,"The Justice Department's Office of Inspector General on Wednesday blamed the failure of Operation Fast and Furious on a series of “misguided strategies,” but found no evidence that Attorney General 
Eric
. 
H. Holder Jr.
 knew of the misguided gunrunning investigation before its public unraveling in January 2011.",right
11207,"Fallout from ""Fast and Furious"" Report","['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Gun Report Spurs Exits,Wall Street Journal (News),"A Justice Department watchdog cited a ""pattern of serious failures"" in the oversight of the botched Fast and Furious operation against gun traffickers, in a harsh report that contributed to the departure of two senior officials.",center
11208,"Fallout from ""Fast and Furious"" Report","['Justice Department', 'Justice']","Fast and Furious' report slaps 14 at Justice, ATF",CNN (Online News),"More than a dozen Justice Department and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives officials faced punishment Wednesday after a long-awaited report on the botched gun probe.",left
11209,Supreme Court Rules Against Immigrants With Temporary Protected Status Seeking Green Cards,"['Immigration', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court Rules Against Immigrants Seeking Green Cards,New York Times (News),"The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday that immigrants allowed to stay in the United States temporarily for humanitarian reasons may not apply for green cards if they had entered the country unlawfully.
The case, Sanchez v. Mayorkas, No. 20-315, could affect tens of thousands of immigrants. It was brought by Jose Sanchez and Sonia Gonzalez, natives of El Salvador who entered the United States unlawfully in the late 1990s.
In 2001, after earthquakes devastated El Salvador, the United States made that country’s nationals eligible for the “temporary protected status” program. The program...",left
11210,Supreme Court Rules Against Immigrants With Temporary Protected Status Seeking Green Cards,"['Immigration', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court rules against permanent residency for some immigrants,The Hill,"The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally and were later allowed to remain in the country for humanitarian reasons are not eligible to become permanent residents.
The court’s unanimous decision could affect thousands of people, including many who have lived in the U.S. for years and hoped to obtain lawful permanent resident status, or a green card.
Justice Elena Kagan, writing for the court, said the decision was “a straightforward application” of U.S. law, which generally requires an immigrant to have been lawfully admitted to...",center
11211,Supreme Court Rules Against Immigrants With Temporary Protected Status Seeking Green Cards,"['Immigration', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court rules against immigrants with temporary protected status,Washington Examiner,"The Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously against an illegal, but temporarily protected, immigrant seeking permanent residency in the country.
Justice Elena Kagan wrote that the court agreed with a circuit court decision that illegal immigrants with temporary protected status are not eligible for green cards, which allow them to remain in the country indefinitely. The decision means that immigrants with TPS may remain in the country but cannot establish residency. 
TPS is a designation the federal government extends to countries wracked by war or natural disaster. There are currently...",right
11212,Mall of America Threat,['Terrorism'],Jeh Johnson calls for increased vigilance after Mall of America terror threat,Washington Post,"Americans must be vigilant in light of a terror threat calling for attacks at malls such as the Mall of America in Minnesota, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Sunday.",left
11213,Mall of America Threat,['Terrorism'],Al Shabab mall threats: Officials say main purpose is to garner attention,Christian Science Monitor,"While they are taking seriously Al Shabab's video threatening attacks on malls in the US, Canada, and Britain, officials say the group does not have capacity to follow through, and that its threats add little on top of the danger posed by 'lone wolves.'",center
11214,Mall of America Threat,['Terrorism'],Al Shabaab calls for attack on Mall of America in new video,Fox News (Online News),"A new video from Al Shabaab purportedly shows the terror group calling for an attack on Mall of America, in Bloomington, Minn.",right
11215,Netanyahu Wins Likud Party Leadership Election,"['Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Middle East', 'Elections', 'Corruption', 'Likud Party', 'Israel', 'World']","Netanyahu Wins Landslide Victory in Likud Primary, Touts Trump Ties and Historic US-Israel Moves",CBN,"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will continue to lead the Likud party after a stunning victory in a snap primary election.
In his victory speech Friday, Netanyahu thanked all those who had braved stormy weather to go out and vote for him.
“I fought for them and they fought for me,” Netanyahu said in a speech that was broadcast live on Israeli television. “They know that I give my life for the country and my victory is their victory,” he said.
“This is a tremendous victory because we also...",right
11216,Netanyahu Wins Likud Party Leadership Election,"['Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Middle East', 'Elections', 'Corruption', 'Likud Party', 'Israel', 'World']",Netanyahu Touts Trump Ties in Bid to Woo Right-Wing Voters,Wall Street Journal (News),"TEL AVIV—Buoyed by a resounding victory in a party leadership election, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brandished his close ties with President Trump to woo right-wing voters as he attempts to break a monthslong political deadlock in the country.
Mr. Netanyahu defeated Likud rival Gideon Saar in Thursday’s primary contest, winning nearly three-quarters of the votes despite corruption charges against him, to lead the party in March’s national election. He failed to form a ruling coalition after inconclusive votes in April and September.
“Now is the time to unite and...",center
11217,Netanyahu Wins Likud Party Leadership Election,"['Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Middle East', 'Elections', 'Corruption', 'Likud Party', 'Israel', 'World']",Benjamin Netanyahu wins Likud party leadership race,CNN (Online News),"Jerusalem (CNN)Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will retain leadership of Likud, the political party he has led for more than a decade, after a resounding victory over his challenger.
An hour after polls closed Thursday night, Netanyahu tweeted, ""Huge victory! I thank the Likud members for the trust, the support and the love. With god's help and with your help, I will lead the Likud to a great victory in the coming (March) election and we'll continue leading the state of Israel to unprecedented achievements.""
Despite facing criminal indictment...",left
11218,90% Have Healthcare,['Healthcare'],GOP resistance to Obamacare is working brilliantly,Washington Post,"One of the core purposes of the Affordable Care Act is to expand health care to people who previously lacked it, and today Gallup-Healthways released new numbers showing once again that the law is accomplishing this goal.
But buried in the data is an indicator of a different kind of success: Republican resistance to the law at the level of states is also having a substantial impact by limiting the drop in percentages of uninsured people, keeping the uni",left
11219,90% Have Healthcare,['Healthcare'],Nearly 90 percent of Americans have health coverage,CNN (Online News),"Nearly nine out of 10 Americans now have health insurance, a sharp improvement from two years ago before Obamacare was put in place.
A poll by Gallup found that the uninsured rate among U.S adults declined to 11.9% in the first quarter, down one percentage point from the end of last year and an improvement from the 18% without insu",left
11220,90% Have Healthcare,['Healthcare'],About 90% of U.S. Adults Now Have Health Insurance,Time Magazine,"Almost 90% of American adults now have health insurance, according to a new survey released Monday.
The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index shows that the uninsured rate has dropped to 11.9% for the first quarter of 2015. That’s down one percentage point from the previous quarter and down 5.2 percentage points since the end of 2013, when the expansion of coverage under President Obama’s health care reform law went into effect.
“",left
11221,"Dem, GOP Governors Find Common Ground on Cutting Gas Taxes Amid Rising Prices","['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Taxes', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Bridging Divides', 'Inflation']",Can you believe the price of gas? States move quickly to help drivers,Politico,"Decades-high inflation was already giving Americans a headache. Then came Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which sent gas prices soaring.
Now, blue and red states alike are embracing a solution that makes for great headlines: cutting gas taxes.
As federal action languishes on the issue, some states are quickly moving to suspend their own fuel taxes to counter price shocks at the pump. Governors and state lawmakers, in the midst of an election year, say it’s necessary relief for drivers.
  “The combination of a war and a pandemic — if...",left
11222,"Dem, GOP Governors Find Common Ground on Cutting Gas Taxes Amid Rising Prices","['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Taxes', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Bridging Divides', 'Inflation']",Note To Governors: Cutting Taxes May Make Inflation Worse,Forbes,"Even as Republican governors blast President Biden and congressional Democrats for both causing inflation and failing to address it, they are promoting their own tax cuts that likely will add to consumer demand and raise prices.
Putting more money in people’s pockets will increase demand for goods at a time of supply shortages. That will drive up prices and worsen the inflation that the governors claim to be so worried about. And it will increase pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates even more than it planned.
What a deal:...",center
11223,"Dem, GOP Governors Find Common Ground on Cutting Gas Taxes Amid Rising Prices","['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Taxes', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Bridging Divides', 'Inflation']",Vulnerable House Democrats now support lowering gas prices after backing policies to raise them,Fox Business,"Politically vulnerable Democrats who once supported policies that would have raised gas prices are now singing a different tune ahead of the November midterm elections.
Democratic Reps. Elissa Slotkin and Dan Kildee of Michigan, Dina Titus of Nevada, and Kim Schrier of Washington state, who all face tough re-election battles in their districts, have cosponsored the Gas Prices Relief Act of 2022, which would suspend the 18.4 cents-per-gallon federal tax through the midterms and the rest of 2022.
Those same lawmakers, however, previously supported policies that would have raised gas prices.
In 2018, Slotkin said she...",right
11224,"Supreme Court Leaves Texas Abortion Law in Place, Allows Challenges to Proceed","['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas', 'Pro-Choice', 'Pro-Life', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Healthcare', 'Texas Abortion Law']",Supreme Court allows lawsuits against Texas anti-abortion law to proceed,Axios,"The Supreme Court on Friday said some lawsuits against Texas' anti-abortion law — the strictest in the country — can proceed.
The big picture: The court's decision is not a ruling on the merits of Texas' law — and leaves the law in place — but it paves the way for the courts to decide whether that law is constitutional.
Driving the news: The decision, written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, says abortion clinics in the state can challenge the Texas law's constitutionality in court. But it allows only a small slice of those lawsuits to...",center
11225,"Supreme Court Leaves Texas Abortion Law in Place, Allows Challenges to Proceed","['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas', 'Pro-Choice', 'Pro-Life', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Healthcare', 'Texas Abortion Law']","Supreme Court lets challenge to Texas abortion law proceed, allows law to remain in effect",Fox News (Online News),"The Supreme Court Friday morning ruled that a lawsuit by abortion providers against Texas over its abortion law may proceed, despite arguments by Texas that the way the law was written made it so that parties could not sue against the law until it was enforced. 
""The Court concludes that the petitioners may pursue a pre-enforcement challenge against certain of the named defendants but not others,"" the court, led by Justice Neil Gorsuch, said. 
The court also let the law remain in effect pending the legal challenges. The ruling is procedural and...",right
11226,"Supreme Court Leaves Texas Abortion Law in Place, Allows Challenges to Proceed","['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas', 'Pro-Choice', 'Pro-Life', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Healthcare', 'Texas Abortion Law']",The Supreme Court decision makes it difficult for abortion providers to stop future civil lawsuits,CNN (Online News),"The Supreme Court decision makes it difficult for abortion providers in Texas to prevent future civil lawsuits against them for performing abortions. Under the state law, any private citizen across the country can sue individuals thought to have assisted in violating the state’s so-called heartbeat ban. 
“The providers won in the sense that their challenge to S.B.8 is allowed to go forward against these state licensing officials, but more importantly, they lost in the sense that they can’t sue anyone else — so that even if their suit succeeds, it’s unlikely to...",left
11227,Polls after Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Romney surging nationally after biggest debate win in recorded history, polls show",Fox News (Online News),"National polling released Monday continues to demonstrate an apparent Mitt Romney surge, with the Republican nominee at least pulling even with President Obama -- and in one poll shooting past him -- on the heels of what Gallup deemed the biggest debate victory in recorded history.",right
11228,Polls after Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney's Debate Performance Swings Polls In His Favor,NPR (Online News),"In the five days since Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was declared by many the winner of the first presidential debate, political watchers have waited to see if polls would shift in response to his performance. And, they did.",left
11229,Polls after Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Mitt Romney Surges In Some Polls, Lags In Others, As Manic Monday Messages Mix",HuffPost,"Call it Manic Monday. In one day, Gallup published results of a new national poll of registered voters showing both an even presidential race and a lead of five percentage points by President Barack Obama.",left
11230,Supreme Court Orders Political Group to Disclose Donors,['Elections'],"Supreme Court Orders Disclosure For Dark Money, As New Report Unveils Some Donors",NPR (Online News),"The Supreme Court on Tuesday insisted that many donations to predominantly conservative political nonprofit groups — what's often called dark money — be disclosed, seven weeks ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.",left
11231,Supreme Court Orders Political Group to Disclose Donors,['Elections'],Supreme Court rejects conservative group's request not to reveal donors,Washington Examiner,The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down a request from a conservative organization to halt a lower court ruling that requires the group to disclose the names of its donors.,right
11232,Supreme Court Orders Political Group to Disclose Donors,['Elections'],Dark Money Groups Will Have To Disclose Their Donors In Time For The Midterms,HuffPost,A court order invalidating a rule that kept some election spending secret is going into effect.,left
11233,"Trump Officials Push to Review, Edit CDC Coronavirus Reports","['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'CDC']",Trump officials interfered with CDC reports on Covid-19,Politico,"The health department’s politically appointed communications aides have demanded the right to review and seek changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s weekly scientific reports charting the progress of the coronavirus pandemic, in what officials characterized as an attempt to intimidate the reports’ authors and water down their communications to health professionals.
In some cases, emails from communications aides to CDC Director Robert Redfield and other senior officials openly complained that the agency’s reports would undermine President Donald Trump's optimistic messages about the outbreak, according to emails reviewed...",left
11234,"Trump Officials Push to Review, Edit CDC Coronavirus Reports","['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'CDC']",Trump-Appointed HHS Officials Demand Right to Change CDC Info,Newsmax (News),"Communications aides Health and Human Services are insisting on reviewing and revising any of the weekly scientific reports released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention related to the coronavirus pandemic, according to emails reviewed by Politico.
HHS communications aides reportedly sent emails complaining to CDC Director Robert Redfield and other senior officials that reports from the agency would subvert the positive coronavirus messaging from President Donald Trump.
Health and Human Services spokesperson Michael Caputo said in a statement the department reviewed the CDC's reports.",right
11235,"Trump Officials Push to Review, Edit CDC Coronavirus Reports","['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'CDC']","Trump appointees pushing to review, change CDC materials before publication: report",The Hill,"The health department’s politically-appointed communications aides have demanded the right to review and seek changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) weekly scientific reports on the status of the coronavirus pandemic, Politico reported Saturday.
Emails reviewed by Politico and three people reportedly familiar with the situation indicated that communications aides openly complained in emails to CDC Director Robert Redfield and other senior officials that the agency’s reports would undermine President Trump's optimistic messaging about COVID-19.
Politico reported that its three sources said CDC officials have resisted...",center
11236,Sept Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Romney: Jobs growth not enough to re-elect Obama,Washington Times,"The jobs picture improved in September, but Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said the fall in the nations jobless rate still is not enough to justify giving President Obama another term in office.",right
11237,Sept Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"One Jobs Report, Two Different Political Spins",NPR (Online News),"With a new report showing the nation's unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, the Obama administration got good news Friday: Jobs are indeed growing. But, as Republicans noted, the pace remains well below the level needed to provide paychecks for the 12.1 million people seeking them.",left
11238,Sept Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Jobs Report Brings Unexpected Good News for Obama,New York Times (News),"After a lackluster debate, President Obama faced the prospect of a second piece of bad political news with Friday mornings jobs report. Instead, Mr. Obama — and the economy — received some unexpected good news.",left
11239,Congressman Henry Waxman to Retire,['Politics'],Retirement of Rep. Henry Waxman leaves climate void,Washington Examiner,"Rep. Henry Waxman’s retirement will create a vacuum for House leadership on climate change, though allies say the California Democrat has helped cultivated a young crop of like-minded lawmakers to fill the void.",right
11240,Congressman Henry Waxman to Retire,['Politics'],What Henry Waxman's retirement tells us about the 2014 election,Washington Post,The lesson: Democrats aren't really counting on re-taking the House in 2014.,left
11241,Congressman Henry Waxman to Retire,['Politics'],Congressman's Exit Closes Book On 'Watergate Babies',NPR (Online News),Henry Waxman's departure means the House won't have a single member of the historic class of 1974.,left
11242,Perspectives: The Ongoing Global Semiconductor Chip Shortage,"['Technology', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'World', 'Semiconductors', 'Big Tech', 'Apple', 'Cars', 'Automotive Industry']",The global chip shortage is going from bad to worse. Here's why you should care,CNN (Online News),"In the market for a new car, smartphone or washing machine this year? A global shortage of computer chips could mean you have to wait a while and pay more.
A growing number of manufacturers around the world are having trouble securing supplies of semiconductors, delaying the production and delivery of goods and threatening to push up the prices paid by consumers.
Several factors are driving the crunch, which was initially concentrated in the auto industry. The first is the coronavirus pandemic, which plunged the global economy into recession...",left
11243,Perspectives: The Ongoing Global Semiconductor Chip Shortage,"['Technology', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'World', 'Semiconductors', 'Big Tech', 'Apple', 'Cars', 'Automotive Industry']",Why you should care about the semiconductor chip crisis,Guest Writer - Center,"Are you worried about your chip supply? Not potato chips. Not poker chips. And not wood chips. I am talking about the shortage of semiconductor chips, which you may not realize influence everything from your cell phone to your car, your game console to national security.
We are talking about a nearly $500 billion semiconductor industry manufacturing silicon wafers using complex processes that allow us to do everything from drive to play. Our internet-connected world is completely dependent on energy, the production of semiconductors and each other for sourcing....",center
11244,Perspectives: The Ongoing Global Semiconductor Chip Shortage,"['Technology', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'World', 'Semiconductors', 'Big Tech', 'Apple', 'Cars', 'Automotive Industry']",Government Won’t Fix the Semiconductor Shortage,Guest Writer - Right,"Jerry Sanders, a former chairman of the Semiconductor Industry Association and a founder of Advanced Micro Devices , predicted in the 1970s that “semiconductors would prove to be the crude oil of the information age.” It was an understatement.
Midprice automobiles today are controlled by 100 or more silicon chips. Cars couldn’t meet legal standards for mileage or pollution—or even start—without chips, let alone connect to the internet or display a fancy digital dashboard. A supply shortage on only one or two chips can shut down an assembly plant that...",right
11245,Debate Preview,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",5 things to watch in tonight's debate,CNN (Online News),President Barack Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney face off on Wednesday in the first of three presidential debates.,left
11246,Debate Preview,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama, Romney Get Set to Debate",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney meet in Denver for their first debate starting at 9 p.m. ET. In a preview, Mr. Romney releases his second face-the-camera television ad. “We should measure our compassion by how many Americans are able to get good paying jobs, he says.",center
11247,Debate Preview,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Presidential debate ritual is a great equalizer for incumbent, challenger",Washington Times,"Call it the built-in gravitas gap: President Obama flies the country in a grand 747, cruises in plush limousines adorned with American flags, and speaks from the White House Rose Garden, while his campaign opponent, Mitt Romney, flies in a smaller MD-83 passenger jet, rides in nondescript SUVs and makes speeches at factories and strip malls.",right
11248,IRS Hearing Upate,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",I.R.S. Official Denies Misleading Congress,New York Times (News),"The Internal Revenue Service official who first disclosed that the agency had targeted conservative groups, and in doing so ignited a controversy that has ensnared the White House, denied on Wednesday that she had ever provided false information to Congress. She then invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to testify.",left
11249,IRS Hearing Upate,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",CONFUSION ERUPTS IN IRS HEARING AFTER LOIS LERNER TRIES TO PLEAD THE 5TH — WATCH IT ALL UNFOLD,The Blaze,"The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the political targeting scandal invoked her constitutional right not to answer lawmakers questions on Wednesday, but defiantly asserted that she has done nothing wrong — prompting confusion about how exactly she was using her right not to incriminate herself.
Lois Lerner leads the IRS office that determines which organizations receive tax-exempt status, and was the first to publicly disclose earlier this month that the IRS gave extra scrutiny to conservative groups.",right
11250,IRS Hearing Upate,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",IRS hearing: Lois Lerner pleads the Fifth,NPR (Online News),"Lois Lerner, the director of the scandal-plagued IRS division that oversees nonprofit groups, struck a defiant tone in her first public appearance since the agency acknowledged that it wrongly targeted conservative groups applying for a tax exemption.
“I have not done anything wrong, she told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today. “I have not broken any laws. I have not violated any IRS rules or regulations, and I have not provided false information to this or a
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/irs-hearing-91732.html#ixzz2U37sJQd7",left
11251,"McAuliffe, Youngkin Square Off in Virginia Governor's Race","['Elections', 'Virginia', 'Terry McAuliffe', 'Glenn Youngkin', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party']","Terry McAuliffe, Glenn Youngkin in Dead Heat in Virginia Governor’s Race",Wall Street Journal (News),"Virginians headed to the polls Tuesday to elect a new governor in a tight race that is being closely watched as a gauge of the national political mood.
Polls show former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin, a former private-equity executive, are running neck-and-neck to succeed Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam. Virginia governors are barred from serving consecutive four-year terms.
No Republican has won a statewide race in Virginia since 2009, and the election will test Democrats’ staying power after years of electoral gains. Republicans, meanwhile, hope to reverse losses in the vote-rich suburbs...",center
11252,"McAuliffe, Youngkin Square Off in Virginia Governor's Race","['Elections', 'Virginia', 'Terry McAuliffe', 'Glenn Youngkin', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party']",What Virginia's election says about the nation,CNN (Online News),"Whoever wins Virginia's tight gubernatorial race Tuesday, the commonwealth will offer a fascinating read on where the country's stormy politics stand a year after Joe Biden beat Donald Trump, and may point to what happens next.
In the closing days of the race, both nominees in Virginia -- as well as the current and former Presidents -- have pointed to how the race has national significance and could set the tone for next year's midterm elections and beyond.
""The entire nation is watching this ... there's only two statewide elections this year, New Jersey...",left
11253,"McAuliffe, Youngkin Square Off in Virginia Governor's Race","['Elections', 'Virginia', 'Terry McAuliffe', 'Glenn Youngkin', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party']",Virginia Upset Brewing? McAuliffe Missteps Give Youngkin an Opening in Election Day’s Marquee Race,National Review,"All eyes are on Virginia this election day as a last-minute surge in the polls for Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin has his party hoping for an upset — and his rival scrambling to avoid one. 
For months, polls showed Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic candidate and former governor of Virginia from 2014 to 2018, in the lead. When early voting began on September 17, Terry McAuliffe was up five points in the RealClearPolitics average.
Then, on September 28, McAuliffe infamously said, “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach,” and his...",right
11254,Rights for Gay Workers Expanded,['LGBT Rights'],Office of Personnel Management: Benefits now available to same-sex spouses,Politico,"The same-sex spouses of federal employees can begin applying for benefits including health insurance and retirement accounts immediately, the Obama administration said Friday, two days after the Supreme Court overturned a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act.
The Office of Personnel Management offered the guidance in a letter to the heads of executive departments and agencies, detailing access to many of the benefits to which legally married same-sex spouses will now have the same access heterosexual married couples do, including health, life, dental, vision and long-term care...",left
11255,Rights for Gay Workers Expanded,['LGBT Rights'],Government announces benefits for gay federal workers after court ruling,Fox News (Online News),"A wide range of federal benefits, from health insurance to flexible spending accounts, are now available to married gay and lesbian federal employees and their families following the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage.
""These initial changes in federal benefits will make a meaningful, positive difference in the lives of many. But this is only the beginning,"" Attorney General Eric Holder said after the Office of Personnel Management issued guidance to federal agencies on Friday. Some of the benefit changes outlined in the guidance include:",right
11256,Rights for Gay Workers Expanded,['LGBT Rights'],"In a Twist, Children Help Propel Gay-Marriage Ruling",Wall Street Journal (News),"In striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act this past week, the Supreme Court not only rejected a longstanding rationale for laws disfavoring gays and lesbians—the welfare of children. The court turned it on its head.
Backers had justified the 1996 federal law as a way to ensure children didn't grow up thinking that gay relationships were equal to those of heterosexuals. The same was true for Proposition 8, the 2008 California initiative ending same-sex marriage that also fell with the Wednesday ruling by the high court.",center
11257,U.S. Cuts Troop Presence in Iraq,"['US Military', 'Middle East', 'Iraq', 'ISIS', 'Terrorism', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",US cuts troop presence in Iraq as military expresses confidence in Iraqi security forces,USA TODAY,"The U.S. is drawing down its military forces in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000, the top commander in the Middle East said Wednesday.
The move is in keeping with President Donald Trump's pledge to cut the number of U.S. military personnel deployed overseas.
""This reduced footprint allows us to continue advising and assisting our Iraqi partners in rooting out the final remnants of ISIS in Iraq and ensuring its enduring defeat,"" Gen. F. McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, said in a speech in Baghdad.
McKenzie said...",left
11258,U.S. Cuts Troop Presence in Iraq,"['US Military', 'Middle East', 'Iraq', 'ISIS', 'Terrorism', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']","General announces Iraq, Afghanistan troop drawdowns as Trump looks to fulfill campaign pledge",Politico,"The top U.S. general in the Middle East on Wednesday confirmed plans for partial troop drawdowns in both Iraq and Afghanistan before the Nov. 3 election, as President Donald Trump seeks to fulfill a campaign promise to end America's ""endless wars.""
Gen. Frank McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, said early Wednesday that the U.S. plans to cut the troop presence in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000 by the end of September. Speaking to a handful of reporters later, McKenzie provided additional details about the planned withdrawal from Afghanistan, noting...",left
11259,U.S. Cuts Troop Presence in Iraq,"['US Military', 'Middle East', 'Iraq', 'ISIS', 'Terrorism', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']","U.S. to Withdraw Over 2,000 Troops from Iraq, Reducing Presence to 3,000",National Review,"The United States will withdraw over 2,000 troops from Iraq this month, roughly half of its troop presence, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East said Wednesday.
In a long awaited move that works toward President Trump’s goal of getting America out of “endless wars,” forces will be cut from 5,200 to 3,000, Marine General Frank McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, announced during a visit to Iraq.
U.S. forces invaded Iraq in 2003 and withdrew in 2011 only to return in 2014 after the Islamic State group...",right
11260,Health Experts Urge Caution As States Push To Ease COVID-19 Restrictions,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Environment', 'Sustainability']",CDC Director Says ‘Now Is Not The Time’ To Lift Lockdowns Despite Decline In Coronavirus Cases And Deaths,The Daily Caller,"Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky said Monday that “now is not the time” to lift coronavirus restrictions, despite recent declines in cases and deaths.
“I remain deeply concerned about a potential shift in the trajectory of the pandemic,” Walensky said during a White House press briefing. “The latest CDC data continue to suggest that recent declines in cases have leveled off at a very high number.”
Walensky said that the most recent seven-day average for new coronavirus cases represents a 2% increase from the previous...",right
11261,Health Experts Urge Caution As States Push To Ease COVID-19 Restrictions,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Environment', 'Sustainability']",WHO official says it's 'premature' to think pandemic will be over by end of year,The Hill,"A top World Health Organization (WHO) official said Monday that it is unlikely that the coronavirus pandemic will end completely in 2021, but noted that deaths and hospitalizations should be drastically reduced by the end of the year due to widespread vaccine access.
The Associated Press reported that Michael Ryan, head of the WHO's emergencies program, told reporters in London it is ""premature"" and ""unrealistic"" to think that COVID-19 would disappear in 2021.
“If we’re smart, we can finish with the hospitalizations and the deaths and the tragedy associated with...",center
11262,Health Experts Urge Caution As States Push To Ease COVID-19 Restrictions,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Environment', 'Sustainability']",States easing virus restrictions despite experts’ warnings,Associated Press Fact Check,"With the U.S. vaccination drive picking up speed and a third formula on the way, states eager to reopen for business are easing coronavirus restrictions despite warnings from health experts that the outbreak is far from over and that moving too quickly could prolong the misery.
Massachusetts on Monday made it much easier to grab dinner and a show. In Missouri, where individual communities get to make the rules, the two biggest metropolitan areas — St. Louis and Kansas City — are relaxing some measures. Iowa’s governor recently lifted mask...",left
11263,3 Americans in North Korea Speak,"['North Korea', 'World']",Americans Detained in North Korea Call for US Help,ABC News (Online),North Korea gave foreign media access on Monday to three detained Americans who said they have been able to contact their families and — watched by officials as they spoke — called for Washington to send a high-ranking representative to negotiate for their freedom.,left
11264,3 Americans in North Korea Speak,"['North Korea', 'World']","Americans detained in North Korea speak to CNN, ask for U.S. help",CNN (Online News),Three Americans detained in North Korea spoke out about their conditions and pleaded for U.S. help in interviews with CNN.,left
11265,3 Americans in North Korea Speak,"['North Korea', 'World']",‘I’m Desperate to Get Back’: North Korea Allows U.S. Media to Interview Detained Americans,The Blaze,North Korea gave foreign media access on Monday to three detained Americans who said they have been able to contact their families and – watched by officials as they spoke – called for Washington to send a high-ranking representative to negotiate for their freedom.,right
11266,"Biden Announces New COVID-19 Measures, Including Vaccine Mandate for Companies With 100+ Employees","['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Department Of Labor', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Mask Mandates', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Schools']",Biden plans COVID vaccine mandate for 80 million private sector employees,Axios,"More than 80 million Americans working in the private sector will be required to receive a COVID vaccine or produce a negative test result at least once a week, a senior Biden administration official said Thursday.
Why it matters: The new rule, to be developed by the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), underscores the Biden administration's ramped up efforts to control the virus as cases and hospitalizations largely driven by the Delta variant surge nationwide.
Driving the news: OSHA is developing the rule that will require vaccinations or once...",center
11267,"Biden Announces New COVID-19 Measures, Including Vaccine Mandate for Companies With 100+ Employees","['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Department Of Labor', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Mask Mandates', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Schools']",Biden to announce vaccine mandate for companies with more than 100 employees,Fox News (Online News),"President Joe Biden is announcing Thursday that all employers with more than 100 workers will be forced to require coronavirus vaccinations or test employees weekly.
The mandate will be announced Thursday afternoon and is expected to affect as many as 100 million Americans. 
The expansive rules mandate that all employers with more than 100 workers require them to be vaccinated or test for the virus weekly, affecting about 80 million Americans. And the roughly 17 million workers at health facilities that receive federal Medicare or Medicaid also will have to be fully vaccinated.",right
11268,"Biden Announces New COVID-19 Measures, Including Vaccine Mandate for Companies With 100+ Employees","['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Department Of Labor', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Mask Mandates', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Schools']",Biden expands vaccine requirements in bid to rein in Covid,Politico,"President Joe Biden on Thursday announced plans to require staff vaccinations at all health facilities that receive federal funding, as part of a sweeping new plan to rein in the coronavirus.
The move represents a dramatic expansion of the administration’s bid to boost vaccination rates among frontline health care workers, and comes as the administration readies a redoubling of efforts to rein in the virus.
The requirement is part of a broader six-part blueprint for combating the pandemic that Biden unveiled. Dubbed “Path out of the Pandemic,” it outlines new...",left
11269,"Purchase of $6M Home Brings Scrutiny to Black Lives Matter Leaders, Finances","['Politics', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Race And Racism', 'Corruption', 'Polarization']",‘Great sign’ or ‘very unfortunate’? Black Lives Matter supporters split over $6M purchase,NBC News (Online),"When Kulia Petzoldt first learned of George Floyd’s death in 2020, she and her teenage daughter ventured to Lake Merritt in Oakland, California, to protest alongside a mass of people demanding justice. 
Petzoldt, who is white, said growing up around different cultures and having friends who were Black made her feel more conscious of the racial discrimination Black people faced. The Black Lives Matter movement solidified that awareness.
“We can’t just do nothing,” Petzoldt, 42, said, “and particularly those of us who are sort of protected by society.”
Beyond protesting,...",left
11270,"Purchase of $6M Home Brings Scrutiny to Black Lives Matter Leaders, Finances","['Politics', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Race And Racism', 'Corruption', 'Polarization']","BLM's $6 million mansion a clear violation of IRS law, watchdog charges",Washington Examiner,"Black Lives Matter and its co-founder Patrisse Cullors could face civil or criminal penalties for illegally using the organization's $6 million Los Angeles mansion for Cullors's private benefit, a watchdog group charged in a complaint filed with the IRS on Thursday.
The watchdog group, National Legal and Policy Center, said in the complaint it was ""highly unusual"" that BLM Global Network Foundation purchased the mansion in cash through a middleman in October 2020, transferred the deed to an obscure LLC one week later, then concealed the mansion's existence from its donors for 19 months while Cullors stayed...",right
11271,"Purchase of $6M Home Brings Scrutiny to Black Lives Matter Leaders, Finances","['Politics', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Race And Racism', 'Corruption', 'Polarization']",Inside the $6M mansion BLM reportedly bought with donated funds,New York Post (News),"The sprawling $6 million mansion bought by Black Lives Matter in Los Angeles once hosted Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe as house guests — and comes complete with a sound stage, music studio, pool and a two-bedroom guest house.
The 7,400-square-foot Studio City compound is a 1930s “farm house” that also boasts seven bedrooms and seven bathrooms, according to the real estate listing.
“Impressively renovated back to the 1930s with all the modern conveniences!” the listing said. “Marilyn Monroe and Humphrey Bogart were a few A-listers who stayed as guests...",right
11272,Postal Apparel Line,[],Cash-Strapped U.S. Postal Service Hopes You Will Buy Some Of Their Dope All-Weather Gear,HuffPost,"As you've no doubt heard, there are big changes afoot for your U.S. Postal Service. The perennially cash-strapped movers of mail recently announced that they will soon discontinue most Saturday delivery in order to save $2 billion, against a $15.9 billion shortfall last year. As Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe put it, ""Our financial situation is urgent.""
And so they are acting, because Congress won't -- as the Associated Press reported, most of the Postal Service's ""red ink comes from a 2006 law forcing it to pay about $5.5 billion...",left
11273,Postal Apparel Line,[],From Mail to Clothes: USPS Launches Apparel Line,ABC News (Online),"Move over Northface, The U.S. Postal Service is dropping Saturday mail delivery and picking up a new line of clothing. On Tuesday, USPS announced plans to launch a new line of all-weather apparel and accessories.
The line, which is expected to launch in 2014, will include all-weather jackets, headgear, footwear and clothing which accommodates devices such as iPods.
Isaac Crawford, CEO of Wahconah Group, Inc. tells ABC News that this is going to be an “image-conscious, first class, high end line.
Crawford says that there is a...",left
11274,Postal Apparel Line,[],Cash-strapped Postal Service to launch new clothing line,Fox News (Online News),"On the heels of announcing the end of Saturday mail delivery, the U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday it plans to launch a new line of clothing and accessories next year.
The cash-strapped agency has signed a license agreement with Wahconah Group, a Cleveland-based fashion apparel company, to support its new ""Rain Heat & Snow"" brand, Postal Service corporate licensing manager Steven Mills said in a news release.
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/20/cash-strapped-postal-service-...",right
11275,New York City Continues Coronavirus Battle,"['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'New York City', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'Coronavirus']","112 people die from coronavirus in NYC in 25 hours, as cases top 36,000",New York Daily News,"New York City saw 112 people die from coronavirus in just 25 hours as the number of cases grew to more than 36,000 on Monday morning.
There were 36,221 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the five boroughs by 10:30 a.m. Monday, a 12% increase from 32,308 at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, according to Health Department data.
So far the virus has killed 790 people in the city, with the death toll climbing 16.5% from 678 fatalities on Sunday morning.",left
11276,New York City Continues Coronavirus Battle,"['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'New York City', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'Coronavirus']",Hospital Ship USNS Comfort Arrives In New York To Ease Coronavirus Pressure,NPR (Online News),"The USNS Comfort, one of the Navy's hospital ships that has often been called on to deliver humanitarian aid, has arrived in New York City to help ease the strain of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ship entered New York Harbor on Monday morning, passing the Statue of Liberty on its way to Pier 88 in Manhattan.
The ship will be used to treat patients who do not have the disease caused by the coronavirus but who urgently need other care. Those patients could otherwise face long delays as the city's...",left
11277,New York City Continues Coronavirus Battle,"['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'New York City', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'Coronavirus']",Sex offenders among those released from New York jail to stop coronavirus spread,New York Post (News),"About 50 inmates — including eight registered sex offenders — have been released from an upstate New York jail as part of the efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus, according to a report.
The inmates were sprung Saturday from the Monroe County Jail as part of a statewide order by the Department of Corrections and Community Services, WIVB reported.
Nine of them are staying at a Holiday Inn Express in Greece, NY — including four of the sex offenders, three of whom have been convicted of raping minors...",right
11278,Biden to Host Summit Countering Hate-Fueled Violence,"['Biden Administration', 'Bridging Divides', 'Democracy', 'Domestic Violence', 'Gun Violence', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Safety', 'Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'White House']",Biden hosting unity summit to combat hate-filled violence,CBS News (Online),"President Biden will host a White House summit next month aimed at combating a spate of hate-fueled violence in the U.S., as he works to deliver on his campaign pledge to ""heal the soul of the nation.""
The White House announced Friday that Mr. Biden will host the United We Stand Summit on Sept. 15, highlighting the ""corrosive effects"" of violence on public safety and democracy. Advocates pushed the president to hold the event after 10 Black people were killed at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket in May, aiming as well to...",left
11279,Biden to Host Summit Countering Hate-Fueled Violence,"['Biden Administration', 'Bridging Divides', 'Democracy', 'Domestic Violence', 'Gun Violence', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Safety', 'Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'White House']","Biden sets up White House summit to battle racism, violent extremism",Washington Times,"President Biden will host a summit next month aimed at countering racism and “hate-fueled violence” in the U.S., the White House announced Friday.
White House officials described the Sept. 15 event as a stand against “the corrosive effects of hate-fueled violence on our democracy and public safety.” 
Mr. Biden will deliver the keynote address at the “United We Stand Summit” where he will highlight the response of the Biden-Harris administration response to hate and “put forward a shared vision for a more united America,” officials said.
“As President Biden said in Buffalo after the horrific mass...",right
11280,Biden to Host Summit Countering Hate-Fueled Violence,"['Biden Administration', 'Bridging Divides', 'Democracy', 'Domestic Violence', 'Gun Violence', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Safety', 'Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'White House']",Biden to host September summit targeting hate-fueled violence,Reuters,"U.S. President Joe Biden will host a White House summit in September to counter the effects of hate-fueled violence on American democracy and highlight his administration’s actions to reduce gun violence, the White House said on Friday.
The Sept. 15 summit, dubbed “United We Stand,” will bring together officials, faith leaders and civil rights groups and feature a keynote speech by Biden, who will put forward a shared vision for a more united America, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
“Even as our nation has endured...",center
11281,Perspectives: Trump Accepts Nomination on RNC Night 4,"['Donald Trump', '2020 Republican National Convention', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']",Trump -- defiant and dark as ever -- claims Biden would destroy America,CNN (Opinion),"President Donald Trump's demagogic convention speech played out before a spectacular but norm-crushing White House backdrop in a potential super spreader viral event.
It explained why Democrats warn he must be driven from power at all costs -- and why he may win a second term anyway.
After a GOP gathering that amounted to one of the most sustained displays of propagandizing in the modern history of Western democracy, Trump painted an apocalyptic vision of a nation on the cusp of a takeover by ""violent anarchists"" who would exploit...",left
11282,Perspectives: Trump Accepts Nomination on RNC Night 4,"['Donald Trump', '2020 Republican National Convention', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']",President Trump’s convention speech draws criticism … and not just for what he said,Poynter,"President Donald Trump gave his Republican National Convention acceptance speech Thursday night. But it wasn’t what he said that had the media world buzzing. It was where he said it.
In what might have been illegal, and what many considered unethical, the president delivered his speech in front of at least 1,500 spectators on the South Lawn of the White House.
“The most notable thing about tonight is the venue,” NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell said. “The fact that he staged this large of a gathering, during a pandemic, without masks,...",center
11283,Perspectives: Trump Accepts Nomination on RNC Night 4,"['Donald Trump', '2020 Republican National Convention', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']","Trump makes riveting case for reelection, shows America what it is in for if Biden wins",Fox News (Opinion),"If the point of a political convention is to get your party’s message out, win over voters and boost your candidate’s prospects, then make no mistake about the 2020 conventions, Republicans absolutely buried Democrats.
The polling tells us so.
Joe Biden got zero boost from the Democrats’ grievance-fueled slog-fest last week. The Democratic presidential nominee's polls did not move higher; in fact, they dropped, and especially in the critical swing states.",right
11284,Christie Inauguration Day,['Politics'],Chris Christie: Bipartisan governor or partisan warrior?,Washington Post,It wasn’t supposed to be this way for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. No doubt he imagined there would be national attention as he took the oath of office for a second term. No doubt he assumed that what he said in his second inaugural address would be closely scrutinized.,left
11285,Christie Inauguration Day,['Politics'],Chris Christie calls for cooperation amid scandal,Politico,"Amid swirling snow and scandal, Gov. Chris Christie was sworn in for a second term Tuesday, delivering a wide-ranging speech that called for Democrats and Republicans to eschew partisanship to serve the citizens of New Jersey.",left
11286,Christie Inauguration Day,['Politics'],Christie sworn in for second term as NJ gov amid controversies,Fox News (Online News),"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took the oath of office for the second time Tuesday, renewing a call for bipartisanship amid two controversies which loom large over his political future.",right
11287,NSA Mined Internet Data,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Documents: U.S. mining data from 9 leading Internet firms; companies deny knowledge,Washington Post,"U.S. intelligence has access to the servers of nine Internet companies, as part of top-secret effort.",left
11288,NSA Mined Internet Data,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",U.S. Collects Vast Data Trove,Wall Street Journal (News),The Obama administration called the government review of detailed phone records of U.S. customers a critical tool in protecting the public from terrorists.,center
11289,NSA Mined Internet Data,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","Massive Government Surveillance Program Exposed, All Americans Affected",Townhall,,right
11290,"Trump Says US Will Sanction China Amid Hong Kong Tension, Leave WHO","['Coronavirus', 'China', 'Hong Kong', 'Foreign Policy', 'Trade', 'Economy And Jobs', 'WHO', 'Healthcare', 'World', 'Asia', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump says U.S. to withdraw from World Health Organization and announces new broadsides against Beijing,Washington Post,"President Trump on Friday leveled an extraordinary broadside at the Chinese government, accusing it of a comprehensive “pattern of misconduct” and ordered U.S. officials to begin the process of revoking Hong Kong’s special status under U.S. law.
The U.S. as a result will no longer treat Hong Kong and China as separate entities for the purposes of extradition, customs, trade and visa issues, he said.
In Rose Garden remarks, Trump also attacked the World Health Organization, which he said was effectively controlled by Beijing.
“We will today be terminating our...",left
11291,"Trump Says US Will Sanction China Amid Hong Kong Tension, Leave WHO","['Coronavirus', 'China', 'Hong Kong', 'Foreign Policy', 'Trade', 'Economy And Jobs', 'WHO', 'Healthcare', 'World', 'Asia', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",U.S. sanctions on China are means without an end,Reuters,"U.S. sanctions on China over Hong Kong would ratchet up tensions between the two superpowers, but with no obvious goal beyond punishment. President Donald Trump on Friday says he would take steps to slap penalties on officials of the People’s Republic. The first move of its kind would escalate tensions, yet it probably won’t deter Beijing and could spur retaliation.
After months of holding back in response to Hong Kong unrest, the White House has taken aggressive action. A day after the Chinese parliament approved moving forward with legislation tackling...",center
11292,"Trump Says US Will Sanction China Amid Hong Kong Tension, Leave WHO","['Coronavirus', 'China', 'Hong Kong', 'Foreign Policy', 'Trade', 'Economy And Jobs', 'WHO', 'Healthcare', 'World', 'Asia', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']","Trump says U.S. will quit World Health Organization, begin to revoke special treatment for Hong Kong as China brawl ramps up",MarketWatch,"President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. is quitting the World Health Organization and is beginning to revoke Hong Kong’s special status, in an escalation of tension with China.
Speaking in the White House Rose Garden, Trump also said the U.S. would move to sanction Chinese officials over what he called the “smothering” of Hong Kong, but the president steered clear of any discussion of reneging on a trade deal between the two countries, or wider sanctions.
U.S. stocks SPX, 0.48% DJIA, -0.07% COMP, 1.29% reversed early losses to...",center
11293,Sanders and Clinton Spar in New York,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Sparks fly over wages, Wall Street and war at heated Clinton-Sanders debate",Fox News (Online News),Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders shelved the niceties and went right after each other’s perceived weak spots at a must-win Democratic primary debate Thursday night where the front-runner challenged her rival’s grasp of complex policy issues – and the insurgent senator hammered her as a Wall Street pal just now talking the talk of working Americans.,right
11294,Sanders and Clinton Spar in New York,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",6 Takeaways: Democrats tangle at New York debate,CNN (Online News),")Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled over her judgment and his grasp of policy in a tense and at times personal debate here Thursday, less than a week before the pivotal New York primary.",left
11295,Sanders and Clinton Spar in New York,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Sanders and Clinton Clash over Policies and Judgment,New York Times (News),"Senator Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton wasted no time at a debate in Brooklyn, attacking each other’s decisions and experience.",left
11296,Perspectives: Trudeau Sparks Renewed Discourse over WEF's 'The Great Reset',"['Economic Policy', 'World', 'World Economic Forum', 'Coronavirus', 'The Great Reset', 'Justin Trudeau', 'Davos', 'Elites', 'Economy And Jobs']",The baseless ‘Great Reset’ conspiracy theory rises again.,New York Times (News),"A baseless conspiracy theory about the coronavirus has found new life as cases surge once again.
On Monday morning, the phrase “The Great Reset” trended with nearly 80,000 tweets, with most of the posts coming from familiar far-right internet personalities. The conspiracy alleges that a cabal of elites has long planned for the pandemic so that they could use it to impose their global economic control on the masses. In some versions of the unfounded rumor, it is only President Trump who is thwarting this plan and keeping the scheme...",left
11297,Perspectives: Trudeau Sparks Renewed Discourse over WEF's 'The Great Reset',"['Economic Policy', 'World', 'World Economic Forum', 'Coronavirus', 'The Great Reset', 'Justin Trudeau', 'Davos', 'Elites', 'Economy And Jobs']",The elites want COVID-19 lockdowns to usher in a 'Great Reset' and that should terrify you,Tucker Carlson,"America is locking down again. In some places, that's already happening. If you have kids, you've seen it. Joe Biden has promised more of it -- more masks, more quarantines, more limits on travel, more restrictions on who you can eat with and who you can touch.
The most intimate details of our lives are being completely controlled by our leadership class. The people who used to scream at politicians, ""Keep your hands off my body!"" aren't saying a thing about this. In fact, they're encouraging it.",right
11298,Perspectives: Trudeau Sparks Renewed Discourse over WEF's 'The Great Reset',"['Economic Policy', 'World', 'World Economic Forum', 'Coronavirus', 'The Great Reset', 'Justin Trudeau', 'Davos', 'Elites', 'Economy And Jobs']",The 'Great Reset' is an elitist attempt to enact global socialism,The Post Millennial,"Ever wondered what all the social justice positions would look like if rolled into one comprehensive social engineering document? That's the Great Reset, spearheaded by the World Economic Forum. The WEF wants to use the blunt force trauma of the pandemic to force the world to reshape according to socialist dictates.
The coronavirus crisis has been used as a reason to put together a social justice wish list that would be enacted by multi-national and governments to tackle everything from climate change to corporate equity.",right
11299,Biden Signs Executive Order on ‘Promoting Competition in the American Economy’,"['Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Executive Order', 'FTC', 'FCC', 'FDA', 'Business', 'Technology', 'Internet', 'Net Neutrality', 'Antitrust', 'Monopoly', 'Big Tech', 'Data Privacy']",Biden targets Big Tech in sweeping new executive order cracking down on anti-competitive practices,Fox Business,"President Biden on Friday will sign a sweeping new executive order aimed at cracking down on anti-competitive behavior by Big Tech and other sectors including labor, health care and financial services.
Comprised of 72 actions and recommendations, the order is intended to promote competition in the U.S. economy by encouraging more than a dozen federal agencies to scrutinize corporate mergers and other ways that a growing number of companies build their outside market power, according to a White House fact sheet. ",right
11300,Biden Signs Executive Order on ‘Promoting Competition in the American Economy’,"['Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Executive Order', 'FTC', 'FCC', 'FDA', 'Business', 'Technology', 'Internet', 'Net Neutrality', 'Antitrust', 'Monopoly', 'Big Tech', 'Data Privacy']",These 7 markets will be the target of Biden’s new anti-monopoly executive order,MarketWatch,"President Biden will sign an executive order Friday afternoon that takes aim at what the White House describes as the growing problem of corporate consolidation in U.S. and the higher prices, lower wages and reduced choice it imposes on workers and consumers.
The move is the latest salvo in a deepening war between the federal and state governments and big business over monopoly power and anticompetitive practices, and one the Biden administration hopes will boost the economic prospects of Americans without adding to the already substantial federal budget deficit.
Here...",center
11301,Biden Signs Executive Order on ‘Promoting Competition in the American Economy’,"['Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Executive Order', 'FTC', 'FCC', 'FDA', 'Business', 'Technology', 'Internet', 'Net Neutrality', 'Antitrust', 'Monopoly', 'Big Tech', 'Data Privacy']","Biden executive order will target right to repair, ISPs, net neutrality, and more",The Verge,"The White House has issued a “fact sheet” listing the industries and policies it’s addressing via an executive order that President Biden will sign later today — and technology is directly in the crosshairs.
That includes internet service providers, as Biden will encourage the Federal Communications Commission to restore net neutrality rules undone during the prior administration, require providers to report prices and subscription rates, and prevent ISPs from making deals with landlords that limit tenants’ choices.",left
11302,New York Times Flip-Flops on Tom Cotton's Op-Ed,"['Free Speech', 'Violence In America', 'Media Bias', 'US Military', 'Polarization']",Tom Cotton's Fascist Op-Ed,Michelle Goldberg,"Before Donald Trump became president, most newspaper op-ed pages sought to present a spectrum of politically significant opinion and argument, which they could largely do while walling off extremist propaganda and incitement. The Trump presidency has undermined that model, because there’s generally no way to defend the administration without being either bigoted or dishonest.
Opinion sections, eager to maintain ideological diversity without publishing lies or stuff that belongs in Breitbart, have therefore filled up with anti-Trump conservatives. As a result, newspapers like this one have often been criticized for elevating...",left
11303,New York Times Flip-Flops on Tom Cotton's Op-Ed,"['Free Speech', 'Violence In America', 'Media Bias', 'US Military', 'Polarization']",New York Times says senator’s op-ed didn’t meet standards,Associated Press,"NEW YORK (AP) — In an embarrassing about-face, The New York Times said Thursday that an opinion piece it ran by U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton advocating the use of federal troops to quell nationwide protests about police mistreatment of black Americans did not meet its standards.
Cotton’s op-ed, titled “Send in the Troops” and first posted online late Wednesday, caused a revolt among Times journalists, with some saying it endangered black employees. Some staff members called in sick Thursday in protest.
The Times said in a statement that a “rushed...",left
11304,New York Times Flip-Flops on Tom Cotton's Op-Ed,"['Free Speech', 'Violence In America', 'Media Bias', 'US Military', 'Polarization']",Tom Cotton hysteria shows cowardice from The New York Times,New York Post (News),"This week, The New York Times ran an op-ed by United States Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) urging that the military be used to quell the fires, looting and violence gripping the nation’s cities.
A Morning Consult poll from this week found that 58 percent of registered voters agreed with that idea. But apparently it’s an opinion forbidden in the Times.
Black staffers at the paper said the column made them feel unsafe. The day after it ran, the paper folded like, well, The New York Times, and apologized for it....",right
11305,Andrew Puzder Withdraws,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Andrew Puzder Withdraws From Consideration as Labor Secretary Amid GOP Doubts,New York Times (News),"The fast-food executive Andrew F. Puzder withdrew his nomination to be labor secretary on Wednesday as Republican senators turned sharply against him, the latest defeat for a White House besieged by infighting and struggling for traction even with a Republican-controlled Congress.",left
11306,Andrew Puzder Withdraws,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",How Puzder fell,Politico,The labor nominee was hurt by a lack of support from some of the president's top advisers.,left
11307,Andrew Puzder Withdraws,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Puzder Withdraws as Nominee for Labor Secretary,CBN,Andrew Puzder says he is withdrawing as President Donald Trump's nominee for labor secretary.,right
11308,House Hearing on Ebola,"['US House', 'Politics']",4 issues raised at the House Ebola hearing,CNN (Online News),"One day after the fourth case of Ebola was diagnosed in the United States, lawmakers met with administration and public health officials in an already-scheduled congressional hearing to hash out some concerns about the handling of the deadly virus.
Here are four concerns raised in the hearing:
1. Why hire a lawyer? Ebola czar Ron Klain was invited to attend the hearing, but having started the job just this past week, he did not accept the invitation. In his absence, a few Republicans tweaked President Obama for choosing...",left
11309,House Hearing on Ebola,"['US House', 'Politics']",Darrell Issa: What We Don't Know Could Kill Us,HuffPost,"At a Congressional hearing to evaluate America's response to the Ebola outbreak, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) eschewed the calm approach, suggesting U.S. medical officials are flailing in the dark and that their ignorance could prove deadly.
Issa started by pointing out the flaws of the response so far, which has seen two nurses become infected in Texas while treating the first victim of the disease to become ill in the United States. Then he went on to compare Ebola, which can only be spread by contact with...",left
11310,House Hearing on Ebola,"['US House', 'Politics']",House lawmakers grapple with Ebola both at home and abroad,Washington Times,"A House oversight hearing Friday laid bare the sheer complexity of dealing with the global Ebola epidemic, as lawmakers toggled between the desperate plight in West Africa and concern that flawed policies have put Americans’ at risk on their own shores.
Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican and the chamber’s top investigator, repeatedly questioned the Obama administration’s ability to track the virus and guide local officials through the fight.
A Dallas hospital turned away the Liberian man who first brought Ebola to the U.S. when he presented symptoms, only to admit...",right
11311,HHS Secretary Tom Price Resigns,"['White House', 'Politics']","Tom Price, Trump’s scandal-plagued HHS secretary, is stepping down",Vox,Controversy over private flights brought down Trump’s top health official.,left
11312,HHS Secretary Tom Price Resigns,"['White House', 'Politics']",Health Secretary Price Resigns Amid Charter Flight Flap,CBN,"President Donald Trump's health secretary has resigned, after his travel on costly charter flights triggered investigations and angered his boss.",right
11313,HHS Secretary Tom Price Resigns,"['White House', 'Politics']",Tom Price resigns as Health Secretary over private jet use,The Hill,"Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price resigned Friday, after an uproar over his use of private jets for official business.",center
11314,AOC's Chief of Staff and Top Spokesman Leave Her Office,"['Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'Green New Deal', 'Progressives', 'Leftism', 'Politics']",Ocasio-Cortez chief of staff to leave her office,The Hill,"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-N.Y.) chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti is leaving the freshman's office after a series of controversies, according to a report in The Intercept.
“Saikat has decided to leave the office of Rep. Ocasio-Cortez to work with New Consensus to further develop plans for a Green New Deal,” Ocasio-Cortez communications director Corbin Trent told The Intercept in a statement.
“We are extraordinarily grateful for his service to advance a bold agenda and improve the lives of the people in NY-14. From his co-founding of Justice Democrats...",center
11315,AOC's Chief of Staff and Top Spokesman Leave Her Office,"['Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'Green New Deal', 'Progressives', 'Leftism', 'Politics']",Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's chief of staff is leaving her office,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)—The chief of staff to Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York is leaving her congressional office, according to her communications director. The move is effective immediately.
Saikat Chakrabarti is leaving to join New Consensus, a progressive group working on the Green New Deal.
""Saikat has decided to leave the office of Rep. Ocasio-Cortez to work with New Consensus to further develop plans for a Green New Deal,"" communications director Corbin Trent said in a statement Friday. ""We are extraordinarily grateful for his service to advance a bold agenda...",left
11316,AOC's Chief of Staff and Top Spokesman Leave Her Office,"['Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'Green New Deal', 'Progressives', 'Leftism', 'Politics']",Upheaval: AOC's chief of staff and top spokesman quit,Washington Examiner,"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti and communications director Corbin Trent are both leaving her D.C. office.
“Saikat has decided to leave the office of Rep. Ocasio-Cortez to work with New Consensus to further develop plans for a Green New Deal,” Trent told the Intercept Friday.
“We are extraordinarily grateful for his service to advance a bold agenda and improve the lives of the people in NY-14. From his co-founding of Justice Democrats to his work on the Ocasio-Cortez campaign and in the official office, Saikat’s goal has...",right
11317,White House to Host George Floyd's Family On One Year Anniversary Of His Death,"['George Floyd Protests', 'Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America', 'Police Reform', 'Race And Racism']",What George Floyd Changed,Politico,"In the year since George Floyd died under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer, the explosive waves of national protest that followed have taken on almost a settled meaning: They were calls for police reform, and for America to take a hard look at the racial injustice threaded through its civic life.
But in its breadth and impact, the reaction to Floyd’s killing also blew through any conventional expectations for what a “protest” might touch. The reckoning it prompted about race in America extended to workplaces, classrooms, legislatures; it...",left
11318,White House to Host George Floyd's Family On One Year Anniversary Of His Death,"['George Floyd Protests', 'Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America', 'Police Reform', 'Race And Racism']",Biden To Host George Floyd’s Family At White House On Anniversary Of His Death,The Daily Wire,"President Joe Biden will host George Floyd’s family at the White House this week to mark a year since Floyd was killed while in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department, sparking the national anti-racism and anti-police brutality movement.
Biden will not, however, meet his stated deadline for passing the Geroge Floyd Justice in Policing Act by May 25th, amid concerns that the existing draft measure does not have “teeth.”
“President Joe Biden will host George Floyd’s family at the White House on Tuesday,” CNBC reported Sunday. “The visit marks the one-year...",right
11319,White House to Host George Floyd's Family On One Year Anniversary Of His Death,"['George Floyd Protests', 'Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America', 'Police Reform', 'Race And Racism']","'We will celebrate my brother's life': George Floyd's family to hold rallies, marches for one-year anniversary of his death",USA TODAY,"""We will celebrate my brother's life in a very, very special way,"" Bridgett Floyd, George Floyd's sister, said at a virtual press conference Thursday.
Floyd, 46, died on May 25, 2020, after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes. His death started months of protests worldwide against police brutality and systemic racism. 
Last month, Chauvin was found guilty of second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The three other former officers accused of aiding and abetting Chauvin will stand trial in March 2022. All...",left
11320,Comey and the Clinton Emails,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",FBI Director James Comey Defied Attorney General With Email Announcement,HuffPost,FBI Director James Comey’s unprecedented decision to insert the bureau into the presidential campaign less than two weeks from Election Day has caused a rift in federal law enforcement.,left
11321,Comey and the Clinton Emails,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']","James Comey Stands Tall, and Alone, in a Tight Corner in Clinton Email Mess",Daily Beast,Former President Bill Clinton and Attorney General Loretta Lynch insisted there was nothing improper about their little chat when their planes chanced to be in Phoenix and he strode across the tarmac to her plane.,left
11322,Comey and the Clinton Emails,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Reopening Email Investigation Stain on Clinton AND Comey,The American Spectator,"Anthony Weiner, a man ill-equipped to keep even his most private equipment from public exposure, possessed emails from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on his home computer.",right
11323,Clancy to Head Secret Service,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama picks Joe Clancy as Secret Service director,Washington Times,"President Obama Wednesday tapped the acting director of the Secret Service, Joseph Clancy, to lead the embattled agency on a permanent basis, ignoring calls for an outsider to take over.
White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Mr. Clancy has “a lot of important work ahead of him.” He said the president believes Mr. Clancy is “the right person for the job,” has shown a willingness “to look at needed reforms.”
Mr. Clancy was appointed on an interim basis last year after then-Director Julia Pierson was",right
11324,Clancy to Head Secret Service,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Names Insider to Lead Secret Service,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama on Wednesday named Joseph Clancy to lead the Secret Service, elevating the agency’s interim chief to become its permanent director as the organization continues to grapple with the fallout from a series of high-profile security breaches and missteps.
While a panel of outside experts had recommended looking beyond the Secret Service’s ranks for new leadership, the president chose a trusted ins",center
11325,Clancy to Head Secret Service,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Chooses Joseph Clancy to Head the Secret Service,New York Times (News),"President Obama has decided to appoint Joseph P. Clancy, who has guided the Secret Service on an interim basis for the last four months, to lead the agency permanently, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
In appointing Mr. Clancy, a former head of Mr. Obama’s security detail, the president rejected calls from critics on Capitol Hill and members of a special Department of Homeland Security panel that said that a string of mishaps and scandals made it clear that the agency should be run by an outsider.
Had Mr. Obama chosen...",left
11326,Arkansas Senate Passes Bill Banning Treatments for Transgender Youth,"['LGBT Rights', 'Transgender', 'Trans Rights', 'Arkansas', 'State Governments', 'Republican Party', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health']",Arkansas just passed the ‘single most extreme anti-trans law’ targeting healthcare for kids,PinkNews,"The Arkansas Senate has passed a bill that would prevent medical practitioners from providing healthcare to trans minors in a shocking blow to the LGBT+ community.
The senate passed HB 1570 on Monday (29 March), making Arkansas the first state to ban puberty blockers and hormone treatment for trans youth.
The bill will now go to governor Asa Hutchinson to be signed into law. LGBT+ rights activists are calling on the governor to veto the dehumanising law.
Chase Strangio, deputy director for transgender justice at the American Civil Liberties Union...",left
11327,Arkansas Senate Passes Bill Banning Treatments for Transgender Youth,"['LGBT Rights', 'Transgender', 'Trans Rights', 'Arkansas', 'State Governments', 'Republican Party', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health']",Arkansas Senate OKs ban on treatments for transgender youth,Associated Press,"The Arkansas Senate on Monday approved banning gender confirming treatments for minors, sending the governor a restriction on transgender youth that has been criticized by medical and child welfare groups.
The majority Republican Senate voted 28-7 in favor of the legislation. If the bill is enacted it would be the first prohibition of its kind in the country, opponents say. The bill would prohibit doctors from providing gender confirming hormone treatment or surgery to minors, or from referring them to other providers for the treatment.
“This bill sets out to...",left
11328,Arkansas Senate Passes Bill Banning Treatments for Transgender Youth,"['LGBT Rights', 'Transgender', 'Trans Rights', 'Arkansas', 'State Governments', 'Republican Party', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health']",Arkansas Legislature Votes to Ban Gender-Transition Procedures for Minors,National Review,"Arkansas lawmakers on Monday passed first of its kind legislation that would prevent doctors from offering puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones or gender-transition surgery to minors.
Under the measure, any healthcare professional who offers such services would be in danger of losing their medical license and open to lawsuits from patients who later come to regret their procedures.
Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson has not yet revealed whether he will sign the bill into law.
“The governor will review the bill more closely, listen to the debate, study it and make a...",right
11329,Analysis of Affirmative Action Decision,['Civil Rights'],Court strikes blow for campus colorblindness on affirmative action,Washington Times,The Supreme Court on Tuesday restored common sense as well as the word of the Constitution by upholding Michigan's ban of racial preferences in state college admissions.,right
11330,Analysis of Affirmative Action Decision,['Civil Rights'],Racial Equality Loses at the Court,New York Times (News),"A blinkered view of race in America won out in the Supreme Court on Tuesday when six justices agreed, for various reasons, to allow Michigan voters to ban race-conscious admissions policies in higher education.",left
11331,Analysis of Affirmative Action Decision,['Civil Rights'],5 takeaways from affirmative-action ruling,Politico,"The Supreme Court's decision upholding Michigan's affirmative-action ban was far from a shock, but it generated considerable strife on the high court, producing five different opinions in which the justices traded charges and countercharges on the polarizing issues at stake.",left
11332,Flynn Charged with Making False Statements to the FBI,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Michael Flynn Charged With Making False Statements To The FBI,The Daily Caller,"Former national security adviser Michael Flynn has been charged with making false statements to the FBI, the Office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller revealed in court documents filed on Friday.",right
11333,Flynn Charged with Making False Statements to the FBI,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Special counsel to charge Flynn with false statements to FBI,The Hill,"Special counsel Robert Mueller has charged President Trump's former national security advisor Michael Flynn with “willfully and knowingly” making “false, fictitious and fraudulent statements” to the FBI about his conversations with Russia’s ambassador.",center
11334,Flynn Charged with Making False Statements to the FBI,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Michael Flynn scheduled to plead guilty to lying to FBI,Washington Post,"Former national security adviser Michael Flynn has agreed to plead guilty Friday to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, marking another monumental development in the wide-ranging probe of Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III.",left
11335,Last US Troops Depart Hub of Afghanistan Operations,"['US Military', 'National Defense', 'Middle East', 'Afghanistan', 'Terrorism', 'Taliban', 'Defense And Security']","As the Taliban gain ground, how long can the U.S. Embassy in Kabul stand?",Politico,"The situation in Afghanistan is grim. An occupying army is withdrawing its last troops, bombs are besieging Kabul and the country appears on the verge of a civil war. U.S. diplomats believe they can't count on the shaky Afghan government to survive, much less protect them.
It's Jan. 30, 1989, two weeks until the last Soviet forces leave, and U.S. officials have just closed the American Embassy in Kabul, while promising “the United States will return.” But they wouldn’t reopen the diplomatic mission until January 2002, after the U.S. came back to Afghanistan...",left
11336,Last US Troops Depart Hub of Afghanistan Operations,"['US Military', 'National Defense', 'Middle East', 'Afghanistan', 'Terrorism', 'Taliban', 'Defense And Security']",Biden annoyed by repeated questions on Afghanistan: 'I'm not going to answer ... It's a holiday weekend',Fox News (Online News),"President Biden grew irked Friday with repeated press questions about the Afghanistan troop drawdown, saying he didn't want to answer any more on the topic because it was a holiday weekend.
Following remarks on a positive June jobs report, Biden took multiple questions about the situation in Afghanistan, where the country faces a possible fall to the Taliban as U.S. forces are withdrawn. After receiving questions on the nation's security issues and the withdrawal timeline, Biden said he wanted to talk about ""happy things.""
""I'm not going to answer any more … Look,...",right
11337,Last US Troops Depart Hub of Afghanistan Operations,"['US Military', 'National Defense', 'Middle East', 'Afghanistan', 'Terrorism', 'Taliban', 'Defense And Security']",Bagram: Last US and Nato forces leave key Afghanistan base,BBC News,"The last US and Nato forces have left Afghanistan's Bagram airbase, the centre of the war against militants for some 20 years.
The pull-out could signal that the complete withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan is imminent.
President Joe Biden has said US forces will be gone by 11 September.
But the withdrawal from the sprawling base, north of Kabul, comes as the main jihadist group, the Taliban, advances in many parts of Afghanistan.
The 11 September deadline is the anniversary of the attacks on America in 2001, which killed...",center
11338,Poll: Most Mexicans want to deport unauthorized migrants,"['Mexico', 'Immigration', 'Deportation', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Migrants']",Here's how many Mexicans want migrants to be deported back to Central America,The Blaze,"A new poll of citizens in Mexico says that a majority are against the entrance of migrants from Central America to their country on their way to seek asylum in the United States.
The poll from the Washington Post and Reforma, a leading Mexican newspaper, found that nearly two thirds of Mexicans polled, 64 percent, said that migrants were a ""burden"" that took jobs and benefits away from their citizens.
The issue has become more contentious for Mexican nationals after President Donald Trump began a new policy of...",right
11339,Poll: Most Mexicans want to deport unauthorized migrants,"['Mexico', 'Immigration', 'Deportation', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Migrants']","Unauthorized immigrants face public backlash in Mexico, survey finds",Washington Post,"Mexicans are deeply frustrated with immigrants after a year of heightened migration from Central America through the country, according to a survey conducted by The Washington Post and Mexico’s Reforma newspaper.
More than 6 in 10 Mexicans say migrants are a burden on their country because they take jobs and benefits that should belong to Mexicans. A 55 percent majority supports deporting migrants who travel through Mexico to reach the United States. Those findings defy the perception that Mexico — a country that has sent millions of its own...",left
11340,Poll: Most Mexicans want to deport unauthorized migrants,"['Mexico', 'Immigration', 'Deportation', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Migrants']",Poll: Mexicans Favor Deporting Migrants Back To Their Home Countries,NPR (Online News),"More than 60 percent of Mexicans believe migrants are a burden and that they take away jobs and benefits, according to a recent poll. A majority supports deporting them. Last month, Mexico made a deal with the United States to crack down on Central American migrants who are trying to make their way to the U.S. border. In June, Mexico arrested and deported the highest number of migrants in more than 10 years, and there were questions about how this tough approach would play in Mexico. But new public polling...",left
11341,Former Aide Papadopoulos Receives 14 days in Jail,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Papadopoulos: 'My recollection differs' from Jeff Sessions on Russia,USA TODAY,"George Papadopoulos, a former campaign adviser to President Donald Trump who was sentenced Friday for lying to the FBI, said he recalled then-Sen. Jeff Sessions taking an interest in a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.",left
11342,Former Aide Papadopoulos Receives 14 days in Jail,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",George Papadopoulos: Jeff Sessions 'quite enthusiastic' about possible Trump-Putin summit,Washington Times,"George Papadopoulos, the former Trump campaign adviser recently sentenced to two weeks in jail for lying to investigators, says Attorney General Jeff Sessions was “quite enthusiastic” during the 2016 campaign about the prospect of a summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.",right
11343,Former Aide Papadopoulos Receives 14 days in Jail,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Papadopoulos: I was 'pinned' in FBI interview,Politico,"Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos said Sunday he felt “pinned” during his fateful interview with FBI officers in January 2017, and that he lied to investigators in an attempt to protect President Donald Trump.",left
11344,California Task Force Seeks To Make Reparations for 'Lingering Effects' of Slavery,"['Black Americans', 'California', 'Economic Policy', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Race And Racism', 'Racial Justice', 'Reparations', 'Slavery']",Landmark California Task Force Calls for “Comprehensive Reparations” for Slavery,TruthOut,"California is the first state in the U.S. to establish a reparations task force for Black Americans. On June 1, the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans issued a 500-page document that traces the history of white supremacy from slavery to Jim Crow through the present. It calls for “comprehensive reparations” for Black people harmed by a historical system of state-sanctioned oppression.
“Segregation, racial terror, harmful racist neglect, and other atrocities in nearly every sector of civil society have inflicted harms, which cascade over a lifetime and...",left
11345,California Task Force Seeks To Make Reparations for 'Lingering Effects' of Slavery,"['Black Americans', 'California', 'Economic Policy', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Race And Racism', 'Racial Justice', 'Reparations', 'Slavery']","Reparations could include tuition, housing grants, California task force says",CalMatters,"California’s reparations task force released its first of two reports detailing the state’s history of slavery and racism and recommending ways the Legislature might begin a process of redress for Black Californians, including proposals to offer housing grants, free tuition and to raise the minimum wage.
The 500-page study describes decades of state and federal government actions that harmed Black Americans — from American slavery to the more recent redlining, mass incarceration, police actions and the widening wealth gap between Blacks and whites.
After police killed George Floyd and the subsequent nationwide...",center
11346,California Task Force Seeks To Make Reparations for 'Lingering Effects' of Slavery,"['Black Americans', 'California', 'Economic Policy', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Race And Racism', 'Racial Justice', 'Reparations', 'Slavery']",California Reparations Task Force Recommends 10 New State Offices in Report,The Epoch Times,"To repay African Americans in California for the “ongoing and compounding harms” of slavery, a state task force on June 1 recommended lawmakers create 10 new offices to oversee reparations.
The interim report (pdf) by the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans—about 500 pages long—describes the harms slavery inflicted on African Americans and its “lingering effects on American society today.”
One of the new state offices recommended in the report would be designed to help black Californians file for monetary reparations, while another office would help prove...",right
11347,Trump to Declare National Emergency for Border Wall,"['Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'Border Wall', 'Government Shutdown']",Trump's emergency declaration would trigger a drawn out legal fight,USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump will declare a national emergency to speed up funding for his proposed wall on the U.S.-Mexican border, but experts said the move would create a legal morass",left
11348,Trump to Declare National Emergency for Border Wall,"['Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'Border Wall', 'Government Shutdown']",Not All Conservatives Are Happy About Trump's National Emergency Declaration,Townhall,President Donald Trump on Thursday signed the spending bill and decided to declare a national emergency to obtain funding for his border wall. But not everyone is excited by the news.,right
11349,Trump to Declare National Emergency for Border Wall,"['Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'Border Wall', 'Government Shutdown']",'Dangerous.' 'Abuse.' 'Lawless': Bipartisan attack on Trump national emergency declaration,NBC News (Online),"The White House said the president was considering the step ""to ensure we stop the national security and humanitarian crisis at the border.""",left
11350,Fed Chairman Jerome Powell Says More Stimulus Needed to Avoid ‘Tragic’ Consequences,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Federal Reserve', 'Fed', 'Jerome Powell', 'Economy', 'Coronavirus', 'Second Wave', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Race And Racism', 'Economic Policy']",Powell Warns of Prolonged Economic Pain Without Help,New York Times (News),"Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell delivered a message to his fellow policymakers on Tuesday: Faced with a once-in-a-century pandemic that has inflicted economic pain on millions of households, go big.
“Too little support would lead to a weak recovery, creating unnecessary hardship for households and businesses,” Mr. Powell said in remarks before the National Association for Business Economics.
“Over time, household insolvencies and business bankruptcies would rise, harming the productive capacity of the economy, and holding back wage growth,” he said. “By contrast, the risks of overdoing it seem,...",left
11351,Fed Chairman Jerome Powell Says More Stimulus Needed to Avoid ‘Tragic’ Consequences,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Federal Reserve', 'Fed', 'Jerome Powell', 'Economy', 'Coronavirus', 'Second Wave', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Race And Racism', 'Economic Policy']",Fed’s Powell: Lack of further stimulus imperils recovery,Associated Press,"Strong financial support from the government and the Federal Reserve have spurred a solid recovery from the pandemic recession, but the rebound may falter without further aid, Fed Chair Jerome Powell warned Tuesday.
Powell said that government support — including expanded unemployment insurance payments, direct payments to most U.S. households and financial support for small businesses — has so far prevented a recessionary “downward spiral” in which job losses would reduce spending, forcing businesses to cut even more jobs.
But the U.S. economy still faces threats, and without further support...",left
11352,Fed Chairman Jerome Powell Says More Stimulus Needed to Avoid ‘Tragic’ Consequences,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Federal Reserve', 'Fed', 'Jerome Powell', 'Economy', 'Coronavirus', 'Second Wave', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Race And Racism', 'Economic Policy']",Fed chief Jerome Powell calls for more coronavirus stimulus spending,New York Post (News),"Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell on Tuesday called for more government spending to support the nation’s nascent economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
Both the central bank and Congress should continue their aggressive efforts to shore up the economy even though employment, consumer spending and other key measures have rebounded from their collapse in the spring, Powell argued in a virtual speech to the National Association for Business Economics.
The risks of policymakers “overdoing it” with stimulus are fairly small, Powell said, but providing too little support would weaken the...",right
11353,GOP Budget Passes the House,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Tax Cuts Are the Glue Holding a Fractured Republican Party Together,New York Times (News),"One week before they are set to unveil a sprawling overhaul of the federal tax code, Republicans struggled on Wednesday with key parts of their plan, reigniting a fight over retirement savings and racing to cut a deal with lawmakers from high-tax states ahead of a critical budget vote in the House on Thursday.",left
11354,GOP Budget Passes the House,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",House Republicans just cleared the way for tax reform,Insider,"The House passed the Senate's budget resolution on Thursday by a vote of 216 to 212, in the last procedural step before the GOP can move to fast-track tax-reform legislation that's expected to be unveiled next week.",left
11355,GOP Budget Passes the House,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","House passes $4 trillion budget, clears way for Trump tax plan",New York Post (News),"House Republicans on Thursday narrowly adopted the Senate’s $4 trillion budget blueprint, despite grumblings about the impact on the deficit and the elimination of state and local tax deductions.",right
11356,Should the US Raise the Minimum Wage?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Minimum Wage', 'Labor']",26 states will raise the minimum wage this year,Axios,"The federal government isn’t moving on raising the minimum wage from $7.25 — but states and cities are.
The big picture: A total of 26 states are set to raise their minimum wage in 2022, according to an analysis by consulting firm Wolters Kluwer.
On top of that, 56 municipalities will bump their pay floors, for a record year of increases, according to the National Employment Law Project.
Why it matters: The battleground has largely moved from the federal level and is playing out in statehouses across the country.
At least 20 states have laws...",center
11357,Should the US Raise the Minimum Wage?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Minimum Wage', 'Labor']","If Biden wants a win, he should raise the minimum wage",Washington Examiner,"Joe Biden isn’t having a great presidency.
His approval ratings are poor: 43.4% of voters approve of the job he is doing, while 51.6% of them disapprove, according to FiveThirtyEight. The Afghanistan withdrawal was a disaster. Inflation is high. Businesses are having a hard time filling jobs. The coronavirus isn’t going away. Biden hasn’t been able to get many of his campaign promises done, including his ""Build Back Better"" agenda. And his administration has taken some divisive positions, such as support for repealing the Hyde Amendment that protects taxpayers from funding elective abortion.
So what can Biden do if...",right
11358,Should the US Raise the Minimum Wage?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Minimum Wage', 'Labor']",How the current worker shortage is really a wage shortage,NYNMedia,"The subminimum wage for service workers is a direct legacy of slavery and perpetuates some of the worst sexual harassment of any industry. And yet for years, Congress and the 43 states that still have a subminimum wage have been dragging their heels on ending it – despite widespread public support for raising wages.
Then something changed. During the pandemic, restaurant owners in New York and nationwide have seen their workers struggling more than ever to survive on poverty wages. When restaurants closed, many service workers couldn’t even get unemployment because under...",left
11359,End of Shutdown Analysis,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",OPINION: Shutdown truce just delays Trump's big dilemma,Guest Writer - Left,"By escaping the government shutdown drama without losing face, President Donald Trump can claim a short-term victory. But the truce only delayed the most fateful dilemma he is yet to face in his presidency, on the issue that powered his political rise: immigration.",left
11360,End of Shutdown Analysis,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Winners and losers from the government shutdown,The Hill,"As the government prepares to reopen, who emerged as the winners and losers of the first big congressional controversy of 2018?",center
11361,End of Shutdown Analysis,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","Centrists break Senate logjam, pave new path for ‘common sense’ bipartisanship",Washington Times,"Senators in the 25-member Common Sense Coalition on Monday said their work in developing a deal to help end the government shutdown shows the road to getting big-ticket items passed in the future needs to run through the middle of both parties, rather than the extremes.",right
11362,Congress Passes Bipartisan Sexual Misconduct Bill,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Bridging Divides', 'Business', ""Workers' Rights"", 'Courts']","Why Congress is moving against sexual harassment, 4 years after #MeToo",Politico,"Congress can sometimes demonstrate an unfashionable truth: It’s still capable of bipartisan achievements — they just tend to take years.
The Senate on Thursday passed legislation by voice vote to reform the way private companies handle sexual assault and harassment cases by ending the use of forced arbitration to resolve workplace disputes. The bill, first introduced in 2017, is more narrow than some advocates had hoped but nonetheless amounts to Congress’ most significant response to the #MeToo movement to date.
And everyone has a different theory for why it’s finally headed for...",left
11363,Congress Passes Bipartisan Sexual Misconduct Bill,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Bridging Divides', 'Business', ""Workers' Rights"", 'Courts']",Congress approves sex harassment bill in #MeToo milestone,Associated Press,"Congress on Thursday gave final approval to legislation guaranteeing that people who experience sexual harassment at work can seek recourse in the courts, a milestone for the #MeToo movement that prompted a national reckoning on the way sexual misconduct claims are handled.
The measure, which is expected to be signed by President Joe Biden, bars employment contracts from forcing people to settle sexual assault or harassment cases through arbitration rather than in court, a process that often benefits employers and keeps misconduct allegations from becoming public.
Significantly, the bill is...",left
11364,Congress Passes Bipartisan Sexual Misconduct Bill,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Bridging Divides', 'Business', ""Workers' Rights"", 'Courts']",Congress passes bipartisan bill ending forced arbitration in sexual misconduct cases,Washington Times,"Victims of sexual assault and harassment soon will no longer be forced to rely on an independent arbiter to settle their cases, following the Senate’s passage of a bill to end such practices on Thursday.
The Senate approved by voice vote a bill that would end forced arbitration in sexual misconduct cases, just two days after it had passed the House, 335-97. All opposing votes came from Republicans.
“This is one of the most significant workplace reforms in American history,” said Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Democrat. “No longer will...",right
11365,UN Secretary-General Warns World Is in ‘Great Peril’ Amid Rising Geopolitical ‘Dysfunction’,"['World', 'United Nations', 'Foreign Policy', 'Ukraine War', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inequality', 'Technology', 'Defense And Security', 'Food', 'Diplomacy', 'Antonio Guterres']",UN chief: World is ‘paralyzed’ and equity is slipping away,Associated Press,"In an alarming assessment, the head of the United Nations warned world leaders Tuesday that nations are “gridlocked in colossal global dysfunction” and aren’t ready or willing to tackle the challenges that threaten humanity’s future — and the planet’s. “Our world is in peril — and paralyzed,” he said.
Speaking at the opening of the General Assembly’s annual high-level meeting, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made sure to emphasize that hope remained. But his remarks reflected a tense and worried world. He cited the war in Ukraine and multiplying conflicts around the...",left
11366,UN Secretary-General Warns World Is in ‘Great Peril’ Amid Rising Geopolitical ‘Dysfunction’,"['World', 'United Nations', 'Foreign Policy', 'Ukraine War', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inequality', 'Technology', 'Defense And Security', 'Food', 'Diplomacy', 'Antonio Guterres']","UN General Assembly opens, as Antonio Guterres warns of a world in 'great peril'",Deutsche Welle,"The world is in ""great peril, and paralyzed"" United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the 77th session of the UN General Assembly kicked off on Tuesday.
After the COVID-19 pandemic restricted in-person attendance the previous two years, more than 150 heads of state and government were expected to attend the annual gathering in New York.
Guterres told them that nations were ""gridlocked in colossal global dysfunction'' and weren't ready or willing to tackle the major challenges that threaten the future of humanity and the fate of the planet.
""Trust is crumbling, inequalities are exploding,...",center
11367,UN Secretary-General Warns World Is in ‘Great Peril’ Amid Rising Geopolitical ‘Dysfunction’,"['World', 'United Nations', 'Foreign Policy', 'Ukraine War', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inequality', 'Technology', 'Defense And Security', 'Food', 'Diplomacy', 'Antonio Guterres']",United Nations chief calls for fossil fuel windfall tax,Washington Examiner,"United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged world leaders to increase taxes on coal, oil, and natural gas companies in order to mitigate the cost of climate change and provide relief from inflation.
“Today, I am calling on all developed economies to tax the windfall profits of fossil fuel companies,” Guterres said Tuesday. “Those funds should be redirected in two ways: to countries suffering loss and damage caused by the climate crisis, and to people struggling with rising food and energy prices.”",right
11368,Rep. Jim Jordan Accused of Ignoring Sexual Abuse Scandal at Ohio State University,['Sexual Misconduct'],Former Ohio State Wrestlers Say Rep. Jim Jordan Knew of Team Doctor’s Alleged Misconduct,Wall Street Journal (News),"Five former wrestlers, including former UFC world champion Mark Coleman, said this week that Rep. Jim Jordan was aware of, but didn’t respond to, allegations of sexual misconduct",center
11369,Rep. Jim Jordan Accused of Ignoring Sexual Abuse Scandal at Ohio State University,['Sexual Misconduct'],The list of Jim Jordan accusers keeps growing,ThinkProgress,"A seventh wrestler now says Jordan had to have known about rampant sexual abuse, and did nothing.",left
11370,Rep. Jim Jordan Accused of Ignoring Sexual Abuse Scandal at Ohio State University,['Sexual Misconduct'],"If We Still Believe In Innocent Until Proven Guilty, Jim Jordan Should Be No Exception",The Federalist,The top-ranking congressman was accused by three former college wrestlers of ‘turning a blind eye’ to sexual abuse while working as assistant coach at Ohio State University.,right
11371,Obama Offers Israel Aid Before Romney Visit,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama sends aid to Israel ahead of Romney visit,Fox News (Online News),,right
11372,Obama Offers Israel Aid Before Romney Visit,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama signs U.S.-Israel security act on eve of Romney trip,CNN (Online News),"he day before Mitt Romney makes a highly publicized trip to Israel, President Barack Obama on Friday signed a bill passed by Congress designed to increase security ties with the Jewish state.",left
11373,Obama Offers Israel Aid Before Romney Visit,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama Gets Ahead Of Mitt Romney On Israel,HuffPost,"President Barack Obama said Friday he is releasing an additional $70 million in military aid for Israel, a previously announced move that appeared timed to upstage Republican rival Mitt Romney's trip to Israel this weekend.
The stepped-up U.S. aid, first announced in May, will go to help Israel expand production of a short-range rocket defense system. The system, known as Iron Dome, has proved successful at stopping rocket attacks fired at Israeli civilians from close range, including from Gaza.",left
11374,117 Dead Amid Ongoing Violence in South Africa,"['World', 'South Africa', 'Africa']","South Africa violence continues to spiral, causing food and fuel shortages",New York Post (News),"Food and fuel shortages in South Africa have grown so severe amid deadly rioting and looting that some on the front lines are considering cannibalism, according to a report.
“We are on the verge of eating each other,” community leader Nhlanhla Lux told the Financial Times as he and a group of other armed men dug in to defend the Maponya Mall in Soweto from looters.
“The biggest mall that employs the biggest number of people is the one left standing,” the 33-year-old, clad in camouflage and carrying a pistol, told the outlet of...",right
11375,117 Dead Amid Ongoing Violence in South Africa,"['World', 'South Africa', 'Africa']","Enemies of democracy behind South Africa protests, says president",The Guardian,"The wave of protest and looting that swept across much of South Africa over the past week was planned by enemies of democracy in a deliberate effort to sow chaos, the president has said.
Speaking to reporters in some of the areas worst hit by the unrest, Cyril Ramaphosa said authorities had identified “a good number” of those who planned and coordinated the violence, the worst in South Africa since the end of the apartheid regime in 1994.
“We will not allow anyone to destroy our democracy. This is a hard-fought-for democracy and we...",left
11376,117 Dead Amid Ongoing Violence in South Africa,"['World', 'South Africa', 'Africa']","KZN, Gauteng unrest: Death toll rises to 117, over 2 200 arrested",The South African,"Government has announced that the number of people who have lost their lives due to the recent riots, has risen to 117. Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) have been the scene of chaos – what started out as semi-violent demonstrations demanding former president Jacob Zuma’s release from prison soon morphed into violent looting sprees targeting malls and other establishments in both provinces.
Acting minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni gave an update on the unrest, on Thursday afternoon, 15 July 2021.
“To date, the SAPS have received reports of 26 deaths cumulatively in...",center
11377,Immigration Reform Strategies,['Immigration'],Report: Reid Wants Obama To Delay Immigration Executive Orders,CBS News (Online),"President Barack Obama is poised to act soon to unveil a series of executive actions on immigration that will shield possibly around 5 million immigrants living in the country illegally from deportation, according to advocates in touch with the White House.",left
11378,Immigration Reform Strategies,['Immigration'],Watch Obama make the case against executive action,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama irked Republicans and his past self this week by telling CBS he would bypass Congress and use executive action on illegal immigration, potentially ordering a 10-point amnesty plan as early as next week.",right
11379,Immigration Reform Strategies,['Immigration'],GOP considers bill to block President Obama on immigration,Politico,"House Republicans have begun to talk about how to stop President Barack Obama from issuing an executive order changing the enforcement of immigration laws, according to multiple GOP sources.",left
11380,White House Announces Plan to Vaccinate Kids Ages 5-11,"['White House', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Schools', 'Children', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'CDC', 'FDA']",White House outlines plan to vaccinate children ages 5 to 11,New York Post (News),"Children ages 5 to 11 will be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine at their doctor’s office, pharmacy and potentially even their school as soon as it is authorized by US drug regulators, the White House said Wednesday.
The Biden administration said it had obtained enough Pfizer shots to inoculate all 28 million children in that age range – as they outlined their plans to roll out the vaccine pending authorization.
Under the plan, the Pfizer vaccine would be distributed to children in smaller doses and with smaller needles, officials said.",right
11381,White House Announces Plan to Vaccinate Kids Ages 5-11,"['White House', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Schools', 'Children', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'CDC', 'FDA']",The U.S. is ready to roll out the COVID vaccine once it's approved for kids age 5-11,NPR (Online News),"The White House said on Wednesday that it is ready to quickly roll out COVID-19 vaccines for kids ages 5 to 11, if the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for that age group is authorized by the Food and Drug Administration and recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The administration has bought enough doses for all 28 million children in that age group, and will provide it in smaller packages with essential supplies like smaller needles to make it easier to get to physicians, pediatricians and community health centers, Biden...",left
11382,White House Announces Plan to Vaccinate Kids Ages 5-11,"['White House', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Schools', 'Children', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'CDC', 'FDA']",White House details plan to roll out Covid-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to 11,CNN (Online News),"The White House on Wednesday unveiled its plans to roll out Covid-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to 11, pending US Food and Drug Administration authorization.
The Biden administration has secured enough vaccine supply to vaccinate the 28 million children ages 5 to 11 who would become eligible for vaccination if the vaccine is authorized for that age group and will help equip more than 25,000 pediatric and primary care offices, hundreds of community health centers and rural health clinics as well as tens of thousands of pharmacies to administer the shots,...",left
11383,"Biden Proposes $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan, $1400 Checks For Americans","['Economy And Jobs', 'Economics', 'Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Life During Covid-19']","Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 stimulus plan, explained",Vox,"President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled his opening bid on Covid-19 relief and economic recovery: a $1.9 trillion stimulus deal meant to help the United States address the health and economic crises induced by the pandemic.
The proposal, called the American Rescue Plan, is divvied up into three buckets: $400 billion for dealing with the coronavirus, including vaccines and testing; $1 trillion in direct relief to families; and $400 billion in aid to communities and businesses. It includes money for testing, vaccines, and public health workers; $400 a week in extended...",left
11384,"Biden Proposes $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan, $1400 Checks For Americans","['Economy And Jobs', 'Economics', 'Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Life During Covid-19']",Biden calls for swift action while outlining $1.9 trillion virus relief package,The Hill,"President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday outlined his $1.9 trillion stimulus proposal and called for swift action on it, warning that the health of the nation and its economy hang in the balance.
“The crisis of human suffering is in plain sight. We have to act and we have to act now,” Biden said during a speech in Wilmington, Del. “We cannot afford inaction.”
Speaking six days before he will be inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States, Biden laid out a plan that would support coronavirus vaccination efforts,...",center
11385,"Biden Proposes $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan, $1400 Checks For Americans","['Economy And Jobs', 'Economics', 'Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Life During Covid-19']",Biden refocuses on COVID-19 relief after Trump impeachment,Washington Examiner,"President-elect Joe Biden stuck to his policy agenda rather than get distracted by impeachment politics through his unveiling of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus economic stimulus proposal on Thursday.
During a 25-minute, prime-time address, Biden strove to go beyond the nuts and bolts of his ""American Rescue Plan"" by conveying empathy for the hardships many people across the country are feeling during the pandemic.
""We didn't get into all this overnight. We won't get out of it overnight, and we can't do it as a separated and divided nation. The only...",right
11386,FDA to Meet to Consider Pfizer-BioNTech Emergency Coronavirus Vaccine Authorization,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'FDA']",FDA to meet on Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine EUA application: What to expect,Fox News (Online News),"On Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will meet to discuss Pfizer and BioNTech’s emergency use authorization application for its coronavirus vaccine candidate.
The companies were the first to submit their application for EUA to the FDA, with Moderna following suit shortly after.
The meeting will include members of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research advisory committee, outside vaccine experts and Pfizer representatives and will begin at approximately 9 a.m., with opening remarks and introductions, according to a draft agenda published by the regulatory agency. Next...",right
11387,FDA to Meet to Consider Pfizer-BioNTech Emergency Coronavirus Vaccine Authorization,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'FDA']",Key committee meets Thursday to consider FDA authorization for Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine,CNN (Online News),"There's not much suspense going into Thursday's meeting of the US Food and Drug Administration's vaccine advisers, who will discuss emergency use authorization for Pfizer and BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine. The EUA is widely expected and has been telegraphed with unusual frankness from the top of the FDA on down. ""Our team has done their initial analysis, and we do feel that preliminarily that the success criteria have been met,"" FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn told CNN Tuesday. But the FDA has promised to listen to the advice of its Vaccines...",left
11388,FDA to Meet to Consider Pfizer-BioNTech Emergency Coronavirus Vaccine Authorization,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'FDA']",Head of FDA Advisory Panel Predicts Approval for Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine,Wall Street Journal (News),"The leader of the advisory panel charged with evaluating the first Covid-19 vaccination to come before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says the shot is very likely to obtain emergency-use authorization.
“I would predict the likelihood of approval is high,” said Arnold Monto, a University of Michigan health researcher who chairs the advisory committee. “We’re not at the borderline on efficacy,” he added, referring to data from the vaccine’s makers— Pfizer Inc. and Germany’s BioNTech SE—showing the shot is 95% effective at protecting against Covid-19, significantly higher than the...",center
11389,Congress Returns to Unfinished Agenda,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Congress Crams Unfinished Agenda Into Final Days,HuffPost,Lame-duck lawmakers return to Washington on Monday facing a stacked agenda and not much time to get it all done before the new Congress convenes in January and a Republican takeover is complete.,left
11390,Congress Returns to Unfinished Agenda,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Funding Deadline Tops Congress’s Agenda,Wall Street Journal (News),Dec. 11 Expiration Is Most Pressing Issue Facing Returning Lawmakers,center
11391,Congress Returns to Unfinished Agenda,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Congress returns with immigration action threatening to fuel budget fight,Fox News (Online News),"Members of Congress who return Monday to Capitol Hill for the final two weeks of their session will be faced with passing a federal budget, addressing the immigration issue, battling the Islamic State and a bundle of other concerns before leaving for the holidays.",right
11392,"Third Woman Accuses Brett Kavanaugh of Sexual Misconduct, Says He Drugged and Assaulted Women in High School",['Supreme Court'],"Third Woman, Julie Swetnick, Makes Allegations Against Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh",Wall Street Journal (News),A woman alleged in a sworn declaration Wednesday that she witnessed efforts in the early 1980s by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and others to spike drinks and “cause girls to become inebriated” so they could be assaulted. She also alleged that she was a victim of a gang rape at a party at which Mr. Kavanaugh was present.,center
11393,"Third Woman Accuses Brett Kavanaugh of Sexual Misconduct, Says He Drugged and Assaulted Women in High School",['Supreme Court'],New Kavanaugh accuser says he was present when she was gang-raped,Washington Examiner,"A third woman has come forward with sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, saying that she witnessed Kavanaugh, in high school, behaving overly aggressive toward women, spiking their drinks and fondling them without consent.",right
11394,"Third Woman Accuses Brett Kavanaugh of Sexual Misconduct, Says He Drugged and Assaulted Women in High School",['Supreme Court'],Michael Avenatti’s client says she witnessed Kavanaugh sexually assault girls in high school,Vox,Julie Swetnick says she was “gang raped” at a party Kavanaugh attended.,left
11395,D-Day 70th Anniversary,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Opinion: Memories From Normandy,New York Times (News),"Seventy years later, four veterans of the largest amphibious invasion in history recall their experiences.",left
11396,D-Day 70th Anniversary,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Has Europe forgotten the lessons of D-Day?,Christian Science Monitor,"Leaders from across Europe and America have gathered in Normandy today to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day, even as Europe and Russia are at loggerheads and anti-EU sentiments rise.",center
11397,D-Day 70th Anniversary,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']","D-Day: A never-to-be-forgotten morning, 70 years ago",Fox News (Online News),"Looking back on D-Day 70 years later, the central lessons of the Normandy invasion are the importance of personal courage in the face of great uncertainty and an entire generations can-do attitude to accomplish the seemingly impossible.",right
11398,"Eric Greitens 'RINO Hunting' Ad: Call for Violence, or Harmless Metaphor?","['Elections', '2022 Elections', 'Eric Greitens', 'Politics', 'Extremism', 'Polarization', 'Censorship', 'Free Speech', 'Violence In America']",GOP’s Greitens pushes his luck with ad about hunting ‘RINOs’,MSNBC,"No matter how long Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin remains in politics, he’ll probably never release an ad that generated more attention than the one he released in 2010. The then-governor, as part of his first Senate campaign in West Virginia, was filmed literally shooting a copy of a cap-and-trade bill with a rifle.
It was memorable — and based on Manchin’s victory, effective — in large part because Americans generally aren’t accustomed to seeing politicians brandishing firearms as part of their campaign pitches.
That is, Americans weren’t accustomed to seeing this.
The New York...",left
11399,"Eric Greitens 'RINO Hunting' Ad: Call for Violence, or Harmless Metaphor?","['Elections', '2022 Elections', 'Eric Greitens', 'Politics', 'Extremism', 'Polarization', 'Censorship', 'Free Speech', 'Violence In America']",‘RINO hunting’: Are extremists costing Republicans elections?,NewsNation,"A SWAT team barges into a home. Music intensifies as weapons are drawn. A man carrying a gun emerges from the light to look directly into the camera and says, “Join the MAGA crew. Get a RINO hunting permit. There’s no bagging limit, no tagging limit and it doesn’t expire until we save our country.”
It’s a scene from a campaign video for the frontrunner for U.S. Senate in Missouri, Republican candidate Eric Greitens.
The disgraced ex-governor left office in a scandal and now he’s likely to win a Senate...",center
11400,"Eric Greitens 'RINO Hunting' Ad: Call for Violence, or Harmless Metaphor?","['Elections', '2022 Elections', 'Eric Greitens', 'Politics', 'Extremism', 'Polarization', 'Censorship', 'Free Speech', 'Violence In America']",These bad candidates threaten Republican Senate success,Washington Examiner,"A serious threat could hurt the Republican Party's chances of gaining more Senate seats this November. It's called bad candidates.
The Republican Party is in a favorable position. It's a midterm election, and Democratic President Joe Biden has a horrible (39.5%) approval rating, according to FiveThirtyEight. Also, the Senate is split 50-50.
In theory, Republicans should have no problem winning back the Senate, netting three or four seats. However, that probably won't happen.
The party may end up nominating several bad candidates, some of whom may cost it winnable seats.
Former Missouri Gov. Eric...",right
11401,Five Stabbed Inside Rabbi's Home On Seventh Day Of Hanukkah,"['Monsey', 'Rabbi', 'New York', 'Stabbing', 'Hanukkah', 'Violence In America']",Five Orthodox Jews wounded in Hanukkah machete attack by 'black male' in New York,Washington Examiner,"Multiple Orthodox Jews were stabbed at Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg’s Shul in Monsey, New York, on Saturday evening, and a suspect has been taken into custody by the New York Police Department. Two victims are reported to be in critical condition.
""At the residence behind us around at 10 o'clock, we received a report of a stabbing,"" said Ramapo Police Department Chief Brad Weidel. ""We have confirmed five individuals who were stabbed at this residence. Two of them are at Good Samaritan Hospital. Three of them are at Westchester Medical Center.""",right
11402,Five Stabbed Inside Rabbi's Home On Seventh Day Of Hanukkah,"['Monsey', 'Rabbi', 'New York', 'Stabbing', 'Hanukkah', 'Violence In America']",There was an attack on Jewish New Yorkers almost every day last week. Police are investigating these as possible hate crimes,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)Stabbings inside a rabbi's home on the seventh day of Hanukkah marked the latest in a string of incidents that have targeted the Jewish community in New York.
On Saturday night, more than 100 people were gathered in the home when a man walked in and pulled out a knife that one witness said looked ""almost like a broomstick.""",left
11403,Five Stabbed Inside Rabbi's Home On Seventh Day Of Hanukkah,"['Monsey', 'Rabbi', 'New York', 'Stabbing', 'Hanukkah', 'Violence In America']",5 stabbed at Hanukkah celebration in latest attack on Jews,Associated Press,"MONSEY, N.Y. (AP) — A knife-wielding man stormed into a rabbi’s home and stabbed five people as they celebrated Hanukkah in an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City, an ambush the governor said Sunday was an act of domestic terrorism fueled by intolerance and a “cancer” of growing hatred in America.
Police tracked a fleeing suspect to Manhattan and made an arrest within hours of the attack Saturday night in Monsey. Grafton E. Thomas had blood all over his clothing and smelled of bleach when officers stopped him,...",left
11404,"""Good Shutdown"" in September?",['Politics'],Trump's frustration with budget compromise has him considering merits of a 'shutdown',Los Angeles Times,Congress looks set to enact a bipartisan spending bill to avert an imminent government shutdown. But President Trump is suggesting he'd actually welcome a shutdown the next time around.,left
11405,"""Good Shutdown"" in September?",['Politics'],Trump: US ‘needs a good shutdown’,The Hill,"President Trump on Tuesday called for a ""good shutdown"" in September to fix the ""mess” in government.",center
11406,"""Good Shutdown"" in September?",['Politics'],"President Trump Calls for a ""Good Shutdown"" in September to Fix Government ""Mess""",Townhall,"President Donald Trump made a bold statement on Tuesday, saying that he supports a government shutdown in September to fix the ""mess.""",right
11407,House GOP Ties Gov. Funding to Health Law,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","House Bill Cuts Health Funds, Raising Odds of U.S. Shutdown",New York Times (News),"House Republican leaders — bowing to the demands of their conservative wing — will put to a vote on Friday a stopgap spending measure that would strip all funding from President Obama’s signature health care law, increasing the likelihood that the government will shut down in two weeks",left
11408,House GOP Ties Gov. Funding to Health Law,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Obamacare, spending showdown heats up in House",CNN (Online News),"House Republican leaders are considering a vote this week on a short-term spending bill to keep the government running and defund Obamacare, according to senior House GOP aides, a move that increases the possibility of a government shutdown.
House Speaker John Boehner and other top House GOP leaders have been struggling to avoid a showdown over the health care law spearheaded by President Barack Obama and funding legislation that needs approval befo",left
11409,House GOP Ties Gov. Funding to Health Law,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","GOP goes all-in on de-fund ObamaCare, as shutdown looms",Fox News (Online News),House Speaker John Boehner in an abrupt turnaround plans to let Tea Party lawmakers have a vote on de-funding ObamaCare as part of a politically risky strategy which Democrats warn could result in a government shutdown.,right
11410,"What Is a Bear Market, and What Does It Mean for the Economy?","['Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Bear Market', 'Stock Market', 'Wall Street', 'S&P 500', 'NASDAQ', 'Dow Jones', 'Inflation', 'Interest Rates', 'Federal Reserve', 'Recession']",Stocks have officially entered bear market territory—here’s what that means and what you should do,CNBC,"The months-long slide for the S&P 500 index has officially thrown stocks far enough off of their all-time highs to be considered a bear market.
Since the beginning of 2022, the S&P 500 index is down nearly 21% as of Monday afternoon, with companies like Amazon and Google parent Alphabet leading the way with their 39% and 27% respective drops. Elon Musk’s Tesla has also lost 45% of its market value since January — shaving more than $500 billion off of its market cap.
The problem has been exacerbated by inflation and global uncertainty, with experts predicting that a recession could be around...",center
11411,"What Is a Bear Market, and What Does It Mean for the Economy?","['Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Bear Market', 'Stock Market', 'Wall Street', 'S&P 500', 'NASDAQ', 'Dow Jones', 'Inflation', 'Interest Rates', 'Federal Reserve', 'Recession']",What Happens When Stock Markets Become Bears,New York Times (News),"The S&P 500 on Monday dropped into its second bear market of the pandemic, crossing a symbolic and worrisome threshold as stocks plunge following a meteoric rise over the last two years.
Bear markets — when stocks decline at least 20 percent from their recent peaks — are relatively rare, and they frequently precede a recession. This sell-off, dragging the S&P down from a peak on Jan. 3 (which reflects the new bear market’s starting point), comes as concerns mount over high inflation, the war in Ukraine, Covid and the Federal Reserve’s...",left
11412,"What Is a Bear Market, and What Does It Mean for the Economy?","['Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Bear Market', 'Stock Market', 'Wall Street', 'S&P 500', 'NASDAQ', 'Dow Jones', 'Inflation', 'Interest Rates', 'Federal Reserve', 'Recession']",S&P 500 enters 'bear market' — here's what that means,Washington Examiner,"The S&P 500 has fallen into a bear market, an indicator that investors are worried about the economy’s future as interest rates rise.
A bear market is a term used to describe an index dropping by at least 20% from a recent high. The S&P 500, which is a basket containing 500 of the biggest U.S. companies, was down 21.3% after open on Monday from its most recent high at the beginning of the year.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq index has already been in bear market territory for quite a while. It is now down...",right
11413,Biden Administration Cancels Military-Funded Border Wall Construction Projects,"['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Pentagon', 'US Military', 'US Army', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump']",Pentagon cancels Trump-era border wall construction paid for by military funds,Fox News (Online News),"The Pentagon on Friday announced it is canceling all border wall construction projects that were paid for by military funding -- part of a broader effort by the Biden administration to cancel the Trump-era barrier.
Biden issued an executive order in January halting all construction projects related to the wall so that a review could take place. More than 450 miles had been built during the Trump administration and approximately 350 miles was already funded -- some of that with money diverted from the Defense Department.",right
11414,Biden Administration Cancels Military-Funded Border Wall Construction Projects,"['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Pentagon', 'US Military', 'US Army', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump']",Trump’s border wall hits a wall as Pentagon cancels parts funded from its budget,The Guardian,"The US Department of Defense said on Friday it was cancelling the construction of parts of former president Donald Trump’s border wall with Mexico that were being built using military funds.
All unobligated money was being returned to military, the Pentagon said.
Trump declared a national emergency in 2019, in an effort to redirect funding to build a wall along the southern border.
Joe Biden issued a proclamation on 20 January, his first day in office, ordering a freeze on border wall projects and directing a review of the legality...",left
11415,Biden Administration Cancels Military-Funded Border Wall Construction Projects,"['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Pentagon', 'US Military', 'US Army', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump']",Biden cancels military-funded border wall projects,The Hill,"President Biden is canceling projects to build a wall along the southern border using diverted defense funds and will use some funding to counter environmental damage from the wall's construction.
Then-President Trump had diverted billions in defense and military construction funds toward building the wall, using emergency powers after Congress refused to fully fund the project directly.
""Consistent with the President’s Proclamation terminating the redirection of funds for border wall, no more money will be diverted from other purposes to building a border wall,"" a Biden administration official said Friday....",center
11416,Boston on Lockdown,['Terrorism'],Boston locked down for massive manhunt,Washington Post,"Police lock down Boston suburbs to search for Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19.",left
11417,Boston on Lockdown,['Terrorism'],"Police: One Boston bombing suspect dead, another on the run",CNN (Online News),Violent incidents early Friday kept Bostonians on edge just days after the bombing of the iconic Boston Marathon.,left
11418,Boston on Lockdown,['Terrorism'],"1 Boston Bombing Suspect Killed, Massive Manhunt Underway for Second Suspect",The Blaze,One Boston Marathon bombing suspect is dead the other is the target of a massive manhunt. They were brothers originally from the Russian region near Chechnya before ending up in the Boston area.,right
11419,Deputy Attorney General suggested using a wire to record President Trump,"['White House', 'Politics']","Deputy AG Rosenstein talked of secretly taping Trump, pushing to invoke 25th Amendment: Report",Washington Times,"Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein last year talked about secretly recording President Trump and discussed having Cabinet members invoke the 25th Amendment to remove him from office, The New York Times reported Friday.",right
11420,Deputy Attorney General suggested using a wire to record President Trump,"['White House', 'Politics']","Rod Rosenstein Suggested Secretly Recording Trump Last Year, FBI Memos Claim",Wall Street Journal (News),"Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in spring 2017 suggested secretly recording President Trump and recruiting cabinet members to remove him from office, former FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe wrote in memos at the time, assertions that Mr. Rosenstein disputed on Friday.",center
11421,Deputy Attorney General suggested using a wire to record President Trump,"['White House', 'Politics']",Rod Rosenstein Suggested Secretly Recording Trump and Discussed 25th Amendment,New York Times (News),"The deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, suggested last year that he secretly record President Trump in the White House to expose the chaos consuming the administration, and he discussed recruiting cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Mr. Trump from office for being unfit.",left
11422,Perspectives: Biden’s Infrastructure Plan,"['Domestic Policy', 'Taxes', 'Joe Biden', 'American Jobs Plan', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Corporate Taxes', 'Economic Policy', 'Climate Change', 'Budget Deficit', 'Infrastructure', 'General News']","Ready or not, here comes Biden's infrastructure push",Bruce Yandle,"Speaking just outside Pittsburgh on the heels of a $1.9 trillion stimulus package, President Joe Biden announced the first of a two-part, multitrillion-dollar push to revitalize America’s infrastructure. One can’t help but wonder if there is any limit to what might be included and how the whole shebang will be funded.
Part one, the “America Jobs Plan,” pegged at $2 trillion, is financed with a “Made in America Tax Plan.” It focuses on what may be called physical capital — roads, bridges, transportation systems, power generation, clean energy, advanced auto...",center
11423,Perspectives: Biden’s Infrastructure Plan,"['Domestic Policy', 'Taxes', 'Joe Biden', 'American Jobs Plan', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Corporate Taxes', 'Economic Policy', 'Climate Change', 'Budget Deficit', 'Infrastructure', 'General News']",Does Biden's $2 trillion plan to rebuild infrastructure and stop climate change go far enough?,Robert Reich,"If implemented, President Joe Biden's New American Jobs Plan would rank not only as one of the biggest engines for creating good jobs (many of them in construction, which average about $30 an hour) but also as the nation’s most ambitious effort so far to curb greenhouse gas emissions — and put the country on a path to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
The plan covers a lot of ground, including $174 billion to boost electric vehicles and shift consumers away from gas-powered cars — funding half a million charging...",left
11424,Perspectives: Biden’s Infrastructure Plan,"['Domestic Policy', 'Taxes', 'Joe Biden', 'American Jobs Plan', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Corporate Taxes', 'Economic Policy', 'Climate Change', 'Budget Deficit', 'Infrastructure', 'General News']",Biden Defines Infrastructure Down,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders lost the Democratic presidential nomination, but you wouldn’t know from President Biden’s first two months in office. First came $1.9 trillion in social spending under the cover of Covid-19, and now comes $2.3 trillion more for climate and political spending dressed as “infrastructure.”
Most Americans think of infrastructure as roads, highways, bridges and other traditional public works. That’s why it polls well, and every President has supported more of it.
Yet this accounts for a mere $115 billion of Mr. Biden’s proposal. There’s another...",right
11425,"Attorney General Merrick Garland Launches DOJ Review of Hate Crimes, Instances of Bias","['Justice Department', 'Merrick Garland', 'Hate Crimes', 'Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'Justice']","Garland launches internal Justice Dept. review to improve hate-crime tracking, prosecutions",Washington Post,"Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday announced that the Justice Department will conduct a 30-day internal review to determine how the agency can bolster the tracking and prosecutions of hate crimes and bias incidents motivated around race, gender and other factors.
In his first executive memo to staff since taking office, Garland said hate crimes have a “toxic effect” on society and emphasized that reports of rising discrimination and violence aimed at Asian Americans during the coronavirus pandemic required “renewed energy and emphasis” from the federal law enforcement agency.",left
11426,"Attorney General Merrick Garland Launches DOJ Review of Hate Crimes, Instances of Bias","['Justice Department', 'Merrick Garland', 'Hate Crimes', 'Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'Justice']","Garland launches 30-day DOJ review of hate-based violence, incidents",Fox News (Online News),"Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Tuesday that he is initiating a 30-day review of how the Justice Department can combat hate crime.
In a memo to DOJ employees obtained by Fox News, Garland cited the department’s history as well as current trends in criminal activity to illustrate why he believes such a move is necessary. ""Established during Reconstruction, in the aftermath of the Civil War, the Department’s first mission was to secure the civil rights promised by the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments,"" Garland said, pointing to the early days...",right
11427,"Attorney General Merrick Garland Launches DOJ Review of Hate Crimes, Instances of Bias","['Justice Department', 'Merrick Garland', 'Hate Crimes', 'Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'Justice']","Attorney General Merrick Garland urges hate crime enforcement strategy, calls for 30-day review",USA TODAY,"Citing an ""urgent"" need to reset hate crime enforcement strategy, Attorney General Merrick Garland launched a 30-day review Tuesday to assess the government's tracking capabilities and prosecution of hate offenses that are surging across the country.
""The recent rise in hate crime and hate incidents, particularly the disturbing trend in reports of violence against members of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community since the start of the pandemic, requires renewed energy...,"" Garland said in a memo to all Justice Department staffers.",left
11428,Election Systems Hacked by Russians,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']","Russians Hacked Two U.S. Voter Databases, Officials Say",NBC News (Online),"Hackers based in Russia were behind two recent attempts to breach state voter registration databases, fueling concerns the Russian government may be trying to interfere in the U.S. presidential election, U.S. intelligence officials tell NBC News.",left
11429,Election Systems Hacked by Russians,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']","Officials: Hackers breach election systems in Illinois, Arizona",CNN (Online News),"Hackers have breached databases for election systems in Illinois and Arizona, according to state election and law enforcement officials.",left
11430,Election Systems Hacked by Russians,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']","Election systems hacked in Illinois, Arizona: ‘The FBI is very much worried’",Washington Times,Cybersecurity expert: ‘This is a big deal’,right
11431,Peter Strzok Testifies to Congress About Anti-Trump Bias,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Republicans walked right into Peter Strzok's trap -- Here's what they missed (and Americans need to know),Fox News (Opinion),"U.S. House members proved Thursday that they are more interested in political posturing and getting on TV with fiery soundbites than in fact-finding, as they questioned FBI official Peter Strzok about",right
11432,Peter Strzok Testifies to Congress About Anti-Trump Bias,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Sparks fly in FBI agent's Trump testimony,BBC News,"President Donald Trump may be out of the country, but Robert Mueller's investigation into possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia grinds on. And Thursday was a fairly dramatic day on multiple fronts.",center
11433,Peter Strzok Testifies to Congress About Anti-Trump Bias,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Republicans Stage Partisan Showdown Against FBI Agent Peter Strzok,Mother Jones,"Thursday’s chaotic hearing was revealing, but not in the way the GOP wanted.",left
11434,"White House to Increase Immigration Costs, Impose Asylum Fee","['Immigration', 'Naturalization', 'Donald Trump']",US to raise naturalization application fees by $500,CNN (Online News),"(CNN) - The Trump administration is dramatically increasing fees for dozens of immigration and work applications, including a more than 80 percent increase on naturalization applications and a first-time fee for asylum applicants.
US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency responsible for the country's immigration and naturalization system, updated and finalized its fee structure after a nearly nine month review.
The agency increased the cost of online naturalization applications from $640 to $1,160. The naturalization fee will represent the full cost to process the application, the agency says, plus...",left
11435,"White House to Increase Immigration Costs, Impose Asylum Fee","['Immigration', 'Naturalization', 'Donald Trump']","Trump administration to increase immigration fees, impose fee for asylum claims",Fox News (Online News),"The Trump administration announced Friday that it is increasing immigration fees -- with those seeking citizenship facing a hike of more than 80 percent, while asylum seekers will face a charge for their claim.
The rule, first proposed last year and published in the federal register Friday, increases the application for citizenship fee by 81 percent to $1,160 among a number of fee increases for immigration applications.",right
11436,"White House to Increase Immigration Costs, Impose Asylum Fee","['Immigration', 'Naturalization', 'Donald Trump']","U.S. to Raise Cost for Citizenship Applications, Impose Fee for Asylum Seekers",Wall Street Journal (News),"The Department of Homeland Security said it would increase the fee to apply for U.S. citizenship by 81% to $1,160 and impose a fee for the first time to apply for asylum, according to a filing in the Federal Register on Friday.
The fee increases, proposed last year, come as the government agency that handles applications faces a budget shortfall and are the latest in a string of rule changes making it tougher for low-income people to immigrate legally or become U.S. citizens.",center
11437,Trump Hits Back at Hillary,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump blames Hillary Clinton for North Korea nuclear weapons program,USA TODAY,"The morning after his aggressive speech to the United Nations, President Trump on Wednesday blamed his predecessors – and previous political rival Hillary Clinton – for North Korea's nuclear weapons program.",left
11438,Trump Hits Back at Hillary,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Trump hits back at 'Crooked Hillary,' blames her for North Korea's nuclear progress",Fox News (Online News),President Trump on Wednesday hit back at Hillary Clinton for criticizing him over his tough talk at the United Nations aimed at stopping North Korea’s pursuit of a nuclear arsenal.,right
11439,Trump Hits Back at Hillary,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Trump Blasts ""Crooked Hillary"" Clinton For North Korea's Nukes On Twitter After She Ripped His UNGA Speech",Bustle,"President Trump didn't take long to fire back at his former political opponent Hillary Clinton, one day after his provocative speech at the United Nations that threatened North Korea's existence. In the early morning hours on Wednesday, Trump blamed Clinton for North Korea's nuclear program in a tweet insinuating that the former Secretary of State did not do enough when she was the nation's top diplomat. He posted that Clinton, who he again called ""Crooked Hillary,"" is criticizing only now after ""allowing"" the country to ""research and build"" nuclear weapons.",left
11440,Perspectives: Filling Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court Seat,"['Supreme Court', 'Ruth Bader Ginsburg', 'Elections', '2020 Election']",Supreme Court Seat Gives Democrats and GOP a Way to Energize Supporters,Wall Street Journal (News),"Republicans and Democrats are trying to use the coming fight to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat to motivate their bases, with each side arguing that it would be catastrophic to let the other party pick her replacement.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign highlighted the statement of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.), after the court announced that the liberal justice died at her Washington home on Friday, that the Senate would vote on any replacement nominated by President Trump.
In a fundraising email Saturday, Democratic...",center
11441,Perspectives: Filling Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court Seat,"['Supreme Court', 'Ruth Bader Ginsburg', 'Elections', '2020 Election']","Trump says Supreme Court pick will ‘most likely’ be a woman, announcement could come ‘next week’",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump said his nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would be a woman.
""It will be a woman. A very talented, very brilliant woman."" Trump said. ""I think it should be a woman. I actually like women much more than I like men.""
The commander-in-chief opened his rally in Fayetteville, N.C., by paying tribute to the late justice, saying ""you may disagree with her, but she was a tremendous inspiration to a number of people, I say all Americans.""
Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One to...",right
11442,Perspectives: Filling Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court Seat,"['Supreme Court', 'Ruth Bader Ginsburg', 'Elections', '2020 Election']",'Nothing is off the table': Supreme Court fight could reshape the Senate,Politico,"The Senate is moving toward a historic showdown that may reverberate for years to come.
The looming battle over President Donald Trump’s upcoming Supreme Court nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is already turning into an ugly partisan brawl, with Senate Democrats warning they’ll retaliate if they win control of the chamber and White House on Nov. 3.",left
11443,FDA Panel Recommends Booster Shots for Individuals Over 65 and at High Risk,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Booster Shots', 'Science', 'Public Health']","US panel backs COVID-19 boosters only for elderly, high-risk",Associated Press,"An influential federal advisory panel overwhelmingly rejected a plan Friday to give Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots to most Americans, but it endorsed the extra shots for those who are 65 or older or run a high risk of severe disease.
The twin votes represented a heavy blow to the Biden administration’s sweeping effort to shore up nearly all Americans’ protection amid the spread of the highly contagious delta variant.
The decision was made by a committee of outside experts who advise the Food and Drug Administration.",left
11444,FDA Panel Recommends Booster Shots for Individuals Over 65 and at High Risk,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Booster Shots', 'Science', 'Public Health']",FDA panel endorses coronavirus boosters for older adults and those at risk of serious disease,Washington Post,"In an all-day FDA advisory meeting, experts unanimously recommended a coronavirus vaccine booster be authorized for people 65 and older and those at high risk of severe disease. The panel earlier resoundingly voted against approving Pfizer’s application for a broader approval of boosters for everyone 16 and older.
Expert advisers to the Food and Drug Administration are meeting Friday on the increasingly contentious issue of coronavirus vaccine boosters, the first phase of what could be a multiday effort to come up with government policy on who should get the extra...",left
11445,FDA Panel Recommends Booster Shots for Individuals Over 65 and at High Risk,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Booster Shots', 'Science', 'Public Health']",FDA advisory panel votes against recommending COVID-19 booster shots for anyone not over 65 or at risk,New York Post (News),"A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted against green-lighting COVID-19 booster shots Friday for most people — throwing up a major hurdle for President Biden’s plan to dole out a third dose to most Americans.
But the independent panel, which reviewed a 23-page FDA briefing document highlighting recent studies,  recommended emergency use of a third dose for Americans over age 65 and those at high risk of severe infection.
The panel said more data is needed before it can okay boosters for people ages 16 and older, and that the...",right
11446,Countries Balance Climate Pledges with Economic Strains at COP27,"['Climate Change', 'Environment', 'COP26', 'United Nations', 'Paris Climate Accord', 'Paris Agreement', 'Joe Biden', 'Egypt', 'Global Warming']",What is COP27? Key issues for markets to watch as U.N. climate talks kick off in Egypt,MarketWatch,"Scores of high-profile government officials, corporate interests and protestors converage by Egypt’s Red Sea for the next two weeks, charged with quickening the progress in curbing costly and deadly global warming.
And they meet, under the banner of another United Nations Conference of Parties, this one COP27, faced with the pressing crises of food and energy shortages and a globe-impacting war in Ukraine.
Efforts at subsequent COP summits remain focused on honoring the pivotal gathering, in 2015 in Paris, when countries voluntarily agreed that warming must be held to 1.5...",center
11447,Countries Balance Climate Pledges with Economic Strains at COP27,"['Climate Change', 'Environment', 'COP26', 'United Nations', 'Paris Climate Accord', 'Paris Agreement', 'Joe Biden', 'Egypt', 'Global Warming']",Money will likely be the central tension in the U.N.'s COP27 climate negotiations,NPR (Online News),"As the United Nations climate conference opens in Egypt, the most critical talks will likely focus on the soaring costs of limiting — and adapting to — global warming, especially in the world's most vulnerable countries. It's a contentious conversation more than a decade in the making.
In 2009, industrialized countries pledged to provide developing nations with $100 billion a year in climate financing by 2020. The agreement is rooted in the fact that developed countries generated most of the heat-trapping pollution now in the atmosphere, while developing nations have...",left
11448,Countries Balance Climate Pledges with Economic Strains at COP27,"['Climate Change', 'Environment', 'COP26', 'United Nations', 'Paris Climate Accord', 'Paris Agreement', 'Joe Biden', 'Egypt', 'Global Warming']",U.N. COP 27 Climate Summit Opens with Applause for ‘Activists’ and Fresh Compensation Call,Breitbart News,"Upwards of 40,000 people have flown from around the world to attend the United Nations COP 27 climate conference that began Sunday at a plush seaside resort in Egypt.
The opening day erupted in applause for the work of self-styled “activists” before delegates agreed with each other the issue of whether rich countries should compensate poor third world countries for “climate change” should be debated as a matter of urgency.
The conference in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh comes with a packed agenda, drawing massed attendees for two...",right
11449,Trump Talks Pardons in Russia Probe,['Justice'],"Trump talks pardons, lashes special counsel about Russia probe",Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Saturday to complain about the special counsel investigating possible ties between his 2016 campaign and Russia while insisting that he, as president, has ""complete power to pardon.""",center
11450,Trump Talks Pardons in Russia Probe,['Justice'],Trump Says He Has ‘Complete Power’ to Pardon,New York Times (News),"President Trump on Saturday asserted the “complete power to pardon” relatives, aides and possibly even himself in response to investigations into Russia’s meddling in last year’s election, as he came to the defense of Attorney General Jeff Sessions just days after expressing regret about appointing him.",left
11451,Trump Talks Pardons in Russia Probe,['Justice'],"Trump not asking about who he can pardon in Russia case, source says",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump has had no discussions with his legal team about the prospect of pardons in connection with the Russia case, a source close to Trump's legal team told Fox News Friday.",right
11452,Moderna Advances COVID-19 Vaccine Development,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health']",Moderna Receives $1.1B for Launch of Experimental COVID Vaccine,Newsmax (News),"Moderna Inc, one of the front-runners in the race to develop a vaccine for the new coronavirus, said on Thursday it was preparing to launch the experimental vaccine and had already received $1.1 billion in deposits for supply.
The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company has signed deals with the U.S. government and several other countries, and is in talks with a WHO-led group for supply of the vaccine, which is in large, late-stage human trials.
While the company did not give a clear timeline on the release of data from these trials...",right
11453,Moderna Advances COVID-19 Vaccine Development,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health']",Moderna says it's on track to report initial COVID-19 vaccine results next month,The Hill,"Moderna is on track to report initial results from its coronavirus vaccine trial next month, company executives said Thursday.
The company is one of the front-runners to produce a vaccine for COVID-19. During an earnings call, Chief Medical Officer Tal Zaks said the trial is operating as planned, and an independent data-monitoring committee is expected to conduct an interim review in November.
The first review from the board will come after the trial reports that 53 cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed among its sample, and the second interim analysis...",center
11454,Moderna Advances COVID-19 Vaccine Development,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health']",Inside Operation Warp Speed’s $18 Billion Sprint for a Vaccine,Bloomberg,"On a late August day in an industrial corner of Baltimore that had been mostly silenced by the pandemic, a red-brick manufacturing plant was buzzing with activity. Deep in the building, in a zone called Area 3, the stainless steel shell of a bioreactor lay on its side, having just arrived from Massachusetts. Employees had begun the task of making the bioreactor operational. Within weeks it would be the center of a production line for coronavirus vaccines.",left
11455,Candidates Fundraise Billions Ahead of Heated Midterm Elections,"['Campaign Finance', '2022 Elections', 'Midterm Elections', 'PAC', 'Campaign Ads', 'Campaign Contributions']","Campaigns have spent over $6 billion this year in nonpresidential ads, surpassing 2020",Washington Examiner,"Campaigns have spent a record $6 billion in nonpresidential advertising this year, surpassing the high figure spent in 2020.
The campaigns have already spent close to $6.2 billion, compared to $5.95 billion in 2020 and $3.96 billion in 2018, recent data taken from nonpartisan ad tracker AdImpact showed.
AdImpact also found that $534 million has been spent on gubernatorial general races alone, with Democratic candidates spending more than independents and Republicans. Republicans have spent a coordinated $35 million, compared to Democrats' $6 million.",right
11456,Candidates Fundraise Billions Ahead of Heated Midterm Elections,"['Campaign Finance', '2022 Elections', 'Midterm Elections', 'PAC', 'Campaign Ads', 'Campaign Contributions']",What is a PAC? The major engines behind election fundraising and spending explained.,USA TODAY,"As candidates enter the final weeks of what has been a fierce campaign season ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, there's no shortage of talk about who has raised the most money and what they're doing with it. 
Fundraising forms a vital part of both parties' battle to win seats in the House and the Senate. It determines how many ads a campaign can afford to produce and run, how many staffers they can afford to employ, and how aggressive they can be with mailing and canvasing efforts. 
Much of the money in politics...",left
11457,Candidates Fundraise Billions Ahead of Heated Midterm Elections,"['Campaign Finance', '2022 Elections', 'Midterm Elections', 'PAC', 'Campaign Ads', 'Campaign Contributions']",State-level midterm election fundraising on track to exceed $7 billion,OpenSecrets.org,"State candidates, party committees and ballot measure committees for 2021 and 2022 elections are projected to raise more than $7 billion, a new OpenSecrets analysis of state-level campaign finance disclosures projects. 
Although more difficult to predict, expenditures by those same three groups could approach $7 billion, likely surpassing the estimated 2018 midterm spending record of $6.6 billion, adjusted for inflation. 
“As with federal races, money flowing into state elections has skyrocketed in recent years — and 2022 ups the ante again. With so many governors up for election this year,...",center
11458,Aftermath of Florida School Shooting,['Violence In America'],FBI’s near-brush with suspect in Florida school shooting draws scrutiny,Washington Post,"A tipster alerted the FBI in September to a disturbing comment that had been left beneath an online video. “Im going to be a professional school shooter,” read the comment, posted by YouTube user “nikolas cruz.”",left
11459,Aftermath of Florida School Shooting,['Violence In America'],From 'broken child' to mass killer,CNN (Online News),"Long before he slaughtered 17 people at the South Florida high school he once attended, Nikolas Cruz had a disturbing way of introducing himself.",left
11460,Aftermath of Florida School Shooting,['Violence In America'],Did FBI miss a warning before Florida high school shooting?,Washington Times,The massacre at a Florida high school is again raising concerns about whether the FBI missed signs that might have stopped a mass shooting.,right
11461,Robert Mueller to Testify Publicly Next Month Before Congress,['Politics'],Robert Mueller to Testify in Open Session Before House Committees,Wall Street Journal (News),"WASHINGTON—Robert Mueller will testify in open session next month before a pair of House committees, in a victory for the Democratic leaders who had long sought his testimony in public.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D., N.Y.) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) said that the special counsel had agreed to testify in open session on July 17 pursuant to a subpoena.",center
11462,Robert Mueller to Testify Publicly Next Month Before Congress,['Politics'],Rep. Collins has long list of questions for Mueller: We'll ask about 'dark underbelly' of Trump probe origins,Fox News (Online News),"Rep. Doug Collins said Wednesday on ""America's Newsroom"" that he has a lengthy list of questions to ask former Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who has now agreed to testify next month before two House committees.
Collins, R-Ga., the ranking member on the Judiciary Committee, told Sandra Smith that his questions will center around how the investigation into the Trump campaign began in 2016, how Mueller chose his team of investigators and when Mueller's team came to the conclusion that there was ""no collusion or conspiracy"" between the campaign and Russia.",right
11463,Robert Mueller to Testify Publicly Next Month Before Congress,['Politics'],Mueller to testify to Congress in open session about his investigation,Washington Post,"Former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III will testify to Congress in a public session next month about his investigation of Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential campaign and possible obstruction of justice by President Trump, a reluctant witness long sought by House Democrats.
The House Judiciary and Intelligence committees, in an announcement late Tuesday, said that “pursuant to a subpoena,” Mueller has agreed to appear before both panels on July 17. Mueller, who oversaw the 22-month inquiry, is perhaps the one person lawmakers and the nation have been wanting...",left
11464,Bannon Comments on Comey Firing,['Politics'],Bannon: Trump firing Comey biggest mistake 'in modern political history',The Hill,"Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon said that President Trump firing former FBI Director James Comey was the biggest mistake in “modern political history.""",center
11465,Bannon Comments on Comey Firing,['Politics'],Steve Bannon’s damning admission about Trump firing James Comey,Washington Post,"There are few people who have believed in President Trump as firmly and unapologetically as Stephen K. Bannon, his former top White House adviser and top campaign strategist. And Bannon swore in a ""60 Minutes” interview that aired Sunday that he would stand by Trump and fight, from the outside, against those he thinks are steering the president in a bad direction.",left
11466,Bannon Comments on Comey Firing,['Politics'],Steve Bannon: Trump firing James Comey 'maybe' the worst mistake in 'modern political history',Washington Examiner,Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon split from President Trump by saying Trump's decision to fire ex-FBI Director James Comey was possibly the biggest mistake in modern political history.,right
11467,Kevin Williamson's Firing Sparks Debate on Media Bias,['Media Bias'],A Dissent Concerning Kevin Williamson,The Atlantic,"When the “bonds of affection” are strained, the spirit of generosity and the virtue of tolerance demand extraordinary measures to avert a break.",left
11468,Kevin Williamson's Firing Sparks Debate on Media Bias,['Media Bias'],'Hang women who have abortions' is not a view that's fit for public debate,The Guardian,The Atlantic hired – and then fired – a writer whose views are beyond the pale. We can have ideologically diverse publications without sacrificing integrity,left
11469,Kevin Williamson's Firing Sparks Debate on Media Bias,['Media Bias'],Kevin Williamson and Our Fractured Media Landscape,National Review,Is there no longer room for a politically diverse magazine?,right
11470,Trump 9/11 Remarks,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump is destroying Jeb Bush: Why his 9/11 gambit could be the last straw,Salon,"It took a while, but the Republican race has finally gotten down and dirty as you knew it must. Aside from the very real frustration of dealing with fools, clowns and oddballs dominating the large pack of candidates, at some point someone was going to have to go mano a mano with Donald Trump. Looks like first up is Jeb Bush.",left
11471,Trump 9/11 Remarks,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump on Bush 9/11 remarks: 'I'm not blaming anybody',CNN (Online News),Donald Trump on Monday stood by his comments that former President George W. Bush did not keep the country safe since he was president during the 9/11 terrorist attacks.,left
11472,Trump 9/11 Remarks,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump suggests he might have prevented 9/11 attacks, extending feud with Bush",Fox News (Online News),Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump suggested Sunday that he could have prevented the 9/11 attacks had he been president in 2001 -- escalating his feud with primary rival Jeb Bush about the fatal terror strikes.,right
11473,Healthcare.gov unlikely to work fully by deadline,['Healthcare'],Troubled HealthCare.gov unlikely to work fully by end of November,Washington Post,Consumers are being forced to use other means to buy coverage so that the online system isn't overburdened.,left
11474,Healthcare.gov unlikely to work fully by deadline,['Healthcare'],Obama administration: Website won't be perfect on November 30,CNN (Online News),"With a little more than two weeks to go before the Obama administration's deadline for repairing the problem-plagued HealthCare.gov, a close parsing of White House officials words shows a completely functioning website isn't likely to materialize.",left
11475,Healthcare.gov unlikely to work fully by deadline,['Healthcare'],HealthCare.gov unlikely to be running by end-of-month deadline: report,Washington Times,"The troubled HealthCare.gov website is unlikely to be completely up and running by the end of the month due to lingering capacity issues, according to a new report.",right
11476,"Russians Attack Civilian Areas in Ukraine, Convoy Closes in on Capital City of Kyiv","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Europe']","Zelensky accuses Russia of terrorism as Ukraine war enters new, uglier phase",Axios,"A miles-long armored Russian military convoy nearing Kyiv and the targeting of civilian areas in Ukraine's second city, Kharkiv, may herald a new phase of fighting after six days of stiff Ukrainian resistance.
The latest: Russia's Ministry of Defense said Tuesday it will strike facilities in Kyiv belonging to Ukraine's security services and a special operations unit, which Moscow has accused of carrying out cyberattacks. Russia urged Ukrainian citizens living nearby to leave their homes.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky released a new video accusing Russia of war crimes for its siege of Kharkiv, a mostly Russian-speaking city near...",center
11477,"Russians Attack Civilian Areas in Ukraine, Convoy Closes in on Capital City of Kyiv","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Europe']",Ukraine cities face intense shelling as Russian convoy closes in on Kyiv,NBC News (Online),"Ukraine's embattled leader accused Russia of war crimes and ""state terrorism"" Tuesday after a fresh blast struck the heart of the country's second-largest city, fueling fears civilians would face the brunt of an intensifying assault.
As the conflict escalated on its sixth day, Russia hit major cities across Ukraine with increasingly heavy shelling while a vast convoy of its forces threatened the capital.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed to defend Kyiv and sought to rally both his country and the international community against what he called ""outright, undisguised terror"" from Moscow, in a video message...",left
11478,"Russians Attack Civilian Areas in Ukraine, Convoy Closes in on Capital City of Kyiv","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Europe']",Massive Russian convoy spotted outside Kyiv as Ukraine and Russia continue battling for sixth day,Fox News (Online News),"Satellite images reportedly show a massive Russian convoy stretching about 40 miles long outside Ukraine’s capital as the two nations battle for the sixth day. 
Satellite images released by U.S.-based space technology firm Maxar Technologies showed about a 40-mile convoy of Russian tanks and armored vehicles outside Kyiv. 
Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, has meanwhile come under intense shelling. An explosion at a regional state administration building Tuesday left about six people injured, while the Indian government confirmed an Indian student in Kharkiv died in shelling. 
A destroyed armored vehicle is seen in front of...",right
11479,Gearing up for DNC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama embarking on march to party convention,Washington Times,"Both campaigns were crisscrossing the country as the race entered September, each day adding to the sense of urgency in a presidential contest that has remained tight since Romney sewed up the nomination in April. Both campaigns recognize that undecided elements of the electorate, including those in about eight key states, will begin to fully assess their options through the conventions and the upcoming debates in the weeks ahead.",right
11480,Gearing up for DNC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Republicans Gear Up To Thwart An Obama North Carolina Two-Peat,NPR (Online News),"Blindsided is what North Carolina Republicans felt four years ago when President Obama won the state, though by the slightest of margins — a mere 14,177 votes out of 4.3 million cast.",left
11481,Gearing up for DNC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",A More Worried Obama Battles to Win Second Term,Wall Street Journal (News),"As Mr. Obama heads to the Democratic National Convention next week, the biggest change from his campaign four years ago is reflected in that complaint. The president is having to work more relentlessly to stay in the White House than he ...",center
11482,Chris Christie Under Fire,['Politics'],Chris Christie Closed New Jersey's State Beaches — And Then Went To The Beach,NPR (Online News),What's worse than a government shutdown closing your state's beaches on a sweltering holiday weekend?,left
11483,Chris Christie Under Fire,['Politics'],Chris Christie’s elitist beach trip all that’s wrong with government,Washington Times,"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie used to have a political career, a support base and the respect and admiration from frustrated Republicans everywhere who were fighting the good fight but being thwarted by bully-type Democrats, thuggish union members and a complicit far-left media.",right
11484,Chris Christie Under Fire,['Politics'],Chris Christie defends use of New Jersey beach house during government shutdown,Washington Examiner,Gov. Chris Christie is taking heat for spending a night in the governor's residences at the state-owned Island Beach State Park less than 24 hours after ordering the closure of all of New Jersey's state parks and beaches due to an ongoing budget stalemate.,right
11485,Department of Justice Refers Andrew McCabe to Prosecutors for Criminal Investigation,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",McCabe Findings Sent to Prosecutors Weighing Criminal Charges,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Justice Department’s internal watchdog referred its finding that former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe had misled investigators to federal prosecutors to determine whether he should be charged with a crime, according to people familiar with the matter.",center
11486,Department of Justice Refers Andrew McCabe to Prosecutors for Criminal Investigation,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Andrew McCabe Shops a Book as DOJ Refers Him for Criminal Charges,Daily Beast,The Daily Beast can confirm that McCabe has called and met with publishers. But sources wonder whether a possible criminal probe could jeopardize the project.,left
11487,Department of Justice Refers Andrew McCabe to Prosecutors for Criminal Investigation,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",It's Official: DOJ Inspector General Refers Lyin' McCabe To Federal Prosecutor For Possible Criminal Charges,Townhall,"Katie’s touched upon the GOP letter officially referring former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, former FBI Director James Comey, and Hillary Clinton for a criminal investigation. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Director Chris Wray officially received the letter yesterday:",right
11488,Trump Faces Cash Crunch,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump entered June with just $1.3 million in the bank, while Clinton sat on $42 million war chest",Washington Post,"Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump loaned his campaign $2.2 million in May and collected $3.1 million in donations, ending the month with less than $1.3 million in the bank, according to new campaign finance filings.",left
11489,Trump Faces Cash Crunch,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump's $1.3 million cash crunch,The Hill,"Donald Trump's campaign finished May with just $1.3 million in the bank, a strikingly low figure for a presumptive presidential nominee.
Trump raised just $3.1 million for his campaign in May, compared to the $26.4 million raised by presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.",center
11490,Trump Faces Cash Crunch,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton Buries Trump in Cash Following Dismal Fundraising Month For His Campaign,The Blaze,"Donald Trump faces an extraordinarily steep uphill climb, entering the month with several million dollars less than rival Hillary Clinton.",right
11491,Trump Criticizes Democratic Agenda in CPAC Speech,"['2024 Election', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Conservatives', 'CPAC', 'Democratic Agenda', 'Donald Trump', 'GOP', 'Gretchen Whitmer', 'Ron DeSantis']",Trump Targets Democrat Policies in CPAC Speech,The Epoch Times,"Former President Donald Trump told conservatives gathered in Texas that senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) will pay the ultimate political price for backing a $739 billion bill investing heavily in green energy.
Trump made the remarks during a speech to an audience of some 5,000 attendees as the final speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas on Saturday.
In a straw poll, conservatives gave Trump a 99 percent job-approval rating, and 69 percent said they would support him as their Republican presidential nominee for 2024. Florida’s Ron DeSantis...",right
11492,Trump Criticizes Democratic Agenda in CPAC Speech,"['2024 Election', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Conservatives', 'CPAC', 'Democratic Agenda', 'Donald Trump', 'GOP', 'Gretchen Whitmer', 'Ron DeSantis']",Trump outlines preferred policies if GOP retakes Congress in CPAC speech,The Hill,"Former President Trump outlined steps for Republicans to take if they win back control of Congress in November during his speech Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference. 
Trump said the midterms need to be a “national referendum” on President Biden and Democratic control of Congress, and Republicans must ensure Democrats are dealt a “crippling” defeat. His speech at the convention in Dallas, Texas, concluded its third day. 
Trump pointed to candidates he backed in primaries like Tudor Dixon, the Republican nominee for governor of Michigan, and Kari Lake, who won the GOP...",center
11493,Trump Criticizes Democratic Agenda in CPAC Speech,"['2024 Election', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Conservatives', 'CPAC', 'Democratic Agenda', 'Donald Trump', 'GOP', 'Gretchen Whitmer', 'Ron DeSantis']","Trump baselessly claims that Jan. 6 instigators and Gretchen Whitmer kidnap plot were 'fake' in CPAC speech, video shows",Insider,"Donald Trump said Capitol riot instigators and the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer were ""fake"" in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas, Texas, on Saturday.
The former president made the comments after talking about the January 6 Congressional hearings, which he called a ""one-sided witch hunt."" 
""As another example, the sting they did involving Gretchen Whitmer was fake. Just like those who instigated January 6. It was a fake deal. Fake. It was a fake deal,"" Trump said.
""Gretchen Whitmer was in less danger...",left
11494,Cory Booker Announces 2020 Bid for President,"['Election: Presidential', 'Cory Booker', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Cory Booker Launched His Presidential Campaign in the Most Cory Booker Way Possible,The Atlantic,"The senator received prayers from the congregation at his Baptist church in a small service in Newark on Thursday night. Twelve hours later, he told the world.",left
11495,Cory Booker Announces 2020 Bid for President,"['Election: Presidential', 'Cory Booker', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Senator Cory Booker launches bid for 2020 presidential nomination,Reuters,"U.S. Senator Cory Booker, who gained national prominence in the fight over Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, announced on Friday that he would seek the Democratic Party’s nomination",center
11496,Cory Booker Announces 2020 Bid for President,"['Election: Presidential', 'Cory Booker', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","If Cory Booker Wants to Win, He’ll Need to Play Partisan",National Review,"Making the click-through worthwhile: Everything you need to know about newly announced Cory Booker that his fan base won’t tell you, some good news on the job-creation front even with",right
11497,Obama to Wait on Immigration,['Immigration'],Obama to reportedly delay executive action on immigration until after elections,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama has abandoned his pledge to reform U.S. immigration policy by the end of summer and will instead wait until after the November congressional elections, The Associated Press reports Saturday.
Obama concluded that using executive action to circumvent Congress during the campaign season would politicize the issue and future hurt efforts to pass comprehensive immigration reform.
The decision is welcome news for Democratic senators trying to win reelection in conservative states -- and help their party fend off a strong GOP effort to take control of the",right
11498,Obama to Wait on Immigration,['Immigration'],President Barack Obama punts on immigration until after election,Politico,"President Barack Obama will delay plans to issue an executive order on immigration until the end of the year, heeding the warnings of Democratic senators who feared a voter backlash ahead of the November elections.
The decision is a major reversal from June, when the president stood in the Rose Garden and pledged to make fixes to the immigration system by the end of the summer. The delay reflected growing Democratic concerns that a sweeping executive order would further endanger the Senate majority.",left
11499,Obama to Wait on Immigration,['Immigration'],"Obama Delays Immigration Action, Yielding to Democratic Concerns",New York Times (News),"President Obama has delayed action to reshape the nation’s immigration system without congressional approval until after the November elections, bowing to the concerns of Senate Democrats on the ballots, White House officials said on Saturday.
The decision is a striking reversal of Mr. Obama’s vow to take action on immigration soon after summer’s end. The president made that promise on June 30, standing in the Rose Garden, where he angrily denounced Republ",left
11500,Republicans Pessimistic About Immigration,['Immigration'],"Republicans Warn Obama: Halt Deportations, And We Might Halt Immigration Reform",HuffPost,"As activists continue their calls for President Barack Obama to suspend deportations, Republicans warned Tuesday that doing so could kill the chances for a more permanent solution.
""If you stop enforcing the law, that would build into the narrative that you can't trust him,"" Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said, referring to Obama. ""If he stopped deporting people who are clearly here illegally, then I think any chance of immigration reform is dead.""
Graham isn't an opponent of immigration reform -- in fact, he's one of four Republicans who drafted the...",left
11501,Republicans Pessimistic About Immigration,['Immigration'],The GOP Should Be Wary of An Immigration 'Breakout',Wall Street Journal (News),"Regarding your editorial ""Immigration Breakout"" (Jan. 30): American citizenship is a privilege, not a right, and handing it out en masse to illegal immigrants is simply indefensible. They do have a ""path to citizenship"" today and will continue to do so under a plan that provides legalization without a path to citizenship: the current legal process.
As faulty as the policy logic is, however, the political logic is worse. Leave aside the fact that immigration is unimportant to most voters. With ObamaCare sucking the oxygen out of the political atmosphere...",center
11502,Republicans Pessimistic About Immigration,['Immigration'],Republicans increasingly pessimistic on immigration bill in 2014,Washington Times,"Conservative Republicans said Wednesday that they don’t believe their chamber will tackle an immigration bill this year, saying that while they welcomed the House GOP leaders’ principles as a start to a conversation, it’s premature to try to pass a bill.
Speaking at a Heritage Foundation event, Republican House members said they don’t trust President Obama enough to follow through on the strict security measures the GOP would write into any bill, and said that must come first.
Rep. Raul Labrador, an Idaho Republican who last year was...",right
11503,Biden Announces Members of COVID-19 Advisory Board,"['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'Presidential Transition', 'Rick Bright']",Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Announce Their COVID-19 Advisory Board,Time Magazine,"On Nov. 9, the Biden-Harris transition team announced the members of its COVID-19 advisory board, and met with them for several hours in a virtual conference before President-elect Joe Biden made remarks stressing the importance of mask wearing as a continued “weapon” in the fight against COVID-19.
“As we work toward a safe and effective vaccine, the single most effective way to stop the spread of COVID-19: wear a mask,” Biden said, as he held up his own mask. “The head of the CDC [Centers for Disease Control] warned this...",left
11504,Biden Announces Members of COVID-19 Advisory Board,"['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'Presidential Transition', 'Rick Bright']",Biden unveils COVID-19 task force,The Hill,"President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named a number of health experts who will serve on his coronavirus task force.
The experts include Rick Bright, the former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority who said he was forced out his position earlier this year after opposing promoting unproven treatments.
Bioethicist and oncologist Zeke Emanuel, who served as former adviser to the Obama administration on the Affordable Care Act and is brother of former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, and Atul Gawande, a surgeon who served as...",center
11505,Biden Announces Members of COVID-19 Advisory Board,"['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'Presidential Transition', 'Rick Bright']",Biden names Trump whistleblower to counter-coronavirus task force in first move as apparent president-elect,Washington Examiner,"Presumptive President-elect Joe Biden has positioned himself to take over the country's coronavirus response, naming a 13-person task force despite President Trump mounting a raft of legal challenges to last week's election.
Biden announced Monday that his transition COVID-19 advisory board would be led by three co-chairs, Dr. David Kessler, Dr. Vivek Murthy, and Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith. The trio would be joined by Dr. Beth Cameron and Dr. Rebecca Katz as advisers, as well as Dr. Rick Bright.",right
11506,Trump and GOP Lawmakers Call On Adam Schiff To Resign,"['Adam Schiff', 'Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Politics']",House Intel Republicans call on Schiff to resign as chairman after Mueller report,NBC News (Online),"Republicans on the committee cited Schiff's claims there was evidence President Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with the Russians during the 2016 race.
All nine Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee have signed a letter calling for the panel's chairman, Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, to step down, citing his claims that there was evidence that President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with the Russians during the 2016 race.
Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, introduced the scathing letter during a public committee hearing on Thursday and then read it aloud.
""Your willingness to...",left
11507,Trump and GOP Lawmakers Call On Adam Schiff To Resign,"['Adam Schiff', 'Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Politics']","Trump, Republican lawmakers call on House intelligence chairman to resign",Reuters,"President Donald Trump on Thursday urged House intelligence panel chairman Adam Schiff to resign, after Attorney General William Barr said Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation did not establish evidence of collusion between the 2016 election campaign and Russia.
“Congressman Adam Schiff, who spent two years knowingly and unlawfully lying and leaking, should be forced to resign from Congress!” Trump tweeted.
The tweet came as Trump’s Republican Party intensifies its counter-attack after Barr issued his summary of Mueller’s probe on Sunday. Barr’s letter to Congress did not clear Trump on the...",center
11508,Trump and GOP Lawmakers Call On Adam Schiff To Resign,"['Adam Schiff', 'Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Politics']",Adam Schiff confronted by Republicans on House intel panel: 'No faith in your ability',Washington Times,"Republicans on Thursday directly confronted House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam B. Schiff for his two years of conspiracy charges against President Trump, urging him to resign because they “have no faith in your ability to discharge your duties.”
Mr. Schiff, California Democrat, defended his scores of media appearances leveling collusion charges, listing supposed inappropriate contacts. But he didn’t list any instance of Trump people coordinating in Russian election interference, as he did at a hearing on March 20, 2017.
Rep. Devin Nunes of California, the previous chairman and now...",right
11509,Democrats Retain US House Seat in New Mexico,"['Elections', 'Special Election', 'New Mexico', 'Melanie Stansbury']",Democrat Stansbury Keeps New Mexico U.S. House Seat In Party's Hands,NPR (Online News),"New Mexico Democrats kept control of the U.S. House seat left vacant by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, in one of the party's earliest tests of its messaging during the administration of President Biden.
Melanie Stansbury has defeated Republican opponent Mark Moores, according to a race call from The Associated Press.
The victory was expected. Polls showed Stansbury with a comfortable lead, and Biden won the district by 23 percentage points last year.
But the expectations were not an indication to Democrats to take their foot off the gas in the...",left
11510,Democrats Retain US House Seat in New Mexico,"['Elections', 'Special Election', 'New Mexico', 'Melanie Stansbury']",Democrat Melanie Stansbury wins US House race in New Mexico,Fox News (Online News),"Democrat Melanie Stansbury won election to Congress for New Mexico on Tuesday with a campaign closely tied to initiatives of the Biden administration.
Stansbury prevailed in an open, four-way race to fill a vacant seat previously held by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.
Stansbury closely tethered her bid for Congress to proposed and enacted Democratic legislation on pandemic relief, infrastructure spending and interventions to slow climate change. Her victory shores up the Democratic majority in Congress ahead of 2022 midterm elections.
She strode on stage in Albuquerque with both arms raised high, in celebration...",right
11511,Democrats Retain US House Seat in New Mexico,"['Elections', 'Special Election', 'New Mexico', 'Melanie Stansbury']",Dems notch easy win in New Mexico special election,Politico,"Democrat Melanie Stansbury claimed a resounding victory Tuesday night in a contested special election for Congress in New Mexico, easing her party’s fears of a closer result that could have portended a brutal midterm next year.
Stansbury, a state representative, led Republican Mark Moores, 63 percent to 33 percent, when The Associated Press called the race in her favor, a little more than an hour after polls closed. While that margin was likely to narrow somewhat as additional votes were tallied, Democrats hailed her comfortable win as a sign that their base enthusiasm has...",left
11512,How Inflation Will Impact Your Fourth of July Celebrations,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Gas Prices', 'Food Prices', 'Fourth Of July']",Inflation is making Fourth of July celebrations more expensive than ever,CNBC,"Nothing says Independence Day like a good, old-fashioned barbecue.
In keeping with tradition, most Americans — roughly 60% — plan to grill this weekend, and 53% will get together with friends and family, according to a recent report by market research firm Numerator.
“Consumers want to celebrate this summer for a number of reasons, and food is central to that,” said Karol Aure-Flynn, a food and agribusiness analyst and author of Wells Fargo’s July Fourth food inflation report.
However, with the cost of burgers, chips, soda and side dishes on the rise, revelers will...",center
11513,How Inflation Will Impact Your Fourth of July Celebrations,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Gas Prices', 'Food Prices', 'Fourth Of July']",Fourth of July far costlier one year after White House 16-cent savings boast,Washington Examiner,"Inflation might be even more explosive than Fourth of July fireworks this year as families grapple with pricier cookouts and holiday plans.
The cost of a July Fourth cookout is expected to be 17% higher than last year, according to a market basket survey by the American Farm Bureau Federation. That is a number that outpaces headline inflation, as prices on average are 8.6% higher from a year ago, according to the consumer price index. It also represents a major reversal from the small savings for the holiday that the Biden White House infamously touted in 2021 —...",right
11514,How Inflation Will Impact Your Fourth of July Celebrations,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Gas Prices', 'Food Prices', 'Fourth Of July']",Fourth of July parties will cost more this year but you can save with a bit of math,NPR (Online News),"David Branch is making some changes to his Fourth of July celebration menu this year.
""I'm not doing ribs. I'm not doing beef brisket and other things that probably I would normally do,"" Branch said.
He's not alone. Rising inflation means that it's gotten more expensive to stock a party with the holiday's classic foods — about 11% more expensive than last year, to be exact. That's according to a new study that Branch co-authored, which calculated how much prices have risen for certain Fourth of July foods for a 10-person party....",left
11515,House GOP Report Condemns Biden's Afghanistan Withdrawal,"['Afghanistan', 'Biden Administration', 'Foreign Policy', 'GOP', 'Kabul', 'Middle East', 'Joe Biden', 'Taliban']",House Republicans ramp up pressure over Afghanistan exit,Roll Call,"One year after the United States’ chaotic exit from Afghanistan last August, Republican lawmakers are putting renewed pressure on the Biden administration to answer questions about the withdrawal.
In a new report from the House Foreign Affairs Committee minority, Republicans allege that President Joe Biden misled the American public about the consequences of a withdrawal, did not properly prepare for the withdrawal and failed to evacuate many Afghans who worked with the U.S. during the 20-year war there, including elite military personnel.
And if the Biden administration continues to drag...",center
11516,House GOP Report Condemns Biden's Afghanistan Withdrawal,"['Afghanistan', 'Biden Administration', 'Foreign Policy', 'GOP', 'Kabul', 'Middle East', 'Joe Biden', 'Taliban']",Afghanistan chaos: GOP report reveals new details of disastrous withdrawal,Washington Times,"At the height of the chaotic U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan, first lady Jill Biden’s office went outside the normal channels and begged veterans groups to help find a way to evacuate people who were having trouble navigating the process.
So did Vice President Kamala Harris’s office, top Defense Department officials and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, according to a new report released Sunday by House Republicans that details the depths of the Biden administration’s failures during the last days of the U.S. mission in Afghanistan.
The fact that President Biden’s own...",right
11517,House GOP Report Condemns Biden's Afghanistan Withdrawal,"['Afghanistan', 'Biden Administration', 'Foreign Policy', 'GOP', 'Kabul', 'Middle East', 'Joe Biden', 'Taliban']",800 Americans evacuated from Afghanistan since Taliban takeover,Politico,"The U.S. government has evacuated more than 800 American citizens from Afghanistan since the Taliban swept to power and U.S. troops officially left the country last August, according to data provided by House GOP investigators and the State Department.
The figure, which hasn’t been previously reported, highlights the ongoing nature of the efforts to make contact with and ultimately evacuate hundreds of Americans who were unable to leave Afghanistan as the U.S. military rapidly withdrew from the country last summer.
The data also underscores that hundreds more Americans were left...",left
11518,No Strategy Yet for Syria Attack,['Middle East'],Obama: U.S. doesn’t ‘have a strategy yet’ to comprehensively respond to Islamic State,Washington Post,"Amid conflicting congressional demands, impatient Arab allies, and public concern that he will do too much or too little, President Obama made bluntly clear Thursday why he has not yet implemented a comprehensive U.S. response to the Islamist insurgency that is rapidly spreading across the Middle East.",left
11519,No Strategy Yet for Syria Attack,['Middle East'],Obama: White House still working on ISIL plan,Politico,"President Barack Obama is working on strategies to fight Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and to continue to dissuade Russia from military involvement in Ukraine, he said Thursday from the White House.",left
11520,No Strategy Yet for Syria Attack,['Middle East'],Hitting the Brakes? Obama downplays prospect of imminent strikes in Syria,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama on Thursday downplayed the prospect of any imminent U.S. airstrikes in Syria, saying ""we don't have a strategy yet"" and stressing that military advisers are still reviewing options for confronting Islamic State militants.",right
11521,Talks Continue on Fiscal Crisis,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Signs of Progress as Talks Continue on Fiscal Crisis,New York Times (News),A meeting between President Obama and House Republicans was described by both sides as constructive and talks among top aides continued overnight.,left
11522,Talks Continue on Fiscal Crisis,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Progress, but still no deal, as shutdown enters Day 11",CNN (Online News),Republicans and Democrats are now talking about what could be a breakthrough deal to address the government's various budget crises.,left
11523,Talks Continue on Fiscal Crisis,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","GOP relents, offers to raise debt limit; White House mulling proposal",Washington Times,House Republicans gave ground Thursday in the debt ceiling fight by offering to raise the nations borrowing limit for six weeks and the White House said President Obama might sign such a measure to avoid default.,right
11524,Veteran Fox News Cameraman Killed in Ukraine,"['Media Industry', 'Fox News', 'Ukraine War', 'World', 'Bridging Divides', 'Russia', 'Jen Psaki']",Fox News videographer killed in Ukraine after vehicle struck,Associated Press,"A video journalist for Fox News was killed in Ukraine when the vehicle he was traveling in outside of Kyiv with another reporter came under fire, the network said on Tuesday.
The slain videographer, Pierre Zakrzewski, 55, had covered conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria for Fox, the network said in a memo to staff.
“His passion and talent as a journalist were unmatched,” Suzanne Scott, CEO of Fox News Media, said in the memo.
Reporter Benjamin Hall has been hospitalized since Monday, when their vehicle was hit in Horenka,...",left
11525,Veteran Fox News Cameraman Killed in Ukraine,"['Media Industry', 'Fox News', 'Ukraine War', 'World', 'Bridging Divides', 'Russia', 'Jen Psaki']","Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski, Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kuvshynova killed near Kyiv",Washington Post,"Pierre Zakrzewski, a cameraman for Fox News, was killed Monday alongside a Ukrainian colleague, Oleksandra Kuvshynova, while reporting outside Kyiv, according to statements from Fox News and Ukrainian officials on Tuesday.
Both journalists were traveling in a car Monday with Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall in the town of Horenka when the vehicle was struck by incoming fire. The network said on Monday that Hall, a State Department correspondent, has been hospitalized with his injuries, but no further update has been given on his condition.",left
11526,Veteran Fox News Cameraman Killed in Ukraine,"['Media Industry', 'Fox News', 'Ukraine War', 'World', 'Bridging Divides', 'Russia', 'Jen Psaki']",Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski killed in Ukraine,Fox News (Online News),"Veteran Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski has died after his vehicle was struck by incoming fire in Horenka, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday, Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott announced Tuesday.
Fox News journalist Benjamin Hall was with Zakrzewski while newsgathering and was also injured. Hall remains hospitalized, Scott said.",right
11527,Continuing Aid to Egypt,['Middle East'],"Obama, lawmakers at odds over Egypt aid",USA TODAY,"President Obama's decision to maintain foreign aid to Egypt -- at least for now -- is being disputed by some lawmakers in both parties.
""We need to suspend aid to the new government until it does in fact schedule elections and put in place a process that comes up with a new constitution,"" said Sen. Carl Levin, the Michigan Democrat who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee.",left
11528,Continuing Aid to Egypt,['Middle East'],Israel Urges US Not to Freeze Egypt Aid,Newsmax (News),"Israel has urged Washington not to suspend its annual $1.3 billion in aid to Cairo in the wake of the ouster of Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi by the military, news reports said Tuesday.
Under U.S. law, all military and economic aid must be suspended to any country where the government is overthrown by the military, although Washington has not yet determined whether it considers the June 30 removal of Morsi was actually a coup — a claim made by the Muslim Brotherhood, to which the ousted president belongs.
According to...",right
11529,Continuing Aid to Egypt,['Middle East'],"OPINION: Cut Off U.S. Aid to Egypt? It's Not Just a Good Idea, It's the Law",HuffPost,"There has been a military coup in Egypt, overthrowing the democratically elected president.
By law, the U.S. must cut off aid to Egypt until a democratically elected government has taken office.
Here's the relevant law, from the webpage of Senator Patrick Leahy:",left
11530,University of Florida Students Protest Sen. Ben Sasse's Appointment as President,"['Polarization', 'Education', 'Ben Sasse', 'Protests', 'Culture War']",'Ben Sasse is a**': Students give Nebraska senator hostile reception as he interviews for University of Florida job,The Blaze,"Students and faculty at the University of Florida gave Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) a hostile reception at their campus in Gainesville after he was announced as a finalist to be the university's next president.
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Emerson Alumni Hall, where Sasse was scheduled to participate in a Q&A forum with students on Monday. Minutes after the forum started, an estimated 300 anti-Sasse demonstrators entered the building and began chanting and banging on the hallway walls outside the President's Ballroom, where Sasse was trying to answer questions.
""Hey...",right
11531,University of Florida Students Protest Sen. Ben Sasse's Appointment as President,"['Polarization', 'Education', 'Ben Sasse', 'Protests', 'Culture War']",Florida students protest Sasse appointment over LGBTQ issues,The Hill,"University of Florida students and faculty are protesting the possible naming of Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) as the institution’s next president.
Protesters interrupted a question-and-answer session attended by Sasse on the school’s campus on Monday, where they argued his opposition to same-sex marriage and his positions on LGBTQ issues made him unsuitable to serve as the school’s leader.
The students and faculty protesting Sasse say he has a documented history of embracing anti-LGBTQ messaging and criticizing the legislation and landmark judicial decisions on which modern LGBTQ rights hinge.
A Change.org petition organized by Leyka...",center
11532,University of Florida Students Protest Sen. Ben Sasse's Appointment as President,"['Polarization', 'Education', 'Ben Sasse', 'Protests', 'Culture War']",Student Protesters Storm Ben Sasse's Q&A Forum At University Of Florida,HuffPost,"Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) who is reportedly the “sole finalist” to take over as president of the University of Florida, on Monday was met with loud protests during his first appearance on campus since the news of his potential appointment broke.
Sasse held three separate sessions with university faculty, students and staff on the Gainesville campus.
Protesters gathered outside the room where the student Q&A session was held, chanting: “Hey, hey, ho, ho. Ben Sasse has got go.”
Protesters eventually entered the room the meeting was being held in, resulting in the...",left
11533,Michigan Right-to-Work,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Michigan House OKs contentious right-to-work bill as protesters mass on state Capitol grounds,Washington Post,The Michigan House approved the first of two right-to-work bills Tuesday that would weaken union power in the historical labor stronghold as hundreds of protesters rallied at the Capitol.,left
11534,Michigan Right-to-Work,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Union activists furious as Michigan holds historic right-to-work vote,Washington Times,"Amid a sea of steel-toe work boats, toboggans, sweatshirts and paint-splattered jeans, Michigan union activists massed at the state Capitol here Tuesday morning, to protest an all-but-certain vote on historic right-to-work legislation.",right
11535,Michigan Right-to-Work,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Right-To-Work Debate Heats Up Ahead Of Mich. Vote,NPR (Online News),"Even with the outcome considered a foregone conclusion, the heated battle over right-to-work legislation in the traditional union bastion of Michigan shows no sign of cooling.",left
11536,DHS Report Says China Hid Extremity of Virus to Stockpile Supplies,"['Coronavirus', 'Trade', 'Foreign Policy', 'White House', 'Homeland Security', 'China']",Homeland Security claims China didn’t reveal COVID-19 crisis to stockpile masks — it still doesn’t explain Trump’s inaction,Raw Story,"The Department of Homeland Security released a report saying that China intentionally delayed telling the World Health Organization about the coronavirus because they wanted to stockpile masks and ventilators.
The report was first released to the Associated Press, but Politico’s Betsy Woodruff Swan noted that there was just “moderate confidence” in the claim.",left
11537,DHS Report Says China Hid Extremity of Virus to Stockpile Supplies,"['Coronavirus', 'Trade', 'Foreign Policy', 'White House', 'Homeland Security', 'China']",DHS report: China hid virus’ severity to hoard supplies,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials believe China covered up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak — and how contagious the disease is — to stock up on medical supplies needed to respond to it, intelligence documents show.
Chinese leaders “intentionally concealed the severity” of the pandemic from the world in early January, according to a four-page Department of Homeland Security intelligence report dated May 1 and obtained by The Associated Press. The revelation comes as the Trump administration has intensified its criticism of China, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo...",left
11538,DHS Report Says China Hid Extremity of Virus to Stockpile Supplies,"['Coronavirus', 'Trade', 'Foreign Policy', 'White House', 'Homeland Security', 'China']","China Concealed Severity of Virus to Hoard Supplies, DHS Report Concludes",National Review,"China hid the scope of the country’s coronavirus outbreak as well as information on how contagious the illness is in order to have time to stock up on medical supplies, according to an intelligence report from the Department of Homeland Security.
The Chinese government “intentionally concealed the severity” of the outbreak in January and neglected for weeks to inform the World Health Organization that the virus was contagious, the four-page May 1 document marked “for official use only” states.",right
11539,"House Nears Vote on Budget, Obamacare","['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","House Nears Vote To Fund Government, Defund Obamacare",NPR (Online News),The Republican-controlled House is set to vote Friday on a stopgap spending bill to keep the government open for business through the middle of December. And the White House has already said if it makes it to the presidents desk hell veto it.,left
11540,"House Nears Vote on Budget, Obamacare","['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",House to vote on plan to defund ObamaCare as shutdown looms,Fox News (Online News),"The House on Friday will vote to replace ObamaCare with a plan that expands tax breaks for Americans who buy their own insurance, setting the stage for a showdown with Senate Democrats that could push the government toward a partial shutdown at the end of the month.",right
11541,"House Nears Vote on Budget, Obamacare","['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Lawmakers scale back ambitions as government shutdown looms,Washington Post,Deficit reduction Rethink the tax code Not so much. Congress is focused on the small ball.,left
11542,Russia Ukraine Trade Blame,['World'],"Russia, U.S. Trade Charges of Violating Ukraine Deal",Wall Street Journal (News),"Russia and Ukraine, backed by the U.S., traded accusations of violating the agreement made in Geneva to defuse tensions between them, as Vice President Joe Biden arrived Monday in Kiev with a warning of new sanctions.
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the Ukrainian government of flagrantly violating last week's agreement by not moving to immediately disarm what he called extremists in Ukraine.",center
11543,Russia Ukraine Trade Blame,['World'],Russia blames Kiev for new violence in eastern Ukraine,Washington Post,"Russia blamed authorities in Kiev on Monday for the violence in eastern Ukraine, accusing them of trying to ignite a civil war in a region where pro-Russian militants have been defying the central government.
The warning came as Vice President Biden arrived Monday in the Ukrainian capital for a two-day visit to meet with political leaders, civil society groups and U.S. diplomats. He is bringing U.S. economic assistance, as well as warnings to Russian President Vladimir Putin that future intervention in Ukraine’s volatile east will incur new costs.",left
11544,Russia Ukraine Trade Blame,['World'],Russia Says Ukraine Failing to Halt Extremists Seeking Civil War,Bloomberg,"Russia accused the Ukrainian government of failing to rein in extremists as escalating tensions threaten to undermine a diplomatic accord reached last week and stoke calls in the U.S. for economic sanctions.
Ukrainian and Russian officials traded accusations about responsibility for attacks that killed three during the weekend. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow called on the U.S. to hold the Ukrainian authorities accountable for observing the agreement signed in Geneva, which calls for all illegal groups to disarm and seized buildings to be returned.",left
11545,Jeff Sessions to Testify,['Justice'],Attorney General Jeff Sessions to testify; Senate Democrats demand public hearing,Washington Times,Democrats indicated Sunday that the decision by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to testify to Congress on Russian involvement in the November presidential election isn’t good enough — they want Tuesday’s testimony to be public.,right
11546,Jeff Sessions to Testify,['Justice'],Jeff Sessions to testify: Focus of Russia probe shifts to attorney general,CBS News (Online),President Trump's attorney general is now being drawn into the investigations of Russian election meddling.,left
11547,Jeff Sessions to Testify,['Justice'],Jeff Sessions’s Testimony to Keep Russia Probe in Focus,Wall Street Journal (News),"Attorney General Jeff Sessions will testify Tuesday before the same Senate committee that heard from former FBI Director James Comey last week, keeping national attention on a Russia investigation that White House officials have been trying to push to the background.",center
11548,Executive Order Coming Soon?,"['White House', 'Politics']",Is Obama's Executive Amnesty Coming This Week?,Townhall,"According to Fox News' recent report, President Obama's unilateral executive amnesty could drop as early as this week. The president had indicated that he'd give Congress some time to conform to his will before unleashing this extraordinary power grab, but perhaps that timeline has shifted for some reason. Some had speculated that he'd hold off at least until December 7 in order to give Sen. Mary Landrieu one last gasp at re-election before enraging most of the public, but it wouldn't be much of a surprise if the White House...",right
11549,Executive Order Coming Soon?,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama’s New Path Faces Collision Course,Wall Street Journal (News),"In the days since the U.S. midterm elections, President Barack Obama has begun grooming his legacy in ways that place him on a collision course not just with Republicans in Congress, but with his own Democratic Party.
During a series of global summits in China, Myanmar and Australia over the past week, Mr. Obama netted several foreign policy victories and vowed to use the momentum to pursue his domestic agenda in Washington.
“From trade to climate change to the fight against Ebola, this was a strong week for American leadership,”...",center
11550,Executive Order Coming Soon?,"['White House', 'Politics']",Executive order on immigration would ignite a political firestorm,Washington Post,"Reports Are rampant That President Obama Will Sign an Executive order as soon as this week That Will allow up to 5 million undocumented Immigrants to Avoid Deportation Signing SUCH an order Would Have Explosive Political Consequences -. Would it not only reshape the near-Term fights in Congress but also have a potentially profound effect on the two parties' national coalitions heading into the 2016 election and beyond.
Republicans Have made it clear That if Obama goes forward , it Would BE the equivalent of giving the middle Finger to...",left
11551,How Should Colleges Handle the Omicron Variant?,"['Education', 'Higher Education', 'Colleges', 'Schools', 'Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Booster Shots']",Oregon State University Joins Growing List of Schools Requiring COVID Booster Shot,Newsweek,"Oregon State University joined the growing lists of schools requiring a COVID booster shot, as officials from the university announced Tuesday that students, faculty and staff will need to receive one.
""The university's decision is intentional: We seek to minimize disruption of student learning and experience and provide predictability for our faculty and university operations,"" wrote Oregon State University Interim President Rebecca Johnson and Provost and Executive Vice President Edward Feser in a letter posted on the university's website Tuesday.
""In the days ahead, we will provide you more information...",center
11552,How Should Colleges Handle the Omicron Variant?,"['Education', 'Higher Education', 'Colleges', 'Schools', 'Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Booster Shots']",It’s Madness What Is Happening to College Kids,Brownstone Institute,"This is a post about the absolutely insane, crushing restrictions being imposed on young, healthy vaccinated (often booster and often naturally immune) people by institutions of knowledge. In order to prove my thesis that these policies are misguided, let me start with some basics.
When it comes to COVID19, there are only 3 things any of us can do:
We can lower the risk of bad outcomes when we encounter the virus. 
We can delay the time to meet the virus
We can engage in theater which does not delay...",right
11553,How Should Colleges Handle the Omicron Variant?,"['Education', 'Higher Education', 'Colleges', 'Schools', 'Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Booster Shots']",8 Steps to Prepare for a Pandemic That’s Becoming Endemic,Inside Higher Ed,"For almost two years, colleges and universities have struggled to cope with COVID-19. Now, at the end of the fall term, the terrain is once again shifting.
On Dec. 10, following a substantial spike in coronavirus cases, Middlebury College shifted to remote instruction and sent students home early. The following week, after over 900 students tested positive, many with the Omicron variant, Cornell University moved finals online and canceled all in-person gatherings. In the face of rising cases, New York University also canceled all “non-essential” gatherings, Princeton University moved its final exams online and DePaul University...",left
11554,GA Election Heads to Runoff,['Elections'],"Georgia congressional race: Democrat Ossoff, Republican Handel will go to run-off",Fox News (Online News),"A special election in Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District failed to produce an outright winner Tuesday, forcing a June 20 runoff between upstart Democrat Jon Ossoff and former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel.",right
11555,GA Election Heads to Runoff,['Elections'],"Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, Narrowly Misses Outright Win in Georgia House Race",New York Times (News),"ROSWELL, Ga. — Jon Ossoff, a Democrat making his first bid for elective office, narrowly missed winning a heavily conservative House district in Georgia outright on Wednesday, according to The Associated Press. It threw a scare into Republicans in a special congressional election that was seen as an early referendum on President Trump.",left
11556,GA Election Heads to Runoff,['Elections'],Democrat Jon Ossoff Advances To Runoff For Tom Price's Georgia House Seat,Forbes,"Democrat Jon Ossoff blew away his Republican opposition in a special election Tuesday, but fell just short of 50% of the vote needed to avoid a runoff to represent Georgia’s 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.",center
11557,Trump Vetoes Defense Spending Bill,"['US Military', 'Donald Trump', 'Defense', 'Defense Bill', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Vetoes Defense-Spending Bill: ‘A Gift to China and Russia’,The Epoch Times,"President Donald Trump has vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) because it fails to remove Section 230—the liability shield that protects social media companies, among other reasons.
“Unfortunately, the Act fails to include critical national security measures, includes provisions that fail to respect our veterans and our military’s history, and contradicts efforts by my Administration to put America first in our national security and foreign policy actions,” he said in a Dec. 23 statement. “It is a ‘gift’ to China and Russia.”
The NDAA, the president said, fails to...",right
11558,Trump Vetoes Defense Spending Bill,"['US Military', 'Donald Trump', 'Defense', 'Defense Bill', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'Defense And Security']",Trump vetoes $740 billion defense legislation,CBS News (Online),"President Trump vetoed the defense spending bill Wednesday, after previously tweeting threats to do just that. Wednesday marked the deadline to veto the National Defense Authorization Act before it became law.
The president left the White House for his Christmas getaway at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Trump, who insists he is one of the most pro-military presidents in history, pledged to veto the legislation when it did not include the nixing of Section 230, a provision protecting internet companies from being liable for what third parties post...",left
11559,Trump Vetoes Defense Spending Bill,"['US Military', 'Donald Trump', 'Defense', 'Defense Bill', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Vetoes Broadly Supported Defense Bill As He Battles Congress On Multiple Fronts,Forbes,"President Donald Trump on Wednesday followed through on his threat to veto the annual defense spending bill, which was passed by Congress with broad bipartisan support, as he clashes with lawmakers – and Senate GOP leadership in particular – on a stimulus bill and the election. The National Defense Authorization Act passed both chambers of Congress by wide margins (335-78 in the House, 84-13 in the Senate). In his veto letter, Trump railed against lawmakers’ refusal to accede to his demands to attach a measure to the NDAA repealing Section...",center
11560,President Trump Considering Regulation on Vape Flavors,"['White House', 'Healthcare', 'Donald Trump', 'Vaping', 'Epidemic', 'Politics']",Trump Administration Considering Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes,Daily Beast,"President Trump on Wednesday gathered reporters in the Oval Office to announce that his administration is weighing a ban on flavored e-cigarettes in light of their popularity amongst teenagers. “We’re going to have to do something about it,” Trump said at the impromptu briefing. “She’s got a son,” Trump said, referencing first lady Melania Trump, who was present at the announcement, and their teenage son Barron Trump. “She feels very strongly about it.” Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar also flanked the president and later tweeted out an...",left
11561,President Trump Considering Regulation on Vape Flavors,"['White House', 'Healthcare', 'Donald Trump', 'Vaping', 'Epidemic', 'Politics']","Trump takes aim at teen vaping, proposes ban on non-tobacco flavored e-cigarettes",Fox News (Online News),"In an effort to curb teen vaping, President Trump on Wednesday said his administration is looking to ban all non-tobacco flavored e-cigarette products.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told reporters at the White House that officials with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will create guidelines on the ban, a process that could take months.",right
11562,President Trump Considering Regulation on Vape Flavors,"['White House', 'Healthcare', 'Donald Trump', 'Vaping', 'Epidemic', 'Politics']",Trump seeks ban on flavored e-cigarettes,The Hill,"The Trump administration is seeking to ban all nontobacco flavors of e-cigarettes in the wake of a massive spike in teen vaping and the spread of a mysterious illness that has sickened hundreds of people across the country.
President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that vaping is a problem “especially vaping as it pertains to innocent children.”
Youth vaping has skyrocketed in the past year, driven largely by teenagers becoming drawn to sweet and fruit-flavored e-cigarette pods easily accessible in stores. The FDA has struggled to keep up...",center
11563,Jerry Falwell Jr. Faces Backlash,['Religion And Faith'],Nation discovers evangelicals have no moral compass as business leaders pick up the slack,Daily Kos,"As leaders sitting on two of Donald Trump's business councils took stock of Trump's repulsive defense of neo-Nazi and white supremacist violence, many concluded they just couldn't stomach a continued alliance with Trump's administration and decided to cut ties.",left
11564,Jerry Falwell Jr. Faces Backlash,['Religion And Faith'],Jerry Falwell Jr.: Trump has 'inside information I don't have' about Charlottesville,Washington Examiner,"A top ally of President Trump defended the president's response to the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Va., last weekend, saying he ""has inside information I don't have.""",right
11565,Jerry Falwell Jr. Faces Backlash,['Religion And Faith'],Evangelical students returning university diplomas to protest Trump,The Hill,Former students at Liberty University are preparing to return their diplomas in a group protest of university president Jerry Falwell Jr.'s support for President Trump's agenda.,center
11566,"Trump Will ""Strongly Consider"" Testifying In Impeachment Inquiry","['Donald Trump', 'Testimony', 'Impeachment Hearings', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump says he will ‘strongly consider’ testifying in writing in impeachment probe,Washington Post,"President Trump said Monday that he will “strongly consider” testifying in writing as part of the impeachment inquiry at the outset of a week in which eight current and former officials are scheduled to publicly testify about his controversial actions regarding Ukraine.
In morning tweets, Trump said he might take up House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on a suggestion she made over the weekend. Trump also claimed the rules of the inquiry had been “rigged” by Pelosi and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.), who has summoned four...",left
11567,"Trump Will ""Strongly Consider"" Testifying In Impeachment Inquiry","['Donald Trump', 'Testimony', 'Impeachment Hearings', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump tweets he will 'strongly consider' testifying in impeachment inquiry,The Hill,"President Trump on Monday said he will ""strongly consider"" giving written or in-person testimony in the House impeachment inquiry, despite his repeated refusal to cooperate with the investigation thus far.
Trump responded to Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) suggestion on ""Face the Nation"" a day earlier in which she said the president could ""come right before the committee and talk... or he could do it in writing.""
""Even though I did nothing wrong, and don’t like giving credibility to this No Due Process Hoax, I like the idea & will, in...",center
11568,"Trump Will ""Strongly Consider"" Testifying In Impeachment Inquiry","['Donald Trump', 'Testimony', 'Impeachment Hearings', 'White House', 'Politics']",‘I like the idea’: Trump will 'strongly consider' giving impeachment testimony to get Congress moving,Washington Examiner,"President Trump claimed he would “strongly consider” delivering impeachment testimony if it would get Congress to start working on other issues, such as the USMCA trade deal.
During Sunday’s Face the Nation on CBS, Pelosi suggested that Trump could testify if he wants to tell his side of the impeachment story. She noted that he could deliver his testimony in person or in writing.
On Monday morning, Trump replied by slamming “do nothing” and “nervous” Pelosi for spending time focusing on impeachment rather than addressing other issues. He added that...",right
11569,Florida Governor Asks For Investigation of Senate Race Vote Count,['Elections'],"Rick Scott Claims Fraud, Seeks Florida Law Enforcement Probe Of Election Officials",HuffPost,The Republican governor is facing a likely recount as his lead in a U.S. Senate race against incumbent Bill Nelson shrinks.,left
11570,Florida Governor Asks For Investigation of Senate Race Vote Count,['Elections'],Florida Governor asks for vote count investigation,USA TODAY,"Florida Governor and Senate candidate Rick Scott says he is asking the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate elections offices in Palm Beach and Broward counties, questioning whether they were trying to inflate the Democratic vote.",left
11571,Florida Governor Asks For Investigation of Senate Race Vote Count,['Elections'],"They're Not Stealing It: Rick Scott, NRSC Sue Democratic Counties For Vote Count Irregularities In Florida Senate Race",Townhall,"The Florida Senate race is rapidly becoming a clown show. It’s been over two days and Broward County, the largest Democratic bastion in the state, is still counting ballots. Counties slammed by Hurricane Michael last month have all tallied their votes. Broward seems unable to do so, or say how many are left outstanding. Broward Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes seems to struggle answering basic questions about this process, even ones required by law.",right
11572,Louisiana State Senate Fails to Override Governor's Veto of Transgender Athlete Ban,"['Sports', 'LGBT Rights', 'Louisiana', 'Transgender', 'Transgender Issues']",Louisiana Legislators Fail to Overide Veto of Bill Banning Transgender Athletes from Women’s Sports,National Review,"The Louisiana state legislature failed to garner enough votes to override the Democratic governor John Bel Edwards’ veto of a bill that would prohibit transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports.
The Republican-controlled Louisiana House secured 68 votes, with 30 lawmakers voting against, falling two short of the 70 needed to overturn the veto and enact the legislation. Republicans only hold 68 out of 105 seats in the House chamber, so Democratic votes would have been needed to meet the benchmark, according to The Advocate.",right
11573,Louisiana State Senate Fails to Override Governor's Veto of Transgender Athlete Ban,"['Sports', 'LGBT Rights', 'Louisiana', 'Transgender', 'Transgender Issues']",Louisiana Senate backs transgender sports ban veto override,The Independent,"Louisiana's Republican state senators Tuesday narrowly voted to overturn Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards' rejection of a bill prohibiting transgender students from participating in school sports, on the opening day of the first veto session under the state's nearly 50-year-old constitution.
But, with that debate shifting to the House for a final decision, it appeared the transgender sports ban might be the only veto that could be overridden in the historic gathering of the majority-GOP House and Senate
Senators blocked efforts to override a separate measure that would remove the permitting requirements, background check and...",left
11574,Louisiana State Senate Fails to Override Governor's Veto of Transgender Athlete Ban,"['Sports', 'LGBT Rights', 'Louisiana', 'Transgender', 'Transgender Issues']",Louisiana lawmakers fail to override veto on transgender sports ban,The Hill,"Louisiana lawmakers failed to override Gov. John Bel Edwards’s (D) veto of legislation that would have banned transgender athletes from competing on school sports teams.
Edwards vetoed Senate Bill 156 last month, which would have required athletic teams to allow athletes based on “biological sex.”
In vetoing the bill, Edwards said “discrimination is not a Louisiana value, and this bill was a solution in search of a problem that simply does not exist in Louisiana.”",center
11575,2016 GOP Money Report,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Examining the 2016 GOP Candidates’ Use of Tax Dollars for Private Companies,The Blaze,"When Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) recently blasted his own party leader on including the renewal of the Export-Import Bank in a highway funding package, he thrust “crony capitalism” to the front of the national agenda.
Cruz is at odds with some of his competitors in the Republican presidential field about the bank and on other examples of tax dollars going to private companies. But even Cruz, who is among the most fiscally conservative candidates in the field, doesn’t have a flawless record among governors, senators and former office holders seeking...",right
11576,2016 GOP Money Report,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Elite conservative moneymen remain on sidelines in 2016 race,CNN (Online News),"The nation's most elite conservative donors are just as split as Republican voters are about who to support for president -- and it's keeping many of the leading moneymen on the sidelines of the campaign as it barrels through the summer of 2015.
Only a quarter of the top conservative donors in 2012 and 2014 have decided to exclusively support one White Hous",left
11577,2016 GOP Money Report,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Million-dollar donors pump huge sums into 2016 White House race,Washington Post,"More than 50 individuals and entities have shelled out at least $1 million apiece to big-money groups backing presidential candidates — with close to half of the big donors giving to a super PAC aligned with former Florida governor Jeb Bush.
With 15 months to go before Election Day, donors have already contributed $272.5 millio",left
11578,Bobby Jindal for President,[],5 Things You Should Know About Bobby Jindal,NPR (Online News),The 44-year old Indian-American governor was once seen as a rising star in the GOP. But even before he enters the race - as he's expected to do Wednesday - his presidential hopes are dimming.,left
11579,Bobby Jindal for President,[],Bobby Jindal Makes It Official: ‘I’m Running for President of the United States’,The Blaze,"At 44, Jindal is among the youngest candidates in the Republican field, but he had an early start on many fronts, graduating from Brown University at age 20 and forgoing acceptance to both Harvard and Yale to become a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University studying health policy.
Jindal made his announcement early Wednesday afternoon on social media ahead of his formal campaign launch scheduled for later in the day. He posted a video of himself and his wife, Supriya, telling their three children the news:",right
11580,Bobby Jindal for President,[],Bobby Jindal Announces Bid for President,New York Times (News),"Gov. Bobby Jindal, who became Louisiana’s first nonwhite governor since Reconstruction but whose popularity has plummeted as the state struggled with a $1.6 billion shortfall, announced on Wednesday that he is running for president in 2016.
Mr. Jindal, 44, who became the nation’s first Indian-American governor when he took office in 2008, joins the crowded field of Republican contenders in what even his supporters call a long-shot candidacy in which he faces several disadvantages.",left
11581,Battle over Torture Report,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",White House and Republicans Clash Over C.I.A. Torture Report,New York Times (News),"With the long-awaited Senate report on the use of torture by the United States government — a detailed account that will shed an unsparing light on the Central Intelligence Agency’s darkest practices after the September 2001 terrorist attacks — set to be released Tuesday, the Obama administration and its Republican critics clashed over the wisdom of making it public, and the risk that it will set off a backlash overseas.",left
11582,Battle over Torture Report,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",'Unconscionable': Top Republicans lash out ahead of release of CIA report,Fox News (Online News),"Top Republicans are warning that the ""unconscionable"" release, by order of Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, of a report on CIA interrogation techniques used on Al Qaeda suspects in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks could ""endanger the lives of Americans"" all over the world.",right
11583,Battle over Torture Report,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']","Obama, Bush teams battle over torture report",USA TODAY,"Supporters of two very different presidents — Barack Obama and George W. Bush — are bracing for battle over Tuesday's report on what Obama backers call ""torture"" and what Bush backers call ""enhanced interrogation techniques.""",left
11584,"Trump Tweets About McCabe, Comey, Mueller","['White House', 'Politics']","Trump: Never saw McCabe take notes, 'Can we call them fake memos?'",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump responded Sunday to reports that fired FBI official Andrew McCabe took notes of their conversations, saying he never saw McCabe write down messages and suggesting the purported notes be called “fake memos,” like those purportedly taken by “lying James Comey” -- the FBI director fired by Trump.",right
11585,"Trump Tweets About McCabe, Comey, Mueller","['White House', 'Politics']","Trump Ramps Up Criticism of Russia Probe, Derides Comey as Liar",Bloomberg,"President Donald Trump made his most direct attack to date on the Justice Department’s investigation into Russian election meddling being led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the latest sign that a showdown may be brewing over the probe.",left
11586,"Trump Tweets About McCabe, Comey, Mueller","['White House', 'Politics']","Trump doubles down, attacking Mueller team, McCabe and Comey",Politico,President Donald Trump on Sunday continued his attacks against special counsel Robert Mueller's team rehashing months-old criticisms that the members are politically biased.,left
11587,16th Anniversary of 9/11,['Terrorism'],Millennial: On Sept. 11 anniversary let's remember what unites us as Americans,Guest Writer - Right,"I still vividly remember Sept. 11, 2001, when my 5th grade teacher in a suburb of Albany, New York, stopped class and told us a about the horrific mass murder of our fellow New Yorkers a few counties to the south.",right
11588,16th Anniversary of 9/11,['Terrorism'],Trump commemorates 9/11 anniversary: 'America cannot be intimidated',Politico,"President Donald Trump marked the 16th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on Monday, honoring victims, first responders and the military in remarks at the Pentagon and pledging resolve to keep the U.S. safe from future attacks.",left
11589,16th Anniversary of 9/11,['Terrorism'],9/11: Finding Answers in Ashes 16 Years Later,New York Times (News),"An inscription on the lobby wall greets visitors in Latin at the offices of the New York City medical examiner. It is an adage familiar to places where autopsies are performed. Reasonably translated, it says: “Let conversation cease. Let laughter flee. This is the place where death rejoices to help the living.”",left
11590,Senate Approves $40 Billion for Ukraine Aid,"['Politics', 'Ukraine War', 'Bipartisan', 'US Senate', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Joe Biden', 'Rand Paul', 'Defense And Security', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate ships $40B Ukraine aid bill to Biden for signature,Associated Press Fact Check,"The Senate whisked a $40 billion package of military, economic and food aid for Ukraine and U.S. allies to final congressional approval Thursday, putting a bipartisan stamp on America’s biggest commitment yet to turning Russia’s invasion into a painful quagmire for Moscow.
The legislation, approved 86-11, was backed by every voting Democrat and most Republicans. While many issues under President Joe Biden have collapsed under party-line gridlock, Thursday’s lopsided vote signaled that both parties were largely unified about sending Ukraine the materiel it needs to fend off Russian President Vladimir Putin’s more numerous forces.
“I...",left
11591,Senate Approves $40 Billion for Ukraine Aid,"['Politics', 'Ukraine War', 'Bipartisan', 'US Senate', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Joe Biden', 'Rand Paul', 'Defense And Security', 'Economy And Jobs']","Ukraine funding bill: These 11 Republican senators split from party leadership, opposed $40 billion in aid",Fox News (Online News),"In a split with party leaders, 11 Senate Republicans Thursday voted against a bill to send $40 billion in military aid to Ukraine as Russia's invasion of the nation nears its fourth month. 
Despite some GOP opposition, the bill passed by a final tally of 86-11, with the support of leadership from both parties and a significant majority of Republican senators. It will now go to President Biden's desk. 
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., led the opposition to the bill, demanding an inspector general be appointed to oversee the spending. The U.S. total financial commitment to...",right
11592,Senate Approves $40 Billion for Ukraine Aid,"['Politics', 'Ukraine War', 'Bipartisan', 'US Senate', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Joe Biden', 'Rand Paul', 'Defense And Security', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate passes $40 billion Ukraine aid package,The Hill,"The Senate voted 86-11 Thursday to approve a $40 billion Ukraine aid package that would replenish U.S. stockpiles of weapons transferred to Ukraine and provide billions of dollars to help the Ukrainian government continue operating and for humanitarian assistance.  
President Biden is expected to sign the legislation, which exceeds his $33 billion request to Congress, immediately. The House passed the legislation overwhelmingly earlier this month in a 368-57 vote. ",center
11593,Fourteen Years Later,['Terrorism'],9/11 anniversary: How has terrorism changed in the past 14 years?,CNN (Online News),"In the 14 years since the 9/11 attacks, the face of terrorism has changed out of recognition. To many experts, the threat of Islamist terror is in some ways greater and in some ways diminished. It is geographically more diverse and organizationally more divided, and leverages social media and the internet in a way impossible in 2001.",left
11594,Fourteen Years Later,['Terrorism'],"OPINION: What 9/11 taught me: We are never powerless, everyone can do something",Guest Writer - Right,"Everybody has their own unique before and after September 11 story, and how the attacks changed their lives. Here’s mine.",right
11595,Fourteen Years Later,['Terrorism'],A new 9/11 memorial to Flight 93: ‘Our loved ones left a legacy for all of us’,Washington Post,"Debby Borza stood before a wall of photos of 40 people who died here Sept. 11, 2001, and gently tapped her daughter’s face on a computer touch screen, not knowing exactly what to expect.",left
11596,Trump Tweets About Potential Protesters Ahead of Saturday Tulsa Rally,"['Violence In America', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']",Trump threatens protesters ahead of Tulsa rally,ABC News (Online),"President Donald Trump on Friday, gearing up for his first campaign rally in months in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday, threatened any protesters who show up outside or try to disrupt the event, saying “it will be a much different scene” than how they've been dealt with in ""New York, Seattle, or Minneapolis.""
""Any protesters, anarchists, agitators, looters or lowlifes who are going to Oklahoma please understand, you will not be treated like you have been in New York, Seattle, or Minneapolis. It will be a much different scene!"" Trump tweeted...",left
11597,Trump Tweets About Potential Protesters Ahead of Saturday Tulsa Rally,"['Violence In America', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']","Trump appears to threaten protesters with harsh policing ahead of his controversial rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma",Insider,"President Trump has tweeted to protesters and ""lowlifes"" ahead of hia Saturday rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, promising ""a much different scene"" to other hotspots of protest like New York, Seattle or Minneapolis.
""Any protesters, anarchists, agitators, looters or lowlifes who are going to Oklahoma please understand, you will not be treated like you have been in New York, Seattle, or Minneapolis. It will be a much different scene!"" he wrote.",left
11598,Trump Tweets About Potential Protesters Ahead of Saturday Tulsa Rally,"['Violence In America', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']","Trump warns protesters, anarchists and 'lowlifes' ahead of Okla. rally",Washington Times,"President Trump signaled Friday that protesters and “anarchists” will have a tougher time in deep-red Oklahoma this weekend than they did in Democratic-run cities across the country, lobbing a preemptive strike at people who stir things up in Tulsa ahead of his comeback rally on Saturday night.
Mr. Trump’s tweet did not attempt to differentiate between protesters upset about racial injustice and those who’ve damaged property or occupied parts of cities in the wake of George Floyd’s death in the custody of Minneapolis police.",right
11599,Melania Trump Calls For Firing of Deputy National Security Advisor,"['White House', 'Politics']",Melania Trump leads new round of White House firing and fury,CNN (Online News),"A new day of firing and fury culminating in a staggering power play by first lady Melania Trump deepened already historic dysfunction in the administration on Tuesday, leaving top officials blindsided and confused.",left
11600,Melania Trump Calls For Firing of Deputy National Security Advisor,"['White House', 'Politics']",Who is Mira Ricardel? First Lady Melania Trump wants the national security official fired,USA TODAY,Melania Trump's unexpected feud with a national security official exploded Tuesday when the first lady publicly called for the official's firing.,left
11601,Melania Trump Calls For Firing of Deputy National Security Advisor,"['White House', 'Politics']",Melania Trump's office calls for firing of top Bolton deputy,Fox News (Online News),"The office of first lady Melania Trump said Tuesday deputy national security adviser Mira Ricardel should be dismissed from her post, an extraordinary call that came as President Trump considers further shakeups to his Cabinet after the departure of Jeff Sessions as attorney general.",right
11602,US to Apply Tariffs on Chinese Imports,['Trade'],Trump targeting China with proposed trade tariffs,Washington Times,President Trump will crack down on what he calls China’s unfair trade practices and theft of U.S. intellectual property with a package of punitive actions Thursday that include up to $60 billion in tariffs on imports.,right
11603,US to Apply Tariffs on Chinese Imports,['Trade'],Trump Plans Stiff Trade Tariffs and Other Penalties on China,New York Times (News),"President Trump plans to announce at least $50 billion worth of annual tariffs and other penalties on China for its theft of technology and trade secrets, which administration officials say has robbed American companies of billions of dollars in revenue and killed thousands of jobs.",left
11604,US to Apply Tariffs on Chinese Imports,['Trade'],Trump to hit China with $50 billion in tariffs over intellectual property violations,Chicago Tribune,"President Donald Trump will announce Thursday a series of trade enforcement actions designed to punish China for years of widespread violations of U.S. intellectual property rights, the White House said.",center
11605,"At Least 5 Dead, 40 Injured After SUV Drives Through Wisconsin Christmas Parade","['General News', 'Wisconsin', 'Waukesha', 'Disaster']",Was SUV driver in Wisconsin parade crash fleeing a crime?,Associated Press,"Investigators are looking into whether the SUV driver who plowed through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing at least five people and injuring more than 40, was fleeing from a crime, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
The joyous scene of marching bands and children dancing in Santa hats and waving pompoms turned deadly in an instant on Sunday, as the SUV sped through barricades and struck dancers, musicians and others.
One video showed a woman screaming, “Oh my God!” repeatedly as a group of young dancers...",left
11606,"At Least 5 Dead, 40 Injured After SUV Drives Through Wisconsin Christmas Parade","['General News', 'Wisconsin', 'Waukesha', 'Disaster']",Multiple deaths and injuries after car plows through Christmas parade in Wisconsin,Washington Examiner,"Five people were killed and more than 40 were injured, including children, after a car plowed into a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin , Sunday evening, prompting police to fire at the speeding vehicle.
The city acknowledged on Twitter that the numbers could change as more information becomes available.
The shocking scene unfolded around 4:30 p.m. local time. Waukesha Police Chief Daniel Thompson confirmed that an officer fired at the vehicle and that a suspect was in custody in what he called ""a very fluid investigation.""
""It is unknown at this time whether this incident has...",right
11607,"At Least 5 Dead, 40 Injured After SUV Drives Through Wisconsin Christmas Parade","['General News', 'Wisconsin', 'Waukesha', 'Disaster']",At least 5 killed after SUV plows into Wisconsin holiday parade,CNN (Online News),"At least five people were killed and more than 40 were injured when an SUV plowed into a Christmas parade Sunday in Waukesha, Wisconsin, city officials said.
Crowds were bundled up along Waukesha's Main Street to enjoy the parade when a red SUV drove through a series of barricades and barreled onto the parade route around 4:39 p.m. local time, Waukesha Police Chief Daniel Thompson said.
Roads in the area will remain closed for at least 24 hours, Thompson added. Businesses along road where the incident took place should remain...",left
11608,Document Alleges Michael Cohen Received Millions of Dollars in Exchange for Access to Trump,['Politics'],We’re Supposed to Believe Michael Cohen’s One-Person Shell Company Provided “Consulting” Services Worth Millions of Dollars,Slate,"Multiple media reports have confirmed details of Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti’s bombshell Tuesday claim that the Michael Cohen–affiliated shell company that paid Daniels $130,000 for her participation in a nondisclosure agreement—Essential Consultants LLC—later received large sums from companies that have been or could have been affected by Trump administration decisions. Those companies are now attempting to explain why they paid Cohen—or, that is, attempting to explain why they paid him without using the words bribery and/or cash-for-access contribution to a sleazy hush-money slush fund—and the results are, simply put,...",left
11609,Document Alleges Michael Cohen Received Millions of Dollars in Exchange for Access to Trump,['Politics'],Narrative Collapse: Novartis Says It Paid Cohen More Than $1 Million for Advice He Couldn’t Provide,Breitbart News,The notion that payments to his personal lawyer might implicate President Donald Trump in wrongdoing was dealt a blow Wednesday by drug giant Novartis’ admission it received nothing for the more than $1 million paid to Michael Cohen.,right
11610,Document Alleges Michael Cohen Received Millions of Dollars in Exchange for Access to Trump,['Politics'],"Trump Lawyer Cohen's Camp Rips 'Inaccurate' Allegations, Concedes Some Payments",NPR (Online News),"The document released this week that described millions of dollars' worth of payments to Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen is rife with inaccuracies and may have depended upon leaked or stolen information, attorneys for Cohen charge.",left
11611,Obamacare In Full Effect,['Healthcare'],"2.1 Million Obamacare Sign-Ups, but Progress Not Clear",ABC News (Online),Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius heralded the moment as a new day in health care for millions of Americans.,left
11612,Obamacare In Full Effect,['Healthcare'],"For Obamacare, it's finally showtime",Politico,Obamacare just got real.,left
11613,Obamacare In Full Effect,['Healthcare'],Obamacare in Full Effect,Townhall,Higher costs fewer choices and less access to care are just some of the symptoms many Americans will feel as Obamacare is implemented.,right
11614,Sebelius testifies on Obamacare,['Healthcare'],"Kathleen Sebelius acknowledges ""frustrating"" problems with health-care Web site",Washington Post,The health and human services secretary pledged that the glitches would be fixed as soon as possible.,left
11615,Sebelius testifies on Obamacare,['Healthcare'],Kathleen Sebelius: America 'deserves better',Politico,"Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday that America ""deserves better"" than the botched Obamacare rollout and said she's accountable for fixing it.",left
11616,Sebelius testifies on Obamacare,['Healthcare'],"Sebelius, in hot seat, sympathizes with Americans while pushing Obamacare's goals",Washington Times,President Obama's top health official testifies Wednesday that there is tremendous interest in the new health care law but that the website that serves more than two-thirds of the country has been frustrating for many Americans.,right
11617,Huckabee Is In,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Can Huckabee Overcome The 'New Car Smell' Of Other Candidates?,NPR (Online News),"Meet Mike Huckabee, former Arkansas governor. Forget about Mike Huckabee, Fox News host.
That's the message the GOP presidential hopeful is already conveying as he makes another bid for the presidency.
""We need the kind of change that really could get America from Hope to higher ground,"" he said, officially launching his campaign Tuesday in Hope, Ark.
To recapture the magic th",left
11618,Huckabee Is In,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Mike Huckabee and the Continuing Influence of Evangelicals,New York Times (News),"The religious right remains the largest voting bloc in the Republican Party, and that gives Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, the potential to play a big role in the presidential nominating contest.
But Mr. Huckabee, who was set to announce his presidential bid Tuesday morning, will have a harder time winning Iowa than he did in 2008, when religious conservatives had serious reservations about the two main candidates, John McCain and Mitt Romney.
This year’s conservative favorites do not have Mr. Romney’s vulnerabilities among evangelicals, like Mormonism or past...",left
11619,Huckabee Is In,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Huckabee's Running: Vows Support for Israel, Help for Middle Class",Newsmax (News),"The other man from Hope is running for president again.
Declaring Tuesday that he can bring ""the kind of change that truly can get America from hope to higher ground,"" former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee declared his Republican candidacy in the hometown he shares with former President Bill Clinton.
Roots in Hope are about all he shares with the Democrat, and in his nascent campaign, he's pitching himself as the best Republican to take on Bill's wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, the dominant Democrat in the 2016 race.
""It would be...",right
11620,FBI Papers Released on Emails,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",F.B.I. Papers Offer Closer Look at Hillary Clinton Email Inquiry,New York Times (News),"F.B.I. officials questioned Hillary Clinton extensively about her judgment in using her private email system to discuss classified drone strikes and in allowing aides to destroy large numbers of emails, before ultimately deciding she should not face criminal charges, according to investigative documents released Friday.",left
11621,FBI Papers Released on Emails,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",FBI files show agents focused Clinton interview questions on 'top secret' emails,Fox News (Online News),The 11-page FBI summary released Friday of Hillary Clinton's July 2 interview in the criminal email investigation shows bureau agents focused their questions to her on the 22 “Top Secret” emails considered too damaging to national security to make public.,right
11622,FBI Papers Released on Emails,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",FBI Documents Show Hillary Clinton Used Many Email Devices,Wall Street Journal (News),"Hillary Clinton used more than a dozen email devices during her time as secretary of state, and a technician took steps to delete an archive of her emails after House lawmakers demanded they be saved, according to documents released Friday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.",center
11623,Senate Approves Keystone XL,['Energy'],Senate passes Keystone XL measure,CNN (Online News),"The Senate passed a bipartisan bill on Thursday to clear construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, a controversial project that would transport oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
The vote was 62 to 39. Nine mostly centrist Democrats joined with Republicans to supp",left
11624,Senate Approves Keystone XL,['Energy'],Senate approves Keystone XL pipeline bill despite veto threat,Los Angeles Times,"After three weeks and nearly 50 amendment votes, the Senate on Thursday approved legislation to expedite construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Passage secured not only a top Republican policy victory, but a political success for new Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who made Keystone his priority. The issue also became the first test of his promise to return",left
11625,Senate Approves Keystone XL,['Energy'],"Senate approves Keystone bill, White House threatens veto",Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. Senate passed a bill Thursday approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline, setting up a looming veto showdown with the White House.
The legislation passed on a 62-36 vote, after lawmakers spent weeks considering amendments. The House passed a similar bill earlier this month, though there are slight differences that may have to be ironed out before the bill can go to President",right
11626,2015 Year End Lists,['Politics'],The Worst Political Predictions of 2015,Politico,"Forecasting political trends is almost an American pastime. So is getting those forecasts woefully wrong. Politico Magazine has published an annual worst political predictions list twice before, but we’ve never had quite the fodder that we did this year. In the 2016 presidential race, one presumed front-runner after another fell to the bottom of the polls; a reality TV star is currently as admired as the pope; and a socialist and a retired neurosurgeon gained massive fol
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/12/the-worst-political-predi...",left
11627,2015 Year End Lists,['Politics'],The 5 Biggest Wins For America’s Public Lands And Wildlife In 2015,ThinkProgress,"Despite dozens of failed attempts by one of the most anti-environmental Congresses in history to roll back conservation laws, the Obama administration and lawmakers were able to secure several victories for America’s public lands in 2015. Below are the top 5 biggest wins for conservation:
The creation of six new national monuments
In 2015, President Obama protected more land as national monuments than any year in his presidency -– more than 1 million acres. Using the Antiquities Act, the president this year designated six",left
11628,2015 Year End Lists,['Politics'],Starnes: 10 Stories That Fired Up America in 2015,Townhall,"It was a year filled with micro-aggressions and gender neutral pronouns.
Bruce became Caitlyn. Black Lives Mattered. And the Baby Jesus got banned.
The Greatest Generation has given way to the Perpetually Offended Generation – young Americans who suffer epic meltdowns at the mere hint of criticism. Young Americans who feel entitled to take what you earned",right
11629,Death of Rayshard Brooks Ruled a Homicide,"['Violence In America', 'Race And Racism', 'Rayshard Brooks', 'Atlanta', 'Police Brutality']",Autopsy report lists Rayshard Brooks' manner of death as homicide,Axios,"Rayshard Brooks sustained organ damage and blood loss when he was shot twice in the back during his fatal shooting by police in Atlanta, Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office said Sunday evening, per the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Details: The autopsy found Brooks' manner of death was homicide, CBS News reports. This means it was determined that the death was caused by the actions of another person and it's up to law enforcement to decide what charges to bring, according to the Medical Examiner's Office, which notes not all homicides are...",center
11630,Death of Rayshard Brooks Ruled a Homicide,"['Violence In America', 'Race And Racism', 'Rayshard Brooks', 'Atlanta', 'Police Brutality']","Medical examiner details autopsy findings in police shooting of Rayshard Brooks, death ruled homicide",Fox News (Online News),"Atlanta police shooting autopsy reveals Rayshard Brooks suffered 2 gunshot wounds to the back, death ruled homicide
As the killing of a 27-year-old black man in an encounter with two white officers late Friday rekindled fiery protests in Atlanta and prompted the police chief’s resignation, the medical examiner on Sunday found Rayshard Brooks suffered two gunshot wounds to the back and his death has been ruled a homicide.
The office of Fulton County Medical Examiner performed an autopsy on Brooks on Sunday and said that the gunshot wounds to...",right
11631,Death of Rayshard Brooks Ruled a Homicide,"['Violence In America', 'Race And Racism', 'Rayshard Brooks', 'Atlanta', 'Police Brutality']",Police killing of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta ruled a homicide,NBC News (Online),"Authorities in Georgia ruled Sunday that the fatal police shooting of Rayshard Brooks outside an Atlanta Wendy's was a homicide.
Brooks, 27, died after he was shot twice in the back on Friday, the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office said in a statement. Brooks was shot after a confrontation with two Atlanta police officers in the parking lot.
Police had been summoned there on a report of a man sleeping in his car in the drive-through.",left
11632,Rand Paul Wins Straw Poll,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Paul Wins CPAC Straw Poll,HuffPost,Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) won the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll on Saturday marking an early indicator of conservative support ahead of the next presidential election in 2016.,left
11633,Rand Paul Wins Straw Poll,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Rand Paul Edges out Marco Rubio to Win CPAC Straw Poll,The Blaze,Sen. Rand Paul narrowly beat out Sen. Marco Rubio to win the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll offering an early glimpse of the potential 2016 Republican primary battle three years away. Paul (R-Ky.) won with 25 percent of the vote closely followed by Rubio (R-Fla.) with 23...,right
11634,Rand Paul Wins Straw Poll,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Rand Paul wins CPAC straw poll: what does it mean? (+video),Christian Science Monitor,Like his father former Rep. Ron Paul before him Sen. Rand Paul won CPACs presidential straw poll of conservative activists. But In the 40-year history of CPAC only two straw poll winners have gone on to become president Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush.,center
11635,FBI Contacts 2nd Kavanaugh Accuser,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",FBI contacts 2nd Kavanaugh accuser; Trump says extra scrutiny may be 'blessing in disguise',Fox News (Online News),The FBI has reached out to a second woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault -- a day after President Trump ordered the bureau to conduct a new background investigation.,right
11636,FBI Contacts 2nd Kavanaugh Accuser,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",FBI has contacted Deborah Ramirez about sexual assault allegations by Brett Kavanaugh,USA TODAY,"The second woman who came forward with sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has been contacted by the FBI, her attorney told USA TODAY.",left
11637,FBI Contacts 2nd Kavanaugh Accuser,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",FBI has reached out to Kavanaugh accuser Deborah Ramirez,CNN (Online News),"The FBI has reached out to Deborah Ramirez, who has accused Brett Kavanaugh of inappropriate sexual behavior when they were in college, in its background investigation of the Supreme Court nominee, her lawyer has confirmed to CNN.",left
11638,"Perspectives: Left, Right Trade Blame for Kenosha Violence","['Violence In America', 'Polarization', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry']",Kenosha Was a Wake-Up Call for Democratic Leaders across the Country,National Review,"After a summer of seemingly unending chaos in America’s cities, Kenosha just may have been the tipping point.
For three nights, the city burned in rioting after the officer-involved shooting of Jacob Blake, while Democratic governor Tony Evers refused to deploy a Wisconsin National Guard contingent large enough to quell the violence.",right
11639,"Perspectives: Left, Right Trade Blame for Kenosha Violence","['Violence In America', 'Polarization', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry']","Kenosha Protests, Violence Expose Racial Disparities Among The Worst In The Country",NPR (Online News),"The old metal gumball machine is still there - standing in a corner near the door. It's scorched and some of its plastic is melted but it's still standing there. But very little else inside what was The Good Taste Ice Cream Shoppe in Kenosha is recognizable as the blackened remains of the roof, walls, tables, chairs, and other fixtures are scattered about in heaps of charred wood and twisted and scorched metal.
It's one of several shops on this busy commercial strip on 22nd Avenue in Kenosha's mostly Black...",left
11640,"Perspectives: Left, Right Trade Blame for Kenosha Violence","['Violence In America', 'Polarization', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry']",Why Trump’s “Law and Order” Gambit Isn’t Working,Slate,"The violent aftermath of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, continues to hover over the presidential race. When Joe Biden spoke in Pittsburgh on Monday, he denounced the chaos that followed protests last week—and then swiveled to assess the president’s role in the turmoil. Donald Trump then addressed the events in Kenosha on Tuesday. When a reporter brought up the protests pressing for an end to systemic racism, Trump insisted that the topic of the day was not racism but violence, blaming the unrest on Democrats and...",left
11641,Fiscal Cliff Deal Within Reach?,[],Is A 'Fiscal Cliff' Deal Near?,NPR (Online News),"Whichever way you put it, the stories this morning about talks to avoid going over the so-called fiscal cliff of year-end tax increases and automatic spending cuts all seem to be saying that President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, are within reach of a deal.",left
11642,Fiscal Cliff Deal Within Reach?,[],Obama Hits Social Security In Fiscal Cliff Offer Friendlier To The Wealthy,HuffPost,"President Barack Obama, with his latest fiscal cliff offer, proposes extending the Bush tax cuts for everyone earning less than $400,000 a year, and paying for it by increasing taxes on the middle class and cutting Social Security and Medicare.",left
11643,Fiscal Cliff Deal Within Reach?,[],"Obama gives ground on taxes in latest offer, as Boehner's office calls it 'right direction'",Fox News (Online News),"Both sides in the federal talks to avert a year-end fiscal crisis signaled late Monday that significant progress had been made, with sources saying President Obama had offered a higher threshold for tax rate increases and with House Speaker Boehner's office calling it ""a step in the right direction.""",right
11644,The Intercept Accosts Conservative Journalists for BLM Coverage; Right Media Responds,"['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Violence In America', 'The Intercept Bias', 'Black Lives Matter']",Meet the Riot Squad: Right-Wing Reporters Whose Viral Videos are Used to Smear BLM,The Intercept,"THE SOUND OF glass breaking, on Inauguration Day in Portland, Oregon, was music to the ears of Julio Rosas, a young video journalist.
That’s because Rosas, who works for the right-wing website Townhall, specializes in shooting viral video of mayhem at left-wing protests. On this day, black-clad, anti-capitalist protesters were attacking a Democratic Party office, and Rosas managed to record them from close range without being spotted.
Within minutes of the vandalism, by a handful of activists who broke off from a small #J20 march, Rosas posted his video on...",left
11645,The Intercept Accosts Conservative Journalists for BLM Coverage; Right Media Responds,"['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Violence In America', 'The Intercept Bias', 'Black Lives Matter']",Glenn Greenwald Whacks The Intercept for Attacking Reporters Covering Protests: They’re ‘Actively Targeting Two Journalists of Color’,Mediaite,"Glenn Greenwald took to Twitter on Thursday to criticize the publication he co-founded for attacking a group of conservative reporters who recorded last year’s racial protests.
“The Intercept is now actively targeting two journalists of color,” Greenwald wrote. “They have two white male reporters here putting a target on their backs for the crime of reporting on Antifa riots. This is genuinely disgusting and dangerous. Press freedom groups should condemn this.”
He was referencing a column published Thursday morning by the publication’s Robert Mackey and Travis Mannon in which the...",left
11646,The Intercept Accosts Conservative Journalists for BLM Coverage; Right Media Responds,"['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Violence In America', 'The Intercept Bias', 'Black Lives Matter']",We Shouldn’t Need the ‘Riot Squad’ — But We Do. A Response to The Intercept,National Review,"If you were lucky enough to get off the Internet for any extended period of time early last summer, you probably would have had no idea that cities across the country were being consumed by political violence on a scale unseen since the 1960s.
If, in May and June, you limited your media diet to the major newspapers, CNN and MSNBC, you would have been unaware that intense property damage and physical violence was being perpetrated by rioters each and every night in Kenosha, Wis., Portland, Ore., and just about...",right
11647,US Buys 100 Million More Doses of Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Health And Human Services', 'Alex Azar', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",U.S. buys another 100 million doses of Pfizer vaccine,Axios,"The Trump administration has reached an agreement with Pfizer and BioNTech to purchase 100 million additional doses of their coronavirus vaccine, which will be fully delivered no later July 31, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday.
Why it matters: The deal will allow millions more Americans to be vaccinated at zero cost by next fall. Under the terms of the agreement, 70 million of the 100 million doses purchased will be delivered by June 30, 2021.
The big picture: 200 million Pfizer doses — enough to...",center
11648,US Buys 100 Million More Doses of Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Health And Human Services', 'Alex Azar', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",Trump Administration Announces Purchase Of 100 Million Additional Doses Of Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine,The Daily Caller,"The Trump Administration has purchased an additional 100 million doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, the drugmaker announced Wednesday.
The new agreement means that Pfizer will supply 200 million doses to the United States, according to the company’s statement, which will be distributed through July 2021. Also included in the deal is the option to purchase an additional 400 million doses.
“With these 100 million additional doses, the United States will be able to protect more individuals and hopefully end this devastating pandemic more quickly,” said Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla. “We...",right
11649,US Buys 100 Million More Doses of Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Health And Human Services', 'Alex Azar', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",U.S. buys another 100M doses of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine,Politico,"Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech will supply 100 million more doses of their coronavirus vaccine to the United States by this summer after protracted negotiations over how much the companies could deliver, given their commitments to other nations.
The $1.95 billion agreement doubles the overall U.S. order for the vaccine to 200 million doses. Pfizer and BioNTech said they can supply 70 million doses by June 30, 2021, with the remaining 30 million doses delivered by the end of July.",left
11650,Obama Presses Immigration Agenda,['Immigration'],"President Obama, John McCain, Marco Rubio begin immigration dance",Politico,John McCain and Marco Rubio werent going to follow President Barack Obamas lead.,left
11651,Obama Presses Immigration Agenda,['Immigration'],Obama presses immigration agenda as senators draft new overhaul,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama, just days into his second term, is pressing ahead on the explosive issue of immigration reform -- boosted Monday by a bipartisan group of senators drafting a proposal of their own while running into early criticism that the blueprint amounts to ""amnesty.""",right
11652,Obama Presses Immigration Agenda,['Immigration'],Obama to pitch immigration reform,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama rolls into Las Vegas on Tuesday, ready to double down on immigration reform.",left
11653,U.S. Government Plans to Distribute Coronavirus Vaccine for Free Within 24 Hours of Approval,"['Department Of Defense', 'Department Of Health And Human Services', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus']",Trump admin unveils plan for distributing coronavirus vaccines,Politico,"The Trump administration on Wednesday released its most detailed plan yet for distributing and administering millions of doses of a future coronavirus vaccine to Americans for free.
The plan consists of an information campaign led by the Department of Health and Human Services public affairs department; ramping up infrastructure so a vaccine can be delivered “immediately” once authorized; and sending 6.6 million kits of supplies needed to administer the vaccine, like syringes and alcohol pads.",left
11654,U.S. Government Plans to Distribute Coronavirus Vaccine for Free Within 24 Hours of Approval,"['Department Of Defense', 'Department Of Health And Human Services', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus']",U.S. plans to distribute COVID-19 vaccine immediately after regulators authorise it,Reuters,"The U.S. government on Wednesday said it will start distributing a COVID-19 vaccine within one day of regulatory authorisation as it plans for the possibility that a limited number of vaccine doses may be available at the end of the year.
Officials from the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense on Wednesday held a call with reporters and then released documents on the distribution plans that it is sending to the states and local public health officials.
“Our goal at Operation Warp Speed, is that...",center
11655,U.S. Government Plans to Distribute Coronavirus Vaccine for Free Within 24 Hours of Approval,"['Department Of Defense', 'Department Of Health And Human Services', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus']",Five COVID-19 vaccines in advanced trials by October. Doses to be shipped within 24 hours of FDA approval,Washington Examiner,"President Trump’s signature vaccine production effort, Operation Warp Speed, promised that a total of five government-funded vaccines will be in phase 3 clinical trials in the next 30 days, with the last sponsored effort slated to enter by the end of the year.
Uncertainty remains high regarding vaccine efficacy, while Department of Defense officials tried to assure reporters briefed Wednesday morning that logistics will be in place for the manufacturing and distribution of hundreds of millions of doses.
“We're dealing in a world of great uncertainty,” said Paul Mango, deputy...",right
11656,Green New Deal Dies in Senate,"['Economy', 'Environment', 'Green New Deal', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'Senate', 'Senate Democrats', 'Senate Republicans']",Green New Deal dies in Senate and Democrats helped kill it,USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – The Green New Deal, Democrats' aspirational proposal to confront climate change and address social justice, died Tuesday in the Senate.
And Democrats helped slay it.
No senator voted for it; 57 (including all Republicans and a handful of Democrats) voted against it; and the remaining 43 (all Democrats) voted ""present"" as a protest.
The vote was on a procedural matter to continue debate on the bill crafted by liberal firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. At least 60 votes were needed to keep the bill moving, meaning the legislation is...",left
11657,Green New Deal Dies in Senate,"['Economy', 'Environment', 'Green New Deal', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'Senate', 'Senate Democrats', 'Senate Republicans']",Senate rejects Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal in 57-0 vote blasted as a ‘sham’ by Dems,New York Post (News),"The Green New Deal failed to pass a procedural vote in the Senate Tuesday, with Democrats slamming the GOP motion as a “sham” and with two exceptions voting “present” in protest.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell put the ambitious plan to create jobs and improve the environment to a vote to force Democrats to take a public stand on the measure and try to divide the party’s moderates and progressives.
The final vote was 57 against and no one for the plan, with 43 Democrats voting present.
Red State Democratic...",right
11658,Green New Deal Dies in Senate,"['Economy', 'Environment', 'Green New Deal', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'Senate', 'Senate Democrats', 'Senate Republicans']",Senators block progressive Green New Deal proposal,ABC News (Online),"The Senate on Tuesday voted down a procedural measure to advance the Green New Deal, a wide-reaching proposal that would address climate change.
The final tally was 0-57.
Forty-three Democrats voted ""present"" in protest of the measure, even though many of them have said that they support the framework of the resolution. Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Angus King of Maine, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Doug Jones of Alabama voted no with the Republicans.
Ahead of the vote, Senate Democrats blasted the vote as a “sham.” Democratic...",left
11659,Couric’s Deceptive Editing,['Media Bias'],What Katie Couric's deceptive editing can teach us about media bias,The Week - News,"Katie Couric has finally apologized for her misleading editing of a documentary on gun violence. But that shouldn't be the end of this sordid story.
Couric's documentary, Under the Gun, shows her interviewing members of a gun rights organization, the Virginia Citizens Defense League. She asks activists from the group, ""If there are no background checks for gun purchasers, how do you prevent felons or terrorists from purchasing a gun?""
The documentary then shows the silent faces of the activists, giving the impression that they were stumped by the question,...",left
11660,Couric’s Deceptive Editing,['Media Bias'],Katie Couric's Deception Just Business as Usual,Newsmax (News),"Conversations! Glorious conversations! What more can you ask for?
The other day, former CBS News darling Katie Couric was speaking at an event organized by something called ""TheWrap."" Specifically, at its ""Power Women Breakfast"" in New York. (That is exactly the kind of event I'd expect Couric to be at, and I don't even know what it is.)
She was asked about the scandal swirling around her anti-gun-documentary — specifically, the fact that she deceptively edited a gun rights group's response to a question to make the members seem like...",right
11661,Couric’s Deceptive Editing,['Media Bias'],Katie Couric Accused of Deceptive Editing in Second Documentary,Washington Free Beacon,"Katie Couric’s 2014 documentary Fed Up includes instances of deceptive editing similar to 2016’s Under the Gun, according to several people familiar with the making of the film.
Fed Up, which focuses on obesity and the food industry, was directed by Stephanie Soechtig and produced by Couric. The film includes two interviews with figures who hold viewpoints counter to the narrative of the film, and sources say both interviews include at least one misleading or deceptive edit intended to embarrass the interviewee.
Dr. David Allison, an interview subject in the...",right
11662,Hawaii Primary Upsets,['Elections'],Hawaii's governor ousted in stunning primary loss,Townhall,"A 40-year political career came to a close after Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie lost his bid for a second term in a stunning primary-election defeat by a fellow Democrat and state senator who defied party leadership to challenge the incumbent. A second intraparty fight for U.S. Senate was too close to call.
State Sen. David Ige, once seen as an underdog, cruised to a decisive 35 percentage point win in Saturday's primary after being dramatically outspent by Abercrombie, who also had high-profile endorsements including President Barack Obama. Ige said his...",right
11663,Hawaii Primary Upsets,['Elections'],"Hawaii primary: Abercrombie ousted, Schatz slightly ahead",Politico,"The hard-fought Democratic Senate primary in Hawaii was too close to call early Sunday morning, with the incumbent clinging to a slight lead and residents in a pair of storm-ravaged precincts yet to cast their ballots.
With all but two of the state’s 247 precincts reporting, Sen. Brian Schatz had a 1,786-vote advantage over Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, 49.4 percent to 48.6 percent, according to The Associated Press.",left
11664,Hawaii Primary Upsets,['Elections'],"In Surprising Defeat, Hawaii Governor Loses Primary",New York Times (News),"After nearly four decades in elected office in Hawaii, Gov. Neil Abercrombie was dealt a stunning defeat in his bid for re-election over the weekend, becoming the first incumbent governor in the state’s history to lose in his party’s primary.
Mr. Abercrombie, a Democrat, was defeated Saturday by David Ige, who began the campaign as a little-known state senator but capitalized on the governor’s sinking popularity to win the nomination.
The race will almost certainly mark the end of Mr. Abercrombie’s long political career. At age 76, he collected only...",left
11665,"Biden and McConnell Receive COVID-19 Booster Shots, Encourage Vaccines","['Coronavirus', 'Booster Shots', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Bridging Divides']",Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announces he just received a COVID booster shot: 'It was an easy decision',Insider,"Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced during a floor speech on Monday that he has received a third dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, immediately following President Biden doing the same thing.
""I'm glad to share that a few minutes ago I received a booster vaccination for COVID-19,"" McConnell said as he began his speech. ""All throughout the pandemic, I've followed the best advice from experts, and especially from my own healthcare providers.""
""It was an easy decision to receive a booster,"" he continued. ""I'm a survivor of childhood polio...",left
11666,"Biden and McConnell Receive COVID-19 Booster Shots, Encourage Vaccines","['Coronavirus', 'Booster Shots', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Bridging Divides']","Biden gets COVID-19 booster shot before cameras, pushes vaccinations",ABC News (Online),"President Joe Biden got his COVID-19 booster shot before news cameras Monday as his administration promotes new booster guidance that has spurred some confusion among Americans on when to get a third dose.
""Like I did with my first and second COVID-19 vaccination shot, I'm about to get my booster shot and do it publicly. That's because the Food and Drug Administration, the FDA, the Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, the CDC, looked at all the data, completed their review, and determined the boosters for the Pfizer vaccine --...",left
11667,"Biden and McConnell Receive COVID-19 Booster Shots, Encourage Vaccines","['Coronavirus', 'Booster Shots', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Bridging Divides']","Biden, McConnell Get Booster Shots Following New CDC Guidance",The Daily Wire,"President Joe Biden, 78, received a booster shot against COVID-19 at the White House on Monday afternoon, days after the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommended that seniors who had gotten the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine more than six months ago should get them. 
Biden’s booster dose comes after the CDC endorsed Pfizer booster shots for those 65 and over and those in long-term care, as well as for people between 50 and 64 with underlying medical conditions. The CDC’s booster endorsement does not cover those who received the Moderna or Johnson...",right
11668,"Amid Protests and Calls for Police Reform, TV Networks Drop Cop Shows","['Arts And Entertainment', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Culture', 'Media Bias', 'Criminal Justice']",Cop shows won’t just disappear. How can we reinvent them?,Vox,"In recent weeks, as protests against police violence have spread nationwide in the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, TV critics and others who cover the medium have raised a frequent refrain: Cancel all the cop shows.
Kelly Lawler, TV critic for USA Today, wrote an excellent piece that summarized the problem as one of overrepresentation. There are so many cop shows, and most of them depict police officers as brave, stalwart heroes. It’s inevitable that the idea of the police as effective guardians of the public, constantly and...",left
11669,"Amid Protests and Calls for Police Reform, TV Networks Drop Cop Shows","['Arts And Entertainment', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Culture', 'Media Bias', 'Criminal Justice']","Amid George Floyd protests, is it time for cop TV shows to be canceled for good?",USA TODAY,"It’s probably not the scales of justice or a police badge, but rather the red-and-blue logo of NBC’s long-running cop and lawyer drama.
The series and its many spinoffs, created by Dick Wolf, are among dozens of TV series about law enforcement. From “Dragnet” to “NYPD Blue” to “FBI,” the cop show is a prolific American institution that is immensely influential. In the 2019-2020 TV season, three of the top five dramas were cop shows, according to Nielsen. With 21 seasons and at least three more on the way, NBC’s...",left
11670,"Amid Protests and Calls for Police Reform, TV Networks Drop Cop Shows","['Arts And Entertainment', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Culture', 'Media Bias', 'Criminal Justice']",Cancel Cancel Culture,National Review,"The vanguard of the revolution has set its beady-eyed gaze on . . . Paw Patrol.
Paw Patrol, a children’s cartoon about doggie do-gooders, has as one of its principal characters a German shepherd called Chase, who is a police officer. (A police officer in an imaginary universe in which dogs have full-time jobs, drive cars, and wear jaunty caps.) According to the New York Times, which just fired its opinion editor for publishing opinions, Paw Patrol has run afoul of the new commandment: Thou shalt not make sympathetic depictions...",right
11671,Scott Walker Leaves the Race,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",What Walker's Departure Means for GOP Field,CBN,"Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a once rising star of the GOP presidential pack, has dropped out of the race. Now the field is scrambling to re-align.",right
11672,Scott Walker Leaves the Race,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why Scott Walker's supernova campaign burned out,Christian Science Monitor,"By the time Scott Walker dropped out of the 2016 presidential race Monday, few in the political world were surprised.",center
11673,Scott Walker Leaves the Race,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Scott Walker never stood a chance: Why this awkward, Koch-backed midwesterner was outrageously overrated",Salon,"About a year and a half ago, I wrote a piece here about a phenomenon I called The Great Whitebread Hope, which is an ongoing Republican establishment fantasy of electing an upper-midwestern “reformer” in the LaFollete tradition who can bring together all the disparate factions of the party and offer up an image of respectable, mature, pragmatic leadership (and incidentally pick up some badly needed electoral votes from somewhere).",left
11674,Trump Rallies in Pennsylvania,['Elections'],"Unhinged and Uncensored, Trump Lets Loose at Pennsylvania Rally",Vanity Fair,"While campaigning for Rick Saccone, Trump offered a chilling preview of 2020.",left
11675,Trump Rallies in Pennsylvania,['Elections'],Trump electrifies Western Pennsylvania crowd in sales pitch for Rick Saccone,Washington Examiner,President Trump did not fail to deliver the goods to his Western Pennsylvania supporters when he made a rabble rousing speech Saturday evening that plugged both his economic accomplishments and his support for state representative Rick Saccone in his quest to win Tuesday’s special election in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District.,right
11676,Trump Rallies in Pennsylvania,['Elections'],Trump In Pennsylvania: I Need Rick Saccone To Help 'Keep America Great!',NPR (Online News),"President Trump gave an early look Saturday at how he intends to help Republicans maintain control of Congress in 2018. Trump delivered his midterms message during a campaign rally near Pittsburgh, Penn. — a rally that he held to help a Republican struggling to hold onto a House district Trump won by double digits in 2016.",left
11677,Biden Defends Afghanistan Withdrawal After Ending War Overseas,"['Joe Biden', 'Afghanistan']","Biden defends Afghanistan withdrawal, recommits to evacuate remaining Americans",ABC News (Online),"President Joe Biden, speaking to nation Tuesday, gave his fiercest defense yet of his self-imposed deadline to withdraw the U.S. military from Afghanistan -- a day after the last troops left the country, bringing America's longest war to a close -- but only after a chaotic and deadly exit.
""Let me be clear, leaving August the 31st, is not due to an arbitrary deadline. It was designed to save American lives,"" a defiant Biden said, responding to harsh criticism both of his decision to leave and how it was handled....",left
11678,Biden Defends Afghanistan Withdrawal After Ending War Overseas,"['Joe Biden', 'Afghanistan']",Biden Defends Afghanistan Withdrawal,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Biden defended the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, saying that 90% of Americans in the country who wanted to leave were able to depart.
Mr. Biden addressed the nation from the White House Tuesday, a day after the final plane carrying American troops departed Afghanistan, formally marking the end of the nation’s longest war. The president said his administration would continue to work to help remaining Americans exit the country and pushed back against criticism of the withdrawal.
“Leaving Aug. 31 is not due to an arbitrary deadline,” Mr. Biden said. “It...",center
11679,Biden Defends Afghanistan Withdrawal After Ending War Overseas,"['Joe Biden', 'Afghanistan']",Biden claims Afghanistan withdrawal ‘extraordinary success’ in address to nation,New York Post (News),"In an address to the nation exactly 24 hours after he abruptly ended a chaotic evacuation of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, a defensive and at times surly President Biden insisted the bug-out was an “extraordinary success,” despite the stranding of hundreds of American citizens and thousands of Afghan allies.
“As we close 20 years of war and strife and pain and sacrifice, it’s time to look to the future, not the past,” Biden said near the end of a 26-minute speech that was delivered in strident, occasionally angry tones and echoed earlier remarks justifying his decision...",right
11680,New US Delegation Visits Taiwan; China Launches More Drills,"['World', 'Taiwan', 'One China Policy', 'Asia', 'Defense And Security']",US Taiwan: Congress team follows Pelosi with second high-level visit in a month,BBC News,"A US congressional delegation has arrived for an unannounced visit to Taiwan, 12 days after a tour of the island by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Five members of Congress will visit until Monday, said Washington's de-facto embassy in the capital Taipei.
China launched its largest-ever military exercises around Taiwan after Ms Pelosi's visit earlier in August.
Beijing sees the self-governing island as its own, renegade territory that must be united with the mainland.
It believes that mission could be necessary with force, if other attempts at unification are unsuccessful.
Ms...",center
11681,New US Delegation Visits Taiwan; China Launches More Drills,"['World', 'Taiwan', 'One China Policy', 'Asia', 'Defense And Security']",China announces new drills around Taiwan as a U.S. delegation visits the island,NPR (Online News),"China announced more military drills around Taiwan as the island's president met with members of a new U.S. congressional delegation on Monday, in a further sign of support among American lawmakers for the self-governing island Beijing claims as its own.
Taiwanese media showed the delegation arriving for the talks, but details of the meeting were not immediately released. The delegation was due to depart later Monday on a U.S. government plane.
The visit came less than two weeks after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan, which prompted days...",left
11682,New US Delegation Visits Taiwan; China Launches More Drills,"['World', 'Taiwan', 'One China Policy', 'Asia', 'Defense And Security']",China renews military drills around Taiwan amid surprise visit from US lawmakers,Fox News (Online News),"China will renew its military drills around Taiwan after a delegation of U.S. lawmakers made a surprise visit to the self-governed Island, China announced Monday.
Five members of Congress landed in Taiwan on Sunday, less than two weeks after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi outraged China with her own visit. Pelosi's visit triggered China to hold unprecedented military drills surrounding Taiwan. Those drills will now be renewed in reaction to the second Congressional delegation.
The five members of Congress include Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass, and Reps. John Garamendi, D-Calif; Alan Lowenthal, D-Calif.; Don Beyer,...",right
11683,August 2014 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Economy Barely Budges In Disappointing Jobs Report,HuffPost,"Like the monster at the end of a horror movie, the lame, sluggish recovery that we thought was dead just crawled out of the grave to give us another scare.",left
11684,August 2014 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Whoops! Jobs recovery lost steam in August,CNN (Online News),"Yuck. The jobs market lost some steam in August, with only 142,000 jobs added last month.",left
11685,August 2014 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],OPINION: What the jobs numbers really mean,Fox News (Online News),"The jobs and unemployment numbers come out at precisely 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time, almost always on the first Friday of the month, and at 8:31 the pundits are either jumping for joy or slumping in disappointment over what those numbers “reveal.”",right
11686,"Unpacking Primary Election Results in Arizona, Michigan, Kansas, Washington and Missouri","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Arizona', 'Michigan', 'Kansas', 'Washington', 'Missouri', 'Blake Masters', 'Eric Greitens', 'Abortion', 'Peter Meijer', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers', '2022 Arizona Senate Election']",Roe jolts the midterms — 5 takeaways from a key primary night,Politico,"Democrats can see glimmers of new midterm life, after the stunning defeat of an anti-abortion measure in Kansas. Eric Greitens is the big loser in Missouri — which means the Republican Party as a whole won. And in Michigan, Rep. Peter Meijer has conceded in a primary fueled by his vote to impeach former President Donald Trump.
Votes are still being counted in some of the most important races. But as the multi-state primary made its return on Tuesday after a summer hiatus, the shape of the general election landscape...",left
11687,"Unpacking Primary Election Results in Arizona, Michigan, Kansas, Washington and Missouri","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Arizona', 'Michigan', 'Kansas', 'Washington', 'Missouri', 'Blake Masters', 'Eric Greitens', 'Abortion', 'Peter Meijer', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers', '2022 Arizona Senate Election']","Five takeaways from primaries in Arizona, Missouri and beyond",The Hill,"Tuesday’s primaries, in many ways, upended expectations.
In Kansas, voters rejected a proposed amendment that would have opened the door for state lawmakers to restrict — or even ban — abortions. Meanwhile, in some hotly contested primaries, Republicans appear poised to break with former President Trump and his candidates of choice.
And in Missouri, a late effort to weaken former Gov. Eric Greitens in the GOP Senate primary proved successful. 
Here are five takeaways from the primaries in Arizona, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas and Washington.",center
11688,"Unpacking Primary Election Results in Arizona, Michigan, Kansas, Washington and Missouri","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Arizona', 'Michigan', 'Kansas', 'Washington', 'Missouri', 'Blake Masters', 'Eric Greitens', 'Abortion', 'Peter Meijer', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers', '2022 Arizona Senate Election']",Trump's sway over GOP still strong as his endorsed candidates win key primaries Tuesday,Fox News (Online News),"It has been a year and a half since former President Trump left the White House, but the results from the latest round of primaries proves that his immense grip over the Republican Party remains firm.
While the biggest headline from Tuesday’s primaries in five states was the resounding victory in Kansas for abortion rights activists – in the first ballot box test of legalized abortion since the blockbuster June decision by the Supreme Court’s conservative majority to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling – candidates backed by Trump came out on top...",right
11689,Perspectives: Critical Race Theory in Schools,"['Education', 'Race And Racism', 'History', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Culture', 'Schools']",What the hysteria over critical race theory is really all about,Vox,"Watching the news or browsing social media, it would be easy to think that critical race theory is a complicated, controversial, or new idea.
But critical race theory, created four decades ago by legal scholars, is an academic framework for examining how racism is embedded in America’s laws and institutions. It is just now receiving widespread attention because it has morphed into a catchall category, one used by Republicans who want to ban anti-racist teachings and trainings in classrooms and workplaces across the country.
Over the past six months, Republicans...",left
11690,Perspectives: Critical Race Theory in Schools,"['Education', 'Race And Racism', 'History', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Culture', 'Schools']",CRT Backlash Is Not Astroturf,National Review,"Texas has joined Idaho, Iowa, Oklahoma, and Tennessee in passing laws to ban public schools from teaching critical race theory (CRT). Other states, such as Florida, have done so through executive rulemaking. This is a positive first step towards reclaiming American education from openly anti-American pedagogy.
The intellectual roots of CRT can be found in Marxist-influenced critical theory, which began in the academia of Weimar Germany. It developed into an “intersectional” ideology at Harvard Law School in the late 1980s, through Kimberlé Crenshaw and other supporters of Professor Derrick Bell. In recent years, however, it...",right
11691,Perspectives: Critical Race Theory in Schools,"['Education', 'Race And Racism', 'History', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Culture', 'Schools']",Critical race theory: Who gets to decide what is history?,Christian Science Monitor,"A tug of war over the teaching of American history and race is playing out in state legislatures. Given the chasm between views on either side, what is the best path forward?
Kenya Minott and Robin Steenman are both concerned about the national uproar around critical race theory, but for different reasons. 
For Dr. Minott, a consultant in Houston who provides anti-racism training, the recent bill passed by Texas lawmakers is a frightening effort to discourage conversations about systemic racism that could lead to better racial justice. It targets what the politicians say are concepts...",center
11692,Navy Captain Dismissed After Coronavirus Complaint,"['Coronavirus', 'US Navy', 'Public Health', 'National Security', 'Pentagon', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Captain Crozier Is a Hero,New York Times (Opinion),"On Monday, Capt. Brett Crozier, the commander of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, sent a letter to the Navy pleading for permission to unload his crew, including scores of sailors sickened with Covid-19, in Guam, where it was docked. The Pentagon had been dragging its feet, and the situation on the ship was growing dire.
“We are not at war,” he wrote. “Sailors do not need to die. If we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset — our sailors.”",left
11693,Navy Captain Dismissed After Coronavirus Complaint,"['Coronavirus', 'US Navy', 'Public Health', 'National Security', 'Pentagon', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']",The Navy Captain and the Coronavirus,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"Social distancing is a luxury you don’t have aboard a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. So a word about Thursday’s firing of a Navy officer who showed up in the news asking for help containing a coronavirus outbreak on his ship, the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
Many have been quick to lionize Capt. Brett Crozier as a hero who spoke up in defense of his crew. His March 30 four-page letter, which leaked to the press this week, said he urgently needed to offload some 4,000 deployed sailors to quarantine in Guam to...",right
11694,Navy Captain Dismissed After Coronavirus Complaint,"['Coronavirus', 'US Navy', 'Public Health', 'National Security', 'Pentagon', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']",‘It Doesn’t Add Up To Me’: Current and Former Navy Officials Question Captain’s Abrupt Dismissal,Defense One,"Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly’s dismissal of a beloved captain who raised concerns about the health of sailors aboard the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt sparked swift and sudden outrage from lawmakers and former service members who saw the move as retribution.
But within the Navy, the move left sailors, Marines, and former senior leaders more confused than angry. The timeline leading up to the abrupt relief of Capt. Brett Crozier raíses more questions that it answers about why Crozier felt compelled to go outside of his chain of command...",center
11695,"US Economic Productivity to Reach Pre-Pandemic Levels by Mid-2021, CBO Says","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Budget Deficit', 'CBO', 'Labor', 'Unemployment', 'GDP']","CBO sees rapid growth recovery, labor force returning to pre-pandemic level by 2022",CNBC,"U.S. economic growth will recover “rapidly” and the labor market will return to full strength quicker than expected thanks to the vaccine rollout and a barrage of legislation enacted in 2020, according to a government forecast published Monday.
Gross domestic product, or GDP, is expected to return to its pre-pandemic size by mid-2021 and the labor force is forecast to rebound to its pre-pandemic level in 2022, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said.
Importantly, the CBO said its rosier projections do not assume any new stimulus, including President Joe Biden’s...",center
11696,"US Economic Productivity to Reach Pre-Pandemic Levels by Mid-2021, CBO Says","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Budget Deficit', 'CBO', 'Labor', 'Unemployment', 'GDP']",CBO Sees a Stronger U.S. Recovery After Stimulus Moves in 2020,Bloomberg,"The Congressional Budget Office said it sees the U.S. economy recovering from the coronavirus pandemic much faster than previously expected -- an upgrade that potentially complicates prospects for President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief plan.
The CBO, a nonpartisan arm of the legislature, forecasts gross domestic product will increase 1.7% annually from 2020-2024, according to its economic outlook released Monday. That’s a 0.7 percentage point increase from the previous expectation released in July, months before Covid-19 vaccines were shown to be effective and approved for use, which put the pandemic’s...",left
11697,"US Economic Productivity to Reach Pre-Pandemic Levels by Mid-2021, CBO Says","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Budget Deficit', 'CBO', 'Labor', 'Unemployment', 'GDP']",GDP set for strongest growth in 17 years in 2021: CBO,Washington Examiner,"The economy will grow in 2021 at its fastest rate in 17 years as vaccines are administered across the country and life returns to normal, the Congressional Budget Office projected Monday.
The CBO expects that the U.S. gross domestic product will continue to expand ""rapidly over the coming year, reaching its previous peak in mid-2021 and surpassing its potential level in early 2025,"" with an anticipated annual growth rate of 2.6% over the next five years.
Annual growth is expected to hit 3.7% in 2021, which would be the strongest...",right
11698,CIA Director Nominee Moves Forward with Trump's Approval,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",Gina Haspel: Full Steam Ahead,Townhall,"After weekend reports that President Donald Trump's nominee for CIA director, Gina Haspel, was considering withdrawing her name from consideration, Jeremy Bash flatly refuted those talking points on Kasie DC. He had a pretty decent source on the subject, too. It was Ms. Haspel herself.",right
11699,CIA Director Nominee Moves Forward with Trump's Approval,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",Trump backs CIA nominee Gina Haspel after she offered to quit,BBC News,President Donald Trump has defended his nominee to head the CIA after she offered to withdraw amid concern over her role in harsh interrogation techniques widely seen as torture.,center
11700,CIA Director Nominee Moves Forward with Trump's Approval,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",Trump’s Nominee for C.I.A. Director Offered to Withdraw Amid Concerns Over Past Role in Torture Program,New York Times (News),"President Trump’s pick to run the CIA, Gina Haspel, told White House officials last week that she would withdraw her nomination if they were concerned her role in the brutal interrogation of a Qaeda suspect would scuttle her confirmation and draw the intelligence agency into a fresh controversy over a program it disavowed years ago, according to administration officials and others familiar with the discussions.",left
11701,British Prime Minister Theresa May Resigns,"['Theresa May', 'Great Britain', 'World']",Theresa May to quit next month as British prime minister,Washington Times,"Theresa May announced Friday that she will step down as U.K. Conservative Party leader on June 7, admitting defeat in her attempt to take Britain out of the European Union and sparking a contest to become the country’s next prime minister.
She will stay as caretaker prime minister until the new leader is chosen, a process likely to take several weeks. The new Conservative leader will become prime minister without the need for a general election, and will take up the task of trying to secure Britain’s exit from the...",right
11702,British Prime Minister Theresa May Resigns,"['Theresa May', 'Great Britain', 'World']",UK set for new PM as Theresa May quits,BBC News,"Theresa May has said she will quit as Conservative leader on 7 June, paving the way for a contest to decide a new prime minister.
In an emotional statement, she said she had done her best to deliver Brexit and it was a matter of ""deep regret"" that she had been unable to do so.
Mrs May said she would continue to serve as PM while a Conservative leadership contest takes place.
The party said it hoped a new leader could be in place by the end of July.
It...",center
11703,British Prime Minister Theresa May Resigns,"['Theresa May', 'Great Britain', 'World']",Theresa May announces she will resign on 7 June,The Guardian,"Theresa May has bowed to intense pressure from her own party and named 7 June as the day she will step aside as Conservative leader, drawing her turbulent three-year premiership to a close.
Speaking in Downing Street, May said it had been “the honour of my life” to serve as Britain’s second female prime minister. Her voice breaking, she said she would leave “with no ill will, but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country I love”.
The prime minister listed a series...",left
11704,Countdown to Shutdown,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Washington braces for the first shutdown of the national government in 17 years,Washington Post,Senate expected to vote at 2 p.m. to reject latest proposal; House members say they won't back down.,left
11705,Countdown to Shutdown,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Government shutdown threat is getting very old, very fast",CNN (Online News),"The more legislators use threats to pressure presidents, the more accepted they become as tactics, writes Julian Zelizer",left
11706,Countdown to Shutdown,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Surprise: Most Americans Would Blame GOP for Government Shutdown,Townhall,"If, as expected, the government shuts down tomorrow who do you think most Americans will blame?",right
11707,Concerns Mount Over Voter Fraud and Controversial Voter Laws,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",When a 14-point Republican lead disappears,Washington Times,"Young Kim was poised to become the first Korean-American woman elected to Congress. Her 14-point lead was the lone bright spot on an otherwise dismal night for Orange County Republicans. But, over the past week, Republicans have watched the first-generation immigrant’s lead evaporate. With thousands of provisional ballots left to count, her commanding lead is now underwater. She lost one week after the election.
There’s no evidence of ballot box shenanigans. No need. Democrats know it’s easier to erode voter integrity laws than to stuff ballot boxes.",right
11708,Concerns Mount Over Voter Fraud and Controversial Voter Laws,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']","Amid Fraud Allegations, State Election Board Won't Certify North Carolina House Race",NPR (Online News),"Enough confusion has clouded a North Carolina congressional race that the state's Board of Elections has announced a delay to certifying Republican Mark Harris' electoral victory over Democrat Dan McCready in the state's 9th district due to ""claims of irregularities and fraudulent activities.""",left
11709,Concerns Mount Over Voter Fraud and Controversial Voter Laws,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']","Election fraud scheme on L.A.'s skid row got homeless to sign fake names for cigarettes and cash, D.A. says",Los Angeles Times,"A forged signature swapped for $1 — or sometimes a cigarette. The crude exchange played out hundreds of times on L.A.’s skid row during the 2016 election cycle and again this year, prosecutors said Tuesday as they announced criminal charges against nine people accused in a fraud scheme.",left
11710,FDA Authorizes Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Moderna']",FDA Approves Moderna's Coronavirus Vaccine,Townhall,"A week after the FDA approved the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, the agency has granted the same approval for Moderna's vaccine. In clinical trials, Moderna's candidate was over 94 percent effective.
On Thursday night, the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted 20-0 to recommend the vaccine be made available.
""The evidence that has been studied in great detail on this vaccine highly outweighs any of the issues we’ve seen,"" said Dr. Hayley Gans of Stanford University Medical Center.
HHS Secretary Alex Azar said Wednesday that the...",right
11711,FDA Authorizes Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Moderna']",FDA grants emergency authorization to Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine,NBC News (Online),"The Food and Drug Administration authorized Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use Friday, adding a second vaccine to the country's arsenal to fight the pandemic.
The United States is the first country to greenlight use of Moderna's vaccine, which was developed in part with the National Institutes of Health.
The news was met with optimism. ""I've never been more hopeful that we will eventually turn the corner on this pandemic,"" said Dr. Richard Besser, former acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and current president of the...",left
11712,FDA Authorizes Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Moderna']",U.S. FDA authorizes Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use,Reuters,"Moderna Inc’s coronavirus vaccine on Friday became the second to receive emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, welcome news to a nation with a staggering COVID-19 death toll of over 307,000 lives lost.
The FDA announced the authorization the day after the agency’s panel of outside experts endorsed its use. Moderna said it intended to apply for full U.S. license in 2021.
The decision marks the first regulatory authorization in the world for Moderna’s vaccine and validation of its messenger RNA technology. It came less...",center
11713,Are Building Standards Too Restrictive?,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Trump to revoke Obama-era flood risk building standards,Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump will revoke an Obama-era executive order on Tuesday that required strict building standards for government-funded projects to reduce exposure to increased flooding from sea level rise, sources said.",center
11714,Are Building Standards Too Restrictive?,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Trump to Roll Back Obama’s Flood Standards for Infrastructure,New York Times (News),"President Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday to roll back standards that demanded the federal government account for climate change and sea-level rise when building new infrastructure, the White House confirmed.",left
11715,Are Building Standards Too Restrictive?,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Works to Rebuild America's Infrastructure,Whitehouse.gov,"MODERNIZING AN OUTDATED SYSTEM: The old system for completing environmental reviews was fragmented, inefficient, and unpredictable to the American people.
The Federal Government currently lacks a system for tracking the costs of the environmental review and permitting process for major infrastructure projects.",left
11716,Snowden Docs Show NSA Internet Tracking,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Snowden Documents Show Massive Internet Searches,Newsmax (News),"A top secret National Security Agency program allows analysts to search huge Internet databases of millions of people without getting prior authorization, according to documents given to The Guardian in London by Edward Snowden.
According to The Guardian, the program called XKeyscore is the ""widest reaching"" system for collecting intelligence from the Internet. The databases capture everything from email to online chats, browsing histories and social media activity, such as private Facebook chats
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Urgent: Should Obamacare Be Repealed? Vote Here Now!",right
11717,Snowden Docs Show NSA Internet Tracking,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",XKeyscore: Edward Snowden Reveals New NSA Surveillance Program,International Business Times,"Edward Snowden has leaked more documents that reveal yet another NSA secret surveillance program. XKeyscore allows NSA analysts to search through vast databases of emails, chats and browsing histories from millions of people without any prior authorization. In the documents leaked by Snowden, which the Guardian published Wednesday, the NSA bragged that XKeyscore is their “widest-reaching” program.",center
11718,Snowden Docs Show NSA Internet Tracking,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",The NSA's Biggest Surveillance Program Yet: X-KEYSCORE,Mother Jones,"Glenn Greenwald's latest disclosure from the Snowden files is an NSA program called X-KEYSCORE, which collects a truly vast amount of information. How vast?",left
11719,Will Greece Take the Bailout?,['Banking And Finance'],Greece's Tsipras Urges Rejection of Bailout Deal,Newsmax (News),"A defiant Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged Greeks on Wednesday to reject an international bailout deal, wrecking any prospect of repairing broken relations with EU partners before a referendum on Sunday that may decide Greece's future in Europe.
Less than 24 hours after he wrote a conciliatory letter to creditors asking for a new bailout that would accept many of their terms, Tsipras abruptly switched back into combative mode in a television address.
Greece was being ""blackmailed,"" he said, quashing talk that he might delay the vote, call it off...",right
11720,Will Greece Take the Bailout?,['Banking And Finance'],Greece debt crisis: PM Tsipras defiant as bank controls bite,BBC News,"Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has made a defiant speech as cash withdrawal limits begin to bite for Greek bank customers.
Mr Tsipras promised Greeks their pensions and wages would be safe.
Earlier he put new proposals in a letter to eurozone partners, accepting most of what was on the table before talks collapsed, but with conditions.
Germany says talks with Greece will not be possible until after a referendum called by Mr Tsipras for Sunday.",center
11721,Will Greece Take the Bailout?,['Banking And Finance'],Tsipras Signals Greece May Accept Bailout Terms,New York Times (News),"An unexpected new effort by Greece to compromise with its creditors on a bailout package prompted a cool response from most of the rest of Europe on Wednesday as the financial pressures on Athens intensified and efforts to find a way out of the crisis remained chaotic.
On another day of twists and turns, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s government reversed course and said it would be willing to accept many of the terms of a bailout package that it had previously rejected, if they are part of a broader deal...",left
11722,US Economy's Job Additions Doubled Expectations in July,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Labor']","Hiring surged in July, with employers adding 528,000 jobs",CBS News (Online),"Hiring surged in July, with U.S. employers creating 528,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday. That far exceeded economist expectations for gains of 250,000 new jobs during the period. It was also a jump from the previous month, when businesses added 372,000 jobs despite the highest inflation in 40 years. 
The unemployment rate ticked down to 3.5% from 3.6% in June, marking the lowest since February 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic erupted in the U.S. Before the latest payrolls report, the economy was adding roughly 450,000 jobs per month.
Both total...",left
11723,US Economy's Job Additions Doubled Expectations in July,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Labor']","Payrolls increased 528,000 in July, much better than expected in a sign of strength for jobs market",CNBC,"Hiring in July was far better than expected, defying multiple other signs that the economic recovery is losing steam, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
Nonfarm payrolls rose 528,000 for the month and the unemployment rate was 3.5%, easily topping the Dow Jones estimates of 258,000 and 3.6%, respectively. The unemployment rate is now back to its pre-pandemic level and tied for the lowest since 1969, though the rate for Blacks rose 0.2 percentage point to 6%.
Wage growth also surged higher, as average hourly earnings jumped 0.5% for...",center
11724,US Economy's Job Additions Doubled Expectations in July,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Labor']","US economy adds 528,000 jobs in July, blowing past expectations",Fox Business,"U.S. job growth unexpectedly accelerated in July, defying fears of a slowdown in hiring even as the labor market confronts the twin threats of scorching-hot inflation and rising interest rates.
Employers added 528,000 jobs in July, the Labor Department said in its monthly payroll report released Friday, blowing past the 250,000 jobs forecast by Refinitiv economists. The unemployment rate, meanwhile, edged down to 3.5%, the lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic began more than two years ago.",right
11725,Concerns Over Iran Deal,['Middle East'],Longer-Term Deal With Iran Faces Major Challenges,New York Times (News),The Obama administration’s successful push for an accord that would temporarily freeze much of Iran’s nuclear program has cast a spotlight on the more formidable challenge it now confronts in trying to roll the program back.,left
11726,Concerns Over Iran Deal,['Middle East'],Iran Pact Faces Stiff Opposition,Wall Street Journal (News),"A groundbreaking deal to curb Iran's nuclear program faces towering obstacles at home and abroad to becoming a permanent agreement, starting with the U.S. Congress and two of America's closest allies.
The leaders of both the Democratic and Republican parties are threatening to break with President Barack Obama's policy and enact new punitive sanctions on Iran, arguing that the interim deal reached in Geneva on Sunday yields too much to the Islamist regime while asking too little.",center
11727,Concerns Over Iran Deal,['Middle East'],"Obama adviser: U.S. shares Israel’s concerns about Iran, but its tactics differ",Washington Times,"President Obama’s deputy national security adviser on Monday defended the new interim deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program, saying that the United States will “continue to confront” the Islamic Republic and that pressure on the country is “not going away.”
Tony Blinken, the White House aide, told CNN’s “New Day” that he understands why Israel is skeptical, since an Iranian bomb “would present an existential threat” to the country.",right
11728,Perspectives: Trump's Use of Hydroxychloroquine,"['Donald Trump', 'Hydroxychloroquine', 'Coronavirus', 'Healthcare']",It's not so crazy for Trump to take hydroxychloroquine,Insider,"After weeks of going quiet on hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), the anti-malarial drug he used to tout as a ""game-changer"" for the coronavirus, President Trump startled everyone yesterday by announcing that he was taking it himself.
This announcement eclipsed the rest of the day's news, which may be one reason Trump brought the topic up again.
The comments also triggered the same widespread condemnation the President received in the weeks he was talking up the drug in press conferences.
One aspect of this criticism is fair. Hydroxychloroquine can have dangerous side effects,...",left
11729,Perspectives: Trump's Use of Hydroxychloroquine,"['Donald Trump', 'Hydroxychloroquine', 'Coronavirus', 'Healthcare']",What we learned from Trump’s hydroxychloroquine claim,Jennifer Rubin,"The Food and Drug Administration has already warned: “Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have not been shown to be safe and effective for treating or preventing COVID-19.” In its public warning (necessitated in part by President Trump’s hyping of a dangerous drug) the FDA explained, “Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine can cause abnormal heart rhythms such as QT interval prolongation and a dangerously rapid heart rate called ventricular tachycardia. These risks may increase when these medicines are combined with other medicines known to prolong the QT interval, including the antibiotic azithromycin, which is also...",left
11730,Perspectives: Trump's Use of Hydroxychloroquine,"['Donald Trump', 'Hydroxychloroquine', 'Coronavirus', 'Healthcare']",The Hydroxychloroquine Meltdown,David Harsanyi,"President Donald Trump claims that he’s taking hydroxychloroquine as a preventive measure against contracting coronavirus, and that he has taken zinc and antibiotic azithromycin as well.
There’s no consensus that hydroxychloroquine is an effective therapeutic treatment for COVID-19 (early studies have yielded different results, and the NIH recently began a controlled clinical trial). Few people I’ve read argue that it’s a useful prophylactic. Nevertheless, the frenzied and childish reaction to Trump’s championing what amounts to a commonly used prescription drug is more destructive than his annoying habit of bringing it...",right
11731,Confederate Flag Comes Down in SC,['Politics'],"Confederate flag coming down at S.C. Capitol, but flap continues",Washington Times,"South Carolina will pull the Confederate battle flag down from a Statehouse memorial Friday, but the national debate over the flag showed no sign of waning as Democrats in Washington, sensing momentum, moved to furl state flags at the Capitol that still include Confederate symbols.",right
11732,Confederate Flag Comes Down in SC,['Politics'],Nikki Haley's star rises as rebel flag comes down,Politico,The last Republican governor who took on the Confederate flag in South Carolina lost his job. Nikki Haley may get a promotion.,left
11733,Confederate Flag Comes Down in SC,['Politics'],South Carolina Set to Lower Confederate Flag as Era Ends,New York Times (News),"Preparing to close a chapter on a symbol of the Deep South and its history of resistance and racial animus, South Carolina officials gathered near the Confederate battle flag as it waved outside the State House for the last time Friday, just minutes before it was scheduled to be lowered from where it has flown for more than 50 years.",left
11734,Seven Dead after West Texas Shooting Spree,"['Gun Violence', 'Violence In America', 'Texas', 'Shooting', 'Gun Legislation']","Shooter killed in West Texas after 5 people died, at least 21 injured, police say",CNN (Online News),"A gunman in West Texas who went on a shooting spree, killing five people while randomly firing from his vehicle and then from a hijacked mail truck, was shot and killed by police in a gun battle in a movie theater parking lot, authorities said Saturday.
At least 21 people were injured, including three law enforcement officers, Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke said at a news conference. A hospital administrator said a child under the age of 2 was hurt and at least seven people were in critical condition.
...",left
11735,Seven Dead after West Texas Shooting Spree,"['Gun Violence', 'Violence In America', 'Texas', 'Shooting', 'Gun Legislation']",Texas gun law changes take effect one day after deadly shooting near Odessa and Midland,USA TODAY,"A bulk of gun law changes took effect in Texas on Sunday, loosening restrictions just one day after a mass shooting near Odessa and Midland left at least 5 people dead.
The laws open more opportunities for Texans to have firearms and store ammunition in public places.
From churches to public schools to foster homes, the laws also loosen restrictions on where a firearm is permitted.
The laws were already set to take effect Sept. 1 but come just one day after a routine traffic stop on Interstate 20...",left
11736,Seven Dead after West Texas Shooting Spree,"['Gun Violence', 'Violence In America', 'Texas', 'Shooting', 'Gun Legislation']",'Threat contained': Shooter among at least six dead and 21 wounded in Texas highway shootings,Washington Examiner,"At least six people were killed and 21 injured during shootings in and around the cities of Odessa and Midland, Texas, Saturday.
A gunman, identified as a white male in his mid-30s, was shot and killed by police in Odessa.
Police originally believed two suspects were at large, with one driving a hijacked mail truck and ""shooting at random people,"" while the other was thought to be driving a ""gold/white small Toyota truck."" However, police now believe there was only one gunman in a gold Honda who at one...",right
11737,California's 2022-23 Budget Includes 'Inflation Relief' Payments for Millions,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Stimulus Checks', 'California', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation']","Newsom: California residents to receive up to $1,050 in stimulus payments",Washington Examiner,"Millions of California residents could receive payments up to $1,050.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Sunday that he and the state's legislative leaders have agreed on a framework for the 2022-2023 state budget, which includes stimulus payments to help residents deal with rising inflation and gas prices.
""California's budget addresses the state's most pressing needs, and prioritizes getting dollars back into the pockets of millions of Californians who are grappling with global inflation and rising prices of everything from gas to groceries,"" Newsom said in a press statement on Sunday. ""The centerpiece of the agreement, a $17...",right
11738,California's 2022-23 Budget Includes 'Inflation Relief' Payments for Millions,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Stimulus Checks', 'California', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation']",State budget deal: Most Californians will get stimulus payments,San Francisco Chronicle,"Governor Gavin Newsom announced with state legislative leaders that they have agreed on a budget that will provide stimulus payments to most Californians.
Most Californians would receive stimulus payments ranging from $200 to $350 per person under a budget deal that Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislative leaders announced Sunday night.
Tax refunds under the agreement’s $17 billion “inflation relief package” would provide $350 to individuals making less than $75,000 per year. Couples making less than $150,000 who file their taxes together would receive $700. If families in those categories...",left
11739,California's 2022-23 Budget Includes 'Inflation Relief' Payments for Millions,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Stimulus Checks', 'California', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation']","Stimulus Check Update as One State to Send out $1,050 Tax Rebate",Newsweek,"Millions of residents of one state will be receiving direct payments of up to $1,050 to help offset the high price of gas and other goods.
The payments to Californians will go out after Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders reached an agreement on the framework for the 2022/2023 state budget, the governor's office announced on Sunday.
The plan will use part of California's record-setting $97 billion budget surplus to return money directly to taxpayers.
Twenty-three million Californians will receive payments of up to $1,050 as part of a $17 billion ""inflation relief"" package,...",center
11740,House Republicans Block Democrats' Attempt to Subpoena Trump-Putin Interpreter,['Russia'],House Republicans defeat attempt to subpoena Trump interpreter,Politico,Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday defeated an attempt by panel Democrats to subpoena the interpreter who worked for President Donald Trump during his summit Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.,left
11741,House Republicans Block Democrats' Attempt to Subpoena Trump-Putin Interpreter,['Russia'],Adam Schiff disrupts House Intel hearing in failed effort to subpoena Trump-Putin meeting interpreter,Washington Examiner,"Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., disrupted a public House Intelligence Committee hearing on Thursday, making a motion to subpoena the interpreter who accompanied President Trump earlier this week",right
11742,House Republicans Block Democrats' Attempt to Subpoena Trump-Putin Interpreter,['Russia'],Trump Putin: Democrats call for interpreter to testify,BBC News,US opposition politicians are calling for Donald Trump's interpreter to testify before Congress about his summit talks with Vladimir Putin.,center
11743,Putin-Trump Summit Set for July 16 in Helsinki,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump And Putin To Hold Summit In Helsinki,HuffPost,"President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, will meet July 16 in Helsinki in a one-on-one summit meeting, the White House announced Thursday. The meeting will be the first of its kind between the leaders.",left
11744,Putin-Trump Summit Set for July 16 in Helsinki,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump to Meet Russia’s Putin in Finland on July 16,Wall Street Journal (News),"Summit will be the president’s first with the Russian leader, and the two will discuss national security and outlook for developing Russian-American relations",center
11745,Putin-Trump Summit Set for July 16 in Helsinki,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Putin, Trump to Have Summit in Helsinki on July 16",Newsmax (News),"Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a summit in Helsinki on July 16, the Kremlin and the White House announced Thursday.",right
11746,Judge Halts Immigration Ban,['Immigration'],"Federal Judge Temporarily Halts Trump Order on Immigration, Refugees",Wall Street Journal (News),"A federal judge in Seattle issued a ruling that temporarily blocks President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration and refugees, a decision that applies nationwide to tens of thousands of people holding visas to travel to the U.S.",center
11747,Judge Halts Immigration Ban,['Immigration'],Trump Attacks Judge Who Blocked Visa Ban,New York Times (News),"President Trump on Saturday attacked a federal judge who temporarily blocked his immigration order, calling him a “so-called judge” whose “ridiculous” ruling would be overturned.
In an early-morning Twitter message from his waterfront Florida resort, where he is spending the weekend, Mr. Trump wrote, “The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!”",left
11748,Judge Halts Immigration Ban,['Immigration'],White House Vows ‘Emergency Stay’ of Judicial Order Thwarting President’s Immigration Order,Breitbart News,The White House issued a statement vowing to file for an emergency stay of a federal judge’s order to block President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting immigration and refugees from high risk countries from the Middle East.,right
11749,Cruz vs. Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Secret Audio Sparks Trump vs. Cruz Twitter Rants,Newsmax (News),"GOP front-runner Donald Trump on Friday night followed up a Twitter assault on rival Ted Cruz with a barrage of insults at a campaign event in Iowa, appearing to signal an end to his friendly relationship with the Senator from Texas.
But on Saturday morning, the billionaire New York real estate developer tried to downplay the unpleasantness, saying he was ""having a little fun with Ted"" at the rally.
""We have had a very good relationship,"" Trump told Fox News' ""Fox and Friends Weekend"" on Saturday. ""I'm sure it will...",right
11750,Cruz vs. Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ted Cruz Sees Boon to His Campaign in Donald Trump,New York Times (News),"Senator Ted Cruz has long cheered Donald J. Trump’s presence in the Republican presidential field, thanking him for focusing national attention on issues like border security.
Speaking to donors in New York City on Wednesday, Mr. Cruz suggested a more strategic reason to be grateful: Mr. Trump is bending the race in Mr. Cruz’s direction.
“He has framed the central narrative of this primary as, ‘Who will stand up to Washington?’ ” Mr. Cruz, of Texas, said at the private fund-raiser, echoing remarks he has made publicly. “Now if that’s...",left
11751,Cruz vs. Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump takes on Cruz, but lightly",Politico,"Donald Trump didn’t hit back hard at Ted Cruz, but he couldn’t let the Texas senator’s dismissive private comments about his candidacy, which surfaced this week, go by without taking a shot.
Or two.
Trump, speaking to a crowd of several hundred people inside an auditorium at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, mocked Cruz, who has been remarkably deferential to Trump. Earlier Friday, Cruz sought to assuage Trump by tweeting that the billionaire mogul is a “great guy” and that the media is trying to spark a fight between...",left
11752,Fact-Checking the Georgia 'Suitcase' Voter Fraud Claims,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2020 Election Fact Checking', 'Facts And Fact Checking', '2020 Election', 'Georgia', 'Elections']",Video Doesn’t Show ‘Suitcases’ of Illegal Ballots in Georgia,FactCheck.org,"The Trump campaign is falsely claiming that surveillance camera footage captured election workers in Georgia adding thousands of illegal ballots that were brought into an Atlanta facility in suspicious “suitcases” on election night.
The campaign presented the video to Georgia state lawmakers on Dec. 3. President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, wrote on Twitter the same day: “The video tape doesn’t lie. Fulton County Democrats stole the election. It’s now beyond doubt.” Trump himself later amplified the claim at a rally in Georgia on Dec. 5.
But state officials told...",center
11753,Fact-Checking the Georgia 'Suitcase' Voter Fraud Claims,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2020 Election Fact Checking', 'Facts And Fact Checking', '2020 Election', 'Georgia', 'Elections']","No, The Georgia Vote-Counting Video Was Not ‘Debunked.’ Not Even Close",The Federalist,"A Big Tech-backed “fact” “checking” outfit claimed to debunk explosive evidence in support of Republicans’ claims of significant election problems at a Thursday Georgia Senate hearing. It didn’t. Not even close.
Newly discovered security footage from Georgia’s State Farm Arena showed dozens of ballot counters, media, and Republican observers leaving en masse at the same time from the ballot-counting area for Fulton County. After they left, a small remnant of about four workers began pulling trunks containing thousands of ballots from underneath a table with a long tablecloth and running...",right
11754,Fact-Checking the Georgia 'Suitcase' Voter Fraud Claims,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2020 Election Fact Checking', 'Facts And Fact Checking', '2020 Election', 'Georgia', 'Elections']","No, Georgia election workers didn’t kick out observers and illegally count ‘suitcases’ of ballots",PolitiFact,"Georgia election officials disputed a video promoted by President Donald Trump’s campaign as evidence of election fraud, saying the footage shows nothing but ""normal ballot processing.""
The surveillance video was introduced as proof of illegal activity by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and his team during a Dec. 3 hearing with Georgia state legislators. The Trump campaign then circulated One America News Network’s live coverage of the event online.
Social media posts sharing the video were flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News...",left
11755,Supreme Court Rules Employers Can Choose Not to Provide Free Birth Control,"['Birth Control', 'Obamacare', 'Public Health', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court Undercuts Access To Birth Control Under Obamacare,NPR (Online News),"The U.S. Supreme Court has made it more difficult for women to get access to birth control as part of their health plans if their employer has a religious or moral objections to contraceptives.
The opinion upheld a Trump administration rule that significantly cut back on the Affordable Care Act requirement that insurers provide free birth control coverage as part of almost all health care plans.
Under the ACA, churches and synagogues were automatically exempted from the birth control insurance mandate. Not automatically exempt, however, were non-profits like religiously affiliated...",left
11756,Supreme Court Rules Employers Can Choose Not to Provide Free Birth Control,"['Birth Control', 'Obamacare', 'Public Health', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court rules in favor of Little Sisters of the Poor in ObamaCare contraception case,Fox News (Online News),"The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration acted within its authority when it expanded exemptions to the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirement for employers to provide insurance coverage that includes contraception -- in a victory for Little Sisters of the Poor, the Catholic group that has been at the center of the national debate over the mandate.
The court ruled 7-2 in favor of the Trump administration and a Catholic charity that cares for the elderly in two related disputes against Pennsylvania, which sued over the validity of...",right
11757,Supreme Court Rules Employers Can Choose Not to Provide Free Birth Control,"['Birth Control', 'Obamacare', 'Public Health', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court Lets Employers Opt Out of Providing Free Birth Control,New York Times (News),"The justices upheld regulations from the Trump administration that allowed employers with religious objections to decline to provide contraception coverage.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Trump administration regulation that lets employers with religious objections limit women’s access to free birth control under the Affordable Care Act.
As a consequence of the ruling, about 70,000 to 126,000 women could lose contraceptive coverage from their employers, according to government estimates.
The vote was 7 to 2, with Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissenting.
Contraception coverage has emerged as...",left
11758,Courting the Votes of Women,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Did Romney undo gains with women voters?,CNN (Online News),"Before Tuesday night's debate, polls showed Mitt Romney had gained ground with women voters.",left
11759,Courting the Votes of Women,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Rival Campaigns Intently Pursue Votes of Women,New York Times (News),"With Election Day looming, the push for votes is coming down not only to a state-by-state fight, but also to one for the allegiance of vital demographic groups, chief among them undecided women.",left
11760,Courting the Votes of Women,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Post-debate, candidates court women’s vote",Washington Times,"Trying to regain a clear lead among female voters, President Obama and Democrats said Wednesday that Mitt Romneys second debate performance showed the Republican presidential nominee will not stand up for womens rights and mocked him for saying he brought “binders full of women as job candidates with him when he became Massachusetts governor.",right
11761,Bergdahl To Face Desertion Charges,"['National Defense', 'Defense And Security']","Bowe Bergdahl to Be Charged With Desertion, Officials Say",NBC News (Online),"Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by enemy forces in Afghanistan for five years, will be charged with desertion, a senior defense officials tell NBC News. The officials say the charges could be referred within a week.",left
11762,Bergdahl To Face Desertion Charges,"['National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",Bowe Bergdahl to face desertion charges,Reuters,"U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who disappeared from his base in Afghanistan in 2009 but was released last year in a prisoner swap with the Taliban, will be charged with desertion, according to NBC.",center
11763,Bergdahl To Face Desertion Charges,"['National Defense', 'Defense And Security']","Bergdahl to be charged with desertion, ex-military intel officer says",Fox News (Online News),"The Army has decided to charge Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was released by Taliban-aligned militants last year in exchange for five Guantanamo prisoners, with desertion, according to a former military intelligence officer.",right
11764,"Committee Releases Jan. 6 Texts from Fox Hosts, Trump Jr.","['US House', 'Mark Meadows', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Fox News', 'Donald Trump', 'Donald Trump Jr.', 'Liz Cheney', 'Politics']",Rep. Liz Cheney read text messages she said Mark Meadows got during the Jan. 6 siege,NPR (Online News),"Prior to a unanimous vote to refer Mark Meadows for contempt of Congress charges, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., the ranking Republican on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, read a series of text messages she said Meadows received during the Capitol attack.
In the messages, several figures, including Donald Trump Jr. and Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity, urge Meadows to get then-President Donald Trump to tell his supporters to leave the Capitol.
Cheney said Meadows, who was Trump's White House chief of staff during the...",left
11765,"Committee Releases Jan. 6 Texts from Fox Hosts, Trump Jr.","['US House', 'Mark Meadows', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Fox News', 'Donald Trump', 'Donald Trump Jr.', 'Liz Cheney', 'Politics']","Texts reveal Fox News hosts, Don Jr. begged Meadows to get Trump to act on Jan. 6 riot",Washington Times,"Several Fox News hosts attempted to prod President Trump to intervene when his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, according to text messages revealed by the House committee investigating the attack.
Rep. Liz Cheney, Wyoming Republican and vice chair of the committee, read to the panel several of the exchanges between the hosts and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.
“Multiple Fox News host knew the president needed to act immediately,” Ms. Cheney said at the hearing Monday evening when the panel unanimously voted to hold Mr. Meadows in contempt of Congress for failing to cooperate with...",right
11766,"Committee Releases Jan. 6 Texts from Fox Hosts, Trump Jr.","['US House', 'Mark Meadows', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Fox News', 'Donald Trump', 'Donald Trump Jr.', 'Liz Cheney', 'Politics']","‘He’s got to condemn this …’: Panel releases urgent Jan. 6 texts from Donald Trump Jr., lawmakers and Fox hosts",Politico,"As rioters swarmed the Capitol, President Donald Trump’s eldest son pleaded with White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to get his father to do more to end the violence.
“He’s got to condemn this [shit] Asap. The Capitol Police tweet is not enough,” Donald Trump Jr. texted, one of a series of messages Meadows provided to the Jan. 6 select committee investigating the former president’s effort to overturn the election.",left
11767,North Korea Urges Foreigners To Vacate South Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea: Foreigners on peninsula could get caught in conflict,Christian Science Monitor,Despite a series of increasingly dire North Korean prophecies international reaction has been largely calm. Many suspect the Norths threats are Kim Jong-uns way of proving himself.,center
11768,North Korea Urges Foreigners To Vacate South Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea Urges Foreigners To Vacate South Korea,HuffPost,The new threat appeared to be an attempt to scare foreigners into pressing their governments to pressure Washington and Seoul to act to avert a conflict.,left
11769,North Korea Urges Foreigners To Vacate South Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea urges foreigners to vacate South Korea,Townhall,North Korea on Tuesday urged foreigners to vacate South Korea.,right
11770,POTUS Address Tonight,['Middle East'],Here's What Obama Is Expected To Say In His Address To The Nation Tonight,HuffPost,"President Barack Obama will outline in an address to the nation Wednesday night an expanded military and political effort to combat Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, possibly including airstrikes in Syria, officials said.",left
11771,POTUS Address Tonight,['Middle East'],"Obama's challenge: Sell, don't scare",Politico,President Barack Obama has to thread a needle in his speech Wednesday night: addressing an American public increasingly fearful about the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant while trying to offer some perspective on a threat critics say he has long understated.,left
11772,POTUS Address Tonight,['Middle East'],Do over! Obama speech to reverse course on severity of Islamic State threat,Washington Times,"Nine months after belittling the Islamic State as a “JV” terrorist group, President Obama will devote an urgent prime-time address Wednesday to his plan for defeating the suddenly resurgent militants, a strategy that will rely heavily on U.S. partnership with an untested Iraqi government and unproven Syrian rebels.",right
11773,Southern Baptist Convention Releases List of Hundreds of Sexual Misconduct Allegations,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Religion And Faith', 'Southern Baptists', 'Pastors', ""Women'S Issues""]",Southern Baptists Release List of Alleged Sex Abusers,New York Times (News),"Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention published a 205-page list Thursday evening of hundreds of ministers and other church workers it described as being “credibly accused” of sexual abuse.
The list’s public release is one of the first definitive steps the denomination’s leadership has taken in the wake of a nearly 300-page report about its handling of alleged sexual abuse over the last 20 years.",left
11774,Southern Baptist Convention Releases List of Hundreds of Sexual Misconduct Allegations,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Religion And Faith', 'Southern Baptists', 'Pastors', ""Women'S Issues""]",Southern Baptist Convention releases alleged abusers list for churches to 'proactively' protect the vulnerable,Fox News (Online News),"The Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee publicly released a list of alleged sexual abusers, urging churches to use the list ""proactively"" to protect the vulnerable, in the wake of an exhaustive report into sexual abuse and decades of cover-ups in the denomination.
The list, which the committee submitted to Guidepost Solutions as it compiled its 288-page investigative report, runs to 205 pages of names, with some names and claims redacted.",right
11775,Southern Baptist Convention Releases List of Hundreds of Sexual Misconduct Allegations,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Religion And Faith', 'Southern Baptists', 'Pastors', ""Women'S Issues""]",She spent decades warning Southern Baptists about abuse. This week's revelations brought ‘no joy.’,Houston Chronicle,"For two decades, Christa Brown has stared down evil, has sacrificed endlessly to stop Southern Baptist predators and expose leaders who helped keep them in pulpits.
“For evil to become systemic, it needs a whole lot of enablers,” she said. “And systemic evil is the most destructive kind, with the most victims, because it is so disguised. It is the evil that smiles at you, and behind the scenes is just devastating people.”",center
11776,Obama did not know about NSA spying on world leaders,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",NSA Denies Obama Knew Of Merkel Surveillance From 2010,HuffPost,The National Security Agency is denying reports that President Barack Obama has been aware of surveillance of German Chancellor Angela Merkel since 2010.,left
11777,Obama did not know about NSA spying on world leaders,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Obama unaware as U.S. spied on world leaders: officials.,Wall Street Journal (News),"The National Security Agency ended a program used to spy on German Chancellor Angela Merkel and a number of other world leaders after an internal Obama administration review started this summer revealed to the White House the existence of the operation, U.S. officials said.",center
11778,Obama did not know about NSA spying on world leaders,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Report: Obama Didn't Know About NSA's Spying Operation on World Leaders,The Blaze,"President Barack Obama was unaware of the National Security Agency's spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other world leaders until the operation was discovered through an internal administration review, The Wall Street Journal reported.",right
11779,Hurricane Laura Brings Tornado Threat after Louisiana Landfall,"['Hurricane Laura', 'Louisiana', 'General News']",Hurricane Laura: Gulf Coast Lashed by High Winds and Flooding,New York Times (News),"Hurricane Laura pounded the Louisiana and Texas coasts as it made landfall near Cameron, La., as a Category 4 storm early Thursday, delivering a barrage of 150-mile-an-hour winds and massive storm surge. The cyclone weakened as it moved inland, but remained destructive, with strong winds and heavy rain, and forecasters said it could spawn tornadoes.
At 8 a.m. Central time, the storm was centered between Leesville and Natchitoches, La., about 110 miles north of the Gulf Coast and 80 miles south of Shreveport, with hurricane-force winds extending out 60 miles...",left
11780,Hurricane Laura Brings Tornado Threat after Louisiana Landfall,"['Hurricane Laura', 'Louisiana', 'General News']","Hurricane Laura devastates Lake Charles, Louisiana as it barrels inland",Reuters,"Hurricane Laura made landfall early on Thursday in southwestern Louisiana as one of the most powerful storms to hit the state, shattering glass windows and tearing roofs off buildings in Lake Charles as it moved northward to drench the inland.
Residents of Lake Charles, Louisiana, heard Laura’s winds howling and the sound of breaking glass throughout the night as the storm passed through the city of 78,000 with winds of 85 miles per hour (137 km per hour) and gusts up to 128 mph (206 kph), in the hour after...",center
11781,Hurricane Laura Brings Tornado Threat after Louisiana Landfall,"['Hurricane Laura', 'Louisiana', 'General News']",Frightening images emerge on social media of Hurricane Laura's landfall and aftermath,The Blaze,"Hurricane Laura, one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the continental United States, made landfall early Thursday morning near Lake Charles, Louisiana, bringing winds of over 150 mph and up to 9 feet of storm surge, according to the Weather Channel.
On Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center called the storm ""unsurvivable"" and ""catastrophic"" and now we are getting a first glimpse of the wreckage it caused, including tearing buildings to pieces and leaving more than half a million without power.
Self-described storm chaser Reed Timmer posted a video...",right
11782,White House Announces Plan to Distribute 150 Million Rapid COVID-19 Tests,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump']",'Game-changer': White House details shipments of 150 million rapid virus tests,Washington Times,"States will receive 6.5 million rapid coronavirus tests this week, President Trump said Monday, dubbing the move a “game changer” that will allow governors to protect first responders and reopen schools as his administration dispatches 150 million tests it bought from Abbott Laboratories a month ago.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, thanked Mr. Trump for the BinaxNOW tests. He said the 15-minute turnaround time will allow him to screen K-12 schoolteachers daily instead of weekly.
“We want to get 100% of our kids back in the classroom,” Mr. Reeves...",right
11783,White House Announces Plan to Distribute 150 Million Rapid COVID-19 Tests,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump']",Trump announces plan to distribute 150 million rapid coronavirus tests,Axios,"President Trump announced on Monday that the federal government will distribute 150 million rapid, point-of-care coronavirus tests to states over the next few weeks, including to K-12 schools and vulnerable communities like nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
Why it matters: The Trump administration has stressed the importance of reopening schools in allowing parents to return to work and jumpstarting the economy.",center
11784,White House Announces Plan to Distribute 150 Million Rapid COVID-19 Tests,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump']",Trump gives update on coronavirus testing after bombshell report on taxes,CBS News (Online),"President Trump announced the federal government is sending 150 million rapid care tests to governors to distribute as they deem fit. Governors are encouraged to use them to screen at schools and in high-risk settings, the president said in a Rose Garden event.
But the president had already announced that would be happening in August, before accepting the nomination at the Republican National Convention.
The update on the nation's coronavirus testing strategy comes one day after a bombshell report from the New York Times provided an in-depth look...",left
11785,"How Coronavirus May Permanently Alter Life, Politics in the US","['Culture', 'Technology', 'Public Health', 'National Security', 'Politics', 'Coronavirus']","‘No longer a luxury’: As life moves online, the offline fall behind",Christian Science Monitor,"When Amy Olsen wants to have a video chat with her family, she has to drive four miles to the parking lot of the Lowell, Vermont, town clerk to use the free Wi-Fi.
None of Lowell’s 879 or so residents have access to direct broadband service, according to BroadbandNow, a company that helps people find and compare internet service providers. The closest anyone there can get is “fixed wireless,” which uses outdoor directional antennas to broadcast radio signals to residential Wi-Fi gateways. But for that, you need to live close...",center
11786,"How Coronavirus May Permanently Alter Life, Politics in the US","['Culture', 'Technology', 'Public Health', 'National Security', 'Politics', 'Coronavirus']",How the coronavirus could change our politics,Washington Examiner,"The coronavirus pandemic has been unprecedented in its scope and duration, as has our response to it. The economy stands still while millions of people file for unemployment, our healthcare system is working overtime to prevent an exhaustion of resources, and our lawmakers are struggling to find ways to provide immediate relief while minimizing long-term damage.
All of this has required a kind of political and economic flexibility that has the potential to change the way we think about and address future crises. And it has, in some ways, accelerated...",right
11787,"How Coronavirus May Permanently Alter Life, Politics in the US","['Culture', 'Technology', 'Public Health', 'National Security', 'Politics', 'Coronavirus']","After this pandemic passes, America needs a reckoning with its national security",Washington Post,"After this pandemic passes, there must be a profound reckoning. I’m not referring to President Trump’s abysmal performance in the crisis; the election in November will render citizens’ judgment on that. No, there must be a reckoning with the profound failure of the United States’ domestic and foreign policies and priorities, a failure that was apparent even before covid-19 revealed the catastrophic bankruptcy of our national security strategy.
Less than 30 years ago, with the end of the Soviet Union, the United States basked in the role of the world’s...",left
11788,Emergency Small Business Funding Runs Out,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Business']",Small business rescue funds depleted with Congress deadlocked,Politico,"The small business rescue fund set up by Congress exhausted its $350 billion funding capacity Thursday morning, as U.S. lawmakers remained mired in a battle over providing more money.
Congressional Democrats continued their talks with the Trump administration on Thursday on whether there's a deal that can pass Congress unanimously. Without additional funding, banks and the Small Business Administration will be unable to approve more of the Paycheck Protection Program loans designed to avert layoffs during the coronavirus pandemic, which can be forgiven if businesses agree to maintain their payrolls.",left
11789,Emergency Small Business Funding Runs Out,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Business']",Small business lending program on hold after reaching limit,Associated Press,"NEW YORK (AP) — The government’s lending program for small businesses is on hold.
The Small Business Administration said Thursday that it reached the $349 billion lending limit for the program, after approving nearly 1.7 million loans.
Thousands of small business owners whose loans have not yet been processed must now wait for Congress to approve a Trump administration request for another $250 billion for the program. Lawmakers have been haggling over whether to extend the program as it stands now, or whether to add provisions that, among other things,...",left
11790,Emergency Small Business Funding Runs Out,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Business']","McConnell, McCarthy Blast Democrats For Blocking Funds For Small Businesses",The Daily Wire,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) slammed Democrats and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in a statement on Wednesday for refusing to replenish the Paycheck Protection Program of the CARES Act, which will result in harm to Americans.",right
11791,Previewing Tuesday's 2022 Primaries in 5 States,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Arizona Senate Election', 'Elections', 'Politics', 'Missouri', 'Michigan', 'Arizona', 'Kansas', 'Washington', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Abortion']",Michigan GOP Congressman Criticizes Democrats For ‘Subsidizing’ Primary Opponent’s Campaign,The Epoch Times,"Hours before western Michigan voters head to the polls for the primary, first-term Republican Rep. Peter Meijer blamed the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for funding a $435,000 ad that has given airtime to his competitor, Donald Trump-endorsed John Gibbs.
Democrats had praised Meijer, who represents Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District, when he was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach President Trump over the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021.
“To leading Democrats, we were the Good Republicans,” Meijer wrote on Aug. 1 in a column titled “Why the Democrats...",right
11792,Previewing Tuesday's 2022 Primaries in 5 States,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Arizona Senate Election', 'Elections', 'Politics', 'Missouri', 'Michigan', 'Arizona', 'Kansas', 'Washington', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Abortion']",What Arizona’s primaries will tell us about the GOP divide,The Hill,"The proxy battle between President Trump and establishment Republican figures will come to a head in Tuesday’s Arizona primaries, providing an indication of the direction the GOP might take going forward.
The two wings of the Republican Party have provided contrasting messages in the lead-up to Arizona’s primaries, with Trump and his endorsed candidates zeroing in on his unfounded claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him and establishment-backed Republicans focusing on kitchen table issues and being an alternative to Democratic Party control.
This has played out most...",center
11793,Previewing Tuesday's 2022 Primaries in 5 States,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Arizona Senate Election', 'Elections', 'Politics', 'Missouri', 'Michigan', 'Arizona', 'Kansas', 'Washington', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Abortion']",Trump baffles GOP by endorsing ‘Eric’ in the Missouri Senate primary — a race with three Erics,NBC News (Online),"Former President Donald Trump injected some last-minute confusion ahead of Missouri's Senate primary on Tuesday by endorsing ""ERIC"" in a Monday night statement.
Eric who? Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens? State Attorney General Eric Schmitt? Or maybe even little-known Eric McElroy?
“I trust the Great People of Missouri, on this one, to make up their own minds, much as they did when they gave me landslide victories in the 2016 and 2020 Elections, and I am therefore proud to announce that ERIC has my Complete and Total Endorsement!” Trump said in a statement after...",left
11794,Pope Francis on Evolution,[],Pope Francis declares evolution and Big Bang theory are real and God is not 'a magician with a magic wand',,"The theories of evolution and the Big Bang are real and God is not “a magician with a magic wand”, Pope Francis has declared. Speaking at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Pope made comments which experts said put an end to the “pseudo theories” of creationism and intelligent design that some argue were encouraged by his predecessor, Benedict XVI.",center
11795,Pope Francis on Evolution,[],Pope Francis’ Claims About God and Evolution Spark Major Debate — but Here’s Why Some Are Lambasting the Media,The Blaze,"Pope Francis’ recent comments favoring evolution and the Big Bang Theory led to rampant media coverage claiming that the pontiff is embracing a newfound and “progressive” mentality.
But many critics are charging that journalists generally missed the mark, noting that there was nothing new about his statements and citing the Catholic Church’s decades-old belief that evolution and God’s role in sparking creation are not incompatible concepts.",right
11796,Pope Francis on Evolution,[],"Sorry, But Media Coverage of Pope Francis is Papal Bull",Time Magazine,"The ""Pope Francis supports evolution"" story is just the latest example of the press getting the Catholic Church completely wrong. It is official: the media has gone bananas in its coverage of Pope Francis. The OMG-Pope-Francis-Supports-Evolution story of the past two days is just the latest example. Almost every news outlet, major and minor, has plastered Pope Francis’ name across the interwebs and proclaimed he has finally planted the Catholic Church in the evolution camp of the creation-evolution debate. The only problem? Almost every outlet has got the story wrong,...",left
11797,Pelosi Announces House Select Committee on January 6th,"['US House', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Politics', 'Benghazi']",Pelosi says she will create a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.,New York Times (News),"Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Thursday that she would create a select committee to further investigate the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, after Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan effort to form an independent commission of experts to look into the riot.
“Jan. 6 was a day of darkness for our country,” Ms. Pelosi told reporters. “Our temple of democracy was attacked by insurrectionists.”
The move came after Ms. Pelosi had signaled for weeks that she planned to take such a step to scrutinize the storming of the Capitol...",left
11798,Pelosi Announces House Select Committee on January 6th,"['US House', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Politics', 'Benghazi']","Pelosi creates select committee to investigate Jan. 6 riot, says 'Republicans are afraid of the truth'",Fox News (Online News),"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday announced the creation of a select House committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot following the failure last month of a bipartisan effort to form an independent commission in the Senate.
Pelosi said she hoped the 9/11-style commission would become a reality, but after Senate Republicans blocked its creation, she could not wait any longer to launch a deeper dive into the events surrounding the takeover of the Capitol. She created a House committee to investigate the origins of the attack and make recommendations on how to prevent...",right
11799,Pelosi Announces House Select Committee on January 6th,"['US House', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Politics', 'Benghazi']",Democrats set up committee to probe 6 January attack,BBC News,"Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced the creation of a committee to investigate the Capitol Hill riot in January this year.
Mrs Pelosi said the Democratic-led committee would aim to ""establish the truth of that day and ensure that an attack of that kind cannot happen"".
The move comes after Senate Republicans blocked a bill to establish a bipartisan commission into the attack.
Allies of former President Donald Trump said a commission was not necessary.
His supporters stormed Congress in Washington DC on 6 January in a failed bid...",center
11800,Top CBS Exec Les Moonves Accused of Sexual Misconduct,['Sexual Misconduct'],Les Moonves: CBS investigates report of 'misconduct',BBC News,US television network CBS says it is investigating reports detailing allegations of sexual misconduct by its top executive Les Moonves.,center
11801,Top CBS Exec Les Moonves Accused of Sexual Misconduct,['Sexual Misconduct'],"Les Moonves, top CBS exec, accused of sexual misconduct in bombshell report",Fox News (Online News),"Six women have accused CBS Chairman and CEO Les Moonves of sexual harassment, according to Ronan Farrow's latest report, published by The New Yorker on Friday.",right
11802,Top CBS Exec Les Moonves Accused of Sexual Misconduct,['Sexual Misconduct'],CBS CEO Les Moonves is accused of sexual harassment by 6 women,Vox,Dozens more describe a disturbing network culture in which bad actors were sometimes shielded from consequences.,left
11803,West Wing Reportedly Frustrated with VP Harris,"['White House', 'Kamala Harris', 'Joe Biden', 'Democratic Party', 'Public Opinion', 'Politics']","Kamala Harris sidelined amid growing tensions with Biden, insiders say",New York Post (News),"Vice President Kamala Harris feels increasingly isolated inside the White House as her approval ratings plummet — with the first female veep believing she’s not getting the same support given to other members of the Biden administration, according to a detailed new report.
Despite their public show of unity, Biden and his right-hand woman have a dysfunctional relationship that has reached an “exhausted stalemate,” according to CNN, who based its report on interviews with nearly three dozen insiders.
Vice President Kamala Harris reportedly feels she’s not getting the same support President Biden gives to white male politicians.
At a time when the president would usually be expected to...",right
11804,West Wing Reportedly Frustrated with VP Harris,"['White House', 'Kamala Harris', 'Joe Biden', 'Democratic Party', 'Public Opinion', 'Politics']",White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki defended Kamala Harris after a report about 'exasperation and dysfunction' in the vice president's office,Insider,"White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tweeted in defense of Vice President Kamala Harris hours after a critical report alleged ""exasperation and dysfunction"" going on in her office.
""For anyone who needs to hear it. @VP is not only a vital partner to @POTUS but a bold leader who has taken on key, important challenges facing the country—from voting rights to addressing root causes of migration to expanding broadband,"" Psaki wrote in a tweet Sunday night.
The tweet followed a report from CNN that said many of Harris' aides feel she is being sidelined by...",left
11805,West Wing Reportedly Frustrated with VP Harris,"['White House', 'Kamala Harris', 'Joe Biden', 'Democratic Party', 'Public Opinion', 'Politics']",Biden-successor chatter grows and Harris isn’t scaring off anyone,Politico,"President Joe Biden says he intends to run for reelection in 2024. But not all Democrats believe him. Nor are they convinced his No. 2 would be the clear heir if he did choose to opt out.
As Vice President Kamala Harris grapples with a portfolio of seemingly intractable issues and responsibilities that have drawn her away from the national spotlight — she Zoomed into the infrastructure Cabinet meeting from Paris on Friday — other Democrats have raised their own national profiles.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is the point person...",left
11806,What to Expect from the White House Budget,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama's budget faces bipartisan opposition,Washington Times,President Obama will introduce his fiscal 2014 budget to Congress Wednesday - a 3.77 trillion spending plan that would raise hundreds of billions in new taxes and would commit his administration to entitlement reform.,right
11807,What to Expect from the White House Budget,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama's Budget: What To Expect,NPR (Online News),Even a budget proposal that's likely nowhere gives a president the chance to state priorities and place dollar amounts next to them.,left
11808,What to Expect from the White House Budget,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama Seeks 'Grand Bargain' By Cutting Popular Programs,HuffPost,President Barack Obama is sending Congress a 3.77 trillion spending blueprint that seeks to achieve an elusive grand bargain to tame runaway deficits by raising taxes further on the wealthy and trimming popular benefit programs.,left
11809,Changes for Immigration,['Immigration'],"Why this time? On immigration, McCain points to 'elections'",CNN (Online News),"A bipartisan group of senators expressed confidence Monday in their proposal for major immigration reform. But after the last big congressional push failed in 2007, many are asking why it would work this time around.
""Elections. Elections,"" Republican Sen. John McCain said Monday in a press conference, when CNN's Dana Bash asked what was behind the optimism. ""The Republican Party is losing the support of our Hispanic citizens and we realize that there are many issues on which we think we are in agreement with our Hispanic citizens but this...",left
11810,Changes for Immigration,['Immigration'],Will Obama Blow Up Immigration Deal?,Fox News (Online News),"“One of the biggest factors is going to be how the media shapes debates. If a Republican member of Congress is not punished on FOX News or by Rush Limbaugh for working with a Democrat on a bill of common interest, then you'll see more of them doing it.”
-- President Obama in an interview with The New Republic.
President Obama believes that the media are a big problem with the nation’s current sclerosis.
In an interview with the liberal magazine New Republic, Obama found fault with...",right
11811,Changes for Immigration,['Immigration'],Obama On Immigration: 'We're Putting Our Shoulder To The Wheel',HuffPost,"President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that he hopes immigration reform can be passed into law by June, but in the meantime he has no plans to halt or slow deportations, despite pleas from advocates.
Obama gave interviews to two Spanish-language outlets, Univision and Telemundo, on Wednesday, the day after he delivered a major speech on immigration reform. He argued that much of the legislative work on the issue is already done, given years of work by a number of members of Congress and his own administration. Now, the struggle...",left
11812,Watch Super Tuesday Results,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Real Time Super Tuesday Primary News and Results,Washington Times,"Hillary Clinton secured important wins Tuesday night in Virginia, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee, while Democratic presidential primary rival Sen. Ber",right
11813,Watch Super Tuesday Results,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",It's All About the Delegates,HuffPost,"Our intrepid contenders are trying to win enough delegates to clinch a nomination at their party conventions in June.
Here’s a breakdown of the delegates from tonight’s states.",left
11814,Watch Super Tuesday Results,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Elections 2016,NPR (Online News),"Tune in to hear live results, candidate speeches, updated analysis and news from NPR's political team on the ground in a special broadcast hosted by Rachel",left
11815,Is the Political 'Establishment' Trying to Smear Madison Cawthorn?,"['Politics', '2022 Elections', 'Madison Cawthorn', 'Republican Party', 'US House', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Establishment', 'US Congress', 'North Carolina', 'Insider Trading', 'Ethics Investigation']",Republicans have only themselves to blame for Madison Cawthorn,Dana Milbank,"It was quite a month for young Madison Cawthorn.
The 26-year-old Republican congressman from North Carolina was caught bringing a loaded gun through airport security, his second such incident. Police released footage of him getting pulled over for driving with expired tags and being told to surrender his revoked license. The Washington Examiner reported allegations against him of insider trading. Politico published photos of him partying while wearing women’s lingerie. And a former congressional aide filed a workplace complaint against him.",left
11816,Is the Political 'Establishment' Trying to Smear Madison Cawthorn?,"['Politics', '2022 Elections', 'Madison Cawthorn', 'Republican Party', 'US House', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Establishment', 'US Congress', 'North Carolina', 'Insider Trading', 'Ethics Investigation']",Timeline of Madison Cawthorn controversies,The Hill,"Rep. Madison Cawthorn ( R-N.C.) has been a lightning rod for controversy.
The 26-year-old freshman lawmaker, who was elected to represent North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives to fill the vacant seat left by White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in 2020, has been at the center of a series of scandals in the lead-up to his primary on May 17.
This year alone, he has alleged to have been invited to orgies in Washington and said he saw people do cocaine, prompting a stern rebuke...",center
11817,Is the Political 'Establishment' Trying to Smear Madison Cawthorn?,"['Politics', '2022 Elections', 'Madison Cawthorn', 'Republican Party', 'US House', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Establishment', 'US Congress', 'North Carolina', 'Insider Trading', 'Ethics Investigation']",Madison Cawthorn’s Primary Challenger Is Everything Cawthorn Isn’t,Dan McLaughlin,"Do voters prefer a serious legislator who does his job and reflects the values of his district to a headline-grabbing neophyte? We’re about to find out.
State senator Chuck Edwards isn’t well-known outside of North Carolina, but that won’t be the case for long if his bid to knock off Representative Madison Cawthorn in an upcoming Republican primary election succeeds.
Voters in North Carolina's heavily Republican 11th congressional district are unlikely to choose a Democrat in November.",right
11818,Tips for Parents on Talking to Kids About School Shootings,"['Public Health', 'Violence In America', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Texas school shooting: How parents should talk to their kids about the tragedy,Fox News (Online News),"American families are on high alert after a gunman opened fire on Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and two teachers.
School districts across the country are increasing security in the wake of the tragedy, which raises questions about how parents and caregivers should speak to their children about violence, and the shooting itself, in an age-appropriate fashion.
""The first thing you need to do is not talk to your kid immediately. You need to take care of yourself first,"" Dr. Jill Emanuele, vice president of clinical training at Child Mind Institute in New York...",right
11819,Tips for Parents on Talking to Kids About School Shootings,"['Public Health', 'Violence In America', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",How to talk to kids about Uvalde,Axios,"We're all scrambling for ways to help when tragedy strikes. Here’s one big way: Help ease kids through the awfulness.
Listen to them. Be honest with them. Take ""news breaks"" with them.
Why it matters: Kids often simply need to talk things out and know someone — anyone — is listening.
Schools around the country did something yesterday that would have been unimaginable a generation ago:
They sent home pointers about how to talk to kids about mass tragedy, as parents and teachers navigate the aftermath of Uvalde.
With help from Axios Local reporters coast to coast, Finish...",center
11820,Tips for Parents on Talking to Kids About School Shootings,"['Public Health', 'Violence In America', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",What to say to kids about school shootings to ease their stress,NPR (Online News),"If you have school-age children, chances are they've already talked to their classmates about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. So what's the best way to know how they're feeling and what they're thinking? Ask them.
""Children's questions may be very different from adults',"" says David Schonfeld, a pediatrician who directs the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. And the best way to determine how much information they need is to listen to them, he says.
""Before we can offer reassurance or help them with what's bothering...",left
11821,Pope Francis Apologizes for 'Evil' Committed Against Indigenous Children in Canada,"['Canada', 'Catholic Church', 'Education', 'Genocide', 'Indigenous Peoples', 'Pope Francis', 'Racial Violence', 'Religion And Faith']",Pope Francis Apologizes for ‘Evil’ Committed Against Indigenous Peoples in Canada,Vice,"Pope Francis apologized to Indigenous peoples on Monday and asked for forgiveness for the “evil committed by so many Christians” against them in Canada’s brutal residential school system. 
“I am sorry,” the pope said, while addressing Indigenous elders and residential school survivors at a former residential school site in Maskwacis, Alberta, about 100 kilometres south of Edmonton. 
“I humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed by so many Christians against the Indigenous peoples,” he said in Spanish, his mother tongue. The apology was translated into English and multiple Indigenous languages....",left
11822,Pope Francis Apologizes for 'Evil' Committed Against Indigenous Children in Canada,"['Canada', 'Catholic Church', 'Education', 'Genocide', 'Indigenous Peoples', 'Pope Francis', 'Racial Violence', 'Religion And Faith']",Pope Francis Apologizes to Indigenous Canadians for ‘Evil Committed by So Many Christians’,National Review,"Pope Francis issued an apology to the indigenous people of Canada on Monday, asking forgiveness for the “evil committed by so many Christians” following international uproar over the treatment of indigenous children at residential Christian schools.
“I am deeply sorry — sorry for the ways in which, regrettably, many Christians supported the colonizing mentality of the powers that oppressed the Indigenous peoples,” Francis said, according to the Washington Post. 
Residential schools, which assimilated and Christianized indigenous children, were ran partly by the Catholic Church in the 19th and 20th centuries.
“It is painful to...",right
11823,Pope Francis Apologizes for 'Evil' Committed Against Indigenous Children in Canada,"['Canada', 'Catholic Church', 'Education', 'Genocide', 'Indigenous Peoples', 'Pope Francis', 'Racial Violence', 'Religion And Faith']",Pope Francis Atones for Catholic Abuse of Indigenous Children in Canada,Wall Street Journal (News),"Pope Francis visited the site of a former residential school for indigenous Canadian children on Monday morning and repeatedly apologized for Catholics’ role in government-sponsored “projects of cultural destruction and forced assimilation” that he said had devastated their communities.
“I humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed by so many Christians against the indigenous peoples,” the pope said, one of half a dozen ways in which he expressed sorrow or begged for pardon in the speech, which he delivered to an audience of indigenous leaders, elders and former residential school students as well...",center
11824,"Blinken Makes Surprise Ukraine Trip, Pledges $2B More in Aid","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Foreign Aid', 'Foreign Policy']",Ukraine says it retakes eastern territory as Blinken visits with more aid,Reuters,"Ukraine has recaptured over 700 sq kms (270 sq miles) of its territory in the east and the south during a lightning counter offensive, a Ukrainian general said on Thursday, offering the first official assessment of the operation.
The gains, if confirmed and held, are a serious blow for Russia which Western intelligence services say has suffered huge casualties. It also would represent a significant boost for Kyiv, which is keen to show its Western backers that it can change the facts on the ground by force and deserves continued...",center
11825,"Blinken Makes Surprise Ukraine Trip, Pledges $2B More in Aid","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Foreign Aid', 'Foreign Policy']",US Secretary of State Antony Blinken makes an unannounced trip to Ukraine,CNN (Online News),"US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced trip to Ukraine Thursday -- paying his second visit to the country's capital city since the war with Russia began more than six months ago.
While in Kyiv, Blinken met with top officials, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, and visited a children's hospital.
""President Biden has been clear we will support the people of Ukraine for as long as it takes. I reiterated this message to President Zelenskyy and his team today in Kyiv, which remains --...",left
11826,"Blinken Makes Surprise Ukraine Trip, Pledges $2B More in Aid","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Foreign Aid', 'Foreign Policy']","Blinken makes unannounced visit to Ukraine, pledges additional support",Washington Examiner,"Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Thursday, vowing additional support from the United States as the war-torn country seeks to recapture territory overtaken by Russian forces.
Blinken met with top Ukrainian officials in the capital of Kyiv, marking his second trip to the country since Russia invaded in late February. The trip was part of the U.S.’s latest efforts to convey its support for Ukraine and its intent to provide military support.
The Biden administration also announced another $2 billion in aid to Ukraine and other neighboring nations as part...",right
11827,Russia Allegedly Violates Treaty,['World'],Good News: Russia Accused of Violating Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Reagan Put in Place,Townhall,"""The 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because the Cold War has been over for 20 years."" -Barack Obama, October 22, 2012.
It's been 12 days since Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot out of the sky by Russian separatists with a surface to air missile, yet President Vladimir Putin seems untouched by global outrage over the incident. Now, the United States is accusing the Russians of violating a key nuclear test ban put forth by President Ronald Reagan and the former Soviet Union's Mikhail...",right
11828,Russia Allegedly Violates Treaty,['World'],Obama accuses Russia of violating missile treaty,USA TODAY,"There's a new dispute between President Obama and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
The Obama administration has accused Russia of violating a 1987 arms control treaty by testing a new ground-launched, long-range cruise missile.
The Interm",left
11829,Russia Allegedly Violates Treaty,['World'],"U.S. Says Russia Tested Cruise Missile, Violating Treaty",New York Times (News),"The United States has concluded that Russia violated a landmark arms control treaty by testing a prohibited ground-launched cruise missile, according to senior American officials, a finding that was conveyed by President Obama to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in a letter on Monday.
It is the most serious allegation of an arms control treaty violation that the Obama administration has leveled against Russia and adds another dispute to a relationship already burdened by tensions over the Kremlin’s support for separatists in Ukraine and its decision to grant asylum...",left
11830,Criticisms at Prayer Breakfast,"['White House', 'Politics']","Prayer Breakfast Speech: Doctor Attacks Political Correctness, National Debt in Front of Obama",The Blaze,"One of the more unique speeches delivered at this mornings National Prayer Breakfast came from Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, a world-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Dr. Benjamin Carson delivered a noteworthy National Prayer Breakfast keynote speech in President Barack Obamas presence
Carson attacked political correctness as a “dangerous threat to free speech and encouraged Americans to boldly share their views
The pediatric neurosurgeon also provided his theories about the national debt, deficits, taxation and health care, taking stances that were opposed to the presidents
Obama...",right
11831,Criticisms at Prayer Breakfast,"['White House', 'Politics']","Dr. Benjamin Carson Addresses National Prayer Breakfast, Criticizes Obamacare",RealClearPolitics,Famed Baltimore neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin Carson addressed the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday morning on healthcare. Dr. Carson often criticized Obamacare and government intrusion in healthcare while President Obama sat in the audience.,center
11832,Senate Kicks Off Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court Hearing,"['Supreme Court', 'Amy Coney Barrett']","Democrats don’t dare say why they oppose Judge Barrett, so they lie instead",New York Post (Opinion),"Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee devoted their opening statements on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to repeating a shameless lie. Why can’t they share their real reasons for opposing her?
The Democrats, one after another, claimed that confirming Barrett would result in ObamaCare being overturned when the court takes it up Nov. 10, with Americans dying as a result.
It’s plainly false: Several conservative justices clearly don’t buy the arguments made for striking down the law in this case. And Barrett, based on her overall...",right
11833,Senate Kicks Off Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court Hearing,"['Supreme Court', 'Amy Coney Barrett']","Pandemic, politics invade Senate confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett",USA TODAY,"Three weeks before America elects a president amid a pandemic and with Democrats condemning the process, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday set about advancing a Supreme Court justice who could serve for decades to come.
The result appeared preordained as Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the committee chairman, said at the outset. But over four days, conservative federal appeals court Judge Amy Coney Barrett appears certain to face tough questions in her quest to succeed the late liberal Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
""This is a vacancy that occurred...",left
11834,Senate Kicks Off Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court Hearing,"['Supreme Court', 'Amy Coney Barrett']",Amy Coney Barrett will take questions Tuesday at Supreme Court confirmation hearings,NBC News (Online),"Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings are set to enter into their next phase on Tuesday, with the 48-year-old nominee due to answer questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee in person for the first time since her nomination last month. Barrett is expected to take questions about her past statements on abortion and the role of precedent, her views on an upcoming case over the Affordable Care Act and whether she will recuse herself from litigation stemming from the upcoming election between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe...",left
11835,Trump Grounds Military Aircraft For Pelosi's Foreign Trip,"['Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Government Shutdown', 'Politics']","Trump denies Pelosi aircraft for foreign trip, after call for State of the Union delay",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Thursday abruptly denied military aircraft to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for a foreign trip just minutes before the congressional delegation was set to depart, in a stunning decision that followed her call to delay the State of the Union address amid the government shutdown.",right
11836,Trump Grounds Military Aircraft For Pelosi's Foreign Trip,"['Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Government Shutdown', 'Politics']",Trump's battle with Pelosi intensifies,The Hill,President Trump's decision to block an overseas fact-finding trip planned by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other Democrats has intensified a showdown between two of Washington’s most powerful figures over a partial federal government shutdown with no end in sight.,center
11837,Trump Grounds Military Aircraft For Pelosi's Foreign Trip,"['Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Government Shutdown', 'Politics']","Trump Hits Back at Pelosi, Upending Her Trip to See Troops",New York Times (News),"A bus emblazoned with the United States Air Force logo was idling outside the Capitol on Thursday, members of Congress on board, ready to depart for Joint Base Andrews and a waiting military aircraft. Inside, Speaker Nancy Pelosi was in her office making final preparations to lead the congressional delegation on a secret visit to American troops in Afghanistan with a stop in Brussels.",left
11838,Biden Pledges to Evacuate All Americans and Afghan Allies from Kabul,"['Joe Biden', 'Afghanistan', 'World', 'Taliban', 'US Military', 'Al Qaeda', 'ISIS', 'Defense Department', 'Kamala Harris']",‘We’re making the same commitment’: Biden vows to evacuate all Afghan allies seeking safety from the Taliban,Politico,"President Joe Biden on Friday vowed to evacuate all Afghan allies of the United States seeking to flee Afghanistan, extending the same commitment he made earlier this week to Americans still stranded in the Taliban-controlled country.
“There’s no one more important than bringing American citizens out, I acknowledge that. But they’re equally important, almost,” Biden told reporters following an address at the White House, referring to the thousands of interpreters and other Afghan personnel who aided the two-decade U.S. war effort.",left
11839,Biden Pledges to Evacuate All Americans and Afghan Allies from Kabul,"['Joe Biden', 'Afghanistan', 'World', 'Taliban', 'US Military', 'Al Qaeda', 'ISIS', 'Defense Department', 'Kamala Harris']","Biden vows to complete Afghan evacuation, but admits risks",The Hill,"President Biden on Friday sought to assure the public that his administration would do everything possible to evacuate American citizens and Afghans who assisted U.S. forces in Afghanistan, while acknowledging the mission faced risks and the situation was unpredictable.
In remarks from the East Room of the White House, Biden defended his administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan and insisted that officials have made progress in evacuation efforts.
“Make no mistake, this evacuation mission is dangerous. It involves risks to our armed forces and it's being conducted under difficult circumstances,” Biden said. “I...",center
11840,Biden Pledges to Evacuate All Americans and Afghan Allies from Kabul,"['Joe Biden', 'Afghanistan', 'World', 'Taliban', 'US Military', 'Al Qaeda', 'ISIS', 'Defense Department', 'Kamala Harris']",Biden contradicted by Pentagon on claims al Qaeda ‘gone’ and Taliban letting Americans reach Kabul airport,New York Post (News),"President Biden on Friday claimed that al-Qaeda is “gone” from Afghanistan and that the Taliban is letting Americans reach Kabul’s airport, before Pentagon leaders contradicted the commander in chief on both claims.
Biden stumbled repeatedly when taking his first questions from reporters on Afghanistan’s fall to the Taliban — also claiming that US allies were not displeased by the chaotic US pullout, despite rare public rebukes.
“What interest do we have in Afghanistan at this point with al Qaeda gone? We went to Afghanistan for the express purpose of getting rid of...",right
11841,NFL National Anthem Protests,['Sports'],OPINION: NFL protests: Stars should get off their knees and lead a constructive conversation on race,Fox News (Online News),"As more than 100 NFL players protested during the singing of America’s national anthem across the country Sunday, what had been a small protest of the way police treat African-Americans turned into a much larger protest directed at President Trump.",right
11842,NFL National Anthem Protests,['Sports'],Trump NFL row: US president denies comments were race-related,BBC News,"US President Donald Trump has said his comments about national anthem protests have ""nothing to do with race"".",center
11843,NFL National Anthem Protests,['Sports'],OPINION: The Day the Real Patriots Took a Knee,New York Times (News),"At a political rally in Alabama on Friday, President Trump had clear advice for N.F.L. owners if one of their players followed the lead of Colin Kaepernick, the former Super Bowl quarterback who last season began kneeling during the national anthem to protest police injustice against minorities. “Get that son of a bitch off the field right now,” he suggested.",left
11844,Biden Wins Big in South Carolina Primary,"['Joe Biden', 'Tom Steyer', 'Bernie Sanders', 'South Carolina Primary', 'Elections']","Biden dominates, Sanders slips to second and other takeaways from the South Carolina primary",USA TODAY,"Former Vice President Joe Biden finally got the win he needed.
After nearly a month of underperforming in Iowa and New Hampshire, and finishing in a distant second in Nevada, Biden sealed a definitive win in the South Carolina primary, with black voters pushing him to victory. It's the first primary win ever for Biden, who is running for president for the third time.
According to exit polls, 64% of black voters supported Biden. Sen. Bernie Sanders came in a distant second with black voters at 15%, followed closely by...",left
11845,Biden Wins Big in South Carolina Primary,"['Joe Biden', 'Tom Steyer', 'Bernie Sanders', 'South Carolina Primary', 'Elections']",Joe Biden Scores Dominant Win In South Carolina Democratic Primary,HuffPost,"The Palmetto State came through big for former Vice President Joe Biden, and it couldn’t have come at a more critical time for his presidential ambitions.
With his campaign struggling to raise funds and Super Tuesday looming next week, Biden badly needed a win to reverse the narrative that he was on the ropes. He finally got it on Saturday, according to cable news projections.
It was the 77-year-old’s first primary victory after three separate presidential runs over three decades ― and he owed it in large part due to...",left
11846,Biden Wins Big in South Carolina Primary,"['Joe Biden', 'Tom Steyer', 'Bernie Sanders', 'South Carolina Primary', 'Elections']","Biden wins big in South Carolina primary, in crucial boost for struggling campaign",Fox News (Online News),"Former Vice President Joe Biden decisively won the South Carolina Democratic primary on Saturday, claiming his first victory of the 2020 race and giving a crucial boost to his struggling campaign ahead of Super Tuesday.
The victory tracked with polls indicating that Biden, buoyed by support among black voters, had a significant lead in the state for months over Sen. Bernie Sanders and others, despite the surging Vermont senator beginning to close the gap after early primary wins that rocketed him to front-runner status. Fox News projects Sanders will finish...",right
11847,How to defeat ISIS,['Middle East'],OPINION: Confronting the ISIS Threat,New York Times (News),"President Obama said on Sunday that now is the time “to start going on some offense” against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, the Sunni extremist group that is overrunning northern Iraq and has a stronghold in Syria. That would be a serious escalation of the American role there.",left
11848,How to defeat ISIS,['Middle East'],OPINION: Another way to defeat Islamic State,Christian Science Monitor,"Arabs need a hopeful model of progress if they are to rally behind the US in 'destroying' the Islamic State group. Such a democratic model is coming along well in Tunisia, the original home to the Arab Spring.",center
11849,How to defeat ISIS,['Middle East'],OPINION: ISIS threat: To defend Western values requires victory -- a word Obama never uses,Fox News (Online News),"In a conversation some years ago, the Rev. Jesse Jackson was comparing different levels of commitment to civil rights. “Think of a ham-and-egg breakfast,” he said. “The pig makes a much bigger commitment than the chicken.”",right
11850,US Oil Prices Cross Into Negative for First Time Ever,"['Trade', 'Banking And Finance', 'World', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",AOC Praises Crash of U.S. Oil Market: ‘You Absolutely Love to See It’,National Review,"Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) tweeted “you absolutely love to see it,” as the U.S. oil market reached negative territory for the first time ever, potentially putting hundreds of American oil companies out of business.
“This along with record low interest rates means it’s the right time for a worker-led, mass investment in green infrastructure to save our planet. *cough*,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
She then deleted the tweet and rephrased it, saying “it‘s the right time to create millions of jobs transitioning to renewable and clean energy. A key opportunity.
Oil...",right
11851,US Oil Prices Cross Into Negative for First Time Ever,"['Trade', 'Banking And Finance', 'World', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump could make crashing oil prices a win for American taxpayers. Here’s how.,Guest Writer - Center,"In these days of multitrillion-dollar federal deficits, a windfall of a billion dollars or so for the treasury may sound like a rounding error.
But a billion bucks is a billion bucks. And I’d rather have the treasury make the money for taxpayers’ benefit than for oil companies to end up with it, which is what’s going to happen if something isn’t done.
Now, let me back up a bit and explain what I’m talking about.
It involves making an unconventional use of the federal Strategic Petroleum Reserve to take...",center
11852,US Oil Prices Cross Into Negative for First Time Ever,"['Trade', 'Banking And Finance', 'World', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",Oil prices turned negative. Hundreds of US oil companies could go bankrupt,CNN (Online News),"The American oil industry is facing a doomsday scenario.
The coronavirus pandemic has caused oil demand to drop so rapidly that the world is running out of room to store barrels. At the same time, Russia and Saudi Arabia flooded the world with excess supply.
That double black swan has caused oil prices to collapse to levels that make it impossible for US shale oil companies to make money. US crude for May delivery turned negative on Monday -- something that has never happened since NYMEX oil futures began trading...",left
11853,Mandatory Evacuations in Houston,"['Disaster', 'General News']","Mandatory evacuations in Houston as flood waters continue to rise, dams opened as reservoirs fill",Daily Kos,"While the initial impact of Hurricane Harvey may have seemed lighter than expected from a Category 4 storm, the destruction from the lingering storm continues to grow. Mandatory evacuations have been announced in some Houston neighborhoods, as over 30 inches of rain have fallen in some areas. With another 15 to 25 inches of rain still expected in the same region, flooding has already reached catastrophic levels.",left
11854,Mandatory Evacuations in Houston,"['Disaster', 'General News']","Heartbreak in Texas: Harvey will drive 30,000 to shelters, FEMA says",USA TODAY,"More than 30,000 people will need shelters as a result of the unrelenting rains and flooding of Tropical Storm Harvey overwhelming Texas, FEMA Administrator Brock Long said Monday.",left
11855,Mandatory Evacuations in Houston,"['Disaster', 'General News']","Harvey flooding forces new evacuations, as Houston braces for more rain",Fox News (Online News),"New evacuations were ordered Monday in the nation's fourth-largest city, as rising floodwaters that turned Houston streets into rivers navigable only by boat now threaten dams across the region -- while rescuers pleaded for more boats to reach residents trapped in their homes.",right
11856,US Sailors Found Dead After Collision,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Missing sailors found dead in flooded compartments on US Navy destroyer,CNN (Online News),"Seven missing sailors from the USS Fitzgerald were found dead in flooded berthing compartments following the warship's collision with a merchant vessel, a US military official said.",left
11857,US Sailors Found Dead After Collision,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",US Navy calls off search for 7 missing sailors; several bodies found inside the destroyer,Fox News (Online News),The search for seven missing U.S. Navy sailors was called off Sunday after several bodies were recovered from the flooded compartments of the destroyer.,right
11858,US Sailors Found Dead After Collision,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Sleeping Sailors on U.S.S. Fitzgerald Awoke to a Calamity at Sea,New York Times (News),"Hundreds of sailors were asleep in their berths on board the United States Navy destroyer Fitzgerald early on Saturday when a cargo ship struck it broadside off Japan. After a frantic search through twisted wreckage and flooded cabins, the Navy said on Sunday that several sailors did not survive.",left
11859,R. Kelly Found Guilty of Sexual Abuse and Child Pornography,"['Criminal Justice', 'Federal Courts', 'R. Kelly', 'Child Sexual Abuse', 'Celebrities', 'Music']","R. Kelly found guilty: R&B singer convicted on multiple counts of child porn, enticement",Fox News (Online News),"Chicago jurors on Wednesday convicted R. Kelly on multiple counts.
The ""I Believe I Can Fly"" singer, who is currently serving a 30-year sentence in New York after he was convicted in 2021 of sexually abusing young fans, was found guilty on three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement.
Kelly, 55, faced 13 total charges, including obstructing justice by paying off a minor victim and witnesses in a Chicago case filed in 2002, producing and receiving child pornography and coercing minors into engaging in illegal sexual...",right
11860,R. Kelly Found Guilty of Sexual Abuse and Child Pornography,"['Criminal Justice', 'Federal Courts', 'R. Kelly', 'Child Sexual Abuse', 'Celebrities', 'Music']",R. Kelly convicted on child pornography charges in second federal trial verdict,USA TODAY,"R. Kelly, the once high-flying R&B star-turned-convicted sex offender, was convicted Wednesday by a federal jury in Chicago of another set of sex crimes, including several child pornography charges. 
Kelly, 55, was found guilty on three counts of child pornography but was acquitted of a conspiracy to obstruct justice charge accusing him fixing his state child pornography trial in 2008.
The decision comes after a federal judge in New York sentenced Kelly to 30 years in prison in June for racketeering and sex trafficking. Based on that sentence, he won’t be eligible...",left
11861,R. Kelly Found Guilty of Sexual Abuse and Child Pornography,"['Criminal Justice', 'Federal Courts', 'R. Kelly', 'Child Sexual Abuse', 'Celebrities', 'Music']",R. Kelly found guilty on multiple counts in sexual abuse trial,Reuters,"R&B singer R. Kelly was found guilty on Wednesday on multiple charges of child pornography and luring underage girls to have sex with him but not guilty of obstructing a 2008 state case that ended with his acquittal.
In his latest trial, Kelly - whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly - was found guilty by a jury on six out of 13 counts, prosecutors said.
He was found guilty of three child pornography counts and three counts of enticing minors for sex, but acquitted of seven other charges that...",center
11862,President Trump Delivers Two-Hour Speech at CPAC,"['Politics', 'Donald Trump']",Trump fires up CPAC with expletive-laden description of Mueller probe: 'They're trying to take you out with bulls---',Fox News (Online News),"President Trump, in an expletive-laden, over two-hour speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Saturday, accused FBI Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team of trying to take him out with “bulls---” and accused a top Clinton aide of not having recovered “from getting his a-- kicked.”
Trump accused his opponents of moving away from a narrative of Russian collusion as Mueller prepares to file his report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. He said that the report was being produced “by people who weren’t elected.”",right
11863,President Trump Delivers Two-Hour Speech at CPAC,"['Politics', 'Donald Trump']",Donald Trump launches furious attack on Robert Mueller,BBC News,"In the longest speech of his presidency, Mr Trump railed against the inquiry into alleged collusion between his campaign and Russia.
""We're waiting for a report by people who weren't elected,"" he told a crowd of cheering conservatives.
Mr Mueller is expected to hand in his report to the attorney general shortly. ""Unfortunately, you put the wrong people in a couple of positions and they leave people for a long time that shouldn't be there and all of a sudden they are trying to take you out with...",center
11864,President Trump Delivers Two-Hour Speech at CPAC,"['Politics', 'Donald Trump']",Trump delivers scorched-earth speech as he tries to regain footing,Politico,"President Donald Trump delivered a scorched-earth speech to conservative activists on Saturday, calling the Russia investigation ""bullshit,"" adopting a southern accent to mock his former attorney general, and asserting that some members of Congress ""hate our country.""
The rollicking two-hour-plus appearance at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland offered the president a brief respite from an otherwise miserable week in which his much-touted summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un ended in failure and his former personal lawyer delivered explosive testimony to Congress.",left
11865,Viral 'Plandemic' Video Prompts Social Media Frenzy,"['YouTube', 'Social Media', 'Plandemic', 'Fake News']",Social media networks scrambling to remove viral ‘Plandemic’ conspiracy video,New York Post (News),"Social media networks are scrambling to get rid of a viral conspiracy video spreading false claims about the coronavirus, according to a report.
The roughly 26-minute “Plandemic Movie” has been viewed and shared widely on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Vimeo, and clips of it also circulated on Twitter this week, CNBC reported.",right
11866,Viral 'Plandemic' Video Prompts Social Media Frenzy,"['YouTube', 'Social Media', 'Plandemic', 'Fake News']",Seen 'Plandemic'? We Take A Close Look At The Viral Conspiracy Video's Claims,NPR (Online News),"A slickly produced 26-minute video called Plandemic has exploded on social media in recent days, claiming to present a view of COVID-19 that differs from the ""official"" narrative.
The video has been viewed millions of times on YouTube via links that are replaced as quickly as the video-sharing service can remove them for violating its policy against ""COVID-19 misinformation.""
In it, filmmaker Mikki Willis conducts an uncritical interview with Judy Mikovits, who he says has been called ""one of the most accomplished scientists of her generation.""",left
11867,Viral 'Plandemic' Video Prompts Social Media Frenzy,"['YouTube', 'Social Media', 'Plandemic', 'Fake News']",Why people believe in a ‘plandemic’,Washington Post,"If ever a person should have a good B.S. detector, one might think it would be Arthur Conan Doyle. His deathless creation, Sherlock Holmes, is perhaps the most compelling rationalist ever born. Others fall prey to confusion, coincidence, prejudice or wishful thinking. Not Holmes. The great detective sees all that is relevant, ignores everything extraneous and follows the facts using the map of cold logic.
And yet, 100 years ago, when Sir Arthur’s fame was at full flood throughout the English-speaking world, he was completely taken in by two schoolgirls...",left
11868,Donald Trump Campaign Funds,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Donald Trump's building a long-term operation,Politico,"Donald Trump’s eccentric presidential run is looking more like a standard campaign every day.
While his Republican rivals have been hoping that Trump’s candidacy would fade after the initial buzz died down, he remains in first in the polls even after coming down from his September peak. Meanwhile, his campaign has been building the infrastructure necessary to put up a real fight in the earliest primaries and beyond.
The latest evidence came in Thursday’s third-quarter FEC report, which showed a $3.9 million haul, mostly from small donors, and...",left
11869,Donald Trump Campaign Funds,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Donations to Donald Trump’s Campaign Outpace Self-Funding,New York Times (News),"For months, Donald J. Trump has highlighted his credentials as a politician who was financing his own campaign for president.
No longer.
Mr. Trump revealed in a filing Thursday to the Federal Election Commission that the vast majority of the money he raised and spent this summer as he rose to the top of national polls came not from his own coffers, as it had in the spring, but from about $3.7 million in what he called “unsolicited contributions.” Some 74,000 donors pitched in an average of about $50 to...",left
11870,Donald Trump Campaign Funds,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']","Trump's lean campaign machine relying mostly on donor cash, not his own",Fox News (Online News),"Donald Trump is running a relatively lean campaign machine and, despite pledges to self-fund, so far has been able to rely more on outside donations than his own deep pockets.
Campaign finance filings this week offered a glimpse into how the billionaire businessman is running his breaking-the-mold campaign.
The third quarter report showed that Trump raised $3.9 million over the period between June 30 through Sept. 30. Of that, $2.8 million came from individual donations of $200 or less. In addition, he's put up about $1.9 million of...",right
11871,NC Governor Signs Voter ID Law,['Elections'],"GOP Governor Signs Harsh Voter ID Law, Promptly Gets Slapped With Lawsuits",HuffPost,North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory (R) signed a bill Monday requiring photo identification at the polls and eliminating a slew of voting measures designed to protect against voter disenfranchisement.,left
11872,NC Governor Signs Voter ID Law,['Elections'],North Carolina Governor Signs Controversial Voter ID Bill,NPR (Online News),The measure signed Monday by Governor Pat McCrory overhauls the state's election laws.,left
11873,NC Governor Signs Voter ID Law,['Elections'],North Carolina's sweeping voter ID law faces legal challenge,Fox News (Online News),"Within hours of McCrory's signing, the American Civil Liberties Union announced that it and two other groups had filed a lawsuit challenging the Republican-backed legislation.",right
11874,Media Reacts to UK PM Boris Johnson’s Resignation,"['World', 'Boris Johnson', 'United Kingdom', 'Foreign Policy', 'Brexit', 'Politics', 'Europe', 'Coronavirus Lockdowns']",The Guardian view on Boris Johnson’s resignation: good riddance,The Guardian,"The good news is that the worst prime minister in modern British history is going. The bad news is that he has not yet gone. Boris Johnson fought to the end to remain in Downing Street as his reputation and his government collapsed around him. On Thursday, as more ministers resigned, including one who had been in office less than 48 hours, he bowed to the inevitable, resigning as Conservative leader while remaining prime minister until a successor is chosen.
Mr Johnson went grudgingly and without grace. He left with a speech outside No...",left
11875,Media Reacts to UK PM Boris Johnson’s Resignation,"['World', 'Boris Johnson', 'United Kingdom', 'Foreign Policy', 'Brexit', 'Politics', 'Europe', 'Coronavirus Lockdowns']",Boris Johnson: The prime minister who broke all the rules,BBC News,"Boris Johnson has defied the normal rules of politics for so long, it is hard to believe he is actually going.
Scandals that would have sunk other politicians appeared to have no effect on him. He was always able to bounce back. His gaffes and blunders became part of his brand.
In an age of boring, machine-like politicians, he was seen as a ""character"", his unruly mop of blond hair and bumbling persona instantly recognisable even to those with no interest in politics. His fun-loving, relentlessly upbeat image, allied to...",center
11876,Media Reacts to UK PM Boris Johnson’s Resignation,"['World', 'Boris Johnson', 'United Kingdom', 'Foreign Policy', 'Brexit', 'Politics', 'Europe', 'Coronavirus Lockdowns']",Lesson of Boris Johnson is power is pointless without principles,Douglas Murray,"Anyone who thinks America is badly governed right now can comfort themselves that at least we aren’t Britain. Because for all the insanity of Washington, nothing can beat the utter breakdown of politics in Westminster.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned yesterday after a terrible two-and-a-half years in office. He came to power in 2019 by winning a general election with an impressive 80-seat majority for one main reason. In 2016 the British public had voted to leave the European Union. After that the Brexit side then fell out with...",right
11877,Perspectives: News Outlets and Political Endorsement,"['Elections', '2020 Election']",Why do newspapers still make political endorsements?,Poynter,"It’s political endorsement season.
Editorial boards from newspapers across the country are coming out with endorsements for political offices, from the local level all the way to the president of the United States.
But in these divisive and polarizing times, might they do more damage than good if an endorsement can potentially alienate half of a publication’s audience?
Are they still worth doing?
Last month, The New York Times’ Ben Smith wrote that the 30 papers in the McClatchy chain would only make a presidential endorsement if they actually conducted...",center
11878,Perspectives: News Outlets and Political Endorsement,"['Elections', '2020 Election']",The man and the record,Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,"“He’s unpresidential.”
“He’s crude and unkind.”
“He’s just not a good man.”
These things, and much worse, are commonly said of President Donald Trump. His personality totally eclipses his record.
So we, seemingly, have him on the dunk tank, ready for a very cold bath.
Let’s play dump the lout.
But is this really what it’s about?
Isn’t the real question whether he has been taking the country, and the economy of this region, in the right direction these last four years?
Can we separate the man from the record?...",center
11879,Perspectives: News Outlets and Political Endorsement,"['Elections', '2020 Election']","Elect Joe Biden, America",New York Times (Opinion),"Joe Biden has vowed to be a president for all Americans, even those who do not support him. In previous elections, such a promise might have sounded trite or treacly. Today, the idea that the president should have the entire nation’s interests at heart feels almost revolutionary.
Mr. Biden has also vowed to “restore the soul of America.” It is a painful reminder that the country is weaker, angrier, less hopeful and more divided than it was four years ago. With this promise, Mr. Biden is assuring the public that...",left
11880,Jeb Lauds Religious Freedom,['Religion And Faith'],Jeb Bush Lauds ‘Christian Conscience’ in Speech,Wall Street Journal (News),"Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, working to shore up his bond with the conservative wing of his party, declared at a Christian university Saturday that “there is no more powerful or liberating influence on this earth than the Christian conscience in action.”
The former Florida governor was the commencement speaker at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., the school founded by well-known evangelist Jerry Falwell that has become a frequent stop for preside",center
11881,Jeb Lauds Religious Freedom,['Religion And Faith'],Jeb blasts Obama on religious freedom: ‘Somebody here is being small-minded’,Washington Times,"Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush blasted the Obama administration on Saturday for limiting religious freedom. He added that “the Christian voice” isn’t heard enough in the world during his commencement speech at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.
The likely 2016 GOP candidate condemned President Obama during his commencement speech at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia for using “co",right
11882,Jeb Lauds Religious Freedom,['Religion And Faith'],Jeb Bush Attacks Obama Administration For Failing 'Easy Calls' On Religious Freedom,HuffPost,"Former Florida governor and likely GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush offered a defense of conservative Christian principles and attacked the Obama administration for failing to preserve religious freedom during his commencement address at Liberty University, a Christian school in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Bush accused the Obama administration of using ""coercive federal power"" to infringe on the religious rights of Americans.
""What should be easy calls, in favor of religious freedom, have instead become an aggressive stance against it. Somebody here is being small-minded and intolerant, and it sure",left
11883,Rhetoric of Hate and Violence,['Polarization'],"#Resist, They Said, And So Resist He Did",The American Spectator,"Gee, wonder who’s created a climate of hate?",right
11884,Rhetoric of Hate and Violence,['Polarization'],“The blood is on their hands”: how the right-wing media blamed Democrats for the Scalise shooting,Vox,"To pundits, the Scalise shooting was part of a pattern of “violence and intimidation” against Republicans.",left
11885,Rhetoric of Hate and Violence,['Polarization'],"OPINION: After baseball attack, the hate in politics has got to go",CNN (Online News),"Shortly after Wednesday morning's attack on Republican members of Congress practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game, Congressman Rodney Davis, still in his baseball clothes, spoke to CNN's Brianna Keilar.",left
11886,"Trump Disputes Hurricane Maria Death Toll, Blames Democrats","['Disaster', 'General News']","Did 4,645 people die in Hurricane Maria? Nope.",Washington Post,"Few academic studies have received as much media coverage as a new report, published by the New England Journal of Medicine, that the death toll in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria was much higher than official estimates of 64.",left
11887,"Trump Disputes Hurricane Maria Death Toll, Blames Democrats","['Disaster', 'General News']",President Trump’s Four-Pinocchio complaint about the Maria death toll figures,Washington Post,A more cautious president might not have praised the fact that there were only 16 recorded deaths in the aftermath of a major hurricane.,left
11888,"Trump Disputes Hurricane Maria Death Toll, Blames Democrats","['Disaster', 'General News']","Fact Check: Trump Is Right About Puerto Rico, Critics Manipulating Hurricane Maria Death ‘Estimates’",Breitbart News,"Democrats and the media have been pounding President Donald Trump over the past few days, as Hurricane Florence nears the Carolinas, over his alleged insensitivity to deaths in Puerto Rico last year from Hurricane Maria.",right
11889,New York Prison Break,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",FBI official: Escaped prisoners likely had inside help,CBS News (Online),"As the search continues for two convicted killers who escaped from a maximum security prison in upstate New York, Ron Hosko, the assistant director of the FBI's criminal investigative division, said he believes the two suspects must have had help inside, reports CBS News correspondent Don Dahler.",left
11890,New York Prison Break,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Inside job? New York jail employee questioned in escaped prisoners case,Fox News (Online News),A female employee at a New York state prison reportedly was questioned Sunday on suspicion of being an accomplice in the escape of two convicted murderers.,right
11891,New York Prison Break,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']","Killers had help breaking out of New York prison, governor says",CNN (Online News),"Two inmates who escaped from the maximum-security wing of New York's Clinton Correctional Facility must have had help carrying out the intricate plot, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday on CNN.",left
11892,"Abrams, Kemp Debate in 2022 Georgia Governor's Race","['2022 Elections', '2022 Georgia Gubernatorial Election', 'Brian Kemp', 'Stacey Abrams', 'Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2022 Gubernatorial Races']","Abrams, Kemp Spar Over 2018 Race, Unproven Voter Suppression Claims",The Daily Caller,"Republican Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia and Democrat Stacey Abrams clashed during a Monday evening gubernatorial debate over the 2018 election and unproven claims of voter suppression.
“In 2018, I began my speech on Nov. 16, acknowledging that Governor Kemp had won the election,” Abrams said. “I then proceeded to lay out in great detail the challenges faced by voters under his leadership as secretary of state.”
Abrams refused to concede to Kemp in 2018, claiming “concession means to acknowledge an action is right, true, or proper” and that she could not...",right
11893,"Abrams, Kemp Debate in 2022 Georgia Governor's Race","['2022 Elections', '2022 Georgia Gubernatorial Election', 'Brian Kemp', 'Stacey Abrams', 'Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2022 Gubernatorial Races']",Five takeaways from the Abrams-Kemp debate in Georgia,The Hill,"Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) and his Democratic rival Stacey Abrams faced off on Monday in their first debate since they competed for the governor’s mansion in 2018. 
The debate quickly became a policy-heavy affair, with the candidates hammering each other over everything from education to crime to election laws. What’s more, it unfolded on the first day of the state’s early voting period, offering Abrams and Kemp a key chance to make their cases to undecided voters before they cast their ballots.
Here are five takeaways from the Georgia gubernatorial debate.
Unlike in...",center
11894,"Abrams, Kemp Debate in 2022 Georgia Governor's Race","['2022 Elections', '2022 Georgia Gubernatorial Election', 'Brian Kemp', 'Stacey Abrams', 'Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2022 Gubernatorial Races']",Four takeaways from the Georgia governor’s debate,CNN (Online News),"Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams sparred over health care, crime and punishment, and voting rights in a Monday debate as they made their closing arguments to voters in a reprise of their fiercely contested 2018 race for the same job.
The stakes for this night were arguably higher for Abrams, who has trailed in most recent polling of the race. Kemp, one of the few prominent Republicans to resist former President Donald Trump’s lies about a stolen election in 2020, has positioned himself as a more traditional, pro-business conservative – a...",left
11895,Merck Says It Has First Effective Antiviral Pill To Treat COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Pills', 'Merck', 'Healthcare']",Merck's promising experimental Covid-19 drug raises hopes for pill to fight virus,Politico,"News that an experimental antiviral drug from Merck appears to halve the risk of hospitalization or death from Covid-19 has bolstered hopes of finding a simple at-home treatment for the virus.
The drug, molnupiravir, is given as a pill. It performed well enough in a late-stage clinical trial of adults at high risk of severe Covid-19 that the independent review board overseeing the study recommended that it be ended early. Now Merck and its partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics will seek FDA authorization for the drug “as soon as possible,” they said...",left
11896,Merck Says It Has First Effective Antiviral Pill To Treat COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Pills', 'Merck', 'Healthcare']","Merck sees promising results in trial of COVID-19 pill, will apply for emergency approval from FDA",Washington Times,"Merck on Friday said it will seek emergency approval of an antiviral pill to treat COVID-19 after it significantly cut the risk of bad outcomes in clinical trials.
The New Jersey-based drugmaker said the drug, molnupiravir, cut the risk of hospitalization or death in half in high-risk patients with mild to moderate illness.
If authorized for use, it would be a groundbreaking treatment. Pills are easy to take and can reach a wider audience than monoclonal antibodies, an effective treatment in high demand.
Merck said it stopped the trial early in consultation...",right
11897,Merck Says It Has First Effective Antiviral Pill To Treat COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Pills', 'Merck', 'Healthcare']",Merck says experimental pill cuts worst effects of COVID-19,Associated Press,"Drugmaker Merck said Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus, potentially a leap forward in the global fight against the pandemic.
The company said it will soon ask health officials in the U.S. and around the world to authorize the pill’s use. A decision from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could come within weeks after that, and the drug, if OK’d, could be distributed quickly soon afterward.
If cleared, it would be the first pill shown to treat...",left
11898,Father Trying to Prevent Child's Gender Transition Loses Custody,"['Transgender', 'Texas', 'Jeffrey Younger', 'Children', 'LGBT Rights']",A Texas man says his 7-year-old isn’t transgender. Now his custody fight has reached the governor’s office.,Washington Post,"There is little that Jeffrey Younger and Anne Georgulas agree on about one of their twins.
To start: Is the 7-year-old transgender?
It’s a question that has divided the Coppell, Tex., parents — on how Luna, who was named James at birth, should be dressed to school and wear their hair. On whether the child should receive gender-affirming care, which could eventually lead to medical treatment to delay puberty. On which parent should get to live with the twins, and who should have a say in decisions over their health....",left
11899,Father Trying to Prevent Child's Gender Transition Loses Custody,"['Transgender', 'Texas', 'Jeffrey Younger', 'Children', 'LGBT Rights']","Court Rules That A Mom Can ‘Transition’ Son Into Girl Against His Dad’s Wishes. This Is Evil, Insane Child Abuse.",The Daily Wire,"Anthropologists in the future will spend a lot of time discussing and debating the question of when, exactly, the once-great American civilization went insane, why it happened, and how. I can only imagine what conclusions they will draw. As an American citizen in the present day, actually bearing witness to the collapse of sanity and reason in real time, I’m not sure that I can even answer those questions. Perhaps hindsight will lend some clarity to the issue.
What I do know is that this case will be viewed as...",right
11900,Father Trying to Prevent Child's Gender Transition Loses Custody,"['Transgender', 'Texas', 'Jeffrey Younger', 'Children', 'LGBT Rights']","Texas father blocked from stopping gender transition of son James, 7, to girl called Luna",Washington Examiner,"A jury in Texas returned a verdict on Monday that will prevent a Texas dad from intervening in the gender transition of his 7-year-old son.
Jeffrey Younger had petitioned a court in Texas to grant him sole custody of his twin sons, James and Jude, in part to avoid a plan to infuse James with female hormones. James, who would like to be called Luna, has been the center of controversy in the heated debate among his parents and others.
Anne Georgulas, the mother of the two boys, has advocated...",right
11901,Three Dead in California High School Shooting,"['Violence In America', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Guns', 'School Shooting', 'California']",1 killed in shooting at Saugus High School that has left at least 3 others wounded; suspect is caught,Orange County Register,"A female was killed and at least three others injured in a shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita Thursday morning that prompted a massive response of law enforcement and fire personnel, with authorities catching the teenage suspect within a couple of hours.
It was initially reported that six people had been wounded by gunfire on campus, but Patrick Moody, a spokesman for the Henry Mayo Hospital, said at about 10 a.m. that in addition to the female’s death, two male patients were in critical condition and one other...",right
11902,Three Dead in California High School Shooting,"['Violence In America', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Guns', 'School Shooting', 'California']",1 dead in California school attack; gunman shoots self,Associated Press,"SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — A student gunman opened fire Thursday at a Southern California high school, killing one student and wounding four other people before he was captured in grave condition after shooting himself in the head, authorities said.
The shooting occurred around 7:30 a.m. at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
Shauna Orandi, 16, said she was in her Spanish class working on homework when she heard four gunshots that she initially mistook as instruments from a band...",left
11903,Three Dead in California High School Shooting,"['Violence In America', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Guns', 'School Shooting', 'California']","Santa Clarita, California, high school shooting leaves 1 dead, multiple injured",NBC News (Online),"One person is dead and at least three others are injured, two of them critically, after a shooting at a Southern California high school Thursday morning, officials said.
About an hour and a half after the shooting was reported at about 8 a.m. before classes started at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, authorities said they had located the suspect who was no longer a threat.
""This is an active shooter situation,"" a tweet from the Santa Clarita Valley sheriff's office said before the suspect was located. ""If you live...",left
11904,"NYPD Union Endorses Trump, Biden Endorsed by USPS Union","['Elections', 'Endorsements', 'NYPD', 'USPS', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",Postal workers' union endorses Biden; Obama criticizes Trump's USPS comments,ABC News (Online),"WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Postal Service workers' union endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden Friday after President Donald Trump frankly acknowledged that he's starving the USPS of money to make it harder to process an expected surge of mail-in ballots.
""Biden and Harris fully exhibit the experience, dedication, thoughtfulness and steady hands that will work to ensure that letter carriers and working families are put first ... The Postal Service must not be allowed to fail,"" said a letter from the National Association of Letter Carriers, which represents the 300,000...",left
11905,"NYPD Union Endorses Trump, Biden Endorsed by USPS Union","['Elections', 'Endorsements', 'NYPD', 'USPS', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",Trump gets endorsement of NYC police union,Associated Press,"BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Seeking to amplify his law-and-order message, President Donald Trump on Friday told hundreds of New York Police Department officers that “no one will be safe in Biden’s America” if the former Democratic vice president defeats him in November .
“This guy has been taking your dignity away and your respect,”″ Trump said of former Vice President Joe Biden. “And I’m telling you on Nov. 3 you’re going to be getting it back.”
Trump spoke to members of the City of New York Police Benevolent Association, the...",left
11906,"NYPD Union Endorses Trump, Biden Endorsed by USPS Union","['Elections', 'Endorsements', 'NYPD', 'USPS', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",NYPD union endorses Trump: ‘We need your strong voice across the country’,New York Post (News),"The New York City Police Benevolent Association personally endorsed President Trump on Friday night for the next election as the commander in chief leans into his “law and order” platform.
The Post exclusively reported earlier Friday that the PBA planned to back him amid the city’s increase in crime and clashes with protesters.
“I cannot remember when we’ve ever endorsed for the president of the United States until now — that’s how important this is,” said Pat Lynch, the combative PBA president at an event with Trump in his Bedminster...",right
11907,Trump Says Pentagon Leaders Prolong Wars to Keep Defense Contractors Happy,"['Donald Trump', 'Military Contracts', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Draws Eisenhower Comparisons After Criticizing Military-Industrial Complex,Newsweek,"President Donald Trump's difficult week with the military got a little worse on Monday, when the commander in chief accused the Pentagon leadership of pushing for conflicts in order to keep defense contractors profitable.
The president later shared tweets comparing himself to former President Dwight Eisenhower, who warned Americans about the rising power of the military-industrial complex in a 1961 speech marking the end of his time in office.",center
11908,Trump Says Pentagon Leaders Prolong Wars to Keep Defense Contractors Happy,"['Donald Trump', 'Military Contracts', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']",President Trump says top Pentagon brass seek wars to keep defense contractors ‘happy’,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump says top officials at the U.S. Department of Defense want to continue waging wars in order to keep defense contractors “happy.”
At a White House news conference, the president also reiterated his claim that reports he had made offensive comments about fallen U.S. service members and called World War I dead at an American military cemetery in France “losers” and “suckers” were a ""hoax.""",right
11909,Trump Says Pentagon Leaders Prolong Wars to Keep Defense Contractors Happy,"['Donald Trump', 'Military Contracts', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']","Trump claims Pentagon chiefs aren't 'in love' with him, but 'the soldiers are'",The Week - News,"During a press conference at the White House on Monday afternoon, President Trump again denied multiple reports that he privately called U.S. troops who were killed in combat ""losers"" and ""suckers,"" declaring, ""only an animal would say a thing like that.""
Trump went on to tell reporters that his relationship with troops is completely different from his relationship with top military brass. ""I'm not saying the military is in love with me, the soldiers are,"" he said. Last week, a Military Times poll found that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden...",left
11910,Christie Aides Subpoenaed,['Politics'],Chris Christie Aides Subpoenaed In Bridge Scandal,HuffPost,"More than a dozen New Jersey officials, including top aides to Governor Chris Christie, were served with subpoenas on Friday as the state assembly begins its investigation into a massive bridge traffic jam that was apparently politically motivated.
Christie, seen as a likely Republican candidate for the White House in 2016, has denied any involvement in the so-called ""Bridgegate"" scandal that is dogging his second term in office.",left
11911,Christie Aides Subpoenaed,['Politics'],Christie marches on as controversy at home unfolds,CNN (Online News),"Gov. Chris Christie hits the road this weekend to headline private fundraisers in Florida, but the political crisis he leaves behind in New Jersey could still follow him south.
The Republican, viewed as a formidable potential presidential candidate in 2016, will likely face questions in closed-door sessions with Republicans in the Sunshine State.
He could face a crush of reporters, protesters or fans simply wanting to get a glimpse of the ""hottest"" politician in the country, whose administration is now embroiled in a scandal that could threaten his...",left
11912,Christie Aides Subpoenaed,['Politics'],"Dems subpoena records from Christie’s office, campaign in bridge scandal",Washington Times,"New Jersey Democrats have subpoenaed documents from Gov. Chris Christie’s office and campaign in their legislative investigation into the bridge-closure scandal, along with records from 18 individuals, according to the complete list released Friday evening.
Subpoenas went out to key senior staffers in Mr. Christie’s official office and his 2013 re-election campaign, as well as to Bridget Anne Kelly, the former deputy chief of staff whose email seemingly ordering the traffic problems in Fort Lee led to the scandal.",right
11913,Supreme Court Overturns Roe v Wade,"['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Roe V Wade Leak', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion,Associated Press Fact Check,"The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. Friday’s outcome is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.
The decision, unthinkable just a few years ago, was the culmination of decades of efforts by abortion opponents, made possible by an emboldened right side of the court that has been fortified by three appointees of former President Donald Trump.
The ruling came more than a month after the stunning leak...",left
11914,Supreme Court Overturns Roe v Wade,"['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Roe V Wade Leak', 'Supreme Court']",U.S. Supreme Court overturns abortion rights landmark,Reuters,"The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday took the dramatic step of overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that recognized a woman's constitutional right to an abortion and legalized it nationwide, handing a momentous victory to Republicans and religious conservatives who want to limit or ban the procedure.
The court, in a 6-3 ruling powered by its conservative majority, upheld a Republican-backed Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. The vote was 5-4 to overturn Roe, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing separately to say he would have...",center
11915,Supreme Court Overturns Roe v Wade,"['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Roe V Wade Leak', 'Supreme Court']","Supreme Court votes to overturn Roe v. Wade, paving way for state abortion bans",Washington Examiner,"The Supreme Court overturned the half-century-old ruling in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortions nationwide, giving states the power to determine limits on when a woman can terminate a pregnancy.
A majority of justices, each appointed by Republican presidents, joined the opinion authored by Justice Samuel Alito in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, ruling Mississippi can maintain its law banning abortion after 15 weeks of gestation. In addition to Alito, those voting in favor were Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas , Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh.
A ruling in the case follows the unprecedented...",right
11916,Trump Travels to Puerto Rico,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Trump to visit Puerto Rico amid accusations of mishandling Hurricane Maria aftermath,Fox News (Online News),President Donald Trump is embarking on a trip to Puerto Rican capital San Juan in the wake of criticism from local politicians for the allegedly weak response to Hurricane Maria that destroyed the U.S. territory.,right
11917,Trump Travels to Puerto Rico,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Five things to watch as Trump visits Puerto Rico,The Hill,President Trump is heading to Puerto Rico Tuesday to survey the devastation from Hurricane Maria after he attacked San Juan's mayor and others after they criticized the federal response to the disaster.,center
11918,Trump Travels to Puerto Rico,"['Disaster', 'General News']",President Trump travels to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico,ABC News (Online),"President Donald Trump will travel to Puerto Rico today -- two weeks after Hurricane Maria first struck the island. The president said he will meet with FEMA and military officials, first responders, and the people of Puerto Rico. Additionally, he said the governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands will “probably” travel to Puerto Rico to meet with him.",left
11919,Democratic Rep. Jeff Van Drew to Switch Parties,"['Jeff Van Drew', 'Impeachment', 'New Jersey', 'Congress', 'Partisanship', 'Donald Trump', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']","Democrats Attack ‘Traitor’ ‘Rat’ Jeff Van Drew For Leaving Party, Staff Resigns",The Daily Wire,"Democrats began to attack New Jersey Democratic Representative Jeff Van Drew – whose staff has started to resign – on Sunday after reports surfaced over the weekend that Van Drew was leaving the party and joining the Republican Party.
“I think Jeff Van Drew is making a serious mistake. I understand that he feels if he votes against impeachment, he’ll lose in a Democratic primary [and] he could,” Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen (TN) told CNN on Sunday. “But you know he got elected with Democratic votes under a Democratic banner...",right
11920,Democratic Rep. Jeff Van Drew to Switch Parties,"['Jeff Van Drew', 'Impeachment', 'New Jersey', 'Congress', 'Partisanship', 'Donald Trump', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Republicans to Jeff Van Drew: Not so fast,The Philadelphia Inquirer,"Republicans aren’t exactly rolling out the red carpet for Jeff Van Drew.
The New Jersey Democratic congressman may have hoped his defection to the GOP would ease his path to reelection in a conservative-leaning district. His political prospects as a Democrat had been imperiled by his opposition to impeaching President Donald Trump, which outraged activists and party officials.
But before he even officially switches parties, Van Drew is facing firm opposition from multiple Republicans who were already running for the 2nd District nomination, as well as local GOP leaders and...",left
11921,Democratic Rep. Jeff Van Drew to Switch Parties,"['Jeff Van Drew', 'Impeachment', 'New Jersey', 'Congress', 'Partisanship', 'Donald Trump', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Ratings change: Van Drew going Republican tilts NJ race to GOP,Roll Call,"As if impeachment wasn’t providing enough news, New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drewdecided to switch parties. Even though it’s not quite official, more than half of his staff resigning should be a significant clue.
His decision changes the partisan makeup in the House by one seat without fundamentally altering the 2020 fight for the majority.
Van Drew was facing pressure from the left for not being progressive enough and pressure from the right because he represents a district Donald Trump carried in 2016, with votes on two articles of impeachment...",center
11922,"Russian Hackers Suspected in Broad Attack on US Government, Businesses","['Cybersecurity', 'Russia', 'Privacy', 'Hacking', 'Homeland Security', 'National Security', 'US Military', 'Healthcare', 'Technology']",What We Know About the Cyberattack on the U.S. Treasury,Townhall,"The White House acknowledged reports on Sunday that the U.S. Department of Treasury was hacked by a foreign government. According to the reports, the cyberattack was also carried out on the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Informations Administration (NTIA) and prompted an emergency meeting of the National Security Council.
""The United States government is aware of these reports and we are taking all necessary steps to identify and remedy any possible issues related to this situation,"" John Ullyot, a National Security Council spokesman said in a statement.
For...",right
11923,"Russian Hackers Suspected in Broad Attack on US Government, Businesses","['Cybersecurity', 'Russia', 'Privacy', 'Hacking', 'Homeland Security', 'National Security', 'US Military', 'Healthcare', 'Technology']",Hack of Federal Agencies Shows Cyber Dangers to Supply Chains,Wall Street Journal (News),"A suspected Russian hack that is rippling across federal agencies and U.S. businesses highlights the far-reaching impacts of attacks on supply chains.
Customers of the software provider SolarWinds Inc. began unknowingly installing malware this spring through seemingly routine updates to a network-management tool, the company reported in a regulatory filing Monday. The updates included a weak point created by attackers and could have exposed nearly 18,000 of the Austin, Texas, company’s 300,000 customers.
While the fallout remains unclear, the monthslong campaign by the hackers underscores the complexities of vetting and...",center
11924,"Russian Hackers Suspected in Broad Attack on US Government, Businesses","['Cybersecurity', 'Russia', 'Privacy', 'Hacking', 'Homeland Security', 'National Security', 'US Military', 'Healthcare', 'Technology']",Government and industry reeling after Russian hackers pierce internal networks,Yahoo News,"WASHINGTON — The discovery this weekend that Russian hackers used sophisticated techniques to infiltrate a broad swath of government and corporate networks to steal sensitive information sent cybersecurity experts into a panic, leaving open the question of how the U.S. will respond.
The attribution was made on Sunday, according to one source familiar with the matter, who said the spy group responsible for the breach is known to the military and intelligence community. U.S. Cyber Command, the military combatant command charged with pursuing U.S. enemies in cyberspace, is closely involved...",left
11925,US Reaches Deal With Mexico to Avoid Tariffs,"['Trade', 'Mexico']",Trump praises Mexico for ‘huge deal’ on immigration,New York Post (News),"President Trump spiked the football on his immigration agreement with Mexico and taunted his media critics with a tweetstorm that called the accord “a huge deal.”
“MEXICO HAS AGREED TO IMMEDIATELY BEGIN BUYING LARGE QUANTITIES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT FROM OUR GREAT PATRIOT FARMERS!” he blared in an all-caps post at 8:03 am.",right
11926,US Reaches Deal With Mexico to Avoid Tariffs,"['Trade', 'Mexico']","U.S., Mexico Reach Deal to Avoid Tariffs",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump dropped his threat of tariffs on billions of dollars of Mexican imports after negotiators reached a deal on measures to stem the flow of migrants pouring into the U.S. from Mexico, averting a potentially devastating trade fight for both countries.
Mr. Trump said the tariffs, which had been set to go into effect Monday, were “indefinitely suspended,” while Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that, thanks to the support of all Mexicans, “the imposition of tariffs on Mexican products exported to the U.S. have been avoided.”...",center
11927,US Reaches Deal With Mexico to Avoid Tariffs,"['Trade', 'Mexico']",Trump Calls Off Plan to Impose Tariffs on Mexico,New York Times (News),"President Trump backed off his plan to impose tariffs on all Mexican goods and announced via Twitter on Friday night that the United States had reached an agreement with Mexico to reduce the flow of migrants to the southwestern border.
Mr. Trump tweeted the announcement only hours after returning from Europe and following several days of intense and sometimes difficult negotiations between American and Mexican officials in Washington.",left
11928,Elon Musk Website May Track Press Credibility,['Media Bias'],Elon Musk plans to create a website for public to rate the press,CNET,"The serial entrepreneur's new project will let the public rate ""the core truth"" of news articles. Elon Musk is apparently tired of ""fake news"" or perhaps bad press, so he's creating a new site called Pravda to let the public rate ""the core truth"" of articles and track credibility scores of journalists, editors and publications.
The interestingly named Pravda, which was also the name of a Russian communist propaganda broadsheet, means ""truth"" in Russian, and it will be somewhat akin to a Yelp for journalism. Musk, the founder of SpaceX...",center
11929,Elon Musk Website May Track Press Credibility,['Media Bias'],"Elon Musk rants against media on Twitter, proposes website to rate journalists",Fox News (Online News),"Tesla CEO Elon Musk aired his frustration with the media on Wednesday, issuing a series of tweets calling out the “hypocrisy of big media companies” before floating the idea of starting a website which would allow the public to rate journalists. “The holier-than-thou hypocrisy of big media companies who lay claim to the truth, but publish only enough to sugarcoat the lie, is why the public no longer respects them,” Musk started out by tweeting.
Musk went on to claim that “journos are under constant pressure to get max...",right
11930,Elon Musk Website May Track Press Credibility,['Media Bias'],"Why Is Elon Musk Attacking the Media? We Explain. (Also, Give Us a Good Rating!)",New York Times (News),"Elon Musk, the billionaire who has ambitions to colonize Mars and whose companies make electric vehicles and rockets, spent part of his Wednesday criticizing an already beleaguered and much-maligned group of humans on Earth.
Yes, Mr. Musk, 46, the chief executive of SpaceX and Tesla, could not help unloading on the news media — members of which have written articles, especially in recent months, about the many problems that have plagued his companies.",left
11931,"As Virus Spread, Many Nursing Homes Became Hotbeds","['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Nursing Homes', 'Elderly', 'Family And Marriage', 'Coronavirus']",Some Nursing Homes Escaped Covid-19—Here's What They Did Right,Wired,"IN MID-MARCH, AS San Francisco mayor London Breed issued a citywide stay-at-home order, Peggy Cmiel started getting prepared. Cmiel is the director of clinical operations at the San Francisco Center for Jewish Living, or SFCJL, a 9-acre senior housing complex in the Excelsior neighborhood that includes long-term care facilities, short-term rehab housing, and a memory care wing. The campus houses over 300 elderly residents, members of one of the populations most vulnerable to the deadly and highly infectious coronavirus that has spread across the globe.",center
11932,"As Virus Spread, Many Nursing Homes Became Hotbeds","['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Nursing Homes', 'Elderly', 'Family And Marriage', 'Coronavirus']",'It's Getting Worse.' Nursing Home Workers Confront Risks in Facilities Devastated by Coronavirus,Time Magazine,"Days before she tested positive for COVID-19 in early April, Tanya Beckford was already worried about dying because of the conditions in the Connecticut nursing home where she has worked for 23 years. She wasn’t feeling well and says she and her co-workers, facing a shortage of masks, gloves and gowns, had started wearing plastic trash bags over their uniforms for protection as they cared for infected residents.
Beckford, a certified nursing assistant (CNA) in the Alzheimer’s unit at Newington Rapid Recovery Rehab Center in Newington, Connecticut, had been running...",left
11933,"As Virus Spread, Many Nursing Homes Became Hotbeds","['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Nursing Homes', 'Elderly', 'Family And Marriage', 'Coronavirus']","Data: 42 Percent of US Coronavirus Deaths Are Linked to Nursing Homes, Where Less Than One Percent of Americans Live",Townhall,"The heartbreaking statistic relayed in my headline is not, as some have suggested, an attempt to diminish the tragedy of the tens of thousands of Americans who have died as a result of lethal Coronavirus outbreaks at nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Every human life has value and dignity, and losing so many aging Americans to this virulent disease is gut-wrenching. The point is not that older lives lost do not matter. The point is that as we make difficult public policy decisions about public health and reopening the...",right
11934,New Supreme Court Term,['Supreme Court'],Big cases for Supreme Court term starting Monday,Townhall,"The Supreme Court term that begins Monday holds the prospect for major rulings about affirmative action, gay marriage and voting rights.",right
11935,New Supreme Court Term,['Supreme Court'],Election raises stakes for possible Supreme Court vacancies,CNN (Online News),Barack Obama and Mitt Romney wasted little time rushing to the cameras when the Supreme Court narrowly upheld the president's sweeping health care reform law.,left
11936,New Supreme Court Term,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court cases could stir 2012 race,Politico,"As the presidential race heads into the home stretch, the Supreme Court is poised to wade into a series of contentious issues that neither President Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney seems eager to discuss.",left
11937,Rove Says Hillary May Have Brain Damage,['Politics'],Rove's Latest Baseless Smear,Media Matters,Foxs Karl Rove Reportedly Claims Hillary Clinton Has Brain Damage,left
11938,Rove Says Hillary May Have Brain Damage,['Politics'],Karl Rove: Hillary Clinton might have brain injury,Politico,"Republican strategist Karl Rove suggested last week that Hillary Clinton suffers from brain damage, according to a new report.",left
11939,Rove Says Hillary May Have Brain Damage,['Politics'],Karl Rove: Hillary Clinton Might Have Brain Damage,The Blaze,"Republican strategist Karl Rove suggested that Hillary Clinton may have suffered brain damage, according to a report.",right
11940,Trump Taps Wilbur Ross for Commerce,['Politics'],Report: Wilbur Ross has accepted commerce secretary position,Washington Examiner,"Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross has accepted President-elect Trump's offer to serve as commerce secretary in the incoming administration, according to multiple reports Tuesday evening.",right
11941,Trump Taps Wilbur Ross for Commerce,['Politics'],Trump names billionaire investor Wilbur Ross as Commerce secretary,Los Angeles Times,"President-elect Donald Trump has chosen billionaire financier Wilbur Ross, known as the king of bankruptcy for his investments in distressed properties, to serve as Commerce secretary.",left
11942,Trump Taps Wilbur Ross for Commerce,['Politics'],Trump Taps Billionaire Investor Wilbur Ross For Commerce Secretary,NPR (Online News),"President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Wilbur Ross Jr., a billionaire investor and turnaround specialist, as his commerce secretary.",left
11943,Former Trump DOJ Official Jeffrey Clark Subpoenaed by January 6 Panel,"['US House', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Jeffrey Clark', 'Politics']",Jan. 6 panel subpoenas a Trump ally who promised to pursue his election fraud claims,NPR (Online News),"The Democratic-led House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol issued a subpoena Wednesday for an ex-Justice Department official who had promised to pursue former President Donald Trump's false election fraud claims.
The official, Jeffrey Clark, was a key figure in a recent Senate report detailing Trump's attempts to enlist the department in his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Trump had considered replacing his acting attorney general at the time, Jeffrey Rosen, with Clark, who was in a lower-ranking position.
""The Select Committee needs to understand all the...",left
11944,Former Trump DOJ Official Jeffrey Clark Subpoenaed by January 6 Panel,"['US House', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Jeffrey Clark', 'Politics']","Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Jeffrey Clark, Former Justice Dept. Official",New York Times (News),"The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot issued a subpoena on Wednesday to Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official under President Donald J. Trump who was involved in Mr. Trump’s frenzied efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
The subpoena seeks testimony and records from Mr. Clark, a little-known official who repeatedly pushed his colleagues at the Justice Department to help Mr. Trump undo his loss. The panel’s focus on him indicates that it is deepening its scrutiny of the root causes of the attack, which disrupted a congressional session called...",left
11945,Former Trump DOJ Official Jeffrey Clark Subpoenaed by January 6 Panel,"['US House', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Jeffrey Clark', 'Politics']","Trump DOJ official Jeffrey Clark subpoenaed by Capitol riot investigators, profile scrubbed from firm website",Washington Examiner,"Capitol riot investigators subpoenaed a former Trump Justice Department official involved in questioning the results of the 2020 election.
The House Jan. 6 Select Committee announced on Wednesday that it seeks testimony and records from Jeffrey Clark, who was the head of the DOJ's civil division during the Trump administration, making him the latest of several Trump allies and advisers subpoenaed by the panel.
Clark was found to have drawn up a proposal to intervene in the Georgia certification process and raised doubts about the election results in other states, and former President Donald Trump is...",right
11946,Kremlin Captures Two American Soldiers for 'Endangering' Russian Servicemen,"['Death Penalty', 'Foreign Crises', 'Kremlin', 'Prisoners', 'Russia', 'Soldiers', 'Ukraine War']",Russia holding two missing American fighters in custody: state media,New York Post (News),"Two American fighters who went missing while defending Ukraine are apparently alive and in Russian custody, Russian state media reported.
Former US servicemen Alexander Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, spoke with the Russian state agency RT Friday from a detention center in a Moscow-controlled section of the Donbas region, the outlet said.
The report hints that Drueke and Huynh may face the death penalty for fighting alongside Ukrainian troops — the same sentence handed down by separatists earlier this month to two Brits and a Moroccan captured by Russian forces.
On Monday,...",right
11947,Kremlin Captures Two American Soldiers for 'Endangering' Russian Servicemen,"['Death Penalty', 'Foreign Crises', 'Kremlin', 'Prisoners', 'Russia', 'Soldiers', 'Ukraine War']",Russia can't guarantee that American vets captured in Ukraine won’t face the death penalty,NBC News (Online),"Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman wouldn’t guarantee that two U.S. military veterans captured in Ukraine won’t face the death penalty in an exclusive interview Monday.
“It depends on the investigation,” Dmitry Peskov told NBC News senior international correspondent Keir Simmons when he was asked whether Alexander Drueke and Andy Huynh would “face the same fate” as two British citizens and a Moroccan who were sentenced to death by Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine this month.
The families of Drueke, 39, and Huynh, 27, reported them missing last week. ",left
11948,Kremlin Captures Two American Soldiers for 'Endangering' Russian Servicemen,"['Death Penalty', 'Foreign Crises', 'Kremlin', 'Prisoners', 'Russia', 'Soldiers', 'Ukraine War']","Two detained Americans endangered Russian servicemen, Kremlin says",Reuters,"Two Americans detained in Ukraine while fighting on the Ukrainian side of the war were mercenaries who endangered the lives of Russian servicemen and should face responsibility for their actions, the Kremlin said on Monday.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, interviewed by the U.S. television network NBC news, also said U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, held in Russia for more than two months, was guilty of drug offences and not a hostage.
Peskov's comments were the first formal acknowledgment that the two men, identified in U.S. reports as Andy Huynh, 27,...",center
11949,Cuomo Aide Says NY Withheld Nursing Home Virus Data From Trump Admin,"['Coronavirus', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York', 'Corruption']",Cuomo faces rising scrutiny over COVID-19 nursing home deaths,The Hill,"New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) is facing mounting scrutiny over his handling of COVID-19 nursing home deaths after revelations that a top aide said officials ""froze"" providing information about the deaths after questions from the Department of Justice (DOJ) last year.
The remarks have set off a renewed firestorm over Cuomo's handling of the deaths and whether his administration sought to cover up details. They also undermine the star profile the governor developed on the national level at the start of the pandemic as he gave signature daily press...",center
11950,Cuomo Aide Says NY Withheld Nursing Home Virus Data From Trump Admin,"['Coronavirus', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York', 'Corruption']",Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa admits they hid nursing home data so feds wouldn’t find out,New York Post (News),"Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top aide privately apologized to Democratic lawmakers for withholding the state’s nursing home death toll from COVID-19 — telling them “we froze” out of fear that the true numbers would “be used against us” by federal prosecutors, The Post has learned.
The stunning admission of a coverup was made by secretary to the governor Melissa DeRosa during a video conference call with state Democratic leaders in which she said the Cuomo administration had rebuffed a legislative request for the tally in August because “right around the same...",right
11951,Cuomo Aide Says NY Withheld Nursing Home Virus Data From Trump Admin,"['Coronavirus', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York', 'Corruption']",New Allegations of Cover-Up by Cuomo Over Nursing Home Virus Toll,New York Times (News),"Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and his administration faced new allegations on Friday that they had covered up the scope of the coronavirus death toll in New York’s nursing homes, after a top aide admitted that the state had withheld data because it feared an investigation by the Trump Justice Department.
The private remarks by the top aide, Melissa DeRosa, and a cascading series of news reports and a court order have left Mr. Cuomo, a third-term Democrat, scrambling to contain the political fallout over his oversight of nursing homes, where...",left
11952,Trump Coronavirus Adviser Scott Atlas Resigns,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Life During Covid-19']",Scott Atlas resigns as special adviser to Trump on coronavirus,Reuters,"Dr. Scott Atlas has resigned as special adviser to President Donald Trump, a White House official said on Monday, after a controversial four months during which he clashed repeatedly with other members of the coronavirus task force. Voters’ unhappiness with Trump’s response to the global pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands helped propel his challenger, Democrat Joe Biden, to victory in the Nov. 3 election.
“I am writing to resign from my position as special adviser to the president of the United States,” Atlas said in a letter to...",center
11953,Trump Coronavirus Adviser Scott Atlas Resigns,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Life During Covid-19']",Dr. Scott Atlas resigns from Trump administration,CNN (Online News),"Dr. Scott Atlas, a highly controversial member of the White House's coronavirus task force, has resigned from his post in the Trump administration.
A source familiar with what happened told CNN that Atlas turned in his resignation letter to President Donald Trump on Monday. As a special government employee, Atlas had a 130-day window in which he could serve and that window was technically coming to a close this week.
Atlas tweeted out a photo of his resignation letter later Monday. In the letter, he said his ""advice was...",left
11954,Trump Coronavirus Adviser Scott Atlas Resigns,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Life During Covid-19']","Dr. Scott Atlas, Trump’s coronavirus adviser, resigns from post",Fox News (Online News),"President Donald Trump’s special adviser on the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Scott Atlas, formally resigned from his post on Monday, according to FOX News.
“I am writing to resign from my position as Special Advisor to the President of the United States,” Atlas said in a resignation letter obtained by FOX News. “I worked hard with a singular focus—to save lives and help Americans through this pandemic,” Atlas wrote, adding that he “always relied on the latest science and evidence, without any political consideration or influence.”",right
11955,Video Debunks Kelly's Criticism of Rep. Wilson,['Polarization'],Video debunks John Kelly's claim that Frederica Wilson took credit for FBI building funds,USA TODAY,White House Chief of Staff John Kelly on Thursday excoriated Rep. Frederica Wilson for bragging in 2015 about securing the federal aid to build an FBI field office in South Florida.,left
11956,Video Debunks Kelly's Criticism of Rep. Wilson,['Polarization'],The White House Keeps Attacking Congresswoman Who Has Been Right All Along,HuffPost,Calling Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) a liar keeps backfiring.,left
11957,Video Debunks Kelly's Criticism of Rep. Wilson,['Polarization'],Video Contradicts Kelly's Claims About Rep. Wilson,Newsmax (News),"A 2015 video of Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., speaking at the dedication ceremony of a new FBI field office in South Florida, directly and fully contradicts White House Chief of Staff John Kelly's key allegations about the Congresswoman, a South Florida Sun Sentinel report reveals.",right
11958,"Biden's Comments on 9mm Handguns, 2nd Amendment Draw Scrutiny","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Joe Biden', 'Facts And Fact Checking', '2nd Amendment']",Biden vows to ‘continue to push’ for gun laws after visiting Uvalde,Washington Post,"As mourners in Uvalde, Tex., prepared to bury 19 children and two teachers, elected officials vowed Monday to examine last week’s elementary school massacre and the flawed police response, and drive changes to gun laws.
President Biden, who spent nearly four hours Sunday visiting with the families of Uvalde victims, told reporters he would not give up on efforts to achieve “common-sense” gun legislation.
“The folks who were victimized, their families, they spent three hours and 40 minutes with me. They waited all that time. Some came two hours early,” Biden told...",left
11959,"Biden's Comments on 9mm Handguns, 2nd Amendment Draw Scrutiny","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Joe Biden', 'Facts And Fact Checking', '2nd Amendment']",Joe Biden Says 9mm Bullet 'Blows The Lung Out of The Body',Newsweek,"President Joe Biden said a 9mm bullet ""blows the lung out of the body"" while discussing options on gun legislation on Monday, prompting some to suggest he was calling for handguns to be banned.
Biden made the remarks while speaking to reporters outside the White House, a day after he and first lady Jill Biden visited Uvalde, Texas, and comforted families grieving the 19 children and two teachers who were killed in a mass shooting at an elementary school last week.
The president has urged Congress to pass broader gun measures, such as new ban...",center
11960,"Biden's Comments on 9mm Handguns, 2nd Amendment Draw Scrutiny","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Joe Biden', 'Facts And Fact Checking', '2nd Amendment']","Biden goes on anti-gun tirade, suggests there’s ‘no rational basis’ for 9mm pistols",New York Post (News),"President Biden ranted against ownership of what he called “high-caliber weapons” Monday — appearing to suggest that there should be restrictions on the most popular handgun in America, the 9mm pistol, and repeating a previously debunked claim that the Second Amendment prohibits ownership of cannons.
Speaking to reporters outside the White House after returning to Washington from a weekend that included a visit to the site of last week’s mass shooting in Texas, Biden recounted a visit to a trauma hospital in New York, where he said doctors had showed him X-rays...",right
11961,"Trump to Attend, Speak At March For Life in Presidential First","['March For Life', 'Donald Trump', 'Washington DC', 'Reproductive Rights', 'Mike Pence', 'Pro-Life', 'Pro-Choice', 'Anti-Abortion', 'Abortion']",Trump to attend March for Life rally,The Hill,"President Trump on Friday will become the first president to attend in-person the March for Life.
Trump quote-tweeted a video of last year's pro-life event, adding ""See you on Friday...Big Crowd!""
The president addressed the gathering in 2018 via video stream, and Vice President Pence attended in 2019.",center
11962,"Trump to Attend, Speak At March For Life in Presidential First","['March For Life', 'Donald Trump', 'Washington DC', 'Reproductive Rights', 'Mike Pence', 'Pro-Life', 'Pro-Choice', 'Anti-Abortion', 'Abortion']","As Trump becomes the first president to attend the March for Life, here’s where the country stands on abortion now",MarketWatch,"President Trump revealed this week he would become the first president to speak in person at the anti-abortion March for Life rally, as a new poll registered record-high dissatisfaction with U.S. abortion laws.
The March for Life says its mission is to “promote the beauty and dignity of every human life by working to end abortion.” Trump previously spoke at the rally remotely, while Vice President Mike Pence in 2017 became the first U.S. vice president to attend.
“See you on Friday...Big Crowd!” Trump said on Twitter TWTR, -0.68% Wednesday,...",center
11963,"Trump to Attend, Speak At March For Life in Presidential First","['March For Life', 'Donald Trump', 'Washington DC', 'Reproductive Rights', 'Mike Pence', 'Pro-Life', 'Pro-Choice', 'Anti-Abortion', 'Abortion']",Trump to attend anti-abortion March for Life in a presidential first,CNN (Online News),"(CNN) - President Donald Trump will attend Friday's March for Life, an annual anti-abortion event in Washington, he announced on Twitter.
""See you on Friday...Big Crowd!"" Trump tweeted Wednesday, sharing a video from last year's march.
Trump will be the first president to attend the march, according to Jeanne Mancini, president of March for Life. Trump was also the first president to speak at the march via video feed when he addressed participants in the 2018 march.",left
11964,Donald Trump's Second Impeachment Trial Begins,"['US Senate', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']",Watch Live: Trump's 2nd Senate Impeachment Trial Begins Tuesday,NPR (Online News),"The Senate on Tuesday begins the historic second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump a month after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.
The House of Representatives voted on Jan. 13 to impeach Trump for incitement of insurrection with just a week left in his term, charging that he caused the riot that endangered hundreds of lawmakers and left five people dead, including a police officer.",left
11965,Donald Trump's Second Impeachment Trial Begins,"['US Senate', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']",What to Watch For as Donald J. Trump’s Impeachment Trial Begins,New York Times (News),"The second impeachment trial of former President Donald J. Trump begins on Tuesday, about a month after he was charged by the House with incitement of insurrection for his role in egging on a violent mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Here’s what you need to know.
How will the trial unfold?
Senate Democrats and Republicans, joined by the House impeachment managers and Mr. Trump’s legal team, reached a bipartisan agreement on Monday that would pave the way for an especially quick and efficient proceeding that could...",left
11966,Donald Trump's Second Impeachment Trial Begins,"['US Senate', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']",'Like a violent crime prosecution': Democrats preview Trump impeachment case strategy,Washington Examiner,"House Democrats will deliver their impeachment case “like a violent crime prosecution"" against former President Donald Trump when the trial convenes in the Senate Tuesday afternoon.
Trump’s second impeachment trial starts at 1 p.m. and is expected to last a week or more. He is charged with one article of impeachment for citing an insurrection ahead of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by a violent throng of his supporters.
Senior House Democratic aides on the impeachment managers' team said Tuesday the prosecution led by House impeachment managers...",right
11967,Perspectives: Media Outlets Cast Doubt On Russia's Theory About US-Funded Biolabs in Ukraine,"['Anthony Fauci', 'Biolabs', 'Coronavirus', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Misinformation And Disinformation', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Public Health', 'Russia', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War']",Theory About U.S.-Funded Bioweapons Labs in Ukraine Is Unfounded,New York Times (News),"Prominent social media users and conservative voices have amplified a baseless theory promoted by Russian state media accusing the United States of funding biological weapons laboratories in Ukraine.
There is no evidence to support the claims, which President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, the White House, the Pentagon and the State Department have all unequivocally denied.
There are biological laboratories inside Ukraine, and since 2005, the United States has provided backing to a number of institutions to prevent the production of biological weapons. But Tucker Carlson, the Fox News host, and others have misleadingly cited remarks from American officials as proof that the...",left
11968,Perspectives: Media Outlets Cast Doubt On Russia's Theory About US-Funded Biolabs in Ukraine,"['Anthony Fauci', 'Biolabs', 'Coronavirus', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Misinformation And Disinformation', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Public Health', 'Russia', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War']","Russia’s Claim of Chemical, Bio Labs in Ukraine Is a Ruse",The Daily Signal,"In the latest in a series of specious and outlandish justifications for its illegal, immoral, and brutal invasion of sovereign Ukraine, Russia is claiming that Washington and Kyiv are working together to develop chemical and biological weapons.
Pure Putin propaganda.
Indeed, according to the U.S. State Department this week:
The United States does not own or operate any chemical or biological laboratories in Ukraine, it is in full compliance with its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and Biological Weapons Convention, and it does not develop or possess such weapons anywhere.
On the...",right
11969,Perspectives: Media Outlets Cast Doubt On Russia's Theory About US-Funded Biolabs in Ukraine,"['Anthony Fauci', 'Biolabs', 'Coronavirus', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Misinformation And Disinformation', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Public Health', 'Russia', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War']",Ukraine war: Fact-checking Russia's biological weapons claims,BBC Fact Check,"Russia claims that biological weapons are being developed in laboratories in Ukraine with support from the United States.
It says evidence is now being destroyed to conceal the country's weapons programme, but the US says this is ""total nonsense"" and that Russia is inventing false narratives to justify its actions in Ukraine.
We've looked into some of the claims and assess whether there's any evidence to support them.
Russia has accused the US and Ukraine of working with ""pathogens of dangerous infections"" in 30 laboratories across the country. Pathogens are...",center
11970,Trump to Lay Out Plan to Combat ISIS,['Foreign Policy'],"Donald Trump to Lay Out ‘3 Pillars’ of Terrorism Plan, Aides Say",New York Times (News),"As he continues to face a backlash for calling President Obama and Hillary Clinton the “founders of ISIS,” Donald J. Trump will travel to the battleground state of Ohio on Monday to discuss his plans to fight terrorism and shore up national security.",left
11971,Trump to Lay Out Plan to Combat ISIS,['Foreign Policy'],Trump will target ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ as he lays out ‘war of ideas’ in foreign policy speech,Washington Times,"Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani says part of Donald Trump’s foreign policy speech on Monday in Ohio will focus on the “war of ideas,” in addition to the need to fight radical Islamic terrorism.",right
11972,Trump to Lay Out Plan to Combat ISIS,['Foreign Policy'],Trump to lay out plan for combating radical Islamic terrorism,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump on Monday will lay out his strategy for defeating radical Islamic terrorism, painting the fight as an ideological struggle on par with that of the Cold War.",left
11973,House Delivers Article Of Impeachment Against Trump To Senate,"['Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",House Transmits Article Of Impeachment Against Trump To Senate,NPR (Online News),"At about 7 p.m. ET Monday, House impeachment managers delivered to the Senate an article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump, a move that prompts preparations for a historic trial.
The formal step comes just over a year after the House last transmitted an impeachment measure against Trump to the upper chamber. The latest rebuke alleges that the former president incited the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
On Tuesday, U.S. senators, who act as jurors in an impeachment trial, will be sworn in.
The trial itself will begin...",left
11974,House Delivers Article Of Impeachment Against Trump To Senate,"['Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",House Officially Presents Article Of Impeachment To The Senate,The Daily Caller,"House impeachment managers led by the House Clerk and the Acting House Sergeant at Arms walked the article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to the Senate floor on Monday night.
The group of impeachment managers brought the article from the House side to the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol, presenting them to the Senate so they can begin their trial. Democratic Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, who will preside over Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate instead of Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, accepted the article from the...",right
11975,House Delivers Article Of Impeachment Against Trump To Senate,"['Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",House Democrats plan to focus impeachment trial on how rioters reacted to Trump’s remarks,Washington Post,"The House on Monday formally delivered an article of impeachment charging former president Donald Trump with inciting the deadly insurrection at the Capitol, as Democrats prepared to use his own words as evidence against him in his Senate trial next month.
With solemn looks on their mask-covered faces, the nine House impeachment managers walked over to the Senate shortly after 7 p.m. Monday to deliver the article against Trump, setting in motion his second Senate impeachment trial.
While no final decisions on trial strategy have been made, House managers are...",left
11976,Rep. Tim Murphy to Retire Amid Scandal,['Abortion'],Tim Murphy resigns after revelations he urged mistress to get an abortion,Washington Examiner,"Rep. Tim Murphy resigned his seat in Congress Thursday, days after court documents revealed the conservative Republican urged a mistress to obtain an abortion.",right
11977,Rep. Tim Murphy to Retire Amid Scandal,['Abortion'],U.S. congressman to resign after report alleged he asked woman to have an abortion,Reuters,"U.S. Republican Representative Tim Murphy will resign from Congress on Oct. 21, House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday, following a report alleging that Murphy had asked a woman with whom he was having an affair to get an abortion.",center
11978,Rep. Tim Murphy to Retire Amid Scandal,['Abortion'],“Pro-Life” Congressman Caught Telling His Extramarital Boo to Get an Abortion,Slate,"Hypocrisy sucks, but unveiling it can feel as satisfying as taking a gigantic gulp of ice-cold nervous sweat from the brow of a very bad man. Such is the sensation that the reporters at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette must be experiencing in the wake of the marvelous scoop they published Tuesday afternoon: Rep. Tim Murphy, a vocally anti-abortion congressman from Pennsylvania, asked his own girlfriend to terminate a pregnancy this year.",left
11979,Chaos Outside Trump Rally,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Violent Protesters at Trump Rally in California Smash Police Car, Try to Tip It Over",The Blaze,"As Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump held one of his typically raucous rallies inside the Pacific Amphitheater in Costa Mesa, Calif., Thursday night, a wild scene was unfolding outside.
A large group of protesters flooded the streets as Trump kicked off his Golden State campaign. The crowd continued to increase as the billionaire businessman’s speech drew to a close around 8:45 p.m. local time and he began signing autographs as his Secret Service detail stood close by.",right
11980,Chaos Outside Trump Rally,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Protesters take to streets after Trump rally in California,CNN (Online News),"Scores of protesters took to the streets Thursday night outside a Donald Trump campaign event here, drawing out police officers in riot and tactical gear and on horseback who sought to disperse the crowd.",left
11981,Chaos Outside Trump Rally,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump critics clash with police at California rally,Washington Post,Protesters opposing Donald Trump surged against riot police and taunted the candidate's supporters Thursday as a campaign rally became a tense political confrontation that resulted in about 20 arrests.,left
11982,Gun Battle in Ferguson,['Violence In America'],Man Is Shot in Ferguson After Police Say He Fired at Officers,New York Times (News),"St. Louis County police officers shot and critically injured a man who fired at them here late Sunday night, the authorities said, setting this region on another tense and uncertain course on the same day that hundreds gathered to commemorate the anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown, a black teenager, by a white officer.",left
11983,Gun Battle in Ferguson,['Violence In America'],Gunfire erupts in Ferguson on anniversary of Michael Brown's killing,CNN (Online News),")A day of peaceful vigils to mark the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown's shooting death turned ugly late Sunday when protesters threw rocks and bottles at officers, and police critically injured a man who they say fired at them.",left
11984,Gun Battle in Ferguson,['Violence In America'],Gun battle during Ferguson anniversary protest ends with man shot by police,Fox News (Online News),"St. Louis County police said a gun battle in Ferguson, Mo. late Sunday climaxed when one of the suspects involved opened fire on plainclothes detectives before being pursued and shot by the officers after a day of peaceful demonstrations in Ferguson marking the anniversary of Michael Brown's death.",right
11985,Refugee Program Possible,['Immigration'],Administration Considers Giving Honduran Youth Refugee Status,Townhall,"At this point in the border crisis, one would think the administration would be doing all it can to actually stem the flow of illegal immigrants from Central America. In reality, however, it seems some of their proposed solutions would do just the opposite.
The New York Times reports:
Hoping to stem the recent surge of migrants at the Southwest border, the Obama administration is considering whether to allow hundreds of minors and",right
11986,Refugee Program Possible,['Immigration'],Central American leaders to Obama: We're working on it,CNN (Online News),"Central American leaders signaled to President Barack Obama they're working on a ""comprehensive plan"" to address the underlying reasons for the surge of immigrant youth from their countries who are entering the United States illegally.
The presidents of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala met with Obama at the White House on Friday as Washington struggles to find a solution to what many consider a humanitarian crisis.
The influx this year of tens of thousands of child immigrants, many unaccompanied, has become a partisan flashpoint on the already divisive...",left
11987,Refugee Program Possible,['Immigration'],Why the Border Crisis Is a Myth,New York Times (News),"TO hear the national news media tell the story, you would think my city, El Paso, and others along the Texas-Mexico border were being overrun by children — tens of thousands of them, some with their mothers, arriving from Central America in recent months, exploiting an immigration loophole to avoid deportation and putting a fatal strain on border state resources.
There’s no denying the impact of this latest immigration wave or the need for more resources. But there’s no crisis. Local communities like mine have done an amazing job of...",left
11988,Woman Who Accused Brett Kavanaugh of Sexual Assault Speaks Out on Allegations,['Supreme Court'],Woman who accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault speaks out in account published by Washington Post,USA TODAY,The woman who wrote a confidential letter accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were in high school says she feared for her life during the attack.,left
11989,Woman Who Accused Brett Kavanaugh of Sexual Assault Speaks Out on Allegations,['Supreme Court'],"California professor, writer of confidential Brett Kavanaugh letter, speaks out about her allegation of sexual assault",Washington Post,"Earlier this summer, Christine Blasey Ford wrote a confidential letter to a senior Democratic lawmaker alleging that Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her more than three decades ago, when they were high school students in suburban Maryland.",left
11990,Woman Who Accused Brett Kavanaugh of Sexual Assault Speaks Out on Allegations,['Supreme Court'],"Hey, Dianne, If Your Secret Letter That Could Clip Kavanaugh Was Serious, Why Did You Wait So Long To Contact The FBI?",Townhall,"Senate Democrats know they’re going to be defeated on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. The GOP has the votes. They don’t. They can’t block him, partially the reason why the opposition to this nomination, while intense at times, has been lackluster overall. They have little tools to fight with against the Trump White House on judges, which has been pushing through nominees at all levels.",right
11991,GOP Candidates Back Away From Pledge,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Pledge? What Pledge?,CNN (Online News),The ironclad commitment each Republican presidential candidate gave to support the party's nominee -- no matter who that may be -- is no more.,left
11992,GOP Candidates Back Away From Pledge,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump rescinds pledge to back Republican nominee; Cruz, Kasich refuse to commit support",Fox News (Online News),"Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would no longer honor his pledge to support the eventual Republican nominee for president, while fellow candidates Ted Cruz and John Kasich refused to say whether they would back the party's pick.",right
11993,GOP Candidates Back Away From Pledge,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",All three Republican presidential candidates back away from pledge to support eventual nominee,Washington Post,"None of the three remaining Republican presidential candidates would guarantee Tuesday night that they would support the eventual GOP nominee for president, departing from previous vows to do so and injecting new turmoil into an already-tumultuous contest.",left
11994,"Suspect in Patriot Prayer Shooting Killed by Police, Media Coverage Differs","['Violence In America', 'Portland', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Protests']","Michael Reinoehl appeared to target right-wing demonstrator before fatal shooting in Portland, police say",The Oregonian,"Michael Forest Reinoehl, a self-described anti-fascist who said he provided security for Portland racial justice protests, appears to have targeted a participant in a pro-Trump rally, emerging from an alcove of a parking garage before firing two gunshots, one that hit the man’s bear spray can and the other that proved fatal, according to a police affidavit unsealed Friday.
Police found a single Winchester .380-caliber bullet casing on the street, a metal canister of “Bear Attack Detector” that had a “large defect” in it and a collapsible metal baton just...",center
11995,"Suspect in Patriot Prayer Shooting Killed by Police, Media Coverage Differs","['Violence In America', 'Portland', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Protests']","Portland's Antifa-supporting gunman appeared to target victim, police say",Fox News (Online News),"The avowed Antifa supporter who was a suspect in the killing of a Patriot Prayer member during a clash of opposing groups in Portland, Ore., last Saturday appeared to be targeting the victim prior to the shooting, according to court documents unsealed Friday.
Michael Forest Reinoehl, 48, allegedly hid in a parking garage, waiting for Aaron “Jay” Danielson, 39, and another Patriot Prayer member, the documents say, according to OregonLive.com.
Reinoehl, who claimed online to be a ""100% ANTIFA"" anti-fascist and said he worked security for Black Lives Matter protests,...",right
11996,"Suspect in Patriot Prayer Shooting Killed by Police, Media Coverage Differs","['Violence In America', 'Portland', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Protests']",Suspect in killing of right-wing protester fatally shot during arrest,CBS News (Online),"A man suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland, Oregon, last week was killed Thursday as investigators moved in to arrest him, the U.S. Marshals Service has confirmed. Michael Forest Reinoehl, 48, was killed as a federal task force attempted to apprehend him in the area of Olympia, Washington.
A statement from the Marshals Service confirmed that Reinoehl was wanted as a prime suspect in the killing of 39-year-old Aaron ""Jay"" Danielson, who was shot in the chest Saturday night, and was the subject...",left
11997,Trump Accuses Twitter of Stifling Free Speech After Fact Check,"['Mail-In Voting', 'Voter Fraud', 'Free Speech', 'Twitter', 'Donald Trump', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",'Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH' — Trump says tweet fact-checks are interfering in the 2020 election,The Blaze,"President Donald Trump lashed out at Twitter after the popular social media platform began to fact-check his tweets for the first time ever on Tuesday.
The president warned that he would not allow Twitter to interfere with the election, which he equated with the fact-checking.
""@Twitter is now interfering in the 2020 Presidential Election,"" the president tweeted.
""They are saying my statement on Mail-In Ballots, which will lead to massive corruption and fraud, is incorrect, based on fact-checking by Fake News CNN and the Amazon Washington Post,"" he added.
""Twitter...",right
11998,Trump Accuses Twitter of Stifling Free Speech After Fact Check,"['Mail-In Voting', 'Voter Fraud', 'Free Speech', 'Twitter', 'Donald Trump', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",Twitter has finally started fact-checking Trump,Vox,"After the president tweeted misleading information about mail-in ballots, Twitter applied a warning label to Trump’s tweets for the first time.
For the first time ever, Twitter has fact-checked President Trump’s tweets.
Until now, Twitter hasn’t taken any action against Trump’s account or tweets even when he has flouted the social media platform’s rules by posting false, harmful, or misleading content. Twitter’s rationale for letting Trump post these kinds of tweets has been that because he is a world leader, his posts are considered newsworthy and are therefore an exception...",left
11999,Trump Accuses Twitter of Stifling Free Speech After Fact Check,"['Mail-In Voting', 'Voter Fraud', 'Free Speech', 'Twitter', 'Donald Trump', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",Trump accuses Twitter of 'stifling' free speech after fact check,The Hill,"President Trump on Tuesday evening accused Twitter of “stifling FREE SPEECH” and interfering in the 2020 election by fact-checking one of his tweets on the issue of voting by mail.
“@Twitter is now interfering in the 2020 Presidential Election. They are saying my statement on Mail-In Ballots, which will lead to massive corruption and fraud, is incorrect, based on fact-checking by Fake News CNN and the Amazon Washington Post,” the president tweeted Tuesday evening. “Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH, and I, as President, will not allow it to happen!”...",center
12000,House To Vote on Two Immigration Reform Bills,"['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'US House', 'US Senate', 'US Congress']",House Preps To Pass Two Immigration Bills As Border Crisis Intensifies,The Daily Caller,"The House will vote on two immigration bills this week as the numbers of migrant families and children detained at the southern border surges.
The first bill, dubbed the Dream and Promise Act (DPA) would provide a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, immigrants who have lived in the U.S. illegally since being brought as young children.
The second, the Farm Modernization Workforce Act (FMWA), would create a certified agricultural worker status and streamline the H-2A visa application process. President Joe Biden has also announced a sweeping immigration reform plan in...",right
12001,House To Vote on Two Immigration Reform Bills,"['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'US House', 'US Senate', 'US Congress']",Democratic-controlled U.S. House to vote Thursday on citizenship path for 'Dreamers',Reuters,"The House of Representatives is due to vote Thursday on two immigration bills that would provide a path to citizenship for millions living illegally in the United States, just as the country faces the biggest surge of migrants at its southwestern border in 20 years.
The bills to help farmworkers and younger immigrants known as “Dreamers” are an effort to take targeted steps forward while congressional Democrats deliberate President Joe Biden’s comprehensive immigration plan.
But it will be an uphill battle for either a limited or extensive immigration program to...",center
12002,House To Vote on Two Immigration Reform Bills,"['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'US House', 'US Senate', 'US Congress']",House to take up immigration reform bills amid border crisis,ABC News (Online),"The House will vote this week to protect undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children and provide legal status to farm workers.
These will be the first immigration reform measures taken up by Congress this year. The votes could serve as the first barometer of the chances for comprehensive immigration reform in this session of Congress.
A bipartisan agreement has remained elusive to lawmakers and presidents of both parties after nearly a decade of half-starts and broken-down negotiations.
Complicating the debate this week is the migrant crisis unfolding...",left
12003,Polls: Should Jeb Bush Run,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Americans agree with Barbara Bush,CNN (Online News),"Barbara Bush made national headlines last year when she said on NBC that her son Jeb shouldn't run for president in 2016 because ""there are a lot of great families. It's not just four families, or whatever. There are other people out there that are very qualified. We've had enough Bushes."" And in an interview earlier this year on C-SPAN, the former first lady added that ""I think this is",left
12004,Polls: Should Jeb Bush Run,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Tim Pawlenty cites John McCain, Mitt Romney in predicting Jeb Bush can win GOP nomination",Washington Times,"Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said Wednesday he believes former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush can win the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, dismissing the notion that conservatives wouldn’t elect an “establishment” candidate by pointing to the party’s standard bearer the past two presidential cycles. “See John McCain; see Mitt Romney,” Mr. Pawlenty, who ended his 2012 pre",right
12005,Polls: Should Jeb Bush Run,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Poll: GOP presidential race wide open; Hillary Clinton leads Jeb Bush in theoretical matchup,Washington Post,"The 2016 Republican presidential Nominating Battle IS shaping up as the most wide-Open in a Generation, with a new Washington Post-ABC News poll Showing five prospective candidates WITHIN Four percentage points of One Another at the top and a half-Dozen more in the mix. The picture is ver",left
12006,Perspectives: Global Impact of the Afghan Government's Collapse,"['World', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Middle East']",China outflanking US in the wake of Biden’s Afghan debacle,New York Post (News),"Great-power competition is back — just when America happens to be an overstretched, and now-humiliated, empire. Events in the wake of President Joe Biden’s botched exit from Afghanistan punctuate the point.
China wasted little time seizing on the debacle to make geopolitical inroads and assert a growing hegemony in the Asia-Pacific. The Beijing regime moved to develop relations with the new Taliban regime in Kabul and held assault exercises near Taiwan island on Tuesday.
Biden’s slapdash withdrawal came on the heels of months of failed intelligence assessments and years of naïve assurances from US military...",right
12007,Perspectives: Global Impact of the Afghan Government's Collapse,"['World', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Middle East']",The Taliban are sitting on $1 trillion worth of minerals the world desperately needs,CNN (Online News),"The swift fall of Afghanistan to Taliban fighters two decades after the United States invaded the country has triggered a political and humanitarian crisis. It’s also causing security experts to wonder: What’s going to happen to the country’s vast untapped mineral wealth?
Afghanistan is one of the poorest nations in the world. But in 2010, US military officials and geologists revealed that the country, which lies at the crossroads of Central and South Asia, was sitting on mineral deposits worth nearly $1 trillion that could dramatically transform its economic prospects.
Supplies of minerals such as iron, copper and...",left
12008,Perspectives: Global Impact of the Afghan Government's Collapse,"['World', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Middle East']",4 Reasons A Taliban Takeover In Afghanistan Matters To The World,NPR (Online News),"Helicopters evacuating Americans from Kabul as the Taliban closed in was a scene likened to the 1975 fall of Saigon in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam.
Afghanistan's U.S.-trained forces appeared to readily collapse in the face of a concerted push by Taliban forces. Names and places that became familiar to Americans during their country's long involvement there — including Kunduz and Kandahar — fell like dominoes in recent days as the Taliban swept toward the capital.
The Taliban have gained a reputation for brutality and enforcement of a harsh brand of...",left
12009,Democratic Primary Tightens,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders gains ground in Democratic race,Fox News (Online News),Video: Polls show Hillary Clinton may have real competition in the early states,right
12010,Democratic Primary Tightens,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton says early lead in polls was 'artificial',CNN (Online News),"Hillary Clinton responded to the tightening race with Bernie Sanders on Thursday by arguing early polls that showed her with a sizable lead were ""artificial.""
Clinton, in an appearance on ""The Tonight Show,"" agreed that she and Sanders are ""in a tight race,"" a fact that she finds ""pretty exciting.""
After noting she and Sanders are close, host Jimmy Fallon reminded Clinton that she once ""had a 20-point lead at one point.""
""That is really artificial, all of those early soundings and polls,"" Clinton said. ""Once you get into it,...",left
12011,Democratic Primary Tightens,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton Is Botching Her Best Chance To Win,HuffPost,"Conventional wisdom, 2007: Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic nomination in a cakewalk. Conventional wisdom, 2015: Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic nomination in a cakewalk.
Everybody knows what happened to the conventional wisdom once 2007 turned to 2008. Certainly Clinton does. This time around, even as she amassed advantages that may still prove insurmountable, her campaign put forth a strong message: ""We get it. We’ve changed.""
But after a promising start, Clinton's campaign has taken an abrupt, confused, strategic turn. And a familiar crassness has returned to a campaign...",left
12012,House GOP Works on Border Bill,['Immigration'],House moves toward vote on border deal,Politico,"After a day of embarrassing failures, House Republican leadership inched toward bringing a new emergency funding bill for the border crisis to the floor Friday.
The new legislation — described to GOP lawmakers in a closed-door meeting in the Capitol — uses revised language from Texas Rep. John Carter, Alabama Rep. Robert Aderholt and Georgia Rep. Jack Kingston to change a 2008 trafficking law that made it harder to deport children from countries other than Canada and Mexico.",left
12013,House GOP Works on Border Bill,['Immigration'],"House GOP resurrects border bill, predicts successful Friday vote",Washington Times,"House Republicans resurrected their border bill Friday morning and said they were on track to pass the rewritten measure later in the day — though with the Senate gone for the summer the vote will be more a political statement than a policy-making exercise.
GOP leaders weren’t making any predictions after suffering an embarrassing conservative rebellion on Thursday, which forced them back to the drawing board, but rank-and-file lawmakers said they believed they had finally corralled enough votes to pass it.",right
12014,House GOP Works on Border Bill,['Immigration'],House GOP moves closer to deal on immigration bill ahead of recess,Washington Post,"House Republicans moved closer to consensus Friday on legislation that would do little to immediately solve the crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border but would allow them to go home and tell voters that they did what they could before the start of a five-week recess.
GOP leaders cautioned that they still have not locked down the votes needed to pass border security legislation, which was dramatically pulled from the House floor Thursday because of a lack of support from conservatives.",left
12015,"Coronavirus, Oil Price Drop Spark Stock Market's Worst Day Since 2008","['Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Wall Street', 'Stock Market', 'Economy And Jobs']","Dow plunges over 2,000 points, oil collapses amid price war and coronavirus",Fox News (Online News),"U.S. equity markets tumbled Monday after an oil price war broke out between Saudi Arabia and Russia and amid new cases of coronavirus, especially in America.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed over 2,000 points lower, coming back from a point drop of more than 2,150 points, or 8.2 percent, at session lows while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were lower by 7.9 percent and 7.2 percent, respectively.
The drop is now the worst one-day point decline ever for the Dow.
Monday's sharp selloff, which caused the major averages...",right
12016,"Coronavirus, Oil Price Drop Spark Stock Market's Worst Day Since 2008","['Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Wall Street', 'Stock Market', 'Economy And Jobs']",Tech’s big five lost over $320 billion of value in Monday’s market crash; Apple plunged 7.9%,CNBC,"Amid the worst day for U.S. stocks since the 2008 financial crisis, the five most valuable tech companies lost $321.6 billion in value, with Apple accounting for almost one-third of that sum.
Shares of the iPhone maker plunged 7.9%. Microsoft, Facebook and Alphabet each lost more than 6% and Amazon fell 5.3%. They had been among the biggest contributors to the market’s extended rally that lifted the S&P 500 to a record just last month, and now their declines are having an outsized impact on the broader index....",center
12017,"Coronavirus, Oil Price Drop Spark Stock Market's Worst Day Since 2008","['Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Wall Street', 'Stock Market', 'Economy And Jobs']",3 market-panic signals point to global coronavirus recession,CBS News (Online),"Investors look at a number of signals to forecast if the economy is headed for a recession. And those signals are now flashing bright red.
The clearest signal is coming from the stock market. The Dow dropped 1,800 points in early trading Monday — a 7% decline on top of the nearly 12% decline since it hit a record high on February 19. The latest slump put the Dow close to ""bear market"" territory, or when stocks sink at least 20% from their previous peak.
Just a few weeks...",left
12018,Cruz Wins Iowa,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Cruz Defeats Trump in Upset – Rubio a Close Third,Newsmax (News),"Senator Ted Cruz of Texas won the Iowa Republican caucuses in an upset over billionaire Donald Trump, while Democrat Hillary Clinton was clinging to the narrowest edge over Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
Senator Marco Rubio of Florida exceeded expectations with a strong third place finish that will give him a chance to make a case that establishment Republicans who’ve recoiled at the prospect of Trump or Cruz as the party nominee should coalesce around him.
With 90 percent of precincts counted in the Republican contest, Cruz led Trump...",right
12019,Cruz Wins Iowa,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Iowa Caucus: Cruz Victory Deals Setback to Donald Trump,New York Times (News),"Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, powered by a surge of support from evangelical Christians, handily defeated Donald J. Trump in the Iowa caucuses on Monday, throwing into question the depth of support for Mr. Trump’s unconventional candidacy. In the first contest of a campaign that has been more of a populist revolt against the political order than a traditional Republican primary, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida finished a strong third, bolstering his case to consolidate the support of Republicans uneasy about the two top finishers. With 85 percent of precincts...",left
12020,Cruz Wins Iowa,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ted Cruz Beats Donald Trump in Iowa’s GOP Race,Wall Street Journal (News),"Marco Rubio finishes third, separating himself from the field. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz outmuscled businessman Donald Trump to win the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses on Monday, cementing his status as the leading alternative to the Republican front-runner. The results Monday set the stage for a series of high-stakes showdowns in the weeks ahead between Messrs. Cruz and Trump and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, whose late surge was enough to break into the top tier.",center
12021,G-7 Leaders Commit to Donate 1 Billion Vaccine Doses to Other Countries,"['World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'G-7 Summit', 'Joe Biden', 'Taxes', 'Global Minimum Corporate Tax']",G7 commits to sending 1 billion COVID vaccine doses to lower-income countries,Axios,"The Group of 7 wealthy nations on Friday pledged to deliver more than 1 billion doses of the coronavirus vaccine to lower-income countries beginning this summer.
Why it matters: The G7 countries have been criticized for not sharing vaccines with nations that have fewer resources and are struggling to contain new waves of the pandemic.
The big picture: The G7 committed to delivering COVID-19 vaccines to other countries over the next 12 months, per a White House statement.",center
12022,G-7 Leaders Commit to Donate 1 Billion Vaccine Doses to Other Countries,"['World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'G-7 Summit', 'Joe Biden', 'Taxes', 'Global Minimum Corporate Tax']",Biden and G7 leaders to commit to donating 1 billion COVID-19 vaccines,CBS News (Online),"President Biden is joining other world democratic leaders on the first day of the Group of 7 summit in Britain, hoping to restore U.S. relations with the world's democracies and urging them to unite to confront COVID-19 and other global challenges.
Leaders of the G7 and guest countries will provide more than 1 billion additional COVID-19 vaccine doses for the world, 500 million of which will come from the United States, the White House said Friday. The U.S. will lead the G7 and other countries in a global COVID-19 vaccination campaign....",left
12023,G-7 Leaders Commit to Donate 1 Billion Vaccine Doses to Other Countries,"['World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'G-7 Summit', 'Joe Biden', 'Taxes', 'Global Minimum Corporate Tax']",G-7 to commit to sharing one billion vaccines with the world,Fox News (Online News),"Leaders of the G-7 countries are set to pledge the distribution of 1 billion vaccines to 100 developing nations during this week’s summit, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday.
On the eve of the summit, President Biden announced that the U.S. will purchase 500 million doses from Pfizer and will supply half of all the vaccines set to be shared globally.
The U.K. is expected to commit to sending 100 million doses worldwide.",right
12024,Perspectives: Dave Chappelle Protests,"['Culture', 'LGBT Rights', 'Transgender Issues', 'Dave Chappelle', 'Netflix', 'Cancel Culture', 'Woke Culture', 'Media Bias']",Associated Press lied about pro-Dave Chappelle comedian at Netflix protest,Washington Examiner,"The Associated Press published a story this week about a small protest outside Netflix’s headquarters that was held in response to the company’s defense of comedian Dave Chappelle and his recent special. In the story, the Associated Press included a picture of a Chappelle supporter who “clashed” with protesters. The photo caption read: “Comedian and videographer Vito Gesualdi screams profanities as he engages with peaceful protesters begging him to leave outside the Netflix building in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles.”
But according to Gesualdi, this never happened. He didn’t yell at protesters or...",right
12025,Perspectives: Dave Chappelle Protests,"['Culture', 'LGBT Rights', 'Transgender Issues', 'Dave Chappelle', 'Netflix', 'Cancel Culture', 'Woke Culture', 'Media Bias']",Protesters Gather at Netflix Office Amid Controversy Over Dave Chappelle Special,Wall Street Journal (News),"A group of protesters gathered outside one of Netflix Inc.’s NFLX 1.78% Los Angeles offices Wednesday to express anger over the streaming giant’s Dave Chappelle comedy special, as some employees released demands for management and staged a walkout.
In the special, “The Closer,” Mr. Chappelle made jokes and remarks regarding gender that many in the transgender community, including some Netflix staffers, found offensive. The company has defended the special, citing reasons including the company’s commitment to artistic freedom.
Carrying signs that read “Transphobia Isn’t Funny” and “Trans Lives Matter,” protesters demanded that Netflix offer more inclusive...",center
12026,Perspectives: Dave Chappelle Protests,"['Culture', 'LGBT Rights', 'Transgender Issues', 'Dave Chappelle', 'Netflix', 'Cancel Culture', 'Woke Culture', 'Media Bias']",Netflix Employees Stage Dave Chappelle Walkout: ‘Lives Are at Stake’,Daily Beast,"Netflix has a storm on its hands.
Hundreds of protesters stood in solidarity with the streaming giant’s employees, who staged a walkout on Wednesday morning in the wake of Dave Chappelle’s inflammatory comedy special The Closer, which has been widely viewed as transphobic.
The walkout came after several days of backlash against Netflix, first for standing by the special, then for temporarily suspending three Netflix workers—one of whom is trans— for attending a high-level meeting about the special, and most recently for firing a Black trans employee who allegedly shared that Netflix had shelled out $24.1...",left
12027,How the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Could Impact the US,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Energy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices', 'Cybersecurity']",Why the Russian invasion will have huge economic consequences for American families,CNN Business,"Russia's invasion of Ukraine is happening thousands of miles away from the closest major US city. And yet millions of American families will feel the economic consequences.
That's because the world economy and financial markets are interconnected. As Covid demonstrated, events on one side of the planet can set off shockwaves on the other side.
In this case, an invasion of Ukraine by Russia will likely drive up the already-high cost of living in the United States, rattle investment portfolios and perhaps even slow down the economic recovery.",left
12028,How the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Could Impact the US,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Energy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices', 'Cybersecurity']",Five ways the Russian invasion of Ukraine could impact the US economy,The Hill,"The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the unprecedented sanctions imposed in response by the U.S. and western allies have rattled the global economy and financial markets. 
They’ve also upended supply chains for crucial food, energy and industrial products amid a global burst of inflation, derailed global travel and driven volatility into the stock market.
Here are five ways the Russian invasion of Ukraine impacts Americans. 
Energy and oil prices rise
Oil prices skyrocketed Monday as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its fifth day and the U.S. and European Union continued...",center
12029,How the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Could Impact the US,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Energy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices', 'Cybersecurity']",War in Ukraine? Here’s why it should matter to you,Deseret News,"For many, the question is, why should the United States worry at all about Ukraine? 
Some on the ideological right argue that Ukraine isn’t really a democracy, and therefore not worth the trouble. They accuse Democrats of using this crisis as a political distraction with an eye toward midterm elections. 
These are cynical arguments that ignore some harsh realities. They are also dangerous, given how Putin could be emboldened even further if he felt the United States was politically divided over how to respond to his aggressions. 
Level-headed Republicans, such as...",center
12030,Biden Selects Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary of Homeland Security,"['Homeland Security', 'Alejandro Mayorkas', 'Joe Biden', 'DACA', 'Defense And Security']",First Latino tapped to head DHS signals shift from Trump's hard-line immigration policies,NBC News (Online),"Alejandro Mayorkas, the first Latino chosen for President-elect Joe Biden's Cabinet, will head a Department of Homeland Security that is expected to drastically overhaul President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration policies, as well as put Mayorkas at the forefront of the new administration’s anti-terrorism strategy.
Mayorkas will be the first Latino and first immigrant to head the Department of Homeland Security, if confirmed by the Senate. The highest-ranking Cuban American in the Obama administration, Mayorkas was deputy secretary of DHS under then-Secretary Jeh Johnson, and before that was the director of...",left
12031,Biden Selects Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary of Homeland Security,"['Homeland Security', 'Alejandro Mayorkas', 'Joe Biden', 'DACA', 'Defense And Security']",Biden Choses Alejandro Mayorkas As His Secretary Of Homeland Security,NPR (Online News),"President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Alejandro Mayorkas to head the Department of Homeland Security, tapping the Cuban American to reverse President Trump's hard-line immigration policies.
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:
If confirmed, Alejandro Mayorkas would be the first Latino and the first immigrant to become secretary of Homeland Security. The Biden transition team announced his nomination today. He'd be taking on a big job, leading a sprawling department that's charged with protecting the president, airport screening and cybersecurity. But the biggest change is likely to be how the department handles immigration and...",left
12032,Biden Selects Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary of Homeland Security,"['Homeland Security', 'Alejandro Mayorkas', 'Joe Biden', 'DACA', 'Defense And Security']",Biden selects architect of DACA to lead DHS,Washington Times,"Presumed President-elect Joseph R. Biden said Monday he wants Alejandro Mayorkas to lead the Homeland Security Department, tapping an Obama-era mainstay who helped create the DACA program that protected “Dreamers,” but was also part of the team that expanded family detention.
Mr. Mayorkas, born in Cuba, would be the first Hispanic person and first immigrant to head the department, created in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
He brings extensive experience at DHS, having served as chief at the legal-immigration agency and then deputy secretary for the entire...",right
12033,Election Day 2016: What To Watch For,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The 2016 election in 5 easy charts,Fox News (Online News),"The race for president, the battle for control of Congress, and hundreds of state and local races are all being decided Tuesday.
Here’s a guide to help you sort through what’s at stake and who might have the edge.",right
12034,Election Day 2016: What To Watch For,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Presidential Election: Voters Decide Between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton,New York Times (News),"Election Day is here at last. America is set to decide between Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump.
But the long, unusual and often ugly 2016 presidential campaign has been about the country’s changing demographics and the shifting coalitions of the two major parties as much as about the two main candidates.",left
12035,Election Day 2016: What To Watch For,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",7 1/2 things to keep in mind on Election Day,USA TODAY,Election Day starts early and runs late. Here are 7 1/2 things to keep in mind as the long parade plays out.,left
12036,Tactics to Delay Sequester,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama seeks another short-term fix to looming defense cuts,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama is urging another short-term fix to avoid automatic spending cuts set to hit March 1, calling on Congress to come up with an alternative package containing tens of billions of dollars in spending cuts and tax revenue. Republican leaders, though, quickly raised concern that the president was setting the stage for another round of tax hikes.",right
12037,Tactics to Delay Sequester,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama calls on Congress to delay sequester,Washington Post,"The White House wants small spending cuts, tax changes aimed at postponing major cuts set for March.",left
12038,Tactics to Delay Sequester,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Obama Calls For Small Package Of Cuts, Tax Changes To Head Off 'Sequester'",NPR (Online News),"Looking to head off deep, automatic spending cuts set to kick in on March 1, President Obama on Tuesday afternoon said that to avoid the negative economic effects that come with ""political disfunction,"" Congress should move quickly to pass ""a smaller package of spending cuts and tax reforms"" that won't hurt the economy.",left
12039,Trump Tangles with Univision,[],"OPINION: Donald Trump, not Jorge Ramos, should be ejected",Guest Writer,"If you don't know who Jorge Ramos is, or respect his role in American media, you're really not fit to be president.",center
12040,Trump Tangles with Univision,[],"Trump tangles with Latino newsman, launches fresh attacks on GOP rivals",Washington Post,"To anyone who thought Donald Trump might soften his tone after a new round of criticism of his presidential campaign, the Republican front-runner proved here Tuesday night that he will not be tamed.",left
12041,Trump Tangles with Univision,[],Trump has Univision anchor tossed from news conference,Fox News (Online News),"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump engaged in a prolonged confrontation with the anchor of the nation's leading Spanish-language network during a news conference Tuesday, first having the well-known news personality removed before allowing him back in.",right
12042,Perspectives: Biden Commits to Pulling US Troops Out of Afghanistan,"['Middle East', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Afghanistan', 'Joe Biden', 'State Department', 'War', 'Taliban']",Biden’s Next Afghanistan Challenge: How to Police It From Outside,Guest Writer - Left,"President Joe Biden’s decision this week to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan before September 11 has left policymakers, military leaders and national security professionals wondering what happens next.
Critics haven’t been shy about pointing out that a U.S. withdrawal will leave the Taliban in a powerful position, and could even give Al Qaeda room to grow again. To keep the country from once again becoming a haven for terrorist operations, Biden will need to shift quickly from a “boots on the ground” strategy to something more remote: an offshore counterterror...",left
12043,Perspectives: Biden Commits to Pulling US Troops Out of Afghanistan,"['Middle East', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Afghanistan', 'Joe Biden', 'State Department', 'War', 'Taliban']",The Wisdom of Leaving Afghanistan,Guest Writer - Center,"No sooner did news leak that U.S. President Joe Biden planned to withdraw the remaining 3,500 U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan by Sept. 11 than the Washington Post’s editorial board swung into action, penning an April 13 opinion piece condemning the president’s decision. Biden, it huffed, was taking “the easy way out.”
The Washington Post’s reaction matters only insofar as it signals the tide of criticism Biden will face. Those objections amount to a cobbling together of familiar Washington bromides, nourished by the abiding conviction that the United States’ 20-year campaign...",center
12044,Perspectives: Biden Commits to Pulling US Troops Out of Afghanistan,"['Middle East', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Afghanistan', 'Joe Biden', 'State Department', 'War', 'Taliban']",Biden and Afghanistan – protecting country's stability more important than politics,Guest Writer - Right,"Unlike Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great, the Soviet Union and the British Empire, the United States finds itself in a unique position that no other nation has found themselves in before when it comes to having a presence in Afghanistan: America is welcome.
Through the stabilizing efforts of the United States military, the NATO mission, and the Afghan government, we have achieved so much. Over 9 million Afghan children are in school today, one-third of whom are young girls who were previously banned from accessing education by the Taliban....",right
12045,Senate Readies for Final Vote on Kavanaugh,['Supreme Court'],A Kavanaugh confirmation would likely pave way for a more conservative Supreme Court,Fox News (Online News),The imminent confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will likely mean the dawn of a conservative high court for decades to come.,right
12046,Senate Readies for Final Vote on Kavanaugh,['Supreme Court'],Final Senate Vote On Kavanaugh Nomination Expected Saturday,NPR (Online News),"The Senate is expected to vote Saturday on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh and — barring a major unforeseen development — in all likelihood, he will be confirmed by the narrowest of margins.",left
12047,Senate Readies for Final Vote on Kavanaugh,['Supreme Court'],‘Willing to go to the mat’: How Trump and Republicans carried Kavanaugh to the cusp of confirmation,Washington Post,"Again and again, President Trump was instructed not to do it. A cadre of advisers, confidants and lawmakers all urged him — implored him, really — not to personally attack the women who had accused Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexual assault.",left
12048,Two Days Until,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Go Ahead, Throw Your Vote Away",Reason,"I recently had a pleasant encounter with a great and outspoken American who, despite his libertarian leanings, supports Hillary Clinton for president. I congratulated him on making a tough call but allowed as how I was looking forward to casting my ballot for the Libertarian Party's flag bearers, Gary Johnson and William Weld. ""It will be unadulterated pleasure,"" I offered, ""as there is no opportunity cost.""",right
12049,Two Days Until,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Voting With My Head and Heart,Guest Writer - Left,"I have tried, for the duration of this election, to stay informed, without being obsessive. It hasn’t been easy. The media has been frenzied, at best, particularly as they cover Donald J. Trump. Early on, cable news networks aired entire Trump events before he was even his party’s nominee. They created an unhealthy demand for “news” that they were more than happy to supply. There is no escape.",left
12050,Two Days Until,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Amid scandal, bluster and insults, Trump closes in on White House",Reuters,"Supercharging the bluster, hyperbole and media mastery that made him one of the world's best-known businessmen, Donald Trump upended U.S. democratic traditions on a 17-month quest he hopes will lead to the White House.",center
12051,Senate Overrides Trump's Defense Bill Veto,"['US Military', 'Defense', 'Donald Trump', 'US Senate', 'Defense Department', 'Defense And Security']",Senate overrides Donald Trump's veto of defense spending bill,The Guardian,"Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans in the US Senate on Friday took the atypical rebellious step of overriding his veto for the first time in his presidency.
The Senate pushed through a bill on defense spending against Trump’s strong objections – just 20 days before he leaves office.
Meeting in a rare New Year’s Day session, the Senate secured the two-thirds majority needed to override the veto with bipartisan support two days before a new Congress will be sworn in on Sunday.
Eight previous vetoes of legislation have been upheld. Under...",left
12052,Senate Overrides Trump's Defense Bill Veto,"['US Military', 'Defense', 'Donald Trump', 'US Senate', 'Defense Department', 'Defense And Security']","Senate overrides Trump veto of defense bill, forcing it into law over president's objection",Washington Examiner,"The Senate voted to override President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act, providing the president his first and likely only veto defeat.
The likely final vote of the current Congress provided more than the two-thirds needed to force the NDAA into law over Trump’s objection.
The critical defense and policy bill sets 2021 spending levels at $740 billion and provides important directives to the Defense Department for the coming years. It also includes a significant infusion of funding for cybersecurity, which lawmakers touted in the wake of a...",right
12053,Senate Overrides Trump's Defense Bill Veto,"['US Military', 'Defense', 'Donald Trump', 'US Senate', 'Defense Department', 'Defense And Security']",Congress overrides Trump veto for the first time,The Hill,"Congress delivered a stinging rebuke to President Trump during a rare New Year's Day session Friday, handing him his first veto override in the final days of his administration.
The GOP-controlled Senate voted 81-13 to override Trump’s veto of a mammoth defense bill, well above the two-thirds support necessary, underscoring the depth of disagreement between the two sides of Pennsylvania Avenue.
The House voted 322-87 earlier this week to nix Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which greenlights spending levels and lays out policy for the Pentagon.",center
12054,The Republican Inferno,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump rails against 'disloyal' Republicans as support collapses,The Guardian,"Donald Trump railed against his fellow Republicans on Twitter on Tuesday morning, after a week in which many in the party have deserted him following the release of a tape of him boasting about groping women.",left
12055,The Republican Inferno,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: The Republican Inferno,Ross Douthat,"Seven months ago, on the ides of March, Donald Trump won every primary contest except Ohio, knocked Marco Rubio out of the race, and left the Republican Party’s leaders facing a stark choice. They could mobilize fully against him, do everything possible to deny him the nomination, sustain and support his challengers all the way to the convention, knowing that Trump would try to bring the pillars of the party down upon their heads.",right
12056,The Republican Inferno,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump's GOP civil war,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump is tearing the Grand Old Party apart. The tension that has simmered in the Republican Party for years -- shutting down the government and nearly bringing the nation to default -- escalated into an outright civil war Tuesday. The conflict not only threatens the party's ability to make any realistic attempt at reclaiming the White House next month, but also previews the conflicts and divides that could consume the GOP for years to come if Trump loses.",left
12057,How Will the Government Tackle High Inflation?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Economic Policy', '2022 Elections', 'Build Back Better']",Fed signals 'faster' interest rate hikes likely as inflation soars to 40-year high,Fox Business,"Most Federal Reserve officials agreed last month that surging inflation and an incredibly tight labor market could warrant a faster-than-expected pace of interest rate hikes this year as policymakers look to combat soaring prices.
Minutes from the U.S. central bank's Jan. 25-26 meeting show that many policymakers believe the current economic conditions could necessitate a quicker normalization of policy than in 2015, though they stressed that this outlook ultimately hinged on financial developments. The Fed kept rates ultra-low for years following the 2008 financial crisis, only raising them once at the end of 2015....",right
12058,How Will the Government Tackle High Inflation?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Economic Policy', '2022 Elections', 'Build Back Better']",Biden's inflation Catch-22,Axios,"President Biden and his top advisers are caught in a loop: They know inflation wounds them politically and hurts their voters, but scrapping some inflationary policies would wound them politically — and hurt their voters.
Why it matters: The president remains committed to the core elements of his economic program, even as price hikes threaten to wipe out Democrats in November's midterms.
His approach includes imposing strict ""Buy American"" requirements on all federal spending, and, so far, maintaining President Trump's tariffs on China.
Both of those hardline policies put upward pressure...",center
12059,How Will the Government Tackle High Inflation?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Economic Policy', '2022 Elections', 'Build Back Better']",The Fed's battle to fight inflation could cause more pain than higher prices,CNN Business,"Rapidly rising prices have caused economic hardship for millions of Americans. But drastic action to rein in prices could lead to even more pain, including job losses.
Overall prices jumped 7.5% during the last year, according to the January consumer price index reading, the fastest pace in nearly 40 years. The increases have squeezed household budgets for consumers, caused political problems for Joe Biden and resulted in calls for the Federal Reserve to take relatively severe action, such as its first half-percentage-point hike since 2000.
But some economists are cautioning that would be a very bad idea,...",left
12060,Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Loses Power,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Chernobyl']","Ukraine blames Russia for power cut at Chernobyl nuclear plant and says it could cause ""nuclear discharge""",CBS News (Online),"The power supply was cut to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on Wednesday, Ukrainian authorities said, blaming Russia's invading forces for the blackout and warning that it could lead to ""nuclear discharge."" 
The U.N.-backed global nuclear watchdog agency, the IAEA, downplayed concerns of an imminent radioactive release, but a Ukrainian national emergency services agency said if power to the plant's cooling systems, which prevent spent nuclear fuel from evaporating, is not ensured, it could leave winds to blow a ""radioactive cloud to other regions of Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and Europe.""
The Chernobyl power plant,...",left
12061,Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Loses Power,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Chernobyl']",IAEA says no critical impact on safety after power loss at Chernobyl,Reuters,"The loss of power at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine does not have any critical impact on safety, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in a statement on Wednesday.
""Heat load of spent fuel storage pool and volume of cooling water at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant sufficient for effective heat removal without need for electrical supply,"" the IAEA said in a statement.",center
12062,Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Loses Power,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Chernobyl']","Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant loses power, sparking fear of radiation leaks",Fox News (Online News),"The Chernobyl plant in Ukraine is disconnected from the grid due to damage inflicted by Russian occupying forces, sparking concerns of radioactive contamination if the cooling of spent nuclear fuel stops.
The 750 kV Chernobyl-Kyiv high-voltage line is currently disconnected ""due to damage by the occupiers,"" Energoatom, or the state-run National Nuclear Energy Generating Company of Ukraine, said Wednesday. The Chernobyl station and all nuclear facilities of the Exclusion Zone are without electricity. 
The regulator explained that there are about 20,000 spent fuel assemblies stored at the facility that require constant cooling. Without electricity...",right
12063,Justice Department Secretly Obtains AP Phone Records,['Media Bias'],Journalists fume over DOJ raid on AP,Politico,Journalists on Monday called the news the Justice Department seized records from phone lines assigned to Associated Press offices and its reporters over a two month period chilling.,left
12064,Justice Department Secretly Obtains AP Phone Records,['Media Bias'],Justice Department Secretly Obtains AP Phone Records,NPR (Online News),The Associated Press is protesting what it calls a massive and unprecedented intrusion into its news gathering.,left
12065,Justice Department Secretly Obtains AP Phone Records,['Media Bias'],Lawmakers rip Justice Department over AP phone records grab,Fox News (Online News),Lawmakers from both parties sharply questioned the Justice Department late Monday over its reported effort to secretly obtain two months of phone records from Associated Press journalists with House Speaker John Boehner's office saying they better have a damned good explanation.,right
12066,Rand Paul’s Foreign Policy,['Foreign Policy'],Rand Paul's foreign policy grows up,The Week - News,"Rand Paul's foreign policy grew up. In a major speech in New York last week, Paul laid out a case for conservative realism. ""We need a foreign policy that recognizes our limits and preserves our might, a common-sense conservative realism of strength and action. We can't retreat from the world, but we can't remake it in our own image either,"" he said.
Zack Beauchamp at Vox called it one of the most important foreign policy speeches in decades, saying that if Paul runs in 2016 ""he isn't going to move...",left
12067,Rand Paul’s Foreign Policy,['Foreign Policy'],Rand Paul just gave one of the most important foreign policy speeches in decades,Vox,"Sen. Rand Paul just gave one of the most important speeches on foreign policy since George W. Bush declared war on Iraq. But instead of declaring war on another country, Paul declared war on his own party. Or, at least, its entire approach to foreign policy.
In his address last night at the Center for the National Interest — a think tank founded by Richard Nixon — Paul gave, for the first time, a comprehensive picture of how he thinks about foreign policy. His moderate non-interventionism is a far cry...",left
12068,Rand Paul’s Foreign Policy,['Foreign Policy'],Rand Paul: The Case for Conservative Realism,Rand Paul,"""We need a foreign policy that recognizes our limits and preserves our might, a common-sense conservative realism of strength and action.""
The following is the prepared text of a speech by Senator Rand Paul delivered in New York City at the Center for the National Interest’s annual dinner on October 23, 2014.
Thank you. It’s an honor to be at the Center for The National Interest.",right
12069,Supreme Court Debates Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],"Supreme Court tackles gay marriage, as advocates line up for historic argument",Fox News (Online News),"The front-lines of the gay marriage debate move this week to the Supreme Court, as it considers two cases which have the potential to redefine marriage on a national level.",right
12070,Supreme Court Debates Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],"In gay marriage cases, Supreme Court may choose caution over boldness",Washington Post,"With an overwhelming majority of state laws pointing one way and public opinion trending rapidly in the other, the Supreme Court may enter this weeks historic arguments over same-sex marriage with a preference for caution over boldness.",left
12071,Supreme Court Debates Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],Marriage and the Supreme Court: Five things to watch,CNN (Online News),After years of struggle on both sides of the issue the question of same-sex marriage goes before the U.S. Supreme Court this week.,left
12072,FDA Commissioner Acknowledges Misrepresenting Convalescent Plasma Data,"['FDA', 'Trump Administration', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Convalescent Plasma', 'Coronavirus']",FDA chief apologizes for overstating plasma effect on virus,Associated Press,"Responding to an outcry from medical experts, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn on Tuesday apologized for overstating the life-saving benefits of treating COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma.
Scientists and medical experts have been pushing back against the claims about the treatment since President Donald Trump’s announcement on Sunday that the FDA had decided to issue emergency authorization for convalescent plasma, taken from patients who have recovered from the coronavirus and rich in disease-fighting antibodies.
Trump hailed the decision as a historic breakthrough even though the treatment’s value has...",left
12073,FDA Commissioner Acknowledges Misrepresenting Convalescent Plasma Data,"['FDA', 'Trump Administration', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Convalescent Plasma', 'Coronavirus']",Trump's FDA chief apologizes for hyping unproven treatment on eve of Republican National Convention,Salon,"Dr. Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), apologized Monday for overstating the benefits of convalescent plasma as a coronavirus treatment during a press conference with President Donald Trump one day earlier.
""I have been criticized for remarks I made Sunday night about the benefits of convalescent plasma. The criticism is entirely justified,"" Hahn said in a thread of tweets posted in the middle of the first night of the Republican National Convention. ""What I should have said better is that the data show [sic] a relative...",left
12074,FDA Commissioner Acknowledges Misrepresenting Convalescent Plasma Data,"['FDA', 'Trump Administration', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Convalescent Plasma', 'Coronavirus']",FDA chief clarifies remarks about COVID-19 treatment following criticism,New York Post (News),"The head of the US Food and Drug Administration has clarified his remarks about a new COVID-19 treatment — and insisted politics had nothing to do with his agency’s decision to authorize its emergency use.
“I have been criticized for remarks I made Sunday night about the benefits of convalescent plasma. The criticism is entirely justified,” FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn tweeted.
“What I should have said better is that the data show a relative risk reduction not an absolute risk reduction.”
Hahn also said the decision to authorize emergency use...",right
12075,Former Trump Fundraiser Charged With Acting As A Foreign Agent,"['Foreign Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'World', 'National Security']","Thomas Barrack, Trump Fund-Raiser, Is Indicted on Lobbying Charge",New York Times (News),"Thomas J. Barrack Jr., a close friend of former President Donald J. Trump and one of his top 2016 campaign fund-raisers, was arrested in California on Tuesday morning on federal charges of failing to register as a foreign lobbyist, obstruction of justice and lying to investigators.
A seven-count indictment accused Mr. Barrack, 74, of using his access to Mr. Trump to advance the foreign policy goals of the United Arab Emirates and then lying about his activities during a June 2019 interview with federal agents.
Federal prosecutors said that Mr....",left
12076,Former Trump Fundraiser Charged With Acting As A Foreign Agent,"['Foreign Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'World', 'National Security']",Tom Barrack charged with illegally lobbying then-President Trump on behalf of UAE,CNBC,"Thomas Barrack, a private equity investor who is a close friend of former President Donald Trump, was arrested Tuesday morning in Los Angeles on federal charges of illegally lobbying Trump on behalf of the United Arab Emirates.
Barrack, who was charged with two other men in a seven-count indictment in Brooklyn, New York, federal court, was chairman of Trump’s 2017 inaugural fund.
The Santa Monica, California, resident is accused with the other defendants of secretly advancing the interests of the UAE at the direction of senior officials of that country by...",center
12077,Former Trump Fundraiser Charged With Acting As A Foreign Agent,"['Foreign Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'World', 'National Security']",Trump associate Thomas Barrack hit with illegal foreign lobbying charges,Washington Examiner,"Thomas Barrack, who spearheaded the inaugural fund for former President Donald Trump in 2017, was arrested and charged Tuesday with illegal foreign lobbying on behalf of the United Arab Emirates.
The Justice Department unveiled a seven-count indictment charging Barrack and his co-defendants related to “unlawful efforts to advance the interests of the United Arab Emirates in the United States at the direction of senior UAE officials by influencing the foreign policy positions of the campaign of a candidate in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and, subsequently, the foreign policy positions of the...",right
12078,Perspectives: Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Dies at 88,"['Defense Department', 'Donald Rumsfeld', 'Republican Party', 'Iraq War', 'Middle East', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']","Donald Rumsfeld, Killer of 400,000 People, Dies Peacefully",Daily Beast,"The only thing tragic about the death of Donald Rumsfeld is that it didn’t occur in an Iraqi prison. Yet that was foreordained, considering how throughout his life inside the precincts of American national security, Rumsfeld escaped the consequences of decisions he made that ensured a violent, frightening end for hundreds of thousands of people.
An actuarial table of the deaths for which Donald Rumsfeld is responsible is difficult to assemble. In part, that’s a consequence of his policy, as defense secretary from 2001 to 2006, not to compile or release body counts,...",left
12079,Perspectives: Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Dies at 88,"['Defense Department', 'Donald Rumsfeld', 'Republican Party', 'Iraq War', 'Middle East', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",The Chaotic Genius Of Donald Rumsfeld,The Federalist,"It is one of the irritating defects of genius that, particularly when surrounded by crushing mediocrity, the audacity of having ideas becomes a source of recurring controversy. To have the most ideas means you have the most good ideas, but also the most bad ideas. I have had the great fortune to know and meet more than a handful of figures in my life who truly qualify as men of genius, and one of them was certainly Donald Rumsfeld, who passed away yesterday at the ripe age of 88. 
Don...",right
12080,Perspectives: Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Dies at 88,"['Defense Department', 'Donald Rumsfeld', 'Republican Party', 'Iraq War', 'Middle East', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",'Faithful steward of our armed forces': Reactions to Donald Rumsfeld's death,USA TODAY,"The death of Donald Rumsfeld – Republican powerbroker, controversial Defense Secretary and architect of the Iraq war – days before his 89th birthday from multiple myeloma has drawn reaction from lawmakers, presidents and more.
Here is a look at how he is being remembered:
In a statement Wednesday, former President George W. Bush lauded Rumsfeld, who served as Bush's defense secretary, as a ""faithful steward of our armed forces.""
""A period that brought unprecedented challenges to our country and to our military also brought out the best qualities in Secretary Rumsfeld,"" the statement reads. ""A...",left
12081,US Congress Close to Deal on COVID-19 Relief Bill,"['US Congress', 'Coronavirus', 'Stimulus Checks', 'Politics']",Congressional leaders near deal on Covid relief,Politico,"The two most contentious items have been left out of the agreement.
Congressional negotiators are on the brink of a coronavirus rescue package that would include a second round of direct payments, but would likely leave out state and local funding and a liability shield, according to multiple sources involved with and briefed on talks.
The price tag of the emerging deal is nearly $900 billion, and a deal could be finalized as early as this morning, those sources said.
The direct checks will likely be far less than $1,200...",left
12082,US Congress Close to Deal on COVID-19 Relief Bill,"['US Congress', 'Coronavirus', 'Stimulus Checks', 'Politics']",McConnell says ‘significant progress’ made on COVID-19 relief bill,New York Post (News),"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said a bipartisan group of lawmakers seeking to hammer out a coronavirus relief bill during the lame-duck session of Congress is making “significant progress.”
“Everybody wants to finish,” McConnell said late Tuesday as legislators were wrapping up negotiations for the evening. “Everybody wants to get a final agreement as soon as possible. We all believe the country needs it. And I think we’re getting closer and closer.”
“We’re making significant progress and I’m optimistic that we’re going to be able to complete an understanding...",right
12083,US Congress Close to Deal on COVID-19 Relief Bill,"['US Congress', 'Coronavirus', 'Stimulus Checks', 'Politics']",Congress close to coronavirus deal that includes stimulus checks,The Hill,"Senate and House leaders are closing in on a coronavirus relief deal that would include direct stimulus payments, according to sources familiar with the talks.
The package is based largely on a $748 billion relief bill that a bipartisan group of Senate and House moderates unveiled Monday plus a new round of stimulus checks, although at an amount lower than the payments of up to $1,200 per adult included in the CARES Act passed by Congress in March.
It will leave out $160 billion in funding for state and local...",center
12084,Obama on Income Taxes,['Taxes'],"The big question: How, not whether, to raise taxes",Washington Post,Heres the difference an election makes: The decisive question in American politics has moved from “should we increase taxes? to “how will we increase taxes?,left
12085,Obama on Income Taxes,['Taxes'],"Obama demands fast action on fiscal cliff, including tax hike on wealthy",CNN (Online News),"Flush with re-election vigor, President Barack Obama called Friday for House Republicans to immediately pass a bill already approved by the Senate that would maintain current tax rates for middle-class Americans while increasing taxes of wealthier citizens.",left
12086,Obama on Income Taxes,['Taxes'],Obama Says Nation Can’t Afford Deadlock Over Debt Talks,Bloomberg,"Obama opened a White House news conference reiterating his call for Congress to immediately pass an extension of the Bush- era tax cuts for the first $200,000 of annual income for individuals and $250,000 for married couples. He said the rates on earnings above those levels should be allowed to rise when they expire at the end of the year.",left
12087,"Extremist Group Involvement in Recent Protests, Violence","['Extremism', 'Antifa', 'Right-Wing', 'George Floyd', 'Polarization', 'Violence In America']",Many Claim Extremists Are Sparking Protest Violence. But Which Extremists?,New York Times (News),"Amid the rush to assign blame for the widespread violence and vandalism breaking out in American cities, accusations that extremists or other outside agitators were behind the destruction continued to ricochet online and on the airwaves on Sunday.
Numerous political leaders, starting with President Trump, have leveled accusations at various groups, asserting that some radical agenda is at play in transforming once peaceful protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.
“We have reason to believe that bad actors continue to infiltrate the rightful protests of George...",left
12088,"Extremist Group Involvement in Recent Protests, Violence","['Extremism', 'Antifa', 'Right-Wing', 'George Floyd', 'Polarization', 'Violence In America']",House Homeland Security Committee asks for more information about extremist involvement in protests,The Hill,"The House Homeland Security Committee requested in a letter released Monday that administration officials provide more information about alleged extremist involvement in protests over George Floyd’s death.
The Democratic members of the committee addressed the letter, dated for Tuesday, to FBI Director Christopher Wray and acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf.
The committee, led by Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), wrote that it has “serious concerns” about the “Constitutional implications” of officials’ statements that left-wing and right-wing extremists are instigating violence at Floyd protests.
“We also seek to understand the...",center
12089,"Extremist Group Involvement in Recent Protests, Violence","['Extremism', 'Antifa', 'Right-Wing', 'George Floyd', 'Polarization', 'Violence In America']","Antifa arrests coming, concerns over riots heading to suburbia, government source says",Fox News (Online News),"Agitators behind the rioting that has paralyzed the country over the past week want to move into more suburban areas, a government intelligence source has told Fox News.
Much of the worry stems from the notion that many in well-armed, suburban, and rural neighborhoods won't hesitate to exercise their Second Amendment rights and elevated anxieties could lead to heavy confrontation.
""Antifa knows this,"" said the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. ""Local and state authorities have to get a grip on this because if it moves to the...",right
12090,"U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Reaches 400,000, Daily New Hospitalizations Dip Slightly","['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","U.S. Cases, Deaths Rise Slightly, as Hospitalizations Dip",Wall Street Journal (News),"Newly reported Covid-19 cases and deaths in the U.S. rose from a day earlier, while hospitalizations decreased slightly.
The nation reported 174,589 new coronavirus cases Tuesday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, up from 141,999 cases Monday but down from 225,423 a week earlier.
At least six states including Idaho, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington didn’t update their Covid-19 data dashboards for Monday, Johns Hopkins said. This could lead to a data backlog that skews numbers in the following days.",center
12091,"U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Reaches 400,000, Daily New Hospitalizations Dip Slightly","['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","Coronavirus reported death toll reaches 400K, one month after 300K mark",Washington Examiner,"The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States has reached 400,000, just one month after hitting 300,000, signaling the rapid rate at which the virus spread in the colder months on the tail end of the holiday season.
The U.S. reached 300,000 reported deaths on Dec. 17, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker. The one month it took to reach 400,000 is the fastest that coronavirus deaths have reached a 100,000 mark. After deaths were first tracked in late February, it took until late May, nearly three months,...",right
12092,"U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Reaches 400,000, Daily New Hospitalizations Dip Slightly","['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","US surpasses 400,000 deaths from Covid-19",CNN (Online News),"The United States has reported at least 400,000 deaths from Covid-19 since the pandemic began, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University as of Tuesday afternoon.
That's more than the number of Americans who died in World War I, Vietnam War and the Korean War combined, and nearly as many Americans who died in World War II. It's far higher than any other country's Covid-19 death toll.
The pandemic's death toll has risen sharply in increments of 100,000 since the first coronavirus death in the United States...",left
12093,Biden Addresses Russia-Ukraine Crisis Amid Conflicting Reports on De-Escalation,"['World', 'Europe', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'NATO', 'Foreign Policy']","Biden says U.S. has ""not verified"" Russian troop pullback",Axios,"President Biden acknowledged reports on Tuesday that Russia has ordered the partial withdrawal of its troops near Ukraine's borders, but stressed that the U.S. has ""not yet verified"" the Kremlin's claims and that an invasion remains ""distinctly possible.""
Why it matters: Biden's update from the White House came at a critical moment in the crisis over Russia's massive military buildup, with U.S. officials warning that an invasion of Ukraine could take place as soon ""at any moment.""
Biden said Moscow's claims of a military pullback, which President Vladimir Putin acknowledged himself on Tuesday,...",center
12094,Biden Addresses Russia-Ukraine Crisis Amid Conflicting Reports on De-Escalation,"['World', 'Europe', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'NATO', 'Foreign Policy']",Biden Pledges to ‘Respond Forcefully’ if Russia Targets Americans in Ukraine,National Review,"In a White House address Tuesday, President Biden pledged to to “respond forcefully” if Russia targets Americans in any potential attack on Ukraine. He also promised to defend America’s NATO allies with the “full force of American power” amid the heightened tensions in Eastern Europe, though he also specified he would not send U.S. troops to defend Ukraine, which is not part of the alliance.
“Make no mistake, the United States will defend every inch of NATO territory with the full force of American power,” Biden said. “An attack against...",right
12095,Biden Addresses Russia-Ukraine Crisis Amid Conflicting Reports on De-Escalation,"['World', 'Europe', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'NATO', 'Foreign Policy']","Biden Keeps Up Pressure On Putin To Pull Back Russian Troops, End Ukraine Crisis",HuffPost,"President Joe Biden on Tuesday welcomed Russian overtures toward ending a crisis in Ukraine, but reiterated that he was ready to respond with overwhelming economic sanctions if an invasion occurs.
“We should give diplomacy every chance to succeed,” Biden said in brief remarks from the East Room of the White House. “We will not sacrifice basic principles, though.”
Those principles, he said, include Ukraine’s sovereignty and its right to territorial integrity.
“The United States is prepared no matter what happens,” he said, noting that “an invasion remains distinctly possible.”",left
12096,Wuhan Death Toll Raised by 50% as China Admits Mistakes,"['Coronavirus', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Public Health', 'China']",China outbreak city Wuhan raises death toll by 50%,BBC News,"The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus originated last year, has raised its official Covid-19 death toll by 50%, adding 1,290 fatalities.
Wuhan officials attributed the new figure to updated reporting and deaths outside hospitals. China has insisted there was no cover-up.
It has been accused of downplaying the severity of its virus outbreak.
Wuhan's 11 million residents spent months in strict lockdown conditions, which have only recently been eased.
The latest official figures bring the death toll in the city in China's central Hubei province to 3,869, increasing...",center
12097,Wuhan Death Toll Raised by 50% as China Admits Mistakes,"['Coronavirus', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Public Health', 'China']",Wuhan coronavirus death toll jumps 50% after China reviews data,Washington Examiner,"The death toll from the coronavirus surged by 50% in Wuhan, the city where the health crisis first emerged, after Chinese health authorities announced revised numbers.
The number of deaths increased from 1,290 to 3,869, according to a notice from Wuhan officials published by China’s Xinhua News Agency on Friday. The new figure puts the death toll in China at 4,632.
The death toll was revised to include people who had died at home and to correct misreporting by hospitals bombarded with patients, Wuhan officials said. The officials said they...",right
12098,Wuhan Death Toll Raised by 50% as China Admits Mistakes,"['Coronavirus', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Public Health', 'China']","China economy shrinks for first time as Wuhan Covid-19 death toll is increased by 1,300",The Guardian,"China’s economy shrank 6.8% in the three months of 2020, the country’s first such contraction on record and a stark sign of the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
The news came as Chinese authorities revised the death toll in Wuhan, the hardest hit city and where the virus first emerged, up by 50%, to 3,869 from 2,579.
Citing the number of patients who had died at home before reaching hospital, as well as late and inaccurate reporting, the city’s task force on virus prevention and control said: “Every loss...",left
12099,Congressman Sets April 23 Deadline for IRS To Turn Over Trump's Tax Returns,['Politics'],"House Democrats increase demands for Trump tax returns, setting up potential court fight",Fox News (Online News),"House Democrats on Saturday increased their demands for the IRS to give them access to President Trump’s tax returns -- foreshadowing a lengthy legal battle in the courts
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., told the IRS that the law gives Congress a right to the six years of Trump’s personal and business tax returns, and set a deadline for the agency to respond by April 23.",right
12100,Congressman Sets April 23 Deadline for IRS To Turn Over Trump's Tax Returns,['Politics'],Congressman Sets April 23 Deadline for Trump Tax Returns,Wall Street Journal (News),"WASHINGTON—House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Richard Neal set a final April 23 deadline for the IRS to turn over President Trump’s tax returns.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called the new deadline “arbitrary” on Saturday without saying whether the administration would meet it as it studies the legal questions involved. If that date passes without the documents or a resolution to the dispute, House Democrats and the Trump administration could be headed for a clash in federal court.",center
12101,Congressman Sets April 23 Deadline for IRS To Turn Over Trump's Tax Returns,['Politics'],"House Democrats give IRS hard deadline of April 23 to turn over Trump tax returns, say administration’s concerns ‘lack merit’",Washington Post,"House Democrats are giving the Trump administration a hard deadline of April 23 to turn over the president’s tax returns, pushing back against Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s skepticism over their request for the private records.
Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, on Saturday sent a two-page letter to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig rebuffing Mnuchin’s statement earlier this week that Treasury would miss House Democrats’ initial April 10 deadline for the returns.",left
12102,NSA Seizes Phone Records of Verizon Customers,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Obama administration defends Verizon records order,Politico,"The Obama administration is defending itself against charges it secretly obtained records for Verizon phone calls made in the United States, arguing that the policy is a vital tool in monitoring terrorists and has the approval of all three branches of government.",left
12103,NSA Seizes Phone Records of Verizon Customers,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",'Outrageous': Verizon reportedly forced to turn over customers' phone records,CNN (Online News),The U.S. government obtained a secret court order that requires Verizon to turn over the records of millions of Americans.,left
12104,NSA Seizes Phone Records of Verizon Customers,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",NSA seizes phone records of Verizon customers,Washington Times,The National Security Agency is collecting the telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon under a top-secret court order issued in April.,right
12105,Automakers Express Concern Over Potential 20 Percent Tariff on Automotive Imports as Companies Make Business Changes,['Trade'],Automakers fear Trump's efforts to protect their industry will crush it,Washington Examiner,"President Trump exudes complete confidence that his threat to charge tariffs of 20 percent or more on automotive imports will pay off handsomely for the American economy generally, and carmakers in particular.",right
12106,Automakers Express Concern Over Potential 20 Percent Tariff on Automotive Imports as Companies Make Business Changes,['Trade'],BMW to shift some SUV production overseas in response to tariffs,The Hill,"BMW said Monday that it would move production for some of its SUVs out of the U.S. as a result of new tariffs placed on the vehicles, according to The Post and Courier in South Carolina.",center
12107,Automakers Express Concern Over Potential 20 Percent Tariff on Automotive Imports as Companies Make Business Changes,['Trade'],Tesla hikes prices in China as trade war hits US cars,CNN (Online News),Tesla has hiked the prices of its cars in China by about 20% after getting caught in the crossfire of the trade clash between Washington and Beijing.,left
12108,Countdown to Sequester,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Sequester Timeline: When Will the Cuts Be Felt?,ABC News (Online),"Little is known about when, exactly, the “sequester will wreak its expected havoc on the nation — but the process begins on Friday.",left
12109,Countdown to Sequester,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",The sequester? Never heard of it.,Washington Post,"Just one in four Americans are following the debate over the $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts set to kick in on Friday very closely, according to a new Washington Post-Pew poll, numbers that serve as a reminder that although talk of the sequester is dominating the nations capitol, it has yet to permeate into the public at large.",left
12110,Countdown to Sequester,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Sequester Armaggedon? GOP Says 'Hardly',CBN,"With days left before $85 billion in automatic cuts to federal spending plans kick in, President Obama is drumming up public concern in a bid to head off what he calls a ""perfect storm"" for economic decay, delays and hardship.",right
12111,Charlie Hebdo Reveals New Cover,['Terrorism'],Defiant Charlie Hebdo to print 3M copies of latest edition with Muhammad on cover,Fox News (Online News),"Muhammad will be back on the cover of the next version of Charlie Hebdo, along with a message of forgiveness from surviving staffers at the French satirical magazine where 12 people were killed last week by a pair of Islamist brothers incensed by the publication's penchant for showing images of the prophet.",right
12112,Charlie Hebdo Reveals New Cover,['Terrorism'],Charlie Hebdo Cover Features Muhammad Holding 'Je Suis Charlie' Sign,HuffPost,"Charlie Hebdo revealed their cover image for this week's issue, printed just days after two gunmen opened fire on the newspaper's Paris office, killing 12 people. Four of the Charlie's cartoonists were killed in the attack.",left
12113,Charlie Hebdo Reveals New Cover,['Terrorism'],Charlie Hebdo Puts Muhammad on Cover of Post-Attack Issue,Wall Street Journal (News),Satirical Magazine’s Issue Will Feature Prophet Muhammad Holding “Je Suis Charlie” Sign,center
12114,Campaign Fundraising Report,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ben Carson tops GOP field in fundraising as Donald Trump rakes in unsolicited cash,Washington Times,"Ben Carson topped the rest of the Republican presidential field in fundraising for the third quarter, with Jeb Bush placing second — a critical showing for the former Florida governor whose White House bid has faltered in recent weeks.",right
12115,Campaign Fundraising Report,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary’s cash flow issue,Politico,"There are red flags in finance reports for Clinton, Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio.",left
12116,Campaign Fundraising Report,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",‘Outsider’ Presidential Candidates Prove Competitive in Fund-Raising,New York Times (News),"Establishment-backed presidential candidates in both parties, facing stronger-than-expected challenges from insurgent campaigns, are rapidly losing one of their few remaining advantages in politics: money.",left
12117,Global Sanctions Push Russia Closer to Debt Default,"['World', 'Russia', 'Economics', 'Debt', 'Ukraine War']","Sanctions against Russia are 'draining' country's economy and Putin's 'war machine,' European Commission president says",Insider,"European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday that the unprecedented sanctions imposed on Russia over its war with Ukraine are ""draining"" the Russian economy and Russian leader Vladimir Putin's ""war machine.""
""Ukraine must win this war,"" von der Leyen said during an address at the World Economic Forum's annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland. 
""And Putin's aggression must be a strategic failure,"" she added. ""We will do everything we can to help Ukrainians prevail and retake the future into their hands.""
Von der Leyen noted that the sweeping economic sanctions against Russia by...",left
12118,Global Sanctions Push Russia Closer to Debt Default,"['World', 'Russia', 'Economics', 'Debt', 'Ukraine War']",US closes loophole for Russian debt payments,BBC News,"The US is cutting off another financial route for Russia to pay its international debts, a move that could push the country closer to default.
The US Treasury Department said it would end a waiver that had allowed US bondholders to accept payments, tightening sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine.
Russia, which is rich from its oil and gas supplies, has the funds to pay.
It has already signalled plans to contest any declaration of default.
The country has almost $2 billion worth of payments that will be due...",center
12119,Global Sanctions Push Russia Closer to Debt Default,"['World', 'Russia', 'Economics', 'Debt', 'Ukraine War']",Russia edges closer to first debt default since Bolshevik Revolution as US cuts off its ability to pay its creditors,Daily Mail,"Moscow is edging closer to defaulting on its national debt for the first time since the Bolshevik coup more than a century ago after the US cut off its ability to pay creditors today.
The Treasury Department said in a notification that it does not plan to renew the license that allowed Russia to keep paying its debtholders through American banks, making a Russian default all but inevitable.
Since the first rounds of sanctions, the Treasury Department has given banks a license to process any dollar-denominated bond payments from Russia. That...",right
12120,President Trump Visits Buckingham Palace,"['Donald Trump', 'Queen Elizabeth', 'Great Britain', 'World']","Trump, First Lady Meet Queen at Buckingham Palace",Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump met with Queen Elizabeth II Monday during a three-day visit to Britain meant to strengthen ties between the two nations, although the trip was immediately at risk of being overshadowed by Brexit turmoil and Trump's feud with London's mayor.
Trump and first lady Melania Trump flew to Buckingham Palace in Marine One, landing on a lawn where they were greeted by Prince Charles and his wife Camilla. They received a royal gun salute as they walked to the palace where the queen greeted the president with a...",right
12121,President Trump Visits Buckingham Palace,"['Donald Trump', 'Queen Elizabeth', 'Great Britain', 'World']","Trump arrives in London, calls Mayor Sadiq Khan a ‘stone cold loser’",Washington Post,"President Trump met Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace on Monday, beginning three days of royal feting and carefully calibrated diplomacy.
But first, he called the London mayor a “stone cold loser” — and short. And Trump complained at length on Twitter about CNN news coverage of his trip.
Trump and first lady Melania Trump were greeted at Stansted Airport by Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt — but not by Prime Minister Theresa May, who is being ousted over Brexit. Trump’s official state visit coincides with a furious...",left
12122,President Trump Visits Buckingham Palace,"['Donald Trump', 'Queen Elizabeth', 'Great Britain', 'World']",Donald Trump meets Queen at start of UK state visit,BBC News,"US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have met the Queen on the first day of their state visit to the UK.
The pair went to Buckingham Palace for a private lunch and welcome ceremony.
Mr and Mrs Trump laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Westminster Abbey and are due to attend a state banquet this evening.
Minutes before arriving in the UK, Mr Trump criticised the Mayor of London, with whom he has clashed in the past.
He tweeted that Sadiq Khan...",center
12123,Perspectives: Joe Biden's 'You Ain't Black' Remark,"['Joe Biden', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Polarization', 'Race And Racism']",Joe Biden's 'you ain't black' comment: The scourge of the left's identity politics,Washington Times,"The left’s construct of identity politics is a scourge, not just because it’s insulting and shortsighted, but also because the impact of conditioning people into identifying through one sliver of who they are strips away the power of the individual. Ultimately, it destroys lives. By design, that allows politicians to more easily control and manipulate the targets populating their own base: women, people of color and gays.
There are examples of this throughout the last century highlighting how racial and sexual minorities are shamed, denigrated and even their very identities...",right
12124,Perspectives: Joe Biden's 'You Ain't Black' Remark,"['Joe Biden', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Polarization', 'Race And Racism']",Here’s why black Americans were mad at Biden’s comment — even if they’d say the same thing themselves,Washington Post,"On May 22, in a cringe-worthy exchange with Charlamagne tha God on the popular radio show “The Breakfast Club,” Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you are for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.”
Advisers from the Biden campaign attempted to walk back the comment, suggesting it was made in jest. Biden apologized.
Biden’s comments reflect a common misunderstanding within both political parties about the role that white Americans play in maintaining black support for the Democratic Party. In the book...",left
12125,Perspectives: Joe Biden's 'You Ain't Black' Remark,"['Joe Biden', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Polarization', 'Race And Racism']",Trump campaign seizes on Biden's 'you aint black' comments to court black voters,The Hill,"President Trump’s reelection campaign plans to use former Vice President Joe Biden's ""you ain't black"" comments to further its outreach to black voters, a top aide told Hill.TV on Wednesday.
“I think it’s important for voters to know and fully understand Joe Biden’s background,” Marc Lotter, director of strategic communications Trump's 2020 campaign, said on Hill.TV’s “Rising.""
Biden was criticized after saying on a radio show last week that if you support Trump ""then you ain't black."" He later said he regretted the remark.
Lotter indicated the campaign also plans...",center
12126,Climate Change Deal Reached with China,['Environment'],Will Obama's climate surprise deliver a global deal?,BBC News,China and the US agree a deal on climate but does it bring a global treaty any closer?,center
12127,Climate Change Deal Reached with China,['Environment'],"Climate Experts Applaud Plan, Buit Say China Could Do More",New York Times (News),"A pledge on Wednesday from President Xi Jinping of China to help fight climate change is expected to send a strong signal, since meeting global emissions-reduction goals will require sustained efforts from Beijing in curbing the country’s addiction to coal and greatly bolstering sources of renewable energy, analysts and policy advisers say.",left
12128,Climate Change Deal Reached with China,['Environment'],Obama strikes climate change deal with China,Washington Times,"Obama, Xi Jinping seek to foster global agreement on climate change",right
12129,"Trump to Reject New DACA Applications, Renew Current Protections","['Immigration', 'DACA', 'DHS', 'Homeland Security']",Trump administration rejects new DACA applications as it works to end program,Politico,"The Trump administration will reject new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program as it seeks new avenues to dismantle parts of the program, the administration announced Tuesday.
The administration will also shorten the window for current DACA recipients, or so-called Dreamers, to renew their status from two years to one year, according to a Tuesday memo from the Department of Homeland Security. The new policy for renewals grants the administration a chance to conduct a “comprehensive review” of the program to assess its legality after a Supreme...",left
12130,"Trump to Reject New DACA Applications, Renew Current Protections","['Immigration', 'DACA', 'DHS', 'Homeland Security']","Trump to extend current DACA protections, reject new applications after Supreme Court knockdown",USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's administration will continue to reject new applications for an immigration program that allows young, undocumented immigrants to live and work in the country but will let current ""Dreamers"" renew those protections.
The decision, announced in a Department of Homeland Security memo, comes a month after a divided Supreme Court blocked the White House from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, finding the administration was ""arbitrary and capricious"" in how it sought to wind down the Obama-era program.
Trump has long sought to...",left
12131,"Trump to Reject New DACA Applications, Renew Current Protections","['Immigration', 'DACA', 'DHS', 'Homeland Security']",Trump Administration Says it Will Reject New DACA Applicants as it Considers Ending Program Entirely,Townhall,"The Trump Administration is halting applications to the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program as it examines the policy’s viability going forward, the Department of Homeland Security announced in a memo on Tuesday. DHS also said it would no longer accept applications for Employment Authorization Documents and is renewing existing DACA protections for only one year, rather than two.
The news comes just weeks after the Supreme Court rejected the administration’s effort to end the Obama-era policy, which has provided legal protections and work permits to some 800,000 unauthorized...",right
12132,Perspectives: 'One Nation Under God',"['Culture', 'Democratic Party', 'DNC', 'Republican Party', 'Donald Trump']",Donald Trump: Democrats at DNC Removed ‘God’ from Pledge of Allegiance ‘on Purpose’,Breitbart News,"President Donald Trump criticized Democrats on Twitter Saturday for removing the words “Under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance during the Democratic National Convention (DNC).
“At first I thought they made a mistake, but it wasn’t. It was done on purpose,” Trump wrote.",right
12133,Perspectives: 'One Nation Under God',"['Culture', 'Democratic Party', 'DNC', 'Republican Party', 'Donald Trump']",The DNC did not omit ‘one nation under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance,PolitiFact,"A former U.S. senatorial candidate says the virtual Democratic National Convention left the word God out of the nation’s most famous and solemn oath.
""The DNC omitted ‘one nation under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance,"" said Peggy Hubbard, who lost Illinois’ Republican primary election in March, in an Aug. 20 Facebook post.",left
12134,Perspectives: 'One Nation Under God',"['Culture', 'Democratic Party', 'DNC', 'Republican Party', 'Donald Trump']",Did Democrats Omit ‘Under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance?,Snopes,"A rumor circulated on social media during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in August 2020 alleging that the DNC had omitted the phrase “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance. This statement is misleading at best. The DNC did not omit “under God” from the pledge, nor did they forbid its use. In fact, during every recitation of the pledge before each night’s events — the 2020 DNC lasted four nights — the phrase “under God” was included.
Here, for example, is a video of Cedric Richmond Jr., the...",left
12135,"Obama: Trump ""Rattles"" World Leaders","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama says Trump has ‘rattled’ foreign leaders,Washington Times,"President Obama said Thursday that Republican Donald Trump has “rattled” world leaders by showing an “ignorance” of foreign affairs.
Speaking to reporters at a summit in Japan, Mr. Obama said foreign leaders are surprised by Mr. Trump and unsure whether to take his comments about world affairs seriously.",right
12136,"Obama: Trump ""Rattles"" World Leaders","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama says world leaders right to be 'rattled' by Trump,USA TODAY,"President Obama said world leaders were right to be ""rattled"" by Donald Trump.
“They are rattled by (him) — and for good reason,” said Obama of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. The president was speaking Thursday in Japan on the sidelines of a Group of Seven conference, a two-day event focused on the global economy.",left
12137,"Obama: Trump ""Rattles"" World Leaders","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Barack Obama says Donald Trump is 'rattling' world leaders,The Guardian,Barack Obama has said foreign leaders are “rattled” by Donald Trump and that he understands their unease given the Republican presidential nominee’s ignorance of global affairs.,left
12138,Trump Tweet Sparks Outrage,['Media Bias'],Trump Mocks Mika Brzezinski; Says She Was ‘Bleeding Badly From a Face-Lift’,New York Times (News),"President Trump faced a swift and bipartisan backlash on Thursday after he assailed the television host Mika Brzezinski in unusually personal and crude terms, the latest of a string of escalating attacks by the president on the national news media.",left
12139,Trump Tweet Sparks Outrage,['Media Bias'],Trump's attack on MSNBC host sparks uproar,The Hill,Lawmakers from both parties denounced President Trump's Thursday morning attacks on MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski's appearance.,center
12140,Trump Tweet Sparks Outrage,['Media Bias'],"So, I Guess We Have to Talk About Trump's Stupid Twitter War With Mika Brzezinski, Huh?",Townhall,"Christine wrote up the basics earlier, but this juvenile flare-up has dominated social media all day so far, so I supposed we have to discuss it a little further. The dynamics are exhaustingly familiar: Someone attacks the president, the president responds inappropriately, opponents of the president recoil in horror, and supporters of the president cheer him on for ""fighting back."" To be clear, under the rules of playground justice, MSNBC co-host Mika Brzezinski ""started it"" this morning by mocking Trump's fragile ego and remarking upon his ""teensy"" hands:",right
12141,Kanye West Plans to Buy Parler,"['Business', 'Big Tech', 'Parler', 'Kanye West', 'Social Media', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship']",Kanye West to acquire conservative social media platform Parler,CNN Business,"Kanye West is acquiring Parler, the alternative social media platform favored by many conservatives.
Parler’s parent company announced the deal on Monday morning, saying West had made “a groundbreaking move into the free speech media space and will never have to fear being removed from social media again.”
The acquisition comes after West, who has legally changed his name to Ye, was temporarily locked by Twitter this month over an antisemitic tweet.
Exact terms of the Parler deal weren’t disclosed, though Parler said it must still enter into a definitive agreement with...",left
12142,Kanye West Plans to Buy Parler,"['Business', 'Big Tech', 'Parler', 'Kanye West', 'Social Media', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship']",Kanye West plans to acquire Parler,Axios,"Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, plans to acquire Parler, a Twitter-like social media app that has become a haven for conservatives.
Why it matters: In a statement, Ye said he's buying the platform to ensure people with conservative opinions ""have the right to freely express ourselves"" online.
Earlier this month, Ye's Instagram and Twitter accounts were restricted in response to antisemitic posts.
Details: In a statement, Parler's parent company Parlement Technologies said it has entered into ""an agreement in principle"" to sell Parler to Ye for an undisclosed amount.
""The proposed acquisition will assure Parler...",center
12143,Kanye West Plans to Buy Parler,"['Business', 'Big Tech', 'Parler', 'Kanye West', 'Social Media', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship']",Kanye West to buy social media platform Parler after ‘censorship from Big Tech’,New York Post (News),"Kanye West, the rapper and fashion designer who is now legally known as Ye, is said to be on the verge of buying social media app Parler just days after he was removed from mainstream platforms like Instagram and Twitter for anti-Semitic posts.
Parlement Technologies, the parent company of Nashville-based Parler, said it expects the deal to be completed later this year. The company, which has raised about $56 million till date, did not say how much Ye will pay for the acquisition.
Parler, which launched in 2018 as a social media app...",right
12144,House Judiciary Committee To Subpoena Mueller Report,"['Mueller Report', 'US House', 'Politics']",Democrats Preparing Subpoenas for Full Mueller Report,Newsmax (News),"The House Judiciary Committee will prepare subpoenas this week seeking special counsel Robert Mueller's full Russia report as the Justice Department appears likely to miss an April 2 deadline set by Democrats for the report's release.
The Judiciary panel plans to vote on subpoenas Wednesday, a day after the deadline. The chairmen of several House committees asked for the full report last week after Attorney General William Barr released a four-page summary laying out the report's ""principal conclusions."" Barr said in a letter to the House and Senate Judiciary committees...",right
12145,House Judiciary Committee To Subpoena Mueller Report,"['Mueller Report', 'US House', 'Politics']",House committee poised to subpoena Mueller report,Reuters,"The House Judiciary Committee said on Monday it will work this week on a resolution authorizing subpoenas to obtain Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s full report on his investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Attorney General William Barr has said he planned to make public a redacted copy of the nearly 400-page investigative report by mid-April or sooner.
But House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler and other top Democrats have called for the release of the full report, without redactions, to lawmakers. They have given Barr until Tuesday...",center
12146,House Judiciary Committee To Subpoena Mueller Report,"['Mueller Report', 'US House', 'Politics']",House Judiciary plans vote this week to subpoena Mueller’s report,Washington Post,"The House Judiciary Committee plans to vote Wednesday to authorize subpoenas to obtain the full report of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, escalating a feud with the Justice Department over a lengthy document detailing findings about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, on Monday announced plans for the panel’s vote, which would take place a day after a deadline the committee set for Attorney General William P. Barr to share the report.
Barr pledged last week to...",left
12147,Germany's Reluctance to Oppose Russia's Ukraine Threat,"['Europe', 'Germany', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Nord Stream 2', 'World', 'War']",Why Germany’s Ukraine Approach Differs From Western Allies’,Foreign Policy,"As the United States continues to pursue diplomacy amid a Russian military buildup near Ukraine’s borders, recent developments have put NATO’s ability to present a united front in question.
On Friday, it emerged that Germany was blocking NATO ally Estonia from transferring German-origin howitzer artillery to Ukraine, while off-the-cuff remarks from Germany’s navy chief Kay-Achim Schönbach—saying that Crimea would not return to Ukraine and that Russian President Vladimir Putin deserved respect—forced his resignation over the weekend.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock made no secret of the country’s hesitancy to provide arms that may...",center
12148,Germany's Reluctance to Oppose Russia's Ukraine Threat,"['Europe', 'Germany', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Nord Stream 2', 'World', 'War']",Why Germany might be the West's weak link in the Russia-Ukraine standoff,NBC News (Online),"With Ukraine under growing threat from Russia, the United States and its NATO allies across Europe are stepping up their response.
But there is one notable country that appears to be holding back: Germany.
As Russian troops have massed on the Ukrainian border, Berlin has resisted pressure from its allies and neighbors to deliver arms to Ukraine while urging “prudence” when it comes to potential economic sanctions against Moscow.
The reluctance of Europe’s leading economic power to join the more robust Western posture has drawn criticism from Kyiv and threatened to undermine the effort to present...",left
12149,Germany's Reluctance to Oppose Russia's Ukraine Threat,"['Europe', 'Germany', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Nord Stream 2', 'World', 'War']",The Worst Ally,Rich Lowry,"President Joe Biden’s press conference last week was atrocious, but one of his worst missteps amounted to telling the truth about Germany, if not by name.
Biden said there’d be divisions within NATO over a “minor incursion” by Russia into Ukraine. This is true enough, and the chief cause would be a Germany that is staking a strong claim to being our worst European ally.
If NATO is hollowed out over time, Germany will have much to do with it. The country is too guilt-wracked over its enormities in World War II to...",right
12150,Sen. Mitch McConnell Urges Bipartisanship in New Op-Ed,['Polarization'],"Sen. Mitch McConnell: Will Dems work with us, or simply put partisan politics ahead of the country?",Fox News (Opinion),"Last Tuesday I was proud to see that the American people voted keep Republicans in control of the U.S. Senate. But we also learned that, come January, the Republican Senate majority will be dealing",right
12151,Sen. Mitch McConnell Urges Bipartisanship in New Op-Ed,['Polarization'],McConnell pens editorial calling for bipartisanship after Dems take House,The Hill,Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) penned an op-ed calling for bipartisanship a week after Democrats took control of the House.,center
12152,Sen. Mitch McConnell Urges Bipartisanship in New Op-Ed,['Polarization'],"Mitch McConnell wrote an op-ed calling for bipartisanship, and people are not having it",Washington Post,"The date was Oct. 23, 2010 — nearly two years into President Barack Obama’s first term and two weeks before the first midterm elections of his presidency. Speaking to the National Journal,",left
12153,Trump Blames Both Sides for VA Violence,['Violence In America'],Trump's 'both sides' comments spark new tensions with Hill Republicans,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump's renewed claim that ""both sides"" share blame for the deadly violence at last weekend's Virginia rally organized by white supremacists has stoked new tensions with congressional Republicans.",right
12154,Trump Blames Both Sides for VA Violence,['Violence In America'],Trump reignites race firestorm,The Hill,President Trump supercharged a firestorm over race and violence on Tuesday with a news conference in the lobby of his Manhattan skyscraper that was controversial and chaotic even by his unusual standards.,center
12155,Trump Blames Both Sides for VA Violence,['Violence In America'],OPINION: Mr. Trump Makes a Spectacle of Himself,New York Times (News),"Here is one thing we are reminded of over and over about President Trump: The man simply cannot help himself — especially when cornered. Given one more chance to forcefully condemn the neo-Nazis and white supremacists whose rally in Charlottesville, Va., ended in violence and a counterprotester’s death, Mr. Trump angrily insisted, as he had suggested on Saturday, that both sides were equally to blame — a false equivalency that not just his critics but also an increasing number of his supporters have urged him to abandon.",left
12156,Will Ellison be DNC Chair?,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",A Problem Like Keith Ellison,National Review,"Keith Ellison (or Keith E. Hakim, or Keith X. Ellison, or Keith Muhammad, etc.) is campaigning for office. Not for the safe House seat he holds, but for the leadership of the Democratic party, a job until recently held by the hilariously incompetent and boundlessly vapid Debbie Wasserman Schultz (who was forced to resign — “resign” here meaning “transfer formally to the Clinton campaign” — when she was exposed conniving to stack the presidential primary elections against Senator Bernie Sanders (S., Portlandia)), who was temporarily replaced by Donna Brazile, who...",right
12157,Will Ellison be DNC Chair?,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Is Keith Ellison the future of the DNC?,Christian Science Monitor,"On Friday, Howard Dean took himself out of the race to lead the Democratic National Committee (DNC), saying that he would not have the time to dedicate to the job.",center
12158,Will Ellison be DNC Chair?,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",The Smear Campaign Against Keith Ellison is Repugnant but Reveals Much About Washington,The Intercept,"EVER SINCE HE ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY to lead the Democratic National Committee, Keith Ellison, the first American Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress, has been the target of a defamation campaign that is deceitful, repugnant, and yet quite predictable. At first expressed in whispers, but now being yelled from the rooftops by some of the party’s most influential figures, Ellison is being smeared as both an anti-Semite and enemy of Israel – the same smears virtually any critic of the Israeli government reflexively encounters, rendered far worse if the critic...",left
12159,Transgender Military Decision Delayed,[],Pentagon Delays Accepting Transgender Recruits for 6 Months,New York Times (News),"A plan to allow transgender recruits to join the United States military beginning on Saturday has been delayed for six months by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, a Pentagon spokeswoman said on Friday.",left
12160,Transgender Military Decision Delayed,[],Pentagon delays acceptance of transgender recruits and officers,USA TODAY,The Pentagon announced late Friday that it will delay until at least 2018 rolling out its policy for acceptance of transgender troops into the ranks.,left
12161,Transgender Military Decision Delayed,[],Pentagon Halts Obama’s Transgender Endorsement Plan,Breitbart News,"The Secretary of Defense has frozen a decision by former President Barack Obama to recruit transgender soldiers this year, and a new poll shows the planned recruitment freeze is very popular.",right
12162,Texas Sheriff Investigating Martha's Vineyard Migrant Flights,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Busing', 'Texas']",Texas sheriff opens probe into DeSantis’ flight of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard,New York Post (News),"Texas authorities have opened a criminal investigation into Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ shipment of nearly 50 migrants from Texas to Florida to Martha’s Vineyard last week.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is probing whether the migrants, primarily from Venezuela, were victims of crimes, Sheriff Javier Salazar said Monday.
Salazar said the migrants were “lured” to board flights from San Antonio in Bexar County with false promises of employment and opportunity when in reality, he said, they were used as political pawns.
“Somebody came from out of state, preyed upon these people, lured them...",right
12163,Texas Sheriff Investigating Martha's Vineyard Migrant Flights,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Busing', 'Texas']",Bexar County Sheriff announces investigation into how migrants went from Texas to Martha's Vineyard,CNN (Online News),"A Texas sheriff said Monday evening his agency will open an investigation into the transportation of 48 Venezuelan migrants from the state to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, a Democrat, told reporters at a Monday news conference that his understanding was that on Wednesday a Venezuelan migrant was paid a ""bird dog fee"" to recruit 50 migrants from a resource center in San Antonio.
The sheriff said he believes laws were not only broken in Bexar County in transporting nearly 50 migrants to Martha's Vineyard but that parallel...",left
12164,Texas Sheriff Investigating Martha's Vineyard Migrant Flights,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Busing', 'Texas']",Who Is Javier Salazar? Texas Sheriff Investigating DeSantis Migrant Flights,Newsweek,"A Texas sheriff has launched a criminal investigation into the flights arranged by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis which brought 48 Venezuelan migrants from San Antonio, Texas, to Martha's Vineyard last week.
Javier Salazar, sheriff of the Texas county where San Antonio is located, Bexar County, told reporters that it's too soon to press charges against anyone and make public the names of any suspect.
But he added that his team is working with the attorneys representing some of the migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard to establish what laws were broken and who should be charged....",center
12165,California’s Largest Wildfire of the Year Burns Near Yosemite,"['Biden Administration', 'California Wildfires', 'Climate Change', 'Disaster', 'Environment', 'Wildfires', 'Yosemite']",California’s largest wildfire of the year burns near Yosemite,Fox News (Online News),"More than 16,000 acres have burned as firefighters in Northern California continue to battle the Oak Fire near Yosemite National Park. 
The number of personnel assigned to fight the blaze jumped from 403 to 2,093 in the past 24 hours as the fire has become one of the state's largest. 
 ""Any spots that are flying, if they do, land into the fuels. Those fuels are so receptive and that's what's causing this fire to grow so, so rapidly and giving us such a hard fight,"" said Natasha Fouts, a Cal Fire spokesperson,...",right
12166,California’s Largest Wildfire of the Year Burns Near Yosemite,"['Biden Administration', 'California Wildfires', 'Climate Change', 'Disaster', 'Environment', 'Wildfires', 'Yosemite']","Oak Fire Approaching Yosemite Explodes in Size, State of Emergency Declared",Newsweek,"A fast-moving fire near Yosemite National Park exploded in size on Saturday, prompted a state of emergency to be declared for California's Mariposa County.
The blaze—called the Oak Fire—broke out on Friday afternoon near the town of Midpines and has since grown into one of California's largest wildfires of the year.
It covered more than 14,281 acres and was zero percent contained as of Sunday morning, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency for Mariposa County on...",center
12167,California’s Largest Wildfire of the Year Burns Near Yosemite,"['Biden Administration', 'California Wildfires', 'Climate Change', 'Disaster', 'Environment', 'Wildfires', 'Yosemite']",California Oak Fire Rages Out of Control as Biden Mulls Climate Emergency,Common Dreams,"Thousands of emergency workers in California struggled to fight a rapidly growing wildfire near Yosemite National Park on Sunday as President Joe Biden continued to mull whether to declare a national climate emergency, a move that campaigners say is needed to respond to the immediate threat of extreme weather and lay the groundwork for a livable future.
Dubbed the Oak Fire, the California blaze was completely uncontained as of Sunday afternoon, having tripled in size since it began on Friday. The fire has now burned more than 14,000 acres, making it...",left
12168,Health Care And Immigration Dominate The First Democratic Presidential Debate,"['Election 2020', 'Democrats', 'Presidential Debates', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Democrats clash on healthcare, border in scrappy first U.S. presidential debate",Reuters,"Democratic presidential contenders battled over healthcare coverage and border policy on Wednesday during a surprisingly heated first debate that laid bare the party’s divisions on whether to abolish private insurance and shift to a Medicare-for-All system.
In the first round of back-to-back debates, several of the lesser-known candidates vied for attention in the crowded race to take on President Donald Trump, shouting over one another to grab the spotlight and prove they are capable of standing up to the Republican in the November 2020 election.
The Democratic contenders repeatedly attacked...",center
12169,Health Care And Immigration Dominate The First Democratic Presidential Debate,"['Election 2020', 'Democrats', 'Presidential Debates', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Winners and losers from the Democratic presidential debate’s first night,Washington Post,"The first night of the first debate of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary is over, with the first 10 candidates jousting Wednesday night in Miami.
Below are our winners and losers.
Winners
Elizabeth Warren: The Massachusetts senator went into the debate with the biggest target on her back as the highest-polling candidate onstage. But she largely skated. Other candidates didn’t seem to have the appetite to put her on the spot. After the first question, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) all...",left
12170,Health Care And Immigration Dominate The First Democratic Presidential Debate,"['Election 2020', 'Democrats', 'Presidential Debates', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: Dem debate reveals wacky things required of liberal candidates. This is how to defeat Trump?,Guest Writer - Right,"The greatest problem facing the U.S., according to the Democratic presidential candidates who appeared at their first debate Wednesday night, is the power of large corporations.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and her colleagues assured us that it is big business that is to blame for gun violence, drug addiction, mass incarceration, inadequate health care, illegal immigration and the plight of working people.
The Democratic presidential hopefuls want to raise taxes on corporations, break them up and rein them in.
Warren’s most passionate moment of the evening came when she...",right
12171,"Bob Dole, Longtime GOP Senate Leader, Dies At 98","['Politics', 'Bob Dole', 'Republican Party', 'GOP', 'US Senate', 'Bill Clinton', 'Obituary']","Bob Dole, longtime GOP senator and 1996 presidential nominee, dies",NPR (Online News),"Bob Dole, a longtime Senate Republican leader and the party's presidential nominee in 1996, died Sunday at age 98.
Dole's death was confirmed in a tweet by the Elizabeth Dole Foundation.
""It is with heavy hearts we announce that Senator Robert Joseph Dole died early this morning in his sleep. At his death, at age 98, he had served the United States of America faithfully for 79 years.""
Dole was in many ways the embodiment of the World War II generation in Congress. He had served in a combat division in Italy and...",left
12172,"Bob Dole, Longtime GOP Senate Leader, Dies At 98","['Politics', 'Bob Dole', 'Republican Party', 'GOP', 'US Senate', 'Bill Clinton', 'Obituary']","Robert Dole, Former U.S. Senate Republican Leader, Dies at 98",Bloomberg,"Bob Dole, the World War II veteran who recovered from near-fatal wounds to become the U.S. Senate Republican leader and a three-time presidential candidate, has died. He was 98.
Dole died Sunday morning in his sleep, according to a Twitter post by the Elizabeth Dole Foundation. He disclosed in February that he had stage-four lung cancer.
Dole’s loss to Democrat Bill Clinton in the 1996 presidential election ended a political career that spanned more than four decades and took him from the legislature in Kansas to the innermost circles of power in...",left
12173,"Bob Dole, Longtime GOP Senate Leader, Dies At 98","['Politics', 'Bob Dole', 'Republican Party', 'GOP', 'US Senate', 'Bill Clinton', 'Obituary']","Bob Dole, ex-Kansas senator, Senate Republican leader and presidential nominee, dies at 98",Washington Times,"Bob Dole, the one-time Kansas basketball player who went on to become a war hero and then the Republican leader in the Senate and his party’s nominee for president of the United States, died at the age of 98, the Elizabeth Dole Foundation and his family said Sunday.
Mr. Dole, who in February announced he was battling Stage 4 lung cancer, had been ailing for some time, but his longevity and accomplished career were near miracles given the grievous wounds he suffered on a northern Italian hillside in April 1945.
His history as a veteran...",right
12174,Obama Golf Trip,"['White House', 'Politics']",High profile but out of sight: Obama's golf outing with Tiger Woods,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama's round of golf with Tiger Woods was one of the most talked about moments of the weekend, but not one of the most seen. Despite its high interest and high profile, the game was off-limits to White House reporters and photographers.
And that drew a complaint from the White House Correspondents’ Association, expressing news organizations' ""extreme frustration"" with the lack of access, and promising a continuing fight for more transparency.
It all started as the president enjoyed the Presidents’ Day holiday weekend with friends at a private...",left
12175,Obama Golf Trip,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Ends Golf Trip Just 10 Days Before His Sequester Slashes Military,Newsmax (News),"President Barack Obama returned to Washington on Monday after a three-day Florida golfing trip with time running out to find ways to avoid his own brainchild plan of $1 trillion in across-the-board cuts.
The looming sequester, which Obama thought up, despite him now labeling it a ""really bad idea"" is set to kick in on March 1
Now Republicans, led by House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan are making sure the public realizes where to point the finger of blame if the package cannot be stopped.",right
12176,Obama Golf Trip,"['White House', 'Politics']",Report: Obama golfing with Tiger Woods,Politico,"President Barack Obama is hitting the links Sunday in Palm City, Fla., with professional golfer Tiger Woods one day after playing with his former coach, according to Tim Rosaforte of Golf Digest.
Rosaforte wrote on Twitter that Obama and Woods, who has more tournament winnings than any golfer in the sport's history, were playing their first round together. Also playing: Jim Crane, the owner of the Florida resort where Obama is spending the weekend.
Obama golfed Saturday with Woods's former coach, Butch Harmon, along with Crane, who also...",left
12177,January 6 Committee Says Trump May Have Engaged in Criminal Conduct,"['Politics', 'January 6 Committee', 'Donald Trump', 'Criminal Conspiracy']",Jan. 6 committee says it has evidence Trump committed crimes in bid to overturn election,Washington Times,"The panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riots says it has evidence that former President Donald Trump and his campaign team committed crimes in their efforts to overturn the presidential election results.
The Democratic-dominated special committee made the charge in court filings made public late Wednesday.
“The Select Committee also has a good-faith basis for concluding that the President and members of his Campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States,” the committee wrote in a filing submitted in U.S. District Court in the Central District of California.
The panel released its findings as part...",right
12178,January 6 Committee Says Trump May Have Engaged in Criminal Conduct,"['Politics', 'January 6 Committee', 'Donald Trump', 'Criminal Conspiracy']","Trump and right-wing lawyer were part of 'criminal conspiracy' to overturn 2020 election, January 6 committee alleges",CNN (Online News),"Former President Donald Trump and a right-wing lawyer were part of a ""criminal conspiracy"" to overturn the 2020 presidential election, the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot alleges in a court filing Wednesday.
The filing is part of an attempt to convince a judge to allow the panel access to emails from lawyer John Eastman, who is claiming attorney-client privilege. The committee said he helped to orchestrate the plot.
The filing is the most extensive release to date from the House's January 6 investigators as they try to obtain Eastman's emails...",left
12179,January 6 Committee Says Trump May Have Engaged in Criminal Conduct,"['Politics', 'January 6 Committee', 'Donald Trump', 'Criminal Conspiracy']",U.S. Capitol riot panel says Trump may have engaged in ‘criminal conspiracy’,CNBC,"The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday said former President Donald Trump may have engaged in criminal conduct in his bid to overturn his election defeat.
“Evidence and information available to the Committee establishes a good-faith belief that Mr. Trump and others may have engaged in criminal and/or fraudulent acts,” the committee said in a court filing.
“The Select Committee also has a good-faith basis for concluding that the President and members of his Campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy to defraud...",center
12180,Putin Expands Fast-Track Russian Citizenship to All Ukrainians,"['Citizenship Path', 'Foreign Influence', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukrainians']",Putin expands fast-track Russian citizenship to all Ukraine,Associated Press,"As Russian missiles struck a key Ukrainian city, Russian President Vladimir Putin expanded a fast-track procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians on Monday, another effort to strengthen Moscow’s influence over war-torn Ukraine.
Until recently, only residents of Ukraine’s separatist eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as residents of the southern Zaporizhzhia and the Kherson regions, large parts of which are now under Russian control, were eligible to apply for the simplified passport procedure.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Klueba said Putin’s signing of a passport decree, which also...",left
12181,Putin Expands Fast-Track Russian Citizenship to All Ukrainians,"['Citizenship Path', 'Foreign Influence', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukrainians']",Putin expands fast-track Russian citizenship to all of Ukraine,Al Jazeera,"Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree expanding a fast track to Russian citizenship to all citizens of Ukraine, a document published on the government’s website showed.
Until recently, only residents of the self-proclaimed breakaway territories of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) in eastern Ukraine, which Russia seeks to “liberate” from Kyiv’s control, as well as the Russian-occupied regions of Kherson and Zaporizhia, were eligible for the simplified procedure.
Between 2019 – when the procedure was first introduced for the residents of Donetsk and Luhansk...",left
12182,Putin Expands Fast-Track Russian Citizenship to All Ukrainians,"['Citizenship Path', 'Foreign Influence', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukrainians']",Ukrainian Officials Silent After Putin Expands Russian Citizenship To All Ukrainians,The Daily Caller,"Ukrainian officials were silent as Russian President Vladimir Putin expanded a fast-track citizenship path on Monday to Residents in Ukraine, according to the Associated Press.
The move to expand citizenship roles comes after a pivot in Russian strategy to settle for a war of attrition, according to the Wall Street Journal. Previously, the fast-track path was only available for residents in Russian-controlled territories of the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions and southern Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, the AP reported.
In 2019, Russian authorities used the measure in Donetsk and Luhansk to further integrate the...",right
12183,Trump 'Willing to Sign' $1.3 Trillion Relief Bill; Democrats Hold Out for $2.2 Trillion,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Stimulus']",COVID-19 relief negotiations stall as lawmakers fail to compromise,New York Post (News),"WASHINGTON — Coronavirus aid negotiations continue to stall between lawmakers in Washington as millions of Americans face a financial breaking point amid the pandemic — with Nancy Pelosi vowing “we’re not budging.”
A call between the powerful House Speaker and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows — their first communication in weeks — proved fruitless on Thursday with both sides far apart on how much should be spent.
Democrats in the House in May passed a generous $3.4 trillion aid package but Republicans balked at the large price tag...",right
12184,Trump 'Willing to Sign' $1.3 Trillion Relief Bill; Democrats Hold Out for $2.2 Trillion,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Stimulus']",Senate Republicans look to add money for child care in Covid relief measure,Politico,"Senate Republicans are likely to include a provision to provide billions of dollars for child care providers in the GOP’s narrow coronavirus relief bill, according to GOP sources.
The child care component of the bill is expected to resemble the language in the Senate Republicans’ $1 trillion coronavirus relief bill, unveiled in late July. That provision allocated $15 billion for child care providers, including grants to help child care centers reopen and follow health and safety guidelines.",left
12185,Trump 'Willing to Sign' $1.3 Trillion Relief Bill; Democrats Hold Out for $2.2 Trillion,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Stimulus']",Meadows says Trump willing to sign $1.3 trillion coronavirus relief bill,The Hill,"White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Friday that President Trump would sign a coronavirus relief package totaling $1.3 trillion, an increase over the $1.1 trillion proposed by Senate Republicans.
“The president right now is willing to sign something at $1.3 trillion,” Meadows told reporters at the White House, saying that the figure had been offered privately to Democrats. He had previously said the White House was willing to go “north” of $1 trillion but did not offer a precise figure.
He said, however, that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)...",center
12186,Climate Deal Confusion,"['White House', 'Politics']","White House: U.S. Still Withdrawing From Paris Agreement, Despite Reports",HuffPost,The Trump administration denied a European official’s claims suggesting a potential change in U.S. policy.,left
12187,Climate Deal Confusion,"['White House', 'Politics']",White House denies backtracking on Paris pact withdrawal,Politico,The White House denied Saturday that the administration was backtracking on its long-held plans to withdraw from the Paris climate deal.,left
12188,Climate Deal Confusion,"['White House', 'Politics']",Media reports Trump to re-enter US in Paris climate agreement — then Trump admin. responds,The Blaze,"The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that President Donald Trump is exploring avenues to not withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, citing comments from an international climate policy official at a global warming summit in Montreal.",right
12189,Federal Judge Blocks Trump From Ending DACA,['Immigration'],Federal Judge Blocks Trump From Ending DACA,Townhall,"A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on Tuesday, declaring that the Department of Homeland Security’s “decision to rescind DACA was based on a flawed legal premise.""",right
12190,Federal Judge Blocks Trump From Ending DACA,['Immigration'],The fine print in the major DACA decision is a doozy,Daily Kos,"On Tuesday, a San Francisco federal district court judge enjoined—that is, blocked—Trump’s attack on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program. This injunction is temporary, in place until the court rules on the substance—or the merits—of the challenge to Trump’s plan to terminate DACA.
The good news is by granting a preliminary injunction the judge has indicated that he thinks DACA’s backers are likely to prevail. The bad news is that the injunction isn’t complete.",left
12191,Federal Judge Blocks Trump From Ending DACA,['Immigration'],Judge blocks Trump move to end DACA,The Hill,A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that protects certain immigrants from deportation.,center
12192,"Attorney General, Eric Holder to Resign",['Politics'],"Attorney General Eric Holder, Prominent Liberal Voice in Obama Administration, Is Resigning",New York Times (News),"Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is resigning, the Justice Department said Thursday, but plans to remain in office until a successor is confirmed.
Mr. Holder, the 82nd attorney general and the first African-American to serve in that position, had previously said he planned to leave office by the end of this year.
Particularly in President Obama’s second term, Mr. Holder has been the most prominent liberal voice of the administration, leading its push for same-sex marriage and voting rights.",left
12193,"Attorney General, Eric Holder to Resign",['Politics'],Eric Holder to Step Down as Attorney General,Wall Street Journal (News),"Attorney General Eric Holder plans to announce he will resign as the nation's top law-enforcement official on Thursday but will remain in office until a successor is confirmed, U.S. officials said.
President Barack Obama is expected to announce the resignation at the White House on Thursday afternoon. He hasn't yet chosen a successor, a White House official said.
Mr. Holder, who has been in the job since the beginning of the Obama administration, has long signaled he plans to leave the job by the end of 2014. He could ultimately...",center
12194,"Attorney General, Eric Holder to Resign",['Politics'],US Attorney Gen. Eric Holder to Resign,Newsmax (News),"Eric Holder, who served as the public face of the Obama administration's legal fight against terrorism and pushed to make the criminal justice system more even-handed, is resigning after six years on the job. He is the nation's first black attorney general.
The White House said Thursday that President Barack Obama planned to announce Holder's departure later Thursday. The White House said Holder plans to remain at the Justice Department until his successor is in place.",right
12195,Iran Deal: Close to Approval?,['Middle East'],Obama Inches Closer to Veto-Proof Support for Iran Nuclear Deal,Newsmax (News),"Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon said he will vote to support the Iran nuclear deal, a pledge that puts President Barack Obama only three votes short of protecting the pact in Congress.
Merkley issued a statement Sunday calling the accord “the best available strategy to block Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.”
Merkley’s support brings to 31 the number of senators publicly favoring the deal, which would ease economic sanctions on Iran in exchange for curbs on the country’s nuclear program.
Barring defections",right
12196,Iran Deal: Close to Approval?,['Middle East'],John Kerry to give major speech on Iran nuclear deal Wednesday,CNN (Online News),"Secretary of State John Kerry will deliver a major speech on the Iran nuclear deal at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Wednesday, CNN has learned. Kerry will use the speech to defend the merits of the agreement and respond to its critics.
During an interview with CNN in Anchorage ahead of a conference of Arctic nations, the secretary pushed back on the notion that the Iranians would be able to self-inspect at Parchin, as Republicans in Congress have alleged.
""We are satisfied",left
12197,Iran Deal: Close to Approval?,['Middle East'],What Happens To The Iran Deal Once Congress Gets Back From Recess?,HuffPost,"U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, a Democrat from Oregon, said on Sunday he would support the nuclear deal with Iran, moving President Barack Obama a step closer to having sufficient backing to ensure the deal stands.
""I believe the agreement, titled the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is the best available strategy to block Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon,"" Merkley wrote in a statement published on Medium.com.
Obama is trying to muster 34 votes in the Senate to ensure lawmakers cannot kill the deal. Thirty-one senators, all Democrats and...",left
12198,President Trump Calls for End to Tariffs at G7 Summit,['Trade'],Trump demands end to 'unfair' trade after G7 summit,Reuters,U.S. President Donald Trump told Group of Seven leaders that the United States wanted a quick end to trade practices that he says have led to an exodus of American companies and jobs to other countries.,center
12199,President Trump Calls for End to Tariffs at G7 Summit,['Trade'],"Trump calls for elimination of tariffs, end to US being world's 'piggy bank'",CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump on Saturday said he wanted to see the elimination of trade barriers between the United States and its closest allies, amid tensions over the Trump administration's move to impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the EU, Canada and Mexico.",left
12200,President Trump Calls for End to Tariffs at G7 Summit,['Trade'],Trump pushes free trade at G7 days after imposing tariffs,New York Post (News),President Trump preached a free-trade gospel in an impromptu press conference Saturday as he skipped out early on the annual G7 meeting in Quebec.,right
12201,Rising Number of Migrants Arriving at Southern Border,"['Immigration', 'Mexico', 'Southern Border', 'Border Crisis']","U.S. detained nearly 100,000 migrants at U.S.-Mexico border in February: sources",Reuters,"U.S. border agents detained nearly 100,000 migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in February, according to two people familiar with preliminary figures, the highest arrest total for the month of February since 2006.
The figures, which have not been previously reported, show the scope of a growing surge of migrants arriving at the southwest border as U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, seeks to roll back some of the restrictive policies of former President Donald Trump, a Republican.
In particular, an increasing number of children arriving at the border without a...",center
12202,Rising Number of Migrants Arriving at Southern Border,"['Immigration', 'Mexico', 'Southern Border', 'Border Crisis']","Homeland Security chief urges patience with ""stressful challenge"" along U.S.-Mexico border",CBS News (Online),"The surging number of unaccompanied minors crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has posed a ""stressful challenge"" for the Biden administration, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas acknowledged Monday, while insisting that the influx of undocumented children has not reached a ""crisis"" level.
""Quite frankly, we are working as hard as we are, not only in addressing the urgency of the challenge, but also in building the capacity to manage it,"" the newly confirmed secretary said in his debut appearance at the White House press briefing.
U.S. officials along the southern border...",left
12203,Rising Number of Migrants Arriving at Southern Border,"['Immigration', 'Mexico', 'Southern Border', 'Border Crisis']",Republicans Demand Hearings on Border 'Crisis',Newsmax (News),"Republican lawmakers on the House Oversight and Reform Committee are demanding the panel conduct a hearing on what they say is a “crisis” at the southern border.
Their demand came in a Thursday letter to Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., who chairs the committee, according to The Washington Times. The push for a hearing is being led by Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the ranking Republican on the panel.
“This Committee must schedule a hearing to conduct oversight of the welfare of migrant children being held in these container facilities,” the lawmakers...",right
12204,Senate Impeachment Trial Of President Trump To Resume With Debate On Rules,"['Impeachment Trial', 'Impeachment Trial Rules', 'US Senate', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Democrats blast McConnell's rules for Trump impeachment trial in Senate,Reuters,"Democrats on Tuesday blasted the top Senate Republican’s proposed rules for U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, saying its failure to guarantee witnesses or that evidence gathered by investigators would be allowed into the record was tantamount to rigging the proceedings.
Trump’s trial on charges approved on Dec. 18 by the Democratic-led House of Representatives accusing him of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress begins in earnest in the Senate on Tuesday in a rare use of the constitutional mechanism for ousting a president.
On Monday, Senate Republican Majority...",center
12205,Senate Impeachment Trial Of President Trump To Resume With Debate On Rules,"['Impeachment Trial', 'Impeachment Trial Rules', 'US Senate', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Here Are the Senate Rules for Trump's Trial and How McConnell Plans to Expedite It,CBN,"The Senate impeachment trial of President Trump gets underway today, and even before the gavel strike, the two sides have been going head to head, arguing over the rules of the process.
The White House legal team argues the president of the United States did not abuse his power or obstruct Congress, calling the case against him ""flawed"" and a ""dangerous perversion of the Constitution.""
As the Senate takes up the articles of impeachment, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell revealed the ground rules for the trial late Monday afternoon.
Those rules...",right
12206,Senate Impeachment Trial Of President Trump To Resume With Debate On Rules,"['Impeachment Trial', 'Impeachment Trial Rules', 'US Senate', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Impeachment trial live updates: Senators gird for spirited debate over rules governing Trump’s historic trial,Washington Post,"Senators are girding for a spirited debate Tuesday over the rules that will guide the impeachment trial of President Trump — just the third in history of a U.S. president — focused on his conduct toward Ukraine.
When it reconvenes, the chamber will take up a resolution proposed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) that seeks a swift trial. Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (N.Y.), have panned the proposal, arguing it is part of an effort to “cover up” Trump’s dealings. On Tuesday, the House impeachment...",left
12207,Donald: Helping or Hurting,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",HUFFPOLLSTER: Republicans Are Growing Dissatisfied With Their Party,HuffPost,"Negative perceptions of the Republican party are on the rise...among Republicans. Donald Trump may be leading in national polls, but Walker and Rubio are perceived as the most acceptable and viable candidates by activist Republicans. And a low response rate doesn't automatically mean a survey is wrong. This is HuffPollster for Friday, July 24, 2015.
REPUBLICAN PARTY IMAGE TAKES A DIP - Pew Research: ""The Republican Party’s image has grown more negative over the first half of this year. Currently, 32% have a favorable impression of the Republican Party, while...",left
12208,Donald: Helping or Hurting,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",GOP's nightmare: An Independent Donald Trump,CNN (Online News),"Republicans dreaming of shooing away Donald Trump may want to think twice.
By publicly rebuking the billionaire businessman for his inflammatory comments, the party may convince Trump to launch a third-party candidacy.
That's a potential nightmare scenario for the GOP establishment: a populist outsider with unlimited resources attacking their nominee from the right in the general election, raising hell -- and attracting votes -- with his rhetoric on issues like illegal immigration.
Ralph Nader, who has run for president multiple times as a third-party candidate and may have cost Democrat...",left
12209,Donald: Helping or Hurting,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",7 Rasons The Donald Helps The GOP,Breitbart News,"Donald Trump will not be the Republican presidential nominee in 2016. He does not have the infrastructure, he does not have the organization, he does not have the discipline. So why are so many Republican ThoughtLeaders intent on casting him from the race like a leper?
Why does S",right
12210,Senate Passes Debt Ceiling Plan,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","After a day of drama, Senate chokes off a filibuster and sends debt-limit legislation to President Obama.",Washington Post,Republican leader Mitch McConnell and his team voted to end a potential GOP filibuster before the final vote.,left
12211,Senate Passes Debt Ceiling Plan,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate passes debt-ceiling plan in blow to tea party,CNN (Online News),The Senate voted Wednesday to avert at least one chronic Washington political crisis for more than a year.,left
12212,Senate Passes Debt Ceiling Plan,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Tea party tees off on McConnell after debt vote,Townhall,The tea party is teeing off on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).,right
12213,Biden to Withdraw Troops From Afghanistan By September 11,"['US Military', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Joe Biden', 'Foreign Policy', 'Defense And Security']",Biden to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan by September 11,The Guardian,"Joe Biden will withdraw all the remaining US troops from Afghanistan by September 11, the 20th anniversary of the al-Qaida terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, a senior administration official has confirmed.
The president is expected to make a formal announcement on Wednesday. There are currently about 2,500 US troops in the country, serving alongside 7,000 other foreign troops as part of a Nato coalition. Most, if not all, Nato allies are likely to withdraw in coordination with the US.
“We will remain in lockstep with them as we...",left
12214,Biden to Withdraw Troops From Afghanistan By September 11,"['US Military', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Joe Biden', 'Foreign Policy', 'Defense And Security']",Biden set to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11,Reuters,"President Joe Biden plans to withdraw the remaining 2,500 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021, 20 years to the day after the al Qaeda attacks that triggered America’s longest war, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. The disclosure of the plan came on the same day that the U.S. intelligence community released a gloomy outlook for Afghanistan, forecasting “low” chances of a peace deal this year and warning that its government would struggle to hold the Taliban insurgency at bay if the U.S.-led coalition withdraws support.
Biden’s decision would...",center
12215,Biden to Withdraw Troops From Afghanistan By September 11,"['US Military', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Joe Biden', 'Foreign Policy', 'Defense And Security']",Biden to Withdraw All Troops from Afghanistan by September 11,National Review,"President Biden has decided to withdraw all American soldiers from Afghanistan by September 11, multiple outlets reported on Tuesday.
Biden will keep around 3,000 troops in Afghanistan past the May withdrawal date called for by the Trump administration, U.S. officials told the New York Times. However, those troops would be brought home by the fall.",right
12216,Work Continues on $1T Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'US Senate', 'Economy And Jobs']","Senators struggle to amend, finish $1T infrastructure bill",Associated Press Fact Check,"Nearing decision time, senators were struggling to wrap up work on the bipartisan infrastructure plan despite hopes to expedite consideration and voting on the nearly $1 trillion proposal.
The package had appeared on track for eventual Senate passage, a rare accord between Republicans and Democrats joining on a shared priority that also is essential to President Joe Biden’s agenda. But senators hit new problems late Thursday as they worked late into the night on amendments. A procedural vote was set for Saturday.
“We’ve worked long, hard and collaboratively, to finish this important...",left
12217,Work Continues on $1T Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'US Senate', 'Economy And Jobs']",Schumer moves to shut down debate on $1T infrastructure bill,The Hill,"Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is teeing up a Saturday vote to wind down debate on a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure bill, with senators hoping to pass the legislation as soon as this weekend.
Schumer on Thursday night moved to arrange the vote for Saturday, where he’ll need 60 votes to move forward, after a day of behind-the-scenes haggling failed to produce a breakthrough.
“I believe we’re very close to an agreement and see no reason why we can’t complete this important bipartisan bill,"" Schumer said. ""So I urge both sides to continue working...",center
12218,Work Continues on $1T Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'US Senate', 'Economy And Jobs']","Infrastructure bill will add $256 billion to deficit, government analysts say",Washington Examiner,"The bipartisan infrastructure legislation poised for a vote in the Senate this week would add $256 billion to the deficit over the next decade, congressional budget analysts announced Thursday, dashing hopes that provisions in the bill would fully pay for it.
The news will not come as a surprise to lawmakers skeptical of offsets included in the $1.2 trillion measure, but it immediately reinforced opposition from Republicans who opposed much of the spending and policy riders in the bill.
Sen. Steve Daines, a Montana Republican, cited the debt projection by...",right
12219,Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Weekly US unemployment aid applications rise to 372,000; data distorted by winter holidays",Washington Post,"— More Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, though the winter holidays likely distorted the data for the second straight week.
The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications rose by 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 372,000 in the week ended Dec. 29. The previous weeks total was revised higher",left
12220,Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Weekly jobless applications rise by 10,000 to 372,000",Fox News (Online News),"More Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, though the winter holidays likely distorted the data for the second straight week.
The Labor Department says weekly applications rose by 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 372,000 in the week ended Dec. 29. The previous week's total was revised higher.
Many state unemployment offices were closed last week for the New Year's holiday. As a result, the department relied on estimates for nine states. Two weeks ago, the department estimated 19 states because of Christmas closings.
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/03/weekly-jobless-applications-r...",right
12221,Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Layoffs Have Slowed, Hiring Has Picked Up, But Jobless Claims Are Higher",NPR (Online News),"Jobless Claims Went Up; So Two Out Of Three Reports Were Positive:
There were 372,000 first-time claims for unemployment insurance last week, up by 10,000 from the week before, the Employment and Training Administration says. What's more, that previous week's total was revised up from the previous estimate of 350,000.",left
12222,Al Qaeda Branch Claims Responsibility,['Terrorism'],Qaeda Group in Yemen Claims Responsibility for Charlie Hebdo Attack,New York Times (News),"Al Qaeda’s branch in Yemen formally claimed responsibility on Wednesday for the deadly assault a week ago at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that killed 12 people, saying that the target was chosen by the Qaeda leadership and referring to attackers as “two heroes of Islam.”",left
12223,Al Qaeda Branch Claims Responsibility,['Terrorism'],Al Qaeda in Yemen Claims Responsibility for Charlie Hebdo Attack,Wall Street Journal (News),"Senior Leader Says Organization Financed, Planned Operation",center
12224,Al Qaeda Branch Claims Responsibility,['Terrorism'],"Al Qaeda Claims 'Charlie' Attacks, Vows More Ahead",CBN,"Al Qaeda’s Yemen branch is claiming responsibility for last week's deadly attacks in Paris that killed 14 people, including three gunmen.",right
12225,Perspectives: The Omicron Variant Arrives,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'World', 'Science']",The newest coronavirus variant is raising alarms. The pandemic is not over.,Washington Post,"Remember the promise of normalcy by July Fourth? How can it be that now — after Thanksgiving, after so much sacrifice and waiting, after the arrival of vaccines, after months of sweaty masks, distancing and isolation — that another wave of pandemic infection is upon us? In Europe, lockdowns are returning. In some hot spots such as Minnesota and Michigan, hospital wards are again overflowing. A worrying new variant is raising alarms. What happened?
It’s not all bad. The vaccination campaign has put at least one dose in the arms of more than...",left
12226,Perspectives: The Omicron Variant Arrives,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'World', 'Science']",The Omicron Variant Panic,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"Markets sold off worldwide on Friday after South Africa raised alarm about the new “variant of concern” that the World Health Organization named Omicron. The panic may be driven more by the fear of new government lockdowns and social distancing than by the variant itself.
The Dow fell 2.5% while U.S. crude prices tumbled 13% as the U.S. and other countries restricted travel to southern Africa. President Biden wants lower oil prices, and he may get his wish. But the frantic response by governments and markets may be overwrought given...",right
12227,Perspectives: The Omicron Variant Arrives,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'World', 'Science']",Scientists rapidly identified the Omicron variant. But firm answers about its impact could take weeks,STAT,"The emergence of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, with a suite of mutations that suggests it might be extra transmissible and be able to evade at least some immune protection, has the world eager for answers about what it means for the Covid-19 pandemic. But so much remains unknown largely because the variant appears to have been detected and publicized so quickly.
With other variants, a matter of months passed between the time they were first documented until they were designated “variants of concern” — in some cases giving scientists...",center
12228,Michael Flynn Breaks Ties with Trump’s Lawyers over Russia Probe,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Hints that Flynn's Team Is Now Cooperating With Mueller Investigation,Townhall,"Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's team of lawyers will no longer be working with Trump's defense team during special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling. They had been sharing information up until this point. That may mean, The New York Times muses, that Flynn's team is cooperating with the Mueller investigation. The only reason for the split would be a conflict of interest.",right
12229,Michael Flynn Breaks Ties with Trump’s Lawyers over Russia Probe,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Flynn's lawyers no longer sharing information with Trump's legal team,CNN (Online News),"Michael Flynn's lawyers have told other defense lawyers in the ongoing Russia probe, including President Donald Trump's legal team, that they're no longer able to share information, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.",left
12230,Michael Flynn Breaks Ties with Trump’s Lawyers over Russia Probe,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Flynn’s lawyer shuts down communications with Trump’s team, a sign he may be cooperating with Mueller probe",Washington Post,"A lawyer for former national security adviser Michael Flynn informed an attorney for President Trump this week that he can no longer discuss the special counsel’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, a sign that Flynn may be preparing to cooperate in the probe, people familiar with the investigation said.",left
12231,January 6 Committee's Latest Hearing Centers on Mike Pence,"['Politics', 'Justice', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Mike Pence', 'Donald Trump']",Jan. 6 hearings enter third day with focus on vice president's role,Washington Examiner,"The select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot is entering its third day of testimony, with the questioning largely set to center on former President Donald Trump's efforts to convince former Vice President Mike Pence to back his bid to overturn the election results. Video testimony is also expected from Pence Chief of Staff Marc Short.
Thursday's hearing comes a day after the committee decided to postpone Wednesday's hearing.
After drawing millions of views in its first prime-time hearing, interest in the committee's investigation appeared to wane Monday when roughly 10 million people tuned...",right
12232,January 6 Committee's Latest Hearing Centers on Mike Pence,"['Politics', 'Justice', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Mike Pence', 'Donald Trump']",Jan. 6 panel praises Mike Pence's refusal to overturn the 2020 election,NBC News (Online),"WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee turned its focus Wednesday to former President Donald Trump’s attempts to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence into refusing to certify the 2020 election results.
As its third public hearing opened, the bipartisan panel began to argue that effort was the central component of an illegal conspiracy to keep Trump in power — one that put the republic, and Pence, in mortal danger.
Presiding over the certification of the electoral vote is one of the few official duties of the vice president, but Trump had embraced a fringe theory that...",left
12233,January 6 Committee's Latest Hearing Centers on Mike Pence,"['Politics', 'Justice', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Mike Pence', 'Donald Trump']",Pence in spotlight during Jan. 6 committee hearing,The Hill,"  Former federal judge J. Michael Luttig, a conservative who served as an informal advisor to then-Vice President Mike Pence, testified before the Jan. 6 select committee on Thursday that Pence would have led a “revolution within a constitutional crisis” if he followed then-President Trump’s order to reject the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the vice chair of the Jan. 6 panel, asked Luttig to elaborate on a statement he made prior to the start of Thursday’s hearing in which the former judge said that...",center
12234,Central Banks Raise Interest Rates Worldwide Following US Rate Hike,"['Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Trade', 'World', 'Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates', 'Inflation', 'Recession', 'Sweden', 'Philippines', 'Indonesia', 'Taiwan', 'South Africa', 'Switzerland', 'Turkey', 'Japan', 'Business', 'Norway']","Treasury Yields Surge as Global Central Banks Scramble to Respond to Fed, Inflation",Wall Street Journal (News),"U.S. government bond yields surged Thursday, after foreign governments and central banks rushed to raise interest rates or otherwise support local currencies pressured by the dollar’s strongest rally in a generation.
U.S. yields were largely stable overnight after the Federal Reserve raised short-term rates by 0.75 percentage point for the third consecutive meeting and said more large rate increases are likely as the central bank seeks to quell inflation. ",center
12235,Central Banks Raise Interest Rates Worldwide Following US Rate Hike,"['Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Trade', 'World', 'Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates', 'Inflation', 'Recession', 'Sweden', 'Philippines', 'Indonesia', 'Taiwan', 'South Africa', 'Switzerland', 'Turkey', 'Japan', 'Business', 'Norway']",Central banks worldwide tighten policies to cool inflation,Associated Press,"The U.S. Federal Reserve has been the most aggressive in using interest rate hikes to cool inflation that is battering both households and businesses this year. This week, central banks from Asia to England followed suit to varying degrees and using different economic tools to tame rising prices that are not isolated to the U.S.
Following are actions taken Thursday, and also earlier this week, by central banks globally:
Turkey: The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey lowered the benchmark rate by 1 percentage point, to 12%. The lira was trading around 18.38...",left
12236,Central Banks Raise Interest Rates Worldwide Following US Rate Hike,"['Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Trade', 'World', 'Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates', 'Inflation', 'Recession', 'Sweden', 'Philippines', 'Indonesia', 'Taiwan', 'South Africa', 'Switzerland', 'Turkey', 'Japan', 'Business', 'Norway']",'Economic Discontent' Is On The Rise As Central-Bank-Nado Strikes Markets Overnight,ZeroHedge,"A herd of wild central banks stormed across markets overnight - following The Fed's uber-hawkish 75bps hike and dot-plot projections - sparking chaotic swings in everything from Yen to Gilts. Everyone hiked or held rates... except Turkey which cut!
Japan
BoJ kept its monetary policy unchanged, as expected, with rates at -0.10% and QQE with yield curve control maintained to target the 10yr JGB yield at around 0% through a unanimous decision.
Japanese Government and BoJ intervened in FX markets for the first time since 1998, according to the Japanese Vice Finance Minister...",right
12237,Rep. Chris Collins Resigns Ahead of Guilty Plea,"['Politics', 'Chris Collins', 'Republican Party', 'Indictment', 'Insider Trading', 'US Congress']",GOP Rep. Chris Collins Resigns Before Pleading Guilty to Insider Trading,National Review,"Republican congressman Chris Collins, one of the first members of Congress to throw his support behind President Trump, reportedly resigned his congressional seat Monday a day before he is expected to plead guilty to insider-trading charges he had previously vowed to fight.
Collins, 69, is accused of working with his son, Cameron Collins, to avoid more than $700,000 in losses using confidential information about the Australian company Innate Immunotherapeutics. Collins, who was the company’s biggest investor and sat on its board, allegedly received private corporate information regarding a drug trial...",right
12238,Rep. Chris Collins Resigns Ahead of Guilty Plea,"['Politics', 'Chris Collins', 'Republican Party', 'Indictment', 'Insider Trading', 'US Congress']",Early Trump ally Chris Collins resigning ahead of plea hearing,Roll Call,"New York GOP Rep. Chris Collins is resigning ahead of a hearing related to insider trading charges.
Collins on Monday submitted a resignation letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. which will be effective when it is read on the House floor during a pro forma session on Tuesday, her office confirmed.
Collins, who has previously entered a not guilty plea in his federal criminal fraud case, has a change of plea hearing scheduled for Tuesday afternoon, raising the possibility that the New York Republican could agree to a deal offered by...",center
12239,Rep. Chris Collins Resigns Ahead of Guilty Plea,"['Politics', 'Chris Collins', 'Republican Party', 'Indictment', 'Insider Trading', 'US Congress']",Trump’s Buddy Chris Collins Just Resigned From Congress,Mother Jones,"Hours after reports emerged that Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) was expected to plead guilty to insider trading charges, the Daily Beast broke the news that Collins had resigned his seat on Monday. Several other outlets, including the Washington Post, confirmed that the four-term congressman had stepped down.
Collins’ departure from the House marks an inglorious end to his congressional tenure after three-and-a-half-terms representing a deep-red district in upstate New York. As one of the safest incumbents in the country, Collins drew notoriety in 2016 when he became one of...",left
12240,"Jeffrey Epstein Accusers, Ex-Employees Testify in Ghislaine Maxwell Trial","['Sexual Misconduct', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Ghislaine Maxwell', 'Crime', 'Criminal Justice', 'Donald Trump']","Epstein had underage guests at Palm Beach estate, ex-employee says at Maxwell trial",Reuters,"The late financier Jeffrey Epstein had ""many, many, many"" female guests at his Palm Beach estate, including two who appeared to be underage, a former employee testified at British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell's sex abuse trial on Thursday.
Juan Alessi, the Palm Beach house manager, took the stand for the prosecution on the fourth day of Maxwell's trial in Manhattan federal court. He said he repeatedly drove two girls who appeared to be 14 or 15 to Epstein's Florida estate.
One of the girls, now a woman in her early 40s...",center
12241,"Jeffrey Epstein Accusers, Ex-Employees Testify in Ghislaine Maxwell Trial","['Sexual Misconduct', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Ghislaine Maxwell', 'Crime', 'Criminal Justice', 'Donald Trump']","Jeffrey Epstein introduced me to Trump at 14, Ghislaine Maxwell accuser says",NBC News (Online),"One of the four women who say they were “groomed” for sex by Ghislaine Maxwell testified Wednesday that the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein took her to meet Donald Trump when she was just 14.
Testifying at Maxwell’s trial in New York City, the woman, who is being identified by the pseudonym Jane, said on cross-examination that she met the future president in the 1990s at Mar-a-Lago, his resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
Jane didn’t allege any improper behavior by Trump and didn’t go into further detail about why she was at the resort.
“Mr....",left
12242,"Jeffrey Epstein Accusers, Ex-Employees Testify in Ghislaine Maxwell Trial","['Sexual Misconduct', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Ghislaine Maxwell', 'Crime', 'Criminal Justice', 'Donald Trump']",'You see nothing': Epstein's ex-estate manager testifies about Maxwell's strict house rules,Washington Examiner,"Jeffrey Epstein's former Palm Beach property manager testified Thursday that Ghislaine Maxwell had a 58-page handbook that warned employees: ""Remember that you see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing, except to answer a question directed at you.""
Juan Alessi, who worked for the disgraced financier from 1990 to 2002, told jurors that Maxwell controlled every aspect of Epstein's Florida estate and that she issued ""a tremendous amount"" of rules, which included avoiding eye contact with the alleged pedophile.
""Mr. Epstein doesn't like to be looked at in his eyes,"" Alessi said Maxwell told him....",right
12243,Democrats Break With Pelosi On Impeachment Delay,"['Articles Of Impeachment', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Impeachment Trial', 'House Democrats', 'Senate Democrats', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",'Get moving': Senate Democrats break with Pelosi on impeachment delay,Washington Times,"Senate Democrats are breaking with their party leaders over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to hold on to the articles of impeachment, saying it is time to get President Trump’s trial rolling.
The grumbling in the ranks puts pressure on Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, who has stood by Mrs. Pelosi’s decision to withhold charges against the president in an attempt to get Senate Republicans to guarantee witnesses will be called during the trial.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell used the crack in the ranks Wednesday to...",right
12244,Democrats Break With Pelosi On Impeachment Delay,"['Articles Of Impeachment', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Impeachment Trial', 'House Democrats', 'Senate Democrats', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",Senate Democrats grow impatient waiting for Pelosi to send articles for Trump impeachment trial,USA TODAY,"Senate Democrats are growing impatient for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, as the impasse continues over sending the articles of impeachment from the Democratic House to the Republican-led Senate.
""We're ready, willing and able,"" said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., a former state attorney general. ""I'm ready to go to court and try this case.""
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has delayed sending the two articles, which accuse Trump of abuse of power and obstruction Congress, until she learns more about how the Senate trial will be conducted.
A...",left
12245,Democrats Break With Pelosi On Impeachment Delay,"['Articles Of Impeachment', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Impeachment Trial', 'House Democrats', 'Senate Democrats', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",Key Pelosi lieutenant calls on her to transmit articles of impeachment to the Senate,Washington Post,"House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.), a top lieutenant of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), said Thursday that she should go ahead and transmit the articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate and allow a trial to begin.
Smith’s high-profile break with Pelosi came shortly before she deflected when asked by a reporter about her impasse with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). Pelosi said she knows when she’ll send the articles to the Senate, adding, “I won’t be telling you right now.” Pelosi has said she first...",left
12246,"DOJ Report Finds Comey ""Insubordinate"", Rebukes Lynch","['Justice Department', 'Justice']","DOJ watchdog finds James Comey defied authority as FBI director, sources say",ABC News (Online),"The Justice Department's internal watchdog has concluded that James Comey defied authority at times during his tenure as FBI director, according to sources familiar with a draft report on the matter.
One source told ABC News that the draft report explicitly used the word ""insubordinate"" to describe Comey's behavior. Another source agreed with that characterization but could not confirm the use of the term.
In the draft report, Inspector General Michael Horowitz also rebuked former Attorney General Loretta Lynch for her handling of the federal investigation into Hillary Clinton's personal...",left
12247,"DOJ Report Finds Comey ""Insubordinate"", Rebukes Lynch","['Justice Department', 'Justice']",DOJ watchdog draft finds James Comey was sometimes 'insubordinate',Washington Examiner,"The Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General reportedly found that former FBI Director James Comey at times defied his superiors while leading the bureau.
ABC News reported that a draft report from the department’s internal watchdog described Comey’s behavior as “insubordinate.” Sources told the outlet that the draft report also criticized former Attorney General Loretta Lynch for her handling of the probe into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.
The forthcoming report from the Justice Department’s internal watchdog is expected to detail the...",right
12248,"DOJ Report Finds Comey ""Insubordinate"", Rebukes Lynch","['Justice Department', 'Justice']",The White House is about to snag a major victory in its war against Comey and the FBI,Insider,"The Department of Justice's inspector general has concluded that James Comey defied authority at times during his time leading of the FBI, ABC News reported Wednesday, citing sources familiar with a draft report on the matter.
The report, when finished and officially released, will cap Inspector General Michael Horowitz's inquiry into the FBI's handling of its investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she was secretary of state. The report is said to focus on senior FBI leadership at the time, like Comey and Attorney General...",left
12249,Status of Iran Negotiations,"['State Department', 'Politics']","Iran Nuclear Talks Lag, With Status of New Centrifuges Another Hurdle",New York Times (News),"A dispute over what limits should be placed on the development of new types of centrifuges has emerged as a major obstacle as negotiators try to work out an initial accord on Iran’s nuclear program, Western officials said on Thursday.",left
12250,Status of Iran Negotiations,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Compromises being reached in Iran talks,CNN (Online News),"Compromises on some of the crucial issues that have long divided the West and Iran over the latter's nuclear program -- including the number of centrifuges Tehran can keep in any deal -- are being reached in ongoing talks, according to Western officials.",left
12251,Status of Iran Negotiations,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Iran nuclear talks reportedly hit snag over lifting of sanctions as Obama makes appeal to Iran's people,Fox News (Online News),A dispute over when international sanctions against Iran would be lifted following a potential nuclear agreement reportedly is the latest issue to bog down negotiations.,right
12252,3 Shot at Florida State University,['Violence In America'],"‘Chaos’ at Florida State University: Gunman wounds 3, killed in shootout with police",Washington Post,"In a scene of terror and confusion, students at a university library in Florida cowered behind stacks of books and dove under desks as an assailant with a handgun opened fire early Thursday before being killed in a shootout with police, officials said.",left
12253,3 Shot at Florida State University,['Violence In America'],"Three students shot at Florida State University library, gunman killed",Fox News (Online News),Three Florida State University students were shot and wounded by a gunman inside the school's Strozier Library early Thursday morning before authorities say the gunman was killed after a brief gunfire exchange with campus police.,right
12254,3 Shot at Florida State University,['Violence In America'],"Gunman shoots 3 students at Florida State, is killed",USA TODAY,"Three students were shot early Thursday at a Florida State University library before campus police killed the gunman, Tallahassee police said.",left
12255,Vermont's Christine Hallquist Becomes First Transgender Person to Win Nomination for Governor,['Elections'],Christine Hallquist Scores Historic Win In Vermont’s Democratic Gubernatorial Primary,HuffPost,Vermont Democrats made Hallquist the first openly transgender candidate for governor backed by a national party.,left
12256,Vermont's Christine Hallquist Becomes First Transgender Person to Win Nomination for Governor,['Elections'],"Vermont's Christine Hallquist, first transgender candidate to win major party nomination for gov, wants to be elected 'on platform'",Fox News (Online News),Christine Hallquist has defeated three other Vermont Democrats in Tuesday’s primary to become the first transgender candidate to win a major political party’s nomination for governor.,right
12257,Vermont's Christine Hallquist Becomes First Transgender Person to Win Nomination for Governor,['Elections'],"In first, transgender woman wins Democratic nomination for Vermont governor",Reuters,Vermont Democrats made Christine Hallquist the first openly transgender person to win a major party nomination for statewide office in U.S. history as she clinched Tuesday’s primary election for governor.,center
12258,Trump Asks Jeff Sessions to Investigate Anonymous NYT Op-Ed Author After Denouncing the Piece as Treasonous,['Media Bias'],Donald Trump Suggests New York Times ‘Deep State’ Op-Ed Author Guilty of Treason,Breitbart News,President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that the anonymous senior official who penned a New York Times op-ed was guilty of treason.,right
12259,Trump Asks Jeff Sessions to Investigate Anonymous NYT Op-Ed Author After Denouncing the Piece as Treasonous,['Media Bias'],Trump says DOJ should probe identity of anonymous NYT op-ed writer,The Hill,President Trump on Friday said that the Justice Department should investigate the identity of the anonymous writer of a New York Times op-ed claiming to be part of the “resistance” within his administration.,center
12260,Trump Asks Jeff Sessions to Investigate Anonymous NYT Op-Ed Author After Denouncing the Piece as Treasonous,['Media Bias'],Trump Combines Two of His Favorite Empty Threats in Response to NYT Op-Ed,Slate,Donald Trump wants Jeff Sessions to launch an investigation of a political enemy … again. Trump wants to maybe take some kind of action against the New York Times … again.,left
12261,Fiscal Deal Analysis,[],"GOP Rep: Senate Republicans ""Must Have Been Drunk"" to Vote For the Cliff Deal",Townhall,"How bad do some House Republicans think the Senate bill is? Ohio Rep. Steven LaTourette thinks the only way that number of Senate Republicans could have voted for the plan was if they were drunk:
""I think our sense, at least in the House, was that a number of the Republicans that voted for it must have been drunk, because it really was a number that wasn't reflective of where we thought some of these people were going to be on a bill like this,"" he said after emerging from...",right
12262,Fiscal Deal Analysis,[],Lines of Resistance on Fiscal Deal,New York Times (News),"Just a few years ago, the tax deal pushed through Congress on Tuesday would have been a Republican fiscal fantasy, a sweeping bill that locks in virtually all of the Bush-era tax cuts, exempts almost all estates from taxation, and enshrines the former presidents credo that dividends and capital gains should be taxed equally and gently.",left
12263,Fiscal Deal Analysis,[],"House staves off fiscal cliff, but more money squabbles lie ahead",CNN (Online News),"After exhaustive negotiations that strained the country's patience, the House approved a bill to avert the dreaded fiscal cliff, staving off widespread tax increases and deep spending cuts.
In the 257-167 vote late Tuesday, 172 Democrats and 85 Republicans favored the bill; 16 Democrats and 151 Republicans opposed it.",left
12264,Reactions Vary on Cohen Tapes,['Politics'],Michael Cohen's tape of Trump isn't that big a deal – yet,Washington Examiner,"Everyone is freaking out over a New York Times report that the FBI has secured an audio tape involving President Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, and Trump himself. But here's the thing: This audio tape is not the disaster for Trump that some are presenting.",right
12265,Reactions Vary on Cohen Tapes,['Politics'],Michael Cohen's tapes might be the kompromat we've been waiting for,Los Angeles Times,No man’s a hero to his valet. President Donald J. Trump is no exception. He’s plainly lost whatever Caesar status he once had with his longtime valet — I mean lawyer — Michael Cohen.,left
12266,Reactions Vary on Cohen Tapes,['Politics'],Trump attacks Michael Cohen over 'Playboy model payment tape',BBC News,President Donald Trump has condemned his former lawyer Michael Cohen amid US media reports that he secretly recorded Mr Trump discussing payments to a former Playboy model.,center
12267,NK Warns of Hydrogen Bomb Test,"['North Korea', 'World']",Japan braces as North Korea threatens hydrogen bomb test in Pacific,The Guardian,"Japan must brace itself for the possible launch of a nuclear-armed North Korean missile over its territory if the regime carries out a threat to test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean, Japan’s defence minister has said.",left
12268,NK Warns of Hydrogen Bomb Test,"['North Korea', 'World']",Trump responds after North Korea threatens hydrogen bomb test,Fox News (Online News),"Amid new North Korean threats to test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean, President Trump tweeted Friday that the rogue regime's leader would be ""tested like never before.""",right
12269,NK Warns of Hydrogen Bomb Test,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea Ramps Up International Rancor With H-Bomb Threat,Wall Street Journal (News),Experts warn of potentially dire consequences if Kim Jong Un detonates a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean.,center
12270,Search for Second Escapee,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",N.Y prison escapee Richard Matt killed by federal agents; David Sweat still at large,Washington Post,"One of the convicted killers who escaped from a maximum-security prison in upstate New York earlier this month was shot and killed by federal law enforcement officers Friday afternoon near a cabin a few miles south of the Canadian border, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced at an evening news conference.",left
12271,Search for Second Escapee,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Search for second escaped murderer intensifies in upstate New York,Fox News (Online News),The search for the second escaped prisoner has been re-energized after law enforcement officers shot and killed one fugitive Friday afternoon.,right
12272,Search for Second Escapee,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Officers search for New York escapee Sweat; authorities kill his partner in crime,CNN (Online News),"Convicted murderer David Sweat is still on the lam. And in the darkness of early Saturday, hundreds of officers continued searching the dense woods in upstate New York for the now lone escaped inmate.",left
12273,Primary Super Tuesday 2014,['Elections'],"Primary Super Tuesday: Kentucky, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Arkansas, and Idaho",ABC News (Online),"Today is the big one, the Super Tuesday of the primary season, with six states holding primaries across the country, including Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon,and Pennsylvania.",left
12274,Primary Super Tuesday 2014,['Elections'],GOP Confident Primaries Will Lead to Control of Senate,Newsmax (News),"Establishment Republicans are optimistic that the results of Tuesday's Senate primaries in three closely-watched states will deliver the right candidates to defeat Democrats in November, bringing the party one step closer to taking control of the Senate.",right
12275,Primary Super Tuesday 2014,['Elections'],Primary Preview: Five Races to Watch,Wall Street Journal (News),"Today brings the biggest primary day of the season. Republicans will pick Senate candidates in Georgia, Kentucky and Oregon. Pennsylvania Democrats will choose their candidate to face Gov. Tom Corbett. And there are an array of open House races in Georgia.",center
12276,SFO Plane Crash,"['Transportation', 'General News']","Pilots, airport, plane offer many targets for NTSB probe",Politico,Federal investigators have a lot to look at as they try to puzzle out the reason for Saturday’s crash-landing of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 in San Francisco.,left
12277,SFO Plane Crash,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Investigators sift for reasons for Asiana crash,USA TODAY,Federal crash investigators are eager to interview the pilots and review the flight-data recorders that were recovered Saturday from the Asiana Airlines crash in San Francisco.,left
12278,SFO Plane Crash,"['Transportation', 'General News']","NTSB recovers black boxes as it hunts for answers in Asiana Airlines crash that left 2 dead, at least 182 injured",Fox News (Online News),"A team from the National Transportation Safety Board arrived Sunday on the scene of a deadly plane crash at San Francisco International Airport to begin a formal investigation into why the Boeing 777 plane from South Korea crash-landed into the runway, killing two and injuring at least 182.",right
12279,Trump Rolls Out 'Platinum Plan' for Black Communities,"['Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Ethnicity', 'Race And Racism', 'Ethnicity And Heritage', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",Trump Tells Black Voters That Democrats Take Them for Granted,Washington Post,"President Donald Trump appealed to Black Americans to help re-elect him, telling them in a speech Friday that Democrats -- whom African Americans are poised to overwhelmingly support in November -- take their votes for granted.
“They want to take the Black voter for granted and they have taken the Black voter for granted,” Trump said in a speech in Atlanta on Friday where he announced a plan to promote economic policies to benefit Black Americans.
“I did more for the Black community in 47 months than Joe Biden did...",left
12280,Trump Rolls Out 'Platinum Plan' for Black Communities,"['Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Ethnicity', 'Race And Racism', 'Ethnicity And Heritage', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",More Than Juneteenth? What’s In Trump’s $500 Billion “Platinum Plan” For Black America,Forbes,"On Friday, President Trump unrolled what he refers to as a “platinum plan” for Black America, calling for increased investment in Black businesses and additional capital for Black entrepreneurs. The President also announced support for Juneteenth to be recognized as a national holiday.
But is Trump’s plan to little and too late to convince Black voters to support him?
The President’s speech at the “Black Voices for Trump” rally in Atlanta comes as part of a late push to gain more traction with Black voters. It was also notable for...",center
12281,Trump Rolls Out 'Platinum Plan' for Black Communities,"['Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Ethnicity', 'Race And Racism', 'Ethnicity And Heritage', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric']","Trump $500B Black America plan designates KKK, Antifa as 'terrorist organizations'",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump’s plan for Black America designates the KKK and Antifa as terrorist organizations and calls for making lynching a national hate crime, while pledging to increase access to capital in Black communities by nearly $500 billion, Fox News has learned.
The president on Friday is expected to roll out details of what the campaign is calling the “Platinum Plan,” which details “opportunity,” “security,” “prosperity,” and “fairness” for the Black Community.",right
12282,Trump Signs Series of Executive Actions to Provide Coronavirus Economic Relief,"['Donald Trump', 'Executive Orders', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Banking And Finance', 'Unemployment', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump’s pandemic relief orders are likely to face legal challenges,The Boston Globe,"Throughout his presidency, Donald Trump has faced a barrage of lawsuits from top Democrats and liberal advocacy groups challenging his broad assertions of executive power, usually over contentious issues like his crackdown on sanctuary cities or his refusal to cooperate with congressional investigations.
Now, however, the president faces a battle over a set of executive actions he issued on Saturday providing economic relief measures that many of his fiercest critics actually support, including weekly federal unemployment payments, student loan relief and efforts to protect tenants from eviction during the pandemic....",left
12283,Trump Signs Series of Executive Actions to Provide Coronavirus Economic Relief,"['Donald Trump', 'Executive Orders', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Banking And Finance', 'Unemployment', 'Economy And Jobs']","Trump signs executive orders enacting $400 unemployment benefit, payroll tax cut after coronavirus stimulus talks stall",USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – With stimulus talks with Congress at an impasse, President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders on Saturday to provide temporary relief to Americans who are suffering from the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
At a news conference from his golf resort in Bedminster, N.J., Trump signed four orders that will provide an additional $400 per week in unemployment benefits, suspend payments on some student loans through the end of the year, protect renters from being evicted from their homes, and instruct employers to defer certain...",left
12284,Trump Signs Series of Executive Actions to Provide Coronavirus Economic Relief,"['Donald Trump', 'Executive Orders', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Banking And Finance', 'Unemployment', 'Economy And Jobs']",What's in President Trump's four coronavirus relief executive orders?,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump Saturday signed four executive actions to provide Americans financial relief from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Here's a look at what they would do:
$400 weekly federal unemployment aid
Trump's executive action calls for $400-per-week in supplemental unemployment aid. Unemployed people were getting $600-a-week extra until the federal program expired at the end of July.
Trump's action would require states to pay for 25 percent of the $400 weekly benefit, while the federal government would pick up 75 percent.
Trump would divert up to $44 billion from FEMA's Disaster...",right
12285,Fiscal Cliff,['Taxes'],Obama to open fiscal talks with plan to raise taxes on wealthy,Washington Post,"President Obama will begin talks with congressional leaders Friday with a plan to raise $1.6 trillion in new tax revenue from the wealthy — making clear that, at least the outset, a wide gulf remains between congressional Republicans and the White House on the most contentious point in the negotiations.
While Obama said last week he is not wedded to every detail of his previous proposals, the White",left
12286,Fiscal Cliff,['Taxes'],Fiscal Cliff Deal Could Mean Capital Gains Hike,CBN,"Washington negotiations over the so-called fiscal cliff have made many investors nervous.
Congress and the White House must reach a deal before Jan. 1 to cut the deficit -- a deal that could include higher taxes on capital gains, dividends, and other investments.
Taxes on capital gains, including profits from stocks, could go from 15 to 25 percent, and taxes on dividends could go from 15 to 43 percent.
The",right
12287,Fiscal Cliff,['Taxes'],Obama Hopes For Another Victory: Avoiding Fiscal Cliff,NPR (Online News),"President Obama meets with labor leaders at the White House on Tuesday to discuss how to steer clear of the so-called fiscal cliff. It's the first of many meetings aimed at avoiding automatic tax increases and spending cuts at the beginning of the new year.
A week ago, the president proved again that he and his team are good at winning elections. The question now is whether he can translate victory at the ballot box to success in shaping policy.
The 62 million",left
12288,Kamala Harris to End 2020 Presidential Bid,"['Decision 2020', 'Kamala Harris', 'White House', 'Campaign', 'Democrat Primary', 'Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']",Kamala Harris poised to withdraw from 2020 presidential race,CNN (Online News),"(CNN) - Sen. Kamala Harris is poised to withdraw her candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination, two sources familiar with the decision tell CNN.
The California Democrat informed her senior staff of the decision Tuesday morning and is planning a public announcement later in the day.",left
12289,Kamala Harris to End 2020 Presidential Bid,"['Decision 2020', 'Kamala Harris', 'White House', 'Campaign', 'Democrat Primary', 'Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']",Sen. Kamala Harris drops out of Democratic race for president,Associated Press,"Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris told supporters on Tuesday that she was ending her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.
“I’ve taken stock and looked at this from every angle, and over the last few days have come to one of the hardest decisions of my life,” she wrote in a note to supporters. “My campaign for president simply doesn’t have the financial resources we need to continue.”
Harris launched her campaign in front of 20,000 people at a chilly, outdoor campaign launch in January. The first woman and...",left
12290,Kamala Harris to End 2020 Presidential Bid,"['Decision 2020', 'Kamala Harris', 'White House', 'Campaign', 'Democrat Primary', 'Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']",Kamala Harris To End 2020 Campaign,The Daily Caller,"Democratic California Sen. Kamala Harris is ending her 2020 presidential campaign, according to multiple media reports.
Harris has informed her staff of the decision, and plans on releasing a video Tuesday to make the announcement official, according to Politico.",right
12291,Politics Strain Friendships,['Polarization'],Friendship in the Age of Trump,New York Times (News),"AT this stage in a presidential campaign, Republicans, generally a rather disciplined lot, have usually united and begun to train their fire on Democrats. Circular firing squads are for them, not us.
Not this year.
The candidacy of Donald J. Trump is not only fracturing the Republican Party, it is breaking up friendships as well.
A prominent Republican, describing a Trump-related disagreement with another influential Republican with whom he has been close for decades, sent me a note that stated things in a matter-of-fact way: “We had a friendship-ending email...",left
12292,Politics Strain Friendships,['Polarization'],The Democratic Primary Ruined My Friendship!,Slate,"Why Bernie-Hillary has gotten so personal. A couple months ago, one of my husband’s former colleagues from a progressive digital strategy firm popped up on his Facebook page to castigate him for supporting Hillary Clinton. “Matt, do you remember the exact date when you gave up?” the man wrote. “Was it when Obama turned out to be a damn conservative? Or were you never 100% behind this progressive thing to begin with? Tired of losing, so pick a candidate who, if she loses, it won’t really matter that much? I...",left
12293,Politics Strain Friendships,['Polarization'],A Confession of Liberal Intolerance,Nicholas Kristof,"We progressives believe in diversity, and we want women, blacks, Latinos, gays and Muslims at the table — er, so long as they aren’t conservatives.
Universities are the bedrock of progressive values, but the one kind of diversity that universities disregard is ideological and religious. We’re fine with people who don’t look like us, as long as they think like us.
O.K., that’s a little harsh. But consider George Yancey, a sociologist who is black and evangelical.
“Outside of academia I faced more problems as a black,” he told me....",left
12294,Personal Finance in the Age of Coronavirus,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Banking And Finance']","Americans use their $1,200 stimulus checks to splurge at Walmart, Target and Best Buy — here’s what they’re buying",MarketWatch,"While many Americans have used their stimulus checks to cover basic needs such as groceries, mortgage or rent, there’s evidence people are also spending the money on non-essentials including electronics, clothes and toys, according to major retailers.
“Call it relief spending, as it was heavily influenced by stimulus dollars, leading to sales increases in categories such as apparel, televisions, video games, sporting goods and toys,” Walmart WMT, -0.36% CEO Doug McMillon said during the company’s earnings call Tuesday.
Target TGT, -0.79% and Best Buy Co. BBY, -4.36% also saw increased...",center
12295,Personal Finance in the Age of Coronavirus,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Banking And Finance']",Millions of Americans Skip Credit-Card and Car Payments,Wall Street Journal (News),"Millions of people are behind on their credit-card and auto-loan payments, the latest sign of the coronavirus pandemic’s financial devastation.
Lenders in April had nearly 15 million credit cards in “financial hardship” programs, such as deferral programs that let borrowers temporarily stop making payments, according to estimates by credit-reporting firm TransUnion. That accounts for about 3% of the credit-card accounts the company tracks, TransUnion said Wednesday.
Nearly three million auto loans were in these hardship programs, accounting for about 3.5% of those tracked.
The numbers have surged from a year...",center
12296,Personal Finance in the Age of Coronavirus,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Banking And Finance']",COVID-19 may make universal basic income more palatable. That’s a good thing,Los Angeles Times,"The idea of a universal basic income — a regular stipend paid to every American adult to meet minimum life needs — has been bubbling around the edges of American politics for decades.
With the coming of the coronavirus pandemic, UBI may finally move to center stage, and stay there.
“This is a moment when the UBI idea is possibly going to feel more appealing to a lot of people,” observes Ioana Marinescu, a labor economist at the University of Pennsylvania who has studied what she calls unconditional cash transfer...",left
12297,Analyzing Health Care Defeat,['Healthcare'],Trump's Agenda May Be Doomed Unless He Learns That 'Little' Stuff Matters,NPR (Online News),"President Trump was downright low energy.
The look on his face, as he meandered through unscripted remarks Friday after the defeat of the Republican health care plan he supported, told the story. The unusually subdued Trump called the loss a ""learning experience."" Then he seemed to shrug it all off and said he was moving on.",left
12298,Analyzing Health Care Defeat,['Healthcare'],OPINION: How Race Proved Crucial for GOP Failure on Health Care Repeal,Guest Writer - Left,"The demise of the American Health Care Act last week through the ballet of incompetence by President Trump and the Republican Party could teach Latinos some valuable lessons: The GOP is an amateur national party when it comes to governing, and it's important to note that Americans will empathize with the face of poverty when that face is white.",left
12299,Analyzing Health Care Defeat,['Healthcare'],Mission Impossible: Why Trump's health care compromise was never going to pass,Fox News (Online News),"There’s plenty of blame to go around, but one thing is clear:
The ObamaCare battle was Mission Impossible from the beginning, because Donald Trump ran against Republican orthodoxy on health insurance.
There was simply no way to satisfy the GOP’s most conservative wing, which wanted to junk most of ObamaCare, the center-right conservatives who don’t want millions to lose coverage or face huge rate hikes, and Trump’s own conditions.",right
12300,Trump Exploring Presidential Run,['Politics'],Donald Trump launches presidential exploratory committee,CNN (Online News),"Real estate mogul and billionaire Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he is forming a presidential exploratory committee.
The announcement comes weeks after Trump hired political operatives in key early primary states and marks the most concrete step yet that Trump in seriously considering a presidential run, something he's hinted at doing for years.
Trump has repeatedly flirted with the idea of running for president, most recently in the leadup to the 2012 election when he said he was seriously considering jumping into the Republican fray. This is the first time...",left
12301,Trump Exploring Presidential Run,['Politics'],Donald Trump Announces Presidential Exploratory Committee for 2016,The Blaze,"Real estate mogul and TV host Donald Trump is forming a presidential exploratory committee ahead of a possible 2016 bid.
“I am the only one",right
12302,Trump Exploring Presidential Run,['Politics'],Donald Trump Takes Formal Steps Toward 2016 Presidential Run,New York Times (News),"Real estate mogul and TV personality Donald Trump took the first steps on Wednesday toward launching a 2016 presidential campaign, a sign the businessman may jump into the Republican race after publicly considering it in years past.
Trump said he had formed an exploratory committee to determine whether to run, and that he had hired staff in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. Those states are among the first to hold Republican and Democratic presidential nominating contests.
""We have lost the respect of the entire world,"" Trump said in a...",left
12303,Trump Heads to Las Vegas,['Violence In America'],Trump faces test of temperament in Las Vegas – and entrenched partisan divide,The Guardian,"Donald Trump faces a test of temperament on Wednesday as he visits Las Vegas, the scene of the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, with Democrats stepping up political pressure for tighter gun laws.",left
12304,Trump Heads to Las Vegas,['Violence In America'],"Trump heads to Las Vegas to comfort a grieving city, expected to avoid gun politics",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump left Washington Wednesday morning en route to Las Vegas where he plans to meet with the victims, first responders and doctors caught up in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
But he is expected to steer clear of the gun control issue.",right
12305,Trump Heads to Las Vegas,['Violence In America'],"Trump to console Las Vegas after deadly shooting, but he's unlikely to change gun policy",USA TODAY,President Trump will land in Las Vegas on Wednesday to console a city — and a nation — still reeling from the deadliest shooting spree in modern U.S. history.,left
12306,Terror Alert Triggers Yemen Evacuation,['Middle East'],State Dept. Orders Evacuation Of Embassy In Yemen,HuffPost,The State Department on Tuesday ordered non-essential personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen to leave the country following the threat by al-Qaida that has triggered temporary shutdowns of 19 American diplomatic posts across the Middle East and Africa.,left
12307,Terror Alert Triggers Yemen Evacuation,['Middle East'],Drone strikes kill militants in Yemen; Americans urged to leave,CNN (Online News),Two suspected U.S. drone strikes killed four al Qaeda militants in Yemen as the U.S. maintained high security.,left
12308,Terror Alert Triggers Yemen Evacuation,['Middle East'],"US military evacuates embassy staff from Yemen over terror threat, Americans urged to leave",Fox News (Online News),The State Department has ordered the U.S. Embassy in Yemen evacuated as a result of the threat by Al Qaeda that has triggered temporary shutdowns of 19 American diplomatic posts across the Middle East and Africa.,right
12309,President Trump Returns to White House,"['Donald Trump', 'Mark Meadows', 'White House', 'Walter Reed Hospital', 'Coronavirus']",Trump Covid: President leaves hospital to continue Covid-19 treatment,BBC News,"US President Donald Trump has left hospital, three days after being admitted with Covid-19, vowing to be back on the campaign trail soon.
He flew for the short trip back to the White House on the presidential helicopter Marine One.
""Feeling really good!"" Mr Trump tweeted earlier. ""Don't be afraid of Covid. Don't let it dominate your life.""
More than 7.4 million cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in the US. The virus has killed nearly 210,000 Americans.
Questions remain over the seriousness of Mr Trump's illness after a weekend...",center
12310,President Trump Returns to White House,"['Donald Trump', 'Mark Meadows', 'White House', 'Walter Reed Hospital', 'Coronavirus']","Trump returns to White House, though doctors say he may not be ""out of the woods""",CBS News (Online),"President Trump has returned to the White House on Monday, on his fourth day at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, though his doctor said he might not be ""out of the woods"" yet.
The president walked from Marine One into the White House residence, and up to the balcony, where he removed his mask.
The president announced his expected departure from the military hospital earlier with a tweet. ""Don't be afraid of COVID,"" he wrote. ""Don't let it dominate your life.""",left
12311,President Trump Returns to White House,"['Donald Trump', 'Mark Meadows', 'White House', 'Walter Reed Hospital', 'Coronavirus']","Trump discharged from Walter Reed, returns to White House",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump was discharged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and returned to the White House on Monday evening to continue his fight against the novel coronavirus, after his medical team warned that he “may not entirely be out of the woods yet.”
Dressed in a navy suit and tie and wearing a face mask, Trump walked out of Walter Reed on his own. Upon walking out the doors of the hospital, he made a low fist pump and gave a thumbs up to the press as he got...",right
12312,Larry Flynt Offers Reward for Dirt on Trump,"['White House', 'Politics']",Have dirt that could impeach Trump? Larry Flynt will pay you $10 million.,Washington Post,"Larry Flynt’s ad in the Sunday edition of The Washington Post is hard to miss. For one, it takes up a full page. And there are no pictures — just bold, all-caps text dominating the top third of the page:",left
12313,Larry Flynt Offers Reward for Dirt on Trump,"['White House', 'Politics']",Hustler Magazine founder Larry Flynt offers $10 million for info that leads to Trump impeachment,Washington Examiner,The founder of Hustler Magazine is offering $10 million for information that leads to the impeachment of President Trump.,right
12314,Larry Flynt Offers Reward for Dirt on Trump,"['White House', 'Politics']",Hustler's Larry Flynt Offers $10M Reward For Info That Impeaches Trump,Forbes,"One of porn's most prominent figures has offered up big money for a 'smoking gun' that can successfully depose the U.S. president, according to media reports and some pricey advertising real estate.",center
12315,Trump Returns to Campaigning; Doctor Says He is 'No Longer Contagious',"['Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Elections']",Doctor Says Trump Isn’t Transmission Risk After President Holds Public Event,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump gave his first public remarks since contracting Covid-19 more than a week earlier, speaking to hundreds of pro-police activists Saturday on the White House lawn.
The president—who didn’t wear a mask—emerged from the White House on Saturday pumping his fists, to cheers of “USA” from the audience. “I’m feeling great,” he said. In taped videos and brief appearances earlier in the week, the president had at times appeared short of breath, but sounded better in his nearly 20-minute speech Saturday.
In a memo Saturday evening, Dr. Sean Conley,...",center
12316,Trump Returns to Campaigning; Doctor Says He is 'No Longer Contagious',"['Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Elections']","Trump returns to public campaigning, falsely claiming that the virus that infected him is ‘disappearing’",Washington Post,"President Trump held his first public event since contracting the novel coronavirus, gathering a crowd of hundreds of supporters at the White House on Saturday despite providing no evidence that he was no longer infectious.
It marked the beginning of what aides have described as a triumphant return to campaigning for reelection after his hospitalization — and a sign that the virus that rocked Trump’s campaign and infected much of the West Wing has not changed his combative and defiant approach to governing.",left
12317,Trump Returns to Campaigning; Doctor Says He is 'No Longer Contagious',"['Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Elections']","Trump no longer at risk of spreading COVID-19, doctor says",New York Post (News),"President Trump is no longer contagious, according to his doctor.
“This evening I am happy to report that in addition to the President meeting the CDC criteria for the safe discontinuation of isolation, this morning’s COVID PCR sample demonstrates, by currently recognized standards, he is no longer considered a transmission risk to others,” his physician, Sean Conley, wrote in a memo released by the White House Saturday night.
The memo comes 10 days after Trump first experienced symptoms of his COVID-19 diagnosis and as the president readies to return to...",right
12318,Kavanaugh hearings: Political Ambush or Reasonable Delay?,['Supreme Court'],The #MeToo Kavanaugh Ambush,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"A story this old and unprovable can’t be allowed to delay a Supreme Court confirmation vote. The woman accusing Brett Kavanaugh of a drunken assault when both were teenagers has now come forward publicly, and on Monday it caused Republicans to delay a confirmation vote and schedule another public hearing. Yet there is no way to confirm her story after 36 years, and to let it stop Mr. Kavanaugh’s confirmation would ratify what has all the earmarks of a calculated political ambush.
This is not to say Christine Blasey Ford...",right
12319,Kavanaugh hearings: Political Ambush or Reasonable Delay?,['Supreme Court'],What The Wall Street Journal gets dead wrong about Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh,CNN (Opinion),"In an unsigned editorial Tuesday morning, The Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote this about the planned Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on sexual assault allegations made by California professor Christine Blasey Ford against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh:
""This is simply too distant and uncorroborated a story to warrant a new hearing or to delay a vote. We've heard from all three principals, and there are no other witnesses to call. Democrats will use Monday's hearing as a political spectacle to coax Mr. Kavanaugh into looking defensive or angry, and...",left
12320,Kavanaugh hearings: Political Ambush or Reasonable Delay?,['Supreme Court'],Watch: Trump says he feels ‘terribly’ for Kavanaugh amid sexual misconduct allegation,PBS NewsHour,"President Donald Trump says he feels “terribly” for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as he faces a decades-old accusation of sexual assault. Trump says the judge “is not a man that deserves this.”
Trump spoke Tuesday at a joint press conference with the president of Poland. He praised Kavanaugh, saying he was “at a level that we rarely see,” but said he supported a review process in the Senate.",center
12321,"Biden’s $10,000 Student Loan Relief Plan Would Cost $400 Billion, CBO Estimates","['Economy And Jobs', 'Student Loans', 'Debt', 'Joe Biden', 'CBO', 'Banking And Finance', 'Colleges', 'Education', 'Federal Budget', 'Budget Deficit', 'National Debt', 'Treasury Department']","Biden’s Student Debt Forgiveness Plan Will Cost $400 Billion, CBO Finds",Forbes,"President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive student loan debt for many borrowers will cost roughly $400 billion, according to a Congressional Budget Office estimate released on Monday, rekindling a debate over the cost of student debt forgiveness and whether the plan will accelerate inflation.
The CBO estimates Biden's student loan debt forgiveness program will cost $400 billion.
The CBO also estimated Biden’s decision to pause student loan payments through the end of the year—extending a pause that began in 2020—will cost another $20 billion.
The estimates come one month after Biden offered...",center
12322,"Biden’s $10,000 Student Loan Relief Plan Would Cost $400 Billion, CBO Estimates","['Economy And Jobs', 'Student Loans', 'Debt', 'Joe Biden', 'CBO', 'Banking And Finance', 'Colleges', 'Education', 'Federal Budget', 'Budget Deficit', 'National Debt', 'Treasury Department']","Biden’s student loan cancellation plan to cost $400B, Congressional Budget Office estimates",NBC News (Online),"President Joe Biden's plan to forgive $10,000 in federal student debt for most borrowers will cost the government about $400 billion, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said in an estimate released Monday.
The CBO’s evaluation of the administration's policy said the price tag is ""a result of the action canceling up to $10,000 of debt issued on or before June 30, 2022.""
The president's plan covers borrowers with income below specified limits and an additional $10,000 forgiven for those who also received at least one Pell grant, CBO Director Phillip Swagel said.",left
12323,"Biden’s $10,000 Student Loan Relief Plan Would Cost $400 Billion, CBO Estimates","['Economy And Jobs', 'Student Loans', 'Debt', 'Joe Biden', 'CBO', 'Banking And Finance', 'Colleges', 'Education', 'Federal Budget', 'Budget Deficit', 'National Debt', 'Treasury Department']","Biden student loan forgiveness will cost $400 billion over 10 years, CBO estimates",Washington Examiner,"The Biden administration's plan to forgive a significant portion of federal student loans will cost roughly $400 billion, according to new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.
In a letter to Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) and Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), the senior Republicans on the Senate and House education committees, Phillip Swagel, the director of the CBO, estimated that the student loan plan announced by the Biden administration last month will cost about $400 billion but that the estimate was ""highly uncertain.""",right
12324,Evacuations Near California Dam,['General News'],"188,000 evacuated, emergency declared as California’s massive Oroville Dam threatens floods",Washington Post,"About 188,000 residents near Oroville, Calif., were ordered to evacuate Sunday after a hole in an emergency spillway in the Oroville Dam threatened to flood the surrounding area. Thousands clogged highways leading out of the area headed south, north and west, and arteries major and minor remained jammed as midnight approached on the West Coast.",left
12325,Evacuations Near California Dam,['General News'],"Signs Of Hope At Oroville Dam, After Overflow Sparked Large Evacuation Sunday",NPR (Online News),"The area around a huge dam at California's second-largest reservoir is in a state of emergency, with some 180,000 residents ordered to evacuate the area Sunday out of fears that part of Oroville Dam could fail. A glimmer of hope arrived late Sunday night, when officials said water had finally stopped pouring over the dam's emergency spillway.",left
12326,Evacuations Near California Dam,['General News'],"Nearly 200,000 remain under evacuation near California dam",Washington Times,"Nearly 200,000 people remained under evacuation orders Monday as California authorities try to fix erosion of the emergency spillway at the nation’s tallest dam that could unleash uncontrolled flood waters if it fails.",right
12327,'Operation Warp Speed': Trump Promises Coronavirus Vaccine By End of Year,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Life During Covid-19']",Trump's big health promises ignore the coronavirus pandemic's reality,Axios,"President Trump's convention speech last night did not frame the coronavirus as a thing that's over, the way some of the other programming during the convention had.
What happened: He acknowledged the 180,000 Americans who have died, and the toll on their families, and used the present and future tenses to describe a response that is still ongoing, but he painted a rosier picture of the U.S. response, and made bolder predictions, than the facts fully support.
Trump promised that the U.S. ""will produce a vaccine by the end of...",center
12328,'Operation Warp Speed': Trump Promises Coronavirus Vaccine By End of Year,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Life During Covid-19']","Trump calls Biden's coronavirus plan a 'surrender,' vows vaccine this year",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Thursday vowed a “safe and effective vaccine” by the end of the year to combat the novel coronavirus, while slamming Joe Biden's plan to address the pandemic as a ""surrender to the virus."" During his formal nomination acceptance speech from the South Lawn at the White House on the final night of the Republican National Convention, the president touted his administration’s efforts in response to the global pandemic.
JOURNALISTS CONDEMN LACK OF SOCIAL DISTANCING AT WHITE HOUSE RNC CONVENTION SPEECH
“We will have a safe and effective...",right
12329,'Operation Warp Speed': Trump Promises Coronavirus Vaccine By End of Year,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Life During Covid-19']",President Trump Promises a COVID Vaccine Before the End of the Year,U.S. News & World Report,"President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that his administration will have a coronavirus vaccine ready for Americans before the year ends. The lofty promise came during his acceptance speech on the final night of the Republican National Convention.
""In recent months, our nation and the entire planet has been struck by a new and powerful invisible enemy,"" Trump said to a largely mask-less crowd of 1,500 supporters gathered on the White House lawn. ""We are delivering lifesaving therapies. And we'll produce a vaccine before the end of the year, or...",left
12330,Will the January 6 Committee's Latest Hearing Have an Impact?,"['Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Justice', 'US House', 'Politics', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Subpoenas']",The Jan. 6 Hearings Are Over For Now. Trump’s Election Fraud Claims Are Not.,FiveThirtyEight,"In a dramatic ending on Thursday to the final scheduled public hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, the committee unanimously voted to subpoena former President Donald Trump. “We are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion, and every American is entitled to those answers,” said committee vice chair Rep. Liz Cheney ahead of the vote.
The subpoena means that Trump has been ordered by the committee to provide relevant documents and testimony under oath as part of its investigation....",center
12331,Will the January 6 Committee's Latest Hearing Have an Impact?,"['Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Justice', 'US House', 'Politics', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Subpoenas']",The Jan. 6 hearings are over. Time to vote.,Washington Post,"The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack has held what is expected to be its final public hearing, driving home a conclusion that once would have been unthinkable, but now is inescapable: The president of the United States was directly responsible for an assault on the nation’s government.
Donald Trump dodged accountability for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol when Senate Republicans acquitted him the following month in his second impeachment trial. Prosecuting the former president raises complex questions of law — and about whether doing so would ultimately set...",left
12332,Will the January 6 Committee's Latest Hearing Have an Impact?,"['Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Justice', 'US House', 'Politics', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Subpoenas']",Democrats’ Jan. 6 hearing theater bares evil at heart of the Capitol riot,John Podhoretz,"Donald Trump will never testify before Congress’s Jan. 6 committee, subpoena or no subpoena. He will resist it and will challenge any such subpoena in the courts — for a couple of months.
Since the overwhelming likelihood is that Republicans will win control of the House in November, in one way or another, the subpoena will probably be quashed come January 2023.
So the highly theatrical decision of the committee to vote (with a full roll call, like in “1776” when they sign the Declaration of Independence) to compel the former...",right
12333,"FBI Will Investigate Threats Against, Harassment of School Board Members","['FBI', 'Justice Department', 'Justice', 'Schools', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Mask Mandates', 'Defense And Security']","FBI to Work With State, Local Agencies to Address Threats Made to School Boards, Teachers",Newsweek,"Attorney General Merrick Garland addressed ""a disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence"" against schools and employees on subjects such as mask mandates on Tuesday and plans to implement actions and investigations in the next 30 days, the Associated Press reported.
""While spirited debate about policy matters is protected under our Constitution, that protection does not extend to threats of violence or efforts to intimidate individuals based on their views,"" Garland said.
Garland said the FBI would begin working with federal, state, local, territorial and tribal authorities and hold strategy sessions to...",center
12334,"FBI Will Investigate Threats Against, Harassment of School Board Members","['FBI', 'Justice Department', 'Justice', 'Schools', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Mask Mandates', 'Defense And Security']",Justice Department to Target Parents Who Threaten School Staff,The Epoch Times,"Attorney General Merrick Garland on Oct. 4 announced a concentrated effort to target any threats of violence, intimidation, and harassment by parents toward school personnel.
The announcement comes days after a national association of school boards asked the Biden administration to take “extraordinary measures” to prevent alleged threats against school staff that the association said was coming from parents who oppose mask mandates and the teaching of critical race theory.
Garland directed the FBI and U.S. attorneys in the next 30 days to convene meetings with federal, state, and local leaders within 30 days to “facilitate...",right
12335,"FBI Will Investigate Threats Against, Harassment of School Board Members","['FBI', 'Justice Department', 'Justice', 'Schools', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Mask Mandates', 'Defense And Security']",DOJ to Investigate Threats Against School Board Members,U.S. News & World Report,"The Department of Justice will mobilize the FBI in response to a spike in harassment, intimidation and threats of violence against school board members across the country.
In a memorandum released Monday evening, Attorney General Merrick Garland directed the FBI and U.S. attorneys' offices to meet in the next 30 days with federal, state and local law enforcement leaders to outline strategies for addressing the incidents, which have become more frequent and more volatile in recent months.
""Threats against public servants are not only illegal, they run counter to our...",left
12336,Failed Yemen Rescue,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",2 Hostages Killed in Yemen as U.S. Rescue Effort Fails,New York Times (News),"United States commandos stormed a village in southern Yemen early Saturday in an effort to free an American photojournalist held hostage by Al Qaeda, but the raid ended in tragedy, with the kidnappers killing the American and a South African held with him, United States officials said.
The hostages — Luke Somers, an American photojournalist, and Pierre Korkie, a South African teacher — were killed by their captors, militants from Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, when they",left
12337,Failed Yemen Rescue,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",American journalist killed in failed Yemen rescue attempt,USA TODAY,"American photojournalist Luke Somers was killed during a failed rescue attempt in Yemen, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Saturday.
Somers had been held by al-Qaeda militants since his abduction in Yemen's capital of Sanaa in September 2013.
Hagel, speaking from Kabul where he made a surprise visit Saturday, confirmed the British-born hostage's death following an unsuccessful raid to free him by U.S. and Yemeni special forces.",left
12338,Failed Yemen Rescue,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Noise May Have Thwarted Somers Rescue Raid,Newsmax (News),"U.S. commandos got to within 100 yards of the walled compound where al-Qaida-linked militants were holding American hostage Luke Somers and South African Pierre Korkie when a noise — possibly a dog barking — may have alerted people inside of the raid, U.S. officials briefed on the failed operation said Saturday.
Then the shooting started, The Wall Street Journal says in an analysis of the operation.
After about a 30 minute battle with the AQAP terrorists, the Special Operations team of about 40 fighters came out, still under fire and...",right
12339,Obama Seeks to Ease Student Debt,"['White House', 'Politics']",President Obama to order help for student loan debtors,Politico,"The president will issue an executive order Monday in the name of easing student borrowers’ debt loads by capping repayments at 10 percent of their monthly income, the New York Times reports.
President Barack Obama said in his weekly address Saturday that he would take action on student loan issues in the coming days, but gave no details. A White House official told the times that Obama will expand on a 2010 law that capped borrowers’ repayment but left a hole in eligibility for people with older loans. Those...",left
12340,Obama Seeks to Ease Student Debt,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Plans Steps to Ease Student Debt,New York Times (News),"President Obama on Monday will take executive actions to ease the burden of college loan debt for potentially millions of Americans, in a White House event coinciding with Senate Democrats’ plans for legislation to address a concern of many voters in this midterm election year.
Before an East Room audience, Mr. Obama is scheduled to announce “new steps to further lift the burden of crushing student loan debt,” said a White House official, who declined to be identified describing the actions in advance of the president’s event.",left
12341,Obama Seeks to Ease Student Debt,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama to take executive steps on student loans,Townhall,"President Barack Obama is prepping new executive steps to help Americans struggling to pay off their student debt, and throwing his support behind Senate Democratic legislation with a similar goal but potentially a much more profound impact.",right
12342,Possible WH Link to Prostitution Scandal,"['White House', 'Politics']",Cartagena fallout hangs over Secret Service issues,CNN (Online News),"Echoes of the 2012 prostitution scandal in Cartagena, Colombia, lie at the root of the turmoil that has upended the Secret Service, prompting the ouster of its director in the wake of security lapses.",left
12343,Possible WH Link to Prostitution Scandal,"['White House', 'Politics']","Aides knew of possible White House link to Cartagena, Colombia, prostitution scandal",Washington Post,"As nearly two dozen Secret Service agents and members of the military were punished or fired following a 2012 prostitution scandal in Colombia, Obama administration officials repeatedly denied that anyone from the White House was involved.",left
12344,Possible WH Link to Prostitution Scandal,"['White House', 'Politics']",New Bombshell Report Suggests Cover Up Took Place to Hide Possible White House Involvement in 2012 Prostitution Scandal,The Blaze,"Senior Obama administration aides knew of a possible White House link to the 2012 Colombia prostitution scandal, despite repeatedly denying any involvement, the Washington Post reported Wednesday night.",right
12345,May 2019 Jobs Report,"['Jobs Report', 'Unemployment', 'Economy And Jobs']","Job growth sputters in May, but Wall Street rallies as investors bank on Fed rescue",Washington Post,"Hiring cooled in May, the Labor Department reported Friday, as firms appeared more hesitant to bring on new employees amid the uncertainty and concern over President Trump escalating the trade war with China.
The U.S. economy added 75,000 jobs in May, a significant pullback from 224,000 jobs added in April that is likely to heighten fears that the trade war is taking a greater toll. The unemployment rate remained at a five decade low of 3.6 percent.
Manufacturing and construction saw anemic job growth in May with less than 5,000...",left
12346,May 2019 Jobs Report,"['Jobs Report', 'Unemployment', 'Economy And Jobs']","U.S. Added 75,000 Jobs in May as Hiring Slowed",Wall Street Journal (News),"Employers tapped the brakes on hiring in May, signaling companies are taking a more cautious approach at a time of slowing global growth and trade tensions and adding to other signs of slowing U.S. economic growth this spring.
The economy added 75,000 jobs in May, marking the 104th straight month of gains, but pulling back from two months of stronger hiring, the Labor Department said Friday. The jobless rate held steady at 3.6%, a near-50-year low.
Wages were up 3.1% on the year in May. Annual pay gains appear to...",center
12347,May 2019 Jobs Report,"['Jobs Report', 'Unemployment', 'Economy And Jobs']","Job Growth Slows Sharply as Payrolls Add 75K, Wage Gains Moderate",Newsmax (News),"U.S. job growth slowed sharply in May and wages rose less than expected, suggesting the loss of momentum in economic activity was spreading to the labor market, which could increase calls for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates this year.
The cool-off in hiring reported by the Labor Department on Friday was even before a recent escalation in trade tensions between the United States and two of its major trading partners, China and Mexico.
Economists have warned that the trade fights could undermine the economy, which will celebrate 10...",right
12348,Donald on Hillary’s Mental State,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump on Clinton: 'She took a short-circuit in the brain',CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump pumped up his attacks on Hillary Clinton's character Saturday night by suggesting that the former secretary of state is not mentally fit to be president.
""She took a short-circuit in the brain. She's got problems,"" Trump said, seizing on Clinton's explanation that she ""short-circuited"" a recent answer about her truthfulness in discussing her email server.",left
12349,Donald on Hillary’s Mental State,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump, in series of scathing personal attacks, questions Clinton’s mental health",Washington Post,"Donald Trump unleashed a series of personal attacks Saturday against his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, mocking her appearance and questioning her mental health several times during a New Hampshire campaign rally and on social media.",left
12350,Donald on Hillary’s Mental State,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump on Twitter: Hillary is 'Brainwashed',Newsmax (News),"Donald Trump took to Twitter Saturday morning where he launched his latest attacks on Hillary Clinton, calling her ""brainwashed"" after she acknowledged that she ""short-circuited"" when making a misstatement.
When speaking to members of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists in Washington Friday, Clinton sought to ""clarify and explain"" a statement she made that FBI Director James Comey said that her previous answers about her private email use were ""truthful.""",right
12351,Mueller Files First Charges,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Mueller probe into possible collusion with Russia nets first charges: report,Fox News (Online News),Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia have reportedly netted its first charges.,right
12352,Mueller Files First Charges,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",First charges filed in U.S. special counsel's Russia investigation: source,Reuters,"A federal grand jury on Friday approved the first charges in the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters.",center
12353,Mueller Files First Charges,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Robert Mueller's First Charges,The Atlantic,The special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation reportedly obtained a sealed indictment on Friday.,left
12354,Government Partial Shutdown at Least Until Thursday,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Shutdown to stretch on until at least Thursday as Senate adjourns with no deal over budget, Trump’s border wall",Washington Post,"Parts of the federal government are set to remain closed through much of next week as Congress shuttered Saturday for Christmas amid a stalemate with President Trump over border wall funding.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced that his chamber would not return to legislative business until Thursday, which means many federal agencies will remain closed until later next week at the earliest and hundreds of thousands of federal workers will be left in limbo about their status.
“Listen, anything can happen,” McConnell said. “We’re pulling for an agreement...",left
12355,Government Partial Shutdown at Least Until Thursday,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Shutdown’s Initial Impact Likely to Be Minor,Wall Street Journal (News),"Due to the weekend and federal holidays, the closing of government agencies and services won’t be fully felt until Wednesday. The partial government shutdown that began Saturday triggered furloughs for hundreds of thousands of federal workers, but was otherwise expected to have minimal initial impact as states plugged some funding gaps. The Trump administration is hopeful that the partial shutdown will be over by the time many of the affected employees return to work after Christmas, though it is preparing for it to last longer, a senior administration official said...",center
12356,Government Partial Shutdown at Least Until Thursday,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Schumer demands Trump 'abandon the wall' as DC faces shutdown stalemate,Fox News (Online News),"Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called on President Trump to ""abandon the wall"" Saturday if he wants to reopen the government, saying Trump does not have the votes in the Senate to get it funded -- hours after the government shut down over an impasse over funding for Trump's signature 2016 campaign promise. ""It will never pass the Senate, not today, not next week, not next year. So President Trump, if you want to open the government, you must abandon the wall, plain and simple,"" Schumer said on the...",right
12357,Aide To Vice President Mike Pence Defends Stay At Trump Property In Ireland,"['Mike Pence', 'Ireland', 'Politics']",Mike Pence forced to defend his stay at Trump property in Ireland,Washington Times,"Vice President Mike Pence is meeting Tuesday with leaders in Dublin after staying overnight at a Trump property on the other side of Ireland, prompting Democrats to accuse him of “funneling” taxpayer money to his boss.
Mr. Pence flew from an airport near Mr. Trump’s golf club in Doonbeg, on the west coast, to meet with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and other dignitaries 180 miles away in the east-coast capital.
The vice president and second lady are scheduled to fly back to Doonbeg later Tuesday, raising eyebrows from Democrats who are...",right
12358,Aide To Vice President Mike Pence Defends Stay At Trump Property In Ireland,"['Mike Pence', 'Ireland', 'Politics']","Mike Pence's decision to stay at Trump hotel in Ireland came after president's 'suggestion', top aide says",USA TODAY,"A top aide to Mike Pence defended the vice president's decision to stay at a Trump hotel during his trip to Ireland.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force Two, chief of staff Marc Short said the idea to stay at the Trump International Golf Links and Hotel in Doonbeg, Ireland, was a ""suggestion"" from President Donald Trump.
""It's like when we went through the trip, it's like, well, he's going to Doonbeg because that's where the Pence family is from,"" Short explained. ""It's like, 'Well, you should stay...",left
12359,Aide To Vice President Mike Pence Defends Stay At Trump Property In Ireland,"['Mike Pence', 'Ireland', 'Politics']",Pence stays at Trump's Doonbeg resort hours away from official meetings,CNN (Online News),"When Vice President Mike Pence woke up Tuesday in the west of Ireland, he had a long commute ahead of him: the span of the entire island to Dublin, where he was meeting with government officials.
The reason for the journey: Pence was staying at the golf property owned by his boss, President Donald Trump, in Doonbeg. That's 181 miles — or an hour's drive plus a 40-minute flight — away from the government buildings where Pence will conduct his official visit on Tuesday.
Pence also happens to have family...",left
12360,"Christie Apologizes, Fires Aide",['Politics'],Christie Fires Aide in Bridge Scandal as U.S. Opens Probe,Wall Street Journal (News),"Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday fired his deputy chief of staff at the center of the politically charged George Washington Bridge lane closures—as federal prosecutors opened an investigation into the matter.
The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday they will scrutinize whether the lane closures, which caused crippling traffic in Fort Lee, N.J., violated federal law.
Rebekah Carmichael, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney in New Jersey, said: ""The Port Authority Office of Inspector General has referred the matter to us, and our office is reviewing the matter to determine whether...",center
12361,"Christie Apologizes, Fires Aide",['Politics'],'Humiliated' Christie Apologizes for Bridge Scandal,Newsmax (News),"An ""embarrassed and humiliated"" New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday apologized for the bridge-gate scandal and said he has fired a top aide after fresh revelations that his staff played a key role in closing some lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge in what critics say was a political vendetta.
""I come out here to apologize to the people of New Jersey,"" he said, opening what would be a two-hour press conference. ""I apologize to the people of Fort Lee. And I apologize to the State Legislature.
""I...",right
12362,"Christie Apologizes, Fires Aide",['Politics'],"Christie apologizes for scandal, fires deputy chief of staff, ousts top political aide",Washington Post,"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Thursday apologized for a scandal in which top aides closed access lanes to a bridge as an apparent act of political retribution, saying he was “embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team.”
Christie said he had fired deputy chief of staff Bridget Anne Kelly, one of the aides apparently responsible for the closure, and has told Bill Stepien, his 2013 campaign manager, not to apply to become state Republican Party chairman or to work with the...",left
12363,NASA Successfully Crashes Rocket Into Asteroid 7 Million Miles From Earth,"['Science', 'NASA', 'Outer Space', 'Space Exploration']",Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test,Associated Press,"A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth.
The galactic slam occurred at a harmless asteroid 7 million miles (11.3 million kilometers) away, with the spacecraft named Dart plowing into the space rock at 14,000 mph (22,500 kph). Scientists expected the impact to carve out a crater, hurl streams of rocks and dirt into space and, most importantly, alter the asteroid’s orbit.
“We have impact!” Mission Control’s Elena Adams announced, jumping up and down and...",left
12364,NASA Successfully Crashes Rocket Into Asteroid 7 Million Miles From Earth,"['Science', 'NASA', 'Outer Space', 'Space Exploration']",NASA’s DART spacecraft slams into asteroid to knock it off its path,Fox News (Online News),"The NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft on Monday deliberately slammed into an asteroid millions of miles away in an innovative test for a possible killer rock that could one day be headed to Earth. 
NASA described the mission as an ""impact success,"" saying the ""vending machine-sized spacecraft"" collided with the asteroid Dimorphos, which is the size of a football stadium and poses no threat to Earth. 
The impact occurred 7 million miles away, with the DART spacecraft plowing into the rock at 14,000 mph. Scientists expected the impact...",right
12365,NASA Successfully Crashes Rocket Into Asteroid 7 Million Miles From Earth,"['Science', 'NASA', 'Outer Space', 'Space Exploration']",NASA's DART spacecraft hits target asteroid in first planetary defense test,Reuters,"NASA's DART spacecraft successfully slammed into a distant asteroid at hypersonic speed on Monday in the world's first test of a planetary defense system, designed to prevent a potential doomsday meteorite collision with Earth.
Humanity's first attempt to alter the motion of an asteroid or any celestial body played out in a NASA webcast from the mission operations center outside Washington, D.C., 10 months after DART was launched.
The livestream showed images taken by DART's camera as the cube-shaped ""impactor"" vehicle, no bigger than a vending machine with two rectangular...",center
12366,George Floyd's Brother Testifies Before Congress,"['George Floyd Death', 'US Congress', 'Police Brutality', 'Justice', 'Police Reform', 'Violence In America']",George Floyd's brother testifies at House hearing on police brutality: 'Stop the pain',Fox News (Online News),"The brother of George Floyd testified Wednesday at a House hearing on racial profiling and police brutality, tearfully urging lawmakers to ""stop the pain"" as he recalled in vivid detail how his older sibling died after a white police officer kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes.
“I couldn’t take care of George the day he was killed, but maybe by speaking with you today, I can make sure that his death would not be in vain,"" an emotional Philonise Floyd told lawmakers. ""To make sure that he is...",right
12367,George Floyd's Brother Testifies Before Congress,"['George Floyd Death', 'US Congress', 'Police Brutality', 'Justice', 'Police Reform', 'Violence In America']",'I'm tired of pain': George Floyd's brother implores Congress for police reforms,NBC News (Online),"George Floyd’s brother Philonise pleaded in an emotional and powerful statement to members of Congress on Wednesday that they pass police reforms and listen to the calls around the world to ""stop the pain.""
""I can't tell you the kind of pain you feel when you watch something like that -- when you watch your big brother, who you looked up to your whole entire life, die, die begging for his mom,"" he told members of the House Judiciary Committee, describing the video footage that showed his brother's death in...",left
12368,George Floyd's Brother Testifies Before Congress,"['George Floyd Death', 'US Congress', 'Police Brutality', 'Justice', 'Police Reform', 'Violence In America']",Philonise Floyd asks Congress to deliver justice for his brother,The Hill,"Philonise Floyd said Wednesday that he's seeking only one thing from Congress in the wake of his brother's killing two weeks ago: ""Justice for George.""
Floyd spoke the words Wednesday morning in the Capitol as he headed into a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee to examine police brutality and Congress's role in preventing it.
Once the hearing began, he offered an emotional opening statement as he described watching the video of his brother's death. A Minneapolis police officer, who has since been fired and charged with second-degree murder, pinned...",center
12369,Trump Blasts Potential Presidential Candidate and Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz,"['Election 2020', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump blasts Howard Schultz, says ex-Starbucks CEO doesn't have the 'guts' to run in 2020",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Monday fired back at Howard Schultz, saying the former Starbucks CEO doesn’t have the “guts” to run for president after he announced he was mulling a 2020 White House bid as an independent -- and took a few shots at Trump himself.",right
12370,Trump Blasts Potential Presidential Candidate and Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz,"['Election 2020', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump tweets that Howard Schultz lacks the guts and smarts to be president,Washington Post,"President Trump took a few jabs Monday at former Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz, saying he lacks the guts and smarts to be president.",left
12371,Trump Blasts Potential Presidential Candidate and Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz,"['Election 2020', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump blasts former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who critics fear could help president win re-election",USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump took a swipe Monday at the potential presidential candidacy of businessman Howard Schultz, even as critics fear an independent bid by the former Starbucks CEO could help Trump in his re-election bid.",left
12372,"Biden Admin Can End 'Remain in Mexico' Policy, Supreme Court Says","['Immigration', 'Supreme Court', 'Remain In Mexico', 'Title 42', 'Border Crisis']","Biden can move to end 'Remain in Mexico.' Lawmakers, advocates want the same for Title 42.",USA TODAY,"President Joe Biden secured a victory to end one policy that keeps migrants in Mexico while they awaited their asylum court hearing. Now, the administration could move to end another Trump-era immigration policy.
The Supreme Court’s ruling that allows the Biden administration to end the Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as “Remain in Mexico,” could make legal injunctions on other immigration cases illegal, some legal experts are arguing. 
Title 42, a public health order issued by the Trump administration, allows Customs and Border Protection to expel migrants to Mexico or back to their home countries to...",left
12373,"Biden Admin Can End 'Remain in Mexico' Policy, Supreme Court Says","['Immigration', 'Supreme Court', 'Remain In Mexico', 'Title 42', 'Border Crisis']",Supreme Court overturns Trump-era border policy,NewsNation,"The Supreme Court ruled the Biden administration can terminate the Trump administration’s “Migrant Protection Protocols,” also known as the “Remain in Mexico” program, which required asylum seekers at the U.S. border to wait in Mexico while their cases are processed. 
The justices, in a 5-4 ruling authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, overturned a federal appeals court decision requiring the Biden administration to restart the policy after the Republican-led states sued to maintain the program. 
Former President Donald Trump instituted the policy in 2019 to deter migrants from applying for...",center
12374,"Biden Admin Can End 'Remain in Mexico' Policy, Supreme Court Says","['Immigration', 'Supreme Court', 'Remain In Mexico', 'Title 42', 'Border Crisis']",The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier For Illegal Immigrants To Stay In the US,Washington Free Beacon,"The U.S. Supreme Court sided with President Joe Biden on Thursday as he seeks to end a hardline immigration policy begun under his predecessor Donald Trump that forced tens of thousands of migrants to stay in Mexico to await U.S. hearings on their asylum claims.
The justices, in a 5-4 ruling authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, overturned a federal appeals court decision requiring Biden to restart Trump's ""remain in Mexico"" policy after the Republican-led states of Texas and Missouri sued to maintain the program. The ruling is a victory for Biden, who...",right
12375,"Judge Re-Releases Michael Cohen, Citing Free Speech Violation","['Free Speech', 'Michael Cohen', 'ACLU', 'Justice', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Criminal Justice']","Judge Orders Cohen Released, Citing ‘Retaliation’ Over Tell-All Book",New York Times (News),"A federal judge on Thursday ordered that Michael D. Cohen be released into home confinement after finding that federal officials had returned him to prison in retaliation for his plans to write a tell-all memoir about President Trump.
The judge, Alvin K. Hellerstein of Federal District Court, said Mr. Cohen was sent back to prison this month after several weeks of medical furlough because of his desire to publish a book before the election about his years as Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer and fixer.
“I make the finding that the...",left
12376,"Judge Re-Releases Michael Cohen, Citing Free Speech Violation","['Free Speech', 'Michael Cohen', 'ACLU', 'Justice', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Criminal Justice']","Judge Orders Michael Cohen To Be Released From Prison, Saying His First Amendment Rights Were Violated",Forbes,"A federal judge ordered that President Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen must be released from prison and sent back to home confinement, saying he believes the government sent him back to prison as retaliation for refusing to agree to not writing a book about Trump and, in doing so, violated his First Amendment rights.",center
12377,"Judge Re-Releases Michael Cohen, Citing Free Speech Violation","['Free Speech', 'Michael Cohen', 'ACLU', 'Justice', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Criminal Justice']",Judge Orders Michael Cohen Released From Prison,Newsmax (News),"A judge ordered the release from prison of President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer on Thursday, saying he believes the government retaliated against him for writing a book about Trump.
Michael Cohen's First Amendment rights were violated when he was ordered back to prison on July 9 after probation authorities said he refused to sign a form banning him from publishing the book or communicating publicly in other manners, U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein said.
Hellerstein ordered Michael Cohen released from prison by 2 p.m. on Friday.",right
12378,Border Bill Dies in House,['Immigration'],Border crisis bill dies in House,Fox News (Online News),"Emergency legislation meant to address the border crisis abruptly was abandoned Thursday afternoon in the House, after Republican leaders were unable to round up enough support to pass it.
Fox News is told lawmakers plan to leave for the August recess without voting on the measure. Sources said GOP leaders were ""way short"" of the votes they needed, with conservative lawmakers joining Democrats in refusing to back the package.",right
12379,Border Bill Dies in House,['Immigration'],Blow to House G.O.P. Leadership as Border Bill Falters,New York Times (News),"Facing a rebellion among their most conservative ranks, House Republicans were forced on Thursday to scuttle an emergency spending measure to address the surge of young Central American migrants at the southern border, in a major embarrassment to the new leadership team.
House Republicans, who have long called for strengthening security at the nation’s southern border, are now forced to head home for the five-week August recess with nothing to show for their efforts — something many Republicans fear will be an enormous political liability.
The blow to Speaker John...",left
12380,Border Bill Dies in House,['Immigration'],House GOP in disarray,Politico,"The House descended into chaos on Thursday, unable to plot a path forward on a bill to address the border crisis.
After initially pulling their $659 million border bill, Republicans planned to huddle behind closed doors, raising the possibility that some type of vote could still happen later in the day.",left
12381,"New US Sanctions Target Russian Oligarchs, Energy Companies","['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",US imposes sanctions against Russian oligarchs and government officials,CNN (Online News),The Trump administration is unleashing additional sanctions against seven Russian oligarchs with ties to President Vladimir Putin along with 12 companies they own or control.,left
12382,"New US Sanctions Target Russian Oligarchs, Energy Companies","['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Trump hits Putin where it hurts: New sanctions target Russian oligarchs, energy companies",Washington Times,"The Trump administration Friday slapped sanctions on Russian senior officials, oligarchs and the companies they own, going after those closest to Vladimir Putin to punish Moscow’s sinister activities around the world.",right
12383,"New US Sanctions Target Russian Oligarchs, Energy Companies","['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump administration to sanction Russian oligarchs,The Hill,"The Trump administration announced Friday it will sanction seven Russian oligarchs and a dozen companies they own and control, its most aggressive effort yet to curb the activities of influential Russian business elites.",center
12384,Invoking the 5th Amendment,"['US House', 'Politics']",I.R.S. Official Invokes 5th Amendment at Hearing,New York Times (News),"The Internal Revenue Service official who first disclosed that the agency had targeted conservative groups for special scrutiny, and in doing so ignited a controversy that has ensnared the White House, denied on Wednesday that she had ever provided false information to Congress. She then invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and declined to testify at a House hearing on the agencys actions.",left
12385,Invoking the 5th Amendment,"['US House', 'Politics']",What it means to take 'The Fifth',CNN (Online News),"Lois Lerner, the head of the IRS unit handling tax-exempt status, invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday.
She is in the spotlight following a Treasury inspector general's report that found her unit used political criteria to screen applications for tax-exempt status from tea party and other conservative organizations.
Lerner joins a long line of officials who ""took the Fifth"" when called to testify before Congress.",left
12386,Invoking the 5th Amendment,"['US House', 'Politics']","Issa looks to call back IRS official who refused to testify, says she voided 5th Amendment right",Fox News (Online News),"Republican Rep. Darrell Issa declared Thursday that the embattled IRS official who refused to testify Wednesday had no right to do so, and is now looking to haul her back before his committee.
The chairman of the House oversight committee made the call after consulting with attorneys about IRS official Lois Lerner's bizarre appearance before the panel on Wednesday. Lerner, the head of the exempt organizations division which oversaw the controversial targeting of conservative groups, caused confusion Wednesday morning when she pleaded the Fifth and refused to answer questions...",right
12387,"U.S. Reaches Nearly 100,000 New Daily COVID-19 Cases","['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health']",US breaks COVID-19 case record for third straight day,New York Post (News),"The number of new U.S. COVID-19 cases continued to break records for the third day straight on Friday, when more than 97,000 infections were reported, according to NBC News.
That number tops Thursday’s previous record-breaking 90,456 cases.
And Thursday’s number had broken Wednesday’s record high of 80,662 new cases.
In all, it is the fifth time since Oct. 22 that the number of new daily cases reached a record high.
There were 969 reported deaths from COVID-19 on Friday, the network reported.",right
12388,"U.S. Reaches Nearly 100,000 New Daily COVID-19 Cases","['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health']","Once again, U.S. records new daily high, nearly 100,000, for Covid-19 cases",NBC News (Online),"The United States on Friday once again saw a record number of Covid-19 cases, when more than 98,500 infections were reported, according to an NBC News tally.
It's the fifth time since Oct. 22 that a new daily case record was set. Across the country, 98,583 new infections were reported Friday.
The U.S. reported 978 deaths Friday, according to an NBC News count.
The last benchmark of 90,456 cases was hit Thursday, just hours after the U.S. logged its 9 millionth coronavirus case and shattered the previous daily record of...",left
12389,"U.S. Reaches Nearly 100,000 New Daily COVID-19 Cases","['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health']",US sees record-high daily Covid numbers as election nears,BBC News,"The US has recorded at least 94,000 new Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours, with spikes in dozens of states days before the presidential election.
It is the second day in a row the country has broken its daily new case record after reporting more than 91,000 infections on Thursday.
More than nine million total cases have been reported in the US, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally.
The contest between Donald Trump and Joe Biden comes to a head on Tuesday.
Twenty-one states are experiencing outbreaks, with...",center
12390,California Homelessness Issue Prompts Threat of Federal Intervention,"['California', 'Donald Trump', 'San Francisco', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Homeless Crisis', 'Housing And Homelessness']","Editorial: Welcome to California, the Homeless State",San Francisco Chronicle,"The nation’s homelessness problem has to a disturbing degree become California’s homelessness problem. While the latest counts compiled by the federal government show that America’s homeless population is growing again after more than a decade of declines, the entire national increase and more can be attributed to California alone.
With a majority of states experiencing decreases in homelessness over the past year and only one small state, New Mexico, suffering a larger proportionate increase, California’s dire statistics underscore the extent to which state and local policies drive an extraordinary and...",left
12391,California Homelessness Issue Prompts Threat of Federal Intervention,"['California', 'Donald Trump', 'San Francisco', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Homeless Crisis', 'Housing And Homelessness']","Trump warns Newsom: If California homeless crisis persists, feds 'will get involved'",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump issued a warning to California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, threatening federal intervention if Newsom is unable to solve his state's homeless crisis.
""Governor Gavin N has done a really bad job on taking care of the homeless population in California. If he can’t fix the problem, the Federal Govt. will get involved!"" Trump tweeted.
The Golden State has led the nation in the number of homeless people with an estimated total of over 129,972 in January 2018, according to a Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD]...",right
12392,California Homelessness Issue Prompts Threat of Federal Intervention,"['California', 'Donald Trump', 'San Francisco', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Homeless Crisis', 'Housing And Homelessness']",Trump sends Christmas tweet attacking California governor over homelessness crisis,Washington Post,"President Trump spent part of the Christmas holiday attacking California Democrats over the homelessness crisis in their state, adding another volley of tweets to his long-running criticism of one of the state’s most pressing issues.
Trump has directed his administration to examine ways to crack down on the homeless populations in several major cities but has reserved particular frustration for California, whose governor, Gavin Newsom (D), has positioned the state as a liberal counterbalance to the Trump administration’s policies. Trump frequently portrays the homelessness in the state as emblematic of...",left
12393,Kerry Creates Apartheid Controversy,['World'],Kerry draws fire for reported comments about 'apartheid' and Israel,Los Angeles Times,Secretary of State John F. Kerry was denounced by supporters of both Israel and the Palestinians on Monday for reportedly saying that Israel could become an “apartheid” nation if it does not reach a peace deal to create a separate Palestinian state.,left
12394,Kerry Creates Apartheid Controversy,['World'],Kerry's Apartheid Comments Provoke Political Storm,Daily Beast,"John Kerry’s warning that the lack of a two-state solution in the Middle East could lead to Israel becoming an “apartheid state” created a firestorm on Monday. Kerry’s remarks, made in a closed door meeting of the Trilateral",left
12395,Kerry Creates Apartheid Controversy,['World'],"Hill Republicans call on Kerry to apologize, resign for reported Israel 'apartheid' remarks",Fox News (Online News),"A firestorm broke out among congressional Republicans Monday over Secretary of State John Kerry reportedly saying Israel could become an ""apartheid state,"" with the number two House leader saying he should apologize and a senator calling on him to resign.",right
12396,Biden Administration Declares Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency,"['Public Health', 'Monkeypox', 'Department Of Health And Human Services', 'Xavier Becerra', 'Biden Administration', 'Science', 'CDC']",Biden administration declares monkeypox a public health emergency,ABC News (Online),"Amid growing calls from health officials across the country, the Biden administration declared the current monkeypox outbreak to be a public health emergency in the U.S. on Thursday afternoon.
The declaration, which was made by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, comes a little less than two weeks after the World Health Organization designated the outbreak an emergency of international concern.
By issuing a declaration, HHS will be able to take a series of actions including accessing funds set aside for such an emergency as well as appointing personnel to positions directly...",left
12397,Biden Administration Declares Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency,"['Public Health', 'Monkeypox', 'Department Of Health And Human Services', 'Xavier Becerra', 'Biden Administration', 'Science', 'CDC']",U.S. declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency,STAT,"The Biden administration declared the ongoing monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency on Thursday, a move that comes amid growing case counts and a groundswell of criticism over the way the administration has handled the outbreak.
The move comes as news stories chronicle a series of missteps in the administration’s response to the outbreak, from its failure to rapidly divert vaccine stockpiled as a hedge against bioterrorism to combat spread of monkeypox to its slow decision-making, which led to missed opportunities to vaccinate more quickly.",center
12398,Biden Administration Declares Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency,"['Public Health', 'Monkeypox', 'Department Of Health And Human Services', 'Xavier Becerra', 'Biden Administration', 'Science', 'CDC']",Biden declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency,Washington Examiner,"The Biden administration will tap into public health emergency powers to speed up the distribution of vaccines for monkeypox and improve testing capacity.
The decision to declare monkeypox a public health emergency allows the administration expanded powers to deal with the disease, such as the ability to contract with private companies, such as vaccine distributors, in order to speed up the deployment of the nation's supply of shots. It also gives federal health authorities greater access to state data to monitor the outbreak.
“We’re prepared to take our response to the next level...",right
12399,"Conflicting Concerns Over Economy, Safety Shape Debate on Reopening","['Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Role Of Government', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus']",Mnuchin warns of ‘permanent economic damage’ unless US reopens,New York Post (News),"Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned of “permanent economic damage” unless the United States begins reopening businesses during the coronavirus pandemic — but cautioned that it must be done in a “thoughtful way.”
“I think there’s a considerable risk of not reopening, you’re talking about what would be permanent economic damage to the American public,” Mnuchin said on “Fox News Sunday.”
“We’re going to reopen in a very thoughtful way that gets people back to work safely, that has them social distance,” he continued.
The question of reopening the economy comes...",right
12400,"Conflicting Concerns Over Economy, Safety Shape Debate on Reopening","['Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Role Of Government', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus']","As States Rush to Reopen, Scientists Fear a Coronavirus Comeback",New York Times (News),"Millions of working people and small-business owners who cannot earn money while sheltering at home are facing economic ruin. So dozens of states, seeking to ease the pain, are coming out of lockdown.
Most have not met even minimal criteria for doing so safely, and some are reopening even as coronavirus cases rise, inviting disaster. The much-feared “second wave” of infection may not wait until fall, many scientists say, and instead may become a storm of wavelets breaking unpredictably across the country.
The reopenings will proceed nonetheless. The question now,...",left
12401,"Conflicting Concerns Over Economy, Safety Shape Debate on Reopening","['Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Role Of Government', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus']","U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Near 80,000 as States Expand Moves to Reopen",Wall Street Journal (News),"As the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus pandemic approached 80,000, governors from New York to Ohio to California took steps toward reopening businesses as the economic wreckage from lockdowns climbed.
Deaths in the U.S. reached 79,894, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. World-wide, more than 284,000 people have perished from Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus. The numbers may undercount the true death toll, researchers say.
Senior White House officials urged governors to move toward restarting commerce as signs of the economic harm rose. The U.S. unemployment...",center
12402,At Least 15 Killed in Iraqi Unrest After Influential Leader Announces Retirement,"['Middle East', 'World', 'Iraq', 'Islam', 'Foreign Policy', 'State Department', 'Protests']",Iraq enters nationwide curfew as armed clashes rock Baghdad,The Jerusalem Post,"All governorates in Iraq were placed under curfew starting at 7 p.m. on Monday evening amid violent clashes in Baghdad's Green Zones that broke out after followers of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muqatada al-Sadr stormed the president palace earlier in the day. The curfew will continue until further notice.
The latest demonstrations come after Sadr announced his ""final retirement"" from politics and the closure of all organizations affiliated with him. Iraq has been swept by political turmoil in the past year, as Sadr and his rivals have both attempted to form a government...",center
12403,At Least 15 Killed in Iraqi Unrest After Influential Leader Announces Retirement,"['Middle East', 'World', 'Iraq', 'Islam', 'Foreign Policy', 'State Department', 'Protests']",Iraqi protesters storm government palace after cleric Moqtada al-Sadr quits politics,Fox News (Online News),"Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed the government palace in protest on Monday, as the religious leader said he is resigning from politics.
The religious leader's political party won more seats in parliament than any other in October's elections, but not enough to have a majority. This resulted in a deadlock, as al-Sadr has refused to work with Iranian rivals. 
This is not the first time al-Sadr has said he was leaving politics, leaving some skeptical of his announcement. He has made similar declarations in the past when political developments were...",right
12404,At Least 15 Killed in Iraqi Unrest After Influential Leader Announces Retirement,"['Middle East', 'World', 'Iraq', 'Islam', 'Foreign Policy', 'State Department', 'Protests']",Iraq chaos as al-Sadr supporters storm Green Zone after he quits,Al Jazeera,"Iraq’s powerful Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr announced he is quitting political life for good and closing his political offices in a move that could further inflame tensions in the country.
Gunfire rang out in the Green Zone and security forces launched tear gas cannisters on Monday to disperse al-Sadr supporters converging on the area. At least two people were killed and 19 wounded, police and medical workers said.
Al-Sadr’s statement, published on Twitter, came after months of protests by supporters backing his call for the dissolution of the Iraqi parliament, which has seen 10...",left
12405,24 Hour Cease-Fire,"['Israel', 'World']",Hamas Agrees To 24-Hour Holiday Truce In Gaza War,HuffPost,"Hamas on Sunday agreed to observe a 24-hour truce in Gaza after initially rejecting a similar Israeli offer, as fighting resumed and the two sides wrangled over the terms of a lull that international diplomats had hoped could be expanded into a more sustainable truce.
After Israel announced a 24-hour truce late Saturday, Palestinian militants fired rockets deep into Israel, prompting it to resume an offensive aimed at destroying rocket launchers and cross-border attack tunnels used by Hamas, the Islamic militant group ruling the coastal strip.",left
12406,24 Hour Cease-Fire,"['Israel', 'World']",Israel extends cease-fire for 24 hours despite fresh rocket fire from Gaza,Fox News (Online News),"The Israeli cabinet approved a 24-hour extension of its cease-fire Saturday but said it would respond to any future rocket fire from Gaza after Hamas rejected an earlier proposed four-hour extension and fired rockets into Israel.
The announcement came after Hamas confirmed that it fired five rockets at Israel late Saturday after rejecting an earlier offer from Israel to extend a 12-hour humanitarian cease-fire by four hours, casting new doubt on international efforts to broker an end to 19 days of fighting.
The terror group said two of the rockets...",right
12407,24 Hour Cease-Fire,"['Israel', 'World']",Netanyahu says Hamas violating its own cease-fire,Politico,"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Hamas is already violating its own cease-fire that it proposed Sunday morning.
“Hamas doesn’t even accept it’s own cease-fire. It’s continuing to fire at us as we speak,"" he said Sunday on CNN's ""State of the Union.""
Hamas announced a 24-hour cease-fire with Israel beginning at 2 p.m. local time. But Netanyahu said that Hamas hadn't abided by its own announcement, saying it has not ceased in its campaign against the Israel on Sunday.
“Hamas is simply continuing all its operations, and Israel will...",left
12408,Senate Confirms Gorsuch,['Supreme Court'],Neil Gorsuch Confirmed by Senate as Supreme Court Justice,New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — Judge Neil M. Gorsuch was confirmed by the Senate on Friday to become the 113th justice of the Supreme Court, capping a political brawl that lasted for more than a year and tested constitutional norms inside the Capitol’s fraying upper chamber.",left
12409,Senate Confirms Gorsuch,['Supreme Court'],Gorsuch confirmed: Why our new justice may be even better than Scalia,Fox News (Online News),"In spite of a scorched-earth campaign by Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Neil Gorsuch has been confirmed to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice Antonin Scalia’s untimely death last year.",right
12410,Senate Confirms Gorsuch,['Supreme Court'],Senate confirms Trump Supreme Court pick Neil Gorsuch,BBC News,"The US Senate has confirmed President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, after a bitter, 14-month battle for control of the highest court in the land.",center
12411,Election comes full circle,"['White House', 'Politics']",Not on the Obama-Romney lunch menu: Friendship,Politico,"Lunch is on the menu, but thats probably about it.
For President Barack Obama, the meal hes having with Mitt Romney at the White House on Thursday is another important post-election, post-partisan moment. For Romney, its a chance to make sure his last impression on the political consciousness isnt all about the word “gifts.
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/story/2012/11/84365.html#ixzz2Ddg0HZGR",left
12412,Election comes full circle,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama, Romney meet for lunch at White House",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama is hosting his former political rival Mitt Romney for a private lunch at the White House Thursday, their first meeting since the election.
Obama promised in his victory speech earlier this month to engage with Romney following their bitter campaign and consider the Republican's ideas.
""In the weeks ahead, I also look forward to sitting down with Gov. Romney to talk about where we can work together to move this country forward,"" Obama said at the time.
Obama aides said they reached out to Romney's...",right
12413,Election comes full circle,"['White House', 'Politics']",Consolation Lunch? Romney Visits Obama,NPR (Online News),"President Obama hosts Mitt Romney for a private lunch at the White House today, little more than three weeks after their bitter election fight ended.
Yes, Obama did say at a post-election news conference that he hoped to ""get ideas with him and see if there's some ways we can potentially work together.""
But is coo",left
12414,Biden Picks Ketanji Brown Jackson as his Supreme Court Nominee,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson']",AP Source: Biden taps Ketanji Brown Jackson for high court,Associated Press Fact Check,"President Joe Biden on Friday will nominate federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, according to a person familiar with the matter, making her the first Black woman selected to serve on a court that once declared her race unworthy of citizenship and endorsed segregation.
In Jackson, Biden delivers on a campaign promise to make the historic appointment and to further diversify a court that was made up entirely of white men for almost two centuries. He has chosen an attorney who would be the high court’s first...",left
12415,Biden Picks Ketanji Brown Jackson as his Supreme Court Nominee,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson']","Biden to name Ketanji Brown Jackson, DC appeals court judge, to Supreme Court",The Hill,"President Biden will nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson, a federal appeals court judge in Washington, D.C., to the Supreme Court, setting up the likely seating of the nation’s first Black woman justice, according to multiple reports.
For Jackson, her nomination culminates a meteoric rise through the federal judiciary following just eight months on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, a role she was chosen for after eight years as a federal district court judge in D.C.
Biden’s decision caps off a month of closely held deliberations at the White House over...",center
12416,Biden Picks Ketanji Brown Jackson as his Supreme Court Nominee,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson']",Biden to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court,Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden will nominate federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday to replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, which would make her the first black woman on the high court's bench should she be confirmed by the Senate.
Breyer announced his retirement last month after 28 years on the Supreme Court, effective when the current term ends this summer. That paved the opportunity for Biden to fulfill his 2020 campaign promise of nominating a black woman as a Supreme Court justice.
Jackson, 51, was known to be on a short list of contenders the White...",right
12417,Colin Powell on Donald Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Colin Powell Calls Trump a 'National Disgrace' in Hacked Emails,NBC News (Online),"Former Secretary of State Colin Powell blasted Donald Trump as a ""national disgrace"" and ""international pariah"" in a personal email exchange that was leaked online by hackers.",left
12418,Colin Powell on Donald Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Powell: Trump is 'an international pariah',CNN (Online News),"Leaked emails from former Secretary of State Colin Powell show him strongly criticizing Donald Trump, labeling him a ""national disgrace and an international pariah.""",left
12419,Colin Powell on Donald Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Leaked Colin Powell Emails Rip 'Racist' Trump as 'National Disgrace',Newsmax (News),"Former Secretary of State and retired four-star Gen. Colin Powell, who served under three Republican presidents, called Donald Trump ""a national disgrace"" and an ""international pariah"" in a personal email, BuzzFeed News reported.",right
12420,Trump Attacks Comey Amid Book Drama,"['White House', 'Politics']",‘Untruthful slime ball’: Trump blasts Comey as details emerge from scathing book,Washington Post,"President Trump on Friday lashed out at former FBI director James B. Comey on Twitter, calling him a “weak and untruthful slime ball” who deserved to be fired “for the terrible job he did.”",left
12421,Trump Attacks Comey Amid Book Drama,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump blasts Comey amid book drama, says he should be prosecuted",The Hill,President Trump on Friday blasted James Comey as a “LIAR & LEAKER” who “should be prosecuted” after the former FBI director’s book portrayed Trump as a power-hungry man unfit for the presidency.,center
12422,Trump Attacks Comey Amid Book Drama,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump rips Comey as 'untruthful slime ball,' as former FBI director attacks president in new book",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Friday slammed James Comey as an “untruthful slime ball,” as the ex-FBI director's upcoming book and accompanying tour raised anew salacious allegations about Trump first made in an unverified dossier and blasted the president for everything from integrity to his height, skin and hair.",right
12423,"Paxlovid, Pfizer's COVID-19 Pill, May Mix Poorly With Other Common Medications","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Pills', 'Merck', 'Pfizer']",Experts Warn Pfizer Antiviral Pills May Pose Risks With Other Medications,Newsmax (News),"Experts warn that despite the first antiviral pills for COVID-19 promising protection for those at risk of severe disease, Pfizer's or Merck's new medications may not be safe for everyone, NBC News reported over the weekend.
One of the two drugs in Pfizer's Paxlovid antiviral cocktail could cause severe or life-threatening interactions with commonly used medications, including statins, blood thinners and some antidepressants, and the FDA does not recommend Paxlovid for those with severe kidney or liver disease.
In addition, due to concerns about the potential side effects of Merck's molnupiravir, the FDA has...",right
12424,"Paxlovid, Pfizer's COVID-19 Pill, May Mix Poorly With Other Common Medications","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Pills', 'Merck', 'Pfizer']",Pfizer antiviral pills may be risky with other medications,NBC News (Online),"As the omicron surge pummels a pandemic-weary nation, the first antiviral pills for Covid-19 promise desperately needed protection for people at risk of severe disease. However, many people prescribed Pfizer’s or Merck’s new medications will require careful monitoring by doctors and pharmacists, and the antivirals may not be safe for everyone, experts caution.
The Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer’s Paxlovid for mild to moderate Covid in people as young as 12 who have underlying conditions that raise the risk of hospitalization and death from the coronavirus, such as heart disease or diabetes. However, one...",left
12425,"Paxlovid, Pfizer's COVID-19 Pill, May Mix Poorly With Other Common Medications","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Pills', 'Merck', 'Pfizer']",Pfizer antiviral pill could be risky with other widely used medications,The Hill,"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently authorized two antiviral pills, one from Pfizer and one from Merck, making them the first at-home treatment for COVID-19 that has been touted as a game changer in the fight against the pandemic.
However, experts told NBC News that the pills will require careful monitoring by doctors and pharmacists. 
While Pfizer's Paxlovid has been authorized for use in children 12 and over with underlying health conditions including heart disease or diabetes, a component of the antiviral cocktail could have serious and life- threatening interactions with drugs including blood thinners, statins...",center
12426,"US Jobless Claims Rise to 744,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Layoffs']","U.S. Jobless Claims Jump, Showing Choppy Labor-Market Recovery",Bloomberg,"Applications for U.S. state unemployment insurance unexpectedly rose for a second week, underscoring the uneven nature of the labor market recovery.
Initial claims in regular state programs increased by 16,000 to 744,000 in the week ended April 3, Labor Department data showed Thursday. Economists in a Bloomberg survey estimated 680,000 claims. The prior week’s data was revised up to 728,000. California and New York led states with the biggest increases in unadjusted claims.
The increase in claims shows the labor market still has a long way to go to recover...",left
12427,"US Jobless Claims Rise to 744,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Layoffs']","U.S. Jobless Claims Rose to 744,000 Last Week",Wall Street Journal (News),"Worker filings for jobless claims rose to 744,000 last week, pausing a downward trend amid other signs of recent labor-market improvement.
Initial claims unemployment benefits, a proxy for layoffs, increased by a seasonally adjusted 16,000 last week from an upwardly revised 728,000 the prior week, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week average, which smooths out volatility in the figures, rose slightly to 723,750 from 721,250.
Despite the increase, claims remain close to the lowest point since mid-March of last year, when the pandemic triggered millions of layoffs. Claims are...",center
12428,"US Jobless Claims Rise to 744,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Layoffs']","Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Jump to 744,000, Much Worse Than Expected",Breitbart News,"Economists had forecast a decline to 680,000 from the previous week’s 719,000. This is the second consecutive week in which initial jobless claims moved up in contradiction to expectations. The upper end of the range of forecasts in the Econoday survey was 705,000.
Jobless claims can be volatile week to week so economists like to look at the four-week average. This rose by 2,500 to 723,750.
Continuing claims, which get reported with a week’s lag, fell to 3,734,000, a decrease of 16,000, in the week ended March 27.
Including new...",right
12429,New York Times Report Alleges NY Podiatrist Helped Trump Avoid Vietnam War,"['White House', 'Politics']",Did a Queens Podiatrist Help Donald Trump Avoid Vietnam?,New York Times (News),"In the fall of 1968, Donald J. Trump received a timely diagnosis of bone spurs in his heels that led to his medical exemption from the military during Vietnam.",left
12430,New York Times Report Alleges NY Podiatrist Helped Trump Avoid Vietnam War,"['White House', 'Politics']",New York Times tracks down anti-Trump children of deceased doctor to run uncorroborated Vietnam allegations,Fox News (Online News),The New York Times tracked down the daughters of a doctor – who has been dead for over a decade – to report their claims that their dad helped now-President Trump avoid military service,right
12431,New York Times Report Alleges NY Podiatrist Helped Trump Avoid Vietnam War,"['White House', 'Politics']",Daughters of NY podiatrist allege he helped Trump avoid Vietnam War: New York Times,The Hill,"A New York podiatrist may have given President Trump the bone spurs diagnosis that helped him avoid military service as a favor to Trump’s father, according to a New York Times report.",center
12432,Obama To Unveil Climate Change Plan,['Environment'],President Obama to unveil sweeping climate plan,Politico,"President Barack Obama’s new climate initiative will impose deadlines for EPA to write rules throttling carbon dioxide emissions at U.S. power plants, part of a series of efforts that could hit the coal industry hard both at home and abroad — but also create jobs and spark the economy, the administration says.",left
12433,Obama To Unveil Climate Change Plan,['Environment'],Obama planning to sidestep Congress for next phase in climate change agenda,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama will announce Tuesday he is planning to sidestep Congress to implement a national plan to combat climate change that will include the first-ever federal regulations on carbon dioxide emitted by existing power plants, despite adamant opposition from Republicans and some energy producers.",right
12434,Obama To Unveil Climate Change Plan,['Environment'],Obama to unveil climate change plan with sweeping emissions cuts,Christian Science Monitor,"Recognizing that Congress is unlikely to pass significant climate change legislation during his second term, President Obama will take some of the most sweeping measures available to him to unilaterally combat global warming.",center
12435,Veritas Reveals Clinton DNC Incite Violence,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Undercover video shows Democrats admitting they hire agitators for Trump events,Washington Times,Those supposedly spontaneous protesters disrupting events for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump actually may be professionals trained by operatives working with the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign.,right
12436,Veritas Reveals Clinton DNC Incite Violence,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","James O'Keefe: Clinton Campaign, DNC Coordinated With Organizations To Incite Violence At Trump Events",RealClearPolitics,"A new video investigation released Monday by James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas Action shows how Democratic-aligned organizations used a tactic called 'bird-dogging' to incite violence and chaos at Trump rallies for media consumption. A key Clinton operative is captured on camera saying, ""It doesn’t matter what the friggin’ legal and ethics people say, we need to win this motherfucker.""",center
12437,Veritas Reveals Clinton DNC Incite Violence,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",James O’Keefe releases another Project Veritas video claiming Hillary Clinton campaign is “bird dogging”,Salon,Hillary Clinton haters find vindication — but no moral high-ground — in Project Veritas undercover investigation.,left
12438,Federal Judge Blocks Biden Administration From Lifting Title 42,"['Biden Administration', 'Border Crisis', 'CDC', 'Immigration', 'Joe Biden', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Title 42', 'US-Mexico Border']",Judge Blocks Biden Administration From Ending Title 42,The Daily Wire,"A federal judge on Friday blocked the Biden administration from ending Title 42, a Trump-era border policy, days before it was scheduled to lapse.
U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays of the Western District of Louisiana granted a request for a preliminary injunction made by the attorneys general of over 20 states on Friday, according to Fox News. The attorneys general sued the federal government over its plans to end Title 42, claiming the Biden administration had violated federal rules in killing the health policy.
Title 42 is a health policy that...",right
12439,Federal Judge Blocks Biden Administration From Lifting Title 42,"['Biden Administration', 'Border Crisis', 'CDC', 'Immigration', 'Joe Biden', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Title 42', 'US-Mexico Border']",Federal judge blocks Biden administration from lifting Title 42 for now,CNN (Online News),"A federal judge in Louisiana has for now blocked the Biden administration from ending a Trump-era pandemic restriction, known as Title 42, at the US-Mexico border, thwarting plans to terminate the controversial public health authority.
Since taking office, President Joe Biden’s administration has continued to rely on Title 42, a public health authority invoked at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic that allows border officials to turn migrants away at the US-Mexico border.
In early April, though, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced plans to terminate the order. The...",left
12440,Federal Judge Blocks Biden Administration From Lifting Title 42,"['Biden Administration', 'Border Crisis', 'CDC', 'Immigration', 'Joe Biden', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Title 42', 'US-Mexico Border']",Federal Judge Blocks Biden Administration From Ending Title 42,Wall Street Journal (News),"A federal judge in Louisiana has blocked the Biden administration from ending Title 42, a controversial pandemic-era border policy that prevents migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border from asking for asylum.
U.S. District Judge Robert R. Summerhays of the Western District of Louisiana issued an injunction on Friday against the Biden administration, after signaling at a hearing last week that he was inclined to take the step. Judge Summerhays, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, had previously issued a temporary restraining order to prevent the federal government from preparing to phase...",center
12441,Some Reid staffers exempt from ACA,['Healthcare'],Some Reid staffers exempt from Obamacare,CNN (Online News),Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is only top congressional leader to exempt some of staff from having to buy insurance through Obamacare exchanges.,left
12442,Some Reid staffers exempt from ACA,['Healthcare'],Some Harry Reid Staffers Exempt From Obamacare,The Blaze,"Some staffers for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) have been exempt from being forced to buy health coverage through Obamacare, CNN reported.",right
12443,NYC City Council Votes to Shift $1 Billion Away From Police Force,"['Role Of Government', 'Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Police Reform', 'Police Brutality', 'New York', 'New York City', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Cuomo ridicules New York City move to strip $1B in NYPD funding,Fox News (Online News),"New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo slammed the New York City Council’s move strip the New York Police Department of $1 billion in funding, questioning “what it means” and calling for concrete action.
“I don’t know what it means,” Cuomo said during a press briefing Wednesday. “What does that mean? Does this mean I am less safe? Where did you take the billion dollars from? Does it mean I am more safe? Does it have any effect on police abuse? I don’t know what it means.”
Cuomo’s comments came after the...",right
12444,NYC City Council Votes to Shift $1 Billion Away From Police Force,"['Role Of Government', 'Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Police Reform', 'Police Brutality', 'New York', 'New York City', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Nearly $1 Billion Is Shifted From Police in Budget That Pleases No One,New York Times (News),"New York City officials on Tuesday agreed to a grim coronavirus-era budget that will sharply curtail municipal services, impose a hiring freeze and, in a move meant to placate calls to defund the police, shift roughly $1 billion from the Police Department.
The $88.1 billion budget reflected the economic shutdown that followed the outbreak, causing a $9 billion revenue shortfall that forced the city to make drastic across-the-board spending cuts.
But the virus was not the only external factor that affected the budget.
The protests that followed the police killing...",left
12445,NYC City Council Votes to Shift $1 Billion Away From Police Force,"['Role Of Government', 'Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Police Reform', 'Police Brutality', 'New York', 'New York City', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']","New York City will take $1 billion from police budget, but many say it doesn't go far enough",USA TODAY,"As calls to defund the police grow louder around the country, New York City officials agreed on a budget that shifts roughly $1 billion from the police department, but advocates and lawmakers say the change doesn't go far enough.
The city council said in a statement Tuesday that the city's 2021 budget, totaling more than $88 billion, ""reduces police spending and shrinks NYPD's footprint."" The cuts came as the city is grappling with losing $9 billion in revenue amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The budget cuts nearly $484 million from the...",left
12446,"In Some Areas, Coronavirus has Hit Minorities Harder","['Race And Racism', 'Inequality', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']",Congressional Black Caucus calls on CDC to report racial data,The Hill,"The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to report racial data in updates on the coronavirus outbreak after figures reported by certain states and counties showed black Americans are disproportionately affected by the pandemic.
The group sent a letter to the CDC on Tuesday requesting the data after sending a separate letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) last week. A CDC official told The Hill that the agency will provide some figures regarding race as soon as...",center
12447,"In Some Areas, Coronavirus has Hit Minorities Harder","['Race And Racism', 'Inequality', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']",Newsom Says Coronavirus Data Doesn't Show Racial Disparities,Townhall,"In the middle of a deadly pandemic, some leftists are still laser-focused on dividing Americans along racial lines. The entire country has been affected by the novel coronavirus, but some leftists are pushing the narrative that the coronavirus is hurting minority groups to a larger extent than the white population. But while giving an update on Wednesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the current data does not support that narrative.
In California, at least 16,957 people have tested positive for the Wuhan coronavirus. The governor says California has examined...",right
12448,"In Some Areas, Coronavirus has Hit Minorities Harder","['Race And Racism', 'Inequality', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']",California releases limited racial breakdown of coronavirus patients and deaths,Los Angeles Times,"Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday presented a partial breakdown of coronavirus deaths by race.
The governor emphasized the breakdown was based on limited data, which has been an issue across the state because many reports of new cases and deaths don’t include racial identifiers.
With about 37% of patients identified by race, here is a breakdown of infections statewide:
Latino 30%
Asian 14%
Black 6%
Here is a breakdown of deaths on which the state had racial data:
Latino 29%
Asian 16%
Black 3%
The data...",left
12449,Perspectives: Biden's Booster Shot Plan,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","Evidence for vaccine booster shots isn't clear, but Biden moves ahead anyway",ABC News (Online),"The U.S. is poised to begin rolling out booster shots in a matter of weeks, with still one major sticking point to resolve: It's not entirely clear yet that third shots are needed.
President Joe Biden recently vowed to begin deploying boosters the week of Sept. 20, pending a green light from federal regulators.
But health experts advising the government on that decision say the August announcement by Biden's political appointees came as somewhat of a surprise. It also was unclear, they said, why that date was chosen at all.
Evidence for boosters is still mixed, and announcing a...",left
12450,Perspectives: Biden's Booster Shot Plan,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",The Covid Booster Debate,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"Covid vaccines can make for strange bedfellows, and raise your hand if you thought the Biden White House would be accused of ignoring the science? We didn’t think so. But that’s been the charge as two Food and Drug Administration regulators have resigned amid what media leaks claim is too much political agitation for Covid vaccine booster shots.
Count us with the White House on this one. Mounting evidence shows that vaccine efficacy wanes over time as Covid antibodies do, especially for older folks, and that the vaccines are less...",right
12451,Perspectives: Biden's Booster Shot Plan,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Biden’s Controversial COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Plan,FactCheck.org,"Last month, the Biden administration announced a plan to begin administering third shots of the two mRNA COVID-19 vaccines to healthy people in mid-September to shore up potentially flagging immunity to the coronavirus. 
But many scientists say that given the available evidence, which shows the two-dose vaccines still provide formidable protection against severe disease, it’s not yet clear that boosters are needed.
“What we expected from this vaccine is that we wanted it to protect against severe disease and the kind of disease that caused you to go to the...",center
12452,Trump Impeachment Probe Goes Public,"['Impeachment Hearings', 'US House', 'Politics']",Witnesses arrive as Trump impeachment probe goes public in political drama,Reuters,"The impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump will reach a critical juncture on Wednesday when lawmakers launch their first televised public hearings, marking a new phase that could determine the fate of his tumultuous presidency.
Democrats leading the U.S. House of Representatives probe have summoned three U.S. diplomats - all of whom have previously expressed alarm in closed-door testimony about Trump’s dealings with Ukraine - to detail their concerns under the glare of wall-to-wall news coverage this week. The public hearings are scheduled for Wednesday and Friday.
With a...",center
12453,Trump Impeachment Probe Goes Public,"['Impeachment Hearings', 'US House', 'Politics']",Trump lashes out at Democrats before historic impeachment proceeding is set to begin,Washington Post,"President Trump lashed out at Democrats, contending the deck is stacked against him, hours before a historic, nationally televised impeachment hearing was set to begin Wednesday before the House Intelligence Committee.
The first open hearing in the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry, scheduled for 10 a.m., will feature testimony from William B. Taylor Jr., the acting ambassador to Ukraine, and George Kent, deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs.
Democrats see both diplomats as key to building their case in the inquiry, which was prompted by a complaint from...",left
12454,Trump Impeachment Probe Goes Public,"['Impeachment Hearings', 'US House', 'Politics']",'Solemn Undertaking': Trump's Impeachment Hearings Go Public,Newsmax (News),"The closed doors of the Trump impeachment investigation are swinging wide open.
When the gavel strikes at the start of the House hearing on Wednesday, America and the rest of the world will have the chance to see and hear for themselves for the first time about President Donald Trump's actions toward Ukraine and consider whether they are, in fact, impeachable offenses.
It's a remarkable moment, even for a White House full of them.
All on TV, committee leaders will set the stage, then comes the main feature: Two seasoned...",right
12455,Trump Fires FBI Director Comey,['Politics'],President Trump Dismisses FBI Director James Comey,Washington Post,"Officials said FBI Director James B. Comey was dismissed after senior Justice Department officials concluded he had violated department principles and procedures by publicly discussing an investigation of Clinton’s use of private email. Just last week, President Trump publicly accused Comey of giving Clinton, his Democratic challenger for president, “a free pass for many bad deeds’’ when he decided not to recommend criminal charges in the case.",left
12456,Trump Fires FBI Director Comey,['Politics'],Trump fires FBI director James Comey,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired FBI Director James Comey after his attorney general and deputy attorney general recommended his removal.
In a signed letter, Trump informed Comey that he was ""hereby terminated and removed from office, effective immediately,"" explaining that he reached the conclusion that Comey is ""not able to effectively lead the bureau.""",left
12457,Trump Fires FBI Director Comey,['Politics'],Trump fires FBI Director Comey,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Tuesday fired FBI Director James Comey, according to the White House.
“Today, President Donald J. Trump informed FBI Director James Comey that he has been terminated and removed from office,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said in a statement.
He also said the president acted “on the clear recommendations” of both Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.",right
12458,Perspectives: Remote Learning vs. In-Person Classrooms,"['Education', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Technology', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",Why Are We Turning Our Backs on Remote Learning?,Education Week,"Remote learning has moved to the top of the school agenda with a vengeance since March of last year. Without it, tens of millions of American students would have been without formal instruction during the pandemic. It’s a big topic moving forward as we think about what schools will look like come September.
A few policymakers are big fans. Take, for example, Eric Adams, one of the front-runners in the race to become New York City’s newest mayor. This February, the former policeman opined at a meeting of the Citizens...",center
12459,Perspectives: Remote Learning vs. In-Person Classrooms,"['Education', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Technology', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",Don’t Kill Remote Learning. Black and Brown Families Need It.,New York Times (Opinion),"Remote instruction. Virtual learning. School-by-Zoom. Whatever you want to call it, it has kept this Black man — along with my wife and 7-year-old son — safe from Covid over the last year, even if it hasn’t been easy on anyone. Each day, as my son sits at his desk in our home near Washington learning about bar graphs on a laptop screen, I am comforted by the knowledge that he’s not sitting in a poorly ventilated classroom at risk of getting sick.
While my wife and I managed to...",left
12460,Perspectives: Remote Learning vs. In-Person Classrooms,"['Education', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Technology', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",Bill de Blasio is right: Remote learning should be done away with for good,Washington Examiner,"Come September, all schoolchildren ought to be back in the classroom. Yet, many politicians and school chiefs are afraid to promise: no more Zoom school.
It took Bill De Blasio to take the lead. ""New York City public schools, 1 million kids, will be back in their classroom in September, all in-person, no remote. That’s the news,"" announced New York's often-feckless mayor.
De Blasio’s decision to get rid of remote learning altogether is important since many school districts plan on keeping it as an alternative even after health officials declare...",right
12461,Uvalde Kids Go Back to School 3 Months After Mass Shooting,"['Education', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Texas', 'Schools', 'Gun Violence', 'School Shootings', 'Mass Shootings', 'Violence In America', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Parenting', 'Remote Learning']",Photos from Uvalde: How a grief-stricken community prepared to send its children back to school,The Texas Tribune,"When students return to school in Uvalde today, just 15 weeks after the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, 19 students and two teachers will not be present.
In just more than three months since the massacre, residents have sought to help children return to normalcy with familiar back-to-school rituals, tinged by grief.
In August, one family from Lockhart donated nearly 800 backpacks to students. The next day, an annual wellness fair at the Uvalde civic center included a booth with information on how to care for children and parents’...",left
12462,Uvalde Kids Go Back to School 3 Months After Mass Shooting,"['Education', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Texas', 'Schools', 'Gun Violence', 'School Shootings', 'Mass Shootings', 'Violence In America', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Parenting', 'Remote Learning']","Parents, students return to Uvalde schools months after mass shooting",Axios,"Multiple schools across the Uvalde School District opened this week, months after the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead last spring.
The big picture: Robb Elementary, the scene of the horrific Uvalde school shooting, remains permanently closed.
""We're not going back to that campus,"" Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Hal Harrell said last spring, per Axios.
""We have plans for it to become something other than a school site,” Harrell said.",center
12463,Uvalde Kids Go Back to School 3 Months After Mass Shooting,"['Education', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Texas', 'Schools', 'Gun Violence', 'School Shootings', 'Mass Shootings', 'Violence In America', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Parenting', 'Remote Learning']",New school year begins in Uvalde three months after mass shooting,New York Post (News),"Anxious parents and teachers began arriving on Tuesday morning for the first day of school in Uvalde, Texas — three months after the massacre at Robb Elementary School that left 19 children and two teachers dead.
No students or staff will return to the site of the deadliest school shooting in almost a decade, which has been shuttered permanently and will be razed to the ground, but tensions are still high in the community amid ongoing security concerns.",right
12464,US to Donate 500 Million Additional Vaccine Doses to Other Countries,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'World', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer']",Biden announces US to donate another half billion vaccine doses to lower-income nations,ABC News (Online),"President Joe Biden on Wednesday gathered world leaders virtually to discuss a plan for fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed more than 4 million people globally, announcing the U.S. would donate another half billion doses of Pfizer vaccine to lower-income nations.
The White House's stated goal for the summit, happening at the same time as the U.N. General Assembly, was to get world leaders to commit to increasing vaccination rates, making live-saving measures more widely available globally and aligning global targets for fighting the pandemic.",left
12465,US to Donate 500 Million Additional Vaccine Doses to Other Countries,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'World', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer']",President Biden pledges 500m more vaccine doses to developing world,BBC News,"The US is to donate 500 million more doses of the Pfizer vaccine to developing nations from next year.
President Joe Biden made the pledge at a virtual Covid-19 summit on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, promising an ""arsenal of vaccines"".
The additional jabs will see the total US commitment on vaccine sharing exceed one billion jabs.
Experts say some 11 billion doses are required to vaccinate at least 70% of the global population.
The World Health Organisation has set a minimum target of 40% vaccine coverage in...",center
12466,US to Donate 500 Million Additional Vaccine Doses to Other Countries,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'World', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer']",Biden: U.S. will buy and donate 500M more COVID-19 vaccine doses for the world,Washington Times,"President Biden will announce Wednesday the U.S. is purchasing an additional 500 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to give to the rest of the world, bringing its total commitment to more than 1 billion shots.
Mr. Biden will also press other global leaders to “step up” and do more during a COVID-19 summit that he is hosting on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, according to a senior administration official.
“For every one shot we have administered in this country to date, we are now donating three shots to other countries. One shot here...",right
12467,Administration Officials and Democratic Leadership Meet To Discuss Coronavirus Relief Package,"['Coronavirus', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mark Meadows', 'Steve Mnuchin', 'Economy And Jobs']","Mnuchin, Meadows head to Capitol Hill after Trump’s coronavirus budget plan gets frosty reception",Washington Post,"The White House’s desire for a payroll tax cut and spending curbs was instantly confronted with bipartisan opposition.
Top administration officials will head to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a full day of meetings after some of President Trump’s priorities in the next coronavirus spending package met with bipartisan resistance, prompting one GOP senator to call Trump’s pitch a “first draft.”
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows will meet with Republicans and Democrats about the tax and spending package. White House officials said they...",left
12468,Administration Officials and Democratic Leadership Meet To Discuss Coronavirus Relief Package,"['Coronavirus', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mark Meadows', 'Steve Mnuchin', 'Economy And Jobs']","Pelosi, Schumer set for first meeting with WH team on new COVID-19 relief bill",The Hill,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) are set to meet on Tuesday afternoon with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
The meeting, which two sources confirmed to The Hill, will be the first time administration officials and Democratic leadership have sat down for face-to-face discussions about a fifth coronavirus relief package.
It comes as Congress and the White House are under intense pressure to provide more relief with coronavirus cases climbing across the country and unemployment stuck in...",center
12469,Administration Officials and Democratic Leadership Meet To Discuss Coronavirus Relief Package,"['Coronavirus', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mark Meadows', 'Steve Mnuchin', 'Economy And Jobs']","Meadows, Mnuchin head to Capitol Hill to huddle with lawmakers on the next coronavirus bill",Fox News (Online News),"That means these negotiations will likely crescendo between now and the first week of August.
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin travel to Capitol Hill Tuesday to meet with Senate Republicans over lunch and then huddle with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on the next coronavirus bill.
Fox News is told the Senate lunch meeting is to get Republicans acquainted with the prospective $1 trillion price tag which Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is pitching for the next bill....",right
12470,FBI Agent Accused of Political Bias in Hunter Biden Probe Resigns,"['Hunter Biden', 'Hunter Biden Laptop', 'Justice', 'Corruption', 'FBI']",Who is Timothy Thibault? FBI Agent Behind Hunter Biden Probe Retires,Newsweek,"Timothy Thibault, an FBI agent accused of political bias over his role in the Hunter Biden laptop investigation, retired from his job on Friday.
The former Assistant Special Agent in Charge was escorted out of his Washington D.C. office, as is standard practice, according to Fox News.
Thibault rose to public attention as one of 13 assistant special agents who was investigating Biden's laptop, which the FBI seized in 2019, ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
Earlier in August he was removed from this supervisory role by FBI director Christopher Wray, following whistleblower accusations of...",center
12471,FBI Agent Accused of Political Bias in Hunter Biden Probe Resigns,"['Hunter Biden', 'Hunter Biden Laptop', 'Justice', 'Corruption', 'FBI']",Top-level FBI agent under fire for role in Hunter Biden investigation resigns,CBS News (Online),"Timothy Thibault, a top-level FBI agent who had been under fire for his role in investigations regarding President Biden's son, Hunter Biden, resigned late last week and was walked out of the FBI, two U.S. officials confirmed. But these officials also said that Thibault had reached retirement age, and they added that all of those who retire hand over their badge and gun and are escorted out of the building.
Thibault, who worked in the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., had recently been removed from his position as assistant special agent...",left
12472,FBI Agent Accused of Political Bias in Hunter Biden Probe Resigns,"['Hunter Biden', 'Hunter Biden Laptop', 'Justice', 'Corruption', 'FBI']",FBI agent under fire for Hunter Biden whistleblower claims says he resigned,Washington Examiner,"A top FBI official who came under fire from Republicans over whistleblower complaints, including claims about the investigation into Hunter Biden, and his anti-Trump social media posts has retired from the bureau, his legal counsel confirmed on Tuesday.
Timothy Thibault, the FBI assistant special agent in charge of the Washington Field Office, ""was not fired, not forced to retire, and not asked to retire,"" lawyers representing him from Morrison & Foerster LLP said in a statement shared on Twitter by CBS News's Catherine Herridge.
Thibault's lawyers strongly rejected early reporting on Thibault's departure from the FBI...",right
12473,U.S Senate to Vote on Slimmed Down COVID-19 Relief Bill,"['Coronavirus', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate to vote on COVID-19 aid as soon as this week: McConnell,Reuters,"The Republican leaders of the U.S. Senate will introduce a proposal for additional coronavirus relief on Tuesday and could schedule a vote as soon as this week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.
He said the proposal - expected to have a far smaller scope than a bill passed in the Democratic-led House of Representatives - would focus on “some of the very most urgent healthcare, education and economic issues.”
“It does not contain every idea our party likes. I am confident Democrats will feel the same. Yet Republicans believe...",center
12474,U.S Senate to Vote on Slimmed Down COVID-19 Relief Bill,"['Coronavirus', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",McConnell says Senate will vote on slimmed-down coronavirus relief bill this week,CBS News (Online),"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced the Senate will vote on a ""targeted"" coronavirus relief package this week as negotiations between Democrats and the White House over a larger measure remain stalled.
""Today, the Senate Republican majority is introducing a new targeted proposal, focused on some of the very most urgent healthcare, education, and economic issues. It does not contain every idea our party likes. I am confident Democrats will feel the same,"" McConnell said in a statement on Tuesday morning. ""Yet Republicans believe the many serious differences between our...",left
12475,U.S Senate to Vote on Slimmed Down COVID-19 Relief Bill,"['Coronavirus', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate Republicans to vote on skinny COVID-19 relief bill this week,Washington Times,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said he will set up a vote on the slimmed-down COVID-19 relief bill for later this week.
“It does not contain every idea our party likes. I am confident Democrats will feel the same. Yet Republicans believe the many serious differences between our two parties should not stand in the way of agreeing where we can agree and making law that helps our nation,” Mr. McConnell, Kentucky Republican, said in a statement.
He also slammed Democrats, blaming them for stonewalling negotiations last month....",right
12476,Will the Debt Ceiling be Breached,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Jack Lew: President Has 'No Option' To Pay Bills If Debt Ceiling Breached,HuffPost,"Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said Republicans in Congress are ""playing with fire"" and that there is ""no option"" available for the president if they refuse to raise the debt ceiling.
Some Republicans have suggested that once the debt ceiling is breached, President Barack Obama could take action on his own to prevent the country from entering into default, triggering cascading world financial problems.",left
12477,Will the Debt Ceiling be Breached,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Cruz: Use debt ceiling debate for leverage,CNN (Online News),"Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas linked raising the debt ceiling to funding the Affordable Care Act in an exclusive interview Sunday on CNN's ""State of the Union” with Candy Crowley.
“The debt ceiling historically has been among the best leverage that Congress has to rein in the executive,"" Cruz said.
He listed three objectives as Republicans approach the debt ceiling.
""No. 1, we should look for some significant structural plan and reduce government spending. No. 2, we should avoid new taxes, and No. 3, we should look for ways to...",left
12478,Will the Debt Ceiling be Breached,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Lew sticks with 'catastrophic' warnings about debt-ceiling, but short on specifics",Fox News (Online News),"Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on Sunday defended accusations of fear mongering over Congress potentially failing to increase the federal debt limit -- including his assertion that the economic impact would be “catastrophic.” He declined, however, to provide specific examples, saying instead that Congress blowing the Oct. 17 debt-limit deadline would be “reckless.”
“The consequences are immediate and very bad,” Lew said on “Fox News Sunday.” “The direction is bad. There is a range of how bad.”
Lew also said the White House is willing to negotiate on fiscal issues, despite...",right
12479,House Democrats Return to Advance $3.5T Budget Plan,"['US House', 'Federal Budget', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Politics']",U.S. House Democrats face test of unity on Biden spending plans,Reuters,"Democrats face a test of unity in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday as they begin work on two ambitious spending plans that would devote trillions of dollars to transportation infrastructure and social programs.
While centrist Democrats are eager to pass a $1 trillion infrastructure bill that has already won approval in the Senate, liberals say they must prioritize a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint that would expand spending on childcare and education. Both measures are priorities for Democratic President Joe Biden.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is determined to launch...",center
12480,House Democrats Return to Advance $3.5T Budget Plan,"['US House', 'Federal Budget', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Politics']",House returns as Democrats clash over vote on Biden's $3.5 trillion package,NBC News (Online),"The House makes an early return from its August recess Monday as Democratic leaders seek to string together the votes to advance President Joe Biden's $3.5 trillion economic package, a centerpiece of his agenda.
But progressives and moderates are clashing over strategy, and the party doesn't have agreement on how to move forward yet.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's plan to move the bill in tandem with the Senate-passed infrastructure legislation is threatened by a rebellion by moderate Democrats, who have insisted that the $550 billion infrastructure bill get a speedy vote and be signed into...",left
12481,House Democrats Return to Advance $3.5T Budget Plan,"['US House', 'Federal Budget', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Politics']","Biden’s ‘transformative vision,’ Democrats’ plans unfazed by meltdown in Afghanistan",Washington Times,"The chaos in Afghanistan may have changed global headlines, but it has done little to shake Democrats from their course at home. House members return to Capitol Hill on Monday to begin advancing the party’s $3.5 trillion makeover of the American social safety net.
Debates about welcoming tens of thousands of Afghan migrants did nothing to derail Democrats’ hopes of approving an amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants already in the U.S. as part of that makeover. Questions about the U.S. retreat have not dimmed party leaders’ plans this fall to erase one of...",right
12482,Voters Recall California Judge Who Presided Over Brock Turner Rape Case,['Sexual Misconduct'],"California Voters Remove Aaron Persky, the Judge Who Gave a 6-Month Sentence for Sexual Assault",New York Times (News),"Aaron Persky, the California judge who drew national attention in 2016 when he sentenced a Stanford student to just six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, was recalled on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press. He is the first judge recalled in California in more than 80 years.",left
12483,Voters Recall California Judge Who Presided Over Brock Turner Rape Case,['Sexual Misconduct'],"Recalling Aaron Persky, the Judge Who Showed Brock Turner Leniency, Is a Mistake That Will Haunt Progressives",Reason,California voters just encouraged judges to show no mercy.,right
12484,Voters Recall California Judge Who Presided Over Brock Turner Rape Case,['Sexual Misconduct'],Voters remove California judge criticized over rape sentencing,Reuters,Californians voted in a special election to unseat a state judge who drew worldwide condemnation for giving a six-month jail sentence to a Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman.,center
12485,Media Framing Differs as Details Emerge From Texas Synagogue Hostage Situation,"['Terrorism', 'Media Bias', 'Texas', 'Religion And Faith', 'Antisemitism']","Texas Synagogue Hostage Taker Had ‘Mental Health Issues,’ Brother in U.K. Says",New York Times (News),"BLACKBURN, England — The British man named by the F.B.I. as the person who took four people hostage at a Texas synagogue on Saturday had serious mental health issues and arguably should not have been able to travel to America at all, his brother said in an interview on Monday.
Malik Faisal Akram, 44, from Blackburn in northwestern England, was killed after an 11-hour standoff with the police and law enforcement officers at the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, near Fort Worth, the F.B.I. said.
His brother Gulbar Akram described him...",left
12486,Media Framing Differs as Details Emerge From Texas Synagogue Hostage Situation,"['Terrorism', 'Media Bias', 'Texas', 'Religion And Faith', 'Antisemitism']",FBI identifies hostage-taker in Colleyville standoff as 44-year-old British citizen,Fort Worth Star-Telegram,"The FBI on Sunday identified the hostage-taker in the standoff at a Colleyville synagogue as Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old British citizen.
Akram — who could be heard speaking during a livestream that broadcast a portion of the 11-hour standoff — died Saturday night after a hostage rescue team breached the building. The four hostages were unharmed.
Authorities said Saturday that Akram was killed in a shooting but did not answer a question about whether he was shot by law enforcement or if the gunshot was self-inflicted. The man claimed...",center
12487,Media Framing Differs as Details Emerge From Texas Synagogue Hostage Situation,"['Terrorism', 'Media Bias', 'Texas', 'Religion And Faith', 'Antisemitism']",FBI Investigating Texas Synagogue Attack as ‘Terrorism-Related Matter’,The Epoch Times,"The FBI said late Sunday that it is investigating the taking of hostages at a Texas synagogue a day prior as a “terrorism-related matter.”
“This is a terrorism-related matter, in which the Jewish community was targeted, and is being investigated by the Joint Terrorism Task Force,” the bureau said.
Malik Faisal Akram, 44, a British national, stormed inside the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, interrupting services and taking four hostages, authorities have said.
On a livestream, he was heard demanding the release of Pakistani-born Aafia Siddiqui, a neuroscientist who is serving an 86-year prison sentence after...",right
12488,"Electric Vehicle Market Boosted by Tax Incentives, Hindered by Faulty Charging Stations","['Economy And Jobs', 'Electric Vehicles', 'Technology', 'Business', 'Taxes', 'Inflation Reduction Act', 'Infrastructure', 'Domestic Policy', 'Economic Policy', 'Transportation']","You can get a $7,500 tax credit to buy an electric car, but it's really complicated",NPR (Online News),"The big climate and health care bill signed into law by President Biden has what at first sight looks like a big incentive for those shopping for a car: a revamped $7,500 tax credit if you buy a new electric vehicle, or $4,000 if you get a used one.
Although tax credits for electric cars have been offered before, the new bill revamps those incentives. But there are so many caveats — on everything from the buyers' income level to which models can qualify — that many electric cars may...",left
12489,"Electric Vehicle Market Boosted by Tax Incentives, Hindered by Faulty Charging Stations","['Economy And Jobs', 'Electric Vehicles', 'Technology', 'Business', 'Taxes', 'Inflation Reduction Act', 'Infrastructure', 'Domestic Policy', 'Economic Policy', 'Transportation']",So you’re in the market for an electric vehicle? Here’s how the new federal and Mass. laws will help,WBUR,"August has been a big month for the environment. At the national level, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, which allocates over $360 billion to help fight climate change. And more locally, Gov. Charlie Baker signed a sweeping state climate and clean energy bill into law.
Both laws cover a lot of ground. But one notable commonality is the emphasis on getting more electric vehicles on the road. To help make this happen, the laws establish tax credits or rebates for consumers — you don’t have to choose one, you can...",center
12490,"Electric Vehicle Market Boosted by Tax Incentives, Hindered by Faulty Charging Stations","['Economy And Jobs', 'Electric Vehicles', 'Technology', 'Business', 'Taxes', 'Inflation Reduction Act', 'Infrastructure', 'Domestic Policy', 'Economic Policy', 'Transportation']",Study finds electric vehicle owners struggle to charge at public stations,Washington Examiner,"The Biden administration’s push toward electric vehicles is hitting speed bumps as a new poll shows thousands of EV owners are struggling to charge their cars while away from home.
Consumer research firm J.D. Power released its second annual United States Electric Vehicle Experience Public Charging Study last week, showing that 20% of EV owners reported “operability and maintenance a key issue” at public charging stations.
""The study finds that one out of every five respondents ended up not charging their vehicle during their visit,"" J.D. Power reported. ""Of those who didn’t charge, 72% indicated that it...",right
12491,Biden Administration to Prepare Infrastructure Package Up to $3 Trillion,"['Economic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Sustainability', 'People And Profit', 'Joe Biden']",Biden Team Prepares $3 Trillion in New Spending for the Economy,New York Times (News),"President Biden’s economic advisers are pulling together a sweeping $3 trillion package to boost the economy, reduce carbon emissions and narrow economic inequality, beginning with a giant infrastructure plan that may be financed in part through tax increases on corporations and the rich.
After months of internal debate, Mr. Biden’s advisers are expected to present the spending proposal to the president and congressional leaders this week, as well as begin outreach to industry and labor groups. On Monday, Mr. Biden’s national climate adviser, Gina McCarthy, discussed his infrastructure plans —...",left
12492,Biden Administration to Prepare Infrastructure Package Up to $3 Trillion,"['Economic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Sustainability', 'People And Profit', 'Joe Biden']","Biden infrastructure, jobs spending push could hit $4 trillion",Reuters,"President Joe Biden will be briefed by advisers this week on infrastructure, climate and jobs proposals being considered by the White House that could collectively cost as much as $4 trillion, according to people familiar with discussions. Biden advisers are weighing a price tag of between $3 trillion and $4 trillion for new legislative action, including repairing the country’s crumbling infrastructure and tackling climate change, one source said.
A second source said Biden advisers have a package of proposals totaling up to $3 trillion for infrastructure and other priorities they...",center
12493,Biden Administration to Prepare Infrastructure Package Up to $3 Trillion,"['Economic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Sustainability', 'People And Profit', 'Joe Biden']","After $1.9 Trillion Spending Hike, Biden Is Planning $3 Trillion in New Spending",Reason,"It's been a whole 11 days since President Joe Biden signed a $1.9 trillion spending bill, so naturally the White House is already planning the next, even bigger spending package.
The New York Times reported Monday that Biden's advisors are prepping a $3 trillion hike in federal spending. The money would go to infrastructure projects, climate change initiatives, community colleges, and a variety of other Democratic priorities. The plan may also include higher taxes on businesses and wealthy individuals, but it seems unlikely that the tax increases would offset such...",right
12494,Trump Holds Town Hall with Undecided Voters; Media Coverage Differs,"['Donald Trump', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections', '2020 Election']","Trump at town hall says he 'up played' severity of coronavirus, despite telling Woodward he 'wanted to always play it down'",USA TODAY,"PHILADELPHIA – President Donald Trump denied downplaying the threat from coronavirus, telling a town hall on Tuesday that he ""up played it"" despite his assertion in a recorded interview this year that he ""wanted to always play it down.""
Trump made the remarks during a 90-minute town hall hosted by ABC News in the must win battleground of Pennsylvania, an event that served as something of a preview for the presidential debates that are set to begin later this month.
""Well, I didn't downplay it. I actually, in many...",left
12495,Trump Holds Town Hall with Undecided Voters; Media Coverage Differs,"['Donald Trump', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections', '2020 Election']",How President Donald Trump failed to connect with voters at ABC News town hall,ABC News (Online),"As the 2020 Tour de France comes to its final stages, I thought I would use some cycling metaphors to assess the town hall meeting ABC News held with President Donald Trump, seven weeks ahead of Election Day.
The Tour is one of the most grueling and difficult sporting events in the world, and is often described as a ""team sport with an individual winner."" the same is true of presidential campaigns. They are incredibly grueling, politically, and there is one winner declared after Election Day. But in order to...",left
12496,Trump Holds Town Hall with Undecided Voters; Media Coverage Differs,"['Donald Trump', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections', '2020 Election']",Trump Defends Record In ABC Town Hall Event With Uncommitted Voters,The Daily Caller,"President Donald Trump defended his presidential behavior while speaking to undecided voters in Pennsylvania during ABC’s town hall event Tuesday evening, moderated by ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos.
“So, I’m fighting a battle. It’s a big battlefield and I have a lot of forces against me,” Trump said, according to ABC News. “Sometimes you don’t have time to be totally, as you would say presidential — you have to get things done.”
Trump went on to tout his record, noting he’s appointed more than 200 federal judges and two...",right
12497,Audit Report of VA Hospitals,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",Audit: Tens of thousands of veterans waiting for care,CNN (Online News),An audit of more than 700 Veterans Affairs facilities found that tens of thousands of veterans waiting for care.,left
12498,Audit Report of VA Hospitals,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']","More Than 57,000 Patients Awaiting Appointments at VA Hospitals and Clinics, Audit Shows",The Blaze,"More than 57,000 patients are still waiting for initial medical appointments at VA hospitals and clinics 90 days or more after requesting them, the Veterans Affairs Department said Monday.",right
12499,Audit Report of VA Hospitals,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']","VA says more than 57,000 patients are waiting for first visit",Washington Post,The information comes from the agency's internal audit of 731 VA medical centers.,left
12500,Romney/Ryan Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",ABC/WaPo poll: Ryan favorability jumps,Politico,"A new poll out from the Washington Post and ABC News -- conducted half before the Ryan announcement and half afterward -- found that positive views of the now-VP candidate jumped this weekend following his addition to the GOP ticket. Via The Fix:
In Wednesday through Friday interviews, fully 45 percent of Americans expressed no opinion of Ryan, dropping to 30 percent on Saturday and Sunday. The increasing familiarity all went to the positive side of the ledger, giving Ryan an initial advantage in the sprint to define his candidacy....",left
12501,Romney/Ryan Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ryan pick gives Romney camp a jolt of energy,Washington Times,"Newly minted vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan hit the stump this weekend with a level of energy that seemed to boost Mitt Romneys entire campaign, giving the presumptive nominee a much-needed change in the narrative while adding another high-profile fundraiser and campaigner to deploy across the country.
It got off to an inauspicious start, though.
When Mr. Ryan was first introduced Saturday in Norfolk, Va., walking down the gangplank of the USS Wisconsin with the theme of the movie “Air Force One playing in the background, Mr. Romney got a little...",right
12502,Romney/Ryan Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Paul Ryan VP Pick An Unpopular Choice: Poll,HuffPost,"Americans' initial reaction to Paul Ryan is decidedly lukewarm, with more rating his selection as vice president negatively than positively, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll taken after the announcement.
Ryan's ratings were less positive than those for any other vice presidential pick part of Gallup since 2000, including Sarah Palin, Joe Biden and Dick Cheney. The only other recent vice presidential selection to gain net negative ratings was Dan Quayle in 1988.",left
12503,Health Care Vote Today,['Healthcare'],What to watch in Thursday's health care vote,CNN (Online News),After more than seven years of campaign pledges -- and 42 days since their initial effort failed in epic fashion -- House Republicans now say they have the votes to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.,left
12504,Health Care Vote Today,['Healthcare'],What to Watch For: Nail-Biter on Repealing Health Law,New York Times (News),"After weeks of fits and starts, House Republican leaders plan on Thursday to try yet again to advance legislation to repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act.",left
12505,Health Care Vote Today,['Healthcare'],Today's Obamacare Showdown: 5 Big Things You Need to Know,CBN,House Republicans will vote on a bill to repeal major portions of Democratic President Barack Obama's health care law.,right
12506,Obama Proposes Overtime Pay Increase,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']","Obama proposes major overtime pay expansion, amid GOP resistance",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama unveiled a long-awaited plan to drastically expand the number of people eligible for overtime pay, in a move that he said would ensure ""hard work is rewarded"" -- but that critics warn could hurt job growth at a fragile time.
Under the proposal unveiled late Monday, salaried workers who earn nearly $1,000 per week would become eligible for overtime pay.
The rule from the Labor Department would more than double the threshold at which employers can avoid paying overtime, from the current $455 a week to...",right
12507,Obama Proposes Overtime Pay Increase,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Labor Department Expected to Make Millions More Eligible for Overtime,Wall Street Journal (News),"Millions more Americans who work in excess of 40 hours a week will qualify for overtime pay under a proposed rule the Labor Department is expected to unveil this week—a signature White House initiative aimed at strengthening the middle class and tackling income inequality.
The agency is proposing to raise to $970 a week the salary threshold that generally determines who is eligible for overtime pay, according to sources familiar with the administration’s plans.",center
12508,Obama Proposes Overtime Pay Increase,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama To Unveil Plan To Bring Overtime Pay To 5 Million More Workers,HuffPost,"President Barack Obama this week will propose a plan to extend overtime pay to 5 million American workers who are currently excluded under federal law, according to sources.
The president will recommend updating overtime rules so that salaried workers who earn less than roughly $50,400 per year would be guaranteed time-and-a-half pay when they work more than 40 hours in a week. Under the current rules implemented by former President George W. Bush, salaried workers must earn less than $23,660 per year in order to be automatically eligible for overtime...",left
12509,Fair or Flawed? The Divided Narrative on Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Race And Racism', 'Justice']",Conservative judicial activist says there's a lot to criticize in Jackson record,Washington Examiner,"With the Senate Judiciary Committee set to start hearings in a week for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson , a prominent conservative judicial activist is signaling to Republicans how to ""contrast"" how advocates portray her versus the high court pick's ""actual record.""
Judicial Crisis Network President Carrie Severino told the Washington Examiner that President Joe Biden is ""trying to replace a moderate liberal justice with a radical liberal justice,"" comparing Jackson to retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.
Severino referenced Jackson's previous Senate Judiciary Committee hearings ahead of her confirmation last year to the U.S. Court...",right
12510,Fair or Flawed? The Divided Narrative on Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Race And Racism', 'Justice']",Review of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson's opinions shows outcomes cut both ways,USA TODAY,"Soon after President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for a seat on the Supreme Court her critics began casting her as a ""radical, left-wing activist,"" a characterization based on a handful of high-profile opinions in which she ruled against President Donald Trump's administration. 
But a deeper review of Jackson's  opinions on the federal District Court in Washington, D.C., paints a more nuanced picture, including a number of instances in which she sided with the Republican administration and against the same left-leaning groups that now support her confirmation. 
Critics often point to a 2019 decision in which Jackson ruled that Trump's former White...",left
12511,Fair or Flawed? The Divided Narrative on Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Race And Racism', 'Justice']",Manchin has 'positive' meeting with Biden's Supreme Court nominee,The Hill,"Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) met on Wednesday with President Biden's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Manchin, in a statement, said he and Jackson talked about ""her experience, record and opinions on important issues impacting West Virginians"" but that he would wait until after her Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, which is scheduled to start on March 21, to decide how he will vote.
""We had a positive and productive meeting. I appreciate her willingness to meet with me ahead of her confirmation vote. Just as I have with previous nominees, I will closely...",center
12512,IRS Hearings Begin,"['US House', 'Politics']",House committee launches first hearing on IRS targeting,CNN (Online News),"The first congressional hearing on IRS targeting of conservative groups began Friday with the House Ways and Means Committee looking at what it called political discrimination.
However, partisan politics became evident early when the top Republican and Democrat on the committee differed on the underlying purpose of the hearing.
Two key figures in the controversy -- the acting Internal Revenue Service commissioner forced to resign and the agency inspector general who uncovered the issue -- were sworn in as witnesses by panel chairman Rep. Dave Camp, a Republican...",left
12513,IRS Hearings Begin,"['US House', 'Politics']",First IRS hearing opens with tough talk,Politico,"Steven Miller, the ousted acting IRS Commissioner, is facing harsh criticism from top lawmakers in a House Ways and Means Committee hearing that is under way this morning.
Hes facing questions about why the agency didnt reveal a program that targeted conservative groups seeking nonprofit status despite repeated requests from Republican lawmakers.",left
12514,IRS Hearings Begin,"['US House', 'Politics']","Outgoing IRS chief apologizes for 'foolish' targeting, GOP rep calls program 'tip of the iceberg'",Fox News (Online News),"The outgoing commissioner of the IRS apologized Friday for his agency's practice of targeting conservative groups, calling the actions ""foolish"" while claiming it was not motivated by partisanship.
""As acting commissioner, I want to apologize on the behalf of the Internal Revenue Service for the mistakes that we made and the poor service provided,"" Steven Miller, the outgoing commissioner, said at the first congressional hearing on the scandal. ""The affected organizations and the American public deserve better.""
He said he doesn't think the agents responsible were motivated by...",right
12515,Trump Accuses FBI and DOJ of Political Bias,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump Accuses His Justice Department, FBI Of Favoring Democrats",HuffPost,Many of them are actually Republicans.,left
12516,Trump Accuses FBI and DOJ of Political Bias,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump accuses FBI, Justice Department of politicizing Republican memo",Reuters,President Donald Trump attacked the integrity of the FBI and Justice Department on Friday in an extraordinary showdown over the expected White House release of a secret Republican memo alleging FBI bias against him in its Russia probe.,center
12517,Trump Accuses FBI and DOJ of Political Bias,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump accuses FBI, DOJ leadership of bias against Republicans and in favor of Dems",Washington Times,President Trump said Friday the leaders at the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department have a political bias against Republicans.,right
12518,FBI Confirm Nashville Bomber Anthony Warner Died In Explosion,"['Disaster', 'Nashville', 'Explosion', 'Criminal Justice', 'General News']","Nashville explosion: Anthony Warner died in explosion, was 'bomber,' authorities say",The Tennesseean,"Anthony Q. Warner, 63, has been identified as the ""bomber"" in the Christmas day explosion in Nashville by U.S. Attorney Don Cochran.
Cochran announced the update to the investigation in a Sunday afternoon news conference.
""Anthony Warner is the bomber. He was present when the bomb went off, and he perished in the bombing,"" Cochran said.
DNA found at the scene was matched to samples taken at another location searched by investigators, TBI Director David Rausch said Sunday. The TBI was involved in testing the evidence.",center
12519,FBI Confirm Nashville Bomber Anthony Warner Died In Explosion,"['Disaster', 'Nashville', 'Explosion', 'Criminal Justice', 'General News']",FBI confirms Anthony Warner was Nashville bomber,Washington Examiner,"The FBI has confirmed that Anthony Warner, 63, was the culprit behind a Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville.
""Based on the evidence that we got at this point, we’ve come to the conclusion that an individual named Anthony Warner is the bomber,"" U.S. Attorney Don Cochran said, adding that Warner perished in the explosion.
The explosion left at least three people hospitalized and 41 businesses damaged — perhaps most significantly an AT&T facility adjacent to where the RV that exploded was positioned. The blast caused outages in parts of...",right
12520,FBI Confirm Nashville Bomber Anthony Warner Died In Explosion,"['Disaster', 'Nashville', 'Explosion', 'Criminal Justice', 'General News']","Widespread outages and search for clues continue following Nashville explosion: ""The damage is shocking""",CBS News (Online),"Sweeping communications outages continued to plague large swaths of Tennessee on Saturday after a recreational vehicle exploded early Christmas morning in downtown Nashville. Meanwhile, federal investigators are searching for clues after the explosion that damaged dozens of buildings.
Police emergency systems across Tennessee and Kentucky, as well as Nashville's COVID-19 community hotline, remained out of service due to an AT&T central office being affected by the blast. The building contained a telephone exchange, with network equipment in it - but the company has declined to say exactly how many people...",left
12521,CDC Shortens COVID-19 Quarantine Guidelines,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'CDC Guidelines', 'Quarantine', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","US officials recommend shorter COVID isolation, quarantine",Associated Press,"U.S. health officials on Monday cut isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who catch the coronavirus from 10 to five days, and similarly shortened the time that close contacts need to quarantine.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said the guidance is in keeping with growing evidence that people with the coronavirus are most infectious in the two days before and three days after symptoms develop.
The decision also was driven by a recent surge in COVID-19 cases, propelled by the omicron variant.
Early research suggests omicron may cause milder...",left
12522,CDC Shortens COVID-19 Quarantine Guidelines,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'CDC Guidelines', 'Quarantine', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",CDC Shortens COVID-19 Quarantine Guidelines for General Population,The Epoch Times,"The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in a reversal of a previous recommendation, cut the number of days of isolation for Americans who contract COVID-19 from 10 days to five days regardless of vaccination status.
The agency similarly shortened the time that close contacts of COVID-19 need to quarantine. Authorities with the CDC said that its latest guidance is in line with more and more evidence suggesting that those who contract the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus are the most infectious two days before and three days after symptoms emerge.
Meanwhile, the CDC said that...",right
12523,CDC Shortens COVID-19 Quarantine Guidelines,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'CDC Guidelines', 'Quarantine', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",CDC shortens recommended Covid-19 isolation and quarantine time,CNN (Online News),"The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday shortened the recommended times that people should isolate when they've tested positive for Covid-19 from 10 days to five days if they don't have symptoms -- and if they wear a mask around others for at least five more days.
The CDC also shortened the recommended time for people to quarantine if they are exposed to the virus to a similar five days if they are vaccinated. People who are fully vaccinated and boosted may not need to quarantine at all, the CDC said.
""Given what...",left
12524,Release of Some JFK Files,['Politics'],JFK files reveal FBI warning on Oswald and Soviets' missile fears,The Guardian,"The publication of nearly 3,000 previously classified files relating to the assassination of John F Kennedy in 1963 reveals that the FBI had warned Dallas police about a threat to kill Lee Harvey Oswald, and claims that Soviet officials feared an “irresponsible” US general could launch a missile strike in the wake of the crisis.",left
12525,Release of Some JFK Files,['Politics'],"JFK Files: 'Big news' coming, British reporter was told before shots fired",Fox News (Online News),"A senior reporter at a British newspaper received an anonymous phone call prior to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, alerting the reporter to “some big news” about 25 minutes in advance, according to a CIA file released Thursday.",right
12526,Release of Some JFK Files,['Politics'],"Trump releases some JFK files, blocks others under pressure",Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the unveiling of 2,800 documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy but yielded to pressure from the FBI and CIA to block the release of other records to be reviewed further.",center
12527,George W. Bush Presidential Library,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama's Delicate Task at Bush Library Event,New York Times (News),As President Obama prepares to help dedicate the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum on Thursday he embarks on an awkward ritual.,left
12528,George W. Bush Presidential Library,"['White House', 'Politics']","All five living presidents share stage to honor President Bush, dedicate his library",Fox News (Online News),All five living past and former U.S. presidents gathered in Texas for the dedication of George W. Bush Presidential Center an event that saw the men share a rare bond that transcends partisan differences.,right
12529,George W. Bush Presidential Library,"['White House', 'Politics']",Why The Bush Library Won't Make History,NPR (Online News),As George W. Bushs presidential library opens supporters of the 43rd president are convinced that history will judge him more kindly than his contemporaries. In order for that to happen historians say they need to get a look at the documents that library houses and that doesnt look likely anytime soon.,left
12530,"Senator Murkowski ""Disturbed"" Over Coordination With White House On Impeachment Trial","['Lisa Murkowski', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Impeachment Trial', 'White House', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Republican senator 'disturbed' by McConnell's work with White House on impeachment trial,Reuters,"Republican U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski said she was “disturbed” by the Senate leader’s approach to working with White House counsel on the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, saying there should be distance between the two.
The comments by the Alaska lawmaker come after Mitch McConnell, majority leader of the Republican-led Senate, said during a Fox News interview earlier this month that he was working in “total coordination” with the White House on the upcoming trial.
“To me it means that we have to take that step back from being...",center
12531,"Senator Murkowski ""Disturbed"" Over Coordination With White House On Impeachment Trial","['Lisa Murkowski', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Impeachment Trial', 'White House', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Lisa Murkowski 'disturbed' by McConnell promise for 'total coordination' with White House,Washington Examiner,"GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she was troubled to hear Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell promise ""total coordination"" between himself and the White House regarding President Trump's impeachment trial.
McConnell, 77, of Kentucky, made the comment about his plan to work with the White House, which sparked fierce outrage among Democrats, during an appearance on Hannity earlier this month.
“And in fairness, when I heard that, I was disturbed,” Murkowski explained to KTUU News Tuesday. “To me, it means that we have to take that step back from being hand-in-glove...",right
12532,"Senator Murkowski ""Disturbed"" Over Coordination With White House On Impeachment Trial","['Lisa Murkowski', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Impeachment Trial', 'White House', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Trump impeachment: Lisa Murkowski 'disturbed' by Mitch McConnell's stance,The Guardian,"Republican US Senator Lisa Murkowski has said she was “disturbed” by the Senate leader’s approach to working with White House counsel on the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, saying there should be distance between the two.
The comments by the Alaska lawmaker come after Mitch McConnell, majority leader of the Republican-led Senate, said during a Fox News interview earlier this month that he was working in “total coordination” with the White House on the upcoming trial.
“To me it means that we have to take that step back from...",left
12533,US Withdraws from UN Compact on Migration,['Immigration'],"US quits UN global compact on migration, says it'll set its own policy",CNN (Online News),"The United States notified the United Nations that it will no longer take part in the global compact on migration, saying it undermines the nation's sovereignty.",left
12534,US Withdraws from UN Compact on Migration,['Immigration'],"Trump Ignores Nikki Haley, Pulls U.S. out of Global Immigration Pact",Newsweek,The Trump administration has removed itself from a nonbinding United Nations pact aimed at better serving migrants and refugees across the globe.,center
12535,US Withdraws from UN Compact on Migration,['Immigration'],Trump Administration Pulls US Out of UN Migration Pact,Townhall,The Trump administration announced this weekend it is withdrawing from a United Nations nonbinding pact that was looking into ways of addressing the global flow of migrants.,right
12536,Senate GOP Works to Unify Around Coronavirus Aid Plan,"['Coronavirus', 'Senate GOP', 'Senate Democrats', 'White House', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Coronavirus relief: GOP caught between ideals and economic reality,Christian Science Monitor,"Both parties say it’s urgent for the federal government to continue propping up businesses and average Americans with a new relief bill. But rifts over the size of the package – and which elements are most critical – remain.
As the economy approaches a daunting cliff of expiring coronavirus relief programs, House Democrats have already responded by passing an economic rescue bill that’s even bigger than the first.
Republicans are exhibiting a very different mindset – espousing the view that, despite the urgency of the moment, it’s better not...",center
12537,Senate GOP Works to Unify Around Coronavirus Aid Plan,"['Coronavirus', 'Senate GOP', 'Senate Democrats', 'White House', 'US Senate', 'Politics']","White House, Dems Tangle Over Virus Relief Bill",Newsmax (News),"Top Trump administration officials and Democratic congressional leaders will try on Wednesday to narrow their stark differences over a coronavirus aid bill, with no guarantees they can craft a compromise before some jobless benefits expire at the end of this week.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows were expected to resume negotiations with the two senior Democrats in Congress — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
An hour-long meeting of the four broke up late on Tuesday afternoon amid no...",right
12538,Senate GOP Works to Unify Around Coronavirus Aid Plan,"['Coronavirus', 'Senate GOP', 'Senate Democrats', 'White House', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Republicans far from agreement on their own $1 trillion coronavirus relief bill,ABC News (Online),"Senate Republicans are having trouble coming to grips with the new coronavirus relief bill outlined by their own party leaders Monday afternoon.
Many want to see changes, still more think the price tag is far too high and all of it is pointing to a major, uphill slog as the party attempts to craft a possible compromise with Democrats -- this as millions of Americans lose crucial benefits in the face of inaction in Washington.
""It's a mess. I can't figure out what this bill's about. ...This is not going...",left
12539,Comey to Testify on Russian Interference,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",OPINION: What Democrats Don't Want FBI Director James Comey to Talk About,Guest Writer - Right,Congressional Democrats and their media allies hope FBI Director James Comey will deliver a body blow to the Trump presidency by telling lawmakers Russia undermined the the 2016 presidential election and that President Trump’s claim that President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower is groundless.,right
12540,Comey to Testify on Russian Interference,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']","Week ahead: Lawmakers to press Comey on Russian hacking, Trump 'wiretap' claims",The Hill,"The House Intelligence Committee on Monday will convene for its first open hearing in its investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election, which is sure to prominently feature questions about President Trump's wiretapping claims.",center
12541,Comey to Testify on Russian Interference,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",What to Expect When Comey Meets With the House Intelligence Committee,New York Times (News),"Washington once again will be watching on Monday to see how far James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, will go in discussing the sensitive investigation into Russia’s election meddling.",left
12542,Preparing For Hurricane Florence,['General News'],"Hurricane Florence: Trump says government 'absolutely, totally prepared'",The Guardian,President says storm will be ‘tremendously big and tremendously wet’ while hailing ‘unsung success’ of widely-criticised response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.,left
12543,Preparing For Hurricane Florence,['General News'],"Hurricane Florence track turns south, likely 'storm of a lifetime' for Carolinas",USA TODAY,"Hurricane Florence is now expected to slow down and turn south after making a roaring landfall along the East Coast, a forecast that could have dire consequences for South Carolina, meteorologists said Wednesday.",left
12544,Preparing For Hurricane Florence,['General News'],‘Extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Florence to be a ‘Mike Tyson punch to Carolina coast’,Fox News (Online News),"Hurricane Florence’s potentially devastating winds and rain could be like “a Mike Tyson punch” when it slams into the Carolina coast later this week.
The Category 4 hurricane remains strong as it continues its approach to the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph, the National Hurricane Center said in its 8 a.m. advisory. Florence was 530 miles south east of Cape Fear, North Carolina and moving west northwest at 17 mph.",right
12545,Heather Nauert Withdraws Bid for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,"['State Department', 'Heather Nauert', 'Politics']",Heather Nauert withdraws from consideration for U.N. post,Washington Times,She says the last two months 'have been grueling for my family',right
12546,Heather Nauert Withdraws Bid for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,"['State Department', 'Heather Nauert', 'Politics']",Heather Nauert withdraws bid to be US envoy to UN,BBC News,"US President Donald Trump's pick to be America's new UN ambassador, Heather Nauert, has withdrawn her nomination for the post.",center
12547,Heather Nauert Withdraws Bid for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,"['State Department', 'Heather Nauert', 'Politics']","Heather Nauert, Trump’s pick for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, withdraws from consideration",Washington Post,The State Department spokeswoman said the past two months had been “grueling.”,left
12548,Millionaires Tell Congress to Raise Taxes on the Rich,['Taxes'],More than 400 millionaires tell Congress: Don’t cut our taxes,Washington Post,"More than 400 American millionaires and billionaires are sending a letter to Congress this week urging Republican lawmakers not to cut their taxes. The wealthy Americans — including doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs and chief executives — say the GOP is making a mistake by reducing taxes on the richest families at a time when the nation's debt is high and inequality is back at the worst level since the 1920s.",left
12549,Millionaires Tell Congress to Raise Taxes on the Rich,['Taxes'],Washington Post: 400 Millionaires Urge Congress to Raise Their Taxes,Newsmax (News),"More than 400 U.S. millionaires and billionaires reportedly plan to send a letter to Congress this week petitioning lawmakers not to cut their taxes. Instead, they say they want taxes on the wealthy to be raised, the Washington Post reported.",right
12550,Millionaires Tell Congress to Raise Taxes on the Rich,['Taxes'],Millionaires and billionaires to urge Congress not to cut their taxes,The Hill,"More than 400 millionaires and billionaires will reportedly ask Congress not to cut their taxes. The group, which includes doctors, lawyers and chief executives, plans to send a letter to Congress and ask that their taxes not be cut under the GOP tax overhaul, The Washington Post reported.",center
12551,Soldier Released After 5 Years,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Susan Rice Disregards Question About Whether Bergdahl Deserted Army: ?That?s Not the Point?,Townhall,Typical Susan-Rice-on-a-Sunday-talk-show response.,right
12552,Soldier Released After 5 Years,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",U.S. Soldier Bowe Bergdahl Released by Taliban in Swap for Guantanamo Detainees,Wall Street Journal (News),"Taliban militants in Afghanistan on Saturday handed over Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who had been held as a prisoner of war for almost five years, to U.S. Special Operations Forces in exchange for the release of five Afghan Taliban prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay prison.
The breakthrough was brokered by Qatar, which sent representatives to the U.S. military prison in Cuba to take custody of the five detainees, who used to be high-ranking members of the former Taliban government. The five were being flown to the small Gulf state where...",center
12553,Soldier Released After 5 Years,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Hagel Celebrates Bowe Bergdahl’s Release in Surprise Afghan Visit,New York Times (News),"Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl had departed for Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany eight hours before, but that did not stop Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel from taking a figurative victory lap around this base to celebrate the release of the lone remaining American prisoner of war in the Afghan conflict.
For Mr. Hagel, who made an unannounced stop in Afghanistan on Sunday, the release o",left
12554,Mich. Right-to-Work Passes,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Michigan bills weakening union power signed into law,CNN (Online News),"As protesters descended on the Michigan Statehouse Tuesday, two controversial ""right-to-work"" measures that would weaken unions' power were signed into law.
The House approved two bills, which the Senate already passed last week. Both chambers are dominated by Republicans.",left
12555,Mich. Right-to-Work Passes,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Violence Breaks Out in Michigan Against Conservatives as Union Protests Rage,Townhall,"The Republican controlled Michigan legislature passed right-to-work legislation late Tuesday morning as union members loudly protested inside and outside of the Capitol in Lansing. Michigan Democrat Rep. Douglas Geiss threatened on the House floor this morning ""there would be blood"" if the legislation passed. Riot police have been on the scene since early this morning bracing for violence.",right
12556,Mich. Right-to-Work Passes,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Michigan Right-To-Work Bill Approved By Republican-Dominated House,HuffPost,"As the chants of angry protesters filled the Capitol, Michigan lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to right-to-work legislation, dealing a devastating and once-unthinkable defeat to organized labor in a state that has been a cradle of the movement for generations.
The Republican-dominated House ignored Democrats' pleas to delay the passage and instead approved two bills with the same ruthless efficiency as the Senate showed last week. One measure dealt with private sector workers, the other with government employees. Both were sent to Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, who pledged to sign...",left
12557,DNA Test Confirms Hunter Biden as Father of Arkansas Baby,"['General News', 'Hunter Biden', 'Arkansas', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics']",DNA test shows Hunter Biden is father of Arkansas woman's baby,Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,"DNA testing has established, “with scientific certainty,” that Hunter Biden is the father of an Arkansas baby, according to a motion filed Wednesday in Independence County on behalf of the child’s mother, Lunden Alexis Roberts.
Biden, son of former vice president Joe Biden, “is not expected to challenge the results of the DNA test or the testing process,” the filing states.",left
12558,DNA Test Confirms Hunter Biden as Father of Arkansas Baby,"['General News', 'Hunter Biden', 'Arkansas', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics']",A DNA test revealed Hunter Biden fathered a baby with another woman while he was dating his brother's widow,Insider,"A DNA test confirmed that Hunter Biden is the father of a baby in Arkansas that he has denied having, says a court filing first reported by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
The document, filed on Wednesday in Independence County, Arkansas, on behalf of the baby's mother, Lunden Alexis Roberts, said the DNA test determined that Biden was the baby's father ""with scientific certainty.""
The filing said Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, is ""not expected to challenge the results of the DNA test or the testing process."" He...",left
12559,DNA Test Confirms Hunter Biden as Father of Arkansas Baby,"['General News', 'Hunter Biden', 'Arkansas', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics']","Hunter Biden Is The Father Of An Arkansas Baby, Court Filings Reveal",The Federalist,"Hunter Biden, the much-discussed son of Democratic frontrunner and former Vice President Joe Biden, is the father of a baby born in Arkansas in August of 2018, according to court filings. For months, Biden denied that he fathered the child; however, the mother has stated that Hunter “verbally admitted” to her in private that he was the father of the child.
The motion, filed earlier today in Independence County Circuit Court, declares with “scientific certainty” that Hunter, 49, is the father of a child born to 28-year-old Lunden Alexis Roberts....",right
12560,Trump Foundation to Dissolve Amid Lawsuit From New York Attorney General,['Politics'],Trump Charity Agrees to Dissolve Amid Lawsuit Alleging 'Pattern of Illegality',Townhall,"The Donald J. Trump foundation, the charity organization of President Trump, has agreed to dissolve under judicial supervision amidst a lawsuit from New York Attorney General Barbara",right
12561,Trump Foundation to Dissolve Amid Lawsuit From New York Attorney General,['Politics'],Trump Foundation shuts down amid lawsuit alleging a “shocking pattern of illegality”,Vox,The New York attorney general is still pursuing a lawsuit against the president’s charitable organization.,left
12562,Trump Foundation to Dissolve Amid Lawsuit From New York Attorney General,['Politics'],Donald J. Trump Foundation agrees to dissolve in deal with New York attorney general,USA TODAY,President Donald Trump's charity will shut down and its remaining assets distributed to other nonprofit organizations as part of an agreement filed Tuesday by New York Attorney General,left
12563,Obama Seeks to Allay Terrorism Fears,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama, Seeking to Address Public Concerns, Will Meet With Security Team Over ISIS",New York Times (News),"Before he hits the beach at the end of the week, President Obama wants to address mounting public concerns about his strategy for confronting terrorism and to show he is focused on the fight, beginning with a visit to the Pentagon today.",left
12564,Obama Seeks to Allay Terrorism Fears,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama seeks to calm fears over terrorism ahead of holiday season,Christian Science Monitor,President Obama will be conducting visits to the Pentagon and the National Counterterrorism Center this week. The visits aim to reassure the nation of the White House strategy for combatting terrorism.,center
12565,Obama Seeks to Allay Terrorism Fears,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama's anti-terror visits this week include Pentagon stop, but no strategy changes expected",Fox News (Online News),President Obama this week will visit the Pentagon and the National Counterterrorism Center -- high-profile stops -- to try to allay Americans' concerns about the growing domestic and global terror threat posed by the Islamic State (ISIS).,right
12566,Majority of NY Legislators Call on Cuomo to Resign as Impeachment Inquiry Opens,"['Politics', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York', 'Nursing Homes', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Former Cuomo employees reportedly received calls from governor's office after accuser came forward,NBC News (Online),"Six former employees of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said they were contacted by his office in the days after an ex-aide accused the governor of sexual harassment in December, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Some of the people who were called said they hadn't heard from the administration in months and saw the calls as intimidation attempts, according to the newspaper.
“I felt intimidated, and I felt bewildered,” said Ana Liss, a former aide to the governor who received one of the calls. Liss has also accused the...",left
12567,Majority of NY Legislators Call on Cuomo to Resign as Impeachment Inquiry Opens,"['Politics', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York', 'Nursing Homes', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Resignation demands grow as police get Cuomo groping report,Associated Press,"New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s grip on power appeared increasingly threatened Thursday as a majority of state legislators called for his resignation, Democrats launched an impeachment investigation and police in the state capital said they stood ready to investigate a groping allegation.
The firestorm around the Democrat grew a day after the Times Union of Albany reported that an unidentified aide had claimed Cuomo reached under her shirt and fondled her at his official residence late last year.
The woman hasn’t filed a criminal complaint, but a lawyer for the...",left
12568,Majority of NY Legislators Call on Cuomo to Resign as Impeachment Inquiry Opens,"['Politics', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York', 'Nursing Homes', 'Sexual Misconduct']",NY Lawmakers to Open Impeachment Inquiry against Cuomo,National Review,"New York state lawmakers will begin an impeachment inquiry against Governor Andrew Cuomo amid a pair of burgeoning scandals.
State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Democrat from the Bronx, announced on Thursday that the body’s judiciary committee would take up the inquiry. The committee will have subpoena powers and the ability to interview witnesses while it considers potential articles of impeachment.
The inquiry will cover both scandals that have hobbled the Cuomo administration in recent months. These include the administration’s misrepresentation of the number of coronavirus victims in state nursing...",right
12569,Perspectives: Marijuana Legalization is On the Ballot In These Five States,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Election 2020', 'Elections', 'Public Health']",Marijuana ballot measures could tip competitive races toward Democrats,Washington Times,"Pro-pot activists are convinced that marijuana ballot measures will help juice voter turnout this year and potentially push Democrats over the top in key states such as Arizona and Montana — a political calculus President Trump has fretted about.
Marijuana legalization measures are on the ballot in those two states, home to competitive presidential and/or Senate contests, plus Mississippi, New Jersey, and South Dakota.",right
12570,Perspectives: Marijuana Legalization is On the Ballot In These Five States,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Election 2020', 'Elections', 'Public Health']","2020’s marijuana legalization ballot measures, explained",Vox,"Between the presidential election, governors’ races, and down-ballot contests, this year’s election features a lot of important choices. Among those, voters in five states will have a chance to legalize marijuana for recreational or medical uses.
In Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota, voters could legalize marijuana for recreational purposes. In Mississippi and South Dakota (in a ballot initiative separate from the full legalization measure), voters could also legalize medical marijuana.
If all these measures are approved, the United States would go from having 11 states in which marijuana...",left
12571,Perspectives: Marijuana Legalization is On the Ballot In These Five States,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Election 2020', 'Elections', 'Public Health']","This election, Americans will once again show their support for marijuana legalization",The Hill,"Millions of Americans will head to the polls in the coming days and cast votes on whether or not to legalize the use of marijuana in their states. If past is precedent, most — if not all — of these statewide ballot measures will be enacted into law.
Beginning with California in 1996, voters in multiple jurisdictions nationwide have voted well over two-dozen times on Election Day in favor of marijuana legalization measures.
Currently, 34 states and the District of Columbia have laws on the books regulating the production and...",center
12572,Trump Increases Tariffs on Chinese Goods,"['Trade', 'Donald Trump', 'China', 'Tariffs']",How strong is Trump's hand in US-China trade war?,Al Jazeera,"A week ago, it looked like the world's two biggest economies were close to resolving their ongoing trade dispute. Now, the United States is imposing a new round of punishing tariff increases on Chinese goods.
Eleventh-hour negotiations got under way on Thursday between a high-level Chinese delegation led by Vice Premier Liu He and US negotiators led by Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
READ MORE
Trump's trade war with China: How we got here, what happens next
The pressure to salvage a trade deal between the two sides ratcheted...",left
12573,Trump Increases Tariffs on Chinese Goods,"['Trade', 'Donald Trump', 'China', 'Tariffs']","US Tariff Hikes on Chinese Goods Kick In, Beijing Vows Retaliation",Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump's latest tariff hike on Chinese goods took effect Friday and Beijing said it would retaliate, escalating a battle over China's technology ambitions and other trade tensions.
The Trump administration raised duties on $200 billion of Chinese imports to 25% from 10%. China's Commerce Ministry said it would impose ""necessary countermeasures"" but gave no details.
The increase went ahead even after American and Chinese negotiators began more talks in Washington aimed at ending a dispute that has disrupted billions of dollars in trade and shaken global financial markets....",right
12574,Trump Increases Tariffs on Chinese Goods,"['Trade', 'Donald Trump', 'China', 'Tariffs']",Trump Doubles Down on China Threat as Trade Talks Resume,New York Times (News),"President Trump renewed his trade fight with China on Friday morning, hours after raising tariffs on $200 billion worth of the country’s imports, as he tried to pressure Beijing to agree to America’s trade terms.
In a series of early morning tweets, the president said tariffs on Chinese goods will help the United States and warned China that he would continue to tax their products if they didn’t reach a deal. His comments, which come as the two countries prepare to meet again on Friday, suggest Mr. Trump is willing...",left
12575,"After Greenpeace Report, What's the Future of Plastic Recycling?","['Sustainability', 'Recycling', 'Environment', 'Plastic', 'Water And Oceans']",Should you even bother throwing plastic in the recycling bin?,The Week - News,"Thank you for carefully rinsing, sorting, and recycling your plastic containers — but plastic is trash and trying to recycle it is futile, Greenpeace said in late October. Greenpeace and other environmental groups have been warning about the petroleum and chemical industry's ""greenwashing"" of plastic recycling for years, while those chemical companies insist we're just on the cusp of a major breakthrough that will make recycling and reusing plastics feasible and cost-effective. 
Consumers, meanwhile, are stuck in the middle. Is recycling plastic just a feel-good charade we should stop bothering to play act, or is there...",left
12576,"After Greenpeace Report, What's the Future of Plastic Recycling?","['Sustainability', 'Recycling', 'Environment', 'Plastic', 'Water And Oceans']",Why most plastic isn’t getting recycled,The Hill,"Jan Dell, the outspoken recycling critic and thorn in the side of the plastics industry, wants the American public to face facts.  
Those grocery-bag drop-off boxes, she says, are glorified trash bins. That swirly recycling symbol on coffee lids and granola pouches is more fantasy than fact. Clear plastic bottles are recyclable: green ones are not.  
“You walk in a Walmart and see all these single-use Halloween decorations,” Dell said. “All that will be in a landfill the week after Halloween.” 
Dell, a chemical engineer who vice-chaired a...",center
12577,"After Greenpeace Report, What's the Future of Plastic Recycling?","['Sustainability', 'Recycling', 'Environment', 'Plastic', 'Water And Oceans']","On Second Thought, Just Throw Plastic Away",City Journal,"Even Greenpeace has finally acknowledged the truth: recycling plastic makes no sense.
This has been obvious for decades to anyone who crunched the numbers, but the fantasy of recycling plastic proved irresistible to generations of environmentalists and politicians. They preached it to children, mandated it for adults, and bludgeoned municipalities and virtue-signaling corporations into wasting vast sums—probably hundreds of billions of dollars worldwide—on an enterprise that has been harmful to the environment as well as to humanity.
Now Greenpeace has seen the light, or at least a glimmer of rationality....",right
12578,"Congressional Primary Elections in Ohio Test Progressive Influence, Trump Clout","['Elections', 'Ohio', 'Special Elections', 'US Congress']","Ohio primaries test Democratic loyalty, Trump’s influence",Washington Post,"Ohio voters will pick nominees for vacant House seats today, settling a fight over Democratic Party loyalty in Cleveland and testing the power of Donald Trump’s endorsement in Columbus’s conservative exurbs.
In the 11th Congressional District, which stretches from Cleveland to Akron, former state senator Nina Turner is locked in a bitter fight with Shontel Brown, a Cuyahoga County councilor and chair of the local Democratic Party. Turner, who co-chaired Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) last presidential campaign, entered the race as the best-known candidate, and an ally of the left-wing...",left
12579,"Congressional Primary Elections in Ohio Test Progressive Influence, Trump Clout","['Elections', 'Ohio', 'Special Elections', 'US Congress']",Left pins hopes on Nina Turner in Ohio after recent defeats,The Hill,"The left of the Democratic Party is pinning its hopes on a primary victory on Tuesday to ease the pain of some recent disappointments.
Nina Turner, a former Ohio state senator who served as a high-profile surrogate for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) during the 2020 presidential campaign, looks to have the edge to win the Democratic House primary in the state’s 11th Congressional District. The seat was previously held by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge.
Turner is backed by Sanders — who campaigned for her over the weekend — as well...",center
12580,"Congressional Primary Elections in Ohio Test Progressive Influence, Trump Clout","['Elections', 'Ohio', 'Special Elections', 'US Congress']","Heated congressional primary in Ohio a battle between Democrats’ establishment, progressive wings",Fox News (Online News),"It was a brief truce amid a nasty campaign fight between the two leading candidates in a congressional special election Democratic primary in northern Ohio that’s turned into proxy battle between the party’s establishment and progressive wings.
Nina Turner, a former state senator and a top surrogate for Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns, and Cuyahoga County councilwoman Shontel Brown shook hands as the joined together on stage at a predominantly Black megachurch in suburban Cleveland.
The brief moment of peace came two days before Tuesday’s primary election in the special election in Ohio’s 11th Congressional District,...",right
12581,Turkey Coal Mine Explosion,['World'],Race Against Time in Turkish coal mine,Fox News (Online News),Rescuers struggled to reach more than 200 miners trapped underground early Wednesday after an explosion and fire at a coal mine in western Turkey killed at least 201 workers authorities said in one of the worst mining disasters in Turkish history.,right
12582,Turkey Coal Mine Explosion,['World'],Turkey coal mine explosion: Did lawmaker's warning go unheeded?,Christian Science Monitor,Turkey has one of the worst mining safety records among industrialized nations and a local politician says that his calls for higher standards have gone ignored.,center
12583,Turkey Coal Mine Explosion,['World'],238 dead in Turkey coal mine explosion,Washington Post,Turkeys energy minister says some 200 people are still believed trapped inside the mine.,left
12584,"Baytown,Texas: Officer Kills Woman After Screaming She Was Pregnant","['Civil Rights', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Police And Community']",Texas Police Officer Filmed Fatally Shooting Woman Who Claimed To Be Pregnant During Arrest Struggle,Newsweek,"An investigation has been launched after a Texas police officer shot and killed a woman during an arrest after she shouted, “I’m pregnant.”
The officer from the Baytown Police Department was patrolling the area around The Brixton Apartments on Garth Road on the evening of May 13 when he came across a 45-year-old woman who he recognized as having outstanding warrants.
According to the department, the officer then deployed a Taser against the woman while attempting to detain her following a struggle.
The woman is alleged to have taken the...",center
12585,"Baytown,Texas: Officer Kills Woman After Screaming She Was Pregnant","['Civil Rights', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Police And Community']","Woman shot dead by cop moments after yelling, ‘I’m pregnant!’",New York Post (News),"Chilling video captured a Texas police officer shooting dead a woman moments after she yelled, “I’m pregnant!” while fighting for the cop’s Taser.
The woman was not pregnant, cops said Tuesday.
Grandmother-of-three Pamela Turner, 44 was shown on the video struggling to resist arrest for outstanding warrants outside an apartment complex in Baytown on Monday night, KPRC Click2Houston reported.
“You’re actually harassing me,” she yells at the unidentified officer, telling him angrily, “I’m actually walking to my house.”
The shaky footage then catches the cop firing his Taser and...",right
12586,"Baytown,Texas: Officer Kills Woman After Screaming She Was Pregnant","['Civil Rights', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Police And Community']",Texas cop fatally shoots woman after Taser struggle,The Hill,"A Houston-area police officer fatally shot a woman who he said grabbed his Taser and used it against him, according to The Associated Press.
Baytown Police Lt. Steve Dorris said the officer, an 11-year veteran of the department, encountered the 45-year-old woman on Monday and attempted to arrest her on outstanding warrants while patrolling an apartment complex.
Dorris said the officer opened fire after the woman grabbed his Taser and used it on him, according to the AP.
A video recording of the incident shows the woman saying “You’re actually...",center
12587,Will the 2022 Elections Be Affected by the Roe v Wade Reversal?,"['2022 Elections', 'Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Democratic Party', 'Elections', 'Midterm Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Swing Voters', 'US Congress']",Abortion battle shifts to US Congress and midterm elections,Financial Times,"The battle over abortion rights in the US shifted rapidly to Congress and the midterm elections after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade and gutted the decades-old constitutional protection for women seeking to end a pregnancy.
As conservative states began to implement new abortion restrictions across the country in the wake of Friday’s ruling, Democrats on Capitol Hill and running for national office called for abortion rights to be protected through legislation, and sought to depict Republicans as dangerously out of step with average Americans heading into the November...",center
12588,Will the 2022 Elections Be Affected by the Roe v Wade Reversal?,"['2022 Elections', 'Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Democratic Party', 'Elections', 'Midterm Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Swing Voters', 'US Congress']",Democrats Use Fear Mongering to Win Back Voters Following SCOTUS Abortion Ruling,Townhall,"As the country under President Joe Biden’s watch slowly dwindles under his useless policies, Democrats are looking for a loophole to redeem themselves with voters. Cue Roe v. Wade being overturned, a way for the left to threaten women’s so-called abortion “rights” in hopes to appeal to voters. 
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) promised that if Democrats keep control of the nation in 2024, all of America will become a “safe haven” for abortions. 
Murphy claimed that if Republicans win over the House, Senate and the White House, there will be...",right
12589,Will the 2022 Elections Be Affected by the Roe v Wade Reversal?,"['2022 Elections', 'Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Democratic Party', 'Elections', 'Midterm Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Swing Voters', 'US Congress']",GOP Insiders Doubt Overturning Roe v. Wade Will Cost Them,The New Yorker,"On the left and among Democrats, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade on Friday was an earthshaking event. It prompted demonstrations across the country, a torrent of outrage and despair on social media, and big political speeches — including President Biden and other Democrats saying that “Roe is on the ballot” in this fall’s midterm elections.
The reaction was far more casual on the right. In conversations with over a half-dozen Republican insiders, who were granted anonymity to discuss the political ramifications frankly, there was a lingering...",left
12590,Hurricane Ian: Florida Begins Recovery as Storm Moves Toward South Carolina,"['Water And Oceans', 'Hurricanes', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Disaster', 'Florida', 'South Carolina', 'Georgia', 'North Carolina', 'Floods', 'FEMA']",Floods trap many in Florida as Ian heads to South Carolina,Associated Press,"Rescue crews piloted boats and waded through flooded streets Thursday to save thousands of Floridians trapped after Hurricane Ian destroyed homes and businesses and left millions in the dark.
Hours after weakening to a tropical depression while crossing the Florida peninsula, Ian regained hurricane strength Thursday evening after emerging over the Atlantic Ocean. The National Hurricane Center predicted it would make landfall in South Carolina as a Category 1 hurricane Friday.
The devastation inflicted on Florida began to come into focus a day after Ian struck as one of the strongest hurricanes ever to...",left
12591,Hurricane Ian: Florida Begins Recovery as Storm Moves Toward South Carolina,"['Water And Oceans', 'Hurricanes', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Disaster', 'Florida', 'South Carolina', 'Georgia', 'North Carolina', 'Floods', 'FEMA']",Coast Guard Rescues Dozens From Ian’s Path Of Destruction; Millions Without Power,The Daily Wire,"The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued nearly two dozen people in Florida as of Thursday morning following the devastation from Hurricane Ian, with more rescues expected throughout the day.
Hurricane Ian made landfall Wednesday on the state’s Gulf Coast at nearly the strength of a Category 5 storm. With winds exceeding 150 miles per hour, the system was tied for the fourth-strongest hurricane to ever hit the Sunshine State, according to data from Colorado State University meteorologist Philip Klotzbach.",right
12592,Hurricane Ian: Florida Begins Recovery as Storm Moves Toward South Carolina,"['Water And Oceans', 'Hurricanes', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Disaster', 'Florida', 'South Carolina', 'Georgia', 'North Carolina', 'Floods', 'FEMA']",Tropical Storm Ian moving away but Central Florida still reeling in its wake,Orlando Sentinel,"Deadly Hurricane Ian was downgraded to Tropical Storm Ian on Thursday morning and moved off Florida’s East Coast by 11 a.m., but was still dumping record amounts of rain to bring “catastrophic flooding” to the region.
Rising floodwaters led to home rescues and stranded vehicles across Central Florida, and area’s first fatalities were reported in Lake and Volusia while the statewide toll has yet to be determined after hurricane’s storm surge devastated the Gulf Coast.",center
12593,"Trump Says His Pre-Breach Rally Speech Was Appropriate, Condemns Efforts to Remove Him","['Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'White House', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'Violence In America']",Trump Says His Comments Before Capitol Riot Were 'Totally Appropriate',NPR (Online News),"Eight days from the end of his presidency, President Trump expressed no regret for his comments last week ahead of a riot and mob violence at the U.S. Capitol that resulted in the deaths of at least five people and multiple injuries.
""People thought that what I said was totally appropriate,"" Trump said Tuesday when asked about his role in the siege, despite many at the highest levels of government — Republicans and Democrats — saying otherwise, three of his Cabinet members having resigned and a second impeachment effort now...",left
12594,"Trump Says His Pre-Breach Rally Speech Was Appropriate, Condemns Efforts to Remove Him","['Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'White House', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'Violence In America']","Trump Denies Responsibility for Capitol Riot, Says Impeachment Push Causing ‘Tremendous Anger’",National Review,"President Trump said Tuesday that Democrats’ second attempt to impeach him over his role in last week’s violence at the Capitol is causing “tremendous anger” before defending the contents of the speech he delivered ahead of the riot, in which he urged his supporters to congregate at the Capitol in a show of “strength.”
“It’s really a continuation of the greatest witch hunt in the history of politics. It’s ridiculous. It’s absolutely ridiculous,” Trump told reporters at the White House as he was leaving for a visit to the southern...",right
12595,"Trump Says His Pre-Breach Rally Speech Was Appropriate, Condemns Efforts to Remove Him","['Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'White House', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'Violence In America']",'Totally appropriate': Trump shows no remorse over role in Capitol attack,The Guardian,"An unrepentant Donald Trump has denied inciting an insurrection at the US Capitol, in an attempt to shift blame Democrats rejected as “despicable”.
The president spoke to reporters for the first time since a pro-Trump mob rampaged through the Capitol last week, leaving five people dead. Democrats accuse him of stoking violence and could vote to impeach him on Wednesday.
“So if you read my speech – and many people have done it, and I’ve seen it both in the papers and in the media, on television – it’s been...",left
12596,"Alfie Evans, Terminally Ill British Toddler at Center of Legal Battle, Dies",['Healthcare'],The Sad Case of Alfie Evans: A Sordid Lesson in Government-Controlled Health Care,The Heritage Foundation,"The next time Sen. Bernie Sanders or his progressive Senate allies tout their proposal for total federal control of health care, just remember the case of Alfie Evans.",right
12597,"Alfie Evans, Terminally Ill British Toddler at Center of Legal Battle, Dies",['Healthcare'],"OPINION: As an NHS palliative care doctor, I say: let Alfie Evans die with dignity",The Guardian,"Of all the comments from all the opportunists seeking to make political capital from a dying child, the most asinine, surely, comes from former US congressman Joe Walsh. The talk radio provocateur took to Twitter this week to ask: “Why does an American need an AR-15?” His answer: “To make sure what’s happening to #AlfieEvans never happens here. That’s why.” As an NHS palliative care doctor, I assume Walsh is advocating semi-automatic assault rifles to protect against people like me. As a mother, I can scarcely comprehend someone using a...",left
12598,"Alfie Evans, Terminally Ill British Toddler at Center of Legal Battle, Dies",['Healthcare'],British Child at Center of Legal Battle Over Life Support Dies,Wall Street Journal (News),"A gravely ill toddler at the center of an international controversy over end-of-life care and parental rights died Saturday at a hospital in northwest England, according to his father.",center
12599,Immigration Delay Blame,['Immigration'],Democrats blame GOP for Obama immigration delay,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama postponed executive action on immigration, but Democrats want voters to know the delay isn't his fault.
Blame Republicans instead, according to the latest Democratic latest talking points.
Obama had weighed action on immigration -- including moves that could allow a path to legal status for millions of undocumented workers -- after congressional action on the issue stalled.
The President took the brunt of criticism immediately after the White House announ",left
12600,Immigration Delay Blame,['Immigration'],"Obama blames border crisis for immigration inaction, after blasting GOP for doing the same",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama appears to be straddling both sides of the rhetorical border as he tries to explain why he's pushing off executive action on immigration until after the November elections.
Obama, speaking June 30 in the Rose Garden, initially said he planned to use executive action and pointed to the border crisis as a reason to act -- blasting Republicans for using the surge of illegal immigrant kids as an ""excuse to do nothing.""
""Their argument seems to be that because the system is broken, we shouldn't make...",right
12601,Immigration Delay Blame,['Immigration'],Political Shift Stalls Efforts to Overhaul Immigration,New York Times (News),"By the time Senator Angus King called the White House to warn President Obama against taking executive action to overhaul the immigration system, officials were well aware they had a problem on their hands.
What had once looked like a clear political imperative for both parties — action to grant legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants — had morphed instead into what appeared to be a risky move that could cost Democrats their majority in the November midterm congressional elections.
But Mr. King, a Maine independent who is a...",left
12602,Hagel Nomination Filibuster,[],Republicans vow to hold out for data before vote on Hagel,Washington Times,"Democrats pressed ahead Wednesday with Chuck Hagels nomination to be secretary of defense, scheduling a showdown vote for Friday even as top Republicans signaled that they need more information before confirming him for the Pentagons top civilian post.",right
12603,Hagel Nomination Filibuster,[],Harry Reid sets the stage for Chuck Hagel showdown,Politico,"Senate Republicans see the writing on the wall: Chuck Hagel will get his job at the Pentagon, and John Brennan will soon be headed to Langley.",left
12604,Hagel Nomination Filibuster,[],Hagel Becomes First Filibustered Defense Nominee,NPR (Online News),"For President Obama's choice to become defense secretary, first came the flaying, then the filibustering.",left
12605,Supreme Court Hears High School Student's Free Speech Case,"['Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Technology', 'Education', 'Supreme Court']",The free speech case so complicated it seems to have stumped the Supreme Court,Vox,"Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L, which the Supreme Court heard on Wednesday, is a tough case. And it’s not tough because it presents the kind of politically toxic questions that often cause the justices to retreat into their partisan corners.
Members of the Court from across the political spectrum spent Wednesday morning struggling to determine when a school district should be allowed to discipline students for speech that they engage in when they are not at school or engaged in any kind of school-sponsored activity. The question has become...",left
12606,Supreme Court Hears High School Student's Free Speech Case,"['Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Technology', 'Education', 'Supreme Court']",Biden Administration Urges Supreme Court to Allow Schools to Censor Student Expression Online,The Epoch Times,"The Biden administration and a Pennsylvania school district urged a skeptical Supreme Court to let school districts suppress free speech by students on social media if they deem it potentially disruptive to school operations.
The case, Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., court file 20-255, was heard April 28.
The Biden administration was represented in a 112-minute telephonic hearing by Deputy Solicitor General Malcolm L. Stewart.
The petitioner, the school district in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, was represented by Lisa S. Blatt. The student involved in the case, known in court...",right
12607,Supreme Court Hears High School Student's Free Speech Case,"['Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Technology', 'Education', 'Supreme Court']",Wary Supreme Court weighs student’s Snapchat profanity case,Associated Press,"A wary Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed whether public schools can discipline students for things they say off campus, worrying about overly restricting speech on the one hand and leaving educators powerless to deal with bullying on the other.
The justices, hearing arguments in the case of a 14-year-old high school freshman’s Snapchat F-bombs, struggled to fit the need to protect students’ political and religious expression with the ability of schools to get at disruptive, even potentially dangerous, speech that occurs outside the school setting.
In one of many examples...",left
12608,"In Controversial Editorial, Christianity Today Endorses Trump Impeachment","['Donald Trump', 'Christianity', 'Evangelical', 'Billy Graham', 'Republicans', 'Impeachment', 'Editorial', 'Religion And Faith']",Evangelical Leaders Close Ranks With Trump After Scathing Editorial,New York Times (News),"The publication is small, reaching just a fraction of the evangelical movement.
But when Christianity Today called for President Trump’s removal in a blistering editorial on Thursday, it met the full force and fury of the president and his most prominent allies in the Christian conservative world. If the response seemed disproportionate, it vividly reflected the fact that white evangelicals are the cornerstone of Mr. Trump’s political base and their leaders are among his most visible and influential supporters.",left
12609,"In Controversial Editorial, Christianity Today Endorses Trump Impeachment","['Donald Trump', 'Christianity', 'Evangelical', 'Billy Graham', 'Republicans', 'Impeachment', 'Editorial', 'Religion And Faith']",Donald Trump Rips ‘Far-Left’ Christianity Today Magazine for Endorsing Impeachment,Breitbart News,"President Donald Trump reacted Friday to Christianity Today magazine and an article it published endorsing impeachment.
Trump described the magazine as “far-left” and noted that although it was founded by Billy Graham, it had not been involved with the Graham family for years.
“A far-left magazine, or very ‘progressive,’ as some would call it, which has been doing poorly and hasn’t been involved with the Billy Graham family for many years, Christianity Today, knows nothing about reading a perfect transcript of a routine phone call and would rather have a...",right
12610,"In Controversial Editorial, Christianity Today Endorses Trump Impeachment","['Donald Trump', 'Christianity', 'Evangelical', 'Billy Graham', 'Republicans', 'Impeachment', 'Editorial', 'Religion And Faith']",Evangelical magazine Christianity Today: Trump must go,Associated Press,"NEW YORK (AP) — A major evangelical Christian magazine founded by the late Rev. Billy Graham on Thursday published an editorial calling for President Donald Trump’s removal from office.
The editorial in Christianity Today -- coming one day after the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives made Trump the third president in American history to be impeached -- raised fresh questions about the durability of his support among the conservative evangelicals who have proven to be a critical component of his political base.",left
12611,FEMA Disaster Relief Contract Draws Controversy,"['Disaster', 'General News']","FEMA Contract Called for 30 Million Meals for Puerto Ricans. 50,000 Were Delivered.",New York Times (News),"The mission for the Federal Emergency Management Agency was clear: Hurricane Maria had torn through Puerto Rico, and hungry people needed food. Thirty million meals needed to be delivered as soon as possible.",left
12612,FEMA Disaster Relief Contract Draws Controversy,"['Disaster', 'General News']","FEMA awarded contract for 30 million meals for Puerto Rico to one-woman firm, which delivered 50K",Washington Examiner,The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded a $156 million contract to a one-woman business that was tasked with sending 30 million emergency meals to victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.,right
12613,FEMA Disaster Relief Contract Draws Controversy,"['Disaster', 'General News']","Contractor awarded $156 million to provide 30 million meals to Puerto Rico only delivered 50,000: report",The Hill,"A contractor who was awarded a massive contract to provide millions of meals to Puerto Ricans affected by Hurricane Maria drastically underdelivered, according to a New York Times investigation.",center
12614,Trump Picks McMaster for NSC,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Chooses H.R. McMaster as National Security Adviser,New York Times (News),"President Trump appointed Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster as his new national security adviser on Monday, picking a widely respected military strategist known for challenging conventional thinking and helping to turn around the Iraq war in its darkest days.",left
12615,Trump Picks McMaster for NSC,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Immigration, ISIS Front and Center as Trump Welcomes New Nat'l Security Advisor",CBN,"As President Donald Trump begins his second month in office, national security, ISIS and immigration top his agenda.
The president will be joined at the White House by his new national security advisor, H.R. McMaster.",right
12616,Trump Picks McMaster for NSC,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Homeland Security unveils sweeping plan to deport undocumented immigrants,USA TODAY,"The Department of Homeland Security issued a sweeping set of orders Tuesday that implement President Trump's plan to increase immigration enforcement, placing the vast majority of the nation's 11 million undocumented immigrants at risk of deportation.",left
12617,Healthcare.gov in Action,['Healthcare'],WANT TO KNOW HOW THE OBAMACARE SITE SHOULD WORK? THREE PROGRAMMERS MADE A FUNCTIONING VERSION IN DAYS—AT NO COST TO TAXPAYERS,The Blaze,"As the Obamacare website continues to confound both users and government officials, three 20-something San Francisco-area programmers say they’ve created a much simpler and cost-effective version of the site.
Ning Liang, George Kalogeropoulos and Michael Wasser put their heads together and created thehealthsherpa.com, a website that addresses the biggest problems with the glitch-ridden healthcare.gov.
“They got it completely backwards in terms of what people want up front,” Liang told CBS News. “They want prices and benefits, so that they could make the decision.”",right
12618,Healthcare.gov in Action,['Healthcare'],Lawmakers and Aides Start Shopping for Coverage,Wall Street Journal (News),"Members of Congress and some of their staff are about to get personal experience with the Affordable Care Act.
The law says they will cease to be eligible for federal government employees' heath-insurance plan on Jan. 1. So starting Monday, lawmakers and their aides will be able to sign up for health insurance through a special section of an online marketplace being run by the District of Columbia.
A provision of the Affordable Care Act says lawmakers and their aides must get coverage using the new health-insurance exchanges, or marketplaces,...",center
12619,Healthcare.gov in Action,['Healthcare'],Health Website Tests a Tycoon and Tinkerer,New York Times (News),"Jeffrey D. Zients, a multimillionaire entrepreneur and management consultant, joined the Obama White House in 2009 with a mandate to streamline the federal bureaucracy. A year later, he issued a prescient warning.",left
12620,Trump Says Russia Should Be Back in the G-7,['Russia'],Trump's Surprise Idea to Add Moscow to the G7,The Atlantic,"President Trump said Friday Russia should be readmitted to the Group of Seven industrialized nations, which the country was suspended from after its invasion and annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula in 2014. He made the remarks as he prepared to head to Canada for the annual G7 summit, and they add to a list of positions that put the U.S. in opposition to many of its allies ahead of what will likely be a bruising meeting over trade, Iran, and other issues.
“It used to be the G8 because Russia...",left
12621,Trump Says Russia Should Be Back in the G-7,['Russia'],Trump Wants Russia Back In G-7,NPR (Online News),"President Trump is calling on the G-7 to re-admit Russia to the group of leading economic powers, saying ""we should have Russia at the negotiating table.""
Moscow was kicked out of the group, then the G-8, four years ago after it annexed Crimea. It had been invited to join the group in the 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union. But after Russia's intervention in Ukraine and annexation of Crimea, Western leaders sought to isolate Vladimir Putin's government.
Trump, talking to reporters as he left the White House for...",left
12622,Trump Says Russia Should Be Back in the G-7,['Russia'],Trump Says 'Let Russia Back in' as He Heads for G-7 Summit,Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump injected fresh drama into an already tense meeting of the Group of Seven major industrialized nations Friday, calling for Russia, ousted for its the annexation of Crimea, to be reinstated.
Trump made the comment at the White House Friday after hours of further escalating his rhetoric against longtime allies over U.S. trade practices.
""Why are we having a meeting without Russia in the meeting? Trump said. ""They should let Russia come back in because we should have Russia at the negotiating table.""
Solidifying his solo status on...",right
12623,National Disasters Declared in all 50 States as US Becomes Epicenter of Coronavirus Outbreak,"['Coronavirus', 'Crisis', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Every US state is now under a major disaster declaration amid coronavirus pandemic,CNBC,"The entire country is now under a major disaster declaration for the coronavirus pandemic after the U.S. death toll reached the highest in the world on Saturday.
President Donald Trump approved a disaster declaration for Wyoming on Saturday, which comes 22 days after the first disaster declaration in New York, the epicenter of the virus.",center
12624,National Disasters Declared in all 50 States as US Becomes Epicenter of Coronavirus Outbreak,"['Coronavirus', 'Crisis', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","US overtakes Italy to have highest coronavirus death toll in the world after 2,000 deaths in a day",Fox News (Online News),"The United States has reached a grim milestone in the fight against coronavirus, passing Italy to become the country with the most deaths in the world.
A tally by Johns Hopkins University showed Saturday that 18,860 people have now died in the U.S. since the start of the outbreak. On Saturday, 2,108 people died in the U.S. in the past 24 hours – the first country in the world to record more than 2,000 deaths in a single day.",right
12625,National Disasters Declared in all 50 States as US Becomes Epicenter of Coronavirus Outbreak,"['Coronavirus', 'Crisis', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",The United States is now reporting more coronavirus deaths than any other country,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)The United States is reporting more coronavirus deaths than any country in the world, with the death toll Saturday climbing to at least 19,882, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University.
The US death toll is narrowly above that of Italy, which is reporting 19,468 deaths, per Johns Hopkins.",left
12626,New Findings Suggest Epstein's Death Was Homicide,"['Criminal Justice', 'Jeffery Epstein', 'Homicide', 'Suicide', 'Investigation', 'Justice']",Famed pathologist Michael Baden says Jeffrey Epstein’s death was homicide,New York Post (News),"New York City’s former chief medical examiner insisted Wednesday that Jeffrey Epstein’s death was a homicide.
Forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden was hired by the pedophile’s brother, Mark Epstein, to observe his autopsy after he was found hanged in his Manhattan lockup in August.",right
12627,New Findings Suggest Epstein's Death Was Homicide,"['Criminal Justice', 'Jeffery Epstein', 'Homicide', 'Suicide', 'Investigation', 'Justice']",Epstein family pathologist says financier's body shows signs of homicide,The Hill,"A forensic pathologist hired by Jeffrey Epstein's brother to look into his suicide said on Wednesday that the convicted sex offender's body showed a number of signs of homicide, contradicting a medical examiner ruling that Epstein's death was a suicide.
Michael Baden, a former New York City medical examiner who has been hired Epstein’s brother to look into the matter, offered the remarks on “Fox & Friends.”",center
12628,New Findings Suggest Epstein's Death Was Homicide,"['Criminal Justice', 'Jeffery Epstein', 'Homicide', 'Suicide', 'Investigation', 'Justice']","Jeffrey Epstein’s Autopsy ‘Points to Homicide,’ Not Suicide, Pathologist Claims",New York Times (News),"A forensic pathologist hired by Jeffrey Epstein’s brother said on Wednesday that evidence suggested that Mr. Epstein did not die by suicide, but may have been strangled.",left
12629,Mulvaney to Head Budget Office,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump names Rep. Mick Mulvaney, a fiscal hawk, to head budget office",Washington Post,"President-elect Donald Trump has named Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) as his director of the Office of Management and Budget, signaling his intent to slash spending and address the deficit as president.",left
12630,Mulvaney to Head Budget Office,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump picks debt-warrior Mulvaney to lead White House budget office,Washington Times,"President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he’ll tap Rep. Mick Mulvaney to be his budget director, putting an ardent conservative in the job that has the most control over the size of the federal government.
Mr. Mulvaney, a South Carolina Republican, was elected to Congress as part of the 2010 tea party wave, and carved out a role as one of House conservatives’ fiercest fighters for cutting spending.",right
12631,Mulvaney to Head Budget Office,"['White House', 'Politics']",Mulvaney tapped to lead Trump's budget office,Politico,"Rep. Mick Mulvaney has been picked as director of the Office of Management and Budget for President-elect Donald Trump, the transition team confirmed Saturday morning.",left
12632,Robert Gates issues critique in new memoir,"['White House', 'Politics']",Gates issues harsh critique of Obama in new memoir,Washington Post,The former defense secretary describes a contentious relationship with the president and his top aides.,left
12633,Robert Gates issues critique in new memoir,"['White House', 'Politics']","Republicans use Gates' new book to hammer Clinton, Biden",CNN (Online News),Republicans quickly pounced Tuesday on some controversial details from former Defense Secretary Bob Gates new book in which he highlights an admission from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that he found dismaying.,left
12634,Robert Gates issues critique in new memoir,"['White House', 'Politics']",White House defends Biden as ex-Pentagon chief Gates unloads,Fox News (Online News),The White House is leaping to Vice President Biden's defense after former Pentagon chief Robert Gates pointedly challenged his judgment in a forthcoming memoir.,right
12635,Trump Signs $2.2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus,"['US House', 'Disaster', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",Trump signs $2.2T stimulus after swift congressional votes,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law Friday, after swift and near-unanimous action by Congress this week to support businesses, rush resources to overburdened health care providers and help struggling families during the deepening coronavirus epidemic.
Acting with unity and resolve unseen since the 9/11 attacks, Washington moved urgently to stem an economic free fall caused by widespread restrictions meant to slow the spread of the virus that have shuttered schools, closed businesses and brought American life in many places to...",left
12636,Trump Signs $2.2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus,"['US House', 'Disaster', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",Trump signs historic $2 trillion stimulus after Congress passes it Friday,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump signed into law Friday afternoon a historic $2 trillion stimulus package as the American public and the US economy fight the devastating spread of Covid-19.
The far-reaching legislation stands as the largest emergency aid package in US history. It represents a massive financial injection into a struggling economy with provisions aimed at helping American workers, small businesses and industries grappling with the economic disruption.
The House of Representatives earlier in the day approved the bill that passed the Senate earlier this week, overcoming last-minute drama by using...",left
12637,Trump Signs $2.2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus,"['US House', 'Disaster', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",Trump signs $2T coronavirus stimulus bill after House passes historic response,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Friday signed a more than $2 trillion legislative package to combat the coronavirus pandemic and send economic relief to workers and businesses squeezed by restrictions meant to stop the outbreak’s spread after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the legislation earlier in the day.
""I want to thank Democrats and Republicans for coming together and putting America first,"" Trump said during an afternoon Oval Office signing ceremony.
The legislation, approved by voice vote despite 11th-hour drama arising from a GOP lawmaker’s objections, amounts to the costliest stimulus...",right
12638,"Calls For Schools To Reopen Grow As Studies Find COVID-19 Transmission Rate Low Among Children, Teachers Get Vaccinated","['Education', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus']",What we know about the spread of Covid among children — and whether shutting schools reduces the risk,CNBC,"The science around the link between children and the spread of the coronavirus is still evolving, but a growing body of evidence suggests that kids attending school do play an important role in community transmission.
The issue comes as the resurgent spread of Covid-19 has prompted most of Europe to adopt the strictest level of public health measures, with many countries in the region shutting schools as part of a broader plan to curb infection rates and alleviate the strain on already stressed health facilities.",center
12639,"Calls For Schools To Reopen Grow As Studies Find COVID-19 Transmission Rate Low Among Children, Teachers Get Vaccinated","['Education', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus']",Is it safe to send your kids to school?,Salon,"Ten months into the pandemic, the prospect of reopening K-12 schools is divisive. Yet unlike wearing a mask to stop the spread of the virus — a politicized act which is scientifically proven to work — there is far more nuance between the ""right"" and ""wrong"" option for in-person schooling. And it can be wildly variable depending on the region.
Recently, Chicago has found itself facing this very question of reopening schools. Mayor Lori Lightfoot hoped to reopen public schools today for the first time since March, though her plans...",left
12640,"Calls For Schools To Reopen Grow As Studies Find COVID-19 Transmission Rate Low Among Children, Teachers Get Vaccinated","['Education', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus']",New Study Finds COVID Transmission in Schools Is ‘Extremely Rare’,Washington Free Beacon,"A new peer-reviewed study from the American Academy of Pediatrics found that in-school transmission of COVID-19 is ""extremely rare.""
In a collaborative study between Duke University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, researchers discovered that among 11 school districts with nearly 100,000 staff and students, there were no instances of children passing the coronavirus to adults during in-person instruction. Researchers found just 32 cases of either kid-to-kid or adult-to-adult coronavirus transmission over nine weeks.",right
12641,3 Views of Christmas,"['Holidays', 'General News']",A Point of View: Have yourself a very Jewish Christmas,BBC News,"Being Jewish is no reason not to celebrate Christmas, says the writer Howard Jacobson - although he draws the line at putting up a tree.
""What does Christmas mean to you?"" was the title of an essay we were asked to write in our final year of primary school. I wrote that it meant seeing my father dressed as Santa Claus, getting stuck coming down the chimney. My teacher thought I must have made that up. ""Isn't your family, er...?"" she asked.
""Yes,"" I replied. ""We are, er......",center
12642,3 Views of Christmas,"['Holidays', 'General News']",What a homeless woman taught me about Christmas,Fox News (Online News),"I ended up in that particular Starbucks by accident, really. I’m glad I did, because a homeless woman taught me a valuable lesson about Christmas.
It was a few weeks ago and I had just finished catching up with one of my good friends over breakfast on the east side of New York City. We started walking to his office building, and as we did we strolled past the Starbucks. It seemed like the perfect place to park myself for the next two hours and work before I had to...",right
12643,3 Views of Christmas,"['Holidays', 'General News']","OPINION: At Christmas, remember that Jesus was a refugee",Guest Writer - Left,"One can't imagine Jesus not welcoming refugees. His message Use love to fight hate whether from Herod or al-Baghdadi, writes Jay Parini.",left
12644,"Amid Feud With DeSantis, Many Republicans Turn on Trump","['2022 Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Media Industry', 'Campaign Rhetoric', '2024 Election', '2022 Florida Gubernatorial Election']","With Trump The Big Loser In ’22 Midterms, DeSantis Now Frontrunner For ’24",Joseph Curl,"He wasn’t even on the ballot, but former President Donald Trump was the big loser on Election Day 2022.
A plethora of pre-Election Day polls showed Republicans with a healthy lead, and pollsters went so far as to predict a ‘red tsunami.’ Instead, it was more like a pink trickle.
“Definitely not a Republican wave, that’s for darn sure,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said as the results came in Tuesday.
With ballots nationwide still being counted, the GOP held a small lead in the House — although polls had shown...",right
12645,"Amid Feud With DeSantis, Many Republicans Turn on Trump","['2022 Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Media Industry', 'Campaign Rhetoric', '2024 Election', '2022 Florida Gubernatorial Election']",Betting markets now give DeSantis the edge to win White House in 2024,The Hill,"Online betting markets now give Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) the edge to win the White House in 2024, overtaking former President Trump in the wake of Tuesday’s midterm elections.
DeSantis’s odds in the 2024 presidential race jumped to 28 percent on Wednesday, while Trump’s dropped to 18.4 percent, according to Election Betting Odds, a tracking website run by conservative pundit John Stossel and his executive producer Maxim Lott that looked at the odds offered by multiple other forums.",center
12646,"Amid Feud With DeSantis, Many Republicans Turn on Trump","['2022 Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Media Industry', 'Campaign Rhetoric', '2024 Election', '2022 Florida Gubernatorial Election']","Taking aim at DeSantis, Trump goes further than he should have",Steve Benen,"The New York Times published an article that quickly made the rounds among political insiders, especially in the Republican Party. Its lede was straightforward:
For months, former President Donald J. Trump has been grumbling quietly to friends and visitors to his Palm Beach mansion about a rival Republican power center in another Florida mansion, some 400 miles to the north. Gov. Ron DeSantis, a man Mr. Trump believes he put on the map, has been acting far less like an acolyte and more like a future competitor, Mr. Trump complains. With his...",left
12647,"Senate to Debate $2,000 Stimulus Checks, Defense Veto","['US Senate', 'Stimulus Checks', 'National Defense', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Coronavirus', 'Federal Budget', 'Economic Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']","U.S. Senate wrangles over $2,000 stimulus checks, defense veto as deadline looms",Reuters,"The U.S. Senate will grapple on Tuesday with whether to increase payments to Americans reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic and override President Donald Trump’s veto of a $740 billion defense bill, two measures set to lapse if lawmakers fail to act before a new Congress takes office on Sunday.
Democrats, with help from Trump’s Twitter feed, are pushing for a vote on the additional money, a step they believe could give them an advantage in two Georgia runoff elections next week that will determine which party controls the Senate under...",center
12648,"Senate to Debate $2,000 Stimulus Checks, Defense Veto","['US Senate', 'Stimulus Checks', 'National Defense', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Coronavirus', 'Federal Budget', 'Economic Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']","Mitch McConnell faces decision over vote to increase stimulus payments to $2,000",CNN (Online News),"All eyes are on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday.
After the House overwhelmingly voted to both override President Donald Trump's veto on the National Defense Authorization Act and to pass $2,000 stimulus checks, it's Senate Republicans' turn to navigate whether they're willing to cross Trump in his final days in office.
Watch McConnell when he opens the Senate floor. The majority leader notably has not made any public commitments about how he plans to handle $2,000 checks despite the fact that Trump insisted he'd obtained a promise that...",left
12649,"Senate to Debate $2,000 Stimulus Checks, Defense Veto","['US Senate', 'Stimulus Checks', 'National Defense', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Coronavirus', 'Federal Budget', 'Economic Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']","Marco Rubio backs $2,000 stimulus checks, calls for Congress to 'quickly pass legislation'",Fox News (Online News),"Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio on Monday voiced support for $2,000 stimulus checks, diverging from some of his Republican Senate colleagues.
The House on Monday passed a measure in the $900 billion COVID-19 relief package that President Trump signed on Sunday night to give Americans making up to $75,000 direct payments of $2,000 – rather than an initial proposal of $600 – but it is unclear whether the Senate will vote to do the same.
""I agree with the [p]resident that millions of working-class families are in dire need of...",right
12650,Supreme Court Upholds Ohio's Voter Purging Methods,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court upholds Ohio’s way of removing infrequent voters from rolls,Washington Post,"Conservatives on the Supreme Court on Monday upheld Ohio’s method of purging voters from the rolls after they miss elections.
The court ruled 5 to 4 that Ohio’s process does not violate federal law. The dissenters said it could result in thousands of infrequent voters losing their right to vote.
Unlike many voting cases that come before the court, Wednesday’s case centered not on grand constitutional principles but on interpreting seemingly contradictory directives of federal law.
Beyond the prohibition on removing voters because they failed to vote, the law calls...",left
12651,Supreme Court Upholds Ohio's Voter Purging Methods,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court upholds Ohio's policy for purging voter rolls,Washington Examiner,"The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld Ohio’s process for purging voters from its rolls, siding with the state in a case that questioned its policy for maintaining its voter registration lists.
The court split 5-4 along ideological lines in its decision, and Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion. Justice Anthony Kennedy, the court’s swing vote, sided with the conservatives in the case.
With its decision Monday, the court reversed a ruling from the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.",right
12652,Supreme Court Upholds Ohio's Voter Purging Methods,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court: States can purge voters who don't vote or respond to warnings,USA TODAY,"Failing to vote can lead to getting knocked off voter registration rolls, a divided Supreme Court ruled Monday in a decision that likely will help Republicans and harm Democrats.
The court's conservative majority ruled 5-4 that Ohio did not violate federal laws by purging voters who don't vote and fail to return notices confirming their residency. Civil rights groups had challenged the state for having the strictest method of purging voters in the nation.
Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion, noting right off the bat that an estimated one...",left
12653,Andrew Cuomo Accuser Brittany Commisso Comes Forward,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'Brittany Commisso', 'New York']",‘What He Did to Me Was a Crime’: Cuomo Accuser Brittany Commisso Speaks Up,Vice,"Brittany Commisso, the woman who last week filed a criminal complaint against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for groping her, is going public and pushing back against the governor’s claim that he never touched anyone inappropriately.
“It’s simple. I know the truth,” Commisso told “CBS This Morning” in an interview that aired Monday. “He knows the truth. I know what happened, and so does he.”
Commisso was known only as “Executive Assistant #1” in the report released last week by the New York attorney general’s office, which concluded that Cuomo had...",left
12654,Andrew Cuomo Accuser Brittany Commisso Comes Forward,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'Brittany Commisso', 'New York']",Andrew Cuomo: Accuser Brittany Commisso says governor broke law,BBC News,"An executive assistant to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has broken her anonymity and called for accountability over his alleged sexual harassment.
Brittany Commisso's claims were first detailed in a report which found Mr Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women.
""What he did to me was a crime,"" Ms Commisso, 32, said about alleged instances of groping while she worked under the governor.
Mr Cuomo, 63, denies any wrongdoing and has so far resisted calls to resign.
An inquiry by Attorney General Letitia James's office last week found that Mr Cuomo's...",center
12655,Andrew Cuomo Accuser Brittany Commisso Comes Forward,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'Brittany Commisso', 'New York']",Cuomo could face these charges if arrested on Brittany Commisso allegations,Fox News (Online News),"The New York attorney general’s report on alleged sexual harassment by Gov. Andrew Cuomo was the result of a civil investigation, but it has since led to law enforcement officials opening criminal investigations with the possibility of Cuomo being arrested.
The big question is what – if anything – could the governor be charged with? On Sunday, Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple hinted at a possible result in the case involving Brittany Commisso, the executive assistant who brought the most serious allegations against the governor.
""It would probably be a misdemeanor, possibly a couple,"" Apple said...",right
12656,Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Ban on Handgun Sales to Those Under 21,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Federal Appeals Court', 'Violence In America']",Bans on handgun sales to people under 21 ruled unconstitutional,Axios,"ederal laws imposing a minimum age of 21 to purchase handguns from licensed dealers violate the Second Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
Why it matters: The ruling could have implications for efforts to restrict gun sales nationally in the future, the Washington Post reports.
The big picture: A three-judge panel of the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the restrictions unconstitutional, with the opinion stating that 18-year-olds possess a Second Amendment right to gun ownership.",center
12657,Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Ban on Handgun Sales to Those Under 21,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Federal Appeals Court', 'Violence In America']",Federal Appeals Court: Handgun Purchase Ban for 18-20 Year Olds Unconstitutional,Breitbart News,"A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday that the federal ban against 18-20-year-olds buying handguns is unconstitutional.
The Majority Opinion by Judge Julius Richardson–joined by Bush 43-appointee Judge Stephen Agree–looked at militia laws in American history and the Founding Fathers’ views that an armed populace made an armed militia possible, allowing the latter to repel a tyrannical government, should the need arise: 
""So while the individual right of self-defense was “the central component” of the Second Amendment, the civic purpose “was codified” based on...",right
12658,Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Ban on Handgun Sales to Those Under 21,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Federal Appeals Court', 'Violence In America']","Gun laws barring sales to people under 21 are unconstitutional, appeals court rules",Washington Post,"Laws preventing firearms dealers from selling handguns to young adults under age 21 are unconstitutional, a federal appeals court said Tuesday in a ruling that could have implications for efforts to restrict such sales nationally.
In a divided decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit said the existing minimum age requirement for purchases from federally licensed gun dealers restricts the rights of law-abiding citizens and draws an arbitrary, unjustified line.
“Despite the weighty interest in reducing crime and violence, we refuse to relegate either...",left
12659,"Sanders Releases Doctors' Letters Saying He's ""In Good Health""","['Bernie Sanders', 'Decision 2020', 'Health', 'Campaigns', 'Elections']",Doctors say Bernie Sanders is fit for the presidency nearly three months after heart attack,Salon,"Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Monday released the results of his most recent annual physical exam, as well as letters from three of his doctors, making him the second septuagenarian in the Democratic presidential contest to offer an inside look at the details of his health.
""You are in good health currently, and you have been engaging vigorously in the rigors of your campaign, travel and other scheduled activities without any limitation,"" Dr. Brian Monahan, the attending physician for members of Congress, wrote.
Sanders' latest physical exam was conducted on...",left
12660,"Sanders Releases Doctors' Letters Saying He's ""In Good Health""","['Bernie Sanders', 'Decision 2020', 'Health', 'Campaigns', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders releases letters from doctors deeming him fit for presidency,Axios,"Sen. Bernie Sanders released letters from his primary physician and two cardiologists on Monday stating that the 2020 candidate ""has the mental and physical stamina to fully undertake the rigors of the Presidency.""
Why it matters: The 78-year-old Sanders has faced questions about his health in the wake of a medical procedure he had after suffering a heart attack in October. Sanders included his health history and results from recent lab tests in the release.",center
12661,"Sanders Releases Doctors' Letters Saying He's ""In Good Health""","['Bernie Sanders', 'Decision 2020', 'Health', 'Campaigns', 'Elections']","Doctors' letters tout Bernie Sanders's health, three months after heart attack",Washington Examiner,"Bernie Sanders's campaign released letters from three physicians that paint a rosy picture of the 2020 Democrat's health after he suffered a heart attack in the fall.
The first letter covering the Vermont senator's health comes from the Senate's attending physician, Brian Monahan. Sanders, 78, is ""in good health currently,"" and the doctor sees no ""limitation"" of his ""scheduled activities.""
Monahan also wrote that Sanders has been treated in the past for gout, high cholesterol, an inflamed colon, a thyroid disorder, laryngitis, lumbar strain, and skin lesions. Sanders is currently...",right
12662,House Freedom Caucus Asks McCarthy to Attempt to Remove Pelosi As House Speaker,"['US House', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",House Freedom Caucus asks McCarthy to try to remove Pelosi as speaker,Politico,"The conservative House Freedom Caucus is urging Kevin McCarthy to try to boot Nancy Pelosi from her position as speaker, a sign of further escalating tensions after the California Democrat vetoed two of the House Minority Leader’s GOP picks from the Jan. 6 select committee.
In a letter Friday, the far-right group asked McCarthy to file and bring up a privileged motion by July 31 “to vacate the chair and end Nancy Pelosi’s authoritarian reign as Speaker of the House.”",left
12663,House Freedom Caucus Asks McCarthy to Attempt to Remove Pelosi As House Speaker,"['US House', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Freedom Caucus presses McCarthy to force vote to oust Pelosi,The Hill,"A bloc of House conservatives on Friday pressed Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to force a floor vote by next week to oust Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for blocking two Republicans from serving on the special committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Such a vote on what’s known as a “motion to vacate the chair” would be quickly rejected by Democrats, who control the majority, and some moderate Republicans.
But the one-page letter from the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus represents a test for McCarthy, who likely will need Freedom Caucus support in his quest...",center
12664,House Freedom Caucus Asks McCarthy to Attempt to Remove Pelosi As House Speaker,"['US House', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']","House Freedom Caucus Asks McCarthy To Move To ‘Vacate’ Speaker’s Chair, Remove ‘Authoritarian’ Pelosi",The Daily Wire,"The House Freedom Caucus sent a letter to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Friday requesting that he attempt to remove House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) from her position as Speaker after a week of drama on Capitol Hill.
The move is the most recent development in a series of actions taken by members of both parties over the past week with regard to the formation of the January 6 Select Committee.
The caucus wrote to McCarthy, saying that they “respectfully request that you pursue the authorization of the House Republican...",right
12665,Senate Holds Biden Cabinet Confirmation Hearings,"['US Senate', 'Biden Cabinet', 'Senate Confirmation Hearings', 'Politics']",Senate Begins Biden Cabinet Confirmation Hearings As Impeachment Trial Looms,NPR (Online News),"The day before Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, five of his cabinet nominees will answer questions from Senate panels handling their confirmations. The busy committee calendar is ramping up at the same time as an impeachment trial is expected to start, posing a split screen challenge for the Senate, which is still reeling from an attack less than two weeks ago.
The process of vetting the top officials in the new administration comes as the Senate is still in a period of...",left
12666,Senate Holds Biden Cabinet Confirmation Hearings,"['US Senate', 'Biden Cabinet', 'Senate Confirmation Hearings', 'Politics']",Congress gears up for fight over Biden Cabinet nominees,Fox News (Online News),"While more attention will be paid to Wednesday's inauguration of Joe Biden, the real drama this week may come when Senate committees hold confirmation hearings for several of the president-elect's Cabinet picks.
Confirmation hearings are often marked by partisan differences, and this week is likely to be no different. In November, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who sits on the Senate Intelligence and Foreign Relations Committees, expressed broad opposition to Biden's selections.
""Biden's cabinet picks went to Ivy League schools, have strong resumes, attend all the right conferences & will be...",right
12667,Senate Holds Biden Cabinet Confirmation Hearings,"['US Senate', 'Biden Cabinet', 'Senate Confirmation Hearings', 'Politics']",How to watch Biden's Cabinet confirmation hearings Tuesday,CNN (Online News),"Five of President-elect Joe Biden's national security Cabinet nominees will face Senate panels on Tuesday in the first step of the confirmation process.
The day before Biden takes office, his nominees for secretary of state, secretary of the treasury, director of national intelligence, defense secretary and secretary of Homeland Security will appear before Senate committees to be considered for their respective roles.
Biden is set to take office on Wednesday without key members of his Cabinet in place, as the Republican-controlled Senate has moved more slowly to schedule confirmation hearings...",left
12668,Congressional Negotiators Strike Tentative Deal To Avert New Shutdown,"['Border Talks', 'US Congress', 'Politics']","Deal or No Deal? Lawmakers Say They've Reached Border Battle Compromise, but Will Trump Agree?",CBN,"Congressional leaders say they have a deal to fund border security and avoid another government shutdown. Both sides are claiming victory, but there are still hurdles to overcome.
The agreement first has to pass the House and Senate.",right
12669,Congressional Negotiators Strike Tentative Deal To Avert New Shutdown,"['Border Talks', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",Lawmakers reach agreement 'in principle' to avert shutdown,The Hill,"Lawmakers said on Monday night that they had reached an agreement ""in principle"" to avoid a second partial government shutdown set to begin on Saturday.",center
12670,Congressional Negotiators Strike Tentative Deal To Avert New Shutdown,"['Border Talks', 'US Congress', 'Politics']","With Shutdown Looming, Border Deal Is Reached ‘in Principle’",New York Times (News),"House and Senate negotiators on Monday night agreed in principle to provide $1.375 billion for fencing and other physical barriers at the Mexican border, part of a broader agreement that would stave off another partial government shutdown without funding President Trump’s wall.",left
12671,Obama Talks Climate Change at Summit,['Environment'],Obama: Climate change 'growing and urgent threat',CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama told a United Nations meeting on Tuesday that pollution must be contained to address climate change.
Specifically, he called out China, saying that the most populous country on Earth, with the fastest increase in carbon pollution, must join the United States to lead the rest of the world in carbon reduction.
""We have a responsibility to lead,"" Obama said to applause. ""That's what big nations have to do.""
Obama was speaking at the U.N. Climate Summit, a one-day meeting hosted by U.N. Sec",left
12672,Obama Talks Climate Change at Summit,['Environment'],Fact Check: Obama Spins Statistics in U.N. Speech on Climate Change,The Blaze,"President Barack Obama glossed over some inconvenient truths Tuesday in his climate-change speech to the United Nations. For one, as the U.S. cleans up emissions at home, it’s sending dirty fuel abroad to pollute the same sky.
As well, the U.S. is not cleaning up quite as aggressively as Obama implied in his remarks.
Obama was among scores of world leaders at the gathering, which followed by days a mass demonstration in New York City in support of action to combat global warming. Among those who marched: Al Gore, whose...",right
12673,Obama Talks Climate Change at Summit,['Environment'],Obama Presses Chinese on Global Warming,New York Times (News),"President Obama, emboldened by his use of executive powers to fight climate change at home, challenged China on Tuesday to make the same effort to reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions and join a worldwide campaign to curb global warming.
Declaring that the United States and China — the world’s two largest economies and largest polluters — bear a “special responsibility to lead,” Mr. Obama said, “That’s what big nations have to do.”
The president’s remarks at the United Nations Climate Summit, delivered in a packed chamber of the General Assembly, were...",left
12674,Federal Health Agencies Call to Pause Johnson & Johnson Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Johnson & Johnson']","FDA, CDC call for pause in use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine after six reported cases of rare blood clots",Washington Post,"Federal health officials on Tuesday called for a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, saying they are reviewing reports of six U.S. cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot in people after receiving the vaccine.
All six cases occurred among women between the ages of 18 and 48, and symptoms occurred six to 13 days after vaccination, according to a statement issued by the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC will hold a meeting...",left
12675,Federal Health Agencies Call to Pause Johnson & Johnson Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Johnson & Johnson']",US recommends ‘pause’ for J&J vaccine over clot reports,Associated Press,"The U.S. is recommending a “pause” in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots.
In a joint statement Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said they were investigating unusual clots in six women that occurred 6 to 13 days after vaccination. The clots occurred in veins that drain blood from the brain and occurred together with low platelets. All six cases were in women between the ages of 18 and 48.
The...",left
12676,Federal Health Agencies Call to Pause Johnson & Johnson Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Johnson & Johnson']",Federal health agencies call to pause Johnson & Johnson vaccine after clotting cases,Washington Examiner,"Federal health agencies requested an abrupt pause in the use of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus vaccine after six U.S. recipients developed a rare disorder involving blood clots within nearly two weeks of vaccination, officials said on Tuesday.
The Food and Drug Administration, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced the news on Twitter and will reportedly stop distributing the vaccine at federal sites and encourage states to do so while an investigation is underway for safety issues.
“Today FDA and @CDCgov issued a statement regarding the...",right
12677,"Klobuchar Suspends Presidential Campaign, Endorses Biden","['Amy Klobuchar', 'Elections', 'Decision 2020', 'Democratic Party', 'Joe Biden']",Amy Klobuchar ends presidential campaign,Los Angeles Times,"After a disappointing finish in South Carolina, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced Monday she was ending her presidential campaign.
Klobuchar’s exit came just weeks after a surprise third-place showing in the New Hampshire primary, which she hoped would propel her through the rest of the early states and onto Super Tuesday. But she finished in sixth place in both the Nevada caucuses and South Carolina primary.",left
12678,"Klobuchar Suspends Presidential Campaign, Endorses Biden","['Amy Klobuchar', 'Elections', 'Decision 2020', 'Democratic Party', 'Joe Biden']",Sen. Amy Klobuchar To Suspend Presidential Campaign,NPR (Online News),"Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar is suspending her presidential campaign after failing to break into the top tier of Democratic candidates.
She plans to drop out of the race and endorse former Vice President Joe Biden in Dallas on Monday night, according to her campaign.
It's just hours before polls open in her home state of Minnesota on Super Tuesday.
Klobuchar saw a surge of momentum and fundraising after a strong debate performance and a third-place showing in the New Hampshire primary, but she struggled to expand or sustain that support...",left
12679,"Klobuchar Suspends Presidential Campaign, Endorses Biden","['Amy Klobuchar', 'Elections', 'Decision 2020', 'Democratic Party', 'Joe Biden']",Amy Klobuchar ending presidential bid,Washington Examiner,"Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar is the latest Democratic candidate to end her presidential bid.
Klobuchar told campaign staff Monday she is ending her campaign, after a series of disappointing finishes in the four early nominating contests, news outlets reported.
She kicked off her 2020 campaign in February at an outdoor rally along the Mississippi riverfront in Minneapolis during a snowstorm, using the weather-related circumstances to argue she is tough enough to take on President Trump.
Trump weighed in via Twitter, questioning how global warming can be real when Klobuchar launched...",right
12680,Democrats Predict Expedited Impeachment Probe,"['Democratic Party', 'Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Congress', 'Politics', 'White House']",Polls shifting in favor of impeaching Trump,Washington Examiner,"Public opinion on impeaching President Trump is shifting in House Democrats' favor as new polls show nearly half of the country supports their impeachment inquiry.
A recent NPR-PBS NewsHour-Marist poll, for example, saw a 10-point jump in support for impeachment from April, ticking up to 49% of respondents approving with 46% disapproving. Meanwhile, a Politico -Morning Consult survey registered 36% support for impeachment, a 7-point surge in the weeks since details about Trump's July phone call with the Ukrainian president were revealed.
The latest Hill-Harris X survey observed a 12-point...",right
12681,Democrats Predict Expedited Impeachment Probe,"['Democratic Party', 'Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Congress', 'Politics', 'White House']",Democrats count on Schiff to deliver focused impeachment inquiry of Trump,Washington Post,"It was a low point for House Democrats hoping to build a case to remove President Trump from office — a committee hearing in which former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski made his questioners look hapless with a flurry of deflections and delays.
“I heard it did not go well,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told one of her fellow leaders, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), hours after he had participated in the Sept. 17 hearing, according to officials familiar with their conversation. Another top Democrat, Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth...",left
12682,Democrats Predict Expedited Impeachment Probe,"['Democratic Party', 'Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Congress', 'Politics', 'White House']","Nancy Pelosi has put the Trump impeachment inquiry on a fast track. Here's the plan, timeline and key players",USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she wants to move ""expeditiously"" on the impeachment inquiry into whether President Donald Trump abused his power by pushing Ukraine to investigate his political rival, Joe Biden.
At the center of the inquiry, which was launched last week, is a complaint from an unidentified intelligence agency official. The complaint accuses Trump of having ""used the power of his office"" to solicit foreign interference to discredit Biden, the 2020 Democratic frontrunner. It also alleges that White House officials sought to ""lock down"" records of...",left
12683,Bipartisanship on DACA Solution,['Immigration'],'The clock is ticking': Graham and Durbin urge action on bipartisan DREAM Act by the end of September,Insider,"Two senators on Tuesday urged Congress to move quickly on bipartisan legislation that would provide legal status to the hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants who have lived in the United States since they were children, and now face losing protection from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program.",left
12684,Bipartisanship on DACA Solution,['Immigration'],Republican Sen. Cory Gardner agrees to support bipartisan Dream Act after Trump rescinds DACA,Washington Examiner,"Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., announced Tuesday that he would support a bipartisan bill with his Democratic Colorado colleague Sen. Michael Bennet to shield beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program from deportation.",right
12685,Bipartisanship on DACA Solution,['Immigration'],"After 16 Futile Years, Congress Will Try Again to Legalize ‘Dreamers’",New York Times (News),"For 16 years, advocates for legalizing young immigrants brought here illegally by their parents have tried to pass legislation to shield them from deportation. The bill was called the Dream Act, and in Congresses Democratic and Republican, and in the Bush and Obama administrations, whether by stand-alone bill or comprehensive immigration legislation, it failed again and again.",left
12686,Call for Restored Benefits,['Economy And Jobs'],Obama Calls For Restoring Unemployment Benefits,HuffPost,"President Barack Obama is urging Congress to reinstate jobless benefits for more than a million Americans.
In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says the unemployment insurance is a ""vital economic lifeline"" for many people. And he says failure to reinstate the benefits will cause the economy to slow for all Americans.",left
12687,Call for Restored Benefits,['Economy And Jobs'],"New year, same old fight over jobless benefits",CNN (Online News),"Congress will start the new year with an old fight: whether to extend jobless benefits for 1.3 million long-term unemployed.
They expired last week when lawmakers failed to continue a 2008 recession-era federal law providing nearly a year of benefits, paid for by U.S. taxpayers, that kicked in when state jobless benefits ran out.
Democrats argue the program is needed to sustain economic recovery and offer a lifeline to those struggling to keep their head above water financially.",left
12688,Call for Restored Benefits,['Economy And Jobs'],Obama to GOP: Make it your new year’s resolution to restore jobless benefits,Washington Times,"As he prepares to return to Washington, President Obama has made clear his immediate priority in 2014 is to sign into law an extension of long-term jobless benefits, and on Saturday he suggested Republicans make it their “New Year’s resolution” to support that effort.
“For decades, Republicans and Democrats have put partisanship and ideology aside to offer some security for job-seekers,” Mr. Obama said in his weekly address. “Instead of punishing families who can least afford it, Republicans should make it their New Year’s resolution to do the right...",right
12689,Trump Hints at US Hosting G7 at His Florida Golf Course,"['World', 'G7', 'Donald Trump', 'United States', 'France']",Trump puts forward own Miami-area golf course for next G7 summit,Reuters,"BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would probably host next year’s Group of Seven summit of the major industrialized countries at one of his own properties - the Trump National Doral golf resort near Miami - but insisted he would not personally profit from the resort’s selection.",center
12690,Trump Hints at US Hosting G7 at His Florida Golf Course,"['World', 'G7', 'Donald Trump', 'United States', 'France']",Trump’s Doral resort eyed for next G-7: ‘Each country can have their own villa’,Fox News (Online News),"Next year’s G-7 meeting is set to be held in Doral, Florida, a senior administration official told Fox News, after President Trump made a strong pitch over the weekend to world leaders to have the summit at his resort outside of Miami.
Trump himself also strongly suggested Monday that next year’s meeting will be held at his Trump National Doral Golf Club, as he hyped the property’s close proximity to Miami’s airport and the facilities available for the staff of world leaders and the press.",right
12691,Trump Hints at US Hosting G7 at His Florida Golf Course,"['World', 'G7', 'Donald Trump', 'United States', 'France']",Trump says US may host next G7 at Trump National Doral Golf Resort,CNN (Online News),"Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France (CNN)President Donald Trump said Monday that he is ""possibly"" looking at hosting the next G7 summit at his Trump National Doral Miami Golf Resort.
The US is next up to host the G7 in 2020. Trump said while he hasn't made a final decision on where to host the summit, officials ""haven't found anything that's even close to competing with it.""",left
12692,Super Bowl 2018,['Sports'],Neither snow nor slush keeps fans from Super Bowl joy,Reuters,Neither snow nor slush nor sub-zero temperatures kept American football fans from celebrating the virtual holiday that is Super Bowl Sunday as massive crowds descended on downtown Minneapolis ahead of the big game.,center
12693,Super Bowl 2018,['Sports'],Confessions of an Unapologetic Patriots Fan,Guest Writer,"I’m a fan of the New England Patriots, and in the circles that I move in — liberal, underdog-loving, far from New England — that’s a bad thing to be. One hears that the team’s coach, Bill Belichick, wrote Donald Trump a commendatory letter not long before the president took office. One hears that a Make America Great Again hat was seen hanging near the locker of the quarterback Tom Brady. President Trump and Robert Kraft, the team owner, were once big buddies and may well be again.",center
12694,Super Bowl 2018,['Sports'],Will the Eagles win the Super Bowl? Here is how (and why) the Eagles will beat Tom Brady and the New England Patriots,Guest Writer,"The hoopla, the crazy questions, the media responsibilities and the practices are over.
Now, all that is left? Trying to win a Super Bowl.",center
12695,People Demonstrate Against Vaccine Passports in Protests Across France,"['World', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'France', 'Europe', 'Coronavirus']",Macron tells critics: vaccine passport will protect all our freedoms,The Guardian,"When the Great Plague struck Marseille in 1720, killing more than half of the city’s population, travellers were ordered to carry a “bill of health” and ships arriving at the Mediterranean port underwent a 40-day cordon sanitaire or quarantine. As a gateway for trade, the city authorities struggled to find a delicate balance between halting the spread of the disease and damaging vital commerce.
Three hundred years on, President Emmanuel Macron is walking an equally tricky tightrope just eight months before he seeks re-election in April 2022. And unlike the ancient Marseillais, Macron has...",left
12696,People Demonstrate Against Vaccine Passports in Protests Across France,"['World', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'France', 'Europe', 'Coronavirus']",Thousands of anti-vaccine pass protestors take to streets of Paris - hours after neighbouring Italy starts demanding digital certificate to enter gyms and restaurants,Daily Mail,"Protesters took to the streets across France on Saturday for the fourth weekend in a row to rally against a new health pass needed to enter a cafe or travel on an inter-city train, two days before the new rules come into force.
The new rules championed by President Emmanuel Macron make it obligatory to have either a full course of vaccination against Covid-19, be in possession of a negative test or be recently recovered from the virus to enjoy usually routine activities.
Macron, who faces re-election next year, hopes the new rules will encourage...",right
12697,People Demonstrate Against Vaccine Passports in Protests Across France,"['World', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'France', 'Europe', 'Coronavirus']",Firefighters Lead Protests Ahead of Vaccine Passports Being Required in France,Newsweek,"Firefighters led a protest in Marseilles, France, on Saturday ahead of the nation's vaccine passport—which will require people to be vaccinated in order to use public transportation or attend public venues including cinemas and cafes—going into effect on Monday.
Video posted on Twitter shows the firefighters—some wearing masks—carrying the French flag while walking through Marseille, the second largest city in the nation.
Other videos depict similar protests across the nation. Videos show more than 60,000 people marching through Paris and carrying signs and flags while flanked by police officers.
Another video shows...",center
12698,Kushner Denies Russia Collusion,['Politics'],"Trump son-in-law Kushner denies Russia collusion, president lashes out",Reuters,"Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and a senior White House adviser, said on Monday he ""did not collude"" with Russia and had roughly four meetings with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign and presidential transition.",center
12699,Kushner Denies Russia Collusion,['Politics'],Read Jared Kushner’s Statement On His Meetings With Russians,HuffPost,"“I did not collude,” he tells congressional committees.",left
12700,Kushner Denies Russia Collusion,['Politics'],Jared Kushner denies collusion in statement ahead of Capitol Hill testimony,Washington Times,"Jared Kushner, a senior White House adviser and President Trump’s son-in-law, denied any collusion with the Russian government in a statement Monday ahead of his testimony on Capitol Hill.",right
12701,Alabama Senate Race Nears an Explosive End,['Elections'],Alabama Senate Race Between Roy Moore and Doug Jones Ends With More Controversy,New York Times (News),"Alabama voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide between Roy S. Moore, a Republican, and Doug Jones, a Democrat, in a special Senate election that is destined to be remembered as one of the strangest and ugliest campaigns ever held in a state not lacking in unsightly politics.",left
12702,Alabama Senate Race Nears an Explosive End,['Elections'],Alabama drama nears an explosive end,The Hill,"Republican Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones made their closing arguments to voters on Monday, a day before one of the most anticipated special elections in U.S. history.",center
12703,Alabama Senate Race Nears an Explosive End,['Elections'],Alabama Voters Go to the Polls in Turbulent Senate Race,Newsmax (News),"Depending on who is making the case, Alabama's special Senate election Tuesday is about either continuing the ""Trump miracle"" in Washington or allowing ""decency"" to prevail back home.",right
12704,Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant Unsealed; Trump Investigated for Potential Espionage Act Violations,"['Donald Trump', 'FBI', 'Justice Department', 'Courts', 'Justice', 'Espionage Act', 'Classified Information', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Obstruction Of Justice']","Trump under investigation for potential violations of Espionage Act, warrant reveals",The Guardian,"Donald Trump is under criminal investigation for potential violations of the Espionage Act and additional statutes relating to obstruction of justice and destroying federal government records, according to the search warrant executed by FBI agents at the former president’s home on Monday.
The search warrant – the contents of which were confirmed by the Guardian – shows the FBI was seeking evidence about whether the mishandling of classified documents by Trump, including some marked top secret, amounted to a violation of three criminal statutes.
Most notably, the search warrant authorized FBI...",left
12705,Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant Unsealed; Trump Investigated for Potential Espionage Act Violations,"['Donald Trump', 'FBI', 'Justice Department', 'Courts', 'Justice', 'Espionage Act', 'Classified Information', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Obstruction Of Justice']",FBI seized classified records from Mar-a-Lago during search of Trump residence,Fox News (Online News),"FBI agents seized classified records from former President Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago during the agency's unprecedented raid on Monday, including some marked as top secret, according to a warrant and property receipt unsealed Friday. The documents had earlier been reviewed and reported by Fox News Digital.
Former President Trump is disputing the classification, saying the records have been declassified.  
According to the warrant, reviewed by Fox News early Friday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart signed the warrant on Aug. 5, giving the FBI authority to conduct its search ""on...",right
12706,Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant Unsealed; Trump Investigated for Potential Espionage Act Violations,"['Donald Trump', 'FBI', 'Justice Department', 'Courts', 'Justice', 'Espionage Act', 'Classified Information', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Obstruction Of Justice']","Trump suspected of violating Espionage Act, according to search warrant",The Hill,"Federal law enforcement suspected former President Trump had violated the Espionage Act and other laws when it sought and obtained a search warrant for his Mar-a-Lago estate, according to court records unsealed Friday.
The unsealed warrant shows that investigators were authorized to seize any documents or records with classified markings or related to the “transmission of national defense information or classified material.”
The warrant also authorized the seizure of “any evidence of the knowing alteration, destruction, or concealment of any government and/or Presidential Records, or of any documents with classification markings.”",center
12707,Bombing Near Kabul Mosque Marks First Major Attack Since US Withdrawal,"['Middle East', 'Terrorism', 'Kabul', 'Afghanistan']","Bombing outside Kabul’s main mosque leaves at least 2 dead, Taliban says",Washington Post,"A bombing outside Kabul’s main mosque killed at least two Afghan civilians and left others wounded, the Taliban says.
The explosion, at Eid Gah Mosque, is the first major attack in the city since the Islamic State targeted Kabul airport in August while thousands attempted to escape the country as it fell to the Taliban.
Qari Muhammad Saeed Khosti, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, confirmed the death toll to The Washington Post via telephone but cautioned that the number could rise. “I don’t have an exact number of casualties,”...",left
12708,Bombing Near Kabul Mosque Marks First Major Attack Since US Withdrawal,"['Middle East', 'Terrorism', 'Kabul', 'Afghanistan']","Explosion at Kabul Mosque Leaves Several Civilians Dead, Taliban Say",Wall Street Journal (News),"A bomb attack targeting the funeral prayer service for the mother of the Taliban’s chief spokesman killed at least three people in Kabul’s main mosque Sunday afternoon, in the first major militant strike on the Afghan capital since U.S. forces withdrew in August.
The Taliban spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, and other members of the Taliban leadership were inside the mosque and weren’t hurt in the bombing, which occurred at the entrance to the Eid Gah Mosque in the heart of Kabul, officials said. The death toll was likely to increase.
While there...",center
12709,Bombing Near Kabul Mosque Marks First Major Attack Since US Withdrawal,"['Middle East', 'Terrorism', 'Kabul', 'Afghanistan']",Bomb attack on Kabul mosque 'kills 10 and injures more than 30': Memorial service for mother of Taliban's chief spokesman 'is targeted by ISIS militants' in Afghanistan capital,Daily Mail,"A bomb which targeted the entrance of a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday has left a 'number of civilians dead', according to a Taliban spokesman.
The bomb targeted the Eidgah mosque where a memorial service was being held for the mother of Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahi and represents the first major attack of its kind in Afghanistan since the departure of US forces.
The Taliban say five people have been killed and 10 injured, but medical sources say the death toll stands at 10 with over 30 injured...",right
12710,Study Reveals Large Drop in Test Scores for U.S. 9-Year-Olds,"['Education Inequality', 'Education', 'Department Of Education', 'COVID-19', 'Standardized Testing']",National test scores fall to lowest levels in decades,Axios,"Reading scores for elementary school students plunged to their lowest levels since 1990 during the first two years of the pandemic — and math scores dropped for the first time in the history of a nationally representative test dating back to the 1970s.
Why it matters: The national test results out Thursday lay out the extent to which the pandemic devastated learning outcomes for America's students, particularly for those that were most vulnerable even before the pandemic.
""These are some of the largest declines we have observed in a single...",center
12711,Study Reveals Large Drop in Test Scores for U.S. 9-Year-Olds,"['Education Inequality', 'Education', 'Department Of Education', 'COVID-19', 'Standardized Testing']","Math, Reading Scores Plummeted to Lowest Level in Decades during School Shutdowns",National Review,"Elementary school students’ math and reading scores plummeted to the lowest level in decades amid the school shutdowns implemented in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, national test results released Thursday show.
In math, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, which has dubbed itself the “nation’s report card,” reported a first ever score drop among nine-year-olds since it was first administered in 1973. Their reading scores dropped by the largest margin since 1990, the New York Times reported, indicating a serious setback for literacy acquisition. The assessment also measured the window between...",right
12712,Study Reveals Large Drop in Test Scores for U.S. 9-Year-Olds,"['Education Inequality', 'Education', 'Department Of Education', 'COVID-19', 'Standardized Testing']","Student test scores plummeted in math and reading after the pandemic, new assessment finds",CNN (Online News),"Math and reading scores for 9-year-olds in the US fell between 2020 and 2022 by a level not seen in decades, a foreboding sign of the state of American education two years after the Covid-19 pandemic began.
The results were part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress long-term trend reading and math exams, often called the ""Nation's Report Card,"" conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics. The exams were administered to age-9 students in early 2020 before the pandemic and then again in early 2022, the group said....",left
12713,Iran Sanctions Lifted,['Middle East'],"Republicans on Capitol Hill, campaign trail joyful about prisoner release, still upset about Iran nuclear deal",Fox News (Online News),"Republicans on Capitol Hill and the campaign trail expressed optimism and happiness Saturday about Iran releasing five U.S. citizens but continued raising concerns about the nuclear deal with Tehran that is expected completed this weekend and connected to the accord.
“Hopeful this long ordeal for our four Americans held hostage in Iran finally appears to be over,” tweeted GOP presidential candidate and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. “Praise God! Surely bad parts of Obama's latest deal, but prayers of thanksgiving that Pastor Saeed is coming home.”",right
12714,Iran Sanctions Lifted,['Middle East'],Iran Complies With Nuclear Deal; Sanctions Are Lifted,New York Times (News),"The United States and European nations lifted oil and financial sanctions on Iran and released roughly $100 billion of its assets after international inspectors concluded that the country had followed through on promises to dismantle large sections of its nuclear program.
This came at the end of a day of high drama that played out in a diplomatic dance across Europe and the Middle East, just hours after Tehran and Washington swapped long-held prisoners.
Five Ameri",left
12715,Iran Sanctions Lifted,['Middle East'],Iran nuclear deal: International sanctions lifted,BBC News,"International sanctions on Iran have been lifted after a watchdog confirmed it had complied with a deal designed to prevent it developing nuclear weapons.
The EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, said the deal would contribute to improved regional and international peace and security.
The landmar",center
12716,Democratic Debate Tonight in NH,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","MSNBC, DNC reach deal to host Democratic debate in New Hampshire",Fox News (Online News),The tentative deal reached this weekend between the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders includes a debate Thursday at the University of New Hampshire in Durham.,right
12717,Democratic Debate Tonight in NH,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Everything you need to know about the next Democratic debate,Politico,"If Sanders is able to maintain his significant lead in the polls and win convincingly, the primary could be an impetus for continued growth. Yet Clinton and her well-known husband have been preparing for this possibility, building her ground game across primary states that follow New Hampshire and can help her definitively put away Sanders. Sanders may have a younger demographic secured, but Clinton could have a wider spread of voters that overshadows his more limited base.",left
12718,Democratic Debate Tonight in NH,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",A Party Divided Going Into Tonight's Debate,NBC News (Online),"Tonight's Democratic debate -- the first one-on-one showdown between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders -- comes 1) after the this close race in Iowa, 2) five days before Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, and 3) as the party appears more divided than at any point during the Obama Era.",left
12719,FDA Panel Endorses Authorization of Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine for Emergency Use,"['Coronavirus', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'FDA']",FDA advisers recommend the first Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in the US,Vox,"An advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration has voted 17 to 4, with 1 abstention, to recommend emergency use authorization to the first vaccine for Covid-19 in the United States.
The highly anticipated vote means health workers facing high exposure to the disease and residents of long-term care facilities could start receiving the first doses of the two-dose vaccine, developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, within days. The first 6.4 million doses could be ready to ship as soon as Friday.
The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee...",left
12720,FDA Panel Endorses Authorization of Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine for Emergency Use,"['Coronavirus', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'FDA']",FDA panel recommends approval of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine for emergency use,CNBC,"A key Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended the approval of Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use in people over 16 years old, the last step before the FDA gives the final OK to broadly distribute the first doses throughout the United States.
If the FDA accepts the nonbinding recommendation from the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee — which is expected — it would mark a pivotal moment in the Covid-19 pandemic, which has infected more than 15.4 million people and killed roughly...",center
12721,FDA Panel Endorses Authorization of Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine for Emergency Use,"['Coronavirus', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'FDA']",FDA panel endorses Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for emergency use,Fox News (Online News),"A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted Thursday to endorse the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, clearing the way for FDA leaders to authorize emergency mass distribution amid an ongoing surge of COVID-19 cases across the country.
Vaccine shipments would begin within hours of the FDA’s decision, which could come by as early as Friday, with the first vaccinations to follow soon afterward. Pfizer’s vaccine will be available in limited quantities, with initial doses earmarked for frontline health care workers and high-risk patients.
In November, Pfizer announced that its coronavirus...",right
12722,"NY Times Endorses Clinton, Kasich","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","New York Times endorses Hillary Clinton, John Kasich for nominations",CNN (Online News),"The New York Times' editorial board on Saturday endorsed Hillary Clinton and John Kasich for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations, a potential boost for the candidates two days before the Iowa caucuses.
The Times said it picked Clinton over her top rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, due to her experience and policy ideas. It also cast d",left
12723,"NY Times Endorses Clinton, Kasich","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",NY Times: Kasich Is 'Only Plausible Choice' for GOP Nod,Newsmax (News),"The New York Times Saturday endorsed Ohio Gov. John Kasich for the GOP presidential nomination, while calling front-runners Donald Trump and Ted Cruz ""equally objectionable for different reasons.""
""Though a distinct underdog, [Kasich] is the only plausible choice for Republicans tired of the extremism and inexperience on display in this race,"" th",right
12724,"NY Times Endorses Clinton, Kasich","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Nomination,New York Times (News),"For the past painful year, the Republican presidential contenders have been bombarding Americans with empty propaganda slogans and competing, bizarrely, to present themselves as the least experienced person for the most important elected job in the world. Democratic primary voters, on the other hand, after a substantive debate over real issues, have the chance to nominate one of the most broadly and deeply qualified presidential candidates in modern history.
Hillary Clinton would be the first woman nominated by a major party. She served as a senator from a major state...",left
12725,"Shooting Suspect had history of gun use, paranoia",['Violence In America'],"Aaron Alexis, Suspected Navy Yard Shooter, Had A Shooting Incident In 2010",HuffPost,"Aaron Alexis, the suspect in the shooting deaths of at least 12 individuals at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday morning, was a relative recluse in the Internet age.",left
12726,"Shooting Suspect had history of gun use, paranoia",['Violence In America'],"Washington, D.C., shooting suspect had record of gun use and misconduct",Wall Street Journal (News),"Aaron Alexis, the 34-year-old suspect killed in the U.S. Navy Yard shooting spree, had at least two earlier brushes with the law involving guns that led to the end of his four-year Navy career in 2011.",center
12727,"Shooting Suspect had history of gun use, paranoia",['Violence In America'],Navy Yard gunman treated for paranoia and hearing voices in his head,Washington Times,"Aaron Alexis, the gunman in the Washington Navy Yard shooting rampage, had been suffering a host of serious mental issues including paranoia and hearing voices in his head.",right
12728,Seeking Congressional OK in Syria,"['White House', 'Politics']","In reversal, Obama to seek congressional OK for Syria strike",Washington Times,"In a dramatic turnaround, President Obama said Saturday that he will wait for congressional authorization to punish Syria for a chemical weapons attack, even though he has decided a military strike is needed.
“We should have this debate,” the president said in an announcement in the White House Rose Garden. “I respect the views of those who call for caution.”",right
12729,Seeking Congressional OK in Syria,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama surprised staff with decision on Syria,USA TODAY,"The president's decision to seek congressional approval for a military strike against Syria came out of the blue — none of his national security team saw it coming, according to three senior administration officials.
Obama told some of his senior advisers during a National Security Council meeting last weekend that he was leaning toward taking action against Syria, but had not made a final decision, said the officials, who spoke on the condition they not to be identified discussing internal deliberations. As Obama mulled his next steps, the aid",left
12730,Seeking Congressional OK in Syria,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama Says U.S. Should Take Action In Syria, Will Seek Congress' Authorization For Use Of Force",HuffPost,"President Barack Obama addressed the crisis in Syria on Saturday, saying he has decided the United States should take military action against regime targets, but that he will seek authorization from Congress before taking action.
""I will seek authorization for the use of force from the American people's representatives in Congress,"" Obama said during a press conference in the White House Rose Garden.",left
12731,Wall Street Seeks to Recover After Selling Frenzy,['Banking And Finance'],U.S. Stocks Rebound After Opening Drop,Wall Street Journal (News),Trading in U.S. stocks remained volatile Tuesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average opened more than 500 points lower before turning positive on the day less than 15 minutes later.,center
12732,Wall Street Seeks to Recover After Selling Frenzy,['Banking And Finance'],Here are reasons why the stock market should bounce back after historic plunge,New York Daily News,"Monday’s Dow Jones drop of more than 1,000 points set investors worrying about the money they had put into the market, though experts do not expect Wall Street to turn sour soon.",left
12733,Wall Street Seeks to Recover After Selling Frenzy,['Banking And Finance'],"Reset: Historic 1,175 Point Market Sell-Off Could Be Just a 'Speed Bump'",CBN,"The Dow Jones industrial average opened another 500 points lower Tuesday morning, now down 10 percent from its all-time high reached on January 26. Stock markets around the world also took a beating today after Monday's dramatic 1,175 point sell-off on Wall Street.",right
12734,Offer to Fund Border Wall Withdrawn,['Immigration'],'Off the Table.' Chuck Schumer Has Rescinded His Offer to Fund Trump's Border Wall,Time Magazine,"Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer has pulled back an offer of $25 billion for President Donald Trump’s long-promised southern border wall, as lawmakers scrambled to figure out how to push a deal to protect 700,000 or more so-called Dreamer immigrants from deportation.",left
12735,Offer to Fund Border Wall Withdrawn,['Immigration'],"Trump fires back at Schumer: 'If there is no Wall, there is no DACA'",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump fired back Tuesday night at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for offering, then rescinding, a deal to support border wall funding in return for an immigration package that protects illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.",right
12736,Offer to Fund Border Wall Withdrawn,['Immigration'],Democrats withdraw offer to fund Trump's border wall,Reuters,"Democrats said on Tuesday they had withdrawn an offer to fund U.S. President Donald Trump’s border wall, as tough negotiations over the future of young illegal immigrants known as “Dreamers” resumed in the Senate.",center
12737,Perspectives: Night Three of the Democratic National Convention,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Democratic National Convention', 'Joe Biden', 'Michelle Obama', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Kamala Harris speech: What was the verdict on how she did?,BBC News,"The stakes could not have been higher for Kamala Harris as she made history to formally accept the Democratic vice-presidential nomination. How did she do?
Only three women have been on the top ticket for a major party before, and none has made it to the White House.
The California senator, who spoke in an almost empty auditorium in Delaware, is also the first African American and Asian American to be nominated.
We asked voters and experts to assess her perfomance.",center
12738,Perspectives: Night Three of the Democratic National Convention,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Democratic National Convention', 'Joe Biden', 'Michelle Obama', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Hits and misses from Night 3 of the Democratic National Convention,CNN (Online News),"That's a wrap on Night 3 of the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
It was a star-studded night, with the last Democratic president (Barack Obama), the last Democratic presidential nominee (Hillary Clinton) and, perhaps, the next presidential nominee (Kamala Harris) all speaking.
Below the best -- and worst -- of the night that was.",left
12739,Perspectives: Night Three of the Democratic National Convention,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Democratic National Convention', 'Joe Biden', 'Michelle Obama', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']","Obama to say Trump ‘never’ took presidency seriously, Clinton to call president ‘dangerous’ in DNC speeches",Fox News (Online News),"Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Barack Obama will deliver blistering critiques of President Trump's leadership at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night and warn Democrats too much is on the line of they don't mobilize for Joe Biden, according to excerpts from their speeches.
Clinton, who the lost the White House to Trump four years ago after slim margins of defeat in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, will tell Democrats they must turn out this time for their Democratic nominee because ""lives and livelihoods are on the...",right
12740,Trump Kicks Off Asia Trip,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Opens Asia Trip Talking Tough in Campaign-Style Rally,New York Times (News),"President Trump kicked off an extensive swing through Asia with a campaign-style rally on Sunday with American troops in Japan, as he looked toward a lengthy trip likely to be dominated by talks on confronting the nuclear threat from North Korea.",left
12741,Trump Kicks Off Asia Trip,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump kicks off his 12-day tour of Asia in Japan,Insider,"US President Donald Trump has landed in Japan, the first Asian country he is visiting during his 12-day tour of the region.",left
12742,Trump Kicks Off Asia Trip,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump ready for 'busy' leg of Asia trip, after informal talks in Japan on trade, North Korea",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Sunday discussed trade and North Korea problems over golf and dinner with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as a prologue to the most critical stretch of the president’s 12-day Asia trip that starts Monday with formal talks in Tokyo.",right
12743,Iran Shoots Down US Navy Drone,"['Iran', 'Middle East']","U.S. drone shot down by Iran in international space, U.S. officials say",NBC News (Online),"A U.S. drone was shot down in international airspace above the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, U.S. Central Command said, contradicting a claim by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard that it had struck the aircraft after it entered Iranian airspace.
The news comes amid rising tensions in the region, with American officials blaming Iran for what they said was an attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week. Iran has denied any involvement.
A Central Command spokesman, Capt. Bill Urban, said in a statementthat a surface-to-air missile hit...",left
12744,Iran Shoots Down US Navy Drone,"['Iran', 'Middle East']","Iran Shoots Down U.S. Drone, Sending Regional Tensions Soaring",Bloomberg,"Iran shot down an American spy drone near the entrance to the Persian Gulf under disputed circumstances, escalating tensions in a region that’s been on the brink of a military confrontation for weeks. Oil prices surged.
Iranian media said the aircraft was hit inside Iranian airspace. The U.S. said the Global Hawk drone was flying in international airspace when it was shot down by an Iranian missile over the Strait of Hormuz, an oil choke point.
“Iranian reports that the aircraft was over Iran are false,” said Navy Captain Bill...",left
12745,Iran Shoots Down US Navy Drone,"['Iran', 'Middle East']","US Navy drone shot down by Iranian missile over Strait of Hormuz in 'unprovoked attack,' central command says",Fox News (Online News),"U.S. military officials returned fire -- verbally -- hours after Iran blasted a Navy high-altitude drone out of the sky over the Strait of Hormuz, with U.S. Central Command leaders on Thursday slamming the ""unprovoked"" strike and Tehran's subsequent ""false"" justifications for it.
The downing of the drone, via surface-to-air missile, is only the most recent Iranian provocation in the region, coming on the heels of a disputed attack on a pair of oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week. U.S. officials say Iran was behind the tanker...",right
12746,GOP Head Into Midterms,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Poll: GOP Leads in Midterm Races as Obamacare Drags Down Democrats,Newsmax (News),"Republicans are in the lead in the most competitive House and Senate races for the 2014 midterm elections, a reflection of President Barack Obama's low job approval rating and disenchantment with Obamacare, a new poll has found.
In a poll by Politico conducted May 2-13 of 867 likely voters, 41 percent of respondents said they would choose a Republican compared to 34 percent who said they would choose a Democrat.",right
12747,GOP Head Into Midterms,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']","McConnell, Other Republicans Lead Primary Challengers From the Right",Wall Street Journal (News),"A much-anticipated conservative revolt against incumbent Republicans never fully materialized here in Kentucky, allowing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to build a commanding position ahead of Tuesday's GOP primary by fully embracing his role as a Washington power broker.
A McConnell victory over Louisville businessman Matt Bevin, which is considered likely, would send a resounding signal to Republicans elsewhere that incumbency and deal-making are no longer the millstones many conservatives claimed them to be as the tea party gained strength in recent years.
Tuesday's primary here in Kentucky, along with...",center
12748,GOP Head Into Midterms,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",GOP’s insane Georgia primary: Why party’s establishment will never be the same,Salon,"Where oh where does the spring-long whirlybird tour of “Tea Party vs. establishment false primary narratives” land this week?
The drama long ago ran out in Kentucky’s once-hyped race between Sen. Mitch McConnell and businessman Matt Bevin, the latter of whom will remembered in political comedy history for attending a cockfighting rally and giving a speech about cockfighting and then saying afterwards that he had no idea he was at a cockfighting rally.
What a truly resounding, who’da-guessed-it win for the establishment: The well-funded minority leader of the United States...",left
12749,Vaccine Mandate for Businesses Moved to January 4th,"['Coronavirus', 'Businesses', 'Vaccine Mandate']",Majority of US workers to fall under vaccine mandate on Jan. 4,ABC News (Online),"Nearly 100 million U.S. workers will be required to get the COVID vaccine by Jan. 4, with some workers allowed to test weekly instead, under sweeping federal rules released Thursday by the Biden administration that identifies COVID-19 as an occupational hazard.
The regulations are aimed at health care workers and businesses with 100 or more employees, covering two-thirds of the nation’s workforce. Businesses that don’t comply could be fined $14,000 per infraction, and hospitals could lose access to Medicare and Medicaid dollars.
It’s part of President Joe Biden’s aggressive new...",left
12750,Vaccine Mandate for Businesses Moved to January 4th,"['Coronavirus', 'Businesses', 'Vaccine Mandate']","Vaccine mandate for businesses published, setting Jan. 4 deadline",The Hill,"The Biden administration published its vaccinate mandate for businesses on Thursday, setting a Jan. 4 deadline in line with healthcare workers and employees of federal contractors. 
The administration said it was on strong legal grounds with the rule, which an official noted is not technically a vaccine mandate, as businesses can also choose to make regular testing and mask wearing an option. 
The mandate, which applies to businesses with at least 100 employees and is expected to cover 84 million people, was developed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Senior...",center
12751,Vaccine Mandate for Businesses Moved to January 4th,"['Coronavirus', 'Businesses', 'Vaccine Mandate']",Biden moves deadline for federal vaccine mandates to January in effort to avoid holiday snarl,Washington Examiner,"New rules outlined by the Biden administration will extend the deadline for millions of workers to get vaccinated for COVID-19 per requirements by the federal government. Under the announcement, workers can wait until after the new year to get their final shot.
The deadline for federal workers and contractors and large employers covered by new Occupational Safety and Health Administration rules will be Jan. 4, White House officials told the press Wednesday night, alleviating concerns about worker shortages if mandates took effect before the holidays. The previously announced deadline of...",right
12752,Donald Trump and Barack Obama Spar Over Who Gets Credit For A Strong Economy,"['Donald Trump', 'Barack Obama', 'Economy And Jobs']","On economy, Trump picks a fight with Obama he cannot win",MSNBC,"Yesterday morning, Barack Obama published a tweet marking an important anniversary. Alongside an image of a bill bearing his signature, the former president wrote, ""Eleven years ago today, near the bottom of the worst recession in generations, I signed the Recovery Act, paving the way for more than a decade of economic growth and the longest streak of job creation in American history.""
The Democrat's message had the benefit of being true. Roughly a month into his presidency, with the economy falling off a cliff and the nation hemorrhaging jobs,...",left
12753,Donald Trump and Barack Obama Spar Over Who Gets Credit For A Strong Economy,"['Donald Trump', 'Barack Obama', 'Economy And Jobs']","President's Day scrape: Trump, Obama spar over who gets credit for robust US economy",USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump took a President's Day swipe at his predecessor, Barack Obama, as each sought credit Monday for the U.S. economy.
Mocking an earlier Obama tweet as a ""con job,"" Trump blasted Obama for ""now trying to take credit for the economic boom taking place under the Trump administration.""
The strong robust U.S. economy – including the low 3.6% unemployment – is a central talking point for Trump on the campaign trail. Obama appeared to take a subtle dig with a tweet earlier Monday marking the 11th anniversary...",left
12754,Donald Trump and Barack Obama Spar Over Who Gets Credit For A Strong Economy,"['Donald Trump', 'Barack Obama', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump rips Obama's 'con job' after 'trying to take credit' for strong economy,Washington Times,"President Trump ripped former President Barack Obama for pulling a “con job” after he touted his own involvement in the current economic boom.
On President’s Day, Mr. Obama tweeted, “Eleven years ago today, near the bottom of the worst recession in generations, I signed the Recovery Act, paving the way for more than a decade of economic growth and the longest streak of job creation in American history.”
Mr. Trump responded Monday evening by accusing his predecessor of “trying to take credit” for his economic achievements.
“Did you hear the...",right
12755,"The Weekly Standard, Conservative Magazine Critical of Trump, Will Close",['Culture'],The Weekly Standard’s Dismantling Is Terrible News for Conservatism and Journalism,Slate,"The Weekly Standard shut down on Friday after 23 years of publication. In an unceremonious execution, MediaDC, the magazine’s owner, instructed staff to clear out their desks by the end of the",left
12756,"The Weekly Standard, Conservative Magazine Critical of Trump, Will Close",['Culture'],A Toast to the Standard,National Review,"Today brought the sad news that, as has been feared and rumored for months, The Weekly Standard is closing. The death of that other conservative magazine is a tragedy, pure and simple.",right
12757,"The Weekly Standard, Conservative Magazine Critical of Trump, Will Close",['Culture'],"Hating The President Is Not a Strategy, As Bill Kristol Just Learned",Townhall,"Going all in on attacking President Trump isn’t proving to be a particularly effective business strategy for media outlets. The Weekly Standard, a 28-year old neoconservative institution,",right
12758,CDC Says Unvaccinated People Are Twice As Likely To Face COVID-19 Reinfection,"['Coronavirus', 'Delta Variant', 'CDC']",Unvaccinated individuals twice as likely to face COVID-19 reinfection: CDC study,Fox News (Online News),"A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study found that unvaccinated individuals who have had COVID-19 are twice as likely to face reinfection as individuals who have received the vaccine. 
The study, published as part of the agency's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), examined hundreds of residents, finding that the unvaccinated individuals had 2.34 times greater odds of reinfection compared with fully vaccinated individuals. 
The residents were aged 18 or older and had previous COVID-19 infections in 2020 and experienced a second infection between May and June 2021 – the time period that aligns with the emergence...",right
12759,CDC Says Unvaccinated People Are Twice As Likely To Face COVID-19 Reinfection,"['Coronavirus', 'Delta Variant', 'CDC']","Unvaccinated More Than Twice as Likely to Get Covid-19 Again, CDC Says",Wall Street Journal (News),"Unvaccinated people are more than twice as likely to be reinfected with Covid-19 than people who are fully vaccinated, a new study suggests, underscoring the importance of vaccines in containing the pandemic.
The study, published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, looked at nearly 250 patients in Kentucky who had Covid-19 in 2020 and tested positive again between May and June 2021. The authors compared the vaccination status of those patients with those of nearly 500 similar people who also had an infection in 2020 but hadn’t been...",center
12760,CDC Says Unvaccinated People Are Twice As Likely To Face COVID-19 Reinfection,"['Coronavirus', 'Delta Variant', 'CDC']","Vaccine reduces risk of infection even in people who already had Covid-19, the C.D.C. says.",New York Times (News),"Unvaccinated people who have had Covid-19 may be more than twice as likely to get infected again than those who tested positive and bolstered their natural immunity with a vaccine, according to a small study that assessed the likelihood of reinfection.
The study, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, examined the risk of reinfection during May and June among hundreds of Kentucky residents who tested positive for the virus in 2020.
Those who did not get vaccinated this year faced a risk of reinfection that was 2.34 higher than those...",left
12761,Trump Rattles Corporate America,[],Trump’s unpredictable style unnerves corporate America,Washington Post,The turbulence began Tuesday morning with one of President-elect Donald Trump’s signature tweets of wrath: a public jab at Boeing alleging that the cost of building Air Force One had spiraled out of control.,left
12762,Trump Rattles Corporate America,[],"Trump rattles U.S. businesses with Twitter threats, hard-bargaining style",Washington Times,"Donald Trump promised to make better deals as president, and wasted no time brokering what he said Tuesday would be a $50 billion investment in the U.S. by a Japanese telecom company, but his hard-bargaining style also is rattling some American businesses.",right
12763,Trump Rattles Corporate America,[],Trump puts new bull's-eye on business,The Hill,President-elect Donald Trump is finding a novel way to push his populist economic agenda: take on American businesses directly.,center
12764,Perspective: The COVID-19 Pandemic's Negative Impacts on Youth Mental Health,"['Coronavirus', 'Children', 'Public Health', 'Mental Health', 'Life During Covid-19']",Our children are facing a mental health crisis — we can and must address it today,The Hill,"While there is much to celebrate about the return of students and teachers to classrooms, the transition back is highlighting the extraordinary impact the pandemic has had — and continues to have — on students’ mental health.
Only a few months into what was meant to be the “back to normal” school year, many educators I’ve spoken with are saying this year is more challenging than the last two. Their students are anxious about making friends. Some need help grieving the loss of loved ones who passed. And some are...",center
12765,Perspective: The COVID-19 Pandemic's Negative Impacts on Youth Mental Health,"['Coronavirus', 'Children', 'Public Health', 'Mental Health', 'Life During Covid-19']",The Kids Aren’t Alright,Michael Brendan Dougherty,"The U.S. surgeon general Dr. Vivek H. Murthy has issued a 53-page report on a burgeoning mental-health crisis among American youth, exacerbated by the pandemic. Emergency-room visits for depression, anxiety, and other conditions have been rising for a long time. But emergency-room visits caused by suicide attempts by adolescent girls jumped 51 percent in 2021, according to the report.
While the report touched on increased mental-health issues before the pandemic, it does not shy away from looking at the effect of the pandemic and the public-health strictures on the lives of children in the...",right
12766,Perspective: The COVID-19 Pandemic's Negative Impacts on Youth Mental Health,"['Coronavirus', 'Children', 'Public Health', 'Mental Health', 'Life During Covid-19']","A youth mental health crisis was already brewing. The pandemic made it worse, surgeon general says.",Washington Post,"The situation painted across the U.S. surgeon general’s 53-page advisory is dire.
Compared with 2019, emergency room visits for suicide attempts rose 51 percent for adolescent girls in early 2021. Among boys, there was a four percentage point increase. Depression and anxiety doubled during the coronavirus pandemic, with 25 percent of youths experiencing depressive symptoms and 20 percent suffering anxiety symptoms, according to the report published Tuesday.
“It would be a tragedy if we beat back one public health crisis only to allow another to grow in its place,” U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H....",left
12767,Matt Lauer Fired Over Sexual Misconduct Allegation,['Sexual Misconduct'],Matt Lauer fired from 'Today' due to 'inappropriate sexual behavior' in the workplace,Fox News (Online News),"On the same day the giant Christmas tree is being lit outside NBC studios at Rockefeller Center in New York City, the network dumped one of its biggest stars.
“Today” show co-host Matt Lauer was fired Wednesday due to inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace, an incident ""Today"" honchos said they learned about just two days ago.",right
12768,Matt Lauer Fired Over Sexual Misconduct Allegation,['Sexual Misconduct'],Matt Lauer fired from NBC for 'inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace',USA TODAY,"Matt Lauer has been terminated for ""inappropriate workplace behavior,"" NBC News chairman Andrew Lack wrote in a memo to staff that was read at the top of the Today show Wednesday.",left
12769,Matt Lauer Fired Over Sexual Misconduct Allegation,['Sexual Misconduct'],NBC Fires Matt Lauer Over Sexual Misconduct Allegation,New York Times (News),"The reckoning over sexual harassment in the workplace claimed another leading television personality on Wednesday when NBC fired its leading morning news anchor, Matt Lauer, over a sexual harassment allegation.",left
12770,Is Trump Evolving,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Ready to ""Evolve""",CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump's new delegate guru told Republican Party insiders at a posh resort here on Thursday that the billionaire front-runner is ready to work with the GOP to ""evolve"" as a candidate past the divisive primary.",left
12771,Is Trump Evolving,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump chief: 'You'll see a real different guy',Townhall,"His general-election appeal in question, Donald Trump's senior team is promising anxious Republicans that voters will see ""a real different guy"" soon after the GOP front-runner claims his party's presidential nomination.",right
12772,Is Trump Evolving,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump is playing ‘a part’ and can transform for victory, campaign chief tells GOP leaders",Washington Post,The two new leaders of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign sought Thursday to reassure nervous Republican Party leaders that there is a path to victory in November and that the divisive billionaire mogul will be able to transform his image to win over the general electorate.,left
12773,Benghazi Report Controversy,['Terrorism'],New York Times report casts doubt on al Qaeda involvement in Benghazi,CNN (Online News),"A New York Times report on the September 11, 2012, attack that killed four Americans -- including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens -- in Benghazi, Libya, calls into question much of what Republicans accusing the Obama administration of a cover-up have said about the incident.",left
12774,Benghazi Report Controversy,['Terrorism'],"Yes, There IS Evidence Linking al Qaeda to Benghazi",Daily Beast,Libyan militants tell the New York Times that al Qaeda is not behind the 2012 Benghazi attack. Some members of Congress have intelligence that says otherwise.,left
12775,Benghazi Report Controversy,['Terrorism'],Ex-CIA Analyst Absolutely Rips NYT Benghazi Report,The Blaze,"A former analyst for the CIA skewered the New York Times’ bombshell report on Benghazi Saturday, contending that it was a “politicized article” aimed at harming the GOP. “It seems to be an effort to revive this discredited theory that the anti-Islam video was behind it.”",right
12776,Dueling Boycotts Face Off In Georgia Voting Law Battle,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Business', 'Corporations', 'Georgia', 'Donald Trump', 'Brian Kemp', 'Voter Suppression', 'Elections']","U.S. companies face boycott threats, mounting pressure to take sides in America’s voting rights battle",CNBC,"U.S. corporations face growing pressure and threats of boycotts to publicly oppose Republican-backed election legislation in Georgia and other states that critics say harm the voting rights of Black Americans.
The opposition intensified on Friday when Major League Baseball announced it would no longer hold the 2021 All-Star Game in Atlanta this summer, with commissioner Robert Manfred saying the league “fundamentally supports voting rights for all Americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box.”
GOP Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp last week signed an election overhaul bill into law that adds...",center
12777,Dueling Boycotts Face Off In Georgia Voting Law Battle,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Business', 'Corporations', 'Georgia', 'Donald Trump', 'Brian Kemp', 'Voter Suppression', 'Elections']",Trump: 'Boycott' Businesses for Opposing Election Laws,Newsmax (News),"Former President Donald Trump has long denounced the ""dirty"" play of liberal activists pushing cancel culture against conservatives throughout society, but now says ""it is finally time"" for Republicans and conservatives to do the same and boycott woke businesses offended by the passage of election laws.
""For years the Radical Left Democrats have played dirty by boycotting products when anything from that company is done or stated in any way that offends them,"" Trump wrote in a Save America PAC statement Saturday. ""Now they are going big time with the...",right
12778,Dueling Boycotts Face Off In Georgia Voting Law Battle,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Business', 'Corporations', 'Georgia', 'Donald Trump', 'Brian Kemp', 'Voter Suppression', 'Elections']","Culture wars strain once unshakeable bond between Republicans, corporate America",NBC News (Online),"Republicans and corporate America are on the outs.
In the past week alone, American Airlines and computer company Dell came out strongly against GOP-led bills that place restrictions on voting in their home base of Texas. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a rising star in Republican Party, continued to take heat for nixing a bill that would have imposed a ban on transgender athletes in sports, citing the potential impact on her state's bottom line. And conservatives spent days bashing ""vaccine passports"" some businesses think are needed to return to...",left
12779,Seattle Police Clear Out CHOP Zone,"['Seattle Autonomous Zone', 'Chop', 'Law And Order', 'Seattle Police', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Violence In America']","Seattle police clear CHOP zone, make arrests after mayor's executive order",ABC News (Online),"Following ""ongoing violence and public safety issues,"" Seattle's mayor has issued an executive order to clear the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) zone -- a several block, autonomous police-free zone -- and Seattle police enforced the order Wednesday morning.
Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said in a statement, ""This order, and our police response, comes after weeks of violence in and around the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone, including four shootings, resulting in multiple injuries and the deaths of two teenagers.""
""I support peaceful demonstrations,"" Best said, adding, ""the CHOP...",left
12780,Seattle Police Clear Out CHOP Zone,"['Seattle Autonomous Zone', 'Chop', 'Law And Order', 'Seattle Police', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Violence In America']",Seattle police clearing out 'lawless and brutal' protest zone,Reuters,"Seattle police are working to clear out a protest zone in the city that has become “lawless and brutal” after weeks of violence, including four shootings and the deaths of two teenagers, the city’s police chief said on Wednesday.
The move came after Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan declared the gathering of people in and around the police department’s East Precinct and Cal Anderson Park an “unlawful assembly,” the city’s police chief, Carmen Best, said in a statement.
The East Precinct was abandoned weeks ago after protesters clashed with Seattle police...",center
12781,Seattle Police Clear Out CHOP Zone,"['Seattle Autonomous Zone', 'Chop', 'Law And Order', 'Seattle Police', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Violence In America']",Law and Order: Seattle Police Finally Take Back Area Around East Precinct From Occupiers,Townhall,"The Seattle Police Department was finally allowed to return to the area around the East Precinct and push out the occupiers from the ""Capitol Hill Occupied Protest,"" formerly known as the ""Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone"" early Wednesday morning.
Mayor Jenny Durkan issued the executive order following multiple shootings inside and near the CHOP, which included the death of a 16-year-old.
Occupiers tried and failed to prevent Seattle police from moving in and taking over the area.
The Seattle Police Department said their officers were in riot gear because ""individuals associated...",right
12782,Trump Retweets Video of Biden Flagged by Twitter as 'Manipulated Media',"['Misinformation', 'Fake News', 'Media Industry', 'Social Media', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections', 'Technology']",Twitter slapped its first 'manipulated media' label on an edited video of Joe Biden retweeted by Trump,Insider,"Twitter has applied its first ""manipulated media"" label to a video retweeted by President Donald Trump, as first reported by The Washington Post.
The tweet was originally shared by the White House's head of social media, Dan Scavino, and it contains a video that appears to show the Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden stumble during a speech and accidentally endorse President Donald Trump, saying, ""We can only reelect Donald Trump.""
In reality, however, Biden went on to say: ""We can only reelect Donald Trump if in fact we get engaged...",left
12783,Trump Retweets Video of Biden Flagged by Twitter as 'Manipulated Media',"['Misinformation', 'Fake News', 'Media Industry', 'Social Media', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections', 'Technology']",Twitter flags video retweeted by President Trump as ‘manipulated media’,Washington Post,"Twitter applied its new “manipulated media” label for the first time on Sunday to a deceptively edited video of former vice president Joe Biden. The video was shared by White House social media director Dan Scavino and retweeted by President Trump.
The video was the first test of a new policy the social media company implemented March 5 to label tweets that contain manipulated or synthetic media, ranging from edited videos to more sophisticated examples known as “deepfakes” that can fabricate events that never happened.
In this case, the altered...",left
12784,Trump Retweets Video of Biden Flagged by Twitter as 'Manipulated Media',"['Misinformation', 'Fake News', 'Media Industry', 'Social Media', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections', 'Technology']",Twitter rules White House official pushed manipulated video of Biden,Washington Examiner,"Twitter determined that a White House official published a manipulated video of 2020 Democratic front-runner Joe Biden, adding a label to the tweet to notify users.
Dan Scavino Jr., an assistant to the president and the director of social media at the White House, tweeted a video of Biden from a Saturday campaign event in Kansas City, Missouri. In the 13-second clip, the former vice president stumbled on a sentence and then said, ""Excuse me. We can only reelect Donald Trump.""
The clip, however, failed to include the second half...",right
12785,IRS Hearing,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Watchdog decries ‘unprecedented’ treatment by Dems at IRS hearing,Fox News (Online News),"The government watchdog who issued the report that found the IRS was targeting conservative groups was turned into a punching bag by Democrats in the second half of a tense hearing Thursday, leading Inspector General J. Russell George to chide lawmakers for their attacks on his office.
“This is unprecedented,” he said of his treatment before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee at the end of the hearing.
The first half of the hearing was devoted to testimony from IRS officials who claimed higher-ups in Washington, D.C.,...",right
12786,IRS Hearing,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",IRS inspector general: Liberals also on target list,CNN (Online News),"The inspector general who reported Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups said Thursday that he didn't have information until last week that the word ""progressive"" also was on a list of criteria for extra scrutiny of tax-exempt applications.",left
12787,IRS Hearing,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Treasury official defends IRS audit,Washington Post,"Treasury Inspector General J. Russell George said Thursday that the Internal Revenue Service failed to provide his office with important documents before he issued a report in May detailing problems with IRS methods for reviewing tax-exemption applications.
“I am disturbed that these documents were not provided to our auditors at the outset, and we are currently reviewing this issue,” George said during testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.",left
12788,Trump And Macron Spar At NATO Summit,"['NATO', 'NATO Summit', 'Donald Trump', 'Emmanuel Macron', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Decries Macron's 'Very Nasty' Comments at NATO Summit,Newsmax (News),"U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday took aim at President Emmanuel Macron over the French leader's criticism of NATO and criticized the other members of the military alliance for being too slow to beef up their defense budgets.
As prime ministers and presidents of the 29-member alliance converged on London for a summit marking NATO's 70th birthday, Trump told reporters Macron's comments were ""very nasty"" when he lamented the ""brain death"" of the organization due in large part to a lack of U.S. leadership.
""Sometimes he'll say things that he...",right
12789,Trump And Macron Spar At NATO Summit,"['NATO', 'NATO Summit', 'Donald Trump', 'Emmanuel Macron', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump in Britain for NATO meetings. Macron talks may be more important,USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump lashed out at French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday as the two leaders met for talks on the sidelines of NATO meetings taking place in Britain's capital.
Quarrels over defense spending, fights about trade and climate policy, rifts over Turkey's actions in Syria, and Iran – Trump is in London for a gathering connected to the military alliance's 70th anniversary. The official program starts Wednesday.
But ahead of that, Trump said Tuesday recent comments from Macron that NATO is experiencing ""brain death"" were ""very nasty""...",left
12790,Trump And Macron Spar At NATO Summit,"['NATO', 'NATO Summit', 'Donald Trump', 'Emmanuel Macron', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","In Tense Exchange, Trump and Macron Put Forth Dueling Visions for NATO",New York Times (News),"President Trump said a warning from President Emmanuel Macron of France that Europe could no longer assume American support was “a very dangerous statement.” Mr. Macron said he stood by it.
A once-cordial relationship between President Trump and President Emmanuel Macron of France devolved in a dramatic fashion on Tuesday, as the two leaders publicly sparred over their approach to containing the threat of terrorism and a shared vision for the future of NATO, a 70-year-old alliance facing existential threats on multiple fronts.
In a lengthy appearance before reporters, the...",left
12791,Biden Administration Considers Ukraine-Style Parole for Venezuelan Migrants,"['Immigration', 'Venezuela', 'Foreign Policy', 'Biden Administration', 'Refugees', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Ukraine War', 'Busing', 'Border Crisis', 'Ron DeSantis']",US mulls Ukrainian-type parole for Venezuelan migrants,Associated Press,"The Biden administration is developing plans for Venezuelans with financial sponsors to be granted parole to enter the United States, similar to how Ukrainians have been admitted after Russia’s invasion, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Four officials offered broad outlines of the plan to deal with a large increase in Venezuelans arriving at the U.S. border with Mexico. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
Venezuelans who cross the border illegally on land would be immediately returned to Mexico, two officials said. Currently, Mexico only...",left
12792,Biden Administration Considers Ukraine-Style Parole for Venezuelan Migrants,"['Immigration', 'Venezuela', 'Foreign Policy', 'Biden Administration', 'Refugees', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Ukraine War', 'Busing', 'Border Crisis', 'Ron DeSantis']",Biden Admin To Give Venezuelan Migrants A Legal Way To Cross The Border Amid Surge In Encounters: REPORT,The Daily Caller,"The Biden administration is working to provide Venezuelan migrants a legal pathway to enter the country amid a surge in illegal encounters, according to CNN.
The plan would allow Venezuelan migrants with ties to the U.S. to apply to enter the country at a port of entry, instead of crossing the southern border illegally, CNN reported Tuesday, citing four anonymous sources familiar. The approved migrants would then be paroled into the country and allowed to work immediately. ",right
12793,Biden Administration Considers Ukraine-Style Parole for Venezuelan Migrants,"['Immigration', 'Venezuela', 'Foreign Policy', 'Biden Administration', 'Refugees', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Ukraine War', 'Busing', 'Border Crisis', 'Ron DeSantis']",Biden Considers Creating Immigration Program for Venezuelans,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Biden administration is considering creating a new immigration program for Venezuelans that would allow them to enter the country legally provided they have a U.S.-based financial sponsor, according to a government official familiar with the deliberations, a move designed to discourage Venezuelans from crossing into the U.S. illegally.",center
12794,Perspectives: Leaders Talk Climate Change At G20 Summit,"['World', 'G20 Summit', 'Rome', 'United Nations', 'Coronavirus', 'Climate Change', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Global Warming']",G-20 summit fails to bridge divides on pandemic and climate change,Los Angeles Times,"Jetting across the Atlantic Ocean a few days ago aboard Air Force One for two international summits, one of President Biden's top aides seemed pleased that China and Russia wouldn't be attending.
Without them, it will be ""the U.S. and Europe together driving the bus on the significant global issues,"" national security advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters.
But even if they're at the wheel, it's been a bumpy ride. Despite Biden's success at patching up disputes with allies like France and the European Union, new fissures are spreading across the...",left
12795,Perspectives: Leaders Talk Climate Change At G20 Summit,"['World', 'G20 Summit', 'Rome', 'United Nations', 'Coronavirus', 'Climate Change', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Global Warming']",G20 pledge climate action but make few commitments,BBC News,"The leaders of the world's richest economies have agreed to pursue efforts to limit global warming with ""meaningful and effective actions"".
But the agreement from the G20 summit in Rome made few concrete commitments, disappointing activists.
Host nation Italy had hoped that firm targets would be set before the COP26 summit in Glasgow, which has now begun.
UK PM Boris Johnson, who is hosting COP26 said leaders' promises without action were ""starting to sound hollow"".
""These commitments... are drops in a rapidly warming ocean,"" Mr Johnson said.
The G20 group, made...",center
12796,Perspectives: Leaders Talk Climate Change At G20 Summit,"['World', 'G20 Summit', 'Rome', 'United Nations', 'Coronavirus', 'Climate Change', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Global Warming']",The Empty Spectacle of the U.N. Climate-Change Summit,National Review,"As President Joe Biden limps into Glasgow, there are only two things holding back his big, showy climate agenda: politics and economics.
If you happen to be one of those people who insists that climate change should be “beyond politics,” then you are certainly entitled to the sentiment — but spare us any lectures about “democracy” in the future, because politics is how liberal-democratic societies go about their public business.
And the politics here do not favor dramatic action, whatever is said or notionally agreed to in Glasgow.
Joe Biden and...",right
12797,Preview of Tonight's First 2020 Presidential Debate,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']",6 Questions Ahead Of The 1st Trump-Biden Presidential Debate,NPR (Online News),"President Trump and Democrat Joe Biden square off in the first of three general-election presidential debates Tuesday night.
The debate is high stakes and carries risks for both candidates.
Here are six questions ahead of the debate, to be moderated by Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace beginning at 9 p.m. ET and held at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
1. Can Trump avoid the sitting-president first-debate slump?
Presidents up for reelection often struggle in their first debates. It happened to Barack Obama, both Bushes, Ronald Reagan and Jimmy...",left
12798,Preview of Tonight's First 2020 Presidential Debate,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']",Home Stretch: Are the First 60 Minutes of Tonight's Debate the Most Important Hour of the 2020 Campaign?,Townhall,"That headline may read like an overwrought hot take, but bear with me. The 2020 election has been packed with wild news cycles and massive, 'game-changer' level events -- ranging from everything related to the global pandemic, to the massive resulting economic fallout, to racial tensions and dramatic social unrest, to a hugely consequential Supreme Court vacancy. That list merely scratches the surface, ignoring myriad all-consuming media tempests like Bob Woodward's book and Trump's tax returns, as well as more typical high-profile political events such as the major party conventions....",right
12799,Preview of Tonight's First 2020 Presidential Debate,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']",What to watch for in the first Trump-Biden debate,CBS News (Online),"When President Trump and Joe Biden meet on stage in Cleveland,on Tuesday night, they arrive as two well-known entities. Mr. Trump, the incumbent president who shares his opinions on Twitter every day and in almost daily media appearances, and Biden, the Democratic nominee who has been in public life for decades.
But Tuesday marks the first time they will tangle face-to-face as the nation watches. That first debate will answer a number of questions, and set the tone for the next two, even as Americans have already begun casting...",left
12800,Aftermath of the Kavanaugh Confirmation,['Supreme Court'],Partisanship and the high court: Can Kavanaugh overcome the hearings?,Christian Science Monitor,Brett Kavanaugh looks poised to become the newest justice on the United States Supreme Court on Saturday.,center
12801,Aftermath of the Kavanaugh Confirmation,['Supreme Court'],Democrats just killed the blue wave,Guest Writer - Right,"Democrats were cheered by the renewed FBI investigation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh and counted it as a win. Most Republicans were dismayed that the full Senate's vote on Judge Brett Kavanaugh's appointment to the Supreme Court was delayed and saw this as a political misstep.
They should change places.
First, while the politically attuned understand this is just a delay game by the left, who are on record as willing to do anything to derail this nominee and force the appointment to be made after the November election, swing voters...",right
12802,Aftermath of the Kavanaugh Confirmation,['Supreme Court'],The Political Aftermath of the Senate’s Final Kavanaugh Vote,The New Yorker,"On September 27th, when Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham delivered a four-minute speech that turned Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation process decisively. An hour earlier, Kavanaugh had delivered a furious, partisan opening statement decrying the sexual-assault allegations against him, which he attributed in part to Democrats seeking “revenge on behalf of the Clintons,” but until Graham’s speech it wasn’t obvious that the Republicans were behind him. “Boy, y’all want power! God, I hope you never get it,” Graham...",left
12803,Background Checks Fail in Senate,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],U.S. Senate Shoots Down Background Check Amendment,The Blaze,The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted 54-46 against the Manchin-Toomey background check amendment one of nine proposed changes to a gun control bill currently being debated by U.S. lawmakers. The proposal named forSens. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) and Patrick Toomey (R-Pa.) would have expanded existing background checks on...,right
12804,Background Checks Fail in Senate,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Senate rejects expanded gun background checks,CNN (Online News),The Senate prepared to vote on amendments to tougher gun proposals in the aftermath of the Newtown massacre.,left
12805,Background Checks Fail in Senate,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Key Amendments Fail In Gun Bill Votes,HuffPost,WASHINGTON -- The Senate failed to muster sufficient support Wednesday for a gun-buyer background check bill thats supported by nearly 90 percent of Americans voting the measure down in a procedural vote that likely dooms any major legislation to curb gun violence. The measure -- painstakingly crafted by the bipartisan duo of Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) -- was seen as the key to passing the first legislation in decades to address the sorts of mass slaughters that so recently horrified the country in Newtown Conn. where...,left
12806,"Amid Massive Flight Disruptions, Southwest Airlines Disputes Connection To Vaccine Mandate Protests","['Transportation', 'Southwest Airlines', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus', 'Business', 'Airlines', 'Travel', 'General News']","Days After Forcing COVID Shot On Workers, Southwest Airlines Cancels 1,800 Flights",The Federalist,"Southwest Airlines canceled at least 1,800 domestic flights and delayed another 1,500 flights over the weekend, leaving thousands of U.S. travelers stranded and scrambling to find new transportation.
The widespread operational staffing shortage, which resulted in the termination of nearly 28 percent of the airline’s scheduled flights for the day, come less than a week after the company forced the COVID-19 vaccine on employees. Speculations swirled on social media that the cancellations were due to “sickouts” by employees protesting the shot mandate.
Southwest, however, told The Federalist that attributing the cancellations to...",right
12807,"Amid Massive Flight Disruptions, Southwest Airlines Disputes Connection To Vaccine Mandate Protests","['Transportation', 'Southwest Airlines', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus', 'Business', 'Airlines', 'Travel', 'General News']",Southwest Airlines And The Pilots Union Say Vaccine Mandates Had Nothing To Do With The Massive Flight Cancelations,BuzzFeed News,"Conservative figures and politicians opposing vaccine and mask mandates have blamed more than 2,000 recent flight cancelations by Southwest Airlines on vaccine mandates, but both the airline and pilots' union have said the massive number of flight disruptions had nothing to do with it.
That didn't stop some politicians, like former president Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, and Rep. Andy Biggs from Arizona, from trying to link the cancelations to federal vaccine mandates even though they offered no evidence of it.
""The weekend challenges were not a result...",left
12808,"Amid Massive Flight Disruptions, Southwest Airlines Disputes Connection To Vaccine Mandate Protests","['Transportation', 'Southwest Airlines', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus', 'Business', 'Airlines', 'Travel', 'General News']","Southwest Airlines denies that pilot ""sick out"" drove weekend of delays",Axios,"Dallas-based Southwest Airlines canceled more than 1,000 flights over the weekend, leaving passengers stranded across the country.
Why it matters: The mass cancellations come after its pilots asked a court to block the company's new COVID vaccine mandate.
Between the lines: Airline insiders and conservatives are are wondering if the cancellations are part of a ""sick out"" in response to the vaccine policy.
Southwest's pilots' union said the cancellations were not part of a planned labor demonstration.
More than 25% of the airline's flights were canceled on Sunday per the FlightAware tracker.
""We can say with confidence that our...",center
12809,Trump Pardons Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn,"['Donald Trump', 'National Security', 'Michael Flynn', 'Russia', 'Russia Probe']","Trump Pardons Michael Flynn, Who Pleaded Guilty To Lying About Russia Contact",NPR (Online News),"President Trump has pardoned his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who spent years enmeshed in an often bizarre legal war with the government that sprang from the Russia investigation.
Trump announced the news Wednesday on Twitter as Americans prepared to observe the Thanksgiving holiday this week. The pardon brings an end to a long-running legal odyssey for Flynn, who was the only member of the Trump administration to be charged as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
Flynn pleaded guilty in 2017 to lying to the FBI...",left
12810,Trump Pardons Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn,"['Donald Trump', 'National Security', 'Michael Flynn', 'Russia', 'Russia Probe']","Trump pardons former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI",Washington Post,"President Trump on Wednesday announced he had pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, ending a three-year legal saga that included Flynn’s guilty plea for lying to the FBI, his later effort to withdraw that plea and then a controversial decision by Attorney General William P. Barr to try to drop the case altogether.
Trump’s move marks a full embrace of the retired general he had ousted from the White House after only 22 days on the job — and a final salvo against the Russia investigation that shadowed...",left
12811,Trump Pardons Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn,"['Donald Trump', 'National Security', 'Michael Flynn', 'Russia', 'Russia Probe']",Trump Pardons Ex-Aide Michael Flynn,Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump pardoned former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn on Wednesday, taking direct aim at a Russia investigation he has long insisted was motivated by political bias.
Trump tweeted:
""It is my Great Honor to announce that General Michael T. Flynn has been granted a Full Pardon. Congratulations to @GenFlynn and his wonderful family, I know you will now have a truly fantastic Thanksgiving!""",right
12812,Feds Plan Sweep of Recent Immigrants,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",U.S. plans raids to deport families who surged across border,Washington Post,"The Department of Homeland Security has begun preparing for a series of raids that would target for deportation hundreds of families who have flocked to the United States since the start of last year, according to people familiar with the operation.",left
12813,Feds Plan Sweep of Recent Immigrants,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",U.S. Planning Operation To Deport Central American Families,NPR (Online News),"The United States is planning an operation to deport recently-arrived Central American families who have ignored removal orders from immigration judges, according to a U.S. official with knowledge of the plan.",left
12814,Feds Plan Sweep of Recent Immigrants,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Homeland Security reportedly readying deportation raids early next year,Fox News (Online News),"The Department of Homeland Security is planning deportation raids targeting hundreds of families who have entered the United States since the start of last year, according to a published report.",right
12815,New Coronavirus Variant Emerges Abroad,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'Public Health']",AstraZeneca chief says new COVID-19 vaccine will fight UK mutation,New York Post (News),"The United Kingdom is set to approve a COVID-19 vaccine that drugmakers say is effective in fighting the new variant of the coronavirus spreading around the world.
AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal Soriot told the Sunday Times that researchers say its vaccine is as effective as the 95 percent success rate touted by rival drug developers. However, concerns have been raised over preliminary partial test results that suggest that the AstraZeneca shot is only about 70 percent effective for preventing COVID-19.
The new shot from AstraZeneca and Oxford University is easier...",right
12816,New Coronavirus Variant Emerges Abroad,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'Public Health']",Coronavirus: Cases of new variant appear worldwide,BBC News,"Cases of the more contagious variant of Covid-19 first identified in the UK have been confirmed in several European countries as well as Canada and Japan.
Infections linked to people who arrived from the UK were reported in Spain, Switzerland, Sweden and France.
A couple found infected in Ontario, Canada, had no known travel history or high-risk contacts, officials say.
Japan is to ban most non-resident foreign nationals from entering the country for a month from Monday.",center
12817,New Coronavirus Variant Emerges Abroad,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'Public Health']",NHS doctors 'scrabbling' to get vaccine amid alarm at Covid variant,The Guardian,"Frontline NHS staff have been denied the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, leaving doctors alarmed and “scrabbling” to get immunised.
A new survey reveals that almost two-thirds of medics who responded to it have still not had the vaccine, half believe its delivery to the NHS frontline has been “ad hoc” and a third have no idea when they will be offered it. They fear the government’s decision to prioritise over-80s and care home staff above health workers has left them at risk of catching the disease, especially given the emergence of the...",left
12818,Biden Holds First Call With China’s Xi Jinping Since Taking Office,"['China', 'Joe Biden', 'Xi Jinping', 'Foreign Policy', 'White House', 'World', 'Trade', 'Xinjiang', 'Taiwan', 'Hong Kong', 'Coronavirus']",Biden lays out 'prescription' for U.S.-China relations in first call with Xi Jinping since taking office,Fox News (Online News),"President Biden spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time Wednesday night since taking office, outlining his administration’s ""core concerns"" with China’s ""practices, aggressive activities and abuses,"" signaling a ""clear and consistent subscription to American values,"" while discussing areas in which the administration believes it could be in the United States’ national interest to work with Beijing, senior administration officials said.
In a statement Wednesday night, the White House said Biden ""shared his greetings and well wishes with the Chinese people on the occasion of Lunar New Year.""...",right
12819,Biden Holds First Call With China’s Xi Jinping Since Taking Office,"['China', 'Joe Biden', 'Xi Jinping', 'Foreign Policy', 'White House', 'World', 'Trade', 'Xinjiang', 'Taiwan', 'Hong Kong', 'Coronavirus']","China will 'eat our lunch,' Biden warns after clashing with Xi on most fronts",Reuters,"U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held their first telephone call as leaders and appeared at odds on most issues, even as Xi warned that confrontation would be a “disaster” for both nations.
While Xi has called for “win-win” cooperation, Biden has called China America’s “most serious competitor” and vowed to “out compete” Beijing.
On Thursday, Biden told a bipartisan group of U.S. senators at an Oval Office meeting to discuss the need to upgrade U.S. infrastructure that the United States must raise its game in...",center
12820,Biden Holds First Call With China’s Xi Jinping Since Taking Office,"['China', 'Joe Biden', 'Xi Jinping', 'Foreign Policy', 'White House', 'World', 'Trade', 'Xinjiang', 'Taiwan', 'Hong Kong', 'Coronavirus']",Biden Raises Concerns With China’s Xi in First Call Since Election,New York Times (News),"President Biden spoke Wednesday evening with President Xi Jinping of China, raising concerns about Beijing’s aggressive policies abroad and human rights abuses at home in the first conversation between the two leaders since Mr. Biden’s election.
Turning to what may be the most important foreign relationship of his presidency, Mr. Biden issued those warnings while offering to cooperate on global priorities of mutual interest.
In a summary of the call, the White House said that Mr. Biden “underscored his fundamental concerns about Beijing’s coercive and unfair economic practices, crackdown in...",left
12821,Major Retailer Pulls Assault-Style Rifles,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Dick’s Sporting Goods Will Quit Selling Assault-Style Rifles,HuffPost,The big sporting goods retailer joins Corporate America’s response to the scourge of gun violence.,left
12822,Major Retailer Pulls Assault-Style Rifles,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Dick's Sporting Goods Caves, Announces End to Sale of Semi-Automatic Rifles, Other Changes",Townhall,"Dick’s Sporting Goods announced Wednesday they are making major changes to their firearms policies.
The company will no longer sell semi-automatic rifles in their stores, effective immediately. High-capacity magazines will also not be sold and stores will no longer allow people under the age of 21 to purchase any firearm.",right
12823,Major Retailer Pulls Assault-Style Rifles,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Dick's Sporting Goods pulls assault-style rifles as Florida students return,BBC News,"As students at the Florida school where 17 people were recently killed returned to classes, a major gun retailer has announced it will completely stop selling the kind of weapon used in the attack.",center
12824,American Killed Fighting For ISIS,['Middle East'],How Douglas McAuthur McCain became the first American to die fighting for the Islamic State,Washington Post,"Douglas McAuthur McCain, tattooed and thin, never stayed in one place long. Born on Jan. 29, 1981, his 33 years would be spent hopping from school to school, from business to business, continent to continent — until, finally, he landed in Syria, where he became the first American reported to die fighting for the Islamic State.",left
12825,American Killed Fighting For ISIS,['Middle East'],Death of American fighting for ISIS spurs question: Are there others?,CNN (Online News),"An American man died last weekend in Syria while fighting for ISIS, the latest evidence of the reach of a terror group that's become increasingly powerful and feared in the eyes of Americans.",left
12826,American Killed Fighting For ISIS,['Middle East'],Report: First US-born ISIS Terrorist Dies in Combat,Townhall,"Douglas McAuthur McCain, of San Diego, California, was killed over the weekend fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), according to the Free Syrian Army. Photos of McCain's passport and of his body -- which feature a distinctive neck tattoo -- have been seen by NBC News. According to an activist linked to the Free Syrian Army who also saw the body and travel document, McCain was among three foreign jihadis fighting with ISIS who died during the battle.",right
12827,Likability,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The likability trap,Kathleen Parker,"One of the great fallacies of politics — and life — is that one must be liked to be effective. It helps, just as it helps to be attractive or athletic or kind. But lets be honest: Its almost impossible to like candidates once you get to know them.",right
12828,Likability,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Romney gets personal, more likeable",CNN (Online News),"Republicans expended enormous effort last week to make Mitt Romney more appealing to everyday Americans, and strategists believe that could pay dividends as the campaign moves into its next phase.",left
12829,Likability,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Is Romney likable enough to win?,Ruth Marcus,"Two stark facts about presidents and the likability factor: In every presidential election since at least 1984, the candidate viewed as more likable won. Indeed, if current numbers hold, Mitt Romney would be the least popular person elected in that time.",left
12830,Egypt Military Ousts Morsi,['Middle East'],"Egyptian military ousts Morsi, suspends constitution",Fox News (Online News),"Egypt's top military commander announced Wednesday President Mohammed Morsi had been ousted and replaced by the chief justice of the constitutional court as the interim head of state.
In addition, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said the country's constitution has been temporarily suspended and new elections would be held.
Millions
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07/03/egypt-teeters-on-brink-overthrow...",right
12831,Egypt Military Ousts Morsi,['Middle East'],Army Ousts Egypt’s President; Morsi Decries ‘Complete Military Coup’,New York Times (News),"Egypt’s military on Wednesday ousted Mohamed Morsi, the nation’s first freely elected president, suspending the Constitution, installing an interim government and insisting it was responding to the millions of Egyptians who had opposed the Islamist agenda of Mr. Morsi and his allies in the Muslim Brotherhood.",left
12832,Egypt Military Ousts Morsi,['Middle East'],Egyptian Military Ousts President Morsi,Wall Street Journal (News),"The leader of Egypt's military ousted President Mohammed Morsi from office and replaced him with the head of the country's constitutional court—a move the presidential palace quickly branded a ""complete military coup.""
The announcements capped days of political crisis that brought millions of Egyptians out to the country's streets, spurring bellicose rhetoric from Mr. Morsi's backers and Egypt's military, and sparking deadly violence. Egyptians remained on the squares",center
12833,Judge Rules That Former Trump Aide Paul Manafort Lied To Investigators,"['Paul Manafort', 'Russia Probe', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Judge rules Manafort 'intentionally' lied to Mueller team, voiding plea agreement",Fox News (Online News),"A federal judge on Wednesday found that Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign manager, ""intentionally"" lied to Special Counsel Robert Mueller in response to some, but not all, of their inquiries -- a ruling that voids his plea deal and exposes Manafort, at a minimum, to a harsher sentence.",right
12834,Judge Rules That Former Trump Aide Paul Manafort Lied To Investigators,"['Paul Manafort', 'Russia Probe', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Judge rules that Manafort deliberately lied to Mueller’s team during cooperation,Vox,The former Trump campaign chair may now get a tougher sentence.,left
12835,Judge Rules That Former Trump Aide Paul Manafort Lied To Investigators,"['Paul Manafort', 'Russia Probe', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Judge Rules Paul Manafort Lied in Violation of Plea Deal,Wall Street Journal (News),A federal judge ruled Wednesday that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort lied to investigators about his contact with an associate the FBI has linked to Russian intelligence despite agreeing to a plea deal requiring him to tell the truth.,center
12836,Easter Sunday Bombing Leaves Hundreds Dead,['Terrorism'],"Sri Lanka bombings: 207 dead, hundreds injured in church, hotel explosions on Easter Sunday",ABC News (Online),"At least 207 people were killed and hundreds more injured on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka when attackers unleashed an apparently coordinated series of bombings that simultaneously targeted Christian churches and luxury hotels, and sent a wave a terror across the globe.
The explosions took place miles apart, and the targets included three Christian churches holding Easter services and three hotels, some commonly used by Western tourists. In addition to those who were killed, at least 450 were wounded, according to officials with police, the Colombo Hospital and St....",left
12837,Easter Sunday Bombing Leaves Hundreds Dead,['Terrorism'],Easter Sunday blasts kill at least 207 in Sri Lanka,Washington Times,"At least 207 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in eight bomb blasts that rocked churches and luxury hotels in or near Sri Lanka’s capital on Easter Sunday - the deadliest violence the South Asian island country has seen since a bloody civil war ended a decade ago.
Defense Minister Ruwan Wijewardena described the bombings as a terrorist attack by religious extremists and said seven suspects had been arrested, though there was no immediate claim of responsibility. Wijewardena said most of the blasts were believed to have been...",right
12838,Easter Sunday Bombing Leaves Hundreds Dead,['Terrorism'],"Easter Bomb Attacks on Sri Lanka Churches, Hotels Kill at Least 207",Wall Street Journal (News),"A series of blasts tore through churches and international hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter morning, killing at least 207 people and wounding more than 450 in a coordinated series of attacks on tourists and the country’s minority Christian community.
At least eight explosions, most attributed to suicide bombers, took place across the country, turning restaurants and prayer halls that moments earlier were hosting joyful services and holiday feasts into chaos of rubble, broken furniture, shards of glass and the wounded and dead.
Seven people were arrested in Colombo in...",center
12839,Biden Sets Target of Cutting US Emissions up to 52% by 2030,"['Climate Change', 'Carbon Emissions', 'Greenhouse Gases', 'Joe Biden']",Biden to target 50%-52% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030,Washington Times,"President Biden will announce on Thursday that the United States is targeting a 50%-52% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 — a far-reaching goal that will require a significant overhaul to major sectors of the U.S. economy and Americans’ way of life.
Mr. Biden is announcing the pledge at a virtual climate summit of world leaders he’s hosting Thursday and Friday, coinciding with Earth Day on April 22.
The president has set broader goals of creating a net-zero emission power sector by 2035 and a fully net-zero emission economy...",right
12840,Biden Sets Target of Cutting US Emissions up to 52% by 2030,"['Climate Change', 'Carbon Emissions', 'Greenhouse Gases', 'Joe Biden']","At ‘moment of peril,’ Biden opens global summit on climate",Associated Press,"Declaring that the United States and other big economies must “get this done,” President Joe Biden opened a global climate summit Thursday aimed at getting world leaders to dig deeper on emissions cuts. The United States pledged to cut in half the amount of climate-wrecking coal and petroleum fumes it is pumping out.
“Meeting this moment is about more than preserving our planet,” Biden said, speaking from a TV-style set for a virtual summit of 40 world leaders. “It’s about providing a better future for all of us,” he said,...",left
12841,Biden Sets Target of Cutting US Emissions up to 52% by 2030,"['Climate Change', 'Carbon Emissions', 'Greenhouse Gases', 'Joe Biden']",Biden Pushes Carbon Plan to World Burned by U.S. Flip-Flops,Bloomberg,"President Joe Biden pledged to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 as he convened 40 world leaders in a virtual summit intended to demonstrate renewed American resolve to fight climate change and pressure wary nations to raise their own ambitions.
Biden announced in opening remarks for the two-day summit that the U.S. will reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions 50%-52% from 2005 levels by the end of the decade -- significantly boosting a commitment made under former President Barack Obama that was scrapped by former President Donald...",left
12842,Trump to Promote ”America First” in Davos,['Trade'],"Trump, in Davos, Hopes to Sell the Story of U.S. Success",New York Times (News),"President Trump arrived at this mountaintop resort town on Thursday ready to challenge the prevailing economic order as he takes his “America First” message directly to the banking titans, corporate magnates and international leaders who have spent years preaching the virtues of global integration.",left
12843,Trump to Promote ”America First” in Davos,['Trade'],"Trump arrives in Davos, set to promote his 'America First' policy",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump touched down in Switzerland early Thursday, where he intends to bring his ""America First"" message to a skeptical - and possibly hostile - gathering of global political and business leaders at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos.",right
12844,Trump to Promote ”America First” in Davos,['Trade'],Trump Out to Show Davos Elite He Knows Best,Bloomberg,U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Switzerland this morning with a familiar message for the global elites gathered at the World Economic Forum: You were wrong.,left
12845,Putin Downplays Nuclear War as World Leaders Reaffirm Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,"['Denuclearization', 'Foreign Policy', 'North Korea', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Russia', 'United Nations', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine War', 'World']",UN chief warns the world is just 'one misunderstanding' away from 'nuclear annihilation' as tensions rise across the globe,Insider,"UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged countries to reduce their nuclear stockpiles, warning that ""humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation.""
""Almost 13,000 nuclear weapons are now being held in arsenals around the world. All this at a time when the risks of proliferation are growing and guardrails to prevent escalation are weakening,"" Guterres said at a conference in New York of countries that are party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). 
""The clouds that parted following the end of the Cold War...",left
12846,Putin Downplays Nuclear War as World Leaders Reaffirm Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,"['Denuclearization', 'Foreign Policy', 'North Korea', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Russia', 'United Nations', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine War', 'World']",Putin admits ‘no winners’ in nuclear war as UN warns of risks of a ‘misunderstanding’,New York Post (News),"Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that a nuclear war “should never” be launched — as the head of the United Nations warned that the strongman’s Ukraine war is “one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away” from putting the world in danger of nuclear annihilation.
Putin’s comments came in a letter to participants at a UN conference to reaffirm the nuclear non-proliferation treaty that began Monday.
“We proceed from the fact that there can be no winners in a nuclear war and it should never be unleashed, and we stand for equal and...",right
12847,Putin Downplays Nuclear War as World Leaders Reaffirm Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,"['Denuclearization', 'Foreign Policy', 'North Korea', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Russia', 'United Nations', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine War', 'World']","Biden, Putin strike conciliatory tones as nuclear arms talks start at U.N.",Reuters,"U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he is ready to pursue a new nuclear arms deal with Russia and called on Moscow to act in good faith as his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin said there could be no winners in any nuclear war.
Both leaders issued written statements as diplomats gathered for a month-long U.N. conference to review the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). It was supposed to take place in 2020 but was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It occurs at a time of nuclear...",center
12848,"Report Reveals Elected Officials, Law Enforcement Officers on Oath Keepers Member List","['Violence In America', 'Oath Keepers', 'January 6', 'Capitol Riot', 'Extremist Groups']","Elected officials, police chiefs on leaked Oath Keepers list",Associated Press,"The names of hundreds of U.S. law enforcement officers, elected officials and military members appear on the leaked membership rolls of a far-right extremist group that’s accused of playing a key role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, according to a report released Wednesday.
The Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism pored over more than 38,000 names on leaked Oath Keepers membership lists and identified more than 370 people it believes currently work in law enforcement agencies — including as police chiefs and sheriffs — and more...",left
12849,"Report Reveals Elected Officials, Law Enforcement Officers on Oath Keepers Member List","['Violence In America', 'Oath Keepers', 'January 6', 'Capitol Riot', 'Extremist Groups']",Oath Keepers: Leaked membership list includes police and politicians,BBC News,"Hundreds of US public officials, police officers and soldiers are or have been involved with the far-right Oath Keepers militia, according to a report from an anti-extremism organisation.
The Anti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism compared the names from a leak of Oath Keepers membership rolls with public records and social media.
Some alleged members have denied any affiliation with the group.
Oath Keepers are accused of playing a key role in last year's Capitol riots.
The report raises fresh concerns about the presence of extremist ideology in law enforcement and...",center
12850,"Report Reveals Elected Officials, Law Enforcement Officers on Oath Keepers Member List","['Violence In America', 'Oath Keepers', 'January 6', 'Capitol Riot', 'Extremist Groups']",Law enforcement and elected officials appear on Oath Keepers membership list,Washington Examiner,"Hundreds of law enforcement officers, military members, and elected officials appeared on a leaked membership list of the Oath Keepers, a right-wing conspiracy group, according to a new report released Wednesday.
More than 370 people who work for law enforcement agencies, including top positions such as sheriffs or police chiefs, were identified as being members of the group at some point since its inception, according to an analysis by the Anti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism. The group examined the full list of 38,000 members and found more than 100 others...",right
12851,'Freedom Convoy' Leads Anti-Vaccine Mandate Protest Movement to Canadian Capital,"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Canada', 'Freedom Convoy', 'Truckers', 'Justin Trudeau']",Police launch criminal investigations into ‘illegal’ acts at Ottawa anti-vaccine-mandate trucker protests,Washington Post,"Police in Canada said “several criminal investigations are underway” into “threatening” and “illegal” behavior that occurred over the weekend during huge protests in the capital, Ottawa, where truckers and thousands of supporters gathered to denounce coronavirus vaccine mandates and other public health measures.
While many protested peacefully, Ottawa police said they would investigate after monuments were defaced and some demonstrators displayed “threatening/illegal/intimidating behaviour to police/city workers and other individuals.”
“Illegal behaviour will not be tolerated and will be fully investigated,” police said.
There were reports of urination on the National War Memorial and...",left
12852,'Freedom Convoy' Leads Anti-Vaccine Mandate Protest Movement to Canadian Capital,"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Canada', 'Freedom Convoy', 'Truckers', 'Justin Trudeau']",Canada Trucker Protests Explained: How 'Freedom Convoy' Became Symbol of Vaccine Resistance,Newsweek,"Thousands of Canadian truckers and their supporters have descended on Ottawa to protest Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's COVID-19 vaccine mandates, bringing the country's capital to a standstill.
After a week-long drive across Canada a huge ""Freedom Convoy"" of big rigs arrived in Ottawa late on Friday afternoon, blocking roads and causing chaos in Canada's capital. Truckers are protesting a vaccine mandate for the industry brought in by Trudeau, whereby truckers will have to be vaccinated to cross the Canadian-U.S. border. Under the measures, which were implemented on January 15, unvaccinated cross-border...",center
12853,'Freedom Convoy' Leads Anti-Vaccine Mandate Protest Movement to Canadian Capital,"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Canada', 'Freedom Convoy', 'Truckers', 'Justin Trudeau']",Thousands Protest Against Mandates at Canadian Parliament for 2nd Day,The Epoch Times,"OTTAWA—The “Freedom Convoy” protests continued overnight and into Sunday Jan. 30 in Ottawa, with trucks and vehicles still parked in the city’s downtown core, and people gathered on Parliament Hill, with some setting off fireworks at night.
Protest organizers say they will stay in Ottawa until their demands for lifting COVID-19 mandates are met.
Truck horns continued to be heard honking intermittently on the second day of protest in the nation’s capital, with people walking around carrying Canadian flags as well other flags and signs.
The event, which started on Saturday Jan....",right
12854,Perspectives: Durham Probe Indicts Steele Dossier Source,"['FBI', 'John Durham', 'Russia', 'Donald Trump', 'Steele Dossier', 'Media Bias', 'Christopher Steele', 'Defense And Security']",Indictment of Steele dossier source is more bad news for multiple media outlets,Erik Wemple,"MSNBC host Rachel Maddow in December 2017 aired a special report on the Trump-Russia dossier compiled by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele. That document, claimed Maddow, relied on information coming from Steele’s “deep cover sources inside Russia.”
A federal indictment unsealed Thursday has something to say about the quality of those “sources.”
It charges Igor Danchenko, the dossier’s primary intelligence collector, with making false statements to the FBI about his interactions with sources consulted for the dossier. Danchenko isn’t a deep-cover type; he’s a Russian national living in the...",center
12855,Perspectives: Durham Probe Indicts Steele Dossier Source,"['FBI', 'John Durham', 'Russia', 'Donald Trump', 'Steele Dossier', 'Media Bias', 'Christopher Steele', 'Defense And Security']",The Dossier Deceit,National Review,"We learn from special counsel John Durham’s indictment of Igor Danchenko that “the FBI ultimately devoted substantial resources attempting to investigate and corroborate the allegations” in the now-infamous Steele dossier. “Ultimately” is right — but not before it relied on the shoddy document to surveil an American citizen in an investigation that produced the Mueller probe and a two-year-long obsession with Trump and Russian built on a preposterous foundation.
The web of deceit is a tangled one, but while the indictment details a shocking story of transnational dirty tricks weaponized at the highest level...",right
12856,Perspectives: Durham Probe Indicts Steele Dossier Source,"['FBI', 'John Durham', 'Russia', 'Donald Trump', 'Steele Dossier', 'Media Bias', 'Christopher Steele', 'Defense And Security']",The Crippling Blow for the Steele Dossier,New York Magazine,"Christopher Steele, the former MI6 spy who compiled the notorious dossier during the 2016 campaign alleging ties between Donald Trump and Russia, made a splash a few weeks back when he gave his first interview about it. Steele described his professionalism as an intelligence-gatherer to George Stephanopoulos of ABC News and then doubled down on some of the dossier’s most salacious allegations, asserting, among other things, that the infamous “pee tape” involving Trump may be still out there, just waiting to be found.
Since BuzzFeed published Steele’s reports in 2017, many of the...",left
12857,Blasts Reported at TX Chemical Plant,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Explosions at flooded Texas chemical plant,Daily Kos,"An explosion may seem an odd concern in the midst of a raging flood, but the CEO of the Arkema chemical plant near Crosby, Texas has warned that it’s all but inevitable that materials stored on site at the plant are going to catch fire and explode.",left
12858,Blasts Reported at TX Chemical Plant,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Blasts Reported at Chemical Plant Flooded by Harvey,Wall Street Journal (News),Facility was flooded with six feet of water due to Tropical Storm Harvey.,center
12859,Blasts Reported at TX Chemical Plant,"['Disaster', 'General News']","2 explosions, black smoke reported at chemical plant outside Houston",Fox News (Online News),"At least one police officer was hospitalized after inhaling fumes following two explosions that rocked a flooded chemical plant outside of Houston on Thursday morning, officials said.",right
12860,Jobs Up in February,['Economy And Jobs'],"U.S. Added 235,000 Jobs in February; Unemployment Rate 4.7%",Wall Street Journal (News),"The pace of job creation remained robust in February as low unemployment drove up wages, evidence of continued health in the U.S. labor market that likely clears the way for the Federal Reserve to raise short-term interest rates next week.",center
12861,Jobs Up in February,['Economy And Jobs'],Steady U.S. Job Growth Sets Stage for Fed to Raise Interest Rates,New York Times (News),"Employers added 235,000 workers to their payrolls in February, the government reported on Friday, a hefty gain that clears the path for the Federal Reserve to raise its benchmark interest rate when it meets next week.",left
12862,Jobs Up in February,['Economy And Jobs'],"Jobs surge, wages rise in Trump’s first month",Washington Times,"The first monthly jobs report under President Trump Friday showed a strong economic performance, with employers adding 235,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate falling slightly to 4.7 percent.",right
12863,Obama and Scandals,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic",Townhall,"Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by controversies seized upon by Republicans in an effort to weaken him.",right
12864,Obama and Scandals,"['White House', 'Politics']","Despite controversies, Obama's approval holds steady",CNN (Online News),"Even after what was seen as President Obama's worst political week ever -- between Benghazi, the IRS, and the AP subpoenas -- most Americans still think the president is doing a good job. But there are worries",left
12865,Obama and Scandals,"['White House', 'Politics']",President Obama exercises a fluid grip on the levers of power,Washington Post,President Obamas professed ignorance of the targeting of conservatives by one government agency and his support of tracking journalists sources by another highlight one of the great paradoxes of his presidency: Sometimes he uses his office as aggressively as anyone whos held it; other times he seems unacquainted with the work of his own administration.,left
12866,Supreme Court Dismisses 2020 Election Appeal,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Supreme Court', 'Election Security', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",‘Citizens Deserve Better’: Justice Clarence Thomas Dissents In PA Election Case,The Daily Wire,"Justice Clarence Thomas issued a vigorous dissent Monday in response to the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear a challenge against the Pennsylvania state court’s ruling that permitted ballots to be counted even if they were received three days after Election Day.
“One wonders what the Court waits for,” Thomas wrote. “We failed to settle this dispute before the election, and thus provide clear rules. Now we again fail to provide clear rules for future elections. The decision to leave election law hidden beneath a shroud of doubt is baffling....",right
12867,Supreme Court Dismisses 2020 Election Appeal,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Supreme Court', 'Election Security', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Supreme Court denies election appeal from Pennsylvania Republicans,CNN (Online News),"The Supreme Court on Monday denied an appeal from Republicans challenging a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision that allowed ballots received up to three days after Election Day to be counted to accommodate challenges by the coronavirus pandemic.
The court's action is the latest sign that the justices have no interest in cases concerning the 2020 election results. Lawyers for Republicans had argued that the state court exceeded its authority and should have let stand an Election Day deadline passed by the state legislature. Democrats responded that the state court was...",left
12868,Supreme Court Dismisses 2020 Election Appeal,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Supreme Court', 'Election Security', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",U.S. Supreme Court formally pulls the plug on election-related cases,Reuters,"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday brought a formal end to eight lingering disputes pursued by former President Donald Trump and his allies related to the Nov. 3 presidential election including a Republican challenge to the extension of Pennsylvania’s deadline to receive mail-in ballots.
The justices turned away appeals by the Republican Party of Pennsylvania and Republican members of the state legislature of a ruling by Pennsylvania’s top court ordering officials to count mail-in ballots that were postmarked by Election Day and received up to three days later.
Three of...",center
12869,President Trump Says China Asked That Trade Talks Resume,"['Tariffs', 'China', 'Donald Trump', 'Trade War', 'Trade']",'They mean business.' Trump tells G7 that Chinese trade officials called to restart talks,USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump said Monday that Chinese officials called to restart talks amid an escalating trade war that sent markets spinning last week.
Speaking to reporters at the G-7 meeting of world leaders taking place in France, Trump said that U.S. officials had received two calls from China. The president declined to say whether he had spoken directly with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
""We've got two calls, very very good calls, very productive calls,"" Trump told reporters. ""They mean business.""
Trump made the remarks hours before markets opened in...",left
12870,President Trump Says China Asked That Trade Talks Resume,"['Tariffs', 'China', 'Donald Trump', 'Trade War', 'Trade']",Trump claims China asked for renewed trade talks,Politico,"President Donald Trump claimed on Monday that Chinese officials are prepared to return to the negotiating table, signaling there may be a path to a potential détente in his tit-for-tat trade war with Beijing.
“China called last night our top trade people and said ‘let’s get back to the table.’ They have been hurt very badly, but they understand this is the right thing to do and I have great respect for it,” Trump told reporters during a bilateral meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on the sidelines of...",left
12871,President Trump Says China Asked That Trade Talks Resume,"['Tariffs', 'China', 'Donald Trump', 'Trade War', 'Trade']","China announces it seeks 'calm' end to trade war, as markets tank and currency hits 11-year flatline",Fox News (Online News),"China signaled Monday it is now seeking a ""calm"" end to its ongoing trade war with the U.S. and President Trump voiced optimism about a deal, as Asian markets crumbled and China's currency plummeted to an 11-year low following the latest tariffs on $550 billion in Chinese goods announced last Friday by the Trump administration.
""I think we're going to have a deal,"" Trump told reporters.
Trump said Monday that officials from China called U.S. officials and expressed interest to ""get back to the table,” The Wall Street Journal reported....",right
12872,Ukraine Calls on Allies to Send More Weapons,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Weapons', 'Russia']","Ukraine still needs weapons to fight Russia, foreign minister tells NATO",Washington Times,"Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said he had only three items on his agenda Thursday for a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
“My agenda is very simple. It has only three items on it: weapons, weapons and weapons,” Mr. Kuleba said, standing next to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.
Over the past month of fighting since Russia’s invasion, Ukraine has demonstrated it has the will to fight and the skill to blunt Russian advances and even turn back the assault, Mr. Kuleba said.
“But without sustainable and sufficient supplies of all weapons requested by Ukraine, these wins will be accompanied with enormous sacrifices,” he said. “The more weapons we get,...",right
12873,Ukraine Calls on Allies to Send More Weapons,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Weapons', 'Russia']",Ukraine pleads for weapons as fight looms on eastern front,Associated Press,"Ukraine told residents of its industrial heartland to leave while they still can and urged Western nations to send “weapons, weapons and weapons” Thursday after Russian forces withdrew from the shattered outskirts of Kyiv to regroup for an offensive in the country’s east.
Russia’s six-week-old invasion failed to take Ukraine’s capital quickly and achieve what Western countries say was President Vladimir Putin’s initial aim of ousting the Ukrainian government. Russia’s focus is now on the Donbas, a mostly Russian-speaking region in eastern Ukraine.
In Brussels, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urged NATO...",left
12874,Ukraine Calls on Allies to Send More Weapons,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Weapons', 'Russia']","Ukraine calls for ‘weapons, weapons, weapons’ from western allies",The Guardian,"Ukraine has called for more heavy weaponry from its western allies and “ruinous” sanctions against Moscow as EU member states prepared to halt Russian coal imports but remained divided over a more far-reaching energy ban.
“My agenda is very simple,” the Ukrainian foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said on Thursday before a meeting of Nato foreign ministers in Brussels. It has only three items on it. It’s weapons, weapons, and weapons.”
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said new western sanctions especially from Europe did not go far enough and Russia would see them as “permission...",left
12875,Oprah Winfrey at the Golden Globes,['Arts And Entertainment'],Oprah Winfrey's stirring Golden Globes speech prompts talk of White House run,The Guardian,"Oprah Winfrey brought the Golden Globes audience to their feet with a powerful speech as she accepted the Cecil B DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award on Sunday night, prompting speculation about a run for the White House.",left
12876,Oprah Winfrey at the Golden Globes,['Arts And Entertainment'],OPINION: Why Oprah Winfrey Shouldn’t Run For President,Daily Beast,"Following her galvanizing Golden Globes speech, Meryl Streep said that Oprah “doesn’t have a choice” but to run for president in 2020. She does. And she shouldn’t. Here’s why.",left
12877,Oprah Winfrey at the Golden Globes,['Arts And Entertainment'],'Oprah 2020': NBC and celebs dub Oprah Winfrey 'our future president' after Golden Globes,Fox News (Online News),NBC network and celebrities dubbed Oprah Winfrey “our future president” following her appearance at Sunday night’s Golden Globe Awards and her speech referencing civil rights and the #MeToo campaign that highlighted rampant sexual harassment.,right
12878,DNC Night #3 Preview,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","In High-Stakes Speech, Obama Seeks To Shift The Argument Forward",NPR (Online News),"President Obama won't be giving the speech he might wish tonight.
All presidents accepting their party's re-nomination seek to shift from a message of hope and change to one of progress and accomplishment. Although Obama will certainly talk up the highlights of his term, he won't want to sound triumphant — not with a jobs report due tomorrow that's expected to show a 43rd straight month of U.S. unemployment above 8 percent.
""In an acceptance situation, you want to paint a bright picture of all the wonderful things that have...",left
12879,DNC Night #3 Preview,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Democratic National Convention 2012: September 6 In Charlotte (LIVE UPDATES),HuffPost,"Former president Bill Clinton brought the house down on Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention, and now all eyes turn to Barack Obama.
The president joined Clinton on stage following his remarks. At the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C. on Thursday, Obama will deliver his own speech and accept his party's nomination.",left
12880,DNC Night #3 Preview,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama campaign: 'Tonight is not about magic',Fox News (Online News),"President Obama will trade the ""magic"" of his 2008 campaign rhetoric for a ""pragmatic"" pitch for how he plans to restore economic security to America in his nomination address Thursday night, campaign officials said.
""Tonight is not about magic. It's about being pragmatic. It's about the future,"" an Obama official told Fox News, hours before the president was to deliver his speech before Democratic delegates and the nation at the party's convention in Charlotte, N.C. ""It's not about the rhetoric, it's about the vision.""
The president, who is...",right
12881,New Emissions Caps,['Environment'],EPA Releases Much-Anticipated Limits On Power Plant Emissions,HuffPost,The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled new standards on Monday calling for a 30 percent cut in carbon emissions from power plants by 2030.,left
12882,New Emissions Caps,['Environment'],Obama's big environmental move: Demanding power plants cut carbon,CNN (Online News),The EPA will announce a proposal Monday that will require power plants to cut their carbon emissions by 30 by 2030.,left
12883,New Emissions Caps,['Environment'],Executive Power Grab: Obama to Announce New Plans Forcing Electricity Rates to Skyrocket,Townhall,"When President Obama ran for office in 2008, he promised he'd implement new policies that would force electricity rate to ""necessarily"" skyrocket.",right
12884,Waffle House Shooting,['Violence In America'],"4 dead, others wounded in shooting at Tennessee Waffle House",USA TODAY,"At least four people were killed and four others wounded Sunday when a gunman opened fire at a Waffle House in Tennessee until a patron wrestled the gun away, according to Metro Nashville Police.",left
12885,Waffle House Shooting,['Violence In America'],"Waffle House shooting leaves 4 dead, several injured; gunman sought",Fox News (Online News),"Authorities launched a dragnet for a shooter who gunned down at least four people and injured several others at a Tennessee Waffle House early Sunday before a ""hero"" patron wrestled the weapon away, police said.",right
12886,Waffle House Shooting,['Violence In America'],"Waffle House shooting near Nashville, TN: what we know",Vox,"Four people were killed and four injured when a gunman opened fire at a Waffle House early Sunday morning in Antioch, Tennessee, in the Nashville metropolitan area.",left
12887,"Demonstrators in Cuba Protest Shortages, Lack of Covid-19 Vaccines","['World', 'Cuba', 'Protests', 'Pro-Democracy']",'We are no longer afraid': Thousands of Cubans protest against conditions on island,NBC News (Online),"Thousands of Cubans took to the streets of multiple provinces around the Caribbean island this Sunday in an unusual protest in which civilians shouted slogans against the communist government such as “We want freedom” and “We are no longer afraid.”
The demonstrations come at a time when Cuba faces the worst economic crisis since the fall of the Soviet Union, an increase in repression against political opponents and a strained health system during a critical stage of the COVID-pandemic. Health authorities reported almost 7,000 new cases and 47 deaths —...",left
12888,"Demonstrators in Cuba Protest Shortages, Lack of Covid-19 Vaccines","['World', 'Cuba', 'Protests', 'Pro-Democracy']","Cuba blames US, social media for uprising against communist regime",New York Post (News),"Cuba’s communist regime is trying to blame the US for the huge uprising against its totalitarian government — as it also calls on “revolutionaries” to take to the streets and “fight” any anti-government protesters.
On Sunday, thousands took to the streets in cities and towns across the long-suffering nation, screaming “freedom” and “enough” — as well as anti-government slogans and demands for the removal of President Miguel Díaz-Canel.
The dictatorship responded with a huge police presence, dispatching special forces jeeps with machine guns mounted on the back.
Dozens of demonstrators were arrested...",right
12889,"Demonstrators in Cuba Protest Shortages, Lack of Covid-19 Vaccines","['World', 'Cuba', 'Protests', 'Pro-Democracy']","Cuban Protests Demand Freedom, Food, Covid-19 Vaccines",Wall Street Journal (News),"Thousands of Cubans took to the streets in a wave of demonstrations in Havana and at least 14 other cities throughout the Communist island, demanding an end to the 62-year dictatorship and protesting the lack of food and Covid-19 vaccines.
“We are not afraid! We are not afraid!” people shouted as they marched through the streets on Sunday, videos posted on social media showed. “Freedom! Freedom!”
The protests are unprecedented in a country with tight police control and surveillance on dissidents, analysts say.
In a televised address on Sunday, President Miguel...",center
12890,Coronavirus Infections Trending Upwards Throughout US,"['Healthcare', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus']",Some hospitals in crisis as US nears high for COVID-19 cases,Associated Press,"The United States is approaching a record for the number of new daily coronavirus cases in the latest ominous sign about the disease’s grip on the nation, as states from Connecticut to the Rocky Mountain West reel under the surge.
The impact is being felt in every section of the country — a lockdown starting Friday at the Oglala Sioux Tribe’s reservation in South Dakota, a plea by a Florida health official for a halt to children’s birthday parties, dire warnings from Utah’s governor, and an increasingly desperate situation at...",left
12891,Coronavirus Infections Trending Upwards Throughout US,"['Healthcare', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus']",US in 3rd Coronavirus Surge as Infections Spike,Newsmax (News),"The United States is in the midst of a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, with case numbers spiking in several states and the overall numbers showing an upward trend.
The New York Times noted that the Midwest and West are experiencing the biggest spike, although the number of COVID-19 cases is going up in many other parts of the country.
Ohio, for example, currently has more people hospitalized with the virus than at any other time during the pandemic, which started earlier this year. North Dakota has the most...",right
12892,Coronavirus Infections Trending Upwards Throughout US,"['Healthcare', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus']",The U.S. Is Having One of Its Worst Coronavirus Weeks Since the Pandemic Began,Vice,"The U.S. is having one of its worst weeks since the COVID-19 pandemic began, but despite that, few states appear prepared to tighten restrictions to bring the spread of coronavirus under control.
By most metrics, Thursday was one of the worst days since the pandemic began. NBC News reported that there were 77,640 new cases, topping its previous record of more than 75,000 set in July, while the New York Times’ database said there were 75,049 new cases. Even this lower number would make Thursday the second-worst day of the...",left
12893,Were This Year's Presidential Election Polls Right or Wrong?,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Polls']",What Pollsters Miss About Trump,William McGurn,"Matt Towery thought he’d retired from the polling business. But this election year has him feeling a little like Michael Corleone. Just when he thought he was out, he says, they pulled him back in.
Mr. Towery, a practicing attorney living in Florida, is a former columnist with Creators Syndicate and founder and chairman of InsiderAdvantage, a political news site. If people are eager to hear his take on this election, it’s because in 2016 Mr. Towery was among the very few pollsters who called it for Donald Trump. On...",right
12894,Were This Year's Presidential Election Polls Right or Wrong?,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Polls']",What we can trust 2020 election polls to tell us,Pew Research Center,"As Election Day draws closer, Americans are being inundated with polls about the state of the presidential race. And, understandably, many are wondering whether polls can be trusted after Donald Trump’s surprise victory in 2016.
A better question to ask may be what, exactly, are we trusting polls to do? If the answer is to predict the future, then trust in polls is misplaced. But if the answer is to reveal the public’s priorities and values – and why people vote the way they do – then polls are the...",center
12895,Were This Year's Presidential Election Polls Right or Wrong?,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Polls']",Why the 2020 election won’t be a 2016 sequel,The Atlantic,"“I want to feel hopeful about Joe Biden’s chances this year, but I just can’t,” my neighbor confessed to me, as we stood in line outside a coffee shop. What had begun as pleasant conversation—dogs, the temperature, clouds—had been pulled, through the vortex known as Late October in an Election Year, into an airing of political anxieties. “I’m still so afraid that 2016 is going to happen again and Trump is going to win,” she said.
Based on the sample size of my life, every Democrat feels this way. Yes,...",left
12896,Trump Responds To Rebuke By Mitt Romney,['Politics'],OPINION: Mitt Romney: The president shapes the public character of the nation. Trump’s character falls short.,Mitt Romney,"The Trump presidency made a deep descent in December. The departures of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, the appointment of senior persons of lesser experience, the abandonment of allies who fight beside us, and the president’s thoughtless claim that America has long been a “sucker” in world affairs all defined his presidency down.",right
12897,Trump Responds To Rebuke By Mitt Romney,['Politics'],President Trump fires back at Mitt Romney after critical op-ed: 'I won big and he didn't',USA TODAY,It looks like President Donald Trump has a new Republican antagonist in the Senate.,left
12898,Trump Responds To Rebuke By Mitt Romney,['Politics'],Trump fires back at Mitt Romney for scathing op-ed,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump fired back at Mitt Romney after the Republican senator-elect penned an op-ed saying Trump ""has not risen to the mantle of the office.""",left
12899,Cuomo Resigns Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'New York', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'Sexual Harassment', 'Kathy Hochul', 'State Governments']","Cuomo Resigns Amid Scandals, Ending Decade-Long Run in Disgrace",New York Times (News),"Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York said Tuesday he would resign from office, succumbing to a ballooning sexual harassment scandal that fueled an astonishing reversal of fortune for one of the nation’s best-known leaders.
Mr. Cuomo said his resignation would take effect in 14 days. Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, will be sworn in to replace him, becoming the first woman in New York history to occupy the state’s top office.
“Given the circumstances, the best way I can help now is if I step aside and let...",left
12900,Cuomo Resigns Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'New York', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'Sexual Harassment', 'Kathy Hochul', 'State Governments']",Cuomo resigns after investigation finds he harassed multiple women,The Hill,"New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has resigned from office after a bombshell report released by state Attorney General Letitia James (D) found he sexually harassed 11 women, including some who worked in his office, and violated state and federal laws.
Cuomo had been inundated with calls for his resignation and faced an impeachment hearing in the state Assembly that appeared all but guaranteed to spark a trial in the state Senate. Should he have survived potential impeachment proceedings, he also faced daunting reelection prospects in 2022.
But he appeared defiant to the end.",center
12901,Cuomo Resigns Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'New York', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'Sexual Harassment', 'Kathy Hochul', 'State Governments']",Andrew Cuomo resigns as New York governor in wake of sexual harassment scandal,Washington Examiner,"New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned from his position on Tuesday, one week after state Attorney General Letitia James released a report that found he sexually harassed 11 women, including staffers and others who did not work for his administration.
""It was an honor to lead,"" Cuomo said in his closing remarks shortly following the announcement, noting that the transition will be effective ""in 14 days."" New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul will be his replacement and will serve as the state's first female governor.",right
12902,Messages from Clinton’s Book,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Five memorable moments from Hillary Clinton’s newest book,The Hill,"Hillary Clinton’s book on her 2016 election loss, “What Happened,” hits bookshelves on Tuesday. Here are five of the most memorable anecdotes shared by Clinton in her book.",center
12903,Messages from Clinton’s Book,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","From Comey to Misogyny, Hillary Clinton Offers Laundry List of Excuses for Why She Lost in 2016",Breitbart News,Hillary Clinton blames a host of factor for why she lost the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump.,right
12904,Messages from Clinton’s Book,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton's book has a clear message: don't blame me,The Guardian,"How do you lose the presidency to a man like Donald Trump? He was the most unpopular presidential candidate of all time, compounding blunder with blunder and heaping gaffe upon gaffe. Keeping him from the Oval Office should have been the single-minded mission of the Democratic party. And it should have been easy for them.",left
12905,Remembering Fallen Service Members on Memorial Day,"['Defense And Security', 'Memorial Day', 'Holidays', 'US Military']","On Memorial Day, let’s remember the thousands of unclaimed veterans not yet buried",Guest Writer - Center,"Memorial Day is an opportunity to reflect on and honor those who gave their lives in the service of the U.S. Today, many Americans will visit the graves of the millions of soldiers buried in national cemeteries, including Fort Logan in Denver and Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs. 
This year, while honoring those fallen service members, I encourage you to pause and think about another group of veterans – the unclaimed. 
An unclaimed veteran is a member of the military who has passed away without anyone coming to claim their remains....",center
12906,Remembering Fallen Service Members on Memorial Day,"['Defense And Security', 'Memorial Day', 'Holidays', 'US Military']","This Memorial Day, Let Us Celebrate All Our Veterans Died to Defend",Sarah Palin,"Since the nation's founding, more than 1.1 million Americans have died fighting in our country's wars.
Think about that for a second: You could double the population of our largest city here in Alaska, Anchorage, and there would still be fewer people in this state than the number of patriots who have died in service to America.
Whether these honored dead repose in Arlington National Cemetery, somewhere closer to their homes and families, or halfway around the world, they deserve our thanks and utmost respect. It is, as President Abraham...",right
12907,Remembering Fallen Service Members on Memorial Day,"['Defense And Security', 'Memorial Day', 'Holidays', 'US Military']","This Memorial Day, remember the young lives cut short",Washington Post,"A prominent journalist of the World War II era complained once about the frequent use of the word “boys” when speaking of U.S. troops in the field. After what they’d been through, he said, they were not just a bunch of kids out on an adventure. In fact, the average age of those who died in the Second World War was about 27, and their numbers did include a good many youths. But the term was meant more as an expression of affection and solidarity — “our boys in uniform”...",left
12908,Russia Banned from Winter Olympics,['Sports'],Russia banned from 2018 Olympics for widespread doping program,Washington Post,"The International Olympic Committee banned the Russian Federation from the upcoming Winter Olympics on Tuesday but left the door open for individual Russian athletes to compete. In a historic act of punishment, Russia’s flag and anthem will be absent from February’s PyeongChang Games in South Korea as consequence for widespread doping that Olympic officials believe was supported by the country’s government.",left
12909,Russia Banned from Winter Olympics,['Sports'],IOC to allow Russians to compete as neutrals at Olympics,Washington Times,"Russian athletes will be allowed to compete at the upcoming Pyeongchang Olympics as neutrals despite orchestrated doping at the 2014 Sochi Games, the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday.",right
12910,Russia Banned from Winter Olympics,['Sports'],Olympics: Russia banned from Pyeongchang Games,Reuters,"Russia has been banned from the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics after evidence emerged of an “unprecedented systematic manipulation” of the anti-doping system, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Tuesday.",center
12911,Follow-Up: Perspectives on Soleimani Strike,"['Qasem Soleimani', 'Iran', 'US Military', 'Donald Trump', 'Killing', 'Murder', 'Assassination', 'Iraq', 'Opinion', 'Perspectives', 'Middle East']",The Case for Killing Qassim Suleimani,Tom Cotton,"Last week, our military and intelligence services brought justice to Qassim Suleimani, Iran’s terror mastermind. President Trump ordered General Suleimani’s killing after months of attacks on Americans by Iran’s proxy forces in Iraq. These attacks culminated in a rocket strike that killed an American and wounded others, then the attempted storming of our embassy in Baghdad. The first attack crossed the red line drawn by the president last summer — that if Iran harmed an American, it would face severe consequences. The president meant what he said, as Mr. Suleimani...",right
12912,Follow-Up: Perspectives on Soleimani Strike,"['Qasem Soleimani', 'Iran', 'US Military', 'Donald Trump', 'Killing', 'Murder', 'Assassination', 'Iraq', 'Opinion', 'Perspectives', 'Middle East']",Donald Trump Murdered Qassim Suleimani,The Intercept,"DONALD TRUMP HAS DRAGGED America into a moral abyss. And yet Congress, the press, and the public are unwilling to admit that we are now standing in blood. The nation is enabling a murderous demagogue, and we are all complicit.
The president of the United States has murdered a high-ranking official of a foreign government. The assassination last week of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani was a state-sponsored murder.",left
12913,Follow-Up: Perspectives on Soleimani Strike,"['Qasem Soleimani', 'Iran', 'US Military', 'Donald Trump', 'Killing', 'Murder', 'Assassination', 'Iraq', 'Opinion', 'Perspectives', 'Middle East']",Qasem Soleimani: Why his killing is good news for IS jihadists,BBC News,"The Islamic State (IS) group has welcomed the death of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, the head of the elite Quds Force.
In a statement, it described the general's demise as an act of divine intervention that benefitted jihadists. However, it made no mention at all of the US, which carried out the deadly drone strike against Soleimani in Baghdad on 3 January.
President Donald Trump's decision to assassinate Gen Soleimani set off a chain of consequences - one of the first was on the unfinished war against jihadists.",center
12914,Turkey Shoots Down Russian Jet,['World'],Turkey Shoots Down Russian Warplane Near Syrian Border,New York Times (News),"Turkish fighter jets on patrol near the Syrian border on Tuesday shot down a Russian warplane that Turkey said had violated its airspace, a long-feared escalation that could further strain relations between Russia and the West.",left
12915,Turkey Shoots Down Russian Jet,['World'],Turkey Says It Shot Down A Russian Warplane Near Border With Syria,NPR (Online News),"Turkey says that after issuing 10 warnings in five minutes, two of its F-16s shot down a Russian warplane that Turkey claims violated its airspace.",left
12916,Turkey Shoots Down Russian Jet,['World'],"Now that NATO has shot down a Russian jet, here comes the real issue: How will Putin respond?",Washington Times,"Turkey has shot down a Russian fighter jet, saying the SU-24 was warned repeatedly while flying in Turkish airspace. It seems both pilots have been killed, although there are some preliminary reports that one of the pilots was captured by Syrian rebels.",right
12917,Security Questions at the Navy Yard,['Violence In America'],Navy Yard shootings expose a flawed security clearance system,Washington Times,The government system that provided Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis a secret security clearance has been beset by problems.,right
12918,Security Questions at the Navy Yard,['Violence In America'],Military's background check system failed to block gunman with a history of arrests,Washington Post,Alexiss employer says the military should have shared more information and faults security checks' reliability.,left
12919,Security Questions at the Navy Yard,['Violence In America'],Vetting military contractors: How did Navy Yard gunman get in?,CNN (Online News),The Navy knew Aaron Alexis was arrested in 2004 for shooting out the tires of a car and admitted him into the Navy and granted him security clearance anyway.,left
12920,Sit-In in the House,"['US House', 'Politics']",How Democrats mounted their guns sit-in,Politico,"While Hillary Clinton was rallying with House Democrats at a high-profile meeting Wednesday morning in the Capitol Hill basement, one senior lawmaker was missing.
Connecticut Rep. John Larson skipped the rare session with his party’s presidential hopeful for a face-to-face with the House parliamentarian. Larson had an obscure question about House rules: What would happen if he and a bunch of his colleagues took to the House floor to stage a sit-in protest, effectively shutting down the H",left
12921,Sit-In in the House,"['US House', 'Politics']","Democrats, You Aren’t Brave For Standing Against the Bill of Rights. You’re Tyrants.",The Blaze,"Today, Democrats in the House sat on their butts and accomplished nothing of value. It was just like every other day, but this time they did it without chairs.",right
12922,Sit-In in the House,"['US House', 'Politics']",Democrats Finally Try To Do Something About The Gun Bloodshed,HuffPost,"John Lewis knows blood. And more than 61 years after he led marchers over the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday in the struggle for civil rights, he knows what it means to take a stand.
So it was no mistake that his Democratic colleagues turned to the congressman from Georgia on Wednesday, asking him to lead a new stand by taking over the floor of the United States House of Representatives.",left
12923,Trump Team Sues Capital One And Deutsche Bank Over Democrat Subpoenas,"['Lawsuits', 'Capital One', 'Deutsche Bank', 'White House', 'Politics']","Trump sues Deutsche Bank, Capital One to block House subpoenas",Politico,"President Donald Trump and his family are suing Deutsche Bank and Capital One to block subpoenas issued by House Democrats seeking Trump’s financial records.
In the federal lawsuit filed Monday in New York, Trump’s lawyers argued that the subpoenas serve “no legitimate or lawful purpose.”
""The subpoenas were issued to harass President Donald J. Trump, to rummage through every aspect of his personal finances, his businesses, and the private information of the President and his family, and to ferret about for any material that might be used to cause him...",left
12924,Trump Team Sues Capital One And Deutsche Bank Over Democrat Subpoenas,"['Lawsuits', 'Capital One', 'Deutsche Bank', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump sues banks to block House subpoenas for records,Washington Times,"President Trump has filed suit against Deutsche Bank and Capital One in an attempt to block congressional subpoenas for his business records.
The lawsuit by Trump, sons Donald Jr. and Eric and daughter Ivanka was filed Monday in federal court in New York. The Trump Organization and the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust are among the other plaintiffs.
Two House committees subpoenaed Deutsche Bank and several other financial institutions earlier this month as part of investigations into the Republican president’s finances.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said at...",right
12925,Trump Team Sues Capital One And Deutsche Bank Over Democrat Subpoenas,"['Lawsuits', 'Capital One', 'Deutsche Bank', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump sues Deutsche Bank and Capital One over Democrat subpoenas,BBC News,"US President Donald Trump has sued two banks in a bid to stop them handing over his financial records to Congress.
The lawsuit against Deutsche Bank and Capital One was filed after Democrat-led committees issued subpoenas for information on his finances.
His three eldest children and the Trump Organisation joined the lawsuit, which argues there are no legitimate grounds for investigating his business affairs.
Leading Democrats said they would not be deterred by the blocking attempt.
A Deutsche Bank spokeswoman told the New York Times: ""We remain committed to providing...",center
12926,Reactions to White House Correspondents’ Dinner,['Arts And Entertainment'],Journalists distance themselves from Correspondents’ Dinner after Wolf routine,Politico,Comedian Michelle Wolf's biting routine at Saturday‘s 2018 White House Correspondents' Association dinner has triggered one of Washington's most recurring conversations: Is one night of pomp and politics worth the headaches that usually follow?,left
12927,Reactions to White House Correspondents’ Dinner,['Arts And Entertainment'],Comedian's Sarah Sanders 'roast' stuns White House Correspondents' Dinner,BBC News,"It is an American press tradition that goes back decades: the US president endures a friendly ribbing in front of an audience of journalists, all in the name of charity.",center
12928,Reactions to White House Correspondents’ Dinner,['Arts And Entertainment'],Washington in uproar over 'disgusting' White House Correspondents' dinner comedy routine,Washington Examiner,Conservatives Saturday night and Sunday criticized the tenor and character of the White House Correspondents’ dinner after comedian Michelle Wolf ripped into Trump administration officials.,right
12929,Alabama Amazon Workers Vote Against Unionizing,"['Labor', 'Amazon', 'Unions', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Elections']",Amazon Defeats Unionization Effort at Alabama Warehouse,National Review,"A high-profile unionization effort by Amazon workers in Alabama fell short Friday, as Amazon easily passed the 1,608 votes needed at its 6,000-person warehouse in Bessemer.
An early count showed that workers opted against unionization by a 1,798-738 margin, out of 3,215 ballots cast. Only 55 percent of the 5,805 eligible voters ended up voting, and 500 ballots were contested and not counted in the tally.
After a lopsided count emerged on Thursday, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which organized the effort, complained publicly that “our system is...",right
12930,Alabama Amazon Workers Vote Against Unionizing,"['Labor', 'Amazon', 'Unions', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Elections']",Amazon Workers in Alabama Vote Against Forming a Union,Wall Street Journal (News),"Amazon.com Inc. employees in Alabama voted not to unionize, handing the tech giant a victory in its biggest battle yet against labor-organizing efforts that fueled national debate over working conditions at one of the nation’s largest employers.
An estimated 71% of the Bessemer, Ala., warehouse workers who cast ballots voted against joining the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, according to the National Labor Relations Board, which on Friday finished counting all the votes that weren’t challenged. The federal agency has yet to certify the results but noted that the...",center
12931,Alabama Amazon Workers Vote Against Unionizing,"['Labor', 'Amazon', 'Unions', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Elections']",Amazon Has Enough Votes to Bust Bessemer Union,Vice,"Amazon employees at a 5,800-worker warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, have voted against unionizing, according to a vote count by the National Labor Relations Board. Amazon secured a majority of ""no"" votes in counting that took place Thursday afternoon and Friday morning.
The decision, which was formalized by a vote count at the National Labor Relations Board offices in Atlanta, with 1,798 workers voting against the union and 738 voters in favor of the union. There were 505 contested ballots, however, even taking into account those ballots, Amazon had enough votes...",left
12932,Las Vegas Debate Preview,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Which Trump will show up?,CNN (Online News),"It's debate night in Sin City. Republican presidential candidates are in Las Vegas for their last debate of the year, just seven weeks before the 2016 nominating race gets underway at the Iowa caucuses. And what unfolds on stage at the Venetian casino will have significant implications for the destiny of the GOP nomination.",left
12933,Las Vegas Debate Preview,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: GOP debate preview: Which candidate will leave Vegas with all the chips?,Guest Writer - Right,"Befitting Frank Sinatra’s centennial birthday and “Old Blue Eyes’” fascination with presidential politics (he helped orchestrate JFK’s and Ronald Reagan’s inaugurals), Tuesday’s GOP debate will occur at the Venetian Las Vegas. It sits atop the ruins of the Sands Hotel – in early 1960, home to the famed “summit” featuring Frank, Dean, Sammy and their ring-a-ding pals.",right
12934,Las Vegas Debate Preview,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","At Republican Debate, Candidates Are Likely to Set Sights on Ted Cruz",New York Times (News),"In the five weeks since the last Republican presidential debate, terrorists have struck in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., Donald J. Trump has proposed barring Muslims from coming to America, Ben Carson’s support has evaporated and Senator Ted Cruz of Texas has emerged as Mr. Trump’s stiffest competition. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida has gone on the attack against Mr. Cruz, and Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, who has less money than many senators up for re-election, has shown signs of life, at least in New Hampshire.",left
12935,US Military to lead fight against Ebola,['General News'],U.S. military will lead $750 million fight against Ebola in West Africa,Washington Times,"President Obama will announce Tuesday that the U.S. military will take the lead in overseeing what has been a chaotic and widely criticized response to the worst Ebola outbreak in history, dispatching up to 3,000 military personnel to West Africa in an effort that could cost up to $750 million over the next six months, according to senior administration officials.",right
12936,US Military to lead fight against Ebola,['General News'],"Obama to announce troops, funds to fight Ebola",CNN (Online News),"President Obama will turn his attention to Ebola on Tuesday, announcing new U.S. steps to combat the growing epidemic in West Africa.",left
12937,US Military to lead fight against Ebola,['General News'],"US to deploy up to 3,000 military personnel to fight Ebola in West Africa",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama is expected to announce Tuesday that he's sending up to 3,000 military personnel to combat the Ebola virus in West Africa.",right
12938,Michele Bachmann Leaving Congress,['Elections'],Michele Bachmann retiring under fire,Politico,Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) - the tea-party firebrand facing investigations and a daunting reelection race - abruptly announced on Wednesday morning that she will not seek reelection to a fifth term.,left
12939,Michele Bachmann Leaving Congress,['Elections'],"Rep. Bachmann looks forward to 'limitless' future, but not in the House",CNN (Online News),U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann a conservative firebrand whose bid for president last year ended after the Iowa caucuses will not seek re-election to her Minnesota congressional seat in 2014.,left
12940,Michele Bachmann Leaving Congress,['Elections'],Rep. Michele Bachmann won't seek re-election to House,Washington Times,Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann says eight years in the House is enough and that she wont run for re-election next year.,right
12941,Texas Law Banning Most Abortions Goes Into Effect,"['Abortion', 'Texas', 'Supreme Court']",Texas Ban on Most Abortions Takes Effect After Supreme Court Doesn’t Intervene,The Epoch Times,"A Texas law that bans most abortions took effect on Sept. 1 after the Supreme Court did not respond to an emergency motion that asked it to block the law.
Senate Bill 8 bars doctors from performing abortions unless he or she has tried detecting a fetal heartbeat. Only if a heartbeat is not detected can the doctor perform an abortion, unless a medical emergency exists.
The legislation explicitly forbids state officials from enforcing it. Instead, private citizens—except for an individual who impregnated a woman through rape or incest—may file lawsuits against doctors, clinics, and anyone involved...",right
12942,Texas Law Banning Most Abortions Goes Into Effect,"['Abortion', 'Texas', 'Supreme Court']",Unprecedented Texas abortion ban goes into effect,Axios,"A law that bans abortions after six weeks, including in cases of rape and incest, went into effect in Texas on Wednesday.
Why it matters: The law, one the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S., prohibits the practice after a fetal heartbeat is detected — before many people know they are pregnant.
It also incentivizes individuals to sue anyone suspected of helping a woman obtain an abortion — and awards at least $10,000 to people who do so successfully.
Driving the news: The American Civil Liberties Union and several abortion rights groups this week asked...",center
12943,Texas Law Banning Most Abortions Goes Into Effect,"['Abortion', 'Texas', 'Supreme Court']",Texas 6-week abortion ban takes effect after Supreme Court inaction,CNN (Online News),"A controversial Texas law that bars abortions at six weeks went into effect early Wednesday morning after the Supreme Court and a federal appeals court failed to rule on pending emergency requests brought by abortion providers.
The lack of judicial intervention means that the law -- which is one of the strictest in the nation and bans abortion before many people know they are pregnant -- goes into force absent further court intervention.
The law allows private citizens to bring civil suits against anyone who assists a pregnant person seeking an abortion...",left
12944,Facts About Hunter Biden's Overseas Business Dealings,"['Hunter Biden', 'Ukraine', 'Burisma', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election Fact Checking', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",Flashback: Joe Biden Insists Burisma Hired His Son Because He’s a ‘Bright Guy’,National Review,"Today’s New York Post reports that an email on a found computer indicating Joe Biden met with Vadym Pozharskyi, an adviser to the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma, while it employed his son. Whether or not you put a lot of faith in that particular email, the fact remains that Joe Biden does not believe that his son’s work on the board of Burisma, while he was directing the administration’s policies regarding Ukraine, represented a conflict of interest. In fact, the Democratic nominee contends Burisma was not trying to...",right
12945,Facts About Hunter Biden's Overseas Business Dealings,"['Hunter Biden', 'Ukraine', 'Burisma', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election Fact Checking', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",What Hunter Biden did on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma,Reuters,"Biden’s role at Burisma Holdings Ltd has come under intense scrutiny following unsupported accusations by U.S. President Donald Trump that Joe Biden improperly tried to help his son’s business interests in Ukraine.
Interviews with more than a dozen people, including executives and former prosecutors in Ukraine, paint a picture of a director who provided advice on legal issues, corporate finance and strategy during a five-year term on the board, which ended in April of this year.",center
12946,Facts About Hunter Biden's Overseas Business Dealings,"['Hunter Biden', 'Ukraine', 'Burisma', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election Fact Checking', 'Facts And Fact Checking']","Fact-checking claims about Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, and China",PolitiFact,"As Election Day nears, President Donald Trump and his supporters are urging greater scrutiny of Hunter Biden, the son of his opponent, Democratic nominee Joe Biden. They’re especially focusing on the younger Biden’s ties to China.
""Joe Biden must immediately release all emails, meetings, phone calls, transcripts, and records related to his involvement in his family’s business dealings and influence peddling around the world—including in CHINA!"" Trump tweeted on Oct. 14. His campaign also ran an ad that said, ""The question is not why Hunter Biden used his name to...",left
12947,Judge Issues Split-Decision in Ongoing Legal Battle Between Elon Musk and Twitter,"['Business', 'Elon Musk', 'Twitter', 'Legal Battles', 'Courts']",Elon Musk can amend Twitter suit to include whistleblower’s claims but can’t delay trial: judge,New York Post (News),"Elon Musk scored a legal victory in his battle against Twitter on Wednesday when a Delaware judge said she would let him add claims from a whistleblower to his countersuit against the social media giant — but denied the mogul’s request to delay the trial. 
Musk, who is gunning to get out of his agreement to buy Twitter for $44 billion, will be allowed to add claims made by whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko to his countersuit against Twitter, Delaware Court of Chancery Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick said in a legal filing...",right
12948,Judge Issues Split-Decision in Ongoing Legal Battle Between Elon Musk and Twitter,"['Business', 'Elon Musk', 'Twitter', 'Legal Battles', 'Courts']",Judge calls Elon Musk's legal team's efforts 'suboptimal' and takes a dig at his decision to waive due diligence on Twitter deal,Insider,"A Delaware judge took some digs at Elon Musk's legal team during a pre-trial hearing on Tuesday in Twitter's lawsuit to force the billionaire to honor his $44 billion purchase agreement.
Chancery Court Judge Kathleen St. J. McCormick sounded irritated with Musk's team at several points during the hearing.
She told Musk's lawyers that their work to produce and identify people that had spoken with Musk about the deal for court discovery ""bothered [her] a lot."" 
""I ordered you to do the job,"" McCormick said. ""You had two custodians. Have you...",left
12949,Judge Issues Split-Decision in Ongoing Legal Battle Between Elon Musk and Twitter,"['Business', 'Elon Musk', 'Twitter', 'Legal Battles', 'Courts']",Elon Musk Allowed to Amend Twitter Countersuit to Add Whistleblower Claims,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Delaware judge steering the lawsuit over Twitter Inc. and Elon Musk’s stalled $44 billion takeover said the billionaire chief executive of Tesla Inc. can amend his countersuit to incorporate allegations from a whistleblower complaint by the social-media company’s former head of security.
The judge denied Mr. Musk’s request to push back a trial over the deal in Delaware Chancery Court to November from Oct. 17.
In a decision Wednesday, the judge cited a Chancery Court rule in which leave to amend should be “freely given when justice so requires.”...",center
12950,Judge Merrick Garland Chosen,['Supreme Court'],"President Obama to nominate Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, sources say",Washington Post,"President Obama will announce Wednesday he is nominating Merrick Garland to serve on the Supreme Court, according to three sources, setting up a protracted political fight with Republicans who have vowed to block any candidate picked by the White House.",left
12951,Judge Merrick Garland Chosen,['Supreme Court'],Obama to nominate Merrick Garland to Supreme Court,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama will nominate Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court Wednesday morning, multiple congressional sources tell CNN, setting up a dramatic political fight with Senate Republicans who have vowed to block any replacement for the late Justice Antonin Scalia.",left
12952,Judge Merrick Garland Chosen,['Supreme Court'],Obama to Nominate Federal Appeals Judge Merrick Garland To Supreme Court to Replace Scalia,Townhall,"According to a report in POLITICO, President Obama will nominate Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court as a replacement for late Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last month. Obama will make the announcement from the Rose Garden at 11 a.m. eastern.",right
12953,Analysis of National Security Forum,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump praises Putin at national security forum,Washington Post,"Donald Trump defended his admiration for Russian President Vladi­mir Putin at a forum here Wednesday focused on national security issues, even suggesting that Putin is more worthy of his praise than President Obama.",left
12954,Analysis of National Security Forum,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Fact check: Trump and Clinton at the 'commander-in-chief' forum,USA TODAY,Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump made some inaccurate claims during an NBC “commander-in-chief” forum on military and veterans issues:,left
12955,Analysis of National Security Forum,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton Dodges Iran Question at Commander-in-Chief Forum,Breitbart News,NBC’s Matt Lauer asked Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Wednesday at the “Commander-in-Chief” forum in New York directly whether she would use military force or renewed negotiations if Iran cheated on the nuclear deal.,right
12956,Trump Reverses Elephant Trophy Ban,"['Africa', 'World']",Trophies from elephant hunts in Zimbabwe were banned in the U.S. Trump just reversed that.,Washington Post,"The Trump administration announced Wednesday that the remains of elephants legally hunted in Zimbabwe and Zambia can now be imported to the United States as trophies, reversing a ban under President Barack Obama.",left
12957,Trump Reverses Elephant Trophy Ban,"['Africa', 'World']",Trump to allow imports of African elephant trophies,The Hill,The Trump administration is reversing an Obama administration ban on bringing to the United States the heads of elephants killed in two African countries.,center
12958,Trump Reverses Elephant Trophy Ban,"['Africa', 'World']",Trump's Interior Department to begin issuing elephant trophy hunting permits,Washington Examiner,"The Trump administration is planning to begin issuing permits for elephant trophy hunting, despite the Obama administration's decision to ban elephant ivory and tusks from being imported into the U.S.",right
12959,Perspectives: The Media's Handling of Hunter Biden's Alleged Emails,"['Media Industry', 'Facts And Fact Checking', '2020 Election Fact Checking', 'Hunter Biden', 'Media Bias']",Insisting that the Hunter Biden laptop is fake is a trap. So is insisting that it’s real.,Washington Post,"“You mean the laptop is now another Russia, Russia, Russia hoax? You got to be kidding me,” President Trump shot back at Joe Biden in the final presidential debate Thursday. The former vice president had told the president that a now-infamous story in the New York Post — sourced from leaked emails and accusing Biden of corruption in Ukraine — was “a Russian plant.”
Who is right? And how should the nation handle this leak and potential foreign interference at a critical time?
A close look at the evidence shows...",left
12960,Perspectives: The Media's Handling of Hunter Biden's Alleged Emails,"['Media Industry', 'Facts And Fact Checking', '2020 Election Fact Checking', 'Hunter Biden', 'Media Bias']",Hunter Biden saga dominates online debate,Axios,"The mainstream media turned away. But online, President Trump's charges about Hunter Biden were by far the dominant storyline about the final presidential debate, according to exclusive NewsWhip data provided to Axios.
Coverage of business dealings by Joe Biden's son — and pre-debate allegations by one of his former business associates, Tony Bobulinski — garnered more than twice as much online activity (likes, comments, shares) as the runner-up.
The second-place topic — also pushed by Republicans — was the former vice president's comments on oil and fracking.
Why...",center
12961,Perspectives: The Media's Handling of Hunter Biden's Alleged Emails,"['Media Industry', 'Facts And Fact Checking', '2020 Election Fact Checking', 'Hunter Biden', 'Media Bias']",Media Watchdogs Aren’t Supposed to Guard Biden,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"All Things, it seems, will not be Considered. In the long and dishonorable annals of journalistic cant, there have been few statements to compete with the one issued by National Public Radio last week explaining why it wouldn’t burden its listeners with any news about Hunter Biden.
“We don’t want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories, and we don’t want to waste our listeners’ and readers’ time on stories that are just pure distractions,” said Terence Samuels, the network’s managing editor for news.
NPR’s might...",right
12962,Trump Says he Received Coronavirus Test,"['Coronavirus', 'White House', 'Press Conference', 'Mike Pence', 'Politics']",Trump has finally been tested for coronavirus. Now we await the result.,Vox,"President Donald Trump said he has been tested for coronavirus, a precaution taken after he was in physical contact with people who have since tested positive for the virus.
During a Saturday press conference, Trump said he was tested on Friday after pressure from the media and others who said he should.
Despite days of White House denials that he didn’t need to be tested because he wasn’t exposed for long periods of time — including in a memo from his physician — it seems either Trump or his medical...",left
12963,Trump Says he Received Coronavirus Test,"['Coronavirus', 'White House', 'Press Conference', 'Mike Pence', 'Politics']",Trump says he was tested for coronavirus,Axios,"President Trump told reporters on Saturday that he took a test for COVID-19 on Friday night and the test is currently pending in a lab.
Why it matters: The president was exposed to multiple people who have tested positive for the virus.
The president has come in contact with at least two individuals who later tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to a memo shared close to midnight on Friday by Sean Conley, the president's physician.",center
12964,Trump Says he Received Coronavirus Test,"['Coronavirus', 'White House', 'Press Conference', 'Mike Pence', 'Politics']",Trump announces he tested for coronavirus,Washington Examiner,"President Trump announced he tested for the coronavirus on Friday night and is awaiting results.
As the White House Coronavirus Task Force gave a press conference on Saturday, Trump told reporters that he decided to take the test in response to Friday's press conference where the president declared a state of national emergency.
""By the way, I had my temperature taken coming into the room,"" Trump prefaced his statement to reporters. ""I also took the test last night. And I decided I should based on the press conference yesterday.""",right
12965,Connecticut Passes Bill to Commit Electoral Votes to Popular Vote Winner,['Elections'],Connecticut votes to make Electoral College votes obsolete,Washington Examiner,"Connecticut voted over the weekend to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which in theory would pool its Electoral College votes for the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote.",right
12966,Connecticut Passes Bill to Commit Electoral Votes to Popular Vote Winner,['Elections'],"After Trump, Connecticut lawmakers vote to join popular vote pact",NBC News (Online),"Under the compact, participating states require their Electoral College voters to cast ballots for the national popular vote winner.",left
12967,Connecticut Passes Bill to Commit Electoral Votes to Popular Vote Winner,['Elections'],Connecticut OKs Bill Pledging Electoral Votes To National Popular-Vote Winner,NPR (Online News),Connecticut is poised to commit its electoral votes to whichever U.S. presidential candidate wins the nation's popular vote — regardless of who wins the state.,left
12968,DOJ Sues California Over Sanctuary Laws,['Justice'],"Sessions's war on immigrants rages on, as Trump admin to sue California over 'sanctuary' legislation",Daily Kos,"Republicans love “states’ rights,” until they don’t. Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, America’s most racist Keebler, is expected to use his speech to the California Peace Officers Association today to formally announce the Trump administration’s pending lawsuit against the state of California and several state leaders over a series of pro-immigrant bills designed to limit cooperation with Donald Trump’s racist, mass deportation force:",left
12969,DOJ Sues California Over Sanctuary Laws,['Justice'],Trump Admin Sues Defiant California for Blocking US Efforts 'to Protect Our Homeland',CBN,The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit to overturn California's sanctuary policies that protect immigrants in the US illegally. The Justice Department says the laws are unconstitutional and block federal agents from doing their jobs.,right
12970,DOJ Sues California Over Sanctuary Laws,['Justice'],The Department of Justice is suing California over three state statutes that federal officials say interfere with their immigration authority.,USA TODAY,The Department of Justice is suing California over three state statutes that federal officials say interfere with their immigration authority.,left
12971,DOJ Says Yale Illegally Discriminated Against Asian American and White Applicants,"['Discrimination', 'Education', 'Asian Americans', 'Inequality', 'Yale', 'Civil Rights', 'Justice Department', 'Race And Racism']",DOJ accuses Yale of illegally discriminating against white and Asian American applicants,NBC News (Online),"The Justice Department on Thursday accused Yale University of illegally discriminating against Asian American and white students in admissions, a major escalation of the administration's attacks on affirmative action.
If Yale does not change its admissions policy, ""the Department will be prepared to file a lawsuit,"" according to a letter from Eric Dreiband, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.
Yale said the school was dismayed by the allegation and called the government's conclusion hasty and meritless.
After receiving complaints from Asian American students, the Justice Department two years ago launched...",left
12972,DOJ Says Yale Illegally Discriminated Against Asian American and White Applicants,"['Discrimination', 'Education', 'Asian Americans', 'Inequality', 'Yale', 'Civil Rights', 'Justice Department', 'Race And Racism']",DOJ claims Yale discriminates against Asian and white applicants,Axios,"The Justice Department on Thursday accused Yale University of violating federal civil rights law by discriminating against Asian American and white undergraduate hopefuls.
Why it matters: The claim is an extension of the Trump administration's efforts to challenge race-based admissions policies at elite universities, and comes after a two-year investigation in response to complaints from students about the application process at some schools.
The Supreme Court has previously ruled on affirmative action, upholding the consideration of race in college admissions, per Reuters.
What they're saying: “There is no such...",center
12973,DOJ Says Yale Illegally Discriminated Against Asian American and White Applicants,"['Discrimination', 'Education', 'Asian Americans', 'Inequality', 'Yale', 'Civil Rights', 'Justice Department', 'Race And Racism']",Justice Department Finds Yale Admissions Illegally Discriminated Against Asian American and White Applicants,National Review,"A two-year long Justice Department investigation has found that Yale University illegally discriminated against Asian American and white applicants in violation of federal civil rights law.
In a letter to the college’s attorneys Thursday, the department said that Yale “rejects scores of Asian American and white applicants each year based on their race, whom it otherwise would admit.”
“Yale’s race discrimination imposes undue and unlawful penalties on racially-disfavored applicants, including in particular Asian American and White applicants,” Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband, the head of the department’s civil rights division,...",right
12974,"Inflation Slowed in October, but Remains High","['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Food Prices', 'Gas Prices']",October Inflation Report Shows Consumer Prices Rose 7.7% From Year Earlier,Wall Street Journal (News),"Inflation eased in October as underlying price increases excluding energy and food slowed from a four-decade high.
The Labor Department on Thursday said that its consumer-price index increased 7.7% in October from the same month a year ago, the smallest 12-month increase since January 2022. The reading was down from 8.2% in September. June’s 9.1% inflation rate was the highest in four decades.
On a monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.4% in October from September, the same pace as the previous month. The CPI measures what consumers pay for goods and services....",center
12975,"Inflation Slowed in October, but Remains High","['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Food Prices', 'Gas Prices']",Inflation holds grip on US economy in October as prices remain stubbornly high,Fox Business,"Inflation cooled more than expected in October, but consumer prices remained near a multi-decade high, continuing to squeeze millions of U.S. households and small businesses.
The Labor Department said Thursday that the consumer price index, a broad measure of the price for everyday goods including gasoline, groceries and rents, rose 0.4% in October from the previous month. Prices climbed 7.7% on an annual basis. 
Those figures were both lower than the 8% headline figure and 0.5% monthly increase forecast by Refinitiv economists, a potentially reassuring sign for the Federal Reserve...",right
12976,"Inflation Slowed in October, but Remains High","['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Food Prices', 'Gas Prices']",Inflation cools much more than expected in October,CNN (Online News),"Consumer prices rose 7.7% for the year ending in October, according to data released Thursday. The report was better than expected and surprised investors, with markets surging on the news. But the Federal Reserve still has far to go in its battle to tame inflation.
The Consumer Price Index, which measures the changes in prices for a variety of consumer goods and services, was lower than the 8.2% reading in September.
“Today’s CPI report shows inflation is moving in the right direction,” said Eric Merlis, managing director, co-head of global markets at...",left
12977,Trump Delays State Of The Union Address Until Shutdown Ends,"['SOTU', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']","Trump reverses, agrees to Pelosi's delay in State of the Union address",Washington Times,President Trump said late Wednesday that he is backing down in his fight with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and will deliver his State of the Union address when the partial government shutdown is over.,right
12978,Trump Delays State Of The Union Address Until Shutdown Ends,"['SOTU', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump delays State of the Union Address until shutdown ends,Reuters,"President Donald Trump said in a late night Tweet on Wednesday that he would delay a State of the Union address until the government shutdown was over, responding to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s move to obstruct his plans for the speech.",center
12979,Trump Delays State Of The Union Address Until Shutdown Ends,"['SOTU', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",President Donald Trump Postpones State Of The Union Until Shutdown Ends,HuffPost,The president backed down from his vow to go forward as planned after the House speaker said she would not take steps to authorize the speech during the shutdown.,left
12980,"Senate GOP Blocks Vote on $2,000 Stimulus Checks","['US Senate', 'Stimulus Checks', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Politics']","Trump’s $2,000 checks stall in Senate as GOP blocks vote",Associated Press,"President Donald Trump’s push for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks stalled out in the Senate as Republicans blocked a swift vote proposed by Democrats and split within their own ranks over whether to boost spending or defy the White House.
The roadblock mounted Tuesday by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell may not be sustainable as pressure mounts. Trump wants the Republican-led chamber to follow the House and increase the checks from $600 for millions of Americans. A growing number of Republicans, including two senators in runoff elections on Jan. 5...",left
12981,"Senate GOP Blocks Vote on $2,000 Stimulus Checks","['US Senate', 'Stimulus Checks', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Politics']","There is no sign that a bill on $2,000 checks is going to get a vote in the Senate",CNN (Online News),"Things are going to drag on in the Senate for a few days.
Bottom line: There is absolutely no sign right now that a standalone bill on $2,000 checks is going to get a vote on the Senate floor. It looks like McConnell is simply going to run out the clock. There were several opportunities on Tuesday when McConnell could have made that assurance or let Democrats pass the bill with a unanimous consent agreement that would have shielded his members from having to take a potentially tough vote.
McConnell...",left
12982,"Senate GOP Blocks Vote on $2,000 Stimulus Checks","['US Senate', 'Stimulus Checks', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Politics']",Year-end session leaves bigger COVID-19 checks in Senate limbo,Washington Examiner,"Increased stimulus checks remain in limbo in the Senate, where lawmakers are gathering Wednesday to begin the process of overriding President Trump’s veto of a critical defense bill.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blocked quick consideration of a House-passed bill to boost a new round of checks from $600 to $2,000 per individual.
Instead, he proposed a measure that would combine the House bill with provisions Trump has been seeking to repeal a Big Tech lawsuit liability shield and to create a commission to study the integrity of...",right
12983,Obama reacts to Egypt Violence,['Middle East'],"Obama warns of further steps in Egypt, cancels military exercises",CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama announced Thursday that the United States has canceled joint military training exercises with the Egyptian military and alluded to the fact that his administration could take further steps to deal with the violence in Egypt.
""Going forward, I've asked my national security team to assess the implications of the actions taken by the interim government and further steps we may take as necessary with respect to the U.S.-Egyptian relationship,"" Obama said.
In a statement from his vacation home on Martha's Vineyard, the president, however, refrained...",left
12984,Obama reacts to Egypt Violence,['Middle East'],Obama On Egypt Crisis: 'We Deplore Violence Against Civilians',HuffPost,"President Barack Obama spoke out on the crisis in Egypt on Thursday, saying he's ""concerned"" by recent events.
""The United States strongly condemns the steps that have been taken by Egypt's interim government and security forces,"" Obama said. ""We deplore violence against civilians.""
""Today, the United States extends its condolences to the families of those who were killed and those who were wounded,"" Obama continued.""
Obama announced that the U.S. is cancelling a bi-annual joint military exercise with Egypt that was to take place in September, but he did not...",left
12985,Obama reacts to Egypt Violence,['Middle East'],'Incoherent' Obama policy on Egypt under fire as violence spreads,Fox News (Online News),"As Egypt descends into chaos, President Obama is facing increasing criticism that an ""incoherent"" policy toward the country -- much like U.S. policy toward Syria -- is putting U.S. money and influence on the line without a clear end-game.
The Obama administration claims to be staying neutral in the violent confrontation between the military-backed government and Muslim Brotherhood supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. More than 500 people have been killed so far across the country.
""America cannot determine the future of Egypt,"" Obama said Thursday, in brief...",right
12986,Perspectives: Amazon Removes Book About Transgender Issues,"['Free Speech', 'Amazon', 'Big Tech', 'Online Censorship', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'LGBT Rights', 'Transphobia', 'Transgender Issues']",Conservatives outraged that anti-trans book removed from Amazon,The Independent,"Amazon appears to have halted the sale of a book accused of attacking transgender people, outraging some prominent conservatives.
Ryan T Anderson, a former fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation, said on Sunday that the online retail giant had removed his 2018 bookWhen Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment from its store.
“Given the aggressive push on trans policies coming from the Biden admin, now is a great time to read it,” he said in a tweet on Sunday. “Buy it before you no longer can.”
Amazon...",left
12987,Perspectives: Amazon Removes Book About Transgender Issues,"['Free Speech', 'Amazon', 'Big Tech', 'Online Censorship', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'LGBT Rights', 'Transphobia', 'Transgender Issues']",Amazon Faces Questions Over Removal of Book by Conservative Author,Wall Street Journal (News),"A group of Republican senators is asking Amazon.com Inc. AMZN 1.17% to explain why it recently removed a book about transgender issues that had been on sale on the platform for about three years.
In a letter to Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos dated Wednesday, Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida, Mike Lee of Utah, Mike Braun of Indiana and Josh Hawley of Missouri said a book by conservative scholar Ryan T. Anderson, “When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment,” was no longer available on Amazon nor on its...",center
12988,Perspectives: Amazon Removes Book About Transgender Issues,"['Free Speech', 'Amazon', 'Big Tech', 'Online Censorship', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'LGBT Rights', 'Transphobia', 'Transgender Issues']",Amazon Kneels before the Mob,National Review,"Most critics of Amazon and other world-bestriding technology companies focus on their size and market share, but another problem is their opacity: We still do not know, and may indeed never know, why Amazon has decided to ban Ryan Anderson’s book on the transgender controversy. Inquiries from National Review and from Anderson’s publisher, Encounter Books, have been met with Bourbon haughtiness: Le marché, c’est moi, says Jeff Bezos.
The book, published in 2018, recently has been removed from Amazon, as well as from Amazon subsidiaries Kindle, Audible, and AbeBooks. Amazon...",right
12989,Silencing Climate Change Debate,['Environment'],Heating up: Climate change advocates try to silence Krauthammer,Howard Kurtz,"Charles Krauthammer says it right up front in his Washington Post column: “I’m not a global warming believer. I’m not a global warming denier.”
He does, however, challenge the notion that the science on climate change is settled and says those who insist otherwise are engaged in “a crude attempt to silence critics and delegitimize debate.”
How ironic, then, that some environmental activists launched a petition urging the Post not to publish Krauthammer’s column on Friday.
Their response to opinions they disagree with is to suppress the speech.",center
12990,Silencing Climate Change Debate,['Environment'],Why are we still debating climate change?,Carol Costello,"There is no debate. Climate change is real. And, yes, we are, in part, to blame. There is a 97% consensus among scientific experts that humans are causing global warming. Ninety-seven percent! Yet some very vocal Americans continue to debate what is surely fact.",center
12991,Silencing Climate Change Debate,['Environment'],The myth of ‘settled science’,Charles Krauthammer,"I repeat: I’m not a global warming believer. I’m not a global warming denier. I’ve long believed that it cannot be good for humanity to be spewing tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. I also believe that those scientists who pretend to know exactly what this will cause in 20, 30 or 50 years are white-coated propagandists.
“The debate is settled,” asserted propagandist in chief Barack Obama in his latest State of the Union address. “Climate change is a fact.” Really? There is nothing more anti-scientific than the very...",right
12992,"US States, World Gradually Ease COVID-19 Restrictions","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'World', 'Life During Covid-19']",California to remove pandemic restrictions on June 15,Washington Examiner,"California will drop most pandemic restrictions on June 15.
Social distancing rules will end, and businesses will be able to open at full capacity. In addition, those who are fully vaccinated will no longer have to wear masks or be discouraged from traveling.
“Something very important happens on June 15 in California,” California Health Director Mark Ghaly said Friday. “We are now at a point, given our metrics that we’ve been watching, that California is at a place where we can begin to talk about moving beyond the blueprint.” The...",right
12993,"US States, World Gradually Ease COVID-19 Restrictions","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'World', 'Life During Covid-19']","New York COVID restrictions lifted, Cuomo calls changes a ‘milestone’",New York Daily News,"The city that never sleeps is ready for a great awakening.
After enduring more than 13 months of a global pandemic that ravaged the Big Apple, New York is taking a major step toward a return to normal with mask mandates and restrictions on businesses being lifted.
Gov. Cuomo offered a celebratory pat on the back Wednesday, marking the “milestone” as a majority of the state’s COVID capacity limits are officially eased and vaccinated New Yorkers are allowed to ditch their face coverings in most circumstances.
“New York is coming...",left
12994,"US States, World Gradually Ease COVID-19 Restrictions","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'World', 'Life During Covid-19']","Back to pubs, gyms and movies: plotting the road back to normal",Reuters,"As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout gains momentum, many countries are planning a gradual return to normal, opening borders and letting people back into restaurants, shops and sports venues after more than a year of on-off lockdowns.
Here are some of their plans, in alphabetical order:
AUSTRALIA
Australia, which plans to allow international travel from mid-2022, lifted a ban on its citizens returning from India on May 14.
BELGIUM
Belgium plans to ease nearly all lockdown measures from June 9 provided the momentum of its vaccination campaign continues and the number...",center
12995,Trump Holds First Cabinet Meeting of New Year,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump’s Freewheeling and Fact-Free Cabinet Meeting,New York Times (News),"For over an hour and a half, President Trump spoke on a variety of topics, including the border wall, Syria, his unpopularity abroad and Mitt Romney. Not all of it was accurate.",left
12996,Trump Holds First Cabinet Meeting of New Year,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump reclaims spotlight with long, rambling Cabinet meeting",Associated Press,"Home alone no more, President Donald Trump had a lot to share when he convened a rambling Cabinet meeting on Day 12 of the government shutdown.",left
12997,Trump Holds First Cabinet Meeting of New Year,"['White House', 'Politics']",Kellyanne Conway: Trump's 90-minute Cabinet meeting 'shows his transparency',Washington Examiner,"White House counselor Kellyanne Conway argued Thursday that President Trump's hour-and-a-half Cabinet meeting the day before ""shows his transparency.""",right
12998,"June 2018 Jobs Report: 213,000 Jobs Added, Unemployment Rate at 4% as Labor Force Increases",['Economy And Jobs'],"June jobs report: U.S. economy adds 213,000 jobs but unemployment rises to 4%",USA TODAY,"Employment growth was strong for a second consecutive month in June as the economy added 213,000 jobs despite worker shortages and mounting U.S. trade tensions.",left
12999,"June 2018 Jobs Report: 213,000 Jobs Added, Unemployment Rate at 4% as Labor Force Increases",['Economy And Jobs'],Unemployment Rises for Right Reasons in June Jobs Report,U.S. News & World Report,"The unemployment rate ticked up last month, but many analysts welcomed the increase.",left
13000,"June 2018 Jobs Report: 213,000 Jobs Added, Unemployment Rate at 4% as Labor Force Increases",['Economy And Jobs'],"Hispanic Unemployment Reaches Record Low, Media Praise Labor Force Rate",Townhall,"The June jobs report has a lot of rosy details in it. For instance, Hispanic unemployment is at a new low, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.",right
13001,Is the Housing Market Cooling Down?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Home Prices', 'Housing And Homelessness', 'Housing Market', 'Inflation', 'Life During Covid-19']",Here’s why this housing downturn is nothing like the last one,CNBC,"As quickly as mortgage rates are rising, the once red-hot housing market is cooling off. Home prices are still historically high, but there is concern now that they will ease up as well.
All of this has people asking: Is today’s housing market in the same predicament that it was over a decade ago, when the 2007-08 crash caused the Great Recession?
The short answer is: no. America’s housing market is in far better health today. That’s thanks, in part, to new lending regulations that resulted from that meltdown. Those...",center
13002,Is the Housing Market Cooling Down?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Home Prices', 'Housing And Homelessness', 'Housing Market', 'Inflation', 'Life During Covid-19']","Home Builders Have Trouble Selling Properties As Mortgage Rates Rise, Prices Stay Elevated",The Daily Wire,"Sentiment among home builders is plummeting as Americans’ demand for properties begins to slow, according to a Wednesday report.
The National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo’s Housing Market Index fell by two points to 67 in June, reaching its lowest level since June 2020 in its sixth consecutive month of declines. A value over 50 indicates that more builders see conditions as good rather than bad.
The drop in optimism reflects high inflation and lackluster economic activity. Material costs for residential construction are 19% greater year-over-year, while mortgage rates are soaring to their highest levels since 2008 —...",right
13003,Is the Housing Market Cooling Down?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Home Prices', 'Housing And Homelessness', 'Housing Market', 'Inflation', 'Life During Covid-19']",5 signs the housing market is starting to slow down,CNN (Online News),"There is a shift happening in the housing market.
After more than a year of soaring demand, exploding home prices and increasing real estate sales, the market finally seems to be cooling off.
“The housing market isn’t crashing, but it is experiencing a hangover as it comes down from an unsustainable high,” said Taylor Marr, Redfin deputy chief economist.
Mortgage rates have increased more than two and a half percentage points this year. And the higher costs of financing a home have changed the calculations for many would-be homebuyers. As a result,...",left
13004,Former White House Aide Omarosa Releases New Secret Audio,['Politics'],Omarosa releases new secret audio: Trump called her the day after she was fired,Washington Times,Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman revealed new secret recordings on the president Monday after publicly releasing audio from the situation room over the weekend.,right
13005,Former White House Aide Omarosa Releases New Secret Audio,['Politics'],Trump acts surprised by Omarosa firing on new secret tape,The Hill,Omarosa Manigault Newman on Monday morning released a recording of a private phone call after her firing from the White House with President Trump.,center
13006,Former White House Aide Omarosa Releases New Secret Audio,['Politics'],Omarosa Releases New Tape Of Trump Appearing Unaware She Was Fired,HuffPost,"Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman on Monday released a second recording from her time at the White House, purportedly of President Donald Trump appearing unaware that chief of staff John Kelly had fired her.",left
13007,Russian Airliner Crash,['World'],Russian passenger plane carrying 224 crashes in Sinai,Fox News (Online News),"A Russian passenger plane carrying more than 220 people crashed Saturday in the Sinai Peninsula more than 20 minutes after takeoff from a Red Sea resort popular with Russian tourists, Egypt's Ministry of Civil Aviation said.",right
13008,Russian Airliner Crash,['World'],"Russian plane crashes in Sinai, reportedly killing all 224 people on board",CNN (Online News),"A Russian passenger airliner crashed early Saturday in the Sinai Peninsula, with 224 people aboard, officials said.",left
13009,Russian Airliner Crash,['World'],Russian Plane Crash in Sinai Peninsula Kills 224,New York Times (News),"All 224 people aboard a Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt early Saturday have been confirmed dead, officials say.",left
13010,Biden Signs $1.2T Infrastructure Bill Into Law,"['Economic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Build Back Better', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Role Of Government']",Biden signs $1 trillion infrastructure bill,Reuters,"In need of a political boost, President Joe Biden will sign a $1 trillion infrastructure bill on Monday at a ceremony expected to draw Democrats and some Republicans who were instrumental in getting the legislation passed.
The measure is expected to create jobs across the country by dispersing billions of dollars to state and local governments to fix crumbling bridges and roads, and expanding broadband internet access to millions of Americans.
The White House said on Sunday that Biden named former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to supervise implementation of...",center
13011,Biden Signs $1.2T Infrastructure Bill Into Law,"['Economic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Build Back Better', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Role Of Government']",Biden signs bipartisan infrastructure bill with Republicans on hand to celebrate win,ABC News (Online),"After months of negotiations, a massive bipartisan infrastructure bill that promises significant investments in every pocket of the country got President Joe Biden's signature on Monday.
""My fellow Americans, today I want you to know we hear you, and we see you. The bill I'm about to sign into law is proof that, despite the cynics, Democrats and Republicans can come together and deliver results,"" Biden said. ""We can deliver real results for real people we see in ways that really matter each and every day to each person out there. And...",left
13012,Biden Signs $1.2T Infrastructure Bill Into Law,"['Economic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Build Back Better', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Role Of Government']",How Biden's infrastructure victory lap could disappoint Democrats,Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden launched a publicity tour touting his newly passed $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, but political operatives in both parties question whether it will move the needle for Democrats in the midterm elections.
Though Biden has not yet signed the bill into law, the White House is sending him to multiple cities across the country to deliver remarks on how the administration's investments will improve those particular communities, with the first coming last week in Baltimore.
Biden opened by discussing rampant inflation, which he called ""one of the most pressing...",right
13013,"Biden to Raise Refugee Cap from 15,000 to 62,500","['Immigration', 'Refugees', 'Refugee Cap', 'Joe Biden']","Biden raises US refugee admissions cap to 62,500 after delay sparks anger",The Guardian,"Joe Biden has formally raised the US cap on refugee admissions to 62,500 this year, weeks after facing bipartisan blowback for his delay in replacing the record-low ceiling set by Donald Trump.
Refugee resettlement agencies have waited for Biden to quadruple the number of refugees allowed into the United States this year since 12 February, when a presidential proposal was submitted to Congress saying he planned to do so.",left
13014,"Biden to Raise Refugee Cap from 15,000 to 62,500","['Immigration', 'Refugees', 'Refugee Cap', 'Joe Biden']","Biden says he will raise refugee cap to 62,500 but warns the US will not be able to meet new number",USA TODAY,"The Biden administration said Monday it would allow 62,500 refugees to resettle in the United States this year, reversing course after the White House initially said it would keep a historically low Trump-era limit on those fleeing war, violence and persecution.
President Joe Biden made the announcement weeks after he sparked a political uproar from human rights groups and Democrats in Congress over an earlier plan to limit refugees to 15,000 – a figure set by former President Donald Trump.
""Today, I am revising the United States’ annual...",left
13015,"Biden to Raise Refugee Cap from 15,000 to 62,500","['Immigration', 'Refugees', 'Refugee Cap', 'Joe Biden']","Biden Raises Refugee Cap To 62,500 After Uproar From Democrats",The Daily Caller,"President Joe Biden raised the refugee cap to 62,500 Monday following weeks of criticism that his administration was too slow in revising former President Donald Trump’s cap.
Trump ordered before leaving office that no more than 15,000 refugees could be accepted into the U.S. during the fiscal year 2021, a level both Biden and other Democrats criticized as far too low. The White House had previously said it would keep Trump’s cap in place for the time being, however, with the ultimate goal of setting a 125,000 refugee cap in...",right
13016,Annual Arrests at Southern Border Top 2 Million for First Time,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Homeland Security', 'Busing']","Annual U.S. border arrivals top 2 million, fueled by record migration from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua",CBS News (Online),"The number of migrant arrivals reported along the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal year 2022 surpassed 2 million in August, an all-time high driven in part by unprecedented levels of migration from Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, according to government data published Monday.
Migrant encounters along the U.S. southern border rose slightly to 203,598 last month, reversing a downward trend recorded in the previous two months, the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data show.
The number included 181,160 Border Patrol apprehensions of migrants who entered the U.S. illegally, virtually the same level as in July, as...",left
13017,Annual Arrests at Southern Border Top 2 Million for First Time,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Homeland Security', 'Busing']","More than 2 million were arrested at the southern border, a record",Poynter,"New data just released by the Department of Homeland Security shows U.S. officials will have made a record 2.4 million immigration arrests along the southern border by the end of this month. In President Joe Biden’s first year in office, officials made 1.73 million arrests.
Last month, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers detained more than 203,000 migrants who crossed the U.S. Mexico border.
The newest data notes that migrants seeking legal asylum in the United States in recent months came from Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba. The newest data also shows how difficult it...",center
13018,Annual Arrests at Southern Border Top 2 Million for First Time,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Homeland Security', 'Busing']",Border Arrests Top 2 Million for First Time Ever,National Review,"Customs and Border Protection recorded 203,597 migrant encounters at the U.S.–Mexico border in August alone, bringing the total number of encounters for the fiscal year to more than 2 million for the first time ever, the agency announced on Monday.
Of those encounters, 157,921 were unique encounters, CBP said. The others involved illegal immigrants who had multiple encounters and had been expelled or deported.
The number is an increase from the 199,976 encounters in July. August 2021 saw 209,840 total migrant encounters.
The latest figures represent a 329 percent increase from the...",right
13019,House Democrats Postpone Stimulus Talks; Negotiations to Continue,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Sustainability']",Democrats postpone House vote on COVID-19 stimulus bill to give more time for negotiations,USA TODAY,"House Democrats postponed a vote Wednesday on a $2.2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill in the hopes a deal could be reached as negotiations drag on with the White House on a plan to help Americans struggling from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
The vote was postponed until Thursday to allow House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and White House negotiators more time to discuss a potential bipartisan deal, said a Democratic aide, who was unable to discuss internal deliberations publicly.
Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin met at the...",left
13020,House Democrats Postpone Stimulus Talks; Negotiations to Continue,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Sustainability']","No deal after Pelosi, Mnuchin meet on economic relief, but talks will continue",Washington Post,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin met Wednesday to discuss an economic-relief deal, and although they did not reach a final deal, House Democrats agreed to postpone a vote on a more partisan bill to give the bipartisan talks more time.
“Secretary Mnuchin and I had an extensive conversation and we found areas where we are seeking further clarification. Our conversations will continue,” Pelosi (D-Calif.) said in a statement after their 90-minute meeting.
Democrats pulled back plans to vote on their $2.2 trillion stimulus bill, which is...",left
13021,House Democrats Postpone Stimulus Talks; Negotiations to Continue,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Sustainability']",Democrats are pushing for another round of stimulus checks and $600 in weekly unemployment benefits,MarketWatch,"House Democrats are making another push to provide a fresh round of federally-funded unemployment benefits to replace the $600-a-week benefit that expired in July.
On Monday, Democrats unveiled a scaled-down version of the HEROES Act, their proposed stimulus package that passed in the House in May. Originally the package had a $3 trillion price tag. The revised version would cost $2.2 trillion.
It calls for extending the $600 weekly benefit through Jan. 2021 and a second round of $1,200 direct payments to households, both of which were included in the...",center
13022,Obama: I Could Have Won 3rd Term,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama: I could have won a third term,Politico,The president says the message of hope and change he campaigned on in 2008 still resonates in 2016.,left
13023,Obama: I Could Have Won 3rd Term,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump Responds to Obama's Claim He Could've Won Third Term,Townhall,President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that he could’ve beaten President Obama if the election had been between the two men.,right
13024,Obama: I Could Have Won 3rd Term,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Barack Obama Says He Could Have ‘Mobilized A Majority’ If He’d Been Able To Run Again,HuffPost,"“The majority does buy into the notion of one America that is tolerant and diverse and open,” he said.",left
13025,Perspectives: Anti-Semitism and Cancel Culture,"['Cancel Culture', 'Culture', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Catholicism', 'Race And Racism', 'Religion And Faith']",Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Where Is the Outrage Over Anti-Semitism in Sports and Hollywood?,The Hollywood Reporter,"Recent incidents of anti-Semitic tweets and posts from sports and entertainment celebrities are a very troubling omen for the future of the Black Lives Matter movement, but so too is the shocking lack of massive indignation. Given the New Woke-fulness in Hollywood and the sports world, we expected more passionate public outrage. What we got was a shrug of meh-rage.
When reading the dark squishy entrails of popular culture, meh-rage in the face of sustained prejudice is an indisputable sign of the coming Apatholypse: apathy to all forms of social...",left
13026,Perspectives: Anti-Semitism and Cancel Culture,"['Cancel Culture', 'Culture', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Catholicism', 'Race And Racism', 'Religion And Faith']",Nick Cannon’s Anti-Semitism Symptomatic of a Deeper Problem,The Daily Signal,"The recent surge in anti-Semitic outbursts from entertainment figures—most recently Nick Cannon—is troubling to people of goodwill.
As a Hollywood actor and entertainer who has starred in more than two dozen films and scores of television shows, Cannon is a high-profile cultural influencer. On a podcast released June 30, he chose to use his wide-reaching platform to share age-old conspiracy theories of Jewish deception and control.
ViacomCBS severed its ties with Cannon on Tuesday. He subsequently offered a public apology.
On the podcast, he decried “the Rothschilds, centralized banking, the...",right
13027,Perspectives: Anti-Semitism and Cancel Culture,"['Cancel Culture', 'Culture', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Catholicism', 'Race And Racism', 'Religion And Faith']",Jemele Hill says muted outrage over recent anti-Semitic controversies may be rooted in not wanting to undermine racial justice movement,CNN (Online News),"A seeming lack of considerable outrage from Black people over recent high-profile, anti-Semitic controversies stems from the desire to not be accused of ""undermining and undercutting"" the current racial justice movement, journalist Jemele Hill said.
""There are people who give no care about the Jewish culture, who are using DeSean Jackson, Stephen Jackson and some of the entertainers that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar mentioned as a way to undermine and try to eat at the credibility of the people who are out there fighting for justice,"" Hill, a staff writer at The...",left
13028,Russia: Friend or Foe,['Politics'],The Perfect Weapon: How Russian Cyberpower Invaded the U.S.,New York Times (News),"When Special Agent Adrian Hawkins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation called the Democratic National Committee in September 2015 to pass along some troubling news about its computer network, he was transferred, naturally, to the help desk.",left
13029,Russia: Friend or Foe,['Politics'],"The good, bad and ugly of warmer US-Russia relations",CNN (Online News),George W. Bush tried it. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton tried it. Now Donald Trump is vowing to reset relations with Russia.,left
13030,Russia: Friend or Foe,['Politics'],Top intel office not on same page as CIA regarding Russia hack assessment,Fox News (Online News),"The nation’s top intelligence office is not on the same page as the CIA regarding its assessment that Russia interfered in the U.S. elections in a bid to help Donald Trump, a U.S. government source confirmed to Fox News on Tuesday.",right
13031,FBI Runs Record Number of Gun Background Checks in March,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Violence In America', 'FBI']",Gun background checks soar to record in March following mass shootings and gun-control bills,CNN (Online News),"The FBI conducted more background checks for firearms purchases in March -- a month in which several prominent mass shootings reignited America's conversation about gun control -- than they have in any month so far this year.
About 4.7 million Americans initiated gun background checks last month -- a 36% increase from February, according to the FBI. More than 2 million of those checks were for new gun purchases, according to the National Shooting Sports Federation, the firearms industry trade group that compares FBI background check numbers with actual sales...",left
13032,FBI Runs Record Number of Gun Background Checks in March,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Violence In America', 'FBI']","FBI conducts record background checks amid mass shootings, gun reform push",The Hill,"The FBI carried out a record number of background checks on individuals purchasing firearms last month as multiple mass shootings gained the nation's attention and sparked a conversation on America's gun policies.
The FBI says nearly 4.7 million Americans underwent background checks in connection with purchasing guns in March, CNN reported. That number was up almost 36 percent from February.
While CNN noted that background checks do not necessarily correlate directly to firearms sold, they do indicate that the volume of purchases has increased.",center
13033,FBI Runs Record Number of Gun Background Checks in March,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Violence In America', 'FBI']",FBI gun checks in March break all-time record,Washington Times,"There were nearly 4.7 million gun background checks run through the FBI’s national instant check system in March — the highest-ever monthly total in the more than 20 years since the system was set up.
The 4.69 million checks is a 25% increase from a then-record 3.69 million checks in March 2020, when there was a run on firearms as the scope of the coronavirus pandemic was becoming clearer.
The checks aren’t a one-to-one correlation to gun sales, but are used as a general approximation for the health of the...",right
13034,"Trump Says Man Shoved by Buffalo Police ""Could Be"" Connected to Antifa","['Criminal Justice', 'Terrorism', 'Antifa', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Donald Trump', 'Violence In America']",Democrats: GOP reaction to Trump tweet about cop shoving protester 'a disgrace',Washington Examiner,"Senate Democrats called on Republicans to denounce President Trump’s Tuesday morning tweet claiming a video of a police officer pushing a protester to the ground was “a set up.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, and several other Republicans declined to comment on the tweet, while others criticized it or said it was part of Trump’s overall Twitter habit.
“That’s a disgrace,” Sen. Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, said Tuesday. “They can’t even speak out on that?”
Several Republicans criticized the tweet, among them Lisa Murkowski, of...",right
13035,"Trump Says Man Shoved by Buffalo Police ""Could Be"" Connected to Antifa","['Criminal Justice', 'Terrorism', 'Antifa', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Donald Trump', 'Violence In America']",Trump Falsely Accuses an Elderly Buffalo Protester of Staging His Violent Police Encounter,Mother Jones,"Even by the ever-sinking standards of President Trump’s fondness for right-wing conspiracy theories, his latest is something to behold.
On Tuesday, Trump accused the elderly protester who was violently shoved to the ground by Buffalo police last Thursday of staging the incident as an operation for Antifa. The incredible accusation—entirely baseless—defies the reality captured in a widely seen video that has since led to the firing of the two officers who pushed 75-year-old Martin Gugino, causing him to bleed from the head, during a protest against police brutality outside Buffalo’s...",left
13036,"Trump Says Man Shoved by Buffalo Police ""Could Be"" Connected to Antifa","['Criminal Justice', 'Terrorism', 'Antifa', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Donald Trump', 'Violence In America']",Trump claims 75-year-old man shoved by Buffalo police could be part of 'set up',The Hill,"President Trump on Tuesday shared an unfounded conspiracy theory that an incident in which an elderly man was pushed to the ground by police in Buffalo, N.Y., during a protest over the police killing of George Floyd could be a ""set up.""
The president cited right-wing One America News Network (OANN) in making the incendiary claim, which comes amid a national debate over police brutality.
""Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in...",center
13037,Dow Breaks Record,[],"Stocks rise on April’s 7.5 percent jobless rate, lowest in more than four years",Washington Post,"The national unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in more than four years in April, according to data released Friday, sending stock markets to new heights and dispelling fears that the recovery had stumbled.
Businesses hired more people than analysts expected, pushing the jobless rate down to 7.5 percent from 7.6 percent in March. The Labor Department reported that the economy in April added 165,000 jobs across a broad swath of industries. Just as importantly, the agency significantly increased its estimates of job growth for the previous two months....",left
13038,Dow Breaks Record,[],THE DOW JUST MADE HISTORY IN A BIG WAY,The Blaze,"U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in April, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
And markets are going absolutely berserk over the report:",right
13039,Dow Breaks Record,[],"Dow Hits 15,000 For The First Time; Closes Just Shy Of The Mark",NPR (Online News),"The stock market continues its winning streak: The Dow Jones hit another milestone today, tapping 15,000 for the first time, but closing just shy of the milestone.
This, of course, follows good news about the job market released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
All of this got The Wall Street Journal thinking: just how long does it take the Dow to climb 1,000 points. They explain:",left
13040,"New Trans Rights Laws in Idaho Highlight Cultural, Media Divide","['Civil Rights', 'Inequality', 'Idaho', 'Sports', 'Prejudice', 'Trans People In Sports', 'Violence Against Trans People', 'LGBT Rights']",Idaho Governor Signs 2 Bills into Law Denying Trans People Basic Rights,Vice,"Idaho is facing a pair of lawsuits after its governor signed two of the nation’s harshest anti-transgender bills into law.
On Monday, Republican Gov. Brad Little approved two bills that had been met with widespread opposition. House Bill 500 bans transgender girls from playing on school sports teams in alignment with their gender identity, while House Bill 509 blocks trans people from correcting their birth certificates to match the person they know themselves to be. Forty local and national businesses, including Hewlett-Packard and Verizon, signed onto an open letter opposing...",left
13041,"New Trans Rights Laws in Idaho Highlight Cultural, Media Divide","['Civil Rights', 'Inequality', 'Idaho', 'Sports', 'Prejudice', 'Trans People In Sports', 'Violence Against Trans People', 'LGBT Rights']","Idaho governor signs GOP’s anti-transgender bills, setting up likely legal challenges",Idaho Statesman,"Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law two anti-transgender bills.
One bill would ban transgender girls and women from participating in sports that align with their gender identity. The other bill would make it illegal for transgender people to change gender markers on their Idaho birth certificates.
Little signed the bills Monday afternoon. He didn’t issue signing statements on either bill.",center
13042,"New Trans Rights Laws in Idaho Highlight Cultural, Media Divide","['Civil Rights', 'Inequality', 'Idaho', 'Sports', 'Prejudice', 'Trans People In Sports', 'Violence Against Trans People', 'LGBT Rights']","Idaho Gov. Signs Law Barring Biological Males, 'Transgenders,' From Female Sports",CNSNews.com,"(CNSNews.com) -- Idaho's Gov. Brad Little (R) signed into law on Monday legislation that prohibits biological males from competing in female sports, thus barring ""transgender women"" from real women's sports.
The governor also signed into law another bill that requires birth certificates to record the biological sex of the person at birth, based upon their reproductive anatomy and chromosomes. Birth certificates cannot be changed based on gender theory or transgender identity.",right
13043,Perspectives: Obama's 60th Birthday Party,"['Politics', 'Barack Obama', 'Coronavirus', 'Delta Variant', 'Media Bias']","Obama at 60: Feet on the dance floor, eyes on the future",Washington Post,"On Saturday Barack Obama celebrated his 60th birthday on Martha’s Vineyard, at his $11.75 million mansion, with family, longtime friends from Hawaii, and boldface names like John Legend, who sang “Happy Birthday” to a tent full of attendees. The party was significantly scaled down from original plans, according to the former president’s office, because of the delta variant of the coronavirus, and occurred outdoors following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention protocol — though social media showed glimpses of a rollicking bash. At one point Obama, wearing white slacks and...",left
13044,Perspectives: Obama's 60th Birthday Party,"['Politics', 'Barack Obama', 'Coronavirus', 'Delta Variant', 'Media Bias']",Twitter Slams 'Maskless' Barack Obama Dancing At Celebrity-Packed Birthday Party,International Business Times,"Social media users are slamming former President Barack Obama after he was seen dancing without a mask at his 60th birthday party in Martha’s Vineyard on Saturday night. 
Rapper Trap Beckham and his manager, TJ Chapman, posted photos taken from the celebrity-packed event, including pictures showing themselves smoking marijuana, which is legal in Massachusetts.
Erykah Badu, an American singer-songwriter, also posted video footage on her Instagram story that showed the former president grooving on the dance floor without wearing a face mask, as reported by the New York Post.
The guests...",center
13045,Perspectives: Obama's 60th Birthday Party,"['Politics', 'Barack Obama', 'Coronavirus', 'Delta Variant', 'Media Bias']",Mainstream media silent while Obama dances maskless in a crowded tent,Fox News (Online News),"The mainstream media largely ignored the latest pictures and video of former President Barack Obama dancing maskless in a crowded tent for his 60th birthday party.
On Sunday, the New York Post publicized images of Obama dancing without a mask from his 60th birthday celebration on Saturday. According to the Post, Rapper Trap Beckham and manager TJ Chapman confirmed that the former president was out on the dance floor in pictures that Beckham allegedly had to delete.
""Had to delete everything due to the rules,"" Beckham reportedly explained. ""It was epic for sure. If...",right
13046,Ivanka Trump’s Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ivanka Trump Makes a Case for Her Father’s Kinder Side,Wall Street Journal (News),"Ivanka Trump delivered a strong endorsement of her father, Donald Trump, as he prepared to formally accept the Republican nomination on Thursday, marking a stark departure from the angry rhetoric that punctuated the first three days of the Republican convention.",center
13047,Ivanka Trump’s Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ivanka Trump Says Her Dad Will Fight For Equal Pay And Child Care. Then Why Hasn’t He Said So Before?,HuffPost,"On Thursday night, Ivanka Trump, daughter of the Republican nominee, promised that Donald Trump the president would champion laws that advance women in the workplace.
“He will fight for equal pay for equal work,” Ivanka Trump declared in her well-received speech.",left
13048,Ivanka Trump’s Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ivanka Trump's RNC Speech Receives High Praise...From Liberals,Townhall,"Speaking from the RNC convention stage Thursday, Ivanka Trump made the case that under a Trump presidency, childcare will become more affordable thanks to changes in federal law.",right
13049,Perspectives: International Women's Day,"['Holidays', ""Women'S Rights"", ""Women'S Issues"", ""International Women'S Day"", 'Gender', 'General News']","On International Women's Day, let's remember 'as much as women are succeeding, they are struggling'",NBC News (Online),"On International Women’s Day and throughout Women’s History Month, it’s worth considering and reflecting on the triumph and tragedy of our current state of affairs. As we celebrate the many achievements of women who have broken through to lead and succeed in extraordinary ways, we should also reflect on how far we are from gender parity and commit to doing what it takes to become a more gender equal nation.
There are many successes worth celebrating this year. Top among them is the ascension of America’s first woman vice president...",left
13050,Perspectives: International Women's Day,"['Holidays', ""Women'S Rights"", ""Women'S Issues"", ""International Women'S Day"", 'Gender', 'General News']",#ChooseToChallenge is the theme for International Women's Day 2021. Here's what you should know.,USA TODAY,"Change comes from challenge — and that is the message organizers of International Women's Day 2021 hope to trumpet Monday.
""A challenged world is an alert world,"" the International Women's Day website says. ""We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality.""
Gender parity in government, workplaces, health care, sports and media coverage is achievable through individual change, organizers say. They hope this year’s theme for International Women's Day — #ChooseToChallenge — will inspire individuals to challenge biases, question stereotypes and celebrate the achievements...",left
13051,Perspectives: International Women's Day,"['Holidays', ""Women'S Rights"", ""Women'S Issues"", ""International Women'S Day"", 'Gender', 'General News']",Women In Red: The Surprising History Of International Women's Day,Evie Magazine,"In honor of International Women’s Day, allow me to quote the statement made by Vladimir Lenin, who presided over the first official March 8th celebration of this day in Russia:
“For under capitalism the female half of the human race is doubly oppressed. The working woman and the peasant woman are oppressed by capital, but over and above that—they remain in ‘household bondage,’ they continue to be ‘household slaves,’ for they are overburdened with the drudgery of the most squalid, backbreaking and stultifying toil in the kitchen and the family...",right
13052,"G7 Leaders Meet in Germany, Speak With Zelenskyy","['World', 'G7', 'The Americas', 'Europe', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'China', 'Trade', 'Oil', 'Foreign Policy']",G7 leaders work to 'starve' Russia of oil money as Zelensky says he wants the war over by the end of the year,CNN (Online News),"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told G7 leaders during a virtual meeting Monday that he wants the war in Ukraine to end by the end of 2022, according to a source familiar with his remarks, as leaders worked to starve Russia of its oil revenues and mitigate the economic fallout of the conflict.
The dual missions -- sustain support for Ukraine while easing economic pressures at home -- have defined this year's summit of leading democracies, held high in the Bavarian Alps. While largely united, the leaders are all facing their own political imperatives to see...",left
13053,"G7 Leaders Meet in Germany, Speak With Zelenskyy","['World', 'G7', 'The Americas', 'Europe', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'China', 'Trade', 'Oil', 'Foreign Policy']",G7 aims to raise $600 bln to counter China's Belt and Road,Reuters,"Group of Seven leaders pledged on Sunday to raise $600 billion in private and public funds over five years to finance needed infrastructure in developing countries and counter China's older, multitrillion-dollar Belt and Road project.
U.S. President Joe Biden and other G7 leaders relaunched the newly renamed ""Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment,"" at their annual gathering being held this year at Schloss Elmau in southern Germany.
Biden said the United States would mobilize $200 billion in grants, federal funds and private investment over five years to support projects in...",center
13054,"G7 Leaders Meet in Germany, Speak With Zelenskyy","['World', 'G7', 'The Americas', 'Europe', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'China', 'Trade', 'Oil', 'Foreign Policy']","G7 leaders set to pursue Russian oil price cap, US to send anti-air missile system",Fox Business,"The Group of Seven economic powers are planning a continued commitment to supporting Ukraine, with the U.S. preparing to purchase an advanced surface-to-air missile system for the country. The leaders are set to agree to pursue a price cap on Russian oil, raise tarrifs on Russian goods and impose new sanctions on officials supporting Russia's war on Ukraine.
The G-7 leaders met in the German Alps and spoke virtually with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. During Monday's portion of the three-day annual summit, the leaders focused on Ukraine.
Russia's war on Ukraine,...",right
13055,Tom Steyer Drops Out of Democratic Primary,"['Presidential Race', 'Democratic Primary', 'Elections', 'South Carolina', 'Primaries', 'Tom Steyer']",Billionaire Tom Steyer drops out of presidential race,Yahoo News,"Former hedge fund manager Tom Steyer announced Saturday night that he was ending his campaign for the Democratic nomination after a disappointing finish in the South Carolina primary.
“I said if I didn’t see a path to winning that I would suspend my campaign, and honestly, I don’t see a path where I can win the presidency,” Steyer said at an event in Columbia, adding that he would “of course” be supporting the eventual nominee, because they’re all “a million times better than Trump.”",left
13056,Tom Steyer Drops Out of Democratic Primary,"['Presidential Race', 'Democratic Primary', 'Elections', 'South Carolina', 'Primaries', 'Tom Steyer']",BREAKING: Far-Left Billionaire Activist Tom Steyer Ends Presidential Campaign,The Daily Wire,"Far-left billionaire activist Tom Steyer’s campaign announced on Saturday that the candidate was dropping out of the presidential race after failing again in another Democratic primary.
“The news came after Mr. Steyer, 62, failed to capitalize on his investment of millions of dollars in South Carolina, where he had pinned the hopes of his campaign,” The New York Times reported. “Despite spending more than $175 million on adverting throughout his campaign, Mr. Steyer did not earn any national pledged delegates in Iowa, New Hampshire or Nevada, making South Carolina something...",right
13057,Tom Steyer Drops Out of Democratic Primary,"['Presidential Race', 'Democratic Primary', 'Elections', 'South Carolina', 'Primaries', 'Tom Steyer']",Tom Steyer Ends Democratic Presidential Bid,Wall Street Journal (News),"Tom Steyer, the billionaire environmental activist and San Francisco hedge-fund founder, said he is ending his Democratic presidential bid after pouring more than $250 million of his personal fortune into it.
“I said if I didn’t see a path to winning that I’d suspend my campaign, and honestly, I can’t see a path where I can win the presidency,” Mr. Steyer said late Saturday, after coming in third in South Carolina’s primary, where he had spent much of his time and resources.",center
13058,"Supreme Court Appears Open to Scaling Back Abortion Rights, Overturning Roe v Wade","['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Roe V Wade', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Civil Rights', 'Role Of Government']","Overturn Seminal Abortion Precedent Roe v. Wade, State Urges Supreme Court",The Epoch Times,"The Supreme Court seemed open to the possibility of answering Mississippi’s call to scuttle Roe v. Wade, the perpetually controversial 1973 ruling that wrested the regulation of abortion from the states and made abortion lawful throughout the entire country.
Roe v. Wade is “an egregiously wrong decision,” Mississippi Solicitor General Scott Stewart said during oral arguments on Dec. 1.
“Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey haunt our country,” Stewart said, referencing Roe’s companion ruling from 1992, which held states can’t impose significant restrictions on abortion before a fetus becomes viable for...",right
13059,"Supreme Court Appears Open to Scaling Back Abortion Rights, Overturning Roe v Wade","['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Roe V Wade', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Civil Rights', 'Role Of Government']",Abortion rights advocates in Mississippi strategize for a post-Roe world,NBC News (Online),"As the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday about reversing a nearly 50-year precedent on abortion rights, a young woman wearing a “Bans off my body” T-shirt walked up to a white poster in a downtown Jackson hotel ballroom.
Several members and supporters of the Mississippi Abortion Access Coalition had jotted down messages on an array of pink, blue and orange sticky notes — what they would want to say to the justices.
“I remember having to go to Cuba or Sweden for abortion. Not again.”
“Protect Black Women.”
She added the latest in...",left
13060,"Supreme Court Appears Open to Scaling Back Abortion Rights, Overturning Roe v Wade","['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Roe V Wade', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Civil Rights', 'Role Of Government']",Supreme Court appears likely to roll back abortion rights,Axios,"The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to weaken abortion rights and perhaps to let states ban the procedure altogether.
The intrigue: The court seemed likely to throw out the framework established in Roe v. Wade, but it wasn't clear whether a majority of the justices were inclined to overturn the court's precedents entirely.
The big picture: The court heard oral arguments this morning in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a case challenging a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks. Mississippi seemed likely to win, one way or another....",center
13061,Supreme Court Endorses Government Authority To Detain Immigrants,"['Immigrants', 'Detention', 'Supreme Court']",Trump gets a U.S. Supreme Court victory on immigration detention,Reuters,"The Supreme Court on Tuesday endorsed the U.S. government’s authority to detain immigrants awaiting deportation anytime - potentially even years - after they have completed prison terms for criminal convictions, handing President Donald Trump a victory as he pursues hardline immigration policies.
The court ruled 5-4 along ideological lines, with its conservative justices in the majority and its liberal justices dissenting, that federal authorities could place such immigrants into indefinite detention anytime without the possibility of bail, not just immediately after they finish prison sentences.
The ruling, authored by conservative...",center
13062,Supreme Court Endorses Government Authority To Detain Immigrants,"['Immigrants', 'Detention', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court upholds ICE detention without bail for serious criminals,Washington Times,"Immigrants living in the U.S. with serious criminal records can be held without bail while awaiting deportation even if ICE didn’t immediately pick them up when they were released from prison or jail, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
The 5-4 decision marked another rejection for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the liberal panel that covers the country’s West Coast and that has tested a number of legal theories on immigration law.
In this case, the 9th Circuit had ruled that under the law, if U.S. Immigration and Customs...",right
13063,Supreme Court Endorses Government Authority To Detain Immigrants,"['Immigrants', 'Detention', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme court gives Trump victory on detaining immigrants with criminal convictions,The Guardian,"Court rules 5-4 that authorities can detain immigrants awaiting deportation anytime after they have completed prison terms
The US supreme court on Tuesday endorsed US government authority to detain immigrants awaiting deportation at any time – potentially even years – after they have completed prison terms for criminal convictions, handing Donald Trump a victory as he pursues hardline immigration policies.
The court ruled 5-4, with its conservative justices in the majority and its liberal justices dissenting, that federal authorities could pick up such immigrants and place them into indefinite detention...",left
13064,Family Research Counsel Shooting,['Violence In America'],CNN Takes Almost 3 Hours to Report Family Research Council Shooting,Townhall,"Mary Katharine Ham provides the details:
Compressed for your viewing ease, two hours and 45 minutes of news on CNN without a mention of a shooting at the advocacy group’s office 1.1 miles from the CNN D.C. bureau. This is the West Coast feed (I'm in the Los Angeles area), so that’s why the clock in the corner flashes both Eastern and Pacific times.
MSNBC and Fox were quicker and more aggressive with their coverage, putting it on TV and on their home pages within the time it took CNN...",right
13065,Family Research Counsel Shooting,['Violence In America'],"DC shooting suspect: ""I don't like your politics,"" and a gunshot",CNN (Online News),"The suspect in the shooting at the Family Research Council walked into the headquarters of the conservative group armed with a 9mm pistol and shot a security guard, saying ""I don't like your politics,"" authorities alleged in a criminal complaint filed Thursday.
The complaint accuses Floyd Lee Corkins II, 28, of a federal firearms violation and assault with intent to kill.
The council is a Christian group focused on family and anti-abortion issues and religious liberties that recently came out in support of Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy. The...",left
13066,Family Research Counsel Shooting,['Violence In America'],Marriage advocate pleads for civility,Politico,"Yesterdays shooting at the conservative Family Research Council in downtown Washington, D.C., is symptomatic of a broader lack of civility in political discourse, the head of an organization promoting traditional marriage said Thursday.
“[The] responsibility is on the shooter but we need to have a civil debate over issues like redefining marriage, said Brian Brown, the president of the National Organization for Marriage, appearing on CNNs Early Start. “But we should not be attacking and labeling as hate groups those [with which] we disagree. We should condemn violence of...",left
13067,Obama Speech on Terror,"['National Defense', 'Defense And Security']","OPINION: President Obama’s Tough, Calming Talk on Terrorism",Guest Writer - Left,"During his Oval Office address on Sunday night, President Obama sought to reassure Americans that his administration’s expanding campaign against the Islamic State will succeed in reducing threats of terrorism, and he warned against the wholesale vilification of Muslims.",left
13068,Obama Speech on Terror,"['National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",Will any of Obama's ISIS proposals succeed?,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama's televised address on ISIS on Sunday night was meant to calm the public's escalating fears of terrorism, to chide 2016 candidates about explosive rhetoric over waging war and the place of Muslims in society and to defend his own efforts to comba",left
13069,Obama Speech on Terror,"['National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",OPINION: Obama speech: Reassurances about ISIS fall flat in Oval Office address,Fox News (Online News),"In the wake of the worst terrorist attack in America since 9/11, President Obama could have used his Oval Office address on Sunday night to announce different policies than the ones that have obviously failed to keep America safe from radical Islam.
He could have explained why a long-feared arrival of low-tech, soft-target terrorism had occurred, and what he would do to rectify the problem—beginning with apologizin",right
13070,Trump Announces US is Leaving Arms Trade Treaty,['Foreign Policy'],Trump announces he's 'taking our signature back' from the UN Arms Trade Treaty,Washington Times,"President Trump on Friday announced that he was pulling U.S. support for a United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, saying the country wasn’t going to cede sovereignty to anyone.
“I am officially announcing today that the United States will be revoking the effect of America’s signature from this misguided treatment,” Mr. Trump told gun rights activists gathered for the NRA’s annual meetings. “We’re taking our signature back.”
“My administration will never ratify the UN Arms Trade Treaty,” he said. “I hope you’re happy.”
The treaty is intended in...",right
13071,Trump Announces US is Leaving Arms Trade Treaty,['Foreign Policy'],Trump Says U.S. Is Backing Out of Arms-Trade Treaty,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump said Friday he would withdraw the U.S. as a signatory to a global arms treaty that President Obama supported but Congress never ratified.
“We will never surrender American sovereignty to anyone,” Mr. Trump declared at a speech before the National Rifle Association in Indianapolis.
The Arms Trade Treaty seeks to regulate the international sale of conventional weapons. It was approved by the United Nations General Assembly in 2013 and signed that year by Mr. Obama, but the pact has never been ratified by Congress. Mr. Trump signed a...",center
13072,Trump Announces US is Leaving Arms Trade Treaty,['Foreign Policy'],Trump Pulls Out of Arms Treaty During Speech at N.R.A. Convention,New York Times (News),"In a speech to National Rifle Association members on Friday that was part political rally and part pep talk, President Trump called himself a champion of gun rights. Then he proved it, whipping out a pen onstage to sign a letter that would effectively cease America’s involvement in an arms treaty designed to regulate the international sale of conventional weapons.
Mr. Trump said that his administration “will never” ratify the Arms Trade Treaty, which seeks to discourage the sale of conventional weapons to countries that do not protect human rights....",left
13073,GOP: Does Obama Love America?,['Politics'],Scott Walker Is Asked If He Believes President Obama Loves America. Here’s How He Responds.,The Blaze,"Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is being thrust in the middle of the Barack Obama-Rudy Giuliani dust-up over love of country.
The Republican was asked if former New York City Mayor Giuliani was out of line saying he doesn’t believe President Obama loves America.
In an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Friday, Walker said “no.”",right
13074,GOP: Does Obama Love America?,['Politics'],GOP candidates weigh in: Does Obama love America?,USA TODAY,"For a second week, the question of whether President Obama loves America continues to be asked of the Republicans with their eye on the White House.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a frequent Obama critic, answered the query Sunday but declined to criticize former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani for sparking this debate.
“I have no doubt that he loves his country,” Graham, R-S.C., said about Obama on ABC’s This Week. “I",left
13075,GOP: Does Obama Love America?,['Politics'],Gov. Scott Walker: ‘I don’t know’ whether Obama is a Christian,Washington Post,"Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a prospective Republican presidential contender, said Saturday he does not know whether President Obama is a Christian.
“I don’t know,” Walker said in an interview at the JW Marriott hotel in Washington, where he was attending the winter meeting of the National Governors Association.",left
13076,Twitter Permanently Suspends Project Veritas Account,"['Free Speech', 'Technology', 'Big Tech', 'Twitter', 'Online Censorship', 'Facebook', 'Project Veritas']",Twitter permanently suspends 'Project Veritas' group,The Hill,"Twitter permanently suspended an account belonging to Project Veritas on Thursday, citing repeat violations of the site's policies against publishing private information.
A Twitter spokesperson confirmed to The Hill that the main Project Veritas account was permanently suspended, while founder James O'Keefe had his account temporarily locked. Several recent tweets on O'Keefe's timeline appeared to have been deleted by Thursday afternoon.
Twitter did not immediately return a request for comment regarding private information shared by Veritas and O'Keefe.
Founded in 2010, Project Veritas is a right-wing group that routinely published...",center
13077,Twitter Permanently Suspends Project Veritas Account,"['Free Speech', 'Technology', 'Big Tech', 'Twitter', 'Online Censorship', 'Facebook', 'Project Veritas']",Twitter permanently bans Project Veritas account,CNN (Online News),"Twitter permanently banned an account on Thursday belonging to Project Veritas, a conservative group founded by controversial activist James O'Keefe.
The decision followed what a Twitter (TWTR) spokesperson described to CNN Business as repeated violations of the platform's policies prohibiting sharing — or threats of sharing — other people's private information without consent.
Twitter declined to say what specific tweets may have triggered the enforcement action. But in a post on Project Veritas's public Telegram channel Thursday afternoon, the group said the suspension occurred after it published a video...",left
13078,Twitter Permanently Suspends Project Veritas Account,"['Free Speech', 'Technology', 'Big Tech', 'Twitter', 'Online Censorship', 'Facebook', 'Project Veritas']",Twitter Goes After James O’Keefe And Project Veritas For Exposing Facebook Censorship,The Federalist,"Twitter restricted journalist James O’Keefe’s Twitter account, as well as that of his founding organization Project Veritas on Thursday morning, citing violation of “rules against posting private information.”
This decision by Twitter comes after Project Veritas’s reporting on Facebook Vice President Guy Rosen saying the Big Tech platform intentionally “freezes,” via algorithms, comments where hate speech “may be.”
Project Veritas captured Rosen saying the following during a leaked internal Facebook call meeting. The clips were released Wednesday.
“We have a system that is able to freeze commenting on threads in...",right
13079,Happy Thanksgiving,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Bring heritage breeds to holiday table,CNN (Online News),"Last week, I sat down with colleagues and students to an early Thanksgiving meal prepared by my university's cafeteria. Along with our winter greens, butternut squash, brussels sprouts with apples and bacon, and pumpkin grits, we ate a roasted ""heritage breed turkey.""",left
13080,Happy Thanksgiving,"['Holidays', 'General News']","Washington gives thanks, politically",Politico,"In Washington, D.C., even Thanksgiving thoughts cant escape politics. Especially after the election.",left
13081,Happy Thanksgiving,"['Holidays', 'General News']","This Thanksgiving, look to future as well as the past",Washington Times,"For the past two-thirds of its history, the United States has chosen this day to celebrate and give thanks for the blessings and liberties of its land.",right
13082,"Following Conventions, Some Presidential Polling Numbers Conflict","['Polls', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']",Trump's favorability and perceptions of COVID-19 response stagnate post-convention: POLL,ABC News (Online),"President Donald Trump's efforts to build his appeal and define his opponent at the Republican National Convention, using pageantry and the White House as the backdrop, had little apparent impact on the electorate's impressions of both him and former Vice President Joe Biden, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds.
Trump's week of celebration did not improve his favorability, even among his own base, and the country still remains widely critical of his handling of the major crisis of his presidency: COVID-19.
Less than one-third (31%) of the country has a...",left
13083,"Following Conventions, Some Presidential Polling Numbers Conflict","['Polls', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']",Trump’s popularity slips in latest Military Times poll — and more troops say they’ll vote for Biden,Military Times,"The latest Military Times poll shows a continued decline in active-duty service members’ views of President Donald Trump and a slight but significant preference for former Vice President Joe Biden in the upcoming November election among troops surveyed.
The results, collected before the political conventions earlier this month, appear to undercut claims from the president that his support among military members is strong thanks to big defense budget increases in recent years and promised moves to draw down troops from overseas conflict zones.
But the Military Times Polls, surveying active-duty...",center
13084,"Following Conventions, Some Presidential Polling Numbers Conflict","['Polls', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']","Trump campaign advisers see jump in support by Black, Hispanic voters",Washington Times,"Trump campaign officials predicted on Tuesday that the president will win at least 10% of Black voters in November and more than 40% of Hispanics, improving his performance with both traditionally Democratic voting groups since 2016.
Campaign manager Bill Stepien and senior adviser Jason Miller pointed to internal data and public surveys such as the Emerson College national poll, which was conducted just after the Republican National Convention that featured many minorities in prime-time speaking slots.
The Emerson survey found 19% of Black voters supporting Mr. Trump, and 37% of...",right
13085,"Biden, Sanders Cancel Rallies, Cite Coronavirus Concerns","['Joe Biden', 'Bernie Sanders', '2020 Election', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Elections']","Sanders, Biden campaigns abruptly cancel election-night rallies, citing coronavirus concerns",Fox News (Online News),"Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden have both canceled their planned election-night rallies Tuesday in Ohio amid coronavirus fears.
The Sanders campaign announced the cancellation of their rally first, which was slated to take place in Cleveland, Ohio.
“Out of concern for public health and safety, we are canceling tonight’s rally in Cleveland,” the Sanders campaign spokesman, Mike Casca, said in a statement Tuesday afternoon. “We are heeding the public warnings from Ohio state officials, who have communicated concern about holding large, indoor events during the coronavirus outbreak.”...",right
13086,"Biden, Sanders Cancel Rallies, Cite Coronavirus Concerns","['Joe Biden', 'Bernie Sanders', '2020 Election', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Elections']","Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden Cancel Campaign Rallies Amid Coronavirus Concerns",HuffPost,"Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former Vice President Joe Biden have canceled Ohio rallies due to the coronavirus outbreak, their campaigns announced Tuesday.
These are the first campaign events in the 2020 presidential election cycle to be canceled because of the virus.
“We are heeding the public warnings from Ohio state officials, who have communicated concern about holding large, indoor events during the coronavirus outbreak,” the Sanders campaign said in a statement about the rally in Cleveland that was scheduled to take place Tuesday night. “Sen. Sanders would like to...",left
13087,"Biden, Sanders Cancel Rallies, Cite Coronavirus Concerns","['Joe Biden', 'Bernie Sanders', '2020 Election', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Elections']","Sanders, Biden both cancel election-night rallies over coronavirus, will evaluate future events",The Week - News,"The novel coronavirus prompted both Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former Vice President Joe Biden to cancel their election-night rallies in Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday evening. The two candidates are going head-to-head in six states, including Ohio, on Tuesday, but they won't be celebrating any potential victories with their supporters.
There's seemingly nothing Cleveland-specific about the decisions — it appears both candidates would have reached the same decision regardless of location, and instead acted on advice of Ohio officials who cautioned against hosting large public gatherings, especially indoors, as COVID-19...",left
13088,House Democrats Pass $2.2 Trillion Stimulus Bill,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Stimulus', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']",House Democrats pass scaled-down $2.2 trillion COVID-19 bill,New York Post (News),"House Democrats on Thursday night passed their scaled-backed $2.2 trillion coronavirus aid package as top-level talks to deliver a bipartisan deal drag on.
The measure passed by a 214-207 vote with no Republicans in support and 18 Democratic defections.
The move puts lawmakers no closer to actually delivering aid as the White House and Senate Republicans oppose the bill’s high price tag.",right
13089,House Democrats Pass $2.2 Trillion Stimulus Bill,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Stimulus', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']",House passes revised $2.2 trillion stimulus bill,Axios,"The House passed Democrats' revised $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill 214-207 on Thursday as 11th-hour negotiations between leaders for a bipartisan deal continue.
Why it matters: The legislation, a slimmed down version of the House's initial $3.4 trillion HEROES Act, is Democrats' last ditch effort to strike a stimulus deal with the White House and Senate Republicans before Election Day, though many lawmakers admit they think the legislation has little chance of becoming law.",center
13090,House Democrats Pass $2.2 Trillion Stimulus Bill,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Stimulus', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']","With Bipartisan Deal Elusive, Democrats Push Through Their Own Stimulus Bill",New York Times (News),"House Democrats pushed through a $2.2 trillion stimulus plan on Thursday that would provide aid to families, schools, restaurants, businesses and airline workers, advancing a wish list with little chance of becoming law as negotiations with the Trump administration failed to yield a bipartisan agreement.
Even as Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted there was still room for the talks to produce a deal, the vote reflected the continued failure of Congress and the White House to come together on another pandemic relief package and the dwindling chances that they could do...",left
13091,House Overrides Trump's Defense Bill Veto,"['US Military', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Us Defense', 'Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Defense And Security']","House votes to override Trump’s veto of defense bill, setting up first such rebuke during his presidency",Washington Post,"The House voted Monday to reject President Trump’s veto of a $741 billion defense authorization bill, setting up the first congressional override of his presidency just days before he exits office.
The 322-to-87 vote was comfortably more than the two-thirds of the House that was needed to pass the measure and set up the legislation for a similar override vote in the Senate later this week. But the House’s margin of victory was smaller than the support the same bill received earlier this month, before the president’s veto. Some Republicans...",left
13092,House Overrides Trump's Defense Bill Veto,"['US Military', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Us Defense', 'Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Defense And Security']",House Rejects Trump's Defense Bill Veto In Highly Unusual Vote,NPR (Online News),"The House voted on Monday to overturn President Trump's veto of the gargantuan annual defense authorization bill.
The vote, 322-87, was a highly unusual response to a highly unusual move by a president in rejecting the legislation, which sets policies and establishes other priorities every year for the military services.
The Senate's next moves on the matter are still uncertain, but senators were set to return to Washington on Tuesday.
The political popularity of the military typically means the National Defense Authorization Act has a high likelihood of passage and...",left
13093,House Overrides Trump's Defense Bill Veto,"['US Military', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Us Defense', 'Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Defense And Security']",House Rejects Trump Veto of Defense Bill; Vote Sets Stage for 1st Override of Presidency,Newsmax (News),"The House of Representatives dealt a blow to President Donald Trump on Monday by rejecting his veto of a defense bill, setting the stage for the Senate to deliver the first veto override of his presidency.
The Democratic-controlled House voted 322-87 to override Trump's veto of the $740.5 billion bill, with 109 members of the president's own party siding with Democrats.
A similar motion will be introduced in the Republican-majority Senate, where it will also have to gain two-thirds support to override the president's veto.
The National Defense Authorization Act,...",right
13094,AG Garland Launches Probe Into Minneapolis Police Department,"['Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America', 'Minneapolis Police Department', 'Minneapolis', 'Criminal Justice Reform', 'Police Reform', 'Justice']",George Floyd murder: Minneapolis police to face US federal probe,BBC News,"A US federal investigation has been launched into policing practices in the city of Minneapolis, a day after one of its former officers was convicted of the murder of George Floyd.
The justice department will look at whether there has been a pattern ""of unconstitutional or unlawful policing"", Attorney General Merrick Garland said.
It follows national outrage over the killing of Mr Floyd by Derek Chauvin.
The former officer was convicted of all charges against him on Tuesday.
Chauvin was filmed kneeling on Mr Floyd's neck for more than nine...",center
13095,AG Garland Launches Probe Into Minneapolis Police Department,"['Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America', 'Minneapolis Police Department', 'Minneapolis', 'Criminal Justice Reform', 'Police Reform', 'Justice']",Attorney General Merrick Garland announces an investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department.,New York Times (News),"The Justice Department will investigate the policies and operations of the Minneapolis Police Department, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced on Wednesday, a day after the former officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd in a rare rebuke of police violence.
“The Justice Department has opened a civil investigation to determine whether the Minneapolis Police Department engages in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing,” Mr. Garland said in brief remarks at the Justice Department.
Such investigations are often the precursors to...",left
13096,AG Garland Launches Probe Into Minneapolis Police Department,"['Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America', 'Minneapolis Police Department', 'Minneapolis', 'Criminal Justice Reform', 'Police Reform', 'Justice']",AG Garland Opens Probe into ‘Unconstitutional’ Practices at Minneapolis Police Department,National Review,"Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Wednesday that the Justice Department has opened a civil investigation into potentially “unconstitutional” practices at the Minneapolis police department.
The guilty verdict against former officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of resident George Floyd “does not address potentially systemic policing issues in Minneapolis,” Garland said during a Wednesday address.
""Today, I am announcing that the Justice Department has opened a civil investigation to determine whether the Minneapolis police department engages in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing,” Garland told reporters. The...",right
13097,Class-Action Suit Filed by Migrants Flown to Martha's Vineyard,"['Immigration', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Migrants', 'Class Actions', 'Busing', 'Border Crisis']",Ron DeSantis Admin Hits Back Against Class Action Lawsuit Filed by Martha’s Vineyard Migrants,Breitbart News,"The administration of Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hit back against the class action lawsuits filed by the illegal migrants he shipped to Martha’s Vineyard lost week.
As Breitbart News reported on Tuesday, the migrants sued the governor, claiming that he violated their Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights by being deceived into taking the trips up to the wealthy liberal enclave.
The lawsuit filed by lawyers with the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) Alianza Americas and Lawyers for Civil Rights said:
The Doe Defendants made false promises and false representations that if the individual Plaintiffs...",right
13098,Class-Action Suit Filed by Migrants Flown to Martha's Vineyard,"['Immigration', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Migrants', 'Class Actions', 'Busing', 'Border Crisis']",Migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard sue DeSantis in class action alleging fraud,NBC News (Online),"Migrants who were flown from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, under a new program by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sued DeSantis, a Republican, and other state officials Tuesday, alleging they were victims of fraud for political purposes.
Alianza Americas, a Chicago-based network of migrant-led organizations, and three migrants who landed in Massachusetts last week on flights chartered by Florida accused DeSantis and his co-defendants of executing “a premeditated, fraudulent, and illegal scheme ... for the sole purpose of advancing their own personal, financial and political interests.”
In the lawsuit, which seeks...",left
13099,Class-Action Suit Filed by Migrants Flown to Martha's Vineyard,"['Immigration', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Migrants', 'Class Actions', 'Busing', 'Border Crisis']",Migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard file class-action suit against DeSantis,The Hill,"The group of Venezuelan migrants flown from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., last week by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) filed a class-action suit against the governor and the state’s transportation secretary on Tuesday.
The suit provides a detailed account of how the migrants came to board the two planes allegedly under false pretenses, arguing the relocations violated their Fourth and 14th Amendment rights and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
“These immigrants, who are pursuing the proper channels for lawful immigration status in the United States, experienced cruelty akin to what they fled...",center
13100,Warren Says DNC Rigged Nomination,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Elizabeth Warren Says 2016 Democratic Nomination Rigged For Hillary Clinton,HuffPost,"Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said “yes,” she believes the 2016 Democratic nomination for president was rigged in favor of Hillary Clinton, and that the party faces “a real problem” in dealing with the fallout from the revelation that Clinton’s campaign secretly took over control of the Democratic National Committee in 2015.",left
13101,Warren Says DNC Rigged Nomination,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Senator Warren Says 'Yes' the DNC Was Rigged for Clinton,Townhall,"Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) answered that yes, she believed the Democratic primary was rigged to favor Hillary Clinton when asked Thursday about former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile’s explosive admission that the Clinton campaign had control of the DNC before Clinton secured the nomination.",right
13102,Warren Says DNC Rigged Nomination,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Asked if DNC system was rigged in Clinton's favor, Warren says 'yes'",CNN (Online News),"Senator Elizabeth Warren said she believes that the Democratic National Committee was ""rigged"" in favor of former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during the 2016 primary.",left
13103,Hurricane Matthew Stalks FL Coast,['General News'],"Matthew Hammers Florida, Begins Dayslong Beating of Coast",CBN,"Hurricane Matthew's howling wind and driving rain pummeled Florida early Friday, starting what's expected to be a ruinous, dayslong battering of the Southeast coast. The strongest winds of 120 mph were just offshore, but Matthew's wrath still menaced more than 500 miles of coastline.",right
13104,Hurricane Matthew Stalks FL Coast,['General News'],Hurricane Matthew: What will the economic damage be?,USA TODAY,"Hurricane Matthew, one of the most powerful storms to threaten the Atlantic coast in more than a decade, could deliver a potentially devastating economic wallop to one of the country’s most vibrant regions.",left
13105,Hurricane Matthew Stalks FL Coast,['General News'],Hurricane Matthew lashes Florida; emergencies declared in three states,Washington Post,"Packing winds of 120 mph, Hurricane Matthew lashed Florida’s coast Friday after mass evacuations and state-of-emergency preparations ahead of the strongest storm system to hit the United States in a decade.",left
13106,Trump Threatens Tariffs on France,"['Taxes', 'World', 'United States', 'France', 'Donald Trump', 'Emmanuel Macron', 'Wine', 'Farmers']",Trump threatens tariffs against 'foolish' Macron,BBC News,"US President Donald Trump has accused his French counterpart of ""foolishness"" over a digital services tax levied by France, hinting that he would tax French wine in retaliation.
Mr Trump voiced his anger in a Tweet directed at the French President, Emmanuel Macron.
France's 3% tax is to be levied on sales generated by multinational firms like Google.
The Trump administration argues that it unfairly targets US tech giants.
""France just put a digital tax on our great American technology companies. If anybody taxes them, it should be their home...",center
13107,Trump Threatens Tariffs on France,"['Taxes', 'World', 'United States', 'France', 'Donald Trump', 'Emmanuel Macron', 'Wine', 'Farmers']",New tariffs threatened over tax on big tech,Washington Examiner,"France is holding strong in its efforts to tax tech giants, many from the U.S., despite the looming threat of retaliatory tariffs from the Trump administration.
France landed in the crosshairs of the president’s global trade war after lawmakers there approved a bill this week that would impose a 3% tax on revenue generated by tech companies that provide digital services to French users. The tax would apply to digital companies with global revenue of at least $845 million or €750 million, and sales of $28 million or €25 million...",right
13108,Trump Threatens Tariffs on France,"['Taxes', 'World', 'United States', 'France', 'Donald Trump', 'Emmanuel Macron', 'Wine', 'Farmers']",Trump targets French wine to retaliate for France's digital tax,NBC News (Online),"The United States will announce retaliatory action against France in response to the country’s new tax affecting American technology companies, President Donald Trump said Friday.
He suggested he could target French wine with tariffs — a move experts considered the most likely U.S. response to the French digital services tax.
“I’ve always said American wine is better than French wine!” Trump tweeted.",left
13109,DACA Immigration Program Blocked By Federal Judge,"['Immigration', 'DACA', 'Texas']",DACA Immigration Program Invalidated by Federal Judge,Wall Street Journal (News),"A federal judge in Texas on Friday invalidated an Obama-era initiative that provided deportation protections and work permits to some young immigrants, a ruling that places the program in jeopardy.
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen ruled the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was unlawful because Congress never gave the executive branch the power to grant mass reprieves to immigrants who are in the U.S. without authorization.
“As popular as this program might be, the proper origination point for the DACA program was, and is, Congress,” Judge Hanen, a George W. Bush appointee, wrote....",center
13110,DACA Immigration Program Blocked By Federal Judge,"['Immigration', 'DACA', 'Texas']","Federal Judge Blocks DACA Program, Orders DHS to Cease Approving Applications",National Review,"A federal judge issued an injunction on Friday ordering the Biden administration to cease accepting applications to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
The program, initially established in 2012 under the Obama administration, allows illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children to defer deportation for two years and to renew the deferral, as well as to receive work permits. DACA recipients are not granted a path to citizenship.
The Department of Homeland Security “violated the [Administrative Procedure Act] with the creation of DACA and its continued operation,” Judge...",right
13111,DACA Immigration Program Blocked By Federal Judge,"['Immigration', 'DACA', 'Texas']",A federal judge just declared DACA unlawful. Here’s what that means.,Vox,"On Friday, a federal judge in Texas blocked an Obama-era program protecting undocumented immigrants who arrived in the US as children from deportation, halting the program’s ability to accept new applicants and once again throwing the lives of more than 600,000 people into tumult.
In his 77-page opinion, district court Judge Andrew Hanen concluded that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, is unlawful because it violates the Administrative Procedure Act, which governs federal rulemaking, by evading the normal “notice and comment” process in adopting new rules.
Hanen’s decision doesn’t immediately...",left
13112,Shooting in Orlando Club,['Violence In America'],50 killed in shooting at Florida nightclub in possible act of Islamic terror,Fox News (Online News),"A gunman who federal authorities say had possible ties to terrorism opened fire early Sunday morning in a packed Orlando nightclub, killing 50 people and wounding at least 53 more in a bloody scene that ended hours later when police stormed the building and killed the shooter.
Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency in Orange County following the attack.",right
13113,Shooting in Orlando Club,['Violence In America'],"Officials: Orlando suspect a U.S. citizen, probe underway for terror ties",USA TODAY,"Investigators were reviewing a range of possible terror links to a gunman who opened fire at a crowded Orlando nightclub early Sunday, leaving at least 50 dead and 53 others wounded.
A federal law enforcement official identified the attacker as Omar Mateen of Port St. Lucie, Fla.
The official, who is not authorized to comment publicly, said Mateen is a U.S. citizen, and investigators were reviewing whether Mate",left
13114,Shooting in Orlando Club,['Violence In America'],"Obama, others decry Orlando nightclub shooting as it reignites political debate",Washington Post,"President Obama was briefed Sunday morning on the Orlando shooting by Lisa Monaco, his homeland security and counterterrorism adviser, as lawmakers Expressed Their outrage and concern about the massacre at the gay nightclub.",left
13115,"Harris Visits Guatemala, Tells Potential Migrants 'Do Not Come'","['Immigration', 'Guatemala', 'Kamala Harris', 'Politics']","Harris has ‘robust’ Guatemala graft talks, tells migrants: ‘do not come’",Reuters,"U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Monday she had “robust” talks with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on the need to fight corruption to help deter undocumented immigration from Central America to the United States.
At a news conference with Giammattei, Harris said a U.S. task force would work with local prosecutors to punish corrupt actors in the region.
The Biden administration has identified corruption as an underlying cause of the poverty and violence driving record numbers of Central Americans to go to the United States
In the build up...",center
13116,"Harris Visits Guatemala, Tells Potential Migrants 'Do Not Come'","['Immigration', 'Guatemala', 'Kamala Harris', 'Politics']","Harris in Guatemala discourages would-be migrants: ""Do not come""",CBS News (Online),"Vice President Kamala Harris discouraged would-be migrants from making the trek to the United States during her trip to Guatemala on Monday. It's her first trip abroad as vice president, and she's tasked with leading U.S. diplomatic efforts in the region to stem the flow of migrants to the southern border. 
""I want to be clear to folks in this region who are thinking about making that dangerous trek to the United States-Mexico border,"" Harris said during a press conference with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei Monday. ""Do not come. Do...",left
13117,"Harris Visits Guatemala, Tells Potential Migrants 'Do Not Come'","['Immigration', 'Guatemala', 'Kamala Harris', 'Politics']",Kamala Harris to Potential Migrants: ‘Do Not Come’,National Review,"During a joint press conference with Guatemala President Alejandro Giammattei, Vice President Kamala Harris had message for Central Americans considering illegally migrating to the United States: “Do not come.”
“We will discourage illegal migration,” she commented. “The United States will continue to enforce our laws and secure our border.” 
“There are legal methods by which migration can and should occur,” Harris added.
The Biden administration has taken a tepid rhetorical stance on border enforcement and has rolled back a number of Trump-era policies, prompting a massive influx of unauthorized migrants, including unaccompanied minors,...",right
13118,Health Care Plan Clears First Hurdle,['Healthcare'],House Takes Step to Strike Obamacare in 'Rescue Mission to Save Families',CBN,Republican lawmakers have taken the first step to strike down a key aspect of Obamacare – a part of the law that so many conservatives considered to be government overreach.,right
13119,Health Care Plan Clears First Hurdle,['Healthcare'],GOP healthcare plan clears first hurdle,CNN (Online News),"After an 18-hour session, the House Ways and Means Committee has become the first to approve the Republicans' Obamacare repeal bill.",left
13120,Health Care Plan Clears First Hurdle,['Healthcare'],Health Bill Clears House Panel in Pre-Dawn Hours,New York Times (News),"The critical House Ways and Means Committee gave a pre-dawn approval on Thursday to a major part of the Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, moving Republicans a step closer toward a full vote on the measure over the growing opposition of senators, health care providers and some conservatives.",left
13121,President Trump Unveils Plan to Lower Prescription Drug Prices,['Healthcare'],Big Pharma Gets a Big Win From Trump,The Atlantic,The president campaigned on stinging criticisms of the pharmaceutical industry and promises to use Medicare to lower drug prices. But none of that materialized in his drug-pricing speech this week.,left
13122,President Trump Unveils Plan to Lower Prescription Drug Prices,['Healthcare'],"Trump vows to lower US drug prices by ending ‘global freeloading,’ taking on industry",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Friday unveiled his administration’s plan for lowering prescription drug prices, vowing to “take on” the powerful pharmaceutical industry while calling for an end to “global freeloading” that has allowed foreign countries to pay less for American medicine.",right
13123,President Trump Unveils Plan to Lower Prescription Drug Prices,['Healthcare'],"Trump assails high drug prices, avoids direct hit on industry",Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday blasted drugmakers and healthcare “middlemen” for making prescription medicines unaffordable for Americans, but healthcare stocks",center
13124,Judicial Review or Religious Freedom,['US Constitution'],Kim Davis and the Freedom of Religion,HuffPost,"The Kim Davis situation raises interesting questions about the meaning and practical effect of the freedom of religion. Although, for reasons that I will explain, the issue today is one of public policy, rather than constitutional law, the evolution of constitutional principles in this realm is illuminating.",left
13125,Judicial Review or Religious Freedom,['US Constitution'],Princeton Prof: ‘Common Misunderstanding’ of Constitution Has Led to ‘Serious Erosion’ of Freedom,The Blaze,Princeton University professor Robert George contended in a new video published online Tuesday that a “common misunderstanding” has led to a “serious erosion” of freedom in America.,right
13126,Judicial Review or Religious Freedom,['US Constitution'],Stop calling Kim Davis a hypocrite,The Week - News,"America has a lot of problems in 2015, but apparently few are as bad as our epidemic of hypocrisy. Just look at the headlines:",left
13127,"Biden Imposes Sanctions on Russia Over Cyberattacks and Election Interference, Declares 'National Emergency'","['Foreign Policy', 'Russia', 'State Department', 'Treasury', 'Vladimir Putin', 'SolarWinds', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'World', 'Ukraine']","U.S. Imposes Stiff Sanctions on Russia, Blaming It for Major Hacking Operation",New York Times (News),"The Biden administration on Thursday announced tough new sanctions on Russia and formally blamed the country’s premier intelligence agency for the sophisticated hacking operation that breached American government agencies and the nation’s largest companies.
In the broadest effort yet to give more teeth to financial sanctions — which in the past have failed to deter Russian activity — the actions are aimed at choking off lending to the Russian government.
In an executive order, President Biden announced a series of additional steps — sanctions on 32 entities and individuals for...",left
13128,"Biden Imposes Sanctions on Russia Over Cyberattacks and Election Interference, Declares 'National Emergency'","['Foreign Policy', 'Russia', 'State Department', 'Treasury', 'Vladimir Putin', 'SolarWinds', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'World', 'Ukraine']",U.S. imposes wide array of sanctions on Russia for ‘malign’ actions,Reuters,"The United States on Thursday imposed a broad array of sanctions on Russia, including curbs to its sovereign debt market, to punish it for interfering in last year's U.S. election, cyber-hacking, bullying Ukraine and other alleged ""malign"" actions.
The U.S. government blacklisted Russian companies, expelled Russian diplomats and barred U.S. banks from buying sovereign bonds from Russia's central bank, national wealth fund and finance ministry. Washington also warned the Kremlin that more penalties were possible though the United States said it did not want to escalate.
Moscow reacted angrily, saying...",center
13129,"Biden Imposes Sanctions on Russia Over Cyberattacks and Election Interference, Declares 'National Emergency'","['Foreign Policy', 'Russia', 'State Department', 'Treasury', 'Vladimir Putin', 'SolarWinds', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'World', 'Ukraine']",Biden declares national emergency at Ukraine-Russia border — but calls back US warships,New York Post (News),"The Biden administration declared a national emergency on Thursday, slapping sanctions on more than three dozen people in Russia and expelling 10 diplomats, in an about face after the US pulled back two warships heading to the Black Sea.
President Biden reversed course on the warships just before his announcement of the fresh sanctions and after Russia warned the US ships to “stay away for their own good.”
Biden on Tuesday had emphasized on a call with Russian President Vladmimr Putin “the United States’ unwavering commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty and...",right
13130,"US Jobless Claims Dip to 385,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",Jobless Claims Drop to Another Pandemic Low,Wall Street Journal (News),"Worker filings for initial jobless claims have dropped by 35% since late April, slipping below 400,000 last week for the first time since the pandemic started.
Weekly unemployment claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 385,000 last week from a revised 405,000 the prior week, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Last week’s decline in claims marked the fifth straight week that new filings fell, from 590,000 in late April, adding to signs of a healing labor market as the U.S. economy ramps up.
Economists separately expect that the May employment report,...",center
13131,"US Jobless Claims Dip to 385,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","Jobless Claims Drop to 385,000, A Post-Pandemic Low",Breitbart News,"New jobless claims dropped 20,000 to 385,000 for the week ended May 29, the Department of Labor said Thursday.
Economists had expected claims to fall to 400,000 from last week’s lower-than-expected 406,000. Last week’s figure was revised down by 1,000 to 405,000.
Continuing claims for unemployment claims during the week ending May 22 was 3,771,000, an increase of 169,000 from the previous week’s revised level, which was a record low for the post-pandemic period.
Claims can be volatile week to week so economists like to look to the four-week moving...",right
13132,"US Jobless Claims Dip to 385,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","U.S. Jobless Claims Dip Below 400,000 for First Time in Pandemic",Bloomberg,"Applications for U.S. state unemployment insurance dipped below 400,000 for the first time during the pandemic as hiring accelerates and the economy strengthens heading into the summer months.
Initial claims in regular state programs decreased by 20,000 to 385,000 in the week ended May 29, Labor Department data showed Thursday. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for 387,000 applications. The prior week’s reading was revised down to 405,000.
The labor market continues to gain steam as remaining pandemic restrictions are eased and more fully-vaccinated Americans look...",left
13133,Iran-based Group Tried to Hack President Trump's Re-election Campaign,"['Donald Trump', 'Iran', 'Cybersecurity', 'Hackers', 'Campaigns', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']",Exclusive: Trump campaign targeted by Iran-linked hackers - sources,Reuters,"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A hacking group that appears to be linked to the Iranian government attempted to break into President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign, but did not succeed, sources familiar with the operation said on Friday.
Earlier in the day, Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said that an unnamed presidential campaign was targeted by hackers, which the software company linked to Iran.
The Trump campaign’s Director of Communications Tim Murtaugh said, “We have no indication that any of our campaign infrastructure was targeted.”",center
13134,Iran-based Group Tried to Hack President Trump's Re-election Campaign,"['Donald Trump', 'Iran', 'Cybersecurity', 'Hackers', 'Campaigns', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']",Iranian Hackers Targeted Trump’s Re-election Campaign,New York Times (News),"SAN FRANCISCO — Iranian hackers targeted President Trump’s re-election campaign, two people with knowledge of the attacks said on Friday, in a sign of how cyberattacks could become a fixture of the 2020 presidential election.
Microsoft said in a report earlier Friday that hackers, with apparent backing from Iran’s government, had made more than 2,700 attempts to identify the email accounts of current and former United States government officials, journalists covering political campaigns and accounts associated with a presidential campaign.
It was not clear what information — if any —...",left
13135,Iran-based Group Tried to Hack President Trump's Re-election Campaign,"['Donald Trump', 'Iran', 'Cybersecurity', 'Hackers', 'Campaigns', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']","Iranian Hackers Tried To Infiltrate A Presidential Campaign, Microsoft Says",The Daily Caller,"Iranian hackers have been trying to get into the email accounts of at least one presidential campaign, multiple American journalists and current and former U.S. government officials according to Microsoft.
The hackers have support from Iran’s government and made over 2,700 attempts to identify email accounts of various individuals, a Friday Microsoft report says.
Microsoft did not name the targeted campaign, but researchers said hackers tried to attack 241 accounts. Hackers infiltrated four of them, The New York Times reported.
This news comes after Russia tried to interfere in the...",right
13136,"Why Didn't the ""Red Wave"" Materialize as Expected?","['2022 Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Midterm Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Polls', 'Voting']",‘Red Wave’ Optimism Quickly Fizzles Among Republicans—Here's Why,Forbes,"Donald Trump Jr’s early evening prediction of a “bloodbath” at the midterm elections did not come to pass, with the race to control Congress still tight early Wednesday as Democrats defied expectations by pulling off victories in several battleground states, while a number of right-wing Republican candidates fizzled out.
Both chambers of Congress are still in play early Wednesday, despite late polling suggesting blowout victories for the Republicans riding a so-called “Red Wave.”
While control of the Senate hangs in the balance, Republicans have not yet managed to gain a...",center
13137,"Why Didn't the ""Red Wave"" Materialize as Expected?","['2022 Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Midterm Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Polls', 'Voting']",Red wave crashes into blue wall: Five key takeaways from a bombshell midterm elections night,Washington Examiner,"As the midterm elections come to a close and several key races remain undecided, it is evident that the predicted red wave did not strike as hard as Republicans had hoped.
Republicans are poised to flip the House, with the GOP holding 199 seats compared to Democrats holding 172 as of 6 a.m. on Wednesday morning. A total of 218 seats are needed for a majority.
The Senate still remains a toss up, as races are still too close to call in Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, and Wisconsin. So far, there...",right
13138,"Why Didn't the ""Red Wave"" Materialize as Expected?","['2022 Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Midterm Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Polls', 'Voting']",Why the red wave didn’t come,Vox,"Democrats outperformed history and expectations with a surprisingly strong midterm elections performance Tuesday, with the promised red wave nowhere to be found.
The best news for the GOP is that they appear to be the favorites to narrowly retake the House of Representatives, though the outcomes of key races have not yet been called. Apart from that, the results so far are a litany of disappointments for Republicans.
In the Senate, the contests that will determine control — Georgia, Nevada, and Arizona — have not yet been called. But Democrats...",left
13139,Twitter Adopts 'Poison Pill' Defense Against Elon Musk Takeover,"['Business', 'Twitter', 'Elon Musk', 'Banking And Finance', 'Stock Market', 'Social Media', 'Free Speech', 'Content Moderation', 'Internet', 'Big Tech', 'Technology', 'Billionaires', 'Private Equity']",Twitter board adopts ‘poison pill’ after Musk’s $43 billion bid to buy company,CNBC,"Twitter adopted a limited duration shareholder rights plan, often called a “poison pill,” a day after billionaire Elon Musk offered to buy the company for $43 billion, the company announced Friday.
The board voted unanimously to adopt the plan.
Under the new structure, if any person or group acquires beneficial ownership of at least 15% of Twitter’s outstanding common stock without the board’s approval, other shareholders will be allowed to purchase additional shares at a discount.",center
13140,Twitter Adopts 'Poison Pill' Defense Against Elon Musk Takeover,"['Business', 'Twitter', 'Elon Musk', 'Banking And Finance', 'Stock Market', 'Social Media', 'Free Speech', 'Content Moderation', 'Internet', 'Big Tech', 'Technology', 'Billionaires', 'Private Equity']","Twitter Learns From Romeo, Ditches Clingy Lover with Poison Pill",Gizmodo,"The cute little Twitter bird has teeth. Today, the company announced it has poisoned the local watering hole, hoping it will stall Elon Musk as he seeks to swallow up the social media company in a hostile takeover.
The company board voted unanimously Friday to create a new “Rights Plan” that allows shareholders to buy additional shares at a discount should some party like, for instance, a relatively unknown internet troll named Elon Musk, decide to buy up 15% or more of the company shares. Musk currently owns around 9% of...",left
13141,Twitter Adopts 'Poison Pill' Defense Against Elon Musk Takeover,"['Business', 'Twitter', 'Elon Musk', 'Banking And Finance', 'Stock Market', 'Social Media', 'Free Speech', 'Content Moderation', 'Internet', 'Big Tech', 'Technology', 'Billionaires', 'Private Equity']",What a 'poison pill' is and how Twitter’s board is using it against Elon Musk,Washington Examiner,"Twitter’s board unanimously voted to adopt a “poison pill” on Friday in an effort to prevent billionaire Elon Musk from taking over the company.
The poison pill is a strategy that can help block companies from being acquired in hostile takeovers. It allows the market to be flooded with new shares should an investor decide to buy up more than a preset percentage of a company’s stock.",right
13142,Trump Picks State Department Spokeswoman Heather Nauert As Next UN Ambassador,"['State Department', 'Politics']","Trump Picks Heather Nauert, Former Fox News Anchor, As U.N. Ambassador",NPR (Online News),"President Trump says he will nominate Heather Nauert, the State Department spokeswoman and a former Fox News host, to become the next ambassador to the U.N.",left
13143,Trump Picks State Department Spokeswoman Heather Nauert As Next UN Ambassador,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Trump Appoints State Department’s Heather Nauert As U.S. Ambassador To United Nations,HuffPost,The former Fox News host is Trump’s pick to replace Nikki Haley.,left
13144,Trump Picks State Department Spokeswoman Heather Nauert As Next UN Ambassador,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Trump Picks State Department's Heather Nauert as Next UN Ambassador,Fox News (Online News),President Donald Trump announced he will nominate State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert to be the next ambassador to the United Nations.,right
13145,Primary Day in 4 States,['Elections'],"Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Idaho, Oregon hold primary elections",CBS News (Online),Tuesday's primary elections will begin to settle swing state Pennsylvania's chaotic congressional landscape after a court fight ended with redrawn districts just three months ago.,left
13146,Primary Day in 4 States,['Elections'],Rick Saccone seeks chance at redemption in Pennsylvania congressional race,Fox News (Online News),"Pennsylvania State Representative Rick Saccone, who lost in a bitter matchup against Democrat Conor Lamb for a congressional seat earlier this year, is desperately fighting for a chance at redemption.",right
13147,Primary Day in 4 States,['Elections'],Primaries In 4 States Could Impact Battle To Control Congress,NPR (Online News),"Voters in Pennsylvania, Oregon, Nebraska and Idaho on Tuesday will decide primaries that will set up fall contests. Pennsylvania alone has 5 seats that Democrats are hopeful about picking up.",left
13148,Western Wildfires Burn Tens of Thousands of Acres,"['Environment', 'Wildfires', 'California', 'Oregon', 'Washington', 'Disaster']","California Fire Map, Update as Mosquito Blaze Incinerates 46,000 Acres",Newsweek,"Wildfires raging across acres of arid land in California—which have left at least two dead and destroyed homes with thousands more still at risk—are pumping out smoke so thick that the pollution is even choking a neighboring state.
The two biggest blazes were still burning Monday morning after fire crews tackled the infernos—dubbed Fairview and Mosquito after their source locations—over the weekend amid the state's heat wave.
A firefighter tackles the Fairview blaze on September 7, 2022 near Hemet, California.GETTY IMAGES
The state's firefighting agency, Cal Fire, has published maps detailing...",center
13149,Western Wildfires Burn Tens of Thousands of Acres,"['Environment', 'Wildfires', 'California', 'Oregon', 'Washington', 'Disaster']","Weather helping, but threat from Western fires persists",Associated Press,"Firefighters made progress against a huge Northern California wildfire that was still growing and threatening thousands of mountain homes on Sunday, while crews also battled major blazes that blanketed large swaths of Oregon and Washington in smoke.
The Mosquito Fire in foothills east of Sacramento spread to nearly 65 square miles (168 square kilometers), with 10% containment, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.
“Cooler temperatures and higher humidity assisted with moderating some fire activity,” but higher winds allowed the flames to push to...",left
13150,Western Wildfires Burn Tens of Thousands of Acres,"['Environment', 'Wildfires', 'California', 'Oregon', 'Washington', 'Disaster']","Out of control Oregon wildfire 0% contained after burning 87,000 acres",Washington Examiner,"Firefighters in Oregon are battling an out of control wildfire that has burned nearly 87,000 acres and is 0% contained as of Sunday.
Shifting winds and high temperatures in the state over the weekend helped the Cedar Creek Fire grow by over 32,000 acres and breach existing lines of containment, according to officials. More than 1,200 firefighters from 29 states have been called in to fight 6-week-old inferno burning near the town of Oakridge, Oregon.
""Currently, 2,230 homes and 443 commercial structures remain under threat from the Cedar Creek Fire,"" an update from the National Wildfire Coordinating...",right
13151,Latest Details on Ferry Disaster,"['South Korea', 'World']",Crew members say they couldn't reach lifeboats as ferry tipped over,CNN (Online News),"Two more crew members of the South Korean ferry Sewol have been arrested, authorities said Tuesday.",left
13152,Latest Details on Ferry Disaster,"['South Korea', 'World']",'Save us': Boy's desperate call from doomed S. Korean ferry reveals horror,Fox News (Online News),Officials said Tuesday that confirmed fatalities had reached 104 with nearly 200 people still missing.,right
13153,Latest Details on Ferry Disaster,"['South Korea', 'World']",Acts of Bravery Emerge From Pilloried Ship Crew,ABC News (Online),"As the ferry sank, some crew members gave their lifejackets to passengers. One refused to leave until she shepherded students off the ship, and was later found dead. Others worked from rescue boats to break windows with hammers and pull people trapped in cabins to safety.",left
13154,Twitter Bans Trump's Account Permanently,"['Donald Trump', 'Online Censorship', 'Big Tech', 'Violence In America', 'Free Speech', 'Twitter']",Twitter suspends @realDonaldTrump account permanently,Fox News (Online News),"Twitter announced the permanent suspension of President Trump’s account Friday, after spending months flagging his tweets with warnings but stopping short of that step.
""After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,"" the company wrote in a blog post.
Sharing two relatively tame tweets the president made earlier in the day, including one in...",right
13155,Twitter Bans Trump's Account Permanently,"['Donald Trump', 'Online Censorship', 'Big Tech', 'Violence In America', 'Free Speech', 'Twitter']",Twitter bans Trump,Axios,"Twitter announced Friday that the platform will permanently suspend President Trump's account effective immediately.
Driving the news: It's Twitter's strongest-ever action against the president's account and comes in response to the ""risk of further incitement of violence,"" per the company. The move comes after Wednesday's siege at the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob as Congress was set to certify Electoral College votes for Joe Biden.
""In the context of horrific events this week, we made it clear on Wednesday that additional violations of the Twitter Rules would potentially result...",center
13156,Twitter Bans Trump's Account Permanently,"['Donald Trump', 'Online Censorship', 'Big Tech', 'Violence In America', 'Free Speech', 'Twitter']","Twitter *Permanently* Bans Trump After Years Of Aggressive, Violent Rhetoric On Platform",HuffPost,"After years of using Twitter as a legislation tool, sounding board and occasional diary, President Donald Trump was permanently banned from the platform on Friday.
Less than two weeks before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, the social media company removed the commander in chief after rioters overtook the Capitol on Wednesday, leading to the deaths of at least five people.
In a blog post about the permanent suspension, Twitter said they did so “due to the risk of further incitement of violence.”
“In the context of horrific events this...",left
13157,Merry Christmas 2016!,"['Holidays', 'General News']",The White House Wins the War on Christmas,Politico,Photos of America's first families celebrating the yuletide.,left
13158,Merry Christmas 2016!,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Watch President Obama and Michelle Obama’s Last Christmas Address From the White House,Time Magazine,"President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama delivered their final Christmastime weekly address on Saturday, wishing families across the U.S. a joyous holiday.",left
13159,Merry Christmas 2016!,"['Holidays', 'General News']","Stop Partisan Cheerleading, and More Christmastime Advice",National Review,"Narrow political victories can lead to significant changes, so let’s do a better job of understanding one another.",right
13160,Perspectives: Christmas 2021,"['Holidays', 'Christmas', 'General News']",Christ’s Light In Our Dark Winter,The American Conservative,"Merry Christmas! Dear readers, I hope you are celebrating the incarnation of our God in style, with joy and laughter and good food and good cheer, surrounded by people you love. I awoke this morning in my childhood bed, in my parents’ home, and will gather around the tree with my siblings and nieces. For us it is a day of feasting and fun and a Christmas much like any other. Vigil has been kept, Advent observed, and now it is time to celebrate the Christ child.
In the bleak...",right
13161,Perspectives: Christmas 2021,"['Holidays', 'Christmas', 'General News']",The promise of Christmas includes work still to be done,Washington Post,"Amid ever-rising coronavirus cases, and a bitter and corrosive political climate, what better time for the inspiring Christmas message of the Most Rev. Michael Curry, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church? “The story of a baby born is the story of beauty, a story of hope,” he wrote, “whereas the Jewish tradition says every child who is born is a reminder that God is not finished with the world yet.”
Noting the accounts of tyranny and hatred arising from King Herod’s fear of a coming rival to his throne, Curry found an expression...",left
13162,Perspectives: Christmas 2021,"['Holidays', 'Christmas', 'General News']",The Christmas gift not in short supply,Christian Science Monitor,"Some people have finished their Christmas shopping early, worried that the special gift they’d been eyeing might be in short supply. Yet others are rediscovering another type of gift that is never held up on an unloaded cargo ship or stuck in a clogged supply chain. 
It is an act of kindness. Reminders of this deeper spirit of Christmas are not hard to find.
Most of them are quite public. Nova Scotia, for example, has sent a giant Christmas tree to Boston each year in gratitude for that city’s act...",center
13163,White House to Impose Tariffs on China,['China'],Trump to impose 25% tariffs on 'industrially significant technology' from China,Washington Examiner,"The Trump administration on Tuesday moved forward with a plan to impose 25 percent tariffs on $50 billion of ""industrially significant technology"" from China ahead of a meeting to discuss a trade deal between the two countries that Trump says will be more fair to America.",right
13164,White House to Impose Tariffs on China,['China'],"Trump moves forward with tech limits, tariffs ahead of China trade meeting",The Hill,The Trump administration on Tuesday said it is going ahead with actions to crack down on Chinese trade practices by June 30.,center
13165,White House to Impose Tariffs on China,['China'],"Trump hits China with $50B tariffs, investment restrictions",Politico,"President Donald Trump is moving ahead with steps to protect U.S. intellectual property by punishing China with broad investment restrictions, litigation at the World Trade Organization and hefty tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods.",left
13166,Trial Begins for Former Officer Charged With George Floyd's Death,"['Criminal Justice', 'George Floyd', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Race And Racism', 'Police Shootings', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Courts', 'Derek Chauvin', 'Derek Chauvin Trial', 'Justice']",Derek Chauvin’s Attorney Opens Trial Claiming He Used ‘Necessary’ Force during George Floyd Arrest,National Review,"Attorneys representing former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin opened his murder trial Monday morning by arguing that their client used a “necessary” level of force while arresting George Floyd, and said that Floyd’s death was the result of a combination of factors outside Chauvin’s control.
Chauvin was filmed pinning African American Minneapolis resident George Floyd to the ground during his arrest in May 2020. Floyd lost consciousness while Chauvin knelt on his neck, and was pronounced dead soon after the incident. The death of Floyd sparked massive riots and protests...",right
13167,Trial Begins for Former Officer Charged With George Floyd's Death,"['Criminal Justice', 'George Floyd', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Race And Racism', 'Police Shootings', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Courts', 'Derek Chauvin', 'Derek Chauvin Trial', 'Justice']",Derek Chauvin trial and George Floyd's death: Live updates,NBC News (Online),"Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin's trial began Monday morning. Chauvin faces three charges, including second-degree murder, in the death of George Floyd.
Floyd, a Black man, died May 25 after Chauvin, a white 19-year veteran of the department, pressed his knee into Floyd's neck for several minutes.
The nearly nine-minute video of Floyd's death, in which he can repeatedly be heard saying, ""I can't breathe,"" led to global protests last year against police brutality.",left
13168,Trial Begins for Former Officer Charged With George Floyd's Death,"['Criminal Justice', 'George Floyd', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Race And Racism', 'Police Shootings', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Courts', 'Derek Chauvin', 'Derek Chauvin Trial', 'Justice']",Jurors shown video at ex-officer’s trial in Floyd’s death,Associated Press,"The video of George Floyd gasping for breath was front and center Monday as the former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee on the Black man’s neck went on trial Monday on charges of murder and manslaughter.
Prosecutor Jerry Blackwell showed the jurors the footage at the earliest opportunity, during opening statements, after telling them that the number to remember was 9 minutes, 29 seconds — the amount of time officer Derek Chauvin had Floyd pinned to the pavement last May.",left
13169,Sussmann Acquitted of Lying to FBI in First Durham Probe Trial,"['Justice', 'FBI', 'Justice Department', 'John Durham', 'Michael Sussmann', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Donald Trump', 'Russia', '2016 Election', 'Mueller Investigation', 'James Baker']",Sussmann acquitted on charge brought by special counsel Durham,Politico,"The first courtroom test for Special Counsel John Durham ended in defeat Tuesday as a federal jury found a Democratic attorney not guilty of making a false statement to the FBI about allegations of computer links between Donald Trump and Russia.
The jury deliberated for about six hours before acquitting Michael Sussmann, 57, on the single felony charge he faced: that he lied when he allegedly denied he was acting on behalf of any client in alerting the FBI to claims that a secret server linked Trump and a Moscow...",left
13170,Sussmann Acquitted of Lying to FBI in First Durham Probe Trial,"['Justice', 'FBI', 'Justice Department', 'John Durham', 'Michael Sussmann', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Donald Trump', 'Russia', '2016 Election', 'Mueller Investigation', 'James Baker']",U.S. jury finds ex-Clinton campaign lawyer not guilty of lying to FBI,Reuters,A jury in Washington on Tuesday found a former attorney for Hillary Clinton's U.S. presidential campaign not guilty of lying to the FBI when he met with the bureau in September 2016 to share a tip about possible communications between Donald Trump's business and a Russian bank.,center
13171,Sussmann Acquitted of Lying to FBI in First Durham Probe Trial,"['Justice', 'FBI', 'Justice Department', 'John Durham', 'Michael Sussmann', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Donald Trump', 'Russia', '2016 Election', 'Mueller Investigation', 'James Baker']",Ex-Clinton campaign lawyer Sussmann not guilty in Trump-Russia trial,New York Post (News),"A federal jury on Tuesday found former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann not guilty of lying to the FBI — finding special counsel John Durham did not prove his case beyond a reasonable doubt.
The verdict reached by jurors drawn from heavily Democratic-leaning DC came midway through the second day of deliberations following a two-week trial on a single count of making false statements to a federal agent.
Durham left the courthouse without commenting but issued a prepared statement a short time later.",right
13172,Obama focuses agenda on economic inequality,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']","Obama shifts to economy, calls for minimum wage hike",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama, under fire for the rocky debut of his signature health care program, shifted gears Wednesday to focus on the economy and reiterate his call for an increase in the minimum wage.",right
13173,Obama focuses agenda on economic inequality,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",The President on Inequality,New York Times (News),Mr. Obama said in a speech on the economy and the widening gap in national income that he will devote the rest of his presidency to the crucial issue of social mobility.,left
13174,Obama focuses agenda on economic inequality,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama urges steps to resolve income inequality,Wall Street Journal (News),"The President vowed to focus his final three years in office on income inequality in the U.S., calling for an increase in the federal minimum wage and defending the government's role in boosting economic mobility.",center
13175,Pentagon Watchdog to Review $400M Border Contract,"['Pentagon', 'Watchdog', 'Donald Trump', 'Fox News', 'Border Wall', 'Department Of Defense', 'Immigration']",Pentagon watchdog plans to review award of $400M border wall contract to firm touted by Trump,NBC News (Online),"WASHINGTON — The Defense Department's internal watchdog plans to review a recent Army Corps of Engineers decision to award a $400 million contract for border wall construction to a North Dakota company that has been publicly and privately endorsed by members of the Trump administration, including the president himself.
The review of the award to Fisher Sand & Gravel is an audit by the Pentagon's inspector general and comes in response to a request by Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, the Democratic chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security....",left
13176,Pentagon Watchdog to Review $400M Border Contract,"['Pentagon', 'Watchdog', 'Donald Trump', 'Fox News', 'Border Wall', 'Department Of Defense', 'Immigration']",Pentagon watchdog investigating $400M border wall contract,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department’s internal watchdog is investigating a $400 million border wall contract awarded to a firm that used multiple appearances on Fox News to push for the job.
The Pentagon’s inspector general sent a letter Thursday to House Homeland Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson telling him the contract awarded to North Dakota-based firm Fisher Sand and Gravel Co. would be audited. Thompson, D-Miss., asked for the review last week, in part over concerns the proposals did not meet operational requirements and prototypes came in late and over...",left
13177,Pentagon Watchdog to Review $400M Border Contract,"['Pentagon', 'Watchdog', 'Donald Trump', 'Fox News', 'Border Wall', 'Department Of Defense', 'Immigration']",Pentagon Watchdog to Review Border-Wall Contract Awarded to Company Repeatedly Praised by Trump,National Review,"Following a request from Democratic lawmakers, the Pentagon’s watchdog will audit a recent Army Corps of Engineers decision to award a $400 million border-wall contract to a North Dakota company that was repeatedly praised by President Trump.
According to NBC News, which reviewed a copy of the letter sent from the Department of Defense (DoD) inspector general to the House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson (D., Miss.), the audit has been initiated and will be formally announced soon.
Thompson sent a letter to the DoD on December 4...",right
13178,House Passes Resolution Formalizing Impeachment Probe,"['Impeachment Inquiry', 'US House', 'Politics']",Vote shows Pelosi's impeachment inquiry more partisan than Clinton effort,Washington Times,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is already falling behind the 1998 GOP in her impeachment push after Thursday’s vote to launch an inquiry, where she was unable to win a single Republican’s support.
The 232-196 vote even saw two Democrats side with the GOP against the effort, marking a stark break with 1998, the last time Congress pursued impeachment. In that instance 31 Democrats sided with all Republicans in a 257-176 vote launching an inquiry into President Clinton’s behavior.
The lack of bipartisan support could taint the inquiry this time around,...",right
13179,House Passes Resolution Formalizing Impeachment Probe,"['Impeachment Inquiry', 'US House', 'Politics']",U.S. House lawmakers secure enough votes to pass Trump impeachment rules,Reuters,"Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives secured enough votes on Thursday to pass legislation setting up next steps in the fast-moving impeachment process involving Republican President Donald Trump.
The vote is the first formal test of support for the inquiry that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched on Sept. 24. The impeachment inquiry focuses on whether Trump pressured Ukraine into helping him in his 2020 re-election campaign, a charge the president denies.",center
13180,House Passes Resolution Formalizing Impeachment Probe,"['Impeachment Inquiry', 'US House', 'Politics']",House approves Trump impeachment procedures over GOP objections,NBC News (Online),"The House passed a resolution on Thursday approving procedures for its impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, opening a new and public phase of the investigation.
The vote, 232 to 196, was largely along party lines and Republicans objected, alleging that the Democratic inquiry is a farce that has been improperly conducted behind closed doors. House Democrats are now expected to begin holding public hearings in the next few weeks to present testimony against Trump.",left
13181,Fauci Says US Can Have COVID-19 Under Control by Spring if Vaccinations Rise,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates']",Anthony Fauci apologizes for latest gaffe in COVID analysis,New York Post (News),"Dr. Anthony Fauci has admitted making his latest mistake in coronavirus guidance, this time over when he thinks the pandemic will come “under control” — apologizing by saying, “My bad.”
The White House coronavirus czar had told NPR on Monday that if enough people get vaccinated, the US could “really get some good control over this” by the fall or winter of next year.
But quizzed on it by CNN’s Anderson Cooper later the same day, Fauci — who has been under fire repeatedly for flip-flopping on his public advice from the early days of the...",right
13182,Fauci Says US Can Have COVID-19 Under Control by Spring if Vaccinations Rise,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates']",Fauci: U.S. can get control of pandemic by spring if vaccinations rise,Axios,"NIAID director Anthony Fauci told CNN on Monday the U.S. could ""start getting back to a degree of normality"" by next spring if more Americans are vaccinated against COVID-19.
Yes but: ""There's no guarantee, because it's up to us,"" Fauci said in his interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper, noting that another variant could emerge unless the current surge is brought under control.
The big picture: The Delta variant is driving a spike in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations across the country.
Fauci told Cooper that the U.S. should get ""some good control in the spring...",center
13183,Fauci Says US Can Have COVID-19 Under Control by Spring if Vaccinations Rise,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates']",Dr. Fauci says no end to COVID pandemic before spring 2022 — at the earliest,New York Daily News,"It’s not over just yet.
Dr. Anthony Fauci says the U.S. won’t emerge from the COVID pandemic until next spring at the earliest.
The world-renowned infectious disease expert predicted the coming months will remain very difficult, with high caseloads and deaths especially in places with low vaccination rates.
“If we can get through this winter ... I hope we can get some good control in the spring of 2022,” Fauci told CNN’s Anderson Cooper Monday night.
Fauci said it will be impossible to get a grip on the pandemic until...",left
13184,The Issue of Candidate Health,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump to release results of physical, calls candidate health 'an issue' after Clinton incident",Fox News (Online News),"Donald Trump told Fox News on Monday he plans to release “very, very specific” details from a recent physical, as he declared candidate health “an issue” in this campaign following a medical episode that forced Hillary Clinton to abruptly leave a 9/11 anniversary ceremony on Sunday.",right
13185,The Issue of Candidate Health,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",What history tells us about the health of presidents and candidates,Christian Science Monitor,"Hillary Clinton's recent pneumonia diagnosis raises questions about how previous presidents dealt with health crises, and why Mrs. Clinton's health has become a flashpoint issue during this campaign.",center
13186,The Issue of Candidate Health,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton Cancels Campaign Trip To California After Pneumonia Diagnosis,HuffPost,"Hillary Clinton canceled a trip she was scheduled to take to California on Monday for fundraising and other campaign events, an aide said, declining to provide further details about her schedule for the week.",left
13187,Former Trump Adviser Roger Stone Indicted By A Federal Grand Jury,"['Roger Stone', 'Russia Probe', 'Politics']",Ex-Trump adviser Roger Stone arrested as part of Mueller probe,NBC News (Online),"Roger Stone, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, was indicted by a federal grand jury as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's probe and arrested Friday on charges of obstruction, giving false statements and witness tampering.",left
13188,Former Trump Adviser Roger Stone Indicted By A Federal Grand Jury,"['Roger Stone', 'Russia Probe', 'Politics']",Trump Adviser Stone Charged as Part of Mueller Investigation,Wall Street Journal (News),"Roger Stone was arrested on charges of lying to Congress, obstructing an official proceeding and trying to persuade a witness to lie.",center
13189,Former Trump Adviser Roger Stone Indicted By A Federal Grand Jury,"['Roger Stone', 'Russia Probe', 'Politics']",Roger Stone indicted on several charges as part of Mueller’s Russia collusion probe,Fox News (Online News),"Roger Stone, the colorful former longtime political adviser to President Trump, has been indicted on charges of obstruction, making false statements and witness tampering as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's wide-ranging Russia collusion probe.",right
13190,Israeli Ground Forces Attack Gaza Strip,"['Middle East', 'Israel', 'Gaza', 'World']",Israeli Ground Troops Attack Targets In Gaza,The Daily Caller,"Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) ground soldiers attacked Gaza early Friday morning local time following a barrage of 1,500 rockets that targeted airstrikes failed to curb.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu previously announced that IDF soldiers were massing at the nation’s border with Gaza in preparation for invasion. He promised that Israel would “would extract a very heavy price from Hamas” in response to repeated rocket attacks that have killed at least seven Israelis. In addition to the rockets that landed in Israel or were intercepted by the Iron Dome aerial defense...",right
13191,Israeli Ground Forces Attack Gaza Strip,"['Middle East', 'Israel', 'Gaza', 'World']",Israeli forces attack Gaza Strip,The Hill,"Israeli forces attacked the Gaza Strip on Thursday, marking a new level of conflict in the region amid days of escalating violence.
The Israel Defense Force (IDF) tweeted Thursday (on the East Coast of the U.S.) about the operation, writing that ""IDF air and ground troops are currently attacking in the Gaza Strip.""
The move follows days of scattered airstrikes and rocket barrages between Hamas and the Israeli military.
“There are ground troops attacking in Gaza, together with air forces, as well,"" an Israeli military spokesman added to The...",center
13192,Israeli Ground Forces Attack Gaza Strip,"['Middle East', 'Israel', 'Gaza', 'World']",Israel Ground Forces Shell Gaza as Fighting Intensifies,New York Times (News),"Israeli ground forces carried out attacks on the Gaza Strip early Friday in an escalation of a conflict with Palestinian militants that had been waged by airstrikes from Israel and rockets from Gaza.
It was not immediately clear if the attack was the prelude to a ground invasion against Hamas, the Islamist militant group that controls Gaza.
An Israeli military spokesman, Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, initially said that “there are ground troops attacking in Gaza,” but later clarified that Israeli troops had not entered Gaza, suggesting the possibility of artillery...",left
13193,Obama Endorses Net Neutrality,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Obama endorses net neutrality,USA TODAY,"President Obama came out strongly Monday for the concept of net neutrality, saying that ""an open Internet is essential to the American economy, and increasingly to our very way of life.""
In a written statement, Obama asked the Federal Communications Commission to ""create a new set of rules protecting net neutrality,"" and to ensure that phone and cable companies will not be able ""to act as a gatekeeper, restricting what you can do or see online.""
The FCC is nearing a decision.
Net neutrality supporters hailed the president's comments as...",left
13194,Obama Endorses Net Neutrality,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Obama says FCC should reclassify the internet's regulatory status,Vox,"In a rather dramatic development, President Obama today announced that he wants the FCC to reclassify internet service providers as telecommunications services. This is a huge deal for network neutrality advocates.",left
13195,Obama Endorses Net Neutrality,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Ted Cruz: Net neutrality is ‘Obamacare for the Internet’,Washington Times,"Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday blasted net neutrality as “the biggest regulatory threat to the Internet” in reaction to President Obama’s request to the Federal Communications Commission to create new rules of the road.
“In short, net neutrality is Obamacare for the Internet,” the Texas Republican and possible 2016 presidential contender said in a statement distributed by his office. “It puts the government in charge of determining Internet pricing, terms of service, and what types of products and services can be delivered, leading to fewer choices, fewer opportunities and higher...",right
13196,Planned Parenthood Shooting,['Violence In America'],"3 dead in Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting, gunman in custody",Vox,"Two civilians and one police officer died after a gunman opened fire at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood, leading to a five-hour stand-off with law enforcement.
Nine other people, four civilians and five police officers, were taken to local hospitals with gunshot wounds and are in good condition, according to police.
The gunman is in police custody after surrendering just before 5 p.m. local time, police spokesper",left
13197,Planned Parenthood Shooting,['Violence In America'],Gunman's motive in Planned Parenthood shootings unclear,USA TODAY,"Police were trying to determine Saturday why a middle-aged gunman in hunting gear allegedly went on a wild shooting spree inside a Planned Parenthood clinic, killing three people, including a police officer.
The suspect, identified as Robert Lewis Dear, 57, of Hartsel, Colo., surrendered to officers after a five-hour ordeal Friday in which he fired randomly at people in the clinic and roamed the halls shooting through walls with an assault-style rifle.
""We don't have any information on this ind",left
13198,Planned Parenthood Shooting,['Violence In America'],Planned Parenthood: ‘Extremists Creating a Poisonous Environment That Feeds Domestic Terrorism in This Country’,Breitbart News,"In response to the shooting at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic, Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountain (PPRM) released a statement that said, “extremists are creating a poisonous environment that feeds domestic terrorism in this country.”",right
13199,Hillary Clinton Wins California,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton Wins California Primary by Wide Margin,Breitbart News,"Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has won the California primary, taking nearly 56% of the vote, with 99.5% of precincts reporting as of 5:00 a.m. California time. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) won just over 43% of the vote.",right
13200,Hillary Clinton Wins California,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton makes history, declares win in Democratic race",USA TODAY,"Hillary Clinton marked her place in American history Tuesday night, declaring victory in the Democratic presidential race.",left
13201,Hillary Clinton Wins California,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton claims milestone as first female major-party nominee, wins California primary",Los Angeles Times,"Hillary Clinton carved her name in history Tuesday, becoming the first woman ever chosen to lead a major party into the fall presidential campaign.",left
13202,Perspectives: ABC Reporter Suspended After Project Veritas Sting,"['ABC News', 'Project Veritas', ""James O'Keefe"", 'Socialism', 'Journalism', 'News Media', 'Media Trends', 'Media Bias']",ABC News should be ashamed for caving to James O’Keefe’s scam,Washington Post,"How are news organizations not wise to this scam?
That’s the reaction I had when I heard that ABC News had suspended reporter David Wright after Wright got secretly recorded by Project Veritas, the group run by conservative con artist James O’Keefe. Their goal is to “expose” media they see as biased and liberals they don’t like, which they usually do by recording people without their knowledge, then deceptively editing their comments and releasing them as an “exposé.”
I’ll explain a bit about that history and how it relates to...",left
13203,Perspectives: ABC Reporter Suspended After Project Veritas Sting,"['ABC News', 'Project Veritas', ""James O'Keefe"", 'Socialism', 'Journalism', 'News Media', 'Media Trends', 'Media Bias']",ABC’s David Wright Admits Network Doesn’t Care About News,The Federalist,"In a newly released Project Veritas video, footage reveals ABC Correspondent David Wright admitting the network doesn’t care about newsworthy stories.
“I feel terrible about it. I feel that the truth suffers, the voters are poorly informed, and people also have the opportunity to tune into whatever they want to hear,” Wright said. “And so, it’s like there’s no upside, or our bosses don’t see an upside in doing the job we’re supposed to do, which is to speak truth to power and hold people accountable.”
While Wright says he...",right
13204,Perspectives: ABC Reporter Suspended After Project Veritas Sting,"['ABC News', 'Project Veritas', ""James O'Keefe"", 'Socialism', 'Journalism', 'News Media', 'Media Trends', 'Media Bias']",Project Veritas stings ABC’s David Wright and reminds journalists that opinions cause trouble,Poynter,"On Wednesday, ABC News suspended correspondent David Wright after Project Veritas caught him on an undercover camera criticizing his network and expressing his own political views while covering the New Hampshire primary election.
Let’s point out that the video Project Veritas posted is edited, so we may not have all the context we might want about this conversation. But since ABC responded with a suspension, it is safe to assume the network is not questioning the basic facts the video presents.
And therein lies the lesson that journalists seem to...",center
13205,Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Regulate Cryptocurrencies,"['Banking And Finance', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Bitcoin', 'Bipartisanship', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Taxes', 'Bridging Divides']",A New Congressional Bill Aims To Spur Crypto's Growth,Time Magazine,"It’s been a rough month for the crypto world, which has faced market crashes, layoffs, lawsuits from regulators and rising rhetorical pushback from critics. But on June 7, two U.S. senators introduced a bipartisan bill that, if passed, could clear the way for increased crypto adoption and growth.
The Responsible Financial Innovation Act, proposed by the New York Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand and the Wyoming Republican Cynthia Lummis, aims to “take a light regulatory touch,” Sen. Lummis said at the DC Blockchain Summit last month. Lummis hopes it will foster innovation while putting up just enough consumer guardrails....",left
13206,Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Regulate Cryptocurrencies,"['Banking And Finance', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Bitcoin', 'Bipartisanship', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Taxes', 'Bridging Divides']",Bipartisan crypto regulatory overhaul would treat most digital assets as commodities under CFTC oversight,CNBC,"Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Cynthia Lummis introduced the first major bipartisan legislation aimed at taming the “Wild West” crypto market on Tuesday that would classify digital assets as commodities like wheat or oil and empower the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to rein in the nascent industry.
Gillibrand, a Democrat from New York who sits on the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Lummis, a first-term Republican from Wyoming on the Banking Committee, said the Responsible Financial Innovation Act is the culmination of months of collaboration in the House and Senate and represents a critical first attempt to structure the markets...",center
13207,Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Regulate Cryptocurrencies,"['Banking And Finance', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Bitcoin', 'Bipartisanship', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Taxes', 'Bridging Divides']",Bipartisan Crypto Bill Proposes Sweeping Oversight of Digital Assets,The Epoch Times,"Two senators—a Democrat and a Republican—will on Tuesday officially unveil a sweeping legislative proposal to regulate cryptocurrencies and other digital assets.
“As a former state treasurer, I am excited by the possibilities of incorporating digital assets into the American financial system. The legislation that @SenGillibrand and I are proposing will do just that,” Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo) said in a tweet, referring to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), co-sponsor of the crypto bill.
In a separate tweet, Lummis shared an article from Bitcoin Magazine, which featured a link to the draft legislation, called the Responsible Financial...",right
13208,Media Injects Race,['Media Bias'],The race canard,Politico,"Silly season is over. Racist season is here. Silly season is when nothing is going on in the presidential campaign and the debate focuses on trivialities. Racist season is when the presidential campaign begins in earnest and President Barack Obama looks vulnerable. Then, liberal commentators pull out all the stops to deem practically any criticism of the president racist.",left
13209,Media Injects Race,['Media Bias'],Yahoo Fires Bureau Chief For Romney/blacks Remark,NPR (Online News),"Yahoo News fired its Washington bureau chief on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after he was caught on an open microphone saying that Mitt Romney and his wife, at the GOP convention in Florida while a hurricane was approaching Louisiana, were ""happy to have a party with black people drowning.""",left
13210,Media Injects Race,['Media Bias'],The MSM's Hyper-Racial RNC Coverage,Townhall,"You're already aware that MSNBC -- America's self-appointed racist dog whistle truth squad -- oddly chose not to air numerous speeches delivered by racial minorities at last night's Republican convention. They have a narrative to protect, and all that. But the Left-wing cable news channel isn't the only outlet following Chris Matthews down the path of unhinged and shameless race-baiting.",right
13211,Biden Signs Executive Order Aimed At Promoting Voting Rights,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'US Congress', 'US House']",Biden marks ‘Bloody Sunday’ by signing voting rights order,Associated Press Fact Check,"A new executive order from President Joe Biden directs federal agencies to take a series of steps to promote voting access, a move that comes as congressional Democrats press for a sweeping voting and elections bill to counter efforts to restrict voting access.
His plan was announced during a recorded address on the 56th commemoration of “Bloody Sunday,” the 1965 incident in which some 600 civil rights activists were viciously beaten by state troopers as they tried to march for voting rights in Selma, Alabama.
“Every eligible voter should be...",left
13212,Biden Signs Executive Order Aimed At Promoting Voting Rights,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'US Congress', 'US House']","Biden calls on Congress to restore Voting Rights Act, signs orders to help expand access",CNBC,"President Joe Biden on Sunday signed an executive order aimed at helping to ensure all Americans have the right to vote by increasing access to voter registration services and information.
Biden also called for Congress to restore the Voting Rights Act, which was signed into law in 1965 following a violent protest in Selma, Alabama, that left some participants injured.
The late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who was one of the activists leading the march, suffered a fractured skull. Lewis passed away last year.
Biden’s executive order coincides with the...",center
13213,Biden Signs Executive Order Aimed At Promoting Voting Rights,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'US Congress', 'US House']",Biden Signs Executive Order To ‘Provide Voting Access’ To Citizens In Federal Custody,The Daily Caller,"President Joe Biden signed an executive order Sunday that includes a provision to “provide voting access” to U.S. citizens in federal custody.
“The order will promote voting access and allow all eligible Americans to participate in our democracy,” a release from the White House said.
The order directs all federal agencies to propose a “strategic plan” on how to improve voter registration and participation. All plans are required to be submitted within 200 days to the president.",right
13214,Disney to Pause Florida Political Donations Amid Controversy Over LGBTQ Education Bill,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Business', 'Bob Chapek', 'Disney', 'Media Industry', 'Education', 'Schools', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'State Governments', 'ABC News', 'Campaign Finance']",Disney CEO Suspends Florida Political Donations over LGBT Ed Bill,National Review,"Disney will not make political donations in the state of Florida pending a review, and oppose legislation modeled after the state’s Parental Rights in Education bill in other states, CEO Bob Chapek said in a letter to employees on Friday.
“Thank you to all who have reached out to me sharing your pain, frustration and sadness over the company’s response to the Florida ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill,” Chapek wrote in the letter, which was posted on Disney’s website. “You needed me to be a stronger ally in the fight for equal...",right
13215,Disney to Pause Florida Political Donations Amid Controversy Over LGBTQ Education Bill,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Business', 'Bob Chapek', 'Disney', 'Media Industry', 'Education', 'Schools', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'State Governments', 'ABC News', 'Campaign Finance']",Disney to Pause Florida Political Donations as CEO Tells Staff “I Am Sorry” Over “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Response,The Hollywood Reporter,"Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Chapek apologized to employees at the company for the company’s handling of Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill and said that it would be pausing political donations in the state. Chapek also said that the company will be “increasing our support for advocacy groups to combat similar legislation in other states.”
“Thank you to all who have reached out to me sharing your pain, frustration and sadness over the company’s response to the Florida ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill,” Chapek wrote in the memo. “Speaking to you, reading...",left
13216,Disney to Pause Florida Political Donations Amid Controversy Over LGBTQ Education Bill,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Business', 'Bob Chapek', 'Disney', 'Media Industry', 'Education', 'Schools', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'State Governments', 'ABC News', 'Campaign Finance']",Disney to pause Florida political donations over law limiting LGBTQ discussion,Reuters,"Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) is pausing all political donations in Florida after an employee outcry over legislation that would limit discussion of LGBTQ issues in schools, Chief Executive Bob Chapek said in a memo to staff on Friday.",center
13217,Comey Reflects on Handling of Clinton Email Investigation,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Comey reportedly wishes he'd found 'better way' to describe Clinton's email use,Fox News (Online News),"Former FBI Director James Comey reportedly says in his upcoming book that, given another chance, he would try to avoid calling Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified information as secretary of state “extremely careless.""",right
13218,Comey Reflects on Handling of Clinton Email Investigation,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Comey Confirms That Hillary Clinton’s Inevitability Was Her Undoing,New York Magazine,"Of all the endlessly competing theories for the shocking outcome of the 2016 presidential election, two have always struck me as the most credible. The first is that general overconfidence in a Clinton victory led her campaign to make a series of strategic errors (e.g, putting resources into states like Arizona and Georgia while shirking the “Clinton firewall” states that eventually swung the electoral college to Donald Trump) while convincing many of her potential voters that it was safe to stay home on Election Day. The second is that James...",left
13219,Comey Reflects on Handling of Clinton Email Investigation,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Former FBI head: assumption Clinton would win a factor in email probe,Reuters,"Former FBI Director James Comey said his assumption that Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 presidential election was a factor in opening an inquiry into her emails, according to part of an ABC interview broadcast on Saturday.",center
13220,Closing Arguments,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump: Why you should vote for me,Guest Writer - Right,"For 17 months, I’ve traveled this country and met countless Americans from every walk of life. Your hopes have become my hopes and your dreams have become my dreams.",right
13221,Closing Arguments,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Compare 2016 Presidential Candidate Positions,ProCon.org,A Side-by-Side Comparison Between Candidates on Key Issues,center
13222,Closing Arguments,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton: Why you should vote for me,Guest Writer - Left,"In January, America is going to have a new president. Things are going to change — that much is certain. The question is, what kind of change are we going to have?",left
13223,US to Resume ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy for Migrants,"['Immigration', 'Mexico', 'Asylum Seekers', 'Biden Administration', 'DHS', 'Courts', 'Supreme Court']",US will resume policy for asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico,Associated Press Fact Check,"Migrants seeking to enter the United States will again have to stay in Mexico as they await immigration hearings, as the Biden administration reluctantly announced plans Thursday to reinstate the Trump-era policy and agreed to Mexico’s conditions for resuming it.
Revival of the “Remain in Mexico” policy comes even as the Biden administration maneuvers to end it in a way that survives legal scrutiny. President Joe Biden scrapped the policy, but a lawsuit by Texas and Missouri forced him to put it back into effect, subject to Mexico’s acceptance.
Mexico’s...",left
13224,US to Resume ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy for Migrants,"['Immigration', 'Mexico', 'Asylum Seekers', 'Biden Administration', 'DHS', 'Courts', 'Supreme Court']",Biden administration reaches deal with Mexico to re-implement Trump-era 'Remain-in-Mexico' policy,Fox News (Online News),"The Biden administration announced Thursday that it is ready to re-implement the Trump-era ""Remain-in-Mexico"" policy in response to a court order to do so, after making changes to secure the agreement of the Mexican government – while still seeking to abolish the program entirely.
""As required by a federal court order, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been working in good faith to re-implement the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program,"" the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement. ""Today, in coordination with the Departments of State and Justice, DHS...",right
13225,US to Resume ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy for Migrants,"['Immigration', 'Mexico', 'Asylum Seekers', 'Biden Administration', 'DHS', 'Courts', 'Supreme Court']",US to restart 'Remain in Mexico' program following court order,The Hill,"The Biden administration on Thursday plans to restart the ""Remain in Mexico"" program following a court order to reimplement the policy first launched under President Trump while it appeals the decision.
The rollout follows weeks of negotiations with Mexico over how to reimplement a plan that under the Trump administration saw as many as 70,000 migrants from across the globe pushed into refugee camps in border cities with no clear timeline for when they may be able to enter the U.S. for a hearing in their case.
The mass migration through Mexico...",center
13226,Senate Reveals $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill,"['US Senate', 'Infrastructure', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Politics']",It’s in and it’s big: Senate unveils $1T infrastructure bill,Associated Press Fact Check,"After much delay, senators unveiled a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, wrapping up days of painstaking work on the inches-thick bill and launching what is certain to be a lengthy debate over President Joe Biden’s big priority.
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act clocked in at some 2,700 pages, and senators could begin amending it soon. Despite the hurry-up-and-wait during a rare weekend session, emotions bubbled over once the bill was produced Sunday night. The final product was not intended to stray from the broad outline senators had negotiated for...",left
13227,Senate Reveals $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill,"['US Senate', 'Infrastructure', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Politics']",Senators reveal bill text and introduce $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal after rare weekend session,Washington Examiner,"It's no longer a framework: Senators on Sunday evening revealed and introduced legislative text for a bipartisan infrastructure deal crafted after months of negotiations among a bipartisan group of lawmakers.
""This legislation represents the most significant investment in our infrastructure since the construction of the Interstate Highway System,"" Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins said on the Senate floor on Sunday.
Finalized during a rare weekend session, the legislation, which is called the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, clocks in at 2,702 pages. The $1.2 trillion bill includes approximately $550 billion in...",right
13228,Senate Reveals $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill,"['US Senate', 'Infrastructure', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Politics']",Senators Push to Wrap Up Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill This Week,Wall Street Journal (News),"Senators wrapped up the construction of a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure bill, racing to pass it through the chamber by the end of the week and send it to the House, where its fate is intertwined with a $3.5 trillion package of Democratic priorities.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) kept the Senate open through the weekend in a bid to begin considerations of the bipartisan infrastructure package, $550 billion of which is in addition to expected future federal investments in roads, bridges, broadband, and other infrastructure projects. But lawmakers...",center
13229,Women’s Card,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump doubles down on accusing Hillary Clinton of playing the 'women's card',Los Angeles Times,"Donald Trump doubled down on his criticism of Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton on Sunday, arguing that his comments about Clinton playing the ""women's card"" aren’t hurting him with female voters.
""I'm my own strategist, and I like what I said, and it's true. I only tell the truth, and that's why people vote for me,"" he said on ""Fox News Sunday."" ""Even women don't like her. They don't like her. But it is the women's card, and she plays it, and I'll let you know in about six months whether...",left
13230,Women’s Card,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton: I have experience with men 'off the reservation' like Donald Trump,CNN (Online News),"Hillary Clinton on Friday brushed off Donald Trump's sometimes personal attacks against her as him being ""off the reservation"" -- something she said she has experience with.
""I have a lot of experience dealing with men who sometimes get off the reservation in the way they behave and how they speak,"" Clinton said in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, which first aired on ""The Lead."" The Democratic presidential front-runner did not elaborate which men she was referring to.
Tapper questioned Clinton about Trump's series of attacks on her, including...",left
13231,Women’s Card,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump replays Clinton 'woman card,' defends 'pull out' Middle East strategy",Fox News (Online News),"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Sunday defended his criticism that Hillary Clinton’s campaign success is based largely on her being a female candidate and dismissed assertions about him having a soft foreign policy.
“The only card she has is the woman card,” Trump told “Fox News Sunday.” “Even women don’t like her. If she were not a woman, she would not even be in this race.”
The billionaire businessman resumed his Clinton attack following his sweep in five Northeast primary contests, saying Tuesday that “the only card she has...",right
13232,Ben Carson to Revise Obama-Era Fair Housing Rule,['Housing And Homelessness'],Ben Carson Ends Obama-Era Efforts to Reduce Housing Segregation,Slate,Back to the drawing board after quashing a signature Obama achievement.,left
13233,Ben Carson to Revise Obama-Era Fair Housing Rule,['Housing And Homelessness'],Ben Carson takes steps to revamp Obama fair housing rule,The Hill,Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Monday announced plans to revamp an Obama-era fair housing rule.,center
13234,Ben Carson to Revise Obama-Era Fair Housing Rule,['Housing And Homelessness'],Ben Carson Calls Out Zoning Regulations for Driving Up Housing Costs,Reason,The HUD Secretary wants to revise Obama-era housing regulations he says do too little to address the real drivers of housing costs.,right
13235,Supreme Court Hears Gun Rights Case,"['Supreme Court', 'New York', 'Guns', 'Law', 'Second Amendment', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Supreme Court hears gun control case that inspired court-packing threat from Dems,Fox News (Online News),"The Supreme Court took up its first major gun control case in nearly a decade on Monday, hearing arguments in a dispute between a gun advocacy group and New York over a statute that restricted the transportation of firearms outside city limits -- even when licensed, locked and unloaded.
The city's statute was later amended but the court heard arguments over the original measure anyway, in a case that could have ramifications for local gun laws. The fact the high court even considered the case -- New York State Rifle...",right
13236,Supreme Court Hears Gun Rights Case,"['Supreme Court', 'New York', 'Guns', 'Law', 'Second Amendment', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Supreme Court appears unlikely to hand victory to gun rights backers in 2nd Amendment case,NBC News (Online),"The Supreme Court seemed unlikely Monday to be heading for a major ruling on Second Amendment rights after hearing courtroom arguments in a dispute over a New York City gun restriction — a law no longer on the books.
Because New York repealed the law after the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case, the city argued that the case should be dismissed as moot because there's nothing left to fight over. Based on the comments by the justices Monday, it did not seem that a majority was willing to...",left
13237,Supreme Court Hears Gun Rights Case,"['Supreme Court', 'New York', 'Guns', 'Law', 'Second Amendment', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Supreme Court shows little appetite for expanding gun rights in arguments over repealed New York regulation,CNBC,"WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed unlikely to deliver a major win for gun-rights activists during arguments on Monday in the first significant Second Amendment case the justices have heard in nearly a decade.
The case was challenging a New York City gun regulation that barred the transport of handguns outside of the city, even to a second home or firing range. After the court agreed to hear the case, though, the city did away with the regulation and the state passed a law that prevented the city from reviving...",center
13238,Vatican Says Church 'Does Not and Cannot' Bless Same-Sex Unions,"['Religion And Faith', 'LGBT Rights', 'Catholic Church']",Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions: Vatican,Reuters,"The Vatican said on Monday that priests and other Catholic Church ministers cannot bless same-sex unions and that such blessings are “not licit” if carried out.
The Vatican’s doctrinal office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), issued the ruling in response to questions and moves in some parishes to impart such blessings as a sign of welcome to gay Catholics since the Church does not permit homosexual marriage.
Pope Francis approved the response, the CDF said, adding that it was “not intended to be a form of...",center
13239,Vatican Says Church 'Does Not and Cannot' Bless Same-Sex Unions,"['Religion And Faith', 'LGBT Rights', 'Catholic Church']",Vatican Denies the Possibility of Blessing Homosexual Couples,Breitbart News,"ROME — The Vatican’s doctrinal office stated Monday that the Church has no power to bless homosexual unions, noting that God Himself “does not and cannot bless sin.”
In its formal reply to the “dubium” (question) “Does the Church have the power to give the blessing to unions of persons of the same sex?”, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) responded: “Negative.”
As signs “of spiritual effects that are achieved through the Church’s intercession,” blessings require both “the right intention of those who participate” and “that what...",right
13240,Vatican Says Church 'Does Not and Cannot' Bless Same-Sex Unions,"['Religion And Faith', 'LGBT Rights', 'Catholic Church']","Vatican says it will not bless same-sex unions, calling homosexuality a 'sin' and a 'choice'",CNN (Online News),"The Vatican said Monday that the Catholic Church would not bless same-sex unions, in a statement approved by Pope Francis that threatens to widen the chasm between the church and much of the LGBTQ community.
Explaining their decision in a lengthy note on Monday, the Holy See referred to homosexuality as a ""choice,"" suggested it is sinful and said it ""cannot be recognized as objectively ordered"" to God's plans; a combative stance that is certain to disappoint millions of gay and lesbian Catholics around the world.
""The blessing of homosexual...",left
13241,"Trudeau Wins Second Term, Loses Majority","['Elections', 'World', 'Justin Trudeau', 'Canada', 'Jagmeet Singh']",Justin Trudeau Narrowly Survived Canada's Election To Win A Second Term As Prime Minister,BuzzFeed News,"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party will hold on to power, winning the most seats in a national election Monday but losing a parliamentary majority after a divisive campaign plagued by scandal. It's a result that will force the leader to work with at least one opposition party to govern.
As of 1:30 a.m. ET Tuesday, Trudeau’s Liberal Party had won 157 of 338 seats, according to preliminary results from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, ensuring that Trudeau will remain the prime minister of Canada. The Conservative Party, led by...",left
13242,"Trudeau Wins Second Term, Loses Majority","['Elections', 'World', 'Justin Trudeau', 'Canada', 'Jagmeet Singh']",Canada election: Trudeau's Liberals win but lose majority,BBC News,"Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party has retained power in a narrow Canadian election win but he will now be prime minister of a minority government.
The Liberals are projected to win 157 seats, 13 short of a majority, and will find it harder to pass legislation in Mr Trudeau's second term.
The opposition Conservatives are expected to win the popular vote but have not translated that into seats.",center
13243,"Trudeau Wins Second Term, Loses Majority","['Elections', 'World', 'Justin Trudeau', 'Canada', 'Jagmeet Singh']",Trudeau Clings To Power With Minority Government,The Daily Caller,"OTTAWA — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will remain in power but voters reduced his Liberal Party to a minority government Monday night.
The Liberals took 156 seats of the 338 in the Canadian House of Commons. With less than 50% of the seats in the House, Trudeau must reach out to the socialist New Democratic Party or the Quebec separatist Bloc Québécois to govern. In terms of the popular vote, the Conservatives outpolled the Liberals 34% to 33%.",right
13244,Chick-fil-A,['LGBT Rights'],House lawmakers invite Chick-fil-A to roost in their districts,Fox News (Online News),"For all those politicians who were piling on Chick-fil-A last week, there are a bunch more rolling out the red carpet for the chicken chain.
A letter drafted by Mississippi Republican Rep. Alan Nunnelee praises the Atlanta-based fast food restaurant as an American success story and decries attacks mounted against it after company President Dan Cathy spoke out against same-sex marriage. Nunnelee's letter garnered 16 signatures from colleagues in the House of Representatives.
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/03/lawmakers-back-chick-fil-in-l...",right
13245,Chick-fil-A,['LGBT Rights'],"Obama, Romney don’t bite on Chick-fil-A",Politico,"Obama’s reelection prospects are bound up in the hope that he can convince people he actually is digging the country out of a hole, which means keeping the attention on those efforts and how deep the hole was. For Romney, with polls that consistently show him climbing when the focus is on the election but dipping when it goes elsewhere, the political path through November is clear. The president needs people seeing photos of the gay couples gathering at Chick-fil-A franchises for Friday night's planned “kiss-in” about as much as...",left
13246,Chick-fil-A,['LGBT Rights'],Is Chick-fil-A turnout a preview of November?,CNN (Online News),"Wednesday marked Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day. Across the United States, conservatives gathered in chicken restaurants to show support for the company after its president, Dan Cathy, came out against gay marriage. Democratic mayors in Chicago and Boston at first threatened to halt expansion of the Chick-fil-A chain to their cities, which turned a question of sexual morality into a debate about freedom of speech. The motto of conservative Christians seems to be, ""They'll take my chicken from my cold dead hand...""",left
13247,Russia Captures Europe's Biggest Nuclear Plant,"['Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Europe', 'World']",Ukrainian nuclear power plant fire extinguished as Russian troops 'occupy' facility,CNN (Online News),"Russian troops have occupied Ukraine's largest nuclear power plant, where a fire that had threatened potential disaster was extinguished in the early hours of Friday morning, according to Ukraine's nuclear regulator.
In a statement Friday morning local time, the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate (SNRI) confirmed the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine was occupied by Russian military forces, but said officials remained in contact with plant management.
The power plant's six reactors remain intact, though the compartment auxiliary buildings for reactor unit 1 had been damaged, the SNRI said in its...",left
13248,Russia Captures Europe's Biggest Nuclear Plant,"['Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Europe', 'World']",Nuclear plant: How dangerous was the attack and what is the risk in Ukraine?,BBC News,"Buildings at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in Ukraine - the largest in Europe - have been damaged after it was hit by shelling.
The attack has prompted world leaders to accuse Russia of acting recklessly. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it could ""directly threaten the safety of all of Europe"".
What happened to the power plant?
Russia attacked Zaporizhzhia with shelling, and later took control of the plant.
Buildings around one of its six power units have been damaged, according to Ukraine's nuclear inspectorate.
The UN's nuclear watchdog,...",center
13249,Russia Captures Europe's Biggest Nuclear Plant,"['Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Europe', 'World']",Russian troops aiming to 'mine' nuclear plant to 'blackmail the whole of Europe:' Zaporizhzhia employees,Fox News (Online News),"Staff at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Enerhodar sent a message to Ukrainian media and government authorities warning that the Russian troops that took the plant are trying to lay down explosives in order to ""blackmail the whole of Europe.""
""They will be trying to mine the nuclear power plant and blackmail the whole of Europe,"" Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) employees wrote in the message early Friday morning as Russian troops attacked the plant, setting it on fire. Misha Gannytskyi, director general of the Ukrainian Independent Information Agency of...",right
13250,Governor Jay Inslee (D-WA) Announces Bid For The Presidential Nomination,"['Election 2020', 'Jay Inslee', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Gov. Jay Inslee Announces 2020 Democratic Presidential Bid,Townhall,"Washington Gov. Jay Inslee will join the already-crowded field of Democratic candidates for president, he announced Friday.
“We went to the moon and created technologies that have changed the world — our country’s next mission must be to rise up to the most urgent challenge of our time: defeating climate change,” Inslee says in a video announcement.
The 68-year-old governor will officially launch his bid in Seattle on Friday.
He plans to stand out from the field by focusing on climate change.
Inslee joins Sens. Cory Booker of New...",right
13251,Governor Jay Inslee (D-WA) Announces Bid For The Presidential Nomination,"['Election 2020', 'Jay Inslee', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Jay Inslee launches 2020 presidential bid with focus on climate change,The Guardian,"Jay Inslee, the Democratic governor of Washington, has announced he is running for president, declaring himself the “only candidate who will make defeating climate change our nation’s number one priority”.
A vocal advocate for taking action on climate change, Inslee used his entrance into the race to sound the alarm on what he called “the most urgent challenge of our time”.
“We’re the first generation to feel the sting of climate change,” he said in a video announcing his launch. “And we’re the last who can do something about it.”...",left
13252,Governor Jay Inslee (D-WA) Announces Bid For The Presidential Nomination,"['Election 2020', 'Jay Inslee', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Jay Inslee: Washington governor to run on climate change,BBC News,"Washington State's Democratic Governor Jay Inslee has announced his 2020 bid for the presidential nomination, joining a lengthy list of contenders.
Mr Inslee, 68, will make climate change his number one issue, calling it ""the most urgent challenge of our time"" in his first campaign video.
He is the first governor to throw his hat into the ring, joining 12 other Democrats, including six senators.
The two-term governor has been a fierce critic of President Donald Trump.
""I'm running for president because I am the only candidate who will make...",center
13253,Analyzing the 2014 SOTU Address,"['White House', 'Politics']",The Diminished State of the Union,New York Times (News),"Every winter since 2009, President Obama has stood at the podium of the House and pleaded for the cooperation of Congress.",left
13254,Analyzing the 2014 SOTU Address,"['White House', 'Politics']","State of the Union: What he said, what he meant",Politico,"For a State of the Union speech in an election year, President Barack Obama didn't sound like he was offering too much red meat for his Democratic base.",left
13255,Analyzing the 2014 SOTU Address,"['White House', 'Politics']",An Instantly Forgettable State of the Union Address,Townhall,"President Obama delivered an unremarkable speech tonight in which he advocated a number of small-ball initiatives, several of which were repeats from previous years.",right
13256,Should the US Let Poland Send Fighter Jets to Ukraine?,"['World', 'Europe', 'NATO', 'Poland', 'War', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'US Military']",Biden’s Baffling MiG-29 Reversal,Jim Geraghty,"On the menu today: This week, in the span of 24 hours, the Biden administration’s position flipped from supporting a transfer of Polish MiG-29 fighter jets to the Ukrainians to opposing and blocking the move. The only explanation from the Pentagon is that there isn’t a “substantive rationale for it,” which will surprise the Polish and the Ukrainians. There are a few potential explanations for the administration’s sudden reversal — but none of them are good.
Very little makes sense about the U.S. government’s seemingly last-minute decision to oppose the...",right
13257,Should the US Let Poland Send Fighter Jets to Ukraine?,"['World', 'Europe', 'NATO', 'Poland', 'War', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'US Military']",Letting Poland send fighter jets to Ukraine would heighten the risks of a wider war,David Ignatius,"As Russia rains relentless fire on Ukrainian cities, the country’s leaders have been pleading for more Western help. But the United States is rightly wary of a proposal to send the Ukrainians MiG-29 fighter jets — a move that would bring small benefits on the battlefield and entail large risks of a wider war.
The dilemma of how to help Ukraine without triggering a global conflict will only get more painful as Russian President Vladimir Putin keeps doubling down on his losing bet in Ukraine. The latest warning of Putin’s recklessness...",center
13258,Should the US Let Poland Send Fighter Jets to Ukraine?,"['World', 'Europe', 'NATO', 'Poland', 'War', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'US Military']",Why did the U.S. reject Poland's plan to give Ukraine its Soviet-era fighter jets?,NBC News (Online),"Ukraine wants warplanes. Its allies have plenty. But getting fighter jets to Ukraine is much more complicated than it might seem.
On Wednesday, the Biden administration rejected a proposal from Poland that would have made its old Russian-made MiG fighters available to a U.S. base in Germany for potential handover to Ukraine, because it would be a “high risk” step that could ratchet up tensions with Russia, the Defense Department said.
The difficulties are legal, logistical and political. Top leaders of NATO — the alliance of 30 countries that includes the U.S. and Germany — want to help...",left
13259,Beto O'Rourke Bows Out of Presidential Race,"['2020 Election', 'Presidential Race', 'Democratic Primary', ""Beto O'Rourke"", 'Texas', 'Campaign', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",'That poor bastard!' - Trump mocks Beto O'Rourke during rally after his exit from presidential race,The Blaze,"President Donald Trump kicked Beto O'Rourke on his way out of the presidential primary race on Friday during his rally in Tupelo, Mississippi.
""Oh did you hear? Beto,"" Trump said to his audience.
""Oh that poor bastard. Poor pathetic guy. He was pathetic,"" he added.
""Does he ever stand on the floor and speak?"" Trump said. ""But he's waving his arms and going crazy, and I said what the hell is he doing? What is he on?""",right
13260,Beto O'Rourke Bows Out of Presidential Race,"['2020 Election', 'Presidential Race', 'Democratic Primary', ""Beto O'Rourke"", 'Texas', 'Campaign', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Why Beto O’Rourke’s Campaign Failed,FiveThirtyEight,"Beto O’Rourke has played games with the media before, but he got a last laugh of sorts — at least a wistful chuckle — by dropping out of the presidential race on Friday afternoon, sending political writers into a tizzy right before the weekend. And although his candidacy once had great promise, O’Rourke’s exit from the race came down to his weak poll numbers and reduced fundraising numbers, as well as the fact that he may never have had the base of support he needed to truly compete for the...",center
13261,Beto O'Rourke Bows Out of Presidential Race,"['2020 Election', 'Presidential Race', 'Democratic Primary', ""Beto O'Rourke"", 'Texas', 'Campaign', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']","With financial challenges and frustrating polls, Beto O’Rourke’s campaign reaches an abrupt end",The Texas Tribune,"DES MOINES — Hours before Beto O'Rourke quit the presidential race Friday evening, his supporters were taking part in the boisterous ""sign wars"" here outside the Wells Fargo Arena ahead of the season's biggest Democratic gathering.
In New Hampshire, his campaign was building out an upcoming trip, announcing he would participate in the famed ""Politics and Eggs"" speaking series on Nov. 8.
And in El Paso, staffers were readying a policy on disability issues to coincide with a forum on the topic Saturday in Cedar Rapids.
In many ways, it...",left
13262,FDA Approves Pfizer Booster Shots for People Over 65 or High Risk,"['Coronavirus', 'Booster Shots', 'FDA', 'Pfizer', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",FDA authorizes Pfizer’s Covid-19 booster for people over 65 or at high risk,STAT,"The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday granted an emergency use authorization to Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine booster, though for now the FDA said use of the booster should be restricted to people over the age of 65, adults 18 and older at high risk of severe Covid, and those who, like health care workers, are at higher risk of infection because of their jobs. That list includes teachers.
With the agency’s ruling, the Biden administration is one step closer to implementing its plan to begin to offer booster...",center
13263,FDA Approves Pfizer Booster Shots for People Over 65 or High Risk,"['Coronavirus', 'Booster Shots', 'FDA', 'Pfizer', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","FDA authorizes Pfizer booster shots for seniors, high-risk people",Fox Business,"The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized Pfizer booster shots for people above the age of 65 or who are at high risk. 
In a press release sent to Fox Business, the FDA said it has approved a single booster shot for certain people to be administered at least six months after receiving their first two doses. 
These groups include individuals 65 years and older, and individuals ages 18 to 64 who are either at ""high risk of severe COVID-19"" or who work in high-risk places. 
""Today’s action demonstrates that science...",right
13264,FDA Approves Pfizer Booster Shots for People Over 65 or High Risk,"['Coronavirus', 'Booster Shots', 'FDA', 'Pfizer', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","FDA authorizes booster dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for people 65 and older, high-risk workers",USA TODAY,"The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for people 65 and older and those whose jobs put them at high risk for exposure to COVID-19.
Individuals 18 and up who are at high risk for severe COVID-19 were also included in the authorization, which only covers those who are at least six months out from their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
High-risk jobs include ""health care workers, teachers and day care staff, grocery workers and those in homeless shelters or prisons, among others,” said acting FDA Commissioner...",left
13265,Perspectives: Ted Cruz Returns from Cancún as Texas Suffers Deadly Winter Storms,"['Politics', 'Ted Cruz', 'Dogs', 'Texas Blackouts', 'Disaster', 'Snow Storm', 'Mexico', 'Scandal']",The Cruz Cancun Conundrum,Guest Writer - Right,"Ted Cruz wasn’t going to shovel your driveway.
Senator Cruz (R., Texas) is the subject of this week’s ritual denunciation for the grievous sin of taking his daughters to Cancun, rather than stay in Texas and endure the snow and blackouts with the shivering little people.
Cruz’s stock is not trading at an all-time high on my personal exchange these days, but the senator’s critics are, in this case, off-base. People who can take care of themselves and their families in an emergency should take care of themselves and their...",right
13266,Perspectives: Ted Cruz Returns from Cancún as Texas Suffers Deadly Winter Storms,"['Politics', 'Ted Cruz', 'Dogs', 'Texas Blackouts', 'Disaster', 'Snow Storm', 'Mexico', 'Scandal']",Ted Cruz’s Excellent Adventure,Guest Writer - Left,"We all know by now that Ted Cruz went on vacation while Texas froze.
Over the last week, millions of Texans have suffered in the cold as workers tried to restore power amid freezing temperatures and icy conditions. So far, the official local death toll from the snow, ice and power outages stands at 24.
Rather than stay behind and help coordinate aid and federal assistance, the state’s junior senator went to Cancún, if only for a day, before widespread outrage brought him back to the United States.
Of course,...",left
13267,Perspectives: Ted Cruz Returns from Cancún as Texas Suffers Deadly Winter Storms,"['Politics', 'Ted Cruz', 'Dogs', 'Texas Blackouts', 'Disaster', 'Snow Storm', 'Mexico', 'Scandal']","As Texans froze, Ted Cruz got a ticket to paradise. Paradise can have him.",Houston Chronicle,"Texans’ anger with Ted Cruz right now could power an entire electrical grid.
The outrage was sparked by viral images on social media Thursday showing Texas’ junior senator making his way through the airport, bag in tow, and boarding a flight to sunny Cancun as more than a million of his humble constituents shivered in the cold without power, heat, light, or in many cases, running water.
With the statewide death toll mounting into the dozens, snowmegeddon melted into catastrophe for struggling Texas families already on the brink amid a...",center
13268,President Biden Faces Challenges After Infrastructure Win,"['Joe Biden', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Build Back Better']",Biden's infrastructure win gives him some momentum. Here's why he needs that,NPR (Online News),"Friday night was a long one for President Biden, working the phones at the end of a week where his party lost a bellwether race in Virginia, following months of Democratic infighting over his agenda. Down in the polls, he had just returned from an overseas trip where he said he faced questions about whether he had support to back the pledges he made on the world stage.
But by Saturday morning, Biden could not contain his ebullience, celebrating a major legislative victory: a long-stalled $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill had passed with...",left
13269,President Biden Faces Challenges After Infrastructure Win,"['Joe Biden', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Build Back Better']",Biden faces fresh challenges after infrastructure victory,Associated Press Fact Check,"He has been here before.
President Joe Biden doesn’t need to look any further back than his time as vice president to grasp the challenges that lie ahead in promoting his new $1 trillion infrastructure deal to the American people and getting the money out the door fast enough that they can feel a real impact.
When President Barack Obama pushed through a giant stimulus bill in 2009, his administration faced criticism that the money was too slow to work its way into the sluggish economy, and Obama later acknowledged that he...",left
13270,President Biden Faces Challenges After Infrastructure Win,"['Joe Biden', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Build Back Better']",Biden’s budget bill threatened by Democratic infighting after infrastructure win,Washington Times,"President Biden took a victory lap after the passage of the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal, calling it “a monumental step forward for the nation,” and then he set his sights on the next, bigger goal.
White House officials said the hard-fought and long-delayed legislative win gave Democrats momentum for the rest of Mr. Biden‘s ambitious agenda, namely a $1.75 trillion bill that would be a historic expansion of the welfare state. The big bill, however, remains deeply mired in intraparty fighting in Congress.
Mr. Biden’s team on Sunday said that with infrastructure out of the way, the...",right
13271,"Lockdowns Soften, Unemployment Filings Decrease as People Return to Work","['White House', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Welfare', 'Unemployment', 'Economy And Jobs']",Workers Fearful of the Coronavirus Are Getting Fired and Losing Their Benefits,New York Times (News),"DENVER — After scraping by for weeks on unemployment checks and peanut butter sandwiches, Jake Lyon recently received the call that many who temporarily lost their jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic have anticipated: The college-town tea shop where he worked was reopening, and it was time to go back.
But Mr. Lyon, 23, and his co-workers in Fort Collins, Colo., who were temporarily laid off, worried about contracting the virus, so they asked the shop’s owners to delay reopening and meet with them to discuss safety measures. The reluctance...",left
13272,"Lockdowns Soften, Unemployment Filings Decrease as People Return to Work","['White House', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Welfare', 'Unemployment', 'Economy And Jobs']","1.9 Million More Claimed Jobless Benefits Last Week, Bringing Pandemic Total to 42 Million",National Review,"Another 1.9 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, bringing the total of jobless claims since the coronavirus pandemic began up to 42 million.
The level of new claims outpaced the Dow Jones estimate of 1.775 million. However, last week’s new claims were still lower than the previous week’s total, which were revised upwards to 2.126 million.",right
13273,"Lockdowns Soften, Unemployment Filings Decrease as People Return to Work","['White House', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Welfare', 'Unemployment', 'Economy And Jobs']",GOP shifting on unemployment benefits as jobless numbers swell,The Hill,"Faced with staggering unemployment numbers that are likely to remain elevated through the election, Senate Republicans are reversing their positions on ending a federal increase of state unemployment benefits after July.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) vowed in a conference call with House Republicans last month that Senate Republicans would block the $600 weekly boost to state unemployment benefits from the federal government.
Also last month, GOP senators involved in planning for a phase four coronavirus relief bill said there was overwhelming support for entirely ending the federal enhancement...",center
13274,April 2014 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Report Shows Resurgence of Hiring but Has Downbeat Notes,New York Times (News),"The American economy gained steam in April, adding 288,000 jobs, while the unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent, the lowest level since September 2008.",left
13275,April 2014 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Unemployment rate falls, but for wrong reasons",CNN (Online News),"Hiring picks up and unemployment rate drops to 6.3, although at this pace it will still take years to get back to a pre-recession labor market.",left
13276,April 2014 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Feds Announce Lowest Unemployment Rate Under President Obama,The Blaze,"U.S. employers added 288,000 jobs in April, pushing the unemployment rate to 6.3 percent down from its previous posting of 6.7 percent.",right
13277,Birth Control Mandate Delayed,['Healthcare'],Supreme Court Halts Birth Control Mandate For Catholic Group,HuffPost,A Supreme Court justice has blocked implementation of portions of President Barack Obama's health care law that would have forced some religion-affiliated organizations to provide health insurance for employees that includes birth control.,left
13278,Birth Control Mandate Delayed,['Healthcare'],Justice Delays Health Law's Birth Control Mandate,NPR (Online News),"Only hours before the law was to take effect, a Supreme Court justice on Tuesday blocked implementation of part of President Barack Obama's health care law that would have forced some religion-affiliated organizations to provide health insurance for employees that includes birth control.",left
13279,Birth Control Mandate Delayed,['Healthcare'],Supreme Court justice grants exemption to contraception mandate,Washington Times,"The “individual mandate” requiring Americans to have health insurance, a giant political issue for most of President Obama’s tenure, finally takes effect Wednesday with hardly a passing notice — though the law’s contraception rules drew renewed scrutiny from a Supreme Court justice late Tuesday.",right
13280,Memorial Day 2019,"['Memorial Day', 'Holidays', 'General News']","Representative Phil Roe (R-TN): ""This Memorial Day, I challenge everyone to find a way to honor our nation's fallen""",The Hill,"I remember the moment well. It was 1971. I was 26 and living in Memphis, Tenn. I went to get the mail, like I did every day. But, this day was different because there was a letter notifying me that I had been drafted. That is why when people ask me if I volunteered to join the Army, I always say, “Yes, I volunteered. I volunteered to get the mail.”
Originally, I was ordered to go to Vietnam, but my orders changed at the last minute and I was instead...",center
13281,Memorial Day 2019,"['Memorial Day', 'Holidays', 'General News']",The contested Confederate roots of Memorial Day,Washington Post,"More than two dozen U.S. cities claim to the be the “birthplace of Memorial Day.""
In July of 1866, a New York newspaper reported on a “grand gathering” of Union veterans in Salem, Ill. Gen. John A. Logan, head of the fraternal group the Grand Army of the Republic, made a speech, railing against the defeated Confederates and urging rights and protections for freed slaves.
He also angrily noted that “traitors in the South have their gatherings, day after day, to strew garlands of flowers upon the graves of Rebel...",left
13282,Memorial Day 2019,"['Memorial Day', 'Holidays', 'General News']",The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,National Review,"A love story for the men and women of our Armed Forces.
Editor’s Note: This article is adapted from Tom Cotton’s new book, Sacred Duty: A Soldier’s Tour at Arlington National Cemetery.
The story of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier begins on the battlefields of Europe as the guns fell silent on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918. The American Expeditionary Forces had proved decisive in World War I, the Great War that would shape so much of the coming century. But...",right
13283,Top FDA and WHO Scientists Call COVID-19 Booster Shots Unnecessary For Most Americans At This Time,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Departing FDA regulators pan Covid boosters in paper,Politico,"Two senior U.S. vaccine regulators who are leaving the FDA came out against giving Covid-19 booster shots to the general population now in a research paper published Monday that concludes current science on vaccine efficacy doesn't support giving third shots to most Americans.
The paper, co-authored by Marion Gruber and Philip Krause and published in The Lancet, deals a blow to the FDA and to the Biden administration just days before an external agency panel is set to review the case for doling out Pfizer-BioNTech boosters. The scientists recently announced plans to retire...",left
13284,Top FDA and WHO Scientists Call COVID-19 Booster Shots Unnecessary For Most Americans At This Time,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters Not Widely Needed, Top FDA and WHO Scientists Say",Newsmax (News),"Additional COVID-19 vaccine booster shots are not needed for the general population, leading scientists including two departing senior U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials and several from the World Health Organization (WHO) said in an article published in a medical journal on Monday.
The scientists said more evidence was needed to justify boosters. That view disagrees with U.S. government plans to begin offering another round of shots to many fully vaccinated Americans as soon as next week, contingent on approval from health regulators.
As COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta...",right
13285,Top FDA and WHO Scientists Call COVID-19 Booster Shots Unnecessary For Most Americans At This Time,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",FDA vaccine regulators argue against Covid-19 vaccine boosters in new international review,STAT,"A group of international experts — including, notably, two outgoing Food and Drug Administration vaccine regulators — argues in a new paper against offering Covid-19 vaccine boosters to the general population.
The paper, published Monday in the Lancet, is based on a review of available data about the durability of vaccine protection. That it was co-authored by Marion Gruber and Phil Krause, two veteran FDA officials who have been leading the agency’s review of Covid-19 vaccine applications, amounts to a strikingly direct rebuff to the Biden administration as it lays plans for...",center
13286,Top Iranian Nuclear Scientist Killed in Ambush,"['Middle East', 'Iran', 'Israel', 'Qassem Soleimani', 'Iran Nuclear Deal', 'Benjamin Netanyahu']","Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran's top nuclear scientist, assassinated near Tehran",BBC News,"Iran's most senior nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has been assassinated near the capital Tehran, the country's defence ministry has confirmed.
Fakhrizadeh died in hospital after an attack in Absard, in Damavand county.
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, has condemned the killing ""as an act of state terror"".
Western intelligence agencies view Fakhrizadeh as being behind a covert Iranian nuclear weapons programme.
""If Iran ever chose to weaponise (enrichment), Fakhrizadeh would be known as the father of the Iranian bomb,"" one Western diplomat told Reuters news agency in 2014.
News...",center
13287,Top Iranian Nuclear Scientist Killed in Ambush,"['Middle East', 'Iran', 'Israel', 'Qassem Soleimani', 'Iran Nuclear Deal', 'Benjamin Netanyahu']",Top Iranian nuclear scientist killed – Iran defence ministry,Al Jazeera,"High-ranking Iranian nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who, Israel alleged, led the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear programme until its disbanding in the early 2000s has been “assassinated” in an ambush near Tehran.
Fakhrizadeh was shot and injured “by terrorists” in his vehicle in Absard, a suburb in eastern Tehran, and later succumbed to his injuries in what amounted to a “martyr’s death,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday.",left
13288,Top Iranian Nuclear Scientist Killed in Ambush,"['Middle East', 'Iran', 'Israel', 'Qassem Soleimani', 'Iran Nuclear Deal', 'Benjamin Netanyahu']",Architect behind Iranian military nuclear program assassinated,Washington Examiner,"Mohsen Fahrizade, a top architect behind Iran's military nuclear program, referred to as the country's Robert Oppenheimer, was assassinated in Tehran in broad daylight on Friday.
The Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Support confirmed in a statement Fahrizade died after being taken to a hospital following an attack on a car carrying the nuclear scientist, reports the Tehran-based Mehr News.
""This Friday afternoon, armed terrorist elements attacked a car carrying Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, head of the Research and Innovation Organization of the Ministry of Defense,"" the statement, translated from Persian,...",right
13289,House Votes to Sue Obama,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Votes To OK Lawsuit Against Obama,NPR (Online News),"The House voted Wednesday to authorize a lawsuit against President Obama, claiming that he has overstepped the limits of his executive authority.
The vote to allow Speaker John Boehner to sue Obama was 225 to 201. Five Republicans voted no, while no Democrats voted in favor of pursuing the lawsuit.
Republicans say that Obama exceeded his constitutional authority by unilaterally deciding to delay the employer mandate for insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act.",left
13290,House Votes to Sue Obama,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Republicans authorize lawsuit against Obama for presidential overreach,Washington Times,"House Republicans voted Wednesday evening to authorize an unprecedented lawsuit against President Obama, escalating a separation of powers battle between Congress and the White House that is heavily tinged with election-year politics.
Mr. Obama mocked Republicans, telling them to “stop just hatin’ all the time,” but GOP lawmakers said they felt boxed in, being unable to get their legislation through the Democrat-controlled Senate and having to watch as the president tweaks, waives or ignores laws Congress has written but which he dislikes.",right
13291,House Votes to Sue Obama,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Votes to Sue Obama for Overstepping Powers,New York Times (News),"The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to sue President Obama for overstepping the powers of the presidency — a move that has angered conservatives who call it insufficient, emboldened Democrats who say Republicans are being vengeful, and further eroded much of what is left of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill.
In a 225-to-201 party-line vote, Republicans authorized the House to move forward with a lawsuit against Mr. Obama for his application of the Affordable Care Act, which they argue has been selective and intended to delay the law’s most undesirable...",left
13292,House Passes Bill Requiring Universal Background Checks on Firearm Sales,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'US House']",House Democrats Pass Gun Control Bill Expanding Background Checks,The Daily Caller,The House passed a gun control bill Wednesday with just a handful of Republican members supporting the legislation related to expanded background checks. A gun control bill has not been,right
13293,House Passes Bill Requiring Universal Background Checks on Firearm Sales,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'US House']",House sends guns background check bill to the Senate with bipartisan support,CNN (Online News),"The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed significant gun control legislation for the first time in more than two decades, a move that Democrats hope will intensify a pressure campaign for",left
13294,House Passes Bill Requiring Universal Background Checks on Firearm Sales,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'US House']",House passes bill expanding background checks on gun sales,The Hill,The House passed a bipartisan bill that would require all gun sellers to conduct background checks on firearm sales in a 240-190 vote on Wednesday.,center
13295,US Coronavirus Cases Top 3 Million,"['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']",Dozens of Florida Hospital ICUs at Capacity as Coronavirus Cases Spike,National Review,"As coronavirus cases spike across Florida, dozens of hospitals in the state have announced that their intensive-care units are at capacity and many more warn that they are dangerously low on beds to handle the influx of new virus patients.
At least 56 Florida ICUs have run out of beds for coronavirus patients, and 35 more have said their bed availability has dropped to 10 percent or lower. The news comes as Florida recorded more than 7,300 new coronavirus cases, 380 new coronavirus hospitalizations, and 63 more deaths from the...",right
13296,US Coronavirus Cases Top 3 Million,"['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']",US surpasses 3 million coronavirus infections,The Hill,"The United States surpassed 3 million coronavirus infections on Wednesday, a grim milestone as the virus surges in more than half of all states, and a predicted waning of infections this summer never occurred.
Data from the John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center showed the U.S. had 3,009,611 cases at midday on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the U.S. set a record with 60,000 new cases. California and Texas both had more than 10,000 new cases in a single day, shattering previous records.
Arizona, Florida, and South Carolina led the world...",center
13297,US Coronavirus Cases Top 3 Million,"['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']",US struggles with testing as it passes 3 million COVID-19 cases,Al Jazeera,"The United States on Wednesday passed the three million mark in confirmed coronavirus cases, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally, as the pandemic surges throughout much of the country, presenting challenges in testing.
Four months into the US coronavirus outbreak, Americans confronted with an alarming resurgence of the scourge are facing long lines at testing sites and going a week or more without receiving a diagnosis. Some sites are running out of kits even as testing is ramped up.
Labs are reporting shortages of materials and do not...",left
13298,Senate Confirms Wray for FBI,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate confirms Christopher Wray as new FBI director,USA TODAY,"The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Christopher Wray as FBI director, nearly three months after President Trump fired former director James Comey as the FBI was investigating possible collusion between Trump's presidential campaign and Russian officials.",left
13299,Senate Confirms Wray for FBI,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Christopher Wray will lead the FBI. He has a tough road ahead.,Vox,Meet the guy who just got the job of keeping both Trump and the FBI happy.,left
13300,Senate Confirms Wray for FBI,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Senate Confirms Christopher Wray, Trump's Choice for FBI",CBN,"By a vote of 92 to 5, the Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to confirm Christopher Wray to be the new FBI director.",right
13301,"US Economy Added 428,000 Jobs in April; Unemployment Steady at 3.6%","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Inflation', 'Labor']",Here’s where the jobs are — in one chart,CNBC,"Strong hiring in the manufacturing, transportation and warehousing and health-care sectors during April helped the U.S. economy notch its 12th straight month of job gains of 400,000 or more.
The U.S. economy added 428,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department reported Friday, the same gain as in March and following a jump of 714,000 in February and 504,000 in January.
Manufacturing, the industry that saw the largest one-month pop in job gains, added 55,000 jobs during the first month of the second calendar quarter.
Government economists said the majority of manufacturers’...",center
13302,"US Economy Added 428,000 Jobs in April; Unemployment Steady at 3.6%","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Inflation', 'Labor']","US economy sees healthy job growth in April as payrolls jump by 428,000",Fox Business,"The U.S. economy saw solid job growth in April, suggesting the labor market is still strong despite headwinds from rising interest rates, soaring inflation, a worsening labor shortage and fears of a slowdown. 
Employers added 428,000 jobs in April, the Labor Department said in its monthly payroll report released Friday, beating the 391,000 jobs forecast by Refinitiv economists. It marked the 12th consecutive month that job gains topped 400,000. The unemployment rate, meanwhile, held steady at 3.6%, the lowest level since February 2020.
Job gains were broad-based, with the biggest increases in the...",right
13303,"US Economy Added 428,000 Jobs in April; Unemployment Steady at 3.6%","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Inflation', 'Labor']","Economy adds 428,000 jobs in April even as COVID cases edge higher, unemployment is unchanged at 3.6%",USA TODAY,"Employers added 428,000 jobs in April, extending a streak of booming payroll gains despite a recent uptick in COVID-19 cases, persistent worker shortages and the war in Ukraine.
The unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.6%, the Labor Department said Friday.
Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had estimated that 390,000 jobs were added last month.
The nation has recouped 20.8 million, or 95%, of the 22 million jobs lost early in the health crisis, leaving it 1.2 million jobs short of its pre-pandemic level. The deficit could be closed by summer.
Job growth averaged more than half a...",left
13304,Bastille Day Terror,['Terrorism'],"After Nice attack, officials warn that terror threats will stalk for ‘a long time’",Washington Post,"France was reminded Friday that terror threats will likely shadow the nation for years to come, as investigators picked through the chaos of the latest attack that left at least 84 people dead when a truck carved a mile-long path of horror through Bastille Day revelers on the French Riviera.",left
13305,Bastille Day Terror,['Terrorism'],Attack in Nice: Driver of truck identified as 31-year-old French-Tunisian,CNN (Online News),"The driver of the truck in the Nice terror attack has been identified as Mohamad Lahouaiej Bouhel, according to a senior French government official and a French anti-terrorism official. The anti-terrorism official said Bouhel is a 31-year-old French-Tunisian and resident of Nice.",left
13306,Bastille Day Terror,['Terrorism'],"2 Americans, 10 children among at least 84 killed in Bastille Day terror attack in Nice",Fox News (Online News),"A father and son from Texas and 10 children are among the 84 people murdered Thursday night when a terrorist plowed an explosives- and weapons-laden truck into a crowd of thousands gathered along a seaside promenade in Nice, France, to watch the city's Bastille Day fireworks.",right
13307,Trump Plans to Leave Climate Pact,['Environment'],"Donald Trump ready to withdraw from Paris climate agreement, reports say",The Guardian,"Donald Trump is poised to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, according to multiple reports on Wednesday, in a move that would profoundly undermine the landmark agreement by nearly 200 nations to curtail global warming.",left
13308,Trump Plans to Leave Climate Pact,['Environment'],Trump expected to withdraw from Paris climate deal,Politico,"President Donald Trump is planning to pull the United States out of the Paris climate change agreement, according to a White House official, in a move that is certain to infuriate America’s allies across the globe and could destabilize the 2015 accord.",left
13309,Trump Plans to Leave Climate Pact,['Environment'],Trump to exit Paris climate accord in major blow to Obama’s legacy,Washington Times,"President Trump is laying the groundwork for withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, launching a process that is likely to take some years.",right
13310,First Person Charged With Felony In Capitol Breach Case Gets Prison Sentence,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'US Senate', 'US Congress', 'US House']",Florida man gets 8 months in prison in U.S. Capitol attack,Axios,"A federal judge on Monday dealt an eight-month prison sentence to Paul Hodgkins for the Florida man’s role in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack, making him the first among more than 500 people facing criminal charges in the riot to be incarcerated. 
Hodgkins, 38, pleaded guilty on June 2 to one felony count of obstruction of an official proceeding, as Congress was in the process of formally certifying Joe Biden’s election last November as U.S. president when supporters of then-President Donald Trump rampaged through the building.
Prosecutors had asked...",center
13311,First Person Charged With Felony In Capitol Breach Case Gets Prison Sentence,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'US Senate', 'US Congress', 'US House']",First Capitol Rioter Charged With Felony Gets Jail Time,The Daily Wire,"A Florida man who was charged with a felony after breaching the Senate chamber in the United States Capitol during a riot on Jan. 6 was sentenced Monday to eight months in jail.
Paul Allard Hodgkins, 38, was the first person charged with a felony to be sentenced.
During a court appearance, Hodgkins apologized to the court, saying he was ashamed of his actions and merely got caught up in the moment as a mob swarmed into the Capitol to protest the certification of Joe Biden as the winner of...",right
13312,First Person Charged With Felony In Capitol Breach Case Gets Prison Sentence,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'US Senate', 'US Congress', 'US House']",First US Capitol rioter convicted of a felony gets 8 months in prison after DOJ says stiffer sentence could stop future attacks,CNN (Online News),"A man who pleaded guilty to breaching the Senate chamber during the US Capitol insurrection was sentenced Monday to eight months in prison in a closely watched case that could influence how hundreds of other rioters charged with the same felony are punished.
Paul Hodgkins, a 38-year-old Floridian, is now the first Capitol rioter convicted of a felony to be sentenced. He pleaded guilty last month to obstructing congressional proceedings -- specifically, the counting of the electoral votes, which he helped delay on January 6. He spent about 15 minutes inside the...",left
13313,Masterpiece Cakeshop Owner Sues Colorado After Refusing to Make Birthday Cake Celebrating Transgender Woman's Transition,['Religion And Faith'],The Masterpiece Baker Is Back. Now He Won’t Make a Trans-Themed Cake.,Daily Beast,"After his Supreme Court win over a gay wedding cake, Jack Phillips faces another legal battle after refusing to make a cake for a trans woman marking her birthday and transition.",left
13314,Masterpiece Cakeshop Owner Sues Colorado After Refusing to Make Birthday Cake Celebrating Transgender Woman's Transition,['Religion And Faith'],Colorado baker in case of Supreme Court sues state over 'persecution',Reuters,A Colorado baker who won a narrow Supreme Court victory over his refusal to make a wedding cake for a gay couple is suing the state after it launched another case against him for declining to create a cake for a transgender woman.,center
13315,Masterpiece Cakeshop Owner Sues Colorado After Refusing to Make Birthday Cake Celebrating Transgender Woman's Transition,['Religion And Faith'],'Bake the cake or else' is back: Baker who won high court ruling is under renewed assault,Washington Times,"Liberals and gay activists remain obsessed with forcing Christians to bake their cakes. And the answer, in the name of individual, religious and even gay civil rights, must still be no.",right
13316,Protesters Clash with RNC Attendees in DC,"['Violence In America', 'Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'RNC', 'Republican Party']","Violent clashes in DC between protesters, police after RNC",Fox News (Online News),"Violent clashes erupted in Washington, D.C., between protesters and police after the conclusion of the Republican National Convention (RNC) on Thursday night.
The protests started as a “noise demonstration and dance party"" and seemed to intensify as the night continued. Videos emerged on social media that appeared to show city police clashing with protesters throughout city streets.
Protesters yelled and threw water bottles at police at the historic St. John's Church, which is near Black Lives Matter Plaza. Police made a string of arrests....",right
13317,Protesters Clash with RNC Attendees in DC,"['Violence In America', 'Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'RNC', 'Republican Party']",Black Lives Matter protesters harass RNC guests leaving White House event,New York Post (News),"Black Lives Matter protesters harangued and harassed Republican National Convention guests as they left the White House Thursday night, according to a series of videos posted to social media.
Daily Caller reporter Phillip Nieto tweeted videos of some of the heated confrontations, including one involving two men who were surrounded by a masked mob who shouted, “Racists! racists!” while filming them with their phones.",right
13318,Protesters Clash with RNC Attendees in DC,"['Violence In America', 'Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'RNC', 'Republican Party']",Trump decries DC protesters as 'thugs',The Hill,"President Trump on Friday described protesters who surrounded the White House during the final night of the Republican National Convention as “thugs,” and suggested he was looking at invoking the Insurrection Act to send troops to quell protests in U.S. cities.
Trump, speaking at an outdoor campaign rally in Manchester, N.H., took a victory lap following his keynote address to the GOP convention from the White House on Thursday, before rebuking Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) for what he described as a failure to gain control of protests in...",center
13319,Clinton Versus Sanders,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Democrats Duel on Who's More Progressive,New York Times (News),"In a caustic debate on Thursday night, Hillary Clinton accused Senator Bernie Sanders of leveling “attacks by insinuation and innuendo” against her integrity and her credentials as a progressive by portraying her as beholden to wealthy interests and corporations.",left
13320,Clinton Versus Sanders,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","In Democratic Debate, Clinton the Doer Battles Sanders the Dreamer",Wall Street Journal (News),Thursday night’s Democratic debate in New Hampshire was the clearest illustration yet of how the party’s presidential race is now defined: It is a battle between a doer and a dreamer.,center
13321,Clinton Versus Sanders,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Sparks fly at Clinton, Sanders debate over who is more progressive",Fox News (Online News),"Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed sharply Thursday over who is more progressive, at a debate that saw the former secretary of state ratcheting up her criticism of the Vermont senator on several fronts – even accusing him of engineering an “artful smear” with suggestions she could be “bought” by donors.",right
13322,Biden Reopens ACA Health Care Enrollment,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Joe Biden', 'Barack Obama', 'Affordable Care Act', 'Obamacare']",Biden healthcare order set to unravel Trump's legal fight over Medicaid,Washington Examiner,"President Biden's Thursday executive order on healthcare is set to unravel a Trump-era legal fight over Medicaid.
""There's nothing new that we're doing here, other than restoring the Affordable Care Act and restoring Medicaid to the way it was before Trump became president,"" Biden said before he signed the order, charging Trump with making the two ""more inaccessible, more expensive, and more difficult for people to qualify.""
The order, which the Biden administration touted as an effort to ""reverse attacks"" on President Barack Obama's signature achievement, instructs the Health and...",right
13323,Biden Reopens ACA Health Care Enrollment,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Joe Biden', 'Barack Obama', 'Affordable Care Act', 'Obamacare']","Biden’s Obamacare Do-Over: Another Chance to Sign Up, This One More Publicized",New York Times (News),"In December, the last Obamacare enrollment period under the Trump administration closed. Now that the Biden administration has arrived, it’s trying a do-over.
The renewed effort reflects the Biden team’s view that the Trump administration did too little to help people find coverage, despite a public health crisis and waves of job losses. Although insurance sign-ups were up a bit compared with last year, the growth did not match the increase in need.
In an executive order he signed Thursday, President Biden created a 90-day enrollment period starting Feb. 15...",left
13324,Biden Reopens ACA Health Care Enrollment,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Joe Biden', 'Barack Obama', 'Affordable Care Act', 'Obamacare']","Biden signs executive action to reopen Obamacare enrollment amid COVID-19, end gag rule",USA TODAY,"President Joe Biden on Thursday took initial steps to expand health care coverage and reverse some of the policies of former President Donald Trump, including directing that people be given a new chance to sign up for government-subsidized care and lifting restrictions on abortion and family planning services.
Biden signed an executive order for the Department of Health and Human Services to reopen insurance enrollment on HealthCare.gov from Feb. 15 through May 15, giving a new coverage opportunity to Americans who lost their jobs and employer-based insurance during the pandemic....",left
13325,President Trump And AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Trade Barbs,"['Donald Trump', 'AFL-CIO', 'Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump Slams AFL-CIO's Trumka,Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump Monday launched a Labor Day Twitter attack against AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka after the powerful labor leader Sunday said the nation's unions won't have ""any choice"" but to block the ""unenforceable"" United States-Mexico-Canada trading deal.
""Just watched AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on @FoxNews and thought to myself how different he is on TV than he is when he is with me at the White House,"" the president tweeted. ""Likes what we are doing until the cameras go on. We got robbed on Trade and everything else...",right
13326,President Trump And AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Trade Barbs,"['Donald Trump', 'AFL-CIO', 'Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",AFL-CIO Chief Lashes Trump Administration For Hurting American Workers,HuffPost,"The president of the AFL-CIO union federation told Fox News’ Chris Wallace on Sunday that the Trump administration has “done more things to hurt workers” than to help them.
Richard Trumka, head of the group that includes 55 different unions, said wages are being swamped by rising health care and housing costs, and that President Donald Trump is botching his trade war with China.
Trump has also opposed every effort to increase the minimum wage and has stripped safety standards that used to protect workers, Trumka said.
“I’ve tried to...",left
13327,President Trump And AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Trade Barbs,"['Donald Trump', 'AFL-CIO', 'Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump fires back at AFL-CIO chief Trumka: 'No wonder unions are losing so much',The Hill,"President Trump on Monday lashed out at AFL-CIO President Richard Trumaka a day after the labor union leader criticized Trump's trade deal in a Fox News interview.
Trump, in a Labor Day morning tweet, claimed that Trumka doesn't share the same critique of Trump's trade deal when ""he is with me at the White House.""
""Just watched AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on @FoxNews and thought to myself how different he is on TV than he is when he is with me at the White House. Likes what we are...",center
13328,"Russia, Ukraine Meet for Peace Talks in Turkey","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Peace Talks']",Face-to-Face Talks Resume With ‘Fresh Hope for Peace’ in Ukraine,The Epoch Times,"Face-to-face peace talks have resumed as negotiators from Russia and Ukraine met in the Turkish capital Istanbul in a search for common ground that would put an end to the war that has killed thousands and driven millions from their homes.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan welcomed the delegates, saying that “stopping this tragedy” was up to them.
“We hope that your meetings and your consultations will be auspicious for your countries, for our region, and for all of humanity,” Erdogan told the delegates at the start of the talks.
NATO member Turkey shares a maritime border with Ukraine and Russia...",right
13329,"Russia, Ukraine Meet for Peace Talks in Turkey","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Peace Talks']",Russia says it will scale back near Kyiv as talks progress,Associated Press,"Russia’s military said Tuesday it would “fundamentally” cut back operations near Ukraine’s capital and a northern city, as talks brought a possible deal to end a grinding and brutal war into view.
Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said the move was meant to increase trust in the talks after several rounds of failed negotiations to halt the conflict that has devolved into a bloody campaign of attrition.
Fomin said Moscow had decided to “fundamentally ... cut back military activity in the direction of Kyiv and Chernihiv” to “increase mutual trust and...",left
13330,"Russia, Ukraine Meet for Peace Talks in Turkey","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Peace Talks']","In Istanbul, Ukraine offers Russia ‘neutrality’ for security guarantees",Washington Post,"Ukrainian negotiators in Istanbul said Tuesday they offered a peace proposal to their Russian counterparts that would provide Kyiv security guarantees from international partners, including the United States and Turkey, in exchange for Ukraine’s military neutrality, including a pledge not to host foreign bases or forces.
The Ukrainian delegation, speaking after five hours of talks in Istanbul brokered by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government, announced no major breakthrough in the latest round of negotiations with Russia. But Moscow’s lead negotiator called the discussions “substantive,” and Turkey’s foreign minister asserted that...",left
13331,Obama Picks Justices,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama Picks 3 for Top Appeals Court, Setting Up Battle",New York Times (News),"President Obama on Tuesday named a slate of judges to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, daring his rivals to block their confirmations.",left
13332,Obama Picks Justices,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama challenges Senate with judicial picks,Washington Times,"A combative President Obama declared open warfare Tuesday on Senate Republicans over judicial nominations, appointing three candidates to the influential D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and blasting GOP lawmakers for delaying and blocking previous nominees.",right
13333,Obama Picks Justices,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama to Republicans: Don't block my judges,Christian Science Monitor,"President Obama nominated three top lawyers to the D.C. Circuit, the nation's second-most-important court. The move signals a willingness to spend political capital on his legal legacy.",center
13334,Federal Judge Orders Georgia Review All Provisional Ballots,['Elections'],"Federal judge orders review of all provisional ballots in Georgia, delays deadline for certification",USA TODAY,A federal judge has ordered Georgia election officials to review all provisional ballots cast in the midterm elections and prohibited the state from certifying the election before Friday.,left
13335,Federal Judge Orders Georgia Review All Provisional Ballots,['Elections'],Abrams campaign wins court rulings as push for a runoff election continues,ThinkProgress,A court extended the deadline to certify election results until Friday.,left
13336,Federal Judge Orders Georgia Review All Provisional Ballots,['Elections'],"Judge Orders Review of Georgia’s Provisional Ballots, but Abrams Comeback Still Unlikely",Washington Free Beacon,A federal judge ruled Monday that Georgia election officials must review provisional ballots that haven't been counted in the state's hotly contested governor's race.,right
13337,Perspectives: Colin Powell’s Death and Legacy,"['Politics', 'Colin Powell', 'Iraq War', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'George Bush', 'Barack Obama', 'Bill Clinton', 'Race And Racism', 'US Military', 'State Department']",Colin Powell and I were once Black Republicans. He taught me to put country over party.,Guest Writer - Center,"A patriot died Monday.  A man who proudly said, “I’m an American, first and foremost,” lived a life of integrity that stayed true to his statement. Colin Powell, 84, was extraordinary because he did something that we should all expect. Powell put country ahead of politics.
With Powell’s death Monday from COVID-19 complications amid his battle with cancer comes the loss of an important voice of reason for the Republican Party. His death is a loss to the country and the Black community. Powell was a trailblazer. He was the first Black secretary of State...",center
13338,Perspectives: Colin Powell’s Death and Legacy,"['Politics', 'Colin Powell', 'Iraq War', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'George Bush', 'Barack Obama', 'Bill Clinton', 'Race And Racism', 'US Military', 'State Department']",Colin Powell's death raises questions over his shameful Iraq War legacy,Zeeshan Aleem,"Colin Powell, who died Monday due to complications related to Covid-19, commanded respect from Washington elites and the broader public across the political spectrum — an extraordinary feat that stemmed from his reputation for discipline and fairness. The Harlem, New York-born son of Jamaican immigrants, Powell became a four-star general and the first Black secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Unfortunately, Powell marshaled that reputation and power in service of a terrible misdeed: making the Bush administration’s most powerful case for the Iraq War. Powell went on...",left
13339,Perspectives: Colin Powell’s Death and Legacy,"['Politics', 'Colin Powell', 'Iraq War', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'George Bush', 'Barack Obama', 'Bill Clinton', 'Race And Racism', 'US Military', 'State Department']","Gen. Colin Powell – soldier, statesman, patriot and role model for all Americans",Newt Gingrich,"It was an enormous shock to learn that Colin Powell died at 84 of complications from COVID-19.
His devotion to duty, commitment to America, and innate sense of dignity and decency made him seem ageless and timeless. 
We live near the Powells in McLean, Virginia. Our pictures hang side-by-side at Simon’s Shoe and Luggage Repair. As a four-star general, secretary of state and national security adviser, Powell wandered around town as a normal citizen. He greeted one and all with courtesy and kindness.",right
13340,Secret Service Head to Testify,"['White House', 'Politics']",White House fence-jumper made it far deeper into building than previously known,Washington Post,"The man who jumped the White House fence this month and sprinted through the front door made it much farther into the building than previously known, overpowering one Secret Service officer and running through much of the main floor, according to three people familiar with the incident.",left
13341,Secret Service Head to Testify,"['White House', 'Politics']",White House Intruder Got Farther Than Thought,Wall Street Journal (News),"Omar Gonzalez Made It As Far as The East Room, Congressman Says",center
13342,Secret Service Head to Testify,"['White House', 'Politics']",Secret Service head in hot seat after White House breach details revealed,Fox News (Online News),Secret Service Director Julia Pierson will face questions about how an armed intruder jumped the White House fence and made it as far as the East Room when she testifies before a House committee on Tuesday.,right
13343,Aunt Jemima and Race in Branding,"['Business', 'Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'History', 'Slavery', 'Civil Rights', 'Inequality', 'Race And Racism']",Aunt Jemima Is Gone. Can We Finally End All Racist Branding?,New York Times (Opinion),"Three years ago, the Supreme Court handed an Asian rock band named the Slants an unimaginable win when it proclaimed, in Matal v. Tam, that it was unconstitutional for the law to ban trademarks that were “disparaging.” In celebrating the band’s victory, the lead singer Simon Tam declared the case “a win for all marginalized groups,” asserting: “It can’t be a win for free speech if some people benefit and others don’t.”
Despite his optimism for free speech, Mr. Tam could not have been more wrong about the meaning of...",left
13344,Aunt Jemima and Race in Branding,"['Business', 'Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'History', 'Slavery', 'Civil Rights', 'Inequality', 'Race And Racism']",Does it really matter if Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben get retired?,USA TODAY,"The big broom of history has been clearing out the rubble this month, furiously sweeping away at some of the most enduring racist symbols still in American stores and restaurants.
►The Aunt Jemima pancake mix brand got brushed into the dustbin after 131 years when its owner, Quaker Oats, acknowledged it was based on a racial stereotype.
►Sambo’s restaurant in Santa Barbara, California, the last store in a chain that started in 1957, dropped its name after being pressured to account for the racist history behind it.
►Uncle Ben’s...",left
13345,Aunt Jemima and Race in Branding,"['Business', 'Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'History', 'Slavery', 'Civil Rights', 'Inequality', 'Race And Racism']",Family of woman who portrayed Aunt Jemima opposes move to rebrand,New York Post (News),"The family of a Texas woman who once portrayed Aunt Jemima has called on the breakfast brand to reconsider its decision to scrap the ubiquitous portrait from its products.
Vera Harris said the family takes pride in Quaker Oats scouting her second cousin Lillian Richard to become a brand representative in 1925, news station KLTV reported.
“She was considered a hero in [her hometown of] Hawkins, and we are proud of that. We do not want that history erased,” Harris said.",right
13346,Fight on the Right - Paul vs. Christie,['Politics'],Paul Hits Back At Christie In Big Spat,HuffPost,Kentucky Senator Rand Paul hit back at New Jersey Governor Chris Christie in the two Republicans ongoing spat over national security.,left
13347,Fight on the Right - Paul vs. Christie,['Politics'],"After hits from King and Christie, Rand Paul fires back on Sandy aid",CNN (Online News),"Senator Rand Paul attempted to rebut recent criticism of his stance on national security issues on Sunday, telling attendees of a Republican fundraiser in Tennessee that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and GOP Representative Peter King of New York were depleting the government's coffers by asking for federal disaster relief.",left
13348,Fight on the Right - Paul vs. Christie,['Politics'],"Sen. Rand Paul slams N.J. Gov. Chris Christie, N.Y. Rep. Peter King over Sandy relief",Washington Times,"The war of words between Sen. Rand Paul and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie escalated Sunday with Mr. Paul slamming Mr. Christie and Rep. Peter King, New York Republican, for spending priorities that he says endanger national security.",right
13349,Perspectives: States Lifting Mask Mandates Clash With CDC Recommendations,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Mask Mandates', 'Schools']",Connecticut Moms Use Social Media to Ignite Nationwide Opposition to School Mask Mandates,National Review,"Every afternoon when they arrive home from kindergarten, Emma Burnett’s twin five-year-old daughters complain about how difficult it was to breathe in their masks all day.
Burnett, like many moms in Connecticut, was very Covid-19 conscious at first, accepting the state restrictions as a necessary evil to combat the spread of an ominous disease.
But as the Delta wave came and went in the fall of 2021, vaccine uptake soared, and scientific data supporting school masking started to dwindle, all while the teachers’ unions continued to insist that kids had to cover their faces...",right
13350,Perspectives: States Lifting Mask Mandates Clash With CDC Recommendations,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Mask Mandates', 'Schools']","In some blue states, masks are coming off -- but not everyone is ready",CNN (Opinion),"In some liberal states, masks are coming off -- but not everyone is ready.
Governors in New Jersey, California, Delaware, Connecticut and Oregon have all said that they are lifting masking requirements in some indoor settings. All but California have set deadlines to end required masking in schools. The governors pointed to Covid-19 case rates that have fallen precipitously after Omicron's peak, the hospitalization rates that have stabilized or high vaccination rates in their states.
But the Biden administration still recommends masking indoors -- a position that has long put it in conflict with some Republican-led...",left
13351,Perspectives: States Lifting Mask Mandates Clash With CDC Recommendations,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Mask Mandates', 'Schools']","CDC Stands Firm on Indoor Masking Mandates, Saying Cases Still Too High",Newsweek,"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is still standing firm on its indoor mask guidelines, despite several Democratic states, including New York and California, lifting restrictions.
Democrat-run states are now joining forces with their red counterparts, rolling back mask mandates and opposing CDC guidance. California, Oregon, Delaware and New York have announced that they will be lifting their indoor mask mandates soon, joining other Democratic states like Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Jersey.
New York though, will continue its indoor mask mandate for schools. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is...",center
13352,Perspectives: Pride Month 2021,"['LGBT Rights', 'Pride Month', 'Human Rights', 'Joe Biden', 'Transgender', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis']","'Rainbow capitalism' is pandering, pure and simple, but it can still help drive social change",Guest Writer - Left,"This year's Pride Month is starting with a Lego set.
Pride Month is celebrated every year in honour of the Stonewall Inn riots that took place in June 1969, as well as the yearly demonstrations that followed in various cities across the U.S. and eventually the world. Pride reminds us of the violence endured, the progress made, and the hardships yet to come.
Today – the beginning of Pride Month in Canada – Lego is releasing a 346-piece LGBTQ+ themed set titled Everyone is Awesome, a clear nod to the massively popular song written for the...",left
13353,Perspectives: Pride Month 2021,"['LGBT Rights', 'Pride Month', 'Human Rights', 'Joe Biden', 'Transgender', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis']","As Pride Month begins, Republicans double down on restricting transgender Americans",Katrina vanden Heuvel,"Tuesday marks the beginning of Pride Month 2021 — a time of much-deserved celebration, especially after so many of last year’s festivities were relegated to virtual spaces. And it’s also a time to further the movement for LGBTQ rights. This year, that work is particularly important — because we’re in the midst of an unprecedented effort from Republican-run state legislatures to subjugate the transgender community.
Across 33 states, more than 100 anti-transgender bills have been introduced just in the first few months of 2021. Restrictions proposed within these bills include stopping transgender...",left
13354,Perspectives: Pride Month 2021,"['LGBT Rights', 'Pride Month', 'Human Rights', 'Joe Biden', 'Transgender', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis']",Patriotism and Pride,Ryan Bomberger,"It’s interesting how we move from the self-sacrifice of soldiers who’ve died for our freedoms into a month of self-obsession from LGBT activists who demand we give up our freedoms. We go from memorializing the courageous to merchandising the outrageous. In the process, we’re told to be good automatons and embrace “equality.”
But are things really becoming more equal? 
Corporate America doesn’t rebrand itself for a whole month in red, white, and blue to show any devotion to the USA. They don’t ever celebrate America’s rich religious heritage. They don’t...",right
13355,‘Operation Fly Formula’ Begins Shipping Baby Formula From Europe to US,"['Public Health', 'Food', 'Baby Formula', 'Supply Chains', 'US Military', 'Europe', 'Trade', 'Germany', 'Tom Vilsack', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Families And Parenting']","78,000-pound shipment of infant formula arrives in US",NewsNation,"The first flight from Operation Fly Formula landed in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Sunday with enough specialty infant formula to fill more than half a million baby bottles.
The flight was greeted by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack upon arrival.
All formula pallets have been fully loaded onto FedEx trucks, but first comply with stringent Food and Drug Administration regulatory requirements. After the FDA clears the product, it will become available publicly for parents, caregivers and health care professionals.",center
13356,‘Operation Fly Formula’ Begins Shipping Baby Formula From Europe to US,"['Public Health', 'Food', 'Baby Formula', 'Supply Chains', 'US Military', 'Europe', 'Trade', 'Germany', 'Tom Vilsack', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Families And Parenting']",Baby formula arrives in Indianapolis from Germany on US military aircraft to address critical need,CNN (Online News),"A shipment of 35 tons of baby formula has arrived Sunday in Indianapolis on a US military aircraft from Germany to address a nationwide shortage.
The prescription formula will be distributed to areas around the country where there is the most acute need, a Biden administration official earlier told CNN. But the official said none of the first shipment would land on store shelves in the US, adding that Sunday's shipment is hypoallergenic and will be fed to babies intolerant of protein in cow milk.",left
13357,‘Operation Fly Formula’ Begins Shipping Baby Formula From Europe to US,"['Public Health', 'Food', 'Baby Formula', 'Supply Chains', 'US Military', 'Europe', 'Trade', 'Germany', 'Tom Vilsack', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Families And Parenting']","Baby formula shortage: Biden celebrates as 78,000 pounds of baby formula flown to US",Fox News (Online News),"More than 70,000 pounds of baby formula was flown to Indianapolis, Indiana, Sunday from Europe. 
""Folks, I’m excited to tell you that the first flight from Operation Fly Formula is loaded up with more than 70,000 pounds of infant formula and about to land in Indiana,"" President Biden tweeted Sunday. ""Our team is working around the clock to get safe formula to everyone who needs it.""",right
13358,What You Missed From the Beto O'Rourke-Greg Abbott Debate,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Texas Gubernatorial Election', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Elections', ""Beto O'Rourke"", 'Greg Abbott', 'Border Crisis']",Gov. Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke accused each other of misinforming Texans during their debate. Here are the facts.,The Texas Tribune,"Gov. Greg Abbott, who is seeking a third term, and Beto O’Rourke, the Democrat trying to unseat him in November, faced off on Friday night in their only scheduled debate and sparred over the major issues in the race, from immigration to gun policies to the reliability of Texas’ power grid since a February 2021 winter storm left millions without power or heat for days.
Throughout the debate — held in the empty auditorium on the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley campus in Edinburg — Abbott and O’Rourke frequently accused...",left
13359,What You Missed From the Beto O'Rourke-Greg Abbott Debate,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Texas Gubernatorial Election', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Elections', ""Beto O'Rourke"", 'Greg Abbott', 'Border Crisis']",Fact-checking the Texas governor debate between Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke,The Dallas Morning News,"Gov. Greg Abbott and challenger Beto O’Rourke clashed over a range of topics Friday night in their sole debate, not always with the facts on their side.
Some fact-checks:
Abortion
Abbott depicted O’Rourke as an extremist on abortion.
“He not only supports abortion of a fully developed child to the very last second before birth” but, said Abbott, he opposes “providing medical care for the baby who survives an abortion. He is for unlimited abortion at taxpayer expense.”
O’Rourke insisted “that’s not true.”
The claim about denying medical care for a...",center
13360,What You Missed From the Beto O'Rourke-Greg Abbott Debate,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Texas Gubernatorial Election', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Elections', ""Beto O'Rourke"", 'Greg Abbott', 'Border Crisis']",Abbott and O’Rourke Trade Blows in Texas’ Lone Gubernatorial Debate,The Texan,"For an hour in a largely empty room, Gov. Greg Abbott and challenger Beto O’Rourke locked horns over Texas’ most contentious issues in the first and last debate of the governor’s race.
There was no live audience to witness the two fire shots at one another over their accused failings, occasionally speaking over their time limits — and one another.
It was the first time the candidates met in person since O’Rourke stormed the governor’s press conference after the tragic Uvalde elementary school shooting.
The candidates grappled over border security, gun laws, school safety,...",right
13361,Trump Tax Plan,['Taxes'],Trump to propose large increase in deductions Americans can claim on their taxes,Washington Post,"President Trump on Wednesday plans to call for a significant increase in the standard deduction people can claim on their tax returns, potentially putting thousands of dollars each year into the pockets of tens of millions of Americans, according to two people briefed on the plan.",left
13362,Trump Tax Plan,['Taxes'],Five things to watch for in Trump’s tax plan,The Hill,"President Trump is set to release his tax plan on Wednesday.
The announcement of the administration's principles for tax reform will begin a new debate with Congress as the president nears the end of his first 100 days in office.",center
13363,Trump Tax Plan,['Taxes'],Trump tax plan reportedly would cut small business rate to 15 percent,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump's tax reform plan would cut the top rate for small business owners to 15 percent from 39.6 percent, an official with knowledge of the plan told the Associated Press Tuesday.",right
13364,Trump Faces Questions of Mental Instability,"['White House', 'Politics']",Democratic lawmaker introduces “Stable Genius Act” amid Trump mental-health concerns,Salon,"A Democratic lawmaker introduced a piece of legislation titled the ""Stable Genius Act"" that would require aspiring U.S. presidents to undergo a mental-health examination and release medical records prior to elections.",left
13365,Trump Faces Questions of Mental Instability,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump’s insane? Democrats the party of lies, sex and rape",Washington Times,There’s an old biblical principle that goes like this: Don’t try and pull the speck from another’s eye without first removing the log from your own.,right
13366,Trump Faces Questions of Mental Instability,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump defends his sanity amid questions about his mental state,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump, coming off a week of heightened scrutiny over his mental health, sought to put the topic to rest on Saturday by declaring himself extraordinarily intelligent and undeniably right in the head.",left
13367,"Biden Unveils $6 Trillion Budget Proposal, Excludes Hyde Amendment","['Economic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business', 'Taxes', 'Abortion', 'Infrastructure', 'Sustainability']",Biden unveils largest US budget in history fueled by massive social spending,New York Post (News),"President Biden on Friday released his massive $6 trillion budget for fiscal 2022 pushing a surge in spending on social programs and broadly defined infrastructure through tax hikes on businesses and higher-earners.
The budget — which would set the US on course for higher spending as a percent of the economy than ever before and continue to balloon the national debt — calls for a 16-percent increase in non-defense spending. But it’s also an aspirational document that requires Congress to enact it.
Critics of Biden’s first budget say it would undermine the...",right
13368,"Biden Unveils $6 Trillion Budget Proposal, Excludes Hyde Amendment","['Economic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business', 'Taxes', 'Abortion', 'Infrastructure', 'Sustainability']",Biden budget expects hot — but not overheating — economy heading into 2022 midterm elections,Washington Post,"The budget officially released by the White House on Friday hinges on an optimistic projection that the economy will grow at a rapid pace for the next two years, with inflation under control and unemployment falling to near pre-pandemic levels.
In its first budget, the Biden administration said the economy will grow at just north of 5 percent this year as the nation rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic. The White House anticipates robust growth continuing through the following year as well, with the economy expanding by 4.3 percent in 2022. The economy...",left
13369,"Biden Unveils $6 Trillion Budget Proposal, Excludes Hyde Amendment","['Economic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business', 'Taxes', 'Abortion', 'Infrastructure', 'Sustainability']",Biden releases $6T budget that foresees decade of trillion-dollar deficits,The Hill,"President Biden on Friday proposed a budget that would entrench deficits in excess of $1 trillion for the next decade, pushing the nation’s debt burden to record highs.
The blueprint released by the White House ties together three major spending proposals already announced by Biden: the $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan, the $1.8 trillion American Families Plan and $1.5 trillion in discretionary spending for fiscal 2022.
Combined with mandatory spending programs, the 2022 budget would spend $6 trillion, about $300 billion more than current projections for the year, with much of the spending going toward education,...",center
13370,Hillary Clinton Blasts Bernie Sanders,"['Bernie Sanders', 'Elections', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Decision 2020', 'Progressives', 'Political Establishment', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",‘Nobody likes him’: Hillary Clinton slams Bernie with Iowa caucus looming,Politico,"Hillary Clinton lambasted Bernie Sanders in a forthcoming documentary as a “career politician” who “nobody likes,” savaging her rival for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination less than two weeks before the 2020 Iowa caucuses.
“He was in Congress for years. He had one senator support him. Nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him. He got nothing done,” Clinton said in the four-part series “Hillary,” which is set to debut in March and chronicle her life and most recent White House bid.",left
13371,Hillary Clinton Blasts Bernie Sanders,"['Bernie Sanders', 'Elections', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Decision 2020', 'Progressives', 'Political Establishment', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Hillary Clinton says ‘nobody likes’ Bernie Sanders,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton says “nobody likes” her former presidential rival Bernie Sanders, even as the Vermont senator remains entrenched among the front-runners in the Democratic race, with the Iowa caucus beginning in less than two weeks.
In an interview with “The Hollywood Reporter” published Tuesday, Clinton was asked about a comment she makes in an upcoming documentary where she says Sanders was “in Congress for years” but, “Nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him, he got nothing done.”
Clinton replied that the criticism still holds and...",left
13372,Hillary Clinton Blasts Bernie Sanders,"['Bernie Sanders', 'Elections', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Decision 2020', 'Progressives', 'Political Establishment', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Hillary Clinton Rips Bernie Sanders: 'Nobody Likes Him',Newsmax (News),"Hillary Clinton harshly criticizes Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in a new documentary and told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published on Tuesday that she would not commit to backing him if he becomes the Democrats' nominee for president in the upcoming election.
In the documentary ""Hillary,"" which will premier later this month, Clinton slammed Sanders for his work on Capitol Hill, saying ""He was in Congress for years. He had one senator support him. Nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him, he got nothing done. He was...",right
13373,Trump and Biden to Hold Competing Town Halls on Thursday Night,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']",Trump and Biden will participate in competing town halls on Thursday night after cancellation of second debate,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump will participate in a town hall with NBC News on Thursday night, setting up a competing television event with Joe Biden in lieu of a presidential debate in which voters would have seen both presidential candidates engage with each other and discuss issues head-to-head.
Biden is set to appear in an ABC town hall, and both events are scheduled for 8 p.m. ET. The two were originally scheduled to participate in a second debate, but the event was eventually canceled after Trump objected to the virtual format...",left
13374,Trump and Biden to Hold Competing Town Halls on Thursday Night,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']",Trump and Biden to hold dueling town halls on rival networks in lieu of canceled second debate,Washington Examiner,"President Trump and Joe Biden have agreed to hold separate televised town hall events in lieu of the second presidential debate, which was canceled amid the president's COVID-19 diagnosis.
The president's town hall, which was announced on Wednesday morning, will take place on NBC News in Miami, Florida, and it will be moderated by Savannah Guthrie on Thursday night. Simultaneously, the former vice president will be on ABC News with George Stephanopoulos in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
One of the hurdles that the Trump campaign had to overcome to solidify the town...",right
13375,Trump and Biden to Hold Competing Town Halls on Thursday Night,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']","Donald Trump, Joe Biden to hold competing town halls Thursday instead of a debate",USA TODAY,"Their face-to-face debate canceled, President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will instead hold dueling town halls Thursday on competing television networks.
NBC announced Wednesday it will host a Trump town hall at 8 p.m. EDT on Thursday – the same time at which ABC will be hosting a similar event with Biden in Philadelphia.
The Trump event will be in Miami, which was supposed to be the site of a second debate between the two candidates. That showdown was canceled after Trump refused to participate once it was...",left
13376,Trump Shuts Down Blog After One Month,"['Donald Trump', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Capitol Chaos']",Trump blog page shuts down for good,CNBC,"Former President Donald Trump’s blog — a webpage where he shared statements after larger social media companies banned him from their platforms — has been permanently shut down, his spokesman said Wednesday.
The page “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump” has been scrubbed from Trump’s website after going live less than a month earlier.
It “will not be returning,” his senior aide Jason Miller told CNBC.
“It was just auxiliary to the broader efforts we have and are working on,” Miller said via email.",center
13377,Trump Shuts Down Blog After One Month,"['Donald Trump', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Capitol Chaos']",Trump Shuts Down His Personal Blog,National Review,"Former president Donald Trump’s webpage, which has served as his primary means of communication with the public since he was banned by the major social media companies, has been deleted, his spokesman confirmed Wednesday.
The blog, titled “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump,” has been permanently shut down and “will not be returning,” senior aide Jason Miller told CNBC.
“It was just auxiliary to the broader efforts we have and are working on,” Miller commented in email correspondence. He suggested that the discontinuation of the page is involved with grander plans...",right
13378,Trump Shuts Down Blog After One Month,"['Donald Trump', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Capitol Chaos']","Trump ends blog after 29 days, infuriated by measly readership",Washington Post,"Former president Donald Trump’s blog, celebrated by advisers as a “beacon of freedom” that would keep him relevant in an online world he once dominated, is dead. It was 29 days old.
Upset by reports from The Washington Post and other outlets highlighting its measly readership and concerns that it could detract from a social media platform he wants to launch later this year, Trump ordered his team Tuesday to put the blog out of its misery, advisers said.
On its last day, the site received just 1,500 shares or...",left
13379,NYC Mayor Announces End of Private Sector COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate,"['Coronavirus', 'New York City', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Freedom', 'Role Of Government', 'Education', 'Teachers']",NYC ends vaccine mandate for private businesses,Axios,"Private businesses in New York City will no longer be required to enforce COVID-19 vaccines starting Nov. 1, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday.
Why it matters: Private employers having more flexibility in their vaccine policies signals a shift into the next chapter of the pandemic, now that around 89% of NYC residents have already received at least one dose of the COVID vaccine, per the latest data.
What they're saying: “The new bivalent booster is here, providing better protection against variants we are seeing now and quite likely against variants in the future as well,"" Adams said in...",center
13380,NYC Mayor Announces End of Private Sector COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate,"['Coronavirus', 'New York City', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Freedom', 'Role Of Government', 'Education', 'Teachers']",NYC Ends Private Sector Vaccine Mandate,The Daily Caller,"New York City will be ending its private sector vaccine mandate starting Nov. 1 as the city continues to lift pandemic-related restrictions.
Democratic Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday the mandate will end Nov. 1 for private employees but will remain in place for public employees, according to NBC 4 New York.
“Our vaccinated workforce kept the city open and operating, with over 300,000 employees it was crucial to put it in place and we’re keeping it in place,” Adams reportedly said. “Our vaccinated workers have carried out their jobs and stepped up when...",right
13381,NYC Mayor Announces End of Private Sector COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate,"['Coronavirus', 'New York City', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Freedom', 'Role Of Government', 'Education', 'Teachers']","NYC Mayor Adams ends COVID vaccine mandates for private sector, student athletes — but city worker rule stays",New York Daily News,"The city’s coronavirus vaccine mandates for private sector workers and student athletes are ending, but the inoculation requirement for municipal workers will remain — at least for the time being.
Mayor Adams announced the roll back Tuesday at a City Hall press conference, stressing the need for New Yorkers to get their COVID booster shots.
Implemented by former Mayor Bill de Blasio, the private sector and student mandates have been in effect since late last year.
The workforce rule, which was the first of its kind in the country when rolled...",left
13382,Former Fox News President Bill Shine Hired as White House Communications Director,"['White House', 'Politics']",Ex-Fox News President Bill Shine to Take Over as White House Comms Director,National Review,"ABC News, citing multiple sources, reports that Shine has accepted the White House communications director role.",right
13383,Former Fox News President Bill Shine Hired as White House Communications Director,"['White House', 'Politics']","Bill Shine, accused of covering up sexual harassment at Fox News, will be White House communications director",Vox,He was ousted in May 2017 after being named in multiple lawsuits over the network’s handling of sexual harassment and racial discrimination.,left
13384,Former Fox News President Bill Shine Hired as White House Communications Director,"['White House', 'Politics']",White House Taps Former Fox News Executive For Senior Communications Job,NPR (Online News),"Former Fox News co-president Bill Shine has been named White House deputy chief of staff for communications and assistant to the president, the White House announced Thursday.",left
13385,Trump-Backed Candidate Wins Maryland GOP Gubernatorial Primary,"['2022 Elections', 'Dan Cox', 'Maryland', '2022 Gubernatorial Races']","Trump, Democrats all big winners in Maryland’s Republican gubernatorial primary",Fox News (Online News),"He was not on the ballot, but former President Trump was one of the winners in Maryland’s Republican primary for governor.
So was the Democratic Governors Association, whose seven-figure investment in the GOP contest appeared to pay off.
The candidate Trump was backing in the Republican primary, state Delegate Dan Cox, captured the party’s nomination in the race to succeed term-limited GOP Gov. Larry Hogan in blue state Maryland.
Cox defeated Kelly Schulz, a former state lawmaker who had served as Maryland’s secretary of labor (2015-2019) and secretary of commerce (2019–2022) in the...",right
13386,Trump-Backed Candidate Wins Maryland GOP Gubernatorial Primary,"['2022 Elections', 'Dan Cox', 'Maryland', '2022 Gubernatorial Races']",CNN projects Trump-backed Dan Cox will win GOP gubernatorial primary in Maryland,CNN (Online News),"Maryland Republicans chose state lawmaker Dan Cox, an election denier who has taken a series of hard-line conservative positions, as their nominee for what will be one of the most difficult governor's offices for the party to hold in November's midterms, CNN projected.
Elections officials on Tuesday night had begun what could be a weeks-long process of counting ballots. County officials were barred from beginning to process the record-breaking number of mail-in ballots for a primary election until after in-person voting concluded.
Cox won the GOP race to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Larry Hogan -- an...",left
13387,Trump-Backed Candidate Wins Maryland GOP Gubernatorial Primary,"['2022 Elections', 'Dan Cox', 'Maryland', '2022 Gubernatorial Races']",Trump-Backed Republican Dan Cox Wins Maryland Gubernatorial Primary,Wall Street Journal (News),"Dan Cox, a conservative state legislator endorsed by former President Donald Trump, won the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Maryland on Tuesday over former state Commerce Secretary Kelly Schulz, the Associated Press projected.
The primary election outcome sets up what political analysts predict will be an uphill battle for Mr. Cox in the November general election, given that registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 2 to 1 in Maryland and that President Biden defeated Mr. Trump 65% to 32% in 2020.
Maryland, whose incumbent is outgoing moderate Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, is one of the few largely...",center
13388,Perspectives: Joe Biden's Resurgence,"['Elections', 'Democratic Party', '2020 Election', 'Voting', 'Public Opinion', 'Joe Biden']",Joe Biden just turned into the aspirin America needs for its Trump headache,Los Angeles Times,"An idea from progressive Catholic theology might be useful for our times: pater patitur — the father suffers. It goes like this: A father figure, divine or otherwise, isn’t meant to relieve our suffering. Nor should he suffer for us, which suggests condescension. And he certainly shouldn’t inflict suffering on us, as too many parents do with their children. Rather, the father’s role is to suffer with us. We’ve seen this gracious and ultimately progressive model of fatherhood from Joe Biden in recent days in his run for the Democratic...",left
13389,Perspectives: Joe Biden's Resurgence,"['Elections', 'Democratic Party', '2020 Election', 'Voting', 'Public Opinion', 'Joe Biden']",How Biden Rebounded,Bloomberg,"So here’s what I think happened with the Democratic presidential nomination contest this year, at least so far. It’s still not entirely certain that Joe Biden will win, but I think Nate Cohn is right that the situation looks very difficult indeed for Bernie Sanders.
To begin with, I think Seth Masket is correct that this was a case of the party choosing, rather than the party jumping on a bandwagon established by voters. Here's how I would interpret the interaction between Democratic voters and party actors in February:",left
13390,Perspectives: Joe Biden's Resurgence,"['Elections', 'Democratic Party', '2020 Election', 'Voting', 'Public Opinion', 'Joe Biden']","Joe Biden: Not a Socialist, Just a Scoundrel",National Review,"Poor Bernie Sanders! The youth vote failed to show up for him. The youth vote always fails to show up — it will break your heart every time. Senator Sanders didn’t lose to Joe Biden — he lost to Tinder, weed, and The Resident. The kids were doing themselves a favor — young people have more of a future for Senator Sanders and his coterie of socialist dingbat malefactors to ruin.
Arising from the tumult, triumphant, was the dotty figure of Joe Biden. Biden and Sanders vying for the Democratic...",right
13391,DOJ Not Charging NYPD Officer in Eric Garner Case,"['Civil Rights', 'DOJ', 'Eric Garner', 'William Barr', 'NYPD']",'Today we can't breathe.' DOJ will not bring civil rights charge against NYPD officer in death of Eric Garner,USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – The Justice Department will not bring federal charges against a New York City police officer over the death of Eric Garner during a chaotic arrest that ignited nationwide protests five years ago.
The decision, announced Tuesday by Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Richard P. Donoghue, marks the end of a civil rights probe into an episode – much of it captured on video – that helped turn a national spotlight on how police officers use force against minorities.
“Like many of you, I have watched that video many times, and...",left
13392,DOJ Not Charging NYPD Officer in Eric Garner Case,"['Civil Rights', 'DOJ', 'Eric Garner', 'William Barr', 'NYPD']",Barr made decision to not bring charges against Eric Garner cop: official,New York Post (News),"The decision to not prosecute NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo in Eric Garner’s death was ultimately made by Attorney General William Barr himself — because of “insufficient evidence” in the case, Brooklyn’s top prosecutor announced Tuesday.
US Attorney Richard Donoghue said that after an extensive five-year investigation, the Department of Justice couldn’t prove that Pantaleo “acted in willful violation of the law” — while noting that Garner was not in a chokehold when he repeatedly gasped, “I can’t breathe.”",right
13393,DOJ Not Charging NYPD Officer in Eric Garner Case,"['Civil Rights', 'DOJ', 'Eric Garner', 'William Barr', 'NYPD']",Justice Department will not file charges against officer involved in Eric Garner’s death,ABC News (Online),"The Justice Department on Monday declined to file federal civil rights charges against the NYPD officer involved in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, whose dying words “I can’t breathe” on July 17, 2014, became a national rallying cry for demonstrations about police treatment of minorities, according to a source familiar with the matter.",left
13394,Debt Ceiling Fight,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Conservatives oppose a hypothetical debt ceiling deal,Salon,A group of House Republicans have indicated they'll oppose all but the most unrealistic resolutions to the crisis.,left
13395,Debt Ceiling Fight,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Democratic cracks open in debt-limit fight,Politico,For the past several weeks Senate Democrats and the White House have shown a remarkable amount of unity in the controversial fight surrounding the debt ceiling.,left
13396,Debt Ceiling Fight,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",What Should GOP Ask for in Exchange for Repealing Debt Limit?,Townhall,Obama will settle for nothing less than the full repeal of the debt limit. What should Republicans ask for in return?,right
13397,Trump Warns DeSantis Against Challenging Him in 2024 White House Race,"['Donald Trump', 'Ron DeSantis', '2024 Election', 'White House', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']","Trump: DeSantis a 'fine guy,' but he could 'hurt himself very badly' by running in 2024",Fox News (Online News),"Former President Trump said if he formally announces a 2024 White House bid and is re-elected, he would return to the nation’s capital with experience and a new perspective, without having to rely on Washington insiders, and would build on his ""unbeatable"" America First record.
The former president sat for a wide-ranging interview on Trump Force One, a Boeing 757, Monday night with Fox News Digital and four other reporters after teasing during a rally in Dayton, Ohio that he plans make a ""major"" announcement from Mar-a-Lago on Nov.15, likely...",right
13398,Trump Warns DeSantis Against Challenging Him in 2024 White House Race,"['Donald Trump', 'Ron DeSantis', '2024 Election', 'White House', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']","Trump warns DeSantis against 2024 White House bid, saying it wouldn’t be ‘good’ for GOP",The Hill,"Former President Trump in a new interview warned Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) against running for president in 2024.
“I don’t know if he is running. I think if he runs, he could hurt himself very badly. I really believe he could hurt himself badly,” Trump told Fox News in an interview late Monday after a rally in Ohio. “I think he would be making a mistake. I think the base would not like it. I don’t think it would be good for the party.”
“Any of that stuff is...",center
13399,Trump Warns DeSantis Against Challenging Him in 2024 White House Race,"['Donald Trump', 'Ron DeSantis', '2024 Election', 'White House', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']",Trump Threatens to Reveal Unflattering Information About DeSantis if He Runs,New York Times (News),"Several hours before polls opened on Tuesday for Election Day in Florida, former President Donald J. Trump warned the state’s governor, Ron DeSantis, against mounting a challenge to Mr. Trump’s own anticipated presidential candidacy in the 2024 election cycle.
“If he runs, he runs,” Mr. Trump said of Mr. DeSantis to a handful of reporters traveling with him on his private plane — recently refurbished and put back into use — after a rally Monday night in Dayton, Ohio.
But Mr. Trump added, in remarks published on Tuesday by The...",left
13400,White House Gun Control Campaign,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],President Obama taking gun violence plan on the road,Washington Post,"President Obama is taking his first trip outside Washington to promote his far-reaching plan to curb the nations gun violence, jetting to Minneapolis on Monday to discuss his ideas with local law enforcement leaders.",left
13401,White House Gun Control Campaign,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Obama Goes For The Guns,ABC News (Online),"President Obama takes his push to reduce gun violence on the road to Minneapolis today, ABCs Mary Bruce notes.",left
13402,White House Gun Control Campaign,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"First stop: Democrat-leaning Minnesota, for gun-control campaign",Washington Times,"President Obama is taking his gun-control message on the road, with a planned first stop in Democrat-leading Minnesota, at the Minneapolis Police Departments Special Operations Center, according to media reports.",right
13403,Hillary Clinton Interview & Book,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Does Hillary Clinton Feel Your Pain?,Slate,"Her “dead broke” comment will be forgotten. What’s more problematic are questions about her honesty. - It’s not the empathy, it’s the honesty. Hillary Clinton told Diane Sawyer that she and her husband were “dead broke” when they left the White House. The remark caused something between a flap and a stir. It might even have qualified as a ruckus. The Republican National Committee said it showed that Clinton was “out of touch” (the go-to charge in the age of the Great Recession and its aftermath). The next day, Good...",left
13404,Hillary Clinton Interview & Book,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","‘Tone Deaf,’ ‘Contrived,’ ‘Cautious Mush’: MSNBC Panel’s Brutal Review Of Hillary Clinton’s Book",The Blaze,"The morning after ABC-TV aired Diane Sawyer’s interview with Hillary Clinton, the former First Lady’s comment about being “dead broke” when she and Bill Clinton left the White House in January of 2001 is a source of much ridicule and mockery.",right
13405,Hillary Clinton Interview & Book,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",ABC News’s Diane Sawyer destroys Hillary Rodham Clinton on Benghazi,Erik Wemple,"A standard defense for Hillary Rodham Clinton when facing questions about Benghazi, Libya, has been to cite her commissioning of a report from the State Department’s Accountability Review Board (ARB), which took a deep look at the attacks that claimed the lives of four U.S. personnel on Sept. 11, 2012. In testimony before Congress in January 2013, Clinton said: “I hurried to appoint the Accountability Review Board led by Ambassador Pickering and Admiral Mullen so we could more fully understand from objective, independent examination, what went wrong and how to...",center
13406,Case Against War with Syria,['Middle East'],Wickham: Why Obama should not attack Syria,USA TODAY,"Despite sarin attack, getting U.S. involved in civil war is not in our interests. As horrific as the death count is from the sarin-filled bombs that the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad allegedly hurled into a rebel stronghold on the edge of Damascus, it should not trigger a U.S. military intervention into Syria's two-and-a-half-year-old civil war.",left
13407,Case Against War with Syria,['Middle East'],3 Reasons Not to Go to War with Syria,Reason,"As the Obama administration beats the drum for yet another military engagement, here are three reasons we shouldn’t go to war with Syria.",right
13408,Case Against War with Syria,['Middle East'],"Allen West: Obama Fired Off His Mouth, Now Wants To Fire Missiles",HuffPost,"Following Secretary of State John Kerry's statement Friday regarding unrest in Syria, former Florida Rep. Allen West (R) took to Facebook to slam the White House's approach to the situation.",left
13409,"Obama, lawmakers to meet on shutdown","['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Progress? Obama, congressional leaders to talk on shutdown",CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama invited congressional leaders to the White House on Wednesday, the second day of a federal government shutdown over a stalemate on spending and Republican efforts to defund or delay Obamacare.
The 5:30 p.m. ET meeting with House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will include a briefing on the havoc caused by failing to fund the government or pay its b",left
13410,"Obama, lawmakers to meet on shutdown","['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","‘Exasperated’ Obama cancels part of Asia trip, calls congressional leaders to White House",Washington Post,"An “exasperated” President Obama on Wednesday canceled part of his upcoming trip to Asia and invited congressional leaders to the White House to discuss the budget standoff that has shut down parts of the federal government for the first time in 17 years.
According to a White House official, the top four leaders of both parties from both houses were invited to meet with Obama at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time. The president will urge the House to pass a “clean” continuing resolution — without what Obama has called “ideological demands”...",left
13411,"Obama, lawmakers to meet on shutdown","['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Obama, lawmakers to meet on shutdown's 2nd day",Townhall,President Barack Obama called top lawmakers to the White House on Wednesday as Republicans rejected Democratic demands to vote on legislation ending a two-day partial government shutdown without changes to the nation's three-year-old health care law.,right
13412,Prosecutor Says Khashoggi Was Strangled Upon Entering Consulate,['Middle East'],"Khashoggi Was Strangled Upon Entering Consulate, Turkey Says",Bloomberg,"Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled to death as soon as he entered Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul in a premeditated murder, the city’s chief prosecutor said in a statement likely to keep tensions between Ankara and Riyadh elevated.",left
13413,Prosecutor Says Khashoggi Was Strangled Upon Entering Consulate,['Middle East'],Turkish prosecutor says Khashoggi was strangled and dismembered in Saudi Consulate,Washington Post,Turkey’s public prosecutor said Wednesday that Jamal Khashoggi was strangled and dismembered upon arrival at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul earlier this month as part of “advance plans” to kill the prominent Saudi journalist and dispose of his body.,left
13414,Prosecutor Says Khashoggi Was Strangled Upon Entering Consulate,['Middle East'],"Turkish prosecutor says Saudi writer strangled, dismembered",Fox News (Online News),"Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled as soon as he entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul as part of a premeditated killing, and his body was dismembered before being disposed of, a top Turkish prosecutor said Wednesday.",right
13415,"NYT, CNN Reports Say Trump Pressed to Seize Voting Machines After 2020 Election","['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Trump Had Role in Weighing Proposals to Seize Voting Machines,New York Times (News),"Six weeks after Election Day, with his hold on power slipping, President Donald J. Trump directed his lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, to make a remarkable call. Mr. Trump wanted him to ask the Department of Homeland Security if it could legally take control of voting machines in key swing states, three people familiar with the matter said.
Mr. Giuliani did so, calling the department’s acting deputy secretary, who said he lacked the authority to audit or impound the machines.
Mr. Trump pressed Mr. Giuliani to make that inquiry after rejecting...",left
13416,"NYT, CNN Reports Say Trump Pressed to Seize Voting Machines After 2020 Election","['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Trump directly involved in plans to seize voting machines -reports,Reuters,"Then-President Donald Trump was directly involved in efforts to use national security agencies to seize voting machines after his 2020 election loss, pressing his lawyer to make queries as advisers drafted two versions of a related executive order, media reports said.
The New York Times, citing three people familiar with the matter, reported on Monday that Trump directed Rudy Giuliani to call the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to determine whether it could legally take control of voting machines in key swing states.
That effort came amid two previously reported...",center
13417,"NYT, CNN Reports Say Trump Pressed to Seize Voting Machines After 2020 Election","['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Report: Former President Trump had a role in plan to seize voting machines,Deseret News,"A new report from The New York Times suggests that former President Donald Trump was more directly involved with a plan to seize voting machines during the 2020 election than previously thought.
The New York Times report said that Trump directed his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to call the Department of Homeland Security to see if the DHS could legally control voting machines in three swing states.
Giuliani made the call to the department’s acting deputy secretary, who said he didn’t have such authority.
Trump also reportedly raised the possibility to Attorney General Bill...",center
13418,Trump Holds First Rally Since Mar-a-Lago Search,"['Donald Trump', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election', '2022 Elections', 'John Fetterman', 'Joe Biden', 'Mehmet Oz']",Key Moments From Donald Trump's Pennsylvania Rally,Newsweek,"Donald Trump spoke at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday night to bolster Republican candidates Dr. Mehmet Oz and Doug Mastriano.
His first rally since the FBI's search of his Mar-a-Lago estate, Trump spent a good chunk of his speech attacking the bureau, the Department of Justice and President Joe Biden.
Speaking to supporters in Wilkes-Barre, Trump called Biden ""an enemy of the state"" and dubbed the DOJ ""vicious monsters.""
He also launched a fierce attack against John Fetterman, the Democrat running against Oz for U.S. Senate, branding him ""a...",center
13419,Trump Holds First Rally Since Mar-a-Lago Search,"['Donald Trump', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election', '2022 Elections', 'John Fetterman', 'Joe Biden', 'Mehmet Oz']","Trump Hits Back At Biden In First Rally Since FBI Raid: ‘Danger To Our Democracy Comes From The Radical Left, Not The Right’",The Daily Wire,"Former President Donald Trump shot back at President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Saturday night held with Republican candidates Mehmet Oz and Doug Mastriano.
The “Save America” event marked Trump’s first rally appearance since the FBI raided his home on August 8. Trump focused a large portion of his speech on the “corruption and extremism” of the Democratic Party.
“Republicans in the ‘MAGA’ movement are not the ones trying to undermine our democracy. We are the ones trying to save our democracy,” Trump...",right
13420,Trump Holds First Rally Since Mar-a-Lago Search,"['Donald Trump', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election', '2022 Elections', 'John Fetterman', 'Joe Biden', 'Mehmet Oz']",Trump Lashes Out in First Rally Since F.B.I. Search,New York Times (News),"In his first rally since his home was searched by the F.B.I. on Aug. 8, former President Donald J. Trump on Saturday lashed out at President Biden and federal agents, calling his Democratic rival “an enemy of the state” and the F.B.I. and the Department of Justice “vicious monsters.”
In an aggrieved and combative speech in Pennsylvania, Mr. Trump stoked anger against law enforcement even as the F.B.I. and federal officials have faced an increase in threats following the search of Mr. Trump’s residence to retrieve classified documents.
Mr. Trump’s...",left
13421,Marco Rubio Expresses Doubts About Tax Bill,['Taxes'],Marco Rubio expresses doubts about the tax reform bill he just voted for,Salon,"Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is publicly criticizing the same tax reform bill that he voted for.",left
13422,Marco Rubio Expresses Doubts About Tax Bill,['Taxes'],Marco Rubio: Tax bill 'probably went too far' with helping corporations,Washington Examiner,"Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., believes the recently passed Republican tax plan “probably went too far” with helping big companies.",right
13423,Marco Rubio Expresses Doubts About Tax Bill,['Taxes'],Sen. Marco Rubio thinks the GOP tax plan helps corporations too much,CNBC,"Sen. Marco Rubio says the GOP ""probably went too far"" in slashing the tax burden on corporations.",center
13424,"OMB Staffer Says Two Others Resigned Over ""Quid Pro Quo"" Concerns","['Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Quid Pro Quo', 'Ukraine', 'Foreign Aid', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump Knew of Whistleblower Complaint before Releasing Military Aid to Ukraine,National Review,"President Trump was made aware of the whistleblower complaint regarding his interactions with Ukraine before he released military aid to the country, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.
The complaint alleged that Trump improperly leveraged U.S. military aid to coerce the opening of politically beneficial investigations during his July 25 phone call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. While the whistleblower did not listen to the call firsthand, the individual was alarmed by what he had learned of the call’s contents and the extra security with which the transcript of...",right
13425,"OMB Staffer Says Two Others Resigned Over ""Quid Pro Quo"" Concerns","['Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Quid Pro Quo', 'Ukraine', 'Foreign Aid', 'White House', 'Politics']",Budget official testimony undermines impeachment defense on freezing Ukraine aid,CNN (Online News),"A career budget official undercut one of the White House's arguments for freezing $400 million in security aid to Ukraine, according to a newly released transcript.
Mark Sandy, a career official in the Office of Management and Budget, said that the White House did not tell his office that the aid was being frozen over concerns about other countries' contributions until months after the hold was put in place. Sandy described deep dissatisfaction within the OMB after the hold was put in place, including questions being raised about the legality...",left
13426,"OMB Staffer Says Two Others Resigned Over ""Quid Pro Quo"" Concerns","['Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Quid Pro Quo', 'Ukraine', 'Foreign Aid', 'White House', 'Politics']","Two budget staffers resigned after voicing concerns about halted Ukraine aid, official says",The Hill,"Two staffers for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) resigned after expressing frustrations about a hold on military assistance to Ukraine that is now at the center of the impeachment inquiry, a witness has testified.
Mark Sandy, an OMB staffer, testified this month that the two staffers, one of whom was in the legal division, had resigned partially due to frustrations with the unexplained aid freeze, according to a transcript of his testimony released Tuesday.
Sandy recalled that one individual who resigned had ""expressed some frustrations about not...",center
13427,"Iran's Foreign Minister Warns of ""All-Out War"" If Countries Retaliate","['Iran', 'Oil Facility Attack', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Middle East']",Iran diplomat warns of ‘all-out war’ if hit for Saudi attack,Associated Press,"Iran’s top diplomat said Thursday that any attack on his country over a drone-and-missile strike on Saudi Arabia’s oil industry will result in “all-out war,” further pushing up tensions across the Persian Gulf.
The comments by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif represented the starkest warning yet by Iran in a long summer of mysterious attacks and incidents following the collapse of Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, more than a year after President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from the accord.
Zarif’s comments also appeared to be a...",left
13428,"Iran's Foreign Minister Warns of ""All-Out War"" If Countries Retaliate","['Iran', 'Oil Facility Attack', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Middle East']",Iran's Zarif Threatens 'All Out War' If Military Strike on Iran,Newsmax (News),"Iran warned President Donald Trump on Thursday against being dragged into all-out war in the Middle East following an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities which Washington and Riyadh blame on Tehran.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has described the weekend strike that initially halved Saudi oil output as an act of war and has been discussing possible retaliation with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf allies.
Trump on Wednesday struck a cautious note, saying there were many options short of war with Iran, which denies involvement in the...",right
13429,"Iran's Foreign Minister Warns of ""All-Out War"" If Countries Retaliate","['Iran', 'Oil Facility Attack', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Middle East']",Iran's foreign minister threatens 'all-out war' in response to potential military strike,Politico,"Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif threatened that an “all-out war” would result from a military strike on Iran by the United States or Saudi Arabia in response to last weekend’s attacks on Saudi oil facilities.
“I make a very serious statement about defending our country. I’m making a very serious statement that we don’t want war,” Zarif told CNN in an interview that aired Thursday.
“We don’t want to engage in a military confrontation,” he continued. “We believe that a military confrontation based on deception is awful, will have a...",left
13430,Facebook Will Now Let Users Turn Off Political Ads,"['Facebook', 'Political Advertising', 'Election Interference', 'Voter Registration', 'Technology']",Facebook will let users opt out of political advertisements,NBC News (Online),"Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that the company will let users opt out of political ads and will help register 4 million voters for the 2020 election.
Zuckerberg made the announcement in an opinion piece for USA Today, in which he also discussed Facebook's efforts to prevent election interference.
His comments come amid concerns about voter suppression and voting issues during this year's election, which could be amplified by the coronavirus pandemic.
Facebook has ""a responsibility not just to prevent voter suppression — which disproportionately targets people of color...",left
13431,Facebook Will Now Let Users Turn Off Political Ads,"['Facebook', 'Political Advertising', 'Election Interference', 'Voter Registration', 'Technology']","Mark Zuckerberg: Historic Facebook campaign will boost voter registration, turnout and voices",USA TODAY,"I believe Facebook can strengthen democracy by maintaining as open a platform as possible, accompanied by ambitious efforts to lift voter participation.
The 2020 election is going to be unlike any other. It was already going to be a heated campaign, and that was before the pandemic — and before the killing of George Floyd and so many others forced us yet again to confront the painful reality of systemic racism in America. People want accountability, and in a democracy the ultimate way we do that is through voting.
With...",left
13432,Facebook Will Now Let Users Turn Off Political Ads,"['Facebook', 'Political Advertising', 'Election Interference', 'Voter Registration', 'Technology']",Facebook to allow users to opt out of seeing political and social issue ads,Washington Times,"Facebook this week announced that users in the U.S. will soon be able to opt out of seeing social issue, electoral or political ads as the company faces pressure to police “misinformation” on its platform.
The company on Tuesday said it was rolling out the option for some people before expanding it to everyone in the U.S. in the next few weeks.
Many have criticized Facebook for failing to police “misinformation” on its platform, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said they do have rules against speech that will cause “physical harm”...",right
13433,White House to Develop COVID-19 'Vaccine Passports',"['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",Biden Administration To Develop COVID-19 Vaccine Passport,International Business Times,"President Joe Biden's administration is coordinating the development of a system that would give proof-of-vaccination to people who have been inoculated against the coronavirus, a senior administration official noted.
The White House is working with multiple government agencies, including the offices of Health and Human Services, along with technology and travel companies, to develop this vaccine passport system, the official told CNN.
“Our role is to help ensure that any solutions in this area should be simple, free, open source, accessible to people both digitally and on paper, and designed...",center
13434,White House to Develop COVID-19 'Vaccine Passports',"['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","‘Vaccine passports’ are on the way, but developing them won’t be easy",Washington Post,"The Biden administration and private companies are working to develop a standard way of handling credentials — often referred to as “vaccine passports” — that would allow Americans to prove they have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus as businesses try to reopen.
The effort has gained momentum amid President Biden’s pledge that the nation will start to regain normalcy this summer and with a growing number of companies — from cruise lines to sports teams — saying they will require proof of vaccination before opening their doors again.
The...",left
13435,White House to Develop COVID-19 'Vaccine Passports',"['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",Biden White House Plans 'Vaccine Passports',Newsmax (News),"The White House is working on a COVID-19 vaccine passport initiative that could be required for travel, sporting events and even eating out, reports The Washington Post.
The report comes as major U.S. airlines and nearly 30 travel and labor groups are pushing President Joe Biden to develop a standardized, government-backed credential to “accelerate safe economic activity and recovery.”
""The U.S. must be a leader in this development,"" the groups wrote in a letter to COVID-19 Recovery Team Coordinator Jeff Zients on Monday. ""The current diverse and fragmented digital health...",right
13436,Production Resumes at Baby Formula Plant Linked to National Shortage,"['Public Health', 'Baby Formula', 'Family And Marriage']",Abbott Nutrition resumes production of baby formula at Michigan facility following contamination,Insider,"Abbott Nutrition has restarted production at a Michigan baby formula factory that was previously shut down due to contamination, contributing to a nationwide shortage of formula. 
""We will ramp production as quickly as we can while meeting all requirements,"" Abbott said in a statement. ""We're committed to safety and quality and will do everything we can to re-earn the trust parents, caregivers and health care providers have placed in us for 130 years.""
Abbott, the largest infant formula manufacturer in the US, said it will take approximately three weeks for products to...",left
13437,Production Resumes at Baby Formula Plant Linked to National Shortage,"['Public Health', 'Baby Formula', 'Family And Marriage']",Abbott: US baby formula plant linked to national shortage resumes production,BBC News,"US firm Abbott says it is restarting production at a baby formula plant after its shutdown contributed to a national shortage of the baby food.
The plant in Michigan - one of America's largest - was closed in February because of contamination.
Coupled with global supply chain issues, the factory's closure led to acute shortages.
Parents were left scrambling for supplies, seeking formula from food banks, friends and doctor's offices.
Some turned to social media to try to track down baby milk, while others attempted to make their own substitutes...",center
13438,Production Resumes at Baby Formula Plant Linked to National Shortage,"['Public Health', 'Baby Formula', 'Family And Marriage']",Abbott's Michigan baby formula plant reopens: How long before parents see more supply?,Fox Business,"Baby formula manufacturer Abbott Laboratories restarted production Saturday at its Sturgis, Michigan plant that has been closed since February.
Abbott said it will first produce EleCare and other specialty and metabolic formulas which will be available to consumers as early as June 20. The company added that it will restart production of Similac and other formulas as soon as it can.
The company reached an agreement with the Food and Drug Administration after a voluntary recall that has contributed to a baby formula shortage nationwide.
'We understand the urgent need for formula...",right
13439,"Gorsuch Breaks From Conservatives, Joins Liberals in Majority Opinion","['Supreme Court', 'Sonia Sotomayor']",Supreme Court rules 151-year-old Indian treaty grants hunting rights,Washington Times,"The Supreme Court ruled Monday that an 1868 treaty between with the Crow Indians is still valid and grants tribe members hunting rights on some federal lands, breathing new life into Indian-U.S. relations.
Wyoming had charged Clayvin Herrera, a member of the Crow, with offseason hunting in 2014 after state officials discovered him other tribe members hunting bull elk on the Big Horn National Forest, discarding the bodies and only taking the heads for trophies.
Mr. Herrera argued he was permitted to hunt on the land, citing the treaty which...",right
13440,"Gorsuch Breaks From Conservatives, Joins Liberals in Majority Opinion","['Supreme Court', 'Sonia Sotomayor']",Supreme Court sides with Native American hunter as Gorsuch joins liberals,The Hill,"The Supreme Court on Monday sided with a Wyoming hunter charged with off-season hunting, ruling 5-4 that a 150-year-old treaty between a Native American tribe and the United States was still active and protected the man's rights.
Clayvin Herrera was charged in 2014 with off-season hunting, but he argued that an 1868 treaty between the U.S. and the Crow Tribe — of which he is a member — protected his ability to hunt at that time.
Wyoming had argued that the treaty was invalidated when it achieved statehood and lower...",center
13441,"Gorsuch Breaks From Conservatives, Joins Liberals in Majority Opinion","['Supreme Court', 'Sonia Sotomayor']",Supreme Court Sides With Native American Hunter As Neil Gorsuch Joins Liberal Justices,HuffPost,"WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) ― The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of a Native American elk hunter, citing an 1868 treaty between his tribe and the U.S. government as it revived his legal challenge to a conviction for hunting out of season in Bighorn National Forest in Wyoming.
In a 5-4 ruling, the high court sided with Crow Tribe member Clayvin Herrera. It found that the treaty, which gave tribe members hunting rights on “unoccupied” lands, is still in force even though it was signed before Wyoming became...",left
13442,U.S. Agrees to 'Remove Remaining Troops' From Iraq,"['Foreign Policy', 'Iraq', 'World', 'Joe Biden', 'US Military', 'US Army']","No timetable for withdrawal of troops after US, Iraq talks",Associated Press,"The mission of U.S. forces in Iraq has shifted to training and advisory roles, allowing for redeployment of combat forces remaining in the country, U.S. and Iraq delegates said Wednesday, after a third round of strategic U.S.-Iraq talks.
Statements issued by both sides, however, said the timing of such a redeployment would be determined in upcoming technical talks, without specifying when they would take place. They also stressed the need for continued security cooperation.
The talks — held virtually because of the pandemic — began in June under the Trump...",left
13443,U.S. Agrees to 'Remove Remaining Troops' From Iraq,"['Foreign Policy', 'Iraq', 'World', 'Joe Biden', 'US Military', 'US Army']",Iraqi PM Grapples with Militia Threat as Talks with US Start,Newsmax (News),"Iraq’s prime minister asked Iran's leaders to rein in Iran-backed militias in Iraq and in a strongly worded message to Tehran, suggested he would confront the factions, two Iraqi officials said Wednesday.
Mustafa al-Kadhimi's statement came as the fourth round of strategic talks with Washington got under way, the first under President Joe Biden. The talks — held virtually because of the pandemic — began in June and are expected to center on an array of issues, including the presence of remaining U.S. combat forces in Iraq and Iran-backed groups...",right
13444,U.S. Agrees to 'Remove Remaining Troops' From Iraq,"['Foreign Policy', 'Iraq', 'World', 'Joe Biden', 'US Military', 'US Army']",U.S. and Iraq conclude talks on troop presence,Washington Post,"The United States and Iraq concluded talks Wednesday on America’s troop presence here, issuing a joint statement that emphasized the growing capacity of the Iraqi military, six years after it crumbled in the face of the Islamic State’s advance.
The statement followed a third round of talks between Washington and Baghdad, known as the Strategic Dialogue, and the first to take place under President Biden.
“Based on the increasing capacity of the ISF [Iraq Security Forces], the parties confirmed that the mission of U.S. and Coalition forces has now transitioned...",left
13445,"Supreme Court Starts Hearing Arguments on Biden’s Vaccine Mandates, Testing Rules","['Coronavirus', 'Supreme Court', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Role Of Government']",Biden vaccine policies face Supreme Court test amid nationwide COVID-19 surge,SCOTUSblog,"With over 100,000 Americans hospitalized for COVID-19 as a result of the highly contagious Omicron variant, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument Friday in two sets of challenges to the Biden administration’s authority to take action to combat the pandemic. In the first case, National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor, the justices will consider the Biden administration’s attempt to impose a vaccine-or-test mandate for workers at large employers. In the second case, Biden v. Missouri, they will consider a vaccine mandate for health care workers at facilities that receive federal...",center
13446,"Supreme Court Starts Hearing Arguments on Biden’s Vaccine Mandates, Testing Rules","['Coronavirus', 'Supreme Court', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Role Of Government']",Supreme Court To Decide Fate Of Biden’s Vaccine Rules,HuffPost,"In early November, President Biden issued two sweeping federal rules aimed at getting as many workers as possible vaccinated against COVID-19. Whether those controversial rules survive is now in the hands of the Supreme Court.
The justices are scheduled to hear oral arguments Friday in a pair of cases revolving around the emergency regulations. Republican leaders and business groups sued to stop the rules from going into effect, leading to injunctions and differing opinions in the lower courts. After groups filed emergency requests with the Supreme Court, the justices decided to expedite both...",left
13447,"Supreme Court Starts Hearing Arguments on Biden’s Vaccine Mandates, Testing Rules","['Coronavirus', 'Supreme Court', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Role Of Government']",Supreme Court Begins Hearing Arguments To Biden’s Vaccine Rules,The Daily Caller,"The Supreme Court is set to hold a public session Friday to hear challenges to President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate rules.
Biden announced two policies in 2021 that affect almost 100 million workers. The first policy is a vaccine and testing rule for private business with 100+ employees. The second policy is a vaccine mandate for any health care worker operating out of a facility that receives Medicaid and Medicare funding, minus those who qualify for religious and medical exemptions. While the policies were announced in November, enforcement has not yet begun due...",right
13448,"NBC, DNC: Announces Debate Lineups","['Election: Presidential', 'Debates', 'MSNBC', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",NBC announces lineups for first Democratic debate,Washington Times,"NBC News on Friday set the lineups for the first Democratic presidential debate, which will be spread out over back-to-back nights in order to accommodate the massive field.
The 20 candidates that qualified for the debate have been split into two groups that will square off June 26 and June 27 in Miami.
The first group is composed of Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey; Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts; former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas; Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota; former Rep. John Delaney of Maryland; Rep. Tulsi Gabbard...",right
13449,"NBC, DNC: Announces Debate Lineups","['Election: Presidential', 'Debates', 'MSNBC', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The Latest: NBC announces 1st 2020 Democratic debate lineups,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Democrats’ first 2020 presidential debates later this month (all times local):
12:45 p.m.
NBC has announced how it will divvy up the 20 Democratic candidates for the first debate of the 2020 election campaign, which will be held over two nights in Miami later this month.
The lineup for the first two-hour session on June 26 features Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Beto (BET’-oh) O’Rourke, Amy Klobuchar (KLOH’-buh-shar), Julián Castro, Bill de Blasio (dih BLAH’-zee-oh), John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Tim Ryan and Jay Inslee.",left
13450,"NBC, DNC: Announces Debate Lineups","['Election: Presidential', 'Debates', 'MSNBC', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Here are the matchups for the first 2020 Democratic debates,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)The matchups for the first 2020 Democratic presidential debate were announced by NBC News on Friday.
The June debate will feature the first high-profile clashes of the party's nominating process, giving the 20 qualifying candidates an opportunity to define themselves -- and their opponents -- in front of a national audience.",left
13451,"Google, YouTube to Demonetize Content That Contradicts Climate Change Science","['Free Speech', 'Online Censorship', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Big Tech', 'Google', 'YouTube', 'Media Bias', 'Facts And Fact Checking']","Google, YouTube to prohibit ads and monetization on climate denial content",Axios,"Google and YouTube on Thursday announced a new policy that prohibits climate deniers from being able to monetize their content on its platforms via ads or creator payments.
Why it matters: It's one of the most aggressive measures any major tech platform has taken to combat climate change misinformation.
Details: Google advertisers and publishers, as well as YouTube creators, will be prohibited from making ad revenue off content that contradicts ""well-established scientific consensus around the existence and causes of climate change,"" the company's ads team said in a statement.
""This includes content...",center
13452,"Google, YouTube to Demonetize Content That Contradicts Climate Change Science","['Free Speech', 'Online Censorship', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Big Tech', 'Google', 'YouTube', 'Media Bias', 'Facts And Fact Checking']","Google, YouTube End Monetization of ‘Climate Denial’ Content",Washington Free Beacon,"Google and YouTube announced Thursday that they will no longer allow content creators and advertisers to profit off content that contradicts mainstream views on climate change.
Beginning next month, Google and its subsidiary YouTube will no longer monetize ads or videos that go against ""well-established scientific consensus around the existence and causes of climate change,"" according to a memo from the company's ad team. Under the new policy, video creators will not receive a cut of revenue from views of those videos.
The move is one of the most sweeping policy changes...",right
13453,"Google, YouTube to Demonetize Content That Contradicts Climate Change Science","['Free Speech', 'Online Censorship', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Big Tech', 'Google', 'YouTube', 'Media Bias', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",Google and YouTube will cut off ad money for climate change deniers,The Verge,"Google will no longer allow advertisers, publishers, and YouTube creators to monetize content that denies the existence of climate change. The company detailed the changes in a support document on Thursday.
“Today, we’re announcing a new monetization policy for Google advertisers, publishers and YouTube creators that will prohibit ads for, and monetization of, content that contradicts well-established scientific consensus around the existence and causes of climate change,” the Google Ads team said in the document. “This includes content referring to climate change as a hoax or a scam, claims denying that long-term...",left
13454,"Protests Call for States, Country to Re-open","['Culture', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'Role Of Government', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus']",Pro-Trump protesters push back on stay-at-home orders,Associated Press,"While many Americans are filled with fear, Melissa Ackison says the coronavirus pandemic has filled her with anger. The stay-at-home orders are government overreach, the conservative Ohio state Senate candidate says, and the labeling of some workers as “essential” arbitrary.
“It enrages something inside of you,” said Ackison, who was among those who protested Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s orders at the statehouse in Columbus with her 10-year-old son. She has “no fear whatsoever” of contracting the virus, she said Thursday, dismissing it as hype.
The Ohio protest was among a...",left
13455,"Protests Call for States, Country to Re-open","['Culture', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'Role Of Government', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus']",Rallies to reopen economy spread across country as officials urge caution to prevent coronavirus resurgence,Fox News (Online News),"A growing wave of rallies are taking place across the country as protesters demand that state governments lift their orders closing businesses and public places as soon as possible, even as officials urge caution to prevent a resurgence of coronavirus.
These Americans say they are suffering because of the economic shutdowns nationwide to reduce the spread of the coronavirus and are antsy to resume working and going out in public as usual.",right
13456,"Protests Call for States, Country to Re-open","['Culture', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Health', 'Role Of Government', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus']",The social-distancing deniers have arrived,CNN (Online News),"(CNN) - Patience is in ever-shorter supply. No one is happy with the current situation. But some Americans see the yoke of oppression in public health efforts to keep people home, and they're growing louder.
Underneath the general frustration and dazed acceptance of so much of the world changing its lifestyle for the time being lurks a growing defiance of the science that tells us how to deal with Covid-19 and the government that is telling everyone (to varying degrees) to stay indoors.
That President Donald Trump, normally an...",left
13457,Kamala Harris Discusses Her Approach to Immigration,"['Immigration', 'Foreign Policy', 'Border Wall', 'Kamala Harris']",VP Kamala Harris: Migrant surges 'not going to be solved overnight',Washington Times,"Vice President Kamala Harris said Sunday a mix of aid and diplomacy will make progress in stemming the migrant surge, but she lowered expectations for an immediate fix, saying the flight of people from Central America to the southern U.S. border is “not going to be solved overnight.”
President Biden put Ms. Harris in charge of dealing with the migrant surge, which has become an early and visible challenge for the administration. The White House has pointed to cyclical surges at the border, though some migrants have cited Mr. Biden’s...",right
13458,Kamala Harris Discusses Her Approach to Immigration,"['Immigration', 'Foreign Policy', 'Border Wall', 'Kamala Harris']","Kamala Harris Says Trump 'Pulled Out' of Immigration Progress, U.S. Must 'Rebuild'",Newsweek,"Vice President Kamala Harris said Sunday she will increasingly be calling on United Nations allies to help with the immigration crisis at the U.S. southern border, blaming part of today's issues on a lack of continuity caused by former President Donald Trump.
Harris reiterated during a Sunday morning CNN interview that the immigration crisis flowing out of the Northern Triangle countries of Central America won't ""be solved overnight."" She noted that if such a complex issue were easy, ""it would have been handled years ago.""
The vice president blasted the...",center
13459,Kamala Harris Discusses Her Approach to Immigration,"['Immigration', 'Foreign Policy', 'Border Wall', 'Kamala Harris']",Kamala Harris cements her place in Biden's inner circle during a consequential week,CNN (Online News),"Vice President Kamala Harris was huddled with other White House officials in President Joe Biden's private dining room last week when the room let out a ""collective exhale."" A Minnesota jury had found Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd.
As the large flat-screen television mounted on the north wall flashed three ""guilty"" counts, the room was overcome with a ""sweeping sense of relief,"" an aide said. Harris joined Biden and the first lady moments later in the Oval Office, where Floyd's family was patched in by speakerphone.
""She...",left
13460,Trump Administration Reviews Cases of Immigrants Who May Have Used Fraudulent Documents During Naturalization Process,['Immigration'],Trump administration expands government's deportation powers,Washington Times,"The Trump administration has expanded the government’s deportation powers, issuing guidelines urging officers at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — the legal immigration agency — to begin the removal process for people who use fraudulent documents or who illegally took government benefits.",right
13461,Trump Administration Reviews Cases of Immigrants Who May Have Used Fraudulent Documents During Naturalization Process,['Immigration'],"Congratulations, You Are Now a U.S. Citizen. Unless Someone Decides Later You’re Not.",New York Times (News),"Norma Borgoño immigrated to the United States from Peru in 1989. A single mother with two children, she set roots in the Miami suburbs, finding work as a secretary, dedicating herself to her church and, earlier this year, welcoming her first grandchild, a girl named Isabel, after Ms. Borgoño’s middle name.",left
13462,Trump Administration Reviews Cases of Immigrants Who May Have Used Fraudulent Documents During Naturalization Process,['Immigration'],Trump ramps up scrutiny of legal immigrants,The Hill,"The Trump administration is stepping up efforts to curb legal immigration, taking a series of actions in recent weeks that could lead to deportation for people already granted citizenship.",center
13463,Royal Caribbean Sends Aid to Puerto Rico,"['Disaster', 'General News']","Royal Caribbean cancels cruise, sends ship on rescue mission to Puerto Rico",The Hill,Royal Caribbean has canceled an upcoming cruise in order to send a ship to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands on a mission to help hurricane victims.,center
13464,Royal Caribbean Sends Aid to Puerto Rico,"['Disaster', 'General News']","Royal Caribbean deploys Adventure of the Seas ship to assist Puerto Rico with supplies, evacuations",New York Daily News,"Royal Caribbean is pitching in on hurricane relief in any way it can. The cruise line has canceled its Sept. 30 Adventure of the Seas trip so it can focus the ship on helping with relief from Hurricane Maria, along with Hurricane Irma, which passed through just weeks before.",left
13465,Royal Caribbean Sends Aid to Puerto Rico,"['Disaster', 'General News']","Carnival, Royal Caribbean ships to help Puerto Rico aid efforts",Fox News (Online News),"Nearly a week after Hurricane Maria slammed Puerto Rico, many residents are in critical need of supplies. Food, water, and medicine are dwindling and the island is expected to be without power for several months.",right
13466,Fact Check: Reports Misleading on Status of Immigrant Children,['Immigration'],Fallacies on both sides in immigration debate,Associated Press,"Since the government acknowledged last month that the Trump administration had lost track of nearly 1,500 immigrant children, the debate over what that means and who is to blame has roiled Twitter. Here’s a look at the partisan claims and a reality check behind the latest immigration fight:",left
13467,Fact Check: Reports Misleading on Status of Immigrant Children,['Immigration'],The real immigration crisis isn’t “missing” children. It’s family separations.,Vox,"Thousands of Twitter users spent the weekend asking #WhereAreTheChildren?
The viral hashtag sprang up in response to a now widely shared New York Times article noting that the federal government had been unable to make contact with 1,475 unaccompanied minors awaiting deportation hearings.
First things first: Despite reports to the contrary, those children are not “missing” or “misplaced.”
Immigration experts point out that these children are not in government custody, nor are they supposed to be. Instead, this is a population of minors who arrived at the US border unaccompanied...",left
13468,Fact Check: Reports Misleading on Status of Immigrant Children,['Immigration'],Remember those brutal immigrant detention centers liberals tried to pin on Trump? It was all Obama,Washington Examiner,"Liberals and even ostensibly objective journalists are experts at getting themselves outraged. But only if they think that an abuse is occurring under President Trump.
Over Memorial Day Weekend, former Obama White House speechwriter Jon Favreau attempted to pin the blame of the harsh and brutal conditions for children and families at immigrant detention centers on President Trump.
Favreau tweeted on Sunday, ""Look at these pictures. This is happening right now, and the only debate that matters is how we force our government to get these kids back to their...",right
13469,"'Social Distancing' as Americans Urged to Stay Home, Avoid Gathering","['Public Health', 'Role Of Government', 'Business', 'Culture', 'Banking And Finance', 'Disaster', 'Domestic Policy', 'Disease', 'Coronavirus']",Social distancing could have devastating effect on people with depression,NBC News (Online),"As the coronavirus advances across the country, more Americans are staying in their homes. That sort of ""social distancing"" is considered essential to slowing the spread of the virus and easing the burden on the beleaguered health infrastructure.
But for those suffering from depression, especially those who struggle with suicidal thoughts, it is definitely not what the doctor ordered.
Any ""isolation is so devastating to our own mood because we're left stuck with our own thoughts,"" said Emily Roberts, a Manhattan-based psychotherapist. ""If you're struggling with a mental health disease,...",left
13470,"'Social Distancing' as Americans Urged to Stay Home, Avoid Gathering","['Public Health', 'Role Of Government', 'Business', 'Culture', 'Banking And Finance', 'Disaster', 'Domestic Policy', 'Disease', 'Coronavirus']",Millions holed up at home as U.S. routines shift profoundly,Associated Press,"CHICAGO (AP) — Millions of Americans began their work week holed up at home Monday against the coronavirus outside their doors, as the escalating outbreak shifted the nation’s daily routines in ways never before seen in U.S. history.
As wide swaths of the economy began shuddering to a halt, the financial markets opened with stocks dropping on Wall Street by nearly 10 percent, triggering an automatic 15-minute halt to trading. That came despite emergency Federal Reserve action late Sunday that cut the key interest rate to near zero.
The best-case...",left
13471,"'Social Distancing' as Americans Urged to Stay Home, Avoid Gathering","['Public Health', 'Role Of Government', 'Business', 'Culture', 'Banking And Finance', 'Disaster', 'Domestic Policy', 'Disease', 'Coronavirus']","Wake Up Call: Yes, Young People Can Also Get Seriously Ill From Coronavirus",Townhall,"Without naming names, I made an observation on Saturday night, based on the social choices of a shocking number of the people I follow on Instagram -- many of whom are young and healthy. Despite increased calls for social distancing as the United States grapples with a rapidly increasing avalanche of confirmed cases of Coronavirus -- with many more to come -- numerous anecdotal reports indicated that many nightlife hotspots were packed with people partying and drinking, as if nothing were happening. I was taken aback:",right
13472,Yellen Says US Economy Shows No Signs of Recession,"['Consumer Prices', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Food Prices', 'Inflation', 'Janet Yellen', 'Labor', 'Recession']",Yellen says economy shows no signs of recession,The Hill,"Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that growing consumer spending, industrial output, credit quality and other economic indicators don’t suggest the economy is in a recession, although she acknowledged that “way too high” inflation is straining the system.
“This is not an economy that is in recession,” Yellen told moderator Chuck Todd on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” 
Businesses and consumers are seeing the economy slow after a rapid growth spurt last year, which brought the labor market back to life after the COVID-19 pandemic, the secretary said. But this transitional slowdown is “necessary and...",center
13473,Yellen Says US Economy Shows No Signs of Recession,"['Consumer Prices', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Food Prices', 'Inflation', 'Janet Yellen', 'Labor', 'Recession']",Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen acknowledges economic ‘slowdown’ but downplays recession fears,Fox Business,"Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen acknowledged Sunday that the U.S. is experiencing an economic ""slowdown"" but downplayed the potential for a recession, arguing that the country is in a period of ""transition"" following rapid economic growth.
""The economy is slowing down,"" Yellen said on NBC News’ ""Meet the Press,"" adding that a correction is ""appropriate"" for a healthy economy.
""The labor market is now extremely strong,"" she said. ""This is not an economy that's in recession, but we're in a period of transition in which growth is slowing. And that's necessary and appropriate,...",right
13474,Yellen Says US Economy Shows No Signs of Recession,"['Consumer Prices', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Food Prices', 'Inflation', 'Janet Yellen', 'Labor', 'Recession']",Yellen downplays US recession as wave of economic data looms,Associated Press Fact Check,"Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said the U.S. economy is slowing but pointed to healthy hiring as proof that it is not yet in recession.
Yellen spoke on NBC’s “Meet the Press” just before a slew of economic reports will be released this week that will shed light on an economy currently besieged by rampant inflation and threatened by higher interest rates. The data will cover sales of new homes, consumer confidence, incomes, spending, inflation, and overall output.
The highest-profile report will likely be Thursday, when the Commerce Department will release its first estimate...",left
13475,Obama Immigration Proposal,['Immigration'],Obama unveils his own proposal for immigration reform,Washington Post,"Declaring that Americas immigration system is broken, President Obama on Tuesday called for a process to allow millions of illegal immigrants in the country to “earn their way to citizenship, and he warned that he would send his own bill to Congress if lawmakers deadlock on a new Senate proposal.",left
13476,Obama Immigration Proposal,['Immigration'],"'Now's the time' to move on immigration, Obama says",CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama threw his full support behind a comprehensive overhaul of U.S. immigration laws on Tuesday, saying ""now's the time"" to replace a system he called ""out of date and badly broken.""",left
13477,Obama Immigration Proposal,['Immigration'],Obama's Immigration Plan: Expedite 11 Million Illegal Immigrants to Citizenship,Townhall,"President Obama has wrapped up his $1.6 million campaign event immigration reform speech in Las Vegas, Nevada. ""Now is the time for common sense, comprehensive immigration reform,"" Obama said.",right
13478,Protests and Questions in MO,['Violence In America'],Nightmare in Ferguson: Cops become a brutal occupying force,Salon,"Journalists are arrested, teargassed as protesters are abused for another night. Where is the political leadership?",left
13479,Protests and Questions in MO,['Violence In America'],Ferguson Has Long Been Challenged by Racial Tensions,Wall Street Journal (News),Protests Turn Violent Again in City With a Growing Divide,center
13480,Protests and Questions in MO,['Violence In America'],Intense Video: Ferguson Resembles a War Zone as Police Clash With Protesters for Fourth Straight Night,The Blaze,"Residents in Ferguson, Missouri, on Wednesday night were once again demonstrating in protest of the controversial shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown.",right
13481,What Mueller Wants to Ask Trump,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Mueller Outlined Over 40 Questions for Trump in Potential Interview,Wall Street Journal (News),"Special counsel Robert Mueller earlier this year outlined for President Donald Trump’s legal team more than 40 questions he planned to ask in a possible interview with the president as part of his investigation into Trump associates’ ties to Russia, according to a person familiar with the matter.",center
13482,What Mueller Wants to Ask Trump,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Mueller's questions for Trump leaked to NYT, in latest unexplained disclosure from Russia probe",Fox News (Online News),"A lengthy list of questions for President Trump from special counsel Robert Mueller has been leaked to The New York Times, marking the latest in a string of apparently deliberate disclosures relating to the ongoing probe into Russian involvement in the U.S. presidential election.",right
13483,What Mueller Wants to Ask Trump,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Trump Reacts to Leaked Mueller Questions, Somehow Concludes ‘No Questions on Collusion’",Mediaite,President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday morning to react to the New York Times report on questions special counsel Robert Mueller gave to the president’s legal team he would like to ask Trump.,left
13484,Path to Residency,['Immigration'],Report: Immigration would set an 8-year path to residency,Fox News (Online News),"The White House is circulating a draft immigration bill that would create a new visa for illegal immigrants living in the United States and allow them to become legal permanent residents within eight years, according to a report published online Saturday by USA Today.",right
13485,Path to Residency,['Immigration'],The White House Continues Working on Immigration Legislation of Its Own,New York Times (News),Aides are working on a bill that would offer illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship — a measure intended as a backup in case a bipartisan effort by Congress stalls.,left
13486,Path to Residency,['Immigration'],White House says its immigration plan is a sidebar to congressional action,CNN (Online News),Word that the Obama administration has circulated to federal agencies drafts of an immigration plan led the White House on Saturday to reaffirm its commitment to successful bipartisan negotiations to reach a plan on Capitol Hill.,left
13487,"Asked About Peaceful Transition of Power, Trump Says 'We're Gonna Have to See What Happens'","['2020 Election', 'Elections', 'US Constitution', 'Role Of Government', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Politics']",Republicans condemn Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power,Axios,"A number of prominent Republican lawmakers addressed President Trump's refusal on Wednesday to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses November's presidential election.
Driving the news: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tweeted, ""The winner of the November 3rd election will be inaugurated on January 20th. There will be an orderly transition just as there has been every four years since 1792.""
Other prominent Republicans who spoke out against Trump's statement:
Sen. Mitt Romney (Utah): ""Fundamental to democracy is the peaceful transition of power; without that, there is...",center
13488,"Asked About Peaceful Transition of Power, Trump Says 'We're Gonna Have to See What Happens'","['2020 Election', 'Elections', 'US Constitution', 'Role Of Government', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump Refuses to Affirm That the Winner of the Election Will Be President,Slate,"In Donald Trump’s telling of it, the result of the 2020 election, which has not been held yet—and he might even win—is not legitimate. It’s a note Trump struck in 2016, when it looked like he almost certainly would not win, and it’s a scorched earth approach to democracy that he’s only made more extreme this time around. There’s no way to frame Trump’s approach to the upcoming vote as anything other than the stuff of strongmen and authoritarians. This is how elections are treated in Ankara and Moscow.",left
13489,"Asked About Peaceful Transition of Power, Trump Says 'We're Gonna Have to See What Happens'","['2020 Election', 'Elections', 'US Constitution', 'Role Of Government', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump Pressed on Whether He Would Commit To a Peaceful Transfer of Power,Independent Journal Review,"President Donald Trump did not commit to ensuring there is a peaceful transfer of power after the presidential election in November.
During a press conference on Wednesday, Trump was asked, “Win, lose, or draw in this election, will you commit here today for a peaceful transferral of power after the election? … Will you commit to making sure that there is a peaceful transferral of power after the election?”
“Well, we’re going to have to see what happens,” Trump responded. “You know that I’ve been complaining very strongly about...",right
13490,"President Trump Gives Interview on '60 Minutes,' Talks Climate Change, Foreign Relations, and Defense Secretary Mattis","['White House', 'Politics']","On '60 Minutes,' Trump Talks Possible Mattis Exit, Climate Change And Kim Jong Un",NPR (Online News),"Defense Secretary Jim Mattis ""could"" be considering a departure, Saudis can expect ""severe punishment"" for any involvement in the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, and climate change is probably real, but not caused by man, President Trump said in an interview aired Sunday on CBS' 60 Minutes.",left
13491,"President Trump Gives Interview on '60 Minutes,' Talks Climate Change, Foreign Relations, and Defense Secretary Mattis","['White House', 'Politics']","‘I Don’t Know That It’s Man-Made,’ Trump Says of Climate Change. It Is.",New York Times (News),"President Trump now denies denying climate change. In an interview on Sunday with CBS’s “60 Minutes,” Mr. Trump backed off his long-held claim that global warming is a hoax. But he also made several new assertions unsupported by science.",left
13492,"President Trump Gives Interview on '60 Minutes,' Talks Climate Change, Foreign Relations, and Defense Secretary Mattis","['White House', 'Politics']","Trump defends relationships with Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin during fiery ’60 Minutes’ interview",The Blaze,"President Donald Trump stood firm during a sometimes testy interview with CBS’ Lesley Stahl, and defended his policies along with his relationships with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and Russia’s Vladimir Putin during an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday night.",right
13493,Sessions Cracks Down on Marijuana,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",Jeff Sessions is leading America back into Reefer Madness,The Guardian,The US attorney general is trying to undo the progress made in liberalizing marijuana consumption in the US. This will only lead to more people in jail,left
13494,Sessions Cracks Down on Marijuana,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",Trump's DOJ gears up for crackdown on marijuana,The Hill,The Trump administration is readying for a crackdown on marijuana users under Attorney General Jeff Sessions.,center
13495,Sessions Cracks Down on Marijuana,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",Marijuana Industry Braces For Looming Federal Crackdown From Sessions,The Daily Caller,A report on crime rates and public safety from the Trump administration is due out this week and is expected to contain recommendations for restricting state marijuana laws.,right
13496,GOP Lawmakers Consider Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Some in GOP open to discussing Democrats’ proposal to ban device used in Las Vegas attack,Washington Post,"It didn’t work after mass shootings at a nightclub in Orlando, college campuses in Virginia and Oregon, a church in Charleston, or at a movie theater and high school in Colorado. Or after two lawmakers survived assassination attempts. But after a gunman killed 58 people and wounded more than 500 at a Las Vegas concert, Democrats are going to try again to revamp the nation’s gun laws.
And some Republicans signaled that this time may be different.",left
13497,GOP Lawmakers Consider Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],GOP Lawmakers Consider Gun-Control Measure,Wall Street Journal (News),"As President Donald Trump visited Las Vegas following Sunday’s mass shooting, some congressional Republicans said Wednesday they were willing to consider legislation banning a device that allows a semiautomatic rifle to mimic a fully automatic weapon.",center
13498,GOP Lawmakers Consider Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Republicans Get Behind Gun Control in Wake of Las Vegas Shooting,Reason,Get your bump stocks while you can.,right
13499,Ryan Budget Plan Preview,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Paul Ryan: The GOP Plan to Balance the Budget by 2023,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"America's national debt is over $16 trillion. Yet Washington can't figure out how to cut $85 billion—or just 2% of the federal budget—without resorting to arbitrary, across-the-board cuts.",right
13500,Ryan Budget Plan Preview,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","GOP Budget Plan Promises To Repeal Obamacare, Cuts Medicaid",HuffPost,"House Republicans are sticking to their guns on the federal budget, promising to try to repeal so-called Obamacare, cut domestic programs from Medicaid to college grants and require future Medicare patients to bear more of the program's cost.",left
13501,Ryan Budget Plan Preview,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Ryan budget preview: energy, Obamacare, welfare and taxes",CNN (Online News),"Ahead of the release of his House GOP budget Tuesday, Rep. Paul Ryan previewed some of the plans key provisions, which he claims will lead to a balanced federal budget in a decade.",left
13502,"Fiona Hill, David Holmes Testimonies End Week of Impeachment Hearings","['Fiona Hill', 'David Holmes', 'Ukraine', 'Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'NSC', 'Kyiv', 'White House', 'Politics']",Key Moments From Hill and Holmes’s Testimony in the Impeachment Inquiry,New York Times (News),"Fiona Hill, the former top Russia expert on the National Security Council, said President Trump’s demands for Ukraine to announce investigations into former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and the 2016 elections amounted to a “domestic political errand” that diverged from American foreign policy goals.
Her testimony made it clear that Dr. Hill, a longtime Russia expert, saw the pressure campaign on Ukraine as a purely political effort that had nothing to do with confronting corruption in Ukraine, the explanation that Mr. Trump and Republicans have frequently given for...",left
13503,"Fiona Hill, David Holmes Testimonies End Week of Impeachment Hearings","['Fiona Hill', 'David Holmes', 'Ukraine', 'Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'NSC', 'Kyiv', 'White House', 'Politics']",Ex-NSC aide Fiona Hill clashes with GOP reps over Ukraine ‘fictions’ charge in testy hearing,Fox News (Online News),"Former National Security Council aide Fiona Hill clashed with Republicans during Thursday’s Trump impeachment inquiry hearings after accusing some lawmakers of embracing the “fictional narrative” that only Ukraine -- and not Russia -- interfered in the 2016 elections, igniting a fierce response.
The testy proceedings at the Capitol also included testimony from David Holmes, a U.S. State Department official in Ukraine, who described how he overheard a phone call this summer with President Trump about wanting Ukraine to conduct political investigations.
Holmes testified that he eventually understood that “demand” to...",right
13504,"Fiona Hill, David Holmes Testimonies End Week of Impeachment Hearings","['Fiona Hill', 'David Holmes', 'Ukraine', 'Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'NSC', 'Kyiv', 'White House', 'Politics']","Impeachment witness confronts Devin Nunes’ Ukraine argument, calls it a ‘fictional narrative’",McClatchyDC,"The former top Russia adviser at the White House at impeachment hearings Thursday criticized one of Rep. Devin Nunes’ defenses of President Donald Trump, calling the congressman’s repeated assertion that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election a “fictional narrative.”
“Some of you on this committee appear to believe that Russia and its security services did not conduct a campaign against our country — and that perhaps, somehow, for some reason, Ukraine did,” Fiona Hill testified. “This is a fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security...",center
13505,"China Should Investigate Bidens, says President Trump","['Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Corruption', 'Barack Obama', 'China']",Hunter Biden's China adventure is a problem for Joe Biden,Washington Examiner,"President Trump's phone conversation with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine is deeply problematic. But Joe Biden's decision to allow his son, Hunter, to travel with him on a 2013 trip to China is a problem for the former vice president.
As NBC News reports, Hunter joined his father's official visit while seeking Chinese investment for a new equity fund he was forming. While NBC says there are no indications Hunter met with Chinese government officials during the visit, it notes that Hunter attended some formal events with his father. NBC...",right
13506,"China Should Investigate Bidens, says President Trump","['Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Corruption', 'Barack Obama', 'China']",Adam Schiff says Trump asking China to investigate Biden is ‘a fundamental breach’ of his oath of office,CNBC,"House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s request for China to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden constitutes “a fundamental breach of the president’s oath of office.”
“To have a president of the United States suggesting, urging a foreign country to interfere in our presidential elections is an illustration that if this president has learned anything from the two years of [former special counsel Robert Mueller’s] investigation, it’s that he feels he can do anything with impunity,” Schiff told reporters on Capitol Hill.
On...",center
13507,"China Should Investigate Bidens, says President Trump","['Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Corruption', 'Barack Obama', 'China']",Donald Trump's accusations about Hunter Biden and a payout from China: A closer look,PolitiFact,"President Donald Trump has spent months criticizing business activities by Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, who could face Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
The first activities Trump and his allies spotlighted — the younger Biden’s ties to a Ukrainian energy company — have already led to a House impeachment inquiry against Trump. We previously found no evidence that Joe Biden used his official activities to benefit his son.
More recently, as pressure for impeachment has grown, Trump and his allies have been spotlighting another...",left
13508,Rick Perry Indicted,['Politics'],Texas Gov. Rick Perry Indicted On Abuse-Of-Power Charges,NPR (Online News),"Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been indicted by an Austin grand jury in connection with a veto of funding for state public corruption prosecutors.
An ethics complaint was filed last summer. The Associated Press has this background on the case:
""The Republican governor is accused of abusing his official powers by publicly promising to veto $7.5 million for the state public integrity unit at the Travis County District Attorney's office. He was indicted by an Austin grand jury Friday.
""Perry said he'd veto the funding if the district attorney,...",left
13509,Rick Perry Indicted,['Politics'],Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power over threat to veto prosecutors’ funding,Washington Times,"Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been indicted for abuse of power after carrying out a threat to veto funding for state public corruption prosecutors.
The Republican governor is accused of abusing his official powers by publicly promising to veto $7.5 million for the state public integrity unit at the Travis County District Attorney’s office. He was indicted by an Austin grand jury Friday.
Perry said he’d veto the funding if the district attorney, Rosemary Lehmberg, didn’t resign. Lehmberg had recently been convicted of drunken driving. The",right
13510,Rick Perry Indicted,['Politics'],Texas Governor Rick Perry indicted for abuse of power,Vox,"A grand jury indicted Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Friday on two felony counts: abuse of official capacity and coercion of a public official. The charges are linked to his push for Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg, a Democrat, to resign after she was arrested for drunk driving last year.
The case focused on Perry's threat to veto funding to Lehmberg's office unless she resigned. Perry eventually made good on that threat, vetoing $7.5 million that would have gone to the Public Integrity Unit in Lehmberg's office, the Dallas...",left
13511,Report on Fast and Furious,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']","Inspector general issues report critical of Justice Dept., ATF in ‘Fast and Furious’ operation",Washington Post,"Federal agents and prosecutors in Phoenix ignored public safety concerns and were primarily responsible for the botched effort to infiltrate weapons-smuggling rings in the operation dubbed “Fast and Furious, according to a report released Wednesday by the Justice Departments inspector general.",left
13512,Report on Fast and Furious,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']","Justice Dept.: Disciplinary action, no criminal sanctions for 'Fast and Furious'",CNN (Online News),"The U.S. Justice Department's inspector general found 14 employees of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Justice Department responsible for management failures in the botched ""
Fast and Furious
"" gun-trafficking operation, according to a report released Wednesday.",left
13513,Report on Fast and Furious,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Eric Holder Does a Victory Dance Around Fast and Furious,Townhall,"Attorney General Eric Holder is ""spiking the football"" with the release of the DOJ Inspector General report about Operation Fast and Furious. The report essentially lets Holder off the hook while blaming everyone else, including his second hand man Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, for the failed and lethal operation. From the IG report:",right
13514,Campaign Advertising,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","With more control over campaign cash, Obama gets more discounts on advertising",Washington Post,"As the presidential campaigns step up the pace of their multimillion-dollar spending sprees, President Obama has a little-noticed strategic advantage that gives him more control over the money he has raised.",left
13515,Campaign Advertising,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney to Camera in New Ad: Let's Talk About The Economy,Townhall,"Some conservatives will bristle at Romney's assertion that ""both President Obama and I care about poor and middle class families."" Democrats rarely afford Republicans this benefit of the doubt.",right
13516,Campaign Advertising,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",New Obama And Romney Ads Are Linked By Guilt,NPR (Online News),Two ads released Wednesday by the campaigns of President Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney are worth noting because of how they illustrate the very different challenges now facing the two candidates.,left
13517,Hurricane Fiona Leaves Puerto Rico Without Power 5 Years After Hurricane Maria,"['Energy', 'Puerto Rico', 'Hurricanes', 'Hurricane Maria', 'Hurricane Fiona', 'Electricity', 'Blackouts', 'Caribbean', 'Disaster', 'Flooding', 'Joe Biden', 'Pedro Pierluisi']",Puerto Rico is without electricity as Hurricane Fiona pummels the island,NPR (Online News),"Hurricane Fiona made landfall in southwestern Puerto Rico on Sunday afternoon, as the entire island continues to reel from the knockout of its electricity grid.
Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi said the damage on the island is ""catastrophic in many areas,"" calling it a ""very delicate and sad situation."" Heavy rainfall and catastrophic flooding was continuing across the island Sunday evening, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The Category 1 hurricane was predicted to produce dangerous landslides and heavy flooding on an already storm-battered island.",left
13518,Hurricane Fiona Leaves Puerto Rico Without Power 5 Years After Hurricane Maria,"['Energy', 'Puerto Rico', 'Hurricanes', 'Hurricane Maria', 'Hurricane Fiona', 'Electricity', 'Blackouts', 'Caribbean', 'Disaster', 'Flooding', 'Joe Biden', 'Pedro Pierluisi']","Hurricane Fiona brings ""catastrophic"" flooding, power outages to Puerto Rico",Axios,"An intensifying Hurricane Fiona is bringing heavy rains and high winds to Puerto Rico, knocking out power to the entire island.
The latest: The eye of Fiona was approaching the coast of the Dominican Republic, near the town of Punta Cana, as heavy rainfall and ""catastrophic flooding"" continued across much of Puerto Rico, the National Hurricane Center tweeted early Monday.",center
13519,Hurricane Fiona Leaves Puerto Rico Without Power 5 Years After Hurricane Maria,"['Energy', 'Puerto Rico', 'Hurricanes', 'Hurricane Maria', 'Hurricane Fiona', 'Electricity', 'Blackouts', 'Caribbean', 'Disaster', 'Flooding', 'Joe Biden', 'Pedro Pierluisi']",Hurricane Fiona Knocks Out Puerto Rico Power Grid,The Daily Caller,"Hurricane Fiona landed on Puerto Rico Sunday bringing with it strong wind gusts and rain that knocked out power for the whole island.
Luma, the private consortium that manages Puerto Rico’s electrical transmission and distribution system, said the situation on the island was “extremely dangerous and impeding our ability to evaluate the entire situation,” the Washington Post reported. The company added it could take several days to restore power and asked customers for “patience,” according to the Post.",right
13520,"Perspectives: Students, Safety and Closing Schools This Fall","['Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Schools', 'Education']",Schools need reliable federal guidance on reopening. They still aren’t getting it,Los Angeles Times,"One of the most frustrating aspects of the pandemic has been watching school districts try to navigate the complexities of remote learning with so little guidance from Washington. The silence is equally deafening when it comes to figuring out when and how districts should reopen their campuses.
Yes, the federal government provided much-needed funding, which helped buy computers and broadband access for students and cover other pandemic-related costs. Far more money is needed. But just as essential, if not more so, were information and directives about how to proceed in...",left
13521,"Perspectives: Students, Safety and Closing Schools This Fall","['Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Schools', 'Education']",Listen To The Science — It’s 100% Clear Kids Should Be In School,The Daily Caller,"Another wave of coronavirus cases is sweeping across the country and schools nationwide are shifting back to virtual classes.
Based on a growing body of evidence, researchers suggest that schools do not serve as hot spots or major points of spread for COVID-19. Instead, they argue the number of cases in schools reflect both the infection rates and social distancing policies of their surrounding communities. The data suggests schools can remain open to in-person instruction with adequate policies in place.
Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear switched his state to online-only...",right
13522,"Perspectives: Students, Safety and Closing Schools This Fall","['Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Schools', 'Education']",Cut off: School closings leave rural students isolated,Associated Press,"The midday arrival of a school bus at Cyliss Castillo’s home on the remote edge of a mesa breaks up the long days of boredom and isolation for the high school senior.
The driver hands over food in white plastic bags, collects Castillo’s school assignments and offers some welcome conversation before setting out for another home.
The closing of classrooms and the switch to remote learning because of the coronavirus have left Castillo and other students in this school district on the sparsely populated fringe of the Navajo Nation in...",left
13523,Reactions to the Sixth Dem Debate,"['2020 Election', 'Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Democratic Debates', 'Campaigns', 'Elections']",6 Takeaways From The 6th Democratic Debate,NPR (Online News),"The impeachment of President Trump has dominated the news this week. But the political focus shifted to the Democratic presidential candidates Thursday night for their sixth debate, this one in Los Angeles and hosted by the PBS NewsHour and Politico.
The first subject to come up? Impeachment. But there are no real cleavages between the candidates on that subject. After all, each of the candidates thinks he shouldn't be in office. That's why they're running against him.
There was a notable moment when former Vice President Joe Biden defended his...",left
13524,Reactions to the Sixth Dem Debate,"['2020 Election', 'Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Democratic Debates', 'Campaigns', 'Elections']",What the Whitest Democratic Debate Stage Had to Say About Race,Slate,"Race was always going to be a topic in Thursday night’s Democratic debate, if only by omission. California Sen. Kamala Harris had already dropped out of the race, and under the more restrictive qualifying rules for this round, the low-polling but game Julián Castro and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker were left out—as was Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, though she said she would have refused to attend anyway. Only the last-minute qualification of Andrew Yang spared the party from presenting an all-white stage.
But confronted with the diminished diversity of...",left
13525,Reactions to the Sixth Dem Debate,"['2020 Election', 'Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Democratic Debates', 'Campaigns', 'Elections']","Debate Moderator Redirects White Candidate: ‘Senator, With All Due Respect, This Question Is About Race’",The Daily Caller,"A moderator reminded 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders that a question was about race Thursday night at the Democratic debates.
Moderator and PBS broadcast journalist Amna Nawaz refocused the Vermont senator’s attention to race after Sanders attempted to steer her question toward climate change. Her question followed 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang pointing out that he was the only candidate of color on stage.",right
13526,Biden's Supreme Court Commission Raises Concerns About Adding Justices,"['Supreme Court', 'Supreme Court Justices', 'Court Packing', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Polarization', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party']",Commission on Changing Supreme Court Skeptical About Adding Justices,Wall Street Journal (News),"A commission formed by President Biden to study potential changes to the Supreme Court expressed concerns over calls to expand the size of the court, with some members warning it would “undermine, rather than enhance” its legitimacy.
Documents released Thursday outlined a range of options that the 36-member panel prepared to discuss at a public meeting Friday. The commission is expected to issue a final report in mid-November amid calls by progressives in the Democratic Party to expand the number of seats, a measure Republicans oppose.
The commission’s members are set to discuss...",center
13527,Biden's Supreme Court Commission Raises Concerns About Adding Justices,"['Supreme Court', 'Supreme Court Justices', 'Court Packing', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Polarization', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party']",Democrats Trash Findings From Biden's Supreme Court Reform Commission,HuffPost,"Democratic lawmakers on Friday trashed a draft report released by President Joe Biden’s recently formed Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court, saying its findings fall short of the kinds of reforms needed to restore integrity to the court.
“This report is a disappointment to anyone who’d hoped for a hard-hitting effort to address the Supreme Court’s deep troubles,” said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.).
“The White House Commission on the Supreme Court ‘draft’ misses the mark,” reads a joint statement from Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Democratic Reps. Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.), Hank...",left
13528,Biden's Supreme Court Commission Raises Concerns About Adding Justices,"['Supreme Court', 'Supreme Court Justices', 'Court Packing', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Polarization', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party']",Far-Left Fumes Over Draft From Biden’s Supreme Court Commission On Packing The Supreme Court,The Daily Wire,"The far-left fumed over an initial draft from Democrat President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court Commission on the issue of packing the Supreme Court, an idea that the report cautioned against.
“Court expansion is likely to undermine, rather than enhance, the Supreme Court’s legitimacy and its role in the constitutional system, and there are significant reasons to be skeptical that expansion would serve democratic values,” the report said, later adding, “Court expansion today could lead to a continuous cycle of future expansions.”
The Washington Post noted that the push from the far-left to expand...",right
13529,Congressional Budget Office Says National Debt Headed Toward Historic Levels,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",U.S. Debt on Track to Grow to 'Highest Level in U.S. History by Far' Says CBO,Newsweek,"America’s growing budget deficit will increase debt to the highest level in U.S. history by far, according to the Congressional Budget Office 2018 long-term budget outlook.",center
13530,Congressional Budget Office Says National Debt Headed Toward Historic Levels,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",CBO: Rising Interest Would Increasingly Pressure Government Finances,Wall Street Journal (News),"Rising interest rates will put increasing pressure on government finances and push interest payments to record levels in the coming decades, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday.",center
13531,Congressional Budget Office Says National Debt Headed Toward Historic Levels,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Federal debt to reach $100 trillion: CBO,Washington Times,"The government is now staring at $100 trillion in total debt, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, chronicling the disastrous trajectory of federal fiscal health.",right
13532,US Drug Overdose Deaths Hit Record High in 2021,"['Healthcare', 'Drug Overdoses. Fentanyl', 'Public Health', 'Opioid Crisis']","U.S. surpassed 100,000 overdose deaths in 2021",Axios,"More than 100,000 people died from drug overdoses in the U.S. in 2021, more than in any other year on record, according to provisional data released by the National Center for Health Statistics Wednesday.
Why it matters: The grim milestone, a 15% increase from overdose deaths in 2020, occurred during the coronavirus pandemic, which also killed over 415,000 in the country that year and almost 1 million in total so far.
The data presented is incomplete, as many deaths require more investigating to confirm a cause, though estimates rarely largely differ from the...",center
13533,US Drug Overdose Deaths Hit Record High in 2021,"['Healthcare', 'Drug Overdoses. Fentanyl', 'Public Health', 'Opioid Crisis']","US drug overdoses topped 100k in 2021, reaching all-time high: CDC",Fox News (Online News),"Over 100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2021, reaching an all-time high.
The U.S. recorded an estimated 107,622 drug overdose deaths last year, according to provisional data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wednesday. The number is a large jump from the year prior, when the CDC estimated that 91,799 Americans died due to drug overdose.
Healthcare workers wheel the body of deceased person from the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease. (REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid)
Drug overdose deaths have risen sharply in the U.S. since the start...",right
13534,US Drug Overdose Deaths Hit Record High in 2021,"['Healthcare', 'Drug Overdoses. Fentanyl', 'Public Health', 'Opioid Crisis']","In 2021, US drug overdose deaths hit highest level on record, CDC data shows",CNN (Online News),"Drug overdoses in the United States were deadlier than ever in 2021, according to provisional data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nearly 108,000 people died of drug overdoses in 2021, and about two-thirds of those deaths involved fentanyl or another synthetic opioid.
Overdose deaths have been on the rise for years in the US, but surged amid the Covid-19 pandemic: Annual deaths were nearly 50% higher in 2021 than in 2019, CDC data shows.
The spike in overdose deaths in the second year of the pandemic wasn't as...",left
13535,New Poll Shows Strong Clinton Lead,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton Opens 12-Point Lead on Trump as Two-Thirds See Him as Biased,ABC News (Online),"Hillary Clinton surged to a broad advantage against Donald Trump in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, capitalizing on Trump’s recent campaign missteps. Two-thirds of Americans see him as biased against groups such as women, minorities or Muslims, and a new high, 64 percent, call Trump unqualified to serve as president.",left
13536,New Poll Shows Strong Clinton Lead,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump's numbers: Not a pretty picture,Politico,"Any way you look at it, the presumptive Republican nominee has ground to make up.",left
13537,New Poll Shows Strong Clinton Lead,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Poll: Hillary Clinton up by double digits over Donald Trump,Washington Times,"A new poll finds presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton with a towering lead over her likely Republican counterpart, Donald Trump.",right
13538,Three Rockets Hit US Embassy In Baghdad,"['World', 'US Military', 'Baghdad', 'Iraq', 'Middle East', 'Foreign Policy']","3 Rockets Hit U.S. Embassy Compound in Baghdad, One Person Injured",Daily Beast,"The U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad was hit by three rockets on Sunday. One person sustained minor injuries, a U.S. official told CNN. Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, where the embassy is located, has come under rocket attack several times in the last few months and was the site of large protests of U.S. airstrikes against Iranian-backed militias in December. No one has claimed responsibility for the latest attack.",left
13539,Three Rockets Hit US Embassy In Baghdad,"['World', 'US Military', 'Baghdad', 'Iraq', 'Middle East', 'Foreign Policy']",Rockets hit US Embassy compound in Baghdad,The Hill,"Three rockets reportedly hit the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Sunday, minorly injuring one person, a U.S. official told CNN.
A State Department spokesperson told The Hill on Sunday that they “are aware of reports of rockets landing in the International Zone” but did not mention the embassy or whether employees were injured.
“The security situation remains tense and Iranian-backed armed groups remain a threat. So, we remain vigilant,"" the spokesperson said, requesting the Iraqi government get involved to protect “diplomatic facilities.”",center
13540,Three Rockets Hit US Embassy In Baghdad,"['World', 'US Military', 'Baghdad', 'Iraq', 'Middle East', 'Foreign Policy']","US Embassy dining hall in Baghdad hit by rocket, senior US official says",Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad was struck by at least one rocket Sunday evening in the latest attack on American targets in Iraq, a senior U.S. official confirmed to Fox News.
The official said all Pentagon officials are safe and accounted for. There were no reported deaths or injuries.
“The security situation remains tense and Iranian-backed armed groups remain a threat. So, we remain vigilant,” a State Department spokesperson told Fox News.",right
13541,Jury Sides With Johnny Depp in Defamation Lawsuit Against Amber Heard,"['Arts And Entertainment', 'Courts', 'Defamation Case', 'Depp-Heard Trial', 'Domestic Abuse', 'Justice']",Jury Rules in Favor of Johnny Depp in Defamation Lawsuit Against Amber Heard,Wall Street Journal (News),"A Virginia jury ruled in favor of actor Johnny Depp in his case against Amber Heard, closing a widely watched and emotional trial centered on defamation and abuse accusations between the former couple.
The seven-member jury found Mr. Depp proved all three counts of defamation against his former spouse in an op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post in 2018, awarding him $15 million. The jury also found Ms. Heard was able to prove one of three counts of defamation against Mr. Depp, based on statements made by one of his attorneys. The jury awarded...",center
13542,Jury Sides With Johnny Depp in Defamation Lawsuit Against Amber Heard,"['Arts And Entertainment', 'Courts', 'Defamation Case', 'Depp-Heard Trial', 'Domestic Abuse', 'Justice']","Jury finds both Johnny Depp and Amber Heard liable for defaming each other, awards millions to both",Insider,"Jurors found both Johnny Depp and Amber Heard liable for defamation against each other in a verdict reached Wednesday.
They awarded Depp $15 million in damages, finding that Heard defamed him when she described herself as a victim of domestic violence in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed. The jury found that Heard's statements were false and made with ""actual malice"" against her ex-husband, and decided on $10 million in compensatory damages and another $5 million in punitive damages. Judge Penney Azcarate, who is overseeing the case, lowered the punitive damages...",left
13543,Jury Sides With Johnny Depp in Defamation Lawsuit Against Amber Heard,"['Arts And Entertainment', 'Courts', 'Defamation Case', 'Depp-Heard Trial', 'Domestic Abuse', 'Justice']",Verdict: Johnny Depp wins defamation case against Amber Heard,New York Post (News),"Johnny Depp won all three counts of his bombshell defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard on Wednesday after a Virginia jury substantiated the claim that his ex-wife sullied his reputation and damaged his career when she wrote about becoming a “public figure representing domestic abuse” following the couple’s split.
The panel of seven in Fairfax awarded the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star a total of $10.35 million, including $10 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages, after deliberating for about 13 hours.
“The disappointment I feel today is beyond words. I’m...",right
13544,Trump on Poor Russia Relations,"['White House', 'Politics']",Heartbroken Trump blames Republicans for break-up with Putin,Daily Kos,"There’s no word if Donald Trump was up all night watching ”An Affair to Remember” and eating rocky road ice cream, but clearly Donnie was crushed that he was forced to sign the Russian sanctions bill, prompting BFF Putin to accuse him of “total weakness,” because on Thursday morning he lashed out … at Republicans:",left
13545,Trump on Poor Russia Relations,"['White House', 'Politics']","One day after signing sanctions bill, Trump blames Congress for bad relations with Russia",USA TODAY,"A day after he grudgingly signed into law new sanctions against Russia, President Trump on Thursday blamed Congress for declining relations with the country that is accused of meddling in last year's presidential election.",left
13546,Trump on Poor Russia Relations,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump slams Congress for bringing Russia relations to 'dangerous low',Fox News (Online News),President Trump on Thursday accused Congress of bringing relations with Russia to an “all-time & very dangerous low” after sending him a sanctions bill which he reluctantly signed a day earlier – legislation that prompted a furious response from Russia’s prime minister.,right
13547,"Perspectives: Where Do Biden, Trump Stand In Polls?","['Elections', 'Polling', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump']",Joe Biden's true lead is smaller than it appears,CNN (Opinion),"Former Vice President Joe Biden continues to hold an advantage over President Donald Trump in the polls. Given that we're past both major party conventions and closing in on Labor Day, the only fair conclusion to reach is that Biden's the favorite.
Yet, it continues to be clear that the national polling will continue to overstate Biden's edge. An examination of the state polls shows a race that, while not a tossup by any means, is closer than the national polls would indicate.",left
13548,"Perspectives: Where Do Biden, Trump Stand In Polls?","['Elections', 'Polling', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump']",What the numbers say about Trump's chances at reelection,The Hill,"With nine weeks until the 2020 presidential election, several factors are unfolding that will likely determine whether President Trump will be reelected. One major factor is how the electorate has changed since 2016.
First, consider that the share of voters supporting third-party candidates is much smaller in 2020 than it was in 2016. In 2020, former Vice President Joe Biden has a 2-to-1 lead over Trump among those who voted for Jill Stein and Gary Johnson in 2016. One survey shows that 47 percent of Stein and Johnson supporters will...",center
13549,"Perspectives: Where Do Biden, Trump Stand In Polls?","['Elections', 'Polling', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump']",Biden-Trump race tightening in the biggest battleground: Poll,Fox News (Online News),"A new poll in the biggest of the general election battleground states shows a tightening race but with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden with a slight edge over President Trump.
Two months to the day until Election Day on November 3 Biden stands at 48% and Trump at 45% among likely votes in Florida, according to a Quinnipiac University survey released Thursday.",right
13550,Hillary Moves to the Left,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Strategically Positioned to the Left in 2016 Bid,Newsmax (News),"Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is running as the most liberal Democratic front-runner in decades in a bid to capture the young and diverse coalition that led to President Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012, The Washington Post reported.
Clinton has positioned herself to the left on a number of issues, from gay marriage to immigration, which in the past would have put her on the far left of her party.
The maneuvering comes from a strategic decision on the part of aides and advisers who have...",right
13551,Hillary Moves to the Left,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton's super PAC fundraising irks progressives,CNN (Online News),"Hillary Clinton's decision to personally raise money for a super PAC supporting her campaign is agitating her progressive critics, who see the move as further proof that the Democratic presidential frontrunner doesn't share some of their values.
There was never any expectation that Clinton would renounce super PAC money this election cycle. But liberal activists determined to use the Democratic primary to pressure Clinton to embrace a progressive agenda say the idea of the former secretary of state personally wooing the wealthiest class of donors runs counter to the populist...",left
13552,Hillary Moves to the Left,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton is banking on the Obama coalition to win,Washington Post,"Hillary Rodham Clinton is running as the most liberal Democratic presidential front-runner in decades, with positions on issues from gay marriage to immigration that would, in past elections, have put her at her party's precarious left edge.
The moves are part of a strategic conclusion by Clinton's emerging campaign: that it can harness the same kind of young and diverse coalition as Barack Obama did in 2008 and 2012, bolstered by even stronger appeal among women.",left
13553,Former U.S. Presidents Raise $31 Million for Hurricane Victims,"['Disaster', 'General News']",All 5 Former U.S. Presidents Team Up to Raise $31 Million for Hurricane Victims,Time Magazine,All five of the former living U.S. presidents made a rare appearance together in the name of hurricane relief Saturday night. They were even joined by current President Donald Trump — sort of.,left
13554,Former U.S. Presidents Raise $31 Million for Hurricane Victims,"['Disaster', 'General News']","Five ex-presidents and Trump champion unity, volunteerism at hurricane relief concert",Washington Examiner,"All five living former presidents took the stage together at Saturday evening's hurricane relief charity concert in Texas, displaying a sense of unity and speaking of the importance of volunteerism and community in the face of natural disasters.",right
13555,Former U.S. Presidents Raise $31 Million for Hurricane Victims,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Campaign from former presidents raises $31M for disaster relief,The Hill,"A fundraising campaign launched by all five living former U.S. presidents has raised $31 million in donations for disaster relief so far, after a series of hurricanes tore through different parts of the country.",center
13556,Would the 'Inflation Reduction Act' Boost Savings or Raise Costs for Americans?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Consumers', 'Taxes', 'Economic Policy']","0.25% or 0.33%? Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act wouldn’t lower prices by all that much, analysts say",MarketWatch,"The reviews are coming in for Senate Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, and some analysts are suggesting the $739 billion healthcare, energy and tax package won’t actually reduce inflation by a great deal.
“We estimate that the Inflation Reduction Act will produce a very small increase in inflation for the first few years, up to 0.05 percent points in 2024. We estimate a 0.25 percentage point fall in the PCE price index by the late 2020s,” said Penn Wharton Budget Model analysts in a report, referring to the Federal Reserve’s...",center
13557,Would the 'Inflation Reduction Act' Boost Savings or Raise Costs for Americans?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Consumers', 'Taxes', 'Economic Policy']","Inflation Reduction Act would lead to $1,800 in savings for average household, analysis finds",Yahoo News,"Sweeping climate and health care legislation unveiled by Democrats last week would lead to significant cuts in energy costs for American households, according to a new analysis.
A report by non-profit group Rewiring America found that the tax incentives included as part of the $369 billion dedicated to climate initiatives in the Inflation Reduction Act would save the average household $1,800 per year on energy bills.
“It is a market-tilting level of investment,” Ari Matusiak, the group's co-founder and CEO who was involved with the crafting of the bill, told Yahoo Finance. “The beneficiaries...",left
13558,Would the 'Inflation Reduction Act' Boost Savings or Raise Costs for Americans?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Consumers', 'Taxes', 'Economic Policy']",Most Americans will feel tax pain from Dem inflation bill despite Biden's past promises: analysis,Fox Business,"The vast majority of Americans will pay more in taxes as a result of Democrats' inflation bill despite President Biden's pledge not to raise taxes on those making under $400,000 per year.
The Inflation Reduction Act — unveiled Wednesday by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and endorsed by Biden — would increase tax revenue by $16.7 billion from Americans earning less than $200,000 a year, according to a nonpartisan analysis from the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) published Friday. Nearly every tax bracket would pay more in taxes with those making below $10,000...",right
13559,White House Staffing Changes,"['White House', 'Politics']",Scoop: White House reshuffle expected in new year,Axios,"There's an operational reshuffle coming at the top level of the White House. Senior Trump administration official Johnny DeStefano is set to assume greater responsibilities and influence, including overseeing the beleaguered White House political operation.",center
13560,White House Staffing Changes,"['White House', 'Politics']",White House shakeup in political department expected in the new year: Report,Washington Times,"The White House political operation is expecting a reshuffling in the new year with senior Trump official Johnny DeStefano expected to take on a larger role, reported Axios on Thursday.",right
13561,White House Staffing Changes,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump, the Reality Show President, Is Preparing an Overhaul of His White House Cast",Newsweek,Speculation is mounting about changes to the White House team as President Trump’s administration prepares itself for a surge of departures and arrivals over the holiday season.,center
13562,Senate Intel Committee Concludes Russia Interfered in 2016 Election,['Russia'],"Russia favored Trump in 2016, Senate panel says, breaking with House GOP",Washington Post,"The Senate Intelligence Committee has determined that the intelligence community was correct in assessing that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. election with the aim of helping then-candidate Donald Trump, contradicting findings House Republicans reached last month.",left
13563,Senate Intel Committee Concludes Russia Interfered in 2016 Election,['Russia'],Key U.S. senators: 'no doubt' Russia sought to interfere in U.S. election,Reuters,The leaders of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee said on Wednesday they agreed with intelligence agencies’ assessment that Moscow sought to interfere with the 2016 U.S. election to boost Donald Trump’s prospects of becoming president.,center
13564,Senate Intel Committee Concludes Russia Interfered in 2016 Election,['Russia'],"Senate panel backs intel report on Russian meddling, after interviewing Obama officials",Fox News (Online News),Senate Intelligence Committee leaders on Wednesday backed the 2017 intelligence community report that formally accused Russia of trying to interfere in the U.S. presidential election to boost then-candidate Donald Trump.,right
13565,Trump’s Fiery Speeches,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",‘The Silent Majority Is Back!’: Donald Trump Criticizes Border Policy in Fiery Speeches,The Blaze,Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump criticized U.S. immigration and trade policies on Saturday in speeches that veered from accusing Mexico of deliberately sending criminals across the border to professing respect for the Mexican government and love for its people.,right
13566,Trump’s Fiery Speeches,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump storms Phoenix,Politico,"Most other candidates would have folded. Some might have doubled down. On Saturday, Donald Trump tripled down.
After refusing to back off during weeks of fierce backlash for his comments about the alleged criminality of undocumented Mexican immigrants, Trump met on Friday in Beverly Hills with the families of people killed by such immigrants. A day later, he came to Arizona and said, “We have to stop illegal immigration. We have to. We have to,” to the cheers of 4,000 supporters.",left
13567,Trump’s Fiery Speeches,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump Defiantly Rallies a New ‘Silent Majority’ in a Visit to Arizona,New York Times (News),"Donald Trump, the real estate mogul and reality television star who has taken center stage in the race for the Republican presidential nomination this week, delivered a rambling monologue on Saturday, dismissing a long list of critics — including Jeb Bush, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Macy’s — while rallying what he termed a new silent majority of voters.
Mr. Trump had less to say about immigration, the topic on which his comments have garnered so much attention, than about those who have criticized him. For more than an hour, he...",left
13568,What Can Be Done To Stop Inflation?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Business', 'Labor', 'Trade', 'Supply Chains', 'Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates', 'World', 'Gas Prices', 'Housing Market', 'Energy', 'Politics', 'Joe Biden']",Congress and the White House Can Provide Relief from High Oil and Drug Prices,Robert Weissman,"Americans are worried about inflation. But what can the government do about it?
The traditional response to inflation looks to the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates and cool the economy. Notwithstanding the risk of provoking a recession, the Fed is doing this—but it will take a decent period of time for interest rate hikes to reduce inflation.",left
13569,What Can Be Done To Stop Inflation?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Business', 'Labor', 'Trade', 'Supply Chains', 'Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates', 'World', 'Gas Prices', 'Housing Market', 'Energy', 'Politics', 'Joe Biden']",There Will Be No ‘Soft Landing’ on Inflation If We Never Begin Our Descent,Dominic Pino,"On Wednesday, I noted that headline inflation in April was tempered by a BLS-measured decline in gasoline prices, and May would not have that benefit. The monthly growth rate for most non-energy prices from April’s report either held steady or accelerated, and without lower gasoline prices to compensate, things could get ugly.",right
13570,What Can Be Done To Stop Inflation?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Business', 'Labor', 'Trade', 'Supply Chains', 'Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates', 'World', 'Gas Prices', 'Housing Market', 'Energy', 'Politics', 'Joe Biden']","Here’s how soon prices could go down again, according to experts",CNBC,"It’s no secret that everything from groceries and gas, to airline tickets and rent is more expensive than it used to be, and many Americans are left wondering when prices will go back to “normal.”
The short answer is that it largely relies on a variety of factors influencing today’s record-high inflation — post-pandemic consumer demand, ongoing supply chain shortages, geopolitical events, the war in Ukraine — and there are various viewpoints on how most of these factors will unfold.
Here’s what the experts say about when prices may level out.",center
13571,The Golden City Finds Itself Less Golden; Debate Ignites Around Real-Life Virtues of Capitalism vs. Socialism,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Socialism', 'Capitalism']",WaPo blames San Francisco's problems on capitalism — and gets ridiculed ruthlessly on social media,The Blaze,"The Washington Post was excoriated and mocked by many on social media for blaming the ills of of one America's most liberal cities on capitalism.
The article entitled, ""How San Francisco broke America's heart,"" appeared in the style section and was published on Tuesday. It cites skyrocketing rent as the reason why so many progressives are now complaining that the city is unlivable.
One quote from the Salesforce founder stuck out to many as extremely out of touch.
""This is unregulated capitalism, unbridled capitalism, capitalism run amok,"" said Marc Benioff....",right
13572,The Golden City Finds Itself Less Golden; Debate Ignites Around Real-Life Virtues of Capitalism vs. Socialism,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Socialism', 'Capitalism']",Bay Area techies plan to ditch San Francisco for these 5 cities: Survey,CNBC,"Bay Area tech workers plan to flee San Francisco for the more affordable locale of ... New York City.
That’s what Wealthfront, an investment management firm that provides robo-advisor services, found when it surveyed nearly 2,700 of its clients who work in the Bay Area at tech companies.
The survey is based on a data analysis of clients through the first five months of 2019.
Fewer than a quarter of Wealthfront’s tech clients in the Bay Area plan to purchase a home in San Francisco proper.
Those who choose to...",center
13573,The Golden City Finds Itself Less Golden; Debate Ignites Around Real-Life Virtues of Capitalism vs. Socialism,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Socialism', 'Capitalism']",How San Francisco broke America’s heart,Washington Post,"SAN FRANCISCO — A Tuesday afternoon in the Mission District of America’s tech wonderland.
Michael Feno stands outside Lucca Ravioli, his beloved pasta emporium on Valencia, a vestige of old San Francisco, puffing on a cigar while posing for pictures, his customers in tears.
Living in this city’s radically shifting landscape, veterinarian Gina Henriksen found comfort by telling herself, “Thank God, Lucca is still here. If Lucca goes, I’m going to have to leave San Francisco. What do we have left?”
Lucca is no longer here.
After 94 years, doors...",left
13574,Reason for GOP Win,['Elections'],"For Obama, a Harsh Referendum",Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"Elections Became a Referendum on His Presidency. President Barack Obama hoped the midterm elections would help break the capital’s gridlock. Instead, they became a referendum on his presidency.
Voters went to the polls Tuesday deeply frustrated with the political system and handed Republicans a decisive victory. Mr. Obama was a central figure in key races where Republicans criticized his leadership.",right
13575,Reason for GOP Win,['Elections'],Exit polls: Majority of voters dissatisfied or angry with Washington,CNN (Online News),"A majority of Americans are dissatisfied or angry with President Barack Obama's administration and GOP leaders, according to exit polls released Tuesday and analyzed by CNN.
And about 8 in 10 Americans disapprove of how Congress is handling its job, according to a survey of voters outside of polling places on Election Day.",left
13576,Reason for GOP Win,['Elections'],Democrats Get Trampled On Election Night,HuffPost,"Call it a thumping. Call it a shellacking. However you want to describe the 2014 midterm elections, the point remains the same. Democrats took it on the chin Tuesday night, losing the Senate, getting crushed in winnable governors' races, solidifying their minority status in the House for years to come, and stemming the party's ability to continue putting its stamp on the judiciary.
The question is whether it was all avoidable. Democratic strategists will say that the party was dealt a terrible hand, forced to defend too many vulnerable Democrats...",left
13577,Senate Democrats Accuse NRA of Becoming Russian Asset,"['NRA', 'US Senate', 'Russia', 'Kremlin', 'Guns', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Dem Report: NRA Was 'Foreign Asset' for Russia,Newsmax (News),"The National Rifle Association was a ""foreign asset"" for Russia as the 2016 presidential election neared — and the gun-rights group underwrote political access for convicted spy Maria Butina and others despite knowing their Kremlin ties, according to a Senate Democratic report Friday.
""NRA officers' apparent use of the NRA for personal gain fits a larger pattern of reported self-dealing and raises serious questions about whether the NRA broke U.S. tax laws,"" Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, the Senate Finance Committee's ranking Democrat, said on Twitter.",right
13578,Senate Democrats Accuse NRA of Becoming Russian Asset,"['NRA', 'US Senate', 'Russia', 'Kremlin', 'Guns', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']","NRA Became ‘Foreign Asset’ To Russia Before 2016 Election, Senate Report Says",HuffPost,"titled “The NRA And Russia: How a Tax-Exempt Organization Became a Foreign Asset” and released Friday after an 18-month investigation, relies on documents obtained by the committee along with public documents released by the Department of Justice.",left
13579,Senate Democrats Accuse NRA of Becoming Russian Asset,"['NRA', 'US Senate', 'Russia', 'Kremlin', 'Guns', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Senate Democrats say top NRA officials knew about Kremlin ties,The Hill,"A new report by Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee alleges that the National Rifle Association (NRA) ""became a foreign asset"" for Russia ahead of the 2016 election.
The document published Friday says that the NRA and its officers, board members and donors ""engaged in a years-long effort to facilitate the U.S.-based activities of Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin,"" despite being aware of the two Russian nationals' ties to the Kremlin.
""The scope of the NRA’s support for these Russian activities raises concerns about whether the activity in which the...",center
13580,GOP Police Reform Bill Met With Opposition from Senate Democrats,"['Police Brutality', 'Police Reform', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'Polarization', 'Politics', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Senate Democrats say the Republican police reform bill is “not salvageable”,Vox,"Senate Democrats, in a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have unequivocally rejected further consideration of Republicans’ police reform bill — legislation they think falls far short of the policy changes they’d like to see.
“We will not meet this moment by holding a floor vote on the JUSTICE Act, nor can we simply amend this bill, which is so threadbare and lacking in substance that it does not even provide a proper baseline for negotiations,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sens. Kamala Harris and Cory Booker write in...",left
13581,GOP Police Reform Bill Met With Opposition from Senate Democrats,"['Police Brutality', 'Police Reform', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'Polarization', 'Politics', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Schumer signals that Democrats will block GOP police reform bill,The Hill,"Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) signaled on Tuesday that Democrats are prepared to block a GOP police reform bill.
Schumer, speaking from the Senate floor, sent his strongest warning yet that the Republican bill — spearheaded by Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.), the only Black GOP senator — will not advance and urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to back down.",center
13582,GOP Police Reform Bill Met With Opposition from Senate Democrats,"['Police Brutality', 'Police Reform', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'Polarization', 'Politics', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",'Changing the Goalposts': Sen. Scott Calls Out Democrats' Opposition to Police Reform Bill,Townhall,"The GOP Senate majority is set to vote on police reform legislation introduced by Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), also known as the JUSTICE Act. Senate Democrats signaled that they will block the legislation, claiming that the bill is “half-assed” and does not reach far enough. The JUSTICE Act will ban the use of chokeholds, improve hiring practices and regulate “no-knock” warrants, among other things, but does not include an explicit provision to end qualified immunity.",right
13583,Did Susan Rice Commit a Crime?,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",The Susan Rice saga: Murky allegations and media reluctance,Fox News (Online News),"The Susan Rice situation is murky, but one thing that’s crystal clear is that she’s changing her story.",right
13584,Did Susan Rice Commit a Crime?,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Susan Rice becomes the target of conservative attacks over Flynn unmasking,Politico,"The mood was light when President Barack Obama’s former national security adviser Susan Rice took a stage in mid-January with President Donald Trump’s incoming successor, Michael Flynn. Rather than pass a baton to Flynn, she said, she should give him a case of Red Bull.",left
13585,Did Susan Rice Commit a Crime?,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","President Trump’s wild charge that Susan Rice committed a crime, explained",Vox,"Susan Rice, President Obama’s final national security adviser, has all of a sudden become public enemy No. 1 in Trumpworld. In a Wednesday interview with the New York Times, President Trump suggested that she had criminally misused classified information for political purposes purposes.",left
13586,Biden Backs Filibuster Reform in Voting Rights Speech,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Joe Biden', 'US Senate', 'Filibuster', 'John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act', 'Joe Manchin', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'Atlanta', 'Georgia', 'HBCUs', 'Elections']",Biden calls for changing Senate rules to allow voting bills to pass,The Hill,"President Biden on Tuesday gave his full-throated endorsement for changing Senate rules to allow federal voting rights legislation to pass via a simple majority instead of a 60-vote threshold.
Biden has in the past expressed an openness to tweaking Senate rules, such as reinstating the talking filibuster. But in Tuesday’s remarks, he made clear he supports changing the rules “whichever way they need to be changed to prevent a minority of senators from blocking action on voting rights,"" setting the stage for a high stakes fight in the Senate.
“Sadly, the...",center
13587,Biden Backs Filibuster Reform in Voting Rights Speech,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Joe Biden', 'US Senate', 'Filibuster', 'John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act', 'Joe Manchin', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'Atlanta', 'Georgia', 'HBCUs', 'Elections']",Sen. Joe Manchin says scrapping filibuster won’t make Senate ‘better’ in new Biden blow,New York Post (News),"Moderate Sen. Joe Manchin insisted again Tuesday that he does not support getting rid of the Senate’s legislative filibuster, undercutting President Biden hours before he is expected to call for changes to chamber rules in order to ease the passage of two sweeping election reform bills.
“We need some good rule changes to make the place work better, but getting rid of the filibuster doesn’t make it work better,” Manchin (D-WV) told reporters.
Sen. Joe Manchin had continued to express his belief that changing the rule in the Senate will not make...",right
13588,Biden Backs Filibuster Reform in Voting Rights Speech,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Joe Biden', 'US Senate', 'Filibuster', 'John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act', 'Joe Manchin', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'Atlanta', 'Georgia', 'HBCUs', 'Elections']",Biden calls for getting rid of the filibuster to pass election reform,CNN (Online News),"President Biden said that the filibuster has been ""weaponized and abused"" by Republicans in the Senate to block legislation.
The President said that he supports changing the Senate rules and eliminating the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation.
""Today, I'm making it clear to protect our democracy, I support changing the Senate rules whichever way they need to be changed to prevent a minority of senators from blocking action on voting rights. When it comes to protecting majority rule in America, the majority should rule in the United States Senate,"" he said.
He said that he is making this...",left
13589,Last US Military Flight Leaves Afghanistan,"['World', 'Afghanistan', 'US Military', 'Troop Withdrawal']",Afghanistan: Last US military flight departs ending America's longest war,BBC News,"The last US military flight has left Kabul airport, marking the end of a 20-year presence in Afghanistan and America's longest war.
Officials said the last C17 aircraft took off with the US ambassador onboard after midnight local time on Tuesday.
They added that the diplomatic mission to assist those unable to leave before the deadline would continue.
Celebratory gunfire by the Taliban was heard after the last plane departed.
The aircraft's departure was the final chapter in a contentious military effort, which eventually saw the US handing Afghanistan back...",center
13590,Last US Military Flight Leaves Afghanistan,"['World', 'Afghanistan', 'US Military', 'Troop Withdrawal']",Critics resurface Biden ABC interview where he pledged to stay in Afghanistan until every American rescued,Fox News (Online News),"While Democrats and White House allies are attempting to cast the Afghanistan evacuation as a success on Monday, social media critics tore into the president for breaking his pledge to stay in the country until every American was evacuated. 
Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. announced Monday evening that the last of the U.S. troops stationed at the Kabul airport had left a day before Biden's deadline, completing the military’s drawdown in the country -- even though hundreds of Americans likely remain left behind.
Critics were quick to resurface President Biden's ABC News interview with...",right
13591,Last US Military Flight Leaves Afghanistan,"['World', 'Afghanistan', 'US Military', 'Troop Withdrawal']","The last US military planes have left Afghanistan, marking the end of the United States' longest war",CNN (Online News),"The last US military planes have left Afghanistan, Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of US Central Command, announced Monday at the Pentagon. The US departure marks the end of a fraught, chaotic and bloody exit from the United States' longest war.
""I'm here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the end of the military mission to evacuate American citizens, third country nationals, and vulnerable Afghans,"" McKenzie told reporters. ""The last C-17 lifted off from Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 30th, this afternoon, at 3:29 p.m. East Coast...",left
13592,Trump's Controversial Immigration Ad Incorrectly Blames Democrats for Illegal Immigrant's Rampage,['Immigration'],Trump shocks with racist new ad days before midterms,CNN (Online News),"In the most racially charged national political ad in 30 years, President Donald Trump and the Republican Party accuse Democrats of plotting to help people they depict as Central American",left
13593,Trump's Controversial Immigration Ad Incorrectly Blames Democrats for Illegal Immigrant's Rampage,['Immigration'],Cop-killer in Trump's campaign ad came back to the US under Bush,The Hill,The man at the center of President Trump's controversial new midterms ad who was convicted of the murder two police officers was readmitted to the U.S. during President George W.,center
13594,Trump's Controversial Immigration Ad Incorrectly Blames Democrats for Illegal Immigrant's Rampage,['Immigration'],Democrats take the immigration bait,Washington Examiner,"In a clip that left-wing critics have compared to the infamous Willie Horton attack ad, President Trump blamed Democratic policies for allowing convicted cop killer Luis Bracamontes to",right
13595,Joe Biden Sworn in as 46th US President,"['Joe Biden', 'White House', '2020 Election']",Biden takes the helm as president: ‘Democracy has prevailed’,Associated Press Fact Check,"Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that “democracy has prevailed” and summoning American resilience and unity to confront the deeply divided nation’s historic confluence of crises.
Biden took the oath at a U.S. Capitol that had been battered by an insurrectionist siege just two weeks earlier. On a cold Washington morning dotted with snow flurries, the quadrennial ceremony unfolded within a circle of security forces evocative of a war zone and devoid of crowds because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Instead,...",left
13596,Joe Biden Sworn in as 46th US President,"['Joe Biden', 'White House', '2020 Election']",Biden inauguration: New president sworn in amid Trump snub,BBC News,"Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th US president, ending one of the most dramatic political transitions in American history.
""Democracy has prevailed,"" he said after taking the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts.
Outgoing President Donald Trump, who has not formally conceded to Mr Biden, is not attending the ceremony.
The new president has announced a raft of executive orders aimed at reversing Mr Trump's key policies.",center
13597,Joe Biden Sworn in as 46th US President,"['Joe Biden', 'White House', '2020 Election']",Inauguration Day 2021: Live updates as Joe Biden is sworn in as president,New York Post (News),"Follow along with The Post’s Inauguration Day 2021 coverage on Wednesday as President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are sworn in.
The usual massive crowds and most in-person performances will be absent amid the coronavirus pandemic and concerns of violence, but the day still promises a packed schedule — including a virtual parade and televised concert.
President Biden quotes Abraham Lincoln from the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1983.
“If my name ever goes down in the history, it will be for this act, and my whole...",right
13598,California Wildfires Continue,"['Disaster', 'General News']",California wildfires kill at least 1 as high winds threaten more outbreaks,Fox News (Online News),"High winds threatened to return Sunday in Southern California as firefighters work to contain the wildfires that destroyed hundreds of homes and killed at least one person, a day after Gov. Jerry Brown warned the flames could be “the new normal” in the state.",right
13599,California Wildfires Continue,"['Disaster', 'General News']",California wildfires: Governor offers grim outlook,CNN (Online News),Gov. Jerry Brown has a sobering message for Southern Californians after a week of raging wildfires: This is your new normal.,left
13600,California Wildfires Continue,"['Disaster', 'General News']",California fires rage into second week as massive blazes are 'expected to spread',Washington Post,"Raging wildfires continued to burn through Southern California on Sunday, stretching into a second week as authorities warned that the blazes could still spread and pose new dangers.",left
13601,"Hillary Releases Taxes, Pressures Trump",['Taxes'],3 Reasons We Care About Politicians' Taxes,NPR (Online News),"If it's Friday in politics, there's the potential for a news dump.
This Friday, that means tax returns. The Clinton campaign, in an effort to pressure Donald Trump into releasing his taxes, released the Clintons' 2015 numbers. The Clintons made $10.6 million combined, mostly from speeches, and paid an effective federal tax rate of 34.2 percent. Clinton's vice presidential candidate, Tim Kaine, also released 10 years' returns. In 2015, Kaine made about $313,000 and paid a 16.1 percent tax rate. (Here are all the tax returns released by the Clinton campaign.)",left
13602,"Hillary Releases Taxes, Pressures Trump",['Taxes'],Trump Campaign on Hillary's Tax Drop: 'Distraction' From Email Scandal,Newsmax (News),"Donald Trump's campaign Friday slammed the release of Hillary Clinton's taxes as merely ""an attempt at distraction and misdirection"" from the Democratic nominee's email scandal.
""Hillary Clinton has turned over the only records nobody wants to see from her,"" said spokesman Jason Miller. ""The American public wants to see the 33,000 emails she deleted to obstruct an FBI investigation.",right
13603,"Hillary Releases Taxes, Pressures Trump",['Taxes'],"Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine Show New Tax Returns, Pressuring Donald Trump",New York Times (News),"Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Tim Kaine, released a new batch of their own income tax returns on Friday, ratcheting up the pressure on her opponent, Donald J. Trump, to begin making public his own forms.
The newest tax return of Mrs. Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, showed an adjusted gross income of $10.6 million for 2015, a large drop from previous years but still enough to place them in the top 0.1",left
13604,Obama Speaks Out On DACA,['Immigration'],Obama Speaks Out On Trump Ending Dreamer Protections,HuffPost,"Former President Barack Obama said Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s decision to dismantle the program protecting young undocumented immigrants was “contrary to our spirit, and to common sense.”",left
13605,Obama Speaks Out On DACA,['Immigration'],Obama on Trump's DACA decision: 'To target these young people is wrong',USA TODAY,Former president Barack Obama on Tuesday criticized President Trump's decision to end the immigration program designed to protect undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children.,left
13606,Obama Speaks Out On DACA,['Immigration'],Obama Rips Trump As ‘Cruel’ For Rolling Back DACA Amnesty Program,The Daily Caller,"Former President Obama lashed out at President Trump for ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) amnesty program, which was thought to be on shaky legal ground.",right
13607,North Korea To Restart Nuclear Plant,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea vows to restart shuttered nuclear reactor that can make bomb-grade plutonium,Washington Post,Brief announcement marks notable escalation from the fiery rhetoric of recent weeks which saw little action.,left
13608,North Korea To Restart Nuclear Plant,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea vows to restart nuke plant after U.S. sends destroyer to region,Fox News (Online News),A spokesman for the General Department of Atomic Energy says the Yongbyon facilities to be restarted are a graphite-moderated 5 megawatt reactor.,right
13609,North Korea To Restart Nuclear Plant,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea says it plans to restart shuttered nuclear reactor,CNN (Online News),North Korea said Tuesday it plans to restart all the facilities at its Yongbyon nuclear complex including a reactor that was shut down in 2007.,left
13610,Bloomberg Prepares for 2020 Presidential Run,"['Michael Bloomberg', 'Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Democratic Party', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']",Bloomberg makes preparations for 2020 run,Politico,"Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is preparing to file paperwork to qualify for the Democratic presidential primary in Alabama, ahead of a Friday deadline. The move would be a first step toward a national campaign, though Bloomberg has not made a final decision to run.
""We now need to finish the job and ensure that Trump is defeated — but Mike is increasingly concerned that the current field of candidates is not well positioned to do that,"" longtime Bloomberg aide Howard Wolfson said in an email. ""If Mike...",left
13611,Bloomberg Prepares for 2020 Presidential Run,"['Michael Bloomberg', 'Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Democratic Party', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']",Michael Bloomberg again eyeing 2020 presidential bid,New York Post (News),"Disappointed with the leading Democratic candidates in the 2020 pack, Mike Bloomberg is once again considering a run for president, sources tell The Post.
“He thinks Biden is weak and [Bernie] Sanders and Warren can’t win,” said a source familiar with Bloomberg’s apparent about-face, which comes just months after the three-term New York City mayor took his name out of consideration.
To leave his options open, Bloomberg has dispatched aides to Alabama to start gathering signatures there, a source confirmed, even though it is not an early primary state. That’s...",right
13612,Bloomberg Prepares for 2020 Presidential Run,"['Michael Bloomberg', 'Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Democratic Party', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']",Bloomberg news shakes up 2020 race,The Hill,"News on Thursday that Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor and billionaire, is actively preparing a White House run as a Democrat without officially plunging into the candidate pool momentarily complicated an increasingly unpredictable presidential race.
Bloomberg, 77, has for months signaled both his interest in trying to defeat President Trump and his willingness to holster his ambitions on the sidelines as long as former Vice President Joe Biden appeared to be the frontrunner and most viable opponent who could knock Trump out of the Oval Office.
Bloomberg’s...",center
13613,"On the edge of ""Fiscal Cliff""",[],"Obama, congressional leaders to discuss impending fiscal cliff",CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama and congressional leaders will discuss the looming fiscal cliff impasse Friday at the White House, aiming for a last-minute deal to stave off automatic tax increases and spending cuts.",left
13614,"On the edge of ""Fiscal Cliff""",[],"Obama, congressional leaders give talks to avert fiscal crisis one last try",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama and congressional leaders were preparing to make a last-ditch try for a deal -- or at least a plan -- to avert the imminent fiscal crisis, with a high-stakes meeting scheduled at the White House for Friday afternoon just days before the deadline for action.",right
13615,"On the edge of ""Fiscal Cliff""",[],Obama summons congressional leaders for ‘fiscal cliff’ talks,Washington Post,"President Obama summoned congressional leaders to a Friday summit at the White House in a last-ditch effort to protect taxpayers, unemployed workers and the fragile U.S. recovery from severe austerity measures set to hit in just four days.",left
13616,FCC Commissioner Calls for Ban on TikTok Over Data Security Concerns,"['Privacy', 'TikTok', 'FCC', 'Social Media', 'China', 'CCP', 'Data Privacy', 'Data Collection', 'Foreign Influence']",FCC commissioner says government should ban TikTok,Axios,"The Council on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) should take action to ban TikTok, Brendan Carr, one of five commissioners at the Federal Communications Commission, told Axios in an interview.
Why it matters: It's the strongest language Carr has used to date to urge action on TikTok. With more than 200 million downloads in the U.S. alone, the popular app is becoming a form of critical information infrastructure — making the app's ownership by a Chinese parent company a target of growing national security concern.
The FCC has no...",center
13617,FCC Commissioner Calls for Ban on TikTok Over Data Security Concerns,"['Privacy', 'TikTok', 'FCC', 'Social Media', 'China', 'CCP', 'Data Privacy', 'Data Collection', 'Foreign Influence']","US government should ban TikTok, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr says",New York Post (News),"FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr called Tuesday for the US government to formally ban the popular video sharing app TikTok over national security risks posed by its ties to China.
Carr, a frequent TikTok critic and the Federal Communications Commission’s senior Republican member, argued any other resolution would not adequately address concerns that Beijing could improperly access the data of millions of US-based TikTok users.
“I don’t believe there is a path forward for anything other than a ban,” Carr told Axios in what was described as his strongest rebuke of...",right
13618,FCC Commissioner Calls for Ban on TikTok Over Data Security Concerns,"['Privacy', 'TikTok', 'FCC', 'Social Media', 'China', 'CCP', 'Data Privacy', 'Data Collection', 'Foreign Influence']",FCC commissioner calls for TikTok ban,CNN Business,"The US government should ban TikTok rather than come to a national security agreement with the social media app that might allow it to continue operating in the United States, according to Brendan Carr, a commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission.
A string of news reports this year about TikTok’s handling of US user data has left Carr with “little confidence there’s a path forward,” he told CNN in a phone interview Tuesday. “Perhaps the deal CFIUS ends up cutting is an amazing, airtight deal, but at this point I...",left
13619,Health Experts Speculate About Herd Immunity In The U.S.,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Herd Immunity', 'Sustainability']",When Could the United States Reach Herd Immunity? It’s Complicated.,New York Times (News),"With the vaccine rollout underway and coronavirus cases declining after a dark winter surge, it may seem as though the end of the pandemic is in sight. In reality, how soon could we get there?
One answer lies in herd immunity, the point when enough people are immune to the virus that it can no longer spread through the population. Getting there, however, depends not just on how quickly we can vaccinate but on other factors, too, like how many people have already been infected and how easily the virus...",left
13620,Health Experts Speculate About Herd Immunity In The U.S.,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Herd Immunity', 'Sustainability']",We’ll Have Herd Immunity by April,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"Amid the dire Covid warnings, one crucial fact has been largely ignored: Cases are down 77% over the past six weeks. If a medication slashed cases by 77%, we’d call it a miracle pill. Why is the number of cases plummeting much faster than experts predicted?
In large part because natural immunity from prior infection is far more common than can be measured by testing. Testing has been capturing only from 10% to 25% of infections, depending on when during the pandemic someone got the virus. Applying a time-weighted case...",right
13621,Health Experts Speculate About Herd Immunity In The U.S.,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Herd Immunity', 'Sustainability']",EXPLAINER: How will we know we’ve reached herd immunity?,Associated Press,"Health officials around the world are racing to vaccinate enough people to stop the spread of COVID-19, but what qualifies as “enough” is still an open question.
The goal is to get to “herd immunity,” which is when enough people have immunity, either from vaccination or a past infection, to stop uncontrolled spread.
Herd immunity doesn’t make any one person immune, and outbreaks can still flare up. It means that a virus is no longer easily jumping from person to person, helping to protect those who are still vulnerable to...",left
13622,Trump's State of the Union Ratings,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Claims His SOTU Had The Highest Ratings In History. It Didn't,NPR (Online News),"In a tweet, President Trump claimed the largest audience ever tuned in for his State of the Union address. That's not true.",left
13623,Trump's State of the Union Ratings,"['White House', 'Politics']","Those State of the Union numbers don't add up, Mr. President (And that shouldn't matter)",Washington Examiner,"Well, that didn’t take long. Less than 48 hours after delivering the State of the Union, President Trump undercut that real success with incredibly silly overstatement, claiming his TV viewership was “the highest number in history.”",right
13624,Trump's State of the Union Ratings,"['White House', 'Politics']",Donald Trump lied about his State of the Union ratings. Whyyyyyyyy?,CNN (Opinion),"On Thursday morning President Donald Trump said something that wasn't true. ""Thank you for all of the nice compliments and reviews on the State of the Union speech,"" he tweeted. ""45.6 million people watched, the highest number in history. @FoxNews beat every other Network, for the first time ever, with 11.7 million people tuning in. Delivered from the heart!""",left
13625,"Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs Testify Before Senate Commerce Committee","['Technology', 'Social Media', 'Twitter', 'Google', 'Facebook', 'Senate Commerce Committee', 'Section 230', 'Online Censorship', 'Misinformation']","Twitter, Google CEOs defend key internet law before U.S. Senate panel",Reuters,"The chief executives of Twitter and Google defended a law protecting internet companies before a Senate panel on Wednesday, a topic that has split U.S. lawmakers on ways to hold Big Tech accountable for how they moderate content on their platforms.
Twitter Inc’s Jack Dorsey and Google’s Sundar Pichai were probed about how they monitor and moderate political content online.
They told the committee chaired by Republican Senator Roger Wicker that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act - which protects companies from liability over content posted by users -...",center
13626,"Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs Testify Before Senate Commerce Committee","['Technology', 'Social Media', 'Twitter', 'Google', 'Facebook', 'Senate Commerce Committee', 'Section 230', 'Online Censorship', 'Misinformation']","Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs clash with Congress in pre-election showdown",Washington Post,"Senate Democrats and Republicans grilled the chief executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter on Wednesday at a highly partisan, wide-ranging review of their content-moderation practices less than a week before Election Day.
Lawmakers on the Senate Commerce Committee are convening the gathering chiefly to discuss a controversial, decades-old law known as Section 230 that spares social media sites from being held liable for the way they police their platforms.
But the hearing is a public trial of sorts for Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Sundar Pichai and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, who...",left
13627,"Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs Testify Before Senate Commerce Committee","['Technology', 'Social Media', 'Twitter', 'Google', 'Facebook', 'Senate Commerce Committee', 'Section 230', 'Online Censorship', 'Misinformation']",Lawmakers warn Big Tech CEOs over 'censorship and suppression of conservative voices',Washington Examiner,"Republicans Wednesday warned the heads of Facebook, Twitter and Google they could lose federal lawsuit liability protections following apparent censorship of conservative content on their social media platforms.
The online hearing, however, was slowed down by a big tech glitch: Twitter CEO Mark Zuckerberg was unable to connect to the hearing, forcing a recess.
The hearing initially began with Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Roger Wicker citing Twitter’s and Facebook’s decision to block a story by the New York Post, about about potentially incriminating contents of three laptops believed to have...",right
13628,Trump Speaks at CPAC,"['Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'CPAC', '2020 Election', 'Fake News', 'Misinformation', 'Disinformation', 'Joe Biden', 'Immigration', 'Mitt Romney', 'Liz Cheney', 'Ben Sasse']","Trump targets disloyal Republicans, repeats election lies and hints at 2024 run",Reuters,"Former President Donald Trump hinted on Sunday at a possible presidential run in 2024, attacked President Joe Biden and repeated his fraudulent claims he won the 2020 election in his first major appearance since leaving the White House nearly six weeks ago.
Addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, Trump vowed to help Republicans try to regain majorities - lost during his presidency - in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate in 2022 congressional elections and dangled himself as a possibility for president in 2024.
“With your...",center
13629,Trump Speaks at CPAC,"['Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'CPAC', '2020 Election', 'Fake News', 'Misinformation', 'Disinformation', 'Joe Biden', 'Immigration', 'Mitt Romney', 'Liz Cheney', 'Ben Sasse']",Trump stages GOP comeback at CPAC by refusing to concede 2020 defeat,Washington Examiner,"Former President Donald Trump teased a 2024 White House bid and relitigated unfounded claims that the November election was stolen, initiating act two of his political career with a rousing speech to adoring supporters at the Conservative Political Action Conference that aimed to solidify his command of the Republican Party.
The address lasted more than one hour, during which Trump twice suggested he was planning a third presidential campaign and several times declared he won reelection in 2020 only to watch the Democrats steal his victory and illegitimately install President...",right
13630,Trump Speaks at CPAC,"['Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'CPAC', '2020 Election', 'Fake News', 'Misinformation', 'Disinformation', 'Joe Biden', 'Immigration', 'Mitt Romney', 'Liz Cheney', 'Ben Sasse']","Trump teases 2024 run in CPAC remarks, as he looks to keep his grip on GOP",Politico,"Donald Trump still has grievances to air — and a Republican Party eager to bask in his indignation.
In his first major address since leaving office, Trump on Sunday laced into his Democratic successor, Joe Biden, chided “establishment political hacks” from his own party and pressed his false claim that he won the November election, which he lost decisively.
And to an explosion of applause, he suggested he may run again in 2024.",left
13631,Russia Announces World’s First COVID-19 Vaccine,"['Russia', 'Putin', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Nationalism', 'World', 'Coronavirus']",Russia Approves Coronavirus Vaccine Before Completing Tests,New York Times (News),"MOSCOW — Russia has become the first country in the world to approve a vaccine for the coronavirus, President Vladimir V. Putin announced on Tuesday, though global health authorities say the vaccine has yet to complete critical, late-stage clinical trials to determine its safety and effectiveness.
Mr. Putin, who told a cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning that the vaccine “works effectively enough,” said that his own daughter had taken it. And in a congratulatory note to the nation, he thanked the scientists who developed the vaccine for “this first, very...",left
13632,Russia Announces World’s First COVID-19 Vaccine,"['Russia', 'Putin', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Nationalism', 'World', 'Coronavirus']",Putin says vaccine has been approved for use,BBC News,"Mr Putin said the vaccine had passed all the required checks, adding that his daughter had already been given it.
Officials have said they plan to start mass vaccination in October.
Experts have raised concerns about the speed of Russia's work, suggesting that researchers might be cutting corners.
Amid fears that safety could have been compromised, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged Russia last week to follow international guidelines for producing a vaccine against Covid-19.
On Tuesday, the WHO said it had been in talks with Russian authorities about undertaking...",center
13633,Russia Announces World’s First COVID-19 Vaccine,"['Russia', 'Putin', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Nationalism', 'World', 'Coronavirus']",Russia’s accelerated COVID-19 vaccine greeted with alarm as experts say Phase 3 trial is essential,MarketWatch,"News that Russia has registered the first vaccine to treat COVID-19 before starting and completing Phase 3 trials was greeted with alarm on Tuesday, with experts concerned it may come with safety issues that could stoke antivaccination and anti-science sentiment.
President Vladimir Putin announced the news of the vaccine at a government meeting, The Wall Street Journal reported, following accelerated trials conducted by the Gamaleya Institute for Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow in collaboration with the Defense Ministry.
Putin said one of his daughters has already received a dose of...",center
13634,Breaking Down Biden's State of the Union Speech,"['White House', 'State Of The Union', 'Joe Biden', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Inflation', 'Politics']",President Biden's State of the Union report card: Experts give their grades,Fox News (Online News),"Former speechwriters and communications experts for top elected officials and cabinet secretaries weighed in on Biden's first State of the Union address Tuesday evening, praising the president for his strong support of Ukraine amid Russia's multi-front invasion, but criticizing it for being lackluster and uninspiring. 
Biden's speech marked the most consequential of his lifetime as U.S. inflation soars and Eastern Europe devolves into war between Russia and Ukraine. Many members of Congress attending the speech were wearing small lapel ribbons of blue and yellow to show solidarity with the people of Ukraine. 
During...",right
13635,Breaking Down Biden's State of the Union Speech,"['White House', 'State Of The Union', 'Joe Biden', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Inflation', 'Politics']",Biden' new targets,Axios,"President Biden set his sights at the State of the Union on Russian oligarchs, COVID fraudsters, social media platforms and even defund-the-police efforts — populist targets in a broader speech about national and global unity.
Why it matters: Biden's anti-Russia, pro-Ukraine passages inspired the only real partisan unity in the chamber.
""The U.S. Department of Justice is assembling a dedicated task force to go after the crimes of Russian oligarchs. We are joining with our European allies to find and seize your yachts, your luxury apartments, your private jets. We...",center
13636,Breaking Down Biden's State of the Union Speech,"['White House', 'State Of The Union', 'Joe Biden', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Inflation', 'Politics']",Hits and misses from Joe Biden's State of the Union speech,CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union address on Tuesday night, a speech that came amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine and lagging poll numbers in advance of the 2022 midterm elections.
I watched the speech -- and the reaction to it -- and jotted down some of the best and the worst of the night.
Ever since Ronald Reagan first invited honored guests to the State of the Union, it's been an opportunity for presidents to strike memorable moments in a speech that often feels like a laundry list...",left
13637,Perspectives: Voter Suppression and Voter Fraud in the 2020 Election,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Voter Suppression']","Despite obstacles, young voters are 'raising hell' with historic early voting turnout",USA TODAY,"When he prepares to cast his vote in his first-ever presidential election on Tuesday, Noah Foster, 20, a junior at Carroll University in Wisconsin, will go through a mental checklist:
Specialized school ID. Check.
Proof of enrollment. Check.
Proof of residency. Check.
Ride to the polling site. Check.
“It’s exhausting, for sure,” said Foster, who plans to vote for Democratic challenger Joe Biden in the presidential election. “These are the little issues we run into that makes the process so hard.”
From pandemic fears to complex ID requirements...",left
13638,Perspectives: Voter Suppression and Voter Fraud in the 2020 Election,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Voter Suppression']",Why Safeguarding Our Elections Matters,The Daily Signal,"In the American Revolution, people gave up their lives to secure our system of government. During the women’s suffrage movement, some protested and risked it all so women could participate in elections. And during the civil rights movement, some endured violence and prosecution to secure the right to vote.
Americans throughout history have made tremendous sacrifices to safeguard our democratic republic—and with it, the right to vote. We cannot disregard their sacrifice or squander their precious gift to us.
Today, the threat to our voting system is election fraud. This...",right
13639,Perspectives: Voter Suppression and Voter Fraud in the 2020 Election,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Voter Suppression']",Four ways 'Jim Crow 2.0' is shaping this presidential election,CNN (Online News),"On the first and third Monday of each month, Theresa Burroughs traveled to Alabama's Hale County courthouse to register to vote. On each trip, she was met by a group of White men playing dominoes.
One of those men oversaw voter registration in the county. He'd point to a jar of jelly beans on a nearby table and ask Burroughs, ""How many black jelly beans are in a jar? How many red ones in there?""
It was the late 1940s, and Burroughs was a Black woman who knew she...",left
13640,Georgia Primary Woes Raise Questions About November Election Process,"['Elections', 'Georgia', 'Decision 2020', 'Georgia Primary', 'Atlanta', 'Keisha Lance Bottoms', 'Lebron James', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']","‘A hot, flaming mess’: Georgia primary beset by chaos, long lines",Politico,"Some voters in Georgia are experiencing hourslong lines to cast their ballots in Tuesday's primary, with officials trading blame for who, exactly, is responsible for the latest trip-up in holding an election during the pandemic.
Since polls opened early Tuesday morning, voters in Georgia — especially in and around Atlanta — have reported problems with voting machines and long lines, with some voters leaving without casting a ballot. The problems are a troubling sign for the burgeoning swing state's ability to handle the expected high turnout for November's presidential election....",left
13641,Georgia Primary Woes Raise Questions About November Election Process,"['Elections', 'Georgia', 'Decision 2020', 'Georgia Primary', 'Atlanta', 'Keisha Lance Bottoms', 'Lebron James', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']","Long lines, polling site angst, missing ballots sully Georgia primary",The Fulcrum,"It didn't take long for problems to become clear on this month's second big day of voting.
But the challenges seemed almost entirely in one place: Georgia, by far the biggest of the five states with primaries Tuesday, and a rising presidential battleground after emerging as a singular focus of voting rights advocates for two years.
Thousands, especially in and around Atlanta, faced hours-long lines from the time the polls opened — and then were confronted by frequently malfunctioning equipment and diminished teams of inexperienced poll workers. Many others who...",center
13642,Georgia Primary Woes Raise Questions About November Election Process,"['Elections', 'Georgia', 'Decision 2020', 'Georgia Primary', 'Atlanta', 'Keisha Lance Bottoms', 'Lebron James', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']","Messy Georgia primary raises alarms for November, as Ossoff edges closer to clinching Senate nomination",Fox News (Online News),"The Democratic Senate primary in Georgia was too early to call Wednesday, as Jon Ossoff held onto approximately 49 percent of the vote with more ballots coming in -- amid widespread reports of hourslong lines, voting machine malfunctions, provisional ballot shortages and absentee ballots failing to arrive in time.
Ossoff, whose defeat in a 2017 special election was a gut-punch to Democrats who flooded his campaign with money, was leading Sarah Riggs Amico and Teresa Tomlinson. They each have roughly 13 percent of the counted vote, and candidates need 50...",right
13643,"Trump, Guatemala Reach Asylum Agreement","['Immigration', 'Guatemala', 'Donald Trump', 'Asylum', 'Border']",Trump Scores Two Victories on Border,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump won two victories on his border agenda Friday, with the Supreme Court allowing the use of military funds to expand the barrier on the Mexican border while Guatemala agreed to serve as gatekeeper for asylum seekers trying to get to the U.S.",center
13644,"Trump, Guatemala Reach Asylum Agreement","['Immigration', 'Guatemala', 'Donald Trump', 'Asylum', 'Border']",Trump announces ‘landmark agreement’ with Guatemala to restrict asylum claims,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Friday announced a so-called ""safe third country"" deal with Guatemala to restrict asylum claims to the United States from Central America, calling it a “landmark agreement” and arguing it “will put the coyotes and smugglers out of business.""
""We've long been working with Guatemala and now we can do it the right way,"" Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, with Guatemalan interior minister Enrique Degenhart at his side.",right
13645,"Trump, Guatemala Reach Asylum Agreement","['Immigration', 'Guatemala', 'Donald Trump', 'Asylum', 'Border']",US signs controversial deal with Guatemala on immigration,ABC News (Online),"The United States and Guatemala have signed an agreement to allow the U.S. to deport migrants seeking asylum if they reached the southern U.S. border by crossing through Guatemala, the Trump administration said Friday.",left
13646,What To Expect From This Year's 'Lame Duck' Congress,"['US Congress', 'US Senate', 'US House', '2020 Election', 'Coronavirus', 'Government Shutdown', 'Politics']",Mitch McConnell says he’s open to stimulus during lame duck — but there are a lot of wild cards,Vox,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, after previously suggesting stimulus could wait until 2021, is now saying he’d back a package this year.
“As I’ve said repeatedly in the last few months, we need another rescue package,” McConnell said Wednesday. “Hopefully the partisan passions that prevented us from doing another rescue package will subside with the election. … I think we need to do it before the end of the year.”
Does that mean stimulus is actually coming in 2020 for the 21.5 million Americans still receiving unemployment insurance, the cities...",left
13647,What To Expect From This Year's 'Lame Duck' Congress,"['US Congress', 'US Senate', 'US House', '2020 Election', 'Coronavirus', 'Government Shutdown', 'Politics']","'Lame duck' U.S. Congress to grapple with coronavirus aid, budget bills",Reuters,"The push in the U.S. Congress for a major new coronavirus aid bill got a post-election boost on Wednesday when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell put his weight behind passage by the end of this year and opened the door to considering a key Democratic priority.
While candidates elected to the Senate and U.S. House of Representatives will not be sworn in until Jan. 3, the Congress that has been in business since January 2019, will return to Washington next week for a “lame duck” session that is expected to...",center
13648,What To Expect From This Year's 'Lame Duck' Congress,"['US Congress', 'US Senate', 'US House', '2020 Election', 'Coronavirus', 'Government Shutdown', 'Politics']","Pelosi still resistant to scaled-down coronavirus relief deal, calls for negotiations to restart",Washington Times,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday she wants to restart negotiations for a comprehensive coronavirus relief bill, but she still isn’t interested in adopting a scaled-down approach.
“We want the Republicans to come back to the table,” Mrs. Pelosi told reporters at her weekly press conference.
Despite her expectations that Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden, who is leading in the presidential vote count, will win, Mrs. Pelosi said a relief bill can’t wait for a Democrat in the White House.",right
13649,"Biden Calls Omicron Variant a ‘Cause for Concern,’ not ‘Panic’","['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Omicron Variant', 'WHO', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus Variants', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Booster Shots', 'Public Health', 'Science']","Biden: Strategy for omicron variant is vaccination, not shutdowns",Fox Business,"President Biden on Monday said he will unveil his plan Thursday to tackle the new omicron variant of COVID-19, saying the strategy will not include more lockdowns. Instead, Biden plans to rely on vaccinations to combat the latest version of the virus to pose a serious threat.
Speaking during a meeting with CEOs of various companies to discuss the holiday shopping season and his administration’s work to address the supply chain crisis, Biden also said that Americans who are eligible for a booster shot have ""no excuse"" for not getting...",right
13650,"Biden Calls Omicron Variant a ‘Cause for Concern,’ not ‘Panic’","['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Omicron Variant', 'WHO', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus Variants', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Booster Shots', 'Public Health', 'Science']","Biden says Omicron variant is ""cause for concern, not a cause for panic""",CBS News (Online),"President Biden on Monday urged Americans to remain calm as scientists work to determine the strength and the transmissibility of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus, saying the U.S. has the ability to deal with the new strain that is circulating the globe.
The president, flanked by chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci and Vice President Kamala Harris, told the nation the variant is a ""cause for concern, not a cause for panic."" He said the U.S. has more tools to fight COVID-19 than ever before, and is in a much...",left
13651,"Biden Calls Omicron Variant a ‘Cause for Concern,’ not ‘Panic’","['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Omicron Variant', 'WHO', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus Variants', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Booster Shots', 'Public Health', 'Science']","Biden: Omicron coronavirus variant 'cause for concern, not a cause for panic'",The Hill,"President Biden on Monday described the omicron variant of COVID-19 as a ""cause for concern"" but not a cause for panic, saying Americans getting vaccinated and getting their booster shots is the best defense against the virus.
He also said officials would release more guidance on how they plan to fight the spread of COVID-19 this winter, but promised it wouldn't include lockdowns.
""This variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic,"" Biden said in prepared remarks at the White House. ""We have the best vaccine in the world, the...",center
13652,Media Correction: No Arrest,['Terrorism'],Conflicting reports over possible suspect in Boston Marathon bombing,Fox News (Online News),The FBI and state and local police are intensifying their probe into Mondays bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon vowing a worldwide investigation and appealing to the public for tips and cellphone pictures that might yield clues about who was behind the horrific attack.,right
13653,Media Correction: No Arrest,['Terrorism'],"Source: 'Significant progress,' but no arrest in bombing",CNN (Online News),Investigators working the fatal bombing at the Boston Marathon have made significant progress but no arrests a federal law enforcement source said.,left
13654,Media Correction: No Arrest,['Terrorism'],Media Walks Back Arrest Reports,HuffPost,CNN and other outlets found themselves with egg on their face when they reported that an arrest had been made in the Boston bombings and were then forced to walk that news back. Though it was not alone CNN took the brunt of the blame for its faulty reporting.,left
13655,"ACLU, Planned Parenthood Amongst Plaintiffs in Lawsuit Against Alabama's New Abortion Law","['Abortion', 'ACLU', 'Alabama']","ACLU, Planned Parenthood sue over Alabama abortion ban",Reuters,"(Reuters) - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging a law enacted by Alabama last week that bans nearly all abortions and makes performing the procedure a felony punishable by up to 99 years in prison.
The lawsuit is one of several the groups have filed or are preparing to file against states that recently passed strict anti-abortion measures in an effort to prompt the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark case that guarantees a woman’s constitutional...",center
13656,"ACLU, Planned Parenthood Amongst Plaintiffs in Lawsuit Against Alabama's New Abortion Law","['Abortion', 'ACLU', 'Alabama']",Republicans Wanted Groups like Planned Parenthood to Sue Over Alabama’s Abortion Ban. They Just Did.,Vice,"Planned Parenthood and the ACLU sued Alabama Friday over the state’s near-total abortion ban — which is exactly what Alabama Republicans wanted. It’s the first step in what promises to be a long legal battle over whether to let the ban go into effect.
Under Alabama’s law, abortions would only be allowed if a pregnancy posed a “serious health risk” to the mother. There are no exceptions for rape or incest, and abortion providers could spend up to 99 years in prison for performing the procedure.
If that sounds unconstitutionally...",left
13657,"ACLU, Planned Parenthood Amongst Plaintiffs in Lawsuit Against Alabama's New Abortion Law","['Abortion', 'ACLU', 'Alabama']","Planned Parenthood, ACLU Sue Alabama over Abortion Law",Breitbart News,"Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a federal lawsuit Friday challenging a new law in Alabama that bans most abortions in the state, save those to prevent a serious health risk to the mother.
The law reclassifies abortion as a Class A felony, punishable by up to 99 years in prison for abortionists. Women who undergo an abortion, however, would not be criminally liable.
The complaint was filed in the United States District Court of the Middle District of Alabama.
In a joint press statement, Alexa...",right
13658,Newspaper Front Pages on Trump Win,['Media Bias'],Online News Sites Announce Trump Victory - With Excitement or Horror,AllSides,"While there is some nice coverage about how print newspapers are covering the election results on their front pages - see Newspaper front pages cover Trump's victory – in pictures, we should also look at how it is being covered online. After all, these online sites are the primary news sources for many, many Americans.",center
13659,Newspaper Front Pages on Trump Win,['Media Bias'],Newspaper front pages cover Trump's victory – in pictures,The Guardian,Media in the US and around the world report the shock victory of Donald Trump in the presidential election,left
13660,Newspaper Front Pages on Trump Win,['Media Bias'],"'House of Horrors,' 'Trump Triumphs:' How US Newspaper Front Pages Are Reporting Donald Trump's Win",ABC News (Online),"People across the U.S. will be waking up to news of Donald Trump winning the nation's presidential election this morning.
Here's a look at how American newspapers' front pages and headlines are reporting Trump as the new President-elect:
New York Daily News
Headline: ""House of Horrors: Trump seizes Divided States of America""",left
13661,Elon Musk Declines Offer to Join Twitter Board,"['Business', 'Twitter', 'Elon Musk', 'Social Media', 'Billionaires', 'Free Speech', 'Technology', 'Parag Agrawal', 'SEC']","Elon Musk decides not to join Twitter board, says CEO Parag Agrawal",CNBC,"Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has abandoned his plans to join the board of Twitter, his social network of choice.
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announced publicly Sunday that Musk remains the largest shareholder of Twitter, and the company will remain open to his input.
Musk informed Twitter on Saturday morning that he would not, in fact, take the board seat.
In premarket trading Monday, Twitter’s stock briefly tumbled more than 8% to less than $43 a share. Shares were up more than 2.5% after markets opened but fell nearly 1% to $45.82 a share just...",center
13662,Elon Musk Declines Offer to Join Twitter Board,"['Business', 'Twitter', 'Elon Musk', 'Social Media', 'Billionaires', 'Free Speech', 'Technology', 'Parag Agrawal', 'SEC']","Elon Musk Will Not Join Twitter’s Board, Company Says",New York Times (News),"Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man and the biggest shareholder of Twitter, will no longer join the social media service’s board of directors, the company said late Sunday.
The move capped a whirlwind week at Twitter that had been set off by Mr. Musk, 50. On Tuesday, Twitter announced that the billionaire would be appointed to its 11-person board for a term that expires in 2024. The invitation to join the board followed Mr. Musk’s accumulating a 9.2 percent stake in the company, making him its largest shareholder.",left
13663,Elon Musk Declines Offer to Join Twitter Board,"['Business', 'Twitter', 'Elon Musk', 'Social Media', 'Billionaires', 'Free Speech', 'Technology', 'Parag Agrawal', 'SEC']",Elon Musk will not join Twitter board of directors: CEO,Washington Examiner,"In a major reversal, business tycoon Elon Musk has decided not to join the board of directors of Twitter, the company's CEO announced Sunday night.
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal posted a note on the social media platform explaining what he says was Musk's decision to decline the board invite. Musk, 50, had recently purchased a 9.2% stake in the company. Since the April 4 stock purchase, in which the Tesla and SpaceX CEO became the largest Twitter shareholder, Musk had promised ""significant improvements"" to the company and expressed excitement at joining the board.",right
13664,Cotton Defends Remarks on Slavery,"['US Senate', 'Slavery', '1619 Project', 'Tom Cotton', 'Arkansas', 'History', 'American Heritage', 'Race And Racism']",Tom Cotton Cries ‘Fake News’ When ‘Fox & Friends’ Directly Quotes Him on Slavery,Daily Beast,"The hosts of Fox & Friends waited until the final moments of their interview with Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) to bring up the comments he made about slavery and The New York Times’ ‘1619 Project’ over the weekend. Cotton used the opportunity to accuse them of spreading “fake news.”
“Senator Tom Cotton, you’re in the eye of the storm, you like to take on red-hot issues, including ‘The 1619 Project,’” Brian Kilmeade said as the senator smiled awkwardly. He then quoted directly at length from Cotton’s interview with the...",left
13665,Cotton Defends Remarks on Slavery,"['US Senate', 'Slavery', '1619 Project', 'Tom Cotton', 'Arkansas', 'History', 'American Heritage', 'Race And Racism']",US Senator Tom Cotton defends slavery remarks,BBC News,"A senator for the state of Arkansas is defending comments he made on slavery in the United States.
Republican Senator Tom Cotton said US founders viewed slavery as a ""necessary evil upon which the union was built"".
His comments were criticised as an attempt justify the slavery of black people.
He is introducing legislation to ban federal funds for a project by the New York Times newspaper, aimed at revising the historical view of slavery.
The project's founder expressed outrage at the remarks.",center
13666,Cotton Defends Remarks on Slavery,"['US Senate', 'Slavery', '1619 Project', 'Tom Cotton', 'Arkansas', 'History', 'American Heritage', 'Race And Racism']",Sen. Tom Cotton says reports he called slavery a ‘necessary evil’ are ‘the definition of fake news’ — here’s his original quote,MarketWatch,"After many people on Twitter vilified Tom Cotton for reportedly calling slavery a “necessary evil” in a recent interview, the Republican senator clarified his remarks in a social media post of his own.
“This is the definition of fake news,” the Arkansas Republican wrote in a Twitter TWTR, -3.25% post on Sunday. “I said that *the Founders viewed slavery as a necessary evil* and described how they put the evil institution on the path to extinction, a point frequently made by Lincoln.”
Cotton was referring to an interview he gave...",center
13667,Budget Deal Heads to the Senate,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","On budget deal, all eyes turn to Senate Republicans",CBS News (Online),"Senate Republicans, who spent most of the last week bemoaning a recent rules change that makes it easier for Democrats to confirm Obama administration appointees, will have to turn their attention this week to the two-year budget deal crafted by the heads of the House and Senate Budget Committees, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.",left
13668,Budget Deal Heads to the Senate,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate Budget Battle Likely,Wall Street Journal (News),Republicans eyeing re-election and higher office are wary of voting for a spending measure that passed the House with bipartisan support.,center
13669,Budget Deal Heads to the Senate,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Ryan defends budget compromise before final Senate vote set for this week,Fox News (Online News),"House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan on Sunday defended his compromise budget deal that avoids another potential government shutdown, but suggested congressional Republicans will be more demanding of Democrats during the upcoming debit-limit talks.",right
13670,Deficit is Shrinking,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Projected lower deficit could slow any budget deal,Townhall,"he good news is the budget deficit for the current year is projected to come in well below what was estimated just a few months ago. The bad news for deficit hawks is that the development could further curb the already slowing momentum for a budget pact this year.
A Congressional Budget Office study released Tuesday cites higher tax revenues and better-than-expected payments from government-controlled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as the key reasons for this year's improved outlook. The budget office now predicts a 2013 budget deficit...",right
13671,Deficit is Shrinking,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Deficit Is Shrinking Quickly,Wall Street Journal (News),"A rapidly shrinking federal budget deficit is upending bipartisan talks to reach a federal budget deal, illustrating the conundrum Washington faces with an improving near-term fiscal outlook but continued longer-term pressures tied to aging baby boomers.
The Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday the federal deficit is expected to shrink to $642 billion in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, narrowing from the agency's estimate of $845 billion three months ago and sharply lower than last year's $1.087 trillion shortfall.",center
13672,Deficit is Shrinking,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Deficit projection reduced to $642 billion, CBO says",Washington Post,"The federal budget deficit will plummet to $642 billion this year, congressional budget analysts said Tuesday, reducing their previous forecast by roughly $200 billion.
The Congressional Budget Office credited recovering tax revenues and a one-time infusion of cash from mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for the dramatic reduction, which puts the nation on track for its smallest deficits since the economic crisis hit in 2008.
Moreover, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicts that the deficit will continue to shrink, falling below 3 percent of the overall...",left
13673,Jackson Nomination Moves Forward After Committee Hits Partisan Deadlock,"['Supreme Court', 'US Senate', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Neil Gorsuch', 'Dick Durbin', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Politics', 'Senate Judiciary Committee']",Full U.S. Senate to decide on Supreme Court pick Jackson after panel deadlocks,Reuters,"The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday deadlocked along party lines on moving forward on President Joe Biden's U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, with the full Senate still expected to confirm her later in the week as the first Black woman to serve on the nation's top judicial body.
The panel's 11-11 vote, with Biden's fellow Democrats in favor and Republicans united in opposition, pushes the confirmation battle into its next phase - a showdown on the Senate floor. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, said shortly before the committee...",center
13674,Jackson Nomination Moves Forward After Committee Hits Partisan Deadlock,"['Supreme Court', 'US Senate', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Neil Gorsuch', 'Dick Durbin', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Politics', 'Senate Judiciary Committee']",Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation will move forward after tie vote in Judiciary Committee,USA TODAY,"Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic nomination to be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court moved one step closer Monday afternoon.
The 22-member Senate Judiciary Committee, which is evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, voted along party lines for an 11-11 tie, rather than offering a ""favorable"" or ""unfavorable"" recommendation. 
Though the tie vote adds a procedural step, it won't stop Jackson's nomination from moving to the full Senate for consideration. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., can set the schedule for a full chamber vote, where Jackson is likely to be confirmed...",left
13675,Jackson Nomination Moves Forward After Committee Hits Partisan Deadlock,"['Supreme Court', 'US Senate', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Neil Gorsuch', 'Dick Durbin', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Politics', 'Senate Judiciary Committee']",Senate Judiciary Committee Casts Deadlocked 11-11 Vote On Advancing Biden Supreme Court Nominee,The Daily Wire,"The Senate Judiciary Committee cast a deadlocked 11-11 vote on Monday on approving Democrat President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.
“Despite the deadlocked vote, Jackson, a judge on the federal appeals court in Washington, will likely be narrowly confirmed by the full Senate by the end of the week,” CBS News reported. “Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer quickly filed a motion to discharge Jackson’s nomination and bring it to the full Senate. A vote is expected to take place later Monday, and support from a majority of the...",right
13676,Ida Leaves More Than 1 Million Without Power in Louisiana,"['Disaster', 'Hurricane Ida', 'Environment', 'Weather', 'Louisiana', 'Mississippi', 'General News']","Hurricane Ida brings 'havoc' to huge swath of Louisiana, but levees prevent mass casualties",The Times-Picayune,"Hurricane Ida arrived in Louisiana Sunday every bit as ornery as advertised: 150 mph winds, some of the fiercest to ever hit American shores, bringing with them intense rainfall and storm surge that left a swath of carnage in its wake.
The massive storm, which arrived on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, sent rescuers scrambling to retrieve people from attics as flood waters poured into places like Lafitte, LaPlace and Braithwaite. The winds, matching the highest speeds ever recorded in Louisiana, tore roofs off homes, toppled transmission towers and...",center
13677,Ida Leaves More Than 1 Million Without Power in Louisiana,"['Disaster', 'Hurricane Ida', 'Environment', 'Weather', 'Louisiana', 'Mississippi', 'General News']",How 'rapid intensification' fueled Hurricane Ida,NBC News (Online),"Long before Hurricane Ida made landfall Sunday in southern Louisiana, climatologist David Keellings was already filled with dread.
As the storm passed over the western end of Cuba and moved over the Gulf of Mexico, Keellings, an assistant professor at the University of Florida, knew it would become fierce and unruly.
""I was saying, 'Uh oh, it’s going to head over some really warm water,'"" he said. ""And it did.""
Once the storm began churning up the Gulf's unusually warm water — 86 degrees at places, even at depths of more than...",left
13678,Ida Leaves More Than 1 Million Without Power in Louisiana,"['Disaster', 'Hurricane Ida', 'Environment', 'Weather', 'Louisiana', 'Mississippi', 'General News']",Hurricane Ida shuts down refineries — here's what it means for gas prices,Washington Examiner,"Hurricane Ida is likely to lead to some increase in gasoline prices, but nothing dramatic, analysts say.
Oil prices have not surged despite Ida forcing the shutdown of 96% of oil production and 94% of natural gas output in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Oil prices are the biggest contributor to prices at the pump.
At least nine refineries in Louisiana have reduced production or shut-in operations in response to the storm, together accounting for about 13% of the total U.S. refining capacity, according to the Department of Energy.
The Gulf is...",right
13679,Competing Budget Plans in House and Senate,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","House GOP floats plan to address debt ceiling, government funding in response to Senate talks",Fox News (Online News),"House Republicans plan to move their own proposal to raise the debt ceiling and fund the government in response to a new plan emerging from the Senate side, Fox News has learned.",right
13680,Competing Budget Plans in House and Senate,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","House, Senate working on competing plans to end shutdown, lift debt ceiling",Washington Post,An emerging Senate deal to raise the debt limit and end the shutdown could run into a roadblock from the competing House bill.,left
13681,Competing Budget Plans in House and Senate,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",House GOP to offer own shutdown plan -- with Obamacare changes,CNN (Online News),Reid cites tremendous progress toward a deal to end shutdown raise debt ceiling. But questions remain about what would happen to Senate deal in the House.,left
13682,Progressive Bloggers Support Obama,['Media Bias'],Super-dopey hack gets journalism wrong: A response to James Oliphant,Salon,"Sometimes a piece of journalism is so silly and substance-free it’s a waste of time to reply. But I need to correct a couple of errors in James Oliphant’s “Progressive bloggers are doing the White House’s job.” It’s been a long time since I’ve seen bloggers used pejoratively, and I’m not sure what makes me a “blogger” and Oliphant something else, but those debates are so very 2005, so we’ll let them be.
Oliphant",left
13683,Progressive Bloggers Support Obama,['Media Bias'],Progressive Bloggers Are Doing the White House's Job,National Journal,"This administration enjoys an advantage afforded no other: a partisan media that has its back, minute-by-minute.",center
13684,Progressive Bloggers Support Obama,['Media Bias'],"News: Progressive bloggers come of age, shill for Obama White House",Erik Wemple,"James Oliphant of the National Journal presents the news that the U.S. media has gone partisan. In this cockamamie world, wouldn’t you know, progressive media outlets often produce journalism that aligns with a progressive White House.",center
13685,Average Gas Prices Fall Below $4 Per Gallon,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Gas Prices', 'Energy', 'Inflation']",Gas Prices in the U.S. Fall Below $4 a Gallon,New York Times (News),"Gas prices in the United States fell below $4 a gallon on Thursday, retreating to their lowest level since March, a drop that has brought relief to Americans struggling with the skyrocketing cost of everything from groceries to rent.
The national average cost of a gallon of regular gasoline now stands at $3.99, according to AAA, after 58 consecutive daily declines. That’s higher than it was a year ago but still well below a peak of nearly $5.02 in mid-June. Energy costs feed into broad measures of inflation, so the drop is...",left
13686,Average Gas Prices Fall Below $4 Per Gallon,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Gas Prices', 'Energy', 'Inflation']",U.S. gasoline prices fall below $4 for first time since March,Reuters,"The average price of U.S. retail gasoline fell below $4 per gallon on Thursday for the first time in months, giving some relief to drivers in the world's largest consumer of the fuel.
The national average price for regular unleaded gas fell to $3.990 a gallon on Aug. 11, according to the American Automobile Association.
Gasoline prices peaked at a record $5.02 in June. That high cost curbed spending, and prices have also dropped as market fears of severe restrictions on supply have ebbed since Russia first invaded Ukraine in...",center
13687,Average Gas Prices Fall Below $4 Per Gallon,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Gas Prices', 'Energy', 'Inflation']",Gas prices dip just below $4 for the first time in 5 months,Washington Times,"Gasoline prices dipped to just under the $4 mark for the first time in more than five months — good news for consumers who are struggling with high prices for many other essentials.
AAA said the national average for a gallon of regular was $3.99 on Thursday.
Prices have dropped 15 cents in the past week and 68 cents in the last month, according to the auto club.
The shopping app GasBuddy reported that the national average was already down to $3.98 on Wednesday.
Falling prices for gas, airline tickets...",right
13688,Hagel Announces Quarantine,[],Military to isolate troops returning from West Africa,USA TODAY,"U.S. troops returning from Ebola-stricken nations will be isolated for 21 days, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Wednesday, a day after the White House raised concerns about states imposing strict quarantines of health care workers returning from West Africa.
Top commanders for the Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps made the recommendation to Hagel on Tuesday. The Army instituted an isolation requirement for 21 days — the incubation period for the deadline virus — on Monday.
Hagel's decision goes beyond Pentagon guidelines issued earlier this month that stopped short of...",left
13689,Hagel Announces Quarantine,[],Hagel orders 21-day quarantine for all military personnel returning from Ebola mission in West Africa,Fox News (Online News),"Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered all military personnel returning from Ebola response missions in West Africa to be held in a 21-day quarantine.
Hagel signed the order Wednesday morning, accepting a recommendation from the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Army days earlier had imposed such a policy on its own servicemembers, but the new order applies to all branches.
""The fact is the military will have more Americans in Liberia than any other department,"" Hagel said, explaining his decision at Wednesday's ""Washington Ideas Forum."" He also said...",right
13690,Hagel Announces Quarantine,[],Joint Chiefs Chairman Urges 21-Day Quarantine for Troops Working in Ebola Zone,New York Times (News),"Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recommended to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Tuesday that all members of the armed services working in Ebola-stricken West African countries undergo mandatory 21-day quarantines upon their return to the United States.
Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, said that Mr. Hagel was expected to announce shortly that he would follow the recommendation.
The recommendation foll",left
13691,Romney Campaign,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Mitt Romney abruptly shifts strategy,Politico,"The shift, which is to include much more emphasis on Romneys policy prescriptions, means he is scrapping the most basic precept of his campaign. From the time he began contemplating running again after his loss in the 2008 primaries, Romneys theory of the case has been a relentless and nearly exclusive focus on the listless economy.",left
13692,Romney Campaign,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney campaign re-tools message for final stretch,CNN (Online News),Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is launching a new effort this week to inject energy and fresh policy details into a campaign that Republicans have criticized as listless and light on substance.,left
13693,Romney Campaign,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney plans new emphasis on economic details,Washington Times,"Determined to reclaim the narrative in the presidential race, a top adviser to Mitt Romney said the Republican presidential nominee will be putting “a new emphasis on the “specific aspects of his policy prescriptions for strengthening the nations economy and its presence abroad.",right
13694,Biden Extends Pandemic Mortgage Relief Program,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Home Foreclosures', 'Mortgage Relief', 'Joe Biden']",Biden extends foreclosure moratorium and mortgage forbearance through June,Politico,"The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it would extend the foreclosure moratorium and mortgage forbearance through the end of June.
The actions would block home foreclosures and offer delayed mortgage payments until July, as well as offer six months of additional mortgage forbearance for those who enroll on or before June 30.
The actions are an extension of an order that was originally enacted under the Trump administration in March of last year. President Joe Biden — as one of 17 orders he signed on his first day in office...",left
13695,Biden Extends Pandemic Mortgage Relief Program,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Home Foreclosures', 'Mortgage Relief', 'Joe Biden']","Biden extending mortgage relief, moratorium on foreclosures through June",The Hill,"The White House on Monday announced a program to extend mortgage relief and a moratorium on home foreclosures through June as thousands of Americans continue to struggle to keep up with payments during the coronavirus pandemic.
""The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a housing affordability crisis,"" the White House said in a statement. ""Now, homeowners will receive urgently needed relief as we face this unprecedented national emergency. Today’s action builds on steps the President took on Day One to extend foreclosure moratoriums for federally guaranteed mortgages.""
The joint effort...",center
13696,Biden Extends Pandemic Mortgage Relief Program,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Home Foreclosures', 'Mortgage Relief', 'Joe Biden']",Biden extends pandemic mortgage relief program until June 2021,Washington Examiner,"The Biden administration announced on Tuesday that the COVID-19 mortgage forbearance and foreclosure protection program will extend through June 2021.
The measure will extend the foreclosure moratorium for homeowners and extend the mortgage payment forbearance enrollment date for borrowers until June 30.
""As millions of Americans face continued hardship from the COVID-19 pandemic, President Biden is continuing to take action to help keep individuals and families in their homes. The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a housing affordability crisis. Today, 1 in 5 renters is behind on rent and just over...",right
13697,Senate Showdown Over Guns,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Senate braces for showdown over gun control,Politico,"Negotiations went through the weekend, but it's unlikely they'll amount to anything more than election-year posturing.",left
13698,Senate Showdown Over Guns,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Senate will vote down new gun laws today because of an intensity gap that favors the NRA,Washington Post,"The vast majority of Americans favor legislation being considered today in the Senate that would restrict people on the terrorist watch list from buying guns. But the measure will fail because those who oppose stricter gun laws are, on the whole, more passionate and politically organized than the average voters who support them.",left
13699,Senate Showdown Over Guns,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Senate Showdown Over Guns — Here Are the Four Measures Up for a Vote,The Blaze,"The Senate will vote Monday night on four measures — two sponsored by Republicans, two by Democrats. All are expected to fail in a bitterly divided Congress.",right
13700,Congress Returns to DC,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",New GOP Controlled Congress Prepares To Undo Years of Obama Agenda,CBN,"A new Congress is being sworn in in our nation's capital Tuesday.
Republicans have been waiting for this moment for a long time.",right
13701,Congress Returns to DC,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",GOP Congress storms into Trump era,The Hill,"Congressional Republicans are returning to Washington on Tuesday with high hopes for a new era under President-elect Donald Trump.
GOP lawmakers are eager to start work on an ambitious legislative agenda after gaining control of both Congress and the White House for the first time in a decade.",center
13702,Congress Returns to DC,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","As Congress is sworn in, GOP lawmakers target key Obama initiatives",CBS News (Online),"The 115th Congress will be sworn in today, with the Republicans controlling both the House and the Senate.
When President-elect Donald Trump takes office, it’ll be the first time in a decade the GOP is in charge of both houses of Congress and the White House.",left
13703,Supreme Court to Hear Gay Marriage Case,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court to hear same-sex marriage case,Politico,"The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether the U.S. Constitution guarantees all Americans the right to enter into same-sex marriages.
The high-profile case has the potential to legalize gay marriage in all 50 states or to roll the practice back by overturning a series of federal court rulings that have dramatically expanded the availability of same-sex unions in the past year-and-a-half.
Story Continued Below
In an order Friday afternoon, the court announced that it granted four petitions seeking a review of a federal appeals court ruling...",left
13704,Supreme Court to Hear Gay Marriage Case,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court Takes Up Same-Sex Marriage Case,Breitbart News,"Setting the stage for a potentially historic ruling, the Supreme Court announced Friday it will decide whether same-sex couples have a right to marry everywhere in America under the Constitution.
The justices will take up gay-rights cases that ask them to declare for the entire nation that people can marry the partners of their choice, regardless of gender. The cases will be argued in April, and a decision is expected by late June.
Proponents of same-sex marriage said they expect the court to settle the matter once and for all...",right
13705,Supreme Court to Hear Gay Marriage Case,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court agrees to hear gay marriage issue,Washington Post,"The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will decide a historic question about whether the Constitution requires that same-sex couples be allowed to marry no matter where they live or whether states are free to limit wedlock to its traditional definition as a union only between a man and a woman.
The Court accepted Cases from Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee , where restrictions About same-Sex marriage Were Upheld by Appeals Court in an Cincinnati two months ago. The high Court Will hold 2 1/2 hours of oral arguments in...",left
13706,US Drone Strike Kills Two ISIS-K Members Following Kabul Airport Bombing,"['ISIS', 'Middle East', 'Afghanistan', 'Pentagon', 'Terrorism']",US Reprisal Airstrike Killed Two ISIS Militants and Wounded Another,New York Times (News),"The Pentagon said that two Islamic State militants were killed and one was wounded in Friday night’s drone strike in Nangahar Province as part of the American retaliation for the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed scores of people, including 13 American service members.
Defense Department officials said one of the Islamic State drone targets was a “planner,” and one was a “facilitator.” Both, they said, were involved in planning attacks against Americans, although officials at a news conference on Saturday declined to say whether they were involved...",left
13707,US Drone Strike Kills Two ISIS-K Members Following Kabul Airport Bombing,"['ISIS', 'Middle East', 'Afghanistan', 'Pentagon', 'Terrorism']",US Airstrike Kills 2 ISIS-K Members in Afghanistan,Newsmax (News),"Acting swiftly on President Joe Biden's promise to retaliate for the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport, the U.S. military said it used a drone strike to kill two members of the Islamic State group's Afghanistan affiliate and injured one.
Initital reports indicated only one ISIS-K member had been killed, but Maj. Gen. Hank Taylor gave updated information at a Saturday morning Pentagon press conference. 
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby described the dead as ""ISIS-K planners and facilitators,"" but would not confirm they were involved in the suicide bomibing.
The strike Saturday local time...",right
13708,US Drone Strike Kills Two ISIS-K Members Following Kabul Airport Bombing,"['ISIS', 'Middle East', 'Afghanistan', 'Pentagon', 'Terrorism']","Drone Strike Against ISIS-K Killed 2 High-Profile Targets, Pentagon Says",NPR (Online News),"Two targets were killed and another person was injured in a drone strike against the Islamic State affiliate ISIS-K in retaliation for the Kabul airport attack, the Pentagon now says. And the Department of Defense has released the names of the U.S. troops killed in Thursday's attack.
Department officials announced Friday evening that a drone strike killed an ISIS-K target in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. On Saturday, officials updated that to say that two ""high-profile"" targets — described as ""a planner and a facilitator"" — were killed and one other person from the terrorist...",left
13709,3 Killed And 15 Injured In Shooting At California Garlic Festival,['Violence In America'],"Gilroy, California, garlic festival shooting: what we know",Vox,"Four people were killed (including the shooter) and at least 12 more injured during a shooting that took place at the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival in Christmas Hill Park in Gilroy, California, on Sunday.
One suspect was shot and killed by police at the scene. In a statement, city officials in Gilmore — which is located about 33 miles south of San Jose — said in a statement that “[w]itnesses indicated there may have been a second suspect and a search is underway for that person,” though it’s unclear if...",left
13710,3 Killed And 15 Injured In Shooting At California Garlic Festival,['Violence In America'],Motive a mystery as California police hunt for accomplice in festival shooting,Reuters,"Police were searching on Monday for a suspected accomplice of the gunman who killed three people, including a 6-year-old boy, in a mass shooting at a food festival in California.
The gunman was shot dead by police officers within minutes of opening fire early on Sunday evening at the three-day Gilroy Garlic Festival, about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of the city of San Jose.
Among those killed was a 6-year-old boy, according to news reports. Fifteen people were injured, but it was unclear how many were shot or otherwise...",center
13711,3 Killed And 15 Injured In Shooting At California Garlic Festival,['Violence In America'],"Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting leaves 3 dead, 15 injured; gunman killed by police",Fox News (Online News),"It took less than a minute for police officers to respond after gunfire erupted at a Northern California food festival Sunday night, with cops quickly engaging and fatally shooting the gunman -- but not before the assailant's brief barrage left three dead and 15 others injured.
The shooting rampage began at 5:41 p.m. on the north side of the Gilroy Garlic Festival, Chief of Police Scot Smithee said at a press conference late Sunday. Cops were set to give another update at 1 p.m. ET Monday.
""We had many, many...",right
13712,Reactions to the Refugee Ban,['Immigration'],"Microsoft, Uber, Apple, Google: How the tech world responded to Trump's immigration ban",USA TODAY,"President Trump's order banning immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the U.S. began hitting the tech industry Saturday, with Google's CEO leading a growing list of tech executives condemning the ban.",left
13713,Reactions to the Refugee Ban,['Immigration'],A (very short) list of Republicans in Congress who have criticized Trump’s immigration order,Vox,"So far, Republicans in Congress have been either quiet or broadly supportive of Donald Trump’s new executive order temporarily barring US entry for natives of seven Muslim-majority countries. That includes House Speaker Paul Ryan, who denounced the idea of a Muslim ban during the campaign only to turn around and support this decision.",left
13714,Reactions to the Refugee Ban,['Immigration'],"HIT & RUN BLOG Federal Judge Stays Trump's Order to Remove Immigrants, Refugees Here Legally",Reason,The American Civil Liberties Union has at least temporarily halted President Donald Trump's attempt to turn away refugees and travelers from a handful of selected Muslim-dominated countries.,right
13715,Time’s Person of the Year: The Silence Breakers,['Sexual Misconduct'],The 2017 TIME Person of the Year Is...,Townhall,"President Trump was this year's runner up in the TIME Magazine Person of the Year search. He claimed in a tweet last week that the editors called him wanting to give him the honor, but he said no thanks after they demanded a photoshoot and interview.",right
13716,Time’s Person of the Year: The Silence Breakers,['Sexual Misconduct'],"Time magazine’s person of the year is “the silence breakers,” the women who spoke out about sexual harassment and assault on the job, whether that job be movie star or hotel housekeeper.",USA TODAY,"Time magazine named ""The Silence Breakers"" — women who triggered a #MeToo national outcry over sexual harassment — as the 2017 ""Person of the Year.""",left
13717,Time’s Person of the Year: The Silence Breakers,['Sexual Misconduct'],"Time's person of the year is 'The Silence Breakers.' As for Donald Trump, he's number two.",Daily Kos,"Time magazine’s person of the year is “the silence breakers,” the women who spoke out about sexual harassment and assault on the job, whether that job be movie star or hotel housekeeper.",left
13718,Ahead in Battleground States,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton Returns to Campaign Trail for Battleground Blitz,Wall Street Journal (News),"Over the past week, voters attending rallies in battleground states have seen the marquee players in Democratic politics campaigning for Hillary Clinton: President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden, among them.",center
13719,Ahead in Battleground States,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton Makes Pitch for Mandate and a Swing-State Sweep,New York Times (News),"Hillary Clinton entered the final phase of her campaign on Friday, working to ensure a victory that is decisive enough to earn a mandate for her presidency and a surge of voters to help Democrats win congressional races.",left
13720,Ahead in Battleground States,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Quinnipiac Battleground Polls: Independents Shifting To Hillary,HotAir,"“Trump’s best hope,” writes Quinnipiac assistant director Peter Brown, “is a knockout win in the last debate Wednesday evening, his last shot at a national audience.” The latest battleground-state polling from Quinnipiac bears out that analysis. In four key states, independent voters have shifted support in significant numbers to Hillary Clinton, leaving Donald Trump trailing in three states and tied in Ohio in the four-way race:",right
13721,Palestinian Attack on Jerusalem Synagogue,"['Israel', 'World']",Four Rabbis Are Killed in Jerusalem Synagogue Attack,New York Times (News),"Two Palestinians armed with a gun, knives and axes stormed a synagogue complex in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of West Jerusalem on Tuesday morning, the Israeli police said, killing four rabbis in the middle of their morning prayers.",left
13722,Palestinian Attack on Jerusalem Synagogue,"['Israel', 'World']","Israel: 4 dead after men with knives, gun attack Jerusalem synagogue",CNN (Online News),"A Jerusalem synagogue turned from peaceful sanctuary to house of horrors within moments Tuesday, after two Palestinian cousins wielding knives, axes and a gun attacked during morning prayers.",left
13723,Palestinian Attack on Jerusalem Synagogue,"['Israel', 'World']","Armed With Axes, Palestineans Murder Three Americans in Terror Attack on Israeli Synagogue",Townhall,"A terror attack was carried out by two Palestinian terrorists today at a synagogue in Jerusalem, leaving four dead, three of whom were Americans identified as Aryeh Kupinsky, Kalmen Levin and Rabbi Moshe Twersky. Nine others were wounded.",right
13724,"Media Coverage Skewed After Vandals Set Fires, Damage Portland Courthouse","['Violence In America', 'Portland', 'Oregon', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Antifa']","Portland protesters set fires, damage federal courthouse; officers respond with tear gas, impact munitions",The Oregonian,"Federal officers on Thursday repeatedly drove demonstrators away from the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in downtown Portland in response to fires and damage to the building just hours after a security fence was removed.
Dozens of demonstrators assembled near the courthouse Thursday night, and some of them broke glass at the federal building and lit fires, according to reports from the scene.
A large contingent of federal officers responded by deploying impact munitions, tear gas, flash-bang grenades and smoke bombs, according to livestream videos from independent journalists and others...",center
13725,"Media Coverage Skewed After Vandals Set Fires, Damage Portland Courthouse","['Violence In America', 'Portland', 'Oregon', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Antifa']","Antifa rioters burn US flags, storm courthouse, and clash with police in Portland, Oregon",Washington Examiner,"Antifa protesters burned U.S. flags, stormed a bank, and clashed with police outside a federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday.
The original protest, intended as a demonstration against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, escalated when agitators began smashing a federal courthouse and burning American flags, according to the Daily Mail.
Protesters could be seen in videos posted on social media setting fires around the courthouse.
“Antifa set fire to the federal courthouse in downtown Portland,” journalist Andy Ngo tweeted. “There are people inside.”",right
13726,"Media Coverage Skewed After Vandals Set Fires, Damage Portland Courthouse","['Violence In America', 'Portland', 'Oregon', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Antifa']","Only Days After Feds Remove Protective Fence, Left-Wing Rioters Attack Portland Federal Courthouse",The Daily Wire,"On Thursday, self-styled “anarchists” targeted the Mark Hatfield federal courthouse in Portland, setting fires, shattering windows and setting on fire plywood protecting the building. The courthouse was the scene of roughly four months of rioting over the summer.
According to KOIN, “A group of about 50-60 people dressed in black were seen ripping down plywood, spray painting graffiti and setting fires. After a while, Federal Protective Officers pushed them back with tear gas and less-lethal munitions. Over the course of about 2 hours, multiple skirmishes were seen as protesters set...",right
13727,Stacey Abrams Apologizes for Maskless Photo,"['Coronavirus', 'Mask Mandates', 'Schools', 'Stacey Abrams', '2022 Georgia Gubernatorial Election']",Stacey Abrams apologizes for posing maskless with elementary students: ‘That was a mistake’,Washington Post,"Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said Tuesday night that “excitement” prompted her to pose maskless for a photo last week with a group of elementary schoolchildren — a move that has generated a rash of mostly Republican criticism.
On CNN’s “OutFront,” Abrams explained that she was in the Decatur, Ga., elementary school classroom for a Black History Month reading event on Friday. She said she kept her mask on until she reached the lectern and took it off only because she was reading to students who were “listening remotely, as...",left
13728,Stacey Abrams Apologizes for Maskless Photo,"['Coronavirus', 'Mask Mandates', 'Schools', 'Stacey Abrams', '2022 Georgia Gubernatorial Election']","Abrams Apologizes For Maskless Photo-Op With Schoolkids, Changing Tune After Criticizing ‘False Political Attack’",Forbes,"Stacey Abrams apologized Tuesday for appearing maskless in several photos last week at a Georgia elementary school in violation of local mask mandates, two days after the Democratic candidate in Georgia’s governor race dismissed the Republican-led firestorm about the images as a “false political attack.”
During a Tuesday night appearance on CNN, Abrams said she was sorry for not wearing a mask in pictures that went viral over the weekend where she posed with masked students and children at a Decatur, Georgia school, breaking the city’s indoor mask mandate. 
Abrams called the maskless photos...",center
13729,Stacey Abrams Apologizes for Maskless Photo,"['Coronavirus', 'Mask Mandates', 'Schools', 'Stacey Abrams', '2022 Georgia Gubernatorial Election']",Stacey Abrams apologizes after being photographed maskless at school event,Washington Examiner,"Stacey Abrams apologized after receiving criticism for being photographed maskless while surrounded by school children wearing masks.
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Georgia told CNN on Tuesday she got caught up in the ""excitement"" of reading to children for an African American read-in day when she posed for the cameras.
""I took a picture, and that was a mistake. Protocols matter, and protecting our kids is the most important thing, and anything that could be perceived as undermining that is a mistake, and I apologize,"" Abrams said.
Abrams said she wore her mask prior to approaching a podium, where she...",right
13730,Protestors Set Minneapolis Police Station on Fire; Officers Flee,"['Racial Violence', 'Violence In America', 'Riots', 'George Flloyd', 'George Flloyd Riots', 'Violence', 'Racism', 'Anti-Police', 'Police', 'Minneapolis', 'Minnesota', 'Denver', 'Louisville']",Governor Sends National Guard Over George Floyd Protests,Wall Street Journal (News),"MINNEAPOLIS—Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sent in the National Guard as demonstrators clashed with police for a third straight day to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white officer pinned him to the ground with a knee on his neck in an incident captured on video.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who has called for the police officers involved in the incident to be criminally charged, had requested the assistance.",center
13731,Protestors Set Minneapolis Police Station on Fire; Officers Flee,"['Racial Violence', 'Violence In America', 'Riots', 'George Flloyd', 'George Flloyd Riots', 'Violence', 'Racism', 'Anti-Police', 'Police', 'Minneapolis', 'Minnesota', 'Denver', 'Louisville']",Minneapolis police station catches fire amid protest of George Floyd's killing,MSNBC,Ali Velshi reports live from Minneapolis where a police station has caught fire during a protest against the fatal arrest of George Floyd.,left
13732,Protestors Set Minneapolis Police Station on Fire; Officers Flee,"['Racial Violence', 'Violence In America', 'Riots', 'George Flloyd', 'George Flloyd Riots', 'Violence', 'Racism', 'Anti-Police', 'Police', 'Minneapolis', 'Minnesota', 'Denver', 'Louisville']",Minneapolis Third Precinct police station set on fire after rioters break in,Fox News (Online News),"The Third Precinct police station in Minneapolis was set ablaze Thursday night as violent protests continued in the city -- and other cities across the U.S. -- following Monday's death of George Floyd, a black man who died while in police custody.
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More than 500 members of the National Guard were heading to the Twin Cities region, called in by Gov. Tim Walz, the Star Tribune of Minneapolis reported.",right
13733,Obama Meets with Palestinian Leaders,"['Palestine', 'World']","West Bank hosts Obama, Gaza sends rockets",Christian Science Monitor,The day President Obama held a press conference with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Gaza fired two rockets into southern Israel starkly illustrating Palestinians internal divides.,center
13734,Obama Meets with Palestinian Leaders,"['Palestine', 'World']",Obama urges Palestinians to resume peace talks with Israel despite settlement activity,Washington Post,Obama urges Palestinian leaders in Ramallah to drop their demand that Israel first halt building in West Bank.,left
13735,Obama Meets with Palestinian Leaders,"['Palestine', 'World']","Obama condemns rocket attacks in Israel, meets with Abbas",Washington Times,Meeting with Palestinians leaders in the West Bank President Obama condemned an overnight rocket attack from Gaza.,right
13736,Pensacola Shooting Under Investigation After Four Killed,"['Florida', 'Pensacola', 'Terrorists', 'Aviation', 'Gun Violence', 'US Military', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Violence In America']",Official: Pensacola shooter Saudi Arabian aviation student,Associated Press,"PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A U.S. official has identified the shooter at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola as a Saudi Arabian aviation student. Authorities are investigating if the shooting was terrorism-related. The shooting was the second at a U.S. Navy base this week. Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan says 11 people were shot in Friday’s attack, four of whom died, including the shooter. Base commander Capt. Timothy Kinsella Jr. says the base will remain closed until further notice.",left
13737,Pensacola Shooting Under Investigation After Four Killed,"['Florida', 'Pensacola', 'Terrorists', 'Aviation', 'Gun Violence', 'US Military', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Violence In America']",Pensacola shooter identified as Saudi national in US for aviation training,New York Post (News),"The man who opened fire Friday — killing at least three people — at the Pensacola naval base is a foreign national who was in the country for training, according to new reports.
The gunman was identified as a Saudi aviation student, the Associated Press reported.
Sources described him to NBC News as a foreign national.",right
13738,Pensacola Shooting Under Investigation After Four Killed,"['Florida', 'Pensacola', 'Terrorists', 'Aviation', 'Gun Violence', 'US Military', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Violence In America']",Pensacola employee describes scene outside naval base after mass shooting,MSNBC,"Jeff Bergosh, a facilities manager at Pensacola Naval Base, described the scene outside the base as ""chaos"" as authorities responded to reports of a mass shooting and employees arrived for work.",left
13739,American Pastor Arrives Back in U.S. After Being Detained in Turkey,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump meets with freed American pastor Andrew Brunson in Oval Office,Fox News (Online News),"Freed American pastor Andrew Brunson met and prayed with President Trump in the Oval Office Saturday, thanking him for having ""really fought for us"" -- a day after his release from house arrest in Turkey.",right
13740,American Pastor Arrives Back in U.S. After Being Detained in Turkey,"['White House', 'Politics']",Pastor Arrives Back in U.S. After Two Years Detained in Turkey,Wall Street Journal (News),"An American pastor held for two years in Turkey on terrorism charges arrived back in the U.S. on Saturday, greeting President Trump in the Oval Office and ending a diplomatic standoff that jeopardized relations between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies.",center
13741,American Pastor Arrives Back in U.S. After Being Detained in Turkey,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump Welcomes Home Pastor Andrew Brunson, but Denies Link to Saudi Case Image",New York Times (News),"President Trump welcomed home on Saturday an American pastor freed by Turkey and said the release would improve relations with Ankara, but he denied any connection to the dispute between Turkey and Saudi Arabia over the missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.",left
13742,Perspectives: Marking the One Year Anniversary of George Floyd's Death,"['Race And Racism', 'George Floyd Death', 'Police Reform']","A year since George Floyd’s murder, Americans reflect on his legacy",Reuters,"Americans on Tuesday will mark the first anniversary of the murder of George Floyd beneath a white Minneapolis police officer’s knee, which catalyzed the largest U.S. protest movement in decades over police brutality against Black people.
In Washington, President Joe Biden will meet privately with members of Floyd's family at the White House, not far from where promised police reform legislation in Floyd's name has stalled in the U.S. Congress.
In Minneapolis, a foundation created in Floyd's memory by some in his family has organized an afternoon of music and...",center
13743,Perspectives: Marking the One Year Anniversary of George Floyd's Death,"['Race And Racism', 'George Floyd Death', 'Police Reform']",George Floyd anniversary: How his death turned policing into a political battle,Washington Examiner,"George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police rocked nearly every facet of American life: entertainment, academia, politics, corporate culture, and even conversations at the dinner table.
One year after the tragedy felt around the world, the law enforcement community is still grappling with the fallout that has thrown the future of policing into uncertainty.
Other nonpartisan institutions are still navigating the aftermath of the appalling encounter and its meaning for society.
Protests over Floyd’s murder broke out within days of his fatal brush with former Minneapolis officer Derek...",right
13744,Perspectives: Marking the One Year Anniversary of George Floyd's Death,"['Race And Racism', 'George Floyd Death', 'Police Reform']",The monumental impact of George Floyd's death on Black America,NBC News (Online),"The moment happened as so many others have. A man unknown to most around the world was about to become a hashtag. Millions would watch a video played countless times over the course of a year, horrified to see a police officer press his knee into the man's neck for 9½ minutes, killing him. The desire to reverse this man's fate seemed as desperate as it was futile. 
The world changed May 25, 2020, mere months after the global pandemic had already altered everything. George Floyd's death, which occurred under the...",left
13745,Politics and Guns,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Gun control: where glimmers of compromise may be appearing,Christian Science Monitor,"It’s perhaps America’s most intractable life-and-death dilemma: The mounting human – and increasingly public – toll of gun violence.
The Las Vegas Strip massacre became the deadliest such attack since the Thibodeaux Massacre in Louisiana and several other mass killings of black Americans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It comes just over a year after the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla., which killed 49 people and previously stood as the largest mass shooting in modern US history.",center
13746,Politics and Guns,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Politicians and Guns: Follow the Votes, not the Money",Townhall,"An old rule of thumb holds that when someone says it's not about the money, it's really about the money.
But there are exceptions to almost every rule. The National Rifle Association is a case in point.",right
13747,Politics and Guns,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Will the NRA Use Regulation of “Bump Stocks” as Excuse to Avoid “Real Action” on Gun Control?,Democracy Now!,"On Thursday, the National Rifle Association said it would support additional regulation on the gun accessory known as “bump stocks.” Investigators believe the device was used in Sunday night’s mass shooting in Las Vegas, i",left
13748,Lindsey Graham Proposes National 15-Week Abortion Ban,"['Abortion', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Roe V Wade', 'Role Of Government']",Lindsey Graham proposes new national abortion restrictions bill,Axios,"Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) introduced a bill on Tuesday that would ban abortion nationally after 15 weeks.
Driving the news: ""We will introduce legislation ... to get America in a position at the federal level I think is fairly consistent with the rest of the world,"" Graham said Tuesday in announcing the legislation.
The legislation includes exceptions for situations involving rape, incest or risks to the life and physical health of the mother.
""If we take back the House and Senate, I can assure you we'll have a vote"" on the bill, Graham...",center
13749,Lindsey Graham Proposes National 15-Week Abortion Ban,"['Abortion', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Roe V Wade', 'Role Of Government']",Graham's abortion ban stuns Senate GOP,Politico,"Lindsey Graham’s anti-abortion legislation once unified the Republican Party. The 15-week abortion ban he pitched Tuesday had the exact opposite effect.
The South Carolina senator chose a uniquely tense moment to unveil his party’s first bill limiting abortion access since this summer’s watershed reversal of Roe v. Wade. It was designed as a nod to anti-abortion activists who have never felt more emboldened. Yet Graham’s bill also attempted to skate past a Republican Party that’s divided over whether Congress should even be legislating on abortion after the Supreme Court struck down...",left
13750,Lindsey Graham Proposes National 15-Week Abortion Ban,"['Abortion', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Roe V Wade', 'Role Of Government']",‘Can Feel Excruciating Pain’: Sen. Lindsey Graham Defends 15-Week Abortion Limit,The Daily Caller,"Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham unveiled amended legislation that would limit abortion past the fifteenth week of a woman’s pregnancy.
The newest version of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act would ban abortions after 15 weeks, with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother. Republicans have introduced similar versions of the bill that would limit abortion after 20 weeks. The legislation will “get America in a position on the federal level that we think is fairly consistent with the rest of the world,” Graham said at a Tuesday press conference in which...",right
13751,White House Relationship With Pentagon,"['White House', 'Politics']","For Obama and the Pentagon, an uneasy relationship",Townhall,"On a trip to Afghanistan during President Barack Obama's first term, Defense Secretary Robert Gates was stunned to find a telephone line at the military's special operations headquarters that linked directly back to a top White House national security official.
""I had them tear it out while I was standing there,"" Gates said earlier this month as he recounted his discovery. ""I told the commanders, 'If you get a call from the White House, you tell them to go to hell and call me.'""
To Gates, the phone in Kabul...",right
13752,White House Relationship With Pentagon,"['White House', 'Politics']",Hagel Exit Shows Obama Has Taken Power Away From Pentagon,Bloomberg,"President Barack Obama pushed Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel out of his job yesterday after less than 21 months, with White House officials citing disagreements over Iraq and Syria policy.
Hagel, who had grown increasingly frustrated with tight White House management of policy, was ready to go anyway, a U.S. defense official said. He resigned without a fight.",left
13753,White House Relationship With Pentagon,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama's Uneasy Relationship With The Pentagon,HuffPost,"On a trip to Afghanistan during President Barack Obama's first term, Defense Secretary Robert Gates was stunned to find a telephone line at the military's special operations headquarters that linked directly back to a top White House national security official.
""I had them tear it out while I was standing there,"" Gates said earlier this month as he recounted his discovery. ""I told the commanders, 'If you get a call from the White House, you tell them to go to hell and call me.'""
To Gates, the phone in Kabul...",left
13754,Midterm Elections Widely Seen as Referendum on Trump,['Elections'],Trump Agenda on the Line as Voters Head to the Polls,Wall Street Journal (News),Voters headed to the polls Tuesday to determine the balance of power in Washington and across the country in a midterm election that has been set up by both parties as a referendum on,center
13755,Midterm Elections Widely Seen as Referendum on Trump,['Elections'],"Trump on the ballot as midterm elections turn on president’s record, influence",Fox News (Online News),"To some Republicans' chagrin, President Trump has openly embraced Democrats' efforts to cast Tuesday's midterm elections as a referendum on his record and political clout, a kind of ultimate",right
13756,Midterm Elections Widely Seen as Referendum on Trump,['Elections'],"Trump Closes Out a Campaign Built on Fear, Anger and Division",New York Times (News),"President Trump on Monday closed out an us-against-them midterm election campaign that was built on dark themes of fear, nationalism and racial animosity in an effort to salvage Republican",left
13757,Mueller Subpoenas Trump Organization,['Russia'],"Mueller Subpoenas Trump Organization, Demanding Documents About Russia",New York Times (News),"The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has subpoenaed the Trump Organization to turn over documents, including some related to Russia, according to two people briefed on the matter. It is the first known instance of the special counsel demanding documents directly related to President Trump’s businesses, bringing the investigation closer to the president.",left
13758,Mueller Subpoenas Trump Organization,['Russia'],"U.S. special counsel subpoenas Trump Organization on Russia, other documents",Reuters,"U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed the Trump Organization for documents, including some related to Russia, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing two people briefed on the matter.",center
13759,Mueller Subpoenas Trump Organization,['Russia'],"Mueller Blasts Trump Org With Subpoenas, Is Reviewing Business Dealings With Russia",The Daily Caller,"Special counsel Robert Mueller issued subpoenas to the Trump Organization in recent weeks, asking the company to surrender a trove of documents relating to Russia and other topics at issue in the ongoing investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.",right
13760,Perspectives: New NYC Mayor Eric Adams's Comments on 'Low-Skilled Workers',"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Eric Adams', 'Economic Policy', 'New York City', 'Coronavirus Restrictions']",‘All work produces value’: What experts say Eric Adams gets wrong about ‘low skill’ workers,CNBC,"On Tuesday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed an executive order to reduce fines and penalties for small businesses from a wide range of government agencies. After signing the order, Adams took questions from journalists and spoke about his hope for corporate workers to return to their Manhattan offices in order to stimulate local businesses. 
“Many employees are saying, ’We don’t want to come back into the office… Now, that’s fine, if we weren’t connected,” said Adams. “My low skill workers — my cooks, my dishwashers, my messengers, my...",center
13761,Perspectives: New NYC Mayor Eric Adams's Comments on 'Low-Skilled Workers',"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Eric Adams', 'Economic Policy', 'New York City', 'Coronavirus Restrictions']","No He Didn't! NYC Mayor Eric Adams Is Calling People, ""Low Skilled Workers.""",The Root,"It hasn’t been a whole week into his tenure, but New York City Mayor Eric Adams loves himself a soundbite. Whether it be declaring that swagger is back in the city and fights over solitary confinement, four days may feel like a lifetime. Right now, he has directed his focus on remote working and “my low-skilled workers.”
Because of the Omicron surge, many larger businesses have pushed back their in-office plans due to increased cases and hospitalizations. Adams says to keep the “ecosystem of the city going,” larger companies should return to in-person work...",left
13762,Perspectives: New NYC Mayor Eric Adams's Comments on 'Low-Skilled Workers',"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Eric Adams', 'Economic Policy', 'New York City', 'Coronavirus Restrictions']",New York's Mayor Warned That COVID Shutdowns Hurt Low-Skill Workers. He's Absolutely Right. Twitter Got Mad Anyway.,Reason,"At a press conference Tuesday, New York City's new mayor, Eric Adams, urged local white-collar workers to start returning to the office a few days a week. Remote work and COVID shutdowns, he explained, had seriously hurt businesses that rely on commuter customers to survive.
This observation is obviously true, and plenty of data backs it up. But Adams angered people when he noted that many service workers don't have the option to work from home and don't have the skills for many office jobs: ""My low-skilled workers, my cooks, my dishwashers,...",right
13763,Whisteblower Says HHS Workers Weren't Equipped to Manage Coronavirus Patients,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'China', 'Public Health', 'HHS', 'Healthcare']","U.S. workers without protective gear assisted coronavirus evacuees, HHS whistleblower says",Washington Post,"Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services sent more than a dozen workers to receive the first Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, without proper training for infection control or appropriate protective gear, according to a whistleblower complaint.
The workers did not show symptoms of infection and were not tested for the virus, according to lawyers for the whistleblower, a senior HHS official based in Washington who oversees workers at the Administration for Children and Families, a unit within HHS.
The whistleblower is...",left
13764,Whisteblower Says HHS Workers Weren't Equipped to Manage Coronavirus Patients,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'China', 'Public Health', 'HHS', 'Healthcare']","Whistleblower says HHS sent workers to handle possible coronavirus patients without gear, training",Fox News (Online News),"The Department of Health and Human Services “improperly deployed” more than a dozen workers to two California military bases receiving Americans evacuated from coronavirus without giving them training or protective gear for handling the possibly high-risk patients, according to a new whistleblower complaint.
The whistleblower alleged that HHS officials shot down her concerns and on Feb. 15 threatened to fire her if she did not accept a reassignment. The workers who may have been exposed to the coronavirus then were able to travel freely among the public, the complaint reportedly...",right
13765,Whisteblower Says HHS Workers Weren't Equipped to Manage Coronavirus Patients,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'China', 'Public Health', 'HHS', 'Healthcare']","US workers didn't have proper gear to work with coronavirus evacuees, HHS whistleblower claims",USA TODAY,"Federal workers did not have the necessary protective gear or training when they were sent to help quarantined Americans who were evacuated from China during the coronavirus outbreak, according to a government whistleblower complaint.
The complaint alleges employees with the Department of Health and Human Services were sent to Travis and March Air Force bases in California without full protective gear and training on how to protect themselves in a viral hot zone.
While helping the evacuees, team members noticed that workers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...",left
13766,Biden Announces New COVID-19 Travel Rules,"['Coronavirus', 'Travel', 'Mask Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Omicron Variant']","Biden picks less strict COVID travel rules than feared, makes insurance cover rapid tests",New York Post (News),"President Biden on Thursday announced a COVID-19 “winter plan” that imposes new, but less strict than feared, international travel rules and mandates that health insurance companies pay for at-home COVID-19 rapid tests.
Air travelers to the US will have to test negative for the virus within one day of their flight, rather than within three days, but Biden opted against more draconian ideas reportedly under review amid fears about the potentially more contagious Omicron variant.
“We developed this plan and it doesn’t include shutdowns or lockdowns, but widespread vaccinations and boosters and testing a...",right
13767,Biden Announces New COVID-19 Travel Rules,"['Coronavirus', 'Travel', 'Mask Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Omicron Variant']","U.S. tightens travel testing requirements, mask mandates as part of broader plan to fight Covid",CNBC,"The Biden administration is tightening travel rules to and within the U.S., requiring all in-bound international passengers to test for Covid within 24 hours of departure and extending its mask requirement on all domestic flights and public transportation through March 18.
The changes were announced Thursday as part of a broader plan to bolster the nation’s arsenal of tools in its fight against the virus as the world enters its third year of the pandemic. 
The plan is also the latest move by the Biden administration to stem the spread...",center
13768,Biden Announces New COVID-19 Travel Rules,"['Coronavirus', 'Travel', 'Mask Mandates', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Omicron Variant']","Tighter travel rules, free at home-tests and boosters: Biden unveils COVID-19 winter plan",USA TODAY,"Tighter travel rules, free at-home tests and booster shots are key elements of President Joe Biden's latest strategy to combat the rapidly evolving coronavirus.
Biden said his plan to get through the winter months, which he promoted during a visit to the National Institutes of Health on Thursday, is one that ""all Americans hopefully can rally around.""
""My plan I’m announcing today pulls no punches in the fight against COVID-19,"" Biden said. ""It's a plan that I think should unite us.""
Biden emphasized that he was not expanding or adding...",left
13769,Libya Attack Investigation,['Middle East'],State Department denies concluding film sparked consulate attack in Libya,Fox News (Online News),"The State Department denied Tuesday it ever concluded that the deadly consulate attack Sept. 11 in Libya was an unplanned outburst prompted by an anti-Islam movie, despite public statements early on by some in the Obama administration suggesting that was the case.",right
13770,Libya Attack Investigation,['Middle East'],State Department: Libya Consulate Attack Not Preceded By Protest,HuffPost,"The State Department said Tuesday it never concluded that the consulate attack in Libya stemmed from protests over an American-made video ridiculing Islam, raising further questions about why the Obama administration used that explanation for more than a week after assailants killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.",left
13771,Libya Attack Investigation,['Middle East'],U.S. official sought more security for Benghazi post,CNN (Online News),"The State Department's top security official in Libya asked for extra security for the consulate in Benghazi in the months before the diplomatic post was overrun in a deadly attack but received no response from superiors, according to documents obtained by CNN.",left
13772,Suspect in Custody After Texas School Shooting Leaves At Least 8 Dead,['Violence In America'],"Suspect in custody, Santa Fe High School in Texas still on lockdown after shooting",USA TODAY,"A shooter at a Texas high school is in custody, but a lockdown is still in place and law enforcement remain on scene, school officials reported.",left
13773,Suspect in Custody After Texas School Shooting Leaves At Least 8 Dead,['Violence In America'],Injuries reported in shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas: School district,ABC News (Online),"An unknown number of people are injured from a shooting this morning at Santa Fe High School near Galveston, Texas, according to the Santa Fe Independent School District.",left
13774,Suspect in Custody After Texas School Shooting Leaves At Least 8 Dead,['Violence In America'],"Texas high school shooting suspect in custody, injuries reported",Fox News (Online News),"A suspect is in custody following reports of an active shooter at a Texas high school Friday morning, school officials say.",right
13775,Perspectives: School District Accused of Covering Up Sexual Assault by Gender-Fluid Student,"['Culture', 'Violence In America', 'Crime', 'Transgender Rights', 'Schools', 'Polarization', 'Bathroom Bill', 'Media Bias']","Loudoun County Schools Tried To Conceal Sexual Assault Against Daughter In Bathroom, Father Says",The Daily Wire,"On June 22, Scott Smith was arrested at a Loudoun County, Virginia, school board meeting, a meeting that was ultimately deemed an “unlawful assembly” after many attendees vocally opposed a policy on transgender students.
What people did not know is that weeks prior on May 28, Smith says, a boy allegedly wearing a skirt entered a girls’ bathroom at nearby Stone Bridge High School, where he sexually assaulted Smith’s ninth-grade daughter. 
Juvenile records are sealed, but Smith’s attorney Elizabeth Lancaster told The Daily Wire that a boy was charged with...",right
13776,Perspectives: School District Accused of Covering Up Sexual Assault by Gender-Fluid Student,"['Culture', 'Violence In America', 'Crime', 'Transgender Rights', 'Schools', 'Polarization', 'Bathroom Bill', 'Media Bias']",Parents Slam Loudoun County School Board For Covering Up Transgender Assault Of 9th Grade Girl,RealClearPolitics,"Parents admonished the Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) school board at a public meeting on Tuesday for covering up the sexual assault of a ninth-grade grade by a trans student wearing a skirt in the girl's bathroom.
This follows an explosive Daily Wire report about the girl being assaulted by a trans student that identifies as female. Scott Smith, the father of the female student that was assaulted, went viral after he was arrested for confronting the school system's superintendent at the infamous meeting on June 22, 2021 where Critical...",center
13777,Perspectives: School District Accused of Covering Up Sexual Assault by Gender-Fluid Student,"['Culture', 'Violence In America', 'Crime', 'Transgender Rights', 'Schools', 'Polarization', 'Bathroom Bill', 'Media Bias']",Network blackout on ‘gender fluid’ rape claim in Loudoun school,Washington Examiner,"The three biggest national TV networks ignored the national outcry yesterday over a Virginia father’s charge that a dress-wearing, gender-fluid boy sexually assaulted his ninth grade daughter.
As parents gathered before the Loudoun County School Board in the Washington, D.C., suburbs to demand the resignation of the superintendent of schools, news cameras from ABC, CBS, and NBC were nowhere to be found.
That prompted conservative media critic Brent Bozell, who heads the Media Research Center, to decry the media’s double standard of playing up favorite issues such as mask and...",right
13778,Congress and the NSA,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","Final votes on Patriot Act, trade deal bill set dramatic stage for Congress’ return",Fox News (Online News),"The Senate’s failure to extend the USA Patriot Act will bring the legislation on NSA phone-record collection and other key surveillance activities perilously close to expiring on June 1, forcing senators to return early from recess for a rare Sunday session.
The Senate vote was just one of two this weekend that set the stage for dramatic showdowns on Capitol Hill in the coming weeks and months.
The GOP-led upper chamber passed bipartisan legislation Friday night to strengthen President Obama's hand in global trade talks. However, the legislation m",right
13779,Congress and the NSA,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Senate Blocks Bill To End Government Collection Of Phone Records,NPR (Online News),"The Senate worked late into the night Friday and early Saturday, but still failed to agree on extending government surveillance programs under the USA Patriot Act before the Memorial Day holiday.
Lawmakers blocked votes on both a House-passed bill and a short-term extension of the Patriot A",left
13780,Congress and the NSA,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",N.S.A. and Other Matters Leave McConnell’s Senate in Disarray,New York Times (News),"The sleepy United States senators thought they were done voting. But then, around 1 a.m. on the Saturday before Memorial Day, Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky and presidential candidate, marched spryly to the Senate floor to let it be known that, no, he would not agree to extend the federal government’s bulk collection of phone records program. Not even for one day.
With that, Senator Mitch McConnell, a fellow Kentucky Republican who only a few hours before was ebullient with the passage of a major trade package, was reduced...",left
13781,Decision Day in Greece,"['Europe', 'World']",Confusion Remains as Voting Begins in Greek Referendum,New York Times (News),"Greek voters — angry, tired and scared — went to the polls on Sunday to vote on a high-stakes referendum, which could redefine the country’s place in Europe and shake the Continent’s financial stability.",left
13782,Decision Day in Greece,"['Europe', 'World']",How did Greece get to this point?,CNN (Online News),"Polls show a contest too close to call. But this much is known: The result could cost Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras his job and force an abrupt change in government. And no matter how it goes down, it won't solve the urgent crisis facing Greece.",left
13783,Decision Day in Greece,"['Europe', 'World']",Yes or no? Greeks vote on high-stakes bailout referendum,Fox News (Online News),"Greeks were voting Sunday in a referendum on their nation's financial future, with opinion polls showing that residents were evenly split on whether to accept creditors' demands for more austerity in return for rescue loans or defiantly reject the deal.",right
13784,Hack Cuts Off Nearly 20% of US Meat Production,"['Food', 'Cybersecurity', 'Russia', 'JBS Hack', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Public Health']","World’s Largest Meatpacking Company Reportedly Targeted By Russian Hackers, Forced To Shut Down Plants",The Daily Caller,"The JBS meatpacking company was reportedly targeted by Russian hackers over the weekend, forcing it to shut down operations in North America and Australia.
JBS’s servers were breached May 30, it announced in a Monday press release. The White House said the hackers demanded a ransom. As a result, the company was forced to temporarily shut down meatpacking plants in Colorado, Nebraska, Texas, Alberta, Canada and Queensland, Australia.
JBS produces one-fourth of the United States’ beef and one-fifth of the country’s pork, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Sao Paulo, Brazil-based company sold more than $50 billion...",right
13785,Hack Cuts Off Nearly 20% of US Meat Production,"['Food', 'Cybersecurity', 'Russia', 'JBS Hack', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Public Health']",U.S. says ransomware attack on meatpacker JBS likely from Russia,Reuters,"Brazil’s JBS SA (JBSS3.SA) told the U.S. government that a ransomware attack on the company that has disrupted meat production in North America and Australia originated from a criminal organization likely based in Russia, the White House said on Tuesday.
JBS is the world’s largest meatpacker and the cyberattack caused its Australian operations to shut down on Monday and has stopped livestock slaughter at its plants in several U.S. states.
The attack follows one last month by a group with ties to Russia on Colonial Pipeline, the largest fuel pipeline in the United States,...",center
13786,Hack Cuts Off Nearly 20% of US Meat Production,"['Food', 'Cybersecurity', 'Russia', 'JBS Hack', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Public Health']",One-Fifth of U.S. Beef Capacity Wiped Out by JBS Cyberattack,Bloomberg,"A cyberattack on JBS SA, the largest meat producer globally, forced the shutdown of some of world’s largest slaughterhouses, and there are signs that closures are spreading.
JBS’s five biggest beef plants in the U.S. -- which altogether handle 22,500 cattle a day -- halted processing following a weekend attack on the Brazilian company’s computer networks, according to JBS posts on Facebook, labor unions and employees. Those outages wiped out nearly a fifth of America’s production. Slaughter operations across Australia were also down, according to a trade group, and one of Canada’s largest...",left
13787,U.S. General Killed in Afghan Attack,[],US general assassinated in 'green-on-blue' shooting at Afghan army training base,Fox News (Online News),"A man in an Afghan Army uniform opened fire Tuesday at a military base, killing a U.S. general officer and wounding 15 people, among them a German brigadier general and a number of Americans troops
Pentagon spokesman, Rear Adm. John Kirby, said that the assailant fired into a group of international soldiers at the Marshal Fahim National Defense University at Camp Qargha, a base west of Kabul, and was subsequently killed.
Another 15 people, roughly half of them Americans, were wounded. Among the wounded were a German brigadier general, two...",right
13788,U.S. General Killed in Afghan Attack,[],U.S. General Killed in Afghanistan Attack,Wall Street Journal (News),"An individual wearing an Afghan military uniform gunned down a U.S. Army major-general Tuesday—the highest-ranking American casualty since the war began—and injured 14 other coalition troops visiting the Afghan army's officer school, U.S. officials said.
U.S. officials said initial evidence indicated the attacker was an Afghan soldier and not an outside insurgent wearing an Afghan military uniform. Afghan police and soldiers have frequently opened fire on coalition troops, but Tuesday's attack was unprecedented in terms of how high-ranking the casualties were. Pentagon officials said the general was believed to be...",center
13789,U.S. General Killed in Afghan Attack,[],"U.S. General Is Killed in Attack at Afghan Base, Officials Say",New York Times (News),"An Afghan soldier shot a United States Army major general to death and wounded a German brigadier general and at least 14 other foreign and Afghan military service members on Tuesday at a military training academy on the outskirts of Kabul, officials of the American-led coalition said Tuesday. The major general appeared to be the highest-ranking member of the American military to die in hostilities overseas since the Vietnam War.
The coalition officials said a senior Afghan commander also was among the wounded. The officials declined to identify any of...",left
13790,Perspectives: Biden Picks Yellen for Treasury Secretary,"['Economic Policy', 'Janet Yellen', 'Joe Biden', 'Treasury Department', 'Fed', 'Federal Reserve', 'Economy And Jobs']",Janet Yellen will lead Joe Biden’s Treasury. What does she stand for?,The Economist,"IN THE FIRST instalment of the “Harry Potter” series, the protagonist stumbles across the Mirror of Erised. Anyone who looks into the mirror sees the “deepest, most desperate desire” of their hearts reflected back at them. There is a touch of Erised about President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to nominate Janet Yellen as America’s next treasury secretary, reported on November 23rd. No economist is more qualified than Ms Yellen, a former chair of the Federal Reserve and a respected academic, for the job. Perhaps more important, however, for what is a...",left
13791,Perspectives: Biden Picks Yellen for Treasury Secretary,"['Economic Policy', 'Janet Yellen', 'Joe Biden', 'Treasury Department', 'Fed', 'Federal Reserve', 'Economy And Jobs']","Politics Isn’t Janet Yellen’s Forte, but It’s What She’s In for Now",Wall Street Journal (News),"When she led President Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers in the late 1990s, Janet Yellen confided to her husband, economist George Akerlof, about the challenges she faced navigating Washington’s political storms.
Those storms are about to become Ms. Yellen’s headache again. As President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for Treasury secretary, Ms. Yellen is looking at the most political role she has had in nearly three decades of high-profile policy making. Her job will be to formulate and defend Mr. Biden’s policies at a time when the economy is at a crossroads...",center
13792,Perspectives: Biden Picks Yellen for Treasury Secretary,"['Economic Policy', 'Janet Yellen', 'Joe Biden', 'Treasury Department', 'Fed', 'Federal Reserve', 'Economy And Jobs']",Yellen Appointment to Treasury Should Cure Biden Derangement Syndrome,Ralph Benko,"Many of my conservative colleagues have succumbed to Biden Derangement Syndrome. It's the corollary to the Trump Derangement Syndrome that has plagued most of my progressive friends. If the report that Biden will appoint Janet Yellen as his Treasury Secretary bears out conservatives can exhale. And celebrate.
I wrote here recently in America Rises Up to Crush the Left: ""Biden, suave but nobody's patsy, will domesticate his party's left by throwing a sop or two to Cerberus. Big Reveal: The left was and is an imaginary hobgoblin.""",right
13793,DHS Shutdown Expected,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",DHS funding stalemate means shutdown likely,CNN (Online News),"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is known as the deal-maker on Capitol Hill, but the current logjam over funding the Department of Homeland Security has everyone wondering if he can prevent a shutdown.
Congress returns on Monday with just four days before the deadline to pass legislation to keep DHS open. A stalemate between Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill over President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration has stalled a funding bill for the agency.
Without any serious negotiations or talk of a compromise, it's likely DHS will run...",left
13794,DHS Shutdown Expected,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Concerns Mount as Homeland Security Shutdown Looks Likely,New York Times (News),"The notion that Congress might actually shut down the Department of Homeland Security as part of a broader fight over President Obama’s immigration policies seemed laughable just a few weeks ago.
Literally.
A top Republican staff member laughed when asked if Republicans, who are usually security-minded, were prepared to shut down the agency in a political battle over Mr. Obama’s recent executive actions.
But now, with just days remaining until funding for the Homeland Security agency runs out on Friday, a shutdown of the department is looking increasingly likel",left
13795,DHS Shutdown Expected,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Some Republican governors back Homeland Security showdown,Fox News (Online News),"Several Republican governors are urging GOP congressional leaders to stand firm next week in opposing legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security if it doesn't also overturn President Obama's executive action on immigration.
Governors in both parties meeting in Washington this weekend warned of economic and security concerns should Congress fail to resolve its latest budget standoff. The agency's $40 billion budget runs out Feb. 27, giving federal lawmake",right
13796,Dem Debates: Round Seven,"['Democratic Party', 'Andrew Yang', 'Joe Biden', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Amy Klobuchar', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Democratic National Committee', 'Elections']","What time is the January Democratic debate, and what’s at stake for candidates onstage?",Los Angeles Times,"The Democratic presidential field is set to have its smallest and potentially most influential debate yet. It could also become among the most contentious if candidates bring their campaigns’ offstage issues onstage.
On Tuesday at 6 p.m. PST, six candidates are slated to gather at Drake University in Des Moines to slug it out less than three weeks before the first-in-the-nation caucuses in Iowa.",left
13797,Dem Debates: Round Seven,"['Democratic Party', 'Andrew Yang', 'Joe Biden', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Amy Klobuchar', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Democratic National Committee', 'Elections']",Will The Last Debate Before Iowa Shake Up The 2020 Race?,FiveThirtyEight,"sarahf (Sarah Frostenson, politics editor): This is the first debate of 2020 and the last debate before the voting starts in Iowa in less than three weeks. There are six candidates (the smallest debate stage yet), and we’ve finally published our primary forecast (!!!), which shows the field (especially in Iowa) is pretty wide open.
So how are you thinking about tonight’s debate? Do you think it has the potential to really shake things up?
clare.malone (Clare Malone, senior political writer): I think the big story on Monday — and...",center
13798,Dem Debates: Round Seven,"['Democratic Party', 'Andrew Yang', 'Joe Biden', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Amy Klobuchar', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Democratic National Committee', 'Elections']",Divided Democrats: Debate drama in Des Moines,Washington Times,"The first Democratic presidential debate of 2020 is in Des Moines on Tuesday night, less than three weeks before the Iowa caucuses. Gone is the big crowd of 20 cheerful hopefuls who gathered on a glittering stage in Miami over two nights for the very first Democratic debate seven months ago, strutting their stuff and shaking hands before a mesmerized media.
The debate would be “the largest gathering of liberals since Woodstock,” predicted Ross Baker, a distinguished political science professor at Rutgers University — and he was right.",right
13799,Cease Fire Hopes Flicker,['Middle East'],Cease-Fire Deal Elusive in Gaza Conflict as U.S. Widens Its Role,New York Times (News),"To a backdrop of airstrikes and mounting casualties, American efforts to negotiate a cease-fire in the latest Gaza fighting between Israel and Hamas continued on Wednesday but the struggle to achieve even a brief pause in the fighting emphasized the obstacles to finding any lasting solution.",left
13800,Cease Fire Hopes Flicker,['Middle East'],Clinton presses ahead with Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks as violence drags on,Fox News (Online News),U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is back in Israel Wednesday after a visit to the West Bank where she continued her efforts to broker a truce between Israel and Gaza's militant Hamas rulers.,right
13801,Cease Fire Hopes Flicker,['Middle East'],"Israel, face new reality: Talk to Hamas",CNN (Online News),"When I visit Jerusalem and the West Bank, I frequently ask young Arabs about their views on Hamas. In almost every discussion, Christians and Muslims alike refuse to label Hamas as a ""terrorist"" organization.",left
13802,Perspectives: First Night of 2020 Democratic National Convention,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Democratic National Convention', 'Joe Biden', 'Michelle Obama', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elections']","Same cast, different story: How the virtual convention benefits Biden",Politico,"The headliners were the same, with Bernie Sanders and Michelle Obama addressing the Democratic National Convention on its first night, just as they had four years ago in Philadelphia.
But reconciling a divided party is proving easier with a deeply unpopular incumbent in the White House — and with a less polarizing nominee.
It hardly mattered that Joe Biden has disagreements with progressives, as Sanders noted. Or that he is “not perfect,” as Obama volunteered.
So far, Democrats have effectively framed this election as a referendum on Donald Trump. And...",left
13803,Perspectives: First Night of 2020 Democratic National Convention,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Democratic National Convention', 'Joe Biden', 'Michelle Obama', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elections']",DNC's first night exposes this mistake that will hurt Biden's election chances,Michael Goodwin,"Who needs conventions, who needs crowded arenas? Democrats used the magic of technology and clever casting to give their party a passable first night.
Forced by the coronavirus to create a make-believe gathering, planners employed all of Silicon Valley’s bells and whistles to present a simulated intimacy involving both ordinary people and party stars.
Minus a few glitches, the flow was seamless, sometimes too smooth to be credible. We saw more of Joe Biden via taped videos than we have in the last four months of the campaign.
In the...",right
13804,Perspectives: First Night of 2020 Democratic National Convention,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Democratic National Convention', 'Joe Biden', 'Michelle Obama', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elections']","Michelle Obama, Bernie Sanders Open Democratic National Convention With Case Against Trump",Wall Street Journal (News),"Democrats launched their general-election pitch during the first night of their virtual convention, presenting Joe Biden as someone who could heal a nation battling a coronavirus pandemic and civil unrest while criticizing President Trump’s handling of those upheavals.
Former first lady Michelle Obama, in Monday night’s keynote speech, described Mr. Trump as the “wrong president for our country,” adding that he is “clearly in over his head.”
“If you think things cannot possibly get worse, trust me they can, and they will, if we don’t make a change in this...",center
13805,"Report Contradicts Fauci, Says US Funded Controversial Virus Research in China","['Coronavirus', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Anthony Fauci', 'China', 'Gain Of Function', 'NIH', 'Facts And Fact Checking']","Fauci-Funded Wuhan Lab Viruses Exhibited Over 10,000 Times Higher Viral Load Than Natural Strain, Documents Show",The Daily Caller,"U.S. and Chinese researchers funded by Dr. Anthony Fauci’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) created viruses in a Wuhan lab that exhibited over 10,000 times higher viral load in humanized mice than the natural virus they were based on, according to an infectious disease professor citing documents recently released by the agency.
The U.S. nonprofit group EcoHealth Alliance notified the NIAID in two reports that between June 2017 and May 2018 it had created three lab-generated chimeric SARS-related coronaviruses in China that exhibited “significantly higher” viral loads, documents first...",right
13806,"Report Contradicts Fauci, Says US Funded Controversial Virus Research in China","['Coronavirus', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Anthony Fauci', 'China', 'Gain Of Function', 'NIH', 'Facts And Fact Checking']","Fauci Was 'Untruthful' to Congress About Wuhan Lab Research, New Documents Appear To Show",Newsweek,"The National Institute of Health (NIH) has denied funding studies that would make a coronavirus more dangerous to humans after it was accused of doing so following the release of research proposals.
The documents were obtained and released by The Intercept on Tuesday after it launched an FOIA lawsuit.
Richard Ebright, board of governors professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Rutgers University and laboratory director at the Waksman Institute of Microbiology, told Newsweek these documents show ""unequivocally"" that NIH grants were used to fund controversial gain-of-function (GOF) research at the Wuhan...",center
13807,"Report Contradicts Fauci, Says US Funded Controversial Virus Research in China","['Coronavirus', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Anthony Fauci', 'China', 'Gain Of Function', 'NIH', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",NIH Documents Provide New Evidence U.S. Funded Gain-of-Function Research in Wuhan,The Intercept,"DOCUMENTS OBTAINED BY The Intercept contain new evidence that the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the nearby Wuhan University Center for Animal Experiment, along with their collaborator, the U.S.-based nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance, have engaged in what the U.S. government defines as “gain-of-function research of concern,” intentionally making viruses more pathogenic or transmissible in order to study them, despite stipulations from a U.S. funding agency that the money not be used for that purpose.
Grant money for the controversial experiment came from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and...",left
13808,Incidents of Violence Erupt Over the Weekend,"['Police Brutality', 'Race And Racism', 'Charlotte', 'New York City', 'Seattle', 'Violence In America']","Shootings Rise in NYC, Perps Set Free Due to Court Backlog",National Review,"Shootings erupted across New York City over the weekend ahead of the long-awaited second phase of the city’s coronavirus reopening scheduled for Monday.
24 people were shot in the span of as many hours beginning on Saturday, with the court system facing a backlog of cases because of coronavirus closures. The NYPD said suspects arrested on gun-possession charges were being set free because of the court backlog.
“We have over 1,000 people that have been indicted on a gun-possession charge, where the cases are open, and they are walking around...",right
13809,Incidents of Violence Erupt Over the Weekend,"['Police Brutality', 'Race And Racism', 'Charlotte', 'New York City', 'Seattle', 'Violence In America']","The Latest: Police: 2 dead, 7 wounded in N Carolina shooting",Associated Press,"Authorities in North Carolina say a shooting at an impromptu block party has left two people dead and seven others wounded.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Deputy Chief Johnny Jennings told reporters early Monday the shooting happened around midnight at a block party that was a continuation of Juneteenth celebrations. Jennings said police responding to a pedestrian call found hundreds of people in the streets.
After authorities arrived, several shots were fired and the crowd scattered. Jennings said five people were hit by cars while running away from the shooting. He said there...",left
13810,Incidents of Violence Erupt Over the Weekend,"['Police Brutality', 'Race And Racism', 'Charlotte', 'New York City', 'Seattle', 'Violence In America']",One person wounded in second shooting in Seattle's 'Chaz' protest zone,The Guardian,"Police in Seattle said one person was wounded in a second shooting in the city’s protest zone in less than 48 hours.
The shooting happened late on Sunday night in the area near Seattle’s downtown area known as Chaz, for “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone”.
Police tweeted that one person was at a hospital with a gunshot wound. The person arrived in a private vehicle and was in serious condition, Harborview Medical Center spokesperson Susan Gregg said in a statement.
A pre-dawn shooting on Saturday left a 19-year-old man dead and...",left
13811,Under Control or Cause for Concern? Narratives Split on State of Supply Chain,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Supply Chains', 'Economic Policy', 'Trade', 'Consumers', 'Business', 'Holidays']",Joe Biden hails supply chain win but problems persist,BBC News,"US President Joe Biden has said government measures to tackle global supply chain issues have averted a pre-Christmas crisis.
He was speaking ahead of a meeting with officials and company bosses, including transportation giant FedEx.
In June, he created a task force to address rising prices and shortages of goods caused by the pandemic.
However, some business owners and industry experts say American firms are still facing supply problems.
""The much-predicted crisis didn't occur,"" Mr Biden said ahead of a meeting with his Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force and corporate...",center
13812,Under Control or Cause for Concern? Narratives Split on State of Supply Chain,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Supply Chains', 'Economic Policy', 'Trade', 'Consumers', 'Business', 'Holidays']",Biden touts progress on alleviating supply chain problems: 'Shelves are not empty',CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden on Wednesday touted progress his administration has made in alleviating supply chain issues that have spurred shortages of consumer products, raised prices for Americans and contributed significantly to historic levels of inflation in the United States.
""We brought together business and labor leaders to solve problems and the much-predicted crisis didn't occur. Packages are moving, gifts are being delivered and shelves are not empty,"" Biden said at the White House.
Biden on Wednesday received a progress report from members of his Cabinet and private sector CEOs on efforts to tackle supply...",left
13813,Under Control or Cause for Concern? Narratives Split on State of Supply Chain,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Supply Chains', 'Economic Policy', 'Trade', 'Consumers', 'Business', 'Holidays']","Housing Prices Continue To Soar Amid Supply Chain, Inventory Crisis",The Daily Wire,"The United States is on track for the hottest housing market since 2006.
According to the National Association of Realtors, the median existing-home price in November was $353,900 — a 13.9% increase since November 2020. Year-over-year home prices have therefore risen for 117 straight months — the longest streak on record.
“Determined buyers were able to land housing before mortgage rates rise further in the coming months,” NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun explained. “Locking in a constant and firm mortgage payment motivated many consumers who grew weary of escalating rents over...",right
13814,"Shutdown Set to Become Longest in History as House Votes to Reopen Interior Department, EPA","['US Congress', 'Politics']",10 House Republicans cross aisle to support ending shutdown of Interior-Environment programs,Roll Call,"The House voted 240-179 on Friday to pass a fiscal 2019 Interior-Environment spending bill, the latest in a series of standalone appropriations measures the chamber has sent this week to a",center
13815,"Shutdown Set to Become Longest in History as House Votes to Reopen Interior Department, EPA","['US Congress', 'Politics']",Dems fail to win over more Republicans in push to open government,Washington Examiner,The Democratic leadership on Friday failed to pick up any additional Republican votes on a spending bill to open the Department of Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency.,right
13816,"Shutdown Set to Become Longest in History as House Votes to Reopen Interior Department, EPA","['US Congress', 'Politics']",Shutdown will be longest in history as Congress skips town,Politico,The president on Friday said he won’t rush into declaring a national emergency to build his wall.,left
13817,"Priebus is Out, Kelly Replaces Him","['White House', 'Politics']","Reince Priebus’s ouster as chief of staff, explained",Vox,"After a mere six months on the job, White House chief of staff Reince Priebus is headed out the door.",left
13818,"Priebus is Out, Kelly Replaces Him","['White House', 'Politics']",Priebus forced out; Kelly to replace him as WH chief of staff,The Hill,"President Trump on Friday dismissed Reince Priebus as his chief of staff and replaced him with retired four-star Marine Corps General and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, a dramatic shakeup of a White House staff riven by infighting and distrust.",center
13819,"Priebus is Out, Kelly Replaces Him","['White House', 'Politics']",Trump names DHS Secretary Kelly as White House chief of staff; Priebus out,Washington Times,"In another staff shakeup, President Trump late Friday named Homeland Security Secretary Gen. John F. Kelly as White House chief of staff, forcing out the beleaguered Reince Priebus after only six months on the job.",right
13820,Justin Amash Launches Exploratory Committee for Presidential Run,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Libertarian Party', 'Justin Amash', 'Elections']",Justin Amash Is Running for President as a Libertarian,Reason,"The previously independent five-term Michigan congressman joins the L.P. and takes aim at the septuagenarian competition.
More than three years after first seriously contemplating it, one year after coming out in favor of impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, nine months after leaving the Republican Party, two months after hitting pause on his congressional reelection campaign, and just 22 days before the Libertarian Party (L.P.) is scheduled to select its own nominee, Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan, the most libertarian member of Congress, has decided to form an exploratory committee...",right
13821,Justin Amash Launches Exploratory Committee for Presidential Run,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Libertarian Party', 'Justin Amash', 'Elections']",Justin Amash could have a big impact on the 2020 presidential race. But how?,Washington Post,"Rep. Justin Amash’s decision to form an exploratory committee for a run for president as the Libertarian Party candidate could wind up being a very significant moment in the 2020 race.
Exactly why and how, though, isn’t entirely clear.
Amash (I-Mich.) has been toying with a third-party run since a well-documented rift between him and the Republican Party, which he left symbolically on July 4. Amash was a founding member of the tea party-oriented House Freedom Caucus, but his politics have always skewed more libertarian, and he said he became...",left
13822,Justin Amash Launches Exploratory Committee for Presidential Run,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Libertarian Party', 'Justin Amash', 'Elections']",Amash launches exploratory committee for Libertarian presidential run,The Hill,"Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.) announced Tuesday that he has launched an exploratory committee to seek the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination, his strongest indication yet that he will mount a third-party White House bid.
“Today, I launched an exploratory committee to seek the @LPNational’s nomination for president of the United States. Americans are ready for practical approaches based in humility and trust of the people,” Amash tweeted.
“We’re ready for a presidency that will restore respect for our Constitution and bring people together. I’m excited and honored to be taking these...",center
13823,Barr Threatens to Refuse to Testify After Dispute,"['Russia', 'William Barr']",Barr’s testimony to House on Mueller in doubt amid dispute,Associated Press,"The Justice Department has informed the House Judiciary Committee that Attorney General William Barr may not attend a Thursday hearing to review special counsel Robert Mueller’s report due to objections over the panel’s format, according to a Democratic senior committee aide.
The department has balked at the panel’s plans to allow the committee’s counsels from both sides to question Barr after the traditional round of questioning by members. Justice officials also told the committee that they are opposed to the panel’s plan to go into a closed session if...",left
13824,Barr Threatens to Refuse to Testify After Dispute,"['Russia', 'William Barr']","Barr spars with Nadler, threatens to skip testimony after dispute over hearing format",Fox News (Online News),"Attorney General Bill Barr will be a no-show at a long-awaited hearing on Thursday before the Democrat-led House Judiciary Committee based on current negotiations over his appearance, a source on the committee told Fox News on Sunday.
The emerging spat comes after Barr has endured withering attacks from congressional Democrats, who have outright accused him of sacrificing his integrity to appease President Trump. Barr shepherded the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report in recent weeks, and he has largely become a punching bag for progressives frustrated that Mueller's probe...",right
13825,Barr Threatens to Refuse to Testify After Dispute,"['Russia', 'William Barr']",Barr Threatens to Refuse to Testify Before Congress This Week,New York Times (News),"Attorney General William P. Barr, who is scheduled to appear Thursday before the House Judiciary Committee to testify about the special counsel’s report, is threatening to skip the session because he objects to the proposed format for questioning, a spokesman for Representative Jerrold Nadler, the committee chairman, said Sunday.
The committee will hold the hearing with or without Mr. Barr, said the spokesman, Daniel Schwarz.
In addition to allowing each member of the committee to question Mr. Barr for five minutes, Mr. Nadler, Democrat of New York, has proposed a...",left
13826,Trump Addresses Congress,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump speech signals shift: 'Time for small thinking is behind us',The Hill,"President Trump told a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night that “the time for trivial fights is over” as he sought to reset his presidency after a chaotic first 40 days.
“The time for small thinking is behind us,” Trump said. “We just need the courage to share the dreams that fill our hearts, the bravery to express the hopes that still our souls and the confidence to turn those hopes and dreams into action.
“From now on, America will be empowered by our aspirations not burdened...",center
13827,Trump Addresses Congress,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump, in speech to Congress, calls to ‘restart the engine’ of US economy",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump declared Tuesday that a “new chapter of American greatness is now beginning” as he made economic revival the centerpiece of his first address to Congress – issuing a clarion call to “restart the engine of the American economy” through tax cuts, better trade deals, immigration enforcement and a $1 trillion infrastructure program.
He also called on Congress to replace what he called the “imploding ObamaCare disaster,” with legislation that lowers costs and expands access, an ambitious goal for GOP lawmakers still trying to come together on a...",right
13828,Trump Addresses Congress,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump lays out his vision for America in speech to Congress,Washington Post,"President Trump delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night, laying out the agenda for his presidency and, in broad terms, his vision for the country.
Pulling from his campaign speeches and others since taking office, the president ran off a list of accomplishments since taking office and issued promises for the year ahead. Trump highlighted new lobbying restrictions, and executive orders he put in place to reduce regulations, restart halted oil and gas pipelines, and crack down on illegal immigration.
“Above all else, we will...",left
13829,Zimmerman Not Guilty,['Violence In America'],Protesters Hit Streets After George Zimmerman Found 'Not Guilty',Fox News (Online News),"Demonstrators in Oakland, Calif., left, break windows, burn flags after George Zimmerman was found not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter in Feb. 2012 shooting of Trayvon Martin, but mostly peaceful protesters took to streets in Florida, Washington.",right
13830,Zimmerman Not Guilty,['Violence In America'],Civil rights leaders seek new charges against Zimmerman,USA TODAY,"Angry civil rights groups on Sunday were pressing for new criminal charges following George Zimmerman's acquittal on second-degree murder and manslaughter in a Florida courtroom.
The NAACP website featured an online petition -- also posted on the liberal site MoveOn.org -- asking the Justice Department to bring federal charges against Zimmerman in the February 2012 fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin.",left
13831,Zimmerman Not Guilty,['Violence In America'],Reid on Zimmerman: This isn't over,Politico,"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Sunday that while he accepts the verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot Trayvon Martin, Florida should reexamine its stand-your-ground law.
""I support this system,"" the Nevada Democrat said on NBC's ""Meet The Press."" ""Now, I may feel differently, but I wasn't sitting as a juror, a prosecutor or a defense attorney.
Asked what he believed should happ",left
13832,Biden Taps Former FDA Chief David Kessler to Lead Coronavirus Vaccination Efforts,"['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Operation Warp Speed']",Biden overhauls Operation Warp Speed and names new chief scientific adviser,Washington Examiner,"President-elect Joe Biden is tapping a former Food and Drug Administration commissioner to help revamp President Trump's coronavirus-focused Operation Warp Speed.
Dr. David Kessler, who co-chaired Biden's shadow coronavirus taskforce during transition and has been advising the incoming president's inaugural committee on public health measures, was named chief scientific adviser for the Trump administration's public–private partnership formed to work on the development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics.",right
13833,Biden Taps Former FDA Chief David Kessler to Lead Coronavirus Vaccination Efforts,"['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Operation Warp Speed']",Biden chooses former FDA chief Kessler to help lead U.S. vaccine drive,Reuters,"U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has chosen David Kessler, the ex-head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to help lead the COVID-19 vaccine push, his transition team said on Friday.
The news came as Biden was due to outline his plans to ramp up vaccinations amid soaring infections and an early rollout by the Trump administration that Biden has called “a dismal failure.”
Kessler, a pediatrician and lawyer who headed the FDA under presidents George Bush senior and Bill Clinton, will be Chief Science Officer of the administration’s COVID-19 Response.",center
13834,Biden Taps Former FDA Chief David Kessler to Lead Coronavirus Vaccination Efforts,"['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Operation Warp Speed']",Biden Picks Former F.D.A. Chief to Lead Federal Vaccine Efforts,New York Times (News),"President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has chosen Dr. David Kessler to help lead Operation Warp Speed, the program to accelerate development of Covid-19 vaccines and treatments, according to transition officials.
Dr. Kessler, a pediatrician and lawyer who headed the Food and Drug Administration during the presidencies of George Bush and Bill Clinton, has been a key adviser to Mr. Biden on Covid-19 policy and is co-chair of the transition team’s Covid-19 task force.",left
13835,House Impeachment Investigation Looms as Media World Reacts,"['Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Ukraine', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump voters are waiting ... and watching,CNN (Opinion),"(CNN)When the euphoria from the announcement that the US House will pursue an impeachment inquiry of President Trump wears off for Democrats and others who oppose Trump's administration, and all the talking heads have spoken, remember this -- it's important: Trump didn't change the country; he revealed it.
It may encourage Americans to follow the news more closely, it may prompt them to stay further away. It could derail Trump's re-election bid or provide his supporters with an energizing rallying cry. Certainly Trump's team is hoping for the latter, considering...",left
13836,House Impeachment Investigation Looms as Media World Reacts,"['Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Ukraine', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Politics']",Journalists go full conspiracy theory mode following the release of Trump's phone call with Ukraine's president,Washington Examiner,"President Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was roughly 30 minutes long.
The White House transcript of the call, which was released Wednesday, is only five pages long.
For some in media, the difference between 30 minutes and five pages is enough to suggest — or declare outright — that a White House conspiracy is afoot, reminding us again that our press is one of the least trustworthy sources of information during complicated and fast-moving news cycles.
""The transcript text is right around 2,000 words, and...",right
13837,House Impeachment Investigation Looms as Media World Reacts,"['Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Ukraine', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Politics']",President Trump Says He 'Fully Supports Transparency' On Whistleblower,NPR (Online News),"President Trump said Wednesday that the push for his impeachment is a ""hoax,"" again denying any wrongdoing during a July call with the Ukrainian president during which he pushed for an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden, a potential 2020 rival.
""No push, no pressure, no nothing — it's all a hoax, folks. It's all a big hoax,"" Trump said.
He also said that he has spoken with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Republicans and that he ""fully supports transparency"" on the whistleblower information.
Trump's remarks come after...",left
13838,Putin Probably Approved Former Spy's Murder,"['Europe', 'World']",Putin implicated in fatal poisoning of former KGB spy at posh London hotel,Washington Post,British inquiry finds that the Russian president likely approved the 2006 killing.,left
13839,Analysis of Trump Address and Democratic Response,['Politics'],"Trump Points to Border Crisis, Drug Epidemic, Women and Children Victimized; Dems Say He's Just Holding Americans 'Hostage'",CBN,President Donald Trump said the border wall stalemate could all be worked out in a 45-minute meeting. Now he could have the chance to do just that.,right
13840,Analysis of Trump Address and Democratic Response,['Politics'],Donald Trump fuels immigration fears in TV address on 'border crisis',The Guardian,President offers no new solutions to government shutdown in first Oval Office address of his presidency.,left
13841,Analysis of Trump Address and Democratic Response,['Politics'],Analysis: President Donald Trump hits a wall – the new Democratic House,USA TODAY,President Donald Trump has run into a wall. It's the new Democratic House.,left
13842,US to arm Syrian Rebels,['Middle East'],Obama To Step Up Support For Syrian Rebels,HuffPost,President Barack Obama has authorized sending weapons to Syrian rebels for the first time.,left
13843,US to arm Syrian Rebels,['Middle East'],U.S. to Arm Syrian Rebels,Wall Street Journal (News),President Barack Obama authorized his administration to provide arms to rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after the White House said it had confirmed that Damascus used chemical weapons in the country's civil war.,center
13844,US to arm Syrian Rebels,['Middle East'],"Obama says Syria has crossed 'red line' with chemical weapons, will send weapons",Washington Times,"The Syrian government used chemical weapons against rebel forces trying to overthrow the regime ,the Obama administration said Thursday, acknowledging that President Bashar Assad has without doubt crossed the red line President Obama laid down for U.S. action in the country's bloody civil war.",right
13845,House Passes $1.5 Trillion Government Funding Bill,"['US House', 'Bipartisanship', 'Federal Budget', 'Ukraine War', 'Coronavirus', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party']",House Dems clear $1.5T spending deal after stripping Covid aid,Politico,"House Democrats on Wednesday cleared a $1.5 trillion spending compromise — along with billions in emergency aid for Ukraine — in a major victory for President Joe Biden, even as a rank-and-file revolt forced party leaders to strip billions of dollars in pandemic relief from the same bill.
Democrats were jubilant over the passage of the bill, which was the result of months of protracted battles with GOP leaders. But it wasn’t without last-minute drama in the House, where Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team were forced to yank the White...",left
13846,House Passes $1.5 Trillion Government Funding Bill,"['US House', 'Bipartisanship', 'Federal Budget', 'Ukraine War', 'Coronavirus', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party']",House passes sweeping $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill,The Hill,"The House passed a sweeping $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package on Wednesday night to fund the government, hours after lawmakers scrapped billions in funding to combat the COVID-19 pandemic amid resistance from Democrats upset about plans to yank already allocated relief from states.
The last-minute revolt over the COVID-19 funding from Democrats angered over a GOP-demanded offset upended a delicately negotiated package between congressional leaders of both parties.
As part of those bipartisan negotiations, the House passage of the omnibus package, which funds the federal government through September, was split in two votes so...",center
13847,House Passes $1.5 Trillion Government Funding Bill,"['US House', 'Bipartisanship', 'Federal Budget', 'Ukraine War', 'Coronavirus', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party']",House passes $1.5T government funding bill plus Ukraine aid after chaotic day,Washington Examiner,"The House passed a $1.5 trillion government funding bill Wednesday night, setting the first new spending levels under the Biden administration, providing $13.6 billion in measures to support Ukraine, and marking the end of months of bipartisan budget negotiations.
Separately, the House passed a short-term stopgap measure that funds the government at current levels after the Friday deadline through March 15. That gives the Senate more time to consider and act on the omnibus funding measure.
Passage came after a long and chaotic day of delays and last-minute snags. A...",right
13848,Gun Control Debate After Florida School Shooting,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],‘Mentally disturbed’: Trump is already pointing away from gun control,Washington Post,The suspected gunman in Wednesday's rampage at a South Florida high school is accused of killing at least 17 people with an AR-15 rifle that authorities say he purchased legally. But President Trump is already signaling that the deadliest school shooting since 2012 will not be an occasion to reevaluate,left
13849,Gun Control Debate After Florida School Shooting,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Gun control? Democrats already talking about taking 'action' after Florida shooting,Washington Examiner,"Multiple Democrats in Congress are calling for ""action"" following a deadly shooting at a high school in Florida in Wednesday.",right
13850,Gun Control Debate After Florida School Shooting,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Florida shooting suspect bought gun legally, authorities say",USA TODAY,"The suspect in a Florida school shooting bought the AR-15-style rifle used in the attack legally a year ago, authorities said Thursday.",left
13851,"Trump Says He Will Formally Cancel NAFTA, Putting Pressure on Congress to Pass New Deal",['Trade'],Lawmakers wary of Trump’s threat to cancel NAFTA,Washington Post,"Lawmakers in both parties appear wary of President Trump’s threat to pull the United States from the North American Free Trade Agreement, an apparent move to pressure a reluctant Congress",left
13852,"Trump Says He Will Formally Cancel NAFTA, Putting Pressure on Congress to Pass New Deal",['Trade'],"Trump says he will cancel NAFTA, forcing Congress to approve new trade deal",The Blaze,"President Donald Trump has said that he intends to end the North American Free Trade Agreement in six months, potentially forcing Congress to pass his new trade deal or risk having no trade deal",right
13853,"Trump Says He Will Formally Cancel NAFTA, Putting Pressure on Congress to Pass New Deal",['Trade'],Canada says it takes Trump's talk of NAFTA withdrawal seriously,Reuters,"Canada takes U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments about pulling out of NAFTA seriously and has no indication when the White House might act, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said on Monday.",center
13854,Obama Supports Nuclear Option,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Obama supports Senate's nuclear option to end some filibusters,CNN (Online News),"Senate Democrats dropped the filibuster bomb Thursday, and now the question is what kind of fallout will result from the so-called nuclear option.
By a 52-48 vote, the Senate ended the ability of minority Republicans to continue using filibusters to block some of President Barack Obama's judicial and executive nominations, despite the vehement objections of Republicans.
Majority Democrats then quickly acted on the change by ending a filibuster against one of Obama's nominees for a federal appeals court.",left
13855,Obama Supports Nuclear Option,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",‘Enough is enough’: Obama backs new Senate rules,Washington Times,"President Obama on Thursday expressed strong support for Senate Democrats’ move to enact the so-called “nuclear option” and alter congressional rules to clear the way for judicial and other executive nominees.
“Enough is enough,” the president said during remarks in the White House press briefing room. “I’m a former senator. So is my vice president. We both value any senator’s duty to advise and consent. It’s important we take that very seriously. But a few now refuse to treat that duty of advise and consent with the respect it...",right
13856,Obama Supports Nuclear Option,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Reid, Democrats trigger ‘nuclear’ option; eliminate most filibusters on nominees",Washington Post,"The partisan battles that have paralyzed Washington in recent years took a historic turn Thursday, as Senate Democrats eliminated filibusters for most presidential nominations, severely curtailing the political leverage of the Republican minority in the Senate and assuring an escalation of partisan warfare.
Saying that “enough is enough,” President Obama welcomed the end of what he called the abuse of the Senate’s advise and consent function, which he said had turned into “a reckless and relentless tool” to grind the gears of government to a halt.",left
13857,Federal Judge Pauses Justice Department Effort to Dismiss Michael Flynn Case,"['Michael Flynn', 'Russia Probe', 'Mueller Report', 'Law Enforcement', 'Federal Judge', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Judge Hesitates to Accept Justice Dept. Move to Drop Flynn Charge,New York Times (News),"Law enforcement officials’ abrupt decision to end the case drew accusations from former colleagues that they had undermined the rule of law.
A federal judge overseeing the criminal case of President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn opened the door late Tuesday for legal experts and other outside parties to oppose the Justice Department’s motion to drop the case, suggesting he has at least some skepticism about the government’s argument that Mr. Flynn should never have been charged.
In a brief order, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of the...",left
13858,Federal Judge Pauses Justice Department Effort to Dismiss Michael Flynn Case,"['Michael Flynn', 'Russia Probe', 'Mueller Report', 'Law Enforcement', 'Federal Judge', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Meet the federal judge who pulled a surprise in the Flynn case,The Hill,"The fate of former national security adviser Michael Flynn lies in the hands of a federal judge with an established reputation of being a fiercely independent thinker.
U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, who was appointed to the bench in 1994 by former President Clinton, will determine whether to grant the request by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to drop charges against Flynn, who pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to federal agents about conversations he had with then-Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
On Tuesday evening, Sullivan pulled a surprise, announcing...",center
13859,Federal Judge Pauses Justice Department Effort to Dismiss Michael Flynn Case,"['Michael Flynn', 'Russia Probe', 'Mueller Report', 'Law Enforcement', 'Federal Judge', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Flynn judge to allow 'amicus' submissions, delaying immediate resolution and drawing planned ethics complaint",Fox News (Online News),"D.C. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan issued an order Tuesday indicating he'll soon accept ""amicus curiae,"" or ""friend of the court"" submissions, in the case of former national security adviser Michael Flynn -- drawing immediate scrutiny and a planned ethics complaint against Sullivan, who had previously refused to hear amicus briefs in the case.
Sullivan's order indicated that an upcoming scheduling order would clarify the parameters of who specifically could submit the amicus briefs, which are submissions by non-parties that claim an interest in the case. Sullivan specifically said he...",right
13860,Liz Cheney Drops Out,['Elections'],Liz Cheney Ends Stormy Wyoming Senate Bid,Wall Street Journal (News),"Liz Cheney abandoned her rocky bid for a U.S. Senate seat from Wyoming early Monday, citing unspecified health troubles in her family.",center
13861,Liz Cheney Drops Out,['Elections'],"With History Against Her, Liz Cheney Ends Primary Bid",Newsmax (News),"As she makes her exit from the Wyoming Republican Senate primary official, Liz Cheney is citing illness in her family as the chief reason for ending her challenge to veteran Sen. Mike Enzi.
But also working strongly against the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney was history. Whatever the state, Republicans historically don't like to dump their incumbent U.S. senators.
Since World War II, roughly 11 Republican senators have gone down to defeat in their own party primaries. In contrast, Democratic senators were given a thumbs-down by their own...",right
13862,Liz Cheney Drops Out,['Elections'],Liz Cheney’s exit means nothing for the 2014 landscape,Washington Post,"When Republican Liz Cheney abruptly ended her bid for U.S. Senate Monday, she closed the book on a short-lived but heavily scrutinized campaign, raised numerous questions about her political future, and virtually assured Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) a fourth term. But there's one thing Cheney's decision didn't do: Alter the 2014 landscape in any way or",left
13863,Fiscal Cliff Negotiations,[],John Boehner's Fiscal Cliff Approach Unpopular With Voters,HuffPost,"Voters are not impressed by House Speaker John Boehner's handling of ""fiscal cliff"" negotiations, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.",left
13864,Fiscal Cliff Negotiations,[],"Obama, Boehner talk by phone after exchange of offers on averting fiscal crisis",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner spoke by phone early Tuesday evening, senior administration officials told Fox News, after both sides exchanged new proposals on how to avoid the looming year-end fiscal crisis over tax rates and spending cuts.",right
13865,Fiscal Cliff Negotiations,[],"Obama, Boehner speak by telephone after GOP counter-offer",CNN (Online News),House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama spoke on the phone Tuesday evening after House Republican leaders sent a new offer on a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff on Tuesday.,left
13866,Differing Narratives Emerge on SCOTUS Frontrunner Amy Coney Barrett,"['Amy Coney Barrett', 'Media Bias', '2020 Election', 'Supreme Court']",Judge Amy Coney Barrett is Frontrunner in Supreme Court Nomination Considerations,National Review,"President Trump is said to be zeroing in on Amy Coney Barrett as a nominee to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court, though the president has said he is considering five candidates, according to reports.
Barrett, a Midwestern Catholic and favorite of pro-life advocates, had separate meetings with Trump and White House counsel Pat Cipollone on Monday, sources told Bloomberg. Many inside the White House, as well as Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, would support the nomination of Barrett, a judge on the Seventh Circuit Court...",right
13867,Differing Narratives Emerge on SCOTUS Frontrunner Amy Coney Barrett,"['Amy Coney Barrett', 'Media Bias', '2020 Election', 'Supreme Court']","Trump's Supreme Court front-runners 'antithetical"" to Ginsburg's legacy, critics say",NBC News (Online),"The women on President Donald Trump's shortlist to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court do not reflect Ginsburg’s legacy and could undo key civil rights victories she backed during her 27 years on the court, LGBTQ and civil rights advocates warn.
“Just having a woman, any woman, does not cut it,” Sunu P. Chandy, legal director of the progressive National Women’s Law Center, told NBC News. “We need someone with deep civil rights experience and background if we are looking to fill the legacy of her seat...",left
13868,Differing Narratives Emerge on SCOTUS Frontrunner Amy Coney Barrett,"['Amy Coney Barrett', 'Media Bias', '2020 Election', 'Supreme Court']",Notable opinions of U.S. Supreme Court contender Amy Coney Barrett,Reuters,"Amy Coney Barrett, a front-runner for the open U.S. Supreme Court seat President Donald Trump is pushing to fill, is a favorite among religious conservatives.
As a judge on the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Barrett, 48, has voted in favor of one of Trump’s hardline immigration policies and shown support for expansive gun rights. Here are some of her most notable opinions.
GUNS
Barrett indicated support for gun rights in a March 2019 dissenting opinion.
She was part of a three-judge panel that considered a challenge...",center
13869,Democrats Clash on Immigration,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The Democratic Debate In Miami Proves That 2016 Comes Down To Immigration,HuffPost,"Something happened at Wednesday's Democratic debate that rarely -- if ever -- does on such a national stage: An undocumented immigrant, speaking in Spanish, talked about her life and asked the candidates what they would do to help people like her.",left
13870,Democrats Clash on Immigration,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","OPINION: Clinton, Sanders may regret immigration vows",CNN (Online News),"It is a safe bet when Univision hosts a debate, run by Latino moderators, that immigration will be a primary topic. This was certainly the case in Miami Wednesday night, as the first hour of the Democratic debate was almost entirely devoted to immigration, border security and legalization. The substance of that first half, however, was so full of blatant pandering to Latino voters and wild promises to wield executive power on their behalf that it could come back to haunt the eventual Democratic nominee (likely Hillary Clinton) in a...",left
13871,Democrats Clash on Immigration,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Who's Best For Hispanics? Clinton, Sanders Debate",CBN,"Fighting for Florida and beyond, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled in an intense debate Wednesday night over who's the true friend of American Hispanics, trading accusations over guest worker programs ""akin to slavery"" and the embracing of ""vigilantes"" against immigrants.",right
13872,Obama to continue modified NSA program,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Obama To Announce Overhaul Of NSA Spying,HuffPost,President Barack Obama will announce on Friday a major overhaul of a controversial National Security Agency program that collects vast amounts of basic telephone call data on foreigners and Americans a senior Obama administration official said. In an 11 a.m.,left
13873,Obama to continue modified NSA program,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Michael Hayden: President Obama to hold his ground,Politico,"Ahead of a high-profile speech about changes to the National Security Agency by President Barack Obama, former NSA Director Michael Hayden said Friday he doesn't believe any of the proposed reforms will change the way the government collects intelligence.",left
13874,Obama to continue modified NSA program,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Obama to continue modified NSA meta-data gathering program,Washington Times,"President Obama on Friday will announce some changes to how data gathered by the NSA is stored, but will allow the collection of that information to continue.",right
13875,U.S. Will No Longer Grant Visas to Diplomats' Same-Sex Partners Unless They're Married,['World'],"US restricts same-sex visas for diplomat partners, sets January deadline to get married or get out",Fox News (Online News),The State Department has started enforcing a new directive from the Trump administration that restricts visas for the same-sex partners of diplomats and other staff of U.S.-based international organizations like the United Nations.,right
13876,U.S. Will No Longer Grant Visas to Diplomats' Same-Sex Partners Unless They're Married,['World'],U.S. Halts Visas For Diplomats' Same-Sex Partners If They're Not Married,NPR (Online News),"The State Department has reversed course on its visa requirements for same-sex partners of foreign diplomats and the staff of U.S.-based international organizations. On Monday, it implemented a policy denying visas to such partners if they're not legally married.",left
13877,U.S. Will No Longer Grant Visas to Diplomats' Same-Sex Partners Unless They're Married,['World'],Trump’s ban on diplomatic visas for same-sex partners risks outing hundreds in their home countries,Salon,"In 2009, then-Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton granted visas to domestic partners of U.S. and foreign diplomats, for same-sex couples. The policy was seen as progressive and inclusionary, but it is now",left
13878,Senate Passes $280 Billion Bipartisan Tech Bill to Boost China Competition,"['Technology', 'Politics', 'China', 'US Senate', 'Business', 'Domestic Policy', 'Semiconductors', 'Manufacturing', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Trade', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Todd Young', 'Mark Kelly', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Mike Lee']","Senate passes China, semiconductor bill with House set to quickly take up measure",Fox News (Online News),"The Senate Wednesday passed a bill aimed at increasing U.S. competition with China by a 64-33 vote, sending the $250 billion measure to the House of Representatives.
The bill, officially called the CHIPS Act of 2022, cleared a 60-vote cloture hurdle Tuesday, setting it on course to easily pass Wednesday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has said she plans to take up the bill quickly and send it to President Biden's desk. 
""It’s been a long journey to get to this point, but history will show that by passing this CHIPS-Plus bill,...",right
13879,Senate Passes $280 Billion Bipartisan Tech Bill to Boost China Competition,"['Technology', 'Politics', 'China', 'US Senate', 'Business', 'Domestic Policy', 'Semiconductors', 'Manufacturing', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Trade', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Todd Young', 'Mark Kelly', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Mike Lee']",Senate passes massive package to boost U.S. computer chip production,NBC News (Online),"The Senate on Wednesday approved a sweeping package aimed at boosting domestic production of computer chips and helping the United States stay competitive with China.
The 64-33 vote represents a rare bipartisan victory a little more than three months before the crucial November midterms; 17 Republicans joined all Democrats in voting yes. The package, known as “CHIPS-plus,” now heads to the House, which is expected to pass it by the end of the week and send it to President Joe Biden for his signature.",left
13880,Senate Passes $280 Billion Bipartisan Tech Bill to Boost China Competition,"['Technology', 'Politics', 'China', 'US Senate', 'Business', 'Domestic Policy', 'Semiconductors', 'Manufacturing', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Trade', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Todd Young', 'Mark Kelly', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Mike Lee']","Semiconductor, science bill passes Senate, heads to House",Roll Call,"A bill to bolster chip manufacturing and scientific research won Senate approval, setting Congress up to clear a trimmed economic competitiveness package after a more than yearlong push.
The Senate voted 64-33 Wednesday to pass the “chips and science” bill. The House is expected to clear the legislation before leaving town Friday for the August recess, sending it to President Joe Biden for his signature.",center
13881,Perspectives: Andrew Yang's Op-ed on Asian-American Patriotism,"['Elections', 'Coronavirus', 'Asian-Americans', 'Race And Racism', 'Patriotism', 'Nationalism', 'Andrew Yang']",Andrew Yang told Asian Americans to prove their Americanness. Here’s why that’s wrong.,Vox,"Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang made a stunning argument in a Washington Post op-ed this week: To combat the recent surge in hate crimes and racism amid the coronavirus pandemic, he suggested, Asian Americans should showcase just how American they are through acts of patriotism and community.
Effectively, he wrote, Asians can help end racism by being the best citizens we can be:
We Asian Americans need to embrace and show our American-ness in ways we never have before. We need to step up, help our neighbors, donate gear,...",left
13882,Perspectives: Andrew Yang's Op-ed on Asian-American Patriotism,"['Elections', 'Coronavirus', 'Asian-Americans', 'Race And Racism', 'Patriotism', 'Nationalism', 'Andrew Yang']","We Asian Americans are not the virus, but we can be part of the cure",Andrew Yang,"Last week I was shopping for groceries and preparing to hole up at home with my wife, Evelyn, and our two boys. There was an eerie, peculiar aura in the parking lot in upstate New York as night fell and shoppers wheeled out essentials and snacks.
Three middle-aged men in hoodies and sweatshirts stood outside the entrance of the grocery store. They huddled together talking. One looked up at me and frowned. There was something accusatory in his eyes. And then, for the first time in years, I felt it....",left
13883,Perspectives: Andrew Yang's Op-ed on Asian-American Patriotism,"['Elections', 'Coronavirus', 'Asian-Americans', 'Race And Racism', 'Patriotism', 'Nationalism', 'Andrew Yang']",In defense of Andrew Yang,The Spectator World,"Tone-deaf. White people-pleasing. Bumbling pineapple bun. These are just some of the choice epithets that have been hurled at Andrew Yang after he shared his thoughts about the Asian American experience in the age of coronavirus. Calling the growing reports of racist and xenophobic attacks against Asian Americans across the country a ‘heartbreaking phenomenon‘, Yang opened his op-ed with a soliloquy about a recent experience at a grocery store where, for the first time since growing up as one of the few children of East-Asian descent in a New York...",right
13884,Hillary Speaks at Planned Parenthood,['Abortion'],Hillary Clinton Spoke About Reproductive Justice In A Genuinely Intersectional Way,HuffPost,"Hillary Clinton’s first speech since she won a majority of pledged delegates in the Democratic presidential race included remarks about how abortion relates to other issues. That’s groundbreaking for a presidential candidate.
The term “reproductive justice” was promoted by the grassroots women of color collective SisterSong in the 1990s to describe “the complete physical, mental, spiritual, political, social, and economic well-being” of a person. This means considering a broad array of factors that affect a person’s ability to have, not have and/or raise children.",left
13885,Hillary Speaks at Planned Parenthood,['Abortion'],Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Duel Over High Court and Abortion,Wall Street Journal (News),"Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton plunged into general-election combat on Friday, and immediately showed voters the starkly different choices they represent in their views of abortion, women’s issues and the Supreme Court’s future.",center
13886,Hillary Speaks at Planned Parenthood,['Abortion'],"Trump, Clinton clash in dueling DC speeches",Fox News (Online News),"Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, now at the starting line of a general election race, traded shots across the capital Friday in dueling addresses before two very different D.C. audiences -- each warning the other would take the country backward.
Trump headlined the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority” summit while Clinton addressed a Planned Parenthood national conference.",right
13887,"Man Attempts to Breach Cincinnati FBI Office, Dies in Police Standoff","['Violence In America', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Justice', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics', 'Polarization']",Armed man who was at Capitol on Jan. 6 is fatally shot after firing into an FBI field office in Cincinnati,NBC News (Online),"The man who fired a nail gun into an FBI field office in Cincinnati on Thursday before he was killed by officers was at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, officials said.
Two officials familiar with the matter identified the suspect as Ricky Walter Shiffer.
Officers fatally shot the suspect after failing to negotiate with him, an Ohio State Highway Patrol spokesman, Lt. Nathan Dennis, told reporters.
The man raised a gun and officers opened fire, Dennis said.
It wasn't clear whether he fired, Dennis said, nor was it clear...",left
13888,"Man Attempts to Breach Cincinnati FBI Office, Dies in Police Standoff","['Violence In America', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Justice', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics', 'Polarization']",FBI office break-in suspect dead after police standoff,NewsNation,"Law enforcement officials say the suspect who tried to breach the Cincinnati FBI field office Thursday is dead after raising his weapon at authorities during a standoff.
Police said in a news conference that they are still investigating the motive of the man, who was identified as 42-year-old Ricky Shiffer. Police said they were investigating whether or not Shiffer had ties to any right-wing extremist groups, according to The Associated Press.
No officers were injured in the standoff with the suspect. Police said they attempted to negotiate with the suspect,...",center
13889,"Man Attempts to Breach Cincinnati FBI Office, Dies in Police Standoff","['Violence In America', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Justice', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics', 'Polarization']","Suspect in FBI building attack killed in standoff, identified as Jan. 6 participant",Washington Examiner,"The suspect who attempted to breach an FBI office in Cincinnati was killed by law enforcement during an hours-long standoff, Ohio police announced Thursday afternoon.
The man was identified as Ricky Walter Shiffer, who was at the Capitol on Jan. 6, sources told CNN.
The suspect was shot and killed by officers after he raised his weapon at law enforcement after unsuccessful negotiation tactics, police said, according to NewsNation's Evan Lambert.
Northbound Interstate 71 was shut down after the suspect fired a nail gun at law enforcement, held up an AR-15-style rifle, and...",right
13890,Perspectives: Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Begins,"['Middle East', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Israel Hamas Violence', 'Israel', 'Palestine', 'Hamas', 'Terrorism', 'Progressives', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Police']",EXPLAINER: What was the outcome of the latest Gaza war?,Associated Press,"The cease-fire that took effect Friday appears to have halted 11 days of fighting between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers, without resolving any of the underlying issues in the decades-old Middle East conflict.
Almost no one on either side expects this war — which was triggered by protests and clashes in Jerusalem — will be the last.
Israel carried out hundreds of airstrikes against what it said were militant targets across Gaza, destroying homes and damaging vital infrastructure in the impoverished territory, which has been under a crippling blockade...",left
13891,Perspectives: Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Begins,"['Middle East', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Israel Hamas Violence', 'Israel', 'Palestine', 'Hamas', 'Terrorism', 'Progressives', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Police']","A Cease-Fire, and New Ideas in Israel and the Palestinian Territories",New York Times (Opinion),"The cease-fire between Hamas militants in Gaza and Israel didn’t come a second too soon.
Israelis should not have to live in fear of rockets raining down, which killed a dozen people living in Israel since fighting broke out 11 days ago. Nor should people in Gaza live in fear that they might become collateral damage from Israeli bombs. Israeli airstrikes and artillery killed at least 230 Palestinians, including militants and many civilians.
Israel has a right — even a responsibility — to put a stop to the rocket attacks at their...",left
13892,Perspectives: Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Begins,"['Middle East', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Israel Hamas Violence', 'Israel', 'Palestine', 'Hamas', 'Terrorism', 'Progressives', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Police']",After the Israeli Cease-Fire,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"As we went to press, it looked like Israel and Hamas would put down their arms—for now. The truce comes less than two weeks after the terrorist group commenced its 4,000-rocket barrage on Israeli civilians—the most intense since it took over the Gaza strip in 2007. Israel’s leadership wouldn’t have approved a cease-fire if it hadn’t accomplished most of what it wanted through air strikes, but the question now is what lessons the region’s players take from the short war and the world’s response.
The cease-fire has no strings attached,...",right
13893,Senate Votes 99-1 for Targeted Stimulus Checks,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Stimulus Checks', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economic Policy']",Senate Vote Indicates Strong Bipartisan Support for Targeted COVID-19 Stimulus Checks,Newsmax (News),"A Senate vote on Thursday indicated strong bipartisan support for more targeted stimulus checks in the next COVID-19 relief package.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, proposed an amendment that called for ""targeting"" checks and making sure that ""upper-income taxpayers are not eligible.""
The Senate voted 99-1 in support of the amendment. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., was the only person to vote against it.
""I don't think a single person on this floor would disagree to target the relief to our neighbors who are struggling to pay...",right
13894,Senate Votes 99-1 for Targeted Stimulus Checks,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Stimulus Checks', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economic Policy']","Senate Democrats split on who should receive $1,400 checks",NBC News (Online),"Senate Democrats are divided on who should get the next round of stimulus payments, setting up a dispute as they try to approve $1,400 checks in the next Covid-19 relief package.
The most recent round of stimulus checks were cut off for people making more than $99,000 a year, or couples that made above $198,000. President Joe Biden recommended the same threshold in his $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package.
But some Democrats want to see that income cap lowered.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., wants to ""ensure upper-income taxpayers are not...",left
13895,Senate Votes 99-1 for Targeted Stimulus Checks,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Stimulus Checks', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economic Policy']","Fewer people may qualify for the $1,400 stimulus payments. Here’s why",CNBC,"After promising another round of stimulus payments worth $1,400 to many Americans, President Joe Biden has reportedly signaled that he is open to restricting the number of people who would receive them, based on their income.
Democrats are reportedly considering sending the $1,400 payments to individuals earning up to $50,000, and $2,800 to married couples earning up to $100,000 (plus $1,400 per child), according to The Washington Post. That’s a decrease from the first and second round of checks, which started phasing out at $75,000 for individuals and $150,000 for...",center
13896,Experts Predict Continued Rise in Gas Prices,"['Energy', 'Gas Prices']","Gas prices seeing 'calm before the storm,' GasBuddy analyst warns",Fox Business,"Energy experts issued a stark warning to Americans on Friday: Get ready for higher gas prices this spring.
""This is the calm before the storm, and we're already going up,"" GasBuddy head of petroleum analysis Patrick De Haan said on ""Varney & Co."" ""Most of the pain is going to come in March, April and May.""
OPIS Energy analyst glob head Tom Kloza shared a similar outlook on ""Mornings with Maria."" 
""I think it's going to be somewhere between the Super Bowl and Memorial Day, but it's going to happen quick,"" he told FOX Business’ Dagen...",right
13897,Experts Predict Continued Rise in Gas Prices,"['Energy', 'Gas Prices']",Gas prices are in the danger zone. Biden can't do much about it,CNN Business,"President Joe Biden's 2022 is off to a dreadful start. Prices at the pump could make it even worse.
Crude oil has already zoomed back to two-month highs. Gasoline prices, which move with a lag, have stopped their muted decline. And they're starting to creep higher again.
The energy resurgence is only going to add to the economic anxiety gripping the United States and sinking Biden's poll numbers.
""This is a terrible situation. Gas prices are in this political danger zone,"" Helima Croft, head of global commodity strategy at RBC Capital Markets, told CNN.
The...",left
13898,Experts Predict Continued Rise in Gas Prices,"['Energy', 'Gas Prices']","Americans will drive less and make fewer shopping trips in 2022 because of pricey gasoline and soaring inflation, Target CEO says",Insider,"Target CEO Brian Cornell said on Sunday that Americans will drive less and make fewer shopping trips this year because of expensive gasoline and accelerating inflation, Bloomberg reported.
""Some of the historical ways consumers react to inflation will play out again in 2022,"" Cornell said at an event held by the National Retail Federation in New York cited by Bloomberg.
""You'll drive fewer miles, you'll consolidate the number of times and locations where you shop,"" Cornell said at the event, per Bloomberg.
Shoppers are likely to eat at home rather than in restaurants, and...",left
13899,Cuomo Declares State of Emergency As Hurricane Henri Travels Up Northeast Coast,"['Disaster', 'Environment', 'Hurricane Henri', 'General News']","Hurricane Henri on track to hit Northeast; Cuomo declares state of emergency for NYC, Long Island",USA TODAY,"The northeastern U.S. is bracing for its first direct hit from a hurricane in years as Hurricane Henri continued to barrel north Saturday.
The system, which was upgraded to a hurricane with winds of 75 mph as of 5 p.m. Saturday, is forecast to slam into Long Island or southern New England late Saturday or early Sunday at or near hurricane strength, with winds that could approach 80 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. 
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency for parts of New York, including Long Island, New York...",left
13900,Cuomo Declares State of Emergency As Hurricane Henri Travels Up Northeast Coast,"['Disaster', 'Environment', 'Hurricane Henri', 'General News']","Cuomo declares emergency ahead of Hurricane Henri, calls up 500 National Guard",New York Post (News),"Andrew Cuomo on Saturday declared a state of emergency ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Henri and called out 500 National Guard troops to respond to the storm, in one of his final acts before he steps down from office Monday at midnight.
“This is as serious as a heart attack,” Cuomo said during a midday press conference of the storm, which could deal a direct blow to eastern Long Island when it hits sometime Sunday.
Cuomo noted that the relatively short warning people have gotten about Henri might catch some off...",right
13901,Cuomo Declares State of Emergency As Hurricane Henri Travels Up Northeast Coast,"['Disaster', 'Environment', 'Hurricane Henri', 'General News']","Gov. Cuomo Declares State Of Emergency Ahead Of Hurricane Henri, Pushes Back On Scandal While Briefing Preparation Efforts",One America News Network (OAN),"Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) has declared a state of emergency as Hurricane Henri approaches New York. Cuomo deployed 500 National Guard troops on Saturday, detailing plans ahead of the life-threatening storm’s arrival.
The National Hurricane Center reported that more than 42 million people in the region have been placed under hurricane or tropical storm warnings as Henri could make landfall in Eastern Long Island sometime on Sunday.
The governor is expected to leave office on Aug. 23 and has continued to dodge questions regarding his sexual harassment scandal while discussing...",right
13902,Pope Francis in DC,['Religion And Faith'],"Iran, Gay Rights Shadow Pope's Historic US Tour",CBN,"Pope Francis began his historic U.S. trip this week, with thousands turning out to see him in the nation's capital. Upon his arrival Tuesday, he was greeted by the first family and then taken to the Vatican embassy.",right
13903,Pope Francis in DC,['Religion And Faith'],Pope Francis’ Popularity Bridges Great Divides,New York Times (News),"He may be the world’s foremost Catholic, but to his fans, Pope Francis is more Martin Luther King Jr. than Pope Benedict XVI. He speaks, and millions listen — whether they are Muslim or Baptist, Hindu or atheist.",left
13904,Pope Francis in DC,['Religion And Faith'],The Pope in D.C.: 5 things to watch on Wednesday,CNN (Online News),"Pope Francis landed on U.S. soil for the first time Tuesday evening. On Wednesday, the Pope will hold his first public events in Washington.
Here are five things to watch on this historic day.",left
13905,Complex Future for Afghanistan,['Middle East'],Congress hears Afghanistan troop plans amid ISIS fears,CNN (Online News),The top United States commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan told Congress he has provided his chain of command with options for the drawdown of troops this year that would give both U.S. and Afghan leaders flexibility as the security situation evolves on the ground.,left
13906,Complex Future for Afghanistan,['Middle East'],"As the U.S. mission winds down, Afghan insurgency grows more complex",Washington Post,"The Taliban in this northern province allows girls to attend school. It doesn’t execute soldiers or police. Its fighters are not Pashtun, the main ethnic group that bred and fueled the insurgency. Some members are even former mujahideen, or freedom fighters, who once despised the Taliban and fought against its uprising.",left
13907,Complex Future for Afghanistan,['Middle East'],US reportedly increases secret raids against Afghanistan insurgents,Fox News (Online News),"U.S. Special Forces soldiers and their Afghan allies have undertaken an increasing number of night raids targeting Taliban and Al Qaeda militants, despite Washington formally declaring an end to combat operations late last year, according to a published report.",right
13908,DeMint Resigns,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Does Jim DeMint want Tim Scott to replace him?,Washington Post,"Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) has told state Republican officials that he wants Rep. Tim Scott to become his successor, according to a South Carolina Republican operative with knowledge of the conversations.
“Jim DeMint has said he wants Tim Scott — period, the operative said. “The ball is in Governor Haleys court. Does she go with the status quo and appoint Scott? I think it would be hard not to.
But the operative, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly ab",left
13909,DeMint Resigns,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",DeMint resigns from Senate to run Heritage Foundation,Washington Times,"Sen. Jim DeMint said Thursday hell resign from the Senate to go run the Heritage Foundation, the powerhouse conservative think tank that dominates Republican policy circles.
“Its been an honor to serve the people of South Carolina in United States Senate for the past eight years, but now its time for me to pass the torch to someone else and take on a new role in the fight for Americas future, Mr. DeMint said in a statement announcing the news.
He will step down from the Senate in...",right
13910,DeMint Resigns,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",BREAKING: Sen. Jim DeMint will step down from Senate,CNN (Online News),"Republican Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina will resign from his Senate seat as of Dec. 31 to take over as head of the Heritage Foundation, his office announced Thursday.
""I honestly believe that I can do a lot more on the outside than I can on the inside,"" DeMint told reporters at Heritage Thursday.
According to a source close to the senator, DeMint was formally offered the job and accepted it on Wednesday. He told his staff Thursday morning and called Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and South Carolina...",left
13911,"Coronavirus Relief Package Backed by Trump's Approval, Bipartisan Support","['Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Steven Mnuchin', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus']","Pelosi, Trump strike deal on coronavirus response package",The Hill,"Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and President Trump have struck a deal on a multibillion-dollar stimulus package aimed at assisting millions of Americans directly hurt by the coronavirus outbreak.
Pelosi announced the deal on Friday evening after days of roller-coaster negotiations that put the outcome in doubt, as the nation’s leaders raced to ease public anxiety and stabilize volatile markets. Trump said on Twitter that he looked forward to signing the legislation.
""I have directed the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Labor to issue regulations that will provide...",center
13912,"Coronavirus Relief Package Backed by Trump's Approval, Bipartisan Support","['Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Steven Mnuchin', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus']",Trump tweet seals accord on coronavirus relief package,Politico,"President Donald Trump backed a coronavirus response package Friday that was hammered out by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, all but ensuring that the measure will pass the House with strong bipartisan support Friday evening.
Trump's tweet, just before 9 p.m., ended a week of whiplash as Democrats and the White House appeared, at times, inches from a deal only to see it yanked away amid technical disputes and uncertainty from the president.
Trump's backing, though, was essential to ensure support from congressional Republicans for the sweeping,...",left
13913,"Coronavirus Relief Package Backed by Trump's Approval, Bipartisan Support","['Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Steven Mnuchin', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus']","Trump says he backs House coronavirus bill, says members of both parties should 'VOTE YES'",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump said Friday night that he supported a coronavirus response package negotiated by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in an apparent effort to get skeptical House Republicans on board with the legislation.
""I fully support H.R. 6201: Families First CoronaVirus Response Act, which will be voted on in the House this evening,"" Trump tweeted. ""This Bill will follow my direction for free CoronaVirus tests, and paid sick leave for our impacted American workers ...""
""I encourage all Republicans and Democrats to come together and VOTE...",right
13914,Claim of Wiretaps,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump, citing no evidence, accuses Obama of ‘Nixon/Watergate’ plot to wiretap Trump Tower",Washington Post,President Trump on Saturday angrily accused former president Barack Obama of orchestrating a “Nixon/Watergate” plot to tap the phones at his Trump Tower headquarters last fall in the run-up to the election.,left
13915,Claim of Wiretaps,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Tweets Obama 'Wire Tapped' His Campaign,Newsmax (News),President Donald Trump early Saturday charged that former President Barack Obama tapped his phone as part of the investigation his campaign was communicating with the Russian government.,right
13916,Claim of Wiretaps,"['White House', 'Politics']",President Donald Trump Accuses Obama of Wire Tapping Him but Offers No Evidence,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Donald Trump, in a series of early morning tweets Saturday, accused former President Barack Obama of having tapped phone lines into Trump Tower, an accusation for which the current president provided no evidence.",center
13917,Obama Versus Netanyahu,"['Israel', 'World']",Netanyahu says no disrespect meant to Obama,Washington Post,"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he does not intend to ""inject Israel into the American partisan debate,"" during his upcoming address to a joint meeting of Congress.",left
13918,Obama Versus Netanyahu,"['Israel', 'World']","OPINION: Obama and Netanyahu: A clash of world views, not just personalities",CNN (Online News),The disconnect between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is about a lot more than bad personal chemistry.,left
13919,Obama Versus Netanyahu,"['Israel', 'World']",OPINION: Why Does President So Oppose Netanyahu’s Speech?,Townhall,"Susan Rice, President Obama’s National Security Advisor, told TV talk show host Charlie Rose that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming speech before Congress about Iran is “destructive” to the relationship between the United States and Israel.",right
13920,Jeffrey Epstein's Accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell Arrested,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Sex Trafficking', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Criminal Justice']",Was Ghislaine Maxwell hiding out at this $1 million home paid for in cash?,NBC News (Online),"Before Jeffrey Epstein's confidant Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested Thursday, she was hiding out at a 156-acre property in rural New Hampshire that was paid for in cash through a limited liability company, according to federal prosecutors.
The description matches a luxury home purchased last year for $1 million in a deal shrouded in secrecy, according to two people familiar with the transaction.
The home on East Washington Road in Bradford was bought in December through a limited liability company, Granite Reality LLC, set up the previous month, records show. The...",left
13921,Jeffrey Epstein's Accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell Arrested,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Sex Trafficking', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Criminal Justice']",Maxwell Agrees to Bail Hearing in Manhattan in Epstein Case,Bloomberg,"Ghislaine Maxwell, the socialite charged with helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls, agreed to a detention hearing in Manhattan.
Maxwell, who was arrested Thursday morning in New Hampshire, waived her right to a bail hearing there in a brief videoconference in federal court in Manchester on Thursday.",left
13922,Jeffrey Epstein's Accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell Arrested,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Sex Trafficking', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Criminal Justice']",Powerful men are scared about what Ghislaine Maxwell will say,New York Post (News),"Jeffrey Epstein’s victims have another shot at justice. Here’s hoping they get it.
Ghislaine Maxwell, the alleged child sex trafficker and abuser in league with Epstein, was finally arrested Thursday morning.
Her guilt, in the court of public opinion, isn’t in question.
The only question is: Will the federal government keep Maxwell alive to stand trial?",right
13923,Pelosi to Announce If She Will Create Committee to Probe Jan. 6 Capitol Breach,"['US House', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']",Pelosi plans announcement on select committee to investigate siege of Congress,Washington Examiner,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will announce this week whether she will create a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, her spokesman said.
The California Democrat told colleagues about her plans during a meeting of the House Steering and Policy Committee on Tuesday, which comes weeks after Senate Republicans blocked legislation that would have created a commission to dig into the attack on Congress.
Multiple news outlets reported the speaker revealed she would create the committee, which would not require GOP support. But Drew Hammill, Pelosi's deputy chief of staff, quickly tweeted...",right
13924,Pelosi to Announce If She Will Create Committee to Probe Jan. 6 Capitol Breach,"['US House', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']",House's Pelosi will decide this week on probe of Jan. 6 attack -aide,Reuters,"U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi will decide this week whether to create a special committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, her deputy chief of staff, Drew Hammill, said on Twitter on Tuesday.
Reuters and other U.S. news outlets, citing sources familiar with the decision, earlier on Tuesday reported that Pelosi had decided to create the committee. 
“Clarification on tonight’s meeting of the Steering and Policy Committee. Speaker Pelosi told Members she plans to announce WHETHER she will create a select committee THIS WEEK. Her...",center
13925,Pelosi to Announce If She Will Create Committee to Probe Jan. 6 Capitol Breach,"['US House', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']",Pelosi to announce this week whether she will create Jan. 6 select committee,Politico,"Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to announce this week whether she will create a new committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, weeks after Republicans blocked a bipartisan probe under pressure from former President Donald Trump.
Pelosi’s office clarified Tuesday night that she had not formally announced plans to form that committee, capping an hour of confusion after reports surfaced that she had done so at a closed-door meeting earlier that night. In that discussion, Pelosi seemed to suggest that she would move forward with creating the committee,...",left
13926,Russia Reveals Plan for Control of Southern Ukraine,"['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War']",Russia outlines plans to seize Ukraine's entire south coast,Daily Mail,"Russia has outlined plans to seize the entire Donbas and the south of Ukraine in the second phase of its offensive to create a land corridor stretching to Moldova.
The deputy commander of Russia's central military district, Rustam Minnekayev, said Russia planned to forge a corridor between Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula which Russia annexed in 2014, and the Donbas in eastern Ukraine.
The remaining Ukrainian fighters left in the port city of Mariupol are holed up at the vast Azovstal industrial facility which Putin has ordered to be blockaded, effectively condemning the soldiers...",right
13927,Russia Reveals Plan for Control of Southern Ukraine,"['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War']",Russia says it plans full control of Donbas and southern Ukraine,Reuters,"Russia plans to take full control of Donbas and southern Ukraine during the second phase of what it calls its special military operation, the deputy commander of Russia's central military district said on Friday, Russian news agencies reported.
The statement from Rustam Minnekayev, the deputy commander, is one of the most detailed about Moscow's latest ambitions in Ukraine and suggests Russia does not plan to wind down its offensive there anytime soon.
Minnekayev did not mention them by name, but two major Ukrainian cities in southern Ukraine, Odesa and Mykolayiv,...",center
13928,Russia Reveals Plan for Control of Southern Ukraine,"['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War']","Russia plans to seize Donbas, southern Ukraine: Military official",Al Jazeera,"Russia plans to seize the Donbas region and southern Ukraine, a military official said, explaining the latter move was a “way to Transnistria“, the Russia-backed breakaway region in Moldova.
Rustam Minnekaev, deputy commander of Russia’s central military district, made the announcement on Friday at a meeting in Sverdlovsk, according to Russian media.
He said capturing Donbas would enable Moscow to forge a land bridge between the Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula it annexed in 2014, and the eastern region.
“Control over the south of Ukraine is another way to Transnistria, where there is...",left
13929,Netflix Announces Deal With Obamas,['Arts And Entertainment'],Conservatives Threaten Netflix Boycott Over Obama Deal: 'I Will Read the Bible Instead',Newsweek,Some conservatives are threatening to boycott Netflix after the streaming giant announced Monday it signed former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama to a multi-year development deal.,center
13930,Netflix Announces Deal With Obamas,['Arts And Entertainment'],Obama plans to use Netflix deal to stop political divisiveness,The Hill,Former President Obama said Wednesday he plans to use his new production deal with Netflix to combat political divisiveness.,center
13931,Netflix Announces Deal With Obamas,['Arts And Entertainment'],Netflix's politics under fresh scrutiny after exclusive deal with Obamas to produce content,Fox News (Online News),"Netflix solidified its reputation as a liberal entertainment powerhouse with the announcement Monday that former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have signed on to produce a raft of new programming for the content conduit under their Higher Ground Productions shingle, and some conservative consumers aren't happy about it.",right
13932,Controversial Labor Pick,"['White House', 'Politics']",Commerce nominee tangled in massive bank collapse that cost depositors millions,Fox News (Online News),President Obamas nominee for Commerce secretary was embroiled in a massive bank failure more than a decade ago in a collapse that cost depositors and federal insurers millions of dollars.,right
13933,Controversial Labor Pick,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama's Commerce pick, Penny Pritzker, could rile labor",CNN (Online News),President Obamas plan to nominate Penny Pritzker as commerce secretary is likely to draw criticism from organized labor and others on the left.,left
13934,Controversial Labor Pick,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Nominates Pritzker for Commerce Post,New York Times (News),The president picked Penny Pritzker for commerce secretary and Michael Froman to be the U.S. trade representative.,left
13935,Perspectives: Some Mask Mandates Return as Delta Variant Surges,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Masks', 'Mask Mandates', 'CDC', 'Delta Variant', 'Public Health', 'Science', 'Greg Abbott', 'Los Angeles County']",Why face mask mandates for all should be back on the table,Los Angeles Times,"Last week, nearly every state in the U.S. experienced an increase in daily coronavirus cases. Driven by the Delta variant, this rise and an accompanying increase in hospitalizations have sparked a debate about returning to indoor mask mandates for all, regardless of vaccination status.
Los Angeles County announced Thursday that face masks will be required indoors for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people, and the state of Hawaii has maintained a similar requirement amid rising cases. However, officials in both New York City and Chicago recently rejected the idea of a new universal indoor mask mandate.
Are mask requirements again necessary in the U.S.? Our...",left
13936,Perspectives: Some Mask Mandates Return as Delta Variant Surges,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Masks', 'Mask Mandates', 'CDC', 'Delta Variant', 'Public Health', 'Science', 'Greg Abbott', 'Los Angeles County']",Why 'misinformation' is the wrong label with vaccine hesitancy,The Hill,"Vaccine hesitancy is an increasing problem at a time when, with the emergence of the highly contagious delta variant, compliance is more important than ever. As our leaders and public health experts struggle to find the best way to promote compliance, one thing is increasingly clear — condescension or assertion, or a sleeve of numbers thrown at a fearful patient, are not techniques that are working. 
The term “misinformation” has been thrown around a lot lately by the Biden administration, and many from the president himself lashing out at Facebook...",center
13937,Perspectives: Some Mask Mandates Return as Delta Variant Surges,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Masks', 'Mask Mandates', 'CDC', 'Delta Variant', 'Public Health', 'Science', 'Greg Abbott', 'Los Angeles County']","No, Delta doesn’t mean the vaccinated — or children — need to mask up again",New York Post (Opinion),"With COVID cases in the country rising as the Delta variant spreads, the best thing political and public-health leaders can do is encourage the hesitant to get vaccinated. Yet many are instead undermining confidence in the shots, which have proven overwhelmingly effective against the new strain.
That’s the message sent by calling for — and in some cases instituting — a return to mask mandates, even for the vaxxed.
“Indoor mask use in NYC is falling — in delis, stores, subways, movie theaters etc. We need to reverse this trend,” tweeted Mark Levine (D-Manhattan), who...",right
13938,No Progress After White House Meeting,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","In Showdown With G.O.P., a Scrappy Reid Plays Hardball",New York Times (News),"Convinced he has no viable Republican partners on either side of the Capitol, Senator Harry Reid has used aggressive tactics to try to force his opponents to crack over the government shutdown.",left
13939,No Progress After White House Meeting,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Government shutdown: White House meeting with lawmakers goes nowhere,Christian Science Monitor,Both sides appeared unmoved after the White House attempt to end the government shutdown.,center
13940,No Progress After White House Meeting,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Boehner says Obama still won't negotiate on government funding,Washington Times,Congressional leaders emerged Wednesday night from a meeting with President Obama at the White House reporting little progress as all sides struggle for a solution to the government shutdown which began Tuesday and showed no signs of breaking.,right
13941,Analysis of Georgia Election,['Elections'],GOP Wins Georgia Seat: More Proof the Anti-Trump Message Is Losing,CBN,"Georgia's sixth district is still in Republican hands this morning after GOP candidate Karen Handel soundly defeated Democratic challenger, Jon Ossoff.",right
13942,Analysis of Georgia Election,['Elections'],Jon Ossoff’s Georgia special election loss shows Democrats could use a substantive agenda,Vox,Jon Ossoff’s narrow loss in the Georgia House special election seat will come as a crushing emotional blow to Democrats even though it hardly dooms their hopes to take back Congress next year.,left
13943,Analysis of Georgia Election,['Elections'],Five Takeaways from Georgia’s special election,The Hill,The result left President Trump and other Republicans crowing and Democrats shaking their heads.,center
13944,Biden Orders Intelligence Agencies to Report on COVID-19 Origins Within 90 Days,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Coronavirus Origins', 'China', 'Intelligence Agencies']",Biden Orders Intel Officials to Report on COVID Origin Within 90 Days,National Review,"President Biden on Wednesday said that as U.S. intelligence officials have “coalesced around two likely scenarios” for how COVID-19 originated, he has tasked the intelligence community with redoubling their investigative efforts to bring the U.S. closer to a “definitive conclusion” within 90 days.
The president noted that when the virus first emerged he called on the CDC, as a presidential candidate, to “get access to China to learn about the virus so we could fight it more effectively.” 
“The failure to get our inspectors on the ground in those early months will...",right
13945,Biden Orders Intelligence Agencies to Report on COVID-19 Origins Within 90 Days,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Coronavirus Origins', 'China', 'Intelligence Agencies']",Biden Calls for Intelligence Report on Origins of Covid-19,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Biden ordered a U.S. intelligence inquiry into the origins of Covid-19, following renewed scrutiny on the possibility that the outbreak of the virus might have started with a laboratory leak in China.
The White House has come under pressure to carry out its own investigation after China told the World Health Organization that it considered Beijing’s part of the investigation complete, calling for efforts to trace the virus’s origins to shift into other countries.
Mr. Biden, who wants a report within 90 days, said that U.S. intelligence has focused on two scenarios—whether...",center
13946,Biden Orders Intelligence Agencies to Report on COVID-19 Origins Within 90 Days,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Coronavirus Origins', 'China', 'Intelligence Agencies']",Biden calls for U.S. intelligence agencies to ‘redouble’ investigative efforts into the origins of the virus.,New York Times (News),"President Biden on Wednesday asked U.S. intelligence agencies to “redouble their efforts” to determine the origins of the coronavirus, saying in a statement that he was calling for a broad government report that incorporated findings from American labs and other federal agencies on whether the virus was accidentally leaked from a lab or transmitted by an animal to humans.
He asked intelligence officials to report back to him in 90 days on the results of their work and to keep Congress “fully apprised.”
Mr. Biden’s statement came as top health...",left
13947,Clashes in Gaza Before US Embassy Opening,['Middle East'],Deadly Protests in Gaza Ahead of Jerusalem Embassy Opening,Townhall,"Protests have erupted in the Gaza Strip, where over 35,000 demonstrators have amassed. Israeli troops have killed over two dozen Palestinians who got too close to the border fence. It marks the deadliest day in Gaza in four years.",right
13948,Clashes in Gaza Before US Embassy Opening,['Middle East'],Palestinians make major move at Gaza-Israel fence; 28 killed,NBC News (Online),"Dozens of demonstrators have died and more than 11,200 have been wounded during protests since March 30, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health.",left
13949,Clashes in Gaza Before US Embassy Opening,['Middle East'],Gaza clashes: Dozens killed ahead of US embassy opening in Jerusalem,BBC News,"At least 37 Palestinians have been killed and 1,300 wounded by Israeli troops in clashes on the Gaza border, Palestinian officials say.",center
13950,Roger Ailes Dead,['Media Bias'],"Roger Ailes, former Fox News chairman, dead at 77",USA TODAY,"Roger Ailes, the bombastic and controversial founder and CEO of Fox News ousted last year in a sexual harassment scandal, has died.",left
13951,Roger Ailes Dead,['Media Bias'],"Roger Ailes, founder of Fox News, dead at 77",Fox News (Online News),The Ohio-born television pioneer was a confidante of presidents and an acknowledged master of communications. He founded Fox News in 1996 and built it into the nation's long-running No. 1 cable news network. Ailes resigned from Fox in July amid charges of sexual harassment.,right
13952,Roger Ailes Dead,['Media Bias'],"Former Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes, An Influential And Destructive Force In Media, Has Died",HuffPost,Ailes is credited with building the network into a news juggernaut.,left
13953,State of the Election Process,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Republicans Sour on Way Election Process Is Working,Gallup,"“It is unclear from the data if partisans are reacting to the developments in their own party's nomination race, the other party's nomination race or both. Republicans' increasingly dour sentiments may be related to Trump -- either the increasing inevitability that he will gain his party's nomination, or the way controversial aspects of his campaign have dominated the news. Trump is the least popular Republican nominee among members of his own party in recent elections going back to 1996, and he is much less well-liked than Hillary Clinton is among...",center
13954,State of the Election Process,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",This is only the beginning: Nate Silver explains how Donald Trump has “hacked the system” and created a roadmap for future political con men,Salon,"“‘Trump has been able to disrupt the news pretty much any time he wants,’ Silver wrote, ‘whether by being newsworthy, offensive, salacious or entertaining. The media has almost always played along.’",left
13955,State of the Election Process,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Political hatefest: Why the media—and the candidates—are dragging down the campaign,Fox News (Online News),"We are now at the point in this political season where everyone is hating on everyone else.
Think about it: What was the last time you saw a piece or watched a segment in which a candidate was portrayed positively?",right
13956,Obama Cuts His Salary,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama Cutting His Own Pay,HuffPost,WASHINGTON mdash President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary each month to the Treasury in a show of solidarity with federal workers smarting from government-wide spending cuts the White House said Wednesday. Obamas decision grew out of a desire to share in the sacrifice that government employees are making said a White House official who was not authorized to discuss the decision publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.,left
13957,Obama Cuts His Salary,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Obama sequesters own salary, plans to give back 5 percent of pay",Washington Times,President Obama will give back 5 percent of his salary to the U.S. Treasury in a show of solidarity with federal workers facing furloughs due to sequester budget cuts the White House said Wednesday.,right
13958,Obama Cuts His Salary,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama will give up portion of his salary,CNN (Online News),"– President Barack Obama will put 5% of his paycheck back into the federal government's coffers in a show of unity with furloughed federal workers, a senior administration official said Wednesday.",left
13959,Feud Over Masks on Public Transportation Revives Politicized Mandate Debate,"['Coronavirus', 'Mask Mandates', 'CDC', 'TSA', 'Public Health']",The mask mandate shutdown reminds us that the judiciary matters,Washington Examiner,"On Monday, a federal judge struck down the unpopular and ridiculous mask mandate for airplanes and other modes of public transportation .
Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, who sits on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida,  wrote that ""the [mandate] exceeded the CDC’s statutory authority, improperly invoked the good cause exception to notice and comment rulemaking, and failed to adequately explain its decisions. Because 'our system does not permit agencies to act unlawfully even in pursuit of desirable ends,' the Court declares unlawful and vacates the [mask mandate].""
Mizelle underscored the importance of the government following...",right
13960,Feud Over Masks on Public Transportation Revives Politicized Mandate Debate,"['Coronavirus', 'Mask Mandates', 'CDC', 'TSA', 'Public Health']",Why Trump-appointed judge's mask decision is particularly disastrous,CNN (Opinion),"I absolutely hate wearing a mask on long flights. I'm also appalled that masks are no longer required for air travel and on other forms of public transit.
On Monday, a federal judge in Florida ruled that the Biden administration's public transportation mask mandate was unenforceable. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle held, overstepped its authority in issuing the directive requiring masks on airplanes and other forms of mass transit.
This decision is particularly disastrous for older adults, the ill and the immunocompromised, who still face...",left
13961,Feud Over Masks on Public Transportation Revives Politicized Mandate Debate,"['Coronavirus', 'Mask Mandates', 'CDC', 'TSA', 'Public Health']","Should You Wear a Mask Anyway as Federal Mandates Are Dropped for Airports, Airlines?",Wall Street Journal (News),"With the removal of the federal mask mandate on public transportation, whether and when to mask has become largely a personal choice. 
Changes in the trajectory and impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and shifts in messaging from authorities can make the decision harder.
Although much of the U.S. no longer requires people to wear masks in indoor public settings, there are still scenarios where wearing a mask could be beneficial, public-health and infectious-disease experts say. Factors that help determine whether you should consider masking include local Covid-19 levels, where you are going and your underlying health conditions, as well...",center
13962,Perspectives: Mexico's Ongoing Lawsuit With US Gunmakers,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Mexico']",Editorial: Good for Mexico for suing U.S. gun makers,Los Angeles Times,"The unlawful traffic across the southern U.S. border is not one-way, a fact driven home by the federal lawsuit filed this month by the Mexican government against a host of U.S. gun manufacturers and distributors. It’s a somewhat brazen — and welcome — move.
The U.S. is the indirect armament supplier for deadly drug wars in Mexico and the gangsters of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. The American appetite for illicit narcotics draws drugs northward; the “iron river” of weapons flows south; Mexican and Central American society is torn apart by terror and murder;...",left
13963,Perspectives: Mexico's Ongoing Lawsuit With US Gunmakers,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Mexico']",Mexico’s Misguided Lawsuit against American Gun Companies,National Review,"Mexican officials, assisted by the gun-control group Brady United, filed a lawsuit against several U.S.-based firearm manufacturers alleging that these companies encouraged gun trafficking into Mexico. Mexico seeks $10 billion in damages and injunctive relief. They claim the firearm manufacturers are responsible for the rampant crime, corruption, and uncontrolled murders being committed in Mexico by Mexican drug cartels.
These allegations are baseless. The Mexican government is responsible for its failure to enforce its own laws and control rampant crime and corruption within its own borders and government.
The lawsuit is the anti-gun...",right
13964,Perspectives: Mexico's Ongoing Lawsuit With US Gunmakers,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Mexico']","To curb violence at home, Mexico sues gun-makers in US",Christian Science Monitor,"For the past 15 years, violence has been on the rise in Mexico due to the growth of organized crime, turf wars, and high rates of impunity. But the Mexican government in August acted to curb another potential factor in the country’s high death toll: It filed suit against a handful of U.S.-based gun manufacturers for their role in the steady flow of arms that cross the border into Mexico each year.
What’s the lawsuit about?
The Mexican government filed a lawsuit on Aug. 4 in Massachusetts federal court against...",center
13965,Supreme Court Considers Proposition 8,['LGBT Rights'],Can gay marriage survive SCOTUS loss?,Politico,The tide might be turning in favor of gay marriage but that does not mean the Supreme Court will be swept up in it.,left
13966,Supreme Court Considers Proposition 8,['LGBT Rights'],Gay marriage: Prop. 8 seems a relic of different era in California,Christian Science Monitor,California voters approved Prop. 8 which bans gay marriage in 2008. Between then and today when the US Supreme Court takes up Prop. 8's constitutionality the social landscape has changed.,center
13967,Supreme Court Considers Proposition 8,['LGBT Rights'],California gay marriage argument at high court Tuesday,Townhall,The Supreme Court is wading into the issue of same-sex marriage.,right
13968,Stabbing of British Lawmaker Investigated as Possible Terrorist Attack,"['World', 'United Kingdom', 'Terrorism', 'Boris Johnson', 'Stabbing']",UK politician David Amess dead after stabbing in possible terrorism case,New York Post (News),"A British politician was stabbed to death Friday by a man who stormed into a church where the MP was meeting constituents — with police not ruling out terrorism.
David Amess, a lawmaker in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party, was killed by a man who was arrested as armed police swooped into the church in Essex around midday, officials said.
“He was stabbed several times,” John Lamb, a local councilor at the scene, told Reuters of the 69-year-old member of Parliament.",right
13969,Stabbing of British Lawmaker Investigated as Possible Terrorist Attack,"['World', 'United Kingdom', 'Terrorism', 'Boris Johnson', 'Stabbing']",Sir David Amess: Conservative MP stabbed to death,BBC News,"Conservative MP Sir David Amess has died after being stabbed multiple times at his constituency surgery in Essex.
Police said a 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the attack at a church in Leigh-on-Sea.
They recovered a knife and are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident. A counter terrorism team will lead the investigation.
Boris Johnson has spoken of his shock and sadness at the loss of ""one of the kindest"" people in politics.
Home Secretary Priti Patel has asked all police forces...",center
13970,Stabbing of British Lawmaker Investigated as Possible Terrorist Attack,"['World', 'United Kingdom', 'Terrorism', 'Boris Johnson', 'Stabbing']",David Amess: Counterterror police take over investigation into death of Tory MP,The Independent,"Counterterror police are investigating the death of the Conservative MP Sir David Amess, who was stabbed while meeting constituents at a routine public surgery on Friday.
The 69-year-old suffered multiple injuries in the attack at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea.
Essex Police said a 25-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of murder, and that counterterror detectives were investigating his motivations.
The Independent understands that the suspect is a British national of Somali origin, and the killing is being treated at this point as a probable Islamist terror attack.
The investigation is also...",left
13971,Whistleblower Alleges Trump Had Inappropriate Communications with Foreign Leaders,"['White House', 'US Intelligence', 'Inspector General', 'Adam Schiff', 'Politics']","Trump’s communications with foreign leader are part of whistleblower complaint that spurred standoff between spy chief and Congress, former officials say",Washington Post,"The whistleblower complaint that has triggered a tense showdown between the U.S. intelligence community and Congress involves President Trump’s communications with a foreign leader, according to two former U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Trump’s interaction with the foreign leader included a “promise” that was regarded as so troubling that it prompted an official in the U.S. intelligence community to file a formal whistleblower complaint with the inspector general for the intelligence community, said the former officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss...",left
13972,Whistleblower Alleges Trump Had Inappropriate Communications with Foreign Leaders,"['White House', 'US Intelligence', 'Inspector General', 'Adam Schiff', 'Politics']",Trump rails against report of intelligence community whistleblower,New York Post (News),"President Trump on Thursday ripped reports that he made a promise to a foreign leader so troubling that a whistleblower reported it to the intelligence community’s in-house watchdog — calling them “Fake News” and “Presidential Harassment!”
“Another Fake News story out there – It never ends! Virtually anytime I speak on the phone to a foreign leader, I understand that there may be many people listening from various US agencies, not to mention those from the other country itself. No problem!” Trump wrote in one of a series of three...",right
13973,Whistleblower Alleges Trump Had Inappropriate Communications with Foreign Leaders,"['White House', 'US Intelligence', 'Inspector General', 'Adam Schiff', 'Politics']","Schiff Vows To Escalate Standoff Over Spy Complaint; 'Fake News,' Trump Scoffs",NPR (Online News),"House intelligence committee chairman Adam Schiff vowed Thursday he's willing to sue the Trump administration over a dispute about the contents of as-yet unknown complaint to the intelligence community's official watchdog.
Schiff told reporters after a closed-door meeting with the inspector general, Michael Atkinson, that the Justice Department has opined that the material is shielded by privilege and can be withheld from lawmakers.
Not so, Schiff argued, and ""if we have to go to court to get this, we will have a good case.""",left
13974,Roy Moore Wins in Alabama,['Elections'],Roy Moore's Alabama win is just the start: GOP establishment beware,USA TODAY,It was a devastating loss for the Washington establishment: Former state Supreme Court justice Roy Moore decisively defeated Sen. Luther Strange in Alabama's Republican Senate primary runoff.,left
13975,Roy Moore Wins in Alabama,['Elections'],Roy Moore’s victory and Bob Corker’s retirement are fresh indicators of a Senate that’s coming apart,Washington Post,Roy Moore’s victory in Alabama and Bob Corker’s retirement in Tennessee on Tuesday sent shock waves across the Capitol and shivers down the spines of institutionalists in both parties. The dual developments are fueling concerns about the long-term health of the world’s greatest deliberative body and heightening fears that the center may not hold in American politics.,left
13976,Roy Moore Wins in Alabama,['Elections'],Donald Trump: Roy Moore Will Help Make America Great Again,Breitbart News,President Donald Trump confirmed that he spoke with Roy Moore in the wake of his Senate primary victory in Alabama on Tuesday.,right
13977,Perspectives: Donald Trump's QAnon Remarks,"['Terrorism', 'Conspiracy', 'QAnon', 'Donald Trump']",This is one of the most dangerous things Donald Trump has done as president,CNN (Online News),"On Wednesday, President Donald Trump did something incredibly dangerous.
Asked by a reporter about QAnon, a conspiracy group that has been labeled a potential domestic terrorism threat by the FBI, Trump said this:
""Well, I don't know much about the movement other than I understand they like me very much, which I appreciate. But I don't know much about the movement. I have heard that it is gaining in popularity and from what I hear it's -- these are people that -- they watch the streets of Portland --...",left
13978,Perspectives: Donald Trump's QAnon Remarks,"['Terrorism', 'Conspiracy', 'QAnon', 'Donald Trump']","Trump, Addressing Far-Right QAnon Conspiracy, Offers Praise For Its Followers",NPR (Online News),"President Trump addressed the baseless, far-right QAnon conspiracy theory directly for the first time on Wednesday, saying he didn't know much about the online community and its followers other than ""they like me very much.""
""I heard that these are people who love our country,"" Trump added in response to a question about the conspiracy community during a press briefing at the White House.
When a reporter partially summed up the conspiracy theory to him — that it revolves around a false narrative that Trump is leading a secret, government-led...",left
13979,Perspectives: Donald Trump's QAnon Remarks,"['Terrorism', 'Conspiracy', 'QAnon', 'Donald Trump']",Trump: I Don’t Know Much About ‘QAnon’,The Epoch Times,"President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he doesn’t know much about QAnon, a community that follows a person or group that is said to have high-level access inside the U.S. government and disseminates conspiracy theories.
“Well I don’t know much about the movement, other than I understand they like me very much, which I appreciate,” the president told reporters in Washington when asked about QAnon.",right
13980,The 2020 Presidential Campaign Money Race,"['Election 2020', 'Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris Lead the Democratic Money Race,New York Times (News),"Who has the most campaign cash on hand? Who spent about as much money as they raised? Who relied heavily on personal loans and past political accounts?
Democratic presidential candidates on Monday provided the first broad look at campaign finances. Early fund-raising is no guarantee of votes in 2020, but it is a barometer of which Democrats are generating interest — not an easy feat in a crowded field.
[Who’s in? Who’s out? Keep up with the 2020 field with our candidate tracker.]
We crunched the fund-raising numbers for 16...",left
13981,The 2020 Presidential Campaign Money Race,"['Election 2020', 'Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",2020 Democrats struggle to raise money faster than they spend it,Washington Times,"Sen. Bernard Sanders, Sen. Kamala D. Harris and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg raised campaign cash much faster than they spent it this year, according to federal reports filed Monday, demonstrating that their operations can go the distance in a presidential race.
Mr. Buttigieg, who has surged in the polls and scored an impressive $7 million in contributions, collected the cash 10 times faster than his campaign spent it. The Indiana mayor still had $6 million in the bank as he started the second quarter.
“That is a remarkably low...",right
13982,The 2020 Presidential Campaign Money Race,"['Election 2020', 'Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Winners and losers from first fundraising quarter,The Hill,"The last of the first-quarter campaign finance reports were made public Monday, providing the most complete picture of who's ahead and who's behind in the presidential money race among declared candidates.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) leads the pack on the Democratic side with a massive $18.2 million haul. But even that sum pales in comparison to the $30 million President Trump brought in from January through March.
And while it’s still early in the election cycle — the Iowa caucuses are almost 10 months away — the fundraising numbers are...",center
13983,Attorneys at Chauvin Trial to Make Final Pitch,"['Justice', 'Derek Chauvin Trial', 'George Floyd Death']",Jury in Derek Chauvin Murder Trial Set to Hear Closing Arguments,Wall Street Journal (News),"Attorneys in the trial of the former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd will make their final case to the jury on Monday, as the Twin Cities region prepares for the possibility of widespread unrest following a verdict in the case.
Closing arguments in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin come after nearly three weeks of testimony in which prosecutors have attempted to prove that the former police officer acted recklessly when he knelt on Mr. Floyd’s neck for more than 9 minutes, killing him. The defense has...",center
13984,Attorneys at Chauvin Trial to Make Final Pitch,"['Justice', 'Derek Chauvin Trial', 'George Floyd Death']",Biden preparing for 'tinderbox' with country on edge ahead of verdict in Chauvin trial,CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden is keeping a watchful eye on this week's closing arguments in the Minneapolis trial of Derek Chauvin, fearful that a controversial verdict could inflame new racial tensions and further escalate a deepening crisis in confidence with the nation's police forces.
The President voiced his concern about potential fallout from the trial during a private meeting last week with members of the Congressional Black Caucus, people familiar with the session said. For weeks, it has also been a point of worry in conversations with Vice President Kamala Harris,...",left
13985,Attorneys at Chauvin Trial to Make Final Pitch,"['Justice', 'Derek Chauvin Trial', 'George Floyd Death']",George Floyd’s Death: How Should the Jury Decide the Charges against Derek Chauvin?,National Review,"It all comes down to intent.
]On Monday morning, the prosecution and defense will sum up to the jury in the murder trial of fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for allegedly causing the death of George Floyd last Memorial Day. Minneapolis is on tenterhooks, as are other major cities across the country, because it is inevitable that the radical Left will riot. If Chauvin is convicted of murder, the rioting will be portrayed as an affirmation that the nation’s police are hunting down young black men. If Chauvin is...",right
13986,How Hillary is Handling Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: Hillary Clinton campaign trolls GOP by boosting Donald Trump,Guest Writer - Left,"Donald Trump continues to rage against Hillary Clinton over her suggestion during the Democratic debate that Trump has become “ISIS’s best recruiter.” Clinton argued that terrorists are using videos of Trump insulting Islam to “recruit more radical jihadists,” and Trump has demanded an apology.",left
13987,How Hillary is Handling Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama, Clinton may be setting up Trump to win Republican nomination",Washington Times,"President Obama and Hillary Clinton have intensified attacks on Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, accusing him of manipulating voters’ “fear and ignorance” and using anti-Muslim rhetoric that helps recruit Islamic State terrorists — jabs that appear to be energizing his supporters and strengthening his campaign.",right
13988,How Hillary is Handling Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton camp says it won't respond to Trump, while still shaming him",Politico,"The Clinton campaign says it isn’t responding to Donald Trump’s personal attacks on Hillary Clinton from Monday night, but it still tried to shame the Republican poll leader for the remarks and encouraged others to stand with Clinton.",left
13989,Ivanka’s Holdings,"['White House', 'Politics']","Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Still Benefiting From Business Empire, Filings Show",New York Times (News),"Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, President Trump’s daughter and son-in-law, will remain the beneficiaries of a sprawling real estate and investment business still worth as much as $740 million, despite their new government responsibilities, according to ethics filings released by the White House Friday night.",left
13990,Ivanka’s Holdings,"['White House', 'Politics']",Disclosure forms detail wealth of Trump’s key advisers,Washington Times,"Financial disclosure forms released by the Trump administration show, as expected, that many of President Trump’s senior advisers amassed millions in successful careers before joining the White House.",right
13991,Ivanka’s Holdings,"['White House', 'Politics']",Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner still benefit from $700 million business empire,The Week - News,"President Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump, and his son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, continue to benefit from their business interests worth as much as $700 million, financial disclosures released Friday reveal.",left
13992,"Jackson Takes Questions on Race, Crime and Biology in Day 3 of Senate Hearings","['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Justice', 'Crime', 'Race And Racism', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Culture War', 'Polarization']","Jackson: Having diverse Supreme Court ""enhances public confidence""",Axios,"Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Wednesday emphasized a diverse American judicial branch in order to ""bolster public confidence in our system.""
Why it matters: If confirmed, Jackson would become the first Black woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice.
Jackson has been open about her belief that she stands ""on the shoulders of so many who have come before me,"" and has also acknowledged countless times the historic nature of her nomination.
Jackson said on Tuesday that she believes public confidence in the court is ""crucial,"" adding that it is ""the...",center
13993,"Jackson Takes Questions on Race, Crime and Biology in Day 3 of Senate Hearings","['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Justice', 'Crime', 'Race And Racism', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Culture War', 'Polarization']","Historic hearing takes turn into familiar territory on race and crime, experts say",NBC News (Online),"Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearings may have been historic, in that she is the first Black woman nominated for the Supreme Court. 
But they have not been without precedent, at least with regard to questions on crime and race that she faced from some Republican senators, such as Tom Cotton of Arkansas, who have tried to portray her as ""soft on crime."" 
Civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill, who is president and director-counsel emeritus of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, tweeted Tuesday that listening to Cotton question Jackson reminded her of Arkansas Sen....",left
13994,"Jackson Takes Questions on Race, Crime and Biology in Day 3 of Senate Hearings","['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Justice', 'Crime', 'Race And Racism', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Culture War', 'Polarization']",Ketanji Brown Jackson Refuses to Define Word ‘Woman’,The Epoch Times,"President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee on March 22 refused to define what a woman is or say whether she agreed that punishments for possessing or distributing child pornography should be strengthened.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was asked during day 2 of her confirmation hearings whether she could provide a definition of the word “woman.”
“No, I can’t,” Jackson said.
“I’m not a biologist,” she added.
Jackson sits on the board of Georgetown Day School, where students as young as 5 are taught they can choose to be a different gender, Sen....",right
13995,Democrats Urge Google to Update Abortion Searches Suggesting 'Fake Clinics',"['Abortion', 'Clinics', 'Democratic Party', 'Google', 'Misinformation', 'Pro-Choice', 'Roe V Wade Leak', 'Technology']",Dems urge Google to limit search results showing pro-life pregnancy centers they call ‘fake clinics’,Washington Times,"Over 20 House and Senate Democrats have demanded the top executive at Google restrict search engine results showing pro-life pregnancy centers.
The lawmakers called pregnancy centers that do not offer abortions “fake clinics.”
In a letter to Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai, the lawmakers wrote, “Directing women towards fake clinics that traffic in misinformation and don’t provide comprehensive health services is dangerous to women’s health and undermines the integrity of Google’s search results.”
The letter, which was spearheaded by Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia and Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, was signed...",right
13996,Democrats Urge Google to Update Abortion Searches Suggesting 'Fake Clinics',"['Abortion', 'Clinics', 'Democratic Party', 'Google', 'Misinformation', 'Pro-Choice', 'Roe V Wade Leak', 'Technology']",Lawmakers urge Google to fix abortion searches suggesting ‘fake clinics’,Washington Post,"U.S. lawmakers are questioning Google over how the company’s search engine shows users in certain states inaccurate results about abortion services by diverting them to “fake clinics” that don’t provide the procedure and dissuade people from ending a pregnancy.
In a letter sent Friday to Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, 20 Democratic members of Congress and Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.) urged the company to quickly rectify the search accuracy issue, noting it comes as a U.S. Supreme Court decision due later this month could overturn the right...",left
13997,Democrats Urge Google to Update Abortion Searches Suggesting 'Fake Clinics',"['Abortion', 'Clinics', 'Democratic Party', 'Google', 'Misinformation', 'Pro-Choice', 'Roe V Wade Leak', 'Technology']",U.S. lawmakers urge Google to fix abortion searches that steer women to 'fake clinics',Reuters,"U.S. lawmakers urged Alphabet Inc's leading Google search engine to give accurate results to people seeking abortions rather than sometimes sending them to ""crisis pregnancy centers,"" which steer woman away from the procedures.
The request came in a letter, whose top signatories were Senator Mark Warner and Representative Elissa Slotkin, sent to Google on Friday and first reported by Reuters.
The letter was prompted by a study released last week by the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate. The study found that 11% of the results for a search for an...",center
13998,"Supreme Court Dismisses Obamacare Challenge, Leaves Law Intact","['Supreme Court', 'Obamacare', 'ACA', 'Affordable Care Act', 'Healthcare', 'Justice Breyer']","Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Affordable Care Act, leaving it in place",CNN (Online News),"The Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the Affordable Care Act on Thursday in a decision that will leave the law intact and save health care coverage for millions of Americans. The justices turned away a challenge from Republican-led states and the former Trump administration, which urged the justices to block the entire law.
The justices said that the challengers of the 2010 law did not have the legal right to bring the case.",left
13999,"Supreme Court Dismisses Obamacare Challenge, Leaves Law Intact","['Supreme Court', 'Obamacare', 'ACA', 'Affordable Care Act', 'Healthcare', 'Justice Breyer']",Supreme Court Dismisses Latest Affordable Care Act Challenge,National Review,"The Supreme Court dismissed the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on Thursday.
A seven-justice majority, with Justice Stephen Breyer authoring the opinion and Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissenting, issued a narrow ruling that the Republican-led states, such as Texas, which filed the suit had not suffered the harm that would have given them standing to challenge the legislation.",right
14000,"Supreme Court Dismisses Obamacare Challenge, Leaves Law Intact","['Supreme Court', 'Obamacare', 'ACA', 'Affordable Care Act', 'Healthcare', 'Justice Breyer']",Court again leaves Affordable Care Act in place,SCOTUSblog,"In a much-anticipated decision, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected another effort to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, the health care reform law often regarded as the signature legislative achievement of former President Barack Obama. The justices did not reach the main issue in the case: whether the entirety of the ACA was rendered unconstitutional when Congress eliminated the penalty for failing to obtain health insurance. Instead, by a vote of 7-2, the justices ruled that neither the states nor the individuals challenging the mandate have a legal right to sue, known...",center
14001,The Race Tightens,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Fox News Poll: Clinton leads Trump by three points,Fox News (Online News),"With less than two weeks to go, the race for the White House has narrowed as Hillary Clinton now has a three-point advantage over Donald Trump.",right
14002,The Race Tightens,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Road to 270: CNN's latest electoral college map,CNN (Online News),"One week after we moved Nevada and Florida from ""battleground"" to ""lean Democratic,"" both states appear to be snapping back to their traditional toss-up status. Our new CNN electoral outlook places both states back in the ""battleground"" category and increases the up-for-grabs turf to six states and two congressional districts worth a total of 87 electoral votes.",left
14003,The Race Tightens,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Poll: Hillary Clinton holds narrow lead over Donald Trump,CBS News (Online),"In the homestretch of the general election season, Hillary Clinton maintains a slight lead over her opponent, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, according to a poll published Wednesday.",left
14004,Senate Holds Hearing on Capitol Breach,"['US Senate', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Law Enforcement', 'Violence In America', 'Politics']",Congress finally gets first chance for answers about the Jan. 6 insurrection,Politico,"Lawmakers will get their first chance Tuesday to expose the security failures that allowed rioters to overtake the Capitol on Jan. 6 and threaten the presidential transition of power.
At a rare joint oversight hearing, senators are set to hear from security officials who were on duty when a mob of former President Donald Trump’s supporters ransacked the building and sent them fleeing for their lives. The story of Jan. 6 has become clearer as hundreds of rioters have faced charges, but high-level decision-making by top congressional security officials has...",left
14005,Senate Holds Hearing on Capitol Breach,"['US Senate', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Law Enforcement', 'Violence In America', 'Politics']",Top Security Officials to Testify on Failure to Blunt Capitol Attack,Wall Street Journal (News),"Top officials responsible for the security of the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack are scheduled to testify before Congress Tuesday about the failure to adequately prepare for and counter a deadly riot on the day lawmakers convened to certify the results of the presidential election.
A joint bipartisan committee of senators will question three security officials who resigned in the wake of the attack: former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, former House Sergeant at Arms Paul D. Irving and former Senate Sergeant at Arms Michael Stenger. Robert...",center
14006,Senate Holds Hearing on Capitol Breach,"['US Senate', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Law Enforcement', 'Violence In America', 'Politics']","Senate set to examine Jan. 6 attack on Capitol, grill former officials on security failures",Fox News (Online News),"Two Senate committees are set to meet Tuesday in the first public congressional inquiry into the Jan. 6 Capitol security failures that allowed a pro-Trump mob to storm the building as lawmakers were certifying the presidential election results in a joint session.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSCAC) and Rules and Administration Committee will convene at 10 a.m. as they seek information about ""preparations and response efforts"" to the attack.
Invited to the hearing are Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert Contee and the three former...",right
14007,Campaigns on Medicare,['Healthcare'],Obama to talk Medicare in Iowa,Politico,"CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — President Obama will hit Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Medicare during events in Iowa Wednesday, according to Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki.",left
14008,Campaigns on Medicare,['Healthcare'],Romney campaign tries to take Medicare away from Obama,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN) -- The fight to define Paul Ryan is getting more heated by the day. But days after defending against an offensive against his running mate, Mitt Romney's campaign appears to be mounting a counteroffensive.",left
14009,Campaigns on Medicare,['Healthcare'],Smoking Gun: Obama Admits He Cut Billions from Medicare to Fund Obamacare,Townhall,We've been having some fun with a clip of David Axelrod angrily denouncing the fact that President Obama gutted Medicare by $700 Billion in order to partially pay for a brand new entitlement program.,right
14010,Biden Faces Pressure From Democrats To Take Stronger Abortion Stance,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Abortion Rights', 'Biden Administration', 'Democratic Party', 'Joe Biden', 'Progressives', 'Roe V Wade', 'White House']",Two long weeks: Inside Biden’s struggle to respond to abortion ruling,Washington Post,"Three days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, President Biden used a break between Group of Seven summit meetings at the luxury Schloss Elmau resort in Germany to get an update on the stunning and sudden loss of abortion rights for millions of Americans back home.
Huddling with top aides, including some who dialed in from the White House, Biden declared at the outset of the call that he wanted to endorse ending the Senate filibuster to codify Roe into law, a position he so far had refused to take, angering...",left
14011,Biden Faces Pressure From Democrats To Take Stronger Abortion Stance,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Abortion Rights', 'Biden Administration', 'Democratic Party', 'Joe Biden', 'Progressives', 'Roe V Wade', 'White House']","Joe Biden signs abortion order under left-wing pressure, rages at SCOTUS",New York Post (News),"President Biden blasted last month’s Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade as “an exercise in raw political power” and a “giant step backwards” Friday before signing an executive order meant to help women seeking the procedure — though it is unlikely to have much effect in practice.
“This was not a decision driven by the Constitution,” Biden said of the June 24 high court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which struck down the 49-year-old precedent set by Roe. “Let me say it again. This was not a decision driven...",right
14012,Biden Faces Pressure From Democrats To Take Stronger Abortion Stance,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Abortion Rights', 'Biden Administration', 'Democratic Party', 'Joe Biden', 'Progressives', 'Roe V Wade', 'White House']",Biden order faces limits attempting to bolster abortion access,Tampa Bay Times,"President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday that attempts to bolster women’s access to contraception and abortion medication and protect their medical privacy two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion.
But the president’s order does not restore abortion rights in the states that have banned the procedure — or soon will. Nor does it appear to affect Florida’s 15-week abortion ban, which took effect July 1.
Biden, acting as pressure mounts from Democrats and abortion rights advocates, directed the U.S. Department of...",center
14013,Still No Agreement,[],"Offers fly, but still no ‘fiscal cliff’ agreement",Washington Times,"With hours to go, President Obama and Congress barreled toward the New Year's Day “fiscal cliff,” trading last-minute offers and narrowing the range of options Sunday, but reaching no deal.",right
14014,Still No Agreement,[],Day of Seesaw Talks Produces No Accord on Fiscal Crisis,New York Times (News),"Senate leaders on Sunday failed to produce a fiscal deal with just hours to go before large tax increases and spending cuts were to begin taking effect on New Years Day, despite a round of volatile negotiations over the weekend and an attempt by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to intervene.",left
14015,Still No Agreement,[],"With no deal and only hours to go, U.S. economy heads toward fiscal cliff",CNN (Online News),"With only hours left Monday to avert what economists predict will be a one-two punch to the U.S. economy, Senate Democrats and Republicans were trying to negotiate a last-minute deal aimed at heading off a year-end combination of spending cuts and tax increases that could trigger a new recession.",left
14016,Uproar Over Indiana Law,['Politics'],Fierce Backlash Mounts Over Indiana's 'Religious Freedom' Law,HuffPost,"A new ""religious freedom"" law in Indiana touched off a firestorm of criticism across the country Friday, after opponents warned that it could lead to legal discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals in the state's business establishments.
The measure, which Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) signed into law Thursday, allows any individual or corporation to cite religious beliefs as a defense when sued by a private party. The legislation has already prompted threats of boycott from public officials and",left
14017,Uproar Over Indiana Law,['Politics'],Indiana religious objections law slammed on social media,Fox News (Online News),"The heat over Indiana's new religious objections law spread Friday across social media and to the White House as many local officials and business groups around the state tried to jump in and stem the fallout.
Use of the hashtag #boycottindiana spread across Twitter, spurred on by activists such as ""Star Trek"" actor George Takei, who argued that the measure opens the door to legalized discrimination against gay people. Apple CEO Tim Cook also tweeted his objections, saying he was ""deeply disappointed"" in the Indiana law.
Supporters of the bill...",right
14018,Uproar Over Indiana Law,['Politics'],Gov. Mike Pence: Indiana 'not going to change' anti-LGBT law,CNN (Online News),"Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says concerns that his state's new ""religious freedom"" law will allow businesses to turn away LGBT customers is the result of a ""tremendous amount of misinformation and misunderstanding.""
But he refused Sunday to answer at least six yes-or-no questions about whether the measure legalizes discrimination against gays and lesbians.
And he said he won't support legislation that would clean up the public relations mess by adding protections based on sexual orientation to Indiana's anti-discrimination laws.",left
14019,Bannon Indicted for Contempt of Congress,"['US House', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6 Committee', 'Steve Bannon', 'Mark Meadows', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",Steve Bannon indicted for contempt of Congress,Axios,"A federal grand jury on Friday indicted former Trump adviser Steven Bannon on two counts of contempt of Congress for his failure to comply with a subpoena issued by the House Jan. 6 select committee.
Why it matters: It's the first such indictment to come out of the committee's investigation of the Capitol insurrection — and the first time the Justice Department has charged someone for contempt of Congress since 1983.
Bannon faces fines and possible jail time. Each count of contempt of Congress carries a minimum of 30 days and a maximum of one year...",center
14020,Bannon Indicted for Contempt of Congress,"['US House', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6 Committee', 'Steve Bannon', 'Mark Meadows', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",Bannon Indicted on Contempt Charges Over House’s Capitol Riot Inquiry,New York Times (News),"Stephen K. Bannon, a onetime aide to former President Donald J. Trump, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Friday on two counts of contempt of Congress, the Justice Department said.
Mr. Bannon, 67, had refused last month to comply with subpoenas for information issued by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The House then voted to hold Mr. Bannon in criminal contempt of Congress after he declined to testify or provide documents sought by the committee, a position taken by a number of former aides to Mr. Trump.",left
14021,Bannon Indicted for Contempt of Congress,"['US House', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6 Committee', 'Steve Bannon', 'Mark Meadows', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",Steve Bannon indicted for contempt of Congress in Jan. 6 investigation,Washington Examiner,"Steve Bannon was indicted by a federal grand jury for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
The announcement comes weeks after the former White House chief strategist declined to cooperate with congressional investigators, citing former President Donald Trump's claims of executive privilege. The assertions of executive privilege are being cut down by the Biden administration as well as the courts and add pressure on other allies of Trump to comply with the House panel's subpoenas.
""Stephen K. Bannon was indicted today by a...",right
14022,Hunter Biden's Taxes Under Federal Investigation,"['Criminal Justice', 'Taxes', 'Hunter Biden', 'Joe Biden', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",Hunter Biden's taxes under investigation by US attorney's office in Delaware,USA TODAY,"The Justice Department’s investigation scrutinizing Hunter Biden’s taxes has been examining some of his Chinese business dealings, among other financial transactions, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The revelation puts a renewed spotlight on the questions about his financial dealings that dogged his father’s successful White House campaign. Hunter Biden was the focus of Republican complaints during the campaign for business dealings with Ukraine and China. But Hunter Biden hasn’t been charged, and two Republican-led congressional committees in September found no wrongdoing by Joe...",left
14023,Hunter Biden's Taxes Under Federal Investigation,"['Criminal Justice', 'Taxes', 'Hunter Biden', 'Joe Biden', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",Hunter Biden says he is facing a federal investigation over his tax affairs,Los Angeles Times,"President-elect Joe Biden’s son Hunter said Wednesday that his “tax affairs” are under federal investigation, putting a renewed spotlight on the questions about his financial dealings that dogged his father’s campaign.
In a statement released by the president-elect’s transition office, the younger Biden said he learned about the investigation Tuesday. He did not disclose details of the matter.
“I take this matter very seriously but I am confident that a professional and objective review of these matters will demonstrate that I handled my affairs legally and appropriately, including with...",left
14024,Hunter Biden's Taxes Under Federal Investigation,"['Criminal Justice', 'Taxes', 'Hunter Biden', 'Joe Biden', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",Hunter Biden Says He’s Being Investigated For Possible Tax Crimes,The Daily Caller,"Federal prosecutors in Delaware are investigating Hunter Biden for potential tax crimes, he said in a statement issued Wednesday through his father’s presidential transition team.
“I learned yesterday for the first time that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Delaware advised my legal counsel, also yesterday, that they are investigating my tax affairs,” Biden said in the statement.
“I take this matter very seriously but I am confident that a professional and objective review of these matters will demonstrate that I handled my affairs legally and appropriately, including with the benefit...",right
14025,Sanders to Introduce Single-Payer Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",OPINION: Bernie Sanders: Why We Need Medicare for All,New York Times (News),"This is a pivotal moment in American history. Do we, as a nation, join the rest of the industrialized world and guarantee comprehensive health care to every person as a human right? Or do we maintain a system that is enormously expensive, wasteful and bureaucratic, and is designed to maximize profits for big insurance companies, the pharmaceutical industry, Wall Street and medical equipment suppliers?",left
14026,Sanders to Introduce Single-Payer Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Democrats divided ahead of Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare-for-all' bill release,Washington Examiner,"Senate Democrats are set to announce a new push for single-payer healthcare on Wednesday featuring several 2020 hopefuls touting legislation from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to expand Medicare to everyone.
But divisions remain in the Democratic caucus over whether government-run healthcare may be going too far. Some of the most vulnerable Senate Democrats running for re-election in 2018 are not offering a warm embrace of the policy.",right
14027,Sanders to Introduce Single-Payer Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Bernie Sanders flexes power on single-payer,The Hill,"When Sen. Bernie Sanders last introduced a single-payer bill in 2013, it didn’t attract a single co-sponsor. Now, as he unveils his “Medicare for all” bill on Wednesday, some of the biggest names in the Democratic Party will be by his side.",center
14028,Matthew Whittaker Replaces Jeff Sessions as Attorney General,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']","Trump Defends Whitaker as Acting AG, Though Future Uncertain",Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump appeared to defend his choice of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general in a Friday night tweet, despite previously denying he even knew the man at the helm of the Justice Department.",right
14029,Matthew Whittaker Replaces Jeff Sessions as Attorney General,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Legal Spat Swells Over Naming Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney General,Wall Street Journal (News),"As Matthew Whitaker took charge of the Justice Department this week, Democrats and some Republicans questioned whether he was legally eligible to serve as acting attorney general. No court has ruled directly on the relevant questions, so the answer isn’t clear.",center
14030,Matthew Whittaker Replaces Jeff Sessions as Attorney General,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Trump on Friday: ‘I Don’t Know Matt Whitaker.’ Trump Last Month: ‘I Know Matt Whitaker.’,New York Times (News),"President Trump went out of his way on Friday to distance himself from Matthew G. Whitaker, his choice to replace Jeff Sessions as attorney general, saying repeatedly that he did not know Mr. Whitaker and had not spoken to him and emphasizing that the new attorney general was merely “there in an acting position.”",left
14031,Trump Orders Declassification of Documents Related to Russia Probe,['Russia'],President Trump just seriously escalated his efforts to interfere with Mueller’s probe,Vox,He’s ordered the release of many unredacted texts from officials involved in the Russia investigation.,left
14032,Trump Orders Declassification of Documents Related to Russia Probe,['Russia'],Trump Orders Declassification of Intelligence Documents Related to Former Adviser Carter Page,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump ordered the declassification of sensitive documents related to the investigation into Russian election interference, a move that could eventually allow the public unprecedented access to a probe that he has repeatedly railed against.",center
14033,Trump Orders Declassification of Documents Related to Russia Probe,['Russia'],"Declassification of Carter Page Warrants May Be Politically Motivated, but More Transparency Is Still Good",Reason,"Also, more text messages!",right
14034,December 2017 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Jobs report: Employers added disappointing 148,000 jobs in Dec.",USA TODAY,"The labor market slowed in December as U.S. employers added 148,000 jobs in a sign that worker shortages may crimp hiring in 2018. The unemployment rate, which is calculated from a different survey, was unchanged at 4.1%, the Labor Department said Friday.",left
14035,December 2017 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"U.S. added 148,000 jobs in December, in lagging finish to year of strong growth",Washington Post,"The U.S. economy added 148,000 jobs in December after a year of steady hiring, missing expectations for a larger last-minute surge, the government reported Friday.",left
14036,December 2017 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Unemployment Holds Steady As Year Ends,The Daily Caller,"Nearly 150,000 jobs were added last month while the unemployment rate remained steady from November, according to the Department of Labor’s December jobs report.",right
14037,Shooter at Canadian Parliament,['World'],Canadian Soldier Shot At Ottawa War Memorial,HuffPost,"A gunman fired multiple shots at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Wednesday and shot a Canadian soldier, Reuters reports.
The gunman then ran towards Parliament Hill, which is located across the street from the National War Memorial. Witnesses said they heard gunfire in several locations in the building.
CBC TV reports one suspected gunman has been confirmed dead inside the Parliament building.",left
14038,Shooter at Canadian Parliament,['World'],1 Wounded Near Canada's Parliament As Police Seek More Assailants,NPR (Online News),"Witnesses in the Canadian capital, Ottawa, say a gunman shot at least one person near the National War Memorial then ran into the main Parliament building, where dozens of shots were fired. Police say they are looking for one or more assailants.",left
14039,Shooter at Canadian Parliament,['World'],"Gunmen open fire at Canadian Parliament building; soldier down, 1 shooter possibly on loose",Fox News (Online News),"Multiple gunmen opened fire at the Canadian Parliament complex, shooting at least one soldier and spraying as many as 30 shots inside the government building just two days after a terror attack in Quebec shook the nation, officials said.
The shots rang out just before 10 a.m., and were quickly followed by reports of ""several shooting incidents in downtown Ottawa,"" according to a tweet from police. The shooting at the government complex came after witnesses said they saw two men jump out of a Toyota Corolla and run toward the...",right
14040,"Debate, Moderators Criticized for Apparent Media Bias","['Media Bias', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'CNN', 'Election 2020', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",CNN Implicitly Took Elizabeth Warren's Side in the Unproven Sexism Accusation Against Bernie Sanders,Reason,"Diehard supports of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) have long believed that the mainstream media finds subtle ways to undermine their candidate—and occasionally their suspicions are well supported. Tuesday night's Democratic debate provided another one of these moments, as the progressive believe-all-victims mantra led CNN's Abby Phillip to presume the truth of the unproven accusation that Sanders privately told Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) that a woman couldn't win the presidency.
The accusation surfaced over the weekend, with the media citing unnamed sources—likely members of the Warren campaign—who claimed that Sanders made...",right
14041,"Debate, Moderators Criticized for Apparent Media Bias","['Media Bias', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'CNN', 'Election 2020', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",CNN moderator criticized for question to Sanders,The Hill,"A CNN debate moderator is coming under criticism for asking Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) what she thought when Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) reportedly told her that a woman could not win the presidential election, seconds after Sanders flatly denied he ever told Warren such a thing.
The different accounts from Sanders and Warren of the conversation at their December 2018 meeting was a highlight of Tuesday night’s debate.
CNN moderator Abby Phillip raised the issue about an hour into the two-hour debate, asking Sanders about CNN’s report of the conversation....",center
14042,"Debate, Moderators Criticized for Apparent Media Bias","['Media Bias', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'CNN', 'Election 2020', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","At the Iowa Debate, Bernie Sanders' Most Vociferous Opponent Was CNN",The Intercept,"AHEAD OF THE August 2015 Fox News debate, the company’s chair, Rupert Murdoch, issued a directive to debate moderator Megyn Kelly: The Donald Trump thing has gone on long enough, it’s time to take him down. Kelly took a bat to candidate Trump, listing off his most misogynistic remarks, asking how he could explain them to voters. But Trump ended up winning that war.
Democrats assembled in Iowa Tuesday night for the opportunity to take him on in the upcoming general election. This time, though, it was CNN moderators who...",left
14043,Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Texas' Anti-Censorship Social Media Law,"['Big Tech', 'Censorship', 'Content Moderation', 'Courts', 'Social Media', 'Social Media Bias', 'Supreme Court', 'Technology', 'Texas']",Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas social media law,The Hill,"A Texas law that would bar social media companies from taking action on hate speech and disinformation was temporarily blocked Tuesday in a rare 5-4 Supreme Court ruling. 
Justices John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer ruled in favor of tech industry groups looking to block the law, with Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Elena Kagan dissenting. 
The decision is a win for tech groups pushing back on laws coming from Republican-controlled state legislatures that seek to put barriers on social media companies’ ability to moderate content. 
A case on the law itself may wind up...",center
14044,Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Texas' Anti-Censorship Social Media Law,"['Big Tech', 'Censorship', 'Content Moderation', 'Courts', 'Social Media', 'Social Media Bias', 'Supreme Court', 'Technology', 'Texas']",Supreme Court blocks Texas social media moderation ban,The Verge,"A Texas law that would have banned much social media moderation is once again on hold. In a 5-4 ruling handed down today, the Supreme Court vacated an earlier decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, meaning that HB 20 — which forbids banning, demonetizing, or downranking Texas users’ posts based on “viewpoint” — will be blocked while a lawsuit over its constitutionality proceeds. A lower court had already blocked the law in 2021 before the Fifth Circuit unblocked it this May.
NetChoice and the Computer and Communications Industry Association...",left
14045,Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Texas' Anti-Censorship Social Media Law,"['Big Tech', 'Censorship', 'Content Moderation', 'Courts', 'Social Media', 'Social Media Bias', 'Supreme Court', 'Technology', 'Texas']",Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas anti-censorship social media law,Washington Examiner,"The Supreme Court temporarily blocked Texas's controversial, Republican-backed social media law that would have banned major platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube from censoring most content.
In a 5-4 vote Tuesday, the justices granted an emergency request from tech industry associations to block a lower court order that would have allowed the law to take hold, pending legal challenges.
H.B. 20, a Republican-backed anti-Big Tech law that stops social media companies from restricting users due to their political beliefs, was reinstated by a federal appeals court earlier this month, paving the way temporarily for Texans to...",right
14046,Supreme Court Refuses to Halt NY Subpoena for Trump Tax Records,"['Supreme Court', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Tax Returns', 'Banking And Finance', 'Courts', 'New York', 'Manhattan District Attorney']",Supreme Court won’t halt turnover of Trump’s tax records,Associated Press Fact Check,"In a significant defeat for former President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to step in to halt the turnover of his tax records to a New York state prosecutor.
The court’s action is the apparent culmination of a lengthy legal battle that had already reached the high court once before.
Trump’s tax records are not supposed to become public as part of prosecutors’ criminal investigation, but the high court’s action is a blow to Trump because he has long fought on so many fronts to keep his...",left
14047,Supreme Court Refuses to Halt NY Subpoena for Trump Tax Records,"['Supreme Court', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Tax Returns', 'Banking And Finance', 'Courts', 'New York', 'Manhattan District Attorney']",Justices will not block New York grand jury subpoena for Trump’s records,SCOTUSblog,"The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for a New York grand jury to obtain former President Donald Trump’s financial records. Over four months after Trump asked them to intervene, the justices turned down a request by the former president to stay a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit that permits Cyrus Vance, the district attorney for Manhattan, to enforce a subpoena to Mazars USA, the president’s longtime accountant. Monday’s order means that Vance and the grand jury likely will finally acquire eight years...",center
14048,Supreme Court Refuses to Halt NY Subpoena for Trump Tax Records,"['Supreme Court', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Tax Returns', 'Banking And Finance', 'Courts', 'New York', 'Manhattan District Attorney']",Supreme Court won’t block Trump’s tax returns from Manhattan prosecutors,New York Post (News),"The Supreme Court on Monday declined to step in to halt the release of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns from Manhattan prosecutors who are probing the Trump Organization.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance is investigating alleged insurance and bank fraud by Trump’s real estate company and has subpoenaed eight years’ worth of financial records from Trump’s accounting firm Mazars USA LLP.
Trump’s tax records are not supposed to become public as part of prosecutors’ investigation
In a statement responding to the Supreme Court’s decision, Vance’s office said, “The work...",right
14049,"AG Barr Has No Plan To Appoint Special Counsel on Hunter Biden, Election Fraud","['Justice Department', 'William Barr', 'White House', 'Hunter Biden', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Justice']","Barr will not appoint special counsels to probe Trump's election fraud claims, or Hunter Biden",Reuters,"U.S. Attorney General William Barr has no plans to appoint special counsels to investigate President-elect Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, or to investigate President Donald Trump’s unfounded claims of election fraud, he said on Monday.
Speaking to reporters two days before he plans to step down from his position as the nation’s top law enforcement official, Barr once again distanced himself from Trump’s claims, contrary to evidence, that his election defeat was the result of widespread fraud.
Barr, one of Trump’s staunchest supporters, said he saw “no basis” for the...",center
14050,"AG Barr Has No Plan To Appoint Special Counsel on Hunter Biden, Election Fraud","['Justice Department', 'William Barr', 'White House', 'Hunter Biden', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Justice']",Barr says no need for special counsels to investigate election or Hunter Biden,CNN (Online News),"Attorney General William Barr on Monday rejected several of President Donald Trump's inflammatory and unfounded statements regarding the presidential election, saying at a news conference that he doesn't plan to appoint a special counsel to investigate President-elect Joe Biden's son Hunter or the election.
""If I thought a special counsel at this stage was a right tool and was appropriate, I would name one, but I haven't and I'm not going to,"" Barr said in response to a question on the presidential election. He said that widespread fraud wasn't found...",left
14051,"AG Barr Has No Plan To Appoint Special Counsel on Hunter Biden, Election Fraud","['Justice Department', 'William Barr', 'White House', 'Hunter Biden', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Justice']",Barr rejects special counsels for Hunter Biden or voter fraud,Washington Examiner,"Attorney General William Barr said he had rejected the idea of appointing a special counsel either to investigate Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, or to look into President Trump’s allegations of voter fraud, and said he did not believe that the federal government should seize any voting machines either.
Barr, who appeared at a Justice Department press conference to announce charges against a Libyan intelligence officer and bomb maker whom the U.S. believes played a key role in the terrorist attack which brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland,...",right
14052,Would Elon Musk's Takeover of Twitter Be Good or Bad?,"['Technology', 'Social Media', 'Big Tech', 'Twitter', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Elon Musk']",Three cheers for Elon Musk’s bid to buy Twitter and protect free speech,New York Post (Opinion),"“I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy,” Elon Musk explains. Hear, hear!
Whatever Twitter’s potential, it’s a potent forum already — but far from a free-speech icon. And Musk’s takeover bid (he’s offered $43 billion) aims to fix that.
That’s throwing Twitter’s censorious staff into a tizzy. They just can’t handle the idea of letting people say things they don’t like to hear.
Hence the company’s...",right
14053,Would Elon Musk's Takeover of Twitter Be Good or Bad?,"['Technology', 'Social Media', 'Big Tech', 'Twitter', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Elon Musk']",How ‘free speech absolutist’ Elon Musk would transform Twitter,Guest Writer - Center,"It turns out he wasn’t in “goblin mode” after all. Last week Elon Musk, in his characteristically antic manner, tweeted a series of suggestions for improving Twitter after he was revealed to have become its largest individual shareholder. They ranged from asking if the site’s HQ should be turned into a homeless shelter to whether advertising should be removed from the platform’s premium service.
Many of these tweets were subsequently deleted, including one sharing a meme depicting the attorney Saul Goodman from the series Breaking Bad with the words: “In all...",center
14054,Would Elon Musk's Takeover of Twitter Be Good or Bad?,"['Technology', 'Social Media', 'Big Tech', 'Twitter', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Elon Musk']",Elon Musk is the last person who should take over Twitter,Max Boot,"I woke up Thursday morning to the news that Elon Musk, the world’s richest troll, wants to buy Twitter, one of the world’s most influential social media platforms. So I went on Twitter and wrote: “I am frightened by the impact on society and politics if Elon Musk acquires Twitter. He seems to believe that on social media anything goes. For democracy to survive, we need more content moderation, not less.”
The hyperbolic reaction was a sight to behold. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who had one of her Twitter accounts permanently suspended for spreading covid-19...",left
14055,Over 130 Secret Service Agents Quarantined Due To COVID-19 Outbreak,"['Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Secret Service', 'White House', 'Trump Rallies']",More than 130 Secret Service officers are said to be infected with coronavirus or quarantining in wake of Trump’s campaign travel,Washington Post,"More than 130 Secret Service officers who help protect the White House and the president when he travels have recently been ordered to isolate or quarantine because they tested positive for the coronavirus or had close contact with infected co-workers, according to three people familiar with agency staffing.
The spread of the coronavirus — which has sidelined roughly 10 percent of the agency’s core security team — is believed to be partly linked to a series of campaign rallies that President Trump held in the weeks before the Nov. 3...",left
14056,Over 130 Secret Service Agents Quarantined Due To COVID-19 Outbreak,"['Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Secret Service', 'White House', 'Trump Rallies']",More than 130 Secret Service officers reportedly under coronavirus quarantine,Axios,"More than 130 Secret Service officers are quarantining due to positive coronavirus tests or exposure to a co-worker who has tested positive, the Washington Post reports.
Why it matters: Officials told the Post that they believe the cases at least partly stem from President Trump's run of campaign rallies before Election Day. The number of officers forced off-duty — roughly 10% of its core security team — could stress the Secret Service at large, forcing overtime and missed days off to make up for the strain.
""Being down more than...",center
14057,Over 130 Secret Service Agents Quarantined Due To COVID-19 Outbreak,"['Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Secret Service', 'White House', 'Trump Rallies']",Over 130 Secret Service agents isolating amid White House COVID-19 outbreak,New York Post (News),"More than 130 Secret Service agents assigned to protecting the White House or President Trump are isolating after they tested positive for the coronavirus or had contact with an infected colleague, according to a new report.
The outbreak has been linked to the slew of rallies that Trump did in the weeks before the Nov. 3 presidential election and has sidelined approximately 10 percent of the agency’s core security team, the Washington Post reported Friday.",right
14058,Changes to the Democratic Platform,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Clinton Reaffirms Support For Public Option In Bid For Sanders Supporters,HuffPost,Hillary Clinton reaffirmed her support on Saturday for creating a “public option” within Obamacare and allowing people to enroll in Medicare at age 55.,left
14059,Changes to the Democratic Platform,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']","In nod to Sanders, Clintons offers new health care proposals",Washington Times,"In another nod to primary rival Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton is proposing to increase federal money for community health centers and outlining steps to expand access to health care across the nation.
Clinton’s campaign says the proposal is part of her plan to provide universal health care coverage in the United States. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee also is reaffirming her support for a public-option insurance plan and for expanding Medicare by letting people age 55 year and older opt in.",right
14060,Changes to the Democratic Platform,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']","In platform fight, Sanders loses on trade but wins on minimum wage",CNN (Online News),"Bernie Sanders' campaign is declaring victory after striking deals with Hillary Clinton's allies over climate change, health care and a $15-an-hour minimum wage as Democrats finalized the party's 2016 platform.
The primary rivals' negotiators never found common ground on trade -- with Clint",left
14061,New York Times Releases Investigation of Trump's Tax Returns; Trump Calls it 'Fake News',"['Trump Tax Returns', 'Taxes']",The Ordinary Taxpayer’s Guide To The Extraordinary Story Of Trump’s Tax Returns,Forbes,"I haven’t seen President Trump’s tax returns. I’m going to start there. No matter how many times I’ve been asked today to offer my “take” on the returns, I can’t give a more honest answer than, “I haven’t seen the returns.”
I have, however, read the very detailed article from the New York Times NYT +0.2%, which can be found here. I’m not inclined to summarize it for you - you can read it on your own - and I’m not going to do an op-ed on the piece. If...",center
14062,New York Times Releases Investigation of Trump's Tax Returns; Trump Calls it 'Fake News',"['Trump Tax Returns', 'Taxes']",Long-Concealed Records Show Trump's Chronic Losses And Years of Tax Avoidance,New York Times (News),"The Times obtained Donald Trump’s tax information extending over more than two decades, revealing struggling properties, vast write-offs, an audit battle and hundreds of millions in debt coming due.
Donald J. Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes the year he won the presidency. In his first year in the White House, he paid another $750.
He had paid no income taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years — largely because he reported losing much more money than he made.
As the president wages a re-election campaign...",left
14063,New York Times Releases Investigation of Trump's Tax Returns; Trump Calls it 'Fake News',"['Trump Tax Returns', 'Taxes']",'Fake news': Trump denies New York Times report on his tax returns,Washington Examiner,"President Trump denied a report that said he paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and his first year in office.
The New York Times published a report on Trump's financial information, which he has long kept out of public view, about half an hour before the president held a news conference in the White House on Sunday. The report also comes two days before the first presidential debate against Joe Biden and 37 days ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
Asked to respond to the New York...",right
14064,"Trump, Biden and Pence Visit Georgia Ahead of the State's Senate Runoff Elections","['Elections', 'Georgia State Runoff', 'US Senate']",Georgia Senate runoff on pace for record-setting vote haul,Fox News (Online News),"At least 3 million people have already cast early votes in the Georgia runoff elections, in what has been a 2-month sprint that will likely determine which party gets the majority in the U.S. Senate.
Those numbers were more than half of the record-setting 4.9 million total voters in the state who cast in the general election.
Both Georgia Senate seats – and control of the chamber – will be up for grabs on Tuesday as Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler aim to hold off Democrats Jon Ossoff and...",right
14065,"Trump, Biden and Pence Visit Georgia Ahead of the State's Senate Runoff Elections","['Elections', 'Georgia State Runoff', 'US Senate']","Georgia’s unique runoff system shaped by long, complicated history",Atlanta Journal-Constitution,"Georgians sifting through piles of campaign mail mixed in with their holiday cards can blame the state’s unique runoff system, which has survived multiple legal and political challenges since it originated more than 100 years ago.
Georgia is one of 10 states, mainly in the deep South, that require a runoff if no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast in a primary election. But Georgia is alone in mandating runoffs in general elections, which is how the state is hosting two Senate contests on Jan. 5 that will...",left
14066,"Trump, Biden and Pence Visit Georgia Ahead of the State's Senate Runoff Elections","['Elections', 'Georgia State Runoff', 'US Senate']",It All Comes Down To This — 2 Georgia Races That Will Determine Control Of The Senate,NPR (Online News),"The political world has trained its focus on Georgia's two U.S. Senate races, which will settle the kind of Senate that President-elect Joe Biden will be dealing with.
The races, taking place Tuesday — the day before Biden is slated to be certified by Congress as the winner of the 2020 presidential election — are expected to be close. Consider that Biden won the rapidly changing but previously traditionally Republican state by fewer than 12,000 votes.
Two wins for Democrats, and they will control the Senate, along with the White...",left
14067,House Leaders Weaken Ethics Office,"['US House', 'Politics']",Trump blasts House GOP for ‘weakening’ ethics office,Washington Times,"President-elect Donald Trump blasted House Republicans Tuesday for attempting to weaken their own independent ethics watchdog, saying they have a lot of bigger things to focus on.",right
14068,House Leaders Weaken Ethics Office,"['US House', 'Politics']",House GOP Votes To Strip Independence From Congressional Ethics Office Listen· 5:29,NPR (Online News),The House Republican Conference voted Monday night to approve a change to House rules to weaken the independence of the Office of Congressional Ethics and place it under the oversight of the House Ethics Committee — a panel controlled by party leaders.,left
14069,House Leaders Weaken Ethics Office,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Republicans To Gut Ethics Watchdog,HuffPost,"As one of their first actions in the new Congress, House Republicans are planning to significantly change the Office of Congressional Ethics, removing the entity’s independence, barring it from investigating anonymous complaints and even changing the group’s name.",left
14070,Trump Refers to Himself as a 'Nationalist',['Politics'],"‘Nationalist’: A president takes a mantle, then shows he means it",Christian Science Monitor,"Is a nationalist simply the opposite of a globalist? Our reporter looks at the term’s various meanings, and what President Trump may be communicating when he uses it.",center
14071,Trump Refers to Himself as a 'Nationalist',['Politics'],Why Donald Trump Declaring Himself A ‘Nationalist’ Is So Loaded,HuffPost,"The president, of all people, knows the dark connotations of this word.",left
14072,Trump Refers to Himself as a 'Nationalist',['Politics'],"Trump defends describing self as 'nationalist,' says it's about American pride, prosperity",Washington Times,President Trump said Tuesday he’s a proud “nationalist” for American superiority and rejected a reporter’s suggestion that the word is a sneaky signal to white supremacists.,right
14073,Perspectives on Rush Limbaugh Receiving Medal of Freedom,"['Donald Trump', 'Rush Limbaugh', 'Race', 'Medal Of Freedom', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']","Lil Nas X, Caitlyn Jenner and Carlos Beltran: People who deserve the Medal of Freedom more than Rush Limbaugh",New York Daily News,"Darth Vader, Rosanne Barr, Sammy Sosa, and Lil Nas X. Flo from the Progressive Insurance commercials, RuPaul, Spider-Man and Pete the Cat.
There it is: My list of people more deserving of the Presidential Medal of Freedom than Rush Limbaugh.
The most racist man on the radio was back on the air Wednesday, and in rare form, which isn’t all that noteworthy, except for the fact that the most racist man on the radio was back on the air and in rare form with a Presidential Medal of Freedom around...",left
14074,Perspectives on Rush Limbaugh Receiving Medal of Freedom,"['Donald Trump', 'Rush Limbaugh', 'Race', 'Medal Of Freedom', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']","A ‘trendsetter’ in political media, Rush Limbaugh rode polarizing views to immense success",USA TODAY,"WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Last week was an eventful one for Rush Limbaugh, the conservative radio kingpin who has dominated airwaves for years.
During his show last Monday, Limbaugh, 69, told listeners he has advanced lung cancer, a grim diagnosis. The next evening, Limbaugh cried on live TV as President Donald Trump used the State of the Union address to award the radio host the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.",left
14075,Perspectives on Rush Limbaugh Receiving Medal of Freedom,"['Donald Trump', 'Rush Limbaugh', 'Race', 'Medal Of Freedom', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']",Limbaugh: A Genius at Radio,Victor Hanson,"Genius is often defined in myriad ways. One trusted criterion is the ability to do something extraordinary in a field where others could not — and doing something that perhaps will never be done again by anyone else.
By that measure, Rush Limbaugh certainly is the genius of talk radio, a genre in which he not merely excelled but that he also singlehandedly reinvented as something entirely different — and entirely more powerful and instrumental in American life — from what was imaginable pre-Limbaugh.
Even stranger still, his ascendance coincided...",right
14076,"263,000 Jobs Added in September, Unemployment Down to 3.5%","['Economy And Jobs', 'Federal Reserve', 'Jerome Powell', 'Interest Rates', 'Unemployment Rate', 'Jobs', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics']",September jobs report could solidify another super-sized Fed rate hike,Fox Business,"U.S. job growth softened in September for the second straight month, but hiring likely remained healthy enough for the Federal Reserve to approve another jumbo interest rate hike when it meets in November.
Employers added 263,000 jobs in September, the Labor Department said in its monthly payroll report released Friday, beating the 250,000 jobs forecast by Refinitiv economists. The unemployment rate, meanwhile, unexpectedly dropped to 3.5%, matching a five-decade low, from 3.7% the previous month. 
Average hourly earnings also continued to rise, climbing 0.3% in September, to $32.46 an hour. ",right
14077,"263,000 Jobs Added in September, Unemployment Down to 3.5%","['Economy And Jobs', 'Federal Reserve', 'Jerome Powell', 'Interest Rates', 'Unemployment Rate', 'Jobs', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics']",Another month of solid US hiring suggests more big Fed hikes,Associated Press,"America’s employers slowed their hiring in September but still added 263,000 jobs, a solid figure that will likely keep the Federal Reserve on pace to keep raising interest rates aggressively to fight persistently high inflation.
Friday’s government report showed that hiring fell from 315,000 in August to the weakest monthly gain since April 2021. The unemployment rate dropped from 3.7% to 3.5%, matching a half-century low.
The Fed is hoping that a slower pace of hiring would eventually mean less pressure on employers to raise pay and pass those costs...",left
14078,"263,000 Jobs Added in September, Unemployment Down to 3.5%","['Economy And Jobs', 'Federal Reserve', 'Jerome Powell', 'Interest Rates', 'Unemployment Rate', 'Jobs', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics']",U.S. job growth strong in September as labor market forges ahead,Reuters,"U.S. employers hired more workers than expected in September, while the unemployment rate dropped to 3.5%, pointing to a tight labor market which keeps the Federal Reserve on its aggressive monetary policy tightening campaign for a while.
Though the 0.2 point decline in the jobless rate from 3.7% in August was partly because of people leaving the workforce, the Labor Department's closely watched employment report on Friday also showed fewer Americans working part-time for economic reasons last month. The labor market continues to show resilience despite the Fed's stiff interest...",center
14079,Obama Lawyers Send Cease-And-Desist Letter to Pro-Trump Super PAC,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Barack Obama', 'South Carolina', 'Advertising', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",Barack Obama Sends Cease-and-Desist Letter Over South Carolina Republican Ad Attacking Joe Biden,BET,"Former president Barack Obama has not spoken out much about the South Carolina Democratic primary. However, after a Republician attack ad implied that former vice president Joe Biden supports ""plantation politics,” Obama is now speaking out via a cease-and-desist letter, CNN reports.
Drafted by Perkins Coie, the law office representing Obama, the letter read in part, ""This unauthorized use of President Obama's name, image, likeness, voice and book passage is clearly intended to mislead the target audience of the ad into believing that the passage from the audiobook is a...",left
14080,Obama Lawyers Send Cease-And-Desist Letter to Pro-Trump Super PAC,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Barack Obama', 'South Carolina', 'Advertising', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",Obama demands pro-Trump group's ad be pulled in South Carolina,The Hill,"Former President Obama's attorneys say they plan to file a cease-and-desist letter over a pro-Trump group's television ad in South Carolina that attacks former Vice President Joe Biden by using a portion of Obama's book out of context.
Obama is also demanding that all South Carolina television stations immediately stop running the ad from the Committee to Defend the President, which is aimed at supporting President Trump's reelection bid.
""This despicable ad is straight out of the Republican disinformation playbook, and it’s clearly designed to suppress turnout among minority voters...",center
14081,Obama Lawyers Send Cease-And-Desist Letter to Pro-Trump Super PAC,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Barack Obama', 'South Carolina', 'Advertising', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",Obama attorneys issue cease-and-desist over anti-Biden ad,Washington Times,"Attorneys for President Barack Obama are sending a cease-and-desist letter demanding that South Carolina broadcast stations stop airing a misleading ad from a pro-Donald Trump political action committee that makes it sound like Obama is criticizing his former vice president, Joe Biden.
The ad is part of $250,000 in spending by The Committee to Defend the President. It misuses a snippet from an audio version of Obama’s book “Dreams from My Father” to make it sound as though Obama is criticizing Biden’s support of the black community. He’s actually recalling...",right
14082,Perspectives: Media Bias and Ivermectin Misinformation,"['Media Bias', 'Ivermectin', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Misinformation And Disinformation', 'Coronavirus']",How Is the Media Still Screwing Up Covid Stories?,New Republic,"There is already so much bad news about Covid-19 that no one needs to look very hard to find it. On Memorial Day, the United States was hovering around 25,000 new cases a day; on Labor Day, the figure is more than six times higher. The daily death total is about where it was last Thanksgiving. Deaths in Louisiana and Florida alone are outpacing those in the United Kingdom. More than 100,000 are hospitalized across the country. Not so long ago, it seemed we were on the verge of turning a corner—either to a return to...",left
14083,Perspectives: Media Bias and Ivermectin Misinformation,"['Media Bias', 'Ivermectin', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Misinformation And Disinformation', 'Coronavirus']",How a story about ivermectin and hospital beds went wrong,Columbia Journalism Review,"Last week, KFOR, a local news outlet in Oklahoma, published a story that contained some terrifying information: so many people in the state were hospitalized due to overdoses of ivermectin—a drug originally designed for horses, which some anti-vaccine sources have promoted (incorrectly) as a defense against COVID-19—that there was no room in intensive-care units for other patients, including those with gunshot wounds. The story contained quotes from an interview with Dr. Jason McElyea, a local physician, and was quickly picked up by a number of national outlets, including Rolling Stone magazine, the Guardian, Newsweek magazine, and Business Insider. A producer for...",center
14084,Perspectives: Media Bias and Ivermectin Misinformation,"['Media Bias', 'Ivermectin', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Misinformation And Disinformation', 'Coronavirus']",Whatever Happened to the Journalistic B.S. Detector?,Kyle Smith,"At some point the journalistic injunction, “If your mother says she loves you, check it out” became “If it fits the Narrative, don’t bother to check it out.”
Rolling Stone — which really ought to know better by now — just ran the mother of all journalistic corrections when it nuked its own weekend story about how gunshot victims were supposedly going begging at several Oklahoma hospitals because the emergency rooms were being overwhelmed with patients who had overdosed on ivermectin. Rachel Maddow and a lot of other progressive stalwarts tweeted out their own versions of the...",right
14085,Shutdown Ends While Border Wall Negotiations Continue,"['Politics', 'Donald Trump']",Trump says 'we'll do the emergency' if border talks fail,Washington Times,President Trump repeated his vow Friday to declare a national emergency on the southern border if Democrats refuse to grant his request for border wall funding over the next three weeks.,right
14086,Shutdown Ends While Border Wall Negotiations Continue,"['Politics', 'Donald Trump']",Trump backs down to end painful shutdown temporarily,BBC News,President Donald Trump has yielded to political pressure to end the longest US government shutdown in history.,center
14087,Shutdown Ends While Border Wall Negotiations Continue,"['Politics', 'Donald Trump']","‘Complete, total surrender’: Why Trump waved the white flag",Politico,The sudden erosion of support from Senate Republicans ultimately forced Trump’s hand.,left
14088,Mainstream Media Outlets Confirm Key Details of Hunter Biden Laptop Story,"['China', 'Conflict Of Interest', 'Corruption', 'Department Of Justice', 'Energy', 'Ethics Investigation', 'Hunter Biden', 'Hunter Biden Laptop', 'Joe Biden', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry']",The Washington Post Finally Gets Around to Confirming the Hunter Biden Laptop Story,National Review,"On Wednesday, the Washington Post published two articles confirming key details of the Hunter Biden laptop story. Their inquiry into the matter comes just a year and a half after the existence of the laptop and its contents was first reported by the New York Post, and after the authenticity of the emails found on the laptop had been confirmed by most of the paper’s competitors.
The first of the twin Washington Post articles stated that “two experts confirm the veracity of thousands of emails,” while the second explains how the emails shed light on a lucrative deal with CEFC China Energy...",right
14089,Mainstream Media Outlets Confirm Key Details of Hunter Biden Laptop Story,"['China', 'Conflict Of Interest', 'Corruption', 'Department Of Justice', 'Energy', 'Ethics Investigation', 'Hunter Biden', 'Hunter Biden Laptop', 'Joe Biden', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry']",Inside Hunter Biden’s multimillion-dollar deals with a Chinese energy company,Washington Post,"The deal was years in the making, the culmination of forging contacts, hosting dinners, of flights to and from China. But on Aug. 2, 2017, signatures were quickly affixed, one from Hunter Biden, the other from a Chinese executive named Gongwen Dong.
Within days, a new Cathay Bank account was created. Within a week, millions of dollars started to change hands.
Within a year, it would all begin to collapse.
While many aspects of Hunter Biden’s financial arrangement with CEFC China Energy have been previously reported and were included in...",left
14090,Mainstream Media Outlets Confirm Key Details of Hunter Biden Laptop Story,"['China', 'Conflict Of Interest', 'Corruption', 'Department Of Justice', 'Energy', 'Ethics Investigation', 'Hunter Biden', 'Hunter Biden Laptop', 'Joe Biden', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry']",Biden’s ‘absolute’ defense of Hunter leaves media and Justice Department in a muddle,The Hill,"“We absolutely stand by the president’s comment.” With those words, White House communications director Kate Bedingfield reaffirmed that President Biden maintains his son Hunter Biden did “nothing [that] was unethical” and never “made money” in China.
Those claims appear demonstrably false — and they make the positions of both the media and Attorney General Merrick Garland absolutely untenable.
For the media, the ongoing investigation of Hunter Biden by U.S. Attorney David Weiss in Delaware has presented a growing danger of self-indictment over its prior coverage (or noncoverage). Weiss has called a long line of witnesses before a...",center
14091,Senate to Vote on Temporary Spending Bill to Prevent Government Shutdown,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to offer bill to avoid federal government shutdown,USA TODAY,Lawmakers edged closer Wednesday toward a temporary measure that would fund the government a few more weeks but would put off key spending decisions until next year.,left
14092,Senate to Vote on Temporary Spending Bill to Prevent Government Shutdown,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate teeing up stopgap bill to fund government through Feb. 8,Washington Times,Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday announced plans to roll out a stopgap funding bill that would keep the government running through Feb. 8 and avert a,right
14093,Senate to Vote on Temporary Spending Bill to Prevent Government Shutdown,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Senate to pass bill that would keep government open, deny Trump wall funding",Washington Post,"The Senate intends to pass a short-term spending bill that would keep the government open through Feb. 8 but deny President Trump the money he wants for his border wall, Majority",left
14094,Featured: Economic Inequality,['Inequality'],The Politics of US: The shrinking middle class,Christian Science Monitor,Second in a 10-part weekly series. The Politics of US looks at polarizing topics to help deepen understanding of the issues – and respect for those with differing views. This installment looks at how – despite good news Tuesday – the decline of the middle class is recasting politics.,center
14095,Featured: Economic Inequality,['Inequality'],Inequality Issue Page,AllSides,News from different perspectives on inequality.,center
14096,Featured: Economic Inequality,['Inequality'],Economic Inequality Dialogues and Conversations,AllSides,"Join others from across the political spectrum in a civil, respectful conversation about inequality, specifically economic inequality. Here are some different ways you can do that.",center
14097,Lois Lerner Retires From IRS,"['Treasury', 'Banking And Finance']",Central figure in IRS tea party controversy resigns,Washington Post,IRS official Lois Lerner had invoked her Fifth Amendment right rather than testify at a congressional hearing.,left
14098,Lois Lerner Retires From IRS,"['Treasury', 'Banking And Finance']",Why retirement of Lois Lerner doesn't end IRS tea party scandal (+video),Christian Science Monitor,The controversy over the IRS targeting of tea party groups for extra scrutiny has been a political boon to conservatives.,center
14099,Lois Lerner Retires From IRS,"['Treasury', 'Banking And Finance']","Lois Lerner, IRS official in tea party scandal, forced out for 'neglect of duties'",Washington Times,"Lois G. Lerner, the woman at the center of the IRS tea party targeting scandal, retired from the agency Monday morning after an internal investigation found she was guilty of neglect of duties and was going to call for her ouster, according to congressional staff.",right
14100,Congress Works to Avoid Government Shutdown,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",We’re not out of the woods yet: A government shutdown is still a possibility going into Christmas,Washington Post,"After Republicans passed a major tax rewrite on Wednesday, budget experts thought there was no way Congress would let the government shut down days later.
But we can't entirely rule out a shutdown going into Congress's Christmas break. Lawmakers have until midnight Friday to pass a spending bill to keep the government open, and Republican leaders don't have a plan for how to do that.",left
14101,Congress Works to Avoid Government Shutdown,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Congress to push stop-gap funding bill to avert shutdown,Reuters,"Republicans in the U.S. Congress plan to move forward with a plan that will keep the federal government operating past Friday when funding expires and also directs some funds toward defense and health, according to a copy of the bill released on Thursday.",center
14102,Congress Works to Avoid Government Shutdown,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",House rules panel to meet Thursday in bid to avoid government shutdown,Fox News (Online News),"There is a very distinct possibility there could be a government shutdown after 11:59 p.m. ET Friday.
But first, the House Rules Committee plans to meet Thursday, likely starting at 8 a.m., to prepare a stopgap government spending bill that they can present later Thursday to avoid a shutdown, Fox News has learned.",right
14103,John Kelly for Homeland Security,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump picks retired Marine Gen. John Kelly to head Homeland Security,Chicago Tribune,"Retired Marine Gen. John Kelly carved out a reputation as a highly respected, but often outspoken commander who could roil debate with blunt assessments or unpopular directives on issues ranging from women in combat to the treatment of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention center.",center
14104,John Kelly for Homeland Security,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']","Trump Praises Obama, Names Cabinet Pick for Homeland Security",CBN,President-elect Donald Trump has appointed retired Marine General John Kelly to serve as his Secretary of Homeland Security.,right
14105,John Kelly for Homeland Security,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']","Donald Trump Picks John Kelly, Retired General, to Lead Homeland Security",New York Times (News),"President-elect Donald J. Trump has settled on Gen. John F. Kelly, a retired four-star Marine general whose son was killed in combat in Afghanistan, as his choice for secretary of Homeland Security, putting a seasoned commander with personal experience of the costs of war in charge of protecting the nation’s borders.",left
14106,"11-Year Bull Market Ends as Volatility, Coronavirus Fears Plague Wall Street","['Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Wall Street', 'Stock Market', 'Banking And Finance']",The Dow just tumbled into a bear market — here’s how long those downturns last on average,MarketWatch,"It’s the end of a bullish era for the stock market and the beginning of a new phase of bearishness, after a sharp plunge for risk assets on Wednesday pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average into bear-market territory for the first time in more than a decade.
U.S. equity indexes on Wednesday mostly resumed a downtrend that saw all three major U.S. equity gauges touch bear-market territory, commonly defined as a decline of at least 20% from a recent peak. The declines deepened after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19,...",center
14107,"11-Year Bull Market Ends as Volatility, Coronavirus Fears Plague Wall Street","['Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Wall Street', 'Stock Market', 'Banking And Finance']",Wall Street ends 11-year ‘bull market’ as coronavirus fears spread,The Guardian,"Wall Street’s record-breaking 11-year “bull market” came to an end on Wednesday as fears about the spreading Covid-19 pandemic hit stock markets again.
US stock markets have been on an unprecedented streak since 2009, a bull market of gains. On Wednesday investors sold off shares across all sectors after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic for the first time and criticized “alarming levels of inaction” by governments in corralling the virus.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down over 1,400 points, 5.8%. After days of wild fluctuations,...",left
14108,"11-Year Bull Market Ends as Volatility, Coronavirus Fears Plague Wall Street","['Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Wall Street', 'Stock Market', 'Banking And Finance']",Futures are rebounding Wednesday night after Dow closes in bear market. Traders await Trump,CNBC,"Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes were higher on Wednesday night after the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended its historic 11-year bull market run by closing in a bear market.
Dow futures were up more than 200 points. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures were also higher.
President Donald Trump will deliver an Oval Office speech at 9 p.m. ET in an effort to address questions and concerns about the spread of the novel coronavirus. The president is expected to unveil details of his economic stimulus plan...",center
14109,DeVos Commission to Reconsider Obama-era Disciplinary Guidelines for Minority Students,['Education'],DeVos commission to mull Obama ‘Rethink School Discipline’ policies,The Hill,A commission led by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will reconsider the Obama administration's guidance for school disciplinary policies.,center
14110,DeVos Commission to Reconsider Obama-era Disciplinary Guidelines for Minority Students,['Education'],Trump Blames School Shootings On An Obama Policy That Helps Minority Students Avoid Discrimination,Bustle,"As part of his new effort to focus on school safety in response to the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, President Trump has returned to an old punching bag: his predecessor. Trump's school safety commission will investigate an Obama policy originally meant to help minority students avoid disciplinary discrimination. The policy, despite its success in some areas, has come under fire in conservative circles because of a perception that it lets dangerous individuals avoid punishment.",left
14111,DeVos Commission to Reconsider Obama-era Disciplinary Guidelines for Minority Students,['Education'],Obama directive easing school discipline for minority students fueling classroom chaos,Washington Times,"The Trump administration is being accused of racism for targeting an Obama-era directive compelling schools to ease up on discipline for minority students — even though the policy has made life more difficult for kids, including minorities, stuck in increasingly unruly classrooms.",right
14112,Trump to Pardon Scooter Libby,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump wants to pardon Scooter Libby to signal his willingness to free anyone, and to tick off Comey",Daily Kos,"On Thursday evening, news emerged that Donald Trump intended to pardon former Dick Cheney chief of staff Lewis “Scooter” Libby.",left
14113,Trump to Pardon Scooter Libby,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Has Signed Off on Pardon Long Sought by Conservatives,The Daily Caller,"President Donald Trump has signed off on a pardon for I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, who was convicted in 2007 of perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false statements.",right
14114,Trump to Pardon Scooter Libby,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump to pardon Scooter Libby, Bush official convicted of lying to FBI",USA TODAY,"President Trump has signed off on a pardon for Scooter Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff who was convicted in 2007 of obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI, according to media reports.",left
14115,New Security Appointments,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama’s Choices Reflect Change in Foreign Tone,New York Times (News),"President Obama named Susan E. Rice and Samantha Power to major national security posts on Wednesday, promoting two outspoken voices for humanitarian intervention on a foreign policy team known for its deep caution in dealing with conflicts abroad.",left
14116,New Security Appointments,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Confidantes Get Key Security Jobs,Wall Street Journal (News),President Barack Obama further tightened his control of U.S. foreign policy Wednesday by tapping a pair of trusted advisers for key national-security roles.,center
14117,New Security Appointments,"['White House', 'Politics']",Romney: Obama's Appointment of Rice 'Disappointing',Newsmax (News),"Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama's choice of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice as national security adviser is ""a disappointing appointment"" because she misled the American people about what happened in Benghazi, Libya last year.
""I think what she did was to very seriously mislead the American people about what happened in Benghazi. My greatest concern about the Benghazi events was the fact there was not a rescue effort attempted.And that is very troubling to me,"" the 2012 GOP presidential nominee said in an interview with CNN to be broadcast...",right
14118,Biden Approval Ratings Remain Low,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Opinion', 'Approval Ratings', 'Politics']",Biden Job Approval Down Most Among Younger Generations,Gallup,"Joe Biden's recent job approval ratings, which are averaging 14 points lower than those early in his presidency, have declined far more among younger than older generations of Americans. In fact, Biden's job approval has changed relatively little among baby boomers and not at all among traditionalists. As a result, older Americans are now more likely to approve of the president than younger Americans are.
This analysis is based on aggregated Gallup poll data since Biden became president, dividing his presidency into three distinct periods defined by his average approval...",center
14119,Biden Approval Ratings Remain Low,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Opinion', 'Approval Ratings', 'Politics']",Joe Biden's poll numbers just aren't getting any better,CNN (Online News),"With just more than 200 days left until the 2022 election, there's little evidence that President Joe Biden's poll numbers are improving -- and there's some data to suggest things are getting worse.
CNN's poll of polls -- an average of the last four national polls of Americans -- pegs Biden's approval at just 39% with 55% disapproving. Those numbers haven't changed much from the 40% approval/54% disapproval that CNN's poll of polls measured in March or the 41% approval/54% disapproval from mid-January.
They also make clear that the bump Biden...",left
14120,Biden Approval Ratings Remain Low,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Opinion', 'Approval Ratings', 'Politics']",Biden's poll woes worsen as he tumbles into 30s in election year,Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden's polling continues its downward spiral, matching the lowest approval rating of his administration this week, just seven months before the 2022 midterm elections.
And the White House's inability to stem Biden's bloodletting will have down-ballot implications for Democrats in November, potentially kneecapping the president during the second half of his term.
Only one-third of adults approve of Biden, according to Quinnipiac University. A majority, 54%, of respondents disapproved of him. Another 13% did not have an opinion of the president more than a year after his inauguration.
Senate Republican campaigns spokesman T.W. Arrighi quipped...",right
14121,Trump Pushes For Border Wall Prior To Meeting With Top Democrats,['Immigration'],"Trump threatens to have military build border wall if Pelosi, Schumer won’t budge",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump threatened Tuesday to have the military “build the remaining sections” of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, appearing to revive a call to use Pentagon money to finish the project as he braces for a tense meeting with congressional Democratic leaders opposed to the president’s funding request.",right
14122,Trump Pushes For Border Wall Prior To Meeting With Top Democrats,['Immigration'],Trump presses border wall ahead of meeting with top Democrats,Reuters,"President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to go around Congress and utilize the U.S. military to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border if he does not get funding, just hours before he is to meet with the top two Democratic lawmakers.",center
14123,Trump Pushes For Border Wall Prior To Meeting With Top Democrats,['Immigration'],Trump insists border wall 'will get built' ahead of meeting with Dem leaders,Politico,"President Donald Trump pledged Tuesday that his promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border “will get built,” threatening to use the military if need be, while claiming that much progress has already been made on the structure.",left
14124,NY Times Versus Donald Trump Jr.,['Politics'],Trump Jr. Was Told in Email of Russian Effort to Aid Campaign,New York Times (News),"Before arranging a meeting with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer he believed would offer him compromising information about Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Jr. was informed in an email that the material was part of a Russian government effort to aid his father’s candidacy, according to three people with knowledge of the email.",left
14125,NY Times Versus Donald Trump Jr.,['Politics'],Lawyer for Donald Trump Jr. says new NY Times report 'much ado about nothing',Fox News (Online News),A lawyer for Donald Trump Jr. late Monday dismissed a New York Times report that the president's eldest son knew that potentially damaging information on Hillary Clinton was offered as part of a Russian government effort to assist his father in last year's election.,right
14126,NY Times Versus Donald Trump Jr.,['Politics'],Report: Trump Son Informed Russia Meeting Was Effort To Aid His Father's Campaign,NPR (Online News),"Donald Trump Jr. was informed ahead of a June 2016 meeting with a Kremlin-linked lawyer that material damaging to Hillary Clinton that he was offered was ""part of a Russian government effort to aid his father's candidacy,"" the New York Times reported Monday evening.",left
14127,Stocks Continue Volatility Amid Coronavirus Uncertainty,"['Stock Market', 'Wall Street', 'Coronavirus', 'Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs']","Dow closes at 3-year low below 20K, wiping out nearly all of Trump era's gains",Yahoo News,"Stocks were bludgeoned in yet another volatile session on Wednesday, sinking to a three year low with worldwide cases of the coronavirus soaring above 200,000, amid panic selling that nearly wiped out all of the gains made since President Donald Trump was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2017.
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has forced governments around the world to consider stimulus measures and imposing stiff restrictions to prevent further spreading. However, the economic fallout is already being felt, with several indicators deteriorating sharply, and Wall Street predicting a recession this year....",left
14128,Stocks Continue Volatility Amid Coronavirus Uncertainty,"['Stock Market', 'Wall Street', 'Coronavirus', 'Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs']","Dow tumbles more than 1,300 points amid questions whether government action on coronavirus is sufficient",MarketWatch,"U.S. stocks fell sharply again on Wednesday as investors grappled with a flood of plans by governments to limit the economic blow of the COVID-19 outbreak and debated whether the measures will be enough to limit the economic blow.
The S&P 500 index tumbled about 6.3%, while Treasuries looked to extend their biggest yield jump since 2008 on Tuesday as markets braced for a flood of government borrowing. Crude oil prices dropped to an 18-year low and the U.S. dollar rose for a seventh straight day.",center
14129,Stocks Continue Volatility Amid Coronavirus Uncertainty,"['Stock Market', 'Wall Street', 'Coronavirus', 'Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs']","Stocks, Oil and Bonds Drop in Sync as Economic Fears Deepen",Wall Street Journal (News),"Stocks, bonds and commodities fell Wednesday in a simultaneous selloff that suggests investors are seeking to raise cash quickly to cope with the economic disruption sparked by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1,420 points, or 6.7%, to 19818 in midday trading. The S&P 500 dropped 5.8% and the Nasdaq Composite declined 4.6%. All three indexes are down about 30% from their mid-February highs.
Oil, meanwhile, plunged 15% to its lowest level in more than 18 years.",center
14130,Biden Meets With Leaders of Indo-Pacific Democracies in ‘Quad’ Summit,"['Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'World', 'Asia', 'China', 'India', 'Australia', 'Japan', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Technology', 'Cybersecurity']","‘Quad’ summit backs ‘democratic’ Indo-Pacific region, cites Chinese ‘aggression’",South China Morning Post,"US President Joe Biden and the leaders of three major Asia-Pacific countries, an alliance known as the “Quad”, discussed “aggression” and “coercion” against members of the group by China, while agreeing to cooperate on development of 5G and other advanced technologies, in their first summit meeting on Friday.
Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, meeting by means of large flat-screen televisions, discussed China’s “coercion of Australia, their harassment around the Senkaku Islands, their aggression on the border with...",center
14131,Biden Meets With Leaders of Indo-Pacific Democracies in ‘Quad’ Summit,"['Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'World', 'Asia', 'China', 'India', 'Australia', 'Japan', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Technology', 'Cybersecurity']","Biden meets 'Quad' leaders as U.S., allies step up efforts to counter China",NBC News (Online),"President Joe Biden on Friday took part in the first leaders' summit of the informal international alliance known as the ""Quad"" as his administration steps up efforts to deal with China's growing influence.
The group, which also includes India, Japan and Australia, met virtually due to coronavirus restrictions.
Biden began the summit meeting by emphasizing the need for a “free and open” Indo-Pacific region.",left
14132,Biden Meets With Leaders of Indo-Pacific Democracies in ‘Quad’ Summit,"['Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'World', 'Asia', 'China', 'India', 'Australia', 'Japan', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Technology', 'Cybersecurity']",Biden and three world leaders reaffirm commitment to Indo-Pacific region,Washington Examiner,"President Biden reaffirmed his commitment to a ""free, open"" Indo-Pacific region to his fellow ""Quad"" leaders after the four convened for the first time on Friday.
In a joint Saturday op-ed in the Washington Post authored by Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, the four leaders of the intercontinental Quad alliance outlined what they view as the key challenges facing the Indo-Pacific region and reaffirmed their commitment to one another.
""We are proud to announce ... bold steps —...",right
14133,"U.S., China Reach 'Phase One' Trade Deal","['Donald Trump', 'Xi Jinping', 'China', 'US', 'Trade War', 'Tariffs', 'Farmers', 'Agriculture', 'Trade']","China, U.S. Agree on Initial Trade Deal to Remove Some Tariffs",Bloomberg,"China and the U.S. agreed on the text of a phase one trade deal that includes the removal of tariffs on Chinese goods in stages, Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen said, as President Donald Trump confirmed that some levies will be reduced and said the next round of talks will start immediately.
China will increase imports from the U.S. and other countries, Wang said at a briefing in Beijing Friday. Vice Chairman of the National Reform and Development Commission Ning Jizhe added that the specifics of agricultural purchases would be...",left
14134,"U.S., China Reach 'Phase One' Trade Deal","['Donald Trump', 'Xi Jinping', 'China', 'US', 'Trade War', 'Tariffs', 'Farmers', 'Agriculture', 'Trade']",Winners and losers in Trump’s ‘phase one’ China trade deal,Washington Post,"President Trump and China finally agreed to a partial trade deal on Friday, putting the 21-month trade war between the world’s two largest economies on pause — for now.
Trump’s White House rushed to characterize it as “amazing” and “historic.” Top Chinese officials held a rare news conference to emphasize this deal was a win for them that meets the “growing needs of the Chinese people.” Stocks hit record highs Thursday as Wall Street applauded the news, but stocks ended little changed Friday as details trickled out. Democratic leaders and...",left
14135,"U.S., China Reach 'Phase One' Trade Deal","['Donald Trump', 'Xi Jinping', 'China', 'US', 'Trade War', 'Tariffs', 'Farmers', 'Agriculture', 'Trade']","Farmers, manufacturers welcome 'Phase One', but ask Trump for more",Fox News (Online News),"The United States and China agreed to a “Phase One” trade deal Friday that would reduce tariffs on some Chinese goods and could be a boon to American farmers who have been hard hit by the 19-month trade war.
“America’s farmers and ranchers are eager to get back to business globally,” American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall said in a statement. “Progress restoring our ability to be competitive in China is a key component of that and this development is welcome news.”
""For farmers, this could either be the...",right
14136,Senate Advances Farm Bill,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate expected to pass massive 5-year farm bill,Fox News (Online News),The Senate was expected to pass the almost 100 billion-a-year compromise bill Tuesday; the House passed it last week.,right
14137,Senate Advances Farm Bill,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate advances farm bill,Politico,A new five-year farm bill advanced toward final passage Tuesday after a strong bipartisan Senate vote Monday night to limit further debate and expedite action. T,left
14138,Senate Advances Farm Bill,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']",Farm bill on verge of passage after three years of talks,Washington Post,The wide-ranging legislation looks to be a rare bipartisan highlight of a rancorous era on Capitol Hill.,left
14139,Tax Bill Vote Looms in House,"['US House', 'Politics']",House GOP set for big tax win,The Hill,"House Republicans are poised Thursday to pass a sweeping tax-reform package that, if enacted, would deliver the first major legislative victory of the Trump era.",center
14140,Tax Bill Vote Looms in House,"['US House', 'Politics']","Tax bill vote looms in House, with little drama: 'It's eerie'",Fox News (Online News),"“It’s almost like a mirage,” said one senior House Republican aide. “We were just waiting for people to throw sand in the gears.”",right
14141,Tax Bill Vote Looms in House,"['US House', 'Politics']",The House is voting on its tax bill Thursday. Here’s what is in it.,Washington Post,"The big day is finally here for President Trump and GOP House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (Wis.). On Thursday, the House is set to vote on the tax bill, the central piece of the Republican plan to boost the U.S. economy. No Democrats are expected to vote for the bill, meaning Ryan can only lose 22 GOP votes.",left
14142,Has Biden's Strategy to Unite Nations Against Russia Hit a Roadblock?,"['Brazil', 'China', 'Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Latin America', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Vladimir Putin', 'World']",Washington’s Failed Push For Anti-Russian Global Consensus,The American Conservative,"Biden administration officials treat Russia as an international pariah and push the global community to unite behind Washington’s leadership to compel the Kremlin to withdraw its forces from Ukraine. The administration’s strategy has been just partially successful. Criticisms of Russia’s actions are relatively easy to find among foreign leaders, but when it comes to outright condemnations—much less endorsements of NATO’s position that the war was unprovoked and entirely Moscow’s fault—governments around the world demur.
They are even less inclined to sign on to the U.S.-led campaign to impose extraordinarily severe sanctions on...",right
14143,Has Biden's Strategy to Unite Nations Against Russia Hit a Roadblock?,"['Brazil', 'China', 'Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Latin America', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Vladimir Putin', 'World']",Biden Is Still Worried About Poking the Russian Bear,Foreign Policy,"Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is more than 100 days old, and despite providing enough U.S. military aid during that time to nearly double Kyiv’s defense budget, the Biden administration remains concerned about provoking Russia into a wider war, a stance that has frustrated many in Washington and Eastern Europe. 
Even after U.S. President Joe Biden signed off on providing the long-range High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) to Ukraine last week, the U.S. administration faced criticism from NATO allies and Capitol Hill that the aid was too little, too...",center
14144,Has Biden's Strategy to Unite Nations Against Russia Hit a Roadblock?,"['Brazil', 'China', 'Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Latin America', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Vladimir Putin', 'World']",Biden Races to Expand Coalition Against Russia but Meets Resistance,New York Times (News),"Even before the start of the war in Ukraine, an international alliance to rally the world against a Russian invasion came together so quickly that President Biden later marveled at the “purpose and unity found in months that we’d once taken years to accomplish.”
Now, with the conflict in its fourth month, U.S. officials are facing the disappointing reality that the powerful coalition of nations — stretching from North America across Europe and into East Asia — may not be enough to break the looming stalemate in Ukraine.
With growing urgency, the Biden administration...",left
14145,Trump Allows Sales to Huawei as Trade Talks Resume,"['Foreign Policy', 'China']","Trump: U.S., China to resume trade talks 'where we left off",Washington Times,"The U.S. will not impose new tariffs on China as the mega-powers restart trade talks that fell apart in May, President Trump said Saturday, signaling a freeze in an economic war that’s rattled investors, farmers and consumers alike.",right
14146,Trump Allows Sales to Huawei as Trade Talks Resume,"['Foreign Policy', 'China']",Trump Allows U.S. Sales to Huawei as Trade Talks Resume,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to a cease-fire on trade that will remove some curbs on Huawei Technologies Co. buying high-tech equipment from the U.S., for the moment lifting one cloud over the global economy.
Under the cease-fire, the U.S. agreed to put off additional tariffs on Chinese goods indefinitely. In response, China will start buying large amounts of American farm products, Mr. Trump said.",center
14147,Trump Allows Sales to Huawei as Trade Talks Resume,"['Foreign Policy', 'China']","Trump to allow U.S. firms to sell technology to Huawei and promises farmers they would win from new talks, in wide-ranging news conference",Washington Post,"President Trump on Saturday agreed to scale back restrictions on Chinese technology giant Huawei and delay new tariffs from going into effect against Chinese goods as part of an effort to restart trade talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
The major concessions, which came on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit, came after more than a month of acrimonious fighting between two of the world’s largest economies. Trump expressed hope that the measures would lead to a large trade deal with China, though major issues remain and...",left
14148,Trump Leaves White House for Last Time as President,"['Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Inauguration', '2020 Election']","Trump departs Washington in final hours as president, travels to Florida",NBC News (Online),"President Donald Trump arrived in Florida just before 11 a.m. on Wednesday, with an hour left in his presidency, as he opted to skip the swearing in and instead retreat to his residence on the coast.
Air Force One buzzed Mar-a-Lago shortly before landing. Trump departed Washington in the morning, delivering a send-off speech to supporters at Joint Base Andrews and then boarded Air Force One as president a final time.",left
14149,Trump Leaves White House for Last Time as President,"['Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Inauguration', '2020 Election']",Trump departs on final Air Force One flight,Axios,"President Trump and his family took off on Air Force One at 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning for the final time en route to Florida.
The big picture: Trump's final hours as president were punctuated by his decisions to snub his successor's inauguration and grant pardons to many of his allies who have been swept up in corruption scandals.
Simultaneously, congressional leaders were en route to attend Catholic mass with Joe Biden, hours before he is sworn is as the 46th president of the United States.
A White House...",center
14150,Trump Leaves White House for Last Time as President,"['Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Inauguration', '2020 Election']","Trump departs White House, tells supporters in final address as president: 'We will be back in some form'",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Wednesday morning told supporters that ""we will be back in some form"" after he departed the White House for the final time as president, just hours ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Biden.
Trump made the comments at Joint Base Andrews as he was about to fly to Mar-a-Lago in Florida. Trump landed on Air Force One in Florida with about one hour left in his term.
As Trump walked to the podium in Joint Base Andrews, he was greeted by a 21-gun salute with...",right
14151,Mueller Teams Up With IRS,['Justice'],Robert Mueller Employs Powerful Weapon In Trump-Russia Investigation: The IRS,Forbes,"As you may have read in one of your uncle's late-night Facebook missives, President Donald Trump stands accused of having colluded with Moscow to make America not Great Again, but rather the largest province in the Russian empire.",center
14152,Mueller Teams Up With IRS,['Justice'],Special counsel in Trump-Russia investigation partners with IRS,MSNBC,"We learned this week that Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his team investigating the Trump-Russia scandal have begun working with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D), whose office is also scrutinizing relevant players in the controversy. It’s an important revelation: if charges are eventually filed against anyone involved in the affair, Donald Trump wouldn’t be able to issue pardons to anyone accused of state crimes.",left
14153,Mueller Teams Up With IRS,['Justice'],Robert Mueller asks IRS for help in Trump-Russia probe: Report,Washington Examiner,Special counsel Robert Mueller has enlisted the help of the IRS criminal investigations unit for the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation.,right
14154,A Divided Nation Reacts to the End of Roe v Wade,"['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Roe V Wade', 'Polarization', ""Women'S Issues"", 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Clarence Thomas', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'Birth Control']",Donate to an Abortion Fund Right Now,Multiple Writers - Left,"The Supreme Court has officially overturned Roe v. Wade, eliminating federal abortion protections that stood for almost 50 years. On Friday, June 24, the conservative majority released its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, confirming the outcome a leak made clear in May when Politico published a draft ruling by Justice Samuel Alito. Roe prohibited states from outlawing abortion before viability (around 24 weeks into a pregnancy) and after, in cases where pregnancy turned out to threaten the patient’s life or health. In Dobbs, Mississippi challenged those terms directly, asking the Court to uphold its 15-week ban by...",left
14155,A Divided Nation Reacts to the End of Roe v Wade,"['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Roe V Wade', 'Polarization', ""Women'S Issues"", 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Clarence Thomas', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'Birth Control']",What the data show on striking down Roe,The Hill,"The Supreme Court has spoken: Abortion is no longer a constitutional right. This permits states to be the ultimate arbiter of abortion, creating a red and blue collage of abortion access across the nation. 
Putting aside for the moment the moral, ethical and religious debates surrounding abortion, what does the data say that can help guide us as we move forward from this decision? Like all laws and policies, there are certain to be unintended consequences. 
Trends: The number of reported legal abortions in the United States peaked in 1990 at around 1.6...",center
14156,A Divided Nation Reacts to the End of Roe v Wade,"['Abortion', 'Supreme Court', 'Roe V Wade', 'Polarization', ""Women'S Issues"", 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Clarence Thomas', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'Birth Control']",A Stain Erased,National Review,"At last. It has taken 49 years and five months, but the Supreme Court has finally reversed the monstrous injustice it worked in 1973. In Roe v. Wade, seven justices cast aside the laws of every state protecting unborn children from the violence of abortion, even though nothing in the text, original understanding, or history of the Constitution authorized them to do so. It was an act of “raw judicial power,” as a Democratic justice wrote in dissent, and even law professors who approved the abortion license Roe created assailed the decision for lacking any constitutional...",right
14157,Job Openings at 13 Year High,['Economy And Jobs'],June Jobs Openings Hit 13 Year High,ABC News (Online),"U.S. employers in June advertised the most monthly job openings in more than 13 years.
Employers posted 4.67 million jobs in June, up 2.1 percent from May's total of 4.58 million, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. The number of advertised openings was the highest since February 2001, a positive sign that points to a strengthening economy.",left
14158,Job Openings at 13 Year High,['Economy And Jobs'],US job openings in June hit 13-year-plus high,CNSNews.com,"U.S. employers in June advertised the most monthly job openings in more than 13 years.
Employers posted 4.67 million jobs in June, up 2.1 percent from May's total of 4.58 million, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. The number of advertised openings was the highest since February 2001, a positive sign that points to a strengthening economy.",right
14159,Job Openings at 13 Year High,['Economy And Jobs'],June job openings climb to 13-year high,USA TODAY,"Job openings crept up for the fifth straight month in June, reaching their highest level since February 2001, the Labor Department reported Tuesday.
The seasonally adjusted level of openings was 4.7 million on June 30, up from 4.6 million at the end of May, according to the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics.",left
14160,Bannon Testifies Before House Intel Committee,"['US House', 'Politics']",Steve Bannon testifies before House Intel Committee as part of Russia probe,Fox News (Online News),Fallen former President Trump confidante Steve Bannon will testify to lawmakers behind closed doors Tuesday in his first appearance on Capitol Hill since he ran afoul of the administration over quotes attributed to him in a bombshell book.,right
14161,Bannon Testifies Before House Intel Committee,"['US House', 'Politics']",Steve Bannon testifies before the House Intelligence Committee,Daily Kos,"Steve Bannon appears before the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday morning, supposedly to answer questions about his role in Trump’s campaign and any connection to Russian operatives. This comes after Bannon first described the meeting at Trump Tower between Trump’s top campaign staff and a group of Russian representatives as both “treasonous” and “unpatriotic”—and then went on to explain how to do secret meetings with the Russians correctly.",left
14162,Bannon Testifies Before House Intel Committee,"['US House', 'Politics']",Steve Bannon testifies for Russia probe: Five questions House Intel may ask,USA TODAY,Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is expected to testify behind closed doors to the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday as part of its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.,left
14163,Trump Impeachment Defense to Present Arguments Friday,"['Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'US Senate', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']",Trump lawyers expected to allege Dem hypocrisy Friday as defense gets its turn at impeachment trial,Fox News (Online News),"The legal team for former President Donald Trump makes their opening arguments in his second impeachment trial on Friday -- and they are expected to allege that Democrats are being hypocritical by saying that Trump incited the Capitol mob by telling his followers they have to ""fight"" against a ""stolen election.""
They're likely to point out past instances when Democrats have used combative rhetoric, playing videos similar to how the House impeachment managers used video of Trump speaking to make their case against him.
Trump's attorneys are also expected...",right
14164,Trump Impeachment Defense to Present Arguments Friday,"['Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'US Senate', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']",Trump defense lawyer thinks impeachment trial will wrap up on Saturday,Politico,"David Schoen, one of former President Donald Trump’s defense attorneys, said the Senate impeachment trial could wrap up on Saturday.
Speaking with reporters on Thursday evening, Schoen said the defense team would likely take three to four hours on Friday to present its arguments. He added that the trial was “moving much more quickly” than anticipated.
Schoen had initially requested to pause the trial from sundown Friday till Sunday so he could observe the Sabbath. But he withdrew the request, adding that he would simply not participate in the trial...",left
14165,Trump Impeachment Defense to Present Arguments Friday,"['Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'US Senate', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']",Trump's defense will make the case for his acquittal on inciting Capitol riot,Reuters,"Donald Trump’s defense lawyers will make their case on Friday why the former president is not guilty of inciting last month’s deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, as the Senate races toward a final vote in his impeachment trial as soon as Saturday.
Trump’s lawyer David Schoen said the defense team would take “three to four hours” on Friday to lay out its arguments against convicting Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 riot, which sent lawmakers scrambling for safety and resulted in the deaths of five people, including a police...",center
14166,Pennsylvania High Court Rejects Bid to Halt Election Certification,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Pennsylvania']",Pennsylvania High Court Rejects Lawsuit Challenging Election,Newsmax (News),"Pennsylvania's highest court on Saturday night threw out a lower court's order preventing the state from certifying dozens of contests on its Nov. 3 election ballot in the latest lawsuit filed by Republicans challenging the vote count in the battleground state.
The state Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, threw out the three-day-old order, saying the underlying lawsuit was filed months after the law allowed for challenges to Pennsylvania's expansive year-old mail-in voting law.",right
14167,Pennsylvania High Court Rejects Bid to Halt Election Certification,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Pennsylvania']",Pennsylvania Supreme Court strikes down GOP bid to stop election certification,The Hill,"The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Saturday rejected a last-ditch bid from Republicans including Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) to halt the certification of the 2020 election results in the Keystone State.
The court's decision delivered the latest blow for Republicans, President Trump and his campaign to overturn election results in a battleground state that President-elect Joe Biden won by over 1 percentage point.
In an order released on Saturday night, the state supreme court vacated a preliminary order by the Commonwealth Court and dismissed the case.",center
14168,Pennsylvania High Court Rejects Bid to Halt Election Certification,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Pennsylvania']",Pennsylvania high court throws out challenge to mail-in ballots,NBC News (Online),"The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Saturday rejected an election challenge spearheaded by U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, who argued that a law permitting no-excuse mail voting violated the state Constitution.
Kelly, along with several other Pennsylvania Republicans, sought to invalidate millions of mail-in votes, which could have ceded a key state won by President-Elect Joe Biden to President Donald Trump.
The ruling said, ""Petitioners sought to invalidate the ballots of the millions of Pennsylvania voters who utilized the mail-in voting procedures. ... Alternatively, Petitioners advocated the extraordinary proposition that the court...",left
14169,Strong or Wacko?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",First Take: Can a 'wacko bird' take flight in the GOP?,USA TODAY,"Ted Cruz isn't shy.
He's combative. He rejects compromise as ""the mushy middle."" He's not inclined to wait his turn. And he doesn't seem to mind annoying his Republican elders with tactics that critics see as destructive and short-sighted.
So perhaps it's no surprise that little more than two years after he was sworn in to the Senate, the 44-year-old Texan on Monday became the first contender to officially announce his campaign for the Republican p",left
14170,Strong or Wacko?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",12 Reasons Ted Cruz Is a Strong GOP 2016 Candidate,Newsmax (News),"Texas Sen. Ted Cruz announced on Monday that he is running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, making him the first major candidate to officially toss his hat in the ring.
While the election is still a long way off, there are several compelling reasons why Cruz should be considered a strong GOP presidential candidate for 2016.
1. He is off to an early start. Cruz is expected to start his campaign immediately rather than launch an exploratory committee as many potential candidates often do.
2. He has strong...",right
14171,Strong or Wacko?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","The Presidential Bid Of Ted Cruz, The Reddest Meat Of The Right",HuffPost,"The audience should have belonged to Sen. Rand Paul. After all, the thousand or so clean-cut millennials in the D.C.-area ballroom were members of Young Americans for Liberty, a student group founded by Paul’s father, former Rep. Ron Paul.
The kids chuckled appreciatively as Rand unspooled his tart, college-dorm-room disdain for government. But he didn’t fire them up. Neither did Utah Sen. Mike Lee, the thoughtful-sounding son of a Reagan-era U.S. solicitor general.
The man who got them cheering, who got them going, who got them roaring with derisive laughter...",left
14172,"Obama, Trump, and Biden Make Final Midterm Push in Pennsylvania","['2022 Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Barack Obama', 'Donald Trump', 'John Fetterman', 'Mehmet Oz', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election', '2024 Election']",Biden and Obama reunite in Pennsylvania to ramp up enthusiasm in final days before midterms,The Hill,"As Election Day nears and political analysis firm Cook Political Report noted momentum toward Republican Senate control, Pennsylvania weighs heavy on voters’ minds. 
In the gubernatorial race, Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapiro seems to be in as good of a position as any, with polls having him leading Republican state Sen. Doug Mastriano by double digits. However, once seemingly Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s (D) for the taking, the open U.S. Senate seat is now anyone’s game.
Since Pennsylvania’s midterm election results could decide whether Democrats take a more secure control of the...",center
14173,"Obama, Trump, and Biden Make Final Midterm Push in Pennsylvania","['2022 Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Barack Obama', 'Donald Trump', 'John Fetterman', 'Mehmet Oz', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election', '2024 Election']","Biden, Obama rally to push Fetterman, Shapiro across the finish line in PA",Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden and his onetime boss, former President Barack Obama, appeared at a campaign rally Saturday for Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D-PA) and Attorney General Josh Shapiro (D-PA) in hopes of helping them win their respective Senate and gubernatorial races.
Shapiro leads Republican state Senate leader Doug Mastriano by more than 10 percentage points, but Fetterman is in a very close race against Republican senatorial candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz. Roughly 7,500 people were in attendance, according to the White House.
Biden spoke first, and his remarks largely mirrored the...",right
14174,"Obama, Trump, and Biden Make Final Midterm Push in Pennsylvania","['2022 Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Barack Obama', 'Donald Trump', 'John Fetterman', 'Mehmet Oz', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election', '2024 Election']",Obama and Trump battle over western Pennsylvania with dueling rallies in a final midterm push for the critical state,NBC News (Online),"Two former presidents duked it out with dueling rallies Saturday across western Pennsylvania, where they stumped for Senate candidates locked in one of the most consequential races of the cycle and offered wildly different visions of America as the final midterm fight centers on the Keystone State.
Around noon, Barack Obama rallied with Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic Senate nominee, along with Democratic candidates in local House races on the University of Pittsburgh's campus. Hours later, Donald Trump campaigned with Republican Senate nominee Mehmet Oz, GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug...",left
14175,Obama Wins,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama wins re-election,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama rode a wave of broad support from minorities, women and moderates to win re-election Tuesday by defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney in Democratic strongholds and key battleground states.",left
14176,Obama Wins,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama wins second term,Washington Times,"President overcomes concerns on economy, Congress still divided. President Obama won re-election to the White House on Tuesday night, holding together enough of the hope-and-change coalition that powered him to his historic victory in 2008.",right
14177,Obama Wins,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OBAMA WINS President defeats Romney with close victories in battleground states,Washington Post,"A sharply divided America awarded President Barack Obama a second term Tuesday, choosing him over Republican Mitt Romney to lead the repair of an economy that by far remains the countrys biggest concern, the Washington Post projects.",left
14178,Corruption Charges for Menendez,['Politics'],"Menendez responds to federal corruption charges, says he’s ‘not going anywhere’",Washington Times,"Responding to reports that the Justice Department is preparing to charge him with criminal corruption, a defiant Sen. Robert Menendez, New Jersey Democrat, said he is “not going anywhere.”
Mr. Menendez maintained that he had “always conducted myself appropriately and in accordance with the law.”
CNN first reported Friday that the DOJ is preparing to charge the senator over his relation with Salomon Melgen, a Florida eye doctor, who is one of Mr. Menendez’s main fundraisers and supporters. The FBI has been investigating whether Mr. Menendez",right
14179,Corruption Charges for Menendez,['Politics'],Bob Menendez and the fine line between campaign contribution and bribery,Washington Post,"Reports That Sen. Bob Menendez (DN.J.) IS Likely to face corruption Federal Charges based on his Interactions with a key donor Invariably raise a key question:? Where IS the line drawn What's the difference Between what Menendez IS Alleged to Have Done and what the public often sees as the standard DC practice of legislators voting in ways that their donors would appreciate?
To answer that question, we spoke with Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School who works in the area of public corruption Briffault summarized the question...",left
14180,Corruption Charges for Menendez,['Politics'],Feds to charge Robert Menendez with corruption,Politico,"Embattled Sen. Robert Menendez is unlikely to resign his Senate seat amid looming criminal corruption charges that he allegedly used his office to benefit a well-heeled donor, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Instead, Menendez, who has survived past scrutiny by federal prosecutors over his actions for years, plans to fight the Justice Department and clear his name, sources said. At a press conference in Newark on Friday evening, he said that he has broken no laws and made no mention of plans to step down.
Story...",left
14181,Benghazi Select Committee,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Democrats protest structure of proposed Benghazi probe panel,Washington Post,Democratic leaders want panel to be seated evenly not 7-to-5 split as proposed chance of bipartisan panel seem slim.,left
14182,Benghazi Select Committee,"['US House', 'Politics']",Behind the Benghazi select committee,Politico,"Last Wednesday, Speaker John Boehner left the Capitol to see a doctor because of back pain that hobbled him after a weeklong trip to the Middle East.",left
14183,Benghazi Select Committee,"['US House', 'Politics']",Democrats Prepare to Throw Temper Tantrums Over Benghazi Select Committee,Townhall,"Late yesterday House Speaker John Boehner announced the new Benghazi select committee will include seven Republicans and five Democrats. Because Republicans are the majority party in the House, they have also been appointed the majority on the committee.",right
14184,Trump Holds Joint Press Conference with Teresa May,"['Great Britain', 'World']",May Says U.S. Trade Deal Is Back on Track After Trump’s Criticism,Bloomberg,"British Prime Minister Theresa May said she and Donald Trump had agreed to complete a trade deal between their countries as soon as the U.K. leaves the European Union, moving past tensions raised by the U.S. president’s criticism of her Brexit strategy.",left
14185,Trump Holds Joint Press Conference with Teresa May,"['Great Britain', 'World']","Trump, May pledge cooperation on trade after explosive interview",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May pledged full cooperation on trade and other issues Friday, easing tensions following Trump’s explosive interview in which he criticized her handling of 'Brexit' and called into question a U.S.-U.K. trade deal.",right
14186,Trump Holds Joint Press Conference with Teresa May,"['Great Britain', 'World']",President Trump praises British Prime Minister May one day after report criticizing her approach to Brexit,Washington Post,"President Trump said at a joint news conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May that the leaders have a strong relationship — hours after the publication of an interview in which he questioned her handling of Brexit, praised her deposed foe Boris Johnson and threatened to upend the trade relationship between the two countries.",left
14187,Jury Will Deliberate for 2nd Day in Rittenhouse Trial,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Kyle Rittenhouse defense accuses prosecutors of withholding key video,New York Post (News),"Kyle Rittenhouse’s legal team accused prosecutors of holding back key video footage that is at the heart of their case in a formal motion for a mistrial, court documents show.
Lawyers for the 18-year-old Kenosha gunman already called for a mistrial during the hearing, and filed a formal seven-page request less than an hour before closing arguments Monday, The Chicago Tribune noted.
The motion argues any conviction should be overruled and seeks to forbid any chance of a retrial if Rittenhouse is cleared of the five felonies he faces for the deadly triple shooting at last...",right
14188,Jury Will Deliberate for 2nd Day in Rittenhouse Trial,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",'Piece of theater': Legal experts weigh in on Kyle Rittenhouse’s seating jurors deciding his fate by lottery,NBC News (Online),"Kyle Rittenhouse could spend the next several decades of his life behind bars or soon walk free from a Wisconsin courthouse.
And pieces of paper he grabbed at random with his right hand will have played a major role in the life-turning outcome.
In an ""interesting piece of theater"" in his high-profile trial, Rittenhouse was directed Tuesday to blindly pick the seven women and five men who will decide whether he is criminally responsible for killing two men during protests last year over the police shooting Jacob Blake, a Black man in...",left
14189,Jury Will Deliberate for 2nd Day in Rittenhouse Trial,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Rittenhouse's mother asks for donations to legal fund,The Hill,"Kyle Rittenhouse's mother appealed for donors on behalf of a defense fund set up to help pay her son's legal costs as the jury continues deliberations in his case, CNN reported.
Wendy Rittenhouse made the appeal in an email and estimated that Kyle Rittenhouse's legal costs for the month of November will amount to $110,000, according to CNN.
She called the court battle ""an extremely uphill battle from the beginning"" and said that her son's team could put up a ""big fight"" because of the support of ""thousands of our fellow Americans,"" per CNN.
“Both the...",center
14190,Obama Apologizes For Lost Health Plans,['Healthcare'],"Apologizing, Obama Yields to Criticism of Health Law",New York Times (News),President Obama offered his apologies to people who were forced off their health insurance plans by the Affordable Care Act despite assurances from me.,left
14191,Obama Apologizes For Lost Health Plans,['Healthcare'],"Obamacare: After Obama's apology, talk of solutions and -- still -- the website",CNN (Online News),President Barack Obama's apology for Obamacare-related health insurance cancellations opens the door to the question of how the problem will be fixed.,left
14192,Obama Apologizes For Lost Health Plans,['Healthcare'],"Obama: ""I am sorry they are finding themselves in this situation""",Washington Times,"After sidestepping the issue for weeks, President Obama on Thursday apologized to Americans who are losing their health insurance despite his repeated and emphatic promises that it wouldn't happen.",right
14193,Grain Shipments from Ukraine Restart Under New Deal,"['World', 'Food', 'Food Crisis', 'Ukraine War', 'Trade', 'Russia']",1st ship carrying Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odesa,Associated Press,"The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain set out from the port of Odesa on Monday under a deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey that is expected to release large stores of Ukrainian crops to foreign markets and ease a growing food crisis.
The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni left Odesa carrying over 26,000 tons of corn destined for Lebanon.
“The first grain ship since Russian aggression has left port,” said Ukraine’s Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov on Twitter, posting a video of the long vessel sounding its horn...",left
14194,Grain Shipments from Ukraine Restart Under New Deal,"['World', 'Food', 'Food Crisis', 'Ukraine War', 'Trade', 'Russia']",1st grain shipment leaves Ukraine after months of Russian blockade,NBC News (Online),"The first ship carrying grain from Ukraine left a port in the southern city of Odesa Monday, after months of Russian blockade helped fuel a mounting global food crisis.
The breakthrough follows a United Nations-backed deal between Kyiv and Moscow last month and while intense fighting continues in the east and the south. The departure of the first shipment will raise hopes that the impact of the war — now five months old — might be eased for millions facing hunger and poverty across the world, though doubts over Russia's commitment to any deal will continue....",left
14195,Grain Shipments from Ukraine Restart Under New Deal,"['World', 'Food', 'Food Crisis', 'Ukraine War', 'Trade', 'Russia']",First ship carrying Ukrainian grain leaves port under July deal,Washington Examiner,"The first cargo ship carrying Ukrainian grain left a Black Sea port in southern Ukraine on Monday under a deal enabling the safe passage of food-carrying vessels.
The Sierra Leone-flagged ship Razoni departed the port city of Odesa on Monday carrying 26,000 metric tons of corn bound for Lebanon, according to authorities. A deal brokered by the United Nations and signed by Ukrainian and Russian officials in Turkey on July 22 is expected to release a large volume of Ukrainian agricultural products to foreign markets and ease a growing food security crisis. The Turkish Ministry of Defense said on...",right
14196,State Dept. Edited Press Briefing Video,"['State Department', 'Politics']",State Department doctored video to hide Iran deal,CNN (Online News),"Part of a video of a State Department press briefing addressing secret talks between the U.S. and Iran was deliberately deleted before it was posted online, an investigation by the department's legal adviser found Wednesday.",left
14197,State Dept. Edited Press Briefing Video,"['State Department', 'Politics']",State Department admits briefing footage on Iran deal intentionally deleted,Fox News (Online News),"The State Department, in a stunning admission, acknowledged Wednesday that an official intentionally deleted several minutes of video footage from a 2013 press briefing, where a top spokeswoman seemed to acknowledge misleading the press over the Iran nuclear deal.",right
14198,State Dept. Edited Press Briefing Video,"['State Department', 'Politics']",State Dept. Admits to Editing Iran Press Briefing Video,ABC News (Online),The U.S. State Department admitted today to deleting video from an archived press briefing which included statements it made about controversial American diplomatic talks with Iran.,left
14199,Inching Closer to Cliff,[],2 Sides in Talks Inch Closer but No Fiscal Deal on Final Day,New York Times (News),"A frantic round of late-night negotiations on Sunday between Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, moved the Senate close to a deal to stave off hundreds of billions of dollars in tax increases and across-the-board spending cuts that would begin to kick in on Tuesday, according to people familiar with the talks.",left
14200,Inching Closer to Cliff,[],"Reid says lawmakers 'still apart' on fiscal deal, tax hikes just hours away",Fox News (Online News),"With roughly 12 hours left before the fiscal crisis deadline, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid took to the floor Monday to announce that Senate leaders still had not reached an agreement -- upping the chances that the New Year's Eve ball drop will coincide with massive tax hikes and spending cuts.
""We really are running out of time,"" Reid said. ""Americans are still threatened with a tax hike in just a few hours.""
Republican senators on Monday were expressing ""optimism"" about the progress of discussions which stretched late...",right
14201,Inching Closer to Cliff,[],"'Fiscal Cliff': Biden, McConnell Close In on Last-Minute Deal",ABC News (Online),"Congressional and White House negotiators are closing in on a deal to avert across-the-board tax hikes and spending cuts that take effect at midnight, as the nation teeters on the edge of the so-called fiscal cliff.
An emerging tentative agreement would extend current tax rates for households making $450,000 or less; extend the estate tax at its current level of 35 percent for estates larger than $5 million; and prevent the Alternative Minimum Tax from hammering millions of middle-class workers, sources said.
The deal would also extend unemployment benefits set...",left
14202,Perspectives: Wearing Face Masks During Coronavirus,"['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Disease', 'Masks', 'Coronavirus']",The Truth about Wearing Masks,National Review,"Are We About to Be Urged to Start Wearing Masks?
Saturday, Dr. Matt McCarthy, an assistant professor at the medical school of Cornell University, tweeted, “CDC guidance on masks expected to change in next 10 days. Americans will be advised to wear masks in everyday life. Current recommendation is for high-risk groups only.”
But later that day, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention responded to his tweet, appearing to shoot down that idea. “CDC does not have updated guidance scheduled to come out on this topic.” They referred...",right
14203,Perspectives: Wearing Face Masks During Coronavirus,"['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Disease', 'Masks', 'Coronavirus']",Everyone Thinks They’re Right About Masks,The Atlantic,"As the coronavirus pandemic continues, many people are now overthinking things they never used to think about at all. Can you go outside? What if you’re walking downwind of another person? What if you’re stuck waiting at a crosswalk and someone is there? What if you’re going for a run, and another runner is heading toward you, and the sidewalk is narrow? Suddenly, daily mundanities seem to demand strategy.
Much of this confusion stems from the shifting conversation around the pandemic. Thus far, the official line has been that the...",left
14204,Perspectives: Wearing Face Masks During Coronavirus,"['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Disease', 'Masks', 'Coronavirus']",Wearing Masks Must Be a National Policy,New York Times (Opinion),"The most important new policy the government can implement to contain the spread of Covid-19 is to immediately recommend that everyone wear masks or face-coverings in public — #masksforall.
Health officials have already encouraged people to wear masks if they are showing symptoms of the disease. Particularly since 25 to 50 percent of people with the virus are asymptomatic, it would be best for everyone to be wearing a mask or face-covering when in public to protect others.
Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said...",left
14205,Officer Indicted for 'Wanton Endangerment' In Breonna Taylor Case,"['Criminal Justice', 'Breonna Taylor', 'Kentucky', 'Violence In America', 'Justice']","Louisville: Protests Break Out, Gear Unloaded from U-Haul After No Murder Charges in Breonna Taylor Case",Breitbart News,"Protesters took to the streets of Louisville Wednesday after a Kentucky grand jury did not bring murder charges against any of the officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor. A pair of videos shared to social media shows protesters unloaded shields and signs from a U-Haul truck. It is unclear who rented the truck. One shield read “BLM” in red, while another one had the phrase, “Protect Black Women.”",right
14206,Officer Indicted for 'Wanton Endangerment' In Breonna Taylor Case,"['Criminal Justice', 'Breonna Taylor', 'Kentucky', 'Violence In America', 'Justice']",Louisville police officers cleared of criminal charges in Breonna Taylor death,Reuters,"Two white policemen who fired into the apartment of Breonna Taylor, a Black medical worker, will not be prosecuted for her death because their use of force was justified, but a third was charged with endangering her neighbors, Kentucky’s attorney general said on Wednesday. Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced the Louisville grand jury’s decision at a news conference as protesters against racial injustice and police brutality massed in the streets of Kentucky’s largest city.
Former Detective Brett Hankison was indicted on three counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree,...",center
14207,Officer Indicted for 'Wanton Endangerment' In Breonna Taylor Case,"['Criminal Justice', 'Breonna Taylor', 'Kentucky', 'Violence In America', 'Justice']",Actions of officer who killed Breonna Taylor ruled ‘justified’; another indicted on wanton endangerment charge,Washington Post,"A grand jury in Jefferson County, Ky., has indicted a former Louisville police detective on three charges of wanton endangerment in the first degree in the March 13 shooting death of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor. Brett Hankison, one of three officers involved, was fired by the department in June, with a termination letter saying he “wantonly and blindly” shot 10 times into Taylor’s apartment.
Taylor’s name became a rallying cry for policing overhauls and racial justice as the Black Lives Matter movement swept the United States this summer.",left
14208,One Week Until Midterm Elections,['Elections'],Poll: Midterm momentum belongs to GOP,Washington Post,"Republicans enter the final week of the midterm campaign holding higher ground than the Democrats, aided by public dissatisfaction with President Obama’s leadership, with the overall direction of the country and with the federal government’s ability to deal with major problems, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.",left
14209,One Week Until Midterm Elections,['Elections'],Why Dems are winning on minimum wage,Politico,"For Republicans this year, the minimum wage is the wedge issue from hell.",left
14210,One Week Until Midterm Elections,['Elections'],Democrats in blue states in peril as Republicans ride anti-tax wave,Washington Times,"Voter frustration gives GOP gubernatorial challengers hope in Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland",right
14211,Scientist Traces First Case Of COVID-19 Back To Wuhan Market,"['Coronavirus', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'China', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Wuhan Market', 'World', 'Asia', 'Public Health', 'Science', 'Animal Cruelty', 'Biology']",New Reconstruction Points to Animal Origins for Covid-19,Wall Street Journal (News),"A scientist known for investigating viral origins has reconstructed the first known weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic, adding to a growing body of evidence that the virus behind it jumped from infected animals to humans rather than emerging from laboratory research.
In a paper published Thursday in the academic journal Science, Michael Worobey concludes a wholesale seafood market in Wuhan, China, where live mammals were sold is very likely to be the site of the origin of the pandemic.
The precise role of the Huanan market in the pandemic has been debated by scientists....",center
14212,Scientist Traces First Case Of COVID-19 Back To Wuhan Market,"['Coronavirus', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'China', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Wuhan Market', 'World', 'Asia', 'Public Health', 'Science', 'Animal Cruelty', 'Biology']","First Known Covid Case Was Vendor at Wuhan Market, Scientist Claims",New York Times (News),"A scientist who has pored over public accounts of early Covid-19 cases in China reported on Thursday that an influential World Health Organization inquiry had likely gotten the early chronology of the pandemic wrong. The new analysis suggests that the first known patient sickened with the coronavirus was a vendor in a large Wuhan animal market, not an accountant who lived many miles from it.
The report, published on Thursday in the prestigious journal Science, will revive, though certainly not settle, the debate over whether the pandemic started with a spillover...",left
14213,Scientist Traces First Case Of COVID-19 Back To Wuhan Market,"['Coronavirus', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'China', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Wuhan Market', 'World', 'Asia', 'Public Health', 'Science', 'Animal Cruelty', 'Biology']","COVID-19’s first known case was a vendor from Wuhan wet market, Arizona scientist says, disputing WHO report",Fox News (Online News),"An Arizona-based scientist believes the first known case of COVID-19 was from a vendor at a Wuhan wet market and not an accountant who reported symptoms much later and lived miles away from the market.  
The study by Dr. Michael Worobey, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Arizona, was published Thursday in the journal Science. The new study comes amid swirling questions regarding the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, a topic that has bitterly divided the country for months.
Worobey based his conclusions on public records and reports of early COVID-19 cases...",right
14214,"Biden Cancels $10,000 of Student Loans for Borrowers Earning Under $125,000","['Joe Biden', 'Debt', 'Student Debt', 'Student Loan Forgiveness', 'Student Loans', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Colleges', 'Education', 'Labor', 'Inflation', 'People And Profit', 'National Debt']","Biden ‘Forgives’ Massive Amount of Student-Loan Debt, Transferring Cost to Public",National Review,"President Joe Biden is set to “forgive” up to $10,000 in federal student debt for those making under $125,000 annually, and $20,000 for Pell grant recipients, transferring the cost of the loans to the American public, the White House announced Wednesday.
Biden’s decision marks the first time a president has canceled federal student-loan debt in such a broad capacity, and comes months before the midterm elections. He had campaigned on canceling up to $10,000 per borrower during the presidential race, but there was no mention of an income cap.
Biden...",right
14215,"Biden Cancels $10,000 of Student Loans for Borrowers Earning Under $125,000","['Joe Biden', 'Debt', 'Student Debt', 'Student Loan Forgiveness', 'Student Loans', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Colleges', 'Education', 'Labor', 'Inflation', 'People And Profit', 'National Debt']",Biden to cancel up to $10K in federal student loan debt for certain borrowers and up to $20K for Pell Grant recipients,NBC News (Online),"The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will cancel up to $10,000 in student debt for borrowers who earn $125,000 a year or less and up to $20,000 for recipients of Pell Grants.
Couples who earn $250,000 a year or less and file taxes jointly will also qualify for cancellation of up to $10,000 for each partner.
The administration is also extending the payment pause on federal student loans for a final time through Dec. 31.
In a tweet, President Joe Biden said that he would provide further details on the announcement Wednesday afternoon.",left
14216,"Biden Cancels $10,000 of Student Loans for Borrowers Earning Under $125,000","['Joe Biden', 'Debt', 'Student Debt', 'Student Loan Forgiveness', 'Student Loans', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Colleges', 'Education', 'Labor', 'Inflation', 'People And Profit', 'National Debt']","Biden cancels up to $10K in student debt, extends payment pause",The Hill,"President Biden officially announced on Wednesday that his administration is forgiving up to $10,000 in student loan debt for borrowers making less than $125,000 annually and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients, marking the largest forgiveness of federal student loans per individual to date.
Biden also again extended a payment freeze on federal student loans and interest accrual, butting right up against an Aug. 31 deadline that would have kicked bills back into effect just before November’s midterm elections.",center
14217,Trump Suspends Jones Act,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Trump waives cargo restrictions to speed help to Puerto Rico,Fox News (Online News),The Trump administration will waive federal restrictions on foreign ships' transportation of cargo to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.,right
14218,Trump Suspends Jones Act,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Trump waives Jones Act shipping restrictions for Puerto Rico,USA TODAY,"President Trump waived shipping restrictions for Puerto Rico on Thursday at the request of the island's governor and after an outcry from Congress about shortages of fuel, food and emergency supplies in the wake of Hurricane Maria.",left
14219,Trump Suspends Jones Act,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Trump finally suspends the Jones Act while supplies still fail to reach much of Puerto Rico,Daily Kos,"Early on Thursday morning, Donald Trump finally raised shipping limitations imposed by the Jones Act. The change—announced in a tweet by Sarah Huckabee Sanders—following the furor when Trump declared that he was putting the interest of shipping companies ahead of the lives of Americans on Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.",left
14220,Contractors Spread Blame for Healthcare.gov,['Healthcare'],"Contractors Assign Blame, but Admit No Faults of Their Own, in Health Site",New York Times (News),Some of the contractors in building President Obamas health insurance marketplace will testify before Congress on Thursday.,left
14221,Contractors Spread Blame for Healthcare.gov,['Healthcare'],"Contractors, in House hearing, point fingers at each other and the administration over the health-law website",Wall Street Journal (News),A new round of finger-pointing kicked off Thursday when a House committee began grilling four contractors involved in the development of the online health-insurance exchange.,center
14222,Contractors Spread Blame for Healthcare.gov,['Healthcare'],"Firms behind HealthCare.gov to testify, spread blame to administration",Fox News (Online News),"A top executive with CGI Federal, one of the contractors paid millions to create the ObamaCare, website says no amount of testing could have prevented the sites problem-plagued start.",right
14223,2020 Dem Debates: Round Three,"['Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Cory Booker', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elizabeth Warren']",Majority of Democratic voters give thumbs down to crowded presidential debate stage,Washington Times,"Democratic presidential hopefuls will once again crowd on stage at their third debate, set to air on ABC News on Thursday. Ten candidates will be on hand to have their say. Voters are not keen on the idea.
“Most voters — including a majority of Democratic primary voters — still believe there will be too many candidates on the stage,” reports a new Politico/Morning Consult poll released Wednesday.
It found that 54% of all voters say that the number of White House hopefuls “is more than enough.” The survey found...",right
14224,2020 Dem Debates: Round Three,"['Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Cory Booker', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elizabeth Warren']",Democratic primary polls are showing a 3-way race going into the third debate,Vox,"On Thursday night, the third Democratic debate will be the first to put all the major Democratic candidates on one stage together. But among the 10 candidates, only three have been consistently registering frontrunner status in the polls: Former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
And that’s been pretty consistent for several months now.
Between the two rounds — and four nights — of debates, there have been a lot of break out moments for those three and some of the other seven candidates who...",left
14225,2020 Dem Debates: Round Three,"['Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Cory Booker', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elizabeth Warren']",Who Will Win The Third Democratic Debate?,FiveThirtyEight,"It’s time for the third Democratic debate! And a lot has changed since the first debate in June. Back then, there was only one clear polling front-runner, former Vice President Joe Biden, and the size of the field was daunting, with more than 20 “major” candidates. Now, though, the field has winnowed a bit, and the polls show three to five candidates vying for the lead. Biden is still out in front, but he’s now followed more closely by Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, with Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg...",center
14226,Addressing ISIS Threat with U.N.,['Middle East'],"Obama at UN: ""The Only Language Understood"" by ISIL Terrorists is ""the Language of Force”",Townhall,"On Tuesday, President Obama delivered his annual message to the United Nations in New York City.
Among other things, he addressed growing fears of Russian corruption and aggression, the dramatic rise of ISIS, and the importance of Muslim leaders publicly and forcefully rejecting extremism.
“I often tell young people in the United States that despite the headlines this is the best time in human history to be born,” he began. “Today you are more likely than ever to be literate, healthy and free to pursue your dreams.""
“And yet,” he...",right
14227,Addressing ISIS Threat with U.N.,['Middle East'],Obama Addresses Islamic State Threat in United Nations Speech,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama implored world leaders to unite against a series of international crises—from the rise of militant group Islamic State, which he called ""a network of death,"" to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and Russia's intervention in Ukraine.
Mr. Obama, in his annual address to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, cited ""the cancer of violent extremism"" in the Middle East as the single issue that could derail future global progress, and said six years into his presidency that the world is at a crossroads. He specifically...",center
14228,Addressing ISIS Threat with U.N.,['Middle East'],Obama seeks to sell the public on a war he never imagined he would pursue,Washington Post,"Striding onto the South Lawn on a cool, sunny Washington morning, President Obama stepped to a lectern hastily set up in front of Marine One and took all of three minutes to announce that a new war in Syria had begun Then he boarded the helicopter on his way to New York for a global summit.
Rhetorical shock and awe, this was not.
Before departing, Obama dryly read off a list of actions taken to expand the campaign against rad",left
14229,Takeaways From The Eighth Democratic Debate,"['2020 Election', 'Democratic Primary', 'New Hampshire', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Joe Biden', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Iowa Caucus', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']","At the New Hampshire Debate, Did Klobuchar Halt Buttigieg’s Momentum?",National Review,"Pete Buttigieg’s strong finish in Iowa, where he came in less than two points behind Bernie Sanders on the final vote and roughly tied Sanders for state delegates, has propelled him upward in New Hampshire polls. In Suffolk’s tracking poll, Buttigieg trailed Sanders 11 percent to 24 percent in New Hampshire right before Iowa, but he had closed the gap to one point — 23 percent to 24 percent — in that same tracking poll conducted February 5–6.
Did anything happen at Friday’s debate in Manchester to change the dynamic...",right
14230,Takeaways From The Eighth Democratic Debate,"['2020 Election', 'Democratic Primary', 'New Hampshire', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Joe Biden', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Iowa Caucus', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Who Won The New Hampshire Democratic Primary Debate?,FiveThirtyEight,"On Friday, seven candidates faced off in a Manchester, New Hampshire, debate hosted by ABC News. (Note: ABC News owns FiveThirtyEight.) This could be voters’ last look at the candidates before the state casts its votes for a Democratic nominee on Tuesday, and we once again partnered with Ipsos to track how the debate affected likely primary voters’ feelings about the candidates on the stage. The FiveThirtyEight/Ipsos poll, conducted using Ipsos’s KnowledgePanel, interviews the same group of voters twice, once on either side of the debate, to capture both the...",center
14231,Takeaways From The Eighth Democratic Debate,"['2020 Election', 'Democratic Primary', 'New Hampshire', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Joe Biden', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Iowa Caucus', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Fact-checking the eighth Democratic primary debate,Washington Post,"The eighth Democratic presidential debate of the 2020 campaign, hosted by ABC, WMUR (Channel 9), and Apple News, had seven candidates, lasted 2½ hours — and did not have many statements that merited fact-checking. Here are eight claims that caught our attention. Our practice is not to award Pinocchios in debate roundups.
“The reality is, on my watch, drug arrests in South Bend were lower than the national average, and specifically to marijuana, lower than in Indiana.”
— Former mayor Pete Buttigieg
Buttigieg was challenged by moderator Linsey Davis over...",left
14232,Whistleblower Says Twitter Has ‘Egregious’ Cybersecurity Deficiencies,"['Technology', 'Business', 'Cybersecurity', 'Hacking', 'Twitter', 'Social Media', 'National Security', 'Jack Dorsey', 'Elon Musk', 'Parag Agrawal']","Ex-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless and negligent cybersecurity policies",CNN Business,"Twitter has major security problems that pose a threat to its own users' personal information, to company shareholders, to national security, and to democracy, according to an explosive whistleblower disclosure obtained exclusively by CNN and The Washington Post.
The disclosure, sent last month to Congress and federal agencies, paints a picture of a chaotic and reckless environment at a mismanaged company that allows too many of its staff access to the platform's central controls and most sensitive information without adequate oversight. It also alleges that some of the company's senior-most...",left
14233,Whistleblower Says Twitter Has ‘Egregious’ Cybersecurity Deficiencies,"['Technology', 'Business', 'Cybersecurity', 'Hacking', 'Twitter', 'Social Media', 'National Security', 'Jack Dorsey', 'Elon Musk', 'Parag Agrawal']",Ex-security chief accuses Twitter of cybersecurity mismanagement in an explosive whistleblower complaint,TechCrunch,"Twitter’s former head of security Peiter “Mudge” Zatko has accused his former employer of cybersecurity negligence in an explosive whistleblower complaint first obtained by CNN and The Washington Post.
Zatko, a well-known hacker, was recruited by Twitter to head up the company’s security division in late-2020, months after a very public breach saw hackers hijack the Twitter accounts of some of the world’s most famous people, including Joe Biden and Elon Musk. He was let go from the company less than two years later.
Though his time at Twitter was brief, Zatko says he witnessed “egregious deficiencies, negligence, willful...",center
14234,Whistleblower Says Twitter Has ‘Egregious’ Cybersecurity Deficiencies,"['Technology', 'Business', 'Cybersecurity', 'Hacking', 'Twitter', 'Social Media', 'National Security', 'Jack Dorsey', 'Elon Musk', 'Parag Agrawal']","Former Twitter Executive Blows Whistle, Makes Explosive Claim Central To Musk Acquisition Deal",The Daily Wire,"A former executive at Twitter alleged that the social media company had lackluster cybersecurity safeguards, according to a whistleblower report obtained by CNN and The Washington Post.
Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, the company’s former head of security who reported directly to the CEO, claimed that leadership misled board members and government officials about potential vulnerabilities that left the platform open to hacking, foreign manipulation, and spying. He also claimed that one or more current employees are working for a foreign intelligence agency.",right
14235,"Jobless Claims Rise to 778,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Layoffs']","U.S. Unemployment Claims Rose to 778,000 Last Week",Wall Street Journal (News),"Jobless claims rose for the second straight week, to 778,000, a sign the nationwide surge in virus cases was starting to weigh on the labor-market recovery.
Worker filings for unemployment insurance are down sharply from a peak of nearly seven million in late March. But they remain higher than in any previous recession—the pre-pandemic peak was 695,000 in 1982—for records tracing back to 1967.
Claims filings can be more volatile around the holidays, due to workweek changes that can cause seasonal-adjustment anomalies. The four-week moving average, which smooths out weekly...",center
14236,"Jobless Claims Rise to 778,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Layoffs']",Jobless claims increase for second consecutive week as COVID-19 cases skyrocket across country,Washington Examiner,"The number of new applications for unemployment benefits last week increased 30,000 from last week’s claims to 778,000, the Labor Department reported Wednesday, in a troubling sign for the recovery.
Wednesday’s report marks the second consecutive week that unemployment claims increased.
Altogether, roughly 1 million workers filed for benefits last week, when including claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, a new category of eligibility created for workers sidelined by the pandemic, such as gig workers whose work dried up.
“New claims for unemployment benefits are moving up, moving in the wrong...",right
14237,"Jobless Claims Rise to 778,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Layoffs']",Unemployment claims jumped last week as coronavirus cases surge nationwide.,New York Times (News),"Applications for unemployment benefits rose for the second week in a row last week, the latest sign that the nationwide surge in coronavirus cases is threatening to undermine the economic recovery.
More than 827,000 people filed first-time applications for state unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department said Wednesday. That was up 78,000 from a week earlier, before adjusting for seasonal patterns, and more than 100,000 from the first week of November, when weekly filings hit their lowest level since pandemic-induced layoffs began last spring.
Another 312,000 people filed for...",left
14238,Final Impeachment Arguments Held Monday,"['White House', 'US Senate', 'Donald Trump', 'US Congress', 'Impeachment Trial', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']","Impeachment closing arguments: Dems claim 'duty demands' a conviction, as Trump team decries ‘rush to judgment’",Fox News (Online News),"The impeachment trial of President Trump drew closer toward its almost-inevitable conclusion with closing arguments Monday, as Democratic House impeachment managers made a last-ditch push to convince the Senate that an acquittal would be a ""death blow"" to the ability to hold a president in check, while Trump’s defense team accused the Democrats of engaging in a rushed, partisan, unjustified endeavor.
Each side is permitted up to two hours to make their final case, as proceedings stretch into another week amid expectations that a largely party-line acquittal awaits the president...",right
14239,Final Impeachment Arguments Held Monday,"['White House', 'US Senate', 'Donald Trump', 'US Congress', 'Impeachment Trial', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Trump Impeachment Trial Winds Down With Closing Arguments,NPR (Online News),"House Democrats and President Trump's defense team are making their closing arguments in the Senate impeachment trial before lawmakers vote later this week on whether to remove Trump from office.
Both sides presented opposing versions of the president's handling of aid for Ukraine last summer and the impeachment proceedings so far.
With Trump's acquittal all but certain, House manager Jason Crow used his remarks to push back against those lawmakers who argue that Trump's alleged actions do not rise to the level of impeachment.
""If you believe ... that the...",left
14240,Final Impeachment Arguments Held Monday,"['White House', 'US Senate', 'Donald Trump', 'US Congress', 'Impeachment Trial', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Impeachment trial: Senators to give speeches explaining their votes after closing arguments Monday,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)The House impeachment managers and President Donald Trump's legal team will have a final chance Monday to make their pitch to any senators still on the fence about the verdict in the President's impeachment trial, even if the outcome is a forgone conclusion.
The impeachment managers and defense counsel are making their closing arguments for two hours each on Monday to summarize their case, starting with the House managers. The Senate is poised to acquit Trump when it takes a final vote on Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET. But there...",left
14241,Perspectives: Trump's COVID-19 Executive Actions,"['Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Executive Actions', 'Life During Covid-19']",Op-Ed: Trump just made another huge and illegal power grab. Be very alarmed,Los Angeles Times,"President Trump doesn’t understand or doesn’t care about the most basic principle of American government: Power is divided among three branches of government. The president does not possess legislative power, yet on Saturday Trump signed a series of executive orders that were clearly in the purview of the legislative, not the executive branch.",left
14242,Perspectives: Trump's COVID-19 Executive Actions,"['Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Executive Actions', 'Life During Covid-19']",The Return of Pen-and-Phone Constitutionalism,National Review,"President Trump’s executive actions for COVID relief offer little relief but are constitutionally dangerous.
On Saturday, President Trump put his name to four executive actions — three presidential memoranda and one executive order — intended to offer some relief to Americans dealing with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The premise of these actions, made explicit in the text of each, was that Congress had failed to act and now the chief executive has to step in. It is a premise fundamentally at odds with the logic of our...",right
14243,Perspectives: Trump's COVID-19 Executive Actions,"['Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Executive Actions', 'Life During Covid-19']",Trump’s actions on pandemic relief aren’t illegal. They’re just ineffective.,Guest Writer - Center,"Within hours of President Trump’s announcement Saturday that his administration would provide pandemic-related relief to millions of Americans, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle assailed the move as yet another instance of presidential overreach. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) — who don’t agree on much — settled on the same phrase to describe the president’s actions: “unconstitutional slop.”
That’s understandable — but wrong. Trump has so often exceeded normal limits on presidential authority that it is easy to assume unlawfulness on his part. But...",center
14244,September 2017 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"U.S. hiring falls 33,000 after hurricanes slam Texas, Florida",Washington Times,"The U.S. lost 33,000 jobs in September after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma hit Texas, Florida and other Southeastern states. It was the first decline in nearly seven years.
The unemployment rate fell to 4.2 percent from 4.4 percent, the Labor Department said Friday, the lowest level since February 2001.",right
14245,September 2017 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Hurricane-Battered U.S. Shed 33,000 Jobs in September",Wall Street Journal (News),Unemployment rate fell to 4.2%; labor market shed jobs for first time in seven years,center
14246,September 2017 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Employment Falls In September After Hurricanes Harvey And Irma Undercut Economic Activity,HuffPost,"U.S. employment fell in September for the first time in seven years as Hurricanes Harvey and Irma left displaced workers temporarily unemployed and delayed hiring, the latest indication that the storms undercut economic activity in the third quarter.",left
14247,Hunter Biden Defends Work For Foreign Companies,"['Hunter Biden', 'Ukraine Scandal', 'China', 'Politics']","Hunter Biden denies doing anything wrong in Ukraine, China",Associated Press,"Joe Biden’s son Hunter is rejecting assertions by President Donald Trump and his Republican allies that he did anything wrong in engaging in foreign work in Ukraine and China.
Hunter Biden also says he failed to take into account potential implications for his father’s political career. The former vice president is a front-runner in the 2020 Democratic presidential contest.
In an ABC News interview that aired Tuesday, Hunter Biden concedes he may have made a mistake “in the grand scheme of things” for failing to see the political repercussions for...",left
14248,Hunter Biden Defends Work For Foreign Companies,"['Hunter Biden', 'Ukraine Scandal', 'China', 'Politics']",Hunter Biden Speaks Out About Working For Foreign Companies,Townhall,"Hunter Biden spoke out about his work for foreign companies in a rare interview broadcast on Tuesday.
He said he regrets giving a “hook” to those who wish to hurt his father but denied any wrongdoing.
""I gave a hook to some very unethical people to act in illegal ways to try to do some harm to my father. That's where I made the mistake,"" Biden told ABC News. ""So I take full responsibility for that. Did I do anything improper? No, not in any way. Not in any way...",right
14249,Farm Bill Fails to Pass House Amid Immigration Fight,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']",House Conservatives Punch GOP Leaders In The Mouth By Torpedoing Farm Bill,Townhall,"The House Freedom Caucus delivered a gut punch to Republican leadership. They voted down and killed the farm bill. The HFC, which represents the conservative wing of House Republicans",right
14250,Farm Bill Fails to Pass House Amid Immigration Fight,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']",House Rejects Farm Bill as Some Conservatives Withhold Support,Wall Street Journal (News),"The House on Friday rejected a five-year agriculture and food-stamp bill written by Republicans, reflecting the scrambled politics within the GOP’s ranks.",center
14251,Farm Bill Fails to Pass House Amid Immigration Fight,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']",House Farm Bill Collapses Amid Republican Disarray,New York Times (News),"The House, in a striking display of Republican division, rejected a massive farm bill on Friday that would have imposed strict new work requirements on beneficiaries of federal food aid while continuing farm subsidies popular with rural voters.",left
14252,CDC Denies Report Listing Banned Words,['Science'],"CDC gets list of forbidden words: Fetus, transgender, diversity",Washington Post,The Trump administration is prohibiting officials at the nation’s top public health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases — including “fetus” and “transgender” — in official documents being prepared for next year’s budget.,left
14253,CDC Denies Report Listing Banned Words,['Science'],CDC director denies reports that staffers are banned from using certain words,Washington Examiner,The director of the Center for Disease Control is denying recent reports the agency has banned staff from using certain words related to their work.,right
14254,CDC Denies Report Listing Banned Words,['Science'],CDC director says there are ‘no banned words’ at the agency,PBS NewsHour,U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald on Sunday addressed a report that President Donald Trump’s administration had banned the CDC from using seven words or phrases in next year’s budget documents.,center
14255,January 6 Committee Unanimously Votes to Subpoena Trump,"['Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'US House', 'January 6 Committee', 'Violence In America', 'Subpoenas', 'Liz Cheney', 'Bennie Thompson']",The Jan. 6 committee votes unanimously to subpoena Trump,NPR (Online News),"The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack closed its hearing on Thursday by taking a vote on whether to subpoena former President Donald Trump to testify before them.
The vote passed unanimously, with all nine members — including both Republicans — in favor.
Vice Chairwoman Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., read out the motion, describing Trump's testimony as an obligation — given that more than 30 witnesses in the investigation invoked the Fifth Amendment in answer to the committee's questions about Trump, including key Trump allies Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, and John Eastman....",left
14256,January 6 Committee Unanimously Votes to Subpoena Trump,"['Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'US House', 'January 6 Committee', 'Violence In America', 'Subpoenas', 'Liz Cheney', 'Bennie Thompson']",Trump Subpoenaed By January 6 Committee,The Daily Wire,"The U.S. House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol voted unanimously Thursday afternoon to subpoena former President Donald Trump.
The lawmakers issued the subpoena to question Trump about his alleged role in the events that led up to some of the violence that unfolded that afternoon.
“The central cause of Jan. 6 was one man, Donald Trump, who many others followed,” said Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), the vice chairwoman of the committee. “President Trump had a premeditated plan to declare that the election was fraudulent and stolen...",right
14257,January 6 Committee Unanimously Votes to Subpoena Trump,"['Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'US House', 'January 6 Committee', 'Violence In America', 'Subpoenas', 'Liz Cheney', 'Bennie Thompson']",Jan. 6 committee votes unanimously to subpoena Trump,The Hill,"The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol took the remarkable step Thursday of voting to subpoena former President Trump during what could be its final public hearing.
The televised vote comes after the panel wavered for months on whether it would subpoena the bombastic former president, who has frequently criticized the investigation as a partisan witch hunt designed to hurt him politically.",center
14258,Gas Prices Continue to Fall as Yellen Warns of Winter Spike 'Risk',"['Energy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Janet Yellen', 'Inflation', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices']",Gas prices keep plunging,Axios,"Gasoline prices continue to tumble throughout the U.S., taking the starch out of the stiff rise in inflation and cheering up consumers.
Why it matters: Average national gasoline prices hit $5.02 a gallon back in June, amplifying the national fixation on inflation.
Driving the news: According to AAA, a gallon of regular was an average of $3.74 on Friday, more than 25% lower than the June peak.
Yes, but: Not everyone's experience at the pump will mirror the national average.
California typically has some of the most expensive gas because the state requires refiners...",center
14259,Gas Prices Continue to Fall as Yellen Warns of Winter Spike 'Risk',"['Energy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Janet Yellen', 'Inflation', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices']",Janet Yellen Warns High Gas Prices May Be Right Around The Corner,The Daily Caller,"President Joe Biden’s Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that Americans might pay more for gas this winter due to upcoming European Union (EU) sanctions on Russian oil.
Yellen told CNN that there was a “risk” of gas prices spiking at the beginning of 2023 because the EU will no longer buy Russian oil at the end of 2022, meaning that global oil prices could rise and also hike gas prices. Yellen added that the Group of Seven wealthy nations (G7) and the EU were working to place a price cap on Russian...",right
14260,Gas Prices Continue to Fall as Yellen Warns of Winter Spike 'Risk',"['Energy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Janet Yellen', 'Inflation', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices']",Yellen says inflation and higher gas prices remain a 'risk',CNN (Online News),"Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that there is a ""risk"" that US gas prices could rise again later this year, as fears grow over the possibility that Americans' wallets could be strained by a spike in prices similar to the one seen this summer.
""Well, it's a risk. And it's a risk that we're working on the price cap to try to address,"" Yellen told CNN's Dana Bash on ""State of the Union"" when asked if Americans should be worried about gas prices rising again later this year.
""This winter, the...",left
14261,More Reactions to Paris Terrorist Attack,['Terrorism'],Donald Trump: France's Strict Gun Laws Enabled Attack,Newsmax (News),"France's stringent gun control laws should be blamed for failing to prevent the deadly attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, said real estate tycoon Donald Trump.
Trump was making reference to the fact that the French police are generally unarmed. The two officers that were caught up in the terrorist attack were forced to retreat in the face of the armed terrorists.",right
14262,More Reactions to Paris Terrorist Attack,['Terrorism'],World's newspapers react to 'Hebdo' attack,USA TODAY,"The world watched in shock on Wednesday as French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo became the site of a grisly terror attack. Gunmen opened fire on a second-floor editorial meeting, killing 12 people in total. Among them were eight journalists and two police officers.
Journalists felt their profession under fire, and several newspapers are taking to their front pages to react. Editorial cartoons, somber black covers and powerful photos from the attack are seen on pages around the world.",left
14263,More Reactions to Paris Terrorist Attack,['Terrorism'],Bill Maher on Charlie Hebdo attacks: “There are no great religions; they’re all stupid and dangerous”,Salon,"On Wednesday Bill Maher unloaded on religion on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” and called for the unequivocal protection of free speech.
The political comedian, who is promoting the upcoming season of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” was responding to the attack on Charlie Hebdo, which left 12 people dead, 11 wounded and is viewed as a direct attack on freedom of speech.
“This has to stop, and unfortunately, a lot of the liberals, who are my tribe — I am a proud liberal–” Maher began.
“He’s about to turn on you,”...",left
14264,Ketanji Brown Jackson's Confirmation Hearings Begin,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Politics', 'US Senate']",Confirmation hearings begin for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson,CNN (Online News),"Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, as Democrats aim to confirm the first Black woman justice and many Republicans search for a unified message to oppose her.
Democrats have touted President Joe Biden's pick as a qualified, ""historic"" nominee, while Republicans have criticized her record on crime and the support she holds from left-wing groups.
""It's going to be an historic moment on Monday, as Judge Jackson appears before the committee,"" Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said on the Senate...",left
14265,Ketanji Brown Jackson's Confirmation Hearings Begin,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Politics', 'US Senate']",Ketanji Brown Jackson brings varied legal resume to U.S. Supreme Court,Reuters,"If confirmed as its first Black woman justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson would add not only racial and gender diversity to the U.S. Supreme Court but would also bring a varied legal background including a stint representing low-income criminal defendants.
Jackson, 51, served early in her career as a Supreme Court clerk for Justice Stephen Breyer, whose retirement announced in January created a vacancy on the nation's top judicial body that President Joe Biden picked her to fill. Biden, a Democrat, last year appointed Jackson to an influential Washington-based appellate court...",center
14266,Ketanji Brown Jackson's Confirmation Hearings Begin,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Politics', 'US Senate']",Grassley calls for Judge Jackson records amid GOP scrutiny over child porn sentencing; White House pushes back,Fox News (Online News),"Sen. Chuck Grassley is calling for records related to Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson’s time on the U.S. Sentencing Commission ahead of her Supreme Court confirmation hearing next week, amid Republican claims she was overly lenient to child pornographers -- a charge that the White House is branding a ""debunked"" and ""desperate"" conspiracy theory.
""Judge Jackson’s history of sentencing below guidelines, particularly in cases involving child exploitation, raises legitimate questions about her views on penalties for these crimes,"" Grassley, ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in a statement on Saturday....",right
14267,Trump Claims Voter Fraud,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Donald Trump alleges ‘serious voter fraud’ in Virginia, New Hampshire, California",Washington Times,"President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter on Sunday to allege, without specific evidence, that there was massive voter fraud in the election he just won.",right
14268,Trump Claims Voter Fraud,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump pushes conspiracy theory that ‘millions’ voted illegally for Clinton,Washington Post,"President-elect Donald Trump spent Sunday ridiculing Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign for joining a recount effort in Wisconsin, ending his day on Twitter by parroting a widely debunked conspiracy theory that her campaign benefited from massive voter fraud.",left
14269,Trump Claims Voter Fraud,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump's illegal voters lie is just a distraction,Chicago Tribune,"President-elect Donald Trump is a narrative arsonist, a firebug who puts tweets to tinder and ignites flaming controversies that lure our eyes from things he doesn't want us to see.",center
14270,CNN Airs Recordings of Melania Trump Discussing Child Separation Criticism,"[""Women'S Issues"", 'Family Separation', 'White House', 'Child Separation', 'Melania Trump', 'Christmas', 'Polarization', 'Donald Trump']",Secretly recorded tapes show Melania Trump's frustration at criticism for family separation policy and her bashing of Christmas decorations,CNN (Online News),"First Lady Melania Trump was secretly recorded in the summer of 2018 expressing her frustration at being criticized for her husband's policy of separating families who illegally crossed the southern border while at the same time needing to perform traditional first lady duties, such as preparing for Christmas.
""They say I'm complicit. I'm the same like him, I support him. I don't say enough I don't do enough where I am,"" she said in a tape secretly recorded by Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a former friend and senior adviser to the...",left
14271,CNN Airs Recordings of Melania Trump Discussing Child Separation Criticism,"[""Women'S Issues"", 'Family Separation', 'White House', 'Child Separation', 'Melania Trump', 'Christmas', 'Polarization', 'Donald Trump']",Secret recordings show Melania Trump was frustrated about criticism of Trump 2018 border separation policy,The Hill,"First lady Melania Trump expressed frustration that she received criticism for the Trump administration's 2018 border separation policy, according to secret recordings released by CNN on Thursday.
The first lady’s former friend and senior adviser Stephanie Winston Wolkoff secretly recorded the first lady after she left the White House, according to CNN.
""They say I'm complicit. I'm the same like him, I support him. I don't say enough I don't do enough where I am,"" Melania Trump said.",center
14272,CNN Airs Recordings of Melania Trump Discussing Child Separation Criticism,"[""Women'S Issues"", 'Family Separation', 'White House', 'Child Separation', 'Melania Trump', 'Christmas', 'Polarization', 'Donald Trump']",Secretly Recorded Conversations Reveal Exasperated First Lady Melania Trashing Media,The Daily Caller,"First Lady Melania Trump can be heard in a secretly recorded audio tape trashing the media over their alleged refusal to cover a story about her helping an undocumented mother reunite with their child.
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a former senior adviser to first lady, joined CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Thursday night and played audio tapes of conservations between her and Melania. In one recording, Melania vents her frustration over her attempt to reunite a child separated from their mother at the border.
“I was trying to get the kid reunited...",right
14273,"Perspectives: Will Kasich, Never Trumpers Triumph in November?","['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'John Kasich', 'Lincoln Project', 'Joe Biden', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']",What Kasich Gives Biden,The Atlantic,"On Monday, the Associated Press reported that former Ohio governor and Republican presidential candidate John Kasich would speak at the Democratic National Convention in August. For one party to dragoon a notable from the other side into endorsing its presidential candidate is hardly unprecedented. And most of the time, it makes no difference.
But, every now and then, a partisan defector perfectly amplifies the message his endorsee is trying to send. Joe Biden is running against an incumbent who appears largely unperturbed by the death of 140,000 of his...",left
14274,"Perspectives: Will Kasich, Never Trumpers Triumph in November?","['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'John Kasich', 'Lincoln Project', 'Joe Biden', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']",Why Is the Left Angry at Republicans Working to Elect Joe Biden?,New York Magazine,"Conservatives are always looking for converts, the old saying goes, while liberals are always looking for heretics. This would explain why so many of each are so angry right now. Joe Biden’s campaign has attracted the support of a small clique of Republican converts: the Lincoln Project, a boutique collection of anti-Trump Republicans, as well as former Ohio governor John Kasich, who confirmed yesterday he will endorse Biden at the Democratic convention.
It’s no surprise conservatives are furious. Anti-anti-Trump conservative Dan McLaughlin argues in National Review that the defectors have...",left
14275,"Perspectives: Will Kasich, Never Trumpers Triumph in November?","['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'John Kasich', 'Lincoln Project', 'Joe Biden', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']",The Lincoln Project and John Kasich Lack the Credibility to Lead Never-Trump Republicans,National Review,"There are honorable and honest ways to oppose your own party, and to leave it. As a conservative who took the Never-Trump path and voted for Evan McMullin in 2016, I will grant the good faith of a lot of lifelong Republicans and conservatives who believe that they must support Donald Trump’s opponent on the grounds that Trump is unfit for office. And people are entitled to change their minds about what they believe. But it is also important to be honest about what you’re doing, and to take responsibility...",right
14276,Iran Protests: Death Toll Rises Amid Government Crackdown,"['World', 'Iranian Protests', 'Iran', 'Middle East', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Hijab', 'Ebrahim Raisi', 'Joe Biden', 'Internet', 'Free Speech', 'Elon Musk', 'Technology']","Iran protest deaths reportedly soar as woman's family tells CBS News she was tortured and killed by ""morality police""",CBS News (Online),"The family of a young woman who died in Iran after she was accused of a dress code violation and arrested by the country's ""morality police"" have told CBS News she was tortured and killed in police custody. Mahsa Amini's death sparked protests that have raged across Iran for 11 days against the country's ruling Muslim clerics, with more than 75 people killed in the unrest according to one monitoring group.
With defiance and despair, family, friends and neighbors came in their thousands last week to bury 22-year-old Amini.
""She was tortured, according to...",left
14277,Iran Protests: Death Toll Rises Amid Government Crackdown,"['World', 'Iranian Protests', 'Iran', 'Middle East', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Hijab', 'Ebrahim Raisi', 'Joe Biden', 'Internet', 'Free Speech', 'Elon Musk', 'Technology']",Chilling video shows Iranian girl being beaten after removing hijab,New York Post (News),"Disturbing video has emerged of an Iranian girl being beaten by authorities after she removed her hijab amid violent demonstrations that have gripped the country since a young woman died following her arrest for allegedly violating dress rules.
The footage shared by London-based Iran International shows the girl being attacked and falling to the ground after she removed her headscarf in front of security forces, the Times of Israel reported.
“This video, obtained by @IranIntl, shows an Iranian girl who has removed her hijab and opens her arms to the security forces,...",right
14278,Iran Protests: Death Toll Rises Amid Government Crackdown,"['World', 'Iranian Protests', 'Iran', 'Middle East', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Hijab', 'Ebrahim Raisi', 'Joe Biden', 'Internet', 'Free Speech', 'Elon Musk', 'Technology']",Iran protests: Death toll rises to 76 as crackdown intensifies - rights group,BBC News,"At least 76 protesters have been killed by Iranian security forces during 11 days of unrest sparked by the death of a woman in custody, activists say.
Iran Human Rights (IHR), a Norway-based organisation, accused authorities of using disproportionate force and live ammunition to suppress the dissent.
State media have put the number of dead at 41, including several security personnel, and blamed ""rioters"".
Hundreds of people have also been arrested, 20 of them journalists.
""The risk of torture and ill-treatment of protesters is serious and the use of live...",center
14279,America Celebrates Christmas,"['Holidays', 'General News']","Bill Gates Plays Internet Secret Santa, Gives Charitable Gift",Townhall,"Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and one of the richest men in the world, joined over 200,000 members of the website ""Reddit"" to participate in their annual Secret Santa gift exchange. (Full disclosure: I also participated.) In Reddit's Secret Santa, participants are matched to a random ""giftee,"" and the ""gifter"" can choose whether or not to share their identity. Gates was matched to a 25-year-old woman named Cali, and gave her a Loki helmet (from the movie Thor), a book of pictures of Africa, and a donation in her name...",right
14280,America Celebrates Christmas,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Neil deGrasse Tyson Trolls Christians on Christmas,Daily Beast,"If there is actually a war on Christmas, famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson seems ready to lead the fight.
On Christmas morning, Tyson, the director of New York’s Hayden Planetarium, took to Twitter to troll those celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Tyson wrote “On this day long ago, a child was born who, by age 30, would transform the world. Happy Birthday Isaac Newton b. Dec 25, 1642.” The tweet set off an Internet firestorm and was retweeted nearly 15,000 times in less than an hour.",left
14281,America Celebrates Christmas,"['Holidays', 'General News']",My atheist Christmas: How I overcame my personal struggle with the holiday,Salon,"Only recently have I come to accept Christmas as a secular holiday. Because of my religious awakening in high school and the subsequent falling out I had with God in college, its symbols and stories were too freighted with meaning for me just to enjoy the pretty colors.
But I used to be a true believer. My parents made sure all five of their children were baptized and went to catechism until they had their first communion, which among Catholics is the first time a child receives the body of...",left
14282,Nevada Official Arrested on Suspicion of Murdering Journalist,"['Violence In America', 'Las Vegas', 'Nevada', 'Media Industry', 'Press Freedom', 'Corruption']",Police: Democrat's DNA at Crime Scene Where Journalist Was Killed,Newsmax (News),"The DNA of Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, a Democrat, was found at the crime scene where journalist Jeff German was killed last week, police said Thursday.
Telles was arrested Wednesday in connection with the fatal stabbing. On Thursday, a judge ordered he be jailed without bail, according to The Associated Press. Telles will be arraigned next Tuesday, and he faces a murder charge.
Fox 5 Las Vegas reported as well that pieces of destroyed clothing resembling clothes seen in images of the suspect were found at Telles' home.
Police executed a search warrant...",right
14283,Nevada Official Arrested on Suspicion of Murdering Journalist,"['Violence In America', 'Las Vegas', 'Nevada', 'Media Industry', 'Press Freedom', 'Corruption']","County official will be held without bail in reporter’s killing, judge rules",Las Vegas Review-Journal,"The DNA of Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles was found at the crime scene after Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German was fatally stabbed, police announced on Thursday.
Las Vegas police also said they found evidence at Telles’ home, including shoes and pieces of a straw hat, that tied him to the killing.
“This is a terrible and jarring homicide — one that has deeply impacted Las Vegas,” Sheriff Joe Lombardo said at a morning news conference. “Every murder is tragic, but the killing of a journalist is particularly...",center
14284,Nevada Official Arrested on Suspicion of Murdering Journalist,"['Violence In America', 'Las Vegas', 'Nevada', 'Media Industry', 'Press Freedom', 'Corruption']",Slain Las Vegas reporter took on mobsters and corruption in an ink-stained life,CNN (Online News),"As a longtime reporter in Las Vegas, Jeff German often wrote about the who's who of the underbelly in Sin City.
He covered mobsters and murderers, crooked officials and corrupt government agencies. And in recent months, he wrote about claims of bullying and hostility in a little-known office run by an elected county official.
German, a 69-year-old reporter with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, was found dead outside his home Saturday morning with stab wounds, a grisly end to a career dedicated to uncovering the truth in the Vegas area.
That elected county...",left
14285,McConnell Delays August Recess,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","McConnell delays August recess to complete work on health-care bill, other issues",Washington Post,The GOP leader is prepared to preserve two taxes in the Affordable Care Act that faced elimination under the previous Senate proposal.,left
14286,McConnell Delays August Recess,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",McConnell delays start of recess until third week in August,CNN (Online News),"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has delayed the start of the August Senate recess until the third week in August in order to allow more time for his conference to complete ""its work on health care reform"" among other tasks.",left
14287,McConnell Delays August Recess,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Mitch McConnell: Senate will delay start of August recess,Washington Times,"In a seismic break from long-running Capitol Hill custom, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday abruptly cancelled nearly half of the chamber’s monthlong August recess as Republicans work to press forward on health care and other issues.",right
14288,Perspectives: Impact of Coronavirus on Economy,"['White House', 'Economic Policy', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",Can the Fed and Friends Save the Economy?,Paul Krugman,"Markets were in a state of near panic, deeply worried about the economic outlook. But then the Federal Reserve stepped up: its chairman issued a statement strongly suggesting that he would cut interest rates. And the market experienced a huge relief rally.
No, I’m not talking about Monday’s big market bump. I’m talking about Dec. 5, 2000, in the middle of what we now remember as the bursting of the dot-com bubble. (Actually, I wonder if some of my readers are too young even to remember that?) The Fed chairman...",left
14289,Perspectives: Impact of Coronavirus on Economy,"['White House', 'Economic Policy', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump demands ‘more easing and cutting’ after Fed slashes rates amid coronavirus outbreak,CNBC,"President Donald Trump on Tuesday demanded that the Federal Reserve cut rates even more after the central bank announced it would slash rates by 50 basis points in an effort to combat the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
The Fed “must further ease and, most importantly, come into line with other countries/competitors,” Trump tweeted.
“We are not playing on a level field. Not fair to USA. It is finally time for the Federal Reserve to LEAD. More easing and cutting!”",center
14290,Perspectives: Impact of Coronavirus on Economy,"['White House', 'Economic Policy', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",Capital Is Part of the Coronavirus Cure,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"U.S. stocks capped their worst week since 2008 Friday amid fears that the coronavirus will become a pandemic. Though markets rallied Monday on expectations that central banks will slash interest rates, the Nasdaq was still down nearly 9% from its record close of 9817.18 on Feb. 19.
Nasdaq Inc. saw record messages and volumes last week. Nasdaq options markets registered an all-time peak of 62 billion messages on Friday, far above its daily average of about 18 billion over the past year. Similarly, Nasdaq U.S. equities volumes this week reached...",right
14291,"Hurricane Hermine Hits FL, Heads North",['General News'],"Hurricane Hermine hits Florida, weakens into tropical storm",CNN (Online News),"Hurricane Hermine made landfall early Friday in Florida with a furious mix of rain, whistling winds and surging waves -- then weakened into a tropical storm as it wobbled toward Georgia.",left
14292,"Hurricane Hermine Hits FL, Heads North",['General News'],"More than 170,000 without power as Hermine barrels through Florida, heads up East Coast",Fox News (Online News),"Hurricane Hermine may have been downgraded to tropical storm, but it hit Florida's panhandle with ferocity Friday, leaving more than 170,000 without power in its wake before heading up the Eastern Seaboard packing heavy rains for the Labor Day weekend.",right
14293,"Hurricane Hermine Hits FL, Heads North",['General News'],Hurricane Hermine makes landfall in Florida and is downgraded to a tropical storm,Washington Post,"Hermine slammed into Florida’s Gulf Coast early Friday as a Category 1 hurricane, the strongest storm to hit the state in more than a decade, bringing heavy rain, powerful winds and storm surges that forced some evacuations as the system began its crawl up the Atlantic Coast.",left
14294,Second Deadly Blast Hits Volgograd,['Terrorism'],Attack On Trolley Kills 14 In Russia,HuffPost,"A bomb blast ripped a trolleybus apart in Volgograd on Monday, killing 14 people in the second deadly attack in the southern city in two days and raising fears of further violence as Russia prepares to host the Winter Olympics.",left
14295,Second Deadly Blast Hits Volgograd,['Terrorism'],Russian terror attacks could be chilling prelude to Olympic violence,Fox News (Online News),"A pair of suicide bombings that left 31 dead in Russia could be a chilling tune-up for the Olympic games, when a Muslim terrorist leader has vowed to put Chechnya's long-standing grievance with Moscow in the international spotlight, according to terrorism experts.",right
14296,Second Deadly Blast Hits Volgograd,['Terrorism'],Second deadly blast hits Russian city of Volgograd ahead of 2014 Sochi Olympics,CNN (Online News),An explosion hit a trolleybus in the southern Russian city of Volgograd killing at least 10 people in the second deadly blast to strike the city in two days,left
14297,Obama speaks out on ISIS,['Middle East'],Obama to Islamic State: ‘We will not be intimidated’,Washington Post,President Obama warned the killers of American journalist Steven J. Sotloff on Wednesday that their atrocities only served to galvanize American resolve to punish and dismantle the Islamic State militants.,left
14298,Obama speaks out on ISIS,['Middle East'],"'Justice Will Be Served,' Obama Warns The Islamic State",NPR (Online News),"Speaking in Estonia today, President Obama issued a warning to the extremist group that took responsibility for beheading two American journalists: ""We will not be intimidated,"" Obama said, according to Time. ""Those who make the mistake of harming Americans will learn that we will not forget and that our reach is long and that justice will be served.""",left
14299,Obama speaks out on ISIS,['Middle East'],"Obama: We Will Shrink ISIS Into a ""Manageable Problem""",Townhall,"Speaking during a press conference from Eastern Europe early Wednesday morning, President Obama said justice will be served for the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff yesterday and that ISIS must be ""destroyed."" However, shortly after those remarks, Obama said he is working with coalition forces to turn ISIS into a ""manageable problem.""",right
14300,Fact Checking the Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders Debate,"['Coronavirus', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Elections']",FactChecking the March Democratic Debate,FactCheck.org,"The first head-to-head debate of the Democratic presidential primary between former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders focused on the government’s response to the novel coronavirus outbreak. We sorted through competing claims the two front-runners made about the pandemic, as well as other topics including Social Security, super PACs and bailouts.
After Biden claimed the House had just passed a coronavirus relief bill that said “you do not have to pay for any of this, period,” Sanders responded by saying the legislation had an “enormous” loophole. The bill...",center
14301,Fact Checking the Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders Debate,"['Coronavirus', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Elections']",Fact-checking the 11th Democratic primary debate,Washington Post,"The 11th Democratic presidential debate of the 2020 campaign, hosted by CNN and Univision, only had two candidates, lasted two hours — and often devolved into lengthy debates about the voting records of two men who spent decades in Congress. Here are seven claims that caught our attention. Our practice is not to award Pinocchios in debate roundups.
“This was about saving the banks. And jobs. And those banks paid it back! Bernie voted against the bailout to the automobile industry, too.”
— Former vice president Joe Biden
“No. I...",left
14302,Fact Checking the Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders Debate,"['Coronavirus', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Elections']",Biden Claims Trump Tax Cuts Left U.S. Unable to Afford Coronavirus Economic Rescue,Breitbart News,"Claim: Joe Biden said Sunday night that the Trump tax cuts of 2017 and Fed rate cuts of 2019 have left the U.S. unable to afford measures needed to stabilize the American economy during the coronavirus crisis.
“The problem is the policies of this administration. Economically have we eaten a lot of our seed corn here,” Biden said during the Democrat presidential debate. “The ability of us to use leverages that were available before have been used up by this god-awful tax cut of $1.9 trillion and the fact that...",right
14303,Congress Returns for 'Lame Duck' Session,"['Politics', 'US Congress', 'Lame Duck', 'Voters', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'Debt Ceiling', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Government Shutdown']","Democrats seek vote reform, gay marriage, debt ceiling in 'lame duck' Congress",Reuters,"Democrats in the U.S. Congress aim to pass bills protecting same-sex marriage, clarifying lawmakers' role in certifying presidential elections and raising the nation's debt ceiling when they return from the campaign trail on Monday.
President Joe Biden's party got a boost over the weekend when it learned it would keep control of the Senate for the next two years, while control of the House of Representatives is still up in the air as votes are counted after Tuesday's midterm election.
But Democrats escaped a feared midterm drubbing and will look...",center
14304,Congress Returns for 'Lame Duck' Session,"['Politics', 'US Congress', 'Lame Duck', 'Voters', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'Debt Ceiling', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Government Shutdown']",Congress returns after the 2022 midterm election with a hectic year-end agenda,NBC News (Online),"With the 2022 election over, Congress will return to work Monday with a packed to-do list for the final weeks of the year.
The list includes reaching a government funding agreement, reauthorizing the Defense Department, passing a major election overhaul measure, codifying federal recognition of same-sex marriage and voting on nominations. And the House Jan. 6 committee is poised to wrap up its work before it dissolves.
Republicans underperformed expectations in the midterm elections and failed to deliver a red wave. NBC News has projected that Democrats will keep control...",left
14305,Congress Returns for 'Lame Duck' Session,"['Politics', 'US Congress', 'Lame Duck', 'Voters', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'Debt Ceiling', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Government Shutdown']",Congress faces busy lame-duck session as it returns to Washington,Washington Times,"Members of Congress are still unpacking the results of the midterm elections, but they will return Monday to Washington with plenty to do, from funding the government to authorizing key defense programs.
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer over the weekend said senators should expect “heavy work” and “long hours” even as the final makeup of next year’s Senate hinges on a December run-off election in Georgia and key House races remain unsettled.
Most notably, Congress must pass a funding bill before Dec. 16 to avoid a government shutdown. Democrats could try to add special provisions to...",right
14306,Trump to Give First State of the Union,['Politics'],"'Safe, strong and proud' will be message of Trump's first State of the Union, officials say",USA TODAY,"Coming off an appearance on the global stage, and facing more problems on the investigative front, President Trump is preparing a State of the Union address designed to outline his vision of a safer and stronger United States, officials said.",left
14307,Trump to Give First State of the Union,['Politics'],Trump’s first State of the Union: Can a divisive president flip the script?,Washington Post,"President Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address Tuesday at a juncture of opportunity and peril for his presidency, and his anxious allies hope he will show he has the ability to do something he has not done before: bring the country together.",left
14308,Trump to Give First State of the Union,['Politics'],Anti-Trump celebs plan 'People's State of the Union',Fox News (Online News),"A group of Hollywood elites, progressive groups and social activists are planning a “People’s State of the Union” as a “public alternative” on the eve of President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address.",right
14309,President Trump Says He Discussed Joe Biden With The Ukrainian President,"['Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Ukraine', 'Politics']",Trump: Biden discussed in Ukraine call,Washington Times,"President Trump confirmed Sunday that he spoke about former Vice President Joseph R. Biden in a midsummer call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky but said he did nothing wrong, as Democrats warned these latest charges may have “crossed the Rubicon” and into impeachment territory.
Leaving the White House on Sunday, Mr. Trump insisted the conversation that has consumed Washington for several days was “largely congratulatory.”
But, he added, “it was largely corruption — all of the corruption taking place. It was largely the fact that we don’t want our people,...",right
14310,President Trump Says He Discussed Joe Biden With The Ukrainian President,"['Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Ukraine', 'Politics']","Trump admits he discussed Biden with Ukraine, but says he was just worried about corruption",Vox,"President Trump confirmed on Sunday that he discussed the family of former Vice President Joe Biden during a phone call with Ukraine’s president that sits at the center of a whistleblower’s complaint about alleged abuse of power within the White House. The president argued that he did not do anything wrong during the call, but several prominent Democratic lawmakers are calling the whistleblower complaint grounds for impeachment.
Speaking to reporters Sunday before heading to a rally with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Trump described his July 25 conversation with Ukrainian...",left
14311,President Trump Says He Discussed Joe Biden With The Ukrainian President,"['Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Ukraine', 'Politics']",Trump says he discussed Biden in call with Ukrainian president,Reuters,"President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he discussed Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden and his son in a call with Ukraine’s president.
Trump’s statement to reporters about his July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky came as the Democratic leader of a key congressional panel said the pursuit of Trump’s impeachment may be the “only remedy” to the situation.
Trump’s call with Zelensky has been at the center of an escalating battle in Washington since Friday, when news outlets reported that Trump repeatedly asked the Ukrainian leader to...",center
14312,Interest Rate Hike Could Come Soon,['Banking And Finance'],"Fed still likely to hike interest rates in December, despite election result",Washington Post,"The Federal Reserve appears on track to raise interest rates in December and again next year, a gradual tightening of monetary policy that as of now seems unchanged by the results of the presidential election, Fed Chair Janet L. Yellen will signal to Congress today.",left
14313,Interest Rate Hike Could Come Soon,['Banking And Finance'],Fed’s Yellen: Rate Increase Could Become Appropriate ‘Relatively Soon’,Wall Street Journal (News),Central-bank officials decided to hold off on raising rates at their last meeting.,center
14314,Interest Rate Hike Could Come Soon,['Banking And Finance'],Fed’s Yellen: Rate hike likely appropriate ‘relatively soon’,Breitbart News,Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Thursday that an interest rate increase likely will be appropriate “relatively soon” as long as there is further evidence of progress in the economy.,right
14315,State Department Says Mike Pompeo Took Part In Ukraine Phone Call,"['Ukraine Phone Call', 'Mike Pompeo', 'Politics']","Pompeo Took Part in Ukraine Call, Official Says",Wall Street Journal (News),"Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was among the administration officials who listened in on the July 25 phone call between President Trump and Ukraine’s president, a senior State Department official said Monday, a disclosure that ties the State Department more closely to the House impeachment inquiry.
Mr. Pompeo’s participation on the call, which hadn’t been previously reported, was one of several developments related to the controversy that centers on Mr. Trump’s repeated urging that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky cooperate with Rudy Giuliani, Mr. Trump’s personal attorney, and Attorney General William...",center
14316,State Department Says Mike Pompeo Took Part In Ukraine Phone Call,"['Ukraine Phone Call', 'Mike Pompeo', 'Politics']","Hillary Clinton: If Mike Pompeo listened in on Trump-Ukraine call, he should have done more",Washington Times,"Hillary Clinton criticized Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Monday night for not doing more after reportedly listening in on the call between President Trump and Ukraine’s president that is at the center of the whistleblower complaint.
Mrs. Clinton, who served as secretary of state in the Obama administration before losing to Mr. Trump in the 2016 presidential election, weighed in on the controversy during an appearance with her daughter Chelsea on the “Late Show” with Stephen Colbert. The comedian asked her, “How many times when you were secretary of state...",right
14317,State Department Says Mike Pompeo Took Part In Ukraine Phone Call,"['Ukraine Phone Call', 'Mike Pompeo', 'Politics']",Source: Mike Pompeo was on Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President,CNN (Online News),"Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was on the July 25 phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that has come under scrutiny following last week's release of a whistleblower complaint dealing, in part, with circumstances surrounding that conversation, a source familiar told CNN.
A rough transcript of the conversation released by the White House shows Trump repeatedly pushed Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
During that call, Trump asks Zelensky to speak with his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and suggests...",left
14318,Student Loans,['Education'],Obama Poses Student Loan Challenge To Republicans,Politico,"President Barack Obama on Friday stepped into the hyper-partisan fight over student debt, warning about the economic dangers posed by rising debt burdens and urging Congress to pass legislation to prevent interest rates on some loans from doubling as a hard deadline looms on July 1.",left
14319,Student Loans,['Education'],Obama on student loan rates: like deja-vu all over again,HotAir,"As I mentioned he would be earlier this week, President Obama dedicated his Friday morning to educating the youths he used as backdrops at the White House about why it is that the GOPs idea to fix this cyclical federal student-loan battle by tying interest rates to the market, instead of the presidents own plan allowing politicians to continue to arbitrarily determine the interest rates that they deem appropriate, is such a very terrible take on the problem.",right
14320,Student Loans,['Education'],"Obama, Congress reenact battle over student loan rates",Chicago Tribune,"President Obama complained about the looming interest rate hike on student loans in a Rose Garden event Friday morning and urged Americans to call, write and tweet their Republican members of Congress to do something about it.",center
14321,Perspectives: Fox News Stands Behind Tucker Carlson As Calls Mount For His Removal Over 'White Replacement' Comments,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Fox News', 'Fox News Bias', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Race And Racism', 'Culture', 'Cancel Culture']",Tucker Carlson: The truth about demographic change and why Democrats want it,Tucker Carlson,"Last week, we said something on television that the usual chorus of hyperaggressive liars is now pretending was somehow highly controversial. Ordinarily, we'd ignore all of this. Once you've been denounced as a White supremacist for quoting Martin Luther King Jr., you realize such criticism is all just all another form of social control. Honestly, who cares what they think?
But in this one case, we thought it might be worth pausing to restate the original point, both because it was true and worth saying, and also because America badly...",right
14322,Perspectives: Fox News Stands Behind Tucker Carlson As Calls Mount For His Removal Over 'White Replacement' Comments,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Fox News', 'Fox News Bias', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Race And Racism', 'Culture', 'Cancel Culture']",Tucker Carlson and White Replacement,New York Times (Opinion),"On Thursday, Fox News host Tucker Carlson caused an uproar by promoting the racist, anti-Semitic, patriarchal and conspiratorial “white replacement theory.” Also known as the “great replacement theory,” it stands on the premise that nonwhite immigrants are being imported (sometimes the Jewish community is accused of orchestrating this) to replace white people and white voters. The theory is also an inherent chastisement of white women for having a lower birthrate than nonwhite women.",left
14323,Perspectives: Fox News Stands Behind Tucker Carlson As Calls Mount For His Removal Over 'White Replacement' Comments,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Fox News', 'Fox News Bias', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Race And Racism', 'Culture', 'Cancel Culture']",Calls for Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson grow louder,Poynter,"By now, we all know what Fox News’ Tucker Carlson is.
He is a divider whose goal is to stir up his audience with dangerous rhetoric about race and other extreme right talking points. He spends most of his show stirring the pot then later uses his well-practiced tactics to deny he said what we all know he meant. Or that those rightfully bothered by what he said are blowing it all out of proportion.
“Whaaat did I say? No, no, you misunderstood me. The left is trying to cancel...",center
14324,House Proposes Stopgap Plan,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",DHS shutdown threat dimming as House GOP proposes stopgap plan,Washington Post,"House Republicans on Thursday presented a plan for a stopgap bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security for three weeks, raising hopes of averting a looming shutdown of the agency.",left
14325,House Proposes Stopgap Plan,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",House Not Quite Ready To 'Suck It Up' Over Homeland Security Funding,NPR (Online News),"The Department of Homeland Security runs out of money at midnight Friday. The Senate is on track to pass a bill to fully fund DHS with no strings attached. Meanwhile, the House will be voting Friday on a stop-gap spending bill to fund the department for only three weeks. House Republicans say it's to give the two chambers more time to work out differences. But Senate Democrats say that's not going to happen.",left
14326,House Proposes Stopgap Plan,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",It’s Not Over: House GOP Pushes Back With Its Own Plan for DHS Just a Day Before a Possible Shutdown,The Blaze,"House Republicans late Thursday set in motion a plan to extend funding for the Department of Homeland Security for three weeks — Democrats oppose the plan, and as a result, it could lead to a partial DHS shutdown after Friday.",right
14327,"N.Y. Judge Dismisses Charges Against Paul Manafort, Citing Double Jeopardy","['Paul Manafort', 'Donald Trump', '2016 Election', 'Campaigns', 'Fraud', 'Russia Investigation', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Paul Manafort has New York state fraud prosecution DISMISSED because of 'double jeopardy' - opening way for Donald Trump to set him free with a pardon,Daily Mail,"Paul Manafort's state charges in New York were thrown out by a judge on Wednesday in a dramatic court victory for the former Trump campaign chairman.
He won a claim that the prosecution brought by Manhattan district attorney Cy Vance, was invalidated by 'double jeopardy' laws because it overlapped with the federal crimes of which he was convicted earlier this year.
However Manafort remains in federal custody and is not scheduled for release until Christmas Day 2024.
But the judge's ruling opens the way for Donald Trump to set...",right
14328,"N.Y. Judge Dismisses Charges Against Paul Manafort, Citing Double Jeopardy","['Paul Manafort', 'Donald Trump', '2016 Election', 'Campaigns', 'Fraud', 'Russia Investigation', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",New York judge tosses state fraud case against Manafort,NBC News (Online),"A New York judge Wednesday tossed the real estate fraud case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance against Paul Manafort, ruling that the charges violated the state’s double jeopardy laws.
Vance's office accused Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, of falsifying business records to obtain millions of dollars in residential mortgage loans in a scam that began in December 2015 and continued until three days before Trump's 2017 inauguration.
But Justice Maxwell Wiley of the New York County Supreme Court dismissed the case because Manafort, 70, had been...",left
14329,"N.Y. Judge Dismisses Charges Against Paul Manafort, Citing Double Jeopardy","['Paul Manafort', 'Donald Trump', '2016 Election', 'Campaigns', 'Fraud', 'Russia Investigation', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",State Case Against Paul Manafort Tossed by New York Judge,Wall Street Journal (News),"A New York judge tossed a state criminal case against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, saying the indictment violated a law that protects defendants from being prosecuted for the same crimes twice.
Mr. Manafort, 70 years old, is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence after his federal convictions on bank and tax fraud, among other crimes. Mr. Manafort didn’t appear in court Wednesday due to health issues, the judge said.
The state indictment, brought by the Manhattan district attorney’s office, had accused the former Trump campaign chairman of submitting...",center
14330,'What is a Woman?': New Documentary Highlights Divide on Transgender Issues,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Transgender Issues', 'Woke Culture', 'Culture War', 'Matt Walsh', 'Arts And Entertainment']",Matt Walsh Stumps the Left with One Simple Question,National Review,"Matt Walsh’s hilarious yet hard-hitting documentary, What Is a Woman?, addresses an issue that is at the center of the culture war: transgenderism. Throughout the film, which premiered on June 1 exclusively for Daily Wire subscribers, Walsh struggles to find anyone who can answer what would appear to be a simple question. But given that incoming Supreme Court justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dodged the same question during her confirmation hearings, claiming she was unable to answer it because she was “not a biologist,” it appears the question is indeed a complicated one.
“I first...",right
14331,'What is a Woman?': New Documentary Highlights Divide on Transgender Issues,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Transgender Issues', 'Woke Culture', 'Culture War', 'Matt Walsh', 'Arts And Entertainment']",Inside the effort to erase the female identity and objective truth: A review of Matt Walsh's What is a Woman?,Washington Examiner,"For years, society has debated the proper role of a woman. Should she vote? Should she own property? Should she be considered a citizen in her own right or merely an extension of her husband? Should she pursue a career or stay at home instead?
On the one hand, there were — and still are — those who wanted to shove women in a box and limit their influence to the confines of the home. And on the other, there were many who, in pursuit of equality, drove women to...",right
14332,'What is a Woman?': New Documentary Highlights Divide on Transgender Issues,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Transgender Issues', 'Woke Culture', 'Culture War', 'Matt Walsh', 'Arts And Entertainment']",The dangerous deception of Matt Walsh’s documentary “What is a Woman?”,LGBTQ Nation,"The right-wing web is buzzing about the recently released anti-trans documentary What is a Woman? from Daily Wire columnist Matt Walsh. Everyone else seems to be ignoring it. And while I don’t fault the many film critics who allegedly declined to review the film, I decided to run toward the dumpster fire. Ignorance can indeed be frightening, but it must be confronted.
The propaganda project garnered push back even before its June 1 release, when trans activist Eli Erlick accused Walsh of seeking interviews under false pretenses. Erlick, who is a founder of the Trans...",left
14333,"Nevada Prepares for Caucuses, the Third 2020 Primary","['Nevada Caucus', 'Primary', 'Democratic Primary', 'Presidential Election', 'Las Vegas', 'Elections']",26 Scenarios For What Things Could Look Like After Nevada,FiveThirtyEight,"The results in Nevada will likely have a meaningful effect on the overall race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Coming into Saturday, Sen. Bernie Sanders is a strong favorite to win Nevada — FiveThirtyEight’s forecast gives him about a 6 in 7 chance of finishing first there. But how much he wins by — or whether he wins at all — will also affect what the race looks like coming out of the Silver State. Although Sanders is favored, there’s still a chance that someone else wins Nevada — not...",center
14334,"Nevada Prepares for Caucuses, the Third 2020 Primary","['Nevada Caucus', 'Primary', 'Democratic Primary', 'Presidential Election', 'Las Vegas', 'Elections']",Sanders aims for Nevada caucus win to keep momentum going -- but other Dems not giving up,Fox News (Online News),"LAS VEGAS – The White House race has moved west to Nevada, where the electorate is much more diverse, but Sen. Bernie Sanders is aiming for the same result -- a repeat performance of his victory in last week’s New Hampshire primary.
Looking out at a crowd of more than 2,000 supporters at a caucus eve rally Friday night, the populist senator from Vermont -- who’s making his second straight White House run -- touted his win in New Hampshire and his edge in the raw vote totals in Iowa’s...",right
14335,"Nevada Prepares for Caucuses, the Third 2020 Primary","['Nevada Caucus', 'Primary', 'Democratic Primary', 'Presidential Election', 'Las Vegas', 'Elections']",US Democrats turn to Nevada to clarify a chaotic campaign,Al Jazeera,"The muddled race to secure the Democratic nomination for US president enters a new phase this weekend as voters in the western state of Nevada gather to show their preference for one of the seven candidates still in the race.
With two contests behind them, the candidates fanned out across the state ahead of the vote in an effort to convince caucus-goers that they were best suited to take on President Donald Trump in the November general election.",left
14336,Obama's Pick for New Defense Secretary,['Politics'],Ash Carter to be Defense Secretary nominee: reports,Washington Times,"Ash Carter is expected to be nominated by President Obama to replace Chuck Hagel as Defense Secretary, CNN is reporting.
Mr. Carter served under both Mr. Hagel and former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
Other high-profile contenders such as Michele Flournoy and Sen. Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island, withdrew from contention.
Mr. Hagel resigned under pressure last week.
David Sedney, who served under Mr. Obama from 2009-2013 as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia, said Mr. Hagel’s replacement “will be in a difficult position.”",right
14337,Obama's Pick for New Defense Secretary,['Politics'],"Ashton Carter, Ex-Pentagon No. 2, Emerges as Obama Favorite for Defense Secretary",Wall Street Journal (News),"Ashton Carter, the former deputy defense secretary, is the leading candidate to become the next Pentagon chief, but senior officials said President Barack Obama wouldn’t make an announcement Tuesday.
The president could announce his pick for defense secretary later this week, a senior White House official said. Mr. Carter, who was out of town Tuesday, is seen as the likely choice, officials said.
But the White House is continuing to look at other candidates, including former Navy Secretary Richard Danzig and former assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell.",center
14338,Obama's Pick for New Defense Secretary,['Politics'],"Obama Settles on Ashton Carter as Defense Secretary, Officials Say",New York Times (News),"— President Obama has settled on Ashton B. Carter to be the next defense secretary, senior administration officials said on Tuesday, but is not prepared to announce the move because the White House has not completed its vetting of him.
A former deputy defense secretary with a long history at the Pentagon — though no uniformed military service — Mr. Carter was on a short list of prospective defense secretaries from the moment that Chuck Hagel announced his resignation, under pressure, on Nov. 24.
Mr. Obama is not expected to...",left
14339,Biden Pitches New Spending Framework to Senate Dems,"['Joe Biden', 'Federal Budget', 'Build Back Better', 'Economic Policy']","Biden to sell spending plans to House Dems, deliver speech to Americans",Washington Times,"President Biden will plead with House Democrats to pass his economic agenda and make one last sales pitch to the public Thursday before jetting off for an overseas trip.
“Before departing for his foreign trip, he will return to the White House and speak to the American people about the path forward for his economic agenda and the next steps to getting it done,” a White House official said.
Mr. Biden is going to Capitol Hill to push House Democrats to strike a deal on two of his top domestic priorities: a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal and a broader social welfare package.
During his remarks,...",right
14340,Biden Pitches New Spending Framework to Senate Dems,"['Joe Biden', 'Federal Budget', 'Build Back Better', 'Economic Policy']",Biden to announce new framework on spending deal,The Hill,"President Biden on Thursday will meet with House Democrats to outline the specifics of his economic agenda and push for its passage along with a bipartisan infrastructure deal after months of negotiations.
Biden plans to announce a new framework that is expected to win approval from all Democrats on the Hill, according to a White House source, though it remains to be seen if progressives will get on board with a pared-down version of the proposal.
The president will return to the White House after the meeting at the Capitol and deliver remarks on his agenda...",center
14341,Biden Pitches New Spending Framework to Senate Dems,"['Joe Biden', 'Federal Budget', 'Build Back Better', 'Economic Policy']",Biden visits the House in a bid to unite fractious Dems,Politico,"Progressives are once again threatening to tank their party's infrastructure bill ahead of a key deadline, with President Joe Biden's domestic agenda on the line. This time Democratic leaders believe they have a secret weapon: Biden himself.
Biden will join House Democrats on Capitol Hill Thursday morning for a high-stakes sales pitch to resistant progressives, asking them to support a bipartisan infrastructure framework, although a final agreement on the party's broader social spending bill remains out of reach without clear liberal buyin.
But even as Biden sandwiched the Hill visit and follow-up...",left
14342,Trump Won’t Endorse Ryan - Yet,['Elections'],Trump vs. Ryan (again): How we got here,CNN (Online News),"If Donald Trump wins in November, his most powerful Republican ally in Washington will be House Speaker Paul Ryan -- at least, that's the plan.",left
14343,Trump Won’t Endorse Ryan - Yet,['Elections'],Donald Trump will not endorse Paul Ryan as Republican splits widen,The Guardian,"The Republican nominee, Donald Trump, has declined to endorse the re-election campaign of the House speaker, Paul Ryan, the highest-ranking member of his party in Washington, as divisions intensified in the GOP.",left
14344,Trump Won’t Endorse Ryan - Yet,['Elections'],Trump Strikes Blow to GOP ‘Unity’ by Withholding Endorsement From House Speaker Ryan,The Blaze,"Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has secured the endorsement of House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), but the Manhattan billionaire isn’t ready to reciprocate.",right
14345,Why are Democrats Boosting Pro-Trump Candidates in the 2022 Primaries?,"['2022 Elections', 'Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections']",Democrats accused of meddling in GOP primaries,NewsNation,"Democratic campaign organizations have been spending millions on ads for Republicans whom they call “extreme,” or “fringe,” hoping if those “extremes” win their primaries, they’ll be easier to beat in November.
It’s a strategy drawing criticism from many Republicans, Independents and even from many other Democrats, who argue it’s not just wrong, but that it’s hypocritical to call someone a threat to democracy and then possibly help them get elected.
“John Gibbs is too conservative for west Michigan,” a political ad on YouTube reads out.
The ad meant to oppose Republican John Gibbs was posted and paid for by...",center
14346,Why are Democrats Boosting Pro-Trump Candidates in the 2022 Primaries?,"['2022 Elections', 'Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections']",The Democrats’ Cynical Game in Republican Primaries,National Review,"Republican primaries, which were once a sparring ground for ideas, have too often of late become battles over attitude and tests of personal loyalty to Donald Trump. Some candidates seek to prove their bona fides by embracing false claims about the 2020 election being stolen, precisely because they know that responsible opponents will be unwilling to do so. Too many campaigns revolve around the idea that candidates should be not just unyielding or combative but transgressive. When voters reward this behavior, it is imitated further.
Just as cynically, Democrats — while...",right
14347,Why are Democrats Boosting Pro-Trump Candidates in the 2022 Primaries?,"['2022 Elections', 'Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections']",Why criticism of Democrats for boosting radical Trumpists is wrong,Paul Waldman,"When moderate Republican Rep. Peter Meijer of Michigan was defeated in Tuesday’s primary, condemnation came swiftly. Not for John Gibbs, the far-right election conspiracist who narrowly beat Meijer, but for Democratic Party officials who boosted Gibbs’s campaign in an attempt to face a general election opponent who would be easier to beat in a district that leans slightly Democratic.
Gibbs is one of a number of such candidates Democrats have tried to help, and the response has been widespread outrage. Outside of the Democratic officials who made the decision to deploy this tactic, there seems to...",left
14348,World Leaders Pay Tribute To Veterans At Normandy,"['D-Day', 'Normandy', 'World']",Macron to Trump at D-day ceremony: fulfil the promise of Normandy,The Guardian,"French president praises multilateralism of Nato and EU while offering gratitude to US
France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, has appealed directly to Donald Trump to fulfil the “promise of Normandy” by embracing pillars of the postwar peace such as the European Union and Nato as the two leaders marked the D-day landings 75 years ago.
In a speech that trod a fine diplomatic line, Macron offered both sincere expressions of gratitude for the valour of US troops in the second world war and vehement calls for the White House to re-engage...",left
14349,World Leaders Pay Tribute To Veterans At Normandy,"['D-Day', 'Normandy', 'World']",Jumping Into Darkness — and History,The American Spectator,"When you think about D-Day on this 75th anniversary, there is much that stimulates a kind of awe. Strictly as a military problem the thing was one possible FUBAR (ask a Vet) piled upon another. At the big levels, strategic and operational, it was daunting, to put it mildly.
There was, in the first place, the enemy. In the 20th century, the Germans had built an awesome military reputation. They had fought the whole world, twice, and come very close to victory in 1914 and, again, in 1941.
Close...",right
14350,World Leaders Pay Tribute To Veterans At Normandy,"['D-Day', 'Normandy', 'World']",D-Day: Veterans and world leaders mark 75th anniversary,BBC News,"The only words we can say to veterans are ""thank you"", Theresa May has told a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the Normandy invasion.
Her words were echoed by French President Emmanuel Macron, who told D-Day veterans gathered in northern France that we owe them ""our freedom"".
The day of commemorative events began with a lone piper marking the moment the first UK soldiers went ashore.
Donald Trump later told US veterans they were ""the pride of the nation"".
The US president was at a service at the...",center
14351,Trump Grants 15 Pardons,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Russia Investigation', 'Pardons', 'Criminal Justice', 'Politics']","Trump announces wave of pardons, including Papadopoulos and former lawmakers Hunter and Collins",CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a wave of lame duck pardons, including two for men who pleaded guilty in Robert Mueller's investigation, as well as ones for Republican allies who once served in Congress and military contractors involved in a deadly shooting of Iraqi civilians.
The pardons of former campaign aide George Papadopoulos, former US congressmen Duncan Hunter and Chris Collins, and the four Blackwater guards involved in the Iraq massacre kick off what is expected to be a flurry of pardons and commutations in the coming weeks as...",left
14352,Trump Grants 15 Pardons,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Russia Investigation', 'Pardons', 'Criminal Justice', 'Politics']","Trump pardons individuals charged in Russia probe, ex-GOP lawmakers",The Hill,"President Trump on Tuesday granted clemency to three former Republican congressmen as well as two individuals charged as part of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, George Papadopoulos and Alex van der Zwaan.
Trump granted a full pardon to former California GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter, who pleaded guilty to misusing campaign funds in 2019. He also granted a pardon to former New York GOP Rep. Chris Collins, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud and lying to the FBI in 2019 and is currently serving a 26-month sentence....",center
14353,Trump Grants 15 Pardons,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Russia Investigation', 'Pardons', 'Criminal Justice', 'Politics']",President Trump grants several high-profile pardons,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump issued full pardons to 15 individuals and commuted part or all of the sentences of an additional five people, the White House announced Tuesday.
Included in the list are Duncan Hunter, a former GOP congressman from California, Chris Collins, a former GOP representative from New York and Trump campaign advisor George Papadapoulous.
The pardons and commutations came at the recommendations of Trump allies in Congress and in the media, as well as Alice Johnson, whose high-profile case Trump granted a full pardon and commutation, at the...",right
14354,Democrat Calls for New House Leadership Over Lawmaker Stock Trading Ban Delay,"['Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Stock Market', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Abagail Spanberger', '2022 Elections', 'Steny Hoyer']",Pelosi Ripped by Fellow Democrat for Delaying Stock-Trade Bill,Bloomberg,"Democratic Representative Abigail Spanberger lashed out at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other party leaders who she accused of dragging their feet on legislation to ban stock trading by lawmakers.
Spanberger, who introduced a bill with Republican Representative Chip Roy to require that lawmakers place investment assets into a blind trust while in office, questioned Pelosi’s commitment to a stock-trading ban and called the delay in acting on any reform bill before the House leaves for a break “a failure of House leadership.”",left
14355,Democrat Calls for New House Leadership Over Lawmaker Stock Trading Ban Delay,"['Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Stock Market', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Abagail Spanberger', '2022 Elections', 'Steny Hoyer']","Democrat slams Pelosi, 'failure of House leadership' over stock trading bill",Washington Examiner,"Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) on Friday criticized Democratic House leadership for not taking up legislation to ban members of Congress from trading stocks.
Spanberger has introduced and advocated legislation that would prevent lawmakers, their spouses, and their dependent children from buying, selling, or trading individual stocks, requiring them to divest from their investments or place them into a blind trust within 90 days of taking office in an attempt to avoid conflicts of interest or members of Congress using the office for financial gain.",right
14356,Democrat Calls for New House Leadership Over Lawmaker Stock Trading Ban Delay,"['Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Stock Market', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Abagail Spanberger', '2022 Elections', 'Steny Hoyer']","In scathing statement, Democrat calls for new leaders in House",The Hill,"Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) on Friday called for new Democratic leadership on Capitol Hill after top House Democrats scrapped plans to vote on legislation banning lawmaker stock trading.
The scathing statement from Spanberger, a two-term congresswoman in a tight reelection race, came one day after House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said a bill prohibiting lawmakers from trading stocks would not be put up for a vote this week.",center
14357,Shake Shack Returns Small Business Loan,"['Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Small Business', 'Paycheck Protection Program', 'White House', 'Business']",Shake Shack to return small business loan after uproar,Politico,"Shake Shack plans to return a $10 million loan it received under an emergency small business rescue program, amid a growing backlash against big businesses that got the money before $350 billion in funding lapsed last week.
The burger chain was just one of several large restaurant operators and publicly traded companies that secured tens of millions of dollars in ""Paycheck Protection Program"" loans before the Trump administration announced Thursday that the funding was exhausted because of the high demand.",left
14358,Shake Shack Returns Small Business Loan,"['Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Small Business', 'Paycheck Protection Program', 'White House', 'Business']",Shake Shack’s Repaid $10 Million PPP Loan Cannot Be Used To Make New Loans To Small Businesses,Forbes,"The $10 million Paycheck Protection Program loan that Shake Shack is giving back cannot be used by the government to fund new loans to small businesses because of the way the program was structured.
The $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program ran out of funds last week, locking out small businesses that were unable to secure access to the emergency lending program that is being run by the federal government’s Small Business Administration.",center
14359,Shake Shack Returns Small Business Loan,"['Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Small Business', 'Paycheck Protection Program', 'White House', 'Business']",‘confusing’ small-business loan program needs to change to provide a lifeline to ailing restaurants,MarketWatch,"Shake Shack Inc.’s top executives are calling for improvements to the tangled process of applying for a loan from the Paycheck Protection Program that is meant to provide a lifeline to restaurants hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak.
The PPP is part of the $2.2 trillion CARES Act.
The burger chain SHAK, +5.26% announced early Monday that it is returning the $10 million loan it was granted after it secured funding on Friday. The company decided to apply for the loan in the first place after trying to make sense...",center
14360,California Truckers Block Oakland Port to Protest Labor Law,"['California', 'Free Speech', 'Health Insurance', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Inflation', 'Labor', 'Supply Chains', 'Transportation', 'Truckers', 'Workforce']",Truckers’ protests over a labor law block access to Oakland’s port.,New York Times (News),"For days, a convoy of truckers has blocked the roads that serve the Port of Oakland, crippling a major West Coast cargo hub already hampered by global supply chain disruptions.
The protest is meant to send a message to Gov. Gavin Newsom: Keep the drivers clear of a California labor law that they say threatens their livelihood.
The truckers, primarily independent owners and operators, are demonstrating in opposition to Assembly Bill 5, a law passed in 2019 that requires gig workers in several industries to be classified as employees with benefits,...",left
14361,California Truckers Block Oakland Port to Protest Labor Law,"['California', 'Free Speech', 'Health Insurance', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Inflation', 'Labor', 'Supply Chains', 'Transportation', 'Truckers', 'Workforce']",Shippers are avoiding the Port of Oakland as trucker protests over gig worker law stop flow of trade,CNBC,"The trucker protests at the Port of Oakland have stopped the flow of trade for at least two days and some vessels are now either pulling up anchor to go to another port or skipping the port. In an effort to restore production, the port has established “Free Speech Zones” which were described in an open letter to the trucking community last night.
Truckers have been protesting since Monday against the California gig labor law. That law classifies workers as employees rather than independent contractors. Truckers who are classified as independent owner and...",center
14362,California Truckers Block Oakland Port to Protest Labor Law,"['California', 'Free Speech', 'Health Insurance', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Inflation', 'Labor', 'Supply Chains', 'Transportation', 'Truckers', 'Workforce']",Truckers shut down Port of Oakland in protest of Gavin Newsom's labor law as California's supply chain goes from bad to worse,The Blaze,"Independent truckers shut down the Port of Oakland as a protest against a labor law signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Since Monday, California truckers have been blocking access to the Port of Oakland with a protest against Assembly Bill 5 (AB5). The truck drivers successfully stopped operations at the Oakland port from Wednesday through Friday.
The Port of Oakland said in a Wednesday statement, ""Trucker protests that started Monday over the implementation of AB5 have effectively shut down operations at shipping terminals at the Port of Oakland. The shutdown will further exacerbate the...",right
14363,Half of U.S. Adult Population Has Received COVID-19 Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Public Health']",Half of U.S. adults have received at least one Covid shot in milestone for vaccination campaign,CNBC,"Half of all U.S. adults have now received at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, marking a major milestone in the country’s largest vaccine campaign.
More than 129 million people ages 18 and older have received at least one shot, or 50.4% of the total adult population, according to the CDC. More than 83 million adults, or 32.5% of the total adult population, are fully vaccinated with one of the three vaccines approved in the U.S.
The milestone comes one...",center
14364,Half of U.S. Adult Population Has Received COVID-19 Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Public Health']",Half of adult population in US has received at least one vaccine dose,Washington Examiner,"Over half of all adults in the United States have received at least one vaccine dose.
A total of 50.4% of U.S. residents above the age of 18 have received at least one inoculation, equating to 129,988,985 people, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Approximately 32.5% of U.S. adults are fully vaccinated.
Eighty-one percent of the nation's seniors who are over 65 have gotten at least one dose, which represents 44,328,500 people, and more than 65% of those 65 or older are fully vaccinated against...",right
14365,Half of U.S. Adult Population Has Received COVID-19 Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Public Health']","Half of U.S. adults have received at least one COVID vaccination, CDC says",CBS News (Online),"Almost 130 million people 18 or older, or about 50.4% of the total U.S. adult population, have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of Sunday night, the CDC said a total of 84 million people in the U.S. are fully vaccinated. So far, more than 3 million around the world have died due to COVID-19, per a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
There's no end in sight, however, for America's fight against the coronavirus. Cases and hospitalizations...",left
14366,Analysis of Trump Acceptance,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",GOP insiders: Trump nailed it,Politico,"Donald Trump’s acceptance speech hit the mark Thursday night, drawing accolades from a number of GOP political insiders who had doubted his competence to lead the Republican ticket this fall.
That’s according to The POLITICO Caucus — a panel of operatives, activists and strategists in 11 battleground states surveyed immediately following Trump’s speech. Fifty-six percent of Republican insiders said Trump’s speech — a forceful indictment of those responsible for what he perceives as a country in decline, along with an assurance that he is uniquely qualified to solve the...",left
14367,Analysis of Trump Acceptance,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump doesn’t want to make America great. He wants to make it afraid.,Vox,"Donald Trump is not a candidate the American people would turn to in normal times. He’s too inexperienced, too eccentric, too volatile, too risky. Voting Trump is burning down the house to collect the insurance money — you don’t do it unless things are really, really bad.",left
14368,Analysis of Trump Acceptance,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump claims GOP nomination, tells struggling Americans 'I am your voice'",Fox News (Online News),"Just over a year after Donald J. Trump descended his iconic escalator in Manhattan to announce he was joining a packed field of political veterans seeking the Republican nomination for president, the New York billionaire completed an astonishing and historic political ascent Thursday night in Cleveland, officially claiming his party’s nomination — and declaring to struggling Americans, “I am your voice.”",right
14369,"Judge Says Trump, Children Must Testify in NY Probe","['Donald Trump', 'Justice', 'Trump Organization', 'Ivanka Trump', 'Donald Trump Jr.']","Donald Trump, Ivanka and Don Jr. must testify in Letitia James’ probe: judge",New York Post (News),"Donald Trump and his kids Ivanka and Donald Jr. must testify in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ investigation into the Trump Organization’s business dealings, a Manhattan judge ruled Thursday.
The Trump family trio has been fighting to quash the subpoenas for their sworn testimony, arguing that James’ office is targeting the former president for “selective prosecution” for political reasons and to bolster her career.
Trump’s camp says the AG’s office will use the depositions from the family members to aid a parallel criminal investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in...",right
14370,"Judge Says Trump, Children Must Testify in NY Probe","['Donald Trump', 'Justice', 'Trump Organization', 'Ivanka Trump', 'Donald Trump Jr.']","Trump, children are ordered to testify in N.Y. attorney general probe",Reuters,"A New York judge ruled on Thursday that former U.S. President Donald Trump and two of his adult children must answer questions under oath in the state attorney general's civil probe into their family company's business.
Justice Arthur Engoron of New York state court in Manhattan ruled in favor of Attorney General Letitia James, who sought to enforce subpoenas to compel testimony by Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr and his daughter Ivanka Trump.
Engoron said James had ""the clear right"" to question the Trumps after having uncovered ""copious evidence...",center
14371,"Judge Says Trump, Children Must Testify in NY Probe","['Donald Trump', 'Justice', 'Trump Organization', 'Ivanka Trump', 'Donald Trump Jr.']","Trump must testify in New York investigation, judge rules",Associated Press Fact Check,"Former President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in New York state’s civil investigation into his business practices, a judge ruled Thursday.
Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Trump and his two eldest children, Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr., to comply with subpoenas issued in December by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Trump and his two children must sit for depositions within 21 days, Engoron said following a two-hour hearing with lawyers for the Trumps and James’ office.",left
14372,Apologizing Over Emails,['Politics'],Clinton: I'm 'sorry' the email scandal is confusing to people,Politico,"Hillary Clinton sat down Friday for a rare national television interview, a move that could have allowed her to sail into the holiday weekend, reclaiming a bad week of headlines about the vexing email scandal that has overshadowed her campaign and unsettled even ardent supporters.
It didn't quite work out that way.
During the sitdown with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell -- replete with gauzy lighting -- Clinton mostly made news for refusing to directly apologize for her exclusive use of a private email account and server while she was...",left
14373,Apologizing Over Emails,['Politics'],"Clinton ‘sorry’ for email confusion, stops short of apology for actions",Fox News (Online News),"Sorry – sort of?
Hillary Clinton said in an interview Friday that she’s “sorry” her use of personal email for State Department business has “been confusing to people,” but didn’t offer an outright apology for her actions.
“At the end of the day, I am sorry that this has been confusing to people and has raised a lot of questions, but there are answers to all these questions and I will continue to provide those answers,” Clinton told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell.
However, w",right
14374,Apologizing Over Emails,['Politics'],Clintons personally paid State Department staffer to maintain server,Washington Post,"Hillary Rodham Clinton and her family personally paid a State Department staffer to maintain the private e-mail server she used while heading the agency, according to an official from Clinton’s presidential campaign.
The unusual arrangement helped Clinton retain personal control over the system that she used for her public and private duties and that has emerged as an issue for her campaign. But, according to the campaign official, it also ensured that taxpayer dollars were not spent on a private server that was shared by Clinton, her husband and their...",left
14375,Pipe Bomb Attacks Expose Festering Divisions,['Polarization'],"'This is on you': Democrats, media blame Trump for pipe bombs",Washington Times,"The list of people targeted with suspected pipe bombs reads like President Trump’s Twitter feed: Hillary and Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, John Brennan, Maxine Waters, George Soros, CNN, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Eric Holder and George Soros, all prominent Democratic critics of the president.",right
14376,Pipe Bomb Attacks Expose Festering Divisions,['Polarization'],The Memo: Bomb attacks expose festering divisions,The Hill,"Partisan enmity, incendiary rhetoric and polarization were under a more intense spotlight than ever Wednesday, after crude explosive devices were sent to several leading Democratic politicians, and to CNN.",center
14377,Pipe Bomb Attacks Expose Festering Divisions,['Polarization'],"Trump claims media to blame for 'anger' after bombs sent to CNN, Dems",CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump returned on Thursday to blaming the media for much of the ""anger"" in society, a day after CNN and Democrats were the targets of explosive devices.",left
14378,Biden Defends Afghanistan Withdrawal After Taliban Takeover,"['Joe Biden', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'US Military', 'Foreign Policy']",Biden Defends Afghanistan Pullout Amid Bipartisan Criticism,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Biden said he stands “squarely behind” his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, speaking from the White House Monday as he drew bipartisan criticism over the swift collapse of the government and the ensuing chaos.
He acknowledged that the Taliban takeover of the country happened more quickly than he expected and that the exit has been “far from perfect,” although he took little responsibility for that. He called the images of desperate Afghans at Kabul’s international airport trying to flee their country gut-wrenching.
While pledging to get Americans and U.S. allies out...",center
14379,Biden Defends Afghanistan Withdrawal After Taliban Takeover,"['Joe Biden', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'US Military', 'Foreign Policy']","Biden stands by his decision to pull out of Afghanistan, despite ‘hard and messy’ final days.",New York Times (News),"President Biden offered a defiant defense on Monday of his decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, returning to the White House from a weekend at Camp David amid chaotic scenes at the Kabul airport following the collapse of the Afghanistan government to the Taliban.
Speaking to the American people from the ornate East Room, Mr. Biden stood by his decision to end the longest war in United States history and rejected criticism from allies and adversaries about the events of the weekend that left hundreds of Afghans desperately running after military planes...",left
14380,Biden Defends Afghanistan Withdrawal After Taliban Takeover,"['Joe Biden', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'US Military', 'Foreign Policy']",Biden tells nation he stands 'squarely behind' decision to exit Afghanistan,Fox News (Online News),"President Biden addressed the nation Monday, saying he stands ""squarely behind"" his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan after having a presence for 20 years, while admitting that the fall of the country to the Taliban ""did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated."" 
The president, speaking from the White House Monday, said his administration has been ""closely monitoring the situation on the ground in Afghanistan,"" and is moving ""quickly"" to execute the new plans put in place. 
""I stand squarely behind my decision,"" the president said Monday. ""After...",right
14381,36 Million Families to Stop Receiving Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments in January,"['Economic Policy', 'Taxes', 'Families And Parenting', 'Family And Marriage', 'Food', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Build Back Better', 'Joe Manchin', 'Child Tax Credit']",Child tax credit money will be a no show in January; look out for IRS letter instead,USA TODAY,"Many parents might be looking for money from the child tax credit payment this January but they're not going to see it arrive Jan. 15 or shortly afterwards. 
What's more likely to show up is a tax letter from the Internal Revenue Service related to the child tax credit. Don't throw it away. 
You might not be expecting to see a notice from the IRS but this letter is essential to help prepare your 1040 tax return for 2021 and possibly claim any more money that you're due. 
Unfortunately for 36 million...",left
14382,36 Million Families to Stop Receiving Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments in January,"['Economic Policy', 'Taxes', 'Families And Parenting', 'Family And Marriage', 'Food', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Build Back Better', 'Joe Manchin', 'Child Tax Credit']",Monthly child tax credit to stop this weekend: What families should know,Fox Business,"Millions of families who received a monthly payment from the IRS through the expanded child tax credit are facing their first month since July without cash from the federal program, even as inflation soars to the highest level in a generation. 
Democrats temporarily expanded the child tax credit in early 2021 as part of a sweeping coronavirus relief package, but it expired at the end of 2021. Under the expansion, low- and middle-income parents could receive up to $3,000 for every child ages 6 to 17 and $3,600 for every child under...",right
14383,36 Million Families to Stop Receiving Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments in January,"['Economic Policy', 'Taxes', 'Families And Parenting', 'Family And Marriage', 'Food', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Build Back Better', 'Joe Manchin', 'Child Tax Credit']",More Than 30 Million Families Will Soon Lose Child Tax Credit Benefits,International Business Times,"More than 30 million families are at risk of losing their child tax credit benefits this weekend after Congrees failed to pass an extension of the safety net program that benefited children during the pandemic. 
The Biden administration initially expanded the credit in 2021 after removing the work requirement and saw the CTC reach $93 billion to 36 million families over a span of six month. The CTC gave a $300 tax credit for every child 5-years-old or younger and a $250 tax credit for every child between the ages...",center
14384,"U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 250,000 as States Brace for Restriction","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']","US reaches grim milestone of 250,000 coronavirus deaths",The Hill,"More than a quarter-million Americans have died from complications of COVID-19, the disease caused by a coronavirus that is tearing massive holes in states across the nation, as health experts warn the death toll could double in the coming months.
NBC News reported the death toll crossed the 250,000 mark on Wednesday. Other counts maintained by Johns Hopkins University and The New York Times were slightly below that figure.
The United States continues to be the epicenter of the pandemic, accounting for a hugely disproportionate share of cases and...",center
14385,"U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 250,000 as States Brace for Restriction","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']","US COVID-19 deaths exceed 250,000",Washington Examiner,"The number of reported deaths due to the coronavirus in the United States hit 250,000 Wednesday, according to the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus tracker.
The number of deaths exceeds National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci’s spring prediction that the U.S. would confirm 240,000 deaths due to the coronavirus disease.
At least 1,707 new deaths due to COVID-19 were confirmed Tuesday alone, the highest daily death toll since May 14.
At this rate, CNN reported, at least one person in the U.S. is dying of COVID-19...",right
14386,"U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 250,000 as States Brace for Restriction","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']","US passes 250,000 deaths from coronavirus",The Guardian,"The United States has seen more than 250,000 deaths due to Covid-19 as a new swath of data was released that pushed the stricken country over the grim landmark on Wednesday.
Latest figures from Johns Hopkins University showed that the number of people killed by the virus is now 250,180.
The news comes amid record infections across the US, with the Trump administration repeatedly failing to get a grip on the Covid-19 crisis. Most recently Trump has refused to concede he lost the presidential election to Joe Biden who this...",left
14387,Record Number of US Workers Quit Their Jobs in September,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Coronavirus', 'Business', 'Work-Life Balance']",Consumer sentiment hits 10-year low while workers quit jobs in record numbers,CNBC,"Consumer confidence hit a 10-year low in November as inflation climbed to the highest levels since the early 1990s, complicating efforts from policymakers to sell the case that the current surge of price increases is temporary.
The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index tumbled to 66.8 for November, according to a preliminary reading Friday. That was the lowest since November 2011 and well below the Dow Jones estimate of 72.5. October’s reading was 71.7, meaning that the November level represented a 6.8% drop.
The survey showed consumers expecting still-higher rates of inflation,...",center
14388,Record Number of US Workers Quit Their Jobs in September,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Coronavirus', 'Business', 'Work-Life Balance']",A record 4.4M Americans quit jobs as 'Great Resignation' gathers momentum,Fox Business,"The number of U.S. workers quitting their jobs surged to a record in September as openings remained near an all-time high. 
The total number of quits rose by 164,000 in September to a record-high 4.4 million, according to the Labor Department’s Job Opening and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS. This as the number of available positions slipped to 10.4 million, but remained near a record high.
Americans have been quitting their jobs in droves in recent months as the pandemic has caused many to reevaluate their careers. Some workers are seeking the ability to...",right
14389,Record Number of US Workers Quit Their Jobs in September,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Coronavirus', 'Business', 'Work-Life Balance']",A record number of Americans quit their jobs in September,CNN Business,"A record 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs in September as the sheer volume of available jobs is empowering workers to have their pick.
Workers are quitting in search for better pay or better jobs, representing a fundamental shift in America's labor market.
""Labor now has the initiative, and the era of paying individuals less than a livable wage has ended,"" said Joseph Brusuelas, chief economist at RSM US. ""This strongly suggests that rising wages are going to be part and parcel of the economic landscape going forward.""
The nation had 10.4 million...",left
14390,Pfizer Requests FDA Vaccine Authorization for Children 5 to 11,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'FDA', 'Children', 'Schools', 'Families And Parenting', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare']",Pfizer Asks F.D.A. to Authorize Its Covid-19 Vaccine for Children 5 to 11,New York Times (News),"Pfizer and BioNTech asked federal regulators on Thursday to authorize emergency use of their coronavirus vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, a move that could help protect more than 28 million people in the United States.
The companies say they are submitting data supporting the change to the Food and Drug Administration. The agency has promised to move quickly on the request and has tentatively scheduled a meeting on Oct. 26 to consider it. A ruling is expected between Halloween and Thanksgiving.",left
14391,Pfizer Requests FDA Vaccine Authorization for Children 5 to 11,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'FDA', 'Children', 'Schools', 'Families And Parenting', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare']",Pfizer officially asks the FDA to authorize its COVID vaccine for kids aged 5-11,NPR (Online News),"Pfizer and BioNTech are officially asking the Biden administration to authorize the use of their COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.
Pfizer tweeted on Thursday that the companies had submitted their formal request for Emergency Use Authorization of the vaccine to the Food and Drug Administration.
""With new cases in children in the U.S. continuing to be at a high level, this submission is an important step in our ongoing effort against #COVID19,"" the pharmaceutical giant said.",left
14392,Pfizer Requests FDA Vaccine Authorization for Children 5 to 11,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'FDA', 'Children', 'Schools', 'Families And Parenting', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare']","Pfizer, BioNTech request COVID-19 vaccine emergency authorization for kids ages 5 to 11",Fox News (Online News),"Pfizer and BioNTech requested Food and Drug Administration emergency authorization of their COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, the companies announced Thursday.
Pfizer took to Twitter to share the news, writing: ""With new cases in children in the U.S. continuing to be at a high level, this submission is an important step in our ongoing effort against #COVID19.""
The news comes just over a week after Pfizer-BioNTech submitted clinical trial data from a COVID-19 vaccine study among kids ages 5-11 to the FDA. Trial data included recent findings among 2,268 participants ages 5-11, which...",right
14393,VP Debate Tuesday Night,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",How Biden can win the vice presidential debate,Washington Post,"Sorry, Democrats, but someone has to say it.",left
14394,VP Debate Tuesday Night,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why Ryan has edge in VP debate,CNN (Online News),Vice Presidential debates are usually treated as bores or curios.,left
14395,VP Debate Tuesday Night,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Biden’s debate aim: Reclaim edge after Obama’s subpar showing,Washington Times,"With President Obama looking to an unpredictable and gaffe-prone Joseph R. Biden to get his campaign back on track in Thursdays debate, the pressure on the vice president couldnt be greater.",right
14396,Middle East Perceptions of Syria,['Middle East'],Kerry: Saudi Arabia OK with international military strike on Syria,CNN (Online News),"U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking Sunday from Paris, where he met with Arab League ministers, said Saudi Arabia has approved international military intervention in Syria.
""They support the strike,"" Kerry said after meeting with Saudi foreign minister Saud al-Faisal.",left
14397,Middle East Perceptions of Syria,['Middle East'],"White House narrows Syria pitch, saying evidence irrefutable, Iran is watching",Fox News (Online News),"The White House narrowed its strategy Sunday on convincing Capitol Hill that the United States should launch a military strike on Syria, asking why wouldn’t lawmakers agree to punish the use of nerve gas on children and others when the evidence is indisputable and suggesting such a move is as much about sending a message to Iran as it is about punishing the Syrian government.
“Not a person is refuting the evidence,” White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough told “Fox News Sunday.” “The question now before Congress is...",right
14398,Middle East Perceptions of Syria,['Middle East'],John Kerry: No Decision Yet On Seeking UN Vote Over Syria Strike,HuffPost,"U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday the United States did not rule out the possibility of returning to the United Nations Security Council to secure a resolution on Syria once U.N. inspectors complete their report.
Speaking at a news conference in Paris with his Qatari counterpart Khaled al-Attiya, Kerry said President Barack Obama had yet to make a decision on the issue.",left
14399,Moderna Asks FDA to Authorize COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids Under 6,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Children', 'Moderna', 'Public Health']",Moderna seeks emergency use authorization for Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 6 months through 5 years,CNN (Online News),"Moderna is seeking emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration for its Covid-19 vaccine for children 6 months through 5 years of age, the company said Thursday.
""We believe mRNA-1273 will be able to safely protect these children against SARS-CoV-2, which is so important in our continued fight against COVID-19, and will be especially welcomed by parents and caregivers,"" Stéphane Bancel, chief executive officer of Moderna, said in a news release.
No Covid-19 vaccines have been authorized for children younger than 5 in the US -- about...",left
14400,Moderna Asks FDA to Authorize COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids Under 6,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Children', 'Moderna', 'Public Health']",Moderna seeks emergency authorization for COVID-19 vaccine in young children,Axios,"Moderna on Thursday submitted a request to the FDA for emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in children 6 months to under 6 years of age.
Why it matters: Young children have been largely unprotected throughout the pandemic. The FDA's approval could ultimately permit them to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
The big picture: Moderna said last month its COVID-19 vaccine for children — which consists of two 25-microgram doses — generated a strong immune response in children ages 6 months to 5 years.
Efficacy was 43.7% for children ages 6 months to 2...",center
14401,Moderna Asks FDA to Authorize COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids Under 6,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Children', 'Moderna', 'Public Health']",Moderna asks FDA to authorize COVID vaccine for emergency use in children under 6,Fox Business,"Moderna asked Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulators on Thursday to authorize its COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in children under 6 years of age. 
The biotech company said the shot was about 51% effective against the virus for kids under 2 years old and about 37% effective in kids ages 2 to 5.
It added that similar requests are underway with international regulatory authorities, noting that the requests are based on a 25-microgram two-dose primary series of the vaccine. 
""We are proud to share that we have initiated our EUA submission for authorization for...",right
14402,Tom Price Named as HHS Secretary,['Politics'],Donald Trump to nominate Tom Price for Health and Human Services secretary,Washington Times,"President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced he plans to nominate Rep. Tom Price to be secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, saying Mr. Price has earned a reputation for being a “tireless problem solver” and “the go-to expert on healthcare policy.”",right
14403,Tom Price Named as HHS Secretary,['Politics'],"Tom Price, Obamacare Critic, Is Trump’s Choice for Health Secretary",New York Times (News),"If President-elect Donald J. Trump wanted a cabinet secretary who could help him dismantle and replace President Obama’s health care law, he could not have found anyone more prepared than Representative Tom Price, who has been studying how to accomplish that goal for more than six years.",left
14404,Tom Price Named as HHS Secretary,['Politics'],Donald Trump Chooses Tom Price as Health Secretary,Wall Street Journal (News),"President-elect Donald Trump has chosen top officials for health-care policy, picking House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R., Ga.) as secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, the sprawling agency that will likely dismantle Democrats’ 2010 health-care overhaul.",center
14405,Biden Says Trump Should Be Impeached,"['Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Election 2020', 'Ukraine', 'White House', 'Politics']",Biden calls for Trump's impeachment for first time,Yahoo News,"Former Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he supports the impeachment of President Trump.
“With his words and his actions, President Trump has indicted himself by obstructing justice, refusing to comply with the congressional inquiry,” Biden said during a campaign event in Rochester, N.H. “He’s already convicted himself.
“In full view of the world and the American people, Donald Trump has violated his oath of office, betrayed this nation and committed impeachable acts,” Biden continued, drawing applause. “To preserve our Constitution, our democracy, our basic integrity, he should be...",left
14406,Biden Says Trump Should Be Impeached,"['Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Election 2020', 'Ukraine', 'White House', 'Politics']",Joe Biden Calls For Trump Impeachment 'To Preserve Our Constitution',NPR (Online News),"Former Vice President Joe Biden called for President Trump's impeachment and removal from office, on Wednesday.
Up until now, Biden had reserved judgment, saying he supported the House's impeachment inquiry and wanted to see what the facts showed.
But in a campaign speech in Rochester, N.H., Biden was unequivocal, saying that ""to preserve our Constitution, our democracy, our basic integrity, [Trump] should be impeached.""
Biden said the case was already clear before the public.
""With his words and his actions, President Trump has indicted himself. By obstructing justice, refusing to...",left
14407,Biden Says Trump Should Be Impeached,"['Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Election 2020', 'Ukraine', 'White House', 'Politics']","Biden Drops The Caveats, Says Trump ‘Should Be Impeached’ For Violating His Oath Of Office",The Daily Caller,"Former Vice President Joe Biden announced his support for impeachment Wednesday, telling an audience in New Hampshire that President Donald Trump is making a mockery of the U.S. Constitution.
Biden officially tossed his support behind impeaching Trump, who has spent several weeks throttling the former vice president for his work in Ukraine while he served in the White House. The president is facing an impeachment inquiry after asking Ukraine’s president to investigate Biden.
“Donald Trump has violated his oath of office, betrayed this nation and committed impeachable acts. … He...",right
14408,Trump Deems Places of Worship Essential,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Culture', 'Religion And Faith']",Trump stokes base with call to reopen churches as Americans head into uncertain holiday weekend,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump made another play to his base Friday, declaring churches and houses of worship ""essential"" and sharply warning the nation's governors that he would ""override"" any actions they take that interfere with the resumption of religious services.
It was a move meant to shore up the support of his core supporters at a time when Trump's reelection prospects look uncertain in the midst of declining approval of his handling of the virus and the economic meltdown. Adding fuel to the latest controversy on the right -- just as...",left
14409,Trump Deems Places of Worship Essential,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Culture', 'Religion And Faith']","Trump Demands States Let Places of Faith Open, Chafing at Limits",Bloomberg,"President Donald Trump demanded on Friday that states allow houses of worship to reopen from stay-at-home restrictions imposed to combat the coronavirus outbreak, yet his authority to override governors’ orders is restrained by constitutional limits.
“The governors need to do the right thing and allow these very important essential places of faith to open right now,” Trump said Friday in a statement to reporters at the White House. “For this weekend.”
“If they don’t do it I will override the governors,” he added.
Trump cited no legal grounds that would...",left
14410,Trump Deems Places of Worship Essential,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Culture', 'Religion And Faith']","Trump announces that houses of worship are ‘essential,’ calls on governors to open them up",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Friday announced that new Centers for Disease Control guidance will classify houses of worship as “essential,” as he called on governors to allow them to open “right now” after being closed during the coronavirus lockdowns.
Trump announced the policy for churches, synagogues and mosques, during a short briefing at the White House.
""The governors need to do the right thing and allow these very important essential places of faith to open right now--for this weekend,"" Trump said. ""If they don't do it, I will override the governors.""...",right
14411,Asymptomatic Coronavirus Cases Come into Focus,"['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Disease', 'China', 'Coronavirus']",Asymptomatic coronavirus cases tick up in China,New York Daily News,"Even as China boasts of getting the coronavirus outbreak under control, the number of asymptomatic cases has risen, according to health officials where the pandemic began late last year.
The National Health Commission reported Monday that 78 new asymptomatic cases have been recorded in China in the past 24 hours, up from 47 a day earlier.
More than 1,000 asymptomatic cases are still under “medical observation,” the NHC said.",left
14412,Asymptomatic Coronavirus Cases Come into Focus,"['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Disease', 'China', 'Coronavirus']","'Somewhere between 25% and 50%' of people who get the coronavirus may show no symptoms but still be contagious, Fauci says. Here's the latest research on asymptomatic carriers.",Insider,"At least one-third of the world is under some type of lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, as governments urge social distancing to stymie the virus' spread.
That's because the COVID-19 virus is insidious.
""There's significant transmission by people not showing symptoms,"" Stephen Morse, an epidemiologist at Columbia University, told Business Insider.",left
14413,Asymptomatic Coronavirus Cases Come into Focus,"['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Disease', 'China', 'Coronavirus']",CDC Using Antibody Tests to Gauge Number of Asymptomatic Coronavirus Cases,National Review,"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has begun conducting antibody tests of three different groups to accurately measure the total number infected with coronavirus, including asymptomatic cases.
The surveys come after the Food and Drug Administration announced last week that it had authorized the first coronavirus serology test, which detects any antibodies produced by the immune system in response to the virus. The test is produced by Cellex Inc.",right
14414,Biden Says High Gas Prices Part of 'Incredible Transition',"['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Sustainability', 'Electric Vehicles']",Biden says recession is not inevitable but acknowledges economic pain: 'This is going to be a haul',CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden said Monday he believes a recession in the US is not inevitable but acknowledged the economic pain that Americans are feeling amid high inflation, supply chain shortages and the geopolitical earthquake caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The President argued the US has made ""significant progress"" in its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, which he said has put America in a better position than other countries around the globe struggling with the same issues. But he predicted it would take time to fully recover, saying, ""This is going to be a...",left
14415,Biden Says High Gas Prices Part of 'Incredible Transition',"['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Sustainability', 'Electric Vehicles']",Backlash as Biden Says High Gas Prices Are Part of 'Incredible Transition',Newsweek,"President Joe Biden drew a biting rebuke on Twitter and Fox News after saying that record-high gas prices are part of an ""incredible transition"" away from fossil fuels.
Biden made the comment during a press conference Monday in Tokyo, Japan, as part of a diplomatic trip to Asia. The president's foes quickly pounced on the comment as proof that Biden's clean-energy policies were woefully out of touch and harming the American public with heightened gas prices.
Appearing at a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Biden was asked by a reporter if Americans should...",center
14416,Biden Says High Gas Prices Part of 'Incredible Transition',"['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Sustainability', 'Electric Vehicles']",Biden praises high gas prices as part of ‘incredible transition’,New York Post (News),"Out of touch as ever, President Biden celebrated record-high gas prices Monday, gushing that the pump pain was part of “an incredible transition” of the US economy away from fossil fuels. 
“[When] it comes to the gas prices, we’re going through an incredible transition that is taking place that, God willing, when it’s over, we’ll be stronger and the world will be stronger and less reliant on fossil fuels when this is over,” Biden said during a press conference in Japan following his meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
The president...",right
14417,Greek Finance Minister Resigns,"['Europe', 'World']",Yanis Varoufakis Resigns as Finance Minister of Greece After Vote,New York Times (News),"Greece’s combative finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, who took a strong stand in demanding that creditors write off some of his country’s debts, abruptly resigned on Monday morning.",left
14418,Greek Finance Minister Resigns,"['Europe', 'World']",Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Resigns After Referendum,Wall Street Journal (News),"Greece’s outspoken Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis resigned on Monday under pressure from his government and his country’s creditors, who identified him as an obstacle to productive talks about a new bailout deal.",center
14419,Greek Finance Minister Resigns,"['Europe', 'World']",Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis resigns after 'no' vote against bailout,Fox News (Online News),"Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis resigned from his post Monday after Greek citizens voted to reject further austerity measures the day prior, the Associated Press reported.",right
14420,Oklahoma Devastation,['Environment'],Okla. death toll estimate revised; at least 24 dead,USA TODAY,"The grim work of search, rescue and recovery spun into a second day Tuesday in central Oklahoma after a massive and murderous tornado blasted through the area, killing at least 24 people, flattening neighborhoods and destroying two elementary schools.
There was a strand of good news Tuesday: Authorities dramatically reduced the confirmed death toll after earlier reporting that at least 51 people had died.",left
14421,Oklahoma Devastation,['Environment'],Oklahoma Tornado Death Toll Revised,HuffPost,"The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including seven children.
Spokeswoman Amy Elliot said Tuesday morning that she believes some victims were counted twice in the early chaos of the storm. Authorities said initially that as many as 51 people were dead, including 20 children.
Teams are continuing to search the rubble in Moore, 10 miles south of Oklahoma City, after the Monday afternoon tornado.
The deadly storm touched down on Monday late afternoon, wreaking...",left
14422,Oklahoma Devastation,['Environment'],Horror: At Least 91 Dead in Oklahoma,Townhall,"As the sun begins to rise in Moore, Oklahoma we're starting to see the absolutely incredibile damage an EF4 tornado with 200 MPH winds did yesterday.
Officials have confirmed at least 91 people have been killed in the Moore tornado Monday.
The medical examiner’s office confirmed at least 233 people have been injured.
That number is expected to rise as recovery efforts continue Tuesday morning and daylight arrives.
The tornado claimed an unconfirmed number of children at Moore’s Plaza Towers Elementary.",right
14423,Will the Senate Pass the Same-Sex Marriage Bill?,"['US Senate', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'Respect For Marriage Act', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers', 'LGBTQ Issues']",White House Urges Senate to 'Quickly' Pass Same-Sex Marriage Bill,Newsmax (News),"After 47 House Republicans voted Tuesday to codify same-sex marriage under the Respect for Marriage Act, the White House is urging the Senate for a quick passage of the bill Wednesday.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called the bill ""personal"" for President Joe Biden, who vows to sign the bill into law if it passes the 50-50 Senate.
""He is a proud champion of the right for people to marry whom they love and is grateful to see bipartisan support for that right,"" Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force...",right
14424,Will the Senate Pass the Same-Sex Marriage Bill?,"['US Senate', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'Respect For Marriage Act', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers', 'LGBTQ Issues']",Here are the key Senate Republican votes on legislation to protect gay marriage,The Hill,"Senate Republicans are keeping their distance from a House-passed bill to protect same-sex marriage, even though polls show a majority of Republicans support it and the measure passed overwhelmingly in the lower chamber with 47 House GOP votes.
So far only three Senate Republicans say they will support the measure and a fourth, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), says she supports marriage equality generally but needs to look at the legislation more closely.  
“I have long made known public my support for marriage equality,” she said, explaining that she hasn’t had a...",center
14425,Will the Senate Pass the Same-Sex Marriage Bill?,"['US Senate', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'Respect For Marriage Act', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers', 'LGBTQ Issues']",CNN asked all 50 GOP senators if they will support the same-sex marriage bill. Here's where they stand.,CNN (Online News),"Ten GOP senators are needed to join all 50 Democrats in order to overcome a legislative filibuster in support of the House-passed bill to codify same-sex marriage into federal law. CNN asked all 50 Republicans where they stand on the legislation.
It's not yet clear how many Republicans will support the bill, but GOP and Democratic senators said Wednesday they expect it could eventually win the 60 votes needed.
Here's what we found:
Four Republican senators, so far, have either said they will support or will likely support the House-passed same-sex marriage bill, and...",left
14426,CNN Hosts Uninvited to State of the Union Lunch,"['State Of The Union', 'US Congress', 'CNN', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump Excludes CNN From Annual State of the Union Lunch,Mediaite,"Each year, presidents invite broadcast and cable news anchors for an off-the-record lunch the afternoon of the State of the Union address.
This year, President Donald Trump excluded CNN from the lunch, the network reported Monday night. According to Brian Stelter, while Trump has maintained the traditional lunch and will host one this year — despite his campaign of performative animosity towards the media — the White House has not invited any anchors from CNN.
“This is the first time in recent memory that a president has singled out one...",left
14427,CNN Hosts Uninvited to State of the Union Lunch,"['State Of The Union', 'US Congress', 'CNN', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",White House excludes CNN from annual SOTU media lunch,The Hill,"The White House has excluded CNN anchors from attending a private annual lunch it hosts on the day of the State of the Union, according to three unnamed sources in a network report.
Trump has often had a contentious relationship with the media and CNN in particular.
In the past, the president has referred to CNN as ""fake news,"" and some of his rally attendees have chanted ""CNN sucks"" when Trump broaches the subject of the media.",center
14428,CNN Hosts Uninvited to State of the Union Lunch,"['State Of The Union', 'US Congress', 'CNN', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Politics']",CNN Excluded From White House's Pre-State of the Union Lunch with News Anchors,Townhall,"Brian Stelter, CNN's chief media correspondent, reported that the network had been disinvited from the White House's annual pre-State of the Union lunch with news anchors.
The dinner is considered off the record, but ""it gives the anchors a sense of the president's state of mind before they anchor"" State of the Union coverage.
""CNN's Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer attended last year's lunch. Blitzer has been attending these lunches longer than almost any other anchor — 20 years in a row,"" Stelter reported. ""Journalists from other networks are still...",right
14429,Russia Strikes Near Airport in Western Ukraine,"['Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Lviv', 'War']",Russian airstrike damages repair facilitates near Lviv airport in western Ukraine,Fox News (Online News),"Russian troops launched an airstrike Friday morning that destroyed airplane and bus repair facilities near Lviv's international airport in western Ukraine, the city’s mayor said. 
The mayor said the airplane facility was empty and there are no reported casualties so far. 
The Russians launched six missiles from the Black Sea, two of which were shot down, according to the Ukrainian Air Force’s western command. 
Last weekend, in nearby Yavoriv, nearly three dozen people were killed in a strike on a military training facility. Both cities are near the Polish border. ",right
14430,Russia Strikes Near Airport in Western Ukraine,"['Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Lviv', 'War']",Russian missiles strike Lviv,Reuters,"Russia fired missiles at an airport near Lviv on Friday, a city where hundreds of thousands found refuge far from Ukraine's battlefields, as Moscow tries to regain the initiative in its stalled campaign against Ukraine.
U.S. President Joe Biden was due to talk with Chinese president Xi Jinping later on Friday, in an attempt to starve Russia's war machine by isolating Moscow from the one big power that has yet to condemn its assault.
More than three weeks since President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion to subdue what he calls...",center
14431,Russia Strikes Near Airport in Western Ukraine,"['Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Lviv', 'War']",Russia has attacked Lviv. Here's why the western city is so important to Ukraine's defense,CNN (Online News),"Russia launched missile strikes near an airport in Lviv on Friday, a strategic Ukrainian city not far from the Polish border that had until now largely been spared from the relentless bombardment witnessed across much of the country during the war.
Lviv mayor Andriy Sadovyi said several missiles hit an aircraft repair plant, but that work at the facility had stopped before the strikes and there were no reports of casualties.
Ukraine's armed forces say initial information suggests Russia launched six missiles towards the Lviv on Friday morning. It says the missiles were most likely...",left
14432,Lockdowns Return as Coronavirus Cases Rise in Some Areas,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus']",California imposes night curfew as L.A. careens toward new lockdown measures,Los Angeles Times,"SACRAMENTO — California announced Thursday it will impose a mandatory overnight stay-at-home order for much of the state as COVID-19 surged to unprecedented levels and hard-hit Los Angeles County careened toward even more severe lockdown measures.
While the coronavirus is surging across the state, the situation in Los Angeles County was quickly reaching crisis levels, with nearly 5,000 new coronavirus cases Thursday, the most it has seen in any one day since the pandemic began.
Moreover, California set another record for most coronavirus cases in a single day Thursday. An...",left
14433,Lockdowns Return as Coronavirus Cases Rise in Some Areas,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus']","Nearly 50,000 Health Experts Sign Declaration Against COVID-19 Lockdowns, Authors Say",The Epoch Times,"Nearly 50,000 scientists and medical practitioners from around the world have signed a petition against lockdown measures put in place to curb the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, saying that they are causing “irreparable damage.”
As of Nov. 20, at least 35,236 medical practitioners and 12,115 medical and public health scientists have joined more than 638,920 members of the general public in signing the petition, which was created on Oct. 4 and co-authored by Harvard professor of medicine Dr. Martin Kulldorff, Oxford...",right
14434,Lockdowns Return as Coronavirus Cases Rise in Some Areas,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus']",'Dial back' or 'emergency brake?' New lockdowns and the U.S. economy,Reuters,"The surge in new COVID-19 infections is driving a fresh wave of restrictions in cities and counties across the United States.
California’s “emergency brake,” Oregon’s “freeze,” Philadelphia’s “safer at home” and Minnesota’s “dial back” are among a new patchwork of rules adopted by states, cities and counties that are much less strict and far more narrow than measures imposed to stop the spread of the virus in the spring.
The overall economic bite will be smaller, too, compared to the downdraft that started earlier this year and which led to...",center
14435,Clinton Focuses on Income Inequality,['Politics'],"At New York Rally, Hillary Clinton Focuses on Income Inequality",Wall Street Journal (News),"Hillary Clinton used the first public rally of her presidential campaign to align herself with the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, saying she wanted to ease income inequality and would push for expanded paid family leave, universal preschool and other liberal priorities.
At her rally on Saturday, Mrs. Clinton sought to make an asset of her long experience in public life, which has been spotted with controversies, casting he",center
14436,Clinton Focuses on Income Inequality,['Politics'],"Hillary Clinton, in Roosevelt Island Speech, Pledges to Close Income Gap",New York Times (News),"Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a speech that was at times sweeping and at times policy laden, delivered on Saturday a pointed repudiation of Republican economic policies and a populist promise to reverse the gaping gulf between the rich and poor at her biggest campaign event to date.
Under sunny skies and surrounded by flag-waving supporters on Roosevelt Island in New York, Mrs. Clinton pledged to run an inclusive campaign and to create a more inclusive economy, saying",left
14437,Clinton Focuses on Income Inequality,['Politics'],Hillary Clinton vows ‘shared prosperity’ at campaign rally,Washington Times,"Hillary Rodham Clinton rolled out a populist pitch and left-wing agenda Saturday, promising to restore a “shared prosperity” for all Americans in a speech at the first big rally of her Democratic run for president.
The former secretary of state stuck to themes of economic and political fairness, presenting herself as a champion of all Americans and decrying Republica",right
14438,Hillary’s “Deplorable” Comment,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump seizes on Clinton saying supporters belong in 'basket of deplorables',Fox News (Online News),"Donald Trump on Saturday seized on rival Hillary Clinton’s disparaging remarks overnight about half of his supporters being “deplorables” -- including people who are “racist” and “homophobic.”
“Wow, Hillary Clinton was SO INSULTING to my supporters, millions of amazing, hard-working people” tweeted Trump, after Clinton’s comments at a Friday night New York fundraiser. “I thin",right
14439,Hillary’s “Deplorable” Comment,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump Campaign Seeks Clinton Apology Over Dig at His Supporters,Wall Street Journal (News),"Donald Trumps’s campaign sought an apology Saturday from his Democratic rival after Hillary Clinton took aim at the Republican’s supporters, suggesting that half of them are what she called “deplorables.”",center
14440,Hillary’s “Deplorable” Comment,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Who will Hillary Clinton’s ‘basket of deplorables’ comment actually alienate?,Washington Post,"Hillary Clinton's description at a New York fundraiser on Friday night of ""half"" of Donald Trump's supporters as fitting into a ""basket of deplorables"" seems, in its tersest formation, like a stupid comment to make. The New York Times's Michael Barbaro sums up that sentiment.",left
14441,Immigration Battle at Supreme Court,['Immigration'],Obama amnesty Supreme Court case to test limits of presidential power,Washington Times,"The Constitution was ratified more than two centuries ago, and in all that time no president had ever tested the limits of executive power enough to force the Supreme Court to rule whether he has lived up to the founders’ command that the laws be “faithfully executed.”",right
14442,Immigration Battle at Supreme Court,['Immigration'],"OPINION: If this president is allowed to reinterpret the law, what about the next one?",USA TODAY,Sometimes it seems the Supreme Court’s main purpose these days is to resolve disputes between Republicans and President Obama.,left
14443,Immigration Battle at Supreme Court,['Immigration'],"OPINION: On Immigration, the law is on Obama's SIde",Guest Writer - Left,The president has operated under longstanding provisions of law that give the executive branch discretion in enforcement.,left
14444,Trump - Time‘s Person of the Year,['Politics'],'Time' Magazine Names Donald Trump Person Of The Year,NPR (Online News),"In an essay on Trump, Time writes that he ""has upended the leadership of both major political parties and effectively shifted the political direction of the international order.""",left
14445,Trump - Time‘s Person of the Year,['Politics'],TIME: Donald Trump Is ‘Person of the Year’,Breitbart News,"Trump has had a rocky relationship with the magazine. Despite a cover story featuring photos of the president-elect with a bald eagle, other Time covers declared his campaign a “meltdown” as he struggled in the general election.",right
14446,Trump - Time‘s Person of the Year,['Politics'],2016 Person of the Year: Donald Trump,Time Magazine,It’s difficult to count all the ways Trump remade the game: the huckster came off more real than the scripted political pros. The cable-news addict made pollsters look like chumps. The fabulist out-shouted journalists fighting to separate fact from falsehood. The demagogue won more Latino and black votes than the 2012 Republican nominee.,left
14447,Sean Spicer Resigns,"['White House', 'Politics']",Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary,New York Times (News),"Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, resigned on Friday morning, telling President Trump he vehemently disagreed with the appointment of the New York financier Anthony Scaramucci as communications director.",left
14448,Sean Spicer Resigns,"['White House', 'Politics']",Scaramucci Said to Join White House as Spicer Reported to Resign,Bloomberg,"President Donald Trump has hired financier Anthony Scaramucci as his communications director, a person familiar with the decision said.",left
14449,Sean Spicer Resigns,"['White House', 'Politics']",Anthony Scaramucci: A look at the man rumored to be the next White House communications director,Fox News (Online News),"Anthony Scaramucci rose through the financial ranks of New York, ardently defending Wall Street and founding a global hedge fund. Now his latest project might be the White House’s messages.",right
14450,Governors to Have Final Say in Re-opening States; Trump Unveils New Virus Guidelines,"['Role Of Government', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']",Trump Guidelines to Reopen Economy Will Let States Decide: ‘The Buck Stops with the Governors’,National Review,"The Trump administration’s guidelines for reopening the U.S. economy will give recommendations to state governments on when to relax business closures, effectively recognizing that the final decision rests with individual governors.
“The buck stops with the governors,” a senior administration official involved in development of the guidelines told the Wall Street Journal. During a conference call with several state governors on Thursday, Trump also emphasized that governors will have the authority to reopen local businesses when they see fit.
“You’re going to call your own shots,” Trump said, according to...",right
14451,Governors to Have Final Say in Re-opening States; Trump Unveils New Virus Guidelines,"['Role Of Government', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']","Trump completes reversal, telling govs 'you are going to call your own shots' and distributes new guidelines",CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump unveiled new guidelines on Thursday meant to help states loosen their social distancing restrictions, but in a retreat from his onetime claim of ""absolute authority"" to restart the economy, he told governors on an afternoon telephone call it was their decision on when and how to reopen.
""You are going to call your own shots,"" Trump said, according to a person familiar with the conversation. ""I've gotten to know almost all of you, most of you I've known and some very well. You are all very capable...",left
14452,Governors to Have Final Say in Re-opening States; Trump Unveils New Virus Guidelines,"['Role Of Government', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']","Trump calls on governors with ""beautifully low"" coronavirus numbers to reopen on May 1",Axios,"President Trump told governors on a conference call today that he wants to begin to reopen the U.S. economy on May 1.
He called on governors with low coronavirus numbers to begin to reopen their economies on May 1, with the caveat that states should go at their own pace.
""You states with beautifully low numbers, let's get your states open and get back to work,"" Trump said, according to one person on the call and one person familiar with the call.
The White House distributed a document...",center
14453,"New York Gun Law Takes Effect, Banning Concealed Weapons in Public Spaces","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'SCOTUS', 'Gun Laws', 'Concealed-Carry Law']",New York ‘gun free’ zones go into effect,Fox News (Online News),"A federal judge let a sweeping New York gun law move forward Wednesday night hours before the regulations took effect. 
Judge Glenn Suddaby said the plaintiffs — including gun rights organizations and an upstate resident — did not have standing to bring the legal action. 
The judge noted that the legal gun owner could not demonstrate that he was at risk of a credible threat of prosecution under the new guidelines.
New York Attorney General Letitia James tweeted that the ruling was a major victory ""against baseless attacks by the...",right
14454,"New York Gun Law Takes Effect, Banning Concealed Weapons in Public Spaces","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'SCOTUS', 'Gun Laws', 'Concealed-Carry Law']",New York enacts new gun restrictions in response to supreme court decision,The Guardian,"After a federal judge said New York could implement gun restrictions passed after the US supreme court struck down a century-old law, the state attorney general saluted “a victory in our efforts to protect New Yorkers”.
“Responsible gun control measures save lives and any attempts by the gun lobby to tear down New York’s sensible gun control laws will be met with fierce defense of the law,” Letitia James said on Wednesday night.
In June, in the aftermath of mass shootings at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas and a...",left
14455,"New York Gun Law Takes Effect, Banning Concealed Weapons in Public Spaces","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'SCOTUS', 'Gun Laws', 'Concealed-Carry Law']",New Gun Laws Take Effect After Supreme Court Struck Down New York’s Last Attempt — Here’s What To Know,Forbes,"Most of New York’s updated concealed carry policy took effect Thursday banning concealed weapons in many public spaces and adding new requirements for people seeking firearm licenses, after the Supreme Court struck down the state’s previous law , though the new legislation could still face legal challenges.
New York enacted the Concealed Carry Improvement Act in July after the Supreme Court struck down the state’s previous concealed carry law for being overly broad.
The new law imposes more specific requirements for concealed carry licenses, including undergoing training, providing character references...",center
14456,Pfizer to Allow Generic Drugmakers to Manufacture COVID-19 Antiviral Pill,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'World', 'Pfizer', 'United Nations']",Pfizer Announces Deal To Provide COVID Pill To Low-Income Countries,The Daily Wire,"In an agreement announced on Tuesday, Pfizer will permit its COVID-19 pill treatment to be manufactured and sold in countries that might not be able to otherwise afford the treatment.
The deal includes Pfizer working with Medicines Patent Pool (MPP), “a United Nations-backed public health organization working to increase access to life-saving medicines for low- and middle-income countries.”
Through the agreement, MPP will be able to “facilitate additional production and distribution of the investigational antiviral, pending regulatory authorization or approval, by granting sub-licenses to qualified generic medicine manufacturers, with the...",right
14457,Pfizer to Allow Generic Drugmakers to Manufacture COVID-19 Antiviral Pill,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'World', 'Pfizer', 'United Nations']",Pfizer agrees to let other companies make its COVID-19 pill,Associated Press,"Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has signed a deal with a U.N.-backed group to allow other manufacturers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill, a move that could make the treatment available to more than half of the world’s population.
In a statement issued Tuesday, Pfizer said it would grant a license for the antiviral pill to the Geneva-based Medicines Patent Pool, which would let generic drug companies produce the pill for use in 95 countries, making up about 53% of the world’s population.
The deal excludes some large countries that have suffered...",left
14458,Pfizer to Allow Generic Drugmakers to Manufacture COVID-19 Antiviral Pill,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'World', 'Pfizer', 'United Nations']",Pfizer Will Allow Its Covid Pill to Be Made and Sold Cheaply in Poor Countries,New York Times (News),"Pfizer announced a deal on Tuesday to allow its promising Covid-19 treatment to be made and sold inexpensively in 95 poorer nations that are home to more than half of the world’s population.
The agreement follows a similar arrangement negotiated by Merck last month, and together the deals have the potential to vastly expand global production of two simple antiviral pills that could alter the course of the pandemic by preventing severe illness from the coronavirus.
“The fact that we now have two manufacturer-anywhere licenses for these two drugs is...",left
14459,"Congress Certifies Biden Win, Trump Promises ""Orderly Transition""","['Elections', '2020 Presidential Election', 'US Congress']",Congress Certifies Biden Victory; Trump Pledges 'Orderly Transition' On Jan. 20,NPR (Online News),"Congress certified President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' victory early on Thursday, the end of a long day and night marked by chaos and violence in Washington, in which extremists emboldened by President Trump sought to thwart the peaceful transfer of power that has been a hallmark of modern American history by staging a violent insurrection inside the U.S. Capitol.
""To those who wreaked havoc in our Capitol today, you did not win,"" Vice President Mike Pence said, once lawmakers reconvened after many spent hours in lockdown. ""Violence...",left
14460,"Congress Certifies Biden Win, Trump Promises ""Orderly Transition""","['Elections', '2020 Presidential Election', 'US Congress']",Congress certifies Joe Biden’s Electoral College win,New York Post (News),"Congress early Thursday morning certified President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory after two Republican-led challenges to swing state electors were shot down.
The certification of Biden’s 306 electoral college votes was delayed for hours after lawmakers were forced into lockdown when an angry pro-Trump mob wreaked havoc on the Capitol building Wednesday.
Before confirming Biden’s win, objections to his victories in Arizona and Pennsylvania were brought up — and subsequently squashed — during the joint-session of Congress.
Other planned objections were dropped by several Republican Senators after Wednesday’s unrest.",right
14461,"Congress Certifies Biden Win, Trump Promises ""Orderly Transition""","['Elections', '2020 Presidential Election', 'US Congress']",Trump commits to 'orderly transition' in statement after mob stormed Capitol,NBC News (Online),"President Donald Trump committed to ""an orderly transition"" of power Thursday minutes after Congress confirmed President-elect Joe Biden's election win.
The striking reversal came hours after a violent mob of the president's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.
""Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th,"" according to a statement attributed to Trump and released by the White House.
Trump has repeatedly and baselessly claimed that the election was stolen or that...",left
14462,"U.S. Deficit, Nearing $1 Trillion, Reaches Seven-Year High","['Donald Trump', 'US Congress', 'Treasury Department', 'Campaign Promises', 'Republicans', 'Democrats', 'Fiscal Policy', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Budget Deficit Nears $1 Trillion, Highest Level Since 2012",National Review,"The federal budget deficit for the 2019 fiscal year stands $984 billion, up 26 percent from the $779 billion deficit recorded at the end of 2018, the Treasury Department announced on Friday.
The deficit has exploded over the past year despite substantial economic growth. GOP tax cuts in 2017, combined with increased discretionary spending and a failure to rein in entitlement programs, have contributed to the increase.
The deficit stood at $665 billion in 2017 prior to the passage of tax cuts that are projected to increase the deficit by...",right
14463,"U.S. Deficit, Nearing $1 Trillion, Reaches Seven-Year High","['Donald Trump', 'US Congress', 'Treasury Department', 'Campaign Promises', 'Republicans', 'Democrats', 'Fiscal Policy', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",US deficit hits nearly $1 trillion. When will it matter?,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration reported a river of red ink Friday.
The federal deficit for the 2019 budget year surged 26% from 2018 to $984.4 billion — its highest point in seven years. The gap is widely expected to top $1 trillion in the current budget year and likely remain there for the next decade.
The year-over-year widening in the deficit reflected such factors as revenue lost from the 2017 Trump tax cut and a budget deal that added billions in spending for military and domestic programs.",left
14464,"U.S. Deficit, Nearing $1 Trillion, Reaches Seven-Year High","['Donald Trump', 'US Congress', 'Treasury Department', 'Campaign Promises', 'Republicans', 'Democrats', 'Fiscal Policy', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","The U.S. deficit hit $984 billion in 2019, soaring during Trump era",Washington Post,"The U.S. government’s budget deficit ballooned to nearly $1 trillion in 2019, the Treasury Department announced Friday, as the United States’ fiscal imbalance widened for a fourth consecutive year despite a sustained run of economic growth. The deficit grew $205 billion, or 26 percent, in the past year.
The country’s worsening fiscal picture runs in sharp contrast to President Trump’s campaign promise to eliminate the federal debt within eight years. The deficit is up nearly 50 percent in the Trump era. Since taking office, Trump has endorsed big spending increases...",left
14465,Kamikaze Drones Strike Kyiv,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Kyiv', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Drones']",Putin Unleashes Swarm of Nightmare Kamikaze Drones on Kyiv,Daily Beast,"Early Monday morning, residents of Kyiv described the inescapable, dystopian buzz of Iranian-made Shahed-136s attack drones—which fly low into the city, weaving around buildings and carrying precision missiles that prove impossible to stop.
The so-called kamikaze drones are a precise weapon shot from flatbed trucks—which leaves them vulnerable to anti-aircraft missiles as they are deployed, but they are stealthy enough to cause major damage once inside city limits. The horrifying buzzing is almost always followed by the sort of loud explosions that rocked the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Monday morning, killing several,...",left
14466,Kamikaze Drones Strike Kyiv,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Kyiv', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Drones']",Russia shoots 'kamikaze drones' into Kyiv after Putin claims 'no need' for new strikes,Washington Examiner,"Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Friday that he was not looking to ""destroy"" Ukraine and saw no need to deploy massive strikes there in the near future — only to launch four ""kamikaze drones"" into Kyiv Monday morning.
The Russian leader made the Friday comments at a rare press conference in Astana, Kazakhstan, after taking part in a summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States, a regional intergovernmental organization made up of former Soviet nations. The summit and Putin's 30-minute briefing occurred days after Russia had unleashed a series of missile strikes on civilian areas of major...",right
14467,Kamikaze Drones Strike Kyiv,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Kyiv', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Drones']",Ukraine war: Kyiv attacked by 'kamikaze' drones,BBC News,"Russia has hit Ukraine with a wave of attacks, dive-bombing the capital, Kyiv, with what appear to be Iranian-made ""kamikaze"" drones.
Air strikes hit critical infrastructure in three regions, cutting off electricity in hundreds of villages across the country, according to Prime Minister Denys Shmygal.
At least eight people were killed, four in Sumy and four in Kyiv.
Calls have mounted for sanctions on Iran, which denies supplying drones.
A week ago, the Ukrainian capital was hit by Russian missiles at rush hour, part of nationwide attacks which left 19...",center
14468,Pence’s Pensive Endorsement,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Indiana Gov. Mike Pence Endorses Ted Cruz, Praises Donald Trump",NPR (Online News),"Ahead of the potentially pivotal Indiana primary Tuesday, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence announced he will be voting for Republican candidate Ted Cruz.",left
14469,Pence’s Pensive Endorsement,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Indiana Gov. Mike Pence Endorses Ted Cruz For President,HuffPost,Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) on Friday gave a tepid endorsement to Sen. Ted Cruz’s bid for the presidency ahead of Tuesday’s primary in his state. A Cruz victory in Indiana is seen as crucial to block Donald Trump from getting enough delegates to secure the Republican presidential nomination.,left
14470,Pence’s Pensive Endorsement,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Indiana Gov. Pence backs Cruz for president ahead of state primary,Fox News (Online News),"Indiana Gov. Mike Pence on Friday backed Ted Cruz for president, days ahead of the state’s vital Republican primary contest.",right
14471,Labor Day Celebration Canceled After Bombs Found,"['Terrorism', 'New Jersey', 'Phil Murphy', 'Labor Day']",Explosives found near Labor Day parade New Jersey governor was participating in,The Hill,"A man is in custody after several pipe bomb-like devices were discovered along a Labor Day parade route in New Jersey that Gov. Phil Murphy (D) and first lady Tammy Murphy were scheduled to attend, NJ.com reported,
A suspect was reportedly detained on Monday after police found “over half a dozen” devices on his property that was near the town of South Plainfield’s parade route, leading officials to abruptly cancel the festivities.
Dan Bryan, a spokesman for the governor, told the outlet that both the governor and his wife were...",center
14472,Labor Day Celebration Canceled After Bombs Found,"['Terrorism', 'New Jersey', 'Phil Murphy', 'Labor Day']",‘Security Concern’ Drives New Jersey Town To Cancel Labor Day Festivities,HuffPost,"The borough of South Plainfield, New Jersey, abruptly canceled its Labor Day parade and other festivities Monday over a “security concern.”
Police told ABC7 New York that numerous small explosive devices were found on private property near the parade route, prompting the decision. The devices were discovered during an investigation unrelated to the parade and don’t appear to have been placed there in connection with the parade.",left
14473,Labor Day Celebration Canceled After Bombs Found,"['Terrorism', 'New Jersey', 'Phil Murphy', 'Labor Day']",NJ parade featuring Gov. Murphy canceled after 6 explosive devices found,New York Post (News),"Labor Day festivities in a central New Jersey borough were called off Monday morning after explosive devices were found near the parade route just hours before the governor and first lady were set to arrive.
Thomas Kaiser, 55, was arrested in connection with “destructive devices” found at his South Plainfield property, close to the start of the 62nd Annual Labor Day Parade, which was canceled as a result, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement.
Officials found a half dozen of the explosive devices, a police source said.",right
14474,Susan Rice Named To Top Security Post,"['White House', 'Politics']",Major Shakeup In Obama's Policy Team,HuffPost,"President Barack Obama's top national security adviser Tom Donilon is resigning and will be replaced by Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. who has been a lightning rod for Republican criticism over faulty explanations for the attack that killed four Americans in Benghazi.",left
14475,Susan Rice Named To Top Security Post,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama's national security adviser to resign, Rice to step in",CNN (Online News),"Susan Rice, United States ambassador to the United Nations, will replace Tom Donilon as President Barack Obama's national security adviser.",left
14476,Susan Rice Named To Top Security Post,"['White House', 'Politics']",The Face of the Benghazi Talking Points Controversy Is Receiving a Promotion - and You Won't Believe Her Replacement,The Blaze,"President Barack Obama's top national security adviser, Tom Donilon, is resigning and will be replaced by U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice.",right
14477,Trump Threatens to Close Southern Border If Wall Is Not Funded,['Immigration'],"Trump threatens to close southern border, says it would be a ""profit making operation""",CBS News (Online),"President Trump on Friday threatened to close the southern border ""entirely"" if he does not get the funding he needs for his border wall, saying that it would be a ""profit-making operation"" to do so.",left
14478,Trump Threatens to Close Southern Border If Wall Is Not Funded,['Immigration'],"Trump threatens to close border, terminate trade deals, cut aid unless wall is funded",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump warned Friday that if Democrats do not agree to his demands to fund a wall on the southern border, he will “close the Southern border entirely” and cut aid to Central American countries",right
14479,Trump Threatens to Close Southern Border If Wall Is Not Funded,['Immigration'],"Donald Trump, venting fury over budget fight, threatens to close U.S.-Mexico border",USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump threatened Friday to close the U.S. border with Mexico if Democrats keep opposing funding for his proposed wall, but he did not spell out how he would carry out such a policy",left
14480,Perspectives: Biden and Trump’s ‘Dueling’ Town Halls,"['2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'NBC News', 'ABC News', 'Politics']",NBC's Trump town hall will likely be a train wreck — and viewers will flock to it,CNN (Opinion),"What's worse: no presidential debate at all or separate and unequal events staged at exactly the same time with a media outlet putting both thumbs on the scale to favor one candidate over the other?
We will probably find out Thursday night. NBC's recent decision to stage a town hall with President Donald Trump at the exact time of the already scheduled town hall on ABC with Joe Biden is the latest example of a media organization ignoring the best interests of the voting public in favor of its own.
...",left
14481,Perspectives: Biden and Trump’s ‘Dueling’ Town Halls,"['2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'NBC News', 'ABC News', 'Politics']",Dueling town halls represent high stakes for Trump,The Hill,"President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will compete for the attention of millions of Americans on Thursday night in dueling televised town halls, with Trump’s representing one of his few remaining opportunities to make his case to voters ahead of Election Day.
The competing town halls will be held in lieu of the second presidential debate, which was scrapped last week after Trump objected to plans — put in place over concerns about the coronavirus pandemic and the president’s personal battle with COVID-19 — to hold the event...",center
14482,Perspectives: Biden and Trump’s ‘Dueling’ Town Halls,"['2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'NBC News', 'ABC News', 'Politics']",Dueling Trump and Biden town halls spur NBC protests,MarketWatch,"The second presidential debate may be canceled, but there will still be plenty of political fireworks on Thursday night.
Republican President Donald Trump and his Democratic opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, will participate in dueling town halls that are airing on rival news networks at the exact same time.
Biden will participate in a 90-minute Philadelphia town hall moderated by ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos, which has been scheduled since last week.
But NBC dropped a bombshell on Wednesday, announcing that Trump will also field questions from voters...",center
14483,Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Arrested In London,"['Julian Assange', 'Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Assange Charged in U.S. With Hack Conspiracy Tied to Manning,Bloomberg,"The U.S. accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of taking part in a computer-hacking conspiracy related to the disclosure of diplomatic cables extracted by former U.S. Army analyst Chelsea Manning.
In a March 2018 indictment unsealed on Thursday just hours after Assange’s arrest in London, the U.S. accused Assange of assisted Manning in “hacking a password stored on United States Department of Defense computers,” according to the indictment. Assange’s anti-secrecy organization published the cables starting in 2010.
Assange’s arrest came after Ecuador expelled him from its embassy there. The 47-year-old has...",left
14484,Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Arrested In London,"['Julian Assange', 'Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Julian Assange charged with computer hacking conspiracy,The Guardian,"US justice department alleges that Assange conspired with Chelsea Manning to break into a secret Pentagon computer network
Julian Assange has been charged by the US government with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion, according to an indictment released soon after the WikiLeaks founder’s arrest in London.
The US justice department alleged that Assange conspired with Chelsea Manning in 2010 to break into a secret Pentagon computer network in order to obtain classified documents that Assange’s site published.
Assange faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison if convicted.
Prosecutors...",left
14485,Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Arrested In London,"['Julian Assange', 'Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested after Ecuador withdraws asylum,Fox News (Online News),"WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was charged Thursday with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for aiding Chelsea Manning in the cracking of a password to a classified U.S. government computer in 2010, the U.S. Justice Department announced hours after Assange's arrest in London.
Assange is accused of engaging in a conspiracy with Manning, the former U.S. Army officer, in breaking a password stored on a U.S. Defense Department computer connected to a U.S. government computer network for classified documents and communications, the Justice Department said. Manning later transmitted a trove of...",right
14486,Perspectives: New York Times Report on Trump's Tax Returns,"['Taxes', 'Trump Tax Returns', '2020 Election', 'Banking And Finance', 'Donald Trump']",How Trump’s Tax Returns Could Affect The Election,FiveThirtyEight,"On Sunday, a New York Times exposé on President Trump’s tax returns revealed decades of tax avoidance and millions of dollars in business losses over the past two decades. The picture painted by Trump’s returns is sharply at odds with the shrewd, deal-making image the president has tried to fashion as a real estate mogul and TV star on a show built around his business prowess, “The Apprentice.” Now, five weeks from Election Day, the question is will these new revelations affect the presidential race?
There are really two parts...",center
14487,Perspectives: New York Times Report on Trump's Tax Returns,"['Taxes', 'Trump Tax Returns', '2020 Election', 'Banking And Finance', 'Donald Trump']",Trump's tax returns aren't out of the ordinary,Washington Examiner,"The New York Times really needs to get its complaint straight. Apparently, President Trump is a no-good businessman who never makes any money, and so he aggressively avoids tax payments, paying just $750 in income taxes in 2016 and 2017 (if the report is true, which Trump has unsurprisingly called ""fake news""). No doubt, he has to be aggressive to ensure he doesn't pay taxes on money he hasn't made. Or maybe it's all just another reason to stand in Midtown Manhattan shrieking about Trump.
Because there's nothing in Trump's...",right
14488,Perspectives: New York Times Report on Trump's Tax Returns,"['Taxes', 'Trump Tax Returns', '2020 Election', 'Banking And Finance', 'Donald Trump']",The Most Brazen Trick Trump Tried to Pull on His Taxes,Slate,"The explosive New York Times report on Donald Trump’s tax returns confirms a great number of things about the president’s finances we’ve only been able to speculate about for years. We now know that Trump really was telling the truth when he claimed, beginning in the 2016 presidential campaign, that he was being audited by the Internal Revenue Service (though such an audit would not prevent him from releasing his returns—that part he really did make up). We also now know—though we basically already did—that while Trump made a lot...",left
14489,Filibuster Fight,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Sen. Harry Reid: Founding Fathers didn’t want filibusters,Washington Times,"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday that the men who wrote the Constitution intended for the president’s nominees to be subject to only a majority vote, and said filibusters of nominees were never envisioned.
The Senate’s leading Democrat, who led repeated filibusters of President George W. Bush’s nominations when Republicans held the majority, said he’s changed his mind since then, and he accused the GOP of forcing his hand by slow-walking so many of President Obama’s nominees.",right
14490,Filibuster Fight,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Closed-Door Showdown on Filibuster Fight,Wall Street Journal (News),"Republicans say they hope a meeting Monday of senators of both parties will avert a clash this week over President Barack Obama's executive-branch nominees that is threatening to poison relations in the Senate and slow progress on a range of legislation.
But the Senate's Democratic leader, Sen. Harry Reid, gave no signal Sunday that he expected anything from the Monday meeting to dissuade him and other Democrats from moving forward on a plan to change Senate rules on nominations. ""We're going to make a simple change,"" Mr. Reid said.
Republicans...",center
14491,Filibuster Fight,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Both Sides in Filibuster Fight See Twisting of Senate Rules,New York Times (News),"It was October 2011, and Senate Republicans were trying to interfere with a bill addressing China’s currency by offering a series of amendments that had little to do with China or monetary policy, a favorite tactic of their leader, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.",left
14492,Senate Acquits Trump In Second Impeachment Trial,"['Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate Acquits Trump In Impeachment Trial — Again,NPR (Online News),"The U.S. Senate on Saturday acquitted former President Donald Trump on an impeachment charge of inciting an insurrection.
The acquittal comes more than a month after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol as lawmakers were counting the electoral results that certified Trump's loss. Five people died in the riot, including a police officer. Two other officers later killed themselves.
A majority of senators voted to convict Trump — 57 to 43, including seven Republicans. But two-thirds, or 67 votes, was needed to convict. It was the second...",left
14493,Senate Acquits Trump In Second Impeachment Trial,"['Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate Votes to Acquit Trump of ‘Incitement of Insurrection’ Impeachment Charge,National Review,"The Senate on Saturday voted 57-43 to acquit former President Donald Trump for “incitement of an insurrection” after the House last month passed a single article of impeachment against him for his role in encouraging his supporters to amass at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
Seven GOP senators joined Democrats in voting to convict the former president: Senators Richard Burr of North Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.",right
14494,Senate Acquits Trump In Second Impeachment Trial,"['Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Republicans vote to acquit Trump on impeachment charge of inciting deadly attack on the Capitol,Washington Post,"Senate Republicans voted against convicting Donald Trump Saturday for inciting his supporters to storm the Capitol Jan. 6, bringing a swift end to the former president’s second impeachment trial after Democrats abandoned plans to call witnesses in the face of GOP opposition.
Seven Republicans joined Democrats in a 57-43 vote in favor of conviction, falling short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict Trump in the Senate. Republican Sens. Richard Burr (N.C.), Bill Cassidy (La.), Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Mitt Romney (Utah), Ben Sasse (Neb.) and Patrick Toomey...",left
14495,Paul Manafort's Former Business Partner Testifies that the Two Committed Tax and Bank Fraud,['Politics'],Ex-Associate Richard Gates Says He Committed Crimes With Paul Manafort,Wall Street Journal (News),"Paul Manafort’s longtime associate, Richard Gates, testified Monday at the criminal trial of the former Trump campaign chairman that the two men committed tax and bank fraud together.",center
14496,Paul Manafort's Former Business Partner Testifies that the Two Committed Tax and Bank Fraud,['Politics'],"Rick Gates Claims That He and Paul Manafort Are Tax-Evading, Money-Laundering Criminals",New York Magazine,"As far back as last October, when the special counsel Robert Mueller indicted Paul Manafort and his protégé, Rick Gates, on charges of conspiracy to launder money and failure to disclose foreign bank accounts, it was clear that the two men were in serious trouble.",left
14497,Paul Manafort's Former Business Partner Testifies that the Two Committed Tax and Bank Fraud,['Politics'],Rick Gates reminds Trump to shut up about Paul Manafort,Washington Examiner,"Rick Gates' testimony at the trial of former Trump campaign manager, Paul Manafort, on Monday offered new reasons for President Trump to stop publicly defending Manafort.",right
14498,Jeffrey Epstein Accuser Files Suit,"['Jeffrey Epstein', 'Rape', 'Lawsuit', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Jeffrey Epstein’s Estate Sued by Alleged Victim in New York,Bloomberg,"Jeffrey Epstein’s estate was sued by a woman who says he raped her when she was a teenager, the first case against his estate under a New York law taking effect Wednesday that gives victims of sexual abuse a year to file lawsuits over older claims.
The case was filed in state court in Manhattan by Jennifer Araoz, who says Epstein targeted her when she was a New York City high school student. The same law is behind dozens of suits that were also filed against the Archdiocese of New...",left
14499,Jeffrey Epstein Accuser Files Suit,"['Jeffrey Epstein', 'Rape', 'Lawsuit', 'Sexual Misconduct']",I Was Raped by Jeffrey Epstein When I Was 15,New York Times (Opinion),"Now I’m suing his estate and accomplices.
The first time I stepped into Jeffrey Epstein’s mansion on the Upper East Side in the fall of 2001, I noticed his security cameras. They were hard to miss. Inside the front door, he had small TVs playing the footage in real time. I was a child, just 14 at the time. But the message was clear: I was in the house of someone important and I was being watched.
I can still remember watching myself on those screens as I walked into...",left
14500,Jeffrey Epstein Accuser Files Suit,"['Jeffrey Epstein', 'Rape', 'Lawsuit', 'Sexual Misconduct']","Jeffrey Epstein Accuser Sues Financier's Estate, Ex-Associate Maxwell, Others",Newsmax (News),"A New York woman who said she was sexually assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein at the age of 14 sued the disgraced financier's estate and a former associate on Wednesday, in the start of an expected wave of lawsuits.
Jennifer Araoz, 32, said in her complaint that she was starting out in high school when an Epstein associate brought her to the financier's massive mansion on Manhattan's Upper East Side, beginning a grooming process that led to months of sexual abuse, including what she called a ""brutal rape.""
The lawsuit in...",right
14501,Naval Academy Speech,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Speaks to Naval Graduates About Sexual Assault Issue,New York Times (News),"President Obama urged them to follow an “inner compass and to “do whats right, even when its unpopular.",left
14502,Naval Academy Speech,"['White House', 'Politics']","Amid his own challenges, Obama calls on Navy grads to hold themselves accountable",Washington Times,"President Obama called on newly minted officers of the Naval Academy Friday to exhibit the highest standards while serving their country, specifically exhorting them to hold themselves and others accountable when problems arise.",right
14503,Naval Academy Speech,"['White House', 'Politics']","Sex assaults threaten military trust, Obama tells Naval graduates",CNN (Online News),"A rash of sexual assaults in the armed forces undermines Americans' confidence in the military, President Barack Obama told newly commissioned officers at the U.S. Naval Academy Friday.",left
14504,Supreme Court to Decide on Census Citizenship Question,"['Supreme Court', 'US Census', 'Immigration']",Supreme Court takes up Trump administration’s plan to ask about citizenship in census,Washington Post,"The Supreme Court added a politically explosive case to its low-profile docket Friday, agreeing to decide by the end of June whether the Trump administration can add a question",left
14505,Supreme Court to Decide on Census Citizenship Question,"['Supreme Court', 'US Census', 'Immigration']",Supreme Court Agrees to Decide Legality of Census Citizenship Question,Wall Street Journal (News),The 10-year questionnaire to U.S. residents is used to allocate government funding and reshape the number of congressional seats,center
14506,Supreme Court to Decide on Census Citizenship Question,"['Supreme Court', 'US Census', 'Immigration']",Supreme Court to decide whether citizenship question can be included in 2020 census,Fox News (Online News),"The Supreme Court will decide whether the 2020 census can include a question about citizenship, ensuring a quick review of a lower court ruling that blocked the Trump administration",right
14507,"Democrats Warnock, Ossoff Projected to Win Georgia Runoffs; Party Will Likely Control Senate","['Elections', 'Georgia Senate Runoff']",Democrats clinch slim majority in Senate as Jon Ossoff is projected to beat David Perdue,CNBC,"Democrat Jon Ossoff beat Republican David Perdue in one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs, NBC News projected Wednesday, sealing his party’s control of Congress and the White House.
The projection in the race came as rioters backing President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building after he urged supporters at a rally to march to Congress. The attack on the legislature delayed the formal Electoral College count — which dozens of Republicans challenged at Trump’s insistence — as lawmakers evacuated the building.
Democrat Raphael Warnock is projected to defeat GOP Sen....",center
14508,"Democrats Warnock, Ossoff Projected to Win Georgia Runoffs; Party Will Likely Control Senate","['Elections', 'Georgia Senate Runoff']","Democrats to take Senate as Ossoff wins runoff, CNN projects",CNN (Online News),"The Democratic Party will take control of Congress for the first time in a decade, after Democrats the Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff won their Senate runoffs in Georgia, CNN projected Wednesday.
The election results have provoked whiplash in Washington, which saw Republicans in November make gains in the House and hold onto Senate control.
But now Georgia gives President-elect Joe Biden the power to push through Cabinet nominations without Republican support and potentially enact sweeping, liberal legislation.
A new debate over Biden's agenda is already beginning following Warnock's...",left
14509,"Democrats Warnock, Ossoff Projected to Win Georgia Runoffs; Party Will Likely Control Senate","['Elections', 'Georgia Senate Runoff']","Dems gain Senate advantage as Ossoff defeats Perdue, Fox News projects",Fox News (Online News),"Democrat Jon Ossoff defeated Republican former Sen. David Perdue in a bitterly contentious Senate race in Georgia, a win that along with Rev. Raphael Warnock's defeat of GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler secures the Democrats' control in the upper chamber of Congress, Fox News projected Wednesday.
Ossoff, a 33-year-old media executive, won a runoff election against Perdue, the one-term senator and former Fortune 500 CEO, who at 71 is more than twice Ossoff's age. The November Election Day result failed to give either candidate a majority, forcing Tuesday's rematch.
Ossoff claimed...",right
14510,The Coronavirus Pandemic and Voting by Mail,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",States rush to prepare for huge surge of mail voting,Politico,"A huge surge in voting by mail is coming whether states prepare for it or not — and without clear direction from the federal government, states are preparing to muscle through their own changes to get ready for the glut of mail ballots coming their way in November.
Wisconsin’s conflict-ridden April 7 elections went off without the state government making any major policy changes to encourage absentee voting, but more than two-thirds of voters cast their votes via the mail anyway, many times higher than the 12 percent absentee voting...",left
14511,The Coronavirus Pandemic and Voting by Mail,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Rising support for mail voting amid pandemic,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ support for mail-in voting has jumped amid concerns about the safety of polling places during the coronavirus pandemic, but a wide partisan divide suggests President Donald Trump’s public campaign against vote by mail may be resonating with his Republican backers.
A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds Democrats are now much more likely than Republicans to support their state conducting elections exclusively by mail, 47% to 29%.
In 2018, about half as many Democrats were in favor, and there was...",left
14512,The Coronavirus Pandemic and Voting by Mail,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Soros-Funded Group to Dems: Spend Millions to Advertise Mail-In Balloting in Non-English Languages,Breitbart News,"The Brennan Center for Justice, which is heavily financed by George Soros, is calling for Democrats to spend $250 million to educate voters about any changes that will allow vote-by-mail in the upcoming presidential election, advocating an advertising campaign about those changes in non-English languages.",right
14513,Sen. Cory Booker Releases 'Confidential' Kavanaugh Documents,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Cory Booker threatened to break the rules to show he can play Donald Trump's game,CNN (Opinion),"On Thursday morning, Cory Booker said he purposely broke the rules of the Senate. He publicly released 12 pages of emails sent by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh dealing with",left
14514,Sen. Cory Booker Releases 'Confidential' Kavanaugh Documents,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Democrats are going to need a much better actor than Cory Booker,New York Post (News),"Sen. Cory Booker’s desperate attempts to win the love of the Democratic base hit a new low Thursday, with an utterly pathetic fit of oh-so-dramatic . . . fakery.",right
14515,Sen. Cory Booker Releases 'Confidential' Kavanaugh Documents,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Booker releases new batches of 'confidential' Kavanaugh documents,The Hill,"Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Thursday night released new batches of ""confidential"" documents from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's work for former President George W. Bush.",center
14516,US Senate Votes to Advance Kavanaugh Nomination,['Supreme Court'],"Murkowski Votes 'NO' on Cloture, But the 'Yeas' Have It",Townhall,"By a razor thin margin, 51-49, the Senate has voted to move forward with the confirmation process for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.",right
14517,US Senate Votes to Advance Kavanaugh Nomination,['Supreme Court'],Senate votes 51-49 to move Kavanaugh's nomination to a final vote,CNN (Online News),"The Senate just voted to advance Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination in a critical test of support.
A final confirmation vote is expected Saturday.
Republican Sens. Jeff Flake and Susan Collins supported the motion, as did Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, who had been undecided.
GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski voted no.",left
14518,US Senate Votes to Advance Kavanaugh Nomination,['Supreme Court'],Kavanaugh advances in key Senate vote,The Hill,Brett Kavanaugh cleared a key hurdle on Friday as Senate Republican aim to confirm him to the Supreme Court this weekend.,center
14519,Obama and the Mid Term Elections,['Elections'],OPINION: Can Democrats hold the Senate by running away from Obama — and their own records?,Washington Post,Running away from an unpopular president of your own party is a time-honored tactic in midterm elections. The problem is that it rarely works.,left
14520,Obama and the Mid Term Elections,['Elections'],A limited role for Obama in his final campaign,CNN (Online News),President Barack Obama's final campaign isn't turning into much of a victory lap.,left
14521,Obama and the Mid Term Elections,['Elections'],Democrats Walk Out on Another Obama Campaign Stump Speech,Townhall,"Last night President Obama made a rare appearance on the campaign trail to stump for Wisconsin Democrat Mary Burke, who is challenging Governor Scott Walker. During Obama's speech, in particular the moment when he encouraged people to vote and to knock on doors for Burke, people were caught on video filing out of the room.",right
14522,How Concerned Should Consumers Be About Four-Decades High in Inflation?,"['Consumer Prices', 'CPI', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Reserve', 'Inflation', 'Oil Prices']",Beware Wishful Thinking About Inflation and Recession,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"Inflation has peaked. The Fed’s tightening has accomplished its mission. Strong labor market and consumer fundamentals will keep any recession mild.
These are among the story lines providing a tailwind to stocks in recent weeks. They feed hopes the Federal Reserve has achieved a soft landing: bringing inflation down to 2% without pushing up unemployment or tipping the economy into recession.
A reality check is in order. A soft landing is certainly possible, but these story lines look more like wishful thinking than a tough-minded appraisal of the Fed’s task. Let’s review.",right
14523,How Concerned Should Consumers Be About Four-Decades High in Inflation?,"['Consumer Prices', 'CPI', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Reserve', 'Inflation', 'Oil Prices']",US inflation surge signals tough times ahead,Financial Times,"June’s awful US inflation numbers are a reminder of tough days ahead for many in America and around the world, and especially the most vulnerable segments of the population and the most fragile developing countries.
This is not because inflation will record yet another four-decade high over the next three months. It won’t. Rather, it is because of the damage already unleashed and that which is to come.
At 9.1 per cent for June, the headline number for US CPI inflation came in well above the median forecast of 8.8...",center
14524,How Concerned Should Consumers Be About Four-Decades High in Inflation?,"['Consumer Prices', 'CPI', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Reserve', 'Inflation', 'Oil Prices']",3 reasons not to panic about decades-high inflation,CNN Business,"When the latest data on consumer prices in the United States landed Wednesday, the headline number was ugly.
Inflation surged to 9.1% in June, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That was higher than economists polled by Refinitiv were forecasting.
It was also much higher than the 8.6% rate logged in May, which rattled financial markets and pushed the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates more aggressively — renewing fears about whether the central bank could tame inflation without triggering a recession.
Investors were bracing for a surprise. But there’s reason to...",left
14525,Turkey Warns Trump Against Recognizing Jerusalem,['World'],Jerusalem: Turkey warns Trump against crossing 'red line',BBC News,Turkey's president has warned it could sever ties with Israel if the US recognises Jerusalem as its capital.,center
14526,Turkey Warns Trump Against Recognizing Jerusalem,['World'],Erdogan: Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is ‘red line’ for Muslims,Fox News (Online News),Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned the Trump administration on Tuesday that recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is a “red line” for Muslims.,right
14527,Turkey Warns Trump Against Recognizing Jerusalem,['World'],Turkey Could Break Off Ties With Israel Over Jerusalem: Erdogan,New York Times (News),"President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday Turkey could go as far as breaking off diplomatic ties with Israel if the United States formally recognizes Jerusalem as the Israeli capital, a move he said would be a ""red line"" for Muslims.",left
14528,Investigating Benghazi,"['US House', 'Politics']",Mission Improbable: Trey Gowdy gets into Benghazi,Politico,"Speaker John Boehner and House Republicans have decided to create a select committee to expand their investigation into the Benghazi attacks.
Beyond that, nothing is settled. In fact, Republicans may be going on something of a mission improbable to yield new information and turn up new clues in a wide-ranging probe that has already spanned 13 hearings, 25,000 pages of documents and 50 briefings.",left
14529,Investigating Benghazi,"['US House', 'Politics']",Boehner taps Rep. Trey Gowdy to lead Benghazi select committee,Washington Post,"As widely expected, House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) on Monday announced that Rep. Trey Gowdy will lead a newly-formed select committee to investigate the State Department's handling of the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Libya.
""Trey Gowdy is as dogged, focused, and serious-minded as they come. His background as a federal prosecutor and his zeal for the truth make him the ideal person to lead this panel,"" Bo",left
14530,Investigating Benghazi,"['US House', 'Politics']",Boehner taps rising star to lead Benghazi investigation,Washington Times,"Rep. Trey Gowdy, a former federal prosecutor and up-and-coming member of the House GOP, will lead the new select investigative inquiry into the Benghazi attack, Speaker John A. Boehner said Monday.
Mr. Gowdy, 49, is in just his second term, but he has already gained a reputation as a relentless investigator. He was the lawmaker who pushed to declare that former IRS employee Lois G. Lerner had waived her right against self-incrimination during her appearance before the House Over",right
14531,Big Tech Companies Lay Off Thousands of Workers,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Technology', 'Business', 'Big Tech', 'Layoffs', 'Meta', 'Facebook', 'Elon Musk', 'Twitter', 'Microsoft', 'Apple', 'Recession', 'Labor']","Thousands at Meta, Twitter, Salesforce lost jobs this week—the shock could ripple through the economy for months",CNBC,"Tens of thousands of tech workers have been laid off within days, as tech giants including Meta, Twitter, Salesforce and others shed headcount going into the final stretch of the year. At least 20,300 U.S. tech workers were let go from their jobs in November, and more than 100,000 since the beginning of the year, according to Layoffs.fyi, which tracks layoffs in the field.
Tech workers reported huge drops in confidence in their job security through the summer, as news of layoffs, hiring freezes and rescinded offers put a damper on what’s so far been a...",center
14532,Big Tech Companies Lay Off Thousands of Workers,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Technology', 'Business', 'Big Tech', 'Layoffs', 'Meta', 'Facebook', 'Elon Musk', 'Twitter', 'Microsoft', 'Apple', 'Recession', 'Labor']","Big tech braces for recession with litany of hiring freezes, layoffs",Fox Business,"The tech industry is laying off workers at an alarming pace as it braces for a potential recession triggered by painfully high inflation and rapidly rising interest rates.
Despite still-solid job growth and record-high wages in many industries, big tech is battening down the hatches as it warns of an increasingly grim economic outlook.
Amazon, Apple, Meta, Lyft and Twitter are among the companies either implementing hiring freezes or letting workers go as the Federal Reserve moves to raise interest rates at the fastest pace in decades in order to combat inflation. Economists widely...",right
14533,Big Tech Companies Lay Off Thousands of Workers,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Technology', 'Business', 'Big Tech', 'Layoffs', 'Meta', 'Facebook', 'Elon Musk', 'Twitter', 'Microsoft', 'Apple', 'Recession', 'Labor']",What the wave of tech layoffs tell us about the economy,CNN Business,"Friday’s jobs report came in strong: the US economy added 261,000 new jobs in October, blowing away analyst expectations of 200,000, even as unemployment ticked up to 3.7%.
But don’t let the jobs boom lull you into a false sense of employment security. Job cuts and pauses on hiring are beginning to flow across the tech sector, which boasts some of the most valuable companies in the world. That’s bad news for the economy as a whole.
What’s happening: Tech companies are announcing an alarming number of layoffs and hiring freezes.",left
14534,"Why Is There a Baby Formula Shortage, and What’s Being Done About It?","['Economy And Jobs', 'Families And Parenting', 'Family And Marriage', 'Baby Formula', 'FDA', 'Food', 'Manufacturing', 'Supply Chains', 'US House', 'House Oversight And Reform Committee', 'Immigration']",Why baby formula is in short supply — and who is most at risk,Vox,"Baby formula has been running low all over the United States, threatening the health of infants and other people who depend on it for their sustenance.
Experts say this is the worst formula shortage in decades. It’s also the latest example of how the US health system’s failures consistently fall hardest on people with complex medical conditions and people who are socioeconomically disadvantaged.",left
14535,"Why Is There a Baby Formula Shortage, and What’s Being Done About It?","['Economy And Jobs', 'Families And Parenting', 'Family And Marriage', 'Baby Formula', 'FDA', 'Food', 'Manufacturing', 'Supply Chains', 'US House', 'House Oversight And Reform Committee', 'Immigration']","Baby formula shortage shows there's no strategy for major manufacturer shutdowns, former FDA official warns",Fox News (Online News),"Former FDA Associate Commissioner Peter Pitts said Thursday that while formula manufacturer Abbott is responsible for nationwide shortages by failing to safely maintain their factory, the FDA can have better protocols to handle major production shutdowns.
""That plant needed to be shut down,"" Pitts said on ""Fox & Friends."" ""The FDA has been 24-7 on-site since February with Abbott to get this plant back online.""",right
14536,"Why Is There a Baby Formula Shortage, and What’s Being Done About It?","['Economy And Jobs', 'Families And Parenting', 'Family And Marriage', 'Baby Formula', 'FDA', 'Food', 'Manufacturing', 'Supply Chains', 'US House', 'House Oversight And Reform Committee', 'Immigration']",FDA says U.S. efforts should ease baby formula crisis in weeks,Reuters,"U.S. government efforts to help companies ramp up production and increase imports from abroad should dramatically ease the baby formula supply shortage within weeks, the head of the Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.",center
14537,2018 Primary Results,['Elections'],Women Score Major Victories in House Primary Races in Pennsylvania,New York Times (News),"A state representative, an Air Force veteran and a high-powered attorney — all women — won Democratic House primaries on Tuesday in Pennsylvania, where a record number of women ran for House seats in a year of intense political enthusiasm among female Democrats.",left
14538,2018 Primary Results,['Elections'],Pro-Trump Congressman Wins Republican Senate Nomination Pennsylvania,The Daily Caller,GOP Rep. Lou Barletta defeated state Rep. Jim Christiana to win the Pennsylvania Republican Senate primary Tuesday night.,right
14539,2018 Primary Results,['Elections'],"Women are winning, but Democrats' division is still there: Takeaways from Tuesday's primary",USA TODAY,"Voters in Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Oregon and Idaho held primaries Tuesday night, deciding which candidates will represent each party in the general elections in the fall.",left
14540,"Biden, Trump Respond to Killing In Portland","['Violence In America', 'Portland', 'Portland Riots', 'Criminal Justice', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump']",Patriot Prayer leaders says Portland shooting victim supported group,Fox News (Online News),"The man killed after Portland protesters clashed with Trump supporters was a backer of the right-wing group Patriot Prayer, it was reported Sunday.
Joey Gibson, head of the Washington state group, also described the dead man as a “good friend,” the Associated Press reported.
An AP freelance photographer who was in the area where the shooting took place Saturday night said the man who was shot was wearing a Patriot Prayer hat.
The group has clashed with Portland Black Lives Matters protesters in the past.",right
14541,"Biden, Trump Respond to Killing In Portland","['Violence In America', 'Portland', 'Portland Riots', 'Criminal Justice', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump']","Protester killed in Portland as mayor, Trump trade blame",Associated Press,"The mayor of Portland, Oregon, and President Donald Trump engaged in a real-time argument Sunday as the president sent a flurry of critical tweets about Ted Wheeler as the mayor was holding a press conference about the fatal shooting of a right-wing supporter in his city the night before.
After Trump called Wheeler, a Democrat, a “fool” and blamed him for allowing violence to proliferate in the liberal city, the visibly angry mayor lashed out at the president, addressing him in the first person through the TV cameras.",left
14542,"Biden, Trump Respond to Killing In Portland","['Violence In America', 'Portland', 'Portland Riots', 'Criminal Justice', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump']",Biden Condemns Violence in Portland While Trump Blames 'Radical Left' Dems,Newsweek,"A night of deadly violence Saturday in Portland had America's two presidential candidates speaking out Sunday afternoon. And their remarks were about as different as their national conventions over the last two weeks.
The fact that there was another night of protests for Black Lives Matter (BLM) and for social justice in Portland isn't anything new, as Saturday marked the 94th-consecutive day since they began in late May. Saturday turned deadly as a group of Donald Trump supporters clashed in the streets with BLM supporters. One man was shot dead...",center
14543,State Department Officials To Testify Giuliani Was Seen As 'Obstacle' On Ukraine,"['Rudy Giuliani', 'State Department', 'Ukraine', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",State Department Officials To Testify Giuliani Was Seen As 'Obstacle' On Ukraine,NPR (Online News),"Christopher Anderson, a career foreign service officer in the State Department, will tell House impeachment investigators on Wednesday that President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani stood in the way of the White House strengthening ties with Ukraine, according to a copy of Anderson's opening statement obtained by NPR.
Anderson, who spent five years working on Washington-Kyiv relations, will describe a meeting he had with former national security adviser John Bolton on the topic of having senior White House officials engage more with Ukraine. In it, Bolton noted a possible hitch....",left
14544,State Department Officials To Testify Giuliani Was Seen As 'Obstacle' On Ukraine,"['Rudy Giuliani', 'State Department', 'Ukraine', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Diplomat: Bolton Warned Him About Giuliani and Ukraine Read Newsmax: Diplomat: Bolton Cautioned Him about Giuliani and Ukraine | Newsmax.com,Newsmax (News),"A State Department foreign service officer will tell House impeachment investigators Wednesday former national security adviser John Bolton cautioned him that Rudy Giuliani ""was a key voice with the president on Ukraine,"" which could complicate U.S. goals in the Eastern European country.
The testimony from Christopher Anderson makes clear that administration officials were concerned about Giuliani's back-channel involvement in Ukraine policy, and his push for investigations of Democrats, even before the July 25 phone call between President Donald Trump and his Ukraine counterpart at the center of the House impeachment...",right
14545,State Department Officials To Testify Giuliani Was Seen As 'Obstacle' On Ukraine,"['Rudy Giuliani', 'State Department', 'Ukraine', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Testimony from career diplomats to outline Trump’s dark view of Ukraine,Washington Post,"Two career diplomats were testifying before House impeachment investigators Wednesday that President Trump displayed a deeply pessimistic view of Ukraine that was out of step with officials at the White House and State Department who saw support for the European country as critical in its battle with Russian-backed separatists, according to their prepared remarks obtained by The Washington Post.
The State Department officials, Catherine Croft and Christopher Anderson, said their optimistic view of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky clashed with a darker outlook of the new government held by Trump and...",left
14546,Perspectives: Kamala Harris Criticized for Handling of Immigration,"['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Kamala Harris']","Harris, Ocasio-Cortez and the Democratic divide on immigration",The Hill,"Two of the biggest names in the Democratic Party have split over one of the most vexing issues facing President Biden.
Vice President Harris, on her first international trip since taking office, issued a stark warning to would-be migrants from Guatemala on Monday. “Do not come, do not come,” she said at a news conference. 
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) swiftly branded Harris’s comments “disappointing” and pointed out that seeking asylum at the U.S. border is “a 100% legal method of arrival.”
The congresswoman from New York went on to link migration to past...",center
14547,Perspectives: Kamala Harris Criticized for Handling of Immigration,"['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Kamala Harris']",Kamala Harris’s Very Bad Trip South,National Review,"Kamala Harris was not happy about being publicly associated with the Mexican border, and after her disastrous interview with NBC’s Lester Holt and her flailing trip to Mexico and Guatemala, we can see why she would be generally leery of public-facing responsibilities. The entire excursion was a fiasco in just about every possible way, even down to her plane having to turn around and return to Andrews Air Force Base half an hour into its flight. Harris may be comfortable as a partisan attack dog and a historic symbol, but everyone involved will...",right
14548,Perspectives: Kamala Harris Criticized for Handling of Immigration,"['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Kamala Harris']",‘Do not come’: Kamala Harris’ three words to Guatemalans stir debate and backlash,Los Angeles Times,"Following four years of border crackdowns, endless legal fights and racially charged rhetoric by President Trump, immigration advocates had hopes that the new Democratic administration would bring a more compassionate and open-armed approach to immigration, particularly toward asylum seekers fleeing troubled Central America.
But when Vice President Kamala Harris gave a high-profile speech Monday in Guatemala, in which she told would-be immigrants from Central America “do not come” to the United States, her words instantly provoked ripples of anger and concern among immigrant rights groups and progressives.",left
14549,Accused Cop Killer Caught,['Violence In America'],"Captured: Eric Matthew Frein, alleged cop killer and ‘most wanted’ fugitive",Washington Post,"A massive 48-day manhunt for suspected trooper shooter Eric Matthew Frein ended Thursday evening at an abandoned rural airport, some 40 miles from the state police barracks in Blooming Grove, Pa., where he allegedly ambushed two troopers, killing one and injuring the other.",left
14550,Accused Cop Killer Caught,['Violence In America'],"After capture, fugitive Eric Frein held at police barracks he allegedly ambushed",CNN (Online News),Terrified residents breathed a sigh of relief Friday after police arrested Eric Frein following a long manhunt in northeastern Pennsylvania -- and then held him at the same barracks where he allegedly ambushed state troopers last month.,left
14551,Accused Cop Killer Caught,['Violence In America'],Trooper ambush suspect Eric Frein taken in handcuffs of murdered officer,Fox News (Online News),"Prosecutors vowed to seek the death penalty for Eric Frein, the suspected cop killer nabbed Thursday night in rural Pennsylvania after a seven-week manhunt that ended with the self-styled survivalist shackled in the handcuffs of his alleged victim.",right
14552,"Unemployment Rate Drops, Hiring Slows but Beats Expectations for August","['Banking And Finance', 'Labor', 'Unemployment', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",Economy Adds 1.4 Million Jobs in August in Early Sign of Recovery,National Review,"The economy added 1.4 million jobs in August and new jobless claims fell below one million last week as the U.S. labor market hints at a gradual recovery from the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
A total of 881,000 initial unemployment claims were filed during the week ending August 29, the Labor Department said Thursday, beating economists’ projections of 950,000 new claims.
Last week marks a decrease of 130,000 new claims from the prior week’s 1.011 million initial claims. Continuing claims also fell dramatically by 1.24 million, sinking...",right
14553,"Unemployment Rate Drops, Hiring Slows but Beats Expectations for August","['Banking And Finance', 'Labor', 'Unemployment', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",US job growth slowly continues following pandemic losses,MSNBC,"The good news is, the U.S. economy continues to add new jobs and slowly recover from the brutal losses from earlier this year. The bad news is, we still have a long way to go.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its report for August this morning.
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 1.4 million in August, and the unemployment rate fell to 8.4 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. These improvements in the labor market reflect the continued resumption of economic activity that had been curtailed...",left
14554,"Unemployment Rate Drops, Hiring Slows but Beats Expectations for August","['Banking And Finance', 'Labor', 'Unemployment', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",US unemployment rate falls to 8.4% even as hiring slows,Associated Press,"The U.S. unemployment rate fell sharply in August to 8.4% from 10.2% even as hiring slowed, with employers adding the fewest jobs since the pandemic began.
Employers added 1.4 million jobs, the Labor Department said, down from 1.7 million in July. The U.S. economy has recovered about half the 22 million jobs lost to the pandemic.
Friday’s report added to evidence that nearly six months after the coronavirus paralyzed the country, the economy is mounting only a fitful recovery. From small businesses to hotels, restaurants, airlines and entertainment venues, a...",left
14555,Analysis of 2019 State of the Union Address,"['SOTU', 'Politics']","Despite bipartisan sheen, Trump's speech spoke to his base",Reuters,"Even as he appealed for unity, President Donald Trump made it clear in his State of the Union address on Tuesday that his idea of common ground is having Democrats back his policy agenda and stop investigating his administration.",center
14556,Analysis of 2019 State of the Union Address,"['SOTU', 'Politics']",Fact-checking Trump's State of the Union address,CNN (Online News),"In his second State of the Union address, President Donald Trump sought to strike a bipartisan tone of unity and progress, just weeks after the longest shutdown in US history — and with less than two weeks to go before the next funding lapse.",left
14557,Analysis of 2019 State of the Union Address,"['SOTU', 'Politics']",Trump rejects socialism at SOTU as expressionless Dems sit unmoved,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump drew a clear line Tuesday night between his party's policies and the creeping socialism some see on the left, declaring at the State of the Union ""America will never be a Socialist country"" as many nonplussed Democrats appeared to shift uncomfortably in their seats.",right
14558,First-of-its-kind California Program Offers Virus Aid to People in the Country Illegally,"['Economy And Jobs', 'California', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Immigration', 'Coronavirus', 'Economic Policy']",California Begins Distributing COVID-19 Aid to Illegal Immigrants,The Epoch Times,"California officials started to distribute financial assistance on May 18 for illegal immigrants affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Each individual can receive $500 in direct assistance, if they qualify, with a maximum of $1,000 in assistance per household. A household is defined as persons who live and purchase and prepare meals together.
To qualify, people must provide proof that they are illegal immigrants. They must also show they’re not eligible for federal COVID-19-related assistance and have experienced hardship as a result of the pandemic, according to the state’s Department of...",right
14559,First-of-its-kind California Program Offers Virus Aid to People in the Country Illegally,"['Economy And Jobs', 'California', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Immigration', 'Coronavirus', 'Economic Policy']",'Band-Aid on a chest wound': California's undocumented relief fund sees chaotic start,The Guardian,"Last month, California made headlines when it announced a first-in-the-nation plan to create a $125m coronavirus relief fund for undocumented workers. But its rollout got off to a chaotic start this week, with thousands of calls flooding phone lines, creating huge delays, and so many visitors to the official website that it crashed for hours.
Adding to already overwhelmed telephone systems, the state issued last-minute directives that said callers needed to reach a live person in order to apply for aid.
Nonprofits across the state selected to distribute the money...",left
14560,First-of-its-kind California Program Offers Virus Aid to People in the Country Illegally,"['Economy And Jobs', 'California', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Immigration', 'Coronavirus', 'Economic Policy']",California is offering $500 cash payments to unauthorized immigrants who don't qualify for stimulus checks or unemployment benefits,Insider,"California is rolling out a program on Monday that will give $500 cash payments to unauthorized immigrants shut out of traditional government aid programs because of their immigration status.
The New York Times reported the $75 million taxpayer-funded program funded will be conducted by phone to reduce in-person contacts. It's expected to distribute cash to 150,000 people and the maximum amount awarded per household is $1,000.
""California is the most diverse state in the nation. Our diversity makes us stronger and more resilient,"" Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement...",left
14561,Fiscal Cliff Threatens Holiday Spending,['Taxes'],"On ‘Cyber Monday,’ White House presses for middle-class tax cuts",Washington Times,"Seizing on one of the biggest shopping days of the year, the White House tried to exert pressure on Republican lawmakers Monday by warning that consumer spending could drop by nearly $200 billion in 2013 if Congress fails to approve an extension of tax cuts for the middle class by the end of next month.",right
14562,Fiscal Cliff Threatens Holiday Spending,['Taxes'],"'Fiscal Cliff' Threatens Holiday Spending, White House Says",Wall Street Journal (News),"The White House warned in a new report that going off the so-called ""fiscal cliff"" could slow the growth of real gross domestic product by 1.4% and limit consumer spending during the holiday season.",center
14563,Fiscal Cliff Threatens Holiday Spending,['Taxes'],CNN Poll: Two-thirds say fiscal cliff poses major problem,CNN (Online News),"A new national poll suggests Americans understand that the ""fiscal cliff"" is no joking matter.",left
14564,"Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, or Both?","['General News', 'Holidays', 'Columbus Day', ""Indigenous Peoples' Day"", 'History', 'Ethnicity And Heritage']",Cities Struggle With Columbus Statues as Holiday Approaches,Wall Street Journal (News),"Two years after statues of Christopher Columbus were caught up in protests following the killing of George Floyd, some cities are still vexed about what to do with them, as interest groups continue to fight about whether the explorer should be celebrated or sidelined.
In Pittsburgh, a 13-foot-tall likeness of the Genoa-born explorer has been wrapped in plastic while a court battle plays out. Chicago’s mayor has yet to decide what to do with two Columbus statues the city removed in 2020. Meanwhile, a statue of Columbus sculpted this past spring to replace one that...",center
14565,"Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, or Both?","['General News', 'Holidays', 'Columbus Day', ""Indigenous Peoples' Day"", 'History', 'Ethnicity And Heritage']",The explorer and his antecedents: Columbus Day is about Italian-Americans; celebrate their achievements,New York Daily News,"File under “silly” the movement to force the rebranding of the day late-19th-century Italian-Americans christened to celebrate their heritage. They chose as their hero Cristoforo Colombo, the Italian explorer who, sailing for the Spanish crown, on Oct. 12, 1492, made landfall in what was then called the New World. Whatever one thinks of Columbus’ character — you won’t find a reflexive defense of him in this column — the man and his continent-connecting achievement unmistakably shaped world history.
It would be blind to that history to deem the name so...",left
14566,"Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, or Both?","['General News', 'Holidays', 'Columbus Day', ""Indigenous Peoples' Day"", 'History', 'Ethnicity And Heritage']",Why the Woke Perspective on Columbus Day Is Wrong,Townhall,"Today’s woke perspective condemns Columbus Day as an unworthy holiday. However, a circumspect understanding of history offers numerous reasons why Columbus should not only be celebrated, but also why his qualities of character make him an exemplary figure worthy of emulation for all time.
First, it’s ironic that criticism of Columbus Day emanates from the left in America for Columbus never set foot on or even saw any territory that later became part of the continental United States. Columbus’ four expeditions to the New World between 1492 and 1504 were...",right
14567,Census Bureau to Release 2020 Data That Will Guide Redistricting,"['General News', '2020 Census', 'Redistricting', 'US Census']",Census data kicks off effort to reshape US House districts,Associated Press Fact Check,"Redistricting season officially kicks off with the release of detailed population data from the U.S. Census Bureau that will be used to redraw voting districts nationwide — potentially helping determine control of the U.S. House in the 2022 elections and providing an electoral edge for the next decade.
The new data being released Thursday will show which counties, cities and neighborhoods gained or lost the most people in the 2020 census. That will serve as the building block to redraw 429 U.S. House districts in 44 states and 7,383 state...",left
14568,Census Bureau to Release 2020 Data That Will Guide Redistricting,"['General News', '2020 Census', 'Redistricting', 'US Census']",Census data release starts redistricting scramble that could help GOP win House,Washington Examiner,"Let the redistricting scramble begin.
The Census Bureau on Thursday will release the data used to draw voting districts, setting up a scramble of map-drawing and litigation ahead of the 2022 midterm elections that could influence the balance of power in the House.
The release of the detailed once-per-decade data was delayed due in part to the coronavirus pandemic, squeezing the timeline for legislatures and state commissions to draw and finalize the lines and maps before primary elections begin.
Some states will see bigger changes in their maps than others....",right
14569,Census Bureau to Release 2020 Data That Will Guide Redistricting,"['General News', '2020 Census', 'Redistricting', 'US Census']",U.S. to release census data used for legislative redistricting,Reuters,"The U.S. Census Bureau will release data on Thursday from the 2020 census that states will use to draw congressional and state legislative districts for the next decade, marking the start of what will be a fierce partisan battle over redistricting.
Demographers also expect the data to show that the country's white population is declining for the first time in history, with people of color representing virtually all population growth.
The release will arrive months later than originally expected after the census took longer to complete due to the coronavirus...",center
14570,NATO Likely to Bolster Troop Presence in Eastern Europe,"['Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Defense And Security', 'NATO', 'Russia', 'Europe', 'Ukraine War', 'US Military']",NATO Leaders Likely To Green Light ‘Major Increases’ In Troops On Eastern Flank: NATO Secretary-General,The Daily Wire,"NATO leaders are set to approve major increases in the number of forces stationed in Eastern Europe during an upcoming emergency summit, according to NATO’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, who indicated four new battle groups would likely be placed in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia.
“I expect leaders will agree to strengthen NATO’s posture in all domains, with major increases in the eastern part of the alliance on land, in the air and at sea,” Stoltenberg said during a press conference before the summit.",right
14571,NATO Likely to Bolster Troop Presence in Eastern Europe,"['Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Defense And Security', 'NATO', 'Russia', 'Europe', 'Ukraine War', 'US Military']",NATO doubles its battlegroups in Eastern Europe ahead of multiple summits.,New York Times (News),"NATO is doubling its battlegroups on the alliance’s eastern flank in response to Russia’s continuing war in Ukraine, the group’s secretary general said on Wednesday, a day ahead of major summits in which President Biden will meet with European allies in Brussels.
The secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, also focused on what import Russia’s potential use of any chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine could hold for NATO, saying that such use would “fundamentally change the nature of the conflict.” And he upped the rhetoric on China’s role in bringing the...",left
14572,NATO Likely to Bolster Troop Presence in Eastern Europe,"['Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Defense And Security', 'NATO', 'Russia', 'Europe', 'Ukraine War', 'US Military']",NATO leaders set to OK ‘major increases’ of troops in response to Putin’s war on Ukraine,CNBC,"NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday the alliance is likely to bolster troops along its eastern flank, deploying four new battle groups in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia.
“I expect leaders will agree to strengthen NATO’s posture in all domains, with major increases in the eastern part of the alliance on land, in the air and at sea,” Stoltenberg said during a press conference ahead of the NATO leaders summit in Brussels.
Since the Kremlin’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, NATO has readied 140,000 troops in the region and mobilized a...",center
14573,Oregon Militia Standoff,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']","Ammon Bundy, Cliven’s son, at peaceful protest, then occupies building at Oregon wildlife refuge",Washington Times,"A peaceful protest Saturday in support of an eastern Oregon ranching family facing jail time for arson was followed shortly afterward by an occupation of a building at a national wildlife refuge.
Ammon Bundy, the son of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, who was involved in a standoff with the government over grazing rights, told The Oregonian that he and two of his brothers were among a group of dozens of people occupying the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.",right
14574,Oregon Militia Standoff,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']","The Oregon militia standoff, explained",Vox,"A militia protesting the ""tyranny"" of the federal government seized the headquarters of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon on Saturday and, in a video posted to Facebook, called on ""patriots"" from all over the country to come to the refuge with their guns to join their fight.",left
14575,Oregon Militia Standoff,"['Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Protesters Occupying Oregon Wildlife Refuge Ask Militia Members to Join Them,Wall Street Journal (News),"A family previously involved in a showdown with the federal government has occupied a building at a national wildlife refuge in Oregon and is asking militia members to join them.
Ammon Bundy—the son of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, who was involved in a standoff with the government over grazing rights—told The Oregonian on Saturday that he and two of his brothers were among a group of dozens of people occupying the headquarters of the Malheur National Wil",center
14576,Pro-Life Senate Candidate Denies Report Saying He Paid for Ex's Abortion,"['2022 Elections', 'Abortion', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', 'Herschel Walker']",‘Pro-Life’ Herschel Walker Paid for Girlfriend’s Abortion,Daily Beast,"Herschel Walker, the football legend now running for Senate in Georgia, says he wants to completely ban abortion, likening it to murder and claiming there should be “no exception” for rape, incest, or the life of the mother.
But the Republican candidate has supported at least one exception—for himself.
A woman who asked not to be identified out of privacy concerns told The Daily Beast that after she and Walker conceived a child while they were dating in 2009 he urged her to get an abortion. The woman said she...",left
14577,Pro-Life Senate Candidate Denies Report Saying He Paid for Ex's Abortion,"['2022 Elections', 'Abortion', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', 'Herschel Walker']",Herschel Walker's son accuses father of lying about his past,Axios,"The son of Herschel Walker, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Georgia, accused his father of ""lying"" and ""making a mockery"" of his family after a report alleged Walker had paid for his then-girlfriend to have an abortion in 2009.
Why it matters: The abortion allegations and stunning series of tweets from Christian Walker, a 23-year-old conservative TikTok influencer, could hurt Republicans' chances of winning in Georgia — one of the most important Senate battlegrounds in the country.
Christian Walker introduced his father at one of the candidate's earliest fundraisers at Mar-a-Lago, the Florida residence of...",center
14578,Pro-Life Senate Candidate Denies Report Saying He Paid for Ex's Abortion,"['2022 Elections', 'Abortion', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', 'Herschel Walker']","Trump, Senate Republicans back Herschel Walker in Georgia amid abortion allegations",New York Post (News),"Former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party remained in Herschel Walker’s corner Tuesday following a report that alleged the pro-life Senate hopeful from Georgia paid for an ex-girlfriend to get an abortion 13 years ago. 
Trump said Walker, whom he encouraged to challenge incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, has been “slandered and maligned by the Fake News Media and obviously, the Democrats.”
“Interestingly, I’ve heard many horrible things about his opponent, Raphael Warnock, things that nobody should be talking about, so we don’t. Herschel has properly denied the charges against him,...",right
14579,"Reactions to N. Korea Parody ""The Interview""",['Free Speech'],North Korea’s Finest Hour,Politico,"This is a glorious week indeed for Kim Jong Un’s dwindling little family business in Pyongyang. Finally, finally—to be taken seriously. To get people to pay attention and not laugh at the same time (not too much, anyway). The North Korean regime—which is to say three generations of Kims—has spent its entire, bizarre existence on earth trying to get people to notice them. And rarely succeeding, at least since the Korean War ended 61 years ago. It can hardly be an accident that the very thing that apparently set the...",left
14580,"Reactions to N. Korea Parody ""The Interview""",['Free Speech'],"Sony, North Korea and 'The Interview': When lack of principle meets personal cowardice",Fox News (Online News),"The news is out. “The Interview” will not be coming to a Cineplex near you on Christmas Day. Sony, the studio that produced Seth Rogen’s $44 million comedy about the assassination North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has dropped it.
Sony co-chairman Amy Pascal originally greenlighted this film. But as of today, she and her corporate bosses are the bitches of North Korea’s Dear Leader--the only guy in Hollywood with the power to red light a holiday blockbuster.
Kim didn’t even have to come to Hollywood to kill the film. An...",right
14581,"Reactions to N. Korea Parody ""The Interview""",['Free Speech'],Hollywood Slams Decision To Cancel 'The Interview',HuffPost,"Hollywood filmmakers and actors voiced outrage on Wednesday after Sony Pictures pulled the release of North Korea parody ""The Interview,"" following threats from hackers who waged a massive cyberattack on the movie studio.
Actors Ben Stiller, Steve Carell, Rob Lowe, late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel and filmmaker Judd Apatow, all friends of ""The Interview"" stars Seth Rogen and James Franco, criticized the decision made by movie theaters and Sony.
Lowe, who has a cameo in the film, tweeted ""Wow. Everyone caved. The hackers won. An utter and complete victory...",left
14582,Trump Disbands Business Councils,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump disbands business councils as CEOs flee after Charlottesville remarks,The Guardian,Donald Trump was forced to disband two White House business councils that were disintegrating around him on Wednesday in the wake of his controversial remarks about the weekend violence in Charlottesville.,left
14583,Trump Disbands Business Councils,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump disbands business councils after CEOs quit in protest,Reuters,President Donald Trump disbanded two high-profile business advisory councils on Wednesday after several chief executives quit in protest over his remarks blaming weekend violence in Virginia on anti-racism activists as well as white nationalists.,center
14584,Trump Disbands Business Councils,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump disbands two economic advisory councils after mass resignations of business leaders,Washington Times,"President Trump disbanded two of his economic advisory councils Wednesday, faced with the embarrassing resignations of numerous business leaders amid rising condemnation over his comments about violence at a white nationalist rally and a liberal pressure campaign.",right
14585,Trump Says Border Security Committee Must Consider Border Wall or Barrier,"['Border Wall', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump: 'Wall' Must Be Part of Lawmakers' Border Deal,Newsmax (News),Capitol Hill negotiators are hopeful of an agreement as they officially kick off talks on a homeland security spending bill stalled over funding for President Donald Trump's proposed border wall.,right
14586,Trump Says Border Security Committee Must Consider Border Wall or Barrier,"['Border Wall', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump: Border security committee ‘wasting their time’ if not discussing a wall,The Hill,President Trump early Wednesday warned members of a bipartisan conference committee tasked with negotiating border security policy that they would be “wasting their time” if they did not consider his demand for a wall along the border with Mexico.,center
14587,Trump Says Border Security Committee Must Consider Border Wall or Barrier,"['Border Wall', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump digs in on border-wall funds as congressional negotiators prepare to convene,Washington Post,"President Trump warned Wednesday that congressional negotiators would be “wasting their time” if they do not discuss his demand for a U.S.-Mexico border wall, which led to a 35-day partial government shutdown that ended last week with a temporary truce.",left
14588,February Jobs Report,"['Banking And Finance', 'Wall Street', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Labor', 'Unemployment', 'Economy And Jobs']","Blowout: U.S. Economy Added 273,000 Jobs in February",Breitbart News,"The great American jobs creation machine is firing on all cylinders, with February’s jobs figures showing far more strength than expected and both January and December being raised higher than previously reported.
The U.S. economy added 273,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate ticked down to 3.5 percent, the government said Friday.
Economists had forecast 175,000 nonfarm payroll growth and the unemployment rate to tick down slightly to 3.5 percent from 3.6 percent the prior month.
Average hourly earnings were up by 3 percent compared with a year ago....",right
14589,February Jobs Report,"['Banking And Finance', 'Wall Street', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Labor', 'Unemployment', 'Economy And Jobs']","February jobs report: U.S. adds a whopping 273K jobs, unemployment rate unexpectedly falls to 3.5%",Yahoo News,"The February jobs report reflected much better than expected job gains and an unemployment rate back at a 50-year low, before the coronavirus outbreak escalated and threatened to weigh on economic activity.
The Labor Department released its February jobs report at 8:30 a.m. ET Friday. Here were the main results from the report, compared to consensus expectations compiled by Bloomberg:
Change in non-farm payrolls: +273,000 vs. +175,000 expected and 273,000 in January
Unemployment rate: 3.5% vs. 3.6% expected and 3.6% in January
Avg. hourly earnings, month on month: +0.3% vs....",left
14590,February Jobs Report,"['Banking And Finance', 'Wall Street', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Labor', 'Unemployment', 'Economy And Jobs']",US added robust 273K jobs in February before virus escalated,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — Hiring in the United States jumped in February as employers added 273,000 jobs, evidence that the economy was in strong shape before the coronavirus began to sweep through the nation.
The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate fell to 3.5% last month, matching a 50-year low, down from 3.6% in January.
The monthly job gain comes from a survey of payrolls in the second week of February, predating the viral outbreak. So far, there are few signs that the job market has been affected by...",left
14591,Trump Heads to the Hill,['Healthcare'],"GOP Tweaks Obamacare Replacement Bill, Trump To Promote Overhaul",Newsweek,Congressional Republicans on Monday recrafted their Obamacare replacement bill in hopes of satisfying critics as U.S. President Donald Trump prepared to promote his first major legislative initiative on Capitol Hill.,center
14592,Trump Heads to the Hill,['Healthcare'],Dealmaker Trump Goes to the Hill,CNN (Online News),House Republican leaders released a package of amendments Monday evening to modify the GOP bill to repeal and replace Obamacare -- the culmination of days of negotiations and closed-door meetings to win over critics and skeptics of the proposal.,left
14593,Trump Heads to the Hill,['Healthcare'],Trump to urge House Republicans to back Obamacare replacement legislation,Washington Times,Willing to work on changes with conservatives,right
14594,Putin Probably Approved Ex Spy Murder,"['Europe', 'World']","Vladimir Putin Probably Approved Killing Of Ex-Agent Alexander Litvinenko, UK Judge Says",HuffPost,"President Vladimir Putin probably approved a plan by Russia's FSB security service to kill a former agent-turned-Kremlin critic who died after drinking tea laced with radioactive poison, a British judge said Thursday in a strongly worded report that led Moscow to accuse Britain of souring bilateral relations.",left
14595,Putin Probably Approved Ex Spy Murder,"['Europe', 'World']",UK inquiry says Putin probably approved ex-spy's murder,CNN (Online News),"Russian President Vladimir Putin probably approved the operation by Russian officials to kill former FSB spy Alexander Litvinenko in 2006, a detailed UK inquiry has concluded.",left
14596,Putin Probably Approved Ex Spy Murder,"['Europe', 'World']",UK judge says Putin 'probably approved' poisoning of ex-Russian spy,Fox News (Online News),"The deadly poisoning of a former Russian spy in London a decade ago was ""probably approved"" by Vladimir Putin, according to a judicial report released Thursday, a conclusion that confirmed long-held suspicions that the high-profile case bore all the hallmarks of a Kremlin hit.",right
14597,Shutdown Averted,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Funding Homeland Security: Where Do We Go From Here?,NPR (Online News),"As we reported late Friday, the House managed to approve a one-week extension of funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which President Obama signed. The passage capped a day of scrambling that saw a longer three-week stopgap shot down in the House.
But the thorny issue that has weighed on a longer-term funding bill — an insistence by Republicans that it include a push-back on the president's executive action on immigration — is still in the air. And the clock is ticking on the fresh deadline to resolve the...",left
14598,Shutdown Averted,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",House Passes One-Week Funding Extension for Homeland Security,New York Times (News),"Republicans vowing to govern effectively as a congressional majority failed a fundamental test Friday, when House leaders only narrowly managed to avert a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security after an embarrassing defeat earlier in the day.
The seven-day funding extension, approved by a vote of 357 to 60, came just hours before money for the department was to run out at midnight. The accord was reached after a stunning and humiliating setback for Speaker John A. Boehner and his leadersh",left
14599,Shutdown Averted,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",GOP leaders are struggling to show they really are in charge,Townhall,"Two months into full Republican control of Congress, GOP leaders are struggling to demonstrate they really are in charge.
The stunning House defeat Friday of a three-week spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security exposed Speaker John Boehner's weakness in the face of rebellious conservatives.
It also again demonstrated his need to rely on Democrats at critical moments as the minority party's agreement to a one-week spending bill helped the speaker get it over the finish line with only hours to spare before a threatened agency shutdown.",right
14600,"Economy Lost 701,000 Jobs in March","['Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Labor', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs']","As coronavirus spread, economy lost 701,000 jobs in March, breaking 10-year string of gains",USA TODAY,"The U.S. lost 701,000 jobs in March, breaking a remarkable string of uninterrupted payrolls gains the past decade and revealing just the leading edge of the coronavirus-triggered hurricane that's upending America’s economy and labor market.
The unemployment rate jumped to 4.4% from a 50-year low of 3.5%, the Labor Department said Friday.
The report reflects employers’ jitters early in the month over the unprecedented economic fallout from the pandemic. But it doesn’t capture the nearly 10 million laid-off and furloughed Americans who filed initial jobless claims the past two weeks...",left
14601,"Economy Lost 701,000 Jobs in March","['Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Labor', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs']","U.S. economy lost a total of 701,000 jobs in March",NBC News (Online),"The U.S. economy lost a total of 701,000 jobs in March, bringing a record 10-year streak of employment gains to a halt as the coronavirus pandemic continues to hammer the workforce and shatter economic growth.
The closely watched monthly jobs data, released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, also shows the unemployment rate soared to 4.4 percentfrom 3.5 percent, after months at a half-century low.
March's data represents the tip of the iceberg, however, since the survey was conducted in the first half of the month, prior to the...",left
14602,"Economy Lost 701,000 Jobs in March","['Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Labor', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs']","US employers shed 701,000 jobs in March, unemployment jumped to 4.4%, as coronavirus ravages economy",Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. economy lost 701,000 jobs in March, snapping a decade-long record of employment growth, as strict measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic shuttered businesses and forced Americans to stay at home.
It was the first decline in payrolls since September 2010, and the steepest since March 2009, in the midst of the Great Recession.
The unemployment rate jumped to 4.4 percent, up from a half-century low of 3.5 percent in February.
Economists surveyed by Refinitiv had forecast a payroll decline of 100,000 and the unemployment rate to rise to...",right
14603,Georgia Announces Full Hand Recount of Presidential Votes,"['Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Georgia', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Georgia Secretary of State Announces Full Hand Recount of Presidential Race,The Epoch Times,"Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Wednesday that the state will carry out a manual hand recount of ballots cast during the Nov. 3 election in the midst of allegations of voter fraud, mismanagement, and irregularities.
“This will help build confidence. It will be an audit, a recount, and a recanvas all at once,” Raffensperger, a Republican, stated at a press conference. “It will be a heavy lift.”",right
14604,Georgia Announces Full Hand Recount of Presidential Votes,"['Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Georgia', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",What is a hand recount? How long will it take? Here's what to know about Georgia's recount of presidential votes,USA TODAY,"With only about 14,000 votes separating President-elect Joe Biden and President Donald Trump in battleground Georgia, the state is heading into a recount of presidential votes.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who is a Republican, said on Wednesday the state will recount presidential election results in each county by hand due to the close margin.
On Wednesday, Biden was up by less than 0.3% of the nearly 5 million votes cast in Georgia. On Saturday, he was declared winner of the presidential election as some states continued to count...",left
14605,Georgia Announces Full Hand Recount of Presidential Votes,"['Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Georgia', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Georgia announces recount after presidential race too close to call,The Guardian,"Election officials in Georgia announced a recount on Friday after the presidential race was deemed “too close to call” in that state.
Joe Biden overtook Donald Trump in Georgia, historically a Republican stronghold, at around 4.30am ET to secure a lead of 1,579 votes.
Trump and Biden were locked in a tight contest on Friday, with the Democrat edging ahead, to get the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. For Trump, Georgia is a state he must win.
But with such a razor-thin margin, Georgia’s secretary of state,...",left
14606,Tentative Deal Ends UAW-GM Strike,"['Business', 'General Motors', 'United Auto Workers', 'Strikes', 'Unions']","General Motors, United Auto Workers reach tentative deal to end 31-day strike",New York Post (News),"General Motors and the United Auto Workers on Wednesday reached a tentative settlement to end a strike that has dragged on for 31 days.
The auto company and the union have reached an agreement in principal, and will send the agreement to the UAW’s national council to vote tomorrow, representatives from GM and the UAW confirmed in separate statements.
The strike hasn’t ended yet, and union members could still reject the proposal, according to an announcement by the union.",right
14607,Tentative Deal Ends UAW-GM Strike,"['Business', 'General Motors', 'United Auto Workers', 'Strikes', 'Unions']","GM, UAW agree on tentative labor contract that could end a monthlong strike by 48,000 workers",CNBC,"DETROIT — General Motors and union leaders have reached a tentative deal on a new labor contract that could end the United Auto Workers’ monthlong strike against the automaker, the UAW said Wednesday.
Details of the proposed deal were not immediately available. However, the union’s roughly 48,000 members with GM are expected to receive raises and bonuses as part of the accord.",center
14608,Tentative Deal Ends UAW-GM Strike,"['Business', 'General Motors', 'United Auto Workers', 'Strikes', 'Unions']",Deal reached to end GM strike,CNN (Online News),"New York (CNN Business)Negotiators from General Motors and the United Auto Workers union have reached a tentative deal to end a 31-day strike by nearly 50,000 workers.
Details of the agreement were not immediately available. The deal was confirmed by Terry Dittes, the UAW's chief negotiator with GM.
The tentative agreement needs the approval of both union leadership as well as the rank-and-file union members at GM before it can take effect. UAW officials from across the country were already set to meet in Detroit on Thursday. That had...",left
14609,2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics Postponed,"['Tokyo Olympics', 'Sports', 'Coronavirus', 'International Olympic Committee', 'World']",Japanese PM and IOC chief agree to postpone 2020 Olympics,CNN (Online News),"Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach agreed Tuesday to postpone the Olympics by about one year.
Abe put the suggestion to Bach, who agreed that the latest date the Olympics will be held is summer 2021.
It was also announced that the event will still be dubbed Tokyo 2020 Olympics despite the postponement.
""The IOC president and the Prime Minister of Japan have concluded that the Games .. must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021, to...",left
14610,2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics Postponed,"['Tokyo Olympics', 'Sports', 'Coronavirus', 'International Olympic Committee', 'World']","Tokyo Olympics to be postponed, Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says",Fox News (Online News),"The global spread of the coronavirus has forced the Tokyo Olympics to be postponed until next summer at the latest, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Tuesday.
Abe said that he and the International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach came to an agreement to postpone the Games. The latest the event can take place is the summer of 2021.
""In the present circumstances and based on the information provided by the WHO today, the IOC President and the Prime Minister of Japan have concluded that the Games of the XXXII...",right
14611,2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics Postponed,"['Tokyo Olympics', 'Sports', 'Coronavirus', 'International Olympic Committee', 'World']",IOC member says 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed because of coronavirus pandemic,USA TODAY,"Veteran International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound told USA TODAY Sports on Monday afternoon that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are going to be postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“On the basis of the information the IOC has, postponement has been decided,” Pound said in a phone interview. “The parameters going forward have not been determined, but the games are not going to start on July 24, that much I know.”
Pound, a Canadian who has been one of the most influential members of the IOC for decades, said the...",left
14612,Supreme Court Strike Down Likely?,['LGBT Rights'],Five justices appear receptive to gutting Defense of Marriage Act,CNN (Online News),The Supreme Court offered at least a measure of support Wednesday for doing away with a federal law that denies benefits to married same-sex married couples.,left
14613,Supreme Court Strike Down Likely?,['LGBT Rights'],Justices Seem Set to End U.S. Ban on Benefits to Gay Spouses,New York Times (News),Justice Anthony M. Kennedys questions in a hearing on the Defense of Marriage Act suggested he was prepared to side with the Supreme Courts four liberal members to strike down a central provision.,left
14614,Supreme Court Strike Down Likely?,['LGBT Rights'],Report: Supreme Court '80% Likely' to Strike Defense of Marriage Act,The Blaze,After an indecisive round of oral arguments Tuesday on the question of Californias controversial Proposition 8 gay marriage ban the Supreme Court signaled today that it may be prepared to hand gay rights advocates a national victory over the course of two hours of oral arguments in the case...,right
14615,Jury Finds American Sniper Killer Guilty,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",'American Sniper' Trial: Eddie Ray Routh Found Guilty in Double Murder Case,ABC News (Online),A Texas jury has found a former Marine guilty of murdering famed Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle and Kyle's friend Chad Littlefield.,left
14616,Jury Finds American Sniper Killer Guilty,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Insanity defense fails in 'American Sniper' murder trial,Christian Science Monitor,"A Texas jury has rejected the insanity defense of a former Marine in the deaths of famed ""American Sniper"" author Chris Kyle and another man.",center
14617,Jury Finds American Sniper Killer Guilty,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Former Marine found guilty in 'American Sniper' trial,Fox News (Online News),"A former Marine was found guilty late Tuesday of the 2013 shooting deaths of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, the author of ""American Sniper,"" and his friend Chad Littlefield.",right
14618,Perspectives: How Might Laws Solve Big Tech's Free Speech Dilemma?,"['Free Speech', 'Big Tech', 'Technology', 'Media Bias', 'Online Censorship', 'Section 230']",Why Is Big Tech Policing Speech? Because the Government Isn’t,New York Times (News),"ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED JANUARY 2021: In the months leading up to the November election, the social media platform Parler attracted millions of new users by promising something competitors, increasingly, did not: unfettered free speech. “If you can say it on the streets of New York,” promised the company’s chief executive, John Matze, in a June CNBC interview, “you can say it on Parler.”
The giants of social media — Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram — had more stringent rules. And while they still amplified huge amounts of far-right content, they had started...",left
14619,Perspectives: How Might Laws Solve Big Tech's Free Speech Dilemma?,"['Free Speech', 'Big Tech', 'Technology', 'Media Bias', 'Online Censorship', 'Section 230']",Free Speech,AllSides,"AllSides reveals media bias and helps heal political polarization on free speech and other related issues, including campus speech, online censorship and hate speech.
Burst your filter bubble: understand perspectives and stances from liberals, conservatives, progressives, and everyone in between on free speech — explore fact checks, data, pro-con arguments and balanced news.
To do so, read more on our free speech Topic page.",center
14620,Perspectives: How Might Laws Solve Big Tech's Free Speech Dilemma?,"['Free Speech', 'Big Tech', 'Technology', 'Media Bias', 'Online Censorship', 'Section 230']",The First Amendment Doesn’t Protect Big Tech’s Censorship,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"Does the Constitution require Americans to accept Big Tech censorship? The claim is counterintuitive but the logic is clear: If you submit a letter to this newspaper, the editors have no legal obligation to publish it, and a statute requiring them to do so would be struck down as a violation of the Journal’s First Amendment rights. Facebook and Twitter, the argument goes, have the same right not to provide a platform to views they find objectionable.
Big Tech censorship has provoked interest in new civil-rights statutes—state laws that would bar the companies from...",right
14621,EgyptAir Debris Found,['World'],Debris and possible oil slick found in Mediterranean as first evidence emerges in EgyptAir crash,Fox News (Online News),"A piece of luggage, human remains, wreckage and what could be a tell-tale oil slick were found early Friday in the Mediterranean Sea where an EgyptAir passenger plane went down a day earlier, according to officials.",right
14622,EgyptAir Debris Found,['World'],"EgyptAir plane wreckage found, military says",CNN (Online News),"Egypt says it has found wreckage from an EgyptAir flight that crashed in the Mediterranean with 66 people aboard, the military said.",left
14623,EgyptAir Debris Found,['World'],EgyptAir Debris Found,New York Times (News),"The military said that debris and personal items belonging to the passengers of EgyptAir Flight 804, which went down with at least 66 people on board, had been found in the Mediterranean.",left
14624,LGBT Protections from Mormon church,['Religion And Faith'],Mormon church backs (some) gay rights — with one condition,Fox News (Online News),"In at least one big and bruising culture-war battle, the Mormon church wants to call a partial truce.
Convening a rare press conference on Tuesday at church headquarters in Salt Lake City, Mormon leaders pledged to support anti-discrimination laws for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people, as long the laws also protect the rights of religious groups.
In exchange, the Mormon church wants gay rights advocates — and the government — to back off.
“When religious people are publicly intimidated, retaliated against, forced from employment or made to suffer personal...",right
14625,LGBT Protections from Mormon church,['Religion And Faith'],Mormon church announces support for legal protections for gay people,Washington Post,"After years of behind-the-scenes meetings between LGBT advocates and top Mormon leaders, church officials Tuesday announced for the first time general support for legislation to protect LGBT people in areas such as housing and employment – as long as accommodations are made to protect the freedom of religious people who oppose such measures.
“We must all learn to live with others who do not share the same beliefs or values,” read a statement released at a midday Salt Lake City news conference.",left
14626,LGBT Protections from Mormon church,['Religion And Faith'],Mormon Church Backs LGBT Protection,Daily Beast,"In a landmark move, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Tuesday that it is changing its posture toward gays. The church has decided to support anti-discrimination legislation for gays and lesbians in the realm of housing and employment. The church also announced that it it comes with the condition that no one can be forced to perform actions if he or she has religious objections. One example, a doctor who refuses to artificially inseminate a lesbian couple. Utah is facing two bills that protections for each group....",left
14627,Tattlegate,['Politics'],Head Of House Intel Committee Went To White House Grounds To Meet Source,NPR (Online News),"The head of the House Intelligence Committee secretly went to the White House grounds to meet with a source, before he surprised his colleagues by briefing the president — and the press — on information they hadn't seen.",left
14628,Tattlegate,['Politics'],Nunes had secret meeting before revealing Trump surveillance info,New York Post (News),The head of the House Intelligence Committee met with a White House source the day before he announced publicly that President Trump may have been “incidentally monitored” by US intelligence agencies after the election.,right
14629,Tattlegate,['Politics'],Devin Nunes Met Source On White House Grounds Day Before Claiming Trump Team Was Surveilled,HuffPost,The House Intelligence Committee chairman’s allegations about the Obama administration’s spying operations keep getting weirder.,left
14630,Task Force urges overhaul of NSA tactics,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Obama task force reportedly to urge overhaul of NSA spy tactics,Fox News (Online News),Obama task force reportedly to urge overhaul of NSA spy tactics.,right
14631,Task Force urges overhaul of NSA tactics,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Obama Panel Said to Urge N.S.A. Curbs,New York Times (News),A presidential advisory committees recommendation of broad new restraints intended to increase privacy protections is a first sign that spying revelations may lead to changes.,left
14632,Task Force urges overhaul of NSA tactics,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Presidential task force recommends sweeping overhaul of surveillance tactics of NSA,Wall Street Journal (News),A task force's draft proposals would change the spy agency's leadership from military to civilian and limit how it gathers and holds the electronic information of Americans.,center
14633,Hillary Ratings After Scandal,['Politics'],"Hillary Clinton’s popularity sinks, but likely 2016 GOP rivals worse off",Washington Times,"Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s personal popularity has slipped over the past couple years, but she still has a higher favorable rating then a half dozen of her potential GOP rivals for president in 2016, a Washington Post/ABC News poll said.
The survey found that 49 percent of respondents view Mrs. Clinton in a positive light — down from 67 percent more than two years ago — and 46 percent view her unfavorably, as she lays the ground work for a presidential bid.
“Yet Clinton still is better off...",right
14634,Hillary Ratings After Scandal,['Politics'],Hillary approval ratings slip after State email scandal,The Hill,"Hillary Clinton’s email problems are taking a bite out of her approval ratings, raising the GOP’s confidence that she can be defeated in 2016.
A new poll released Tuesday by Quinnipiac University found Clinton trailing former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in the Sunshine State and enjoying only a 2 percentage point lead over Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).
In February, she led both — with a 10-point lead on Rubio.
The same poll found Clinton ahead of the GOP field in the must-win state of Pennsylvania but with only a 1-point...",center
14635,Hillary Ratings After Scandal,['Politics'],Poll: Bush now tops GOP field; Clinton runs ahead of all Republicans,Washington Post,"Former Florida governor Jeb Bush now leads the field of Republican candidates for the party’s 2016 presidential nomination, but former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton enjoys a decided advantage over Bush and other potential GOP rivals in hypothetical general election matchups, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
At this early stage in the 2016 competition, the prospective candidates suffer from image weaknesses, but the Republicans have a more acute problem. Most Republicans are not well known, but at this point, not a single one of six Republicans...",left
14636,McCain to Vote No on Healthcare Bill,['Healthcare'],McCain says no on last-ditch Obamacare repeal,Washington Times,"Major blow to GOP leaders, Trump.",right
14637,McCain to Vote No on Healthcare Bill,['Healthcare'],McCain to vote no on ObamaCare repeal,The Hill,"Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Friday announced that he will vote against the latest proposal to repeal ObamaCare, potentially dooming the legislation and, with it, the GOP's last shot at passing a health-care overhaul this year.",center
14638,McCain to Vote No on Healthcare Bill,['Healthcare'],John McCain: ‘I Cannot In Good Conscience Vote’ For The GOP Obamacare Repeal Bill,HuffPost,He basically just killed Republicans’ effort to gut the Affordable Care Act. Again.,left
14639,DOJ Charges Six Russian Intelligence Officers In Worldwide Cyberhacks,"['Cybersecurity', 'Russia', 'Elections', 'Justice Department', '2020 Election', 'Technology']","US Indicts Sandworm, Russia's Most Destructive Cyberwar Unit",Wired,"NEARLY HALF A decade ago, the Russian hackers known as Sandworm hit Western Ukraine with the first-ever cyberattack to cause a blackout, an unprecedented act of cyberwar that turned off the lights for a quarter million Ukrainians. They were just getting started. From there Sandworm embarked on a years-long spree of wantonly destructive attacks: another blackout attack on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in 2016, the release of the NotPetya worm in 2017 that spread globally from Ukraine to cause $10 billion in damage, and a cyberattack that temporarily destroyed...",center
14640,DOJ Charges Six Russian Intelligence Officers In Worldwide Cyberhacks,"['Cybersecurity', 'Russia', 'Elections', 'Justice Department', '2020 Election', 'Technology']","DOJ Charges 6 Russians With Worldwide Hacking, Targets Include France, Ukraine And 2018 Olympics",The Daily Caller,"The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday indictments for six Russian military hackers who were part of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU).
“No country has weaponized its cyber capabilities as maliciously and irresponsibly as Russia, wantonly causing unprecedented collateral damage to pursue small tactical advantages and to satisfy fits of spite,”Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers said Monday. The six hackers began their work in 2015, according to the DOJ. The hackers “engaged in computer intrusions and attacks” to undermine, retaliate against and destabilize foreign nations...",right
14641,DOJ Charges Six Russian Intelligence Officers In Worldwide Cyberhacks,"['Cybersecurity', 'Russia', 'Elections', 'Justice Department', '2020 Election', 'Technology']",U.S. Charges Russian Intelligence Officers in Major Cyberattacks,New York Times (News),"The Justice Department on Monday announced indictments of six Russian military intelligence officers in connection with major hacks worldwide, including of the Winter Olympics and elections in France as well as an attack in 2017 aimed at destabilizing Ukraine that spread rapidly and was blamed for billions of dollars in damage.
Prosecutors said the suspects were from the same Russian unit that conducted one of the Kremlin’s major operations to interfere in the 2016 American election: the theft of Democratic emails. They attacked the 2017 French presidential elections; targeted British...",left
14642,Examining Ukraine's Resilience as Russia's Invasion Hits Day 100,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Europe', 'War']",100 days of Russian aggression but Ukraine fights on,Fox News (Online News),"KYIV, Ukraine – When I first arrived in Ukraine on January 23, the skies were gray and the weather cold. In the depths of winter, it snows in Kyiv almost every day and the sidewalks are treacherously icy. At the small coffee kiosk, little more than a hole in the wall, a young barista whipped up hot lattes and said she wasn’t worried about the prospect of war.  She was far from alone.  
Despite tens of thousands of Russian troops and artillery gathering at the border for what Moscow called military exercises,...",right
14643,Examining Ukraine's Resilience as Russia's Invasion Hits Day 100,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Europe', 'War']",Kyiv’s emergence from the shadow of war,BBC News,"Kyiv didn't feel like a city bracing itself for 150,000 Russian soldiers to cross the border into Ukraine.
Arriving in Kyiv in January I decided to brave the supermarket near my flat. You could get your hands on just about any kind of meat or vegetable it seemed, even a pint of beer on aisle six.
""It's all a bluff"", ""we're at war already"", were the most common responses when I asked people whether they were worried about what seemed to be the unthinkable at the time.
Of course, within...",center
14644,Examining Ukraine's Resilience as Russia's Invasion Hits Day 100,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Europe', 'War']",100 Days In: Zelensky Returns to the Street to Vow Ukraine Will Win,Daily Beast,"Ninety-nine days ago, Volodymyr Zelensky left the presidential palace in Kyiv to shoot a selfie video outside in the street.
The previous day, President Vladimir Putin had sent his troops into Ukraine and the Ukrainian leader was coming under Western pressure to save himself and evacuate the capital before the massive column of Russian armor reached the city.
But no, Zelensky said, Ukraine will fight and he would stay. “I need ammo, not a ride,” he declared.
It was a line that passed immediately into history and helped steel a nation to defend itself against a...",left
14645,Trump Dominates Ahead of Super Tuesday,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","On Super Tuesday eve, Donald Trump gets his best poll numbers yet",Washington Post,"On Feb. 29, 2012, Mitt Romney finally retook the lead in Real Clear Politics' average of polling of the Republican nomination contest that year for the final time. Months of ups and downs, and -- four years ago Monday -- Romney finally had a clear path to the nomination. In the 2004 Democratic and 2008 Democratic and Republican contests as well, the person leading on Feb. 29 in the polling average went on to win his party's nomination.",left
14646,Trump Dominates Ahead of Super Tuesday,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Rubio, Cruz Turn Up Heat on Trump as Super Tuesday Looms",Wall Street Journal (News),"Donald Trump’s rivals launched last-ditch efforts Sunday to derail the Republican presidential front-runner’s campaign, intensifying the competition ahead of voting Tuesday in 11 states that could all but seal the race’s outcome.",center
14647,Trump Dominates Ahead of Super Tuesday,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump’s dominance leaves GOP establishment banking on brokered convention,Washington Times,"With a few big-name GOP regulars, from moderate New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to conservative stalwart Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, now endorsing the agile Donald Trump, the billionaire businessman continues to flummox his party’s lumbering establishment.",right
14648,Two Appointments for Acting Director of CFPB,['Banking And Finance'],Dueling Appointments Lead to Clash at Consumer Protection Bureau,New York Times (News),"President Trump on Friday named his budget director as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, moving to take control of the agency hours after its departing leader had taken steps to install his own choice for acting chief.",left
14649,Two Appointments for Acting Director of CFPB,['Banking And Finance'],Rival appointments set up showdown to lead agency,The Hill,"President Trump on Friday announced that he is appointing Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney as acting director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB), setting up a potential fight over the agency's future.",center
14650,Two Appointments for Acting Director of CFPB,['Banking And Finance'],White House confident Mick Mulvaney trumps outgoing director's pick to head CFPB,Washington Examiner,"The White House insisted Saturday that President Trump has the authority to appoint a successor to temporarily oversee the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, rather than a former acting director.",right
14651,Facebook Board Upholds Trump Ban but Orders Review,"['Technology', 'Facebook', 'Donald Trump']",Facebook Board Upholds Trump Ban But Orders New Review,Newsmax (News),"Facebook's Oversight Board decided Wednesday morning to uphold the site's ban of former President Donald Trump's account -- but the Board also ordered a new review of the ""indefinite suspension"" to take place within six months, leaving the door open slightly for a future Trump reinstatement.
The determination by the Board also applies to social app Instagram, which is owned by Facebook.
""The Board has upheld Facebook's decision on January 7, 2021, to restrict then-President Donald Trump's access to posting content on his Facebook page and Instagram account,"" the Board...",right
14652,Facebook Board Upholds Trump Ban but Orders Review,"['Technology', 'Facebook', 'Donald Trump']",Trump still blocked from Facebook — for now,Politico,"Former President Donald Trump’s Facebook account should remain suspended, the company’s oversight board announced Wednesday while leaving the door open to his possible return down the line.
The decision comes nearly four months after Facebook suspended Trump’s account over fears he might incite additional violence following the Jan. 6. attack on the Capitol by his supporters. Facebook has said the board’s decision would be binding.
The board upheld Facebook's decision to suspend Trump in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, but it criticized the social network...",left
14653,Facebook Board Upholds Trump Ban but Orders Review,"['Technology', 'Facebook', 'Donald Trump']","Facebook's Trump ban upheld by Oversight Board, for now",BBC News,"Donald Trump's ban from Facebook and Instagram has been upheld by Facebook's Oversight Board.
But it criticised the permanent nature of the ban as beyond the scope of Facebook's normal penalties.
It has ordered Facebook to review the decision and ""justify a proportionate response"" that is applied to everyone, including ordinary users.
The former president was banned from both sites in January following the Capitol Hill riots.
The Oversight Board said the initial decision to permanently suspend Mr Trump was ""indeterminate and standardless"", and that the correct response should be...",center
14654,Supreme Court Rejects Exxon Appeal in Climate Change Case,['Environment'],U.S. top court rejects Exxon in climate change document dispute,Reuters,The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the attorney general of Massachusetts to obtain records from Exxon Mobil Corp to probe whether the oil company for decades,center
14655,Supreme Court Rejects Exxon Appeal in Climate Change Case,['Environment'],Us Supreme Court Rejects Exxon’s Plea to Hear Global Warming Case,The Daily Caller,The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Exxon Mobil’s appeal of a Massachusetts high court decision allowing the state’s attorney general to continue her investigation into whether the oil,right
14656,Supreme Court Rejects Exxon Appeal in Climate Change Case,['Environment'],"Supreme Court issues ‘crushing blow’ to Exxon in major climate case, legal experts say",ThinkProgress,"""The significance of the Massachusetts AG's investigation has been grossly underestimated.""",left
14657,Tea Party Status,['Politics'],Tea Party Seeks to Regroup,Wall Street Journal (News),"The tea-party movement is trying to regroup after taking some licks in this month's elections, with several groups already setting their sights on 2014 congressional races.",center
14658,Tea Party Status,['Politics'],"Tea party vows to stay for long haul, takes no blame for GOP losses",Washington Times,"Tea party leaders say they refuse to be the scapegoats for the drubbing Republicans took on Election Day, claiming it was the party establishment — not their insurgent movement — that cost the party seats in the House and Senate and returned President Obama to the White House.",right
14659,Tea Party Status,['Politics'],"Archconservatives: anger, denial but no acceptance of Obama's victory",CNN (Online News),"So far this week, prolific blogger Judson Phillips on Tea Party Nation has called for boycotting the Electoral College to prevent validating the election result and lamented the triumph of liberalism in destroying national unity and therefore America's greatness.",left
14660,Is the Omicron COVID-19 Surge Starting to Peak?,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health', 'Hospitalizations']","COVID cases in US drop 47 percent in a week, according to data",New York Post (News),"Daily COVID-19 cases across the United States have dropped 47 percent in the last week — offering a glimmer of hope that the Omicron winter surge is finally starting to ease.
There were about 717,800 new cases reported in the US on Monday, statistics compiled by John Hopkins University shows.
The average infection count has been sitting at about 800,000 per day over the past week.
It is a sharp drop from the record 1.4 million new cases reported just one week earlier on Jan. 10, according to the data....",right
14661,Is the Omicron COVID-19 Surge Starting to Peak?,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health', 'Hospitalizations']","Omicron not peaking nationally yet, surgeon general says",USA TODAY,"COVID-19 is sending mixed messages. The U.S. is recording over 800,000 cases a day for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, and hospitalizations are also setting records. 
But New York State recorded only about 48,000 cases on Friday, almost a 47% drop from the previous week’s case count, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Saturday.
""We are turning the corner on the winter surge, but we're not through this yet,"" the governor said in a statement.
Minnesota also saw declining intensive-care hospitalizations for COVID-19, and cases have been falling in Washington...",left
14662,Is the Omicron COVID-19 Surge Starting to Peak?,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Public Health', 'Hospitalizations']",Omicron surge shows signs of easing in states hit early by the fast-spreading variant,CNBC,"Following weeks of soaring infections, the latest Covid surge is showing signs of slowing in a handful of areas hit earliest by the omicron variant — offering a glimmer of hope that this wave is starting to ease.
The U.S. has reported an average of nearly 800,000 cases per day over the past week, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, more than three times the level seen during last winter’s previous record. But in a handful of states and cities, particularly on the East Coast, cases appear to...",center
14663,Texas and Ohio Supreme Courts Block Orders to Reinstate Abortion Access,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Ohio', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas', ""Women'S Rights""]","Supreme Courts in Texas, Ohio Block Efforts to Reinstate Access to Abortions",The Epoch Times,"Texas’s and Ohio’s Supreme Courts have given the go-ahead for the states to enforce their respective state laws that ban abortion, blocking efforts that barred the laws from taking effect, coming after the U.S. Supreme Court last week overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.
Roe v. Wade had enabled abortions up to 24 weeks of pregnancy across the country for almost five decades. The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 sends regulation of the procedure back to states.
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday allowed (pdf) the state’s longstanding pre-Roe abortion ban to...",right
14664,Texas and Ohio Supreme Courts Block Orders to Reinstate Abortion Access,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Ohio', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas', ""Women'S Rights""]",Texas Supreme Court blocks order that allowed abortions to resume,Washington Post,"Legal wrangling over abortions in Texas took a further twist late Friday, after the state Supreme Court blocked a lower court order issued just days earlier that had temporarily allowed the procedures to resume.
The Texas Supreme Court in Austin granted an “emergency motion for temporary relief” that was filed Wednesday by the state’s attorney general, Republican Ken Paxton, staying a temporary restraining order that had been granted earlier this week by a judge in Harris County. A further state Supreme Court hearing is scheduled for later this month.
Texas has left a nearly century-old...",left
14665,Texas and Ohio Supreme Courts Block Orders to Reinstate Abortion Access,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Ohio', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas', ""Women'S Rights""]",Texas Supreme Court allows enforcement of 1925 abortion ban scrapped in Roe v. Wade,The Dallas Morning News,"The Texas Supreme Court ordered late Friday that the state’s century-old abortion ban, struck down in Roe v. Wade in 1973, can be enforced immediately in civil court.
That overrules a Harris County judge who had allowed abortion through six weeks to resume temporarily.
The Texas Supreme Court ordered late Friday that the state’s century-old abortion ban, struck down in Roe v. Wade in 1973, can be enforced immediately in civil court.
That overrules a Harris County judge who had allowed abortion through six weeks to resume temporarily.
Texas is...",center
14666,How Should the US Respond to Skepticism and Hesitancy About the COVID-19 Vaccine?,"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Skepticism', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Role Of Government', 'Healthcare', 'Bridging Divides']",Why People Reject Vaccination—and How to Change Their Minds,Foreign Policy,"As of early December, about 8.5 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered worldwide. That makes the COVID-19 vaccination effort easily the largest public health intervention in history—and yet, its success has been mixed. The world’s most vulnerable countries have been denied their fair share of vaccination doses, while in wealthier countries, the main problem is not access but hesitancy, often concentrated in specific regions of anti-vaccination sentiment. For example, the eastern German state of Saxony has full vaccination rates of only around 56 percent, and an infection rate more than twice as high as...",center
14667,How Should the US Respond to Skepticism and Hesitancy About the COVID-19 Vaccine?,"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Skepticism', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Role Of Government', 'Healthcare', 'Bridging Divides']",Convincing the Skeptics,Michael Brendan Dougherty,"Published July 16, 2021: There’s no doubt that vaccination rates have hit a wall of skepticism: 48.5 percent of the population is fully vaccinated, and 56.1 percent have had at least one dose of the vaccine. This is consistent with opinion surveys earlier this year showing roughly 40 percent of the public as wary or skeptical about the vaccines. A wave of outreach has begun to get vaccination rates up further, especially in light of the spread of the Delta variant. Some states have tried lotteries, in which people who get vaccinated are entered...",right
14668,How Should the US Respond to Skepticism and Hesitancy About the COVID-19 Vaccine?,"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Skepticism', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Role Of Government', 'Healthcare', 'Bridging Divides']",Why refusing the COVID-19 vaccine isn’t just immoral – it’s ‘un-American’,The Conversation,"Decades ago I helped organize a conference that brought together vaccine skeptics and public health officials. The debate centered on what governments can and cannot demand from citizens, and what behaviors one can rightly expect from others.
It took place many years before the current coronavirus pandemic, but many things that happened at that conference remind me of our circumstances today. Not least, as a political theorist who also studies social ethics, it reminds me that arguments grounded in self-interest can often be correct – but still deeply inadequate.
I recall...",left
14669,Hillary Moves Closer to Nom,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","After strong night, an ebullient Hillary Clinton pledges to unify Democratic Party",,"Celebrating another strong night of primary victories, an ebullient Hillary Clinton sought to paper over the schisms that her rivalry with Senator Bernie Sanders has exposed in the ranks of the Democratic Party insisting that “there is much more that unites us than divides us”.",center
14670,Hillary Moves Closer to Nom,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Hillary Clinton Wins Four States, Bernie Sanders Takes Rhode Island",Wall Street Journal (News),"Hillary Clinton swept to primary victories over rival Sen. Bernie Sanders in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Connecticut Tuesday night, winning the three largest prizes of the evening and capturing Delaware and Connecticut in a showing that makes her the all-but-certain Democratic presidential nominee.",center
14671,Hillary Moves Closer to Nom,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Pulling Away From Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton Is Turning to the Fall",New York Times (News),"After months of trying to sideline an unexpectedly deft and well-financed liberal opponent, Hillary Clinton on Tuesday won a series of primaries that freed her to present herself as the de facto victor of the Democratic nominating fight, and gave her the impetus to shift focus decisively toward the November election.",left
14672,"U.S. Jobless Claims Fall to 881,000","['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Labor Department', 'Economy And Jobs']",U.S. Jobless Claims Fell in Latest Week,Wall Street Journal (News),"New measurement method could be a factor in weekly figures, along with slowly improving labor market.
New applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, a possible sign of a slowly improving labor market and the impact of a new measurement method.
Weekly initial claims for jobless benefits fell by 130,000 to a seasonally adjusted 881,000 in the week ended Aug. 29, the Labor Department said Thursday. The number of people collecting unemployment benefits through regular state programs, which cover most workers, decreased by 1.24 million to about 13.3 million for...",center
14673,"U.S. Jobless Claims Fall to 881,000","['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Labor Department', 'Economy And Jobs']",New jobless claims fall to lowest level since mid-March,Washington Examiner,"The number of new applications for unemployment benefits dipped to 881,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday in an encouraging sign for the economy.
Forecasters had projected 950,000 new jobless claims.
Instead, claims fell to the lowest level since mid-March, before the pandemic induced mass layoffs.
The drop hints at a slowdown in layoffs, which would be good news for the reeling labor market. But it also could be an artifact of changes the Labor Department made to its calculation of jobless claims. The agency employed a new methodology...",right
14674,"U.S. Jobless Claims Fall to 881,000","['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Labor Department', 'Economy And Jobs']",U.S. workers filed 881K claims for jobless benefits last week,Politico,"The numbers are not directly comparable to previous weeks because of a change the Labor Department made in how it calculates the claims.
More than 880,000 people filed new applications for unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department reported on Thursday.
The numbers are not directly comparable to previous weeks because of a change the Labor Department made in how it calculates the claims, which are seasonally adjusted. The number appears lower than the previous week’s 1 million claims, but that reflects a change in the Labor Department’s methodology rather...",left
14675,March for Our Lives Protests Take Place Across the Country,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Thousands Join ‘March for Our Lives’ Protests Against Gun Violence,Wall Street Journal (News),Hundreds of thousands of young people and their supporters gathered Saturday in rallies from California to Connecticut to demand stricter gun laws in America.,center
14676,March for Our Lives Protests Take Place Across the Country,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],The March for Our Lives Presents a Radical New Model for Youth Protest,The New Yorker,"The outcry against violence was delivered with a mix of pop sentiment, corporate coöperation, and an awareness of the socioeconomic privilege that allows certain voices to be heard louder than others.",left
14677,March for Our Lives Protests Take Place Across the Country,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Surprise, Surprise: March For Our Lives Once Again Shows Why The Left Can’t Be Trusted On Gun Control",Townhall,"There are areas where gun control activists and the pro-Second Amendment camp can meet. There are gun violence protective orders; keeping guns out of the hands of criminals, domestic abusers, and the mentally ill. But we’ll never get there. It’s all a trap. Even bills that strengthen the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) are a dangerous game because if you give the Left an inch, they’ll take a mile. They admitted it yesterday. Deleney Tarr, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student, gave an impassioned speech about how...",right
14678,"US Economy Adds 379,000 Jobs in February","['Economy And Jobs', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'Economic Policy', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Stock Market', 'Restaurants', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Sustainability']","The US added 379,000 jobs in February, signaling the recovery is finally gaining steam",CNN (Online News),"The US economy added 379,000 jobs last month, far more than economists had expected, signaling the labor market recovery is finally gaining steam.
The January numbers were also revised sharply higher to 166,000 added jobs versus 49,000 initially reported.
The leisure and hospitality industry added the most jobs in February with 355,000 new positions as some restrictions to stop the spread of Covid-19 were rolled back. The sector is still recovering from a rough winter, adding back positions that were lost rather than creating new jobs.
The unemployment...",left
14679,"US Economy Adds 379,000 Jobs in February","['Economy And Jobs', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'Economic Policy', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Stock Market', 'Restaurants', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Sustainability']","Economy beat expectations with 379,000 jobs in February, led by rebound at restaurants and bars",Washington Examiner,"The economy added 379,000 jobs in February and unemployment ticked down to 6.2%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, as the pandemic receded and commerce revived faster than projected.
Forecasters had anticipated fewer than 200,000 new nonfarm payroll jobs.
“In the coming weeks and months, as weather improves across the country, businesses welcome back more customers, and more vaccinations are administered, we should see a more substantial pick-up in hiring,” said Bankrate.com's senior economic analyst Mark Hamrick.",right
14680,"US Economy Adds 379,000 Jobs in February","['Economy And Jobs', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'Economic Policy', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Stock Market', 'Restaurants', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Sustainability']",Job growth surges in February on hiring jump in restaurants and bars,CNBC,"Hiring surged in February as U.S. economic activity picked up with Covid-19 cases steadily dropping and vaccine rollouts providing hope for more growth.
The Labor Department reported Friday that nonfarm payrolls jumped by 379,000 for the month and the unemployment rate fell to 6.2%. That compared with expectations of 210,000 new jobs and the unemployment rate holding steady from the 6.3% rate in January.",center
14681,Missiles Strike Base in Syria,['Middle East'],Russia Points Finger at Israel as Missiles Strike Base in Syria,Wall Street Journal (News),"Missiles hit an air base in Syria early Monday in a strike that Russia blamed on Israel, an assault that comes on the heels of an alleged chemical-weapons attack on a Damascus suburb that killed dozens of civilians and spurred calls for international action.",center
14682,Missiles Strike Base in Syria,['Middle East'],U.S. officials confirm Israel hit Syria after suspected Ghouta chemical attack,NBC News (Online),The strike came hours after a deadly suspected poison gas attack near Damascus.,left
14683,Missiles Strike Base in Syria,['Middle East'],Russia says Israel was behind Syria airstrike; 14 reported dead,Washington Times,"Russia and the Syrian military blamed Israel for a pre-dawn missile attack Monday on a major air base in central Syria, saying Israeli fighter jets launched the missiles from Lebanon’s airspace. A war-monitoring group said the airstrikes killed 14 people, including Iranians active in Syria.",right
14684,Perspectives: Dave Chappelle's Controversial Netflix Special,"['Culture', 'LGBT Rights', 'Transgender Issues', 'Dave Chappelle', 'Netflix', 'Cancel Culture', 'Woke Culture']",Dave Chappelle vs. trans people vs. Netflix,Vox,"For the past several years, comedian Dave Chappelle has been locked in a vicious cycle of anti-cancel-culture standup comedy. Over six Netflix specials, Chappelle has lashed out at what he views as progressive attempts to cancel him for his incendiary comedy — all while mocking the queer and transgender communities and the Me Too movement and generally doubling, tripling, and sextupling down on the offensive jokes and reactionary politics that people took issue with in the first place.
It’s a fatiguing ouroboros.
Chappelle’s latest special The Closer is possibly his last for the streaming service,...",left
14685,Perspectives: Dave Chappelle's Controversial Netflix Special,"['Culture', 'LGBT Rights', 'Transgender Issues', 'Dave Chappelle', 'Netflix', 'Cancel Culture', 'Woke Culture']",Defending Dave Chappelle,National Review,"Asked whether men can give birth, most people wouldn’t respond the way the transgenderism-obsessed Left would prefer. Understanding this, the Left is trying to hector, bully, and censor its way toward establishing a ridiculous new conception of gender as a matter of personal choosing rather than biological fact. That project requires changing the language, ignoring science, and discarding common human experience. Now, it appears to require policing comedy, too.
For espousing the common-sense view in his new Netflix special The Closer, however, comedian Dave Chappelle is being attacked as a “transphobe” by...",right
14686,Perspectives: Dave Chappelle's Controversial Netflix Special,"['Culture', 'LGBT Rights', 'Transgender Issues', 'Dave Chappelle', 'Netflix', 'Cancel Culture', 'Woke Culture']",Ted Sarandos and Dave Chappelle Are Missing the Criticism’s Point,Variety,"The second memo that Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos issued to Netflix staff about Dave Chappelle and stand-up comedy only proves that he doesn’t understand why people are actually upset about how Chappelle approaches transgender people in his new special “The Closer.” In his first response, Sarandos emphasized that even if “some people find the art of stand-up to be mean-spirited … our members enjoy it.” In the second, he again asserts Chappelle’s right to “artistic freedom.” In both, he underlines that neither he nor anyone with sign-off power at Netflix believe that Chappelle’s extensive material on transgender people...",center
14687,Being at a Budget Impasse,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Can lawmakers find the middle ground in budget impasse?,Fox News (Online News),"On one end are Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. On the other are Sens. Ted Cruz, Mike Lee and the Tea Party contingent.
The stand-off between these factions has driven the partial government shutdown, which as of Friday afternoon was still not resolved. But there's plenty of middle ground between them.
So, can lawmakers find it?",right
14688,Being at a Budget Impasse,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Impasse Grinding On as Negotiations Over a Fiscal Deal Break Down,New York Times (News),Budget negotiations broke down on Saturday — just days before the nation reaches its borrowing limit — as angry Republicans said that President Obama had rejected their latest offer.,left
14689,Being at a Budget Impasse,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Boehner: Debt Talks at Impasse,Wall Street Journal (News),"Talks between President Barack Obama and House Republicans to avert a U.S. debt crisis have hit an impasse, House Speaker John Boehner told GOP lawmakers Saturday morning.
His comments, in a closed-door meeting with House Republicans, put renewed focus on a plan being developed by Senate Republicans to raise the U.S. debt ceiling and fully reopen the government.",center
14690,FBI Investigating Whitefish Energy Contract,"['Disaster', 'General News']",FBI probes shady Puerto Rico power contract,New York Post (News),"The FBI has launched an investigation into a $300 million contract awarded to a tiny Montana electric company to help rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid after the island was decimated by Hurricane Maria, it was reported on Monday.",right
14691,FBI Investigating Whitefish Energy Contract,"['Disaster', 'General News']",FBI Is Probing Puerto Rico Power Contract,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a decision by Puerto Rico’s power authority to award a $300 million contract to a tiny Montana energy firm to rebuild electrical infrastructure damaged in Hurricane Maria, according to people familiar with the matter.",center
14692,FBI Investigating Whitefish Energy Contract,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Puerto Rico’s power restoration efforts hit a snag as Trump-connected company gets the boot,ThinkProgress,Lawmakers call on federal government to take more active role.,left
14693,Thursday Stock Market Dip Worst Since Mid-March,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Stock Market', 'Banking And Finance', 'Wall Street', 'Economy And Jobs']",Stocks Plunge in Worst Day Since March as Coronavirus Cases Rise,U.S. News & World Report,"The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down nearly 1,861.81 points, or 6.9%. The S&P 500 slid 5.9% Thursday and the Nasdaq fell 5.3%. It's the biggest decline for the three major averages since March 16, when they all fell more than 11% as it became obvious that the coronavirus would have dramatic effects on everyday life.
Markets have surged in recent weeks even in the face of dire economic markers as investors optimistically eyed phased economic reopenings nationwide. All 50 states had begun reopening nonessential businesses by the end of...",left
14694,Thursday Stock Market Dip Worst Since Mid-March,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Stock Market', 'Banking And Finance', 'Wall Street', 'Economy And Jobs']",TECH Tech’s big five lost nearly $270 billion in value in Thursday’s market plunge,CNBC,"The five most valuable tech companies lost more than $269 billion in value on Thursday, the worst day for U.S. stocks since March.
Microsoft was the biggest loser, shedding more than $80 billion in value as shares dropped more than 5%. Shares of Facebook were also down more than 5%, while Apple dropped 4.8%. Alphabet closed 4.29% lower and Amazon shed 3.38%.
Nearly every other tech stock was down as well, with Cisco (-7.91%) and IBM (-9.1%) seeing particularly steep drops. One exception was Zoom Video, which closed...",center
14695,Thursday Stock Market Dip Worst Since Mid-March,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Stock Market', 'Banking And Finance', 'Wall Street', 'Economy And Jobs']",All three major US markets sink as investors fret over long recovery,New York Post (News),"The Dow plummeted 6.9 percent on Thursday in its sharpest one-day decline since the start of the coronavirus as investors face the prospect of a slow perhaps painful recovery.
The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 1,861.82 points, to close at 25,128.17, while S&P 500 slid 5.9 percent, to 3,002.10. Even the Nasdaq Composite index of tech stocks, which has been less affected by the pandemic, dropped 5.3 percent, to end the day at 9,492.73.",right
14696,Germany Halts Certification of Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline,"['Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Germany', 'Nord Stream 2', 'Energy']",Russia-Ukraine: Germany stopping Nord Stream 2 pipeline approval,Fox Business,"Germany is going to ""reassess"" the certification of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in response to Russia's actions toward Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Tuesday.
The 764-mile pipeline that would carry natural gas from Russia to Germany has not begun operating. Nord Stream 2 is owned and operated by a wholly owned subsidiary of Russia state company Gazprom.
Earlier this month, President Biden promised to ""bring an end"" to Nord Stream 2 if Russia invaded Ukraine. Scholz, appearing with Biden on his first official visit to Washington, was far less explicit about stopping Nord...",right
14697,Germany Halts Certification of Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline,"['Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Germany', 'Nord Stream 2', 'Energy']","Kyiv braces for conflict, West sanctions Russia after Putin orders troops into eastern Ukraine",NBC News (Online),"The world was facing up to a new phase in the Ukraine crisis on Tuesday, with Kyiv bracing for a potential conflict with Russia and the West moving to impose sanctions on Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine after recognizing their independence Monday, threatening a major escalation following months of military buildup and warnings from the West that the Kremlin was trying to create a pretext to invade its neighbor. 
Moscow drew swift international condemnation, with the U.S. now calling the move an “invasion,” two Biden administration officials told NBC News.
Washington and its...",left
14698,Germany Halts Certification of Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline,"['Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Germany', 'Nord Stream 2', 'Energy']",Germany blocks opening of pipeline as West responds to Russian moves in Ukraine,Reuters,"Germany froze a new gas pipeline and Britain hit Russian banks with sanctions on Tuesday, as the West responded to Moscow's recognition of two separatist regions in Ukraine and a speech by President Vladimir Putin suggesting more belligerent aims.
Russia's parliament approved treaties with the two breakaway regions in Ukraine's east, a day after Putin announced he was recognising the independence of enclaves controlled by Russian-backed fighters since 2014.
The prospect of a disruption to energy supplies and fears of war, stoked by reports of shelling and movements of unmarked...",center
14699,Election 2015 Results,['Elections'],"From coast to coast, conservatives score huge victories in off-year elections",Washington Post,"Kentucky elected a millionaire Republican governor and Ohio voted against legalizing marijuana on Nov. 3 . Democrats had a rough election day, with the GOP dominating in key states.",left
14700,Election 2015 Results,['Elections'],"Election Day: Bevin wins in Kentucky, Ohio rejects pot",CNN (Online News),"Matt Bevin, the controversial Kentuckian who attempted to dethrone Sen. Mitch McConnell last year and has vowed to eliminate the state's Obamacare programs, orchestrated a remarkable political comeback on Tuesday to win the state's governorship.",left
14701,Election 2015 Results,['Elections'],Tea Party Favorite Matt Bevin Elected Governor of Kentucky,The Blaze,"Kentucky voters on Tuesday elected just the second Republican in four decades to hold the governor’s office, in a race that hinged largely on President Barack Obama’s signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act.",right
14702,More Than 200 Lawmakers Call for Trump's Removal or Impeachment,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']","Pelosi seeks to curb Trump’s nuclear power, plans to impeach",Associated Press Fact Check,"Democrats laid plans Friday for impeaching President Donald Trump, even as he’s headed out of the White House, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she had spoken to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about preventing an “unhinged” Trump from ordering a nuclear strike in his final hours and days.
Pelosi and the Democrats are considering swift impeachment — as soon as next week — in response to the deadly siege of the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob that shocked the nation and the world
“We must take...",left
14703,More Than 200 Lawmakers Call for Trump's Removal or Impeachment,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Kevin McCarthy: Impeaching Trump Would Only Further Divide America,Breitbart News,"House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said in a statement Friday that impeaching President Donald Trump 12 days before he leaves office would only further divide America.
House Democrats have called for articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to remove the 45th president from office after riots at the Capitol building erupted this week.
McCarthy condemned the violence that erupted on January 6. However, he said that movements to remove Trump from office before January 20 would only further harm the country.",right
14704,More Than 200 Lawmakers Call for Trump's Removal or Impeachment,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Explainer: Trump is heading for second impeachment. Here's how it could play out,Reuters,"U.S. Congressional Democrats plan to introduce articles on Monday to impeach here President Donald Trump for an unprecedented second time after his supporters, inflamed by his false claims of election fraud and his urgings to march on Congress, stormed the U.S. Capitol.
The following is a primer on what a second impeachment proceeding of Trump would look like.
So Trump can be impeached again?
Yes. No president has ever been impeached twice, but legal experts said it is clearly constitutional for Congress to do so.
Trump was previously impeached by...",center
14705,Senate Clears Path for Loretta Lynch,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate trafficking deal clears way for vote on Loretta Lynch AG nomination,Washington Times,"The Senate has finally reached an agreement to clear the long-stalled anti-human trafficking bill after settling on new language to restrict public money going to pay for abortions, the chamber’s top Democrat announced Tuesday — and it sets up a quick vote soon on attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch.",right
14706,Senate Clears Path for Loretta Lynch,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Deal reached on human trafficking bill paves way for Lynch vote,CNN (Online News),"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday that negotiators had reached a ""bipartisan"" deal on the anti-human trafficking bill, clearing the way for a vote to confirm Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch in the coming days.",left
14707,Senate Clears Path for Loretta Lynch,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Senate Leaders Announce Deal On Human Trafficking Bill, Clearing Path For Loretta Lynch Vote",HuffPost,"Senate leaders announced a deal Tuesday to move forward on a stalled human trafficking bill, clearing the way for a vote on President Barack Obama's attorney general nominee within days.",left
14708,Who Won The Debate,[],"OPINION: Trump loses Republican debate but Rubio, Cruz and others triumph",Guest Writer - Right,"The moderators of the GOP debate Thursday night at the Quicken Loans arena gave Donald Trump plenty of rope – and sure enough he hanged himself. Right out of the box, the candidates were asked to pledge their support to whomever ultimately wins the GOP nomination; the only hold-out was Trump, who refused to make that commitment and who elicited boos from the audience.",right
14709,Who Won The Debate,[],The Debate’s Biggest Winners–And Losers,Politico,"For fans of political blood sport, tonight’s Republican primary debate in Cleveland didn’t disappoint. Donald Trump quickly abandoned his promise not to throw punches, Chris Christie brought “a little Jersey” in a testy exchange with Rand Paul and Scott Walker, Mike Huckabee, and Marco Rubio staked out staunchly pro-life position in response to questions about abortion. Now, the members of the chattering class will turn their attention to what the debate means for the future of the 2016 race.",left
14710,Who Won The Debate,[],Bush and Trump Aren’t Among the G.O.P. Debate Winners,New York Times (News),"Winning a primary debate isn’t about having the best one-liners or drawing the biggest applause.
For top candidates, it’s an audition for party elites, moneyed supporters and, secondarily, voters. The goal isn’t to wow the crowd or surge in the polls, but to reassure — to confirm their ability to win and handle the presidency. For less serious or low-profile candidates, it’s an opportunity to break out — to cause party elites to reconsider or get voters to coalesce behind them.",left
14711,Moderate Democrats Voice Concern Over Sanders Surge,"['Presidential Elections', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Moderate Democrats', 'Polls', 'Democratic Party', 'Elections']",Sanders sends Democratic establishment into panic mode,Politico,"""In 30-plus years of politics, I’ve never seen this level of doom,"" said one prominent centrist Democrat.
Moderate Democrats watched in horror as Bernie Sanders soared to a landslide victory in Nevada.
It wasn't the win that was surprising — it was the walloping Sanders gave his opponents, his ability to dominate among Latino voters, and the momentum he gained moving into South Carolina and Super Tuesday. The performance sent already worried Democrats into a full-blown panic.
“In 30-plus years of politics, I’ve never seen this level of doom. I’ve...",left
14712,Moderate Democrats Voice Concern Over Sanders Surge,"['Presidential Elections', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Moderate Democrats', 'Polls', 'Democratic Party', 'Elections']",The evidence doesn't back Democrats' panic that Bernie can't win,Axios,"Lots of Democrats are in full panic that Bernie Sanders will win the nomination and get clobbered in the general election — and bring the party down, too. But the evidence, particularly the polling, doesn't back those doomsday warnings.
Why it matters: Virtually every national and swing state poll shows Sanders tied with or beating President Trump. And, unlike every rival, he has a huge base of fervent, unshakable supporters he can only grow.
Just the facts, please: A Quinnipiac Poll last week showed Sanders beating Trump in Michigan and...",center
14713,Moderate Democrats Voice Concern Over Sanders Surge,"['Presidential Elections', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Moderate Democrats', 'Polls', 'Democratic Party', 'Elections']",Democratic panic over Sanders reaches fever pitch as socialist candidate cements front-runner status,Washington Examiner,"Tensions between Democratic Party loyalists and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders are reaching a boiling point as the democratic socialist cemented his front-runner status for the party's 2020 presidential nomination.
Ahead of his decisive victory in the Nevada caucuses, Sanders tweeted out a message that has been a central theme in his campaign: ""I've got news for the Republican establishment. I've got news for the Democratic establishment. They can't stop us.""
Such a message, though pivotal to his campaign and adorned by his supporters, sparked anger among traditional Democrats across media...",right
14714,Sanders Unveils Medicare for All Plan,"['Healthcare', 'Medicare For All', 'Bernie Sanders']","Bernie Sanders Introduces A New, Revamped Medicare-For-All Plan",The Daily Wire,"Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) may be leading the pack of progressive potential options for the 2020 Democratic nomination, but he's not sitting back and allowing others to get a leg up by suppoting",right
14715,Sanders Unveils Medicare for All Plan,"['Healthcare', 'Medicare For All', 'Bernie Sanders']",Bernie Sanders Can Still Set Himself Apart on Medicare for All,New York Magazine,"On Wednesday, nearly four years after launching his first unlikely presidential campaign, Senator Bernie Sanders unveiled a new version of one of his signature proposals: Medicare for All. The bill, which has 14 co-sponsors, outlines a universal, government-run healthcare program that would cover hospital care and preventative services, as well as dental and vision services. It would end employer-provided insurance plans, but the Veterans Health Administration and the Indian Health Services would continue to exist as stand-alone, government-run systems, according to Vox. Americans could still choose their own physicians.
Overall,...",left
14716,Sanders Unveils Medicare for All Plan,"['Healthcare', 'Medicare For All', 'Bernie Sanders']",Bernie Sanders’ new Medicare for All bill would cover some long-term care,Roll Call,"Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday released an updated bill to implement a single-payer health insurance system, a politically divisive hallmark of his White House bid.
The unnumbered Senate bill would transition the U.S. health care system to a single-payer system over a four-year transition and eliminate nearly all premiums, co-pays and deductibles. The legislation largely mirrors Sanders’ 2017 proposal, but the new plan also would cover home and community-based long-term care services through an expanded Medicare program, according to a summary. The earlier version would have maintained those services through...",center
14717,Filibuster Over Lynch Nomination,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate Democrat Filibuster Sets Up Standoff Over Lynch,Breitbart News,"Senate Democrats successfully filibustered a bill to crack down on human trafficking Tuesday, setting up a standoff between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Harry Reid over the president’s attorney general nominee.
The final vote was 56-42; 60 votes were needed to invoke cloture and end the Democratic filibuster. Four Democrats, Sens. Joe Manchin (WV), Joe Donnelly (IN), Heidi Heitkamp (ND) and Bob Casey (PA) voted to move forward.
McConnell has vowed to only allow a vote on Loretta Lynch, President Obama’s nominee, after the Senate finishes consideration...",right
14718,Filibuster Over Lynch Nomination,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Loretta Lynch nomination in the air as Dems block anti-trafficking bill,Politico,"Nearly all Senate Democrats voted to block an anti-human trafficking bill on Tuesday over its abortion restrictions — prolonging an impasse that threatens to further delay a vote on Loretta Lynch as attorney general.
With the 55-43 tally, the Senate did not get the needed 60 votes to advance the trafficking bill to a vote for final passage. And it’s unclear what happens next to either that legislation or the Lynch nomination, as both sides on Tuesday showed no signs of relenting in the abortion fight.
Story Continued...",left
14719,Filibuster Over Lynch Nomination,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Sex Trafficking Bill, Ensnared by Politics, Is Left in Limbo by a Senate Vote",New York Times (News),"An amazing thing about Congress: Things can always get worse.
The Senate has now even found a way to disagree on a bill that would protect victims of sex trafficking. And in the process, that dispute has ensnared President Obama’s largely uncontroversial nominee for attorney general, Loretta E. Lynch.
On Tuesday, a measure that would create a victims’ fund, using fines collected from perpetrators of sex trafficking, failed to clear a procedural hurdle, leaving a bill that once had majority support in Congress in limbo.
The bill, sponsored by Senator...",left
14720,Acting AG Whitaker Says He Has Not Interfered in Russia Probe,"['Russia', 'Russia Probe', 'Robert Mueller', 'Matthew Whitaker', 'Donald Trump']",Hearing erupts as Acting AG Whitaker calls time on Dem chairman: ‘Your 5 minutes is up’,Fox News (Online News),"Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker stunned onlookers and lawmakers during an already-contentious House hearing Friday, when he tried to call time on the Democratic chairman after",right
14721,Acting AG Whitaker Says He Has Not Interfered in Russia Probe,"['Russia', 'Russia Probe', 'Robert Mueller', 'Matthew Whitaker', 'Donald Trump']",Matthew Whitaker Refuses To Talk About Conversations With Trump On Mueller Probe,HuffPost,The acting attorney general told Congress he would continue the “practice of not disclosing information that may be subject to executive privilege.”,left
14722,Acting AG Whitaker Says He Has Not Interfered in Russia Probe,"['Russia', 'Russia Probe', 'Robert Mueller', 'Matthew Whitaker', 'Donald Trump']",Acting AG overseeing Mueller probe says he’s not interfered,Associated Press,Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said on Friday that he has “not interfered in any way” in the special counsel’s Russia investigation as he faced a contentious and partisan,left
14723,United States Set to Appoint First Arctic Ambassador,"['Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Russia', 'China', 'Antony Blinken', 'Biden Administration', 'Environment', 'Climate Change', 'Arctic']",The iceman cometh: Biden creates an Arctic ambassador,Politico,"President Joe Biden plans to establish a new ambassador-at-large position focused on the Arctic region, an area of growing geostrategic concern to the United States — as well as Russia and China.
The decision will be unveiled by the State Department on Friday, according to an announcement obtained in advance by POLITICO. The position will be subject to Senate confirmation.
It was not immediately clear who the nominee for the role will be, but a State Department official familiar with the issue predicted a name would be submitted soon.
The...",left
14724,United States Set to Appoint First Arctic Ambassador,"['Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Russia', 'China', 'Antony Blinken', 'Biden Administration', 'Environment', 'Climate Change', 'Arctic']","US creates Arctic ambassador as Russia, China competition rises",Breitbart News,"The United States said Friday it will create a position of Arctic ambassador to step up diplomacy as Russia and China increase their presence in waters opened up by climate change.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will soon name an ambassador-at-large who will engage with other Arctic nations, indigenous groups and other stakeholders, State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said.
“An Arctic region that is peaceful, stable, prosperous and cooperative is of critical strategic importance to the United States and a priority for Secretary Blinken,” Patel said.
Warming has been rising...",right
14725,United States Set to Appoint First Arctic Ambassador,"['Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Russia', 'China', 'Antony Blinken', 'Biden Administration', 'Environment', 'Climate Change', 'Arctic']",U.S. to name ambassador-at-large for the Arctic,Reuters,"The United States plans to name an ambassador at large for the Arctic, reflecting the region's growing strategic and commercial importance as its shrinking opens up new sea lanes and vast oil and mineral resources.
Russia has reopened hundreds of Soviet-era military sites in the region, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday, a day after visiting the Arctic, saying Russian capabilities there pose a strategic challenge to the 30-nation alliance.
Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a ""special military operation,"" has heightened Western concerns about...",center
14726,Pelosi Reelected House Minority Leader,"['US House', 'Politics']",Nancy Pelosi Re-Elected House Minority Leader,HuffPost,But more than 60 Democrats voted against her. That’s bad.,left
14727,Pelosi Reelected House Minority Leader,"['US House', 'Politics']",Pelosi Overcomes Challenge To Win Re-Election As House Democratic Leader,NPR (Online News),"Nancy Pelosi beat back her toughest challenge yet to her leadership of Democrats in the House of Representatives, defeating Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan to secure another term as House minority leader.
The California Democrat got 134 votes to Ryan's 63 in a secret ballot vote on Wednesday. Pelosi had boasted going into the vote that she had support from two-thirds of the caucus, and she received just over that amount.",left
14728,Pelosi Reelected House Minority Leader,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Democrats re-elect Pelosi as leader despite party’s staggering losses,Washington Times,"Nancy Pelosi defended her spot as the top Democrat in the House, overcoming a challenge from disgruntled rank-and-file lawmakers that demanded a leadership shakeup after the party failed to put a serious dent in the Republican majority in the 2016 election.",right
14729,"Bolsonaro Refuses G7 Aid for Amazon Fires, Wants Apology from Macron","['Environment', 'Emmanuel Macron', 'Jair Bolsonaro', 'France', 'Brazil', 'G7']",Brazil's Bolsonaro says he'll consider aid to fight Amazon fires if Macron apologizes to him first,CBS News (Online),"A day after Brazil rejected aid from G-7 countries to fight wildfires in the Amazon, the Brazilian leader said he would consider accepting the $20 million of help, but only if French President Emmanuel Macron apologized to him personally for perceived insults first. Politics and feelings aside, forest fires have charred and continue to char the Amazon in Brazil. Just over half of the blazes have hit the massive Amazon basin, which regulates part of Earth's carbon cycle and climate.",left
14730,"Bolsonaro Refuses G7 Aid for Amazon Fires, Wants Apology from Macron","['Environment', 'Emmanuel Macron', 'Jair Bolsonaro', 'France', 'Brazil', 'G7']",Brazil Rejects G-7's Offer Of $22 Million To Fight Amazon Fires,NPR (Online News),"Brazil says it will reject an offer of at least $22 million from the rich countries in the Group of Seven to help fight fires sweeping through the Amazon rainforest. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he doesn't want the money — unless it comes with an apology from French President Emmanuel Macron.
Bolsonaro and Macron have engaged in a dayslong spat after the French leader used the G-7 summit this week to call for action to protect the Amazon and said the fires are a world environmental crisis that Bolsonaro...",left
14731,"Bolsonaro Refuses G7 Aid for Amazon Fires, Wants Apology from Macron","['Environment', 'Emmanuel Macron', 'Jair Bolsonaro', 'France', 'Brazil', 'G7']",Brazil rejects millions pledged at G-7 to fight fires,Washington Examiner,"As fires rage in the Amazon rainforest, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration rejected $20 million in aid from the G-7 that was pledged to fight them.
Bolsonaro’s chief of staff, Onyx Lorenzoni, suggested that the funds be used elsewhere.
“We are thankful, but maybe those resources would be more relevant to reforest Europe,” the 64-year-old Lorenzoni is quoted as saying.",right
14732,Biden Reflects on First Year at Press Conference,"['Joe Biden', 'Politics', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Press Conference', 'Biden Inauguration', 'Build Back Better', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Democratic Party', 'US Senate', 'Infrastructure', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Afghanistan']","Biden Concedes Covid-19 Frustrations, Sees Path for Stalled Bill, Warns Russia on Ukraine",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Biden said he likely would have to break up his stalled healthcare, education and climate agenda to get his policies through Congress and predicted Russia would make a move against Ukraine, warning that Moscow would face punishing sanctions for doing so.
The president. in a nearly two-hour news conference wrapping up his first year in office, defended his policies and his administration’s response to Covid-19 but also acknowledged that many Americans remain frustrated by the duration of the pandemic.",center
14733,Biden Reflects on First Year at Press Conference,"['Joe Biden', 'Politics', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Press Conference', 'Biden Inauguration', 'Build Back Better', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Democratic Party', 'US Senate', 'Infrastructure', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Afghanistan']",Biden predicts Russia will invade Ukraine,NBC News (Online),"President Joe Biden predicted Wednesday that Russia will invade Ukraine, just as the United States launched a fresh effort to resolve the standoff and Moscow continued to mass troops on its neighbor's doorstep.
“My guess is he will move in, he has to do something,” said Biden during a news conference marking his first year in office, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine.
The declaration from Biden was striking given the escalating tensions there and the continued efforts by America and its allies to find a diplomatic solution.",left
14734,Biden Reflects on First Year at Press Conference,"['Joe Biden', 'Politics', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Press Conference', 'Biden Inauguration', 'Build Back Better', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Democratic Party', 'US Senate', 'Infrastructure', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Afghanistan']","Biden defends first year record, says he 'didn't overpromise,' but 'outperformed,' made 'enormous progress'",Fox News (Online News),"President Biden on Wednesday defended his record during his first year in office, saying he ""didn’t overpromise,"" but instead ""outperformed,"" maintaining the ""enormous progress"" his administration has made and vowed to ""stay on track"" going forward.
During his first press conference in months—his tenth since taking office—the president was asked whether he overpromised on what he could achieve during his first year at the White House, as the country grapples with rising inflation, a surge in the highly-transmissible omicron variant of COVID-19, and as his legislative agenda is stalled in Congress.",right
14735,NRA Meets with Biden,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Showdown: NRA to meet with Biden over gun issue,Washington Times,"The National Rifle Association on Thursday will send a representative to meet with Vice President Joseph R. Biden, who is heading a task force on gun violence, a spokesman for the group said earlier this week.",right
14736,NRA Meets with Biden,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Expectations low for Joe Biden, NRA talks",Politico,Vice President Joe Biden and the NRA are sitting down Thursday morning to talk gun control. Up next for a talk: Wal-Mart.,left
14737,NRA Meets with Biden,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Three areas where Biden and NRA can find common ground,CNN (Online News),Joe Biden doesn't much like the NRA -- and the feeling is mutual.,left
14738,NFL Will Allow Players to Kneel During Anthem,['Sports'],"NFL Continues To Twist Itself Into A Pretzel Over Anthem Antics, While CBS Begins To Feel The Trump Effect",Townhall,"The National Football League has been getting kicked in the teeth lately. It’s entirely their fault. The league and its players decided to go to war with Trump and suffered a humiliating defeat. The president didn’t start this conflict. Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick did when he decided to sit and then take a knee during the national anthem last year. In September, Trump said that these players should be punished for taking a knee during the anthem. Everyone went nuts. The league thought the fans were on...",right
14739,NFL Will Allow Players to Kneel During Anthem,['Sports'],"NFL policy on anthem kneeling unchanged, despite Trump rebuke",Reuters,National Football League officials weighed the fervor of players protesting racism against U.S. President Donald Trump’s anger at their autumn meeting on Tuesday with supporters of the players kneeling outside in solidarity.,center
14740,NFL Will Allow Players to Kneel During Anthem,['Sports'],The Law Is on the N.F.L. Players’ Side,New York Times (News),"As National Football League owners and players’ union representatives meet in New York today and tomorrow to discuss the players’ recent demonstrations — the kneeling, linking arms or raising fists during the national anthem — they should know how the law views these protests. This will not only tell them what the league lawfully can do; it also will reveal something about American values.",left
14741,CNN to Boycott White House Christmas Party,['Media Bias'],CNN planning to boycott White House Christmas party,The Hill,CNN will boycott this week’s White House Christmas party amid ongoing tensions between President Trump and the network.,center
14742,CNN to Boycott White House Christmas Party,['Media Bias'],"Cnn Is Boycotting Donald Trump's White House Christmas Party, Sarah Sanders Rejoices 'Christmas Comes Early'",Newsweek,There will be no armistice in the ugly feud between President Donald Trump and CNN this holiday season.,center
14743,CNN to Boycott White House Christmas Party,['Media Bias'],Trump: It's 'great' that CNN isn't coming to the White House Christmas party,Washington Examiner,"President Trump on Wednesday called CNN's decision not to attend this year's White House Christmas Party a ""great"" move.",right
14744,Automatic Spending Cuts,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",White House details pending budget cuts,CNN (Online News),"Some 600,000 poor women and children will no longer get free milk and cheese, and some 2,100 fewer food inspections will take place if federal budget cuts expected to kick in March 1 actually take place.",left
14745,Automatic Spending Cuts,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",White House outlines deep cuts that could be coming soon,Fox News (Online News),"Trying to ratchet up pressure on Congress, the White House on Friday detailed what it said would be the painful impact on the federal work force and certain government assistance programs if ""large and arbitrary"" scheduled government spending cuts are allowed to take place beginning March 1.",right
14746,Automatic Spending Cuts,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",White House Delivers Dire Warning About Automatic Cuts,New York Times (News),"White House officials described as dire the effects of the automatic, across-the-board cuts to defense and domestic spending that will kick in on March 1 unless Congress and President Obama agree on a plan to put them off.",left
14747,Trump Says Treasury Should Get A Cut From TikTok Sale,"['TikTok', 'Donald Trump', 'US Treasury', 'Microsoft', 'Business']",Trump: US Should Get 'Substantial Portion' of TikTok Operations Sale Price,Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. government should get a ""substantial portion"" of the sales price of the U.S. operations of popular short-video app TikTok and warned he will ban the service in the United States on Sept. 15 without a sale.
The turnaround came after Trump on Friday said he was planning to ban the Chinese-owned video app's U.S. operations as soon as Saturday after dismissing a possible sale to Microsoft.
Reuters reported last week that some investors are valuing TikTok at about $50 billion, citing people familiar...",right
14748,Trump Says Treasury Should Get A Cut From TikTok Sale,"['TikTok', 'Donald Trump', 'US Treasury', 'Microsoft', 'Business']",Donald Trump: US Treasury should get cut of TikTok deal,BBC News,"Donald Trump says the government should get a cut from the sale of TikTok's US unit if an American firm buys it.
The US president said he made a demand for a ""substantial portion"" of the purchase price in a phone call at the weekend with Microsoft's boss.
He also warned he will ban the app, which is owned by China's ByteDance, on 15 September if there is no deal.
ByteDance is under pressure to sell its US business after Mr Trump threatened a crackdown on Chinese tech companies.
The...",center
14749,Trump Says Treasury Should Get A Cut From TikTok Sale,"['TikTok', 'Donald Trump', 'US Treasury', 'Microsoft', 'Business']","TikTok, Trump and an Impulse to Act as C.E.O. to Corporate America",New York Times (News),"The president’s interventions in company dealings based on his own instincts are a departure from the arm’s-length approach of predecessors of either party.
President Trump campaigned on a promise to run the economy like his business empire. And for almost four years, he has unabashedly wielded the power of the presidency to insert himself into corporate affairs, helping some companies and punishing others in line with his instincts and inclinations.
The latest target of his attention is TikTok, the Chinese-owned social media app under scrutiny for potentially providing the Chinese...",left
14750,Speaker Nancy Pelosi Names House Impeachment Managers,"['Impeachment Trial', 'House Managers', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Adam Schiff', 'Jerry Nadler', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Pelosi names managers for Senate trial,ABC News (Online),"House Speaker Nancy on Wednesday morning named the lawmakers she has tapped to argue the House Democrats' case on the Senate floor when President Donald Trump's impeachment trial starts.
Pelosi, with House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff and House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler at her side, began by saying ""an impeachment will last forever.""
Schiff and Nadler will be two of the mangers, Schiff designated by Pelosi as the lead manager.
""This is a very important day for us,"" she said.
""Time has been our friend in all this,"" she added,...",left
14751,Speaker Nancy Pelosi Names House Impeachment Managers,"['Impeachment Trial', 'House Managers', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Adam Schiff', 'Jerry Nadler', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Pelosi names impeachment managers,The Hill,"Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tapped seven impeachment managers on Wednesday, ending weeks of speculation over who in the House will step into the political spotlight and make the case to impeach President Trump before the Senate.
Some members who the Speaker tapped were considered shoo-ins, including Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), who both had leadership roles during the impeachment inquiry into Trump’s contacts with Ukraine.
Others picked for the high-profile role of managers include Democratic Reps. Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), Zoe Lofgren (Calif.),...",center
14752,Speaker Nancy Pelosi Names House Impeachment Managers,"['Impeachment Trial', 'House Managers', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Adam Schiff', 'Jerry Nadler', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Pelosi announces House impeachment managers to prosecute case against Trump,Fox News (Online News),"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday announced the seven lawmakers who will serve as the House managers to prosecute the case against President Trump in his Senate impeachment trial, which is expected to begin in earnest next week.
The House managers include House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who will be the lead manager and who led much of the impeachment inquiry out of his committee with dramatic hearings to develop the case against the president and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., whose panel drafted the articles...",right
14753,Senate Committee Approves the Nomination of Mike Pompeo,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate committee paves way for Pompeo to become top U.S. diplomat,Reuters,"A Senate committee approved the nomination of President Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, on Monday after a Republican senator who had been opposed threw his support behind the CIA director in the face of party pressure.",center
14754,Senate Committee Approves the Nomination of Mike Pompeo,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",'We Should See This More Often': Democrat Casts Shocking Pompeo Vote to Help Mourning GOP Friend,CBN,"In a surprising twist, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will send President Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, to the Senate floor with a favorable recommendation.",right
14755,Senate Committee Approves the Nomination of Mike Pompeo,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate panel narrowly endorses Mike Pompeo for secretary of state after Trump intervenes with key Republican,Washington Post,"Secretary of state nominee Mike Pompeo narrowly eked out an endorsement from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Monday after President Trump and a Democratic senator intervened at the last minute, all but guaranteeing that he will be confirmed by the full Senate later this week.",left
14756,Economy's Q2 Growth Tops Pre-Pandemic Levels but Misses Expectations,"['Economy And Jobs', 'GDP', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","The U.S. Economy’s Prospects Looked Bright, Until the Delta Variant Surged",Wall Street Journal (News),"The U.S. economy grew rapidly in the second quarter and exceeded its pre-pandemic size, but the outlook has suddenly turned cloudier due to the fast-spreading Delta coronavirus variant.
Virus cases are rising again, particularly in parts of the country where vaccination rates remain low. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week recommended that vaccinated people resume masking indoors in places with high or substantial transmission of coronavirus, leading some local governments and businesses to reinstate restrictions on activity.
Apple Inc., for instance, said it would require workers and customers to wear masks in...",center
14757,Economy's Q2 Growth Tops Pre-Pandemic Levels but Misses Expectations,"['Economy And Jobs', 'GDP', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","US GDP falls short as supply-chain disruptions, labor shortages stunt comeback",Fox Business,"The U.S. economy grew less than expected in the three months through June as supply-chain disruptions and labor shortages slowed the pace of economic activity while the country reopened from its COVID-19 lockdowns. 
Gross domestic product – the broadest measure of economic performance – grew at a 6.5% annual rate during the second quarter, according to an advance estimate released Thursday by the Commerce Department. Analysts surveyed by Refintiv were expecting 8.5% growth. First-quarter GDP was revised down to 6.3% from its previous reading of 6.4%.
The above-trend growth in the second quarter reflected...",right
14758,Economy's Q2 Growth Tops Pre-Pandemic Levels but Misses Expectations,"['Economy And Jobs', 'GDP', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",U.S. economy surges past pre-pandemic level,CBS News (Online),"U.S. economic output has surpassed its pre-pandemic level after growing rapidly in the April-to-June quarter, the government announced Thursday.
The nation's gross economic product — the sum of all goods and services produced in the American economy — grew at a robust annualized rate of 6.5% in the second quarter of 2021, as vaccinations and government aid unleashed spending, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Thursday. 
The quarterly figure was less than analysts had expected, but the economy was likely held back mainly by supply shortages in goods, components and labor.",left
14759,North Korea Unveils New Missiles,['World'],"North Korea rolls out missiles, other weaponry at annual parade",Fox News (Online News),North Korea paraded its intercontinental ballistic missiles on Saturday in a massive military display in central Pyongyang amid rising tensions across the region.,right
14760,North Korea Unveils New Missiles,['World'],North Korea surprises with display of new missiles,CNN (Online News),"(CNN) - North Korea put its adversaries on notice Saturday, when it showed off a bevy of new missiles and launchers at its annual military parade.",left
14761,North Korea Unveils New Missiles,['World'],"North Korea shows off new missiles in huge military parade, but doesn’t test nuke",Washington Post,"TOKYO — North Korea put on a huge military spectacle Saturday to celebrate its founder’s birthday, parading its series of new and technologically advanced missiles in front of Kim Jong Un, and in a defiant show of force in front of the world.",left
14762,Obama Confronts Hecklers on Immigration,['Immigration'],Obama Confronts Hecklers At Immigration Speech,HuffPost,"Hecklers interrupted President Barack Obama during a speech on Monday to demand he halt deportations, which have risen to record levels during his time in the White House.",left
14763,Obama Confronts Hecklers on Immigration,['Immigration'],"As Obama makes turn to immigration, protests that he's not doing enough",CNN (Online News),"Seeking to move his domestic agenda away from the disappointments of health care reform, President Obama made another pitch for an immigration overhaul Monday, calling on lawmakers to restart an effort that stalled over the summer.",left
14764,Obama Confronts Hecklers on Immigration,['Immigration'],"Obama hears the discontent over immigration loud and clear, rebukes heckler",Washington Times,"Immigration-rights protesters interrupted President Obama's speech Monday, demanding he use executive powers to immediately halt all deportations, but he rebuked them telling them he doesn't have that power.",right
14765,Happy 4th of July,"['Holidays', 'General News']",The Declaration: What Does Independence Mean To You?,NPR (Online News),We ask visitors on the National Mall about independence and they tell us about the freedoms that are the most important to them.,left
14766,Happy 4th of July,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Why We Remember the Fourth of July,Townhall,Independence Day is an important holiday for all Americans.,right
14767,Happy 4th of July,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Statue of Liberty reopens after 9 months,NBC Today Show,Video,left
14768,Obama Romney Neck and Neck,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",CNN Poll: Obama 49%-Romney 47% among likely voters,CNN (Online News),"With three days to go until the start of the Republican convention, President Barack Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney remain deadlocked in the race for the White House, according to a new national survey.
A CNN/ORC International poll released Friday also indicates Romney's favorable rating among those likely to vote in the presidential election is in the same ballpark as the president's, and the survey also points to a slightly higher level of enthusiasm for Republicans than Democrats.",left
14769,Obama Romney Neck and Neck,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Poll: Obama, Romney neck-and-neck ahead of party conventions",Washington Post,"The Republican National Convention opens this week with President Obama and presumptive nominee Mitt Romney running evenly, with voters more focused on Obamas handling of the nations flagging economy than on some issues dominating the political debate in recent weeks.
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows Romney at 47 percent among registered voters and Obama at 46 percent — barely changed from the deadlocked contest in early July.",left
14770,Obama Romney Neck and Neck,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama, Romney in dead heat as voter bases stick",Washington Times,"Heading into their nominating conventions, President Obama and Mitt Romney are dead even — down to a tenth of a percent — in the latest The Washington Times/JZ Analytics Poll, which also shows independents, the critical swing group, beginning to pick sides.
Mr. Obama and Mr. Romney both stood at 45.7 percent support, and Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson garnered nearly 4 percent support. About 5 percent said they were undecided in an election looking like it will depend on which candidate can turn out his base supporters.
...",right
14771,US Senate Approves Tax Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Republican Tax Bill Passes Senate in 51-48 Vote,New York Times (News),"Republicans took a critical step toward notching their first significant legislative victory since assuming full political control, as the House and Senate voted along party lines on Tuesday and into early Wednesday to pass the most sweeping rewrite of the tax code in decades.",left
14772,US Senate Approves Tax Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate Republicans pass $1.5 trillion tax-cut plan on party-line vote,Washington Times,"The Senate early Wednesday passed the Republicans’ $1.5 trillion tax-cut plan, putting it closer to President Trump’s desk with an additional House vote expected Wednesday.",right
14773,US Senate Approves Tax Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",GOP Tax Bill on Cusp of Passage After Senate Vote,RealClearPolitics,"After Republicans failed -- in dramatic fashion -- to repeal the Affordable Care Act over the summer, some lawmakers fretted about the status of their nascent tax overhaul, their re-election prospects and their overall ability to govern.",center
14774,Trump Put Hold On Military Aid To Ukraine Days Before Call To Ukrainian President,"['Donald Trump', 'Ukraine', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Put Hold on Military Aid Ahead of Phone Call With Ukraine’s President,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump asked his acting chief of staff to place a hold on $391 million in aid to Ukraine more than a week before a July phone call in which he urged his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate Joe Biden ’s son, according to a person familiar with the matter, a revelation that comes as an investigation into the president’s dealings with Kiev is mushrooming on Capitol Hill.
Congress had approved sending military aid to Ukraine to help the country defend against Russian aggression. But Mr. Trump and his advisers, including...",center
14775,Trump Put Hold On Military Aid To Ukraine Days Before Call To Ukrainian President,"['Donald Trump', 'Ukraine', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Trump administration claims Ukraine aid was stalled over corruption concerns, decries media ‘frenzy’",Fox News (Online News),"The Trump administration pushed back Tuesday in the wake of multiple reports that the White House froze millions in aid to Ukraine shortly before President Trump pressured the country's leader to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
The reports coincided with a renewed round of calls, including from more centrist Democrats, for a formal impeachment inquiry. Those calls came a day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested she is opening the door to that route if the administration continues to withhold a whistleblower complaint apparently related to Trump's Ukraine...",right
14776,Trump Put Hold On Military Aid To Ukraine Days Before Call To Ukrainian President,"['Donald Trump', 'Ukraine', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Trump ordered hold on military aid days before calling Ukrainian president, officials say",Washington Post,"President Trump told his acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, to hold back almost $400 million in military aid for Ukraine at least a week before a phone call in which Trump is said to have pressured the Ukrainian president to investigate the son of former vice president Joe Biden, according to three senior administration officials.
Officials at the Office of Management and Budget relayed Trump’s order to the State Department and the Pentagon during an interagency meeting in mid-July, according to officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity...",left
14777,"Biden Says Putin 'Cannot Remain in Power,' White House Walks Back Comment","['Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'NATO', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Vladimir Putin', 'White House', 'World']",Clarence Thomas’s long fight against fair and democratic elections,Vox,"We now know that Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, spent the weeks after the 2020 election cheerleading the Trump White House’s efforts to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory in that election. One detail we do not yet know, however, is what Justice Thomas knew about his wife’s communications, and whether he tried to use his office to protect her.
In January, the Supreme Court permitted the US House committee investigating the January 6 attacks on the Capitol to obtain hundreds of pages of White House records that may...",left
14778,"Biden Says Putin 'Cannot Remain in Power,' White House Walks Back Comment","['Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'NATO', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Vladimir Putin', 'White House', 'World']",Biden Says Putin “Cannot Remain in Power.” The White House Says He Didn’t Mean It.,Mother Jones,"President Joe Biden appeared on Saturday to urge the ouster of Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a seemingly unscripted remark that differs with official US policy. His comments drew a quick White House walk back.
“For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” the president said during a speech in Warsaw, Poland, that capped the president’s four-day trip to Europe.
The Biden administration has avoided advocating regime change in Russia. After Biden’s speech, the White House denied Biden had contradicted that stance. “The president’s point was that Putin cannot be allowed to...",left
14779,"Biden Says Putin 'Cannot Remain in Power,' White House Walks Back Comment","['Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'NATO', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Vladimir Putin', 'White House', 'World']",White House Walks Back Biden Comment That Putin 'Cannot Remain in Power',Newsweek,"The White House walked back President Joe Biden's remark on Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin ""cannot remain in power"" amid his invasion of Ukraine.
The remark closed a speech Biden gave in Warsaw, Poland, where he spoke to about 1,000 people—including Ukrainian refugees—about the conflict, defending democracy and further condemning Putin.
""We will have a different future—a brighter future rooted in democracy and principle; hope and light, decency and dignity; of freedom of possibilities,"" Biden said. ""For God's sake, this man cannot remain in power.""
Many initially believed the comment was Biden...",center
14780,Trump Looking to Ban TikTok After China Enforces Censorship Laws in Hong Kong,"['Media Industry', 'Censorship', 'Free Speech', 'China', 'TikTok', 'Social Media']",ByteDance evaluates changes to corporate structure of TikTok,Reuters,"(Reuters) - ByteDance is looking to make changes to the corporate structure of its short video app TikTok, a company spokesperson said on Thursday.
TikTok is also in early stages to establish its headquarters, according to a source familiar with the management’s thinking. The company’s five largest offices are in Los Angeles, New York, London, Dublin and Mumbai, it previously said.",center
14781,Trump Looking to Ban TikTok After China Enforces Censorship Laws in Hong Kong,"['Media Industry', 'Censorship', 'Free Speech', 'China', 'TikTok', 'Social Media']",Trump Is ‘Looking At’ Banning TikTok,Vice,"Trump is coming for your TikToks.
According to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the administration is “looking at” the possibility of banning a range of Chinese apps, including the hugely popular video-sharing app.
TikTok, which was downloaded 315 million times in the first three months of the year, has long been a source of national security concern for U.S. politicians, and now the Trump administration says it’s seriously considering banning the app.",left
14782,Trump Looking to Ban TikTok After China Enforces Censorship Laws in Hong Kong,"['Media Industry', 'Censorship', 'Free Speech', 'China', 'TikTok', 'Social Media']",TikTok’s Hong Kong exit a ‘win-win’ business move,Breitbart News,"Viral video platform TikTok’s withdrawal from Hong Kong is a savvy commercial move that sidesteps thorny privacy issues but it will not shield the app completely from accusations of collusion with China, experts say.
As Facebook, Twitter and other US tech giants risk angering China by refusing to share Hong Kong user data, Chinese-owned TikTok has also portrayed an image of principle by pulling out of the territory.",right
14783,US Troops Killed by Friendly Fire,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",5 U.S. Troops Killed By Friendly Fire,HuffPost,"Five Americans troops were killed in an apparent coalition airstrike in southern Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday in one of the worst friendly fire incidents involving United States and coalition troops.",left
14784,US Troops Killed by Friendly Fire,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Possible Friendly-Fire Incident Kills 5 Americans In Afghanistan,NPR (Online News),Afghan media are citing a local official who says the troops air support mistakenly bombed their position. NATO says the attack is still under investigation.,left
14785,US Troops Killed by Friendly Fire,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Tragedy in Afghanistan: Five U.S. Soldiers Killed in Friendly Fire Incident,The Blaze,"Five Americans troops were killed in an apparent friendly fire incident in southern Afghanistan, a U.S. defense official said Tuesday in one of the worst such incidents involving United States or coalition troops since the start of the nearly 14 year war.",right
14786,Trump Tweets About Russian Election Interference,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump claims he never said Russia didn't meddle in the election,Washington Examiner,"President Trump claimed he never said Russia did not interfere in the 2016 election, and that when he called the Russia investigation a hoax he was only referring to the charge that his campaign colluded with the Kremlin.",right
14787,Trump Tweets About Russian Election Interference,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","‘They are laughing their asses off in Moscow’: Trump takes on the FBI, Russia probe and 2016 election",Washington Post,"President Trump questioned the intensifying special counsel investigation of his 2016 campaign and his administration while attacking his own national security adviser, the FBI, Hillary Clinton, former president Barack Obama, Democrats in Congress, CNN and others in a remarkable nine-hour span of tweets that included profanity and misspellings.",left
14788,Trump Tweets About Russian Election Interference,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump Chides McMaster For Saying Evidence Of Russian Interference 'Incontrovertible',NPR (Online News),"President Trump chided his national security adviser on Sunday, tweeting H.R. McMaster ""forgot to say that the results of the 2016 election were not impacted or changed by the Russians.""",left
14789,Turn in Jussie Smollett Attack Case Raises Concerns About Bias,['Culture'],Jussie Smollett case: Hate crime or hoax?,Yahoo News,Yahoo's The 360 is a feature designed to show you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories.,left
14790,Turn in Jussie Smollett Attack Case Raises Concerns About Bias,['Culture'],Why our politics can't handle Jussie Smollett,CNN (Opinion),"When actor Jussie Smollett said he had been beaten and left with a noose around his neck by two men shouting slurs and pro-Trump messages in Chicago last month, Democratic politicians couldn't issue sweeping condemnations quickly enough.",left
14791,Turn in Jussie Smollett Attack Case Raises Concerns About Bias,['Culture'],Jussie Smollett and a Perfect Crime,Noah Rothman,An object lesson in what happens when people in positions of political and cultural authority indulge their biases by suspending disbelief.,right
14792,Some Bipartisan Opposition to Budget Deal,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Conservatives slam Ryan-Murray budget deal,Washington Post,Groups and figures on the political right came out hard against the plan.,left
14793,Some Bipartisan Opposition to Budget Deal,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",'Something For Everyone To Dislike' In Budget Deal,NPR (Online News),"Both sides being disappointed may be the key to the plan's success, though.",left
14794,Some Bipartisan Opposition to Budget Deal,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Conservatives sound alarm over tentative budget deal,Fox News (Online News),Conservative groups pushed back hard against the proposed federal budget agreement announced Tuesday arguing that the tentative deal unravels hard-fought spending cuts.,right
14795,Major New Transportation Plan,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Obama seeking $300 billion to update US roads and railways,Fox News (Online News),"President Barack Obama is asking Congress for $300 billion to update the nation's roads and railways.
Obama plans to make the proposal Wednesday at the Union Depot rail and bus station in St. Paul, Minn.
The Highway Trust Fund finances federal highway and transit programs but is forecast to go broke as early as August.",right
14796,Major New Transportation Plan,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Obama Wants $300 Billion For Roads And Railways,HuffPost,"President Barack Obama is asking Congress for $300 billion to update the nation's roads and railways.
Obama plans to make the proposal Wednesday at the Union Depot rail and bus station in St. Paul, Minn.
The Highway Trust Fund finances federal highway and transit programs but is forecast to go broke as early as August.
The fund needs $100 billion over th",left
14797,Major New Transportation Plan,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Obama to push major transportation plan,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama heads to St. Paul, Minnesota on Wednesday to announce a new competition for grant funding meant to spur investment in infrastructure projects, according to information provided by the White House.
The President will call on cities and states to apply for $600 million in new TIGER discretionary grants, which were originally created as part of the 2009 Recovery Act and reauthorized in the Consolidated Appropriations Act signed earlier this year.",left
14798,Felons in Florida Regain the Right to Vote,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",Florida Set to Restore Voting Rights to Felons Amid Threats of Lawsuits,Wall Street Journal (News),Governor-elect is among officials who say additional legislation is needed to clarify amendment’s terms,center
14799,Felons in Florida Regain the Right to Vote,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",Felons in Florida Regained Voting Rights on Tuesday,Townhall,The battleground state of Florida just became even more unpredictable now that felons in the state have regained the right to vote.,right
14800,Felons in Florida Regain the Right to Vote,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",Florida Officially Changes Jim Crow-Rooted Felon Disenfranchisement Policy,HuffPost,Florida had one of the harshest policies when it came to stripping voting rights from people convicted of felonies. That changes Tuesday.,left
14801,Judge Questions Legality of NSA Phone Records,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Judge Questions Legality of N.S.A. Phone Records,New York Times (News),A federal judge ruled that keeping records of Americans phone calls probably violates the Constitution and ordered the government to stop collecting data on two plaintiffs.,left
14802,Judge Questions Legality of NSA Phone Records,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",NSA ruling fallout hits White House,Politico,"In legal terms, a federal judge's decision Monday questioning the constitutionality of the National Security Agency's massive call-tracking program seems almost certain to have no practical significance.",left
14803,Judge Questions Legality of NSA Phone Records,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Judge deals blow to NSA phone data program,Fox News (Online News),A federal judge says the National Security Agencys bulk collection of phone records violates the Constitutions ban on unreasonable searches.,right
14804,Biden to Host Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers,"['White House', 'Infrastructure', 'Bipartisanship', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics']",White House seeks bipartisan infrastructure push; Republicans wary,Reuters,"President Joe Biden could find himself under pressure on Monday to prove his much-touted interest in working with Republicans in Congress, as lawmakers return from their spring break to grapple with his $2.3 trillion proposal to improve U.S. infrastructure.
Biden’s party holds slim majorities in both the House of Representatives and Senate, meaning he can ill afford to lose Democratic votes. That has empowered and emboldened Democratic moderates such as Senator Joe Manchin who have outsize influence over the fate of Biden’s ambitious legislative priorities including the infrastructure package, gun...",center
14805,Biden to Host Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers,"['White House', 'Infrastructure', 'Bipartisanship', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics']",Biden to host bipartisan group of lawmakers for infrastructure meeting as he faces pressure on both sides of the aisle,CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden will meet with a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Monday afternoon to discuss his roughly $2 trillion jobs and infrastructure proposal, as he faces united Republican opposition to the plan and pressure from Democrats to move without GOP support.
The meeting will be the first time Biden sits down with lawmakers to discuss his proposal, which has been met with resistance by some lawmakers from both parties on Capitol Hill. The President unveiled his plan last month and it's aimed at improving the nation's infrastructure and shifting...",left
14806,Biden to Host Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers,"['White House', 'Infrastructure', 'Bipartisanship', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics']",Biden reveals lawmakers invited to White House for infrastructure talks,New York Post (News),"The White House has revealed the lawmakers it has invited to meet with President Biden and Vice President Harris Monday on their $2 trillion infrastructure package.
Biden and Harris will sit down with Sens. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wa.), as well as Reps. Don Young (R-Ak.), Donald Payne Jr. (D-NJ), David Price (D-NC) and Garret Graves (R-La.), the White House said Sunday.
Both Fischer and Young have previously introduced infrastructure legislation.
Congress starts up again this week following a two-week recess, with...",right
14807,"Truckers in North America, Europe Continue COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Protests","['Coronavirus', 'Freedom Convoy', 'Canada', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Europe', 'France', 'Truckers']",Trucker protests: Ontario calls state of emergency,BBC News,"Ontario has declared a state of emergency in response to two weeks of protests against Covid-19 restrictions.
The order came as demonstrations continue to shut down parts of Ottawa and Windsor's Ambassador Bridge, the most important US-Canada trade link.
Blocking crucial infrastructure would be made ""illegal"" under the order, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said.
Protesters could face up to a year in jail and C$100,000 ($79,000; £58,000) in fines, he added.
Mr Ford said the order would apply to anyone impeding the movement of goods, people and services along international...",center
14808,"Truckers in North America, Europe Continue COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Protests","['Coronavirus', 'Freedom Convoy', 'Canada', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Europe', 'France', 'Truckers']",Canadian Mayor Says Gov. Whitmer Offered Heavy Equipment To Move Trucks Off Bridge Blocked By ‘Freedom Convoy’,The Daily Caller,"Mayor of Windsor, Ontario, Drew Dilkens, said in a press conference Thursday that Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer offered to help remove protestors blocking the Ambassador Bridge for the past several days.
The bridge is a key border between the U.S. and Canada currently occupied by convoy truckers in protest of Canada’s COVID-19 mandates. The protest, called the Freedom Convoy, began in Ottawa and has since gone international.
“The State of Michigan and the governors’ office directly have offered to send over heavy equipment to help remove vehicles, to provide security, they’ve offered to...",right
14809,"Truckers in North America, Europe Continue COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Protests","['Coronavirus', 'Freedom Convoy', 'Canada', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Europe', 'France', 'Truckers']","Ontario premier declares emergency, tells truckers to go home and end protest",NBC News (Online),"Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency on Friday and said he'll use all government resources to end a two-week protest by Canadian truckers over Covid-19 rules.
Ford said the trucker protest amounts to a ""siege"" of downtown Ottawa and the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Windsor and Detroit.
""It’s an illegal occupation,"" Ford told reporters. ""This is no longer a protest.""
Ford told protesters to go home and threatened heavy fines — but stopped just short of saying he’s ordering immediate police action to clear streets.",left
14810,Iran Agrees To Nuclear Deal,['Middle East'],"U.S., world powers reach historic deal with Iran",Politico,"The United States and five other world powers have reached a deal with Iran that would place strict limits on Tehran’s nuclear program in return for ending sanctions on its economy, the culmination of years of delicate diplomacy pursued by President Barack Obama despite warnings the agreement could strengthen Iran’s Islamist regime and leave it dangerously close to a nuclear bomb.",left
14811,Iran Agrees To Nuclear Deal,['Middle East'],"Iran, world powers agree to nuclear deal",Fox News (Online News),"Iran and the United States and its negotiating partners finally reached agreement Tuesday on a deal that would curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief -- setting up a looming showdown between President Obama and Congress, where lawmakers could take issue with several provisions, including one giving Iran leverage over inspections.",right
14812,Iran Agrees To Nuclear Deal,['Middle East'],"On Capitol Hill, deep skepticism persists as lawmakers react to Iran deal",Washington Post,"The debate over the future of the Iranian nuclear program quickly moved from the negotiating tables of Vienna to the halls of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, as skeptical lawmakers began taking stock of a deal they will have roughly two months to review and possibly reject.",left
14813,"CDC Updates Guidelines Again, Says COVID-19 Can Be Airborne","['Coronavirus', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Life During Covid-19', 'CDC', 'Public Health']",CDC: Coronavirus Can Sometimes Be Spread Through Air,Newsmax (News),"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the coronavirus can ""sometimes"" be spread through the air, especially inside places that have poor ventilation, The Washington Post reports.
This isn’t the first time the CDC has stated the virus can be spread through airborne transmission. Last month, the agency posted an update to its website about how the virus can spread and it mentioned airborne transmission. That update was removed after the CDC stated it was posted in error and had not gone through proper review channels.
The previous draft...",right
14814,"CDC Updates Guidelines Again, Says COVID-19 Can Be Airborne","['Coronavirus', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Life During Covid-19', 'CDC', 'Public Health']",CDC again updates guidance to say Covid-19 can spread by airborne transmission,CNN (Online News),"The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has again updated its guidance about how Covid-19 spreads to include information about potential for airborne transmission.
""CDC continues to believe, based on current science, that people are more likely to become infected the longer and closer they are to a person with COVID-19,"" the agency said in a statement on Monday.
""Today's update acknowledges the existence of some published reports showing limited, uncommon circumstances where people with COVID-19 infected others who were more than 6 feet away or shortly after...",left
14815,"CDC Updates Guidelines Again, Says COVID-19 Can Be Airborne","['Coronavirus', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Life During Covid-19', 'CDC', 'Public Health']","CDC revises guidance, says COVID-19 can spread through virus lingering in air",Reuters,"U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday said COVID-19 can spread through virus lingering in the air, sometimes for hours, acknowledging concerns widely voiced by public health experts about airborne transmission of the virus. The CDC guidance comes weeks after the agency published – and then took down – a similar warning, sparking debate over how the virus spreads.
In Monday’s guidance, CDC said there was evidence that people with COVID-19 possibly infected others who were more than 6 feet away, within enclosed spaces with poor ventilation....",center
14816,House Passes AHCA,['Healthcare'],House Smashes Obamacare,Breitbart News,House Republicans passed a revised version of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) on Thursday.,right
14817,House Passes AHCA,['Healthcare'],"House OKs GOP health bill, a step toward Obamacare repeal",Washington Post,"WASHINGTON — Relieved Republicans muscled their health care bill through the House Thursday, taking their biggest step toward dismantling the Obama health care overhaul since Donald Trump took office. They won passage only after overcoming their own divisions that nearly sank the measure six weeks ago.",left
14818,House Passes AHCA,['Healthcare'],House approves Obamacare repeal bill,Politico,The measure now faces an uncertain fate in the Senate.,left
14819,Mayor: Christie Withheld Funds,['Politics'],Democrat Mayor: Christie Administration Held Sandy Relief Funds Hostage,Townhall,"Governor Christie's office has provided the following statement to Townhall (emphasis mine), and spokesman Colin Reed reaffirmed the governor's categorical denial of Mayor Zimmer's allegations in a subsequent phone call:
“MSNBC is a partisan network that has been openly hostile to Governor Christie and almost gleeful in their efforts attacking him, even taking the unprecedented s",right
14820,Mayor: Christie Withheld Funds,['Politics'],Mayor Claims Christie Camp Held Hurricane Sandy Money Hostage,HuffPost,"Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer charged on MSNBC's ""Up With Steve Kornacki"" show Saturday morning that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie held Hurricane Sandy relief funds hostage to force her to approve a development plan that overly favored one specific property holder.
""I cannot give a windfall to one property owner because the governor and other people want me to do it,"" Zimmer said on Kornacki's show. (You can watch the full interview here).",left
14821,Mayor: Christie Withheld Funds,['Politics'],Hoboken mayor: 'It's true' Christie administration withheld Sandy funds,CNN (Online News),"Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer said Sunday she didn't speak out earlier about her charges that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie withheld Superstorm Sandy recovery funds because she didn't think anyone would believe her.
Appearing on CNN's ""State of the Union"" one day after she made the allegations on MSNBC, Zimmer said the the allegations are ""stunning"" and ""outrageous,"" but said they are true.
""I stand by my word,"" the Hoboken mayor said.",left
14822,Nancy Pelosi Meets With Zelenskyy in Kyiv,"['Foreign Policy', 'Foreign Relations', 'Kyiv', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy']","Nancy Pelosi leads U.S. delegation to Kyiv, meets with Ukraine's president",Axios,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Sunday led a congressional delegation to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.
Why it matters: The visit is a reflection of the growing pressure for the U.S. to send high-level officials to Kyiv, after recent visits by U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the prime ministers of Spain and Denmark.
It comes less than a week after Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited Ukraine.
What we're watching: The trip, which was not previously announced, also includes House Foreign Affairs...",center
14823,Nancy Pelosi Meets With Zelenskyy in Kyiv,"['Foreign Policy', 'Foreign Relations', 'Kyiv', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy']",No Biden this Time: Nancy Pelosi Lands in Ukraine with Message of U.S. Solidarity,Breitbart News,"President Joe Biden dispatched House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a secret mission to Kyiv on Saturday where she met Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to deliver a message of U.S. solidarity.
Zelensky has previously pleaded with Biden to personally visit the capital city to show he stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Ukraine as it struggles through its eighth year of war and colonization by neighboring Russia.
Zelensky got Pelosi instead as Biden continues to steadfastly ignore all entreaties to make a personal appearance. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) was also on hand to provide diplomatic backup.
“Our delegation traveled...",right
14824,Nancy Pelosi Meets With Zelenskyy in Kyiv,"['Foreign Policy', 'Foreign Relations', 'Kyiv', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy']","Pelosi makes unannounced trip to Kyiv, becoming highest-ranking US official to meet with Zelensky since the war began",CNN (Online News),"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made an unannounced trip to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Saturday, becoming the most senior US official to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky since the war broke out more than two months ago.
Pelosi’s office said Sunday that the speaker had led an official congressional delegation to Ukraine – the first since Russian invasion of the country began on February 24.
President Joe Biden spoke with Pelosi on Sunday to discuss her trip to Ukraine and her meeting with Zelensky, according to a statement from the White House shared by...",left
14825,"Gunman Kills 7, Injures Dozens at Chicago-Area 4th of July Parade","['Violence In America', 'Chicago', 'Fourth Of July', 'Mass Shootings', 'Highland Park Shooting']","July 4 parade shooting leaves 6 dead, 30 hurt; man detained",Associated Press,"A shooter fired on an Independence Day parade from a rooftop in suburban Chicago, spraying the crowd with gunshots initially mistaken for fireworks before hundreds of panicked revelers of all ages fled in terror. At least six people were killed and at least 30 wounded.
An hourslong manhunt during which residents hunkered down in businesses or received police escorts to their homes ended with a traffic stop and brief chase Monday evening, when authorities detained a man they described as a person of interest. They gave no motive for the attack in...",left
14826,"Gunman Kills 7, Injures Dozens at Chicago-Area 4th of July Parade","['Violence In America', 'Chicago', 'Fourth Of July', 'Mass Shootings', 'Highland Park Shooting']",Police Detain Person Of Interest In Deadly Parade Shooting,The Daily Caller,"Authorities detained a person of interest in the deadly Fourth of July parade shooting Monday evening in Lake Forest, Illinois.
Police detained 22-year-old Robert E. Crimo as a person of interest in the deadly massacre after a brief pursuit, authorities said. A Chicago police officer spotted Crimo and attempted to perform a traffic stop when the 22-year-old fled, authorities said, according to CNN. Crimo, who goes by the name “Bobby,” was believed to be armed and dangerous at the time he was taken into custody.
At least six people were killed and dozens of others...",right
14827,"Gunman Kills 7, Injures Dozens at Chicago-Area 4th of July Parade","['Violence In America', 'Chicago', 'Fourth Of July', 'Mass Shootings', 'Highland Park Shooting']","July Fourth celebrations in Highland Park, Illinois, end in terror after mass shooting leaves 6 dead and dozens injured",CNN (Online News),"A day of national celebration turned to tragedy Monday when a gunman killed six people and injured dozens more at a July Fourth parade in Highland Park, Illinois -- leaving the nation grieving yet another mass shooting.
The suspected shooter, identified by authorities as Robert E. Crimo III, used a ""high-powered rifle"" in an attack that appeared to be ""random"" and ""intentional,"" police said. They believe the shooter, who was apprehended later Monday, climbed onto a rooftop of a business and opened fire on the parade about 20 minutes after it started.
Some bystanders initially thought...",left
14828,Michael Bloomberg Donates $1.8 Billion to Johns Hopkins,['Education'],Why I’m Giving $1.8 Billion for College Financial Aid,Michael Bloomberg,Let’s eliminate money problems from the admissions equation for qualified students.,left
14829,Michael Bloomberg Donates $1.8 Billion to Johns Hopkins,['Education'],Michael Bloomberg to Give Johns Hopkins Record $1.8 Billion,Wall Street Journal (News),Former New York City Mayor and possible 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg is giving $1.8 billion to Johns Hopkins University. The gift is believed to be the largest ever,center
14830,Michael Bloomberg Donates $1.8 Billion to Johns Hopkins,['Education'],Bloomberg wants better financial aid: These colleges offer top packages,Fox News (Online News),Former New York City Mayor and potential 2020 presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg made headlines over the weekend for making the largest donation ever to a public university.,right
14831,New Documents Reveal Clintons Past,['Politics'],The Hillary Papers: Archive of 'closest friend' paints portrait of 'ruthless' first lady,Fox News (Online News),"On May 12, 1992, Stan Greenberg and Celinda Lake, top pollsters for Bill Clinton's presidential campaign, issued a confidential memo. The memo's subject was ""Research on Hillary Clinton.""
Voters admired the strength of the Arkansas first couple, the pollsters wrote. However, ""they also fear that only someone too politically ambitious, too strong, and too ruthless could survive such controversy so well.""
Their conclusion: ""What voters find slick in Bill Clinton, they find ruthless in Hillary.""",right
14832,New Documents Reveal Clintons Past,['Politics'],Documents reveal Hillary Clinton’s private reaction to her husband's cheating scandal with Monica Lewinsky,CNN (Online News),"Hillary Clinton told a close friend that Monica Lewinsky was a ""narcissistic loony toon,"" and also discussed in detail why she decided to forgive her husband for having an affair with the White House intern, according to documents penned by Diane Blair, a close friend and longtime confidant to the former first lady.
The contents of the documents, which are part of Blair’s papers housed at the University of Arkansas, were first reported by the Washington Free Beacon, a conservative website that posted the story late on Sunday night. CNN...",left
14833,New Documents Reveal Clintons Past,['Politics'],Hillary Clinton's 'past' problem,Washington Post,"The Biggest Hurdle for Hillary Clinton as She contemplates Another White House bid in 2016 CAN BE Effectively summed up by Timon, the Meerkat from ""The Lion King"" : ""You've got to put the Past behind you.""",left
14834,Politicians and Media Personalities Call for Delayed Vote on New Supreme Court Pick,['Supreme Court'],Schumer: Forcing Vote on Kennedy‘s Replacement Before the Midterms Would be ‘Absolute Height of Hypocrisy’,National Review,"Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has called on his Republican colleagues to delay a vote on Justice Anthony Kennedy’s replacement until after the midterm elections, suggesting that to do otherwise would be hypocritical considering their opposition to Barack Obama’s election-year nomination of Merrick Garland.",right
14835,Politicians and Media Personalities Call for Delayed Vote on New Supreme Court Pick,['Supreme Court'],Chris Matthews: ‘Hell to Pay’ If Democrats Don't Block Anthony Kennedy Replacement,Daily Beast,"If the Democratic leadership doesn’t treat Trump’s Supreme Court nominee the way Mitch McConnell treated Merrick Garland, the MSNBC host said, ‘They’re through.’",left
14836,Politicians and Media Personalities Call for Delayed Vote on New Supreme Court Pick,['Supreme Court'],Chuck Todd: GOP 'may fully pull that hypocrisy muscle' by confirming SCOTUS pick in election year,The Hill,"NBC's Chuck Todd said Wednesday that Senate Republicans “may fully pull that hypocrisy muscle” by confirming President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court during an election year, after blocking former President Obama’s nominee in 2016 for the same reason.",center
14837,Trump Under Pressure to Lift Jones Act,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Trump 'thinking about' lifting Jones Act to help Puerto Rico,The Hill,"President Trump said Wednesday that he is ""thinking about"" lifting the rule barring foreign-flagged vessels from delivering goods between American ports to help hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico despite pressure from the shipping industry.",center
14838,Trump Under Pressure to Lift Jones Act,"['Disaster', 'General News']",There’s a Very Trumpian Law Inhibiting Puerto Rico’s Recovery. Trump Says He Doesn’t Want to Waive It.,Slate,"On Wednesday, President Trump said he was not planning to waive or repeal Puerto Rico’s inclusion in the Jones Act, the century-old law that restricts domestic shipping to U.S.-made, U.S.-owned, U.S.-staffed boats.",left
14839,Trump Under Pressure to Lift Jones Act,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Trump: Shipping industry doesn't want Jones Act lifted for Puerto Rico,Washington Examiner,"President Trump said Wednesday that he is considering lifting the Jones Act to allow foreign-flagged vessels to serve Puerto Rico as it recovers from Hurricane Maria, although the shipping industry is lobbying against it.",right
14840,"Markets Show Positive Signs Amid Vaccine Development, Stimulus Push","['Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Hedge funds are setting records at the end of historically volatile 2020,New York Post (News),"One of the most turbulent years in modern history is coming to an end — and hedge funds are racking up their best returns in a generation.
Hedge Fund Research’s HFRI 500 — an equal-weighted index of the world’s largest hedge funds’ returns — soared 6.2 percent in November from October, its biggest month-to-month gain since December 1999 and the second-largest month-to-month increase since the index’s inception in 1990.
Year to date, the HFRI 500 is up a whopping 7.3 percent.
The record-setting monthly performance comes after the coronavirus outbreak...",right
14841,"Markets Show Positive Signs Amid Vaccine Development, Stimulus Push","['Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Stock futures rise as lawmakers draw closer to stimulus agreement,Yahoo News,"Stock futures rose Tuesday evening as lawmakers appeared to draw closer to an agreement for another round of virus-relief measures.
The three major indices ended the regular session higher after falling earlier in the day. The Dow and S&P 500 each reversed losses from Monday, and the Nasdaq jumped to yet another record closing high.
More upbeat developments on a stimulus package helped alleviate concerns over economic fallout that might emerge as COVID-19 cases surge and trigger more lockdowns. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement on Twitter that...",left
14842,"Markets Show Positive Signs Amid Vaccine Development, Stimulus Push","['Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Steady gains for stocks deliver more records on Wall Street,Associated Press,"Technology and health care companies helped drive stocks to more gains Tuesday, leading to another round of milestones on Wall Street.
The S&P 500 index rose 0.3%, eclipsing the all-time high it set on Friday. The Nasdaq composite and Russell 2000 index of small company stocks also set record highs. The likelihood that one or more coronavirus vaccines could begin to be distributed in the U.S. in coming weeks has kept investors in a buying mood, boosting their optimism for an economic recovery next year.
The gains, which followed a...",left
14843,Women in Power,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Female candidates made big gains in the 2012 election,Washington Post,"Twenty years after the election that was heralded as the “year of the woman comes another one that could be called that.
The next Congress will include the largest number of women ever among its membership — 20 in the Senate, an increase of two, and at least 77 in the House, up by four, with two others vying in races that had not been called late Wednesday.",left
14844,Women in Power,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Women gain wider access to power,CNN (Online News),"I almost always get asked the same question: How can it possibly be the ""end of men"" when there are so few female elected officials -- when men still hold the reins of political power?
It's an excellent question. Until now, I've answered by pointing to statistical trends and future projections. Always, I ask people to take a leap of faith. But after this election, I feel like I am on so much more solid ground.
The women's vote did not turn out to be historic in the...",left
14845,Women in Power,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Bill O'Reilly: What the heck happened last night?,Fox News (Online News),"Boy, do I have a story to tell you about the presidential vote, so perk up. Here we go.
I thought Mitt Romney was a good choice to run against President Obama because of his economic experience. Also the Governor is a free market capitalist and offered a stark contrast to the President who wants the federal government to drive the economy.
The campaign unfolded slowly as most Americans did not know Romney. And with all the high tech gizmos these days, it's difficult to get the attention...",right
14846,Immigration Deal?,['Immigration'],Marco Rubio: Reports of immigration deal 'premature',Politico,Sen. Marco Rubio issued an Easter morning statement saying he is ldquoencouragedrdquo by progress in talks on immigration reform but added ldquoReports that the bipartisan group of eight senators have agreed on a legislative proposal are premature.rdquo The headline of his statement timed for release just before the Sunday talk shows ldquoRubio...,left
14847,Immigration Deal?,['Immigration'],Hill leaders agree about progress on immigration reform but say final deal still in the making,Fox News (Online News),Florida Republican Sen.,right
14848,Immigration Deal?,['Immigration'],Senators disagree on how close they are to a deal on immigration,Chicago Tribune,Key senators trying to negotiate an agreement on immigration reform were divided Sunday on how close they are to reaching a consensus on the legislation.,center
14849,Moderna Says COVID-19 Vaccine 96% Effective in Teens,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Public Health']",Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine is 96% effective in teens,CBS News (Online),"Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine is 96% effective in teenagers 12- to 17-years-old, the drugmaker said Thursday. The company announced results of the Phase 2 trial in reporting first-quarter earnings. Its vaccine generated $1.7 billion in revenue in its fiscal first quarter.
Evidence that Moderna's vaccine is effective in teens comes as rival Pfizer is expected to receive federal authorization by early next week to use its COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents. Federal approval of one or more vaccines against the disease could enable many American middle and high school students to be...",left
14850,Moderna Says COVID-19 Vaccine 96% Effective in Teens,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Public Health']",Moderna says COVID-19 vaccine 96 percent effective in teens,The Hill,"Moderna on Thursday released the results of its COVID-19 vaccine trials for those aged 12 to 17, reporting it 96 percent effective against the virus.
The vaccine manufacturer said its trial, involving 3,235 participants, recorded 12 COVID-19 cases that emerged beginning 14 days after the first dose. The company said it had not identified any serious safety concerns to date.
The results of the adolescent trial come as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to give emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to be used...",center
14851,Moderna Says COVID-19 Vaccine 96% Effective in Teens,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Public Health']",Moderna claims vaccine 96% effective in teens 12 to 17,Fox News (Online News),"Moderna has claimed that its COVID-19 vaccine is effective up to 96% in teens aged 12 to 17, presenting a major boost to hopes of a full-time return to in-person learning in the fall.
The announcement is just one of several major developments Moderna revealed in its Q1 2021 Business Update.
Parents and students alike have complained about the issues faced by studying remotely, with some concerns that students were falling behind due to remote learning and may never catch up again.",right
14852,Clinton Email Scandal Continues,"['State Department', 'Politics']",OPINION: Hillary Clinton broke the rules,USA TODAY,"Everyone, including Hillary Clinton, now agrees that the newly confirmed secretary of State made a mistake in 2009 when she decided, for the sake of “convenience,” to run her own email system out of her home in Chappaqua, N.Y., rather than use an official State Department email account.",left
14853,Clinton Email Scandal Continues,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Former State Dept. watchdog debunks central Clinton email claim,Fox News (Online News),"The State Department’s former top watchdog, in an interview with Fox News, rejected Hillary Clinton’s repeated claims that her personal email use was in line with her predecessors’ – while saying he would have immediately opened an investigation if he caught wind of a secretary of state using such an account.",right
14854,Clinton Email Scandal Continues,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Who Really Cares About Hillary’s Email?,HuffPost,"Contrary to click-bait headlines this week, the State Department inspector general’s report proves that Hillary Clinton is by a long shot the most qualified and trustworthy candidate running for president. But don’t take my word for it, take five minutes and read the report yourself. The section about Clinton “breaking the rules” is less than six pages long.",left
14855,Mueller Probe Close To Being Completed,"['Russia Probe', 'Matthew Whitaker', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Acting AG Whitaker: Mueller investigation 'close to being completed',CNN (Online News),"Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is ""close to being completed,"" acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker said Monday.",left
14856,Mueller Probe Close To Being Completed,"['Russia Probe', 'Matthew Whitaker', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Matthew Whitaker says Mueller probe 'close to being completed',Washington Times,"Special counsel Robert Mueller is close to finishing his sprawling 20-month investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and other crimes, acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said Monday.",right
14857,Mueller Probe Close To Being Completed,"['Russia Probe', 'Matthew Whitaker', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Mueller probe 'close to being completed': acting U.S. attorney general,Reuters,"Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election is close to wrapping up, Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker told reporters on Monday.",center
14858,"US, Israel Commit to Stopping Iran from Developing Nuclear Weapons","['Defense And Security', 'Israel', 'Iran', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Middle East']",Biden says US would use military force against Iran as a 'last resort' to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon,Insider,"President Joe Biden during a new interview with Israel's Channel 12 said that the US would be willing to take military action against Iran as a ""last resort"" to prevent it from obtaining nuclear weapons. 
Israeli news anchor Yonit Levi noted that Biden in the past said he would ""do anything"" to ensure Iran doesn't acquire nuclear weapons. Levi asked if that also meant the president would ""use force"" against Iran. 
""If that was the last resort, yes,"" Biden said, refusing to expand on whether the US would work with...",left
14859,"US, Israel Commit to Stopping Iran from Developing Nuclear Weapons","['Defense And Security', 'Israel', 'Iran', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Middle East']","Biden: If Using Force on Iran Is the Last Resort, 'I Will Use It'",Newsmax (News),"United States President Joe Biden told Israel's Channel 12 that he would not hesitate to use force to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, ""if that was the last resort.""
Channel 12 anchor Yonit Levi recorded an interview with the president at the White House, a day before Biden's flight to Israel. The interview was aired in Israel on Wednesday evening.
""The only thing that is worse than the Iran that exists now is Iran with nuclear weapons,"" Biden said. In an attempt to explain his administration's insistence on nuclear talks to...",right
14860,"US, Israel Commit to Stopping Iran from Developing Nuclear Weapons","['Defense And Security', 'Israel', 'Iran', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Middle East']","U.S., Israel sign joint pledge to deny Iran nuclear weaponry",Reuters,"U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed a joint pledge on Thursday to deny Iran nuclear arms, a show of unity by allies long divided over diplomacy with Tehran.
The undertaking, part of a ""Jerusalem Declaration"" crowning Biden's first visit to Israel as president, came a day after he told a local TV station that he was open to ""last resort"" use of force against Iran - an apparent move toward accommodating Israel's calls for a ""credible military threat"" by world powers.
""We will not allow...",center
14861,Cheney Loses and Other Takeaways From Tuesday's Primaries,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 Wyoming House Election', 'Liz Cheney']","Trump foe Cheney loses Wyoming GOP primary, ponders 2024 bid",Associated Press,"Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, Donald Trump’s fiercest Republican adversary in Congress, soundly lost a GOP primary, falling to a rival backed by the former president in a rout that reinforced his grip on the party’s base.
The third-term congresswoman and her allies entered Tuesday downbeat about her prospects, aware that Trump’s backing gave Harriet Hageman considerable lift in the state where he won by the largest margin during the 2020 campaign. Cheney was already looking ahead to a political future beyond Capitol Hill that could include a 2024 presidential run, potentially putting...",left
14862,Cheney Loses and Other Takeaways From Tuesday's Primaries,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 Wyoming House Election', 'Liz Cheney']",Rep. Liz Cheney loses primary against Trump-backed Hageman,NewsNation,"Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the fiercest and most vocal Republican critic of former President Donald Trump, lost her primary Tuesday night in a race that reinforced Trump’s influence in the party.
The three-term congresswoman faced a challenge from Trump-backed Harriet Hageman, who was once an ally of Cheney and critic of Trump in 2016.
In a pointed address following her concession to Hageman, Cheney, Wyoming’s lone House representative, vowed to continue her fight to make sure Trump is never again elected president.
“Our work is far from over,” she said...",center
14863,Cheney Loses and Other Takeaways From Tuesday's Primaries,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 Wyoming House Election', 'Liz Cheney']","Trump gloats over nemesis Liz Cheney’s primary loss, calls her ‘fool’",New York Post (News),"Former President Donald Trump was quick to gloat over the crushing Wyoming Republican primary election loss of his nemesis Liz Cheney — calling her a “fool” who “should be ashamed of herself.”
Trump, 76, took to his Truth Social late Tuesday to hail the “very decisive WIN” by the challenger he’d backed, Harriet Hageman, saying the “very big Liz Cheney loss” was “far bigger than had ever been anticipated.”
“This is a wonderful result for America, and a complete rebuke of the Unselect Committee of political Hacks and Thugs,” he said.
“Liz Cheney should...",right
14864,President Trump Moves to Lift Sanctions on Chinese Telecom Company,['China'],Trump went from 'America first' to saving jobs in China. This could be why,Los Angeles Times,"President Trump's stunning change in stance toward a Chinese telecom-equipment maker that his administration recently sanctioned drew widespread rebuke Monday, even as it seemed to increase the likelihood that the U.S. and China could soon pull back from the brink of a trade war.",left
14865,President Trump Moves to Lift Sanctions on Chinese Telecom Company,['China'],Trump denies going soft on Beijing amid ‘make China great again’ mockery,Washington Times,"President Trump fended off criticism Monday that he is going soft on China’s unfair trade practice after he moved to cancel sanctions against a cheating Chinese company out of concern for its workers, action that prompted Democrats to mock the president for trying to “make China great again.”",right
14866,Trump Considers Declaring a National Emergency over Border Wall,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump ponders 'emergency' powers to build border wall: 'I can do it if I want',Washington Times,"President Trump said Friday he could declare a national emergency on the border and order his government to build fencing without needing to go to Congress for additional funding.
“I can do it if I want,” he said, adding, “I may do it.”",right
14867,Trump Considers Declaring a National Emergency over Border Wall,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump threatens 'national emergency' over wall,BBC News,"US President Donald Trump has said he could declare a national emergency to build a US-Mexico border wall without the approval of Congress.
It came after he met senior Democrats, who refused his requests for funding.
The stand-off has seen Mr Trump withhold support for a bill to fully fund the government until he gets money for the border wall.",center
14868,Trump Considers Declaring a National Emergency over Border Wall,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency to Build Border Wall,Wall Street Journal (News),"WASHINGTON—President Trump said he was considering declaring a national emergency to build a southern border wall if Congress doesn’t fund it, following a Friday meeting with congressional leaders that both Mr. Trump and Democratic lawmakers described as contentious.
It isn’t clear how Mr. Trump would fund a wall under that scenario, and Mr. Trump would almost certainly face legal challenges if he were to attempt such a move.",center
14869,White House Announces It Will Not Participate In Impeachment Inquiry,"['Donald Trump', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'House Judiciary Committee', 'House Democrats', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Jerry Nadler', 'White House', 'Politics']","White House declines to be involved in House impeachment inquiry, leaving defense to Republican lawmakers",Vox,"The White House indicated Friday that it does not intend to mount a defense in the ongoing impeachment hearings into President Donald Trump. White House counsel Pat Cipollone made the announcement in a letter to House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) Friday, in which he called the proceedings “completely baseless.”
The letter clarifies some uncertainty created by a previous missive Cipollone sent to the Judiciary Committee in which he refused to make clear whether Trump would participate in upcoming hearings.",left
14870,White House Announces It Will Not Participate In Impeachment Inquiry,"['Donald Trump', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'House Judiciary Committee', 'House Democrats', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Jerry Nadler', 'White House', 'Politics']","White House won’t participate in impeachment hearings, tells Nadler to 'end this inquiry now’",Fox News (Online News),"The White House said Friday it will not participate in House Judiciary Committee impeachment proceedings, blasting the inquiry as ""completely baseless"" in a curt response to Democrats ahead of Monday's scheduled hearing.
“House Democrats have wasted enough of America’s time with this charade,"" White House counsel Pat Cipollone said in a scathing one-page letter to Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., obtained by Fox News. ""You should end this inquiry now and not waste even more time with additional hearings.""
Friday was the deadline for Trump to respond to Nadler's...",right
14871,White House Announces It Will Not Participate In Impeachment Inquiry,"['Donald Trump', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'House Judiciary Committee', 'House Democrats', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Jerry Nadler', 'White House', 'Politics']",White House Rules Out Participating In House Impeachment Inquiry Process,NPR (Online News),"President Trump has decided to stay out of the impeachment inquiry being conducted by the House of Representatives.
White House counsel Pat Cipollone rejected an offer from House Democrats that would have allowed the president to send counsel to represent him at future impeachment hearings.
In a short two-paragraph letter to Democrats, Cipollone said the impeachment inquiry is ""completely baseless and has violated basic principles of due process and fundamental fairness.""",left
14872,World Leaders Meet for UN Climate Summit,"['Climate Change', 'World', 'COP26', 'United Nations', 'Joe Biden', 'Sustainability', 'Paris Climate Accord', 'Boris Johnson', 'Narendra Modi', 'Xi Jinping', 'Vladimir Putin']",Leaders dial up doomsday warning to kick-start climate talks,Associated Press Fact Check,"World leaders turned up the heat and resorted to end-of-the-world rhetoric Monday in an attempt to bring new urgency to sputtering international climate negotiations.
The metaphors were dramatic and mixed at the start of the talks, known as COP26. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson described global warming as “a doomsday device” strapped to humanity. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told his colleagues that humans are “digging our own graves.” And Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, speaking for vulnerable island nations, added moral thunder, warning leaders not to “allow the path of greed...",left
14873,World Leaders Meet for UN Climate Summit,"['Climate Change', 'World', 'COP26', 'United Nations', 'Joe Biden', 'Sustainability', 'Paris Climate Accord', 'Boris Johnson', 'Narendra Modi', 'Xi Jinping', 'Vladimir Putin']",Biden apologizes at climate summit for Trump's Paris accord withdrawal,Axios,"Addressing his fellow world leaders at the COP26 climate summit, President Biden apologized for former President Trump's decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord.
Why it matters: Biden is trying to rally more ambitious climate action at the crucial summit in Glasgow, and he elected to acknowledge the elephant in the room — that it's no sure thing that the only country in the world to withdraw from Paris will be embraced as a moral leader on climate.
What he's saying: ""I guess I shouldn't apologize, but I do...",center
14874,World Leaders Meet for UN Climate Summit,"['Climate Change', 'World', 'COP26', 'United Nations', 'Joe Biden', 'Sustainability', 'Paris Climate Accord', 'Boris Johnson', 'Narendra Modi', 'Xi Jinping', 'Vladimir Putin']",Biden Appears to Doze Off during United Nations Climate Change Conference,National Review,"Surrounded by foreign leaders, President Biden appeared to doze off while listening to the opening speeches at Monday’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP26.
Elected at 78-years-old, Biden is the oldest U.S. president in history. Critics, including some elected Republicans, have raised concerns about his frequent rhetorical missteps and refusal to engage with the press outside of taking questions from pre-approved reporters. In a video of the event, Biden can be seen closing his eyes for an extended period of time as one of the invited speakers addressed the crowd,...",right
14875,Preview Of Las Vegas Democratic Presidential Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Debates', 'Las Vegas Debate', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'Elections']",Tonight’s Democratic Debate in Nevada: When It Is and What to Watch For,New York Times (News),"The Democratic presidential debate is 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern time. It is being held in Las Vegas and hosted by NBC, MSNBC and The Nevada Independent.
The debate is taking place three days before the Nevada caucuses on Saturday.
This is the first debate to include former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York. He will join five other Democratic candidates: Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont; former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.; Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts; former Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind.; and Senator...",left
14876,Preview Of Las Vegas Democratic Presidential Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Debates', 'Las Vegas Debate', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'Elections']","At Democratic debate in Las Vegas, expect a battle between Bloomberg and other candidates",Fox News (Opinion),"Riding a wave of several hundred million dollars worth of advertising – and despite the onslaught of negative information about his opinions on race, stop-and-frisk, and his past support for Republicans – former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg has climbed to second place in some recent national polling of Democratic presidential candidates.
As a result, Bloomberg won a place on stage at Wednesday night’s Democratic presidential candidate debate in Las Vegas.
But though he was the last candidate invited, Bloomberg is certain to be the center of attention. Indeed,...",right
14877,Preview Of Las Vegas Democratic Presidential Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Democratic Debates', 'Las Vegas Debate', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'Elections']",Bloomberg faces moment of truth,The Hill,"The Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas on Wednesday just got much more interesting.
A poll released Tuesday made former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg eligible to take the stage for the first time since launching his campaign in late November.
His rivals will be out to get him.
The billionaire businessman has been rising sharply in the polls — a fact that virtually everyone, friend or foe, attributes to his colossal spending on TV advertising.
In the new national poll from NPR, PBS and Marist, Bloomberg was at...",center
14878,House Budget Plan Collapses,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate Budget Deal 'Imminent' After After House Fails,HuffPost,Moments after House Republicans failed to advance a plan to end the government shutdown and avert default Senate leaders took matters back into their own hands.,left
14879,House Budget Plan Collapses,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Warring GOP factions sink John Boehner plan,Politico,In the end it wasn't only hard-line GOP conservatives that sank Speaker Boehner's plan to reopen the federal government.,left
14880,House Budget Plan Collapses,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",House conservatives sabotage Boehner plan to end shutdown,Washington Times,"Conservatives in the House sabotaged Speaker John A. Boehner's plan Tuesday to dent Obamacare while reopening the government and raising the debt ceiling, leaving senators scrambling to kick-start their own deal before Thursday's deadline for a potential default.",right
14881,A Look at Trump's Tax Reform Plan,['Taxes'],4 ideas in the GOP tax plan that Democrats should support,The Week - News,"As difficult as bipartisan cooperation is these days, it would still behoove the Democrats to identify which Republican tax ideas might improve the economy and negotiate from there.
So here are four things Trump's new tax proposal actually gets at least sort of right.",left
14882,A Look at Trump's Tax Reform Plan,['Taxes'],Tax breaks aimed at small businesses may favor a sliver of wealthy owners,Los Angeles Times,"When Republicans rolled out their tax reform proposal this week, President Trump highlighted a provision aimed at the vast majority of small and family-held enterprises.",left
14883,A Look at Trump's Tax Reform Plan,['Taxes'],Trump's tax reform plan: Who are the winners and losers?,Fox News (Online News),"President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans unveiled Wednesday their plan for a massive tax overhaul.
The plan, meant to be a framework for Congress to negotiate into legislation, still has missing parts. But read on for a look at who wins and loses under the proposal as it stands now.",right
14884,Charleston Church Reopens,['Religion And Faith'],Emotional Services Held At Charleston Church Days After Shootings,NPR (Online News),"The Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., today is holding its first Sunday service following a horrific shooting that killed nine members of a Bible study group there.",left
14885,Charleston Church Reopens,['Religion And Faith'],Charleston church begins first worship service since 9 killed in shooting,Fox News (Online News),"The historic black church in Charleston, S.C, began its first worship service since nine of its members were killed during a Bible study Wednesday night.",right
14886,Charleston Church Reopens,['Religion And Faith'],"After tragic shooting, Charleston church reopens with prayer, songs and tears",Washington Post,"The church beloved as ‘Mother Emanuel’ reopened its doors Sunday morning, four days after an unspeakable tragedy turned it into a crime scene.",left
14887,"US Attorney Fired, Refused Resignation",['Justice'],Now-fired Preet Bharara boasts of 'absolute independence',Townhall,"A defiant Manhattan federal prosecutor who says ""absolute independence"" was his touchstone for over seven years as he battled public corruption announced he was fired Saturday after he refused to resign.
Preet Bharara, 48, revealed his firing on his personal Twitter account. Several hours later, it was learned President Donald Trump had reached out through a secretary on his staff to Bharara on Thursday but the two men never spoke.",right
14888,"US Attorney Fired, Refused Resignation",['Justice'],"After Refusing To Resign, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Says He Was Fired By Trump Justice Department",HuffPost,"Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and one of the most high profile federal prosecutors in the country, says he’s been fired after refusing to resign his post.",left
14889,"US Attorney Fired, Refused Resignation",['Justice'],'Showman' prosecutor Bharara fights to the end,CNN (Online News),"Preet Bharara has reached that lofty pantheon of fame where it seems everyone knows him by just his first name.
The rock star prosecutor and scourge of Wall Street corruption, gangs,",left
14890,Russia Confirms Brittney Griner Prisoner Swap Discussions with US,"['Brittney Griner', 'Foreign Policy', 'Paul Whelan', 'Prisoner Exchange', 'Russia', 'Sports', 'Ukraine War', 'WNBA', 'World']","Russia confirms prisoner swap negotiations are underway for Griner, Whelan",Axios,"Russia confirmed for the first time on Thursday that it is negotiating with the U.S. regarding a possible prisoner swap deal that would secure the freedom of WNBA star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan.
Driving the news: The news comes after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov confirmed last week that Russia was ""ready to discuss"" a potential deal.
A Russian court found Griner guilty on drug charges last week and sentenced her to nine years in prison.
Whelan was arrested in Moscow in 2018 for allegedly possessing classified information. He was sentenced to 16
...",center
14891,Russia Confirms Brittney Griner Prisoner Swap Discussions with US,"['Brittney Griner', 'Foreign Policy', 'Paul Whelan', 'Prisoner Exchange', 'Russia', 'Sports', 'Ukraine War', 'WNBA', 'World']",Russia admits it’s in talks for Brittney Griner-Viktor Bout prisoner exchange: diplomat,New York Post (News),"Russia has admitted that it is in talks with the US to exchange a notorious arms dealer for basketball player Brittney Griner, a Russian diplomat said.
The diplomat’s comments marked the first time Russia said it was in talks to exchange Griner for Viktor Bout, 55, who is in prison in the US, according to a report.
“The discussions on the very sensitive topic of an exchange are proceeding via the channels chosen by our presidents,” Alexander Datchiev, the head of the North America department at the Russian Foreign Ministry, was...",right
14892,Russia Confirms Brittney Griner Prisoner Swap Discussions with US,"['Brittney Griner', 'Foreign Policy', 'Paul Whelan', 'Prisoner Exchange', 'Russia', 'Sports', 'Ukraine War', 'WNBA', 'World']","Russia confirms prisoner swap talks as U.S. hopes for Griner, Whelan release",Washington Post,"Russia confirmed Thursday for the first time that negotiations between Washington and Moscow on a prisoner exchange are underway, after the United States proposed a deal to release WNBA star Brittney Griner and another American prisoner, Paul Whelan.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said talks are underway via a channel set up by President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin when they met in Geneva in June last year.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ivan Nechayev said Thursday that negotiations about an exchange began after Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov confirmed last week...",left
14893,"Pelosi Recalls House, Calls On USPS Postmaster General to Testify","['Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Mail-In Voting', 'US House', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Pelosi calling back House to vote on USPS legislation,New York Post (News),"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Sunday her chamber will be recalled later this week to vote on legislation that would bar the US Postal Service from altering any services that were in place at the beginning of the year.
Lawmakers are currently on August break, but the plan is for them to return on Saturday, a senior Democratic aide told Reuters.",right
14894,"Pelosi Recalls House, Calls On USPS Postmaster General to Testify","['Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Mail-In Voting', 'US House', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Pelosi calls on House to return to vote on bill that would stop changes at Postal Service,USA TODAY,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on the House to return into session later this week to vote on a bill that would prevent changes the Trump administration has made to the Postal Service, alterations Democrats say will cause a slowing of the flow of mail and potentially jeopardize the November election.
Pelosi, in a Sunday statement, said the ""lives, livelihoods and the life of our American Democracy"" are under threat from President Donald Trump, who last week said he opposed giving the Postal Service more money while at the same...",left
14895,"Pelosi Recalls House, Calls On USPS Postmaster General to Testify","['Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Mail-In Voting', 'US House', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Democrats say they are ramping up USPS investigation and call on top officials to testify,CNN (Online News),"(CNN) -- House Democrats said Sunday they are ""ramping up"" their investigation of the United States Postal Service as Democratic leaders, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, called on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and Chairman of the Postal Service Board of Governors Robert Duncan to testify.
Pelosi told House Democrats on Sunday evening she wanted the House to return this week to act on the issues regarding the USPS, she wrote in a letter.
""Lives, livelihoods and the life of our American Democracy are...",left
14896,Appeals Court Rules Against Travel Ban,['Immigration'],"9th Circuit court rules against third Trump travel ban, no immediate effect",Washington Examiner,The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that part of President Trump's third attempt at a travel ban should be blocked.,right
14897,Appeals Court Rules Against Travel Ban,['Immigration'],9th Circuit says Trump's third travel ban is illegal,Los Angeles Times,"A federal appeals court decided unanimously Friday that President Trump’s latest travel ban violates the law, but the ruling will not take effect until the Supreme Court reviews a likely appeal.",left
14898,Appeals Court Rules Against Travel Ban,['Immigration'],"Trump doesn't have authority to issue a travel ban, appeals court rules",The Week - News,"A federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Friday night that the latest iteration of President Trump's travel ban violates federal law, and its issuance by the president via executive order exceeds executive branch authority as delegated by the Constitution.",left
14899,"Stacey Abrams's VP Push Glorified, Rebuked by Opposite Sides of Media","['Democratic Party', 'Stacey Abrams', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Race And Racism', 'Media Bias', 'Polarization', 'Elections']",Stacey Abrams’s Remarkable Campaign for Vice President,The Atlantic,"Stacey Abrams has a theory about how Joe Biden can beat Donald Trump: Pick her as his running mate.
“We have to win the election. And I would point out that I ran the most successful campaign to engage the communities we need to build the broadest coalition necessary in 2020, because what we are going to see on the ground is that this is going to be a campaign unlike anything that’s been run before,” Abrams told me.
Abrams pointed to her run for governor of Georgia two years...",left
14900,"Stacey Abrams's VP Push Glorified, Rebuked by Opposite Sides of Media","['Democratic Party', 'Stacey Abrams', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Race And Racism', 'Media Bias', 'Polarization', 'Elections']",Media Bias Alert: Stacey Abrams’s Polarized Vice Presidency Push,AllSides,"Who is Stacey Abrams?
The 46-year old Georgia politician, who in 2018 became the country’s first female major-party African-American gubernatorial nominee, is one of the names being discussed prominently as Joe Biden’s potential 2020 running mate. But how you answer that first question may depend largely on your news preferences or political biases.
If you only read left-leaning news media, you may think Abrams is destined for influence in American politics, and symbolic of the new wave of progressive policy and diverse leadership. If you only read right-rated media, you...",center
14901,"Stacey Abrams's VP Push Glorified, Rebuked by Opposite Sides of Media","['Democratic Party', 'Stacey Abrams', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Race And Racism', 'Media Bias', 'Polarization', 'Elections']",Stacey Abrams's embarrassing campaign for the vice presidency,Washington Examiner,"No one has ever wanted to be vice president as much as Stacey Abrams.
The Georgia Democrat, best known for her failed gubernatorial candidacy in 2018, has launched a full-fledged campaign for the vice presidency in recent weeks, telling every news channel that will book her why she thinks she’s cut out for the job. And in doing so, Abrams has proved why she’s not.
Abrams’s media tour began back in February when Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, first mentioned his campaign was looking at Abrams. When asked if...",right
14902,DeVos Announces New Rules for Campus Sexual Assault Investigations,"['Education', 'Colleges', 'Criminal Justice', 'Betsy DeVos', 'Sexual Assault', 'Free Speech', 'Campus Speech', 'First Amendment', 'Civil Rights', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Betsy DeVos unveils rules bolstering rights of accused college rapists,New York Daily News,"Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday unveiled new campus sexual assault rules that bolster the rights of accused rapists and reduce legal liabilities for colleges.
The dramatic shift — including giving accused sex attackers the right to cross-examine their alleged victims — rolls back zero tolerance policies that DeVos claims led to some students being railroaded.
“We can continue to combat sexual misconduct without abandoning our core values of fairness, presumption of innocence and due process,” she said.
Under the new rules, students on both sides must be given equal...",left
14903,DeVos Announces New Rules for Campus Sexual Assault Investigations,"['Education', 'Colleges', 'Criminal Justice', 'Betsy DeVos', 'Sexual Assault', 'Free Speech', 'Campus Speech', 'First Amendment', 'Civil Rights', 'Sexual Misconduct']","DeVos issues rules for sexual misconduct investigations in schools, bolstering protections for the accused",The Hill,"On Wednesday Education Secretary Betsy DeVos issued final rules on how all schools will address allegations of sexual misconduct, securing new protections for students and faculty accused of misconduct.
The new rules modify Title IX, a 1972 law prohibiting “discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance,” narrowing the definition of sexual harassment and requiring schools to challenge evidence and cross-examine students via a live hearing, among other things detailed in the more than 2,000-page rule.
The new regulations, which take effect in...",center
14904,DeVos Announces New Rules for Campus Sexual Assault Investigations,"['Education', 'Colleges', 'Criminal Justice', 'Betsy DeVos', 'Sexual Assault', 'Free Speech', 'Campus Speech', 'First Amendment', 'Civil Rights', 'Sexual Misconduct']","Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Issues New Title IX Rules To Protect Free Speech, Due Process for Accused Students",Reason,"On Wednesday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos formally announced the new rules related to Title IX—the federal statute that governs sexual misconduct in schools—thus completing a process that began more than a year ago, when the government first unveiled its proposed changes.
The new rules aim to protect victims of sexual misconduct while also establishing fairer procedures for the accused. The department believes the new rules will ""balance the scales of justice on campuses across America,"" a Department of Education spokesperson said during today's press briefing.
Justin Dillon, an attorney with...",right
14905,July Dem Debates: Night Two,"['Election: Presidential', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Andrew Yang', 'Kamala Harris', 'Joe Biden', 'Cory Booker', 'Bill De Blasio', 'Kirsten Gillibrand', 'Julian Castro', 'Michael Bennet', 'Jay Inslee', 'Democratic Debate', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",6 things to watch on night two of CNN's Democratic presidential debate in Detroit,CNN (Online News),"Detroit (CNN)The drama on night two of CNN's presidential debate starts at center stage on Wednesday.
In the Democratic debate's first night, the race's two leading progressives, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, commanded the stage, beating back attacks from moderates who were clamoring for attention to boost their low-polling campaigns. The dynamics will shift Wednesday, with former Vice President Joe Biden and California Sen. Kamala Harris at center stage and progressive agitators like New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on...",left
14906,July Dem Debates: Night Two,"['Election: Presidential', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Andrew Yang', 'Kamala Harris', 'Joe Biden', 'Cory Booker', 'Bill De Blasio', 'Kirsten Gillibrand', 'Julian Castro', 'Michael Bennet', 'Jay Inslee', 'Democratic Debate', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Lee Carter: Democratic debate's second night -- After round one's hits, misses and surprises, look for this",Guest Writer - Right,"With 10 candidates on the stage vying for only two and a half hours of air-time it can be hard to decide who is winning and who is losing. There are always some memorable moments, but who is going to move the needle?
While night one in Detroit wasn’t the most exciting debate we have seen so far there were some clear winners and losers.
As an analyst and researcher, there are certain things I look for. Here is a breakdown of the winners and losers on Tuesday night and...",right
14907,July Dem Debates: Night Two,"['Election: Presidential', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Andrew Yang', 'Kamala Harris', 'Joe Biden', 'Cory Booker', 'Bill De Blasio', 'Kirsten Gillibrand', 'Julian Castro', 'Michael Bennet', 'Jay Inslee', 'Democratic Debate', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Democrats take the stage for the second night of debate in Detroit. Here's how to watch and what you should know,USA TODAY,"Ten Democratic candidates took the stage Tuesday in Detroit to battle for primary voters' hearts and minds in the second debate of the 2020 presidential race. Ten more will be out there Wednesday, with the frontrunners trying to hold their places, while those trailing in the polls will do what they can to make a lasting impression and boost their campaigns.
The first night in Detroit largely pitted Democratic moderates like former Rep. John Delaney and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock against progressives like Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth...",left
14908,"Rivers Run Dry as Droughts and Heat Waves Persist in North America, Europe and Asia","['Sustainability', 'Water And Oceans', 'Droughts', 'Heat Waves', 'Climate Change', 'Interior Department', 'Lake Mead', 'Lake Powell', 'World', 'Europe', 'Asia', 'Mexico']",Severe Drought Conditions Resurface Fifth Set Of Human Remains At Lake Mead,The Daily Wire,"More human remains were found Monday at Lake Mead as water levels continue to recede due to severe drought conditions, marking the latest discovery as the fifth set recovered since May.
National Park Service reported Tuesday that rangers responded to a report of the discovery of human skeletal remains in the Swim Beach area of Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Authorities set a perimeter to recover the remains with support from Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s dive team and later contacted the Clark County medical examiner.
The investigation is ongoing.
The announcement comes after...",right
14909,"Rivers Run Dry as Droughts and Heat Waves Persist in North America, Europe and Asia","['Sustainability', 'Water And Oceans', 'Droughts', 'Heat Waves', 'Climate Change', 'Interior Department', 'Lake Mead', 'Lake Powell', 'World', 'Europe', 'Asia', 'Mexico']",Europe’s rivers run dry as scientists warn drought could be worst in 500 years,The Guardian,"In places, the Loire can now be crossed on foot; France’s longest river has never flowed so slowly. The Rhine is fast becoming impassable to barge traffic. In Italy, the Po is 2 metres lower than normal, crippling crops. Serbia is dredging the Danube.
Across Europe, drought is reducing once-mighty rivers to trickles, with potentially dramatic consequences for industry, freight, energy and food production – just as supply shortages and price rises due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine bite.
Driven by climate breakdown, an unusually dry winter and spring followed by record-breaking summer...",left
14910,"Rivers Run Dry as Droughts and Heat Waves Persist in North America, Europe and Asia","['Sustainability', 'Water And Oceans', 'Droughts', 'Heat Waves', 'Climate Change', 'Interior Department', 'Lake Mead', 'Lake Powell', 'World', 'Europe', 'Asia', 'Mexico']",DRIED UP: Texas cattle industry faces existential crisis from historic drought,The Hill,"The megadrought in the Western U.S., the region’s worst in 1,200 years, is threatening America’s cattle heartland: withering pastures, wrecking feed harvests and endangering a quintessential way of life. 
The drought is forcing ranchers here in Texas and across the Southern plains to make an agonizing decision: Sell early now for less money than they planned on — or hold on, pray for rain and risk losing everything. 
“We’ll keep selling cows till it rains,” Texas High Plains rancher Jim Ferguson told Amarillo station KAMR, which collaborated with The Hill...",center
14911,Trump Defends Immigration Deal With Mexico,"['Migration', 'Mexico', 'Trade', 'Immigration']",Trump defends deal with Mexico that critics say will do little to curb migrant crisis,Washington Post,"President Trump and his allies on Sunday declared victory in the tariffs standoff with Mexico after the administration appeared to have secured significant commitments from the Mexican government to stem the flow of Central American migrants at the U.S. border.
The agreement gave Trump fresh ammunition against his critics, who have pointed out that his controversial negotiating tactics have yielded far fewer results than promised on multiple issues during his time in office.
Whether the deal will greatly reduce the number of migrants entering the United States remains to be...",left
14912,Trump Defends Immigration Deal With Mexico,"['Migration', 'Mexico', 'Trade', 'Immigration']",White House Touts Mexico Immigration Deal and Claims More to Come,CBN,"The White House's plan to impose a five percent tax on Mexican goods came to a halt Friday as the administration and Mexican officials reached an agreement to curb illegal immigration.
The president is taking a victory lap over what he sees as successful negotiations and saying more is on the way.
""We have fully signed and documented another very important part of the Immigration and Security Deal with Mexico… it will be revealed in the not too distant future,"" Trump tweeted Monday.
His critics say when it comes...",right
14913,Trump Defends Immigration Deal With Mexico,"['Migration', 'Mexico', 'Trade', 'Immigration']",Trump defends Mexico migration deal and pledges more detail,Reuters,"President Donald Trump defended his administration’s deal with Mexico against criticism that there were no major new commitments to stem a flow of Central American migrants crossing into the United States, and said on Sunday more details would soon be released.
Key aspects of the agreement are still unclear, including whether Mexico has pledged to buy more U.S. agricultural products and if the deal materially expanded a previous commitment by Mexico to more vigorously police its southern border with Guatemala.
Top Democratic senators said many aspects of the deal were...",center
14914,Kavanaugh on Same-Sex Marriage,['Supreme Court'],Senators Demanding Pro-Gay Statements From Kavanaugh Refuse To Take Yes For An Answer,The Federalist,"Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh told senators, ‘The days of discriminating against gay and lesbian Americans or treating [them] as inferior in dignity and worth are over.’",right
14915,Kavanaugh on Same-Sex Marriage,['Supreme Court'],"In Kavanaugh’s non-answer on same-sex marriage, many heard a troubling response",Washington Post,"Since President Trump nominated Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, gay Americans have been among those most concerned about the implications of his confirmation.",left
14916,Kavanaugh on Same-Sex Marriage,['Supreme Court'],LGBTQ advocates fear Kavanaugh’s votes on gay-rights issues,PBS NewsHour,"Gay-rights supporters who thronged the Supreme Court plaza after justices declared same-sex marriage a constitutional right expect to have little to celebrate if Brett Kavanaugh replaces Justice Anthony Kennedy, the author of all the court’s major gay-rights rulings.",center
14917,Russian Navy Carries Out Military Exercise Near Hawaii,"['National Defense', 'Russia', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']",US Scrambled F-22s in Response to Russian Military Maneuvers Near Hawaii,Newsmax (News),"U.S. military scrambled fighter jets in response to the Russian Navy conducting what Moscow officials called its largest exercise in the Pacific Ocean since the end of the Cold War, CBS News reported.
The exercise, which comes just as President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet face-to-face in a much-anticipated summit, was conducted about 300-500 miles west of Hawaii and involved surface ships, anti-submarine aircraft, and long range bombers, according to CBS News.
U.S. defense officials said F-22s did not intercept any Russian aircraft, which did not enter the Air Defense...",right
14918,Russian Navy Carries Out Military Exercise Near Hawaii,"['National Defense', 'Russia', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Russia Conducts Largest Navy Exercise Since Cold War As Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin Meet,Newsweek,"The U.S. scrambled three F-22 stealth fighter jets from Hawaii on Sunday in an unscheduled flight that may have been in response to the presence of a Russian Navy exercise.
The missile-armed F-22 Raptors were launched from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, according to Honolulu's Star Advertiser, as a Russian fleet carried out exercises in what Russian authorities say is the largest naval exercise since the Cold War.
The exercise comes ahead of President Joe Biden's meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The two leaders are scheduled to meet in Geneva on...",center
14919,Russian Navy Carries Out Military Exercise Near Hawaii,"['National Defense', 'Russia', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']","Ahead of Biden-Putin summit, Russia conducts what it calls its largest naval exercise in the Pacific since Cold War",CBS News (Online),"The Russian Navy is conducting what Russian officials call its largest exercise in the Pacific Ocean since the end of the Cold War. The exercise, about 300-500 miles west of Hawaii, comes just ahead of the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden, their first since Mr. Biden took office in January. 
The exercise includes surface ships, anti-submarine aircraft and long range bombers. 
U.S. defense officials said that on Sunday, the U.S. scrambled F-22s from Hawaii in response to the bomber flights, but the bombers did not...",left
14920,Nine U.S. Citizens Killed In Mexico,"['World', 'Faith', 'Mormons', 'Mexico', 'Violence', 'Drug Cartels', 'Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador', 'Military', 'Donald Trump', 'Terrorism']",Trump Calls for 'WAR' After 9 US Women and Children Killed in Cartel Attack in North Mexico,CBN,"MEXICO CITY (AP) - At least three women and six children, all apparently U.S. citizens, were slaughtered by drug cartel gunmen in northern Mexico, officials said Tuesday. Six children were found alive, one child had a bullet wound and one child was still missing.
Mexican Security Secretary Alfonso Durazo said the gunmen may have mistaken the group's large SUVs for rival gangs. He said at least five children have been taken to Phoenix, Arizona for treatment.
The slaughter of U.S. citizens on Mexican soil quickly became an international issue, with...",right
14921,Nine U.S. Citizens Killed In Mexico,"['World', 'Faith', 'Mormons', 'Mexico', 'Violence', 'Drug Cartels', 'Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador', 'Military', 'Donald Trump', 'Terrorism']","Nine US citizens, including children, killed in Mexico attack on Mormons",BBC News,"The victims are members of the LeBaron family, linked to a breakaway Mormon community that settled in Mexico several decades ago.
The victims were travelling in a convoy of vehicles.
The security minister said the group could have been targeted accidentally as a result of mistaken identity.",center
14922,Nine U.S. Citizens Killed In Mexico,"['World', 'Faith', 'Mormons', 'Mexico', 'Violence', 'Drug Cartels', 'Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador', 'Military', 'Donald Trump', 'Terrorism']",At Least Nine Members of Mormon Family Killed in Apparent Drug Cartel Ambush in Northern Mexico,Slate,"Nine members of a Mormon community of dual U.S.-Mexican citizens were killed in northern Mexico Monday in what appears to be a vicious drug cartel attack. Mexico’s minister for public security confirmed Tuesday that three women and six children were killed in broad daylight as they drove on a highway in the border state of Sonora, an area contested by organized crime groups. One vehicle reportedly stopped because of a flat tire, and assailants attacked the stranded car, killing the driver and four children, including 6-month-old twins. The attackers then...",left
14923,Gun Control Debate Continues,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Just a show? NRA says Biden group set on gun control despite latest meetings,Fox News (Online News),"Vice President Biden was wrapping up a week of meetings Friday as he prepares to finalize his plan to curb gun violence -- but the National Rifle Association claims the meetings are just a show, while the administration presses ahead with new gun-control measures.",right
14924,Gun Control Debate Continues,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Biden vows recommendations by Tuesday on curbing gun violence,CNN (Online News),"A federal task force looking for ways to curb gun violence will have a set of recommendations by Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden announced Thursday.",left
14925,Gun Control Debate Continues,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],White House may consider funding for police in schools after Newtown,Washington Post,"The Obama administration is considering funding many more police officers in public schools to secure campuses, a leading Democratic senator said, part of a broad gun violence agenda that is likely to include a ban on high-capacity ammunition clips and universal background checks.",left
14926,Giuliani Race Comments,['Civil Rights'],Rudy Giuliani's fall from America's Mayor,CNN (Online News),"Rudy wouldn't be Rudy if he backed down.
But by amplifying his charge that President Barack Obama doesn't love America, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani appears ready to risk sullying the powerful mythology that grew around his leadership when he steadied and steeled the nation in the terrible, confusing time after 9/11.
Since those fleeting days when he was a unifying figure, Giuliani has more often dealt in waspish rhetoric and savage mockery -- especially of a president he says has ""failed.""
""America's Mayor"" has gone rogue, lashing out...",left
14927,Giuliani Race Comments,['Civil Rights'],White House spokesman feels ‘sorry’ for Giuliani,Washington Times,"President Obama’s spokesman said Friday he feels “sorry” for former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, after Mr. Giuliani accused the president this week of not loving America.
“It’s sad to see when somebody who’s attained a certain level of public stature — and even admiration — tarnishes that legacy so thoroughly,” said White House press secretary Josh Earnest. “The truth is, I don’t take any joy or vindication or satisfaction from that. I feel sorry for Rudy Giuliani.”",right
14928,Giuliani Race Comments,['Civil Rights'],Giuliani’s Comments Part of a Complicated History on Race,New York Times (News),"For those who first dialed into Rudolph W. Giuliani during his “America’s mayor” phase, right after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks — when he wowed the world with his civic leadership, soaring oratory and unifying largess — the former New York mayor’s racially charged comments about President Obama might seem puzzling.
But Mr. Giuliani’s road to and through City Hall was punctuated with racial controversy.
From his 1993 campaign challenging David N. Dinkins, the city’s first African-American mayor, during which Mr. Giuliani stood with rowdy protesting police officers —...",left
14929,Trump and Three Eldest Children Named in $250 Million New York Civil Suit,"['Donald Trump', 'Lawsuits', 'Real Estate', 'New York Attorney General', 'Ivanka Trump', 'Eric Trump', 'Donald Trump Jr.']",Trump Won't Go to Jail in Letitia James' Newest Legal Battle,Newsweek,"A new $250 million civil fraud lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James against former President Donald Trump and three of his adult children will not lead to jail time.
The 214-page lawsuit seeks the repayment of the money from alleged fraudulent practices and to remove all of the Trumps—including children Donald Jr., Eric and Ivanka—from their current roles at the Trump Organization. It would also ban them from future leadership roles in New York.
James is also seeking to permanently bar the four Trumps from serving as...",center
14930,Trump and Three Eldest Children Named in $250 Million New York Civil Suit,"['Donald Trump', 'Lawsuits', 'Real Estate', 'New York Attorney General', 'Ivanka Trump', 'Eric Trump', 'Donald Trump Jr.']","New York Attorney General Sues Trump for Fraud, Seeks $250 Million in Restitution",Reason,"On Wednesday, New York State Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, announced that her office would be filing a civil lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, his three eldest children, and the Trump Organization, after a wide-ranging three-year investigation.
In a filing that she said comprises 23 ""assets,"" including various New York real estate properties, James claims that the Trump family ""violated several state criminal laws, including falsifying business records, issuing false financial statements, insurance fraud, and engaging in a conspiracy to commit each of these state law violations."" She...",right
14931,Trump and Three Eldest Children Named in $250 Million New York Civil Suit,"['Donald Trump', 'Lawsuits', 'Real Estate', 'New York Attorney General', 'Ivanka Trump', 'Eric Trump', 'Donald Trump Jr.']",New York attorney general lawsuit accuses Trump of ‘staggering’ fraud,The Guardian,"The attorney general of New York state has filed a civil fraud lawsuit against Donald Trump and three of his children involved in the family real-estate business, for falsely inflating his net worth by billions in order to enrich himself and secure favorable loans.
Announcing the suit in New York on Wednesday, Letitia James also said referrals had been made to federal prosecutors and the Internal Revenue Service – a move sure to anger the former US president and increase consternation among his inner circle about the depth of his...",left
14932,Jeb’s Future in Limbo,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The End Is Nigh for Poor Jeb Bush,Vanity Fair,"When all is said and done in the 2016 election, historians may well look back at South Carolina as a make-or-break moment for Jeb Bush, a once jaunty technocrat laid low by reality-television star Donald Trump and betrayed by his android protégé Marco Rubio. As Saturday’s primary looms, insiders say his hopes of staying in the race will hinge on him coming in no less than third",left
14933,Jeb’s Future in Limbo,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",South Carolina primary brings high stakes for Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush,Fox News Latino,"Just weeks ago, it did not seem that Marco Rubio needed to lose any sleep over Jeb Bush.
After all, Rubio was seen as the darling presidential candidate of the GOP establishment because of a string of impressive debate performances and a strong Iowa caucus showing.
But aft",right
14934,Jeb’s Future in Limbo,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",GOP elders want poorly performing candidates to quit,Politico,"The South Carolina primary is poised to dramatically alter the Republican nomination contest, winnowing and clarifying the largest and most rambunctious GOP field in decades.
Many in the party’s upper echelons have grown impatient with their splintered field of center-right, mainst",left
14935,"Official US Coronavirus Death Toll Now Over 100,000","['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']","U.S. coronavirus deaths top 100,000 as country reopens",Reuters,"The novel coronavirus has killed more than 100,000 people in the United States, according to a Reuters tally on Wednesday, even as the slowdown in deaths encouraged businesses to reopen and Americans to emerge from more than two months of lockdowns.
About 1,400 Americans have died on average each day in May, down from a peak of 2,000 in April, according to the tally of state and county data on COVID-19 deaths.
In about three months, more Americans have died from COVID-19 than during the Korean War, Vietnam War and...",center
14936,"Official US Coronavirus Death Toll Now Over 100,000","['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']",Nursing Homes Account for 42 Percent of America's COVID-19 Fatalities,Reason,"Almost exactly three months ago, the first major outbreak of COVID-19 within the United States occurred at a nursing home in Washington state.
Now, after more than 100,000 Americans have died from the disease that has swept across the country and wrecked wide swaths of the economy, it appears that nursing homes are still the most vulnerable places—by a wide margin.
In at least 22 states, more than half the reported COVID-19 fatalities have occurred in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, according to state-reported data aggregated by researchers...",right
14937,"Official US Coronavirus Death Toll Now Over 100,000","['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']","Trump, downplaying deaths, once claimed US would never see 100,000 milestone",ABC News (Online),"In just under four months, more than 100,000 Americans are now reported to have died from the novel coronavirus, a grim milestone President Donald Trump once suggested the country would never see.
Roughly a month ago, Trump, at a White House task force briefing, said, ""It looks like we'll be at about a 60,000 mark, which is 40,000 less than the lowest number thought of.""
A few days later, on April 24, he again sought to highlight a lesser number: ""Minimal numbers were going to be 100,000 people. And we're...",left
14938,Biden Administration Cancels Million-Acre Oil and Gas Lease Sales,"['Energy', 'Oil', 'Gas', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Clean Energy', 'Sustainability']",Biden administration cancels Alaska oil and gas lease sale,CBS News (Online),"The Biden administration has canceled one of the most high-profile oil and gas lease opportunities pending before the Interior Department. The decision, which halts the potential to drill for oil in over 1 million acres in the Cook Inlet in Alaska, comes at a challenging political moment, when gas prices are hitting painful new highs.
In a statement shared first with CBS News, the Department of the Interior cited a ""lack of industry interest in leasing in the area"" for the decision to ""not move forward"" with the Cook Inlet...",left
14939,Biden Administration Cancels Million-Acre Oil and Gas Lease Sales,"['Energy', 'Oil', 'Gas', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Clean Energy', 'Sustainability']","Biden administration cancels oil and gas lease sales in Alaska, Gulf of Mexico",The Hill,"The Interior Department will not move forward with planned oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Cook Inlet, it announced Wednesday night. 
A spokesperson for the department confirmed the Cook Inlet lease sale would not proceed due to insufficient industry interest. Meanwhile, the planned sale of two leases, lease 259 and lease 261, in the Gulf of Mexico will not proceed due to contradictory court rulings on the leases, the spokesperson confirmed. 
Shortly after taking office, President Biden signed an executive order freezing all new oil and...",center
14940,Biden Administration Cancels Million-Acre Oil and Gas Lease Sales,"['Energy', 'Oil', 'Gas', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Clean Energy', 'Sustainability']",Biden admin cancels massive oil and gas lease sale amid record-high gas prices,Fox Business,"The Biden administration canceled one of the most high-profile oil and gas lease sales pending before the Department of the Interior Wednesday, as Americans face record-high prices at the pump, according to AAA.
The DOI halted the potential to drill for oil in over 1 million acres in Alaska's Cook Inlet, along with two lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico. The move comes as Biden has taken a few actions to combat high gas prices, despite his administration's generally hostile approach to the oil industry.
""Due to lack of industry interest...",right
14941,Second Woman Accuses Kavanaugh of Sexual Misconduct,['Supreme Court'],"Second Accuser Targets Kavanaugh, No Eyewitnesses, 'Best Friend' Never Heard About It",CBN,"With the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh hanging in the balance due to a sexual assault allegation, a second accuser has come out with allegations against the president's nominee.",right
14942,Second Woman Accuses Kavanaugh of Sexual Misconduct,['Supreme Court'],The Kavanaugh nomination just got even more complicated,CNN (Online News),Democrats are demanding an immediate halt to Brett Kavanaugh's nomination process after his increasingly troubled hopes of reaching the Supreme Court were hit by a new allegation of sexual misconduct as a young man.,left
14943,Second Woman Accuses Kavanaugh of Sexual Misconduct,['Supreme Court'],"What we know about Deborah Ramirez, the second woman to accuse Kavanaugh of sexual assault",USA TODAY,"A second woman came forward Sunday to accuse Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of a decades-old sexual assault, the same day his first accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, committed to testifying about her own allegations before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.",left
14944,Paul Manafort Resigns,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Two Days After Major Trump Campaign Shakeup, Manafort Resigns",The Blaze,"Two days after shaking up his campaign staff, Republican nominee Donald Trump accepted former campaign manager Paul Manafort’s resignation.",right
14945,Paul Manafort Resigns,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort resigns,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump's campaign chairman Paul Manafort has resigned from his position on the campaign, the Republican presidential nominee said in a statement Friday.",left
14946,Paul Manafort Resigns,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Paul Manafort resigns as chairman of Donald Trump campaign,The Guardian,Republican nominee wishes Manafort ‘success’ after resignation that comes days after Trump brought in Breitbart’s Steve Bannon as new campaign leadership,left
14947,Lawmakers Disagree on Stimulus Changes; Vote Slated for Monday,"['Coronavirus', 'Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'US Congress', 'Donald Trump']",Lawmakers block Trump's requested changes on coronavirus bill,Reuters,"Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday blocked attempts to alter a $2.3 trillion coronavirus aid and government spending package, leaving its status in doubt after President Donald Trump demanded extensive changes to the legislation.
Democrats sought to increase direct payments to Americans included in the bill from $600 to $2,000 per person as part of a coronavirus economic relief initiative, acting on one of Trump’s requests. Trump’s fellow Republicans, who oppose the higher amount, blocked that effort.
Republicans then moved to change the amount of...",center
14948,Lawmakers Disagree on Stimulus Changes; Vote Slated for Monday,"['Coronavirus', 'Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'US Congress', 'Donald Trump']","House GOP, Dems stymie requests to reconsider stimulus, spending package after Trump grievances",Fox News (Online News),"House Republicans and Democrats Thursday blocked each others' ""unanimous consent"" requests put forward after President Trump aired grievances Tuesday night to the massive coronavirus stimulus and government funding package lawmakers sent to his desk.
Democrats' request aimed at sending $2,000 relief checks to Americans was put forward by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md. He said the Democrats' request was ""consistent"" with Trump's request.
Republicans' request on revisiting foreign aid, the other element of Trump's twofold objections to the stimulus and spending legislation, was put forward by Rep. Rob Wittman,...",right
14949,Lawmakers Disagree on Stimulus Changes; Vote Slated for Monday,"['Coronavirus', 'Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'US Congress', 'Donald Trump']","House Republicans Block $2,000 Coronavirus Stimulus Checks, Defying Trump",HuffPost,"House Republicans defied President Donald Trump’s wishes on Christmas Eve, blocking the passage of a proposal to include $2,000 stimulus checks — something the president demanded in an angry video posted to Twitter on Tuesday night while threatening to upend months of negotiations over government funding and coronavirus relief.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) dared Republicans to object to Trump’s call for bigger direct payments, something Democrats have been arguing in favor of for months, by putting up a clean bill for $2,000 stimulus checks on the House floor, while...",left
14950,Analysis of Trump’s Speech to the UN,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",OPINION: The most surprising thing about Trump’s U.N. speech,David Ignatius,"When you discount the rhetorical overkill, the most surprising thing about President Trump’s address to the United Nations on Tuesday was how conventional it was. He supported human rights and democracy; he opposed rogue regimes; he espoused a global community of strong, sovereign nations. Pretty shocking stuff.",center
14951,Analysis of Trump’s Speech to the UN,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","OPINION: At U.N., Trump calls for a 'great reawakening of nations' to confront evil",USA TODAY,"He called North Korea's Kim Jong Un ""Rocket Man,"" Iran's rulers a ""murderous regime,"" and Venezuela ""corrupt.""",left
14952,Analysis of Trump’s Speech to the UN,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",OPINION: The two sides of Trump's UN speech -- pro-UN and America First,Fox News (Online News),"President Donald Trump spoke his version of truth-to-power -- or powers, all 193 member nations of the United Nations.",right
14953,Would a Wealth Tax Curb Income Inequality?,"['Elizabeth Warren', 'Wealth Tax', 'Income Tax', 'One Percent', 'Taxes']",Would a significant increase in the top income tax rate substantially alter income inequality?,Brookings Institution,The high level of income inequality in the United States is at the forefront of policy attention. This paper focuses on one potential policy response: an increase in the top personal income tax rate. We conduct a simulation analysis using the Tax Policy Center (TPC) microsimulation model to determine how much of a reduction in income inequality would be achieved from increasing the top individual tax rate to as much as 50 percent. We calculate the resulting change in income inequality assuming an explicit redistribution of all new revenue to...,center
14954,Would a Wealth Tax Curb Income Inequality?,"['Elizabeth Warren', 'Wealth Tax', 'Income Tax', 'One Percent', 'Taxes']",I'm a billionaire with a better idea than a wealth tax. We can use our money to create jobs,USA TODAY,"Legendary multi-billionaire businessman Eli Broad wrote a heartfelt New York Times opinion column this month urging a broad wealth tax to improve income inequality. Worthy goal. The column's subhead says, “Wealthy people like me should commit to reducing the ravages of economic inequality.” Most wealth lists say I’m only worth about half what Broad is, but I have an idea for him that is twice as good, faster and more direct than any wealth tax.
We all want people to do better — or should. Helping is surely good; but...",left
14955,Would a Wealth Tax Curb Income Inequality?,"['Elizabeth Warren', 'Wealth Tax', 'Income Tax', 'One Percent', 'Taxes']","Opinion | I’m in the 1 Percent. Please, Raise My Taxes.",New York Times (Opinion),"There’s a story we like to tell about American capitalism. Ours is a country that prizes merit, rewards risk and stands apart in its commitment to the collective success of open markets and the free flow of capital. We are a nation of strivers who can pull ourselves up by our bootstraps with the right combination of grit and determination.
That’s the tale we love to tell and hear. But take it from a person who has found himself on the fortunate side of that narrative: This story is incomplete....",left
14956,Senate Democrats may curb filibuster rules,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate Democrats Poised to Block Filibusters of Presidential Picks,New York Times (News),A vote on what is known on Capitol Hill as the nuclear option would further erode what little bipartisanship exists in the Senate.,left
14957,Senate Democrats may curb filibuster rules,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate nears possible vote on curbing filibusters,Fox News (Online News),"The Senate is nearing a potential showdown on curbing the power that the Republican minority has to block President Barack Obamas nominations, as Democrats edge toward muscling a rewrite of filibuster rules through the chamber.",right
14958,Senate Democrats may curb filibuster rules,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Harry Reid may go 'nuclear' Thursday,Politico,Senate Republicans' ability to filibuster President Barack Obama's nominees could soon be history.,left
14959,One Year Into Russia Probe,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Mueller investigation enters Year Two: What comes next — and how it could end,Washington Post,"Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to influence the 2016 election turns a year old on Thursday. In 365 days, Mueller's team has charged 19 people, as well as three companies, and secured five guilty pleas. He is showing no signs of slowing down.",left
14960,One Year Into Russia Probe,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Trump Rails Against Media, Mueller On One-Year Anniversary Of Special Counsel",The Daily Caller,"President Donald Trump railed against special counsel Robert Mueller and the media Thursday morning, the one-year anniversary of his appointment.",right
14961,One Year Into Russia Probe,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Donald Trump and lawyers blast Robert Mueller at Russia investigation one-year anniversary,USA TODAY,"Russia Special Counsel Robert Mueller marks one year on the job Thursday, but no one at the White House is celebrating — especially President Trump.",left
14962,Controversy After Ben Shapiro Guest Writes a Newsletter for Politico,"['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Ben Shapiro', 'Politico', 'Polarization']",Ben Shapiro stirs controversy by guest writing Politico newsletter,The Hill,"Conservative media figure Ben Shapiro drew controversy on Thursday after he guest wrote Politico’s Playbook newsletter.
The controversy came after Shapiro used the newsletter to defend the House Republicans who opposed impeaching President Trump over his role in inciting last week’s deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol.
The House voted 232 to 197 to impeach Trump for a second time on Wednesday, with 10 Republicans siding with Democrats.
Shapiro wrote that that GOP opposition to impeachment comes from a “deep and abiding conservative belief that members of the opposing political...",center
14963,Controversy After Ben Shapiro Guest Writes a Newsletter for Politico,"['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Ben Shapiro', 'Politico', 'Polarization']",Politico Newsroom In Uproar Over Ben Shapiro’s Guest Playbook Column,HuffPost,"Politico faced an internal uproar on Thursday after its decision to let right-wing podcast host Ben Shapiro write a guest column in its widely read Politico Playbook newsletter, with staff asking editors why a pundit with “a long history of bigoted and incendiary commentary” would be given such a massive platform.
Shapiro, who rose to prominence as an editor at far-right media outlet Breitbart before founding right-wing aggregation site The Daily Wire and becoming a YouTube and talk radio personality, routinely courts online outrage through bigoted rhetoric. After supporters...",left
14964,Controversy After Ben Shapiro Guest Writes a Newsletter for Politico,"['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Ben Shapiro', 'Politico', 'Polarization']",Daily Wire Sending Gifts to the Whole Staff at Politico After Backlash to Ben Shapiro Guest Writing,Townhall,"The Daily Wire will be sending 225 of their ""Leftist Tears"" tumblers to Politico for their staff following much outrage at the news outlet after Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro guest wrote Thursday's edition of Playbook, their daily newsletter.
""I know that a single conservative opinion was enough to make 225 journalists at Politico very sad. We just want to make sure they don’t get their desks wet,"" Daily Wire co-CEO Jeremy Boreing told Townhall.
The Daily Beast reported there was internal pushback at Politico after the newsletter went out. One staffer...",right
14965,Interpreting the Rise in COVID-19 Hospitalizations,"['Coronavirus', 'Hospitalizations', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Omicron Variant']",Covid hospitalizations among US children soar as schools under pressure,The Guardian,"Covid-19 hospitalizations among children in the US are soaring, fueled by the Omicron variant and the holidays, and adding pressure to already-strained health systems and schools.
An average of 672 children were being hospitalized every day in the US, as of 2 January - more than double the average just a week before. And the rate is rapidly increasing.
Cases are also rising. There were more than 325,000 new cases among kids in the week ending 23 December, a 64% increase from the previous week and nearly double the cases two weeks earlier, the...",left
14966,Interpreting the Rise in COVID-19 Hospitalizations,"['Coronavirus', 'Hospitalizations', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Omicron Variant']",US hospitals seeing different kind of COVID surge this time,Associated Press,"Hospitals across the U.S. are feeling the wrath of the omicron variant and getting thrown into disarray that is different from earlier COVID-19 surges.
This time, they are dealing with serious staff shortages because so many health care workers are getting sick with the fast-spreading variant. People are showing up at emergency rooms in large numbers in hopes of getting tested for COVID-19, putting more strain on the system. And a surprising share of patients — two-thirds in some places — are testing positive while in the hospital for other reasons.
At the same...",left
14967,Interpreting the Rise in COVID-19 Hospitalizations,"['Coronavirus', 'Hospitalizations', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Omicron Variant']",Fauci: Hospitals Are ‘Overcounting’ COVID-19 Cases in Children,The Epoch Times,"White House COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci said that hospitals are now overcounting COVID-19 cases in children because they are automatically tested when they are admitted, echoing a narrative that has been repeated by some skeptics for months.
While several news outlets reported that hospitalizations among children with COVID-19 have increased in recent days, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said in a separate interview that most children are not being hospitalized because of the virus. They are instead being hospitalized with separate health issues and are incidentally testing positive, she said....",right
14968,Cards Against Humanity Sets Plan to Delay Border Wall,['Immigration'],Cards Against Humanity Is Trying To Sabotage Trump’s Border Wall Construction,The Daily Caller,"A company behind a popular card game is trying to sabotage President Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border by purchasing up portions of land in that long horizontal area, and offering potential customers a cut.",right
14969,Cards Against Humanity Sets Plan to Delay Border Wall,['Immigration'],"In its sickest Trump burn yet, Cards Against Humanity buys land blocking his border wall",Salon,Can Cards Against Humanity “save America”? Why not?,left
14970,Cards Against Humanity Sets Plan to Delay Border Wall,['Immigration'],"Cards Against Humanity raises $2.25 million to fight Trump's border wall, promote card game",Chicago Tribune,"If President Donald Trump wants to build his border wall, he’ll first have to beat the serial pranksters behind the “Cards Against Humanity” card game.",center
14971,"Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh's Opinions, Qualifications",['Supreme Court'],How Brett Kavanaugh Would Transform the Supreme Court,New York Times (News),"Most Supreme Court appointments are in a way inconsequential. A conservative replaces a conservative, a liberal replaces a liberal, and the court’s basic direction is unchanged. That is not the case with the nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, whose Senate confirmation hearings will begin on Tuesday. Judge Kavanaugh is considerably more conservative than the justice he would replace, Anthony M. Kennedy.",left
14972,"Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh's Opinions, Qualifications",['Supreme Court'],Brett Kavanaugh’s Record Shows Push to Restrain the Regulatory State,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Senate next week will begin grilling President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, on his legal philosophy. A look at his writings reveals what senators will likely find: a consistent push to restrain the regulatory state. That was clear in a Senate questionnaire item asking him to list his most significant opinions as a federal judge. Judge Kavanaugh, who sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, chose a 2008 dissent in which he suggested the high court erred in its unanimous 1935 decision...",center
14973,"Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh's Opinions, Qualifications",['Supreme Court'],American Bar Association Gives Kavanaugh Unanimous ‘Well-Qualified’ Rating,National Review,"The American Bar Association on Friday awarded Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh its highest rating, giving the judge a unanimous “well-qualified” score. “The rating of ‘Well Qualified’ is reserved for those found to merit the Committee’s strongest affirmative endorsement,” the ABA states in its description of the ranking process.
Kavanaugh, President Trump’s pick to replace retiring justice Anthony Kennedy, will launch into what is expected to be a contentious four-day confirmation process before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Senate Democrats have threatened to tank his nomination, and have requested...",right
14974,Solutions to Europe Refugee Crisis,"['Europe', 'World']",OPINION: The Past and Future of the Refugee Crisis,Thomas Sowell,"The refugee crisis in Europe is one of those human tragedies for which there are no real solutions, despite how many shrill voices in the media may denounce those who fail to come up with a solution.",right
14975,Solutions to Europe Refugee Crisis,"['Europe', 'World']",Refugee Crisis: Innovative Ways Germans Are Welcoming Them,ABC News (Online),"Nearly 20,000 refugees arrived in Munich over the weekend, according to Bavarian authorities. And while there has been sporadic anti-migrant protests across Germany recently, many locals are finding original and heartwarming ways to welcome refugees.",left
14976,Solutions to Europe Refugee Crisis,"['Europe', 'World']",U.S. Weighs Offering More Help As Migrants Arrive In Europe,NPR (Online News),"With thousands of Syrian refugees and other migrants finally reaching havens in Germany and other European countries – and thousands more arriving daily – the Obama administration says it's ""actively considering"" ways to help, including allowing more refugees into the U.S.",left
14977,Secret Service Siezes $286 Million in Stolen COVID Relief Funds,"['Criminal Justice', 'COVID-19', 'Secret Service', 'Fraud', 'PPP']",US Secret Service seizes $286 million in fraudulently obtained Covid relief funds,CNN (Online News),"US Secret Service investigators have seized $286 million in illegally obtained coronavirus pandemic relief funds, the agency announced Friday.
An investigation run by the service's Orlando, Florida, field office determined conspirators fraudulently submitted small business pandemic relief loan applications ""using fabricated or stolen employment and personal information,"" the agency said. The US Secret Service said criminals used a third-party payment system and over 15,000 accounts to conceal and move illegal funds.
The US Secret Service has ramped up efforts to target criminals who unlawfully obtained pandemic relief funds two years...",left
14978,Secret Service Siezes $286 Million in Stolen COVID Relief Funds,"['Criminal Justice', 'COVID-19', 'Secret Service', 'Fraud', 'PPP']",Secret Service recovers $286 million of stolen COVID relief from scammers,Axios,"The U.S. Secret Service has returned $286 million in stolen COVID-19 relief funds to the Small Business Administration, the agency said Friday.
Driving the news: The funds, originally a form of aid to businesses struggling during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, were obtained by scammers using fake identities and dummy accounts, the agency said.
Details: The conspirators used fake IDs to apply for the COVID-19 relief funds and created more than 15,000 accounts using Green Dot Bank ""to conceal and move their criminal proceeds"" with debit cards, the...",center
14979,Secret Service Siezes $286 Million in Stolen COVID Relief Funds,"['Criminal Justice', 'COVID-19', 'Secret Service', 'Fraud', 'PPP']","US Secret Service identifies 15,000 fraudulent bank accounts and seizes $286 million in stolen COVID relief loans",The Blaze,"The U.S. Secret Service seized approximately $286 million in stolen Economic Injury Disaster Loans, the organization announced today. The fraudulently obtained funds were returned to the Small Business Administration.
The Secret Service identified 15,000 accounts used to apply for COVID relief loans using stolen employment and personal information.
Green Dot Bank, a third-party payment system, was utilized by criminals to move funds to avoid detection. The Orlando, Florida, Secret Service Field Office initiated the investigation and worked with GDB to identify the accounts and stolen money.
Lead investigator for the...",right
14980,Senior Official in Trump Admin Pens Anonymous Op-Ed in NYTimes: 'I Am Part of the Resistance',"['White House', 'Politics']",I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration,New York Times (News),I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.,left
14981,Senior Official in Trump Admin Pens Anonymous Op-Ed in NYTimes: 'I Am Part of the Resistance',"['White House', 'Politics']",Senior administration official blasts Trump in anonymous NYT op-ed,The Hill,"A person identified as a senior administration official blasted President Trump in an anonymous op-ed published by The New York Times on Wednesday, saying they were working to “thwart” President Trump’s “worst inclinations.”",center
14982,Senior Official in Trump Admin Pens Anonymous Op-Ed in NYTimes: 'I Am Part of the Resistance',"['White House', 'Politics']",Anonymous Official in NYT Op-Ed: I’m Working to Control Trump’s ‘Worst Inclinations’,National Review,"In an unsigned op-ed published in the New York Times Wednesday, a high-ranking administration official described working with other members of the so-called “steady state” to rein in the president’s “worst inclinations.”",right
14983,Air Tragedy in the Alps,"['Transportation', 'General News']","Germanwings Plane Crashes In South France, 150 Feared Dead",HuffPost,"A plane carrying at least 150 people crashed in southern France on Tuesday en route from Barcelona to Düsseldorf, the French civil aviation authority said.",left
14984,Air Tragedy in the Alps,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Mountainous Terrain makes access to the crash site difficult,CNN (Online News),"A Germanwings Airbus A320 plane crashed Tuesday in the foothills of the Alps in southeastern France, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told reporters.",left
14985,Air Tragedy in the Alps,"['Transportation', 'General News']",No survivors expected after plane carrying 150 crashes in French Alps,Fox News (Online News),"No survivors are expected among the 150 people aboard a passenger plane that went down in the French Alps Tuesday morning, said the French president, who called the crash ""a tragedy that has occurred on our land.""",right
14986,Biden Releases $1.52 Trillion 2022 Federal Budget Proposal,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Federal Budget', 'US Military', 'State Department', 'IRS', 'Sustainability', 'Climate Change', 'Immigration', 'Politics']",Biden’s $1.5T 2022 budget includes 16 percent domestic spending boost,Politico,"President Joe Biden’s first budget calls for massive boosts to low-income schools, public health programs and fighting climate change, plus a slight Pentagon funding bump that is unlikely to fly with many in Congress.
The request unveiled by the White House on Friday asks Congress to provide non-defense programs with a total of $769 billion for the upcoming fiscal year, in addition to $753 billion for national defense programs, including cash for overseas activities.
That amounts to a 16 percent increase over current funding levels for domestic programs — bringing...",left
14987,Biden Releases $1.52 Trillion 2022 Federal Budget Proposal,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Federal Budget', 'US Military', 'State Department', 'IRS', 'Sustainability', 'Climate Change', 'Immigration', 'Politics']",Biden's budget meets criticism from right and left on Pentagon spending,Reuters,"U.S. President Joe Biden asked Congress to sharply hike spending on climate change, cancer and underperforming schools, but his first budget wishlist on Friday drew howls of bipartisan concern over military spending.
The $1.5 trillion budget, reflecting an 8% increase in base funding from this year, marks a sharp contrast with the goals of Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump.
It would spread billions of dollars more across areas ranging from public transit, poor schools, toxic site clean-ups, foreign aid and background checks on gun sales, but spend nothing on border walls....",center
14988,Biden Releases $1.52 Trillion 2022 Federal Budget Proposal,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Federal Budget', 'US Military', 'State Department', 'IRS', 'Sustainability', 'Climate Change', 'Immigration', 'Politics']",Republicans charge Biden budget leaves US military 'neglected',Fox News (Online News),"Republicans on Friday blasted President Biden's request for $753 billion for next fiscal year’s defense budget, saying it's not enough to counter China's military modernization plans.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., along with other top Senate Republicans, accused the president of prioritizing a ""liberal wish list"" while ""funding for America’s military is neglected.""
While Biden’s budget is a slight increase from the $704 billion allotted for defense spending in fiscal year 2021, it actually equates to a decrease in spending by about half a percent after inflation, first...",right
14989,"Arizona Vote Audit Raises Civil Rights Concerns, Partisan Tensions","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Arizona', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Justice Department', 'Local Government', 'State Governments']","Justice Department: Arizona Senate Audit, Recount May Violate Federal Law",NPR (Online News),"The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday expressed concerns that a controversial audit and recount of the November election in Arizona's Maricopa County may be out of compliance with federal laws.
Pamela Karlan, the principal deputy assistant attorney general with the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, wrote in a letter that federal officials see two issues with the election review ordered by the Republican-led state Senate.
One issue is that ballots, voting systems and other election materials are no longer in the custody of election officials — a possible violation...",left
14990,"Arizona Vote Audit Raises Civil Rights Concerns, Partisan Tensions","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Arizona', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Justice Department', 'Local Government', 'State Governments']","Arizona Review of 2020 Vote Is Riddled With Flaws, Says Secretary of State",New York Times (News),"Untrained citizens are trying to find traces of bamboo on last year’s ballots, seemingly trying to prove a conspiracy theory that the election was tainted by fake votes from Asia. Thousands of ballots are left unattended and unsecured. People with open partisan bias, including a man who was photographed on the Capitol steps during the Jan. 6 riot, are doing the recounting.
All of these issues with the Republican-backed re-examination of the November election results from Arizona’s most populous county were laid out this week by Katie Hobbs, Arizona’s Democratic...",left
14991,"Arizona Vote Audit Raises Civil Rights Concerns, Partisan Tensions","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Arizona', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Justice Department', 'Local Government', 'State Governments']",Maricopa County Officials Refusing to Turn Over Routers to Auditors,Newsmax (News),"Officials in Maricopa County, Arizona, are refusing to comply with subpoenas from the state Senate that require them to turn over routers or router images to auditors reviewing the November 2020 election, saying that surrendering the items will cause a ""significant security risk"" to local law enforcement.
""We had previously believed that the risk would be eliminated by redacting the law enforcement data on the routers and not producing it. But we were informed that redaction did not eliminate the risk,"" Deputy County Attorney Joseph LaRue said in a...",right
14992,Whistleblower Complaint Declassified,"['Whistle Blower', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Ukraine', 'White House', 'Politics']",Democrats call whistleblower complaint ‘deeply disturbing’,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats who reviewed a secret whistleblower complaint involving President Donald Trump Wednesday called it “deeply disturbing” and said it gives them new leads to pursue as they consider impeachment.
The complaint from an intelligence community whistleblower, the document at the center of a firestorm about Trump’s handling of Ukraine, was made available to members of House and Senate intelligence committees Wednesday after weeks of delay. Lawmakers were allowed to see the complaint the evening before acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire was set to testify to...",left
14993,Whistleblower Complaint Declassified,"['Whistle Blower', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Ukraine', 'White House', 'Politics']",Read the full text of the whistleblower complaint,NBC News (Online),"The House Intelligence Committee on Thursday released the declassified whistleblower complaint at the center of a standoff between the White House and Congress that led to a formal impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.
The complaint, which the administration initially withheld from Congress, was declassified with minimal redactions, and relates to Trump's July phone call with the president of Ukraine in which he asked his foreign counterpart to look into why that country's top prosecutor apparently had ended an investigation of the business dealings of Joe Biden’s son.
Read the...",left
14994,Whistleblower Complaint Declassified,"['Whistle Blower', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Ukraine', 'White House', 'Politics']",Whistleblower alleges Trump White House moved records onto separate network: report,MarketWatch,"The whistleblower complaint that focused on President Donald Trump’s request of Ukraine’s government to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden also alleges White House officials moved the records of some of Trump’s communications with foreign officials onto a separate computer network, according to a published report.
The Washington Post, citing a person who has read the complaint, reported the whistleblower alleged officials moved communications from Trump’s July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky onto a different network.
The Wall Street Journal reported the complaint involves more than one episode...",center
14995,New Polls Show Trump Closing the Gap on Biden,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Poll', 'CNN Poll', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections']",Dueling polls split on size of Biden’s lead ahead of Dem convention,Politico,"A new pair of nationwide polls paint divergent pictures of the 2020 White House race — with former Vice President Joe Biden ahead by double digits in one survey and President Donald Trump significantly narrowing the presumptive Democratic nominee’s lead in the other.
An ABC News/Washington Post poll released Monday morning reports that more than half of registered voters, 53 percent, prefer Biden, while 41 percent favor Trump.
That 12-point advantage, however, comes hours after a CNN poll published Sunday evening showed Biden’s lead tightening to only 4 points, as...",left
14996,New Polls Show Trump Closing the Gap on Biden,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Poll', 'CNN Poll', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections']","Biden Holds Lead Over Trump, Polls Show, But There Are Signs Race Is Tightening",Forbes,"Joe Biden holds a significant lead over President Trump on the first day of his party’s convention, polls show, though there are signs the race is tightening.
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows Biden ahead of Trump 53% to 41% nationally, slightly smaller than the 15-point lead in the same poll taken last month.
The poll—conducted August 12 to August 15 in a survey of 868 registered voters—was taken after Biden named Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) as his running mate.
A separate CNN poll released Monday showed...",center
14997,New Polls Show Trump Closing the Gap on Biden,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Poll', 'CNN Poll', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections']","CNN Poll: Trump, Biden Tied in 15 Battleground States",Newsmax (News),"The race between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden is tightening, with a new poll showing a 4-point difference between them and a virtual tie in 15 battleground states.
Results from the latest CNN poll:
50% of registered voters support Biden and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif. 46% support Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. In June, 55% supported Biden and 41% backed Trump.
In 15 battleground states, Biden has 49% support and Trump has 48% support. That 1-point difference falls within the margin of error.
56% of...",right
14998,"With Kharkiv Reclaimed, Is Ukraine Winning the War Against Russia?","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Kharkiv', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Defense And Security', 'Foreign Policy']","With successful Kharkiv operation, Ukraine turns the war in its favor",The Kyiv Independent,"In warfare, there's no such thing as a miracle. 
Yet what happened in early September in the east of Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast may ascend in history as the Miracle on the Oskil River.
Within a few days, a Ukrainian strike prompted the collapse of the Russian front in the region.
To escape a crushing defeat, the Kremlin’s forces were forced to withdraw in a stampede from the territory they had held since March.
Ukraine’s offensive operation has done more than liberate most of Kharkiv Oblast, as Ukrainian units approach the...",center
14999,"With Kharkiv Reclaimed, Is Ukraine Winning the War Against Russia?","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Kharkiv', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Defense And Security', 'Foreign Policy']",The meaning of Ukraine’s strike in Kharkiv — and Russia’s retreat,Washington Post,"What unfolded on the battlefield of Kharkiv oblast in recent days was a remarkable turning point in Ukraine’s desperate battle to resist Russia’s invasion. A more agile force chased a lumbering army into retreat. The war is not over by any means, but the counteroffensive in Kharkiv has exposed anew Russian President Vladimir Putin’s catastrophic miscalculations that Ukraine would collapse, that it would surrender, that it would be steamrolled by Russia’s massive armor. Not so.
Russia apparently figured the next battle would be for Kherson, to the south, and redeployed forces in...",left
15000,"With Kharkiv Reclaimed, Is Ukraine Winning the War Against Russia?","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Kharkiv', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Defense And Security', 'Foreign Policy']",Ukraine aid is working and Russia’s invasion is losing ground,Guest Writer - Right,"It’s official. Ukraine is on the attack, and it’s working. On Thursday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a surprise visit to Kyiv promising help ""for as long as it takes"" and announcing $3 billion in aid. Then at the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley confirmed Ukraine has launched a major counter-offensive in the south.  
Ukraine’s been out of the headlines this summer, and the sheer mass of Russia’s army and their limitless barbarity stoked fears Russia might be...",right
15001,Biden Celebrates After Congress Passes $1.2T Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'US House', 'Politics', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Democratic Party', 'Infrastructure', 'Economy And Jobs', 'US Congress']",Biden hails infrastructure win as ‘monumental step forward’,Associated Press Fact Check,"President Joe Biden on Saturday hailed Congress’ passage of his $1 trillion infrastructure package as a “monumental step forward for the nation” after fractious fellow Democrats resolved a months-long standoff in their ranks to seal the deal.
“Finally, infrastructure week,” a beaming Biden told reporters. “I’m so happy to say that: infrastructure week.”
The House passed the measure 228-206 late Friday, prompting prolonged cheers from the relieved Democratic side of the chamber. Thirteen Republicans, mostly moderates, supported the legislation while six of Democrats’ farthest left members opposed it.
Approval of...",left
15002,Biden Celebrates After Congress Passes $1.2T Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'US House', 'Politics', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Democratic Party', 'Infrastructure', 'Economy And Jobs', 'US Congress']","Biden, Democrats celebrate after $1.2T infrastructure bill passes -- despite some 'no' votes",Fox News (Online News),"President Biden and House Democrats celebrated overnight after the passage of the bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, which ended weeks of deadlock amid infighting between the party's moderates and progressives. 
""Tonight, we took a monumental step forward as a nation,"" Biden said in a statement issued by the White House early Saturday.
Biden, who has been urging Democrats to pass the signature item on his agenda, called the legislation a ""once-in-a-generation investment in our people."" 
But while the vote was a badly needed win for the Biden administration following a disappointing Election Night for the party earlier in the week, it...",right
15003,Biden Celebrates After Congress Passes $1.2T Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'US House', 'Politics', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Democratic Party', 'Infrastructure', 'Economy And Jobs', 'US Congress']","'Finally, infrastructure week': White House celebrates $1T bill",The Hill,"President Biden and other members of the White House on Saturday took a victory lap following passage of the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, quipping that ""infrastructure week"" has finally arrived in Washington.
""Finally, infrastructure week!” Biden said to open his remarks at the White House on Saturday touting passage of the bill. ""I'm happy to say that: infrastructure week.”
The House late Friday passed the bill by a vote of 218-203. Lawmakers sent the legislation to Biden’s desk after a weeks-long standoff over Democrats' larger $1.75 trillion social spending package, which progressives demanded...",center
15004,Nelson Mendela Dies at 95,['World'],Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela: Inspiration from afar,Politico,"They met just once. But Barack Obama looked to Nelson Mandela for inspiration for more than three decades, from a California campus to inner-city Chicago to the White House.
Mandela’s influence stirred Obama to get involved in the fight against apartheid at Occidental College and guided the future president from community organizing to politics, as he sought to affect tangible, lasting change.",left
15005,Nelson Mendela Dies at 95,['World'],Obama: Nelson Mandela 'Achieved More Than Could Be Expected Of Any Man',HuffPost,"President Barack Obama spoke Thursday on the death of Nelson Mandela, praising the South African leader for having ""achieved more than could be expected of any man.""
""We've lost one of the most influential, courageous and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with,"" Obama said. ""He no longer belongs to us, he belongs to the ages ... His commitment to transfer power and reconcile with those who jailed him set an example that all humanity should aspire to.""
""I am one of the countless millions...",left
15006,Nelson Mendela Dies at 95,['World'],Nelson Mandela Dies at 95,Newsmax (News),"Nelson Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, has died aged 95.
Mandela, who was elected South Africa's first black president after spending nearly three decades in prison, had been receiving treatment for a lung infection at his Johannesburg home since September, after being hospitalized for three months in a critical state.
His condition deteriorated and he died of complications from the lung infection, with his family by his side.",right
15007,Perspectives: The Role of Police and Law Enforcement in the US,"['Police Brutality', 'George Floyd', 'Violence In America', 'Race And Racism', 'Civil Rights', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",No More Money for the Police,New York Times (Opinion),"The only way we’re going to stop these endless cycles of police violence is by creating alternatives to policing. Because even in a pandemic where black people have been disproportionately killed by the coronavirus, the police are still murdering us.
On Monday, a worker at a store in Minneapolis called 911, claiming that George Floyd had used counterfeit money. The incident ended with a police officer suffocating Mr. Floyd to death, despite his and bystanders’ pleas for mercy. Protests have since erupted across the country while the police respond with...",left
15008,Perspectives: The Role of Police and Law Enforcement in the US,"['Police Brutality', 'George Floyd', 'Violence In America', 'Race And Racism', 'Civil Rights', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Spare A Thought For The Good Cops,Forbes,"The call came in on Thursday around noon. A woman called 911 from a neighbor’s house saying her husband was threatening to kill her.
Odgen, Utah, Officer Nate Lyday and an officer from Adult Probation and Parole who was in the area responded to the address. They found the 53-year-old suspect on his front porch. He refused to cooperate, retreated into the house and slammed the door.
The officers apparently never saw a gun, but as they rushed to follow the man, he fired through the door. The parole officer...",center
15009,Perspectives: The Role of Police and Law Enforcement in the US,"['Police Brutality', 'George Floyd', 'Violence In America', 'Race And Racism', 'Civil Rights', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",How Police Officers Do Their Jobs,Townhall,"This has nothing to do with Minneapolis, but there appears to be a real lack of understanding about police work on the part of many of the general public. Mainly because no one ever took the time to try to explain how cops do their jobs. Most people form their opinions about the police and how they operate based on what they see on TV or in the movies.
So here’s a chance to test your knowledge on exactly how police do their jobs, and why police officers do certain...",right
15010,Perspectives: Earth Day 2021,"['Sustainability', 'Climate Change', 'Earth Day', 'Environment', 'Energy']","U.S., other countries deepen climate goals at Earth Day summit",Reuters,"The United States and other countries hiked their targets for slashing greenhouse gas emissions at a global climate summit hosted by President Joe Biden, an event meant to resurrect U.S. leadership in the fight against global warming.
Biden unveiled the goal to cut emissions by 50%-52% from 2005 levels at the start of a two-day climate summit kicked off on Earth Day and attended virtually by leaders of 40 countries including big emitters China, India and Russia.
The United States, the world's second-leading emitter after China, seeks to reclaim global...",center
15011,Perspectives: Earth Day 2021,"['Sustainability', 'Climate Change', 'Earth Day', 'Environment', 'Energy']",Four steps this Earth Day to avert environmental catastrophe,The Guardian,"Today is Earth Day, which should provide us with an opportunity to pause and confront the awful predicament humanity faces. We eat microplastics, breathe pollution and watch other life-forms decline to extinction. We face intersecting poverty, health, climate and biodiversity crises. Our global predicament is that consumption by the wealthy is driving us towards planetary disaster, yet billions live in poverty and need to consume more to live well. In this cycle, any version of “success” only hastens catastrophe.
Solving this conundrum requires much more than merely reducing the impact...",left
15012,Perspectives: Earth Day 2021,"['Sustainability', 'Climate Change', 'Earth Day', 'Environment', 'Energy']","On Earth Day, youth activists can change the narrative",Washington Examiner,"In 1969, Denis Hayes was 25 years old in grad school. After just one semester and a 15-minute meeting with Sen. Gaylord Nelson in Washington, D.C., Hayes traded in his academic books for a picket sign and became a central organizer of the nonprofit group Environmental Teach-In, Inc., which would found Earth Day in 1970.
After the first Earth Day, a momentous accomplishment in and of itself, Hayes and his colleagues continued their activism by campaigning against the “Dirty Dozen” of incumbent anti-environment congressmen. Ultimately defeating seven out of the...",right
15013,Trump Drops Plan To Nominate Ratcliffe,"['National Security', 'DNI', 'CIA', 'FBI', 'Donald Trump', 'John Ratcliffe', 'US Intelligence', 'Defense And Security']",Trump drops his choice for spy chief after scrutiny over resume,Reuters,"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he had dropped his choice for spy chief, Representative John Ratcliffe, after questions about the congressman’s lack of experience and possible exaggerations in his resume.",center
15014,Trump Drops Plan To Nominate Ratcliffe,"['National Security', 'DNI', 'CIA', 'FBI', 'Donald Trump', 'John Ratcliffe', 'US Intelligence', 'Defense And Security']",Trump’s Top Intel Pick John Ratcliffe Didn’t Even Last a Week,Vice,"WASHINGTON — Even by the standards of President Trump’s administration, Rep. John Ratcliffe’s troubled nomination to run America’s intelligence services died quickly.
Trump announced Ratcliffe’s withdrawal by presidential tweet on Friday, less than a week after the Texas congressman was put forward to become the new Director of National Intelligence. From the jump, Ratcliffe was dogged by accusations that he'd padded his resume with boasts of terrorist prosecutions that never happened.",left
15015,Trump Drops Plan To Nominate Ratcliffe,"['National Security', 'DNI', 'CIA', 'FBI', 'Donald Trump', 'John Ratcliffe', 'US Intelligence', 'Defense And Security']",President Trump Pulls Ratcliffe's Nomination for DNI Director,Townhall,"President Trump announced Friday afternoon Congressman John Ratcliffe's nomination to be the next Director of National Intelligence has been withdrawn.
Ratcliffe was nominated earlier this week when it was announced former DNI Director Dan Coates would be stepping down.
After Ratcliffe was nominated, the media jumped to falsely condemn him as soft on Russia due to this exchange with Special Counsel Robert Mueller.",right
15016,More Than 280 WSJ Employees Pen Letter to Publisher Over Opinion Section,"['Media Bias', 'Opinion', 'Wall Street Journal', 'Mike Pence', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Media Industry']",WSJ Reporters Call Out Misinformation and ‘Disregard For Evidence’ From Paper’s Opinion Section in Scathing Letter,Mediaite,"Hundreds of journalists from the Wall Street Journal signed a letter this week criticizing the paper’s opinion section for spreading misinformation.
The stunning rebuke, signed by 280 staffers of the Journal and sent to the paper’s new publisher, calls for better fact-checking, more transparency, and a clearer divide between news and opinion divisions, according to a draft of the letter obtained by Mediaite.
“Opinion’s lack of fact-checking and transparency, and its apparent disregard for evidence, undermine our readers’ trust and our ability to gain credibility with sources,” the letter to...",left
15017,More Than 280 WSJ Employees Pen Letter to Publisher Over Opinion Section,"['Media Bias', 'Opinion', 'Wall Street Journal', 'Mike Pence', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Media Industry']",Over 280 Wall Street Journal employees raise credibility concerns about opinion page,The Hill,"More than 280 journalists, editors and other employees at The Wall Street Journal sent a letter to their publisher expressing concerns about misinformation in the paper's opinion section.
The letter says that “opinion’s lack of fact-checking and transparency, and its apparent disregard for evidence, undermine our readers’ trust and our ability to gain credibility with sources.”
Among several examples, the employees cite a column by Vice President Pence in which he said fears of a second wave of coronavirus cases were ""overblown"" and argued that the administration's handling of the...",center
15018,More Than 280 WSJ Employees Pen Letter to Publisher Over Opinion Section,"['Media Bias', 'Opinion', 'Wall Street Journal', 'Mike Pence', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Media Industry']",WSJ Employees to Publisher: Opinion Page Spreads Misinformation,Newsmax (News),"Hundreds of Wall Street Journal employees signed a letter to the paper's publisher that ripped the outlet's Opinion section standards and called for better fact-checking.
Mediaite obtained a copy of the letter, which argued that the Opinion section is spreading misinformation and lies that could be corrected with some simple research.
""Opinion's lack of fact-checking and transparency, and its apparent disregard for evidence, undermine our readers' trust and our ability to gain credibility with sources,"" reads the letter to publisher Almar Latour, which was signed by 280 Journal employees.",right
15019,Fact Checking The 2020 State Of The Union Address,"['SOTU', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Wages', 'Wealth', 'Jobs', 'White House', 'Politics']","State of the Union: Fact-checking Trump's claims on jobs, wealth and wages",USA TODAY,"To hear President Trump tell it in his State of the Union speech Tuesday, he rescued a declining, hollowed-out economy from ruin to create the greatest era of prosperity in U.S. history.
Trump has presided over a solid economy since taking office in 2017 but mischaracterized the state of the economy under President Obama and overstated his accomplishments. In truth, the economy has mounted a steady recovery since the Great Recession of 2007-09, marking the longest expansion in American history.
“You have seen a continuation of the trend,” says Elise...",left
15020,Fact Checking The 2020 State Of The Union Address,"['SOTU', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Wages', 'Wealth', 'Jobs', 'White House', 'Politics']",Fact-checking President Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address,Washington Post,"President Trump’s State of the Union speech once again was chock-full of stretched facts and dubious figures. Many of these claims have been fact-checked repeatedly, yet the president persists in using them. Here, in the order in which he made them, are 31 statements by the president.
As is our practice with live events, we do not award Pinocchio ratings, which are reserved for complete columns.
“I am thrilled to report to you tonight that our economy is the best it has ever been.”
The president can certainly brag about...",left
15021,Fact Checking The 2020 State Of The Union Address,"['SOTU', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Wages', 'Wealth', 'Jobs', 'White House', 'Politics']",7 Charts Illustrate the Amazing Labor Market Trump Touted in State of the Union,Breitbart News,"President Donald Trump used his 2020 State of the Union address to boast about the incredible labor market that has prevailed during his presidency.
The unemployment level has fallen to the lowest level in 50 years. And the unemployment levels for blacks, Hispanics, women, and many other groups has fallen to the lowest level in decades.
Here are Trump’s claims in the SOTU followed by charts demonstrating the amazingly low levels of unemployment the American economy achieved.
“The unemployment rate for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans has reached...",right
15022,Leaks Fuel Continued Scrutiny of Facebook From Across the Spectrum,"['Facebook', 'Media Industry', 'Social Media', 'Online Censorship', 'Big Tech', 'Free Speech', 'Technology', 'People And Profit']",Facebook shares under pressure following release of leaked whistleblower documents,CNBC,"The Facebook Papers, a series of articles published by a consortium of 17 U.S. news outlets beginning on Friday, shed new light on the company’s thinking behind its actions leading up to the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6 and its ability to fend of hate speech in languages outside of English.
Facebook shares were slightly negative in premarket trading Monday morning after the news outlets published their stories based on the leaked documents. The company is also scheduled to report quarterly earnings after markets close on Monday.
The documents were provided to...",center
15023,Leaks Fuel Continued Scrutiny of Facebook From Across the Spectrum,"['Facebook', 'Media Industry', 'Social Media', 'Online Censorship', 'Big Tech', 'Free Speech', 'Technology', 'People And Profit']",The Facebook Papers may be the biggest crisis in the company's history,CNN Business,"Facebook has confronted whistleblowers, PR firestorms and Congressional inquiries in recent years. But now it faces a combination of all three at once in what could be the most intense and wide-ranging crisis in the company's 17-year history.
On Friday, a consortium of 17 US news organizations began publishing a series of stories — collectively called ""The Facebook Papers"" — based on a trove of hundreds of internal company documents which were included in disclosures made to the Securities and Exchange Commission and provided to Congress in redacted form by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen's legal counsel. The consortium,...",left
15024,Leaks Fuel Continued Scrutiny of Facebook From Across the Spectrum,"['Facebook', 'Media Industry', 'Social Media', 'Online Censorship', 'Big Tech', 'Free Speech', 'Technology', 'People And Profit']",Two Facebook tools suppressed traffic of conservative sites: Report,Washington Times,"One tool was abandoned, WSJ report on internal debates says.
Another one, known as “Informed Engagement,” reduced the reach of posts that were more likely to be shared if even if the sharer hadn’t read the articles, The Journal reported, elevating the content of mainstream outlets. A 2019 company analysis found its impact fell heavily on sites considered to be conservative.
“We could face significant backlash for having ‘experimented’ with distribution at the expense of conservative publishers,” one of the researchers wrote in an internal memo reviewed by The Journal....",right
15025,Trump Threatens Government Shutdown Over Border Wall,['Politics'],Trump threatens US government shutdown over border wall,Reuters,"President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would allow the federal government to shut down if Democrats do not fund his border wall and back immigration law changes, betting that maintaining a hard line will work in Republicans’ favor in November congressional elections.",center
15026,Trump Threatens Government Shutdown Over Border Wall,['Politics'],Dems play up dangers of Trump's government shutdown threat (Video),Fox News (Online News),Lawmakers react on Capitol Hill as the president doubles down on his threat over border wall funding.,right
15027,Trump Threatens Government Shutdown Over Border Wall,['Politics'],GOP Faces Another Midterm Threat as Trump Plays the Shutdown Card,New York Times (News),"Congressional Republicans, already facing a difficult election landscape, confronted a prospect on Sunday they had worked feverishly to avoid: a threat by President Trump to shut down the government over funding for a border wall.",left
15028,Rand Paul Celebrates Festivus on Twitter,['Politics'],Rand Paul's Festivus Celebration Rant Begins on Twitter,ABC News (Online),Sen. Rand Paul's Twitter feed is on fire today.,left
15029,Rand Paul Celebrates Festivus on Twitter,['Politics'],"Rand Paul celebrates 'Festivus,' tweeting grievances with Washington",CNN (Online News),Apparently Sen. Rand Paul is a fan of the famed sitcom Seinfeld and unsurprisingly not a fan of Washington.,left
15030,Rand Paul Celebrates Festivus on Twitter,['Politics'],Rand Paul celebrates 'Festivus' with airing of grievances against DC,Fox News (Online News),"Attention, ""Seinfeld"" fans. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul announced via his Twitter account that he is honoring ""Festivus"" by ""airing his grievances"" against D.C. on Monday.",right
15031,Attack at British Parliament,"['Great Britain', 'World']",Shooting Reported Outside U.K. Parliament,New York Times (News),Members of the House of Commons found themselves under lockdown on Wednesday afternoon after reports of a shooting outside the British Parliament.,left
15032,Attack at British Parliament,"['Great Britain', 'World']",U.K. Parliament Under Lockdown After 'Firearms Incident',NPR (Online News),Police in London say they are responding to an ongoing situation near the U.K.'s Parliament.,left
15033,Attack at British Parliament,"['Great Britain', 'World']","Shots fired at UK Parliament; officer stabbed and assailant shot, reports say",Fox News (Online News),A police officer was stabbed and an alleged assailant was reportedly shot after gunfire broke out at the UK Parliament in London on Wednesday.,right
15034,John McCain to Run for Re-election,['Politics'],John McCain Announces He's Running For 6th Senate Term,HuffPost,"U.S. Sen. John McCain has announced he will run for re-election in 2016.
The Arizona Republican made the announcement to run for a sixth term on Monday in an interview with NBC News (
http://nbcnews.to/1NPIYdU
). He is the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
McCain uses his position as chairman to criticize President Barack Obama on national security.
""I have never been more concerned about the security of this nation because of the feckless leadership of the president of the United States,"" he said.",left
15035,John McCain to Run for Re-election,['Politics'],Sen. John McCain to run for sixth term in Senate,CNN (Online News),"Republican Sen. John McCain is running for reelection in 2016, vying for a sixth term in the Senate.
""I have decided to run for reelection,"" McCain told NBC News in an interview Monday.
McCain will announce his plans to run for reelection Tuesday at an event in his state of Arizona, a Republican operative briefed on the plan told CNN.
The 78-year-old senator, who will be 80 by Election Day 2016, downplayed concerns about his age, assuring voters that he still has the energy and the fight to be an...",left
15036,John McCain to Run for Re-election,['Politics'],Here We Go: John McCain Will Announce His Bid For Re-election Today,Townhall,"Chuck Todd and Mark Murray report:
Here’s the exclusive from NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell: “John McCain is ready for a new fight. ‘I have decided to run for re-election,’ the Arizona senator told NBC News in an exclusive interview revealing his plans to pursue a sixth term on Capitol Hill. ‘I’m ready. I am more than ready. In some ways, I am eager.’ McCain is currently 78 years old but will be 80 by Election Day in 2016. He defended his vitality, saying that he is ‘just getting sta",right
15037,Nuclear Option in Senate,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Senators fail to reach ‘nuclear option’ deal, but some hopeful as deadline nears",CNN (Online News),"In a rare, private meeting with nearly all 100 senators Monday night, the upper chamber failed to come up with a deal to avert the so-called nuclear option—a partisan threat by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that would eliminate filibusters for executive-branch nominees.
But after the nearly four-hour meeting, senators said Reid and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell are expected to keep talking before a Tuesday deadline.",left
15038,Nuclear Option in Senate,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",BREAKING: Senate ‘nuclear option’ defused — for now,Washington Times,"The nuclear option has been defused — for now — after Republican senators said Tuesday they would drop their blockade of Richard Cordray to be the new head of a consumer protection bureau, ending for now what had appeared to be a major crisis.
“We may have a way forward on this, I feel fairly confident,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told his colleagues on the chamber floor moments after the GOP relented on the first of seven controversial nominees that the Democrats were prepared to push through the...",right
15039,Nuclear Option in Senate,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate nears deal on nuclear option,Politico,"Senate Democrats are close to having the 60 votes needed to advance the long-stalled nomination of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, according to Senate sources, potentially giving senators more time to reach a deal to avert the “nuclear option.”
The Senate still faces a potentially historic vote later Tuesday on changing its filibuster rules on other executive-branch nominations, but high-level talks are ongoing.",left
15040,Controversy Mounts Over Trump's Cancellation of Brennan's Security Clearance,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump says he welcomes a lawsuit from Brennan contesting his loss of a security clearance,Washington Post,"President Trump said Monday that he would welcome a threatened lawsuit from former CIA director John Brennan, saying it would expose Brennan to the release of documents that would prove him to be “the worst CIA Director in our country’s history.”",left
15041,Controversy Mounts Over Trump's Cancellation of Brennan's Security Clearance,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",New outcry over Trump's revocation of Brennan security clearance,Reuters,More than 175 former State Department and Pentagon officials added their names to a statement signed by national security officials criticizing President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel the security clearance of former Central Intelligence Agency director John Brennan.,center
15042,Controversy Mounts Over Trump's Cancellation of Brennan's Security Clearance,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Revoking Brennan’s Security Clearance: The Right Thing, Even if for the Wrong Reason",National Review,It’s right because he is irresponsible and untrustworthy and has politicized intelligence.,right
15043,Army May Pursue Desertion Charges,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Army Still May Pursue Desertion Investigation On Bowe Bergdahl,HuffPost,U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey says the Army may still pursue an investigation that could lead to desertion charges against Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.,left
15044,Army May Pursue Desertion Charges,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']","US Army 'will not look away from misconduct' by Bergdahl, says Gen. Dempsey",Christian Science Monitor,Before Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was captured by the Taliban was he AWOL? Our Army's leaders will not look away from misconduct if it occurred. I,center
15045,Army May Pursue Desertion Charges,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Joint Chiefs Chairman: Army May Still Pursue Desertion Charges Against Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl,The Blaze,U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey says the Army may still pursue an investigation that could lead to desertion charges against Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.,right
15046,Trump Says No Vote On GOP Health Plan Until After The 2020 Election,"['Donald Trump', 'Healthcare']",Trump Sees No Vote on GOP Health Plan Until After 2020 Election,Wall Street Journal (News),"Republicans are looking to craft alternative to President Obama’s Affordable Care Act
President Trump said any vote on a Republican health plan would take place after the 2020 election, moving to put off action on legislation amid uncertainty about what a GOP replacement for the Affordable Care Act would look like.
In a series of tweets late Monday, Mr. Trump said that the vote on a new health plan “will be taken right after the Election when Republicans hold the Senate & win back the House.”
Mr. Trump has been...",center
15047,Trump Says No Vote On GOP Health Plan Until After The 2020 Election,"['Donald Trump', 'Healthcare']",Trump punts on health care until after the 2020 election,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump on Monday night backed away from his push for a vote on an Obamacare replacent until after the 2020 elections, bowing to the political reality that major health care legislation cannot pass in the current Congress.
Trump's statements come a week after his administration announced that it now agreed with a judge's ruling that the entire Affordable Care Act should be scrapped. The opinion was a dramatic reversal from the administration's previous stance that only portions of the act could not be defended.
Trump's latest move allows...",left
15048,Trump Says No Vote On GOP Health Plan Until After The 2020 Election,"['Donald Trump', 'Healthcare']",Trump floats Obamacare repeal vote after 2020 election,Washington Times,"Wants unified GOP government, shifting course amid court battle
President Trump now says Republicans will vote on a “really great” health care plan after the next election, giving him space to campaign against Democrats’ plans for government-run options but raising questions about how he’d handle the fallout from a lawsuit that could dismantle Obamacare.
Mr. Trump says the GOP is developing a plan with lower premiums and deductibles than the Democrats’ 2010 health law. Those lofty pledges aren’t new, but in a series of late-night tweets, he suggested Republicans would...",right
15049,Attack in Manchester UK,['Terrorism'],ISIS claims responsibility for Ariana Grande concert attack in Manchester,Fox News (Online News),"The Islamic State claimed responsibility for a bombing attack that killed at least 22 people and injured 59 others at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, Monday night.",right
15050,Attack in Manchester UK,['Terrorism'],Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly concert blast in Manchester,Washington Post,"The Islamic State claimed Tuesday that one of its “soldiers” carried out an apparent suicide blast in Manchester that killed at least 22 people, including teenagers and others streaming out of a pop concert.",left
15051,Attack in Manchester UK,['Terrorism'],Manchester attack: 22 dead and 59 hurt in suicide bombing,BBC News,"Twenty-two people, including an eight-year-old girl, have been killed and 59 were injured in a suicide bombing at Manchester Arena, at the end of a concert by US singer Ariana Grande.",center
15052,Russian Intelligence Officers Charged with Meddling in 2016 U.S. Election,['Russia'],U.S. accuses Russian spies of 2016 election hacking as summit looms,Reuters,"A federal grand jury charged 12 Russian intelligence officers on Friday with hacking Democratic computer networks in 2016, in the most detailed U.S. accusation yet that Moscow meddled in the presidential election to help Republican Donald Trump.",center
15053,Russian Intelligence Officers Charged with Meddling in 2016 U.S. Election,['Russia'],"Russian officers indicted for allegedly hacking Clinton campaign, DNC emails",Fox News (Online News),"A federal grand jury has indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers for allegedly hacking emails from the Hillary Clinton campaign and Democratic Party during the 2016 election, the Justice Department announced Friday.",right
15054,Russian Intelligence Officers Charged with Meddling in 2016 U.S. Election,['Russia'],"After Mueller’s Russian indictments, Trump returns to a familiar line: blame Obama",Vox,"Trump pointed out Obama was president during the 2016 election, which is true.",left
15055,Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty to Lying to Congress About Moscow Trump Tower Project,['Russia'],Michael Cohen strikes plea deal with Mueller for lying about Russian contacts,Washington Times,President Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty Thursday to lying to Congress about a Russian real estate deal sought by then-candidate Mr. Trump in 2016.,right
15056,Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty to Lying to Congress About Moscow Trump Tower Project,['Russia'],Michael Cohen in court: Trump ex-lawyer admits lying to Congress,BBC News,US President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen has pleaded guilty to lying to Congress in relation to the Russia inquiry.,center
15057,Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty to Lying to Congress About Moscow Trump Tower Project,['Russia'],"Trump calls Cohen a 'liar,' says he did 'nothing wrong' in pursuing project in Moscow during 2016 campaign",ABC News (Online),"President Donald Trump called his former personal attorney Michael Cohen a ""weak person"" shortly after news broke earlier Thursday morning that Cohen pleaded guilty to making false",left
15058,Senate Healthcare Debacle,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Why is the GOP so terrible at health care?,Salon,So many reasons — but largely because they don’t understand political reality,left
15059,Senate Healthcare Debacle,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Republicans’ Grim Health-Care Fairy Tale,National Review,Republicans looked at a health-care law that was rapidly spiraling into oblivion and decided that what they really needed to do was to preserve and expand it.,right
15060,Senate Healthcare Debacle,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Why Republicans' health-care debacle will haunt them for years,The Week - News,"The July 4 recess is a time when members of Congress head back home to put on their ""casual"" clothes (khakis, patterned Oxford shirt) and hang with the regular folks, munching on hot dogs and walking in a few Independence Day parades. It's a chance to convene with the constituents, listen to their thoughts about the issues and challenges our nation faces, then head back to Washington revived and recommitted to this great experiment in self-rule.",left
15061,"Contradictory Data Fuels Split Narratives on Economy, Inflation","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Banking And Finance', 'Inflation', 'Poverty', 'Economic Policy', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Stimulus']",Poverty in U.S. declined last year as government aid made up for lost jobs,New York Times (News),"The coronavirus pandemic last year left millions of people out of work and set off the worst economic contraction since the Great Depression. Yet the share of people living in poverty in the United States fell to a record low because of the government’s enormous relief effort.
About 9.1 percent of Americans were poor last year, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, down from 11.8 percent in 2019. That figure — the lowest since records began in 1967, according to calculations from researchers at Columbia University — is based on a measure that accounts...",left
15062,"Contradictory Data Fuels Split Narratives on Economy, Inflation","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Banking And Finance', 'Inflation', 'Poverty', 'Economic Policy', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Stimulus']",Labor Shortages Give Low-Pay Workers a Raise. Inflation Eats It Up.,Wall Street Journal (News),"This should be the best of times for low-wage workers, as pandemic-induced labor shortages force employers to sharply raise pay. Yet for many, it doesn’t feel that way, because those same disruptions have pushed inflation to near its highest rate in over a decade.
Troy Sutton, age 61, lost a job as a custodian at the start of the pandemic in 2020 that paid $12 an hour, and he spent more than a year unemployed. This past summer, he landed a job as a custodian at the University of Pennsylvania he said...",center
15063,"Contradictory Data Fuels Split Narratives on Economy, Inflation","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Labor', 'Banking And Finance', 'Inflation', 'Poverty', 'Economic Policy', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Stimulus']","Consumer Price Hikes Soften in August, Annual Inflation Stays Stubbornly High",The Epoch Times,"The pace of consumer price inflation fell in August to its lowest monthly level since February, though the 12-month rate of inflation remained historically high, a new government report shows.
The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.3 percent in August from July, the Labor Department said in a Sept. 14 report, with consensus forecasts predicting a slightly higher 0.4 percent rate of monthly inflation. This is a slower pace of consumer price hikes than the 0.5 percent rate in July and the 0.9 percent in June, with the latter marking the highest monthly spike in the measure since 2008.
While the...",right
15064,Rashida Tlaib's Detainment at Protest Sparks Divide in Coverage,"['Media Bias', 'Rashida Tlaib', ""Workers' Rights"", 'Transportation', 'Airlines', 'Delta Airlines', 'Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Rashida Tlaib detained during airline workers’ protest at Detroit Airport,New York Post (News),"Rep. Rashida Tlaib was briefly detained by police Friday during a protest with airline workers at Detroit Metro Airport. The congresswoman was on hand to demand better pay and health care for the employees.
“We won’t stop until we get #fairwages & #healthcare. These courageous people got arrested tonight at DTW b/c they believe workers deserve human dignity,” the Michigan Democrat said in a tweeted statement, sharing a smiling photo of herself with protesters. “Shame on you @Delta for leaving workers behind and letting them live in poverty. @unitehere
“These...",right
15065,Rashida Tlaib's Detainment at Protest Sparks Divide in Coverage,"['Media Bias', 'Rashida Tlaib', ""Workers' Rights"", 'Transportation', 'Airlines', 'Delta Airlines', 'Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Tlaib protests with airline workers at Detroit Metro Airport,Detroit News,"Romulus — U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib joined airline catering workers who work for Delta Airlines on Friday to protest ""poverty wages and unaffordable healthcare.""
Tlaib locked arms with eight airline workers who sat blocking traffic at Detroit Metropolitan Airport while nearly 100 union members with Unite Here rallied outside Delta's McNamara Terminal departures. The protesters held signs reading ""Delta: one job should be enough.""
Refusing to move, eight airline workers were arrested by airport officers.
Tlaib said she was proud to stand with the workers ""who are willing to...",center
15066,Rashida Tlaib's Detainment at Protest Sparks Divide in Coverage,"['Media Bias', 'Rashida Tlaib', ""Workers' Rights"", 'Transportation', 'Airlines', 'Delta Airlines', 'Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Rep. Rashida Tlaib Detained by Police at Protest Against Delta Airlines at Detroit Airport,Newsweek,"Michigan Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib was detained by police as she participated in a demonstration at Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) Friday. Tlaib joined with airport catering employees in their protest for higher wages and a better health care program.
While Tlaib was not arrested, some protesters with her were taken into custody for blocking a road. Tlaib chose to ride with those arrested.
""This afternoon, members of UniteHere! gathered at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport,"" read a statement from an airport spokesperson. ""The union had a permit to demonstrate. Nine...",center
15067,Baltimore's Chief Prosecutor Faces Federal Perjury Charges,"['Criminal Justice', 'Marilyn Mosby', 'Baltimore', 'Justice', 'Progressives', 'Kamala Harris', 'Maryland']",Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby indicted on federal charges she lied on financial transactions to buy homes in Florida,Baltimore Sun,"A federal grand jury has indicted Baltimore’s top prosecutor Marilyn Mosby on charges of perjury and making false statements with a series of financial transactions that helped her buy a condo on Florida’s Gulf Coast and another property near Orlando, Florida.
Mosby, 41, is charged with falsely claiming to suffer financial hardship from the coronavirus to obtain an early withdrawal from her retirement savings to purchase the homes. In addition, federal prosecutors allege she lied on a mortgage loan application by hiding an outstanding federal tax debt. And they accuse...",center
15068,Baltimore's Chief Prosecutor Faces Federal Perjury Charges,"['Criminal Justice', 'Marilyn Mosby', 'Baltimore', 'Justice', 'Progressives', 'Kamala Harris', 'Maryland']",VP Harris was 'inspiration' for indicted Baltimore official: 'No Marilyn Mosby without Kamala Harris',Fox News (Online News),"Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby -- who was indicted on federal perjury charges Thursday – has previously praised and been supported by Vice President Kamala Harris during her rise as a progressive Democrat in Maryland. 
""When we march and we shout about what we need to do to reform the criminal justice system, we better understand that we gotta march and shout with our paychecks – and all of the work that we can do to actually make sure that somebody like Marilyn Mosby gets reelected into that office, to not only get...",right
15069,Baltimore's Chief Prosecutor Faces Federal Perjury Charges,"['Criminal Justice', 'Marilyn Mosby', 'Baltimore', 'Justice', 'Progressives', 'Kamala Harris', 'Maryland']",Baltimore state's attorney Marilyn Mosby indicted on charges of perjury and making false statements on mortgage applications,CNN (Online News),"The chief prosecutor for the city of Baltimore has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of perjury and two counts of making false statements on loan applications for the purchase of two vacation homes in Florida, according to court documents filed Thursday.
State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, who gained national attention in 2015 for charging officers in the in-custody death of Freddie Gray, now herself faces perjury charges over documents she submitted to apply for loans against her retirement plan in 2020, according to the indictment.
In doing so, Mosby,...",left
15070,Coronavirus Declared Global Emergency by UN Health Agency,"['Coronavirus', 'China', 'Healthcare', 'Global Markets', 'International Relations', 'Disease', 'World']",Coronavirus declared global health emergency by WHO,BBC News,"The new coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak continues to spread outside China.
""The main reason for this declaration is not what is happening in China but what is happening in other countries,"" said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
The concern is that it could spread to countries with weaker health systems.
The death toll now stands at 170 people in China.
The WHO said there had been 98 cases in 18 countries outside of the country, but no deaths.
Most...",center
15071,Coronavirus Declared Global Emergency by UN Health Agency,"['Coronavirus', 'China', 'Healthcare', 'Global Markets', 'International Relations', 'Disease', 'World']",Coronavirus declared global health emergency by WHO after 1st person-to-person US case reported,ABC News (Online),"The World Health Organization declared coronavirus a public health emergency of international concern at a news conference Thursday in Geneva.
This is only the sixth time such an emergency has been declared, with past examples including the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Zika virus.
The WHO reserves the designation for ""extraordinary events"" that pose a public health risk by threatening to spread internationally.
The first case of human-to-human coronavirus transmission in the U.S. has been confirmed, in a patient in Illinois, the Centers for Disease...",left
15072,Coronavirus Declared Global Emergency by UN Health Agency,"['Coronavirus', 'China', 'Healthcare', 'Global Markets', 'International Relations', 'Disease', 'World']",World Health Organization declares coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency,Fox News (Online News),"The World Health Organization on Thursday declared the new coronavirus outbreak a global emergency amid the recent jump in the number of infected patients.
""The main reason is not what is happening in China but what is happening in other countries,"" WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced at a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland.
""Our greatest concern is the potential for the virus to spread to countries with weaker health systems, and which are ill-prepared to deal with it,"" Ghebreyesus added.
An outbreak of the virus -- which has killed...",right
15073,Twitter Sues Elon Musk After He Tries Backing Out of $44 Billion Takeover,"['Banking And Finance', 'Big Tech', 'Business', 'Courts', 'Delaware', 'Elon Musk', 'Internet', 'Lawsuits', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Twitter']",Twitter sues Elon Musk to enforce original merger agreement,CNBC,"Twitter filed suit against Elon Musk in the Delaware Court of Chancery on Tuesday after the billionaire said he was terminating his $44 billion deal to buy the company.
Twitter said Musk, after entering a binding merger agreement, now “refuses to honor his obligations to Twitter and its stockholders because the deal he signed no longer serves his personal interests.”
“Having mounted a public spectacle to put Twitter in play, and having proposed and then signed a seller-friendly merger agreement, Musk apparently believes that he — unlike every other party subject...",center
15074,Twitter Sues Elon Musk After He Tries Backing Out of $44 Billion Takeover,"['Banking And Finance', 'Big Tech', 'Business', 'Courts', 'Delaware', 'Elon Musk', 'Internet', 'Lawsuits', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Twitter']",Twitter Sues Musk After He Tries Backing Out of $44 Billion Deal,New York Times (News),"Twitter sued Elon Musk on Tuesday to force the billionaire to complete his $44 billion acquisition of the company, setting the stage for a prolonged legal battle over the fate of the social media service.
Mr. Musk agreed in April to buy Twitter but declared last week that he intended to walk away from the deal. To push Mr. Musk to abide by the acquisition agreement, Twitter sued him in Chancery Court in Delaware. The court will determine whether he remains on the hook for the purchase or whether Twitter violated its obligation...",left
15075,Twitter Sues Elon Musk After He Tries Backing Out of $44 Billion Takeover,"['Banking And Finance', 'Big Tech', 'Business', 'Courts', 'Delaware', 'Elon Musk', 'Internet', 'Lawsuits', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Twitter']",Twitter sues Elon Musk for backing out of $44 billion deal,New York Post (News),"Twitter sued Elon Musk in Delaware on Tuesday for backing out of his $44 billion plan to buy the social media platform. 
The company said Musk “refuses to honor his obligations to Twitter and its stockholders because the deal he signed no longer serves his personal interests.” according to the lawsuit filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery.
Twitter wants to force Musk to complete the merger at the original agreed price of $54.20 per Twitter share, according to the court filing.
“Having mounted a public spectacle to put Twitter in...",right
15076,Oregon Standoff Ends,['Politics'],The Biggest Question We’re Still Asking About the Oregon ‘Occupation’: What’s Happening to Our Country,The Blaze,"Last week was the funeral of LaVoy Finnicum.
You may not recognize the name but you’ve no doubt heard about the “armed activists” who “occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge” in Oregon last month.
The occupation ended when Oregon Gov. Kate Brown asked for President Barack Obama’s assistance for a “swift resolution.” Five days later, LaVoy Finnicum was dead.",right
15077,Oregon Standoff Ends,['Politics'],Last occupiers of Oregon wildlife refuge surrender to FBI,Washington Post,"Surrounded by FBI agents in armored vehicles, the last four occupiers of a national nature preserve surrendered Thursday, and a leader in their movement who organized a 2014 standoff with authorities was criminally charged in federal court.
The holdouts were the last remnants",left
15078,Oregon Standoff Ends,['Politics'],Oregon standoff: All occupiers surrender; Cliven Bundy arrested,CNN (Online News),"A 41-day occupation at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon ended Thursday when the four remaining protesters surrendered to authorities, according to a live-streamed phone call transmitted from the scene.
For a moment, the surrender took a dramatic turn when the last holdout refused to follow the other three and continued the standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge's headquarters in Harney County.",left
15079,Scott Walker for President,[],How will Scott Walker's brand of conservatism play on national stage?,Christian Science Monitor,Scott Walker (R) of Wisconsin who announced he is running for president Monday on Facebook is arguably the most polarizing governor in the US.,center
15080,Scott Walker for President,[],Scott Walker: I'm running for president,Washington Times,Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker announced Monday he is running for president in 2016.,right
15081,Scott Walker for President,[],"One of the last in, Scott Walker enters 2016 presidential race near the top of the GOP field",Washington Post,The Wisconsin governor will pitch himself as an everyman candidate in contrast to Republican rivals like former Florida governor Jeb Bush.,left
15082,Texas Voting Laws,['Elections'],Holder takes on Texas over voting laws after court ruling,Fox News (Online News),"In a move that drew the ire of Texas officials, Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday the Justice Department will ask a San Antonio-based federal court to force Texas to get permission from the federal government before it can make any additional changes to its voting and election laws.
The challenge to Texas' authority comes after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a portion of the Voting Rights Act. The high court’s 5-4 decision invalidated a rule that singled out certain states, like Texas and North Carolina, and forced...",right
15083,Texas Voting Laws,['Elections'],Holder now going after Texas voting law in race debate,CNN (Online News),"There is one thing to be said about Attorney General Eric Holder. He has a way with words that makes conservatives furious - especially when he starts talking about race and the law.
There are many examples. Early in the Obama administration, Holder said that we are ""a nation of cowards"" when it comes to issues of race.",left
15084,Texas Voting Laws,['Elections'],Holder Wants Texas to Clear Voting Changes With the U.S.,New York Times (News),Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced on Thursday that the Justice Department would ask a court to require Texas to get permission from the federal government before making voting changes in that state for the next decade. The move opens a new chapter in the political struggle over election rules after the Supreme Court struck down a portion of the Voting Rights Act last month.,left
15085,Washington Post Hit With Multiple Controversies,"['Media Industry', 'Washington Post Bias', 'Depp-Heard Trial', 'Defamation', 'Taylor Lorenz']","""Clusterf--k"": Inside the Washington Post's Social Media Meltdown",Vanity Fair,"On Tuesday afternoon, Washington Post reporter Josh Dawsey tweeted that he was “proud” to work at the paper, a place “filled with many terrific people who are smart and collegial.” Four minutes later, reporter Rosalind Helderman, too, tweeted that she was “proud” to work at the Post, which is “always striving to be better than it was yesterday.” Six minutes later, another reporter, Amy Gardner, tweeted how she was “proud” to work at the paper, followed by other top journalists at the publication, such as Matt Viser, Carol Leonnig, and Dan Balz. 
The public outpouring of Post pride—which I’m told political reporters were urging one another to take part in—followed executive editor Sally Buzbee’s memo...",left
15086,Washington Post Hit With Multiple Controversies,"['Media Industry', 'Washington Post Bias', 'Depp-Heard Trial', 'Defamation', 'Taylor Lorenz']",Anatomy of a controversy: Inside the drama at The Washington Post,Poynter,"It didn’t start with a retweet.
The controversy currently swirling around The Washington Post doesn’t go back days. It goes back years.
If you want to truly understand how one of the most respected news organizations in the world is smack dab in the middle of a hot mess, you can’t start with a high-profile reporter retweeting a sexist and homophobic tweet. You have to look at the history of the reporter who objected to that retweet and her relationship with the paper she works for, as well as the...",center
15087,Washington Post Hit With Multiple Controversies,"['Media Industry', 'Washington Post Bias', 'Depp-Heard Trial', 'Defamation', 'Taylor Lorenz']",The Washington Post's week from Hell,Fox News (Online News),"The paper known for its slogan ""Democracy Dies in Darkness"" should perhaps be more concerned about its own well-being after the disastrous week it had. 
The Washington Post, the once-revered news organization that famously exposed the Watergate scandal leading to a president's resignation, is still highly respected in the Beltway but has lost its way in recent years among most Americans. From declaring the coronavirus lab-leak theory was a ""debunked"" ""conspiracy"" to quickly rejecting the Hunter Biden laptop scandal in the final weeks of the 2020 presidential election, the Post...",right
15088,"Voting on Obamacare, Again",['Healthcare'],"GOP House to vote next week to repeal ObamaCare, after attacking law piece by piece",Fox News (Online News),"The Republican-led House is set to begin February with a vote to repeal ObamaCare, making clear that trying to dismantle the health-care law remains a top priority.
The scheduled vote next week was announced in a new memo from House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy to fellow GOP House members in which he said the effort to repeal the legislation will give them an opportunity to tell voters that health care decisions “should be made by patients and their doctors, not by Washington.”
The Californi",right
15089,"Voting on Obamacare, Again",['Healthcare'],GOP Lawmakers Weigh Contentious Tactic to Dismantle Health Law,Wall Street Journal (News),"A growing number of congressional Republicans want to use a contentious budget procedure to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, according to senior lawmakers and aides involved in discussions over the strategy.
A final decision could be weeks if not months away, but Republican lawmakers and aides say there is broad enthusiasm for using the process known as reconciliation to try to repeal the 2010 health-care law and potentially replace it with a GOP alternative. Another contender, looking less likely now, is using the process for a tax overhaul.
“There is...",center
15090,"Voting on Obamacare, Again",['Healthcare'],"GOP Senator's Answer On Fixing Obamacare: 'No, No, No, No'",HuffPost,"""No, no, no, no.""
That's Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) talking about whether Republicans in Congress would take quick action should the Supreme Court issue a ruling that forces millions of people to give up health coverage they've gotten through Obamacare.
This summer, the court is expected to rule in King v. Burwell, in which the plaintiffs allege the Affor",left
15091,Deal to Raise Debt Limit,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",GOP Offers Debt Ceiling Deal; White House Says 'It's Encouraging',NPR (Online News),"House Speaker John Boehner says he and fellow Republicans are willing to compromise and pass a temporary extension of the $16.7 trillion debt ceiling in exchange for substantive negotiations on other fiscal matters. But their proposal would not affect the partial government shutdown.
""What we want to do is offer the president today the ability to move a temporary increase in the debt ceiling in agreement to go to conference on the budget,"" Boehner said, standing behind a lectern labeled with the Twitter hashtag #time4solutions.
He added that he hoped...",left
15092,Deal to Raise Debt Limit,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Republicans take stopgap debt-ceiling fix to Obama, partial shutdown unresolved",Fox News (Online News),"A delegation of 18 House Republicans is heading to the White House Thursday afternoon to propose a short-term increase in the debt ceiling, which the White House indicated President Obama could sign -- but the deal would not resolve the partial government shutdown which is now in its 10th day.
The goal of the proposal appeared to be to buy time, by removing the immediate threat of missing an Oct. 17 deadline to raise the debt ceiling, for both sides to strike a broader agreement on spending and debt.",right
15093,Deal to Raise Debt Limit,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","GOP offers short-term debt-limit increase, but wants negotiations before ending shutdown",Washington Post,"House Republican leaders said Thursday they will offer a temporary increase in the federal debt ceiling in exchange for negotiations with President Obama on longer-term “pressing problems,” but they stopped short of agreeing to end a government shutdown now in its 10th day.
In a news briefing following a closed-door meeting of House Republicans to present a plan to raise the debt limit for six weeks, House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said, “What we want to do is offer the president today the ability to move a temporary increase...",left
15094,Should America Get Rid of Daylight Saving or Commit to it Year-Round?,"['General News', 'Daylight Saving Time', 'Perspectives', 'Schools', 'Energy Conservation']","Daylight Saving Time 2022 is ending. Now, let's get rid of it, once and for all. Here's how",Fox News (Opinion),"Here comes the end of Daylight Saving for 2022, a Sunday morning most of us enjoy because we get an extra hour to sleep in.
Catching up on sleep each November, however, is the only good thing that comes with Daylight Saving or DST (it’s singular, not plural, by the way).
Springing forward and falling back creates havoc with airline and train schedules, confusing people, costing money, and causing accidents and delays.
More traffic fatalities occur every time we switch the clock, because motorists are too sleep deprived to drive...",right
15095,Should America Get Rid of Daylight Saving or Commit to it Year-Round?,"['General News', 'Daylight Saving Time', 'Perspectives', 'Schools', 'Energy Conservation']",Daylight saving: Americans want to stop changing the clock but can’t agree how,The Hill,"State legislatures, sleep scientists and the public all seem to agree that the annual rite of springing forward and falling back has got to go. But the nation has not found consensus on what should replace it. 
Nineteen states have passed laws or resolutions in the past five years to make daylight saving time permanent if Congress — and, in some cases, other states — permits the change. Two states, Arizona and Hawaii, have long followed permanent standard time, which the law already allows. 
In standard time, noon arrives when...",center
15096,Should America Get Rid of Daylight Saving or Commit to it Year-Round?,"['General News', 'Daylight Saving Time', 'Perspectives', 'Schools', 'Energy Conservation']",Let’s say a permanent goodnight to daylight saving time,Washington Post,"Earlier this year, the Senate passed a bill to make daylight saving time permanent. The idea of ending clock changes and sticking to one time was met with celebration — until scientists pointed out that such a change could cause a nationwide case of seasonal depression, learning loss and physical health problems.
Now the Sunshine Protection Act sits with the House. But as we prepare to change our clocks this November — and with news of Mexico mostly opting out of daylight saving time, effective this past weekend (the exceptions:...",left
15097,Democrats and Republicans Still Split on Coronavirus Stimulus Deal as Cases Rise,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economy & Jobs', 'Coronavirus Stimulus']","McConnell rejects Dem demand for big Covid relief package, stands by push for 'highly targeted' bill",CNN (Online News),"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday continued to reject the call from Democrats for a big coronavirus stimulus package, saying, ""that's not a place I think we're willing to go"" and reiterated his push for a bill that's ""highly targeted at what the residual problems are.""
McConnell said of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer, ""I gather she and the Democratic leader in the Senate still are looking at something dramatically larger. That's not a place I think we're willing to go.""
Pelosi and Schumer signaled...",left
15098,Democrats and Republicans Still Split on Coronavirus Stimulus Deal as Cases Rise,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economy & Jobs', 'Coronavirus Stimulus']",McConnell cites economy as he pans Democrat demands for COVID bill: 'Not a place I think we’re willing to go',Fox News (Online News),"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday threw some cold water on hopes that a coronavirus stimulus bill may get done in the near future with comments that indicated the price tag Democrats are demanding for the legislation is still too high for Senate Republicans.
There had been speculation that after the presidential election some of the political pressure would lift off of both sides and lead to compromise. Democrats in the weeks before the election were asking for about $1 trillion more than Senate Republicans were willing to...",right
15099,Democrats and Republicans Still Split on Coronavirus Stimulus Deal as Cases Rise,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economy & Jobs', 'Coronavirus Stimulus']",Democrats and Republicans are still far apart on economic stimulus deal as coronavirus infections surge,CNBC,"The top Democrats in Congress said Thursday that a record surge in U.S. coronavirus infections raises the urgency for a new relief bill.
The part of the process that has confounded Washington for months — crafting a bill backed by both Democrats and Republicans — has become no less of a challenge since Election Day.
Speaking to reporters in Washington, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she still supports legislation to inject at least $2.2 trillion into the American health-care system and economy. The California Democrat, who will see her party’s...",center
15100,Romney's Tax Plan,['Taxes'],Romney’s defense of his tax plan doesn’t add up,Washington Post,"Mitt Romneys campaign swiftly responded to the Tax Policy Centers damning analysis of his tax plan by arguing that it was woefully incomplete. By only analyzing his reforms for individual tax rates, it said, the study didnt take into account the corporate tax reform that Romney is proposing or the economic boost that would accompany those changes. “These glaring gaps invalidate the reports conclusions, Lanhee Chen, Romneys policy director, said in a statement.",left
15101,Romney's Tax Plan,['Taxes'],How Romney’s Tax Plan Could Raise Middle-Class Taxes,ABC News (Online),"The study was developed by the centrist Tax Policy Center and authored by economists who have worked under both the Obama and Bush administrations.
It concluded that Romneys proposed tax cuts – which include reducing all personal income taxes rates by 20 percent, eliminating the estate tax and zeroing-out taxes on investment income for couples earning less than $200,000 per year – would slash $360 billion in federal revenues in 2015.",left
15102,Romney's Tax Plan,['Taxes'],Does Romney's Tax Plan Hurt Everyone But the Rich?,Townhall,President Obama's new line of attack against Mitt Romney is that the Republican's tax plan would raise taxes on everyone except for the very wealthy:,right
15103,Twitter Marks Trump Tweet as Breaking Rules on 'Glorifying Violence',"['Violence In America', 'First Amendment', 'Censorship', 'George Floyd', 'Donald Trump', 'Twitter', 'Free Speech']",Twitter Censors Trump Tweet Denouncing Riots; Took No Action On Tweets Supporting Riots,The Daily Wire,"Twitter censored a tweet from President Donald Trump on Thursday night where the president expressed anger at rioters in Minneapolis who were “dishonoring the memory of George Floyd” and warning that “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.” Trump’s remarks, said Twitter, were “glorifying violence.”
“I can’t stand back & watch this happen to a great American City, Minneapolis. A total lack of leadership. Either the very weak Radical Left Mayor, Jacob Frey, get his act together and bring the City under control, or I will send in the National...",right
15104,Twitter Marks Trump Tweet as Breaking Rules on 'Glorifying Violence',"['Violence In America', 'First Amendment', 'Censorship', 'George Floyd', 'Donald Trump', 'Twitter', 'Free Speech']",Twitter adds ‘glorifying violence’ warning to Trump tweet,Associated Press,"Twitter has added a warning to one of President Donald Trump’s tweets about protests in Minneapolis, saying it violated the platform’s rules about “glorifying violence.”
Trump, a prolific Twitter user, has been at war with the company since earlier this week, when it for the first time applied fact checks to two of his tweets. Those were about mail-in ballots.
The third tweet to be flagged came amid days of violent protests over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police...",left
15105,Twitter Marks Trump Tweet as Breaking Rules on 'Glorifying Violence',"['Violence In America', 'First Amendment', 'Censorship', 'George Floyd', 'Donald Trump', 'Twitter', 'Free Speech']",Twitter Conceals Trump and White House’s Threats to Minneapolis Protesters for ‘Glorifying Violence’,Daily Beast,"Twitter hid a tweet from President Trump early Friday that the social media site said broke its rules on “glorifying violence,” then concealed the same tweet again when it was later reposted from the official White House account.
The tweets in question directly threatened demonstrators after a chaotic third day of protests against the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Demonstrators are demanding action over the death of the 46-year-old unarmed black man after shocking video footage showed a white police officer kneeling on his neck.
Late Thursday, they took...",left
15106,"US Economy Added 467,000 Jobs in January, Beating Estimates Amid Omicron Surge","['Economy And Jobs', 'Omicron Variant', 'Coronavirus', 'Jobs Report']","Payrolls show surprisingly powerful gain of 467,000 in January despite omicron surge",CNBC,"Job growth rose far more than expected in January despite surging omicron cases that seemingly sent millions of workers to the sidelines, the Labor Department reported Friday.
Nonfarm payrolls surged by 467,000 for the month, while the unemployment rate edged higher to 4%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Dow Jones estimate was for payroll growth of 150,000 and a 3.9% unemployment rate.
The stunning gain came a week after the White House warned that the numbers could be low due to the pandemic.
Covid cases, however, have plunged nationally in recent...",center
15107,"US Economy Added 467,000 Jobs in January, Beating Estimates Amid Omicron Surge","['Economy And Jobs', 'Omicron Variant', 'Coronavirus', 'Jobs Report']","US job growth soars past expectations with 467,000 added, shaking off omicron surge",Fox Business,"U.S. job growth blew past expectations in January as the economy brushed off a record-breaking surge in COVID-19 cases nationwide that threatened to sideline millions of workers and kept many consumers at home. 
The Labor Department said in its monthly payroll report released Friday that payrolls in January rose by 467,000, easily topping the 150,000 jobs gained forecast by Refinitiv economists. The unemployment rate, which is calculated based on a separate survey, ticked up slightly to 4% (the increase is largely because the labor force participation rate climbed to 62.2%, the highest level since the pandemic...",right
15108,"US Economy Added 467,000 Jobs in January, Beating Estimates Amid Omicron Surge","['Economy And Jobs', 'Omicron Variant', 'Coronavirus', 'Jobs Report']",Biden touts stronger than expected jobs report: 'America is back to work',ABC News (Online),"After the White House braced for a disappointing January jobs report officials predicted would be skewed by the omicron variant, President Joe Biden took a victory lap at the White House Friday to tout the unexpected economic win.
""I want to speak to you this morning about an extraordinary resilience and grit of the American people and American capitalism. Our country is taking everything that COVID's thrown at us. We've come back stronger,"" Biden said. ""I'm pleased to report this morning, many of you already know, that America's job machine...",left
15109,Clinton Backs Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],Hillary Clinton announces support for same-sex marriage,CNN (Online News),"Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced for the first time Monday she supports marriage rights for same-sex couples, saying that ""gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights.""
""America is at its best when we champion the freedom and dignity of every human being,"" Clinton said in a video produced by the Human Rights Campaign.
The former first lady, U.S. senator, and 2008 presidential candidate had previously backed civil unions and partner benefits for same-sex couples, but had stopped short of a full endorsement for marriage....",left
15110,Clinton Backs Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],Eyeing the Oval Office in 2016? Hillary Clinton makes an announcement: I support gay marriage,Washington Times,Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she now supports same-sex marriage an announcement that could be seen as a political step toward a White House run.,right
15111,Clinton Backs Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],Hillary Clinton Comes Out For Gay Marriage,HuffPost,WASHINGTON mdash Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her support for gay marriage Monday putting her in line with other potential Democratic presidential candidates on a social issue that is rapidly gaining public approval. Clinton made the announcement in an online video released Monday morning by the gay rights advocacy group Human Rights Campaign.,left
15112,Reactions to PP Shooting,['Violence In America'],Huckabee: Planned Parenthood shooting is 'domestic terrorism',CNN (Online News),"Mike Huckabee called the Friday shootings at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado an act of ""domestic terrorism.""
The former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential contender who's known for his social conservatism admonished the alleged shooter in an interview with CNN's Brianna Keilar Sunday on ""State of the Union.""
""What he did is domestic terrorism, and what he did is absolute",left
15113,Reactions to PP Shooting,['Violence In America'],GOP contenders Nearly silent on Colorado Springs shooting,Washington Post,"The Republican presidential field, Which for much of the year has-been in Its full-throated denunciations of Planned Parenthood, you has-been Nearly silent about the shooting in Colorado at one of Its facilities That left a police officer dead and two others.
In contrast, all three of the leading Democratic contenders Quickly issued statements in support of Planned Parenthood.
President Obama, meanwh",left
15114,Reactions to PP Shooting,['Violence In America'],Obama’s Attorney General: Planned Parenthood Attack ‘A Crime Against Women’,Breitbart News,"President Obama’s Attorney General Loretta Lynch is issuing a strong statement about a shooting in a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic last week.
The Attorney General denounces the shooting as “a crime against women.”
“This unconscionable attack was not only a crime against the Colorado Springs community, but a crime against women receiving healthcare services at Planned Parenthood, law enforcement seeking to protect and serve, and other innocent people,” she said in a statement.
She also alluded",right
15115,SCOTUS Punts Decision on Oregon Wedding Cake Case,"['Supreme Court', 'Oregon', 'Same-Sex Marriage']",Supreme Court sides with Oregon bakery that refused to make cake for same-sex wedding,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN)The Supreme Court on Monday wiped away a ruling that went against a bakery in Oregon that refused to make a cake to celebrate the wedding for a same-sex couple.
The justices sent back the case pitting religious liberty concerns against LGBTQ rights to the lower courts for further consideration in light of last term's ruling in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to make a cake for a same-sex couple.
The move puts off a major case that could have been heard next term during the...",left
15116,SCOTUS Punts Decision on Oregon Wedding Cake Case,"['Supreme Court', 'Oregon', 'Same-Sex Marriage']",Supreme Court says lower court should reexamine case over same-sex couple denied wedding cake,CNBC,"The Supreme Court on Monday sent back to a lower court a case involving an Oregon bakery whose owners claim the state drove them out of business after they refused to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple.
In an order, the top court scrapped a ruling from the Oregon Court of Appeals in favor of the same-sex couple. The bakery’s owners, who refused to make the cake due to religious beliefs, said state fines pushed them out of business.",center
15117,SCOTUS Punts Decision on Oregon Wedding Cake Case,"['Supreme Court', 'Oregon', 'Same-Sex Marriage']",Supreme Court tosses ruling against bakers who refused cake for gay couple,Fox News (Online News),"The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a ruling against two Oregon bakers who refused to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple.
The couple, Melissa and Aaron Klein, cited religious beliefs as their reason for not providing services for a gay wedding. This touched off the latest in a series of such cases making headlines in recent years. During the court's last term, justices ruled in favor of a Colorado baker in a similar situation, stating that a state body demonstrated improper hostility toward the baker's religion in...",right
15118,Was Beto O'Rourke's Interruption of Greg Abbott's Uvalde Press Conference Right or Wrong?,"['Polarization', 'Violence In America', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Texas', ""Beto O'Rourke"", 'Greg Abbott', '2022 Texas Gubernatorial Election', 'Politics']",Beto O'Rourke made the Uvalde shooting all about himself,Washington Examiner,"The shooting in Uvalde, Texas, resulted in the deaths of 19 children and two teachers.
Beto O’Rourke wants to make it all about himself.
While Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was holding a press conference about the shooting, O’Rourke decided to crash it. As part of a stunt to promote his campaign for governor, he shouted at and attempted to shame Abbott and Republicans for not choosing to “do something,"" i.e., confiscate guns. O’Rourke, like many of the prominent Democrats who claim these shootings are easily preventable, doesn’t actually have a solution responsive...",right
15119,Was Beto O'Rourke's Interruption of Greg Abbott's Uvalde Press Conference Right or Wrong?,"['Polarization', 'Violence In America', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Texas', ""Beto O'Rourke"", 'Greg Abbott', '2022 Texas Gubernatorial Election', 'Politics']",Beto O’Rourke Was Right to Interrupt Greg Abbott’s Post-Uvalde Press Conference,Vogue,"On Tuesday, an 18-year-old gunman entered an Uvalde, Texas elementary school with a long rifle and proceeded to kill 19 children and two teachers in a single classroom. On Wednesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott—a longtime NRA supporter who has been instrumental in relaxing state gun laws—held a press conference to pass the buck to “mental health illness.”
During the press conference, Democratic Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke interrupted Abbott, saying, “The time to stop the next shooting is now, and you are doing nothing. You’re offering us nothing.”
It was cathartic to see O’Rourke express some...",left
15120,Details Emerge in 4 Trillion Budget,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama budget would fund public works program with tax on overseas profits,Washington Post,"President Obama will unveil a $4 trillion budget Monday, featuring an ambitious public works program, a one-time tax on foreign profits kept overseas by corporations, tax credits for middle-class Americans, and a 1.3 percent pay raise for federal employees and troops.",left
15121,Details Emerge in 4 Trillion Budget,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Budget 2016: Obama moves left, testing Republicans",Christian Science Monitor,"President Obama's 2016 budget seeks higher spending on education, roads, and bridges, and a boost to middle class incomes. Republicans want to spend more on defense. The search for common ground is on.",center
15122,Details Emerge in 4 Trillion Budget,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Obama sending Congress $4T budget replete with new spending, taxes",Fox News (Online News),President Obama is sending Congress an ambitious budget plan Monday that includes a half-trillion-dollar public works program and an array of tax increases meant to fund a host of other agenda items -- in what Republicans are ripping as a tax-and-spend document that does little to restrain the soaring $18 trillion debt.,right
15123,President Trump Threatens Government Shutdown Over Border Wall Funding,['Immigration'],Trump threatens to shut down government over full border wall funding: report,The Hill,"President Trump threatened during a meeting with GOP senators and White House officials to shut down the government over full funding for his border wall, according to multiple reports.",center
15124,President Trump Threatens Government Shutdown Over Border Wall Funding,['Immigration'],Trump loses temper over border wall funding,Politico,The president complained in a private meeting that Senate Republicans won’t fully fund his wall — and threatened a shutdown in September.,left
15125,President Trump Threatens Government Shutdown Over Border Wall Funding,['Immigration'],"All Talk, No Action: Trump Furious Over Border Wall Funding And Yes–He Threatened A Shutdown",Townhall,"President Trump is reportedly furious that his border wall is not being fully funded. In a private meeting with members of the U.S. Senate, Trump was frustrated that the funds for his $25 billion project are not being served upfront. The president also threatened to shutdown the government in order to get the funds he needs for this critical campaign promise",right
15126,Biden Blasts Senate GOP,['Politics'],Biden Blasts Letter from GOP Senators to Iran: ‘Beneath the Dignity of an Institution I Revere’,The Blaze,Vice President Joe Biden issued a blistering statement Monday night in response to a letter from Senate Republicans to Iran concerning current nuclear negotiations.,right
15127,Biden Blasts Senate GOP,['Politics'],Joe Biden Goes Ballistic On Senate Republicans: Iran Letter Beneath 'Dignity Of An Institution I Revere',HuffPost,"Biden, who also serves as president of the Senate, Monday night blasted Senate Republicans in a long, angry statement for their letter to Iran's leaders, which he described as ""beneath the dignity of an institution I revere.""",left
15128,Biden Blasts Senate GOP,['Politics'],Cotton fires back at Biden over Iran letter,Politico,"Sen. Tom Cotton is firing back at Vice President Joe Biden’s criticism of his letter to Iran, saying: What does he know about foreign policy?",left
15129,Rockets GM's Tweet Angers China,"['World', 'Role Of Government', 'China', 'Hong Kong', 'NBA', 'Sports', 'Democracy']",Houston Rockets GM apologizes for Hong Kong tweet after China consulate tells team to ‘correct the error’,CNBC,"Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tried Sunday to defuse the rapidly growing international fallout over his deleted tweet that showed support for Hong Kong anti-government protesters, saying he did not intend to offend any of the team’s Chinese fans or sponsors.
Morey apologized on Twitter over a now-deleted tweet that spoke in support of the Hong Kong protests, after his remarks were attacked by the Chinese Consulate-General in Houston and the Chinese Basketball Association.",center
15130,Rockets GM's Tweet Angers China,"['World', 'Role Of Government', 'China', 'Hong Kong', 'NBA', 'Sports', 'Democracy']",How a Quickly-Deleted Tweet About China Got Pretty Much Everyone Mad at the NBA,Time Magazine,"The NBA finds itself caught between two cultures after a tweet about Hong Kong protests sparked criticism from China that threatens the U.S. basketball league’s expansion efforts in its most important international market.
The controversy erupted after Daryl Morey, general manager of the Houston Rockets, one of the most popular U.S. basketball teams in China, appeared to support Hong Kong demonstrators in a tweet late Friday. While the message was deleted and both Morey and the National Basketball Association tried to distance themselves from it, the damage reverberated across both...",left
15131,Rockets GM's Tweet Angers China,"['World', 'Role Of Government', 'China', 'Hong Kong', 'NBA', 'Sports', 'Democracy']",NBA general manager's Hong Kong comments anger China,Fox News (Online News),"Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey tried Sunday to defuse the rapidly growing fallout over his deleted tweet that showed support for Hong Kong anti-government protesters, saying he did not intend to offend any of the team's Chinese fans or sponsors.
A short time after Morey posted that statement, the NBA said it was ""regrettable"" that the deleted tweet offended many in China. That followed several companies in China, including some of the NBA's major business partners there, lashing out over Morey's original tweet.",right
15132,Iran Releases 4 Captives,['Middle East'],Iran Releases 4 American Prisoners After Months Of Top-Secret Negotiations,HuffPost,"Four American citizens, including a Washington Post reporter, who have been imprisoned in Iran are set to board a Swiss aircraft Saturday from Tehran to an undetermined location, where they will be freed as part of a prisoner release deal between the U.S. and Iran. The agreement is the result of long-running, high-stakes secret negotiations between the two traditional adversaries.
""Our citizens have not yet been flown out of Iran, so we don’t want to do anything that could complicate it,"" a senior administration official said Saturday. ""But we are...",left
15133,Iran Releases 4 Captives,['Middle East'],Cruz hails release of U.S. pastor held in Iran,CNN (Online News),"Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Saturday hailed the release of Saeed Abedini, an American pastor held in Iran, who was freed along with three others as part of a prisoner exchange.
""Praise God! Surely bad parts of Obama's latest deal, but prayers of thanksgiving that Pastor Saeed is coming home,"" Cruz tweeted Saturda",left
15134,Iran Releases 4 Captives,['Middle East'],"As Iranian Media Celebrates Sailor Captures, Obama Admin Indicates Incident Won't Slow Down Sanctions Relief",Townhall,Iranian media is laughing in our face over their successful capture of 10 American sailors this week and subsequent propaganda video. These are just a few snippets of Iranian news outlets celebrating the affair:,right
15135,Oxfam Criticizes US Response in PR,"['Disaster', 'General News']","Trump's 'Slow' Response to Puerto Rico Disaster Is Like Third-World Nation, Oxfam Says",Newsweek,"Puerto Rico will receive humanitarian crisis relief from the poverty group Oxfam, which has slammed the Trump administration's ""slow and inadequate"" response to the unfolding crisis.",center
15136,Oxfam Criticizes US Response in PR,"['Disaster', 'General News']","Oxfam slams US response in Puerto Rico as 'slow, inadequate'",The Hill,"Oxfam America is stepping in to help Puerto Rico, saying the Trump administration's response has been “inadequate.""",center
15137,Oxfam Criticizes US Response in PR,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Trump: San Juan mayor coming around on hurricane response,Washington Times,"As President Trump headed Tuesday to Puerto Rico to survey recover efforts from the hurricane disaster, he said his toughest critic on the island was changing her tune.",right
15138,Reaction to Harris Dropping Out of 2020 Race,"['Kamala Harris', 'Decision 2020', 'Campaign', 'Democratic Party', 'Elections']",Three Reasons Kamala Harris Crashed,The Federalist,"Sen. Kamala Harris, once considered a 2020 presidential Democratic frontrunner, ended her bid for the nomination on Tuesday, citing a lack of funds. “I’m not a billionaire. I can’t fund my own campaign,” she wrote in an email to supporters. “And as the campaign has gone on, it’s become harder and harder to raise the money we need to compete.”
Harris becomes the second major candidate to drop out of the primary race before Iowa, joining Beto O’Rourke, who bowed out last month after failing to gain significant support and...",right
15139,Reaction to Harris Dropping Out of 2020 Race,"['Kamala Harris', 'Decision 2020', 'Campaign', 'Democratic Party', 'Elections']",Kamala Harris failure to bridge left-center divide is a warning: Unite or Trump wins.,USA TODAY,"The Democratic Party is having an identity crisis. This week, Kamala Harris became its first victim.
For years, the California senator was known as “the female Obama.” Six months ago, she had rocketed into the top tier of the primary field. But as her campaign floundered through the summer and fall, no criticism of Harris was more persistent than she was trying to be all things to all people. She was progressive, but not as convincingly as Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren or Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. She could be a...",left
15140,Reaction to Harris Dropping Out of 2020 Race,"['Kamala Harris', 'Decision 2020', 'Campaign', 'Democratic Party', 'Elections']",Kamala Harris lacked what was most important of all,Washington Post,"When she announced her campaign for president before a crowd of 20,000 in Oakland on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) offered an electrifying account of how and why she entered public service.
“It was just a couple blocks from this very spot that nearly 30 years ago as a young district attorney I walked into the courtroom for the very first time and said the five words that would guide my life’s work: ‘Kamala Harris, for the people.’ ” she said.",left
15141,"Retired St. Louis Police Captain Killed Amid Protests, Violence","['George Floyd', 'Gun Violence', 'Violence In America']",Retired St. Louis police captain killed by looters while trying to protect friend's shop,NBC News (Online),"A retired St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department captain was shot and killed early Tuesday morning while protecting a friend's pawn shop from looters, according to authorities and the victim's wife.
The retired captain, David Dorn, was responding to an alarm at Lee Pawn and Jewelry Store around 2:30 a.m. when he was shot and killed, police said.
No arrests have been made, and police Chief John Hayden, Jr. said officers are ""actively working on identifying suspects.""
Crimestoppers has offered a reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to...",left
15142,"Retired St. Louis Police Captain Killed Amid Protests, Violence","['George Floyd', 'Gun Violence', 'Violence In America']",Widow: Retired police captain died protecting friend’s store,Associated Press,"ST. LOUIS (AP) — A retired police captain who died during a night of violent protests was trying to protect his friend’s pawn shop, his widow said.
David Dorn’s last moments were caught on video and apparently posted on Facebook Live, though the video has since been taken down. He was killed by people who had broken into Lee’s Pawn & Jewelry, and his body found on the sidewalk at about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. No arrests have been made.
His death came on a violent night in St. Louis, where...",left
15143,"Retired St. Louis Police Captain Killed Amid Protests, Violence","['George Floyd', 'Gun Violence', 'Violence In America']","Retired Police Captain Was Murdered While Protecting His Friend’s Pawn Shop During Riots, Widow Says",The Daily Wire,"Retired St. Louis police captain David Dorn was trying to defend his friend’s pawn shop Monday night as the city continued to devolve into chaos.
In video that has since been removed, Dorn, 77, can be seen defending the business during his last moments of life. Dorn was killed by looters and rioters who broke into Lee’s Pawn & Jewelry; his body was found on the sidewalk outside around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. The Associated Press reported that no arrests have been made in the case so far.
Dorn’s wife, St....",right
15144,GOP Combines ACA Repeal with Tax Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","By combining Obamacare with taxes, GOP goes for it all",CNN (Online News),"Despite nearly a year's worth of heartache, Republicans can't quit trying to repeal Obamacare.",left
15145,GOP Combines ACA Repeal with Tax Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate Republicans’ tax plan includes repeal of Obamacare mandate,Washington Times,Senate Republicans on Tuesday revised their tax cut bill to include a repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate — a bold move that frees up more money for deeper tax cuts and takes a whack at the health care law they have repeatedly tried but failed to repeal.,right
15146,GOP Combines ACA Repeal with Tax Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","By inserting Obamacare repeal into tax plan, Senate GOP may complicate passage",Los Angeles Times,"Senate Republicans took a big gamble Tuesday with their tax reform bill, adding a partial Obamacare repeal provision that would free up more money for tax cuts, but also inject significant new political hurdles.",left
15147,"Cruz, Religion and the Fair",['Politics'],"In Iowa, Ted Cruz rallies religious right",CNN (Online News),"Ted Cruz took a page out of his pastor father's Bible on Friday night in Iowa.
At his ""Rally for Religious Liberty,"" Cruz sought to appeal to evangelical Republican voters and frame himself as a fighter for religious rights.
A crowd of over 2,500 men, women and young children turned out for the three-plus hour event. Upon arrival at the venue, guests received Ted Cruz Pocket Constitutions, Cruz stickers, mini-American flags emblazoned with ""Courageous Conservatives for Cruz,"" bracelets reading ""Marriage = 1 man + 1 woman,"" and, for younger attendees,...",left
15148,"Cruz, Religion and the Fair",['Politics'],"Ted Cruz Grapples With Actress Ellen Page Over Religious Liberty, Gay Rights",Newsmax (News),"Sen. Ted Cruz and actress Ellen Page locked horns in Iowa Friday, jousting over the issue of protecting religious liberty from gay rights activists.
According to the Daily Caller, Page was on location for a Vice Media project when she asked the conservative GOP presidential candidate, ""what about the question about LGBT people being fired for being gay-trans?""",right
15149,"Cruz, Religion and the Fair",['Politics'],"Ted Cruz, Seeking Converts to His Campaign, Rallies Iowa Evangelicals",New York Times (News),"Senator Ted Cruz on Friday night drew one of the largest crowds in Iowa of any candidate this year: some 2,300 Christian conservatives, who turned out for an unusual program featuring people Mr. Cruz called “victims of government persecution.”
The eight people included bakers, a florist, wedding planners and others from several states. All of them said they had been sued, fined or fired for refusing service to same-sex couples or for expressing opposition to homosexuality. Several of them were well known to audiences of right-leaning news media.
Seated in...",left
15150,Analysis of Obama Speech on Terror,"['National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",Obama's not-so-peppy pep talk,Politico,President Barack Obama wanted to show he was so serious about the threat posed by ISIL that he gave a speech from the Oval Office about it—standing up.,left
15151,Analysis of Obama Speech on Terror,"['National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",OPINION: Obama speech: Reassurances about ISIS fall flat in Oval Office address,Guest Writer,"In the wake of the worst terrorist attack in America since 9/11, President Obama could have used his Oval Office address on Sunday night to announce different policies than the ones that have obviously failed to keep America safe from radical Islam.",center
15152,"Virus Testing is up Overall, but Some States May be Falling Behind","['Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Role Of Government', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']",Most states still fall short of recommended testing levels,Associated Press,"As businesses reopened Friday in more of the U.S., an overwhelming majority of states still fall short of the COVID-19 testing levels that public health experts say are necessary to safely ease lockdowns and avoid another deadly wave of outbreaks, according to an Associated Press analysis.
Rapid, widespread testing is considered essential to tracking and containing the coronavirus. But 41 of the nation’s 50 states fail to test widely enough to drive their infections below a key benchmark, according to an AP analysis of metrics developed by Harvard’s Global Health...",left
15153,"Virus Testing is up Overall, but Some States May be Falling Behind","['Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Role Of Government', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']",Gov. Cuomo’s nursing home mass testing edict leaves labs unable to comply,New York Post (News),"The state’s top coronavirus test lab is so overwhelmed by the mandated coronavirus testing in nursing homes that they’ve told counties to stop sending them shipments, The Post has learned.
Officials at the embattled state Health Department’s Wadsworth Center in Albany notified multiple county health officers they have reached capacity and are struggling to process the surge in tests.
The logjam comes one week after DOH started quietly increasing testing for nursing home residents, and following Gov. Cuomo’s announcement Sunday of a new executive order mandating that state-licensed nursing homes...",right
15154,"Virus Testing is up Overall, but Some States May be Falling Behind","['Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Role Of Government', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']",America’s coronavirus testing numbers are really improving — finally,Vox,"After an April that some experts described as “wasted,” it looks like America is finally making some real progress on coronavirus testing in May.
Over the past couple of weeks, the United States has seen significant improvements not just with the raw number of Covid-19 tests but also with other metrics experts use to gauge the scope of the US’s coronavirus outbreak and its testing capacity.
During the week of May 5, the US averaged nearly 300,000 new coronavirus tests a day, according to the Covid Tracking Project. That’s nearly...",left
15155,Texas AG Sues Four Battleground States Over Election Procedures,"['Politics', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton', 'Election Fraud', 'Lawsuit', 'Battleground States']",Texas AG Paxton Files Election Suit Against 4 Battleground States,Newsmax (News),"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit on Tuesday against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, claiming the four states exploited the pandemic to justify ignoring election laws.
In papers filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, Paxton claimed the states unlawfully enacted last-minute changes, which skewed the results of the general election.
The papers also allege that the majority of the rushed decisions, made by local officials, were not approved by the state legislatures, thereby circumventing the Constitution.
“The battleground states flooded their people with unlawful ballot applications and ballots while...",right
15156,Texas AG Sues Four Battleground States Over Election Procedures,"['Politics', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton', 'Election Fraud', 'Lawsuit', 'Battleground States']","Texas sues states Biden won in Supreme Court, seeking to delay Electoral College vote",The Hill,"Texas announced on Tuesday that it would be filing a lawsuit in the Supreme Court against four battleground states in an effort to halt presidential electors from finalizing President-elect Joe Biden's victory.
Texas argued that electors from Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin should not be allowed to cast their votes in part because those states unconstitutionally changed their voting procedures during the coronavirus pandemic to allow for increased mail-in ballots. Biden won all four states.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) alleges that the new voting processes in the battleground...",center
15157,Texas AG Sues Four Battleground States Over Election Procedures,"['Politics', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton', 'Election Fraud', 'Lawsuit', 'Battleground States']",Texas files desperate bid with Supreme Court asking justices to allow lawsuit against battleground states,CNN (Online News),"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the Supreme Court late Monday night to take up a lawsuit against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, arguing that the battleground states exploited the Covid-19 pandemic to justify ignoring federal and state election laws. He seeks to block election results from the states.
It is the latest long shot petition to reach the high court challenging election results and faces tough odds before the justices.
If a state seeks to sue another state it can go directly to the Supreme Court but it...",left
15158,Trade Deal in Senate,['Trade'],Martin O’Malley Praises Senate Democrats for Holding Up Trade Deal,Wall Street Journal (News),"Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley on Wednesday praised Senate Democrats for blocking, at least temporarily, a bill that would give President Barack Obama authority to move trade deals through Congress.
Mr. O’Malley, who is expected to jump into the Democratic race for president later this month, renewed his criticism of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Approval of the big trade deal between the U.S. and 1",center
15159,Trade Deal in Senate,['Trade'],Boehner Claims Optimism On Trade Legislation Despite Defeat In Senate,HuffPost,"One day after Senate Democrats dealt a blow to President Barack Obama’s trade agenda in the upper chamber, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said he is “still optimistic” Congress has the votes to give the president authority to fast-track international trade deals.
Boehner said that no matter what, the House will figure out how to deal with the trade legislation once it hits the floor.
On Tuesday, Senate Democrats united to defeat the so-called trade promotion authority bill, which would give the president expedited power to funnel trade deals through...",left
15160,Trade Deal in Senate,['Trade'],House Democrats mount opposition to Obama trade deal,Washington Times,"The White House tried to salvage President Obama’s free-trade deal on Capitol Hill Wednesday, even as House Democrats intensified their opposition to the measure and blamed Mr. Obama for mishandling the politics of his top second-term priority.
A day after Senate Democrats dealt an embarrassing setback to Mr. Obama on the trade legislation, key Democratic lawmakers vowed that the task ahead for the president will only become more difficult if the measure eventually reaches the House.",right
15161,Biden is the Projected Winner of the 2020 Presidential Race,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']","Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided US",Associated Press Fact Check,"Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by the historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil.
His victory came after more than three days of uncertainty as election officials sorted through a surge of mail-in votes that delayed the processing of some ballots. Biden crossed 270 Electoral College votes with a win in Pennsylvania.
Biden, 77, staked his candidacy less on any distinctive political ideology than on galvanizing a...",left
15162,Biden is the Projected Winner of the 2020 Presidential Race,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']","Biden wins presidency, Trump denied second term in White House, Fox News projects",Fox News (Online News),"Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has defeated incumbent President Donald Trump, denying him a second term in the White House, Fox News projects, a victory for the former vice president after a bitter campaign and dramatic, prolonged vote count in battleground states sparking lawsuits from the Trump campaign.",right
15163,Biden is the Projected Winner of the 2020 Presidential Race,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Joe Biden wins Pennsylvania and the presidency,USA TODAY,"Biden defeats Trump in presidential election
Joe Biden, the former vice president and longtime fixture of national politics, is projected to win the state of Pennsylvania, according to The Associated Press.
That means Biden will have the required 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency.
Biden would also have won a bitterly fought contest for president after vowing to usher in a robust response to the once-in-a-century pandemic and a renewed focus on civility that has been largely absent during four years of chaos and division...",left
15164,Obamacare Premiums to Rise Sharply,['Healthcare'],Obamacare premiums to rise by double-digit percentages for millions,Washington Times,"Obamacare premiums will soar in 2017, the administration acknowledged Monday, with the price of the most popular benchmark plans jumping an average of 22 percent as the law continues to rely on older, sicker customers than its backers had envisioned.",right
15165,Obamacare Premiums to Rise Sharply,['Healthcare'],"Rates Rise Again For Obamacare Health Plans, But So Do Subsidies Listen· 3:56",NPR (Online News),"The cost of health insurance under the Affordable Care Act is expected to rise an average of 22 percent in 2017, according to information released by the Obama administration Monday afternoon.
Still, federal subsidies will also rise, meaning that few people are likely to have to pay the full cost after the rate increases to get insurance coverage.",left
15166,Obamacare Premiums to Rise Sharply,['Healthcare'],"Obamacare's double-digit rate hike, explained in 400 words",Vox,"Obamacare premiums are on track to rise faster than ever before in 2017. The Obama administration released data Monday showing that premiums for midlevel plans will rise, on average, 22 percent between 2016 and 2017.
Yes, that is a huge increase. Last year premiums went up by 7.5 percent.",left
15167,Perspectives: Military Leaders' Testimony on Afghanistan Withdrawal Contradicts Biden,"['National Defense', 'US Military', 'Afghanistan', 'Middle East', 'Joe Biden', 'Pentagon', 'Defense And Security']",The Generals Contradict Biden on Afghanistan,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"President Biden hopes the political fallout from his botched Afghanistan withdrawal will fade quickly, but Tuesday’s Senate hearing with the secretary of Defense and two top generals doesn’t cast his decisions in a better light.
The hearing underscored that the President acted against the advice of the military in yanking the residual U.S. force from the country. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and Gen. Kenneth McKenzie both made clear in their testimony that they recommended that about 2,500 U.S. troops stay in Afghanistan to delay...",right
15168,Perspectives: Military Leaders' Testimony on Afghanistan Withdrawal Contradicts Biden,"['National Defense', 'US Military', 'Afghanistan', 'Middle East', 'Joe Biden', 'Pentagon', 'Defense And Security']",Defense officials just debunked much of the criticism of Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal,Jennifer Rubin,"Testimony from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday was enlightening in several respects. The two defense officials may not have persuaded those who wanted to continue an unwinnable war in Afghanistan, but they certainly put President Biden’s decision-making in context.
Much of the media’s attention focused on Milley, who at the beginning of the hearing shattered the notion that he had acted outside the chain of command or usurped civilian control in the waning days of...",left
15169,Perspectives: Military Leaders' Testimony on Afghanistan Withdrawal Contradicts Biden,"['National Defense', 'US Military', 'Afghanistan', 'Middle East', 'Joe Biden', 'Pentagon', 'Defense And Security']",Generals Contradict Biden on Afghanistan Advice,FactCheck.org,"Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley and Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, contradicted President Joe Biden’s claim last month that top military advisers didn’t recommend keeping a residual force in Afghanistan. 
In a Sept. 28 Senate hearing, both generals said they believe the U.S. should have left a residual force of at least 2,500 troops, and that Biden received those recommendations.
But in an interview with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News on Aug. 18, Biden denied that his decision to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan went against the...",center
15170,Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates by Half-Point in Biggest Hike Since 2000,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Reserve', 'Inflation', 'Interest Rates', 'Jerome Powell', 'Life During Covid-19']",The Fed Jacks Key Rate Up Half-Point As Inflation Surges,The Daily Wire,"The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a half-point Wednesday, in a strong, but expected move to slow surging inflation even as economic growth went negative in the first quarter.
The central bank is expected to continue raising the rate through the end of the year after holding it at or near zero for several years. It normally raises or lowers the rate in quarter-point increments, and the half-point increase, which followed a quarter-point boost in March, was the biggest jump since May, 2000. The current federal funds target rate is between...",right
15171,Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates by Half-Point in Biggest Hike Since 2000,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Reserve', 'Inflation', 'Interest Rates', 'Jerome Powell', 'Life During Covid-19']",The Fed is owning the inflation problem,Axios,"The two most striking moments of Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell's news conference Wednesday came at the very beginning and near the end.
He started the session by staring into the camera and telling the American people that inflation is too high and the Fed is determined to bring it down. Later, when asked a question about what other branches of government could do to fight inflation, he demurred, essentially saying inflation is the Fed's problem to solve.
Why it matters: The Fed may be late in attempting to bring down...",center
15172,Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates by Half-Point in Biggest Hike Since 2000,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Reserve', 'Inflation', 'Interest Rates', 'Jerome Powell', 'Life During Covid-19']",The Fed Just Raised the Odds of a Recession,New York Magazine,"The Federal Reserve pushed up the odds that the country will fall into a recession on Wednesday when it tightened up the flow of money in the most aggressive move in 22 years.
Led by Jerome Powell, the central bank has essentially put the economy in reverse and jammed on the accelerator in a bid to speed away from inflation, stoked by $5 trillion in stimulus, more than two years of practically free credit, and a global trade system jammed up by the lingering effects of the pandemic. Inflation is...",left
15173,Perspectives: Migrant Crisis in Del Rio,"['Immigration', 'Del Rio', 'Texas', 'Border Crisis', 'Joe Biden', 'Homeland Security']",Border patrol's outrageous treatment of migrants,CNN (Opinion),"A human-rights catastrophe has taken shape on the border in Texas -- and it has happened on the Biden administration's watch. Monday, the nation saw horrifying images of Border Patrol officials appearing to chase and confront asylum seekers, who were largely Haitian, near the international bridge between Coahuila, Mexico, and Del Rio, Texas.
The video appears to show abusive treatment by agents on horseback trying to corral terrified migrants. As CNN reported: ""In one video by Al Jazeera English that circulated widely on social media, an agent yells, 'This is why your...",left
15174,Perspectives: Migrant Crisis in Del Rio,"['Immigration', 'Del Rio', 'Texas', 'Border Crisis', 'Joe Biden', 'Homeland Security']",Spin and lies won’t hide the extent of Biden’s border fiasco,Rich Lowry,"Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is indisputably good at one part of his job: always referring to the migrant surge at the border as a “challenge,” never a “crisis.”
He visited Del Rio, Texas, recently and refused to use the offending word about more than 10,000 Haitian migrants huddled under a bridge, living among trash with insufficient food and water in sweltering heat. A mere “challenge.”
If euphemism and spin constituted competent, Team Biden wouldn’t be coping with a historic surge of illegal crossings at the border that reached another level with...",right
15175,Pentagon Says Troops Must Get Vaccinated 'Immediately',"['US Military', 'Coronavirus', 'Pentagon', 'National Defense', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Defense And Security']",Pentagon orders troops to get COVID-19 vaccine immediately,Axios,"The Pentagon on Wednesday ordered military troops to get the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible, according to a memo from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin obtained by AP.
Why it matters: Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said Wednesday that ""on the active duty force, 68% is fully vaccinated, and we estimate just over 76% have at least one dose.""
Here are figures Kirby provided, by branch:
Army: 40% fully vaccinated with 57% with one dose.
Marine Corps: 53% fully vaccinated, 60% with one dose. 
Navy: 73% fully vaccinated, 79% with at least one dose. 
Air Force, which includes Space Force: 57% fully vaccinated, 64%...",center
15176,Pentagon Says Troops Must Get Vaccinated 'Immediately',"['US Military', 'Coronavirus', 'Pentagon', 'National Defense', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Defense And Security']",Pentagon mandates US military service members receive Covid vaccine immediately,CNN (Online News),"The Pentagon is mandating that US military service members get fully vaccinated against Covid-19 immediately, after the Food and Drug Administration fully approved the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine this week.
""After careful consultation with medical experts and military leadership, and with the support of the President, I have determined that mandatory vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is necessary to protect the Force and defend the American people,"" Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin wrote in a memo released Wednesday.
He added, ""To defend this Nation, we need a healthy and ready force.""
The Pentagon previously said that...",left
15177,Pentagon Says Troops Must Get Vaccinated 'Immediately',"['US Military', 'Coronavirus', 'Pentagon', 'National Defense', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Defense And Security']",Defense Secretary Orders US Troops to Quickly Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19,The Epoch Times,"U.S. military department heads were ordered Tuesday to “immediately” start getting their troops vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19, two days after the first COVID-19 vaccine received federal approval.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a memorandum made public Aug. 25 that the secretaries of all military departments must “immediately begin full vaccination” of all service members who aren’t already vaccinated.
A timeline was not laid out in the memo, but Austin directed a rapid pace, telling the secretaries to “impose ambitious timelines for implementation.”
Austin announced on Aug. 9 that all active-duty...",right
15178,Immigration Back on Agenda,['Immigration'],Immigration back on the front burner for Obama; raises eyebrows with DHS pick,Washington Times,"President Obama said early Thursday that he wants to make a major push to have Congress pass immigration legislation this year — but by late in the day the White House was confirming he will nominate someone with little immigration experience to head the Department of Homeland Security.
Administration and congressional officials said Mr. Obama will turn to Jeh Johnson, who was the top lawyer at the Pentagon, to run the agency that oversees the Secret Service, the Transportation Security Administration, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and all three...",right
15179,Immigration Back on Agenda,['Immigration'],Democrats Aim to Restore Immigration to Agenda,New York Times (News),"As the fiscal crisis subsided and the government went back to work this week, President Obama and other leading Democrats were quick to say that an immigration overhaul should be back on the agenda in Congress.",left
15180,Immigration Back on Agenda,['Immigration'],Pres. Obama prepares for more fights,CNN (Online News),"The day after the shutdown showdown finally ended, Pres. Obama is trying to refocus his energy on his second term agenda. Will he be able to make progress on issues like immigration reform, a budget agreement, or the farm bill? CNN's Brianna Keilar reports.",left
15181,Pope Francis,['Religion And Faith'],5 things to know about the new pope,CNN (Online News),"From the Vatican to Buenos Aires, Catholics worldwide rejoiced when Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio became the new pope.",left
15182,Pope Francis,['Religion And Faith'],Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio named new pope,Fox News (Online News),"Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected by his peers Wednesday as the new pope, becoming the first pontiff from the Americas.",right
15183,Pope Francis,['Religion And Faith'],New Pope Shifts Church's Center of Gravity Away From Europe,New York Times (News),"The surprise selection on Wednesday of an Argentine, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, as the new pope shifted the gravity of the Roman Catholic Church from Europe to Latin America in one fell swoop, and served as an emphatic salute to the growing power of Latinos across the Americas.",left
15184,U.S. Issues Warrant to Seize Iran Oil Tanker,"['Foreign Policy', 'Justice Department']",Justice Department issues warrant for Iranian tanker seizure,Washington Times,"A U.S. court has issued a warrant for the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker at the center of a fierce international dispute, the Justice Department said late Friday.
The oil tanker, Grace 1, with more than 2 million barrels of oil aboard and $995,000 are subject to forfeiture based on a complaint by the U.S. Government.",right
15185,U.S. Issues Warrant to Seize Iran Oil Tanker,"['Foreign Policy', 'Justice Department']",U.S. seeks seizure of Iranian oil tanker in new escalation,Washington Post,"The global standoff between the United States and Iran over shipping escalated Saturday after the United States issued a warrant for the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker detained in Gibraltar, just hours after the ship was ordered released.
The Grace 1 supertanker was intercepted in waters off Gibraltar by the British navy last month on suspicion that it was delivering oil to Syria in violation of E.U. sanctions. The move triggered the capture by Iran two weeks later of a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf in...",left
15186,U.S. Issues Warrant to Seize Iran Oil Tanker,"['Foreign Policy', 'Justice Department']",U.S. issues warrant to seize Iran oil tanker 'Grace 1' after Gibraltar judge orders its release,USA TODAY,"The U.S. Justice Department issued a warrant to seize an Iranian oil tanker detained in Gibraltar, a day after a judge in the British overseas territory ordered its release.
The U.S. move late Friday deepens a weeks-long diplomatic dispute between Tehran and Washington. It also comes amid a standoff between the two countries after President Donald Trump withdrew from an international nuclear accord with Tehran and reimposed sanctions. Tensions in the Persian Gulf have been on the rise since.",left
15187,Biden at NAACP,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Seats at Biden's NAACP Speech Pretty Much Empty,Institute for International Economics,"Vice President Joe Biden addressed the NAACP Convention today in Houston and according to the National Journal.....hardly anybody cared to show up to hear him talk, at the beginning of his remarks anyway.",center
15188,Biden at NAACP,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Biden Gets Warm Reception From NAACP,Wall Street Journal (News),"Vice President Joe Biden got a warm reception from the countrys largest civil-rights organization Thursday as he attacked presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, whose remarks to the same group a day earlier drew loud boos.
“Its good to be home. Its good to be back, Mr. Biden said at the NAACPs annual convention in Houston, as he began an 25-minute speech in which he attacked Mr. Romneys ideas on everything from education to taxes. The vice presidents comfort level was on display as he called out a names in the audience...",center
15189,Skinnydipping Congressman,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Congressman Who Took Nude Dip In Sea Of Galilee Apologizes,NPR (Online News),"Saying he apologizes for ""any embarrassment I have caused for my colleagues and constituents,"" Kansas Republican Rep. Kevin Yoder has confirmed a Politico report that he was the ""nude member of Congress"" who took a dip in the Sea of Galilee last year during a late-night escapade ""that involved drinking [and] numerous GOP freshmen lawmakers.""
According to Politico:",left
15190,Skinnydipping Congressman,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","Exclusive: FBI probed GOP trip with drinking, nudity in Israel",Politico,"The FBI probed a late-night swim in the Sea of Galilee that involved drinking, numerous GOP freshmen lawmakers, top leadership staff — and one nude member of Congress, according to more than a dozen sources, including eyewitnesses.
During a fact-finding congressional trip to the Holy Land last summer, Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.) took off his clothes and jumped into the sea, joining a number of members, their families and GOP staff during a night out in Israel, the sources told POLITICO. Other participants, including the daughter of another congressman,...",left
15191,Skinnydipping Congressman,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","Account of overseas skinny-dipping fuels clarifications, accusations on Hill",Fox News (Online News),"A bizarre report about Republican congressmen on a late-night swim last year in the Sea of Galilee -- including one who went skinny-dipping -- triggered a flurry of clarifications from Capitol Hill overnight and a round of accusations between two primary opponents.
The report in Politico said the FBI had looked into the incident in Israel last year, when a mix of GOP congressional freshmen and leaders were visiting as guests of The American Israel Educational Foundation.
According to the report, Kansas Rep. Kevin Yoder stripped naked and...",right
15192,Biden Leads Vote Count; Trump Initiates Legal Challenges,"['Elections', 'Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Lawsuits', 'Recount']",Trump to Demand Recount in Wisconsin,Washington Free Beacon,"The Trump campaign announced that it will ""immediately"" request a recount in Wisconsin, a crucial state for Republicans where Democratic nominee Joe Biden currently holds a razor-thin lead.
""The President is well within the threshold to request a recount and we will immediately do so,"" campaign manager Bill Stepien said in a Wednesday statement.
Biden leads Trump in the state by about 20,000 votes—0.7 percent of 3.2 million ballots cast—according to the New York Times. Under Wisconsin law, a campaign must be within 1 percent to request a recount, which...",right
15193,Biden Leads Vote Count; Trump Initiates Legal Challenges,"['Elections', 'Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Lawsuits', 'Recount']",Biden gains ground in White House vote count as Trump mounts legal challenges,Reuters,"Democrat Joe Biden edged closer to victory in the U.S. presidential race on Thursday as election officials tallied votes in the handful of states that will determine the outcome and protesters took to the streets.
President Donald Trump alleged fraud without providing evidence, filed lawsuits and called for recounts in a race yet to be decided two days after polls closed.
The race was coming down to close contests in five states. Biden held narrow leads in Nevada and Arizona while Trump was watching his slim advantage fade in must-win...",center
15194,Biden Leads Vote Count; Trump Initiates Legal Challenges,"['Elections', 'Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Lawsuits', 'Recount']","Trump sues in 3 states, laying ground for contesting outcome",Associated Press Fact Check,"President Donald Trump’s campaign filed lawsuits Wednesday in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, laying the groundwork for contesting battleground states as he slipped behind Democrat Joe Biden in the hunt for the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House.
The new filings, joining existing Republican legal challenges in Pennsylvania and Nevada, demand better access for campaign observers to locations where ballots are being processed and counted, and raise absentee ballot concerns, the campaign said. However, at one Michigan location in question The Associated Press observed poll watchers from...",left
15195,What Does a Republican Victory in South Texas Mean for Hispanic Voters in 2022?,"['2022 Elections', 'Texas', 'Mexico', 'Elections', 'Hispanic Americans', 'Latinos', 'Politics', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Republican Party']",Mayra Flores win drives GOP optimism about Hispanic voters,The Hill,"Republicans are holding up Mayra Flores’s win in the special election for Texas’ 34th Congressional District Tuesday as the latest sign Hispanic voters are shifting toward the GOP and hoping her win is the first of many this year for Republicans running in heavily-Latino districts.
But the race also showed Republicans may need to make large investments to capture such seats, and the unusual nature of a low-turnout special election using district lines that will change in just a few months makes it difficult to say if the contest was a...",center
15196,What Does a Republican Victory in South Texas Mean for Hispanic Voters in 2022?,"['2022 Elections', 'Texas', 'Mexico', 'Elections', 'Hispanic Americans', 'Latinos', 'Politics', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Republican Party']",How Mayra Flores flipped a Rio Grande Valley congressional seat and gave Republicans hope for a new era in South Texas,The Texas Tribune,"After a redistricting proposal made Texas’ 34th Congressional District more blue last fall, the top Republican candidate for the seat, Mayra Flores, traveled to the state Capitol in Austin to plead with lawmakers to reconsider.
It seemed, she said, that despite all the new Republican talk about competing in South Texas, the GOP map-drawers were “sending the message of not really caring about” voters there, depriving them of a competitive district.
But lawmakers were unswayed and eventually passed a map that transformed the 34th District from one that President Joe...",left
15197,What Does a Republican Victory in South Texas Mean for Hispanic Voters in 2022?,"['2022 Elections', 'Texas', 'Mexico', 'Elections', 'Hispanic Americans', 'Latinos', 'Politics', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Republican Party']",An Earthquake in South Texas,National Review,"To the extent that Democrats are still banking on Latino voters to carry them to durable national majorities, the result in Tuesday’s special election in the Texas 34th congressional district should be an alarm bell. Joe Biden carried TX-34 by four points in 2020; Filemon Vela, the incumbent Democratic congressman, won it by 13.6. But Vela resigned to work for a lobbying firm in March, triggering a special election to finish out his term — and this time, voters in the South Texas district opted for the Republican candidate by more than seven and...",right
15198,Syrian Prime Minister Escapes Car Bombing,['Terrorism'],Syria's prime minister escapes assassination attempt; bomber targeted convoy,Washington Times,Syrias prime minister escaped a daring assassination attempt on Monday when an attacker targeted his convoy in downtown Damascus and detonated a bomb.,right
15199,Syrian Prime Minister Escapes Car Bombing,['Terrorism'],Syrian prime minister escapes car bombing,Washington Post,Prime Minister Wael al-Halki is reported unharmed in a Damascus attack that killed at least nine people.,left
15200,Syrian Prime Minister Escapes Car Bombing,['Terrorism'],Site of assassination attempt on Syrian prime minister sends warning to regime,Christian Science Monitor,"The Syrian prime minister escaped the bombing unharmed, but the attackin one of Damascus' wealthiest neighborhoods shows the safe zone for regime members is shrinking.",center
15201,Merck Asks FDA for Emergency Approval of Antiviral COVID-19 Pill,"['Coronavirus', 'Merck', 'Coronavirus Pills', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare']",What we know — and don’t know — about Merck’s new Covid-19 pill,STAT,"The announcement that a pill from Merck and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics kept Covid patients out of the hospital made headlines and moved stocks late last week. But as is so often true when data are released by press release, there are still many questions left unanswered.
Doctors are excited about the medicine, molnupiravir, because a regimen of pills, even one that involves taking several pills twice a day for five days, should be far easier to deliver to patients than current antiviral Covid-19 treatments, which must be given intravenously. But it’s still...",center
15202,Merck Asks FDA for Emergency Approval of Antiviral COVID-19 Pill,"['Coronavirus', 'Merck', 'Coronavirus Pills', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare']",Merck asks FDA for emergency approval of its antiviral COVID-19 pill,New York Post (News),"Pharmaceutical giant Merck and its partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics announced Monday that it has asked the Food and Drug Administration for emergency approval of its COVID-19 pill after the experimental drug showed “compelling results” in clinical trials.
The pill, called molnupiravir, cut the risk of hospitalization or death in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 by about 50 percent in a late-stage trial, according to data from a phase three clinical trial shared earlier this month.
“The extraordinary impact of this pandemic demands that we move with unprecedented urgency, and that is what our...",right
15203,Merck Asks FDA for Emergency Approval of Antiviral COVID-19 Pill,"['Coronavirus', 'Merck', 'Coronavirus Pills', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare']","Drugmakers seek FDA emergency authorization for molnupiravir, antiviral pill to treat COVID-19",USA TODAY,"Pharmaceutical companies Merck & Co. and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics announced Monday the submission of emergency use authorization to the Food and Drug Administration for molnupiravir, an antiviral drug that offers the promise that COVID-19 could soon be treated by a pill.
Molnupiravir, an orally ingested antiviral pill, is used to treat mild to moderate adult cases of COVID-19 that are at risk of worsening to severe COVID-19 or hospitalization, according to the companies. It was created by researchers at Emory University in Atlanta and is given as four pills taken twice a day for five days.
An interim analysis from a clinical trial found the...",left
15204,New Major Obamacare Exemption,['Healthcare'],Obama administration relaxes rules of health-care law four days before deadline,Washington Post,Consumers whose polices were canceled can buy bare-bones plans or entirely avoid insurance requirement.,left
15205,New Major Obamacare Exemption,['Healthcare'],White House broadens Obamacare exemptions,Politico,"Millions of Americans who had their health plans cancelled will be exempt from the Obamacare individual mandate, the administration said Thursday - a surprise move that comes just before Monday's deadline to sign up for coverage starting Jan. 1.",left
15206,New Major Obamacare Exemption,['Healthcare'],White House Announces Another Major Obamacare Exemption,The Blaze,People whose existing health care insurance has been canceled because of the Affordable Care Act will not be hit with tax penalties for failing to line up new coverage as required under the law.,right
15207,"US COVID-19 Cases Rise, COVID-Related Deaths Decrease","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",Coronavirus cases are rising. Will deaths follow?,Washington Post,"Two weeks before Independence Day, the United States had a legitimate reason to celebrate. After more than a year of worry and restrictions that followed the emergence of the coronavirus, the number of new cases each day had fallen to a little over 11,000, the lowest level since the virus first emerged in March 2020. The rapid vaccination of millions of Americans had cut off potential hosts. Combined with warmer weather that pushed people outside, the virus was far less able to gain ground.
Over the past two weeks, though, the...",left
15208,"US COVID-19 Cases Rise, COVID-Related Deaths Decrease","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","US COVID-19 cases rising again, doubling over three weeks",Associated Press,"The COVID-19 curve in the U.S. is rising again after months of decline, with the number of new cases per day doubling over the past three weeks, driven by the fast-spreading delta variant, lagging vaccination rates and Fourth of July gatherings.
Confirmed infections climbed to an average of about 23,600 a day on Monday, up from 11,300 on June 23, according to Johns Hopkins University data. And all but two states — Maine and South Dakota — reported that case numbers have gone up over the past two weeks.
“It...",left
15209,"US COVID-19 Cases Rise, COVID-Related Deaths Decrease","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",COVID-19 cases are surging in almost every US state,New York Post (News),"The number of daily new COVID-19 infections has shot up almost 50 percent in the United States amid the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant — with rises even recorded in states with high vaccination rates, data shows.
The US on Tuesday recorded an average of 19,455 new cases per day over the last seven days — up 47.5 percent from the previous week, according to a USA Today analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University.
But deaths from the pandemic have continued to dip nationwide, down about 25 percent — to an average...",right
15210,Senate Dems Block $250 Billion Boost for Small Businesses,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'Business']",Senate adjourns until Monday after Democrats block McConnell’s bid to add $250 billion in small business aid,CNBC,"Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked a Republican push to unanimously pass a bill to put $250 billion more into a loan program for small businesses devastated by the coronavirus pandemic.
With only a few senators in the Capitol, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tried to approve the measure by a unanimous vote. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., objected to the request, stalling the legislation.
Speaking on the Senate floor, McConnell said he was not “talking about changing any policy language” the parties negotiated last month as part of an...",center
15211,Senate Dems Block $250 Billion Boost for Small Businesses,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'Business']",Why Democrats are blocking a bill that boosts funding for small businesses,Vox,"Democrats are blocking an attempt to give small businesses a $250 billion boost. But why?
At first glance, it’s a surprising move, since Democrats support providing more funding to small businesses and workers experiencing severe economic trouble caused by the fallout of the coronavirus outbreak. But the answer is simple: Democrats want to use the leverage they have in Congress so that Republicans don’t just approve more money for small businesses while leaving out other programs that also desperately need more funding.
This approach was evident Thursday when Senate Democrats...",left
15212,Senate Dems Block $250 Billion Boost for Small Businesses,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'Business']",Senate Dems Block Emergency Relief for Small Businesses,Washington Free Beacon,"Senate Democrats voted Thursday to block a $250 billion infusion of cash into small businesses suffering amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Democratic caucus denied unanimous consent to a bill floated by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) that would have added the funds. Democrats then offered their own bill, which would have included not just $250 billion for small businesses but an additional $250 billion for hospitals and state and local governments—Republicans likewise objected.
The dispute comes as new data show unemployment claims surged by 6.6 million over the...",right
15213,Chicago Teachers Strike,['Education'],"Chicago teachers strike leaves 400,000 students out of school",CNN (Online News),"Just days after their school year started, 400,000 Chicago students will be out of school indefinitely as their teachers go on strike Monday in the country's third-largest school district.",left
15214,Chicago Teachers Strike,['Education'],Chicago teachers strike for first time in 25 years after contract talks fail,Fox News (Online News),"Thousands of teachers walked off the job Monday in Chicago, the third-largest U.S. school district, as city officials prepared to look after thousands of students who could end up wandering unsafe streets.",right
15215,Chicago Teachers Strike,['Education'],"Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Vows To End Teachers Strike And Get Kids Back In Class",HuffPost,"Thousands of Chicago teachers walked off the job Monday for the first time in 25 years, after union leaders announced they were far from resolving a contract dispute with school district officials.",left
15216,Chokehold Death Protests,['Civil Rights'],California Chaos,Fox News (Online News),"A protest against police-involved killings spun out of control for the second straight night in Berkeley, Calif., Sunday, as demonstrators threw rocks and explosives at officers, turned on each other, and shut down a highway.",right
15217,Chokehold Death Protests,['Civil Rights'],Eric Garner Protests On West Coast Turn Unruly,HuffPost,"A second night of protest against police killings in Missouri and New York turned violent again in Berkeley as some demonstrators threw rocks and bottles at officers, assaulted each other and shut down a freeway, police said.",left
15218,Chokehold Death Protests,['Civil Rights'],"Protesters flood California highway, throw rocks, bottles at officers, police say",CNN (Online News),"From the streets of California to the stores of New York City, protesters are making sure no one forgets the case of Eric Garner.",left
15219,Billionaire Philanthropist Tom Steyer Announces Presidential Bid,"['Tom Steyer', '2020 Election', 'Democratic Party', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Steyer to draw on California methods in presidential bid,Politico,"SAN FRANCISCO — Billionaire activist Tom Steyer says he will use “the exact same methods” in his fledgling Democratic presidential campaign that he’s used for more than a decade in California, where he has registered hundreds of thousands of voters and thrown millions into passing several major ballot measures.
“We’re a get-out-to-the-people, directly-address-the-people organization,’’ Steyer told POLITICO Tuesday. “I’ve been an outsider this whole time in Democratic politics.""",left
15220,Billionaire Philanthropist Tom Steyer Announces Presidential Bid,"['Tom Steyer', '2020 Election', 'Democratic Party', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",How Tom Steyer Made His $1.6 Billion Fortune,Forbes,"Michael Bloomberg refused to run. Howard Schultz is still on the fence. That makes Tom Steyer, a former hedge fund manager from California, the first billionaire to officially challenge America’s first billionaire commander-in-chief for the presidency.
Forbes estimates Steyer’s net worth to be $1.6 billion, making him about half as rich as Trump (worth $3.1 billion) but far wealthier than any other presidential candidate. He has an 1,800-acre cattle ranch and a San Francisco mansion with views of the Golden Gate Bridge. But he mostly focuses his fortune on...",center
15221,Billionaire Philanthropist Tom Steyer Announces Presidential Bid,"['Tom Steyer', '2020 Election', 'Democratic Party', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Billionaire Tom Steyer Enters Presidential Race, Vowing To Get Corporations Out of Politics",Reason,"Billionaire Tom Steyer—whose name recognition of late centers around his campaign to impeach President Donald Trump—officially entered the presidential race on Tuesday, vowing to confront corporations and lessen their sway over the political system.
""I think people believe that the corporations have bought the democracy. That the politicians don't care about them or respect them,"" he said in a video announcement. ""Really what we're trying to do is make democracy work by pushing power down to the people.""
Although Steyer has not yet outlined a policy platform, he has been...",right
15222,Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Barrett Nomination over Democratic Boycott,"['US Senate', 'Senate Judiciary Committee', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Amy Coney Barrett', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Supreme Court']",Senate judiciary committee votes to advance Amy Coney Barrett nomination,The Guardian,"Republicans on the Senate judiciary committee voted unilaterally Thursday to advance Amy Coney Barrett’s supreme court nomination to the full Senate despite Democrats’ refusal to sit in the hearing room for what they called a naked “power grab”.
Democratic senators had announced the night before that they would not participate in any move to install Donald Trump’s third supreme court nominee even as tens of millions of Americans vote in a presidential election less than two weeks away.
No supreme court nominee has ever been installed so close to a...",left
15223,Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Barrett Nomination over Democratic Boycott,"['US Senate', 'Senate Judiciary Committee', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Amy Coney Barrett', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Supreme Court']",Republicans advance Barrett's Supreme Court nomination after Democrats boycott committee vote,The Hill,"Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to advance Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination after Democrats boycotted the vote.
The panel voted 12-0 to send Barrett’s nomination to the full Senate, paving the way for President Trump’s nominee to be confirmed to the Supreme Court early next week. Every Republican on the panel supported her nomination and no Democratic senator voted.
Every GOP senator was present for the vote, meeting the committee's rule that 12 members of the panel must be present to report a...",center
15224,Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Barrett Nomination over Democratic Boycott,"['US Senate', 'Senate Judiciary Committee', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Amy Coney Barrett', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Supreme Court']",Senate panel sends Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination for full vote,New York Post (News),"The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-0 to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court despite the Democratic members of the panel boycotting the hearing.
The nomination will now move to a full Senate vote on Monday.
Sen. Lindsey Graham on Thursday said he will not allow Democrats to “take over” the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation vote for Barrett after they made good on their threat to boycott the hearing.
“We’re not going to allow them to take over the committee,” Graham said in his opening statement. “They made...",right
15225,John McCain and Joe Biden's Bipartisan Friendship,['Bridging Divides'],Biden and McCain's longtime friendship to be on display at memorial service,NBC News (Online),"In any presidential campaign the job of a running mate is typically to play attack dog. But in the fall of 2008, it seemed that nearly every Joe Biden attack on the Republican ticket required a preamble of praise for his longtime Senate colleague, John McCain.",left
15226,John McCain and Joe Biden's Bipartisan Friendship,['Bridging Divides'],Former Vice President Biden to Lead Memorial Tribute to McCain,Independent Journal Review,"Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was due to lead mourners in saluting the late John McCain, his former Senate colleague, at a Phoenix church service on Thursday celebrating the life of the Vietnam War hero and two-time Republican presidential candidate.",right
15227,John McCain and Joe Biden's Bipartisan Friendship,['Bridging Divides'],"John McCain: Why Joe Biden will eulogize his longtime friend. 'If he needed my personal help, I’d go'",USA TODAY,"Former Vice President Joe Biden said it caused him ""some consternation"" in 2008 to find himself on opposing presidential tickets with his longtime friend and Senate colleague John McCain, then the GOP nominee.",left
15228,US Senate Begins Week with Open-Ended Debate on Immigration,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Democrats lack plan, concessions for deal to protect Dreamers as immigration debate begins",Washington Times,"Democrats enter this week’s immigration debate with the goal of protecting illegal immigrant Dreamers but with little strategy for how to get there, saying they will take their chances when the fight plays out on the floor of the Senate.",right
15229,US Senate Begins Week with Open-Ended Debate on Immigration,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Senate Begins ‘Wild’ Week of Debate on Immigration, Outcome Unknown",New York Times (News),"With the fate of hundreds of thousands of young, undocumented immigrants in the balance, the Senate on Monday began an open-ended debate on immigration — an exceedingly rare step that, in effect, will allow senators to attempt to build a bill from scratch on the Senate floor.",left
15230,US Senate Begins Week with Open-Ended Debate on Immigration,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",McConnell Opens Immigration Debate Backing Trump's Framework,Bloomberg,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell threw his support behind immigration legislation that tracks President Donald Trump’s framework, making an opening bid in what is likely to be an extended debate with a proposal that’s already been rejected by Democrats.",left
15231,Obama in Mexico,['Foreign Policy'],"Obama Blames Violence in Mexico on America's Lust for Drugs, Guns",The Blaze,"Speaking in Mexico on Friday, President Barack Obama blamed U.S. gun manufactures for the violence in the country, adding that much of it stems from the American demand for illegal drugs.",right
15232,Obama in Mexico,['Foreign Policy'],Obama: U.S.-Mexico need to set aside old stereotypes,Washington Post,President Obama says he wants to set aside old stereotypes that have created misunderstanding between Mexico and the United States. He says Mexico is an emerging nation that is remaking itself.,left
15233,Obama in Mexico,['Foreign Policy'],Text of Obama's Speech in Mexico City,Wall Street Journal (News),"US President Barack Obama delivers a speech during his meeting with Mexican young people at the Antrophology Museum in Mexico City on May 3, 2013.",center
15234,New York Passes Law Expanding Abortion Rights,"['Abortion', 'New York', 'Andrew Cuomo']",New York State Senate Passes Bill Permitting Abortions up to Birth,National Review,"The New York State Senate passed the Reproductive Health Act (RHA) this evening by a vote of 38-24, on the 46th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, which found that",right
15235,New York Passes Law Expanding Abortion Rights,"['Abortion', 'New York', 'Andrew Cuomo']",New York passes law allowing abortions up until baby's due date if mother's health is at risk,CBS News (Online),"New York state has enacted strong new legal protections for abortion rights. The new law, signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday, safeguards rights laid out in Roe v. Wade and",left
15236,New York Passes Law Expanding Abortion Rights,"['Abortion', 'New York', 'Andrew Cuomo']",NY enacts new protections for abortion rights,Associated Press,"New York state enacted one of the nation’s strongest protections for abortion rights Tuesday, a move that state leaders say was needed to safeguard those rights should the U.S. Supreme",left
15237,Could the Battle for the Donbas Change the Russia-Ukraine Conflict?,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Donbas']",Russia and Ukraine’s battle for Donbas could decide the war — and it could go either way,CNBC,"Russia’s new offensive in the Donbas region could prove to be extremely significant and decisive in the war, analysts warn, and could determine how the country’s territorial boundaries look in weeks and years to come.
“The Russian war machine in the east could prove to be a very painful threat for Ukraine quickly,” Maximilian Hess, fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, told CNBC Tuesday.
“It’s quite clear that Russia’s war aims remain quite extensive,” Hess added, saying that how the battle for Donbas proceeds “will determine how much of...",center
15238,Could the Battle for the Donbas Change the Russia-Ukraine Conflict?,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Donbas']","Donbas, Ukraine's ravaged heartland, has suffered eight years of warfare. Here's why Putin wants it",CNN (Online News),"Donbas, a sprawling and beleaguered heartland region that blankets much of eastern Ukraine, has been the front line of the country's conflict with Russia since 2014.
But now its people, already scarred by eight years of fighting, are bracing for an assault even more intense. An impending battle for control of the territory is expected to define Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion, after his forces suffered costly failures in Kyiv, and across central and northern Ukraine.
Satellite images have shown Russian military convoys and resupplied units moving towards Donbas for a large-scale offensive,...",left
15239,Could the Battle for the Donbas Change the Russia-Ukraine Conflict?,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Donbas']",Russia Deploys Up to 20K Mercenaries to Ukraine's Donbas Region,Newsmax (News),"Russia has deployed up to 20,000 mercenaries as part of its new offensive in Ukraine's Donbas region, it was reported on Tuesday.
The mercenaries, from Syria, Libya, and elsewhere, were sent to fight with no heavy equipment or armored vehicles, a European official said.
The soldiers were recruited by the Wagner Group, a Russian-backed private military company, the Guardian reported.
""What I can tell you is that we did see some transfer from these areas, Syria and Libya, to the eastern Donbas region, and these guys are mainly used as a mass...",right
15240,Whistleblower Says Trump Admin Overturned 25 Security Clearance Denials,"['National Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Defense And Security']",Official: Trump team overruled 25 security clearance denials,Associated Press,"A career official in the White House security office says dozens of people in President Donald Trump’s administration were granted security clearances despite “disqualifying issues” in their backgrounds, such as concerns about foreign influence, drug use and criminal conduct.
Tricia Newbold, an 18-year government employee who oversees the issuance of clearances for some senior White House aides, says she compiled a list of at least 25 officials who were initially denied security clearances last year because of their backgrounds. But she says senior Trump aides overturned those decisions, moves that...",left
15241,Whistleblower Says Trump Admin Overturned 25 Security Clearance Denials,"['National Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Defense And Security']","Drugs, crime, and foreign ties aren’t enough to deny a White House security clearance, whistleblower says",Vice,"Jared Kushner can probably thank nepotism for winning a security clearance that even President Trump’s former chief of staff John Kelly opposed, but he’s hardly the only one whose approval set off alarm bells, according to House Democrats.
In fact, the White House issued security clearances to 25 people who’d initially been denied for having glaring red flags all over their applications, a whistleblower working inside the White House has told Congress.",left
15242,Whistleblower Says Trump Admin Overturned 25 Security Clearance Denials,"['National Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Defense And Security']",Republicans Cast Doubt on White House Security Clearance Whistleblower,The Daily Caller,"GOP lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee are casting doubt on a White House whistleblower in a Monday morning memorandum, alleging that nearly two dozen White House aides were given security clearances despite initially being denied.
Democratic staff revealed Monday morning that the whistleblower noted that 25 people, including senior White House aides, were given clearance despite having it rejected by career staffers. The whistleblower, Tricia Newbold, is a manager in the White House personnel office.",right
15243,Inaugural Boycott Grows,['Politics'],A state-by-state list of Democrats that are not attending Trump's inauguration,USA TODAY,"Congressional Democrats may have accepted the outcome of the election by now, but that doesn't mean they have to like it.",left
15244,Inaugural Boycott Grows,['Politics'],Growing list of Democrats boycotting Trump inauguration,Yahoo News,"More than 30 House Democrats plan to boycott President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday, casting the Republican businessman as a threat to democracy.",left
15245,Inaugural Boycott Grows,['Politics'],"Inaugural Boycott Grows amid Trump, Lewis War of Words",CBN,More than 40 congressional Democrats now say they're boycotting President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday.,right
15246,Off-Year State Elections Prompt 2020 Speculation,"['State Elections', 'Kentucky', 'Mississippi', 'Virginia', 'Democrats', 'Republicans', 'Donald Trump', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']","Polls close in Kentucky, Mississippi to follow, in elections testing Trump's political power",NBC News (Online),"WASHINGTON — The governor's race is too close to call in Kentucky, NBC News projects, one of three states with off-year elections Tuesday that will test both President Donald Trump's ability to motivate Republican voters in the midst of the impeachment inquiry and Democrats' chances of capitalizing on his unpopularity ahead of next year's presidential election.
Trump injected himself into two governors' races in the South, holding a rally in Tupelo, Mississippi, for Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves last Friday and then traveling to Lexington, Kentucky, on Monday to boost Gov....",left
15247,Off-Year State Elections Prompt 2020 Speculation,"['State Elections', 'Kentucky', 'Mississippi', 'Virginia', 'Democrats', 'Republicans', 'Donald Trump', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']",Polls close as off-year election results offer clues to 2020,Associated Press,"Polls closed Tuesday in four states where off-year governor’s races and legislative elections offer a test of voter enthusiasm and party organization amid impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump and a fevered Democratic presidential primary scramble.
Results in Kentucky, Mississippi, New Jersey and Virginia won’t necessarily predict whether Trump will be reelected or which party will control Congress after the general election next fall. But partisans of all stripes invariably will scrutinize the results of these odd-year elections for clues about how voters are reacting to the impeachment saga and...",left
15248,Off-Year State Elections Prompt 2020 Speculation,"['State Elections', 'Kentucky', 'Mississippi', 'Virginia', 'Democrats', 'Republicans', 'Donald Trump', 'Election 2020', 'Elections']","GOP's Bevin trailing in Kentucky gubernatorial race, as Trump calls for 'angry majority' to rise",Fox News (Online News),"Republican incumbent Gov. Matt Bevin was narrowly ahead Tuesday evening in the closely contested governor's race in Kentucky, where President Trump has called for an ""angry majority"" of GOP voters -- a nod to Richard Nixon's “silent majority"" and Ronald Reagan's “moral majority"" -- to send a powerful message to Democrats heading into the 2020 election season.
With 62 percent of precincts reporting, Bevin was leading Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear, 49.4 percent (456,332 votes) to 48.5 percent (448,018 votes). But in a worrying sign for Republicans, Bevin was underperforming...",right
15249,Brittney Griner Sentenced to 9 Years in Russian Prison for Cannabis Possession,"['Russia', 'Brittney Griner', 'WNBA', 'World', 'Ukraine War', 'Foreign Policy', 'Sports', 'Basketball', 'Marijuana Legalization', 'Paul Whelan']","Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years for cannabis possession, smuggling in Russia",New York Post (News),"WNBA star Brittney Griner was convicted Thursday in Russia of cannabis possession and sentenced to nine years in prison — despite her insistence that she “made an honest mistake” and her tearful pleas for mercy.
Standing in a cage reserved for defendants at the Khimki court outside Moscow, Griner, 31, remained stone-faced upon hearing the verdict.
As part of the punishment phase, Griner also will be required to pay a $16,300 fine. Asked if she understood the sentence, Griner replied in English: “Yes, I understand, your honor.”",right
15250,Brittney Griner Sentenced to 9 Years in Russian Prison for Cannabis Possession,"['Russia', 'Brittney Griner', 'WNBA', 'World', 'Ukraine War', 'Foreign Policy', 'Sports', 'Basketball', 'Marijuana Legalization', 'Paul Whelan']",Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years in Russian drug trial,Axios,"WNBA star Brittney Griner was found guilty on drug charges by a Russian court and sentenced to nine years in prison on Thursday, concluding a trial that has captured national attention and reached the highest levels of U.S. diplomacy.
Why it matters: Griner's conviction comes nearly six months after she was arrested at a Moscow airport in February, when Russian authorities said they found a vape cartridge with hashish oil in her luggage.
State of play: During closing arguments Thursday, Russian prosecutors asked that Griner be sentenced to 9.5 years in prison, AP reported.",center
15251,Brittney Griner Sentenced to 9 Years in Russian Prison for Cannabis Possession,"['Russia', 'Brittney Griner', 'WNBA', 'World', 'Ukraine War', 'Foreign Policy', 'Sports', 'Basketball', 'Marijuana Legalization', 'Paul Whelan']",Brittney Griner Sentenced to 9 Years in Russian Prison on Drug Possession Charges,People,"WNBA star Brittney Griner has been sentenced to 9 years in a Russian prison, on charges of smuggling drugs into the country.
Griner's lawyers said, in a statement shared with PEOPLE, that the verdict, just below the maximum sentence of 10 years, is ""absolutely unreasonable"" and said they will ""certainly file an appeal.""
A Russian judge read Griner, 31, her verdict Thursday about an hour after her lawyers and the prosecution presented their closing arguments. The Phoenix Mercury star had given an emotional speech, reiterating her stance that though she pled guilty to...",left
15252,Election Coverage: Competitive Senate Races,"['US Senate', 'Media Industry', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Joni Ernst', 'Susan Collins', 'Arizona', 'South Carolina', 'Michigan', 'Minnesota', 'Maine', 'Elections']",A guide to 2020′s most important Senate races,CNBC,"Whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden gets sworn in as president in January, the composition of the Senate will shape what they can accomplish.
Republicans and Democrats have settled into the final weeks of a high-stakes fight for two years of Senate control. The party that wins a majority will not only dictate what policies the president can pass — on issues from health care to taxes and climate change — but also play a role in who he puts on federal courts.
The GOP holds a 53-47...",center
15253,Election Coverage: Competitive Senate Races,"['US Senate', 'Media Industry', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Joni Ernst', 'Susan Collins', 'Arizona', 'South Carolina', 'Michigan', 'Minnesota', 'Maine', 'Elections']",These Are Some of the Biggest US Senate Races to Watch in the 2020 Election,CBN,"The current balance in the US Senate is 53 Republicans and 47 Democrats (including two Independents who vote with the Democrats). In 2020, 35 seats are being contested, including two special elections for appointees replacing two senators felled by illness: Georgia Sen. Johnny Isakson and Arizona Sen. John McCain.
Democrats need three or four seats to wrest Senate control from Republicans. If Biden wins the presidency, they need three seats; if Trump is re-elected, they need four. The GOP faces daunting odds since they must defend 23 seats, almost double...",right
15254,Election Coverage: Competitive Senate Races,"['US Senate', 'Media Industry', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Joni Ernst', 'Susan Collins', 'Arizona', 'South Carolina', 'Michigan', 'Minnesota', 'Maine', 'Elections']","The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip, one week from Election Day",CNN (Online News),"The Senate majority is firmly within Democrats' reach with just a week to go until Election Day.
That wasn't necessarily expected a year ago, but Democrats' improving fortunes have a lot do with President Donald Trump. Republicans breathed a sigh of relief after the second presidential debate last week, where they think the President at least didn't hurt himself. But Trump has been a consistent drag on down-ballot Republicans, and he's spurred Democrats to raise staggering sums of money.",left
15255,Recap of Day One: Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Hearings,"['Amy Coney Barrett', 'Supreme Court Nomination Hearings', 'Faith', 'Rule Of Law', 'Supreme Court']","Judge Barrett decries 'attacks' on family, 'caricatures' of her Catholic faith",Washington Times,"Judge Amy Coney Barrett said Tuesday that her family has been “attacked” during her bid for a seat on the Supreme Court, and she’s seen “caricatures floating around” concerning her Catholic faith, but said she’s going through it because she feels a duty to defend the law.
As senators kicked off the first round of questions, Judge Barrett said she knows she’s made “distinct” choices to have a large, interracial family — she has seven children, two of them adopted from Haiti — and to have a law career, but...",right
15256,Recap of Day One: Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Hearings,"['Amy Coney Barrett', 'Supreme Court Nomination Hearings', 'Faith', 'Rule Of Law', 'Supreme Court']","Barrett defends her faith, says 'rule of law' would drive her judgment on Supreme Court - confirmation hearing updates",USA TODAY,"Democrats are seeking to make Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing about the Affordable Care Act, but in her first day answering questions, she had a pretty simple answer.
While she has criticized Chief Justice John Roberts’ 5-4 ruling in the original Obamacare case in 2012, the case coming before the high court next month involves a completely different issue, she said.
In 2012, the court was asked to decide if the entire law was unconstitutional. This time, it’s about whether a tax penalty that Congress eliminated in...",left
15257,Recap of Day One: Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Hearings,"['Amy Coney Barrett', 'Supreme Court Nomination Hearings', 'Faith', 'Rule Of Law', 'Supreme Court']",Barrett promises to be apolitical as Democrats warn of threat to health care,Washington Post,"Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett presented herself to the nation Monday as a humble and apolitical judge, opening a pandemic-altered Senate confirmation hearing that Democrats tried to make as much about health care, covid-19 and President Trump as about Barrett’s qualifications.
It was the start of what will be an acrimonious four days, as Republicans embark just weeks before Election Day on a historic move to lock in a long-sought 6-to-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court and perhaps boost Trump’s and their own reelection prospects.
Democrats acknowledged there...",left
15258,Perspectives: Brands and Bands Change Names Under Pressure,"['Culture', 'Washington Redskins', 'Cancel Culture', 'History', 'American Heritage', 'Sports', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Race And Racism']",What’s in a name?,Vox,"As tens of millions of people worldwide have taken to the streets over the past six weeks to pronounce that Black lives matter, corporate America has been nudged into action. But instead of marching alongside protesters, it’s eyeing its own shelves.
Quaker Oats spoke up first, announcing in June that Aunt Jemima, the name and face of the brand’s syrup and pancake mix for more than 130 years, would be no more. The company said in a statement that “while work has been done over the years to update the...",left
15259,Perspectives: Brands and Bands Change Names Under Pressure,"['Culture', 'Washington Redskins', 'Cancel Culture', 'History', 'American Heritage', 'Sports', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Race And Racism']",Campaign brewing to get Hindu god Brahma off popular beer,Associated Press,"An interfaith coalition is pressing the world’s largest brewer to remove the name of a Hindu god from a popular beer that dates to the late 1800s — a dispute the beermaker insists is a case of mistaken identity.
The group, which includes representatives of the Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu and Jain religions, is calling on Belgium-based brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV to rename its Brahma line, a favorite in Brazil.
Brahma was first produced in 1888 by Companhia Cervejaria Brahma, a Brazilian brewery now owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev, whose...",left
15260,Perspectives: Brands and Bands Change Names Under Pressure,"['Culture', 'Washington Redskins', 'Cancel Culture', 'History', 'American Heritage', 'Sports', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Race And Racism']",Hail (and Farewell) to the Redskins,National Review,"Were the Washington Redskins right to ditch their longstanding team name in favor of an as-yet-to-be-revealed substitute? While the Redskins name has been discussed for the better part of a decade, the debate is part of the broader question of the current madness for tearing down history of all kinds. Is the wiser approach to resist the woke mob at all points (the Texas Rangers are already in the mob’s sights, on logic opposite to the objection to Redskins), or is it to seek more reasoned distinctions? Whichever approach you...",right
15261,FBI's Mar-a-Lago Raid: Warranted or Politicized?,"['Justice', 'FBI', 'Donald Trump', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid']",Why the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago feels like a shift in the tectonic legal plates,MSNBC,"A legal barrier of sorts has been broken: The FBI obtained and executed a search warrant on the home of a former president of the United States. This represents the kind of maiden legal voyage by the Department of Justice that has been prompted by the conduct of Donald J. Trump.
There are few things we know — and much we don’t know — about Monday’s search of Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Florida home. Let’s start with what we do know.
First, the decision to request a search warrant was undoubtedly vetted through the...",left
15262,FBI's Mar-a-Lago Raid: Warranted or Politicized?,"['Justice', 'FBI', 'Donald Trump', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid']",Presidential Records Act and Trump search explained,Axios,"The FBI on Monday executed a search warrant at former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in what one former federal prosecutor called the ""most important search warrant in the history of the United States.""
The big picture: The search appeared to mark a dramatic escalation in the investigation into Trump's handling of presidential documents.
Two sources familiar with Monday's investigation told Axios' Jonathan Swan that it was their understanding that the raid was related to documents Trump took from the White House that may have been classified.
It is unclear what specific evidence the FBI sought from...",center
15263,FBI's Mar-a-Lago Raid: Warranted or Politicized?,"['Justice', 'FBI', 'Donald Trump', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid']",Mar-a-Lago Search Shows the Swamp’s Trump Obsession,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"Let us assume that for 99.99% of the U.S. population in early August 2022, the last thing on their mind was Mar-a-Lago. Instead, a short list of real things preoccupying Americans would include inflation, crime, battles in Congress over spending, Ukraine fighting World War III for us in Europe, and China conducting massive live-fire military exercises around Taiwan.
So it came as a surprise to discover Monday evening that the Justice Department and FBI decided the most important thing in the world just now was raiding former President Donald Trump’s estate...",right
15264,Rep. Don Young Wetbacks,['Immigration'],John Boehner Issues Stern Words Against Fellow Republican's Racial Slur,HuffPost,Multiple Republicans strongly condemned Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) on Friday for his use of the slur wetbacks to refer to Latino farm workers with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) issuing statements rebuking the congressmans use of the term.,left
15265,Rep. Don Young Wetbacks,['Immigration'],Boehner rebukes Rep. Young for using term 'wetbacks' in interview,Fox News (Online News),"House Speaker John Boehner and other Republican Party leaders denounced GOP Rep. Don Young Friday for using the term ""wetbacks"" to describe Hispanic migrant workers.",right
15266,Rep. Don Young Wetbacks,['Immigration'],Republicans chide Young for his 'wetbacks' comment,CNN (Online News),"With the GOP actively working to reshape its image, it didn't take long for top Republicans to blast one of their own, Rep. Don Young, for using the derogatory term ""wetbacks"" in describing migrant workers from Mexico.",left
15267,FDA Authorizes Pfizer Vaccine For 12-15 Year Olds,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",The F.D.A. authorizes the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children 12 to 15.,New York Times (News),"The Food and Drug Administration on Monday authorized use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds in the United States, a crucial step in the nation’s steady recovery from the pandemic and a boon to tens of millions of American families eager for a return to normalcy.
The authorization caps weeks of anticipation among parents, who have been grappling with how to conduct their lives when only the adults in a household are immunized. It removes an obstacle to school reopenings by reducing the threat of transmission in...",left
15268,FDA Authorizes Pfizer Vaccine For 12-15 Year Olds,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",FDA Clears Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine For Children As Young As 12,The Daily Caller,"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded its emergency use authorization for the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to children as young as 12 Monday, the first COVID-19 vaccine to receive the green light.
The FDA had previously approved both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines on children ages 16 and up, but Pfizer is the first vaccine now available to all teenagers. A CDC panel will meet Wednesday to determine how the vaccine should be administered to young children, and the vaccine will be fully cleared for use following CDC Director Rochelle...",right
15269,FDA Authorizes Pfizer Vaccine For 12-15 Year Olds,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","FDA authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for younger teens, moving US 'closer to returning to a sense of normalcy'",USA TODAY,"A COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, is safe and effective enough to give to younger teens, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday in authorizing its use.
The decision means adolescents ages 12 to 15 could qualify for shots as soon as Thursday, after the Wednesday meeting of an advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
President Joe Biden said last week that 20,000 pharmacy locations are ready to begin vaccinating adolescents once the necessary approvals come through.
Shots also will...",left
15270,Perspectives: James Carville and the Language of 'Wokeness',"['Campaign Rhetoric', 'Democratic Party', 'James Carville', 'Woke', 'Culture', 'Elections', 'Politics', 'Race And Racism']",You Don’t Have to Be Woke to Dislike Anti-Woke Democrats,Ed Kilgore,"If you have been anywhere within range of conservative talking points on either side of the Atlantic during the past few months, you are surely aware that “anti-wokeness” has become central to the right’s assault on their political enemies. There are various explanations for this phenomenon, ranging from not-so-secret pandering to racism and sexism to the absence of a substantive conservative agenda these days.
Personally, I think it’s catnip for the right in no small part because it enables culture warriors fighting such strange ideas as equality to pose as...",left
15271,Perspectives: James Carville and the Language of 'Wokeness',"['Campaign Rhetoric', 'Democratic Party', 'James Carville', 'Woke', 'Culture', 'Elections', 'Politics', 'Race And Racism']",Are Democrats Too Woke for Voters?,Jonathan Bernstein,"Possibly. But the reality is that slogans and rhetoric make very little difference in elections.
Tuesday’s big flap was an interview at Vox with James Carville, who accused Democrats of being too “woke” and using “faculty lounge” language instead of rhetoric voters like. Kevin Drum adds: “one thing that’s clear is that Republicans sure think that attacking wokeness is a winning strategy.”
I’m not so sure. The truth is that all the rhetoric probably doesn’t matter much. If the economy is doing well, then the president’s party benefits. Voters tend...",center
15272,Perspectives: James Carville and the Language of 'Wokeness',"['Campaign Rhetoric', 'Democratic Party', 'James Carville', 'Woke', 'Culture', 'Elections', 'Politics', 'Race And Racism']",When Wokeness Becomes Weakness,Ross Douthat,"Recently, James Carville, the unfrozen Clintonite of Democratic politics, stirred a predictable controversy by complaining about “wokeness” in an interview with Sean Illing of Vox. Everyone has a different definition of the term, but Carville’s was one you hear a lot from strategically minded Democrats: Wokeness is “faculty lounge” rhetoric, the language of elite hyper-educated progressivism, entering into mass politics in a way that turns a lot of normal people off.
Framed this way, intra-Democratic debates about the new progressivism often boil down to word choice and emphasis. Do you...",right
15273,Trump Won’t Pursue Charges Against HRC,['Politics'],Donald Trump Backs Away From His Threat To Throw Hillary Clinton In Jail,HuffPost,“Lock her up” has been replaced with a shrug and a pledge to move on.,left
15274,Trump Won’t Pursue Charges Against HRC,['Politics'],Trump aide Kellyanne Conway: No plan to pursue charges against Clinton,CNN (Online News),"President-elect Donald Trump's administration will not pursue further investigations of Hillary Clinton related to her private email server or the Clinton Foundation, Trump's former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said Tuesday, a significant break from a major campaign promise.",left
15275,Trump Won’t Pursue Charges Against HRC,['Politics'],Donald Trump won’t pursue Clinton email or foundation investigations as president,Washington Times,"President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t want to pursue further investigations into Hillary Clinton once he takes office, Mr. Trump’s former campaign manager confirmed Tuesday.",right
15276,Hillary Officially Running in 2016,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign to Make a Low-Key Start,Wall Street Journal (News),"Hillary Clinton will launch her second campaign for the White House on Sunday with much less fanfare than the standard 2016 rollout: She’ll post a video online, followed by small events with voters spaced out slowly over coming weeks.
The strategy stands in contrast to Republican contenders, who have kicked o",center
15277,Hillary Officially Running in 2016,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton Announces 2016 Presidential Bid,New York Times (News),"Hillary Rodham Clinton will seek the presidency for a second time, her advisers said Sunday, ending two years of speculation and coy denials and immediately establishing herself as the likely 2016 Democratic nominee.
The announcement came in emails from John Podesta, Mrs. Clinton’s campaign chairman, to donors and others.
The announcement effectively began what could be one of the least contested races, without an incumbent, for the Democratic presidential nomination in rece",left
15278,Hillary Officially Running in 2016,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Hillary Clinton, Ready for an Iowa Panderfest",Breitbart News,"As Hillary Clinton announces her campaign today, she quite literally stands alone. She’s the sole announced Democrat candidate and the only top-shelf contender.
But that’s not going to help her in Iowa, where voters will still expect to be pandered to as if they were in the center of a hard-fought battle.
“I’ll be waiting to see how aggressively pursued I am,” Jan Bauer, a county Democrat chair, tells The Washington Post. “We really are that spoiled,” adds Bret Nilles, another county chair.
The Clinton campaign understands this–and even seems...",right
15279,Michael Cohen Recorded Trump Talking About Payment to Former Playboy Model,['Politics'],Michael Cohen taped Trump discussing payment to a Playboy model,USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen secretly recorded a conversation in which he and Trump discussed payments to a former Playboy model who claimed to have had an affair with Trump, a person familiar with the matter said Friday.",left
15280,Michael Cohen Recorded Trump Talking About Payment to Former Playboy Model,['Politics'],Larry Klayman: Unethical for Cohen to Secretly Tape Trump,Newsmax (News),"Attorney Michael Cohen went against ethics guidelines by allegedly making a secret recording of a conversation he had with then-candidate Donald Trump in 2016, Freedom Watch founder Larry Klayman told Newsmax TV.",right
15281,Michael Cohen Recorded Trump Talking About Payment to Former Playboy Model,['Politics'],Michael Cohen Tape Suggests Team Trump Lied About Karen McDougal,HuffPost,"In the recording, Trump discussed a payment he supposedly knew nothing about.",left
15282,Pennsylvania and Nevada Certify Biden's Election Win,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Pennsylvania', 'Nevada']",Pennsylvania and Nevada certify Biden wins over Trump,CNBC,"Pennsylvania and Nevada on Tuesday officially certified that President-elect Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump in both states’ elections, making Trump’s effort to reverse Biden’s projected win in the Electoral College even more unlikely to succeed.
The certifications of Biden’s victory in both states — where the Trump campaign had challenged new mail-in ballot processes — came came a day after Michigan certified that he had won the election in that state.
It also came a day after the Trump administration authorized the release of federal funds to the former...",center
15283,Pennsylvania and Nevada Certify Biden's Election Win,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Pennsylvania', 'Nevada']","Pennsylvania, Nevada certify election results for Biden despite Trump legal challenges",Fox News (Online News),"Pennsylvania and Nevada certified the results of the presidential election in favor of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, amid President Trump and his campaign's legal challenges in the key states.
“Today @PAStateDept certified the results of the November 3 election in Pennsylvania for president and vice president of the United States,” Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf tweeted. “As required by federal law, I’ve signed the Certificate of Ascertainment for the slate of electors for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.”",right
15284,Pennsylvania and Nevada Certify Biden's Election Win,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Pennsylvania', 'Nevada']","Pennsylvania certifies Biden win, dimming Trump hopes of overturning election results",NBC News (Online),"Pennsylvania certified its election results Tuesday showing that President-elect Joe Biden won the state, solidifying Biden’s national victory and dealing yet another blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the election's outcome.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, tweeted that the Pennsylvania Department of State certified the results Tuesday morning and ""as required by federal law, I’ve signed the Certificate of Ascertainment for the slate of electors for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.""
""Today's certification is a testament to the incredible efforts of our local and state election officials,...",left
15285,Trump Reacts to London Tube Attack,['Terrorism'],Trump's tweet on London attack draws ire from U.K. officials,Politico,British officials rebuked President Donald Trump on Friday for claiming that the individuals responsible for setting off explosives in the London subway had been “in the sights of” law enforcement who failed to be “proactive.”,left
15286,Trump Reacts to London Tube Attack,['Terrorism'],"London attack: Trump says US must get 'nasty' to fight terror, urges 'tougher' travel ban",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump called for a “larger, tougher” travel ban early Friday after the attack in London, calling the perpetrator a “loser” and saying the U.S. will have to get “nasty” to fight terrorism.",right
15287,Trump Reacts to London Tube Attack,['Terrorism'],Trump Again Proves His Claim About Waiting For ‘Facts’ After Charlottesville Was Garbage,HuffPost,"U.S. President Donald Trump explained his botched response to a deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last month by saying he needed “the facts” before broadly denouncing violence from racist groups.",left
15288,"Ivana Trump, Former President's First Wife, Dies at 73","['Donald Trump', 'Eric Trump', 'Ivanka Trump', 'Donald Trump Jr.', 'New York City']","Ivana Trump, first wife of former president, dies at 73",Associated Press,"Ivana Trump, a skier-turned-businesswoman who formed half of a publicity power couple in the 1980s as the first wife of former President Donald Trump and mother of his oldest children, has died in New York City, her family announced Thursday. She was 73.
“I am very saddened to inform all of those that loved her, of which there are many, that Ivana Trump has passed away at her home in New York City,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “She was a wonderful, beautiful, and amazing woman, who led a great...",left
15289,"Ivana Trump, Former President's First Wife, Dies at 73","['Donald Trump', 'Eric Trump', 'Ivanka Trump', 'Donald Trump Jr.', 'New York City']","Ivana Trump, Former Wife of Donald Trump, Is Dead at 73",New York Times (News),"Ivana Trump, the glamorous Czech-American businesswoman whose high-profile marriage to Donald J. Trump in the 1980s established them as one of New York’s quintessential power couples of that era, died on Thursday at her home in Manhattan. She was 73.
Mr. Trump announced her death in a statement on Truth Social, the conservative social media platform he founded. No other details were provided.
“I am very saddened to inform all of those that loved her, of which there are many, that Ivana Trump has passed away at her home in...",left
15290,"Ivana Trump, Former President's First Wife, Dies at 73","['Donald Trump', 'Eric Trump', 'Ivanka Trump', 'Donald Trump Jr.', 'New York City']","Ivana Trump, ex-wife of former President Trump, dead at 73",New York Post (News),"Ivana Trump, the Czech American ex-wife of former President Donald Trump and mother of Ivanka, Eric and Don Jr., died Thursday. She was 73.
Trump was discovered at the bottom of a staircase in her home on 10 E. 64th St. in Manhattan at 12:40 p.m., police sources told The Post. Authorities believe she suffered cardiac arrest, but the official cause of death has yet to be determined. She was found by cops who were called to her home for a wellness check, police said.",right
15291,Terrorist Attacks on New Zealand Mosques Kill 49,"['New Zealand', 'Mosque Attack', 'Terrorism']","49 killed in terrorist attack at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand",Washington Post,"Forty-nine people are dead and scores more are injured after a heavily armed gunman clad in military-style gear opened fire during prayers at a mosque in the center of Christchurch, New Zealand, on Friday. A second mosque was also targeted in what Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called a well-planned “terrorist attack,” making for “one of New Zealand’s darkest days.”
Portions of the ghastly attack were broadcast live on social media by a man who police confirmed had also released a manifesto railing against Muslims and immigrants. The 74-page document states...",left
15292,Terrorist Attacks on New Zealand Mosques Kill 49,"['New Zealand', 'Mosque Attack', 'Terrorism']",'One of New Zealand's Darkest Days': 49 Muslims Massacred at Mosques by Anti-Immigrant Attackers,CBN,"New Zealanders are trying to come to grips with the worst massacre in their nation outside of wartime in more than 200 years. At least 49 people were killed in attacks against two mosques, and dozens of others were wounded.
The attackers struck during Friday prayers when the mosques were full of worshippers.
Witnesses saw a man dressed in black enter a mosque in central Christchurch at about 1:45 p.m, then heard dozens of shots. As people fled the mosque, witnesses reported seeing ""dead people everywhere.""
Three men and...",right
15293,Terrorist Attacks on New Zealand Mosques Kill 49,"['New Zealand', 'Mosque Attack', 'Terrorism']",Christchurch shootings: 49 dead in New Zealand mosque attacks,BBC News,"Forty-nine people have been killed and at least 20 wounded in shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described the incident as a terrorist attack and one of New Zealand's ""darkest days"".
A man in his late twenties was charged with murder and will appear in court on Saturday morning, police confirmed.
Two other men and one woman were detained nearby and firearms and explosive devices recovered, Police Commissioner Mike Bush said.
He said one of those detained was later released, while officers were working...",center
15294,Ebola Screens Begins at JFK Airport,['Healthcare'],Advanced screenings for Ebola at US airports begin at New York's Kennedy,Fox News (Online News),"The United States on Saturday stepped up its efforts to stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, implementing additional screenings for airline passengers from West African to New York’s Kennedy airport.",right
15295,Ebola Screens Begins at JFK Airport,['Healthcare'],"As U.S. Steps Up Fight, J.F.K. Begins Screening Passengers for Ebola",New York Times (News),"As Ebola continues to ravage West Africa and fears grow that the virus will spread around the globe, enhanced screenings began on Saturday at Kennedy Airport in New York.",left
15296,Ebola Screens Begins at JFK Airport,['Healthcare'],Ebola screenings begin at JFK,CNN (Online News),"Health screenings to help prevent the spread of Ebola began Saturday for some travelers to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport but an official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that nothing can ""get the risk to zero.""",left
15297,Secretary Sebelius in the hot seat?,['Healthcare'],Sebelius Thrust Into Firestorm on Exchanges,New York Times (News),"Kathleen Sebelius, President Obama's health secretary, is facing criticism over the health care law's problem-plagued insurance exchange.",left
15298,Secretary Sebelius in the hot seat?,['Healthcare'],Why Kathleen Sebelius is safe,Politico,Kathleen Sebelius may be irreplaceable in that she cannot be replaced.,left
15299,Secretary Sebelius in the hot seat?,['Healthcare'],Ryan blasts Sebelius' silence on ObamaCare implementation inquiries,Fox News (Online News),Ryan R-Wis. began asking Sebelius to appear before the House Budget Committee well before the rocky launch of the health laws sign-up website.,right
15300,Texas Democrats Leave State As Legislature Considers Voting Bill,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Texas', 'Democratic Party', 'Election Law']",Some Texas Democrats ready to walk as GOP digs in on voting,Associated Press,"The possibility of Texas Democrats staging a second walkout to again stop one of America’s most restrictive new voting measures grew louder Saturday, as hundreds of people waited hours to rail against the GOP’s plan in the largest turnout this year at the state Capitol.
As Republicans made clear they intended this weekend to advance a new election bill — which would prohibit 24-hour polling places, ban drop boxes and stop drive-thru voting — some Democrats who broke quorum in May are now describing it as their best, if not only, option...",left
15301,Texas Democrats Leave State As Legislature Considers Voting Bill,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Texas', 'Democratic Party', 'Election Law']",Texas Democrats Flee State to Highlight G.O.P. Voting Restrictions,New York Times (News),"Texas Democrats fled the state on Monday in a last-ditch effort to prevent the passage of a restrictive new voting law in the Republican-controlled legislature, heading to Washington to draw attention to what they portray as a damaging assault on the right to cast a ballot.
The group left Austin in midafternoon on a pair of chartered flights that were scheduled to arrive by the early evening. An official involved with the effort said more than 51 of the 67 State House Democrats members had signed on, enough to prevent...",left
15302,Texas Democrats Leave State As Legislature Considers Voting Bill,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Texas', 'Democratic Party', 'Election Law']",Texas Democrats skipping town once again as legislature reconsiders GOP voting bills,Fox News (Online News),"Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives are once again fleeing the state in a second bid to prevent the Republican majorities in the legislature to pass a controversial GOP-sponsored elections bill to strengthen voting access rules.
The Democratic lawmakers aim to fly to Washington, D.C. on Monday, a source with knowledge of the plans confirmed to Fox News, in order to deny the quorum needed in the House to pass the voting measures. Republicans argue the bill would provide greater election security, while Democrats charge it would suppress voter turnout of minorities. ",right
15303,Biden Signs Bipartisan Gun Safety Bill Into Law,"['Bipartisanship', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Control Laws', 'Joe Biden', 'Mass Shootings']",Biden Signs Gun Control Bill Into Law: ‘Lives Will Be Saved’,Forbes,"President Joe Biden on Saturday morning signed into law a bipartisan gun control bill that swiftly passed Congress this week, marking the most significant action the federal government has taken on gun control in decades.
Biden gave a brief speech before signing the bill, listing the measures the bill takes and saying it is a ""monumental day"" for America and “lives will be saved.”
The president's signature clears the way for new federal grants to encourage states to enact red-flag laws, enhances background checks for gun buyers under the age...",center
15304,Biden Signs Bipartisan Gun Safety Bill Into Law,"['Bipartisanship', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Control Laws', 'Joe Biden', 'Mass Shootings']","Biden signs landmark gun legislation: 'God willing, it’s going to save a lot of lives'",NBC News (Online),"President Joe Biden signed into law the most sweeping legislation aimed at preventing gun violence in 30 years at the White House on Saturday shortly before departing for Europe for a series of meetings with world leaders.
Biden called the signing of the legislation a ""monumental day"" and said it was proof that Democrats and Republicans could find common ground on important issues.
“God willing, it's going to save a lot of lives,"" he said.
The bill provides grants to states for “red flag” laws, enhances background checks to include juvenile records, and closes the “boyfriend...",left
15305,Biden Signs Bipartisan Gun Safety Bill Into Law,"['Bipartisanship', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Control Laws', 'Joe Biden', 'Mass Shootings']","President Biden signs bipartisan gun control legislation, blasts ‘terrible’ Supreme Court decisions",New York Post (News),"President Biden signed a bipartisan gun control measure into law Saturday, predicting the legislation will “save lives.”
“I have been at this work from long long time. I know how hard it is. I was there 30 years ago the last time this nation passed meaningful gun safety laws;” Biden said. “While this bill doesn’t do everything I want, it does include actions I’ve long called for that will save lives.”
First Lady Jill Biden stood by her husband’s side as he spoke.
“If we can reach compromise on guns,...",right
15306,Reactions to Boehner Plan,"['US House', 'Politics']","GOP readies Obama immigration response: No shutdown, but a nod to conservatives",Washington Post,"Recent success at the polls has done little to calm the internal rancor among congressional Republicans, who remain deeply divided over how to respond to President Obama’s overhaul of the nation’s immigration system.",left
15307,Reactions to Boehner Plan,"['US House', 'Politics']",Conservatives scoff at Boehner deal,Politico,Hardliners are again ready to cause leaders problems.,left
15308,Reactions to Boehner Plan,"['US House', 'Politics']",Boehner faces conservative ire over plan to delay immigration fight,Fox News (Online News),"Conservative Republicans are pushing back hard against House Speaker John Boehner's plan to effectively push off the battle over President Obama's immigration plan to next year in order to pass a spending bill, increasing the likelihood he'll need help from Democrats to get it through the House and Senate.",right
15309,Who’s to Blame for Russia’s Aggression Towards Ukraine?,"['Russia', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Candace Owens', 'China', 'Iran', 'Madeline Albright', 'United Nations', 'New York Times']",This Is Putin’s War. But America and NATO Aren’t Innocent Bystanders.,Thomas L. Friedman,"When a major conflict like Ukraine breaks out, journalists always ask themselves: “Where should I station myself?” Kyiv? Moscow? Munich? Washington? In this case, my answer is none of these. The only place to be for understanding this war is inside Russian President Vladimir Putin’s head. Putin is the most powerful, unchecked Russian leader since Stalin, and the timing of this war is a product of his ambitions, strategies and grievances.",left
15310,Who’s to Blame for Russia’s Aggression Towards Ukraine?,"['Russia', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Candace Owens', 'China', 'Iran', 'Madeline Albright', 'United Nations', 'New York Times']",US public not blameless in Russia-Ukraine conflict,Tara D. Sonenshine,"This is a hard column to write. Today Russia hived off part of Ukraine as if it were its garden with apple trees to pick off. Ukraine is an independent country; it is not Chechnya.
As a journalist and foreign policy practitioner, I am used to blaming governments, including my own, for global messes.
But in the case of Ukraine, I find myself realizing that the source of many of the problems besetting this fragile democracy is not only Russia or its president, Vladimir Putin. Part of the blame lies with...",center
15311,Who’s to Blame for Russia’s Aggression Towards Ukraine?,"['Russia', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Candace Owens', 'China', 'Iran', 'Madeline Albright', 'United Nations', 'New York Times']","Yes, Biden deserves blame for imperiling Ukraine",Tiana Lowe,"Should Russia escalate its infringement on Ukraine's national sovereignty, as Russian President Vladimir Putin has made clear the former, and wannabe future, empire plans to do, the president-cum-dictator deserves the overwhelming bulk of the blame. But that doesn't remotely absolve President Joe Biden of blame for enabling Putin's escalation, nor does pointing out that our president failed our Ukrainian ally and aided Russia. Of course, Biden's stateside allies would have us believe the opposite.",right
15312,House Ways And Means Committee Seeks Trump Tax Returns,"['Trump Tax Returns', 'US House', 'Politics']",OPINION: Congress wants to reveal Trump's biggest secret,CNN (Opinion),"The request by House Democrats for six years of Donald Trump's tax returns opens a serious new political, legal, constitutional and personal front in the party's battle to use its new majority to check a defiant President.
It is a bid to solve one of the most tantalizing and enduring mysteries of Trump's 2016 campaign and his presidency -- what is it in the President's unseen financial and business life that he doesn't want Americans to see?
The historic move, made official by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard...",left
15313,House Ways And Means Committee Seeks Trump Tax Returns,"['Trump Tax Returns', 'US House', 'Politics']",Trump’s Tax Returns Requested by House Panel Chair,Wall Street Journal (News),"Representative Richard Neal invoked law that allows House Ways and Means Committee chair to obtain any person’s tax information.
The chairman of the House tax-writing committee formally requested President Trump’s tax returns on Wednesday, kicking off what could be a bruising legal fight between Congress and the Trump administration.
In a letter to the Internal Revenue Service, Rep. Richard Neal (D., Mass.) asked for six years of Mr. Trump’s personal returns and some of his business returns, invoking a federal law that allows the chairman of the House Ways and...",center
15314,House Ways And Means Committee Seeks Trump Tax Returns,"['Trump Tax Returns', 'US House', 'Politics']",House Committee Seeks Trump Tax Returns from IRS,Newsmax (News),"The Democratic head of a powerful U.S. House committee asked the Internal Revenue Service for six years of President Donald Trump's personal and business tax returns on Wednesday, in a long-awaited move widely expected to lead to a long court battle with the White House.
The request, in a letter from Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, is viewed by Democrats in the House of Representatives as a vital first step toward oversight of Trump's income taxes and business network, which some lawmakers believe...",right
15315,Fight Against Islamic State Not Over After US-Allied Syrian Force Declare Victory,"['ISIS', 'Syria', 'Terrorism']",US-allied Syrian force declares victory over Islamic State,Washington Times,"U.S.-backed forces declared military victory over the Islamic State group in Syria on Saturday after liberating the last pocket of territory held by the militants, marking the end of a brutal self-styled caliphate the group carved out in large parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014.
The nearly five-year war that has devastated cities and towns across north Syria and Iraq ended in Baghouz, a minor border village where the cornered militants made their last stand, under a grueling siege for weeks.
On Saturday, the Syrian Democratic Forces...",right
15316,Fight Against Islamic State Not Over After US-Allied Syrian Force Declare Victory,"['ISIS', 'Syria', 'Terrorism']","Islamic State’s Caliphate Is Gone, But Not Its Violent Extremism",Wall Street Journal (News),"The collapse of Islamic State’s caliphate has delivered a crushing blow to the extremist group, but the conditions that nourished that insurgency and others in war-shattered Syria and Iraq remain perilously in place.",center
15317,Fight Against Islamic State Not Over After US-Allied Syrian Force Declare Victory,"['ISIS', 'Syria', 'Terrorism']","Its Territory May Be Gone, but the U.S. Fight Against ISIS Is Far From Over",New York Times (News),"The fight to expel the Islamic State from its last shard of territory in Syria may be over. But the United States and its partners still face significant battles against the terrorist group, its affiliates and other networks that are less formally aligned with it elsewhere, in Afghanistan, West Africa and the Philippines.
Even before an American-backed Kurdish and Arab militia ousted the last extremist fighters from the eastern Syrian village of Baghuz on Saturday, the Islamic State had shifted gears. The organization that once staked out a self-proclaimed...",left
15318,Obama Keeps Edge in Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama Leads on Expectations – But the Race Itself Stays Close,ABC News (Online),"Registered voters by 2-1 think Barack Obama will win the upcoming presidential debates and go on to prevail in the November election. But expectations aside, the race remains close, with strengths and vulnerabilities for both candidates in the campaign ahead.",left
15319,Obama Keeps Edge in Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama widens lead, confidence against Romney",Washington Times,"President Obama has opened a sizable lead over Mitt Romney in polling ahead of the election as both Democrats and Republicans are increasingly convinced that he is going to win re-election, according to The Washington Times/Zogby Poll released Sunday.",right
15320,Obama Keeps Edge in Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama Keeps Edge in Polls,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney 52-41 across swing states, though the race is close nationally, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds.",center
15321,Hannity Backtracks on New York Times Report,['Media Bias'],Watch As Sean Hannity Gets A Brutal Reality Check On Live TV,HuffPost,Sean Hannity on Thursday night was forced to backtrack on his own show as Fox News confirmed a New York Times report he had just attacked.,left
15322,Hannity Backtracks on New York Times Report,['Media Bias'],"Sean Hannity scoffs at reports that Trump tried to fire Mueller, then backpedals after a Fox News correspondent confirms it",Insider,"Following a New York Times report where President Donald Trump reportedly ordered special counsel Robert Mueller fired one month after he was chosen to oversee the Russia investigation, Fox News host Sean Hannity came out swinging on his program Thursday night.",left
15323,Hannity Backtracks on New York Times Report,['Media Bias'],Sean Hannity: New York Times 'trying to distract' with report on Trump ordering Mueller's ouster,Washington Examiner,"Fox News host Sean Hannity said on his program Thursday evening that the New York Times is trying to ""distract"" with its report that President Trump ordered special counsel Robert Mueller to be fired in June 2017.",right
15324,Al Qaeda Involved in Libya Attack,['Foreign Policy'],"Clinton: Yes, Al Qaeda Was Involved in Libya Attack",Townhall,"First, it was a random mob upset about a video that spun out of control. Then, it was a planned attack because of a video, but not planned far in advance.",right
15325,Al Qaeda Involved in Libya Attack,['Foreign Policy'],"US officials knew Libya attack was terrorism within 24 hours, sources confirm",Fox News (Online News),"U.S. intelligence officials knew within 24 hours of the assault on the U.S. Consulate in Libya that it was a terrorist attack and suspected Al Qaeda-tied elements were involved, sources told Fox News -- though it took the administration a week to acknowledge it.",right
15326,Trump Denounces Critics of PR Response,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump slams 'fake news' and 'ingrates' as he defends Puerto Rico relief efforts,Fox News (Online News),President Trump on Sunday slammed “fake news” and “ingrates” as he continued to defend his administration’s hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico.,right
15327,Trump Denounces Critics of PR Response,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump slams 'fake news' and 'politically motivated ingrates' for criticizing Puerto Rico aid efforts,USA TODAY,"President Trump defended of his administration's response to the humanitarian disaster in Puerto Rico, dismissing any critics of his relief efforts as ""fake news"" and ""politically motivated ingrates.""",left
15328,Trump Denounces Critics of PR Response,"['White House', 'Politics']",Donald Trump Is Using Puerto Rico’s Crisis To Push His War Against The Media,HuffPost,This isn’t the first time the president dragged the news media during a national crisis.,left
15329,Ginsburg and Gorsuch Flip Sides,"['Supreme Court', 'Ruth Bader Ginsburg', 'Liberals', 'Conservatives']",Ginsburg sides with conservative justices in ruling over prison sentence,The Hill,"The Supreme Court on Monday found that a criminal defendant can be sentenced for violating his supervised release, even if the release expires while he is incarcerated ahead of facing new charges.
The justices, divided in the 5-4 decision, ruled against Jason Mont's argument that a district court shouldn't be able to charge him for violating his release because the term had expired at the time of the new sentencing.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sided with conservative Justices Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh in the majority....",center
15330,Ginsburg and Gorsuch Flip Sides,"['Supreme Court', 'Ruth Bader Ginsburg', 'Liberals', 'Conservatives']","Ruth Bader Ginsburg flips, supporting conservative stance in criminal sentencing decision",The Independent,"Ruth Bader Ginsburg has sided with the Supreme Court’s conservative justices in a criminal sentencing case that ended with a 5-4 decision.
The court determined a defendant can be sentenced for violating their supervised release — even if that release was to expire during their incarceration while facing new charges.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in her dissent that the Supreme Court reached its decision “by adopting a backward-looking approach.”
“Because I cannot agree that a person ‘is imprisoned in connection with a conviction’ before any conviction has occurred, I...",left
15331,Ginsburg and Gorsuch Flip Sides,"['Supreme Court', 'Ruth Bader Ginsburg', 'Liberals', 'Conservatives']","Ruth Bader Ginsburg flips, supporting conservative stance in criminal sentencing decision",Townhall,"Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of the four liberal justices on the Supreme Court, sided with her conservative colleagues on Monday over a prisoner's supervisory release. She joined Justices Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh in the majority, deciding that a criminal defendant, in this case Jason Mont, can be sentenced for violating his supervised release, even if the release expires while he is incarcerated ahead of facing new charges. Her vote was swapped with conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, who joined liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer and...",right
15332,"Biden Unveils Coronavirus Plan, Warns It Will Take Time To See Improvement","['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Health']",Biden Unveils National Strategy That Trump Resisted,New York Times (News),"President Biden, seeking to assert leadership over the coronavirus pandemic, signed a string of executive orders and presidential directives on Thursday aimed at creating the kind of centralized authority that the Trump administration had shied away from.
The orders included new requirements for masks on interstate planes, trains and buses, the creation of a national testing board and mandatory quarantines for international travelers arriving in the United States. Mr. Biden predicted that the national death toll from Covid-19 would top 500,000 next month, refusing to play down the carnage that...",left
15333,"Biden Unveils Coronavirus Plan, Warns It Will Take Time To See Improvement","['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Health']","Biden signs 'wartime' COVID-19 executive orders, imposing national mask mandate on public transportation",The Blaze,"President Joe Biden on Thursday announced 10 new executive orders as part of his administration's ""wartime"" strategy against the COVID-19 pandemic, including an interstate mask mandate and an invocation of the Defense Production Act to resupply PPE, coronavirus tests, and vaccines.",right
15334,"Biden Unveils Coronavirus Plan, Warns It Will Take Time To See Improvement","['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Health']","Biden unveils coronavirus plan, warns it will take months to 'turn things around'",The Hill,"President Biden on Thursday unveiled a comprehensive strategy to address the coronavirus pandemic while warning that it would take months for his administration’s actions to significantly alter the trajectory of the pandemic.
Biden, seeking to manage expectations as the United States confronts a dire period of infections, said that the COVID-19 death toll would likely top 500,000 in February and that it would take months to get Americans vaccinated against the virus.
“We didn’t get into this mess overnight and it’s going to take months for us to turn...",center
15335,David Duke Endorsement for Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump goes on defense over Mussolini quote, David Duke endorsement",Washington Times,"Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump was grilled Sunday on his opinion of Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini and white nationalist David Duke, after both popped up in references to his campaign.
Mr. Duke, a former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard and former member of the Louisian",right
15336,David Duke Endorsement for Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump won't disavow support from KKK, David Duke",CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump wouldn't disavow former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke's support for his presidential bid, saying Sunday that he knows nothing about the white supremacist leader.
""Just so you understand, I don't know anything about David Duke, OK?"" Trump tol",left
15337,David Duke Endorsement for Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump declines to disavow David Duke and the KKK,Vox,"Appearing this morning on Jake Tapper's State of the Union, Donald Trump was asked to disavow support from former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke and other white supremacists and politely declined.
Trump, being a cautious sort and not one to just talk without gathering all the facts and giving a matte",left
15338,"Congress, Biden Move to Seize and Sell Assets of Russian Oligarchs","['Politics', 'US Congress', 'Joe Biden', 'Russian Oligarchs', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia']",US to seize and sell Russian oligarchs' property,BBC News,"The White House has proposed giving the government greater power to seize and sell the assets of Russian oligarchs, and transfer their proceeds to Ukraine.
The legislative proposal, released on Thursday morning, will be presented to Congress for consideration.
The measures would make it easier for the US to seize and sell oligarchs' assets, and use the funds ""to remediate harms of Russian aggression"".
Similar legislation was recently passed in the US House of Representatives.
But the new White House plans go further by calling for inter-agency collaboration between the...",center
15339,"Congress, Biden Move to Seize and Sell Assets of Russian Oligarchs","['Politics', 'US Congress', 'Joe Biden', 'Russian Oligarchs', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia']",Biden sending Congress proposals to further crack down on Russian oligarchs over war in Ukraine,Fox News (Online News),"President Biden on Thursday is sending Congress proposals for new legislation allowing the U.S. to further crack down on Russian oligarchs as punishment for Moscow’s bloody invasion of Ukraine, the White House has announced. 
The proposed measures, which the White House says were drafted in close coordination with the Treasury, Justice, State and Commerce Departments, will ""enhance the United States Government’s authority to hold the Russian government and Russian oligarchs accountable for President Putin’s war against Ukraine."" 
""This package of proposals will establish new authorities for the forfeiture of property linked to Russian kleptocracy, allow the...",right
15340,"Congress, Biden Move to Seize and Sell Assets of Russian Oligarchs","['Politics', 'US Congress', 'Joe Biden', 'Russian Oligarchs', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia']",House Bill Asks Biden To Sell Seized Oligarch Assets To Help Ukraine,HuffPost,"The House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill calling on President Joe Biden to liquidate the seized assets of oligarchs linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin to fund efforts to help the Ukrainian people.
The ’’Asset Seizure for Ukraine Reconstruction Act,” introduced by Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.) and Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), was passed 417-8. The measure is symbolic, since it wouldn’t force Biden to do anything.
“It is hard to imagine giving Russia’s wealth back to Putin while Ukraine lies in ruin and Ukrainians are burying their dead,” Malinowski...",left
15341,Lawmakers Announce Bipartisan Deal to Ban Russian Oil,"['US Congress', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Energy', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices', 'Fossil Fuels', 'World', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Venezuela', 'Bipartisanship', 'Politics']",Congress moves to bar Russian energy imports and end favorable trade relations.,New York Times (News),"A bipartisan group of lawmakers said on Monday that they would move forward with legislation that would ban imports of Russian energy into the United States and suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
The legislation is aimed at inflicting further financial pain on Russia and Belarus, which has been aiding the conflict, by cutting off Russia’s oil exports into the United States and giving President Biden the ability to increase tariffs on products from both countries.",left
15342,Lawmakers Announce Bipartisan Deal to Ban Russian Oil,"['US Congress', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Energy', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices', 'Fossil Fuels', 'World', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Venezuela', 'Bipartisanship', 'Politics']","Bipartisan group of lawmakers pushes not just for ban on Russian oil, but broad trade halt",MarketWatch,"Washington’s efforts to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine continued to ramp up Monday, as a bipartisan group of lawmakers announced an agreement on a “legislative path forward to ban the import of energy products from Russia and to suspend normal trade relations with both Russia and Belarus.”
The agreement involves the House Ways and Means Committee’s chairman, Democratic Rep. Richard Neal of Massachusetts, and its top Republican, Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas, along with the Senate Finance Committee’s chairman, Democratic...",center
15343,Lawmakers Announce Bipartisan Deal to Ban Russian Oil,"['US Congress', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Energy', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices', 'Fossil Fuels', 'World', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Venezuela', 'Bipartisanship', 'Politics']",Biden admin says ‘no decision has been made’ on possible ban of Russian oil,Fox News (Online News),"The Biden administration is considering a possible ban of oil imports from Russia to the United States, but ""no decision has been made at this time,"" an administration official told Fox News.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that the administration is speaking with partners and allies ""to look, in a coordinated way, at the prospect of banning the import of Russian oil, while making sure there is still an appropriate supply of oil on world markets.""",right
15344,US Declassifies NSA Program Documents,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",U.S. Outlines N.S.A.’s Culling of Data for All Domestic Calls,New York Times (News),"The Obama administration on Wednesday released formerly classified documents outlining a once-secret program of the National Security Agency that is collecting records of all domestic phone calls in the United States, as a newly leaked N.S.A. document surfaced showing how the agency spies on Web browsing and other Internet activity abroad.",left
15345,US Declassifies NSA Program Documents,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",U.S. Declassifies Documents About Surveillance Programs,NPR (Online News),"The National Security Agency declassified more documents that shed light on formerly secret programs that collect a vast amount of metadata on the phone calls made in the United States, as well as the electronic communication of foreigners.
In a statement, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said the release was ""in the public interest.""
The most significant document is a 17-page ruling (pdf) by the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that outlines so-called minimization procedures, or safeguards, the government must",left
15346,US Declassifies NSA Program Documents,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Newly declassified documents show range of potential access to NSA phone records,Fox News (Online News),"A broad range of officials including those outside the NSA potentially have access to the agency's bulk phone records, according to newly declassified documents that also show the agency has had ""compliance problems"" with these databases in the past.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Wednesday released three previously secret documents, just as intelligence officials began to testify on Capitol Hill at a high-profile Senate hearing on government surveillance.
They begin to
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/31/newly-declassified-documents-...",right
15347,Mueller Threatened to Subpoena Trump,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Mueller raised possibility of Trump subpoena: former Trump lawyer,Reuters,"Special Counsel Robert Mueller, in a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump’s lawyers in March, raised the possibility of issuing a subpoena for Trump if he declines to talk to investigators in the Russia probe, a former lawyer for the president said on Tuesday.",center
15348,Mueller Threatened to Subpoena Trump,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Mueller raised possibility of presidential subpoena in meeting with Trump’s legal team,Washington Post,"In a tense meeting in early March with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, President Trump’s lawyers insisted he had no obligation to talk with federal investigators probing Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.",left
15349,Mueller Threatened to Subpoena Trump,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump rips Mueller probe for 'setup & trap' after subpoena warning revealed,Fox News (Online News),President Trump decried the latest tactics in the special counsel’s Russia probe as a “setup & trap” after it emerged that Robert Mueller suggested to Trump's legal team that he could subpoena the president to appear before a grand jury if he refuses an interview with investigators.,right
15350,White House Briefing Showdown,['Media Bias'],Soft Core Fake News: Playboy Mag Rushes to CNN’s Defense in White House Briefing,Breitbart News,The White House correspondent for Playboy Magazine—an adult entertainment publication—sprung up during Tuesday’s White House briefing to airbrush the embattled CNN’s reputation as the very fake news scandal embroiling the network received harsh treatment from Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.,right
15351,White House Briefing Showdown,['Media Bias'],Reporter accuses White House of 'inflaming' media tensions in heated exchange,The Hill,"A White House reporter confronted White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders at the top of her Tuesday press briefing, accusing her of ""inflaming"" tensions with the media and undercutting the credibility of reporters.",center
15352,White House Briefing Showdown,['Media Bias'],A heroic Playboy reporter defended CNN’s honor at the White House press briefing,Vox,"Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told the White House press corps to watch a video, “whether it’s accurate or not,” from conservative provocateur James O’Keefe on Tuesday — and a Playboy correspondent rose to the media’s defense.",left
15353,Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs ‘Anti-Riot’ Law,"['George Floyd Protests', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Criminal Justice', 'First Amendment', 'Confederate Statues', 'Civil Unrest', 'Police', 'State Governments', 'Local Governments', 'Race And Racism']",Florida Adopts Nation's Toughest Restrictions On Protests,NPR (Online News),"Florida's governor has signed a law that he called the ""strongest anti-rioting, pro-law enforcement measure in the country."" The law was written in response to protests around the country following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. It provides new protections for police and increases the penalties for people who take part in property damage or violence during protests.
Florida experienced little of the violence seen elsewhere in the country last summer following Floyd's death. But Gov. Ron DeSantis said tougher laws were needed to make...",left
15354,Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs ‘Anti-Riot’ Law,"['George Floyd Protests', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Criminal Justice', 'First Amendment', 'Confederate Statues', 'Civil Unrest', 'Police', 'State Governments', 'Local Governments', 'Race And Racism']",Florida governor signs controversial 'pro-law enforcement' law cracking down on riots,CNN (Online News),"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed into law a controversial bill that aims to crack down on riots and property damage in the face of fierce opposition from Democrats in the state, who argue it will have a chilling effect on peaceful protests.
The new law will increase penalties for assault, battery, burglary and theft, and battery against a law enforcement officer during a riot, as well as prohibit the damaging or defacing of memorials or historic property.
DeSantis, a Republican, touted the law in a news conference...",left
15355,Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs ‘Anti-Riot’ Law,"['George Floyd Protests', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Criminal Justice', 'First Amendment', 'Confederate Statues', 'Civil Unrest', 'Police', 'State Governments', 'Local Governments', 'Race And Racism']",DeSantis signs Florida's 'anti-riot' bill into law,Fox News (Online News),"Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed into law Florida’s ""anti-riot"" bill, which increases penalties for crimes committed during riots and is aimed at ""combating public disorder.""
""If you look at the breadth of this particular piece of legislation, it is the strongest anti-rioting, pro-law enforcement piece of legislation in the country,"" DeSantis said at a press conference. ""There’s just nothing even close.""",right
15356,Trump to Speak at CPAC,"['Politics', 'CPAC', 'Donald Trump', 'GOP']",Trump to tell CPAC he is Republican 'presumptive 2024 nominee',The Guardian,"Donald Trump will reportedly tell the Conservative Political Action Conference in Florida this week he is the man to drain the Washington swamp – as Republicans’ “presumptive 2024 nominee”.
Republicans aim to purge anti-Trump officials from state parties in sign of battles ahead
Read more
Trump will address CPAC on Sunday, his subject the future of the Republican party. On Monday, citing anonymous sources, the news site Axios reported his plan to assume the mantle.
An unnamed “longtime adviser” was quoted as saying Trump’s speech to the rightwing...",left
15357,Trump to Speak at CPAC,"['Politics', 'CPAC', 'Donald Trump', 'GOP']",Trump to bash Biden immigration policy in CPAC keynote,Washington Examiner,"Former President Donald Trump intends to attack President Biden's “disastrous amnesty and border policies” in a keynote address at the Conservative Political Action Conference, his first public speaking engagement since leaving office, a source told the Washington Examiner.
Trump is scheduled to speak on the afternoon of Feb. 28, the final day of the conference, to be held in Orlando, Florida.
""Look for the 45th President to take on President Biden’s disastrous amnesty and border policies,"" a source familiar with Trump's plans told the Washington Examiner.
The former president will...",right
15358,Trump to Speak at CPAC,"['Politics', 'CPAC', 'Donald Trump', 'GOP']","Trump plans to use his CPAC speech as a 'show of force' to exert control over the GOP, report says",Insider,"Former President Donald Trump plans on using his upcoming speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) as a ""show of force"" to exert control over the Republican Party, Axios reported.
Trump is due to speak at the event on Sunday — his first public speech since leaving office.
One of his longtime advisors told Axios' Mike Allen that his speech will be a ""show of force,"" and intended to show that he still rules over the GOP, even though he is no longer president and has been barred from...",left
15359,Midterm Election Voter Integrity Concerns,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",Election integrity concerns preventing Americans from voting in midterms: Report,Washington Times,"Roughly one in five adults are reluctant to cast ballots in next month’s midterm races because of concerns related to the integrity of the nation’s election systems, a report revealed Wednesday.",right
15360,Midterm Election Voter Integrity Concerns,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",OPINION: The Election Has Already Been Hacked,Guest Writer - Left,"Even if not a single voting machine has been compromised, we’re in trouble.",left
15361,Midterm Election Voter Integrity Concerns,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",U.S. election integrity depends on security-challenged firms,Chicago Tribune,"It was the kind of security lapse that gives election officials nightmares. In 2017, a private contractor left data on Chicago's 1.8 million registered voters — including addresses, birth dates and partial Social Security numbers — publicly exposed for months on an Amazon cloud server.",center
15362,Overtures on Debt Negotiations,['Economy And Jobs'],"With 'fiscal cliff' looming, Congress facing compromise or confrontation",CNN (Online News),"A day after an election that both parties agreed was a mandate to find compromise and avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, Democratic and Republican congressional leaders also continued to sharply disagree over the key issue of whether top tax rates should be raised to help resolve the looming crisis.",left
15363,Overtures on Debt Negotiations,['Economy And Jobs'],"After Obama’s reelection, overtures from Republicans on debt negotiations",Washington Post,"Less than 24 hours after the election, President Obama and congressional leaders moved with alacrity Wednesday to show flexibility in solving the nations biggest economic problems and recast Washingtons often divisive politics.",left
15364,Overtures on Debt Negotiations,['Economy And Jobs'],‘Fiscal cliff’ nudges deal-making talk,Washington Times,"House Speaker John A. Boehner offered the first olive branch Wednesday in what is expected to be a frenetic spate of postelection deal-making to avert the looming “fiscal cliff, saying the GOP will let the government collect more tax revenue if President Obama will drop his plan to raise tax rates on the wealthy.",right
15365,Biden Formally Ends US Combat Mission in Iraq,"['Middle East', 'Iraq', 'Iraq War', 'Joe Biden', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'ISIS', 'Afghanistan']",Biden says U.S. will end its combat mission in Iraq as its prime minister visits the White House.,New York Times (News),"President Biden said on Monday that the United States would end its combat mission in Iraq by the end of the year, shifting fully to an advisory and training role as America dials down its involvement in long-term conflicts in the Middle East.
“We’re not going to be, by the end of the year, in a combat zone,” Mr. Biden said as he met with Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi of Iraq at the White House Monday.
The agreement to end the combat mission is largely symbolic, since U.S. troops no...",left
15366,Biden Formally Ends US Combat Mission in Iraq,"['Middle East', 'Iraq', 'Iraq War', 'Joe Biden', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'ISIS', 'Afghanistan']",Biden hosts Iraqi PM at White House to talk end of US combat mission,New York Post (News),"President Biden on Monday hosted Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the White House to announce a planned end to the US military’s combat mission in Iraq.
The largely symbolic announcement means US troops will transfer most combat duties to Iraq’s military this year. But unlike in Afghanistan, Biden will keep a large US military footprint in Iraq.
Biden stressed that US troops aren’t leaving Iraq entirely — as happened in 2011, setting the stage for the Islamic State group to seize a third of the country, resulting in a US...",right
15367,Biden Formally Ends US Combat Mission in Iraq,"['Middle East', 'Iraq', 'Iraq War', 'Joe Biden', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'ISIS', 'Afghanistan']","US Will End Combat Mission In Iraq, Biden Says",Defense One,"The United States is ending its combat mission in Iraq, President Joe Biden announced Monday, though U.S. troops will remain in the country to continue training and advising local forces.
“Our role in Iraq will be...to be available to continue to train, to assist to help and to deal with ISIS as it arises, but we are not going to be by the end of the year in a combat mission,” Biden said at the beginning of a meeting in the Oval Office with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi. 
Biden...",center
15368,GOP Self-Analysis,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Republicans to spend millions to reach minorities,Fox News (Online News),The head of the Republican National Committee says the party will spend 10 million this year to send hundreds of paid staffers into communities to talk with Hispanic black and Asian voters.,right
15369,GOP Self-Analysis,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Republicans want to end perception as 'stuffy old men'al Unit,CNN (Online News),"The beleaguered Republican Party put into writing Monday what many of its top strategists and leaders have been saying since last year's election losses: The GOP is too old, too white, and too insular to win national contests.",left
15370,GOP Self-Analysis,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",GOP Issues Scathing Self-Analysis,Wall Street Journal (News),The national Republican Party released a scathing self-analysis Monday that party leaders hope will be the first step toward returning the GOP to a winning track after its election losses of November.,center
15371,Bipartisan Group of Senators Propose Coronavirus Relief Package,"['Coronavirus', 'Bipartisanship', 'US Senate', 'Economic Policy']",Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Propose COVID Relief Package as Negotiations Stall,Townhall,"A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a COVID relief package on Tuesday morning that represents a compromise between Republicans and Democrats as negotiations are stalled. The package totals $908 billion, and includes funding for unemployment insurance, state and local governments, vaccine development, education, housing subsidies, child care, the paycheck protection program (PPP), and other COVID-related causes.
Co-sponsors of the legislation includes Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Susan Collins (R-ME) and others. The $908 billion price tag is higher than Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would like, and...",right
15372,Bipartisan Group of Senators Propose Coronavirus Relief Package,"['Coronavirus', 'Bipartisanship', 'US Senate', 'Economic Policy']","Bipartisan, bicameral group unveils $908 billion coronavirus proposal",The Hill,"A bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled a $908 billion coronavirus relief proposal on Tuesday, as leadership faces growing pressure to cut a deal.
The measure, rolled out by more than a dozen members from the House and Senate, comes as cases are climbing across the country and Congress is running out of time to clinch a long-stalled fifth bill with lawmakers scheduled to leave for the year as soon as next week.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said it would be ""inexcusable"" for Congress to leave town for the year without...",center
15373,Bipartisan Group of Senators Propose Coronavirus Relief Package,"['Coronavirus', 'Bipartisanship', 'US Senate', 'Economic Policy']","Bipartisan group of senators prepares $908 billion stimulus plan, aiming to break partisan logjam",Washington Post,"A bipartisan group of senators unveiled an approximately $908 billion stimulus proposal on Tuesday, aiming to break a months-long partisan impasse over providing emergency federal relief to the U.S. economy.
Congress has faced increasing pressure to approve additional economic relief since talks between the White House and House Democrats collapsed, first over the summer and then again in the fall ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election.
With negotiations among congressional leaders at an impasse, rank-and-file senators in both parties have for several weeks worked together on a proposal that...",left
15374,4/20: Will the Senate Decriminalize Recreational Marijuana Nationwide?,"['Culture', 'Marijuana Legalization', 'US Senate', 'Politics', 'Polarization', 'Partisan Divide', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Marco Rubio', 'Polls', 'Drugs', 'Business']",Why Do GOP Lawmakers Still Oppose Legalizing Weed?,FiveThirtyEight,"Today is 4/20, the holiday for stoners and weed enthusiasts around the world. Legalizing marijuana is no longer a fringe issue championed mainly by those partaking in the day’s festivities either. Over the past two decades, we’ve seen a remarkable rise in support for legalization. Polls over the past year from Civiqs, Quinnipiac and Gallup show that roughly 7 in 10 American adults think the use of cannabis should be legal, double the share who thought so 20 years ago.
In fact, a majority of registered voters in all 50 states now favor making cannabis legal, according...",center
15375,4/20: Will the Senate Decriminalize Recreational Marijuana Nationwide?,"['Culture', 'Marijuana Legalization', 'US Senate', 'Politics', 'Polarization', 'Partisan Divide', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Marco Rubio', 'Polls', 'Drugs', 'Business']","Congress Should Not Legalize Marijuana, Marco Rubio Says, Because Black-Market Weed Is 'Laced With Fentanyl'",Reason,"When Sen. Marco Rubio (R–Fla.) was seeking the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, a local paper noted that he had ""a long history speaking out against marijuana legalization."" Given that history and the fact that Rubio's position is rejected by two-thirds of Americans, you might think he would be prepared to defend marijuana prohibition with cogent arguments.
If so, you would be wrong. In a recent interview with a Pensacola TV station, Rubio worried that legalization would encourage teenagers to use cannabis, which would be a ""gateway"" to other drugs, and warned that black-market marijuana is ""laced...",right
15376,4/20: Will the Senate Decriminalize Recreational Marijuana Nationwide?,"['Culture', 'Marijuana Legalization', 'US Senate', 'Politics', 'Polarization', 'Partisan Divide', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Marco Rubio', 'Polls', 'Drugs', 'Business']",Weed Laws in These States Will Totally Harsh Your 4/20 Vibe,Vice,"Here we are at another 4/20, and Congress still hasn’t legalized marijuana nationwide. Last July, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, along with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden and Sen. Cory Booker, unveiled the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA). It was supposed to be introduced on the Senate floor this month, but the bill was not formally filed. ",left
15377,Ukraine to Declare 30-Day State of Emergency,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Russia']",Ukraine to declare state of emergency as Putin brags about Russian missiles,New York Post (News),"Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday praised the battle-readiness of his armed forces and his ever-developing hypersonic missiles — as Ukraine declared a state of emergency and started enlisting military reservists.
Putin made his latest clear warning in a video address as he continued to move as many as 190,000 troops on the borders with Ukraine, which declared it would introduce a 30-day nationwide state of emergency.
The move, which is expected to get parliamentary approval within 48 hours, would allow additional protection for public facilities, restrictions on traffic, and additional transport...",right
15378,Ukraine to Declare 30-Day State of Emergency,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Russia']",Ukraine to impose state of emergency but no martial law yet,Reuters,"Ukraine will introduce a nationwide state of emergency in which special restrictions will apply in order to keep the country calm and protect its economy amid fears of a Russian invasion, a senior Ukrainian security official said on Wednesday.
The state of emergency will last for 30 days and can be extended for another 30 days, Oleksiy Danilov told a briefing. Parliament must now vote to enact the decision.
Introducing a state of emergency gives powers to the authorities, who can choose which ones to implement. These could include restrictions...",center
15379,Ukraine to Declare 30-Day State of Emergency,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Russia']","Ukraine calls up reservists, plans national emergency declaration as U.S. and allies hit Russia with new sanctions",CBS News (Online),"As the U.S. and other nations announced further sanctions against Russia in a bid to dissuade President Vladimir Putin from launching a full scale invasion of Ukraine, the situation on the ground was getting tenser by the minute. 
With violence escalating in the country's east, Ukraine's government called up military reservists and on Wednesday, the National Security Council met in Kyiv and asked lawmakers to approve a national state of emergency, which would give authorities more powers to ""strengthen security of public places and locations that are critical for the public,"" Oleksiy Danilov,...",left
15380,CDC Issues Guidance for Fully Vaccinated Individuals,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","Travel restrictions won't be lifted until more people vaccinated, White House says",Washington Examiner,"More people will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before travel restrictions can be lifted, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday published guidelines for people who have been vaccinated, relaxing restrictions on who they could meet indoors without social distancing, for example.
But the new recommendations did not change restrictions on travel. That means people wanting to travel to visit family or friends face a long wait until more of the population is vaccinated against COVID-19.
Psaki was asked...",right
15381,CDC Issues Guidance for Fully Vaccinated Individuals,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","Fully vaccinated people can gather without masks, CDC says",Associated Press Fact Check,"Fully vaccinated Americans can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing, according to long-awaited guidance from federal health officials.
The recommendations also say that vaccinated people can come together in the same way — in a single household — with people considered at low-risk for severe disease, such as in the case of vaccinated grandparents visiting healthy children and grandchildren.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the guidance Monday.
The guidance is designed to address a growing demand, as more adults have...",left
15382,CDC Issues Guidance for Fully Vaccinated Individuals,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",CDC Says It's Safe For Vaccinated People To Do These Activities,NPR (Online News),"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new guidance for vaccinated people, giving the green light to resume some pre-pandemic activities and relax precautions that have been in place.
Specifically, the new guidance says, people who are fully vaccinated can visit indoors with other fully vaccinated people without wearing masks or social distancing. People are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after they have gotten the second shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines (or two weeks after receiving the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine).
Vaccinated people can also...",left
15383,"Senator McConnell Will Move To Acquit President Trump, Not Dismiss Charges","['Impeachment', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US Senate', 'Politics']","GOP Senators: McConnell Will Move to Acquit Trump, Not Dismiss Charges",Newsmax (News),"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to allow an impeachment trial against President Donald Trump to go ahead, calling a vote to acquit him after proceedings have run their course rather than seeking to immediately dismiss the charges, some Republican senators say.
Acquittal, rather than a procedural vote to dismiss the articles of impeachment, would definitively clear the president of the charges raised against him by Democrats and expected to be approved by the House of Representatives.
It would ""make more sense"" to vote on the articles of impeachment...",right
15384,"Senator McConnell Will Move To Acquit President Trump, Not Dismiss Charges","['Impeachment', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US Senate', 'Politics']","McConnell will move to acquit Trump if he's impeached, not merely dismiss charges, 2 Republican senators say",CNN (Online News),"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to hold a final vote to acquit President Donald Trump, should he be impeached, when a majority of senators believe his trial has run its course instead of holding a vote on dismissing the articles of impeachment, two Republican senators told CNN on Wednesday.
Republicans want to have a vote on acquittal -- to clear the President of the charges against him -- not simply rely on a 51-vote threshold procedural motion to dismiss the hotly disputed case.
The Constitution mandates 67 votes...",left
15385,"Senator McConnell Will Move To Acquit President Trump, Not Dismiss Charges","['Impeachment', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",McConnell to move to acquit Trump in Senate trial: report,The Hill,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is expected to hold a vote to acquit President Trump should the president ultimately be impeached in the House rather than move to dismiss any articles of impeachment sent from the lower chamber.
CNN, citing two Republican senators, reported Thursday that the Senate GOP wants to have a vote for acquittal to try to clear the president of any wrongdoing stemming from his dealings with Ukraine rather than a majority vote to simply dismiss impeachment.
The Constitution requires articles of impeachment to garner 67...",center
15386,Mitt Romney on Donald Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Mitt Romney: ‘Trump is a phony, a fraud’ who is ‘playing the American public for suckers’",Washington Post,"Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, plans to deliver a sharp broadside against Donald Trump today, slamming the GOP's leading candidate as pandemonium sweeps the party.",left
15387,Mitt Romney on Donald Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Today's Anti-Trump Speech: What's Romney's Angle?,Townhall,"By now you've heard that Mitt Romney will give an anti-Trump address in Utah this morning, in which he will reportedly neither endorse any of Trump's rivals, nor announce an independent bid for the presidency.",right
15388,Mitt Romney on Donald Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Mitt Romney And Donald Trump Spar Over Future Of GOP,NPR (Online News),The most recent Republican presidential nominee is taking shots at Donald Trump's fitness to be president.,left
15389,Fatalities Rise in Iran as Protests Continue Over Death of 22-Year-Old,"['World', 'Civil Unrest', 'Iran', 'Islam', 'Protests', 'Police Brutality']",At least 9 killed as Iran protests spread over woman’s death,Associated Press,"Clashes between Iranian security forces and protesters angry over the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody have killed at least nine people since the violence erupted over the weekend, according to a tally Thursday by The Associated Press.
The scope of Iran’s ongoing unrest, the worst in several years, still remains unclear as protesters in at least a dozen cities — venting anger over social repression and the country’s mounting crises — continue to encounter security and paramilitary forces.
To prevent protests from spreading, Iran’s biggest telecom operator...",left
15390,Fatalities Rise in Iran as Protests Continue Over Death of 22-Year-Old,"['World', 'Civil Unrest', 'Iran', 'Islam', 'Protests', 'Police Brutality']","9 dead in escalating unrest as demonstrators set fire to police stations, stab regime enforcer",Fox News (Online News),"At least nine people have been killed as protests against the Islamist regime in Iran escalated Thursday, with protesters setting fire to police buildings and stabbing a regime enforcer.
Thousands of protesters have gathered across the country following the police-custody death of Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by Iranian morality police for not wearing a head covering. Protests have become increasingly violent in major cities like Tehran, where police stations and vehicles have gone up in flames.
Protesters also stabbed a member of the Basij, a pro-government paramilitary organization, according...",right
15391,Fatalities Rise in Iran as Protests Continue Over Death of 22-Year-Old,"['World', 'Civil Unrest', 'Iran', 'Islam', 'Protests', 'Police Brutality']","Iran protests spread, death toll rises as internet curbed",Reuters,"Iranian authorities and a Kurdish rights group reported rising death tolls on Wednesday as anger at the death of a woman detained by the morality police fuelled protests for a fifth day and fresh restrictions were placed on social media.
Iranian media and a local prosecutor said four people were killed in the last two days, bringing the total death toll according to official sources to eight, including a member of the police and a pro-government militia member.
The demonstrations erupted over the death in detention last week of Mahsa...",center
15392,Ted Cruz Wins Hotly Contested Texas Senate Race Over Democrat Beto O'Rourke,['Elections'],Why Beto O'Rourke lost despite his popular obsession,Washington Examiner,"All eyes watched the Texas Senate race, and Democrats hoped their new rising star, Beto O’ Rourke, would somehow beat incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz. That did not happen.",right
15393,Ted Cruz Wins Hotly Contested Texas Senate Race Over Democrat Beto O'Rourke,['Elections'],Cruz fends off challenge from O’Rourke in Texas Senate race,The Hill,"Incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is projected to win the Texas Senate race, fending off a tough challenge from Rep. Beto O’Rourke, a rising Democratic star, in a campaign that",center
15394,Ted Cruz Wins Hotly Contested Texas Senate Race Over Democrat Beto O'Rourke,['Elections'],The Success in Beto’s Failure,New York Times (Opinion),O’Rourke gave Texans who have long felt disenfranchised a glimpse of what could be.,left
15395,Taliban attack school in Pakistan,['Terrorism'],Taliban storm an elite army high school in Pakistan,Washington Post,"Taliban militants disguised as soldiers stormed an elite army high school in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 132 students and teachers and bringing defiant pledges to strike back harder against terrorism after one of the country’s bloodiest days.",left
15396,Taliban attack school in Pakistan,['Terrorism'],"Taliban militants dead after killing at least 130, mostly children, in Pakistan school",CNN (Online News),"A deadly, hours-long siege of a school in northwest Pakistan ended Tuesday evening with all the Taliban militants responsible killed, at least 130 people -- most of them children -- dead and a country once again grasping for answers after a horrific attack.",left
15397,Taliban attack school in Pakistan,['Terrorism'],Death toll rises to 130 in Taliban-led attack on Pakistan school,Fox News (Online News),"An ongoing Taliban-led assault Tuesday on a Pakistan military-run school has left at least 130 people dead, mostly children and teenagers in grades 1-10, officials say, in the worst attack to hit the country in years.",right
15398,Stampede in Shanghai,"['Asia', 'World']",35 reported killed in Shanghai stampede,Washington Post,"Stampeding crowds at a New Year’s celebration in the heart of Shanghai killed at least 36 people and injured 47, authorities said.",left
15399,Stampede in Shanghai,"['Asia', 'World']",Shanghai Stampede Death Toll Rises to at Least 36; Accounts Differ on Cause,Wall Street Journal (News),"The death toll from a deadly New Year’s Eve stampede in Shanghai’s riverfront Bund area rose by one to at least 36 on Thursday, as friends and relatives swamped local hospitals seeking word about missing loved ones.",center
15400,Stampede in Shanghai,"['Asia', 'World']",36 dead and dozens injured in Shanghai New Year's Eve stampede,Fox News (Online News),"People unable to contact friends and relatives streamed into hospitals Thursday, anxious for information after a stampede during New Year's celebrations in Shanghai's historic waterfront area killed 36 people in the worst disaster to hit one of China's showcase cities in recent years.",right
15401,Walmart Increases Minimum Wage,['Economy And Jobs'],Walmart Voluntarily Increases Minimum Wage to $10 Per Hour For Workers,Townhall,"For years labor unions have been lobbying lawmakers in Washington D.C. and all around the country to raise the minimum wage. In particular, labor unions have made Walmart enemy number one, accusing the company of unfair pay practices and has repeatedly tried to unionize workers.
Today, Walmart announced that by 2016 the minimum wage paid to workers in its stores will be increased to $10. In other words, the company has voluntarily raised wages, not because the government or labor unions forced them to, but because they think it's the...",right
15402,Walmart Increases Minimum Wage,['Economy And Jobs'],Walmart Boosts Minimum Wage to $9/Hour,Daily Siftings Herald,"The biggest retailer in the world has agreed to boost its U.S. workers’ pay to $9 an hour, which is $1.75 above the federal minimum wage. Walmart announced the wage hike Thursday, adding that it expects employees to earn at least $10 an hour by Feb. 1, 2016. Both full-time and part-time employees will benefit from the increase. The retailer also announced that employees’ schedules will be set at least 2 1/2 weeks in advance and some workers will be given fixed shifts.",center
15403,Walmart Increases Minimum Wage,['Economy And Jobs'],"Walmart Gives 500,000 Workers A Raise",HuffPost,"In a move that could alter the minimum wage debate and improve the image of the world's largest retailer, Walmart announced it will raise the baseline wage of its current store employees to $10 per hour, bringing pay hikes to an estimated 500,000 workers.
The company said in an announcement on Thursday that it would raise its wage floor to $9 in April, followed by a second boost to $10 by next February.
The decision follows similar moves by other major retailers such as Gap and IKEA, but the sheer...",left
15404,CDC Shortens School Distancing Guidelines to 3 Feet with Masks,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Schools', 'Education', 'Masks', 'CDC', 'Public Health']","CDC changes school guidance, allowing desks to be closer",Associated Press,"Students can safely sit just 3 feet apart in the classroom as long as they wear masks but should be kept the usual 6 feet away from one another at sporting events, assemblies, lunch or chorus practice, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday in relaxing its COVID-19 guidelines.
The revised recommendations represent a turn away from the 6-foot standard that has sharply limited how many students some schools can accommodate. Some places have had to remove desks, stagger scheduling and take other steps to keep children apart....",left
15405,CDC Shortens School Distancing Guidelines to 3 Feet with Masks,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Schools', 'Education', 'Masks', 'CDC', 'Public Health']",Updated CDC guidance says 3 feet of physical distancing is safe in schools,CNN (Online News),"The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday is updating its physical distancing guidelines for children in schools from 6 feet to 3 feet.
The CDC has previously said schools should try to maintain at least 6 feet of distance between children, but in light of new data, the agency is now recommending most students maintain at least 3 feet of distance.
On Friday, the agency is releasing three new studies it says support distancing of 3 feet between students, so long as everyone is wearing a...",left
15406,CDC Shortens School Distancing Guidelines to 3 Feet with Masks,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Schools', 'Education', 'Masks', 'CDC', 'Public Health']",CDC Changes School Social-Distancing Requirements from Six to Three Feet,National Review,"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday announced new guidance for physical-distancing requirements between children in schools, allowing for just three feet of space between students instead of the six feet it had previously recommended.
The new guidance, which will allow more students to be inside classrooms, does not apply to teachers and other adult school staff who still must remain six feet apart. Masks should remain mandatory as well, according to the CDC.",right
15407,Previewing Tuesday's Primaries in New York and in Florida,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Florida Senate Election', '2022 Florida Gubernatorial Election', '2022 Gubernatorial Races', 'Elections', 'Florida', 'New York']",Florida voters head to primary polls as Democrats look to break losing streak,The Guardian,"Florida voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to determine which candidates will have the chance to face off in this November’s general election. Voters will cast ballots in races for the governorship and Congress, all the way down to circuit courts and local school boards.
Democrats are competing to run against the state’s governor, Ron DeSantis, and US senator Marco Rubio, both of whom are considered potential Republican presidential candidates for 2024. On the House side, a new congressional map drawn by DeSantis is expected to give Republicans a hefty...",left
15408,Previewing Tuesday's Primaries in New York and in Florida,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Florida Senate Election', '2022 Florida Gubernatorial Election', '2022 Gubernatorial Races', 'Elections', 'Florida', 'New York']",New York special election to test whether abortion is weakening midterm red wave,Washington Examiner,"A special congressional election in upstate New York on Tuesday could offer a unique window into whether abortion access is animating voters as much as Democrats hope it can.
Republican Marc Molinaro and Democrat Pat Ryan are squaring off this week in New York’s 19th Congressional District, which former Rep. Antonio Delgado vacated in May to become the state’s lieutenant governor.
Polls suggest the race is extremely tight heading into an Election Day that analysts will watch closely for clues about the GOP’s strength. While Republicans have for months expected to wrest control of...",right
15409,Previewing Tuesday's Primaries in New York and in Florida,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Florida Senate Election', '2022 Florida Gubernatorial Election', '2022 Gubernatorial Races', 'Elections', 'Florida', 'New York']",Can Florida Democrats take down DeSantis?,The Hill,"The big question on Florida Democrats’ minds: Can they beat Gov. Ron DeSantis (R)?
The party’s voters on Tuesday are set to choose between Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.), a former Republican governor who’s making his second attempt at reclaiming his old office, and state Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, the lone statewide elected Democrat, in the primary to challenge DeSantis this fall. 
But while few Republicans ignite the same kind of outrage among Democrats as DeSantis does, it’s unclear whether the party has the candidates — or the firepower — to...",center
15410,Congress Has Say on Iran,['Middle East'],"Obama Yields, Allowing Congress Say on Iran Nuclear Deal",New York Times (News),"The White House relented on Tuesday and said President Obama would sign a compromise bill giving Congress a voice on the proposed nuclear accord with Iran as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in rare unanimous agreement, moved the legislation to the full Senate for a vote.
An unusual alliance of Republican opponents of the nuclear deal and some of Mr. Obama’s strongest Democratic supporters demanded a congressional role as international negotiators work to turn this month’s nuclear framework into a final deal by June 30. White House officials insisted they...",left
15411,Congress Has Say on Iran,['Middle East'],White House willing to sign compromise Iran bill as it clears committee hurdle,CNN (Online News),"After months of tensions with Congress over a bill giving the legislature a say in the potential Iran nuclear deal, the White House indicated Tuesday that the president would be willing to sign the compromise version of the measure.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved the new version, which Democratic lobbying had watered down, in a vote Tuesday afternoon.",left
15412,Congress Has Say on Iran,['Middle East'],"Unanimous: Senate Foreign Relations Defies Obama Veto Threat on Iran, 19-0",Townhall,"For months, the White House has been threatening to veto bipartisan legislation that would assert the legislative branch's constitutional prerogative to review and weigh in on any finalized nuclear deal forged between Western negotiators with the Iranian regime. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-TN) has been telling reporters that he was getting close to securing the 67 votes necessary to overcome a potential Obama veto. It looks like Corker will have at least that",right
15413,"US Announces Deal to Sell Energy to EU, Curbing Dependence on Russian Fossil Fuels","['Energy', 'Europe', 'EU', 'World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Oil', 'Clean Energy']","US, EU announce plan to reduce European reliance on Russian gas",Al Jazeera,"The United States and the European Union have unveiled a plan to reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels following the invasion of Ukraine.
US President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the creation of the joint task force aimed at cutting the bloc’s reliance on Russian imports during a joint news conference in Brussels on Friday.
“Putin has used Russia’s energy resources … to manipulate its neighbours,” said Biden, who arrived in Europe this week to take part in several emergency meetings. “He’s used the...",left
15414,"US Announces Deal to Sell Energy to EU, Curbing Dependence on Russian Fossil Fuels","['Energy', 'Europe', 'EU', 'World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Oil', 'Clean Energy']",Biden's careful embrace of U.S. gas for Europe,Axios,"The White House is looking to thread a policy needle by embracing more U.S. liquefied natural gas shipments to Europe while insisting it's not backing off its commitment to fighting climate change.
Driving the news: On Friday, U.S. and European leaders announced a task force focused on helping to cut the EU's heavy reliance on Russian fossil fuels and boosting clean energy.
The broad outline calls for U.S. work with ""international partners"" to find another 15 billion cubic meters of LNG this year.
Longer term, it calls for ""additional"" EU imports of roughly...",center
15415,"US Announces Deal to Sell Energy to EU, Curbing Dependence on Russian Fossil Fuels","['Energy', 'Europe', 'EU', 'World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Oil', 'Clean Energy']",US to sell energy to Europe in bid to cut reliance on Russian gas,New York Post (News),"The United States will sell natural gas to the European Union as part of an overall plan to cut the continent’s dependence on Russian energy in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, President Biden said Friday.
The US will ship 15 billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas to EU markets this year. The two entities also announced a joint task force that will work to reduce Europe’s reliance on Russian fossil fuels.
“Today we’ve agreed on a joint game plan for that goal, while accelerating our progress towards a secure, clean energy...",right
15416,Federal Judge Rules President Trump Blocking Users on Twitter Violates Constitution,['Free Speech'],Judge Rules Trump May Not Block Critics on Twitter,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Donald Trump may not block critics from reading his Twitter feed, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday, finding that doing so violates their right to free speech.",center
15417,Federal Judge Rules President Trump Blocking Users on Twitter Violates Constitution,['Free Speech'],"Trump violated the Constitution when he blocked his critics on Twitter, a federal judge rules",Washington Post,"President Trump's decision to block his Twitter followers for their political views is a violation of the First Amendment, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying that Trump's effort to silence his critics is not permissible under the U.S. Constitution because the digital space in which he engages with constituents is a public forum.",left
15418,Federal Judge Rules President Trump Blocking Users on Twitter Violates Constitution,['Free Speech'],"Trump can't block Twitter users over their political views, NY federal judge says",Fox News (Online News),A New York federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump cannot block Twitter users for their political views after the President was sued in July 2017 by a free-speech group saying the president's actions violated the First Amendment.,right
15419,Whoopi Goldberg Suspended from ABC's 'The View' for Remarks About Holocaust and Race,"['Media Industry', 'ABC News', 'The View', 'Whoopi Goldberg', 'Holocaust', 'Race']",ABC suspends ‘The View’ host Whoopi Goldberg for saying Holocaust ‘not about race’,CNBC,"ABC News suspended “The View” host Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks after she said the Holocaust was not about race, the network said Tuesday.
In a statement, Kim Godwin, president of ABC News, called Goldberg’s comments “wrong and hurtful.”
“While Whoopi has apologized, I’ve asked her to take time to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments,” Godwin said. “The entire ABC News organization stand in solidarity with our Jewish colleagues, friends, family and communities.”
Goldberg made the comments Monday morning while the panel was discussing a Tennessee school board’s banning...",center
15420,Whoopi Goldberg Suspended from ABC's 'The View' for Remarks About Holocaust and Race,"['Media Industry', 'ABC News', 'The View', 'Whoopi Goldberg', 'Holocaust', 'Race']",Whoopi Goldberg suspended from ‘The View’ following Holocaust comments,New York Post (News),"Whoopi Goldberg was suspended from ABC’s “The View” Tuesday evening after she claimed the Holocaust was “not about race.”
“Effective immediately, I am suspending Whoopi Goldberg for her wrong and hurtful comments,” ABC News president Kim Godwin tweeted.
“While Whoopi has apologized, I’ve asked her to take time to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments.”
Goldberg, 66, claimed Nazis and Jews were both white on Monday’s program, and repeated the statement on “The Late Show With Steven Colbert” that evening. She walked back the remarks on Twitter later...",right
15421,Whoopi Goldberg Suspended from ABC's 'The View' for Remarks About Holocaust and Race,"['Media Industry', 'ABC News', 'The View', 'Whoopi Goldberg', 'Holocaust', 'Race']",Whoopi Goldberg Suspended From 'The View' Over Holocaust Comments,HuffPost,"Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended from “The View” over her on-air comment Monday that the Holocaust was “not about race.”
“Effective immediately, I am suspending Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks for her wrong and hurtful comments,” ABC News President Kim Godwin said in a statement provided Tuesday to HuffPost. “While Whoopi has apologized, I’ve asked her to take time to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments. The entire ABC News organization stands in solidarity with our Jewish colleagues, friends, family and communities.”
During a discussion on the talk show about...",left
15422,Central American Caravan Migrants Seek Asylum at Border,['Immigration'],Migrants who traveled with caravan vow to wait at border until they are granted asylum,CNN (Online News),"After a difficult, monthlong journey from Central America to the US-Mexico border, dozens of asylum-seeking migrants are vowing to remain outside an immigration processing center until ""every last one"" is admitted into the country, an organizer with the caravan said late Sunday.",left
15423,Central American Caravan Migrants Seek Asylum at Border,['Immigration'],Central American Caravan Migrants Seek Asylum at U.S.-Mexico Border,Wall Street Journal (News),"When a group of nearly 200 migrants from Central America reached the U.S. border crossing here Sunday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the crossing was full and couldn’t process asylum seekers.",center
15424,Central American Caravan Migrants Seek Asylum at Border,['Immigration'],"No room at border crossing for Central American asylum seekers, says US",Daily Mail,Nearly 200 Central American migrants attempting to seek asylum in the United States are stuck at the US-Mexico border after officials said a crossing facility did not have enough space to accommodate them.,right
15425,Hillary Clinton Courts the GOP,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton’s Republican outreach a step too far for already-suspicious liberals,Washington Post,"It seemed like an obvious political coup: scores of Republicans telling voters that a Hillary Clinton presidency would be safer than a Donald Trump one. Fifty of them signed an open letter warning that Trump “would put at risk our country’s national security.” Fifty more joined “Together for America,” a Clinton effort urging voters to “put country over party.”",left
15426,Hillary Clinton Courts the GOP,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: Hillary’s neoliberals,Guest Writer - Right,Republicans who embrace Clinton are her cultural peers.,right
15427,Hillary Clinton Courts the GOP,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Liberals hold nose as Clinton seeks to win over GOP,The Hill,Liberals are holding their noses as Hillary Clinton seeks to win over Republican voters.,center
15428,House GOP Votes to Oust Liz Cheney From Leadership Post,"['US House', 'Republican Party', 'Donald Trump', 'Liz Cheney', 'Politics']",House GOP boots Liz Cheney from leadership post,Washington Times,"House Republicans on Wednesday ousted Rep. Liz Cheney as House GOP conference chair and set the stage for her to be replaced with someone less keen on challenging former President Donald Trump’s stolen election claims and lingering grip on the party.
Ms. Cheney was removed by a voice vote.
The leadership shakeup comes as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy tries to keep members on message and unified in the run-up to the 2022 midterm elections.
“It comes down to this: A leader has to put their personal interests and biases...",right
15429,House GOP Votes to Oust Liz Cheney From Leadership Post,"['US House', 'Republican Party', 'Donald Trump', 'Liz Cheney', 'Politics']",Trump Tightens Grip on GOP With Cheney’s Ouster From Post,Bloomberg,"Donald Trump’s grip on the GOP will tighten with a vote by House Republicans Wednesday to depose Representative Liz Cheney from her leadership post for her persistent rebuttals to Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
The outcome of the closed-door vote of the 212-member Republican conference is largely settled. House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy and his chief deputy, Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana, are publicly supporting Cheney’s ouster and her replacement with New York Representative Elise Stefanik, a Trump loyalist. The former president also is...",left
15430,House GOP Votes to Oust Liz Cheney From Leadership Post,"['US House', 'Republican Party', 'Donald Trump', 'Liz Cheney', 'Politics']",GOP votes to dump Cheney from leadership,The Hill,"In an extraordinary bow to former President Trump, House Republicans voted Wednesday to purge GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney from her leadership post, punishing the conservative Wyoming Republican for daring to refute Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen.
The decision was made by voice vote, meaning there will be no tally of the lawmakers who voted to dump Cheney, or of those who wanted her to stay on. Sources inside the closed-door vote said it was an overwhelming vote against Cheney.
That represents a remarkable shift from...",center
15431,"Hurricane Ian Hits Southwest Florida, Engulfing Homes in Water","['Water And Oceans', 'Disaster', 'Hurricanes', 'Florida', 'State Governments', 'Weather', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Joe Biden', 'FEMA', 'Business', 'Schools', 'Transportation']",Hurricane Ian crashes ashore in Florida with Category 4 fury,Reuters,"Hurricane Ian plowed into Florida's Gulf Coast with catastrophic force on Wednesday, unleashing howling winds, torrential rains and a treacherous surge of ocean surf that made it one of the most powerful U.S. storms in recent years.
Ian made landfall at 3:05 p.m. EDT (1905 GMT) near Cayo Costa, a barrier island just west of Fort Myers, as a Category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of up to 150 miles per hour (241 km per hour), the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported.
The storm's wind speeds put it just...",center
15432,"Hurricane Ian Hits Southwest Florida, Engulfing Homes in Water","['Water And Oceans', 'Disaster', 'Hurricanes', 'Florida', 'State Governments', 'Weather', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Joe Biden', 'FEMA', 'Business', 'Schools', 'Transportation']",‘Catastrophic’ Ian Makes Landfall in Florida as One of the Most Powerful Hurricanes Ever,Daily Beast,"Storm surge from Hurricane Ian began inundating several cities on the Southwest Florida coast on Wednesday afternoon, sweeping some homes off their foundations as it simultaneously pounded Florida with 155 mph winds.
Winds at that speed are the equivalent of an EF3 tornado, meteorologist Matthew Cappucci reported, and are expected to span at least 50 miles as Ian—the strongest storm of the season and one of the most powerful in history—wallops Florida.
While the whipping winds are a serious threat, the National Hurricane Center says that “catastrophic” storm surge of...",left
15433,"Hurricane Ian Hits Southwest Florida, Engulfing Homes in Water","['Water And Oceans', 'Disaster', 'Hurricanes', 'Florida', 'State Governments', 'Weather', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Joe Biden', 'FEMA', 'Business', 'Schools', 'Transportation']",Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida as 155mph Category 4 monster,New York Post (News),"Hurricane Ian made landfall Wednesday in western Florida at 2:24 p.m. — causing panic and wreaking havoc as it destroyed buildings, ripped trees from the ground, caused cars to float away and flooded houses up to their roofs.
The storm first hit North Captiva Island, which is just west of Fort Myers and Cape Coral, Accuweather reported.
Gov. Ron DeSantis latest statement said, “Ian is currently a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 155 miles per hour, nearing a Category 5.”
Florida is preparing for tens of billions...",right
15434,Rand Paul Pushes For Whistleblower Identity to be Revealed,"['US Congress', 'US Senate', 'US House', 'Rand Paul', 'Whistle Blower', 'Chief Justice John Roberts', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Rand Paul set to upend Trump impeachment trial in push for whistleblower’s name,New York Post (News),"Sen. Rand Paul is poised to roil the Senate impeachment trial Thursday as he attempts again to publicly name the person who filed a whistleblower complaint against President Trump.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who is presiding over the trial, reportedly blocked Paul on Wednesday from offering a question containing the name of a CIA analyst who has been conjectured to be the whistleblower. Thursday is the final day of a question-and-answer period in Trump’s trial.
Paul was heard complaining on the Senate floor Wednesday night about Roberts.
“I...",right
15435,Rand Paul Pushes For Whistleblower Identity to be Revealed,"['US Congress', 'US Senate', 'US House', 'Rand Paul', 'Whistle Blower', 'Chief Justice John Roberts', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Rand Paul to 'insist' on whistleblower question blocked by John Roberts,The Hill,"Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Thursday will try to force Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to read out loud a question regarding the anonymous whistleblower at the center of the impeachment inquiry.
Paul’s strategy, outlined on Twitter by his spokesman, will escalate a standoff between the two men on the Senate floor after much behind-the-scenes haggling.
“Senator Paul will insist on his question being asked during today’s trial. Uncertain of what will occur on the Senate floor, but American people deserve to know how this all came about,” Sergio...",center
15436,Rand Paul Pushes For Whistleblower Identity to be Revealed,"['US Congress', 'US Senate', 'US House', 'Rand Paul', 'Whistle Blower', 'Chief Justice John Roberts', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Rand Paul frustrated after John Roberts rejects his whistleblower question in Senate impeachment trial,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN)Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky expressed frustration with Republican leadership during the Senate impeachment trial Wednesday night after it was made clear Chief Justice John Roberts would not read his question that named the alleged Ukraine whistleblower, sources with knowledge of the situation said.
The development brought Roberts into an unusual position in the trial, where he has served in large part to guide the proceedings, not to decide or make any rulings on how they proceed.",left
15437,Electoral College Meets To Select Next President; Trump Continues Election Challenges,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Stephen Miller']",Electors meeting to formally choose Biden as next president,Associated Press Fact Check,"Presidential electors coast to coast are casting the votes that will formally choose Joe Biden as the nation’s next president.
In Nevada, the first battleground state won by Biden that voted on Monday, Democratic electors gave Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris the state’s six electoral votes in a session held via Zoom because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Monday is the day set by law for the meeting of the Electoral College. In reality, electors were meeting in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to cast their ballots....",left
15438,Electoral College Meets To Select Next President; Trump Continues Election Challenges,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Stephen Miller']",Electors convene amid Trump storm,The Hill,"Electors from every state will meet on Monday to formally elect Joe Biden as the next president amid an unprecedented effort by President Trump to overturn the election.
The Electoral College vote, which comes after all 50 states have certified their results, is not in doubt. Biden should finish with 306 votes, compared to 232 for Trump.
But the vote will take place as the sitting president refuses to accept the outcome, which has never happened in modern times.
Trump and his allies have doubled down on unsubstantiated claims that...",center
15439,Electoral College Meets To Select Next President; Trump Continues Election Challenges,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Stephen Miller']","Electors Meet to Finalize 2020 Vote, amid Post-Election Turmoil",National Review,"The 538 Electoral College electors will gather in their respective states on Monday to cast ballots for U.S. president, the final step in the certification process before Congress finalizes the count on January 6.
Results will be tabulated, signed, sealed, and sent by registered mail to Vice President Mike Pence.
A number of states have laws that require electors to support the winner of the state’s election, while electors in other states do so in accordance with custom. President-elect Joe Biden won 306 electoral votes to President Trump’s 232.",right
15440,"Five Dead in Raleigh Mass Shooting, 15-Year-Old Suspect Arrested","['Violence In America', 'Mass Shootings', 'Gun Violence', 'Death', 'Police', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Raleigh mass shooting: 911 call audio reveals horrifying moments teen gunman opens fire,Fox News (Online News),"Police 911 call audio obtained by Fox News Digital sheds light on the horror that unfolded in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Thursday. 
""[UNINTELLIGIBLE] just came through with a shotgun and shot my buddy. Get here ASAP,"" a distraught man can be heard telling a police dispatcher, as screaming is heard in the background. ""It’s an officer … he works for you.""
The dispatcher asks: ""You said it’s an officer?""
The audio files were provided to Fox News Digital in response to a public records request. During the same 911 conversation, the...",right
15441,"Five Dead in Raleigh Mass Shooting, 15-Year-Old Suspect Arrested","['Violence In America', 'Mass Shootings', 'Gun Violence', 'Death', 'Police', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Suspect in deadly North Carolina shooting identified as 15-year-old,Reuters,"A 15-year-old male suspect was in a North Carolina hospital in critical condition on Friday after he went on a shooting spree that led to an hours-long manhunt and left five people dead in the state capital, Raleigh's police chief said.
Police have yet to determine a motive for the shooting, which turned a quiet middle-class neighborhood into a two-mile-wide 2 mile (3.2-km-wide) crime scene on Thursday, Police Chief Estella Patterson said during a news conference on Friday.
Patterson did not identify the suspect by name or say how he...",center
15442,"Five Dead in Raleigh Mass Shooting, 15-Year-Old Suspect Arrested","['Violence In America', 'Mass Shootings', 'Gun Violence', 'Death', 'Police', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']","Suspect in Raleigh shooting is 15 years old and in critical condition, police say",NPR (Online News),"The mass shooting in Raleigh, N.C., that killed five people including a police officer was carried out by a 15-year-old who is now in critical condition, officials said on Friday.
The suspect, whose name has not been released, was taken into custody after a lengthy standoff, police said.
The victims include three women — Mary Marshall, 35; Susan Karnatz, 49; and Nicole Conners, 52 — along with 16-year-old James Roger Thompson and Gabriel Torres, 29, an off-duty police officer who was on his way to work, as member station WUNC...",left
15443,Cops Shot in Ferguson,['Violence In America'],Chief: 2 officers shot in Ferguson were 'ambushed',USA TODAY,"The two police officers who were shot outside the Ferguson Police Department during a late-night demonstration were ambushed and ""lucky"" to be alive, the police chief of St. Louis County said Thursday, but he called for a ""measured response"" by officers to a community roiled by unrest.
""We were lucky by God's grace that we didn't lose two officers last night,"" Police Chief Jon Belmar told reporters. ""We could have buried two police officers over this. ... It's a miracle we haven't had any instances similar to this in the...",left
15444,Cops Shot in Ferguson,['Violence In America'],St. Louis County Police Chief: Officers Shot In Ferguson Were Nearly Killed,HuffPost,"Two police officers shot in Ferguson overnight during protests against the police department could have died from their injuries, and an officer who was shot in the face still has a bullet in his head, St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said Thursday.
""We're lucky by God's grace we didn't lose two police officers last night,"" Belmar said at a press conference on Thursday. ""We could have buried two police officers next week over this.""
Belmar said investigators with the department believed the weapon used was a han",left
15445,Cops Shot in Ferguson,['Violence In America'],Manhunt for gunman in shooting that seriously injured 2 cops outside Ferguson police department,Fox News (Online News),"The gunman who shot two Missouri police officers early Thursday at a protest outside the Ferguson police headquarters remains at large, and a top law enforcement official said it was only ""by God's grace"" that the two cops -- one of whom was hit in the face -- are expected to survive.
""Lucky,"" St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said at a news conference hours after the early morning shootings. ""By God's grace we didn't lose two officers last night.""
The police officers, one a member of Belmar's force...",right
15446,Reaction to Obama Shift on Syria,['Middle East'],"After Obama changes tack on Syria, what would the presidential candidates do?",The Guardian,"Experts warned of mission creep after the president ordered US special forces to take a more active role but most White House hopefuls back greater intervention. Barack Obama’s announcement on Friday that American special forces will take a more active role in the war in Syria is for many critics of his foreign policy a confirmation that the US has inched deeper into a chaotic conflict.
It’s also an opportunity for presidential candidates to both praise and denounce him. And most Republican and Democratic presidential candidates propose doing even more...",left
15447,Reaction to Obama Shift on Syria,['Middle East'],"Discordant Verdicts on U.S. Forces in Syria: Too Much, or Too Little",New York Times (News),"President Obama’s decision to send a small team of United States commandos into Syria as part of the broader war against the Islamic State has raised new questions about his military strategy, its legal foundation and the way it has been sold to the American public.
After years in which Mr. Obama rejected “boots on the ground,” the deployment of up to 50 Special Operations troops to northern Syria is a relatively modest commitment. But coupled with the 3,500 troops now stationed next door in Iraq, it reflects continuing improvisation...",left
15448,Reaction to Obama Shift on Syria,['Middle East'],"Carson, GOP White House candidates critical of Obama’s Syria plan for 50 Special Ops troops",Fox News (Online News),"Republican White House candidates on Sunday criticized President Obama’s plan to deploy 50 Special Operations troops in Syria to fight the Islamic State terror group.
“Sending 50 American Special Forces into Syria in the eyes of ISIL shows that Obama is not all in,” candidate and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said on “Fox News Sunday.” “It is a sign of weakness to ISIL. They have sized Obama up and they think he's weak.”
Graham, a defense hawk and Armed Services Committee member, argued that such a small group will...",right
15449,CBS/NYT/Quinnipiac Poll,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Poll: Obama leads in three key swing states,Washington Times,"President Barack Obama leads Republican Mitt Romney by a significant margin in three key battleground states, according to a new Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS poll.",right
15450,CBS/NYT/Quinnipiac Poll,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",New Polls Show Obama Has Edge in 3 Battleground States,New York Times (News),"President Obama is struggling to persuade voters that he deserves to win re-election based on his handling of the economy, but his empathy and personal appeal give him an edge over Mitt Romney in Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania, according to Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS News polls.",left
15451,CBS/NYT/Quinnipiac Poll,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","TRENDING: Polls: Obama over 50% in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania",CNN (Online News),"(CNN) - President Barack Obama has a majority of voters backing him in three critical battleground states, according to a survey released Wednesday.",left
15452,US and EU Announce Agreement on Trade,['Trade'],The big lesson from Trump’s truce on trade? Pushback works.,Washington Post,HERE IS the lesson of President Trump’s sudden decision Wednesday to call a truce in his trade war with the European Union: Pushback works.,left
15453,US and EU Announce Agreement on Trade,['Trade'],Trump and EU's Juncker pull back from all-out trade war,BBC News,"The US and EU have agreed to avoid an all-out trade war and work to lower tariffs, in talks that US President Donald Trump hailed as ""a very strong understanding"".",center
15454,US and EU Announce Agreement on Trade,['Trade'],Trump is using tariffs to advance a radical free-trade agenda,Marc A. Thiessen,"Give President Trump credit. When he chastised NATO allies over their failure to spend adequately on our common defense, his critics said he was endangering the Atlantic alliance. Instead, his tough stance persuaded allies to spend billions more on defense, strengthening NATO instead.",right
15455,Gun Law Reform Under Consideration,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],White House weighs broad gun-control agenda,Washington Post,"A working group is seriously considering measures backed by key law enforcement leaders that would require universal background checks for firearm buyers, track the movement and sale of weapons through a national database, strengthen mental health checks, and stiffen penalties for carrying guns near schools or giving them to minors.",left
15456,Gun Law Reform Under Consideration,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Gun owner to Congress: 'I am not your servant',Washington Times,A Marine's defiant response to California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's proposal to tighten gun control in the wake of the Newtown school shooting has gone viral on the Internet.,right
15457,Gun Law Reform Under Consideration,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],With new Congress comes a new push for gun laws,CNN (Online News),"Lawmakers began a new session of Congress with the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, still fresh in their minds -- inspiring a new push to pass gun laws that could prevent another tragedy.",left
15458,Employment Impact of Obamacare,['Healthcare'],"A reduction in ""job lock?""",Washington Post,There is more freedom in the labor market.,left
15459,Employment Impact of Obamacare,['Healthcare'],Obamacare doesn't kill jobs,Aaron Carroll,Aaron Carroll says the claim that the CBO projects millions of job lost because of Obamacare is wrong.,center
15460,Employment Impact of Obamacare,['Healthcare'],Specter of welfare state jolts Democrats; CBO hits election pitches for jobs,Washington Times,The White House and congressional Democrats tried to limit the fallout Wednesday from the politically damaging conclusion in a Congressional Budget Office report that the Obamacare entitlement creates a major incentive for some people not to work.,right
15461,CDC Issues New Holiday COVID-19 Guidance,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Holidays', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Travel']",CDC issues new COVID-19 guidance for the holiday season,CBS News (Online),"New holiday COVID-19 guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges eligible people to get vaccinated against the virus and wear masks — in some cases — when gathering. 
""Because many generations tend to gather to celebrate holidays, the best way to minimize COVID-19 risk and keep your family and friends safer is to get vaccinated if you're eligible,"" the CDC says in its guidance, issued on Friday. 
Children in the United States who are 11 years old and younger are not yet eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.  
""Protect those not yet eligible...",left
15462,CDC Issues New Holiday COVID-19 Guidance,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Holidays', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Travel']",Fauci Says People Should Feel Free To ‘Enjoy The Holidays’ With Family This Year — Especially If They’re All Vaccinated,Forbes,"Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that Americans, particularly those who are fully vaccinated, shouldn’t hesitate to spend holidays with their families this year amid the Covid-19 pandemic, clarifying earlier comments he had made that expressed more doubt about whether people could safely gather.
Fauci said on ABC’s This Week he “believe[s] strongly” that Americans can “enjoy the holidays,” “particularly … if you’re vaccinated and your family members are vaccinated.”
Fauci said people can go trick-or-treating for Halloween and can “certainly” spend holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas “with your family.”
The public health expert said...",center
15463,CDC Issues New Holiday COVID-19 Guidance,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Holidays', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Travel']",CDC releases COVID travel guidance for holiday season,New York Post (News),"The unvaccinated are on the CDC’s holiday travel naughty list.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidance ahead of the holidays that encouraged people to get their COVID-19 shot before gathering and wear a mask in some cases regardless of vaccination status
And unvaccinated people were advised to stay home altogether.
“CDC still recommends delaying travel until you are fully vaccinated,” the agency said, which is encouraging masks be worn in transit.
 “We fully expect that families and friends will gather for the holidays this year and we have updated our...",right
15464,White House Says It's Working With Facebook to Combat False COVID-19 Information,"['COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Coronavirus', 'White House', 'Jen Psaki', 'Facebook', 'Technology', 'Online Censorship', 'Wuhan Lab']",Critics slam the White House after Psaki reveals it's consulting with Facebook to 'flag misinformation',Fox News (Online News),"Critics roundly condemned the White House after Press Secretary Jen Psaki revealed the Biden administration is working with Facebook to flag ""problematic"" posts that ""spread disinformation"" on COVID-19.
On Thursday, Psaki was asked a question regarding the Biden administration’s request for tech companies to be more ""aggressive"" when policing what they referred to as ""misinformation."" Psaki revealed that the White House is ""in regular touch with social media platforms"" to handle it.
""We are in regular touch with the social media platforms and those engagements typically happen through members of our senior staff and...",right
15465,White House Says It's Working With Facebook to Combat False COVID-19 Information,"['COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Coronavirus', 'White House', 'Jen Psaki', 'Facebook', 'Technology', 'Online Censorship', 'Wuhan Lab']",Surgeon general issues warning over vaccine misinformation as White House turns up the heat on Facebook,CNN (Online News),"US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy warned Thursday health misinformation is ""a serious threat to public health,"" as administration officials grow increasingly concerned about misleading claims about coronavirus vaccines, leading to a confrontation with social media giant Facebook. ""I am urging all Americans to help slow the spread of health misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond,"" Murthy wrote in a 22-page advisory released Thursday. ""Health misinformation is a serious threat to public health. It can cause confusion, sow mistrust, harm people's health, and undermine public health efforts. Limiting the spread of...",left
15466,White House Says It's Working With Facebook to Combat False COVID-19 Information,"['COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Coronavirus', 'White House', 'Jen Psaki', 'Facebook', 'Technology', 'Online Censorship', 'Wuhan Lab']",White House slams Facebook as conduit for COVID-19 misinformation,Reuters,"Facebook is not doing enough to stop the spread of false claims about COVID-19 and vaccines, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday, part of a new administration pushback on misinformation in the United States.
Facebook, which owns Instagram and WhatsApp, needs to work harder to remove inaccurate vaccine information from its platform, Psaki said.
She said 12 people were responsible for almost 65% of anti-vaccine misinformation on social media platforms. The finding was reported in May by the Center for Countering Digital Hate, but Facebook has disputed...",center
15467,Trump Looks to Focus on Healthcare Ahead of 2020,"['Healthcare', 'Donald Trump', 'GOP']",US Court Blocks Trump on Healthcare: 'End-Run' Around Obamacare,Newsmax (News),"A federal judge is striking down the Trump administration's highly touted small-business health insurance plan, calling it an ""end run"" around consumer protections.",right
15468,Trump Looks to Focus on Healthcare Ahead of 2020,"['Healthcare', 'Donald Trump', 'GOP']",McConnell signals he won’t play a leading role in crafting the health-care bill Trump wants,Washington Post,Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has signaled that he does not plan to play a leading role in developing a new health-care bill and will instead wait to see what President Trump can craft that might pass in the Democratic-led House.,left
15469,Trump Looks to Focus on Healthcare Ahead of 2020,"['Healthcare', 'Donald Trump', 'GOP']","Trump, Congressional Republicans in Standoff Over Health Law",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump continued to reach out to Republican lawmakers Thursday to take the lead on crafting a health plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, working to hand off the politically sensitive effort ahead of the 2020 elections.
Senate",center
15470,Perspectives: Biden's VP Search Nears End,"['Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Race And Racism', ""Women'S Issues"", 'White House', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']",Smile more? Some critics see sexism in debate over Biden VP,Associated Press,"CHICAGO (AP) — She’s too ambitious. She’s not apologetic enough. She should smile more.
The debate over Joe Biden’s running mate has recently ticked through a familiar list of stereotypes about women in politics as the Democratic presidential candidate and his allies stumble through a search they had hoped would stand out for its inclusion and diversity.
Instead, the vice presidential vetting has resurfaced internal party divisions between the old-guard establishment and a younger generation that’s more attuned to gender and racial biases and willing to speak out. Some contend...",left
15471,Perspectives: Biden's VP Search Nears End,"['Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Race And Racism', ""Women'S Issues"", 'White House', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']",GOP is licking its chops over Biden’s veep shortlist,Washington Examiner,"If Joe Biden doesn’t want to blow his lead in most polls, he will follow Bill Clinton’s lead in picking a running mate.
Biden should choose a vice presidential nominee who reinforces his main message, just as Clinton, in 1992, chose Al Gore to reinforce Clinton’s message as a somewhat centrist Democrat and an avatar of a new generation of leaders.
Clinton, like Biden, was under pressure from the leftmost elements in the Democratic Party to pick a more liberal running mate. In Clinton’s case, the conventional wisdom also suggested...",right
15472,Perspectives: Biden's VP Search Nears End,"['Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Race And Racism', ""Women'S Issues"", 'White House', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']",Biden should pick a Black woman for VP. Here are 6 great options,CNN (Opinion),"Black women have been betting on the Democratic Party since the civil rights era. It is time for the Democratic Party to bet on them.
That's why this month Joe Biden must select a Black woman as his running mate.
Just consider that 98% of Black women voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016, according to Pew Research Center. They voted Democratic in similar numbers in a down-ticket race the next year.
Black women also do the hard work of organizing, registering voters and turning them out to vote. Without Black...",left
15473,North Korea Announces Halt to Nuclear Tests,"['North Korea', 'World']","North Korea says it will suspend nuclear and missile tests, shut down test site",Washington Post,North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared that he will suspend nuclear and missile tests starting Saturday and that he will shut down the site where the previous six nuclear tests were conducted.,left
15474,North Korea Announces Halt to Nuclear Tests,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea missile and nuclear test halt hailed,BBC News,North Korea's announcement that it is halting nuclear and missile tests has received a broad international welcome.,center
15475,North Korea Announces Halt to Nuclear Tests,"['North Korea', 'World']",Trump: North Korea Has Agreed To Close A Major Nuclear Weapons Testing Site,The Daily Caller,"President Donald Trump, referencing a North Korean state media report, tweeted Friday evening North Korea has agreed to suspend all nuclear weapons testing and close its testing site.",right
15476,Immigration Announcement on Thursday,['Immigration'],Tea Leaves: Executive Amnesty to be Issued in Vegas?,Townhall,"Earlier this week, Guy asked if President Obama’s sweeping executive amnesty order would be handed down sooner rather than later. Originally, most Democrats supposed and hoped he’d at least have the courtesy to wait until after the December Louisiana runoff between Sen. Mary Landrieu and Rep. Bill Cassidy. After all, any type of “poison-the-well” executive action before voters head to the polls would be politically devastating. But now that the Keystone XL Pipeline has gone down in flames and her cause appears to be hopeless, he might be ready to...",right
15477,Immigration Announcement on Thursday,['Immigration'],Obama to Announce Executive Actions on Immigration,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama will announce his planned changes to the U.S. immigration system on Friday in Las Vegas, according to three people familiar with the matter, moves that are expected to give temporary legal status to millions of people in the U.S. illegally.",center
15478,Immigration Announcement on Thursday,['Immigration'],President Obama to announce executive action on immigration Thursday,Washington Post,"President Obama will announce Thursday that he will use his executive authority to expand temporary protections to millions of undocumented immigrants, according to several individuals who have been briefed on the decision. Obama will travel to Las Vegas on the heels of that announcement to rally support for his initiative on Friday.
Congress will receive official details on the move Thursday, according to a senior Democratic Party official.
Even before final confirmation of the pr",left
15479,Jobless Claims Fall; More Republican States Cut $300 Benefits,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","More Republican States Cut $300 Benefits, as Jobless Claims Fall",Wall Street Journal (News),"More than three-quarters of Republican-led states plan to end an extra $300-a-week in federal jobless benefits early, as unemployment claims reached a new pandemic low, likely triggering a decrease in the number of benefits recipients this summer.
The development came as initial unemployment claims through regular state programs dropped to 444,000 last week, the lowest level since the pandemic hit in mid-March 2020. Weekly claims are still more than double their average of 218,000 in 2019 ahead of the pandemic.
This week Texas, Oklahoma and Indiana joined the list of at...",center
15480,Jobless Claims Fall; More Republican States Cut $300 Benefits,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","As GOP-run states slash jobless aid, the Biden administration finds it has few options",Washington Post,"The Biden administration has scrambled to devise a way to keep paying heightened unemployment benefits to an estimated 3.6 million Americans who stand to lose them soon in Republican-led states, but Labor Department officials have come to believe that the law does not allow them to do so.
With a federal intervention now unlikely, jobless Americans in at least 22 states including Arizona, Ohio and Texas are set to see their payments fall by $300 each week — or be wiped out entirely — as GOP governors try to force...",left
15481,Jobless Claims Fall; More Republican States Cut $300 Benefits,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","New Jobless Claims Fall 34,000 to 444,000, Slightly Better Than Expected",Breitbart News,"New jobless claims fell 34,000 to 444,000 for the week ended May 15th, data from the Department of Labor showed Thursday.
Economists had expected claims to fall to 460,000 from the initially reported 4730,000 in the prior week. The prior week was revised up to 478,000.
The 4-week moving average—which smooths out data that is often volatile week to week—fell to 504,750, a decrease of 30,500 from the previous week’s revised average.
Initial claims hit a record 6.87 million for the week of March 27, 2020, more than ten times...",right
15482,North Korea and South Korea Test Missiles,"['World', 'North Korea', 'South Korea', 'Missile Tests', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Asia']",North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles Into Waters Between Japan and Korean Peninsula,The Epoch Times,"North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into waters off its eastern coast on Wednesday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) has confirmed.
JCS said the missiles were launched from central North Korea and that South Korea, along with U.S. intelligence authorities, is currently analyzing more details about the launches.
Japan’s coast guard said it believes the two missiles were launched five minutes apart, at 12:38 p.m. and 12:43 p.m. local time (11:38 p.m. and 11:43 p.m. ET) and that they landed outside its exclusive economic zone in the waters between Japan and the Korean...",right
15483,North Korea and South Korea Test Missiles,"['World', 'North Korea', 'South Korea', 'Missile Tests', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Asia']","North Korea fires two ballistic missiles into East Sea, South says",BBC News,"North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles across its east coast, South Korea's military says, its first ballistic missile test in six months.
The tests, a breach of UN resolutions, came as South Korea and China held meetings in an effort to get the North to resume denuclearisation talks.
The launches show the North has continued to develop its weapons despite a severe economic crisis.
Hours later, the South tested its first submarine-launched ballistic missile.
The test of the missile known as SLBM was pre-planned and not in reaction to...",center
15484,North Korea and South Korea Test Missiles,"['World', 'North Korea', 'South Korea', 'Missile Tests', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Asia']","North Korea, South Korea trade ballistic missile tests amid stalled U.S. nuclear talks",NBC News (Online),"North Korea fired two ballistic missiles off its east coast Wednesday and South Korea said hours later that it had carried out a successful test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile.
The rival launches intensified an arms race between the two countries amid stalled nuclear diplomacy with the United States and just two days after Pyongyang said it had tested a new cruise missile.
The first weapons activity by Kim Jong Un's regime in almost six months came as President Joe Biden's envoy for North Korea, Sung Kim, was in Tokyo for talks with Japan and South Korea...",left
15485,Trump Hotels Charged Secret Service Up to 5 Times the Recommended Rate,"['Donald Trump', 'Secret Service', 'Taxpayer Money']","Trump Organization charged Secret Service as much as $1,185 per night to stay at Trump properties",NBC News (Online),"During Donald Trump’s presidency, Trump hotels charged the Secret Service as much as $1,185 per night, more than five times the recommended government rate, and the high rates continued after he left office, according to an investigation released Monday by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Beginning in January 2017 through Sept. 15, 2021, the Secret Service received at least 40 waivers to let it spend more than the recommended per diem rates to stay at Trump properties to protect Trump as a president and former president, and also...",left
15486,Trump Hotels Charged Secret Service Up to 5 Times the Recommended Rate,"['Donald Trump', 'Secret Service', 'Taxpayer Money']","Trump's business charged Secret Service ""excessive"" hotel rates, docs show",Axios,"Former President Trump's business charged Secret Service agents ""excessive nightly rates"" at its properties during dozens of trips, according to documents released Monday by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Driving the news: Some charges were as high as $1,185 per room per night at the former Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. — more than five times the government rate, according to the committee.
Why it matters: Trump maintained ownership of the Trump Organization throughout his presidency through a revocable trust, with his oldest sons, Eric and Donald Jr., at the helm.
The documents released...",center
15487,Trump Hotels Charged Secret Service Up to 5 Times the Recommended Rate,"['Donald Trump', 'Secret Service', 'Taxpayer Money']",Trump hotels charged Secret Service ‘exorbitant’ rates to protect first family,New York Post (News),"The Trump Organization charged the Secret Service hundreds or thousands of dollars above the government rate for stays at its hotels while protecting the 45th president and his family members on dozens of trips, according to receipts released Monday in a report by the House Oversight Committee.
Committee Chair Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) accused Trump of profiting off taxpayer funds by lodging agents in his eponymous hotels at rates “as high as $1,185 per night,” in a letter to Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle revealing the findings.
“The exorbitant rates charged to...",right
15488,Trump Picks Steve Mnuchin for Treasury,"['Treasury', 'Banking And Finance']",Trump nominates Steven Mnuchin for Treasury secretary,Fox News (Online News),President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday formally nominated former Goldman Sachs banker Steven Mnuchin to be his Treasury secretary.,right
15489,Trump Picks Steve Mnuchin for Treasury,"['Treasury', 'Banking And Finance']",Donald Trump Picks Ex-Banker Steven Mnuchin for Treasury Nominee,Wall Street Journal (News),Former Goldman Sachs executive was a campaign loyalist and fundraiser,center
15490,Trump Picks Steve Mnuchin for Treasury,"['Treasury', 'Banking And Finance']","Steven Mnuchin, Treasury Pick, Is an Outsider to Public Policy",New York Times (News),"Steven Mnuchin started his career as a trader.
He now appears to have made the political trade of a lifetime: His early pledge of loyalty to the campaign of President-elect Donald Trump has landed him the job of secretary of the Treasury.",left
15491,COVID-19 Cases Rise in Several Countries as Omicron Spreads,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'CDC', 'World', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Omicron Variant', 'Delta Variant']","Covid Surges In 4 Of 5 Most Vaccinated States But Shots Help Keep Hospitalization, Deaths Down",Forbes,"Covid-19 cases in the United States are skyrocketing as winter sets in, with some of the most highly vaccinated states—including four of the top five most vaccinated—fighting to contain the country’s worst outbreaks, prompting officials to reinstate restrictions and ramp up booster efforts to ease the burden on struggling hospitals. 
Of the five states with the highest proportion of residents fully vaccinated against Covid-19, four—Rhode Island, Maine, Connecticut and Massachusetts, in positions two through five, respectively—are now battling the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the country, according to data collated by the New York...",center
15492,COVID-19 Cases Rise in Several Countries as Omicron Spreads,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'CDC', 'World', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Omicron Variant', 'Delta Variant']","Amid worries about Omicron, virus cases are jumping across the United States.",New York Times (News),"Offices are canceling holiday parties. Broadway performances are being shuttered because of breakthrough infections among the casts. College finals are being moved online.
Coronavirus cases are spiking again in New York City, past anything seen since the end of last winter’s surge, and in much of the United States, where the Delta variant remains by far the dominant version. Across the country, the average of new cases a day has jumped to more than 120,000 — a 40 percent increase from two weeks ago, according to a New York Times database, and 70 percent more than when...",left
15493,COVID-19 Cases Rise in Several Countries as Omicron Spreads,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'CDC', 'World', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Omicron Variant', 'Delta Variant']",De Blasio ramps up city COVID testing amid ‘very substantial’ increase in cases,New York Post (News),"Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday announced a new set of precautionary measures aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19 amid a “very substantial” increase in virus cases in recent days.
During a press conference in Prospect Park, the mayor rolled out a six-part plan that includes increasing the number of testing sites in the Big Apple and distributing KN95 masks to New Yorkers.
“We have seen very substantial increases COVID cases in the last few days,” he said Thursday afternoon. “It is clear that the Omicron variant is here...",right
15494,"Senate Committees Release Interim Report on Hunter Biden, Burisma Probe","['US Senate', 'Senate Finance Committee', 'Hunter Biden', 'Burisma Holdings', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","GOP senators’ report calls Hunter Biden’s board position with Ukraine firm ‘problematic,’ but fails to show how it changed U.S. policy",Washington Post,"A pair of Senate Republican committee chairmen released a report Wednesday arguing that Hunter Biden’s board position with a Ukrainian energy company was “awkward,” “problematic” and interfered with “efficient execution of policy” for the Obama administration, but failed to demonstrate that it changed the administration’s policy toward Ukraine.
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) co-authored the report, which comes just weeks before the Nov. 3 election between President Trump and Joe Biden.
The GOP report concludes...",left
15495,"Senate Committees Release Interim Report on Hunter Biden, Burisma Probe","['US Senate', 'Senate Finance Committee', 'Hunter Biden', 'Burisma Holdings', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Senate Republicans release report on Hunter Biden's 'problematic' business ties,Washington Times,"Two Senate Republicans released a report on Wednesday detailing Joseph R. Biden’s alleged conflicts of interest tied to his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings in countries where the former vice president was wielding considerable influence at the time.
Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Charles E. Grassley of Iowa released the anticipated report with less than a week to go until the first presidential debate between President Trump and Mr. Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee.
“What the Chairmen discovered during the course of this investigation is that the Obama administration...",right
15496,"Senate Committees Release Interim Report on Hunter Biden, Burisma Probe","['US Senate', 'Senate Finance Committee', 'Hunter Biden', 'Burisma Holdings', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Hunter Biden’s Ukraine Work Raised Concerns With Obama Officials, GOP-Led Probe Confirms",Wall Street Journal (News),"Findings don’t support Trump’s accusation that Joe Biden sought to remove a prosecutor to protect a gas firm whose board Hunter Biden served on.
Two Obama administration officials raised concerns to the White House in 2015 about Hunter Biden serving on the board of a Ukrainian natural-gas company while his father, then Vice President Joe Biden, led U.S. policy efforts toward the country, a Senate investigation by Republicans concluded.
The GOP-led probe shows that officials working on U.S.-Ukraine relations saw Hunter Biden’s position as creating the perception of a conflict...",center
15497,Israel Hamas Cease Fire,['World'],"Israel and Hamas maintain cease-fire, after US, Egypt helped both sides reach agreement",Fox News (Online News),"Gaza residents cleared rubble and claimed victory on Thursday, just hours after an Egyptian-brokered truce between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers ended the worst cross-border fighting in four years.",right
15498,Israel Hamas Cease Fire,['World'],Israel and Hamas: How the conflict reignited,CNN (Online News),"The longstanding conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas reignited last week after Israel launched airstrikes against what it called terrorist targets in Gaza. Israel explained that the offensive, which it calls ""Operation Pillar of Defense,"" was necessitated by increasing rocket attacks from the Hamas-controlled territory.",left
15499,Israel Hamas Cease Fire,['World'],Gazans clean up as truce with Israel holds,Politico,"Gaza residents cleared rubble and claimed victory on Thursday, just hours after an Egyptian-brokered truce between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers ended the worst cross-border fighting in four years.",left
15500,DOJ Granted Access to Classified Documents Seized from Mar-a-Lago,"['Donald Trump', 'Department Of Justice', 'Appeals Court', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid']",Court lifts judge's hold blocking DOJ from using classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago,Fox News (Online News),"An appeals court on Wednesday granted the Justice Department's request to block a hold by U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon related to the seizure of sensitive documents at former President Trump's Florida estate. 
The ruling by the three-judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit said that Cannon mistakenly prevented federal prosecutors from using 100 documents with classification markings as part of the criminal probe. 
""It is self-evident that the public has a strong interest in ensuring that the storage of the classified records did not result in...",right
15501,DOJ Granted Access to Classified Documents Seized from Mar-a-Lago,"['Donald Trump', 'Department Of Justice', 'Appeals Court', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid']",Appeals court lifts hold that prevented Justice Department from using classified documents in Mar-a-Lago probe,NBC News (Online),"A federal appeals court said Wednesday that the Justice Department can resume using classified documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate in its criminal investigation.
The Justice Department had appealed a ruling this month by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, that temporarily barred it from reviewing and using the seized materials for investigative purposes.
The appeals court panel, comprised of two Trump appointees and one Obama appointee, thoroughly rejected Trump’s position on the classified documents and parts of Cannon’s reasoning for issuing her original order....",left
15502,DOJ Granted Access to Classified Documents Seized from Mar-a-Lago,"['Donald Trump', 'Department Of Justice', 'Appeals Court', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid']",DOJ Scores First Win in Trump's Classified Documents Case,Newsweek,"The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has scored its first win in its case investigating Donald Trump's potential mishandling of classified records after leaving office, after a panel of appeals court judges granted its request to be allowed to examine classified documents seized from the former president.
Last month, the FBI raided Trump's beach club and home Mar-a-Lago in Florida, seizing thousands of files, 103 of which were marked as classified, including 54 labeled secret and 18 labeled top secret.
Trump has denied mishandling the sensitive materials and said that...",center
15503,Trump To Announce Executive Action On Census Citizenship Question,"['Citizenship Question', 'US Census', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump to announce executive action on census citizenship question,The Hill,"President Trump on Thursday plans to announce an executive action related to the census, according to a White House official.
The action is expected to address the citizenship question that the Supreme Court recently blocked the administration from adding to the 2020 census. Trump tweeted that he will hold a news conference in the afternoon “on the Census and Citizenship.”
White House officials declined to discuss the content of the executive action, but said it may not be a full-blown executive order.
Trump has hinted in recent days that he...",center
15504,Trump To Announce Executive Action On Census Citizenship Question,"['Citizenship Question', 'US Census', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump to announce executive action on census citizenship question,CBS News (Online),"President Trump will announce an executive action to add the citizenship question to the 2020 census, two senior administration officials have confirmed to CBS News. Mr. Trump announced a White House Rose Garden press conference on the topic for Thursday afternoon.
The anticipated announcement comes as the president exhibits frustration over the Supreme Court decision that his administration failed to provide adequate justification for adding the question. Multiple legal battles over the question are still playing out in lower courts.
It isn't yet clear exactly what kind of...",left
15505,Trump To Announce Executive Action On Census Citizenship Question,"['Citizenship Question', 'US Census', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump to Take Executive Action on Census Citizenship,Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump President Donald Trump will announce an executive action to continue his fight to include a citizenship question on the 2020 U.S. Census, the latest sign he may not be dissuaded after being rebuffed by the Supreme Court.
The executive action is expected to be announced at a news conference Thursday, according to three people familiar with Trump’s plan. The people declined to detail what the executive action would do, but indicated it may not be an executive order.
The people, who asked for anonymity because the plan...",right
15506,"Biden Touts Economic Efforts, Warns of GOP-Controlled Congress","['Joe Biden', '2022 Elections', 'Midterm Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Partisan Divide']",Biden predicts midterms will shift back toward Democrats,Reuters,"President Joe Biden expressed confidence on Friday that momentum would shift back in favor of Democrats for the November midterm elections, despite polls favoring Republicans in races that will determine which party controls the U.S. Congress.
Fresh from a trip to Pennsylvania on Thursday to boost John Fetterman, the state's lieutenant governor and Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, Biden said legislative wins and economic trends would push Democrats towards a win.
""The polls have been all over the place,"" Biden told reporters at the White House after speaking about...",center
15507,"Biden Touts Economic Efforts, Warns of GOP-Controlled Congress","['Joe Biden', '2022 Elections', 'Midterm Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Partisan Divide']","As recession fears weigh on midterms, Biden warns Republicans will 'crash the economy' if they win control",USA TODAY,"President Joe Biden warned Friday that Republicans will ""crash the economy next year"" if they win control of Congress, looking to blunt the edge that growing fears of a recession have given Republicans less than three weeks before the midterm elections.
Biden took aim at House Republican leaders who have suggested they might use the debt ceiling as ""leverage"" to achieve their goals on entitlements in a budget showdown under a Republican majority. The president singled out Social Security and Medicare. 
""If you're worried about the economy, you need to know this,"" Biden...",left
15508,"Biden Touts Economic Efforts, Warns of GOP-Controlled Congress","['Joe Biden', '2022 Elections', 'Midterm Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Partisan Divide']","Biden says midterms not ‘referendum’ on him, claims deficit cut credit",New York Post (News),"President Biden insisted Friday that the Nov. 8 midterm elections aren’t a “referendum” on him while touting “a record decrease” in the federal deficit — despite the fact that it was elevated due to the COVID-19 pandemic and his own first-year stimulus spending and again is on the upswing due to his cancellation of student debt.
“The election is not a referendum. It’s a choice. It’s a choice,” Biden said at the White House. “And the Republicans criticize my economic record. But look at what I’ve inherited. And what I’ve...",right
15509,Should Republicans Support or Oppose Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson?,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Politics', 'Republican Party']",Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls GOP Senators Supporting Brown 'Pro-Pedophile',Newsweek,"Georgia U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has labeled three fellow Republicans who may vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's appointment to the Supreme Court as ""pro-pedophile.""
Republican Senators Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah joined Democrats in voting to force Jackson's nomination out of the deadlocked Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday. They are also likely to vote in favor of Jackson's appointment when a full Senate vote is expected to take place by the end of the week.
During Jackson's confirmation hearings, other Republicans repeatedly questioned Jackson's record of sentencing cases related to child...",center
15510,Should Republicans Support or Oppose Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson?,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Politics', 'Republican Party']",Mitt’s Mistake,National Review,"I happen to think Mitt Romney is a pretty good member of the United States Senate. Disagreements aside, he brings ideas and a unique kind of independence to the job.
Especially disagreeable, in my estimation, however, is the statement he’s released announcing that he will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
In a world where members of both parties crossed the aisle to support each other’s nominees to the bench, it would be an eminently reasonable decision and rationale. In this one, it’s malpractice. Democrats...",right
15511,Should Republicans Support or Oppose Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson?,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Politics', 'Republican Party']",Republicans’ Vote Against Ketanji Brown Jackson Could Come Back to Bite Them,Daily Beast,"Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was already held in favorable regard by the American public before the Supreme Court nominee sat for Senate confirmation hearings. But her popularity grew even more after the hearings, thanks to a tag team of Republicans who sought to portray her as soft on child pornography criminals, uncertain about the definition of a woman, and a fan of critical race theory.
Prior to the hearings, Judge Jackson held a 58 percent approval rating in a Gallup poll. And after nearly 24 hours of answering questions over two days, the percentage...",left
15512,U.S. Officials Accuse Iran and Russia of Seeking to Influence Election,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Russian Interference', 'Iran', 'Russia', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Cybersecurity', 'National Security', 'Elections']","Iran and Russia Seek to Influence Election in Final Days, U.S. Officials Warn",New York Times (News),"Iran is behind threatening, spoofed emails sent to voters, the officials said, but there was no indication that any votes themselves had been altered.
Iran and Russia have both obtained American voter registration data, top national security officials announced late on Wednesday, providing the first concrete evidence that the two countries are stepping in to try to influence the presidential election as it enters its final two weeks.
Iran used the information to send threatening, faked emails to voters, said John Ratcliffe, the director of national intelligence, and Christopher A....",left
15513,U.S. Officials Accuse Iran and Russia of Seeking to Influence Election,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Russian Interference', 'Iran', 'Russia', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Cybersecurity', 'National Security', 'Elections']",DNI Ratcliffe: Iran Using Americans’ Voter Info to ‘Intimidate’ Voters and ‘Damage President Trump’,CNSNews.com,"The Iranian regime is behind spoof emails sent to Americans, “designed to intimidate voters, incite social unrest, and damage President Trump,” Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said Wednesday night. He added an assurance that despite claims to the contrary in the emails, “your votes are secure.”
Ratcliffe was speaking alongside FBI Director Christopher Wray at a hastily-arranged press conference, following reports of people in Florida receiving emails demanding that they vote for Trump – “or we will come after you.”
“We have confirmed that some voter registration information has...",right
15514,U.S. Officials Accuse Iran and Russia of Seeking to Influence Election,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Russian Interference', 'Iran', 'Russia', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Cybersecurity', 'National Security', 'Elections']","U.S. Blames Iran For Threatening Election Emails, Says Russia May Interfere Too",NPR (Online News),"Iranian influence specialists are behind threatening emails sent to voters in Alaska and Florida, U.S. officials said on Wednesday evening and suggested that more such interference could be in store from Russia.
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said the U.S. intelligence community believes Iranian and Russian operatives obtained voter-record information, which enabled Iran to target some people with intimidating emails based on party registration about how they'd better vote for President Trump ""or else.""
The senders posed as members of the white supremacist Proud Boys and claimed they had...",left
15515,AOC Gives First Endorsement to Moderate Dem's Challenger,"['US Congress', 'Elections', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'Dan Lipinski', 'US House', 'Illinois', 'Politics']",Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Challenger To Moderate Illinois Democrat,The Daily Caller,"Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is endorsing a progressive candidate seeking to oust Rep. Daniel Lipinski, a moderate Illinois Democrat, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
Marie Newman is backed by Justice Democrats, the group that supported Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign in 2018. Newman, a businesswoman, also ran in 2018 against Lipinski and lost by about 2,000 votes. Ocasio-Cortez is walking a fine-line as she seeks to knock off a fellow House Democrat in a blue state.
“Marie Newman is a textbook example of one of the ways that we could...",right
15516,AOC Gives First Endorsement to Moderate Dem's Challenger,"['US Congress', 'Elections', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'Dan Lipinski', 'US House', 'Illinois', 'Politics']",Ocasio-Cortez endorses challenger to Democrat Lipinski in Illinois race,The Hill,"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), the progressive freshman lawmaker who ousted a longtime incumbent in the midterms last year, is backing a challenger hoping to unseat one of the most conservative House Democrats in an Illinois race.
Ocasio-Cortez announced her endorsement of Marie Newman Tuesday. It is the first endorsement the congresswoman has made in the 2020 House races.
Newman is running against Rep. Dan Lipinski in Illinois’s 3rd Congressional District. She lost to the incumbent in 2018 by just more than 2,000 votes.
“Marie Newman is a...",center
15517,AOC Gives First Endorsement to Moderate Dem's Challenger,"['US Congress', 'Elections', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'Dan Lipinski', 'US House', 'Illinois', 'Politics']",Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Makes Her First House Endorsement Against Democratic Incumbent,HuffPost,"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday announced her first endorsement of a 2020 congressional primary challenger over a Democratic incumbent, throwing her high-profile support behind Marie Newman’s bid to unseat Rep. Dan Lipinski of Illinois.
Newman, who is backed by Justice Democrats, the progressive group that helped elect Ocasio-Cortez in 2018, challenged conservative-leaning Lipinski for Illinois’s 3rd Congressional District seat last year, but lost by about 2,000 votes. The eight-term House member is one of the few Democrats with a record of opposing abortion rights and discrimination protections for LGBTQ...",left
15518,Obama on Surveillance,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Obama Calls Surveillance Programs Legal and Limited,New York Times (News),"President Obama on Friday defended government efforts to gather telephone and Internet data, and sought to reassure Americans that his administration was not listening in on their calls.",left
15519,Obama on Surveillance,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Obama: Massive seizures ‘modest encroachments’,Washington Times,"President Obama Friday defended his administrations massive seizure of private citizens phone records, email and Internet activities as “modest encroachments on privacy that are necessary to fight the war on terrorism.",right
15520,Obama on Surveillance,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Obama: No one listening to your calls,CNN (Online News),"Details on millions of American phone calls. Records of e-mails, texts, video chats and more from overseas. And pulsing beneath it all, a worrying concern there's more to the government's surveillance programs than what's been acknowledged.",left
15521,Trump Expels 60 Russian Diplomats for UK Attack,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump expels 60 Russian officials over nerve-agent attack in Britain,Washington Times,President Trump expelled 60 Russian intelligence officers Monday and closed Russia’s consulate in Seattle in response to Moscow’s nerve-agent attack on a British former double agent in England.,right
15522,Trump Expels 60 Russian Diplomats for UK Attack,"['White House', 'Politics']",US and EU expel scores of Russian diplomats over Skripal attack,The Guardian,The US and EU have expelled dozens of Russian diplomats in response to the nerve agent attack in the UK.,left
15523,Trump Expels 60 Russian Diplomats for UK Attack,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Expels 60 Russian Diplomats for U.K. Attack,Bloomberg,"President Donald Trump ordered 60 Russian diplomats the U.S. considers spies to leave the country in response to the nerve-agent poisoning of a former Russian spy in the U.K. and closed Russia’s consulate in Seattle, senior administration officials said Monday as European allies moved to take similar measures.",left
15524,Treasury Releases Report on Taxes,['Taxes'],"Tax-cut plan will more than pay for itself, add $300 billion in revenue: Treasury report",Washington Times,"The Treasury Department said Monday that the Senate-approved tax reform plan would pay for itself and more, actually boosting revenue by $300 billion over 10 years.",right
15525,Treasury Releases Report on Taxes,['Taxes'],Treasury Department admits Senate tax plan won’t pay for itself,Vox,A “dynamic” score that just assumes growth.,left
15526,Treasury Releases Report on Taxes,['Taxes'],Treasury Says GOP Economic Agenda Would Pay for Tax Cuts,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Treasury Department said Monday that the Republican economic agenda would generate enough economic growth to pay for the tax cuts being considered by Congress this week, using growth assumptions that far exceed the official congressional estimates.",center
15527,China Retaliates After US Warning By Hiking Tariffs,"['China', 'Tariffs', 'Trade']",China Retaliates Against the U.S. With Its Own Higher Tariffs,New York Times (News),"China’s finance ministry announced on Monday evening that it was raising tariffs on a wide range of American goods to 20 percent or 25 percent from 10 percent, in the first Chinese move to retaliate over President Trump’s broader increase in tariffs on Chinese goods last Friday.
But the finance ministry delayed the implementation of its tariff increase until June 1, a delay of nearly three weeks that allows time for negotiators to make one last push for a deal. The delay roughly matches one that the Trump administration in...",left
15528,China Retaliates After US Warning By Hiking Tariffs,"['China', 'Tariffs', 'Trade']",China to impose tariffs on U.S. goods despite Trump warning,Reuters,"China said on Monday it would impose higher tariffs on a range of U.S. goods, striking back in its trade war with Washington shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump warned it not to retaliate.
China’s finance ministry said it plans to set import tariffs ranging from 5 percent to 25 percent on 5,140 U.S. products on a target list worth about $60 billion. It said the tariffs will take effect on June 1.
The announcement came less than two hours after Trump warned Beijing not to retaliate after China said...",center
15529,China Retaliates After US Warning By Hiking Tariffs,"['China', 'Tariffs', 'Trade']","China Retaliates Against Trump, Hikes Tariffs on $60B of US Goods",Newsmax (News),"China said on Monday it would impose higher tariffs on a range of U.S. goods, striking back in its trade war with Washington shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump warned it not to retaliate.
China’s finance ministry said it plans to set import tariffs ranging from 5 percent to 25 percent on 5,140 U.S. products on a target list worth about $60 billion. It said the tariffs will take effect on June 1.
The announcement came less than two hours after Trump warned Beijing not to retaliate after China said...",right
15530,"Spicer Gives ""Alternative Facts""","['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Administration Starts With Big Lie Over Small Thing,Daily Beast,"Can this marriage be saved?
It doesn’t look good, and “marriage” is probably the last way one would describe the dysfunctional relationship between the brand-new president and the White House press corps.
Scorpions in a bottle is more like it.",left
15531,"Spicer Gives ""Alternative Facts""","['White House', 'Politics']",WH Press Secretary Sean Spicer Blasts Media’s ‘Deliberately False Reporting’,Breitbart News,White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer held an emergency press briefing on Saturday where he lit into the media for their “egregious” and “deliberately false reporting” of Friday’s inauguration of President Donald Trump and his first day in office.,right
15532,"Spicer Gives ""Alternative Facts""","['White House', 'Politics']",Trump And His Press Secretary Flagrantly Lied On Their First Full Day In Office. That Matters.,HuffPost,"On Saturday, President Donald Trump’s first full day in office, he gave a speech at CIA headquarters in which he lied about the size of the crowd at his inauguration and falsely claimed that he had never feuded with the U.S. intelligence community. Hours later, his press secretary emerged from the West Wing, lied about the size of the inaugural crowd and took no questions.",left
15533,Tech Tariff Deal with China,['Trade'],"US, China reach 'understanding' to scrap tariffs on some high-tech goods, Obama says",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama said Tuesday that the U.S. and China have reached an ""understanding"" on a deal that would eliminate tariffs on certain high-tech goods.",right
15534,Tech Tariff Deal with China,['Trade'],U.S. and China Overcome Hurdles on Technology Pact,New York Times (News),"The Obama administration said Tuesday that it had achieved a breakthrough in negotiations with China to eliminate tariffs on an array of information technology products, from video-game consoles and computer software to medical equipment and semiconductors.",left
15535,Tech Tariff Deal with China,['Trade'],"U.S., China to Drop Tariffs on Range of Tech Products",Wall Street Journal (News),"The U.S. and China reached an agreement to drop tariffs on a wide range of technology products, in a deal that its backers say could cover $1 trillion in trade and that marks a significant accomplishment amid strained ties between Beijing and Washington.",center
15536,Ireland Passes Marriage Equality,['LGBT Rights'],Ireland poised to legalize gay marriage as votes tallied,USA TODAY,"Ireland was poised Saturday to become the first country to legalize same-sex marriage by national referendum, a vote that has highlighted the dramatic pace at which this traditionally conservative Catholic nation has changed in recent times.
No tallies or results have been officially released yet in the nation, which only decriminalized homosexuality 22 years ago. However, leading figures from both sides said voting patterns signal a major victory for the ""Yes"" vote.
""We're the first country in the world to enshrine m",left
15537,Ireland Passes Marriage Equality,['LGBT Rights'],"Ireland has voted to legalize gay marriage, both sides say",Townhall,"Irish voters have resoundingly backed amending the constitution to legalize gay marriage, leaders on both sides of the Irish referendum declared Saturday after the world's first national vote on the issue.
As the official ballot counting continued, the only question appeared to be how large the ""yes"" margin of victory from Friday's vote would be. Analysts said the ""yes"" support was likely to exceed 60 percent nationally when official results are announced later Saturday.
Gay couples hugged and kissed each other amid scenes of jubilation at counting centers and at...",right
15538,Ireland Passes Marriage Equality,['LGBT Rights'],Ireland's historic vote for marriage equality prompts amazing Twitter celebration,Vox,"Although only a fifth of constituencies have returned their official results thus far, the referendum looks set to pass by an overwhelming margin. According to the Guardian, current estimates suggest that close to 65% of voters voted to legalize same-sex marriage.
Opposition leader David Quinn, the director of the Iona Institute, has already conceded the vote, tweeting ""Cong",left
15539,Biden Holds First Press Conference as President,"['Joe Biden', 'Media Industry', 'White House', 'Biden Administration', 'Transparency']","Biden says plans to run again, defends U.S.-Mexico border policy in news conference",Reuters,"President Joe Biden on Thursday said he expects to run for president again in 2024 and defended his policy to provide shelter to unaccompanied children crossing the U.S. border from Mexico at his first solo news conference since taking office.
Biden also set a new goal of administering 200 million vaccination shots against COVID-19 in the United States in his first 100 days in office and claimed economic progress as he held his first solo news conference since taking office.
He warned North Korea of consequences for launching two ballistic...",center
15540,Biden Holds First Press Conference as President,"['Joe Biden', 'Media Industry', 'White House', 'Biden Administration', 'Transparency']","Biden grilled about border, COVID-19 in first formal press conference",New York Post (News),"President Biden finally held his first press conference on Thursday — during which he denied the migrant crisis at the southern border, pinned the burden of national unity on the GOP and hedged when asked if he expects to run for re-election.
Biden fielded journalists’ questions in a formal setting for the first time in more than two months into his presidency and was promptly grilled on the growing wave of migrants at the US-Mexico border.",right
15541,Biden Holds First Press Conference as President,"['Joe Biden', 'Media Industry', 'White House', 'Biden Administration', 'Transparency']",Border challenge takes center stage at Biden's first White House news conference,NBC News (Online),"The mounting challenges at the border crashed President Joe Biden's first formal news conference Thursday afternoon, derailing White House hopes of keeping the event focused on the administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The White House had made an advance effort to spotlight Biden's pandemic response, with a string of vaccination logistical funding announcements in the hours before it began. The president began the event by detailing a new vaccination target, after his initial goal of 100 million vaccines was reached last week.",left
15542,Wisconsin Marriage Ban Overturned,['LGBT Rights'],Federal judge strikes down Wisconsin's ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional,Townhall,Federal judge strikes down Wisconsin's ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional.,right
15543,Wisconsin Marriage Ban Overturned,['LGBT Rights'],Federal judge strikes down Wisconsin's same-sex marriage ban,Vox,"A federal judge on Friday struck down Wisconsin's same-sex marriage ban.
US District Court Judge Barbara Crabb's decision, like marriage equality cases that came before it, cited the Equal Protection Clause of the US Constitution.",left
15544,Wisconsin Marriage Ban Overturned,['LGBT Rights'],Judge strikes down Wisconsin gay marriage ban,Politico,"Same-sex couples began getting married in Wisconsin on Friday within minutes of a federal judge's striking down the state's gay marriage ban and despite confusion over the effect of the ruling.
Clerks in Madison and Milwaukee started marrying same-sex couples Friday evening. They did so even though both Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen and Chris Ahmuty, director of the Wisconsin chapter of the American",left
15545,"Presidential Debate, Round 2","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",UGLIEST DEBATE EVER,Politico,"It was the ugliest debate in American history and it began without a handshake.
From the opening moments of the second presidential debate, Donald Trump tried to downplay the tape of him bragging about his past sexually aggressive advances on women",left
15546,"Presidential Debate, Round 2","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump Says He's Engaged in a 'Three-on-one' Debate Because Anderson Didn't Bring Up Hillary Emails,Townhall,"In the first half hour of the second 2016 presidential debate, GOP nominee Donald Trump said several things conservative voters have always wanted to say - both to Hillary Clinton and to the media.",right
15547,"Presidential Debate, Round 2","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump Made It Clear — Again — That He’s Unfit For The Presidency,HuffPost,"Shortly into Sunday night’s wildly anticipated debate, Donald Trump made a campaign promise that might be more fitting in Vladimir Putin’s Russia than modern American politics: If he were president, he told Hillary Clinton, “you’d be in jail.”",left
15548,Omicron Surge Complicates Return to Schools,"['Education', 'Schools', 'Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Teachers Unions', 'Labor Unions', 'Labor', 'Local Governments', 'New York City', 'Eric Adams', 'Chicago']",What parents should know about sending kids back to school during Omicron,CNN (Online News),"Millions of American kids will head back to classrooms in the coming days -- just after new pediatric Covid-19 hospitalizations reached an all-time high.
And that has many parents wondering what's safe as the Omicron variant sweeps the country.
""We fear that it's going to get a lot worse, between getting together for the holidays and then getting back to school,"" said Dr. Stanley Spinner, chief medical officer at Texas Children's Pediatrics & Texas Children's Urgent Care in Houston.
Some cities and school districts are taking aggressive new measures.",left
15549,Omicron Surge Complicates Return to Schools,"['Education', 'Schools', 'Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Teachers Unions', 'Labor Unions', 'Labor', 'Local Governments', 'New York City', 'Eric Adams', 'Chicago']",Back to school: Omicron edition,Axios,"Months after Delta threatened the fall back-to-school ritual, COVID-19 is again complicating kids' return to the classroom.
Why it matters: While government officials worked to convince school administrators and parents over the last several days that kids could safely get back to in-person learning after the holidays, the reality on the ground amid the spread of Omicron is much more complicated.
What they're saying: ""I still believe very firmly and very passionately, not only as an educator but as a parent, that our students belong in the classroom and that we can do...",center
15550,Omicron Surge Complicates Return to Schools,"['Education', 'Schools', 'Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Teachers Unions', 'Labor Unions', 'Labor', 'Local Governments', 'New York City', 'Eric Adams', 'Chicago']","Bringing ‘swagger’ back: Adams vows to keep NYC, schools open amid Omicron",New York Post (News),"Watch out, COVID-19, Eric Adams says he’s bringing “swagger” back.
On Day 3 of his mayoralty, Adams declared Monday that he’s bringing to the Big Apple a “swagger” that was “missing” during the COVID-19 pandemic’s doldrums under predecessor Bill de Blasio. 
“When a mayor has swagger, the city has swagger,” Adams boasted at Concourse Village Elementary School, where he was flanked by new schools Chancellor David Banks. 
“We’ve allowed people to beat us down so much that all we did was wallow in COVID –that’s all we did — and we no longer believed this is a city of swagger, this is...",right
15551,"Biden, Trump React to Capitol Hill Breach","['Elections', 'Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump']",Trump tells MAGA mob 'go home' and repeats stolen election claims,Washington Examiner,"President Trump issued a statement Wednesday calling for “peace” and urging supporters who stormed the Capitol to “go home” but repeating his claims that the presidential election was stolen from him.
“I know your pain. I know your hurt. We had an election that was stolen from us,” Trump said in a video shot outside the White House. “It was a landslide election, and everyone knows it — especially the other side. But you have to go home now. We have to have peace.”
Members of Congress met in a...",right
15552,"Biden, Trump React to Capitol Hill Breach","['Elections', 'Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump']",Biden urges restoring decency after 'assault' on democracy,Associated Press Fact Check,"President-elect Joe Biden called Wednesday for the restoration of “simple decency” as a mob incited by his predecessor stormed the U.S. Capitol and delayed Congress from certifying the results of November’s election.
Biden had planned to deliver a speech focused on how to revive the economy and provide financial relief for small-business owners reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, giving routine political remarks from a theater in his native Delaware. But shortly before he was to begin speaking, demonstrators broke into the Capitol building, reaching as far as the Senate floor.",left
15553,"Biden, Trump React to Capitol Hill Breach","['Elections', 'Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump']","Trump Video No Longer On Twitter, Facebook, YouTube Amid Chaos On The Capitol",NPR (Online News),"Facebook on Wednesday removed a video message by President Trump, citing ""the risk of ongoing violence.""
Facebook executive Guy Rosen called the pro-Trump mob swarming the Capitol an ""emergency situation,"" suggesting the president's video message had the potential of worsening the chaos.
""We removed it because on balance we believe it contributes to rather than diminishes the risk of ongoing violence,"" Rosen tweeted.",left
15554,Latest on Berlin Attack,['Terrorism'],"Berlin Christmas Market Was Target of Terrorist Attack, Angela Merkel Says",New York Times (News),Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany said that the Berlin Christmas market where 12 people died Monday night was the target of a terrorist attack.,left
15555,Latest on Berlin Attack,['Terrorism'],Manhunt for Berlin attacker continues; police treating assault as act of terrorism,Fox News (Online News),The manhunt for perpetrators of the attack on Christmas market in Berlin at killed at least 12 continues as Germany officials said they cannot rule out that suspects involved could still be at large.,right
15556,Latest on Berlin Attack,['Terrorism'],Berlin attack: No certainty over man arrested by police,BBC News,The German authorities say they cannot be sure if a man in custody was behind Monday's lorry attack on a Berlin Christmas market that killed 12 people.,center
15557,DNC Chairman Resigns,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why Debbie Wasserman Schultz failed,Washington Post,"The announcement of Debbie Wasserman Schultz's planned resignation as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee was sudden, shaking up an otherwise sleepy Sunday afternoon in which most of the political world was focused on making its way to Philadelphia for the party's quadrennial convention.",left
15558,DNC Chairman Resigns,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Wasserman Schultz resigning, faces grilling from Sanders supporters",CNN (Online News),"A meeting of Florida Democratic delegates descended into chaos when outgoing Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz took the stage Monday, with critics holding up signs with the word ""Emails"" and Bernie Sanders supporters booing the congresswoman loudly, even after she began speaking.",left
15559,DNC Chairman Resigns,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Wasserman Schultz to step down as DNC chairwoman, amid email fallout",Fox News (Online News),"Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced Sunday she will soon step down as Democratic National Committee chairwoman, amid the fallout over leaked emails indicating an anti-Bernie Sanders bias in her operation -- a stunning development just hours before the start of her party's convention.",right
15560,Gowdy and Rosenstein Engage in Tense Exchange Over Russia Probe,['Russia'],House Republicans shout down No. 2 Justice official in tense hearing,Reuters,"U.S. House Republican allies of President Donald Trump shouted and attacked Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Thursday, alleging he was improperly withholding documents",center
15561,Gowdy and Rosenstein Engage in Tense Exchange Over Russia Probe,['Russia'],"Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein, FBI Director Wray face angry House Republicans",NBC News (Online),The deputy attorney general and the FBI director are under fire for what some in the GOP believe is a plot against President Donald Trump.,left
15562,Gowdy and Rosenstein Engage in Tense Exchange Over Russia Probe,['Russia'],Gowdy rips Rosenstein on Russia probe: 'Finish it the hell up',Fox News (Online News),Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy tore into Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Thursday over the long-running Russia collusion probe -- telling the Justice Department at a public hearing,right
15563,Hurricane Matthew Intensifies,['General News'],Hurricane Matthew intensifies as Florida governor orders 1.5 million to evacuate,Washington Post,"The strongest storm system to threaten the United States in a decade roared toward landfall with Florida on Thursday, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes as the deadly hurricane took direct aim at Florida’s Atlantic shores and threatened further damage up the East Coast.",left
15564,Hurricane Matthew Intensifies,['General News'],"'This storm will kill you,' FL gov. warns ahead of Hurricane Matthew",CNN (Online News),"Hurricane Matthew is pummeling the Bahamas Thursday. Its next stop could be the United States.
Here's what you need to know now about the powerful storm that forecasters say is gaining strength.",left
15565,Hurricane Matthew Intensifies,['General News'],"Millions urged to flee deadly, strengthening Hurricane Matthew",Fox News (Online News),"Nearly 2 million people were under evacuation orders in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas -- where residents stocked up on supplies and boarded up homes as Hurricane Matthew roared toward the U.S. and officials reported at least 65 people killed in Haiti.",right
15566,Partisan Divide in Coverage of Potential Coronavirus Treatments,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Healthcare', 'Hydroxychloroquine', 'Coronavirus']",A Man Died After Self-Medicating With A Drug Trump Promoted As A Potential Treatment For The Coronavirus,BuzzFeed News,"A man died and his wife needed critical care after they both took a drug meant for aquariums that contains chloroquine, which President Trump recently touted as a treatment for COVID-19 in spite of a lack of study by health officials or approval by the World Health Organization.
According to the Banner Health hospital system in Phoenix, the couple, both in their sixties, ingested chloroquine phosphate, ""an additive commonly used at aquariums to clean fish tanks."" One aquarium supply store online described it as a ""wonder drug"" that was once...",left
15567,Partisan Divide in Coverage of Potential Coronavirus Treatments,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Healthcare', 'Hydroxychloroquine', 'Coronavirus']","Trump Claim That Malaria Drugs Treat Coronavirus Sparks Warnings, Shortages",Wall Street Journal (News),"Health officials across the world are issuing warnings over the use of antimalarial drugs after President Trump’s comments about treating the coronavirus with them sparked panic-buying and overdoses.
In recent days, thousands of consumers across Africa and South Asia rushed to stockpile chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, drugs that are usually used to combat malaria, vacuuming up supplies in cities in the developing world, sending prices skyrocketing and prompting panicked warnings from local authorities.
In the U.S. and some other developed countries, meantime, some doctors have started to prescribe the drugs against...",center
15568,Partisan Divide in Coverage of Potential Coronavirus Treatments,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Healthcare', 'Hydroxychloroquine', 'Coronavirus']",'Miracle' malaria drug touted by Trump saved me from coronavirus: Infected patients across US reveal how hydroxychloroquine helped them recover,Daily Mail,"People across the US have come forward to call the anti-malaria drug a 'miracle' coronavirus treatment as New York state officials announce they will start trials with the medication on Tuesday.
On Monday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state will doctors will start trialing hydroxychloroquine this week after the number of coronavirus cases in New York City alone rose to 12,000, an increase of more than 3,000 overnight.
The drug has not yet been proven as effective in battling the virus, but President Donald Trump drummed up...",right
15569,"Hotspot States See Surges, Reconsider Reopening","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",California and Pennsylvania to impose new restrictions amid spike in coronavirus cases,Washington Post,"California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Wednesday announced he was reviving parts of the state’s sweeping lockdown, ordering bars to close and a range of other service-sector businesses in 19 counties to cease indoor operations amid a spike in coronavirus cases. And Pennsylvania has joined a growing list of states mandating that face masks be worn in public.
Elsewhere, North Carolina, Louisiana and Florida continue to report record virus infection records, according to data tracked by The Washington Post. The Tar Heel state reported more than 1,800 cases, Louisiana tallied...",left
15570,"Hotspot States See Surges, Reconsider Reopening","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']","As virus roars back, so do signs of a new round of layoffs",Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — The reopening of Tucson’s historic Hotel Congress lasted less than a month.
General manager Todd Hanley on June 4 ended a two-month coronavirus lockdown and reopened the 39-room hotel at half-capacity, along with an adjoining restaurant for outdoor dining. Yet with reported COVID-19 cases spiking across Arizona, Hanley made the painful decision last weekend to give up, for now.
“We are closing everything,” he said. “We are going to live to fight another day.’’",left
15571,"Hotspot States See Surges, Reconsider Reopening","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",Former coronavirus hot spots reconsider reopening as cases surge across Sunbelt,Washington Examiner,"The governors of New Jersey and New York are rethinking their reopening plans amid alarming spikes in new cases and hospitalizations across the South.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday that the planned end of the ban on indoor restaurant dining, initially set for Thursday, is canceled. He cited surges in several other states, “driven by, in part, the return of indoor dining.”
""We've always said that we would not hesitate to hit pause if needed to safeguard public health,"" Murphy tweeted. ""This is one of those times.""",right
15572,Gerrymandering Ruling a Victory or Loss?,"['Gerrymandering', 'Supreme Court', 'Voting', 'Elections']",How Much Does Gerrymandering Really Matter?,National Review,"For Congress, not that much, since both parties do it.
On Thursday morning, a 5–4 Supreme Court decision closed the door on having federal courts police partisan gerrymandering. The Court’s decision left standing a Democratic gerrymander in Maryland’s House districts and a Republican gerrymander in North Carolina’s, both of which were openly partisan. The Court’s decisions are, predictably, reviving the ongoing debate over the centuries-old practice of gerrymandering: state legislatures drawing congressional and state legislative districts to favor their own political party. Partisan gerrymandering is political self-interest in its...",right
15573,Gerrymandering Ruling a Victory or Loss?,"['Gerrymandering', 'Supreme Court', 'Voting', 'Elections']",Gerrymandering ruling a constitutional victory,Guest Writer - Right,"The Supreme Court has definitively declined to involve federal courts in the Game of Thrones that is redistricting, ruling that conflicts over partisan gerrymandering are best left to politicians and the electoral process.
The two cases resolved Thursday surely presented the strongest imaginable temptation to impose the judicial will on the wheel of politics: North Carolina Democrats and Maryland Republicans alleged that redistricting plans not only discriminated against them based on their political views, they also handicapped their First Amendment associational freedoms.",right
15574,Gerrymandering Ruling a Victory or Loss?,"['Gerrymandering', 'Supreme Court', 'Voting', 'Elections']",Supreme Court blows it on gerrymandering. What an incumbent racket.,Guest Writer - Left,"Recent years have been hard on a Supreme Court trying to maintain its reputation for impartial justice. Time and again, the justices have jumped into cases that advantage one major political party at the expense of the other.
In virtually all of them — on issues ranging from the 2000 Florida recount to money in elections to restrictive voter ID laws to modern interpretations of the 1965 Voting Rights Act — the court has found a rationale for doing the Republican Party’s bidding.",left
15575,Joe Biden: 'I think I’m the most qualified person in the country to be president',['Politics'],Biden says he’s the most qualified person to be president,Associated Press,Former Vice President Joe Biden says he believes that he is the most qualified person in the country to be president. The 76-year-old Democrat made his comments Monday to an audience,left
15576,Joe Biden: 'I think I’m the most qualified person in the country to be president',['Politics'],Joe Biden says he’s ‘most qualified’ to be president. So what?,Washington Post,"While I’ve met one or two modest politicians in my day, as a general rule the job requires one to cast off any qualms about tooting one’s own horn.",left
15577,Joe Biden: 'I think I’m the most qualified person in the country to be president',['Politics'],‘Gaffe Machine’ Joe Biden Claims He’s ‘The Most Qualified Person’ to Be President Amid 2020 Talk,Independent Journal Review,"Former Vice President Joe Biden is confident in his ability to run the United States. During a recent speech for Biden’s book tour at the University of Montana, the politician discussed",right
15578,Theresa May in Peril,"['Great Britain', 'World']",UK election: Theresa May's massive gamble (and its stunning result) must not derail Brexit,Fox News (Online News),British Prime Minister Theresa May’s massive gamble in calling a snap general election has not paid off.,right
15579,Theresa May in Peril,"['Great Britain', 'World']","General election 2017: Theresa May is a dead woman walking, says Osborne",BBC News,"Prime Minister Theresa May is ""a dead woman walking"" who will inevitably face a leadership challenge, former Tory Chancellor George Osborne has said.",center
15580,Theresa May in Peril,"['Great Britain', 'World']",Theresa May could be toppled by her own party. She would not be the first Conservative leader to meet this fate.,Washington Post,"LONDON — The frequent comparisons with former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, known as the “Iron Lady,” long appeared to flatter the country's current leader Theresa May.",left
15581,Senate Fails to Pass Coronavirus Stimulus Bill,"['US Senate', 'Stimulus Package', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",Coronavirus stimulus talks roll into Monday as negotiators fail to clinch deal,The Hill,"Negotiations over a mammoth stimulus package to address the coronavirus crisis spilled over into Monday as top members of leadership and administration officials tried to revive hopes of a bipartisan deal.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin left the Capitol around midnight, still unable to clinch a bipartisan agreement despite three days of around-the-block negotiations.
White House director of legislative affairs Eric Ueland, asked where the divides are, said there were still a “handful of issues” that remained as sticking...",center
15582,Senate Fails to Pass Coronavirus Stimulus Bill,"['US Senate', 'Stimulus Package', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",Democrats block advancement of critical economic relief package,Washington Examiner,"Senate Democrats Sunday blocked a critical economic relief package worth more than $2 trillion, stalling plans to pass the bill by Monday and send it to the House.
Lawmakers and the Trump administration hoped to send a positive message to unstable stock markets and to those worried about the damage to the economy and job losses caused by the spread of the virus.
The measure includes sending direct cash payments that would average about $3,000 per family and expanding unemployment insurance, as well as $350 billion in aid to struggling...",right
15583,Senate Fails to Pass Coronavirus Stimulus Bill,"['US Senate', 'Stimulus Package', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate to resume talks on massive economic stimulus bill for the coronavirus after Democrats block vote on legislation,Washington Post,"Senate leaders and Trump administration officials are resuming talks Monday morning on a giant stimulus bill aimed at propping up an economy hard-hit by the coronavirus, after weekend negotiations failed to produce a deal.
Senate Democrats voted Sunday evening to block the bill from advancing, infuriating Republicans. Democrats have alleged the bill does too much to help prop up businesses without directing enough money to households, hospitals and health professionals. White House officials have acknowledged the unprecedented assistance the legislation would steer toward corporations but they have said this money...",left
15584,Ebola Patient in US,['Science'],CDC Chief: US Doctor Infected With Ebola 'Improving',Newsmax (News),"An American aid worker infected with the deadly Ebola virus while in Liberia seems to be improving but authorities are monitoring his condition closely, the top U.S. health official said on Sunday.
""It's encouraging that he seems to be improving — that's really important — and we're hoping he'll continue to improve,"" said Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta.
Dr. Kent Brantly was able to walk, with help, from the helicopter that transported him on Saturday to Atlanta, where he was being...",right
15585,Ebola Patient in US,['Science'],CDC: U.S. can't seal borders to stop Ebola,Politico,"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Tom Frieden said on Sunday that while the disease is scary, “the plain truth is, we can stop Ebola. We know how to control it.”
His comments on ABC’s “This Week” came the day after an American doctor who was stricken with the disease while working in Liberia was flown into the United States and transferred to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.
“Ebola’s scary, and it’s understandable that with a deadly disease, people are concerned,” Frieden said.
The key to stopping its spread,...",left
15586,Ebola Patient in US,['Science'],Why are so many Ebola health-care workers dying from the virus?,Vox,"The disturbing feature of the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa isn't just that it's the largest and deadliest: it's also that so many health workers have lost their lives while caring for the sick.
The death toll right now is at least 60, according to the World Health Organization. To put that into context, in the second biggest outbreak in history—which took place in 1976 in Zaire—only 11 medical personnel died. And that was the first recorded outbreak in history, when measures to prevent transmission of the virus weren't...",left
15587,Government Shutdown Is Looming,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",House passes spending bill; Senate leaves government in suspense over shutdown,Washington Times,Legislation faces uncertain fate in Senate.,right
15588,Government Shutdown Is Looming,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Blame Game Ramps Up as Shutdown Draws Near,RealClearPolitics,"Hours after the House voted, debate in the upper chamber devolved into a partisan blame-game, with Democratic and Republican leaders digging in their heels, convinced that the other party would suffer the political consequences of a government funding lapse.",center
15589,Government Shutdown Is Looming,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Congress Likely Racing Toward a Government Shutdown,Time Magazine,"A bitterly-divided Congress hurtled toward a government shutdown this weekend in a partisan stare-down over demands by Democrats for a solution on politically fraught legislation to protect about 700,000 younger immigrants from being deported.",left
15590,Perspectives: Biden's Message of Unity,"['Bridging Divides', 'Polarization', 'Joe Biden']",Against Unity,National Review,"Joe Biden, giving an inaugural address so forgettable that he himself seemed to have forgotten much of it, emphasized the need for “unity.”
He is not the first with the unity talk. Barack Obama talked up unity in his 2009 inaugural, insisting that Americans must choose “unity of purpose over conflict and discord.” Donald Trump was not famous for his enthusiasm for unity, but he nodded to it: “We are one nation,” etc. Ronald Reagan valorized the American public as a whole: “You have shown a watching world that we...",right
15591,Perspectives: Biden's Message of Unity,"['Bridging Divides', 'Polarization', 'Joe Biden']",Joe Biden’s vision for the economy unifies Obama’s vision with Trump’s,Quartz,"Newly elected president Joe Biden’s inaugural address couldn’t have been clearer about his highest priority: to restore unity.
It is both a lofty and necessary goal. Unity is Biden’s only path to swiftly address the country’s spiraling health and economic crises in the wake of a president who derived his legitimacy from sowing division and distrust. “We must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue, rural versus urban, conservative versus liberal. We can do this if we open our souls instead of hardening our hearts, if we...",center
15592,Perspectives: Biden's Message of Unity,"['Bridging Divides', 'Polarization', 'Joe Biden']",Fake GOP rage over Biden’s ‘unity’ speech is a sucker’s game,Washington Post,"President Biden declared in his inaugural address that our prospects for much-needed “unity” are threatened by various political forces. Among them, he said, are racism, nativism, political extremism, white supremacy and domestic terrorism.
Republicans promptly decided that in condemning those things, Biden was actually talking about them.
Republican officials and their media allies are now widely condemning these words as an attack on themselves and their voters. The obvious trick is to game the media into saying Biden is already reneging on his unity promise by being divisive.
But there’s...",left
15593,"Several Democrats Call to Abolish ICE, President Trump Responds",['Immigration'],"New York's Kirsten Gillibrand, Bill de Blasio echo progressive calls to 'abolish ICE'",USA TODAY,Two prominent New York Democrats joined recent calls from progressives to abolish the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.,left
15594,"Several Democrats Call to Abolish ICE, President Trump Responds",['Immigration'],Trump slaps down Democrats' 'abolish ICE' push: 'It will never happen',Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Saturday defended Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the face of calls by some Democrats to abolish the agency, saying the agents are “doing a fantastic job” and that scrapping the agency “will never happen.""",right
15595,"Several Democrats Call to Abolish ICE, President Trump Responds",['Immigration'],The movement to 'Abolish ICE' is heating up -- and going mainstream,CNN (Online News),"Calls to eliminate the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, for years relegated to the far-left corners of progressive activism, have been thrust this week into the mainstream of Democratic politics.",left
15596,Former Trump Advisor Steve Bannon Expected to Surrender to Manhattan Prosecutors,"['Donald Trump', 'Steve Bannon', 'Criminal Prosecution', 'US-Mexico Border', 'Criminal Justice']","Steve Bannon faces state indictment in N.Y., will surrender Thursday",Washington Post,"Stephen K. Bannon is expected to surrender to state prosecutors on Thursday to face a new criminal indictment, people familiar with the matter said, weeks after he was convicted of contempt of Congress and nearly two years after he received a federal pardon from President Donald Trump in a federal fraud case.
The precise details of the state case could not be confirmed Tuesday evening. But people familiar with the situation, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sealed indictment, suggested the prosecution will likely mirror aspects of...",left
15597,Former Trump Advisor Steve Bannon Expected to Surrender to Manhattan Prosecutors,"['Donald Trump', 'Steve Bannon', 'Criminal Prosecution', 'US-Mexico Border', 'Criminal Justice']","Steve Bannon expected to surrender to prosecutors in New York, face new criminal indictment",Fox News (Online News),"Steve Bannon is expected to turn himself in to New York authorities in Manhattan on Thursday to face a new indictment connected to his ""We Build the Wall"" fundraising effort.  
The Washington Post, citing anonymous sources, reported that the state criminal case would resemble an earlier attempted federal prosecution, in which Bannon was accused of duping donors who gave money to fund a wall on the U.S. southern border.
Bannon, a former Trump senior adviser, was previously federally indicted for fraud in the private fundraising campaign.
Former President Trump...",right
15598,Former Trump Advisor Steve Bannon Expected to Surrender to Manhattan Prosecutors,"['Donald Trump', 'Steve Bannon', 'Criminal Prosecution', 'US-Mexico Border', 'Criminal Justice']",Steve Bannon Says 'They Will Have To Kill Me' In Response To New Indictment,Newsweek,"Steve Bannon, former White House senior strategist to Donald Trump, has hit out at the ""phony"" charges against him following reports he is due to surrender to prosecutors in New York as a part of a federal fraud case.
Bannon is facing a new criminal indictment in a case similar to the fraud investigation for which he was pardoned by Trump (just as the former president was leaving office), and is preparing to hand himself in on Thursday, The Washington Post reported.
In the 2020 case, Bannon and several other...",center
15599,Honoring America’s Veterans,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",Veterans Day: Let’s honor our soldiers and vets with a commitment to take PTSD seriously,Fox News (Online News),"One morning before heading into my office in San Antonio, I overslept. When I awoke, the house was silent. I couldn’t recall anyone telling me good morning, goodbye, or have a good day. My mind was blank. I was in a bad place.
I went into the bathroom and grabbed my pistol from the top shelf. I cocked the gun and put the cold steel barrel in my mouth. I stared in the mirror and saw a man who was not me. I began to cry and broke down on...",right
15600,Honoring America’s Veterans,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']","Meet America’s oldest living vet. He smokes cigars, does yard work, drives and drinks whiskey. And he’s 108.",Washington Post,"Richard Overton, 108, is thought to be the oldest living veteran in the United States. But he’s as active as ever.
He begins his days with a tablespoon of whiskey in his coffee and smokes cigars daily, USA Today reported in 2013. “I drink whiskey in my coffee. Sometimes I drink it straight,” Overton told CNN. “I smoke my cigars, blow the smoke out — I don’t swallow it.”",left
15601,Honoring America’s Veterans,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",Biden joins Veterans Day honours,BBC News,"Mr Biden made the remarks after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider at Arlington National Cemetery in honour of Veterans Day.
Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel was to deliver remarks at the Vietnam War memorial in Washington DC.
The US first began celebrating Veterans Day to honour all US veterans in place of Armistice Day in 1954.",center
15602,Busch Cuts Ties With Viral Student After Reporter Surfaces Old Tweets; Reporter Also Found to Have Offensive Tweets,"['Media Bias', 'Iowa State University', 'Venmo', 'Race & Racism', 'Twitter']",'GameDay' attendee who raised over $1 million with sign apologizes for 'hurtful' tweets,The Hill,"A man who was spotted asking for beer money on ESPN's ""College GameDay"" broadcast has apologized for racist tweets that were uncovered by The Des Moines Register.
The Register reported that it uncovered two racist jokes in Carson King's previous tweets, noting that one compared black mothers to gorillas and another made light of black people killed in the Holocaust.
The tweets were from 2012, when King was 16 years old.
King told local NBC affiliate WHO 13 that a reporter for the Register contacted him after his initial appearance...",center
15603,Busch Cuts Ties With Viral Student After Reporter Surfaces Old Tweets; Reporter Also Found to Have Offensive Tweets,"['Media Bias', 'Iowa State University', 'Venmo', 'Race & Racism', 'Twitter']","Des Moines Register hit after report digs up old, offensive tweets of local man who raised $1M for charity",Fox News (Online News),"Iowa's largest newspaper is in the middle of a firestorm after publishing a report that dug up old, offensive tweets from a local man who raised over $1 million he then donated to charity.
A piece published by the Des Moines Register profiled a 24-year-old Iowan native, Carson King, who became a TV sensation last weekend after he held up a sign at a football game asking people to donate money to him. He requested that they donate the funds through Venmo so he could buy his ""supply"" of Busch...",right
15604,Busch Cuts Ties With Viral Student After Reporter Surfaces Old Tweets; Reporter Also Found to Have Offensive Tweets,"['Media Bias', 'Iowa State University', 'Venmo', 'Race & Racism', 'Twitter']",Iowa reporter who found a viral star’s racist tweets slammed when critics find his own offensive posts,Washington Post,"On Sept. 14, an Iowa man named Carson King went viral after holding a sign on ESPN’s “College GameDay” asking for donations on Venmo to pay for his “Busch Light Supply.” When cash unexpectedly poured in, King decided to give it to a local children’s hospital instead of buying beer, leading Venmo and Anheuser-Busch to pledge matching donations.
That’s when Des Moines Register reporter Aaron Calvin set out to profile King — and found two offensive tweets the 24-year-old had sent when he was 16.",left
15605,House Votes to Condemn Bigotry After Remarks by Rep. Omar,"['US House', 'Ilhan Omar', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Politics']",The Fight Over Ilhan Omar Is a Fight Over the Identity of the Democratic Party,The Atlantic,"The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to condemn anti-Semitism, along with a litany of bigotries against Muslims, immigrants, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, LGBT people, and members of other religious minorities. The resolution followed a week of drama in the Democratic Party, with members clashing over yet another controversial comment on Israel by Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. In a recent panel discussion, she suggested that pro-Israel political groups in Washington “push allegiance to a foreign country,” seeming to echo the classically anti-Semitic allegation that Jews are more...",left
15606,House Votes to Condemn Bigotry After Remarks by Rep. Omar,"['US House', 'Ilhan Omar', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Politics']",House Overwhelmingly Backs Resolution Opposing Hate,Wall Street Journal (News),"The House on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a broad resolution condemning hate in all forms, a response both to a freshman Democrat’s remarks that were seen as anti-Semitic and to the attacks the Muslim lawmaker has faced since arriving in Congress.",center
15607,House Votes to Condemn Bigotry After Remarks by Rep. Omar,"['US House', 'Ilhan Omar', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Politics']",Anti-Semitism within America's gates,Washington Times,"Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Democrat Muslim representing Minnesota, has generated quite a controversy for suggesting that America’s historical support for Israel is tantamount",right
15608,"Biden to Keep Refugee Cap at 15,000, Lift Regional Restrictions","['Foreign Policy', 'State Department', 'Refugees', 'Syrian Refugees', 'World', 'Africa', 'Central America', 'Executive Orders']",Biden speeds refugee admissions but doesn’t lift Trump cap,Associated Press Fact Check,"President Joe Biden on Friday signed an emergency determination that officials said would speed refugee admissions to the U.S., but he did not immediately lift his predecessor’s historically low cap of 15,000 refugees for this year.
Biden, instead, is adjusting the allocation limits set by former President Donald Trump, which officials said have been the driving factor in limiting refugee admissions. The new allocations provide more slots for refugees from Africa, the Middle East and Central America and lift Trump’s restrictions on resettlements from Somalia, Syria and Yemen.",left
15609,"Biden to Keep Refugee Cap at 15,000, Lift Regional Restrictions","['Foreign Policy', 'State Department', 'Refugees', 'Syrian Refugees', 'World', 'Africa', 'Central America', 'Executive Orders']",Biden to keep refugee cap at historically low figure set by Trump,Axios,"President Biden will sign an order Friday to keep the number of refugee admissions this year at the historically low figure set by the Trump administration, walking back a campaign promise to raise the cap, a senior administration official confirmed to Axios.
Why it matters: Biden has faced mounting pressure to increase the limit as he pledged, with his administration set to accept the lowest number of refugees this year of any modern president, including former President Trump.
Instead of raising the cap, Biden is instead adjusting allocation limits to...",center
15610,"Biden to Keep Refugee Cap at 15,000, Lift Regional Restrictions","['Foreign Policy', 'State Department', 'Refugees', 'Syrian Refugees', 'World', 'Africa', 'Central America', 'Executive Orders']","Biden to keep refugee admissions at Trump-era levels, despite earlier moves to increase it",Fox News (Online News),"President Biden is keeping refugee admissions at 15,000 this fiscal year -- the level set at the end of the Trump administration -- despite earlier proposals to dramatically increase it to over 60,000.
A senior administration official said Friday that Biden will be signing an emergency presidential determination to keep the number at 15,000 while changing the regional allocation of who is brought in -- allowing more slots from Africa, the Middle East and Central America, while ending restrictions on Somalia, Yemen and Syria.",right
15611,California AG Xavier Becerra Confirmed as Biden's Health Secretary,"['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus', 'White House', 'Politics', 'Xavier Becerra']",Senate confirms Xavier Becerra to lead HHS,Axios,"The Senate voted 50-49 on Thursday to confirm Xavier Becerra as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Why it matters: Becerra, the first Latino to lead the department, is now in charge of overseeing the country's response to the coronavirus pandemic while executing much of the Biden administration's health agenda.
Context: Becerra was one of President Biden's most controversial nominees. He sued the Trump administration more than 100 times while attorney general for the state of California, and Republicans, who largely opposed the confirmation, said he was...",center
15612,California AG Xavier Becerra Confirmed as Biden's Health Secretary,"['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus', 'White House', 'Politics', 'Xavier Becerra']",Becerra confirmed to shepherd Biden’s ambitious health plans,Associated Press Fact Check,"The Senate on Thursday confirmed California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as President Joe Biden’s health secretary, filling a key position in the administration’s coronavirus response and its ambitious push to lower drug costs, expand insurance coverage, and eliminate racial disparities in medical care.
The 50-49 largely party-line vote makes the 63-year-old Becerra the first Latino to head the Department of Health and Human Services. The $1.4 trillion agency encompasses health insurance programs, drug safety and approvals, advanced medical research, substance abuse treatment, and the welfare of children, including hundreds of...",left
15613,California AG Xavier Becerra Confirmed as Biden's Health Secretary,"['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus', 'White House', 'Politics', 'Xavier Becerra']",Senate Confirms Xavier Becerra as HHS Secretary in Near Party-Line Vote,National Review,"The Senate voted 50-49 along party lines to confirm Xavier Becerra as Secretary of Health and Human Services on Thursday.
Senator Susan Collins (R., Maine) was the lone Republican to vote in favor of Becerra’s confirmation. Senator Mazie Hirono (D., Hawaii) did not vote on Thursday.
Earlier this month, the Senate Finance Committee was tied 14-14 along party lines in its vote to advance Becerra’s nomination. Because of the tie, the vote to advance Becerra’s nomination was moved to the entire Senate, which voted on Wednesday to advance the confirmation...",right
15614,Checking The UVA Rape Story,['Media Bias'],‘I Was Dead F***ing Wrong’: Read How One Feminist Blogger Reacted to the UVA Rape Story Bombshell,The Blaze,"It was a brutal story of a premeditated gang rape at one of America’s most prestigious universities — and on Friday, the magazine that published it admitted the story might not be true.
One journalist’s coverage of the saga has been drawing particular fire.
Anna Merlan, a writer for the feminist blog Jezebel, initially defended Rolling Stone’s feature story about a gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity house — “A Rape on Campus” — vocifer",right
15615,Checking The UVA Rape Story,['Media Bias'],The lesson of Rolling Stone and UVA: protecting victims means checking their stories,Vox,"Rolling Stone's high-profile story about sexual assault on campus appears to be falling apart in the wake of serious questions raised about a horrifying alleged gang-rape used as its central example.
It is a depressing certainty that this story will be used for years to come as a defense by those who do not want to believe rape victims' allegations. But that is the wrong lesson to draw. Rather, this story should be a reminder of how difficult it is to accurately report on traumatic events — and the heightened...",left
15616,Checking The UVA Rape Story,['Media Bias'],Voices: Shocking rape story violated Journalism 101,USA TODAY,"Two weeks ago, a stunning account in Rolling Stone magazine about an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia sent the nation reeling. The stomach-churning story led to a police and university investigation, student protests, a temporary ban on fraternities and sororities at the school — and, eventually, tremors in the media that dared to ask: Was the account to be believed? Sixteen days later, another bombshell: Rolling Stone backed off the story.
On Friday, the magazine said it discovered new information that made it lose faith in the...",left
15617,Trump Threatens Google Over Alleged Biased Search Results,['Media Bias'],Trump threatens Google over alleged biased search results,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump threatened Google in an early Tuesday morning tweet, saying the Internet giant’s search engine is biased against conservative media and promised that the situation “will be addressed.”",right
15618,Trump Threatens Google Over Alleged Biased Search Results,['Media Bias'],"Trump Claims Google Has Been 'Rigged"" To Show Only Bad News About Him",Newsweek,President Donald Trump claimed Google’s search engine was biased and “rigged” to show mainly negative stories about him and his administration.,center
15619,Trump Threatens Google Over Alleged Biased Search Results,['Media Bias'],Trump accuses Google of hiding 'fair media' coverage of him,Reuters,"President Donald Trump said on Tuesday Google’s search engine was hiding “fair media” coverage of him, without providing evidence, and said he would address the situation, although he gave no details.",center
15620,DACA Fix Is Up To Congress,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","Republicans Want A DACA Fix, But Not Without Democratic Concessions",HuffPost,They are already placing conditions on their support that could kill the effort entirely.,left
15621,DACA Fix Is Up To Congress,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Trump Risks GOP Civil War in Pushing Congress for ‘Dreamer’ Bill,Bloomberg,President Donald Trump’s decision to end an Obama-era program preventing the deportation of immigrants illegally brought to the U.S. as children risks a deep wedge between the Republican Party’s leaders and its conservative base ahead of next year’s congressional elections.,left
15622,DACA Fix Is Up To Congress,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",It's Up to Congress to Save the Dreamers Donald Trump Just Threw Under the Bus,Reason,Scrapping DACA is a callous act that'll hurt the country.,right
15623,Biden Defends Comments About Working With Segregationists,"['Election: Presidential', 'Joe Biden', 'Election 2020', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Biden not apologizing for remarks on segregationist senators,Associated Press,"Joe Biden refused calls to apologize Wednesday for saying that the Senate “got things done” with “civility” even when the body included segregationists with whom he disagreed.
His rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination, including the two major black candidates in the contest, roundly criticized Biden’s comments. But Biden didn’t back down and was particularly defiant in the face of criticism from New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, who said the former vice president should apologize for his remarks.
Biden countered that it was Booker who should apologize because the senator...",left
15624,Biden Defends Comments About Working With Segregationists,"['Election: Presidential', 'Joe Biden', 'Election 2020', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",MSNBC host Kasie Hunt falsely claims Joe Biden's segregationist colleagues were Republicans,Washington Times,"At MSNBC, if you’re a racist, that apparently means you’re a Republican.
Host Kasie Hunt teased an upcoming segment at the left-wing network Wednesday on the furor over Joe Biden saying he used to be able to work with senators who were segregationists and lamenting the partisanship of today.
He named Sens. James Eastland of Mississippi and Herman Talmadge of Georgia.
“Still to come, Joe Biden references his relationships with two former Republican colleagues at an event in New York City. The only problem? They were both segregationists,” she said....",right
15625,Biden Defends Comments About Working With Segregationists,"['Election: Presidential', 'Joe Biden', 'Election 2020', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Biden defends comments about segregationist senators: 'There's not a racist bone in my body',CNN (Online News),"(CNN)An unapologetic Joe Biden defended his remarks about working with segregationist senators on Wednesday, telling reporters that ""there's not a racist bone in my body.""
Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, one of the former vice president's rivals for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, had called on Biden to apologize for remarks he had made at a fundraiser Tuesday evening in New York.
""Apologize for what?"" Biden told CNN when asked about Booker's call outside a fundraiser Wednesday evening in Rockville, Maryland.",left
15626,Should McConnell Resign Next,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Conservatives Celebrate John Boehner's Exit, But They're Still Mad At Mitch McConnell",HuffPost,"There are a lot of things conservatives at the Values Voter Summit don't like about House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who announced his resignation on Friday. He has been in politics for too long, some said, and he is too willing to compromise. He gives up too easily, rather than fighting for conservative values, they said.
But there's another person those criticisms apply to: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). They're not happy with him, either.
""Here's what I say in response to Speaker Boehner stepping down: Mitch McConnell, it...",left
15627,Should McConnell Resign Next,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Bobby Jindal Calls for Senate Leader Mitch McConnell to Resign Next,Breitbart News,"When news of GOP Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)35%
’s resignation filtered into the Values Voter Summit on Friday, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal used the occasion to call for GOP Senate Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)52%
to follow the Speaker into retirement.
Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell only came to be the Senate majority leader with the 2014 elections when the GOP gained a sparse majority in the upper chamber, but for Jindal and many conservatives at the Summit, McConnell has already proven he isn’t up for...",right
15628,Should McConnell Resign Next,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Is Mitch McConnell next?,CNN (Online News),"Conservatives at the Values Voter Summit cheered Friday morning when they learned that House Speaker John Boehner was retiring. Friday afternoon, they cheered again when someone suggested the next establishment Republican to lose his job should be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
""Here's what I say in response to Speaker Boehner stepping down. Mitch McConnell, it is now your turn,"" Louisiana Gov. and GOP presidential candidate Bobby Jindal said to raucous applause.
After the news of Boehner's resignation, Arizona Rep. Matt Salmon told reporters he had texted his fellow conservative...",left
15629,Trump Administration is to Reinstate all Iran Sanctions,['Foreign Policy'],"As New Iran Sanctions Loom, U.S. Aims to Plug Gaps",Wall Street Journal (News),"The Trump administration moved Friday toward its goal of maximum economic pressure against Iran, while granting waivers allowing eight countries to temporarily import Iranian oil without facing U.S. punishment.",center
15630,Trump Administration is to Reinstate all Iran Sanctions,['Foreign Policy'],"Restored U.S. sanctions on Iran cover shipping, financial and energy sectors",CBS News (Online),"The Trump administration on Friday restored U.S. sanctions on Iran that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal, but carved out exemptions for eight countries that can still import oil from the Islamic Republic without penalty.",left
15631,Trump Administration is to Reinstate all Iran Sanctions,['Foreign Policy'],'Sanctions are Coming': Trump invokes 'Game of Thrones' to announce Iran crackdown,Fox News (Online News),"They might not be as terrifying as the White Walkers or Khaleesi's dragons, but the Trump administration's new sanctions on Iran were announced Friday with the help of a ""Game of Thrones""-inspired parody poster declaring: ""SANCTIONS ARE COMING.""",right
15632,Congress Passes COVID-19 Relief Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus', 'US Congress', 'Economy And Jobs']","House, Senate pass COVID-19 relief bill, which now heads to Trump's desk",Washington Times,"Democrats and Republicans linked arms Monday and rushed to pass a new round of coronavirus relief, saying they were delivering a measure of hope to families grimly confronting the holidays and new year amid a new round of shutdowns.
The bill, which also included full funding for all other government operations in 2021, cleared both chambers with strong bipartisan support late Monday night. It now needs to be signed into law by President Trump.
The package passed with less than 20 minutes to spare before the midnight deadline, but Congress...",right
15633,Congress Passes COVID-19 Relief Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus', 'US Congress', 'Economy And Jobs']",Congress has officially passed a $900 billion Covid-19 relief package,Vox,"Days before the holidays, Congress has passed a $900 billion bill to extend unemployment insurance, pay out additional stimulus checks to Americans and provide more loans for small businesses.
The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed the relief bill Monday night on a vote of 359-53, just hours after the final legislative text was released to members. A few hours later, the Republican-controlled US Senate did the same with a vote of 92-6.
“It is a good bipartisan bill,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on the House floor Monday morning, mentioning provisions...",left
15634,Congress Passes COVID-19 Relief Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus', 'US Congress', 'Economy And Jobs']","Congress Passes Covid-19 Relief, Spending Package With Overwhelming Support",Wall Street Journal (News),"Congress overwhelmingly approved $900 billion of relief for households and businesses battered by the coronavirus pandemic, passing an emergency measure aimed at buoying the country through a difficult winter and into a new year.
The bill now heads to the White House, where President Trump is expected to sign it into law.
The Senate voted 92-6 late Monday to approve both the infusion of coronavirus aid, together with a $1.4 trillion spending bill that will fund the government through September. Initially, the Senate’s presiding officer said the vote was 91-7,...",center
15635,Is Diversity-Focused Casting Anti-Racist or Virtue Signaling?,"['Culture', 'Race And Racism', 'Hollywood', 'Film Industry', 'Television', 'Diversity', 'Culture War']",House of the Dragon's Diversity Casting Betrays the Diversity of Martin's Universe,Newsweek,"HBO's House of the Dragon, the prequel to the hit show Game of Thrones, made headlines for its diversity casting, with Black actors being given major roles in the show. The headlines weren't all positive; the casting somewhat flew in the face of the plot, which revolves around the race-purity obsessed Targaryen family. It was jarring to many, including myself, to suddenly see Black actors portraying characters with Valyrian ancestry married into the Targaryen family fold, like Steve Toussaint, who portrays Lord Coryls Velaryon. But others extolled the decision, casting...",center
15636,Is Diversity-Focused Casting Anti-Racist or Virtue Signaling?,"['Culture', 'Race And Racism', 'Hollywood', 'Film Industry', 'Television', 'Diversity', 'Culture War']","The Reason Social Justice-Infected Shows Fail Isn't Racism, It's Actually Much Simpler",RedState,"The age of woke entertainment built its castle on the sand and with every new attempt to build on it, the castle becomes more and more unstable. Studios reach for excuses as to why, and it typically involves blaming fans and viewers.
The list of social justice-infected movies and shows is a long one. Ghostbusters 2016, Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Beebop, Netflix’s live-action Resident Evil show, She-Hulk, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and now Amazon’s bastardization of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings with its “Rings of Power” show.
Each of these shows abused the...",right
15637,Is Diversity-Focused Casting Anti-Racist or Virtue Signaling?,"['Culture', 'Race And Racism', 'Hollywood', 'Film Industry', 'Television', 'Diversity', 'Culture War']",Fear of a Black Hobbit,The Atlantic,"Maybe you’ve heard that people are mad about Black actors being cast in Lord of the Rings. Or Game of Thrones. Or maybe it was Star Wars. Or perhaps Thor. Wait, maybe it was Titans, or Superman. The Witcher? Or maybe you heard that people are angry that Black Panther got made in the first place, because Wakanda is fictional, unlike one of those fantasy countries authors seem to think will seem more mysterious if you add enough accents or apostrophes, like Warthéréth’rién. (I just made that up.) Maybe you’re...",left
15638,Trump at Davos: America First,['Trade'],Trump at Davos: America Is 'Open for Business',Townhall,"Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, President Trump told the gathering of political and business leaders about his “America First” policies, which have made the country competitive once again.",right
15639,Trump at Davos: America First,['Trade'],Davos: Trump launches attack on 'predatory' trade,BBC News,"President Donald Trump has launched a fierce attack on ""predatory"" trade practices, warning trading partners at the World Economic Forum in Davos that the US will not tolerate unfair trade.",center
15640,Trump at Davos: America First,['Trade'],"Trump, the anti-globalist, declares America 'open for business' in speech to globalists",Los Angeles Times,"President Trump on Friday made his salesman's pitch for America before an international crowd of corporate and political titans, and took credit for its economic success, yet he was shadowed by clouds from home — news of his heightened jeopardy in the Russia probe and opposition to his immigration plan.",left
15641,Trump To Lay Out National Security Strategy,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump will drop climate change from US National Security Strategy,The Guardian,The Trump administration will drop climate change from a list of global threats in a new National Security Strategy the president is due to unveil on Monday.,left
15642,Trump To Lay Out National Security Strategy,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump's national security strategy will emphasize economic competitiveness,USA TODAY,"The national security strategy that President Trump will outline in a speech Monday will have an unprecedented focus on trade, border security and counter-terrorism, officials said Sunday.",left
15643,Trump To Lay Out National Security Strategy,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Names China as ‘Strategic Competitor’ in National Security Strategy,Breitbart News,"President Trump will clearly name China as a “strategic competitor” in the forthcoming National Security Strategy to be unveiled Monday, according to senior administration officials who previewed the document in a call with reporters.",right
15644,New York Times Apologizes For Running Anti-Semitic Cartoon,"['Media Watch', 'Anti-Semitism', 'New York Times', 'Media Bias']",OPINION: The paper of record needs to reflect deeply on how it came to publish anti-Semitic propaganda.,Bret Stephens,"As prejudices go, anti-Semitism can sometimes be hard to pin down, but on Thursday the opinion pages of The New York Times international edition provided a textbook illustration of it.
Except that The Times wasn’t explaining anti-Semitism. It was purveying it.
It did so in the form of a cartoon, provided to the newspaper by a wire service and published directly above an unrelated column by Tom Friedman, in which a guide dog with a prideful countenance and the face of Benjamin Netanyahu leads a blind, fat Donald Trump wearing...",right
15645,New York Times Apologizes For Running Anti-Semitic Cartoon,"['Media Watch', 'Anti-Semitism', 'New York Times', 'Media Bias']",NY Times Opinion apologizes for cartoon depicting anti-Semitic tropes,The Hill,"The New York Times Opinion section on Saturday apologized for a political cartoon that included anti-Semitic tropes.
The image, published in the international print edition of Thursday’s paper, featured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a guide dog wearing a Star of David collar leading President Trump, who is wearing a skullcap and dark glasses.
“The image was offensive, and it was an error of judgment to publish it,” the newspaper said in a tweet. “It was provided by The New York Times News Service and Syndicate, which has since...",center
15646,New York Times Apologizes For Running Anti-Semitic Cartoon,"['Media Watch', 'Anti-Semitism', 'New York Times', 'Media Bias']",New York Times says it is 'deeply sorry' for running anti-Semitic cartoon,CNN (Online News),"After a barrage of criticism, the New York Times said Sunday it was deeply sorry about publishing an anti-Semitic cartoon depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a dog on a leash held by a blind President Donald Trump.
It is promising ""significant changes"" in its decision making process in the wake of the embarrassment.
The cartoon appeared in the opinion section of the international print edition of the paper next to a column by Thomas Friedman about immigration.
The Times apology came Sunday afternoon after it issued an earlier...",left
15647,"Biden Tells Governors “No Federal Solution” to Pandemic, Pledges Support for States","['Coronavirus', 'Media Bias', 'Joe Biden', 'Asa Hutchinson', 'Politics', 'Coronavirus Tests', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'State Governments']",Biden tells governors next steps to fight pandemic are at the state level,Washington Post,"President Biden told a group of governors Monday that the next step in combating the coronavirus pandemic has to be at the state level.
“Look, there is no federal solution,” he said after joining the White House covid-19 response team’s regular call with the National Governors Association on Monday. “This gets solved at the state level.”
In response to a question from Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.) about production and distribution by the federal government of rapid coronavirus tests, Biden said: “We just have to stay focused and continue to work...",left
15648,"Biden Tells Governors “No Federal Solution” to Pandemic, Pledges Support for States","['Coronavirus', 'Media Bias', 'Joe Biden', 'Asa Hutchinson', 'Politics', 'Coronavirus Tests', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'State Governments']","Biden says Covid surge needs to be solved at state level, vows full federal support",CNBC,"President Joe Biden on Monday pledged to support governors struggling with the omicron variant of Covid-19,  but acknowledged the states will need to take the lead in controlling the pandemic.
Speaking just before a meeting with some of the nation’s governors, Biden said: “There is no federal solution. This gets solved at a state level.”
Those comments represent one of the most explicit acknowledgements to date from the Biden administration that it will need help from state and local governments in its efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19.
The president may be...",center
15649,"Biden Tells Governors “No Federal Solution” to Pandemic, Pledges Support for States","['Coronavirus', 'Media Bias', 'Joe Biden', 'Asa Hutchinson', 'Politics', 'Coronavirus Tests', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'State Governments']",Critics slam 'hypocrite' Biden for claiming 'no federal solution' to pandemic after vow to 'shut down' COVID,Fox News (Online News),"Critics on both ends of the political spectrum went full blast on President Biden's claim Monday that states are responsible for solving the coronavirus crisis, pointing out Biden's long history of claiming he would bring the country out of the pandemic.
They also noted Biden's federal government has moved to impose vaccine mandates and requirements to wear mask while traveling on planes and trains – much to the chagrin of many Republican governors. 
Christina Pushaw, press secretary for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, posted a montage of Biden's statements saying that...",right
15650,George H.W. Bush Dies at 94,['General News'],Former President George H.W. Bush remembered and praised for service,Fox News (Online News),"Soon after news broke that former President George H.W. Bush had died Friday at age 94, tributes and remembrances started arriving from President Trump, past presidents and past members of the Bush administration -- as well as friends and admirers of the former president and his family.",right
15651,George H.W. Bush Dies at 94,['General News'],‘A Man of the Highest Character:’ Praise Pours In for George H.W. Bush,Wall Street Journal (News),"Political figures and dignitaries around the world paid tribute on Saturday to George Herbert Walker Bush, America’s 41st president, who died at the age of 94.",center
15652,George H.W. Bush Dies at 94,['General News'],Trump Offers Praise for Bush and Will Attend the Funeral,New York Times (News),"President Trump, who had a hostile relationship with the last Republican family to occupy the White House, offered nothing but praise on Saturday for former President George Bush after he died at age 94, and the White House said the president would attend the funeral.",left
15653,Facebook Will Redesign Privacy Controls,['Technology'],"Facebook says it will overhaul privacy controls, make them findable",CBS News (Online),"Facebook (FB) announced Wednesday an overhaul of its privacy controls to make them easier to use -- however, the changes won't affect Facebook's privacy policies or the types of data it gathers about its users.",left
15654,Facebook Will Redesign Privacy Controls,['Technology'],Facebook revamps privacy tools as tighter EU rules draw near,Washington Times,Facebook is giving its privacy tools a makeover as it reels from criticisms over its data practices and faces tighter European regulations in the coming months.,right
15655,Facebook Will Redesign Privacy Controls,['Technology'],Facebook Reveals New Security Settings Amid Privacy Concerns,Bloomberg,Facebook Inc. said it will make it more straight-forward for users to change their privacy settings and delete data they’ve already shared with the social-media company.,left
15656,Executive Order: Healthcare Providers Must Reveal Prices Before Providing Service,"['Healthcare', 'Donald Trump', 'Executive Order']",Trump to sign executive order to compel disclosure of health-care prices,Washington Post,"President Trump signed an executive order on Monday intended to give Americans more information about the cost and quality of health-care services to help them comparison shop before they get care.
The order is pegged to the gathering momentum of the 2020 election in which voters are eager for political leaders to lower what they pay for care. It is based on the idea, in fashion lately with both Republicans and Democrats, that greater transparency in hospital and other health-care prices will lead consumers to make better choices about where...",left
15657,Executive Order: Healthcare Providers Must Reveal Prices Before Providing Service,"['Healthcare', 'Donald Trump', 'Executive Order']",Trump Orders Health Care Providers To Reveal Prices Before They Deliver Services,The Daily Wire,"Imagine if you took your car into the shop and the mechanic said you need some repairs. ""How much will it cost?"" you ask, and the mechanic says, ""No idea. Let's do the work right now, and in a couple weeks we'll send you a bill.""",right
15658,Executive Order: Healthcare Providers Must Reveal Prices Before Providing Service,"['Healthcare', 'Donald Trump', 'Executive Order']",Trump issues executive order to bring transparency to health care prices,The Hill,"The Trump administration is working on regulations that will require health care providers and insurers to tell patients how much a service will cost before they get it.
President Trump, in an executive order issued Monday, directed the Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies to put out rules requiring hospitals disclose prices that reflect what patients and insurers “actually pay” for services, Azar told reporters.
The rules aim to bring more transparency to a health care system where patients usually don’t find out how much a procedure...",center
15659,Democrats Launch Formal Impeachment Inquiry as Trump Authorizes Release of Whistle-blown Transcript,"['Democratic Party', 'Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Corruption', 'White House', 'Politics']",Nancy Pelosi launches formal impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump amid reports he withheld aid money from Ukraine - as he brands the move 'more breaking news Witch Hunt garbage' and accuses the Dems of 'presidential harassment',Daily Mail,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday launched a formal impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, giving into demands from her party's leading presidential candidate and her top lieutenants that Congress attempt to oust the sitting president.
Pelosi announced in a televised statement that she'd opened an umbrella for numerous congressional investigations into the Republican president who Democrats say is in willful violation of the U.S. Constitution.
'This week the president has admitted to asking the president of Ukraine to take actions which would benefit him politically. The actions of...",right
15660,Democrats Launch Formal Impeachment Inquiry as Trump Authorizes Release of Whistle-blown Transcript,"['Democratic Party', 'Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Corruption', 'White House', 'Politics']",Pelosi orders impeachment probe: ‘No one is above the law’,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, acquiescing to mounting pressure from fellow Democrats and plunging a deeply divided nation into an election year clash between Congress and the commander in chief.
The probe centers on whether Trump abused his presidential powers and sought help from a foreign government for his reelection. Pelosi said such actions would mark a “betrayal of his oath of office” and declared: “No one is above the law.”
Pelosi’s brief statement capped a frenetic...",left
15661,Democrats Launch Formal Impeachment Inquiry as Trump Authorizes Release of Whistle-blown Transcript,"['Democratic Party', 'Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Corruption', 'White House', 'Politics']",Nancy Pelosi Announces Formal Impeachment Inquiry of Trump,New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Tuesday that the House would begin a formal impeachment inquiry of President Trump, saying that he had betrayed his oath of office and the nation’s security in seeking to enlist a foreign power for his own political gain.
“The actions taken to date by the president have seriously violated the Constitution,” she said after emerging from a meeting of House Democrats in the basement of the Capitol. Mr. Trump, she said, “must be held accountable — no one is above the law.”
The...",left
15662,Debt Negotiations Begin,['Taxes'],"Facing Cliff, Obama Tries Again For 'Grand Bargain'",NPR (Online News),"Compromise is suddenly the watchword in Washington, as negotiations over taxes, spending and entitlements begin in advance of another self-imposed deadline, popularly known as the ""fiscal cliff.""",left
15663,Debt Negotiations Begin,['Taxes'],Obama Vows Firm Stance on Deficit-Reduction Plan,New York Times (News),President Obama reassured leaders of labor and progressive groups on Tuesday that he will not yield to Congressional Republicans and extend Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans as he negotiates for a deficit-reduction plan to avoid looming tax increases and spending cuts.,left
15664,Debt Negotiations Begin,['Taxes'],"Lawmakers urge compromise, but refuse to budge from ‘cliff’",Washington Times,"Republicans and Democrats returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday pledging to try to reach common ground — but as each side reinforced its pre-election battle lines, last weeks results appear to have shifted little other than the rhetoric.",right
15665,Reaction to Boston Bombs,['Terrorism'],How the world is responding,Christian Science Monitor,The usual joy and pride surrounding Bostons Marathon was marred by yesterdays attack. Headlines from countries familiar with terrorism were filled with support for the city.,center
15666,Reaction to Boston Bombs,['Terrorism'],"Congress reacts, Dems talk sequester",Politico,With the Boston Marathon bombings less than 24 hours old some on Capitol Hill are beginning to say the attack shows why Congress shouldrsquove stopped automatic spending cuts from taking hold in March. House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) speaking to reporters Tuesday morning said the bombings are ldquoclearly another place where it demonstrates...,left
15667,Reaction to Boston Bombs,['Terrorism'],"Senate reflects on Boston tragedy, followed by Newtown and Va. Tech, before gun debate",Washington Times,"The Senate opened its session on Tuesday with reflections on the tragedy at the Boston Marathon, moments before it began debate on gun-control legislation that evoked the tragedies at Newtown, Conn., in December and Virginia Tech in 2007.",right
15668,Census Bureau to Miss End-of-Year for Delivering Numbers for House Seats,"['US Congress', '2020 Census', 'Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']",Census Bureau set to blow year-end deadline on figures dividing House seats,New York Post (News),"The US Census Bureau is not expected to meet a year-end deadline for turning in figures used to apportion congressional seats, according to a report Wednesday.
A bureau source told The Associated Press that the agency is set to announce that the Dec. 31 deadline will be blown for the first time since it was established by Congress more than four decades ago.
Bureau documents obtained earlier this month by a House of Representatives committee indicate that officials don’t expect the count to be finished until after President-elect Joe Biden...",right
15669,Census Bureau to Miss End-of-Year for Delivering Numbers for House Seats,"['US Congress', '2020 Census', 'Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']",Census To Miss Year-End Deadline For Delivering Numbers For House Seats,NPR (Online News),"Saddled with delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic and last-minute changes by the Trump administration, the first set of 2020 census results will not be ready for release by Thursday's year-end deadline for numbers that determine representation in Congress and the Electoral College for the next decade.
A Census Bureau employee, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation in the workplace, confirmed to NPR that the bureau is still trying to fix irregularities uncovered in this year's census records.
The employee told NPR that career officials...",left
15670,Census Bureau to Miss End-of-Year for Delivering Numbers for House Seats,"['US Congress', '2020 Census', 'Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']",Census Bureau to miss December 31 deadline,CNN (Online News),"The Census Bureau announced it will miss Thursday's deadline to produce the population count used to divide seats in Congress between the states.
The Wednesday announcement was expected, and the key question remains whether the Census Bureau and Commerce Department will present the tally to President Donald Trump prior to his departure from office on January 20. There are no penalties associated with missing the December 31 deadline.
The Census Bureau said in a statement that it plans ""to deliver a complete and accurate state population count for apportionment...",left
15671,Bombing Suspects Seen As Having Acted Alone,['Terrorism'],Boston Bomber Tells Authorities 'We Acted Alone',CBN,Authorities say the Boston Marathon bombing suspects appear to have been motivated by their Islamic faith but not connected with any Muslim terrorist groups.,right
15672,Bombing Suspects Seen As Having Acted Alone,['Terrorism'],NBC: Boston Bombing Suspect Says No Link With Overseas Terrorist Groups,HuffPost,Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told investigators in writing Monday that neither he nor his older brother were in touch with any overseas terror groups according to NBCs Pete Williams.,left
15673,Bombing Suspects Seen As Having Acted Alone,['Terrorism'],Early Thinking: Boston Suspects Were Working On Their Own,NPR (Online News),Dzhokhar Tsarnaev remains hospitalized. Investigators say he has been giving them some information.,left
15674,Bipartisan Deal on Obamacare,['Healthcare'],2 Senators Have Deal on Health Subsidies That Trump Cut Off,New York Times (News),"Two leading senators have reached a bipartisan deal to provide funding for critical subsidies to health insurers that President Trump said last week that he would cut off, Senator Lamar Alexander, Republican of Tennessee, said Tuesday.",left
15675,Bipartisan Deal on Obamacare,['Healthcare'],Sen. Lamar Alexander says he landed deal on Obamacare stabilization,Washington Times,"Senate negotiators announced Tuesday they’ve reached a bipartisan deal to fund critical Obamacare payments in exchange for greater state control over the insurance markets, shifting the focus to vote-gathering efforts for the long-awaited plan.",right
15676,Bipartisan Deal on Obamacare,['Healthcare'],Senators Say They've Reached Bipartisan Deal to Prop Up Obamacare,Bloomberg,Senators in both political parties say they’ve reached agreement on fixes to stabilize Obamacare just two weeks before Americans start signing up for 2018 coverage.,left
15677,Average US Gas Prices Hit All-time High,"['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation']",National average for gasoline hits record $4.37 a gallon,CNBC,"Gasoline prices surged to the highest level on record Tuesday as oil holds steady above $100 a barrel, contributing to inflationary pressures across the economy.
The national average for a regular gallon of gas hit an all-time high of $4.374 on Tuesday, according to AAA. The price is not adjusted for inflation.
Prices have been rising at a fast clip, with the ascent accelerating after Russia invaded Ukraine, sending energy markets reeling.
The national average crossed above $4 in March for the first time since 2008, and has remained above ever since.
Consumers...",center
15678,Average US Gas Prices Hit All-time High,"['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation']",Gas prices jump to fresh record highs,CNN Business,"In another blow to the US economy, prices at the pump soared to fresh record highs.
The national average price for regular gasoline climbed more than four cents on Tuesday to $4.37 a gallon, according to AAA. That takes out the prior record of $4.33 set on March 11.
The gas spike — prices are up 17 cents in the past week alone — will only add to inflationary pressures that have raised recession fears, rocked financial markets and soured Americans' views on the economy.
The national average dipped to as low as...",left
15679,Average US Gas Prices Hit All-time High,"['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation']","Gas prices hit new all-time high as EU considers blocking Russian oil, Biden keeps restrictions",Fox Business,"Gas prices hit a new all-time high on May 10, 2022, amid rising inflation and President Biden's restrictions on oil and gas production.
According to AAA's average gas price calculator, the national average cost of a regular gallon of gasoline hit $4.374 on Tuesday, the highest ever according to AAA.
The prices come as the European Union edges toward oil sanctions on Russia amid the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine. It also comes amid record-high inflation, with the consumer price index reaching 8.5% in March.
Gas prices have soared by 50% nationwide over the past year  (Getty...",right
15680,"Google, Government Settle Claim That Company Silenced Workers","['Google', 'Big Tech', 'Technology', 'Conspiracy', 'Politics']",Government Orders Google: Let Employees Speak Out,Wall Street Journal (News),"Federal regulators have ordered Google to assure employees they are allowed to speak out on political and workplace issues, people familiar with the matter say, as part of a settlement of formal complaints that the search giant punishes those who do just that.
The National Labor Relations Board’s move offers Google an escape hatch from a thorny issue that has roiled the business in recent years. Though Google executives have long bragged about having a workplace culture designed to encourage open debate, current and former employees across the political spectrum...",center
15681,"Google, Government Settle Claim That Company Silenced Workers","['Google', 'Big Tech', 'Technology', 'Conspiracy', 'Politics']",Google Settles With U.S. Over Workers’ Complaints It Stifled Dissent,New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — Google said Thursday that it had reached a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board over complaints from multiple employees who say the company has stymied dissent, including one who has said he was fired for being an outspoken conservative.
Google plans to explain to employees the rights they have as workers under federal law, like the ability to discuss workplace conditions, said Jenn Kaiser, a Google spokeswoman. And it will tell the employees that Google will not retaliate against them for exercising those rights.
“Under that settlement,...",left
15682,"Google, Government Settle Claim That Company Silenced Workers","['Google', 'Big Tech', 'Technology', 'Conspiracy', 'Politics']",Google confirms settlement on worker speech rights,Fox News (Online News),"Federal regulators ordered Alphabet Inc.'s Google unit this week to reassure employees that they may speak freely about workplace issues, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The mandate from the National Labor Relations Board is part of a settlement of formal claims that the tech giant punishes employees for raising concerns about equality and freedom of speech on the job. Current and former workers across the political spectrum have made complaints according to the Journal, which cited people it didn't identify.",right
15683,Perspectives: WSJ Op-Ed Sparks Controversy Around Jill Biden's Doctorate,"['Education', 'Polarization', 'Joe Biden', 'Jill Biden', 'Media Industry', 'Wall Street Journal', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Universities']",Dr. Jill Biden deserves her title. Saying otherwise demeans teachers and community colleges.,Tonya Russell,"What do an aeronautical engineer, a psychiatrist and a lawyer all have in common? The obvious answers are advanced degrees and exorbitant student loans, but at the heart of their success is a solid education, dating to before they could even complete math equations. Those degrees didn't appear out of nowhere, and educators can take some credit for inspiring and training these professionals along the way.
Instead of rolling our eyes at Biden for exploring how to keep community college students in school, maybe we can try to build on...",left
15684,Perspectives: WSJ Op-Ed Sparks Controversy Around Jill Biden's Doctorate,"['Education', 'Polarization', 'Joe Biden', 'Jill Biden', 'Media Industry', 'Wall Street Journal', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Universities']","The Jill Biden furor is about more than titles. It touches on gender, race and civility.",Steven Petrow,"Over the weekend I was angsting about how to address the last of my holiday cards. What’s the proper form for a same-sex couple? Or a modern widow, even a divorcee? And what about when one spouse has a professional title — like reverend, judge or doctor — like my friends, Dr. Amanda Cook and her husband, Ian Cook. Doing this correctly is not always easy or intuitive, which is one reason why titles have generally gone the way of dinosaurs. Then there’s the other reason: Americans like the fiction...",center
15685,Perspectives: WSJ Op-Ed Sparks Controversy Around Jill Biden's Doctorate,"['Education', 'Polarization', 'Joe Biden', 'Jill Biden', 'Media Industry', 'Wall Street Journal', 'Tucker Carlson', 'Universities']",Jill Biden’s Doctorate Is Garbage Because Her Dissertation Is Garbage,Kyle Smith,"You can tell someone is smarting from an inferiority complex when he insists on being addressed as “Dr.” on the basis of holding an academic doctorate rather than being a physician. Ph.D. holders who have genuine accomplishments don’t make you call them “Doctor,” which is why you never hear about “Dr. Paul Krugman” and “Dr. George Will.” None of the professors I knew at Yale, even the ones who were eminent in their fields, insisted on the title, and I think most of them would have scoffed if someone had...",right
15686,Aftermath of Church Shooting,['Violence In America'],OPINION: Security Expert: My Fear is That More Churches Will be Targeted,Fox News (Online News),The gunman walked into the church sanctuary and opened fire.,right
15687,Aftermath of Church Shooting,['Violence In America'],"Friend: Charleston shooting suspect wanted to ""start a civil war""",CBS News (Online),"A former friend who had reconnected with the man accused of a shooting massacre inside a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, said Dylann Roof had become an avowed racist.",left
15688,Aftermath of Church Shooting,['Violence In America'],Charleston Shooting Victims Were Drawn Together by Their Faith,Wall Street Journal (News),A reverend who was a high school track coach. A quiet and industrious recent college graduate. An up-and-coming minister who looked forward to leading her congregants.,center
15689,White House Requested The USS John S McCain Be Moved,"['USS John S McCain', 'Politics']",Trump Denies Knowing of Directive to Move USS McCain ‘Out of Sight’,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump denied knowing about a White House request to move “out of sight” the warship USS John S. McCain during his visit to Japan, but said whoever issued the directive was “well meaning.”
Speaking to reporters Thursday as he left Washington for Colorado, Mr. Trump said of the White House request, which was issued earlier this month: “I didn’t know a thing about it. I would never have done that.”
The president repeated his previous criticisms of the late senator and didn’t apologize for the White House directive, saying...",center
15690,White House Requested The USS John S McCain Be Moved,"['USS John S McCain', 'Politics']",Can They Get Anything Right? Looks Like That ‘Trump Wanted The USS McCain Obscured’ Story Is Fake News,Townhall,"The stories are endless. The list of liberal media screw-ups when covering this White House is endless. You would think that there would be a learning curve or something. Nope. They still can’t accurately report on the Trump White House. All I can say is ‘watch out for that rake.’ It all started with President Trump’s first visit to Japan, where a simple photo op between the president and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe feeding koi fish wasn’t reported properly. Fish feeding was the source of fake news, folks. That’s how...",right
15691,White House Requested The USS John S McCain Be Moved,"['USS John S McCain', 'Politics']","White House, Navy exchanged emails about keeping USS McCain out of Trump's sight",CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump and John McCain's long-running feud is back in the spotlight following reports that White House and lower-level US Navy officials traded emails about keeping a warship named from the late senator's father and grandfather out of sight ahead of the President's trip to Japan.
Two Navy officials confirmed to CNN Wednesday night that the White House Military Office asked lower-level US Navy officials about keeping the ship out of view. One of the Navy officials further clarified Thursday morning that the discussion included obscuring the ship or...",left
15692,Was Joe Biden Involved in Hunter's Business Deal with a Chinese Energy Firm?,"['Politics', 'White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Hunter Biden Laptop', 'Media Bias', 'Corruption']",Media needs to question if Biden is actually clueless about son’s deals,Rich Lowry,"The walls evidently aren’t closing in on President Joe Biden. 
Despite the mainstream press finally taking up the sleazy business dealings discussed in e-mails found on Hunter Biden’s laptop, the media’s lack of interest in Joe Biden’s knowledge or involvement in this lucrative part of the family business is palpable. 
If President Donald Trump were caught up in similar circumstances, he’d be hounded at every press conference and during every walk to Marine One with the questions: What did he know and when did he know it? It’d dominate cable news and the Sunday...",right
15693,Was Joe Biden Involved in Hunter's Business Deal with a Chinese Energy Firm?,"['Politics', 'White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Hunter Biden Laptop', 'Media Bias', 'Corruption']",Grand Jury Witness In Hunter Biden Probe Asked To Identify ‘Big Guy’ In Email About China Deal,International Business Times,"Awitness who stood before a grand jury investigating Hunter Biden's connections with a Chinese energy conglomerate was reportedly asked to identify the “big guy” mentioned in an email that detailed propositions for a company established to take part in the joint venture.
A source with knowledge of the proceedings that seek details about Hunter Biden’s tax payments and foreign business dealings told the New York Post that the question regarding the “big guy” emerged after the witness was shown a piece of evidence.
Tony Bobulinski, a former business partner of Hunter Biden, had...",center
15694,Was Joe Biden Involved in Hunter's Business Deal with a Chinese Energy Firm?,"['Politics', 'White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Hunter Biden Laptop', 'Media Bias', 'Corruption']",The federal probe into Hunter Biden is going as it should. With his dad being hands-off.,NBC News (Online),"President Joe Biden and his administration are putting on a master’s class in ethics in the federal investigation into the business dealings of the president’s son Hunter Biden. As the investigation heats up, Biden’s “hands-off” approach versus Donald Trump’s “hands everywhere” approach is starkly illustrated by Trump’s shoutout to Russian President Vladimir Putin to release dirt on Hunter Biden. The move continues Trump’s long-standing practice of appealing for foreign interference in American politics.  
From his “Russia, if you’re listening” remark about finding Hillary Clinton’s missing emails to his repeatedly asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr...",left
15695,China's New National Security Law Rekindles Hong Kong Tension,"['Hong Kong', 'Civil Liberties', 'Democracy', 'Freedom', 'Xi Jinping', 'Asia', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'China']",China’s economic power cannot come at the expense of freedom,The Dallas Morning News,"On this Memorial Day weekend, as we reflect on the brave actions of those who died in battle so that we might live free, it’s also fitting for us to consider the moral causes of our time. One such cause is playing out across the Pacific in the metropolis called Hong Kong.
If that island city seems like a distant land worthy only of someone else’s concern, that might be because it is easy to lose perspective while sitting inside our own borders. The truth is that our economic strength,...",center
15696,China's New National Security Law Rekindles Hong Kong Tension,"['Hong Kong', 'Civil Liberties', 'Democracy', 'Freedom', 'Xi Jinping', 'Asia', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'China']",Beijing Moves to Control Hong Kong,National Review,"Under cover of the global coronavirus crisis, China is moving to rewrite Asia’s geopolitical map. Beijing has announced it will essentially take control of Hong Kong by directly imposing a sweeping national-security law, bypassing the territory’s elected Legislative Council. Despite repeated assurances by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that it would abide by the 1984 agreement with Great Britain to allow Hong Kong to maintain a loose independence under the so-called “one-country, two-systems” framework for 50 years after the 1997 turnover, the past decade has seen a steady erosion of...",right
15697,China's New National Security Law Rekindles Hong Kong Tension,"['Hong Kong', 'Civil Liberties', 'Democracy', 'Freedom', 'Xi Jinping', 'Asia', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'China']",Hong Kong demonstrators defy lockdowns to protest a sweeping new national security law,Vox,"Thousands of demonstrators filled the streets of downtown Hong Kong on Sunday, defying social distancing protocols to protest Beijing’s announcement of a sweeping new national security law that could unravel many of the civil liberties residents enjoy in the semi-autonomous region of China.
Police used water cannons, tear gas, and pepper spray to disperse protesters, and there were reports of protesters throwing objects like plastic bottles and umbrellas at the police. At least 120 people were arrested.
The protest — the largest in the territory since the spread of coronavirus-caused...",left
15698,Iran Escalates Uranium Enrichment Ahead of Nuclear Deal Talks,"['Middle East', 'Iran', 'Israel', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Lloyd Austin', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Benny Gantz']",Tehran says it will ramp up uranium enrichment levels following apparent attack on Iranian nuclear facility,CNN (Online News),"Iran has informed the international nuclear watchdog that it intends to massively ramp up its levels of uranium enrichment following an apparent attack on a nuclear site in the country over the weekend.
On Tuesday, Iran's deputy foreign minister and a top nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi told state-run Press TV that the International Atomic Energy Organization (IAEA) had been informed of Tehran's decision to ramp up enrichment to 60% purity, a big step up from the current 20% purity levels.
The decision pushes Iran closer to reaching the 90%...",left
15699,Iran Escalates Uranium Enrichment Ahead of Nuclear Deal Talks,"['Middle East', 'Iran', 'Israel', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Lloyd Austin', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Benny Gantz']",Iran has begun 60% uranium enrichment - chief nuclear negotiator,The Jerusalem Post,"In a potentially unprecedented escalation, Iran's top nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi announced on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic has begun 60% uranium enrichment, according to state media, Reuters reported.
In order for uranium to be weaponized, it must be enriched to 90%.
Under the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran had to stay below 5% nuclear enrichment.
However, both before the nuclear deal and since the Islamic Republic started violating the deal in 2019-2020, it has enriched some of its uranium stock to a mid-level 20%.
Even the jump...",center
15700,Iran Escalates Uranium Enrichment Ahead of Nuclear Deal Talks,"['Middle East', 'Iran', 'Israel', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Lloyd Austin', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Benny Gantz']","Iran Responds To Alleged Sabotage, To Begin Enriching Uranium At Highest Ever Level Of 60%, Moving Closer To Weapons-Grade Capabilities",The Daily Wire,"According to an Iranian negotiator on Tuesday, Iran will begin enriching uranium to 60% purity, which greatly exceeds its current level of 20%, placing one of the world’s biggest state sponsors of terrorism within reach of the 90% enrichment required for weapons-grade capabilities.
The announcement is an apparent response to an alleged attack on Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility by Israel, with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stating, “The Zionists want to take revenge because of our progress in the way to lift sanctions… We will not fall into their trap…We...",right
15701,Recapping 2022 Primary Tuesday in Massachusetts,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election']",Maura Healey to face Geoff Diehl in November governor’s race,The Boston Globe,"Attorney General Maura Healey, who rocketed to prominence as the state’s litigator-in-chief against Donald Trump before clearing the Democratic field for governor this year, officially captured the party’s nomination Tuesday, setting up an acrid general election fight with Geoff Diehl, a Trump acolyte whom GOP voters embraced as their gubernatorial nominee.
The results, projected by the Associated Press Tuesday night, cement the general election race to succeed Governor Charlie Baker, the state’s second-term Republican who is not seeking reelection.
The matchup will top a ballot of potentially history-making races. Healey’s...",left
15702,Recapping 2022 Primary Tuesday in Massachusetts,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election']",Trump-backed Diehl wins Massachusetts GOP governor primary,New York Post (News),"Former state representative and Donald Trump-backed candidate Geoff Diehl secured the GOP nomination for governor of Massachusetts on Tuesday.
Diehl defeated the more moderate businessman Chris Doughty and will face off this November against Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey, who would be the first woman and first openly gay person elected to the office.
Massachusetts’ current governor, Republican Charlie Baker, decided not to run for a third term.
Massachusetts is the latest Democratic stronghold in which Republicans have nominated the Trump-backed candidate following victories by Leora Levy in Connecticut and...",right
15703,Recapping 2022 Primary Tuesday in Massachusetts,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election']",What to know about the Mass. state primary results,WBUR,"We have a slate of candidates for the November election.
There were some expected results, including Attorney General Maura Healey’s victory march through a largely uncontested Democratic primary for governor. And conservative firebrand Geoff Diehl closed the deal on the Republican side, though opponent Chris Doughty showed a little pluck toward the end of that race, nabbing some high-profile endorsements and garnering enough votes to keep things close for about an hour after polls closed.
WBUR is a nonprofit news organization. Our coverage relies on your financial support. If you value articles like the...",center
15704,U.S. Army Halts Discharges of Immigrant Recruits,['Immigration'],"Immigrant recruits booted by the Army left facing deportation, death",New York Post (News),Xiongzhou Zhang’s dream of becoming an American by joining the Army started to fade away with a pounding at the door of his upstate home last month.,right
15705,U.S. Army Halts Discharges of Immigrant Recruits,['Immigration'],Army Suspends Its Purge of Immigrant Recruits,New York Times (News),The Army has halted forcible discharges of soldiers who were recruited through a program that offers citizenship to skilled immigrants in exchange for military service. But it is not clear whether the step puts an end to the expulsion policy or is just a pause in the Army’s effort to curtail a program that its leaders say poses a security risk.,left
15706,U.S. Army Halts Discharges of Immigrant Recruits,['Immigration'],U.S. Army Stops Discharging Immigrant Recruits Seeking Citizenship,NPR (Online News),The U.S. Army has halted the process of discharging immigrants who enlisted under a program designed to recruit people with critically needed skills.,left
15707,Allegations Against Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Out of the Woodwork: After Trump Denies Groping at Debate, Multiple Accusers Go Public",Townhall,"On Friday, the tape came out. On Saturday and Sunday, Trump allies and others warned that there was more to come. And so here we are. The Republican presidential nominee's campaign is in chaos, fending off allegations from four separate women -- all going public on the same day, ""coincidentally"" -- that he fondled, kissed, or groped them without their consent.",right
15708,Allegations Against Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Two Women Say Donald Trump Touched Them Inappropriately,New York Times (News),"Donald J. Trump was emphatic in the second presidential debate: Yes, he had boasted about kissing women without permission and grabbing their genitals. But he had never actually done those things, he said.",left
15709,Allegations Against Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump reels as more accusers emerge,Politico,"New allegations of Donald Trump groping women are sending the Republican nominee’s floundering campaign into a tailspin, with precious few days left for the billionaire to try to salvage his presidential bid.",left
15710,Protests Cleared From US-Canada Border Bridge,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Restrictions', 'Protests', 'Freedom Convoy', 'Vaccine Mandates']",Key US-Canada bridge reopens after police clear protesters,New York Post (News),"The busiest US-Canada border bridge that’s been shuttered for days reopened on Sunday night after police cleared protesters who had been demonstrating against COVID-19 restrictions.
By 10 p.m., the Ambassador Bridge – which links Windsor, Ontario and Detroit – was “fully open allowing the free flow of commerce between the Canada and US economies once again,” a spokesperson for Detroit International Bridge Co. told The Associated Press.
Earlier Sunday, more than two dozen people had been peacefully arrested, seven vehicles towed and five seized as officers cleared the last demonstrators...",right
15711,Protests Cleared From US-Canada Border Bridge,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Restrictions', 'Protests', 'Freedom Convoy', 'Vaccine Mandates']","Canada protests: After police cleared bridge, is this the end?",BBC News,"A police raid has finally put an end to the costly bridge blockade at Windsor, Ontario, with the crossing reopening for traffic on Sunday night after a six-day protest. But with the demonstrations in Ottawa still going strong, is any end in sight for the anti-mandate movement?
This was the moment the protesters had dreaded.
""I was hoping it wasn't going to end like this, I was hoping the police would allow us to continue to peacefully protest,"" Tyler Kok told the BBC as he left the site.
The officers...",center
15712,Protests Cleared From US-Canada Border Bridge,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Restrictions', 'Protests', 'Freedom Convoy', 'Vaccine Mandates']",A vital US-Canadian border crossing reopens after trucker blockade of Ambassador Bridge is cleared,CNN (Online News),"North America's busiest land border crossing has reopened after a nearly weeklong blockade by protesters decrying Covid-19 mandates crippled the key trade route, while demonstrators in the nation's capital are expected to begin shifting out of residential areas Monday.
The standoff at the Ambassador Bridge, which links Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, had paralyzed traffic between Canada and the United States. Its reopening allows ""the free flow of commerce between the Canada and US economies once again,"" the Detroit International Bridge Company said in a statement Sunday night.
Protesters with the ""Freedom Convoy"" in recent weeks...",left
15713,Obamacare Details and Protests,['Healthcare'],"Americans Think Obamacare Will Increase the Deficit, Not Decrease It",Townhall,"Remember when Obama said this?
""Even if we accept all of the economic and moral reasons to providing affordable coverage to all Americans, there's no denying that expanding coverage will come at a cost, at least in the short run. But it is a cost that will not, I repeat, will not, add to our deficits. I've sent out a rule for my staff and my team and I've said this to Congress, healthcare reform must be and will be deficit neutral in the next decade.""",right
15714,Obamacare Details and Protests,['Healthcare'],New Obamacare Enrollment Campaign Unveiled By Kathleen Sebelius,HuffPost,"With precious time remaining before the health care exchanges established by the president's health care law are up and running, the Obama administration is rolling out new initiatives to encourage enrollment.
The latest of these is set to be unveiled on Monday, when the Department of Health and Human Services will debut a video contest -- complete with cash prizes -- designed to persuade younger consumers to get insurance.
The administration will partner with Young Invincibles, a non-profit youth issues organization, to run the contest, with the goal of reaching...",left
15715,Obamacare Details and Protests,['Healthcare'],Defund Obamacare supporters turning up volume,CNN (Online News),"Conservatives backing the push to shut down the federal government if funding isn't cut off by the end of September for President Barack Obama's health care law are launching new ads and a series of town halls starting this week.
The new drive comes as a growing number of Republicans are resisting such calls for a government shutdown over the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.
Heritage Action for America, a leading political advocacy group, Monday announced it would spend more than half a million dollars to run on-line...",left
15716,"US, Taiwan Agree to Talks on New Trade Deal Amid China Tensions","['Trade', 'China', 'Taiwan', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Asia', 'One China Policy']","U.S., Taiwan to start formal trade talks under new initiative",Reuters,"The United States and Taiwan have agreed to start trade talks under a new initiative to reach agreements with ""economically meaningful outcomes"", with a Taiwan official saying China's ""economic coercion"" would also be discussed.
Washington and Taipei unveiled the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade in June, just days after the Biden administration excluded the Chinese-claimed island from its Asia-focused economic plan designed to counter China's growing influence. 
The office of the U.S. Trade Representative said the two sides had ""reached consensus on the negotiating mandate"" and it was expected that...",center
15717,"US, Taiwan Agree to Talks on New Trade Deal Amid China Tensions","['Trade', 'China', 'Taiwan', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Asia', 'One China Policy']",US to hold wide-ranging trade talks with Taiwan amid tensions with China,Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. and Taiwan will engage in formal trade talks, the office of the U.S. Trade Representative said. 
The talks are connected to the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade, which was announced on June 1 and comes amid tense U.S-China relations.  
""Today, we begin negotiations with Taiwan under the auspices of [the American Institute in Taiwan] and [the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office] that will deepen our trade and investment relationship, advance mutual trade priorities based on shared values, and promote innovation and inclusive economic growth for our workers and businesses,"" said...",right
15718,"US, Taiwan Agree to Talks on New Trade Deal Amid China Tensions","['Trade', 'China', 'Taiwan', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Asia', 'One China Policy']",US and Taiwan agree to start talks on a trade and investment pact,CNN Business,"The United States and Taiwan have officially agreed to launch negotiations on a new trade and investment pact, according to statements released by Washington and Taipei.
The two unveiled the US-Taiwan Initiative of 21st Century Trade in June, soon after Taiwan was excluded by US President Joe Biden from the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF).
The negotiations would cover 11 topics, including ""trade facilitation, good regulatory practices, anti-corruption, SMEs, agriculture, standards, digital trade, labor, environment, state-owned enterprises, and non-market policies and practices,"" according to a statement by Taiwan's Office of Trade Negotiations on Thursday....",left
15719,"Comey Violated FBI Policies in Handling Memos Detailing Trump Interactions, DOJ Inspector General Report Finds","['FBI', 'Defense And Security']","James Comey violated FBI policies with memos on Trump discussions, IG report says",Fox News (Online News),"A scathing inspector general report released Thursday said that fired FBI Director James Comey violated bureau policies by drafting, leaking and retaining memos documenting discussions with President Trump.
The Justice Department's official watchdog concluded that the memos Comey kept were in fact ""official FBI records,"" and said Comey set a ""dangerous example"" with his actions.",right
15720,"Comey Violated FBI Policies in Handling Memos Detailing Trump Interactions, DOJ Inspector General Report Finds","['FBI', 'Defense And Security']","Comey violated FBI policy in handling of memos detailing interactions with Trump, inspector general finds",Washington Post,"Former FBI Director James B. Comey violated FBI policies in how he handled memos that detailed his controversial interactions with President Trump, the Justice Department inspector general found in a report released Thursday, both in engineering their release to the press and storing them at his home without telling the FBI.
The inspector general found that the memos — which described, among other things, how Trump had pressed Comey for loyalty and asked him about letting go an investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn — were official records,...",left
15721,"Comey Violated FBI Policies in Handling Memos Detailing Trump Interactions, DOJ Inspector General Report Finds","['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",DOJ inspector general releases report on James Comey investigation,Axios,"The Justice Department's inspector general has released a report detailing former FBI Director James Comey's handling of classified information in the Russia investigation.
The big picture: President Trump and his allies, who have repeatedly accused Comey of lying and leaking, have hoped that this report would vindicate Trump’s claims that the Russia investigation was a witch hunt. The inspector general found that Comey violated DOJ and FBI policies and his employment agreement, but after evaluating the IG's findings, the Justice Department declined prosecution.",center
15722,Sports Leagues Boycott Games In Response to Jacob Blake Shooting,"['Sports', 'Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'Protests', 'Jacob Blake', 'Criminal Justice']","NBA players sit out Wednesday’s playoff games, other athletes follow their lead to protest Jacob Blake’s shooting",MarketWatch,"The Milwaukee Bucks decided to “strike” and not take the floor for their playoff game today in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. The game between the Bucks and the Orlando Magic was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, but the teams remained in their respective locker rooms.
Games between the Houston Rockets and the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers were then also postponed, according to the NBA.",center
15723,Sports Leagues Boycott Games In Response to Jacob Blake Shooting,"['Sports', 'Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'Protests', 'Jacob Blake', 'Criminal Justice']","Smith: The longer the NBA boycott, the bigger the statement",Houston Chronicle,"Where is this all going?
What is the real end game?
And how truly committed are NBA players to seeing through the massive change they keep referring to?
Wednesday was another historic day in 2020. When the Association suddenly stopped — again. As the WNBA, MLB and MLS followed the NBA’s lead.",center
15724,Sports Leagues Boycott Games In Response to Jacob Blake Shooting,"['Sports', 'Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'Protests', 'Jacob Blake', 'Criminal Justice']","Sports come to a halt: NBA, WNBA, MLB, MLS postpone games as players protest Jacob Blake shooting",Washington Post,"KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The NBA’s restart inside a restricted bubble at Disney World, which has proceeded smoothly for more than a month without any positive novel coronavirus tests, came to a screeching halt Wednesday when the Milwaukee Bucks refused to take the court for a playoff game against the Orlando Magic to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. The league announced the cancellation of all three games scheduled for Wednesday evening as a result.
The unprecedented decision to postpone the games was quickly followed by a...",left
15725,Trade War Slows as Wall Street Recovers,"['Trade', 'China', 'Trade War', 'Tariffs', 'Global Markets', 'Donald Trump', 'Xi Jinping']",Dow closes more than 300 points higher as China tamps down fears of trade-war escalation,MarketWatch,"U.S. stocks posted strongest gains Thursday after Beijing indicated it wasn’t in a rush to respond to the latest round of tariffs imposed by Washington.
How did the major benchmarks faring?
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.25% advanced 326.15 points, or 1.3%, to end at 26,362.25, while the S&P 500 index SPX, +1.27% rose 36.64 points, or 1.3%, to finish at 2,924.58. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, +1.48% added 116.51 points, or 1.5%, to close at 7,973.39.
This week’s rebound has slashed month-to-date losses for the major indexes,...",center
15726,Trade War Slows as Wall Street Recovers,"['Trade', 'China', 'Trade War', 'Tariffs', 'Global Markets', 'Donald Trump', 'Xi Jinping']",Dow rises 350 points after China says it wants trade talks,NBC News (Online),"Stocks jumped on Thursday after China said it wished to resolve its protracted trade dispute with the world’s largest economy with a “calm” attitude.
By midday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was trading 350 points higher, or 1.4 percent. The S&P 500 gained 1.3 percent, while the Nasdaq Composite advanced 1.5 percent.
“There’s a talk scheduled for today at a different level,” President Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News Radio, without elaborating.
“Let’s see what the end product is; that’s what you have to judge it by,”...",left
15727,Trade War Slows as Wall Street Recovers,"['Trade', 'China', 'Trade War', 'Tariffs', 'Global Markets', 'Donald Trump', 'Xi Jinping']",Wall Street rallies after China trade comments,Reuters,"NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rallied more than 1% on Thursday, buoyed by gains in the trade-sensitive technology and industrial sectors as China expressed hope on trade negotiations with the United States, easing concerns that rising tensions could stoke a recession.
China’s commerce ministry said both sides are discussing the next round of talks scheduled for September, but progress would be determined by whether Washington could create favorable conditions.
U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Fox News radio interview that trade talks were scheduled for Thursday “at a...",center
15728,Gallagher Found Not Guilty on All Counts Except One,"['Justice', 'ISIS']",Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher is found NOT GUILTY of murdering ISIS fighter and will walk free despite being convicted of one war crime - posing with a corpse - which he has already served time for,Daily Mail,"Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher has been found not guilty of murder and attempted murder after a two week war crimes trial.
The jury took less than a day to reach a verdict. Gallager, 40, was convicted of posing with the ISIS fighter's corpse but is expected to walk free from court on Tuesday.
The maximum sentence for the crime is four months and he spent longer than that in confinement awaiting trial before being freed by President Trump in March.
Gallagher's attorney said the trial was a...",right
15729,Gallagher Found Not Guilty on All Counts Except One,"['Justice', 'ISIS']",Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher Found Not Guilty In Killing Of ISIS Detainee,HuffPost,"SAN DIEGO, July 2 (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy SEAL platoon leader charged with committing war crimes in Iraq was acquitted by a military jury on Tuesday of murder and all other counts except for unlawfully posing with the corpse of a captive Islamic State fighter.
The seven-member jury deliberated for about nine hours before delivering its verdict in the court-martial of Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, a decorated career combat veteran whose case had drawn the interest of U.S. President Donald Trump.",left
15730,Gallagher Found Not Guilty on All Counts Except One,"['Justice', 'ISIS']",Navy SEAL acquitted of murder in killing of captive in Iraq,Associated Press,"SAN DIEGO (AP) — A military jury acquitted a decorated Navy SEAL of premeditated murder Tuesday in the killing of a wounded Islamic State captive under his care in Iraq in 2017.
Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher was cleared of all charges except for posing for photos with the dead body of the captive in a verdict that is a major blow to military prosecutors. It took the jury less than two days of deliberations to reach its verdict.
Gallagher reacted with “tears of joy, emotion, freedom and absolute euphoria,”...",left
15731,Protesters Tear Down Confederate Statue at UNC,['Politics'],"Protesters topple, pour dirt on 'Silent Sam' at University of North Carolina",Washington Times,"Protesters at the University of North Carolina have toppled and desecrated a Confederate monument on campus, chanting “Next up, Charlottesville.”",right
15732,Protesters Tear Down Confederate Statue at UNC,['Politics'],Teardown of North Carolina Confederate statue sparks criminal probe,Reuters,"University of North Carolina police began a criminal probe on Tuesday into the tearing down by activists of a statue of a Confederate soldier, the latest action to dismantle U.S. Civil War symbols amid debate about race and the legacy of slavery.",center
15733,Protesters Tear Down Confederate Statue at UNC,['Politics'],"The Dramatic Fall of Silent Sam, UNC’s Confederate Monument",The Atlantic,"Protesters toppled the 1913 statue Monday night, making it the latest Civil War memorial to be removed either by government or by demonstrators acting on their own.",left
15734,"Biden Hosts German Chancellor, French President Travels to Moscow for Ukraine Talks","['World', 'Europe', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Germany', 'Nord Stream 2', 'War']","Macron Heads to Moscow to Push ‘Historic Solution’ to Ukraine Crisis, Kremlin Expects No ‘Breakthrough’",The Epoch Times,"French President Emmanuel Macron told a French newspaper on Sunday that he hopes for a “historic solution” to the Ukraine–Russia crisis as he heads to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but a Kremlin spokesperson sought to temper expectations, saying no big breakthrough is expected.
Macron told the Journal du Dimanche newspaper that he believes Putin is open to talks on defusing tensions that have been ratcheted up in recent weeks as Western leaders have expressed concerns that a Russian troop buildup near Ukraine’s border is setting the stage for an invasion.
White House...",right
15735,"Biden Hosts German Chancellor, French President Travels to Moscow for Ukraine Talks","['World', 'Europe', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Germany', 'Nord Stream 2', 'War']",Germany's Scholz meets Biden as the new chancellor's resolve on Ukraine is tested,CNN (Online News),"As the standoff between Russia and the West enters a potentially decisive phase, President Joe Biden meets Monday at the White House with Germany's new chancellor, whose willingness to confront Moscow alongside the United States has been called into question.
Olaf Scholz took office in December, succeeding a towering figure in global politics -- Angela Merkel -- whose absence during the current crisis is being felt on both sides of the Atlantic.
Scholz arrives in Washington as Russian President Vladimir Putin has assembled 70% of the military personnel and weapons on Ukraine's borders he would need for a full-scale...",left
15736,"Biden Hosts German Chancellor, French President Travels to Moscow for Ukraine Talks","['World', 'Europe', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Germany', 'Nord Stream 2', 'War']",Ukraine crisis talks move to Moscow and Washington,Associated Press,"International efforts to defuse the standoff over Ukraine intensified Monday, with French President Emmanuel Macron holding talks in Moscow and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Washington to coordinate policies as fears of a Russian invasion mounted.
The buildup of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine has fueled Western worries of a possible offensive. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan warned Sunday that Russia could invade Ukraine “any day,” triggering a conflict that would come at an “enormous human cost.”
Russia has denied any plans to attack its neighbor but demands...",left
15737,Media Coverage of Alleged Biden Sexual Assault Sparks Bias Accusations,"['Media Industry', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Media Bias']",Here's How the Media Will Fix Biden's #MeToo Problem,Townhall,"Pressure is mounting for former Vice President Joe Biden to finally address the allegations made by Tara Reade, a former staffer when Biden was a senator in the mid-1990s.
Up until now, the legacy media has formed a bit of a barricade around the Democrat's presumptive nominee for president by simply ignoring the story altogether, a privilege they did not afford now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation process.
As Mollie Hemingway has pointed out at The Federalist, the double standard in how media outlets treated unfounded, uncorroborated allegations...",right
15738,Media Coverage of Alleged Biden Sexual Assault Sparks Bias Accusations,"['Media Industry', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Media Bias']",Trump allies highlight new claims regarding allegations against Biden,Washington Post,"Some allies of President Trump pointed Monday to new claims by a woman who said she was told about sexual assault allegations against Joe Biden decades ago, renewing attention to questions about the past behavior of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
Apparent corroboration surfaced this week for elements of two accusations made by Biden’s former Senate aide Tara Reade, one involving harassment and the second a sexual assault. Biden has not commented on the allegations, but his campaign has denied them and pointed to his record on women’s rights and...",left
15739,Media Coverage of Alleged Biden Sexual Assault Sparks Bias Accusations,"['Media Industry', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Media Bias']",Media sure are treating Biden sexual assault allegations differently now that he's Democrats' only hope,Washington Examiner,"When Joe Biden entered the 2020 presidential primary, the media decided that they were suddenly very, very concerned that the former vice president was so touchy-feely with women, grabbing them and sniffing their hair. Biden's relentless touchiness and lack of respect for personal space had been documented and memed for years, but it only became a problem once he stood in the way of a madam president.
Biden should feel very lucky that Tara Reade waited before speaking up in greater detail until after he had clinched the Democratic nomination....",right
15740,"Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report Says 1,000 Children Were Sexually Abused by Catholic Priests",['Sexual Misconduct'],"Oral sex, then holy water: Report documents abuse by priests",Associated Press,"A priest raped a 7-year-old girl while he was visiting her in the hospital after she’d had her tonsils removed. Another priest forced a 9-year-old boy into having oral sex, then rinsed out the boy’s mouth with holy water. One boy was forced to say confession to the priest who sexually abused him.",left
15741,"Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report Says 1,000 Children Were Sexually Abused by Catholic Priests",['Sexual Misconduct'],"Catholic officials, Vatican systematically covered up priest sex abuse, report reveals",Washington Times,"A landmark grand jury report says hundreds of priests preyed on boys and girls in six Pennsylvania dioceses, where at least 1,000 were sexually assaulted over decades as top church officials, including Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, and the Vatican systematically worked to cover it up.",right
15742,"Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report Says 1,000 Children Were Sexually Abused by Catholic Priests",['Sexual Misconduct'],"Pennsylvania Priest Accused of Child Abuse Given Disney World Job Reference by Diocese, Grand Jury Report Says",Newsweek,"A Pennsylvania grand jury report spanning over 1,300 pages was released on Tuesday, detailing various sexual abuses that occurred in six Pennsylvania dioceses, including one instance in which a priest received a letter of reference for a job at Walt Disney World after he quit following abuse claims.",center
15743,Obama DNC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama DNC speech: ‘You are the change’,Politico,"President Barack Obama asked the nation Thursday to choose a “harder path to long-term economic prosperity, outlining grand economic promises for a second term in office and describing the 2012 election as a vote on the nature of American citizenship.",left
15744,Obama DNC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama Accepts Nomination, Says His Plan Leads to a 'Better Place'",ABC News (Online),"President Obama, greeted by tumultuous cheers of Democratic Party stalwarts, promised to lead America to a ""better place"" tonight if voters agree to the follow the ""harder"" and ""longer"" path he has mapped to restore the country's economy and the sense of hope and opportunity.",left
15745,Obama DNC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Lackluster Obama: Change Is Hard, Give Me More Time",Townhall,"It's finally over. Obama hasn't gotten any bump yet, but I've expected that to change. Now I'm not so sure for reasons discussed below. Either way, Team Romney is ready to ""carpet bomb"" battleground states with ads starting Friday. The last two hours of tonight's proceedings were the Biden and Obama show, so let's dig in:",right
15746,Perspectives: Biden's Handling of Immigration Questioned Across the Spectrum,"['Immigration', 'Del Rio', 'Border Crisis', 'Joe Biden']","On border and beyond, is Biden agenda ‘America First’?",Christian Science Monitor,"President Joe Biden is a very different national leader than his predecessor. But when it comes to dealing with the rest of the world, there are similarities: President Biden has kept in place some major Trump foreign policies that candidate Biden decried as ineffective or inhumane.
Exhibit A for this may be the forced deportation of Haitians from a crowded makeshift camp in Texas. Images of Border Patrol agents on horseback confronting migrants seemed painfully reminiscent of aggressive Trump-era southern border controls.
Mr. Biden also, of course, withdrew U.S. troops...",center
15747,Perspectives: Biden's Handling of Immigration Questioned Across the Spectrum,"['Immigration', 'Del Rio', 'Border Crisis', 'Joe Biden']",Biden caught between allies and critics on border policy,Associated Press Fact Check,"President Joe Biden is caught between a hard place and an even harder one when it comes to immigration.
Biden embraced major progressive policy goals on the issue after he won the Democratic nomination, and he has begun enacting some. But his administration has been forced to confront unusually high numbers of migrants trying to enter the country along the U.S.-Mexico border, and the federal response has inflamed both critics and allies.
Much of the anger is centered on the administration’s immigration point person, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
“Getting hit from both...",left
15748,Perspectives: Biden's Handling of Immigration Questioned Across the Spectrum,"['Immigration', 'Del Rio', 'Border Crisis', 'Joe Biden']","Biden’s Immigration Treachery Threatens the Nation, Not Just National Security",National Review,"The photographs that should be seared in your memory from the Del Rio debacle are not those of Border Patrol agents on horseback, defamed by their federal superiors — and in particular, by President Biden himself — for daring to do their job.
Focus instead on the photos of police vehicles arrayed in long, imposing rows on the American side of the river — state police vehicles, ordered to secure the border by the governor of Texas.
Does Governor Abbott have the authority to deploy a “steel wall” of Lone Star State troopers?  Well, he...",right
15749,"Colin Powell Expresses Concern Over Trump's Comments on the Press, Says ""It's Become 'Me the President' instead of 'We the People'""",['Politics'],Colin Powell warns Donald Trump is trying to destroy “what’s kept us alive”,Salon,"In a blistering rebuke, a former secretary of state from a Republican administration admitted that he does not know if President Donald Trump could be a moral leader for the world, because ""right now that is not the way he is acting.""",left
15750,"Colin Powell Expresses Concern Over Trump's Comments on the Press, Says ""It's Become 'Me the President' instead of 'We the People'""",['Politics'],"Go Away, Colin Powell: Trump Should ‘Really Stop Insulting People’",The Daily Wire,"""He should really stop insulting people""",right
15751,"Colin Powell Expresses Concern Over Trump's Comments on the Press, Says ""It's Become 'Me the President' instead of 'We the People'""",['Politics'],Colin Powell: It’s now ‘me the president’ instead of ‘we the people’,The Hill,"Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday said he doesn't believe President Trump can be a moral leader, adding that it has become ""me the president"" for Trump, instead of ""we the people.""",center
15752,"'With or without congress,' Trump Will Secure Border Wall Mulvaney Says","['White House', 'Politics']",Mick Mulvaney: Trump to secure border 'with or without Congress',Washington Times,Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Sunday said President Trump will ultimately secure the border and work to defend the nation with or without cooperation from Congress.,right
15753,"'With or without congress,' Trump Will Secure Border Wall Mulvaney Says","['White House', 'Politics']","President Trump, After Shutdown Ends, Says ‘We Will Build the Wall’",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump showed no sign this weekend he was prepared to give up his insistence on a border wall, as negotiators prepare to begin talks aimed at keeping the government open and resolving a bitter impasse over funding for the wall.",center
15754,"'With or without congress,' Trump Will Secure Border Wall Mulvaney Says","['White House', 'Politics']","Trump will secure border ‘with or without Congress,’ Mulvaney says",Washington Post,"The White House chief of staff said Trump will ultimately be judged by what happens at the end of negotiations over border security, not by Friday’s deal to reopen the government.",left
15755,Two NYPD Officers Murdered,['Violence In America'],NYPD shooter had 'very strong bias' against police,USA TODAY,"The suspect identified in the shooting of two New York City police officers shot his ex-girlfriend in the Baltimore area early Saturday before posting on her Instagram account and other social media, New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton said at a news conference.",left
15756,Two NYPD Officers Murdered,['Violence In America'],"Tragedy: Murdered NYPD Police Officers Taken From Wives, Child Days Before Christmas",Townhall,"Earlier today in Brooklyn, two New York City police officers were shot execution style in broad daylight by a gang member from Baltimore. The officers were killed while sitting in their patrol car. They were in the area working overtime and participating in an anti-terrorism exercise. They didn't have the chance to pull their weapons in defense.
Their names were Officer Wenjian Liu and Officer Rafael Ramos. Officer Liu was recently married and is survived by his wife. Officer Ramos turned 40 on December 12 and leaves behind his...",right
15757,Two NYPD Officers Murdered,['Violence In America'],Two police officers shot and killed in New York City: what we know,Vox,"Two New York City police officers were shot and killed in Brooklyn on Saturday.
The story is developing. It's possible that some early reports are wrong, and the known facts could change substantially in the coming hours, days, and weeks. Here's what we know so far, what's being reported but isn't yet confirmed, and how key officials in New York and elsewhere are reacting.",left
15758,New Year’s Resolution: Bridge Divides,['Bridging Divides'],Don’t Go Bowling Alone: Recommitting to Community in 2018,National Review,Getting together with friends and neighbors is an essential part of our democratic society.,right
15759,New Year’s Resolution: Bridge Divides,['Bridging Divides'],Come out of the political closet in 2018 and help heal our divide,Joan Blades,"Call it a domestic peace initiative: Stop judging people unkindly, start making real connections based on shared values. And we do have some.",left
15760,New Year’s Resolution: Bridge Divides,['Bridging Divides'],Biden consoles Meghan McCain over father's cancer on 'The View',The Hill,Former Vice President Joe Biden comforted Meghan McCain on “The View” Wednesday after the panelist and daughter of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) became emotional while discussing her father’s brain cancer diagnosis.,center
15761,GOP Convention Speakers,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Republican convention’s ‘non-conventional’ list: Model, astronaut and Trump clan",Washington Post,"Donald Trump’s convention will feature an eclectic mix of cultural figures, from the first woman to command a space shuttle mission to the survivors of the 2012 Benghazi attacks to an underwear model.",left
15762,GOP Convention Speakers,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Republican convention speakers: Tebow, Ivanka Trump, Gingrich, Lt. Gen. Flynn",CNN (Online News),"The planned speakers at the Republican National Convention include Heisman-winning quarterback Tim Tebow, Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Peter Thiel, the billionaire Silicon Valley entrepreneur.",left
15763,GOP Convention Speakers,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Speakers List: Trump's convention has pols and celebs,Fox News (Online News),"There are war heroes, a casino mogul and even an underwear model, yet Donald Trump is relying heavily on his party's establishment to fill the speaking program for next week's Republican National Convention.",right
15764,Representative Katie Hill (D-CA) Resigns Amid Allegations Of Staffer Relationship,"['US House', 'Katie Hill', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Freshman Democrat embroiled in scandal to resign,Washington Times,"Rep. Katie Hill on Sunday announced her resignation from Congress amid a House Ethics Committee investigation into her alleged involvement in a bisexual love triangle and an affair with a member of her congressional staff.
“It is with a broken heart that today I announce my resignation from Congress,” Ms. Hill said in a statement. “This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do, but I believe it is the best thing for my constituents, my community, and our country.”
The freshman California Democrat is embroiled in a...",right
15765,Representative Katie Hill (D-CA) Resigns Amid Allegations Of Staffer Relationship,"['US House', 'Katie Hill', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Everything you need to know about the controversial rise and fall of Katie Hill,Washington Post,"After she won reelection last year as part of a historic, female-driven wave for House Democrats, the party picked Rep. Katie Hill (Calif.) to be one of its faces of success.
She is young (32), diverse (one of the first openly bisexual members of Congress), politically astute (her first time running for office was for this seat) and from the kind of district that helped the Democrats win back the House last year and that they hope to keep.
But as swift as her rise came her fall. Hill is...",left
15766,Representative Katie Hill (D-CA) Resigns Amid Allegations Of Staffer Relationship,"['US House', 'Katie Hill', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Katie Hill: US congresswoman resigns amid affair allegations,BBC News,"US lawmaker Katie Hill has announced her resignation from Congress, following allegations that she had an affair with a Capitol Hill aide.
The California Democrat, who has denied the claim, said she was stepping down with a ""broken heart"".
""I believe it is the best thing for my constituents, my community, and our country,"" she wrote on Twitter.
The resignation came days after she was placed under investigation by the House of Representatives Ethics Committee.
Why is there an investigation?
The ethics committee launched an inquiry after conservative blog...",center
15767,Trump Casts Doubt on North Korea Summit,"['North Korea', 'World']",OPINION: Trump's North Korea summit was a history-making gamble. Now it may not happen.,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump's spur-of-the-moment decision to agree to a face-to-face meeting with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un represented an unprecedented opportunity, but also a huge risk, most recently highlighted by a case of cold feet on both sides.",left
15768,Trump Casts Doubt on North Korea Summit,"['North Korea', 'World']",Trump says summit with North Korea's Kim Jong-un may be delayed,BBC News,"President Donald Trump has said there is a ""very substantial chance"" a historic summit with North Korea's Kim Jong-un next month may not happen.",center
15769,Trump Casts Doubt on North Korea Summit,"['North Korea', 'World']",Trump says summit with North Korea ‘may not work out’ for June 12,Washington Times,President hints that China may be undermining nuclear talks with Kim Jong-un.,right
15770,"Trump Reverses Course on Stimulus, Urges Congressional Approval","['Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Polarization', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Life During Covid-19']",Trump says he’s willing to sign independent COVID-19 relief measures,New York Post (News),"President Trump on Tuesday night said he’s willing to pass several independent coronavirus relief measures — including a new round of stimulus checks — hours after pushing for a pause in negotiations on a new aid package.
“If I am sent a Stand Alone Bill for Stimulus Checks ($1,200), they will go out to our great people IMMEDIATELY. I am ready to sign right now. Are you listening Nancy?” Trump tweeted.
“The House & Senate should IMMEDIATELY Approve 25 Billion Dollars for Airline Payroll Support, & 135 Billion Dollars for...",right
15771,"Trump Reverses Course on Stimulus, Urges Congressional Approval","['Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Polarization', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Life During Covid-19']","Trump Urges Congress To Pass $1,200 Stimulus Checks, Paycheck Protection Funds After Ending Talks",Forbes,"Hours after canceling negotiations with Democrats over stimulus legislation on Tuesday and pledging to pass a bill after the election, President Trump backtracked by calling on Congress to send him standalone bills that would cover individual aspects of the package under negotiation.
Trump called on Congress to “IMMEDIATELY approve” $25 billion in airline payroll support and $135 billion in funding for the paycheck protection program through unused funds in the CARES Act, before adding that he would sign a standalone $1,200 stimulus check bill and tagging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,...",center
15772,"Trump Reverses Course on Stimulus, Urges Congressional Approval","['Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Polarization', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Life During Covid-19']","In late-night tweets, Trump changes course on coronavirus relief talks",ABC News (Online),"In a pair of late-night tweets, President Donald Trump, changed course on negotiating coronavirus relief that he had earlier announced he was calling off until after the election.
""The House & Senate should IMMEDIATELY Approve 25 Billion Dollars for Airline Payroll Support, & 135 Billion Dollars for Paycheck Protection Program for Small Business. Both of these will be fully paid for with unused funds from the Cares Act. Have this money. I will sign now!"" he posted shortly before 10 p.m.
""If I am sent a Stand Alone Bill for...",left
15773,Trump Renews Threat To Declare National Emergency,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump administration lays groundwork to declare national emergency to build wall,Washington Post,"The White House has begun laying the groundwork for a declaration of national emergency to build President Trump’s border wall, a move certain to set off a firestorm of opposition in Congress and the courts but one that could pave the way for an end to the three-week government shutdown.",left
15774,Trump Renews Threat To Declare National Emergency,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",US shutdown: Trump renews national emergency threat over wall,BBC News,President Donald Trump has renewed a threat to declare a national emergency to fund the construction of a wall on the Mexican border.,center
15775,Trump Renews Threat To Declare National Emergency,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump edges closer to declaring national emergency to build border wall without Democrats' OK,Washington Times,Mike Pence says that the president 'is going to get this done one way or the other'.,right
15776,Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $572 Million by Oklahoma Judge,"['Opioids', 'Johnson & Johnson', 'Prescription Drugs', 'Pharmaceuticals', 'Opioid Crisis', 'Public Health']","Johnson & Johnson must pay over $572 million for its role in Oklahoma opioid crisis, judge rules",NBC News (Online),"An Oklahoma judge on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay over $572 million for pushing doctors to prescribe opioids while downplaying the risks of addiction, actions that state prosecutors said helped fuel the state's opioid epidemic andled to more than 6,000 deaths over nearly two decades.
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter claimed in court that the sales push by Johnson & Johnson and its pharmaceutical subsidiary, Janssen, starting in the 1990s had created “a public nuisance” that led to the deaths.
J&J denied any wrongdoing, and its attorney, John...",left
15777,Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $572 Million by Oklahoma Judge,"['Opioids', 'Johnson & Johnson', 'Prescription Drugs', 'Pharmaceuticals', 'Opioid Crisis', 'Public Health']",Johnson & Johnson to pay $572M in damages over opioid crisis,New York Post (News),"Johnson & Johnson will be forced to pay more than a half-billion dollars in damages after an Oklahoma judge on Monday ruled the drug maker accountable for fueling the state’s opioid epidemic, according to a report.
The pharmaceutical giant will be forced to pay the state of Oklahoma $572 million as part of the landmark case, which is the first in the US seeking to hold companies responsible for creating an oversupply of addictive painkillers, CNN reported.
Issuing his ruling against Johnson & Johnson, Oklahoma Judge Thad Balkan called the...",right
15778,Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $572 Million by Oklahoma Judge,"['Opioids', 'Johnson & Johnson', 'Prescription Drugs', 'Pharmaceuticals', 'Opioid Crisis', 'Public Health']",Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $572 Million in Oklahoma Opioid Case,Wall Street Journal (News),"Johnson & Johnson must pay $572 million for contributing to an opioid-addiction crisis in Oklahoma, a judge there ruled Monday in a closely watched trial.
The verdict comes in the first case to go to trial of more than 2,000 brought by state and local municipalities nationwide seeking to hold the pharmaceutical industry accountable for widespread opioid abuse.
In siding with the Oklahoma attorney general, state court judge Thad Balkman rejected Johnson & Johnson’s arguments that it lawfully marketed and sold its prescription painkillers and isn’t to blame for a...",center
15779,Conservative Trump Critics Start PAC to Stop His 2020 Bid,"['Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'George Conway', 'Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'GOP', 'Elections']",George Conway and other conservative critics launch PAC to take down Trump,Politico,"A group of conservative critics of President Donald Trump — including lawyer George Conway, husband of White House aide Kellyanne Conway — is launching a super PAC that will spend the next year working against Trump’s reelection and Trump loyalism within the GOP.
“Patriotism and the survival of our nation in the face of the crimes, corruption and corrosive nature of Donald Trump are a higher calling than mere politics,” the founders of the Lincoln Project wrote in a New York Times opinion piece published Tuesday. “As Americans, we must...",left
15780,Conservative Trump Critics Start PAC to Stop His 2020 Bid,"['Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'George Conway', 'Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'GOP', 'Elections']",Trump conservative critics launch PAC to fight reelection,Associated Press,"NEW YORK (AP) — A small group of President Donald Trump’s fiercest conservative critics, including the husband of the president’s own chief adviser, is launching a super PAC designed to fight Trump’s reelection and punish congressional Republicans deemed his “enablers.”
The new organization, known as the Lincoln Project, represents a formal step forward for the so-called Never Trump movement, which has been limited largely to social media commentary and cable news attacks through the first three years of Trump’s presidency. Organizers report fundraising commitments exceeding $1 million to begin, although...",left
15781,Conservative Trump Critics Start PAC to Stop His 2020 Bid,"['Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'George Conway', 'Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'GOP', 'Elections']",‘Empty faith led by a bogus prophet’: George Conway leads Never Trumpers denouncing president,Washington Examiner,"A group of President Trump’s staunchest critics, including White House counselor Kellyanne Conway’s husband, is starting a super PAC in hopes of stopping his reelection.
The organization, dubbed the Lincoln Project, is led by a seven-person advisory council, including conservative lawyer George Conway, former John McCain adviser Steve Schmidt, former John Kasich adviser John Weaver, veteran Republican operative Rick Wilson, political strategist Reed Galen, former chairwoman of the New Hampshire Republican Party Jennifer Horn, and former political director of the California Republican Party Mike Madrid.
Their efforts launched Tuesday, and...",right
15782,Republicans Push House to Hold Impeachment Vote,"['US Congress', 'US Constitution', 'Politics', 'Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'US House']",Trump's impeach-me strategy,Axios,"President Trump is going all in. He declared he has the ""absolute right"" to call for foreign nations to investigate political rivals — publicly calling on China to investigate the Bidens — and he plans to ask Democrats to vote on starting impeachment or get stonewalled.
Why it matters: It now seems increasingly inevitable the House will impeach Trump. Think about it this way: Imagine a Democrat who called for impeachment before the China comment voting against impeachment after it.",center
15783,Republicans Push House to Hold Impeachment Vote,"['US Congress', 'US Constitution', 'Politics', 'Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'US House']",Judge Napolitano backs White House's legal argument refusing to comply with impeachment inquiry,Fox News (Online News),"Fox News senior judicial analyst and Fox Nation host Judge Andrew Napolitano backed the legal argument behind a White House letter expected to be sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arguing that the White House does not have to comply with the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry.",right
15784,Republicans Push House to Hold Impeachment Vote,"['US Congress', 'US Constitution', 'Politics', 'Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'US House']",Republicans dare Pelosi to hold impeachment vote,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN)Republicans are daring House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to hold a formal impeachment vote against President Donald Trump, new Republican National Committee talking points obtained by CNN indicate.
The talking points don't appear to defend the President's behavior on a call flagged in a whistleblower complaint that is now at the center of the impeachment inquiry, which indicated that Trump asked Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden's family over baseless corruption claims.
The talking points also do not address the text messages released on Thursday between US...",left
15785,Laura Ingraham Facing Boycott Over David Hogg Tweet,['Media Bias'],Conservative attacks on March for Our Lives leaders are getting very personal,Vox,A Fox News host is under fire after taunting a Parkland survivor over his college rejections.,left
15786,Laura Ingraham Facing Boycott Over David Hogg Tweet,['Media Bias'],Ads pulled from Ingraham show after she mocked Parkland survivor,Reuters,At least seven companies said on Thursday they were dropping advertisements from Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show after the conservative pundit mocked a teenage survivor of the Florida school massacre on Twitter and he responded with a call for a boycott.,center
15787,Laura Ingraham Facing Boycott Over David Hogg Tweet,['Media Bias'],The Laura Ingraham Boycott Has Nothing To Do With Decency. It Has Everything To Do With Politics.,The Daily Wire,"On Wednesday, Laura Ingraham tweeted out an ill-advised knock on Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg. She tweeted that she believed Hogg had been whiny in discussing his rejection from certain colleges:",right
15788,House Democrats Pass $3 Trillion 'HEROES Act'; Republicans Condemn it,"['Coronavirus', 'Stimulus Package', 'Heroes Act', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US Senate', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'US House', 'Politics']",What's in the House Democrats' $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill?,CBS News (Online),"Washington — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a massive coronavirus relief bill on Tuesday, the fifth proposed legislation related to the economic fallout from the pandemic. The House is expected to vote on the $3 trillion proposal on Friday, although it is considered dead on arrival in the Republican-controlled Senate.
The bill, which spans more than 1,800 pages, is known as the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act, or HEROES Act. Here's a rundown of some of the bill's highlights:",left
15789,House Democrats Pass $3 Trillion 'HEROES Act'; Republicans Condemn it,"['Coronavirus', 'Stimulus Package', 'Heroes Act', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US Senate', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'US House', 'Politics']","Republicans ‘Appalled’ By $3 Trillion Heroes Act, As Democrats Urge Its Passing",Forbes,"TOPLINE With the House of Representatives passing the $3 trillion Heroes Act late on Friday, political leaders have largely reacted to the legislation along party lines, with Democrats urging for immediate action in the Senate while Republicans condemned the bill and reiterated that it is dead on arrival.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reiterated his support for the bill and called for action in the Senate, urging McConnell that “we need to act NOW” because “Americans can’t afford to wait.”",center
15790,House Democrats Pass $3 Trillion 'HEROES Act'; Republicans Condemn it,"['Coronavirus', 'Stimulus Package', 'Heroes Act', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US Senate', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'US House', 'Politics']",Murky prospects for further pandemic relief as economy suffers record hits to output and retail sales,Washington Examiner,"Prospects for another round of economic relief from Washington are hazy.
House Democrats passed a $3 trillion fiscal package Friday, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Trump have indicated they’re not interested in negotiating it.
Republicans have derided the 1,800-page bill as a liberal wish list. Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma called it “a Democratic agenda masquerading as a response to the coronavirus pandemic.”",right
15791,What Does the LA City Council Scandal Reveal About Race and Politics?,"['Race And Racism', 'City Council', 'Racism', 'Latin Americans', 'Black Americans', 'Redistricting']",Latino L.A. City Council members' racist slurs expose the problem that undercuts progress,NBC News (Online),"Some may want to see the explosive, racist diatribes of a handful of prominent Los Angeles City Council members as an unfortunate incident that will eventually fade away. They might dismiss the remarks revealed in a leaked audio as isolated and confined to a few Latino leaders.
But the reality is that such prejudice from Latino to Latino and Latino to other racial groups is not so uncommon. Call it anti-Black racism, colorism, classism — it all adds up to a destructive strain that is not so hidden in Latino...",left
15792,What Does the LA City Council Scandal Reveal About Race and Politics?,"['Race And Racism', 'City Council', 'Racism', 'Latin Americans', 'Black Americans', 'Redistricting']",L.A.'s Leaked City Council Tape Reminds Us Why 'Smoke-Filled Rooms' Are Bad,Reason,"The rampant cable news attention seeking and kayfabe committee hearings that characterize politics today have an ideologically diverse set of pundits yearning for a return of the ""smoke-filled room."" There, the argument goes, politicians could hash out policy in private, frank conversations away from all the bad incentives created by TV cameras and records requests.
""Sometimes,"" wrote Jonathan Rauch in 2015, ""the only thing wrong with smoke-filled rooms is the smoke.""
The intensifying scandal surrounding three Los Angeles City councilmembers caught on a surreptitious recording making racist remarks during one...",right
15793,What Does the LA City Council Scandal Reveal About Race and Politics?,"['Race And Racism', 'City Council', 'Racism', 'Latin Americans', 'Black Americans', 'Redistricting']",L.A. City Council crisis exposes Black-Latino divisions — and unity,Axios,"The Los Angeles Latino council members who used racist language in a leaked recording have exposed the conflicts — but also the solidarity — between Black and Latino residents.
Why it matters: As the country, especially major cities, becomes more diverse, how Latinos and Black Americans work together today may define the nation's future around civil rights and equality.
Driving the news: Los Angeles councilmember Nury Martinez resigned from office yesterday following pressure from a coalition of Black and Latino activists and political leaders over her racist remarks during a...",center
15794,Showdown on Syria expected at G-20 Summit,['Middle East'],Obama Arrives In Russia For G20 Summit,HuffPost,President Barack Obama is heading into the lions den of Russia confronting Syria's key patron as well as foreign leaders skeptical of his call for an international military strike against Bashar Assad's government.,left
15795,Showdown on Syria expected at G-20 Summit,['Middle East'],Showdown on Syria chemical weapons expected at G-20 summit in Russia,CNN (Online News),Its supposed to be a summit about the global economy but the debate over possible military strikes against Syria is already overshadowing the G-20 conference.,left
15796,Showdown on Syria expected at G-20 Summit,['Middle East'],Obama to 'engage' Putin on Syria action at G20 summit,Fox News (Online News),President Obama says that he'll continue to make his case to Russia's Vladimir Putin to ease off his support of the Assad regime in Syria ahead of what could be a tense visit to St. Petersburg.,right
15797,Oregon Gov Resigns,['Politics'],Gov. John Kitzhaber of Oregon Resigns Amid Crisis,New York Times (News),"Gov. John Kitzhaber, long regarded as a wily survivor of Oregon politics, resigned Friday amid a spiraling crisis that included a criminal investigation of the role that his fiancée played in his administration and crumbling support from his Democratic Party colleagues.
It was a steep and rapid fall for Mr. Kitzhaber, 67, a former emergency room doctor who won an unprecedented fourth term as governor in November. His resignation",left
15798,Oregon Gov Resigns,['Politics'],'Greek tragedy' leads to governor's resignation,CNN (Online News),"Gov. John Kitzhaber's dizzying fall from grace this week had all the trappings, one Democratic Oregon legislator remarked, of a ""Greek tragedy.""
He announced his resignation on Friday, capping a dramatic week that put Oregon's political scene on the national stage. He faced growing calls to resign from the state's top Democratic officials amid a scandal surrounding his fiancee's work advising him and his staff on environmental policy, while also being paid by a group advocating on the issue.
Adding a touch of com",left
15799,Oregon Gov Resigns,['Politics'],Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber resigns amid ethics scandal,Washington Times,"Oregon Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber submitted his resignation Friday amid allegations that his fiancée Cylvia Hayes used their public positions for private gain, accepting money from private environmental nonprofits to pursue green policies in the state.
The announcement has not yet been made public but sources with direct knowledge of the matter told local news station KOIN 6 that Mr. Kitzhaber met with administration officials Friday morning to make his plans known.
Reports surfaced",right
15800,Milwaukee Urges Residents to Stop Vaping,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",Milwaukee warns people to stop vaping 'immediately' as health officials investigate outbreak of severe lung illnesses after one death and nearly 200 hospitalizations are linked to e-cigarettes,Daily Mail,"Milwaukee has warned people to stop vaping 'immediately' amid an outbreak of severe lung illnesses as health officials across the U.S. rush to investigate at least one death and nearly 200 hospitalizations that have been linked to e-cigarette usage.
The health alert issued in Milwaukee on Wednesday comes after 16 people in the city were hospitalized with severe lung illnesses this month.
Those who were hospitalized, including both adults and teenagers, all said they had smoked e-cigarettes or vaped marijuana oils and extracts in the weeks or months...",right
15801,Milwaukee Urges Residents to Stop Vaping,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",City of Milwaukee urges everyone who lives there to stop vaping immediately,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)The city of Milwaukee issued a stern warning to residents: Stop vaping immediately.
The advisory came after 16 people in Wisconsin were hospitalized with chemical pneumonia, a severe illness that causes lung inflammation, the Milwaukee health department said.
All of them reported vaping or ""dabbing""--inhaling potent marijuana products--before they were hospitalized, the department said.",left
15802,Milwaukee Urges Residents to Stop Vaping,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",Milwaukee urges people to stop vaping immediately amid lung disease outbreak,USA TODAY,"MILWAUKEE – The city of Milwaukee issued a health alert Wednesday urging people to stop vaping immediately amid an outbreak of lung disease doctors suspect is linked to e-cigarettes.
Milwaukee's alert comes as federal officials say there are some 200 potential cases of lung disease linked to e-cigarettes reported by 22 states.
There are 16 confirmed cases in cases in Wisconsin, with 15 other cases under investigation, state health officials said.",left
15803,Activist's Endorsement of Joe Biden Incites Backlash After Assault Claim,"['Joe Biden', 'Criminal Justice', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Alyssa Milano Discovers Due Process,National Review,"It’s one thing to adopt a poorly formed set of principles and foist them on others at every opportunity. It’s another to apply those principles unflinchingly to one’s political opponents while giving allies a free pass.
Celebrity Alyssa Milano — who is famous now mostly for having once been famous — has lately become an expert in this sort of hypocrisy, as she has cashed in her social-media currency to become a useless fixture of our increasingly useless political debates.
Unlike most of our cultural icons, she has declined to...",right
15804,Activist's Endorsement of Joe Biden Incites Backlash After Assault Claim,"['Joe Biden', 'Criminal Justice', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Sexual Misconduct']","Rose McGowan trashes 'fraud' Alyssa Milano for backing Biden amid assault claim, invokes Kavanaugh hypocrisy",Fox News (Online News),"Actress-turned-activist Rose McGowan eviscerated her former ""Charmed"" co-star Alyssa Milano for her continued support for former Vice President Joe Biden amid a newly surfaced sexual assault accusation.
Milano, who was an outspoken advocate for the #MeToo movement and a celebrity endorser of the Democratic front-runner, addressed her ""silence"" on the 1993 assault allegation made Tara Reade, a former staffer for the then-senator who came forward with her assault claim last month.
""I had not publicly said anything about this- if you remember, it kind of took me a long time...",right
15805,Activist's Endorsement of Joe Biden Incites Backlash After Assault Claim,"['Joe Biden', 'Criminal Justice', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Alyssa Milano Sparks Backlash For ‘Hypocritical Defense’ of Joe Biden Amid Allegation: ‘You Are a Fraud’,Mediaite,"Actress and activist Alyssa Milano sparked backlash on Twitter when she defended Democratic candidate Joe Biden despite the fact that his former staffer Tara Reade came forward with assault allegations.
Milano had previously received criticism for her silence regarding Biden’s harassment allegations, so she explained on a radio interview with Andy Cohen that she was skeptical that Reade’s statements were credible.
“I’ve been very vocal for Biden and my support for him and I did do my due diligence because part of it was that Times Up decided not to...",left
15806,Analysis From Day One Of Public Impeachment Hearings,"['Impeachment Hearings', 'US House', 'Politics']",7 Moments That Stood Out From The 1st Day Of The Trump Impeachment Hearings,NPR (Online News),"Two witnesses seen as crucial to the case against President Trump in the impeachment inquiry testified Wednesday.
Much of what was said by acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor and George Kent, the State Department's top official on Ukraine policy, was previously known from their lengthy depositions released last week.
But there were some new things — and several moments that stood out. Here are seven:
1. A new detail from a new witness emerges
Taylor revealed that in the past week, a member of his staff shared some...",left
15807,Analysis From Day One Of Public Impeachment Hearings,"['Impeachment Hearings', 'US House', 'Politics']",Day One of public impeachment hearings puts pressure on moderate Dems,Fox News (Online News),"All eyes were on moderate House Democrats in swing districts Wednesday night, after the first day of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry against President Trump wrapped up with no major revelations -- but also highlighted weaknesses in Democrats' key witnesses, who relied primarily on second-hand information and never once interacted with the president.
At one point in Wednesday's hearing, Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., even appeared to embrace hearsay testimony, claiming that ""hearsay can be much better evidence than direct"" and that ""countless people have been convicted on hearsay because...",right
15808,Analysis From Day One Of Public Impeachment Hearings,"['Impeachment Hearings', 'US House', 'Politics']","After one day of TV hearings, the impeachment battle lines remain the same",CNN (Online News),"Thirty-eight minutes into his opening statement during Wednesday's impeachment hearing, Amb. Bill Taylor, the career foreign service officer and top US diplomat to Ukraine, paused, took a drink of water, and delivered the day's biggest bombshell.
Less than a week earlier, Taylor learned that a member of his staff had overheard President Donald Trump discussing ""the investigations"" in Ukraine while on the phone with EU ambassador Gordon Sondland. That newly disclosed call took place on July 26, one day after the now infamous call between Trump and new Ukrainian president...",left
15809,Hopefuls Aim At Hillary,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']","At NH summit, GOP 2016 hopefuls take turns attacking Clinton ahead of her arrival",Fox News (Online News),"GOP presidential hopefuls turned up their attacks Saturday on Hillary Clinton -- taking turns piling on the 2016 Democratic presidential frontrunner during a party summit in New Hampshire.
The first five 2016 GOP presidential candidates or potential candidates used at least some of their stage time at the Republican Leadership Summit, in Nashua, N.H., to criticize Clinton, who is scheduled to be in the state Monday and Tuesday.
“I’m starting to worry that when Clinton travels she'll need two planes -- one for her and her e",right
15810,Hopefuls Aim At Hillary,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']","At Republican Gathering, All Talk Is of Hillary Clinton (None of It Is Good)",New York Times (News),"They attacked her judgment on resetting American relations with Russia and protecting American diplomats in Libya. They slammed her as secretive for using a personal email account at the State Department and deleting messages in the face of scrutiny. They mocked her recent campaign events in Iowa as inauthentic and her unannounced lunch at Chipotle as antisocial. They even reached back to her husband’s infidelity to disparage her.
An energized, confident bench of 19 presidential candidates and potential contenders took turns taking shots at Hillary Rodham Clinton or competing with...",left
15811,Hopefuls Aim At Hillary,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']","GOP 2016 hopefuls take aim at Hillary, each other at New Hampshire summit",CNN (Online News),"They mocked her black ""Scooby Van"" and chided her tipless trip to Chipotle. They ripped her use of a personal email server, her family foundation's acceptance of foreign gifts and her tenure as secretary of state.
Hillary Clinton won't be in New Hampshire for two more days, but she was the star of the show on Saturday as Republican presidential aspirants capped the state GOP's two-day summit that attracted nearly the entire field to Nashua.
""When Hillary Clinton travels, there's going to need to be two planes: One for her...",left
15812,80 Percent Success Rate,['Healthcare'],"White House: For Obamacare website, 20 percent failure rate best we can do",Washington Times,"The White House began grading itself on a curve for Obamacare enrollment Monday, claiming that a goal of 80 percent recruitment among all users of the website would be nearly the best result possible.
With the administration unlikely to meet its Nov. 30 deadline for making the website fully operational, President Obama’s aides offered the new explanation that some consumers never would have signed up online anyway. Therefore, they said, 80 percent enrollment would be a success.",right
15813,80 Percent Success Rate,['Healthcare'],Source: Administration eyes 80% HealthCare.gov success rate,CNN (Online News),"The Obama administration has set a goal of 80% of HealthCare.gov users being able to successfully enroll in an insurance plan by the November 30 deadline, a source familiar with the project told CNN.
The 80% number was first reported by the Washington Post.",left
15814,80 Percent Success Rate,['Healthcare'],White House confirms 1 in 5 Americans won’t be able to enroll via HealthCare.gov,Washington Post,"White House press secretary Jay Carney confirmed Monday that one in five Americans will not be able to sign up for insurance through HealthCare.gov even if the administration meets its Nov. 30 deadline for fixing the online enrollment system.
The Washington Post first reported the administration's internal target Sunday.
""I think the way to look at that figure is that of, say, 10 who go on the system, roughly two won't get through the system,"" Carney said.",left
15815,NSA at Senate Hearing,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","NSA CHIEF DENIES KEY CLAIM MADE BY PRISM WHISTLEBLOWER, CLAIMS SPYING HAS DISRUPTED DOZENS OF TERROR ATTACKS",The Blaze,"The director of the National Security Agency says surveillance programs have disrupted or helped disrupt dozens of terrorist attacks.
NSA director Keith Alexander defended the programs at a Senate hearing on Wednesday and also called claims that the spy agency can tap into any Americans’ phone calls or emails “false.”
Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont says some details of two cases have been declassified. He pressed Alexander for numbers",right
15816,NSA at Senate Hearing,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","NSA chief defends dual cyber, intel roles",Politico,"Controversial surveillance practices that spilled into public view through a series of dramatic leaks last week have helped to avert “dozens of terrorist events” in recent years, National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander told a Senate committee Wednesday.
However, the longer the NSA director spoke before the Senate Appropriations Committee, the less clear it became just which surveilla
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/nsa-keith-alexander-92669.html#ixz...",left
15817,NSA at Senate Hearing,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",NSA says data mining helped thwart terror,CNN (Online News),"Phone records obtained by the government through a secret surveillance program disclosed last week helped prevent ""dozens"" of terrorist events, the director of the National Security Agency told a Senate hearing Wednesday.
Army Gen. Keith Alexander said in response to questions from Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, that he believed the program, under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, was ""critical"" to helping the intelligence community corroborate information on possible threats.",left
15818,"Youngkin Wins in Virginia, Tight Race in New Jersey","['Elections', 'Virginia', 'Glenn Youngkin', 'New Jersey', 'Terry McAuliffe']",Republican Glenn Youngkin wins Virginia governor’s race,Washington Post,"Virginia voters chose Republican Glenn Youngkin as their next governor, a dramatic reversal for a state that had appeared solidly Democratic in recent years and a significant loss for President Biden and the party’s establishment.
Former Democratic governor Terry McAuliffe came up short in his bid to become only the second Virginia governor since the Civil War to win a second term, with key suburban districts joining rural parts of the state in favoring Youngkin by a narrow margin.
Republicans appeared to sweep the other statewide races, with Winsome Sears winning for lieutenant governor...",left
15819,"Youngkin Wins in Virginia, Tight Race in New Jersey","['Elections', 'Virginia', 'Glenn Youngkin', 'New Jersey', 'Terry McAuliffe']","Republicans jolt Biden with Virginia win, stronger than expected New Jersey showing",Reuters,"Republicans pushed Democrats out of the Virginia governorship and had a far stronger-than-expected showing in heavily Democratic New Jersey on Wednesday, signaling trouble for President Joe Biden's party heading into next year's congressional elections.
Republican Glenn Youngkin, a former private equity executive, claimed victory over Democratic former Governor Terry McAuliffe in Tuesday's vote after distancing himself just enough from former President Donald Trump to win back moderates who had supported Biden just a year ago.
In New Jersey, Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelliperformed far better than expected against incumbent Democrat Phil Murphy,even...",center
15820,"Youngkin Wins in Virginia, Tight Race in New Jersey","['Elections', 'Virginia', 'Glenn Youngkin', 'New Jersey', 'Terry McAuliffe']",How Glenn Youngkin clinched victory over Terry McAuliffe,Washington Examiner,"Republican Glenn Youngkin's shocking defeat of Democrat Terry McAuliffe Tuesday in the Virginia gubernatorial contest will almost certainly serve as a blueprint for Republicans in the post-Trump era.
Youngkin’s victory was consistent with late October polls that showed him burning through McAuliffe’s summer lead and claiming a modest advantage on the strength of his message about education and the economy.
Rising prices and drama at school board meetings created the ideal backdrop for Youngkin’s devotion to the kitchen-table issues that McAuliffe was widely perceived as having ignored, as he focused more on...",right
15821,Trump Administration Drops Citizenship Question From Census,"['Citizenship Question', 'US Census', 'Politics']",Trump administration drops push for citizenship question on 2020 census,Washington Times,"President Trump’s quest to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census ended Tuesday, with the administration caving on the plans, bowing to a Supreme Court ruling and an intractable time crunch.
A Justice Department attorney, in an email that found its way onto Twitter, said the department had finalized the questionnaire and given the green light to print it without the citizenship question.
The decision is a symbolic blow to Mr. Trump, who staked significant political capital on his ability to get the question added and who had said...",right
15822,Trump Administration Drops Citizenship Question From Census,"['Citizenship Question', 'US Census', 'Politics']",Trump Responds After His Administration Drops Bid For Citizenship Question On 2020 Census,HuffPost,"President Donald Trump spoke out Tuesday on his administration’s decision not to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling.
“A very sad time for America when the Supreme Court of the United States won’t allow a question of ‘Is this person a Citizen of the United States?’ to be asked on the #2020 Census!” the president wrote on Twitter. He added that he had asked his officials to “do whatever is necessary” to bring the citizenship question to a “successful conclusion”...",left
15823,Trump Administration Drops Citizenship Question From Census,"['Citizenship Question', 'US Census', 'Politics']",U.S. Drops Citizenship Question From Census,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Trump administration dropped plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census form, a turnaround after days of defiant statements following last week’s Supreme Court decision to halt the query.
“We can confirm that the decision has been made to print the 2020 decennial census questionnaire without a citizenship question, and that the printer has been instructed to begin the printing process,” a Justice Department attorney told lawyers for New York state and the American Civil Liberties Union by email Tuesday afternoon. She provided no explanation, and neither...",center
15824,11 People Killed in Pittsburgh Synagogue,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump calls for death penalty after synagogue shooting; leaders react to tragedy with sorrow, anger and frustration",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump said that the suspect responsible for killing and injuring multiple people and police officers at a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday “should get the death penalty,” saying the suspect should “pay the ultimate price.”",right
15825,11 People Killed in Pittsburgh Synagogue,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Condemns Shooting as a ‘Wicked Act’ of Anti-Semitism,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump denounced the mass shooting inside a Pittsburgh synagogue as a “wicked act of pure evil and anti-Semitic,” and for the fourth consecutive day condemned political violence.",center
15826,11 People Killed in Pittsburgh Synagogue,"['White House', 'Politics']",Pennsylvania candidates cancel campaign events after Pittsburgh synagogue shooting,CNN (Online News),Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Gov. Tom Wolf canceled a series of campaign events with other state Democratic candidates Saturday in light of the shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue earlier in the morning.,left
15827,"Trump Rejected Advice To Wait to Call the 2020 Race, Says Former Campaign Manager","['Violence In America', 'January 6 Committee', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump']","""Apparently inebriated"" Giuliani guided Trump on election night, Cheney says",Axios,"Former President Trump, advised by an ""apparently inebriated"" Rudy Giuliani, agreed to falsely declare victory in the 2020 election when it ""was far too early to be making any calls like that,"" Trump advisers testified during the second public hearing into the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Driving the news: ""The mayor was definitely intoxicated,"" Jason Miller, Trump’s former spokesperson said of Giuliani.
Jan. 6 committee Vice Chair Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) also said that Trump followed advice on election night by an ""apparently inebriated"" Giuliani.
“It was far too early to be...",center
15828,"Trump Rejected Advice To Wait to Call the 2020 Race, Says Former Campaign Manager","['Violence In America', 'January 6 Committee', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump']",Rep. Liz Cheney: Trump took advice from 'an apparently inebriated Rudy Giuliani',Washington Examiner,"Rep. Liz Cheney said Monday that then-President Donald Trump took 2020 election night guidance from “an apparently inebriated Rudy Giuliani” over his campaign experts.
In an opening statement during a hearing of the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, Cheney, the panel’s vice chairwoman, said that despite widely circulated reports of how mail-in ballots would be tallied, Trump took Giuliani’s advice to shift other staffers’ election night plans.
“You will also hear testimony that President Trump rejected the advice of his campaign experts on election night and instead followed the...",right
15829,"Trump Rejected Advice To Wait to Call the 2020 Race, Says Former Campaign Manager","['Violence In America', 'January 6 Committee', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump']","Trump ignored advice to wait for accurate election results, campaign manager testifies",Washington Post,"The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection opened its second hearing Monday with assertions that the Capitol attack was the direct result of Donald Trump’s repeated baseless claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. In the second in a series of June hearings, panel members said they will also explore how Trump’s “big lie” drove Republican fundraising appeals after Joe Biden won the election.
The committee played video of its deposition with former Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien, in which Stepien said he advised Trump on...",left
15830,Trump Criticizes Fauci in Campaign Call,"['Donald Trump', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus']",Trump trashes Fauci and makes baseless coronavirus claims in campaign call,CNN (Online News),"A frustrated and at times foul-mouthed President Donald Trump claimed on a campaign call that people are tired of hearing about the deadly pandemic which has killed more than 215,000 Americans and trashed Dr. Anthony Fauci as a ""disaster"" who has been around for ""500 years.""
Referring to Fauci and other health officials as ""idiots,"" Trump declared the country ready to move on from the health disaster, even as cases are again spiking and medical experts warn the worst may be yet to come.
Baselessly claiming that if Fauci...",left
15831,Trump Criticizes Fauci in Campaign Call,"['Donald Trump', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus']","Trump calls Fauci a ""disaster"" on campaign call",Axios,"During a campaign call on Monday, President Trump slammed infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci, calling him a ""disaster,"" and that ""people are tired of COVID,"" according to multiple reporters who listened to the call.
Driving the news: CBS's ""60 Minutes"" aired an interview Sunday night with the NIAID director, where he said he was ""absolutely not"" surprised Trump contracted COVID-19 after seeing him on TV in a crowded place with ""almost nobody wearing a mask.""
What he's saying: ""Every time he goes on television there's always a bomb, but there's...",center
15832,Trump Criticizes Fauci in Campaign Call,"['Donald Trump', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus']",Trump escalates criticism of 'disaster' Fauci,Washington Examiner,"President Trump ramped up his criticism on Monday of Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of the leading experts on the White House Coronavirus Task Force, to a degree that has yet to be seen in public.
As Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has sought to remain apolitical and focused on encouraging social distancing and mask-wearing, Trump, espousing cavalier attitude toward health precautions during the pandemic, has grown increasingly wary of the difference in messaging.
That frustration appeared to reach a boiling point during a...",right
15833,Trump Rips Boeing,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump rips Boeing for cost overruns on new Air Force One, says 'cancel order'",Fox News (Online News),"President-elect Donald Trump blasted Boeing on Tuesday for alleged cost overruns on a new fleet of Air Force One planes and called for the government to cancel the contract, saying the project price tag is ""out of control.""
The president-elect took aim at Boeing's Air Force One work in a Tuesday morning tweet, and reiterated his concerns to reporters minutes later at Trump Tower.",right
15834,Trump Rips Boeing,"['White House', 'Politics']",Air Force None? Trump Threatens To Cancel New Presidential Plane Over Cost,NPR (Online News),"President-elect Donald Trump wants to clip the wings of a new Air Force One, saying the customized 747 is too expensive.",left
15835,Trump Rips Boeing,"['White House', 'Politics']",‘Cancel Order!’ Donald Trump Attacks Plans for Upgraded Air Force One,New York Times (News),"President-elect Donald J. Trump, who has for years flown in a jet bearing his name, appeared to cancel a pending order for a new Air Force One, saying Tuesday morning on Twitter that the upgrade would cost too much.",left
15836,US Will End Restrictions for Vaccinated International Travelers on Nov. 8,"['Coronavirus', 'Travel', 'Homeland Security', 'Public Health', 'World', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates']",White House: Fully Vaccinated Foreign Visitors Can Enter US on Nov. 8,The Epoch Times,"Only foreign visitors who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be able to travel to the United States starting on Nov. 8, according to the White House.
“The [United States’] new travel policy that requires vaccination for foreign national travelers to the United States will begin on Nov 8,”  Kevin Munoz, White House assistant press secretary, wrote on Twitter Friday. “This announcement and date applies to both international air travel and land travel. This policy is guided by public health, stringent, and consistent.”
Munoz did not elaborate on travel restrictions for children who are not...",right
15837,US Will End Restrictions for Vaccinated International Travelers on Nov. 8,"['Coronavirus', 'Travel', 'Homeland Security', 'Public Health', 'World', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates']",U.S. to lift restrictions for fully vaccinated international travelers on Nov. 8,Axios,"The White House will announce Friday plans to lift travel restrictions for fully vaccinated international travelers beginning Nov. 8, a White House official said.
Why it matters: The move will allow vaccinated travelers from most countries to visit the U.S. for the first time in more than 18 months.
Driving the news: The announcement applies to international air travel and travel across U.S. land borders.
Effective Nov. 8, foreign national air travelers must provide proof of being fully vaccinated to be eligible to fly to the U.S. Fully vaccinated travelers will also...",center
15838,US Will End Restrictions for Vaccinated International Travelers on Nov. 8,"['Coronavirus', 'Travel', 'Homeland Security', 'Public Health', 'World', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates']","U.S. to ease Covid travel entry rules, require vaccinations for foreign visitors on Nov. 8",NBC News (Online),"WASHINGTON — Travel restrictions that the U.S. imposed because of the Covid-19 pandemic will be partially lifted for nearly three dozen countries on Nov. 8, the Biden administration announced Friday.
White House assistant press secretary Kevin Munoz said in a tweet that the new policy will begin Nov. 8 and will require foreign national travelers from 33 countries to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
“This announcement and date applies to both international air travel and land travel. This policy is guided by public health, stringent, and consistent,” he said.
Foreign nationals from these countries...",left
15839,FDA Clears Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine Booster for Children as Young as 12,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Booster Shots', 'Pfizer', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",FDA Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech Booster for 12- to 15-Year-Olds,Wall Street Journal (News),"U.S. health regulators cleared use of a Covid-19 booster from Pfizer Inc. PFE -3.38% and BioNTech SE BNTX -6.26% in adolescents 12 to 15 years old, expanding access to an extra dose that could bolster the fight against the Omicron variant.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration permitted the additional doses to be given at least five months after the adolescents received their second shot. The agency also cleared boosters for certain children with compromised immune systems age 5 to 11.
Health authorities have been urging people to get a booster, citing early research indicating it is needed to maintain strong...",center
15840,FDA Clears Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine Booster for Children as Young as 12,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Booster Shots', 'Pfizer', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",FDA expands booster eligibility to adolescents and shortens time needed after primary series,CNN (Online News),"The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday expanded the emergency use authorization for Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine boosters to children ages 12 to 15.
The agency also shortened the time needed before receiving a booster shot from at least six months after completion of the initial series to at least five months, for everyone 12 and older.
""Throughout the pandemic, as the virus that causes Covid-19 has continuously evolved, the need for the FDA to quickly adapt has meant using the best available science to make informed decisions with the...",left
15841,FDA Clears Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine Booster for Children as Young as 12,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Booster Shots', 'Pfizer', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",FDA approves Pfizer coronavirus vaccine boosters for children as young as 12,Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that children as young as 12 can now get booster shots of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. 
The decision comes as the omicron variant is rapidly spreading around the U.S. and complicating plans for students to return to classrooms following winter breaks. 
Boosters already are recommended for everyone 16 and older, and federal regulators on Monday decided they’re also warranted for 12- to 15-year-olds once enough time has passed since their last dose. 
The FDA also said everyone 12 and older eligible for a...",right
15842,Disarmament Slowed Under Obama,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']","Obama calls for end to nuclear weapons, but U.S. disarmament is slowest since 1980",Washington Post,"Speaking from Hiroshima, the site of the first war-time atomic weapon detonation, President Obama on Friday called for the pursuit of ""a world without nuclear weapons.""
Only a few days prior, his Department of Defense published new data revealing that the government Obama oversees -- a government which manages the second-largest nuclear stockpile in the world -- had dismantled fewer of its nuclear devices than in any year since at least 1980.
Every year, the Department of Defense declassifies data on the size of the country's nuclear stockpile and the...",left
15843,Disarmament Slowed Under Obama,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']",Hope and hype of Hiroshima can’t conceal Obama’s dismal record on nuclear disarmament,The Guardian,"Seven years ago, in the Czech capital of Prague, Barack Obama delivered his first major foreign policy speech as president. To rapturous applause, he laid out his vision for “the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons”. It earned him that year’s Nobel peace prize.
On Friday he will bookend his two terms in office with another appeal for nuclear disarmament, this time during a historic trip to Hiroshima. No other sitting US president has ever visited the Japanese city that was razed to the ground by a...",left
15844,Disarmament Slowed Under Obama,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']","Reduction of Nuclear Arsenal Has Slowed Under Obama, Report Finds",New York Times (News),"A new census of the American nuclear arsenal shows that the Obama administration last year dismantled its smallest number of warheads since taking office.
The new figures, released by the Pentagon, also highlight a trend — that the current administration has reduced the nuclear stockpile less than any other post-Cold War presidency.
On Thursday, the Federation of American Scientists, a private group in Washington that strongly supports arms control, issued an analysis of the new figures on its Strategic Security blog. The annual Pentagon release did not appear to be...",left
15845,"Sanders, Trump Lead Fundraising for 2020 Candidates to Close Q4","['Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Campaigns', 'Campaign Finance']","Trump campaign raises $46M last quarter as Sanders, Biden and Yang smash previous records",NBC News (Online),"President Donald Trump's re-election campaign announced Thursday it raised $46 million in the three months that ended Dec. 31, while three of his Democratic rivals smashed their previous 2020 fundraising records.
The Trump campaign said its fourth quarter total was its best of the 2020 cycle so far, topping its prior high of $41 million. The campaign ended 2019 with more than $102 million on hand.
""The President’s war chest and grassroots army make his re-election campaign an unstoppable juggernaut,"" Trump 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale said in a statement....",left
15846,"Sanders, Trump Lead Fundraising for 2020 Candidates to Close Q4","['Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Campaigns', 'Campaign Finance']","Happy New Year for Sanders, Trump in fundraising hauls",Reuters,"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bernie Sanders raised more than $34.5 million in the last quarter of 2019, the largest three-month haul for a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, while Republican President Donald Trump drew $46 million on the heels of his impeachment, their campaigns said on Thursday.",center
15847,"Sanders, Trump Lead Fundraising for 2020 Candidates to Close Q4","['Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Campaigns', 'Campaign Finance']",Trump campaign raises $46M in fourth-quarter fundraising,New York Post (News),"President Trump raised $46 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, more than any of his Democratic rivals to date, his re-election campaign announced.
The campaign said in a statement that the final three months of the year marked their best fundraising quarter to date in this election cycle, and left the team with $102.7 million in cash on hand.
“President Trump’s unprecedented fundraising is testament to his wide grassroots support and his stellar record of achievement on behalf of the American people,” Trump 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale said...",right
15848,Supreme Court Sides with Police in Qualified Immunity Cases,"['Supreme Court', 'Police', 'Qualified Immunity', 'Police Reform', 'Police Violence']",Supreme Court sides with police officers seeking ‘qualified immunity’ in two use-of-force cases,CNBC,"The Supreme Court in two cases Monday ruled police officers were entitled to protection from being sued over their use of force against suspects.
The unsigned opinions, posted in the court’s periodic list of orders, both overturned lower appellate decisions.
One case involved an officer accused of excessive force when he put his knee on a man’s back during an arrest, while trying to remove a knife from the man’s pocket. In the other case, two officers were sued by the estate of a man whom they shot and killed after...",center
15849,Supreme Court Sides with Police in Qualified Immunity Cases,"['Supreme Court', 'Police', 'Qualified Immunity', 'Police Reform', 'Police Violence']",Supreme Court sides with police officers in two qualified immunity cases,CNN (Online News),"In two unsigned opinions Monday, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of police officers seeking qualified immunity from allegations of excessive force.
In both cases, the justices overturned lower court decisions that went against the officers.
The rulings -- and the fact that no justice publicly dissented -- suggests that the court is not willing, at least for now, to radically transform how it considers qualified immunity cases.
Qualified immunity is a legal doctrine, developed by the courts, that shields law enforcement from liability for constitutional violations including allegations of excessive force....",left
15850,Supreme Court Sides with Police in Qualified Immunity Cases,"['Supreme Court', 'Police', 'Qualified Immunity', 'Police Reform', 'Police Violence']",Supreme Court protects cops from lawsuits in two qualified immunity cases,Fox News (Online News),"The Supreme Court Monday issued two unsigned opinions applying qualified immunity to disputes over alleged excessive use of force by police officers, reversing lower court decisions that allowed the officers to be sued for their on-the-job conduct. 
There were no recorded dissents in the two cases, both of which involved police officers responding to domestic disputes where women or children were allegedly being threatened by adult men. 
The decisions come amid a simmering debate about the doctrine of qualified immunity, which prevents government officials from being sued for violating citizens' rights while reasonably doing their jobs...",right
15851,France Outlaws Catcalling and Gender-based Street Harassment,"[""Women'S Issues"", 'General News']",France Outlaws Catcalling After Paris Woman Attacked by Street Harasser,The Daily Caller,"French lawmakers voted late Wednesday to outlaw sexual harassment on the streets, passing a bill that would hit catcallers with heavy fines for making unwanted advances in public.",right
15852,France Outlaws Catcalling and Gender-based Street Harassment,"[""Women'S Issues"", 'General News']","If you catcall in France, you’re going to pay for it",Washington Post,"In July, video footage from a shocking scene recorded on CCTV in Paris went viral.",left
15853,France Outlaws Catcalling and Gender-based Street Harassment,"[""Women'S Issues"", 'General News']","France bans catcalling, outlines steep fines for gender-based street harassment",USA TODAY,A bill approved Wednesday by French lawmakers outlines steep fines for gender-based harassment on the country's streets and public transportation.,left
15854,David Bowie Dies,['Culture'],"David Bowie Dies of Cancer at 69; He Transcended Music, Art and Fashion",New York Times (News),"David Bowie, the infinitely changeable, fiercely forward-looking songwriter who taught generations of musicians about the power of drama, images and personas, died on Sunday, two days after his 69th birthday.",left
15855,David Bowie Dies,['Culture'],Watch David Bowie’s Haunting Final Video Before Losing Secret Battle With Cancer,The Blaze,"David Bowie released a haunting final music video days before losing his battle with cancer.
The video for the song “Lazarus” shows the singer writhing around, seemingly trapped in a hospital.
“Look up here, I’m in heaven,” the song begins.",right
15856,David Bowie Dies,['Culture'],"David Bowie, master of reinvention, is dead at 69",CNN (Online News),"David Bowie, whose incomparable sound and chameleon-like ability to reinvent himself made him a pop music fixture for more than four decades, has died. He was 69.",left
15857,William Barr Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee,"['William Barr', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Trump AG nominee William Barr to face questions from several Dems with eyes on White House,Fox News (Online News),"Several Democratic senators thought to be potential presidential contenders in 2020 -- including Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, and Amy Klobuchar -- are set to grill William Barr, President Trump's attorney general nominee, during his confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.",right
15858,William Barr Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee,"['William Barr', 'US Senate', 'Politics']","At William Barr Hearings, Mueller Probe Will Be a Focus",Wall Street Journal (News),"The future of the special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation is expected to take center stage at Tuesday’s confirmation hearing for William Barr, who has signaled that as attorney general he would let the probe run its course in an effort to allay Democrats’ concerns that he might curtail it at the behest of President Trump.",center
15859,William Barr Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee,"['William Barr', 'US Senate', 'Politics']","William Barr, Trump’s nominee to serve as attorney general, explained",Vox,A former AG with a record that was Trumpy long before Trump.,left
15860,Bush and Romney- 2016 Rivals?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","For Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney, a history of ambition fuels a possible 2016 collision",Washington Post,"Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney have much in common. Both were pragmatic as governors, mild-mannered as candidates and more comfortable balancing budgets at their desks than clinking glasses at a political dinner.
The two Republican leaders’ personal rapport is cordial. But they are hardly chummy — and at moments their relationship has been strained, with each man’s intertwined political network carrying some grievances with the o",left
15861,Bush and Romney- 2016 Rivals?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bush and Romney: Ready to rumble?,Politico,"Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush have long been cordial toward each other, even if they aren’t exactly besties. Both are former governors, aligned with the business-friendly establishment side of the Republican Party.
Now, with Romney’s announcement this week that he is exploring a third run for the White House, the two men are on a potential collision course. It’s a fight neither may be eager to have, but which some donors are framing as a referendum on the past versus the future, even if both men",left
15862,Bush and Romney- 2016 Rivals?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Long History Between Bush, Romney Could Play Out in 2016 Battle",Newsmax (News),"As Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney consider seeking the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, the former governors have a long history of ambition and ""competitiveness and snippiness"" that could easily play out during any campaign, The Washington Post reports.
""We’re seeing the first shots of the war between clan Romney and clan Bush,"" Alex Castellanos, a Republican strategist who has worked for both men, told The Post. ""Both bring to the battle incredibly powerful fan clubs as well as wounds they have to heal.
""How ugly could it get?"" he asked....",right
15863,Rand Paul is First US Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus,"['US Senate', 'Rand Paul', 'US Congress', 'Republican', 'GOP', 'Mario Diaz-Balart', 'Coronavirus']",Sen. Rand Paul Has Tested Positive For The Coronavirus,NPR (Online News),"Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has become the first senator to test positive for the coronavirus. His staff says he is asymptomatic.
In a statement released on Sunday, Paul's deputy chief of staff, Sergio Gor, wrote:",left
15864,Rand Paul is First US Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus,"['US Senate', 'Rand Paul', 'US Congress', 'Republican', 'GOP', 'Mario Diaz-Balart', 'Coronavirus']",BREAKING: Rand Paul Tests Positive For Coronavirus,The Daily Wire,"Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) announced on Sunday that he has tested positive for coronavirus, which originated in China.
“Senator Rand Paul has tested positive for COVID-19,” Paul’s staff wrote on Twitter. “He is feeling fine and is in quarantine. He is asymptomatic and was tested out of an abundance of caution due to his extensive travel and events. He was not aware of any direct contact with any infected person.”",right
15865,Rand Paul is First US Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus,"['US Senate', 'Rand Paul', 'US Congress', 'Republican', 'GOP', 'Mario Diaz-Balart', 'Coronavirus']",Rand Paul becomes first known senator to test positive for coronavirus,NBC News (Online),"Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Sunday became the first known senator to test positive for COVID-19.
""Senator Rand Paul has tested positive for COVID-19,"" Paul's account tweeted. ""He is feeling fine and is in quarantine. He is asymptomatic and was tested out of an abundance of caution due to his extensive travel and events. He was not aware of any direct contact with any infected person.""",left
15866,Trump Explains 2nd Amendment Comment,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Trump Campaign Floats Every Defense In the Book For Second Amendment Fiasco,HuffPost,Donald Trump’s campaign has been scrambling to explain the Republican nominee’s apparent suggestion on Tuesday that Hillary Clinton and her Supreme Court picks be shot if the Democrat wins in November.,left
15867,Trump Explains 2nd Amendment Comment,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Trump Campaign Says 'Dishonest Media' Misinterpreted His Second Amendment Comment Listen· 5:08,NPR (Online News),"Donald Trump has been saying for months that Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton wants to ""abolish the Second Amendment,"" but now the Republican presidential nominee has gone even further.",left
15868,Trump Explains 2nd Amendment Comment,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Trump Clarifies Controversial Second Amendment Flub, Says He Was Talking About ‘Political Power’",The Blaze,"After suggesting Tuesday that the “Second Amendment people” could stop Hillary Clinton if she was in a position to pick Supreme Court justices, Donald Trump is making his first attempt at clarifying the remark.",right
15869,Two Proud Boys Members Indicted On Conspiracy Charges in Capitol Breach,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Proud Boys', 'Culture']",Proud Boys indicted on 'conspiracy' charges for role in Capitol riots,Washington Examiner,"The Justice Department indicted two “Proud Boys” on charges of ""conspiracy"" and a host of other crimes for their role in the riot at the U.S. Capitol in early January, with the indictment coming just a few days after investigators charged a trio of “Oath Keepers” with conspiracy related to the Capitol siege too.
Dominic Pezzola and William Pepe, both New York members of the right-wing Proud Boys (described as a “nationalist organization with multiple U.S. chapters and potential activity in other Western countries""), had been hit with charges of...",right
15870,Two Proud Boys Members Indicted On Conspiracy Charges in Capitol Breach,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Proud Boys', 'Culture']","Two Proud Boys arrested over Capitol attack, including one who smashed window",The Guardian,"Federal law enforcement officials have arrested two members of the Proud Boys, a rightwing nationalist extremist group, for their role in the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January.
The riot is now the subject of a second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, who is accused of inciting the rightwing mob at a rally that immediately preceded the assault. Federal authorities have charged more than 150 people in the onslaught.
Federal prosecutors indicted Dominic Pezzola, 43, of Rochester, New York, and William Pepe, 31, of Beacon, New York on...",left
15871,Two Proud Boys Members Indicted On Conspiracy Charges in Capitol Breach,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Proud Boys', 'Culture']",2 Proud Boys members charged with conspiracy related to pro-Trump Capitol riot,Axios,"Two members of the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group, were indicted Friday on federal charges for conspiring to obstruct law enforcement from protecting the U.S. Capitol during the pro-Trump siege on Jan. 6, the Department of Justice announced.
The state of play: Dominic Pezzola, 43, and William Pepe, 31, removed temporary metal barricades erected by the Capitol Police to control access to the Capitol, and stole property belonging to Capitol Police officers, per the indictment.",center
15872,Social Media Summit Draws Wide Range of Coverage,"['Social Media', 'Technology', 'White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Summit']",Trump hosts conservative firebrands for social media summit: 'We're not going to be silenced',Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Thursday hosted several hundred conservative activists at the White House for a ""social media summit"" to discuss anti-conservative bias by big tech companies, telling attendees that ""we’re not going to be silenced.""
The meeting, which took place in the East Room of the White House, included discussion about accusations that companies including Facebook, Google and Twitter have treated conservatives unfairly. The president also complimented the conservatives in attendance for what they've post online, saying, ""Some of you are extraordinary. The crap you think of is unbelievable.""
The...",right
15873,Social Media Summit Draws Wide Range of Coverage,"['Social Media', 'Technology', 'White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Summit']",Trump accuses social media companies of ‘terrible bias’ at White House summit decried by critics,Washington Post,"President Trump assailed Facebook, Google and Twitter on Thursday — accusing them of exhibiting “terrible bias” and silencing his supporters — at a White House “Social Media Summit” that critics chastised for giving a prominent stage to some of the Internet’s most controversial, incendiary voices.
For Trump, the conference represented his highest-profile broadside against Silicon Valley after months of accusations that tech giants censor conservative users and websites. With it, the president also rallied his widely followed online allies — whom he described as “journalists and influencers” and who together...",left
15874,Social Media Summit Draws Wide Range of Coverage,"['Social Media', 'Technology', 'White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Summit']",Trump’s ‘Social Media Summit’ Airs Grievances Against Big Tech,Wall Street Journal (News),"WASHINGTON—President Trump used a “Social Media Summit” at the White House Thursday to bond with some of his most provocative supporters over shared grievances against large technology companies whose representatives weren’t invited.
Mr. Trump attacked social-media companies he says are trying to silence individuals and groups with right-leaning views, without presenting specific evidence. He said he was directing his administration to “explore all legislative and regulatory solutions to protect free speech and the free speech of all Americans.”
“Big Tech must not censor the voices of the American people,” Mr....",center
15875,Vindication?,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump breaks his silence: 'Total and complete vindication',Politico,"President Donald Trump broke his silence Friday on former FBI Director James Comey’s blockbuster testimony before Congress a day earlier, claiming “total and complete vindication” while appearing to accuse Comey of lying and labeling him a “leaker.”",left
15876,Vindication?,"['White House', 'Politics']",Judge Jeanine: Comey Is a 'Predator' Who Sought 'Revenge' on Trump,Fox News (Online News),"Judge Jeanine Pirro said former FBI Director James Comey is a ""predator"" who sought ""revenge"" by leaking his private memos about meetings with President Trump.
""He is an operator. He is part of the Washington elite,"" the judge told the hosts of ""Fox & Friends.""",right
15877,Vindication?,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump's lawyer: Comey violated executive privilege. 10 legal experts: No, he didn't.",Vox,"After the public testimony of former FBI Director James Comey on Thursday, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, released a statement. In addition to being riddled with typos, it contained a curious legal argument.",left
15878,Warnock and Walker Face Off in Debate Ahead of Georgia Senate Election,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', 'Raphael Warnock', 'Politics', 'Herschel Walker']",Five takeaways from the Warnock-Walker debate in Georgia,The Hill,"Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) and his Republican opponent, former football star Herschel Walker, faced off on Friday night for their first and likely only debate, using the face-to-face meeting to make their cases to voters just a few weeks before Election Day.
The debate came amid a hectic final push by the two candidates to win over the moderate and swing voters who could very well decide which party will control the Senate. While most polls show Warnock with a narrow lead over Walker, neither candidate is scoring the majority...",center
15879,Warnock and Walker Face Off in Debate Ahead of Georgia Senate Election,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', 'Raphael Warnock', 'Politics', 'Herschel Walker']",Five takeaways from the Georgia Senate debate,Washington Examiner,"Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and his Republican challenger  Herschel Walker  faced off Friday night in  Savannah  for their widely anticipated debate, tackling inflation , abortion, drugs, fake police officers, and more. 
The high-stakes matchup between the seasoned orator who delivered sermons on Sunday from the pulpit of the famed Ebenezer Baptist Church and the Georgia football legend could determine which party takes control of the Senate next year.
Walker flatly denied bombshell allegations that he paid a former girlfriend to get an abortion, calling it ""a lie."" The mother of one...",right
15880,Warnock and Walker Face Off in Debate Ahead of Georgia Senate Election,"['2022 Elections', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', 'Raphael Warnock', 'Politics', 'Herschel Walker']","Warnock and Walker clash over abortion, family strife and more in high-stakes Senate debate",NBC News (Online),"Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker met Friday for their first and only debate in a brutally competitive Georgia Senate race, clashing over abortion and inflation, but agreeing that the 2020 election was legitimately won by President Joe Biden.
The debate was marked by frequent interruptions by Walker, a first-time political candidate, who sought to portray the Democratic incumbent as a creature of Washington who votes with Biden too often. Warnock defended his votes on a sweeping climate and health care bill and gun violence prevention legislation...",left
15881,Hong Kong Demonstrators Defy Protest Ban,"['China', 'Hong Kong', 'Protests', 'Extradition']",Violence Erupts in Hong Kong as Protesters Defy Police,Wall Street Journal (News),"HONG KONG—Police fired water cannons and tear gas to disperse protesters besieging the city’s government headquarters, as tens of thousands took to the streets in defiance of a police ban on antigovernment demonstrations.
Violence flared in the Admiralty area late Saturday afternoon after crowds occupied major roads in processions that stretched for miles through the city. In other districts, people of all ages held umbrellas in drizzling rain, chanting for freedom as social unrest stretched into a 13th weekend.
By about 5:30 p.m., police fired multiple volleys of tear gas...",center
15882,Hong Kong Demonstrators Defy Protest Ban,"['China', 'Hong Kong', 'Protests', 'Extradition']","Hong Kong police fire tear gas, water cannon as latest protests turn violent",NBC News (Online),"Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannons on Saturday, while protesters launched Molotov cocktails, as anti-government demonstrations that have roiled the territory for months once again turned violent.
Police fired round after round of tear gas as protesters took cover behind umbrellas between the local headquarters of China's People's Liberation Army and government HQ. Protesters also threw bricks at police.",left
15883,Hong Kong Demonstrators Defy Protest Ban,"['China', 'Hong Kong', 'Protests', 'Extradition']",Pro-Democracy Activists Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow Arrested in Hong Kong,Reason,"Two prominent Hong Kong activists, Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow, were arrested Friday for participating in unauthorized assembly and inciting other protesters to do the same. Both have been released on bail. Hong Kong police have also denied organizers permission to hold a march planned for Saturday.
The two 22-year-olds are leaders of Demosisto, an organization that backs greater autonomy and self-government for Hong Kong. (Wong serves as secretary-general while Chow is on the standing committee.) Wong first entered protest politics during Hong Kong's ""umbrella movement"" of 2014. Those roughly...",right
15884,Federal Judge Rules Pennsylvania's COVID-19 Lockdown Order Unconstitutional,"['Life During Covid-19', 'US Constitution', 'Pennsylvania', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus']",Trump seizes on judge’s ruling that Pennsylvania lockdown is ‘unconstitutional’,Washington Post,"Shutdown restrictions ordered by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus were unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Monday — a decision that was quickly celebrated by President Trump, who said he hopes the decision is followed by similar pronouncements in other states.
The state’s limits on gatherings and closure of nonessential businesses violated the First Amendment and the due process and equal protection clauses of the 14th Amendment, according to a 66-page opinion by U.S. District Judge William Stickman IV, a Trump appointee. The governor’s...",left
15885,Federal Judge Rules Pennsylvania's COVID-19 Lockdown Order Unconstitutional,"['Life During Covid-19', 'US Constitution', 'Pennsylvania', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus']",Federal judge rules Pennsylvania's coronavirus orders are unconstitutional,The Hill,"A federal judge ruled on Monday that Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s (D) coronavirus orders, which shut down the state, closed businesses and limited gatherings, were unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge William Stickman IV, a Trump appointee, said in his opinion that COVID-19 orders from Wolf and Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Rachel Levine violated and continue to violate the First Amendment right to freedom of assembly and the due process and equal protection clauses of the 14th Amendment.
The efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus “were undertaken with the good...",center
15886,Federal Judge Rules Pennsylvania's COVID-19 Lockdown Order Unconstitutional,"['Life During Covid-19', 'US Constitution', 'Pennsylvania', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus']",Federal Court Rules Pennsylvania's Lockdown Order Unconstitutional,Reason,"A federal judge on Monday has ruled that lockdown restrictions imposed by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D), including a ban on large gatherings and the closure of ""non-life sustaining businesses,"" are unconstitutional.
While those restrictions were ""well-intentioned,"" wrote U.S. District Judge William Stickman IV, ""good intentions toward a laudable end are not alone enough to uphold governmental action against a constitutional challenge. Indeed, the greatest threats to our system of constitutional liberties may arise when the ends are laudable and the intent is good—especially in time of emergency.""
In May,...",right
15887,"US Economy Added 431,000 Jobs in March","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Wages', 'Inflation']","America added 431,000 jobs in March, bringing the unemployment rate to a new pandemic low",CNN Business,"America's labor market is roaring back, adding another 431,000 jobs in March and bringing the unemployment rate to a new pandemic-era low of 3.6%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
Even though the job gains were lower than economists had expected, they still rounded up a strong first quarter for the US labor market with an average monthly gain of more than half a million jobs. March was the 15th straight month of robust job gains.
The economy is now just 1.6 million jobs short of where it was in February 2020,...",left
15888,"US Economy Added 431,000 Jobs in March","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Wages', 'Inflation']","Jobs, pay boom",Axios,"The post-pandemic job market boom continues. That's the takeaway from the March numbers, out this morning.
Why it matters: After a year of labor shortages and high inflation, Americans are going back to work in massive numbers. And they're getting paid more — though not enough to raise new inflation alarms.
At first glance, the 431,000 jobs added in March look like a deceleration from the job growth totals for January and February — a revised 504,000 and 750,000 jobs added, respectively.
But employers still added more jobs in March than all...",center
15889,"US Economy Added 431,000 Jobs in March","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Wages', 'Inflation']",The US Has Nearly Recovered All The Jobs Lost To COVID Lockdowns,The Daily Caller,"The U.S. economy recorded an increase of 431,000 jobs in March as COVID-19 concerns ease and more Americans seek work to combat the surging cost of living.
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 431,000 in March while the unemployment rate dipped to 3.6%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Economists surveyed by Dow Jones predicted the U.S. economy would add 490,000 jobs.
Recent gains in the labor market have allowed the U.S. economy to recover over 90% of the 22 million jobs lost during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, The New York...",right
15890,Israel Bombs Syria,['Middle East'],Syrian report: Israel bombs outskirts of Damascus for second time in recent days,Washington Post,"Israeli warplanes bombed the outskirts of Damascus early Sunday for the second time in recent days, according to Syrian state media and reports from activists, signaling a sharp escalation in tensions between the neighboring countries that had already",left
15891,Israel Bombs Syria,['Middle East'],Syria: Attack on military facility was a 'declaration of war' by Israel,CNN (Online News),"A Syrian official called an attack Sunday on the nation's military research facility a ""declaration of war"" by Israel.",left
15892,Israel Bombs Syria,['Middle East'],"Democrats and Republicans think US closer to arming Syrian rebels, after Israeli strikes",Fox News (Online News),"Congressional Democrats and Republicans said Sunday that Israel’s recent air strikes on Syria show President Bashar Assad's air defense system is not impenetrable, with one lawmaker suggesting the",right
15893,Wildfires Grow in Western US Amid Record-Breaking Heat Wave,"['Disaster', 'Wildfires', 'California Wildfires', 'West Coast Wildfires', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'California', 'Oregon', 'Canada', 'General News']",Western wildfires have burned an area 4 times the size of NYC. Here are some key fires,CNN (Online News),"The National Interagency Fire Center says 55 large fires have burned over 768,000 acres across 12 states.
The acreage -- about 1,200 square miles -- is comparable to four times the area of New York City.
From January 1 to July 11 this year, over 1.8 million acres have burned in 33,491 fires, according to the NIFC, surpassing the previous year's tally for the same period.
The number of fires burned so far this year is the second highest to 2011's 39,459 fires
Fires in the Golden State have charred thousands of acres, more...",left
15894,Wildfires Grow in Western US Amid Record-Breaking Heat Wave,"['Disaster', 'Wildfires', 'California Wildfires', 'West Coast Wildfires', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'California', 'Oregon', 'Canada', 'General News']","Wildfires rage as US West grapples with heat wave, drought",Associated Press,"Firefighters were working in extreme temperatures across the U.S. West and struggling to contain wildfires, the largest burning in California and Oregon, as another heat wave baked the region, straining power grids.
The largest wildfire of the year in California — the Beckwourth Complex — was raging along the Nevada state line and has burned about 140 square miles (362 square kilometers) as of Monday morning and state regulators asked consumers to voluntarily “conserve as much electricity as possible” to avoid any outages starting in the afternoon.
In Oregon, the...",left
15895,Wildfires Grow in Western US Amid Record-Breaking Heat Wave,"['Disaster', 'Wildfires', 'California Wildfires', 'West Coast Wildfires', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'California', 'Oregon', 'Canada', 'General News']",US heatwave: Wildfires rage in western states as temperatures soar,BBC News,"Wildfires are raging in the west of the United States as the region is hit by a heatwave that has brought record temperatures to several areas.
Communities have been told to evacuate as firefighters struggle to battle the blazes in the extreme conditions.
In California, residents were urged to cut power consumption after interstate power lines were knocked out.
On Saturday, two firefighters in Arizona died when their aircraft crashed while responding to a blaze.
Meanwhile, Las Vegas, Nevada, matched its all-time temperature high of 47.2C (117F) on Saturday.
Firefighters battling...",center
15896,Should Charlotte Police Release Video?,['Violence In America'],OPINION: Release the Charlotte Police Video,Guest Writer - Left,Elected officials who have paid any attention to the killings of civilians by the police that have roiled several cities in recent years should understand that keeping the public in the dark heightens tension and undermines trust in law enforcement.,left
15897,Should Charlotte Police Release Video?,['Violence In America'],Charlotte police refuse to release shooting video as 3rd night of protests stay largely peaceful,Chicago Tribune,A third night of protests over a fatal police shooting in Charlotte gave way to quiet streets as a curfew enacted by the city's mayor ended early Friday.,center
15898,Should Charlotte Police Release Video?,['Violence In America'],Third night of protests in Charlotte largely peaceful as police face calls to release video of shooting,Fox News (Online News),Protesters flocked to Charlotte for a third straight night Thursday in the latest sign of mounting pressure for police to release video that might resolve the different accounts of the shooting death of a black man.,right
15899,"How Much Russian Oil Does the US Import, and How Can Dependence be Reduced?","['Energy', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Gas Prices', 'Trade', 'World', 'Sustainability', 'Climate Change', 'Fossil Fuels']",Time to Take the Brakes Off the U.S. Energy Industry,National Review,"Canada has announced a ban (mostly symbolic) on Russian petroleum imports. The United States has not, because we have hamstrung ourselves. In spite of being the world’s largest oil producer — by far — we continue to import enormous quantities of oil and other petroleum products. That isn’t a bad thing in and of itself, but it does limit some of our options — and, in this case, it does so unnecessarily and, indeed, destructively.
There are four things to know here.
First:
The big immediate issue with U.S. petroleum production...",right
15900,"How Much Russian Oil Does the US Import, and How Can Dependence be Reduced?","['Energy', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Gas Prices', 'Trade', 'World', 'Sustainability', 'Climate Change', 'Fossil Fuels']",Why Does the U.S. Buy Russian Oil?,Wall Street Journal (News),"The fracking boom made America the world’s biggest oil producer a few years ago, but the U.S. still imports millions of barrels each day from other parts of the world, including Russia.
In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, some in Congress have urged the Biden administration to come down swiftly on U.S. imports of Russian crude, going so far as to recommend banning the cargoes.
Here is a look at why the U.S. still imports Russian crude and where it goes.",center
15901,"How Much Russian Oil Does the US Import, and How Can Dependence be Reduced?","['Energy', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Gas Prices', 'Trade', 'World', 'Sustainability', 'Climate Change', 'Fossil Fuels']",One way to combat Russia? Move faster on clean energy,Los Angeles Times,"When a geopolitical crisis sent gasoline prices skyrocketing four decades ago, President Carter called on Americans to achieve “energy independence” from Middle Eastern oil exporters. He installed solar panels on the White House, donned a cardigan sweater to stay warm and took steps to boost domestic oil production.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has again upended global energy supplies, threatening to raise gas prices that are already higher than ever in California. The U.S. oil industry wants President Biden to ease restrictions on drilling, and Europe has already started importing more fossil fuel from the United States...",left
15902,"Macron Challenges ""America First"" Nationalism",['Politics'],"Macron tells Congress: Keep ‘eyes wide open’ to overcome dangers of terrorism, nationalism",Washington Times,"French President Emmanuel Macron addressed Congress on Wednesday, praising the United States for its global leadership against a host of threats but also urging it to keep its eyes “wide open” because “anger only freezes and weakens us.”",right
15903,"Macron Challenges ""America First"" Nationalism",['Politics'],"After the hugs and kisses, Macron rips Trumpism",CNN (Online News),"Some bromance. France's President Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump skipped through Tuesday kissing, hugging, holding hands and rubbing each others' shoulders.",left
15904,"Macron Challenges ""America First"" Nationalism",['Politics'],Macron Says His ‘Bet’ Is That Trump Will Withdraw From Iran Nuclear Pact,Wall Street Journal (News),"French President Emmanuel Macron said it was his “bet” that President Donald Trump would withdraw the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal, a move he said would lead to a period of heightened tensions with an outcome that was hard to predict.",center
15905,Queen Elizabeth II is Laid to Rest,"['World', 'United Kingdom', 'Queen Elizabeth']",Queen Elizabeth II eulogized as faithful servant leader in funeral viewed by billions worldwide,Washington Times,"Archbishop Welby said the Queen modeled the servant leadership expressed in the life of Jesus, who was her Savior.
“People of loving service are rare in any walk of life,” he said. “Leaders of loving service are still rarer. But in all cases, those who serve will be loved and remembered when those who cling to power and privileges are long forgotten.”
The Westminster Abbey funeral drew a packed crowd of 2,000 global heads of state, including U.S. President Biden, as well as family and select friends.
As many as...",right
15906,Queen Elizabeth II is Laid to Rest,"['World', 'United Kingdom', 'Queen Elizabeth']",Your complete guide to the Queen's funeral,BBC News,"After days of lying-in-state, the body of the late Queen Elizabeth II is making its final journey as part of a grand state funeral. It travelled first to Westminster Abbey, for a religious service in front of a congregation of thousands, and then to Windsor Castle for a more intimate committal service and, finally, a private burial.
It is a day of emotion, pomp and ceremony the like of which has not been seen since the last state funeral, of Winston Churchill, almost 60 years ago. The Queen made personal...",center
15907,Queen Elizabeth II is Laid to Rest,"['World', 'United Kingdom', 'Queen Elizabeth']",‘End of an era’: how the Queen’s funeral was seen around the world,The Guardian,"From Melbourne to Paris, New York to Delhi, the solemn events in London resonated across the globe.
As the doors to Westminster Abbey opened to allow guests to take their seats, across the other side of the world, Australians sat down in front of their TVs to watch the historic event.
Although they were largely empty, English pubs in the central business district of Melbourne broadcast the funeral on big screens.
Rick Tonk, from West Yorkshire, was watching at the Charles Dickens Tavern with his parents. “We’ll spend some time...",left
15908,Obamacare Website Woes,['Healthcare'],Health Website Woes Widen as Insurers Get Wrong Data,Wall Street Journal (News),Insurers say the federal health-care marketplace is generating flawed data that is straining their ability to handle even the trickle of enrollees who have gotten through so far.,center
15909,Obamacare Website Woes,['Healthcare'],Obamacare flunks: More enroll for Mars trip than for health exchange,Washington Times,The hits just keep on coming with Obamacare enrollee tales of disaster with the latest joke that more people have actually completed an online application to journey to Mars than successfully signed into the White Houses websites for health reform exchanges.,right
15910,Obamacare Website Woes,['Healthcare'],Here's What An Obamacare Train Wreck Looks Like,HuffPost,A broken website imperils the largest expansion of the American safety net since the Great Society.,left
15911,Sequester Blame Game,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Sequester just over a week away, but blame game has already begun",Washington Post,The fight between President Obama and congressional Republicans over the automatic spending cuts that start next week is shifting from one about stopping them to one about assigning blame if they happen.,left
15912,Sequester Blame Game,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",John Boehner: The President Is Raging Against a Budget Crisis He Created,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"A week from now, a dramatic new federal policy is set to go into effect that threatens U.S. national security, thousands of jobs and more.",right
15913,Sequester Blame Game,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Whose Sequester Is It Anyway?,NPR (Online News),"By now, it's widely accepted that indiscriminate spending cuts in defense and domestic programs due to start March 1 are likely to occur owing to the failure of President Obama and the Republican-led House to reach an agreement to avoid the budgetary cleaver.",left
15914,Secret Service Low on Funds,"['White House', 'Politics']",Secret Service having trouble affording Trump family protection – but funding crunch not new,Fox News (Online News),"The Secret Service is running into problems affording the expansive protection for President Trump’s family, though the agency says the funding crunch is hardly unique to this White House.",right
15915,Secret Service Low on Funds,"['White House', 'Politics']","As The Trumps Travel, The Secret Service Can’t Even Afford To Pay Some Agents",HuffPost,"It’s no secret that President Donald Trump’s penchant for weekend getaways has created added costs for the Secret Service. But the agency is in such dire straits that more than 1,000 agents have hit the caps for annual salary and overtime allowances, director Randolph “Tex″ Alles told USA Today in an exclusive interview.",left
15916,Secret Service Low on Funds,"['White House', 'Politics']","Exclusive: Secret Service depletes funds to pay agents because of Trump's frequent travel, large family",USA TODAY,The Secret Service can no longer pay hundreds of agents it needs to carry out an expanded protective mission – in large part due to the sheer size of President Trump's family and efforts necessary to secure their multiple residences up and down the East Coast.,left
15917,Guyger Found Guilty of Murder,"['Violence In America', 'Race & Racism', 'Police Brutality', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Dallas']",Amber Guyger found guilty of murder at trial in fatal shooting of neighbor Botham Jean,NBC News (Online),"Former Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger was found guilty of murder on Tuesday for fatally shooting her neighbor, Botham Jean, after thinking he was an intruder when she mistakenly entered his apartment.
Guyger, who has been out on a $300,000 bond, faces a maximum of life in prison. She was not immediately taken into custody and is awaiting sentencing scheduled for later Tuesday afternoon.
There was an audible gasp in the packed courtroom as state District Judge Tammy Kemp read the jury's decision, and Jean's family later walked out crying...",left
15918,Guyger Found Guilty of Murder,"['Violence In America', 'Race & Racism', 'Police Brutality', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Dallas']",Ex-Dallas Officer Who Killed Neighbor In Upstairs Apartment Is Found Guilty Of Murder,NPR (Online News),"A Dallas jury has found former police Officer Amber Guyger guilty of murder for fatally shooting a neighbor who lived in the apartment directly above hers last year. She had testified that she entered Botham Jean's unit after a long day at work, thinking it was her own home and that he was an intruder.
The jury took five hours to decide Guyger had committed murder, rather than a lesser charge of manslaughter. Jurors will begin considering sentencing options Tuesday afternoon. Guyger faces a possible penalty of up to 99...",left
15919,Guyger Found Guilty of Murder,"['Violence In America', 'Race & Racism', 'Police Brutality', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Dallas']",Jury Finds Former Dallas Cop Amber Guyger Guilty of Murder in Mistaken-Apartment Killing,National Review,"Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was found guilty of murder on Tuesday, according to The Dallas Morning News.",right
15920,Terrorism Returns to Spain,['Terrorism'],Police Hunt Barcelona Driver as Second Attack Hits Catalonia,Wall Street Journal (News),Spanish authorities on Friday raced to round up suspects in a deadly spree that started with a terrorist running down pedestrians in the heart of Barcelona with a van and ended in an early morning shootout in which police killed five attackers wearing fake suicide vests.,center
15921,Terrorism Returns to Spain,['Terrorism'],Terrorism Returns to Spain: Three Attacks in Three Days,CBN,Five terrorists were shot dead Friday after a third attack in two days in Spain. Police there are still searching for other suspects in the attacks.,right
15922,Terrorism Returns to Spain,['Terrorism'],Barcelona searches for van driver who killed more than dozen along iconic promenade,Washington Post,"Spanish police were searching Friday for the man who swerved his van onto Barcelona’s iconic Las Ramblas promenade, killing at least 13 people and unleashing the worst terrorist attack on Spain in more than a decade.",left
15923,Evangelist Billy Graham Dies at 99,['Religion And Faith'],Billy Graham Dies at Age 99 Leaving an Eternal Legacy of World-Changing Evangelism,CBN,"Reverend Billy Graham, the world-renowed evangelist whose ministry changed the lives of hundreds of millions of people, has died at age 99 at his home in North Carolina.",right
15924,Evangelist Billy Graham Dies at 99,['Religion And Faith'],"'The passing of an era': Billy Graham hailed as man of passion, faith",USA TODAY,"Billy Graham is being remembered, mourned and celebrated around a world to which he unflaggingly preached Christ's gospel with every communications technology he could tap; with a peerless evangelistic organization; and with an eloquence and sincerity that got people out of their seats to come to Jesus.",left
15925,Evangelist Billy Graham Dies at 99,['Religion And Faith'],"Billy Graham, ‘America’s Pastor’ And Noted Evangelist, Dead At 99",HuffPost,He believed that all men were lost and would face God’s judgment.,left
15926,Rand Paul Filibuster,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Rand Paul pulls plug on nearly 13-hour filibuster on drones,Politico,"Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul staged the longest talking filibuster in recent Senate memory from Wednesday into early Thursday, railing with his colleagues for more than 12 hours against what they called the danger of drone strikes to U.S. citizens on American soil.",left
15927,Rand Paul Filibuster,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Rand Paul's #filiblizzard filibuster,CNN (Online News),"Sen. Rand Paul ended his day-long filibuster at 12:38 a.m. Thursday, almost 13 hours after he began speaking. The Kentucky Republican tried to stall a confirmation vote on CIA Director nominee John Brennan.",left
15928,Rand Paul Filibuster,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Paul ends Senate filibuster of CIA nominee over drone concerns after nearly 13 hours,Fox News (Online News),"Nearly 13 hours after he started, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., ended a dramatic, old-fashioned filibuster early Thursday morning -- having held the floor for most of the day and night to rail against the administration's drone program while holding up the nomination of John Brennan for CIA director.",right
15929,Sessions Announces End to DACA,['Immigration'],Trump administration announces end of immigration protection program for ‘dreamers’,Washington Post,"The Trump administration announced Tuesday it would begin to unwind an Obama-era program that allows younger undocumented immigrants to live in the country without fear of deportation, calling the program unconstitutional but offering a partial delay to give Congress a chance to address the issue.",left
15930,Sessions Announces End to DACA,['Immigration'],"Trump winds down DACA program for undocumented immigrants, gives Congress 6 months to act",USA TODAY,"The Trump administration on Tuesday started winding down an Obama-era immigration program designed to protect undocumented immigrants who were brought into the United States as children, but invited Congress to preserve it through legislation within six months.",left
15931,Sessions Announces End to DACA,['Immigration'],"Trump administration ends DACA, with 6-month delay",Fox News (Online News),The Trump administration on Tuesday announced the “orderly wind down” of the Obama-era program that gave a deportation reprieve to illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children – putting pressure on Congress to come up with a legislative alternative.,right
15932,CNN Updates Article After Original Portrayal of Data Drew Criticism,"['Media Bias', 'CNN', 'Media Industry', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Fake News', 'Healthcare', 'Polls', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Coronavirus']","No, 68 Percent of Americans Did Not Say They Would Avoid 'Normal Life' Until There's a Coronavirus Vaccine",Reason,"Two-thirds of Americans said they would not return to ""normal life"" until a vaccine becomes available for COVID-19, according to CNN.
The ramifications of this finding would be well worth discussing, since the timeline for a vaccine is unknowable: It could be available next year, in three years, or never. But it turns out that the headline, ""68% of Americans say a vaccine is needed before returning to normal life, new survey finds,"" is fake news.
The CNN article cites a Gallup poll as its source. But Gallup did not...",right
15933,CNN Updates Article After Original Portrayal of Data Drew Criticism,"['Media Bias', 'CNN', 'Media Industry', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Fake News', 'Healthcare', 'Polls', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Coronavirus']","68% of Americans say an available vaccine is very important before returning to normal life, new survey finds",CNN (Online News),"Two new Gallup surveys show how stay-at-home behavior and attitudes towards the pandemic have changed in the last month.
Here were some of the key findings:
Small gatherings: Fewer people avoiding small gatherings than were doing so last month, one survey found.
Around 74% of Americans say they’re avoiding small gatherings — that's down slightly from 80% who said so in mid-April, an indication that some are starting to break their quarantines and return to their lives.
The avoidance of small gatherings has decreased mostly among independents and Republicans...",left
15934,CNN Updates Article After Original Portrayal of Data Drew Criticism,"['Media Bias', 'CNN', 'Media Industry', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Fake News', 'Healthcare', 'Polls', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Coronavirus']",CNN accused of 'egregious misreading' of data from coronavirus survey,Fox News (Online News),"CNN has been accused of “an egregious misreading of the data” used in a recent report claiming 68 percent of Americans say they need a coronavirus vaccine before returning to ""normal life.""
CNN published an article Monday that declared in its headline, “68% of Americans say a vaccine is needed before returning to normal life,” citing a “new survey.” It cited “two new Gallup surveys” but didn’t link to either of them. CNN promoted the story with a tweet using the same statistic.
Nicholas Grossman, an international relations professor at...",right
15935,Hillary Clinton And Other Democrats Speak Out Against Civility,['Polarization'],"Hillary Clinton’s approval of incivility, and the Democrats’ overreach problem",Washington Post,Hillary Clinton this week offered what can only be described as a justification for incivility — at least temporarily until Democrats retake power. Then video surfaced of former,left
15936,Hillary Clinton And Other Democrats Speak Out Against Civility,['Polarization'],RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel: Eric Holder's call to 'kick' Republicans must not become the left's new normal,Fox News (Opinion),"Just over a year ago, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., returned to Congress after being shot by a crazed gunman during a congressional Republican baseball practice. His ordeal marked a low in our nation’s political discourse – one that blew past hostile rhetoric into outright violence.",right
15937,Hillary Clinton And Other Democrats Speak Out Against Civility,['Polarization'],OPINION: There won't be civility unless Democrats win in November,Michael Barone,"“ You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about,” Hillary Clinton told CNN on Tuesday. Her words cannot be taken literally, for you can be civil if you want to; they’re a statement that she doesn’t want to.",right
15938,"Bipartisan Duo of Manchin, Murkowski Push to Reauthorize Voting Rights Act","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Joe Manchin', 'Lisa Murkowski', 'Elections', 'Bipartisanship', 'Bridging Divides', 'Election Law']","Manchin, Murkowski call on Congress to reauthorize Voting Rights Act",NBC News (Online),"WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, wrote a letter Monday calling on Congress to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act, seeking to jump-start a debate on a bipartisan path to bolstering voting access.
""Protecting Americans’ access to democracy has not been a partisan issue for the past 56 years, and we must not allow it to become one now,"" they wrote to the top four congressional leaders.
While the letter didn't name the bill, a Manchin aide said the senators are referring to the John Lewis...",left
15939,"Bipartisan Duo of Manchin, Murkowski Push to Reauthorize Voting Rights Act","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Joe Manchin', 'Lisa Murkowski', 'Elections', 'Bipartisanship', 'Bridging Divides', 'Election Law']","Manchin, Murkowski, seek to steer Senate toward bipartisan voting rights bill",Washington Examiner,"Sens. Joe Manchin and Lisa Murkowski teamed up Monday to call on top lawmakers to take up a bipartisan reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, a move aimed at steering Democrats away from a partisan and sweeping election overhaul bill that is stalled in the Senate.
Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, and Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, wrote to the top leaders in both parties in Congress urging them to push the Voting Rights Act reauthorization through the House and Senate and pass it with the support of both parties.
“Congress...",right
15940,"Bipartisan Duo of Manchin, Murkowski Push to Reauthorize Voting Rights Act","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Joe Manchin', 'Lisa Murkowski', 'Elections', 'Bipartisanship', 'Bridging Divides', 'Election Law']",Bipartisan pair of U.S. senators call for reauthorization of Voting Rights Act,Reuters,"Two U.S. senators, a Republican and a Democrat, asked Congress on Monday to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act, as Republican-controlled state legislatures pass measures imposing new curbs on voting.
Democrat Joe Manchin and Republican Lisa Murkowski noted in a letter that the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which outlawed discriminatory voting practices, was last reauthorized in 2006 with a bipartisan Senate vote of 98-0.
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key portion of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, saying that Section 4, the formula used to determine which...",center
15941,Perspectives: Labor Day 2021,"['Labor', 'Holidays', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Unions', 'Unemployment']",It's Labor Day weekend. Here's the curious truth about the holiday's origins,CNET,"The weekend leading up to summer's last holiday is here. On Monday, many companies will observe Labor Day by giving employees a day off. The holiday also signals the fashion rule to stop wearing white until spring. But the long weekend is about more than style, sleeping in and barbecues. Did you know that Labor Day has contentious beginnings? In fact, two men with almost the same name fight for credit.
Before you fire up the grill, enjoy summer's final fanfare and maybe even do some shopping for sales this weekend,...",center
15942,Perspectives: Labor Day 2021,"['Labor', 'Holidays', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Unions', 'Unemployment']","This Labor Day, let’s honor the workers who have been on the front lines of the pandemic",Washington Post,"“Every single day doing the same thing over and over again, and you just never think there’s going to be an end.” So commented a critical care nurse at a Florida hospital facing a surge in hospitalizations of covid-19 patients. “They are all super sick, intubated, sedated and on their bellies, it’s disheartening,” said another intensive-care nurse. “Tired, overworked and overwhelmed” was how a director of emergency medical services in Florida described hospital staff, reporting “we’re working really hard: working overtime, working late hours and taking on more than normal because we...",left
15943,Perspectives: Labor Day 2021,"['Labor', 'Holidays', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Unions', 'Unemployment']",Workers deserve a day in their honor. The unions that exploit them don’t,Washington Examiner,"Labor Day was never intended as an homage to the organized labor movement.
Unions, of course, vehemently disagree, and while the overwhelming majority of people have come to regard the holiday as nothing more meaningful than a three-day weekend commemorating the end of summer, labor leaders continue to delude themselves that the event somehow validates their dubious ideals and shady tactics.
This would come as a profound surprise to those instrumental in its founding.
For example, Rep. Lawrence McGann, an Illinois Democrat who sat on the House committee that approved the...",right
15944,4 Cops Shot in 3 States,['Violence In America'],"Police officers in Texas and Missouri were shot in ambushes, authorities say",Los Angeles Times,"A police detective was shot to death in San Antonio and a St. Louis sergeant was shot in the face but is expected to survive, the latest in what authorities are calling a series of targeted attacks on law enforcement.",left
15945,4 Cops Shot in 3 States,['Violence In America'],4 cops shot in 3 states during bloody Sunday for police nationwide,Fox News (Online News),"An extensive police dragnet had failed Monday to catch a suspect in the ambush execution of a San Antonio detective, the first of four police officers in three states targeted in a Sunday shooting spree.",right
15946,4 Cops Shot in 3 States,['Violence In America'],"1 Police Officer Killed, 3 Officers Injured In Separate Shootings Sunday",NPR (Online News),"A police officer was shot and killed Sunday in San Antonio in an apparent ambush-style slaying, authorities say. A suspect is still at large.",left
15947,Trump Budget Plan,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Ignorant, unskilled, sick, hungry, cruel and violent—what Trump's budget would do for America By Mark Sumner Thursday",Daily Kos,"Donald Trump is out to find programs that America doesn’t need. Programs like Meals on Wheels. Sure, it delivers food to millions of seniors, and by helping them stay in their homes it costs hundreds of times less than hospital care. Sounds trivial. It’s gone. And it’s not alone.",left
15948,Trump Budget Plan,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump Unveils 'Hard Power' Budget That Boosts Military Spending,NPR (Online News),"The Trump administration's new budget blueprint aims to quantify the president's nationalistic agenda in dollars and cents. The plan, released Thursday morning, calls for significant increases in military and border-security spending, along with corresponding cuts in many other parts of the government.",left
15949,Trump Budget Plan,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Trump delivers budget boosting military, cutting EPA, State Dept.",Breitbart News,President Donald Trump on Thursday released a proposed budget that could cut funding to the Environmental Protection Agency by 31 percent and the State Department by 29 percent while boosting military funds.,right
15950,Tuesday's Recall Election of California Gov. Gavin Newsom,"['Elections', 'Politics', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Larry Elder', 'California', 'Newsom Recall']",Finals polls give Newsom edge in recall,New York Post (News),"California Gov. Gavin Newsom heads into the Golden State recall Tuesday with the wind at his back after the last polls of the race show voters want to keep him in the job.
A Survey USA and the San Diego Union-Tribune poll showed 54 percent of likely voters saying Newsom should stay in office, while just 41 percent said they planned to vote “yes” on the recall. A second Berkeley Institute of Government Studies and Los Angeles Times survey showed Newsom coasting by an even bigger margin, with 60 percent of likely...",right
15951,Tuesday's Recall Election of California Gov. Gavin Newsom,"['Elections', 'Politics', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Larry Elder', 'California', 'Newsom Recall']",How Gavin Newsom fought back against the recall,The Hill,"In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, no governor in America moved faster to close down schools, restrict businesses and order his own constituents into a long and painful lockdown than did California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).
Newsom’s steps, at times taken ahead of public health advice issued by the Trump administration, poured gasoline on what had been a sleepy and uninspired effort to recall the governor, firing up a fierce anger that has now forced Newsom to defend himself in a pricey fight to save his political career. More than...",center
15952,Tuesday's Recall Election of California Gov. Gavin Newsom,"['Elections', 'Politics', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Larry Elder', 'California', 'Newsom Recall']",Allegations fly as recall vote looms for California’s Newsom,Associated Press Fact Check,"In a blitz of TV ads and a last-minute rally, California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom urged voters Sunday to turn back a looming recall vote that could remove him from office, while leading Republican Larry Elder broadly criticized the media for what he described as double standards that insulated Newsom from criticism and scrutiny throughout the contest.
The sunny, late-summer weekend was a swirl of political activity, as candidates held rallies, continued bus tours and cluttered the TV airwaves with advertising offering their closing arguments in advance of the election...",left
15953,Attorney General William Barr Resigns From Justice Department,"['Justice Department', 'William Barr', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice']",Attorney General William Barr resigns,New York Post (News),"Attorney General William Barr is resigning, confirming speculation that he would leave his top cabinet post amid mounting criticism of his performance from President Trump.
Trump announced the departure in a Monday evening tweet.
“Just had a very nice meeting with Attorney General Bill Barr at the White House. Our relationship has been a very good one, he has done an outstanding job! As per letter, Bill will be leaving just before Christmas to spend the holidays with his family,” Trump tweeted.",right
15954,Attorney General William Barr Resigns From Justice Department,"['Justice Department', 'William Barr', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice']","Attorney General William Barr to resign, Trump tweets",ABC News (Online),"Attorney General William Barr is resigning from the Justice Department before Christmas, President Donald Trump tweeted Monday evening.
""Just had a very nice meeting with Attorney General Bill Barr at the White House. Our relationship has been a very good one, he has done an outstanding job! As per letter, Bill will be leaving just before Christmas to spend the holidays with his family,"" Trump tweeted.
Trump said Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen will become Acting Attorney General after Barr departs on Dec. 23. Richard Donoghue will become Deputy Attorney...",left
15955,Attorney General William Barr Resigns From Justice Department,"['Justice Department', 'William Barr', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice']","Attorney General William Barr resigns, effective Dec. 23",CNBC,"Attorney General William Barr, the head of the Department of Justice, will leave office before Christmas, President Donald Trump said Monday.
The widely anticipated announcement of Barr’s departure came just moments after President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over Trump was formalized by the Electoral College. The shake-up, in the twilight of Trump’s tenure in the White House, also followed weeks of public clashes between Barr and the president.
But Barr’s resignation letter, shared on Twitter by Trump as he made the announcement, elaborately praised the president and said he felt “proud...",center
15956,Bergdahl Expected to Plead Guilty,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Bowe Bergdahl expected to plead guilty in desertion case,Fox News (Online News),"Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is set to plead guilty Monday to charges he endangered comrades by walking away from his post in Afghanistan in 2009 -- the court case wrapping up just three years after a stunning Rose Garden spectacle in which former President Barack Obama, flanked by Bergdahl's parents, triumphantly announced the soldier's release from captivity.",right
15957,Bergdahl Expected to Plead Guilty,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Alleged deserter Bowe Bergdahl doubts he could get a fair trial after Trump comments,ABC News (Online),Former Taliban prisoner Bowe Bergdahl is expected to plead guilty to charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy in a military hearing that begins at Fort Bragg today as he doubts that he could get a fair trial following campaign statements by Donald Trump.,left
15958,Bergdahl Expected to Plead Guilty,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will reportedly enter a plea in his desertion case on Monday.,The Hill,U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will reportedly enter a plea in his desertion case on Monday.,center
15959,Tokyo Olympics Organizers Ban Foreign Spectators,"['Sports', 'Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Olympics', 'Tokyo Olympics', 'Japan', 'World', 'Travel Restrictions']",Spectators from abroad to be barred from Tokyo Olympics,Associated Press,"At last it’s official after countless unsourced news reports and rumors: spectators from abroad will be barred from the postponed Tokyo Olympics when they open in four months.
The decision was announced Saturday after an online meeting of the International Olympic Committee, the Japanese government, the Tokyo government, the International Paralympic Committee, and local organizers.
Officials said the risk was too great to admit ticket holders from overseas during a pandemic. The Japanese public has also opposed fans from abroad. Several surveys have shown that up to 80% oppose holding...",left
15960,Tokyo Olympics Organizers Ban Foreign Spectators,"['Sports', 'Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Olympics', 'Tokyo Olympics', 'Japan', 'World', 'Travel Restrictions']",Spectators From Overseas Are Barred From Tokyo Olympics,New York Times (News),"Spectators from overseas will not be allowed to attend the Summer Olympics in Japan, organizers said on Saturday, making a major concession to the realities of Covid-19 even as they forged ahead with plans to hold the world’s largest sporting event.
The Tokyo Games, which begin in July, were originally scheduled for 2020 but were delayed by a year because of the pandemic. The Tokyo organizing committee has been scrambling to develop safety protocols to protect both participants and local residents from the virus. Concern has been running high in...",left
15961,Tokyo Olympics Organizers Ban Foreign Spectators,"['Sports', 'Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Olympics', 'Tokyo Olympics', 'Japan', 'World', 'Travel Restrictions']","It's official: Due to coronavirus concerns, no overseas spectators will be allowed at Tokyo Games",The Japan Times,"The organizers of this summer’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics decided on Saturday that the games will be staged without overseas spectators due to the coronavirus pandemic, the games’ organizing committee said.
The organizers came to the decision during a high-level remote meeting on Saturday, just five days before the 121-day Olympic torch relay starts in Fukushima Prefecture. The meeting was attended by International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Organising Committee, International Paralympic Committee chief Andrew Parsons, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike and Olympic minister Tamayo...",center
15962,Who Benefits from the Sequester,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",The sequester: A tea party victory,Washington Post,"Since the day they were swept to power more than two years ago, the tea partys legions in Washington have made dramatic federal spending cuts the centerpiece of an economic message that has dominated the national debate.",left
15963,Who Benefits from the Sequester,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","As Deep Cuts Loom, Continued Appeals For A Deal, Finger-Pointing",NPR (Online News),"With less than a week before the across-the-board-spending cuts go into effect, Republicans and Democrats are sounding off about the sequestration.
""There's easy ways [sic] to cut this money that the American people will never feel,"" Rep. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., said on Fox News Sunday. ""What you hear is an outrage because nobody wants to cut spending ... and it will be somewhat painful, but not cutting spending is going to be disastrous for our country.""",left
15964,Who Benefits from the Sequester,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","WSJ: Dems Caving on Sequestration, Moving to Continuing Resolution Battle?",Townhall,"Although the president is still out on the campaign trail sounding the hysterical alarm over the proportionally miniscule sequester cuts, the Wall Street Journal reports that Beltway Democrats are already shifting their focus to the next manufactured crisis of their own making:
Already looking past the current budget impasse gripping the capital, congressional leaders are quietly considering a deal to avert a government shutdown next month—but at the cost of prolonging across-the-board spending cuts. Attention is beginning to shift from Friday, when the broad cuts known as the sequester kick...",right
15965,Trump's Name Will Appear on Stimulus Checks,"['White House', 'Role Of Government', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Treasury', 'Donald Trump']",Order to print Trump's name on every stimulus check expected to delay payments to Americans,Salon,"The Treasury Department said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's name will appear on every mailed stimulus check, a move that senior IRS officials said would delay at least the first round of paper checks.
The Treasury will print ""President Donald J.Trump"" on the memo line of every paper check, because only career Treasury Department officials can legally sign the checks, The Washington Post first reported. It will be the first time a president's name has ever appeared on a government payment to the public.",left
15966,Trump's Name Will Appear on Stimulus Checks,"['White House', 'Role Of Government', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Treasury', 'Donald Trump']","Trump's name to be printed on $1,200 coronavirus stimulus checks going out to Americans",USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – When Americans receive their anxiously awaited checks from the federal government, which are being sent out to help mitigate the economic hardships caused by the coronavirus outbreak, they may notice the words ""President Donald J. Trump"" have been added at the bottom.
Trump suggested to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin the idea of adding his signature to the $1,200 paper checks, and the department agreed Monday to add his printed name (but not his actual autograph).",left
15967,Trump's Name Will Appear on Stimulus Checks,"['White House', 'Role Of Government', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Banking And Finance', 'Treasury', 'Donald Trump']",Stimulus Checks Not Being Held up for Donald Trump’s Name,Breitbart News,"The opening sentence of the article from Lisa Rein claims that adding Trump’s name to the checks to tens of millions of Americans is “a process that could slow their delivery by a few days.”
The article also includes a section quoting some career officials claiming this will lead to a delay.",right
15968,North Korea Says It is Open to Denuclearization Talks,"['North Korea', 'World']",'The world is watching': North Korea reportedly would consider abandoning nukes program,USA TODAY,"North Korea said it is willing to talk to the United States about abandoning its nuclear weapons program if its security can be guaranteed, South Korea's government said Tuesday.",left
15969,North Korea Says It is Open to Denuclearization Talks,"['North Korea', 'World']",N. Korea willing to denuclearise if security guaranteed: Seoul,Breitbart News,"North Korea said it was willing to abandon its nuclear weapons if the security of its regime is guaranteed, Seoul’s envoy said Tuesday after meeting with the North’s leader Kim Jong Un.",right
15970,North Korea Says It is Open to Denuclearization Talks,"['North Korea', 'World']","North Korea Is Willing to Discuss Giving Up Nuclear Weapons, South Says",New York Times (News),"North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has told South Korean envoys that his country is willing to begin negotiations with the United States on abandoning its nuclear weapons and that it would suspend all nuclear and missile tests while engaged in such talks, South Korean officials said on Tuesday.",left
15971,Canada's Trudeau Proposes Total Freeze on Handgun Ownership,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Canada', 'Justin Trudeau']","Canadian PM Trudeau announces legislation to ‘freeze’ handgun ownership, buy back ‘assault-style weapons’",Fox News (Online News),"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that his government is introducing legislation to ""implement national freeze on handgun ownership"" throughout the country. 
""What this means is that it will no longer be possible to buy, sell, transfer or import handguns anywhere in Canada,"" Trudeau said at a press conference. 
""We recognize that the vast majority of gun owners use them safely and in accordance with the law, but other than using firearms for sport shooting and hunting, there is no reason anyone in Canada should need guns in their everyday...",right
15972,Canada's Trudeau Proposes Total Freeze on Handgun Ownership,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Canada', 'Justin Trudeau']",Handguns: Canada proposes complete freeze on ownership,BBC News,"Canada should introduce a total ban on the buying and selling of all handguns, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said.
His government is proposing a new law that would freeze private ownership of all short-barrelled firearms.
The legislation would not ban the ownership of handguns outright - but would make it illegal to buy them.
Mr Trudeau's proposal comes days after a deadly shooting at a Texas primary school, in the neighbouring US, killed 21 people.
The bill, which was presented to Canada's parliament on Monday, makes it impossible to...",center
15973,Canada's Trudeau Proposes Total Freeze on Handgun Ownership,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Canada', 'Justin Trudeau']","Canada's Trudeau announces bill to cap sales, transfers and imports of all handguns in the country",CNN (Online News),"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday announced the introduction of a bill that would place a national freeze on handgun ownership across Canada.
""What this means is that it will no longer be possible to buy, sell, transfer or import handguns anywhere in Canada,"" Trudeau said in a news conference.
""In other words we're capping the market,"" he added.
If passed, the new anti-gun legislation will fine gun smuggling and trafficking ""by increasing maximum criminal penalties and providing more tools for law enforcement to investigate firearm crimes,"" Trudeau said.
The...",left
15974,GOP Establishment Uneasy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump’s vulgar comments condemned by every female Republican in Senate,Washington Times,Every female Republican in the U.S. Senate has either condemned Donald Trump or renounced their support for his presidential campaign within 24 hours of his White House bid being called into question upon the release of a 2005 recording where he’s heard making vulgar comments about women.,right
15975,GOP Establishment Uneasy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Exclusive poll: GOP voters want the party to stand by Trump,Politico,"A wave of Republican officials abandoned Donald Trump on Saturday, but, at least for now, rank-and-file Republicans are standing by the party's presidential candidate, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted immediately after audio was unearthed Friday that had the GOP nominee crudely bragging about groping women and trying to lure a married woman into an affair.",left
15976,GOP Establishment Uneasy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","You Knew Who Trump Was When You Endorsed Him, Republican Leaders",HuffPost,"You knew. You all knew. You knew the whole time who and what Donald Trump is.
Mike Pence. Paul Ryan. Mitch McConnell. Ted Cruz. Chris Christie. Newt Gingrich. Orrin Hatch. John McCain. Marco Rubio. Virtually all of you.",left
15977,HealthCare.gov sign ups,['Healthcare'],"Why 29,000 Obamacare sign ups are nothing to celebrate",Marc A. Thiessen,"Obamacare supporters are celebrating the news that 29,000 people signed up for Obamacare on Sunday and Monday — the first days since the re-launch of the HealthCare.gov website.",right
15978,HealthCare.gov sign ups,['Healthcare'],Source: Enrollment surge on HealthCare.gov,Politico,"About 29,000 people signed up for health insurance through HealthCare.gov on Sunday and Monday — a figure that surpasses the total for the whole month of October, an official familiar with the program told POLITICO.
The quickened pace of enrollments came as the White House hit its self-imposed Nov. 30 deadline to fix the troubled Affordable Care Act website.
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/12/obamacare-enrollment-numbers-10065...",left
15979,HealthCare.gov sign ups,['Healthcare'],"29,000 Americans enroll under HealthCare.gov in 2 days, officials say",Washington Post,"Roughly 29,000 Americans signed up for insurance on HealthCare.gov between Dec. 1 and 2, according to an individual familiar with the figures who asked for anonymity to discuss ongoing operations.
That total exceeds the total number of Americans who enrolled online between Oct. 1 and Nov. 2, which was 26,794. The government defines enrollment as an individual who has successfully signed up for a plan.The new total, while short of the pace needed to reach the administration's target of 7 million enrollments by March 31, shows the federal health...",left
15980,Obama offers fix for canceled plans,['Healthcare'],"Obama Offers One Year Healthcare ""Fix,"" Says Buying Health Insurance Online is ""Complicated""",Townhall,"Speaking today from the White House, President Obama touted dismal Obamacare enrollment numbers as proof people are interested in the healthcare law and assured millions Americans they can keep their cancelled insurance plans if insurance companies continue to offer and provide them.",right
15981,Obama offers fix for canceled plans,['Healthcare'],Obama offers fix for canceled plans,CNN (Online News),"Americans may be able to keep their individual insurance plans for one more year, under a fix offered by President Obama on Thursday to address a controversial provision of the Affordable Care Act.
The deal is meant to mollify millions of people enraged after their insu",left
15982,Obama offers fix for canceled plans,['Healthcare'],Obama announces change to address health insurance cancellations,New York Times (News),"President Obama announced Thursday an administrative change in one of the bedrock ideas of the new health-care law, allowing insurers to continue offering individual insurance plans for another year even if they do not comply with the law’s rules for minimum benefits.
“This fix won’t solve every problem for every person, but it’s going to help a lot of people,” 
Obama said in making the announcement
. He said that “doing more",left
15983,Rep. Ron Wright Becomes First Sitting Member of Congress to Die After Contracting COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'Texas', 'Dallas']",GOP Rep. Ron Wright dies after Covid diagnosis,Politico,"GOP Rep. Ron Wright of Texas has died after a recent battle with coronavirus, his office campaign Monday.
Wright, 67, tested positive for Covid-19 last month and had been hospitalized in Dallas for the past two weeks. He also was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018 and had been hospitalized last September for complications related to his cancer treatments.
In a statement, his team said Wright “passed away peacefully” on Sunday with his wife Susan by his side. A cause of death was not specified.",left
15984,Rep. Ron Wright Becomes First Sitting Member of Congress to Die After Contracting COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'Texas', 'Dallas']",U.S. Rep. Ron Wright of Texas dies after battle with COVID-19,Fort Worth Star-Telegram,"Republican Rep. Ron Wright, known as a staunch constitutional conservative, principled leader and member of the Freedom Caucus, died Sunday after a battle with COVID-19. He was 67.
Wright, a lifelong Texan, represented the 6th Congressional District, which includes southeast Tarrant County, including most of Arlington and Mansfield, and all of Ellis and Navarro counties. He had held the office since 2018.
For the previous two weeks, Ron and his wife Susan had been admitted to Baylor Hospital in Dallas after contracting COVID-19. Wright was also being treated for a...",center
15985,Rep. Ron Wright Becomes First Sitting Member of Congress to Die After Contracting COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'Texas', 'Dallas']",Texas Rep. Ron Wright dies following bouts with COVID-19 and cancer,Washington Examiner,"Ron Wright, a Texas lawmaker representing the state's 6th Congressional District, died at the age of 67, his office said.
The congressman had battled both the coronavirus and cancer in the time leading up to his death Sunday.
“Congressman Wright will be remembered as a constitutional conservative. He was a statesman, not an ideologue,” according to a statement released by Wright’s office. “Ron and Susan dedicated their lives to fighting for individual freedom, Texas values, and above all, the lives of the unborn. As friends, family, and many of his...",right
15986,Texas Abortion Rate Dropped Nearly 60% After Heartbeat Act Took Effect,"['Abortion', 'Media Bias', 'Public Health', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas', ""Women'S Issues""]",Abortions in Texas Plummeted by 50 Percent After New Heartbeat Law Took Effect,National Review,"The number of abortions performed in Texas plummeted in the first month since a new law — which prohibits the procedure after a fetal heartbeat is detected — went into effect.
In September 2021, just 2,197 abortions were performed in Texas, a drop of 51 percent from 5,400 statewide abortions in August, according to new figures released by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.
The Supreme Court has declined the opportunity to review the law, dismissing most legal challenges to it. A unique enforcement mechanism in the law allows individuals to...",right
15987,Texas Abortion Rate Dropped Nearly 60% After Heartbeat Act Took Effect,"['Abortion', 'Media Bias', 'Public Health', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas', ""Women'S Issues""]",Texas law causes abortions to drop by 60% as people seek care in other states,The Guardian,"Abortions performed by registered providers in Texas fell by 60% in the first month after the state passed the most restrictive abortion law in the US in decades, according to new figures.
Nearly 2,200 abortions were reported by Texas providers in September after a new law took effect that bans the procedure once cardiac activity is detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy and when many do not know they are pregnant. The law is without exception in cases of rape or incest.
The figures were released this month by the Texas...",left
15988,Texas Abortion Rate Dropped Nearly 60% After Heartbeat Act Took Effect,"['Abortion', 'Media Bias', 'Public Health', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas', ""Women'S Issues""]",Abortions in Texas dropped almost 60% in the first month after new SB 8 restrictions were imposed,The Dallas Morning News,"Texas Health and Human Services released updated statistics Monday showing the number of abortions reported in the state decreased almost 60% in the first month after new restrictions went into effect.
The state reported 2,197 induced terminations of pregnancies for September of 2021, following 5,404 in August, the last month before Senate Bill 8 took effect. Notably, in September there were only two induced abortions performed after six weeks of gestation, which the new law allows only under medical exemptions.
Texas Right to Life, an organization that opposes abortion access, said in a statement, “the success...",center
15989,"Kanye West Denies Association With Blexit, Says He Is Distancing Himself From Politics",['Arts And Entertainment'],"Kanye West Said His ""Eyes Are Now Wide Open"" After Realizing He's Been Used For Political Gain",BuzzFeed News,"""[I] now realize I’ve been used to spread messages I don’t believe in,"" Kanye tweeted. ""I am distancing myself from politics and completely focusing on being creative!!""",left
15990,"Kanye West Denies Association With Blexit, Says He Is Distancing Himself From Politics",['Arts And Entertainment'],Kanye West breaks with 'Blexit': 'I've been used to spread messages I don't believe in',Washington Times,"So the “Blexit” push was a bridge too far for Kanye West. In a series of tweets Tuesday afternoon, the rap star who proudly wore a MAGA cap and stole the show from President Trump",right
15991,"Kanye West Denies Association With Blexit, Says He Is Distancing Himself From Politics",['Arts And Entertainment'],Kanye West announces he's distancing himself from politics,BBC News,"Kanye West says he's ""distancing"" himself from politics. On Twitter the rapper claims he's being ""used to spread messages I don't believe in."" He has been a vocal supporter of President",center
15992,US Embassy in Cuba Reopens,"['State Department', 'Politics']",John Kerry begins historic Cuba visit to raise flag over embassy,Washington Post,Secretary of State John F. Kerry opened a history-making visit to Cuba on Friday to lead ceremonies to raise the Stars and Stripes at the U.S. Embassy for the first time in more than 50 years.,left
15993,US Embassy in Cuba Reopens,"['State Department', 'Politics']",US flag to be raised in Cuba: How much real change is coming to the country?,Christian Science Monitor,"Change will occur, but will be slow, predict experts in US-Cuba relations. On Friday, Secretary of State John Kerry will raise the American flag over the reopened US Embassy in Havana.",center
15994,US Embassy in Cuba Reopens,"['State Department', 'Politics']","Kerry in Havana for reopening of US Embassy, tough negotiations ahead",Fox News (Online News),Secretary of State John Kerry landed in Havana Friday morning for a ceremony marking the re-opening of the long-shuttered U.S. Embassy in Cuba -- but tensions and disagreements between the two capitals still run deep despite the diplomatic fanfare.,right
15995,French Police Make Anti-Terror Sweep,['Terrorism'],Charlie Hebdo attack: The hunt for the killers,CNN (Online News),"Another deadly attack, another reported sighting, another day on edge Thursday in France, where the manhunt continues for two brothers wanted for the massacre at the office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.",left
15996,French Police Make Anti-Terror Sweep,['Terrorism'],Manhunt For 2 Charlie Hebdo Suspects Heats Up In France,HuffPost,French anti-terrorism police converged on an area northeast of Paris on Thursday after two brothers suspected of being behind an attack on a satirical newspaper were spotted at a petrol station in the region.,left
15997,French Police Make Anti-Terror Sweep,['Terrorism'],"Paris terror suspects reportedly spotted in northern France, police flood scene",Fox News (Online News),"The suspects in the deadly Charlie Hebdo shooting may have been spotted near the small town of Villers-Cotterêts, an hour northeast of Paris, and security forces are searching the area, the AFP reported.",right
15998,Descendants of Robert E. Lee Speak Out,['Polarization'],I’m black. Robert E. Lee is my ancestor. His statues can’t come down soon enough.,Washington Post,"Defenders of Confederate monuments are again trying to rewrite an ugly chapter in our nation’s history. If my family can move on, so can they.",left
15999,Descendants of Robert E. Lee Speak Out,['Polarization'],Robert E. Lee's great-grandson condones taking down Confederate statues,Washington Examiner,"Robert E. Lee's great-grandson said it may be ""appropriate"" for Confederate statues to come down and be exhibited in museums following the violent rally in Charlottesville, Va., last week, according to a report.",right
16000,Descendants of Robert E. Lee Speak Out,['Polarization'],Direct descendants of Robert E. Lee denounce white nationalists,The Hill,"Direct descendants of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee are denouncing the white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups that stoked violence in Charlottesville, Va., during protests opposing the removal of a statue of Lee.",center
16001,Donald at the NRA,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Donald Trump Tells N.R.A. Hillary Clinton Wants to Let Violent Criminals Go Free,New York Times (News),"Donald J. Trump accused Hillary Clinton on Friday of wanting to let violent criminals out of prison and “disarm” law-abiding citizens in unsafe neighborhoods, and warned that women, in particular, would be at greater risk if she were elected president.
Accepting the endorsement of the National Rifle Association at its annual convention here, Mr. Trump — who has not always been the staunchest opponent of s",left
16002,Donald at the NRA,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Donald Trump goes after Hillary Clinton on guns,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump on Friday told the National Rifle Association that Hillary Clinton would take away the right to bear arms -- a position the Democratic front-runner has never taken and immediately denounced.
Moments after the gun group endorsed Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee dove right into attacking Clinton, saying she ""wants to abolish the Second Amendment.""",left
16003,Donald at the NRA,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Trump: 2nd Amendment ‘under a threat like never before’,Washington Times,Likely GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump on Friday slammed Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton as historically hostile to gun rights and warned that Mrs. Clinton will get the chance to appoint up to five U.S. Supreme Court justices if she’s elected president.,right
16004,Perspectives: Some Gun Activists Dismayed at Biden 'F-15s' Comments,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Joe Biden', 'Second Amendment', 'Polarization', 'Violence In America', 'Nuclear Weapons']",Biden mocked gun-rights advocates who say they need assault weapons to fight the government: 'You need F-15s and maybe some nuclear weapons',Insider,"President Joe Biden joked that people who think they needed guns to take on the US government would actually need nuclear weapons.
In a speech on Wednesday that outlined his plan to combat gun violence, Biden said, ""If you wanted or if you think you need to have weapons to take on the government, you need F-15s and maybe some nuclear weapons.""
Biden also said there had always been limits on what kinds of weapons people could legally own: ""The Second Amendment, from the day it was passed, limited the type...",left
16005,Perspectives: Some Gun Activists Dismayed at Biden 'F-15s' Comments,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Joe Biden', 'Second Amendment', 'Polarization', 'Violence In America', 'Nuclear Weapons']","Biden says future patriots face lost cause against tyranny; U.S. has ‘F-15s,’ ‘nuclear weapons’",Washington Times,"President Biden says the prospect of patriots taking on a future tyrannical government in the U.S. would be grim unless they procured “F-15s and nuclear weapons.”
The Democrat roiled viewers on Tuesday while making the comments in conjunction with his calls for more stringent gun control.
“Those who say the blood of patriots, you know, and all the stuff about how we’re gonna have to move against the government — well, the tree of liberty has not been watered with the blood of patriots,” Mr. Biden said. “What’s happened is that there have never been —...",right
16006,Perspectives: Some Gun Activists Dismayed at Biden 'F-15s' Comments,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Joe Biden', 'Second Amendment', 'Polarization', 'Violence In America', 'Nuclear Weapons']",The Second Amendment Doesn’t Shrink Beneath The Threat Of F-15s And Nuclear Weapons,The Daily Wire,"In his latest splurge of nonsensical gun control rhetoric, Joe Biden raised eyebrows on Wednesday when he repeated his claim that the Second Amendment always limited both who could own a weapon and the kinds of weapons available and then appeared to threaten the gun owners by alluding to the U.S. military’s overwhelming firepower. 
“The Second Amendment, from the day it was passed, limited the type of people who could own a gun and what type of weapon you could own,” Biden said. “You couldn’t buy a cannon. [Those who] say...",right
16007,State of the Union Address Tonight,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama agenda status report: Did he meet State of the Union goals?,Fox News (Online News),"As President Obama prepares to deliver his final State of the Union address on Tuesday, voters might want to know: What ever happened to the president's proposals from last year?",right
16008,State of the Union Address Tonight,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama’s State of the Union wins and losses,Politico,"For six consecutive years, President Barack Obama used his State of the Union address to call for immigration reform. In three other State of the Union speeches, Obama has called for raising the federal minimum wage. And twice he’s expressed the urgency of campaign finance reform.",left
16009,State of the Union Address Tonight,"['White House', 'Politics']",Balancing Terror and Reality in State of the Union Address,New York Times (News),"When President Obama speaks to the nation in his final State of the Union address on Tuesday night, he will offer a familiar reassurance that the country is expending enormous effort to protect Americans against international terrorism.",left
16010,"Coronavirus Sends Panic Through China, Comes to US","['Travel', 'Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Chicago', 'Illinois', 'Disease', 'China']",Panic and Criticism Spread on Chinese Social Media Over Coronavirus,New York Times (News),"HONG KONG — While China’s state-run media has urged calm and praised the official response to the coronavirus outbreak, a different story is playing out across the country’s tightly controlled social media networks.
In the digital world, China’s citizens are expressing panic and frustration. They are overcoming a lack of reporting in the official media by sharing their own videos and information — sometimes inaccurately.
Some are even evading censors, who commonly stifle criticism of the government, to register complaints about how officials have handled the crisis. They have criticized...",left
16011,"Coronavirus Sends Panic Through China, Comes to US","['Travel', 'Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Chicago', 'Illinois', 'Disease', 'China']","Chicago woman who traveled to China diagnosed with coronavirus, health officials say",Chicago Tribune,"A Chicago woman who returned from caring for her sick father in China earlier this month has been diagnosed with the respiratory coronavirus that has sickened more than 800 in China and killed at least 26, officials said.
The woman, who is in her 60s, remained hospitalized Friday and her condition had been stabilized and is “clinically doing well,"" said Dr. Allison Arwady, the commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, on a news call with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The woman traveled to Wuhan, China,...",center
16012,"Coronavirus Sends Panic Through China, Comes to US","['Travel', 'Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Chicago', 'Illinois', 'Disease', 'China']",'Rapidly changing situation': CDC monitoring 63 patients in 22 states for possible coronavirus,Washington Examiner,"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed it is monitoring 63 patients in 22 states for possible instances of the coronavirus, which has spread quickly from its epicenter in Wuhan, China.
Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said Friday that 11 of the 63 patients have tested negative for the virus, while two have tested positive, including a Chicago woman who returned from Wuhan on Jan. 13. The woman, 60, is being treated in isolation and is said to be in stable...",right
16013,Social Media Executives Head To Capitol Hill,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Social media hearings: Five things to watch as Facebook and Twitter executives get grilled by Congress,USA TODAY,"Leaders of the nation’s largest technology firms are expected to tell lawmakers in a series of high-profile hearings Wednesday that politics don’t factor into their content decisions, pushing back on assertions made in recent days by President Donald Trump.",left
16014,Social Media Executives Head To Capitol Hill,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","'Voices Silenced': Twitter, Facebook and Google Called to Account in Congress",CBN,"Executives from Facebook, Twitter and Google are facing two hearings in Congress today, including the Senate Intelligence Committee.
The social media execs are facing questions about political intrusion, antitrust concerns, censorship and consumer privacy.",right
16015,Social Media Executives Head To Capitol Hill,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Facebook and Twitter Executives Head to Capitol Hill,New York Times (News),"Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, and Jack Dorsey, the chief executive of Twitter, will testify in Washington on Wednesday about their companies’ response to foreign interference in elections and the moderation of online content.",left
16016,Trump Cancels Proposed Military Parade,['Politics'],Donald Trump blames D.C. government for parade delay (though U.S. costs are higher),USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump blamed the Washington, DC government Friday for his decision to cancel a proposed military parade – though many federal officials also raised concerns about the cost and logistics.",left
16017,Trump Cancels Proposed Military Parade,['Politics'],Trump Cancels Military Parade: 'Maybe Next Year',CBN,"President Donald Trump said Friday he had canceled plans for a Veteran's Day military parade in November, citing the ""ridiculously high"" price tag.",right
16018,Trump Cancels Proposed Military Parade,['Politics'],Trump’s Military Parade Postponed Indefinitely Amid Reports Of Overspending,HuffPost,"Estimates for the president’s Veteran’s Day parade, two days after the midterm vote, rose from $12 million to $92 million. The Pentagon is looking at 2019 now.",left
16019,Scientists Craft Herd Immunity Plan to Reopen Society; Others Say It's Too Risky,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Herd Immunity', 'Life During Covid-19']",A Group of Scientists Wants To Reopen Society. Here's What Everyone Is Getting Wrong About What They Said.,Reason,"A trio of epidemiologists released a public letter last week rebuking the lockdown-focused approach to combating COVID-19. Their alternative: a model called Focused Protection, outlined in their Great Barrington Declaration, which would reopen society and allow young people to live their lives normally while implementing safeguards for the elderly.
Reactions were predictably polarized, as coronavirus proposals have tended to be. It's been hailed as the ""best advice"" and condemned as ""grotesque."" So who's right?
Let's start with the gist of the declaration: ""Current lockdown policies are producing devastating effects on...",right
16020,Scientists Craft Herd Immunity Plan to Reopen Society; Others Say It's Too Risky,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Herd Immunity', 'Life During Covid-19']",Scientists Are Slamming The Great Barrington Declaration’s Call For “Herd Immunity”,BuzzFeed News,"As the Trump administration signals a willingness to build “herd immunity” by purposely allowing the coronavirus to spread, major scientific organizations are denouncing a plan they say would be life-threatening and practically impossible.
That plan, laid out by three scientists in a controversial document called the ""Great Barrington Declaration,"" calls for only protecting “vulnerable” people and letting everyone else get infected with COVID-19. The authors discussed the strategy in a meeting with two top White House officials last week.
This week, top US heath official Anthony Fauci, the head of...",left
16021,Scientists Craft Herd Immunity Plan to Reopen Society; Others Say It's Too Risky,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Herd Immunity', 'Life During Covid-19']",White House officials promote herd immunity declaration signed by fake names: report,The Hill,"White House officials have promoted a declaration supporting herd immunity that has reportedly been signed by fake names, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
In a Monday phone call, White House officials cited the Great Barrington Declaration, which argues that the government should push for herd immunity with more infections among the healthy population, according to two senior administration officials.
Supporters of the declaration use it to argue against lockdowns and more reopenings during the pandemic.
“Current lockdown policies are producing devastating effects on short and long-term public...",center
16022,GOP Convention Preview,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Eight questions going into the Republican National Convention,Washington Post,Question 1: Is it possible for Mitt Romney to reintroduce himself after the attacks by President Obama's campaign?,left
16023,GOP Convention Preview,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama to break recent precedent, will stump during RNC",Washington Times,"Incumbent presidents usually lay low during their opponents nominating conventions, but not so with President Obama, who will wage an ambitious campaign next week to coincide with the Republican National Convention.",right
16024,GOP Convention Preview,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney Reboot? Convention Could Be The Ticket,NPR (Online News),"Mitt Romney, 65, has spent the better part of a decade running for president. And as the son of a Michigan governor who headed a Detroit auto company, he's been in the public eye much longer.
Yet the former Massachusetts governor has remained an enigma to many voters, his political positions malleable, and much of his business and private life — including his Mormon religion — intentionally obscured.",left
16025,Congress Debates Healthcare Proposal,['Healthcare'],"Now or never on ObamaCare repeal? Despite pressure, GOP divided on bill",Fox News (Online News),Congressional Republicans may find inspiration from the King of Rock and Roll when comes to passing their replacement bill for ObamaCare.,right
16026,Congress Debates Healthcare Proposal,['Healthcare'],Washington unites -- in early opposition to Obamacare replacement bill,CNN (Online News),Republican leadership's first effort to sell an Obamacare replacement plan has given rise to an unusual consensus in Washington. Officials on both sides of the aisle -- including disparate factions within parties -- and influential outside groups seem to be in agreement: the bill in its current form will never make it to the White House.,left
16027,Congress Debates Healthcare Proposal,['Healthcare'],GOP health care plan: Lawmakers debate details of Ryan’s proposal,Washington Post,"Lawmakers prepared Wednesday for a marathon day sifting through a Republican proposal to revise the Affordable Care Act, which has met with widespread resistance from conservatives in and out of Congress, moderates in the Senate and key industry stakeholders since House GOP leaders released it on Monday.",left
16028,North Korea Backs Off Guam Threat,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea Backs Off Threat to Hit Guam,Wall Street Journal (News),"Hours after China took steps to support U.N. sanctions, North Korean state media says Kim Jong Un decided not to fire on Guam",center
16029,North Korea Backs Off Guam Threat,"['North Korea', 'World']",Kim Jong Un Backs Down In Nuclear Showdown With Trump,The Daily Caller,"North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un decided Tuesday not to fire ballistic missiles at Guam, reserving the right to change his mind if “the Yankees persist in their extremely dangerous reckless actions,” according to North Korean state media.",right
16030,North Korea Backs Off Guam Threat,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korean leader Kim Jong Un holds off on Guam missile plan,CBS News (Online),"North Korean state radio on Tuesday announced that President Kim Jung Un planned to hold off launching missiles at Guam, while the United States said it was ready to defend the territory.",left
16031,McCarthy Pulls All Five GOP Members From Jan. 6 Committee After Pelosi Rejects Two of His Appointees,"['US House', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",McCarthy Yanks GOP Members Off Pelosi’s Jan 6th Committee After Speaker Vetoes Two Republican Appointees,The Daily Wire,"Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) abruptly yanked all five Republican appointees from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) Democrat-led committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riot after Pelosi refused to seat Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Jim Banks (R-IN) over concerns that the two GOP Members would impact the “integrity of the investigation.”
McCarthy announced his picks for the Select Committee on Monday, balancing out three more moderate Republicans with two supporters of former President Donald Trump, likely in order to ensure that Pelosi seated the full...",right
16032,McCarthy Pulls All Five GOP Members From Jan. 6 Committee After Pelosi Rejects Two of His Appointees,"['US House', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']","Pelosi Rejects 2 GOP Nominees For The Jan. 6 Panel, Citing The Integrity Of The Probe",NPR (Online News),"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has vetoed two Republican nominees to the panel set to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Citing ""statements and actions"" made by the pair — Reps. Jim Banks of Indiana and Jim Jordan of Ohio, Pelosi said she was rejecting their nominations ""with respect for the integrity of the investigation.""
""The unprecedented nature of January 6th demands this unprecedented decision,"" Pelosi said.
The two lawmakers were among five that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy nominated to the committee. Pelosi named one other GOP member, Rep. Liz...",left
16033,McCarthy Pulls All Five GOP Members From Jan. 6 Committee After Pelosi Rejects Two of His Appointees,"['US House', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",McCarthy pulls his 5 GOP members from 1/6 committee after Pelosi rejects 2 of his picks,CNN (Online News),"House Republicans balked at participating in the House committee that's investigating the January 6 insurrection on Wednesday after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two of the five Republicans House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had tapped for the panel.
Pelosi's decision to reject the two Republicans -- and McCarthy's response to pull the rest his members -- injected new fuel into the partisan fight over the select committee that's been raging since Democrats created the panel last month to investigate the circumstances surrounding the January 6 attack on the Capitol.",left
16034,Delegate Hunt in N. Dakota,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",GOP candidates optimistic in North Dakota delegate hunt,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump could be poised for a rare bit of good news in North Dakota, with the possibility he secures the support of at least a handful of the state's 25 delegates being elected Sunday.
Former candidate Ben Carson rallied the more than 1,600 state delegates for Trump Sunday morning, with a speech focused heavily on faith and his efforts to teach Trump religion and spirituality. But behind the scenes he lobbied N",left
16035,Delegate Hunt in N. Dakota,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Cruz says North Dakota could decide Republican convention,Deseret News,"Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz told attendees at the North Dakota Republican convention Saturday that their presidential delegates could decide the nomination.
Convention-goers are scheduled Sunday to select 25 of their 28 delegates who will go to the national convention unbound to any of the presidential candidates. North Dakota does not have a primary or caucus.
""It is entirely possible the men and women gathered here will decide this entire primary, will decide this nomination,"" Cru",center
16036,Delegate Hunt in N. Dakota,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Delegate Fight Casts North Dakota in New Campaign Role: Relevance,New York Times (News),"North Dakota is not accustomed to being one of the way stations on the path to the White House. Given its meager number of delegates and its tiny, remote media markets, it is rare for a presidential campaign to give this state the time of day.
But here was Senator Ted Cruz on Saturday, addressing the state’s Republican convention and leading the crowd of several thousand to a standing ovation with a thunderous appeal to North Dakota’s sudden relevance. “It is e",left
16037,Perspectives: The Plan to 'Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again',"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Architecture', 'Polarization', 'Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again', 'Role Of Government', 'Politics']",MAGA War on Architectural Diversity Weaponizes Greek Columns,New York Times (Opinion),"I was passing by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington the other afternoon when the raking winter sun made the patterned, bronzed-aluminum facade glow. The building seemed to warm its patch of a frozen National Mall, alongside the chilly phalanx of gray stone behemoths, nearly all classically designed.
Style-wise, I don’t know what to call the museum’s architecture. David Adjaye, the Ghanaian-British architect, led the design team. The building is classicizing, with its base and capital, at the same time that those patterns on...",left
16038,Perspectives: The Plan to 'Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again',"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Architecture', 'Polarization', 'Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again', 'Role Of Government', 'Politics']",Behind The White House Move To Stop Ugly Federal Buildings (And The Architects Who Stand In The Way),The Federalist,"As the Second World War came to a rumbling close, the architects gazed out upon a shattered Europe utterly convinced of a series of new things: First, they, the architects, are in charge of architecture, and the only valid experts on the aesthetics of architecture. Therefore, the public and its leaders, who every day must view and live among their work, have no opinion that counts.
Elites as judge, jury, and, ultimately, executioner. Sound familiar? It’s all over the art world and much of politics. But recent moves in Washington...",right
16039,Perspectives: The Plan to 'Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again',"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Architecture', 'Polarization', 'Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again', 'Role Of Government', 'Politics']",Trump plans on 'Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again' with executive order: report,The Hill,"President Trump is planning on “Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again” with an executive order that would make a classical style the default for federal buildings in Washington and other parts of the country, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
The draft order would encourage Greek and Roman architectural designs instead of modern architecture. The order is expected to go in front of Trump next month, a person familiar with the development told the Times.
“Classical and traditional architectural styles have proven their ability to inspire such respect for our system...",center
16040,Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Defends The Filibuster,"['Filibuster', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Mitch McConnell: The Filibuster Plays a Crucial Role in Our Constitutional Order,Mitch McConnell,"Democrats who want to change Senate rules for temporary political gain will rue the day, as they have before.
“You’ll regret this, and you may regret this a lot sooner than you think.”
That was my warning to Senate Democrats in November 2013. Their leader, Harry Reid, had just persuaded them to trample longstanding Senate rules and precedents. Now that some Democrats are proposing further radical changes to the Senate’s functioning, it is instructive to recall what happened next.
To confirm more of President Barack Obama’s controversial nominees, Democrats took...",right
16041,Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Defends The Filibuster,"['Filibuster', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",McConnell rejects Democrats' 'radical movement' to abolish filibuster,The Hill,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is pushing back against the emerging push to abolish the filibuster, saying that Democrats should consider retooling their ""half-baked proposals"" if they're frustrated by long-standing Senate tradition.
""A Democratic assault on the legislative filibuster would make the nomination fights look like child’s play,"" McConnell wrote in a New York Times op-ed published Thursday about the rule that requires 60 votes for the Senate to end debate on a bill.
""That’s because systematically filibustering nominees was not an old tradition but a modern...",center
16042,Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Defends The Filibuster,"['Filibuster', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US Senate', 'Politics']","McConnell offers fresh defense of Senate filibuster, warns Democrats could pass ‘socialist policies’ if they take control",Washington Post,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) offered a fresh defense of the filibuster on Thursday, writing in an op-ed that Democrats could pass a “laundry list of socialist policies” if they took control of the chamber and the long-standing tradition was dropped.
“Our country doesn’t need a second House of Representatives with fewer members and longer terms,” McConnell wrote in a piece published by the New York Times in which he touted the strong role of the minority-party rights in his chamber. “America needs the Senate to be the Senate....",left
16043,"COVID-19 Hospitalizations Remain High, as Some Question the Number's Accuracy","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health']",Covid Hospitalizations Hit Crisis Levels in Southern I.C.U.s,New York Times (News),"Hospitals in the southern United States are running dangerously low on space in intensive care units, as the Delta variant has led to spikes in coronavirus cases not seen since last year’s deadly winter wave.
One in four hospitals now reports more than 95 percent of I.C.U. beds occupied — up from one in five last month. Experts say it can become difficult to maintain standards of care for the sickest patients in hospitals where all or nearly all I.C.U. beds are occupied.
In June, when Covid-19 cases were at their lowest...",left
16044,"COVID-19 Hospitalizations Remain High, as Some Question the Number's Accuracy","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health']",Alaska’s biggest hospital begins rationing treatment,Associated Press,"Alaska’s largest hospital has begun rationing care, saying it has been overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients.
Providence Alaska Medical Center said Tuesday it will prioritize resources and treatment to those patients who have the potential to benefit the most.
Dr. Kristen Solana Walkinshaw is chief of staff at the hospital and says that “we are no longer able to provide the standard of care to each and every patient who needs our help,”
Alaska, like other places, has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the delta variant of the...",left
16045,"COVID-19 Hospitalizations Remain High, as Some Question the Number's Accuracy","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health']",'COVID-19 Hospitalizations' Are an Increasingly Misleading Measure of Severe Disease,Reason,"Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers, policy makers, and journalists have viewed hospitalizations as an important indicator of the disease burden, often citing increases in that measure as a justification for government interventions aimed at curtailing virus transmission, such as business restrictions and mask requirements. Hospitalization numbers do have advantages over case tallies, which are highly dependent on who happens to be tested, and fatality reports, which are a lagging indicator, since deaths may be recorded weeks after diagnosis. But because hospitalization rates reflect patients who test positive...",right
16046,Trump-Free Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio Clash Harshly, Filling Void on G.O.P. Debate Stage",New York Times (News),"The Republican presidential candidates competed vigorously to fill the vacuum created by Donald J. Trump’s boycott of Thursday night’s debate, with Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Senator Marco Rubio of Florida trading ferocious attacks on immigration and taking fire from rivals seeking advantage in the Iowa caucuses on Monday.
Mr. Cruz and Mr. Rubio, who are behind Mr. Trump in the Iowa polls and hoping for surprise finishes here, were repeatedly confronted with pointed questions about their views and Senate votes on providing citizenship or legal status to immigrants...",left
16047,Trump-Free Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump throws a grand old party,CNN (Online News),"No one ever really doubted that Donald Trump could pull off a major counter-programing feat -- even when competing with a GOP debate that was expected to draw millions of viewers.
He did it Thursday night, dazzling a crowd of hundreds of enthusiastic supporters by announcing that he had raised more than $6 million for veterans in one day -- $1 million of it from his own checkbook. ""We love our vets,"" he said.",left
16048,Trump-Free Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump-free debate a good thing for candidates, country",Fox News (Online News),"Well, that was different. Thursday night’s Fox News debate – the last before Iowans go to caucus on Monday – was perhaps the most policy oriented that we’ve seen thus far. This was due, in large part, to the missing elephant in the room: Donald Trump.
It follows that the evening was the chance for all the other candidates to make their voices heard without Trump dominating, as he has in the past six debates. And while I wouldn't argue that there was a runaway winner this evening, it’s clear...",right
16049,Fiscal Cliff Debates Continue,[],Leading House GOP figure's compromise plan gets shot down,CNN (Online News),House Speaker John Boehner and other conservatives shot down a proposal from a senior congressional Republican who suggested that his GOP colleagues break from their firm anti-tax position and agree to a demand from Democrats to immediately renew middle-class tax cuts.,left
16050,Fiscal Cliff Debates Continue,[],Obama Tilts Tax Debate Away From Spending Cuts,New York Times (News),President Obama surrounded himself with taxpayers on Wednesday to pitch his plan to preserve current rates for the middle class and raise them for the wealthy.,left
16051,Fiscal Cliff Debates Continue,[],Republicans to Democrats: 'We've done our part' in fiscal crisis negotiations,Fox News (Online News),"House Republican leaders said Wednesday they’ve done their job in negotiations to solve the looming fiscal crisis, while President Obama is returning to the campaign trail to sell tax hikes that studies show won't have much, if any, effect on solving the problem.",right
16052,Reactions to Hebdo Attack,['Terrorism'],"Paris terrorists aimed at freedom of expression, we must defend it",Los Angeles Times,"The primary victims of the terrorist outrage in Paris on Wednesday are the 12 people who were shot dead and several others who were wounded. This would be an unspeakable atrocity regardless of the motives that drove masked gunmen to attack the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
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Cartoonist Ted Rall remembers Charlie Hebdo's martyrs for free speech
Cartoonist Ted Rall remembers Charlie Hebdo's...",left
16053,Reactions to Hebdo Attack,['Terrorism'],Will we ever learn? Obama White House can't admit Paris attacks 'Islamic terrorism,Fox News (Online News),"They shouted in Arabic “Allahu Akbar” (Allah is Greatest) and “We are avenging the Prophet Mohammed” as they sprayed their victims with hundreds of bullets from their semi-automatic weapons.
Their “victims” were the top editorial cartoonists of the satirical Charlie Hebdo magazine, who had dared to practice their right of free speech. Their offense? Publishing cartoons deemed “offensive”",right
16054,Reactions to Hebdo Attack,['Terrorism'],"Rieder: Charlie Hebdo goes on, and that matters",USA TODAY,"Charlie Hebdo will not go away. And in the wake of unspeakably hideous tragedy, that's very good news.
The attack Wednesday that killed 12 members of the staff, including editorial director Stephane Charbonnier, was bad enough. Allowing the thugs who carried out the massacre to kill the French satirical weekly would have been catastrophic.
Despite",left
16055,Drone Seized by China,['China'],China says it will transfer US drone; Trump slams Beijing over incident,CNN (Online News),"China's defense ministry said Saturday that Chinese authorities have decided to return a US underwater drone it seized in international waters earlier in the week, saying the US had ""hyped up"" the issue.",left
16056,Drone Seized by China,['China'],China Scolds U.S. as Standoff Over Seized Drone Intensifies,New York Times (News),China warned on Saturday that a highly charged episode involving its capture of an American underwater drone launched by a United States naval vessel would not be resolved easily.,left
16057,Drone Seized by China,['China'],"China to return seized drone, calls ‘hype’ inappropriate",New York Post (News),"China’s Defence Ministry said on Saturday it had been in talks with the United States about returning an underwater drone taken by a Chinese naval vessel in the South China Sea, but the U.S. was not helping by “hyping up” the issue.",right
16058,Congressman Eric Swalwell Of California Is Running For President,"['Election 2020', 'Eric Swalwell', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Eric Swalwell, California Democrat, says he's running for president",CBS News (Online),"California Representative Eric Swalwell, one of President Trump's most outspoken critics in Congress, announced he is seeking the presidential nomination in what is shaping up to be the largest Democratic primary field in U.S. history.
The 38-year-old San Francisco area lawmaker announced his presidential campaign during an appearance on ""The Late Night Show with Stephen Colbert"" airing Monday night on CBS.
""I've already done a lot, but I can do more,"" he said in a clip released by the show. ""I've been in Congress for six years. I've defended...",left
16059,Congressman Eric Swalwell Of California Is Running For President,"['Election 2020', 'Eric Swalwell', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Eric Swalwell Announced His Candidacy Tonight And People's Reactions Are Priceless,Townhall,"Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) on Monday announced his intention for running for president on ""The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.""
Not everyone was excited about the what they saw. In fact, Swalwell has made a name for himself as anti-gunner and, like practically every other 2020 Democrat, plans to run on the gun control issue.
While he wants to be known as a strong supporter of ""gun safety,"" his claim to fame is wanting to nuke gun owners.
Congressman Eric Swalwell is focusing on fighting gun violence, and...",right
16060,Congressman Eric Swalwell Of California Is Running For President,"['Election 2020', 'Eric Swalwell', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Swalwell announces he is running for president,The Hill,"The California Democrat will announce his candidacy on ""The Late Show with Stephen Colbert"" on Monday night.
The show tweeted out a video clip of Swalwell making the announcement after speaking on what he considers to be some of the problems in the current administration.
“I see a country in quicksand, unable to solve problems and threats from abroad, unable to make life better for people here at home,” Swalwell told Colbert.
“I’m ready to solve these problems. I’m running for president of the United States.” Swalwell added. “Boy, did...",center
16061,Perspectives: The Senate's Debt Ceiling Standoff,"['US Senate', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Politics', 'Federal Budget']",What Americans Think About The Fight Over The Debt Ceiling,FiveThirtyEight,"Democrats in Congress have their work cut out for them this fall. They were able to cut a deal with Republican lawmakers to avert a government shutdown, but when it comes to passing the rest of President Biden’s agenda, including both an ambitious $3.5 trillion spending plan and a bipartisan infrastructure deal, Democrats have much to sort out. It’s still too early to say how much jeopardy either bill is in — assessing Democratic intraparty divisions is difficult — but the fact that Senate Republicans have said they’ll refuse to help raise the debt ceiling creates a real legislative challenge...",center
16062,Perspectives: The Senate's Debt Ceiling Standoff,"['US Senate', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Politics', 'Federal Budget']",Wonking Out: Biden Should Ignore the Debt Limit and Mint a $1 Trillion Coin,Paul Krugman,"It’s hard to believe now, but before Donald Trump became the G.O.P.’s presidential nominee in 2016, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida was widely seen as a champion of the “reformicons” — conservatives who wanted the Republican Party to become more moderate and flexible, to move beyond its obsessive focus on cutting taxes for the rich and slashing benefits for the poor. Since then, however, Rubio has become a pathetic figure — not just a Trump toady, but someone who routinely tweets out stuff like this: “The $3.5 trillion Biden plan isn’t...",left
16063,Perspectives: The Senate's Debt Ceiling Standoff,"['US Senate', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Politics', 'Federal Budget']",The Debt Ceiling Deception,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"Democrats keep telling Americans they have the votes and a mandate to pass the biggest tax increase since 1968 and the biggest domestic spending bill ever. Yet they also claim they’re helpless to raise the federal debt ceiling without Republican votes.
It’s a preposterous position, albeit of the sort this Administration often tries to sell. Such as: The soaring number of illegal border crossings in Texas is merely “seasonal,” the Afghanistan withdrawal was a success, and the cost of the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill is “zero.”",right
16064,Second Debate Moderator Claims Twitter Account Hacked After Tweet About Scaramucci,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology', 'Presidential Debates', 'Elections', '2020 Election']",Steve Scully Over Allegedly Hacked Tweet at Scaramucci,Daily Beast,"C-SPAN’s longtime host Steve Scully, scheduled to moderate next week’s presidential town-hall debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden that may or may not happen, received a robust vote of confidence Friday from Chris Wallace and a host of prominent Republicans the morning after a post from his Twitter account prompted a political media uproar.
Fox News Sunday host Wallace, who moderated last week’s presidential debate, along with Fox News commentator Karl Rove and former Trump White House press secretary Sean Spicer were among Scully’s defenders after Frank Fahrenkopf, co-chairman...",left
16065,Second Debate Moderator Claims Twitter Account Hacked After Tweet About Scaramucci,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology', 'Presidential Debates', 'Elections', '2020 Election']",Debate Moderator Steve Scully Sends Bizarre Tweet Asking Scaramucci ‘Should I Respond to Trump’,National Review,"Upcoming presidential debate host Steve Scully drew attention for a deleted tweet — possibly intended as a direct message — to outspoken anti-Trump figure Anthony Scaramucci asking whether he should “respond” to criticism directed his way by President Trump.
“@Scaramucci should I respond to trump,” Scully tweeted.",right
16066,Second Debate Moderator Claims Twitter Account Hacked After Tweet About Scaramucci,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology', 'Presidential Debates', 'Elections', '2020 Election']",C-SPAN says debate moderator hacked after account tweets about Scaramucci,The Hill,"C-SPAN said the Twitter account of the moderator for the second debate, C-SPAN journalist Steve Scully, was hacked, and that this accounts for a tweet in which he appeared to asked staunch Trump critic Anthony Scaramucci for advice on how to respond to the president.
C-SPAN said Scully believes his account was hacked and that he did not send the tweet about Scaramucci.",center
16067,Sanders Wins Indiana,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Surprise Indiana win vaults Bernie Sanders toward convention,Washington Times,"Sen. Bernard Sanders captured a surprise win in the Indiana primary Tuesday, giving his campaign more fuel to fight until the Democratic National Convention in July and frustrating Hillary Clinton, who desperately wants to shift into general election mode.
Networks called the race by 9:10 p.m. EDT, just over two hours after the Indiana polls closed. With 84 percent of the vote counted at 10 p.m., Mr. Sanders had 53 percent compared with 47 percent for Mrs. Clinton.
The Indiana win ends an impressive string of victories for Mrs. Clinton,...",right
16068,Sanders Wins Indiana,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders Wins Indiana Democratic Primary,HuffPost,"Bernie Sanders’ victory in Indiana’s Democratic primary Tuesday demonstrates his popularity with voters hasn’t faded, even as his path to the presidential nomination has narrowed.
Sanders led front-runner Hillary Clinton by 6 points, with 68 percent of precincts reporting, when networks declared him the winner. Exit polls had Sanders winning by 12 points, but they were based solely on interviews with voters on Election Day. Clinton narrowed the gap somewhat by dominating among people who voted early.
Indiana’s primary was favorable to Sanders in a number of ways. The state...",left
16069,Sanders Wins Indiana,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",How Bernie Sanders beat the polls and won Indiana,Washington Post,"For the second week in a row, there was a temporary glitch in the Associated Press’s election night data. On Tuesday, that glitch was to Hillary Clinton’s favor, showing her with 2,000 more votes in Vigo County, Indiana, than she actually had. That gave Clinton a giant margin in early returns, vastly at odds with what exit polls showed — and far bigger than the 7-point margin she enjoyed in the final polling average from Real Clear Politics.
Within minutes, the wrong numbers in Vigo County was erased, and, over...",left
16070,AZ Senator Jeff Flake Will Not Seek Re-election,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Sen. Jeff Flake shouldn’t retire. He should run for reelection.,Vox,"In retiring, Flake is letting Trump win.",left
16071,AZ Senator Jeff Flake Will Not Seek Re-election,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Republican Senator and Trump critic says will not seek re-election,Reuters,"U.S. Republican Senator Jeff Flake, one of the most prominent critics of President Donald Trump, said on Tuesday he was out of step with his party and would not seek re-election.",center
16072,AZ Senator Jeff Flake Will Not Seek Re-election,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",This Flake got snowed — and soon will melt away,Washington Times,Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake unburdened himself and burdened the rest of us Tuesday with what may rank as one of the worst-delivered nationally televised speeches in the history of the U.S. Senate.,right
16073,China Faces Challenges Ahead of Beijing Olympics,"['China', 'Sports', 'Beijing Olympics', 'Coronavirus', 'Xinjiang', 'Uighur Muslims', 'Human Rights', 'Genocide', 'Coronavirus Lockdowns', 'World', 'Foreign Policy']",Soft power in the snow: why it’s ‘mission impossible’ for China’s Winter Olympics to replicate Beijing 2008’s coming out party,South China Morning Post,"Fireworks of red and gold faded to give way to 2,008 performers beating the fou – an ancient percussion instrument – while chanting excerpts from Confucius’ Analects.
It was the night of August 8, 2008, the opening ceremony for China’s first Olympic Games. Beijing was not only eager to flaunt China’s rich history and culture but also its brand new stadiums, its ability to run an international event smoothly and its talented athletes who went on to win more gold medals than any other nation.",center
16074,China Faces Challenges Ahead of Beijing Olympics,"['China', 'Sports', 'Beijing Olympics', 'Coronavirus', 'Xinjiang', 'Uighur Muslims', 'Human Rights', 'Genocide', 'Coronavirus Lockdowns', 'World', 'Foreign Policy']","Sport, politics and Covid collide at the Beijing Winter Olympics",The Guardian,"Hosting the Winter Olympics during a pandemic was always going to test the Chinese government, by putting its ever-growing ability to exercise political control and virus containment on a collision course with its enthusiasm for international prestige and status.
The 2022 Winter Games, which open on Friday, are being held at a time of particularly intense western criticism of China over human rights abuses, from the mass persecution of Uyghurs in far western Xinjiang – labelled a genocide by the United States – and other groups including Tibetans, to the crushing of Hong Kong’s...",left
16075,China Faces Challenges Ahead of Beijing Olympics,"['China', 'Sports', 'Beijing Olympics', 'Coronavirus', 'Xinjiang', 'Uighur Muslims', 'Human Rights', 'Genocide', 'Coronavirus Lockdowns', 'World', 'Foreign Policy']",U.S. Olympians will likely be forced to use Chinese tech linked to human rights abuses,Washington Examiner,"U.S. athletes and attendees at the Beijing Winter Games will likely be forced to use technology linked to Chinese Communist Party repression thanks to selections by China and the International Olympic Committee.
The 2022 Games have been dubbed the ""Genocide Olympics"" by leaders and activists who believe the competition should not be held in a country responsible for a host of human rights abuses. The United States concluded that the CCP is conducting a genocide against Uyghur Muslims and other minorities in Xinjiang in western China.",right
16076,Would Mike Pence Support Donald Trump in 2024? He Won't Say,"['Elections', '2024 Election', 'Mike Pence', 'Donald Trump']",Pence won't say if he'd vote for Trump in 2024,Axios,"Former Vice President Mike Pence hinted at a 2024 presidential run on Wednesday night after declining to say whether he'd vote for former President Trump.
Driving the news: A student asked Pence after he delivered a speech at a Georgetown University event hosted by the conservative Young America’s Foundation whether he'd vote for Trump in 2024 if he's the Republican nominee.
""There might be somebody else I'd prefer more,"" he replied. ""What I can tell you is I have every confidence that the Republican Party is going to sort out leadership.""
The intrigue: ""All my focus has...",center
16077,Would Mike Pence Support Donald Trump in 2024? He Won't Say,"['Elections', '2024 Election', 'Mike Pence', 'Donald Trump']","Would Pence vote for Trump in 2024? 'There might be somebody else I'd prefer more,' he says",ABC News (Online),"Former Vice President Mike Pence had this to say on Wednesday night when asked if he would vote for Donald Trump in 2024, if his former boss were the Republican presidential nominee: ""There might be somebody else I'd prefer more.""
Speaking at Georgetown University about the future of conservatism, where he also took questions from students, Pence declined to rule out a bid of his own for the White House but said there were other priorities before him.
""When I tell you as I have every confidence that the Republican Party is going to...",left
16078,Would Mike Pence Support Donald Trump in 2024? He Won't Say,"['Elections', '2024 Election', 'Mike Pence', 'Donald Trump']",Pence quips 'somebody else' than Trump for president in 2024,Washington Examiner,"Former Vice President Mike Pence strongly suggested he would rather his old boss, Donald Trump, not be the 2024 Republican nominee for president.
During an event Wednesday night hosted by the Georgetown Institute of Politics in Washington, D.C., Pence was asked if he would vote for Trump if he becomes the nominee.
""Well, there might be somebody else I’d prefer more,"" Pence said, prompting a wave of applause in the room.
""You know, what I can tell you is I have every confidence that the Republican Party is going to sort out leadership,""...",right
16079,Tea Party Responds to Scandal,"['Tea Party', 'Politics']",Fact check rips IRS official over Tea Party targeting claims,Fox News (Online News),"A detailed fact-check published Monday tore into an IRS official's claim that the agency's scrutiny of conservative groups started in response to an influx of nonprofit applications, showing the practice started well before the forms started flooding in.
The piece in The Washington Post disputed a central claim that Lois Lerner, head of the exempt organizations division, and other IRS officials made as they admitted to targeting conservative groups for additional scrutiny as they sought tax-exempt status.",right
16080,Tea Party Responds to Scandal,"['Tea Party', 'Politics']",IRS controversy revives tea party,CNN (Online News),CNN's Jim Acosta reports on a tea party revival that's occurring in the wake of the recent controversy rocking the IRS.,left
16081,Tea Party Responds to Scandal,"['Tea Party', 'Politics']",Tea Party Looks To Gain Momentum In IRS Scandal Aftermath,HuffPost,"Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so.
They say the IRS acknowledgement that it had targeted their groups for extra scrutiny – a claim that tea party activists had made for years – is helping pump new energy into the coalition. And they are trying to use that development, along with the ongoing controversy over the Benghazi, Libya, terrorist attacks and the Justice Department's secret seizure of journalists' phone records, to recruit new activists incensed...",left
16082,"Perspectives: New York Times, Epoch Times in Public Spar Over Bias","['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'New York Times Bias', 'Epoch Times Bias']","New York Times’ 8-Month-Long ‘Investigation’ of The Epoch Times: Light on Facts, Heavy on Bias",The Epoch Times,"The New York Times on Oct. 24 published an article by tech columnist Kevin Roose about The Epoch Times. The article was published on the front page of the NY Times’ Sunday edition on Oct. 25.
Roose worked on this article about The Epoch Times for at least eight months. The result, however, is disappointing. Instead of attempting to give a fair portrayal of The Epoch Times as an up-and-coming media outlet, Roose resorts to factual errors, innuendo, and misrepresentations in an attempt to smear a competing media outlet.
Furthermore,...",right
16083,"Perspectives: New York Times, Epoch Times in Public Spar Over Bias","['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'New York Times Bias', 'Epoch Times Bias']",The New York Times and The Epoch Times Accuse Each Other of Media Bias,AllSides,"The New York Times and The Epoch Times are in a bit of a public fight.
It started on Oct. 24 when the New York Times published an article about The Epoch Times titled, ""How the Epoch Times Created a Giant Influence Machine.""
The New York Times’ story may bring up some points and criticisms worth considering about The Epoch Times, but its report is also biased and problematic on multiple counts. Overall, the piece, which is not labeled as opinion or analysis but is presented as a news report,...",center
16084,"Perspectives: New York Times, Epoch Times in Public Spar Over Bias","['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'New York Times Bias', 'Epoch Times Bias']",How The Epoch Times Created a Giant Influence Machine,New York Times (News),"For years, The Epoch Times was a small, low-budget newspaper with an anti-China slant that was handed out free on New York street corners. But in 2016 and 2017, the paper made two changes that transformed it into one of the country’s most powerful digital publishers.
The changes also paved the way for the publication, which is affiliated with the secretive and relatively obscure Chinese spiritual movement Falun Gong, to become a leading purveyor of right-wing misinformation.",left
16085,Carly Fiorina as Candidate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",5 Things You Should Know About Carly Fiorina,NPR (Online News),"Carly Fiorina is expected to declare her candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination Monday morning in a video. Fiorina is perhaps best known as the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, the first woman to lead a Fortune 20 company. She was ousted after a boardroom struggle in 2005.
She served as a surrogate in John McCain's 2008 Presidential campaign, and in 2010 ran for the U.S. Senate from California, losing to Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer.
Here are five things you may not know or remember about Fiorina:",left
16086,Carly Fiorina as Candidate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Carly Fiorina will run for president as a successful tech CEO. Silicon Valley says that's a fantasy,The Guardian,"When Carly Fiorina launches her campaign for president this week, her message to the world will be emphatic: what she did for HP, she can do for America.
From spaghetti dinners in New Hampshire to startup conferences in New York, the former head of Hewlett-Packard is expected to keep staking her claim as a pioneering executive prodigy: “it is only in the United States of America that a young woman can start as a secretary and become CEO of the largest technology company in the world,” she recently posted on...",left
16087,Carly Fiorina as Candidate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Report: Carly Firrina Set to Launch Presidential Campaign on Monday,Breitbart News,"Former Hewlett-Packard head Carly Fiorina is reportedly set to announce her candidacy for the presidency as a Republican on Monday, making her the only other woman in the race besides Hillary Clinton, at least for now.
Fiorina has scheduled a “town hall” online via Periscope where she’ll take questions following her annou",right
16088,McCain Meets With Rebels In Syria,['Middle East'],"John McCain in Syria, meets rebels",Politico,"Sen. John McCain, one of the Senate's loudest voices for further intervention in Syria, snuck into the country and met with rebel leaders Monday.",left
16089,McCain Meets With Rebels In Syria,['Middle East'],McCain Meets With Rebels In Syria,NPR (Online News),Arizona Sen. John McCain spent his Memorial Day in Syria. McCains spokesman says the Republican senator crossed into northern Syria from Turkey to meet with rebels in the country ripped apart by the 2-year conflict turned civil war.,left
16090,McCain Meets With Rebels In Syria,['Middle East'],"McCain sneaks across border, visits Syrian rebels",Fox News (Online News),Arizona Senator John McCain sneaks across the border to visit Syrian rebels.,right
16091,Biden Signs Executive Order to Help Women Cross State Lines for Abortions,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Rights', 'Biden Administration', 'Executive Order', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Health', 'Roe V Wade', ""Women'S Health""]",Biden signs new executive order on abortion rights: ‘Women’s health and lives are on the line’,CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order to help ensure access to abortion in light of the Supreme Court’s decision earlier this summer to eliminate the constitutional right to the procedure.
The President said the order helps women travel out of state to receive abortions, ensures health care providers comply with federal law so women aren’t delayed in getting care and advances research and data collection “to evaluate the impact that this reproductive health crisis is having on maternal health and other health conditions and outcomes.”
Biden spoke of...",left
16092,Biden Signs Executive Order to Help Women Cross State Lines for Abortions,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Rights', 'Biden Administration', 'Executive Order', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Health', 'Roe V Wade', ""Women'S Health""]","Biden signs abortion order, says Republicans clueless about women's power",Reuters,"President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the Supreme Court and Republicans are clueless about the power of American women as he signed a second executive order aimed at protecting abortion rights.
The order asks the federal health department to consider allowing Medicaid funds to be used to help facilitate out of state travel for abortions. Like Biden’s first order signed in July, it is meant to address the recent Supreme Court decision to end the nationwide constitutional right to abortion.
It is expected to have limited impact, as Republicans in...",center
16093,Biden Signs Executive Order to Help Women Cross State Lines for Abortions,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Rights', 'Biden Administration', 'Executive Order', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Health', 'Roe V Wade', ""Women'S Health""]",Biden Signs Executive Order Directing Medicaid Funding to Abortion Travel,National Review,"President Biden signed an executive order Wednesday that will allow Medicaid funds to be used to facilitate travel for women seeking abortions in states where the procedure is still legal, likely violating the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits the federal financing of abortion.
The order will assist the acquisition of “reproductive health care for women who live in states where abortions are banned,” Biden said at the first meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access on Wednesday. He claimed it also “advances research and data collection to evaluate the impact...",right
16094,Sequester Next Steps,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",YOUNG: Washington still doesn’t get it,Washington Times,"Washingtons fiscal problem can be succinctly summarized: Its the spending, Stupid. For anyone still doubting, you need look no further than the Congressional Budget Offices just-released estimates for the next decade. The verdict: Federal outlays spiked with the recession, remained high and will rise from there – even with their recent hike, revenues simply cannot keep pace.",right
16095,Sequester Next Steps,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama signs order activating deep spending cuts,CNN (Online News),Politics trumped progress on Friday as President Barack Obama and Republican leaders traded blame for $85 billion in forced spending cuts after they failed to come up with a compromise to avert the harshest impacts.,left
16096,Sequester Next Steps,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Spending Cuts Imposed; U.S. Starts to Trim Its Budget,New York Times (News),President Obama formally triggered the across-the-board reductions late Friday night after failing to persuade Congressional Republicans to replace them with a mix of cuts and tax increases.,left
16097,China Holds Military Drills Following Pelosi's Taiwan Visit; US Postpones Missile Test,"['China', 'World', 'Asia', 'Taiwan', 'Defense And Security', 'One China Policy', 'Foreign Policy']",China conducts ‘precision missile strikes’ in Taiwan Strait,Associated Press,"China conducted “precision missile strikes” Thursday in waters off Taiwan’s coasts as part of military exercises that have raised tensions in the region to their highest level in decades following a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
China earlier announced that military exercises by its navy, air force and other departments were underway in six zones surrounding Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own territory to be annexed by force if necessary.
Five of the missiles fired by China landed in Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone off Hateruma, an island far south...",left
16098,China Holds Military Drills Following Pelosi's Taiwan Visit; US Postpones Missile Test,"['China', 'World', 'Asia', 'Taiwan', 'Defense And Security', 'One China Policy', 'Foreign Policy']",US punts Minuteman missile test as China practices Taiwan blockade,New York Post (News),"The United States has postponed a scheduled test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to avoid increasing tensions with China as the Asian superpower flexes its military muscle around Taiwan following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island.
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby confirmed Thursday that the test would be delayed for “a short period of time.”
“As China engages in destabilizing military exercises around Taiwan, the United States is demonstrating, instead, the behavior of a responsible nuclear power by reducing the risks of miscalculation,” Kirby told...",right
16099,China Holds Military Drills Following Pelosi's Taiwan Visit; US Postpones Missile Test,"['China', 'World', 'Asia', 'Taiwan', 'Defense And Security', 'One China Policy', 'Foreign Policy']","With 5 Missiles, China Sends Stark Signal to Japan and U.S. on Taiwan",New York Times (News),"North Korea has for years lobbed missiles into Japan’s waters without great incident. But for an increasingly powerful and aggressive China to do the same — as it did Thursday as a part of military exercises — has sharply raised concerns in political and security circles from Tokyo to Washington.
Beijing’s firing of five missiles into Japanese waters to the east of Taiwan has sent a warning to both the United States and Japan about coming to the aid of Taiwan in the event of a conflict there, analysts said....",left
16100,"Brett Kavanaugh Denies Sexual Misconduct Allegations in Fox News Interview, Says He Was a Virgin in High School",['Sexual Misconduct'],Kavanaugh denies sexual misconduct in Fox News exclusive: 'I know I'm telling the truth',Fox News (Online News),Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh denied accusations of sexual misconduct that have threatened to derail his confirmation in an exclusive interview with Fox News on Monday.,right
16101,"Brett Kavanaugh Denies Sexual Misconduct Allegations in Fox News Interview, Says He Was a Virgin in High School",['Sexual Misconduct'],Brett Kavanaugh: He was a 'virgin' in high school and other takeaways from Fox interview,USA TODAY,"Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh spoke to Fox News in an interview aired Monday night on ""The Story with Martha MacCallum,"" following allegations of sexual misconduct by two women.",left
16102,"Brett Kavanaugh Denies Sexual Misconduct Allegations in Fox News Interview, Says He Was a Virgin in High School",['Sexual Misconduct'],Brett Kavanaugh Thinks Being a Virgin Means You Can’t Sexually Assault Anyone,The Root,"If you were up for an appointment to the United States Supreme Court and a woman you knew as a teen in high school came forward to accuse you of sexual assault, would you dodge the very idea of an FBI investigation?",left
16103,House to Bring Trump Incitement Charge to Senate,"['Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Inciting Insurrection', 'US House', 'Politics']","U.S. House to bring Trump incitement charge to Senate, launching second impeachment trial",Reuters,"The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday will formally charge ex-President Donald Trump with inciting insurrection in a fiery speech to his followers before this month’s deadly attack on the Capitol, signaling the start of his second impeachment trial.
Nine House Democrats who will serve as prosecutors will proceed through the building where hundreds of Trump supporters fought with police, leaving five dead, at about 7 p.m. on Monday (0000 GMT), carrying the article of impeachment to the Senate where Trump will face trial.
A similar ceremony was carried out...",center
16104,House to Bring Trump Incitement Charge to Senate,"['Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Inciting Insurrection', 'US House', 'Politics']","Democrats press ahead with second impeachment trial, as GOP is divided on how to defend Trump",Washington Post,"Democratic members of Congress are pressing ahead with preparations for the second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump, saying there is a “compelling” case for Trump to be convicted of inciting an insurrection and arguing that moving forward with a trial is imperative for the country’s healing.
Meanwhile, the fractures within the Republican Party were evident Sunday as GOP senators appeared split over whether it was constitutional to hold an impeachment trial for a president who had already left office. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), one of Trump’s most outspoken...",left
16105,House to Bring Trump Incitement Charge to Senate,"['Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'Inciting Insurrection', 'US House', 'Politics']","Trump impeachment article being sent to Senate Monday, ahead of trial next month",Fox News (Online News),"Just before 7 p.m. on Monday, the House of Representatives' impeachment managers will march an article accusing former President Donald Trump of inciting an insurrection across to the Senate side of the Capitol, officially triggering a trial of the former president that could result in him being barred from holding office in the future.
That outcome appears unlikely with more and more Republican senators coming out to say they are against holding an impeachment trial in the first place -- citing the fact that Trump has already left office....",right
16106,U.S. Government Misled the Public About War in Afghanistan,"['Afghanistan', 'Barack Obama', 'George Bush', 'Middle East', 'US Military', 'Foreign Policy', 'War', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Documents show US leaders misled public on progress in Afghanistan War: report,The Hill,"Senior U.S. officials knowingly lied to the public about their progress throughout the 18-year war in Afghanistan, consistently painting a rosier picture of the state of the war than they knew to be true, according to a cache of documents obtained by the Washington Post.
In private interviews conducted by a watchdog that span the Bush, Obama and Trump administrations – which the Post obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request -- U.S. officials frequently acknowledged a lack of understanding, strategy and progress in a war they regularly described...",center
16107,U.S. Government Misled the Public About War in Afghanistan,"['Afghanistan', 'Barack Obama', 'George Bush', 'Middle East', 'US Military', 'Foreign Policy', 'War', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Afghanistan report bombshell: US officials misled public about war for nearly 2 decades,New York Post (News),"Senior US officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan throughout the 18-year campaign — and hid “unmistakable evidence” that it was unwinnable, according to a damning report by the Washington Post.
The paper, which obtained a cache of government documents under the Freedom of Information Act after a three-year legal battle, reported that the American officials made “rosy pronouncements they knew to be false” about the longest armed conflict in US history.
The trove includes over 2,000 pages of previously unpublished notes of interviews with people...",right
16108,U.S. Government Misled the Public About War in Afghanistan,"['Afghanistan', 'Barack Obama', 'George Bush', 'Middle East', 'US Military', 'Foreign Policy', 'War', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",At War With The Truth,Washington Post,"U.S. officials constantly said they were making progress. They were not, and they knew it.
Aconfidential trove of government documents obtained by The Washington Post reveals that senior U.S. officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan throughout the 18-year campaign, making rosy pronouncements they knew to be false and hiding unmistakable evidence the war had become unwinnable.
The documents were generated by a federal project examining the root failures of the longest armed conflict in U.S. history. They include more than 2,000 pages of previously unpublished...",left
16109,Rubio Unleashes On Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The gloves are off: Rubio slams Trump as ‘con artist’ in wake of nasty debate,Washington Times,"Sen. Marco Rubio on Friday attacked GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump as a “con artist” who has spent much of his life sticking it to the “little guy” and that the United States is on the brink of turning over the nuclear codes to an “erratic individual.”
“I can just tell you that a con artist is about to take over the Republican party and the conservative movement, and we have to put a stop to it,” Mr. Rubio, Florida",right
16110,Rubio Unleashes On Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why Marco Rubio’s and Ted Cruz’s Best Debate Yet Might Not Matter,Vanity Fair,"Marked by vicious insults and shouting that left CNN moderator Wolf Blitzer at times scrambling to maintain control, the final debate before Super Tuesday set a new low for a Republican Party that, counter-intuitively, desperately needed this moment to occur. For the first time in 10 debates and six months, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz finally ignored each other and tu",left
16111,Rubio Unleashes On Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Rubio Goes From Robot to Terminator Against Donald Trump,Daily Beast,"Marco Rubio came to play.
The Florida senator delivered what was easily his best debate performance yet Thursday night, hammering frontrunner Donald Trump repeatedly on his character, his business record, and his claims to being a conservative. It was the performance he needed. The question now is whether it will matter at all.",left
16112,Romney Convention,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Red Carpet for Republican Donors,Wall Street Journal (News),"Romney arrives in Tampa next week to accept the GOP presidential nomination. He's also expected to greet a more exclusive group: 1,500 top fundraisers who've helped give the Republican a financial edge over Obama.",center
16113,Romney Convention,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The Task in Tampa: Reintroducing Romney,Fox News (Online News),Try to figure how a poll which shows 57 percent of likely voters believe America is a civilization in decline and that has a huge plurality believing the country has changed for the worse in the past years still shows a dead-heat between an incumbent president and his Republican challenger.,right
16114,Romney Convention,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney Reboot? Convention Could Be The Ticket,NPR (Online News),"Mitt Romney, 65, has spent the better part of a decade running for president. And as the son of a Michigan governor who headed a Detroit auto company, he's been in the public eye much longer.",left
16115,Jair Bolsonaro Wins Presidential Election in Brazil,['World'],"Jair Bolsonaro Wins Brazil's Presidency, in a Shift to the Far Right",New York Times (News),"Brazil on Sunday became the latest country to drift toward the far right, electing a strident populist as president in the nation’s most radical political change since democracy was restored",left
16116,Jair Bolsonaro Wins Presidential Election in Brazil,['World'],Brazil elects anti-establishment candidate Jair Bolsonaro as president,Fox News (Online News),"Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal declared Sunday that anti-establishment congressman Jair Bolsonaro, a champion of traditional Brazilian values, has won the country's election for",right
16117,Jair Bolsonaro Wins Presidential Election in Brazil,['World'],A Trump-Bolsonaro bromance could be brewing after Brazilian's big win,Reuters,"He has vowed to drain the swamp, slash regulations and get tough with China. Evangelicals and gun-rights advocates love him. He has denounced the media as “fake news.” Political foes?",center
16118,Russia Accused of Doping,['Sports'],"'State-supported' doping: Investigators accuse Russia of sabotaging Olympics, call for bans",Fox News (Online News),"In a devastatingly critical report, a World Anti-Doping Agency panel accused Russia on Monday of complicity in widespread doping and cover-ups by track and field athletes during last year's Winter Olympics and other major events, and said they should all be banned from competition until the country cleans up its act.",right
16119,Russia Accused of Doping,['Sports'],‘Deeply rooted culture of cheating’ among Russian athletes,Washington Post,"Top Russian athletes have for years participated in a systemic doping regime involving bribery, extortion, and destruction of evidence, according to an international anti-doping agency report released Monday in Geneva, Switzerland.",left
16120,Russia Accused of Doping,['Sports'],Anti-Doping Commission Finds Russia Engaged in State-Sponsored Doping,Wall Street Journal (News),An independent commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency has found that Russia engaged in state-sponsored doping and recommended that Russia’s track and field athletes be suspended from Olympic competition in 2016.,center
16121,"Previewing Tuesday’s Primaries in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Vermont and Connecticut","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Wisconsin', 'Minnesota', 'Vermont', 'Connecticut']",Trump’s power struggle with local Republicans hits Wisconsin: What to watch in Tuesday’s elections,Politico,"Former President Donald Trump and his one-time second-in-command, Mike Pence, are lined up on opposite sides of a contentious GOP gubernatorial primary that pits the former president against much of the state’s Republican machine.
It’s the same dynamic this week in Wisconsin as last week in Arizona. Now, Trump-backed businessman Tim Michels and former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch are locked in a tight battle ahead of Tuesday’s primary to face Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, in November.
Kleefisch not only has the support of Pence, but of former Gov. Scott...",left
16122,"Previewing Tuesday’s Primaries in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Vermont and Connecticut","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Wisconsin', 'Minnesota', 'Vermont', 'Connecticut']",Wisconsin governor’s race pits Trump versus Pence in one of four state primary contests Tuesday,Washington Times,"Former Vice President Mike Pence is squaring off Tuesday against his old boss, President Trump, in a proxy battle of their endorsed rival candidates in Wisconsin’s gubernatorial Republican primary.
Mr. Pence is backing former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, and Mr. Trump has endorsed construction company owner Tim Michels. An Emerson College poll last week showed Ms. Kleefisch with a 2 percentage point lead — a statistical tie. 
Wisconsin is a battleground state that will likely play an important role again in the 2024 presidential election. Mr. Trump, who is weighing a third run...",right
16123,"Previewing Tuesday’s Primaries in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Vermont and Connecticut","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Wisconsin', 'Minnesota', 'Vermont', 'Connecticut']",What to watch in Tuesday’s primary elections,NewsNation,"Four states will hold primary elections Tuesday, deciding candidates in key Senate and gubernatorial races this fall.
Here are the major races in each state.
Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch faces businessman Tim Michels for the Republican nomination for governor. Michels is endorsed by Donald Trump, mainly because of a photo posted in 2019 by Kleefisch showing her daughter with Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Brian Hagedorn’s son. Trump opposes Hagedorn because of his vote to reject legal claims filed by Trump challenging the 2020 election results. The winner will...",center
16124,New Year's Resolution: Talk with the Other,['Bridging Divides'],Sign the Listen First Pledge,Listen First Project,"Civil discourse starts with listening. It is tempting to jump in to be sure that the other person knows what you think and feel, but when everyone is trying to be heard, no one is listening. It’s not possible to discuss across divides without listening first, and that starts with me. And when the other person sees that you are truly listening, they will start listening too.",center
16125,New Year's Resolution: Talk with the Other,['Bridging Divides'],Connect Students Across the Country,Mismatch.org,"Part of AllSidesForSchools, this program for students from middle school to college provides social and emotional learning through communication and collaboration across differences. In the future, Mismatch will be available for anyone interested in civil discussions with someone who thinks differently.",center
16126,Is Obamacare Working?,['Healthcare'],"Ted Cruz: In 2017, GOP president will sign legislation ‘repealing every word of Obamacare’",Washington Times,"As the administration touted new health insurance enrollment numbers on Monday, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas predicted a Republican president would undo the entirety of President Obama’s signature domestic achievement upon taking office in 2017.
“I believe in January of 2017 a new Republican is going to enter the White House and in 2017 is going to sign legislation repealing every word of Obamacare,” Mr. Cruz said, speaking at the “Politics and Eggs” event in Manchester, N.H.
Mr. Cruz, who is considering a presidential bid of his own, tweaked “graybeards”...",right
16127,Is Obamacare Working?,['Healthcare'],"Over 16 Million People Have Gained Coverage Thanks to Obamacare, White House Says",National Journal,"More than 16 million uninsured Americans have gained health coverage since several of the Affordable Care Act's provisions took effect, according to an Obama administration report released Monday, a week before the law's five-year anniversary.
This includes 14.1 million adults who gained health insurance from the beginning of open enrollment in October 2013 to the beginning of this month. It also includes 2.3 million young adults ages 19-25 who gained coverage between 2010 and the beginning of open enrollment because of the provision allowing them to remain on their parents'...",center
16128,Is Obamacare Working?,['Healthcare'],Why Congress' Obamacare Doomsday Cult Can't Admit It Was Wrong,HuffPost,"In the 1950s, the psychologist Leon Festinger became fascinated by a Chicago woman pseudonymously named Marian Keech, who convinced herself and a surprising number of others that the world was about to end in a biblical flood.
When aliens didn’t arrive in spaceships to save Keech and her followers on Dec. 21, 1954, as she predicted, it did not, at least as far as Keech’s followers were concerned, reveal her as a fraud.
But it did inspire Festinger and his colleagues, who infiltrated Keech’s group, to formulate one of modern...",left
16129,Trump in Trouble Over Kelly Comments,['Politics'],Donald Trump's war on Megyn Kelly,Politico,"Donald Trump is once again pushing the limit, bringing Megyn Kelly’s anatomy into a feud that had already opened him to charges of sexism — and the risk of losing support among the Fox News anchor’s rabid following.
After a day of escalating hostility, Trump took his attacks on Kelly to the next level on Friday night, apparently insinuating that the moderator had been menstruating when she questioned him during Thursday’s first Republican debate.
“You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out...",left
16130,Trump in Trouble Over Kelly Comments,['Politics'],Trump Disinvited From Conservative Forum Over Megyn Kelly Comments,HuffPost,"Donald Trump opened his mouth and now finds the door closed to him at a high-profile gathering of conservative activists.
His latest incendiary comment, about one of the Fox News moderators from Thursday's Republican presidential debate, has led to a scolding by the party and condemnation by organizers of the RedState Gathering.
The billionaire businessman lashed out against Fox News' Megyn Kelly for her questions during the campaign's first debate. She had asked the candidate about his use of derogatory language toward women and whether it reflected the ""temperament of...",left
16131,Trump in Trouble Over Kelly Comments,['Politics'],"Donald Trump Shocks, Takes War With Fox News to Next Level With Latest Megyn Kelly Insult",The Blaze,"Real estate tycoon Donald Trump escalated his war with Fox News during a Friday evening appearance on CNN, hurling a shock insult at Megyn Kelly.
After Trump said he has “no respect” for Kelly and contended that she is “highly overrated,” he took one more jab at her.
“You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her — wherever,” he said, in reference to Thursday night’s GOP deba",right
16132,How Will Companies Be Able To Cover Abortion Travel Costs?,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Corporate America', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Public Health', 'Travel', ""Women'S Rights""]",US business treads cautious line after Supreme Court abortion ruling,Financial Times,"The US Supreme Court’s reversal of the constitutional right to an abortion has handed an instant challenge to business leaders, caught between their fear of reprisals for taking sides on a polarising topic and their employees’ dependence on company-issued health insurance.
“The ultimate result is chaos for employers that typically operate in multiple states,” given the expectation that many states will now pass sweeping abortion bans, said Jen Stark, co-director of the centre for business and social justice at BSR, which advises businesses on how to navigate their social responsibilities....",center
16133,How Will Companies Be Able To Cover Abortion Travel Costs?,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Corporate America', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Public Health', 'Travel', ""Women'S Rights""]",U.S. Companies Offering Abortion Benefits for 'Worker Rights' Are Complicit in China's Human Rights Abuses,Townhall,"Rather than pay for maternity leave, a laundry list of woke U.S. corporations (who until recently flaunted Pride-themed logos) are cutting costs by offering chump change so their pregnant employees can travel across state lines to abort their babies. Just so the female laborer can get back to work on Monday and continue to slave away in the warehouse or clock in at her 6'x6' cubicle—all while the rich get richer. Hurray for women's empowerment?
Aside from the anti-family position, corporate America is painting the baby-killing procedure as ""healthcare"" and ""a human...",right
16134,How Will Companies Be Able To Cover Abortion Travel Costs?,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Corporate America', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Public Health', 'Travel', ""Women'S Rights""]",You shouldn’t have to ask your boss for an abortion,Vox,"Companies stepping up to say that they will support their workers in accessing abortions after the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Roe v. Wade raises questions both logistical and existential. For example, do you really want to ask your boss at Dick’s Sporting Goods for $4,000 and a couple of days off to terminate a pregnancy? If you start to think about the situation beyond the press release, it can get pretty disturbing pretty quickly. It reinforces how supremely screwed up the entire post-Roe situation is, as well as the setup of the United...",left
16135,Ground Troops Out of Gaza,['Middle East'],Cease-Fire in Gaza Begins as Israel Says It Pulls Troops,New York Times (News),"As a 72-hour cease-fire mediated by Egypt took hold Tuesday morning, Israel announced that it had withdrawn its forces from Gaza and Hamas said it would engage in talks on a lasting arrangement to keep the peace.",left
16136,Ground Troops Out of Gaza,['Middle East'],Israel declares 'mission accomplished' as troops leave Gaza for cease-fire,CNN (Online News),"Withdrawing its ground forces Tuesday for a three-day cease-fire, Israel announced that their central goal was achieved.",left
16137,Ground Troops Out of Gaza,['Middle East'],Israel says ground troops out of Gaza as cease-fire takes effect,Fox News (Online News),The Israeli military has said that all of its ground forces have been removed from Gaza as a 72-hour cease-fire went into effect Tuesday.,right
16138,Arkansas Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Ban Transgender Treatments for Youth,"['LGBT Rights', 'Culture', 'Arkansas', 'Public Health']",Arkansas governor vetoes bill banning medical treatment for young trans people,The Guardian,"The Republican governor of Arkansas, Asa Hutchinson, has vetoed a controversial bill which would have stopped anyone under the age of 18 getting treatment involving gender reassignment surgery or medication in the southern state.
Arkansas would have been the first state to take such a move. Its Republican-controlled legislature could still enact the measure, however, since it takes only a simple majority to override an Arkansas governor’s veto.
The bill, known to supporters as the Safe Act, would prohibit doctors from providing gender-confirming hormone treatment, puberty blockers or surgery to...",left
16139,Arkansas Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Ban Transgender Treatments for Youth,"['LGBT Rights', 'Culture', 'Arkansas', 'Public Health']",Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson Vetoes Bill To Ban Transgender Surgery For Minors,The Daily Caller,"Republican Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Monday he would veto a bill that would have banned transgender surgery for minors.
Hutchinson made the announcement to reporters, describing the bill as a “vast government overreach,” and said that the state shouldn’t jump into every “medical, human, and ethical issue.” “I was told this week that the nation is looking at Arkansas because I have on my desk another bill passed by the General Assembly that is a product of the cultural war in America,” Hutchinson began. “I don’t shy away from...",right
16140,Arkansas Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Ban Transgender Treatments for Youth,"['LGBT Rights', 'Culture', 'Arkansas', 'Public Health']",Arkansas governor vetoes bill that would bar transgender treatments for youth,Reuters,"Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson on Monday vetoed a bill that would have made the state the first in the country to prevent doctors from providing certain types of care to transgender youth.
But his veto could be overridden by a simple majority vote in the Arkansas Senate and House, which passed the bill with sizeable majorities.
At least 16 other states are considering similar legislation, which transgender advocates have attacked, saying that cutting off badly needed care to adolescents would inevitably lead to more suicides. Civil rights organizations have also...",center
16141,Internet Outage Hits Major Websites in US and Europe,"['Technology', 'Internet', 'Cybersecurity']",Websites rumble back to life after Fastly-linked outage,Reuters,"Government, news and social media websites across the globe were coming back online Tuesday after being hit by a widespread outage linked to U.S.-based cloud company Fastly Inc(FSLY.N).
High traffic sites including Reddit, Amazon, CNN, Paypal, Spotify, Al Jazeera Media Network and the New York Times were all listed as experiencing problems by outage tracking website Downdetector.com, but appeared to be coming back up after outages that ranged from a few minutes to around an hour.
Fastly, one of the world's most widely-used cloud based content delivery network providers, said...",center
16142,Internet Outage Hits Major Websites in US and Europe,"['Technology', 'Internet', 'Cybersecurity']","Servers Down: UK Government, Amazon, CNN, Newspaper Websites Impacted",Breitbart News,"Several of the world’s most trafficked websites were inaccessible or running unreliably Tuesday morning, with many impacted sites showing 503 errors.
The outage of the websites, which included the UK Government’s own website, a host of newspapers and newsgroups, and online culture sites began a little before 1100 BST (0600 EST) and saw many sites return a 503 Service Unavailable message. Mozilla Web Developer documentation defines a 503 error as indicating “the server is not ready to handle the request. Common causes are a server that is down for maintenance or...",right
16143,Internet Outage Hits Major Websites in US and Europe,"['Technology', 'Internet', 'Cybersecurity']","Major websites experience outages, including the New York Times, CNN and Amazon Web Services",Washington Post,"A massive outage struck large swaths of the Internet early Tuesday, causing the New York Times, CNN, BBC, Amazon, Hulu and other high-traffic websites and platforms to temporarily shut down.
The problems appear related to San Francisco-based cloud computing services provider Fastly, which said in a status update just before 7 a.m. Eastern time, that the “issue has been identified and a fix has been applied.” It remains unclear what caused the outage, which was largely resolved within an hour.
News outlets affected by the outage include BBC, the Guardian, Bloomberg News,...",left
16144,Perspectives: Trump's Last Negative COVID-19 Test,"['Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', '2020 Election']",White House Still Won’t Say When Trump Last Tested Negative For Coronavirus,The Daily Caller,"The White House once again refused to specify when President Donald Trump last tested negative for coronavirus Wednesday, following days of reporters seeking clarification on the president’s COVID-19 timeline.
Trump first announced he had contracted coronavirus at 1 a.m. Friday, but the timeline offered by the president’s team of physicians this weekend implied Trump may have received a positive test result sometime on Thursday, before attending certain campaign events. (RELATED: White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Tests Positive For Coronavirus)
White House physician Sean Conley refused three times Monday to...",right
16145,Perspectives: Trump's Last Negative COVID-19 Test,"['Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', '2020 Election']",We Still Don't Know When President Trump Last Tested Negative for COVID-19. Here's Why That's a Big Deal,Time Magazine,"It’s been only about four days since the world learned U.S. President Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19—but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s been four days since he was infected.
White House officials and Trump’s personal physician Sean Conley have repeatedly dodged questions about when the President last tested negative for COVID-19. “I don’t want to go backwards,” Conley said when asked about Trump’s last negative test during a Monday press briefing, at which he announced Trump would be discharged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to return to...",left
16146,Perspectives: Trump's Last Negative COVID-19 Test,"['Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', '2020 Election']",Biden: 'We shouldn't have' second debate if Trump still has COVID-19,The Hill,"Former Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday he and President Trump should not go ahead with next week's presidential debate if Trump still has COVID-19.
Biden, who clashed with Trump at a chaotic first debate last week, told reporters at an airport in Hagerstown, Md., that the pair's second scheduled faceoff should follow protocols from health officials.
The former vice president said he will ultimately be guided by the Cleveland Clinic, which is overseeing health conditions for all presidential and vice presidential debates this year.",center
16147,U.S. steps up show of force in Korea,"['South Korea', 'World']",U.S. Steps Up Show of Force in Korea,Wall Street Journal (News),U.S. F-22 stealth fighter jets arrived in South Korea on Sunday for joint exercises the latest demonstration of advanced military capability meant to deter provocations from North Korea.,center
16148,U.S. steps up show of force in Korea,"['South Korea', 'World']",U.S. Stealth Jets Join South Korea Military Drills,HuffPost,The United States sent F-22 stealth fighter jets to South Korea on Sunday to join military drills aimed at underscoring the U.S. commitment to defend Seoul in the face of an intensifying campaign of threats from North Korea.,left
16149,U.S. steps up show of force in Korea,"['South Korea', 'World']",US sends F-22 jets to join South Korea drills,Fox News (Online News),The United States has reportedly sent F-22 stealth fighter jets to South Korea to join Seoul forces in military drills as North Korea warns the Korean Peninsula has entered a state of war.,right
16150,White House Releases Immigration Demands,['Immigration'],"Trump administration releases hard-line immigration principles, threatening deal on ‘dreamers’",Washington Post,The Trump administration released a list of hard-line immigration principles late Sunday that threaten to derail a deal in Congress to allow hundreds of thousands of younger undocumented immigrants to remain in the country legally.,left
16151,White House Releases Immigration Demands,['Immigration'],Trump’s DACA demands met with outrage from ‘Chuck and Nancy’,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump's political dalliance with ""Chuck and Nancy"" already is running into problems, as the top congressional Democrats balk at the president's new terms for a deal to help the roughly 800,000 young illegal immigrants known as 'Dreamers.'",right
16152,White House Releases Immigration Demands,['Immigration'],Trump demands border wall funds for Dreamer proposal,The Hill,"The White House on Sunday said it would seek more funds from Congress to finance building a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, as well as the resources to hire thousands more immigration officers.",center
16153,Michael Cohen Testifies Before The House Oversight And Reform Committee,"['Michael Cohen', 'US House', 'Politics']",Michael Cohen Testifies,The Hill,President Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen is set to deliver explosive public testimony about his former employer.,center
16154,Michael Cohen Testifies Before The House Oversight And Reform Committee,"['Michael Cohen', 'US House', 'Politics']",Cohen testimony: Trump's former lawyer says Trump knew Stone talked to WikiLeaks,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump's former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen plans to testify Wednesday that Trump was aware of his longtime confidante Roger Stone's efforts to reach out to WikiLeaks ahead of the release of hacked Democratic emails during the 2016 campaign, according to his public testimony submitted to Congress and obtained by CNN.",left
16155,Michael Cohen Testifies Before The House Oversight And Reform Committee,"['Michael Cohen', 'US House', 'Politics']","Cohen to accuse Trump of knowing about Roger Stone-WikiLeaks plot, but deny 'direct evidence' of Russia collusion",Fox News (Online News),"In his testimony before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Wednesday, Michael Cohen will accuse his former client, President Trump, of knowing that his adviser Roger Stone was reaching out to WikiLeaks concerning the publication of stolen Democratic National Committee emails.",right
16156,"Biden Considers Paying $450,000 To Family Members Separated At Southern Border","['Immigration', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Biden Administration', 'Trump Administration', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics', 'Homeland Security', 'Health And Human Services', 'Undocumented Immigrants', 'Justice Department', 'Border Crisis']",White House considering payments of $450K — per person — to immigrant families separated at border,New York Post (News),"The Biden administration is discussing paying out hundreds of millions of dollars to illegal immigrant families who were separated at the US-Mexico border under the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy in 2018, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
According to the Journal, the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services are considering the payments in order to settle lawsuits filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and others on behalf of families who crossed into the US from Mexico illegally to seek asylum.
The paper reports that the average demand in each lawsuit...",right
16157,"Biden Considers Paying $450,000 To Family Members Separated At Southern Border","['Immigration', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Biden Administration', 'Trump Administration', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics', 'Homeland Security', 'Health And Human Services', 'Undocumented Immigrants', 'Justice Department', 'Border Crisis']","The Biden administration is considering $450,000 payments to families separated at the border under Trump",Insider,"The Biden administration is considering compensating immigrant families that were separated at the US border during the Trump administration, with payments of $450,000 per person, according to The Wall Street Journal.
According to the report, several agencies, including the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services have been parties to the settlement discussion, according to people close to the talks who spoke with The Journal.
The sums in discussion are reportedly $1 million payouts per family, or $450,000 per individual, potentially totalling $1 billion, but the figures are...",left
16158,"Biden Considers Paying $450,000 To Family Members Separated At Southern Border","['Immigration', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Biden Administration', 'Trump Administration', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics', 'Homeland Security', 'Health And Human Services', 'Undocumented Immigrants', 'Justice Department', 'Border Crisis']","Family Members Separated at Border May Each Get Up to $450,000",New York Times (News),"Migrant families separated at the border by the Trump administration may be eligible to each receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation for the damage inflicted on them by the policy, according to several people familiar with the matter.
Some families could receive as much as $450,000 for each member who was directly affected, the sources said. However, negotiations between the Biden administration and lawyers representing the families are not over, and many might get far less, they said.
About 5,500 children were separated from parents at the southern...",left
16159,"Trump Launches ""Real News"" Show",['Media Bias'],Trump’s daughter-in-law pushes his propaganda: Lara Trump launches “real news” show to praise the president,Salon,"President Donald Trump is clearly very frustrated with the non-stop coverage of the chaos that has consumed his first six months in office. Just last week, he oversaw the collapse of Republicans’ efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, his new communications director went on a nasty tirade and he, along with Trump’s chief of staff, was later dumped. That’s why Trump’s middle son, Eric, recently ran to his Fox News safe space hosted by Sean Hannity to demand, “I want somebody to start fighting for him.”",left
16160,"Trump Launches ""Real News"" Show",['Media Bias'],Trump debuts 'real news' show hosted by daughter-in-law,The Hill,"President Trump's daughter-in-law hosted a ""real news"" program on the president's Facebook page. Trump posted a video on Facebook offering people the chance to watch a recap of the news from Lara Trump, who is married to first son Eric Trump.",center
16161,"Trump Launches ""Real News"" Show",['Media Bias'],Trump’s daughter-in-law launches ‘real news’ videos to praise president,New York Post (News),President Trump has tapped his daughter-in-law to combat “fake news” and broadcast only positive stories coming out of the White House.,right
16162,Shrinkflation: Are Brands Reducing Package Sizes Without Lowering Prices?,"['Consumer Prices', 'Corporate America', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Food Prices', 'Inflation', 'Shrinkflation']","No, you’re not imagining it — package sizes are shrinking",Associated Press,"It’s the inflation you’re not supposed to see.
From toilet paper to yogurt and coffee to corn chips, manufacturers are quietly shrinking package sizes without lowering prices. It’s dubbed “shrinkflation,” and it’s accelerating worldwide.
In the U.S., a small box of Kleenex now has 60 tissues; a few months ago, it had 65. Chobani Flips yogurts have shrunk from 5.3 ounces to 4.5 ounces. In the U.K., Nestle slimmed down its Nescafe Azera Americano coffee tins from 100 grams to 90 grams. In India, a bar of Vim dish soap...",left
16163,Shrinkflation: Are Brands Reducing Package Sizes Without Lowering Prices?,"['Consumer Prices', 'Corporate America', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Food Prices', 'Inflation', 'Shrinkflation']","What Is Shrinkflation? Dorito's, Domino's Pizza, Toblerone Downsize on Inflation",Bloomberg,"Groceries are becoming more expensive. What people may not have noticed is they’re getting smaller too. By reducing the size of, say, a jar of jam, a food company can effectively charge more for it while avoiding a sticker price hike that would dent sales. It’s not a new tactic, but “shrinkflation” is back in vogue now the industry is grappling with soaring costs of everything from wheat to vegetable oils and energy. 
1. When did this begin? 
Humorist Art Buchwald was among the first to draw attention to the...",left
16164,Shrinkflation: Are Brands Reducing Package Sizes Without Lowering Prices?,"['Consumer Prices', 'Corporate America', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Food Prices', 'Inflation', 'Shrinkflation']",Shrinkflation: Cereal Brand Cuts Amount Per Box By 17%; Toilet Paper Brand Slashes Roll Size 24%,The Daily Wire,"There’s inflation and then there’s shrinkflation.
Inflation is easy to spot: The product you bought last month now costs a dime more.
But shrinkflation is much more nefarious. The product you bought last month is the same price — the package may even appear to be the same size — but there’s less of it. In some cases, a good bit less.
“Notable brands to ‘shrinkflate’ their products in recent months as the American dollar continues to lessen in value include Charmin, Bounty, and Gatorade, which have all been downsized in...",right
16165,Benghazi Emails Released,['Middle East'],Benghazi Emails Released,Wall Street Journal (News),"More than 100 pages of emails released by the White House on Wednesday depict a protracted, frustrating and often tense debate about what should be contained in public ""talking points"" about last year's deadly assault in Benghazi, Libya.
The emails reveal a tussle within the administration about what it could confidently say about the attacks while an investigation into the assault was ongoing.
Senior administration officials said the emails—which the White House released to try to quell a partisan controversy—encompassed a two-day discussion among several agencies as officials wrote and...",center
16166,Benghazi Emails Released,['Middle East'],Benghazi: New Emails Confirm State Dep't Drove Political Edits to Talking Points,Townhall,"To paraphrase an irate Dennis Green, the administration's Benghazi talking points were what we thought they were, based on multiple previous reports. ABC News pores through the 100-page tranche of emails the White House finally released last night and discovers that the documents do not represent the exculpatory information some administration defenders may have hoped:",right
16167,Benghazi Emails Released,['Middle East'],State fretted over Benghazi talking points,Politico,"As the number of people handling the Benghazi talking points grew, the amount of information the document offered shrank.
Emails and documents released by the White House Wednesday reveal an editing process that valued caution over comprehensiveness as officials worked to remove language that would have assigned blame for the attack or suggested ways the incident could have been prevented. The release also showed that the CIA, and not the State Department, made the decision to scrub references to Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda-linked groups and prior terrorist attacks in...",left
16168,Biden Calls Fox News Reporter a 'Stupid SOB',"['Media Industry', 'Joe Biden', 'Media Bias', 'Fox News Bias', 'Peter Doocy', 'Inflation']",Biden caught on hot mic calling Fox reporter 'a stupid son of a bitch',CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden was heard calling a reporter from the Fox channel a ""stupid son of a bitch"" on a hot microphone following a White House event Monday afternoon.
The President's profane remark came as reporters were shouting questions while exiting the East Room following a White House Competition Council meeting on efforts to lower prices.
Fox White House Correspondent Peter Doocy asked Biden, ""Would you take a question on inflation ... ? Do you think inflation is a political liability in the midterms?""
""It's a great asset -- more inflation,"" Biden...",left
16169,Biden Calls Fox News Reporter a 'Stupid SOB',"['Media Industry', 'Joe Biden', 'Media Bias', 'Fox News Bias', 'Peter Doocy', 'Inflation']",Biden curses Fox News reporter after he asks about inflation,Reuters,"U.S. President Joe Biden was caught on a hot mic cursing a Fox News reporter at a White House event on Monday after the journalist shouted a question about the impact of rising inflation on this year's congressional elections.
As journalists were ushered out of a meeting of Biden's Competition Council, Peter Doocy, a White House correspondent with whom Biden regularly spars, asked if it was OK to ask about inflation and if it was a political liability.
""That's a great asset, more inflation,"" Biden responded sarcastically over a din...",center
16170,Biden Calls Fox News Reporter a 'Stupid SOB',"['Media Industry', 'Joe Biden', 'Media Bias', 'Fox News Bias', 'Peter Doocy', 'Inflation']",Biden Calls Fox News Reporter a ‘Stupid Son of a B****’ for Asking about Inflation Impact on Midterms,National Review,"President Biden was caught insulting Fox News reporter Peter Doocy on Monday for asking if he believes inflation is a “political liability” in the midterms.
“That’s a great asset — more inflation,” Biden responded on a hot mic. “What a stupid son of a b****.”
Biden’s comment comes weeks after a Labor Department report showed inflation increased at the fastest rate in 40 years over the last twelve months. The report showed that the consumer price index, a major inflation gauge, for all items surged 0.5 percent in December and 7.0 percent for...",right
16171,Arkansas Gov Wants Changes,['LGBT Rights'],Arkansas governor cites his son while rejecting religious freedom bill. That says it all.,Washington Post,"In his announcement Wednesday that he wouldn't sign a ""religious freedom"" bill that had reached his desk, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) offered a personal example of the contentiousness of the issue.
""My son Seth signed the petition asking me to veto the bill,"" he said.
Given Hutchinson's son's politics, that's not a big surprise. Seth Hutchinson is an organizer with the Texas State Employees Union and has been ""a progressive since college days,"" according to this Arkansas Times story.",left
16172,Arkansas Gov Wants Changes,['LGBT Rights'],"Arkansas passes 'religious freedom' bill similar to new Indiana law, sparking more protests",Fox News (Online News),"Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday approved a religious-freedom bill similar to the one recently passed in Indiana that critics say creates the potential for businesses and others to legally discriminate against people because of their sexual orientation.
The state’s Republican-led House gave final approval to the bill, which prohibits the state and local governments from infringing on a person's religious beliefs without a ""compelling"" interest.
The measure now goes to Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who has said he will sign it into law.",right
16173,Arkansas Gov Wants Changes,['LGBT Rights'],Arkansas Governor Calls for Changes to Religious-Freedom Bill,Wall Street Journal (News),"Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday called for changes to a religious-freedom bill passed by the state’s legislature, after it sparked an outcry akin to the one that followed a similar law in Indiana from groups and companies who say it could be used to discriminate against gays and lesbians.
Mr. Hutchinson, a Republican, asked lawmakers to recall the bill at a news conference Wednesday morning, saying that its language must make clea",center
16174,Who's to Blame for High US Gas Prices?,"['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Joe Biden', 'Oil']",Biden slams 'Putin's price hike' as high gas prices add to Democrats' woes,CNN (Online News),"America's immediate political future will turn on this critical point: whether drivers stung by record gas prices blame Russian President Vladimir Putin or US President Joe Biden.
A staggering surge in the elevated cost of filling up since Russia invaded Ukraine represents another gut punch for consumers already swamped by a 40-year peak in inflation coming out of the pandemic.
And Biden acknowledged on Tuesday there is more pain to come, telling reporters his executive order banning imports of Russian energy signed Tuesday will heap more pain on gasoline prices ahead of spring break and summer vacation.
""They're...",left
16175,Who's to Blame for High US Gas Prices?,"['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Joe Biden', 'Oil']",Who’s really responsible for our pain at the pump?,Guest Writer - Center,"A few months ago, when gas was a mere $3 or so a gallon, stickers started showing up on gas pumps that showed President Joe Biden pointing to the price. The stickers read “I did that!” and they were a sort of guerrilla warfare against the Biden administration and its policies.
The stickers may be showing up with greater frequency now as sanctions against Russia settle in, including the ban of Russian oil, which the president announced Tuesday.
Although Russian oil comprises about 3% of the crude the U.S. imports, prices are...",center
16176,Who's to Blame for High US Gas Prices?,"['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Joe Biden', 'Oil']",Why Biden energy policies have contributed to surging oil prices,New York Post (News),"If President Joe Biden came out forcefully on the side of increasing US oil production, the price of a barrel could fall quickly, experts told The Post — even if it takes a while to bring that new energy online.
Just look at what happened Wednesday in the wake of the United Arab Emirates and Iraq saying they’d up production by an estimated 800,000 barrels a day: The global price of oil dropped by $22 a barrel within minutes.
If Biden signaled full-throated support for US drillers to get to work...",right
16177,New Support for Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],Brief Supporting Same-Sex Marriage Gets More Republican Support,New York Times (News),"More than two dozen Republicans — including a top adviser to Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee — have added their names to a legal brief urging the Supreme Court to declare that gay couples have a constitutional right to wed.",left
16178,New Support for Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],GOP support for gay marriage,CNN (Online News),Erin Burnett discusses a letter signed by top Republicans supporting gay marriage.,left
16179,New Support for Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],Obama nears deadline on gay marriage decision,Townhall,"The next phase of President Barack Obama's evolving position on gay marriage may come Thursday, the deadline for his administration to weigh in on a landmark Supreme Court case that could determine whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to wed.
Gay rights supporters are pressing the administration to file a friend-of-the-court brief urging the justices to overturn California's gay marriage ban. Obama is not required to file a brief, though he raised expectations in his second inaugural address when he declared that gays and lesbians must be ""treated like...",right
16180,NTSB Investigates Train Derailment,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Speed Is Cited as Possible Cause of Deadly Train Crash in Bronx,New York Times (News),"As investigators continued to search for clues as to why a Metro-North Railroad passenger train flew off the tracks on Sunday morning, killing four people and injuring dozens more, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Monday morning that it appeared that the train was traveling too fast as it hit a curve in the tracks.",left
16181,NTSB Investigates Train Derailment,"['Transportation', 'General News']","New York passenger train derails, killing 4 and hindering Monday commutes",CNN (Online News),Four people died and nearly a dozen are critically injured after the train derailed in the Bronx.,left
16182,NTSB Investigates Train Derailment,"['Transportation', 'General News']",NTSB analyzing data recorders to determine cause of deadly NYC train derailment,Fox News (Online News),Police confirm that a Metro-North passenger train has derailed in the Bronx.,right
16183,Conflicting Reports on Release of New CDC Guidelines,"['CDC', 'Disease', 'Healthcare', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']",‘CDC Leadership Never Cleared’ — White House Task Force Rejects AP Report On Shelved Reopening Guidance,The Daily Caller,"Officials on the White House coronavirus task force and senior Trump administration officials are pushing back on an Associated Press article published Thursday accusing the White House of shelving new reopening guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC).
Officials told the Daily Caller that the guidelines in question, a 17-page document, were not cleared for public dissemination by CDC leadership, but are still being provided to states requesting assistance in reopening.
The AP’s story, titled “Admin shelves CDC guide to reopening country,” did concede that states had...",right
16184,Conflicting Reports on Release of New CDC Guidelines,"['CDC', 'Disease', 'Healthcare', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']","Guidelines drafted by CDC were rejected by Trump administration citing religious freedom, economic concerns",The Hill,"The Trump administration rejected guidelines proposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on how to take public health precautions to safely reopen the economy, according to The New York Times.
The guidelines drafted were meant to instruct how schools, restaurants, churches and other establishments can safely reopen.
They include using disposable dishes and utensils at restaurants, closing every other row of seats in buses and trains while restricting transit routes to areas experiencing high levels of coronavirus infection.
They also recommend separating children at school and camps...",center
16185,Conflicting Reports on Release of New CDC Guidelines,"['CDC', 'Disease', 'Healthcare', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']",White House Rejects C.D.C.’s Coronavirus Reopening Plan,New York Times (News),"As President Trump rushes to reopen the economy, a battle has erupted between the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over the agency’s detailed guidelines to help schools, restaurants, churches and other establishments safely reopen.
A copy of the C.D.C. guidance obtained by The New York Times includes sections for child care programs, schools and day camps, churches and other “communities of faith,” employers with vulnerable workers, restaurants and bars, and mass transit administrators. The recommendations include using disposable dishes and utensils at restaurants, closing every...",left
16186,Honduras Will Accept More Asylum Seekers,"['Immigration', 'Honduras', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Undocumented', 'Donald Trump']",Honduras to accept more asylum seekers under latest U.S. immigration deal,Reuters,"NEW YORK (Reuters) - Honduras signed a deal with the U.S. government on Wednesday that could push migrants who cross the country on the way to the United States back to seek asylum, in the latest bilateral deal with Central American countries aimed at curbing migration.",center
16187,Honduras Will Accept More Asylum Seekers,"['Immigration', 'Honduras', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Undocumented', 'Donald Trump']",Build the Wall but Let More People Through the Doors,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"What ever became of those caravans? Not long ago, the media was saturated with reports of Central American migrants headed for the U.S. border with Mexico. Did they disband or did the press lose interest?",right
16188,Honduras Will Accept More Asylum Seekers,"['Immigration', 'Honduras', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Undocumented', 'Donald Trump']",Migrants on the Front Lines of Global Class War,Jacobin,"The Supreme Court recently jeopardized the asylum claims of tens of thousands of Central American, Caribbean, African, and Asian migrants. It’s the latest in an escalating effort to fence off the US from the world’s poor — at a time when, more than ever, we should be letting them in.",left
16189,How Ticket Splitting Could Play a Role in 2022 Elections,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Ticket Splitting', 'Battleground States', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election']",Ticket-splitters could play key role in battleground states,The Hill,"Ticket-splitters are poised to play a pivotal role in a handful of key battleground states, like Pennsylvania and Georgia, where signs are growing that voters may be willing to cross party lines for certain candidates. 
In Georgia, where voters will choose their next governor and U.S. senator next week, polling has routinely shown Gov. Brian Kemp leading his Democratic rival Stacey Abrams by distinct margins, while Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) has maintained a narrow edge over Herschel Walker, the Republican Senate nominee. 
A similar dynamic is playing out in Pennsylvania, where Democrat Josh Shapiro has opened up a...",center
16190,How Ticket Splitting Could Play a Role in 2022 Elections,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Ticket Splitting', 'Battleground States', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election']","Ticket-splitters poised to shake up election tallies in Pennsylvania, Georgia, New Hampshire",Washington Times,"Many Americans will vote along party lines Tuesday, but crucial races could be decided by folks who pick a governor from one party and a Senate contender from the opposing party.
It’s known as “ticket-splitting.” Once seen as a dying trend in U.S. politics, it is expected to make a comeback.
A recent Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey in Pennsylvania found that about 9% of those supporting Democrat Josh Shapiro for governor plan to split their ticket and support Mehmet Oz, a Republican, for Senate.
Mr. Shapiro’s Republican opponent, Doug Mastriano, has struggled in his campaign and...",right
16191,How Ticket Splitting Could Play a Role in 2022 Elections,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Ticket Splitting', 'Battleground States', '2022 Georgia Senate Election', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election']",Split tickets and the Biden effect: What to watch in Georgia’s election,Atlanta Journal-Constitution,"Four years ago, state Democrats entered the final stretch before the election with a sense of momentum as polls showed a neck-and-neck race between Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams before the Republican scored his narrow victory.
Now, Democrats are entering the last hours of the rematch on edge. Kemp has a solid lead in most public polls, as do down-ticket Republican contenders. The closest race is between Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker, which could wind up in a December runoff if no one gets a majority of...",left
16192,Trump Threatens to Veto Defense Bill if Tech Liability Stands,"['National Defense', 'National Defense Authorization Act', 'Section 230', 'Communications Decency Act', 'Donald Trump', 'Defense And Security']",Trump threatens to veto defense bill over tech liability shield,The Hill,"President Trump on Tuesday night threatened to veto a defense bill if it does not include the repeal of a legal shield for internet companies, throwing down the latest gauntlet in a fight over a piece of must-pass legislation.
Trump’s warning took aim at Section 230, which gives tech companies protections for third-party content posted on their platforms and allows them to make ""good faith"" efforts to moderate content. The president and other Republicans have claimed that social media firms use the law to unfairly censor conservatives.
“Section 230,...",center
16193,Trump Threatens to Veto Defense Bill if Tech Liability Stands,"['National Defense', 'National Defense Authorization Act', 'Section 230', 'Communications Decency Act', 'Donald Trump', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Demands Repeal of Section 230 Tech Liability Shield,Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump is vowing to veto the National Defense Authorization Act unless Congress repeals a section of the 1996 Communications Decency Act that shields social media platforms from liability for what users post on them.
His comments came in tweets posted Tuesday night. He wrote: ""Section 230, which is a liability shielding gift from the U.S. to 'Big Tech' (the only companies in America that have it - corporate welfare!), is a serious threat to our National Security & Election Integrity. Our Country can never be safe & secure...",right
16194,Trump Threatens to Veto Defense Bill if Tech Liability Stands,"['National Defense', 'National Defense Authorization Act', 'Section 230', 'Communications Decency Act', 'Donald Trump', 'Defense And Security']",Trump threatens to veto defense bill over social media rule,Politico,"President Donald Trump threatened to veto must-pass defense policy legislation on Tuesday unless lawmakers agree to repeal a legal shield for social media companies, a move that one senior House staffer called ""a total non-starter"" for Democrats.
Trump's push to repeal the protections, known as Section 230, has become the most contentious remaining issue in talks on the National Defense Authorization Act. The president ratcheted up the pressure on Congress in a pair of tweets Tuesday night, threatening to nix the $740 billion bill unless it includes the repeal.
""Section...",left
16195,"Mueller's Team Deleted Information From Phones, DOJ Asked To Investigate","['Justice Department', 'Investigation', 'Robert Mueller', 'Justice']",Johnson asks DOJ watchdog to investigate Mueller team phones over erased information,The Hill,"Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), the chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, is asking the Justice Department inspector general to investigate new documents that indicate members of former special counsel Robert Mueller's team erased some records from their official phones.
""These reports are troubling and raise concerns about record retention and transparency,"" Johnson wrote in a letter to Department of Justice (DOJ) inspector general Michael Horowitz. ""Therefore, I respectfully request that your office open an investigation into this matter to determine what, why, and how information was wiped, whether any...",center
16196,"Mueller's Team Deleted Information From Phones, DOJ Asked To Investigate","['Justice Department', 'Investigation', 'Robert Mueller', 'Justice']",Trump attacks Robert Mueller's 'hit squad' in row over 'wiped' phones,The Guardian,"Donald Trump called Robert Mueller’s investigators a “hit squad” on Saturday, joining rightwing outcry over Department of Justice documents that indicated members of the Russia investigation wiped information from at least 15 phones.
“So now we find out that the entire Mueller ‘hit squad’ illegally wiped their phones clean just prior to the investigation of them,” the president wrote on Twitter.
The DoJ records say the phones were wiped due to damage, hardware problems and missing passwords.
On Friday, a Republican senator, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, demanded a new investigation...",left
16197,"Mueller's Team Deleted Information From Phones, DOJ Asked To Investigate","['Justice Department', 'Investigation', 'Robert Mueller', 'Justice']",Mueller’s Team Members ‘Accidentally’ Wiped Phones Clean of Data,Breitbart News,"Justice Department records obtained and published by Judicial Watch on Friday show that senior members of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team repeatedly and “accidentally” wiped data off phones assigned to them, according to the conservative watchdog group.
Judicial Watched obtained 87 pages from the DOJ in response to a September 2019 Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the DOJ and the FBI for a December 17, 2018, request for:
All records related to the hardware, software and contents of mobile phones issued to FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa...",right
16198,Antifa Activists Protest at Tucker Carlson's Home,['Polarization'],Activists converge on home of Fox's Tucker Carlson: 'You are not safe',The Hill,"A group associated with left-wing antifa activists converged on the Washington, D.C., home of Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Wednesday night while chanting ""Racist scumbag, leave town!"" and",center
16199,Antifa Activists Protest at Tucker Carlson's Home,['Polarization'],A Mob Showed Up Outside Tucker Carlson’s House and Ordered Him to ‘Leave Town',The Daily Caller,"A left-wing mob showed up outside Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s house Wednesday evening, posted pictures of his address online and demanded that he flee the city of Washington, D.C.",right
16200,Antifa Activists Protest at Tucker Carlson's Home,['Polarization'],"Antifa group chants outside, vandalizes Fox commentator Tucker Carlson's home",NBC News (Online),Members of rival media networks condemned the actions of the group.,left
16201,"Ex VA Gov.,Wife Guilty of Corruption",['Politics'],"Ex-Virginia governor, wife found guilty on corruption charges",Fox News (Online News),"Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen have been convicted on a range of corruption, fraud and bribery charges, after the couple accepted more than $165,000 of gifts and loans from a businessman.
The jury's decision marks a stunning fall from grace for the former Republican governor, who once was considered a possible running mate for presidential candidate Mitt Romney in 2012.",right
16202,"Ex VA Gov.,Wife Guilty of Corruption",['Politics'],Ex-Va. governor guilty of public corruption,USA TODAY,"— Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen were found guilty of multiple counts of conspiracy and public corruption Thursday in a case alleging they traded access to the governor's office for $165,000 in loans and luxury gifts from a businessman seeking to win backing from the powerful couple for one of his company's nutritional supplements.
The former governor was found guilty on 11 federal charges, his wife on nine. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 6. Families members wept as the verdicts were read.
The jury began deliberations...",left
16203,"Ex VA Gov.,Wife Guilty of Corruption",['Politics'],Robert McDonnell guilty of 11 corruption counts,Washington Post,"A federal jury Thursday found former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, guilty of public corruption — sending a message that they believed the couple sold the office once occupied by Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson to a free spending Richmond businessman for golf outings, lavish vacations and $120,000 in sweetheart loans.",left
16204,Where is Abortion Legal in The World?,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Abortion Rights', 'Roe V Wade Leak', 'Supreme Court', ""Women'S Rights"", 'World']",Only 3 countries have rolled back abortion rights since 1994,Axios,"If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade and paves the way for states to implement abortion bans, the U.S. would join only three countries — El Salvador, Nicaragua and Poland — that have rolled back abortion rights since 1994, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights.
The big picture: Nearly 60 countries have liberalized their abortion laws — though some only incrementally — over the last 25 years.
The rollback of abortion rights has come in countries ""where democracies have eroded,"" says Margaret Harpin, a legal adviser at the Center for Reproductive
...",center
16205,Where is Abortion Legal in The World?,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Abortion Rights', 'Roe V Wade Leak', 'Supreme Court', ""Women'S Rights"", 'World']",Abortion laws worldwide: In what countries is abortion legal?,NBC News (Online),"Tensions and emotions are running high in the U.S. after the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion published by Politico suggested that Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that established abortion rights nationwide, could be overturned this summer.
However, the U.S. is not alone in having a heated debate about abortion, and laws on the procedure differ in countries around the world. Regardless of the laws surrounding abortion, rates are similar in countries where abortion is restricted and those where the procedure is largely legal, according to the Guttmacher Institute, which supports abortion...",left
16206,Where is Abortion Legal in The World?,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Abortion Rights', 'Roe V Wade Leak', 'Supreme Court', ""Women'S Rights"", 'World']",Countries that slammed leaked abortion decision have more restrictions than US,Washington Examiner,"While a number of world leaders lined up to criticize a leaked draft opinion that suggests the Supreme Court is considering overturning a landmark case that legalized abortion, some represent countries that have even more restrictions on abortion than those at issue in the arguments before the court.
The United States is an outlier in the permissibility of its abortion laws in some states.
Few countries allow abortion as late into pregnancy as the U.S. does, and many countries require a woman to produce a reason, such as financial hardship or mental distress, to obtain...",right
16207,Will Biden's Ethanol Move Bring Down Gas Prices?,"['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Pollution', 'Environment']",Biden's 'symbolic' ethanol move will do little to help crunched consumers,Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden unveiled a new effort this week to lower gas prices by increasing reliance on ethanol until the fall, touting it as a way to fight inflation despite indications that the move will have a minimal impact on most people.
“I’m doing everything within my power by executive orders to bring down prices and address the Putin price hikes,” Biden said Tuesday at an event in Iowa, continuing to blame prices that began rising months ago on Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine.
Biden’s new measure would temporarily remove limits this year on when...",right
16208,Will Biden's Ethanol Move Bring Down Gas Prices?,"['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Pollution', 'Environment']",'Short-term thinking': Environmentalists push back on Biden's ethanol expansion,NBC News (Online),"President Joe Biden's plan to reduce the price of gas by allowing the sale of higher-ethanol fuel this summer may make corn farmers and their elected representatives happy. But the move also has irked environmentalists who see ethanol as a climate-change villain.
Biden made his announcement Tuesday during a trip to Iowa, where corn — and ethanol — are crucial to the state economy. He said the Environmental Protection Agency would issue an emergency waiver from the Clean Air Act that will permit the sale of gasoline that is 15 percent ethanol,...",left
16209,Will Biden's Ethanol Move Bring Down Gas Prices?,"['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Pollution', 'Environment']",Biden wants to let people buy blended gasoline to lower prices. There’s just one big problem,Fortune,"It's one of the main drivers of U.S. inflation reaching a 40-year high, and among the factors most likely to hurt Democrats’ electoral chances in the November midterms.
It’s high gasoline prices, and President Joe Biden is starting to get creative in trying to lower them. 
U.S. gas prices currently average $4.27 per gallon, a sharp decline after a mid-March high that caused drivers to put in fewer miles on the road, sending demand for gas plummeting. But the national average is still well over $1 more per gallon relative to a year ago, and the current...",center
16210,Hurricane Ian Makes Second US Landfall in South Carolina,"['Water And Oceans', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Weather', 'Storms', 'Hurricane', 'Disaster']",Ian downgraded to post-tropical cyclone as it lashes Carolinas; Florida officials report more deaths,Fox News (Online News),"Hurricane Ian has made landfall in South Carolina as a Category 1 storm.
According to the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Ian made a third landfall near Georgetown, South Carolina as a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph.
The NHC says that there is danger of a ""life-threatening storm surge"" along coasts of the Carolinas.
Hurricane-force winds are expected throughout the coasts of South Carolina and the southeastern portion of North Carolina, according to the NHC.
Areas from the Isle of Palms through Little River Inlet in...",right
16211,Hurricane Ian Makes Second US Landfall in South Carolina,"['Water And Oceans', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Weather', 'Storms', 'Hurricane', 'Disaster']",Hurricane Ian strikes South Carolina after leaving at least 42 reported dead and millions without power across Florida,CNN (Online News),"Hurricane Ian made landfall near Georgetown, South Carolina, Friday afternoon with sustained winds of 85 mph, battering the state with heavy rain and life-threatening storm surge after killing at least 42 people in Florida and leaving behind a trail of apocalyptic destruction.
Ian, which restrengthened in the Atlantic, is unleashing lethal flooding and enough force to alter the coastal landscape, but it’s expected to rapidly transition into a post-tropical system, with a decrease in its strongest winds as it pushes inland.
“This is a dangerous storm that will bring high winds and...",left
16212,Hurricane Ian Makes Second US Landfall in South Carolina,"['Water And Oceans', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Weather', 'Storms', 'Hurricane', 'Disaster']","Ian makes second official landfall, as Category 1 storm in South Carolina",Axios,"Hurricane Ian, now a Category 1 storm, made landfall again on Friday, striking South Carolina as Florida continues to reel from its impact.
Driving the news: The hurricane struck the coast near Georgetown, S.C. with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, the National Hurricane Center said, bringing a ""life-threatening"" storm surge of 4 to 7 feet.
Threat level: The storm has brought significant coastal flooding, inland flash flooding and damaging, hurricane-force winds.
More than 277,000 customers were without power across the Carolinas as of Friday afternoon.
Ian's wind field is...",center
16213,"Results from NV, SC","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","ANALYSIS: Hillary Wounded But Winning, Trump Leads Intense Three-Man Fight on GOP Side",Townhall,"A vulnerable Hillary wins. As has always been the case, Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee in 2016. She narrowly edged Bernie Sanders in Nevada's caucuses, a state in which she once held a yawning lead. She'll likely carry South Carolina next week, cementing her position in the driver's seat in that race. Sanders has the money and support to contest this fight for months to come, and he may d",right
16214,"Results from NV, SC","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Step Forward in Tumultuous Political Season",Wall Street Journal (News),"Regular order began returning for Democrats Saturday. Republicans still aren’t sure whether their version of regular order even exists any longer.
The one thing that was settled as voters spoke in two states—Democrats in Nevada and Republicans in South Carolina—is that the",center
16215,"Results from NV, SC","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",South Carolina and Nevada Takeaways: Messages Get Results,New York Times (News),"Donald J. Trump came into South Carolina with momentum after a big win in New Hampshire — and he seemed to try his best to undercut himself. He attacked George W. Bush, a popular figure in the state, for his handling of terrorism and the Iraq war. He repeatedly picked fights with the well-liked Gov. Nikki R. Haley. He held forth on national television about his friendships with Howard Stern and Michael Jackson.",left
16216,Perspectives: 6 Asian American Women Killed in Atlanta Attacks,"['Violence In America', 'Racism', 'Asian Americans', 'Atlanta Spa Shootings']",White supremacy and hate are haunting Asian Americans,CNN (Online News),"In one sense, it's immaterial whether the accused killer in the Atlanta spa shootings admits to a racist motivation. Asian Americans, already traumatized by a rising tide of hate, violence and rhetoric, have been living in fear for months.
The murders of eight people, including six Asian women, among them four South Koreans, further disoriented and horrified a community already unfairly stigmatized by racial association during a pandemic that originated in China. And they laid bare for the rest of the country the agony of yet another minority group left...",left
16217,Perspectives: 6 Asian American Women Killed in Atlanta Attacks,"['Violence In America', 'Racism', 'Asian Americans', 'Atlanta Spa Shootings']",White House says Trump's COVID language elevated threat to Asian Americans,Washington Examiner,"White House press secretary Jen Psaki blamed the Trump administration’s rhetoric on the coronavirus pandemic for elevating threats against Asian Americans as investigators probe the motives of a suspect in a shooting spree that killed six Asian women in and around Atlanta, Georgia.
Former President Donald Trump has been repeatedly accused of racism for referring to the “China virus” or “Wuhan flu” when talking about COVID-19.
Psaki made her comments hours after a 21-year-old man was arrested following attacks on three massage parlors in the Atlanta area that left eight...",right
16218,Perspectives: 6 Asian American Women Killed in Atlanta Attacks,"['Violence In America', 'Racism', 'Asian Americans', 'Atlanta Spa Shootings']","A hate crime? Georgia attacks that killed mostly Asian women raise questions of bias, motive",USA TODAY,"With six of the eight victims killed in recent shootings in Atlanta identified as of Asian descent, Asian Americans and lawmakers across the country have reported increased fear of attacks on their communities, amid an uptick in racially motivated attacks.
The question of motive swirling around the spa shootings is yet to be answered by law enforcement but it has drawn attention to how hate crimes are defined.
The suspect was arrested and charged with murder and assault after shootings at three Atlanta-area spas on Tuesday. Most of those...",left
16219,Biden to Visit Site of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre,"['Race And Racism', 'Tulsa Race Massacre', 'Joe Biden']",Biden to honor forgotten victims of Tulsa race massacre,Associated Press Fact Check,"President Joe Biden will take part in a remembrance of one of the nation’s darkest — and largely forgotten — moments of racial violence when he helps commemorate the 100th anniversary of the destruction of a thriving Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Biden’s visit Tuesday, in which he will grieve for the hundreds of Black people killed by a white mob a century ago, comes amid a national reckoning on racial justice. And it will stand in stark contrast to the most recent visit to Tulsa by a president, which took place last year.
Biden...",left
16220,Biden to Visit Site of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre,"['Race And Racism', 'Tulsa Race Massacre', 'Joe Biden']",Biden unveils effort to eliminate unfair appraisals in Black communities as Tulsa tragedy remembered,Washington Times,"The Biden administration said Tuesday it will “root out” discrimination in home appraisals and increase the share of federal contracts going to minority-owned businesses by 50% by 2026, or an additional $100 billion.
The announcement coincided with the 100th anniversary of the attack by a White mob on “Black Wall Street” in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that killed about 300 Black residents forced thousands of others out of their homes.
President Biden will travel to Tulsa on Monday and deliver remarks at the Greenwood Cultural Center.
A White House fact sheet on efforts to...",right
16221,Biden to Visit Site of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre,"['Race And Racism', 'Tulsa Race Massacre', 'Joe Biden']",Biden to meet with three survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre in visit to once-thriving 'Black Wall Street',USA TODAY,"One hundred years after a white mob burned ""Black Wall Street"" to the ground, killing and injuring an estimated hundreds of African Americans and forcing thousands from their homes, President Joe Biden will visit Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Tuesday to commemorate one of the bloodiest race massacres in U.S. history. 
Biden will deliver remarks on the 100-year anniversary and speak to survivors of the attack, who are now between the ages of 101 and 107. Only three remain.
On Monday, the White House issued a proclamation in which Biden called on Americans ""to...",left
16222,Perspectives: Biden’s First Press Conference,"['Joe Biden', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Press Conference', 'White House', 'Fox News']",Biden's eye-on-the-prize strategy,Axios,"President Biden revealed in vivid display this week the thinking animating his 100-day plan: Do not allow outside events to take his eye off the make-or-break imperatives of virus eradication and economic growth.
The big picture: He dispatched Vice President Harris to handle the brewing crisis at the border. And, in yesterday's press conference, he made plain gun control and other topics may need to wait.
On gun control: ""It's a matter of timing.""
""[S]uccessful presidents — better than me — have been successful, in large part, because they...",center
16223,Perspectives: Biden’s First Press Conference,"['Joe Biden', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Press Conference', 'White House', 'Fox News']","Biden, a President who doesn't insult people -- or our intelligence",Frida Ghitis,"Anyone hoping President Joe Biden's first formal news conference Thursday would produce a series of gaffes and misstatements must be deeply disappointed. Americans who want a competent, coherent, focused President should feel reassured.
Biden made news by answering a question he had dodged before -- the one about a second term (he is 78). ""My plan,"" he told reporters, ""is to run for reelection in 2024."" He also made news on the pandemic, announcing he is doubling the initial goal of administering 100 million vaccines in his first 100 days,...",left
16224,Perspectives: Biden’s First Press Conference,"['Joe Biden', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Press Conference', 'White House', 'Fox News']",Joe Biden clears very low bar at first press conference,Eddie Scarry,"Things go so much more smoothly when Washington reporters actually like the person functioning as president. And so, President Joe Biden cleared the very low bar that was set for his first press conference on Thursday.
It's not that our biggest problems have gone away. Almost 140,000 people have died from the coronavirus since Biden was elected. More than 10 million people remain unemployed. The Border Patrol has gone back to functioning as a full-time child care program for Latin America's poor after Biden opened the border to all of...",right
16225,Gun Legislation Filibuster Threat,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],McCain Urges Republicans: Don't Filibuster Gun Control,HuffPost,John McCain on Sunday urged Republicans not to filibuster new gun control legislation.,left
16226,Gun Legislation Filibuster Threat,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],White House looks to salvage gun-control legislation,Washington Times,The Obama administration took to the airwaves Sunday morning to call on Republicans to back the presidents plan for gun control.,right
16227,Gun Legislation Filibuster Threat,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"With threat of filibuster, does tougher gun control have a future?",Christian Science Monitor,Most Americans favor background checks for all gun sales which would close a major loophole in current law. But 13 Republican senators say theyll filibuster any additional gun restrictions.,center
16228,Biden Meets With Saudi Crown Prince,"['World', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Mohammed Bin Salman', 'Joe Biden', 'Jamal Khashoggi', 'Middle East', 'Diplomacy']",Biden meets with Saudi crown prince amid tensions over Khashoggi murder,NBC News (Online),"President Joe Biden arrived Friday in Saudi Arabia where he met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a controversial sitdown he had earlier insisted would not take place.
The crown prince greeted Biden as he arrived at the royal palace where the two leaders exchanged a fist bump, but no handshake.
Biden has alternated between handshakes and fist bumps throughout the four days of his Middle East swing after the White House said he would “minimize contact” during the trip as a Covid precaution.
Ahead of the meeting with the crown...",left
16229,Biden Meets With Saudi Crown Prince,"['World', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Mohammed Bin Salman', 'Joe Biden', 'Jamal Khashoggi', 'Middle East', 'Diplomacy']",Biden fist bumps MBS after arriving in Saudi Arabia,Axios,"President Biden shared a fist bump with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after arriving in the Gulf kingdom for a high-stakes visit.
Why it matters: Biden once vowed to make the kingdom a ""pariah,"" and U.S.-Saudi relations have been strained over a number of issues, including the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
U.S. intelligence concluded MBS was responsible for Khashoggi's murder — an allegation Saudi Arabia denies.
State of play: Biden's visit to Saudi Arabia is aimed at recalibrating U.S. relations with the Gulf kingdom.
It will include a bilateral meeting with...",center
16230,Biden Meets With Saudi Crown Prince,"['World', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Mohammed Bin Salman', 'Joe Biden', 'Jamal Khashoggi', 'Middle East', 'Diplomacy']",Biden Greets Saudi Crown Prince with Fist Bump,National Review,"President Biden was seen greeting Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman on Friday with a fist bump during his trip to the Middle East. 
The greeting came amid speculation over whether Biden would shake the hand of bin Salman, who approved the 2018 operation that killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to U.S. intelligence assessments. Khashoggi, who was a Washington Post columnist, was killed after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to collect documents for his wedding.
While campaigning in 2019, Biden called Khashoggi’s death “flat-out murder” and called for consequences.
“There’s very little social...",right
16231,Media Reacts to Zuckerberg Interview on 'Joe Rogan Experience',"['Media Industry', 'Joe Rogan', 'Mark Zuckerberg', 'Meta', 'Facebook', 'Misinformation', 'Hunter Biden']",Zuckerberg tells Rogan FBI warning prompted Biden laptop story censorship,BBC News,"Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook restricting a story about Joe Biden's son during the 2020 election was based on FBI misinformation warnings.
The New York Post alleged leaked emails from Hunter Biden's laptop showed the then vice-president was helping his son's business dealings in Ukraine.
Facebook and Twitter restricted sharing of the article, before reversing course amid allegations of censorship.
Zuckerberg said that getting the decision wrong ""sucks"".
""When we take down something that we're not supposed to, that's the worst,"" Zuckerberg said in a rare extended media interview on the...",center
16232,Media Reacts to Zuckerberg Interview on 'Joe Rogan Experience',"['Media Industry', 'Joe Rogan', 'Mark Zuckerberg', 'Meta', 'Facebook', 'Misinformation', 'Hunter Biden']",Mark Zuckerberg tells Joe Rogan Facebook was wrong to ban The Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story,New York Post (News),"The billionaire CEO of Meta said he regretted Facebook’s handling of the bombshell story during an appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience” — but he still defended the process as “pretty reasonable.”
Zuckerberg opened up about the controversial media suppression after the host pressed him to explain his views on how tech platforms should handle content moderation on sensitive subjects.
“When something like that turns out to be real, is there regret for not having it evenly distributed and for throttling the distribution of that story?” Rogan asked about The...",right
16233,Media Reacts to Zuckerberg Interview on 'Joe Rogan Experience',"['Media Industry', 'Joe Rogan', 'Mark Zuckerberg', 'Meta', 'Facebook', 'Misinformation', 'Hunter Biden']",Joe Rogan asked Mark Zuckerberg if he 'censored' the Hunter Biden laptop story. The CEO used the opportunity to defend the FBI as a 'legitimate institution.',Insider,"Facebook, now Meta, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he thinks the FBI is a ""legitimate institution"" amid far-right GOP figures calling for the agency to be defunded following its raid of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence.
During a 3-hour segment on podcaster Joe Rogan's program, Rogan asked Zuckerberg how his company handles content that has heavy news attention, such as the controversial late 2020 New York Post story involving the laptop of now-President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, and if Facebook ""censored that as well.""
Zuckerberg said the FBI had already approached...",left
16234,Biden's Virtual Meeting with Xi Jinping,"['China', 'Xi Jinping', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Asia', 'Joe Biden', 'Taiwan', 'Human Rights']",No Breakthrough After First Virtual Summit for Biden and Xi,The Epoch Times,"President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping did not reach any “breakthrough” on issues concerning both nations, after their first virtual summit as heads of state on Nov. 15.
Biden said the United States will work to “advance an international system that is free, open, and fair,” raising concerns about the Chinese Communist Party’s human rights record and abuses he was aware of in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong.
According to the White House, Biden used the talks as an opportunity to “speak candidly and straightforwardly” to Xi about the intentions and priorities...",right
16235,Biden's Virtual Meeting with Xi Jinping,"['China', 'Xi Jinping', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Asia', 'Joe Biden', 'Taiwan', 'Human Rights']","China hails Xi and Biden talks, after year of growing strain",Associated Press,"China on Tuesday hailed a virtual meeting between President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden, saying they had a candid and constructive exchange that sent a strong signal to the world.
The positive description of the meeting came in sharp contrast to heated exchanges between the two nations earlier this year. The talks appeared to mark what both sides hoped would be a turnaround in relations, though major differences remain.
“If China-U.S. relations cannot return to the past, they should face the future,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said....",left
16236,Biden's Virtual Meeting with Xi Jinping,"['China', 'Xi Jinping', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Asia', 'Joe Biden', 'Taiwan', 'Human Rights']","'Healthy debate,' but no breakthroughs in Biden's critical talks with China's Xi Jinping",CNN (Online News),"When Chinese President Xi Jinping beamed into the White House on Monday evening for a virtual summit with President Joe Biden, the two men needed no introduction.
""We've spent an awful lot of time talking to one another, and I hope we can have a candid conversation tonight as well,"" Biden said as the talks got underway, sitting at the head of the Roosevelt Room table as Xi's visage was broadcast on a pair of television screens.
From his seat in a cavernous room inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Xi was...",left
16237,Supreme Court Declines to Hear Transgender Bathroom Case,"['LGBT Rights', 'Supreme Court', 'Transgender Issues', 'Inequality']",Supreme Court won’t revive school’s transgender bathroom ban,Associated Press,"The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Virginia school board’s appeal to reinstate its transgender bathroom ban.
Over two dissenting votes, the justices left in place lower court rulings that found the policy unconstitutional. The case involved former high school student Gavin Grimm, who filed a federal lawsuit after he was told he could not use the boys bathroom at his public high school. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas voted to hear the board’s appeal.
The Gloucester County, Virginia, school board’s policy required Grimm to use restrooms that corresponded with his...",left
16238,Supreme Court Declines to Hear Transgender Bathroom Case,"['LGBT Rights', 'Supreme Court', 'Transgender Issues', 'Inequality']","Supreme Court will not hear transgender bathroom rights dispute, a win for Va. student who sued his school for discrimination",Washington Post,"The Supreme Court declined to hear a legal battle over the rights of transgender students on Monday, handing a victory to Gavin Grimm over the Virginia school board that denied him the right to use the boys’ restroom.
As is its custom, the court did not say why it was rejecting the appeal of the Gloucester County school district. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. said they would have accepted the case.
The court’s decision not to take up the case does not establish a national precedent, nor...",left
16239,Supreme Court Declines to Hear Transgender Bathroom Case,"['LGBT Rights', 'Supreme Court', 'Transgender Issues', 'Inequality']","Supreme Court Declines to Take Up Transgender Bathroom Case, Leaving in Place Victory for Trans Student",National Review,"The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case over a Virginia school board’s policy on transgender bathroom use, leaving in place a lower court’s ruling that the school unconstitutionally discriminated against a biologically female student who was denied access to the boy’s bathroom.
The justices chose not to hear the Gloucester County School Board’s appeal of a 2020 ruling by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that said transgender student Gavin Grimm is protected under Title IX, the federal law that bars sex discrimination in education,...",right
16240,Pro-EU Conservatives Vote Against Johnson in Parliament,"['Europe', 'World', 'Boris Johnson', 'Tories', 'Brexit', 'Great Britain']",Boris Johnson's Brexit Plans Hit Turbulence After Conservative Defection,NPR (Online News),"Boris Johnson's path to his self-imposed Brexit deadline just keeps getting rockier.
On Tuesday, less than two months from the date he set for the U.K.'s divorce from the European Union — with or without a deal on the terms of the breakup — the British prime minister suffered another significant blow to his fraying support in Parliament: Phillip Lee, a fellow Tory, defected from Johnson's Conservative Party in a dramatic scene in the House of Commons.",left
16241,Pro-EU Conservatives Vote Against Johnson in Parliament,"['Europe', 'World', 'Boris Johnson', 'Tories', 'Brexit', 'Great Britain']",Boris Johnson calls for SNAP ELECTION after Remainer MPs WIN vote to seize control of Commons by 328 to 301 - but Jeremy Corbyn says law to stop No Deal must be passed BEFORE a poll,Daily Mail,"Boris Johnson called for a snap election tonight after he suffered a stinging defeat at the hands of Remainers.
The Prime Minister lost a crunch vote that gives a rebel alliance control of Commons business - with the aim of passing a law to stop No Deal.
The victory for pro-EU MPs - by a big margin of 328 to 301 - came despite Mr Johnson threatening to end the careers of Tories who joined the revolt by deselecting them.",right
16242,Pro-EU Conservatives Vote Against Johnson in Parliament,"['Europe', 'World', 'Boris Johnson', 'Tories', 'Brexit', 'Great Britain']",Boris Johnson suffers Commons defeat as Tories turn against him,The Guardian,"Boris Johnson has suffered a humiliating defeat in the House of Commons as former Tory cabinet ministers banded together with Labour MPs to seize control of the parliamentary timetable.
The prime minister is poised to ask MPs on Wednesday to support an October general election after losing a vote paving the way for a rebel bill aimed at blocking a no-deal Brexit.",left
16243,NYT Poll Says Republicans Gain Edge on Democrats in 2022 Elections,"['2022 Elections', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Public Opinion', 'Joe Biden', 'Inflation']",NYT/Siena Poll Suggests Political Environment Turning Toward Republicans,Charles C. W. Cooke,"Is the national political environment turning toward the Republican Party once again? Today’s New York Times/Siena College poll of likely voters suggests that the answer is an emphatic “Yes.”
The poll shows that 49 percent of likely voters said they planned to vote for a Republican to represent them in Congress on Nov. 8, compared with 45 percent who planned to vote for a Democrat. The result represents an improvement for Republicans since September, when Democrats held a one-point edge among likely voters in the last Times/Siena poll.
Why? Because Americans don’t like their Democratic...",right
16244,NYT Poll Says Republicans Gain Edge on Democrats in 2022 Elections,"['2022 Elections', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Public Opinion', 'Joe Biden', 'Inflation']",Trump nips Biden in New York Times poll among likely voters,The Hill,"Former President Trump leads President Biden by 1 point in a hypothetical rematch, according to a New York Times-Siena College poll published Monday.
Trump leads Biden, 45 to 44 percent, when likely voters were asked whom they would support if the 2024 presidential election were held today.
That’s roughly in line with previous polling showing Trump leading Biden, Vice President Harris and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in hypothetical match-ups.
Other polls have been more favorable for Biden, including a Yahoo News-YouGov poll last month that had Biden leading Trump by 6 points.
Last week, Biden told CNN’s Jake Tapper...",center
16245,NYT Poll Says Republicans Gain Edge on Democrats in 2022 Elections,"['2022 Elections', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Public Opinion', 'Joe Biden', 'Inflation']","Republicans Gain Edge as Voters Worry About Economy, Times/Siena Poll Finds",New York Times (News),"Republicans enter the final weeks of the contest for control of Congress with a narrow but distinct advantage as the economy and inflation have surged as the dominant concerns, giving the party momentum to take back power from Democrats in next month’s midterm elections, a New York Times/Siena College poll has found.
The poll shows that 49 percent of likely voters said they planned to vote for a Republican to represent them in Congress on Nov. 8, compared with 45 percent who planned to vote for a Democrat. The result represents an...",left
16246,Canada and US Close to NAFTA Deal,['Trade'],U.S. and Canada Are Close to Reaching Nafta Deal This Weekend,Bloomberg,"U.S. and Canadian negotiators are close to a deal on Nafta and there’s optimism it will be reached by the Sunday deadline -- an outcome that would avoid an impasse that imperils $500 billion in annual trade, people familiar with the talks said.
There’s renewed urgency to nail down a new North American Free Trade Agreement that could be published by Sunday so it can be signed by Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto before he leaves office, the people said. The U.S. and Mexico reached their own agreement in August,...",left
16247,Canada and US Close to NAFTA Deal,['Trade'],"US, Canada likely to conclude NAFTA talks this weekend: report",Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. and Canada will likely wrap up negotiations about a revised version of the North American Free Trade Agreement this weekend after a month of tumultuous talks, according to a tweet from a Bloomberg News White House reporter.
The two nations are currently working to avoid a fight that could jeopardize $500 billion in annual trade, according to the tweet.",right
16248,Canada and US Close to NAFTA Deal,['Trade'],The NAFTA deadline is Sunday. What happens if there’s no deal?,Vox,"The Trump administration’s self-imposed deadline to bring Canada into a revised North American Free Trade Agreement is Sunday — and there’s a chance negotiators will miss it.
There was a little optimism late Friday, after Reuters reported that Mexico and the US decided to hold off publishing the text of its United States-Mexico bilateral trade deal on Friday — a signal that both weren’t quite ready to move ahead without Canada.
But the prospects of a last-minute agreement with Canada remain grim after weeks of a negotiating impasse over a...",left
16249,Reporter Resigns From New York Post Following Story Claiming Harris Book Was Given To Migrant Children,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Kamala Harris', 'Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",New York Post reporter says she resigned over being 'forced' to write 'incorrect' Kamala Harris story,The Blaze,"A reporter said that she resigned from the New York Post after she was ""forced"" to write the ""incorrect"" story about Vice President Kamala Harris's book being given to migrant children.
Laura Italiano tweeted about the story and her resignation on Tuesday, a day after the article was retracted and clarified by several news outlets.
""An announcement: Today I handed in my resignation to my editors at the New York Post,"" tweeted Italiano.
""The Kamala Harris story -- an incorrect story I was ordered to write and which I failed...",right
16250,Reporter Resigns From New York Post Following Story Claiming Harris Book Was Given To Migrant Children,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Kamala Harris', 'Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",NY Post Reporter Resigns Following Story Claiming Harris Book Was Given To Migrant Children,Independent Journal Review,"New York Post reporter Laura Italiano resigned following a story she claimed she was “ordered to write” about migrant children allegedly receiving copies of Vice President Kamala Harris’ children’s book at a shelter in Long Beach, Calif.
“An announcement: Today I handed in my resignation to my editors at the New York Post,” Italiano tweeted on Tuesday.
She added, “The Kamala Harris story – an incorrect story I was ordered to write and which I failed to push back hard enough against – was my breaking point. It’s been a...",right
16251,Reporter Resigns From New York Post Following Story Claiming Harris Book Was Given To Migrant Children,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Kamala Harris', 'Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Facts And Fact Checking']","No, officials are not handing out Harris’s picture book to migrant kids",Washington Post,"“After learning officials are handing out Kamala Harris’ book to migrants in facilities at the border, it’s worth asking… Was Harris paid for these books? Is she profiting from Biden’s border crisis?”
— Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel, in a tweet, April 26, 2021
“The Biden administration’s weakness caused a surge of illegal immigration. Now they’re forcing taxpayers to buy Kamala Harris’s book to give to those illegal immigrants?”
— Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), in a tweet linking to a report in the New York Post, April 25, 2021...",left
16252,"Biden Picks Susan Rice to Lead Domestic Policy Council, Denis McDonough for VA Secretary","['Joe Biden', 'Biden Transition', 'White House', 'Susan Rice', 'Domestic Policy', 'Veterans Affairs']",Susan Rice to return to White House as Joe Biden’s domestic policy aide,New York Post (News),"Susan Rice has been tapped for a return to the White House as director of President-elect Joe Biden’s Domestic Policy Council.
Rice, 56, was passed over by Biden this year after chatter that she was in the running to be his pick for vice president.
Rice held the more prestigious post as national security adviser for President Barack Obama from 2013 to 2017, which came with a West Wing corner office diagonal from the Oval Office.",right
16253,"Biden Picks Susan Rice to Lead Domestic Policy Council, Denis McDonough for VA Secretary","['Joe Biden', 'Biden Transition', 'White House', 'Susan Rice', 'Domestic Policy', 'Veterans Affairs']",Biden picks more Obama veterans for key roles: Denis McDonough at VA and Susan Rice as domestic advisor,CNBC,"President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Denis McDonough, the onetime chief of staff to President Barack Obama, to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs, Biden’s transition team announced Thursday.
McDonough’s selection was unveiled amid the latest batch of new additions to key posts in the upcoming Biden administration, which will also include former United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice as director of the White House Domestic Policy Council.",center
16254,"Biden Picks Susan Rice to Lead Domestic Policy Council, Denis McDonough for VA Secretary","['Joe Biden', 'Biden Transition', 'White House', 'Susan Rice', 'Domestic Policy', 'Veterans Affairs']","Biden taps Rice as domestic policy adviser, McDonough for VA",Associated Press Fact Check,"President-elect Joe Biden is naming Susan Rice as director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, giving her broad sway over his administration’s approach to immigration, health care and racial inequality and elevating the prominence of the position in the West Wing.
The move marks a surprising shift for Rice, a longtime Democratic foreign policy expert who served as President Barack Obama’s national security adviser and U.N. ambassador. She worked closely with then-Vice President Biden in those roles and was on his short list to become his running mate during...",left
16255,Democrats Split on Biden Attending the Presidential Debates,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",Let’s Scrap the Presidential Debates,New York Times (Opinion),"Nervous managers of the scheduled 2020 presidential debates are shuffling the logistics and locations to deal with the threat of the coronavirus. But here’s a better idea: Scrap them altogether. And not for health reasons.
The debates have never made sense as a test for presidential leadership. In fact, one could argue that they reward precisely the opposite of what we want in a president. When we were serious about the presidency, we wanted intelligence, thoughtfulness, knowledge, empathy and, to be sure, likability. It should also go without saying, dignity....",left
16256,Democrats Split on Biden Attending the Presidential Debates,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",Clock is ticking on Trump comeback as early voting nears,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s getting late early.
President Donald Trump is privately reassuring Republicans anxious about his deficits to Democrat Joe Biden, noting there are three months until Election Day and reminding them of the late-breaking events that propelled his 2016 comeback.
But four years later, the dynamics are very different.
Aides are increasingly worried that the 2020 campaign may already be defined as a referendum on Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and will feature a historic shift to remote and early vote options. The president’s campaign is scrambling...",left
16257,Democrats Split on Biden Attending the Presidential Debates,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']","Trump Campaign Manager: We Want More Biden Debates, Sooner",Newsmax (News),"The Trump campaign wants more campaign debates between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden and it wants them to start sooner, campaign manager Bill Stepien said Monday.
""The first debate is scheduled by Sept. 29,"" said Stepien on Fox News' ""Fox and Friends."" ""By that time, 16 states will already have been voting. That's a concern for me.""
Joe Lockhart, former press secretary under President Bill Clinton, has said in a CNN opinion piece and commented over the weekend that Biden shouldn't debate Trump, calling it a ""fool's errand...",right
16258,Police Actions in Ferguson,['Violence In America'],"Ferguson police were 'aggressive,' a critical Missouri governor says",CNN (Online News),"Gov. Jay Nixon is criticizing the ""over-militarization"" of the police response to protests that have been spurred by the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
Nixon appeared on most of the political talk shows on Sunday, calling the tactics of the St. Louis County Police ""aggressive"" and expressed relief that the Justice Department is conducting its own investigation into the young man's death on August 9.
""There are times when force is necessary, but we really felt that push at that time was a little aggressive,...",left
16259,Police Actions in Ferguson,['Violence In America'],Heavy Metal: Why Ferguson has conservatives challenging military-style police,Fox News (Online News),"The images of police in riot gear armed with heavy weaponry and tanks has at times become the alarming backdrop for the Ferguson story, with pictures that television can’t resist.
In these kinds of tinderbox situations, the right generally lines up behind the police and the left pounces on the police state.
But this time is different. A split is emerging among conservative commentators and politicians, some of whom are troubled by the way local police departments have bulked up until they resemble military units.
The tragedy of a white...",right
16260,Police Actions in Ferguson,['Violence In America'],Police are operating with total impunity in Ferguson,Vox,"Above you'll see a picture of Scott Olson, the Getty photographer who's brought us many of the most striking images of protests and police crackdown that followed the shooting of Michael Brown.
The other two men in the photograph, despite presumably being police officers, are not identifiable at this time. Unlike normal police officers, they are not wearing name tags or badges with visible numbers on them. When police arrested the Washington Post's Wesley Lowery and the Huffington Post's Ryan Reilly, they weren't wearing badges or nametags either. Reasonable people...",left
16261,Ash Carter Sworn In,"['White House', 'Politics']",Ashton Carter Is Sworn In As Obama's 4th Defense Secretary,NPR (Online News),"The cold and snow that walloped Washington overnight didn't stop Ashton Carter from reporting for work Tuesday. Carter was sworn in as the 25th U.S. Secretary of Defense after starting his day with meetings at the Pentagon.
Sworn in by Vice President Biden at the White House Tuesday, Carter formally replaces Chuck Hagel, becoming President Obama's fourth defense chief in the past six years.
Carter's debut at the Pentagon this morning was briefly interrupted when his wife, Stephanie, ""slipped and fell on the icy pavement,"" the AP reports. ""She laughed...",left
16262,Ash Carter Sworn In,"['White House', 'Politics']",Ashton Carter Sworn In as Defense Chief,New York Times (News),"Ashton B. Carter was sworn in as defense secretary by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Tuesday. With Mr. Carter was his wife, S",left
16263,Ash Carter Sworn In,"['White House', 'Politics']","Ash Carter, new defense chief, makes Pentagon debut; wife slips on ice",Washington Times,"Ash Carter, President Barack Obama’s new defense secretary, made his Pentagon debut on Tuesday.
Carter emerged from a black sport utility vehicle at a snowy, icy Potomac River entrance to the Pentagon. He made no comments to a gathering of reporters, photographers and cameramen. His wife, Stephanie, slipped and fell on the icy pavement. She laughed it off and officials indicated she was not injured.",right
16264,Taking Down the Confederate Flag,['Politics'],"OPINION: Take down the Confederate flag, South Carolina",Washington Post,"Now, once and for all, it is clear that the Confederate battle flag that flies on the South Carolina State House grounds is the racist symbol many have long thought it to be.",left
16265,Taking Down the Confederate Flag,['Politics'],South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley says Confederate flag has 'no place' on statehouse ground,Fox News (Online News),South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley called Monday for the removal of the Confederate flag from statehouse grounds but defended the right of private citizens to fly it.,right
16266,Taking Down the Confederate Flag,['Politics'],OPINION: Taking down Confederate flag is a good start,CNN (Online News),"It's a relief that South Carolina leaders, including Republicans such as Gov. Nikki Haley and Sen. Lindsey Graham, are finally calling for the removal of the Confederate flag that still flies on the Capitol grounds.",left
16267,"As COVID-19 Pandemic Eases, Experts Ponder the Future","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare']",America’s COVID future has arrived,Axios,"The U.S. and COVID-19 are settling into a long, but hopefully manageable future together.
The big picture: The worst of the pandemic is likely behind us, but the virus is here to stay. We’re entering a new phase — one in which the country’s overall experience with this virus will be less like having a heart attack, and more like managing a lifelong chronic condition.
Experts have been saying for a long time that there’s almost no chance COVID-19 would disappear. Rather, they’ve been expecting it to become endemic — meaning it...",center
16268,"As COVID-19 Pandemic Eases, Experts Ponder the Future","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare']",What the end of the Covid-19 pandemic could look like,CNN (Online News),"Covid-19 is here to stay.
It's highly unlikely that the United States, let alone the world, will be able to completely eliminate the coronavirus that causes Covid-19.
But there will come a day when it's no longer a pandemic, when cases are no longer out of control and hospitals aren't at great risk of overflowing with patients. Many experts predict the spread of coronavirus will look and feel more like seasonal influenza.
What's less clear is how and when that will happen.
""There's not even a measurement to say that...",left
16269,"As COVID-19 Pandemic Eases, Experts Ponder the Future","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare']",Dr. Scott Gottlieb reveals the end of the pandemic is near,Deseret News,"The United States might be nearing the end of the pandemic phase of the coronavirus outbreak, Dr. Scott Gottlieb said over the weekend.
Gottlieb, the former Food and Drug Administration commissioner, said during “Face the Nation” on CBS News over the weekend that the U.S. is “close” to the end of the pandemic.
“I think that we’re close to the end of the pandemic phase of this virus, and we’re going to enter a more endemic phase and as things improve, cases may pick up,” Gottlieb said.
COVID-19 numbers may start to trend upward...",center
16270,Fiscal Cliff: Polls and Numbers,[],Fiscal Cliff Poll Shows Strong GOP Support For Raising Taxes On Wealthy,HuffPost,"Sharp differences remained on Wednesday between congressional Republicans and the White House in talks to avert the ""fiscal cliff"" of steep tax hikes and budget cuts, and negotiators warned the showdown could drag on past Christmas.",left
16271,Fiscal Cliff: Polls and Numbers,[],"Fox News poll: According to voters, spending cuts are a must",Fox News (Online News),"If Washington is looking for guidance on the fiscal cliff, voters are sending mixed signals.",right
16272,Fiscal Cliff: Polls and Numbers,[],By the numbers: Fiscal cliff,CNN (Online News),"Time is running out for congressional Republicans and President Barack Obama to strike a deal to avert the fiscal cliff. If the two parties can't come to an agreement before the end of the year, a combination of broad tax hikes and deep government spending cuts take effect . Experts warn of a new recession if Washington goes over the fiscal cliff.",left
16273,"US, Other Countries Race to Develop Coronavirus Vaccine","['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine', 'Science', 'World', 'Pandemic', 'Public Health']",A New Front for Nationalism: The Global Battle Against a Virus,New York Times (News),"As they battle a pandemic that has no regard for borders, the leaders of many of the world’s largest economies are in the thrall of unabashedly nationalist principles, undermining collective efforts to tame the novel coronavirus.
The United States, an unrivaled scientific power, is led by a president who openly scoffs at international cooperation while pursuing a global trade war. India, which produces staggering amounts of drugs, is ruled by a Hindu nationalist who has ratcheted up confrontation with neighbors. China, a dominant source of protective gear and medicines, is...",left
16274,"US, Other Countries Race to Develop Coronavirus Vaccine","['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine', 'Science', 'World', 'Pandemic', 'Public Health']","Coronavirus vaccine may be six months away, lead researcher says",New York Post (News),"A COVID-19 vaccine may be six months away, according to researcher leading a team of scientists in England.
“I think there’s a high chance that it will work based on other things that we have done with this type of vaccine,” Sarah Gilbert, a professor of virology at Oxford told The Times of London. “It’s not just a hunch and as every week goes by we have more data to look at. I would go for 80 percent, that’s my personal view.”",right
16275,"US, Other Countries Race to Develop Coronavirus Vaccine","['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine', 'Science', 'World', 'Pandemic', 'Public Health']",The Race to Develop a Coronavirus Vaccine,Wired,"RESEARCHERS AROUND THE world are toiling to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus. But the creation of a working vaccine that can be safely distributed to a broad population requires a tremendous amount of rigor and caution, so the process is likely to take at least a year. WIRED staff writer Megan Molteni has covered the novel coronavirus outbreak since the virus was first identified in early January. This week on Gadget Lab, we talk with Megan about where our efforts to make a vaccine currently stand. We also discuss...",center
16276,Election Day 2013,['Politics'],Elections Pose First Test for Parties After U.S. Shutdown,Bloomberg,"Voters today select mayors in New York, Boston and Detroit, governors in New Jersey and Virginia, and decide ballot issues in six states in the biggest test for the parties since the Tea Party-led U.S. government shutdown.",left
16277,Election Day 2013,['Politics'],Off-year elections could shape GOP's 2014 strategy,Los Angeles Times,A set of off-year elections Tuesday in three states could offer the first clues of a way forward for Republicans still staggering from consecutive presidential defeats and divided,left
16278,Election Day 2013,['Politics'],Races say as much about future as Election Day,CNN (Online News),"Welcome to Election Day 2013, where two gubernatorial contests and the race for mayor of the nation's biggest city will be settled and a GOP primary battle for a U.S. House seat in Alabama is getting outsized attention.",left
16279,Which Issues are 2022 Candidates Highlighting in Campaign Ads?,"['2022 Elections', 'Public Safety', 'Criminal Justice', 'Abortion', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']","Crime Ads Play Big Role in Competitive House, Senate Races",Wall Street Journal (News),"Republicans in competitive House and Senate districts are hitting Democrats with a barrage of ads focused on voters’ increased fears about the surge in violent crime in recent years, with the issue playing a central role in many tight races.
Republicans have called Democrats too tolerant of crime after social-justice protests in 2020 swept through the country over policing abuses, and have criticized some Democrats’ support of measures such as eliminating cash bail. They also have tied Democratic candidates to calls from activists to defund police departments and shift money to other resources. 
Democrats...",center
16280,Which Issues are 2022 Candidates Highlighting in Campaign Ads?,"['2022 Elections', 'Public Safety', 'Criminal Justice', 'Abortion', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']",Want to know what message midterm candidates think will win? Follow the money,NPR (Online News),"With the midterm elections a month away, ad spending tells the story of what messages the candidates and their backers think will win with voters.
For Democrats, there's been a significant increase in spending on ads related to abortion since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. And in many races, Republicans have amped up their ads accusing Democrats of being soft on crime.
According to AdImpact, a firm that tracks ads, Democrats spent more than $73 million on television ads about abortion in September, nationwide. That represents about a third of...",left
16281,Which Issues are 2022 Candidates Highlighting in Campaign Ads?,"['2022 Elections', 'Public Safety', 'Criminal Justice', 'Abortion', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']","Abortion, economy, Trump: Here's where Democrats and GOP are focusing midterm messaging",Washington Examiner,"In the final stretch of the midterm election cycle, Democrats and Republicans have poured thousands of dollars into Facebook advertising campaigns to reach voters as both parties seek to gain control of Congress in November.
Democrats have spent millions of dollars on Facebook ads focusing on abortion access and reproductive rights in the months leading up to Election Day, beginning an ad blitz in June and gradually increasing their spending through November, according to data analyzed by Axios. Meanwhile, Republicans have focused their messaging on the economy and former President Donald Trump, as well as crime and public safety.
Democrats began spending...",right
16282,GOP Seeks to Limit Presidential Emergency Declaration Powers While Ensuring $3.6B for Trump's Border Wall,"['Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'US Senate']",GOP running out of options on Trump’s border emergency,Politico,"Senate Republicans are unlikely to be permitted to dramatically amend the House-passed resolution that would overturn the president’s national emergency, suggesting they will be confronted with a simple referendum on the president’s controversial declaration later this week.",left
16283,GOP Seeks to Limit Presidential Emergency Declaration Powers While Ensuring $3.6B for Trump's Border Wall,"['Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'US Senate']",GOP looking to curtail Trump's emergency powers,Washington Examiner,"Senate Republicans said Tuesday they are looking to ""revisit"" a law that allows presidents to use the National Emergencies Act to redirect federal funding, as President Trump is proposing to do to build a southern border wall.
The GOP hopes a promise to take up legislation reining in the president will keep fewer Republicans from voting with Democrats this week on a resolution to revoke Trump’s border emergency.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said GOP lawmakers are in discussions to narrow the law after Trump used it to redirect $3.6...",right
16284,GOP Seeks to Limit Presidential Emergency Declaration Powers While Ensuring $3.6B for Trump's Border Wall,"['Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'US Senate']",Senate rejection of Trump border emergency no longer certain,Associated Press,"The White House and Republican senators sought compromise Tuesday on limiting presidents’ powers to unilaterally declare national emergencies, as chances improved that President Donald Trump might avoid a long-expected rejection by Congress of his effort to divert billions more for building barriers along the Mexican border.
As a Thursday showdown vote in the Senate neared, GOP Sens. Mike Lee of Utah, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and others were talking with the White House about related legislation that would curb the ability of presidents to declare future emergencies. If Trump...",left
16285,NSA Spied on Gamers,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",World of Spycraft: NSA and CIA Spied in Online Games,ProPublica,"Not limiting their activities to the earthly realm, American and British spies have infiltrated the fantasy worlds of World of Warcraft and Second Life, conducting surveillance and scooping up data in the online games played by millions of people across the globe, according to newly disclosed classified documents.",left
16286,NSA Spied on Gamers,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",The NSA and Other Government Snoops Have Been Spying on Online Gamers,Reason,"For the last several years, American and British intelligence agencies have been conducting surveillance operations inside of online video game worlds Second Life and World of Warcraft, as well as Microsoft’s Xbox Live gaming service, according to a report in The New York Times, ProPublica, and The Guardian. The operations, which neither British spies nor the NSA would confirm, stemmed from fears amongst the spy agencies that the games would be used by terrorists for communications and financial transactions.",right
16287,NSA Spied on Gamers,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Xbox Live among game services targeted by US and UK spy agencies,The Guardian,"NSA and GCHQ collect gamers' chats and deploy real-life agents into World of Warcraft and Second Life. To the National Security Agency analyst writing a briefing to his superiors, the situation was clear: their current surveillance efforts were lacking something. The agency's impressive arsenal of cable taps and sophisticated hacking attacks was not enough. What it really needed was a horde of undercover Orcs.",left
16288,Trump Announces Tariffs on $50 Billion in Chinese Goods,['Trade'],Trump tariffs hit $50 billion of Chinese goods,Washington Times,"The Trump administration announced Friday new tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods, intensifying a trade dispute while seeking continued Chinese support in keeping pressure on North Korea.",right
16289,Trump Announces Tariffs on $50 Billion in Chinese Goods,['Trade'],Trump announces tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods,The Hill,"President Trump on Friday announced that the United States would impose tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese products, making good on a threat that has been months in the making.",center
16290,Trump Announces Tariffs on $50 Billion in Chinese Goods,['Trade'],"U.S. to Put Tariffs on Chinese Goods, Drawing Vow of Retaliation as Trade Fight Widens",New York Times (News),"The Trump administration said on Friday that it would move ahead with imposing tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese products, prompting vows of retaliation from Beijing and turning a spat into a full-blown trade war between the world’s two largest economies.",left
16291,Diplomacy Possible in Syria,['Middle East'],"Obama backs off 'red line,' opens door to 'diplomatic track' on Syria",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama on Monday took a sharp turn away from his ""red line"" threat to Syria on the eve of taking his case to the American people, saying in an interview with Fox News that he's open to negotiations on an alternative plan that could avert a military strike.
The president was responding to a proposal, formally put forward by the Russians, to have the Assad regime turn over its chemical weapons to international control.",right
16292,Diplomacy Possible in Syria,['Middle East'],Obama: 'Breakthrough' is possible on Syria,CNN (Online News),"Russia's proposal for Syria to surrender its chemical weapons to international control was a ""potentially positive development,"" but could be a stall tactic, President Barack Obama told CNN on Monday.
""We're going to run this to ground,"" Obama said in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, adding that the United States will work with Syrian ally Russia and the intern",left
16293,Diplomacy Possible in Syria,['Middle East'],Obama: Strikes on hold if Assad turns over weapons,Politico,"President Barack Obama said Monday he would put strikes against Syria on hold if Bashar Assad’s regime were to turn over control of its chemical weapons — though he sounded a skeptical note on the idea that would actually occur.
“Absolutely. If in fact that happens,” Obama said in an interview with ABC, one of six he sat for at the White House on Monday.",left
16294,Pro Baseball Season Could Start in July,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Baseball', 'MLB', 'Business', 'Labor', 'Sports']","Boy, can we use baseball’s return",New York Post (News),"Here’s a ray of sunshine: Major League Baseball is moving to start the season around the Fourth of July.
Fans won’t be able to attend Opening Day in person, but watching the Yankees and Mets play an 80-game season will still be a balm for the quarantined-baseball-lover’s heart.
The owners start working out a deal with the Players Association on Tuesday, but as The Post’s Joel Sherman notes, “there is no way — regardless of both the historic and current bad blood — that MLB and the Players Association are...",right
16295,Pro Baseball Season Could Start in July,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Baseball', 'MLB', 'Business', 'Labor', 'Sports']",Report: Players with health issues examining MLB's plan,Reuters,"As Major League Baseball reportedly prepares to present players with its plan on opening the 2020 season, one group of players with a particular eye on the league’s health policies are those with immunodeficiencies or other underlying health conditions that make them more susceptible to contracting COVID-19.
However, in a report by The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal on Monday, players known to have such conditions appear ready to put their faith in MLB’s doctors and medical personnel and play ball with the rest of the players.
Rosenthal and ESPN’s Jeff Passan...",center
16296,Pro Baseball Season Could Start in July,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Baseball', 'MLB', 'Business', 'Labor', 'Sports']","MLB owners approve plan to start season in July, reports say",CNN (Online News),"(CNN) - Major League Baseball (MLB) owners have finalized a plan that may allow the 2020 season to start on Fourth of July weekend, according to multiple outlets, including the New York Times and ESPN.
The season, which was set to start on March 26, was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. MLB owners and league management have agreed upon an 82-game regular season, down from the traditional 162 games, according to the reports.
Spring training will begin in early to mid-June, and games would resume in early July...",left
16297,Jeb’s Presidential Promise,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Jeb Bush Vows To Shake Up The Culture Of Washington If Elected President,HuffPost,"U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush vowed on Monday to shake up Washington's culture if he reaches the White House, calling for stricter controls on government spending and a longer ban on lobbying by former members of Congress.
Bush proposed a federal balanced budget amendment and presidential line-item veto power, as well as a freeze on government hiring.",left
16298,Jeb’s Presidential Promise,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Jeb Bush vows to shrink Washington's bloat,Politico,"Jeb Bush kicked off a series of policy speeches in his old political stomping ground on Monday, rolling out a reform agenda for “Mount Washington,” a spinoff of the nickname he gave Tallahassee during his eight years as governor.
“We used to call this city 'Mount Tallahassee' because it was so remote from the people, caught up in the settled ways of a comfortable establishment,” Bush said to an audience of political supporters.
The former governor, who served from 1999 through 2007, used the",left
16299,Jeb’s Presidential Promise,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Jeb and Hillary: Flawed front-runners generating little excitement,Fox News (Online News),"America may well get another Bush-Clinton race once this whole presidential thing shakes out, with predictable groans about royal families and political retreads.
But in looking at the coverage this past week, I was struck by this thought: This is one weak pair of front-runners.
Jeb is losing to a guy who’s never run for public office and is in hot water over comments about Mexican immigrants. In short, he’s been Trumped. (Though maybe The Donald has trumped himself by making light of John McCain’s Vietnam captivity, not that the...",right
16300,Should We Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent?,"['Public Health', 'Daylight Savings Time', 'Bridging Divides']",It’s Time to Dump Daylight Saving,National Review,"Article originally published March 12, 2021: It’s that time of year when we “spring ahead” and switch to daylight saving time (DST). There is a good chance that this annual adjustment of the clock will damage not only your wallet but your health, too.
Before the adoption of standard measures of time, churches, city halls, and trains kept solar time. Every city, depending on its location, observed its own solar time, once referred to as “true time” in the United States. In the early 19th century, there were more than 300 “sun zones” in...",right
16301,Should We Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent?,"['Public Health', 'Daylight Savings Time', 'Bridging Divides']",It's time to end the 'spring forward' and 'fall back' tired tradition,Multiple Writers - Mixed,"This weekend, Americans will change their clocks and lose an hour of sleep, all because of a senseless and outdated government policy. Changing between daylight saving time and standard time isn't just an inconvenience to people everywhere — it has real repercussions for Americans' health, economy and public safety.
We can't always get bipartisan agreement in Congress these days, but here's one thing we can agree on: we could all use a bit more sunshine. That's why we're working together in the US Senate to make sure we end the...",center
16302,Should We Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent?,"['Public Health', 'Daylight Savings Time', 'Bridging Divides']",Spring ahead — and stay there. Let’s make daylight saving time permanent.,Helaine Olen,"It’s time, as they say on Twitter, to #locktheclock. We need to put an end to the century of back-and-forth. After we spring forward this weekend, we should make daylight saving time permanent.
On Sunday, people in most areas of the country will set their clocks ahead one hour, making it so that darkness falls later in the day. (Clocks will revert, or “fall back,” on Nov. 6 — a federally enforced seasonal shift.) But making daylight saving time permanent would, almost certainly, give the people what they want —...",left
16303,Pentagon Implicates Iran in Attacks on Saudi Oil,"['Iran', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Oil', 'War', 'Foreign Policy', 'Middle East']",Pentagon chief blames Iran for 'unprecedented attack' on Saudi oil facilities as military considers options,Washington Examiner,"Secretary of Defense Mark Esper blamed Iran for a series of coordinated attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities following a meeting at the White House to brief President Trump on the situation, saying that the Pentagon was considering its options.
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen took credit for the Saturday strikes, which disrupted 5% of the world's daily oil supply, but American officials believe Iran was directly responsible.
""The United States military, with our interagency team, is working with our partners to address this unprecedented attack and defend the international...",right
16304,Pentagon Implicates Iran in Attacks on Saudi Oil,"['Iran', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Oil', 'War', 'Foreign Policy', 'Middle East']",Iran fired cruise missiles in attack on Saudi oil facility: Senior US official,ABC News (Online),"Iran launched nearly a dozen cruise missiles and over 20 drones from its territory in the attack on a key Saudi oil facility Saturday, a senior Trump administration official told ABC News Sunday.
It is an extraordinary charge to make, that Iran used missiles and drones to attack its neighbor and rival Saudi Arabia, as the region teeters on the edge of high tensions.
President Donald Trump warned the U.S. was ""locked and loaded"" to respond to the attack on Sunday, waiting for verification of who was responsible and for...",left
16305,Pentagon Implicates Iran in Attacks on Saudi Oil,"['Iran', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Oil', 'War', 'Foreign Policy', 'Middle East']",U.S. Tells Saudi Arabia Oil Attacks Were Launched From Iran,Wall Street Journal (News),"American intelligence indicates Iran was the staging ground for a debilitating attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil industry, people familiar with the discussions said Monday, as Washington and the kingdom weighed how to respond.
The assessment, which the U.S. hasn’t shared publicly, comes as President Trump raised the prospect of a joint U.S.-Saudi retaliatory strike on Iran, a scenario that risks quickly broadening into a regional armed conflict.
U.S. officials shared with Saudi Arabia the images, intelligence reports, and their assessment that Iran launched more than 20 drones and at least...",center
16306,Sessions to Investigate Leaks,['Justice'],"Leak Investigations Triple Under Trump, Sessions Says",New York Times (News),"Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Friday that the Justice Department is pursuing about three times as many investigations into leaking as were open at the end of the Obama era, a significant devotion of law enforcement resources to hunt down the sources of unauthorized disclosures that have plagued the Trump administration.",left
16307,Sessions to Investigate Leaks,['Justice'],DOJ warns the media could be targeted in crackdown on leaks,The Hill,"Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday announced a government-wide crackdown on leakers, which will include a review of the Justice Department’s policies on subpoenas for media outlets that publish sensitive information.",center
16308,Sessions to Investigate Leaks,['Justice'],Jeff Sessions warns government leakers: You 'will be prosecuted',Washington Examiner,"Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Friday that the Justice Department is ramping up steps to investigate and prosecute government leakers, a day after transcripts of President Trump's calls with two foreign leaders were leaked to the Washington Post.",right
16309,Biden Orders Release of 50M Barrels of Oil From Strategic Petroleum Reserves,"['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Oil', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation']",US to release 50 million barrels of oil to ease energy costs,Associated Press Fact Check,"President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered 50 million barrels of oil released from America’s strategic reserve to help bring down energy costs, in coordination with other major energy consuming nations, including China, India and the United Kingdom.
The move is aimed at global energy markets, but also at U.S. voters who are coping with higher inflation and rising prices ahead of Thanksgiving and winter holiday travel. Gasoline prices are at about $3.40 a gallon, more than 50% higher than a year ago, according to the American Automobile Association.
Administration officials...",left
16310,Biden Orders Release of 50M Barrels of Oil From Strategic Petroleum Reserves,"['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Oil', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation']",Biden is tapping oil reserves to try to bring down high gas prices,NPR (Online News),"The United States plans to draw 50 million barrels of oil from its emergency oil reserves in coming months, a widely anticipated step aimed at trying to take the edge off high prices that have been hurting consumers at the pump — and hurting President Biden in the polls.
Price inflation has emerged as a top political concern with voters, who have seen prices for gasoline and other staples surge in recent months. Biden has been talking with other leaders about the problem, and other major consumers — China, India,...",left
16311,Biden Orders Release of 50M Barrels of Oil From Strategic Petroleum Reserves,"['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Oil', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation']",Biden to release 50M barrels of oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve amid gas price spike,Fox Business,"President Biden said the Department of Energy will release 50 million barrels of oil held in the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, as Americans pay more for gas now than they have in years.
China, India, Japan the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom will likewise tap their reserves in a coordinated effort to drive down prices.
Of the 50 million barrels, 32 million will be released but eventually returned to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in the next few years, the White House said. The remaining 18 million barrels are part of a...",right
16312,Flynn and Russia,['Foreign Policy'],Michael Flynn talked sanctions with Russia before Trump took office: Reports,Washington Times,"National Security Adviser Michael Flynn discussed U.S. sanctions against Russia with the Russian ambassador before President Trump took office, according to new reports that prompted the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee to call for Mr. Flynn’s immediate firing.",right
16313,Flynn and Russia,['Foreign Policy'],"5 Things On Michael Flynn, Russia And Donald Trump",NPR (Online News),"President Trump and his top aides can't seem to shake the Russian bear that follows them around.
It put its paw on the scales of the U.S. presidential election last year, according to the U.S. intelligence community. It cost Trump his then-campaign manager, Paul Manafort. And now the connections between Trump's camp and Moscow might mean that another top aide, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, could be sent off to Siberia — metaphorically.",left
16314,Flynn and Russia,['Foreign Policy'],"The scandal over Mike Flynn's secret talks with the Russians, explained",Vox,"Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, may be in a lot of trouble.
Late Thursday night, the Washington Post reported that Flynn had called Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak on December 29, the same day that Obama had slapped new sanctions on Russia in retaliation for its hack of the US election. The conversation covered the sanctions,",left
16315,Senate Releases Russia Report; Media Interpretations Differ,"['FBI', 'Russia', 'Russia Probe', 'Senate', 'Christopher Steele', 'Donald Trump', 'Paul Manafort']",A Republican-Backed Senate Report Shows Trump and His Backers Are Russian Dupes,Mother Jones,"During the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment hearings, Republican House members led by Rep. Devin Nunes repeatedly declared that the real scandal was not President Trump’s attempt to muscle the Ukrainian president but Ukraine’s supposed intervention in the 2016 election to harm Trump. Other Trumpers, including Rudy Giuliani, Fox News hosts, and assorted right-wing partisans and journalists, have passionately decried the Trump-Russia affair as a hoax and insisted that Ukrainian interference was the true wrongdoing. And Trump himself has denied that Vladimir Putin attacked the election, and he has called for...",left
16316,Senate Releases Russia Report; Media Interpretations Differ,"['FBI', 'Russia', 'Russia Probe', 'Senate', 'Christopher Steele', 'Donald Trump', 'Paul Manafort']",Five takeaways from final Senate Intel Russia report,The Hill,"The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday released its long-awaited Russia interference report detailing significant contacts between the Trump campaign and Moscow during the 2016 election.
The fifth and final volume, just shy of 1,000 pages, lays out the counterintelligence threats and vulnerabilities that were exposed through Russian contacts and a willingness by some members of the Trump campaign to accept foreign assistance.
Its release comes more than a year after former special counsel Robert Mueller wrapped up his 22-month investigation in which he did not find evidence to charge any...",center
16317,Senate Releases Russia Report; Media Interpretations Differ,"['FBI', 'Russia', 'Russia Probe', 'Senate', 'Christopher Steele', 'Donald Trump', 'Paul Manafort']","Senate Intel Panel Finds ‘Absolutely No Evidence’ of Collusion, Faced Roadblocks",The Daily Signal,"The Senate Intelligence Committee said in a long-awaited report released Tuesday that there is no evidence that the Trump campaign conspired with the Russian government to influence the 2016 election, affirming the findings of other investigations into an alleged Trump-Kremlin conspiracy.
The Intelligence Committee’s report, which clocks in at 966 pages, also offers a scathing assessment of the FBI’s handling of the so-called Steele dossier, a key document in the Trump-Russia collusion conspiracy theory.",right
16318,Liberal Super PAC Supports Clinton Bid,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Biggest Liberal ‘Super PAC’ to Fund Possible Clinton Bid,New York Times (News),"The largest liberal “super PAC” in the country has begun raising money to elect Hillary Rodham Clinton president, formally aligning itself with her undeclared presidential ambitions more than two years away from the election.
The group, Priorities USA Action, which played a pivotal role in helping re-elect President Obama, also named new directors to steer the organization, appointments that will both cement the group’",left
16319,Liberal Super PAC Supports Clinton Bid,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Key Democratic Super PAC Backs Hillary Clinton,Wall Street Journal (News),"Priorities USA Action, a deep-pocketed “super PAC” with close ties to President Barack Obama, has thrown its weight behind a possible presidential bid by Hillary Clinton, in a major symbolic move that could discourage rivals.
The group also named Mr. Obama’s former campaign manager, Jim Messina, as its co-chair, fueling speculation that the President was tacitly endorsing Mrs. Clinton over his own vice president, Joe Biden.",center
16320,Liberal Super PAC Supports Clinton Bid,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Pro-Obama super PAC shifts focus to possible Clinton 2016 bid,Fox News (Online News),"The country's biggest liberal super PAC, which helped re-elect President Obama last year, is shifting focus to support a possible Hillary Clinton White House bid in 2016.
A spokesman for Priorities USA Action, originally formed by ex-Obama advisers, confirmed to FoxNews.com that it is now raising money in support of Clinton.
There have been sporadic efforts by Democratic groups to encourage Clinton -- who has not yet revealed her 2016 plans -- to run, but this would mark one of the earliest and hig",right
16321,Migrants Arriving at Southern Border Rose Significantly in February,"['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Joe Biden']","US reports surge of kids at SW border, a challenge for Biden",Associated Press Fact Check,"The number of migrant children and families seeking to cross the U.S. southwest border has surged to levels not seen since before the pandemic, a challenge for President Joe Biden as he works to undo the restrictive immigration policies of his predecessor.
Statistics released Wednesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection showed the number of children and families increased by more than 100% between January and February. Kids crossing by themselves rose 60% to more than 9,400, forcing the government to look for new places to hold them temporarily.
The...",left
16322,Migrants Arriving at Southern Border Rose Significantly in February,"['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Joe Biden']","Biden immigration policy 'may have' fueled migrant influx, border czar says",Washington Examiner,"A senior White House official admitted on Wednesday that President Biden's immigration policies drew ""hope"" and ""may have"" contributed to a sharp uptick in the number of migrants apprehended at the southern border since the new administration took office.
Asked whether the timing of the increase was a coincidence, Roberta Jacobson said the prospect of ""a more humane policy"" under Biden ""may have driven people to make that decision.""
""We've seen surges before. Surges tend to respond to hope, and there was a significant hope for a more humane policy...",right
16323,Migrants Arriving at Southern Border Rose Significantly in February,"['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Joe Biden']","U.S. encountered more than 100,000 migrants at U.S.-Mexico border in February",Reuters,"U.S. border agents encountered 100,441 migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in February, Troy Miller, the senior official performing duties as the commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said on Wednesday, confirming the highest monthly total since a major border surge in mid-2019.
Miller said more than 19,000 of those encounters were families, close to 9,500 were unaccompanied minors and the remainder adults. Border officials said they also count repeat crossers in their numbers.",center
16324,Biden Announces Several White House Staff Picks,"['Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Biden Cabinet', 'Presidential Cabinet']",Biden Administration: Here's Who Has Been Named So Far,NPR (Online News),"President-elect Joe Biden is assembling his inner circle of advisers and Cabinet officials, despite President Trump's continued dismissal of the validity of the election.
Within a week after gaining the electoral votes needed to win the presidency, Biden announced that adviser and lawyer Ron Klain would be his chief of staff. Klain is the first official to be formally named by Biden.
Biden has since announced a slew of close advisers who will head key parts of his White House operation. He has named former campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon...",left
16325,Biden Announces Several White House Staff Picks,"['Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Biden Cabinet', 'Presidential Cabinet']",Biden appoints team of longtime aides to key White House posts,Politico,"Joe Biden is filling his White House with longtime aides who served in key roles in his campaign and, in some cases, worked alongside the president-elect during the Obama administration.
The Biden transition team announced a series of staff moves Tuesday, including that adviser and confidant Mike Donilon will move to the White House as senior adviser to the president. Donilon drove much of the messaging on the campaign and had served as counselor to Biden when he was vice president.",left
16326,Biden Announces Several White House Staff Picks,"['Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Biden Cabinet', 'Presidential Cabinet']","Joe Biden to name Cedric Richmond, Jen O’Malley Dillon to key White House jobs",New York Post (News),"President-elect Joe Biden will announce three key appointments to his incoming White House staff Tuesday.
Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.) will leave Congress to take on a senior adviser role in the Biden administration handling public engagement, while Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon will serve as deputy chief of staff and longtime Biden confidant Steve Ricchetti will become a counselor to the president, people familiar with the matter said ahead of Tuesday’s announcement.",right
16327,AG Merrick Garland Testifies Before House Judiciary Committee,"['Critical Race Theory', 'Merrick Garland', 'House Judiciary Committee', 'Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Capital Chaos', 'Justice Department', 'Hunter Biden', 'Mask Mandates', 'Justice']",Garland: DOJ 'will apply the facts and the law' when considering Bannon referral,CNN (Online News),"Attorney General Merrick Garland told lawmakers that the Justice Department ""will apply the facts and the law and make a decision"" when considering a criminal contempt referral for Steve Bannon the House is preparing to approve on Thursday.
Garland is appearing before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday as the full House prepares to vote on a criminal contempt resolution for Bannon. The move will put before the department a decision on whether to prosecute the adviser to former President Donald Trump for his refusal to cooperate in the House's January 6 insurrection investigation....",left
16328,AG Merrick Garland Testifies Before House Judiciary Committee,"['Critical Race Theory', 'Merrick Garland', 'House Judiciary Committee', 'Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Capital Chaos', 'Justice Department', 'Hunter Biden', 'Mask Mandates', 'Justice']","Garland grilled on school board memo, Hunter Biden, Jan. 6 at House Judiciary hearing",Fox News (Online News),"Attorney General Merrick Garland faced tough questions on a wide range of subjects Thursday at a House Judiciary Committee hearing dedicated to oversight of the Justice Department at a time when the agency is in the middle of several high-profile cases and controversies.
One main issue that Republicans seized on was Garland's recent memo to Justice Department employees about intervening in incidents of violence or intimidation targeting state and local school board officials. GOP lawmakers have criticized Garland for overstepping by getting involved in matters that should be handled by state and local law...",right
16329,AG Merrick Garland Testifies Before House Judiciary Committee,"['Critical Race Theory', 'Merrick Garland', 'House Judiciary Committee', 'Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Capital Chaos', 'Justice Department', 'Hunter Biden', 'Mask Mandates', 'Justice']",Garland deflects lawmakers' questions on Trump as he tries to sidestep politics,NPR (Online News),"Attorney General Merrick Garland deflected questions about whether the Justice Department is investigating legal violations by former President Donald Trump and about the reach of the ongoing probe into the U.S. Capitol riots on Jan. 6 at his first congressional oversight hearing since he arrived to run the Justice Department seven months ago.
Garland, who had been an appeals court judge for more than two decades before joining the Biden administration this year, told members of the House Judiciary Committee that he is laboring to keep the Justice Department out...",left
16330,Kerry Apologizes for Comments,"['State Department', 'Politics']","John Kerry walks back ""apartheid"" comments - and slams critics",CBS News (Online),"Secretary of State John Kerry says he chose the wrong word in describing Israel's potential future after coming under withering criticism for saying the Jewish state could become an ""apartheid state"" if it doesn't reach a peace deal with the Palestinians.",left
16331,Kerry Apologizes for Comments,"['State Department', 'Politics']",John Kerry backpedals on Israel 'apartheid state' comment,Politico,Secretary of State John Kerry under fire for warning that Israel risks becoming ldquoan apartheid staterdquo in the absence of a peace deal released a statement Monday evening pushing back hard. ldquoI will not allow my commitment to Israel to be questioned by anyone particularly for partisan political purposesrdquo Kerry said in a release...,left
16332,Kerry Apologizes for Comments,"['State Department', 'Politics']","Kerry: I Didn't Call Israel an ""Apartheid State"" But If I Did I Should Have Chosen Different Words",Townhall,In case you missed it yesterday the Daily Beasts Josh Rogin reported on comments made by Secretary of State John Kerry saying that if Israel doesnt come to a two-state agreement with the Palestinians it will become an apartheid state.,right
16333,Is Price Gouging The Root Cause of High Gas Prices?,"['Big Oil', 'Corporate America', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Joe Biden', 'Oil', 'Price Gouging', 'White House', 'Ukraine War']","Gasoline Prices Up Due to Global Supply-Demand Issues, Russian Invasion of Ukraine",FactCheck.org,"U.S. presidents have little control over the price that consumers pay for gasoline. As the Energy Information Administration explains, gasoline prices are mainly affected by the price of crude oil, a fossil fuel that is refined into gasoline. And the price of crude oil is set on the global market, based largely on worldwide supply and demand. 
When economic activity declined sharply in the U.S. and other countries early in the COVID-19 pandemic, global demand for crude oil declined along with it, leading to a dramatic drop in the price of crude oil and gasoline, and, consequently,...",center
16334,Is Price Gouging The Root Cause of High Gas Prices?,"['Big Oil', 'Corporate America', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Joe Biden', 'Oil', 'Price Gouging', 'White House', 'Ukraine War']",The GOP Is the Party of Gruesome Oil Profiteering,The Nation,"In the days leading up to the Fourth of July weekend, when millions of Americans travel by car, Republicans sought to blame President Biden and congressional Democrats for high gas prices. Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson, in the midst of a tough reelection fight, blamed $5-a-gallon gas on “the elite Democrats that support President Biden’s environmental policies.” Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) accused Biden of “waging a holy war against American fossil fuels.” And Utah Representative Chris Stewart claimed that “President Biden’s energy policy is one of the greatest self-inflicted...",left
16335,Is Price Gouging The Root Cause of High Gas Prices?,"['Big Oil', 'Corporate America', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Joe Biden', 'Oil', 'Price Gouging', 'White House', 'Ukraine War']","Big Oil profits aren’t driving gas prices, experts say, despite Biden’s ‘price gouging’ accusations",Washington Times,"Big Oil has been the go-to boogeyman for President Biden and Democrats over alleged “price gouging,” with “Putin’s price hike” a close runner-up.
But profits made by the oil industry — while at record levels — ebb and flow with global energy markets, not because the firms are manipulating costs, according to market analysts.
“It’s just political posturing and pandering,” Ed Hirs, an energy economics professor at the University of Houston, said of the president’s anti-corporate rhetoric. “If the focus is just making profits, when is [Mr. Biden] going to turn his guns on Apple?”...",right
16336,Former FBI Lawyer Lisa Page Hits Back At Trump's Attacks,"['FBI', 'Lisa Page', 'Peter Strzok', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']",Lisa Page Speaks: ‘There’s No Fathomable Way I Have Committed Any Crime at All’,Daily Beast,"The former FBI lawyer and ongoing Trump target breaks two years of silence in this exclusive interview. And she has quite a lot to say.
t’s not often that you interview a subject who has no interest in being famous. But recently, I did just that when I sat down with Lisa Page the week before Thanksgiving in my hotel room in Washington, D.C. Page, of course, is the former FBI lawyer whose text-message exchanges with agent Peter Strzok that belittled Donald Trump and expressed fear at his possible victory...",left
16337,Former FBI Lawyer Lisa Page Hits Back At Trump's Attacks,"['FBI', 'Lisa Page', 'Peter Strzok', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']",'I decided to take my power back': Ex-FBI lawyer Lisa Page speaks out on Trump's 'sickening' attacks,USA TODAY,"Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page has tried to avoid the media spotlight since gaining national attention for her text messages with fired FBI agent Peter Strzok, which President Donald Trump and his allies have used as evidence of a ""deep state"" conspiracy to undermine his presidency.
But in a rare interview, Page, 39, told The Daily Beast that she could no longer silently stomach the president's attacks on her. She said ""the straw that broke the camel’s back"" came when Trump repeatedly called her name at an Oct. 11...",left
16338,Former FBI Lawyer Lisa Page Hits Back At Trump's Attacks,"['FBI', 'Lisa Page', 'Peter Strzok', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']","Lisa Page breaks silence, saying Trump's 'fake orgasm' forced her to speak out",Fox News (Online News),"“Honestly, his demeaning fake orgasm was really the straw that broke the camel’s back.""
With those striking words in an interview published late Sunday, Lisa Page, the ex-FBI lawyer who carried on an extramarital affair with former FBI head of counterintelligence Peter Strzok as the two exchanged anti-Trump text messages, said she was breaking her silence.
The 39-year-old Page was referring to Trump's comments about her and Strzok at an October rally. During the event, Trump performed a passionate, dramatic reading of Strzok and Page's August 2016 text messages, including...",right
16339,State-by-State Virus Management Under Watch as Reopenings Continue,"['Role Of Government', 'Public Health', 'Federalism', 'States', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']",U.S. coronavirus cases surge in southwestern states,Reuters,"Twenty-one U.S. states reported weekly increases in new cases of COVID-19, with Arizona, Utah and New Mexico all posting rises of 40% or higher for the week ended June 7 compared with the prior seven days, according to a Reuters analysis.
The three southwestern states joined hot spots in the South to help push the national number of new infections in the first week of June up 3%, the first increase after five weeks of declines, according to the analysis of data from The COVID Tracking Project, a volunteer-run effort...",center
16340,State-by-State Virus Management Under Watch as Reopenings Continue,"['Role Of Government', 'Public Health', 'Federalism', 'States', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']",Hawley Writes to Barr over State Discrimination against Religious Groups,National Review,"In a letter sent this morning, Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) called on U.S. attorney general Bill Barr to investigate the disparities between how states are treating ongoing protests and the regulations they have placed on religious services during the COVID-19 outbreak.
“State officials have violated the free speech and free exercise rights of religious Americans by treating religious gatherings and speech differently than the speech and mass gatherings of protests,” Hawley alleges in the letter, a copy of which was provided exclusively to National Review.
Hawley acknowledges that that...",right
16341,State-by-State Virus Management Under Watch as Reopenings Continue,"['Role Of Government', 'Public Health', 'Federalism', 'States', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']",More than half of states may be undercounting coronavirus cases by not following CDC guidelines,CNN (Online News),"At least 28 states are not following US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines on reporting new Covid-19 cases -- half of which saw the trend of new cases increasing in the last week.
Those states are not reporting probable cases, according to the daily case count listed on the CDC's website. Probable cases include those that show evidence of an infection without the confirmation of a lab test and cases where coronavirus was listed as a cause or contributing cause of death but are not confirmed with a...",left
16342,"Arizona and Wisconsin Certify Biden Victories, Trump Campaign Files Lawsuit","['Elections', 'Arizona', 'Wisconsin', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Campaign', 'Lawsuits']","Arizona, Wisconsin Certify Narrow Victories for Biden",Wall Street Journal (News),"Two important battleground states certified election results Monday, with Wisconsin and Arizona handing narrow victories to President-elect Joe Biden and further cementing his win over President Trump.
With Arizona and Wisconsin’s vote counts finalized, the six most hotly contested battleground states have all certified their results for Mr. Biden. The others are Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Nevada. Mr. Trump hasn’t conceded the race and has contested the outcome in those states.
In Arizona, Monday’s certified election results showed that Mr. Biden won Arizona’s 11 electoral votes with a popular-vote margin...",center
16343,"Arizona and Wisconsin Certify Biden Victories, Trump Campaign Files Lawsuit","['Elections', 'Arizona', 'Wisconsin', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Campaign', 'Lawsuits']",Trump files suit to overturn his loss in Wisconsin,Politico,"President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit seeking to throw out hundreds of thousands of ballots in Wisconsin, in an effort to overturn the results in a state he lost to President-elect Joe Biden.
Results in the state were certified on Monday, following a partial recount requested and paid for by the Trump campaign that increased Biden’s margin of victory in the state by a handful of votes.
The Trump campaign’s suit, which was filed in the state Supreme Court on Tuesday morning, targets roughly 221,000 ballots cast in two...",left
16344,"Arizona and Wisconsin Certify Biden Victories, Trump Campaign Files Lawsuit","['Elections', 'Arizona', 'Wisconsin', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Campaign', 'Lawsuits']","Arizona, Wisconsin certify Biden as winner over Trump team's objections",Washington Times,"Arizona and Wisconsin certified presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden as winning those states Monday, even as President Trump’s attorneys urged Republican state legislators to override Mr. Biden’s victory and choose presidential electors for Mr. Trump.
In Georgia, state officials announced a limited investigation into allegations of voter fraud, although they said it was unlikely to overturn Mr. Biden’s win there.
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, certified that Mr. Biden won the state by 0.3 percentage points, or 10,457 votes. She also certified that Democrat Mark Kelly defeated...",right
16345,Trump’s Speech on Islam,['Politics'],The “Muslim ban” president is about to give a speech on Islam. In Saudi Arabia.,Vox,What could go wrong?,left
16346,Trump’s Speech on Islam,['Politics'],"Speaking on Islam, will Trump hit reset with Muslims?",CNN (Online News),"Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (CNN) - A month after Donald Trump called for a ""total and complete shutdown"" of Muslims entering the US, a hijab-wearing American named Rose Hamid stood up in the grandstands a few rows behind the presidential candidate.",left
16347,Trump’s Speech on Islam,['Politics'],Trump Address on Islam in Saudi Arabia Will Follow Strengthened Ties with Muslim Allies,Breitbart News,"President Donald Trump will give a speech on Islam in Saudi Arabia and will attend the opening of a center promoting moderate Islam, national security adviser H.R. McMaster revealed on Tuesday.",right
16348,1st Dem Debate of 2016,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton Makes Her Case: It's Me Or The GOP,HuffPost,"Hillary Clinton's plan to stem her slide against Bernie Sanders in the presidential primary began to come into clear focus Sunday night in the fourth Democratic debate.
With two weeks to go before Iowa's caucuses, the former secretary of state offered several closing arguments:",left
16349,1st Dem Debate of 2016,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton casts herself as Obama’s heir, Sanders calls for ‘revolution’ in debate",Washington Times,"Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton on Sunday cast herself as President Obama’s natural heir on guns, health care and the economy in the final debate before Iowa’s caucuses, but Sen. Bernard Sanders said it’s time for Democrats to push further, saying the country needs a “political revolution” to break the power of big corporations.
Mrs. Clinton accused Mr. Sanders of betraying Mr. Obama by seeking a primary opponent for him in 2012, and calling the president weak on tackling Wall Street. And she said Mr. Sanders‘ new plan for government-sponsored universal...",right
16350,1st Dem Debate of 2016,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Democratic Debate: Rivals Launch Sharpest Attacks Ahead of Iowa Caucuses,Wall Street Journal (News),"Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton put rival Bernie Sanders on the defensive Sunday over health care and gun control, in a series of sharp exchanges during their final debate before voting for the presidential nominations begins in Iowa.
Mrs. Clinton argued Mr. Sanders has been weak on gun restrictions and that his health-care plan would be a mistake because it would require starting over after a long, contentious national debate on the issue. Mr. Sanders, w",center
16351,"Perspectives: The Global Impact of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Going Dark","['Technology', 'World', 'Social Media', 'Facebook', 'Instagram', 'WhatsApp', 'Big Tech']","Facebook Outage Left Latin America Dark, Where WhatsApp Dominates",Newsweek,"While many people around the world coped with the Facebook and Instagram outage by making lighthearted jokes on Twitter, the incident had more serious consequences for WhatsApp users in Latin America.
Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are now back online after millions were unable to access the social media sites or messaging app for several hours on Monday. The company said the issue was down to a faulty configuration change.
While the social media giant and the apps it owns were suffering issues, people on Twitter—which worked fine throughout Monday's outage—noted that WhatsApp not working would overwhelmingly...",center
16352,"Perspectives: The Global Impact of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Going Dark","['Technology', 'World', 'Social Media', 'Facebook', 'Instagram', 'WhatsApp', 'Big Tech']","Facebook, WhatsApp outage an annoyance for U.S., but a big deal in rest of the world",NBC News (Online),"The global Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram outage on Monday may have been an annoyance for the platforms' users in the United States, but it turned life upside down in parts of the rest of the world where the apps have become essential to commerce, health care and the basic functioning of government.
In India, doctors sounded the alarm about being unable to coordinate their schedules or share patient scans without WhatsApp. And in Malaysia, some small-business owners were left without a way to manage day-to-day operations as all business communications that are...",left
16353,"Perspectives: The Global Impact of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Going Dark","['Technology', 'World', 'Social Media', 'Facebook', 'Instagram', 'WhatsApp', 'Big Tech']",How the WhatsApp Outage Hurt Small Businesses in India,Slate,"On late Monday evening, 23-year-old Sana Imitiyaz Hussani was, as usual, wearing a salwar suit (traditional Indian attire) with a white apron bearing a pink label that said “Sweet Temptations by Sana Imitiyaz.” After putting the final touches on cake orders, she pulled out her mobile phone to send a WhatsApp message to the delivery service that would take the treats to her customers. But she couldn’t reach the service.
Sana started her home-based bakery business out of Srinagar, the largest city in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, in...",left
16354,Jobless Claims Rise but Remain Near Historic Low,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment']",Jobless Claims Rose Last Week But Remained Near Decades-Low,Wall Street Journal (News),"New applications for unemployment benefits edged higher last week but stayed very low, reflecting an unusually tight labor market as the economy continued to recover.
Initial jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, inched up by 18,000 to 206,000 for the week ended Dec. 11 from a revised 188,000—the lowest level in 52 years—the week before, the Labor Department said Thursday. New jobless claims have been steadily declining throughout the year.
Last week’s four-week moving average, which smooths out volatility, fell to 203,750, the lowest since November 1969.
“It’s a tight labor market...",center
16355,Jobless Claims Rise but Remain Near Historic Low,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment']","Jobless claims: Another 206,000 individuals filed new claims, rising from 52-year low",Yahoo News,"New weekly jobless claims ticked up slightly last week to hold near a 52-year low.
The Labor Department released its latest weekly jobless claims report Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main metrics from the print, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg:
Initial jobless claims, week ended Dec. 11: 206,000 vs. 200,000 expected and an upwardly revised 188,000 during prior week
Continuing claims, week ended Dec. 4: 1.845 million vs. 1.943 million expected and an upwardly revised 1.999 million during prior week
First-time unemployment filings fell sharply to reach their lowest level since...",left
16356,Jobless Claims Rise but Remain Near Historic Low,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment']","Jobless claims rise to 206,000, more than expected but still very low",Washington Examiner,"The number of new applications for unemployment benefits climbed 18,000 last week to 206,000, more than anticipated.
While Thursday's numbers, reported by the Labor Department, were higher than anticipated, they still reflect a general downward trajectory of new claims throughout the year. Claims were consistently above 600,000 each week earlier this year. Initial jobless claims, which are watched closely by government officials and investors because they are a proxy for layoffs, have dropped as the labor market has improved and fewer people require economic assistance from the government.
The week...",right
16357,100 Exposed to Ebola in Texas,['World'],Health Officials Say Up To 100 People May Have Had Some Kind Of Contact With Texas Ebola Patient,HuffPost,"Up to 100 people may have had direct or indirect contact with the first person to be diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus in the United States, and four of his relatives have been quarantined in their homes as a precaution, health officials said Thursday.
Dallas County officials said 12 to 18 people had direct contact with the Texas patient, and they in turn had contact with scores of others.",left
16358,100 Exposed to Ebola in Texas,['World'],Texas health officials widen search for Ebola patient’s contacts to 100,Fox News (Online News),"Public health officials in Texas acknowledged the possibility that someone else could contract Ebola, widening their search Thursday for 100 individuals possibly exposed to the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S.
According to the Dallas County Health and Human Services, this group of 100 potential contacts were identified by the group of 12-18 people who first came into contact with the infected man, identified as Thomas Eric Duncan.",right
16359,100 Exposed to Ebola in Texas,['World'],100 People at Risk of Ebola in Texas,Daily Beast,"Texas health officials now say that as many as 100 people in the state are being monitored for possible signs of the Ebola virus. The people being monitored include the 12 to 18 people who first came into contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, the patient listed in serious condition at a Dallas hospital. Federal health officials have said the figure includes a handful of schoolchildren and three members of the ambulance crew that took the infected man to the hospital. The larger number includes those initial people who had contact...",left
16360,Obama Votes Early in Midterms,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama casts ballot in Chicago, urges ‘everyone’ to vote early",Washington Times,"President Obama cast his ballot Monday in Chicago, taking advantage of early voting in Illinois in a photo-op effort to boost Democratic turnout in key states.
“I’m so glad I can early vote,” he says while getting his ballot at the Dr. Martin Luther King Community Service Center. “I love voting. Everybody in Illinois, early vote.”
He called early voting “a wonderful opportunity.”
When the president walked over to an electronic voting machine, he had to bend over som",right
16361,Obama Votes Early in Midterms,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama votes early in Chicago,Politico,"President Barack Obama went to the polls here Monday to take advantage of Illinois’ first day of early voting.
“I love voting. Everybody in Illinois, early vote. It’s a wonderful opportunity,” he said at a polling place a few miles from his home.",left
16362,Obama Votes Early in Midterms,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Returns to Trail With a Blue State Focus,New York Times (News),"President Obama jumped back on the campaign trail Sunday after a week of grim Ebola news, with a rally at a high school here aimed at lifting the fortunes of Anthony G. Brown, the state’s lieutenant governor and Democratic candidate for governor.
In a jam-packed gymnasium, Mr. Obama urged the mostly African-American crowd of 8,000 to shake off any midterm malaise and show up on Nov. 4 to put Mr. Brown in the governor’s mansion.
“There are no excuses. The future is up to us,” the president said, his voice...",left
16363,Tax Overhaul Fight Goes to Senate,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","After House Victory, Tax-Overhaul Fight Now Goes to Senate",Wall Street Journal (News),"The House of Representatives passed a bill that would usher in the most far-reaching overhaul of the U.S. tax system in 31 years, a plan that would reduce the corporate tax rate to its lowest point since 1939 and cut individual taxes for most households in 2018.",center
16364,Tax Overhaul Fight Goes to Senate,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Fiery exchange erupts at Senate tax session: ‘Don’t spew that stuff on me’,Fox News (Online News),Republican Senator Orrin Hatch has had enough of Democrats accusing GOP senators of pushing tax reform to benefit “the rich.”,right
16365,Tax Overhaul Fight Goes to Senate,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",'Biggest tax cut in American history' isn't popular with many Americans,Washington Post,The Senate plan has significant problems of its own when it comes to lower- and middle-income workers.,left
16366,"Elon Musk Says Deal to Take Over Twitter is ""Temporarily on Hold""","['Technology', 'Twitter', 'Elon Musk']",Elon Musk says Twitter deal ‘temporarily on hold’,Associated Press,"Elon Musk said Friday that his plan to buy Twitter for $44 billion is “temporarily on hold” as he tries to pinpoint the exact number of spam and fake accounts on the social media platform, another twist amid signs of internal turmoil over the proposed acquisition.
Musk, who has been vocal about his desire to clean up Twitter’s problem with “spam bots” that mimic real people, appeared to question whether the company was underreporting them.
In a tweet, the Tesla billionaire linked to a Reuters story from May 2 about a...",left
16367,"Elon Musk Says Deal to Take Over Twitter is ""Temporarily on Hold""","['Technology', 'Twitter', 'Elon Musk']",Elon Musk tweeted that Twitter deal is temporarily on hold,Washington Post,"Elon Musk tweeted early Friday that his $44 billion bid to buy Twitter was temporarily on hold as he examined the number of spam accounts on the site, sending the company’s stock on a steep slide in premarket trading.
“Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users,” he tweeted, linking to a Reuters article from last week citing a Twitter filing.
Roughly two hours later, he added: “Still committed to acquisition.”
It was not immediately clear how the Tesla CEO would...",left
16368,"Elon Musk Says Deal to Take Over Twitter is ""Temporarily on Hold""","['Technology', 'Twitter', 'Elon Musk']",Elon Musk says Twitter takeover 'temporarily on hold',Washington Examiner,"Elon Musk's $44 billion deal to buy Twitter is ""on hold"" for the moment, the billionaire business tycoon said on Friday.
""Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users,"" Musk tweeted.
The price of shares in the social media company dipped double digits in premarket trading after the Tesla and SpaceX CEO's tweet.
In his tweet announcing the snag in the deal, Musk shared a news article from earlier this month about a Twitter disclosure in which the company estimated that fake or...",right
16369,New Speculation on death of Gray,['Violence In America'],Freddie Gray's fatal injuries reportedly may have been caused by impact with bolt in police van,Fox News (Online News),"The fatal broken neck Freddie Gray suffered, apparently while riding in the back of a Baltimore police van last month, may have been caused when his head hit a bolt inside the vehicle, according to local reports citing sources familiar with a police report now in the hands of state prosecutors.",right
16370,New Speculation on death of Gray,['Violence In America'],Freddie Gray Update: New Speculation On His Death And Peaceful Protests,NPR (Online News),The Baltimore Police Department's report on the death of Freddie Gray is now being examined by the city's top prosecutor. The findings aren't public; police revealed only a few new details when they announced the transition in the case Thursday. Baltimore's curfew is expected to remain in effect through this weekend.,left
16371,New Speculation on death of Gray,['Violence In America'],Findings indicate Gray got head injuries in van,Washington Post,"Investigators believe Freddie Gray suffered serious head injuries while he was in a police transport van, although they have not concluded how the injuries occurred, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation.",left
16372,Obama Chooses Ebola Czar,[],Obama taps Ron Klain as Ebola czar,Washington Post,"President Obama has asked Ron Klain, who served as chief of staff to both Vice President Biden and former vice president Gore, as his Ebola response coordinator, according to a White House official.",left
16373,Obama Chooses Ebola Czar,[],Obama will name Ron Klain as Ebola Czar,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama will appoint Ron Klain his ""Ebola czar,"" knowledgeable sources tell CNN.",left
16374,Obama Chooses Ebola Czar,[],Ron Klain named Ebola czar by Obama,Washington Times,President Obama to name long-time Democratic aide Ron Klain as the country’s Ebola czar.,right
16375,McConnell Urges Against Large Stimulus Deal as Pelosi Reports Progress,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Economic Policy']",McConnell Moves to Head Off Stimulus Deal as Pelosi Reports Progress,New York Times (News),"Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, privately told Republican senators on Tuesday that he had warned the White House not to strike a pre-election deal with Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a new round of stimulus, moving to head off an agreement that President Trump has demanded but most in his party oppose.
Mr. McConnell’s remarks, confirmed by four Republicans familiar with them, threw cold water on Mr. Trump’s increasingly urgent push to enact a new round of pandemic aid before Election Day. They came just as Ms. Pelosi offered an...",left
16376,McConnell Urges Against Large Stimulus Deal as Pelosi Reports Progress,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Economic Policy']",McConnell urges White House against large stimulus deal as Pelosi and Mnuchin continue talks,USA TODAY,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, in a closed-door lunch Tuesday, told fellow Republicans he urged the White House not to strike a deal with Democrats on a COVID-19 relief package, according to a Senate source who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss closed-door discussions.
The Kentucky Republican, who has blasted Democrats in negotiations, voiced concerns there would not be enough GOP votes to back a package and worries that voting on such legislation could negatively affect the timing on Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation vote to the...",left
16377,McConnell Urges Against Large Stimulus Deal as Pelosi Reports Progress,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Economic Policy']",McConnell Reportedly Warns White House Against COVID Relief Deal before Election; WH Chief of Staff Denies,National Review,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) warned the Trump administration on Tuesday against making a deal on a coronavirus relief bill with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) before the November elections.
Speaking to Senate Republicans at a GOP lunch, McConnell told colleagues that he believes Pelosi is not negotiating a deal in good faith, the Washington Post reported. While Pelosi has pushed for a relief bill worth roughly $2 trillion, Senate Republicans are divided on the price tag of proposed legislation, with many aiming to keep the bill...",right
16378,"GOP Senator Susan Collins to Vote ""Yes"" on Kavanaugh",['Supreme Court'],Republican Senator Collins says will vote to confirm Kavanaugh,Reuters,"Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins said on Friday she will vote to confirm the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, strongly increasing his chances of confirmation.",center
16379,"GOP Senator Susan Collins to Vote ""Yes"" on Kavanaugh",['Supreme Court'],"Thank You, Susan Collins",National Review,We are not prone to praising Susan Collins. But we are delighted to make an exception for her impressive speech on the Senate floor this afternoon explaining why she’ll vote “yes” on Brett Kavanaugh.,right
16380,"GOP Senator Susan Collins to Vote ""Yes"" on Kavanaugh",['Supreme Court'],Susan Collins was supposed to be different,Vox,"But in her speech announcing that she’d vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, she ended up sounding like Trump.",left
16381,All About the Clean Power Plan,['Environment'],OPINION: The folly of Obama's Clean Power Plan,Guest Writer - Right,"Before any rational discussion of the economic or scientific merits of President Obama’s Clean Power Plan can begin (it will be announced Monday), it is necessary to take his rhetoric about its benefits off the table. The president stated Sunday that his plan is ""protecting the world we leave to our children.” To be generous to the president, that is a gross exaggeration.",right
16382,All About the Clean Power Plan,['Environment'],OPINION: Editorial Obama's Clean Energy Plan doesn't go far enough,Guest Writer - Left,"The coal industry already has its legal claws honed for a court battle over President Obama's Clean Energy Plan, which was unveiled Monday, claiming that it will cost too much and render people jobless. Certainly, in the short term at least, slowing climate change by reducing carbon emissions won't be cheap and it won't be easy. But the science shows: We don't have a choice. Decades of denial and delay on global warming have sharpened the need for dramatic action now.",left
16383,All About the Clean Power Plan,['Environment'],How to detect climate change nonsense,Chicago Tribune,"The final version of the Clean Power Plan, President Barack Obama's signature climate change policy, came out on Monday. Here's how to tell whether the politicians, special interests and commentators you're going to hear talking about it are worth taking seriously.",center
16384,"Fox News, Newsmax Walk Back Election Fraud Claims After Facing Legal Action From Voting Machine Manufacturers","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry']",Fox News runs segment debunking voting machine claims after legal threats from Smartmatic,The Blaze,"After Fox News was threatened with legal action by election software company Smartmatic, it repeatedly ran a ""fact-check"" segment over the weekend that debunked many of the claims regarding Smartmatic that had been made by its on-air hosts, in an apparent retraction of those claims. Smartmatic sent a number of right-leaning media outlets — including Fox News, Newsmax, and OANN — a demand letter last Monday accusing them of defaming the company with numerous false statements and threatening legal action if some claims that were made on air were not...",right
16385,"Fox News, Newsmax Walk Back Election Fraud Claims After Facing Legal Action From Voting Machine Manufacturers","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry']","Fox News, Newsmax Walk Back Election Fraud Claims After Voting Machine Manufacturer Threatens Legal Action",Forbes,"Without explicitly addressing their prior coverage, Fox News and Newsmax both aired segments over the past few days walking back a subset of election fraud claims centering around voting machines manufacturer Smartmatic, which earlier this month delivered legal notices to a trio of conservative networks for promoting baseless conspiracy theories about the company.",center
16386,"Fox News, Newsmax Walk Back Election Fraud Claims After Facing Legal Action From Voting Machine Manufacturers","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2020 Election', 'Elections', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry']","Fox News and Newsmax, facing lawsuits, walk back wild fraud claims about voting-machine companies",Yahoo News,"Facing the threat of lawsuits for defamation, Fox News and the upstart right-wing network Newsmax have begun broadcasting segments walking back wild election fraud allegations against voting-machine and software manufacturers Smartmatic and Dominion.
“Newsmax would like to clarify its news coverage and note that it has not reported as true certain claims made about these companies,” host John Tabacco said Monday, attributing the “opinions and claims” to “various guests, attorneys and elected officials” who appeared on the network. The charges, which the companies say are baseless and have been widely...",left
16387,"Candidates Trade Blows on Terror, Guns",['Terrorism'],"Trump, Clinton trade blows on terror and guns in wake of Orlando attack",Fox News (Online News),"While investigators try to piece together what led the Orlando gunman to carry out an unspeakable act of terror, the attack is upending the 2016 campaign debate as the two presumptive rivals go toe-to-toe on terror with two very different messages.",right
16388,"Candidates Trade Blows on Terror, Guns",['Terrorism'],"Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton showcase clashing styles at times of crisis",CNN (Online News),"The mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, Sunday exposed the two presumptive major party nominees -- Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton -- to a penetrating examination of their characters and political instincts at a moment of crisis.",left
16389,"Candidates Trade Blows on Terror, Guns",['Terrorism'],Clinton makes it harder for Trump to control the narrative on terrorism,Salon,Trump's bluster will only appeal to his hard-core backers; Hillary can address the issue properly — with reason,left
16390,DOJ Election Crimes Official Resigns,"['Elections', 'Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'DOJ']",DOJ's Election Crimes Chief Steps Down,Newsmax (News),"Richard Pilger, director of the Election Crimes branch of the Department of Justice, has resigned from his post.
The move came after Attorney General Bill Barr issued a memo to federal prosecutors authorizing them to probe “specific allegations” of voter fraud ahead of the results of the presidential race being certified, according to NBC News.
“Having familiarized myself with the new policy and its ramifications, and in accord with the best tradition of the John C. Keeney Award for Exceptional Integrity and Professionalism (my most cherished Departmental recognition), I must...",right
16391,DOJ Election Crimes Official Resigns,"['Elections', 'Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'DOJ']",DOJ official quits after Barr move on election fraud allegations,The Hill,"A Justice Department official stepped down from his role overseeing probes into voting crimes hours after Attorney General William Barr announced on Monday that he had authorized the agency to investigate any ""substantial allegations"" of voter fraud in the presidential election.
In an email first obtained by The New York Times, Richard Pilger wrote to colleagues, “Having familiarized myself with the new policy and its ramifications ... I must regretfully resign from my role as director of the Election Crimes Branch.”
Pilger added in the email that the...",center
16392,DOJ Election Crimes Official Resigns,"['Elections', 'Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'DOJ']",DOJ's top election crimes prosecutor quits in protest after Barr tells federal attorneys to probe unsupported allegations of voting irregularities,CNN (Online News),"The Justice Department's top election crimes prosecutor resigned Monday in protest after Attorney General William Barr told federal prosecutors that they should examine allegations of voting irregularities before states move to certify results in the coming weeks.
Richard Pilger, director of the elections crimes branch in the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section, told colleagues in an email that the attorney general was issuing ""an important new policy abrogating the forty-year-old Non-Interference Policy for ballot fraud investigations in the period prior to elections becoming certified and uncontested."" Pilger also forwarded the...",left
16393,Melania Speech Controversy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The Melania and Michelle Flap: How the Trump campaign is fueling the flames,Fox News (Online News),"Nobody is blaming Melania Trump, who did a nice job in the harsh spotlight.
But the colossal screwup over the passages that were strikingly similar to Michelle Obama’s Democratic convention speech is getting worse because the campaign is denying the obvious.",right
16394,Melania Speech Controversy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Melania Trump Plagiarized Michelle Obama, a Woman Republicans Said Hated America",Daily Beast,"Melania Trump appears to have plagiarized her speech at the opening night of the Republican National Convention from Michelle Obama’s address to the 2008 Democratic convention.
An entire section of Trump’s speech—focused on the values she and her husband share—appears to be lifted directly from Obama’s comments on the same subject eight years ago. Back then, Republicans claimed Michelle Obama wasn’t “proud” of her country; now Repub",left
16395,Melania Speech Controversy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Melania Trump’s Speech Bears Striking Similarities to Michelle Obama’s in 2008,New York Times (News),"Melania Trump earned praise for her speech on Monday at the opening night of the Republican National Convention, but her remarks almost immediately came under scrutiny when striking similarities were discovered between her speech and one delivered by Michelle Obama at the Democratic convention in 2008.",left
16396,After VP Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Biden's debate 'facts' prompt White House clarifications,Fox News (Online News),"While Vice President Biden stressed the importance of ""facts"" a total of 26 times on the debate stage, those facts required considerable clarification Friday from the White House.",right
16397,After VP Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Political Perceptions: VP Spotlight Fades Fast,Wall Street Journal (News),"Despite these concerted efforts to establish an advantage, the vice presidential debate appears unlikely to shift the campaign narrative or to move the polls the way the first Mitt Romney-Barack Obama match-up did.",center
16398,After VP Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Five things we learned from Thursday's vice presidential debate,CNN (Online News),"Vice President Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan, the man who wants his job, exchanged fire over taxes, Medicare, national security and some animated facial expressions in their only debate before Election Day.",left
16399,President Visits Mosque,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama: ‘Inexcusable Political Rhetoric’ Gives Americans ‘Hugely Distorted Impression’ of Muslims,Breitbart News,"Wednesday at the Islamic Society of Baltimore, President Barack Obama said many American do not know Muslims so they get their “hugely distorted impression” of Muslims from “distorted media portrayals” and “inexcusable political rhetoric,” after terror attacks.
Obama said, “Muslim American community remains relatively very small in this country, and as a result, most Americans don’t know or at least don’t know that they know a Muslim person. And as a result, many only hear about Muslims and Islam from the news after an act of terrorism, or in distorted...",right
16400,President Visits Mosque,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama rebuts anti-Muslim rhetoric in first U.S. mosque visit,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama, in his first visit to a mosque in the United States, said Wednesday he was seeking to rebut ""inexcusable political rhetoric against Muslim-Americans"" from Republican presidential candidates.
Attempting to recast what he said was a warped image of Islam while encouraging members of the faith to speak out against terr",left
16401,President Visits Mosque,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama: Muslims On TV Deserve To Be Portrayed As More Than Just Terrorists,HuffPost,"President Barack Obama said that Muslims in media should be portrayed in contexts other than national security during a visit to a Baltimore mosque on Wednesday.
Noting the accomplishments of Muslim Americans, Obama called for them to be more diversely represented on television.
""Part of what we",left
16402,Perspectives: Former Joe Biden Staffer Says He Sexually Assaulted Her in 1993,"['Joe Biden', 'Tara Reade', '2020 Election', 'Media Bias', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Joe Biden Said He Believes All Women. Does He Believe Tara Reade?,Reason,"When it comes to #MeToo sexual misconduct issues, former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic Party's presumptive 2020 presidential nominee, has made it no secret where he stands: automatically believe women.
""For a woman to come forward in the glaring lights of focus, nationally, you've got to start off with the presumption that at least the essence of what she's talking about is real,"" said Biden during the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who faced accusations that as a teenager he had assaulted a woman at a...",right
16403,Perspectives: Former Joe Biden Staffer Says He Sexually Assaulted Her in 1993,"['Joe Biden', 'Tara Reade', '2020 Election', 'Media Bias', 'Sexual Misconduct']",A sexual assault allegation against Joe Biden has ignited a firestorm of controversy,Vox,"Last year, several women came forward publicly to say Joe Biden had kissed or touched them in ways that made them uncomfortable.
One of them was Tara Reade, who said Biden used to “put his hand on my shoulder and run his finger up my neck” when she worked in his Senate office in 1993.
Reade now says there was more to her experience with Biden. In an interview with podcast host Katie Halper, which aired Wednesday, Reade says Biden sexually assaulted her, pushing her against a wall and penetrating...",left
16404,Perspectives: Former Joe Biden Staffer Says He Sexually Assaulted Her in 1993,"['Joe Biden', 'Tara Reade', '2020 Election', 'Media Bias', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Why has the media ignored sexual assault allegations against Biden?,The Guardian,"Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has been accused of sexual assault by a former staffer. Tara Reade, who worked with Biden when he was a Delaware senator, alleges he inappropriately touched her and penetrated her with his fingers without consent in 1993.
“It happened all at once, and then … his hands were on me and underneath my clothes,” Reade recalled in an interview with podcast host Katie Halper on Wednesday. “He said ‘come on, man, I heard you liked me. For me, it was like, everything shattered...",left
16405,Cheney on CIA Report,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",Cheney on CIA interrogation: ‘I’d do it again in a minute’,Washington Times,"Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday that, despite the backlash against harsh CIA interrogation tactics, he would authorize them again with no hesitation.
“It worked. It’s worked now for 13 years. We’ve avoided another mass casualty event against the United States,” he said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “I’d do it again in a minute.”
Senate Democrats last week released a report that described interrogation tactics including waterboarding, sleep deprivation, rectal feedings and confinements in coffin-sized boxes for more than a week. Many have called the actions torture, saying...",right
16406,Cheney on CIA Report,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",Dick Cheney doesn't want to call it torture but the media doesn't have to follow,Vox,"Reasonable people can, I suppose, debate whether or not it was sound public policy for the United States to torture subjects apprehended as part of the global war on terrorism. Maybe shoving hummus up a man's rectum and threatening to rape another man's mother were good ideas. Maybe there's a planet on which torturing people who haven't even been interrogated through convention",left
16407,Cheney on CIA Report,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",Cheney: 'I'd do it again in a minute',Politico,"Former Vice President Dick Cheney unapologetically pressed his defense of the CIA’s use of harsh interrogation techniques Sunday, insisting that waterboarding and other such tactics did not amount to torture and that the spy agency’s actions paled in comparison to those of terrorists targeting Americans.
“Torture, to me … is an American citizen on his cellphone making a last call to his four young daughters shortly before he burns to death in the upper levels of the Trade Center in New York on 9/11,” Cheney said on NBC’s “Meet...",left
16408,Suspect Arrested in Shooting of Louisville Police Officers,"['Police Shooting', 'Louisville', 'Breonna Taylor', 'Protests', 'Violence In America']",Two Louisville police officers were shot during a night of protests.,New York Times (News),"Two Louisville police officers were shot during demonstrations on Wednesday night, the police chief said, after a grand jury decided to not charge any officer in the killing of Breonna Taylor, instead indicting one former detective for recklessly firing into another apartment during a botched raid on Ms. Taylor’s apartment in March.
A suspect, Larynzo Johnson, 26, was arrested Wednesday and charged with 14 counts of wanton endangerment and two counts of assault on a police officer, according to the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections. The suspect was booked on...",left
16409,Suspect Arrested in Shooting of Louisville Police Officers,"['Police Shooting', 'Louisville', 'Breonna Taylor', 'Protests', 'Violence In America']","Breonna Taylor protests: Suspect in cop shootings ID’d, Louisville sees nearly 100 arrests after grand jury decision",Fox News (Online News),"The Louisville Metro Police Department announced Thursday nearly 100 arrests were made overnight amid demonstrations following a grand jury decision to charge only one officer in connection to the police operation that killed Breonna Taylor, but not her death.
A suspect accused in shooting two Louisville police officers during protests Wednesday evening has also been identified. Larynzo Johnson, 26, has been charged with wanton endangerment and assault of a police officer. He will be arraigned Friday.
Shots rang out when Louisville police officers were conducting crowd control operations at Broadway...",right
16410,Suspect Arrested in Shooting of Louisville Police Officers,"['Police Shooting', 'Louisville', 'Breonna Taylor', 'Protests', 'Violence In America']",Louisville police chief 'very concerned' about safety after 2 officers shot amid Breonna Taylor protests,USA TODAY,"Two Louisville Metro Police Department officers were shot during protests on Wednesday night following a grand jury's decision in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor.
Interim Police Chief Robert Schroeder told reporters during a preliminary briefing that the officers sustained non life-threatening injuries. One was in surgery, and the other was alert and in stable condition, he said.
A suspect has been arrested, Schroeder said.
President Donald Trump said on Twitter that he was ""praying for the two police officers that were shot,"" adding he had spoken to Kentucky Gov....",left
16411,Should We Turn Away Refugees?,['Terrorism'],Poll: Americans Worried About a Major Terror Attack in the US,Newsmax (News),"The Islamic State (ISIS) attacks in Paris have nearly all Americans worried about a terrorist strike in the United States – and a majority convinced we're at war with radical Islam, according to a new poll.
The Washington Post-ABC News survey, finds a stunning 83 percent of registered voters believe a terrorist attack in the United States resulting in large casualties is likely in the near future – a rise of 10 percentage points from a Quinnipiac University poll taken between Oct. 29 and Nov. 2 asking t",right
16412,Should We Turn Away Refugees?,['Terrorism'],Joe Biden: Turning Away Refugees Is Giving ISIS What They Want,HuffPost,"Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday that turning away Syrian refugees was exactly what the self-described Islamic State wanted.
Biden pointed specifically to comments by ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in which he said that the group wanted to destroy the ""gray zone"" of coexistence in the West and make it so that Muslims felt they had to flee to the extremist group to escape persecution.
""To turn them away and say there is no way you can ever get here would play right into the terrorists’ hands. We...",left
16413,Should We Turn Away Refugees?,['Terrorism'],"House Passes Bill to Halt, Overhaul Syrian Refugee Process",Wall Street Journal (News),"Nearly four dozen Democrats joined House Republicans to pass legislation Thursday that would halt the resettlement of Syrian and Iraqi refugees in the U.S. and overhaul the screening process, delivering a rebuke to the White House in response to public anxiety sparked by last Friday’s Islamic State attacks in Paris.
President Barack Obama, who threatened to veto the legislation, and many Democrats have argued that barring Syrian and Iraqi refugees would be contrar",center
16414,Tracking All of Biden's Executive Orders,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Executive Orders', 'Role Of Government']","All of Biden's executive orders, and other notable actions, so far",ABC News (Online),"Since entering office on Jan. 20, President Joe Biden has signed more than three dozen executive actions addressing the coronavirus pandemic, economy, immigration, climate crisis and more.
Here's a look at all of his executive orders, and other notable executive actions, so far:",left
16415,Tracking All of Biden's Executive Orders,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Executive Orders', 'Role Of Government']",All of President Biden’s key executive orders — in one chart,MarketWatch,"As people and markets around the world adjust to having Joe Biden as U.S. president, a key factor is what the veteran Democratic politician aims to accomplish without having to work with Congress.
Biden is making use of executive orders that affect health care XLV, -3.04%, the energy sector XLE, -1.35%, prison stocks and other areas.
Below is a table showing orders that he signed on Jan. 20, his first day in office, as well as other executive actions that have followed or are expected....",center
16416,Tracking All of Biden's Executive Orders,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Executive Orders', 'Role Of Government']","SIX DAYS: Biden Signs A Whopping 28 Executive Orders, Dwarfing His Predecessors",The Daily Wire,"Joe Biden issued a whopping 28 executive orders, dwarfing the number of executive orders issued by former presidents in the initial days of their tenure.
Former President Trump signed only four executive orders in the first week of his tenure, with a total of 220 executive orders signed in his total time as president. Former President Obama signed five in the first week and 276 executive orders in his eight-year tenure as president. Former President George W. Bush signed exactly zero in his first week and 291 executive orders in...",right
16417,Politics of Sequestration,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Now Dems worry: Did President Obama cry wolf?,Politico,"President Barack Obama hopes to spark a pitchfork revolt against Republicans over sequester-induced budget cuts — but many Democrats fret that hes undermined that effort with an early strategy marred by hype, poor planning and muddled messaging.",left
16418,Politics of Sequestration,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Leaked email adds fuel to claims White House playing politics over impact of cuts,Fox News (Online News),A leaked email from an Agriculture Department field officer adds fuel to claims President Obama's political strategy is to make the billions in recent federal budget cuts as painful as possible to win the public opinion battle against Republicans.,right
16419,Politics of Sequestration,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Why spending cuts may be here to stay,CNN (Online News),"Now that the cuts are in effect, they may end up being a crutch to let Congress avoid making tough choices about where money should be spent and where it should be cut.",left
16420,COVID-19 Vaccine Speculation Persists; Healthcare Firms Outline Careful Development,"['Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']",An experimental antibody treatment reduced viral load in some COVID-19 patients. That may also be a positive sign for vaccines,MarketWatch,"Promising new clinical data for an experimental COVID-19 treatment hints at a secondary but possibly more important takeaway for investors: if this neutralizing antibody treatment works in coronavirus patients, so will the vaccines that are in development.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. REGN, +1.49% on Tuesday shared preliminary data from a Phase 1/2/3 clinical trial for REGN-COV2, finding that the investigational therapy reduced viral load and made symptoms go away sooner in some non-hospitalized patients with mild or moderate cases of COVID-19. It was most effective in patients with higher viral loads...",center
16421,COVID-19 Vaccine Speculation Persists; Healthcare Firms Outline Careful Development,"['Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']","Coronavirus vaccine trial participants report day-long exhaustion, fever and headaches — but say it’s worth it",CNBC,"Luke Hutchison woke up in the middle of the night with chills and a fever after taking the Covid-19 booster shot in Moderna’s vaccine trial. Another coronavirus vaccine trial participant, testing Pfizer’s candidate, similarly woke up with chills, shaking so hard he cracked a tooth after taking the second dose.
High fever, body aches, bad headaches and exhaustion are just some of the symptoms five participants in two of the leading coronavirus vaccine trials say they felt after receiving the shots.
In interviews, all five participants — three in...",center
16422,COVID-19 Vaccine Speculation Persists; Healthcare Firms Outline Careful Development,"['Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']","Covid-19 vaccine alone won't defeat spread of virus, report warns",The Guardian,"A successful vaccine for Covid-19 will not conquer the spread of the virus alone, with restrictions on daily life likely to continue for some time, a team of experts have said.
Hundreds of teams of researchers around the world are working to produce a vaccine against the coronavirus, with 11 currently in phase three human trials. The UK government has reserved access to six potential vaccines and has raised hopes that a vaccine could be on the cards by spring next year.
A report from a multidisciplinary group convened by...",left
16423,McConnell Says 2022 Elections Shouldn't Be 'Rehash' of 2020 Fraud Claims,"['Elections', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Republican Party', '2022 Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump']",McConnell jabs at Trump saying 2022 midterms shouldn’t be ‘rehash’ of 2020 election,Fox News (Online News),"As the GOP works to recapture the Senate majority in next year’s midterm elections, longtime Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is making it crystal clear what he thinks of former President Trump’s relitigating of his 2020 election loss to President Biden.
""I do think we need to be thinking about the future and not the past,"" McConnell told reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday when asked if he was comfortable with his party’s embrace of the former president.
""I think the American people are focusing on this administration, what it’s doing to the country, and it’s my hope the...",right
16424,McConnell Says 2022 Elections Shouldn't Be 'Rehash' of 2020 Fraud Claims,"['Elections', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Republican Party', '2022 Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump']","Mitch McConnell deflected a question about Trump's influence on the GOP, saying Republicans should focus on the future and not 'rehash' 2020",Insider,"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday deflected a question about former President Donald Trump's attendance at a GOP retreat last week, urging the party to focus on the future instead of the past.
Speaking alongside Republican Senate leadership following party caucus lunches, McConnell was asked by CNN's Manu Raju if he was ""comfortable"" with his party's embrace of Trump given his prior comments about the former president being ""morally responsible"" for the Capitol riot.
""Well I do think we need to be talking about the future, and not the past,""...",left
16425,McConnell Says 2022 Elections Shouldn't Be 'Rehash' of 2020 Fraud Claims,"['Elections', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Republican Party', '2022 Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump']","Mitch McConnell says he wants to focus on the future, not the past, in 2022. Donald Trump may disagree.",Politico,"Even as former President Donald Trump remains a divisive force atop the Republican party, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) wants to make the 2022 midterms all about President Joe Biden.
""I do think we need to be talking about the future and not the past. I think the American people are focusing on this administration — and what it’s doing to the country. It’s my hope the ’22 election will be a referendum on the performance of the current administration, not a rehash of suggestions about what may have happened...",left
16426,Haaland Confirmed as First Native American to Lead Interior Department,"['Environment', 'Interior Department', 'Deb Haaland', 'Native Americans', 'Domestic Policy', 'Ethnicity And Heritage', 'General News']",Deb Haaland confirmed as first Native American Cabinet secretary,CNBC,"The Senate on Monday voted to confirm Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., as President Joe Biden’s secretary of the Department of the Interior, making the second-term Democrat the first Native American Cabinet secretary in U.S. history.
The vote was 51-40, with four Republicans joining Democrats in favor.
Haaland, an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo, earned bipartisan support to run the Interior department, which has a staff of 70,000 employees and is charged with overseeing the country’s natural resources. The agency manages nearly 500 million acres of land, or one-fifth of...",center
16427,Haaland Confirmed as First Native American to Lead Interior Department,"['Environment', 'Interior Department', 'Deb Haaland', 'Native Americans', 'Domestic Policy', 'Ethnicity And Heritage', 'General News']",Haaland confirmed by Senate as first Native American to lead Interior,Washington Post,"As thousands of Native Americans watched online, Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) was confirmed as secretary of the Interior Department by a 51-to-40 vote in the Senate, making her the first American Indian to lead an agency that manages a vast portfolio of federal land and the oil and mineral wealth that lies beneath it.
Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo Nation in New Mexico and whose family ties in the country can be traced back 35 generations, will take control of a department that also oversees Indian Country, 574...",left
16428,Haaland Confirmed as First Native American to Lead Interior Department,"['Environment', 'Interior Department', 'Deb Haaland', 'Native Americans', 'Domestic Policy', 'Ethnicity And Heritage', 'General News']","Haaland confirmed as interior secretary, becoming first Native American cabinet head",New York Post (News),"The Senate on Monday confirmed Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, making the New Mexico congresswoman the first Native American to lead a Cabinet department.
She was confirmed by a 51-40 vote.
Haaland’s confirmation was hailed by Democrats and tribal groups.
As interior secretary, she will lead a powerful department that routinely deals with the 600 federally recognized tribes.
“Rep. Haaland’s confirmation represents a gigantic step forward in creating a government that represents the full richness and diversity of this country,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
“Native Americans...",right
16429,Thunberg Speaks to United Nations,"['Environment', 'Energy', 'Climate Change', 'Greta Thunberg', 'Donald Trump']",How 16-year-old Greta Thunberg’s rise could backfire on environmentalists,Guest Writer - Right,"Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg from Sweden is the new face of the environmentalist movement, thanks to a pair of impassioned speeches to the U.S. Congress and the United Nations.
But while personalizing a movement, especially with the innocent face of a child, is usually PR gold, Greta’s ascendancy to the forefront of environmental activism could end up being a major negative to the movement – and the environment.",right
16430,Thunberg Speaks to United Nations,"['Environment', 'Energy', 'Climate Change', 'Greta Thunberg', 'Donald Trump']",'Disgraceful': Fox News apologizes to Greta Thunberg after guest calls her 'mentally ill',USA TODAY,"Fox News has issued an apology to teen climate activist Greta Thunberg after a guest on one of the network’s shows called her “mentally ill.”
Conservative political commentator and podcast host Michael Knowles was on “The Story” Monday night in a segment about meatless diets and its impact on the environment.
“None of that matters because the climate hysteria movement is not about science,” Knowles said in a viral clip. “If it were about science, it would be led by scientists rather than by politicians and a mentally ill Swedish...",left
16431,Thunberg Speaks to United Nations,"['Environment', 'Energy', 'Climate Change', 'Greta Thunberg', 'Donald Trump']",Trump mocks teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump mocked Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Twitter late Monday night after the 16-year-old excoriated world leaders for not doing enough to tackle the climate crisis.
""She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!"" Trump posted on Twitter, replying to a video of Thunberg's speech at the United Nations climate action summit earlier in the day.",left
16432,Abortion Law Blocked,['Abortion'],Alabama Abortion Clinic Law Ruled Unconstitutional,HuffPost,"A federal judge says an Alabama law restricting abortion doctors is unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson ruled Monday that state lawmakers exceeded their authority when they passed a law last year requiring doctors at abortion clinics to have hospital admitting privileges.
Thompson issued an order temporarily blocking enforcement of the law.
Thompson's decision comes days after a federal appeals court blocked a similar law in Mississippi.",left
16433,Abortion Law Blocked,['Abortion'],"Texan Pro-Abortion Activists: ""You Haven't Seen the Last of Us Yet""",Townhall,"Yes, it's true. Those awful orange shirts are back. Today, Texan pro-abortion activists are flooding the capitol for the second federal challenge to House Bill 2, the pro-life legislation enacted last year. The bill, which bans abortion after 20 weeks and requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges, has helped shutter dozens of abortion clinics in the state and saved thousands of unborn lives",right
16434,Abortion Law Blocked,['Abortion'],Texas Trial to Test Higher Standard for State's Abortion Clinics,Wall Street Journal (News),"In a federal trial set to begin here on Monday, abortion-rights supporters are seeking to strike down a new provision of a state law that will require abortion clinics to qualify as ""ambulatory surgical centers"" starting next month, saying it will force even more of the state's facilities to close.
Since Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed a hotly contested law in July 2013 requiring abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, the number of licensed Texas clinics providing abortions has declined by half over the past year, to...",center
16435,Supreme Court Considers Trump Plan To Exclude People Who Are in the U.S. Illegally From the Census,"['Supreme Court', 'Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', '2020 Census']",A Census Case That Goes to the Heart of American Democracy,New York Times (News),"On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments on a question that goes to the heart of American democracy: Must the government count everyone living in the country, citizens or not, in the census totals that the House of Representatives uses to reallocate its 435 seats among the states?
For more than two centuries, the answer has been “yes.” Both Article 1 of the Constitution and the 14th Amendment require that House seats be allotted according to “the whole number” of persons in each state. That phrase has long been read...",left
16436,Supreme Court Considers Trump Plan To Exclude People Who Are in the U.S. Illegally From the Census,"['Supreme Court', 'Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', '2020 Census']",Conservative justices appear reluctant to immediately block Trump immigrant census plan,Reuters,Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared reluctant to issue a ruling immediately blocking a plan by President Donald Trump’s administration to exclude immigrants living in the United States illegally from the population totals used to allocate congressional districts to states.,center
16437,Supreme Court Considers Trump Plan To Exclude People Who Are in the U.S. Illegally From the Census,"['Supreme Court', 'Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', '2020 Census']",Justices take dim view of Trump effort to cut illegal immigrants from census count,Washington Times,"Supreme Court justices expressed incredulity Monday at President Trump’s attempt to exclude illegal immigrants from the census count used to apportion seats in Congress, reacting with disbelief to the government’s claims that it still doesn’t even know if it will be able to do what the president asked.
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. called the case “quite frustrating,” while Justice Amy Coney Barrett said Mr. Trump’s approach has never been tried before.
“A lot of the historical evidence and the longstanding practice cuts against your position,” she told Solicitor General...",right
16438,Defunding Planned Parenthood,['Abortion'],House Approves Bill To Cease Funding Planned Parenthood,NPR (Online News),"By a 241-187 vote, the House of Representatives has approved a bill that would cut off federal money for Planned Parenthood. The bill isn't expected to pass in the Senate — and President Obama has said he would veto any bill that defunds the group.
Last year, Planned Parenthood received around $528 million in government funds that came to it through two federal programs that are aimed at lower-income Americans: Medicaid and Title X. (Our It's All Politics blog recently gave a detailed rundown of the group's funding.)",left
16439,Defunding Planned Parenthood,['Abortion'],"House OKs bill blocking Planned Parenthood funds, amid shutdown worries",Fox News (Online News),"The House voted Friday to block federal funding to Planned Parenthood for a year and curb some abortion practices, in the chamber's first legislative response to videos showing the abortion provider's tissue harvesting practices.
The Planned Parenthood ""de-fund"" bill passed 241-187, on a nearly party-line vote.
Hanging over the debate, though, was the possibility of a government shutdown showdown. Republican leaders brought the legislation to the floor as they try to address lawmakers' outrage over the videos. Some conservatives originally wanted to demand Planned Parenthood be de-funded as...",right
16440,Defunding Planned Parenthood,['Abortion'],House Republicans Vote to Stop Funding Planned Parenthood,New York Times (News),"House Republicans vented their rage against Planned Parenthood on Friday, voting to block all federal financing for the organization, which they accused of profiting from the sale of aborted fetuses for medical research. It was unclear, however, if the vote would mollify conservative lawmakers who have threatened to force a government shutdown over the abortion issue.
Neither the Planned Parenthood bill, which passed 241 to 187, nor a second anti-abortion measure approved on Friday has any chance of becoming law because of opposition from Senate Democrats and President Obama. But...",left
16441,"Facebook Bans Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson and Others It Calls ""Dangerous Individuals""",['Free Speech'],"Facebook bans Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos for being 'dangerous'",Fox News (Online News),"Facebook has permanently banned several far-right or hate figures and organizations including Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, Infowars host Alex Jones, Laura Loomer, and Milo Yiannopoulos, for being ""dangerous"" — a signal that the social network is enforcing its policies against hate speech more wholeheartedly.
The company led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday that it removed the accounts, fan pages and groups associated with the above individuals from Facebook and Instagram after reevaluating their content or reexamining their activities outside of Facebook. The removal also applies to...",right
16442,"Facebook Bans Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson and Others It Calls ""Dangerous Individuals""",['Free Speech'],Facebook bans 'dangerous individuals',BBC News,"Facebook is banning several prominent figures it regards as ""dangerous individuals"".
The social network accused Alex Jones, host of right-wing conspiracy website InfoWars, its UK editor Paul Joseph Watson and ex-Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos of hate speech.
Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam leader who has expressed anti-Semitic views, will also be excluded.
Facebook has already banned anti-Islamic UK groups such Britain First.
The latest ban also applies on Instagram, which Facebook owns.",center
16443,"Facebook Bans Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson and Others It Calls ""Dangerous Individuals""",['Free Speech'],"Facebook bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWars and others from its platforms as 'dangerous'",CNN (Online News),"New York (CNN Business)Facebook announced Thursday afternoon that it had designated some high-profile people, including Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who's notorious for using anti-Semitic language, and right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, as ""dangerous"" and said it will be purging them from its platforms.
Jones and his media outlet InfoWars had previously been banned from Facebook (FB) in August 2018, but had maintained a presence on Instagram, which is owned by Facebook. On Thursday, Jones and InfoWars will be barred from Instagram as well.",left
16444,Lawmakers Heading to Close in on Border Wall Deal,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",New border-security deal in Congress would likely offer Trump just a fraction of requested $5.7B for wall,Fox News (Online News),Details of a likely bipartisan border-security deal in Congress are being worked out after the White House indicated it will accept an agreement giving President Trump just a fraction of the money he's demanded for his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall.,right
16445,Lawmakers Heading to Close in on Border Wall Deal,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Lawmakers Close In on Deal in Talks on Border Funding,Wall Street Journal (News),"Negotiators signaled Friday they were zeroing in on a compromise spending package that boosts funding for border barriers and related security measures, with the goal of reaching a bipartisan deal early next week and avoiding a new partial government shutdown.",center
16446,Lawmakers Heading to Close in on Border Wall Deal,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Lawmakers heading to funding deal with far less border money than Trump wants,CNN (Online News),"Republican and Democratic negotiators are exchanging border security proposals that contain far less funding for the border wall than President Donald Trump has demanded, with just days left before a deadline to release their bill ahead of another potential government shutdown.",left
16447,President Trump and Kim Jong Un Land in Singapore for Historic Summit,"['North Korea', 'World']",Pompeo on US-North Korea Summit: Trump's 'Well Prepared',CBN,"The White House reports that negotiations with North Korea have moved ""more quickly than expected,"" which prompted a change in schedule, with the summit now slated to begin at 9 am on Tuesday in Singapore.",right
16448,President Trump and Kim Jong Un Land in Singapore for Historic Summit,"['North Korea', 'World']",Trump's improvisation faces decades of North Korean preparation,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump's gut-check negotiating style and fragile patience face a supreme test in his summit with Kim Jong Un of North Korea, a nation that long ago mastered the diplomacy of delay, obfuscation and illusory promises of disarmament.",left
16449,President Trump and Kim Jong Un Land in Singapore for Historic Summit,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea’s Kim Lands in Singapore for High-Stakes Meeting With Trump,Wall Street Journal (News),"After months of hurled insults and tumultuous diplomacy, the U.S. and North Korea made final preparations for a high-stakes summit that could reshape the security environment in Asia.",center
16450,How Media Outlets Are Connecting Easter Sunday To World Events,"['Culture', 'Easter', 'Easter Sunday', 'Forgiveness', 'Holidays', 'Reparations', 'World', 'General News']",Easter reminds us that the risen Christ offers hope to all,Fox News (Opinion),"On Easter, we will celebrate the most important day of the year for the Christian community – the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Christians around the world believe Jesus Christ was crucified, died, was buried, and rose from the dead. This act of selfless, sacrificial love for humanity is at the heart of Christianity. 
Easter is a time of joy and hope. It is through Jesus Christ’s suffering, death, and resurrection that we are saved from sin and have hope for eternal life with God in Heaven. John 3:16 says, ""For God so loved the...",right
16451,How Media Outlets Are Connecting Easter Sunday To World Events,"['Culture', 'Easter', 'Easter Sunday', 'Forgiveness', 'Holidays', 'Reparations', 'World', 'General News']",Why this Easter feels different,CNN (Opinion),"The Rev. Fred Robinson was about to start Sunday morning worship with his church staff when he heard a stunning public confession.
It came around the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic in January of last year. His church had canceled in-person worship, but staffers had gathered inside the sanctuary to record a live online service.
About 10 minutes before going live, a worship team member arrived and instinctively reached out to hug a man wearing a face mask who was setting up microphones. The masked man, in trying to keep...",left
16452,How Media Outlets Are Connecting Easter Sunday To World Events,"['Culture', 'Easter', 'Easter Sunday', 'Forgiveness', 'Holidays', 'Reparations', 'World', 'General News']","During the Easter Season, Catholics Across the Country Call for Reparations",Guest Writer - Left,"During the holiest week of the year for Christians, churchgoers across the country are hearing the language associated with Jesus' suffering and death: atonement. This message mirrors one that we are now hearing from Congress around reparations for Black Americans because of the United States' egregious human rights violations against them, from slavery to lynchings to Jim Crow Laws.
There is enough momentum in the House of Representatives to pass H.R. 40, which would establish a commission to study and develop reparations proposals. During Easter—and after this holiday ends—Catholics will continue to push...",left
16453,Wuhan Lab Staff Sought Hospital Care Before COVID-19 Outbreak,"['Coronavirus', 'Wuhan Lab', 'China']",Intelligence on Sick Staff at Wuhan Lab Fuels Debate on Covid-19 Origin,Wall Street Journal (News),"Three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology became sick enough in November 2019 that they sought hospital care, according to a previously undisclosed U.S. intelligence report that could add weight to growing calls for a fuller probe of whether the Covid-19 virus may have escaped from the laboratory.
The details of the reporting go beyond a State Department fact sheet, issued during the final days of the Trump administration, which said that several researchers at the lab, a center for the study of coronaviruses and other pathogens, became sick in autumn 2019...",center
16454,Wuhan Lab Staff Sought Hospital Care Before COVID-19 Outbreak,"['Coronavirus', 'Wuhan Lab', 'China']",New information on Wuhan researchers' illness furthers debate on pandemic origins,CNN (Online News),"A US intelligence report found that several researchers at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology fell ill in November 2019 and had to be hospitalized, a new detail about the severity of their symptoms that could fuel further debate about the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, according to two people briefed on the intelligence.
A State Department fact sheet released by the Trump administration in January said that the researchers had gotten sick in autumn 2019 but did not go as far as to say they had been hospitalized. China reported to the World Health Organization that...",left
16455,Wuhan Lab Staff Sought Hospital Care Before COVID-19 Outbreak,"['Coronavirus', 'Wuhan Lab', 'China']",Researchers hospitalized at Wuhan lab in 2019: Report,Washington Examiner,"Three researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were hospitalized in November 2019, according to a previously undisclosed U.S. intelligence report.
The report goes beyond a State Department fact sheet issued during the final days of former President Donald Trump's administration, which said the staffers became sick in autumn 2019 ""with symptoms consistent with both COVID-19 and common seasonal illness,"" the Wall Street Journal reported.
Intelligence officials differed on the degree of evidence supporting the report's credibility, with one unidentified official telling the outlet the claims required further substantiation while another described the...",right
16456,When Will Emails Be Released,['Politics'],State Department Proposes January Release of Hillary Clinton Emails,New York Times (News),"More than 50,000 pages of emails from Hillary Rodham Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state might not be made public until early 2016, according to a State Department court filing on Monday.
In response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed this year, the State Department said that reviewing 55,000 pages of exchanges from Mrs. Clinton’s private email account would be labor-intensive and time-consuming.",left
16457,When Will Emails Be Released,['Politics'],Court Documents Reveal Date State Dept. Intends to Make Clinton Emails Public — and It’s Not in 2015,The Blaze,"Court documents obtained by news website Monday night reveal that approximately 55,000 pages of Hillary Clinton emails won’t be released by the State Department to the public in the near future.
According to court documents obtained by Vice News in connection with a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, the agency doesn’t intend to release the electronic communications to the public until January 15, 2016.",right
16458,When Will Emails Be Released,['Politics'],Hillary Clinton on her emails: I want them released ASAP,Politico,"Hillary Clinton said she wants her emails from her time as secretary of state to be made public as soon as possible, hours after news broke that the State Department was aiming to release them in January 2016.
“Anything that they might do to expedite that process I heartily support,” she said to reporters after a roundtable in Cedar Falls, Iowa. “I want the American people to learn as much as they can about the work I did with ou",left
16459,Newspapers Voice Concerns Over Tariffs on Canadian Newsprint,['Trade'],Trump Administration Moves Ahead With Tariffs on Canadian Newsprint,New York Times (News),"The Commerce Department said on Thursday that it would proceed with tariffs on Canadian newsprint, a blow to an already-struggling American newspaper industry.",left
16460,Newspapers Voice Concerns Over Tariffs on Canadian Newsprint,['Trade'],Paper blames newsprint tariffs for dropping Sunday comics,Associated Press,Residents in a North Carolina town hoping to read “Rex Morgan M.D.” with Sunday coffee are in for a rude awakening. And a newspaper says it’s all President Donald Trump’s fault.,left
16461,Newspapers Voice Concerns Over Tariffs on Canadian Newsprint,['Trade'],Publishers push for full repeal of Canadian newsprint tariffs,New York Post (News),The Commerce Department said it was rolling back the tariff it is imposing on newsprint imported from Canada by as much as a third.,right
16462,Iran Abandons Nuclear Deal After Soleimani Killing,"['Donald Trump', 'Qasem Soleimani', 'Iraq', 'Iran', 'Middle East', 'Drone Strike', 'Nuclear Deal', 'US Military', 'Uranium Enrichment', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']",Iran rolls back nuclear deal commitments,BBC News,"Iran has declared it will no longer abide by any of the restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal.
In a statement it said it would no longer observe limitations on its capacity for enrichment, the level of enrichment, the stock of enriched material, or research and development.
The statement came after a meeting of the Iranian cabinet in Tehran.",center
16463,Iran Abandons Nuclear Deal After Soleimani Killing,"['Donald Trump', 'Qasem Soleimani', 'Iraq', 'Iran', 'Middle East', 'Drone Strike', 'Nuclear Deal', 'US Military', 'Uranium Enrichment', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']",Iran pulling out of nuclear deal commitment after U.S. strike that killed Soleimani,NBC News (Online),"Iran said Sunday that it was ending its commitment to limit enrichment of uranium as part of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, more fallout from the U.S. strike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the deal last May, renewing tensions between the two countries that reached new heights after Friday’s air strike.",left
16464,Iran Abandons Nuclear Deal After Soleimani Killing,"['Donald Trump', 'Qasem Soleimani', 'Iraq', 'Iran', 'Middle East', 'Drone Strike', 'Nuclear Deal', 'US Military', 'Uranium Enrichment', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']",Iran to abandon nuclear deal and step up uranium enrichment,Washington Examiner,"Iran announced it would no longer abide by any limits on its enrichment of uranium in what could be the final blow to the country's 2015 nuclear deal.
According to Iranian state TV, the Iranian government said Sunday that the country would not comply with any elements of the unraveling 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, which was negotiated by the Obama administration. The announcement, which came after President Trump ordered the killing of top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Thursday, raised concerns that the nation will move toward creating...",right
16465,Where Do US COVID-19 Restrictions Stand?,"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Mask Mandates', 'Public Health']",Airlines that dropped mask requirements are now suffering staff shortages due to COVID-19,CBS News (Online),"Overseas airlines are having to cancel hundreds of flights as they grapple with coronavirus-related staffing shortages weeks after they ditched rules requiring passengers and staff to mask up in the air.  
The disruptions also come as the CEOs of leading U.S. airlines urge the Biden administration to roll back a federal rule requiring that masks be worn in the sky. 
Masks have not been required on flights operated by budget-friendly, Swiss airline EasyJet since March 27, the airline said in a statement. The move came after the UK removed all travel restrictions earlier in March. 
""This...",left
16466,Where Do US COVID-19 Restrictions Stand?,"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Mask Mandates', 'Public Health']",List of Coronavirus-Related Restrictions in Every State,AARP,"For two years, governors and health departments across the country have issued orders and recommendations on the status of schools, businesses and public services in response to the coronavirus pandemic. As the delta and omicron variants spread, some states, cities and counties reinstated mandates they had previously lifted. With the omicron wave subsiding, many of those mandates are ending.
President Joe Biden signed an executive order that requires all federal executive branch employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Some states have adopted vaccine mandates that apply to state employees and health care workers....",center
16467,Where Do US COVID-19 Restrictions Stand?,"['Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Mask Mandates', 'Public Health']",Congressional Republicans Move To Abolish All COVID Restrictions,Washington Free Beacon,"Congressional Republicans are spearheading legislation that will officially mark the end of coronavirus restrictions in America by prohibiting all federally funded entities from imposing mask mandates and requiring proof of vaccination, according to a copy of the bill obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
The America Reopens Act—introduced on Thursday by Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R., Fla) and three other Florida Republicans—would halt all federal-level COVID restrictions, including the transportation mask mandate, such as those in effect for air travel. Any entity that receives federal funding would also be prohibited from requiring proof...",right
16468,Biden Waives Executive Privilege on Some Jan. 6 Documents,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6', 'US House', 'Steve Bannon', 'Mark Meadows', 'Politics']",The White House authorizes the National Archives to share documents with Jan. 6 panel,NPR (Online News),"The White House is authorizing the National Archives to share a set of documents with the Democratic-led House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday.
Former President Donald Trump has said he plans to fight subpoenas from the panel for four former officials in his administration by using executive privilege, which is a right traditionally asserted by a White House to keep deliberations confidential.",left
16469,Biden Waives Executive Privilege on Some Jan. 6 Documents,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6', 'US House', 'Steve Bannon', 'Mark Meadows', 'Politics']",Biden rejects Trump’s request to withhold documents from House committee investigating Jan. 6 attack,Washington Post,"President Biden rejected former president Donald Trump’s request to block documents from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, the White House said on Friday, likely setting up a legal and political battle.
Trump has claimed executive privilege in seeking to evade the committee’s demands for details about Trump and his aides’ activities during the Jan. 6 attack. But in the letter to the National Archives and Records Administration, the White House said Biden “determined that an assertion of executive privilege is not in the best interests...",left
16470,Biden Waives Executive Privilege on Some Jan. 6 Documents,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6', 'US House', 'Steve Bannon', 'Mark Meadows', 'Politics']",White House: Biden waives executive privilege on Jan. 6 documents,Washington Examiner,"The White House confirmed that President Joe Biden has waived executive privilege on an initial set of documents produced at the request of the Jan. 6 committee.
“The president has determined an assertion of executive privilege isn’t warranted for the first set of documents from the Trump White House that have been provided to us by the National Archives,” press secretary Jen Psaki said on Friday.",right
16471,Report: Justice Department Investigating Trump’s Actions in Jan. 6 'Criminal Probe',"['2020 Election', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Investigations', 'Justice Department', 'Washington Post']",Justice Dept. investigating Trump’s actions in Jan. 6 criminal probe,Washington Post,"The Justice Department is investigating President Donald Trump’s actions as part of its criminal probe of efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, according to four people familiar with the matter.
Prosecutors who are questioning witnesses before a grand jury — including two top aides to Vice President Mike Pence — have asked in recent days about conversations with Trump, his lawyers, and others in his inner circle who sought to substitute Trump allies for certified electors from some states Joe Biden won, according to two people familiar with the matter....",left
16472,Report: Justice Department Investigating Trump’s Actions in Jan. 6 'Criminal Probe',"['2020 Election', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Investigations', 'Justice Department', 'Washington Post']",Biden DOJ has opened a criminal investigation into Trump for Jan 6 actions,The Post Millennial,"In the Biden administration's latest attempt to prevent former President Donald Trump from taking another run at the presidency, the Department of Justice is now investigating Trump's conversations and phone records surrounding his claim that the 2020 election should have gone in his favor, as part of a criminal probe. This is separate from the January 6 Committee's efforts.
Witnesses who are being questioned before a grand jury, including aides to former Vice President Mike Pence, have been asked about conversations and communications between then-President Trump and those close to him who were investigating...",right
16473,Report: Justice Department Investigating Trump’s Actions in Jan. 6 'Criminal Probe',"['2020 Election', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Investigations', 'Justice Department', 'Washington Post']",Feds reportedly investigating Trump’s actions in Jan. 6 criminal probe,MarketWatch,"Former President Donald Trump’s actions in trying to overturn the 2020 election are being investigated as part of a criminal probe by the Justice Department, the Washington Post reported late Tuesday.
Citing four sources familiar with the matter, the Post reported that prosecutors have questioned multiple witnesses in recent days in front of a grand jury, asking detailed questions about Trump’s meetings in December 2020 and January 2021 and instructions he gave his attorneys and advisers about fake electors.
The Post also reported Justice Department investigators have obtained phone records from Trump’s...",center
16474,Attempted Coup in Turkey Fails,['World'],Obama Opposes Turkey’s anti-Islamist Coup,Breitbart News,President Barack Obama is speaking out against the military coup that is now seeking to overthrow Turkey’s elected Islamist government.,right
16475,Attempted Coup in Turkey Fails,['World'],Why the attempted coup in Turkey matters to the U.S.,USA TODAY,"Political instability in Turkey, a NATO member and critical U.S. partner in the fight against terrorism, could pose a setback for the U.S.-led campaign against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
A coup attempt in Turkey was crushed and the ""government is in control,"" President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday. About 200 people were killed and hundreds more arrested",left
16476,Attempted Coup in Turkey Fails,['World'],"Turkey’s coup, explained in under 500 words",Vox,"On Friday afternoon, an as-yet unidentified faction of the Turkish military launched a coup attempt aimed at toppling President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government.
The coup leaders, claiming to speak for the entire Turkish Armed Forces, said they’d done so in the name of protecting democracy — despite the fact that Erdogan and his party were democratically elected.",left
16477,"Pence Accuses Nike, NBA of Pandering to China","['NBA', 'Nike', 'Mike Pence', 'Democracy', 'Oppression', 'Hong Kong', 'China']","Pence calls Nike, NBA’s position on China ‘un-American’",Roll Call,"Vice President Mike Pence called out Nike and the NBA, criticizing them and other American businesses operating in China for “muzzling not only criticism” of the Chinese government but even muting their “affirmative expression of American values.”
Citing reports that Nike stores in China removed Houston Rockets’ merchandise from their stores, the vice president said that while the company “promotes itself as a social justice champion,” they “check their social conscious at the door” when it comes to Hong Kong.
He then turned his attention to the NBA’s feud with...",center
16478,"Pence Accuses Nike, NBA of Pandering to China","['NBA', 'Nike', 'Mike Pence', 'Democracy', 'Oppression', 'Hong Kong', 'China']",Pence blasts Nike over Hong Kong stance—says it checked ‘social conscience at the door’,MarketWatch,"Vice President Mike Pence offered a withering critique of Nike and the National Basketball Association in a Thursday speech, saying the sports apparel giant and pro-basketball league caved to Beijing pressure over comments made earlier this month by one of its officials in support of Hong Kong protesters.
Speaking in Washington, Pence ripped Nike Inc. NKE, +0.05% for pulling Houston Rockets merchandise from its China stores after the general manager of the team, Daryl Morey, voiced support, in a now-deleted tweet, for the freedom of expression of antigovernment protesters in...",center
16479,"Pence Accuses Nike, NBA of Pandering to China","['NBA', 'Nike', 'Mike Pence', 'Democracy', 'Oppression', 'Hong Kong', 'China']",Pence Says N.B.A. and Nike Left ‘Conscience at the Door’ Over China,New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday criticized American companies and institutions for silencing speech that expresses support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, saying the companies should adhere to American values while doing business with China.
In a wide-ranging speech on the Trump administration’s China policy, Mr. Pence accused the N.B.A. and Nike of checking their “conscience at the door” when it comes to China.
The N.B.A. this month came under widespread criticism, including from American lawmakers in both parties, when it initially sided with a Chinese government...",left
16480,Do US CEOs Foresee an Economic Recession?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Recession', 'Inflation', 'CEOs', 'Business', 'Banking And Finance']",‘Plan for the Worst’: CEO Confidence Wanes as Corporate America Prepares for Recession,The Epoch Times,"CEO confidence in the U.S. economy is waning as survey results and comments from top executives suggest a dim outlook.
The Conference Board’s second-quarter measurement of CEO sentiment revealed that 57 percent anticipate the economy to go through a “very short, mild recession.” This represented the fourth consecutive quarter of declining expectations.
According to the business research group’s regular survey, 61 percent of CEOs noted that general economic conditions were worse compared to six months ago, while 37 percent stated that conditions in their own industries were worse.
“CEO confidence weakened further in the...",right
16481,Do US CEOs Foresee an Economic Recession?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Recession', 'Inflation', 'CEOs', 'Business', 'Banking And Finance']",Dimon says brace for U.S. economic 'hurricane' due to inflation,Reuters,"Jamie Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) described the challenges facing the U.S. economy akin to an ""hurricane"" down the road and urged the Federal Reserve to take forceful measures to avoid tipping the world's biggest economy into a recession.
Dimon's comments come a day after President Joe Biden met with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to discuss inflation, which is hovering at 40-year highs.
""It's a hurricane,"" Dimon told a banking conference, adding that the current situation is unprecedented. ""Right now, it's kind of sunny, things...",center
16482,Do US CEOs Foresee an Economic Recession?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Recession', 'Inflation', 'CEOs', 'Business', 'Banking And Finance']",How Jamie Dimon's 'hurricane' warning compares to what other big-time CEOs are saying,Yahoo News,"JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon sent shockwaves through markets and C-suites on Wednesday in a free-wheeling interview at an investment banking conference.
Speaking at a conference sponsored by AllianceBernstein Holdings, Dimon said that the U.S. economy is facing a ""hurricane"" as the Federal Reserve continues its process of normalizing interest rates.
""Right now, it's kind of sunny, things are doing fine,"" Dimon told the conference. ""Everyone thinks the Fed can handle this. That hurricane is right out there down the road, coming our way. We just don't know if it's a minor...",left
16483,"World Health Organization Forecasts End of Pandemic, Encourages Continued Action","['Coronavirus', 'COVID-19', 'World Health Organization', 'Pandemic', 'Health', 'Public Health']",End of COVID pandemic is 'in sight' -WHO chief,Reuters,"The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, his most optimistic outlook yet on the years-long health crisis which has killed over six million people.
""We are not there yet. But the end is in sight,"" WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at a virtual press conference.
That was the most upbeat assessment from the UN agency since it declared an international emergency in January 2020 and started describing COVID-19 as a pandemic...",center
16484,"World Health Organization Forecasts End of Pandemic, Encourages Continued Action","['Coronavirus', 'COVID-19', 'World Health Organization', 'Pandemic', 'Health', 'Public Health']",WHO director-general says 'the end is in sight' for COVID pandemic,Fox News (Online News),"The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, urging nations to keep up their efforts against the virus that has killed over six million people.
""We are not there yet. But the end is in sight,"" WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at a virtual press conference.
The comment was the most optimistic from the UN agency since it declared COVID-19 an international emergency and started describing the virus as a pandemic in...",right
16485,"World Health Organization Forecasts End of Pandemic, Encourages Continued Action","['Coronavirus', 'COVID-19', 'World Health Organization', 'Pandemic', 'Health', 'Public Health']","End of Covid-19 pandemic is in sight, WHO director-general says, ‘so let’s seize this opportunity’",CNN (Online News),"The world has never been in a better position to end the Covid-19 pandemic, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, said in a news briefing in Geneva on Wednesday.
“Last week, the number of weekly reported deaths from Covid-19 was the lowest since March 2020,” he said. “We have never been in a better position to end the pandemic. We’re not there yet, but the end is in sight.
“A marathon runner does not stop when the finish line comes into view; she runs harder with all...",left
16486,"Election Day 2022: Info About Voting, Races to Watch, and More","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'US House', '2022 Gubernatorial Races']",8 Races to Watch on Midterm Election Day 2022,The Daily Signal,"It’s Election Day once again in the U.S. As millions of Americans head to the polls, here are eight races to watch throughout the day.
1. Michigan Governor Race: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vs. Tudor Dixon 
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, is facing Republican challenger Tudor Dixon in Tuesday’s gubernatorial election. 
Whitmer won the governorship in 2018 after defeating Republican state Attorney General Bill Schuette with 53.3% of the vote, CNN reported.  
“Inspired by her family, she’s devoted her life to public service, governed through unprecedented, colliding crises, and remains focused on working...",right
16487,"Election Day 2022: Info About Voting, Races to Watch, and More","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'US House', '2022 Gubernatorial Races']",Early bellwethers: Key races to watch once polls close on election night,NBC News (Online),"The 2022 midterms are shaping up to culminate in an unpredictable election night, with recent surveys showing close fights in a host of key races that will determine which party controls Congress.
A few points in either direction, within the margin of error in many polls, could be the difference between Democrats overperforming to hold at least one chamber for the next two years — or Republicans running the table with commanding victories.
In the 50-50 Senate, Republicans need a net gain of just one seat to capture the majority....",left
16488,"Election Day 2022: Info About Voting, Races to Watch, and More","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'US Senate', 'US House', '2022 Gubernatorial Races']",Election Resource Center,AllSides,"See what's on your ballot, find your polling place, confirm valid forms of ID, and get more need-to-know information for Election Day 2022.",center
16489,"White House Ceremony Remembers 500,000 Lives Lost to COVID-19 In US","['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'White House', 'Joe Biden']","President Biden Delivers Emotional Remembrance Of 500,000 COVID-19 Victims",NPR (Online News),"President Biden and Vice President Harris acknowledged a grim milestone Monday: the deaths of more than 500,000 Americans from COVID-19.
Biden and Harris, along with first lady Jill Biden and second gentleman Doug Emhoff, emerged from the White House at sundown. They stood at the foot of the South Portico, covered in 500 candles honoring the dead, and listened to a Marine Corps band play ""Amazing Grace"" as they held a moment of silence.
Before the brief ceremony, Biden spoke, emotionally and somberly, from the White House. As he often...",left
16490,"White House Ceremony Remembers 500,000 Lives Lost to COVID-19 In US","['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'White House', 'Joe Biden']","Biden marks 500,000 COVID deaths, vows ‘nation will smile again’",New York Post (News),"President Biden on Monday held a moment of silence for the 500,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19 after the US passed what he called the “truly grim, heartbreaking milestone.”
His address was largely aimed at the families that have suffered loss in his 6 p.m. televised speech from the White House. Afterward he hosted a candlelit outdoor commemoration with first lady Jill, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff.
“500,071 dead. That’s more Americans who have died in one year in this pandemic than in World War...",right
16491,"White House Ceremony Remembers 500,000 Lives Lost to COVID-19 In US","['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'White House', 'Joe Biden']","Biden commemorates 500,000 U.S. lives lost to COVID-19",CBS News (Online),"Hours after the U.S. crossed the threshold of 500,000 deaths from COVID-19, President Biden commemorated the lives lost over the past year on Monday night. No other country has lost more lives to the yearlong pandemic than the U.S.
""Today, we mark a truly grim, heartbreaking milestone,"" he said in a brief speech at the White House. ""500,071 dead. That's more Americans who died in one year in this pandemic than in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War combined.""
Remembrance, Mr. Biden said, is an important...",left
16492,Trump Nixes Plan for GOP Convention in Jacksonville,"['Jacksonville', 'Florida', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Elections']",Trump Cancels Republican National Convention in Jacksonville Citing Coronavirus Concerns,National Review,"The Republican National Convention will no longer hold events in Jacksonville, Fla., President Trump said Thursday, citing a coronavirus “flare-up” in the city.
“I looked at my team and I said the timing for this event is not right,” he said Thursday during a White House coronavirus briefing. “With what’s happened recently, the flare-up in Florida, to have a big convention, it’s not the right time.”
Delegates will still meet in Charlotte, North Carolina as planned, Trump said, but events in Jacksonville, including his nomination acceptance speech, will no longer...",right
16493,Trump Nixes Plan for GOP Convention in Jacksonville,"['Jacksonville', 'Florida', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Elections']",The seeming inevitability of Trump’s backtrack on his Jacksonville convention events,Washington Post,"It was the sort of short-term outlook that has been a centerpiece of President Trump’s approach to the coronavirus.
The long-planned convention in Charlotte would be scaled downward, the Trump campaign announced June 11, in favor of holding a more boisterous speech from the president in the city of Jacksonville. The reason for the change was explicit: Charlotte’s mayor was mandating procedures aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus. Those procedures meant masks and physically separated convention attendees. Trump, who wanted a loud crowd there to cheer him on,...",left
16494,Trump Nixes Plan for GOP Convention in Jacksonville,"['Jacksonville', 'Florida', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Elections']",President Trump Cancels Jacksonville Component Of Republican National Convention,NPR (Online News),"The Jacksonville, Fla., component of the Republican National Convention has been canceled, President Trump announced on Thursday, as cases of the coronavirus continue to spike across that state.
""I looked at my team and I said the timing for this event is not right. It's just not right with what's been happening,"" Trump said at the daily coronavirus briefing.
""They said 'Sir, we can make this work very easily.' ... I said there's nothing more important in our country than keeping our people safe, whether it's from the China virus...",left
16495,Canada Legalizes Recreational Marijuana,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']","Canada Legalizes Recreational Marijuana, and a National Experiment Begins",New York Times (News),"Canada on Wednesday became the first major world economy to legalize recreational marijuana, beginning a national experiment that will alter the country’s social, cultural and economic fabric, and",left
16496,Canada Legalizes Recreational Marijuana,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",Sober start as recreational marijuana becomes legal in Canada,Reuters,"Canada became the first industrialized nation to legalize recreational cannabis on Wednesday, but a lawful buzz will be hard to come by in its biggest cities like Toronto and Vancouver, where stores are not yet open.",center
16497,Canada Legalizes Recreational Marijuana,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",Canadians linked to newly legal pot industry could be barred from US,Washington Examiner,"More than 100 recreational marijuana stores will open across Canada this week, bringing opportunities for international business and tourism — and creating potential conflict with U.S. authorities as money and people flow across the border.",right
16498,Hispanic Voters,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Presidential Candidates Set Their Sights On Colorado's Latinos,NPR (Online News),"The presidential race has become much tighter in recent days, and in Colorado, a recent poll puts Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in the lead.
Colorado is one of several swing states where campaign efforts will be concentrated in these past few weeks before the election. Of those efforts, actually getting people to the polls will be one of the most important.
In Colorado, bo",left
16499,Hispanic Voters,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama campaign claims lead on early vote indicators,Washington Times,"Led by a surge in Hispanic voters, President Obamas campaign said Thursday Democrats are leading the party registration battle in nearly every battleground state this fall as they try to combat disillusionment among Democrats following last weeks debate with GOP nominee Mitt Romney.
The Obama campaign also said that with the exception of Colorado, Democrats are doing better this year versus 2008 in every battleground state that allows voting by mail.
“At this point in 2008, Republicans had an absentee ballot request advantage of 259,000 ballot requests in...",right
16500,Hispanic Voters,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Arizona Latinos Prefer Barack Obama, Richard Carmona",HuffPost,"Mitt Romney has a problem with Latino voters nationwide, but things look particularly bleak for him in Arizona.
A poll posted Wednesday by Latino Decisions found 80 percent of Latino voters in Arizona prefer President Barack Obama to Romney -- eight points higher than the percentage of Latinos nationwide who support the president in other surveys from the firm.
There's bad news in the poll for down-ticket GOP candidates as well. Three-quarters of Latino vo",left
16501,Rubio on Immigration,['Immigration'],Rubio outlines immigration bill 'musts',CNN (Online News),"A bipartisan bill revamping Americas immigration system, set to be unveiled later this week, will contain three policy steps that must be taken before undocumented workers currently in the United States are allowed to apply for legal status, one of the measures architects said Sunday.",left
16502,Rubio on Immigration,['Immigration'],"Rubio says immigration plan not amnesty, amid increasing conservative criticism",Fox News (Online News),Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio dismissed arguments Sunday that the Senate immigration bill offers amnesty for illegal immigrants and said border security is not the only key issue -- amid increasing pressure from fellow conservatives and an immigration enforcement union.,right
16503,Rubio on Immigration,['Immigration'],"On immigration, Marco Rubio is everywhere",Politico,Sen. Marco Rubio on Sunday began his public campaign to win over conservative support for overhauling the nationrsquos immigration laws appearing on a record-setting seven network news programs. Rubio offered a finely calibrated pitch designed to alleviate conservative concerns about reform. He pushed back against claims that a pathway to citizenship...,left
16504,Judge Blocks Trump's Transgender Health Rule Hours Before It Was to Go Into Effect,"['LGBT Rights', 'Trans Rights', 'Federal Courts', 'Donald Trump', 'Public Health']",Trump rule on transgender health blocked at the 11th hour,Associated Press,"A federal judge blocked the Trump administration on Monday from enforcing a new regulation that would roll back health care protections for transgender people.
Finalized days after the Supreme Court barred sex discrimination against LGBT individuals on the job, the regulation from the federal Department of Health and Human Services was to have taken effect Tuesday.
Monday’s preliminary injunction from U.S. District Court Judge Frederic Block in Brooklyn bars the administration from enforcing the regulation until the case can be heard in court and decided. Block indicated he thought the...",left
16505,Judge Blocks Trump's Transgender Health Rule Hours Before It Was to Go Into Effect,"['LGBT Rights', 'Trans Rights', 'Federal Courts', 'Donald Trump', 'Public Health']",Judge blocks Trump admin's anti-transgender health rule just hours before it was to go into effect,Daily Kos,"The Trump administration’s regulation that would have eliminated protections for transgender people from Obamacare has been blocked for now by a federal judge, just hours before it was set to go into effect. NBC News reports the judge “indicated he thought the Trump administration’s so-called transgender rule is invalid in light of the Supreme Court ruling in June on a case involving similar issues in the context of job discrimination.”
“When the Supreme Court announces a major decision, it seems a sensible thing to pause and reflect on the decision’s...",left
16506,Judge Blocks Trump's Transgender Health Rule Hours Before It Was to Go Into Effect,"['LGBT Rights', 'Trans Rights', 'Federal Courts', 'Donald Trump', 'Public Health']",Federal courts side with transgender people in health care and sports disputes,Washington Times,"Transgender people saw two major breaks in federal court cases Monday over health care access and the ability to play in women’s sports.
A federal court in New York halted the Trump administration’s move to roll back health care protections under the Affordable Care Act for transgender people, while another federal court in Idaho issued an injunction against a state law banning transgender women from women’s sports.
The health-care-related injunction issued by Judge Frederic Block, a Clinton appointee, reasoned President Trump’s administration couldn’t change part of the Affordable Care Act...",right
16507,US Senate Nears Budget Agreement,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate nears two-year deal on spending,The Hill,Senate leaders on Tuesday said they are close to a two-year budget deal that could avert a government shutdown and set up a debate on immigration reform next week.,center
16508,US Senate Nears Budget Agreement,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Shutdown Less Likely as Senate Closes in on Budget Agreement,CBN,"Buoyed by the sudden likelihood of a budget pact, lawmakers are on track avoid a repeat of last month’s government shutdown — though President Donald Trump unexpectedly raised the possibility of closing things down again if he can’t have his way on immigration.",right
16509,US Senate Nears Budget Agreement,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate leaders see two-year budget deal within their grasp,Washington Post,Top Senate leaders were working Tuesday to finalize a sweeping long-term budget deal that would include a defense spending boost President Trump has long demanded alongside an increase in domestic programs championed by Democrats.,left
16510,Trump Reaction to Charlottesville,['Polarization'],Trump Pressed to Disavow White-Nationalist Groups After Virginia Attack,Wall Street Journal (News),Charlottesville violence shines a light on groups that have backed the president.,center
16511,Trump Reaction to Charlottesville,['Polarization'],"Trump Now Explicitly Condemns Extremist, White Supremacist, Neo-Nazi Groups At Charlottesville",The Daily Caller,"A White House spokesman stated Sunday that President Donald Trump explicitly condemns all extremist groups, including white supremacists and neo-Nazis.",right
16512,Trump Reaction to Charlottesville,['Polarization'],OPINION: The Hate He Dares Not Speak Of,New York Times (News),"Let’s discard the fiction that President Trump wasn’t placating white supremacists by responding so weakly to the neo-Nazi violence that killed Heather Heyer, a 32-year-old counterdemonstrator in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday. The neo-Nazis heard his message loud and clear.",left
16513,Executive Actions on VA,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",Obama Promises 'Culture of Accountability' at VA Hospitals,Newsmax (News),"His standing with veterans damaged by scandal, President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended his administration's response to Veterans Affairs lapses that delayed health care for thousands of former service members, but conceded more needed to be done to regain their trust.
His appearance also had deep political overtones in a state where the Democratic senator, Kay Hagan, is facing a difficult re-election and has sought to distance herself from Obama's policies, declaring as recently as Friday that his administration had not ""done enough to earn the lasting trust of our...",right
16514,Executive Actions on VA,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",Obama rolls out executive actions on VA,MSNBC,"President Barack Obama announced a handful of new executive actions on Tuesday, aiming to better the mental health care and economic livelihood of military veterans.
The actions are intended to help give veterans “quality health care,” and “every opportunity to pursue the American Dream,” while improving the VA, a White House fact sheet said. The orders will expand on a bill Congress passed earlier this month, allocating $16.3 billion to overhaul the VA.",left
16515,Executive Actions on VA,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",Report: VA scandal probe targets potential obstruction of justice,USA TODAY,"The Justice Department and the FBI are investigating allegations of obstruction of justice at dozens of VA hospitals across the country, according to a long-awaited report released Tuesday.
The report by the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General said 93 VA healthcare sites across the country are being investigated in connection with falsifying scheduling records that led to delay of veterans' health care and ""attempting to obstruct OIG (Office of Inspector General) and other investigative efforts."" The Justice Department and FBI are involved in the probe, the report...",left
16516,Remembering our Servicemen and Women,"['National Defense', 'Defense And Security']","In Ohio, signs of soldiers' sacrifice",CNN (Online News),Bob Greene says the state memorializes its fallen by putting their names on highway signs near their hometowns.,left
16517,Remembering our Servicemen and Women,"['National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",America's female soldiers: Bravely serving and dying in the line of duty,Fox News (Online News),"Brittany Gordon was 24 when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest under his intelligence uniform in Afghanistan's Kandahar providence, making Gordon one of a growing number of women to join the ranks of fallen U.S. service members who gave their lives fighting for America.",right
16518,Remembering our Servicemen and Women,"['National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",The debt we owe our servicemen and women,Washington Post,Remembering the debt we owe our servicemen and women.,left
16519,Government Shutdown Looms,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Ted Cruz doubles down on threat to defund Obamacare, proposes alternatives",Washington Times,"Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday doubled down on his call to arms in “defunding Obamacare,” even if Senate Democrats are highly unlikely to approve any short-term spending deal this September that impugns President Obama’s signature domestic achievement.
Mr. Cruz, Texas Republican, said that if the GOP-controlled House could pass a continuing resolution that strips the Affordable Care Act of funding this September, a “grass-roots tsunami” of opposition to the health care law could force the Senate to relent.",right
16520,Government Shutdown Looms,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Cruz: Not enough votes now for Obamacare shutdown threat,CNN (Online News),"Sen. Ted Cruz, who has crafted a plan to put the government's finances on the line if President Barack Obama's health care plan isn't stripped of its funding, said in an interview this week there aren't enough Republicans on board currently to make his idea a reality.
""We do not have the votes right now,"" Cruz said, noting that to succeed, he'd need 41 senators or 218 representatives to get behind his legislation - which would provide a year of funding for the federal government, minus Obamacare.",left
16521,Government Shutdown Looms,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Government Shutdown Looms As Obama, Congressional Leaders Aim For Budget Deal",HuffPost,Congressional Republican leaders and the Obama administration are trying to cut a deal that avoids a government shutdown in October while facing what could be an even bigger fight over the nation's debt ceiling in the rest of the year.,left
16522,Prominent Democrats Join Republicans in Opposition to COVID-19 Lockdowns,"['Coronavirus', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Bridging Divides', 'Omicron Variant', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Schools', '2022 Elections', 'Politics']","Amid Omicron Wave, Some Democrats Change Tune On Mandates And Lockdowns",The Daily Caller,"Democratic solidarity on COVID-19 policy is beginning to break.
President Joe Biden laid out his administration’s response to the Omicron variant last week as new cases surge in many parts of the country and some Americans panic about an uncertain future. But unlike during previous waves, more and more Democrats are saying no to new lockdowns and mandates to stop the spread.
New York has been one of the most restrictive states in the country at various points in the pandemic, but Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul appears to be drawing...",right
16523,Prominent Democrats Join Republicans in Opposition to COVID-19 Lockdowns,"['Coronavirus', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Bridging Divides', 'Omicron Variant', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Schools', '2022 Elections', 'Politics']",Omicron is surging — and Democrats aren’t shutting things down this time,Politico,"Democrats have a message for Omicron-flooded America: get vaxxed and carry on.
From New York to California, Democratic mayors and governors are fighting to keep schools and businesses open with an urgency they haven’t flexed before in the pandemic.
In Chicago, where a teachers union dispute has shuttered the nation’s third-largest school system, Mayor Lori Lightfoot blasted educators for not reporting to their classrooms — and got the tacit support of the White House.
“Enough is enough. We are standing firm,” Lightfoot told Chicago residents last week.
In California, Gov....",left
16524,Prominent Democrats Join Republicans in Opposition to COVID-19 Lockdowns,"['Coronavirus', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Bridging Divides', 'Omicron Variant', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Schools', '2022 Elections', 'Politics']","In omicron outbreak, US governors lose appetite for mandates",Associated Press,"Governors took sweeping actions during earlier surges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many closed schools and ordered businesses shut down. They issued mask mandates, vaccine requirements and even quarantines in some places for people who had traveled to out-of-state hot spots.
Not this time, even as the exponential spread of the super-contagious omicron variant shatters COVID-19 infection records. While governors are sending help to hospitals, they are displaying little appetite for widespread public orders or shutdowns.
Even Democratic governors who passed strict mandates early on are now relying more on persuasion than...",left
16525,Sen. Chuck Grassley Refers Michael Avenatti and Julie Swetnick to DOJ for Criminal Probe,['Supreme Court'],Chuck Grassley Suddenly Concerned About People Lying to Congress,Splinter,Republican Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley has requested that Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Director Chris Wray open an investigation into attorney Michael Avenatti and,left
16526,Sen. Chuck Grassley Refers Michael Avenatti and Julie Swetnick to DOJ for Criminal Probe,['Supreme Court'],"Senate Judiciary Refers Swetnick, Avenatti for Criminal Investigation into False Kavanaugh Allegations",National Review,"Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley on Thursday referred attorney Michael Avenatti and his client, Julie Swetnick, to the Justice Department for criminal investigation in response",right
16527,Sen. Chuck Grassley Refers Michael Avenatti and Julie Swetnick to DOJ for Criminal Probe,['Supreme Court'],"Grassley Refers Avenatti, Kavanaugh Accuser for Criminal Probe",Wall Street Journal (News),"Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) on Thursday referred attorney Michael Avenatti and one of his clients to the Justice Department for criminal investigation for",center
16528,"Al Franken Accused of Sexual Assault, Will Undergo Ethics Probe","['US Senate', 'Politics']","Suddenly, Taking Sexual Harassment Seriously Could Cost an Incumbent Democrat",National Review,"Yesterday I wrote that long-delayed reckonings about the harassment and potential crimes of Bill Clinton and Ted Kennedy are welcome, but they are arriving at a distinctly convenient time for the Democratic party.",right
16529,"Al Franken Accused of Sexual Assault, Will Undergo Ethics Probe","['US Senate', 'Politics']",Al Franken apologizes after accusations he kissed and groped broadcaster Leeann Tweeden without her consent,USA TODAY,Sen. Al Franken apologized to the TV host and sportscaster who accused the Minnesota Democrat of kissing and groping her without her consent – and promised to cooperate with any investigation into the 2006 incident.,left
16530,"Al Franken Accused of Sexual Assault, Will Undergo Ethics Probe","['US Senate', 'Politics']",Sen. Al Franken Says He'll Cooperate With Investigation Into Allegations He Groped A Woman Without Her Consent,BuzzFeed News,"Leeann Tweeden claims that Franken forcibly kissed her, and later groped her while she was sleeping.",left
16531,Iranian President-elect Rejects Meeting with Biden but Supports Nuclear Talks,"['Middle East', 'Iran', 'Ebrahim Raisi', 'Joe Biden', 'Nuclear Weapons']","President-elect Raisi backs nuclear talks, rules out meeting Biden",Reuters,"President-elect Ebrahim Raisi on Monday backed talks between Iran and six world powers to revive a 2015 nuclear deal but flatly rejected meeting U.S. President Joe Biden, even if Washington removed all sanctions.
In his first news conference since he was elected on Friday, the hardline cleric said his foreign policy priority would be improving ties with Iran's Gulf Arab neighbours, while calling on Iran's regional rival Saudi Arabia to immediately halt its intervention in Yemen.
Raisi, 60, a strident critic of the West, will take over from pragmatist Hassan...",center
16532,Iranian President-elect Rejects Meeting with Biden but Supports Nuclear Talks,"['Middle East', 'Iran', 'Ebrahim Raisi', 'Joe Biden', 'Nuclear Weapons']",Iranian president-elect says he will not meet with Biden or negotiate nuclear program,Washington Examiner,"The president-elect of Iran insisted he would not meet with President Joe Biden, whose administration seeks to reinstate the nuclear agreement with the nation that was signed during the Obama administration and revoked by President Donald Trump.
Ebrahim Raisi, formerly the chief of Iran’s judiciary, said on Monday that he is unwilling to negotiate over the proliferation of his country’s nuclear weapons program, something the United States and close regional ally Israel seek to slow, and urged the U.S. to ease pressures imposed on top officials and the Iranian economy.
“The U.S. is obliged to...",right
16533,Iranian President-elect Rejects Meeting with Biden but Supports Nuclear Talks,"['Middle East', 'Iran', 'Ebrahim Raisi', 'Joe Biden', 'Nuclear Weapons']","Iran's hardline president-elect rules out meeting with Biden as nuclear talks paused for ""decision making""",CBS News (Online),"Iran's president-elect Ebrahim Raisi has wasted no time in setting out his hardline agenda. Raisi said on Monday that he would not meet with President Joe Biden even if the opportunity arose. 
At an inaugural press conference, Iran's new political leader said Washington should immediately return to the 2015 nuclear deal that former President Donald Trump walked away from and lift all sanctions against his country. Raisi also said that Iran's ballistic missile program and its backing of extremist groups across the Middle East were non-negotiable, despite demands by some in the U.S....",left
16534,China Grounds Boeing 737 Max 8 Flights,"['Boeing', 'China', 'Transportation', 'General News']",Ethiopian Airlines crash: Boeing faces safety questions over 737 Max 8 jets,The Guardian,"The aircraft manufacturer Boeing faces further questions over the safety of its 737 Max 8 jet as Ethiopian Airlines joined carriers in China and elsewhere in grounding the planes after a crash on Sunday that killed all 157 people onboard.
Ethiopian Airlines said on Monday that the cockpit voice recorder and the digital flight data recorder had both been recovered from the wreckage of flight ET302, meaning the cause of the crash could be soon determined.
The plane crashed six minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa en route to Nairobi,...",left
16535,China Grounds Boeing 737 Max 8 Flights,"['Boeing', 'China', 'Transportation', 'General News']","Chinese carriers, Ethiopian Airlines halt use of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft after crash",Reuters,"China’s aviation regulator on Monday grounded nearly 100 Boeing Co 737 MAX 8 aircraft operated by its airlines, more than a quarter of the global fleet of the jets, after a deadly crash of one of the planes in Ethiopia.
However, a U.S. official said it was unclear what information the Chinese regulator was acting on because the investigation of Sunday’s crash, the second involving the latest version of the narrowbody jet, was in the early stages.
Speaking on condition of anonymity as the topic is sensitive, the U.S. official...",center
16536,China Grounds Boeing 737 Max 8 Flights,"['Boeing', 'China', 'Transportation', 'General News']",Ethiopia Airlines crash: China grounds Boeing jets,Fox News (Online News),"China's civilian aviation authority has ordered all Chinese airlines to temporarily ground their Boeing 737 Max 8 planes after one of the aircraft crashed in Ethiopia.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China said the order is to take effect by 6 p.m. Monday.
It said the order was taken out of safety concerns because the Ethiopian crash was the second in similar circumstances since an Indonesian crash in October also killed everyone aboard.
It said further notice would be issued after consultation with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing...",right
16537,"Budget Proposes Defunding PBS, NPR",['Arts And Entertainment'],Why Are Trump and the G.O.P. So Determined to Kill PBS?,Vanity Fair,"It’s a less than wonderful kind of day for PBS, as President Trump has once again embarked on a quest to gut public-media funding.",left
16538,"Budget Proposes Defunding PBS, NPR",['Arts And Entertainment'],The Corporation for Public Broadcasting blasts White House over deep cuts to funding,The Week - News,"The White House released its 2019 budget proposal Monday, which calls for cuts to programs like Medicaid while boosting military spending and designating money for the border wall. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) would be hit especially hard, with President Trump's proposal rescinding ""all but $15 million of each [fiscal year] 2019 and FY 2020 funding for public media,"" CPB president and CEO Patricia Harrison wrote.",left
16539,"Budget Proposes Defunding PBS, NPR",['Arts And Entertainment'],"Trump proposes cutting all federal funds for NPR, PBS",Fox News (Online News),"The 2019 federal budget that the White House unveiled Monday again proposes cutting all federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funnels money to NPR and PBS -- a potential move that the CPB president quickly slammed.",right
16540,At Least 12 Dead in Virginia Beach Shooting,['Terrorism'],Death toll climbs to 12 in Virginia Beach shooting; suspect is dead,Washington Times,"Twelve people were killed and four others were injured when a gunman opened fire at the Virginia Beach, Virginia, municipal center on Friday afternoon, officials said.
Responding officers shot and killed the gunman, said Virginia Beach Police Chief James A. Cervera. One officer was injured and was expected to recover.
“He was saved by his vest,” the chief told reporters.",right
16541,At Least 12 Dead in Virginia Beach Shooting,['Terrorism'],Virginia Beach shooting: 12 killed after city worker opens fire at colleagues,BBC News,"At least 12 people were killed and several injured on Friday in a mass shooting at a government building in the US state of Virginia.
The suspect, described by officials as a disgruntled city employee in Virginia Beach, fired indiscriminately in a municipal building.",center
16542,At Least 12 Dead in Virginia Beach Shooting,['Terrorism'],Virginia Beach officials name shooting victims as investigation continues,Washington Post,"The man who shot and killed 12 people at a municipal building here Friday was identified as a 15-year employee of the city Department of Public Works and all but one of his victims were city employees, authorities announced Saturday.
DeWayne Craddock, 40, of Virginia Beach, was an engineer who served as a project manager and contact for a number of utility projects, according to posts on the Virginia Beach web site.",left
16543,Gay Marriage Ruling Fallout,['LGBT Rights'],Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Constitution Had Everything To Do With Gay Marriage Ruling,Elizabeth Warren,"Because of our Constitution, senseless discrimination cannot survive when it is brought out of the darkness
Our Constitution fiercely guards freedom and liberty, and strongly disapproves of state-sanctioned",left
16544,Gay Marriage Ruling Fallout,['LGBT Rights'],Gay Marriage Ruling Fallout: Christian Leaders React,CBN,"Christian leaders are responding with love, concern and warnings of civil disobedience in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's historical decision on marriage.",right
16545,Gay Marriage Ruling Fallout,['LGBT Rights'],The next battle over gay rights,CNN (Online News),"The battle over same-sex marriage may have drawn to a dramatic close Friday at the Supreme Court. But as several justices noted in forceful dissents, the war between religious and LGBT rights is far from over.",left
16546,World Leaders React to Russian Invasion of Ukraine,"['Russia', 'World', 'Ukraine', 'Foreign Policy', 'NATO', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Germany', 'European Union', 'China', 'India', 'Joe Biden', 'Sanctions', 'Economy And Jobs']",World leaders react to Russia’s attack on Ukraine: ‘A dark day for Europe’,Washington Post,"President Biden promised that “the world will hold Russia accountable” for what he described as an “unprovoked and unjustified attack” on Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that “Russia has vilely attacked us” and that the country was “defending itself and will not give up its freedom, as they think in Moscow. For Ukrainians, their independence and right to live on their own land freely is the highest value.”",left
16547,World Leaders React to Russian Invasion of Ukraine,"['Russia', 'World', 'Ukraine', 'Foreign Policy', 'NATO', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Germany', 'European Union', 'China', 'India', 'Joe Biden', 'Sanctions', 'Economy And Jobs']","World leaders denounce Russia's ""hideous and barbaric"" attacks on Ukraine",Axios,"World leaders swiftly condemned Russia's attacks on Ukraine and vowed to hold Vladimir Putin accountable.
Driving the news: Putin's troops on late Wednesday began moving into Ukraine, with large explosions being reported shortly after Putin announced a ""special military operation"" in Ukraine. Dozens have reportedly been killed.
What they're saying:",center
16548,World Leaders React to Russian Invasion of Ukraine,"['Russia', 'World', 'Ukraine', 'Foreign Policy', 'NATO', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Germany', 'European Union', 'China', 'India', 'Joe Biden', 'Sanctions', 'Economy And Jobs']",World leaders react to Ukraine-Russia invasion,Fox News (Online News),"Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared martial law Thursday and announced the country had severed diplomatic ties with Russia after the giant neighboring nation launched a military invasion into Ukraine.
Beijing on Thursday refused to criticize Russia's attack on Ukraine, instead calling for a diplomatic solution. China also approved the importation of Russian wheat, a move that could blunt the effects of sanctions levied on the Kremlin.
 ",right
16549,Gov Christie Keynote,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","In Keynote Speech, Christie Asks Country to Face Hard Truths",New York Times (News),"Chris Christie, the sharp-tongued governor of New Jersey, on Tuesday extolled Mitt Romney as an exceptional leader willing to speak hard truths to a nation weary of President Obama‘s policies and ready to make a much-needed change.",left
16550,Gov Christie Keynote,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Transcript: Gov. Chris Christie's Convention Speech,NPR (Online News),"This stage and this moment are very improbable for me. A New Jersey Republican delivering the keynote address to our national convention, from a state with 700,000 more Democrats than Republicans. A New Jersey Republican stands before you tonight. Proud of my party, proud of my state and proud of my country.",left
16551,Gov Christie Keynote,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Christie rallies GOP in convention keynote with tough-love 'truth-telling' message,Fox News (Online News),"Chris Christie brought the tough love, the swagger, the fight -- and even the Boss -- to Tampa Tuesday night.
The straight-talking New Jersey governor used his highly anticipated convention keynote to strike a match under the Republican Party faithful and effectively give them their marching orders going into November. Making the case in no uncertain terms for the Romney ticket, Christie charged conservatives with leading a “new era of truth-telling – calling this the only way to revive a country “paralyzed by feckless leadership.",right
16552,Russia Calls New US Sanctions Illegal,['Russia'],Kremlin calls new Trump sanctions 'unacceptable',ABC News (Online),The Kremlin has condemned as “unacceptable” new sanctions imposed by the Trump administration on Russia over Moscow's alleged involvement in the poisoning of a former Russian double agent.,left
16553,Russia Calls New US Sanctions Illegal,['Russia'],US Sanctions Put Russia on Edge,Wall Street Journal (News),"Russian assets are hit hard by U.S. announcement, with the ruble dropping as much as 5%",center
16554,Russia Calls New US Sanctions Illegal,['Russia'],Putin had it coming: Trump levies new sanctions against Russia over UK nerve agent attacks,Washington Examiner,The Trump administration deserves credit for its decision on Wednesday to introduce further sanctions on Russia in response to that nation's nerve agent attack on four individuals in Britain.,right
16555,Debt Ceiling Rhetoric,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Rhetoric heats up on debt ceiling,Washington Times,"Republicans and conservative groups rebuffed President Obamas latest attempt to pressure GOP lawmakers to back down from using the debt ceiling as leverage to extract serious, long-term spending cuts from Democrats.",right
16556,Debt Ceiling Rhetoric,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama On Debt Ceiling: 'We Are Not A Deadbeat Nation',HuffPost,President Barack Obama issued a strong warning to Republicans on Monday that he will not negotiate over the debt ceiling or allow Republicans to use it as a bargaining chip.,left
16557,Debt Ceiling Rhetoric,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",House GOP: No one's blinking,CNN (Online News),"In a high-stakes game of chicken, House Republican leaders appear more willing than before to allow the country to default on its loans and shut the government down, in order to force the president and Democrats to agree to spending cuts.",left
16558,2014 Lists,['Politics'],Our 14 Most Popular Reads of 2014: Politico Magazine readers’ favorite,Politico,"From a deeply reported cautionary tale of a $100 million failed media experiment to an insider account of police indiscretion from the real-life Frank Serpico, this collection of investigations, behind-the-scenes dramas and first-person confessionals is sure to make for some great holiday reading.
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/12/most-popular-reads-of-201...",left
16559,2014 Lists,['Politics'],"Cultural Winner and Losers, 2014",Townhall,"Looking back at our popular culture in 2014, it appears that Hollywood's power is on the wane. Politically, the leftist celebrities and the ""Rock the Vote"" gang couldn't help dig the Democrats out of their rut. Even that paragon of permissiveness Sandra Fluke couldn't exploit her Limbaugh-victim aura to win a state Senate seat in libertine California",right
16560,2014 Lists,['Politics'],"Zephyr Teachout, Hands Up United and John Oliver Made Our 2014 Progressive Honor Roll. Who Else Made the List?",The Nation,"From the huge climate march in September to racial-justice activism, it was a year that saw renewal of movement-based politics",left
16561,"Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 60,000 in US","['Public Health', 'United States', 'Death Toll', 'New York City', 'Coronavirus']","The United States' reported coronavirus deaths approach 52,000, over a quarter of the world's known tally",CNN (Online News),"(CNN)Less than three months since the first known coronavirus death in the US, the country's reported fatalities make up more than a quarter of the world's known Covid-19 death toll.
Nearly 52,000 Americans have died of the virus so far -- a number that increases daily as a result of new fatalities and states reviewing previous deaths that had not been tied to the disease.",left
16562,"Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 60,000 in US","['Public Health', 'United States', 'Death Toll', 'New York City', 'Coronavirus']","Coronavirus death toll surpasses 50,000 in US",New York Post (News),"More than 50,000 Americans have been killed by the coronavirus, according to data posted online by Johns Hopkins University on Friday.
Of the 50,031 victims, nearly one-third — 16,388 — died in New York City, the statistics show.
The national death toll is five times the milestone of 10,000 hit less than three weeks ago and puts COVID-19 on track to soon kill more than the 58,000 Americans who died during the Vietnam War.",right
16563,"Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 60,000 in US","['Public Health', 'United States', 'Death Toll', 'New York City', 'Coronavirus']","U.S. hits 50,000 deaths from coronavirus - just as many states announce plans to ease social restrictions",USA TODAY,"The U.S. passed 50,000 coronavirus deaths on Friday and is closing in on nearly 1 million infections as several states around the nation begin implementing plans for reopening businesses and easing social distancing.
On Friday the Johns Hopkins coronavirus database listed 51,017 U.S. deaths and more than 890,000 infections. Due to a lack of testing, the actual number of infections is likely to be much higher.",left
16564,Italy's Strict New Vaccine Mandate Prompts Protests,"['World', 'Europe', 'Italy', 'Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Public Health', 'Role Of Government']",Italy Puts in Force Tough New Law Requiring Workers to Test or Vaccinate,New York Times (News),"Italy on Friday set a new bar for major Western democracies seeking to move beyond the pandemic by enacting a sweeping law that requires the nation’s entire work force — public and private — to have government-issued health passes, essentially forcing Italians to choose between getting a pass and earning a living.
With the step, Italy, the first democracy to quarantine towns and apply national lockdowns, is again first across a new threshold, making clear that it is willing to use the full leverage of the state to try to curb...",left
16565,Italy's Strict New Vaccine Mandate Prompts Protests,"['World', 'Europe', 'Italy', 'Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Public Health', 'Role Of Government']",Hundreds of port workers in Italy are striking against a new vaccine mandate,Quartz,"Italy’s new covid-19 rules went into effect on Oct. 15, prompting labor strikes and protests across the country. The mandate, one of the strictest in the world, requires employees in the public and private sectors to show proof of vaccination, a negative test, or recovery from the virus in order to go to work. Those who don’t comply may be fined up to €1,500, or $1,760.
The measure, which was approved by prime minister Mario Draghi’s government on Sept. 16, aims to boost vaccinations among a population that has been particularly hard...",center
16566,Italy's Strict New Vaccine Mandate Prompts Protests,"['World', 'Europe', 'Italy', 'Coronavirus', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Public Health', 'Role Of Government']","Italy Mandates All Workers to Show COVID-19 ‘Green Pass,’ Prompting Protests",The Epoch Times,"The Italian government imposed one of the world’s strictest COVID-19 measures on Friday, requiring all workers in Italy to show a COVID-19 “Green Pass” prior to entering their place of employment.
Starting on Oct. 15, the new rule will make it obligatory for employees to show that they have been vaccinated against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19, before returning to their workplaces. A recent negative test or having recovered from COVID-19 in the past six months is also allowed.
Workers who are not in possession of the so-called Green Pass will...",right
16567,Sandy Hook Families Agree to $73 Million Settlement With Gun Manufacturer Remington,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Justice', 'Courts', 'Sandy Hook School Shooting', 'Violence In America', 'Advertising', 'Marketing', 'AR-15', 'Liability']",Sandy Hook families reach $73M settlement with Remington over school massacre,New York Post (News),"Families of Sandy Hook victims reached a $73 million settlement Tuesday in their lawsuit against Remington Arms, manufacturer of the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle used to kill 20 kids and six staff members in the 2012 massacre.
The nine families brought a class-action suit in 2014 against Remington Arms, which made the weapon used in the mass shooting, claiming the gun-maker sought to sell the military-grade weapon to the mentally ill.
Remington had offered the families a $33 million settlement in July 2021, about $3.7 million per family, less than half...",right
16568,Sandy Hook Families Agree to $73 Million Settlement With Gun Manufacturer Remington,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Justice', 'Courts', 'Sandy Hook School Shooting', 'Violence In America', 'Advertising', 'Marketing', 'AR-15', 'Liability']",Families of Sandy Hook victims reach $73 million settlement with Remington,NPR (Online News),"Families of victims killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit against the company that made the murder weapon, for $73 million.
""These nine families have shared a single goal from the very beginning: to do whatever they could to help prevent the next Sandy Hook. It is hard to imagine an outcome that better accomplishes that goal,"" said Josh Koskoff, an attorney for the victims' families, in a statement on Tuesday.",left
16569,Sandy Hook Families Agree to $73 Million Settlement With Gun Manufacturer Remington,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Justice', 'Courts', 'Sandy Hook School Shooting', 'Violence In America', 'Advertising', 'Marketing', 'AR-15', 'Liability']",Sandy Hook families settle with Remington marking 1st time gun maker is held liable for mass shooting,ABC News (Online),"Remington Arms agreed Tuesday to settle liability claims from the families of five adults and four children killed in the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, according to a new court filing, marking the first time a gun manufacturer has been held liable for a mass shooting in the U.S.
Remington agreed to pay the families $73 million.",left
16570,Barack Obama Criticizes Trump at the Democratic National Convention,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Democratic National Convention', 'Barack Obama', 'Donald Trump', 'Democracy', 'Elections']",Obama torches Trump like American democracy depends on it,Politico,"Barack Obama went high.
On the third night of the Democratic convention — a word that seems increasingly absurd to describe what is really just two hours of nightly programming from the DNC — the former president delivered a memorable speech that balanced torching the sitting president with assuring voters of the possibility of something better. All the while, he pulled back the historical view to 30,000 feet where it was possible to show voters the sweep of American history and remind them that the country, despite what he called...",left
16571,Barack Obama Criticizes Trump at the Democratic National Convention,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Democratic National Convention', 'Barack Obama', 'Donald Trump', 'Democracy', 'Elections']",Obama paints dark future if Americans choose Trump and not Biden in November,Washington Examiner,"Former President Barack Obama momentarily placed the politics of hope to one side on Wednesday as he strove to unite the Democratic Party behind 2020 standard-bearer Joe Biden and against President Trump.
Four years ago, when Obama addressed the 2016 convention in Philadelphia, a Trump presidency was a hypothetical. Now, Obama argued Wednesday, people were dying because of his successor's sloppy record in the White House.
""Donald Trump hasn’t grown into the job because he can’t,"" Obama told Democrats. ""And the consequences of that failure are severe: 170,000 Americans dead,...",right
16572,Barack Obama Criticizes Trump at the Democratic National Convention,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Democratic National Convention', 'Barack Obama', 'Donald Trump', 'Democracy', 'Elections']","Obama slams Trump as unfit, says U.S. democracy is at risk",Reuters,"Former U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday assailed his successor, Donald Trump, as deeply unfit for the office he occupies and argued that voting for his former No. 2, Joe Biden, was necessary to ensure the survival of American democracy.
“He’s shown no interest in putting in the work; no interest in finding common ground; no interest in using the awesome power of his office to help anyone but himself and his friends; no interest in treating the presidency as anything but one more reality show that he can use...",center
16573,Perspectives: Trump's Use of 'Chinese Virus',"['China', 'Donald Trump', 'Race And Racism', 'Public Health', 'Media Bias', 'Coronavirus']",Outrage over Trump saying 'Chinese virus' says a lot about critics' biases,Washington Examiner,"Much outrage has materialized over President Trump’s use of the term “Chinese virus” to refer to the novel coronavirus pandemic affecting the United States and the world. Critics have condemned the president as “racist” and “xenophobic.”
Certainly, such allegations are not new for the president. Just as in the past, they reveal far more about the biases of the accusers than they do about Trump.
For the past three years, many of the critics calling Trump a racist have repeatedly condemned him of buddying up to authoritarian strongmen such as...",right
16574,Perspectives: Trump's Use of 'Chinese Virus',"['China', 'Donald Trump', 'Race And Racism', 'Public Health', 'Media Bias', 'Coronavirus']",What's the purpose of the phrase 'Chinese virus'?,Yahoo! The 360,"In the past few days, President Trump and some of his fellow conservatives have changed the way they refer to the virus that has caused nearly 10,000 deaths around the world. For more than two months, Trump used the word “coronavirus.” On Monday, he began calling it the “Chinese virus” on Twitter and in public briefings. Other GOP lawmakers and conservative media figures have pivoted their language as well, with some preferring “Wuhan virus,” referring to the area of China where the outbreak originated.
The change in word choice has...",center
16575,Perspectives: Trump's Use of 'Chinese Virus',"['China', 'Donald Trump', 'Race And Racism', 'Public Health', 'Media Bias', 'Coronavirus']",The Real Reason Trump Started Calling the Virus “Chinese”,Slate,"From a high-resolution photograph of Donald Trump’s printed-out remarks for his Thursday press conference, we know two things: the first is that Trump’s speech was printed out for him in a huge font and protected by a plastic page protector. The second was that the visible page of the speech was unmarked except in one place: Where the word “Corona” in “Corona Virus” (two words) had been crossed out with a Sharpie and replaced with a word in distinctive penmanship printed in all caps: CHINESE.
It was clear Trump had...",left
16576,Federal Court Dismisses Facebook Antitrust Lawsuits,"['Technology', 'Facebook', 'Business', 'Culture', 'Social Media', 'Stock Market', 'Big Tech']",Judge dismisses FTC and state antitrust complaints against Facebook,CNBC,"A federal court on Monday dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust complaint against Facebook, as well as a parallel case brought by 48 state attorneys general, dealing a major setback for the agency’s complaint that could have resulted in Facebook divesting Instagram and WhatsApp.
Shares of Facebook rose more than 4% on Monday following the rulings, sending the social media company’s market capitalization above $1 trillion for the first time.
The FTC sued the company last December, alongside attorneys general from 48 states, arguing that Facebook engaged engaged in a systematic strategy to eliminate threats to its monopoly, including the 2012...",center
16577,Federal Court Dismisses Facebook Antitrust Lawsuits,"['Technology', 'Facebook', 'Business', 'Culture', 'Social Media', 'Stock Market', 'Big Tech']",Federal court dismisses FTC antitrust lawsuit against Facebook,Washington Examiner,"A federal court dismissed the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit against Facebook, handing the social media giant a victory as it battles claims of unfair monopolistic behavior.
The decision Monday marks a setback for the trade commission and could lead to more aggressive calls for U.S. antitrust law to be updated by Congress, just as related bipartisan bills have been introduced by the House Judiciary Committee.
A Washington, D.C., federal court said the agency was too vague in its complaint and didn't do enough to support its assertion that Facebook had abused its power...",right
16578,Federal Court Dismisses Facebook Antitrust Lawsuits,"['Technology', 'Facebook', 'Business', 'Culture', 'Social Media', 'Stock Market', 'Big Tech']",Judge Throws Out State and Federal Cases Against Facebook,New York Times (News),"In a stunning setback to regulators’ efforts to break up Facebook, a federal judge on Monday threw out antitrust lawsuits brought against the company by the Federal Trade Commission and more than 40 states.
The judge, James E. Boasberg for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, said that the case from the states needed to be dismissed because too much time had elapsed since the alleged offenses took place. The states, led by Letitia James, the New York attorney general, accused Facebook in December of buying up nascent competitors like Instagram...",left
16579,Pentagon sees possible role for US troops,[],Dempsey raises possibility of involving U.S. combat troops in fight against Islamic State,Washington Post,"The nation’s top military officer raised the possibility Tuesday that U.S. troops could become involved in ground attacks against the Islamic State, despite repeated pledges to the contrary from President Obama.",left
16580,Pentagon sees possible role for US troops,[],Pentagon Sees Possible Role for U.S. Ground Forces Against Islamic State Militants,Wall Street Journal (News),Gen. Dempsey Says He Would Consider Sending in U.S. Forces for Complex Operations in Fight Against Islamic State,center
16581,Pentagon sees possible role for US troops,[],Top general says half of Iraqi army incapable of working with US against ISIS,Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. military's top officer said Wednesday that almost half of Iraq's army is incapable of working against the Islamic State militant group, while the other half needs to be rebuilt with the help of U.S. advisers and military equipment.",right
16582,Bulk of Obamacare Likely Safe in New Supreme Court Case,"['Supreme Court', 'Healthcare', 'Obamacare', 'Public Health', 'Health Insurance', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Chief Justice John Roberts']",Supreme Court appears wary of striking down Obamacare,Politico,"Some conservative Supreme Court justices Tuesday signaled that they’re unlikely to tear down Obamacare as oral arguments began in a Republican-backed lawsuit challenging the landmark health care law.
The justices’ line of questioning suggests the court’s newly fortified 6-3 conservative majority has reservations about overturning or undercutting a law that covers over 20 million people and provides popular insurance protections.",left
16583,Bulk of Obamacare Likely Safe in New Supreme Court Case,"['Supreme Court', 'Healthcare', 'Obamacare', 'Public Health', 'Health Insurance', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Chief Justice John Roberts']",Supreme Court appears willing to leave Obamacare in place,CNBC,"The Affordable Care Act seems likely to withstand its third challenge at the Supreme Court.
During arguments in a case seeking to eliminate Obamacare, several of the court’s conservatives on Tuesday expressed an unwillingness to strike down the landmark legislation.
Chief Justice John Roberts, who cast the key vote in 2012 upholding Obamacare, and Justice Brett Kavanaugh, an appointee of President Donald Trump, suggested that the court may cast aside a challenged provision of the law, known as the individual mandate, while leaving the rest of it standing.",center
16584,Bulk of Obamacare Likely Safe in New Supreme Court Case,"['Supreme Court', 'Healthcare', 'Obamacare', 'Public Health', 'Health Insurance', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Chief Justice John Roberts']",Supreme Court unlikely to kill Obamacare,Washington Times,"The Supreme Court is unlikely to kill Obamacare, as Republicans challenged the legality of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate Tuesday at the high court for the third time in hopes the 6-3 conservative majority would finally do away with President Obama’s signature law.
After the justices ruled the ACA was lawful as a tax in 2012, Republican lawmakers have tried a number of times to repeal and replace the massive health care overhaul, but they’ve repeatedly failed.
In 2017, the GOP majority in Congress implemented tax cuts which put...",right
16585,Obamacare Ruling,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court rules in indecency case,Politico,"It could be years before we know whether rock stars have the constitutional right to accidentally drop the F-bomb on TV or if a flash of nipple will cost a network millions in fines, thanks to a Supreme Court ruling Thursday that kicks a question about an FCC rule further down the road.
In FCC vs. Fox Television Stations, the court avoided the central question of whether the FCCs indecency rules policing passing profanity or fleeting glimpses of nudity on the air violates the First Amendment.
Read more:
...",left
16586,Obamacare Ruling,['Supreme Court'],"Supreme Court rules against FCC profanity, nudity policy",Fox News (Online News),"The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against the FCC's policy regulating curse words and nudity on broadcast television.
In an 8-0 decision, the high court threw out fines and sanctions imposed by the Federal Communications Commission. The case involved some uncensored curse words and brief nudity on various networks, including Fox.
""Because the FCC failed to give FOX or ABC fair notice prior to the broadcasts in question that fleeting expletives and momentary nudity could be found actionably indecent, the Commissions' standards as applied to these broadcasts were...",right
16587,Obamacare Ruling,['Supreme Court'],"BREAKING: Supreme Court Slaps Down Ninth Circuit, Decides Against SEIU",Townhall,"The Supreme Court handed down neither its Obamacare ruling, nor its Arizona immigration law decision today, so we'll have to wait until at least Monday (and possibly later) for those. But since all eyes were on the High Court this morning, one verdict of note was rendered: In the case of Knox v. SEIU, the Court overturned the hard-Left Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals -- a regular occurrence these days -- and ruled against the SEIU. The decision was a relatively lopsided 7-2 split: Justices Sotomayor and Ginsburg sided with...",right
16588,Trump Says FBI Raided Mar-a-Lago Home,"['Justice', 'FBI', 'Donald Trump', 'Mar-A-Lago', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid']",Trump says Mar-A-Lago home in Florida 'under siege' by FBI agents,Fox News (Online News),"Former President Trump on Monday said that his Mar-A-Lago home in Florida is ""under siege"" by a ""large group"" of FBI agents.
""Nothing like this has ever happened to a President of the United States before. After working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate. It is prosecutorial misconduct, the weaponization of the Justice System, and an attack by Radical Left Democrats who desperately don't want me to run for President in 2024, especially based on recent polls, and who will...",right
16589,Trump Says FBI Raided Mar-a-Lago Home,"['Justice', 'FBI', 'Donald Trump', 'Mar-A-Lago', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid']","FBI executes search warrant at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, former President says",CNN (Online News),"The FBI executed a search warrant on Monday at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, the former President confirmed to CNN.
Trump declined to say why the FBI agents were at Mar-a-Lago, but the former President said the raid was unannounced and “they even broke into my safe.”
“My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents,” he said in a statement.",left
16590,Trump Says FBI Raided Mar-a-Lago Home,"['Justice', 'FBI', 'Donald Trump', 'Mar-A-Lago', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid']",Trump Says Mar-A-Lago Home Raided by FBI Agents,Wall Street Journal (News),"Former President Donald Trump said Monday evening that FBI agents were conducting a raid at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.
“Nothing like this has ever happened to a president of the United States before,” he said in a statement. “After working and cooperating with the relevant government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate.”
Details of the operation were not immediately available.
Aides to Mr. Trump didn’t immediately respond to a request for more information.
The White House didn’t immediately respond to a request for...",center
16591,Payments To PACs Established By Ocasio-Cortez Aide Come Under Scrutiny,"['Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Conservative group alleges PACs established by Ocasio-Cortez aide failed to disclose spending,The Hill,"Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-N.Y.) office is under scrutiny after a complaint filed with the Federal Election Committee (FEC) alleged groups with ties to her chief of staff failed to properly disclose payments.
The freshman congresswoman denied to Fox News on Tuesday that any violation took place after the National Legal and Policy Center, a Virginia-based conservative watchdog group, filed a complaint with the FEC a day earlier alleging Ocasio-Cortez and her chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, ""orchestrated an extensive operation to hide hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign spending...",center
16592,Payments To PACs Established By Ocasio-Cortez Aide Come Under Scrutiny,"['Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",AOC’s chief of staff ran $1M slush fund by diverting campaign cash to his own companies,Washington Examiner,"Two political action committees founded by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s top aide funneled over $1 million in political donations into two of his own private companies, according to a complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission on Monday.
The cash transfers from the PACs — overseen by Saikat Chakrabarti, the freshman socialist Democrat's chief of staff — run counter to her pledges to increase transparency and reduce the influence of ""dark money"" in politics.
Chakrabarti's companies appear to have been set up for the sole purpose of obscuring how the political...",right
16593,Payments To PACs Established By Ocasio-Cortez Aide Come Under Scrutiny,"['Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Payments to corporation owned by Ocasio-Cortez aide come under scrutiny,Washington Post,"Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)’s chief of staff helped establish two political action committees that paid a corporation he ran more than $1 million in 2016 and 2017, federal campaign finance records show.
Brand New Congress LLC, the corporation owned by Saikat Chakrabarti, was also paid $18,880 for strategic consulting by Ocasio-Cortez’s congressional campaign in 2017, records show. The following year, he worked as a volunteer to manage her campaign, according to his LinkedIn profile.
The arrangement, first reported by conservative outlets, left hidden who ultimately profited from the payments —...",left
16594,What Would Bill’s Role Be?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton Details What Role Bill Would Play in Administration,Townhall,"Even before she announced she was running for president, Hillary Clinton sought to make the case to the American people that a Hillary Clinton administration would be much closer to a [Bill] Clinton third term than it would an Obama third term.",right
16595,What Would Bill’s Role Be?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",If Bill Clinton Will Help Hillary Fix The Economy Then What Will Economic Policy Be?,Forbes,"Hillary Clinton has said in a speech that her husband and the ex-President, Bill Clinton, will have a job revitalising the American economy. Which is an interesting thought really, for it certainly would be both fun and interesting if we could have a rerun of the growth of the 1990s. Far more interesting than that would be what economic policy might be if and when Bill was put in charge of revitalising that economy. First off I guess we’d need to bring Brad Delong back to Treasury to deregulate Wall...",center
16596,What Would Bill’s Role Be?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Bill Clinton Would Be 'In Charge of Revitalizing the Economy,' Hillary Clinton Says",ABC News (Online),"Hillary Clinton has always made known that she wants Bill Clinton to have some kind of role in the White House should she become president, but over the past few weeks she's begun to reveal more about what exactly that would be.",left
16597,News Media Observes Black History Month 2022,"['Race And Racism', 'Black History Month', 'HBCUs', 'Threats', 'Miguel Cardona', 'Whoopi Goldberg', 'Lunar New Year', 'Education', 'Schools', 'Critical Race Theory', 'School Boards', 'Martin Luther King']",Over a dozen HBCUs get bomb threats on first day of Black History Month,Axios,"More than a dozen historically Black colleges and universities on Tuesday closed campus or cancelled classes due to bomb threats on the first day of Black History Month.
The big picture: It was the second day this week and third in the last month that several HBCUs received such threats. By Tuesday afternoon, the majority of the schools had been cleared and no bombs had been found.
The FBI said it was aware of the threats and was working with local law enforcement.",center
16598,News Media Observes Black History Month 2022,"['Race And Racism', 'Black History Month', 'HBCUs', 'Threats', 'Miguel Cardona', 'Whoopi Goldberg', 'Lunar New Year', 'Education', 'Schools', 'Critical Race Theory', 'School Boards', 'Martin Luther King']",Black History Month facts: 10 things you should know,Fox News (Online News),"Every February, the nation celebrates Black History Month by honoring the contributions that African Americans have made throughout history, while also recognizing that the fight for racial justice continues to this day.
This year's theme for Black History Month is Black Health and Wellness, as outlined by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), which is headquartered in Washington, D.C. 
Many events across the country — in cities, in communities, on college campuses, and more — are scheduled for this month.",right
16599,News Media Observes Black History Month 2022,"['Race And Racism', 'Black History Month', 'HBCUs', 'Threats', 'Miguel Cardona', 'Whoopi Goldberg', 'Lunar New Year', 'Education', 'Schools', 'Critical Race Theory', 'School Boards', 'Martin Luther King']",10 Black History Facts Often Hidden From Schools,BET,"Each Feb. 1 marks the beginning of celebration of Black academics, poets, politics, and activists’ contributions to American history. Evolving from Carter G. Woodson’s “Negro History Week,” Black History Month was officially recognized in 1976 to uplift the “too-often neglected accomplishment of Black Americans.” But just as long as there have been efforts to uplift Black history, there have been attempts to discredit and invalidate it as well.
Beginning this year, 14 states have signed provisions into law that restrict teachings of racial justice and Black contributions to American history....",left
16600,US Life Expectancy Fell by One Year in First Half of 2020,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Mortality', 'Life Expectancy']","COVID: US life expectancy drops, Black and Latinos hardest hit",Al Jazeera,"Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as COVID-19 caused its first wave of deaths that disproportionately affected people of colour, according to a new report (PDF) by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released on Thursday.
“This is a huge decline,” Robert Anderson, who oversees the numbers for the CDC, told the Associated Press. “You have to go back to World War II, the 1940s, to find a decline like this.”",left
16601,US Life Expectancy Fell by One Year in First Half of 2020,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Mortality', 'Life Expectancy']","U.S. life expectancy fell by one year in 2020, CDC data shows",Reuters,"Life expectancy in the United States fell by a year in the first half of 2020 - the biggest decline since World War 2 - and stood at the lowest levels since 2006, according to estimates issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday.
While the estimates are provisional, and do not reflect the full effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the CDC said it was publishing provisional data for the first time in order to assess the effect of excess deaths in 2020.
Excess deaths...",center
16602,US Life Expectancy Fell by One Year in First Half of 2020,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Mortality', 'Life Expectancy']","Life expectancy in US drops by a year during pandemic, largest decrease since WWII",Washington Examiner,"Life expectancy for those born in the United States decreased an average of a whole year amid the coronavirus pandemic, the largest margin since World War II.
According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report published Thursday, people across the racial and gender barriers in the U.S. experienced a drop in their life expectancy. The CDC describes life expectancy as the “average number of years that a group of infants would live if they were to experience throughout life.”
In 2019, the average life expectancy in the U.S....",right
16603,Why are Florida Republicans Sparring With Disney?,"['Culture', 'Culture War', 'Disney', 'Polarization', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Woke Culture', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis']",DeSantis declares war on Disney,Axios,"Gov. Ron DeSantis is going head-to-head with Disney.
What's happening: DeSantis added an agenda item to the Legislature's special session on redistricting this week, asking legislators to repeal the law that allows the Walt Disney World Resort to operate as a self-governing body.
DeSantis announced the move Tuesday at a news conference in The Villages.
Flashback: After pressure from employees and fans, Disney stopped political donations in Florida and vowed to help repeal the recently signed Parental Rights in Education law, dubbed ""Don't Say Gay"" by critics.
At the bill's signing, DeSantis said that no matter what kind of...",center
16604,Why are Florida Republicans Sparring With Disney?,"['Culture', 'Culture War', 'Disney', 'Polarization', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Woke Culture', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis']",I went to Disney World. Ignore Twitter: The Kingdom is still magic.,Washington Post,"At some point during my family’s visit to Disney World, I started to wonder where I was supposed to find all the degeneracy the House of Mouse is accused of peddling. “It’s A Small World” remains a compilation of national stereotypes. The men’s and women’s rooms are still clearly marked. And Americana remains alive and well at Tom Sawyer Island, which is located across the way from the Hall of Presidents and encircled by a moat patrolled by the Liberty Belle paddleboat.
The trip wasn’t simply a reprieve from Twitter...",left
16605,Why are Florida Republicans Sparring With Disney?,"['Culture', 'Culture War', 'Disney', 'Polarization', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Woke Culture', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis']",Florida Republicans Are Right to Push Back against Disney,National Review,"Going after Disney is the victim’s punch to the nose to correct the bully — stop attacking us, or we will defend ourselves.
Ihave to disagree with my fellow movement conservative Charles C. W. Cooke (and some others, judging from Twitter; namely, Hannah Cox and Brad Polumbo, but I’m sure there are more) about Disney’s smackdown by Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida legislature. It’s pretty indisputable that what gave rise to this effort was Disney’s vocal and unfair opposition to Florida’s parental-rights law, the one that prevented gender and sexuality topics from being taught...",right
16606,Follow-Up: Perspectives on the Texas Church Shooting,"['Gun Control', 'Gun Rights', 'Second Amendment', 'State Law', 'White Settlement', 'Violence In America']","Texas Church Shooting Proves It's the Person, Not the Gun That's Evil",Newsmax - Opinion,"Sunday’s White Settlement, Texas, church shooting, which was over in 6 seconds, should have been a lesson to politicians who repeatedly push for more stringent gun control laws.
In the wake of the November 5, 2017, Sutherland Springs Baptist Church shooting that injured 20 and took 27 lives, including those of the shooter and an unborn child, the state of Texas could have followed the lead of most other states.
Because the Sutherland Springs gunman used a Ruger AR-556 to inflict his carnage, Texas could have banned AR-style weapons....",right
16607,Follow-Up: Perspectives on the Texas Church Shooting,"['Gun Control', 'Gun Rights', 'Second Amendment', 'State Law', 'White Settlement', 'Violence In America']",A church shooting near Fort Worth ends because good guys with guns fought back,The Dallas Morning News,"On Sunday, the kind of news no one wants to see slid across the landscape. There was a shooting at a church in White Settlement outside of Fort Worth, and there were casualties. But as we delved into the details, we will admit feeling first a sense of relief that the loss of life was not larger — two innocent lives were lost along with the assailant — and then a sense of gratitude.
Our gratitude, which was also felt by Gov. Greg Abbott, comes from the knowledge that this...",center
16608,Follow-Up: Perspectives on the Texas Church Shooting,"['Gun Control', 'Gun Rights', 'Second Amendment', 'State Law', 'White Settlement', 'Violence In America']",The Texas church shooter should never have had access to a firearm,Washington Post,Lives were saved when a member of the volunteer security team at a Texas church fatally shot a gunman who had opened fire on the congregation during a Sunday morning church service. Thanks and praise for his skilled actions are due Jack Wilson. But what must not be forgotten or forgiven is that two innocent people were shot to death in a house of prayer by a man who — despite a troubled and violent past — had access to a gun because of this country’s lax gun laws.,left
16609,Judge Orders DOJ to Redact Mar-a-Lago Affidavit Ahead of Potential Unsealing,"['Justice', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice Department', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Florida', 'Courts', 'FBI', 'Media Industry']",Judge appears willing to unveil some of Mar-a-Lago affidavit,Associated Press,"A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Justice Department to put forward proposed redactions as he committed to making public at least part of the affidavit supporting the search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s estate in Florida.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart gave prosecutors a week to submit a copy of the affidavit with proposed redactions for the information it wants to keep secret after the FBI seized classified and top secret information during a search at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate last week.
The Justice Department also revealed during Thursday’s hearing...",left
16610,Judge Orders DOJ to Redact Mar-a-Lago Affidavit Ahead of Potential Unsealing,"['Justice', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice Department', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Florida', 'Courts', 'FBI', 'Media Industry']",Judge poised to release parts of key Mar-a-Lago raid document,New York Post (News),"A Florida federal judge ruled Thursday that portions of the affidavit underpinning the FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate could likely be made public — despite objections from the Justice Department.
West Palm Beach Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart — who signed off on the search of the 45th president’s home — said at the conclusion of a 90-minute hearing that “I believe — at least on my initial careful review of the affidavit — that there are portions that could be presumptively unsealed.”
Reinhart gave federal prosecutors...",right
16611,Judge Orders DOJ to Redact Mar-a-Lago Affidavit Ahead of Potential Unsealing,"['Justice', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice Department', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Florida', 'Courts', 'FBI', 'Media Industry']",Judge: Some portions of Mar-a-Lago search affidavit can be made public,The Palm Beach Post,"A federal judge magistrate said Thursday he is not prepared to find that the affidavit into the search of former President Donald Trump's Palm Beach home should be fully sealed.
There are portions of it that, at least presumptively, could be unsealed, U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart said at a hearing in West Palm Beach. Whether those unsealed portions will be relevant to the media will be for someone else to decide, he said.
“I’m going to move forward in that way,"" Reinhart told attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice and various media agencies,...",center
16612,Perspectives: The Supreme Court and Bipartisanship,"['Supreme Court', 'Bipartisanship', 'Bridging Divides', 'Polarization', 'Culture']",The Supreme Court’s Surprising Term,The New Yorker,"The Supreme Court term that began last fall has spanned several epochal upheavals at once: the second peak and wind-down of the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 Presidential election, and its dramatic aftermath, including the violent mob attempt to block the certification of the outcome. During the term, oral arguments were conducted entirely by telephone, a low-tech option that had the effect of keeping the Justices less visually accessible to the public. Amy Coney Barrett took the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat, creating a six-Justice conservative majority that seemed to insure...",left
16613,Perspectives: The Supreme Court and Bipartisanship,"['Supreme Court', 'Bipartisanship', 'Bridging Divides', 'Polarization', 'Culture']","Despite popular misconception, Supreme Court 9-0 rulings aren’t that rare",Poynter,"In one of the final decisions of its current term, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled against the National Collegiate Athletic Association in a closely watched case, concluding that the NCAA could not prevent certain payments to college athletes, thus putting the longstanding amateur model of college sports in jeopardy.
After the ruling was announced, Trey Wingo, a former ESPN host and commentator, sent a tweet that sought to encapsulate how stunning the Supreme Court’s 9-0 decision was.
“A 9-0 Supreme Court ruling is the equivalent of finding a unicorn and...",center
16614,Perspectives: The Supreme Court and Bipartisanship,"['Supreme Court', 'Bipartisanship', 'Bridging Divides', 'Polarization', 'Culture']",Supreme Court confounding its partisan critics,Jonathan Turley,"The Supreme Court this week continued to disappoint congressional Democrats and activists with a long line of embarrassingly unanimous, nonideological rulings. After all, the court is supposedly (to use President Biden’s words) “out of whack” due to its irreconcilable ideological divisions. Indeed, the court is allegedly so dysfunctionally divided that many, including Democratic leaders, have called for sweeping changes — from packing the court with new justices to changing its voting rules or even creating an alternative court.
That is why these weeks have so frustrated those who insist the court...",right
16615,Is Biden's Gas Tax Holiday a Good Idea?,"['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Gas Tax Holiday', 'Oil', 'Environment', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation']",Democrats cool to Biden’s proposed gas tax holiday,The Hill,"President Biden’s push for a gas tax suspension amid soaring fuel prices is receiving a cool reception among Democrats on Capitol Hill.
Party leadership did not commit to taking up a gas tax moratorium, which requires an act of Congress, and the caucus remains largely divided on the issue. 
But, even if Democrats were unified, pausing the tax would face an uphill battle in the Senate because of Republican opposition. 
Biden on Wednesday officially endorsed the idea of a gas tax holiday – calling on Congress to suspend the 18-cent tax...",center
16616,Is Biden's Gas Tax Holiday a Good Idea?,"['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Gas Tax Holiday', 'Oil', 'Environment', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation']",Biden’s proposed federal tax cut on gas could cost dearly in the future,The Guardian,"America’s hard-pressed drivers may be about to receive a holiday. On Wednesday Joe Biden called on Congress to suspend the federal tax on gas and diesel until September as the country struggles with soaraway costs at the pump. But experts warned the tax holiday is unlikely to have a major impact on prices and will probably further harm the US’s already battered roads and bridges. If the tax cut even gets passed.
Blaming Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the surge in gas prices Biden proposed cutting the 18-cents-a-gallon federal taxes...",left
16617,Is Biden's Gas Tax Holiday a Good Idea?,"['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Gas Tax Holiday', 'Oil', 'Environment', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation']",A Gas Tax Holiday From Reality,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"Let’s call the roll on President Biden’s ideas to reduce high gasoline prices. He’s tried lobbying the Saudis, to no avail. Releasing oil from the U.S. strategic reserve; the market yawned. Attacking oil and gas companies for not drilling or refining enough, but he also wants to put those companies out of business.
Now comes the feeblest effort so far—a White House request on Wednesday that Congress suspend the 18.4 cent a gallon federal gas tax for three months. That’s only long enough to reduce the irritation of drivers, er,...",right
16618,"Republican Nominee for Florida Governor Draws Criticism After Urging Voters Not to ""Monkey This Up"" By Voting for Opponent, Who Is Black",['Elections'],Republican Ron DeSantis says electing black opponent Andrew Gillum would “monkey this up”,Vox,The comments came hours after Gillum pulled off an upset victory in Florida’s democratic gubernatorial primary.,left
16619,"Republican Nominee for Florida Governor Draws Criticism After Urging Voters Not to ""Monkey This Up"" By Voting for Opponent, Who Is Black",['Elections'],Ron DeSantis clarifies after taking heat for warning Florida voters not to 'monkey this up',Fox News (Online News),"Florida Rep. Ron DeSantis, the GOP nominee for governor, clarified comments he made earlier Wednesday in which he warned voters not to “monkey this up” by voting for his Democratic opponent, who is black.",right
16620,"Republican Nominee for Florida Governor Draws Criticism After Urging Voters Not to ""Monkey This Up"" By Voting for Opponent, Who Is Black",['Elections'],Trump-backed candidate's 'monkey' comment draws fire in Florida race,Reuters,"Florida’s marquee governor’s race heated up on Wednesday, when the Trump-backed Republican candidate said the state should not “monkey this up” by electing his opponent, Democrat Andrew Gillum, who is African-American, in November.",center
16621,"Biden Offers $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Funded by Corporate Tax Hike, 15% Tax Minimum","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Taxes', 'Business', 'Joe Biden', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party']",Biden offers tax deal to Republicans in infrastructure talks,Associated Press,"President Joe Biden is trying to break a logjam with Republicans on how to pay for infrastructure improvements, proposing a 15% minimum tax on corporations and the possibility of revenues from increased IRS enforcement as a possible compromise.
The offer was made Wednesday to Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia as part of the bipartisan negotiations and did not reflect a change in Biden’s overall vision for funding infrastructure.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden examined possible tax code changes from his plans that Republicans might...",left
16622,"Biden Offers $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Funded by Corporate Tax Hike, 15% Tax Minimum","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Taxes', 'Business', 'Joe Biden', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party']",Biden to GOP: $1 trillion in infrastructure spending paid with corporate tax hike,Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden is reportedly coming down on the price tag on an infrastructure package in hopes of coming to a bipartisan compromise with a group of Republican senators, but new spending and corporate tax hikes remain sticking points in negotiations.
In about an hourlong meeting with Republican negotiator West Virginia Sen. Shelly Moore Capito on Wednesday, Biden asked for $1 trillion in new spending on top of a baseline of $400 billion over five years, according to CNN and Politico.
That would put Biden's new ask down from his initial $2.3 trillion proposal and the $1.7...",right
16623,"Biden Offers $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Funded by Corporate Tax Hike, 15% Tax Minimum","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Taxes', 'Business', 'Joe Biden', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party']",Biden offers tax concession in infrastructure talks with key Republican,Washington Post,"President Biden signaled at a private meeting on Wednesday that he would be open to significant revisions on the size of his infrastructure package and how it would be paid for in order to win Republican support, outlining a plan for about $1 trillion in new spending financed through tax changes that do not appear to raise the top corporate rate.
While Biden has not abandoned his call for these tax increases as part of his broader agenda, the moves are still a potential new concession in stalled talks over...",left
16624,First Hispanic Named as Head of U.S. Catholic Bishops,"['Catholic Church', 'Roman Catholicism', 'Los Angeles', 'Immigration', 'Religion And Faith']",U.S. Catholic Bishops elect first Latino leader,Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops elected its first Latino leader Tuesday.
Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez, an immigrant from Mexico, has been serving as the UCCB vice president for the past three years, so the win was no surprise.
“I just wanted to be a priest,” Gomez told CNA about his new post. “Somehow God wanted me to do what I am doing, and I’m just counting on the grace of God to be able to be faithful to what God is asking me to do.”
Gomez is considered...",right
16625,First Hispanic Named as Head of U.S. Catholic Bishops,"['Catholic Church', 'Roman Catholicism', 'Los Angeles', 'Immigration', 'Religion And Faith']",Los Angeles Archbishop Elected as President of Catholic Bishops Group,Wall Street Journal (News),"Roman Catholic bishops in the U.S. elected José H. Gomez, the archbishop of Los Angeles, as president of their joint organization on Tuesday, making him the first Latino ever to hold the position.
Archbishop Gomez has served as the vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for the past three years. His elevation from that position to president is customary for the group. The archdiocese of Los Angeles is home to the largest number of Catholics in the nation.
An immigrant from Mexico who is now a U.S....",center
16626,First Hispanic Named as Head of U.S. Catholic Bishops,"['Catholic Church', 'Roman Catholicism', 'Los Angeles', 'Immigration', 'Religion And Faith']",Catholic Bishops Elect Defender of Immigrants as First Hispanic President,New York Times (News),"The Roman Catholic bishops of the United States on Tuesday elected a Hispanic immigrant as their president for the first time by elevating Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, who has long vowed to defend immigrants amid their fears of deportation.
The bishops followed custom by selecting their previous vice president, but the move is nonetheless a pointed statement from Catholic leaders while President Trump continues to draw support for his anti-immigrant policy. Archbishop Gomez received 176 votes to 18 for the second finisher, Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron of...",left
16627,Foxconn Reverses Course on Wisconsin Project,"['Business', 'Donald Trump', 'Manufacturing', 'Economy And Jobs']",Wisconsin’s Foxconn Debacle Keeps Getting Worse,The New Yorker,The 20-million square foot campus was praised by President Donald Trump as proof of his ability to revive American manufacturing.,left
16628,Foxconn Reverses Course on Wisconsin Project,"['Business', 'Donald Trump', 'Manufacturing', 'Economy And Jobs']",Foxconn reconsiders plan for Wisconsin manufacturing hub,Associated Press,Electronics giant Foxconn reversed course and announced Wednesday that the massive Wisconsin operation that was supposed to bring a bounty of blue-collar manufacturing jobs back to the,left
16629,Foxconn Reverses Course on Wisconsin Project,"['Business', 'Donald Trump', 'Manufacturing', 'Economy And Jobs']",Foxconn Is 'Not Building a Factory' in Wisconsin Despite Billions in Taxpayer Subsidies,Reason,"Foxconn is reconsidering its plans to build a manufacturing facility that was supposed to create 13,000 blue collar jobs.",right
16630,June 2013 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"The real jobs numbers: 2014, 2016",Politico,Welcome to the good-news-could-be-bad-news economy.,left
16631,June 2013 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"U.S. Adds 195,000 Jobs",Wall Street Journal (News),"U.S. employers added 195,000 jobs in June a sign of the solid improvements in the labor market that the Federal Reserve has said it is looking for before it begins to wind down its bond-buying program.",center
16632,June 2013 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],U.S. Unemployment Rate Unchanged in June,The Blaze,"U.S. employers added 195,000 jobs in June leaving the unemployment rate unchanged at 7.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.",right
16633,Perspectives: New Year's Celebrations 2021,"['Holidays', 'Happy New Year', '2020', '2021', 'General News']",Here’s how countries around the world are ringing in 2021,New York Post (News),"Much of the world bade “Sayonara!” to 2020 long before the new year landed in the US — and a subdued Times Square.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across the globe — no doubt making 2020 one of the worst years on record — here are some countries that ushered in 2021 ahead of us.
Samoa, Tonga and Kiritimati
The Pacific islands are the first in the world to bring in the new year. Apia, the capital of Samoa and its largest city, celebrated with music and a...",right
16634,Perspectives: New Year's Celebrations 2021,"['Holidays', 'Happy New Year', '2020', '2021', 'General News']",NYE Traditions That You Can Still Participate In Amid COVID-19,International Business Times,"New Year’s Eve has arrived, but ringing in 2021 will look different from when everyone rang in 2020.
This time around, many will be celebrating in their own homes with those in their household. With COVID-19 cases on the rise, going out to parties or bars might not be on the table.
Just because you can’t go anywhere, doesn’t mean you can’t partake in the usual traditions of NYE, or even add some new ones to your annual celebration.",center
16635,Perspectives: New Year's Celebrations 2021,"['Holidays', 'Happy New Year', '2020', '2021', 'General News']","New Year's Eve gatherings could accelerate COVID-19 spread: ""We cannot let our guard down""",CBS News (Online),"With New Year's Eve just one day away, health officials are sounding the alarm about large gatherings to ring in 2021. Their warnings come as the famous ball drop in New York's Times Square and many other big celebrations will be virtual this year.
But gatherings at home and other places could accelerate the spread of COVID-19.
""It's very important to avoid large gatherings and small gatherings, and as we approach New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, we cannot let our guard down,"" Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel...",left
16636,Wendy Davis Defends Ad,['Politics'],Davis defends Abbott wheelchair ad,CNN (Online News),"Texas state senator Wendy Davis defended her campaign's political ad that features an empty wheelchair and attacks Greg Abbott, saying ""the intent was to demonstrate (his) hypocrisy.""
Davis, a Democrat who's running against Abbott for governor this fall, told CNN affiliate KSAT in San Antonio on Saturday that Abbott has unfairly tried to block cases as attorney general that have similarities his own history.
""He rightfully had an opportunity to access the justice system when he was at the receiving end of a tragic accident,"" Davis said. ""But...",left
16637,Wendy Davis Defends Ad,['Politics'],Wendy Davis pollster: Her controversial attack ad is ‘effective and working’,Washington Post,"Joel Benenson, the pollster for Democratic Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis, is defending a controversial TV ad released by the campaign that has been panned by political pundits and campaign operatives on both sides of the aisle.
“I’m confident that the ad is effective and working and is consistent with the strategy of our ads in this campaign that depicts Greg Abbott as an insider repeatedly siding with insiders and against average Texans,"" Benenson, who served as President Obama's chief pollster in the 2008 and 2012 elections, said in an...",left
16638,Wendy Davis Defends Ad,['Politics'],Wendy Davis Stands By Cringeworthy Wheelchair Ad,Newsmax (News),"Plenty of people, like ""Morning Joe"" co-host Mika Brzezinski, are ""cringing"" over Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis' ad that focuses on GOP challenger Greg Abbott and the accident that left him in a wheelchair, but she says she is not pulling the spot down.
The 30-second spot, called ""Justice"" was released on Friday and notes that Abbott received millions of dollars in a lawsuit after he was injured back in 1984, but accuses him of not siding with victims like himself during his time in the state Supreme...",right
16639,Immigration Trap?,['Immigration'],Jeb Bush falls into GOP's immigration trap,CNN (Online News),Jeb Bush stepped right into the political thicket with his comments on immigration says Julian Zelizer,left
16640,Immigration Trap?,['Immigration'],Jeb Bush: Not much daylight between immigration plans,Washington Times,Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush blanketing the Sunday talk shows vigorously denied charges leveled at him in the past week that hes shifted his views on immigration reform as other Republicans eyeing potential 2016 presidential bids jockey for position on the issue.,right
16641,Immigration Trap?,['Immigration'],"Mr. President, Tear Down This Wall",New York Times (News),The border fence with Mexico is harming communities on both sides of the frontier.,left
16642,Gaming Hack Attack,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']","Xbox Live, PlayStation Hacked, Group Claims",HuffPost,"Microsoft Corp's Xbox Live and Sony Corp's PlayStation Networks experienced user connection problems on Christmas Day, for which a hacker group claimed responsibility.",left
16643,Gaming Hack Attack,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']","Alleged hackers tweeted smack talk as PlayStation, Xbox users forced offline",CNN (Online News),"It's getting there. Sony's PlayStation networks were still down; Xbox is mostly up, but some functions are limited, their service websites said early Friday.",left
16644,Gaming Hack Attack,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']","Xbox Live, PlayStation Network offline in apparent hack attack",Fox News (Online News),Online game networks Xbox Live and Playstation Network remain down Friday after an apparent hack attack.,right
16645,White House Rules Out Involvement In 'Vaccine Passports',"['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","White House Rejects U.S. Vaccine Passports, Skirting Uproar",Bloomberg,"The U.S. government won’t issue so-called vaccine passports, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said, after Texas sought to limit their development because of privacy concerns.
“The government is not now, nor will we be, supporting a system that requires Americans to carry a credential,” Psaki told reporters at the White House on Tuesday. “There will be no federal vaccinations database and no federal mandate requiring everyone to obtain a single vaccination credential.”
The administration wants to protect Americans’ privacy and doesn’t want vaccine passports “used against people unfairly,” Psaki...",left
16646,White House Rules Out Involvement In 'Vaccine Passports',"['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",White House rules out involvement in 'vaccine passports',The Hill,"White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday ruled out the Biden administration playing any role in a ""vaccine passport"" system as Republican governors in particular balk at the concept.
""The government is not now, nor will we be supporting a system that requires Americans to carry a credential. There will be no federal vaccinations database and no federal mandate requiring everyone to obtain a single vaccination credential,"" Psaki told reporters at a briefing.
The White House has been clear that it would defer to private companies if they wanted...",center
16647,White House Rules Out Involvement In 'Vaccine Passports',"['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",Biden White House rules out federal vaccine passport mandate or database,Washington Examiner,"The Biden administration insisted on Tuesday that the federal government will not be supporting any initiative to require credentials to prove a person’s COVID-19 vaccination status or a database to keep track of inoculations.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki reiterated comments she made at her March 29 press briefing, in which she said that the administration would not push for the use of what have colloquially been referred to as “vaccine passports.”
“Let me be very clear on this. I know there's been lots of questions,” Psaki said during...",right
16648,The Race is Tied,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","In campaign’s 11th hour, still a close race",Washington Post,"Analysis shows President Obama holds a narrow advantage in the contest for the electoral votes needed to win the White House, though he and challenger Mitt Romney remain in a virtual tie in the popular vote. In Congress, despite record levels of disapproval with the institution, voters seem likely to opt for the status quo.",left
16649,The Race is Tied,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney Rises in Favorability; Obama’s Pushback is Intensity,ABC News (Online),"After lagging for months at historic lows, Mitt Romneys personal popularity has advanced in the final weekend to its highest of the 2012 campaign, rivaling Barack Obamas. But Obama pushes back with greater enthusiasm among his supporters – and the race itself remains a tie.",left
16650,The Race is Tied,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama, Romney hit battleground states with closing arguments for the undecided",Fox News (Online News),Mitt Romney and President Obama are hitting the campaign trail Sunday at a furious pace by crossing time zones – and even each other – in a final effort to appeal to the undecided voters who will help determine the close race.,right
16651,"Russian Forces Withdraw From Strategic Snake Island, Ukraine Says","['Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'World', 'Water And Oceans', 'Trade', 'Supply Chains', 'Europe', 'Foreign Policy', 'Defense And Security']","Russian forces 'hurriedly evacuated' infamous Snake Island, says Ukrainian military",Fox News (Online News),"Russian forces have hastily withdrawn from the infamous Snake Island in the Black Sea in a strategic victory for Kyiv, Ukrainian military officials said Thursday.
Ukraine's Operational Command ""South"" took to Facebook to announce that following a coordinated overnight missile strike ""the opponent hurriedly evacuated the remains of the garrison.""
The command posted a picture that showed the island covered in fire, black smoke and the aftermath of heavy missile fire.",right
16652,"Russian Forces Withdraw From Strategic Snake Island, Ukraine Says","['Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'World', 'Water And Oceans', 'Trade', 'Supply Chains', 'Europe', 'Foreign Policy', 'Defense And Security']",Ukraine wins back control over Snake Island,NPR (Online News),"Russia says it has evacuated its soldiers stationed on Snake Island, the Ukrainian outpost in the Black Sea that had been invaded by Russia in late February.
Snake Island, also known as Zmiinyi Island, is a strategic outpost off the southern coast of Ukraine that has taken on heroic proportions in Ukraine's fight against Russia after Ukrainian soldiers there refused to surrender the island in a February battle.",left
16653,"Russian Forces Withdraw From Strategic Snake Island, Ukraine Says","['Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'World', 'Water And Oceans', 'Trade', 'Supply Chains', 'Europe', 'Foreign Policy', 'Defense And Security']",Ukraine pushes Russia out of strategic Snake Island,The Kyiv Independent,"Ukraine has pushed Russian forces to abandon the Snake Island, a small but strategic outpost in the Black Sea, the Operation Command South said on June 30. 
According to the Ukrainian military, ""the enemy hastily evacuated the remnants of the garrison in two speedboats and probably left the island.""
Russia's Defense Ministry confirmed its forces had left the island. However, it called the withdrawal ""a gesture of goodwill"" rather than a defeat, adding that the troops ""had completed their mission"" and were withdrawing to demonstrate Russia's willingness to allow for grain exports...",center
16654,Obama To Provide Drones Memo To Congress,[],Congress to See Memo Backing Drone Attacks on Americans,New York Times (News),"The White House on Wednesday directed the Justice Department to release to the two Congressional Intelligence Committees classified documents discussing the legal justification for killing, by drone strikes and other means, American citizens abroad who are considered terrorists.",left
16655,Obama To Provide Drones Memo To Congress,[],Obama to give white paper on targeted killings to Congress,CNN (Online News),"The Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday morning will receive a classified document that seeks to justify the administration's policy of targeting Americans overseas via drone attacks, chairwoman Dianne Feinstein said late Wednesday.",left
16656,Obama To Provide Drones Memo To Congress,[],Lawmakers to see classified drone memos ahead of Brennan confirmation hearing,Fox News (Online News),"The Obama administration plans to give lawmakers sensitive and long-sought documents Thursday morning that provide the legal rationale for drone strikes on Americans, in a bid to tamp down concerns ahead of the confirmation hearing for President Obama's CIA director nominee.",right
16657,Lackluster Results for US Teens,['Education'],U.S. Students Get Stuck in Middle of the Pack on OECD Test,Bloomberg,"U.S. teenagers showed little progress on an international test of math, science and reading, which was again led by students in Shanghai and Singapore, bolstering support for tougher standards in U.S. schools.",left
16658,Lackluster Results for US Teens,['Education'],"U.S. High School Students Slide In Math, Reading, Science",NPR (Online News),Teenagers in Vietnam outpace their U.S. counterparts in their average scores in math and science.,left
16659,Lackluster Results for US Teens,['Education'],"U.S. students lag around average on international science, math and reading test",Washington Post,"American 15-year-olds below average in math, average in science, slightly better in reading.",left
16660,Hostages Die in Strike,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama Apologizes, Takes Responsibility For Deaths Of Innocent Hostages In U.S. Drone Strike",HuffPost,"President Barack Obama gave a statement Thursday after the White House announced U.S. drone strikes had killed innocent American and Italian hostages in Pakistan, saying he takes full responsibility for the operation.
""I profoundly regret what happened,"" Obama said, apologizing to the families of the deceased.
A statement from the White House identified the hostages as Dr. Warren Weinstein, an American held by al Qaeda",left
16661,Hostages Die in Strike,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Apologizes for Botched Military Operation; Takes No Questions,Breitbart News,"President Obama acknowledged the information released by his administration this morning that an American counterterrorism operation against Al-Qaeda mistakenly killed two innocent hostages.
Information about the operation was released suddenly this morning by the White House, followed by a brief statement delivered personally by Obama.
“It is a cruel and bitter truth that in the fog of war generally and our fight against terrorist specifically, mistakes, sometimes deadly mistakes can occur,” Obama explained in the White House press briefing room.
He said al-Qaeda was hiding the two hostages – one...",right
16662,Hostages Die in Strike,"['White House', 'Politics']",U.S. drone strike accidentally killed 2 hostages,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama announced Thursday that a U.S. counterterrorism operation targeting an al Qaeda compound in January accidentally killed two innocent hostages, including one American.
Multiple U.S. officials told CNN the hostages, Warren Weinstein, an American, and Italian national Giovanni Lo Porto, were killed by a U.S. military drone that targeted the al Qaeda compound.
""As president and as commander in chief, I take full responsibility for all our counterterrorism operations including the one that inadvertently took the lives of Warren and Giovanni,"" Obama said Thursday morning in the",left
16663,Trump Tweets About Allegations and Due Process,"['White House', 'Politics']",‘No Such Thing As Due Process?’ – Trump Weighs In On Domestic Abuse Allegations,The Daily Caller,"President Donald Trump reacted to allegations that his former staff secretary Rob Porter abused two of his ex-wives, lamenting that accusations often amount to the end of one’s career in today’s media environment.",right
16664,Trump Tweets About Allegations and Due Process,"['White House', 'Politics']",Donald Trump: Lives are being 'destroyed' by allegations,BBC News,"President Donald Trump says lives are being ""destroyed by mere allegation"" after two White House aides quit amid accusations of domestic abuse.",center
16665,Trump Tweets About Allegations and Due Process,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump is worried about lives “shattered...by a mere allegation” after two aides are accused of domestic abuse,Vox,The president worries about due process — at least when it comes to men.,left
16666,Biden Administration Warns Russia Could Invade Ukraine 'In Very Short Order',"['Russia', 'White House', 'Jake Sullivan', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Biden Administration', 'National Security', 'US Intelligence', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Europe', 'Joe Biden', 'Antony Blinken']",Biden and Putin to speak Saturday as U.S. warns imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine a ‘distinct possibility’,Washington Post,"There is a “distinct possibility” that Russia will invade Ukraine in a “very swift time frame,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan warned Friday, as he urged all Americans in Ukraine to “leave as soon as possible … in any event, within the next 24 to 48 hours.”
“There will be no opportunity to leave and no prospect of a U.S. military evacuation in the event of a rush invasion,” Sullivan said to reporters in the White House briefing room. An attack, he said, would “likely begin” with aerial bombing...",left
16667,Biden Administration Warns Russia Could Invade Ukraine 'In Very Short Order',"['Russia', 'White House', 'Jake Sullivan', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Biden Administration', 'National Security', 'US Intelligence', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Europe', 'Joe Biden', 'Antony Blinken']",White House Warns Russian Invasion of Ukraine Could be Imminent,Foreign Policy,"Russia could begin another invasion of Ukraine starting with deadly air and missile salvos before the end of the Beijing Winter Olympics next week, the top U.S. national security official said on Friday.",center
16668,Biden Administration Warns Russia Could Invade Ukraine 'In Very Short Order',"['Russia', 'White House', 'Jake Sullivan', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Biden Administration', 'National Security', 'US Intelligence', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Europe', 'Joe Biden', 'Antony Blinken']","Russian forces still coming to Ukraine border, Anthony Blinken says",New York Post (News),"Russia continues to send military forces to its border with Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Friday, reiterating that an attack could take place at any time — including during the ongoing Winter Olympics.
“Simply put, we continue to see very troubling signs of Russian escalation, including new forces arriving at the Ukrainian border,” Blinken told reporters during a news conference in Melbourne following meetings with his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan.",right
16669,Juul CEO Makes Statement as Pressure on Company Builds,"['Juul', 'Kevin Burns', 'Vaping', 'Technology', 'E-Cigarettes']",E-cigarette maker Juul facing mounting scrutiny by state AGs,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — E-cigarette giant Juul Labs is facing mounting scrutiny from state law enforcement officials, with the attorneys general in Illinois and the District of Columbia investigating how the company’s blockbuster vaping device became so popular with underage teens, The Associated Press has learned.
The company’s rapid rise to the top of the multi-billion dollar U.S. e-cigarette market has been accompanied by accusations from parents, politicians and public health advocates that Juul fueled a vaping craze among high schoolers. In addition to the ongoing inquiries in Illinois and the...",left
16670,Juul CEO Makes Statement as Pressure on Company Builds,"['Juul', 'Kevin Burns', 'Vaping', 'Technology', 'E-Cigarettes']",Juul CEO Says Non-Smokers Should Not Try His Company’s Product,Daily Beast,"Juul CEO Kevin Burns said Thursday that non-smokers should not use his company’s product. “Don’t vape. Don’t use Juul,” Burns said during an appearance on CBS This Morning. “Don’t start using nicotine if you don't have a preexisting relationship with nicotine. Don’t use the product. You’re not our target consumer.”
The straightforward message comes as the company faces multiple lawsuits, growing concern from the public over the popularity of Juul among teenagers, and an investigation launched by House Democrats earlier this year. Burns has previously apologized to the families of...",left
16671,Juul CEO Makes Statement as Pressure on Company Builds,"['Juul', 'Kevin Burns', 'Vaping', 'Technology', 'E-Cigarettes']","Juul CEO Kevin Burns calls vaping-related illnesses 'worrisome,' but won't pull products",Fox News (Online News),"The CEO of the popular e-cigarette company Juul called the nearly 200 cases of vaping-related illnesses “worrisome” — but said his popular products will stay on the market ""until we see some facts.”
Speaking to ""CBS This Morning,"" Kevin Burns addressed the series of vaping-related lung illnesses reported in at least 22 states that have resulted in dozens of hospitalizations and at least one death.
The cases are “worrisome for the category,” Burns told the outlet. “Worrisome for us if we contributed to it.”",right
16672,Donald Behind in Poll,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Poll: Clinton's Lead Over Trump Slips After Florida Shooting,Newsmax (News),"Donald Trump chipped away at Hillary Clinton's lead in the presidential race this week, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday, as the candidates clashed over how to respond to the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.",right
16673,Donald Behind in Poll,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump tweets poll showing him losing to Hillary Clinton,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump tweeted a poll graphic Friday showing him trailing Democratic presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton, 49% to 51%.
""THANK YOU #AmericaFirst"" Trump tweeted",left
16674,Donald Behind in Poll,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Donald Trump, Seeing Himself Behind in Polls, Says He Hasn’t ‘Started Yet’",New York Times (News),"Donald J. Trump rarely, if ever, acknowledges he might be losing at anything. He expressed bewilderment at a poll during the primary race that showed him behind in the Iowa caucuses. He often invokes unscientific polls as examples of his strength, and mentions surveys that have questionable methodology.",left
16675,"Judge Rules Asylum Seekers Must Receive Individual Parole Hearings, Orders DHS to Stop Blanket Detentions",['Immigration'],Judge rules that Trump administration has been wrongly detaining asylum seekers,USA TODAY,A federal judge ruled on Monday that the Department of Homeland Security has violated its own policies by refusing to release most asylum-seekers from immigration detention even if they are likely to win their asylum case.,left
16676,"Judge Rules Asylum Seekers Must Receive Individual Parole Hearings, Orders DHS to Stop Blanket Detentions",['Immigration'],Judge rules DHS must consider detained asylum-seekers' parole on case-by-case basis,Fox News (Online News),"A federal judge in Washington, D.C. ruled Monday that the federal government must consider on a case-by-case basis whether asylum-seekers who have been detained represent a flight risk or credible danger to the public.",right
16677,"Judge Rules Asylum Seekers Must Receive Individual Parole Hearings, Orders DHS to Stop Blanket Detentions",['Immigration'],"U.S. judge blocks Trump crackdown on asylum seekers, bars blanket detentions of those with persecution claims",Washington Post,"A federal judge in Washington on Monday ordered the U.S. government to immediately release or grant hearings to more than 1,000 asylum seekers who have been jailed for months or years without individualized case reviews, dealing a blow to the Trump administration’s crackdown on migrants.",left
16678,Trump Criticizes China in U.N. General Assembly Speech,"['United Nations', 'China', 'Donald Trump', 'America First', 'Coronavirus', 'Foreign Policy', 'International Law', 'Cold War', 'World']","At UN, Trump raps China for virus as US deaths hit 200,000",Associated Press Fact Check,"President Donald Trump on Tuesday demanded that the United Nations hold China accountable for the coronavirus pandemic as he defends his own handling of COVID-19 in America where the death toll has reached 200,000.
“We have waged a fierce battle against the invisible enemy – the China virus – which has claimed countless lives in 188 countries,” Trump said in a prerecorded address to the U.N. General Assembly that lasted less than seven minutes.
“As we pursue this bright future, we must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague...",left
16679,Trump Criticizes China in U.N. General Assembly Speech,"['United Nations', 'China', 'Donald Trump', 'America First', 'Coronavirus', 'Foreign Policy', 'International Law', 'Cold War', 'World']","At U.N., Trump demands action against China over virus, Xi urges cooperation",Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump used the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday to attack China’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying it must be held accountable for having “unleashed this plague onto the world.”
By contrast, China’s President Xi Jinping struck a conciliatory tone in his pre-recorded virtual address to the General Assembly, calling for enhanced cooperation over the pandemic and stressing that China had no intention of fighting “either a Cold War or a hot war with any country.”
The leaders of the world’s two largest economies laid out their...",center
16680,Trump Criticizes China in U.N. General Assembly Speech,"['United Nations', 'China', 'Donald Trump', 'America First', 'Coronavirus', 'Foreign Policy', 'International Law', 'Cold War', 'World']",Trump tells UN to hold China accountable for coronavirus pandemic,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Tuesday told the United Nations that it must hold China accountable for its failure to contain the coronavirus in the early days of the pandemic -- and declared the World Health Organization ""controlled"" by Beijing.
“The United Nations must hold China accountable for their actions,” Trump told the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, separately calling the virus ""The China Virus.""
The administration has long blamed Beijing for its botched handling of the virus, which originated in Wuhan, China before becoming a worldwide pandemic, and has called on...",right
16681,Biden Prepares Sanctions as Russia Declares Separatist Regions of Ukraine Independent,"['Russia', 'Joe Biden', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'Europe', 'Foreign Policy', 'Sanctions', 'Donetsk', 'Luhansk', 'Boris Johnson']","The U.S. said it will impose sanctions on the breakaway regions, but not for now on Russia.",New York Times (News),"White House officials said on Monday that President Biden will impose economic sanctions on the two separatist regions of Ukraine that President Vladimir V. Putin recognized as independent, but stopped short of imposing any penalties directly on Russia.
The limited nature of the sanctions appeared intended to allow the United States and its European allies to hold in reserve the more aggressive sanctions they have threatened to impose on Moscow if Mr. Putin sends Russian armed forces into Ukraine, and to allow for the increasingly slim possibility of a diplomatic...",left
16682,Biden Prepares Sanctions as Russia Declares Separatist Regions of Ukraine Independent,"['Russia', 'Joe Biden', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'Europe', 'Foreign Policy', 'Sanctions', 'Donetsk', 'Luhansk', 'Boris Johnson']",Russia Orders Troops to Ukrainian Separatist Regions following Putin Recognition,National Review,"Russia has ordered troops to the two separatist regions of Ukraine’s Donbas territory to fulfill “peacekeeping functions,” per an official order from the Kremlin, following Russian president Vladimir Putin’s recognition of their independence Monday.
Prior to Moscow’s decree, published shortly after Putin’s announcement recognizing the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, the Pentagon had anticipated that Russia would invade the two zones by Monday night.",right
16683,Biden Prepares Sanctions as Russia Declares Separatist Regions of Ukraine Independent,"['Russia', 'Joe Biden', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'Europe', 'Foreign Policy', 'Sanctions', 'Donetsk', 'Luhansk', 'Boris Johnson']","Biden set to order sanctions on separatist regions of Ukraine after Putin decree, EU vows additional measures",CNBC,"The White House said Monday afternoon it was ready to respond immediately to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to recognize the independence of two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden would sign an executive order that will “prohibit new investment, trade, and financing by U.S. persons to, from, or in the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic regions of Ukraine.”",center
16684,"Sanders Wins in New Hampshire with 26%, then Buttigieg 24%, Klobuchar 20%","['Bernie Sanders', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Amy Klobuchar', '2020 Presidential Election', 'New Hampshire', 'Elections']","Sanders edges out Buttigieg to win New Hampshire, as Klobuchar surges to third",Fox News (Online News),"Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has won the New Hampshire primary, Fox News projects, catapulting the 78-year-old self-described democratic socialist to the front of the still-crowded Democratic presidential primary field.
Sanders had been leading top rival Pete Buttigieg and several other candidates as results came in throughout the evening, though only by a fraction of his 22-point margin of victory over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 New Hampshire primary. Buttigieg, meanwhile, touted his strong second-place finish as a sign that his campaign was ""here to stay.""
""Thank you New Hampshire,"" Sanders...",right
16685,"Sanders Wins in New Hampshire with 26%, then Buttigieg 24%, Klobuchar 20%","['Bernie Sanders', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Amy Klobuchar', '2020 Presidential Election', 'New Hampshire', 'Elections']",Amy Klobuchar's surprising strength and other takeaways from the New Hampshire primary,USA TODAY,"Sen. Bernie Sanders emerged as the winner in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary Tuesday, but former mayor Pete Buttigieg trailed closely behind. Sen. Amy Klobuchar finished third.
“Thank you, New Hampshire,” Sanders told supporters. “Let me take this opportunity to thank the people of New Hampshire for a great victory tonight.”
But Sanders' narrow victory leaves the Democratic field unsettled with no clear frontrunner.
The Vermont senator had been heavily favored to win the state where he trounced Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016 by more than 20 percentage points. In the...",left
16686,"Sanders Wins in New Hampshire with 26%, then Buttigieg 24%, Klobuchar 20%","['Bernie Sanders', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Amy Klobuchar', '2020 Presidential Election', 'New Hampshire', 'Elections']","Bernie Sanders wins New Hampshire Democratic primary; Buttigieg, Klobuchar are top moderate candidates",Washington Post,"Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) claimed unchallenged control of the Democratic Party's left wing with a victory in the New Hampshire presidential primary Tuesday as two moderates, Pete Butti­gieg and a newly surging Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), vied for the opposition mantle in a campaign that has been remade over the past eight days.
Sanders and Buttigieg, a former mayor of South Bend, Ind., marked their second straight strong showings — they essentially tied in last week's Iowa caucuses, with Sanders carrying the popular vote and Buttigieg winning a slight edge...",left
16687,Senator McConnell Plans Vote On Kavanaugh,['Supreme Court'],"With Uncertainty in GOP Ranks, McConnell Plans Votes on Kavanaugh",Wall Street Journal (News),"Senate Majority Leader plans to begin votes without knowing where three key Republicans stand, and without completed FBI background check.",center
16688,Senator McConnell Plans Vote On Kavanaugh,['Supreme Court'],White House agrees to expand Kavanaugh probe slightly as McConnell signals vote is imminent,Washington Post,"The White House and the FBI, though, still view the investigation as limited and time-sensitive, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Monday he intends to hold a vote on the nomination “this week.”",left
16689,Senator McConnell Plans Vote On Kavanaugh,['Supreme Court'],Kavanaugh Investigation Wrapping Up - Senate Vote by Friday?,CBN,"Senate Republicans enter Tuesday facing the questions of whether Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s support within their ranks can withstand the scrutiny triggered by a reopened background check, and when to set in motion votes on his confirmation.",right
16690,Immigration Proposals,['Immigration'],Rubio lays out proposal to 'modernize' immigration,CNN (Online News),"Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, is laying out elements of his proposal to reform the immigration system, which he pitches as much-needed modernization for the outdated system.",left
16691,Immigration Proposals,['Immigration'],Obama Readies Immigration Push,Wall Street Journal (News),The White House is planning a big push in the weeks ahead for a comprehensive immigration-law overhaul that would include a path to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants.,center
16692,Immigration Proposals,['Immigration'],Rubio Outlines Bold Plan Giving 12 Million Illegals Legal Status,Newsmax (News),US Senator Marco Rubio is developing a wide-ranging immigration reform plan — including steps to give more than 12 million illegals currently in the US legal status — in an effort to seize the initiative on a contentious issue that polls show is hurting the Republican Party with the nations rapidly growing Hispanic population.,right
16693,Perspectives: The 2020 Republican National Convention Begins,"['RNC', '2020 Republican National Convention', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics', 'Republican Party']",The GOP convention will be no summer of love,Washington Post,"The Republican Party’s task this week will be to turn Joe Biden into something he’s not and transform President Trump’s failures into successes.
If a political consultants’ Olympics gave marks for degrees of difficulty, this event would set a record. No wonder several Republican senators are taking a pass on the whole thing.
But Democrats are nonetheless wary about what will come their way.
The 2016 Trump Convention was a crude production, lacking in star power and uplift. A lot of big-time Republicans also stayed away. Yet it turned out...",left
16694,Perspectives: The 2020 Republican National Convention Begins,"['RNC', '2020 Republican National Convention', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics', 'Republican Party']","At The Republican National Convention, All Eyes Will Be On Trump’s Economic Record",Forbes,"As the Republican Convention opens I expect President Trump will make the case he is best positioned to end the recession. According to Yale professor Ray Fair’s predictive voting model, the incumbent party usually wins if the economy does better in the year of the election. Unfortunately for the Republican party, Trump may have sunk his reelection because he ignored advice from professional economists.
Trump ignored economists who advised him that corporate tax cuts would not be enough to induce investment or induce firms to raise pay. Trump ignored economists’...",center
16695,Perspectives: The 2020 Republican National Convention Begins,"['RNC', '2020 Republican National Convention', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics', 'Republican Party']",Republican convention will put this uplifting story front and center,Fox News (Opinion),"If there is one thing that Hollywood elites and the privileged politicians in the Democrat Party have both mastered, it is the art of the fictional narrative. What we saw last week at the Democratic National Convention was just that – a four-day flashy spectacle with no real substance and an entirely unrealistic portrayal of real America.
It felt less like a political convention and more like a Hollywood awards show: out-of-touch, boring and filled with actors heaping praise on one another. Cue the cutoff music.
At this week’s Republican National...",right
16696,Senator Feinstein and Children Get Into Debate About the Green New Deal,['Environment'],Feinstein blasted by left-wing activists for disagreeing with children advocating 'Green New Deal',Washington Times,"Sunrise Movement targets California Democrat with video clip. Democrats who refuse to jump on the Green New Deal bandwagon might find themselves trending on social media — and not in a good way — thanks to the Sunrise Movement.
That’s what happened Friday to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, after she met with a group of children, teens and activists asking her to endorse the sweeping Green New Deal resolution sponsored by Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Edward Markey.
Ms. Feinstein said she could not support the measure, shared...",right
16697,Senator Feinstein and Children Get Into Debate About the Green New Deal,['Environment'],Dianne Feinstein's climate change discussion with schoolchildren gets heated,CNN (Online News),"Sen. Dianne Feinstein clashed Friday with a group of children over climate change policy, criticizing their requests that she back the Green New Deal, accusing them of presenting",left
16698,Senator Feinstein and Children Get Into Debate About the Green New Deal,['Environment'],'I know what I'm doing.': Video shows Sen. Dianne Feinstein arguing with kids on climate bill,USA TODAY,"Sen. Dianne Feinstein is under fire after video shows her arguing with children who visited her office in hopes of swaying her vote on climate change legislation.
The children were with the Sunrise Movement, a climate advocacy organization, and approached Feinstein in hopes she would support the Green New Deal, an ambitious proposal from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that includes an overhaul of U.S. energy that seeks to stall the effects of climate change.
""I've been doing this for 30 years. I know what I'm doing,"" the California Democrat...",left
16699,Ted Cruz Says States Should Be Able to Determine Legality of Same-Sex Marriage,"['Abortion', 'Courts', 'Family And Marriage', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Roe V Wade', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'States Rights', 'Supreme Court', 'Ted Cruz']",Progressives Twist Ted Cruz’s Obergefell Criticism Beyond Recognition,National Review,"Welcome back to “Forgotten Fact-Checks,” a weekly column produced by National Review’s News Desk. This week, we dissect dishonest narratives about conservatives and the Supreme Court and hit more media misses. 
Tall Tales about Conservatives and the Supreme Court
Last week Senator Ted Cruz (R., Texas) voiced the commonly held belief that the Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage across the country was wrongly decided — yet popular Twitter personalities twisted his words to tell a more sinister story.
Lawyer Ron Filipkowski shared an 18-second clip of Cruz speaking about the...",right
16700,Ted Cruz Says States Should Be Able to Determine Legality of Same-Sex Marriage,"['Abortion', 'Courts', 'Family And Marriage', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Roe V Wade', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'States Rights', 'Supreme Court', 'Ted Cruz']",Ted Cruz says Supreme Court was ‘clearly wrong’ about 2015 same-sex marriage ruling,CNN (Online News),"Sen. Ted Cruz believes the US Supreme Court was “clearly wrong” in its landmark 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, the Texas Republican said Saturday.
“Obergefell, like Roe v. Wade, ignored two centuries of our nation’s history,” Cruz said in a clip posted on his YouTube channel for his podcast. “Marriage was always an issue that was left to the states. We saw states before Obergefell, some states were moving to allow gay marriage, other states were moving to allow civil partnerships. There were different standards that the states...",left
16701,Ted Cruz Says States Should Be Able to Determine Legality of Same-Sex Marriage,"['Abortion', 'Courts', 'Family And Marriage', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Roe V Wade', 'Same-Sex Marriage', 'States Rights', 'Supreme Court', 'Ted Cruz']",Ted Cruz Says SCOTUS 'Clearly Wrong' to Legalize Gay Marriage,Newsweek,"Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, said Saturday that he believes the Supreme Court was ""clearly wrong"" when it decided in a historic 2015 ruling that same-sex marriage was legal under the Constitution.
Obergefell v. Hodges, a landmark LGBTQ rights case, was decided in a 5 to 4 ruling in June 2015. The Supreme Court decision made it illegal for any state, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories to deny a marriage certificate to same-sex couples, citing the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the...",center
16702,Help for the Kurds,['Middle East'],"U.S. drops weapons, aid to Kurds fighting Islamic State in Syria",Washington Post,"Turkey will allow passage for Iraqi Kurdish fighters seeking to reinforce Syrian Kurds battling the Islamic State, the Turkish foreign minister said on Monday, signaling another potential boost for the defenders of embattled Kobane.",left
16703,Help for the Kurds,['Middle East'],Turkey Says It's Helping Iraqi Kurds Join Fight For Kobani,NPR (Online News),"Turkey says it is assisting Iraqi Kurdish fighters in crossing into Syria to aid their brethren in the embattled city of Kobani, where Kurds have fought a fierce defense action for weeks against besieging Islamic State militants.",left
16704,Help for the Kurds,['Middle East'],"US drops arms, ammunition to Kurds fighting ISIS in Kobani",Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. military said late Sunday that it had dropped weapons, ammunition, and medical supplies to Kurdish forces battling to hold the Syrian border town of Kobani against Islamic State militants.",right
16705,Who Sabotaged the Nord Stream Pipelines?,"['World', 'Energy', 'Russia', 'Europe', 'Pipelines', 'Nord Stream 2', 'Ukraine War', 'Joe Biden']",Who could be behind the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage?,Washington Examiner,"Since the Nord Stream gas pipelines located in the Baltic Sea exploded on Tuesday, countries have been quick to point fingers as to who is behind the unusual leaks.
Germany's Nord Stream AG, which operates the pipelines, is conducting tests to assess the damage. The company said in a statement that it cannot provide an estimate for when the gas pipelines' infrastructure will be restored.
While the German-operated company determines a cause, several other European countries are ready to launch an investigation into potential sabotage. Josep Borrell Fontelles, the European...",right
16706,Who Sabotaged the Nord Stream Pipelines?,"['World', 'Energy', 'Russia', 'Europe', 'Pipelines', 'Nord Stream 2', 'Ukraine War', 'Joe Biden']","The Nord Stream pipeline sabotage, explained",Vox,"European and NATO officials are blaming sabotage for three leaks in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 undersea pipelines running from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea. EU officials did not accuse anyone directly, but the allegation underscored the uncertainty around Europe’s energy standoff with Russia, and how volatile the continent’s energy security is as winter approaches.
Officials detected significant drops in pressure in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline on Monday, and then detected another pressure drop on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which were ultimately determined to come...",left
16707,Who Sabotaged the Nord Stream Pipelines?,"['World', 'Energy', 'Russia', 'Europe', 'Pipelines', 'Nord Stream 2', 'Ukraine War', 'Joe Biden']",Nord Stream gas 'sabotage': who's being blamed and why?,Reuters,"Major leaks that suddenly erupted in the Nord Stream gas pipelines that run from Russia to Europe under the Baltic Sea have generated plenty of theories but few clear answers about who or what caused the damage.
Here is what we know and what has been said so far:
WHO IS BEING BLAMED?
So far, Western governments and officials have avoided pointing a finger directly, while Russia has blamed the West.
European Union states say they believe the damage was caused by sabotage but have stopped short of naming anyone....",center
16708,COVID-19 Cases Fall in US and Across the World,"['Coronavirus', 'Delta Variant', 'World']","WHO Reports Decline in COVID-19 Cases, Deaths Across the World",The Epoch Times,"The World Health Organization (WHO) is reporting a 10 percent global decline in new CCP virus cases and deaths.
An estimated 3.3 million new COVID-19 infections and roughly 55,000 deaths were reported in the past week, WHO said on Sept. 28 in a brief statement. The largest drop-off in cases and deaths was in the Americas, Middle East, and Western Pacific.
COVID-19 is the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.
“The largest decrease in new weekly cases was reported from the Eastern Mediterranean Region (17 percent), followed by the Western Pacific Region...",right
16709,COVID-19 Cases Fall in US and Across the World,"['Coronavirus', 'Delta Variant', 'World']",New COVID cases fall by 25%,Axios,"New coronavirus infections in the U.S. fell by 25% over the past two weeks — another hopeful sign that the worst of the Delta wave may be behind us.
By the numbers: The U.S. is now averaging roughly 114,000 new cases per day. That's still a lot, but it's a significant improvement from this summer, when the Delta variant unleashed a new wave of infections, hospitalizations and death.
Deaths are still on the rise nationwide, because of that summer surge. They're up 4% over the past two weeks, to an average...",center
16710,COVID-19 Cases Fall in US and Across the World,"['Coronavirus', 'Delta Variant', 'World']",U.S. Covid Recovery Spreads as Prospects Improve in 47 States,Bloomberg,"The U.S. recovery from the latest Covid-19 wave is taking hold across the country, with cases dropping or poised to start falling in the vast majority of states.
In 47 states plus the nation’s capital, a measure of average new infections from one newly infected person is below the key level of 1, signaling that cases are expected to decline, according to covidestim, a modeling project with contributers from Yale School of Public Health, Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Stanford Medicine.
That measure, known as the effective reproduction...",left
16711,Hillary Clinches Democratic Nomination,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton Quietly Shatters the Glass Ceiling,Daily Beast,"Sometimes history is ushered in with great fanfare, last night it came quietly to Hillary Clinton, with the help of a little math.",left
16712,Hillary Clinches Democratic Nomination,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton clinches Democratic nomination as Sanders vows to fight on,The Guardian,"Hillary Clinton faces the last major contest of the primary campaign on Tuesday having already been declared the Democratic presidential nominee, making her the first woman in history to lead a major party bid for the White House.",left
16713,Hillary Clinches Democratic Nomination,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton has delegates to win Dem nominatio; Sanders questions tally,Fox News (Online News),"Hillary Clinton has earned enough delegates to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination, according to an Associated Press count released Monday night – an assessment swiftly challenged by primary rival Bernie Sanders and his campaign.",right
16714,More on Wiretapping Claims,['Politics'],Conway blames Trump's wiretap dust-up on 'double standard',Politico,"President Donald Trump is the victim of double-barrel double standards when it comes to his unsubstantiated allegation that his Manhattan skyscraper was illegally wiretapped by former President Barack Obama, counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway said Monday morning, one from Democrats and another from the media.",left
16715,More on Wiretapping Claims,['Politics'],Trump Is Said to Reject Comey Assertion That Wiretapping Claim Is False,New York Times (News),"President Trump does not accept the contention of the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, that Mr. Trump falsely claimed that President Barack Obama had him wiretapped, a White House spokeswoman said on Monday.",left
16716,More on Wiretapping Claims,['Politics'],Five reasons why Trump’s wiretapping claims aren’t crazy,Washington Times,President Trump leveled an unproven allegation this weekend that former President Barack Obama tapped his phones at Trump Tower a month before the election. Yet there are reasons to take his charges seriously.,right
16717,Primary Season Heats Up,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The GOP’s establishment candidates begin aiming at each other,Washington Post,"With less than five weeks before voters begin weighing in on the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, the establishment contenders — who until now have been relatively restrained — have begun aiming their fire at each other.",left
16718,Primary Season Heats Up,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","As Cruz Continues to Lead in Iowa, Trump Urges Voters to ‘Just Remember This’: ‘When You’re Casting Your Ballot, Remember…’",The Blaze,"Businessman Donald Trump took a veiled jab at 2016 rival Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) at an Iowa rally Tuesday night.
“Just remember this,” Trump told a crowd in Council Bluffs. “Just remember this. You got to remember in all fairness, to the best of my knowledge, not too many evangelicals come out of Cuba.”",right
16719,Primary Season Heats Up,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Hillary Clinton silent as Donald Trump escalates attacks, innuendo",CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump's attacks against Hillary Clinton are entering a new, more personal phase in an already raucous election season.",left
16720,Capitol Police Rejected Offers of Federal Help Before and During Capitol Breach,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Criminal Justice']",Capitol Police rejected offer for help from National Guard days before deadly riot: report,The Hill,"The U.S. Capitol Police turned down offers for support from the National Guard and the FBI to help manage what ended up becoming a massive Capitol security breach carried out by a mob of pro-Trump supporters.
Capitol Police were contacted by the Pentagon three days before the planned event to see if they needed assistance from the National Guard, The Associated Press reports. Then as the rioters fell upon the Capitol, leaders from the Justice Department reached out to see if they needed assistance from FBI agents. Sources close to...",center
16721,Capitol Police Rejected Offers of Federal Help Before and During Capitol Breach,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Criminal Justice']",Storming Of the Capitol was Openly Planned But Ignored By Law Enforcement,The Intercept,"Just hours after being the site of a historic siege, the scene outside of the U.S. Capitol was eerie but quiet. The crowds were gone, and the tear gas had lifted. The only sound on the streets was the occasional siren in the distance. From police cruisers to blacked-out SUVs, nearly every vehicle on the road belonged to one law enforcement agency or another. A few dozen TV anchors filed reports from the Capitol’s southwest side. Over their shoulders, camouflaged government employees of unclear affiliation ambled about, relocating their shields...",left
16722,Capitol Police Rejected Offers of Federal Help Before and During Capitol Breach,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Criminal Justice']",Capitol Police Rejected Multiple Offers of Federal Help: Report,The Epoch Times,"U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) rejected offers of federal manpower days before Jan. 6—and they again turned down an offer of federal reinforcements as protestors breached the Capitol building during the formal counting of electoral votes.
Three days before Jan. 6, the Pentagon asked Capitol Police if they needed National Guard manpower, but their offer was turned down by Capitol Police, unnamed senior defense officials told the Associated Press.
And as the building was being stormed, Justice Department leaders reached out to Capitol police and offered to provide them with FBI...",right
16723,US Judge Restores White House Press Pass To Jim Acosta,['Politics'],Judge orders White House to return Jim Acosta's press pass,CNN (Online News),"Federal judge Timothy J. Kelly sided with CNN on Friday, ordering the White House to reinstate chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta's press pass.
The ruling was an initial victory for CNN in its lawsuit against President Trump and several top aides.
The lawsuit alleges that CNN and Acosta's First and Fifth Amendment rights are being violated by the suspension of Acosta's press pass.",left
16724,US Judge Restores White House Press Pass To Jim Acosta,['Politics'],Judge orders White House to return press pass to CNN's Jim Acosta,Fox News (Online News),"A federal judge ruled in favor of CNN on Friday, allowing the network’s star reporter Jim Acosta to temporarily regain access to his White House press credential.",right
16725,US Judge Restores White House Press Pass To Jim Acosta,['Politics'],US judge temporarily restores White House press pass to CNN's Acosta,Reuters,"A US judge on Friday temporarily restored White House press credentials to CNN correspondent Jim Acosta, which were revoked following a contentious press conference with President Donald Trump, saying there should be a due process in place for limiting a journalist’s access to the White House.",center
16726,Maryland Gunman Identified,['Violence In America'],Police Identify Gunman in Maryland Mall Shooting,New York Times (News),"The gunman in the deadly shooting at a shopping mall in suburban Maryland on Saturday was identified by police officials on Sunday as a young man who lived in the same community as one of the two victims.
The Howard County police chief, William J. McMahon, identified the gunman as Darion Marcus Aguilar, 19, of College Park, Md. He is believed to have killed two people at the Zumiez store at the Mall in Columbia before he committed suicide, the police said.",left
16727,Maryland Gunman Identified,['Violence In America'],Gunman identified in Maryland mall shooting,Fox News (Online News),"Maryland police have identified the man who fatally shot two people at a mall in suburban Baltimore before killing himself as a 19-year-old who lived roughly 20 miles away in the same town as one of his victims.
Darion Marcus Aguilar of the 4700 block of Hollywood Road in College Park arrived at the Mall at Columbia by cab about 10:15 a.m. Saturday, or roughly an hour before he fired six-to-eight shots from a Mausberg 12-",right
16728,Maryland Gunman Identified,['Violence In America'],Police: Gunman in deadly mall attack identified as Darion Marcus Aguilar,CNN (Online News),"The gunman who killed two workers Saturday at a Maryland mall was identified Sunday as Darion Marcus Aguilar, Howard County Police Chief Bill McMahon said.
Aguilar arrived by cab about an hour before the shootings, and his movements at the mall were limited, McMahon said. He added that Aguilar, 19, fired between six and eight shots from a 12-gauge shotgun. That included a self-inflicted fatal shot.
On Saturday, police said the gunman carried ""a large amount of ammunition"" and apparent makeshift explosives. He killed 21-year-old Brianna Benlolo and...",left
16729,Obama UN Speech,['Foreign Policy'],Obama: Those Like Slain U.S. Ambassador Must Determine World's Future,NPR (Online News),"Using the example set by the life of slain U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, President Obama this morning told delegates to the United Nations that the diplomat's killers will not determine the world's future. Instead, Obama said, it will be people such as Stevens who build ""bridges across oceans and cultures"" and set the world's agenda.
We updated as the president spoke. Scroll down to read through the highlights.",left
16730,Obama UN Speech,['Foreign Policy'],"At U.N., Obama downplays terrorism in Libya attack",Washington Times,"YORK — Speaking at the opening of the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, President Obama portrayed the deaths of four Americans in Libya as a result of inflamed tensions over an anti-Islam movie produced in the U.S., rather than a terrorist attack.
Although his administration in recent days acknowledged that the deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others were caused by a terrorist act on Sept. 11, Mr. Obama didnt mention terrorism as the likely cause in front of the international audience. He focused much of his speech...",right
16731,Obama UN Speech,['Foreign Policy'],"In U.N. Speech, Obama Warns Time Runs Short on Iran",New York Times (News),"UNITED NATIONS — President Obama challenged the Arab world to use its newfound embrace of democracy to ensure protection for freedom of religion and speech and even life, using the last address of his first term to the General Assembly on Tuesday to call for a renewed focus on the “painstaking work of reform.",left
16732,Trump Unveils New Sanctions Against Russia,"['White House', 'Politics']",Team Trump hits Russia with new sanctions for election meddling,Washington Times,The Trump administration announced Thursday a series of sanctions and cybersecurity actions targeting Russia for interfering with the 2016 election and other aggressions around the world.,right
16733,Trump Unveils New Sanctions Against Russia,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump unveils new sanctions against Russia,The Hill,"The U.S. will impose new economic sanctions on two-dozen Russian individuals and entities for cyberattacks in the U.S. and meddling in the 2016 election, senior national security officials said Thursday.",center
16734,Trump Unveils New Sanctions Against Russia,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump finally delivers on Russian sanctions—a month and a half after saying no sanctions were needed,Daily Kos,"After weeks of saying that it was unnecessary to sanction Russia, despite legislation that mandated new sanctions, the embarrassing fact that his good friend Vladmir Putin authorized the use of a genuine WMD on British soil has apparently spurred Trump into taking very limited action.",left
16735,Supreme Court Rejects Texas Lawsuit Challenging Election Results,"['Supreme Court', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Texas', 'Donald Trump']",Supreme Court Rejects Texas Suit Seeking to Subvert Election,New York Times (News),"The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an audacious lawsuit by Texas that had asked the court to throw out the presidential election results in four battleground states captured by President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.
The court, in a brief unsigned order, said Texas lacked standing to pursue the case, saying it “has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another state conducts its elections.”
The move, coupled with a one-sentence order on Tuesday turning away a similar request from Pennsylvania Republicans, signaled that the court has...",left
16736,Supreme Court Rejects Texas Lawsuit Challenging Election Results,"['Supreme Court', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Texas', 'Donald Trump']",Supreme Court Rejects Texas Lawsuit and Trump Bid to Undo Election Loss,Newsmax (News),"The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday brought an abrupt end to a long-shot lawsuit filed by Texas and backed by President Donald Trump seeking to throw out voting results in four states, dealing him a crushing setback in his quest to undo his election loss to Joe Biden.
The justices in a brief order rejected the bid by Texas to file the extraordinary challenge targeting Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin directly with the Supreme Court, as is allowed in some instances of litigation between states under a legal doctrine called...",right
16737,Supreme Court Rejects Texas Lawsuit Challenging Election Results,"['Supreme Court', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Texas', 'Donald Trump']",Supreme Court rejects Texas lawsuit challenging Biden’s election wins in 4 key states,CNBC,"The Supreme Court of the United States on Friday rejected a bid launched by Texas and backed by President Donald Trump that sought to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s election wins in the key swing states of Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The nation’s highest court rejected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit, assessing that the motion lacked grounds to sue, known as “standing,” under Article III of the Constitution.
“Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections. All other pending...",center
16738,Trump Tweets About Break-In at Baltimore Representative's House,"['Donald Trump', 'President Trump', 'Twitter', 'Tweets', 'Baltimore', 'Politics']",Donald Trump: ‘Really Bad News’ Someone Broke into Baltimore House of Elijah Cummings,Breitbart News,"President Donald Trump commented it was “really bad news” someone broke into the Baltimore house of Rep. Elijah Cummings early Saturday morning.
“Really bad news!” Trump wrote on Twitter. “The Baltimore house of Elijah Cummings was robbed. Too bad!”
In a statement, Cummings confirmed the attempted break-in, revealing he was home when the incident occurred.
“An individual attempted to gain entry into my residence at approximately 3:40 AM on Saturday, July 27,” he wrote. “I was notified of the intrusion by my security system and I scared the intruder away...",right
16739,Trump Tweets About Break-In at Baltimore Representative's House,"['Donald Trump', 'President Trump', 'Twitter', 'Tweets', 'Baltimore', 'Politics']",'Too bad!': Trump responds to reports of a burglary at Rep. Elijah Cummings' Baltimore home,USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Friday to call attention to a break-in at the home of a Baltimore congressman he has been sharply criticizing for days.
Trump was referring to reports in Baltimore media that police are investigating a burglary at Rep. Elijah Cummings’ home in West Baltimore that took place on Saturday.
“Really bad news! The Baltimore house of Elijah Cummings was robbed,” Trump tweeted on Friday. “Too bad!”
Cummings confirmed the incident in a statement, saying:
“An individual attempted to gain entry into my residence at...",left
16740,Trump Tweets About Break-In at Baltimore Representative's House,"['Donald Trump', 'President Trump', 'Twitter', 'Tweets', 'Baltimore', 'Politics']",Trump seems to make light of reports that Baltimore home of Cummings was burglarized,Washington Post,"President Trump on Friday seemed to make light of new reports that the Baltimore home of Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) was burglarized hours before Trump started attacking him on Twitter last weekend.
“Really bad news! The Baltimore house of Elijah E. Cummings was robbed. Too bad!” Trump tweeted to his more than 62 million followers.
Trump appeared to be responding to news reports, including one broadcast on Fox News in the previous hour, that the residence of Cummings and his wife in West Baltimore’s Druid Heights neighborhood was burglarized...",left
16741,Previewing Joe Biden's Inauguration,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Politics']","Biden leads observance of America's 400,000 COVID-19 dead on eve of inauguration",Reuters,"President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday led a national memorial observance on the eve of his inauguration to honor the 400,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19 during the 11 months since the novel coronavirus claimed its first U.S. victim.
The sundown commemoration came just hours before President Donald Trump was due to leave the White House and hand over a country in crisis. The ceremony, spearheaded by Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris from the base of the Lincoln Memorial, marked the federal government’s first official nod to the staggering...",center
16742,Previewing Joe Biden's Inauguration,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Politics']",Inauguration security around US Capitol tightens as hunt for DC pipe bomb suspect continues,Fox News (Online News),"Security officials across local and federal agencies are on heightened alert a day before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, and the hunt for a bombmaker and new IEDs in the D.C. area is high on their radar, the FBI said on Tuesday.
The threat of explosives in the downtown region of the city remains high, as officials continue to search for the suspect who left pipe bombs at both the Republican and Democratic national committee headquarters just blocks away from the Capitol on the same day the building...",right
16743,Previewing Joe Biden's Inauguration,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Politics']",Viewers' guide to Biden's Inauguration Day: Everything you need to know,NBC News (Online),"Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday in a ceremony that will keep with tradition while being unlike any other inauguration in U.S. history.
There will be pomp, ceremony, former presidents, congressional leaders, A-list performers, parades and tributes to the troops — but before a small, socially distanced audience in a city that has been locked down because of the dual threats of the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed over 400,000 people in the U.S., and possible domestic terrorism after the...",left
16744,Differing Opinions on Clinton,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",HURT: Six things Clinton said at the DNC that undermined Obama,Washington Times,"Bill Clintons typically epic speech last night was certainly the most detailed, calculated and complete attack on the Republican agenda that we have heard during the entire campaign. It was also the most unreserved and embracing defense of President Obama.
Simply put, no one in the Democratic Party but Bill Clinton is capable of doing what Bill Clinton did last night. He is without rival the most masterful politician in decades.
But Good Bubba never comes to dinner without Bad Bubba. As hosannas rise from all quarte
Read...",right
16745,Differing Opinions on Clinton,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton And Other Dems Did Some Cherry-Picking, Fact Checkers Say",NPR (Online News),"Good morning.
Just as they did during the Republican National Convention, independent fact checkers are watching and listening to what's said at the Democratic National Convention. While they aren't yet slamming the Democrats for fudging their facts, they are finding some claims that don't add up or are misleading, both Tuesday night and again on Wednesday:
— ""When former President Bill Clinton took the stage at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, he portrayed President Barack Obama as a pragmatic compromiser who has been stymied at every turn by Republicans,""...",left
16746,Differing Opinions on Clinton,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bill Clinton's Stunning Jobs Claim At DNC Actually True,HuffPost,"Former U.S. President Bill Clinton highlighted a stunning fact during his speech at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday: Democratic presidents have overseen the creation of nearly twice as many jobs as Republican presidents since 1961.
""What's the job score? Republicans, 24 million; Democrats, 42 [million],"" Clinton said to cheers and applause.",left
16747,Fed's Preferred Inflation Gauge Hits 40-Year High,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Wages', 'Interest Rates', 'Federal Reserve']","Pay growth and prices picked up, keeping the Fed on track for rate increases",New York Times (News),"A wage growth measure that the Federal Reserve watches closely climbed swiftly in the three months through June and prices increased sharply last month, fresh economic reports showed on Friday, developments that are likely to keep the central bank on track for future rate increases even as the economy shows some signs of cooling.
Prices climbed by 6.8 percent in the year through June, the fastest for the Personal Consumption Expenditures index since 1982. Inflation also jumped by 4.8 percent over the past year after removing food and fuel — which economists...",left
16748,Fed's Preferred Inflation Gauge Hits 40-Year High,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Wages', 'Interest Rates', 'Federal Reserve']","U.S. inflation surges again and stays at 40-year high, key price gauge shows",MarketWatch,"A key gauge of U.S. inflation rose a sharp 1% in June, led by higher fuel prices, in a sign that price pressures in the economy are still intense and unlikely to relent quickly.
The increase in the so-called personal-consumption price index exceeded Wall Street’s forecast. Economists had predicted a 0.9% advance.
A narrower measure of inflation that omits volatile food and energy costs, known as the core PCE, rose by 0.6% . That was above Wall Street’s 0.5% forecast.
The rate of inflation over the past year climbed to 6.8%...",center
16749,Fed's Preferred Inflation Gauge Hits 40-Year High,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Wages', 'Interest Rates', 'Federal Reserve']","Fed's preferred inflation gauge climbs 4.8% in June, holding near 40-year high",Fox Business,"The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge accelerated more than expected in June, according to new data released on Friday, a worrisome sign as central bankers try to combat higher prices with the steepest interest rate hikes in decades. 
The personal consumption expenditures index showed that core prices, which strips out the more volatile measurements of food and energy, climbed 0.6% from the previous month and rose 4.8% on an annual basis, according to the Commerce Department. Those figures are both higher than the 0.5% monthly increase and 4.7% annual increase forecast by...",right
16750,2nd Presidential Debate Prep,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama expected to 'come out swinging' at Tuesday's debate,CNN (Online News),"After near-universal bad reviews of his first presidential debate with Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama will bring more energy and passion to his second showdown with the GOP nominee, advisers to the president said Sunday.",left
16751,2nd Presidential Debate Prep,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Inside the campaign: How Mitt Romney preps,Politico,"In the days leading up to Mitt Romneys Denver debate triumph, the team helping him prepare reached a breakthrough with one critical insight: The candidate did best when he felt free to talk like a businessman, pitching voters as though he were pitching investors.",left
16752,2nd Presidential Debate Prep,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama team vows president will have aggressive debate, puts Bain on the table",Fox News (Online News),"The Obama campaign made clear this weekend that President Obama will be more aggressive in his second debate with Mitt Romney, hinting that he will go after the Republican presidential nominee at several angles -- from womens issue to Romneys tax plan and his tenure at Bain Capital.",right
16753,"Comey Calls Trump ""Morally Unfit to be President""",['Politics'],Comey Says Trump Is ‘Morally Unfit’ as Pair Clash Over Memoir,Wall Street Journal (News),Former FBI director speaks in ABC interview; Trump accuses Comey of lies in series of tweets.,center
16754,"Comey Calls Trump ""Morally Unfit to be President""",['Politics'],"Trump 'morally unfit to be president,' Comey says in TV interview",NBC News (Online),"President Donald Trump is such an indiscriminate liar that he sometimes doesn't even know he's lying, former FBI Director James Comey said in an interview with ABC News that aired Sunday night. He said Trump was ""morally unfit"" to hold his office.",left
16755,"Comey Calls Trump ""Morally Unfit to be President""",['Politics'],"Comey calls Trump 'morally unfit to be president,' says he wouldn't have changed handling of Clinton probe",Fox News (Online News),"In his first interview since being fired, former FBI Director James Comey described President Trump as an ego-driven liar who treats women like “meat” and is “morally unfit to be president.”",right
16756,EPA Finalizes Tighter Fuel Emissions Standards for 2026,"['Environment', 'EPA', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Cars', 'Climate Change', 'Fuel Economy Standards', 'Pollution', 'Transportation']",EPA finalizes tougher vehicle emission standards,Roll Call,"The EPA on Monday announced landmark new vehicle emission standards likely to serve as a centerpiece of the Biden administration’s climate agenda, even as Democrats' struggles to pass a budget reconciliation package create challenges for the auto industry to comply with the new standards.
Administrator Michael S. Regan announced the standards during an event in the EPA courtyard, flanked by several electric vehicles and joined by clean air advocates. Regan said the agency is responding to scientific evidence that calls for reducing the greenhouse gas emissions fueling climate change.
“That's...",center
16757,EPA Finalizes Tighter Fuel Emissions Standards for 2026,"['Environment', 'EPA', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Cars', 'Climate Change', 'Fuel Economy Standards', 'Pollution', 'Transportation']","EPA will tighten fuel mileage standards for cars and light trucks, replacing looser Trump-era standards",CNN (Online News),"The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday will tighten fuel emissions standards for cars and light trucks to 40 miles per gallon by the 2026 model year, replacing the looser Trump-era standards.
The new standards will save consumers money on fuel and prevent billions of tons of planet-warming carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere.
The EPA said that by 2026, the requirements will be ""the most ambitious greenhouse gas standards ever set for the light-duty vehicle sector in the US.""",left
16758,EPA Finalizes Tighter Fuel Emissions Standards for 2026,"['Environment', 'EPA', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Cars', 'Climate Change', 'Fuel Economy Standards', 'Pollution', 'Transportation']",EPA finalizes tougher new fuel economy rules,Fox News (Online News),"The EPA has finalized new fuel economy rules for the years 2023 to 2026 that set tougher standards than those established during the Trump administration.
The new target raises the fleet average fuel economy requirement by 25% from 32 mpg to 40 mpg, according to Reuters. President Biden had previously proposed a 38 mpg requirement in August and has encouraged automakers to transition their lineups to 50% electric vehicles by 2030.
John Bozzella, president and CEO of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which represents most consumer automakers, called the plan ""aggressive"" and said meeting the...",right
16759,Federal Appeals Court Reinstates Biden’s Vaccine Mandate for Large Businesses,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health', 'Court Of Appeals', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Business', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Supreme Court']",Appeals Court Reinstates Biden’s COVID Vaccine Mandate for Large Businesses,Slate,"A federal appeals court gave the green light for President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large private employers to be implemented as it reversed a previous decision that had put it on hold. The final say over the mandate, which affects some 84 million workers across the United States, will likely rest in the hands of the Supreme Court as opponents immediately filed appeals.
The split ruling by the three-judge panel of the Ohio-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit overturned a ruling last month by the U.S. Court of...",left
16760,Federal Appeals Court Reinstates Biden’s Vaccine Mandate for Large Businesses,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health', 'Court Of Appeals', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Business', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Supreme Court']",Federal appeals court reinstates Biden's vaccine mandate for large companies,Axios,"A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for businesses with at least 100 workers.
Why it matters: The administration paused enforcement of the mandate, which requires companies to ensure their workers are fully vaccinated or tested weekly by Jan. 4, 2022, after a separate federal circuit court last month deemed it ""staggeringly overbroad.""
Republican attorneys general, private companies and some industry groups sued to challenge the requirement and the Justice Department asked that the cases be consolidated.
What they're saying: A three-judge panel on 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati...",center
16761,Federal Appeals Court Reinstates Biden’s Vaccine Mandate for Large Businesses,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health', 'Court Of Appeals', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Business', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Supreme Court']",Federal Appeals Court Allows Biden Vaccine Mandate To Resume For Large Companies,The Daily Wire,"The U.S. Appeals Court for the Sixth Circuit ruled late on Friday that Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration can resume enforcing a vaccine mandate on companies with 100 or more employees.
The Biden administration’s vaccine mandate was reinstated after the court ruled 2-1 to allow the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to resume enforcement.
“Recognizing that the ‘old normal’ is not going to return, employers and employees have sought new models for a workplace that will protect the safety and health of employees who earn their living...",right
16762,Trump Announces ISIS Leader's Death,"['Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi', 'Islamic State', 'ISIS', 'Syria', 'Iraq', 'US Military', 'Donald Trump', 'Terrorism']","Al-Baghdadi ‘Died Like a Dog’; ‘Whimpering, Crying, Screaming All the Way’",Breitbart News,"President Donald Trump announced Sunday morning from the White House that U.S. forces had killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the so-called “Islamic State,” or ISIS, saying Baghdadi had “died like a dog,” and had been “whimpering, and crying, and screaming all the way.”
Trump’s unusual vivid description of the battle at Baghdadi’s hideout — in which no U.S. or allied personnel were killed or even injured — sought to portray Baghdadi as a coward who “died like a dog,” evil to the very last.",right
16763,Trump Announces ISIS Leader's Death,"['Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi', 'Islamic State', 'ISIS', 'Syria', 'Iraq', 'US Military', 'Donald Trump', 'Terrorism']",Baghdadi's death: a major blow to Islamic State,Reuters,"(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died during an overnight raid led by U.S. military forces in Syria, a further blow to a jihadist group that once held a swathe of territory in Iraq and Syria.
Where once they confronted armies, the extremist Islamist group’s adherents have in recent years staged hit-and-run raids and suicide attacks. In some cases, the group has claimed responsibility for atrocities such as bombings in Sri Lanka in April that killed more than 250 people....",center
16764,Trump Announces ISIS Leader's Death,"['Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi', 'Islamic State', 'ISIS', 'Syria', 'Iraq', 'US Military', 'Donald Trump', 'Terrorism']",President Trump: ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump declared Sunday morning that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was dead after a US military raid in northwest Syria over the weekend.
""Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead,"" Trump said at the White House, calling the ISIS leader's removal ""the top national security priority of my administration.""
The President said a US special operations forces mission went after the ISIS leader and there were no US deaths during the mission. Several ISIS fighters and companions with al-Baghdadi during the mission were killed. Eleven children were moved...",left
16765,Parents of Michigan School Shooting Suspect Plead Not Guilty To Involuntary Manslaughter Charges,"['Violence In America', 'Michigan', 'Oxford Shooting', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Criminal Justice', 'Terrorism']",Parents of Alleged Michigan School Shooter Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter,National Review,"Oakland County, Mich., prosecutor Karen McDonald announced involuntary manslaughter charges on Friday for the parents of the high school sophomore who allegedly killed four students and wounded seven other people in a shooting at Oxford High School on Tuesday.
The suspect allegedly used a 9 mm Sig Sauer handgun bought by his father, James Crumbley, on November 26. A motive for the shooting has not yet been established.
Explaining her decision to charge the parents, McDonald said teachers noticed the suspect researching ammunition on his phone in class. School officials then contacted the...",right
16766,Parents of Michigan School Shooting Suspect Plead Not Guilty To Involuntary Manslaughter Charges,"['Violence In America', 'Michigan', 'Oxford Shooting', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Criminal Justice', 'Terrorism']",Michigan School-Shooting Suspect’s Parents Plead Not Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter,Wall Street Journal (News),"The parents of a Michigan teen accused of killing four high-school classmates each pleaded not guilty to four counts of involuntary manslaughter at an arraignment Saturday morning, hours after the couple was arrested in Detroit following a manhunt.
A judge set bond for James and Jennifer Crumbley, appearing at Saturday’s hearing from separate cinderblock-lined rooms via video, at $500,000. Each count carries a potential prison sentence of up to 15 years. Criminal charges against parents or other family members following a shooting committed by a minor at a school or elsewhere are...",center
16767,Parents of Michigan School Shooting Suspect Plead Not Guilty To Involuntary Manslaughter Charges,"['Violence In America', 'Michigan', 'Oxford Shooting', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Criminal Justice', 'Terrorism']","Parents of Michigan school shooting suspect held on $500,000 bond each after manhunt",CNN (Online News),"The parents of the teen accused in this week's deadly Michigan high school shooting pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges Saturday morning, hours after police said they arrested them in a Detroit warehouse following an hours-long search.
A judge in Michigan's Oakland County set bond at $500,000 each for James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of Ethan Crumbley, the teen jailed on suspicion killing four schoolmates and wounding seven other people at Oxford High School on Tuesday.
The detained couple, sitting alone in separate rooms, made their arraignment appearance by video conference with the judge, their...",left
16768,"Infrastructure Talks Continue, Clock Ticks On Bipartisan Deal","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Infrastructure', 'Joe Biden', 'US Senate', 'US House', 'US Congress']",‘Perplexing’: Granholm slams Senate Republicans’ infrastructure position,Politico,"Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Sunday slammed Senate Republicans’ negotiating posture in infrastructure talks with the White House as “curious” and “perplexing” — warning that “there will be action” on an expansive legislative package despite a potential failure to strike a bipartisan compromise.
“This has got to be done soon. And without putting a specific date on it … the thing is, it’s just a bit perplexing why the Republicans haven’t moved further on critical pieces,” Granholm told CNN’s “State of the Union.”",left
16769,"Infrastructure Talks Continue, Clock Ticks On Bipartisan Deal","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Infrastructure', 'Joe Biden', 'US Senate', 'US House', 'US Congress']",Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm: Clock is ticking on infrastructure,Washington Times,"Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Sunday the administration will push for a bipartisan deal on infrastructure but the House will begin marking up key parts of the plan on Wednesday with or without the GOP.
“This has got to be done soon,” Ms. Granholm told CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Democrats control the House, but the key obstacle for Mr. Biden’s ambitions will be in the evenly divided Senate. 
Republicans are dispatching Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia to the White House to lead talks, though Mr. Biden rejected a GOP counteroffer that...",right
16770,"Infrastructure Talks Continue, Clock Ticks On Bipartisan Deal","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Infrastructure', 'Joe Biden', 'US Senate', 'US House', 'US Congress']",Divisions remain on infrastructure as clock ticks on bipartisan deal,The Hill,"Negotiations for an infrastructure package took center stage on Sunday as the clock ticks for the White House and Senate Republicans to strike a bipartisan deal on a trillion-dollar package.
The administration and Senate Republicans, led by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.), have traded infrastructure proposals in recent weeks as debate swirls about what should be included in the package, the total price tag and how the investments should be paid for.
A main sticking point is what Democrats have dubbed “human infrastructure,” which includes investments in long-term care for seniors and people with...",center
16771,Recap of WHCD 2014,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Quips to Press Corps: In 2008 My Slogan Was ‘Yes We Can’; in 2013 My Slogan Was ‘Control-Alt-Delete’,The Blaze,"Little was sacred when President Barack Obama handed out playful but pointed jabs before a hotel ballroom full of politicians, journalists and media celebrities on Saturday night — not even his own health care plan.",right
16772,Recap of WHCD 2014,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Cracks Wise At White House Correspondents Dinner,NPR (Online News),"President Obama made fun of himself at the White House Correspondents Association dinner on Saturday, the annual nerd-ball schmooze-fest where Washington's media stars get comfy with a mix of political bigwigs and Hollywood beautiful people to celebrate a year of journalism.
Obama, known for his comic timing and delivery, didn't disappoint.
On a certain news network's favor for so-called ""birthers"": ""Let's face it, Fox, you will miss me when I'm go",left
16773,Recap of WHCD 2014,"['White House', 'Politics']",Comedian in Chief’s New Punch Line: Obamacare,New York Times (News),"Five and a half years into President Obama’s time in office, the jokes are getting a bit stale: Fox News is a “shadowy right-wing organization.” The 47 percent “called Mitt Romney to apologize.” The whole “Kenyan president” bit.
Thank goodness for",left
16774,Iran To Break Limit On Uranium Stockpile,"['Iran Nuclear Deal', 'Iran', 'Middle East']","Iran to Breach Limits of Nuclear Pact, Putting Bid to Save Deal in Doubt",Wall Street Journal (News),"Iran said it would exceed limits on its enriched-uranium stockpiles before the end of this month, days after the U.S. accused Tehran of orchestrating a second set of attacks on tankers near a vital global-shipping route.
If it carries through the threat, Iran would breach the enriched-uranium cap set in the 2015 nuclear deal, jeopardizing European efforts to save a pact that President Donald Trump withdrew from last year. Iran warned in early May it would withdraw from parts of the nuclear deal in retaliation, but its Monday announcement after...",center
16775,Iran To Break Limit On Uranium Stockpile,"['Iran Nuclear Deal', 'Iran', 'Middle East']","Iran to break uranium stockpile limit set by nuclear deal, spokesman says",Fox News (Online News),"Amid increased brinksmanship with the United States, Iran announced Monday its intention to exceed the low-enriched uranium stockpile limit it agreed to in the 2015 nuke deal -- unless certain demands are met by the pact's remaining signatories within the next 10 days.
More provocatively, the Islamic Republic's Atomic Energy Organization spokesman warned Iran could enrich uranium up to 20 percent -- just a step below weapons-grade level.
Behrouz Kamalvandi spoke to journalists at the country's Arak heavy water facility. He acknowledged Iran has already quadrupled its production of low-enriched...",right
16776,Iran To Break Limit On Uranium Stockpile,"['Iran Nuclear Deal', 'Iran', 'Middle East']",Iran says it will break the uranium stockpile limit agreed under nuclear deal in 10 days,CNN (Online News),"Iran is ramping up enrichment of low-grade uranium and will pass the limit it is allowed to stockpile under the nuclear deal in 10 days, a spokesman for the Iranian atomic agency announced Monday.
During a news conference at the Arak heavy water reactor facility, Behrouz Kamalvandi said that Iran had increased low enriched uranium production fourfold and would exceed the limit of 300 kilograms by June 27, in the latest blow to the nuclear deal agreed between Tehran and world powers in 2015.
""If Iran feels that the sanctions...",left
16777,Trump Defends Family-Separation Policy,['Immigration'],"Trump, Defiant ‘We must always arrest illegals""",The Daily Caller,"President Donald Trump is defiantly holding the line on his zero-tolerance policy toward illegal immigrants, urging Democratic lawmakers to give in and accept his legislative immigration demands.",right
16778,Trump Defends Family-Separation Policy,['Immigration'],"Trump is defiant as border crisis escalates, prepares to lobby House GOP on immigration bills",Washington Post,"As he prepared to visit Capitol Hill, President Trump on Tuesday continued to insist that Congress produce comprehensive immigration legislation, while anxious Republicans explored a narrower fix to the administration policy of separating migrant children from their parents.",left
16779,Trump Defends Family-Separation Policy,['Immigration'],Trump Defends Family-Separation Policy,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Trump administration sought to blame Congress for the new policy of separating some families who arrive at the U.S. southern border, and it said only lawmakers could change that policy as part of a broader immigration overhaul, but Republicans and Democrats remained far apart on any deal.",center
16780,Rudy Giuliani Named as Target in Georgia 2020 Election Criminal Probe,"['2020 Election', 'Courts', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Ethics Investigation', 'Georgia', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Rudy Giuliani Under Criminal Investigation In Georgia,The Daily Wire,"Rudy Giuliani, who served as former President Donald Trump’s attorney, has been notified that he is under criminal investigation in Georgia for matters related to the 2020 presidential election.
Giuliani’s lawyers revealed on Monday that they had been informed that he is a “target” in Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis’ investigation into efforts to overturn the election results.
The New York Times reported that prosecutors had questioned witnesses before a special grand jury about remarks that Giuliani made during appearances in front of state legislative panels the month after the...",right
16781,Rudy Giuliani Named as Target in Georgia 2020 Election Criminal Probe,"['2020 Election', 'Courts', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Ethics Investigation', 'Georgia', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Rudy Giuliani told by prosecutors he is a target in Georgia 2020 presidential election probe,CNN (Online News),"Rudy Giuliani has been told by prosecutors in Georgia that he is a target of the special purpose grand jury investigating whether former President Donald Trump and his allies violated the law in their efforts to flip the 2020 election results in Georgia.
A prosecutor from the Fulton County District Attorney’s office called Giuliani’s Georgia counsel on Monday to inform him that Giuliani is now considered a target of their investigation, said Bob Costello, another attorney for Giuliani.
“This comes on the heels of us asking him probably six or seven times”...",left
16782,Rudy Giuliani Named as Target in Georgia 2020 Election Criminal Probe,"['2020 Election', 'Courts', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Ethics Investigation', 'Georgia', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Rudy Giuliani Named as Target in Georgia Probe Into Bid to Overturn 2020 Election,Wall Street Journal (News),"Rudy Giuliani has been named a target of a Fulton County, Ga., investigation into efforts by then-President Donald Trump and his supporters to overturn the 2020 election in the state, one of his lawyers said Monday.
Robert Costello, an attorney for Mr. Giuliani, said prosecutors told Mr. Giuliani’s legal team that their client is a target of the investigation. Mr. Giuliani, a onetime personal lawyer for Mr. Trump, was a prominent supporter of efforts to challenge the 2020 presidential election result. Mr. Giuliani was subpoenaed in the probe earlier this summer.
A spokesman for the office...",center
16783,Controversial Justice Dept. Nominee With Ties to Russian Bank Confirmed By Senate,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Justice Dept. Nominee Who Drew Scrutiny for Russian Bank Work Is Confirmed,New York Times (News),"The Senate narrowly confirmed a former Justice Department official on Wednesday to lead the department’s Criminal Division and oversee the government’s career prosecutors, including those investigating President Trump.",left
16784,Controversial Justice Dept. Nominee With Ties to Russian Bank Confirmed By Senate,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Controversial Justice Dept. nominee Benczkowski confirmed by Senate,Washington Times,The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed a controversial new director for the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division.,right
16785,Controversial Justice Dept. Nominee With Ties to Russian Bank Confirmed By Senate,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Senate Confirms New Head of Criminal Division at Justice Department,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Senate Wednesday narrowly confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department’s criminal division, over objections from Democrats concerned about his work for a Russian bank with ties to President Vladimir Putin.",center
16786,Pete Buttigieg Ends Democratic Presidential Campaign,"['Elections', 'Democratic Primary', 'South Carolina', 'Moderates', 'Joe Biden', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Pete Buttigieg']",Buttigieg is ending his presidential bid,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN)Pete Buttigieg will end his campaign for President on Sunday, multiple aides tell CNN, ending an unlikely campaign that vaulted the once-unknown mayor from South Bend, Indiana, to a top presidential contender.
Buttigieg was scheduled to fly from Selma, Alabama, to Dallas, Texas, but during the flight he informed reporters that he would be flying back to his hometown of South Bend to make an announcement on the future of his campaign.
That announcement, aides said, is that he is ending his run.",left
16787,Pete Buttigieg Ends Democratic Presidential Campaign,"['Elections', 'Democratic Primary', 'South Carolina', 'Moderates', 'Joe Biden', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Pete Buttigieg']",Pete Buttigieg Drops Out Of Presidential Race,The Daily Caller,"Former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg dropped out of the 2020 Democratic presidential race Sunday, according to numerous reports.
The decision comes following a poor showing in South Carolina’s primary Saturday. The former mayor earned just 2% of black votes, early polling indicated according to the New York Times.",right
16788,Pete Buttigieg Ends Democratic Presidential Campaign,"['Elections', 'Democratic Primary', 'South Carolina', 'Moderates', 'Joe Biden', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Pete Buttigieg']","After rising from relative obscurity to become a viable White House candidate, Pete Buttigieg ends his campaign",USA TODAY,"Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg announced he was ending the presidential campaign in which he made history as the first openly gay man to win delegates in the race for the nomination of a major political party.
His exit comes a day after his disappointing fourth-place finish in South Carolina and two days before Super Tuesday, when he was expected to continue to struggle amid the dominance of Sen. Bernie Sanders and resurgence of former Vice President Joe Biden. Buttigieg's departure from the once-crowded field also comes a...",left
16789,2nd Ebola Patient Diagnosed,[],Texas Health Worker Tests Positive for Ebola,New York Times (News),"A health care worker here who helped treat the Liberian man who died last week of the Ebola virus has tested positive for the disease in a preliminary test, state health officials said Sunday.
The worker, who was not identified, was an employee of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, where the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, Thomas E. Duncan, died last week.
Dr. Daniel Varga, chief clinical officer of Texas Health Resources, which oversees Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, told reporters on Sunday that...",left
16790,2nd Ebola Patient Diagnosed,[],Texas health care worker tests positive for Ebola,USA TODAY,"A health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital who provided care for the Ebola patient who died there last week has tested positive for the deadly virus, authorities said Sunday.
The health care worker reported having a fever Friday night and was hospitalized, isolated and referred for testing within 90 minutes, Clay Jenkins, Dallas County's chief executive and its Homeland Security director, said at a news conference.
""While this is obviously bad news, it is not news that should bring about panic,"" Jenkins said. ""We knew it was a...",left
16791,2nd Ebola Patient Diagnosed,[],Dallas Healthcare Worker Tests Positive for Ebola,Newsmax (News),"A Texas health care worker who was in full protective gear when they provided hospital care for an Ebola patient who later died has tested positive for the virus and is in stable condition, health officials said Sunday. If the preliminary diagnosis is confirmed by the Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, it would be the first known case of the disease being contracted or transmitted in the U.S.
Dr. Daniel Varga, of the Texas Health Resource, said during a news conference Sunday that the worker wore a gown, gloves,...",right
16792,Clinton Pulled Into Debate,['Foreign Policy'],Clinton Looking for Clean Getaway on Benghazi,Fox News (Online News),"“Secretary Clinton had originally been asked by networks to go on. She declined to do it.
-- Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, talking to NBC News.
The Obama Democrats are today furious at the opposition of Republicans that ended the bid of presidential favorite U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to replace outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Rice, a stalwart retainer of the House of Obama, knows that Clinton, the matriarch of the rival Democratic clan, let the ambitious ambassador take the fall.
-
...",right
16793,Clinton Pulled Into Debate,['Foreign Policy'],Benghazi report threatens to tarnish Clinton's legacy,CNN (Online News),"The year 2012 was supposed to herald Hillary Clinton's swan song, a golden departure amid speculation that she might consider another run at the presidency in 2016.
Instead, the outgoing Secretary of State has found herself and her agency at the center of a scathing report about bloody attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, which left four Americans dead, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
On Wednesday, four State Department officials, including two who oversaw security decisions at the diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, were disciplined after a...",left
16794,Clinton Pulled Into Debate,['Foreign Policy'],Allen West: Hillary Clinton Caught 'Benghazi Flu',HuffPost,"Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) criticized Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday, suggesting her absence from a congressional testimony due to a stomach virus was really ""a case of Benghazi flu.""
“I’m not a doctor, but it seems as though…the Secretary of State has come down with a case of Benghazi flu,” West said on ""Fox and Friends."" “I think we have to get to the bottom of this. There’s still a very countless amount of unanswered questions.”
Clinton's scheduled testimony on the Benghazi attack was postponed after the Secretary of...",left
16795,Collins Will Vote No on Graham-Cassidy,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Susan Collins Says No To Obamacare Repeal Bill, Crippling Its Chances",HuffPost,Opposition from the senator from Maine leaves Republicans at least one vote short.,left
16796,Collins Will Vote No on Graham-Cassidy,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Obamacare repeal on the ropes as pivotal Republican rebuffs Trump,Reuters,Opposition from the senator from Maine leaves Republicans at least one vote short.,center
16797,Collins Will Vote No on Graham-Cassidy,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Susan Collins Will Vote No on Graham-Cassidy Obamacare Repeal Bill,Breitbart News,"Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) announced that she will oppose the Graham-Cassidy Obamacare repeal bill, effectively halting the bill’s chances of passing through the Senate.",right
16798,Dow Soars as Stock Market Rebounds From Christmas Eve Plunge,['Economy And Jobs'],Stocks Push Higher After Four-Session Slide,Wall Street Journal (News),"U.S. stocks surged Wednesday, rebounding after a bruising four-session selloff put the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 on the brink of a bear market.",center
16799,Dow Soars as Stock Market Rebounds From Christmas Eve Plunge,['Economy And Jobs'],Dow Jones industrial average rises over 2 percent as U.S. stock markets try to recover from worst Christmas Eve in history,Washington Post,"The Dow Jones industrial average popped 500 points upward, more than 2 percent, Wednesday as markets attempted to recover from the worst Christmas Eve plunge in history.",left
16800,Dow Soars as Stock Market Rebounds From Christmas Eve Plunge,['Economy And Jobs'],"Dow soars in seesaw session after Christmas Eve plunge; tech, retail lead gains",Fox News (Online News),"The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged triple-digits on Wednesday in a seesaw session, as U.S. markets aim to regain losses suffered in the most recent trading session, on Christmas Eve.",right
16801,NSA Phone Records Program Found Illegal,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",US appeals court: NSA phone record collection is excessive,Fox News (Online News),"The bulk collection of Americans' phone records by the government exceeds what Congress has allowed, a federal appeals court said Thursday as it asked Congress to step in and decide how best to protect national security and privacy interests.",right
16802,NSA Phone Records Program Found Illegal,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Top federal court rules against NSA's phone records program,The Hill,"A federal court has decided that the National Security Agency’s (NSA) bulk, warrantless collection of millions of Americans’ phone records is illegal.",center
16803,NSA Phone Records Program Found Illegal,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",US appeals court: NSA phone record collection is excessive,Washington Post,"The bulk collection of Americans’ phone records by the government exceeds what Congress has allowed, a federal appeals court said Thursday as it asked Congress to step in and decide how best to protect national security and privacy interests.",left
16804,Polls: 5 days away,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Three Numbers That Could Hold the Key to a Romney Win,Fox News (Online News),"“Weve got to make people understand that what theyre seeing is not the real Mitt Romney.
-- President Obamas top political adviser, David Plouffe, describing the presidents re-election message, according to top campaign advisers interviewed by The Wall Street Journal for the piece “Obama Advisers Strategy Is High Risk, High Reward.
A deadlocked race on the first day of November means a wild ride for Election Day and a boost for antacid sales in Boston and Chicago.
With five days to go, both campaigns can make a...",right
16805,Polls: 5 days away,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Polls show Obama edge in Iowa, New Hampshire and Wisconsin",CNN (Online News),"With less than a week before Election Day, polls released Thursday indicated a narrow edge for President Barack Obama in Iowa, New Hampshire and Wisconsin, three states that are being fiercely contested in the final stretch of the campaign.
In Iowa, Obama was at 50% among likely voters, and Romney at 44%, according to the NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll. That's slightly tighter than earlier in October, though the result Thursday was just outside the poll's sampling error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points. A poll released Wednesday indicated...",left
16806,Polls: 5 days away,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Could Presidential Polls Be Wrong About Obama's Battleground Edge?,HuffPost,"The countdown to Election Day continues, and the pace of polling in the battleground states has increased. But the main findings remain unchanged: Though polls show an essentially tied race between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney nationwide, Obama holds narrow leads in a handful of battleground states that appear poised to decide the election.
With just five days remaining, the most crucial question now may be less about last-minute polling trends and more about whether the polls will prove to be collectively accurate.",left
16807,2019 Election Results,"['Kentucky', 'Virginia', 'Elections']","In Kentucky And Virginia, A Strong Night For Democrats In Off-Year Elections",NPR (Online News),"Democrats had a strong election night on Tuesday, leading the race for governor in Kentucky and taking back full control of the Virginia legislature for the first time in nearly a quarter century.
With all precincts reporting in Kentucky, Democrat Andy Beshear bested Republican Gov. Matt Bevin by 5,198 votes, or 0.36% of all votes cast. While The Associated Press says the race is too close to call, Beshear declared victory. Bevin refused to concede.
If Beshear's margin holds, it's a blow to President Trump, who rallied in the state...",left
16808,2019 Election Results,"['Kentucky', 'Virginia', 'Elections']","Democrat challenger declares victory in Kentucky governor's election, but Gov. Matt Bevin refuses to concede",The Blaze,"The official count is very narrow.
The gubernatorial election for Kentucky was called for the Democratic challenger Attorney General Andy Beshear on Tuesday, but Republican Gov. Matt Bevin refused to concede.
Beshear declared victory on Twitter and in a speech at his election rally.
""This is a close, close race, we are not conceding this race by any stretch,"" said Bevin to his cheering supporters.
""Understand this, we want the process to be followed,"" he continued. ""And there is a process, we know for a fact that there have been...",right
16809,2019 Election Results,"['Kentucky', 'Virginia', 'Elections']",Kentucky outcome embarrasses Trump and worries many Republicans ahead of 2020,Washington Post,"Democrats’ claim of victory Tuesday in Kentucky’s gubernatorial race, as well as the Democratic takeover of the Virginia state legislature, left Republicans stumbling and increasingly uncertain about their own political fates next year tied to an embattled and unpopular president.
Many allies of President Trump rushed to explain away the poor performance of incumbent Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) as an anomaly, while other GOP veterans expressed alarm about the party’s failure in a state where Trump won by nearly 30 percentage points in 2016 — and where he just...",left
16810,President Trump Celebrates Kavanaugh Confirmation,['Supreme Court'],'Tremendous Victory': Trump Celebrates Kavanaugh Win,Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump at a Kansas rally celebrated the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, condemning Democrats for what he called a ""shameless campaign of political and personal destruction"" against his nominee.",right
16811,President Trump Celebrates Kavanaugh Confirmation,['Supreme Court'],Brett Kavanaugh confirmation: Victory for Trump in Supreme Court battle,BBC News,"President Donald Trump's controversial nominee for the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, has been sworn in following weeks of rancorous debate.",center
16812,President Trump Celebrates Kavanaugh Confirmation,['Supreme Court'],How Trump saved Kavanaugh,Politico,Fox News anchors said Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony was compelling. Republican strategists sent panicked text messages anticipating an electoral disaster. And even some Brett Kavanaugh supporters questioned whether he could rescue his nomination.,left
16813,San Francisco Voters Recall 3 Members of City's School Board,"['Education', 'San Francisco', 'Coronavirus', 'Progressives', 'School Boards', '2022 Elections', 'Culture War']",San Francisco votes on city’s scandal-plagued school board,Associated Press,"A new chapter opened in the saga of San Francisco’s scandal-plagued school board Tuesday as voters appeared to back the recall of three members after a year of controversy that captured national attention.
Initial returns from mailed-in ballots — about 24% of registered voters — showed voters overwhelmingly supporting the recall of the board president and two other members. However, it was too early to confirm the outcome.
For many parents, the special municipal election is a referendum on how the city’s school board managed the pandemic.
The recall effort stemmed from frustration...",left
16814,San Francisco Voters Recall 3 Members of City's School Board,"['Education', 'San Francisco', 'Coronavirus', 'Progressives', 'School Boards', '2022 Elections', 'Culture War']",San Francisco school board members ousted in parental backlash,Politico,"San Francisco voters have recalled three school board members who spurred a parental backlash for pursuing the renaming of schools and other progressive policy changes as classrooms remained empty during the coronavirus pandemic.
Initial returns Tuesday night showed that voters overwhelmingly voted “yes” to recall Alison Collins, Gabriela López and Faauuga Moliga, three of the board’s seven members — 79 percent voted to remove Collins, 75 percent to remove Lopez and 73 percent to remove Moliga. The early results were dramatic enough that backers quickly declared victory and Moliga acknowledged his apparent defeat.
The outcome in...",left
16815,San Francisco Voters Recall 3 Members of City's School Board,"['Education', 'San Francisco', 'Coronavirus', 'Progressives', 'School Boards', '2022 Elections', 'Culture War']",San Francisco recalls 3 members of city’s school board,New York Post (News),"Three members of San Francisco’s school board were ousted Tuesday in the wake of widespread backlash over the slow reopening of schools shut down by COVID-19 and a controversial plan to rename dozens of school sites.
School board president Gabriela López, vice president Faauuga Moliga and commissioner Alison Collins were all stripped of their positions during a special election, according to tallies by the San Francisco Department of Elections.
Furious parents launched the recall effort in January 2021 after arguing the school board was pushing progressive politics instead of acting in the...",right
16816,"Trump Says He Declassifed Russia, Clinton Email Probe Documents","['Russia', 'Donald Trump', 'Russia Probe', 'Intelligence']","Trump Hails His Move to Declassify Russia, Clinton Probe Details",Bloomberg,"President Donald Trump announced he has authorized the declassification of documents related to the FBI’s Russia investigation and the probe into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email account, part of his efforts to cast aspersions on his political enemies as he falls further behind in his bid for re-election.
“I have fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents pertaining to the single greatest political CRIME in American History, the Russia Hoax,” Trump tweeted on Tuesday.",left
16817,"Trump Says He Declassifed Russia, Clinton Email Probe Documents","['Russia', 'Donald Trump', 'Russia Probe', 'Intelligence']","Trump says he has declassified documents related to Russia, Clinton email probes",Reuters,"President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has declassified all documents related to federal investigations into Russian election interference and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server for government emails.
“I have fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents pertaining to the single greatest political CRIME in American History, the Russia Hoax. Likewise, the Hillary Clinton Email Scandal. No redactions!” Trump wrote on Twitter.",center
16818,"Trump Says He Declassifed Russia, Clinton Email Probe Documents","['Russia', 'Donald Trump', 'Russia Probe', 'Intelligence']","Trump Announces Declassification of Russia Collusion, Clinton Email Probe Documents",The Epoch Times,"President Donald Trump announced in a Twitter post late on Tuesday he has authorized the “total” declassification of all documents relating to the Russia collusion and Hillary Clinton email probes.
“I have fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents pertaining to the single greatest political CRIME in American History, the Russia Hoax. Likewise, the Hillary Clinton Email Scandal. No redactions!” he wrote at around 8:40 p.m. ET. He did not elaborate on the nature of the documents.",right
16819,Perspectives: Biden and the COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory,"['Coronavirus', 'Wuhan Lab', 'China', 'Joe Biden']",Why the Wuhan lab-leak theory is being taken seriously,BBC News,"Nearly a year and a half since Covid-19 was detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the question of how the virus first emerged remains a mystery.
But in recent weeks the controversial claim that the pandemic might have leaked from a Chinese laboratory - once dismissed by many as a fringe conspiracy theory - has been gaining traction.
Now, US President Joe Biden has announced an urgent investigation that will look into the theory as a possible origin of the disease.
So what do we know about the competing theories...",center
16820,Perspectives: Biden and the COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory,"['Coronavirus', 'Wuhan Lab', 'China', 'Joe Biden']",Biden's lack of interest in investigating the origins of COVID-19 is troubling,Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden is right to resume the Trump administration's investigation into the possibility the novel coronavirus escaped from a Chinese laboratory. It is a welcome shift from his earlier partisanship-addled refusal, but the process it took to reach this decision is not one that inspires confidence.
Biden said he has asked the intelligence community to “redouble their efforts to collect and analyze information that could bring us closer to a definitive conclusion” on the origins of the coronavirus and report back to him in 90 days.
This is welcome news. The...",right
16821,Perspectives: Biden and the COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory,"['Coronavirus', 'Wuhan Lab', 'China', 'Joe Biden']","Biden’s announcement is the beginning, not the end, of a real covid origin investigation",Washington Post,President Biden took an important but limited step Wednesday toward a genuine investigation into the origins of covid-19. He issued an order directing his intelligence agencies to “redouble their efforts” to look into the two competing hypotheses about the source of the pandemic (a random viral spillover in nature or an accident at one of the Chinese labs studying bat coronaviruses in Wuhan). But this represents just one aspect of a growing U.S. government and congressional effort to finally try — as best we can — to get to the bottom of how...,left
16822,Murder Charge in UVA Death,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Big development in Hannah Graham case,CBS News (Online),New information is coming in the case of the man linked to two Virginia college students who disappeared and were later found dead.,left
16823,Murder Charge in UVA Death,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Murder charges reportedly filed against Jesse Matthew in Hannah Graham case,Fox News (Online News),Virginia prosecutors reportedly have filed charges of first-degree murder against Jesse Matthew in connection with the death of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham this past September.,right
16824,Murder Charge in UVA Death,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Jesse Matthew charged in Hannah Graham slaying,CNN (Online News),"The man suspected of killing college student Hannah Graham has now been officially charged with her slaying, CNN affiliates reported late Monday night.",left
16825,"Top Philadelphia Inquirer Editor Resigns After Controversy Over ""Buildings Matter, Too"" Headline","['Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'Media Bias', 'Polarization', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Media Industry']","Philadelphia Inquirer’s executive editor steps down after ‘Buildings Matter, Too’ headline",New York Daily News,"The Philadelphia Inquirer's executive editor is stepping down after his newspaper ran a headline reading ""Buildings Matter, Too"" that garnered widespread backlash.
June 12 will be the last day for the newspaper’s top editor, Stan Wischnowski, CNN reported, citing a memo shared with the Inquirer’s staff. His replacement has not been announced.
Dozens of journalists for the newspaper called out of work last Thursday, two days after the headline ran in print amid public demonstrations and social unrest following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, in police...",left
16826,"Top Philadelphia Inquirer Editor Resigns After Controversy Over ""Buildings Matter, Too"" Headline","['Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'Media Bias', 'Polarization', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Media Industry']",Philadelphia editor resigns over ‘Buildings Matter’ headline,Associated Press,"The Philadelphia Inquirer’s top editor is resigning after an uproar over a headline lamenting damage to businesses amid turbulent protests denouncing police brutality against people of color, the paper announced Saturday.
The newspaper said Stan Wischnowski, 58, was stepping down as senior vice president and executive editor.
The Inquirer had apologized for a “horribly wrong” decision to use the headline, “Buildings Matter, Too,” on a column Tuesday about looting and vandalism on the margins of protests of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis at the hands of a white police officer....",left
16827,"Top Philadelphia Inquirer Editor Resigns After Controversy Over ""Buildings Matter, Too"" Headline","['Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'Media Bias', 'Polarization', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Media Industry']",Philadelphia Inquirer Editor Resigns After Blow-Up Over ‘Buildings Matter Too’ Headline,The Daily Caller,"The Philadelphia Inquirer’s top editor has resigned after staffers complained about a “deeply offensive” headline that was published earlier in the week.
Stan Wischnowski, who worked for the Inquirer for two decades, published an article about the looting and destruction that came as peaceful protests over the death of George Floyd gave way to violent riots and looting in major cities nationwide — Philadelphia included.
The article’s headline read, “Buildings Matter Too.”
During Wischnowski’s tenure as editor, the newsroom has taken strides to double the number of minority staffers —...",right
16828,Tax Increase Deal?,['Taxes'],Republican Defectors Ready to Back Tax-Rate Compromise,Bloomberg,"A few dozen Republicans have joined a bipartisan call to break the impasse between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner over taxes for the highest- earning Americans. The Republicans signed a letter calling for exploration of “all options on taxes and entitlement programs, a signal that some rank-and-file members are ready to bargain.",left
16829,Tax Increase Deal?,['Taxes'],"The rich will pay more taxes, Boehner says",CNN (Online News),"Taxes on the wealthy are going up, House Speaker John Boehner conceded on Wednesday in challenging President Barack Obama to sit down with him to hammer out a deal for avoiding the fiscal cliff.",left
16830,Tax Increase Deal?,['Taxes'],"In Tax Fight, G.O.P. Seeks a Position to Fall Back On",New York Times (News),"With President Obama winning public support for higher tax rates on the rich, Congressional Republicans find themselves in a difficult political spot and are quietly beginning the search for a way out.",left
16831,North Korean Missile Launch Fails,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea appears to jab at Trump with missile test,Politico,"North Korea, in an apparent show of defiance against U.S. President Donald Trump, tried to test a missile early Sunday, but U.S. officials said the attempt failed as the projectile exploded almost immediately upon being launched.",left
16832,North Korean Missile Launch Fails,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea missile test: Latest launch 'blew up almost immediately',Fox News (Online News),"A North Korean missile fired from the east coast of the country Sunday “blew up almost immediately,” officials said.",right
16833,North Korean Missile Launch Fails,"['North Korea', 'World']","North Korean Missile Launch Fails, and a Show of Strength Fizzles",New York Times (News),"North Korea launched a ballistic missile Sunday morning from near its submarine base in Sinpo on its east coast, but the launch was the latest in a series of failures just after liftoff, according to American and South Korean military officials.",left
16834,"Springfield, MO: Walmart Gunman Thwarted","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Guns', 'Guns In America', 'Violence In America', 'Walmart']","Man wearing body armor and carrying a ‘tactical rifle’ arrested at Walmart in Missouri as shoppers flee, police say",Chicago Tribune,"Police in Springfield, Missouri, said they arrested a man who showed up at a Walmart store carrying a rifle and wearing body armor, terrifying shoppers who fled from the store.
Springfield police posted on Facebook that ""an armed individual"" was arrested Thursday. No shots were fired.
The incident happened five days after a mass shooting at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart, left 22 people dead.",center
16835,"Springfield, MO: Walmart Gunman Thwarted","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Guns', 'Guns In America', 'Violence In America', 'Walmart']",A Gun-Toting Man In Body Armor Who Sparked Panic At A Missouri Walmart Was Arrested For Making A Terrorist Threat,BuzzFeed News,"A man clad in body armor and carrying ""tactical weapons"" was arrested Thursday after sparking mass panic at a Walmart in Missouri — less than a week after 22 people were killed in a shooting at an El Paso Walmart.
Dmitriy Andreychenko, 20, was carrying guns loaded with more than 100 rounds of ammunition, KY3 reported. He grabbed a shopping cart upon entering the store and started recording himself on a cellphone while walking the aisles.
Though shots were not fired, chaos ensued, and terrified shoppers reportedly ran out of...",left
16836,"Springfield, MO: Walmart Gunman Thwarted","['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Guns', 'Guns In America', 'Violence In America', 'Walmart']",Good Guy With A Gun Appears To Have Stopped A Would-Be Shooter At A Missouri Walmart,Guest Writer - Right,"With the recent mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas that left 20-plus people dead and scores more wounded, there’s nothing more startling to the public, and especially the police, than an armed man armed with a rifle in the vicinity of…a Walmart. That’s what happened in Springfield, Missouri.
Seeing that there are only two reasons for someone to do this: it was either poor judgment in which the person of interest should know better given recent headlines or this was a planned attack that was stopped...",right
16837,House Votes to Impeach Trump,"['Impeachment', 'US House', 'House GOP', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']","House impeaches Trump a second time, but conviction and removal are unlikely",Washington Examiner,"The House impeached President Trump for the second time Wednesday, charging him for behavior they believe caused the violent Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol that left five dead, dozens injured, and the historic building defaced and damaged.
Ten House Republicans joined all House Democrats to pass a single impeachment article accusing Trump of inciting an insurrection.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, must now decide when to send the article to the Senate, which is not scheduled to be in session until Jan. 19 and is unlikely to...",right
16838,House Votes to Impeach Trump,"['Impeachment', 'US House', 'House GOP', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']","The House, with some G.O.P. support, impeaches Trump for ‘incitement of insurrection,’ setting up a Senate trial",New York Times (News),"The House on Wednesday impeached President Trump for inciting a violent insurrection against the United States government, as 10 members of the president’s party joined Democrats to charge him with high crimes and misdemeanors for an unprecedented second time.
Reconvening under the threat of continued violence and the protection of thousands of National Guard troops, the House was determined to hold Mr. Trump to account just one week before he was to leave office. At issue was his role in encouraging a mob that attacked the Capitol one week ago...",left
16839,House Votes to Impeach Trump,"['Impeachment', 'US House', 'House GOP', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']",House Impeaches President Trump for Second Time,Wall Street Journal (News),"The House voted to impeach President Trump for an unprecedented second time on Wednesday, alleging he encouraged a mob to storm Congress as part of a last-gasp effort to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s election win.
The vote was 232 to 197, with all Democrats joined by 10 Republicans, in a House chamber guarded by National Guard troops stationed throughout the Capitol and its grounds.
Democrats’ push to impeach Mr. Trump just before he is set to leave office reflects many lawmakers’ deep anger at Mr. Trump’s monthslong campaign to challenge...",center
16840,Coronavirus Commands News Cycle,"['Coronavirus', 'China', 'Media Bias', 'Disease', 'Healthcare', 'Stock Market', 'Economy And Jobs', 'World']","Caution, cancellations mark Ash Wednesday in time of virus",Associated Press,"VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis celebrated the Ash Wednesday ritual kicking off the Catholic Church’s Lenten season in traditional fashion, while other Masses in northern Italy were canceled over fears of the new coronavirus.
Francis and a long line of priests, bishops and cardinals processed through Rome’s Aventine hill into the 5th-century Santa Sabina basilica for the late-afternoon Mass. Neither the priests nor the faithful were wearing masks, and they all exchanged a sign of peace toward the end of the liturgy. But Rome has largely been spared Italy’s...",left
16841,Coronavirus Commands News Cycle,"['Coronavirus', 'China', 'Media Bias', 'Disease', 'Healthcare', 'Stock Market', 'Economy And Jobs', 'World']",Coronavirus Sparks Talk of Global Recession and 'Economic Pandemic' as Stock Markets Dive,Newsweek,"As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases surpassed 80,000, with new outbreaks in Italy and Iran and a worsening situation in South Korea, stock markets plummeted amid analysts' fears that the health emergency might spark a global recession.
But others cautioned that the risk of recession is low and China will likely contain the new coronavirus by the end of March, staving off an economic crisis. Moreover, the internet is helping offset some of the economic damage.
Monday's sharp falls on America's Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and NASDAQ...",center
16842,Coronavirus Commands News Cycle,"['Coronavirus', 'China', 'Media Bias', 'Disease', 'Healthcare', 'Stock Market', 'Economy And Jobs', 'World']","Schumer requests $8.5B to battle coronavirus, rejecting Trump budget demand as inadequate",Washington Examiner,"Senate Democrats plan to seek $8.5 billion in new federal funding to battle the coronavirus outbreak after condemning President Trump’s $2.5 billion request as inadequate.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer “is preparing a detailed Senate request” for the money, a top aide told the Washington Examiner.
“Expect Schumer’s request to be finalized this morning and sent to appropriators,” the aide said.
Democrats on Tuesday dismissed the Trump administration's $2.5 billion emergency funding request as far too low to prepare the nation to combat the virus in an adequate manner, given...",right
16843,GOP Could Reclaim Senate,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Prospects Brighten for Republicans to Reclaim a Senate Majority,Wall Street Journal (News),"With 100 days to go until the midterm election, unexpectedly strong bids by several Republican candidates and President Barack Obama's continued sagging approval ratings are boosting GOP chances of capturing a Senate majority.
A battery of recent polling shows Republican candidates mounting competitive bids for at least 10 Senate seats now held by Democrats, including in Iowa and Colorado, states that have been leaning Democratic in recent years. Many Republican candidates have narrowed their opponents' fundraising advantage, according to the latest campaign-finance reports. And a series of international crises has...",center
16844,GOP Could Reclaim Senate,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Best Indicators Give GOP 60 Percent Chance of Senate Takeover,Newsmax (News),"Data shows that Republicans have a slight advantage in the fight to take control of the Senate in November and the type of polling is a key factor in the accuracy of these predictions, according to The New York Times.
The latest highest quality, non-partisan polling, including a YouGov online panel published Sunday, gives the GOP a 60 percent chance of picking up the six seats they need to regain control of the upper chamber, up from 54 percent in on April 1, the Times said.
""The Republicans appear...",right
16845,GOP Could Reclaim Senate,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Republicans’ Senate Chances Rise Slightly to 60 Percent,New York Times (News),"For the last month, we’ve been adding one or two polls a day to The Upshot’s Senate forecasting model. Today, we update all 36 races, based on estimates from a YouGov online panel that covers every congressional and governor’s race across the country.
The panel, asked for its preferences in collaboration with CBS and The New York Times, is unusual in its scope: It comprises more than 66,000 people living in states with a Senate race this year. YouGov, a polling firm, also conducted online interviews with roughly half of...",left
16846,John McCain to End Treatment for Brain Cancer,['Politics'],"Bad blood between McCain and Trump lingers, even as the Arizona Republican nears the end",Washington Post,"It got off to a bad start, and President Trump’s venomous relationship with Sen. John McCain probably won’t end well either.",left
16847,John McCain to End Treatment for Brain Cancer,['Politics'],"Amid cancer treatment, McCain exercised significant political clout from afar",Fox News (Online News),"The family of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., says the senator is suspending treatment for his brain cancer. But it’s notable the statement came from the family and not the senator.",right
16848,John McCain to End Treatment for Brain Cancer,['Politics'],John McCain to Discontinue Medical Treatment for Brain Cancer,Wall Street Journal (News),"Sen. John McCain will discontinue treatment for brain cancer, his family said in a statement on Friday, adding the progress of the disease and his advancing age will “render their verdict.”",center
16849,Judge Appoints Special Master in Mar-a-Lago Probe,"['Justice', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump', 'FBI']",New York judge Raymond Dearie appointed as special master in DOJ case against Trump,New York Post (News),"A veteran New York judge has been appointed to independently review the classified records seized from Donald Trump’s Florida resort last month and determine whether they fall under attorney-client privilege.
A veteran New York judge has been appointed to independently review the classified records seized from Donald Trump’s Florida resort last month and arbitrate the federal investigation into the former president.
Hon. Raymond Dearie was announced as special master in the case by US District Judge Aileen Cannon, court documents showed. Dearie was one of two possible third-party legal experts suggested to Cannon by Trump’s team....",right
16850,Judge Appoints Special Master in Mar-a-Lago Probe,"['Justice', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump', 'FBI']","What to know about Judge Raymond Dearie, the Mar-a-Lago search special master",NPR (Online News),"Judge Aileen Cannon has appointed Judge Raymond Dearie as the special master to review documents seized during a court-approved search of former President Donald Trump's Florida home in August.
Dearie, 78, a former chief judge of the federal court in the Eastern District of New York, was one of the special master candidates suggested by Trump whom the Justice Department did not object to.
Cannon directed Dearie to issue interim reports and recommendations ""as appropriate"" during the review and set a Nov. 30 deadline to complete his work. The Justice...",left
16851,Judge Appoints Special Master in Mar-a-Lago Probe,"['Justice', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump', 'FBI']","Judge appoints special master, denying DOJ access to classified records",The Hill,"A federal judge on Thursday denied the Justice Department’s motion to access the classified records stored at Mar-a-Lago and installed a recently retired judge to serve as the special master former President Trump requested.
The duo of orders from federal district Judge Aileen Cannon will ignite a Department of Justice (DOJ) appeal to the 11th Circuit and also selects Judge Raymond Dearie to serve as the special master — the one candidate both the DOJ and Trump’s legal team could agree on.
The order requires Dearie to complete his review by Nov....",center
16852,Hillary’s Server,['Politics'],Trey Gowdy: Hillary Clinton wiped her server clean,Politico,"Hillary Clinton wiped “clean” the private server housing emails from her tenure as secretary of state, the chairman of the House committee investigating the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi said Friday.
“While it is not clear precisely when Secretary Clinton decided to permanently delete all emails from her server, it appears she made the decision after October 28, 2014, when the Department of State for the first time asked the Secretary to return her public record to the Department,” Rep.",left
16853,Hillary’s Server,['Politics'],"Hillary Clinton wiped email server clean, refuses to turn it over",Washington Times,"Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has refused to turn her email server over to an independent third party and claims she has wiped the server clean, dealing a setback to the special investigative committee looking into the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack, the probe said late Friday.
Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy said the whole House will have to decide what the next steps are in the push to pry information from Mrs. Clinton, but said she will likely have to appear and testify on her decision-making about her emails,...",right
16854,Hillary’s Server,['Politics'],"No Copies of Clinton Emails on Server, Lawyer Says",New York Times (News),"An examination of the server that housed the personal email account that Hillary Rodham Clinton used exclusively when she was secretary of state showed that there are no copies of any emails she sent during her time in office, her lawyer told a congressional committee on Friday.
After her representatives determined which emails were government-related and which were private, a setting on the account was changed to retain only emails sent in the previous 60 days, her lawyer, David Kendall, said. He said the setting was altered after she gave...",left
16855,Vaccine Debate Gets Political,['Politics'],Measles Proves Delicate Issue to G.O.P. Field,New York Times (News),"The politics of medicine, morality and free will have collided in an emotional debate over vaccines and the government’s place in requiring them, posing a challenge for Republicans who find themselves in the familiar but uncomfortable position of reconciling modern science with the skepticism of their core conservative voters.",left
16856,Vaccine Debate Gets Political,['Politics'],Vaccination foes on the defensive,Politico,"The Disneyland measles outbreak has forced a reckoning on the politics of vaccination: Likely GOP presidential candidates are stumbling over the issue, President Barack Obama has forcefully weighed in, and several states are pushing to make it harder to exempt children from vaccinations.",left
16857,Vaccine Debate Gets Political,['Politics'],Vaccination debate spills over into 2016 White House race,Fox News (Online News),"The roiling national debate over vaccinations has spilled over into the 2016 presidential race, as potential candidates clash over whether a measles outbreak underscores the need for strict vaccination policies.",right
16858,Treasury Says $600 Coronavirus Payments Start Tuesday Night,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Life During Covid-19']",COVID-19 Relief Checks To Hit Some Bank Accounts As Early As Tuesday,The Daily Caller,"The U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Tuesday in a Tweet that some Americans may start to see money in their bank accounts ‘as early as tonight.’
After much debate between Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill regarding the contents of a new COVID-19 relief package an agreement was finally reached. Mnuchin mentioned in the tweet that the Treasury Department had delivered a payment file to the Federal Reserve that correlated with the relief bill, according to The Hill.
Mnuchin went on to state that paper checks will start...",right
16859,Treasury Says $600 Coronavirus Payments Start Tuesday Night,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Life During Covid-19']","You could receive your $600 stimulus check as soon as tonight, Treasury says",USA TODAY,"Stimulus money could be coming to your account tonight.
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin tweeted on Tuesday evening the department ""has delivered a payment file to the Federal Reserve for Americans' Economic Impact Payments."" His tweet continued: ""These payments may begin to arrive in some accounts by direct deposit as early as tonight and will continue into next week.""
Americans who have direct deposit set up through the Internal Revenue Service could be receiving their stimulus payment as early as Tuesday night. Paper checks will begin to be mailed Wednesday, according...",left
16860,Treasury Says $600 Coronavirus Payments Start Tuesday Night,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Life During Covid-19']",Treasury Secretary Mnuchin says $600 Covid payments start going out Tuesday night,NBC News (Online),"Treasury Secretary Mnuchin said Tuesday that badly needed direct Covid-19 relief payments were being paid out as early as Tuesday night, as a measure to increase the payments to $2,000 from $600 is stalled in the Senate.
""@USTreasury has delivered a payment file to the @FederalReserve for Americans’ Economic Impact Payments. These payments may begin to arrive in some accounts by direct deposit as early as tonight and will continue into next week,"" Mnuchin announced in a pair of tweets. ""Paper checks will begin to be mailed tomorrow,"" he added.",left
16861,Supreme Court Denies Trump Bid to Enforce Asylum Ban,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court rejects Trump asylum ban on illegal migrants,BBC News,The US Supreme Court has ruled against the Trump administration's policy to deny asylum to any migrants crossing the US-Mexico border illegally.,center
16862,Supreme Court Denies Trump Bid to Enforce Asylum Ban,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to enforce asylum crackdown,Fox News (Online News),"The Supreme Court on Friday blocked the Trump administration from immediately enforcing a strict new asylum policy, in a 5-4 decision that marks the second legal setback this week for efforts to",right
16863,Supreme Court Denies Trump Bid to Enforce Asylum Ban,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court rejects Trump's asylum ban in 5-4 ruling as Chief Justice Roberts sides with liberal judges,NBC News (Online),The decision leaves in place a lower court ruling that blocked the president's proclamation.,left
16864,Storms Ravage Texas and Oklahoma,['General News'],'Absolutely Massive' Texas Flooding Leaves At Least 12 People Missing,HuffPost,"Recovery teams were resuming the search early Tuesday for 12 people who are missing after a rain-swollen river in Central Texas carried a vacation home off its foundation, slamming it into a bridge downstream.",left
16865,Storms Ravage Texas and Oklahoma,['General News'],'A madhouse': Rain hammers Houston as deadly storm moves east,CNN (Online News),"That's the best way to describe the nightmare Houston residents woke up to Tuesday, after over 10 inches of rain fell in some spots overnight -- inundating byways and highways, slowing first responders, knocking out power and generally bringing the southeast Texas metropolis to a standstill.",left
16866,Storms Ravage Texas and Oklahoma,['General News'],"Authorities say 12 missing in Texas floods likely dead, 13 killed in Mexico tornado",Fox News (Online News),"Recovery teams were resuming the search early Tuesday for 12 people who are missing after a rain-swollen river in Central Texas carried a vacation home off its foundation, slamming it into a bridge downstream.",right
16867,"Brazilian Elections Head to Runoff Between Bolsonaro, Lula","['World', 'Elections', 'Brazil', 'Jair Bolsonaro', 'Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva', 'Democracy', 'Polls', 'Donald Trump', 'Latin America']","Defying preelection polls, a divided Brazil heads to a presidential runoff",NPR (Online News),"A day after an inconclusive presidential election, Brazil is now bracing for a frantic four-week campaign ahead of a runoff vote that will pit leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva against Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right incumbent president.
Official returns from Sunday's first round showed da Silva, a former two-term president universally known as Lula, with 48.4% compared to 43.2% for Bolsonaro. The remaining votes went to nine other candidates.
Da Silva needed to get more than half of the votes to avoid a head-to-head matchup against Bolsonaro, who proved far stronger...",left
16868,"Brazilian Elections Head to Runoff Between Bolsonaro, Lula","['World', 'Elections', 'Brazil', 'Jair Bolsonaro', 'Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva', 'Democracy', 'Polls', 'Donald Trump', 'Latin America']",Brazil's polarizing presidential election advances to second round runoff,Washington Examiner,"Brazil's presidential election sparked a second round of voting after neither major-party candidate received more than 50% of the votes.
With more than 99% of the vote counted, former president and left-wing candidate Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva led incumbent right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro with 48.4% of the vote, according to results released by Brazil’s Electoral Superior Court. Bolsonaro received 43.2% as of Sunday evening.
“We have a second round ahead where everything becomes the same, the [television advertising] time for each side becomes the same. And now, we are going to show it better for...",right
16869,"Brazilian Elections Head to Runoff Between Bolsonaro, Lula","['World', 'Elections', 'Brazil', 'Jair Bolsonaro', 'Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva', 'Democracy', 'Polls', 'Donald Trump', 'Latin America']",Runoff result shows Bolsonaro is stronger than polls suggested,The Brazilian Report,"Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who governed Brazil between 2003 and 2010, came close to winning his old job back in an outright victory in the country’s presidential election on Sunday, as voters expressed their rejection of incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. However, the former president didn’t obtain quite the margin he had hoped.",center
16870,New Developments in Boston Case,['Terrorism'],"Man killed by FBI agent knew Tsarnaevs, tied to triple murder, source says",CNN (Online News),"Ibragim Todashev, shot dead early Wednesday by the FBI in Florida, has been connected to a 2011 triple homicide in Waltham, Massachusetts, according to a source close to investigators.
Additional details weren't immediately available.
Todashev had been acquainted with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev at a mixed martial arts center near Boston, said a source who was briefed on the bombing investigation.",left
16871,New Developments in Boston Case,['Terrorism'],"Florida man killed by FBI agent reportedly had link to Boston Marathon bomber, triple murder",Fox News (Online News),"A former mixed martial arts fighter who was fatally shot by an FBI agent in Florida following a ""violent confrontation"" knew one of the Boston Marathon bombers and was being questioned about an unsolved triple homicide that may be linked to him, according to reports.
Ibragim Todashev, who was shot and killed early Wednesday during a shooting at an apartment complex near Universal Studios in Orlando, knew Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the older of the two brothers behind the Ap
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/05/22/man-fatally-shot-by-fbi-agent-in-fl...",right
16872,New Developments in Boston Case,['Terrorism'],Deadly End to F.B.I. Interview About Tsarnaev and 3 Killings,New York Times (News),"BOSTON — A man in Orlando, Fla., who was being interviewed early Wednesday morning by law enforcement officers about his ties to the deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect was fatally shot after he tried to attack the officers with a knife, according to a federal law enforcement officia",left
16873,Happy New Year 2018,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Incredible Global New Year’s Celebrations,HuffPost,"From the London Eye to Athens’ Acropolis, here are some of the most breathtaking scenes from New Year’s celebrations around the world.",left
16874,Happy New Year 2018,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Predictions for 2018,The American Spectator,"If you liked 2017, you’ll love 2018.",right
16875,Happy New Year 2018,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Revelers worldwide ring in 2018 amid heightened security,CNN (Online News),"Throngs of revelers packed cities around the globe to usher in 2018 with public celebrations and fireworks, despite fears of terrorism and frigid weather in some places.",left
16876,Sacklers Agree to $6 Billion Opioid Settlement With US States,"['Opioid Crisis', 'Purdue Pharma', 'Sackler Family', 'Business', 'Lawsuit', 'Courts', 'Healthcare', 'Drugs', 'Public Health']","Purdue’s Sacklers, States Reach Opioid Deal Valued at Up to $6 Billion",Wall Street Journal (News),"Members of the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma LP and grew wealthy from sales of OxyContin agreed to give back $6 billion to settle lawsuits accusing them of helping fuel the opioid epidemic, earning the unanimous support of state attorney generals to resolve their liability and end the company’s bankruptcy case.",center
16877,Sacklers Agree to $6 Billion Opioid Settlement With US States,"['Opioid Crisis', 'Purdue Pharma', 'Sackler Family', 'Business', 'Lawsuit', 'Courts', 'Healthcare', 'Drugs', 'Public Health']",Sacklers and Purdue Pharma Reach New Deal With States Over Opioids,New York Times (News),"Members of the billionaire Sackler family and their company, Purdue Pharma, have reached a deal with a group of states that had long resisted the company’s bankruptcy plan, opening the way for billions of dollars to begin flowing to addiction treatment programs nationwide, according to a court filing Thursday.
If Judge Robert Drain, who has presided over the bankruptcy proceedings in White Plains, N.Y., approves the agreement, the Sacklers will pay as much as $6 billion to help communities address the damages wrought by the opioid crisis.",left
16878,Sacklers Agree to $6 Billion Opioid Settlement With US States,"['Opioid Crisis', 'Purdue Pharma', 'Sackler Family', 'Business', 'Lawsuit', 'Courts', 'Healthcare', 'Drugs', 'Public Health']","Purdue Pharma, Sacklers to pay $6 billion to settle opioid lawsuit",New York Post (News),"Purdue Pharma and its owners, the billionaire Sackler family, will pay $6 billion to several states to settle a lawsuit brought about by the devastating opioid crisis, according to court papers.
A New York State judge must now sign off on the deal between the maker of OxyContin and the states.
According to the terms of the deal, the Sacklers, whose cumulative net worth is estimated to be $13 billion, will pay at least $5.5 billion in cash, which will be used to fund treatment centers helping those addicted to opioids.",right
16879,"US Economy Added 372,000 Jobs in June","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Jobs Report']","The economy added 372,000 jobs in June, outpacing expectations",CNN Business,"The US economy added 372,000 jobs in June, an unexpected boost in hiring and a signal that the labor market remains robust despite recession fears, according to the monthly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, released Friday.
The unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%, still close to the 52-year low last reached in the months before the pandemic hit.
The June job total, slightly down from May's revised 384,000 jobs added, far outpaced expectations. Economists polled by Refinitiv projected 272,700 jobs would be added in June, amid a period of economic unease and growing...",left
16880,"US Economy Added 372,000 Jobs in June","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Jobs Report']","Payrolls increased 372,000 in June, more than expected, as jobs market defies recession fears",CNBC,"Job growth accelerated at a much faster pace than expected in June, indicating that the main pillar of the U.S. economy remains strong despite pockets of weakness.
Nonfarm payrolls increased 372,000 in the month, better than the 250,000 Dow Jones estimate and continuing what has been a strong year for job growth, according to data Friday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The unemployment rate was 3.6%, unchanged from May and in line with estimates. An alternative measure of unemployment that includes discouraged workers and those holding part-time jobs for...",center
16881,"US Economy Added 372,000 Jobs in June","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Jobs Report']",Employers add 372K jobs in June as hiring remains steady,Fox Business,"The U.S. labor market remained solid in June as hiring paced ahead of expectations. 
U.S. employers added 372,000 jobs during the month compared with 390,000 in the prior month signaling inflation is having a limited impact on hiring thus far. The unemployment rate held steady at 3.6% for the third month in a row.  
Industries leading the gains included professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, and health care, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 
The manufacturing sector, a close gauge of the economy, added 29,000 jobs up from 15,000...",right
16882,"Texas, Several Other States Loosen COVID-19 Restrictions","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Texas', 'Mississippi', 'Louisiana', 'Michigan']","Texas Gov. Abbott announces plan to fully reopen businesses, end state mask mandate",Fox News (Online News),"Texas’s Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday said he planned to open the state next week ""100%,"" roughly a year after the coronavirus pandemic broke out throughout the U.S.
Abbott issued an executive order that rescinds many of the state’s previous orders, allowing all businesses in the state to fully reopen and revoking the statewide mask mandate as of next Wednesday.
""To be clear, COVID has not, like, suddenly disappeared,"" Abbott cautioned during a press conference at a restaurant in Lubbock, Texas on Tuesday. ""COVID still exists in Texas, the...",right
16883,"Texas, Several Other States Loosen COVID-19 Restrictions","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Texas', 'Mississippi', 'Louisiana', 'Michigan']","Texas governor lifts state mask mandate, other COVID-19 restrictions",The Hill,"Texas is lifting most of its remaining coronavirus restrictions, including its statewide mask mandate and capacity restrictions on businesses, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced Tuesday.
In a speech, Abbott emphasized that he expects people will continue to exercise personal responsibility to keep themselves safe without a government mandate.
""Texans have mastered the daily habits to avoid getting COVID,"" Abbott said.
Abbott also said that effective March 10, every business will be allowed to open at 100 percent capacity.
""Make no mistake, COVID has not suddenly disappeared. COVID still exists in...",center
16884,"Texas, Several Other States Loosen COVID-19 Restrictions","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Texas', 'Mississippi', 'Louisiana', 'Michigan']",States roll back restrictions as infections plateau,Washington Post,"Governors across the country have begun to rescind policies meant to stem the coronavirus’s spread, even as the rapid drop in new infections begins to stall.
In Texas, the nation’s second most populous state, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced that he would lift the state’s mask requirement and restrictions on businesses. Mississippi officials unveiled a similar plan.
Health officials reacted with concern, warning that lifting restrictions too early risked another surge of the virus.
Here are some significant developments:
A bomb went off outside a Dutch coronavirus testing facility just...",left
16885,Trade War With China Escalates,"['Trade', 'China', 'Trade War', 'Tariffs', 'World']",US stocks fall sharply as US-China trade war escalates,Associated Press,"Stocks tumbled on Wall Street after President Donald Trump said he “hereby ordered” U.S. companies to consider alternatives to doing business in China. He also said he would respond to Beijing’s latest tariff increase later Friday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank nearly 500 points after the president made the announcements on Twitter.
Trump also said he was “ordering” UPS, Federal Express and Amazon to block any deliveries from China of the powerful opiod drug fentanyl. The stocks of all three companies fell as traders tried to understand what the...",left
16886,Trade War With China Escalates,"['Trade', 'China', 'Trade War', 'Tariffs', 'World']",Trump’s angry tweets about China betray his political rhetoric in two significant ways,Washington Post,"President Trump meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, in June.
For all of his bluster about the strength of the economy and his purported role in guiding the country to new highs, President Trump is worried.",left
16887,Trade War With China Escalates,"['Trade', 'China', 'Trade War', 'Tariffs', 'World']","Sensing vulnerability, China turns up the heat on Trump",Guest Writer - Right,"With its announcement on Friday of new 5-10% tariffs on $75 billion in U.S. goods, China is escalating pressure on President Trump. Xi Jinping senses that Trump is increasingly desperate for a trade deal. He believes he can cajole Trump into making a more China-friendly trade deal.
Trump's response on Friday has been mixed.
While his latest attack on Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell — questioning whether Powell is more of an enemy than Xi Jinping — is idiotic, Trump is right to point out the central threat of Chinese...",right
16888,Final Projections Point to Republicans Winning Control of Congress,"['2022 Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'US Senate', 'Inflation']",Democrats confront their nightmare scenario on election eve as economic concerns overshadow abortion and democracy worries,CNN (Online News),"Democrats close their midterm election campaign Monday facing the nightmare scenario they always feared – with Republicans staging a gleeful referendum on Joe Biden’s struggling presidency and failure to tame inflation.
Hopes that Democrats could use the Supreme Court’s overturning of the right to an abortion and a flurry of legislative wins to stave off the classic midterm election rout of a party in power are now a memory. Biden faces a dark political environment because of the 40-year-high in the cost of living – and his hopes of a swift rebound next year...",left
16889,Final Projections Point to Republicans Winning Control of Congress,"['2022 Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'US Senate', 'Inflation']","Polls favor GOP to win control of House, but upset possible",NewsNation,"Control of the U.S. House is up for grabs on election night and the simple math favors Republicans. It’s not just polling. Democrats are defending more seats in tough districts than Republicans are.
Only a small handful of really competitive races, of which there are dozens, need to flip from blue to red for the GOP to control the House.
Democrats’ current majority in the House sits at just five seats.
It’s a historically small margin which, according to the polls, Democrats are expected to lose this Tuesday.
Out of...",center
16890,Final Projections Point to Republicans Winning Control of Congress,"['2022 Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics', 'US Congress', 'US House', 'US Senate', 'Inflation']",Midterm Predictions: The ‘Red Tsunami’ Comes into View Once More,Jim Geraghty,"I guess I’ve put off my election predictions for as long as I can. I usually prefer to hold off until right before Election Day, because you never know when some October surprise — or more accurately, a November surprise — will come along and change the dynamic, or give those last few undecided voters a reason to break a certain way.
But I think one of the big stories of the 2022 midterms is how much the dynamics didn’t change. This looked like a big GOP wave year back in the...",right
16891,Obama Talks Hillary’s Experience,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Obama on Clinton: 'There has never been a man or a woman ... more qualified' to be President,Washington Post,"President Barack Obama Addressed the Democratic Party's convention for the final time as the Oval Office householder, reflecting on his presidency and preparing to vouch for the woman he hopes will be his successor, Hillary Clinton.",left
16892,Obama Talks Hillary’s Experience,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Obama Stresses Hillary Clinton’s Foreign-Policy Experience in Democratic Convention Speech,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama, with the end of his own presidency in sight, vouched for Hillary Clinton in an optimistic speech Wednesday intended to rebut Republican criticism of her record as secretary of state and elevate her as a tested leader at a time when national security is taking a central role in the presidential campaign.",center
16893,Obama Talks Hillary’s Experience,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']","Obama, Kaine pile on Trump in scorching warm-up for closing night",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama and Tim Kaine tag-teamed to deliver a scorching warm-up Wednesday for Hillary Clinton to accept the party’s nomination for president at the Democratic convention, with the president accusing Republican Donald Trump of only offering “slogans” and “fear” – and Clinton’s newly tapped running mate almost upstaging the commander-in-chief with his gusty impression of the billionaire’s New Yawk bravado.",right
16894,Continued Immigration Fight,['Immigration'],Critics: Immigration Bill Gives White House Too Much Latitude,Newsmax (News),Some Republican senators are complaining that the bipartisan immigration bill grants too much leeway to White House officials in deciding how to administer the new reform system if its approved by Congress.,right
16895,Continued Immigration Fight,['Immigration'],House to Take Piecemeal Approach on Immigration,Wall Street Journal (News),Tensions between the House and Senate approaches to an immigration-law overhaul emerged as the House Judiciary chairman said he would advance individual bills rather than a single comprehensive measure as the Senate is considering.,center
16896,Continued Immigration Fight,['Immigration'],On Beyond Fear,New York Times (News),The secretary of homeland security explained how immigration reform would strengthen security at the borders and expand enforcement of the laws.,left
16897,Inflation Slows Sharply but Remains High at 8.3%,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Labor Department', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'Economic Policy', 'CPI', 'Food', 'Energy', 'Transportation', 'Housing Market']","Inflation soars 8.3% in April, hovering near 40-year high",Fox Business,"Inflation cooled on an annual basis for the first time in months in April, but rose more than expected as supply chain constraints, the Russian war in Ukraine and strong consumer demand continued to keep consumer prices running near a 40-year-high. 
The Labor Department said Wednesday that the consumer price index, a broad measure of the price for everyday goods including gasoline, groceries and rents, rose 8.3% in April from a year ago, below the 8.5% year-over-year surge recorded in March. Prices jumped 0.3% in the one-month period from March.",right
16898,Inflation Slows Sharply but Remains High at 8.3%,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Labor Department', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'Economic Policy', 'CPI', 'Food', 'Energy', 'Transportation', 'Housing Market']","U.S. inflation simmers, worst of price gains likely behind",Reuters,"U.S. consumer price growth slowed sharply in April as gasoline eased off record highs, suggesting inflation has probably peaked, though it is likely to stay hot for a while and keep the Federal Reserve's foot on the brakes to cool demand.
That aspect was reinforced by the report from the Labor Department on Wednesday, which also showed underlying monthly inflation pressures building up again after a lull in March as airline ticket prices notched their biggest increase on record. Rents rose by the most since 2006, further squeezing consumers who...",center
16899,Inflation Slows Sharply but Remains High at 8.3%,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Labor Department', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'Economic Policy', 'CPI', 'Food', 'Energy', 'Transportation', 'Housing Market']",US inflation slowed last month for the first time since August,CNN Business,"US inflation took a breather last month for the first time since August. Prices still increased, but at a slower pace than in previous months.
The Consumer Price Index was up 8.3% in the 12 months ended in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday, slightly higher than economists had predicted. It was a decrease from the 8.5% recorded in March, which had been the highest level in more than 40 years.",left
16900,Covington High School Student Speaks Out Amid Controversy,"['Kentucky Student', 'Native American', 'Politics']",Nick Sandmann on encounter with Native American elder Nathan Phillips: 'I respect him',NBC Today Show,"Nick Sandmann, one of the high school students videotaped last week in an apparent confrontation with a Native American activist at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., says he was not “disrespectful” toward Nathan Phillips.",left
16901,Covington High School Student Speaks Out Amid Controversy,"['Kentucky Student', 'Native American', 'Politics']",Covington Catholic student Nicholas Sandmann on Today Show: 'People judged me based off one expression',USA TODAY,"Nicholas Sandmann, the Covington Catholic student in the middle of a firestorm over an incident in Washington D.C., said he wishes he and his classmates had walked away.",left
16902,Covington High School Student Speaks Out Amid Controversy,"['Kentucky Student', 'Native American', 'Politics']","Nick Sandmann, Covington student: 'I had every right' to stand my ground during the confrontation",Washington Times,"Nick Sandmann, the Covington Catholic High School student caught up in the controversial confrontation with Native American activists, defended his choices on Wednesday.",right
16903,Postmaster General Addresses Mail Concerns in Senate Hearing,"['USPS', 'US Senate', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'US Postal Service', 'Trump Administration', 'Politics']",USPS chief concedes changes causing delays but won’t restore sorting machines,The Guardian,"America’s postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, conceded on Friday he had implemented recent changes that led to mail delays at the United States Postal Service (USPS) but said he would not reverse the decision to remove mail equipment ahead of the election.
DeJoy, a major Republican donor without prior USPS experience, made his first appearance before Congress amid widespread scrutiny over the mail delays and his management of the agency since taking over in June.
USPS chief Louis DeJoy says he won't restore mail-sorting machines ahead of election – live
...",left
16904,Postmaster General Addresses Mail Concerns in Senate Hearing,"['USPS', 'US Senate', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'US Postal Service', 'Trump Administration', 'Politics']",Postmaster general testifies that mail-in ballots for the November election will go through despite agency cuts,Chicago Tribune,"WASHINGTON — New Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Friday he has no plans to restore mailboxes and other agency cuts made since he took over in June, sparking fresh questions over how the Postal Service will ensure timely delivery of an expected surge of mail-in ballots for the November election.
It was DeJoy’s first time publicly answering questions since summer mail delays brought a public outcry. Testifying before a Senate committee, the ally of President Donald Trump said “it was his “sacred duty” that ballots arrive on time. But he...",center
16905,Postmaster General Addresses Mail Concerns in Senate Hearing,"['USPS', 'US Senate', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'US Postal Service', 'Trump Administration', 'Politics']","Postmaster general, in Senate hearing, aims to calm fears of mail-in ballots being delivered late",Fox News (Online News),"Senate Democrats hammered the U.S. postmaster general Friday over mail-in balloting concerns in a contentious hearing that included one lawmaker's profane outburst over a glitch in his remote video connection.
Meanwhile, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy aimed to reassure Democrats and Americans who are concerned that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) may not be able to deliver their mail-in ballots on time for the Nov. 3 election amid swirling controversy over the security of mail-in voting and changes that DeJoy has made in his short tenure as postmaster general.
""As we...",right
16906,Media Outlets Differ in Coverage of Child Shot in Atlanta,"['Race And Racism', 'Atlanta', 'Keisha Lance Bottoms', 'Gun Violence', 'Violence In America']",8-year-old girl fatally shot near Rayshard Brooks' memorial site; Atlanta mayor tells protesters to 'clear out',NBC News (Online),"Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms told protesters Sunday to ""clear out"" of an area near where Rayshard Brooks was killed by police last month after an 8-year-old girl was fatally shot near the site over the weekend.
""You shot and killed a baby,"" she said at a news conference. ""Enough is enough.""
Bottoms said the girl, Secoriea Turner, was shot Saturday night while riding in a car with her mother and a friend after they tried to pull into a parking lot. The site had been barricaded after Brooks was...",left
16907,Media Outlets Differ in Coverage of Child Shot in Atlanta,"['Race And Racism', 'Atlanta', 'Keisha Lance Bottoms', 'Gun Violence', 'Violence In America']","Atlanta Girl Killed In Shooting, Mayor To Clear Wendy's Of Protesters",International Business Times,"Protesters occupying the ruins of an Atlanta Wendy's outlet where Rayshard Brooks was gunned down by a police officer in June may be forced to vacate the premise after an 8-year-old girl was shot dead in the vicinity Sunday night. City Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said she has stopped negotiating with the protesters.
Secoriea Turner was in a car with her mother and another person when unidentified men open fired on their vehicle as it maneuvered to avoid street obstacles placed by protesters outside Wendy's, Fox News reported. The car...",center
16908,Media Outlets Differ in Coverage of Child Shot in Atlanta,"['Race And Racism', 'Atlanta', 'Keisha Lance Bottoms', 'Gun Violence', 'Violence In America']",'Not By The Hands of Police Officers:' Atlanta Mayor Rips Activists Responsible for Death of 8-Year-Old,Townhall,"Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) ripped protesters and activists causing violence in her city after Atlanta Police responded to a situation that ended in the death of an 8-year-old girl on Saturday night. The incident took place at the now-burned-down Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks was killed a few weeks ago.
Eight-year-old Secoriea Turner was in the car with two family members when the driver was met with a group of armed individuals, who eventually opened fire and killed Turner.",right
16909,"CDC Approves Booster Shots from Moderna, J&J","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Booster Shots', 'Moderna', 'Johnson & Johnson', 'CDC']","COVID vaccine: CDC expands booster rollout, OKs mixing shots",Associated Press,"Millions more Americans can get a COVID-19 booster and choose a different company’s vaccine for that next shot, federal health officials said Thursday.
Certain people who received Pfizer vaccinations months ago already are eligible for a booster and now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says specific Moderna and Johnson & Johnson recipients qualify, too. And in a bigger change, the agency is allowing the flexibility of “mixing and matching” that extra dose regardless of which type people received first.
The Food and Drug Administration had already authorized such...",left
16910,"CDC Approves Booster Shots from Moderna, J&J","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Booster Shots', 'Moderna', 'Johnson & Johnson', 'CDC']",Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine booster shots greenlighted by CDC,CBS News (Online),"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention formally recommended booster shots for many recipients of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday. As a result, up to 99 million Americans are now eligible for additional doses.
Providers expect to administer the first booster shots for the newly eligible Americans as early as tomorrow. 
""These recommendations are another example of our fundamental commitment to protect as many people as possible from COVID-19. The evidence shows that all three COVID-19 vaccines authorized in the United States are safe – as demonstrated by the...",left
16911,"CDC Approves Booster Shots from Moderna, J&J","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Booster Shots', 'Moderna', 'Johnson & Johnson', 'CDC']","CDC Endorses Boosters for Moderna, J&J, Mixing Shots",The Epoch Times,"The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has approved booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccines of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson brands, including taking different shots for the booster compared to the initial inoculation.
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky gave her final approval late Thursday after an advisory panel unanimously endorsed the boosters, marking the final step before the vaccine boosters are made available to the public.
“There are now booster recommendations for all three available COVID-19 vaccines in the United States. Eligible individuals may choose which vaccine...",right
16912,Pfizer Asks FDA to Authorize COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots for All Adults,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Booster Shots']",Pfizer asks for FDA authorization for booster for everyone 18 and up,NBC News (Online),"Pfizer-BioNTech asked the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday for emergency use authorization for its Covid-19 booster shot for all adults ages 18 and up, a move the company has been angling for over the past several months. 
Pfizer’s request will now be considered by the FDA, which will make a final decision in the coming weeks. It’s unclear whether the agency will ask its independent advisory group, called the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, to offer guidance on authorizing the booster. 
Pfizer’s booster shot is currently authorized for certain...",left
16913,Pfizer Asks FDA to Authorize COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots for All Adults,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Booster Shots']",Pfizer asks FDA to authorize booster shot for all adults,The Hill,"Pfizer and BioNTech on Tuesday said they had asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to authorize booster shots of their COVID-19 vaccine for all adults 18 and over, seeking to broaden who is eligible for a third shot.
The move comes as part of a long-running debate among experts over who should be eligible for booster shots. An FDA advisory panel voted against a request for all adults to have a booster in September, in what was a blow to the Biden administration's earlier announcement of widespread shots.
But the...",center
16914,Pfizer Asks FDA to Authorize COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots for All Adults,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Booster Shots']",Pfizer Asks US Regulators to Authorize COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters for All Adults,The Epoch Times,"Pfizer wants clearance for booster shots of its COVID-19 vaccine for all American adults, the company announced Tuesday.
Rebuffed in September by experts on a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) vaccine advisory panel, the company is trying again, pointing to data from a recent trial examining the safety and efficacy of boosters in a more than 10,000 people 16 or older.
The trial showed that a third dose of Pfizer’s jab boosted efficacy to 95.6 percent, Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said, much higher than the effectiveness seen recently in real-world settings....",right
16915,Ocasio-Cortez to Pay Interns $15 an Hour,"['US House', 'Politics']","Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Will Pay Interns $15 'at Least' per Hour, Unlike 96 Percent of House Democrats",Newsweek,"Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will reportedly pay interns she hires a minimum of $15 per hour, unlike most Republican and even more Democratic representatives.",center
16916,Ocasio-Cortez to Pay Interns $15 an Hour,"['US House', 'Politics']",New Congresswoman Will Pay Her Interns $15 An Hour. Is That A Big Deal?,NPR (Online News),"When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez takes office next month, representing New York's 14th District, she will be a part of the ""blue wave"" of new Democrats in the House. But the 29-year-old may end up being a part of a different kind of wave, too: a bipartisan effort for members of Congress to pay the interns they employ.",left
16917,Ocasio-Cortez to Pay Interns $15 an Hour,"['US House', 'Politics']",'Democratic Socialist' Ocasio-Cortez to pay interns $15 per hour,Fox News (Online News),"Newly-elected New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced she will pay her interns $15 per hour, in what she calls an effort to “walk the walk” and have her policies match her political viewpoints.",right
16918,Bush Spokesperson Calls NYT Reporting False; Former President Supposedly Undecided,"['Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'White House', 'Joe Biden', 'George W. Bush', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']","George W. Bush won't support Donald Trump’s reelection, report says",The Texas Tribune,"George W. Bush will not support the re-election of Donald Trump, according to people familiar with his thinking, The New York Times reported Saturday.
The paper said the former president and Texas governor won't vote for Trump's reelection and that his brother, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, ""isn't sure how he'll vote."" The paper spotlights several members of the Republican Party who are dissenting from party lines, though Bush was the only prominent Texas politician mentioned. Freddy Ford, a spokesman for Bush, told The Texas Tribune that Bush would steer...",left
16919,Bush Spokesperson Calls NYT Reporting False; Former President Supposedly Undecided,"['Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'White House', 'Joe Biden', 'George W. Bush', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']","George W. Bush and Mitt Romney won't support Trump in 2020, while some GOP officials consider voting for Biden",Insider,"President Donald Trump may be losing the support of members of his own party already, with some GOP officials considering a vote for Joe Biden.
Sooner than expected, growing numbers of big Republican names are debating how transparent to be about their decision not to back his re-election, or may even vote for the presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden.
According to The New York Times, Former President George W. Bush and Senator Mitt Romney won't support Trump's re-election, Jeb Bush isn't sure how he'll vote, and Cindy McCain, the...",left
16920,Bush Spokesperson Calls NYT Reporting False; Former President Supposedly Undecided,"['Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'White House', 'Joe Biden', 'George W. Bush', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Elections']","Bush, Romney not expected to support Trump, NYT reports",Fox News (Online News),"Former President George W. Bush and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, are reportedly not expected to support the reelection of President Trump -- two high profile GOP figures who are believed to be avoiding backing the Republican president in November.
The New York Times, citing “people familiar with their thinking”, reported that Bush won’t support Trump’s reelection, and former Trump 2016 rival Jeb Bush isn’t sure how he will vote. Meanwhile, Romney will not vote for Trump, and is considering once again writing in his wife, Ann, or casting another ballot,...",right
16921,Reactions to Brown Autopsy,['Violence In America'],"""Extraordinary Circumstances:"" Holder Orders Second Autopsy in Ferguson Shooting",Townhall,"With the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri not ending anytime soon, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has ordered another autopsy to try and find some answers as to how teenager Michael Brown died at the hands of police in the small city. Some, however, are questioning his seemingly racial motives.",right
16922,Reactions to Brown Autopsy,['Violence In America'],"After Brown autopsy, mom wants officer arrested",USA TODAY,"A preliminary autopsy report has convinced the family of Michael Brown that the police officer who shot him should be arrested, a lawyer for the family said Monday.
""His mother asked the questions that ... lawyers could not answer. What else do we need to get them to arrest the killer of my child?"" lawyer Benjamin Crump said at a news conference here.",left
16923,Reactions to Brown Autopsy,['Violence In America'],Michael Brown's Family: What Else Do They Need To Arrest Killer Of Our Son?,HuffPost,"After a preliminary autopsy this weekend revealed that Michael Brown was shot at least six times, the teenager's mother had just one question on Monday for police: ""What else do we need to give them to arrest the killer of my child?""",left
16924,Florida Senate Passes Bill Limiting Classroom Instruction on LGBTQ Identities,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Florida', 'Education', 'Family And Marriage', 'Parenting', 'Schools', 'Ron DeSantis', 'State Governments', 'Transgender Issues', 'Nonbinary', 'Culture War']",Florida lawmakers pass bill limiting LGBTQ discussion in school,Reuters,"Florida lawmakers on Tuesday passed a Republican-backed bill that would prohibit classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity for many young students, rejecting criticism and student protests that characterized the measure as discriminatory and misguided.",center
16925,Florida Senate Passes Bill Limiting Classroom Instruction on LGBTQ Identities,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Florida', 'Education', 'Family And Marriage', 'Parenting', 'Schools', 'Ron DeSantis', 'State Governments', 'Transgender Issues', 'Nonbinary', 'Culture War']",Florida’s monstrous ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill passes final hurdle and heads to governor’s desk,PinkNews,"Despite international condemnation, Florida’s state Senate has passed the Parental Rights in Education Bill, widely known as the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill.
After more than six hours of debate, the Republican-controlled state legislature passed the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill on Tuesday (8 March), in a 22 to 17 vote. Two Republican state senators joined Democrats in voting against the bill.",left
16926,Florida Senate Passes Bill Limiting Classroom Instruction on LGBTQ Identities,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Florida', 'Education', 'Family And Marriage', 'Parenting', 'Schools', 'Ron DeSantis', 'State Governments', 'Transgender Issues', 'Nonbinary', 'Culture War']",Florida Legislature Passes Parental-Rights Bill on LGBT Ed for Young Children,National Review,"Florida’s senate passed the Parental Rights in Education bill Tuesday which would bar teachers from engaging kindergartners through third-graders in discussions about sexual orientation or gender identity.
The bill advanced through the Florida senate after the state house of representatives approved it late last month. It has earned the staunch support of Governor Ron DeSantis, who is expected to sign it shortly.",right
16927,Immigration Bill Update,['Immigration'],Revolt Among Republicans on Immigration Bill: 70 House Members Risk Careers in Planned Showdown With Leadership,The Blaze,Seventy House Republicans are planning a politically risky showdown with Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to try to force additional debate on an immigration bill they say will mean amnesty for illegal immigrants and have dire consequences for the country.,right
16928,Immigration Bill Update,['Immigration'],Gang of Eight seeks alternative to John Cornyn amendment,Politico,Sen. Marco Rubio initially praised a border security proposal from Sen. John Cornyn helping to make it the leading choice of conservatives demanding tighter enforcement measures.,left
16929,Perspectives: Biden's First 100 Days,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Agenda', 'Politics']",Biden’s first 100 days: Where he stands on key promises,Associated Press Fact Check,"As he rounds out his first 100 days in office, President Joe Biden’s focus on reining in the coronavirus during the early months of his administration seems to have paid off: He can check off nearly all his campaign promises centered on the pandemic.
Biden has delivered on a number of his biggest campaign pledges focused on climate change and the economy as well. But some issues have proved to be tougher for the administration — including immigration, where Biden is grappling with how to enact promised reforms in the...",left
16930,Perspectives: Biden's First 100 Days,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Agenda', 'Politics']",Biden Nears 100 Day Mark – Higher Approval than Trump But Still Not Good,CBN,"After almost 100 days, polling shows Joe Biden gets a higher approval rating than Donald Trump, but still one of the lowest at this point in any administration since World War II.
Biden's 52% approval is much higher than Trump's 42%, but he's also received much more positive media coverage than Donald Trump. And while his handling of the Covid pandemic has the approval of 64% of Americans his handling of the border crisis has the disapproval of 53%.
Vice President Kamala Harris claims the crisis has no quick...",right
16931,Perspectives: Biden's First 100 Days,"['White House', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Agenda', 'Politics']",100 Days: How Biden Has Fared So Far On His Promises,NPR (Online News),"Before being elected president, Joe Biden promised he could accomplish a lot of things in his first 100 days in office.
We gathered a number of those priorities here, two days after he was declared the winner of the 2020 election.
As we approach the 100-day mark of his presidency, and ahead of his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, Biden has made a lot of progress on COVID-19, and Americans largely approve of the job he's doing handling the coronavirus pandemic and the economy.
It's...",left
16932,Reflections on the Anniversary of the Capitol Riot,"['Violence In America', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics', 'Donald Trump']",Anniversary of a Disgrace,National Review,"On January 6, 2021, Mike Pence presided over a constitutionally mandated joint session of Congress to count the electoral votes. The Trump-Pence campaign disputed the 2020 results in election contests and in court, but by January 6, the legal options were exhausted. Each state government sent only a single slate of electors to be counted.
Under our Constitution and laws, nothing remained but to count the votes. Instead, an angry mob descended upon the Capitol to prevent that from happening. This will, and should, be remembered as a stain on the...",right
16933,Reflections on the Anniversary of the Capitol Riot,"['Violence In America', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics', 'Donald Trump']",A look back at Americans’ reactions to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol,Pew Research Center,"The deadly riot that took place at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, drew widespread attention and condemnation from the American public. But Democrats and Republicans differed sharply over key aspects of it, both in its immediate aftermath and in the months that followed.
A year later, here’s a look back at how Americans saw the events of Jan. 6 and how some partisan divisions grew wider over time. All findings in this analysis are based on Pew Research Center surveys conducted in January, March and September of last year.
Americans expressed shock, horror...",center
16934,Reflections on the Anniversary of the Capitol Riot,"['Violence In America', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics', 'Donald Trump']",January 6 may be only a preview of a deeper democratic rupture,CNN (Opinion),"If January 6, 2021, was just one infamous day in history, its stain on the American story would still reverberate through generations.
But the US Capitol insurrection was far from a self-contained day of rage. It was both the culmination of the rule of an aberrant, demagogic President and a catalyst for the most enduring onslaught on America's system of elective governance in decades. It legitimized violence as a tool of political expression among millions of citizens and cast the haunting possibility that as horrific as that day was, it may be only...",left
16935,Obama Speech on Syria,['Middle East'],Obama's Speech Vows To Explore Russian Offer On Syria,HuffPost,"U.S. President Barack Obama vowed to pursue a diplomatic initiative from Russia over Syria's chemical weapons on Tuesday, but voiced skepticism about it and urged Americans to support his threat to use military force.",left
16936,Obama Speech on Syria,['Middle East'],Obama seeks support for attacking Syria while pursuing diplomacy,CNN (Online News),President Obama will address the nation on what the U.S. and its allies should do about Syria.,left
16937,Obama Speech on Syria,['Middle East'],"Why Charles Krauthammer Thinks Obama's Syria Address Was ""One of the Most Odd Presidential Speeches Ever Delivered""",The Blaze,Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer said President Barack Obama's Tuesday night Syria address was one of the most odd presidential speeches ever delivered.,right
16938,Latest Presidential Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Washington Post-ABC News poll: Clinton holds four-point lead in aftermath of Trump tape,Washington Post,"With three weeks until Election Day, Hillary Clinton holds a four-point lead over Donald Trump in the race for the White House, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, with the Republican nominee hobbled by persistent perceptions that he is not qualified to be president.",left
16939,Latest Presidential Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Poll: Clinton, Trump in statistical dead heat",The Hill,"Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads Republican rival Donald Trump by just 4 points in a new national poll, well within its margin of error.",center
16940,Latest Presidential Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",WashPost Poll: Clinton Leads Trump by 4,Newsmax (News),"Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by just 4 points in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, well within its margin of error and a clear sign that Trump may be regaining his momentum.",right
16941,How Did Biden and the Democrats Beat the Odds in the 2022 Midterms?,"['2022 Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Midterm Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Administration', 'Senate', 'Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'Partisan Politics', 'Perspectives']",Primary Meddling Pays Off for Democrats,The Dispatch,"Democrats had a stronger Election Night than many analysts anticipated, buoyed in part by Trump-endorsed Republican candidates who performed worse than expected. But in six instances—three gubernatorial races, two House races, and one Senate race—Democrats actually participated in the process of selecting those Republican candidates by spending money in their primary campaigns. This cynical bet paid off.
Meddling of this nature isn’t unprecedented—in 2012, for instance, Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill’s campaign boosted Todd Akin in the Republican primary before beating him in the general election. But many of the...",right
16942,How Did Biden and the Democrats Beat the Odds in the 2022 Midterms?,"['2022 Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Midterm Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Administration', 'Senate', 'Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'Partisan Politics', 'Perspectives']",Four takeaways from the U.S. midterm elections,Reuters,"Democrats were enjoying a stronger-than-expected showing in the U.S. midterm elections early on Wednesday, as it appeared the party was limiting its losses in the U.S. House of Representatives and capturing important governors' races.
But as votes were still being counted in several states, there remained the possibility that Republicans could end up with control of both the House and the U.S. Senate.
Here are some takeaways from the election so far:
FETTERMAN HAS THE UPPER HAND
Democrat John Fetterman's hard-fought victory over Republican Mehmet Oz gives Democrats another seat...",center
16943,How Did Biden and the Democrats Beat the Odds in the 2022 Midterms?,"['2022 Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Midterm Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Administration', 'Senate', 'Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'Partisan Politics', 'Perspectives']",How Joe Biden and the Democratic Party defied midterm history,CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party have pulled off a midterm election for the record books.
Democrats have retained the Senate – doing no worse than holding steady at 50 seats and potentially gaining one – and look likely to keep any net losses in the House in the single digits.
Midterms are supposed to be the time for the opposition party to shine. That should especially be the case when there is once-in-a-generation inflation and when the vast majority of Americans think the country is on the wrong...",left
16944,Should School Begin Later in the Day? CA Law Mandates Delayed Start Times,"['Education', 'Science', 'Children', 'Parenting', 'Schools', 'California']",Why Sleeping In On School Days May Be Good for Teen Health,Time Magazine,"California teenagers can snooze a little later this year, thanks to a newly implemented law that says most high schools and middle schools cannot start before 8:30 a.m. and 8 a.m., respectively.
That law—the first in the country to set statewide mandates for school start times—isn’t only big for California students, but also for public-health experts fighting against what the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has called an “epidemic” of teen sleep deprivation. Both the AAP and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have long opposed early-morning class times and advocated for middle and high school...",left
16945,Should School Begin Later in the Day? CA Law Mandates Delayed Start Times,"['Education', 'Science', 'Children', 'Parenting', 'Schools', 'California']",New California law: Let teens sleep in on school days,Christian Science Monitor,"As millions of California students head back to school this month, they’ll get a bit more time before their alarms go off. The most populous state in the country is also the first to mandate start times in public schools – an effort to allow teens much-needed winks. Middle schools can start no earlier than 8 a.m., and high schools no earlier than 8:30 a.m.  
The law is based on studies that show teenagers aren’t getting enough sleep – and that their health and performance improve when they do. 
The American Academy...",center
16946,Should School Begin Later in the Day? CA Law Mandates Delayed Start Times,"['Education', 'Science', 'Children', 'Parenting', 'Schools', 'California']",California Middle and High Schools Start the Day Later This Year,The Epoch Times,"Middle school and high school students in California will be able to snooze a little longer before heading to class this year, due to a law delaying school start times that takes effect this year.
Citing research on the impacts of adolescent sleep deprivation and the benefits of a later school start time, the state Legislature passed a law in 2019 requiring public high schools to begin classes no earlier than 8:30 a.m., while middle schools can begin instruction no earlier than 8 a.m.
The average start time for high schools across the state prior to...",right
16947,"Jobless Claims Rise to 885,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Layoffs']",U.S. Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Jump to Highest in Three Months,Bloomberg,"Applications for U.S. state unemployment benefits unexpectedly jumped to the highest level in three months, suggesting the labor market’s recovery is faltering amid the surge in Covid-19 cases and widening business restrictions.
Initial jobless claims in regular state programs rose by 23,000 to 885,000 in the week ended Dec. 12, Labor Department data showed Thursday. On an unadjusted basis, the figure fell by about 21,000.
Continuing claims for state programs declined by 273,000 to 5.51 million in the week ended Dec. 5. That figure roughly approximates the number of people...",left
16948,"Jobless Claims Rise to 885,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Layoffs']",U.S. Unemployment Claims Remain Elevated as Recovery Slows,Wall Street Journal (News),"Nearly 900,000 workers applied for jobless benefits last week, extending recent increases in another sign the economy is entering a winter slowdown.
Unemployment claims rose to 885,000 from 862,000 a week earlier, the Labor Department said Thursday.
More broadly, claims are down sharply from a peak of nearly 7 million in March, but the four-week moving average, which smooths out weekly volatility, recently increased after trending downward since the spring. The weekly figures can be volatile around the holidays due to seasonal-adjustment issues.
“The next few months will be pretty...",center
16949,"Jobless Claims Rise to 885,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Layoffs']","Jobless Claims Rise to 885,000 as Layoffs Soar Amid Virus Spike",Newsmax (News),"The number of Americans filing first-time claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly increased last week as a relentless surge in new COVID-19 infections hobbled business operations, offering more evidence that the economy's recovery from the pandemic recession was faltering.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits totaled a seasonally adjusted 885,000 for the week ended Dec. 12, compared to 862,000 in the prior week, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 800,000 applications in the latest week.
Jobless claims are above their 665,000 peak during the 2007-09...",right
16950,FBI Urges End to Oregon Standoff,['General News'],FBI seeks peaceful end to occupation at Oregon wildlife refuge,Reuters,"Federal law enforcement officials on Monday sought to bring a peaceful end to the weekend occupation of a headquarters of an Oregon U.S. wildlife refuge by self-styled militiamen, while authorities said all staff at the facility were safe.",center
16951,FBI Urges End to Oregon Standoff,['General News'],FBI Seeks 'Peaceful' End to Armed Standoff at Oregon Federal Building,NBC News (Online),"The FBI was leading efforts Monday to bring a ""peaceful"" end to a standoff with armed protesters who occupied a federal building in rural Oregon.",left
16952,FBI Urges End to Oregon Standoff,['General News'],FBI calls for 'peaceful' end to armed siege of Oregon wildlife refuge in land fight,Fox News (Online News),"FBI officials tried to calm the anger in Oregon by calling for a ""peaceful resolution"" to the standoff at a national wildlife refuge that dragged on for a third day Monday.",right
16953,Trump Admin Backs Court Ruling That Would Invalidate Obamacare,"['Healthcare', 'Obamacare', 'Justice Department']",Justice Department sides with court ruling Obamacare invalid,The Hill,"The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday announced that it is siding with a district court ruling that found the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.
The move is an escalation of the Trump administration's legal battle against the health care law.
The DOJ previously argued in court that the law's pre-existing condition protections should be struck down. Now, the administration argues the entire law should be invalidated.",center
16954,Trump Admin Backs Court Ruling That Would Invalidate Obamacare,"['Healthcare', 'Obamacare', 'Justice Department']",Justice Department escalates fight against Obamacare with unconstitutional determination,Washington Times,"The Trump administration told a federal appeals court Monday it thinks all of Obamacare is unconstitutional, marking an escalation in its fight against the 2010 law.
Justice Department lawyers previously had argued that if the courts found Obamacare’s “individual mandate” is no longer constitutional, then a narrow slice of the program — consumer protections for people with pre-existing conditions — could not stand, either.
A federal judge in Texas went much further in a December ruling, agreeing with plaintiff states who said the whole law should be invalidated. On Monday,...",right
16955,Trump Admin Backs Court Ruling That Would Invalidate Obamacare,"['Healthcare', 'Obamacare', 'Justice Department']","In shift, Trump administration backs judge’s ruling that would kill Obamacare",Politico,"The Trump administration on Monday said it supports a federal judge's ruling that the entire Affordable Care Act should be thrown out, signaling a shift in the Justice Department's position and alarming Democrats who vowed to oppose the move.
""The Department of Justice has determined that the district court's judgment should be affirmed,"" three Justice Department lawyers wrote to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which is now considering the case. ""[T]he United States is not urging that any portion of the district court's judgment be reversed.""",left
16956,"Perspectives: Washington Post Misquotes Trump, Prints Correction","['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Washington Post', 'Georgia', 'Donald Trump']","The Washington Post’s correction about Trump’s phone call to a Georgia official, explained",Vox,"On January 3, the Washington Post’s Amy Gardner broke the news that, in an hourlong recorded phone call, President Donald Trump repeatedly pressured Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to somehow change the results in the state to deliver him a victory. The Post published the full audio and transcript of that call, and it received enormous media attention.
Six days later, in the wake of the storming of the Capitol, Gardner broke a follow-up story revealing that Trump had a similar phone call with another Georgia official, Raffensperger’s lead...",left
16957,"Perspectives: Washington Post Misquotes Trump, Prints Correction","['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Washington Post', 'Georgia', 'Donald Trump']",Washington Post's 'find the fraud' correction points to larger issue with agenda-driven anonymous sources,Fox News (Online News),"The Washington Post made a massive correction Monday to a January report about a phone call between then-President Donald Trump and a Georgia elections investigator, as the liberal paper admitted multiple quotes attributed to Trump based on an anonymous source were inaccurate.
The corrected story was a hot topic on cable news and talk shows that helped spread the Post’s flawed report and media watchdogs feel it points to larger problems with agenda-driven anonymous sources and liberal outlets that rush to ""confirm"" them.
""This 'correction' is more than a...",right
16958,"Perspectives: Washington Post Misquotes Trump, Prints Correction","['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Washington Post', 'Georgia', 'Donald Trump']",The Post publishes correction on Trump call with Georgia investigator,Erik Wemple,"On Jan. 9, The Post reported that then-President Donald Trump, in a call with Georgia’s lead elections investigator, Frances Watson, had instructed her to “find the fraud.” He mentioned that she could become a “national hero,” reported the newspaper.
In both cases, the quotes were wrong, as The Post has acknowledged in a correction to the story. “Trump did not tell the investigator to ‘find the fraud’ or say she would be ‘a national hero’ if she did so. Instead, Trump urged the investigator to scrutinize ballots in Fulton County,...",center
16959,Jobless Benefits Clears Senate,['Economy And Jobs'],"Jobless benefits bill clears key Senate hurdle, over GOP complaints on cost",Fox News (Online News),"A controversial jobless benefits bill narrowly cleared a key Senate hurdle on Tuesday, over the objections of Republicans who complain the $6 billion measure is not paid for and accuse Democrats of playing politics.",right
16960,Jobless Benefits Clears Senate,['Economy And Jobs'],Senate Votes To Move Ahead On Extending Unemployment Benefits,NPR (Online News),A three-month extension of federal unemployment benefits for 1.3 million jobless Americans won a key procedural vote in the Senate on Tuesday.,left
16961,Jobless Benefits Clears Senate,['Economy And Jobs'],Long-Term Jobless Benefits Clear Hurdle in Senate With GOP Help,ABC News (Online),"Overcoming GOP opposition, the Senate today cleared the way for a vote on extending long-term unemployment benefits for three months, but still must wrestle over a way to fund the measure.",left
16962,New Cybersecurity Measures,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",White House Outlines New Cybersecurity Initiatives,Bloomberg,"Ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to the Federal Trade Commission on Monday, the White House released details about privacy and cybersecurity proposals Obama will discuss there and in his State of the Union speech on Jan. 20.
Here ar",left
16963,New Cybersecurity Measures,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Obama to Call for Laws Covering Data Hacking and Student Privacy,New York Times (News),"President Obama on Monday will call for federal legislation intended to force American companies to be more forthcoming when credit card data and other consumer information are lost in an online breach like the kind that hit Sony, Target and Home Depot last year, White House officials said Sunday.
The Personal Data Notification and Protection Act would demand a single, national standard requiring companies to inform their customers within 30 days of discoverin",left
16964,New Cybersecurity Measures,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Obama to Focus on Cybersecurity Issues Next Week,Newsmax (News),"Continuing the break with State of the Union tradition, President Barack Obama will spend most of the coming week previewing more of the proposals he will outline in the address, including on identity theft, electronic privacy, and cybersecurity, the White House announced Saturday.
Obama will use a Monday event at the Federal Trade Commission to lay out the next steps of a plan to tackle identity theft and improve consumer and student privacy. It follows a plan Obama announced last October to tighten security for the debit cards that transmit...",right
16965,Hong Kong Protests,"['Asia', 'World']","Thousands of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong undeterred by tear gas, barricades",Fox News (Online News),"Hong Kong's police on Monday defended their use of tear gas and other tactics to control protests that have paralyzed the city's financial district, appealing to the thousands gathered to demand more democracy to stop the unprecedented mass act of civil disobedience for the sake of safety and stability.
The employment of tear gas appeared to have backfired, judging from the growing crowds Monday as people finished work and joined weary-looking students camped on major roads near the city's government headquarters and in several other parts of Hong Kong.
""The...",right
16966,Hong Kong Protests,"['Asia', 'World']","The protests in Hong Kong, explained in 2 minutes",Vox,"Pro-democracy protests are common in Hong Kong, but they've never been met with the kind of police response that came down on demonstrators in recent days. Vox's Max Fisher explains why the people of Hong Kong have taken to the streets and what's at stake in the protests.",left
16967,Hong Kong Protests,"['Asia', 'World']",Stocks end lower amid Hong Kong protests,USA TODAY,"Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong spooked Wall Street Monday, as U.S. stocks continued their recent run of volatility, with the Dow dropping triple digits in early trading, tracking the nearly 2% drop overnight in Hong Kong amid concerns over China's move to limit reforms in the Asian financial hub.
Stocks pared those early losses and ended off their lows, however. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down about 42 points, or 0.3%, to 17,071 after being down more than 170 points in early trading.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index...",left
16968,Perspectives: Defunding the Police,"['Public Safety', 'Public Health', 'Violence In America', 'Race And Racism', 'Culture', 'Police Reform', 'Police Brutality', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",'Defund the police': What does that mean exactly?,Christian Science Monitor,"Protesters are pushing to “defund the police"" over the death of George Floyd and other black Americans killed by law enforcement. Their chant has become rallying cry – and a stick for President Donald Trump to use on Democrats as he portrays them as soft on crime.
But what does “defund the police” mean? It’s not necessarily about gutting police department budgets.",center
16969,Perspectives: Defunding the Police,"['Public Safety', 'Public Health', 'Violence In America', 'Race And Racism', 'Culture', 'Police Reform', 'Police Brutality', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Defund the Police,The Atlantic,"What are the police for? Why are we paying for this?
The death of George Floyd and the egregious, unprovoked acts of police violence at the peaceful protests following his death have raised these urgent questions. Police forces across America need root-to-stem changes—to their internal cultures, training and hiring practices, insurance, and governing regulations. Now a longtime demand from social-justice campaigners has become a rallying cry: Defund the police. This is in one sense a last-resort policy: If cops cannot stop killing people, and black people in particular, society needs...",left
16970,Perspectives: Defunding the Police,"['Public Safety', 'Public Health', 'Violence In America', 'Race And Racism', 'Culture', 'Police Reform', 'Police Brutality', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']","Defund Police, Watch Crime Return",Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"One feature of our current politics is how quickly bad events trigger a rush to bad policies. So it is that the response to the killing of George Floyd has sprinted past police reform to “defund the police.” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti wants to redirect $150 million from public safety to social programs, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey was hooted from a protest on the weekend because he admitted he didn’t want to defund the police. City Council members now pledge to dismantle the force whether he wants to...",right
16971,Greg Craig's Foreign Lobbying Trial Begins,"['Justice', 'Greg Craig', 'Ukraine', 'Trials', 'Paul Manafort', 'Obama', 'Mueller Probe']",Former Obama White House Counsel Greg Craig Goes On Trial Over Ukraine Work,NPR (Online News),"Former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig goes on trial Monday, accused of making false statements connected to work he did on behalf of powerful interests in Ukraine.
Craig, a top attorney in Democratic political circles who worked for two Democratic presidents, was indicted in April on two counts of providing false statements to the Justice Department related to his Ukraine work. The judge presiding over the case threw out one of those counts last week, but Craig will still go to trial on the single remaining count.",left
16972,Greg Craig's Foreign Lobbying Trial Begins,"['Justice', 'Greg Craig', 'Ukraine', 'Trials', 'Paul Manafort', 'Obama', 'Mueller Probe']",DC lawyer's trial to serve as test for Justice Department's foreign lobbying enforcement work,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)One of Washington's most well-known and accomplished lawyers, the former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig, goes to trial Monday in Washington in a case likely to be seen as a litmus test for the Justice Department's efforts regarding foreign lobbying.
Craig is accused of concealing material information in connection with work he performed for Ukraine after he left the Obama administration and joined the Skadden firm as a partner. According to his charges, he cut a deal in 2012 to earn $4 million from a Ukrainian client for the...",left
16973,Greg Craig's Foreign Lobbying Trial Begins,"['Justice', 'Greg Craig', 'Ukraine', 'Trials', 'Paul Manafort', 'Obama', 'Mueller Probe']","Potential jurors for trial of Greg Craig, former Obama W.H. counsel, asked about Mueller, Manafort",Washington Times,"The jury selection process for former Obama White House Counsel Greg Craig began Monday morning as potential jurors were asked about their knowledge of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former special counsel Robert Mueller.
Mr. Craig is accused of lying to Justice Department officials about Manafort’s lobbying work for the Ukrainian government. The former White House counsel has pleaded not guilty to the charge, which was born out of Mr. Mueller’s investigation.
Although Mr. Mueller referred the case to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia,...",right
16974,Trump Rallies: Are They Dangerous?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump defends boisterous rallies, says there’s been ‘zero’ injuries",Washington Times,"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump defended his campaign rallies Sunday, arguing that there have been “zero” injuries and that he in no way incites his supporters to violence.
“I think in many cases I do lower the temperature,” Mr. Trump said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
He said that",right
16975,Trump Rallies: Are They Dangerous?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump: I'm not responsible for violence at rallies,USA TODAY,"Donald Trump rejected responsibility Sunday for violence at his rallies and suggested his backers may retaliate by protesting Bernie Sanders events.
""Many of these people come from Bernie,"" Trump said on CBS' Face The Nation when asked about w",left
16976,Trump Rallies: Are They Dangerous?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump has lit a fire. Can it be Contained?,Washington Post,"Already an ugly presidential campaign has you down to a new level - one Where the question is no longer Whether Donald Trump can be stopped on His march to the Republican presidential nomination, but it is possible to Whether what I have unleashed Contain across the country.",left
16977,Liberal Billionaire Donors,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']","Yes, liberal billionaires outspent conservative billionaires in the midterms — but that’s only part of the story",David Holmes,"Earlier today, below a very evil-looking photo of a very rich Michael Bloomberg, Politico published a list of the top ten political donors of 2014. And much to the glee of conservatives, the two biggest spenders by a mile were hedge fund partner Tom Steyer and ex-New York mayor Michael Bloomberg — both supporters of predominantly liberal causes.",left
16978,Liberal Billionaire Donors,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Guess Who Spent The Most Money in the 2014 Midterms? Liberal Billionaires,Townhall,"With as many times as outgoing Majority Leader Harry Reid mentioned the Koch brothers in Senate floor speeches this year, you'd think that they were the ones who spent the most money during the 2014 midterm elections. Think again. Out of all the billionaires who donated money to causes or campaigns for the midterms, the top two were Democrats and they outspent everyone else on the list, combined. David Koch isn't even near the top.",right
16979,Liberal Billionaire Donors,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Big money breaks out,Politico,"Top 100 donors give almost as much as 4.75 million small donors combined. The 100 biggest campaign donors gave $323 million in 2014 — almost as much as the $356 million given by the estimated 4.75 million people who gave $200 or less, a POLITICO analysis of campaign finance filings found.
And the balance almost certainly would tip far in favor of the mega-donors were the analysis to include nonprofit groups that spent at least $219 million — and likely much more — but aren’t required to reveal their donors’ identities.",left
16980,"Trump Floats Repeal Now, Replace Later",['Healthcare'],President Trump to Senate GOP: Repeal Obamacare now,USA TODAY,President Trump suggested Friday that Senate Republicans may not be able to push through their health care plan meant to repeal and replace Obamacare.,left
16981,"Trump Floats Repeal Now, Replace Later",['Healthcare'],"Trump: Just repeal Obamacare now, they'll be desperate for whatever we give them",Daily Kos,"With Senate Republicans struggling to come to a consensus on Trumpcare, the repeal and replacement for the Affordable Care Act, Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) made a radical, scorched earth proposal to popular vote loser Donald Trump, and of course Trump bit.",left
16982,"Trump Floats Repeal Now, Replace Later",['Healthcare'],"Trump floats repeal, then quickly replace, idea on health care",Washington Times,President Trump on Friday floated a potential Plan B to Senate Republicans who are struggling to break an intraparty logjam and pass a health care bill.,right
16983,Trump Sues CNN for Defamation,"['Media Industry', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Media Bias', '2020 Election', 'CNN', 'Race And Racism', 'Nazism']",Trump Seeks Over $475 Million in Damages from CNN in Defamation Lawsuit,National Review,"Former president Donald Trump filed a defamation lawsuit against CNN on Monday, seeking over $475 million in damages.
According to the lawsuit, the media company has used “its massive influence — purportedly as a ‘trusted’ news source — to defame the Plaintiff in the minds of its viewers and readers for the purpose of defeating him politically.” Trump also claims that CNN’s negative coverage contributed to his loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
Trump had announced his intent to take legal action against CNN for its allegedly defamatory descriptions of him in...",right
16984,Trump Sues CNN for Defamation,"['Media Industry', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Media Bias', '2020 Election', 'CNN', 'Race And Racism', 'Nazism']",Trump sues CNN for defamation,The Hill,"Former President Trump has sued CNN in federal court in Florida for defamation.
In the lawsuit filed Monday, Trump’s attorneys claim CNN “has sought to use its massive influence — purportedly as a ‘trusted’ news source — to defame the Plaintiff in the minds of its viewers and readers for the purpose of defeating him politically, culminating in CNN claiming credit for ‘[getting] Trump out’ in the 2020 presidential election.”
The former president is seeking $475 million in punitive damages, according to the lawsuit.
Trump announced his intent to sue the network earlier this summer, saying...",center
16985,Trump Sues CNN for Defamation,"['Media Industry', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Media Bias', '2020 Election', 'CNN', 'Race And Racism', 'Nazism']",Trump sues CNN for defamation,CBS News (Online),"Former President Donald Trump is suing CNN for defamation and asking for compensatory damages in excess of $75,000 and punitive damages of $475 million, according to a lawsuit filed Monday.
He is claiming that the cable news giant has harmed his reputation with ""false, defamatory, and inflammatory mischaracterizations of him"" and that CNN's conduct ""is intended to interfere with [his] political career.""
In particular, Trump argues that he's entitled to hundreds of millions of dollars in punitive damages because of CNN's use of the term the ""Big Lie"" to describe...",left
16986,Rubio Announces Presidential Run,[],Rubio announces his 2016 GOP presidential campaign,Fox News (Online News),"Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Monday that he is running for president and feels “uniquely qualified” to talk about the future.
Rubio, a Republican, is scheduled to make a full-scale announcement late today in Miami at an event before hundreds of supporters that will include a video message.
The first-term senator has long been assembling his political team, including donors who helped previous presidential nominees collect tens of millions of dollars. Now, Rubio's campaign kickoff formalizes what has been unfolding for months.
It comes a day after Hillary Clinton announced...",right
16987,Rubio Announces Presidential Run,[],Reports: Marco Rubio jumps into 2016 presidential race,USA TODAY,"Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, a telegenic rising star with appeal to conservative and establishment Republicans, told donors in a conference call today that he will run for president, according to news reports.
Rubio told his supporters he feels ""uniquely qualified"" to be president and criticized Hillary Clinton as ""a leader from yesterday,"" the AP reported. CNN reports an adviser has also divulged Rubio's plans.
The senator is set to hold a rally this evening at Miami's Freedom Tower.
The 43-year-old senator elected in 2010 with Tea Party support is...",left
16988,Rubio Announces Presidential Run,[],Marco Rubio Tells Donors He's Running For President,HuffPost,"Sen. Marco Rubio is telling his top donors that he is running for president because he feels ""uniquely qualified"" to pitch his Republican Party as one that will defend the American Dream.
The first-term Republican from Florida told his biggest backers on a conference call on Monday that he sees the coming presidential campaign as a choice between the past and the future. In a swipe at Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton, Rubio said the former first lady ""is a leader from yesterday.""
Rubio says he has always felt the...",left
16989,Simpson and Bowles to Offer Up Deficit Fix,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Simpson and Bowles to Offer Up Deficit Fix,Wall Street Journal (News),Deficit hawks Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles will propose a detailed plan for rewriting the tax code.,center
16990,Simpson and Bowles to Offer Up Deficit Fix,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Former deficit panel leaders push new fiscal plan as Obama renews call for tax hikes,Fox News (Online News),The men at the helm of President Obama's discarded deficit-reduction commission are pushing Washington again.,right
16991,Simpson and Bowles to Offer Up Deficit Fix,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",New Bowles-Simpson deficit plan would cut $2.4 trillion,CNN (Online News),Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson proposed a new framework Tuesday to cut the country's debt by $2.4 trillion.,left
16992,Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,"['US House', 'Politics']",Republicans Stick With Big Corporate Tax Cuts in House Bill,Wall Street Journal (News),The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act seeks the biggest transformation of tax code in more than 30 years; leaves top individual tax rate at 39.6%,center
16993,Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,"['US House', 'Politics']",Rep. Steve Scalise: Even those in high-tax states will see ‘a real tax cut’,Washington Times,House Majority Whip Steve Scalise said Thursday those in high-tax states will also be better off under the Republican plan.,right
16994,Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Republicans set to (supposedly) roll out their slapped together plan to cut taxes for the rich,Daily Kos,"House Republicans are set to ""definitely"" roll out their plan to cut taxes for the wealthy on Thursday. This is after the definite roll out for Wednesday was delayed because they’re still fighting over the details of this plan that’s been slapped together behind closed doors.",left
16995,Missile Strikes in Syria,['Foreign Policy'],Trump Goes to War: Bombs Syria,Breitbart News,"President Trump ordered a cruise missile strike against a Syrian regime military airbase, in response to a chemical weapons attack carried out by the regime earlier this week.",right
16996,Missile Strikes in Syria,['Foreign Policy'],Congressional Leaders Urge Trump Administration For Broader Syria Strategy,NPR (Online News),Lawmakers on Capitol Hill want the Trump administration to outline a broader strategy in Syria following the president's decision to authorize U.S. missile strikes Thursday night in response to the apparent chemical weapons attack by Syrian President Bashar Assad.,left
16997,Missile Strikes in Syria,['Foreign Policy'],"Peace Advocates: If Trump Wanted to Help Syrians, He Would Lift Refugee Ban & Fund Humanitarian Aid",Democracy Now!,"We continue our roundtable discussion on Syria after the United States carried out a missile attack on a Syrian airfield, saying it was a response to a chemical weapons attack that killed 86 people, including at least 30 child",left
16998,Judge Unseals Detailed Inventory of Documents Seized from Mar-a-Lago,"['Justice', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'FBI', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice Department']",U.S. court unseals more documents stemming from FBI search of Trump's home,Reuters,"A federal court in West Palm Beach on Friday unsealed more documents tied to the FBI's unprecedented Aug. 8 search of former President Donald Trump's Florida home, after media outlets asked for the records to be made public.
The unsealing by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon came one day after she heard oral arguments by Trump's attorneys and the Justice Department's top two counterintelligence prosecutors over whether she should appoint a special master to conduct a privilege review of the seized materials at Trump's request.
Cannon deferred ruling immediately on...",center
16999,Judge Unseals Detailed Inventory of Documents Seized from Mar-a-Lago,"['Justice', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'FBI', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice Department']","Mar-a-Lago search inventory shows documents marked as classified mixed with clothes, gifts, press clippings",CNN (Online News),"US District Judge Aileen Cannon on Friday released a detailed inventory from the Mar-a-Lago search that the Justice Department previously filed under seal in court.
The search inventory released showed that classified documents had been mixed in with personal items and other materials in the boxes in which they were stored.
Federal investigators also retrieved more than 11,000 non-classified government documents.
One box containing documents marked with confidential, secret and top secret classification identifications also contained ""99 magazines/newspapers/press articles,"" according to the inventory from last month's search filed in federal court in Florida.
Several...",left
17000,Judge Unseals Detailed Inventory of Documents Seized from Mar-a-Lago,"['Justice', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'FBI', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice Department']",DOJ releases more details on documents taken from Mar-a-Lago,Fox News (Online News),"The Justice Department Friday filed a more detailed list of documents taken in its raid of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, including dozens of classified documents and folders with classified markings. 
Also included was a wide assortment of other items, including over 1,000 documents that did not have classified markings, several ""Article of Clothing/Gift Item"" entries and hundreds of printed news articles. 
The list was released per an order from Florida federal Judge Aileen M. Cannon, as she weighs whether to appoint a ""special master"" to check the documents for...",right
17001,Who Will Replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer?,"['Supreme Court', 'Justice', 'Courts', 'Stephen Breyer', 'Joe Biden', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Amy Coney Barrett', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Leondra Kruger']",How Biden will choose the next Supreme Court nominee,SCOTUSblog,"With today’s reporting that Justice Stephen Breyer intends to retire, we now kick off our analysis of potential nominees to replace him. President Joe Biden previously promised to nominate a Black woman, and we assume he will keep that commitment. Two potential nominees therefore stand apart from all others: Leondra Kruger, a justice on the California Supreme Court, and Ketanji Brown Jackson, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Both are well known to the White House team that will lead the nomination process. Kruger is a...",center
17002,Who Will Replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer?,"['Supreme Court', 'Justice', 'Courts', 'Stephen Breyer', 'Joe Biden', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Amy Coney Barrett', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Leondra Kruger']",Who is on Biden’s shortlist to replace retiring Justice Breyer?,Vox,"With Justice Stephen Breyer’s reported retirement opening a seat on the Supreme Court, President Joe Biden has a chance to fulfill a campaign promise to name a Black woman to the Court for the first time.
Only two African Americans, Justices Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas, have served on the nation’s highest court, and only one woman of color has been a justice — Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who is Latina. And Black women aren’t just unrepresented on the Supreme Court, they are also massively underrepresented on the federal bench. And they were even more so...",left
17003,Who Will Replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer?,"['Supreme Court', 'Justice', 'Courts', 'Stephen Breyer', 'Joe Biden', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Amy Coney Barrett', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Leondra Kruger']",Biden’s Criteria for Replacing Stephen Breyer,Jonathan Turley,"The announcement of Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement has whistled the start of that Washington blood sport known as a Supreme Court confirmation. While the filibuster-free process guarantees President Joe Biden that he has the votes to pick anyone acceptable to all Senate Democrats, this fight is different from any in history in one respect. As a candidate, Mr. Biden pledged to select the next justice first and foremost on race and sex.
“I’m looking forward to making sure there’s a black woman on the Supreme Court, to make sure we, in fact,...",right
17004,FDA Says Benefits Of Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine Outweigh Risks In Children 5 To 11,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Pfizer', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Children', 'Schools', 'Families And Parenting', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare']","Benefits of COVID vaccine for children outweigh risks, FDA says",Axios,"Food and Drug Administration regulators said Friday that the benefits of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children far outweigh the risks for children ages 5 to 11.
Why it matters: The announcement could add momentum to the FDA's authorization of doses for children on an emergency basis, which could happen as early as next week, according to the New York Times.
Driving the news: The remarks came on the same day that the FDA released data showing the Pfizer vaccine had a 90.7% efficacy rate in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 in a trial of 5- to 11-year-olds.
Regulators wrote...",center
17005,FDA Says Benefits Of Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine Outweigh Risks In Children 5 To 11,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Pfizer', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Children', 'Schools', 'Families And Parenting', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare']",FDA finds kid-sized Pfizer dose highly effective against COVID-19 in children ages 5-11,New York Post (News),"Food and Drug Administration researchers found the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to be highly effective at protecting kids from COVID-19 – as federal regulators inch closer to greenlighting child-sized doses for 5-11 year-olds.
FDA researchers concluded in a study shared Friday that the Pfizer vaccine’s benefits in preventing hospitalizations and deaths “would clearly outweigh” any serious side effects in children.
The study was posted ahead of next week’s public meeting with a panel of outside expert advisers who will meet on Tuesday to advise the agency before it decides whether or not...",right
17006,FDA Says Benefits Of Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine Outweigh Risks In Children 5 To 11,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Pfizer', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Children', 'Schools', 'Families And Parenting', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare']",F.D.A. Says Pfizer Vaccine’s Benefits Outweigh Key Risks in Children 5 to 11,New York Times (News),"Federal regulators evaluated for the first time on Friday the safety and efficacy of a coronavirus vaccine for children 5 to 11, saying that the benefits of staving off Covid-19 with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine generally outweighed the risks of the most worrisome possible side effects in that age group.
The analysis came on the same day that the Food and Drug Administration posted data from Pfizer showing that the vaccine had a 90.7 percent efficacy rate in preventing symptomatic Covid-19 in a clinical trial of 5- to 11-year-olds.
The findings...",left
17007,White House Knew of Spying on Allies,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","White House OKd spying on allies, U.S. intelligence officials say",Los Angeles Times,"The White House and State Department signed off on surveillance targeting phone conversations of friendly foreign leaders, current and former U.S. intelligence officials said Monday, pushing back against assertions that President Obama and his aides were unaware of the high-level eavesdropping.",left
17008,White House Knew of Spying on Allies,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","Clapper contradicts White House, says Obama was aware of spying on allies",Washington Times,America’s top intelligence official acknowledged Tuesday that President Obama and other senior White House officials were well aware of U.S. surveillance activities targeting leaders of friendly foreign nations — a stark contradiction of the administration’s insinuation in recent days that the president was unaware of such spying.,right
17009,White House Knew of Spying on Allies,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","Spying Known at Top Levels, Officials Say",New York Times (News),"The nation’s top spymaster said on Tuesday that the White House had long been aware in general terms of the National Security Agency’s overseas eavesdropping, stoutly defending the agency’s intelligence-gathering methods and suggesting possible divisions within the Obama administration.",left
17010,Jan. 6 Committee Considers Seeking Testimony From Pence and Trump,"['Adam Kinzinger', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Justice', 'Mike Pence', 'Politics', 'Testimony', 'White House']","Jan. 6 Committee May Demand Interviews With Trump, Pence",The Daily Wire,"The January 6 Committee investigating the Capitol Riot is discussing whether it will call on former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence to interview with the committee, a Republican member of the committee said.
Republican Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger told The Wall Street Journal on Thursday that if the panel decides it wishes to speak with Pence, it may issue a subpoena to compel him to testify. The committee will discuss whether to interview Pence during a meeting Thursday, Kinzinger said.
Such a move would be incredibly unprecedented, a...",right
17011,Jan. 6 Committee Considers Seeking Testimony From Pence and Trump,"['Adam Kinzinger', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Justice', 'Mike Pence', 'Politics', 'Testimony', 'White House']",House January 6 committee still discussing seeking interviews with Trump and Pence,CNN (Online News),"Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, one of two GOP members of the House select committee investigating January 6, told the Wall Street Journal that the panel is considering asking former President Donald Trump to testify and may request a written interview with former Vice President Mike Pence or issue a subpoena for him to testify.
The committee has long considered interviewing the former vice president as part of its investigation into January 6, 2021. In April, the committee’s chairman, Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, told reporters that Pence’s testimony might not be necessary given the...",left
17012,Jan. 6 Committee Considers Seeking Testimony From Pence and Trump,"['Adam Kinzinger', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Justice', 'Mike Pence', 'Politics', 'Testimony', 'White House']",Mike Pence Jan. 6 Testimony Could Finally Disclose Secret Service Answers,Newsweek,"The House Select Committee investigating the events of January 6, 2021 may soon seek testimony from former Vice President Mike Pence, according to Republican Representative Adam Kinzinger.
Pence's potential testimony could shed light on issues surrounding the former vice president's interaction with the Secret Service during the Capitol riot and in particular suggestions that Pence believed there was a coup attempt.
Kinzinger, one of two Republicans sitting on the committee, told The Wall Street Journal on Thursday that the select committee is considering asking Pence to appear before them for an interview.
As a major figure in...",center
17013,January 2014 Jobs Report,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Another Disappointing Jobs Report,HuffPost,"The U.S. economy added 113,000 jobs in January as the unemployment rate dipped to 6.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.",left
17014,January 2014 Jobs Report,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']","Job Growth Less Than Expected, But Unemployment Hits 5-Year Low",NPR (Online News),"The jobless rate edged down to 6.6 percent in January. But only 113,000 jobs were added to payrolls.",left
17015,January 2014 Jobs Report,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']","U.S. Unemployment Down to 6.6 Percent, Labor Participation at 35-Year Low",The Blaze,"U.S. employers added 113,000 jobs in January and the unemployment rate fell slightly to 6.6 percent, down from its previous rate of 6.7 percent.",right
17016,"State Department Estimates 1,500 Americans Still in Afghanistan","['State Department', 'World', 'Afghanistan', 'Foreign Policy', 'Taliban', 'Refugees', 'Joe Biden', 'Kabul', 'Politics']","Some 1,500 Americans still in Afghanistan in last days of U.S. evacuation.",New York Times (News),"About 1,500 American citizens remain in Afghanistan, and about a third of them are in contact with the U.S. government and hope to leave in the coming days, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said on Wednesday.
Some of the remaining 1,000 may not want to leave, Mr. Blinken said, describing an ever-changing estimate that the Biden administration has grappled to pin down as American troops wind down an evacuation effort that has overwhelmed the airport in Kabul, the capital.",left
17017,"State Department Estimates 1,500 Americans Still in Afghanistan","['State Department', 'World', 'Afghanistan', 'Foreign Policy', 'Taliban', 'Refugees', 'Joe Biden', 'Kabul', 'Politics']","US says about 1,500 citizens remain in Afghanistan",The Hill,"Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said about 1,500 Americans remain in Afghanistan and are waiting to be evacuated. 
The Biden administration has been engaged in a furious effort to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies before Aug. 31, the deadline set for a complete exit from the country. 
Blinken said the U.S. has evacuated 82,300 people, including 4,500 people with U.S. passports, since Aug. 14, the day before the Taliban took Kabul and completed its takeover of Afghanistan.  ",center
17018,"State Department Estimates 1,500 Americans Still in Afghanistan","['State Department', 'World', 'Afghanistan', 'Foreign Policy', 'Taliban', 'Refugees', 'Joe Biden', 'Kabul', 'Politics']","Blinken says up to 1,500 US citizens still stranded in Kabul as Biden laughs off question",New York Post (News),"Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said that up to 1,500 US citizens are still stranded in Afghanistan — shortly after President Biden joked with a reporter who asked about possibly leaving Americans behind in the Taliban-controlled nation.
Blinken gave the figure after Biden administration officials repeatedly said they didn’t know how many Americans remain in Afghanistan as Biden prepares to remove all US troops within just days to adhere to an Aug. 31 deadline.
“Over the last 10 days, roughly 4,500 of these Americans have been safely evacuated along with...",right
17019,Legacy of Eric Holder,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",OPINION: Eric Holder’s Legacy,New York Times (News),"By any measure, the nearly-six-year tenure of Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has been one of the most consequential in United States history. His decision to resign, which he announced on Thursday, was long anticipated; he has said he will stay on through his successor’s confirmation. It is hard to imagine that anyone who could make it through the current Senate would have an impact comparable to Mr. Holder’s.",left
17020,Legacy of Eric Holder,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']","OPINION: Despite A Bumpy Tenure, Holder Had A Broad Impact",NPR (Online News),Eric Holder's arrival in early February 2009 had all the hallmarks of a homecoming. Justice Department employees fatigued by scandals in President Bush's second term greeted Holder with sustained applause.,left
17021,Legacy of Eric Holder,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",OPINION: Holder one of worst officials ever to lead Justice Department,Fox News (Online News),"Attorney General Eric Holder’s announcement Thursday that he is resigning, effective when his successor is confirmed, is welcome news.",right
17022,Feud Escalates Over Trade,['Trade'],"Obama Fires Back At Elizabeth Warren And Trade Critics, Escalating Democratic Feud",HuffPost,"President Barack Obama pushed back against Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Democratic critics of his trade agenda on Friday, accusing them of spreading ""misinformation that stirs up the base but ultimately doesn't serve them.""
Obama surprised reporters by appearing on a conference call with Labor Secretary Thomas Perez in effort to rebut criticisms from Warren and other key Democrats, who worry that his pending Trans-Pacific Partnership deal will exacerbate income inequality and undermine key regulations.
""The idea that we can shut down globalization, reduce trade … is wrong-headed,"" Obama said...",left
17023,Feud Escalates Over Trade,['Trade'],Obama Escalates Feud With His Fellow Democrats Over Pacific Trade Deal,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama escalated a public feud over international trade with the liberal wing of his own party, a brawl that threatens to undermine one of the key goals for the White House this year.
The schism over trade widened with several testy exchanges this week between Mr. Obama and his liberal base, including remarks Friday in which the president said critics were mischaracterizing the deal.",center
17024,Feud Escalates Over Trade,['Trade'],Elizabeth Warren: Let people see trade deal ‘before we have to grease the skids’,Washington Times,"Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts is calling on President Obama to make a proposed trade deal with Pacific Rim nations public before Congress decides whether to press forward on it.
Ms. Warren said members of Congress can read the deal but “aren’t allowed to talk about it.”
“So now it’s the case that the president says that he wants the American people to judge this deal based on the facts, but to do that, he’s got to make the deal pu",right
17025,Can Kanye West Actually Run For President in 2020?,"['Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Kanye West', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party']",Here’s Why Some Think a Kanye West Presidential Run Is a Plot to Help Trump,Heavy.com,"Some people on Twitter are convinced that a Kanye West presidential run is a plot to help President Donald Trump defeat his Democratic challenger Joe Biden.
Those commenters are theorizing that Kanye would be more likely to draw votes from the Democrat in the race, Biden, although, of course, who knows if West is even serious? “The amount of people I see actually considering Kanye is scary, every vote that isn’t for Biden is a vote for Trump,” wrote one concerned Twitter user.",center
17026,Can Kanye West Actually Run For President in 2020?,"['Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Kanye West', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party']",Kanye West's wife Kim Kardashian 'has been supportive' of husband's presidential aspirations: report,Fox News (Online News),"Kanye West has a supporter in his wife Kim Kardashian.
On Saturday, West, 43, announced on Twitter his intention to run for president, seemingly in the upcoming 2020 election.
""We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our future,"" he said online. ""I am running for president of the United States! #2020VISION.""",right
17027,Can Kanye West Actually Run For President in 2020?,"['Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Kanye West', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party']",Kanye West for president? Realities and rules say White House run unlikely,The Guardian,"If Kanye West is serious about running for president, the rapper and fashion designer will face major obstacles to mounting a serious campaign less than four months before the 3 November election.
Kanye West touches on politics, love and 'iPlane 1' during bizarre Trump visit
Read more
West said he was running in a Twitter post on Saturday, the Fourth of July holiday.
If so, he will have to work fast to get his name on the ballot alongside Donald Trump and the presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden...",left
17028,Historic Filibuster Rules Change,['Politics'],Senate goes for ‘nuclear option’,Politico,"The Senate approved a historic rules change on Thursday by eliminating the use of the filibuster on all presidential nominees except those to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Invoking the long-threatened “nuclear option” means that most of President Barack Obama’s judicial and executive branch nominees no longer need to clear a 60-vote threshold to reach the Senate floor and get an up-or-down vot
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/harry-reid-nuclear-option-100199.h...",left
17029,Historic Filibuster Rules Change,['Politics'],Senate Dems weaken GOP power with major filibuster rule change,Fox News (Online News),"Senate Democrats bowled over Republicans on Thursday to win approval for a highly controversial rule change which would limit the GOP's ability to block nominees, in a move Republicans called a ""raw power grab.""
""It's a sad day in the history of the Senate,"" Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said after the vote.
Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., moving quickly following days of speculation, used the",right
17030,Historic Filibuster Rules Change,['Politics'],Landmark Senate Vote Limits Filibusters,New York Times (News),"The Senate voted on Thursday to eliminate the use of the filibuster against most presidential nominees, a move that will break the Republican blockade of President Obama’s picks to cabinet posts and the federal judiciary. The change is the most fundamental shift in the way the Senate functions in more than a generation.",left
17031,House Judiciary Committee to Subpoena Bolton,"['US Congress', 'John Bolton', 'Subpoenas', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'Impeachment', 'US House', 'Politics']","House Democrats will ""likely"" subpoena John Bolton, Nadler says",CNN (Online News),"House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler said House Democrats will “likely” subpoena President Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton and continue with more investigations after today's historic impeachment vote.
“I think it’s likely yes,” he told CNN of issuing a Bolton subpoena.
Asked what they will look at, Nadler said, “We are talking about everything,” referring to continuing all the probes that have been launched since last year.",left
17032,House Judiciary Committee to Subpoena Bolton,"['US Congress', 'John Bolton', 'Subpoenas', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'Impeachment', 'US House', 'Politics']",Rep. Jerry Nadler Says House Will Likely Subpoena John Bolton,NPR (Online News),"House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., says the House expects to continue its investigations into President Trump's conduct, even after Wednesday's expected acquittal of Trump in the Senate impeachment trial.
Speaking with reporters, Nadler says the House ""will likely"" subpoena former national security adviser John Bolton. Bolton had said he would comply with a Senate subpoena during the impeachment trial, but the Senate voted against calling witnesses. According to published reports, Bolton, in a book manuscript, describes being told by the president that he was withholding aid to Ukraine...",left
17033,House Judiciary Committee to Subpoena Bolton,"['US Congress', 'John Bolton', 'Subpoenas', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'Impeachment', 'US House', 'Politics']",Nadler: Bolton 'likely' to be subpoenaed by House Judiciary Committee,Washington Examiner,"House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler said he was ready to subpoena former Trump national security adviser John Bolton over the Ukraine military aid affair.
""I think it’s likely, yes,"" that the committee’s investigation would continue and that a subpoena for Bolton is ""likely,"" the New York Democrat told reporters on Wednesday.
President Trump was impeached by House Democrats for two articles of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, and is expected to be acquitted by the Senate Wednesday. Senate Republicans blocked calling for further witnesses in the...",right
17034,Blast in Turkey Kills 86,['World'],Turkish PM says deadly attacks likely were suicide bombings,Fox News (Online News),"Turkey's prime minister says there are strong signs that the two attacks at a peace rally in Ankara were suicide bombings.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu also declared a three-day official mourning for the 86 victims of the two explosions as well as for people killed in terror attacks since July.
The explosions occurred Saturday as hundreds of people were gathering for the peace rally by leftist and Kurdish activists.",right
17035,Blast in Turkey Kills 86,['World'],"Blasts in Ankara, Turkey’s Capital, Kill at Least 86",New York Times (News),"Two devastating explosions struck Saturday morning in the heart of Ankara, the Turkish capital, killing more than 80 people who had gathered for a peace rally and heightening tensions just three weeks before snap parliamentary elections.
At least 86 people were killed and 186 were wounded, said the health minister, Mehmet Muezzinoglu.
The blasts, which appeared to be the deadliest terrorist attack in modern Turkey’s history, occurred near Ankara’s main train station just as groups of Kurds and leftists planned to march to protest the recent resumption of armed conflict...",left
17036,Blast in Turkey Kills 86,['World'],Turkish PM blames suicide bombers in attack that kills 86,USA TODAY,"Two suicide bombers were likely responsible for a devastating attack near a planned peace rally Saturday in the Turkish capital of Ankara that killed 86 people and injured 186, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in a televised address to the nation.
Davutoglu called for three days of mourning in a country still reeling from the carnage. The two bomb blasts, about 50 yards apart, went off at the main train station as thousands poured in to attend a rally that included, among others, labor unions and the pro-Kurdish HDP, or...",left
17037,Trump Threatens to Send Military in to Quash Riots,"['George Floyd Protests', 'George Floyd Riots', 'Donald Trump', 'US Military', 'Insurrection Act', 'Violence In America']",Trump threatens to send the US military to quash protests,Vox,"He didn’t invoke a centuries-old law to give him that authority. But he might later.
President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act — a centuries-old law that gives the president the authority to send the US military into US cities and towns to quash domestic unrest — if state governors don’t take sufficient action to quell the ongoing protests and unrest happening in cities across the country.
“If a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property...",left
17038,Trump Threatens to Send Military in to Quash Riots,"['George Floyd Protests', 'George Floyd Riots', 'Donald Trump', 'US Military', 'Insurrection Act', 'Violence In America']",Governors Push Back On Trump's Threat To Deploy Federal Troops To Quell Unrest,NPR (Online News),"President Trump, in a conference call Monday with the nation's governors, threatened to deploy the U.S. military to restore order unless states hit by days of unrest ""put down"" violent demonstrations, urging leaders to ""dominate"" lawbreakers or risk looking like ""a bunch of jerks.""
The upbraiding from the White House didn't sit well with many governors, who have been busy responding to clashes between protesters and law enforcement in dozens of U.S. cities sparked by the death due to asphyxiation a week ago of George Floyd after a Minneapolis police...",left
17039,Trump Threatens to Send Military in to Quash Riots,"['George Floyd Protests', 'George Floyd Riots', 'Donald Trump', 'US Military', 'Insurrection Act', 'Violence In America']","Liberals horrified by Trump's mobilizing federal forces, threat to deploy troops",Washington Times,"Liberals expressed disgust Monday night at President Trump’s mobilizing of military and civilian forces to confront nationwide rioting.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, Washington Democrat, said the president’s action “proves that he cannot lead us through these tumultuous times and unite the country.”
“Instead, he has decided to rely on the use of force to address those who he views as a threat,” Mr. Smith said. “I urge President Trump to reverse course and use the full weight of the presidency to calm tensions across the country, not...",right
17040,Gunman Kills 3 at Indiana Mall Before Being Shot Dead by Armed Bystander,"['Violence In America', 'Greenwood Park Mall Shooting']","Indiana shopping mall shooter shot dead by armed 'good Samaritan,' police say",Fox News (Online News),"At least four people, including the shooter, are dead and others are injured following a shooting at a shopping mall in the suburbs of Indianapolis, according to local reports. 
Greenwood Chief James Ison said ""a good Samaritan with a handgun"" at the scene killed the shooter. He said two others were wounded and are being treated in area hospitals. 
Investigators on the scene of the crime. (Facebook/@Ty J S)
The shooter has only been described as an adult male. Police said he had a rifle and several magazines of ammunition.
Officers responded...",right
17041,Gunman Kills 3 at Indiana Mall Before Being Shot Dead by Armed Bystander,"['Violence In America', 'Greenwood Park Mall Shooting']","Gunman kills 3 people in Indiana mall shooting, police say",Axios,"A shooting at a mall in Greenwood, Indiana, on Sunday evening has left at least four people dead, including the suspected gunman — who police say was shot by an armed bystander.
The latest: Authorities said a 12-year-old girl was among two people wounded after the shooter opened fire with a long gun at the mall, south of Indianapolis. Her injuries were minor, Greenwood Mayor Mark Myers said in a statement.
Greenwood Police Chief Jim Ison said a news conference late Sunday that the girl was taken to a local hospital as a precaution...",center
17042,Gunman Kills 3 at Indiana Mall Before Being Shot Dead by Armed Bystander,"['Violence In America', 'Greenwood Park Mall Shooting']",A gunman killed 3 people at an Indiana mall before he was shot dead by an armed bystander,CNN (Online News),"A shooting rampage that killed three people and injured two others at an Indiana mall ended after an armed witness shot and killed the assailant, police said.
Around 6 p.m. local time Sunday, multiple people called 911 to report an active shooter at the Greenwood Park Mall, Greenwood Police Chief Jim Ison told reporters.
Investigators believe the unidentified gunman, an adult man, was shot and killed by a lawfully armed 22-year-old man who ""observed the shooting in progress,"" Ison said.
Those injured or killed include one male and four females,...",left
17043,What to Watch for in the Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Will Wednesday’s GOP debate move the discourse from flash to substance?,Washington Post,"The last time Carly Fiorina was here, the former Hewlett-Packard chief ­executive sketched out her ­foreign policy blueprint. One thousand people heard her condemn the slow training of ­anti-Islamic State forces, the ambitions of China and the wonky “tooth to tail” ratio of military power to military bureaucracy.",left
17044,What to Watch for in the Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",7 things to watch at the CNN Republican debate,CNN (Online News),Donald Trump will play the lead role in the second Republican presidential debate tonight -- but his rivals are jockeying to steal his spotlight.,left
17045,What to Watch for in the Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Debate night: The media want a Trump fight, with blood and bruises",Fox News (Online News),"The press is full of chatter about what the other candidates could, should, must do to derail the Trump juggernaut at tonight’s CNN debate.",right
17046,Senate Panel Backs Force Against Syria,['Middle East'],Senate Panel Backs Use of Force Against Syria,Wall Street Journal (News),The SenateForeign Relations Committee approved a resolution Wednesday authorizing President Barack Obama to conduct...,center
17047,Senate Panel Backs Force Against Syria,['Middle East'],Senate Committee Votes Yes On Syria Resolution To Bomb Assad,HuffPost,"Overcoming reservations from the left, the right and the American public, a Senate committee Wednesday passed a resolution to bomb Syria in retaliation for President Bashar al-Assad's alleged use of chemical weapons.
In a delayed markup of a resolution to authorize the use of military force, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 10 to 7, with one present, to let President Barack Obama mount a bombing campaign aimed at the Syrian regime's weapons of mass destruction for up to 90 days, albeit within a more limited scope than Obama had...",left
17048,Senate Panel Backs Force Against Syria,['Middle East'],Senate panel votes to authorize Syria strike,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama cleared his first hurdle on Wednesday in his push for a military strike in Syria, as a key Senate panel voted to authorize the use of force.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 10-7, with one senator voting present, to approve a military strike in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack last month. The full Senate is expected to vote on the measure next week.
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09/04/mccain-opposes-syria-strike-r...",right
17049,FBI Debated Whether Trump Was Working On Behalf Of Russia,"['Donald Trump', 'Russia', 'FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Says He ‘Never Worked for Russia’ Amid FBI Probe Reports,Bloomberg,"President Donald Trump said Monday he “never worked for Russia,” after reports that the FBI grew so concerned by his actions toward Moscow that they quietly began a counterintelligence investigation into whether he was working on its behalf.",left
17050,FBI Debated Whether Trump Was Working On Behalf Of Russia,"['Donald Trump', 'Russia', 'FBI', 'Defense And Security']",OPINION: An FBI that is corrupt and dishonest -- Latest reports offer only more proof,Guest Writer - Right,Dishonesty and corruption are endemic at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The latest proof comes in a New York Times report that the FBI initiated an investigation in May of 2017 into whether President Donald Trump was serving as a covert Russian agent.,right
17051,FBI Debated Whether Trump Was Working On Behalf Of Russia,"['Donald Trump', 'Russia', 'FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Transcripts detail how FBI debated whether Trump was 'following directions' of Russia,CNN (Online News),"In the chaotic aftermath at the FBI following Director James Comey's firing, a half-dozen senior FBI officials huddled to set in motion the momentous move to open an investigation into President Donald Trump that included trying to understand why he was acting in ways that seemed to benefit Russia.",left
17052,Jeff Sessions Fires Ex-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']","Attorney General Fires Ex-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, Who Was Set to Retire Sunday",Wall Street Journal (News),"Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe late Friday, alleging he made an unauthorized disclosure to the media and “lacked candor” in speaking to an internal watchdog.",center
17053,Jeff Sessions Fires Ex-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']","Andrew McCabe, a Target of Trump’s F.B.I. Scorn, Is Fired Over Candor Questions",New York Times (News),"Andrew G. McCabe, the former F.B.I. deputy director and a frequent target of President Trump’s scorn, was fired Friday after Attorney General Jeff Sessions rejected an appeal that would have let him retire this weekend.",left
17054,Jeff Sessions Fires Ex-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']","Ex-CIA chief slams Trump's 'moral turpitude, and political corruption' over McCabe firing",Fox News (Online News),"Former CIA Director John Brennan slammed President Trump on Saturday for firing Andrew McCabe days before being eligible for a lifetime pension, suggesting the president is a “demagogue” headed for the “dustbin of history.”",right
17055,Drought Impacts Farmers,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']",California Drought Leaves Few Farmers Unscathed,Wall Street Journal (News),"Even those with high-priority access to water are at risk of having their spigots turned off. As holders of some of the oldest water rights in California, many farmers and ranchers here in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta have never had their spigots turned off, a fate many of their counterparts in the parched state have endured.
But under an order from the State Water Resources Control Board, the local Byron Bethany Irrigation District last month shut down irrigation to more than 160 farmers and ranchers in its 30,000-acre area.",center
17056,Drought Impacts Farmers,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']",Job and Revenue Losses Mount From Parched California Farms,NBC News (Online),"While California remains gripped by drought, the scale of lost agricultural jobs and lowered revenue is emerging. And the numbers don't look good. Vast tracts of farmland — mostly in the Central Valley — have been fallowed, which means idled to accumulate moisture. An estimated 564,000 acres will be idled this year, according to an economic update on the drought from researchers at the University of California at Davis.",left
17057,Drought Impacts Farmers,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']","Community, farmers face water cut-off after California drought decision",Fox News (Online News),"A Northern California community already is faced with losing its water supply after the drought-stricken state took the drastic step of suspending water-access rights established as far back as 1903.
The State Water Resources Control Board announced the move June 12, suspending access to water for 114 so-called senior rights-holders, all in hardest-hit Northern California.
The community of Mountain House, about an hour east of San Francisco, is now days away from running out of water, according to local reports. That's because its only supplier, the Byron-Bethany Irrigation...",right
17058,US and Allies Announce New Sanctions Against Russia After Bucha Killings,"['Foreign Policy', 'Sanctions', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Joe Biden', 'World', 'Europe', 'European Union', 'G7']",New U.S. sanctions target Russia's largest banks and Putin's children,NPR (Online News),"The U.S., European Union and Group of Seven nations are enacting new sanctions on Russia in response to the civilian toll reported in Bucha and elsewhere in Ukraine in recent days.
The U.S. sanctions target Russia's largest banks, families of top Russian officials including Russian President Vladimir Putin's adult children, state-owned entities and any new investment in Russia by U.S. nationals.
""We will document and share information on these atrocities and use all appropriate mechanisms to hold accountable those responsible,"" the White House said in a statement announcing the new measures.",left
17059,US and Allies Announce New Sanctions Against Russia After Bucha Killings,"['Foreign Policy', 'Sanctions', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Joe Biden', 'World', 'Europe', 'European Union', 'G7']","U.S. sanctions Putin’s adult children, bans all new investment in Russia",CNBC," The United States on Wednesday announced it would impose a new slate of sanctions on Russia that includes first-time sanctions on the two adult daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Katerina Tikhonova and Mariya Putina, who are in their 30s, are rarely seen in public and almost never mentioned by their father. The Kremlin has only ever identified them by their first names.
“We believe that many of Putin’s assets are hidden with family members, and that’s why we’re targeting them,” said a senior administration official who spoke on background to...",center
17060,US and Allies Announce New Sanctions Against Russia After Bucha Killings,"['Foreign Policy', 'Sanctions', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Joe Biden', 'World', 'Europe', 'European Union', 'G7']","Biden administration announces more sanctions against Russia, targets Putin's children",Washington Examiner,"The White House announced a new round of sanctions against Russia on Wednesday following the weekend's bloodbath at Bucha, a Ukrainian suburb on the outskirts of Kyiv.
The sight of civilians burned, butchered, and brazenly thrown into shallow graves or stuffed into sewers triggered global outrage, a denial from Russia, and the promise of even harsher sanctions against Moscow from several Western leaders.",right
17061,Biden Administration to Scrap Title 42 Border Policy,"['Immigration', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Border Control', 'Border Crisis', 'Title 42', 'Coronavirus']",Pandemic-era border policy expected to end in late May,Axios,"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to end the use of Title 42, a pandemic-era public health policy used by both the Trump and Biden administrations to rapidly expel migrants at the border, by late May, according to multiple reports.
Why it matters: U.S. officials have been bracing for the policy's end, which could fuel already rising numbers at the border. The government has readied a sweeping contingency plan, preparing for a worst-case scenario of up to 18,000 migrants being taken into custody each day, Homeland Security officials told reporters Tuesday.
What they're saying: The...",center
17062,Biden Administration to Scrap Title 42 Border Policy,"['Immigration', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Border Control', 'Border Crisis', 'Title 42', 'Coronavirus']",Biden administration to scrap Title 42 border policy by May 23 despite warnings: reports,New York Post (News),"The Biden administration is planning to scrap a Trump-era public health policy restricting illegal immigration by May 23 — despite repeated warnings from Democratic lawmakers who represent border states, according to multiple reports.
White House director of communications Kate Bedingfield did not confirm the plans reported by CNN and the Associated Press when asked by reporters Wednesday, referring the matter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“Title 42 is a public health directive,” Bedingfield said. “It is not an immigration or migration enforcement measure.”
“We have every expectation...",right
17063,Biden Administration to Scrap Title 42 Border Policy,"['Immigration', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Border Control', 'Border Crisis', 'Title 42', 'Coronavirus']","Biden administration to lift Title 42 Covid restriction on border in May, officials say",NBC News (Online),"The Biden administration is preparing to lift Title 42, the public health authority the U.S. has used since the spring of 2020 to stop the spread of Covid by preventing immigrants from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border to claim asylum, say two officials familiar with the planning.
The policy, which the officials say will be lifted on May 23, has blocked more than 1.7 million attempts by immigrants to cross the border since its start during the Trump administration in March 2020, often turning them around and sending them back into poor conditions in...",left
17064,Russia Attacks Ukraine,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Europe', 'War', 'Russia']","Putin Declares ‘Special Military Operation’ in Ukraine, Explosions Reported in Multiple Ukrainian Cities",The Epoch Times,"Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” in Ukraine on Thursday, local time.
Putin said in an emergency address on Russian TV that the military operation is intended to protect civilians and to demilitarize Ukraine, and is a response to threats coming from Ukraine.
He said that Russia doesn’t plan to occupy Ukraine and said that the Ukrainian military should “immediately lay down its arms.”
Putin also said that any foreign attempt to interfere with Russia’s action will trigger an immediate reaction from Russia, and will lead to “consequences they have not seen before.”",right
17065,Russia Attacks Ukraine,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Europe', 'War', 'Russia']",Russia attacks Ukraine; conflict reverberates around globe,Associated Press,"Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling, as civilians piled into trains and cars to flee. Ukraine’s government said Russian tanks and troops rolled across the border in what it called a “full-scale war” that could rewrite the geopolitical order and whose fallout already reverberated around the globe.
In announcing a major military operation, Russian President Vladimir Putin deflected global condemnation and cascading new sanctions — and chillingly referred to his country’s nuclear arsenal as he threatened any foreign country attempting to...",left
17066,Russia Attacks Ukraine,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Europe', 'War', 'Russia']",Here's what we know about how Russia's invasion of Ukraine unfolded,CNN (Online News),"Russian forces invaded Ukraine from three sides, while explosions rang through a number of cities, including the capital Kyiv, in a broad attack that began before dawn on Thursday.
Here's how it unfolded.
Russian President Vladimir Putin made a speech early Thursday morning, saying he had decided ""to conduct a special military operation ... to protect people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years,"" repeating a baseless claim about Ukraine's Russian-separatist-backed Donbas region.
He denied, however, that Russia was planning to occupy Ukrainian...",left
17067,British PM Boris Johnson Remains In Intensive Care,"['World', 'Europe', 'Boris Johnson', 'Great Britain', 'Coronavirus']","Boris Johnson in intensive care as confirmed cases in Africa pass 10,000",The Guardian,"The UK prime minister remains in intensive care. The foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, who is running the UK government while Boris Johnson receives treatment in hospital for coronavirus, says he is confident the prime minister will recover.
Official global death toll passes 78,000. According to researchers at Johns Hopkins University, at least 78,269 people have now died worldwide, while at least 1,381,014 have been infected. Due to suspected under-reporting, these figures are likely to be lower than the true statistics.
More than 55,000 have now tested positive in the UK....",left
17068,British PM Boris Johnson Remains In Intensive Care,"['World', 'Europe', 'Boris Johnson', 'Great Britain', 'Coronavirus']",Boris Johnson moved to intensive care as symptoms worsen,BBC News,"A spokesman said he was moved on the advice of his medical team and was receiving ""excellent care"".
Mr Johnson has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputise ""where necessary"", the spokesman added.
The prime minister, 55, was admitted to hospital in London with ""persistent symptoms"" on Sunday evening.
The Queen has been kept informed about Mr Johnson's health by No 10, according to Buckingham Palace.
BBC political correspondent Chris Mason said the prime minister was given oxygen late on Monday afternoon, before being taken to intensive care.
However, he...",center
17069,British PM Boris Johnson Remains In Intensive Care,"['World', 'Europe', 'Boris Johnson', 'Great Britain', 'Coronavirus']",'No change' in Boris Johnson's condition,Daily Mail,"Boris Johnson is still battling coronavirus in intensive care today with 'no change' in his condition overnight - amid a wave of support from across the nation.
Mr Johnson was moved to ICU at St Thomas' Hospital in central London and given oxygen after his health deteriorated sharply over just two hours, leaving doctors fearing he will need a ventilator.
The 55-year-old was transferred to intensive care at 7pm because of breathing difficulties - forcing him to 'deputise' Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to take the reins of government.",right
17070,Boehner Elected House Speaker,['Politics'],"Conservative rebellions fail, Boehner keeps speakership",Washington Times,"Conservatives’ rebellion against Rep. John A. Boehner fell short Tuesday, as he earned enough votes to win a third term as speaker of the House — though the contentious afternoon vote underscored the continued strain within the GOP.
Mr. Boehner received 216 votes, topping Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who earned 164. But the key contest was within the GOP, where a group of conservatives displeased with Mr. Boehner’s leadership advanced a series of alternatives.",right
17071,Boehner Elected House Speaker,['Politics'],John Boehner Retains Position As House Speaker Despite Some GOP Opposition,HuffPost,"The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to once again make John Boehner its speaker, handing the Ohio Republican the gavel for the third time despite a late challenge by dissatisfied members of his own party. Tuesday's vote saw the most votes against a sitting speaker since 1923.
Boehner received the votes of 216 House members, while House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) received 164 votes. A number of discontented Republicans, however, voted for other candidates, including Rep. Daniel Webster (R-Fla.), who, with 12 votes, got the most opposition votes from...",left
17072,Boehner Elected House Speaker,['Politics'],John Boehner Elected House Speaker for Third Term,Wall Street Journal (News),"House Republicans re-elected John Boehner (R., Ohio) for a third term as House speaker on Tuesday over the objections of a band of frustrated conservatives lobbying for a new leader.
Mr. Boehner, 65 years old, faced more opposition from his party’s right flank than in years past, but not enough to oust him from the House’s top post. After being selected among House Republicans for the post in November, he was officially re-elected in a floor roll-call vote, as the new Congress—now fully controlled by Republicans—convened on Tuesday.",center
17073,"Putin Accuses US, NATO of Ignoring Russian Security Concerns on Ukraine","['Europe', 'World', 'NATO', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Foreign Policy', 'War']",Putin Accuses U.S. of Stoking Conflict in Ukraine,National Review,"Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accused the U.S. of trying to stoke conflict in Ukraine and continued to insist that his government does not have any intention of invading its neighbor.
Putin claimed the United States’s “most important task is to contain Russia’s development.”
“Ukraine is just an instrument of achieving this goal,” he added. “It can be done in different ways, such as pulling us into some armed conflict and then forcing their allies in Europe to enact those harsh sanctions against us that are being discussed today in the...",right
17074,"Putin Accuses US, NATO of Ignoring Russian Security Concerns on Ukraine","['Europe', 'World', 'NATO', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Foreign Policy', 'War']",Putin offers more talks with West to defuse Ukraine tensions,Associated Press,"Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the U.S. and its allies have ignored Russia’s top security demands but added that Moscow remains open to more talks with the West on easing soaring tensions over Ukraine.
Putin argued that it’s possible to negotiate an end to the standoff if interests of all parties, including Russia’s security concerns, are taken into account.
“I hope that we will eventually find a solution, although we realize that it’s not going to be easy,” Putin said.
He deplored the Western refusal to consider the...",left
17075,"Putin Accuses US, NATO of Ignoring Russian Security Concerns on Ukraine","['Europe', 'World', 'NATO', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Foreign Policy', 'War']","The West 'has ignored' Russia's key security concerns, says Vladimir Putin",CNN (Online News),"Russian President Vladimir Putin said his government was studying the responses from the United States and NATO to Russia's security concerns, but said his country's main complaints ""had been ignored.""
For weeks Putin had remained tight-lipped about a possible invasion of Ukraine, making scant public remarks about the crisis and the buildup of tens of thousands of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border.
But speaking at a Tuesday news conference following a five-hour meeting in Moscow with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the Russian President said: ""It is already clear...",left
17076,"Twitter Targets COVID-19 Misinformation With Labels, Strike System","['Technology', 'Twitter', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Coronavirus', 'Free Speech', 'Online Censorship']",Twitter targets Covid vaccine misinformation with labels and 'strike' system,The Guardian,"Twitter is expanding its use of warning labels on tweets that contain misleading details about coronavirus vaccines.
The move, announced in a blogpost on Monday, is designed to strengthen the social network’s existing Covid-19 guidance, which has led to the removal of more than 8,400 tweets and challenged 11.5m accounts worldwide.
In December the platform started providing more labels providing additional context to tweets with disputed information about the pandemic. Now the company is increasing its focus on posts about vaccines specifically, and starting a strike system that “determines when...",left
17077,"Twitter Targets COVID-19 Misinformation With Labels, Strike System","['Technology', 'Twitter', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Coronavirus', 'Free Speech', 'Online Censorship']","Twitter Takes Aim At Coronavirus Vaccine Misinformation With New Labels, Strike System",Forbes,"Twitter will attach warning labels to posts that contain misleading information about coronavirus vaccines and introduce a strike system for repeat offenders, the tech giant announced Monday, as the company tries to combat the circulation of misinformation. Twitter employees will initially be charged with labeling posts they determine violate Twitter policy, and their decisions will be used to teach Twitter’s automated tools to identify and label similar content across the platform, according to the company.
The labels may link curated content, like Twitter Moments, or links to trusted sources for...",center
17078,"Twitter Targets COVID-19 Misinformation With Labels, Strike System","['Technology', 'Twitter', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Coronavirus', 'Free Speech', 'Online Censorship']",Twitter says it will issue permanent bans for COVID-19 vaccine misinformation,Washington Examiner,"Twitter said Monday it will start labeling coronavirus vaccine misinformation on its platform and warned that those who violate its rules repeatedly will face permanent bans.
""Starting today, we will begin applying labels to Tweets that may contain misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines, in addition to our continued efforts to remove the most harmful COVID-19 misleading information from the service,"" Twitter said in a press release.
The vaccine labels may link to curated content and public health information or to the Twitter Rules page. Twitter said its goal with the...",right
17079,Is the US at War with ISIS?,['Middle East'],"White House, Pentagon contradict Kerry, say US ‘at war’ with ISIS",Fox News (Online News),"The White House and Pentagon acknowledged Friday that the U.S. “is at war” with the Islamic State -- contradicting Secretary of State John Kerry and others who a day earlier refused to use that term, prompting criticism from lawmakers that the administration was downplaying the conflict.",right
17080,Is the US at War with ISIS?,['Middle East'],The fight against ISIS: That which we call a 'war' ...,CNN (Online News),"U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will not use the term war to describe Washington's impending military action against the jihadist group ISIS in Syria and Iraq, but others in the Obama administration aren't shying away from the word.",left
17081,Is the US at War with ISIS?,['Middle East'],"In Shift, White House Calls ISIS Fight A ‘War’",ABC News (Online),"One day after denying the U.S. is engaged in “a war” against ISIS militants, the White House today said a war is in fact underway, indicating it’s an extension of the ongoing campaign against Islamic extremists.",left
17082,Trump Ends ACA Subsidies,['Healthcare'],Trump's New Executive Order Makes It Easier to Buy Insurance Outside of Obamacare,Reason,Trump's order reveals how Obamacare functions as a trap for policymakers.,right
17083,Trump Ends ACA Subsidies,['Healthcare'],"Throwing a bomb into the insurance markets, Trump now owns the broken health-care system",Washington Post,President Trump took two giant steps Thursday to disembowel the Affordable Care Act.,left
17084,Trump Ends ACA Subsidies,['Healthcare'],"Trump scraps key Obamacare subsidies, urges Democrats to fix 'broken mess'",Reuters,President Donald Trump on Friday urged Democrats to make a deal with him on healthcare after he scrapped billions of dollars in Obamacare subsidies to private health insurers for low-income Americans in a move that raised concerns about chaos in insurance markets and could face legal challenges.,center
17085,"House Approves COVID-19 Relief Package, Biden's Signature Expected Friday","['US House', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'US Senate', 'Minimum Wage', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Stimulus Checks', 'Politics']",Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill wins final approval in House,Reuters,"The House of Representatives gave final approval on Wednesday to one of the largest economic stimulus measures in U.S. history, a sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that gives President Joe Biden his first major victory in office.
The measure provides $400 billion for $1,400 direct payments to most Americans, $350 billion in aid to state and local governments, an expansion of the child tax credit and increased funding for vaccine distribution.
Approval in the Democratic-controlled chamber came without any Republican support after weeks of partisan debate and wrangling in...",center
17086,"House Approves COVID-19 Relief Package, Biden's Signature Expected Friday","['US House', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'US Senate', 'Minimum Wage', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Stimulus Checks', 'Politics']","Congress passes $1.9T Covid relief bill, with $1,400 checks, in major win for Biden",NBC News (Online),"The House gave final passage Wednesday to a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package that will deliver $1,400 stimulus checks to millions of Americans, extend enhanced unemployment benefits and boost funding to ramp up vaccine distribution and reopen schools.
The vote of 220 to 211 sends the legislation to President Joe Biden's desk for his signature, securing him his first legislative victory since taking office less than two months ago.
Biden will sign the bill on Friday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.",left
17087,"House Approves COVID-19 Relief Package, Biden's Signature Expected Friday","['US House', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'US Senate', 'Minimum Wage', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Stimulus Checks', 'Politics']","House passes Biden COVID-19 bill with $1,400 checks",New York Post (News),"The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill, ending a grueling monthlong fight on Capitol Hill.
The American Rescue Plan Act passed 220-211 and gives $1,400 stimulus checks to Americans who earn less than $75,000 per year. It extends a $300 weekly unemployment supplement through Sept. 6.",right
17088,Mueller Says Trump is Currently Not Criminal Target in Russia Probe,['Russia'],Trump Is Not a Target and That’s Big,Commentary Magazine,Game over?,right
17089,Mueller Says Trump is Currently Not Criminal Target in Russia Probe,['Russia'],"Mueller is investigating Trump, whether he’s a “criminal target” or not",Vox,“Being a subject is better than being a target of criminal investigation ... but it is cold comfort.”,left
17090,Mueller Says Trump is Currently Not Criminal Target in Russia Probe,['Russia'],Mueller said last month Trump not a criminal target 'at this point': Washington Post,Reuters,U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller told President Donald Trump’s attorneys last month he was continuing to investigate the president but did not consider him a criminal target,center
17091,Retail Sales Drop by Record 16.4 Percent,"['Retail', 'Commerce', 'Trade', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Business']","When Shoppers Venture Out, What Will Be Left?",New York Times (News),"The coronavirus pandemic dealt another crushing blow to retailers in April. Now the question is what the sector will look like as the economy reopens — and how much permanent damage has been inflicted.
Retail sales fell 16.4 percent last month, the Commerce Department said Friday, by far the largest monthly drop on record. That followed an 8.3 percent drop in March, the previous record. Total sales for April, which include retail purchases in stores and online as well as money spent at bars and restaurants, were the lowest since...",left
17092,Retail Sales Drop by Record 16.4 Percent,"['Retail', 'Commerce', 'Trade', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Business']","Retail sales fall a record 16.4 percent in April, far worse than predicted",CNBC,"Consumer spending tumbled a record 16.4% in April as the backbone of the U.S. economy retrenched amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a government report Friday.
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones expected the advanced retail sales number to fall 12.3% after March’s reported 8.3% dive already had set a record for data going back to 1992. The March numbers were revised to be not as bad as the 8.7% initially reported.
Some 68% of the nation’s $21.5 trillion economy comes from personal consumption expenditures, which tumbled 7.6% in the first...",center
17093,Retail Sales Drop by Record 16.4 Percent,"['Retail', 'Commerce', 'Trade', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Business']",Retail sales crater a record 16.4% in April amid coronavirus lockdowns and spending slump,MarketWatch,"The numbers: Sales at U.S. retailers sank a record 16.4% in April after coronavirus lockdowns shuttered much of the economy, cost millions of jobs and spawned an unprecedented slump in consumer spending.
Retail sales tumbled in every category except online shopping, the government said Friday. Sales also sank by a revised 8.3% in March, easily marking the worst back-to-back declines in modern American history.
Economists polled by MarketWatch expected a 12.5% plunge.
What happened: Receipts at auto dealers fell more than 12% as sales fell to the lowest level in...",center
17094,Obama Planning Offensive Against ISIS,['Middle East'],"Destroying ISIS May Take Years, U.S. Officials Say",New York Times (News),"The Obama administration is preparing to carry out a campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria that may take three years to complete, requiring a sustained effort that could last until after President Obama has left office, according to senior administration officials.",left
17095,Obama Planning Offensive Against ISIS,['Middle East'],Obama: U.S. to 'start going on some offense' in ISIS fight,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama will address the country Wednesday to explain to the nation ""what our game plan is going forward"" in the fight against ISIS.",left
17096,Obama Planning Offensive Against ISIS,['Middle East'],White House reportedly planning years-long campaign to destroy ISIS,Fox News (Online News),"The Obama administration is reportedly preparing a campaign to destroy the Islamic State militant group that could outlast the president's remaining time in office, according to a published report.",right
17097,Russia and Ukraine Meet for Talks,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Ceasefire Talks', 'Peace Talks']",Peace Talks Under Way in Belarus as Russian Advance Continues,National Review,"Peace negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian officials commenced early Monday morning on the Ukraine-Belarus border as the Russian military continues its offensive.
Ukraine said its objective for the talks, which it agreed to “without preconditions,” are an “immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of Russian troops,” the office of President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Sunday. Ukraine’s delegation includes Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov and several high-ranking officials but not Zelensky.
Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said Russia wants to come to an agreement that serves both parties.
The Ukrainian delegation invited Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, the...",right
17098,Russia and Ukraine Meet for Talks,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Ceasefire Talks', 'Peace Talks']","Talks underway as Kyiv fights on, U.S. extends sanctions",NBC News (Online),"As fierce fighting continued across Ukraine on Monday, Kyiv said it would push for a cease-fire at talks with officials from Moscow.
The meeting on the Belarusian border comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his nuclear deterrent force to be on high alert, a huge escalation in Russia's confrontation with Western powers who have increased their supply of lethal aid to Ukraine and imposed crippling financial sanctions on Moscow.
The United States announced Monday morning it would ban all American businesses from dealing with Russia's central banks, as well as...",left
17099,Russia and Ukraine Meet for Talks,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Ceasefire Talks', 'Peace Talks']",Ukraine ceasefire talks begin,Reuters,"Ceasefire talks between Russian and Ukrainian officials began on the Belarusian border on Monday as Russia faced deepening economic isolation four days after invading Ukraine.
Russian forces seized two small cities in southeastern Ukraine and the area around a nuclear power plant, the Interfax news agency said.
But they ran into stiff resistance elsewhere as the biggest assault on a European state since World War Two failed to make as much ground as some had expected.
Talks began with the aim of an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian...",center
17100,Happy Father's Day 2018,"['Holidays', 'General News']","Happy Father’s Day, Dad. Boy, did you matter.",Washington Post,"With Father's Day looming, I am thinking of greeting cards. No, not the card I need to send my father, but the cards he sent to me every single day when I went away. At camp or visiting relatives, and even into college, I could count on that daily envelope from home: a card carefully selected for the sort of jokes that might appeal to a 9-year-old, and a handwritten note from him.",left
17101,Happy Father's Day 2018,"['Holidays', 'General News']","Fewer Americans are celebrating Father's Day, because more kids are growing up without fathers",Fox News (Opinion),"Fewer people are celebrating Father’s Day than ever before, a fact that may have less to do with the nature of the holiday than it does with the nature of American families.",right
17102,Happy Father's Day 2018,"['Holidays', 'General News']","A Dad, A Daughter, A Disappearing Act: Love And Mourning On Father's Day",NPR (Online News),My father has always been disappearing from my life. The first time he did so was right after my teenage mother told him she was pregnant with me.,left
17103,Gun Legislation Passes First Hurdle,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Gun filibuster appears to misfire for conservative backers,CNN (Online News),"A filibuster of major gun legislation by a vocal band of conservative Republican senators may have misfired, as a growing number of their GOP colleagues appear ready to help break it when it comes up for a vote on Thursday.
The public split is a rarity for Senate Republicans, who over the past few years have kept divisions to a minimum.",left
17104,Gun Legislation Passes First Hurdle,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Conservatives Brace for Long Debate on Senate Gun Control Bill,Newsmax (News),"The Senate is ready to launch an emotion-charged debate on new gun restrictions four months after the carnage at a Connecticut elementary school spurred President Barack Obama and Congress to address firearms violence.
In an opening showdown Thursday a vote was planned on...",right
17105,Gun Legislation Passes First Hurdle,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Senate gun control bill passes first test,Politico,The Senate on Thursday ended a GOP filibuster on a new gun control bill clearing the way for debate to begin on a hugely emotional issue that has dominated headlines since the tragic December shooting in Newtown Conn. The vote was 68-31. Itrsquos a big win for Democrats in that 16 Republicans crossed the aisle to even consider the gun legislation...,left
17106,Joe Biden Reverses Stance on Abortion Funding,"['Joe Biden', 'Hyde Amendment', 'Abortion']",Joe Biden Reverses Course on Hyde Abortion Amendment,CBN,"After two days of intense criticism, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden reversed course Thursday and declared that he no longer supports a long-standing congressional ban on using federal health care money to pay for abortions.
Biden's reversal came after rivals and women's rights groups blasted him for affirming through his campaign aides that he still supported the Hyde Amendment. With the shift, Biden hopes to limit any damage from women's groups and progressives who already are skeptical about whether a 76-year-old, more centrist white man can be the party standard-bearer...",right
17107,Joe Biden Reverses Stance on Abortion Funding,"['Joe Biden', 'Hyde Amendment', 'Abortion']",Biden reverses stance on abortion funding amid Democratic backlash,BBC News,"Former US Vice-President Joe Biden has reversed his stance on abortion funding amid mounting criticism from his fellow 2020 Democratic rivals.
At a Democratic gala on Thursday, Mr Biden denounced a law which restricts federal abortion funding, saying he believed all healthcare was a right.
The party's current front-runner added that he made ""no apologies"" for having backed it previously.
Elizabeth Warren and Beto O'Rourke had been the latest to attack his stance.
Mr Biden had long voiced support for the Hyde Amendment - a law passed in 1976, right...",center
17108,Joe Biden Reverses Stance on Abortion Funding,"['Joe Biden', 'Hyde Amendment', 'Abortion']","Joe Biden Denounces Hyde Amendment, Reversing His Position",New York Times (News),"After two days of intense criticism, Joseph R. Biden Jr. reversed himself Thursday night on one of the issues most important to Democratic voters, saying he no longer supports a measure that bans federal funding for most abortions.
As recently as Wednesday, Mr. Biden’s campaign had said he supported the measure, known as the Hyde Amendment. His decision to change positions illustrates the intense pressure he faces as the presumed front-runner for the Democratic nomination for president.
His turnaround was abrupt, particularly because Mr. Biden has grappled for decades with...",left
17109,Congress Back to Work,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","Congress returns, with health care, Supreme Court on agenda",ABC News (Online),Congress returns to Washington this week to confront dramatic decisions on health care and the Supreme Court that may help determine the course of Donald Trump's presidency.,left
17110,Congress Back to Work,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Republicans set to move on their agenda after a rough week off,CNN (Online News),Congressional Republicans return to Washington Monday prepared to plow ahead with their agenda after a long week back in their districts where high-octane town halls featuring contentious run-ins with constituents dominated headlines.,left
17111,Congress Back to Work,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","GOP Congress back to work with mandate: end ObamaCare, use majority to fulfill promises",Fox News (Online News),Congressional lawmakers begin returning to Washington on Monday after a tense week-long recess in which Republicans got an earful about ObamaCare and other issues and ahead of President Trump’s first speech to a joint session of Congress.,right
17112,Appeals Court Temporarily Blocks Jan. 6 Committee's Request for Trump Records,"['Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Executive Privilege', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Violence In America', 'Politics', 'Justice']",Appeals Court Blocks January 6 Committee Access To Trump White House Documents,The Daily Caller,"The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request from former President Donald Trump to block the January 6 Committee’s access to his White House’s records in the National Archives on Thursday.
The House Select Committee on January 6 is tasked with investigating the events before, during and after the former president’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The injunction is temporary, however, and only blocks the documents from being released while the larger legal question of whether the committee can legally access the documents is litigated.
“The...",right
17113,Appeals Court Temporarily Blocks Jan. 6 Committee's Request for Trump Records,"['Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Executive Privilege', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Violence In America', 'Politics', 'Justice']",Appeals court temporarily blocks archives from handing Trump records to Jan. 6 committee,The Hill,"A federal appeals court on Thursday intervened to temporarily block the National Archives from handing over Trump administration records to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol ahead of a Friday deadline.
A three-judge panel for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary injunction keeping the records from being turned over to allow former President Trump to continue his legal challenge. 
""The purpose of this administrative injunction is to protect the court’s jurisdiction to address [Trump's] claims of executive privilege and should not be construed in any...",center
17114,Appeals Court Temporarily Blocks Jan. 6 Committee's Request for Trump Records,"['Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Executive Privilege', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Violence In America', 'Politics', 'Justice']",Appeals court temporarily blocks Jan. 6 committee from obtaining Trump White House records,NBC News (Online),"A federal appeals court Thursday granted former President Donald Trump's request to temporarily block the National Archives from turning over his White House records to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
The committee had been set to receive the first batch of documents, which lawmakers say is key to their investigation, on Friday. In papers filed Thursday, lawyers for Trump asked the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to temporarily delay the turnover and to ""maintain the status quo"" while they push...",left
17115,Brexit Or Not,"['Europe', 'World']",Could a Brexit Actually Save Europe?,Slate,"With Britain's referendum on whether to depart the European Union fast approaching, Europe's political leaders and major media organizations have been busy more or less begging U.K. voters not to bail.",left
17116,Brexit Or Not,"['Europe', 'World']","From London To The Welsh Coast, Sharp Disagreements On 'Brexit'",NPR (Online News),"Tony Thompson hopes the United Kingdom votes on Thursday to leave the European Union. Standing in a green smock behind his meat counter in the town of Romford, a short train ride from central London, the 58-year-old butcher explains why in four words.",left
17117,Brexit Or Not,"['Europe', 'World']",OPINION: The Business Case for Brexit,Guest Writer - Right,"Britain will thrive outside the EU, free from Brussels’ regulation and empowered to cut its own trade deals.",right
17118,"DOJ Wants Mar-a-Lago Warrant Affidavit Kept Private; Trump, News Outlets Seek Release","['Justice', 'FBI', 'Justice Department', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump']",Feds oppose unsealing affidavit for Mar-a-Lago warrant,Associated Press,"The Justice Department on Monday rebuffed efforts to make public the affidavit supporting the search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s estate in Florida, saying the investigation “implicates highly classified material” and the document contains sensitive information about witnesses.
The government’s opposition came in response to court filings by several news organizations, including The Associated Press, seeking to unseal the underlying affidavit the Justice Department submitted when it asked for the warrant to search Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate earlier this month.
Trump, in a Truth Social post early Tuesday, called for...",left
17119,"DOJ Wants Mar-a-Lago Warrant Affidavit Kept Private; Trump, News Outlets Seek Release","['Justice', 'FBI', 'Justice Department', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump']",DOJ urges judge to keep Trump search warrant affidavit sealed to protect national security investigation,CNBC,"Federal prosecutors investigating former President Donald Trump asked a judge Monday not to unseal a key document related to the FBI’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, saying it contains “highly sensitive information” that could compromise the national security probe.
The government’s request came three days after the federal judge made public the search warrant and other materials that outlined some key details of the raid on the former president’s Palm Beach, Florida, resort home.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said last week that he personally approved the warrant, and that he supported its disclosure in...",center
17120,"DOJ Wants Mar-a-Lago Warrant Affidavit Kept Private; Trump, News Outlets Seek Release","['Justice', 'FBI', 'Justice Department', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump']",Trump demands ‘immediate release’ of ‘unredacted’ FBI raid affidavit,New York Post (News),"Former President Donald Trump is demanding the “immediate release” of the “completely unredacted affidavit” behind what he calls the “horrible and shocking BREAK-IN” of Mar-a-Lago.
Trump, 76, made the demand on his Truth Social late Monday, hours after the Justice Department said it opposed the affidavit’s release because it would be “highly likely to compromise future investigative steps.”
“There is no way to justify the unannounced RAID of Mar-a-Lago, the home of the 45th President of the United States (who got more votes, by far, than any sitting President in the history...",right
17121,"Trump Ends Meeting on Shutdown, Calling It a 'Total Waste of Time'","['White House', 'Politics']","'Bye-bye': Trump walks out of 'waste of time' meeting with Schumer, Pelosi",Washington Examiner,"President Trump on Wednesday walked out of a White House meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., after the Democrats said they",right
17122,"Trump Ends Meeting on Shutdown, Calling It a 'Total Waste of Time'","['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Storms Out of White House Meeting with Democrats on Shutdown,New York Times (News),President Trump slammed his hand on a table and stormed out of a White House meeting with congressional leaders on Wednesday after Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said she would not fund,left
17123,"Trump Ends Meeting on Shutdown, Calling It a 'Total Waste of Time'","['White House', 'Politics']","Trump walks out of talks on shutdown, bemoans 'total waste of time'",Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump walked out of talks with Democratic congressional leaders on Wednesday over funding for a border wall with Mexico and ending a government shutdown, complaining",center
17124,White House Pitches Economic Stimulus Proposals in Response to Coronavirus,"['Economics', 'Payroll Tax Cuts', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump: Payroll Tax Cuts And Hourly Worker Relief Possible In Coronavirus Response,NPR (Online News),"President Trump said on Monday that the White House is planning on asking Congress to pass a payroll tax cut and relief for hourly wage earners in order to assist workers who may be feeling the financial pinch amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Trump said that top administration officials will be meeting with Republican members of the House and Senate on Tuesday to discuss the possible payroll tax cuts and help for hourly workers.
""Very substantial relief that's a big number,"" Trump said. ""We're also going to be talking about hourly...",left
17125,White House Pitches Economic Stimulus Proposals in Response to Coronavirus,"['Economics', 'Payroll Tax Cuts', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'White House', 'Politics']","The Coronavirus Crash: Here's What Trump Is Proposing, Plus Some Good News from China",CBN,"Monday brought the worst coronavirus crash so far, sending stock markets plunging in a freefall that led to the biggest drop since 2008. Now President Trump is proposing a step to stop the slide even as a bit of good news appears to also be coming out of China.
The White House is set to ask Congress for a payroll tax cut and economic assistance to hourly workers to help those hurt financially by the coronavirus.
""We are to be meeting with House Republicans, Mitch McConnell, and discussing a possible...",right
17126,White House Pitches Economic Stimulus Proposals in Response to Coronavirus,"['Economics', 'Payroll Tax Cuts', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump Floats Economic Stimulus in Response to Coronavirus,New York Times (News),"President Trump spoke after a trip where he spent time with two congressmen who were exposed to a person infected with the virus. His new chief of staff has also quarantined himself.
President Trump moved on Monday to address the economic effects of the widening coronavirus crisis by announcing that he would work with Congress on tax cuts and other measures after the worst stock market drop in more than a decade.
The president, who played down the virus threat earlier in the day, made an unscheduled evening appearance in...",left
17127,The Supreme Court Rules That They Cannot Block Gerrymandering,"['Gerrymandering', 'Supreme Court']",SCOTUS Leaves Gerrymandering Issue to the States...Justice Kagan Fumes,Townhall,"The Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 on Thursday that they are leaving the issue of partisan gerrymandering at the state level.
""The court holds that partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts,"" Chief Justice Roberts wrote.
Part of the issue considered by the justices was whether Maryland state Democrats drew unconstitutional boundaries with sinister goals.
A day before the high court's decision, Republican Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said he expected a victory.
In her dissent, Justice Elena Kagan argued that majority was ""tragically wrong.""",right
17128,The Supreme Court Rules That They Cannot Block Gerrymandering,"['Gerrymandering', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court finds that courts can't rule on partisan gerrymandering cases,The Hill,"The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Thursday that political partisan gerrymandering cases present a question that courts cannot decide.
The justices made the ruling in a pair of cases presented over district maps in Maryland and North Carolina, alleged to be instances of unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the court's majority opinion that federal courts cannot consider such challenges.
The opinion vacates previous rulings on the district maps in Maryland and North Carolina, and requests that the cases be dismissed ""for lack of jurisdiction.""
The split...",center
17129,The Supreme Court Rules That They Cannot Block Gerrymandering,"['Gerrymandering', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court Says Constitution Does Not Bar Partisan Gerrymandering,New York Times (News),"The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against the challengers opposed to partisan gerrymandering, the practice in which the party that controls the state legislature draws voting maps to help elect its candidates.
The vote in two cases was 5 to 4, with the court’s more conservative members in the majority. The court appeared to close the door on such claims.
The drafters of the Constitution, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote for the majority, understood that politics would play a role in drawing election districts when they gave the...",left
17130,"Sen. Jeff Flake Calls for Week Delay on Kavanaugh Senate Floor Vote, Requests FBI Investigation",['Supreme Court'],Kavanaugh vote: Senate Republican leaders agree to new FBI background investigation of Kavanaugh,Washington Post,Senate Republican leaders agreed Friday to reopen the FBI background investigation of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh after two key Republicans suggested they would not vote to confirm him to,left
17131,"Sen. Jeff Flake Calls for Week Delay on Kavanaugh Senate Floor Vote, Requests FBI Investigation",['Supreme Court'],"Flake backtracks, creates new delay for Kavanaugh",Washington Examiner,"Judge Brett Kavanaugh cleared a major hurdle on Friday when the Senate Judiciary Committee approved his nomination to the Supreme Court, a day after he rejected accusations of sexual assault before the committee.",right
17132,"Sen. Jeff Flake Calls for Week Delay on Kavanaugh Senate Floor Vote, Requests FBI Investigation",['Supreme Court'],Would It Make A Difference If The FBI Were To Investigate Kavanaugh Allegations?,NPR (Online News),One of the biggest disputes in the Brett Kavanaugh saga has not been over what questions should be asked about the alleged sexual misconduct of which he has been accused and which he strongly denies — but over who asks them.,left
17133,House GOP Report on Benghazi Released,"['US House', 'Politics']",OPINION: House Benghazi report: Clinton was planning a trip to Libya before the attacks,Washington Post,"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was planning to visit Libya in 2012, but those plans were upended when terrorists attacked the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi on Sept. 11 and 12 of that year, according to newly revealed testimony given to the House Select Committee on Benghazi, which is set to release its highly anticipated report Tuesday.",left
17134,House GOP Report on Benghazi Released,"['US House', 'Politics']",Benghazi report: Clinton should have realized risks,CNN (Online News),"House Republicans are planning to release a long-awaited report Tuesday on the Benghazi terror attacks that killed four Americans on Hillary Clinton's watch as secretary of state, reviving the politically charged issue less than five months before the election.",left
17135,House GOP Report on Benghazi Released,"['US House', 'Politics']","Despite eyewitness accounts, Clinton, administration pushed video explanation for Benghazi",Fox News (Online News),"The claim that the fatal 2012 Benghazi terrorist attacks were sparked by an anti-Muslim video was crafted in Washington by Obama administration appointees and reflected neither eyewitness nor real-time reports from the Americans under siege, according to the final report of the GOP-led Benghazi Select Committee.",right
17136,White House Outlines $37 Billion Crime Prevention Proposal,"['Criminal Justice', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Crime', 'Police', 'Violence In America', 'Police And Community', 'Federal Budget', 'Public Health']",Biden to request $37B in annual budget to support police and prevent crime,The Hill,"President Biden will request $37 billion in the annual budget to go towards supporting law enforcement and for crime prevention, the White House announced on Thursday. 
The request will be part of Fiscal 2023 budget process and Biden is set to announce it in remarks on Thursday in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The trip will be focused on building on the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which was the bipartisan gun bill he signed into law last month. 
Senior administration officials said the timing of the announcement is a way for the president to stress...",center
17137,White House Outlines $37 Billion Crime Prevention Proposal,"['Criminal Justice', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Crime', 'Police', 'Violence In America', 'Police And Community', 'Federal Budget', 'Public Health']",Biden had planned to announce police proposals,Washington Post,"President Biden had planned to announce proposals on crime and policing Thursday, an effort to show he is confronting violent crime while responding to Democrats’ desire for action following recent mass shootings and the failure of police reform efforts in Congress.
Biden tested positive for covid-19 on Thursday morning, and the White House did not initially say if he still planned to share his proposals virtually from isolation.
Biden had been scheduled to visit Wilkes-Barre, Pa., to lay out a “Safer America Plan” that included expanded law enforcement funding to...",left
17138,White House Outlines $37 Billion Crime Prevention Proposal,"['Criminal Justice', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Crime', 'Police', 'Violence In America', 'Police And Community', 'Federal Budget', 'Public Health']",Biden asks Congress for $37 billion to fight crime ahead of midterm elections,Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden is expected to lay out plans to ask Congress for $37 billion for crime prevention programs.
Biden will outline his Safer America Plan, which allocates $13 billion to hire and train an additional 100,000 police officers over the next five years, $3 billion to help communities clear their court backlogs, and a 13% funding increase for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives .
The plan, which was set to be introduced in a visit to Pennsylvania on Thursday before Biden tested positive for COVID-19, also puts $15 billion toward a grant...",right
17139,Merry Christmas!,"['Holidays', 'General News']","Make Room for God, Pope Says at Christmas Eve Mass",New York Times (News),"Pope Benedict XVI, delivering his annual Christmas Eve message in a voice that sometimes seemed to waver, called on the faithful to make room for God in their thoughts and busy, technology-filled lives.",left
17140,Merry Christmas!,"['Holidays', 'General News']","Christians flock to Bethlehem to mark Jesus' birth, as pope delivers Christmas Day message",Fox News (Online News),"Despite the tension and violence that shook the Holy Land this year, Christians from around the world flocked to Manger Square in Bethlehem on Tuesday to celebrate the birth of Jesus in the ancient West Bank town where he was born.",right
17141,Merry Christmas!,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Christmas by the Numbers,CNN (Online News),With Christmas comes Christmas trivia. Here's a look at the holiday by the numbers.,left
17142,Perspectives: Transgender Op-Ed Piece Fuels Partisan Divide Over Gender Issues,"['Conservative Media', 'Corinna Cohn', 'Gender', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Liberal Bias', 'Polarization', 'Transgender', 'Washington Post']",What I wish I’d known when I was 19 and had sex reassignment surgery,Corinna Cohn,"When I was 19, I had surgery for sex reassignment, or what is now called gender affirmation surgery. The callow young man who was obsessed with transitioning to womanhood could not have imagined reaching middle age. But now I’m closer to 50, keeping a watchful eye on my 401(k), and dieting and exercising in the hope that I’ll have a healthy retirement.
In terms of my priorities and interests today, that younger incarnation of myself might as well have been a different person — yet that was the person who committed...",center
17143,Perspectives: Transgender Op-Ed Piece Fuels Partisan Divide Over Gender Issues,"['Conservative Media', 'Corinna Cohn', 'Gender', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Liberal Bias', 'Polarization', 'Transgender', 'Washington Post']",Liberals lash out at WaPo over 'infuriating' opinion piece by man who regretted transitioning at 19 years old,The Blaze,"Transgender activists and their allies lashed out at the Washington Post on Monday after they published an opinion piece by a transgender woman who said her transition was harmful and unnecessary.
The piece was entitled ""What I wish I'd known when I was 19 and had sex reassignment surgery"" by Corinna Cohn who was born a male but transitioned at 19 years old.
“From the day of my surgery, I became a medical patient and will remain one for the rest of my life,"" wrote Cohn.
""I shudder to think of how...",right
17144,Perspectives: Transgender Op-Ed Piece Fuels Partisan Divide Over Gender Issues,"['Conservative Media', 'Corinna Cohn', 'Gender', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Liberal Bias', 'Polarization', 'Transgender', 'Washington Post']","Conservative talk radio, podcasts join Republican campaign to smear LGBTQ Americans as “groomers”",Media Matters,"Conservative talk radio and online show personalities are going all in on the smear by Republicans and others in right-wing media that LGBTQ Americans and others who oppose Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “Don’t Say Gay” law are “grooming” children to be gay or trans, or promoting sexual activity.
The Tampa Bay Times reported that House Bill 1557, which DeSantis signed into law on March 28, “prohibits instruction related to gender identity or sexual orientation in kindergarten through third grade and potentially restricts such instruction for older kids.” It allows parents to sue...",left
17145,Duckworth and Carlson Feud Over Patriotism,"['Tucker Carlson', 'Race And Racism', 'Tammy Duckworth', 'Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",Tucker Carlson Doesn’t Know What Patriotism Is,Tammy Duckworth,"A little over 240 years ago, two of my ancestors put on the uniform of George Washington’s Continental Army and marched into battle, willing to die if it meant bringing their fledgling nation inches closer to independence. Centuries later, in 1992, I followed in their footsteps and joined the Army.
Even knowing how my tour in Iraq would turn out, even knowing that I’d lose both my legs in a battlefield just north of Baghdad in late 2004, I would do it all over again. Because if there’s anything that...",left
17146,Duckworth and Carlson Feud Over Patriotism,"['Tucker Carlson', 'Race And Racism', 'Tammy Duckworth', 'Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']","Crenshaw takes aim at Duckworth's patriotism, accuses her of supporting the 'destruction of America'",The Hill,"Freshman GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw (Texas) took aim at Sen. Tammy Duckworth Wednesday, questioning the Illinois Democrat’s patriotism after she suggested that there should be a ""national dialogue"" about whether to remove statues and monuments of the founding fathers.
Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL, was discussing voter outreach to veterans during a Trump campaign “MAGA meetup” event on Thursday when he took a swing at Duckworth, a combat veteran who lost both her legs serving in Iraq, accusing her of supporting the “destruction of America,” The Washington Post first reported.",center
17147,Duckworth and Carlson Feud Over Patriotism,"['Tucker Carlson', 'Race And Racism', 'Tammy Duckworth', 'Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",Fox host Tucker Carlson calls Sen. Tammy Duckworth ‘deeply silly and unimpressive’; her response: ‘These titanium legs don’t buckle’,MarketWatch,"That’s Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Democrat of Illinois, firing back in a tweet at Fox News host Tucker Carlson, after he slammed her as a “deeply silly and unimpressive person” on his show Monday.
Carlson also counted Duckworth, who lost her legs while flying a U.S. Army helicopter in Iraq in 2004, among those who “actually hate America” because she supports a “national dialogue” about whether monuments should be removed and military bases renamed as the country re-examines its history.
“You’re not supposed to criticize Tammy Duckworth in any way because...",center
17148,Hillary Distances From Barack,['Foreign Policy'],Hillary Clinton pummels Obama foreign policy,CNN (Online News),"Yes, Hillary Clinton is running for president, and she is running away from President Barack Obama's record on foreign policy.
That's a very clear message from the interview just published in The Atlantic in which she drew sharp distinctions between her view of America's role in the world and those of the President, while also expressing significant disagreements with him over the right approach to ongoing crises in the Middle East.",left
17149,Hillary Distances From Barack,['Foreign Policy'],"Iraq Exposes Rift between Hillary Clinton, Obama",Newsmax (News),"The rise of ISIS in Iraq and the emerging humanitarian crisis in the region has prompted former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to speak out, blaming President Barack Obama's foreign policy strategy for ISIS's ascent.
In an interview published Sunday with The Atlantic's national correspondent, Jeffrey Goldberg, Clinton said Obama's refusal to ""build up a credible fighting force"" created the conditions for jihadists to achieve dominance in Iraq.
""The failure to help build up a credible fighting force of the people who were the originators of the protests against [Syrian...",right
17150,Hillary Distances From Barack,['Foreign Policy'],What Hillary Clinton is doing by slamming President Obama's foreign policy,Washington Post,"Former Secretary of State and all-but-announced presidential candidate Hillary Clinton offered her most public break yet from President Obama over the weekend, slamming his ""do not do stupid [stuff]"" foreign policy and suggesting he had not been aggressive enough in asserting America's role in the world.
""Great Nations Need organizing Principles - and 'Do not do Stupid Stuff' IS not an organizing principle,"" Clinton told the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg in a line That Launched a Thousand Surely grimaces (or Worse) in the White House.",left
17151,"US Sanctions Russian Officials Over Navalny Poisoning, Jailing","['Foreign Policy', 'Alexei Navalny', 'Russia', 'State Department', 'Treasury', 'World', 'Sanctions', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Criminal Justice', 'Chemical Weapons']",Biden administration sanctions Russia over Navalny poisoning and arrest,Politico,"The Biden administration announced new penalties on Russia on Tuesday in response to the poisoning and jailing of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, in President Joe Biden’s first major step in holding Moscow accountable for human rights abuses.
The U.S. intelligence community has concluded with high confidence that Navalny was poisoned last year with a banned nerve agent called Novichok by the Russian security services, the administration revealed on Tuesday. Navalny received treatment for the poisoning in Germany and was arrested upon his return to Russia in January.",left
17152,"US Sanctions Russian Officials Over Navalny Poisoning, Jailing","['Foreign Policy', 'Alexei Navalny', 'Russia', 'State Department', 'Treasury', 'World', 'Sanctions', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Criminal Justice', 'Chemical Weapons']","U.S.and EU impose sanctions on Russia over Navalny poisoning, jailing",Reuters,"The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions to punish Russia for what it described as Moscow’s attempt to poison opposition leader Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent last year, in President Joe Biden’s most direct challenge yet to the Kremlin.
The announcement of action against seven Russian officials and 14 entities made by senior Biden administration officials marked a sharp departure from former President Donald Trump’s reluctance to confront Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Navalny, 44, fell ill on a flight in Siberia in August and was airlifted to Germany, where...",center
17153,"US Sanctions Russian Officials Over Navalny Poisoning, Jailing","['Foreign Policy', 'Alexei Navalny', 'Russia', 'State Department', 'Treasury', 'World', 'Sanctions', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Criminal Justice', 'Chemical Weapons']",US to sanction 7 senior Russian officials over Navalny poisoning,Fox News (Online News),"The Biden administration on Tuesday announced sanctions on several Russian officials and businesses in response to the poisoning and imprisonment of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
""We're exercising our authorities to send a clear signal that Russia's use of chemical weapons and violation of its international human rights commitments have severe consequences,"" a senior administration official said.",right
17154,NY Gov. Cuomo Accused of Sexual Harrassment; Less Coverage from Left-Rated Outlets,"['Media Bias', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York']","The sexual harassment allegation against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, explained",Vox,"“Yes, @NYGovCuomo sexually harassed me for years. Many saw it, and watched.”
So said Lindsey Boylan, a candidate for Manhattan borough president and former adviser to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in a tweet thread Sunday morning.
Boylan, who appears to have worked for the governor’s office from 2015 to 2018, provided few specifics in the thread and stated that she has “no interest in talking to journalists” (Boylan also has not responded to Vox’s request for comment). But she did say, “I could never anticipate what to expect: would...",left
17155,NY Gov. Cuomo Accused of Sexual Harrassment; Less Coverage from Left-Rated Outlets,"['Media Bias', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York']",Mainstream media ignores sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo,Fox News (Online News),"New York City politico Lindsey Boylan alleged on Twitter Sunday that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ""sexually harassed me for years,"" but anyone who relies on CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC or CBS for news would have no idea.
Boylan, who describes herself as a progressive on her Twitter account, worked for the governor's administration from 2015 to 2018, according to her LinkedIn profile.
""Yes, @NYGovCuomo sexually harassed me for years,"" Boylan tweeted. ""Many saw it, and watched. I could never anticipate what to expect: would I be grilled on my...",right
17156,NY Gov. Cuomo Accused of Sexual Harrassment; Less Coverage from Left-Rated Outlets,"['Media Bias', 'Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York']",MeToo double standard: Evidence required when accused is a Democrat,New York Post (Opinion),"Gov. Andrew Cuomo is lucky he’s a Democrat — otherwise Lindsey Boylan’s charge that he “sexually harassed” her might lead to political challenges and media shame.
“Yes, @NYGovCuomo sexually harassed me for years. Many saw it, and watched,” the former Cuomo aide, now running for Manhattan beep, tweeted.
It’s a serious charge, one Cuomo flatly denies. The details? Boylan won’t say. She cites no specific allegations and provides no evidence. She won’t even respond to requests for further comment. “I have no interest in talking to journalists,” she declares. “I...",right
17157,"Trump Holds Event with ""Angel Families""",['Immigration'],Trump hosts 'Angel Families' to highlight crime by illegal immigrants,Washington Times,"President Trump highlighted “American victims of illegal immigration” Friday, hosting families of people killed by illegal immigrants to tell their stories and hitting back at critics of his rescinded policy that separated illegal child migrants from their parents.",right
17158,"Trump Holds Event with ""Angel Families""",['Immigration'],"Trump’s immigration counter-programming features “Angel Families""",Axios,"President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence held an impassioned event on Friday with ""Angel Families"" — people whose children have been killed by undocumented immigrants — amid the controversy surrounding the administration over its ""zero-tolerance"" policy.",center
17159,"Trump Holds Event with ""Angel Families""",['Immigration'],Trump tries to shift focus to victims of undocumented immigrants,Politico,The president gave the stage to families he says have suffered from 'permanent separation' from their loved ones.,left
17160,Seeking War with ISIS,['Middle East'],Obama ISIS fight request sent to Congress,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama asked Congress on Wednesday to formally authorize the use of military force in the war against ISIS, the first time a U.S. President has asked for such approval in 13 years.
Lawmakers on Wednesday morning received a draft Authorization for the Use of Military Force, a resolution that would formally authorize a six-month U.S. military effort against the militant group. Shortly after the request was sent to the Hill, the White House announced Obama would speak to the public on the issue Wednesday afternoon.
The joint resolution...",left
17161,Seeking War with ISIS,['Middle East'],Obama Sends Letter to Congress Seeking Authorization of ISIS Fight,New York Times (News),"President Obama on Wednesday formally asked Congress to authorize a three-year military campaign against the terrorist group the Islamic State that would avoid a large-scale invasion and occupation but in addition to air power could include limited ground operations by American forces to hunt down enemy leaders or rescue American personnel.
A proposal sent by the White House to Capitol Hill on Wednesday would formally give the president the power to continue the airstrikes he has been conducting since last fall against the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or...",left
17162,Seeking War with ISIS,['Middle East'],Obama opens door to 'limited' ground combat operations against ISIS,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama on Wednesday opened the door to ""limited"" ground combat operations against the Islamic State, as he asked Congress to formally authorize military force against the terrorist network.
The president, in a proposed resolution and a letter to Congress, underscored the ""grave threat"" posed by ISIS.
""If left unchecked, ISIL will pose a threat beyond the Middle East, including to the United States homeland,"" Obama said.
The proposal includes limitations that would bar ""enduring offensive ground combat operatio",right
17163,Romney Releases Tax Details,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Democrats, Media Get Punk'd: Romney Releases Tax Returns",Townhall,"In short, and as Kevin noted, Romney forked over nearly $2 million to Uncle Sam last year and donated more than $4 million to charity.",right
17164,Romney Releases Tax Details,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why Mitt Romney released his 2011 tax returns today,Washington Post,"As we have noted before, Romneys financial life as a very wealthy person is significantly more exotic than the average person he needs to vote for him; that he made almost $14 million in 2011 (and $21 million in 2010) without drawing any salary is all the confirmation you need of that fact.",left
17165,Romney Releases Tax Details,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The Candidates And Their Taxes,NPR (Online News),"Two years of tax returns are now available for inspection for both GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan (although Romney's 2011 return is still preliminary), as well as a full 12 years for both President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. Here's a side-by-side look at 2010 and 2011 returns for the candidates.",left
17166,Takeaways From Tuesday's 2022 Primaries in California and Elsewhere,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'California']",California voters oust reformist DA in San Francisco as House battlegrounds take shape,NBC News (Online),"San Francisco voters fired their headline-grabbing reformist district attorney Tuesday, NBC News projects, after rising crime rates proved intolerable even for the famously progressive city.
Chesa Boudin, the son of left-wing radicals who was elected on a Black Lives Matter-aligned platform to reform the criminal justice system, faced a successful recall effort as voters grew frustrated with the perception that his office is not willing to do much about crime.
The outcome and its lopsided margin was a rebuke of the left as Democrats retreat from calls to “defund the police” in the...",left
17167,Takeaways From Tuesday's 2022 Primaries in California and Elsewhere,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'California']",Trump ally Kristi Noem wins midterm primary in South Dakota,Reuters,"South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, easily won the Republican nomination to seek reelection in November, while a former member of Trump's cabinet was locked in a tight race in his Montana primary for the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday.
Noem, known for her opposition to COVID-19 restrictions, won her primary with 77% of the vote, while former Trump Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke of Montana was locked in a tight race as he seeks the party's nomination to return to Congress.
At...",center
17168,Takeaways From Tuesday's 2022 Primaries in California and Elsewhere,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'California']",It's Rep. Karen Bass vs. billionaire Rick Caruso in Los Angeles mayoral runoff,Washington Examiner,"Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) and Rick Caruso, a billionaire businessman, will face off against each other in a November runoff election to become the next mayor of Los Angeles.
Neither Democrat exceeded the 50% threshold needed to secure the party nomination outright in Tuesday's primary, setting the stage for a Southern California showdown that will decide who will replace outgoing Democratic Mayor Eric Garcetti as the country's second-largest city grapples with unbridled crime and homelessness.
Polling had shown the two locked in a tight race in the city's first open mayoral primary in nearly a decade. A...",right
17169,Romney to deliver foreign policy speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","In Virginia, Mitt Romney to call for change of course in Middle East",Washington Post,"Every aspiring president must pass the commander-in-chief test, and that examination has not always been kind to Mitt Romney.",left
17170,Romney to deliver foreign policy speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Romney to deliver foreign policy speech amid big questions on Libya, global economy",Fox News (Online News),"Mitt Romney in a major speech Monday will call for a change of course in U.S. foreign policy -- saying the recent, deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya is part of a “profound upheaval and that “hope is not a strategy.",right
17171,Romney to deliver foreign policy speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney to deliver foreign policy speech,CNN (Online News),"Mitt Romney will seek to bolster his foreign policy credentials in a major speech Monday, two weeks before the GOP presidential nominee takes part in a presidential debate focused on security.",left
17172,Congress Reaches Deal on Sanctions,['Foreign Policy'],Congress strikes deal to stiffen Russia sanctions; Trump questions boost bill,Washington Times,"Congress has reached a final deal on new Russia sanctions legislation, leaders announced Saturday, clearing the path for final approval of legislation that would codify penalties imposed by the Obama administration and would require President Trump to seek approval from Capitol Hill should he want to lift the sanctions.",right
17173,Congress Reaches Deal on Sanctions,['Foreign Policy'],Trump Russia: US Congress reach deal on fresh sanctions,BBC News,"Leaders of both parties in the US Congress have agreed on legislation that allows fresh sanctions to punish Russia for alleged election meddling.
The new legislation would also sharply limit President Donald Trump's ability to lift any sanctions against Russia.",center
17174,Congress Reaches Deal on Sanctions,['Foreign Policy'],"Congress Reaches Deal on Russia Sanctions, Setting Up Tough Choice for Trump",New York Times (News),"Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on sweeping sanctions legislation to punish Russia for its election meddling and aggression toward its neighbors, they said Saturday, defying the White House’s argument that President Trump needs flexibility to adjust the sanctions to fit his diplomatic initiatives with Moscow.",left
17175,Judges Rule Against Travel Ban,['Justice'],Another Federal Judge Has Blocked Part of Trump's Revised Travel Ban,Townhall,A federal judge in Maryland temporarily blocked parts of President Trump’s revised travel ban early Thursday.,right
17176,Judges Rule Against Travel Ban,['Justice'],2 Federal Judges Rule Against Trump’s Latest Travel Ban,New York Times (News),"A federal judge in Hawaii issued a nationwide order Wednesday evening blocking President Trump’s ban on travel from parts of the Muslim world, dealing a stinging blow to the White House and signaling that Mr. Trump will have to account in court for his heated rhetoric about Islam.",left
17177,Judges Rule Against Travel Ban,['Justice'],Trump's second travel ban blocked by two judges,Politico,"A federal judge in Hawaii issued a worldwide restraining order against enforcement of key parts of President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban executive order just hours before the directive was set to kick in, backed up by a second federal judge in Maryland who put out his own ruling blocking parts of the order.",left
17178,What to Watch for: The 2020 Presidential Election,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Jo Jorgensen']",Election Night Viewer's Guide: Why You May Need To Be Patient,NPR (Online News),"You're probably anxious about the results, but patience may truly be a virtue on election night.
Followers of NPR's elections coverage should have read or heard this at least a few times by now: We may not know who wins the presidential election (or any number of other down-ballot races) on Tuesday night or early Wednesday, and that's OK.
State results are not final on election night; instead, organizations like The Associated Press — which NPR relies on for race calls — determine most winners well before local officials tabulate...",left
17179,What to Watch for: The 2020 Presidential Election,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Jo Jorgensen']","What We’ll Know, and When We’ll Know",New York Times (News),"This year, the rise of mail voting will make election night much harder to follow. In most states, the results will be heavily skewed at various points of the night, depending on when a state counts mail ballots, in-person early voting or Election Day voting. In other words, the results could be very misleading. And in some states, the count might take days.
More than anything else, keep these three tips in mind:
Be cautious. A lot of states are changing the way they’re administering the election, and even the...",left
17180,What to Watch for: The 2020 Presidential Election,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Jo Jorgensen']",What to know on Election Day 2020: Culmination of the battle for the White House,Fox News (Online News),"Voters are casting their ballots nationwide Tuesday to choose whether the next president of the United States will be Donald Trump or Joe Biden, even as tens of millions have already voted either early or through the mail.
Here's everything you need to know for Election Day 2020 as Americans choose their next president.
Every election year so-called ""battleground states"" and their importance come to the forefront.
Because most states assign their Electoral College votes on a winner-take-all basis, this means states that are reliably red, like Oklahoma, or...",right
17181,Ivanka Trump to Shut Down Fashion Company,"['White House', 'Politics']",Ivanka Trump Shuts Down Fashion Brand; Firm Cites Limitations From Ethics Rules,NPR (Online News),"Ivanka Trump is closing her fashion company, saying her commitments in helping her father in Washington — and the limits imposed on her business as a result — have left her with no other option.",left
17182,Ivanka Trump to Shut Down Fashion Company,"['White House', 'Politics']",Ivanka Trump Is Shutting Down Her Clothing Brand,Townhall,"President Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, announced Tuesday that she is shutting down her clothing line to continue to pursue her career in public policy.",right
17183,Ivanka Trump to Shut Down Fashion Company,"['White House', 'Politics']",Ivanka Trump is closing down her fashion business to focus on her White House role,NBC News (Online),"""My focus for the foreseeable future will be the work I am doing here in Washington,"" said Ivanka Trump.",left
17184,Northeastern Primary Day,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: Keeping the Northeastern Primary in Perspective,Guest Writer - Right,"Tuesday should be a very good day for Donald Trump. Voters in Connecticut, Maryland, Rhode Island, Delaware and Pennsylvania will take part in selecting 172 delegates to the Republican national convention. Trump is widely expected to win all five contests and win between 98 and 123 of the 172 delegates at stake.",right
17185,Northeastern Primary Day,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump goes for 5-state sweep,Politico,But just winning won’t be enough. The front-runner needs blowouts.,left
17186,Northeastern Primary Day,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Five states expected to help Trump and Clinton widen their leads,Washington Post,"Five states began voting Tuesday in the “Amtrak Primary” in contests expected to help the two presidential front-runners, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, rack up ever-wider leads in their parties’ crucial delegates counts.",left
17187,NY Times Says Its Award-Winning Terrorism Podcast Fell Short of Standards,"['Media Industry', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'New York Times', 'Fake News', 'ISIS', 'Terrorism']",New York Times: ‘Caliphate’ podcast didn’t meet standards,Associated Press,"The New York Times admitted Friday that it could not verify the claims of a Canadian man whose account of committing atrocities for the Islamic State in Syria was a central part of its 2018 podcast “Caliphate.”
The series had won a Peabody Award, the first ever for a podcast produced by the newspaper, and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
With a major hole blown in the narrative, the Times affixed an audio correction to the beginning of each part of the 12-part podcast and published an investigation into what...",left
17188,NY Times Says Its Award-Winning Terrorism Podcast Fell Short of Standards,"['Media Industry', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'New York Times', 'Fake News', 'ISIS', 'Terrorism']",New York Times admits ‘Caliphate’ podcast based on botched reporting,New York Post (News),"The New York Times’ Pulitzer Prize-nominated podcast about ISIS was an “institutional failure” that included shoddy reporting based off interviews with a “con artist,” executive editor Dean Baquet said Friday.
In a blistering editors’ note, the newspaper said the 2018 series “Caliphate” blew its journalistic standards.
An internal investigation into the 12-part series was launched after the main subject, Shehroze Chaudhry, was arrested in late September in Canada on charges he lied about his role in ISIS activity in Syria.
Chaudhry had told the Times that he participated in executions...",right
17189,NY Times Says Its Award-Winning Terrorism Podcast Fell Short of Standards,"['Media Industry', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'New York Times', 'Fake News', 'ISIS', 'Terrorism']",New York Times Admits Its Caliphate Podcast Fell for ISIS Hoaxer’s Bullshit,Daily Beast,"The New York Times on Friday released the findings of its internal investigation into star reporter Rukmini Callimachi’s reporting on ISIS and extremism in the Middle East. The newspaper acknowledged that its Caliphate podcast gave “too much credence to the false or exaggerated accounts” of one of its main subjects, Shehroze Chaudhry, who has since been charged in Canada with concocting a terrorist hoax.
The paper of record rolled out its executive editor, Dean Baquet, on Friday to explain the glaring errors in another podcast, this time a “special episode”...",left
17190,Trump’s First Week,"['White House', 'Politics']",What's Trump done so far? His productive first week and how it stacks up to previous presidents,CNN (Online News),"With the flick of pen, a new president can undo years of work by a previous administration through his constitutional ""executive powers.""
Since relocating to the White House on Friday, President Donald Trump has signed a number of executive actions, including executive orders and presidential memoranda, aimed both at fulfilling his campaign promises and at rolling back the policies",left
17191,Trump’s First Week,"['White House', 'Politics']",It’s Been a Long Week,Slate,"n his first week in office, Donald Trump has begun to inflict immense damage across a wide range of policy areas. He is starting to build the wall, ban refugees, and bar Muslim immigrants. He has cut billions of dollars in funding from U.N. agencies and green-lighted the Keystone XL pipeline. He has placed a freeze on government hiring and prohibited international NGOs that receive U.S. funding from doing so much as uttering the word abortion.",left
17192,Trump’s First Week,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Week One: The return of the nation-state,Rich Lowry,"The first week of the Trump administration has been a vindication of the American nation-state.
Anyone who thought it was a “borderless world,” a category that includes some significant portion of the country’s corporate and intellectual elite, has been disabused of the notion within about the first five days of the Trump years.",right
17193,Andrew Gillum Concedes to Ron DeSantis in Florida Governor Race,['Elections'],'This was not just about an election cycle': Andrew Gillum concedes in Florida governor's race,USA TODAY,Andrew Gillum conceded his race for Florida governor a second and final time Saturday night.,left
17194,Andrew Gillum Concedes to Ron DeSantis in Florida Governor Race,['Elections'],Democrat Andrew Gillum concedes in Florida governor’s race to Republican Ron DeSantis,Fox News (Online News),Democrat Andrew Gillum conceded Saturday to GOP challenger Ron DeSantis in their contentious race for the Florida governor’s mansion.,right
17195,Andrew Gillum Concedes to Ron DeSantis in Florida Governor Race,['Elections'],Andrew Gillum Concedes to Ron DeSantis in Florida Governor’s Race,New York Times (News),"Andrew Gillum, the Democratic nominee and mayor of Tallahassee, conceded the Florida governor’s race on Saturday to Ron DeSantis, a former Republican congressman closely allied to President Trump, saying he was satisfied with a recount that had him trailing by about 34,000 votes.",left
17196,Politics and Grief,['Politics'],"Grief, politics and a day of presidential contrasts",CNN (Online News),The gulf between those who have occupied the Oval Office and those who crave it will be on rare display Tuesday.,left
17197,Politics and Grief,['Politics'],President Obama to pay tribute to Dallas officers killed in ambush,CBS News (Online),"President Obama will pay tribute Tuesday afternoon to the five police officers killed in last week's ambush in Dallas. He will attend and speak at a private, interfaith memorial service, and former President George W. Bush will also deliver remarks. Both will meet with victims' families.",left
17198,Politics and Grief,['Politics'],"Obama, Bush to Honor Fallen Officers as Hurting Nation Ponders the Future",CBN,President Barack Obama is traveling to Texas Tuesday to pay tribute to the police officers killed by a sniper last week. Obama will be joined by President George W. Bush at an interfaith memorial service in Dallas at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center.,right
17199,Senate Republicans Use 'Nuclear Option' to Advance Trump Nominees,"['US Senate', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Donald Trump', 'Filibuster', 'Nuclear Option', 'Republicans', 'Politics']","McConnell: Due to Endless Democratic Obstruction, It's Time to Fast-Track Trump Nominees",Townhall,"If you've been following the judicial confirmation wars of recent years, you're already aware that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has repeatedly taken off the gloves, forcing Democrats to live by the hardball partisan rules they've established over the course of numerous ends-driven power grabs. He detonated Harry Reid's nuclear option after the minority party launched an unprecedented filibuster against Justice Gorsuch's nomination, and has subsequently trimmed and stymied other delay tactics, as Democrats have adjusted their approach to across-the-board resistance. With some Democrats already fuming over the current consequences...",right
17200,Senate Republicans Use 'Nuclear Option' to Advance Trump Nominees,"['US Senate', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Donald Trump', 'Filibuster', 'Nuclear Option', 'Republicans', 'Politics']",Coming soon: The death of the filibuster,Politico,"The filibuster is in peril.
With Republicans expected to change the Senate rules to slash debate time on President Donald Trump’s nominees this week, it will mark the third time the “nuclear option” — changing Senate rules by a simple majority — has been triggered in just six years.
Each of those unilateral moves by a Senate majority to weaken the Senate’s age-old precedents centered on nominations, leaving the legislative filibuster and its 60-vote threshold unscathed. But some senators say it’s just a matter of time before even that Senate...",left
17201,Senate Republicans Use 'Nuclear Option' to Advance Trump Nominees,"['US Senate', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Donald Trump', 'Filibuster', 'Nuclear Option', 'Republicans', 'Politics']",Senate GOP Moves to ‘Nuclear Option’ on Appointees,Wall Street Journal (News),Senate Republicans will invoke the body’s so-called nuclear option Wednesday and use a simple majority to change the chamber’s rules for confirming many presidential appointees.,center
17202,Is Freedom of the Press as Risk with Extradition of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange?,"['Criminal Justice', 'Espionage Act', 'Free Speech', 'Government Spying', 'Julian Assange', 'WikiLeaks', 'Supreme Court', 'United Kingdom']",Julian Assange Extradition Decision the Latest Blow to Freedom of the Press,Reason,"With the decision by Britain's High Court that Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States, his high-profile case appears, at long last, to be coming to some sort of unfortunate end. Assange's fate will soon be in the hands of the U.S. federal courts, and it seems unlikely that either he or freedom of the press will emerge unscathed from the ordeal.
In a decision that heavily relies on the British government's history of believing official U.S. assurances, the High Court took on face value American claims that Assange will not be...",right
17203,Is Freedom of the Press as Risk with Extradition of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange?,"['Criminal Justice', 'Espionage Act', 'Free Speech', 'Government Spying', 'Julian Assange', 'WikiLeaks', 'Supreme Court', 'United Kingdom']",The execution of Julian Assange: He exposed the crimes of empire — and that can't be tolerated,Salon,"Let us name Julian Assange's executioners. Joe Biden. Boris Johnson. Scott Morrison. Theresa May. Lenin Moreno. Donald Trump. Barack Obama. Mike Pompeo. Hillary Clinton. Lord Chief Justice Ian Burnett and Justice Timothy Victor Holroyde. Crown Prosecutors James Lewis, Clair Dobbin and Joel Smith. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser. Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia Gordon Kromberg. William Burns, the director of the CIA. Ken McCallum, the director general of the U.K. Security Service, or MI5.
Let us acknowledge that the goal of these executioners, who discussed kidnapping and assassinating...",left
17204,Is Freedom of the Press as Risk with Extradition of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange?,"['Criminal Justice', 'Espionage Act', 'Free Speech', 'Government Spying', 'Julian Assange', 'WikiLeaks', 'Supreme Court', 'United Kingdom']","U.S. Wins Appeal in Julian Assange Case, Bringing His Extradition Closer",Wall Street Journal (News),"The U.S. government won an appeal in its bid to extradite Julian Assange, clearing an important hurdle in Washington’s yearslong battle to put the WikiLeaks founder on trial on spying charges.
The decision by the U.K. High Court to overturn a lower-court ruling isn’t the end of the case. Lawyers representing Mr. Assange said they would seek permission to appeal the ruling at the U.K. Supreme Court, setting the stage for weeks or even months of further legal wrangling, lawyers say.
In their ruling, Lord Chief Justice Ian Burnett and Lord Justice...",center
17205,Cruz and Kasich Team Up vs. Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Cruz and Kasich form an alliance: Is that fair?,Christian Science Monitor,"It’s one thing for campaign strategists to dream up a divide-states-and-conquer plan on a conference call. It’s quite another for actual voters to agree. Ted Cruz and John Kasich have struck a non-aggression pact in an attempt to block Donald Trump from winning the GOP presidential nomination. Is that a fair way to play politics?
The answer to that question depends heavily on what one thinks about the role parties and their organizations should play in today’s American democracy....",center
17206,Cruz and Kasich Team Up vs. Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Cruz, Kasich campaign announce collaboration to deny Trump delegates",Fox News (Online News),The presidential campaigns of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich announced late Sunday that they were coordinating their efforts in three upcoming primary states in an extraordinary attempt to prevent Republican front-runner Donald Trump from clinching the GOP nomination before this summer's convention.,right
17207,Cruz and Kasich Team Up vs. Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: The problem with Cruz and Kasich aligning to stop Donald Trump,Guest Writer - Left,"Sunday night's public proclamation that Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and ohio Gov. John Kasich had reached a truce aimed at ceding states to one another was not predicted but also entirely predictable. With his failure to gain any delegates in New York, Cruz is no longer able to win enough pledged delegates to clinch the nomination — a position in which Kasich has found himself for weeks. So the only viable path to the nomination for each is a contested convention — which necessitates that Donald Trump not win...",left
17208,Update On Search For Missing Journalist Jamal Khashoggi,['World'],Pompeo meets Saudi King as Khashoggi family calls for inquiry into 'death',CNN (Online News),"Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held talks with top Saudi leaders Tuesday as sources told CNN that the Kingdom is preparing to acknowledge that missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi died at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.",left
17209,Update On Search For Missing Journalist Jamal Khashoggi,['World'],Jamal Khashoggi: Pressure grows on Saudis as US envoy meets king,BBC News,"Pressure is growing on Saudi Arabia to explain the fate of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met King Salman in Riyadh.",center
17210,Update On Search For Missing Journalist Jamal Khashoggi,['World'],"Jamal Khashoggi search: Turkish officials sought ‘toxic materials’ inside Saudi consulate, Pompeo has meetings",Fox News (Online News),"Investigators looking for clues on Jamal Khashoggi’s whereabouts searched for traces of “toxic materials” at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul where he was last seen two weeks ago, Turkish media reports say, as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Saudi Arabia for talks over the matter.",right
17211,Schiff at Center of Impeachment Trial,"['Adam Schiff', 'US Senate', 'US Congress', 'White House', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']","The Media Loves — And, I Mean, Really Loves — Adam Schiff",National Review,"Jonathan Adler wonders whom Adam Schiff thinks his audience is. The answer is simple: the media.
The same people who spent years passing along every falsehood and selective leak the California congressman gave them to fuel the Russia-collusion hysteria, and the same people who still accept his allegations — knowing his long history of fabrications — without much skepticism, spent yesterday pretending that Schiff was a modern-day Cicero.
All of it was about believable as Schiff’s contention that he is pursuing impeachment to defend the Constitution. But we expect partisans...",right
17212,Schiff at Center of Impeachment Trial,"['Adam Schiff', 'US Senate', 'US Congress', 'White House', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']","In Stirring Closing Speech, Schiff Goes to the Heart of Why Trump Should Be Removed",Mother Jones,"Republican senators overwhelmingly know, whether they admit it publicly or not, that President Donald Trump is guilty of the charges against him, Rep. Adam Schiff argued in his closing remarks to finish the third day of the Senate’s impeachment trial.
But does the president really need to be removed? After all, the 2020 election is around the corner.
In what’s being hailed as a defining moment of this historic trial, the lead House prosecutor went on to outline the damning case for why yes, Trump should be removed, as his...",left
17213,Schiff at Center of Impeachment Trial,"['Adam Schiff', 'US Senate', 'US Congress', 'White House', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']","Trump impeachment prosecutor, Adam Schiff, is becoming Exhibit A in president's defense",Reuters,"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The lawmaker walking U.S. senators methodically through the case for removing President Donald Trump from office is also becoming Exhibit A in efforts by the president’s allies to defend him.
Over the first three days of Trump’s impeachment trial, the head of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff, has led a team of Democratic lawmakers serving as prosecutors as they lay out their evidence that Trump abused his power by pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a leading 2020 Democratic presidential contender....",center
17214,Coronavirus Pandemic Sparks Debate Over Mail-In Voting,"['Elections', 'Coronavirus', 'Vote By Mail', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Voting by Mail Would Reduce Coronavirus Transmission but It Has Other Risks,ProPublica,"Because of a rise in its Latino population, Gwinnett County in suburban Atlanta had to mail out absentee ballots with information in both English and Spanish in 2018. The result was chaos. The county accommodated the increased text by printing it in 6.5-point font, making each letter smaller than a sesame seed. Many voters were confused by the instructions — in particular, that they had to sign the back of the yellow envelope before returning it or their votes wouldn’t count. Gwinnett rejected 595 absentee ballots, a third of all...",left
17215,Coronavirus Pandemic Sparks Debate Over Mail-In Voting,"['Elections', 'Coronavirus', 'Vote By Mail', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']","Trump, Pelosi clash over mail-in voting as virus looms over election",Washington Times,"WASHINGTON — While Wisconsin struggles to hold its primary on Tuesday, President Donald Trump and Democrats are bickering over how to provide voters with safe and secure access to a ballot as the coronavirus pandemic rages in the U.S. and threatens to extend into the fall, affecting the general election.
With another economic rescue package in the works, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she wants money to give more voters the chance to cast their ballot by mail, an option that would allow people to vote without the concern over...",right
17216,Coronavirus Pandemic Sparks Debate Over Mail-In Voting,"['Elections', 'Coronavirus', 'Vote By Mail', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']","Trump, GOP challenge efforts to make voting easier amid coronavirus pandemic",Washington Post,"President Trump and a growing number of Republican leaders are aggressively challenging efforts to make voting easier as the coronavirus pandemic disrupts elections, accusing Democrats of opening the door to fraud — and, in some cases, admitting fears that expanded voting access could politically devastate the GOP.
Around the country, election officials trying to ensure ballot access and protect public health in upcoming contests face an increasingly coordinated backlash from the right. Much of the onslaught of litigation has been funded by the Republican National Committee, which has sought to...",left
17217,New GOP Primary Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",New polls show Rubio trailing in Florida; Kasich in a dogfight to win Ohio,Fox News (Online News),"New polls show Sen. Marco Rubio trailing Donald Trump badly in his home state of Florida – even dropping to third place behind Ted Cruz in one – while Ohio Gov. John Kasich, too, is locked in a dogfight with the Republican primary front-runner in his home state ahead of crucial primaries Tuesday.",right
17218,New GOP Primary Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Poll Finds Kasich, Rubio Moving in Opposite Directions",Wall Street Journal (News),"The fortunes of Gov. John Kasich and Sen. Marco Rubio appear to be heading in opposite directions on the cusp of must-win primaries for both, a new poll finds.",center
17219,New GOP Primary Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","New Poll Calls Donald Trump Ahead in Florida, with Ohio a Toss Up",New York Times (News),"Donald J. Trump is holding a commanding lead in Florida and faces a tight race in Ohio, according to new polls released ahead of Tuesday’s pivotal primary races.",left
17220,Brennan Tapped To Lead CIA,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",Obama to nominate counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan for CIA director,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama will nominate White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan for CIA director Monday, a senior administration official confirms to Fox News.",right
17221,Brennan Tapped To Lead CIA,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",Obama to name John Brennan to lead CIA,CNN (Online News),"If President Barack Obama's selection to lead the CIA is confirmed, it will be a homecoming of sorts.",left
17222,Brennan Tapped To Lead CIA,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",John Brennan tapped to lead CIA,Politico,"President Barack Obama will announce Monday that hes nominating the White Houses point person on counterterrorism, John Brennan, to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency, White House officials told POLITICO.",left
17223,Perspectives: Placing Blame as Afghanistan Falls to Taliban,"['Middle East', 'Joe Biden', 'Afghanistan', 'World', 'Terrorism', 'Taliban', 'Foreign Policy', 'US Military']",What We Got Wrong in Afghanistan,Guest Writer - Center,"Watching the rapid deterioration of the security situation in Afghanistan—the Taliban have captured a third of the country’s provincial capitals in the weeks since the U.S. military pulled its troops out—has evoked a feeling of déjà vu for me.
In 2005, I was an adviser to an Iraqi infantry battalion conducting counterinsurgency operations in and around Baghdad, one of the most violent parts of Iraq during one of the most violent periods in that conflict. It was difficult to have any hope at the time. I returned to Iraq in 2009,...",center
17224,Perspectives: Placing Blame as Afghanistan Falls to Taliban,"['Middle East', 'Joe Biden', 'Afghanistan', 'World', 'Terrorism', 'Taliban', 'Foreign Policy', 'US Military']",The fall of Afghanistan in 2021 is the result of years of American delusion,MSNBC,"On Sunday morning, Taliban fighters captured Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield — the symbol and source of U.S. power projection in the region for 20 years — releasing thousands of prisoners. Within hours, Taliban fighters were trickling into the city center with little resistance. The Taliban had already swept in and captured the capital city of Kabul. By nightfall, President Ashraf Ghani had fled the country, and the Taliban's reconquest of Afghanistan was complete.
Last Monday in Doha, Qatar — the site of fruitless peace talks with the Taliban across now two administrations — the...",left
17225,Perspectives: Placing Blame as Afghanistan Falls to Taliban,"['Middle East', 'Joe Biden', 'Afghanistan', 'World', 'Terrorism', 'Taliban', 'Foreign Policy', 'US Military']",Joe Biden’s Afghanistan Debacle,National Review,"Joe Biden has been wrong about most major foreign-policy questions all of his adult life, but — as a long-time senator and then vice president — didn’t have much power to do anything about it.
That’s no longer the case, and we are now seeing the gut-wrenching consequences in Afghanistan, where Biden rejected the advice of his military and intelligence officials and ignored the clear evidence on the ground, and ordered a calamitous U.S. withdrawal.
Despite the president’s fantastical assurances a little over a month ago that Afghan security forces had the...",right
17226,Yellowstone Grizzly Bears Returned to Endangered Species List,"['Animal Welfare', 'General News']",Yellowstone grizzlies safe from hunting as judge returns them to protected list,The Guardian,"In a ruling hailed as historic for wildlife conservation in America, a US judge on Monday ordered that the world-famous grizzly bears living in and around Yellowstone national park be returned to the endangered species list.",left
17227,Yellowstone Grizzly Bears Returned to Endangered Species List,"['Animal Welfare', 'General News']","Grizzly Bears Must Go Back on the Endangered Species List, Fed Judge Rules",The Daily Caller,"A federal judge placed Yellowstone’s population of grizzly bears back on the Endangered Species List Monday, reversing a decision by the Department of the Interior (DOI) to delist the species.",right
17228,Yellowstone Grizzly Bears Returned to Endangered Species List,"['Animal Welfare', 'General News']",Yellowstone grizzly bears' protection restored and hunts halted,BBC News,"A US judge has ordered protection to be restored to grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park, blocking plans for the first hunts there in nearly 30 years.",center
17229,"Study Says BLM Demonstrations 93% Peaceful, 7% Riots; Coverage Differs","['Violence In America', 'Data', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Media Bias', 'Polarization', 'Black Lives Matter', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Race And Racism']","Nearly all Black Lives Matter protests are peaceful despite Trump narrative, report finds",The Guardian,"The vast majority of the thousands of Black Lives Matter protests this summer have been peaceful, with more than 93% involving no serious harm to people or damage to property, according to a new report tracking political violence in the United States.
But the US government has taken a “heavy-handed approach” to the demonstrations, with authorities using force “more often than not” when they are present, the report found.
And there has been a troubling trend of violence and armed intimidation by individual actors, including dozens of car-ramming attacks targeting...",left
17230,"Study Says BLM Demonstrations 93% Peaceful, 7% Riots; Coverage Differs","['Violence In America', 'Data', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Media Bias', 'Polarization', 'Black Lives Matter', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Race And Racism']",A New Report Says 93% of BLM Protests Have Been Peaceful,Heavy.com,"A report from the US Crisis Monitor found that 93% of protests associated with the Black Lives Matter movement have been peaceful, despite a highly polarized political climate and reports on the news emphasizing instances of destruction, looting and overall lawlessness.
The report analyzed recent protests spurred by the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, and it also analyzed differences between the data and public opinion of the Black Lives Matter movement.",center
17231,"Study Says BLM Demonstrations 93% Peaceful, 7% Riots; Coverage Differs","['Violence In America', 'Data', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Media Bias', 'Polarization', 'Black Lives Matter', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Race And Racism']",Study: America Hit By Roughly 550 Violent Demonstrations In Three Months,The Daily Caller,"Data gathered in a Thursday study suggested that the U.S. experienced nearly 550 violent demonstrations since May 26, the day after the death of George Floyd.
The vast majority of U.S. states have experienced riots in the past three months with Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Mississippi, West Virginia, Hawaii and Alaska being the only ones unscathed by violence, according to data gathered by The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED).",right
17232,Federal Judge Overturns CDC’s National Eviction Ban,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Federal Judge', 'Eviction Ban', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus']",Federal judge overturns national eviction ban,CNBC,"Federal Judge Dabney Friedrich struck down on Wednesday the national eviction moratorium, potentially leaving millions of Americans at risk of losing their homes.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has banned most evictions across the country since September. President Joe Biden has since extended that protection to renters until July.
Some 1 in 5 renters across the U.S. are behind on their payments amid the pandemic, and states are scrambling to disburse more than $45 billion in rental assistance.",center
17233,Federal Judge Overturns CDC’s National Eviction Ban,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Federal Judge', 'Eviction Ban', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus']",Judge overturns federal pandemic eviction moratorium,Washington Examiner,"A federal judge vacated the nationwide moratorium on evictions established last year to protect renters who could not pay their rent due to restrictions meant to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
""The pandemic has triggered difficult policy decisions that have had enormous real-world consequences. The nationwide eviction moratorium is one such decision,"" D.C. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich, a Trump appointee, ruled on Wednesday.
The Trump administration imposed the eviction moratorium in September using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's quarantine authority. Most recently, the Biden administration said...",right
17234,Federal Judge Overturns CDC’s National Eviction Ban,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Federal Judge', 'Eviction Ban', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus']",Judge Strikes Down CDC’s National Moratorium on Evictions,Bloomberg,"A federal judge in Washington blocked a nationwide eviction moratorium the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention established as the Covid-19 lockdowns put millions of renters out of work during the past year.
In a ruling on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich said the agency exceeded its authority by issuing a broad moratorium on evictions across all rental properties. “The CDC order must be set aside,” the judge wrote in a 20-page opinion.",left
17235,Obamacare Fallout,['Healthcare'],GOP Could Suffer Fallout If Supreme Court Rules To Eliminate Obamacare For Millions,CBS News (Online),"A Supreme Court ruling due in late June could wipe out health insurance for millions of people covered by the president’s health care law.
But it is Republicans — and not White House officials — who are talking about damage control.
If that sounds wrong, check the math.
Twenty-six of the 34 states",left
17236,Obamacare Fallout,['Healthcare'],'Ugly' Potential Fallout From Supreme Court Health Care Case,HuffPost,"A Supreme Court ruling due in a few weeks could wipe out health insurance for millions of people covered by President Barack Obama's health care law. But it's Republicans — not White House officials — who have been talking about damage control.
A likely reason: Twenty-six of the 34 states that would be most affected by the ruling have Republican governors, and 22 of the 24 GOP Senate seats up in 2016 are in those states.
Obama's law offers subsidized private insurance to people without access to it on the...",left
17237,Obamacare Fallout,['Healthcare'],"ObamaCare fallout? Supreme Court ruling sets up potential Obama, GOP battle",Fox News (Online News),"The upcoming Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act could wipe out insurance for millions of people covered by the president’s health care plan, leaving states that didn't set up their own health care markets scrambling to subsidize coverage for those left uninsured.
Twenty-six of the 34 states that would be hardest hit by the ruling have GOP governo",right
17238,"Top DoD Official to Step Down, Says He Was Asked to Resign","['DOD', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Pentagon']",Top Pentagon official John Rood to resign,Washington Times,"The Defense Department’s top policy official is leaving his post amid reports of a clash with the White House and members of President Trump’s national security team, creating a key vacancy inside the Pentagon.
John C. Rood, who has served as the Pentagon’s under secretary of defense for policy since January 2018, is expected to formally resign Wednesday at the request of the president. News of his resignation was first reported by CNN and was quickly confirmed by the president on Twitter.
“I would like to thank John Rood for...",right
17239,"Top DoD Official to Step Down, Says He Was Asked to Resign","['DOD', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Pentagon']",The senior Pentagon policy official who certified security aid to Ukraine has been asked to resign,Insider,"A senior Pentagon policy official was asked to resign after losing the support of top national-security leadership, CNN first reported on Wednesday morning.
John Rood, the undersecretary of defense for policy since 2018, will step down at the end of this month, the Pentagon said in a statement, confirming the earlier reporting.
Administration officials told Bloomberg that senior national-security officials had lost confidence in Rood's ability to execute President Donald Trump's agenda. Sources told Foreign Policy that he was asked to resign after Trump lost confidence in him following a...",left
17240,"Top DoD Official to Step Down, Says He Was Asked to Resign","['DOD', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Pentagon']",Pentagon Official Who Certified Aid for Ukraine Is Forced Out,Daily Beast,"The Pentagon’s top policy official, who warned against the Trump administration’s effort to block Ukraine’s military aid last year, is stepping down from his post at the end of the month, Department of Defense press secretary Alyssa Farah said in a statement. The Pentagon’s statement did not explain why John Rood, undersecretary of defense for policy, is leaving. CNN reports he was asked to resign after losing the support of national-security leaders. Farah said James Anderson, the current senior official performing the duties of the deputy undersecretary of defense for...",left
17241,"Texas, Missouri Sue Biden, Attempt to Reinstate 'Remain In Mexico' Policy","['Immigration', 'Texas', 'Missouri', 'Joe Biden', 'Mexico', 'Remain In Mexico']",Texas sues Biden for rescinding Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' policy,The Hill,"The state of Texas sued the Biden administration Tuesday seeking to reinstate a Trump-era policy that forced migrants arriving at the southern border to wait in Mexico while applying for asylum.
President Biden in his first days in office directed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop a replacement for the policy known as ""Remain in Mexico"" that forced more than 60,000 asylum-seekers south across the border.
“The result of this arbitrary and capricious decision has been a huge surge of Central American migrants, including thousands of unaccompanied minors,...",center
17242,"Texas, Missouri Sue Biden, Attempt to Reinstate 'Remain In Mexico' Policy","['Immigration', 'Texas', 'Missouri', 'Joe Biden', 'Mexico', 'Remain In Mexico']","Texas, Missouri Sue Biden Administration Over Policies Allowing Immigrants To Stay In US",The Daily Caller,"Texas and Missouri sued President Joe Biden’s administration in an effort to restore the so-called “remain in Mexico” policy that the president revoked shortly after entering office.
The states claimed President Joe Biden unlawfully halted the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy, enacted by the previous administration, according to the lawsuit filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said the administration’s decision to halt the MPP has...",right
17243,Perspectives: Trump's Immigration Executive Order,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'Public Health', 'Homeland Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Immigration']",Inside Trump's proposal to suspend some legal immigration amid coronavirus crisis,Reuters,"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Wednesday that temporarily blocks some foreigners outside the United States from obtaining U.S. permanent residency, a move he said would protect American workers amid the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak.
The executive order included a number of exemptions and was not a full suspension of legal immigration, as suggested by a Trump tweet late on Monday night.
Here is what Trump’s order does and does not do.",center
17244,Perspectives: Trump's Immigration Executive Order,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'Public Health', 'Homeland Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Immigration']",Trump's moves on immigration reveal his true motives,CNN (Opinion),"(CNN) - At 10:06 p.m. EST on Monday, the lives of thousands of existing and would-be immigrants to the United States were suddenly thrown into further disarray in the midst of a global crisis. At that time, President Donald Trump tweeted that in order to ""protect the jobs of GREAT American citizens,"" he would be suspending immigration to the United States. On Tuesday evening, he provided further details, saying he would order a 60-day pause that would apply only to people seeking green cards to become permanent US residents. It...",left
17245,Perspectives: Trump's Immigration Executive Order,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'Public Health', 'Homeland Security', 'Donald Trump', 'Immigration']",Just imagine if Trump had stopped immigration in early February,Washington Examiner,"There are tons of valid questions about the legality and the mechanism of this supposed suspension, and like many tweeted promises of Trump, this might never really happen.
Here’s my question: Given how fiercely Trump has always spoken about the threats from immigration, why did he not take earlier and stronger steps to close our borders and limit foreign travel into the country?
Yes, he issued a “travel ban” on China shortly after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a global health emergency. But that has been porous. Reportedly,...",right
17246,Intel Officials Warn of Possible Russian Interference in 2020 Election,"['National Security', 'Russia', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Cybersecurity', '2020 Election', 'Elections']",America's Russia nightmare is back,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN) - It's happening again.
America is blundering into a new Russia election-meddling hall of mirrors that's already doing Moscow's work: tearing fresh political divides and threatening to again tarnish democracy's most sacred moment, a national election.
Revelations Thursday about intelligence assessments that Russia has launched a new interference effort to help reelect Donald Trump -- and the President's furious reaction -- mark the return of a recurring nightmare for the country just nine months before the presidential election.",left
17247,Intel Officials Warn of Possible Russian Interference in 2020 Election,"['National Security', 'Russia', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Cybersecurity', '2020 Election', 'Elections']",Intel officials say Russia boosting Trump candidacy,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — Intelligence officials have warned lawmakers that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election campaign to help President Donald Trump get reelected, according to three officials familiar with the closed-door briefing.
Trump pushed back Friday accusing Democrats of launching a disinformation campaign.
“Another misinformation campaign is being launched by Democrats in Congress saying that Russia prefers me to any of the Do Nothing Democrat candidates who still have been unable to, after two weeks, count their votes in Iowa. Hoax number 7!” Trump tweeted.",left
17248,Intel Officials Warn of Possible Russian Interference in 2020 Election,"['National Security', 'Russia', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Cybersecurity', '2020 Election', 'Elections']",Why the Trump-Russia intelligence report doesn't quite add up,Washington Examiner,"The New York Times reported on Thursday that ""intelligence officials warned House lawmakers last week that Russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get President Trump re-elected.""
I'm not convinced that gives full context to the briefing. I suspect a Democratic member asked a briefer something along the lines of, ""Do you assess that Russia is trying to reelect Trump?"" The briefer then probably offered a hedged response in the affirmative. I believe the core of the briefing was likely situated around an assessment that Russia is...",right
17249,Jeff Bezos' Phone Reportedly Hacked by Saudi Arabia,"['Hackers', 'Technology', 'Jeff Bezos', 'Amazon', 'Washington Post', 'Mohammed Bin Salman', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Middle East', 'Cybersecurity']",Jeff Bezos hack: Amazon boss's phone 'hacked by Saudi crown prince',The Guardian,"The Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos had his mobile phone “hacked” in 2018 after receiving a WhatsApp message that had apparently been sent from the personal account of the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, sources have told the Guardian.
The encrypted message from the number used by Mohammed bin Salman is believed to have included a malicious file that infiltrated the phone of the world’s richest man, according to the results of a digital forensic analysis.
This analysis found it “highly probable” that the intrusion into the phone was triggered by...",left
17250,Jeff Bezos' Phone Reportedly Hacked by Saudi Arabia,"['Hackers', 'Technology', 'Jeff Bezos', 'Amazon', 'Washington Post', 'Mohammed Bin Salman', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Middle East', 'Cybersecurity']",Jeff Bezos hack: UN experts demand probe of Saudi crown prince,BBC News,"They said Mohammed bin Salman should also be investigated for ""continuous, direct and personal efforts to target perceived opponents"".
A message from a phone number used by the prince has been implicated in a breach of Mr Bezos's data.
The kingdom's US embassy has denied the ""absurd"" story.
But the independent UN experts - Agnes Callamard, special rapporteur on summary executions and extrajudicial killings, and David Kaye, special rapporteur on freedom of expression - said the crown prince's ""possible involvement"" had to be investigated.",center
17251,Jeff Bezos' Phone Reportedly Hacked by Saudi Arabia,"['Hackers', 'Technology', 'Jeff Bezos', 'Amazon', 'Washington Post', 'Mohammed Bin Salman', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Middle East', 'Cybersecurity']",Saudi Arabia calls claims that crown prince hacked Jeff Bezos’ phone ‘absurd’,New York Post (News),"Saudi Arabia has dismissed claims that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hacked Amazon boss Jeff Bezos’ phone as “absurd.”
The kingdom’s US embassy called for an investigation into The Guardian’s report that Bezos’ phone was infiltrated when a malicious file was sent in 2018 during a “seemingly friendly” chat between the pair on WhatsApp.
The report had stressed that it was unclear what was taken — although the timing coincides with supposed hacked messages to then-mistress Lauren Sanchez that included crotch shots and naked selfies.",right
17252,Unity with Germany,['World'],Obama and Merkel Express Unity in Seeking Diplomatic Solution to Russia-Ukraine Crisis,New York Times (News),"President Obama said he was weighing providing lethal weapons to Ukraine to help Kiev defend against Russia’s aggression if diplomatic efforts fail to defuse the tensions there, even as he said the United States remained united with Europe in maintaining sanctions against Moscow.
“The prospect for a military solution to this problem has always been low,” Mr. Obama said, given the extraordinarily powerful military that is at the disposal of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, and the length of Russia’s border with Ukraine.
Nevertheless, at a joint news conference...",left
17253,Unity with Germany,['World'],"Unity for now, but Obama and Merkel hint at future discord",CNN (Online News),"Angela Merkel, the German chancellor desperately working to reach a diplomatic accord ending unrest in eastern Ukraine, continued her efforts at the White House Monday, urging President Barack Obama to forestall sending lethal aid to Kiev.
Her efforts appeared effective; at a midday press conference, Obama said he hadn't yet decided whether or not to send arms and equipment to besieged Ukrainian troops in the eastern part of the country.
But both leaders hinted there could be disagreements to come on how to best end the unrest that has waged...",left
17254,Unity with Germany,['World'],Obama Not Seeking To Contain or Weaken Russia,Townhall,"President Obama has made no decision about whether or not to arm Ukraine in their fight against Russia, Obama said Monday, also declining to identify any timeframe for when he will make a final decision.
""The possibility of lethal defense is one of those options that's being examined,"" Obama said at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. ""But I have not made a decision about that yet.""
""There is not going to be any specific point at which I say, 'Ah, clearly lethal defensive weapons would be...",right
17255,Washington Post Draws Criticism for Placing Story on Kavanaugh Coaching Daughter's Basketball Team Under 'Public Safety' Section,['Media Bias'],Brett Kavanaugh worried that scandal would end his coaching days. Now the Supreme Court justice is back on the basketball court.,Washington Post,Brett M. Kavanaugh has his new day job on the nation’s highest court but is still “Coach K” on the basketball court. The Supreme Court’s newest justice was back in action over the,left
17256,Washington Post Draws Criticism for Placing Story on Kavanaugh Coaching Daughter's Basketball Team Under 'Public Safety' Section,['Media Bias'],WaPo places story on Kavanaugh returning to coach girls basketball in 'public safety' section,The Hill,"The Washington Post published a story on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh returning to coach his daughter's basketball team under its “public safety” category, drawing howls from conservatives.",center
17257,Washington Post Draws Criticism for Placing Story on Kavanaugh Coaching Daughter's Basketball Team Under 'Public Safety' Section,['Media Bias'],WHAT BIAS? Washington Post Puts Story About Kavanaugh Coaching Basketball Under ‘Public Safety’ Tag,The Daily Wire,"Of all the nasty, disgusting smears lobbied against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation, the insinuations that because he was accused of sexual assault, he must be a",right
17258,House Passes New Abortion Bill,['Abortion'],GOP passes bill criminalizing abortion after 20 weeks,The Hill,The House passed a bill Tuesday that would ban abortions after 20 weeks.,center
17259,House Passes New Abortion Bill,['Abortion'],"20-week Abortion ban clears House, faces uphill Senate fight",Washington Times,"For the third time in five years, the Republican-led House has passed legislation that would prohibit most late-term abortions when the fetus can feel pain.",right
17260,House Passes New Abortion Bill,['Abortion'],The House just passed a 20-week abortion ban. Opponents say it's “basically relying on junk science.”,Vox,The bill is based on claims about fetal pain that aren’t supported by research.,left
17261,What To Watch For At The Hofstra Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Five Debate Storylines to Watch,NBC News (Online),"Well, we're finally here: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump tonight square off in their first presidential debate at Hofstra University, making it arguably the most consequential night so far of the 2016 election. The stakes are enormous, with recent polls showing the national race ranges from a six-point lead for Clinton (in the NBC/WSJ) to a dead-even tie (in Bloomberg's). There are five storylines we're watching heading into the debate.",left
17262,What To Watch For At The Hofstra Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Five things to watch for at Trump-Clinton debate,The Hill,Here are five things to watch for in the heavyweight clash that will set the course for the final 42 days of the election.,center
17263,What To Watch For At The Hofstra Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",A Look Ahead at the First Presidential Debate of 2016,CBN,"It's a presidential debate that can be summed up in one familiar word – huge! As the construction crew puts the finishing touches on the debate stage, Americans are expected to tune in for likely historic TV ratings.",right
17264,AirAsia Flight Disappears,['World'],AirAsia jet disappears amid stormy weather,USA TODAY,"The fate of an AirAsia jet that disappeared Sunday over the Java Sea with 162 people aboard remained a mystery more than 16 hours after it disappeared in violent weather.
Flight 8501 was bound for Singapore from Surabaya, Indonesia, when it lost contact with air traffic control at about 7:24 a.m. (6:24 p.m. ET on Saturday), the airline said in a statement. The time in Surabaya is 12 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time; Singapore is 13 hours ahead of ET.",left
17265,AirAsia Flight Disappears,['World'],"Families, relatives tense after AirAsia plane carrying 162 disappears",Fox News (Online News),"A groom-to-be, his parents and three brothers are believed to be among those aboard an Air Asia jet carrying 162 people that vanished over the Java Sea early Sunday amid stormy weather.
The fiancé of Alain Oktavianus Siaun told reporters that she was trying to stay positive after hearing the news that AirAsia Flight 8501 had disappeared en route to Singapore, the Star in Malaysia reported Sunday.
“I heard it on the radio and immediately browsed the Internet and saw the news,” Louise Sidharta said, according to told the newspaper....",right
17266,AirAsia Flight Disappears,['World'],AirAsia Flight Said to Be Lost in Indonesia,New York Times (News),"Indonesian authorities were searching for an AirAsia aircraft with 155 passengers onboard Sunday after air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane, the airline said.
The plane, Flight QZ8501, left the Indonesian city of Surabaya and was bound for Singapore, officials said.
Air traffic control lost contact with the Airbus A320-200 at 7:24 a.m. Singapore time, the airline said in a statement on its Facebook page.
“At this time, search-and-rescue operations are in progress, and AirAsia is cooperating fully and assisting the rescue service,” t",left
17267,"John McCain Memorial Service Held in D.C.; During Eulogy, Meghan McCain says ""America was always great""","['US Senate', 'Politics']","Meghan McCain, Obama knock Trump at John McCain's funeral service: 'America was always great'",Fox News (Online News),Meghan McCain and President Barack Obama took apparent swipes at President Trump on Saturday in a eulogy for John McCain -- who sparred with Trump on a number of occasions before his death last week of brain cancer.,right
17268,"John McCain Memorial Service Held in D.C.; During Eulogy, Meghan McCain says ""America was always great""","['US Senate', 'Politics']",Meghan McCain says father's 'America was always great' during speech at National Cathedral,USA TODAY,Sen. John McCain’s funeral Saturday had the feel and gravity of the memorial for a head of state as three former presidents and a who’s who of Washington and the world gathered at the National Cathedral for his service.,left
17269,"John McCain Memorial Service Held in D.C.; During Eulogy, Meghan McCain says ""America was always great""","['US Senate', 'Politics']",Meghan McCain’s eulogy: “The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again”,Vox,"In an emotional eulogy sharing her memories and love for her father Saturday, Meghan McCain made sure to make her opinions on President Donald Trump very clear.",left
17270,"Biden Talks Economy, Russia, Oil, and Hunter in CNN Interview","['Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Oil', 'Russia', 'Inflation', 'Recession', 'Economy And Jobs']",Biden warns there will be 'consequences' for Saudi Arabia after oil production cut,NBC News (Online),"President Joe Biden warned Tuesday that Saudi Arabia would face ""consequences"" after OPEC+ last week announced the biggest cut in oil production since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Senior Democrats on Capitol Hill have condemned the decision by Saudi Arabia, the de facto leader of the oil-producing alliance, to reduce the global supply of petroleum. Higher oil prices are seen as helping Russia, the world's second-largest oil exporter, finance its war in Ukraine.
""There’s going to be some consequences for what they’ve done with Russia,"" Biden said of Saudi Arabia in an interview with...",left
17271,"Biden Talks Economy, Russia, Oil, and Hunter in CNN Interview","['Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Oil', 'Russia', 'Inflation', 'Recession', 'Economy And Jobs']","Biden says ""slight recession"" possible, ""but I don't anticipate it""",Axios,"President Biden said during a CNN interview broadcast Tuesday night ""a very slight recession"" is possible for the U.S., but he doesn't think it will happen.
Why it matters: With fewer than 30 days until the midterm elections, Biden and the Democrats have a shrinking window of time to assure Americans that the economy remains healthy.
Driving the news: In their interview, CNN's Jake Tapper asked Biden: ""Should the American people prepare for a recession?""
Biden initially responded with a firm ""no,"" but he later clarified: ""I don't think there will be a recession. If...",center
17272,"Biden Talks Economy, Russia, Oil, and Hunter in CNN Interview","['Joe Biden', 'Hunter Biden', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Oil', 'Russia', 'Inflation', 'Recession', 'Economy And Jobs']",Biden says he's 'proud' of son Hunter despite possible criminal charges,Washington Examiner,"  President Joe Biden is standing by his embattled son Hunter Biden despite the prospect of the Justice Department indicting him on tax charges and for apparently making a false statement regarding a gun purchase.
During a rare televised interview, Joe Biden was adamant he did not know about the events that could lead to his son being prosecuted as part of a four-year Justice Department investigation.
""Turns out that when he made [the] application to purchase a gun, what happened was he say — I guess you get asked — I don’t guess, you...",right
17273,"""Virtual Tie"" for Hillary, Bernie","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",How Sanders caught fire in Iowa and turned the Clinton coronation into a real race,Washington Post,"It was the first big strategy session between Hillary Clinton and the yet-to-be-announced manager of her yet-to-be-launched presidential campaign.
As they huddled that day last March in the converted barn that serves as her home office in Chappaqu",left
17274,"""Virtual Tie"" for Hillary, Bernie","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Hillary Clinton claims victory, Bernie Sanders lauds ‘virtual tie’ in Iowa",Washington Times,"Hillary Clinton claimed a victory in the Iowa caucuses Monday night, but so did Sen. Bernard Sanders, who outperformed expectations and reset the Democratic presidential primary, putting a serious dent in Mrs. Clinton’s aura of inevitability. Mrs. Clinton held a slim lead of 49.8 percent of delegates awarded to Mr. Sanders‘ 49.6 percent, with 94 percent of Iowa precincts reporting as of midnight East Coast time. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley came in a distant third with less than 1 percent of delegates, and announced he was suspending his campaign...",right
17275,"""Virtual Tie"" for Hillary, Bernie","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Dig in for Long Battle Beyond Iowa Caucus,Wall Street Journal (News),"Battling for the Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were locked in a tight race for Iowa’s delegates and the momentum that comes with a win in the nation’s first contest.
Mrs. Clinton maintained a narrow lead through much of the night, but with 93% of precincts reporting, her advantage was just 49.8% of the delegates versus 49.6",center
17276,"On Veterans Day, Americans Across the Spectrum Honor Those Who Served","['Defense And Security', 'US Military', 'Veterans Affairs', 'Veterans Day']","On Veterans Day, Reflect on Why America Is Worth Fighting For",The Daily Signal,"A defining characteristic of our American republic is service and devotion. No group exemplifies these civic virtues better than America’s veterans.
On Friday, this Veterans Day, it’s more important than ever to remember the sacrifice our veterans made for this country. 
Every Nov. 11, on what was once called Armistice Day, we celebrate Veterans Day. Just over a century ago, when World War I ended, Armistice Day was the hopeful and annual remembrance of those who had served in what was hoped would be “the War to End All Wars.”...",right
17277,"On Veterans Day, Americans Across the Spectrum Honor Those Who Served","['Defense And Security', 'US Military', 'Veterans Affairs', 'Veterans Day']",To my fellow veterans: Our country needs you and your mission is not over,The Hill,"As our nation celebrates Veterans Day, my fellow veterans and I will no doubt hear multiple times “Thank you for your service” in brief conversations and in the form of a free cup of coffee or 20 percent off a meal. These well-meaning expressions of gratitude sometimes make us feel awkward and unsure of how to respond. “You’re welcome” seems too short, yet “Ah shucks, I was just doing what anyone would” seems a bit much. 
Despite the slight twinge of self-consciousness, we are of course deeply grateful for the...",center
17278,"On Veterans Day, Americans Across the Spectrum Honor Those Who Served","['Defense And Security', 'US Military', 'Veterans Affairs', 'Veterans Day']",These U.S. military veterans are still helping one another survive,Washington Post,"The day she took her life six years ago, her pockets stuffed with inspirational sayings on pieces of paper, combat veteran Deana Martorella Orellana went to a Veterans Affairs center and asked for help.
One year ago, on the day he stood before the Lincoln Memorial and shot himself in the head, Airman Kenneth Omar Santiago tried to get a counseling appointment on base.
And for months before he ripped off his helmet and ran into the massive rotors of a Seahawk helicopter to end his life, Brandon Caserta begged for mental health help....",left
17279,"Sexual Assault Investigation into Julian Assange to be Reopened, Swedish Prosecutor Says","['Julian Assange', 'WikiLeaks', 'Sweden', 'United States', 'World']","Sweden Reopens Investigation of Julian Assange for Rape, Complicating U.S. Extradition",The Intercept,"SWEDEN’S PROSECUTION AUTHORITY reopened an investigation of Julian Assange for rape on Monday and will seek his extradition from Britain, the country’s deputy director of public prosecution, Eva-Marie Persson, told reporters in Stockholm.
The Swedish request will force British authorities to decide whether to send the detained WikiLeaks founder to Sweden or the United States, or neither, at the end of his 50-week jail sentence. He is currently serving for violating bail conditions in 2012, when he took refuge in Ecuador’s London embassy after losing his final appeal against extradition...",left
17280,"Sexual Assault Investigation into Julian Assange to be Reopened, Swedish Prosecutor Says","['Julian Assange', 'WikiLeaks', 'Sweden', 'United States', 'World']",Sweden reopens rape case against WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange,Washington Examiner,"Sweden has reopened an investigation into a rape allegation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, complicating U.S. efforts to extradite him.
Swedish prosecutor Marie Persson said Monday “a new questioning of Assange is required” and there is “still probable cause to suspect that Assange committed rape.”
The alleged victim requested the reopening of the investigation.
Prosecutors will seek the extradition of Assange after he’s done serving his 50-week jail sentence for breaking his bail conditions after he claimed asylum in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in 2012 to avoid extradition to...",right
17281,"Sexual Assault Investigation into Julian Assange to be Reopened, Swedish Prosecutor Says","['Julian Assange', 'WikiLeaks', 'Sweden', 'United States', 'World']",Sweden to reopen rape case against WikiLeaks’ Assange,Associated Press,"STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish prosecutors said Monday they are reopening a rape case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and will seek his extradition from Britain.
The move sets up a legal battle with the United States, where the Australian computer hacker is separately wanted for allegedly hacking into a Pentagon computer. British authorities will have to decide which extradition request takes precedence.
Assange, who sought refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in 2012 to avoid being sent to Sweden for questioning, was evicted last month after Ecuador revoked his...",left
17282,Perspectives: Juneteenth 2021,"['Holidays', 'Juneteenth', 'Race And Racism', 'General News']",Juneteenth As A National Holiday Is Symbolism Without Progress,NPR (Opinion),"This week, President Biden signed into law the ""Juneteenth National Independence Day.""
It is honoring the work of Black Americans, including people such as 94-year-old Civil Rights Activist Opal Lee, who had long advocated for the celebration that started in Galveston to be made a federal holiday.
Juneteenth celebrates the date when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, on June 19th, 1865, bringing news that the Emancipation Proclamation had freed the enslaved population living in the Confederacy, albeit two years prior.
Yet the reaction amongst many African Americans, myself included, has been muted....",left
17283,Perspectives: Juneteenth 2021,"['Holidays', 'Juneteenth', 'Race And Racism', 'General News']",Juneteenth: The Activist Class Is Never Satisfied,Townhall,"Within a matter of hours of President Joe Biden signing into law the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act and, thereby, creating a new federal holiday—the first such addition to the calendar since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was added in 1983—activists returned to their now-familiar refrain: “It's great, but it's not enough.” By 10 o’clock the next morning, Jade Magnus Ogunnaike, a senior campaign director at the advocacy group Color Of Change, published an opinion column at The Root under the headline “Juneteenth Is More Than a Federal Holiday. We...",right
17284,Perspectives: Juneteenth 2021,"['Holidays', 'Juneteenth', 'Race And Racism', 'General News']",Juneteenth is an opportunity for America to reckon with its racial wealth gap,MSNBC,"On Thursday, President Joe Biden signed into law a bill to recognize Juneteenth as a federal holiday. Juneteenth, which Black Americans have been celebrating since 1866, commemorates the end of legalized slavery in Texas on June 19, 1865, and grew into a broader celebration honored by Black communities throughout the country.
Over the past year, public interest in Juneteenth has significantly grown and many large companies have begun to provide employees with a paid day off (or reduced workload) to coincide with the holiday.
In a statement from JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, the company’s...",left
17285,North Carolina Passes Voter ID Bill,['Elections'],GOP-Backed Voter ID Bill A Go,HuffPost,A Republican-backed measure that would make sweeping changes to when and how North Carolinians can vote appears headed for a court fight.,left
17286,North Carolina Passes Voter ID Bill,['Elections'],North Carolina lawmakers approve controversial election changes,CNN (Online News),North Carolina lawmakers passed a measure that requires residents to present a photo ID to vote.,left
17287,Putin Marks Russia's 'Victory Day' With Speech as Ukraine Conflict Continues,"['World', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Victory Day', 'Ukraine War']",Why 9 May Victory Day is so important for Russia,BBC News,"It has become an annual event - the military parade in Red Square in Moscow and cities across Russia on 9 May, marking victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.
Under Vladimir Putin, Victory Day has become a show of strength of troops and military hardware, as well as a chance to remember the sacrifices of World War Two. Twenty-seven million Soviet citizens died, by far the greatest loss of any country, in what Russians call the Great Patriotic War.
This year, the event has taken on a significance of its...",center
17288,Putin Marks Russia's 'Victory Day' With Speech as Ukraine Conflict Continues,"['World', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Victory Day', 'Ukraine War']","Putin accuses the West of backing threats of 'nuclear war,' provoking Ukraine conflict",Fox News (Online News),"Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the West in his Victory Day speech Monday at the Kremlin, claiming that the U.S. and other countries had propped up a ""threat"" on Russia's borders and had even supported threats of nuclear war against his country.
""Russia has always stood up for an international system of equality,"" Putin said, according to a translation from the German outlet Deutsche-Welle. ""We have always tried to find compromise solutions… Other countries had completely different plans.""
""They have tried to attack our historical territories like the Crimea. They have threatened to use...",right
17289,Putin Marks Russia's 'Victory Day' With Speech as Ukraine Conflict Continues,"['World', 'Russia', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Victory Day', 'Ukraine War']","On a Victory Day without new victories, Putin's speech keeps the world guessing",CNN (Online News),"Global leaders and defense officials had spent weeks speculating what Russian President Vladimir Putin might reveal about his Ukraine plans in a speech at Russia's Victory Day commemorations Monday. They'll have to keep guessing -- the leader offered few clues on the direction of the conflict.
UK defense chief Ben Wallace had suggested that Putin may use this historic day to escalate his so-called ""special military operation"" in Ukraine and declare an outright war. Even if that had been Putin's plan, he was unlikely to follow through after Wallace's comments, not wanting to appear...",left
17290,Voter Fraud Investigation,['Politics'],Donald Trump to call for ‘major investigation’ into voter fraud,Washington Times,"President Trump on Wednesday said he plans to ask for a “major investigation” into voter fraud, after the White House said Tuesday Mr. Trump believes that between 3 million and 5 million people could have voted illegally in the 2016 election.",right
17291,Voter Fraud Investigation,['Politics'],Trump vows 'major investigation' into alleged voter fraud,USA TODAY,"President Trump is vowing an investigation into alleged voter fraud, despite a lack of evidence behind his claim that 3 million to 5 million people voted illegally in last year's election.",left
17292,Voter Fraud Investigation,['Politics'],Trump seeks ‘major investigation’ into unsupported claims of voter fraud,Washington Post,"President Trump plans to ask “for a major investigation” into claimed voter fraud following his unfounded belief that he lost the popular vote in November's election because millions of illegal votes were cast, according to tweets posted Wednesday.",left
17293,Bill Clinton Talks on Night 2,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Bill Clinton Says His Wife Is a ‘Change-Maker’ Ready to Lead,Bloomberg,"Bill Clinton on Tuesday addressed a Democratic Party that remains divided over not only his wife’s candidacy but his own legacy as president. During a prime-time speech at the Democratic National Convention, the former president sought to humanize his wife by describing her as a loving mother and wife whose service to others started long before she walked the halls of power in Washington.",left
17294,Bill Clinton Talks on Night 2,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Bill Clinton Embraces Role of Political Spouse,Fox News (Online News),"Bill Clinton isn’t used to being the second act, but he slipped comfortably into that role Tuesday night when making a forceful case that his wife is the proven change-maker who should become president of the United States in November.
After struggling to control his temper and his outbursts on the campaign trail in 2008, the former president has been a far more disciplined, supportive spouse on the campaign trail this time — traveling across the c",right
17295,Bill Clinton Talks on Night 2,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Bill Clinton charms the DNC with story of Hillary’s life-long commitment to social change,Salon,"Taking on the role of devoted political spouse, former President Bill Clinton declared his wife Hillary Clinton an impassioned “change-maker,” serving as character witness for her on the night she triumphantly became the first woman nominated for president.
“She’s been worth every single year she’s put into making people’s lives better,” he said of his partner of more than 40 years and the Democratic Party’s new standard-bearer in the race for the White House.",left
17296,EPA Moves to Roll Back Obama-Era Regulations on Coal Power Plants,['Energy'],"E.P.A.’s New Coal Pollution Rules Will Lead to More Deaths, Agency’s Numbers Show",New York Times (News),"The Trump administration on Tuesday made public the details of its new pollution rules governing coal-burning power plants, and the fine print includes an acknowledgment that the plan would increase carbon emissions and lead to up to 1,400 premature deaths annually.",left
17297,EPA Moves to Roll Back Obama-Era Regulations on Coal Power Plants,['Energy'],"EPA claims replacement for Obama coal rule would save $400 million annually, reduce pollution",Washington Examiner,"The Trump administration officially rolled out its replacement for the Clean Power Plan, former President Barack Obama’s signature initiative to combat climate change, with claims that the revision would save money while also slightly reducing carbon dioxide pollution.",right
17298,EPA Moves to Roll Back Obama-Era Regulations on Coal Power Plants,['Energy'],EPA Head Signs Proposal to Undo Restrictions on Coal Plants,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Trump administration moved to overturn Obama-era environmental rules on power-plant emissions, a long-telegraphed action designed to help coal-burning plants compete with natural gas and other cleaner alternatives as a national energy source.",center
17299,Trump Denies Paying Money To North Korea For Otto Warmbier,"['Otto Warmbier', 'North Korea', 'World']",Trump says U.S. did not pay any of the $2 million that North Korea sought for Otto Warmbier’s care,Washington Post,"President Trump said Friday that the United States did not pay any money to North Korea, which had issued a $2 million bill for the hospice care of American Otto Warmbier, the comatose University of Virginia student sent home from Pyongyang in 2017.
“No money was paid to North Korea for Otto Warmbier, not two Million Dollars, not anything else,” Trump said in a morning tweet in which he suggested he has taken a different approach to hostage negotiations than his predecessor.
Trump reiterated the point two hours later as...",left
17300,Trump Denies Paying Money To North Korea For Otto Warmbier,"['Otto Warmbier', 'North Korea', 'World']",Trump denies paying North Korea for Warmbier treatment,BBC News,"President Trump has denied paying North Korea money for the medical care of comatose US student Otto Warmbier.
Warmbier was jailed in North Korea in 2015 during an organised tour and died after being returned to the US in a coma after 17 months in detention.
Earlier reports said that the US had been billed $2m (£1.5m) for the student's medical care.
North Korea had allegedly demanded the bill be paid before he was allowed to return home.
Mr Trump denied the claim on Twitter on Friday. He wrote: ""No...",center
17301,Trump Denies Paying Money To North Korea For Otto Warmbier,"['Otto Warmbier', 'North Korea', 'World']",Trump says ‘no money’ paid to North Korea for Otto Warmbier,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Friday said “no money” was paid to North Korea for Otto Warmbier, after reports that the U.S. received a $2 million hospital bill from Pyongyang for the late American prisoner’s care.
“No money was paid to North Korea for Otto Warmbier, not two Million Dollars, not anything else. This is not the Obama Administration that paid 1.8 Billion Dollars for four hostages, or gave five terroist[sic] hostages plus, who soon went back to battle, for traitor Sgt. Bergdahl!” Trump tweeted Friday.
The Washington Post first reported that...",right
17302,"Abbott, O'Rourke Win in 2022 Texas Primaries","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 Texas Gubernatorial Election', '2022 Texas Attorney General Election', ""Beto O'Rourke"", 'Greg Abbott']",Greg Abbott to Face Beto O’Rourke in Texas Governor Race After Primary Wins,The Epoch Times,"Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will face Democratic former Congressman Beto O’Rourke in the November general election for governor after the pair won their respective primaries.
Abbott, who received endorsement from former President Donald Trump and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, easily won his party’s nomination for governor, as did O’Rourke, the state’s most prominent Democrat, who is seeking to become the first Democratic governor of Texas in nearly three decades.
According to a race call from The Associated Press (AP), Abbott topped the 50 percent mark he needed to prevent a...",right
17303,"Abbott, O'Rourke Win in 2022 Texas Primaries","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 Texas Gubernatorial Election', '2022 Texas Attorney General Election', ""Beto O'Rourke"", 'Greg Abbott']","Republican Abbott, Democrat O'Rourke to face off in Texas governor race after primary wins",Reuters,"Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Democrat Beto O'Rourke won their parties' gubernatorial nominations on Tuesday, as the state's first-in-the-nation primary contests kicked off the race to the Nov. 8 general election.
Abbott, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, easily turned back several right-wing challengers. He is favored to beat O'Rourke, who is seeking to become the first Democratic governor of Texas in nearly three decades.
Texas voters were also selecting their parties' nominees on Tuesday for the U.S. House of Representatives. The results could offer clues about...",center
17304,"Abbott, O'Rourke Win in 2022 Texas Primaries","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 Texas Gubernatorial Election', '2022 Texas Attorney General Election', ""Beto O'Rourke"", 'Greg Abbott']","Analysis: Winning their primaries, Abbott and O’Rourke offer a preview of their march toward November",The Texas Tribune,"The candidates who survived Tuesday’s primary elections — and won’t face runoff elections in May — now start all over again, raising money, researching their opponents and trying to build up the organizations and support that will get them through the November general election.
The race at the top of the ticket was all but a foregone conclusion, with well-known and well-financed candidates on both the Republican side, in Gov. Greg Abbott, and the Democratic side, in Beto O’Rourke.
Abbott and O’Rourke have had their eyes on November from the start,...",left
17305,Ryan and Guthrie Debate Tax Bill on Today Show,['Media Bias'],'Are you living in a fantasy world?': 'Today' show host grills Paul Ryan on tax bill,Insider,"The ""Today"" show host Savannah Guthrie didn't mince words Wednesday in challenging House Speaker Paul Ryan's argument that the GOP tax bill will spur enough economic growth to make up for an explosion in the deficit.",left
17306,Ryan and Guthrie Debate Tax Bill on Today Show,['Media Bias'],NBC Anchor Treats Paul Ryan Like A Whipping Boy -- 'Are You Living In A Fantasy World?’,The Daily Caller,House Speaker Paul Ryan had a tough time on the “Today Show” Wednesday when host Savannah Guthrie asked if he was “living in a fantasy world.”,right
17307,Ryan and Guthrie Debate Tax Bill on Today Show,['Media Bias'],Paul Ryan Asked If He’s ‘Living In A Fantasy World’ Amid His Defense Of Tax Bill,HuffPost,The House speaker said he couldn’t predict how the bill would affect the deficit because that’s “in the future.”,left
17308,Showdown Over Shutdown,['Healthcare'],House Republicans Clueless On How To Avert Government Shutdown,HuffPost,"If Americans aren't sure whether Congress can head off a shutdown of the government in the next three days, they're not alone. The Republican-led House of Representatives didn't know whether it was possible either, as of Friday evening.
The Senate has passed a bill that keeps federal employees on the job until Nov. 15 -- but strips the House GOP's attempt to defund the Affordable Care Act. It's now the lower chamber's turn to deal with the legislation.",left
17309,Showdown Over Shutdown,['Healthcare'],House Republicans gather for showdown over shutdown,CNN (Online News),"With a possible government shutdown looming, House Republicans gathered Saturday to try to work out a spending plan acceptable to tea party conservatives who demand that it must hurt Obamacare in some fashion.
Speaker John Boehner convened the rare weekend caucus meeting to forge a counteroffer to the Senate version sent over on Friday.
In a strict party line vote, Senate Democrats restored funding for President Barack Obama's signature health care reforms that House Republicans had eliminated in their original proposal to extend government funding beyond the end...",left
17310,Showdown Over Shutdown,['Healthcare'],Obama: ‘Extreme faction’ of GOP risks govt. shutdown over Obamacare dispute,Washington Times,"With the government headed for a shutdown in three days, President Obama told Americans Saturday that an “extreme faction” of the House GOP is risking an economic calamity to torpedo his health-care law.
“In the next couple days, these Republicans will have to decide whether to join the Senate and keep the government open, or create a crisis that will hurt people for the sole purpose of advancing their ideological agenda,” Mr. Obama said in his weekly address.",right
17311,GOP Delegate Rules,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Delegate Rules Actually Help Trump,Cook Report,"Despite all the noise from both sides of the debate, when you run the numbers, it turns out that Donald Trump could win the nomination on the first ballot precisely because of the GOP’s delegate rules. Ted Cruz also benefits, but not until later ballots. The losers? John Kasich and all the other candidates, and their supporters.",center
17312,GOP Delegate Rules,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Convention Rules May Stop Donald Trump If Ted Cruz Continues Picking Up Delegates,HuffPost,Trump’s inability to connect with local leaders may come back to haunt him.,left
17313,GOP Delegate Rules,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Colorado GOP Delegate Rules Meant to Prevent 'Mob Rule',Newsmax (News),"The party rules that allowed Ted Cruz to sweep Colorado's Republican delegates without a popular vote are perfectly legitimate and designed to curb ""mob rule"" — despite Donald Trump's howls of protest, veteran GOP consultant Mary Matalin tells Newsmax TV.
""It's been the process in the Republican Party for 160 years and it's been the process that our entire country was founded on,"" Matalin said Wednesday on ""The Steve Malzberg Show.
""We're a representative republic, not a democracy, and the reason the Founders made it like that was to guard...",right
17314,America Heads to the Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Voters at Last Get to Have Their Say,Wall Street Journal (News),"After months of candidates' sparring and billions of dollars of campaign spending, voters went to the polls Tuesday to decide a presidential race that has been defined by its intensity and razor-thin margins.",center
17315,America Heads to the Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","First Election Day votes cast as Romney takes campaign into Tuesday, Obama asks for time to 'finish what we started'",Fox News (Online News),Polls have begun to open across America after two tiny villages in northern New Hampshire kicked off the 2012 election by casting the first Election Day votes early Tuesday.,right
17316,America Heads to the Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",What to watch for on Election Night,CNN (Online News),A long and bitter presidential election comes to a close on Tuesday when Americans will choose between a second term for President Barack Obama and a new direction with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.,left
17317,Capitol Hill Shooting,['Violence In America'],'Mass Panic': Car chase from White House to Capitol ends with suspect dead,Fox News (Online News),"A chaotic car chase that began when a woman tried to ram a security barrier near the White House ended with the suspect being fatally shot near the U.S. Capitol, in an incident that put the Hill temporarily on lockdown and caused what one witness described as ""mass panic.""
Police confirmed late Thursday that the suspect was killed after being struck by officers' gunfire.The Secret Service said she had a 1-year-old girl in the car, who was not injured.
D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said officers acted ""heroically."" She said...",right
17318,Capitol Hill Shooting,['Violence In America'],Capitol Police: Suspect killed after car chase,Politico,"Police shot and killed a woman who led them on a car chase Thursday from the White House to the U.S. Capitol, injuring two officers and forcing a short-lived lockdown of the sprawling complex, law enforcement officials said.
During a news conference Thursday evening, officials also said that a girl, who was approximately 1 year old and was in the Black Infiniti sedan, is in good condition and in protective custody. Police described a fast-moving incident in which the sedan rammed the outer gate at the White House and...",left
17319,Capitol Hill Shooting,['Violence In America'],"Capitol Shooting: Police Shoot, Kill Female Suspect After Car Chase",HuffPost,"A woman driving a black Infiniti with a young child inside tried to ram through a White House barricade Thursday, then led police on a chase toward the Capitol, where police shot and killed her, witnesses and officials said.
Tourists watched the shooting unfold on Constitution Avenue outside the Capitol as lawmakers inside debated how to end a government shutdown. Police quickly locked down the entire complex temporarily, and both houses of Congress went into recess.
Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Tex., who said he was briefed by the Homeland Security Department,...",left
17320,Minneapolis Rejects Effort to Replace Police Department,"['Criminal Justice', 'Police Reform', 'Police Brutality', 'Minneapolis', 'George Floyd', 'Defund The Police', 'Justice']",Minneapolis police reform movement fails on the ballot,Axios,"Minneapolis voters on Tuesday rejected a ballot measure to overhaul the city's police department by replacing it with a new agency.
Why it matters: The result — in the city where George Floyd was murdered by a police officer a year and a half ago — is a significant blow to the police reform movement's momentum in Minneapolis and beyond.
State of play: Returns Tuesday night showed Question 2 failing by a double-digit margin, 56% to 43%
Details: The measure called for replacing MPD with a new Department of Public Safety that ""employs...",center
17321,Minneapolis Rejects Effort to Replace Police Department,"['Criminal Justice', 'Police Reform', 'Police Brutality', 'Minneapolis', 'George Floyd', 'Defund The Police', 'Justice']","At George Floyd Square, hopes for major change in Minneapolis policing fade with the darkness",Star Tribune,"Kimberly Wooster gazed sadly into the fire she tended across the street from where police killed George Floyd, processing the reality that voters had rejected a proposal aimed at replacing the city's Police Department.
""I had hope,"" she said quietly. ""I really did.""
Hours before, the activists who had helped turn the intersection into an epicenter for the police reform movement warmed burritos in the fire. They discussed how the past 527 days had changed the dialogue on public safety as they awaited results from the polls.
But their hopes...",left
17322,Minneapolis Rejects Effort to Replace Police Department,"['Criminal Justice', 'Police Reform', 'Police Brutality', 'Minneapolis', 'George Floyd', 'Defund The Police', 'Justice']",Minneapolis voters reject measure to replace police department,Fox News (Online News),"Voters in Minnesota's largest city have rejected what would have been an unprecedented move to dismantle the police department on Tuesday after calls for reform following the death of George Floyd. 
The measure asked voters if they favored amending the city's charter to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a Department of Public Safety. The initiative would have removed language from the charter related to the agency, including minimum funding requirements, and would have divided control of public safety between the mayor and City Council. 
The question failed 57% to 44%, according to the results released...",right
17323,"House Approves Disaster Aid, Debt Limit","['US House', 'Politics']","Congress approves disaster money, keeps govt. open through December",Washington Times,GOP seethes at Trump administration for ‘insulting’ handling of debt fight,right
17324,"House Approves Disaster Aid, Debt Limit","['US House', 'Politics']",Congress agrees to raise US debt ceiling and provide $15bn in hurricane aid,The Guardian,Congress on Friday approved with bipartisan majorities a budget and hurricane relief deal brokered between Donald Trump and top Democrats.,left
17325,"House Approves Disaster Aid, Debt Limit","['US House', 'Politics']","House Passes Deal on Storm Aid, Debt Limit, Government Funding",Wall Street Journal (News),"Under the bill, the government’s funding will now expire on Dec. 8",center
17326,Biden Says Russia Could Invade Ukraine 'Within the Next Several Days',"['Russia', 'Joe Biden', 'Antony Blinken', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'State Department', 'US Military', 'US Navy', 'United Nations', 'UN Security Council', 'Europe', 'Russian Ambassador']",Russia says its troops are pulling back. Biden says the threat of an invasion is still ‘very high.’,New York Times (News),"The United States and Russia continued to clash over the fate of Ukraine, with President Biden warning Thursday that the threat of a Russian attack remained “very high,” even as the Kremlin insisted that it was withdrawing troops from border areas and said in writing it was not planning an invasion.
But Russia repeated its threat of unspecified “military-technical measures” if the United States did not accede to its demands for sweeping changes to security arrangements in Eastern Europe, a signal that President Vladimir V. Putin would use his large-scale...",left
17327,Biden Says Russia Could Invade Ukraine 'Within the Next Several Days',"['Russia', 'Joe Biden', 'Antony Blinken', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'State Department', 'US Military', 'US Navy', 'United Nations', 'UN Security Council', 'Europe', 'Russian Ambassador']",Ukraine shelling: Biden says 'reason to believe' Russia conducting false flag operation before invasion,Fox News (Online News),"President Biden on Thursday said the U.S. has reason to believe that Russia is ""engaged in a false flag operation,"" and said he believes that an invasion into Ukraine ""will happen in the next several days.""
Tensions have spiked along the line that separates Ukrainian forces from Russia-backed separatists in the country’s east, with the parties accusing each other of intensive shelling.
As he departed the White House, Biden said the threat of a Russian invasion into Ukraine is ""very high,"" and that he believes it could happen ""in the next several days.""",right
17328,Biden Says Russia Could Invade Ukraine 'Within the Next Several Days',"['Russia', 'Joe Biden', 'Antony Blinken', 'Ukraine', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'State Department', 'US Military', 'US Navy', 'United Nations', 'UN Security Council', 'Europe', 'Russian Ambassador']","Biden expects Russia to invade Ukraine in ""next several days""",Axios,"President Biden told reporters Thursday that his ""sense"" is that Russia will invade Ukraine ""within the next several days,"" as troops and supplies continue to arrive at the border and international monitors report shelling across the line of contact in eastern Ukraine.
The latest: ""Every indication that we have is that they are prepared to go into Ukraine, attack Ukraine,"" Biden said, warning that the risk is ""very high."" He added that there is still a ""path to diplomacy,"" but that he has no plans to reach out to Russian President...",center
17329,Gun Control Debate Continues,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Gun Makers Use Home Leverage in Connecticut,New York Times (News),"Gun owners packed a hearing room in the Connecticut capital, vowing to oppose a bill that would require new markers on guns so that they are easier to trace.",left
17330,Gun Control Debate Continues,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],NRA doubles down: New gun laws won't work,CNN (Online News),"The National Rifle Association made clear Sunday it will not budge on its opposition to any new gun laws, despite heated criticism of the organization's response to the Connecticut school massacre.",left
17331,Gun Control Debate Continues,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],NRA chief: Enforce the existing gun laws LaPier,Washington Times,"The National Rifle Association does not plan to support any new gun control measures in the wake of the shooting rampage in Newtown, Conn., the head of the organization said Sunday, arguing that the government should vigorously enforce laws already on the books and reiterating the groups push for more armed guards in schools as part of the solution.",right
17332,Mike Pence Hints at 2024 Presidential Run Against Trump,"['2024 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Mike Pence', 'Republican Party']",Mike Pence says he is OPEN to running against Trump in 2024: Ex-President's spokesman says VP is 'desperate' and trying to 'chase' his 'lost relevance',Daily Mail,"Mike Pence is not ruling out the possibility of going head-to-head with his old boss Donald Trump in a 2024 Republican presidential primary, a new report suggested on Monday.
'We’ll go where we’re called,' Pence told the New York Times when asked about the possible head-to-head. 
'That’s the way Karen and I have always approached these things.'
The former vice president's flirtations with a potential White House bid were rounded up and put under the microscope in the Monday report - including speaking appearances in battleground states like Iowa where he touts the 'Trump-Pence Administration's' successes but...",right
17333,Mike Pence Hints at 2024 Presidential Run Against Trump,"['2024 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Mike Pence', 'Republican Party']","Trump spokesman attacks ""desperate"" Mike Pence over report that he may challenge Trump in 2024",Salon,"Donald Trump's spokesperson, Taylor Budowich, lashed out at former Vice President Mike Pence for backing a number of non-MAGA Republicans in this year's primaries ahead of a potential 2024 presidential bid, calling him ""desperate to chase his lost relevance.""
""Mike Pence was set to lose a governor's race in 2016 before he was plucked up and his political career was salvaged,"" Budowich told The New York Times. ""Now, desperate to chase his lost relevance, Pence is parachuting into races, hoping someone is paying attention. The reality is, President Trump is already 82-3...",left
17334,Mike Pence Hints at 2024 Presidential Run Against Trump,"['2024 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Mike Pence', 'Republican Party']",Pence open to 2024 run against Trump,Axios,"Former Vice President Mike Pence signaled that he is open to a 2024 presidential run against former President Donald Trump during an interview with the New York Times published on Monday.
Why it matters: A run would mark a definitive turn in the relationship between Pence and Trump, though the growing rift between them has been evident for some time, with Pence disputing Trump's claims that he could have overturned the 2020 election.
Back in March, Trump admitted the two had not spoken for a ""long time.""
What they're saying: “We’ll go where we’re called,” Pence...",center
17335,Roy Moore Accused of Sexual Harassment,['Elections'],"Alabama state auditor defends Roy Moore against sexual allegations, invokes Mary and Joseph",Washington Examiner,"Judge Roy Moore, the Republican candidate for Alabama's upcoming special Senate election, denies allegations that he romantically pursued teenagers as young as 14 when he was in his 30s. Even if the allegations are true, one statewide elected official in Alabama said it's ""much ado about nothing.""",right
17336,Roy Moore Accused of Sexual Harassment,['Elections'],Woman Accuses Alabama Senate Candidate Of Sexual Contact When She Was 14,NPR (Online News),"Roy Moore, the Republican nominee for the open Senate seat in Alabama, is facing an accusation from a woman who says that he initiated sexual contact when she was 14 years old and he was a 32-year-old assistant district attorney.",left
17337,Roy Moore Accused of Sexual Harassment,['Elections'],Mitch McConnell Says Roy Moore Should Exit Senate Race ‘if These Allegations Are True’,New York Times (News),"Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, said on Thursday that if Roy S. Moore made sexual overtures to four women when they were teenagers, as they allege, the Republican Party nominee for a Senate seat in Alabama should step aside ahead of a Dec. 12 special election.",left
17338,Trump Admin Suspends Certain Visas Through End of 2020,"['Labor', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Inequality', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Homeland Security', 'Immigration']",Trump Is Suspending Certain Visas For Foreign Workers,BuzzFeed News,"The Trump administration on Monday announced it will be suspending some employment-based visas for foreigners to protect American workers as the economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic — a move derided by companies who say they need access to skilled labor that they can’t get in the United States.
The suspension, which will stay in place through the end of the year, will not immediately impact workers already in the US.",left
17339,Trump Admin Suspends Certain Visas Through End of 2020,"['Labor', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Inequality', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Homeland Security', 'Immigration']",Trump to suspend entry of certain foreign workers despite business group opposition,Reuters,"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will suspend the entry of certain foreign workers, a senior administration official said on Monday, a move the official said would help the economy, but which business groups strongly oppose.",center
17340,Trump Admin Suspends Certain Visas Through End of 2020,"['Labor', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Inequality', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Homeland Security', 'Immigration']",Trump To Suspend Visas Through End Of The Year — DHS Guidance Outlines Specific Exceptions To The Order,The Daily Caller,"President Donald Trump will sign an executive order suspending foreign worker visas until December 31, 2020, Department of Homeland Security guidance obtained by the Daily Caller shows.
The new executive order is expected to go into effect at 11:59 PM ET on Monday, June 22. The order will suspend H-1B visas, H-2B visas, certain J visas, and L visas. The order will carve out exceptions for lawful permanent residents, foreign workers who are essential to the U.S. food supply, and any spouse or child of a U.S. citizen. Additionally, the...",right
17341,"Israel, Hamas Agree to A Ceasefire In Truce Brokered By Egypt","['Middle East', 'Israel Hamas Violence', 'World', 'Israel']",Israeli security cabinet agrees to cease-fire with Hamas in Gaza,New York Post (News),"Israel and Hamas announced a cease-fire in Gaza on Thursday, aiming to bring to an end more than 10 days of devastating hostilities.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said his Security Cabinet had unanimously approved a “mutual and unconditional” truce brokered by Egypt. Hamas followed suit and said it would honor the agreement. 
Hamas and Egypt said the cease-fire would begin at 2 a.m. Friday, local time, which was 7 p.m. Thursday ET.
A statement from Netanyahu’s office hailed “significant achievements” by Israel’s military in the operation, “some of which are unprecedented.”...",right
17342,"Israel, Hamas Agree to A Ceasefire In Truce Brokered By Egypt","['Middle East', 'Israel Hamas Violence', 'World', 'Israel']",A cease-fire took effect between Israel and Hamas.,New York Times (News),"A cease-fire between Israel and Hamas took effect early Friday morning, hours after both sides agreed to end more than 10 days of fighting that had claimed hundreds of lives.
The truce, mediated by Egypt, began at 2 a.m. in Israel — 7 p.m. Thursday in the Eastern United States — as people on either side of the divide watched nervously to see whether it would hold.
In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced on Thursday evening that his security cabinet had voted unanimously to accept the Egyptian proposal,...",left
17343,"Israel, Hamas Agree to A Ceasefire In Truce Brokered By Egypt","['Middle East', 'Israel Hamas Violence', 'World', 'Israel']","Israel, Hamas agree to cease-fire to end bloody 11-day war",Associated Press,"Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire Thursday, halting a bruising 11-day war that caused widespread destruction in the Gaza Strip, brought life in much of Israel to a standstill and left more than 200 people dead.
At 2 a.m. local time, just as the cease-fire took effect, frenzy life returned to the streets of Gaza. People went out of their homes, some shouting “Allahu Akbar” or whistling from balconies. Many fired in the air, celebrating the truce.
Like the three previous wars between the bitter enemies, the latest round...",left
17344,Capitol Secure After Trump Supporters Breach Building; Pelosi Says Vote Count Will Proceed Wednesday Night,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Violence In America', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']","US Capitol secured, woman dead after rioters stormed the halls of Congress to block Biden's win",CNN (Online News),"The US Capitol is once again secured but a woman is dead after supporters of President Donald Trump breached one of the most iconic American buildings, engulfing the nation's capital in chaos after Trump urged his supporters to fight against the ceremonial counting of the electoral votes that will confirm President-elect Joe Biden's win.
Shortly after 1 p.m. ET Wednesday hundreds of pro-Trump protesters pushed through barriers set up along the perimeter of the Capitol, where they tussled with officers in full riot gear, some calling the officers ""traitors"" for...",left
17345,Capitol Secure After Trump Supporters Breach Building; Pelosi Says Vote Count Will Proceed Wednesday Night,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Violence In America', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']","Pelosi says House will reconvene after riots, finish job",Reuters,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday that lawmakers would resume the count of electoral votes to confirm the November election result once the U.S. Capitol is cleared after pro-Trump rioters breached the building.
She said that decision was made after consultations with fellow congressional leaders and calls to the Pentagon, Justice Department and Vice President Mike Pence.",center
17346,Capitol Secure After Trump Supporters Breach Building; Pelosi Says Vote Count Will Proceed Wednesday Night,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Violence In America', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Female shot during chaotic protests in US Capitol has died,New York Post (News),"The female protester shot inside the Capitol on Wednesday has died.
Sources said the woman succumbed to her injuries.
Law enforcement sources told The Post that the woman was apparently shot by Capitol Police.",right
17347,Trump Considering Commutation For Blagojevich,"['White House', 'Rod Blagojevich', 'Donald Trump', 'Commutation', 'Illinois', 'Politics']",It Sounds Like Trump Is Getting Close to Commuting Blagojevich's Sentence,Townhall,"Aboard Air Force One on Wednesday, President Trump told the traveling press that he thinks former Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been treated ""unfairly"" by the justice system and has served more than his fair share of time behind bars. He is expected to serve seven more, but Trump suggested he's ready to commute the governor's sentence.
While in office, Blagojevich was accused of soliciting personal favors and trying to sell an appointment to the Senate seat vacated Barack Obama when he became president. The most compelling piece of...",right
17348,Trump Considering Commutation For Blagojevich,"['White House', 'Rod Blagojevich', 'Donald Trump', 'Commutation', 'Illinois', 'Politics']",Trump Says He Is Weighing Commuting Sentence of Blagojevich,Wall Street Journal (News),WASHINGTON—President Trump on Wednesday said he is considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.,center
17349,Trump Considering Commutation For Blagojevich,"['White House', 'Rod Blagojevich', 'Donald Trump', 'Commutation', 'Illinois', 'Politics']",Trump says he's considering commutation for Blagojevich,ABC News (Online),"President Donald Trump says he's ""very strongly"" considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (blah-GOY'-uh-vich), who is serving a 14-year prison term for multiple federal corruption convictions.
Trump suggested more than a year ago that he was considering a commutation for Blagojevich, who then filed paperwork requesting one.
The Republican president told reporters Wednesday night while returning to Washington that he thought Blagojevich, a Democrat, had been treated ""unbelievably unfairly.""",left
17350,Supreme Court Hears DACA Immigration Case,"['DACA', 'Supreme Court']",The Supreme Court will hear my case today. Trump will not win on DACA.,Vox,"I will not live in fear. And neither will the 700,000 undocumented immigrants like me.
Two years ago, when President Donald Trump moved to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, I said, “I’ll see you in court, Mr. President.” Now, the case that bears my name, McAleenan v. Vidal, is one of three consolidated cases that has reached the highest court in the land. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on which my future hangs.
As a person who depends on DACA to remain in...",left
17351,Supreme Court Hears DACA Immigration Case,"['DACA', 'Supreme Court']",DACA Recipients Look To Supreme Court For Hope,NPR (Online News),"The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in a highly anticipated set of cases that threatens the legal status of some 700,000 young immigrants — often called DREAMers — who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. It's a program that President Trump tried to rescind seven months after taking office, only to have the lower courts block his action.
In 2012, President Barack Obama put the program in place to temporarily protect these young people from deportation. If you were in school, were a high school graduate, or...",left
17352,Supreme Court Hears DACA Immigration Case,"['DACA', 'Supreme Court']",DACA lands before Supreme Court: Showdown over Trump bid to end ‘Dreamer’ program,Fox News (Online News),"The long-running battle over the Trump administration’s bid to end the Obama-era program for young undocumented immigrants known as “Dreamers” will land before the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
And with a ruling expected in the midst of a presidential election year, the case puts the high court at the center of one of the most politically charged issues since the start of President Trump’s term.
For the administration and Dreamers alike, it all comes down to the Supreme Court, where Trump picks Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch now sit. Federal...",right
17353,Texas Braces for Hurricane Harvey,['Environment'],Trump 'closely monitoring' Hurricane Harvey threat,The Hill,"President Trump on Friday said he is ""closely monitoring"" the approach of an expected Category 3 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico.",center
17354,Texas Braces for Hurricane Harvey,['Environment'],"Hurricane Harvey likely to be 'catastrophic,' 'life-threatening,' forecasters warn",Fox News (Online News),"As ""catastrophic"" Hurricane Harvey churns toward Texas, bringing with it a ""life-threatening storm surge,"" major cities have devolved into ghost towns while authorities use their last hours before landfall to warn of the chaos to come.",right
17355,Texas Braces for Hurricane Harvey,['Environment'],"As Hurricane Harvey grows stronger, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls for evacuations",Washington Post,"Hurricane Harvey, packing 110 mile-per-hour winds, is on track to be the strongest hurricane to strike the United States in 12 years and to deliver a devastating combination of storm surge, wind and flooding to South Texas.",left
17356,Attorney General Appears Before House Judiciary Committee,"['William Barr', 'US House', 'House Judiciary Committee', 'Russia Probe', 'Nationwide Protests', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']","Attorney General Barr faces House scrutiny on handling of protests, cases involving Trump allies",Reuters,"U.S. Attorney General William Barr faces tough questioning on Tuesday by a Democratic-controlled House of Representative committee whose members believe he abused his power to bolster President Donald Trump’s allies and silence his political enemies.
The hearing’s start was delayed after House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler was involved in a car collision, CNN reported, citing sources. CNN said Nadler was not injured and had not been driving.
Reuters could not immediately confirm the collision, but a Justice Department spokeswoman confirmed the hearing’s start would be delayed.
The hearing will...",center
17357,Attorney General Appears Before House Judiciary Committee,"['William Barr', 'US House', 'House Judiciary Committee', 'Russia Probe', 'Nationwide Protests', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']","Democrats to press defiant attorney general on response to protests, intervention in high-profile cases",Washington Post,"As he makes a highly anticipated appearance before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Attorney General William P. Barr is expected to face critical questions from Democrats about the government’s response to anti-police brutality protests across the nation, his controversial interventions in high-profile cases and an array of other matters.
Barr will tell the House Judiciary Committee that President Trump has not inappropriately intervened in Justice Department business — even though Barr has more than once moved in criminal cases to help the president’s allies — and he will defend...",left
17358,Attorney General Appears Before House Judiciary Committee,"['William Barr', 'US House', 'House Judiciary Committee', 'Russia Probe', 'Nationwide Protests', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",Attorney General William Barr Testifies Before House Judiciary Committee,Breitbart News,"U.S. Attorney General William Barr is testifying on Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee at a hearing that is being billed as oversight of the Department of Justice.
When U.S. Attorney General William Barr appears before the House Judiciary Committee for the first time Tuesday, he plans to take no prisoners as he will strongly condemn the “grave abuses” in the “bogus Russiagate scandal,” while also highlighting Black-on-Black violence and defend law enforcement officers, a transcript of his prepared remarks obtained by Fox News Monday night said.
The attorney general...",right
17359,Trump and Media Response to Al Franken,['Media Bias'],How the left used Al Franken to bash President Trump after initially downplaying Senator’s harassment,Fox News (Online News),"U.S. Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota was exposed on Thursday as a sexual predator, but it took some on the left a while to figure it out - and when they finally did, it served as an excuse to bring up alleged misconduct by President Trump.",right
17360,Trump and Media Response to Al Franken,['Media Bias'],Trump risks hypocrisy charges with Franken attack,The Hill,"President Trump injected himself into the national debate over sexual harassment again, a risky move that opens the president up to charges of hypocrisy over his past behavior and his reluctance to rebuke Republicans who have been accused of misconduct.",center
17361,Trump and Media Response to Al Franken,['Media Bias'],"In Mocking Franken Over Claims of Sexual Misconduct, Trump Joins a Debate He Started",New York Times (News),"Last fall, Donald J. Trump inadvertently touched off a national conversation about sexual harassment when a recording of him boasting about groping women was made public at the same time a succession of women came forward to assert that groping was something he did more than talk about.",left
17362,Tension with North Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']","Trump warns of 'major, major conflict' with North Korea",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump warned a ""major, major conflict"" with North Korea could result from the ongoing standoff over its nuclear and missile programs, but he said he hoped diplomacy would prevail.",right
17363,Tension with North Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']","Trump Warns That ‘Major, Major Conflict’ With North Korea Is Possible",New York Times (News),"President Trump warned Thursday of the possibility of a “major, major conflict” with North Korea, in an interview in which he said he was seeking a diplomatic solution to concerns that Pyongyang was preparing to conduct another nuclear test.",left
17364,Tension with North Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']",Six things Trump can do to squeeze North Korea --without sparking war,USA TODAY,Secretary of State Rex Tillerson heads to New York Friday to pressure the United Nations Security Council to increase economic pressure on North Korea to end its nuclear weapons program.,left
17365,Chief Justice Roberts Rebukes Schumer's 'Threatening Statements',"['John Roberts', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Neil Gorsuch', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Abortion', 'Supreme Court']","Chief Justice John Roberts scolds Chuck Schumer for 'threatening statements' against Gorsuch, Kavanaugh",USA TODAY,"Chief Justice John Roberts offered a rare rebuke of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday after the New York Democrat made what Roberts called ""threatening statements"" against two conservative justices.
Schumer had spoken outside the Supreme Court earlier in the day as the justices were hearing a case about a Louisiana abortion law. Schumer addressed two Trump-appointed associate justices, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.
""I want to tell you, Gorsuch, I want to tell you, Kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price,"" Schumer...",left
17366,Chief Justice Roberts Rebukes Schumer's 'Threatening Statements',"['John Roberts', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Neil Gorsuch', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Abortion', 'Supreme Court']","Chief Justice Roberts issues rare rebuke to Schumer's 'dangerous' and 'irresponsible' comments; Trump slams lawmaker, says 'must pay a severe price'",Fox News (Online News),"Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts on Wednesday issued a highly unusual and forceful rebuke to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., calling his threatening remarks directed at Associate Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh ""irresponsible"" and ""dangerous"" -- prompting Schumer's office to slam Roberts and accuse him of bias.
The extraordinary back-and-forth began hours earlier at a pro-choice rally hosted by the Center for Reproductive Rights, when Schumer ominously singled out President Trump's two Supreme Court picks: ""I want to tell you, Gorsuch. I want to tell...",right
17367,Chief Justice Roberts Rebukes Schumer's 'Threatening Statements',"['John Roberts', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Neil Gorsuch', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Abortion', 'Supreme Court']",Chief Justice John Roberts rebukes Chuck Schumer for comments about Kavanaugh and Gorsuch,CNN (Online News),"Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare statement rebuking Chuck Schumer for comments the Senate minority leader made about Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Schumer, speaking at a rally of abortion rights supporters, appeared to threaten Kavanaugh and Gorsuch, President Donald Trump's two Supreme Court nominees who were confirmed after bruising nomination fights.
""I want to tell you Gorsuch. I want to tell you Kavanaugh. You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price. You won't know what hit you if...",left
17368,North Korea and South Korea Agree to Hold Military Talks,"['North Korea', 'World']","North, South Korea agree to talks aimed at reducing military tensions",Washington Examiner,"North Korea has agreed to ""actively cooperate"" with South Korea in talks to reduce military tensions ahead of next month's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.",right
17369,North Korea and South Korea Agree to Hold Military Talks,"['North Korea', 'World']",OPINION: Can South Korea Avoid Getting Played by the North?,Guest Writer - Left,"The talks that opened this week between the North and South Korean governments are off to an inauspicious start: Even before negotiators could settle into their seats, the North had pocketed its first concession from the South, offering nothing in return.",left
17370,North Korea and South Korea Agree to Hold Military Talks,"['North Korea', 'World']","North Korea, South Korea agree to hold military talks",Reuters,"North and South Korea agreed to hold military talks, a joint statement said after the two Koreas engaged in formal dialogue on Tuesday for the first time in more than two years.",center
17371,Spicer’s Hitler-Assad Comments,"['White House', 'Politics']",Sean Spicer Under Fire After Falsely Claims Nazis Never Used Poison Gas,Democracy Now!,"Lawmakers and Jewish organizations, including the Anne Frank Center, are calling for White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s resignation, after Spicer tried to drum up support for more U.S. military attacks against the Syrian regime by comparing Assad to Hitler and falsely claiming Hitler never used chemical weapons.",left
17372,Spicer’s Hitler-Assad Comments,"['White House', 'Politics']",Spicer apologizes for Hitler comparison: 'It was a mistake to do that',CNN (Online News),"White House press secretary Sean Spicer apologized Tuesday after saying Adolf Hitler ""didn't even sink to using chemical weapons"" during World War II in an effort to shame Russia's alliance with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his use of chemical weapons.",left
17373,Spicer’s Hitler-Assad Comments,"['White House', 'Politics']",Sean Spicer: I ‘let the president down’ with Hitler-Assad comments,Washington Times,White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Wednesday he “let the president down” comparing Adolf Hitler to Syrian leader Bashar Assad and Mr. Assad’s actions against his people.,right
17374,Steve Bannon Indictment Dismissed by Federal Judge,"['Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Steve Bannon', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Bannon’s Fraud Indictment Dismissed by Judge Over U.S. Objection,Bloomberg,"Stephen Bannon’s criminal indictment for fraud was dismissed by a judge who ruled the action was required by former President Donald Trump’s pardon of his one-time adviser.
U.S. prosecutors opposed the move, although they didn’t dispute the validity of the pardon or the fact that it ends the case against Bannon. The government had asked U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan to direct the court clerk to remove him as a defendant in the case, which is going forward against his co-defendants. 
Torres said in a ruling Monday that...",left
17375,Steve Bannon Indictment Dismissed by Federal Judge,"['Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Steve Bannon', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Federal charges against Steve Bannon officially dismissed,Fox News (Online News),"A federal judge granted Stephen Bannon's motion to dismiss the case against him on Tuesday following then-President Donald Trump's pardon. 
""For the reasons stated above, Bannon’s motion is GRANTED and the Indictment is DISMISSED as to him, pursuant to paragraph one of the Pardon,"" Judge Analisa Torres declared in a filing. 
But Torres also pointed out that a pardon implies guilt. 
""If there be no guilt, there is no ground for forgiveness,"" she wrote. ""It is an appeal to executive clemency. It is asked as a matter of favor to the guilty. It is granted...",right
17376,Steve Bannon Indictment Dismissed by Federal Judge,"['Politics', 'Donald Trump', 'Steve Bannon', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Indictment against former Trump advisor Bannon is dismissed,Associated Press,"An indictment against Steve Bannon was dismissed Tuesday over the objection of prosecutors who said it should stand despite ex-President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon his former chief strategist.
The dismissal came in a written ruling by U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres, who called it the “proper course.”
The Manhattan jurist said it was not the practice of the region’s federal courts to remove a defendant from a case’s docket without resolving the indictment. And she noted that the pardon does not by itself render a defendant innocent of the...",left
17377,Obama To Propose College Ratings System,['Education'],Obama's Plan Aims to Lower Cost of College,New York Times (News),"President Obama plans to announce a ranking system for colleges based on tuition, graduation rates and the percentage of lower-income students who attend, and he ultimately wants to link those ratings to federal aid.",left
17378,Obama To Propose College Ratings System,['Education'],Obama to Propose College Ratings System on Bus Tour,Wall Street Journal (News),President Barack Obama on Thursday will announce proposals aimed at combating rising college costs by creating a new ratings system and eventually tying federal student aid to institutions’ performance.,center
17379,Obama To Propose College Ratings System,['Education'],"White House: President Obama to ""Fundamentally Rethink & Reshape"" Higher Education",The Blaze,"In an effort to fundamentally rethink and reshape the college, President Obama will kick off a two day bus tour today where he will announce a series of higher education reforms that are not going to be popular with everybody.",right
17380,Obama Touts Mandatory Voting,['Politics'],Mandatory Voting? Obama Says It Would Be 'Transformative',ABC News (Online),"Obama floated the idea of mandatory voting in the U.S. while speaking to a civic group in Cleveland on Wednesday. Asked about the corrosive influence of money in U.S. elections, Obama digressed into the related topic of voting rights and said the U.S. should be making it easier — not harder— for people to vote.",left
17381,Obama Touts Mandatory Voting,['Politics'],Obama: Maybe it's time for mandatory voting,CNN (Online News),"The president whose major policy achievement is mandatory health insurance thinks maybe voting should be mandatory, too.",left
17382,Obama Touts Mandatory Voting,['Politics'],Obama calls for mandatory voting in U.S.,Washington Times,"President Obama, whose party was trounced in last year’s midterm election due in part to poor turnout among Democrats, endorsed the idea of mandatory voting Wednesday.",right
17383,DOJ Rejects McCabe's Appeal to Avoid Charges,"['FBI', 'Andrew McCabe', 'Justice Department', 'James Comey', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Justice Dept. Rejects Andrew McCabe’s Bid to Avoid Charges,New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — The Justice Department rejected a last-ditch appeal from defense lawyers for the former F.B.I. deputy director Andrew G. McCabe, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday, as prosecutors have appeared close to charging him in a criminal case.
Lawyers for Mr. McCabe, who is being investigated over whether he lied to internal investigators about dealings with the news media, had argued that prosecutors lacked evidence to charge him. The lawyers detailed their position to top officials including Jeffrey A. Rosen, the deputy attorney general, who ultimately rejected...",left
17384,DOJ Rejects McCabe's Appeal to Avoid Charges,"['FBI', 'Andrew McCabe', 'Justice Department', 'James Comey', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Federal prosecutors recommend that Andrew McCabe, former FBI second-in-command, face criminal charge",USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – Federal prosecutors recommended seeking criminal charges against Andrew McCabe, the former deputy director of the FBI and a frequent target of criticism by President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the decision Thursday.
McCabe was fired from the FBI just before his retirement in March 2018 after the Justice Department's internal watchdog concluded that he improperly authorized a leak about a federal investigation into the Clinton Foundation in the final weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign. Investigators concluded that he displayed a lack of candor when asked...",left
17385,DOJ Rejects McCabe's Appeal to Avoid Charges,"['FBI', 'Andrew McCabe', 'Justice Department', 'James Comey', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Ex-FBI Director Andrew McCabe Loses Appeal to Avoid Criminal Charges,Newsmax (News),"The Justice Department on Thursday notified lawyers for former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, a frequent target of President Donald Trump's wrath, that they have rejected his appeal to avoid being criminally charged, according to multiple news outlets citing multiple unnamed sources.
The move likely clears the way for him to be indicted for lying to federal agents, USA Today and other media outlets report.
Still, it wasn't immediately clear when or even whether the United States Attorney's Office in Washington, which has been leading the investigation, might announce charges....",right
17386,Instagram Removes Milo Yiannopoulos Post About Mail Bombs,['Technology'],Instagram flip-flops on Milo Yiannopoulos post praising pipe bombs,Washington Examiner,Instagram removed a post by right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos on Thursday after he joked in a caption that the pipe bombs sent to public figures this week should have exploded.,right
17387,Instagram Removes Milo Yiannopoulos Post About Mail Bombs,['Technology'],"Instagram reverses decision, takes down Milo Yiannopoulos post about mail bombs",The Hill,Right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos on Thursday shared an Instagram post showing that the social media platform took down a previous post of his where he cheered the explosive,center
17388,Instagram Removes Milo Yiannopoulos Post About Mail Bombs,['Technology'],Instagram Finally Pulls Milo Yiannopoulos Post Lamenting The Bombs ‘Didn’t Go Off’,HuffPost,The right-wing acolyte railed at “social justice warriors” and “scum” who complained about his post.,left
17389,Big Tech Responds to Australian Proposed Regulatory News Deal,"['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Big Tech', 'Technology', 'Google', 'Facebook', 'Australia', 'World', 'Business']","News Corp, Google announce three-year deal to distribute journalism in exchange for payments",Fox News (Online News),"News Corp announced Wednesday that it has agreed to a multi-year partnership with Google, a move the company said would yield ""substantial benefits for journalism and society.""
The agreement, which News Corp called “historic,” will provide “trusted journalism” from News Corp's news sites from around the world “in return for significant payments by Google.”
News Corp publications joining Google News Showcase from the United States will be The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch and the New York Post.",right
17390,Big Tech Responds to Australian Proposed Regulatory News Deal,"['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Big Tech', 'Technology', 'Google', 'Facebook', 'Australia', 'World', 'Business']",Google Is Suddenly Paying for News in Australia. What About Everywhere Else?,New York Times (News),"Just a few weeks after Google threatened to leave Australia if the government forced tech platforms to pay for news, the search giant is suddenly showering money on its most demanding critics.
With groundbreaking legislation expected to pass this week or next, Google has sought to blunt the impact by striking deals of its own with media companies, including two in recent days worth tens of millions of dollars a year. Another, with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, was announced on Wednesday in a three-year arrangement that includes content from The...",left
17391,Big Tech Responds to Australian Proposed Regulatory News Deal,"['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Big Tech', 'Technology', 'Google', 'Facebook', 'Australia', 'World', 'Business']",Facebook Blocks News In Australia Over Government Plan To Force Payment To Publishers,NPR (Online News),"Facebook said on Wednesday that it is preventing people inside Australia from accessing news stories on its platform. Facebook users elsewhere will not be able to view or share news stories from Australian outlets. The moves are a response to proposed legislation that would force social media platforms to pay Australian news organizations for links shared on its sites.
Facebook's announcement came the same day Google said it had reached a deal with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., which owns Fox News and the Wall Street Journal, to pay for its...",left
17392,"Nancy Pelosi Discusses Attack on Husband, Says it Will Influence Retirement Decision","['Polarization', 'Politics', 'Violence In America', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Paul Pelosi']",Emotional Nancy Pelosi details how she learned about husband’s attack: ‘I never thought it would be Paul',Fox News (Online News),"Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., detailed the moment she learned about the brutal attack on her husband, Paul Pelosi, explaining that police woke her in a frenzy with little information on his condition. 
""I was sleeping in Washington, D.C. I had just gotten in the night before, from San Francisco,"" Pelosi told CNN as she started to break down.
""I hear the doorbell ring at, I think, at five-something, I look up and see a five, it must be wrong apartment,"" Pelosi continued. ""It rings again and then bang, bang, bang, bang,...",right
17393,"Nancy Pelosi Discusses Attack on Husband, Says it Will Influence Retirement Decision","['Polarization', 'Politics', 'Violence In America', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Paul Pelosi']",‘I never thought it would be Paul’: Nancy Pelosi reveals how she first heard her husband had been attacked,CNN (Online News),"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed how she got the news that her husband, Paul, had been attacked, telling CNN’s Anderson Cooper that she was “very scared” when there was a knock on the door from Capitol Police.
Pelosi said in her first sit-down interview since the attack that she had been asleep in Washington, DC, after getting in the night before from San Francisco when her doorbell rang early in the morning. “I look up, I see it’s 5 [a.m. ET], they must be at the wrong apartment,” she told Cooper...",left
17394,"Nancy Pelosi Discusses Attack on Husband, Says it Will Influence Retirement Decision","['Polarization', 'Politics', 'Violence In America', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Paul Pelosi']",House Speaker Pelosi says attack on husband will affect decision on remaining in leadership,CNBC,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the brutal home invasion attack on her husband last month will affect her decision on whether to remain in the Democratic leadership in Congress.
But Pelosi, D-Calif., who police say was the actual intended target of the man charged in the attack, did not reveal in a new CNN interview whether that means she will leave her leadership post or stay in it.
Pelosi, 82, has been the top House Democrat for two decades.
Pelosi’s comment came as her party is battling to remain in...",center
17395,The White House to Unveil a $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Plan,"['Transportation', 'General News']",White House to unveil $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan,The Hill,The White House on Monday will unveil its long-awaited $1.5 trillion infrastructure package aimed at overhauling U.S. public works.,center
17396,The White House to Unveil a $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Plan,"['Transportation', 'General News']","Trump wants $1.5T infrastructure spending boost, cuts to red tape",Fox News (Online News),"The White House will unveil a plan to increase infrastructure spending by $1.5 trillion that relies heavily on state and local governments, a senior administration official revealed Sunday.",right
17397,The White House to Unveil a $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Plan,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Trump Plan to Overhaul U.S. Infrastructure Faces Steep Hurdles,U.S. News & World Report,President Donald Trump will roll out an infrastructure plan on Monday that already faces significant hurdles in Congress because it does not offer as much new federal funding as Democrats want or directly address how to pay for the effort.,left
17398,"Sudan to Normalize Relations with Israel, Trump Announces","['Sudan', 'Israel', 'Donald Trump', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'UAE', 'Bahrain', 'Palestine', 'Africa', 'Middle East']","Sudan agrees to normalise relations with Israel, Trump says",Al Jazeera,"Sudan and Israel have agreed to normalise relations, US President Donald Trump announced on Friday at the White House, a move that was denounced by Palestinians as a “new stab in the back”.
Trump, who is seeking re-election on November 3, sealed the agreement in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and Transitional Council Head Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, senior US officials said.",left
17399,"Sudan to Normalize Relations with Israel, Trump Announces","['Sudan', 'Israel', 'Donald Trump', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'UAE', 'Bahrain', 'Palestine', 'Africa', 'Middle East']",Sudan will be third Arab country to broker normalization deal with Israel,The Jerusalem Post,"US President, Donald Trump has announced that Sudan and Israel have agreed to the normalization of relations.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that Israel was taking steps to normalize ties with Sudan, calling it the start of ""a new era"" in the region.
""Today we announce another dramatic breakthrough towards peace,"" he said. ""Today Khartoum says yes to peace with Israel, yes to acknowledging Israel and yes to normalization with Israel. This is a new era, an era of true peace.""",center
17400,"Sudan to Normalize Relations with Israel, Trump Announces","['Sudan', 'Israel', 'Donald Trump', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'UAE', 'Bahrain', 'Palestine', 'Africa', 'Middle East']","Trump announces peace deal between Sudan and Israel, says more nations will normalize relations",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Friday announced a peace deal that would normalize ties with between Israel and Sudan, claiming there ""would be many more peace deals to come in the Middle East.""
Trump invited reporters into the Oval Office while he was on the phone with the leaders of Israel and Sudan to discuss the latest U.S.-brokered deal in the run-up to Election Day.
""Three months ago, no one thought this was possible. Even Bibi didn't know if this was possible, right Bibi?"" Trump asked his ally, Israel Prime Minister...",right
17401,Pre-Election Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Economists React to the September Jobs Report: ‘Stubbornly Average’,Wall Street Journal (News),"The latest data tells many economists that the U.S. labor market is moving sideways. U.S. employers hired in September at nearly the same modest pace as the prior month. The economy added 156,000 jobs last month, compared with a revised 167,000 in August. The jobless rate rose a tick to 5%, but wages also improved. Here’s how economists and analysts reacted to Friday’s report.
“A blah September jobs report gives no impetus for anything on the economy’s to-do list: There’s no sign of an overheating economy that would justify a...",center
17402,Pre-Election Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Disappointing 156,000 jobs added in September",USA TODAY,"Payroll growth was disappointing for a second straight month in September as employers added 156,000 jobs, which raised questions about the health of an economy that was expected to perk up from a prolonged slump in the second half of the year.
The unemployment rate rose to 5% from 4.9%, the Labor Department said Friday, as a rise in employment was more than offset by a sharp increase in the labor force, or the number of Americans working and looking for jobs.
Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had forecast 172,000 payroll...",left
17403,Pre-Election Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"U.S. Economy, Showing Resilience, Added 156,000 Jobs Last Month",New York Times (News),"Amid a presidential campaign marked by fears about the country’s economic future, the American jobs machine keeps chugging.
Employers added 156,000 positions in September, the Labor Department said on Friday, enough to accommodate new entrants to the labor force and entice back workers who dropped out after the Great Recession. The unemployment rate, which had been stuck at 4.9 percent since spring, ticked up slightly to 5 percent, but that was mostly because more people were drawn into the labor force by evidence that hiring is still going strong.
For...",left
17404,Tax Day Protests,['Taxes'],How the Tax March Echoed the 2009 Tea Party Rallies,Time Magazine,"Thousands of people marched in cities around the country to demand that President Trump release his tax returns on Tax Day, in a demonstration that echoed the 2009 tax rallies that launched the Tea Party movement.",left
17405,Tax Day Protests,['Taxes'],Donald Trump Rejects Protests Seeking Release of His Tax Returns,Wall Street Journal (News),"Giving no ground, President Donald Trump dismissed protests calling for him to disclose his tax returns as the work of political opponents unhappy about his election victory.",center
17406,Tax Day Protests,['Taxes'],Tax March turns into demand for Trump's IRS filings; 20 reported arrests,Fox News (Online News),"Thousands of protesters turned out Saturday in events across the country to demand President Trump release his full IRS returns, mostly large-but-peaceful events with several arrests reported in California.",right
17407,"US Weekly Jobless Claims Fall to 290,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","US weekly jobless claims slide to 290,000 — setting a fresh pandemic-era low",Insider,"Filings for unemployment insurance slid again last week, placing them at another pandemic-era low.
Jobless claims reached 290,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday. The median estimate from economists surveyed by Bloomberg was for a slight increase to 300,000 claims. The print marked a third consecutive decline.
The previous week's total was revised to 296,000 from 293,000.
Continuing claims — which count Americans filing for ongoing unemployment insurance benefits — dipped to 2.48 million for the week that ended October 9. That beat the median estimate of 2.55 million claims....",left
17408,"US Weekly Jobless Claims Fall to 290,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","Weekly jobless claims fall to fresh pandemic-era low of 290,000",Yahoo News,"New weekly jobless claims held below 300,000 for a back-to-back week as labor market conditions trudged back toward pre-pandemic levels.  
The Labor Department released its jobless claims report Thursday morning. Here were the main metrics from the print, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg:
Last week's initial unemployment claims fell by a greater-than-expected margin, bringing the number of new filings back to the lowest level since March 2020. The four-week moving average for new jobless claims also dropped by 15,250 to reach 319,750 as of last week, also marking the least...",left
17409,"US Weekly Jobless Claims Fall to 290,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","Jobless claims fall to 290,000, lowest since start of pandemic",Washington Examiner,"The number of new applications for unemployment benefits fell 6,000 last week to 290,000, the Labor Department reported on Thursday.
In a positive sign for the economic recovery, Thursday’s jobless claims number was less than forecasters’ expectations of 300,000. It also represents the fewest weekly claims for unemployment since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
""All this signals that most employers don’t need or want to shed workers. It is quite the contrary with job openings remarkably high,"" said Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst at Bankrate. ""With the nation’s unemployment rate at 4.8%,...",right
17410,"Georgia, California Certify Election Results For Biden","['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Georgia', 'California']",Georgia again certifies election results showing Biden won,Associated Press Fact Check,"Georgia’s top elections official on Monday recertified the state’s election results after a recount requested by President Donald Trump confirmed once again that Democrat Joe Biden won the state, and the governor then recertified the state’s 16 presidential electors.
“We have now counted legally cast ballots three times, and the results remain unchanged,” Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said during a news conference at the state Capitol before the results were recertified.
Georgia law allows a losing candidate to request a recount if the margin between the candidates is within...",left
17411,"Georgia, California Certify Election Results For Biden","['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Georgia', 'California']",Georgia certifies Biden win following recount as Sidney Powell's efforts to 'release the Kraken' sink,Washington Examiner,"Georgia election officials on Monday certified the results of the state's presidential race after a recount requested by President Trump found his Democratic rival Joe Biden had won the once reliably red state.
""We have now counted legally cast ballots three times, and the results remain unchanged,"" Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said during a morning news conference.
State law allows a losing candidate to ask for a recount if the margin between the candidates is less than 0.5%.
Trump asked for a recount after the first set of...",right
17412,"Georgia, California Certify Election Results For Biden","['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Georgia', 'California']",Georgia declares Biden winner for a third time,BBC News,"A final tally announced by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger showed that Mr Biden won the normally Republican stronghold by under 12,000 votes.
The state carried out a second recount of the 3 November vote following challenges from President Trump's team.
Mr Raffensperger, a Republican, warned that debunked claims about voting fraud were ""hurting our state"".
President Trump continues to refuse to accept defeat in the vote, alleging, without evidence, there has been widespread fraud.
""We have now counted legally cast ballots three times, and the results remain unchanged,"" Mr...",center
17413,Snowden Leaves Moscow Airport,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Russia Grants Snowden 1-Year Asylum,New York Times (News),"The refugee status in Russia was the first formal support from another government for Snowden, the former intelligence contractor wanted for leaking details of surveillance programs.",left
17414,Snowden Leaves Moscow Airport,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","Snowden Has Left Moscow's Airport, As Russia Grants Asylum",NPR (Online News),"NSA leaker Edward Snowden arrived at Moscow's airport from Hong Kong more than one month ago. His Russian legal adviser told reporters that he passed along documents to Snowden, allowing him to enter Russian soil.",left
17415,Snowden Leaves Moscow Airport,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","Snowden leaves Moscow airport, enters Russia on refugee status",Fox News (Online News),NSA leaker Edward Snowden reportedly has left the Moscow airport and entered Russian territory after receiving refugee status in the country.,right
17416,US Releases Report on Jamal Khashoggi Killing,"['Foreign Policy', 'Mohammed Bin Salman', 'Jamal Khashoggi', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Middle East', 'State Department', 'DNI', 'Joe Biden', 'World', 'Journalism', 'Washington Post', 'CNN', 'Reuters']",New public report to blame Saudi crown prince for 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi,NBC News (Online),"The Biden administration will release an intelligence report as early as Thursday that concludes that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, three U.S. officials familiar with the matter said.
The intelligence assessment, based largely on work by the CIA, is not new; NBC News was among the organizations that confirmed it in 2018.
But its public release will mark a significant new chapter in the U.S.-Saudi relationship and a clear break by President Joe Biden with former President Donald Trump's policy of...",left
17417,US Releases Report on Jamal Khashoggi Killing,"['Foreign Policy', 'Mohammed Bin Salman', 'Jamal Khashoggi', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Middle East', 'State Department', 'DNI', 'Joe Biden', 'World', 'Journalism', 'Washington Post', 'CNN', 'Reuters']",U.S. report on Khashoggi death expected to single out Saudi crown prince: sources,Reuters,"A declassified version of a U.S. intelligence report expected to be released on Thursday finds that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, four U.S. officials familiar with the matter said.
The officials said the report, for which the CIA was the main contributor, assessed that the crown prince approved and likely ordered the murder of Khashoggi, whose Washington Post column had criticized the crown prince’s policies.
President Joe Biden, a Democrat who succeeded the Republican Donald Trump five weeks ago, told reporters...",center
17418,US Releases Report on Jamal Khashoggi Killing,"['Foreign Policy', 'Mohammed Bin Salman', 'Jamal Khashoggi', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Middle East', 'State Department', 'DNI', 'Joe Biden', 'World', 'Journalism', 'Washington Post', 'CNN', 'Reuters']",US report on Jamal Khashoggi’s death expected to single out Saudi crown prince,New York Post (News),"The Biden administration is poised to release a declassified version of an intelligence report that concludes that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi, according to a report.
Four US officials told Reuters that the report — for which the CIA was the main contributor — found that MBS likely ordered the murder of the 59-year-old Washington Post columnist, who was dismembered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.",right
17419,"AOC Responds to Video Portraying Her as ""Enemy of Freedom,"" Opens up About Death Threats","['US Congress', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'US House', 'Politics']",Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Reveals Chilling Morning Ritual In Face Of Death Threats,HuffPost,"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) hit back at a minor league baseball team that depicted her as an “enemy of freedom” in a Memorial Day tribute clip by revealing a regular morning ritual she goes through to ensure her safety.
The lawmaker on Tuesday responded to a controversial video that the Fresno Grizzlies aired at Chukchansi Park with a Twitter thread explaining how her life has changed due to “the flood of death threats” that those kind of “hateful messages” inspire.",left
17420,"AOC Responds to Video Portraying Her as ""Enemy of Freedom,"" Opens up About Death Threats","['US Congress', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'US House', 'Politics']",AOC takes swing at baseball team for calling her ‘enemy of freedom’,New York Post (News),"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responded Tuesday to a minor league baseball team that aired a video portraying her as an “enemy of freedom” and put her picture next to Kim Jong Un and Fidel Castro.
The Bronx Democrat wrote in a series of tweets that messages like the one shown on a screen during the Fresno Grizzlies’ Memorial Day event cause death threats against her to increase.
“What people don’t (maybe do) realize is when orgs air these hateful messages, my life changes bc of the flood of death threats they...",right
17421,"AOC Responds to Video Portraying Her as ""Enemy of Freedom,"" Opens up About Death Threats","['US Congress', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'US House', 'Politics']",AOC says she gets death threats after organizations air 'hateful messages' about her,USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., explained on Twitter Tuesday evening that she gets death threats because of ""hateful messages"" aired by groups like Fox News and other outlets.
Her comments follow a minor league baseball team's apology for showing a video during a Memorial Day game that juxtaposed an image of the freshman congresswoman alongside images of Kim Jong Un and Fidel Castro.
""I‘ve had mornings where I wake up & the 1st thing I do w/ my coffee is review photos of the men (it’s always...",left
17422,"Perspectives: FBI, DOJ to Probe Threats Against School Officials","['FBI', 'Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Schools', 'Education', 'Polarization', 'Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'Merrick Garland', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Mask Mandates', 'Defense And Security']",Republicans are siding with the angry mob,Washington Post,"Republicans in Congress have seen the threat of mob violence, and they are going to do something about it.
They’re going to defend the mob, and make sure law enforcement doesn’t crack down too hard on it.
That’s the clear message being sent from up and down the right — politicians, pundits, and conservative media — in response to a memorandum from the Department of Justice laying out an effort to address the rising tide of angry threats directed at school boards and education officials.
The memorandum itself may have been...",left
17423,"Perspectives: FBI, DOJ to Probe Threats Against School Officials","['FBI', 'Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Schools', 'Education', 'Polarization', 'Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'Merrick Garland', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Mask Mandates', 'Defense And Security']",A.G. Merrick Garland Tells FBI To Investigate Parents Who Yell at School Officials About Critical Race Theory,Reason,"Taking note of a supposed ""spike"" in harassment and intimidating behavior directed at public school officials, Attorney General Merrick Garland has instructed the FBI to be on the lookout for angry parents demanding accountability at school board meetings.
On Monday, Garland sent a memo to the federal law enforcement agency directing it to coordinate with the nation's 14,000 school districts. This action comes after the Biden administration received a plea from the National School Boards Association (NSBA) to protect schools from the ""imminent threat"" of parents sending ""threatening letters and cyberbullying"" school...",right
17424,"Perspectives: FBI, DOJ to Probe Threats Against School Officials","['FBI', 'Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Schools', 'Education', 'Polarization', 'Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'Merrick Garland', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Mask Mandates', 'Defense And Security']",Biden Criminalizes CRT Dissent,City Journal,"In an official memo, Attorney General Merrick Garland has pledged to mobilize the FBI against parents protesting critical race theory in public schools, citing unspecified “threats of violence” against school officials.
Garland’s memo follows a National School Boards Association request that the Biden administration investigate threats to school board members and classify sometimes-heated parent protests as “domestic terrorism.” The NSBA suggested that some of these parents should be prosecuted under the PATRIOT Act and federal hate-crimes legislation.
The school board association letter, however, is riddled with falsehoods, errors, and exaggerations....",right
17425,High Housing Costs Become Key Driver of Inflation,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Housing Market', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation']",Homebuilder Pessimism Deepens As Housing Recession Shows ‘No Signs of Abating’: NAHB,The Epoch Times,"Homebuilder pessimism has deepened as confidence in the U.S. housing market continues its downward spiral amid skyrocketing mortgage rates and inflation.
Home construction businesses blame rising rates for the decline in sentiment, by making housing less affordable for first-time buyers at a time when single-family home prices are at an all-time high.
Supply shortages and rising costs for building materials have led also led to the increase in housing prices by increasing construction costs.
Builder sentiment fell for the ninth consecutive month this September, by 3 points to 46, according to the...",right
17426,High Housing Costs Become Key Driver of Inflation,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Housing Market', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation']","Housing prices have hit a 30-year high, but don't expect Congress to help anytime soon",Insider,"Last year, Americans could buy a house or rent relatively cheaply due to rock-bottom interest rates and pandemic-era deals meant to fill empty apartments. But that was only a brief reprieve from a housing market crisis brewing in the US for decades. 
Soaring housing and rent prices made up a large portion of the increases in the latest inflation report released on Tuesday. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that housing costs increased 0.7% in August after rising 0.5% the month prior. Americans are now paying 6.2% more for shelter than they...",left
17427,High Housing Costs Become Key Driver of Inflation,"['Housing And Homelessness', 'Housing Market', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation']",Climbing Housing Costs Could Prop Up Inflation for a While,Wall Street Journal (News),"Rents and other shelter costs are emerging as a major driver of overall consumer inflation, keeping it high at a time when many other sources are starting to ease.
Economists expect housing inflation to strengthen further before cooling off in the coming months, but are unsure of when relief will appear. This creates another challenge for the Federal Reserve as it raises interest rates to reduce price pressures.
Overall annual inflation eased to 8.3% in August from 8.5% in July, according to the Labor Department’s consumer-price index. That reflected declines from the month before in prices for items such...",center
17428,Biden 'Doing Fine' After Viral Stumble; Coverage Differs,"['Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Media Bias']",Biden is ‘doing 100 percent fine’ after tripping while boarding Air Force One,New York Times (News),"President Biden was “doing fine” after falling off balance while boarding Air Force One before his Friday trip to Atlanta, according to a press secretary traveling with him.
“It’s pretty windy outside,” Karine Jean-Pierre, the principal deputy press secretary, told reporters traveling with Mr. Biden to Georgia. “It’s very windy. I almost fell coming up the steps myself. He is doing 100 percent fine.”
Mr. Biden was boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland when he stumbled about midway up the stairs. He leaned down to catch...",left
17429,Biden 'Doing Fine' After Viral Stumble; Coverage Differs,"['Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Media Bias']","Biden comment mocking Trump's walking resurfaces after president stumbles, falls boarding Air Force One",Fox News (Online News),"President Biden, who tripped Friday while boarding Air Force One, drew scrutiny from conservatives who pointed out he once mocked former President Donald Trump’s slow walk down a ramp during a trip to West Point.
Biden poked fun at Trump last September, months after the former president was filmed gingerly walking down a ramp following his commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy. Trump critics, including the Lincoln Project, later used the footage in social media posts and ads questioning his fitness.
""Look at how he steps and look how...",right
17430,Biden 'Doing Fine' After Viral Stumble; Coverage Differs,"['Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Media Bias']","Biden '100 percent' fine after stumble on Air Force One steps, aide says",The Hill,"The White House on Friday waved off any concerns about President Biden's well-being after he stumbled twice on the stairs when boarding Air Force One for a trip to Georgia, with aides saying the president is ""doing 100 percent.""
Biden slipped while jogging up the steps to the presidential aircraft on Friday morning. When he caught his footing, he stumbled again, dropping to a knee and taking a moment to collect himself before continuing to the plane.
""I know folks have seen that President Biden slipped on his way up...",center
17431,University of Florida Student President Faces Impeachment After Trump Jr. Visit,"['Politics', 'Polarization', 'Donald Trump Jr.', 'Campus Speech']","University of Florida Student President Faces Impeachment Over $50,000 Donald Trump Jr. Visit",Daily Beast,"As President Trump’s public impeachment hearings get underway Wednesday on Capitol Hill, a slightly smaller-scale impeachment probe is unfolding at the University of Florida. UF’s student president is facing his own impeachment inquiry after he helped bring Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle to campus last month at a reported cost of $50,000. The school’s student government has served President Michael Murphy with the impeachment resolution, arguing that last month’s speaking engagement amounted to a misuse of student fees. They argue Trump and Guilfoyle were paid with mandatory...",left
17432,University of Florida Student President Faces Impeachment After Trump Jr. Visit,"['Politics', 'Polarization', 'Donald Trump Jr.', 'Campus Speech']",Student president at University of Florida faces impeachment after funding Trump Jr.’s visit,New York Post (News),"The student body president of the University of Florida is facing impeachment calls for alleged misuse of funds to bring Donald Trump Jr. and presidential campaign adviser Kimberly Guilfoyle to campus last month, according to reports.
Michael C. Murphy received a formal impeachment resolution on Tuesday for allegedly conspiring with a Trump campaign consultant to bring Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle to the Gainesville campus on Oct. 10, the Tampa Bay Times reports.",right
17433,University of Florida Student President Faces Impeachment After Trump Jr. Visit,"['Politics', 'Polarization', 'Donald Trump Jr.', 'Campus Speech']",University of Florida student government president faces impeachment over Trump Jr. appearance,The Hill,"The student government president at the University of Florida is facing a call for his impeachment over his role in bringing Donald Trump Jr. and Trump campaign adviser Kimberly Guilfoyle to campus for a speaking engagement last month.
The Washington Post reports Michael Murphy, the school's student president, was served with a formal impeachment resolution from the student government and accused of malfeasance and abuse of power.
Those who are backing the impeachment contend that emails show the speaking engagement for Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle last month, which cost $50,000,...",center
17434,"Live Election Results: Republicans Gain in Senate, Democrats Win House",['Elections'],2018 Election: Live Coverage And Results,FiveThirtyEight,"Real-time seat forecast, projected wins, chances of winning in every race",center
17435,"Live Election Results: Republicans Gain in Senate, Democrats Win House",['Elections'],America's Election HQ - Midterms 2018,Fox News (Online News),"Welcome to the 2018 Midterm Elections experience. Select a Race to see an overview of that election. Here you'll find results from all Senate, House and Gubernatorial seats up for grabs and a section for Hot Races to keep your eye on. To see a more detailed view, click the ""See All Results"" button below the Hot Races.",right
17436,"Live Election Results: Republicans Gain in Senate, Democrats Win House",['Elections'],Live Election Results,New York Times (News),"Live U.S. Election Results for the Senate, House, Governors, more",left
17437,State of the Union 2015,['Politics'],"In State of the Union, Obama Makes Middle-Class Pitch",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama on Tuesday night declared an end to the U.S. economic crisis as he made the case to Americans, and a skeptical Congress, that now was the time to focus on resolving the most stubborn impediment to a full-fledged recovery: lagging progress among the middle class.
“The shadow of crisis has passed,” Mr. Obama said in his annual State of the Union address, arguing that a revitalized economy should guide Washington leaders to confront what he called “middle-class economics.” Laying o",center
17438,State of the Union 2015,['Politics'],"What Obama didn’t say: Address skips over debt, entitlement crisis",Fox News (Online News),"If there were any doubts that President Obama has moved beyond trying to tackle the $18 trillion national debt, his State of the Union address should put them to rest: He’s over it.
The president on Tuesday night pitched an ambitious package of tax hikes for some, tax cuts for others, education aid and other government protections. He plans to hit the road on Wednesday to promote those policies, visiting Boise, Idaho, a",right
17439,State of the Union 2015,['Politics'],"In State of the Union, Obama Sets an Ambitious Agenda",New York Times (News),"President Obama claimed credit on Tuesday for an improving economy and defiantly told his Republican adversaries in Congress to “turn the page” by supporting an expensive domestic agenda aimed at improving the fortunes of the middle class.
Released from the political constraints of a sagging economy, overseas wars and elections, Mr. Obama declared in his sixth State of the Union address that “the shadow of crisis has passed,” and he vowed to use his final two years in office fighting for programs that had taken a back seat.
He called...",left
17440,"White House Legal Team Decries Alleged Election Fraud, Projects Trump as Winner","['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Rudy Giuliani']",Trump Legal Team Holds Presser: ‘Trump Won In A Landslide. We Are Going To Prove It’,The Daily Wire,"Members of President Donald Trump’s legal team claimed to the American public at a press conference held Thursday that Trump won the election “in a landslide,” if it had not been for alleged fraudulent votes and other shady dealings. They also promised they would “prove it.”
Former New York City Mayor and lawyer to the president, Rudy Giuliani, said that in states including Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, and Arizona, the legal team has found “more than double the number of votes needed to overturn the election, in terms of...",right
17441,"White House Legal Team Decries Alleged Election Fraud, Projects Trump as Winner","['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Rudy Giuliani']",Giuliani sweats profusely while falsely accusing Biden of ‘horrible’ crimes during bizarre press conference,New York Daily News,"What a hot mess.
Rudy Giuliani sweated so much during a press conference Thursday that streaks of what appeared to be dark hair dye streamed down his cheeks, making for a bizarre juxtaposition as the ex-mayor insisted without evidence that Democrats stole the election from President Trump.
Giuliani, who’s spearheading the Trump campaign’s bumbling legal battle to overturn Joe Biden’s election, did not appear to notice the black liquid dripping down from his sideburns, though he kept dabbing pearls of sweat from his face with a napkin.
It’s unclear what...",left
17442,"White House Legal Team Decries Alleged Election Fraud, Projects Trump as Winner","['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Rudy Giuliani']",Trump campaign legal fight keyed to court of public opinion,The Hill,"The Trump campaign’s effort to change the outcome of the presidential election increasingly is moving from a legal setting to the court of public opinion, where the campaign continues to sow doubt about the contest's integrity and hopes to win over public officials with a role in certifying the results.
The shift in focus coincides with the appointment of Rudy Giuliani to head the campaign’s legal effort. The former New York mayor's strategy reportedly entails a longshot bid to pressure Republican lawmakers in key battleground states to approve pro-Trump electors...",center
17443,"Helen Thomas, Dies at 92","['White House', 'Politics']","50 Years of Tough Questions and ‘Thank You, Mr. President’",New York Times (News),"Helen Thomas, whose keen curiosity, unquenchable drive and celebrated constancy made her a trailblazing White House correspondent in a press corps dominated by men and who was later regarded as the dean of the White House briefing room, died on Saturday at her home in Washington. She was 92.",left
17444,"Helen Thomas, Dies at 92","['White House', 'Politics']",Obama: Helen Thomas 'never failed to keep presidents — myself included — on their toes',Washington Times,"President Obama said Saturday that he and first lady Michelle Obama were “saddened” to learn of the death of former White House correspondent Helen Thomas, calling her a groundbreaking journalist.
“Helen was a true pioneer, opening doors and breaking down barriers for generations of women in journalism,” Mr. Obama said in a statement. “She covered every White House since President Kennedy’s, and during that time she never failed to keep presidents — myself included — on their toes.”",right
17445,"Helen Thomas, Dies at 92","['White House', 'Politics']",Veteran Journalist Helen Thomas Leaves An Outspoken Legacy,NPR (Online News),"Journalist Helen Thomas died Saturday at the age of 92, according to The Gridiron Club & Foundation. Over the decades, she made her mark as a woman journalist who shattered barriers in the nation's capital and as someone who invariably spoke her mind. She became a fixture at the White House, too, but her career came to an ignominious end due to her bluntly expressed opinions — especially her criticism of Israel and Jews.",left
17446,Did Iraq Airstrikes Help,['Middle East'],Barack Obama on Iraq: ‘It’s going to take some months’,Politico,"The U.S. military mission in Iraq could go on for months, President Barack Obama said Saturday, but a long-term solution involving the Iraqi government will take much longer.
The president, who once referred to the Islamic State as a “JV team,” also acknowledged that the militants advanced more rapidly in Iraq than anyone predicted.",left
17447,Did Iraq Airstrikes Help,['Middle East'],Islamic militants advance despite 2 rounds of US airstrikes,Fox News (Online News),"The Islamic militants reportedly expanded their drive near Iraqi Kurdistan Saturday despite two U.S. airstrikes aimed at mortar positions and a seven-vehicle convoy to stop the advance on Kurdish capital of Irbil.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the militants appear to have their sights on connecting towns seized along the Kurdish-control territory. The most recent town to be seized was identified as Sheikhan.
News of the advance comes hours after U.S. warplanes launched two more rounds of airstrikes against Islamic militants in northern Iraq, taking out two mortar p",right
17448,Did Iraq Airstrikes Help,['Middle East'],Iraq Says U.S. Airstrikes Have Been Effective Against Islamic State,HuffPost,"The U.S. launched a new airdrop Saturday to aid thousands of members of an Iraqi minority group who fled from Islamic extremists, as Iraq's foreign minister said U.S. airstrikes have helped Kurdish forces counter the militants' advance.
An American military team is currently in the Kurdish regional capital Irbil, working to ensure tactical coordination with Kurdish peshmerga forces, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told a press conference late Friday.
""Air strikes are intended",left
17449,New Immigration Program Launches,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Program providing protection for young immigrants launched,CNN (Online News),(CNN) -- Hundreds of thousands of people who entered the United States as children but without documentation can apply -- beginning Wednesday -- to remain in and work in the country without fear of deportation for at least two years.,left
17450,New Immigration Program Launches,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Murdoch: 'I have no idea' why Romney isn't changing immigration approach,Politico,"CEO Rupert Murdoch and New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg held an immigration forum in Boston on Tuesday night, the second of two held in two cities that day to press both President Obama and Mitt Romney on immigration reform.",left
17451,New Immigration Program Launches,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Illegal immigrants line up at consulates across country for 'DREAM'-er applications,Fox News (Online News),Young illegal immigrants are lining up by the thousands at consulates across the country to take advantage of the Obama administration program allowing them to apply for a two-year reprieve from deportation.,right
17452,Afghan Refugees Set to Start New Lives in US,"['Middle East', 'Refugees', 'Afghanistan', 'Immigration']",Mapped: Afghan refugees headed to 46 states,Axios,"The Biden administration notified governors and mayors on Wednesday of the number of Afghan evacuees their state is expected to receive in the coming weeks, two senior administration officials told Axios.
Why it matters: Although their exact immigration pathway is still unclear, an initial group of 37,000 Afghans will soon be headed to states across the country after many faced harrowing journeys from Afghanistan.
Former Delaware Gov. Jack Markell (D), who President Biden appointed on Friday to oversee Afghan resettlement, made calls to state and local leaders notifying them on the number of Afghans to...",center
17453,Afghan Refugees Set to Start New Lives in US,"['Middle East', 'Refugees', 'Afghanistan', 'Immigration']",White House has told governors how many Afghan refugees they can expect to be resettled,CNN (Online News),"The White House has informed governors about the number of Afghan refugees they can expect to be resettled in their states in coming weeks, an administration official told CNN Thursday.
Former Delaware governor Jack Markell and former FEMA acting head Bob Fenton, who are overseeing the resettlement efforts, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and other senior White House officials made the calls to the governors on Wednesday, the official said.
According to the official, the allocations to each state were made under the new Afghan Placement and Assistance (APA) Program and were...",left
17454,Afghan Refugees Set to Start New Lives in US,"['Middle East', 'Refugees', 'Afghanistan', 'Immigration']","Orange County Board of Supervisors Approves Plan to Help Afghan Refugees, Residents Share Concerns",The Epoch Times,"The Orange County Board of Supervisors approved a three-year service plan for Afghan refugees entering the county as concerned residents discussed their hesitancy at the Sept. 14 meeting.
Krishna Murphy, an Orange County resident, told the board that immigrants are “highly valued members of society,” but he is concerned over who is being allowed in.
“Responding to the proposition that we accommodate refugees in Orange County, and I’m not against that in principle,” he said. “I think that America is the land of opportunity and America has prospered by the immigrants that have come...",right
17455,Charges Against Jussie Smollett Dropped,"['Jussie Smollett', 'Culture']","Prosecutors drop charges against Jussie Smollett, drawing strong rebuke from Chicago’s mayor and police",Washington Post,"Prosecutors in Cook County, Ill., dropped charges against Jussie Smollett on Tuesday, an astonishing reversal that came a month after the actor was arrested, charged with lying to police about a bigoted attack and pilloried by Chicago’s top police official on live television.
Prosecutors announced their decision only 18 days after a grand jury had indicted Smollett on 16 felony counts. In dropping the charges, officials cited the actor’s history of volunteer work and the two days of community service he had performed since his arrest, as well as his...",left
17456,Charges Against Jussie Smollett Dropped,"['Jussie Smollett', 'Culture']","Jussie Smollett: With criminal charges dropped, is his career ruined or can he recover?",USA TODAY,"Now what, Jussie Smollett?
In the space of two months, the ""Empire"" star, 36, has gone from crime victim to indicted crime suspect and back to victim again, now claiming total exoneration after Chicago prosecutors abandoned their case against him Tuesday. Meanwhile, Chicago police and Mayor Rahm Emanuel continued to shout angrily about his alleged guilt.
Cook County prosecutors are not explaining why they did what they did, so the public is still in the dark about what happened and why. Officially, Smollett's record is expunged but there's...",left
17457,Charges Against Jussie Smollett Dropped,"['Jussie Smollett', 'Culture']",OPINION: The Jussie Smollett Disgrace,Guest Writer - Right,"Rarely do we find ourselves nodding vigorously in agreement with Rahm Emanuel or David Axelrod, but both onetime Obama lieutenants expressed needful levels of disbelief and disgust at the surprise outcome of L’Affaire Jussie Smollett. “Hate crimes are loathsome. Faking them is insidious and shouldn’t be excused,” Axelrod wrote on Twitter after the Cook County State’s Attorney dropped all charges against Smollett for faking the supposed January 29 attack on him by a raging pair of Trump supporters. “Despite Smollett’s denials,” Axelrod added, “nothing the prosecutor said in dismissing the...",right
17458,Should the US Military Send Troops and Weapons to Help in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict?,"['World', 'US Military', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Foreign Policy', 'War', 'Europe', 'NATO']","An Enormously Consequential War, That the U.S. Cannot Directly Fight",Jim Geraghty,"The night the Russian attack on Ukraine started, Michael observed, “strikes me that this is the first time we’re really seeing air power live on television that isn’t our own.” Indeed, watching the flying Russian missiles, helicopters, jet fighters, and columns of advancing Russian tanks – and sympathizing with the Ukrainians – generates different feelings than listening to Bernard Shaw and Peter Arnett describe the aerial attack on Baghdad on 1991.
Similarly, this is the first time since the end of the Cold War that the U.S. response is constrained by the...",right
17459,Should the US Military Send Troops and Weapons to Help in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict?,"['World', 'US Military', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Foreign Policy', 'War', 'Europe', 'NATO']",Defending Ukraine: US must offer military support not just economic threats,Franklin D. Kramer,"The West is facing a profound series of decisions on Ukraine. Despite President Biden’s videoconference with Russian President Putin and agreement to have their teams “follow up” on diplomacy, the threat remains from Russia’s extensive and threatening military buildup on Ukraine’s borders. Maintaining Ukraine’s sovereignty and democracy is a critical challenge demanding an effective response. An appropriate military component needs to be part of that response in the event diplomacy fails.
Russia’s actions and the prospect for conflict have received widespread condemnation from the United States and its allies. Biden has engaged in extensive...",center
17460,Should the US Military Send Troops and Weapons to Help in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict?,"['World', 'US Military', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Foreign Policy', 'War', 'Europe', 'NATO']",Why the US won’t send troops to Ukraine,Vox,"In 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait in a naked war of territorial aggression. The next year, the US and an allied coalition intervened under the auspices of the United Nations Security Council, repulsing the Iraqi invasion. Today, as Russia is engaged in a similar aggressive war against Ukraine, there is no similar American effort in the offing — even as Ukrainian leaders have pleaded for Western assistance.
There are many dissimilarities between the situations in 1991 and 2022, but the biggest one is this: Saddam Hussein, rather famously, did not have nuclear weapons. Vladimir Putin...",left
17461,The Latest Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",8 takeaways from the NBC-Wall Street Journal poll,Washington Post,"The NBC-Wall Street Journals latest national poll was released late Tuesday, and we spent our night — dork alert! — poring over the results for clues as to how the electorate is thinking about the county and the two men running for president.",left
17462,The Latest Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Poll: Romney losing edge on economy,Washington Times,"Americans are growing increasingly optimistic about the economy and see President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney as equally capable of overseeing its recovery, according to a poll released Wednesday.",right
17463,The Latest Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Swing state poll: Romney favors the rich,CNN (Online News),New poll numbers out Wednesday from three key battleground states underscore the danger of that leaked fundraising video for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign.,left
17464,Secret Service Told to Watch Aide,"['White House', 'Politics']",Report: Secret Service agents pulled to watch director’s aide,CNN (Online News),"Secret Service agents assigned to a Washington investigative team were asked to monitor the safety of an aide to the agency’s director, the Washington Post reported Sunday, though the duties of the agents and the length of observation were disputed by a Secret Service spokesman.
The Post, in an article citing three people familiar with the operation, reported that agents within the service’s “Prowler” program went twice per day to the Maryland home of Lisa Chopey, the assistant to then-Director Mark Sullivan.",left
17465,Secret Service Told to Watch Aide,"['White House', 'Politics']",Secret Service agents reportedly told to protect home of former director's assistant,Fox News (Online News),"Members of a top Secret Service unit responsible for patrolling the perimeter of the White House were reportedly pulled off their posts for several weeks in the summer of 2011 and ordered to protect the home of the assistant to the agency's then-director.
The Washington Post, citing three people familiar with the operation, reported late Saturday that the agents were sent to a rural area outside La Plata, Md. in what was known as Operation Moonlight. The paper said that agents were told that they were there because then-Secret...",right
17466,Secret Service Told to Watch Aide,"['White House', 'Politics']",Secret Service agents pulled off White House patrol to help protect a top official’s aide,Washington Post,"Top Secret Service officials ­ordered members of a special unit responsible for patrolling the White House perimeter to abandon their posts over at least two months in 2011 in order to protect a personal friend of the agency’s director, according to three people familiar with the operation.
The new assignment, known internally as Operation Moonlight, diverted agents to a rural area outside the southern Maryland town of La Plata, nearly an hour’s drive from Washington. Agents were told that then-Director Mark Sullivan was concerned that his assistant was being harassed...",left
17467,COVID-19 Takes a Toll on Working Families,"['Coronavirus', 'Families And Parenting', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economy And Jobs']","Families, day cares feel strain of new COVID-19 health rules",Associated Press,"Joelle Wheatley hit her pandemic-parenting rock bottom after her son was sent home from day care for a second time, with the sniffles, due to stricter health guidelines in a symptom-sensitive COVID-19 world.
It was supposed to be Jacob’s first day back after a stressful 10-day home quarantine for another mild symptom that turned out to be harmless. Frustrated, desperate — there were no other care options, and she needed to focus on work — and certain that the 2-year-old’s runny nose and cough were also benign, the Seattle mom...",left
17468,COVID-19 Takes a Toll on Working Families,"['Coronavirus', 'Families And Parenting', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economy And Jobs']",How COVID-19 Sent Women’s Workforce Progress Backward,Center For American Progress,"Four times as many women as men dropped out of the labor force in September, roughly 865,000 women compared with 216,000 men. This validates predictions that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women—and the accompanying child care and school crises—would be severe. In July, a Washington Post article—titled, “Coronavirus child-care crisis will set women back a generation”—pointed out that “[o]ne out of four women who reported becoming unemployed during the pandemic said it was because of a lack of child care—twice the rate among men.”1 In August, CNN ran...",left
17469,COVID-19 Takes a Toll on Working Families,"['Coronavirus', 'Families And Parenting', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economy And Jobs']",Survey: Households Consider Second COVID Wave of Hoarding,Newsmax (News),"More than half of all Americans are planning as winter approaches to replenish stockpiles of goods they originally hoarded at the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, while nearly as many plan to have a supply on hand at all times in case of another emergency, a marketing company’s survey says.
Toilet paper, hand sanitizer, paper towels, disinfectant wipes and canned goods were the top items 57% of shoppers were intending to amass, while 54% of those queried by Inmar Marketing, a Winston-Salem, North Carolina, data research firm, said they were...",right
17470,FDA Approves First Alzheimer’s Drug In Nearly 20 Years Despite Efficacy Concerns,"['Public Health', 'FDA', 'Healthcare', 'Science', 'Pharmaceuticals']",F.D.A. Approves Alzheimer’s Drug Despite Fierce Debate Over Whether It Works,New York Times (News),"The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the first new medication for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly two decades, a contentious decision, made despite opposition from the agency’s independent advisory committee and some Alzheimer’s experts who said there was not enough evidence that the drug can help patients.
The drug, aducanumab, which will go by the brand name Aduhelm, is a monthly intravenous infusion intended to slow cognitive decline in people, with mild memory and thinking problems. It is the first approved treatment to attack the disease process of Alzheimer’s instead of just...",left
17471,FDA Approves First Alzheimer’s Drug In Nearly 20 Years Despite Efficacy Concerns,"['Public Health', 'FDA', 'Healthcare', 'Science', 'Pharmaceuticals']",FDA approves Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug,Fox Business,"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday approved Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug, marking the first new authorized therapy to treat the disease in nearly two decades. The drug, Aduhelm (aducanumab), had received mixed reviews following earlier clinical trials.
In a statement following the approval, Dr. Patrizia Cavazzoni, director of the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said the agency used the Accelerated Approval pathway, which is when the FDA ""approves a drug for a serious or life-threatening illness that may provide meaningful therapeutic benefit over existing treatments when the drug is...",right
17472,FDA Approves First Alzheimer’s Drug In Nearly 20 Years Despite Efficacy Concerns,"['Public Health', 'FDA', 'Healthcare', 'Science', 'Pharmaceuticals']",First New Alzheimer’s Drug in Nearly Two Decades Is Approved by FDA,Wall Street Journal (News),"The first drug promising to slow the memory-robbing march of Alzheimer’s disease was approved by U.S. health regulators, a watershed after years of research and billions of dollars in investment.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it approved the drug, which has the molecular name aducanumab and will be sold as Aduhelm, based on evidence it reduces a sticky substance in the brain called amyloid that is associated with Alzheimer’s.
The drug’s sale offers hope to millions of people dealing with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers, given the lack of good options...",center
17473,"Russia Strikes Airport in Eastern Ukraine, Says it Destroyed Missile Systems","['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Weapons']",Russian rockets destroy airport in Ukrainian city of Dnipro,Al Jazeera,"Russian missiles destroyed an airport in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro and five emergency workers were injured in the attack.
“There has been another attack on Dnipro airport. There is nothing left of it,” Valentyn Reznichenko, governor of the central Dnipropetrovsk region, said on Sunday.
“The airport itself and the infrastructure around it has been destroyed. Rockets keep flying and flying,” Reznichenko said on Telegram.
A missile also hit a building in the city’s Pavlohrad district, and emergency workers were combing through an infrastructure facility that was hit in the...",left
17474,"Russia Strikes Airport in Eastern Ukraine, Says it Destroyed Missile Systems","['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Weapons']",Russia says it hits Ukraine air defenses before eastern push,Associated Press,"Russia claimed that it destroyed several air defense systems in Ukraine over the weekend, in what appeared to be a renewed push to gain air superiority and take out weapons Kyiv has described as crucial ahead of a broad new offensive in the east.
In one strike announced Monday, Moscow said that it hit four S-300 launchers provided by a European country it didn’t name. Slovakia gave Ukraine just such a system last week but denied it had been destroyed. Russia previously reported two strikes on similar systems in other places.
Moscow’s...",left
17475,"Russia Strikes Airport in Eastern Ukraine, Says it Destroyed Missile Systems","['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Weapons']",Russia says it destroyed Ukrainian air defense systems gifted by unidentified European country,Fox News (Online News),"Russia’s military on Monday is claiming to have destroyed air defense systems that were ""delivered to the Kyiv regime by a European country."" 
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said in a statement that the four S-300 launchers were hidden in a hanger near the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro and that 25 Ukrainian soldiers were also hit in the strike, according to Reuters. 
""High-precision sea-launched Kalibr missiles destroyed the equipment of a S-300 anti-aircraft missile division which had been delivered to the Kyiv regime by a European country,"" the...",right
17476,President Trump Appoints Vice President Pence To Lead Response To Coronavirus,"['Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Mike Pence', 'White House', 'Politics']","President Trump Projects Calm Amid Growing Coronavirus Fears, Appoints Vice President Pence to Lead US Response",CBN,"President Trump held a White House news conference Wednesday evening where he and top members of his administration took questions from reporters and tried to calm growing public fears.
""The number one priority from our standpoint is the health and safety of the American people,"" Trump said from the podium.
Right now there are 59 confirmed cases in the United States, one of those in California where health officials are not sure where the person contracted the illness.
Globally, 80,000 people have been infected and the virus...",right
17477,President Trump Appoints Vice President Pence To Lead Response To Coronavirus,"['Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Mike Pence', 'White House', 'Politics']",What the coronavirus means for Trump's presidency,Axios,"A poor response to the coronavirus could be politically devastating for President Trump, and so far his administration has given the strong impression that it’s still scrambling as the risk of a pandemic mounts.
Why it matters: There’s only so much any president can do to stop a virus from spreading, and for now the coronavirus is still very much under control within the U.S. But if the disease get worse in the months ahead, and if the administration seems to be caught off guard, that spells trouble for public...",center
17478,President Trump Appoints Vice President Pence To Lead Response To Coronavirus,"['Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Mike Pence', 'White House', 'Politics']",Let’s Revisit Coronavirus Czar Mike Pence’s History on Public Health Initiatives,Slate,"Mike Pence is now in charge of the United States’ response to coronavirus, Donald Trump announced at a press conference Wednesday night. Mike Pence’s qualifications, per Trump, include that he is “terrific in many ways,” “very good on health care,” and “really very expert at the field.” OK! Here are a few fast facts about Mike Pence and public health:
• When he was governor of Indiana, Mike Pence signed anti-abortion bills at a rate of two per year.
• Mike Pence has argued that sending kids to daycare stunts...",left
17479,Biden Begins Middle East Trip in Israel,"['Joe Biden', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Middle East', 'Israel', 'Palestine', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Yair Lapid', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Benny Gantz', 'Coronavirus', 'Iran Nuclear Deal', 'Defense And Security']","Biden dismisses Democrats critical of Israel, saying they’re ‘wrong’",The Hill,"President Biden on Wednesday dismissed members of his own party who have been critical of Israel, telling an Israeli news station that those progressive lawmakers are “wrong.”
Biden sat for an interview with N12 News in Israel and was asked about Democrats who have called Israel an “apartheid state” and called for an end to unconditional aid for Israel.
“There are few of them. I think they’re wrong. I think they’re making a mistake,” Biden said. “Israel is a democracy. Israel is our ally. Israel is a friend, and I think...",center
17480,Biden Begins Middle East Trip in Israel,"['Joe Biden', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Middle East', 'Israel', 'Palestine', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Yair Lapid', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Benny Gantz', 'Coronavirus', 'Iran Nuclear Deal', 'Defense And Security']",Joe Biden arrives in Middle East on first trip as US president,Al Jazeera,"US President Joe Biden has landed in Tel Aviv in Israel on his first visit to the Middle East in his current role.
Arriving on Air Force One at Ben Gurion airport on Wednesday, Biden was warmly greeted by Israeli officials and, in a speech, described the US’s connection with the country as “bone-deep”.
“You don’t need to be a Jew to be a Zionist,” said Biden in his opening remarks. “The connection between the Israeli and American people is bone deep … I am proud to say that US...",left
17481,Biden Begins Middle East Trip in Israel,"['Joe Biden', 'Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Middle East', 'Israel', 'Palestine', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Yair Lapid', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Benny Gantz', 'Coronavirus', 'Iran Nuclear Deal', 'Defense And Security']",Biden shakes hands with Netanyahu after WH vowed he'd avoid the action on Mideast trip,Fox News (Online News),"White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan announced Wednesday that due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, President Biden would not be shaking hands with anyone during this week's Middle East trip.
Not long afterwards, though, Biden met former Israeli Prime Ministar Bibi Netanyahu, and shook hands with him.
Sullivan had discussed the policy while addressing reporters aboard Air Force One prior to the president's arrival in Israel, the first stop on the trip.",right
17482,"New York Times Writer Resigns, Cites Media Bias and Hostile Work Environment","['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Free Speech']","Controversial opinion writer Bari Weiss resigns from The New York Times, blasting paper for 'illiberal environment'",CNN (Online News),"New York (CNN) -- Bari Weiss, a controversial opinion writer for The New York Times, resigned from the newspaper on Monday, blasting the institution on her way out in a scathing letter explaining why she chose to leave her job.
In the resignation letter Weiss posted online Tuesday, the self-described ""politically homeless"" writer criticized The Times for fostering what she called an ""illiberal environment"" that she said was ""especially heartbreaking.""
""Twitter is not on the masthead of The New York Times,"" Weiss wrote. ""But Twitter has become its ultimate...",left
17483,"New York Times Writer Resigns, Cites Media Bias and Hostile Work Environment","['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Free Speech']","Bari Weiss Quits New York Times Opinion, Alleging Hostile Work Environment",Wall Street Journal (News),"Bari Weiss, a high-profile editor and writer for the New York Times opinion section, resigned Monday, citing what she said was unchecked bullying from colleagues and depicting the news organization as a place where the free exchange of ideas was no longer welcome.
In a letter to New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger which was posted on her website Tuesday, Ms. Weiss wrote that she has been “the subject of constant bullying by colleagues who disagree with my views.”",center
17484,"New York Times Writer Resigns, Cites Media Bias and Hostile Work Environment","['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Free Speech']","Liberal journalists dismiss, mock Bari Weiss' departure from The New York Times",Fox News (Online News),"Many liberal journalists shrugged off the fiery exit of New York Times opinion editor Bari Weiss, some even mocking the writer over the open letter she had penned to the paper's publisher.
While many conservatives rallied behind Weiss after she released the letter detailing the abuse she faced from her Times colleagues and how the Twitter mob ""has become its ultimate editor"" of the paper, members of the mainstream media were not merely as concerned, some even mocked her.
""I don’t know what a Bari Weiss is. Sounds like a...",right
17485,Trump Rebuked for Touting Conspiracy Theory on 'Fox & Friends',"['Donald Trump', 'Fiona Hill', 'Fox And Friends', 'Conspiracy Theory', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'DNC', 'Impeachment', 'White House', 'Politics']","In rollicking 53-minute conversation, Trump embraces conspiracies, spreads falsehoods and insults opponents",Washington Post,"Speaking to his favorite morning television hosts Friday, President Trump offered a window into his state of mind as he faces his greatest political threat yet.
As his unfiltered thoughts streamed from his mind, through a telephone receiver and onto the airwaves of Fox News for 53 minutes, it became clear that the prospect of impeachment has changed nothing about Trump’s un­or­tho­dox approach to the presidency.
He continued to make lofty promises of soon-to-come bombshells, peddle falsehoods, spread long-debunked conspiracy theories, attack his perceived enemies and dabble in misogynistic tropes...",left
17486,Trump Rebuked for Touting Conspiracy Theory on 'Fox & Friends',"['Donald Trump', 'Fiona Hill', 'Fox And Friends', 'Conspiracy Theory', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'DNC', 'Impeachment', 'White House', 'Politics']",'Fox & Friends' host Doocy challenges Trump over debunked Ukraine claim,Washington Times,"President Trump was called into question Friday morning by Fox News personality Steve Doocy when he apparently held forth a bogus claim about U.S. cybersecurity company CrowdStrike and Ukraine.
Mr. Trump was speaking live on “Fox & Friends” when Mr. Doocy, one of the show’s co-hosts, interjected to cast doubt on a debunked conspiracy theory being spread by the president.
“They have the server from the DNC, Democratic National Committee,” Mr. Trump said about CrowdStrike near the start of a live telephone interview that lasted nearly an hour.
“They gave...",right
17487,Trump Rebuked for Touting Conspiracy Theory on 'Fox & Friends',"['Donald Trump', 'Fiona Hill', 'Fox And Friends', 'Conspiracy Theory', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'DNC', 'Impeachment', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump Repeats False Ukraine Claims,FactCheck.org,"President Donald Trump called into “Fox & Friends” a day after the impeachment hearings ended and repeated false statements that have been debunked by fact-checkers and, in some cases, members of his own administration.
Trump repeated the baseless theory that the Democratic National Committee gave its computer server to a “Ukrainian company.” In fact, the DNC hired U.S.-based company CrowdStrike to investigate the cyberattack on its network during the 2016 elections, and CrowdStrike said it has “never taken physical possession of any DNC servers.”
Trump continued to push the false...",center
17488,House Panel Approves Procedures For Trump Impeachment Probe,"['Impeachment', 'Jerry Nadler', 'US House', 'Politics']",House panel moves to intensify Trump impeachment probe,Reuters,"The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee moved to intensify its investigation of Republican President Donald Trump on Thursday, as lawmakers edged closer to deciding whether to recommend his impeachment.
The 41-member panel met to debate a resolution allowing it to designate hearings as impeachment proceedings, subject witnesses to more aggressive questioning and quicken the pace of an investigation that is expanding into areas that could prove politically explosive for both Trump and Congress.
Committee members also hope that approving the resolution will dispel lingering confusion within the House...",center
17489,House Panel Approves Procedures For Trump Impeachment Probe,"['Impeachment', 'Jerry Nadler', 'US House', 'Politics']",House panel approves impeachment inquiry parameters as Democrats try to clarify their strategy,CNN (Online News),"The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved a resolution defining the rules of the panel's impeachment investigation, the first vote the committee has taken related to the potential impeachment of President Donald Trump.
The party-line vote came as House Democrats have struggled to define the committee's probe, with Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler saying the committee is conducting an impeachment inquiry, while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders are refraining from calling it that.
Thursday's vote, which does not need to be approved by the full House, gives Nadler...",left
17490,House Panel Approves Procedures For Trump Impeachment Probe,"['Impeachment', 'Jerry Nadler', 'US House', 'Politics']","House Dems move on Trump impeachment, as Republicans mock ‘giant Instagram filter’ hiding disarray",Fox News (Online News),"House Judiciary Democrats on Thursday took a big step in their Trump impeachment push as they met to set the ground rules for a formal committee inquiry -- but Republicans laughed it off as a “giant Instagram filter” to hide how divided Democrats truly are on the question.
The committee voted 24-17 to define the rules for future committee impeachment hearings. The committee is not writing articles of impeachment, and nothing is going to the floor of the House right now, but the session still holds political consequences for both...",right
17491,House Passes Debt Ceiling Agreement,"['US House', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Build Back Better', 'Economic Policy', 'Politics']",House sets stage to increase debt ceiling,New York Post (News),"The House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that sets the stage to raise the debt ceiling without even one Republican vote.
The move comes as part of a convoluted deal struck by congressional leaders of both parties to allow a one-time solution to avoid federal default by letting Democrats lift the debt limit.
The deal forces Democrats to specify an exact amount the debt will be raised, and it allows them to get the measure through the evenly split Senate without risk of the Republican minority blocking the move by...",right
17492,House Passes Debt Ceiling Agreement,"['US House', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Build Back Better', 'Economic Policy', 'Politics']",House takes key step toward raising the debt ceiling as deadline draws closer,CNBC,"The House took a first step Tuesday toward preventing a possible default on U.S. debt.
The chamber passed a bill that would allow the Senate to raise the country’s borrowing limit with a simple majority vote. Lawmakers attached the provision to legislation that would prevent automatic Medicare cuts set to take place at the end of the year.
The measure will head to the Senate. It will need 10 Republican votes to pass and go to President Joe Biden’s desk.
Once the president signs the bill, the House and Senate...",center
17493,House Passes Debt Ceiling Agreement,"['US House', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Build Back Better', 'Economic Policy', 'Politics']",House passes new debt ceiling plan after McConnell cuts deal with Democrats,CNN (Online News),"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have reached an agreement to create a one-time process that would let Democrats raise the debt ceiling on their votes alone, a deal that underscores the lengths the GOP leader will go to avoid a damaging default without Republican support to increase the national borrowing limit.
The House took the first step to implement the plan on Tuesday by voting to pass new legislation that will set up the debt limit process. The final vote was 222-212. GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois...",left
17494,Van Attack in London,['Terrorism'],"London van attack: Suspect identified, arrested in terror investigation",Fox News (Online News),"The man suspected of mowing down a crowd exiting Ramadan prayers at a London mosque early Monday has been identified as 47-year-old Darren Osborne of Cardiff, Wales, sources told Sky News.",right
17495,Van Attack in London,['Terrorism'],U.K. Police Investigating Van Attack in London as Terrorism,New York Times (News),"The authorities in Britain said on Monday that they were treating an early morning attack near a mosque in London as an act of terrorism against Muslims, amid fears of retaliation for several recent assaults in the country attributed to Islamist extremists.",left
17496,Van Attack in London,['Terrorism'],Finsbury Park attack suspect named as Darren Osborne,BBC News,"The man arrested on suspicion of carrying out a terror attack near a north London mosque is Darren Osborne from Cardiff, the BBC understands.",center
17497,Improving the Budget,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Congress avoids shutdown, bickers over 2014 budget",CNN (Online News),The House approved legislation Thursday funding the government through September avoiding a partial shutdown and softening 85 billion in spending cuts.,left
17498,Improving the Budget,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Bipartisan House Majority Defeats Senate's Unbalanced Budget,Townhall,They39ll debate and vote on the balanced popular pro-growth GOP alternative later today but yesterday,right
17499,Improving the Budget,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Mystery Dem briefly voted yes, on Ryan budget",Washington Post,"One mystery Dem voted yes, but then switched to a no, on the GOP budget. Probably an oopsie.",left
17500,How Coronavirus Will Alter 2020 Election for Top Candidates,"['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Justin Amash', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Libertarian Party', 'Elections']",How Trump Plans to Weaponize COVID-19 Against Biden,The Atlantic,"COVID-19 has shattered the basic economic rationale President Donald Trump had put forward in running for reelection and forced him to come up with another: Joe Biden’s handling of the catastrophe would be worse.
Trump and his allies are working to graft his own vulnerabilities onto Biden, painting him as a feeble alternative to a president tested by the coronavirus pandemic and the economic tailspin it’s caused. In TV ads and public statements, they’re arguing that Biden couldn’t revive the economy, defeat the virus, or stand up to Chinese leaders,...",left
17501,How Coronavirus Will Alter 2020 Election for Top Candidates,"['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Justin Amash', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Libertarian Party', 'Elections']","Pandemic creates electoral uncertainty for Trump, Democrats",Associated Press,"Has the U.S. economy hit bottom?
Just a few short months ago, Trump planned to campaign for reelection on the back of a robust economy. That’s a distant memory after more than 20 million jobs were lost in April, leading to an unemployment rate of 14.7%, the highest since the Great Depression.
Economists suggest the genuine unemployment number is much higher. Trump is encouraging states to reopen their economies to help reverse the slide, even as health experts warn that reopening too soon could lead to a second wave that...",left
17502,How Coronavirus Will Alter 2020 Election for Top Candidates,"['Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Justin Amash', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Libertarian Party', 'Elections']",'We’re winning': Biden insists his basement campaign is working,Washington Examiner,"Joe Biden doesn't believe being stuck in his Delaware home's basement is hurting his chances of becoming president.
The presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee bristled when asked Tuesday about when he expected to restart his campaign for the White House ahead of the general election.
""We're on the campaign trail now. And everybody says, 'You know Biden's hiding.' Well, let me tell you something — we're doing very well,"" he told ABC News.
""As a matter of fact, we’re winning, if you look at all the polling data,” said the...",right
17503,Can Rubio Get The Nom,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump’s Remorseless Delegate Math Means Rubio and Cruz Are Screwed,Daily Beast,"The story of Donald Trump’s doomed campaign has been replaced by the story of his inevitability as the Republican nominee.
It’s a sea change indicative of his constant ability to defy expectations. He placed second in the nation’s first contest in Iowa, went on to dominate in New Hampshire and South Carolina, and won Nevada’s GOP caucus on Tuesday night.
But it’s no",left
17504,Can Rubio Get The Nom,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Does Rubio Have Any Chance?,Vanity Fair,"For weeks, Marco Rubio’s strategy has been dubbed “3-2-1,” meaning, come in third in Iowa, second in New Hampshire, and first in South Carolina. Now, Rubio seems to have tweaked the formula to something more like 3-5-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2. For some reason this still makes Rubio the prohibitive favorite, according to some of our prognosticators. The Florida senator has recently picked up establishment backers, including Bob Dole and Tim Pawlenty, and important new donors, several of them availed from the wreckage of the Jeb Bush campaign. Many forecasters now speak of a...",left
17505,Can Rubio Get The Nom,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",ACU Chairman: Marco Rubio Cannot Unite Republicans Without Showing Up At CPAC,Breitbart News,"American Conservative Union (ACU) chairman Matt Schlapp, the head of the organization that hosts the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), lambasted Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)79% on Breitbart News Daily on Wednesday for refusing to attend CPAC this year.
Rubio’s decision to skip the event, reported first by Breitbart News on Tuesday, comes as the entire Washington establishment lines up behind his campaign in a last ditch effort to stop billionaire Donald Trump. Rubio’s pitch to be the anti-Trump is that he can unite the GOP heading into a ge",right
17506,680 Unauthorized Workers Arrested in Mississippi,"['ICE', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Homeland Security', 'Mississippi', 'Undocumented', 'Immigration']",ICE Arrests 680 Illegal Aliens in Largest Single-State Raid in U.S. History,Breitbart News,"The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency arrested 680 illegal aliens who had been working at seven Mississippi food processing plants, federal officials confirmed on Wednesday.
ICE agents conducted the largest single-state raid in United States history and the largest workplace raid in the last 11 years when they arrested 680 illegal aliens at seven food processing plants across six cities in Mississippi, including plants in Bay Springs, Carthage, Canton, Morton, Pelahatchie, and Sebastapol.",right
17507,680 Unauthorized Workers Arrested in Mississippi,"['ICE', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Homeland Security', 'Mississippi', 'Undocumented', 'Immigration']",Mississippi Immigration Raids Net Hundreds Of Workers,NPR (Online News),"Federal immigration officials raided several food-processing plants in Mississippi Wednesday and arrested approximately 680 people believed to be working without authorization.
The coordinated raids were conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations ""at seven agricultural processing plants across Mississippi,"" according to an ICE statement. In addition to the arrests, agents also seized company business records.",left
17508,680 Unauthorized Workers Arrested in Mississippi,"['ICE', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Homeland Security', 'Mississippi', 'Undocumented', 'Immigration']","Families ""Are Scared To Death"" After A Massive ICE Operation Swept Up Hundreds Of People",BuzzFeed News,"On Wednesday morning, Dianne received an alarming call. It was her fiancé, dialing her from the chicken processing plant in a nearby central Mississippi town where he worked long shifts deboning meat.
“ICE is here!” he yelled. In the background, Dianne could hear other laborers terrified. The panic was palpable. One worker called out in Spanish, “Ayúdame! [Help me!]”",left
17509,Trump’s 1st Budget Announced,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",What the Federal Budget Does With Your Money,Lifehacker,"President Trump released a new draft budget yesterday—which means that your federal tax dollars may be going to different places. Let’s take a look at what happens to the money we pay the IRS, and how much we each personally spend.",center
17510,Trump’s 1st Budget Announced,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",'Demagoguery at the Highest Level': Mulvaney Slams Dems' 'Lies' About Budget,Fox News (Online News),White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney slammed what he says is not mere fear-mongering but outright lies by Democrats about President Trump's federal budget proposal.,right
17511,Trump’s 1st Budget Announced,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",How Trump’s budget would gut the economy: Massive cuts to Medicaid and food stamps will have devastating ripple effects,Salon,"Despite his populist rhetoric on the campaign trail, Donald Trump revealed with his proposal for the federal budget that he’s actually just a hyper-conservative Republican that wants to starve the poor so the rich can build mansions for their dogs. The White House’s budget, released on Tuesday, recommends $4.1 trillion in spending cuts, mainly for social services.",left
17512,Debt Ceiling Extension,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama would sign short debt ceiling extension,Washington Times,The White House praised House Republicans for deciding to forgo a fight over raising the nations borrowing limit and said President Obama would likely sign a three-month extension of the debt ceiling even though he would prefer a longer-term deal.,right
17513,Debt Ceiling Extension,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",White House 'Welcomes' House Vote On Extending Debt Limit,NPR (Online News),"President Obama ""welcomes"" the plan by House Republicans to vote Wednesday on a three-month extension of the nation's borrowing limit, White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters today, and ""would not stand in the way of the bill becoming law.""",left
17514,Debt Ceiling Extension,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama ‘will not oppose’ House GOP plan to suspend debt limit until May,Washington Post,The House plans to vote Wednesday on a measure that would leave the $16.4 trillion borrowing limit intact but suspend it from the time the bill passes until mid-May. The declaration that the debt ceiling “shall not apply means that the government could continue borrowing to cover its obligations to creditors until May 18.,left
17515,Trump to Impose 25 Percent Tariffs on Goods From China,"['Trade', 'Tariffs', 'Donald Trump', 'China']",AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s fallacious tariff tale,Associated Press,"In escalating his trade war, President Donald Trump is persisting in his deceptive argument that tariffs are a pure win for the U.S. and a loss for China. He will not acknowledge that the costs of tariffs are being borne by Americans.
Trump has vowed to impose a blanket tariff of 25% on everything Americans buy from China. That would mean raising tariffs from 10% on $200 billion worth of goods by the end of the week and hitting an additional $325 billion in Chinese products with the same penalty...",left
17516,Trump to Impose 25 Percent Tariffs on Goods From China,"['Trade', 'Tariffs', 'Donald Trump', 'China']",Trade war threatens to roil 2020 race as Republicans complain about the tariffs Trump loves,Washington Post,"President Trump’s aggressive trade policies are running headlong into his campaign for reelection.
As Trump prepares to run on the economy, his threat to increase tariffs on imports from China has sent the stock market diving and undercut a stretch of positive economic news. U.S. farmers and exporters, already bearing the brunt of China’s retaliatory tariffs, now face the prospect of an escalated trade war in which states that Trump needs to win reelection will be in the crosshairs.
The trade war has also exposed a rift inside the White...",left
17517,Trump to Impose 25 Percent Tariffs on Goods From China,"['Trade', 'Tariffs', 'Donald Trump', 'China']",Trump absolutely right to slap new tariffs on China,Fox News (Opinion),"President Trump Opens a New Window. on Sunday announced additional incoming tariffs Opens a New Window. on China, reminding Beijing Opens a New Window. that its days of negotiating with weak counterparts are over, at least as far as it concerns the United States.
While Trump’s move may cause short-term stock market turbulence Opens a New Window. , it’s great news for U.S. national security and our economy over the longer term. China’s communist government must now recognize that time is short to avoid prolonged pain for its economic aggression...",right
17518,"Georgia lawmaker says man told her to ""go back"" to where she came from; man denies allegation",['Race And Racism'],"Liar, Liar: Georgia House Minority Leader Caught In A Hate Hoax",Townhall,"Georgia State Rep. and Minority Leader Erica Thomas (D) took to Twitter on Saturday, saying a white man called her ""a lazy SOB"" and that she needed to go back to where she came from because she had too many items in the express lane at the local Publix.
Thomas explained her experiences further in a Facebook live video.
""People are getting really out of control with this white privilege stuff,"" a crying Thomas said in the video. ""I'm at the grocery store and I'm in the 10 aisle,...",right
17519,"Georgia lawmaker says man told her to ""go back"" to where she came from; man denies allegation",['Race And Racism'],Georgia state lawmaker Erica Thomas now uncertain man told her to 'go back to where you came from',USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – A man accused of telling an African-American Georgia state lawmaker to ""go back to where you came from"" because she had too many items in the express checkout line at a grocery store disputes her version of events and denies that he said anything racist.
Tearing up in an emotional Facebook live video, state Rep. Erica Thomas, who has represented parts of Cobb County, Georgia, since 2015, described the incident on Friday in which she said she ""feared for her life"" after a white man ""verbally assaulted.""",left
17520,"Georgia lawmaker says man told her to ""go back"" to where she came from; man denies allegation",['Race And Racism'],‘The Hate Is Real’: Black Georgia Lawmaker Says She Was Berated at Supermarket,New York Times (News),"A black member of Georgia’s House of Representatives said she had been the target of verbal harassment and had been told “go back where you came from” at a grocery store near Atlanta on Friday.
In a video posted to her Facebook account, the representative, Erica Thomas, said she was “shocked” that a white man had confronted her for having too many items in the express checkout lane at a Publix grocery store in Mableton, Ga.",left
17521,Colorado School District Moves to 4-Day Week,['Education'],"Colorado school district slashes Mondays, begins 4-day school week",Fox News (Online News),A Colorado school district is attempting a $1 million science experiment -- cutting its school week to four days.,right
17522,Colorado School District Moves to 4-Day Week,['Education'],A Colorado district just canceled school on Mondays to save money. It’s not the first,The Sacramento Bee,"Elementary school kids in a Colorado school district reported for their first day of class Tuesday, but that’s not out of the ordinary — Tuesdays will kick off school weeks in District 27J for the next academic year, reported KDVR.",left
17523,Colorado School District Moves to 4-Day Week,['Education'],Colorado School District Switches To 4-Day Week To Save Money,NPR (Online News),A Colorado school district intent on saving money has cut one of its greatest costs: teaching.,left
17524,Gay Marriage Upheld in NV and ID,['LGBT Rights'],"SCOTUS halts Nev., Idaho gay marriage rulings",Politico,"The seemingly-unstoppable juggernaut towards same-sex marriage rights across the country was halted at least briefly Wednesday after Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy blocked a federal appeals court ruling that voided same-sex marriage bans in Nevada and Idaho.
Acting on an emergency application from Idaho officials, Kennedy issued a one-page order Wednesday staying the ruling the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals released Tuesday.
Kennedy's order offered no rationale for the stay, but instructed those challenging the gay marriage bans to file a response by Thursday afternoon to Idaho's request.
Kennedy...",left
17525,Gay Marriage Upheld in NV and ID,['LGBT Rights'],Gay Marriage Is Upheld in Nevada and Idaho,New York Times (News),"A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down same-sex marriage bans in Idaho and in Nevada, the latest in a nearly unbroken string of courtroom victories for gay couples.
The decision, by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, came a day after the Supreme Court allowed similar rulings by three other appeals courts to stand, clearing the way for same-sex marriage to start immediately in Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin and to be extended soon to six other states in those circuits....",left
17526,Gay Marriage Upheld in NV and ID,['LGBT Rights'],"Justice Kennedy blocks gay marriage ruling in Idaho, Nevada",Fox News (Online News),"Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Wednesday temporarily blocked an appeals court ruling that declared gay marriage legal in Idaho and Nevada.
Kennedy's order came a little more than an hour after Idaho filed an emergency request for an immediate stay and about 10 minutes before the state said that state and county officials would otherwise have been required to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
The order also applies to Nevada, where marriage licenses to same-sex couples were going to start to be issued later Wednesday.
The delay...",right
17527,Ally or Adversary? Perspectives on Dr. Anthony Fauci,"['Coronavirus', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Public Opinion', 'Media Bias', 'Role Of Government', 'Bureaucracy']",The real reason the right hates Anthony Fauci,Paul Waldman,"Two years into the coronavirus pandemic, the American right is still consumed with hatred for White House adviser Anthony S. Fauci. So much so that not only do they scheme to destroy Fauci, the longtime head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, but their obsession sometimes devolves into violent fantasies.
Speaking at a conference of the right-wing “youth” organization Turning Point USA, Fox News host Jesse Watters instructed the assembled activists on how they should track down and confront Fauci, to create a viral moment that Fox could then use to...",left
17528,Ally or Adversary? Perspectives on Dr. Anthony Fauci,"['Coronavirus', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Public Opinion', 'Media Bias', 'Role Of Government', 'Bureaucracy']",Anthony Fauci Has Had Enough,Newsweek,"Dr. Anthony Fauci appears to have lost patience with his critics in recent weeks, reacting angrily to criticism of his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and suggestions that he has not been honest in his dealings with Congress.
Fauci, who is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), had angry exchanges with senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) at a hearing of the Senate Health Committee on Tuesday and was heard on a hot mic calling Marshall a ""moron.""
On December 21, 2021, Fauci called for the firing of Fox News host Jesse Watters following...",center
17529,Ally or Adversary? Perspectives on Dr. Anthony Fauci,"['Coronavirus', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Public Opinion', 'Media Bias', 'Role Of Government', 'Bureaucracy']",Fauci Must Go,National Review,"President Joe Biden should relieve Dr. Anthony Fauci of his duties at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, as chief medical adviser to the White House, and as the public face of the American government’s response to Covid-19.
It is past time for public-health policy to shift to acknowledging that Covid-19 is an endemic disease and, for the most part, a risk for individuals to manage. Fauci stands in the way of executing that shift and communicating it to the public.
Fauci’s own behavior has undermined public trust in the response to...",right
17530,Swing State Coverage,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Tone, not frequency of ads irk swing state voters",CNN (Online News),"If you live in a battleground state, chances are you've seen your share of political ads this election season. They come on during prime-time network TV, pop up while you're cheering on the Buckeyes or the Broncos and they even get you when you're cruising to your favorite station on the way to work.
The reason for such a concentrated air war is that voters in swing states like Colorado and Ohio could decide the election.
""A swing state is somewhere where there are persuadable voters,"" said Democratic Strategist and partner...",left
17531,Swing State Coverage,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama has edge over Romney in three battleground states,Fox News (Online News),"President Barack Obama has the edge over Republican Mitt Romney in three potentially decisive states in the presidential election.
Obama tops Romney by seven percentage points among likely voters in both Ohio (49-42 percent) and Virginia (50-43 percent). In Florida, the president holds a five-point edge (49-44 percent).
Obamas lead is just outside the polls margin of sampling error in Ohio and Virginia, and within the margin of sampling error in Florida.  
  Read more: 
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/19/obama-has-edge-over-romney-in-three-battleground-states/#ixzz272E1X9IE",right
17532,Swing State Coverage,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",How to Solve the Swing-State Puzzle,New York Times (News),"When I first considered Barack Obamas re-election chances in this magazine, last November, he was about a 50-50 contender against the Republican field. As I noted then, this was an unusual spot for a sitting president. A year before their own re-election races, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan, Clinton and both Bushes were all favored. One year out, it seemed as if things could break either way for the president in 2012.",left
17533,Media Speculate on Outcome of Upcoming Midterm Elections,['Elections'],"Trump’s Nationalism Is Breaking Point for Some Suburban Voters, Risking G.O.P. Coalition",New York Times (News),"J. Mark Metts, a 60-year-old partner at one of this city’s prestigious law firms, had never voted for a Democratic presidential candidate until 2016. Now he and some of his neighbors in the",left
17534,Media Speculate on Outcome of Upcoming Midterm Elections,['Elections'],Georgia House Race Shows Educated Women Are Midterm Prize,Wall Street Journal (News),"A week before the midterm elections, the contest remains focused where it began 18 months ago—in America’s suburbs that are home to swaths of educated and wealthy voters who will",center
17535,Media Speculate on Outcome of Upcoming Midterm Elections,['Elections'],A wave or a whimper? Here's why 2018 doesn’t feel exactly like the last few 'wave' midterm elections,Washington Examiner,"Had the midterm elections been held one year ago, it would have been a disaster for Republicans. Democrats reliably held double-digit margins over Republicans on the generic ballot.",right
17536,VP Debate Fact Check,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Fact-checking the vice-presidential debate between Kaine and Pence,Washington Post,"Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia and his challenger, Republican and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence debated Oct. 4 at Longwood University in Farmville, Va. Here is a roundup of 25 suspicious or interesting claims that were made. As is our practice, we do not award Pinocchios when we do a roundup of facts in debates.",left
17537,VP Debate Fact Check,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",FactChecking the VP Debate,FactCheck.org,"Vice presidential candidates Mike Pence and Tim Kaine got their one chance to debate, and it was a fact-checking bonanza.",center
17538,VP Debate Fact Check,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",FACT CHECK: Claims in the VP debate,Fox News (Online News),Not all the claims in the vice presidential debate stand up to scrutiny. A look at some of them and how they compare with the facts:,right
17539,"As Gas Prices Fall for 7th Straight Week, Many Wonder if Trend Will Last","['Economy And Jobs', 'Energy', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Gas Prices', 'Gas Shortages', 'Oil Reserves', 'Ukraine War']",Gas Price Falls for 7th Straight Week but Experts Warn It May Exceed $5 Again Soon,The Epoch Times,"The price of gasoline fell for a seventh consecutive week, providing Americans with some relief at the pump, but experts have warned that prices could rise above $5 again this summer amid fears of a recession.
According to the American Automobile Association (AAA), the national average for a gallon of gas fell on Aug. 1 to $4.21, down 14 cents since the week before.
However, Californians are still paying the highest average price of $5.60 a gallon, while the average cost in the Los Angeles area is $5.70, although that is still 17 cents...",right
17540,"As Gas Prices Fall for 7th Straight Week, Many Wonder if Trend Will Last","['Economy And Jobs', 'Energy', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Gas Prices', 'Gas Shortages', 'Oil Reserves', 'Ukraine War']",Gas Is Less Than $4 a Gallon in 11 States. How Much Lower Can It Go?,CNET,"The average price for a gallon of unleaded on Tuesday is less than $4 in 11 states, according to AAA, and within a penny of that threshold in another five. 
The states -- Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas -- are almost all in the South. Texas is offering the cheapest, at an average of $3.83 a gallon.
The nationwide average is considerably higher -- $4.33 a gallon -- but still a healthy distance from the all-time high of $5.02, reached on June 14. ...",center
17541,"As Gas Prices Fall for 7th Straight Week, Many Wonder if Trend Will Last","['Economy And Jobs', 'Energy', 'Fossil Fuels', 'Gas Prices', 'Gas Shortages', 'Oil Reserves', 'Ukraine War']",Gas prices fall for the 7th straight week,NBC Today Show,"Gas prices continue to drop across the country from the historic highs they reached earlier this year.
AAA reports the national average for a gallon of gas on Monday fell to $4.21, down 14 cents since last week. GasBuddy reports the average is even lower, at $4.17.
California still clocked in with the highest average price, $5.60 a gallon, with the average in the Los Angeles area at $5.70 — still 17 cents cheaper than the previous week, AAA reported.
This week marks the seventh week in a row gas prices have fallen since the...",left
17542,John McCain Makes Final Trip to Washington,['Politics'],"'He Was America's Hero': McCain Makes Final Trip to Washington as Nation Remembers His Life, Legacy",CBN,"Senator John McCain has made one last trip to the city where he made such an impact, Washington, DC.",right
17543,John McCain Makes Final Trip to Washington,['Politics'],"Washington says goodbye to McCain, who will lie in state at the Capitol",ABC News (Online),"Senator John McCain will lie in state today in Washington, a day after former Vice President Joe Biden gave an emotional tribute to the six-term Republican from Arizona.",left
17544,John McCain Makes Final Trip to Washington,['Politics'],Nation's capital prepares a hero's welcome for late Senator John McCain,USA TODAY,"The 81-year-old's belief in the need for bipartisanship will be on display at the ceremonies and services, including a full-dress memorial during which the two presidents who vanquished him – Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Barack Obama – will speak.",left
17545,House Speaker Nancy Pelosi May Delay Senate Impeachment Trial,"['Nancy Pelosi', 'Impeachment', 'Impeachment Trial', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'US Senate', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US House', 'Politics']",Pelosi threatens to withhold impeachment articles until Senate guarantees 'fair' trial,Washington Times,"House Democratic leaders on Wednesday said they were not in a rush to hand off impeachment to the Senate, demanding a fair process.
“The question is now whether Senator McConnell will allow a fair trial in the Senate,” House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Adam B. Schiff said. “A trial that should be fair to the president, yes, but should be fair also to the American people.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the next step for the House — naming impeachment managers — cannot occur until they know what...",right
17546,House Speaker Nancy Pelosi May Delay Senate Impeachment Trial,"['Nancy Pelosi', 'Impeachment', 'Impeachment Trial', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'US Senate', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US House', 'Politics']",Pelosi Signals Possible Delay To Senate Impeachment Trial,HuffPost,"Expressing concerns about a potentially unfair trial, the House speaker would not commit to a timeline for sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate.
Expressing concerns about the potential bias of a Senate impeachment trial, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that she would not immediately be transmitting the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate.
“We’re not sending it tonight,” Pelosi told reporters shortly after the House voted to impeach Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
The House leader would...",left
17547,House Speaker Nancy Pelosi May Delay Senate Impeachment Trial,"['Nancy Pelosi', 'Impeachment', 'Impeachment Trial', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'US Senate', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US House', 'Politics']","After House Impeaches Trump, Timing of Next Steps Is Unclear",Wall Street Journal (News),"Pelosi weighs delaying delivery of articles of impeachment to Senate until Republicans set trial rules she considers fair.
The morning after the House voted along party lines to impeach President Trump, it was uncertain when and under what procedures the Senate would conduct his trial.
The House on Wednesday approved abuse-of-power and obstruction-of-Congress articles against Mr. Trump in the wake of his pressing Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a leading 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Nearly all Democrats, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), supported the...",center
17548,"In First Meeting Since Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, Putin and Xi Jinping Reaffirm Ties","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Xi Jinping', 'China', 'CCP', 'Asia', 'Europe', 'North Atlantic Treaty Organization']",Xi and Putin hold first meeting since Ukraine invasion began,Axios,"China's President Xi Jinping met with Russia's leader Vladimir Putin in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit Thursday.
Why it matters: Their first in-person encounter since Russian forces launched their Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine marks a show of diplomatic support for the Russian president after Ukrainian troops forced his forces to retreat from much of Ukraine's northeast, even as Putin acknowledged that Beijing may have ""questions and concerns"" regarding the war.
Xi is aiming to bolster his standing as a geopolitical statesman in...",center
17549,"In First Meeting Since Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, Putin and Xi Jinping Reaffirm Ties","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Xi Jinping', 'China', 'CCP', 'Asia', 'Europe', 'North Atlantic Treaty Organization']",Putin admits China has ‘concerns’ over Ukraine,New York Post (News),"Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday admitted for the first time that Xi Jinping had “concerns” about the situation in Ukraine amid a devastating counter-offensive — but praised China’s leader for his “balanced” approach to the conflict.
Putin made the remarks during his first face-to-face meeting with Xi since the start of the war, which has killed thousands of people and sent food and energy prices soaring throughout the world.
The two leaders met in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on the sidelines of the eight-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a security alliance created as a...",right
17550,"In First Meeting Since Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, Putin and Xi Jinping Reaffirm Ties","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Xi Jinping', 'China', 'CCP', 'Asia', 'Europe', 'North Atlantic Treaty Organization']",Putin thanks China’s Xi for his ‘balanced’ stand on Ukraine,Associated Press,"Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday for his “balanced” approach to the Ukrainian crisis and blasted Washington’s “ugly” policies at a meeting that followed a major setback for Moscow on the battlefield.
Speaking at the start of talks with Xi in Uzbekistan, Putin said he was ready to discuss unspecified “concerns” by China about Ukraine.
“We highly appreciate the well-balanced position of our Chinese friends in connection with the Ukrainian crisis,” Putin said, facing Xi across a long table.
“We understand your questions and your...",left
17551,China Retaliates as US Tariffs Take Effect,['Trade'],US tariffs take effect; China announces retaliation,Washington Times,The United States hiked tariffs on Chinese imports Friday and Beijing announced it was retaliating against American goods in a technology dispute between the world’s two biggest economies that President Donald Trump says he is prepared to escalate.,right
17552,China Retaliates as US Tariffs Take Effect,['Trade'],China retaliates with tariffs after US begins trade war,The Guardian,Chinese State media accuses Trump administration of acting like a ‘bunch of hoodlums’ as tariffs on $34bn in Chinese goods go into effect,left
17553,China Retaliates as US Tariffs Take Effect,['Trade'],Trump launches $34 billion trade war and China 'immediately' fires back,USA TODAY,"The Chinese government said Friday that it ""immediately"" retaliated against increased U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports as President Donald Trump's administration effectively launched a trade war with its most important trading partner.",left
17554,Trump Says Iran is Responsible For Oil Tanker Attack,"['National Defense', 'Donald Trump', 'Iran', 'Defense And Security']",Iran tried to shoot down US Reaper drone that arrived on scene of oil tanker attacks: officials,Fox News (Online News),"Iran fired a missile – but missed – at an American drone on Thursday after the supposed Iranian attack on oil tankers, while another U.S. drone was shot down by Iran-backed rebels in Yemen in recent days.
A senior U.S. official told Fox News that an MQ9 Reaper drone was fired on by the Iranians on Thursday shortly after it arrived at the scene where the MV Altair tanker sent out a distress signal amid the attacks the U.S. says were perpetrated by Iran.",right
17555,Trump Says Iran is Responsible For Oil Tanker Attack,"['National Defense', 'Donald Trump', 'Iran', 'Defense And Security']","'Iran did do it': Trump addresses tanker attacks, points to US military video of removing mine",USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran was responsible for an attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
""Iran did do it,"" he said during a wide-ranging 50-minute interview on Fox News. “It was them that did it.” He also called Iran, ""a nation of terror.""
The president pointed to a video the U.S. military released, Fox News reported, that officials say shows Iran’s Revolutionary Guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the oil tankers targeted near the Strait of Hormuz. The video...",left
17556,Trump Says Iran is Responsible For Oil Tanker Attack,"['National Defense', 'Donald Trump', 'Iran', 'Defense And Security']",Oil Tanker Owner Contradicts White House On Explosive In Mideast Ship Attack,HuffPost,"The company that owns one of the two oil tankers attacked Thursday near the Strait of Hormuz contradicted Trump administration and U.S. military reports linking the incident to an Iranian sea mine.
U.S. Central Command said that the Norwegian-owned MT Front Altair and the Japanese Kokula Courageous were attacked Thursday by a limpet mine, which is attached to ships below the water line. The military released a video that officials claimed showed an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps patrol boat removing an unexploded mine from the 560-foot Courageous.",left
17557,U.S. Lawmakers Cite Shortage in Monkeypox Vaccines,"['Biden Administration', 'CDC', 'Monkeypox', 'Public Health', 'Science', 'WHO']","San Francisco is 'veering towards a public health mess' on monkeypox, lawmaker says",SFGate,"A Bay Area lawmaker is warning that San Francisco is ""veering toward a public health mess"" over monkeypox, citing a Wednesday announcement from the San Francisco Department of Public Health that said the agency is running low on monkeypox vaccines and will shutter its clinic at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital until more supply arrives. 
State Rep. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) said the timing of the vaccine shortage is especially troubling given the disease's growing prevalence in the area. 
""This exhaustion of existing vaccine supply is happening exactly as San Francisco and...",left
17558,U.S. Lawmakers Cite Shortage in Monkeypox Vaccines,"['Biden Administration', 'CDC', 'Monkeypox', 'Public Health', 'Science', 'WHO']",Sen. Burr Calls Biden Admin's Monkeypox Response 'Behind the Curve' in Letter to HHS,Newsmax (News),"Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., said the administration of President Joe Biden was ""falling short"" and ""behind the curve"" in how it is responding to the current monkeypox outbreak in the wake of what the country learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.
""Despite the once in a century pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus, the U.S. response to an existing threat is falling short, failing to develop and issue a research plan to understand the threat and its characteristics, failing to rapidly engage the private sector to develop tests for the virus,...",right
17559,U.S. Lawmakers Cite Shortage in Monkeypox Vaccines,"['Biden Administration', 'CDC', 'Monkeypox', 'Public Health', 'Science', 'WHO']","WHO to convene second emergency meeting to decide if monkeypox is a global health threat as cases rise to 9,200",CNBC,"The World Health Organization said Tuesday that it will convene a second emergency meeting next week to decide if monkeypox poses a global health threat as cases rise to 9,200.
The U.N. agency declined last month to declare a global emergency in response to monkeypox. But as infections have risen substantially over the last several weeks, the organization is expected to consider whether to issue its highest alert when the emergency committee reconvenes next week.
“The emergency committee for monkeypox will reconvene next week and look at trends, how effective the countermeasures...",center
17560,"Trump Supporters at Tampa Rally Heckle CNN's Jim Acosta, Escalating Feud Between White House and Media",['Media Bias'],Trump is leading a ‘hate movement’ against the media,Washington Post,"When the owner of a Virginia restaurant asked the White House press secretary to leave out of dismay over the administration’s policies, the civility refs threw a blizzard of flags onto the field. The refrain was that, no matter how deeply felt our political differences may be, keeping the litigation of those differences civil is essential to preventing our political life from spiraling into dysfunction.",left
17561,"Trump Supporters at Tampa Rally Heckle CNN's Jim Acosta, Escalating Feud Between White House and Media",['Media Bias'],What Jim Acosta and CNN don't understand about the angry crowds at Trump rallies,Washington Times,CNN’s Jim Acosta posted a video to his Twitter account showing the vitriolic hostile greeting he received at President Trump’s rally in Tamp Tuesday evening.,right
17562,"Trump Supporters at Tampa Rally Heckle CNN's Jim Acosta, Escalating Feud Between White House and Media",['Media Bias'],'This isn't our best. It's not who we are': Anthony Scaramucci defends CNN newsman Jim Acosta after Trump supporters heckled him at a rally in Tampa,Insider,"Anthony Scaramucci, the one-time White House communications director for President Donald Trump, went to bat for CNN correspondent Jim Acosta, after a hostile crowd confronted Acosta at a Trump rally on Tuesday.",left
17563,Ukraine Retakes Key Town in Annexed Donetsk Region,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Europe', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Nuclear Arms']",Russian troops forced out of eastern town Lyman,BBC News,"Russia has withdrawn its troops from the strategic Ukrainian town of Lyman, in a move seen as a significant setback for its campaign in the east.
The retreat came amid fears thousands of soldiers would be encircled in the town, Russia's defence ministry said.
Recapturing Lyman is of strategic significance for Ukraine.
The town had been used as a logistics hub by Russia, and could give Ukrainian troops access to more territory in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Video footage shared online showed Ukrainian soldiers waving their national flag on...",center
17564,Ukraine Retakes Key Town in Annexed Donetsk Region,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Europe', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Nuclear Arms']","Russia withdraws troops from Lyman, strategic town in region Putin annexed",Fox News (Online News),"Russia suffered another setback during Ukraine's counteroffensive, confirming it withdrew troops from the eastern town of Lyman, within the newly annexed Donetsk region.
Ukraine’s armed forces on Saturday said they had ""liberated"" five settlements in the Donetsk region and encircled thousands of Russian soldiers.
""Due to the risk to be encircled, the allied forces were withdrawn from Krasny Liman to more advantageous frontiers,"" Russia's Ministry of Defense said Saturday.
""The Russian troops in the area of Lyman are encircled. Yampil, Novoselivka, Shandryholove, Drobysheve, and Stavky settlements are liberated. Stabilization measures...",right
17565,Ukraine Retakes Key Town in Annexed Donetsk Region,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Europe', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Nuclear Arms']",Russia withdraws troops after Ukraine encircles key city,Associated Press,"After being encircled by Ukrainian forces, Russia pulled troops out Saturday from an eastern Ukrainian city that it had been using as a front-line hub. It was the latest victory for the Ukrainian counteroffensive that has humiliated and angered the Kremlin.
Russia’s withdrawal from Lyman complicates its internationally vilified declaration just a day earlier that it had annexed four regions of Ukraine — an area that includes Lyman. Taking the city paves the way for Ukrainian troops to potentially push further into land that Moscow now illegally claims as its...",left
17566,Need to Fix the Debt?,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",The Federal Deficit Is Actually Shrinking,NPR (Online News),The Congressional Budget Office projects the deficit will drop below 4 percent of GDP next year and below 2.5 percent in 2015. Still despite the improvement in the short run the federal government faces long-term deficits mostly tied to health care costs.,left
17567,Need to Fix the Debt?,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Federal Reserve Stands by Stimulus Policies, Blames U.S. Lawmakers For Sluggish Economy",The Blaze,Economic stimulus is here to stay and U.S. lawmakers are to blame for sluggish economic growth the Federal Reserve said in a statement released on Wednesday. Fiscal policy is restraining economic growth the Fed said in reference to recent tax increases and budget cuts passed by Congress and...,right
17568,Need to Fix the Debt?,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Fix The Debt CEOs Bring $1 Billion From Tax Loopholes,HuffPost,WASHINGTON -- Companies in the Fix the Debt coalition which advocates for federal austerity policies qualified for 1 billion or more in tax breaks tied to executive pay packages from 2009 to 2011 according to a new report by the liberal think tanks Institute for Policy Studies and Campaign for Americas Future. The four highest-paid executives at the firms received a total of 6.3 billion in pay over the period according to the report.,left
17569,Biden Picks Miguel Cardona for Education Secretary,"['Education', 'Joe Biden', 'Miguel Cardona', 'Department Of Education', 'Betsy DeVos', 'Biden Transition']",Biden To Pick Connecticut Schools Chief Miguel Cardona As Education Secretary,NPR (Online News),"President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Miguel Cardona, the head of Connecticut's public schools, to be his secretary of education, a source familiar with the decision told NPR's Juana Summers. The source was not authorized to speak publicly because the decision has not been announced.
Cardona became the top education official in Connecticut in 2019 after being an assistant superintendent in the school district in Meriden, Conn., which serves nearly 9,000 students. It's the district Cardona grew up and went to school in, and also where he started his career...",left
17570,Biden Picks Miguel Cardona for Education Secretary,"['Education', 'Joe Biden', 'Miguel Cardona', 'Department Of Education', 'Betsy DeVos', 'Biden Transition']",Biden poised to pick Connecticut schools chief as education secretary,Washington Post,"President-elect Joe Biden is set to nominate the commissioner of public schools in Connecticut as his education secretary, settling on a low-profile candidate who has pushed to reopen schools and is not aligned with either side in education policy battles of recent years, two people familiar with the matter said Monday.
Miguel Cardona was named Connecticut’s top schools official last year and if confirmed will have achieved a meteoric rise, moving from an assistant superintendent in Meriden, Conn., a district with 9,000 students, to secretary of education in less than...",left
17571,Biden Picks Miguel Cardona for Education Secretary,"['Education', 'Joe Biden', 'Miguel Cardona', 'Department Of Education', 'Betsy DeVos', 'Biden Transition']","Miguel Cardona, former elementary school teacher and principal, tapped to be Biden's education secretary: Reports",Washington Examiner,"President-elect Joe Biden is poised to tap Miguel Cardona, Connecticut's top education official, as his choice to head the Department of Education, according to multiple reports. Cardona accepted the position, Axios reported on Tuesday morning.
Cardona, who was named the state’s top schools official last August and its youngest principal at age 28, would have a number of issues thrown his way from day one, mainly getting children back into the classroom. Biden has warned that ""an entire generation is going to lose a year, a year and a half,...",right
17572,Trump Says He Will Eliminate or 'Substantially Reduce' Aid to Central American Countries Over Migrant Caravan,['Immigration'],"Trump asserts migrant caravan headed to US includes 'unknown Middle Easterners,' offers no evidence",ABC News (Online),"As thousands of Central American children, parents, elderly and other adults intent on migrating to the United States awoke from a night sleeping on concrete in far-southern Mexico, President Donald Trump resumed tweeting about the migrant caravan as the fault of Democrats and a danger to the U.S.",left
17573,Trump Says He Will Eliminate or 'Substantially Reduce' Aid to Central American Countries Over Migrant Caravan,['Immigration'],"Migrant caravan overwhelms Mexican authorities, moves on toward U.S.",Washington Times,"The combined efforts of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and the U.S. were not enough to deter thousands of migrants who broke through barricades or swam into Mexico over the weekend",right
17574,Trump Says He Will Eliminate or 'Substantially Reduce' Aid to Central American Countries Over Migrant Caravan,['Immigration'],Trump Threatens to Cut Aid to Central American Nations Over Migrant Caravan,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump on Monday said the U.S. would cut off or “substantially reduce” foreign aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, as a caravan of thousands of Central American",center
17575,Trump Considering Giving Convention Speech From White House,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Elections']",Trump Considering Giving Convention Speech from White House,Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he's considering delivering his Republican convention acceptance speech from the White House in a move that would mark an unprecedented use of public property for partisan political purposes.
Trump also called for the first formal presidential debate, scheduled for Sept. 29, to be moved up on the calendar because early voting will have already begun in some states.
“Well, we're thinking about it,” Trump said when the hosts of Fox News Channel's “Fox & Friends” asked whether he'd deliver a speech accepting his party's...",right
17576,Trump Considering Giving Convention Speech From White House,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Elections']",Trump says he will 'probably' give Republican nomination speech from White House,Reuters,"President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will probably give his Republican presidential nomination speech live from the White House, although the plans have not been confirmed yet.
“We’re thinking about it. We’re thinking about doing it from the White House,” he said in an interview with Fox News. “It’s the easiest alternative.”
Trump cited the security costs of his travel and a convention speech and said holding it at the White House “would be by far the least expensive from the country’s standpoint.”
“I’ll probably do mine live from...",center
17577,Trump Considering Giving Convention Speech From White House,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Elections']",Trump confirms he's considering delivering convention speech from White House,Politico,"President Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed reports that he is considering accepting the Republican Party’s 2020 presidential nomination in a nationally televised address delivered from the White House.
“I’ll probably do mine live from the White House,” Trump told “Fox & Friends” of his nomination acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention later this month, adding that he had not officially settled on a location for the primetime remarks.
“If for some reason somebody had difficulty with it, I would — I could, you know, go someplace else,” Trump said....",left
17578,Biden Signs $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill Into Law,"['Economic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'White House', 'Kamala Harris', 'Jen Psaki', 'US House', 'Sustainability']",Biden spikes political football as he signs massive spending bill into law,Washington Examiner,"President Biden on Thursday signed into a law a $1.9 trillion spending package he claims is needed to give the coronavirus-slowed economy a jolt, a bill Republicans say is too hefty and loaded with wasteful pork.
The measure is one of the largest such packages in American history, and came with warnings from Republicans and some economists that its size might “overheat” the economy. Nevertheless, Biden and top other administration officials took the first in a series of victory laps as they look to sell the already popular measure to...",right
17579,Biden Signs $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill Into Law,"['Economic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'White House', 'Kamala Harris', 'Jen Psaki', 'US House', 'Sustainability']",Biden signs $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill,Axios,"President Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act in the Oval Office on Thursday, one day earlier than originally scheduled.
Why it matters: The enactment of the massive coronavirus relief plan cements Biden's first major legislative victory and comes exactly one year after the pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization.
The big picture: Federal agencies will now face the daunting task of implementing one of the largest economic relief packages in U.S. history, which is projected to lift millions out of poverty in addition to supporting...",center
17580,Biden Signs $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill Into Law,"['Economic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'White House', 'Kamala Harris', 'Jen Psaki', 'US House', 'Sustainability']",President Biden signs $1.9T Covid relief stimulus bill into law,NBC News (Online),"President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package into law Thursday, his first legislative achievement since taking office less than two months ago, a measure to infuse billions into the U.S. economy and bolster funding for vaccines, testing and school reopenings.
The package, which was unanimously opposed by Republicans in Congress, will also provide millions of Americans with $1,400 stimulus checks that are set to go out by the end of the month. The White House is planning a victory lap to mark the achievement with the president,...",left
17581,Nearly 3 Million Americans Filed for Unemployment Benefits Last Week,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Layoffs', 'Federal Reserve', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']","Nearly 3 million Americans file for unemployment, bringing total to over 36 million",ABC News (Online),"A total of 2,981,000 more Americans filed for unemployment insurance last week, bringing the total number of jobless claims filed amid the coronavirus pandemic to more than 36 million, according to the Department of Labor.
Since late March, millions of Americans have lost their jobs as states shuttered their economies to stop the virus's spread. New unemployment filings peaked at a staggering 6.9 million in the week ending March 28. Weekly unemployment filings still remain in the millions even as the number of Americans filing has been slowly decreasing.
To...",left
17582,Nearly 3 Million Americans Filed for Unemployment Benefits Last Week,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Layoffs', 'Federal Reserve', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",Nearly 3 Million Sought Jobless Benefits Last Week,Wall Street Journal (News),"Number seeking jobless aid has subsided since initial layoffs surge but is still at historically high levels
Nearly 3 million workers applied for unemployment benefits last week, bringing the total number of applications in two months of coronavirus-related disruptions to 36.5 million.
The number of Americans seeking jobless aid is still at historically high levels but has subsided since an initial surge in layoffs drove claims up to a weekly peak of nearly 7 million at the end of March.
“The numbers are very high, but they’re stepping down every...",center
17583,Nearly 3 Million Americans Filed for Unemployment Benefits Last Week,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Layoffs', 'Federal Reserve', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']","Fed Warns of Possible Long-Term Recession, 3 Million More File Jobless Claims",CBN,"WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the United States may face a prolonged economic downturn, and new unemployment numbers out Thursday morning seem to reinforce his prediction. The latest stats reveal nearly 3 million more Americans filed for jobless aid –coronavirus-related layoffs now reaching 36 million.
Americans are certainly feeling the pinch and pushing back against lockdown measures.
In Wisconsin, the state Supreme Court struck down the governor's stay-at-home order, ruling his administration overstepped its authority.
And around the country, a growing number of people and...",right
17584,Trump and Kim Exchange Insults,"['North Korea', 'World']",Trump Take To Social Media To Hit Back At 'Short and Fat' Kim Jong-un,Townhall,"North Korea and its nuclear weapons program have plagued the U.S. for years. What to do with all of these missile tests? How do we negotiate? It’s all documented. With President Donald Trump, some people do think that his Twitter and overall personality could make a nuclear exchange more likely. So, as the president finishes the last leg of his Asia trip, he decided to take to Twitter and bash North Korean Kim Jong-un “short and fat.” This came after the Asian dictator called Trump “old.”",right
17585,Trump and Kim Exchange Insults,"['North Korea', 'World']",Trump trades 'short and fat' barb with N Korea's Kim,BBC News,"President Donald Trump has again traded barbs with North Korea, shortly before offering to mediate in a heated regional dispute.",center
17586,Trump and Kim Exchange Insults,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korean insults to U.S. leaders are nothing new — but Trump’s deeply personal reactions are,Washington Post,"In a string of tweets fired off Sunday morning from Hanoi, Vietnam, President Trump responded with sarcastic insults to a recent message from the North Korean government that had referred to him as “old.”",left
17587,Several State Courts Temporarily Block Abortion Bans,"['Abortion', 'State Governments', 'Texas', 'Kentucky', 'Florida', 'Roe V Wade']",Ron DeSantis vows to appeal abortion ban ruling to state supreme court: will 'withstand all legal challenges',Fox News (Online News),"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday announced his intention to appeal a court ruling that would block abortions after 15 weeks. 
The Florida legislature passed the law, known has House Bill 5, and DeSantis signed it in April. The law bans most abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy unless the health of the mother is threatened or unless the baby has a ""fatal fetal abnormality,"" according to the Washington Post. 
Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper announced that he would issue a temporary injunction against the state abortion ban, calling...",right
17588,Several State Courts Temporarily Block Abortion Bans,"['Abortion', 'State Governments', 'Texas', 'Kentucky', 'Florida', 'Roe V Wade']","Texas clinics can temporarily resume abortions, state court rules",The Dallas Morning News,"Texas abortion clinics can temporarily resume abortions up to six weeks of pregnancy, following a ruling from a state court blocking the enforcement of pre-Roe laws banning abortion.
The court granted a temporary restraining order Tuesday in response to a lawsuit filed June 27 by the Center for Reproductive Rights and other groups on behalf of several Texas abortion providers. Another hearing is set for July 12.
All Texas clinics stopped providing abortions on June 24 after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 ruling in a case from Dallas County that established the constitutional right...",center
17589,Several State Courts Temporarily Block Abortion Bans,"['Abortion', 'State Governments', 'Texas', 'Kentucky', 'Florida', 'Roe V Wade']",Kentucky state court blocks two state laws that stopped abortion services after Roe ruling,CNN (Online News),"A Kentucky state court on Thursday halted enforcement of two Kentucky laws passed in 2019 that had stopped abortion services in the state last Friday, after the Supreme Court's ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
The two measures are Kentucky's so-called trigger law and a ""heartbeat"" law restricting abortions at around six weeks of pregnancy.
The court granted a request for a restraining order filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, its Kentucky chapter and Planned Parenthood Great Northwest. A hearing for the temporary injunction has been scheduled for next Wednesday, according to the...",left
17590,"Youtube, Apple, Facebook & Spotify Ban Infowars' Alex Jones",['Technology'],"Apple, Other Tech Firms Remove Links to Infowars Content",Wall Street Journal (News),"Several big technology companies including Apple Inc. and YouTube removed links to content from the controversial far-right website Infowars, deepening the debate over how internet platforms should handle divisive or offensive content.",center
17591,"Youtube, Apple, Facebook & Spotify Ban Infowars' Alex Jones",['Technology'],Why Facebook Shouldn’t Ban Infowars,National Review,"The case for the move might seem self-evident to a certain segment of the left, but it should give the rest of us pause.",right
17592,"Youtube, Apple, Facebook & Spotify Ban Infowars' Alex Jones",['Technology'],YouTube Bans Infowars’ Alex Jones for Spewing Hate Speech,Daily Beast,"The internet’s king of conspiracy theories just lost millions of followers after Google’s sister company pulled the plug. Twitter, however, is open for business.",left
17593,Trump Stands by Tweets Aimed at Four Freshmen Congresswomen,"['Tweets', 'Donald Trump', 'The Squad', 'Race And Racism']",Trump: My tweets 'were NOT Racist',Politico,"President Donald Trump asserted Tuesday that his recent tweets targeting a quartet of progressive congresswomen ""were NOT Racist,"" and urged Republican lawmakers to vote against a House resolution formally condemning the incendiary posts.
""Those Tweets were NOT Racist. I don’t have a Racist bone in my body! The so-called vote to be taken is a Democrat con game. Republicans should not show 'weakness' and fall into their trap,"" the president wrote online. ""This should be a vote on the filthy language, statements and lies told by the Democrat ... Congresswomen,...",left
17594,Trump Stands by Tweets Aimed at Four Freshmen Congresswomen,"['Tweets', 'Donald Trump', 'The Squad', 'Race And Racism']","Trump fires back at Squad, challenges House to ‘rebuke’ them for ‘filthy and hate laced’ language",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump fired back Tuesday at the four freshman congresswomen who denounced his administration and renewed calls for his impeachment at a rare joint press conference, claiming Democrats have given them a ""free pass"" for their ""vile"" language and challenging colleagues to rebuke them.
House Democrats, in fact, are planning to formally rebuke Trump for weekend tweets urging those same lawmakers to ""go back"" to where they came from -- though all but one of them was born in America. But the president, while refusing to back down from his...",right
17595,Trump Stands by Tweets Aimed at Four Freshmen Congresswomen,"['Tweets', 'Donald Trump', 'The Squad', 'Race And Racism']",Trump: I don't have a racist bone in my body,The Hill,"President Trump on Tuesday insisted he is not a racist amid sustained criticism of his attacks on four minority, progressive Democratic congresswomen.
The president’s latest defense of his tweets telling the lawmakers to “go back” to their home countries, even though they are all U.S. citizens, came hours before the House is set to vote on a resolution condemning them as racist.
“Those Tweets were NOT Racist. I don’t have a Racist bone in my body!” Trump tweeted.
Trump condemned the “so-called vote” on the resolution as a “Democrat con...",center
17596,GOP Indiana Primary,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Who's winning Indiana? It's anybody's guess,Politico,"Donald Trump has a big double-digit lead in the polls. Or Ted Cruz might be within striking distance of the GOP front-runner.
As Indiana prepares to vote Tuesday, no one really knows.
With only seven public telephone surveys in Indiana in the past month, the state hasn’t seen the same attention as other major prima",left
17597,GOP Indiana Primary,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump Hopes To Land Decisive Blow In Indiana Showdown With Cruz,HuffPost,"New York billionaire Donald Trump hopes that Indiana‘s nominating contest on Tuesday will make him unstoppable in what originally had seemed to many a quixotic quest for the Republican presidential nomination.
The famously blunt-spoken real estate mogul holds a double-digit polling lead over U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, who has been campaigning in the Midwestern state almost non-stop since mid-April. Cruz has trumpeted Indiana, one of the last big states left in the fight to get onto the November ballot, as his golden moment to force a brokered nomination...",left
17598,GOP Indiana Primary,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ted Cruz Desperately Seeks to Stop Donald Trump in Indiana,Newsmax (News),"Republican Ted Cruz faces a high-stakes test for his slumping presidential campaign in Tuesday's Indiana primary, one of the last opportunities for the Texas senator to halt Donald Trump's stunning march toward the GOP nomination.",right
17599,Biden Calls for LA City Council Members to Resign Over Racist Remarks,"['Joe Biden', 'Los Angeles', 'City Council', 'Race And Racism', 'Democratic Party', 'Redistricting']","After racist leaked recording, Los Angeles City Council president takes leave; Biden calls for resignations",USA TODAY,"Leaked audio of a conversation between some of Los Angeles' top political players that included racist remarks has cascaded into multiple resignations that came to a head during a rowdy – and at times chaotic – city council meeting Wednesday. 
The audio sent shockwaves through the city, which is known as a liberal hub with trendsetting progressive policies, and across the nation — even reaching the White House. At a press conference Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said President Joe Biden believes all those heard on the leaked audio should resign and be held accountable for their actions and...",left
17600,Biden Calls for LA City Council Members to Resign Over Racist Remarks,"['Joe Biden', 'Los Angeles', 'City Council', 'Race And Racism', 'Democratic Party', 'Redistricting']",Biden Presses L.A. Council Members to Quit Amid Backlash from Leaked Audio,Newsweek,"President Joe Biden said he believes that Democrat and former Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez should resign from city council following a leaked audio recording where the councilwoman made racist remarks about a colleague's son.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Tuesday during a press briefing that the president has been following the situation in Los Angeles and that he was glad that ""one of the participants in that conversation has resigned, but they all should.""
""The language that was used and tolerated during that...",center
17601,Biden Calls for LA City Council Members to Resign Over Racist Remarks,"['Joe Biden', 'Los Angeles', 'City Council', 'Race And Racism', 'Democratic Party', 'Redistricting']",Biden calls for LA City Council members caught on tape making racist remarks to step down,New York Post (News),"President Biden has called on embattled Los Angeles Councilwoman Nury Martinez and other council members present when she made racist remarks to step down, the White House said.
Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden believes “they all should” resign in light of the Martinez’s comments where she called a colleague’s young black son “that little monkey” in Spanish.
“Look, the president is glad to see that one of the participants in that conversation has resigned,” Jean-Pierre said during a press briefing Tuesday, following the resignation of city labor chief Ron...",right
17602,"OPEC+ Cuts Oil Output, Biden Releases More Reserves to Counter Impact on Gas Prices","['Energy', 'World', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Trade', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices', 'OPEC', 'Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Strategic Petroleum Reserve', 'Transportation', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Russia']",Russia and Saudi Arabia agree to massive cuts to oil output. Here's why it matters,NPR (Online News),"The OPEC+ alliance announced a 2 million barrels a day cut in oil production Wednesday — an amount that could drive oil and gas prices back up after weeks on a downward trend.
The meeting of the 24 OPEC+ oil-producing countries, including Russia, comes at a time when much of the world is already battling soaring energy costs. A supply cut will also exacerbate tensions between Saudi Arabia and the U.S., where President Biden has been trying to rein in prices at the gas pump ahead of the midterm elections.
The White...",left
17603,"OPEC+ Cuts Oil Output, Biden Releases More Reserves to Counter Impact on Gas Prices","['Energy', 'World', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Trade', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices', 'OPEC', 'Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Strategic Petroleum Reserve', 'Transportation', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Russia']","OPEC+ to cut oil production by 2 million barrels per day to shore up prices, defying U.S. pressure",CNBC,"A group of some of the world’s most powerful oil producers on Wednesday agreed to impose deep output cuts, seeking to spur a recovery in crude prices despite calls from the U.S. to pump more to help the global economy.
OPEC and non-OPEC allies, a group often referred to as OPEC+, decided at their first face-to-face gathering in Vienna since 2020 to reduce production by 2 million barrels per day from November.
Energy market participants had expected OPEC+, which includes Saudi Arabia and Russia, to impose output cuts of somewhere...",center
17604,"OPEC+ Cuts Oil Output, Biden Releases More Reserves to Counter Impact on Gas Prices","['Energy', 'World', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Trade', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices', 'OPEC', 'Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Strategic Petroleum Reserve', 'Transportation', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Russia']",OPEC and Russia vote to slash oil output as they ignore Biden’s pleas,New York Post (News),"The Biden administration’s scramble to avoid another surge in US gas prices took a major hit Wednesday after OPEC and Russia approved a significant cut in oil production.
Oil jumped to $87 on Wednesday after the OPEC+, a group of oil-producing nations that includes Russia, slashed output limits by 2 million barrels per day. The cut would mark the largest drop in OPEC+ oil production since 2020 and add additional pressure to global energy markets already reeling from the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Bloomberg reported.
The cuts were approved even after the Biden...",right
17605,House Dems to Investigate Whether Trump Lied to Mueller,"['US Congress', 'White House', 'Justice', 'Impeachment', 'Robert Mueller', 'Politics']",Dems looking at Trump's possible Mueller obstruction in impeachment inquiry,The Hill,"Democrats are looking into President Trump’s potential obstruction of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe as part of the impeachment inquiry, a House Judiciary Committee counsel told a panel of federal circuit court judges on Monday.
House Democrats have repeatedly pushed for the release of grand jury documents stemming from Mueller’s probe into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, citing an “urgent need.”
Judge Thomas Griffith, a George W. Bush appointee, questioned the continued relevance of the Mueller grand jury testimony and exhibits, given press reports that Democrats are...",center
17606,House Dems to Investigate Whether Trump Lied to Mueller,"['US Congress', 'White House', 'Justice', 'Impeachment', 'Robert Mueller', 'Politics']",House investigating whether Trump lied to Mueller,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN)The House of Representatives is now investigating whether President Donald Trump lied to special counsel Robert Mueller in written answers he provided in the Russia investigation, the House's general counsel said in federal court Monday.
""Did the President lie? Was the President not truthful in his responses to the Mueller investigation?"" House general counsel Douglas Letter told the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit about why the House now needs access to grand jury material Mueller collected in his investigation.",left
17607,House Dems to Investigate Whether Trump Lied to Mueller,"['US Congress', 'White House', 'Justice', 'Impeachment', 'Robert Mueller', 'Politics']",House Democrats probe whether Trump lied to Mueller: Report,Washington Times,"House Democrats are investigating whether President Trump lied to special counsel Robert Mueller, according to CNN.
The House chamber’s general counsel told a federal court Monday they are probing whether Mr. Trump was dishonest to the special counsel in his written answers that were handed over during the investigation into alleged Russian collusion during the 2016 presidential campaign and election interference.
“Did the President lie? Was the President not truthful in his responses to the Mueller investigation?” Douglas Letter, the House general counsel, reportedly said.",right
17608,New Iran sanctions not likely while talks continue,['Middle East'],"New Iran sanctions not likely while nuclear talks still in progress, key senators say",Washington Post,Decision removes potential obstacle to a deal on nuclear dispute - some still pushing for pressure on Tehran.,left
17609,New Iran sanctions not likely while talks continue,['Middle East'],"As more Iran talks loom, Obama presses senators to hold off on new sanctions (+video)",Christian Science Monitor,President Obama talked to a bipartisan group of senators Tuesday about the potential interim deal with Iran.,center
17610,Perspectives on MLK Day 2020,"['Martin Luther King Jr.', 'MLK Day', 'Black America', 'Holidays', 'General News']","A Day of Service to Honor Martin Luther King Jr., in Photos",Wall Street Journal (News),"In 1994, eight years after Americans celebrated the first Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Congress made the annual federal holiday more than just a break from work. The holiday officially became a national day of service. “A day on, not a day off” is the official motto.
Congress tasked the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency that helps lead service, volunteering and grant-making efforts, with making the day of service a reality.
Each year, the agency and the King Center in Atlanta join nonprofit organizations, other government...",center
17611,Perspectives on MLK Day 2020,"['Martin Luther King Jr.', 'MLK Day', 'Black America', 'Holidays', 'General News']",Why The March For Life Represents MLK’s Legacy Better Than The Women’s March Does,The Federalist,"Martin Luther King Jr.’s oldest son and daughter-in-law spoke at the 2020 D.C. Women’s March, which took place during the MLK holiday weekend. However, Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy will be better honored at the March for Life than at the Women’s March.
Andrea Waters King said, “Each of us is made by our creator…[and we must] respect the dignity and worth of every man, woman and child.” Ironically, she said these words in front of a crowd that held countless pro-abortion signs, from “Safe abortion is a human right”...",right
17612,Perspectives on MLK Day 2020,"['Martin Luther King Jr.', 'MLK Day', 'Black America', 'Holidays', 'General News']",MLK Day 2020: Defining the Next Narrative for Black America,The Root,"It’s time for black leaders to end our Stepin Fetchit approach to racial equity. Overemphasizing our failings has unified friend and foe in defining black people by poverty, pathology, and problems. While we’ll never ignore those conditions, they have never defined us.
The next narrative for black America must more accurately define us by our aspirations and contributions before noting our challenges so that our fundamental importance to the world is properly understood.
Fact is, Black America has championed “liberty and justice for all” even more than the Founding Fathers....",left
17613,China Central Bank Slows Yuan Descent,['China'],China Central Bank: No Reason for Yuan to Fall Further,Fox News (Online News),"China's central bank said on Thursday there was no reason for the yuan to fall further given the country's strong economic fundamentals, in a bid to reassure jittery global markets after it devalued the currency earlier in the week.",right
17614,China Central Bank Slows Yuan Descent,['China'],China Seeks to Calm Markets as It Devalues Currency for 3rd Consecutive Day,New York Times (News),"China on Thursday sought to calm fears that the country’s depreciating currency had set off, as authorities defended the devaluation decision.",left
17615,China Central Bank Slows Yuan Descent,['China'],China’s Central Bank Defends Handling of Yuan Plunge,Wall Street Journal (News),"Chinese central bank officials on Thursday offered a rare public defense after this week’s unexpected devaluation, saying the yuan will stabilize and eventually resume its climb.",center
17616,Biden's Reversal of Mask Mandate Plan Draws Skewed Coverage,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'US Constitution', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Media Bias']","Biden Flip-Flops After Admitting National Mask Mandate Plan Is Unconstitutional, Now Says He Won’t Do It",The Daily Wire,"Joe Biden wants every American to wear a mask — and if he wins the White House, he has vowed to mandate mandatory masks for all.
“Every single American should be wearing a mask when they’re outside for the next three months at a minimum — every governor should mandate mandatory mask wearing. The estimates by the experts are that it will save over 40,000 lives in the next three months. Forty thousand lives, if people act responsibly,” Biden said last month. “Let’s institute a mask mandate nationwide starting immediately,...",right
17617,Biden's Reversal of Mask Mandate Plan Draws Skewed Coverage,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'US Constitution', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Media Bias']",Kamala Harris walks back Biden's call for a nationwide mandate to wear a mask,Insider,"Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, walked back Joe Biden's promise for a nationwide mandate to wear a mask, saying the Biden administration will instead enforce a standard of mask-wearing.
Last month, Biden vowed that, if elected, his administration would institute and push for a mask mandate.
""We'll have a national mandate to wear a mask — not as a burden, but to protect each other,"" Biden said during the final night of the Democratic National Convention. ""It's a patriotic duty.""
As Business Insider's Aria Bendix reported, Biden's...",left
17618,Biden's Reversal of Mask Mandate Plan Draws Skewed Coverage,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'US Constitution', 'Joe Biden', '2020 Election', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Media Bias']",Joe Biden finally finds copy of Constitution on mask mandates,Washington Times,"Add this to the list of Reasons Not To Vote For Joe Biden: He no longer thinks a national mask mandate would be a good idea. It’s not that he thinks national mask mandates are wrong. It’s that he ever thought national mask mandates could ever fly in the first place.
It’s that it took him oh-so-long to see the light on this — on what should actually be a Constitution No-Duh.
Why’d it take the former vice president so long to reach this (obvious) conclusion?
When Biden said in...",right
17619,#NeverTrump Still Alive,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Here’s the Best Way to Stop Trump—and Save Republicans in the Senate and House,Daily Beast,"Conservatives and the Never Trump movement are discouraged and rightfully so. Despite 60 percent of Republicans voting against Donald Trump this primary season, he is now the presumptive GOP nominee. A plurality of the voters have essentially allowed a stranger in our house.",left
17620,#NeverTrump Still Alive,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The #NeverTrump Movement Is Not Ready To Surrender,HuffPost,"So, that happened. With his primary opponents dispatched and establishment Republicans being wooed in earnest, Donald Trump believes himself to be on the glide path to unifying the Republican Party. But not so fast: the rebel movement of distressed and despairing Republicans who have emerged under the hashtag-cum-banner #NeverTrump has not given up the fight to keep the ranting rawhide chew from reaching the Oval Office. This week, Republican consultant Liz Mair, who’s been an outspoken leader of the Never Trumpers, joins the podcast to tell us what they plan...",left
17621,#NeverTrump Still Alive,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","#NeverTrump, #NeverHillary: Let’s Talk.",The Blaze,"If you’ve read my work for any length of time, you know by now how much I love movies (see here, here and here), and how much they tend to make their way into my illustrations.
So, unsurprisingly, I want you to think about another scene from yet another movie.
It’s “Hook,” where the late, great Robin Williams plays Peter Banning, a workaholic businessman who discovers th",right
17622,Boris Johnson Will Not Be Prime Minister,"['Europe', 'World']",Michael Gove and Theresa May head five-way Conservative race,BBC News,"Mr Gove was a surprise addition to the race, having been expected to back Boris Johnson, who shocked the political world by ruling himself out.",center
17623,Boris Johnson Will Not Be Prime Minister,"['Europe', 'World']",Boris Johnson won't run for leadership of Conservative Party,Fox News (Online News),The race to become Britain's next prime minister took a dramatic last-minute turn with former London Mayor Boris Johnson -- considered a front-runner -- ruling himself out of the race after the defection of a key ally on Thursday.,right
17624,Boris Johnson Will Not Be Prime Minister,"['Europe', 'World']",Boris Johnson rules himself out of Tory leadership race,The Guardian,"Boris Johnson has unexpectedly ruled himself out of the Conservative leadership race, hours after his key ally Michael Gove announced a challenge for the top job on a turbulent morning.",left
17625,Senator Ayotte On Defense Over Gun Vote,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Daughter of Newtown victim confronts senator,CNN (Online News),"When Sen. Kelly Ayotte was defending her vote on a recent gun control proposal,she was confronted by the daughter of a victim in the Newtown, Connecticut elementary school massacre.",left
17626,Senator Ayotte On Defense Over Gun Vote,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Kelly Ayotte on defense over gun vote,Politico,"Sen. Kelly Ayotte's town hall meeting ended with scant discussion of gun control, an issue that consumed Washington for much of the past month. Pro-gun control activists who attended the meeting were incensed.",left
17627,Senator Ayotte On Defense Over Gun Vote,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Daughter of Newtown Victim Confronts GOP Senator for Voting Against Gun Control Bill,The Blaze,"During a town hall event in Warren N.H. on Tuesday, the daughter of slain Sandy Hook Elementary School principal Dawn Hochsprung went after Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) for voting against expanding background checks on all firearms sales.",right
17628,Did Police Respond Appropriately to the Uvalde Shooting?,"['Violence In America', 'Police', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Criminal Justice', 'Local Governments', 'Schools', 'Mass Shootings', 'Crime', 'CBP', 'DHS']",Texas Police Couldn't Stop Salvador Ramos Before Uvalde School Shooting,Newsweek,"Child killer Salvador Ramos was involved in a shootout with authorities before he entered the school to begin his massacre, but they were unable to stop his rampage, an official revealed.
Despite coming under fire by officers as he approached Robb Elementary School, Ramos—who was wearing body armor—managed to continue on his path into the building, where he killed 19 children and two adults on Tuesday morning.
The 18-year-old was armed with a handgun, an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, and high-capacity magazines, investigators said after the attack in Uvalde, Texas.",center
17629,Did Police Respond Appropriately to the Uvalde Shooting?,"['Violence In America', 'Police', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Criminal Justice', 'Local Governments', 'Schools', 'Mass Shootings', 'Crime', 'CBP', 'DHS']","Authorities took an hour to stop Uvalde gunman, raising questions about law enforcement response",The Texas Tribune,"A gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a South Texas elementary school walked unopposed onto school grounds, state law enforcement officials said Thursday — and once he was inside, it took police an hour to stop him.
In the days after the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety said the shooter encountered a police officer employed by the school district before charging through a back door.",left
17630,Did Police Respond Appropriately to the Uvalde Shooting?,"['Violence In America', 'Police', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Criminal Justice', 'Local Governments', 'Schools', 'Mass Shootings', 'Crime', 'CBP', 'DHS']",Police waited to enter Texas school as shooter went on killing spree: witness,New York Post (News),"The teenage madman who slaughtered 19 kids and two teachers in a Texas school spent more than 40 minutes inside as witnesses desperately urged police to charge into the building, it was ­revealed Wednesday.
Salvador Ramos barricaded himself inside the classroom before opening fire on students and teachers inside. Border Patrol agents finally breached the door about 40 minutes to an hour later when a staff member gave them a key.",right
17631,Don Jr. Appears on Hannity,['Media Bias'],"Hannity Opens Trump Jr. Interview With Attack On ‘Overpaid, Lazy’ Media",HuffPost,The Fox News host also singled out MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough.,left
17632,Don Jr. Appears on Hannity,['Media Bias'],"Donald Trump Jr. on Russia meeting: 'In retrospect, I probably would have done things a little differently'",USA TODAY,"Hours after Donald Trump Jr. stunned the political world with emails about his meeting with a Russian lawyer he believed had damaging information about Hillary Clinton, the president's son said Tuesday he should have handled things differently, but denied any ill intent.",left
17633,Don Jr. Appears on Hannity,['Media Bias'],Donald Trump Jr. shakes off Russian meeting controversy: 'I think it's a little bit ridiculous',Washington Examiner,"President Trump's eldest son brushed off controversy on Tuesday over his meeting with a Russian lawyer last year, arguing the media has worked to exaggerate the revelation that he sought damaging information from a source he believed to be connected to the Kremlin.",right
17634,Trump Campaign Overhaul,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Donald Trump, in Shake-Up, Hires Breitbart Executive for Top Campaign Post",New York Times (News),"Donald J. Trump has shaken up his presidential campaign for the second time in two months, hiring a top executive from the conservative website Breitbart News and promoting a senior adviser in an effort to right his faltering campaign.",left
17635,Trump Campaign Overhaul,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump shakes up campaign with new manager, chief exec",Fox News (Online News),Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has shaken up his campaign once again as recent polls suggest that he is losing to Hillary Clinton in several key battleground states.,right
17636,Trump Campaign Overhaul,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump campaign undergoes major overhaul,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump's campaign is undergoing a major staff shake-up with less than three months to Election Day, adding two officials to top posts overseeing his struggling campaign and signaling a shift in campaign leadership toward a more aggressive style willing to go scorched earth in order to win.",left
17637,Options for US Military Effort in Syria,['Middle East'],Pentagon Lays Out Options for U.S. Military Effort in Syria,New York Times (News),"For the first time, the Pentagon provided explicit details to Congress about the logistics costs and risks of options for intervening in Syrias two-and-a-half-year-old war.",left
17638,Options for US Military Effort in Syria,['Middle East'],Obama to move forward with plan to arm Syrian rebels,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama is in a position to move forward with a plan to arm Syrian rebels, an official said, after concerns raised by Congress were resolved.",left
17639,Options for US Military Effort in Syria,['Middle East'],"Dempsey outlines Syria options, including deployment of thousands of ground forces",Fox News (Online News),The House Intelligence Committee signed off Monday on the Obama administration's call to arm the Syrian opposition while continuing to voice serious reservations about a policy they'd held up for weeks.,right
17640,"US Economy Added 678,000 Jobs in Strong February","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment']","February jobs rose a surprisingly strong 678,000, unemployment edged lower while wages were flat",CNBC,"Job growth accelerated in February, posting its biggest monthly gain since July as the employment picture got closer to its pre-pandemic self.
Nonfarm payrolls for the month grew by 678,000 and the unemployment rate was 3.8%, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
That compared to estimates of 440,000 for payrolls and 3.9% for the jobless rate.
In a sign that inflation could be cooling, wages barely rose for the month, up just 1 cent an hour or 0.03%, compared to estimates for a 0.5% gain. The year-over-year...",center
17641,"US Economy Added 678,000 Jobs in Strong February","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment']",US adds 678K jobs in February as businesses recover from Omicron surge,New York Post (News),"US employers added 678,000 jobs in February, far more than economists expected – in a sign that businesses are returning to normal operations as COVID-19 case totals drop following the Omicron variant surge.
The US unemployment rate was 3.8%, down from 4.0% in January, according to the latest data from the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Economists had expected the latest jobs report to show the US economy added 440,000 jobs in February, according to Dow Jones estimates. The national unemployment rate was expected to fall slightly to 3.9%....",right
17642,"US Economy Added 678,000 Jobs in Strong February","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment']","The U.S. added 678,000 jobs in February. It's another sign of a hot labor market",NPR (Online News),"Hiring accelerated sharply last month as U.S. employers added 678,000 jobs, the largest gain since last July, as a resilient economy continues its recovery from the stubborn coronavirus pandemic.
The unemployment rate fell to 3.8% last month, from 4% in January. Job gains for December and January were also revised up by a total of 92,000 jobs.
The health outlook has improved significantly since a winter wave of infections tied to the omicron variant.
Job gains in February were widespread, with bars and restaurants adding 124,000 jobs, construction companies adding...",left
17643,White House Rejects GOP Fiscal Cliff Plan,[],GOP Fiscal Cliff Plan Echoes Failed Budget Talks,HuffPost,Republicans are proposing a fiscal cliff plan that revives ideas from failed budget talks with President Obama.,left
17644,White House Rejects GOP Fiscal Cliff Plan,[],"Dems resist GOP counter-offer to avert fiscal crisis, as Pelosi tries to force vote on tax bill",Fox News (Online News),Democratic leaders are giving the cold shoulder to Republicans' counter-offer in fiscal crisis talks.,right
17645,White House Rejects GOP Fiscal Cliff Plan,[],"House GOP offers plan to avoid fiscal cliff, but White House says no",CNN (Online News),"House Republicans offered their own proposal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, but it was quickly rebuffed.",left
17646,"Jobless Claims Drop to 712,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Shutdown']","U.S. Jobless Claims Drop, Offering Ray of Hope for Labor Market",Bloomberg,"Applications for U.S. state unemployment benefits fell by the most in almost two months, offering some hope that the gradual recovery in the job market will continue despite a spike in Covid-19 infections and renewed business restrictions.
Initial jobless claims in regular state programs decreased by 75,000 to 712,000 in the week ended Nov. 28, the first drop in three weeks, Labor Department data showed Thursday. Without adjustments for seasonal fluctuations, applications dropped by about 122,000 during the period.
Continuing claims -- the total pool of Americans on state unemployment...",left
17647,"Jobless Claims Drop to 712,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Shutdown']",U.S. Unemployment Claims Fell Last Week After Recent Rise,Wall Street Journal (News),"Weekly initial claims fell by 75,000 after two consecutive increases as economy continues to recover from spring coronavirus shutdowns
New applications for unemployment benefits fell last week after a recent jump, an indication that layoffs are easing but remain high as the labor market continues to recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and related restrictions.
Weekly initial claims for jobless benefits, a proxy for layoffs, fell by 75,000 to a seasonally adjusted 712,000 in the week ended Nov. 28, the Labor Department said Thursday. That follows two consecutive...",center
17648,"Jobless Claims Drop to 712,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Shutdown']","U.S. jobless claims remain high at 712,000 as coronavirus escalates",Washington Times,"The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to a still-high 712,000, the latest sign that the U.S. economy and job market remain under stress from the intensified viral outbreak.
Thursday’s report from the Labor Department said that initial claims for jobless aid dropped from 787,000 the week before. Before the virus paralyzed the economy in March, the number of people applying for unemployment benefits each week had typically amounted to roughly 225,000. The chronically high pace of applications shows that nearly nine months after the pandemic...",right
17649,Low Enrollment Numbers for ACA,['Healthcare'],Internal notes show paltry initial enrollment in Obamacare,CNN (Online News),Six people. That's how many Americans had successfully enrolled in the federal health care exchange by the morning of October 2.,left
17650,Low Enrollment Numbers for ACA,['Healthcare'],Document Shows Low Obamacare Enrollment In First Days,HuffPost,"Enrollment in health insurance plans on the troubled Obamacare website was very small in the first couple of days of operation, with just 248 Americans signing up according to documents released on Thursday by a U.S. House of Representatives committee.",left
17651,Low Enrollment Numbers for ACA,['Healthcare'],Internal notes indicate only 6 people signed up for ObamaCare on first day,Fox News (Online News),Ed Henry reported on The Kelly File Thursday that the documents released by committee Chairman Rep. Issa showed that only 6 people signed up for Obamacare on the first day.,right
17652,Kamala Harris's 'Equity' Remark About Hurricane Ian Aid Sparks Criticism,"['Environment', 'Disaster', 'FEMA', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Kamala Harris', 'Race And Racism']",FEMA administrator says agency will support ‘everybody’ after Republicans attack Harris equity remark,The Hill,"Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell on Sunday responded to Republicans criticizing Vice President Harris for a remark she made stressing equity in the administration’s response to climate change.
On Friday, Priyanka Chopra Jonas asked Harris at a Democratic National Committee event about the Biden administration’s goals as a global influencer on climate policy when it comes to poorer countries.
“It is our lowest-income communities and our communities of color that are most impacted by these extreme conditions and impacted by issues that are not of their own making,” Harris said. “And...",center
17653,Kamala Harris's 'Equity' Remark About Hurricane Ian Aid Sparks Criticism,"['Environment', 'Disaster', 'FEMA', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Kamala Harris', 'Race And Racism']",FEMA Administrator Assures ‘All Communities’ Will Get Hurricane Ian Relief Following Harris’ ‘Equity’ Comments,Mediaite,"FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell assured that everybody affected by Hurricane Ian will receive relief after Vice President Kamala Harris said that relief efforts should focus on “giving resources based on equity” to “communities of color.”
“It is our lowest-income communities and our communities of color that are most impacted by these extreme conditions and impacted by issues that are not of their own making,” Harris told actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas at a Democratic National Committee event on Friday.
“And so we have to address this in a way that is about giving resources based on equity, understanding that we...",left
17654,Kamala Harris's 'Equity' Remark About Hurricane Ian Aid Sparks Criticism,"['Environment', 'Disaster', 'FEMA', 'Hurricane Ian', 'Kamala Harris', 'Race And Racism']",VP Harris slammed for saying Hurricane Ian aid will be ‘based on equity’,New York Post (News),"Vice President Harris came in for a torrent of criticism after telling an audience that “communities of color” would be first in line for relief in the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Ian.
“We have to address this in a way that is about giving resources based on equity, understanding that we fight for equality, but we also need to fight for equity,” she said during a discussion with Priyanka Chopra at the Democratic National Committee’s Women’s Leadership Forum on Friday.
“If we want people to be in an equal place sometimes...",right
17655,US Air Strikes Hit Iran-backed Militias in Syria and Iraq,"['National Security', 'Syria', 'Iraq', 'Iran', 'Middle East', 'Defense And Security']",U.S. Airstrikes Target Iran-Backed Militia Sites In Iraq And Syria,NPR (Online News),"The U.S. military conducted airstrikes Sunday on three targets in Syria and Iraq that the Pentagon said were used by Iranian-backed militias in the area.
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said in a statement Sunday that the selected targets were weapons storage and operational facilities used by the militias to mount unmanned aerial vehicle attacks against U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq.
Several Iran-backed militia groups, including Kata'ib Hezbollah (KH) and Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS), used these particular storage facilities, Kirby said.
""As demonstrated by this evening's strikes, President Biden has been...",left
17656,US Air Strikes Hit Iran-backed Militias in Syria and Iraq,"['National Security', 'Syria', 'Iraq', 'Iran', 'Middle East', 'Defense And Security']",Biden’s airstrikes seen as message to Iran while administration tries to revive nuke deal,Fox News (Online News),"President Biden’s decision to order airstrikes targeting facilities near the Iraq-Syria border that have been used by Iran-backed militia groups was a clear warning to Tehran while the administration continues to negotiate to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.
Lawrence J. Korb, the senior fellow at American Progress Action Fund and a former assistant secretary of defense, said in an interview that the airstrikes—carried out by fighter-bombers—were essentially Biden ""serving notice"" to Tehran.
""The first time he used military force was about a month after he was inaugurated,"" Korb told Al Jazeera. ""I think it was no...",right
17657,US Air Strikes Hit Iran-backed Militias in Syria and Iraq,"['National Security', 'Syria', 'Iraq', 'Iran', 'Middle East', 'Defense And Security']",U.S. airstrikes hit Iranian-linked militias in Iraq and Syria,CBS News (Online),"The U.S. military on Sunday conducted airstrikes on facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region, drawing vows of retaliation from the militants and protests of a ""blatant and unacceptable violation of Iraqi sovereignty"" from the country's military. The targets were facilities Iran-backed militias have used in unmanned aerial vehicle or drone attacks against U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq, according to a statement from Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby. 
""Given the ongoing series of attacks by Iran-backed groups targeting U.S. interests in Iraq, the President directed further military action to...",left
17658,Romney Tweaks Campaign Strategy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why it’s time for Moderate Mitt,Washington Post,"In a speech Wednesday night at the University of Miami, Moderate Mitt Romney reared his head.",left
17659,Romney Tweaks Campaign Strategy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney pivots after controversies distract campaign,CNN (Online News),Republican challenger Mitt Romney tweaked his campaign strategy twice this week in an attempt to refocus the election debate on President Barack Obama's record after controversial remarks that brought criticism from both his Democratic opponent and some GOP colleagues.,left
17660,Romney Tweaks Campaign Strategy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney tries to seize mantle of change,Washington Times,WASHINGTON (AP) — Now its Mitt Romney who wants to be the candidate of change.,right
17661,Benghazi Panel Focus Accusation,['Politics'],Ex-staffer: Benghazi committee pursuing 'partisan investigation' targeting Hillary Clinton,CNN (Online News),"A former investigator with the House Select Committee on Benghazi is accusing the Republican-led panel of carrying out a politically motivated investigation targeting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton instead of the thorough and objective fact-finding mission it was set up to pursue.
Maj. Bradley Podliska, an intelligence officer in the Air Force Reserve who describes himself as a conservative Republican, told CNN that the committee trained its sights almost exclusively on Clinton after the revelation last March that she used a private email server during her tenure as secretary...",left
17662,Benghazi Panel Focus Accusation,['Politics'],Head of Benghazi committee rejects claims by fired staffer,Washington Post,"The chairman of the House committee on Benghazi struck back Sunday morning at a fired staffer who is accusing the panel of engaging in a partisan probe to tarnish Hillary Rodham Clinton, with the lawmaker saying that the claims appear newly manufactured and that the staffer himself appeared obsessed with the presidential candidate.
Chairman Trey Gowdy, in his first public statement on the controversy, said committee investigator Bradley Podliska never mentioned any concern about Clinton or politics while fighting his dismissal from the committee staff this fall. In his formal...",left
17663,Benghazi Panel Focus Accusation,['Politics'],Ex-Benghazi Panel Investigator: Focus Shifted From Tragedy to Hillary,Newsmax (News),"A former investigator for the Select Committee on Benghazi says the probe he alleges now is partisan didn't start out that way.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy had a ""slip of the tongue"" when he told Fox News that the committee's work is hurting Democrat Hillary Clinton in the presidential polls.
""His reasoning was wrong,"" Air Force Reserve Maj. Bradley Podliska, an intelligence officer, told CNN's ""State of the Union"" in an interview aired Sunday. ""I honestly do not believe this investigation was set up to go after Hillary....",right
17664,Happy Memorial Day,"['Holidays', 'General News']","Memorial Day losing its meaning, vets groups and families lament",CBS News (Online),"ANNVILLE, Pa. -- Allison Jaslow heard it more than once as the long holiday weekend approached -- a cheerful ""Happy Memorial Day!"" from oblivious well-wishers.",left
17665,Happy Memorial Day,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Don't Say 'Thank You For Your Service' This Monday,NPR (Online News),"""I hope you're having a meaningful day."" That might be one of the better things to say to a veteran this Monday. You should probably avoid the common refrain, ""Thank you for your service,"" according to someone who should know.",left
17666,Happy Memorial Day,"['Holidays', 'General News']",What The Origins Of Memorial Day Can Teach Americans About Getting Along,The Federalist,"For many Americans, Memorial Day is nothing more than a cookout. But it began as a way to honor those who died in the Civil War, and heal a broken country.",right
17667,NPR Report on Donald Trump Jr. Draws Scrutiny,['Russia'],Trump Jr.'s 2017 Testimony Conflicts With Cohen's Account Of Russian Talks,NPR (Online News),Donald Trump Jr.'s testimony to Congress about his family's real estate negotiations with powerful Russians does not comport with the new version laid out by Donald Trump's ex-attorney,left
17668,NPR Report on Donald Trump Jr. Draws Scrutiny,['Russia'],NPR Blatantly Lies About Donald Trump Jr.’s 2017 Senate Testimony,The Federalist,NPR falsely claimed that Donald Trump Jr.’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in September 2017 conflicted with an account given by a former attorney for President Donald Trump.,right
17669,NPR Report on Donald Trump Jr. Draws Scrutiny,['Russia'],Donald Trump Jr may face legal peril after Cohen admits lying to Congress,The Guardian,Special counsel Robert Mueller’s willingness to prosecute should make the president’s son and other aides who testified worried,left
17670,Reports Say DACA Is Over,['Immigration'],"Reports: Trump to end DACA, give Congress six months to act",USA TODAY,"After months of uncertainty, President Trump will announce on Tuesday that he is ending a controversial program that protects nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation, media reports indicated late Sunday.",left
17671,Reports Say DACA Is Over,['Immigration'],"Reports Say DACA Is Over, But There's A Six-Month Enforcement Delay",Townhall,"Well, it’s been discussed. It’s been debated. And now the Trump White House supposedly has a final decision: The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that originated under the Obama administration is over. There will be a six-month enforcement delay, however.",right
17672,Reports Say DACA Is Over,['Immigration'],Trump to end Daca 'Dreamers' program with six-month delay – reports,The Guardian,"Donald Trump has decided to scrap a program giving work permits to people who came to the United States illegally as children but will give Congress up to six months to find a legislative alternative, according to reports.",left
17673,Trump's Lawyer Calls for IRS to Not Overturn Tax Returns Until Justice Department Weighs in,"['Taxes', 'Donald Trump']",Trump’s Lawyer Urges IRS to Reject Democrats’ Demand for President’s Tax Returns,Wall Street Journal (News),"A lawyer for President Trump said that House Democrats’ request for the president’s tax returns flouts constitutional constraints and should be rejected by the Internal Revenue Service.
In a letter to the Treasury Department’s top lawyer, attorney William Consovoy began laying out a legal case that the Trump administration could use to refuse the congressional request. Mr. Consovoy argued there are limits to a 1924 law that requires the IRS to turn over any tax returns sought by Rep. Richard Neal (D., Mass.), chairman of the House’s tax-writing committee.
“If...",center
17674,Trump's Lawyer Calls for IRS to Not Overturn Tax Returns Until Justice Department Weighs in,"['Taxes', 'Donald Trump']",Trump lawyer calls on Treasury to reject Democrats’ demand for tax returns until Justice Dept. weighs in,Washington Post,"An attorney for President Trump on Friday told the Treasury Department it should not turn over the president’s tax returns until it receives a legal opinion from the Justice Department, calling on Treasury to deny Democrats’ demands for six years of the president’s records.
William S. Consovoy, the attorney, attacked the request from Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, as a “gross abuse of power,” arguing that it risks encroaching on taxpayers’ privacy.
Consovoy’s letter is one of the early moves in what...",left
17675,Trump's Lawyer Calls for IRS to Not Overturn Tax Returns Until Justice Department Weighs in,"['Taxes', 'Donald Trump']","Trump lawyer calls on IRS to reject Dem demands for tax returns, says it would set ‘dangerous precedent’",Fox News (Online News),"A lawyer for President Trump said in a letter Friday that Democratic efforts to get the IRS to turn over the president’s tax returns are an attempt to harass a political opponent and that it would set a “dangerous precedent” for the agency to turn them over.
“For good reason, it would be a gross abuse of power for the majority to use tax returns as a weapon to attack, harass, and intimidate their political opponents. Once this Pandora’s box is opened, the ensuing tit-for-tat will do lasting damage to...",right
17676,Reid to Retire,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senator Harry Reid Announces Retirement,HuffPost,"Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will not seek re-election, he said in an interview with The New York Times published Friday. Reid has led the Senate Democrats since 2005.
In a video posted Friday morning, Reid thanked his constituents for allowing him to serve the state of Nevada. (",left
17677,Reid to Retire,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate Dem Leader Harry Reid Will Not Seek Re-Election,Newsmax (News),"Nevada Sen. Harry Reid has announced that he will not seek re-election in 2016, saying that he wants to leave the Senate while he's still going strong.
""I want to be able to go out at the top of my game,"" Reid told The New York Times. ""I don't want to be a 42-year-old trying to become a designated hitter.""
The Senate minority leader said that the timing of his retirement has nothing to do with his recent eye and face injuries from an exercising accident nor to...",right
17678,Reid to Retire,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Reid Retiring,Politico,"Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid announced Friday he will not seek reelection next year, a decision that will reshape the hierarchy of the Senate Democratic Caucus and upend Nevada’s political landscape.
In a farewell video, Reid, 75, said his brutal eye injury in January that nearly left him blind in one eye gave him time to reevaluate his life and career. His departure will deprive the Senate of one of its fiercest infighters, who played a lead role in shepherding President Barack Obama’s health care law through the chamber...",left
17679,19 Firefighters Killed in Arizona Wildfire,['Environment'],19 Firefighters Die While Battling Arizona Wildfire,HuffPost,More crew members and a top-level management team are headed to an out-of-control wildfire in Arizona that killed 19 elite firefighters and destroyed much of a small town.,left
17680,19 Firefighters Killed in Arizona Wildfire,['Environment'],19 firefighters killed in Arizona blaze; 'Our entire crew was lost',CNN (Online News),Nineteen firefighters were killed Sunday battling a blaze in Arizona the state forestry division said.,left
17681,19 Firefighters Killed in Arizona Wildfire,['Environment'],19 firefighters killed in Arizona wildfire were part of elite Hotshot crew,Fox News (Online News),A one square-mile wildfire burning in a central Arizona community has led to the evacuation of 120 homes that are threatened by the blaze.,right
17682,Biden Warns Kremlin of Repercussions if Nuclear Weapons are Used in Ukraine,"['Joe Biden', 'Ukraine War', 'Europe', 'Russia', 'Nuclear Arms', 'Vladimir Putin']",Ukraine war: Biden warns Putin not to use tactical nuclear weapons,BBC News,"US President Joe Biden has warned Russia not to use chemical or tactical nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine.
Speaking during an interview with CBS News, Mr Biden said such action would ""change the face of war unlike anything since World War Two"".
He would not say what response the US would make to the use of such weapons.
Russian President Vladimir Putin put the country's nuclear forces on ""special"" alert following its invasion of Ukraine in February.
He told defence chiefs it was because of ""aggressive statements"" by...",center
17683,Biden Warns Kremlin of Repercussions if Nuclear Weapons are Used in Ukraine,"['Joe Biden', 'Ukraine War', 'Europe', 'Russia', 'Nuclear Arms', 'Vladimir Putin']","Biden warns Putin over nuclear, chemical weapons",Politico,"U.S. President Joe Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin not to use chemical or tactical nuclear weapons in his invasion of Ukraine, saying there would be a “consequential” response.
“Don’t. Don’t. Don’t,” Biden said in a televised interview with U.S. broadcaster CBS that is due to air on Sunday night. “It would change the face of war unlike anything since World War II.”
Biden’s warning comes after a surprise counteroffensive by Kyiv put Russian forces in retreat in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region.",left
17684,Biden Warns Kremlin of Repercussions if Nuclear Weapons are Used in Ukraine,"['Joe Biden', 'Ukraine War', 'Europe', 'Russia', 'Nuclear Arms', 'Vladimir Putin']",Biden tell Putin not to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine,Daily Mail,"President Joe Biden warned Vladmir Putin to avoid using nuclear weapons as his forces are beaten back in Ukraine or face 'consequences.'
In a preview for this Sunday's 60 Minutes, Scott Pelley asked the president what words he would have for his Russian counterpart if he is considering using chemical or tactical nuclear weapons in the Ukraine. 
Biden responded: 'Don't. Don't. Don't. You will change the face of war unlike anything since World War II.'
When Pelley pushed the president for America's response should Putin cross the line, Biden declined...",right
17685,Dem Debates: Round Six,"['Decision 2020', 'December', 'Debate', 'Democratic Debates', 'Joe Biden', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Elections']","December Democratic debate: Time, channel and why candidates almost skipped",New York Post (News),"The sixth debate featuring the Democratic presidential candidates will take place from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
Seven hopefuls, the smallest number this far for a debate this primary season, have qualified: billionaire Tom Steyer, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden, South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg and entrepreneur Andrew Yang.",right
17686,Dem Debates: Round Six,"['Decision 2020', 'December', 'Debate', 'Democratic Debates', 'Joe Biden', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Elections']","Here's who will be onstage for tonight's Democratic debate co-hosted by PBS NewsHour and Politico, what time it starts, and how to watch",Insider,"The requirements to make the sixth Democratic presidential primary debate to be held tonight, December 19, were the strictest the Democratic National Committee has set so far, and it will make for the most intimate debate stage yet.
Candidates had to both secure 200,000 individual donors, of which 800 must be from 20 different states or territories, and earn 4% in four DNC-approved national or early-state polls from Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, or Nevada.",left
17687,Dem Debates: Round Six,"['Decision 2020', 'December', 'Debate', 'Democratic Debates', 'Joe Biden', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Elections']",6 things to look for in the final Democratic debate of 2019,CNN (Online News),"Los Angeles (CNN)The final Democratic primary debate of 2019 is one of the best opportunities left for the seven Democrats slated to appear here in California on Thursday to leave voters in Iowa and across the country with a good impression before voting begins in 2020.
A host of Democratic primary storylines will play out when the candidates take the stage: Is there anything that can knock former Vice President Joe Biden off the top? Will a rising Sen. Bernie Sanders and stumbling Sen. Elizabeth Warren stay friendly? Will the...",left
17688,Early Voting in Ohio,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama supporters in overdrive to get early votes,Townhall,"Barack Obama volunteer Marilynn Wadden rang more than a dozen doorbells in her first hour canvassing a tidy neighborhood here before stopping to take stock of her progress. Only a handful of voters were home, and, of them, only one agreed to have a ballot mailed to him so he can vote early.",right
17689,Early Voting in Ohio,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",U.S. Court Reinstates Early Voting In Ohio,NPR (Online News),"A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated in-person early voting in the swing state of Ohio on the final three days before Election Day, returning discretion to local boards of elections.",left
17690,Early Voting in Ohio,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ohio Early Voting Affirmed In Win For Obama Campaign,HuffPost,"The injunction stands against a Republican-backed law that would have banned early voting in Ohio during the weekend before Election Day, a prime voting period for minorities in the 2008 election.",left
17691,Trump Leads Biden In Latino Voters In Florida,"['Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']","Biden is struggling to win Miami Latinos, new poll finds. Will it cost him Florida?",Miami Herald,"Four years after getting trounced in Miami-Dade County by Hillary Clinton, President Donald Trump has increased his odds of victory in his must-win home state on Nov. 3 by improving his standing in Florida’s most populous county, according to a poll by Bendixen & Amandi International and the Miami Herald.
The poll of 500 likely Miami-Dade voters, released Tuesday, found Trump far behind Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden 38% to 55% in Miami-Dade, where Democrats typically need to run up the score in order to compete in statewide races.
That...",left
17692,Trump Leads Biden In Latino Voters In Florida,"['Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",Democrats fear Biden's lagging Latino support could cost him,The Hill,"Democrats are worried that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s lagging support among Latino voters could put him at risk of losing Florida, and even the White House, in November.
Recent polls out of Florida show the former vice president’s support among Latinos trailing Hillary Clinton’s in 2016, fueling concerns that he could lose a pivotal swing state.
“There’s really no good answer here if you’re the Biden campaign,” one Florida Democratic operative said. “At this stage in the campaign, he should not be getting these numbers against the most anti-Hispanic...",center
17693,Trump Leads Biden In Latino Voters In Florida,"['Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",Horowitz: New polls show Trump gaining with Hispanic voters despite perceived hawkish immigration views,The Blaze,"It was gospel among the GOP consultant class for many years: Either conservatives pander to Hispanics by supporting more immigration and amnesty for illegal aliens, or their share of the Hispanic vote would continue to shrink. Then along came Trump, the man who made his political career and presidency from statements and promises that violated every piece of advice in the GOP pandering and sensitivity training handbook. Not only did he win in 2016, but as the 2020 election kicks off in earnest, Hispanics appear to be one of his...",right
17694,30 Officers Injured in Violence After Police Shooting in Philadelphia,"['Race & Racism', 'Police Shooting', 'Philadelphia', 'Protests', 'White House', 'Violence In America']",30 officers injured in protests after shooting of knife-wielding man by Philadelphia police,ABC News (Online),"At least 30 police officers have been injured and 33 people have been arrested as protests continued overnight in Philadelphia over the shooting death of a Black man by police in West Philadelphia on Monday afternoon.
The Philadelphia Police Department confirmed that a 56-year-old female PPD Sergeant was struck by a black pickup truck in the area of 52nd and Walnut streets at approximately 12:44 a.m. on Tuesday morning. She was subsequently transported to a local area hospital where she is currently in stable condition with a broken leg and...",left
17695,30 Officers Injured in Violence After Police Shooting in Philadelphia,"['Race & Racism', 'Police Shooting', 'Philadelphia', 'Protests', 'White House', 'Violence In America']",Trump ready to help Philly police after 30 officers injured in riots: White House,Washington Times,"President Trump is prepared to order federal intervention in Philadelphia after rioting erupted over a police shooting of a Black man wielding a knife, White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah said Tuesday.
Hundreds of people took to the streets Monday to protest the police-involved fatal shooting of 27-year-old Walter Wallace. Violent clashes with police ensued, leaving 30 officers injured including one whose leg was broken when he was run over by a pickup truck.
“President Trump will not tolerate any violence directed at America’s law enforcement,” Ms. Farah said on...",right
17696,30 Officers Injured in Violence After Police Shooting in Philadelphia,"['Race & Racism', 'Police Shooting', 'Philadelphia', 'Protests', 'White House', 'Violence In America']","30 Philadelphia officers injured, one run over by truck, in protests after police fatally shoot Black man",USA TODAY,"Police in Philadelphia said 30 officers were injured during violent protests Monday night that broke out after police shot and killed a 27-year-old Black man who authorities said had a knife.
More than 300 people marched through the streets of Philadelphia late Monday into early Tuesday to protest the shooting of Walter Wallace, Jr. which was captured on video. Dozens of officers were injured with rocks, bricks and other projectiles and a 56-year-old female officer was hit by a pickup truck and hospitalized with a broken leg, WCAU-TV reported.
A...",left
17697,Government Shutdown Expected to Continue,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Shutdown Day 7: Trump threatens to close border without wall funding,Washington Times,"President Trump on Friday threatened to close the southern border if Democrats do not relent in the standoff over border wall funding, which has resulted in a partial government shutdown that has lasted a week.",right
17698,Government Shutdown Expected to Continue,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Government shutdown: White House aide predicts long standoff as Trump talks border closure,USA TODAY,The partial federal government shutdown entered its second week Saturday with no apparent movement toward a resolution.,left
17699,Government Shutdown Expected to Continue,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump retreats from public view as government shutdown continues over border wall fight,Washington Post,The president has relied on his Twitter account to blame Democrats for the closure and cast illegal immigration as a threat to the country.,left
17700,Are Republicans Ready To Move On From Donald Trump?,"['Donald Trump', '2022 Elections', 'MAGA', 'Republican Party', '2024 Election', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Politics', 'Perspectives']",Donald Trump’s emperor-has-no-clothes moment,Chris Cillizza,"Donald Trump is all about winning.
“We’re going to win so much,” he said on the campaign trail in 2016. “You’re going to get tired of winning. You’re going to say, ‘Please Mr. President, I have a headache. Please, don’t win so much. This is getting terrible.’ And I’m going to say, ‘No, we have to make America great again.’ You’re gonna say, ‘Please.’ I said, ‘Nope, nope. We’re gonna keep winning.’”
Trump’s entire persona is wrapped up in this notion that – with apologies to DJ Khaled – all...",left
17701,Are Republicans Ready To Move On From Donald Trump?,"['Donald Trump', '2022 Elections', 'MAGA', 'Republican Party', '2024 Election', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Politics', 'Perspectives']",Here’s how Donald Trump sabotaged the Republican midterms,John Podhoretz,"Hey, Lyin’ Ted and Sleepy Joe: Meet Toxic Trump. You know, if the former president had any self-knowledge or even the slightest ability to be self-deprecating, he might consider giving himself this alliterative nickname.
After three straight national tallies in which either he or his party or both were hammered by the national electorate, it’s time for even his stans to accept the truth: Toxic Trump is the political equivalent of a can of Raid.
What Tuesday night’s results suggest is that Trump is perhaps the most profound vote repellent...",right
17702,Are Republicans Ready To Move On From Donald Trump?,"['Donald Trump', '2022 Elections', 'MAGA', 'Republican Party', '2024 Election', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Politics', 'Perspectives']",It Was a Pretty Good Election Night to Not Be MAGA,Matt Lewis,"So much for the pollsters. It’s too early to say for sure, but the red wave is starting to look more like a red trickle. While we still need to wait a bit to determine the balance of power in Congress—with quite a few crucial races way too close to call—a related narrative is developing.
It has, thus far, been a pretty good election night for normal Republicans, when compared to the more extreme MAGA Trumpy Republicans.
To be sure, there aren’t a lot of normal Republicans anymore. Most have...",center
17703,What Should We Do About COVID-19 Fraud?,"['Justice', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment Insurance', 'Labor Department', 'Justice Department', 'Coronavirus', 'CARES Act', 'American Rescue Plan']",Covid-19 relief was plagued by fraud. Here is the right response.,Washington Post,"“Brazen.” That’s the key word in the Justice Department’s indictment of 47 defendants in Minnesota, alleging they siphoned nearly $250 million from a federal program meant to provide food to needy children during the pandemic. Though the accused conspirators claimed to have provided up to 125 million meals, prosecutors said they used federal dollars to buy jewelry, luxury cars, real estate and more.
The case is the largest such scheme uncovered to date — and that is just the tip of the iceberg. A Labor Department watchdog report released last week estimates that...",left
17704,What Should We Do About COVID-19 Fraud?,"['Justice', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment Insurance', 'Labor Department', 'Justice Department', 'Coronavirus', 'CARES Act', 'American Rescue Plan']",Fraudsters likely stole $45.6 billion from U.S. COVID unemployment insurance program,Reuters,"Fraudsters likely stole $45.6 billion from the United States' unemployment insurance program during the COVID-19 pandemic by applying tactics like using Social Security numbers of deceased individuals, a federal watchdog said on Thursday.
About a year ago, nearly $16 billion in potential fraud had been identified. The report issued Thursday by the inspector general for the U.S. Labor Department identified ""an increase of $29.6 billion in potentially fraudulent payments.""
The scammers had allegedly filed billions of dollars in unemployment claims in many states simultaneously while some of them got benefits...",center
17705,What Should We Do About COVID-19 Fraud?,"['Justice', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment Insurance', 'Labor Department', 'Justice Department', 'Coronavirus', 'CARES Act', 'American Rescue Plan']",Covid Fraud Hits $45.6 Billion,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"The Labor Department’s Inspector General has updated its estimates of fraud in pandemic-era unemployment benefits, and it’s hard to know what’s worse: the shoddy systems that allowed crooks to bilk taxpayers, or the Biden Administration’s refusal to do anything about it.
The IG first alerted Labor to the scope of the problem with reports in February and June last year, identifying $16 billion in potentially fraudulent payouts to large and small operators of unemployment scams. A new IG memo last week identifies $30 billion more in fraudulent payments—for a total...",right
17706,Taxes and Cuts,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Sen. Mitch McConnell: ‘The Tax Issue Is Finished’,ABC News (Online),"Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. R-Ky., Sunday said he will not accept any new revenue in future deals with congressional Democrats and President Obama.
“The tax issue is finished. Over. Completed, McConnell told me on “This Week. “Thats behind us. Now the question is what are we going to do about the biggest problem confronting our country and thats our spending addiction.
“We didnt have this problem because we werent taxing enough, McConnell added.",left
17707,Taxes and Cuts,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Boehner: Automatic Spending Cuts Are GOP’s Ultimate Leverage,Newsmax (News),"House Speaker John Boehner says the biggest weapon congressional Republicans now have on fiscal policy are the automatic spending cuts — sequestration — now set to begin March 1.
Many commentators have cited the debt ceiling as the strongest card in Republicans hand. President Barack Obama needs Congress agreement to raise the $16.4 trillion debt ceiling within weeks to prevent a government default.
The debt bill is ""one point of leverage,"" Boehner tells Stephen Moore of The Wall Street Journal. But its ""not the ultimate leverage.""
Thats the sequestration,...",right
17708,Taxes and Cuts,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Battle Lines Drawn on Budget,Wall Street Journal (News),"Republicans won't accept further tax increases in coming budget and debt negotiations, the party's Senate leader said Sunday, putting GOP lawmakers on a collision course with Democrats over raising the government's borrowing limit.
Congress and President Barack Obama last week raised income-tax rates on high earners as part of legislation to avoid the series of spending cuts and broad tax increases known as the fiscal cliff.",center
17709,"Infrastructure Talks Dissolve Between Biden, Senate GOP","['Domestic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Economic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'US Senate', 'Republican Party', 'General News']",Biden abandons infrastructure talks after Senate GOP refuses to back tax hikes,Washington Times,"President Biden abandoned bipartisan infrastructure talks with Senate Republicans on Tuesday over the party’s unwillingness to compromise on raising taxes. 
The White House said Mr. Biden decided to jettison talks because Republicans were not ready to “meet the essential needs of our country to restore our roads and bridges, prepare us for our clean energy future, and create jobs.”
Republicans blamed the president for not backing off on his plan to raise taxes.
“I spoke with the president this afternoon, and he ended our infrastructure negotiations,” said Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, who had led the GOP’s talks with the White House....",right
17710,"Infrastructure Talks Dissolve Between Biden, Senate GOP","['Domestic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Economic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'US Senate', 'Republican Party', 'General News']",Biden-GOP Infrastructure Talks Dead,HuffPost,"The White House is done trying to negotiate on infrastructure with a group of Republicans after weeks of talks between President Joe Biden’s administration and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) came to an unceremonious end Tuesday.
The administration is now turning its attention toward a broader bipartisan group of 20 senators, which includes Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah), as they continue to seek at least some GOP support for an infrastructure package.
The administration also said it was working with Democratic leaders in Congress to ensure passage...",left
17711,"Infrastructure Talks Dissolve Between Biden, Senate GOP","['Domestic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Economic Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'US Senate', 'Republican Party', 'General News']","Biden, Capito abandon infrastructure talks",Axios,"Infrastructure negotiations between President Biden and a group of Republicans led by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) have officially broken down, and Biden now plans to turn his attention toward striking a deal with a separate, bipartisan group of senators, administration officials said Tuesday night.
What we're hearing: When Biden and Capito spoke by phone on Tuesday, the call only lasted a few minutes, and it was clear that the two sides remain too far apart to find a compromise.
The two parties still hadn't agreed on how to define what...",center
17712,Pirate Radio Station Which Served as Alex Jones' Flagship Outlet Shut Down by FCC,['Culture'],FCC shuts down Alex Jones’s flagship radio station,The Hill,The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has shut down conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s flagship radio station.,center
17713,Pirate Radio Station Which Served as Alex Jones' Flagship Outlet Shut Down by FCC,['Culture'],The FCC shuts down Austin pirate radio station that served as Alex Jones flagship,Mashable,A pirate radio station which served as Alex Jones' flagship outlet has been shut down by the Federal Communications Commission.,left
17714,Pirate Radio Station Which Served as Alex Jones' Flagship Outlet Shut Down by FCC,['Culture'],FCC hits Alex Jones’ radio station with $15K fine,New York Post (News),"The Federal Communications Commission has lowered the boom on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ flagship radio station, which also was hit with a $15,000 fine that its owners are refusing to pay.",right
17715,Perspectives: Columbus Day 2020,"['Columbus Day', 'History', 'World', 'Immigration', 'Ethnicity And Heritage', 'Holidays', 'General News']",Celebrating Columbus,Prager University,"Christopher Columbus, the most famous explorer in history, was once a celebrated hero. Now, many consider him a villain, a despoiler of paradise. So which version of Columbus is true? Michael Knowles answers this question and offers some much-needed historical perspective.
He ventured where no other man of his age dared to go. He saw things no other man of his age had ever seen. He discovered a New World.
For centuries, he was universally admired as a hero. Now he’s widely considered to be a despoiler of paradise, an...",right
17716,Perspectives: Columbus Day 2020,"['Columbus Day', 'History', 'World', 'Immigration', 'Ethnicity And Heritage', 'Holidays', 'General News']",Is it time for America to stop celebrating Columbus Day?,Guest Writer - Center,"Oct. 12 marks the federal holiday of Columbus Day — or, if you live in jurisdictions like the District of Columbia, Indigenous Peoples Day. The debate over honoring Christopher Columbus as a consequential historical figure, vs. decrying Columbus as a driving force behind the genocide of Native Americans and transatlantic slavery, returned to Philadelphia this year. The city’s Art Commission voted in August to remove the Columbus statue from Marconi Plaza following protests and conflict at the site, including weapon-carrying vigilantes who claimed to be protecting the statue in June....",center
17717,Perspectives: Columbus Day 2020,"['Columbus Day', 'History', 'World', 'Immigration', 'Ethnicity And Heritage', 'Holidays', 'General News']",Was Columbus’ Voyage to the “New World” Driven by Islamophobia?,Slate,"Tucked inside historian Alan Mikhail’s new biography of Sultan Selim, the ambitious early-16th-century ruler of the Ottoman Empire, is a riveting series of chapters about Christopher Columbus. Mikhail’s ambition in writing God’s Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World was to restore the place of the Ottoman Empire in the global history of the early modern period. To that end, the Columbus chapters make the argument that at its inception, European exploration of the New World can be understood as an ideological extension of...",left
17718,Senate Republicans Propose $568 Billion Infrastructure Plan,"['Transportation', 'Infrastructure', 'Senate GOP', 'General News']",Republicans Look to Slash the Size of Biden’s Infrastructure Plan,New York Times (News),"Working to avoid being cut out of the process, they presented a $568 billion blueprint that is a fraction of the size of President Biden’s proposal.
Senate Republicans on Thursday offered a $568 billion counterproposal to President Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, laying out a marker they hoped would kick-start bipartisan negotiations to vastly scale back the president’s plan and do away with the corporate tax increases he is eyeing to pay for it.
But while the White House welcomed the outline as a positive step, there was little sign...",left
17719,Senate Republicans Propose $568 Billion Infrastructure Plan,"['Transportation', 'Infrastructure', 'Senate GOP', 'General News']",Senate GOP unveils $568 billion package focusing on 'real' infrastructure,Washington Times,"Senate Republicans on Thursday called for spending upward of $568 billion to rebuild the nation’s roads and bridges, in sharp contrast to the $2.25 trillion desired by President Biden.
Notably, the plan is heavy on “real” infrastructure compared to the proposal offered by Mr. Biden, Republican senators said.
The proposal calls for spending $299 billion over five years on upgrading roads and bridges. It also includes $61 billion for public transit systems, $20 billion for rail programs such as Amtrak, and $44 billion for airport upgrades.
The Republican proposal also...",right
17720,Senate Republicans Propose $568 Billion Infrastructure Plan,"['Transportation', 'Infrastructure', 'Senate GOP', 'General News']",Senate Republicans propose $568 billion infrastructure plan to counter Biden,USA TODAY,"Senate Republicans unveiled a $568 billion infrastructure plan Thursday limited to roads, bridges, broadband and other physical infrastructure, countering President Biden's American Jobs Plan with a framework around one-quarter the size of his sweeping $2.25 trillion package.
Although their plan doesn't specify how to pay for the spending, Republicans suggested new user fees, resisting a corporate tax rate increase pushed by Biden and keeping former President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts intact.
Republicans have slammed Biden's proposals for $400 billion to boost caregiving for the elderly and disabled, $174 billion...",left
17721,Opposing Fact Checks on Trump's Disinfectant Remarks Fuel Misinformation,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Donald Trump', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Public Health', 'Fake News']",Fact-checking what Trump actually said about disinfectant,AllSides,"During the White House coronavirus press briefing on April 23, President Donald Trump set off a firestorm of mudslinging and misinformation when he inquired about possibly using disinfectant to treat people with COVID-19.
Fact checkers were all over the place after Trump made the comments, which followed Department of Homeland Security undersecretary William Bryan’s description of recent government tests that found sunlight and disinfectant to be effective in eliminating the virus.
Bottom line: Trump never said that people should inject or drink disinfectant. Headlines, social media posts and news coverage...",center
17722,Opposing Fact Checks on Trump's Disinfectant Remarks Fuel Misinformation,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Donald Trump', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Public Health', 'Fake News']",Trump dangerously suggests sunlight and ingesting disinfectants could help cure coronavirus,CNN (Online News),"On Thursday, President Donald Trump added to his list of dubious or inaccurate coronavirus-related medical claims, dangerously suggesting at a White House briefing that ingesting disinfectant could possibly be used to treat people who have the virus.
Trump also suggested sunlight might be a treatment alternative and issued a false denial when asked why he has stopped promoting the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment, incorrectly saying, ""I haven't at all."" He referred to how ""we started with a broken test"" without explaining that the faulty initial test was...",left
17723,Opposing Fact Checks on Trump's Disinfectant Remarks Fuel Misinformation,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Donald Trump', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Public Health', 'Fake News']","Pollak: No, Trump Did Not Literally Suggest People Inject Disinfectant",Breitbart News,"After yesterday’s Coronavirus Task Force press briefing, the media quickly seized on a discussion over potential treatments for the coronavirus COVID-19 where the president asked about the potential for a disinfectant injection.
“And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning?” The President said. “So it’d be interesting to check that.”
The President told a group of reporters Friday that he was being sarcastic.
In...",right
17724,Bernie Sanders Suspends Presidential Campaign,"['Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Decision 2020', '2020 Election', 'Bernie Sanders']","Bernie Sanders drops out of the 2020 race, clearing Joe Biden's path to the Democratic nomination",CNN (Online News),"(CNN) - Sen. Bernie Sanders ended his presidential campaign on Wednesday, clearing Joe Biden's path to the Democratic nomination and a showdown with President Donald Trump in November.
Sanders made the announcement in a call with his campaign staff, his campaign said.
Sanders' exit caps a stunning reversal of fortune following a strong performance in the first three states that voted in February. The nomination appeared his for the taking until, on the last day of February, Biden surged to a blowout victory in South Carolina that set off...",left
17725,Bernie Sanders Suspends Presidential Campaign,"['Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Decision 2020', '2020 Election', 'Bernie Sanders']","Sanders drops 2020 bid, leaving Biden as likely nominee",Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders, who saw his once strong lead in the Democratic primary evaporate as the party’s establishment lined swiftly up behind rival Joe Biden, ended his presidential bid on Wednesday, an acknowledgment that the former vice president is too far ahead for him to have any reasonable hope of catching up.
The Vermont senator’s announcement makes Biden the presumptive Democratic nominee to challenge President Donald Trump in November.
Sanders plans to talk to his supporters later Wednesday.
Sanders initially exceeded sky-high expectations about his ability to...",left
17726,Bernie Sanders Suspends Presidential Campaign,"['Elections', 'Democratic Party', 'Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Decision 2020', '2020 Election', 'Bernie Sanders']","Sanders suspends presidential campaign, rendering Biden presumptive Democratic nominee",Fox News (Online News),"Bernie Sanders has suspended his Democratic presidential campaign -- all but handing the nomination to former Vice President Joe Biden.
According to a brief campaign statement, the senator from Vermont announced the decision during an all-staff conference call Wednesday morning.
He will address supporters shortly before noon during a livestream.
Sanders won New Hampshire's primary and scored a landslie victory in the Nevada caucuses in late in February, as he surged to front-runner status in the nomination race.
The populist lawmaker then suffered a string of major primary defeats in...",right
17727,Iraqi Militiamen Breach U.S. Embassy In Baghdad,"['Baghdad', 'Iran', 'Donald Trump', 'Middle East', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Protesters Attack U.S. Embassy in Iraq, Chanting ‘Death to America’",New York Times (News),"President Trump blamed Iran after demonstrators breached the compound’s outer wall. Tensions are high after American airstrikes killed members of an Iran-backed militia.
Protesters broke into the heavily guarded compound of the United States Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday and lit fires inside to express their anger over American airstrikes that killed 24 members of an Iranian-backed militia over the weekend.
The men did not enter the main embassy buildings and later withdrew from the compound, joining thousands of protesters and militia fighters outside who chanted “Death to America,” threw...",left
17728,Iraqi Militiamen Breach U.S. Embassy In Baghdad,"['Baghdad', 'Iran', 'Donald Trump', 'Middle East', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Violent protests erupt around U.S. Embassy in Baghdad after U.S. air strikes,Reuters,"Protesters and militia fighters enraged by U.S. air strikes on Iraq staged a violent demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, torching a security post and hurling stones as security forces and embassy guards hit back with stun grenades and tear gas.
Iraqi officials said the ambassador and other staff had been evacuated, but this could not be confirmed with American officials.
In Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump accused Iran of orchestrating the violence and said Tehran would be held responsible.
The protesters and militiamen stormed and burned...",center
17729,Iraqi Militiamen Breach U.S. Embassy In Baghdad,"['Baghdad', 'Iran', 'Donald Trump', 'Middle East', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",US Embassy compound in Baghdad under siege as crowds protesting airstrikes break through gate,Fox News (Online News),"Crowds of angry Iraqis protesting America’s recent airstrikes against an Iran-backed militia laid siege to the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad Tuesday, chanting “Down, Down USA!” as they stormed through a main gate, prompting U.S. troops to fire back tear gas in response.
On Tuesday afternoon the chaotic scene was still unfolding in the Iraqi capital. At least six U.S. soldiers were seen standing on the roof of the main building pointing their firearms at the demonstrators and sounds of gunfire could be heard.
Two Iraqi foreign ministry officials initially...",right
17730,Biden HHS Restores Trans Health Protections in Reversal of Trump Policy,"['LGBT Rights', 'Transgender', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Obamacare', 'Affordable Care Act', 'Discrimination', 'HHS', 'Health And Human Services', 'Xavier Becerra']",U.S. Will Protect Gay And Transgender People Against Discrimination In Health Care,NPR (Online News),"Gay and transgender people will be protected from discrimination in health care, the Biden administration announced Monday, effectively reversing a Trump-era rule that went into effect last year.
The announcement from the Department of Health and Human Services concerns one of the most notable parts of the Affordable Care Act — the provision in Section 1557 that prevents health care providers and insurance companies from discriminating on the basis ""race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in certain health programs and activities.""
Effective immediately, the agency says it will...",left
17731,Biden HHS Restores Trans Health Protections in Reversal of Trump Policy,"['LGBT Rights', 'Transgender', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Obamacare', 'Affordable Care Act', 'Discrimination', 'HHS', 'Health And Human Services', 'Xavier Becerra']",Biden HHS reverses Trump-era policy limiting transgender health rights,Fox News (Online News),"The Department of Health and Human Services on Monday announced that it will protect against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in health care, reversing a Trump-era policy.
The HHS' Office for Civil Rights said it would interpret and enforce Section 1557 and Title IX's prohibitions on discrimination based on sex to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and discrimination on the basis of gender identity.",right
17732,Biden HHS Restores Trans Health Protections in Reversal of Trump Policy,"['LGBT Rights', 'Transgender', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health', 'Obamacare', 'Affordable Care Act', 'Discrimination', 'HHS', 'Health And Human Services', 'Xavier Becerra']",Biden bans discrimination against LGBTQ people in healthcare,LGBTQ Nation,"The Biden administration has reversed a Trump-era policy that allowed healthcare providers to discriminate against LGBTQ people if they claimed a religious exemption.
The move will reinstate Obamacare guidance and expand them to include the recent Supreme Court ruling that sex discrimination includes sexual orientation and gender identity.
“Fear of discrimination can lead individuals to forgo care, which can have serious negative health consequences,“ the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement. “Everyone – including LGBTQ people – should be able to access healthcare,...",left
17733,Trump Pushes for Bigger COVID-19 Relief Checks,"['Economic Policy', 'Stimulus Checks', 'Donald Trump', 'Veto', 'Economy And Jobs']","Trump blasts Covid relief bill just passed by Congress, demands changes",NBC News (Online),"In surprising comments, President Donald Trump shredded a just-passed Covid-19 relief package Tuesday night, saying the legislation includes measures that have nothing to do with the pandemic and that it is too stingy with payments to average Americans.
""I am asking Congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculously low $600 (direct payment) to $2,000 or $4,000 for a couple,"" Trump said in a video posted to Twitter of him speaking from the White House.
""I'm also asking Congress to immediately get rid of the wasteful and unnecessary items...",left
17734,Trump Pushes for Bigger COVID-19 Relief Checks,"['Economic Policy', 'Stimulus Checks', 'Donald Trump', 'Veto', 'Economy And Jobs']",Donald Trump demands bigger stimulus checks in $900 billion COVID-19 relief package passed by Congress,USA TODAY,"In an unexpected video posted to Twitter on Tuesday night, President Donald Trump denounced a sweeping COVID-19 relief package he was expected to sign, calling it a ""disgrace"" and urging congressional leaders to make several changes to the bill including increasing direct payments for Americans.
""It's called the COVID relief bill, but it has almost nothing to do with COVID,"" he said in a video posted just moments after he issued a raft of pardons for several allies. ""I’m asking Congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculously low...",left
17735,Trump Pushes for Bigger COVID-19 Relief Checks,"['Economic Policy', 'Stimulus Checks', 'Donald Trump', 'Veto', 'Economy And Jobs']","Trump puts GOP on its heels with 11th-hour stimulus demands, throws wrench into Georgia Senate race",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump in a video posted to Twitter on Tuesday night demanded that lawmakers amend the coronavirus stimulus package they passed Monday to include $2,000 checks for individuals instead of $600 checks -- while also insisting that ""wasteful and unnecessary"" items be cut from the year-end spending package that was attached to the pandemic aid.
The president, meanwhile, doubled down on his baseless claims that he won the presidential election in a ""magnificent landslide"" and attacked the two most powerful Republicans in the U.S. Senate because they've acknowledged that President-elect...",right
17736,Abbott Baby Formula Plant Halts Production Again,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Family And Marriage', 'Parenting', 'Baby Formula', 'FDA', 'Abbott Nutrition']",Abbott Nutrition again pauses baby formula production in Sturgis,Detroit News,"Less than two weeks after resuming production amid a recall tied to a national baby formula shortage, manufacturer Abbott Nutrition announced Wednesday it is again pausing operation for some products at its Sturgis facility.
In a statement, Abbott said severe weather and rainfall that reached the state's southwest side this week overwhelmed the city's stormwater system and resulted in flooding in areas of the plant.
""As a result, Abbott has stopped production of its EleCare specialty formula that was underway to assess damage caused by the storm and clean and re-sanitize the plant,"" Abbott...",center
17737,Abbott Baby Formula Plant Halts Production Again,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Family And Marriage', 'Parenting', 'Baby Formula', 'FDA', 'Abbott Nutrition']",Formula production at Abbott's Michigan plant delayed after flooding from severe storms,CNN (Online News),"Abbott has stopped production of EleCare formula in its Sturgis, Michigan, plant after severe storms led to flooding inside the plant, the company said, probably delaying production of new formula for a few weeks.
Production at the plant had restarted less than two weeks ago following a months-long closure that helped drive a nationwide formula shortage.
""Severe thunderstorms and heavy rains came through southwestern Michigan on Monday evening, resulting in high winds, hail, power outages and flood damage throughout the area,"" Abbott said in a statement Wednesday night. ""These torrential storms produced significant rainfall...",left
17738,Abbott Baby Formula Plant Halts Production Again,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Family And Marriage', 'Parenting', 'Baby Formula', 'FDA', 'Abbott Nutrition']","Abbott baby formula plant floods in Michigan, halting production for 'weeks'",Washington Examiner,"Abbott is halting production of baby formula at a recently reopened Michigan facility due to damage from severe weather, the company said on Wednesday.
Severe thunderstorms and heavy rains have flooded parts of an Abbott baby formula plant in Sturgis, Michigan, according to the company. As a result, Abbott has stopped production of its EleCare baby formula. The company said cleanup efforts at the plant could delay the release of new baby formula from the Sturgis facility for weeks.
""These torrential storms produced significant rainfall in a short period of time — overwhelming the city’s...",right
17739,Trump Celebrates US Military In July 4th Salute,"['Fourth Of July', 'Holidays', 'General News']","With Tanks and Flyovers, Trump Celebrates Military in July 4 Salute",Newsmax (News),"With U.S. fighter jets flying overhead, President Donald Trump praised the military and reveled in a show of pomp and patriotism on Thursday in a celebration of Independence Day that critics accused him of turning into a political event.
Trump, a Republican who was inspired to stage the flashy affair after seeing a similar display in France, dismissed concerns ahead of the ceremony about the expense and militaristic overtones of the event outside the 97-year-old Lincoln Memorial, a symbol of national unity.
""Our nation is stronger today than it ever...",right
17740,Trump Celebrates US Military In July 4th Salute,"['Fourth Of July', 'Holidays', 'General News']",Producer-in-chief puts on a 4th of July show — with emphasis on the military,Politico,"President Donald Trump stood before the fabled Lincoln Memorial on the Fourth of July and, as the producer-in-chief, sought to place himself at the center of the nation’s history.
With subdued remarks, which touched on everything from the founding of the country to the civil rights movement to America’s ingenuity and its military, the president for the first time in recent history made himself part of Washington, D.C.’s longstanding, non-partisan Independence Day celebration.
To rebut any criticism that military leaders did not support the event, Trump at one point called...",left
17741,Trump Celebrates US Military In July 4th Salute,"['Fourth Of July', 'Holidays', 'General News']",Trump hails US military in 4th of July address,BBC News,"President Donald Trump has hailed the ""brave men and women"" of the US military during a speech at a controversial Independence Day event.
""We celebrate our history, our people, and the heroes who proudly defend our flag,"" he told a crowd at a rain-soaked Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.
The ""Salute to America"" event featured military flyovers and fireworks.
Opponents accused Mr Trump of wasting money and politicising the holiday ahead of his re-election campaign.
The Pentagon has not revealed the cost of the extravaganza, which many believe was inspired...",center
17742,What the NO vote in Scotland means,"['Europe', 'World']",Heartache for those dreaming of Scottish independence,Washington Post,Liz Quinn’s longtime dream of a fully independent Scotland was shattered early Friday after Scots voted overwhelmingly to stay within the United Kingdom.,left
17743,What the NO vote in Scotland means,"['Europe', 'World']",OPINION: Why Scotland's 'No' vote will relieve UK allies and make an EU exit less likely,CNN (Online News),The news that Scotland has rejected independence from the rest of the United Kingdom -- by a relatively close 55-45 margin -- has reassured financial markets and many governments across the world.,left
17744,What the NO vote in Scotland means,"['Europe', 'World']",Scotland vote saves Cameron – and Obama’s anti-ISIS coalition,Fox News (Online News),Scotland’s decision to remain part of the United Kingdom has narrowly averted what could have been a geopolitical catastrophe for the Obama administration and its allies at a time when they’re launching a war against the Islamic State and shoring up defenses against a newly emboldened Russia.,right
17745,IRS Scandal Continues,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Obama on IRS Scandal: I've Got No Patience With It,Townhall,"Speaking to reporters at a joint press conference Monday, President Obama said if the targeting of conservative groups by the IRS is true, it is ""contrary to our traditions"" and that ""people have to be held accountable."" Obama said he would not comment on specific findings by the IRS inspector general about specific targeting.
""If in fact IRS personnel engaged in the practices being reported on then...that's outrageous,"" President Obama said. ""I’ve got no patience with it, I’ve got no tolerance on it.""
The IRS apologized for inappropriately targeting groups...",right
17746,IRS Scandal Continues,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Obama: Alleged IRS political targeting 'outrageous',CNN (Online News),"President Obama vowed Monday to hold the Internal Revenue Service accountable if reports of political targeting are proved true.
""If in fact IRS personnel engaged in the kind of practices that have been reported on and were intentionally targeting conservative groups, then that's outrageous. And there's no place for it,"" Obama told reporters.
""And they have to be held fully accountable. Because the IRS as an independent agency requires absolute integrity, and people have to have confidence that they're ... applying the laws in a nonpartisan way.""",left
17747,IRS Scandal Continues,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",President Obama waited 3 days to address the IRS scandal. Why?,Washington Post,"On Monday, President Obama called the singling out of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service “outrageous, adding: “I have no patience with it. I will not tolerate it.",left
17748,Obama Wants to Close Gitmo,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama's Plan To Close Guantanamo Angers Both Republicans And Human Rights Groups,HuffPost,"The Pentagon released a long-anticipated plan outlining the steps the Obama administration will take to close the notorious Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
The document released Tuesday morning contained few surprises and failed to remedy conflicts between President Barack Obama’s aspirations to shut down Guantanamo durin",left
17749,Obama Wants to Close Gitmo,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Announces Plan to Close Guantanamo Bay: ‘This Is About Closing a Chapter in Our History’,The Blaze,"President Barack Obama wants to move some terror suspects from the Guantanamo Bay prison to U.S. maximum-security prisons or military prisons, and to their homelands and third party countries.
“This is about closing a chapter in our history,” said Obama Tuesday, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary A",right
17750,Obama Wants to Close Gitmo,"['White House', 'Politics']",5 key questions about shutting down Gitmo,USA TODAY,"President Obama released a plan from the Pentagon Tuesday that spelled out ways the United States can close the terrorist detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and send the detainees elsewhere, including to facilities in the United States. Here are some of the key details about the plan and Guantanamo.",left
17751,"Russia Cracks Down on Free Speech, Facebook and Foreign Media","['Russia', 'Free Speech', 'World', 'Censorship', 'Facebook', 'Twitter', 'BBC News', 'Voice Of America', 'Social Media', 'Ukraine War', 'Europe', 'Media Industry']",BBC resurrects WWII-era shortwave broadcasts as Russia blocks news of Ukraine invasion,The Verge,"The BBC is resorting to broadcasting news bulletins over shortwave radio in Russia after the country blocked access to BBC websites, The Guardian reports. The BBC announced it was bringing back the WWII-era broadcasting technology in the region just hours before its sites were banned. News of the ban was also reported by Russian state news agency RIA.
Shortwave radio uses frequencies that carry over long distances and are accessible on portable sets. The BBC says its shortwave broadcasts will be available on frequencies of 15735 kHz from 4PM to 6PM and 5875 kHz...",left
17752,"Russia Cracks Down on Free Speech, Facebook and Foreign Media","['Russia', 'Free Speech', 'World', 'Censorship', 'Facebook', 'Twitter', 'BBC News', 'Voice Of America', 'Social Media', 'Ukraine War', 'Europe', 'Media Industry']","Russia to punish ‘fake’ war news, blocks Facebook, Twitter",Associated Press,"Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday intensified a crackdown on media outlets and individuals who fail to hew to the Kremlin line on the war in Ukraine, blocking Facebook and Twitter and signing into law a bill that criminalizes the intentional spreading of what Moscow deems to be “fake” reports.
The moves against the social media giants follow blocks imposed on the BBC, the U.S. government-funded Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle and Latvia-based website Meduza. The government’s sweeping action against the foreign outlets...",left
17753,"Russia Cracks Down on Free Speech, Facebook and Foreign Media","['Russia', 'Free Speech', 'World', 'Censorship', 'Facebook', 'Twitter', 'BBC News', 'Voice Of America', 'Social Media', 'Ukraine War', 'Europe', 'Media Industry']","Kremlin Blocks Access to Facebook, Citing ‘Discrimination against Russian Media’",National Review,"Russia’s state media regulator, Roskomnadzor, announced Friday it will block access to the social media platform, just over a week after Russia first invaded Ukraine. The regulator claimed Facebook violated federal law by restricting access to the accounts of several state propaganda sites.
Asked about the agency’s decision during a press briefing on Friday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that the Biden administration is “deeply concerned” about Russia’s decision to cut off its citizens’ access to Facebook.",right
17754,Georgia Senate Candidates Debate Ahead of Consequential Runoff Elections,"['Elections', 'Georgia Senate Runoffs', 'US Senate', 'Raphael Warnock', 'Kelly Loeffler', 'Jon Ossoff', 'David Perdue']",Warnock under fire for not condemning socialism at debate,Fox News (Online News),"Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Raphael Warnock is facing criticism from Republicans after he would not denounce socialism when his opponent, Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., asked him to do so during their debate Sunday night.
Loeffler brought up how Warnock has supported redistribution of income and praised Marxism in his past writings and asked her opponent to clarify his stance on the issue by denouncing socialism and Marxism.",right
17755,Georgia Senate Candidates Debate Ahead of Consequential Runoff Elections,"['Elections', 'Georgia Senate Runoffs', 'US Senate', 'Raphael Warnock', 'Kelly Loeffler', 'Jon Ossoff', 'David Perdue']",Ossoff debates empty podium as Perdue refuses to participate,The Hill,"Democrat Jon Ossoff debated an empty podium on Sunday night, repeatedly blasting his opponent, Georgia Sen. David Perdue (R), for refusing to participate in the debate.
Ossoff and Perdue are facing off in one of the two Jan. 5 Senate runoffs in in the Peach State.
Atlanta’s Fox5 evening anchor Russ Spencer, who moderated the debate, introduced the candidates, with the camera showing an empty podium as he introduced Perdue. Spencer explained that the Georgia senator “declined to participate.""",center
17756,Georgia Senate Candidates Debate Ahead of Consequential Runoff Elections,"['Elections', 'Georgia Senate Runoffs', 'US Senate', 'Raphael Warnock', 'Kelly Loeffler', 'Jon Ossoff', 'David Perdue']","In Georgia, Loeffler again refuses to say Trump lost",Associated Press Fact Check,"Sen. Kelly Loeffler repeatedly refused to acknowledge that President Donald Trump lost reelection in November, as she debated her Democratic opponent, Rev. Raphael Warnock, ahead of twin Georgia runoff elections that will determine which party controls the Senate.
Asked specifically about President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia and whether she agreed with Trump’s unfounded accusations of widespread voter fraud, Loeffler sidestepped the matter during a debate Sunday.
Although Trump has lost round after round of court challenges in Georgia and other battleground states, and Georgia’s results were certified last month,...",left
17757,"Miller Speaks Out on Bannon, Fire and Fury","['White House', 'Politics']",White House aide rips tell-all book about the Trump White House: 'Garbage author of a garbage book',Washington Examiner,"White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller ripped into former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and the credibility of the the now-released tell-all book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, noting Bannon sounds like an “angry, vindictive person” in the book.",right
17758,"Miller Speaks Out on Bannon, Fire and Fury","['White House', 'Politics']",WH aide: Bannon's comments 'grotesque',CNN (Online News),"A top White House aide called Steve Bannon's comments in a new book on President Donald Trump ""grotesque"" Sunday on CNN's ""State of the Union"" before anchor Jake Tapper cut him off for not answering questions.",left
17759,"Miller Speaks Out on Bannon, Fire and Fury","['White House', 'Politics']","White House adviser Stephen Miller calls Bannon an ‘angry, vindictive person’ over comments in Wolff book",Washington Post,"Stephen Miller, President Trump's top policy adviser, on Sunday eviscerated former White House colleague Stephen K. Bannon over comments attributed to him in a new book, calling him an “angry, vindictive person” whose “grotesque comments are so out of touch with reality.”",left
17760,"Fed Accelerates Stimulus Tapering, Signals 3 Interest Rate Hikes in 2022","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Federal Reserve', 'Banking And Finance', 'Jerome Powell', 'Inflation', 'Unemployment', 'Economics']",Fed Eyes 3 Rate Increases in 2022; Slows Stimulus as Prices Rise,New York Times (News),"Federal Reserve policymakers on Wednesday said they will cut back on their stimulus more quickly at a moment of rapid inflation and strong economic growth, capping a challenging year with a pronounced policy pivot that could usher in higher interest rates in 2022.
A policy statement released by the central bank detailed a more rapid end to the monthly bond-buying that the Fed has been using throughout the pandemic to keep money chugging through markets and to bolster growth, just as a fresh set of economic projections showed that policymakers expect to raise interest...",left
17761,"Fed Accelerates Stimulus Tapering, Signals 3 Interest Rate Hikes in 2022","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Federal Reserve', 'Banking And Finance', 'Jerome Powell', 'Inflation', 'Unemployment', 'Economics']","Fed doubles taper rate, eyes three interest rate hikes in 2022 as inflation soars",Fox Business,"The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced plans to accelerate the wind down of pandemic-era stimulus for the U.S. economy and penciled in at least three interest rate hikes next year as policymakers seek to combat the hottest inflation in four decades.
The Federal Open Market Committee said at the conclusion of its two-day policy-setting meeting this week that it would double the reduction of its asset-purchase program to $30 billion a month, a timeline that could phase out the purchases entirely by March rather than the original June trajectory laid out last...",right
17762,"Fed Accelerates Stimulus Tapering, Signals 3 Interest Rate Hikes in 2022","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Federal Reserve', 'Banking And Finance', 'Jerome Powell', 'Inflation', 'Unemployment', 'Economics']","Fed will aggressively dial back its bond buying, sees three rate hikes next year",CNBC,"The Federal Reserve provided multiple indications Wednesday that its run of ultra-easy policy since the beginning of the Covid pandemic is coming to a close, making aggressive policy moves in response to rising inflation.
For one, the central bank said it will accelerate the reduction of its monthly bond purchases.
The Fed will be buying $60 billion of bonds each month starting in January, half the level prior to the November taper and $30 billion less than it had been buying in December. The Fed was tapering by $15 billion...",center
17763,NBC Airs Edited Clip of William Barr; Trump Calls for Host's Firing,"['Media Industry', 'Donald Trump', 'Chuck Todd', 'NBC', 'William Barr', 'Justice Department', 'Michael Flynn', 'Media Bias']",NBC's 'Meet the Press' apologizes for 'inadvertently and inaccurately' editing Barr clip,The Hill,"NBC’s “Meet the Press” apologized for editing a clip of an interview with Attorney General William Barr after a spokesperson for the Department of Justice (DOJ) criticized the program.
“You’re correct. Earlier today, we inadvertently and inaccurately cut short a video clip of an interview with AG Barr before offering commentary and analysis,” the news program tweeted late Sunday in response to DOJ spokeswoman Kerri Kupec.
“The remaining clip included important remarks from the attorney general that we missed, and we regret the error,” “Meet the Press” added.",center
17764,NBC Airs Edited Clip of William Barr; Trump Calls for Host's Firing,"['Media Industry', 'Donald Trump', 'Chuck Todd', 'NBC', 'William Barr', 'Justice Department', 'Michael Flynn', 'Media Bias']","Trump, in a Mother’s Day tweetstorm, says NBC’s Chuck Todd should be fired over edited interview clip",Washington Post,"President Trump spent much of his Sunday holiday sharing more than 100 tweets and retweets, bouncing between wishing everyone a “HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY” and railing against targets including former president Barack Obama, “60 Minutes” and late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.
But perhaps no one received as much ire from the president and his supporters on Mother’s Day than “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd. In a late-night tweet Sunday, Trump said Todd should be fired by NBC News for using an abbreviated quote from Attorney General William P. Barr to criticize...",left
17765,NBC Airs Edited Clip of William Barr; Trump Calls for Host's Firing,"['Media Industry', 'Donald Trump', 'Chuck Todd', 'NBC', 'William Barr', 'Justice Department', 'Michael Flynn', 'Media Bias']",NBC admits Chuck Todd's 'Meet the Press' deceptively edited Barr remarks on Flynn,Fox News (Online News),"NBC News' Chuck Todd aired a deceptively edited clip of Attorney General Bill Barr discussing the Michael Flynn case during his ""Meet the Press"" broadcast on Sunday, prompting the network to concede the mistake hours later -- but there is still no word on whether Todd will apologize on-air.
Asked by CBS News' Catherine Herridge how history would judge the DOJ's decision to move to dismiss the Flynn case, Barr initially responded, laughing: ""Well, history is written by the winners, so it largely depends on who's writing the history.""
After...",right
17766,Condition of Boston Bomber,['Terrorism'],Israeli Doctors Are Treating Boston Bombing Suspect: New Details on His Condition,The Blaze,As 19-year-old Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev clings to life Israeli media revealed that two of the senior doctors treating Tsarnaev have abundant past experience treating victims of terror. Thats because theyre from Israel. Dr. Kevin (Ilan) Tabb president and CEO of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical...,right
17767,Condition of Boston Bomber,['Terrorism'],Boston Police: Tsarnaev 'in no condition to be interrogated',Politico,Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis says 19-year-old bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is still in stable but serious condition and has not been questioned yet. quotHersquos in no condition to be interrogated at this timequot Davis said on quotFox News Sunday.quot quotHersquos progressing though and we39re monitoring the situation...,left
17768,Condition of Boston Bomber,['Terrorism'],Bombing suspect unable to speak,CNN (Online News),Perhaps the only man in the world who can explain why the Boston Marathon bombings took place is sedated with a tube down his throat unable to speak.,left
17769,'Racially Motivated' Shooting Inside Buffalo Supermarket Leaves at Least 10 Dead,"['Buffalo', 'Crime', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Violence', 'Kathy Hochul', 'New York', 'Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'White Supremacy', 'Buffalo Shooting']",Buffalo Supermarket Shooting Leaves at Least 10 Dead,Wall Street Journal (News),"At least 10 people were killed and three more wounded Saturday after a gunman opened fire in a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket in a mass shooting law-enforcement officials said they are investigating as a racially motivated hate crime.
Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said the suspect, an 18-year-old white male, drove to the Tops Friendly Markets store from out of town. He was heavily armed and wearing tactical gear and a helmet, Mr. Gramaglia said at a news conference.
The suspected shooter is from Conklin, N.Y., a suburb of Binghamton about...",center
17770,'Racially Motivated' Shooting Inside Buffalo Supermarket Leaves at Least 10 Dead,"['Buffalo', 'Crime', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Violence', 'Kathy Hochul', 'New York', 'Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'White Supremacy', 'Buffalo Shooting']","13 Shot, 10 Dead In 'Racially Motivated Hate Crime' At Buffalo Supermarket: Sheriff",HuffPost,"Ten people were killed and three others injured in what authorities have described as a “racially-motivated” shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket on Saturday.
Police arrested Payton Gendron, an 18-year-old white male, after he ― armed with an assault rifle and wearing a tactical vest ― opened fire outside and inside the Tops Friendly Market. The market is in a predominately Black neighborhood, about 3 miles north of downtown Buffalo.
At a press conference later Saturday, Erie County Sheriff John Garcia called the shooting a hate crime.
“This was...",left
17771,'Racially Motivated' Shooting Inside Buffalo Supermarket Leaves at Least 10 Dead,"['Buffalo', 'Crime', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Violence', 'Kathy Hochul', 'New York', 'Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'White Supremacy', 'Buffalo Shooting']",Ten Killed in Shooting in Buffalo Police Say Was Racially Motivated,National Review,"Ten people were killed and three more wounded in a shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., on Saturday, with the FBI saying it will investigate the shooting as a hate crime.
The suspect, an 18-year-old white male, arrived at a Tops Friendly Market store “heavily armed,” Buffalo Police commissioner Joseph Gramaglia told reporters at a press conference. Eleven of the victims of the shooting were black.
The suspect pleaded not-guilty to murder charges in court later on Saturday.
“It was straight-up, racially motivated hate crime from somebody outside of our community,...",right
17772,US and Mexico Close to Reaching NAFTA Deal,['Trade'],"US and Mexico Agree to NAFTA Deal as Canada Awaits Talks, Sources Say",Bloomberg,"President Donald Trump has signed off an a bilateral agreement with Mexico to revamp NAFTA, and an announcement is expect later today, according to two people familiar with the matter.",left
17773,US and Mexico Close to Reaching NAFTA Deal,['Trade'],"US and Mexico reach partial agreement to resolve trade conflict, a step toward a NAFTA deal",Washington Post,"Trump administration officials reached a partial accord with Mexico on the terms of a new North American trade deal, including a provision that would require more auto manufacturing be done in high-wage factories, according to two people briefed on the agreement.",left
17774,US and Mexico Close to Reaching NAFTA Deal,['Trade'],"US and Mexico close to reaching NAFTA deal, sources say",Fox News (Online News),"The United States and Mexico look close to resolving key differences on the North American Free Trade Agreement and may have a complete deal worked out by as early as Monday, according to sources close to the talks.",right
17775,Defense Considers Appeal for Derek Chauvin,"['Criminal Justice', 'Derek Chauvin', 'George Floyd Death', 'Justice']",Derek Chauvin will likely appeal his guilty verdict in George Floyd's murder. But the odds aren't good.,USA TODAY,"Now that fired police officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted on all three counts against him, he can still file an appeal. But the odds are not good, considering some 90% of appeals are denied across the United States.
An appeal in the case is a virtual certainty. But what issues Chauvin's lawyers raise to the appellate court are an open question, according to criminal defense experts.
The range in appeal possibilities could run from the possible bias of jurors, the refusal by Judge Peter Cahill to move the...",left
17776,Defense Considers Appeal for Derek Chauvin,"['Criminal Justice', 'Derek Chauvin', 'George Floyd Death', 'Justice']","As Chauvin is convicted on all counts, what’s next for him and the other police officers tied to George Floyd’s death?",Washington Post,"The nation is still abuzz Wednesday after a jury convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on all counts of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. The verdict, which found Chauvin guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter after he knelt on Floyd for more than nine minutes last May, set off celebrations nationwide filled with tears, hugs and relief.
Now, all eyes turn to Chauvin’s sentencing in the coming weeks, where he faces up to 40 years in prison, as well as the...",left
17777,Defense Considers Appeal for Derek Chauvin,"['Criminal Justice', 'Derek Chauvin', 'George Floyd Death', 'Justice']","Maxine Waters', Biden’s pre-Chauvin verdict comments come under scrutiny as defense eyes appeal",Fox News (Online News),"Derek Chauvin's murder conviction was met with widespread approval among those seeking justice for George Floyd, but the trial's outcome may not be set in stone thanks to remarks from influential political leaders such as Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., and President Biden himself.
Waters, who had visited Minnesota before the verdict was announced, said that if Chauvin is not convicted of murder, protesters should ""stay in the street,"" ""get more active,"" and ""get more confrontational."" In a New York Post op-ed, former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy warned that this alone...",right
17778,Search for Missing Flight Continues,"['Asia', 'World']",Objects spotted in search for missing AirAsia flight as hope fades for passengers,Fox News (Online News),The search for missing AirAsia Flight 8501 may have received a boost Monday after an Indonesian official said that Australian planes had spotted objects in the Java Sea search area.,right
17779,Search for Missing Flight Continues,"['Asia', 'World']",Searchers 'Suspect' Missing AirAsia Jet Is on Ocean Floor,ABC News (Online),"Searchers ""currently suspect"" that the AirAsia jetliner that disappeared Sunday morning over the Java Sea is on the bottom of the ocean, the head of the lead agency in the operation said today.",left
17780,Search for Missing Flight Continues,"['Asia', 'World']","Search expands for AirAsia Flight QZ8501, likely at 'bottom of the sea'",CNN (Online News),"The search for a missing airliner with 162 people aboard will expand Tuesday, the Indonesian government announced.",left
17781,Louisville Police Declare State of Emergency In Preparation for Breonna Taylor Case Decision,"['Criminal Justice', 'Louisville', 'Breonna Taylor', 'Violence In America', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Justice']",Louisville PD declares ‘state of emergency’ in anticipation of Breonna Taylor decision,New York Post (News),"Louisville police have declared a state of emergency as the Kentucky city braces for a grand jury decision on the fate of three cops involved in the police shooting death of Breonna Taylor.
Acting Police Chief Robert Schroeder said Monday that days off and vacation requests for all Louisville Metro Police Department personnel are canceled until further notice pending state Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s announcement on whether the cops involved in the March shooting will face criminal charges.",right
17782,Louisville Police Declare State of Emergency In Preparation for Breonna Taylor Case Decision,"['Criminal Justice', 'Louisville', 'Breonna Taylor', 'Violence In America', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Justice']",Louisville police chief declares state of emergency ahead of expected Breonna Taylor announcement,The Hill,"The Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) has ordered a state of emergency ahead of an expected decision in the case surrounding the police shooting death of Breonna Taylor.
Two weeks ago, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R) signaled that a grand jury had been empaneled to hear details surrounding the incident and that an announcement would be made when it had reached a decision, though he didn't offer a concrete timeline.
According to an internal memo from Robert Schroeder, the city's chief of police, the emergency declaration stops all days...",center
17783,Louisville Police Declare State of Emergency In Preparation for Breonna Taylor Case Decision,"['Criminal Justice', 'Louisville', 'Breonna Taylor', 'Violence In America', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Justice']",Louisville police enact emergency rules as Breonna Taylor grand jury decision looms,NBC News (Online),"Louisville’s police are operating under ""state of emergency"" rules as the city awaits a grand jury decision in the case of Breonna Taylor, an emergency medical technician who died in a police raid at her apartment earlier this year.
Louisville Metropolitan Police Chief Robert J. Schroeder told officers the department the guidelines would be effective immediately, according to an internal memo obtained by NBC News.
“In anticipation of Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s announcement in the Breonna Taylor case, I am declaring a state of emergency for the Louisville Metro Police...",left
17784,Finland’s Leaders Recommend NATO Membership ‘Without Delay’,"['World', 'Foreign Policy', 'NATO', 'Europe', 'Finland', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Sweden']",Finland’s leaders urge applying for NATO membership ‘without delay.’,New York Times (News),"Finland’s prime minister and president announced their support on Thursday for the nation to apply to join NATO.
President Sauli Niinisto, who is mostly responsible for Finland’s foreign policy, has helped orchestrate Finland’s move away from a long history of military nonalignment, prompted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.
“Finland must apply for NATO membership without delay,” they said. “We hope that the national steps still needed to make this decision will be taken rapidly within the next few days.”",left
17785,Finland’s Leaders Recommend NATO Membership ‘Without Delay’,"['World', 'Foreign Policy', 'NATO', 'Europe', 'Finland', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Sweden']","Finland president, prime minister urge the country to apply for NATO membership 'without delay'",Fox News (Online News),"The president and prime minister of Finland, a country on the border of Russia, released a statement backing an application for membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Thursday amid the Kremlin's aggression on Europe's eastern flank, particularly in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman issued an ominous statement on the move.
""NATO membership would strengthen Finland’s security,"" Finland President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Sanna Marin said in a joint statement. ""As a member of NATO, Finland would strengthen the entire defence alliance.""
They called for the country to proceed...",right
17786,Finland’s Leaders Recommend NATO Membership ‘Without Delay’,"['World', 'Foreign Policy', 'NATO', 'Europe', 'Finland', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War', 'Sweden']","Finland must join NATO 'without delay,' say Finnish leaders",Deutsche Welle,"The president and prime minister of Finland released a joint statement on Thursday laying out their intention to bring Finland into the NATO alliance following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
""As a member of NATO, Finland would strengthen the entire defence alliance,"" President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin said in the statement.",center
17787,Texas Election Lawsuit Gains Some GOP Support; Others Cast Doubt,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']","Michigan, Pennsylvania State Lawmakers Ask Supreme Court to Join Texas Election Lawsuit",The Epoch Times,"A group of state legislators and voters asked the Supreme Court on Thursday for permission to join Texas’s lawsuit challenging 2020 election results in four states.
Among the members listed in the request (pdf) are those who had previously filed lawsuits seeking to de-certify election results either in state or federal courts. These include several voters and Pennsylvania state legislators Daryl D. Metcalfe, Chris E. Dush, and Thomas R. Sankey III, whose lawsuit was dismissed by a state judge.
Meanwhile, a group of Michigan state legislators have also signed on...",right
17788,Texas Election Lawsuit Gains Some GOP Support; Others Cast Doubt,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']","With time running out, Trump and GOP allies turn up pressure on Supreme Court in election assault",Washington Post,"With his legal options dwindling and time running out before a key electoral college deadline, President Trump on Thursday ramped up pressure on the Supreme Court to help overturn Joe Biden’s victory, gaining the support of more than 100 congressional Republicans in the unprecedented assault on the U.S. election system.
In a morning tweet, Trump called on the court to “save our Country from the greatest Election abuse in the history of the United States,” repeating his baseless claims of widespread fraud. He had a private lunch at the White...",left
17789,Texas Election Lawsuit Gains Some GOP Support; Others Cast Doubt,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Supreme Court', 'Texas', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",GOP divided by pro-Trump Texas election suit,The Hill,"Senior Republican lawmakers are expressing serious misgivings about a lawsuit the Republican attorney general of Texas is leading against the election results in four swing states, reflecting deep divisions in the party over the legal strategy.
Even as more than 100 House Republicans on Thursday signed an amicus brief in support of the Texas lawsuit aimed at overturning the election results in four swing states, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said he was puzzled by the legal theory behind the challenge.
Cornyn, a former Texas Supreme Court justice, said it’s...",center
17790,NY Judge Orders Trump to Pay $2 Million in Charity Settlement,"['Fraud', 'Charity', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Foundation', 'Politics', 'Settlement', 'Justice']","Trump ordered to pay $2M in Trump Foundation settlement, admits misuse of funds",Fox News (Online News),"The New York Attorney General's office announced Thursday that a judge has ordered President Trump to pay $2 million in damages for improper use of funds at the Trump Foundation in connection with the 2016 presidential primaries and his own political purposes, as part of a lawsuit Trump and the foundation settled with state Attorney General Letitia James.
James' office had requested $2.8 million in restitution and a $5.6 million penalty, but Judge Saliann Scarpulla decided $2 million was a more reasonable restitution amount and declined to issue a penalty....",right
17791,NY Judge Orders Trump to Pay $2 Million in Charity Settlement,"['Fraud', 'Charity', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Foundation', 'Politics', 'Settlement', 'Justice']",Trump Ordered to Pay $2 Million to Charities,New York Times (News),"A state judge ordered President Trump to pay $2 million in damages to a collection of nonprofit groups on Wednesday as part of a settlement of a lawsuit that accused the Donald J. Trump Foundation of financial mismanagement.
The settlement, finalized last month and announced on Wednesday in the judge’s order, brought an end to a protracted legal battle over the foundation, whose giving patterns and management became a flash point during Mr. Trump’s run for office. The settlement included a detailed admission of misconduct: rare for the president, who...",left
17792,NY Judge Orders Trump to Pay $2 Million in Charity Settlement,"['Fraud', 'Charity', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Foundation', 'Politics', 'Settlement', 'Justice']",Judge orders Trump to pay $2 million for violating charities law,Axios,"A judge has ordered President Trump and his children to pay $2 million to a group of nonprofit organizations as part of a settlement with the New York state attorney general's office involving ""persistent"" violations of charities law, reports CNN.
Why it matters: The lawsuit alleges that the Trumps violated state and federal campaign finance laws in 2016 by using the Donald J. Trump Foundation's tax-exempt status ""as little more than a checkbook to serve Mr. Trump's business and political interests."" The Trump Foundation agreed to dissolve last December in...",center
17793,Matthew McConaughey Calls for Unity and ‘Gun Responsibility’ at White House Press Briefing,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Matthew McConaughey', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'White House', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Violence In America', 'Bipartisanship', 'Mass Shootings', 'Gun Violence']",Hooray for Hollywood: Kudos to Matthew McConaughey for using fame to push progress,New York Post (News),"Matthew McConaughey’s speech at the White House on Tuesday was strikingly different from the usual “Hollywood star lectures America” dribble: This was humble, moving and truly personal.
Uvalde is the actor’s hometown; it was the horror there that compelled him first to write for his local paper (reaching out to fellow Texans first) and then to accept the invite to speak to the nation.",right
17794,Matthew McConaughey Calls for Unity and ‘Gun Responsibility’ at White House Press Briefing,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Matthew McConaughey', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'White House', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Violence In America', 'Bipartisanship', 'Mass Shootings', 'Gun Violence']",Matthew McConaughey puts Congress to shame on guns,Multiple Writers - Lean Left,"Because celebrity draws attention, the White House invited actor and Uvalde, Tex. native Matthew McConaughey to the White House to encourage Congress to respond to the massacre of 19 children and two teachers there by passing meaningful gun reform legislation.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, McConaughey showed the artwork of one slain 10-year-old girl. He showed distinctive green sneakers another girl always wore — which he said were the only way her body could be identified. He said we must give all those children “our promise that their dreams are not going to be...",left
17795,Matthew McConaughey Calls for Unity and ‘Gun Responsibility’ at White House Press Briefing,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Matthew McConaughey', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'White House', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Violence In America', 'Bipartisanship', 'Mass Shootings', 'Gun Violence']",It’s time to act on gun responsibility,Matthew McConaughey,"I am a father, the son of a kindergarten teacher, and an American. I was also born in Uvalde, Texas. 
That’s why I’m writing this.
I believe that responsible, law-abiding Americans have a Second Amendment right, enshrined by our founders, to bear arms. I also believe we have a cultural obligation to take steps toward slowing down the senseless killing of our children. The debate about gun control has delivered nothing but status quo. It’s time we talk about gun responsibility.",center
17796,Trump Cancels Planned January 6 News Conference,"['Politics', 'January 6 Committee', 'Donald Trump', 'Sean Hannity', 'Capitol Chaos']",Trump cancels Jan. 6 Mar-a-Lago event over House committee’s ‘total bias and dishonesty’,New York Post (News),"Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday abruptly canceled his plans to hold a press conference on the first anniversary of the Capitol riot.
Trump had invited reporters to attend a defiant event at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., where he was expected to bash House Democrats for investigating his actions on Jan. 6, 2021.
“In light of the total bias and dishonesty of the January 6th Unselect Committee of Democrats, two failed Republicans, and the Fake News Media, I am canceling the January 6th Press Conference at Mar-a-Lago...",right
17797,Trump Cancels Planned January 6 News Conference,"['Politics', 'January 6 Committee', 'Donald Trump', 'Sean Hannity', 'Capitol Chaos']","Trump calls off Jan. 6 news conference, a relief for some in GOP",NBC News (Online),"Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday abruptly canceled a news conference scheduled for the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, blaming the House committee investigating the riot.
""In light of the total bias and dishonesty of the J6 Unselect Committee of Democrats, two failed Republicans, and the Fake News Media, I am canceling the Jan 6th Press Conference at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday, and instead will discuss many of those important topics at my rally,"" Trump said in a statement.
The move provided a sense of relief to some in his...",left
17798,Trump Cancels Planned January 6 News Conference,"['Politics', 'January 6 Committee', 'Donald Trump', 'Sean Hannity', 'Capitol Chaos']",Trump Cancels News Conference Planned for Anniversary of Jan. 6 Riot,Wall Street Journal (News),"Former President Donald Trump canceled a planned news conference on Jan. 6 as the House select committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol asked Fox News host Sean Hannity to voluntarily answer questions about his communications with the White House.
Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D., Miss.) and Vice Chairwoman Liz Cheney (R., Wyo.) said in a letter to Mr. Hannity that their panel had information that the television host had advance knowledge regarding the planning for Jan. 6, 2021, by Mr. Trump and his legal team. The committee leaders also said that “it...",center
17799,Hackers Behind Kaseya Ransomware Attack Demand $70 Million in Bitcoin,"['Cybersecurity', 'Ransomware', 'Kaseya', 'Russia', 'Bitcoin', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Technology', 'Colonial Pipeline Hack', 'JBS Hack']",Ransomware group demands $70 million for Kaseya attack,CNN Business,"The ransomware group REvil has demanded a $70 million payment in Bitcoin for a decryptor tool following its attack on the software vendor Kaseya, cyber researchers say.
The offer of a universal tool reflects the ""logistical nightmare"" REvil is now facing with thousands of potential victims to negotiate with, researcher Allan Liska at cybersecurity firm Recorded Future said.
""We know there are thousands of victims here. REvil [has] limited resources to handle negotiations and process keys,"" Liska said, calling this the biggest non-nation state supply chain attack ever, and possibly the second biggest ransomware attack...",left
17800,Hackers Behind Kaseya Ransomware Attack Demand $70 Million in Bitcoin,"['Cybersecurity', 'Ransomware', 'Kaseya', 'Russia', 'Bitcoin', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Technology', 'Colonial Pipeline Hack', 'JBS Hack']",Hackers demand $70 mln to restore data held by companies hit in cyberattack - blog,Reuters,"Hackers suspected to be behind a mass extortion attack that affected hundreds of companies worldwide late on Sunday demanded $70 million to restore the data they are holding ransom, according to a posting on a dark web site.
The demand was posted on a blog typically used by the REvil cybercrime gang, a Russia-linked group that is counted among the cybercriminal world's most prolific extortionists.",center
17801,Hackers Behind Kaseya Ransomware Attack Demand $70 Million in Bitcoin,"['Cybersecurity', 'Ransomware', 'Kaseya', 'Russia', 'Bitcoin', 'Cryptocurrency', 'Technology', 'Colonial Pipeline Hack', 'JBS Hack']","Russian hackers seemingly behind latest ransomware attack, demand $70M",New York Post (News),"A Russian-linked group that is counted among the cybercriminal world’s most prolific extortionists is suspected to be behind a “colossal” ransomware attack that affected hundreds of companies worldwide — just weeks after President Biden boasted about taking President Putin to task on cyberattacks. 
In a post on a blog typically used by the Russian-linked REvil cybercrime gang, a group of ransomware hackers appears to have taken responsibility for the cyberattack that hit over 200 US companies Friday, demanding $70 million in bitcoin for the data to be returned.",right
17802,"New CDC COVID-19 Quarantine Guidance Welcomed by Some, Criticized by Others","['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus Restrictions']",The CDC finally recognizes the costs of its top-down dictates,John Podhoretz,"The most interesting public-health development of the pandemic era came this week with a radical course revision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The policy change has COVID hawks trembling with fear and rage and bafflement — while those who believe we need to find a way to move on from top-down regulatory measures are very confused by the possibility the CDC just became an ally rather than an enemy.
Simply put, the CDC appears to have decided that there’s just too much COVID around now to continue its previously draconian...",right
17803,"New CDC COVID-19 Quarantine Guidance Welcomed by Some, Criticized by Others","['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus Restrictions']","CDC changes to quarantine, isolation advice took local health officials by surprise",CNN (Online News),"State and local health officials say they are struggling to make sense of the new Covid-19 isolation and quarantine guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
They say the CDC released the updated advice, which cuts in half the recommended times for staying away from others, with little consultation or preparation.
""We are very much trying to digest it now and what it means and how to communicate it effectively,"" Lori Freeman, chief executive officer of the the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), told CNN...",left
17804,"New CDC COVID-19 Quarantine Guidance Welcomed by Some, Criticized by Others","['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Coronavirus Restrictions']",New CDC isolation guidelines raise concerns among health experts,NPR (Online News),"More than 200,000 people are testing positive for COVID-19 in the U.S. each day. Until this week, a positive test meant you should stay home for 10 days to avoid infecting others. Now, those who don't have symptoms after five days can go back to their regular activities, as long as they wear a mask, according to updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The change in guidance released Monday was ""motivated by science demonstrating that the majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs early in the course of illness,"" according to...",left
17805,Clinton Foundation Becomes Campaign Issue,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Emails reveal how foundation donors got access to Clinton and her close aides at State Dept.,Washington Post,A sports executive who was a major donor to the Clinton Foundation and whose firm paid Bill Clinton millions of dollars in consulting fees wanted help getting a visa for a British soccer player with a criminal past.,left
17806,Clinton Foundation Becomes Campaign Issue,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Foundation becomes campaign issue,CNN (Online News),"Hillary Clinton leads in the polls nationally and in key battleground states, but the flood of stories regarding her private email server and donations to the Clinton Foundation demonstrate the former secretary of state won't be able to completely outrun voter skepticism -- or Donald Trump.",left
17807,Clinton Foundation Becomes Campaign Issue,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Carville on Clinton Fdn Critics: ‘Somebody Is Going to Hell Over This’,Breitbart News,"Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Democratic strategist and long-time Clinton booster James Carville criticized those who call into question the dealing of the Clinton Foundation under Bill and Hillary Clinton because of potential conflicts of interest.",right
17808,"FDA, CDC Say Vaccinated People Don't Need COVID-19 Booster Shot 'At This Time'","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Delta Variant', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'FDA', 'CDC']",Fully vaccinated Americans ‘don’t need booster shot’ for Delta variant: CDC,New York Post (News),"If you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, you don’t need a booster shot to protect against the Delta variant, the US government says.
The CDC and the FDA teamed up to issue a reassuring statement after Pfizer announced it was developing a booster shot against what is now the country’s dominant strain.
The Thursday evening press release said inoculated Americans were “protected from severe disease and death, including from the variants currently circulating the country.”
The unusual after-hours joint statement comes as Pfizer and German partner BioNTech SE said they plan to ask...",right
17809,"FDA, CDC Say Vaccinated People Don't Need COVID-19 Booster Shot 'At This Time'","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Delta Variant', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'FDA', 'CDC']",Pfizer says it's time for a Covid booster; FDA and CDC say not so fast,CNN (Online News),"Drugmaker Pfizer said Thursday it is seeing waning immunity from its coronavirus vaccine and says it is picking up its efforts to develop a booster dose that will protect people from variants.
Pfizer said it would soon publish data about a third dose of vaccine and submit it to the US Food and Drug Administration, European Medicines Agency and other regulators. The company specified it would seek FDA emergency use authorization for a booster dose in August.
But in an unusual move, two top federal agencies said Americans don't need...",left
17810,"FDA, CDC Say Vaccinated People Don't Need COVID-19 Booster Shot 'At This Time'","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Delta Variant', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'FDA', 'CDC']","FDA, CDC: Fully vaccinated people ""do not need a booster shot at this time""",Axios,"People who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus do not need a booster shot at this time, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a joint statement released Thursday evening.
What they're saying: ""People who are fully vaccinated are protected from severe disease and death, including from the variants currently circulating in the country such as Delta,"" the FDA and CDC said.
""Americans who have been fully vaccinated do not need a booster shot at this time. FDA, CDC, and [the National Institutes...",center
17811,Big Oil Companies Report Record $51.5 Billion in Profits in Q2,"['Big Oil', 'Business', 'Corporate America', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Energy', 'ExxonMobil', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation']",Oil company profits boom as Americans reel from high fuel prices,The Guardian,"The US’s biggest oil companies pumped out record profits over the last few months as Americans struggled to pay for gasoline, food and other basic necessities.
On Friday, ExxonMobil reported an unprecedented $17.85bn (£14.77bn) profit for the second quarter, nearly four times as much as the same period a year ago, and Chevron made a record $11.62bn (£9.61bn). The sky-high profits were announced one day after the UK’s Shell shattered its own profit record.
Soaring energy prices have rattled consumers and become a political flashpoint. “We’re going to make sure everybody...",left
17812,Big Oil Companies Report Record $51.5 Billion in Profits in Q2,"['Big Oil', 'Business', 'Corporate America', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Energy', 'ExxonMobil', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation']","Exxon, Chevron, Shell profits soar on oil's surge",Fox Business,"Rising energy prices produced record profits for major oil companies last quarter, when gas prices peaked amid gushing global demand and supply disruptions.
ExxonMobil, Chevron and Shell all posted unprecedented earnings this week, raking in a combined $41 billion for the second quarter ended June, when the average price for a gallon of gas hit an all-time high of $5.01 in the U.S.
Shell reported its second consecutive quarter of record profits on Thursday, saying its Q2 adjusted earnings hit $11.5 billion — blowing past the company's Q1 record of $9.1 billion.
The company...",right
17813,Big Oil Companies Report Record $51.5 Billion in Profits in Q2,"['Big Oil', 'Business', 'Corporate America', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Energy', 'ExxonMobil', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation']","Exxon, Chevron, Shell Report Record Profits on High Energy Prices",Wall Street Journal (News),"Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp. and Shell PLC, the three largest Western oil companies, banked a record $46 billion in collective profits in the second quarter, fueled by the highest energy prices in over a decade and lucrative oil-refining margins.
Exxon, the largest U.S. oil company, said Friday its second-quarter profit rose to $17.9 billion, its highest ever and nearly four times as much as the same period a year ago, citing rising oil and fuel production, higher energy prices and cost cuts. Rival Chevron also posted a record profit Friday of $11.6 billion, up from $3.1 billion in...",center
17814,Joseph Maguire Named Head of National Intelligence,"['Joseph Maguire', 'Foreign Intelligence', 'Security', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump picks retired Navy leader and top counterterrorism official to be acting spy chief,Washington Examiner,"Retired Navy Vice Adm. Joseph Maguire will serve as acting director of national intelligence, President Trump said Thursday evening.
The announcement came shortly after Trump revealed Sue Gordon, the No. 2 spy chief, would be resigning alongside Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats next week.",right
17815,Joseph Maguire Named Head of National Intelligence,"['Joseph Maguire', 'Foreign Intelligence', 'Security', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Names an Acting Spy Chief as No. 2 Intelligence Official Steps Down,New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday abruptly decided to install Joseph Maguire, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, as the acting director of national intelligence after Dan Coats steps down from the post next week.
Mr. Trump announced his decision to elevate Mr. Maguire, a retired vice admiral who once led the Navy’s Special Warfare Command, on Twitter shortly after confirming that Sue Gordon, the nation’s No. 2 intelligence official — who by law had been in line to temporarily take over as director — would instead depart with...",left
17816,Joseph Maguire Named Head of National Intelligence,"['Joseph Maguire', 'Foreign Intelligence', 'Security', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Picks Counterterrorism Chief as Interim Intel Head,Bloomberg,"President Donald Trump said Joseph Maguire, head of the National Counterterrorism Center, will take over as Acting Director of National Intelligence when Dan Coats leaves the post next week.
Maguire has had a “long and distinguished” career in the military, Trump said in a pair of tweets late Thursday. “He commanded at every level, including the Naval Special Warfare Command. He has also served as a National Security Fellow at Harvard University. I have no doubt he will do a great job!”",left
17817,FBI Links Pensacola Military Base Shooter to Al-Qaida,"['Pensacola', 'Violence In America', 'FBI', 'US Military', 'Privacy', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Cybersecurity', 'Technology', 'Terrorism']",FBI: Shooter at Pensacola military base link to al-Qaida,Associated Press,"The gunman in a deadly attack at a military base in Pensacola, Florida, last December was meticulous in his planning and had been radicalized overseas for at least five years, U.S. officials said Monday.
The FBI learned of the contacts between the gunman, Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, and an al-Qaida operative after breaking the encryption on cellphones that had previously been locked.
Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Chris Wray held a news conference to announce the developments in the shooting late last year at the Pensacola Naval Air Station,...",left
17818,FBI Links Pensacola Military Base Shooter to Al-Qaida,"['Pensacola', 'Violence In America', 'FBI', 'US Military', 'Privacy', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Cybersecurity', 'Technology', 'Terrorism']",FBI finds al Qaeda link after breaking encryption on Pensacola attacker's iPhone,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN) - The Saudi military trainee who killed three US sailors and wounded several others in a terror attack last year on a military base in Pensacola, Florida, was in touch with a suspected al Qaeda operative, according to multiple US officials briefed on the matter.
US investigators uncovered the al Qaeda connection after the FBI broke through the encryption protecting the Saudi attacker's iPhones, the officials said. Attorney General William Barr and the FBI are expected to announce the finding Monday in a news conference.
Mohammed Alshamrani,...",left
17819,FBI Links Pensacola Military Base Shooter to Al-Qaida,"['Pensacola', 'Violence In America', 'FBI', 'US Military', 'Privacy', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Cybersecurity', 'Technology', 'Terrorism']","FBI finds link between Pensacola gunman and al Qaeda, official says",Washington Times,"The FBI has found a link between the gunman in a deadly attack at a military base last December and an al Qaeda operative, a U.S. official said Monday.
Attorney General William P. Barr and FBI Director Christopher A. Wray were set to hold a news conference to announce developments in the shooting late last year at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, in which a Saudi Air Force officer killed three U.S. sailors and injured eight other people.
The FBI declined to comment ahead of the news conference.",right
17820,U.S. Economy Grew at a Record 33.1% Annual Rate in Third Quarter,"['Economy And Jobs', 'GDP', 'Coronavirus', 'Reopening Business']",U.S. Economy Recovered Significant Ground in Record Third-Quarter GDP Rebound,Wall Street Journal (News),"The economy grew at a record pace in the third quarter—increasing 7.4% over the prior quarter and at a 33.1% annual rate—recovering about two-thirds of the ground it lost earlier in the coronavirus pandemic.
Gross domestic product—the value of all goods and services produced across the economy—jumped following a record decline from earlier in the pandemic when the virus and related shutdowns disrupted business activity across the country. That puts the economy about 3.5% smaller than at the end of last year, adjusted for inflation and seasonal fluctuations.
The third-quarter...",center
17821,U.S. Economy Grew at a Record 33.1% Annual Rate in Third Quarter,"['Economy And Jobs', 'GDP', 'Coronavirus', 'Reopening Business']",GDP grew at record 33.1% annual rate in third quarter in partial bounce back from pandemic losses,Washington Examiner,"The U.S. economy grew at a record-breaking 33.1% annual rate in the third quarter, the Commerce Department reported Thursday, beating forecasters' expectations.
The massive growth number, although not enough to return the economy to pre-pandemic health, will provide President Trump to claim in the last days of the election that the country is clawing its way out of the COVID-19 recession faster than critics thought possible.
""This record economic growth is absolute validation of President Trump’s policies which create jobs and opportunities for Americans in every corner of the country,""...",right
17822,U.S. Economy Grew at a Record 33.1% Annual Rate in Third Quarter,"['Economy And Jobs', 'GDP', 'Coronavirus', 'Reopening Business']",US economy grew a record 33.1% annual rate last quarter but the pandemic remains an enormous threat,CNN (Online News),"The US economy in the summer recovered much of the historically enormous ground it lost in the spring, expanding at the fastest rate on record in the third quarter, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.
Still, the recovery remains incomplete. The economic crisis that Covid-19 brought on is far from over, and the pandemic threatens to plunge the American economy into turmoil again as infection numbers continue to rise rapidly across the country.
The third quarter, however, was one for the record books. Gross domestic product -- the broadest measure of...",left
17823,"Trump Declares State of Emergency In Washington, D.C. Ahead of Biden's Inauguration","['Donald Trump', 'Washington DC', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Inauguration']",Trump approves emergency declaration for Washington for Biden inauguration,Reuters,"President Donald Trump on Monday approved an emergency declaration for Washington that lasts through Jan. 24, the White House said, after authorities warned of security threats to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week.",center
17824,"Trump Declares State of Emergency In Washington, D.C. Ahead of Biden's Inauguration","['Donald Trump', 'Washington DC', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Inauguration']","D.C. pleads for low attendance, federal help as tense Inauguration Day approaches",Washington Post,"Battered by months of protests and a violent insurrection at the Capitol last week, the District is making urgent pleas to the federal government and American people to try to prevent calamity from unfolding when Joe Biden is sworn in as president next week.
On Monday, leaders in the Washington region urged all Americans to stay away from the nation’s capital come Jan. 20, citing the coronavirus pandemic and the recent attack on the Capitol.",left
17825,"Trump Declares State of Emergency In Washington, D.C. Ahead of Biden's Inauguration","['Donald Trump', 'Washington DC', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Inauguration']","President Donald Trump Declares A State Of Emergency For Washington, DC",The Daily Caller,"President Donald Trump declared a state of emergency for the nation’s capital Monday ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s Jan. 20 inauguration.
“President Donald J. Trump declared that an emergency exists in the District of Columbia and ordered Federal assistance to supplement the District’s response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from the 59th Presidential Inauguration from January 11 to January 24, 2021,” the statement reads.
The action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to coordinate “all disaster relief efforts” to help local authorities.",right
17826,Remembering Martin Luther King,['Civil Rights'],"Martin Luther King holiday: 'Selma' stars, Oprah march in Alabama as nation pays tribute",Fox News (Online News),"Oprah Winfrey and fellow actors from the movie ""Selma"" marched with hundreds in a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., one of many events around the nation ushering in Monday's federal holiday for the slain civil rights leader.",right
17827,Remembering Martin Luther King,['Civil Rights'],“His dream was for all poor and working people to live lives of decency and dignity”,Salon,"Cornel West reminds us why the FBI called Martin Luther King Jr. ""the most dangerous man in America""",left
17828,Remembering Martin Luther King,['Civil Rights'],What Does Martin Luther King's Legacy Look Like To A 5-Year-Old?,NPR (Online News),"It's morning meeting time. ""When Dr. King was little, he learned a golden rule,"" sings a class of 4- and 5-year-olds with their teacher, Carolyn Barnhardt.",left
17829,Jeff Sessions to Establish 'Religious Liberty Task Force',['Religion And Faith'],Jeff Sessions forms Religious Liberty Task Force to protect freedom of religion,Washington Times,The Justice Department on Monday announced the formation of a Religious Liberty Task Force aimed at ensuring religious groups’ protections when their beliefs conflict with government regulations.,right
17830,Jeff Sessions to Establish 'Religious Liberty Task Force',['Religion And Faith'],Jeff Sessions' 'Religious Liberty Task Force' Declares Holy War on LGBT People,Daily Beast,The Attorney General's new 'Religious Liberty Task Force' will ensure that the Trump administration's program of discrimination against LGBT people and others continues unchecked.,left
17831,Jeff Sessions to Establish 'Religious Liberty Task Force',['Religion And Faith'],Sessions announces 'religious liberty task force',The Hill,"Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Monday that the Department of Justice is creating a ""religious liberty task force.""",center
17832,Obama Addresses U.N.,['World'],Obama: U.S. cannot solve the world's problems alone,USA TODAY,"President Obama told the United Nations on Monday that they must all work together on an array of challenges — from Syria to Ukraine, from poverty to climate change — because ""the United States cannot solve the world's problems alone.""
While making a largely thematic address to the U.N. General Assembly about the need for global cooperation, Obama also had harsh words for Russia just hours ahead of a tense meeting with President Vladimir Putin later on Monday.
The president criticized Russia's aggression in eastern Ukraine and its annexation of...",left
17833,Obama Addresses U.N.,['World'],Obama at UN: Iran Deal Ensures Iran's Nuclear Program Will be 'Peaceful',Townhall,"In his address to the United Nations in New York City Monday morning, President Obama defended his administration’s nuclear agreement with Iran in the vein of 'international togetherness.'
The president said he is “mindful” of the dangers we face because they cross his desk every morning.
“I will never hesitate to protect our country, unilaterally or by force when necessary,” he said.
Yet, these dangers, he insisted, cannot be faced alone.
“But I believe in my core, we cannot return to the old ways of conflict and coercion. We cannot...",right
17834,Obama Addresses U.N.,['World'],"At UN, Obama Takes Russia to task for actions in Ukraine, Syria",Washington Post,"President Obama blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin's approach to Other Countries Monday, suggesting in a speech at the UN General Assembly That the world's nations must uphold international order in Syria and Ukraine or risk overall instability.
But at the same time Obama made an overture to STI sometime adversary, saying the US would work With any nation to try to bring an end to fighting in Syria That has Dragged on for four and-a-half years.",left
17835,Cohn Criticizes Charlottesville Response,"['White House', 'Politics']","Gary Cohn, Trump’s Adviser, Said to Have Drafted Resignation Letter After Charlottesville",New York Times (News),A prominent Jewish member of President Trump’s administration said that the White House “can and must do better” in consistently condemning hate groups.,left
17836,Cohn Criticizes Charlottesville Response,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn: Neo-Nazis won't 'cause this Jew to leave his job',USA TODAY,"President Trump's chief economic adviser, Gary Cohn, expressed his distress over the violent clashes in Charlottesville, Va., and the controversy — much of it caused because of the president's response — that followed, in a candid interview published Friday by the Financial Times.",left
17837,Cohn Criticizes Charlottesville Response,"['White House', 'Politics']",Gary Cohn Criticizes Donald Trump’s Response to Charlottesville Protests,Breitbart News,"White House economic adviser Gary Cohn challenged Donald Trump’s response to Charlottesville, insisting that the president had to do a better job condemning white supremacists.",right
17838,Representative Seth Moulton Announces 2020 Presidential Run,"['Election 2020', 'Seth Moulton', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Seth Moulton announces 2020 bid,Politico,"Representative Seth Moulton announced Monday that he is running for president, vowing to engage young people and military veterans and becoming the third Massachusetts politician to throw a hat into the 2020 ring.
An Iraq veteran who led an unsuccessful effort to oust Nancy Pelosi from the House leadership last year, the 40-year-old Moulton has said he plans to run a campaign focused on national security and defense issues, which his campaign argues will make him a foil to President Donald Trump. Moulton was elected to Congress in 2014, after...",left
17839,Representative Seth Moulton Announces 2020 Presidential Run,"['Election 2020', 'Seth Moulton', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Congressman Who Wanted To Oust Pelosi Wants To Take On Trump In 2020,The Daily Caller,"Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton became to the third politician from the state to announce a 2020 presidential run Monday.
Moulton, 40, will compete with Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren in the Democratic primary. He will also stand in contrast to former Republican Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, who is challenging President Donald Trump in the GOP primary.
“I’m running because we have to beat Donald Trump,” Moulton said in a brand-new campaign video. “And I want us to beat Donald Trump because I love this country.”
The congressman has...",right
17840,Representative Seth Moulton Announces 2020 Presidential Run,"['Election 2020', 'Seth Moulton', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",How Seth Moulton Could Win The 2020 Democratic Primary,FiveThirtyEight,"Monday morning, Seth Moulton, the 40-year-old congressman from Massachusetts, officially announced he is running for president on “Good Morning America.” While Moulton might not yet be a household name, he fits neatly into a certain mold of 2020 candidate — the young, ambitious U.S. representatives who feel their time has come. Like Tim Ryan, he has criticized Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s leadership of the party; like Eric Swalwell, he toppled an incumbent to win his seat the first time; and like Tulsi Gabbard, he served in the military. But though he...",center
17841,Impact of Carrier Deal,['Politics'],"Trump Saved Jobs at Carrier, but More Midwest Jobs Are in Jeopardy",New York Times (News),"In tiny Sellersburg, Ind., just across the border from Kentucky, Manitowoc Foodservice is in the final stages of closing a factory that makes beverage dispensers and ice machines and is laying off 84 workers.",left
17842,Impact of Carrier Deal,['Politics'],"The Trump Effect? After Carrier pledge to keep jobs in US, more companies may follow",Fox News (Online News),"President-elect Donald Trump didn't wait to be sworn in to stop an air conditioner manufacturer from pulling out of America, and his top aides say he'll turn up the heat on other companies planning to send jobs outside the U.S.",right
17843,Impact of Carrier Deal,['Politics'],Trump puts companies on notice with Carrier deal,The Hill,"Donald Trump and Mike Pence will take a victory lap in Indianapolis on Thursday to tout what they are presenting as a successful negotiation with Carrier to keep nearly 1,000 U.S. jobs from moving to Mexico.",center
17844,"U.S. Strike Kills Powerful Iranian General, Iran Threatens Revenge","['US Military', 'Pentagon', 'Donald Trump', 'Foreign Policy', 'Qasem Soleimani', 'Middle East']",Pompeo on Qassem Soleimani strike: Iran now understands Trump will take 'decisive' action,Fox News (Online News),"By ordering the airstrike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, President Trump has demonstrated to Iran's leaders that he will take ""swift, decisive"" actions to protect Americans, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday on ""Fox & Friends.""
Pompeo stressed that the Trump administration has shown military ""restraint"" in the face of dozens of attacks directed by Iran and its proxies against American interests, culminating in the death of an American contractor in Iraq last week.
""I think the Iranian leadership understands President Trump will take action. ... We made...",right
17845,"U.S. Strike Kills Powerful Iranian General, Iran Threatens Revenge","['US Military', 'Pentagon', 'Donald Trump', 'Foreign Policy', 'Qasem Soleimani', 'Middle East']",Iran Promises Retaliation After U.S. Kills General,New York Times (News),"Iranian leaders issued strident calls on Friday for revenge against the United States after the killing of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani in an overnight airstrike at the Baghdad airport. The strike spurred mass displays of public mourning by Iran and its network of allies across the Middle East.
General Suleimani, a powerful strategist who represented Iran’s influence across the region, was killed by an American drone at Baghdad airport, in an attack that had been authorized by President Trump and that ratcheted up tensions between Washington and Tehran. The death...",left
17846,"U.S. Strike Kills Powerful Iranian General, Iran Threatens Revenge","['US Military', 'Pentagon', 'Donald Trump', 'Foreign Policy', 'Qasem Soleimani', 'Middle East']",Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vows vengeance for Gen. Qasem Soleimani's death,USA TODAY,"Iran warned Friday that a ""harsh retaliation is waiting"" for the United States after top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani was killed by the Pentagon in an airstrike.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed vengeance.
Khamenei said in a statement published by Iranian state media that the ""cruelest people on earth"" assassinated the ""honorable"" commander who ""courageously fought for years against the evils and bandits of the world.""
Khamenei called for three days of mourning.
""His departure to God does not end his path or his mission,"" the...",left
17847,Canada Arrests China Telecom Executive For Extradition To The U.S.,['World'],Huawei C.F.O. Is Arrested in Canada for Extradition to the U.S.,New York Times (News),"A top executive and daughter of the founder of the Chinese tech giant Huawei was arrested on Saturday in Canada at the request of the United States, in a move likely to escalate tensions between the two countries at a delicate moment.",left
17848,Canada Arrests China Telecom Executive For Extradition To The U.S.,['World'],"Hmmm: Canada Arrests China Telecom Exec, Will Extradite To US",HotAir,"Just as talks between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping signaled a cooling of a trade war between the US and China, the arrest of Meng Wanzhou in a Vancouver airport might signal a new round of hardball. Ostensibly, the detention and potential extradition of the daughter of Chinese telecom Huawei’s founder and its chief financial officer relates to US suspicions that Huawei has violated sanctions against Iran. That would make for a stunning coincidence, however:",right
17849,Canada Arrests China Telecom Executive For Extradition To The U.S.,['World'],"Huawei chief financial officer arrested in Canada, faces possible extradition to United States",USA TODAY,Canadian authorities said Wednesday that they have arrested the chief financial officer of China’s Huawei Technologies for possible extradition to the United States.,left
17850,Trump Taps Christopher Wray to Head FBI,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Trump to Name Former Justice Official as FBI Director,New York Times (News),"President Trump said Wednesday that he had selected the former federal prosecutor Christopher Wray, now a Washington-based criminal defense lawyer who recently represented Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey in the so-called Bridgegate scandal, to be his new F.B.I. director.",left
17851,Trump Taps Christopher Wray to Head FBI,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Goes Trolling: Announces Nominee for FBI Director Before Comey Testifies,Breitbart News,"Wray served as the Associate Deputy Attorney General in former President George W. Bush’s administration and was promoted to the assistant attorney general for the criminal division, before he left to work in the private sector as a partner at the Washington law firm King & Spalding.",right
17852,Trump Taps Christopher Wray to Head FBI,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Trump taps Christopher Wray to head FBI,Politico,Wray served as an assistant attorney general from 2003 to 2005 and acted as Chris Christie’s personal attorney during the Bridgegate scandal.,left
17853,Pres Meets With GOP,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Obama turns on charm for GOP House, while Senate Republicans try to defund health-care act",Washington Post,Senate Republicans vote serves as illustration of intractable divide even as Obama opens bipartisan talks.,left
17854,Pres Meets With GOP,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Obama meets with House Republicans, downplays 'immediate' debt crisis",Fox News (Online News),President Obama met Wednesday on Capitol Hill with House Republicans in an apparent bid to find consensus even as he seemed to antagonize the other side by claiming theres no immediate crisis in terms of debt.,right
17855,Pres Meets With GOP,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",House GOP warily meets with Obama,CNN (Online News),President Obama met with House Republicans in the Capitol basement Wednesday on the budget and debt reduction.,left
17856,GOP Faction Threatens to Withhold Support for McCarthy’s Speaker Bid,"['2022 Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Freedom Caucus', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'House Of Representatives', 'Congress', 'Speaker Of The House']",Freedom Caucus Rep. Andy Biggs says 'not so fast' to McCarthy speakership after disappointing election results,Fox News (Online News),"Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., on Wednesday signaled that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy may hit a few speed bumps on his quest to become the next House speaker, arguing the Republican conference needs to have ""a serious discussion"" about leadership after Tuesday's disappointing election results.  
Republicans underperformed expectations in the midterm elections, and if they take a majority after all the votes are counted, it will be a slim one. Biggs, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, told conservative streaming program ""The Absolute Truth with Emerald Robinson"" that...",right
17857,GOP Faction Threatens to Withhold Support for McCarthy’s Speaker Bid,"['2022 Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Freedom Caucus', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'House Of Representatives', 'Congress', 'Speaker Of The House']","House conservatives withhold support for McCarthy, press for delay to election",The Hill,"Conservative House Republicans are pushing for GOP leadership elections to be delayed ahead of closed-door votes next week on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) Speakership bid and other offices. 
It’s still not clear which party will control the House, with nearly three-dozen races without a winner. While the GOP is still favored to win the majority, it is expected to be much smaller than once thought, which has given critics of McCarthy an argument to make against him. 
“We don’t even know if we have the majority or who’s...",center
17858,GOP Faction Threatens to Withhold Support for McCarthy’s Speaker Bid,"['2022 Elections', 'Republican Party', 'Freedom Caucus', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'House Of Representatives', 'Congress', 'Speaker Of The House']",House Freedom Caucus ties itself in knots over challenging McCarthy,Politico,"Kevin McCarthy’s fractious crew of pro-Trump conservatives is openly debating whether to back his speakership dreams as it pushes for major House rules changes.
How real of a rebellion the Freedom Caucus can muster when it has no alternative candidate yet, however, is another question entirely.
As a number of still-uncalled midterm races leave the House majority unsettled if continuing to trend Republican, some lawmakers in the group are openly calling for a challenge to McCarthy. Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) said Thursday that the GOP leader “has not done anything...",left
17859,"Journalists Allowed Inside Migrant Detention Facility, Report Overcrowding","['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Media Industry', 'Joe Biden', 'Texas']","Over 4,000 migrants, many kids, crowded into Texas facility",Associated Press,"The Biden administration for the first time Tuesday allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility for migrant children, revealing a severely overcrowded tent structure where more than 4,000 people, including children and families, were crammed into a space intended for 250 and the youngest were kept in a large play pen with mats on the floor for sleeping.
With thousands of children and families arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border in recent weeks and packing facilities, President Joe Biden has been under pressure to bring more transparency to the process....",left
17860,"Journalists Allowed Inside Migrant Detention Facility, Report Overcrowding","['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Media Industry', 'Joe Biden', 'Texas']",Migrant Child Detention Facility at 1600 Percent Capacity amid Influx,National Review,"An overcrowded detention center for unaccompanied migrant children in Donna, Texas, is occupied at over 1,600 percent capacity, according to multiple reports.
Journalists were permitted into the facility for the first time on Tuesday, with pictures showing overcrowded “pods” where migrant children were held. The entire facility was designed to hold 250 migrants but currently holds over 4,100, of whom 3,400 are unaccompanied minors.
One photograph showed a “pod” designed to hold 32 migrant children currently occupied by 615 children. The Biden administration allowed journalists to visit the Donna, Texas,...",right
17861,"Journalists Allowed Inside Migrant Detention Facility, Report Overcrowding","['Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Media Industry', 'Joe Biden', 'Texas']",‘No Place for a Child’: Inside the Tent Camp Housing Thousands of Migrant Children,New York Times (News),"Migrant children and families are sleeping shoulder to shoulder on mats in a Texas border facility designed for 250 people that is now holding more than 4,100, according to some of the first photographs to emerge from the crowded camp that has become a focal point of the Biden administration’s struggles to absorb thousands of new arrivals on the southwestern border.
Young children were being cared for by older siblings in a playpen area in the border processing facility at Donna, Texas, where a small group of reporters were allowed...",left
17862,White House Awaits Democratic Reply to Counteroffer to $5B for Border Wall,['Politics'],"'Very possible' partial government shutdown will last into the new year, Mulvaney says",Fox News (Online News),"Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director and incoming Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney told ""Fox News Sunday"" that the ongoing partial government shutdown will likely extend into the new year, as President Trump insists on funding for a border wall and ""refuses to go along to get along.""",right
17863,White House Awaits Democratic Reply to Counteroffer to $5B for Border Wall,['Politics'],"Government shutdown, day 3: White House awaits Democratic reply to 'counteroffer' to $5B for border wall",USA TODAY,"As the partial government shutdown continues, the White House and congressional Republicans awaited a Democratic response to their ""counteroffer"" in negotiations over President Donald Trump's demand for $5 billion for a southern border wall.",left
17864,White House Awaits Democratic Reply to Counteroffer to $5B for Border Wall,['Politics'],Trump owns the shutdown. And he’s OK with that.,Politico,"The president spent the weekend digging in on his position, and aides say he accepts a closure that could drag into the new year.",left
17865,Opinions: Michelle Williams' Golden Globes Speech About Abortion Sparks Various Reactions,"['Abortion', 'Michelle Williams', 'Golden Globes', 'Pro-Choice', 'Pro-Life', ""Women'S Issues""]",Women Voting in Their 'Self-Interest' Got Us Trump,Vice,"Michelle Williams did something pretty courageous Sunday night. The pregnant actress stood in front of live TV cameras and used her Golden Globes acceptance speech for her performance in Fosse/Verdon to explain how having an abortion helped her decide when and with whom to have children and urged women to use their voting power to help reshape our government. It came just days after 207 Republican members of Congress asked the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in a case it will hear this year.
The speech was powerful...",left
17866,Opinions: Michelle Williams' Golden Globes Speech About Abortion Sparks Various Reactions,"['Abortion', 'Michelle Williams', 'Golden Globes', 'Pro-Choice', 'Pro-Life', ""Women'S Issues""]",Michelle Williams used her Golden Globes speech to celebrate a woman’s right to choose,Vox,"Michelle Williams just won the second Golden Globe of her career for her role on Fosse/Verdon — and she used her acceptance speech to plug the importance of reproductive freedom.
“When you put this in someone’s hands, you’re acknowledging the choices made by the actor but also the choices they made as a person,” Williams began as she accepted her award at the Golden Globes ceremony in Los Angeles Sunday night. “I’m grateful for the acknowledgment of the choices I’ve made, and I’m also grateful to have lived in a...",left
17867,Opinions: Michelle Williams' Golden Globes Speech About Abortion Sparks Various Reactions,"['Abortion', 'Michelle Williams', 'Golden Globes', 'Pro-Choice', 'Pro-Life', ""Women'S Issues""]","No, Michelle Williams, Women Don’t Need To Kill Their Kids To Get Ahead",The Federalist,"In accepting a Golden Globe award Sunday, actress Michelle Williams credited abortion and contraception for her professional success: “I wouldn’t have been able to do this without employing a woman’s right to choose, to choose when to have my children, and with whom.”
Williams is the lead actress in the forthcoming Amazon drama “This Is Jane,” an apparent celebration of women who illegally aborted babies in the 1960s. She is reportedly currently pregnant with fiance Thomas Kail, and has a 14-year-old daughter with the deceased Heath Ledger.",right
17868,Trump Agrees to Short-Term Deal to End Government Shutdown,"['Politics', 'Government Shutdown', 'Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Donald Trump']",Trump Announces a Deal to Reopen the Government,Townhall,President Donald Trump announced a deal to end the partial government shutdown from the Rose Garden Friday afternoon. Federal workers will receive back pay immediately.,right
17869,Trump Agrees to Short-Term Deal to End Government Shutdown,"['Politics', 'Government Shutdown', 'Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Donald Trump']","Trump caves on shutdown, endorses reopening government for 3 weeks",Vox,The president announced on Friday that he’d sign a short-term spending bill without money for the wall.,left
17870,Trump Agrees to Short-Term Deal to End Government Shutdown,"['Politics', 'Government Shutdown', 'Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Donald Trump']",Trump agrees to end shutdown without wall funding,The Hill,President Trump said Friday he will back a short-term funding bill to reopen the government that does not include funds to construct a wall along the southern border.,center
17871,Economy Grew by 2.9 Percent in 2018,['Economy And Jobs'],"Economy grew 2.6% in Q4 and 2.9% in 2018, matching strongest yearly showing since recession",USA TODAY,The U.S. economy last year matched its best performance since the Great Recession of 2007-09. But is that as good as it's going to get?,left
17872,Economy Grew by 2.9 Percent in 2018,['Economy And Jobs'],U.S. Economy Cooled as G.D.P. Grew at 2.6% Rate in Fourth Quarter,New York Times (News),The pace slowed from midyear after losing the momentum generated by tax cuts.,left
17873,Economy Grew by 2.9 Percent in 2018,['Economy And Jobs'],GDP Grows Above-Forecast 2.6 Percent as Business Spending Picks Up,Newsmax (News),"The U.S. economy cooled by less than expected last quarter as business investment picked up, suggesting growth could be stronger for longer as the Federal Reserve takes a patient approach to interest rates.",right
17874,Judge Rules NSA Data Collection Legal,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",'Counter-punch': Federal judge rules NSA data collection legal,Fox News (Online News),A federal judge in New York has ruled the National Security Agencys massive data collection program is legal one week after another federal judge ruled the opposite.,right
17875,Judge Rules NSA Data Collection Legal,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",NSA gets win in court over bulk data collection,CNN (Online News),The National Security Agency notched a much-needed win in court after a series of setbacks over the legality and even the usefulness of its massive data collection program.,left
17876,Judge Rules NSA Data Collection Legal,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",NY judge rules NSA phone surveillance is legal,Washington Post,A federal judge in New York has ruled that a massive federal phone-tracking program is legal.,left
17877,Preview of Thursday's 2020 Presidential Debate,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']",The final showdown: 5 things to watch in last Trump-Biden debate,NBC News (Online),"Any Americans still on the fence — and who haven't been among the hordes of early voters — will have one final chance to hear from President Donald Trump and Joe Biden in their last debate Thursday, during which the president will try to re-energize his base and close the polling gap behind Biden.
Thursday's debate in Nashville, Tennessee, was supposed to be the third faceoff of 2020, but will instead be the second of only two presidential debates after Trump declined to participate in one scheduled for last week...",left
17878,Preview of Thursday's 2020 Presidential Debate,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']",Who Will Win The Last Presidential Debate?,FiveThirtyEight,"Respondents are very sure of who they plan to vote for: 45 percent of respondents said they are “absolutely certain” to vote for Biden and 32 percent said the same of Trump. Very few are torn — just 2 percent said they were split 50-50 between Biden and Trump.
However, despite Biden’s commanding lead in the polls and among the respondents in our survey, many remain skeptical that he can win the presidency. Overall, 37 percent of respondents said either Trump or Biden was “absolutely certain” to win, while 16...",center
17879,Preview of Thursday's 2020 Presidential Debate,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']",Presidential debate host Kristen Welker: 4 things you need to know,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump is already attacking Thursday's presidential debate moderator, NBC News' Kristen Welker, who has served as the company's White House correspondent since 2011.
""Kristen Welker is terrible,"" Trump told ""Fox & Friends"" on Tuesday. ""She is totally partisan. Her father and mother are big supporters of Joe Biden. They're supporters of the Democrat Party.""
Welker's parents have donated tens of thousands of dollars to Democrats, including nearly $20,000 to former President Barack Obama.
Welker appears to be refraining from any response to the president's remarks ahead of the final...",right
17880,Allegedly: Hagel Resigned Early,"['White House', 'Politics']",Hagel refused to hold off resignation announcement in spite of White House wishes,CNN (Online News),"CNN has learned the White House wanted Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to wait until this week to resign, so it would have a new nominee in place by then. But Hagel refused to wait, deciding if the White House was going to push him out, he wanted to make his resignation known as quickly as possible.
Hagel resigned a full week earlier on Nov. 24. A source very close to Hagel and the resignation process detailed that decision to CNN.
""Once the secretary saw that he would have...",left
17881,Allegedly: Hagel Resigned Early,"['White House', 'Politics']",Hagel Announced Resignation Before White House Was Ready,Newsmax (News),"Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced his resignation a week before the White House wanted him to, CNN reports.
The White House wanted Hagel to wait until this week, when it had a replacement ready to announce, but Hagel insisted on leaving Nov. 24 when it became apparent he was being pushed out, CNN reported Tuesday.",right
17882,Allegedly: Hagel Resigned Early,"['White House', 'Politics']",Chuck Hagel Trolled the White House by Resigning a Week Early,New York Magazine,"When former defense secretary Chuck Hagel discovered he was effectively being pushed out of his position, he decided to resign a week earlier than the White House wanted him to, according to CNN. The White House asked Hagel to delay the announcement until they had time to appoint a nominee to replace him,",left
17883,"From the US and Elsewhere, People Travel to Ukraine to Defend Against Putin's Attacks","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'War', 'Russia', 'Europe', 'Veterans Affairs']","Fighting Russia in Ukraine sadly appeals to racist, far-right extremists",MSNBC,"Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine prompted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to later call on all “citizens of the world” to join the fight against the Russian army and help defend “peaceful coexistence.” Thousands appear to be taking up the cause, including dozens of Americans and Canadians.
But among the well-meaning citizens lining up to fight for Ukraine are some global volunteers with links to white supremacist and far-right extremism. In recent years, global neo-Nazi and white supremacist extremist foreign fighters have sought training and combat experience by joining ultranationalist defense militias in Ukraine. A member of the...",left
17884,"From the US and Elsewhere, People Travel to Ukraine to Defend Against Putin's Attacks","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'War', 'Russia', 'Europe', 'Veterans Affairs']",Scottish grandfather travels to Ukraine to fight Russians,BBC News,"A Scottish grandfather has travelled to Ukraine to help the country's armed forces fight the Russian invasion.
A video posted online shows Rab Grady, from Edinburgh, wearing a flak jacket and camouflage fatigues and holding an assault rifle.
Flanked by two Ukrainian fighters, the builder said: ""My name is Rob. I'm a 61-year-old grandfather from Scotland.""
The BBC understands more than 100 people in Scotland have volunteered to fight in the conflict.
Britons have been urged to support the Ukraine from the UK, rather than travelling to join war, by the head...",center
17885,"From the US and Elsewhere, People Travel to Ukraine to Defend Against Putin's Attacks","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'War', 'Russia', 'Europe', 'Veterans Affairs']",Want to go fight in Ukraine? Here’s how to apply,New York Post (News),"Ukraine launched a website Saturday where foreigners can apply directly if they want to go to Ukraine and fight against Russian invaders.
President Volodymyr Zelensky says the country received thousands of applications since he put out the call for a new self-styled International Legion on Feb. 27 — and he’s expecting more than 16,000 foreign volunteers to join the cause.
In many ways, Ukraine’s International Legion harkens back to the International Brigades, the storied volunteer formations fighting for the Republican Government during the Spanish Civil War in 1936-1938, the Kyiv Independent reported Saturday....",right
17886,Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Repeal Cadillac Tax,"['Healthcare', 'Obamacare', 'Bipartisan']",House to vote on health care ‘Cadillac tax’ repeal,Roll Call,"The House plans to vote Wednesday on legislation that would roll back the so-called “Cadillac tax” under the 2010 health care law known as Obamacare.
The 40 percent surcharge tax applies to certain high-cost employer health care plans (hence the “Cadillac tax” nickname). It isn’t set to take effect until 2022, and Congress has twice delayed its implementation.
The tax was envisioned as a way to help pay for the 2010 health care law. There’s bipartisan support in both the House and Senate for its repeal, which has been a...",center
17887,Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Repeal Cadillac Tax,"['Healthcare', 'Obamacare', 'Bipartisan']",Why Are Democrats Undermining Obamacare?,Guest Writer - Left,"The House is widely expected to vote Wednesday to finally kill the so-called Cadillac tax. Whether the Senate will follow is less clear, but the overall sentiment isn’t: The excise tax on high-cost insurance plans has long enjoyed bipartisan lack of support, and the only question is whether Congress will repeal it outright or just continue to delay its implementation.",left
17888,Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Repeal Cadillac Tax,"['Healthcare', 'Obamacare', 'Bipartisan']","Contrary to widespread belief, conservatives should support Cadillac Tax repeal",Guest Writer - Right,"The House of Representatives this week will vote on H.R. 748, the Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019. It is expected to pass the House by a wide, bipartisan margin.
H.R. 748 repeals the so-called “Cadillac Plan tax,” one of the big tax hikes that paid for Obamacare. The Cadillac Plan tax imposes a 40% excise tax on very expensive health insurance policies. The tax was meant to be a sort of proxy for limiting the tax benefit for employer-provided health insurance (for example, labor union plans...",right
17889,White Nationalist March at UVA,['Polarization'],At least one dead as white nationalists ignite Virginia clashes,Reuters,A gathering of hundreds of white nationalists in Virginia took a deadly turn on Saturday when a car plowed into a group of counter-protesters and killed at least one person in a flare up of violence that challenged U.S. President Donald Trump.,center
17890,White Nationalist March at UVA,['Polarization'],White Christian conservatives should oppose protests by white supremacists,Fox News (Online News),"God is not a racist. Torch-wielding white nationalists and white supremacists marching through Charlottesville, Virginia, Friday night and rallying again Saturday failed to learn that important lesson. They shouted “unite the right” and “white lives matter” – and called for the South to split from the United States.",right
17891,White Nationalist March at UVA,['Polarization'],You Can Thank Trump For The White Nationalist Rampage,HuffPost,The GOP would cut its throat if it denounced its racists and racism and really meant it.,left
17892,Ryan: Livestream Crackdown,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Why punishing Democrats for their gun-control sit-in is dicey territory for Paul Ryan,Washington Post,"For now, it seems, the one lasting impact of House Democrats' 26-hour sit-in on gun control this summer is Republicans' desire to punish them for it.
But figuring out a way to do that without fanning the flames of the gun control debate — not to mention angering gun control advocates who are more and more willing to fight fire with fire — could be politically tricky.",left
17893,Ryan: Livestream Crackdown,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Speaker Ryan Looking To Punish Lawmakers Who Live-Stream On The House Floor,Townhall,"In response to Democrat’s gun control protest in June, Speaker Paul Ryan has introduced a rules package that would fine any lawmaker who live-streams or records video while on the House floor. The proposed rule changes include a $500 fine for first time offenses, and $2,500 fines for any subsequent offense. The fine would be taken out of lawmakers' paychecks.",right
17894,Ryan: Livestream Crackdown,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Experts: Ryan’s livestream crackdown may be unconstitutional,Politico,Paul Ryan’s new crackdown against protests on the House floor — a direct response to the Democrats’ gun-control “sit-in” last summer — is prompting questions from experts in both parties about its constitutionality.,left
17895,Temporary Funding Bill Ends Government Shutdown,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",The Government Shutdown Is Over and It May or May Not Be Because Democrats Folded Like a Cheap Suit,Slate,"The (partial) government shutdown is over: Minutes ago, the majority of Senate Democrats voted for a three-week funding extension bill that includes a six-year extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program, purportedly doing so in exchange for Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell’s promise to bring DACA legislation to the floor of the chamber for debate/voting no later than Feb. 8. (A substantial number of existing DACA protections for undocumented individuals brought to the U.S. as children begin expiring March 5.) That “promise,” to be clear, is not formally binding; Democrats’...",left
17896,Temporary Funding Bill Ends Government Shutdown,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senators strike deal to end government shutdown,Reuters,U.S. senators struck a deal on Monday to lift a three-day government shutdown and try to end a fight between Democrats and President Donald Trump’s Republicans over immigration and border security.,center
17897,Temporary Funding Bill Ends Government Shutdown,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Retreat: Senate Dems Abandon Unpopular 'Schumer Shutdown,' Advance GOP Bill to Reopen Government",Townhall,"Last night, Mitch McConnell offered Senate Democrats an off-ramp from their foolish, quixotic, unpopular Schumer Shutdown -- and with internal anxieties and divisions reportedly ratcheting up, they decided to take it. Five members of the minority caucus already broke ranks on Friday to vote in favor of the House-passed spending bill, meaning that a simple majority of the US Senate was on the record in support of the GOP's government funding bill. A number of the tiny handful of Republicans who voted with Democrats last week publicly lined up behind...",right
17898,Minimum Wage Plan,['Economy And Jobs'],Obama's Call For Higher Minimum Wage Could Have Ripple Effect,NPR (Online News),"So maybe the Great Recession really is over.
After more than five years of recession and painfully slow recovery, President Obama has sent a powerful signal that he thinks the U.S. economy is now in much better shape — good enough, at least, to provide workers with raises.
In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, Obama called upon Congress to boost the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour by 2015, up from the current $7.25. The wage would rise in steps, and after hitting the maximum in...",left
17899,Minimum Wage Plan,['Economy And Jobs'],"Sigh, President Obama is simply our recycler-in-chief",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama's approach to so-called ""climate change"" appears to include recycling old ideas.
In his State of the Union address, the president recycled the idea of spending more on education, though we are still getting unsatisfactory results. A fact he inadvertently acknowledged by saying we're not keeping up with other countries in science and math. He maintained there are tens of thousands of jobs available but companies can't fill th",right
17900,Minimum Wage Plan,['Economy And Jobs'],Why Obama's Minimum Wage Plan Really Worries The GOP And Business Lobby,HuffPost,"House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) only needed a single night's sleep before throwing cold water on one of the most significant proposals put forth by President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address Tuesday night: raising the federal minimum wage to $9 per hour and pegging it to inflation.
""When you raise the price of employment, guess what happens? You get less of it,"" Boehner told reporters Wednesday morning. ""At a time when Americans are still asking the question, ‘Where are the jobs?’ why would we want to...",left
17901,Aftermath of Boston Marathon Bombing,['Terrorism'],Investigators search apartment after Boston Marathon attacks,CNN (Online News),Authorities including bomb experts searched a Boston-area apartment after the marathon bombings.,left
17902,Aftermath of Boston Marathon Bombing,['Terrorism'],Downtown Boston Remains a Crime Scene,New York Times (News),The day after two powerful bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killing three people and injuring more than 100 no arrests had been made.,left
17903,Aftermath of Boston Marathon Bombing,['Terrorism'],Death toll at 3 in Boston Marathon bombing seen by White House as terrorism,Fox News (Online News),The Boston Marathon headquarters has been locked down after an explosion was reported near the finish line a spokesman told Reuters.,right
17904,Gun Control Options,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Lawmaker Seeks Public Reply on Guns,New York Times (News),"A California congressman leading a House Democratic task force on gun violence wrapped up a series of heated and packed town hall meetings on gun control here Thursday night, providing a glimpse into how the debate is resonating beyond Washington after last months massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.",left
17905,Gun Control Options,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],White House: Still committed to assault weapons ban,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama will seek passage of an assault weapons ban as part of a larger push for new gun control laws, an administration official said Friday.",left
17906,Gun Control Options,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Range of executive actions possible on guns, some more controversial than others",Fox News (Online News),"As Vice President Biden prepares to hand in a set of recommendations to curb gun violence next week and pro-gun groups dig in their heels, the vice president has put in play the possibility of using executive action to get controversial gun control measures on the books.",right
17907,Supreme Thursday,['Supreme Court'],"All Eyes On The Supreme Court As Decisions on Marriage, Obamacare Loom",Townhall,All eyes are on the Supreme Court Thursday as the country anxiously awaits decisions from the Justices on two major cases regarding Obamacare and gay marriage.,right
17908,Supreme Thursday,['Supreme Court'],Maps: Here Are The Ways The Supreme Court Could Rule On Obamacare,NPR (Online News),"The Supreme Court will soon, as early as Thursday, issue a ruling that could affect the health care of millions of Americans. In King v. Burwell, the court could choose to allow the exchanges set up under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare, to many) to continue operating as-is, or it could end the subsidies in most states allowing many lower-income Americans to afford the insurance offered through those sites.",left
17909,Supreme Thursday,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court Tees Up High-Stakes Cases For Grand Finale,HuffPost,"The U.S. Supreme Court is set to issue decisions on major cases in the next few days that will have sweeping impacts for the entire nation. Earlier in the week, the justices decided cases involving the Fourth Amendment and patents. That leaves seven, highly anticipated decisions still to come, including blockbuster cases that could legalize same-sex marriage and gut President Barack Obama's health care law.",left
17910,Republican Field Grows,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']","‘Think For Yourself’: Ben Carson Trashes Dems, GOP, Media as He Opens His 2016 Campaign",The Blaze,"Conservative author and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson officially launched his 2016 White House bid by trashing politicians from both major parties, and urged voters to trust their own judgment.
“I think it’s time for the people to rise up and take the government back,” he said on a stage in Detroit.",right
17911,Republican Field Grows,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Carly Fiorina announces presidential bid,CNN (Online News),"Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina announced her candidacy for president on Monday, becoming the first declared female candidate to seek the Republican Party's nomination.
""Yes, I am running,"" Fiorina said on ABC's ""Good Morning America."" ""I think I'm the best person for the job because I understand how the economy actually works. I understand the world; who's in it.""
The ex-Silicon Valley executive and long-shot White House contender has never held public office. In 2010, she unsuccessfully ran for Senate in California, losing to Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxe",left
17912,Republican Field Grows,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",The 2016 Republican field might be the most diverse ever — for either party,Washington Post,"The addition of Carly Fiorina (not a white man) and Ben Carson (not a white man) to a Republican 2016 field that already includes Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Rand Paul means that the 2016 Republican field will likely be the most diverse from either party since at least 1992. Given how the country has diversified -- and given how many non-white-men are already in the GOP field -- it's likely that the current class is the most diverse ever. With one caveat.
We pulled data on the major presidential...",left
17913,Voter Registration Spikes After Taylor Swift's Instagram Post,['Elections'],"Taylor Swift’s political Instagram post causes spike in voter registration, organization says",Fox News (Online News),New voter registration has surged in the wake of pop superstar Taylor Swift’s rare political statement on Sunday.,right
17914,Voter Registration Spikes After Taylor Swift's Instagram Post,['Elections'],Voter Registrations Spike as Deadlines Loom. Taylor Swift Had Something to Do With It.,New York Times (News),"Taylor Swift’s decision to jump into politics over the weekend, announcing her support in an Instagram post for two Democrats in Tennessee and urging her 112 million followers to register to vote, appears to have contributed to a flurry of last-minute registrations before deadlines in many states.",left
17915,Voter Registration Spikes After Taylor Swift's Instagram Post,['Elections'],Voter registration surges after Taylor Swift's Instagram post,The Hill,Vote.org says it has seen a flood of new voter registrations since Taylor Swift on Sunday broke her career-long silence on politics to encourage her 112 million followers to register to vote.,center
17916,Congressman Grimm Faces Federal Charges,"['US House', 'Politics']",Lawyer: Congressman Grimm faces federal charges,Washington Times,The attorney representing Republican U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm maintains that the congressman has done nothing wrong but says hes not surprised his client is facing criminal charges from federal prosecutors.,right
17917,Congressman Grimm Faces Federal Charges,"['US House', 'Politics']","Indictment Expected for Grimm, Staten Island Congressman",New York Times (News),"Representative Michael G. Grimm, a former F.B.I. agent and Marine who capitalized on his straight-arrow image to win a seat in Congress, was expected to be indicted on federal fraud charges after a lengthy corruption investigation, people with knowledge of the case said on Friday.",left
17918,Congressman Grimm Faces Federal Charges,"['US House', 'Politics']","Feds close to filing charges against Rep. Michael Grimm, officials say",CNN (Online News),Federal prosecutors are preparing to announce criminal charges against Rep. Michael Grimm capping a two-year FBI investigation that ranges from his business dealings to his first campaign for Congress in 2010 according to his lawyer and U.S. officials briefed on the matter.,left
17919,US Claims Russia Is Planning A ‘False-Flag’ Operation To Justify Ukraine Invasion,"['Foreign Policy', 'Human Rights', 'National Security', 'Pentagon', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin', 'White House', 'World', 'War']",Russia-Ukraine: US warns of 'false-flag' operation,BBC News,"Russia is plotting to stage acts of provocation to create a pretext to invade Ukraine, a US official has said.
A Pentagon spokesman said Russian operatives were planning a ""false-flag"" operation, to allow Moscow to accuse Ukraine of preparing an attack. Russia has dismissed the claims.
It comes after a week of US-Russian talks aimed at defusing tensions.
Ukraine on Friday accused Russia of being behind a cyber-attack on dozens of official websites.
Before the sites went offline, a message appeared warning Ukrainians to ""prepare for the worst"". Access to most of...",center
17920,US Claims Russia Is Planning A ‘False-Flag’ Operation To Justify Ukraine Invasion,"['Foreign Policy', 'Human Rights', 'National Security', 'Pentagon', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin', 'White House', 'World', 'War']",U.S. intel suggests Russia is preparing a 'false-flag' operation as pretext for Ukraine invasion,NBC News (Online),"The U.S. has information that the Russian government is planning a ""false-flag"" operation to rationalize an invasion of Ukraine, a government official said Friday.
""We have information that indicates Russia has already pre-positioned a group of operatives to conduct a false-flag operation in eastern Ukraine. The operatives are trained in urban warfare and in using explosives to carry out acts of sabotage against Russia’s own proxy-forces,"" the official said, confirming a CNN report.
""Our information also indicates that Russian influence actors are already starting to fabricate Ukrainian provocations in state and social media...",left
17921,US Claims Russia Is Planning A ‘False-Flag’ Operation To Justify Ukraine Invasion,"['Foreign Policy', 'Human Rights', 'National Security', 'Pentagon', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin', 'White House', 'World', 'War']",US warns of Russia plotting ‘false flag’ operation to provoke Ukraine invasion,New York Post (News),"The US has intelligence suggesting Russian operatives have been deployed to conduct a “false flag” attack in eastern Ukraine that will act as a signal for Moscow to invade its western neighbor, the White House said Friday.
Press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that the operatives had been tapped to carry out “sabotage attacks” against Russian proxies in the region and added that Moscow’s “influence actors” had begun to “fabricate Ukrainian provocations in state and social media to justify a Russian intervention.”
The Kremlin has kept thousands of troops in...",right
17922,Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore DACA,"['Immigration', 'Federal Courts', 'DACA', 'Donald Trump', 'New York']",Judge orders Trump administration to restore DACA,Politico,"A federal judge in New York has ordered the Trump administration to begin accepting new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — the Obama-era initiative that provides quasi-legal status to immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally as children.
U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis issued an order Friday directing the Department of Homeland Security to announce by Monday that it is resuming the approval of new DACA applications and work permits. The judge also ordered DHS to return to its prior practice of granting and extending DACA...",left
17923,Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore DACA,"['Immigration', 'Federal Courts', 'DACA', 'Donald Trump', 'New York']",Federal Judge Orders Government to Fully Restore DACA,Wall Street Journal (News),"A federal judge in Brooklyn on Friday ordered the Trump administration to fully restore the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, meaning the government will once more have to accept new applications for the program that protects immigrants living in the U.S. since childhood without legal permission.
The order concludes a three-year legal battle over the Trump administration’s attempt to kill DACA, which the Supreme Court ruled it did improperly because it didn’t follow the proper procedure for federal policy-making.
That means, for the first time since September 2017, new...",center
17924,Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore DACA,"['Immigration', 'Federal Courts', 'DACA', 'Donald Trump', 'New York']",Judge Orders Trump Administration to Fully Reinstate DACA Program,The Epoch Times,"A federal judge in New York on Friday ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to fully reinstate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a program known as DACA.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must accepting new applications for DACA and post a notice that it is doing so by Dec. 7, U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis, a Clinton appointee, wrote in a six-page opinion.
The ruling stemmed from contention that acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf wasn’t serving lawfully in his position when he issued a memorandum over the summer suspending...",right
17925,"US Jobless Claims Rise to 719,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",Weekly jobless claims rise back above 700K,The Hill,"Weekly jobless claims rose above 700,000 last week after briefly dipping below the pre-pandemic record for the first time since March 2020, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
In the week ending March 27, the seasonally adjusted number of new applications for unemployment insurance rose to 719,000 from the previous week’s revised total of 658,000.
Last week’s increase brings weekly jobless claims back above the pre-coronavirus pandemic record of roughly 690,000, set in October 1982. Weekly claims had been consistently above that level since the end of March 2020, when the...",center
17926,"US Jobless Claims Rise to 719,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","719,000 Americans file for first-time unemployment benefits",Fox News (Online News),"The number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, according to the Labor Department.
Data released Thursday showed 719,000 Americans filed first-time jobless claims in the week ended March 27. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv were expecting 680,000 filings. The prior week’s reading was revised down to 658,000 from 684,000. The increase comes a week after first-time filings fell to their lowest level since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Continuing claims for the week ended March 20, meanwhile, rose to 3.794 million, up from last week’s...",right
17927,"US Jobless Claims Rise to 719,000","['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",U.S. jobless claims rise to 719K as virus still forces layoffs,Politico,"The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose by 61,000 last week to 719,000, signaling that many employers are still cutting jobs even as more businesses reopen, vaccines are increasingly administered and federal aid spreads through the economy.
The Labor Department said Thursday that the number of claims increased from 684,000 the week before. Though the pace of applications has dropped sharply since early this year, they remain high by historical standards: Before the pandemic flattened the economy a year ago, jobless claims typically ran below 220,000 a week....",left
17928,CDC Says Vaccinated People Don't Have to Wear Masks Outside,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",CDC announces updated COVID-19 mask guidelines,New York Post (News),"Vaccinated Americans can now breathe a big, deep sigh of relief.
People who have had all their COVID-19 shots can go outside without wearing a mask unless they’re in large gatherings, the CDC said in updated guidance Tuesday.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said after the announcement that the state will immediately adopt the agency’s guidance, calling it “liberating.”
Those who have received both doses of the Pfizer or Moderna immunizations — or the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine — can be outdoors without a face-covering when walking, running or...",right
17929,CDC Says Vaccinated People Don't Have to Wear Masks Outside,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",CDC: Fully vaccinated people don't need to wear masks outside,Axios,"Fully vaccinated people can venture outdoors without masks, according to updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued Tuesday.
The big picture: The guidelines come as more than nearly 29% of people in the U.S. have been fully vaccinated and more than 42% have received at least one dose.
15 governors so far have let their state orders requiring people to wear face coverings in public expire, according to U.S. News. Many cities and local jurisdictions have also begun to increase capacity at restaurants and businesses.
...",center
17930,CDC Says Vaccinated People Don't Have to Wear Masks Outside,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",CDC unveils new mask guidance for fully vaccinated Americans,CBS News (Online),"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) unveiled updated guidelines on Tuesday detailing activities that vaccinated people can safely resume, including attending small outdoor gatherings without the need to wear a mask.
The new ""interim public health recommendations"" detail a variety of situations in which individuals who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can forgo wearing a mask, but urged the continued use of face coverings in most indoor settings and in crowded outdoor areas.
""Today is another day we can take a step back to the normalcy of...",left
17931,CDC Says Vaccinated People Don't Have to Wear Masks Outside,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",CDC announces updated COVID-19 mask guidelines,New York Post (News),"Vaccinated Americans can now breathe a big, deep sigh of relief.
People who have had all their COVID-19 shots can go outside without wearing a mask unless they’re in large gatherings, the CDC said in updated guidance Tuesday.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said after the announcement that the state will immediately adopt the agency’s guidance, calling it “liberating.”
Those who have received both doses of the Pfizer or Moderna immunizations — or the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine — can be outdoors without a face-covering when walking, running or...",right
17932,CDC Says Vaccinated People Don't Have to Wear Masks Outside,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",CDC: Fully vaccinated people don't need to wear masks outside,Axios,"Fully vaccinated people can venture outdoors without masks, according to updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued Tuesday.
The big picture: The guidelines come as more than nearly 29% of people in the U.S. have been fully vaccinated and more than 42% have received at least one dose.
15 governors so far have let their state orders requiring people to wear face coverings in public expire, according to U.S. News. Many cities and local jurisdictions have also begun to increase capacity at restaurants and businesses.
...",center
17933,CDC Says Vaccinated People Don't Have to Wear Masks Outside,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Public Health', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",CDC unveils new mask guidance for fully vaccinated Americans,CBS News (Online),"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) unveiled updated guidelines on Tuesday detailing activities that vaccinated people can safely resume, including attending small outdoor gatherings without the need to wear a mask.
The new ""interim public health recommendations"" detail a variety of situations in which individuals who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can forgo wearing a mask, but urged the continued use of face coverings in most indoor settings and in crowded outdoor areas.
""Today is another day we can take a step back to the normalcy of...",left
17934,CNN's Jim Acosta and White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders Clash,['Media Bias'],Sarah Sanders presents the official White House policy: The media is the enemy of the people,Washington Post,When President Trump derides the media as the enemy of the people — as he's doing more frequently — he's not just spouting off his momentary frustration. He's stating official White House policy.,left
17935,CNN's Jim Acosta and White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders Clash,['Media Bias'],Sarah Sanders blasts the Trump-hating media and exposes their blatant bias,Fox News (Opinion),White House press secretary Sarah Sanders used her nationally televised press briefing Thursday to say some very important things about the round-the-clock unrelenting criticism of the president and his team coming from the Trump-hating mainstream media.,right
17936,CNN's Jim Acosta and White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders Clash,['Media Bias'],"Acosta after clash with Sanders: White House has lost sight of the fact that media, Americans aren't enemies",The Hill,"Following an intense exchange with White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, CNN reporter Jim Acosta said Thursday that the White House ""has lost sight of"" the fact that the press is not an enemy of the U.S.",center
17937,Dem Debates: Round Four,"['Elections', 'Democratic Debates', 'Dem Debates', 'Decision 2020', 'Election: Presidential']",2020 primary debate guide: Everything you need to know ahead of the October showdown,The Hill,"Twelve Democratic primary hopefuls are gearing up to take the stage Tuesday night at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, for the fourth Democratic primary debate, in what is being billed as the largest single debate in a U.S. presidential campaign cycle.
CNN and The New York Times will host the forum, which will air from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. EDT.",center
17938,Dem Debates: Round Four,"['Elections', 'Democratic Debates', 'Dem Debates', 'Decision 2020', 'Election: Presidential']",DNC set to squeeze Dem debate stage again,Politico,"As Democratic presidential candidates barrel into the fall, they are still waiting for the party to write the rules for the most important events of the campaign.
The candidates are bracing for another round of strict new debate criteria from the Democratic National Committee, which has already halved the list of candidates making the debate stage and could once again shrink it drastically within weeks.",left
17939,Dem Debates: Round Four,"['Elections', 'Democratic Debates', 'Dem Debates', 'Decision 2020', 'Election: Presidential']","Biden, Warren battling for top spot heading into Tuesday's 2020 Dem debate",Fox News (Online News),"A new national poll on the eve of the Democrats’ fourth-round presidential primary debate showed Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and former Vice President Joe Biden locked in a close race for their party’s nomination.
Warren stood at 30 percent support in a Quinnipiac University survey Monday of Democratic voters and independents who leaned toward the party. Biden, the unrivaled front-runner until Warren’s surge in the polls the past couple of months, was at 27 percent.",right
17940,Michelle Obama Steps Into Gun Control Debate,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Michelle Obama on gun control: ""These reforms deserve a vote""",Washington Post,First lady takes unusual step of speaking out in support of gun-control legislation going to a vote.,left
17941,Michelle Obama Steps Into Gun Control Debate,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Michelle Obama Steps Into Gun Control Debate,NPR (Online News),The first lady gave a personal and emotional speech in her hometown two months after attending the funeral of a Chicago teen who was shot and killed earlier this year.,left
17942,Michelle Obama Steps Into Gun Control Debate,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Michelle Obama Compares Herself to Murdered Teenager in Chicago Speech,Townhall,"Yesterday the First Lady gave a speech in Chicago about guns, obviously her forte.",right
17943,State of the Union Preview,"['White House', 'Politics']",5 things to watch in Obama's State of the Union,CNN (Online News),President Barack Obama delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term on Tuesday. Here are five things to watch for as the president lays out his second-term agenda.,left
17944,State of the Union Preview,"['White House', 'Politics']",5 things to watch for in the State of the Union,Politico,President Barack Obama on Tuesday gets his second high-profile opportunity in less than a month to set the agenda for his second term.,left
17945,State of the Union Preview,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama’s State of the Union a wish list for liberals,Washington Times,The first State of the Union address of President Obamas second term is shaping up as a conservatives nightmare come true.,right
17946,Greece to vote on Referendum Sunday,"['Europe', 'World']",The Latest: Protesters loot supermarket in Athens suburb,Townhall,Greek police say dozens of anti-establishment protesters have raided a supermarket in an Athens suburb and handed out food to people.,right
17947,Greece to vote on Referendum Sunday,"['Europe', 'World']",This Is What The End Of European Democracy Looks Like,HuffPost,Underlying the question of whether European leaders and the Greek state will be able to come to terms amid the financial crisis is one even more fundamental: Is there room in Europe for democracy?,left
17948,Greece to vote on Referendum Sunday,"['Europe', 'World']","Poll Suggests Greek Referendum Close, but ‘Yes’ Has Momentum",Wall Street Journal (News),"Momentum in Greece’s referendum appears to be shifting toward a “yes” vote on creditors’ demands, an opinion poll published on Friday says, although the gap between the two camps is minimal—suggesting Sunday’s outcome hangs in the balance.",center
17949,Jeb Bush to Announce on June 15,['Politics'],Jeb Bush Plans June 15 Announcement,New York Times (News),"Jeb Bush will end the suspense on June 15.
The former Florida governor and likely presidential candidate teased on Thursday morning that he would make an announcement on that date. Aides to Mr. Bush said he would speak at the Kendall Campus of Miami Dade College. The choice of location highlights an issue Mr. Bush has focused on for years: education.
“Coming soon…” Mr. Bush posted on Twitter.",left
17950,Jeb Bush to Announce on June 15,['Politics'],Jeb Bush expected to announce presidential campaign on June 15,Fox News (Online News),"Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, already a frontrunner in the race for the 2016 Republican nomination, is expected to officially launch his campaign for the presidency June 15 at Miami Dade College in Miami, Fox News has learned.
A source close to Bush confirmed the announcement date, saying, ""Governor Bush has made a decision regarding whether he will seek the Presidency in 2016. [He] is thankful for the support and encouragement he has received from so many Americans during the last several months and looks forward to announcing his decision.""...",right
17951,Jeb Bush to Announce on June 15,['Politics'],Jeb Bush to Announce White House Plans June 15,Wall Street Journal (News),"Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor and kin to two American presidents, is expected to formally begin his quest for the Republican presidential nomination June 15 in Miami.
Mr. Bush has chosen Miami-Dade College, the largest and most diverse community college in the country, as the venue to announce his plans, reflecting his longtime focus on education and attachment to the multicultural community he has called home for decades.
While an aide said he would announce a decision that day on whether to run, Mr. Bush has in essence been...",center
17952,48 States Launch Antitrust Probe of Google,"['Big Tech', 'Google', 'Facebook', 'Bipartisanship', 'State Governments', 'Technology']",Fifty states led by Texas target Google's 'potential monopolistic behavior' in new antitrust probe as they examine if the tech giant has gotten too big and effective at stomping out rivals,Daily Mail,"Fifty U.S. states and territories, led by Texas, have announced an antitrust investigation into Google's 'potential monopolistic behavior' as they examine whether the Silicon Valley tech giant has gotten too big and effective at stomping or acquiring rivals.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton formally announced the probe on Monday and said it would focus on Google's advertising business.
States have formally requested documents from Google on its advertising business.
Several of the attorneys general at the announcement in Washington D.C. described the investigation as 'preliminary' but said they...",right
17953,48 States Launch Antitrust Probe of Google,"['Big Tech', 'Google', 'Facebook', 'Bipartisanship', 'State Governments', 'Technology']","State probes into Big Tech are a ‘backstop’ in case the feds back down, say antitrust experts",CNBC,"Nearly all the country’s attorneys general are now putting their weight behind antitrust investigations of Big Tech. And while the state-led probes will turn up the heat on companies like Google and Facebook, they will also likely add pressure to federal regulators who have launched their own investigations into the industry, according to antitrust experts.
A bipartisan group of attorneys general from 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico announced Monday they would pool resources to probe Google’s advertising business. The announcement follows that of a smaller, overlapping...",center
17954,48 States Launch Antitrust Probe of Google,"['Big Tech', 'Google', 'Facebook', 'Bipartisanship', 'State Governments', 'Technology']",New Google and Facebook Inquiries Show Big Tech Scrutiny Is Rare Bipartisan Act,New York Times (News),"There is a major force uniting America’s fiercely partisan politicians: big technology companies. Democrats and Republicans at the federal and state levels are coming together to scrutinize the power of the Silicon Valley giants and, potentially, to rein them in.
Letitia James, the Democratic attorney general of New York, announced on Friday that attorneys general in eight states — four Democrats and four Republicans — and the District of Columbia had begun an antitrust investigation of Facebook.
Next up for state regulators is Google. A similarly bipartisan group led by...",left
17955,Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Sparks Debate Over 70 Percent Marginal Tax Rate,"['Taxes', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez']",‘Fox & Friends’ Host Falsely Claims Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Will Tax 70 Percent Of Paychecks,HuffPost,The congresswoman’s suggestion was that a 70 percent rate be applied only to earnings beyond $10 million.,left
17956,Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Sparks Debate Over 70 Percent Marginal Tax Rate,"['Taxes', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez']",Harry Reid Criticizes Ocasio-Cortez Tax Proposal as Too ‘Rapid’,The Daily Caller,Former Nevada Democratic Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid had some criticism for his party’s new star.,right
17957,Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Sparks Debate Over 70 Percent Marginal Tax Rate,"['Taxes', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez']",Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has kick-started the Democratic tax debate with her 70% marginal rate idea,CNBC,The tax furor triggered by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has opened debate on a core question for all Democrats: Where should government get more money?,center
17958,Sanders Stays In - For Now,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","After meeting with Obama, it sounds like Bernie Sanders is preparing for defeat",Vox,"Bernie Sanders didn't call his campaign quits after meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday, saying he would be competing in the Washington, DC, primary next week.",left
17959,Sanders Stays In - For Now,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Sanders signals the end is near,Politico,"After meeting with Obama, Sanders gives strongest sign yet that he will soon bow out. But he's going to compete in D.C. primary first.",left
17960,Sanders Stays In - For Now,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Sanders strikes conciliatory tone after Obama meeting – but stays in race,Fox News (Online News),"Bernie Sanders struck a conciliatory tone Thursday after an Oval Office sit-down with President Obama and made it clear that while he’s not dropping out just yet, he plans to meet soon with Hillary Clinton to discuss how they can “work together to defeat Donald Trump.”",right
17961,"David Hogg Plans to Run for Congress at 25, Expresses Support for Placing Age Limits on Politicians",['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],David Hogg Is Taking His Gap Year at the Barricades,New York Magazine,"Furious and unflinching, an NRA enemy, an accused “crisis actor,” and a high-school grad trying to figure out what’s next.",left
17962,"David Hogg Plans to Run for Congress at 25, Expresses Support for Placing Age Limits on Politicians",['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],David Hogg plans to run for Congress when he’s 25,The Hill,"David Hogg, the Parkland, Fla., shooting survivor who has become an outspoken gun control activist, says he’s running for Congress when he’s 25.",center
17963,"David Hogg Plans to Run for Congress at 25, Expresses Support for Placing Age Limits on Politicians",['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],David Hogg turns on 'older' Dems; they 'won't move the f-- off the plate and let us take control',Washington Times,Parkland shooting survivor and gun-control activist David Hogg says “older” Democrats need to “move the f— off the plate” for young people if they want to be successful.,right
17964,Trump Plans Immigration Speech,['Immigration'],Trump Plans Detailed Immigration Talk as Questions Remain,ABC News (Online),Donald Trump says he'll deliver a detailed speech Wednesday on his proposal to crack down on illegal immigration — but it's anyone's guess what he will say.,left
17965,Trump Plans Immigration Speech,['Immigration'],What is Trump's immigration plan -- and when will we see it?,CNN (Online News),Donald Trump's lack of clarity on his plans for dealing with some 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country has been so head-spinning in recent weeks it's starting to look deliberate.,left
17966,Trump Plans Immigration Speech,['Immigration'],Trump: ‘Major speech’ on illegal immigration coming Wednesday in Arizona,Washington Times,"Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is planning to give a “major speech” on illegal immigration on Wednesday in Arizona, where he’ll get the opportunity to more clearly lay out what his plans will be after a week of mixed messages.",right
17967,Belgium Police Make Arrests,['World'],Brussels Remains on Lockdown as Number of Arrests Rises to 21,New York Times (News),"The capital of Belgium entered the third day of a siege-like lockdown on Monday: Schools, shopping malls, public transit and food markets remained closed, and hotels and bars were desolate, as the total number of arrests in a sweeping counterterrorism operation rose to 21.",left
17968,Belgium Police Make Arrests,['World'],No sign of Paris suspect in Belgium raids as Brussels remains under high alert,CNN (Online News),Brussels remained under partial lockdown Monday after police carried out raids around the Belgian capital amid warnings of possible terrorist attacks similar to those that killed 130 people in Paris 10 days ago.,left
17969,Belgium Police Make Arrests,['World'],Belgium police arrest 21; Paris fugitive still at large,Washington Times,"Belgian police launched more raids in Brussels and beyond early Monday, detaining five more people as they continued their hunt for a fugitive suspect in the Paris attacks.",right
17970,Women’s March in DC,['Politics'],The Psychological Importance of Joining a March This Weekend,New York Magazine,"The best advice on how to live a good life is often the easiest to dismiss, because it tends to be simple — boring, even. Eat leafy greens. Exercise regularly. Make time to connect with friends and family. Floss. (Though you may be off the hook for that last one.)",left
17971,Women’s March in DC,['Politics'],Crowds Swamp Washington for Anti-Trump Women's March,Newsmax (News),"Large crowds of women, many wearing bright pink knit hats, poured into downtown Washington by bus, train and car on Saturday for a march in opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump only a day after the Republican took office.",right
17972,Women’s March in DC,['Politics'],Watch live: Women's March on Washington,USA TODAY,"The estimated 200,000 people planning to crowd the streets of the nation’s capital a day after Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 45th president aren't organized by a single group. Sister marches are planned for all 50 states and in 32 countries around the world.",left
17973,Biden Administration Obtains $700M in Private Investments For Electric Vehicle Chargers,"['Biden Administration', 'Electric Vehicles', 'Energy', 'Environment', 'Joe Biden', 'Sustainability']","Volkswagen, Siemens Among Companies Investing Over $700 Million to Boost EV Charger Production",The Epoch Times,"Private companies including Volkswagen and Siemens have pledged to invest more than $700 million to boost U.S. manufacturing capacity for electric vehicle (EV) chargers, the White House announced on Tuesday.
The move is set to increase domestic capacity to manufacture more than 250,000 new EV chargers every year and will add at least 2,000 jobs, while making EV charging “more affordable, accessible, and equitable,” according to the Biden administration.
The investment will also support the $7.5 billion approved in Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to build a network of EV chargers across the nation.
According to the announcement, Volkswagen unit Electrify American pledged...",right
17974,Biden Administration Obtains $700M in Private Investments For Electric Vehicle Chargers,"['Biden Administration', 'Electric Vehicles', 'Energy', 'Environment', 'Joe Biden', 'Sustainability']",White House says companies investing $700 million to boost EV charger production,Reuters,"The White House said on Tuesday that companies are planning to invest more than $700 million to boost U.S. manufacturing capacity for electric vehicle (EV) chargers - actions set to add at least 2,000 jobs and make charging more accessible and affordable.
The investments include $450 million earmarked by Volkswagen unit Electrify America and more than $250 million by Siemens to expand its Grand Prairie, Texas and Ponoma, California EV charger plants.
FLO, an EV charging network operator, is also investing $3 million in its first U.S. assembly plant in...",center
17975,Biden Administration Obtains $700M in Private Investments For Electric Vehicle Chargers,"['Biden Administration', 'Electric Vehicles', 'Energy', 'Environment', 'Joe Biden', 'Sustainability']","Ford’s Electric F-150 Will Take Over Rural America, Biden’s Infrastructure Czar Says",Bloomberg,"The electric version of Ford Motor Co.’s best-selling F-150 truck is poised to sweep rural America and tip the US market for EVs, President Joe Biden’s infrastructure czar predicted.
“You all are gonna be driving Ford F-150s with electric batteries in them. That’s how that’s gonna work,” Mitch Landrieu, the former New Orleans mayor, said in an interview with Bloomberg News reporters and editors Wednesday. ",left
17976,AG Barr Says His Job Made 'Impossible' by President Trump's Tweets,"['William Barr', 'Attorney General', 'Donald Trump', 'Roger Stone', 'Politics', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",Attorney General Says Trump's Tweets About DOJ Make His Job 'Impossible',NPR (Online News),"Attorney General William Barr asked President Trump to stop his social media commentary on Thursday after the flap over the case involving Trump's adviser Roger Stone.
Barr told ABC News in an interview scheduled to air on Thursday evening that he wants Trump to ""stop tweeting"" and that the president's comments make it ""impossible"" to do his job as the head of federal law enforcement.
Trump has never asked Barr to intervene in a criminal case, the attorney general said, but he added that Trump's comments surrounding the Stone matter...",left
17977,AG Barr Says His Job Made 'Impossible' by President Trump's Tweets,"['William Barr', 'Attorney General', 'Donald Trump', 'Roger Stone', 'Politics', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']","Graham, McConnell Back AG Barr Following Criticism of Trump Tweets",National Review,"Senator Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) on Thursday expressed “complete confidence” in Attorney General William Barr following an interview in which Barr complained that President Trump’s tweets made it difficult for him to do his job.
“President Trump, in selecting Bill Barr to be Attorney General, has done a great service to the people in the Department of Justice and our nation as a whole,” Graham said in a statement. “He is the right man at the right time to reform the Department and stand up for the Rule of Law....",right
17978,AG Barr Says His Job Made 'Impossible' by President Trump's Tweets,"['William Barr', 'Attorney General', 'Donald Trump', 'Roger Stone', 'Politics', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",Bill Barr Tells Trump to Shut Up,Mother Jones,"Attorney General Bill Barr said today that he wants President Trump to stop tweeting about criminal cases. “I cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me,” he said.
Attorney General Bill Barr said today that he wants President Trump to stop tweeting about criminal cases. “I cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me,” he said.
Among the liberal twitterati, there are two interpretations of Barr’s comments:
Barr wants Trump to stop tweeting about...",left
17979,Supreme Court Blocks Louisiana Abortion Law,"['Louisiana', 'Supreme Court']",The Supreme Court has blocked a Louisiana abortion law — for now,Vox,The case could still lead to the end of Roe v. Wade.,left
17980,Supreme Court Blocks Louisiana Abortion Law,"['Louisiana', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court halts Louisiana abortion restrictions,The Hill,The Supreme Court has agreed to temporarily block a Louisiana abortion law from taking effect.,center
17981,Supreme Court Blocks Louisiana Abortion Law,"['Louisiana', 'Supreme Court']",Roberts joins Supreme Court's liberal wing in blocking Louisiana abortion law,Fox News (Online News),"Chief Justice John Roberts joined the Supreme Court's liberal wing on Thursday in temporarily blocking a Louisiana law that would have placed restrictions on abortion clinics, in the high court's first major ruling on abortion since the confirmation of Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh.",right
17982,"Delays, Confusion Mark Coronavirus Testing in US","['Public Health', 'Disease', 'Healthcare', 'Role Of Government', 'Coronavirus']",Nurses Who Fear They Have The Coronavirus Have Waited Up To A Week For Test Results,BuzzFeed News,"Nurses worried they were infected with COVID-19 told BuzzFeed News they waited up to a week to get test results, despite displaying symptoms and being health care professionals on the front line.
""I'm a registered nurse who knows how to navigate the system, and I'm having trouble getting answers,"" a nurse from Sacramento told BuzzFeed News. ""Members of the general public certainly must be faring much, much worse.""",left
17983,"Delays, Confusion Mark Coronavirus Testing in US","['Public Health', 'Disease', 'Healthcare', 'Role Of Government', 'Coronavirus']",Coronavirus tests are now more available. But a key testing component is in short supply.,USA TODAY,"A new shortage of a key testing component is hobbling the U.S. battle against COVID-19 as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases continues to rise.
Earlier testing was marred by problems that produced potentially inaccurate results. Now, as U.S. testing ramps up, some labs have run short on the kits and components needed to determine whether samples taken from ailing patients confirm the presence of the novel coronavirus.
The problem is emerging as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. rose to 1,050, with 29 deaths, as...",left
17984,"Delays, Confusion Mark Coronavirus Testing in US","['Public Health', 'Disease', 'Healthcare', 'Role Of Government', 'Coronavirus']",How Government Red Tape Stymied Testing and Made the Coronavirus Epidemic Worse,Reason,"The United States is home to the most innovative biotech companies and university research laboratories in the world. That fact should have given our country a huge advantage with respect to detecting and monitoring emerging cases of COVID-19 caused by the new coronavirus outbreak.
Instead, as The New York Times reports in a terrific new article, officials at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stymied private and academic development of diagnostic tests that might have provided an early warning and a...",right
17985,UAE and Bahrain Sign Peace Deals with Israel at White House,"['UAE', 'Bahrain', 'Israel', 'White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Middle East']","U.S., Israel, U.A.E., Bahrain Sign Peace Accord",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump presided over the signing of a Middle East peace agreement between Israel and two Gulf nations Tuesday, calling it the foundation for a broader alignment against Iran that would fundamentally change the geopolitical dynamic in the region.
The so-called Abraham Accords, brokered by the U.S. and signed by the U.S., Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, normalizes relations between the nations and further isolates Tehran. The agreement also leaves out the Palestinians, who have not engaged with the Trump administration and its peace efforts since Washington recognized...",center
17986,UAE and Bahrain Sign Peace Deals with Israel at White House,"['UAE', 'Bahrain', 'Israel', 'White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Middle East']",The Love Triangle That Spawned Trump’s Mideast Peace Deal,Thomas L. Friedman,"Having covered Arab-Israel diplomacy for more than 40 years, I have to say that the normalization agreements signed Tuesday between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Israel and Bahrain came about in a most unusual — but incredibly revealing — fashion.
I can best explain it with a soap opera analogy: It is as if Jared Kushner was a lawyer who set out to arrange a divorce between a couple, “Mrs. Israel” and “Mr. Palestine.” In the process, though, Mr. Kushner discovered that Mrs. Israel and Mr. Palestine were...",left
17987,UAE and Bahrain Sign Peace Deals with Israel at White House,"['UAE', 'Bahrain', 'Israel', 'White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Middle East']",Trump trumpets signing of historic accord with Israel and two Arab states,Washington Times,"President Trump’s fresh approach to one of the world’s most intractable and dangerous problems, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, culminated Tuesday in the signing of historic agreements with Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to normalize their diplomatic relations.
The move also burnished Mr. Trump’s credentials as a statesman and a peacemaker less than two months before he faces voters for reelection.
In a ceremony on the South Lawn at the White House, the president said the breakthrough cooperation between Israel and the two moderate Arab, Muslim states is a major...",right
17988,Jobs Report July 2013,['Economy And Jobs'],Another tepid jobs report,Politico,The trend of sluggish economic growth continued Friday as federal economists reported that the economy added 162000 jobs in July while the unemployment rate edged down from 7.6 percent to 7.4 percent. The jobs count which narrowly missed analyst expectations follows Wednesdayrsquos dour news that the economy grew by only 1.7 percent in the second...,left
17989,Jobs Report July 2013,['Economy And Jobs'],Stocks slip on weak jobs report,CNN (Online News),U.S. stock futures continue to edge higher in anticipation of the upcoming monthly jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.,left
17990,Jobs Report July 2013,['Economy And Jobs'],"US employers add 162K jobs, unemployment rate falls to 7.4 percent",Fox News (Online News),"U.S. employers added 162,000 jobs in July - the fewest since March.",right
17991,Trump Gives Speech on Afghanistan,"['White House', 'Politics']",The America First president just announced he's escalating the Afghanistan war,Vox,And Trump's Afghanistan plan looks a lot like Obama's.,left
17992,Trump Gives Speech on Afghanistan,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump commits U.S. to open-ended Afghanistan war; Taliban vow 'graveyard',Reuters,"President Donald Trump committed U.S. troops to an open-ended war in Afghanistan, a decision the Afghan government welcomed on Tuesday but which Taliban insurgents warned would make the country a ""graveyard for the American empire"".",center
17993,Trump Gives Speech on Afghanistan,"['White House', 'Politics']","Afghanistan speech: Trump rejects ‘timetables,’ ups pressure on Pakistan, refocuses on ‘killing terrorists’",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump outlined a comprehensive new strategy Monday night for achieving a “lasting peace” in Afghanistan – rejecting what he called “arbitrary timetables” for the U.S. troop presence, ratcheting up pressure on Pakistan to stop harboring militants and vowing to refocus the mission on “killing terrorists,” not nation-building.",right
17994,Ginsburg Undergoes Heart Procedure,['Supreme Court'],Justice Ginsburg Undergoes Heart Procedure to Treat Coronary Blockage,Wall Street Journal (News),"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent a heart procedure Wednesday after doctors discovered a blockage in her right coronary artery.
Justice Ginsburg, 81 years old, “experienced discomfort during routine exercise” Tuesday night and was taken to the hospital, the Supreme Court said. A stent was placed in the artery at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. The court said she was released Thursday morning.
A Supreme Court spokeswoman said Justice Ginsburg expects to return to the bench Mo",center
17995,Ginsburg Undergoes Heart Procedure,['Supreme Court'],Justice sent home after heart stent implanted,Townhall,"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from the hospital Thursday after having a heart stent implanted to clear a blocked artery, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said.
The 81-year-old jurist was sent home and was expected to be at work when the court hears its next round of oral arguments on Monday, spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said.
Ginsburg was rushed to MedStar Washington Hospital Center late Tuesday after experiencing discomfort during exercise with a personal trainer.
She has had a series of health problems, including colorectal cancer in 1999 and pancreatic cancer...",right
17996,Ginsburg Undergoes Heart Procedure,['Supreme Court'],Justice Ginsburg Leaves Hospital,New York Times (News),"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from a hospital on Thursday after having a heart stent implanted to clear a blocked artery, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said.
Justice Ginsburg, 81, is expected to be at work when the court hears its next round of oral arguments on Monday, the spokeswoman said.
She was taken to MedStar Washington Hospital Center late Tuesday after experiencing discomfort while exercising with a personal trainer.",left
17997,President Obama in Israel,['Middle East'],U.S. Officials Set Low Bar For Obama's Mideast Trip,HuffPost,Calling the U.S. Israels greatest friend President Barack Obama assured the Middle East ally of his administrations commitment to Israels security while cautioning that the regions winds of change bring both promise and peril. Obama declared common cause with Israel noting that it was the first stop of the first trip of his second term.,left
17998,President Obama in Israel,['Middle East'],Obama's Israel trip is about legacy,CNN (Online News),Aaron David Miller says President Obamas attempt to repair relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu is smart politics.,left
17999,President Obama in Israel,['Middle East'],Three critical questions Obama needs to answer during his Israel trip,Fox News (Online News),To say that the pundits have low expectations for President Obamas trip to Israel and Jordan this week would be putting it mildly.,right
18000,Trump Year 1 Review,"['White House', 'Politics']",OPINION: Why Trump isn't getting the credit he thinks he deserves,CNN (Online News),President Donald Trump is probably right: he doesn't get due credit for the volume of achievements he's stacked up during a tumultuous political year.,left
18001,Trump Year 1 Review,"['White House', 'Politics']",OPINION: Trump’s first year was even worse than feared,Eugene Robinson,"Grit your teeth. Persevere. Just a few more days and this awful, rotten, no-good, ridiculous, rancorous, sordid, disgraceful year in the civic life of our nation will be over. Here’s hoping that we all — particularly special counsel Robert S. Mueller III — have a better 2018.",left
18002,Trump Year 1 Review,"['White House', 'Politics']",OPINION: Trump’s Strong Start on Policy,National Review,A first-year report card.,right
18003,Boehner Trashes “False Prophets“,['Politics'],John Boehner: GOP Opponents 'Not Realistic',Newsmax (News),"House Speaker John Boehner, who announced of Friday he will be stepping down and resigning from Congress on October 30, said his more conservative opponents are not being realistic about how things are accomplished in Washington.
The tea party wing of the party has had its sights set on Boehner for quite some time, and he was only narrowly re-elected speaker in 2013. Conservative members have reportedly been plotting to force him to step down amid the debate over defunding Planned Parenthood.
Appearing Sunday on ""Face the Nation,"" Boehner said...",right
18004,Boehner Trashes “False Prophets“,['Politics'],Boehner: There will be no government shutdown; select committee will probe Planned Parenthood,Washington Post,"In His first major interview since announcing His pending resignation, House Speaker John A. Boehner vowed That Sunday there will be no government shutdown at the end of the month - adding That I will impanel a select committee to investigate Planned Parenthood after ""undercover"" video Among conservatives About Renewed outrage government funding for the women's health provider.
""The Senate is expected to pass a resolution next week Continuing,"" Boehner Told ""Face the Nation"" moderator John Dickerson. ""We'll Also take up a select committee to investigate These horrific That video...",left
18005,Boehner Trashes “False Prophets“,['Politics'],John Boehner trashes conservative groups who force agenda,CNN (Online News),"John Boehner lashed out at ""false prophets"" in the right's ranks, blaming them for political strategies that ""never had a chance"" even while taking the government into fiscal crises.
""Absolutely, they're not realistic,"" the retiring House speaker said of hard-line conservatives and outside groups in a Sunday interview on CBS' ""Face the Nation.""
He pointed to the October 2013 shutdown after conservative House Republicans demanded the repeal of President Barack Obama's signature health care law as one maneuver -- led by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz -- that was never going...",left
18006,DOJ Opens Criminal Probe into Russia Inquiry,"['Department Of Justice', 'DOJ', 'Donald Trump', 'Robert Mueller', 'Collusion', 'FBI', 'Russia']",Justice Department review of Russia probe turns into criminal investigation,NBC News (Online),"A probe by Attorney General William Barr into the origins of the Russia investigation has changed from an administrative review into a criminal investigation, a person familiar with the review confirmed to NBC News.
The review is being conducted by Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham. The New York Times first reported Thursday that the administrative review has turned into a criminal investigation.
It’s not clear when the change occurred, but the probe began in May as an administrative review.
The Times reported that the change in status gives Durham the...",left
18007,DOJ Opens Criminal Probe into Russia Inquiry,"['Department Of Justice', 'DOJ', 'Donald Trump', 'Robert Mueller', 'Collusion', 'FBI', 'Russia']",Mueller report: Criminal probe into Russia inquiry begins,BBC News,"The US justice department has launched a criminal investigation into the origins of the Mueller inquiry, US media report.
An administrative review into the special counsel's investigation of 2016 election interference began in May.
But the switch to a criminal probe means investigators can now issue subpoenas for testimony and documents.
President Trump has long alleged Robert Mueller's probe of reports of collusion with Russia was a ""witch hunt"".
The investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election did not establish any criminal conspiracy between Moscow and Donald Trump's campaign....",center
18008,DOJ Opens Criminal Probe into Russia Inquiry,"['Department Of Justice', 'DOJ', 'Donald Trump', 'Robert Mueller', 'Collusion', 'FBI', 'Russia']",John Durham opens criminal inquiry in DOJ’s investigation of the investigators,Washington Examiner,"U.S. Attorney John Durham opened a criminal inquiry in his investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation and into the conduct of the Justice Department, FBI, and Intelligence Community during their scrutiny of possible connections between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.
The significant new move in the DOJ’s investigation of the investigators, which would give Durham the power to impanel a grand jury and hand down indictments, according to the New York Times.
The DOJ did not immediately return the Washington Examiner’s request for comment.
Earlier this week,...",right
18009,Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta Resigns,['Politics'],Labor Secretary Acosta Resigns After Scrutiny Over Epstein Sex Trafficking Deal,CBN,"President Donald Trump says Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta is stepping down following criticism of his handling of a plea deal with a wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, who is accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls.
Trump announced the news with Acosta by his side at the White House as Trump left on a trip to the Midwest.
Acosta says stepping aside was the right decision.
He was the U.S. attorney in Miami when he oversaw a 2008 nonprosecution agreement with Epstein. Epstein avoided federal charges and served 13 months...",right
18010,Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta Resigns,['Politics'],Trump Labor Secretary Alex Acosta resigns amid controversy over Epstein plea deal,ABC News (Online),"Labor Secretary Alex Acosta has resigned amid controversy over his role in a 2008 plea deal with accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
President Donald Trump said Friday that it was Acosta's decision and not his as he spoke to reporters as he left the White House for a trip to Wisconsin.
Acosta was standing next to Trump as the president called Acosta ""a great labor secretary, not a good one.""
Trump said it was very said to see him go but said Acosta told him he didn't want to distract...",left
18011,Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta Resigns,['Politics'],Trump's Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta resigns,USA TODAY,"Labor Secretary Alex Acosta resigned amid the fallout over a plea deal he made with wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, a sex offender charged with human trafficking girls as young as 14.
President Donald Trump announced Acosta's resignation Friday morning with Acosta at his side. Trump said the secretary called him Friday morning to say that the decision to resign was his.
“I thought the right thing was to step aside,” Acosta said.
Trump, who had defended Acosta after Epstein's arrest last week, praised him as a “great labor...",left
18012,Brown Gets Apology for Geography Lesson,['Elections'],"Apology, geography lesson follow New Hampshire debate",CNN (Online News),"Turns out the ""gotcha"" moment in Thursday's New Hampshire debate wasn't so clear cut.
Republican Scott Brown, who is vying for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's seat, appeared to botch a question on New Hampshire geography during the final debate in the contentious race.
But after some post-debate map-checking, the former senator from Massachusetts, who moved back to New Hampshire after losing his Senate seat in 2013, actually got an apology from the reporter who questioned the candidate's familiarity with state geography.
So did Brown get it right and",left
18013,Brown Gets Apology for Geography Lesson,['Elections'],Scott Brown Tackles New Hampshire Geography In Final Debate (UPDATE),HuffPost,"Republican Senate challenger Scott Brown's efforts to cast himself as a New Hampshire native went awry in his final debate against Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D) on Thursday when a question on economic problems facing Sullivan County turned into a geography lesson.
WMUR's James Pindell, a debate moderator, asked Brown and Shaheen to specify what is and isn't working economically for Sullivan County, which is located in far western New H",left
18014,Brown Gets Apology for Geography Lesson,['Elections'],Brown gets apology after debate moderator incorrectly challenges him,Washington Times,"A New Hampshire Senate debate moderator apologized to Republican candidate Scott Brown on Thursday for incorrectly disputing him on state geography.
WMUR reporter James Pindell asked Mr. Brown, a former Massachusetts senator, what he thinks is going “right” and “wrong” in Sullivan County, which lies on the western border of New Hampshire, Fox News reported Friday.
Mr. Brown responded with a number of economic challenges that faced areas of the s",right
18015,Second Term Controversies,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama’s second term clouded by controversies,Washington Post,"After answering questions Monday morning about two of the controversies that have undermined his administration, President Obama flew off to New York to raise money for the Democratic Party. There, before partisan donors, he reflected on his second term and said he will continue to reach out to Republicans. “I sure want to do some governing, he explained.
Obamas words suggest that he believes there is a way to compartmentalize the business of his second term: legislative and other business here, scandals over there. But things are too messy for...",left
18016,Second Term Controversies,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama struggles with rocky start to second term,CNN (Online News),"Secretly accessing phone records of journalists. IRS targeting of conservative groups. Misleading statements last year about the Benghazi terrorist attack.
News headlines of the past week portray an administration engulfed in potential scandal, providing opponents of President Barack Obama with plenty of ammunition to try to derail his agenda in the early months of his second term.
The scenario invites comparisons to previous presidents who faced controversies in their ""lame duck"" second terms, such as the Iran-Contra scandal of the Reagan administration and Bill Clinton's impeachment for perjury...",left
18017,Second Term Controversies,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama White House Suffers 'Epidemic of Dishonesty',Newsmax (News),"Douglas E. Schoen’s Perspective: On Monday President Obama delivered a defense of his administration's response to the Benghazi attacks: he said that nothing new came out in last week's hearings, that he called the Benghazi attack what it was — a terror attack — the day after it happened, and furthermore, that the controversy over the edited talking points is a political sideshow, rooted in partisan motivations.
But the president can't just dismiss the questions over what exactly happened in Benghazi.",right
18018,Nebraska Abolishes Death Penalty,[],Nebraska is the first conservative state in 40 years to ban the death penalty,Vox,"Nebraska's conservative legislators ""argued that the death penalty is a wasteful and ineffective government program that costs too much and accomplishes too little,"" according to Robert Dunham, the executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center. That's probably correct: because of intense and extended litigation, imposing the death penalty in the US is significantly more expensive than sentencing someone to life without parole.
This argument, al",left
18019,Nebraska Abolishes Death Penalty,[],Nebraska Lawmakers Pass Bill Abolishing State’s Death Penalty,Wall Street Journal (News),"Nebraska on Wednesday became the seventh state since 2007 to scrap the death penalty, the latest sign of weakening support for capital punishment in statehouses across the country.
The move was driven by a bipartisan group of legislators, who argued that the death penalty had grown inefficient and ineffective. Nebraska hadn’t executed anyone since 1997, and until recently had struggled to get the drugs needed to carry out executions.
On Tuesday, Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts—who lobbied to retain capital punis",center
18020,Nebraska Abolishes Death Penalty,[],Nebraska Becomes 19th US State to Halt Death Penalty,Newsmax (News),"Nebraska lawmakers voted to overturn their governor's veto and abolish the death penalty Wednesday, becoming the nineteenth US state to do so.
The bill was carried by 30 votes to 19, a large enough majority to override the objections of Nebraska's Republican governor, Peter Ricketts, and pass into law.
Nebraska's legislature had previously voted to repeal capital punishment in the state on April 17 and May 20, but Ricketts had vetoed the legislation.",right
18021,Blinken Promotes Democracy During Sub-Saharan Africa Tour,"['Africa', 'Antony Blinken', 'China', 'Democracy', 'Foreign Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Russia', 'South Africa']","Blinken Unveils Strategy for Africa: Flatters Ruling Elite, Ignores China Threat",Breitbart News,"Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered a speech Monday at the University of Pretoria in South Africa in which he purported to outline the Biden administration’s new strategy toward Africa — though he simply recycled old platitudes.
Blinken began with a series of well-worn clichés about South Africa’s transition to apartheid — nearly 30 years ago — and completely ignored the country’s current challenges: crime, corruption, chronic electricity shortages, and economic stagnation.
The Secretary of State then outlined four priorities in America’s relationship with the African continent: “openness,” “the promise...",right
18022,Blinken Promotes Democracy During Sub-Saharan Africa Tour,"['Africa', 'Antony Blinken', 'China', 'Democracy', 'Foreign Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Russia', 'South Africa']","U.S. Won’t Ask African Nations to Pick Sides in Standoff With Russia, Blinken Says",Wall Street Journal (News),"The U.S. won’t ask African governments to pick sides in an intensifying standoff with other powers such as Russia and China, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in South Africa Monday, in a speech about the Biden administration’s strategy toward the continent.
Mr. Blinken’s visit, with stops scheduled later this week in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, comes at a time of growing U.S. concern about Russia’s clout in Africa and on the heels of a recent trip by Moscow’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov.
Most African nations, including South Africa,...",center
18023,Blinken Promotes Democracy During Sub-Saharan Africa Tour,"['Africa', 'Antony Blinken', 'China', 'Democracy', 'Foreign Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Russia', 'South Africa']",Blinken draws distinctions between US and Russia as he seeks to make case for US partnership in Africa,CNN (Online News),"US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday drew firm distinctions between the United States and Russia as he sought to make the case that the US is the better partner for countries in Africa.
In a speech about the Biden administration’s “strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa,” delivered in Pretoria, South Africa, the top US diplomat argued that “the United States and African nations can’t achieve any of our shared priorities – whether that’s recovering from the pandemic, creating broad-based economic opportunities, addressing the climate crisis, expanding energy access, revitalizing democracies,...",left
18024,Black Friday kicks off,['Culture'],"Massive Black Friday strike and arrests planned, as workers defy Wal-Mart",Salon,Exclusive Wal-Mart strikers risk arrest in nine cities today. Here's what it means for future of U.S. workers.,left
18025,Black Friday kicks off,['Culture'],This year's early start to Black Friday proves Thanksgiving as you know it is gone,CNN (Online News),This year's early start to Black Friday proves Thanksgiving as you know it is gone.,left
18026,Black Friday kicks off,['Culture'],Black Friday violence reported as retailers usher in start of holiday shopping season,Fox News (Online News),The holiday shopping season kicked off much earlier this year as at least a dozen national retail chains from Macys to Gap to Target opened their stores on Thanksgiving Day.,right
18027,US to Begin Evacuating Afghan Allies in Late July,"['Foreign Policy', 'State Department', 'Afghanistan', 'World', 'US Military', 'Taliban', 'George W Bush', 'Qatar']",U.S. to begin evacuating Afghan helpers this month,Military Times,"U.S. officials will begin evacuating Afghan allies by the end of this month to a safe third-country while their visa applications are being processed, an administration official confirmed on Wednesday.
President Joe Biden is expected to formally announce the effort, dubbed “Operation Allies Refuge,” later on Wednesday.
Tracey Jacobsen, former U.S. ambassador to Kosovo, will oversee the effort. Defense Department and Department of Homeland Security personnel will also assist in the evacuations.",center
18028,US to Begin Evacuating Afghan Allies in Late July,"['Foreign Policy', 'State Department', 'Afghanistan', 'World', 'US Military', 'Taliban', 'George W Bush', 'Qatar']",Biden administration to relocate Afghans who aided US military effort as they await visa process,Fox News (Online News),"The Biden administration is launching an operation to relocate Afghan nationals who aided the U.S. military effort in Afghanistan and are in the process of applying for residency in the United States.
""At President Biden’s direction, the United States is launching Operation Allies Refuge to support relocation flights for interested and eligible Afghan nationals and their families who have supported the United States and our partners in Afghanistan and are in the SIV application pipeline,"" a senior administration official said in a statement.",right
18029,US to Begin Evacuating Afghan Allies in Late July,"['Foreign Policy', 'State Department', 'Afghanistan', 'World', 'US Military', 'Taliban', 'George W Bush', 'Qatar']",U.S. to begin evacuation flights for eligible Afghans at end of July,NBC News (Online),"The Biden administration will begin offering evacuation flights to eligible Afghan citizens who aided the U.S. and its allies in the war at the end of the month, a senior White House official said Wednesday.
The official said the flights will be offered to people who are in the process of obtaining special immigrant visas, or SIVs, through the State Department, as well as their families.",left
18030,Releasing the Final Jobs Report,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Labor Department considers jobs report delay,Politico,"Federal officials say theyre preparing to release the jobs and unemployment report on schedule Friday, following up on earlier statements suggesting Hurricane Sandy may delay the closely watched report until after the election.
The department is “working hard to ensure the timely release of the report, said Gary Steinberg, spokesman for the Labor Department. “It is our intention that Friday will be business as usual.",left
18031,Releasing the Final Jobs Report,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Sandy could delay jobs report,CNN (Online News),"Hurricane Sandy could cause a delay in the release of the highly-anticipated October jobs report set for this Friday.
The report is normally released at 8:30 a.m. ET the first Friday of the month. This month's report is the final reading on the health of the job market before the presidential election.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics said Monday it hopes to stay on the normal schedule and is working hard to try to do so. But because of the shutdown of federal government offices due to the...",left
18032,Releasing the Final Jobs Report,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Unreal: Labor Department May Delay Jobs Report Until After Election,Townhall,"This breaking, astonishing news comes via the Wall Street Journal:
The U.S. Labor Department on Monday said it hasn’t made a decision yet on whether to delay Friday’s October jobs report, the final reading on the labor market before next week’s federal elections. A Labor official said the agency will assess the schedule for all its data releases this week when the “weather emergency” is over. Labor is scheduled to release the employment report on Friday, third quarter employment costs on Wednesday and weekly jobless claims on Thursday. The U.S....",right
18033,Trump Backs House Immigration Bills,['Immigration'],Trump blesses House Republicans' new compromise immigration bill,Washington Times,"President Trump blessed House Republicans’ compromise immigration bill “1,000 percent” Tuesday, giving political cover to conservatives looking to back the bill and creating momentum ahead of a showdown vote expected this week.",right
18034,Trump Backs House Immigration Bills,['Immigration'],Trump says would back both House immigration bills as separation crisis grows,Reuters,"President Donald Trump told Republican lawmakers on Tuesday he would back either of the immigration bills making their way through the House of Representatives, as the outcry grew over his administration’s separation of immigrant parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border.",center
18035,Trump Backs House Immigration Bills,['Immigration'],Trump backs plan to end family separations but shirks responsibility,The Guardian,"Donald Trump has told Republicans he is “1,000%” behind their immigration reform effort, but did not offer a clear path forward as his administration faced bipartisan condemnation over separating children and their parents at the border.",left
18036,Bergdahl Charged with Desertion,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl Charged With Desertion,HuffPost,"The U.S. military announced Wednesday that it has charged Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl with one count of desertion and one count of misbehavior before the enemy by endangering his unit. Army officials said they were referring the case to a preliminary hearing.
The 28-year-old Hailey, Idaho, native became the only known American prisoner of war in Afghanistan after his disappearance from his base in 2009. Last year, Bergdahl was handed over to U.S. forces by the Taliban in exchange for the release of five Afghan detainees who were being held at...",left
18037,Bergdahl Charged with Desertion,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']","Bergdahl Faces Life on Charges of Desertion, Misbehavior",Newsmax (News),"U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, a former Taliban prisoner in Afghanistan, was formally charged on Wednesday with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, and could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted of the most serious count, the Army said.
Bergdahl's attorney, Eugene Fidell of Yale Law School, said the Army had scheduled an Article 32 investigation hearing on April 22 to determine whether there was sufficient evidence to proceed with a court-martial.
The Army said the investigation, similar to a civilian grand jury proceeding, would take place...",right
18038,Bergdahl Charged with Desertion,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Military charges Bergdahl with desertion,CNN (Online News),"The U.S. military has charged Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl with one count each of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, officials announced Wednesday afternoon.
Bergdahl left his post in Afghanistan before being captured and held captive for five years. For that, he faces charges that carry a maximum penalty of life in a military prison, and he could also have to forfeit pay and be stripped for his rank, Army Col. Daniel King said as he announced the charges.
Bergdahl now faces a military procedure similar to a grand jury...",left
18039,Hundreds of Migrant Children Reportedly Moved to Tent City in Texas,['Immigration'],Migrant Children Moved Under Cover of Darkness to a Texas Tent City,New York Times (News),"In shelters from Kansas to New York, hundreds of migrant children have been roused in the middle of the night in recent weeks and loaded onto buses with backpacks and snacks for a cross-country journey to their new home: a barren tent city on a sprawling patch of desert in West Texas.",left
18040,Hundreds of Migrant Children Reportedly Moved to Tent City in Texas,['Immigration'],Hundreds of migrant children moved to Texas tent camp,Washington Examiner,"Hundreds of migrant children detained all across the country are reportedly being sent to a tent camp in Tornillo, Texas, along the U.S.-Mexico border.",right
18041,Hundreds of Migrant Children Reportedly Moved to Tent City in Texas,['Immigration'],Hundreds of young migrants moved to tent city: report,The Hill,"Hundreds of migrant children in recent weeks have been moved from private foster homes or shelters to a tent city in south Texas, according to The New York Times.",center
18042,What's Causing The Growing Mental Health Crisis Among US Teens?,"['Anxiety', 'CDC', 'Culture', 'Depression', 'Education', 'Emotional Stability', 'LGBT Issues', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Mental Health', 'Public Health', 'Race And Racism', 'Social Media', 'Teenagers']",Nearly Half of U.S. Teens Report Feeling Sad and Hopeless: What Can Be Done?,Psych Central,"It’s never been easy to be a teenager, but today’s youth are grappling with a mental health crisis of epic proportions.
An April 2022 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — the Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences SurveyTrusted Source — shows that 44% of teens feel “persistent feelings of sadness and hopelessness.”
According to previous CDC data,Trusted Source this is an increase from around 26% in 2009 and 37% in 2019.
The startling data demonstrate how a growing youth mental health crisis has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Mental health problems in...",center
18043,What's Causing The Growing Mental Health Crisis Among US Teens?,"['Anxiety', 'CDC', 'Culture', 'Depression', 'Education', 'Emotional Stability', 'LGBT Issues', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Mental Health', 'Public Health', 'Race And Racism', 'Social Media', 'Teenagers']",Why American Teens Are So Sad,The Atlantic,"The United States is experiencing an extreme teenage mental-health crisis. From 2009 to 2021, the share of American high-school students who say they feel “persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness” rose from 26 percent to 44 percent, according to a new CDC study. This is the highest level of teenage sadness ever recorded.
The government survey of almost 8,000 high-school students, which was conducted in the first six months of 2021, found a great deal of variation in mental health among different groups. More than one in four girls reported that they...",left
18044,What's Causing The Growing Mental Health Crisis Among US Teens?,"['Anxiety', 'CDC', 'Culture', 'Depression', 'Education', 'Emotional Stability', 'LGBT Issues', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Mental Health', 'Public Health', 'Race And Racism', 'Social Media', 'Teenagers']",CDC Finds American Teens “Persistently Sad or Hopeless” — Here’s 2 Conservative Solutions,Turning Point USA,"According to a new survey by the CDC, American teens are facing a drastic mental health crisis.
Below are the crazy numbers for “Percent of High-School Students Feeling Persistently Sad or Hopeless”
A few thoughts:
Long-Term Joy vs. Fleeting Pleasure: We are abandoning our primal roles in life in exchange for immediate and brief sensations of pleasure and “happiness.” The more we tell our children to idolize celebrities, social media followers, money, and self-gratification OVER long-term fulfilling purpose, service, and joy, the more we will see these numbers grow. We must embrace love,...",right
18045,Perspectives: Iowa Democratic Caucus 2020,"['Democratic Party', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Joe Biden', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Iowa', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Amy Klobuchar', 'Elections']","Buttigieg, Sanders rise in final poll ahead of Iowa caucuses",The Hill,"DES MOINES — Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) hold a slim lead in a last-minute poll of Iowa Democratic voters released Monday, showing a close-fought race just hours before the caucus doors open.
The new poll, conducted for the Democratic group Focus on Rural America by party pollster David Binder, found Buttigieg leading the field with 19 percent of the vote. Sanders trailed with 17 percent of the vote, a statistically insignificant disadvantage.
Both gained 3 points since the last Focus on...",center
18046,Perspectives: Iowa Democratic Caucus 2020,"['Democratic Party', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Joe Biden', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Iowa', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Amy Klobuchar', 'Elections']",The secret to winning Iowa,CNN (Online News),"(CNN) - It's the bottom of the ninth in Iowa as Democratic candidates make their closing arguments before the all-important Iowa caucus on Monday. Having worked as the communications director for the presidential campaigns of Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum and Ted Cruz — the last three Republicans to win the Iowa caucuses — I have insight into what works in the Hawkeye State.
And if the Democratic candidates want to be competitive, I would encourage them to keep the following lessons in mind.",left
18047,Perspectives: Iowa Democratic Caucus 2020,"['Democratic Party', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Joe Biden', 'Pete Buttigieg', 'Iowa', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Amy Klobuchar', 'Elections']",Who Will Win The 2020 Democratic Primary?,FiveThirtyEight,"Our latest forecast for how many pledged delegates each candidate will win after all states have voted
FiveThirtyEight’s model simulates the primary season thousands of times to find the most likely outcome for each candidate. The chart shows how many delegates, on average, each candidate is projected to have pledged to them at each point in the primary season, along with a range of possible delegate counts. We’re also showing the distribution of simulated final pledged delegate counts in the table, where taller bars mean a more likely outcome....",center
18048,Cruz and Sanders Win Big in WI,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Cruz, Sanders pick up convincing wins over Trump, Clinton in Wisconsin",Fox News (Online News),"Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders scored big victories in Wisconsin's presidential primaries Tuesday, dampening Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's hopes of wrapping up the race any time soon -- and putting heavy pressure on the front-runners to recapture the momentum in contests later this month.",right
18049,Cruz and Sanders Win Big in WI,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",What Cruz victory in Wisconsin really tells us,Christian Science Monitor,"Wisconsin suggests that, no matter what the Republicans do from here on out, they will anger some major faction of a fractured party.",center
18050,Cruz and Sanders Win Big in WI,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Wisconsin Goes to Cruz, Raising Chance of Fight at Convention",New York Times (News),"Senator Ted Cruz soundly defeated Donald J. Trump in the Wisconsin primary on Tuesday, breathing new life into efforts to halt Mr. Trump’s divisive presidential candidacy and dealing a blow to his chances of clinching the Republican nomination before the party’s summer convention.",left
18051,Mission Impossible for Trump?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump camp admits uphill election battle as Clinton looks down-ballot,The Guardian,"Hillary Clinton’s increasingly confident campaign has warned against complacency, as new poll numbers suggested Donald Trump may drag Republicans into a rout in just over two weeks time.",left
18052,Mission Impossible for Trump?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump’s window is closing,Politico,"With 15 days to go, polls show Clinton is on track for an easy win.",left
18053,Mission Impossible for Trump?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The media cast Trump's task as Mission Impossible,Fox News (Online News),"Is the press declaring the presidential race over?
The tenor of the coverage certainly suggests that Donald Trump has no hope and Hillary Clinton is coasting to victory.",right
18054,Refining a Promise,['Healthcare'],"Obama on health care: ""I've got one more campaign in me"" to make sure this law works",Washington Post,President Obama defends his promises on health care in address to supporters.,left
18055,Refining a Promise,['Healthcare'],Obama further refines 'you can keep your plan' pledge,CNN (Online News),President Obama continues to refine his signature promise in selling the Affordable Care Act back in 2009 and 2010.,left
18056,Refining a Promise,['Healthcare'],Obama tweaks message about keeping health plans under ObamaCare,Fox News (Online News),Obama tweaks message about keeping health plans under ObamaCare.,right
18057,House Jan. 6 Panel Seeks Interviews With Three Additional House Republicans,"['2020 Election', 'Andy Biggs', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Courts', 'Donald Trump', 'Election Integrity', 'House Republicans', 'Justice', 'Liz Cheney', 'Media Bias', 'Mo Brooks', 'Republican Party', 'Ronny Jackson', 'US Capitol', 'US Congress']","Jan. 6 panel wants testimony from GOP lawmakers Brooks, Biggs, Jackson",The Hill,"The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is seeking voluntary testimony from three additional members of Congress who appeared to have some coordination with rioters and efforts to block President Biden’s electoral victory both before and after the attack.
The letter to Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) notes that former President Trump asked him to help keep him in office even after Jan. 6.
A letter to Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) references his involvement in discussions to secure presidential pardons in connection with efforts to unwind the 2020 election. It also focuses on...",center
18058,House Jan. 6 Panel Seeks Interviews With Three Additional House Republicans,"['2020 Election', 'Andy Biggs', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Courts', 'Donald Trump', 'Election Integrity', 'House Republicans', 'Justice', 'Liz Cheney', 'Media Bias', 'Mo Brooks', 'Republican Party', 'Ronny Jackson', 'US Capitol', 'US Congress']",Jan. 6 committee asks three recalcitrant House Republicans to testify,Washington Examiner,"The Jan. 6 select committee tasked with investigating the deadly attack at the Capitol is calling for a trio of House Republicans to cooperate voluntarily with its investigation, according to letters sent to the lawmakers on Monday.
The panel, probing the Capitol riots in which supporters of defeated President Donald Trump tried to overturn President Joe Biden's 2020 victory, wants cooperation from GOP Reps. Andy Biggs, Mo Brooks, and Ronny Jackson.
While it’s unclear whether the Trump-allied lawmakers will comply with the request, members of the panel are hoping they...",right
18059,House Jan. 6 Panel Seeks Interviews With Three Additional House Republicans,"['2020 Election', 'Andy Biggs', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Courts', 'Donald Trump', 'Election Integrity', 'House Republicans', 'Justice', 'Liz Cheney', 'Media Bias', 'Mo Brooks', 'Republican Party', 'Ronny Jackson', 'US Capitol', 'US Congress']",House Jan. 6 Panel Seeks Interviews With Three More G.O.P. Lawmakers,New York Times (News),"The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol sent letters on Monday seeking interviews with three Republican members of Congress, and the panel said it had gathered evidence that some House Republicans sought presidential pardons in the aftermath of the violence that engulfed the Capitol.
The committee is requesting interviews with Representative Andy Biggs of Arizona, the former leader of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus; Representative Mo Brooks of Alabama, who has said former President Donald J. Trump has continued to seek reinstatement to office; and Representative Ronny Jackson of Texas, Mr. Trump’s...",left
18060,Trump Claims Fake News,['Fake News'],"No, President Trump, negative polls are not 'fake news'",CNN (Online News),"President Trump is encouraging his 24 million Twitter followers to ignore accurate polls.
On Monday he tweeted -- inaccurately -- that ""Any negative polls are fake news, just like the CNN, ABC, NBC polls in the election.""",left
18061,Trump Claims Fake News,['Fake News'],"Equating bad polls with fake news, Trump further inflates his surrealistic bubble",Washington Post,"It was inevitable that we would get to this point, given the two years that preceded it.
On Monday morning, President Trump began the tweetweek with a response to recent polling showing that his executive order on immigration is more unpopular than it is popular.",left
18062,Trump Claims Fake News,['Fake News'],Trump on immigration order's popularity: 'Negative polls are fake news',Fox News (Online News),"President Trump continued his assault on mainstream polling on Monday morning, tweeting that any poll showing his controversial immigration ban is unpopular is “fake news” and asserting his internal statistics are superior.",right
18063,Hope Hicks Resigning as WH Communications Director,"['White House', 'Politics']",Hope Hicks resigning as White House communications director,Fox News (Online News),"White House communications director Hope Hicks, one of the president's longest and most loyal advisers dating back to the beginning of his presidential campaign, said Wednesday she is resigning from the administration to explore new opportunities.",right
18064,Hope Hicks Resigning as WH Communications Director,"['White House', 'Politics']","In blow to Trump, top aide Hope Hicks to leave White House",Reuters,"Hope Hicks, one of U.S. President Donald Trump’s longest-serving and most trusted aides, is resigning from her job as White House communications director, a blow to the president, whose inner circle has been depleted by firings and clouded by scandal.",center
18065,Hope Hicks Resigning as WH Communications Director,"['White House', 'Politics']",Hope Hicks to Leave Post as White House Communications Director,New York Times (News),"Hope Hicks, President Trump’s communications director and one of his longest-serving advisers, said Wednesday that she planned to leave the White House in the next few weeks.",left
18066,Supreme Court Leaves Kentucky Ultrasound Law in Place,"['Supreme Court', 'Kentucky', 'Red State', 'Abortion']",Supreme Court leaves in place Kentucky abortion restriction,Politico,"The Supreme Court Monday left in place a Kentucky law requiring abortion providers to perform an ultrasound and show and describe it to the patient, regardless of the patient's wishes.
The justices did not offer an explanation for their decision to refuse to hear a challenge to a lower court ruling that upheld the Kentucky restrictions. The law, which had been blocked by lower courts since 2017 when it was enacted, will now take effect.",left
18067,Supreme Court Leaves Kentucky Ultrasound Law in Place,"['Supreme Court', 'Kentucky', 'Red State', 'Abortion']",Supreme Court leaves Kentucky’s ultrasound law in place,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a Kentucky law requiring doctors to perform ultrasounds and show fetal images to patients before abortions.
The justices did not comment in refusing to review an appeals court ruling that upheld the law. Enforcement of the law had been on hold pending the legal challenge but will begin shortly, said Steve Pitt, general counsel to Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin.
The American Civil Liberties Union had challenged the law on behalf of Kentucky’s lone remaining abortion clinic. The ACLU argued...",left
18068,Supreme Court Leaves Kentucky Ultrasound Law in Place,"['Supreme Court', 'Kentucky', 'Red State', 'Abortion']",Supreme Court Upholds Kentucky Law Requiring Abortionists to Describe Ultrasound to Woman,National Review,"The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a Kentucky abortion law to stand that requires an abortionist to perform an ultrasound and describe the image to the mother and allow her to hear the heartbeat of the fetus before terminating it.
The court declined to reconsider an appeals court ruling upholding the Kentucky Ultrasound Informed Consent Act after the American Civil Liberties Union brought a case on behalf of the state’s only abortion clinic saying the “display and describe” requirement violates physicians’ First Amendment rights by forcing them to show their...",right
18069,Russia Sends US Formal Warning to Stop Arming Ukraine,"['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Defense And Security', 'US Military']",Russia warns U.S. to stop arming Ukraine,Washington Post,"Russia this week sent a formal diplomatic note to the United States warning that U.S. and NATO shipments of the “most sensitive” weapons systems to Ukraine were “adding fuel” to the conflict there and could bring “unpredictable consequences.”
The diplomatic démarche, a copy of which was reviewed by The Washington Post, came as President Biden approved a dramatic expansion in the scope of weapons being provided to Ukraine, an $800 million package including 155 mm howitzers — a serious upgrade in long-range artillery to match Russian systems — coastal defense...",left
18070,Russia Sends US Formal Warning to Stop Arming Ukraine,"['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Defense And Security', 'US Military']",Russia sends formal letter warning US to stop arming Ukraine: report,The Hill,"Russia has sent a formal letter to the U.S. warning that shipments of sensitive weapons from the United States and NATO were exacerbating tensions in Ukraine and could lead to “unpredictable consequences,” The Washington Post reported.
The letter, which was viewed by he Post, added that the U.S. has flouted the rules governing the transfer of weapons to conflict zones.
According to the letter dated Tuesday, Russia accused NATO of impeding early peace negotiation with Ukraine “in order to continue the bloodshed.”
The State Department declined to confirm any private diplomatic correspondence. ...",center
18071,Russia Sends US Formal Warning to Stop Arming Ukraine,"['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Defense And Security', 'US Military']",Russia warns US of 'unpredictable consequences' amid latest arms shipment to Ukraine: report,Fox News (Online News),"Russia warned the U.S. and NATO this week that there could be ""unpredictable consequences"" if they continue to send Ukraine ""sensitive"" weapons as it prepares to launch a massive ground offensive in eastern Ukraine, a report said Friday.
The Biden administration announced that another $800 million in security assistance would be sent to Ukraine Wednesday, including artillery, coastal defense drones, anti-aircraft and anti-tank armored vehicles, and Mi-17 helicopters. 
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the defense systems approved by the U.S. are ""reflective of the kind of fighting that the Ukrainians are expecting...",right
18072,Nabisco Redesigns Animal Cracker Boxes to Remove Cages,"['Food', 'Public Health']","Animal Cracker Company Caves to Peta, Changes Packaging",The Daily Caller,People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) praised the new packaging for Barnum’s Animals crackers Monday after the manufacturer caved to pressure and removed the animal cages from its packaging.,right
18073,Nabisco Redesigns Animal Cracker Boxes to Remove Cages,"['Food', 'Public Health']",Animal crackers have been caged for 116 years. Pressure on Nabisco helped free them.,Washington Post,"After more than a century of imprisonment, Barnum’s cracker creatures are roaming free — until they meet their mushy demise in the mouths of children, anyway.",left
18074,Nabisco Redesigns Animal Cracker Boxes to Remove Cages,"['Food', 'Public Health']",No More Cages: New Animal Cracker Packaging Sets The Mighty Beasts Free,NPR (Online News),Lions and tigers and bears are now roaming free – on the box for Barnum's Animals.,left
18075,Top Doctors Say Virus is Disappearing in Italy; Other Experts Disagree,"['World', 'Europe', 'Italy', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']",Italian doctors say coronavirus vanishing in hard-hit country,Washington Examiner,"Two top doctors in Italy claim the coronavirus has virtually disappeared in their hard-hit country.
""The swabs that were performed over the last 10 days showed a viral load in quantitative terms that was absolutely infinitesimal compared to the ones carried out a month or two months ago,"" said Alberto Zangrillo, who leads a hospital in Milan, Business Insider reported.
""In reality, the virus clinically no longer exists in Italy,"" he added. Zangrillo also urged Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to continue reopening the country.
""We've got to get back to...",right
18076,Top Doctors Say Virus is Disappearing in Italy; Other Experts Disagree,"['World', 'Europe', 'Italy', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']",WHO says coronavirus isn’t losing potency: ‘This is still a killer virus’,CNBC,"The World Health Organization cautioned world leaders Monday about reports that the coronavirus is “losing potency,” saying “this is still a killer virus” and thousands of people are still dying daily.
“We need to be exceptionally careful that we are not creating a sense that all of a sudden the virus has decided to be less pathogenic. That is not the case at all,” Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s emergencies program, said during a press conference at the agency’s headquarters in Geneva.
WHO officials were asked...",center
18077,Top Doctors Say Virus is Disappearing in Italy; Other Experts Disagree,"['World', 'Europe', 'Italy', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']",Experts dispute reports that coronavirus is becoming less lethal,Washington Post,"Has the novel coronavirus in Italy changed in some significant way? That was the suggestion of a top doctor in northern Italy who reports that patients to his hospital have been showing up with lower levels of the virus in their upper respiratory tracts compared with those two months ago.
Alberto Zangrillo, head of San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, roiled the global public health community on Sunday when he told RAI, the national TV station, that “the virus clinically no longer exists in Italy,” with patients showing minute amounts of...",left
18078,Highlights from DNC Night 1,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Remedy for Chaos: Rip Trump,Fox News (Online News),Democrats tried to turn their attention Monday night from an email scandal that claimed their party chairwoman and sent Bernie Sanders supporters into near rebellion with a scorching attack on Donald Trump that ranged from unnamed references by Michelle Obama to in-your-face attacks by Elizabeth Warren and Sanders himself.,right
18079,Highlights from DNC Night 1,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","On Raucous Opening Night, A Strong Pitch for Clinton",Reuters,"Hillary Clinton was set to become the first woman presidential nominee of a major U.S. party on Tuesday, a historic moment that Democrats hope will help eclipse rancor between supporters of Clinton and her rival in the primary contests, Bernie Sanders.",center
18080,Highlights from DNC Night 1,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Democrats Struggle for Unity on First Day of Convention,New York Times (News),"Democratic Party leaders scrambled on Monday night to rescue their convention from political bedlam as supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders erupted in boos, jeers and protests against Hillary Clinton after an email leak showed that party officials had sought to undermine Mr. Sanders in their race for the nomination.",left
18081,Judge Dismisses Trump Lawsuit Against Clinton as ‘Manifesto’,"['Donald Trump', 'Hillary Clinton', 'DNC', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Russia Collusion', '2016 Election', 'Russia', 'Courts', 'Bill Clinton', 'Justice', 'Lawsuits']","Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against Clinton, DNC, officials involved in Russia probe",Fox News (Online News),"A federal judge dismissed former President Trump’s lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee and a number of other high-profile figures involved in creating the narrative that he and his 2016 presidential campaign were colluding with Russia.
Trump filed the lawsuit in March in the Southern District of Florida, alleging that Clinton and her ""cohorts orchestrated an unthinkable plot"" and ""maliciously conspired to weave a false narrative"" that Trump was colluding with Russia.
This week, U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks threw out the lawsuit, saying that ""most of"" Trump’s claims were ""unsupported...",right
18082,Judge Dismisses Trump Lawsuit Against Clinton as ‘Manifesto’,"['Donald Trump', 'Hillary Clinton', 'DNC', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Russia Collusion', '2016 Election', 'Russia', 'Courts', 'Bill Clinton', 'Justice', 'Lawsuits']",Federal Judge Stomps All Over Trump Russiagate Lawsuit Against Hillary,Daily Beast,"A federal judge in Florida has tossed a racketeering lawsuit that Donald Trump filed against Hillary Clinton and a slew of other defendants—dismantling his claims one by one in an absolutely withering critique.
“It is not simply that I find the Amended Complaint ‘inadequate in any respect,’” Judge Donald Middlebrooks writes at one point. “It is inadequate in nearly every respect.”
Trump filed the suit in March alleging that Clinton and the others “orchestrated a malicious conspiracy to disseminate patently false and injurious information” about his campaign’s possible collusion with...",left
18083,Judge Dismisses Trump Lawsuit Against Clinton as ‘Manifesto’,"['Donald Trump', 'Hillary Clinton', 'DNC', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Russia Collusion', '2016 Election', 'Russia', 'Courts', 'Bill Clinton', 'Justice', 'Lawsuits']","Judge tosses Trump lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, dismisses it as ‘manifesto’",The Hill,"A judge on Friday dismissed former President Trump’s lawsuit against his 2016 Democratic presidential opponent, Hillary Clinton, calling it a “political manifesto.”
“Plaintiff is not attempting to seek redress for any legal harm,” Judge Donald Middlebrooks, who was appointed by Clinton’s husband, former President Bill Clinton, wrote.
He continued: “Instead, he is seeking to flaunt a two-hundred-page political manifesto outlining his grievances against those that have opposed him, and this Court is not the appropriate forum.”
Trump’s lawsuit took issue with Hillary Clinton as well as the Democratic National Committee, various former FBI officials and others,...",center
18084,GDP Climbs Above 4 Percent,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Economic Growth Ramped Up In 2nd Quarter But Economists Caution It Could Be a Blip,Washington Post,"The US economy expanded at an annualized rate of 4.1 percent from April to June, a sharp jump from the first three months of 2018, when the economy grew at a tepid 2.2 percent rate, according to the federal government.",left
18085,GDP Climbs Above 4 Percent,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",US Economy Grew at 4.1% Rate in Second Quarter,Wall Street Journal (News),"The US economy grew at the strongest pace in nearly four years during the second quarter, powered by a rebound in consumer spending, exports and firm business investment.",center
18086,GDP Climbs Above 4 Percent,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Roaring: GDP Climbs Above 4 Percent Under Trump,Townhall,"The economy under President Trump is roaring and fresh GDP numbers prove it.
According to data released by the Commerce Department Friday morning, U.S. GDP has climbed to 4.1 percent, finally breaking through years of Obama administration stagnation.",right
18087,McConnell Says he was Wrong on Obama Pandemic Plan,"['White House', 'Barack Obama', 'Obama Administration', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Administration', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Coronavirus', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",McConnell says he was wrong on Obama pandemic playbook,Politico,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday he was mistaken in claiming that the Obama administration had failed to leave a pandemic playbook for the Trump White House.
“I was wrong,” McConnell said in an evening interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier. “They did leave behind a plan. So, I clearly made a mistake in that regard.”
McConnell had claimed during a Monday campaign event for President Donald Trump that the current White House had not been briefed by the previous administration on preparing for a pandemic at the...",left
18088,McConnell Says he was Wrong on Obama Pandemic Plan,"['White House', 'Barack Obama', 'Obama Administration', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Administration', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Coronavirus', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Mitch McConnell says he was wrong to claim Obama didn't leave Trump a pandemic plan after people pointed out the former president left a 69-page playbook,Insider,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell walked back his claim that the Obama administration didn't leave President Donald Trump a plan for pandemics, saying he made a mistake.
McConnell said in a Trump campaign livestreamed event this week that the Obama administration didn't leave Trump ""any kind of game plan for something like this.""
Obama administration officials quickly pushed back on McConnell's claim.",left
18089,McConnell Says he was Wrong on Obama Pandemic Plan,"['White House', 'Barack Obama', 'Obama Administration', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Administration', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Coronavirus', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",McConnell Says He Was ‘Wrong’ to Claim That Obama Administration Left No Pandemic Plan,National Review,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday said his claim that the Obama administration left no plan for a national pandemic was “wrong” and there was in fact a playbook in place for the Trump administration.
“I was wrong,” McConnell said during a Fox News interview.
“They did leave behind a plan. So I clearly made a mistake in that regard,” the majority leader continued. “As to whether or not the plan was followed and who is the critic and all the rest, I don’t have any observation about that...",right
18090,Will Republicans Take The Senate?,['Elections'],5 Things to Watch in Senate Races Tuesday Night,Newsmax (News),"All along, the biggest question in this election was whether Republicans could take over the Senate and add it to their solid House majority.
Republicans need to gain six net seats to do so. Three, in states where Democrats are retiring, seem nearly certain: West Virginia, Montana and South Dakota.
Republicans' chief targets elsewhere are Democrats running for re-election in states that President Barack Obama lost: Alaska, Louisiana, Arkansas and North Carolina.
Three other possibi",right
18091,Will Republicans Take The Senate?,['Elections'],Republicans eye slim Senate majority,CNN (Online News),"Republicans are spending the final weekend of campaigning before Tuesday's election sizing up the possibility of their first Senate majority in nearly a decade, but with key races still too close to call.
Latest polls show some critical Senate races tightening, guaranteeing a night of drama and suspense on Tuesday, as Republicans strive for a net gain of six seats to capture the chamber. A GOP victory would give the party complete control on Capitol Hill and the ability to constrain President Barack",left
18092,Will Republicans Take The Senate?,['Elections'],Brutal new polls for Democrats make a GOP Senate landslide look quite possible,Vox,"This morning, the GOP's chances of taking the Senate rose to their highest yet in Vox's average of the major forecasting models. The new release of the highly-respected Des Moines Register poll was particularly brutal for the party, since it gave Republican Joni Ernst a sizable seven point lead on Democrat Bruce Braley.",left
18093,Continuing Immigration Debate,['Immigration'],The Morning Plum: The GOP dilemma on immigration,Washington Post,Second class citizenship is not the answer to the GOPs problem. Republicans will have to embrace citizenship or were not getting reform.,left
18094,Continuing Immigration Debate,['Immigration'],Language like 'illegal immigrant' seen as a challenge during immigration debate,CNN (Online News),Theres another word that activists are hoping to banish from public discussion illegal as in illegal immigrant.,left
18095,Continuing Immigration Debate,['Immigration'],Republicans estimate pathway to citizenship could cost taxpayers billions,Fox News (Online News),Senate Republicans estimated Thursday that the annual cost to taxpayers of legalizing illegal immigrants could be in the billions if they use their status to apply for federal benefits from Medicaid and ObamaCare.,right
18096,"Congressional Races, Finances Come Under Microscope as Competition Tightens","['2020 Election', 'US Senate', 'Campaign Finance', 'Politics', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Elections']",New Senate map shows Republicans are increasingly vulnerable,NBC News (Online),"WASHINGTON — Amid the constant political chaos of 2020, there have been a few consistencies. One of them has been a growing Democratic advantage in this fall’s congressional races, particularly the Senate.
For Democrats, the potential for pickups is growing and affecting some places where a tight general election race is not a normal occurrence. From the Mountain West to the South, the list of competitive Senate races for the GOP looks different this year.
Going into this election cycle Republicans knew they were going to be defending a challenging...",left
18097,"Congressional Races, Finances Come Under Microscope as Competition Tightens","['2020 Election', 'US Senate', 'Campaign Finance', 'Politics', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Elections']",The blue money wave in Senate races,Axios,"Democrats are trouncing Republicans on the airwaves in the battle for the Senate, outspending them in nine of the top 10 competitive Senate races.
Why it matters: Even before President Trump's COVID diagnosis, Republicans were growing increasingly concerned that Democrats' money advantage could flip control of the Senate.
While some outside super PAC money for the GOP is starting to even it up, Republican candidates have been outspent for the year, according to data provided to Axios by Advertising Analytics.
Democrats need to pick up four seats to win...",center
18098,"Congressional Races, Finances Come Under Microscope as Competition Tightens","['2020 Election', 'US Senate', 'Campaign Finance', 'Politics', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Elections']",Republican candidates receive more campaign donations from key private equity group: Report,Fox News (Online News),"The coffers of some Republican congressional candidates received a boost from the private equity sector as a major PAC representing the industry’s largest players doles out contributions.
The American Investment Council PAC has donated more than $243,000 to candidates in both the House and Senate since 2018, according to an Axios analysis of FEC records, and 65% of those funds were sent to Republican candidates.
Some of the senators who received funding from the PAC include Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Thom Tillis,...",right
18099,Senator Elizabeth Warren Releases DNA Test Suggesting Native American Ancestor,['Politics'],Warren releases DNA test suggesting distant Native American ancestor,Washington Post,"Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who is gearing up for a likely 2020 presidential bid, has released a DNA test that suggests she has a distant Native American ancestor, part of an extraordinary effort to discredit President Trump and others who have questioned her claims about her heritage.",left
18100,Senator Elizabeth Warren Releases DNA Test Suggesting Native American Ancestor,['Politics'],"Senator Warren, mocked by Trump as 'Pocahontas,' releases DNA test",Reuters,"Senator Elizabeth Warren has released a DNA test that shows “strong evidence” she has Native-American heritage, a smack down of President Donald Trump’s ridicule of her as “fake Pocahontas” while she signals a possible 2020 presidential run.",center
18101,Senator Elizabeth Warren Releases DNA Test Suggesting Native American Ancestor,['Politics'],"Warren releases DNA analysis on Native American heritage, firing back at Trump attacks",Fox News (Online News),"Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren took the rare step Monday of releasing her DNA test results examining her possible Native American ancestry, in apparent response to persistent criticism from President Trump and other Republicans.",right
18102,"Was Hutchinson's Jan. 6 Testimony Damning, or Deserving of Skepticism?","['Justice', 'Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Secret Service', 'Cassidy Hutchinson']",Why today's 1/6 hearing was utterly devastating for Donald Trump,CNN (Online News),"To date, the January 6 committee has provided a clinical, step by step breakdown of who knew what when in the days leading up to the insurrection at the US Capitol.
The committee's hearing on Tuesday was something quite different -- as Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, provided stirring and intimate details of what happened that day and, specifically, how Donald Trump acted.
It was, in a word, ugly.
Three moments stand out:
1) Hutchinson said she was told that when Trump...",left
18103,"Was Hutchinson's Jan. 6 Testimony Damning, or Deserving of Skepticism?","['Justice', 'Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Secret Service', 'Cassidy Hutchinson']",Three Denials of Cassidy Hutchinson's Explosive Trump Testimony,Newsweek,"Tuesday's testimony by Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide, before the House's January 6 committee offered insights into Donald Trump's movements and conversations before and on the day of the Capitol riot, as well as startling allegations against the former president and his allies.
Later that day, Trump dismissed many of Hutchinson's accusations on his social media site, Truth Social, describing her as a ""total phony"" and downplaying her role in his administration. Secret Service agents and a former Trump White House lawyer have also reportedly disputed specific parts of her testimony....",center
18104,"Was Hutchinson's Jan. 6 Testimony Damning, or Deserving of Skepticism?","['Justice', 'Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Secret Service', 'Cassidy Hutchinson']",Bombshell J6 Testimony About Trump’s Behavior Collapses Within Hours,The Daily Caller,"The U.S. Secret Service reportedly plans to publicly denounce allegations from former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson. She testified Tuesday that former President Donald Trump lunged for the steering wheel in order to get to the Capitol to march with protesters Jan. 6.
Hutchinson testified Tuesday that she spoke with the deputy chief of staff for operations, Tony Ornato, in a meeting that U.S. Secret Service special agent Robert Engel was present for. She said Ornato told her Trump became “irate” when he was told he could not go to the Capitol...",right
18105,Tumult Before Inauguration,['Politics'],Trump infuriated by Lewis’ and Democrats’ questions of legitimacy,Washington Times,"The Twitter feud between Donald Trump and civil rights hero Rep. John Lewis dominated political chatter in Washington over the weekend, highlighting questions of legitimacy and racism that Democrats hope will dog the next administration.",right
18106,Tumult Before Inauguration,['Politics'],"In Trump’s Feud With John Lewis, Blacks Perceive a Callous Rival",New York Times (News),"Days before his inauguration, President-elect Donald J. Trump is engaged in a high-profile feud with some of the country’s most prominent African-American leaders, setting off anger in a constituency already wary of him after a contentious presidential campaign.",left
18107,Tumult Before Inauguration,['Politics'],Tumult surrounds Trump days ahead of his presidency,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump is four days away from assuming the presidency after one of the most tumultuous transitions in modern history, setting the stage for a rocky period of dramatic change, partisan acrimony and unpredictable results.",left
18108,Deal Reached for Kavanaugh Accuser to testify on Thursday,['Sexual Misconduct'],"Tentative agreement reached for Kavanaugh-Ford hearing on Thursday, source says",Fox News (Online News),"A tentative agreement for a Thursday hearing with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford has been reached, a source with knowledge of the discussions has told Fox News.",right
18109,Deal Reached for Kavanaugh Accuser to testify on Thursday,['Sexual Misconduct'],"Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford Will Testify To Senate Panel, Lawyers Say",NPR (Online News),"Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assaulting her in high school, has agreed to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee, her attorneys said Saturday.",left
18110,Deal Reached for Kavanaugh Accuser to testify on Thursday,['Sexual Misconduct'],Tentative Deal Reached for Kavanaugh Accuser to Testify on Thursday,New York Times (News),"The Senate Judiciary Committee and lawyers for the woman who has accused Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her decades ago reached a tentative agreement on Saturday for her to publicly testify on Thursday, an apparent breakthrough that could alter the course of a bitter confirmation fight.",left
18111,Whistleblower Says DHS Downplayed Threats from Russia and White Supremacists to Help Trump,"['2020 Election', 'Chad Wolf', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Administration', 'Corruption', 'Russia', 'Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",US official claims pressure to downplay intelligence reports,BBC News,"An intelligence analyst at the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has said he was put under pressure to downplay the threat of Russian interference in the 3 November election as it ""made the president look bad"".
In a whistleblower complaint, Brian Murphy said he had been demoted for refusing to alter reports on this and other issues such as white supremacy.
The directives were illegal, he said.
The White House and DHS have both denied the allegations.",center
18112,Whistleblower Says DHS Downplayed Threats from Russia and White Supremacists to Help Trump,"['2020 Election', 'Chad Wolf', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Administration', 'Corruption', 'Russia', 'Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Schiff reveals new whistleblower complaint alleging suppression of Russian election interference intel reports,Fox News (Online News),"The House Intelligence Committee received a whistleblower complaint claiming Trump administration officials at the White House and the Department of Homeland Security suppressed intelligence reports related to Russian election interference, Democratic Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Wednesday.
In a statement, Schiff said former Intelligence and Analysis Acting Under Secretary Brian Murphy filed the whistleblower reprisal complaint on Tuesday with the DHS Office of Inspector General.",right
18113,Whistleblower Says DHS Downplayed Threats from Russia and White Supremacists to Help Trump,"['2020 Election', 'Chad Wolf', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Administration', 'Corruption', 'Russia', 'Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Senior DHS official alleges in whistleblower complaint that he was told to stop providing intelligence analysis on threat of Russian interference,Washington Post,"A senior Department of Homeland Security official alleges that he was told to stop providing intelligence reports on the threat of Russian interference in the 2020 election, in part because it “made the President look bad,” an instruction he believed would jeopardize national security.
The official, Brian Murphy, who until recently was in charge of intelligence and analysis at DHS, said in a whistleblower complaint that on two occasions he was told to stand down on reporting about the Russian threat and alleged that senior officials told him to modify...",left
18114,"Cruz Wins Delegates in Arizona, Virginia","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump Backers Yell Foul Over Loss at Arizona GOP Convention,The Blaze,"Texas Sen. Ted Cruz pulled out a strategic victory at Saturday’s Arizona Republican Party convention, nailing down a large majority of delegates to the national convention amid cheating accusations from backers of businessman Donald Trump.
The Cruz slate won virtually all of the 28 at-large national delegates and roughly split the 27 delegates selected by congressional district.
Former Gov. Jan Brewer, losing her first election in 35 years, angrily yelled “I got cheated — I got cheated,” as the results became known.
But Cruz’s Arizona campaign organizer says simple math...",right
18115,"Cruz Wins Delegates in Arizona, Virginia","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","As Cruz (once again) secures more delegates, Trump camp (once again) calls process unfair",Los Angeles Times,"Arizona was solidly Donald Trump country in its primary last month, with Republican voters choosing the billionaire businessman by a 22-point margin.
But when party activists gathered in Mesa, a Phoenix suburb, on Saturday, it was Ted Cruz who walked away with most of the delegates.
The Texas senator won at least 35 of the 55 delegates up for election at the Arizona GOP state convention. All of them -- plus three other party officials who hold delegate slots -- must vote for Donald Trump on the first round of...",left
18116,"Cruz Wins Delegates in Arizona, Virginia","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Ted Cruz wins lion’s share of delegates at state conventions in Arizona, Virginia",Washington Times,"Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz succeeded Saturday in picking up more delegates at state GOP conventions in Arizona and Virginia, advancing his plan to win the nomination at a contested national convention.
Mr. Cruz suffered painful loses to front-runner Donald Trump in both states but positioned party activists at the state conventions to elect the majority of his supporters as delegates.",right
18117,Hillary Clinton’s Turn,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton's challenge: Igniting excitement,CNN (Online News),"Hillary Clinton's allies did everything in their power to set up her big moment Thursday night.
Now it's up to her to deliver.",left
18118,Hillary Clinton’s Turn,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","On day 4, it will be Hillary Clinton’s turn to convince voters",Washington Post,"After three days in which her advocates have spoken for her, Hillary Clinton will take the stage Thursday on the final day of the Democratic National Convention to convince voters that she should be their president.",left
18119,Hillary Clinton’s Turn,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: Clinton Needs a Voice of her Own,Guest Writer - Right,"A lot can still happen at the Democratic convention, but nothing is likely to matter as much as Hillary Clinton’s look and tone, what she says—or perhaps more important—what she doesn’t say as she takes the stage Thursday night. Donald Trump, a man of iron predictability, faced no such test last week and delivered no surprises.",right
18120,"Ukraine Recaptures Kherson, Russia Retreats Across Dnipro River","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Europe', 'Russia', 'Conflict', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin']",Ukrainian civilians raise flag in Kherson as Russia retreats: Reports,Washington Examiner,"Ukrainian civilians in Kherson raised the country's flag in celebration Friday as Russian troops retreated from the city for the first time since Russia launched its invasion eight months ago, according to multiple media reports.
Unconfirmed images of the celebration quickly circulated on social media, showing civilians flooding into the city's central square and raising the flag on top of the Kherson city administration building and the police headquarters. The images have been geolocated by CNN, the outlet reported.
Russian and Ukrainian defense officials have confirmed the withdrawal, with Russian...",right
18121,"Ukraine Recaptures Kherson, Russia Retreats Across Dnipro River","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Europe', 'Russia', 'Conflict', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin']",Ukrainian Soldiers Sweeping Into Kherson Are Greeted With Jubilation,New York Times (News),"The Ukrainian soldiers arrived like heroes, greeted with kisses and songs. In the city of Kherson, which had endured months of Russian occupation, residents poured into the streets on Friday. They hoisted Ukrainian flags, and danced in joy around a glowing bonfire.
Their excitement, which was captured on videos they sent out to the world, did not erase the momentous problems that a brutal war has inflicted. Despite a Russian retreat, there was still uncertainty about the future, worries about further attacks and concerns about the lack of food, fuel...",left
18122,"Ukraine Recaptures Kherson, Russia Retreats Across Dnipro River","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Europe', 'Russia', 'Conflict', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin']","Ukrainians celebrate soldiers retaking Kherson, Russia's latest defeat",Reuters,"Jubilant residents welcomed Ukrainian troops arriving in the centre of Kherson on Friday after Russia abandoned the only regional capital it had captured since its invasion began in February.
""Today is a historic day. We are getting the south of the country back, we are getting Kherson back,"" Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an evening video address.
""As of now, our defenders are on the outskirts of the city, and we are very close to entering. But special units are already in the city,"" he said.
Russia said it...",center
18123,Perspectives: Cuban Protests,"['World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Cuba', 'Caribbean', 'State Department', 'Free Speech', 'Protests', 'Communism', 'Socialism', 'Democracy', 'Capitalism', 'Authoritarianism']",Cubans are losing their fear. We want change.,Guest Writer - Center,"On Sunday, Cubans came out to the streets in more than 50 towns and cities and raised their voices to call for an end to the dictatorship. Unprecedented scenes took place across the island — although you would have been excused if you thought you were watching protests anywhere else in Latin America. The region has been a hotbed of discontent in recent months, but Cuba has been suffering for a long time while biting its tongue.
The flame that set up the protests had been flickering for a while. Sparks have flown since...",center
18124,Perspectives: Cuban Protests,"['World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Cuba', 'Caribbean', 'State Department', 'Free Speech', 'Protests', 'Communism', 'Socialism', 'Democracy', 'Capitalism', 'Authoritarianism']",Cuba's protests are unprecedented but the future for newly defiant Cubans is anything but certain,CNN (Online News),"For months the refrain across Cuba has been ""¿hasta cuando?""
How much longer?
Cubans are used to being endlessly patient and inventive in the face of an often dysfunctional daily existence and crushing shortages.
But over the past several years that ability to overcome misfortune has been replaced by a stone-faced reality that life has become as difficult as during any point in their embattled lives.
Relations with the United States often act as a barometer for how optimistically or pessimistically Cubans view their future. When then-President Barack Obama famously declared during his 2016...",left
18125,Perspectives: Cuban Protests,"['World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Cuba', 'Caribbean', 'State Department', 'Free Speech', 'Protests', 'Communism', 'Socialism', 'Democracy', 'Capitalism', 'Authoritarianism']",The Left’s Favorite Dictatorship Is under Siege,Rich Lowry,"It’s not easy to run a hideous dictatorship and still have fans and defenders in fashionable quarters, but the Castro regime has managed it for decades.
The mass, spontaneous protests that broke out all over Cuba last weekend are yet another sign that the country’s government lacks legitimacy. In Cuba, it is the government versus the people, and lo, all these years, Castro’s apologists have been with the government.",right
18126,"First 2022 Results Show Historic Wins in Senate, Governor's Races","['2022 Elections', '2022 Gubernatorial Races', 'Sarah Huckabee Sanders', 'Maura Healey', 'Wes Moore', 'Markwayne Mullin']",Meet the history-makers of the 2022 midterm elections,CNN (Online News),"The race for control of Congress, as well as governorships and key statewide positions, has defined the 2022 midterms.
In Washington, Republicans have had their eyes on breaking the Democratic trifecta by winning one or both chambers of Congress. In battleground states, Democrats are looking to defend vulnerable governors and win crucial down-ballot contests that could prove pivotal in future election fights.
Heading into Election Day, both parties were also looking to diversify their ranks of elected officials, both in Congress and beyond. Republicans were excited about growing their roster...",left
18127,"First 2022 Results Show Historic Wins in Senate, Governor's Races","['2022 Elections', '2022 Gubernatorial Races', 'Sarah Huckabee Sanders', 'Maura Healey', 'Wes Moore', 'Markwayne Mullin']",Maura Healey claims historic victory to become Mass. governor,WBUR,"Maura Healey scored a decisive and historic victory Tuesday night, becoming the state's first elected female and first openly gay governor as well as the nation's first openly lesbian governor.
The Massachusetts attorney general overwhelmed her Republican opponent, former state Rep. Geoff Diehl, and put the governorship firmly back in Democratic hands after Republican Gov. Charlie Baker declined to run for a third term.
The race was called by The Associated Press almost immediately after the polls closed.
Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll will join Healey on Beacon Hill as lieutenant governor. Together, they are the...",center
18128,"First 2022 Results Show Historic Wins in Senate, Governor's Races","['2022 Elections', '2022 Gubernatorial Races', 'Sarah Huckabee Sanders', 'Maura Healey', 'Wes Moore', 'Markwayne Mullin']",Arkansas governor: Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders defeats Chris Jones,Fox News (Online News),"Republican candidate and former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is projected to win the governor’s race. She replaces term-limited Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson. Sanders will be Arkansas' first female governor.
Sanders was the White House Press Secretary under former President Trump from 2017 to 2019.
She defeats Democrat Chris Jones, who is a nuclear engineer and ordained Baptist minister.
After Sanders voted in Little Rock on Tuesday, she told reporters that she doesn't think she ran a divisive campaign and focused on tax cuts as well as other issues that could unite...",right
18129,"Justice Alito Reflects on Current Events, Drawing Different Reactions","['Supreme Court', 'Samuel Alito', 'Culture', 'Polarization', 'Politics']","Critics decry Supreme Court Justice Alito's 'nakedly partisan' speech on COVID-19 measures, gay marriage",USA TODAY,"Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito delivered candid takes on several divisive issues facing the U.S., from the measures put in place to address the COVID-19 pandemic to tensions between gay rights and religious freedom, during an address to the conservative Federalist Society on Thursday.
Alito said the restrictions imposed by political leaders in order to contain the coronavirus pandemic have ""resulted in previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty"" and denounced recent Supreme Court decisions holding up orders he believed discriminated against religious groups. He argued the pandemic highlighted...",left
18130,"Justice Alito Reflects on Current Events, Drawing Different Reactions","['Supreme Court', 'Samuel Alito', 'Culture', 'Polarization', 'Politics']","Justice Alito warns of dangers to free speech, religious liberty in Federalist Society address",Fox News (Online News),"Religious liberty and free speech are among Americans' personal freedoms potentially imperiled along with government overreach during the coronavirus pandemic, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito warned Thursday.
“Tolerance for opposing views is now in short supply,” Alito added in a virtual keynote speech to a conference of the conservative Federalist Society, in which he referenced the current state of discourse in the nation's law schools and the “broader academic community.”
Many recent law school graduates claim they face “harassment” and “retaliation” for any views that depart “from law school orthodoxy,”...",right
18131,"Justice Alito Reflects on Current Events, Drawing Different Reactions","['Supreme Court', 'Samuel Alito', 'Culture', 'Polarization', 'Politics']","Sam Alito Delivers Grievance-Laden, Ultrapartisan Speech to the Federalist Society",Slate,"On Thursday night, Justice Sam Alito delivered the keynote address at this year’s all-virtual Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention. The Federalist Society, a well-funded network of conservative attorneys, has come under unusual scrutiny after Donald Trump elevated scores of its members to the federal judiciary. Its leaders insist that it is a mere debate club, a nonpartisan forum for the exchange of legal ideas. But Alito abandoned any pretense of impartiality in his speech, a grievance-laden tirade against Democrats, the progressive movement, and the United States’ response to the COVID-19...",left
18132,Protests Over Trump Victory,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Protesters target Trump buildings in massive street rallies,CNN (Online News),"For many Americans across the country, Donald Trump's victory is an outcome they simply refuse to accept.
""Not my president,"" protesters chanted in rallies coast to coast.
Tens of thousands filled the streets in at least 25 US cities overnight -- with demonstrations outside Trump's properties.
While most protesters were peaceful, dozens were arrested. At least three officers were wounded. And about 40 fires were set in one California city.
Here's a snapshot of the rallies across the nation:",left
18133,Protests Over Trump Victory,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","LAPD chief, mayor warn against taking anti-Trump protests to L.A. freeways",Los Angeles Times,"Thousands of people flooded the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday night, chanting, carrying signs and at one point, burning a papier-mache head of Donald Trump on the steps of City Hall, as they denounced the election of the nation’s next president.
The demonstrations stretched coast to coast, from outside Trump’s iconic tower in New York to high schools in California. In Los Angeles, however, Wednesday’s protest culminated in a place that has recently become a hallmark of civil disobedience in the city.",left
18134,Protests Over Trump Victory,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump protests intensify, as doubts swirl about spontaneity",Fox News (Online News),"With tens of thousands of people taking to the streets to protest Donald Trump’s presidential election victory, questions are swirling about whether the anger is as organic as advertised.
From coast to coast, demonstrators are burning flags and effigies of the president-elect while declaring that they refuse to accept Trump’s victory. But observers online are claiming that, in some cases, protesters were bused to the scenes - a telltale sign of coordination.
“Anti-Trump protestors in Austin today are not as organic as they seem,” one local in the Texas capitol...",right
18135,Trump Pardons Arpaio,"['White House', 'Politics']",McCain on Arpaio Pardon: 'No One Is Above the Law',Newsmax (News),"Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., blasted President Donald Trump's decision to pardon a former Arizona sheriff who was accused of racially profiling Latinos.",right
18136,Trump Pardons Arpaio,"['White House', 'Politics']",President Trump Pardons Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio,NPR (Online News),President Trump has pardoned controversial former Sheriff Joe Arpaio for a misdemeanor criminal contempt conviction.,left
18137,Trump Pardons Arpaio,"['White House', 'Politics']","""A Presidential Endorsement of Racism"": Trump Harshly Criticized For Pardoning Sheriff Joe Arpaio",Democracy Now!,The White House has announced President Trump has pardoned Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio who was recently convicted of contempt of court for defying a court order to stop his deputies from racial profiling.,left
18138,FBI Recovered Classified Documents from Mar-a-Lago; Trump Supports Unsealing Warrant,"['Justice', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']",Trump says 'nuclear weapons issue is a hoax' after Washington Post report,Reuters,"Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media on Friday that the ""nuclear weapons issue is a hoax,"" responding to a Washington Post report that FBI agents sought nuclear documents in a search of his Florida home earlier this week.
It was not clear whether such documents were recovered at the Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, the Post said. Reuters could not immediately confirm the report. 
The U.S. Justice Department asked a judge on Thursday to make public the warrant that authorized the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, after...",center
18139,FBI Recovered Classified Documents from Mar-a-Lago; Trump Supports Unsealing Warrant,"['Justice', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']",Donald Trump fires back at AG Merrick Garland over FBI's Mar-a-Lago raid: 'Release the documents now!',Fox News (Online News),"After a federal judge gave the Justice Department a deadline to determine whether former President Trump supports or opposes unsealing the search warrant and property receipt used by the FBI to search his Mar-a-Lago home Monday, the former president said he heartily supports the move.
""Release the documents now!"" Trump wrote on TRUTH Social at 11:40 p.m. ET Thursday, just hours after the judge’s decision was announced.
In a pair of posts, Trump called the raid on his Florida estate ""unAmerican, unwarranted, and unnecessary"" and said he approved of the ""immediate release""...",right
18140,FBI Recovered Classified Documents from Mar-a-Lago; Trump Supports Unsealing Warrant,"['Justice', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Defense And Security']",FBI searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home for classified nuclear weapons documents – report,The Guardian,"FBI agents were looking for secret documents about nuclear weapons among other classified material when they searched Donald Trump’s home on Monday, it has been reported.
The Washington Post cited people familiar with the investigation as saying nuclear weapons documents were thought to be in the trove the FBI was hunting in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. They did not specify what kind of documents or whether they referred to the US arsenal or another country’s.
The report came hours after the attorney general, Merrick Garland, said he had personally authorised the government...",left
18141,McConnell Says No Vote,['Supreme Court'],McConnell: No lame duck confirmation,CNN (Online News),"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ruled out confirming President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, in a lame duck session after November's election.
In an interview with CNN's Dana Bash on ""State of the Union"" Sunday, the Kentucky Republican stuck by his stance that Obama's successor ought to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.",left
18142,McConnell Says No Vote,['Supreme Court'],Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid: GOP senators will buck leadership on Supreme Court pick,Washington Times,"Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Sunday predicted a “breakthrough” in the fight over President Obama’s pick to replace late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, saying Republican senators fighting for their seats will break with their leader and demand hearings and a vote on the nominee.
Mr. Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland, the 63-year-old chief judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to fill the vacancy cr",right
18143,McConnell Says No Vote,['Supreme Court'],Mitch McConnell Rules Out ‘Lame Duck’ Action On Supreme Court,HuffPost,"U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday ruled out the possibility that the Senate could confirm President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee in a “lame duck” congressional session after the November presidential election.
McConnell was asked whether Republicans might decide to confirm Obama’s nominee Merrick Garland late this year if Democrats win in November. This would open up the possibility of a Democratic president sending the Senate a more liberal nominee next year.",left
18144,Military Sexual Assault,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']","Stunned By Military Sex Scandals, Advocates Demand Changes",NPR (Online News),"As the nation prepares to mark Memorial Day, outrage has been building on Capitol Hill and beyond over the military's failure to repair a system that has placed service members in more danger of sexual assault than of battlefield injury.",left
18145,Military Sexual Assault,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Hagel: Cadets must stamp out sex assault 'scourge',Fox News (Online News),Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday that they must stamp out the “scourge of sexual assault in the military.,right
18146,Military Sexual Assault,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Graham says military women are 'putting up with way too much crap',Politico,"Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday a spate of sexual assault scandals surrounding the military shows enlisted women are ""putting up with way too much crap.""",left
18147,Biden Tackles Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Biden To Meet With Gun-Safety, Victims Groups",NPR (Online News),"Seeking to spur fresh action on gun legislation, Vice President Joe Biden is meeting at the White House with victims groups and gun-safety organizations.",left
18148,Biden Tackles Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Biden to meet with gun-safety, victims groups in push for new legislation",Fox News (Online News),"Vice President Biden is kicking off a round of gun-control meetings with a sit-down Wednesday at the White House with gun-safety and victims groups, as the administration prepares to push new legislation in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting.",right
18149,Biden Tackles Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Why Joe Biden needs the NRA,Washington Post,"The news that Vice President Joe Biden would huddle with executives from the National Rifle Association on Thursday came as unwelcome news to many gun control advocates who view the NRA as an organization to be ignored, not invited in.",left
18150,"Economy Grew at Robust 3.5% in Third Quarter, But Business Spending Slowed",['Economy And Jobs'],Business-Spending Slowdown Casts Shadow on Solid U.S. GDP Report,Bloomberg,"Consumers drove the U.S. economy to better-than-expected growth in the third quarter, but a steep slowdown in business spending raised concerns about whether the strength in the expansion",left
18151,"Economy Grew at Robust 3.5% in Third Quarter, But Business Spending Slowed",['Economy And Jobs'],"GDP jumps 3.5% in 3Q as consumers, government spending fuel economy",Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. economy grew a robust 3.5 percent from July through September as consumer and government spending extended the nation's economic growth, the government said Friday. The",right
18152,"Economy Grew at Robust 3.5% in Third Quarter, But Business Spending Slowed",['Economy And Jobs'],"Economic growth cools, but only a little, between 2nd and 3rd quarters",MSNBC,Donald Trump has talked about economic growth in the second quarter – April through June of this year – countless times in recent months. Whether the president understands the,left
18153,FBI Investigating After Hospital Worker Allegedly Ruined 500 Vaccine Doses on Purpose,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'FBI']",Wisconsin hospital employee 'intentionally' removed COVID-19 vaccine from refrigeration,Fox News (Online News),"A Wisconsin-based hospital on Wednesday said an employee who removed 57 vials of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine from the refrigerator earlier this week which resulted in 500 doses being discarded, acted intentionally.
In a statement to Fox News, Advocate Aurora Health said it was led to believe the act was an error, but the employee in question ""today acknowledged that they intentionally removed the vaccine from refrigeration.""
The employee is no longer with the company, it said.
""We continue to believe that vaccination is our way out of the...",right
18154,FBI Investigating After Hospital Worker Allegedly Ruined 500 Vaccine Doses on Purpose,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'FBI']",Wisconsin health worker 'deliberately spoiled 500 Covid vaccine doses',The Guardian,"Police and federal authorities in the US are investigating after a Wisconsin health centre said an employee admitted to deliberately spoiling 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine.
Aurora medical centre, in Grafton, first reported that the doses had been spoiled on Saturday, saying a staff member had accidentally left them out of refrigeration overnight. On Wednesday, however, it said the doses appeared to have been spoiled deliberately.
Police in Grafton, about 20 miles (32km) north of Milwaukee, said the department, the FBI and the Food and Drug Administration were investigating the...",left
18155,FBI Investigating After Hospital Worker Allegedly Ruined 500 Vaccine Doses on Purpose,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'FBI']","Employee intentionally removed COVID-19 vaccine from fridge, ruining more than 500 doses, hospital says; FBI investigating",USA TODAY,"Advocate Aurora Health says a now-fired employee intentionally removed 57 vials of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine from a refrigerator last weekend, causing them to become ineffective and be discarded.
Each vial contains enough vaccine for 10 vaccinations.
Initially, Aurora was ""led to believe"" the removal was an error. But Wednesday, the employee ""acknowledged that they intentionally removed the vaccine from refrigeration,"" according to a statement from the health care provider.
Grafton Police Department said in a statement late Wednesday that it was notified by Aurora shortly after 6 p.m....",left
18156,NRA Convention Highlights Partisan Divide on Gun Control Laws,"['Donald Trump', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Violence', 'NRA', 'Partisan Divide', 'Republican Party', 'Ted Cruz', 'Texas', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America']","The NRA Is Stumbling, but Gun Control Bills Still Aren’t Advancing",National Review,"We are repeatedly told by gun control advocates and their like-minded media voices that the reason gun control legislation rarely passes because so many lawmakers accept contributions from the National Rifle Association’s affiliated PACs, and/or are supported by the group’s super PAC.
The irony is that this argument continues, even though the NRA is probably at its lowest point in at least a decade, and perhaps much longer. The organization’s executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre, rarely if ever does interviews anymore, because he knows he’ll be asked about the NRA paying...",right
18157,NRA Convention Highlights Partisan Divide on Gun Control Laws,"['Donald Trump', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Violence', 'NRA', 'Partisan Divide', 'Republican Party', 'Ted Cruz', 'Texas', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America']","At the NRA Convention, People Blame Mass Shootings on Everything but Guns",Mother Jones,"The nation has been plunged into despair and mourning. A little more than a week after the slaughter of 10 people by a white supremacist in Buffalo, a gunman killed 19 children and 2 adults in Uvalde, Texas, as police stood by in what seems a glacial and incompetent response. The tragedies renewed calls for gun control. In a national address, President Joe Biden called for a coordinated response to take on the gun lobby. Democratic legislatures have moved to pass gun control legislation at the state level.
And in Houston, the National Rifle Association still threw a...",left
18158,NRA Convention Highlights Partisan Divide on Gun Control Laws,"['Donald Trump', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Violence', 'NRA', 'Partisan Divide', 'Republican Party', 'Ted Cruz', 'Texas', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America']",Protests Swell at NRA Meeting in Houston After Texas School Shooting,Wall Street Journal (News),"National Rifle Association members at the group’s annual meeting Friday repeated their opposition to stronger gun-control measures as protesters outraged over the mass shooting at an elementary school four hours away said it was beyond time for action.
The political divide played out on opposite sides of the street in downtown Houston, as NRA members lined up to hear speeches from former President Donald Trump and other gun-rights advocates, while protesters at an adjacent park said the massacre of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, demanded new solutions.
Salvador Ramos, the 18-year-old...",center
18159,House Democrats Unveil New Rules Package,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Democrats are making changes to decentralize power,Vox,"Democrats are proposing a return to regular order in their new rules package, making it easier for bipartisan bills to make it to the floor.",left
18160,House Democrats Unveil New Rules Package,"['US House', 'Politics']","Dems unveil rules package to promote diversity, hit deficit",The Hill,House Democrats have unveiled a package of new rules for the upcoming Congress that aim to promote diversity and attack the deficit.,center
18161,House Democrats Unveil New Rules Package,"['US House', 'Politics']",Ocasio-Cortez Will Vote Against Pelosi’s Rules Package Because It Hinders Medicare for All,The Daily Caller,"New York Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and California Rep. Ro Khanna, both Democrats, announced Wednesday they will vote against presumptive incoming House Speaker",right
18162,"Trump Says Up to 15,000 Troops Will Go to Border Ahead of Migrant Caravan",['Immigration'],"Trump Calls for Up to 15,000 Troops at Border as Election Nears",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump amplified his anti-immigration message ahead of next week’s midterm elections, saying he was now prepared to deploy as many as 15,000 troops to the Mexican border",center
18163,"Trump Says Up to 15,000 Troops Will Go to Border Ahead of Migrant Caravan",['Immigration'],"Trump Says Border Troops Could Reach 15,000, Catching Pentagon Off Guard",National Review,"President Trump said Wednesday that he is willing to send as many as 15,000 troops to the border in anticipation of a caravan of Central American migrants making its way north.",right
18164,"Trump Says Up to 15,000 Troops Will Go to Border Ahead of Migrant Caravan",['Immigration'],"Trump says he could send as many as 15,000 troops to the border",NBC News (Online),"The total would be nearly triple the 5,200 announced by the Defense Department, and nearly triple the number authorized to serve in Iraq.",left
18165,"YouTube, Twitter Remove Joe Rogan's Interview with Virologist About COVID-19","['Coronavirus', 'Free Speech', 'Online Censorship', 'Big Tech', 'YouTube', 'Twitter', 'Technology', 'Social Media', 'Robert Malone', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Misinformation And Disinformation', 'Joe Rogan', 'Podcasts']","Joe Rogan joins GETTR, a MAGA alternative to Twitter, following Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's ban",Insider,"Podcast mogul Joe Rogan announced on Sunday that he's joining GETTR, a conservative alternative to Twitter with less stringent community standards on misinformation and a more narrow definition of hate speech.
In a statement to Insider, GETTR CEO Jason Miller linked Rogan's arrival to a record setting six figure boost in new users the same day.
""More than 171,000 people signed up for GETTR after Joe Rogan announced he was joining our platform, making Sunday the biggest day for our platform since we launched on July 4,"" Miller, a former...",left
18166,"YouTube, Twitter Remove Joe Rogan's Interview with Virologist About COVID-19","['Coronavirus', 'Free Speech', 'Online Censorship', 'Big Tech', 'YouTube', 'Twitter', 'Technology', 'Social Media', 'Robert Malone', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Misinformation And Disinformation', 'Joe Rogan', 'Podcasts']","Twitter suspends Dr. Robert Malone, 'inventor' of mRNA vaccines and COVID-19 vaccine skeptic",The Blaze,"Twitter on Wednesday suspended the account operated by Dr. Robert Malone, a U.S.-based virologist and immunologist who claims to be the inventor of mRNA technology and is an outspoken critic of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.
Malone is an internationally recognized vaccine researcher who has authored dozens of scientific papers and been cited thousands of times. He was the primary author of a 1989 paper that demonstrated how RNA could be delivered into cells and a co-author on a 1990 paper that showed how injecting pure RNA or DNA into mouse muscle cells can lead...",right
18167,"YouTube, Twitter Remove Joe Rogan's Interview with Virologist About COVID-19","['Coronavirus', 'Free Speech', 'Online Censorship', 'Big Tech', 'YouTube', 'Twitter', 'Technology', 'Social Media', 'Robert Malone', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Misinformation And Disinformation', 'Joe Rogan', 'Podcasts']",YouTube takes down antivaxx Joe Rogan interview with Dr Robert Malone which likened vaccines to mass psychosis,The Independent,"YouTube has removed a video of a recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience in which the podcast host was talking to Dr Robert Malone – a physician with a history of controversial statements related to Covid-19.
The episode in question, No 1757, was uploaded to Spotify on New Year's Eve, as Mr Rogan has an exclusive deal with the streaming service. While Mr Rogan no longer uploads full shows to YouTube, several third-party channels have taken it upon themselves to post the episodes that would otherwise only be available on Spotify....",left
18168,"Economy Added 134,000 Jobs in September, Unemployment Falls to 49-Year Low",['Economy And Jobs'],"With 8 Years of Job Gains, Unemployment Is Lowest Since 1969",New York Times (News),"The Labor Department released its official hiring and unemployment figures for September on Friday, providing the latest snapshot of the American economy.",left
18169,"Economy Added 134,000 Jobs in September, Unemployment Falls to 49-Year Low",['Economy And Jobs'],"Economy added 134,000 jobs in September, unemployment falls to nearly 50-year low",USA TODAY,"Unemployment fell to a nearly 50-year low in September even as employers added a disappointing 134,000 jobs amid increasing worker shortages and possible effects from Hurricane Florence.",left
18170,"Economy Added 134,000 Jobs in September, Unemployment Falls to 49-Year Low",['Economy And Jobs'],Unemployment dips to 3.7 percent - lowest in nearly 50 years,Washington Examiner,"U.S. unemployment dipped to 3.7 percent in September, the lowest since December 1969, even as labor market growth contracted sharply amid tightening at stores, bars, and restaurants.",right
18171,Outgoing Kentucky Gov. Bevin Pardons 428 Criminals on Last Day,"['Matt Bevin', 'Andy Beshear', 'Pardons', 'Kentucky', 'Governors', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']","GOP, Dems call for probe of hundreds of pardons issued by ex-Kentucky Gov. Bevin",Fox News (Online News),"Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin pardoned 428 people -- including some violent offenders -- between Election Day last month and the end of his term Tuesday, the state Secretary of State's Office said this week, prompting calls for an investigation by state officials.
Those pardoned by Bevin included a man convicted of reckless homicide, a convicted child rapist, a man who murdered his parents at age 16, and a woman who threw her newborn in the trash after giving birth in a flea market outhouse. Bevin wrote that the woman,...",right
18172,Outgoing Kentucky Gov. Bevin Pardons 428 Criminals on Last Day,"['Matt Bevin', 'Andy Beshear', 'Pardons', 'Kentucky', 'Governors', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']","On His Way Out, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin Pardons Murderers, Rapists, Hundreds More",NPR (Online News),"Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin departed the governor's mansion three days ago, but the reverberations of some of his final actions are still being felt across the state.
Bevin, a Republican who narrowly lost a bid for a second term last month, issued pardons to hundreds of people, including convicted rapists, murderers and drug offenders.
In one case, Bevin pardoned a man whose whose family raised more than $20,000 to pay off money still owed from his 2015 gubernatorial campaign.",left
18173,Outgoing Kentucky Gov. Bevin Pardons 428 Criminals on Last Day,"['Matt Bevin', 'Andy Beshear', 'Pardons', 'Kentucky', 'Governors', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Former Kentucky governor issued hundreds of pardons before leaving office this week,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin issued 428 pardons in his final days in office after his November defeat to Democrat Andy Beshear, the Louisville Courier Journal reported.
That list includes a man who killed his parents, another convicted of reckless homicide and a woman who threw her newborn in the trash, the Washington Post reported.
Dayton Jones, who was convicted after sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy, was also pardoned according to Kentucky New Era.",left
18174,Trump and Putin Summit Underway in Helsinki,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Trump-Putin summit underway, after Trump faults U.S. ‘stupidity’ for poor relations with Russia",Washington Post,"President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met here Monday for their first formal one-on-one summit, firmly shaking hands hours after Trump began the day by blaming his own country, rather than Russia, for the hostilities between their two nations.",left
18175,Trump and Putin Summit Underway in Helsinki,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Tells Putin the World Wants Them to ‘Get Along’,Bloomberg,"President Donald Trump began his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday, testing his campaign pledge to revive ties with Russia amid pressure to confront the Kremlin leader over election meddling and growing concern that the U.S. is abandoning the current international order.",left
18176,Trump and Putin Summit Underway in Helsinki,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Trump says meeting with Putin a 'great opportunity' to discuss trade, nukes, China",Washington Times,"President Trump called it a “great opportunity” as he and Russian President Vladimir Putin sat down together Monday in Helsinki, Finland.",right
18177,Trump Taps Rick Perry for Energy,['Energy'],Trump Picks Rick Perry As Energy Secretary,The Daily Caller,"President-elect Donald Trump will pick former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to head the Department of Energy (DOE), according to two transition team sources.",right
18178,Trump Taps Rick Perry for Energy,['Energy'],"Rick Perry, who said he wants to scrap Energy Dept., may lead it",USA TODAY,"President-elect Donald Trump will nominate former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to serve as secretary of Energy. The former GOP presidential hopeful beat out two contenders for the Cabinet post: Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat representing West Virginia, and Ray Washburne, a Dallas investor working in oil and gas operations.",left
18179,Trump Taps Rick Perry for Energy,['Energy'],Trump taps Texas’ Rick Perry for agency Perry vowed to eliminate,MSNBC,Perry will now lead a federal agency he doesn’t think should exist.,left
18180,Arab Countries to join Airstrikes,['Middle East'],"Arab states willing to join air fight against Islamic State in Iraq, U.S. officials say",Washington Post,"Several Arab states have offered to conduct airstrikes against militants in Iraq alongside the efforts of the United States, U.S. officials said Sunday as the Obama administration sought to bolster its case for action against the Islamic State.",left
18181,Arab Countries to join Airstrikes,['Middle East'],International Support Grows for U.S.-led Campaign Against Islamic State,Wall Street Journal (News),"U.K., Arab States, Australia Pledge to Help",center
18182,Arab Countries to join Airstrikes,['Middle East'],"White House claims Arab nations offer to join airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq, Syria",Fox News (Online News),"White House officials have claimed that Arab nations have offered to join the U.S. in airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and Syria, though no countries were specifically named.",right
18183,Bernie Sanders Staffers Allege 'Sexual Violence and Harassment' During 2016 Campaign,['Sexual Misconduct'],"Sexism Claims From Bernie Sanders’s 2016 Run: Paid Less, Treated Worse",New York Times (News),"In February 2016, Giulianna Di Lauro, a Latino outreach strategist for Senator Bernie Sanders’s presidential operation, complained to her supervisor that she had been harassed by a",left
18184,Bernie Sanders Staffers Allege 'Sexual Violence and Harassment' During 2016 Campaign,['Sexual Misconduct'],Sanders says he did not know about sexual harassment allegations during campaign,The Hill,Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he was unaware at the time of allegations that aides working on his campaign experienced sexism and harassment in 2016.,center
18185,Bernie Sanders Staffers Allege 'Sexual Violence and Harassment' During 2016 Campaign,['Sexual Misconduct'],Oh My: Bernie Sanders Says He Was Too Busy To Address Sexual Harassment Claims Infesting His 2016 Campaign,Townhall,"Politicians lie. Politicians are trash. And their acolytes are just as nasty. Oh yes, it seems the Me Too movement is about to claim another scalp: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).",right
18186,"How Americans are Viewing COVID-19, Social Gatherings This Holiday Season","['Holidays', 'Travel', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Booster Shots', 'Public Health', 'Anthony Fauci', 'General News']","I'm vaccinated, boosted and have no health problems. I'm traveling for the holidays",CNN (Opinion),"This is the second year that Covid-19 has upended holiday travel, after nearly two long years of plans undone, loved ones unseen and life milestones unmarked. Now that vaccines are widely available in the United States, it's especially frustrating that we are still held hostage to a pandemic fueled by the people who refuse to get vaccinated and by the policy choices of wealthy nations not to treat this pandemic like a global pandemic and vaccinate the world.
But here we are, and despite the fact that the United States has some of the...",left
18187,"How Americans are Viewing COVID-19, Social Gatherings This Holiday Season","['Holidays', 'Travel', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Booster Shots', 'Public Health', 'Anthony Fauci', 'General News']","Fauci: Large holiday gatherings are unsafe, even with COVID booster",Axios,"NIAID director Anthony Fauci warned Wednesday that large gatherings this holiday season are unsafe even for fully vaccinated people who've had a COVID-19 booster shot, as the Omicron variant surges across the U.S.
What he's saying: ""There are many of these parties that have 30, 40, 50 people in which you do not know the vaccination status of individuals,"" Fauci said at a briefing. ""Those are the kind of functions in the context of Omicron that you do not want to go to.""
Fully vaccinated families should be safe to attend smaller gatherings, Fauci...",center
18188,"How Americans are Viewing COVID-19, Social Gatherings This Holiday Season","['Holidays', 'Travel', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Booster Shots', 'Public Health', 'Anthony Fauci', 'General News']",Christmas Travel Rebounds Despite Official Handwringing About Omicron,Reason,"Millions of Americans are traveling home for Christmas this year, despite official handwringing about the need for caution in the face of the new omicron variant. On December 20, some 2.1 million people passed through airport checkpoints according to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
That's nearly double the roughly 1 million people who thought it wise to travel on the same day during last year's holiday season, when deaths and hospitalizations from COVID-19 were at record highs across much of the country. The American Automobile Association (AAA) projects that people traveling over 50 miles from...",right
18189,Trump Defends McMaster,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Trump backs McMaster as critics, White House rivals question Rice authorization",Fox News (Online News),President Trump gave H.R. McMaster a vote of confidence after the national security adviser's rivals seized on a letter McMaster sent to his Obama predecessor Susan Rice giving her continued access to classified information.,right
18190,Trump Defends McMaster,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump defends McMaster in wake of criticism on the right,The Hill,President Trump is defending his national security adviser H.R. McMaster in the wake of criticism from those in the nationalist wing of his political coalition.,center
18191,Trump Defends McMaster,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Defends McMaster as Conservatives Seek His Dismissal,New York Times (News),"President Trump defended Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, his embattled national security adviser, on Friday in the face of a full-bore campaign by the nationalist wing of his political coalition accusing him of undermining the president’s agenda and calling for his dismissal.",left
18192,Bernie Closes In On Clinton,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Iowa Poll: Bernie Sanders Is Closing In On Hillary Clinton,HuffPost,"A new Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll shows Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) only 7 points behind Hillary Clinton in the race for the Iowa caucus, a worrying sign for the Democratic frontrunner. Clinton leads with 37 percent of likely Democratic caucusgoers, with Sanders following at 30 percent.
As Clinton's campaign struggles to counter negative press from her ongoing email controversy, Sanders has energized liberal Democrats with impassioned talk of political revolution. According to the poll, 96 percent of Sanders supporters said they support him for his ideas, while two...",left
18193,Bernie Closes In On Clinton,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Collapses to 37 Percent in Iowa,Breitbart News,"The 2008 Democrat nomination was permanently reshuffled when Barack Obama beat Hillary Clinton in the Iowa Caucus. Obama’s win surprised pundits at the time, but a new poll from Bloomberg/Des Moines Register suggests another Hillary defeat is possible. This potential upset is being broadcast five months early.
In the new survey, Hillary has the support of just 37 percent of likely Democrat caucus voters. Sanders has nearly doubled his support, garnering 30 percent in the poll. Vice President Joe Biden, who is not a candidate, earns 14 percent support.
Without...",right
18194,Bernie Closes In On Clinton,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Iowa Poll: Clinton leads, but Sanders draws near",USA TODAY,"Bernie Sanders, riding an updraft of insurgent passion in Iowa, has closed to within 7 points of Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential race.
She’s the first choice of 37% of likely Democratic caucusgoers; he’s the pick for 30%, according to a new Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll.
But Clinton has lost a third of her supporters since May, a trajectory that if sustained puts her at risk of losing again in Iowa, the initial crucible in the presidential nominating contest.",left
18195,"Biden Ad Criticizing Trump's Virus Response Sparks Controversy, Divided Coverage","['Campaigns', 'Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Election Fact Checking', 'Joe Biden', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",Biden Ad Portrays Wealthy Tech Investor as Struggling Small Business Owner,Washington Free Beacon,"The struggling Michigan bar owner at the center of a Joe Biden campaign ad is actually a wealthy tech investor whose startup was seeded by a large family inheritance.
The ad, which the Biden campaign released Thursday, identifies Michigan entrepreneur Joe Malcoun as co-owner of the Blind Pig, a bar and live music venue in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Malcoun blames the bar's misfortunes on ""Trump's COVID response,"" warning that unless voters elect Biden, ""a lot of restaurants and bars that have been mainstays for years"" will not survive.
But Malcoun...",right
18196,"Biden Ad Criticizing Trump's Virus Response Sparks Controversy, Divided Coverage","['Campaigns', 'Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Election Fact Checking', 'Joe Biden', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",Biden focuses on shuttered bars and clubs in a new ad faulting Trump,New York Times (News),"Joseph R. Biden Jr. is flipping the script on President Trump, who has tried to frame the election as a choice between keeping the economy open or returning to coronavirus lockdowns under Democrats.
The plight of bars and clubs, many of which remain shuttered and are struggling for survival in the pandemic, is the focus of a new television ad that the Biden campaign aired on CBS on Sunday during an N.F.L. game.
They are places like the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor, Mich., which has been a magnet for...",left
18197,"Biden Ad Criticizing Trump's Virus Response Sparks Controversy, Divided Coverage","['Campaigns', 'Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Election Fact Checking', 'Joe Biden', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",Biden ad depicts struggling bar owner — turns out he's a wealthy investor who donated thousands to Biden campaign,Washington Examiner,"A Biden campaign ad depicting a Michigan bar owner struggling with the coronavirus pandemic is being criticized after it was revealed that the man featured is actually a wealthy tech investor who donated thousands to Joe Biden’s campaign.
Joe Malcoun, the co-owner of The Blind Pig bar featured in the ad, is a prominent “angel investor” in several Michigan tech companies and donated $5,000 to the Biden campaign in July, Fox News reported. He has also been a vocal supporter of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s lockdown policies, saying in April...",right
18198,Senate Votes to Block Witnesses,"['US Senate', 'Donald Trump', 'Senate Republicans', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",The Senate Votes Against Witnesses In Trump’s Impeachment Trial,FiveThirtyEight,"The U.S. Senate on Friday evening voted down consideration of additional witnesses in President Trump’s impeachment trial. The chamber is now very likely to vote to acquit Trump, although it’s not clear if that vote will happen in the next 24-48 hours or sometime next week.
The vote, 51-49 against witnesses, was mostly along party lines. Just two Republican senators, Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, joined the 47 Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents in favor of hearing from witnesses. The other 51 Republicans opposed the...",center
18199,Senate Votes to Block Witnesses,"['US Senate', 'Donald Trump', 'Senate Republicans', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Senate impeachment trial: Wednesday acquittal vote expected after effort to have witnesses fails,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)The Senate on Friday voted to block any witnesses from being called in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, a move that marked the beginning of the end of the third Senate trial for a president in US history.
The timing for the final acquittal vote was a subject of debate throughout the day on Friday, but Republican senators leaving a meeting Friday evening said that it was likely to occur on Wednesday -- after Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday.",left
18200,Senate Votes to Block Witnesses,"['US Senate', 'Donald Trump', 'Senate Republicans', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']","GOP blocks witnesses in Senate impeachment trial, as final vote could drag to next week",Fox News (Online News),"Republicans in the Senate secured enough votes Friday evening to reject Democratic efforts to extend the Trump impeachment trial and call new witnesses, as the final vote on whether or not to remove President Trump from office seems likely to drag into next week.
After hours of debate during the day, the Senate voted 51 to 49 to block a Democratic motion to call new witnesses. The vote came after vehement demands from Democrats to call former national security adviser John Bolton to testify about the Trump-Ukraine saga.",right
18201,Soros-Backed Investors Buy Hispanic FL Radio Stations,"['Censorship', 'Corporate Media', 'Economic Policy', 'Florida', 'Hispanic Americans', 'George Soros', 'Latinos', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Radio', 'Ron DeSantis']",New Latino media startup launches with historic $80M raise,Axios,"Latina activists and entrepreneurs Jess Morales Rocketto and Stephanie Valencia have raised $80 million to launch a new Hispanic media company called the Latino Media Network.
Why it matters: It's one of the largest capital raises for a Latina-owned and operated startup in the U.S.
""It's pretty audacious for people like us to be doing something this big,"" Morales Rocketto said in an interview. ""Steph and I have been raising money for a long time, but this is orders of magnitude bigger than what we've ever done.""
Driving the...",center
18202,Soros-Backed Investors Buy Hispanic FL Radio Stations,"['Censorship', 'Corporate Media', 'Economic Policy', 'Florida', 'Hispanic Americans', 'George Soros', 'Latinos', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Radio', 'Ron DeSantis']",The buyers of this talk radio station promise 'journalistic integrity.' Conservatives are scared.,MSNBC,"At a time when Latino representation in media is still lacking and the power of Latino outlets owned by Latinos barely even registers, it was exciting to hear in early June that two Latinas with ties to former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton raised $80 million to form a new national network of radio stations. The Latino Media Network, as it's called, is acquiring 18 existing radio stations.
One such network is a popular conservative Miami station, which explains why my excitement was not shared by...",left
18203,Soros-Backed Investors Buy Hispanic FL Radio Stations,"['Censorship', 'Corporate Media', 'Economic Policy', 'Florida', 'Hispanic Americans', 'George Soros', 'Latinos', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Radio', 'Ron DeSantis']",Soros takeover: MSNBC rushes to defense of liberal acquisition of Miami’s anti-communism Radio Mambi,Fox News (Opinion),"MSNBC rushed to the defense of a George-Soros-linked group that is set to takeover Miami’s iconic, Spanish-language conservative talk radio station Radio Mambi. 
The formation of the Latino Media Network, a new network set to be made up of 18 Hispanic radio stations including Miami’s conservative Radio Mambi, was partially financed by Lakestar Finance, an investment group affiliated with Soros Fund Management. The stations, currently owned by Univision, would be controlled by Jess Morales Rocketto, a former Hillary for America and AFL-CIO employee, and Stephanie Valencia, a former Obama White House staffer, if...",right
18204,Trump Administration to Require Visa Applicants Prove They Can Afford Health Care,"['Immigration', 'Visas', 'Donald Trump', 'Policy', 'White House']",Trump administration to restrict visas for uninsured applicants,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump issued a proclamation Friday requiring immigrants applying for U.S. visas to prove they can afford health care.
Applicants will be denied entry into the U.S. unless they have plans to be covered by health insurance within 30 days of entering or have enough financial resources to cover the cost, according to the White House.
The measure would take effect Nov. 3 and will apply to applicants for visas from abroad. It will not be applied retroactively to those already in the U.S. It does not affect lawful permanent...",right
18205,Trump Administration to Require Visa Applicants Prove They Can Afford Health Care,"['Immigration', 'Visas', 'Donald Trump', 'Policy', 'White House']",Trump Will Deny Immigrant Visas to Those Who Can’t Pay for Health Care,New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will deny visas to immigrants who cannot prove they will have health insurance or the ability to pay for medical costs once they become permanent residents of the United States, the White House announced Friday in the latest move by President Trump to undermine legal immigration.
Mr. Trump issued a proclamation, effective Nov. 3, ordering consular officers to bar immigrants seeking to live in the United States unless they “will be covered by approved health insurance” or can prove that they have “the financial resources...",left
18206,Trump Administration to Require Visa Applicants Prove They Can Afford Health Care,"['Immigration', 'Visas', 'Donald Trump', 'Policy', 'White House']",U.S. to Deny Visas to Immigrants Unless They Can Pay Health Care,Bloomberg,"The U.S. will deny visas to immigrants unless they can prove they can cover their own medical costs, a move aimed at preventing the entry of those who “will be a financial burden to the United States healthcare system.”
Immigrants applying for visas will have to prove they will be covered by health insurance within 30 days of entering the country or have the financial resources to pay for medical bills, the White House said in a proclamation issued on Friday.
The edict highlights President Donald Trump’s tough stance on...",left
18207,"In Primetime Speech, Biden Says 'MAGA Republicans' Threaten Democracy","['Polarization', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Donald Trump', '2022 Elections']","Biden at Independence Hall: Trump, allies threaten democracy",Associated Press,"President Joe Biden warned Thursday night that “equality and democracy are under assault” in the U.S. as he sounded an alarm about his predecessor, Donald Trump, and “MAGA Republican” adherents, labeling them an extremist threat to the nation and its future.
Aiming to reframe the November elections as part of a battle for the nation’s soul — “the work of my presidency,” Biden used his prime-time speech at Independence Hall in Philadelphia to argue that Trump and “Make America Great Again” allies are a challenge to nation’s system of government,...",left
18208,"In Primetime Speech, Biden Says 'MAGA Republicans' Threaten Democracy","['Polarization', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Donald Trump', '2022 Elections']",Biden's 'blood red' backdrop steals show in speech attacking MAGA,Washington Examiner,"When President Joe Biden delivered a prime-time address in Philadelphia on Thursday, the dark red setting generated a great deal of buzz.
Biden's speech, in which he framed November's midterm elections as a continuation of his 2020 cycle's ""battle for the soul of the nation"" and portrayed MAGA forces, perpetuated by former President Donald Trump and his allies, as being ""determined to take this country backwards,"" was delivered outside Independence Hall.
Biden, who walked in with first lady Jill Biden, was framed on either side by a standing Marine and red lights cast upon a brick wall...",right
18209,"In Primetime Speech, Biden Says 'MAGA Republicans' Threaten Democracy","['Polarization', 'Joe Biden', 'Politics', 'Republican Party', 'Donald Trump', '2022 Elections']",Biden: ‘MAGA Republicans’ a clear threat to democracy,NewsNation,"President Joe Biden addressed the country Thursday night from Philadelphia with a prime-time speech billed as the “Soul of the Nation.”
While in the birthplace of the Declaration of Independence, the president talked about what he believes to be America’s core values and how to fight for them. He also sounded an alarm, saying he sees threats to democracy, and adding that both equality and democracy are under assault.
“For a long time, we’ve reassured ourselves that American democracy is guaranteed. But it is not. We have to defend it. Protect it. Stand...",center
18210,"Biden Says US Will Move to End Normal Trade Relations With Russia, Ban More Imports","['Russia', 'Sanctions', 'Trade', 'Ukraine War']",U.S. moves to end normal trade relations with Russia,Axios,"The U.S. is moving to revoke Russia's ""most favored nation"" trade status in what President Biden called Friday ""another crushing blow"" against the country over its invasion of Ukraine.
Driving the news: ""We're going to continue to stand together with our allies in Europe and send unmistakable message. We'll defend every single inch of NATO territory of the full might of the united and galvanized NATO,"" Biden said.
Biden said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had agreed to wait to move forward on revoking normal trade relations with Russia until he ""could line...",center
18211,"Biden Says US Will Move to End Normal Trade Relations With Russia, Ban More Imports","['Russia', 'Sanctions', 'Trade', 'Ukraine War']","Biden announces U.S. will move to revoke Russia's ""most favored nation"" trade status",CBS News (Online),"President Biden announced Friday that the U.S., European Union and G7 countries are moving to revoke Russia's ""most favored nation"" trade status over its invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. will also take steps to ban the import of Russian seafood, diamonds and vodka, he said. 
""Each of our nations is going to take steps to deny most favored nation status to Russia,"" he announced. ""A most-favored-nation status designation means two countries have agreed to trade with each other under the best possible terms — low tariffs, few barriers to trade and the highest-possible...",left
18212,"Biden Says US Will Move to End Normal Trade Relations With Russia, Ban More Imports","['Russia', 'Sanctions', 'Trade', 'Ukraine War']",Biden Calls for End to Normal Trade Relations With Russia,The Epoch Times,"President Joe Biden has announced the latest round of sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies against Russia in response to the now weeks-long Russian military campaign in Ukraine.
In an address Friday, Biden said he will sign bipartisan legislation that will revoke Russia’s permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status with the United States, making it more difficult for Russia to do business with the West.
Biden says the move to end normal trade relations with Russia was done in coordination with Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the European...",right
18213,How the Public Views Reparations for Slavery,"['Economic Policy', 'History', 'Civil Rights', 'Inequality', 'Banking And Finance', 'Race And Racism']","Poll: Large Majority Of Americans Don’t Support Using Taxpayer Money For Reparations, But Half Of Black People Do",The Daily Caller,"A large majority of Americans don’t believe taxpayer money should be used to pay reparations to black Americans, but the data collected in a Reuters/Ipsos poll in June is split along racial and partisan lines.
While polling data following the death of George Floyd has revealed that a significant majority of Americans support criminal justice reform, reparations do not have a comparable degree of support, the new poll shows.
The poll shows that one in ten white respondents supported the idea of reparations, while half of black respondents to the...",right
18214,How the Public Views Reparations for Slavery,"['Economic Policy', 'History', 'Civil Rights', 'Inequality', 'Banking And Finance', 'Race And Racism']",U.S. public more aware of racial inequality but still rejects reparations: Reuters/Ipsos polling,Reuters,"Americans are growing increasingly aware of racial inequality in the United States, but a large majority still oppose the use of one-time payments, known as reparations, to tackle the persistent wealth gap between Black and white citizens.
According to Reuters/Ipsos polls this month, only one in five respondents agreed the United States should use “taxpayer money to pay damages to descendants of enslaved people in the United States.”
Calls are growing from some politicians, academics and economists for such payments to be made to an estimated 40 million African Americans,...",center
18215,How the Public Views Reparations for Slavery,"['Economic Policy', 'History', 'Civil Rights', 'Inequality', 'Banking And Finance', 'Race And Racism']",'It Is Time for Reparations',New York Times (Opinion),"Black Americans protesting the violation of their rights are a defining tradition of this country. In the last century, there have been hundreds of uprisings in black communities in response to white violence. Some have produced substantive change. After the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, uprisings in more than 100 cities broke the final congressional deadlock over whether it should be illegal to deny people housing simply because they descended from people who had been enslaved. The Fair Housing Act, which prohibits housing discrimination...",left
18216,Perspectives: Evaluating Kamala Harris as Biden's VP Choice,"['2020 Election', 'Kamala Harris', 'Presidential Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']","Kamala Harris was the safest, most experienced and most tested choice Biden could make",Washington Post,"The process was long and winding, but in the end, former vice president Joe Biden landed exactly where he was expected to from the very beginning. Sen. Kamala D. Harris of California was always the safest, most experienced and most tested choice Biden could make.
Harris will create excitement as the first Black woman on a major-party ticket, but no ideological anxiety among middle-of-the road voters. Like Biden, she occupies the Democratic Party’s center ground. And she will raise no questions as to whether she is qualified to take over...",left
18217,Perspectives: Evaluating Kamala Harris as Biden's VP Choice,"['2020 Election', 'Kamala Harris', 'Presidential Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']",Kamala Harris VP pick: How she could help - or hurt - Joe Biden,BBC News,"Sometimes the obvious pick is obvious for a reason.
Kamala Harris was the front-runner to be Joe Biden's running mate pretty much since the moment the presumptive Democratic nominee announced in March that he would pick a woman to be on his ticket.
She was a safe pick and a practical one. She's also now in the position to be the heir apparent for the Democratic Party - whether it's in four years because Biden loses in November or doesn't run for re-election or eight years if Biden serves two...",center
18218,Perspectives: Evaluating Kamala Harris as Biden's VP Choice,"['2020 Election', 'Kamala Harris', 'Presidential Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']",Is Kamala Harris as Safe a VP Pick as She Seems?,National Review,"So, it’s Kamala. After all the speculation about whom Biden might pick to be his running mate, he chose the woman most likely to get the nod all along, according to the betting markets.
The California senator was and is widely seen as the “safe” choice, given the constraints Biden had imposed on himself. He pledged to pick a woman, and after the George Floyd protests he seemed increasingly likely to pick an African-American woman.
Harris checks both boxes, and as the only black female Democratic senator or governor in...",right
18219,Fox News Says It Does 'Not Condone' Hannity and Pirro Participating in Trump Campaign Rally,['Media Bias'],"Sean Hannity Strides On Stage At Trump Rally, Declares ‘All’ Media Fake News",HuffPost,"Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro also appears with Trump, adding to the image of the cable news channel as propaganda machine for the president.",left
18220,Fox News Says It Does 'Not Condone' Hannity and Pirro Participating in Trump Campaign Rally,['Media Bias'],"Fox News: We do 'not condone' hosts Hannity, Pirro participating in Trump campaign events",The Hill,"Fox News says it ""does not condone"" its hosts ""participating in campaign events"" as Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro did during a campaign rally with President Trump in Missouri on Monday night.",center
18221,Fox News Says It Does 'Not Condone' Hannity and Pirro Participating in Trump Campaign Rally,['Media Bias'],Fox News: Sean Hannity’s actions at Trump's 'MAGA' rally in Missouri an 'unfortunate distraction',Washington Examiner,Fox News said host Sean Hannity’s appearance on stage at a “Make America Great Again” rally with President Trump was an “unfortunate distraction.,right
18222,Fauci Touts Booster Shots as COVID-19 Cases Rise,"['Coronavirus', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Anthony Fauci']","Dr. Fauci Warns COVID Is Still A Problem For Unvaccinated, Recommends Booster Shot",International Business Times,"Dr. Anthony Fauci said this week that COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising for unvaccinated Americans and also recommended that a booster shot for those who are vaccinated.
“What we’re starting to see now is an uptick in hospitalizations among people who’ve been vaccinated but not boosted,” Dr. Fauci, the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease, said in an interview.
“It’s a significant proportion, but not the majority by any means,” Fauci added.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also noted on Wednesday at a White House COVID briefing, that...",center
18223,Fauci Touts Booster Shots as COVID-19 Cases Rise,"['Coronavirus', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Anthony Fauci']",Fauci: COVID-19 hospitalizations rising among vaccinated,Fox News (Online News),"COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising among people who are fully vaccinated, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease. 
Fauci discussed what was driving virus surges in hot spots around the U.S. 
""What we’re starting to see now is an uptick in hospitalizations among people who’ve been vaccinated but not boosted,"" Fauci said Tuesday. ""It’s a significant proportion, but not the majority by any means.""
In a White House COVID-19 Response Team briefing on Wednesday, Fauci stressed the importance of vaccines and highlighted their efficacy. 
""We have 62 million Americans eligible for vaccines...",right
18224,Fauci Touts Booster Shots as COVID-19 Cases Rise,"['Coronavirus', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Anthony Fauci']","Hospitalizations rising among fully vaccinated in U.S., Fauci says",NBC News (Online),"As cases of Covid-19 rise throughout the U.S., health officials warn that an increasing number of fully vaccinated people are being hospitalized or going to the emergency room. The concern about waning immunity against severe Covid infection comes as the Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine booster shot for all adults 18 and older.
“What we’re starting to see now is an uptick in hospitalizations among people who’ve been vaccinated but not boosted,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease, said Tuesday...",left
18225,Ghislaine Maxwell's Deposition Transcripts Unsealed,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Ghislaine Maxwell', 'Jeffrey Epstein']",Ghislaine Maxwell deposition transcripts for 2016 case released,Fox News (Online News),"More than 400 pages of deposition transcripts that had been sealed in a defamation case involving Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, were released on Thursday morning following a Tuesday court order.
The documents were unsealed after U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska ordered their release by 9 a.m. Thursday. They include transcripts of two days of depositions from 2016 of the often combative British socialite, 58, and related documents, along with the deposition transcript of an anonymous accuser.",right
18226,Ghislaine Maxwell's Deposition Transcripts Unsealed,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Ghislaine Maxwell', 'Jeffrey Epstein']",Jeffrey Epstein Update: Read The Deposition That Ghislaine Maxwell Fought To Hide,NPR (Online News),"Ghislaine Maxwell's answers to questions about the sex-trafficking operation she allegedly ran with the late Jeffrey Epstein were made public Thursday as a federal court released Maxwell's 2016 deposition. The transcript is more than 400 pages long, but it has been redacted to protect the privacy of some people it mentions.
The transcript is finally being unsealed after a back-and-forth legal battle between Maxwell and Virginia Giuffre, who has accused Maxwell, Epstein and others of sexually abusing her when she was a minor. In it, Maxwell repeatedly denies ""recruiting"" girls...",left
18227,Ghislaine Maxwell's Deposition Transcripts Unsealed,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Ghislaine Maxwell', 'Jeffrey Epstein']","Ghislaine Maxwell deposition portrays her as combative, loyal defender of sex offender Epstein",Washington Post,"A defensive and combative Ghislaine Maxwell, the onetime partner of Jeffrey Epstein, insisted in long-sealed court testimony made public Thursday that she had no knowledge of the deceased financier having sexual contact with minors.
The 2016 testimony — submitted in a lawsuit — was unsealed after Maxwell’s attorneys battled for months to keep it secret. Maxwell was charged earlier this year with trafficking minors in concert with Epstein and with lying under oath in the testimony about her knowledge of Epstein’s activities. Several of Epstein’s accusers have said they were...",left
18228,Romney on Abortion,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney appears to pivot on abortion,Washington Post,"Mitt Romney, buoyed by recent polls that show him ahead of President Obama after a strong debate performance, appears to have modified his stance on abortion, a key issue among social conservatives, a voting bloc that has been skeptical of the Republican nominee in the past.",left
18229,Romney on Abortion,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama tries to win back women voters, hits Romney on abortion",Washington Times,"With President Obama losing his advantage among female voters, his campaign aides Wednesday resurrected attacks on Mitt Romney over abortion and womens rights, claiming the Republican nominee is hiding his true positions.",right
18230,Romney on Abortion,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney's Remarks On Abortion Cause A Stir,NPR (Online News),"Just how many abortion positions does Mitt Romney have? Once again, that answer is unclear.",left
18231,Perspectives: Texas Storm and Power Outages,"['Disaster', 'Energy', 'Environment', 'Climate Change', 'Global Warming', 'Sustainability', 'People And Profit', 'General News']",'Massive failure': Why are millions of people in Texas still without power?,USA TODAY,"Power outages across Texas have left millions of people in the dark and bitter cold this week amid an unprecedented winter storm that buried the state in snow and ice and brought single-degree temperatures.
Extreme energy demand and overloaded frozen utility plants are among the factors that led to the power outages, experts said.
""No matter which way you cut it, this is a massive failure for a grid and a state that holds up energy and electricity as a shining example,"" said Varun Rai, director of the Energy Institute...",left
18232,Perspectives: Texas Storm and Power Outages,"['Disaster', 'Energy', 'Environment', 'Climate Change', 'Global Warming', 'Sustainability', 'People And Profit', 'General News']",The great Texas climate catastrophe is heading your way,Tucker Carlson,"The Green New Deal has come, believe it or not, to the state of Texas. How's it working out so far?
Well, the good news is all that alternative energy seems to have had a remarkable effect on the climate. Sunday night, parts of Texas got the temperatures that we typically see in Alaska. In fact, they were the same as they were in Alaska. So global warming is no longer a pressing concern in Houston.
The bad news is, they don't have electricity. The windmills froze, so the...",right
18233,Perspectives: Texas Storm and Power Outages,"['Disaster', 'Energy', 'Environment', 'Climate Change', 'Global Warming', 'Sustainability', 'People And Profit', 'General News']",Disasters in Republican-run places keep somehow proving how bad Democrats are at running things,Washington Post,"To some very small extent, we should appreciate the frankness of Tim Boyd, until Tuesday the mayor of the town of Colorado City, Tex., population 4,000. Boyd, faced with massive power outages like much of the state, simply threw up his hands.
“The City and County, along with power providers or any other service owes you NOTHING!” he wrote on Facebook. “I’m sick and tired of people looking for a d--- handout! If you don’t have electricity you step up and come up with a game plan to keep your...",left
18234,Texas Debates Abortion,['Abortion'],Battle For Life Continues Today in Texas,Townhall,"The battle to ban abortions after five months continues today in Texas. The Texas Senate Committee on Health and Human Services is expected to hold a hearing on HB2 Monday, a bill requiring abortion clinics meet basic medical standards while banning abortions after 20 weeks. The legislation is a duplicate of SB5, which was defeated through filibuster and a rowdy protest crowd two weeks ago.",right
18235,Texas Debates Abortion,['Abortion'],‘Turn Texas blue’ hits headwinds with abortion,Politico,"Democrats are gearing up to spend millions of dollars to “turn Texas blue” by bringing in a new generation of Latino voters.
So when an abortion fight flared in Austin this summer, it seemed the stars had aligned — liberals had a hot-button cause to galvanize new supporters who just might stick around for the long haul.",left
18236,Texas Debates Abortion,['Abortion'],Gov. Perry Confident Texas Abortion Law Will Pass,Wall Street Journal (News),"Texas Governor Rick Perry Sunday expressed confidence the state legislature, convened for a new special session, will pass an abortion law blocked last month by a filibuster.
“Texas is a place where we defend life,” Mr. Perry said about the legislation that would establish new abortion restrictions on “Fox News Sunday.”",center
18237,"Biden To Accuse Trump Of ""Toxic Tongue"" Linked To Mass Shootings","['Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Mass Shootings', 'Race And Racism']","Biden, in Iowa speech, plans to say Trump has ‘fanned the flames of white supremacy’",Washington Post,"Former vice president Joe Biden plans Wednesday to accuse President Trump of having “fanned the flames of white supremacy in this nation” in a blistering speech set to be delivered in Iowa as Trump visits two cities mourning horrific mass shootings.
Another Democratic hopeful, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) also plans to speak out about combatting racism during a speech at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., the site of a mass shooting in 2015 that left nine people dead.
According to excerpts of Biden’s planned remarks released by his...",left
18238,"Biden To Accuse Trump Of ""Toxic Tongue"" Linked To Mass Shootings","['Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Mass Shootings', 'Race And Racism']",Biden: Trump's 'Toxic Tongue' Linked to Mass Shootings,Newsmax (News),"Joe Biden is accusing President Donald Trump of fueling the white supremacy that's blamed for several mass shootings in the United States in a speech the Democrat was due to deliver Wednesday.
Biden, 76, frontrunner in the crowded pack of Democras running for the White House, was scheduled to speak in Iowa after back-to-back mass shootings last weekend in the United States.
In the first, on Saturday, a gunman killed 22 people in El Paso, a Texas city on the border with Mexico. Law enforcement agencies say he apparently was...",right
18239,"Biden To Accuse Trump Of ""Toxic Tongue"" Linked To Mass Shootings","['Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Mass Shootings', 'Race And Racism']",Biden says Trump's `toxic tongue' linked to U.S. mass shootings,Reuters,"Democratic presidential front-runner and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden accused President Donald Trump of fuelling the white supremacy that’s blamed for several mass shootings in the United States, according to a speech Biden was due to deliver on Wednesday.
Biden, 76, was scheduled to speak in Iowa after back-to-back mass shootings this past weekend in the United States. In the first, on Saturday, a gunman killed 22 people in El Paso, a Texas city on the border with Mexico. Law enforcement agencies say he apparently was driven by hatred...",center
18240,Trump Says He Will Deploy Military to Guard Border Until Wall Is Built,['Immigration'],'A BIG STEP': Trump says military will guard the US/Mexico border until wall can be built,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Tuesday said that the U.S. will secure the southern border with the military until a wall can be built, calling the move a “big step.”",right
18241,Trump Says He Will Deploy Military to Guard Border Until Wall Is Built,['Immigration'],Trump: deploy military at U.S.-Mexico border until wall built,Reuters,"President Donald Trump stepped up his tough talk on immigration on Tuesday, saying he wants to deploy U.S. military forces to stop illegal immigrants at the border with Mexico until a long-promised wall is completed and “proper security” is in place.",center
18242,Trump Says He Will Deploy Military to Guard Border Until Wall Is Built,['Immigration'],"Trump’s call to guard “our border with our military,” explained",Vox,His options are limited.,left
18243,CNN Criticized Over Lanny Davis Story,['Media Bias'],Lanny Davis burns reporters. Should they still give him a megaphone?,Politico,"Lanny Davis, in his role as lawyer and spokesman for Michael Cohen, has copped to misleading journalists, admitted he made false statements on national television and generally caused headaches for reporters who’ve used him as a source.",left
18244,CNN Criticized Over Lanny Davis Story,['Media Bias'],Why CNN is standing by a Michael Cohen story that his lawyer calls false,Fox News (Online News),"Lanny Davis, who has been engaged in high-stakes crisis management and political lawyering for decades, says he made a mistake.",right
18245,CNN Criticized Over Lanny Davis Story,['Media Bias'],"On second thought: Trump, Cohen lawyers stumble on facts",Associated Press,"They’re the ultimate insiders, but the lawyers speaking publicly on behalf of President Donald Trump and his longtime “fixer”-turned-foe Michael Cohen have been fumbling the facts of late.",left
18246,Obama Denies Wiretap,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump wants congressional probe of claims on Obama, won't comment further",USA TODAY,President Trump called Sunday for a congressional investigation of his claims that predecessor Barack Obama had him wiretapped during last year's election — while critics accused Trump of trying to distract people from an investigation into his own relationship with Russia.,left
18247,Obama Denies Wiretap,"['White House', 'Politics']",The Obama Camp’s Disingenuous Denials on FISA Surveillance of Trump,Guest Writer - Right,"President Trump’s early Saturday morning tweeting has exploded to the forefront an uncovered scandal I’ve been talking about since early January (including in this weekend’s column): The fact that the Obama Justice Department and the FBI investigated associates of Donald Trump, and likely Trump himself, in the heat of the presidential campaign.",right
18248,Obama Denies Wiretap,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Refutes Allegation That He Wiretapped Trump Tower During Campaign,HuffPost,"U.S. President Donald Trump accused predecessor Barack Obama on Saturday of wiretapping him during the late stages of the 2016 election campaign, but offered no evidence for an allegation which an Obama spokesman said was “simply false”.",left
18249,Former Senator John Warner of Virginia Dies at Age 94,"['Politics', 'John Warner', 'US Senate']",Former Va. Sen. John Warner dies at 94,The Hill,"Former GOP Sen. John Warner from Virginia, who served in Congress for five terms and played a central role in shaping military affairs legislation, has died. He was 94. 
The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Warner’s Chief of Staff Carter Cornick announced the former senator’s death, and longtime chief of staff Susan A. Magill told The Associated Press that the former Navy secretary’s cause of death was heart failure. 
“He was frail but had a lot of spirit until his last days,” Magill told the news agency, adding that he passed away at his home in...",center
18250,Former Senator John Warner of Virginia Dies at Age 94,"['Politics', 'John Warner', 'US Senate']","John Warner, longtime US senator from Virginia, dies at 94",CNN (Online News),"Former Senator John Warner, who represented Virginia in the US Senate for three decades, has died, a former staff member told CNN. He was 94.
Warner died peacefully on Tuesday evening of heart failure, surrounded by his wife Jeanne Warner and other family members, the former staff member said.
Warner served in the US Navy during World War II and the Marines during the Korean War. He later served as secretary of the Navy and as a Republican US senator from 1979 through 2009.
Funeral arrangements have not yet been...",left
18251,Former Senator John Warner of Virginia Dies at Age 94,"['Politics', 'John Warner', 'US Senate']","Former Sen. John Warner dead at 94, married Elizabeth Taylor",Fox News (Online News),"Former Sen. John W. Warner of Virginia, a former Navy secretary who was once married to Elizabeth Taylor, has died at 94, his longtime chief of staff said Wednesday.
Warner died Tuesday of heart failure at home in Alexandria, Virginia, with his wife and daughter at his side, Susan A. Magill said.
""He was frail but had a lot of spirit and was involved until his last days,"" Magill said.  
Warner, a Republican, was elected to the Senate in 1978 and served five terms. He announced in 2007 that...",right
18252,Mike Pence Launches Conservative Advocacy Group,"['Politics', 'Mike Pence']","Pence Launches Advocacy Group Combining MAGA, Traditional Conservatism",Newsmax (News),"Former Vice President Mike Pence is re-emerging publicly with the launch of an advocacy group that combines traditional conservatism and the Make America Great Again movement.
Pence, perhaps with an eye on a 2024 presidential run, is chairman of Advancing American Freedom, which will seek to promote the Trump-Pence administration's accomplishments while building a ""winning formula for a broader coalition,"" aides told the Washington Examiner.
Former President Donald Trump expressed support for Pence's venture in a statement to the Examiner.
""It was the most successful first term in American history,""...",right
18253,Mike Pence Launches Conservative Advocacy Group,"['Politics', 'Mike Pence']","Pence, eyeing 2024 presidential bid, launches group to defend Trump-era policies from ""liberal attacks and media distortions""",CBS News (Online),"Former Vice President Mike Pence is beginning to reemerge after the end of the Trump administration with the launch of a new group to counter the policies of the Biden administration and the Democratic-controlled Congress.
The former vice president has mostly kept out of public view since Inauguration Day, focusing mostly on some early work with conservative organizations and the arrival of a new grandchild. But on Wednesday, he launched Advancing American Freedom, an entity, he said in a statement, that would ""promote the pro-freedom policies of the last four...",left
18254,Mike Pence Launches Conservative Advocacy Group,"['Politics', 'Mike Pence']",Pence launches conservative political group,The Hill,"Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday announced the creation of a new political advocacy group, his latest step to remain involved in the conservative movement as he plots out his political future.
Pence launched Advancing American Freedom, which he said would defend conservative values while opposing the Biden administration's agenda.
“Advancing American Freedom plans to build on the success of the last four years by promoting traditional Conservative values and promoting the successful policies of the Trump Administration,” Pence said in a statement. ""Conservatives will not stand idly...",center
18255,Trump Claims Russia Will Meddle in Midterms to Help Democrats,['Russia'],Trump: 'Very concerned' Russia will try to meddle in midterms,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Tuesday expressed concern over the possibility of Russia interfering in this year’s midterm elections, the latest effort to show he’s willing to get tough with the country after facing criticism last week over his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.",right
18256,Trump Claims Russia Will Meddle in Midterms to Help Democrats,['Russia'],"Offering no evidence, Trump says Russia will back Democrats in election",Reuters,"President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he believes Russia will work hard to sway November U.S. congressional elections toward Democrats and not his fellow Republicans, but provided no evidence to back up his assertion.",center
18257,Trump Claims Russia Will Meddle in Midterms to Help Democrats,['Russia'],President Trump 'very concerned' Russia will meddle in midterm elections — to help Democrats,New York Daily News,The Russians are coming. President Trump said Tuesday that he’s “very concerned” Russia will try to meddle in November's midterm elections — in order to help Democrats win.,left
18258,Cliff Hanger,[],Obama outlines fiscal cliff-deficit deal in stages,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama spoke separately Friday with Speaker John Boehner and the top Senate Democrat to try to salvage a fiscal cliff deal by the end of year, after Republican disarray in the U.S. House put the negotiations in limbo.
In a previously unscheduled statement to reporters, Obama outlined a possible agreement that he said would include protecting middle-class Americans from a tax hike, extending unemployment benefits and setting a framework for future deficit reduction steps.
He called on Congress to pass the agreement after a Christmas break...",left
18259,Cliff Hanger,[],"Senators suggest fiscal deal still possible, but appear locked in same standoff",Fox News (Online News),"Top Democratic and Republican senators said Sunday that Washington can still reach a fiscal deal by Jan. 1, but they still appeared miles apart in reaching a solution and continued to blame the other party.
Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, the chambers third highest ranking Republican, said he thinks President Obama wants negotiations to fail, which would result in a roughly $500 billion mix of tax increases and federal spending over the next year to take effect.
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/23/senators-suggest-fiscal-deal-...",right
18260,Cliff Hanger,[],Why Obama isn't caving,Politico,"President Barack Obamas stiffening resolve during the fight over the fiscal cliff can be traced directly to the lessons he drew from his hard-won triumph of the 2012 campaign.
He whipped Republicans a second time, parried the best attacks they could muster, and is now demanding that they respect the victory, if not the man who won it. That doesnt mean Obama wont eventually compromise, especially with the specter of a renewed recession lingering just over the horizon, but his body language is a lot more combative than the...",left
18261,North Korea Launches Missile,"['North Korea', 'World']","North Korea tests missile, raises new fears in Pacific",CNN (Online News),"North Korea carried out a provocative new ballistic missile test early Sunday, sending a projectile to a higher altitude and closer to Russia than any of its recent tests, according to officials.",left
18262,North Korea Launches Missile,"['North Korea', 'World']","North Korea Launches a Missile, Its First Test After an Election in the South",New York Times (News),"North Korea launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile on Sunday, the first test since a new president took office in South Korea this past week and called for dialogue with the North.",left
18263,North Korea Launches Missile,"['North Korea', 'World']",White House: North Korea has been 'flagrant menace for far too long',Fox News (Online News),"The White House responded to the latest North Korean ballistic missile launch late Saturday, saying that the rogue regime has been a “flagrant menace for far too long.”",right
18264,House Oversight Committee Pushes White House for Security Clearance Documents,"['US House', 'Jared Kushner', 'Politics']",Donald Trump ordered security clearance for Jared Kushner over objection of officials: report,Washington Times,"President Trump ordered that senior presidential adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner be given a top-level security clearance.
A report in the New York Times citing four people who had knowledge of the matter said Mr. Trump demanded then-chief of staff John Kelly give Mr. Kushner top secret clearance in May, one day after the White House counsel recommended Mr. Kushner be denied.
Mr. Kelly wrote in memos that he had been “ordered” by the president to give Mr. Kushner the clearance. The White House counsel at the time,...",right
18265,House Oversight Committee Pushes White House for Security Clearance Documents,"['US House', 'Jared Kushner', 'Politics']",House Panel Presses White House for Security-Clearance Documents,Wall Street Journal (News),"The House Oversight Committee on Friday renewed its request to the White House for documents related to the administration’s security-clearance processes, following reports that President Trump ordered his former chief of staff to grant his son-in-law a top-secret security clearance.",center
18266,House Oversight Committee Pushes White House for Security Clearance Documents,"['US House', 'Jared Kushner', 'Politics']",House Oversight Committee issues ultimatum to White House over security clearance information,CNN (Online News),"The chairman of the House Oversight Committee issued a stark warning Friday to White House counsel Pat Cipollone, demanding that the White House turn over documents and comply with interviews related to how the White House handled security clearances of some of the President's closest advisers. Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland gave the White House counsel's office until March 4 to comply with the request.
""I am now writing a final time to request your voluntary cooperation with this investigation,"" Cummings said. ""I ask that you begin producing...",left
18267,Stock Market Falls as Trump Criticizes China,"['Trade', 'China', 'United States', 'Tariffs', 'World', 'Donald Trump', 'Twitter']","Stocks fall as China trade deal hopes slump on Trump tweets, with earnings mixed",MarketWatch,"Stocks were lower midsession Tuesday after President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on China, undermining hopes the world’s two largest economies will reach a trade deal while investors also digested mixed corporate earnings reports.
Investors were also awaiting the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates due Wednesday with a quarter percentage point cut expected.
How are the major benchmarks faring?
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.00% was off 54 points, or 0.2%, at 27,164 while the S&P 500 index SPX, -0.13% fell 10 points, or 0.3%, to 3,010,...",center
18268,Stock Market Falls as Trump Criticizes China,"['Trade', 'China', 'United States', 'Tariffs', 'World', 'Donald Trump', 'Twitter']",Trump backpedals on China threats as trade deal shows signs of slipping away,Washington Post,"President Trump said Tuesday that a new trade deal with China might not come until after the 2020 elections, a significant departure from more than a year of trying to exert pressure on the world’s second-largest economy.
His comments were the latest in rapidly evolving, and sometimes contradictory, strategic shifts. Less than two months ago, he announced that a huge crackdown against China was imminent. On Tuesday, he suggested that further action could be more than a year away, and everything could change based on whether he is reelected.
In...",left
18269,Stock Market Falls as Trump Criticizes China,"['Trade', 'China', 'United States', 'Tariffs', 'World', 'Donald Trump', 'Twitter']",Trump Lashes Out at China as Trade Talks Resume; Stocks Fall,Bloomberg,"President Donald Trump lashed out at China for what he said is its unwillingness to buy American agricultural products and said it continues to “rip off” the U.S., just as the two nations resumed negotiations in Shanghai following a three-month breakup.
“China is doing very badly, worst year in 27 -- was supposed to start buying our agricultural product now -- no signs that they are doing so,” Trump said Tuesday on Twitter. “That is the problem with China, they just don’t come through.”",left
18270,Biden Banking Nominee Faces Confrontational Senate Hearing,"['Banking And Finance', 'Saule Omarova', 'US Senate', 'Economic Policy', 'Treasury', 'Biden Administration', 'Senator Pat Toomey', 'Sherrod Brown']",‘Professor or comrade?’ GOP senators slam Biden pick for top Treasury post,New York Post (News),"President Biden’s Soviet-born choice to lead a key branch of the Treasury Department was grilled during a confirmation hearing Thursday, with one Republican member of the Senate Banking committee saying he had “never seen a more radical nominee to be a federal regulator.”
Saule Omarova, nominated by Biden to be comptroller of the currency in September, has come under fire for past statements — most notably in a paper titled “The People’s Ledger” that advocated for ending banking “as we know it” by making private banks “non-depository lenders” and moving Americans’ money to the Federal Reserve.",right
18271,Biden Banking Nominee Faces Confrontational Senate Hearing,"['Banking And Finance', 'Saule Omarova', 'US Senate', 'Economic Policy', 'Treasury', 'Biden Administration', 'Senator Pat Toomey', 'Sherrod Brown']",President Biden’s O.C.C. pick declares her support for capitalism and community banks.,New York Times (News),"Facing a room full of United States senators — some of whom have suggested she is a communist — Saule Omarova, President Biden’s pick to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, introduced herself by declaring that she loves two things: American capitalism and community banks.
Ms. Omarova, a Cornell Law School professor, appeared before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, the start of what will be a tough path to confirmation as the head of the regulator overseeing national banks. Soon after her nomination, bank lobbyists began...",left
18272,Biden Banking Nominee Faces Confrontational Senate Hearing,"['Banking And Finance', 'Saule Omarova', 'US Senate', 'Economic Policy', 'Treasury', 'Biden Administration', 'Senator Pat Toomey', 'Sherrod Brown']",Biden’s pick for bank regulator faces rocky Senate hearing over unorthodox research ideas,CNBC,"Saule Omarova, President Joe Biden’s pick to be comptroller of the currency — head of one of the nation’s top bank regulators — is expected to face a tough round of questioning Thursday from senators concerned by her academic research, which explores fundamental changes to the financial industry.
Republicans and at least one Democrat on the Senate banking committee are all but certain to grill the Cornell University law professor over unconventional ideas she’s advocated, including magnifying the power of the Federal Reserve to include consumer banking and sweeping checks to the...",center
18273,CA Blackouts Persist as Wildfires Worsen,"['Disaster', 'California', 'California Wildfires', 'Natural Disaster', 'Electricity', 'General News']",Massive new power outages expected across California as powerful winds return,Los Angeles Times,"Californians are bracing for major power outages throughout the state as utilities consider sweeping blackouts amid returning high winds.
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. announced Monday it could shut off power to 605,000 customers Tuesday and Wednesday in its latest bid to reduce the wildfire risk.",left
18274,CA Blackouts Persist as Wildfires Worsen,"['Disaster', 'California', 'California Wildfires', 'Natural Disaster', 'Electricity', 'General News']",Anger rises as California utility imposes more blackouts,Associated Press,"SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Frustration and anger mounted across Northern California as the state’s biggest utility began another round of fire-prevention blackouts Tuesday that could leave millions of people without electricity, some for five days or longer.
The shut-offs, aimed at keeping windblown electrical equipment from sparking wildfires, came as fire crews raced to contain two major blazes in Northern and Southern California before the winds picked up again. The fires have destroyed dozens of homes in Los Angeles and in Sonoma County wine country.",left
18275,CA Blackouts Persist as Wildfires Worsen,"['Disaster', 'California', 'California Wildfires', 'Natural Disaster', 'Electricity', 'General News']",Power outage map: Where Southern California Edison has cut electricity or is considering it,Orange County Register,"About 25,000 Southern California Edison customers were without power Monday, Oct. 28, and the utility was considering cutting power to areas serving 350,000 more in 10 counties where Santa Ana winds were raising the fire danger.
As of 6 p.m. Monday, that included:
Los Angeles County: About 8,200 customers without power, 104,600 considered for outages
Orange County: No customers without power, 15,400 considered for outages
Riverside County: 167 without power, 60,300 considered for outages
San Bernardino County: About 6,300 without power, 67,400 considered for outages",right
18276,Shutdown Talks in Senate,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",'Cordial' shutdown talks under way in Senate,CNN (Online News),"Congressional negotiators had no agreements to report Saturday, but they issued positive reports on their talks to end a partial government shutdown and avert a default on government debt.
""Cordial"" was the word Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, used to describe his ""preliminary"" discussions with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
""Good"" discussions were going on among Senate leaders, said Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tennessee, ""so I think all of us want to support those efforts, and hopefully they bear fruit over the weekend.""
Supporters stand...",left
18277,Shutdown Talks in Senate,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Senators return to work on fiscal crisis, but uncertain about how, when it will end",Fox News (Online News),"Two top senators gave bleak assessments Sunday of the likelihood of Congress swiftly reaching deals to end one fiscal crisis and avert another, with the Republican lawmaker saying Democrats are now overreaching in their demands.
“We will see our way through this, but the last 24 hours have not been good,” Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker told “Fox News Sunday.” “I agree that Republicans started with the overreach, but now Democrats are one tick too cute. They are now overreaching.”",right
18278,Shutdown Talks in Senate,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate leaders take over government shutdown talks,Washington Post,"Senate leaders began negotiations Saturday aimed at reopening federal agencies and avoiding a government default after every other effort to end Congress’s impasse crumbled in the previous 48 hours.
Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took over the talks, which had led nowhere in recent days. House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) acknowledged early Saturday that his discussions with President Obama had collapsed and that the Senate was the last hope to avert a financial disaster.",left
18279,Potential Default Nears,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",How Obama Will Exploit the Debt Limit,Townhall,"In ten days, the U.S. Treasury will be left with just $30 billion cash on hand, and no legal authority to borrow the additional money needed to pay all of the United States's financial obligations. And yet, for some reason, markets are not acting like the U.S. will default on its debt payments. Instead, investors are actually buying more Treasuries.",right
18280,Potential Default Nears,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Boehner, White House harden stances as shutdown continues, potential default nears",Washington Post,"House Speaker John A. Boehner on Sunday defiantly rejected calls to reopen the government and raise the federal debt limit, warning that the nation is headed for a first-ever default unless President Obama starts negotiating with Republicans.
“That’s the path we’re on,” Boehner (R-Ohio) said on ABC’s “This Week.” Of Obama, he added: “He knows what my phone number is. All he has to do is call.”",left
18281,Potential Default Nears,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",White House punts back to Congress over debt ceiling,CNN (Online News),"After weeks of near silence without any hint of a potential compromise between the Obama administration and Congressional Republicans over the thorny issue of raising the nation's debt ceiling, the White House may be offering some conciliatory language that could lead to a deal to prevent a potential default on Oct. 17.
As of last Friday, White House officials declined to specify any demand as to the length of a debt ceiling increase.",left
18282,DOJ Agrees to Allow Congress to Review Classified Information,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Rosenstein Will Let Congress See ‘Highly Classified’ Information, White House Says",Bloomberg,"The Justice Department agreed to show congressional Republicans “highly classified” information they have demanded from the Russia probe, the White House said after Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray met Monday with President Donald Trump.",left
18283,DOJ Agrees to Allow Congress to Review Classified Information,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",DOJ Agrees To Allow Congress To Review Requested Documents,The Daily Caller,"The Department of Justice will allow Congress to review highly classified requested documents relating to the FBI’s investigation into the Trump 2016 campaign in conjunction with the White House and other agencies, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday.",right
18284,DOJ Agrees to Allow Congress to Review Classified Information,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",GOP Lawmakers Will Soon Be Allowed To Review Classified Info On Russia Investigation,HuffPost,"Top Republican lawmakers will be allowed to review classified information pertaining to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, the White House said, after wrangling to get a hold of documents related to an FBI informant who reportedly spoke to Trump campaign officials.",left
18285,Reactions to North Korea's Denuclearization Pledge,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",What US and North Korea mean when they talk about denuclearization,CNN (Online News),"When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his South Korea counterpart, Moon Jae-in, meet next Friday, the most important topic on the agenda is the one on which there has been least clarity: denuclearization.",left
18286,Reactions to North Korea's Denuclearization Pledge,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","OPINION: Beware of North Korea's nuclear and missile pledge -- Kim's talk is cheap, it's his actions that count",Fox News (Online News),"North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un’s surprise announcement that his nation will suspend tests of nuclear weapons and missiles and close its nuclear testing site sounds like a momentous victory for the U.S. It’s not – at least, not yet.",right
18287,Reactions to North Korea's Denuclearization Pledge,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","South Korea switches off propaganda broadcasts, Moon upbeat on North Korea nuclear halt",Reuters,"South Korea halted the propaganda broadcasts it blares across the border with North Korea on Monday, aiming to set a positive tone ahead of the first summit in a decade between their leaders as the U.S. president cautioned the nuclear crisis was far from resolved.",center
18288,Debate Previews Focus on Moderator Kristen Welker of NBC,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Debate', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Kristen Welker', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",The third person on tonight’s debate stage might be the most important. So who is Kristen Welker?,Poynter,"NBC News’ Kristen Welker will moderate tonight’s debate. Her name has been in the news a lot the past few days, mostly because President Donald Trump keeps running her down, calling her “terrible” and “totally partisan.” But she’s a well-respected journalist, even earning praise from Trump adviser Jason Miller, who called her “very fair.”
She is especially well respected inside NBC News. When she was named a moderator, NBC News President Noah Oppenheim told his staff, “The selection of Kristen as a moderator is a testament to her talent, skill,...",center
18289,Debate Previews Focus on Moderator Kristen Welker of NBC,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Debate', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Kristen Welker', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",Pressure builds for NBC's Kristen Welker to address Hunter Biden at debate: ‘This is a moment of truth',Fox News (Online News),"The pressure is building for NBC News’ Kristen Welker to address the ongoing scandal surrounding a laptop purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden and containing damning emails, texts and photos during Thursday night’s final presidential debate as the mainstream media has essentially dismissed the story. ""This is a moment of truth for Kristen Welker and NBC News, in which they are caught between doing their job or protecting Joe Biden,” Cornell Law School professor and media critic William Jacobson told Fox News.",right
18290,Debate Previews Focus on Moderator Kristen Welker of NBC,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Debate', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Kristen Welker', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",Inside the Right-Wing Media Echo Chamber’s Smear of NBC’s Kristen Welker,Daily Beast,"The smear campaign against Kristen Welker—who is moderating Thursday’s second and final presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden—began last Saturday with a hit piece by Trump-friendly New York Post reporter Jon Levine.
“Kristen Welker, upcoming presidential debate moderator, has deep Democrat ties,” screamed the headline, while Levine insinuated that the longtime NBC White House correspondent, a registered independent, must not only embrace the same politics as her parents—generous donors to Democratic causes and candidates—but that she also allows her parents’ beliefs to steer her journalism.",left
18291,"Trump, Dems Discuss Healthcare",['Healthcare'],Trump just tweeted that he’s ready to deal with Democrats on health care,Vox,"Instead of a Graham-Cassidy health care bill, might we end up with... Trump-Schumer?
At long last, President Donald Trump is now saying he’s ready to work with Democrats on health care. He confirmed in a Saturday morning tweet that he called Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Friday “to see if the Dems want to do a great HealthCare Bill.”",left
18292,"Trump, Dems Discuss Healthcare",['Healthcare'],Trump’s New Outreach to Democrats: Health Care,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he had spoken with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) a day earlier to discuss renewing efforts to pass health-care legislation.",center
18293,"Trump, Dems Discuss Healthcare",['Healthcare'],"Report: Trump Calls Schumer in Healthcare Push, Worrying GOP",Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump called top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Friday to try to revive healthcare legislation — worrying Republicans, Axios reported.",right
18294,Trump Endorses Roy Moore,['Elections'],Trump Gives Roy Moore His Full Endorsement,The Daily Caller,"President Donald Trump endorsed Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore Monday morning, after hesitation due to the multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against the Republican candidate.",right
18295,Trump Endorses Roy Moore,['Elections'],Trump: ‘We need Republican Roy Moore to win in Alabama’,Washington Post,"President Trump on Monday offered his most explicit endorsement to date of Roy Moore, the embattled Republican Senate candidate in Alabama who stands accused of making unwanted sexual advances on teenage girls when he was in his 30s.",left
18296,Trump Endorses Roy Moore,['Elections'],Trump endorses Roy Moore for Alabama Senate seat despite sex assault allegations,USA TODAY,"President Trump explicitly endorsed embattled candidate Roy Moore on Monday, saying he needs a Republican in the Alabama seat to help push through key parts of his agenda such as tax cuts and the border wall.",left
18297,Japan Restarts Commercial Whaling After Decades,"['World', 'Environment', 'Japan']",Japan resumes commercial whale hunts for first time in three decades,New York Post (News),"Japan resumed commercial whaling for the first time in more than three decades — despite low demand and condemnation from conservationists.
The whaling boats set out on a commercial hunting expedition Monday following the country’s controversial decision to exit the International Whaling Commission, an organization dedicated to whale conservation.
Its withdrawal was announced last year, with Japan claiming that whale stocks had recovered enough to hunt the marine mammal again.",right
18298,Japan Restarts Commercial Whaling After Decades,"['World', 'Environment', 'Japan']",Japan resumes commercial whaling after 30 years,BBC News,"A small fleet of whaling vessels have caught their first whales in Japan's first commercial hunt in decades, in defiance of international criticism.
The whaling ships have a permit to catch 227 minke, Bryde's and sei whales this year in Japanese waters.
Japan's last commercial hunt was in 1986, but it has continued whaling for what it says are research purposes.
It has now withdrawn from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) so is no longer subject to its rules.
IWC members had agreed to an effective ban on whale hunting,...",center
18299,Japan Restarts Commercial Whaling After Decades,"['World', 'Environment', 'Japan']",Japan resumes commercial whaling after three decades,NBC News (Online),"Five small Japanese whaling ships set sail for the first time in more than three decades Monday following that country's controversial decision to resume the hunt for the huge marine mammal.
Crew in orange life vests took positions on the decks as the blue-hulled ships sailed out of the northern port city of Kushiro, some with red banners fluttering from their masts.",left
18300,World Leaders React To US-UK-Australia Nuclear Submarine Deal,"['World', 'France', 'China', 'Australia', 'Nuclear Submarines', 'United Kingdom', 'White House', 'Water And Oceans']","In Submarine Deal With Australia, U.S. Counters China but Enrages France",New York Times (News),"President Biden’s announcement of a deal to help Australia deploy nuclear-powered submarines has strained the Western alliance, infuriating France and foreshadowing how the conflicting American and European responses to confrontation with China may redraw the global strategic map.
In announcing the deal on Wednesday, Mr. Biden said it was meant to reinforce alliances and update them as strategic priorities shift. But in drawing a Pacific ally closer to meet the China challenge, he appears to have alienated an important European one and aggravated already tense relations with Beijing.
France on Thursday reacted with outrage to the announcements that the...",left
18301,World Leaders React To US-UK-Australia Nuclear Submarine Deal,"['World', 'France', 'China', 'Australia', 'Nuclear Submarines', 'United Kingdom', 'White House', 'Water And Oceans']",Macron RECALLS French ambassador to the US over 'unacceptable' AUKUS submarine pact,Daily Mail,"In a stunning break with the United States' oldest ally, France has recalled its ambassador to the US after a blowup over a new pact between the US, Great Britain, and Australia.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves LeDrian announced the move to recall ambassador Philippe Etienne Friday night, saying it came in a request from French President Emmanuel Macron. 
He cited the 'exceptional seriousness of the announcements' – which caught France off guard and resulted in the cancelation of multi-billion dollar contracts for Australia to build and purchase French diesel submarines for its defense. 
France...",right
18302,World Leaders React To US-UK-Australia Nuclear Submarine Deal,"['World', 'France', 'China', 'Australia', 'Nuclear Submarines', 'United Kingdom', 'White House', 'Water And Oceans']",China is furious over a new US-UK-Australia nuclear submarine deal that could counter Beijing's growing military might,Insider,"China tore into the US, UK, and Australia for signing a defense technology deal that would help Australia form a nuclear-powered submarine fleet — a partnership that experts believe also serves as a response to Beijing's rapidly growing military might.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian called the deal ""extremely irresponsible"" and said the trio of nations ""should abandon the outdated Cold War zero-sum mentality and narrow-minded geopolitical stability.""
""Otherwise, they will only end up shooting themselves in the foot,"" he said at a press conference on Thursday.
Zhao highlighted Australia's use of...",left
18303,"US, Canada And Mexico Have A New Trade Deal",['Trade'],NAFTA Revamped: Canada-US Reach Deal to Stay in Trade Pact with Mexico,CBN,"Canada was back in a revamped North American free trade deal with the United States and Mexico late Sunday after weeks of bitter, high-pressure negotiations that brushed up against a midnight deadline.",right
18304,"US, Canada And Mexico Have A New Trade Deal",['Trade'],"The US, Canada, and Mexico have a new NAFTA deal. It’s called USMCA.",Vox,The US and Canada struck a last-minute deal to update the trilateral trade agreement.,left
18305,"US, Canada And Mexico Have A New Trade Deal",['Trade'],US and Canada reach new trade deal to replace Nafta,BBC News,"The US and Canada have reached a new trade deal, along with Mexico, to replace the current North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta).",center
18306,Democrats Split Over Gun Bills,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Democrats Are Split Over How to Shape Approach to Gun Bills,New York Times (News),"As Congressional Democrats shape their strategy for considering President Obamas proposals to curb gun violence, sharp divisions are forming between lawmakers who believe the best path to success is through narrowly written bills and a meticulous legislative process, and those who advocate a more guerrilla approach.",left
18307,Democrats Split Over Gun Bills,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Senate Dems hesitant on Obama gun control plan,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama's gun-control package was always going to be a tough sell in the Republican-led House -- but the plan is already running into resistance, or at least hesitation, from moderate Democrats in the Senate.",right
18308,GOP Senators Reject Plans To Dismiss Trump Impeachment,"['US Senate', 'Impeachment Trial', 'GOP Senators', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",'Both sides need to be heard': Senate Republicans reject plans to dismiss impeachment articles,Washington Times,"Senate Republicans signaled they would reject the idea of simply voting to dismiss the articles of impeachment against President Trump as the House prepares to send the charges to the chamber for the historic trial.
“I think our members, generally are not interested in the motion to dismiss. They think both sides need to be heard,” Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., who is part of GOP leadership, said Monday.
It will be only the third presidential impeachment trial in American history, a serious and dramatic endeavor coming amid the backdrop of...",right
18309,GOP Senators Reject Plans To Dismiss Trump Impeachment,"['US Senate', 'Impeachment Trial', 'GOP Senators', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Republicans brush off Trump's call for impeachment dismissal,The Hill,"President Trump is sending mixed signals to Senate Republicans about what he wants from a soon-to-begin impeachment trial.
Trump’s weekend tweets backing an “outright dismissal” of the articles of impeachment put him at odds with the strategy Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has publicly advocated for weeks.
Most Senate Republicans have embraced the call for no witnesses and say they are sticking with their plan for a trial — albeit a quick one.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), an adviser to McConnell, shrugged off Trump’s criticism, arguing that...",center
18310,GOP Senators Reject Plans To Dismiss Trump Impeachment,"['US Senate', 'Impeachment Trial', 'GOP Senators', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Top Senate Republicans reject Trump’s renewed call for immediate dismissal of impeachment charges,Washington Post,"Top Senate Republicans on Monday rejected President Trump’s call for outright dismissal of the impeachment charges against him, but continued to grapple with the shape of the Senate trial that could begin as soon as this week.
Most Senate Republicans are eager to stage a trial that ends with Trump’s acquittal and vindication on charges that he abused the power of his office in his dealings with Ukraine and obstructed a subsequent investigation in the House. But over the weekend, Trump urged the Senate simply to dismiss the charges against...",left
18311,Obama Reassures Veterans,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama warns disabled veterans prolonged sequester could put their benefits in jeopardy,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama took his case for ending the sequester to hundreds of disabled veterans Saturday, saying he protected their benefits from the “reckless” cuts to the federal budget but suggesting next year might be different.
“It’s hurting our military. I made it clear that your veteran’s benefits are exempt from this year’s sequester,” the president said to the applause of hundreds at the Disabled American Veterans' convention in Orlando, Fla. “But I want to tell you going forward the best way to protect the VA care you have earned...",right
18312,Obama Reassures Veterans,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Seeks to Reassure Veterans,Wall Street Journal (News),President Barack Obama told a gathering of disabled military veterans Saturday his administration is creating a new research initiative to address rising concern over mental-health issues among current and former service members.,center
18313,Obama Reassures Veterans,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Assures Disabled Veterans They Will Get Aid,New York Times (News),"President Obama on Saturday assured thousands of disabled veterans meeting here that while the war in Afghanistan was ending, like the one in Iraq before it, the work of helping the wounded warriors of those conflicts “has only just begun.”",left
18314,Where Your 2012 Taxes Went,['Taxes'],Tax day: Where did the money go in 2012?,CNN (Online News),"Monday is tax day, and in case you're wondering where your money went last year, President Barack Obama is eager to let you know.",left
18315,Where Your 2012 Taxes Went,['Taxes'],"On Tax Day, Obama shows taxpayers where their money went",Washington Times,President Obama marked Tax Day on Monday by directing taxpayers to an online tool that shows them how their tax dollars are being divided among broad categories of federal spending such as education and defense.,right
18316,Where Your 2012 Taxes Went,['Taxes'],"On Tax Day, some will see how Obamacare will affect them",CBS News (Online),"For most lower- and middle-income taxpayers in need of health insurance, the most significant tax-related aspect of Obamacare starts this year: calculating subsidies.",left
18317,New Congress Starts,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","Congress Ushers in New Members, but With Old Divide",Newsmax (News),"Congress is ushering in the new and the old — dozens of eager freshmen determined to change Washington and the harsh reality of another stretch of bitterly divided government.
The 113th Congress will convene Thursday at the constitutionally required time of noon for pomp, pageantry and politics as newly elected members of the House and Senate are sworn in and the speaker of the Republican-controlled House is chosen. The traditions come against the backdrop of a mean season that closed out an angry election year.
A deal to avert the...",right
18318,New Congress Starts,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Meet the New Class: The Senate Swears in a Historic 20 Female Senators,ABC News (Online),"Today the Senate will make history, swearing in a record-breaking 20 female senators -- four Republicans and 16 Democrats -- in office.
As the 113th Congress is sworn in today on Capitol Hill, ABC ""World News"" anchor Diane Sawyer has an exclusive joint interview with the historic class of female senators.",left
18319,New Congress Starts,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",113th U.S. Congress Sworn In,HuffPost,"The Senate and House have ushered in a new Congress.
The 113th Congress convened at noon on Thursday, the constitutionally mandated time. Pomp and pageantry began simultaneously on either side of the Capitol.
In the Senate, Vice President Joe Biden joined his former colleagues. He was swearing in the newest members as well as those who won another term in November.
In the House, they were electing the speaker, with John Boehner poised to win another term. The s",left
18320,DHS Warns Violent Threats From 'Both Sides' Will Increase After Roe v Wade Decision,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'DHS', 'Domestic Extremism', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Violence In America', 'White House']",Internal DHS memo warns of threats from extremists on both sides after Roe leak,NBC News (Online),"An internal Department of Homeland Security memo warns about rising threats from abortion rights extremists on both sides after the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a copy of the memo obtained Wednesday by NBC News. 
Axios was the first to report on the details of the memo, which DHS issued last Friday.
Since the draft opinion was published on May 2, the National Capital Region Threat Intelligence Consortium has identified at least 25 violent threats on social media that were referred to law enforcement...",left
18321,DHS Warns Violent Threats From 'Both Sides' Will Increase After Roe v Wade Decision,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'DHS', 'Domestic Extremism', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Violence In America', 'White House']","Supreme Court Justices Threatened With Murder if Roe Overturned, DHS Warns",Newsweek,"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is warning of an increase in threats of violence, including against Supreme Court Justices, if Roe v. Wade is overturned, according to a new report.
On Wednesday, NBC News obtained a DHS memo on threats if the nation's highest court goes through with overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that guaranteed the right for women to get an abortion nationwide. The memo said: ""Some of these threats discussed burning down or storming the U.S. Supreme Court and murdering Justices and their clerks, members of Congress, and lawful demonstrators.""
The memo comes shortly...",center
18322,DHS Warns Violent Threats From 'Both Sides' Will Increase After Roe v Wade Decision,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'DHS', 'Domestic Extremism', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Violence In America', 'White House']",DHS Memo Warns of Violence by 'Extremists' After Roe v. Wade Decision: Reports,Independent Journal Review,"An unclassified memo from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is warning of the potential for violence after the Supreme Court hands down its decision in a major abortion case.
The memo, which was obtained by Axios and The Hill, was dated May 13 and comes after a leaked draft opinion appears to show the Supreme Court is poised to overturn the landmark abortion case.
The DHS’ Office of Intelligence and Analysis warns that violence could target abortion clinics, houses of worship, or the Supreme Court.
“Some of these threats discussed burning down or storming the...",right
18323,Fact Checking the Final 2020 Presidential Debate,"['2020 Election', '2020 Election Fact Checking', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",Biden Lies Again and Again,National Review,"Joe Biden is a career liar and he lied some more in the debate, for instance when he dismissed the now well-supported New York Post story about Hunter Biden’s business dealing as “a Russian plant.” There is zero evidence for this. He offered this line:
There are 50 former national intelligence folks who said what he’s accusing me of is a Russian plant. Five former heads of the CIA — both parties — say what he’s saying is a bunch of garbage. Nobody believes it except him and his good...",right
18324,Fact Checking the Final 2020 Presidential Debate,"['2020 Election', '2020 Election Fact Checking', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",Toned-down Trump continues his onslaught of falsehoods,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump's more sedate debate performance on Thursday night was a departure in tone from his chaotic performance weeks ago, but the President continued to cast his warped view of the world as truth.
In reality, Trump's performance was riddled with false claims, on topics ranging from the coronavirus to foreign policy to immigration. And while former Vice President Joe Biden made some missteps and stretched the truth at times, his comments essentially hewed to the truth.
Trump came into the debate needing to clean up from his first performance...",left
18325,Fact Checking the Final 2020 Presidential Debate,"['2020 Election', '2020 Election Fact Checking', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",FactChecking the Final 2020 Presidential Debate,FactCheck.org,"President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden faced off in the final presidential debate of the campaign. We found:
Trump accused Biden of receiving “$3.5 million from Russia.” There’s no evidence of that.
Biden said there’s “no evidence” that raising the minimum wage causes business bankruptcies. There is, a little.
Trump erred when he said it’s “proven” that a minimum-wage boost would lead to many firings. There’s a chance that the effect could be “about zero,” according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Trump falsely...",center
18326,China Orders U.S. Chengdu Consulate To Close Amid Rising Tensions,"['China', 'Foreign Policy', 'Foreign Affairs', 'World', 'Chinese Communist Party']",Mike Pompeo says free world must change China or 'China will change us',The Guardian,"US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has called on “free nations” to triumph over the threat of what he said was a “new tyranny” from China, in a provocative speech likely to worsen fraught US-China relations.
“Today China is increasingly authoritarian at home, and more aggressive in its hostility to freedom everywhere else,” Pompeo said in a speech on Thursday at the Richard Nixon presidential library in Yorba Linda, California.
“If the free world doesn’t change Communist China, Communist China will change us,” he said, Pompeo said Nixon’s worry about...",left
18327,China Orders U.S. Chengdu Consulate To Close Amid Rising Tensions,"['China', 'Foreign Policy', 'Foreign Affairs', 'World', 'Chinese Communist Party']",Dan Crenshaw says Chinese Consulate in Texas tried to 'burn all their evidence',Fox News (Online News),"The latest move on behalf of the State Department to shutter a Chinese consulate in Houston over concerns of intellectual property theft should serve as a reminder that the Chinese are ""not good actors"" and proves their disregard of ""all the values we hold dear,"" Rep. Dan Crenshaw said Friday.
""What we know is that the Chinese have used consolates like this one, and this one might have been their primary hub, to engage in intellectual property [theft], hacking, influence operations, all of the above,"" Crenshaw, R-Texas., told the ""Fox...",right
18328,China Orders U.S. Chengdu Consulate To Close Amid Rising Tensions,"['China', 'Foreign Policy', 'Foreign Affairs', 'World', 'Chinese Communist Party']",China orders U.S. Chengdu consulate shut; protesters jeer Houston closure,Reuters,"BEIJING/HOUSTON (Reuters) - China on Friday ordered the United States to close its consulate in Chengdu in response to a U.S. order for China to shut its Houston consulate, where staff packed up belongings watched by jeering protesters amid a sharp deterioration in relations between the world’s two largest economies.
The order to close the consulate in Chengdu, a city in southwestern China’s Sichuan province, continued Beijing’s recent practice of like-for-like responses to Washington’s actions.
Beijing had threatened retaliation after the Trump administration this week gave it 72 hours -...",center
18329,US Airstrike Targets Jihadi John,['World'],US airstrike targets notorious ISIS militant 'Jihadi John',Fox News (Online News),"The Pentagon said late Thursday it had launched an airstrike in Syria targeting ""Jihadi John"", a British national seen in videos depicting the beheading of hostages held by ISIS.",right
18330,US Airstrike Targets Jihadi John,['World'],'Jihadi John' targeted by airstrike in Syria,CNN (Online News),"""Jihadi John,"" the jeering, sadistic masked mouthpiece of ISIS, may have been killed in a coalition airstrike in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa.",left
18331,US Airstrike Targets Jihadi John,['World'],"Fate of ‘Jihadi John’ Is Unknown After Airstrike, Kerry and Cameron Say",New York Times (News),"Secretary of State John Kerry and Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain said on Friday that they did not yet know the outcome of an airstrike the American military launched on Thursday to kill Mohammed Emwazi, the Islamic State’s most notorious executioner.",left
18332,University of Alabama Board of Trustees Vote to Refund $26.5 Million Donation,"['Abortion', 'Alabama', 'Boycott']",The Latest: Donor says university is punishing him,Fox News (Online News),"TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Latest on University of Alabama decision to return record donation (all times local):
A top donor to the University of Alabama says he believes the school is punishing him after he called on students to boycott enrolling at the university in response to the state's new abortion ban.
The university's board of trustees voted Friday to return a $26.5 million gift to Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. and remove his name from the school of law. They say he made ""numerous demands"" regarding the operation of the...",right
18333,University of Alabama Board of Trustees Vote to Refund $26.5 Million Donation,"['Abortion', 'Alabama', 'Boycott']",University Of Alabama Trustees Vote To Refund $26 Million Gift After Donor’s Abortion Remarks,HuffPost,"TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama board of trustees voted Friday to give back a $26.5 million donation from a philanthropist who recently called on students to boycott the school over the state’s new abortion ban.
Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr., a 70-year-old real estate investor and lawyer, had already given $21.5 million to the university after his pledge last September with the rest still to come. But in a news release last week, he urged students to participate in a boycott of the school.",left
18334,University of Alabama Board of Trustees Vote to Refund $26.5 Million Donation,"['Abortion', 'Alabama', 'Boycott']",University of Alabama trustees vote to refund $26M gift,Associated Press,"TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama board of trustees voted Friday to give back a $26.5 million donation from a philanthropist who recently called on students to boycott the school over the state’s new abortion ban.
Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr., a 70-year-old real estate investor and lawyer, had already given $21.5 million to the university after his pledge last September with the rest still to come. But in a news release last week, he urged students to participate in a boycott of the school.
Hours later, Alabama announced...",left
18335,Connecticut Passes Gun Control Law,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Connecticut lawmakers approve wide-ranging gun control law,Fox News (Online News),The Connecticut Senate has approved wide-ranging legislation in response to last years deadly school shooting in Newtown including gun control measures that ban the sale of large-capacity ammunition magazines and 100 weapons that previously had been legal.,right
18336,Connecticut Passes Gun Control Law,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],'Historic' Gun Bill To Become Law In Connecticut,NPR (Online News),Lawmakers in the state where a gunman killed 20 children and six educators at an elementary school last December have responded with legislation that bans assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines and requires background checks for purchasers.,left
18337,Connecticut Passes Gun Control Law,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Connecticut Passes Nation's Strictest Gun Control Law,HuffPost,Both houses of the Connecticut legislature passed some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation Wednesday night and early Thursday morning approximately 100 days after 26 students and educators were shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.,left
18338,"Ukraine Parliament Restricts Russian Books, Music","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Books', 'Music', 'Censorship']","Ukraine Parliament Votes in Favor of Restricting Russian Music, Books",The Epoch Times,"Russian music is set to be banned from being broadcast in Ukrainian media and on public transport after the country’s Parliament voted Sunday in favor of a new bill aimed at reducing Russia’s influence.
Members of Ukraine’s Parliament, also known as the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, also voted on Sunday in favor of a bill that would place severe restrictions on Russian books.
Parliament confirmed the bills had been passed in a Twitter post on Sunday, with the constitutional majority of the Rada voting “for” with 306 votes.
Under the first bill, music by post-1991 Russian citizens will be banned...",right
18339,"Ukraine Parliament Restricts Russian Books, Music","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Books', 'Music', 'Censorship']",Ukraine to ban music by some Russians in media and public spaces,BBC News,"Ukraine's parliament has voted in favour of banning some Russian music in media and public spaces.
The ban will not apply to all Russian music, but rather relates to music created or performed by those who are or were Russian citizens after 1991.
Artists who have condemned Russia's war in Ukraine can apply for an exemption from the ban.
The import of books from Russia and Belarus will also be prohibited under the legislation.
Many of those living in areas of east and south Ukraine have historically felt a strong...",center
18340,"Ukraine Parliament Restricts Russian Books, Music","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Ukraine', 'Russia', 'Books', 'Music', 'Censorship']",Ukraine restricts Russian books and music in latest step of ‘derussification’,The Guardian,"Ukraine’s parliament has voted through two laws that will place severe restrictions on Russian books and music as Kyiv seeks to break many remaining cultural ties between the two countries following Moscow’s invasion.
One law will forbid the printing of books by Russian citizens, unless they renounce their Russian passport and take Ukrainian citizenship. The ban will only apply to those who held Russian citizenship after the 1991 collapse of Soviet rule.
It will also ban the commercial import of books printed in Russia, Belarus and occupied Ukrainian territory, while...",left
18341,Senate GOP Crafts $1T Virus Relief Bill; Dems Stick to $3T Plan,"['Economic Policy', 'Polarization', 'US Congress', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus']","Senate Republicans back more stimulus checks, money to schools in new pandemic aid proposal",USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans were scrambling Thursday to finalize a $1 trillion coronavirus relief package that will include another round of $1,200 stimulus checks and additional funding to help schools recover from the pandemic.
GOP leaders and the White House said late Wednesday that they had agreed on key parts of the legislation, which will serve as a starting point for negotiations with Democrats, who have already passed their own bill in the House.
But Republicans are still struggling to put the finishing touches on the package. Congress and the...",left
18342,Senate GOP Crafts $1T Virus Relief Bill; Dems Stick to $3T Plan,"['Economic Policy', 'Polarization', 'US Congress', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus']",Democrats reject GOP plan and dig in on $3T aid package,Washington Examiner,"House and Senate Democrats said they reject an opening offer from Republicans on a new coronavirus aid package, even though most of the GOP plan is still in negotiations.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters Thursday the Republican plan to reduce enhanced unemployment benefits is unacceptable and the overall $1 trillion price tag of the GOP proposal falls far short of what is needed to combat the virus and its economic impact.
“They are engaged in distortions, delays, and denial,” said Pelosi, a California...",right
18343,Senate GOP Crafts $1T Virus Relief Bill; Dems Stick to $3T Plan,"['Economic Policy', 'Polarization', 'US Congress', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus']","Democratic leaders scoff at emerging GOP coronavirus aid plan, promise it won't pass",NBC News (Online),"WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders on Thursday panned the emerging Republican package for coronavirus relief, calling it an ""unserious"" proposal that won't pass Congress.
""What we have seen so far falls very short of the challenge that we face in order to defeat the virus, and in order to open our schools and open our economy,"" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said on Thursday. ""We have to act. And what they're proposing falls far short.""
Senate Republicans reached a tentative agreement with the White House on Wednesday for a proposal expected...",left
18344,Senators Announce Bipartisan Bill to Protect States' Rights on Marijuana Laws,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",Senators introduce bipartisan bill to protect state laws on marijuana,The Hill,Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) introduced a bipartisan bill on Thursday that would allow states to regulate marijuana without federal interference.,center
18345,Senators Announce Bipartisan Bill to Protect States' Rights on Marijuana Laws,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",Sens. Gardner and Warren promote bill to bring marijuana businesses 'out of the shadows',Washington Times,"Sen. Cory Gardner and Sen. Elizabeth Warren crafted a bill to strengthen states’ right regarding marijuana legalization, they said in an interview Thursday with “Morning Joe.”",right
18346,Senators Announce Bipartisan Bill to Protect States' Rights on Marijuana Laws,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",Senator Warren pushes for federal clarity on marijuana,The Boston Globe,US Senator Elizabeth Warren Thursday unveiled legislation that would allow states to set their own marijuana policies without the threat of federal interference.,left
18347,Is Support Waning for Obamacare,['Healthcare'],Poll: Do you support or oppose the health care law?,CNN (Online News),"A majority of Americans still oppose the nation's new health care measure, three years after it became law, according to a new survey.
But a CNN/ORC International poll released Monday also indicates that more than a quarter of those who oppose the law, known by many as Obamacare, say they don't support the measure because it doesn't go far enough.
According to the poll, 43% of the public says it supports the health care law, a figure that's mostly unchanged in CNN polling since the measure was passed in 2010...",left
18348,Is Support Waning for Obamacare,['Healthcare'],Poll: 54 percent against Obamacare,Politico,"Fifty-four percent of Americans oppose President Barack Obamas signature domestic policy achievement, according to a CNN poll released Monday, while 43 percent support the law.
Majorities have consistently opposed the law, which subsidizes and expands coverage while making it mandatory for Americans to buy health insurance, since its passage in 2010.",left
18349,Is Support Waning for Obamacare,['Healthcare'],Republicans see 'Obamacare' debacle as key to 2014,Townhall,"If Republicans were writing a movie script for next year's congressional elections, the working title might be ""2014: Apocalypse of Obamacare.""
The plot: The rollout of President Barack Obama's health care law turns into such a disaster that enraged voters rebuke him by rewarding the GOP with undisputed control of Congress.
But there's a risk for Republicans if they're wrong and the Affordable Care Act works reasonably well, particularly in states that have embraced it. Republicans might be seen as obstinately standing in the way of progress.",right
18350,Iran Nuclear Talks Unresolved,['Middle East'],Iran talks in overtime as nuclear deal proves elusive,Washington Times,"Blowing through a self-imposed deadline, negotiators from Iran, the U.S. and five allied powers labored into the night trying to hammer out an outline toward a final deal to curb Iran’s nuclear programs, but Obama administration officials said talks will carry on into Wednesday in the hope that a stalemate can be broken on “several difficult issues.”
State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters at the talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, that top diplomats from the U.S., Britain, France, China, Russia, Germany and Iran had “made enough progress” to “merit staying...",right
18351,Iran Nuclear Talks Unresolved,['Middle East'],Iran Nuclear Talks Miss Deadline,Wall Street Journal (News),"Nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers crashed through another deadline on Tuesday, casting doubt about whether the two sides can reach a final deal to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions.
In the early morning hours Wednesday, there were some signs of progress toward building a framework outlining elements of a final nuclear deal to be reached by June 30. “We’ve made enough progress in the last days to merit staying until Wednesday,” said State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf. “There...",center
18352,Iran Nuclear Talks Unresolved,['Middle East'],Obstacles persist as talks on Iran’s nuclear program move into overtime,Washington Post,"Negotiators striving to shrink Iran’s nuclear program struggled to square their remaining differences Wednesday, as they made conflicting assessments of where they stand on a seventh, taxing day of talks.
Three of the five foreign ministers negotiating alongside Secretary of State John F. Kerry have already left Lausanne, leaving only the British and German foreign ministers and the European Union’s foreign policy chief beside him at the negotiating table. While the meaning of their departure was unclear, there was a sense that the negotiators were struggling to salvage talks on...",left
18353,Fact Check: Is There Over $1 Trillion in Unspent COVID-19 Relief Funds?,"['Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Infrastructure', 'Federal Budget', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Sustainability', 'Economy And Jobs']",Has $1 trillion in COVID-19 relief gone unspent?,PolitiFact,"PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 23, 2021: House Democrats are forging ahead with a vote on a $1.9 trillion package to address the coronavirus and fix the economic damage that cost about 10 million people their jobs. Rep. Steve Scalise, second in command of the House Republicans, said that he and his colleagues support spending more to overcome the pandemic, but that the Democratic plan is chock full of unneeded giveaways.
""There's over a trillion dollars of money unspent from previous relief bills that were bipartisan,"" Scalise, R-La., said Feb. 21 on ABC’s This Week....",left
18354,Fact Check: Is There Over $1 Trillion in Unspent COVID-19 Relief Funds?,"['Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Infrastructure', 'Federal Budget', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Sustainability', 'Economy And Jobs']","COVID-19: Continued Attention Needed to Enhance Federal Preparedness, Response, Service Delivery, and Program Integrity",Govt. Accountability Office,"The nation is concurrently responding to, and recovering from, the COVID-19 pandemic, as the number of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths have declined in recent months. Among the factors that have contributed to the decline in these metrics, the development and administration of multiple vaccines across the nation have been key. About 53.1 percent of the U.S. population 12 years and older—almost 150.7 million individuals—had been fully vaccinated as of June 23, 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Continuing to deliver “shots in arms” will be...",center
18355,Fact Check: Is There Over $1 Trillion in Unspent COVID-19 Relief Funds?,"['Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Infrastructure', 'Federal Budget', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Sustainability', 'Economy And Jobs']",Over $1T in COVID federal funds unspent: GAO,Fox Business,"The Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimates that more than $1 trillion in federal coronavirus funds have not been spent, a new report shows.
The report comes less than two weeks after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the Budget Committee had reached an agreement to allot $3.5 trillion for a spending package that would complete President Biden’s infrastructure plan. 
""Despite over $1 trillion in unspent federal funds sitting in accounts, Democrats are focused instead on how they can spend trillions more by reaching back into taxpayers’ pockets or adding more to the nation’s debt,"" House Budget Committee Republican Leader...",right
18356,Israel and Gaza,['Middle East'],Israel and Hamas Step Up Air Attacks in Gaza Clash,New York Times (News),"KIRYAT MALACHI, Israel — Israel and Hamas brushed aside international calls for restraint on Thursday and escalated their lethal conflict over Gaza, where Palestinian militants launched hundreds of rockets into Israeli territory, targeting Tel Aviv for the first time, and Israel intensified its aerial assaults and sent tanks rumbling toward the Gaza border for a possible invasion.
Multimedia
An Update From Israel
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The Lede Blog: Twitter Updates on the Gaza Conflict (November 15, 2012)
The Lede Blog: Palestinians and Israelis Share Images of Dead and...",left
18357,Israel and Gaza,['Middle East'],Israel launches retaliation strikes against Hamas rocket attacks,Fox News (Online News),"srael moved closer to an all-out ground war with Hamas Thursday, as Israeli planes, tanks and gunboats pounded suspected militant positions in Gaza in retaliation for another day of Hamas rocket attacks that left at least three Israelis dead.
Israel began moving troops toward the Gaza Strip and authorized the call-up of reservists for a possible ground invasion of the Palestinian territory.
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/11/15/3-dead-after-gaza-rocket-strikes...",right
18358,Israel and Gaza,['Middle East'],"Rockets pound Israel, Gaza as Netanyahu alleges 'double war crime'",CNN (Online News),"aza City (CNN) -- Rockets and shells crisscrossed the skies over southern Israel and Gaza on Thursday as Palestinian militants continued rocket attacks on Israeli civilians and Israel pounded what it called terror sites.
Israel reported three people were killed, and Palestinians reported 19 deaths, including at least three killed late Thursday. Hamas gave conflicting information as to how many of them were Hamas militants.",left
18359,LGBT Bill in Senate,['LGBT Rights'],Senate votes on LGBT discrimination bill,CNN (Online News),"The U.S. Senate voted Monday to begin debate on an anti-discrimination bill to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees from workplace discrimination.
That means a Senate vote on the Employment Nondiscrimination Act, also known as ENDA, could occur this week. And supporters are confident they have the support of 60 Senators necessary to ultimately pass it.",left
18360,LGBT Bill in Senate,['LGBT Rights'],Bill on Workplace Bias Appears Set to Clear Senate Hurdle,New York Times (News),"A measure that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to federal nondiscrimination law has gained its 60th supporter in the Senate, giving it what appears to be a filibuster-proof majority as a key vote looms.",left
18361,LGBT Bill in Senate,['LGBT Rights'],White House pushes for gay rights bill,Washington Times,"With the Senate set to advance a landmark gay rights bill, the White House on Monday urged Republican critics in the House — led by Speaker John A. Boehner — to support the measure or risk being on the wrong side of history.
At least 60 senators back the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would explicitly prohibit employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual preference or gender identity. President Obama also has been a vocal supporter of the proposal.",right
18362,Romney Acceptance Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Romney accepts nomination, says 'now is the time to restore the promise of America'",Fox News (Online News),"Mitt Romney reintroduced himself to the country Thursday night in Tampa, delivering a deeply personal nomination acceptance address that balanced pledges to fix the economy and critiques of President Obama with stories about his own life and where he comes from.",right
18363,Romney Acceptance Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney Vows to Deliver Country From Economic Travails,New York Times (News),"Mitt Romney accepted the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday by making a direct appeal to Americans who were captivated by President Obamas hopeful promises of change, pledging that he could deliver what the president did not and move the country from its worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.",left
18364,Romney Acceptance Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney Makes His Own Case For Change,NPR (Online News),"Turns out Romney's moment Thursday night was a fine one, if not a great one. His speech continued the campaign's concerted effort to reach out to skeptical female voters, reminding the audience that his strong mother ran for Senate.",left
18365,"Perspectives: Coronavirus, Police Reform and US Polarization","['Criminal Justice', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Bridging Divides', 'Police Reform', 'Culture', 'Police Brutality', 'Polarization']",What greater good? COVID is unmasking America’s collective action problem,Grist,"Over the pandemic-filled last four months, one thing’s become clear: Face masks can slow the spread of coronavirus and help to flatten the curve. The only issue? Mask-wearing is starting to look like a giant collective action problem — and many Americans are refusing to cooperate.
For months, scientists and doctors waffled about the usefulness of masks. The Centers for Disease Control, or CDC, repeatedly told Americans not to buy or wear them if they had no COVID-19 symptoms; in March, Anthony Fauci, one of the top White House advisors...",left
18366,"Perspectives: Coronavirus, Police Reform and US Polarization","['Criminal Justice', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Bridging Divides', 'Police Reform', 'Culture', 'Police Brutality', 'Polarization']",From coronavirus to George Floyd: Why a bad year for America can lead to lasting reforms,USA TODAY,"An American ex-pat friend called the other day to lament the turn of events in the United States. The division, racism and riots she saw play out on her Switzerland television left her feeling that America is becoming ever polarized and not the same home she left 10 years ago.
That’s a feeling a lot of Americans are experiencing now, and it’s certainly understandable given the frightening and tragic scenes across the country aired on replay.",left
18367,"Perspectives: Coronavirus, Police Reform and US Polarization","['Criminal Justice', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Bridging Divides', 'Police Reform', 'Culture', 'Police Brutality', 'Polarization']",The Police Reform Americans Want,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"Suppose Congress wanted to seize the moment and make real progress on police reform. What would the two chambers do?
They would begin by taking to heart the words of Abraham Lincoln, spoken at Ottawa, Ill., during an epic 1858 debate with Stephen Douglas: “In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed.”
Today,...",right
18368,Summers withdraws from Fed consideration,['Politics'],Summers' Exit Could Open The Door For Chief Rival,HuffPost,"Lawrence Summers, who was considered the leading candidate to succeed Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve chairman, has withdrawn from consideration, the White House said Sunday.",left
18369,Summers withdraws from Fed consideration,['Politics'],Summers withdraws from Fed consideration. Janet Yellen leading candidate (+video),Christian Science Monitor,Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers was a leading contender to replace Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.,center
18370,Summers withdraws from Fed consideration,['Politics'],Larry Summers withdraws from consideration as Bernanke's successor at Fed,Washington Times,"Facing opposition from women's groups and key Democratic Senators, former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers withdrew Sunday from consideration as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve.",right
18371,"Nancy Pelosi Arrives in Taiwan Despite Chinese Warnings, Pledges ‘Solidarity’ With Taiwanese People","['Foreign Policy', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Taiwan', 'World', 'China', 'US House', 'Democracy', 'Asia', 'Newt Gingrich']",US speaker makes late-night landing,Taipei Times,"US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taipei last night and was reportedly scheduled to meet with President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), legislators and democracy advocates before departing later today.
The speaker departed from Kuala Lumpur yesterday afternoon and touched down at Taipei International Airport (Songshan airport) at about 10:43pm, where she was greeted by Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮).
The stop marks the first time in 25 years that a sitting US House speaker is visiting Taiwan.",center
18372,"Nancy Pelosi Arrives in Taiwan Despite Chinese Warnings, Pledges ‘Solidarity’ With Taiwanese People","['Foreign Policy', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Taiwan', 'World', 'China', 'US House', 'Democracy', 'Asia', 'Newt Gingrich']","Pelosi arrives in Taiwan, defying China threats and US military warnings",New York Post (News),"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a Democratic congressional delegation landed in Taiwan on Tuesday, following through with a visit that brought condemnation and threats from China and could sever already strained relations between Washington and Beijing.
Upon the arrival of Pelosi (D-Calif.) in Taipei around 10:45 p.m. local time, she became the highest-ranking US elected official to travel to the island nation since then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich in 1997. 
Pelosi was seen exiting the plane — known as SPAR19 — wearing a pink suit and black face mask. Shortly after, she...",right
18373,"Nancy Pelosi Arrives in Taiwan Despite Chinese Warnings, Pledges ‘Solidarity’ With Taiwanese People","['Foreign Policy', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Taiwan', 'World', 'China', 'US House', 'Democracy', 'Asia', 'Newt Gingrich']","Pelosi lands in Taiwan, defying Chinese warnings of forceful response",Washington Post,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) arrived in Taiwan late Tuesday, defying Chinese warnings against visiting the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its territory and setting the stage for a sharp escalation in tensions between China and the United States.
Pelosi’s plane landed at Songshan airport in Taipei just before 11 p.m. local time. Wearing a face mask, she was greeted by Taiwan’s foreign minister, Joseph Wu, and staff from the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), the de facto U.S. embassy in Taipei.
Pelosi’s visit has enraged China, which for...",left
18374,Xi Jinping Seeks Third Term as Leader of Chinese Communist Party,"['China', 'CCP', 'Xi Jinping', 'Asia', 'World', 'Foreign Affairs', 'COVID-19', 'Taiwan']","China’s Xi Jinping grabs more power, pushing Asia closer to war",Fox News (Opinion),"A messianic ruler, already considered the world’s most influential figure, is about to get absolute power over the planet’s most-populous state. 
What happens next will be remembered for generations. Chances are, Chinese President Xi Jinping will lead China into war.  
The drama begins at the Communist Party’s 20th National Congress, which starts Sunday. At the Congress’s first plenum, which convenes immediately after the Congress ends, the members of the new Politburo Standing Committee will be revealed as they walk from behind a curtain. Everyone expects Xi to lead the pack as ruler for...",right
18375,Xi Jinping Seeks Third Term as Leader of Chinese Communist Party,"['China', 'CCP', 'Xi Jinping', 'Asia', 'World', 'Foreign Affairs', 'COVID-19', 'Taiwan']",The Guardian view on Xi Jinping and China’s party congress: no end in sight,The Guardian,"“Food, not PCR tests … Reform, not the Cultural Revolution … We want to be citizens, not slaves.” And alongside that, most astonishingly, a call to overthrow Xi Jinping. The man who dared to unveil those demands on banners hung from a bridge in Beijing will pay dearly. Protests are still rarer and more harshly treated since Mr Xi took over; this was even more remarkable in the heavily policed period before the national party congress begins on Sunday. When China’s leader took power 10 years ago, people assumed he...",left
18376,Xi Jinping Seeks Third Term as Leader of Chinese Communist Party,"['China', 'CCP', 'Xi Jinping', 'Asia', 'World', 'Foreign Affairs', 'COVID-19', 'Taiwan']",Demystifying China’s 20th Party Congress,The Hill,"The world will turn its eyes on China this weekend as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) opens its 20th National Party Congress, with 2,300 ruling elites gathering in Beijing. China’s propaganda apparatus has been running at full speed to promote this as the most significant event that will determine the success of the CCP’s second centenary goal: achieving the dream of rejuvenating the Chinese nation.
No doubt, this is an epochal political event in China. This is also the biggest public relations show that the CCP is staging for the...",center
18377,Newsweek Fires Reporter Over Trump Thanksgiving Story,"['Holidays', 'Thanksgiving', 'Biased News', 'Newsweek', 'Donald Trump', 'Media Bias']",Newsweek reporter fired for ‘Trump tweets on Thanksgiving’ story — even though it was editor’s fault,New York Daily News,"A reporter was fired over her story that incorrectly claimed President Trump spent Thanksgiving golfing and tweeting — even though she says she was assigned the story in advance and her editor failed to rework it after the president made an unannounced secret trip to Afghanistan.
Jessica Kwong was terminated by Newsweek after Trump and Donald Trump Jr. mocked the botched story on Twitter.
“The story has been corrected, and the journalist responsible has been terminated,” a Newsweek spokesperson told the Washington Examiner.",left
18378,Newsweek Fires Reporter Over Trump Thanksgiving Story,"['Holidays', 'Thanksgiving', 'Biased News', 'Newsweek', 'Donald Trump', 'Media Bias']",Newsweek reporter fired after 'inaccurate' story about Trump's Thanksgiving schedule,The Hill,"Newsweek said Saturday that the magazine had fired a writer assigned to cover President Trump and his family after the reporter wrote an article about the president's Thanksgiving plans that did not initially include his trip to Afghanistan to meet with U.S. service members.
The magazine told the Washington Examiner in a statement that reporter Jessica Kwong was fired after the magazine's editors investigated ""the failures that led to the publication of the inaccurate report that President Trump spent Thanksgiving tweeting and golfing rather than visiting troops in Afghanistan.""",center
18379,Newsweek Fires Reporter Over Trump Thanksgiving Story,"['Holidays', 'Thanksgiving', 'Biased News', 'Newsweek', 'Donald Trump', 'Media Bias']",EXCLUSIVE: Newsweek reporter fired for Trump Thanksgiving story blames editor,Washington Examiner,"The Newsweek reporter who was fired after writing an inaccurate article about President Trump's Thanksgiving Day plans is deflecting some of the blame onto her editor.
Newsweek initially published the article Thursday morning, before the president's trip to Afghanistan was announced publicly. The story's initial headline was, “How is Trump spending Thanksgiving? Tweeting, golfing and more.”",right
18380,"Second Whistleblower Emerges in Trump-Ukraine Controversy, According to Attorneys of First","['Donald Trump', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine Phone Call', 'Whistleblower', 'US Congress', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'White House', 'Politics']",Second whistleblower comes forward to denounce Trump dealings on Ukraine,Washington Examiner,"An attorney has said that a second whistleblower has come forward to speak with the intelligence community inspector general about President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, including issues surrounding a controversial July 25 phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The second whistleblower, whose existence was first reported Sunday, is said to be an intelligence official who is represented by Andrew Bakaj and Mark Zaid, the same attorneys representing the first whistleblower. Zaid said the second whistleblower has firsthand knowledge of the events detailed in the first whistleblower's complaint...",right
18381,"Second Whistleblower Emerges in Trump-Ukraine Controversy, According to Attorneys of First","['Donald Trump', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine Phone Call', 'Whistleblower', 'US Congress', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'White House', 'Politics']",Attorneys for CIA Officer Behind Trump Complaint Say They Now Represent ‘Multiple Whistleblowers’,Wall Street Journal (News),"WASHINGTON—The legal team representing the Central Intelligence Agency officer behind the complaint that helped spark an impeachment inquiry into President Trump is now advising “multiple whistleblowers,” the attorneys said Sunday.
The existence of at least one additional whistleblower could complicate President Trump’s efforts to counter the impeachment proceedings building against him in Congress. Mr. Trump repeatedly has sought to attack the credibility and motive of the first individual who filed a formal whistleblower complaint in August.
“I can confirm that my firm and my team represent multiple whistleblowers,” Andrew Bakaj,...",center
18382,"Second Whistleblower Emerges in Trump-Ukraine Controversy, According to Attorneys of First","['Donald Trump', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine Phone Call', 'Whistleblower', 'US Congress', 'Impeachment Inquiry', 'White House', 'Politics']",2nd whistleblower comes forward after speaking with IG: Attorney,ABC News (Online),"Mark Zaid, the attorney representing the whistleblower who sounded the alarm on President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine and triggered an impeachment inquiry, tells ABC News that he is now representing a second whistleblower who has spoken with the inspector general.
Zaid tells ABC News' Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos that the second person -- also described as an intelligence official -- has first-hand knowledge of some of the allegations outlined in the original complaint and has been interviewed by the head of the intelligence community's internal watchdog office, Michael Atkinson....",left
18383,Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates to Combat Inflation,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Federal Reserve', 'Jerome Powell', 'Interest Rates', 'Debt', 'Inflation', 'Employment', 'Recession']",Fed boosts interest rate by 0.25% in bid to tame soaring inflation,New York Post (News),"The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.25% on Wednesday after a two-day policy meeting — the first time since 2018 that the central bank has hiked interest rates in an effort to get inflation under control.
The Fed also indicated it will raise rates several times this year, a sharp about-face from its massive, credit-extending policies to aid the ailing the economy during the pandemic.",right
18384,Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates to Combat Inflation,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Federal Reserve', 'Jerome Powell', 'Interest Rates', 'Debt', 'Inflation', 'Employment', 'Recession']",Federal Reserve’s Long-Awaited Rate Hike Is Here: Powell Announces 0.25% Increase,Forbes,"The Federal Reserve announced a 0.25% interest rate hike on Wednesday—the first increase since 2018, while also forecasting a more-than-expected six additional hikes this year, as the central bank looks to combat surging inflation and ease concerns about the economic impact from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point—the first increase in more than three years—as it looks to address surging inflation, which remains at 40-year highs, up 7.9% from a year ago.",center
18385,Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates to Combat Inflation,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'Federal Reserve', 'Jerome Powell', 'Interest Rates', 'Debt', 'Inflation', 'Employment', 'Recession']","Federal Reserve greenlights rate hike cycle, borrowers brace for higher payments",NBC News (Online),"As widely expected, the Federal Reserve announced Wednesday at the conclusion of its two-day meeting a quarter-percentage point interest rate increase — nearly two years to the day after the central bank slashed its benchmark federal funds rate to zero in a bid to cushion the blow of a deep recession triggered when the United States shut down in the early days of the pandemic. 
The Fed said it would raise the federal funds rate to a range of 0.25- 0.50 percent, a move that is likely just the kickoff...",left
18386,Trump Announces 2024 Presidential Campaign,"['Donald Trump', '2024 Election', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']","Trump, twice-impeached and under criminal investigation, launches 2024 campaign",Axios,"Former President Trump, who continues to spread baseless lies about his 2020 defeat, began an unprecedented comeback bid by declaring his 2024 campaign for president at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Tuesday night.
Why it matters: Trump — the first president in U.S. history to be impeached twice, most recently for incitement of insurrection — changed American politics with his unconventional governing style and undeniable grip on the GOP. But his third presidential run comes as Republicans are reevaluating his role as the face of the party following midterm failures and ongoing controversies....",center
18387,Trump Announces 2024 Presidential Campaign,"['Donald Trump', '2024 Election', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']",Third edition: Trump announces 2024 presidential bid,Washington Examiner,"He's back.
Following months of dropping hints about another run for the White House, former President Donald Trump officially debuted his 2024 presidential campaign at his South Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago, on Tuesday night in the hope of making ""America great and glorious again.""
Though Trump is the first major Republican contender to throw his hat in the ring, his announcement comes as the GOP is reeling from a lackluster midterm outing, and some in the party are weighing dumping the former president for rising star Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL).
""There's never been anything like it, this great movement...",right
18388,Trump Announces 2024 Presidential Campaign,"['Donald Trump', '2024 Election', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']",Former Republican President Donald Trump says he’s launching another White House bid,CNN (Online News),"Former President Donald Trump, aiming to become only the second commander-in-chief ever elected to two nonconsecutive terms, announced Tuesday night that he will seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.
“In order to make America great and glorious again, I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States,” Trump told a crowd gathered at Mar-a-Lago, his waterfront estate in Florida, where his campaign will be headquartered.
Surrounded by allies, advisers, and conservative influencers, the 45th president vowed to run a campaign that will “bring people together,” claiming the...",left
18389,China's Coronavirus Updates Draw Skepticism,"['China', 'Fake News', 'Public Health', 'Foreign Policy', 'Misinformation', 'Coronavirus']",The Comprehensive Timeline of China’s COVID-19 Lies,National Review,"The story of the coronavirus pandemic is still being written. But at this early date, we can see all kinds of moments where different decisions could have lessened the severity of the outbreak we are currently enduring. You have probably heard variations of, “Chinese authorities denied that the virus could be transferred from human to human until it was too late.” What you have probably not heard is how emphatically, loudly, and repeatedly the Chinese government insisted human transmission was impossible, long after doctors in Wuhan had concluded human transmission...",right
18390,China's Coronavirus Updates Draw Skepticism,"['China', 'Fake News', 'Public Health', 'Foreign Policy', 'Misinformation', 'Coronavirus']",Altruism or PR? China sends supplies to help fight coronavirus,Christian Science Monitor,"As the fight against COVID-19 shifts to Europe and beyond, China is supplying millions of masks and other desperately needed items to struggling governments, hoping to build political ties and defuse criticism that it allowed the disease to spread early on.
Serbia's president plans to be at the airport this weekend to welcome a shipment of medical supplies from his ""brother and friend,"" Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Xi's government has flown gloves and protective clothing to Liberia. It is sending 100,000 test kits to the Philippines. More than 10 flights...",center
18391,China's Coronavirus Updates Draw Skepticism,"['China', 'Fake News', 'Public Health', 'Foreign Policy', 'Misinformation', 'Coronavirus']",China is reporting big successes in the coronavirus fight. Should we trust the numbers?,Washington Post,"China has reported fewer and fewer confirmed coronavirus cases over the past three weeks, culminating in a statement that Wuhan had seen zero new local cases for four days in a row, from March 18 to 21. Elsewhere in China, 46 new cases were reported on March 22, all but one attributed to travelers arriving from abroad.
What can we learn from Chinese statistics, and can we trust those numbers?",left
18392,Gavin Newsom Recall Effort Reaches Enough Signatures to Qualify for Ballot,"['Elections', 'Politics', 'California', 'Gavin Newsom']","In California, a campaign to oust Gov. Gavin Newsom qualifies for the ballot.",New York Times (News),"Fueled by partisan fury and a backlash against pandemic shutdowns, a Republican-led campaign to oust Gov. Gavin Newsom of California has officially qualified for the ballot, setting the stage for the second recall election in the state’s history, officials said on Monday.
In a widely expected filing, the California secretary of state’s office found that recall organizers had collected 1,626,042 signatures on their petition, more than the roughly 1.5 million required to ask voters to remove Mr. Newsom from office.
The announcement sets in motion a series of procedural steps...",left
18393,Gavin Newsom Recall Effort Reaches Enough Signatures to Qualify for Ballot,"['Elections', 'Politics', 'California', 'Gavin Newsom']",Newsom recall officially triggered as verified signature threshold met,Fox News (Online News),"The effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom has received the necessary number of verified signatures to trigger a recall election later this year.
The California Secretary of State said on Monday that the threshold of verified signatures reported by counties, which was set at 1,495,709, had been met.
The campaign collected more than 1.6 million verified signatures, according to the secretary of state’s office. ""This now triggers the next phase of the recall process, a 30-business-day period in which voters may submit written requests to county Registrars of Voters...",right
18394,Gavin Newsom Recall Effort Reaches Enough Signatures to Qualify for Ballot,"['Elections', 'Politics', 'California', 'Gavin Newsom']",Newsom recall effort has enough signatures to make ballot,The Hill,"The effort aimed at recalling California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, according to data released by the California secretary of state on Monday.
According to the secretary’s office, 1,626,042 valid signatures have been collected in support of Newsom’s recall effort, which exceeds the 1,495,709 signatures required. That number is expected to grow, as counties have until April 29 to confirm the validity of any remaining signatures.
“This now triggers the next phase of the recall process, a 30-business-day period in which voters may...",center
18395,Harvard Pledges $100 Million To Rectify Its Ties To Slavery,"['Colleges And Universities', 'Education', 'Harvard University', 'History', 'Race And Racism', 'Reconciliation', 'Slavery']",Harvard Creates Fund to Redress Its Ties to Slavery,New York Times (News),"Harvard University is committing $100 million to study and redress its ties to slavery, the university’s president announced Tuesday, and with that money will create an endowed “Legacy of Slavery Fund,” which will continue researching and memorializing that history, working with descendants of Black and Native American people enslaved at Harvard, as well as their broader communities.
With the announcement, Harvard joins many other universities — including Brown, Georgetown and Princeton Theological Seminary — that are not just grappling with their complicity in the institution of slavery but also putting...",left
18396,Harvard Pledges $100 Million To Rectify Its Ties To Slavery,"['Colleges And Universities', 'Education', 'Harvard University', 'History', 'Race And Racism', 'Reconciliation', 'Slavery']",Harvard to Spend $100 Million to Study and Redress Its Ties to Slavery,National Review,"Harvard University President Lawrence Bacow announced Tuesday that the university will spend $100 million to study and redress its ties to slavery.
The funds will be put toward a “Legacy of Slavery Fund” to continue researching and memorializing the history, in part by working with descendants of black and Native American people enslaved at Harvard and their broader communities. The announcement follows the release of a report from the Presidential Initiative on Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery project, which Bacow commissioned in 2019.
“Harvard benefited from and in some ways...",right
18397,Harvard Pledges $100 Million To Rectify Its Ties To Slavery,"['Colleges And Universities', 'Education', 'Harvard University', 'History', 'Race And Racism', 'Reconciliation', 'Slavery']",Harvard sets up $100 million endowment fund for slavery reparations,Reuters,"Harvard University is setting aside $100 million for an endowment fund and other measures to close the educational, social and economic gaps that are legacies of slavery and racism, according to an email the university’s president sent to all students, faculty and staff on Tuesday.
The email from Harvard President Lawrence Bacow included a link to a 100-page report by his university’s 14-member Committee on Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery. The panel was chaired by Tomiko Brown-Nagin, a legal historian and constitutional law expert who is dean of Harvard’s...",center
18398,"President Trump Pardons Eddie DeBartolo, Ex-San Francisco 49ers Owner","['White House', 'Sports', 'California', 'Ohio', 'Donald Trump', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'NFL', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",NFL greats cheer as Trump pardons former San Francisco 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr.,Fox News (Online News),"The White House announced Tuesday that President Trump is granting a full pardon to former San Francisco 49ers owner Edward DeBartolo Jr., who was convicted of failing to report a bribe to the former governor of Louisiana when he pleaded guilty in 1998.
NFL greats including Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott, Charles Haley, and Jim Brown were on hand at the White House, expressing their support for DeBartolo, who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016.
""I take my hat off to Donald Trump for what he...",right
18399,"President Trump Pardons Eddie DeBartolo, Ex-San Francisco 49ers Owner","['White House', 'Sports', 'California', 'Ohio', 'Donald Trump', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'NFL', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",San Francisco 49ers Icon Edward DeBartolo Pardoned by Donald Trump,Heavy.com,"Edward DeBartolo, the former owner of the San Francisco 49ers, has been pardoned by President Donald Trump.
DeBartolo had been convicted of fraud in a gambling scandal in 1998 involving former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards. DeBartolo avoided prison for his role in the scheme and was sentenced to probation, with a fine of $250,000, $350,000 in restitution and $400,000 in forfeiture.
Following his conviction, DeBartolo had been forced to hand over the keys to the 49ers to his sister, Denise York. During his tenure as the team’s owner, the 49ers...",center
18400,"President Trump Pardons Eddie DeBartolo, Ex-San Francisco 49ers Owner","['White House', 'Sports', 'California', 'Ohio', 'Donald Trump', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'NFL', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Why did Trump just pardon a former owner of the 49ers? In part because he wants to win Ohio.,Washington Post,"When my family moved to Howland, Ohio, when I was a freshman in high school, I quickly learned that while the region in northeastern Ohio was formally Cleveland Browns territory, there was a big, loud San Francisco 49ers subculture. The reason for this was twofold. In part, it was a function of how good the Niners were at the time. In larger part, though, it was a function of the team’s owner: Edward DeBartolo Jr.
Howland is a bit east of the city of Warren, which is itself due northwest...",left
18401,"Perspectives: Clashes Continue Between Protesters, Police in Portland","['Portland', 'Oregon', 'Criminal Justice', 'Race And Racism', 'Media Bias', 'Violence In America']",The Disgrace of Portland,Rich Lowry,"If only mobs were allowed to destroy federal property without consequence.
Then, there wouldn’t have to be any dispute over federal agents defending a federal courthouse in Portland, Ore. It could simply be overrun and burned to the ground with no unwelcome resistance.
As it is, Portland’s mayor, Ted Wheeler, who presides over a city that has become a watchword over the years for left-wing thuggery unchecked by municipal authorities, has roused himself to state of high dudgeon — over federal officers trying to counter ongoing assaults on a federal...",right
18402,"Perspectives: Clashes Continue Between Protesters, Police in Portland","['Portland', 'Oregon', 'Criminal Justice', 'Race And Racism', 'Media Bias', 'Violence In America']",Navy vet beaten by federal agents: ‘They came out to fight’,Associated Press,"SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Navy veteran stands passively in Portland, Oregon, amid swirling tear gas. One of the militarized federal agents deployed by President Donald Trump swings a baton at him with full force. With both hands. Five times.
Under the assault, 53-year-old Christopher David seems like a redwood tree — impervious to the blows. But in a video shot by a reporter, another officer — wearing green military camouflage, a helmet and gas mask — sprays David full in the face with what appears to be pepper gas....",left
18403,"Perspectives: Clashes Continue Between Protesters, Police in Portland","['Portland', 'Oregon', 'Criminal Justice', 'Race And Racism', 'Media Bias', 'Violence In America']",Right-wing media plays up Portland protest 'violence',CNN (Opinion),"When I saw Sean Hannity leading his show with ""MORE VIOLENCE GRIPS PORTLAND"" and scary video from the streets, I knew something was up.
Right-wing media ramped up its coverage of scattered unrest in Portland, Oregon last week at roughly the same time that federal officers descended on the downtown area. Hannity and other Fox hosts evidently decided that a small group of self-described anarchists suddenly deserved national news coverage.
One cynical way to see it: The Trump administration and Fox's talk shows picked Portland as a new...",left
18404,Kentucky Clerk Stands Ground,['Religion And Faith'],Ky. clerk says won’t personally authorize gay marriage licenses -- or interfere,Fox News (Online News),The Kentucky county clerk at the center of a national firestorm over her refusal to issue same-sex marriage licenses vowed Monday -- just days after her release from jail -- that she would not prevent her office from issuing such licenses but would not personally authorize them either.,right
18405,Kentucky Clerk Stands Ground,['Religion And Faith'],"Kentucky Clerk Allows Same-Sex Licenses, but Questions Legality",New York Times (News),"Kim Davis, the Rowan County clerk who was jailed this month for defying a court order that she issue marriage licenses, said Monday that she would not block her employees from processing licenses for same-sex couples.",left
18406,Kentucky Clerk Stands Ground,['Religion And Faith'],"Kim Davis stands ground, offers alternative",CNN (Online News),"Kim Davis, county clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky, returned to work Monday, saying she will not issue any marriage licenses that go against her religious beliefs -- but she left the door open for her deputies to continue to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, as long as those documents do not have Davis' name or title on them.",left
18407,"Sandra Day O'Connor, First Woman to Serve on Supreme Court, Announces Dementia Diagnosis",['Supreme Court'],"Sandra Day O'Connor, The First Woman On The Supreme Court, Has Dementia And Is Withdrawing From Public Life",BuzzFeed News,"""Some time ago, doctors diagnosed me with the beginning stages of dementia, probably Alzheimer’s disease. As this condition has progressed, I am no longer able to participate in public life.""",left
18408,"Sandra Day O'Connor, First Woman to Serve on Supreme Court, Announces Dementia Diagnosis",['Supreme Court'],Read former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's letter on dementia diagnosis,USA TODAY,Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announced Tuesday she is in the early stages of what is likely Alzheimer's disease and is retiring from public life.,left
18409,"Sandra Day O'Connor, First Woman to Serve on Supreme Court, Announces Dementia Diagnosis",['Supreme Court'],Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has 'beginning stages of dementia',Washington Examiner,"Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, has been diagnosed with the “beginning stages of dementia, probably Alzheimer’s,” she said Tuesday.",right
18410,New York Attorney General Sues Trump Foundation and Family,['Politics'],N.Y. Attorney General Sues Trump Foundation Over Self-Dealing,New York Times (News),"The New York State attorney general’s office filed a scathingly worded lawsuit on Thursday taking aim at the Donald J. Trump Foundation, accusing the charity and the Trump family of sweeping violations of campaign finance laws, self-dealing and illegal coordination with the presidential campaign.
The lawsuit, which seeks to dissolve the foundation and bar President Trump and three of his children from serving on nonprofit organizations, was an extraordinary rebuke of a sitting president. The attorney general also sent referral letters to the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Election...",left
18411,New York Attorney General Sues Trump Foundation and Family,['Politics'],New York attorney general sues Trump Foundation for 'persistent illegal conduct',Washington Examiner,"New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood sued President Trump and his three eldest children on Thursday as directors of the Donald J. Trump Foundation, seeking to dissolve the not-for-profit organization for ""persistent illegal conduct,"" according to court documents.
The petition alleges that the foundation engaged in ""extensive unlawful political coordination with the Trump presidential campaign, repeated and willful self-dealing transactions to benefit Mr. Trump’s personal and business interests, and violations of basic legal obligations for non-profit foundations,"" per a statement released by the Office of the Attorney General.",right
18412,New York Attorney General Sues Trump Foundation and Family,['Politics'],New York sues Trump Foundation for 'illegal conduct',BBC News,"New York's attorney general announced on Thursday she was suing the Trump Foundation, as well as Donald Trump and his children, alleging ""extensive and persistent"" lawbreaking.
Barbara Underwood said the charitable foundation had engaged in ""unlawful political coordination"" designed to influence the 2016 election.
The lawsuit seeks to dissolve the foundation, Ms Underwood said.
Also named in the suit were Mr Trump's children, Ivanka, Eric, and Donald Jr.
In a statement, Ms Underwood said Mr Trump had illegally instructed his foundation to provide support to his presidential campaign by using...",center
18413,Motel 6 Staff Reporting Guests to ICE,['Immigration'],Phoenix Motel 6 accused of notifying ICE about undocumented patrons,Fox News (Online News),A Motel 6 in Phoenix is accused of tipping off Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents about patrons who may have been in the U.S. illegally.,right
18414,Motel 6 Staff Reporting Guests to ICE,['Immigration'],Motel 6 Just Left the Light on for ICE,Bloomberg,"Some Phoenix locations turned over guest data to U.S. immigration, and 20 people were arrested. Are other chains doing the same thing?",left
18415,Motel 6 Staff Reporting Guests to ICE,['Immigration'],Motel 6 Admits Arizona Sites Were Reporting Guests To ICE Without Chain’s Approval,HuffPost,"Employees at Motel 6 locations in Phoenix have ceased working with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents in light of a new report that revealed motel staffers were reporting guests who appear to be undocumented immigrants, according to a spokeswoman for the motel chain.",left
18416,"As US Surpasses 40 Million COVID-19 Cases, Mu Variant Detected Across 49 States","['Coronavirus', 'Mu Variant', 'Delta Variant']","U.S. COVID-19 case tally tops 40 million, and hospitalizations over Labor Day holiday were more than double last year’s",MarketWatch,"The global tally of confirmed cases of the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19 climbed above 221 million on Tuesday, with the U.S. now accounting for more than 40 million, as the highly infectious delta variant continues to spread through the unvaccinated population.
The U.S. continues to lead the world by cases and fatalities and is averaging more than 1,500 deaths a day for the first time since March, according to a New York Times tracker. The seven-day average of new cases stood at 132,135 on Sunday, the tracker shows, while hospitalizations were averaging 101,747,...",center
18417,"As US Surpasses 40 Million COVID-19 Cases, Mu Variant Detected Across 49 States","['Coronavirus', 'Mu Variant', 'Delta Variant']",COVID cases are DECLINING for the first time since June - signalling an end to the summer Delta surge - as the US eclipses 40 million cases during the pandemic and Mu variant rises,Daily Mail,"For the first time in over two months, COVID-19 cases are declining in the United States.
As of September 6, the U.S. is averaging 137,000 new daily cases nationwide, a nine percent decrease from the 151,000 case average two weeks ago on August 24.
It is the first time since June 30 that the national average is lower than the total from two weeks earlier.
The Delta variant-fueled COVID-19 surge began soon after June 30, striking the Midwest in early July.
A decline in cases could signal that the case surge that...",right
18418,"As US Surpasses 40 Million COVID-19 Cases, Mu Variant Detected Across 49 States","['Coronavirus', 'Mu Variant', 'Delta Variant']",U.S. hits 40 million Covid cases as delta variant spreads,NBC News (Online),"The U.S. has logged 40 million Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, as the fourth wave brought on by the delta variant continues to spread.
The country has recorded 40,000,070 cases and 651,690 deaths, according to the latest NBC News tally. It recorded 35,355 news cases and 279 deaths Sunday. About 207 million people have received their first doses of a vaccine, and more than 175 million have been fully vaccinated.
Vaccination rates have risen slowly since July, but still no state or territory has passed the 70 percent...",left
18419,"Abortion Bans to Take Effect in Florida, Mississippi","['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Abortion Ban', 'Florida', 'Mississippi']","Abortion Bans in Mississippi, Florida Allowed to Take Effect Amid Efforts to Block Them",The Epoch Times,"Bans on abortions in Mississippi and Florida are taking effect this week in spite of efforts in the courts seeking to block the laws.
The news comes amid continuing legal battles in multiple U.S. states over abortion following the U.S. Supreme Court decision on June 24 that overturned Roe v. Wade and sent regulation of the procedure back to the states.
The 1973 landmark Roe decision had largely enabled abortions to be carried out for up to 24 weeks of pregnancy across the country for almost five decades.
In Mississippi, the state’s legislature had in 2007 passed a trigger...",right
18420,"Abortion Bans to Take Effect in Florida, Mississippi","['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Abortion Ban', 'Florida', 'Mississippi']",Florida restores state abortion ban beyond 15 weeks after temporary halt,The Guardian,"After a judge in Florida temporarily halted a state law banning abortions beyond 15 weeks of pregnancy, a state appeal restored the ban on Tuesday.
Judge John C Cooper of an appellate court in Florida’s capital of Tallahassee ruled that the ban in question – enshrined in a bill that Republican lawmakers approved in April – violates privacy protections in the state constitution.
Cooper’s decision temporarily halted the ban, though it had no effect on a ban prohibiting abortions beyond 24 weeks of pregnancy. But the state’s appeal automatically ensured a stay on...",left
18421,"Abortion Bans to Take Effect in Florida, Mississippi","['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Abortion Ban', 'Florida', 'Mississippi']","Court won't block Mississippi's abortion ""trigger"" ban",Axios,"A judge in Mississippi on Tuesday denied a request from the providers asking to temporarily block the state's ""trigger law"" banning nearly all abortions, which is set to take effect on Thursday.
Driving the news: Jackson Women's Health Organization — Mississippi's only abortion clinic — sued state officials last month to challenge the ban, arguing that the right to an abortion is protected under state Supreme Court precedent.
It is the same clinic at the center of the case that resulted in the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
Details: Mississippi's trigger ban — which...",center
18422,United States and North Korea Summit Back On,"['North Korea', 'World']","Trump makes an about-face, revives summit with North Korean leader",Reuters,"President Donald Trump, in a complete reversal, said on Friday he would hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12 in Singapore in the latest twist in the high-stakes diplomacy over eliminating Pyonyang’s nuclear arms program.",center
18423,United States and North Korea Summit Back On,"['North Korea', 'World']",It was no surprise Trump's North Korea summit was canceled. It's no surprise that it's back on,Los Angeles Times,"A week ago, when President Trump’s much-ballyhooed super-summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was suddenly canceled, I wrote an editorial for The Times asking whether, “seriously, is anyone really shocked?” But just to be clear, I’m no more shocked by the fact that it is back on than I was that it was cancelled in the first place.",left
18424,United States and North Korea Summit Back On,"['North Korea', 'World']","On North Korea, Trump is wisely following Reagan's example",Fox News (Online News),"Now that his summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is back on for June 12 in Singapore, President Trump will benefit from some important lessons he appears to have learned by studying the success of President Reagan in dealing with the Soviet Union’s final leader, Mikhail Gorbachev.",right
18425,Perspectives: Sha'Carri Richardson Banned From Olympics After Marijuana Use,"['Sports', 'Tokyo Olympics', 'ShaCarri Richardson']",Comparison between Sha'Carri Richardson and Michael Phelps on pot use lacks context,USA TODAY,"The suspension of Olympic hopeful Sha'Carri Richardson over a positive marijuana test has sparked comparisons with other Olympic athletes who have also used the drug.
A Facebook post aims to compare Richardson and now-retired Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, who won 28 medals.
""Michael Phelps smoked weed, kept all his medals and still participated in the Olympics. Don't y'all start this mess with Sha'Carri,"" the post reads.
Shared on July 2, the post has been shared over 7,000 times. 
Phelps did use marijuana in 2008, months after that year's Olympics. But his situation and Richardson's can't be compared because the...",left
18426,Perspectives: Sha'Carri Richardson Banned From Olympics After Marijuana Use,"['Sports', 'Tokyo Olympics', 'ShaCarri Richardson']",Sha’Carri Richardson’s Olympic Ban Over Weed Is America’s Fault,Vice,"The saga of Sha’Carri Richardson—the fastest woman in the United States, banned from competing in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics after a drug test revealed she used cannabis last month—has united America in a way that COVID-19 could not. 
The conventional wisdom from just about everyone—President Joe Biden, USA Track & Field (USATF), blabbermouths on Twitter, and Richardson herself—is that the 21-year-old athlete didn’t do anything terribly wrong when she smoked some weed to deal with emotional turmoil after learning from a reporter about her biological mother’s death, as she recounted Friday on...",left
18427,Perspectives: Sha'Carri Richardson Banned From Olympics After Marijuana Use,"['Sports', 'Tokyo Olympics', 'ShaCarri Richardson']","Olympic Games in for a rude awokening, focus on wrong kind of ‘race’",New York Post (Opinion),"The Olympic Games in Tokyo are doomed. Before the opening ceremony, before even the torch is lit, it’s not going to be OK. The Games, I’m afraid, just aren’t woke enough. Apologies to Tokyo and Japan — and #StopAsianHate and so on. But for the international left, sport no longer matters unless it can be used to win on Twitter and advance the War for Progress. 
Professional football can no longer be about the game. It must be a staging ground for raising awareness of racism and police brutality. Classrooms can no...",right
18428,FDA Warns Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Linked to Risk of Guillain-Barré Syndrome,"['FDA', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Johnson & Johnson', 'Public Health']",U.S. puts new warning on J&J coronavirus vaccine for autoimmune disorder,Reuters,"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday added a warning to the fact sheet for Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ.N) COVID-19 vaccine saying that data suggests there is an increased risk of a rare neurological disorder in the six weeks after inoculation.
In a letter to the company, the FDA classified the chances of getting Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) after vaccination as being ""very low."" Still, it said J&J vaccine recipients should seek medical attention if they have symptoms including weakness or tingling sensations, difficulty walking or difficulty with facial movements.",center
18429,FDA Warns Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Linked to Risk of Guillain-Barré Syndrome,"['FDA', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Johnson & Johnson', 'Public Health']",New warning to be added to J&J vaccine over rare side effect,New York Post (News),"The Johnson & Johnson vaccine will soon have a new warning from the Food and Drug Administration after the shot was linked to a rare but serious side effect in a handful of patients, it was revealed Monday. 
The side effect, Guillain-Barré syndrome — a condition that occurs when the immune system attacks the body’s nerves — has been detected in about 100 people after 12.8 million jabs of the single-dose shot were administered, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told the Washington Post. ",right
18430,FDA Warns Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Linked to Risk of Guillain-Barré Syndrome,"['FDA', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Johnson & Johnson', 'Public Health']",FDA warns of potential rare nerve complication with Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine,CNN (Online News),"The US Food and Drug Administration updated the label on Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine Monday to warn of the possible increased risk of a rare neurological complication known as Guillain-Barré syndrome.
While the FDA said it had not established the vaccine could cause the syndrome, it noted an increase in reports of the sometimes paralyzing condition.
""Today, the FDA is announcing revisions to the vaccine recipient and vaccination provider fact sheets for the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 Vaccine to include information pertaining to an observed increased risk of Guillain-Barré Syndrome...",left
18431,Judge Rejects Trump's Attempt To Keep Tax Returns Secret,"['Trump Tax Returns', 'Politics']",Trump ordered to turn tax returns over to NY grand jury,Washington Times,"President Trump must turn over his tax returns to a New York grand jury, a federal judge ruled Monday, rejecting the White House’s effort to shield him.
Mr. Trump immediately filed an emergency appeal with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Judge Victor Marrero called the president’s attempt to avoid turning over his taxes in a criminal case “extraordinary,” and rejected Mr. Trump’s claims that he would be distracted from his official duties by having to worry about complying with the prosecutors’ demands.
“The interest the president asserts in...",right
18432,Judge Rejects Trump's Attempt To Keep Tax Returns Secret,"['Trump Tax Returns', 'Politics']",Judge dismisses Trump request to keep taxes secret in New York,CNN (Online News),"A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump to block a subpoena for eight years of his tax returns, rejecting the President's ""extraordinary"" claim that any occupant of the White House enjoys ""absolute immunity from criminal process of any kind.""
Describing Trump's argument as a ""categorical and limitless assertion of Presidential immunity,"" US District Court Judge Victor Marrero wrote in an opinion that it ""would constitute an overreach of executive power.""
Trump brought the lawsuit after the Manhattan district attorney's office subpoenaed his longtime...",left
18433,Judge Rejects Trump's Attempt To Keep Tax Returns Secret,"['Trump Tax Returns', 'Politics']",Judge rejects Trump request to block New York subpoena for tax returns,Reuters,"President Donald Trump cannot block a request to hand over eight years of tax returns to Manhattan prosecutors, a federal judge ruled, after Trump claimed he was immune from being sued.
Trump quickly filed an emergency notice of appeal to the federal appeals court in Manhattan.
U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero in Manhattan decided to abstain from resolving the dispute, and therefore dismissed Trump’s lawsuit.
He also criticized Trump for advancing what the judge called an argument that the president, his family and businesses “associated with him in potentially unlawful...",center
18434,Suspicious Packages Sent To Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama,['Polarization'],"Secret Service intercepts suspicious packages sent to Obama, Hillary Clinton",Fox News (Online News),"The Secret Service said Wednesday it has ""intercepted"" two suspicious packages sent to former President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.",right
18435,Suspicious Packages Sent To Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama,['Polarization'],"Secret Service intercepts suspicious packages sent to Clintons, Obamas",USA TODAY,"Suspicious packages addressed to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were intercepted by law enforcement officials, the Secret Service said Wednesday.",left
18436,Suspicious Packages Sent To Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama,['Polarization'],Explosive Devices Found in Mail Sent to Hillary Clinton and Obama,New York Times (News),,left
18437,"'People's Convoy' Arrives in Washington, DC","['Politics', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Mask Mandates', ""People'S Convoy"", 'Truckers', 'Coronavirus']",U.S. trucker convoy arrives and slows traffic on the Beltway near D.C.,Axios,"American truckers and other drivers, calling themselves the ""People's Convoy,"" are slowing traffic on Sunday as they drive around the Capital Beltway, a highway that encircles Washington, D.C.
What's happening: The group is emulating the ""Freedom Convoy,"" which saw truckers in Canada blocking the streets of Ottawa for weeks and jamming several U.S.-Canada border crossings, in protest of COVID-19 health restrictions.
The Canadian convoy also sparked similar trucker protests throughout Europe, including in the Netherlands and France.
Driving the news: The U.S. convoy left Southern California last week and has been making its way across the country.
The...",center
18438,"'People's Convoy' Arrives in Washington, DC","['Politics', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Mask Mandates', ""People'S Convoy"", 'Truckers', 'Coronavirus']",Slow-moving ‘People’s Convoy’ completes two loops around Beltway,Washington Times,"A large group of truck drivers who object to COVID-19 mandates drove two loops around the beltway surrounding Washington, Sunday, deliberately moving slowly to impact traffic and make their feelings known to lawmakers in the nation’s capitol.
People crowded onto overpasses, waving at the “People’s Convoy” and holding signs and American flags. Within the convoy, there were tractor-trailers with horns blaring and some recreational vehicles and pickup trucks occasionally going by, mixed with the normal traffic on Interstate 495 in Silver Springs, Maryland. 
The convoy was moving normally – albeit...",right
18439,"'People's Convoy' Arrives in Washington, DC","['Politics', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Mask Mandates', ""People'S Convoy"", 'Truckers', 'Coronavirus']",'Trucker convoy' drives laps around D.C. Beltway,NBC News (Online),"The U.S. offshoot of the Canadian ""Freedom Convoy"" reached the nation's capital Sunday.
The trucker-led convoy group, which was organized on pro-Trump and anti-vaccination channels on the Telegram messaging app, drove around the Capital Beltway, which surrounds metropolitan Washington, D.C. Their plan was to circle the interstate twice and then return to Hagerstown, Maryland, where they gathered Saturday night, to regroup.
Authorities in and around the capital were on alert ahead of the convoy’s arrival. Last month, the Defense Department authorized activating up to 700 unarmed National Guard members to assist with traffic control.
Inspired by...",left
18440,"200 Days After Invading, Russians Losing Ground Against Ukrainian Offensive","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Europe', 'Foreign Affairs']",Ukraine pushes big counteroffensive as war marks 200 days,Associated Press,"As the war in Ukraine marked 200 days on Sunday, the country has reclaimed broad swaths of the south and east in a long-anticipated counteroffensive that has dealt a heavy blow to Russia.
The counterattack began in the final days of August and at first focused on the southern region of Kherson, which was swept by Russian forces in the opening days of the invasion. But just as Moscow redirected attention and troops there, Ukraine launched another, highly effective offensive in the northeast, near Kharkiv.
Facing the prospect of a...",left
18441,"200 Days After Invading, Russians Losing Ground Against Ukrainian Offensive","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Europe', 'Foreign Affairs']",Kharkiv offensive: Ukrainian army says it has tripled retaken area,BBC News,"Ukraine's military says its forces have retaken over 3,000 sq km (1,158 sq miles) during a rapid counter-offensive in eastern Ukraine.
The remarkable advance, if confirmed, means Kyiv's forces have tripled their stated gains in little over 48 hours.
On Thursday evening, President Zelensky put the figure at 1,000 sq km, and then 2,000 sq km on Saturday evening.
The BBC cannot verify the Ukrainian figures, and journalists have been denied access to the frontlines.
On Saturday, the eastern counter-attack saw Ukrainian troops enter the vital Russian-held supply towns of...",center
18442,"200 Days After Invading, Russians Losing Ground Against Ukrainian Offensive","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'Vladimir Putin', 'Europe', 'Foreign Affairs']",‘Taken By Surprise’: Russian Forces Retreat Under Major Ukrainian Counteroffensive On Eastern Front,The Daily Caller,"Moscow abandoned two major areas in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region Saturday after Ukrainian forces choked out a major supply point for Russian troops.
“In order to achieve the declared goals of the special military operation for the liberation of Donbas, it was decided to regroup the Russian forces stationed near Balakleya and Izyum to boost efforts in the Donetsk direction,” Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov told TASS. Language used in Russia’s statement resembles claims made earlier this year in the wake of its failure to take Ukraine’s capital city of...",right
18443,"Federal Deficit Rises to $779 Billion, Highest Since 2012","['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",The Numbers Are in and Republicans Have Ballooned the Deficit to a Six-Year High,The Daily Caller,"The U.S. budget deficit swelled from $666 billion in fiscal year 2017 to $779 billion in 2018, a roughly 17 percent increase that has produced the highest deficit since 2012, according to Treasury Department data released Monday.",right
18444,"Federal Deficit Rises to $779 Billion, Highest Since 2012","['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump Hits A New High-Water Mark: The Biggest Federal Deficit In 6 Years,HuffPost,The federal deficit has soared 17 percent in the president’s first fiscal year.,left
18445,"Federal Deficit Rises to $779 Billion, Highest Since 2012","['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",U.S. Government Deficit Grew 17% in Fiscal 2018,Wall Street Journal (News),"The U.S. government ran its largest budget deficit in six years during the fiscal year that ended last month, an unusual development in a fast-growing economy and a sign that—so far at least",center
18446,Gun Control After Connecticut,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Gun-control advocates press Obama for help,Washington Times,"Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Sunday she will introduce a bill to reinstate the federal ban on assault weapons on the first day of the new Congress next year, as gun control advocates ramp up pressure on President Obama to tackle the issue in the wake of the shootings in Newtown, Conn. on Friday. Published December 16, 2012",right
18447,Gun Control After Connecticut,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Obama Brings Gun Debate to Fore,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Obama, calling the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., a ""heinous crime,"" vowed to press for meaningful action to prevent more such incidents.",center
18448,Gun Control After Connecticut,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Obama Vows ‘Meaningful Action’ After School Shooting,ABC News (Online),"Mourning the victims of the deadly shooting rampage at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, President Obama says its time to “take meaningful action to prevent future tragedies like this from occurring.",left
18449,Biden Supports Changes to Filibuster,"['White House', 'US Senate', 'Filibuster', 'Politics']","Biden Supports Changes To Filibuster, Returning It To 'What It Used To Be'",NPR (Online News),"President Biden on Tuesday told ABC News he supports reforming the filibuster, calling on the chamber to readapt its old standard of requiring dissenting members to verbally speak on the floor to delay action on a bill.
""I don't think that you have to eliminate the filibuster, you have to do it what it used to be when I first got to the Senate back in the old days,"" Biden said in an interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos. ""You had to stand up and command the floor, you had...",left
18450,Biden Supports Changes to Filibuster,"['White House', 'US Senate', 'Filibuster', 'Politics']",The talking filibuster — and its limits,Washington Post,"President Biden signed on to the idea in a new interview, joining Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.). But making senators actually talk to hold up a bill — as they used to decades ago — is hardly a cure-all.
Senate Democrats recently passed President Biden’s historic $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package on a party-line vote. But the exercise reinforced the reality for the party moving forward: GOP votes will be very hard to come by, and passing virtually any other significant Democratic legislation will be very difficult. This one required...",left
18451,Biden Supports Changes to Filibuster,"['White House', 'US Senate', 'Filibuster', 'Politics']",Biden Calls For Return to Traditional 'Talking Filibuster',Newsmax (News),"The White House has insisted for some time that President Joe Biden opposes eliminating the filibuster, as many Democrats want, but in an interview airing Wednesday, the president said he's open to changing the filibuster rule back to require senators once again talk on the floor to hold up a bill.
""I don't think that you have to eliminate the filibuster, you have to do it what it used to be when I first got to the Senate back in the old days,"" Biden, who served in the Senate...",right
18452,Hurricane Irma Hurtles Toward Florida,"['Disaster', 'General News']","Hurricane Irma will batter Florida and ‘devastate the United States,’ officials warn",Washington Post,"Hurricane Irma continues to hurtle toward Florida’s doorstep, threatening to ravage the state with destruction not seen in a generation.",left
18453,Hurricane Irma Hurtles Toward Florida,"['Disaster', 'General News']",Hurricane Irma roars toward south Florida as millions warned to leave their homes,USA TODAY,"Hurricane Irma, weakening only slightly as it rolled across Cuba, positioned itself Saturday to slam at full force into the western half of Florida, bringing high winds and life-threatening storm surge to both coasts of the Sunshine State.",left
18454,Hurricane Irma Hurtles Toward Florida,"['Disaster', 'General News']","Hurricane Irma shifts to western Florida, expected to strengthen after slamming Cuba",Fox News (Online News),Hurricane Irma was expected to strengthen Saturday after barreling into Cuba and shifting its path toward Florida.,right
18455,Trump Derides Intel Briefing,['Politics'],Trump Cites Assange to Dispute Russian Role in Hacking,New York Times (News),President-elect Donald J. Trump appears to side with the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over United States intelligence agencies.,left
18456,Trump Derides Intel Briefing,['Politics'],Divide Widens Between Trump and Intelligence Officials,CBN,"President-elect Donald Trump and intelligence officials appear to be at odds over a briefing about Russia's interference in the 2016 election.
Trump says that briefing was delayed. Intelligence officials are disputing those claims.",right
18457,Trump Derides Intel Briefing,['Politics'],Trump derides intel briefing on 'so-called' Russian hacking,CNN (Online News),President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter Tuesday evening to deride the US intelligence agencies due to brief him on alleged Russian hacking of American political groups.,left
18458,Senate Democrats Release $3.5 Trillion Budget Framework,"['US Senate', 'Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Federal Budget', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Infrastructure', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US Congress', 'National Debt', 'Education', 'Climate Change', 'Healthcare']","Schumer unveils $3.5T bill to hike social and climate spending, raise taxes and give green cards",New York Post (News),"Senate Democrats on Monday unveiled a sweeping, $3.5 trillion blueprint to boost social spending, raise taxes and pass a range of Democratic policies from electric car purchases to immigration reform under special budget rules.
Democrats hope to ram through the massive spending program without Republican support — vastly expanding federal renewable energy projects, putting new pollution fees in place, and setting up universal preschool for 3- and 4-year-olds, free community college and subsidized paid family and sick leave.",right
18459,Senate Democrats Release $3.5 Trillion Budget Framework,"['US Senate', 'Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Federal Budget', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Infrastructure', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US Congress', 'National Debt', 'Education', 'Climate Change', 'Healthcare']","Democrats release $3.5 trillion budget resolution, which doesn't include an increase to the debt limit",CNN (Online News),"Senate Democrats released their budget resolution on Monday, which does not include an increase to the debt limit, kicking off a massive showdown on Capitol Hill and previewing the party's next steps following the expected passage of a bipartisan infrastructure bill.
The budget resolution has a price tag of $3.5 trillion, an includes a series of tax increases and other offsets to help finance the sweeping plan, though the majority of the legislation implementing the plan needs to be written as a dozen committees have instructions to start drafting legislation. Passing the budget...",left
18460,Senate Democrats Release $3.5 Trillion Budget Framework,"['US Senate', 'Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Federal Budget', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Infrastructure', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mitch McConnell', 'US Congress', 'National Debt', 'Education', 'Climate Change', 'Healthcare']",Democrats release sprawling budget plan as Senate moves to pass bipartisan infrastructure bill,CNBC,"As the Senate was putting the finishing touches on a bipartisan infrastructure bill Monday, Democrats released their $3.5 trillion budget plan that sets the stage for a massive investment in social programs and climate policy.
The plans fit into what Democrats consider a complementary, two-part agenda to boost the economy, strengthen the social safety net and attempt to curb climate change. The party will have to carry out a complicated legislative dance to get both proposals through Congress in the coming months.",center
18461,Allegedly Christie Knew of Closures,['Politics'],"Chris Christie knew about lane closures, ex-official claims",Washington Times,"The attorney for the former Port Authority official at the center of the George Washington Bridge scandal said there is evidence showing that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was aware of the lane closures when they happened.
Alan L. Zegas, who is representing David Wildstein, the official who ordered the lane closures and resigned as a result last year, said in a letter to the legal counsel for the Port Authority that there is evidence “tying Mr. Christie to having knowledge of the lane closures, during the period when...",right
18462,Allegedly Christie Knew of Closures,['Politics'],Former aide accuses Christie of lying about bridge scandal,Washington Post,"One of the key players in a scandal surrounding Chris Christie accused the New Jersey governor on Friday of lying about his role.
David Wildstein, a former Christie appointee who presided over the George Washington Bridge lane closures at the center of the controversy, said through a letter from his attorney that “evidence exists . . . tying Mr. Christie to having knowledge of the lane closures, during the period when the lanes were closed, contr",left
18463,Allegedly Christie Knew of Closures,['Politics'],"New Jersey Gov. Christie Knew of Bridge Lane Closures, Attorney Says",Wall Street Journal (News),"The attorney for the man who oversaw the road closures that have embroiled New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in a political firestorm said there is evidence that the GOP presidential hopeful knew of the traffic mess while it was taking place, contrary to what the governor said in January.
The allegations, which Mr. Christie's office denied, are the first from a former ally that contradict the account the governor gave at a lengthy news conference about the closing of access lanes to the George Washington Bridge, a busy link between...",center
18464,Obama Will Return to DC,[],"Obama, Congress set for one last effort on ""fiscal cliff""",Townhall,"President Barack Obama is due back in Washington early Thursday for a final effort to negotiate a deal with Congress to avert or at least postpone the ""fiscal cliff"" of tax increases and government spending cuts set to begin next week.",right
18465,Obama Will Return to DC,[],Obama to Leave Hawaiian Vacation Early to Work on Fiscal Deal,New York Times (News),President Obama is planning to cut his Christmas vacation short and return to Washington to make a last-ditch push for a compromise on a tax and spending dispute that remains stubbornly unresolved.,left
18466,Obama Will Return to DC,[],Obama will return Wednesday to D.C. to tackle fiscal cliff,CNN (Online News),President Barack Obama is ending his Hawaiian vacation Wednesday to make a late-hour bid to reach a fiscal-cliff deal before the year ends.,left
18467,"If Class Moves Online, International Students Must Switch Schools or Leave US","['Education', 'White House', 'ICE', 'College', 'Coronavirus', 'World', 'Immigration']",Why Foreign Exchange Students May Soon Be Deported,Townhall,"The Wuhan coronavirus has forced secondary and post-secondary schools, colleges and universities to rethink how they teach America's youth. Earlier this spring, educators were forced to adapt and teach their lessons online. As the coronavirus pandemic rages on and schools look to the fall, many are preparing to continue with remote learning. The use of online classes has the federal government rethinking its Visa program, especially for foreign students planning to study here in the United States.
The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) on Monday announced changes to their...",right
18468,"If Class Moves Online, International Students Must Switch Schools or Leave US","['Education', 'White House', 'ICE', 'College', 'Coronavirus', 'World', 'Immigration']","New U.S. Visa Rules Threaten to Deport 369,000 Chinese Students",Bloomberg,"Hundreds of thousands of Chinese students enroll at U.S. colleges and universities each year, and right now, a lot of them are concerned.
As schools try to figure out how to start the fall semester amid the coronavirus pandemic, some -- including Harvard University and the University of Southern California -- are opting for online-only instruction. And that means their foreign students will have to leave or transfer, according to new rules issued Monday by the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency.
In order to keep their student visas, foreign...",left
18469,"If Class Moves Online, International Students Must Switch Schools or Leave US","['Education', 'White House', 'ICE', 'College', 'Coronavirus', 'World', 'Immigration']",Trump administration's planned purge of international students serves a cruel purpose,CNN (Opinion),"This week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced new rules requiring international students to leave the United States if their colleges or universities institute online-only learning measures for the fall under the threat of Covid-19.
It's another disgusting, transparent Trump administration attack on foreigners and immigrants, one that is solely about malice -- and one that further diminishes the United States' influence and reputation while putting human life at risk.
With Covid-19 infections still raging across the country and on the rise in multiple states, colleges, universities and vocational programs...",left
18470,Trump Acceptance Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump claims GOP nomination, tells struggling Americans 'I am your voice'",Fox News (Online News),"Just over a year after Donald J. Trump descended his iconic escalator in Manhattan to announce he was joining a packed field of political veterans seeking the Republican nomination for president, the New York billionaire completed an astonishing and historic political ascent Thursday night in Cleveland, officially claiming his party’s nomination — and declaring to struggling Americans, “I am your voice.”
Trump electrified the convention crowd on closing night, with chants of “U.S.A.” frequently breaking out as the nominee vowed to put “America first.” He used the speech to align...",right
18471,Trump Acceptance Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","FACT CHECK: Donald Trump's Republican Convention Speech, Annotated",NPR (Online News),"Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for president Thursday night, delivering a speech that lays out America's struggles with crime, terrorism and immigration and how he plans to address them.
NPR's politics team has annotated Trump's speech below. Portions we commented on are highlighted, followed by analysis, context and fact check in italics.",left
18472,Trump Acceptance Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump accepts GOP nomination as ‘law and order’ candidate,Washington Post,"Donald Trump formally accepted the Republican nomination for president on Thursday night, giving the biggest speech of his short political career — seeking to end a troubled, fractious GOP convention on a high note.
The nominee entered to stirring string music, with the jumbotron displaying only his name –TRUMP – in gold letters above his head.
“Friends, delegates, and fellow Americans, I humbly and gratefully accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States,” Trump said. Then he joined the crowd in their chants, “USA! USA!”
Trump’s speech cast...",left
18473,Megyn Kelly vs. Newt Gingrich,['Media Bias'],Gingrich goes off on Megyn Kelly over Trump allegations: 'You are fascinated with sex',The Hill,"In a contentious segment on Kelly's show, Gingrich, a top Trump adviser and surrogate, batted down questions about Trump's accusers and about a tape that showed the GOP nominee bragging about kissing and grabbing women without their consent.",center
18474,Megyn Kelly vs. Newt Gingrich,['Media Bias'],"Newt Gingrich Accuses Megyn Kelly Of Being ""Fascinated With Sex"" And Covering For The Clintons",Townhall,"In what was one of the more unusual exchanges to ever occur on a cable news network, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich accused Fox News' Megyn Kelly of being ""fascinated with sex"" and attempting to cover up some of Hillary Clinton's misdeeds.",right
18475,Megyn Kelly vs. Newt Gingrich,['Media Bias'],Newt Gingrich Defends Donald Trump By Accusing Megyn Kelly Of Being Obsessed With Sex,HuffPost,"Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) accused Fox News host Megyn Kelly of being “fascinated by sex” on Tuesday, after snapping at her for asking about the women who have accused Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump of sexual assault.",left
18476,Biden to Cancel Keystone XL Pipeline Permit on First Day in Office,"['Joe Biden', 'Keystone Pipeline', 'Oil', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Biden Transition', 'Canada', 'Renewable Energy']",Biden to yank Keystone XL permit on first day of presidency,Politico,"President-elect Joe Biden will rescind the cross-border permit for TC Energy's Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in office, three sources confirm to POLITICO.
The move is billed as one of Biden’s Day One climate change actions, according to a presentation circulating among Washington trade groups and lobbyists, a portion of which was seen by POLITICO. The decision was not included in incoming chief of staff Ron Klain’s Saturday memo outlining Biden’s planned executive actions during the first days of his presidency.",left
18477,Biden to Cancel Keystone XL Pipeline Permit on First Day in Office,"['Joe Biden', 'Keystone Pipeline', 'Oil', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Biden Transition', 'Canada', 'Renewable Energy']",Biden pushing to cancel Keystone XL pipeline as soon as he takes office,The Hill,"President-elect Joe Biden is reportedly planning on canceling the permit for the $8 billion Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in office.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) first reported the news on Sunday after it obtained an apparent briefing note from Biden’s transition team. On the list of executive actions meant for Biden’s first day in office ""Rescind Keystone XL pipeline permit"" reportedly shows up.",center
18478,Biden to Cancel Keystone XL Pipeline Permit on First Day in Office,"['Joe Biden', 'Keystone Pipeline', 'Oil', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Biden Transition', 'Canada', 'Renewable Energy']",Biden plans to kill Keystone XL pipeline project in first days in office,The Blaze,"In a notable return to Obama-era policies, President-elect Joe Biden is reportedly planning to use executive power to cancel the federal permits needed to construct the Keystone XL pipeline in his first days in office.
The pipeline — a project intended to move oil from the Canadian province of Alberta to the state of Nebraska and estimated to create tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in revenue — was repeatedly fettered over environmental concerns during the Obama administration when Biden was vice president.",right
18479,EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Resigns Amid Ethics Controversies,['Politics'],"Under fire for ethics scandals, EPA chief Pruitt resigns",Reuters,"U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, who pleased President Donald Trump with his aggressive efforts to roll back environmental regulations, resigned on Thursday",center
18480,EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Resigns Amid Ethics Controversies,['Politics'],Scott Pruitt was a human ethical lapse. The fight to replace him will be political gold for Democrats,Los Angeles Times,"Republicans who secretly wished for an opening at the top of the Environmental Protection Agency got it on Thursday, when ethically challenged EPA administrator Scott “Security Detail” Pruitt tendered his resignation. But this one may fall into the category of “be careful what you wish for.”",left
18481,EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Resigns Amid Ethics Controversies,['Politics'],Don't throw Scott Pruitt to the partisan wolves,Washington Examiner,"Were I President Trump, I would have fired Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt a few months ago. But not as long ago as some might have wished.",right
18482,Booster Shots to Be Made Available to All Americans Starting Sept. 20,"['Coronavirus', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare']","COVID-19 booster shot for Pfizer, Moderna vaccines will be available Sept. 20",USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – The Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled plans to begin offering COVID-19 booster shots this fall for Americans who received the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, eight months after they become fully vaccinated, as cases of the delta variant continue to spread across the country.  
Americans who are eligible can receive a third shot beginning Sept. 20, pending authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which is expected in the coming weeks, according to a statement from the Department of Health and Human Services and other administration medical experts. 
The initial doses...",left
18483,Booster Shots to Be Made Available to All Americans Starting Sept. 20,"['Coronavirus', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare']","U.S. will begin wide distribution of Covid booster shots next month, saying vaccine protection wanes over time",CNBC,"The United States will begin widely distributing Covid-19 booster shots next month as new data shows that vaccine protection wanes over time, top U.S. health officials announced Wednesday.
It’s now “very clear” that immunity starts to fall after the initial two doses, and with the dominance of the delta variant, “we are starting to see evidence of reduced protection against mild and moderate disease,” according to the statement signed by CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock, White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci and...",center
18484,Booster Shots to Be Made Available to All Americans Starting Sept. 20,"['Coronavirus', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare']","Biden Admin Recommends COVID-19 Booster Shots, Will Start Wide Distribution on Sept. 20",The Epoch Times,"The United States will begin widely distributing COVID-19 booster shots next month and will recommend them for most Americans who received the vaccine, according to several top federal health officials.
A joint statement from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky, National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, and acting Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Janet Woodcock said people will need boosters starting eight months after they received their second dose of the Moderna or Pfizer...",right
18485,Conyers Hospitalized Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations,"['US House', 'Politics']",Conyers Has Been Hospitalized Over Stress-related Illness,Townhall,"Representative John Conyers (D-MI) has been hospitalized in the Detroit area for a stress-related illness, according to a family member.",right
18486,Conyers Hospitalized Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations,"['US House', 'Politics']","Representataive John Conyers in the hospital, aide says",CNN (Online News),"Representative John Conyers, who is under fire for accusations of sexual harassment, is in the hospital, an aide to Conyers confirmed to CNN.",left
18487,Conyers Hospitalized Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations,"['US House', 'Politics']",Representative Conyers hospitalized amid sexual misconduct allegations,NBC News (Online),"Representative John Conyers, facing accusations of sexual misconduct and a House Ethics Committee probe, has been hospitalized in Detroit, his political consultant said Thursday.",left
18488,Fauci Voices Concerns on Virus Surge in Senate Hearing,"['Anthony Fauci', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'US Senate', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']","Fauci warns spread of COVID-19 'could get very bad', says no guarantee of vaccine",Reuters,"The United States government’s top infectious diseases expert on Tuesday warned that daily COVID-19 cases could more than double if Americans fail to take countermeasures and cautioned against pinning hopes on a vaccine.
California, Texas and several other states are reporting record increases in cases of the sometimes deadly illness caused by the novel coronavirus, leading to a sobering reassessment of efforts to contain it and raising the stakes for the scores of vaccine candidates being developed at unprecedented speed.
Unless Americans wear masks and recommit to social distancing, the...",center
18489,Fauci Voices Concerns on Virus Surge in Senate Hearing,"['Anthony Fauci', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'US Senate', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']",‘Fatal Conceit’: Rand Paul Snaps On Dr. Fauci During Senate Hearing,The Daily Caller,"Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul criticized Dr. Anthony Fauci during his testimony in front of a Senate panel.
“It is a fatal conceit to believe any one person or small group of people has the knowledge necessary to direct an economy or dictate public health behavior,” Paul said Tuesday. “I think government health experts during this pandemic need to show caution in their prognostications.”
The senator accused public health experts of “instilling undue fear” in school teachers over the coronavirus pandemic, and reiterated his desire to see schools reopen in...",right
18490,Fauci Voices Concerns on Virus Surge in Senate Hearing,"['Anthony Fauci', 'Public Health', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'US Senate', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus']","Fauci warns Congress that new US coronavirus cases could rise to 100,000 a day",CNN (Online News),"Coronavirus task force member Dr. Anthony Fauci issued a stark warning on Tuesday to lawmakers on Capitol Hill, telling them he wouldn't be surprised if the US sees new cases of coronavirus rising to a level of 100,000 a day.
""We are now having 40-plus thousand new cases a day. I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around and so I am very concerned,"" Fauci told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee during a hearing on the...",left
18491,Obama and Castro Shake Hands,['Politics'],Obama Greets Cuba's Castro at Summit as Talks Proceed on Ties,Newsmax (News),"President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro met briefly in Panama, shaking hands and exchanging words in their first encounter since December when they started work on restoring diplomatic ties strained for a half century.
The pair, who spoke by phone two days ago, saw each other briefly Friday in Panama City as they joined other leaders at Atlapa Convention Center before a formal dinner to start the Summit of the Americas meeting. The two probably will spend more time together on Saturday, Ben Rhodes, White House deputy national...",right
18492,Obama and Castro Shake Hands,['Politics'],"Obama, Raúl Castro Plan Historic Meeting at Panama Summit on Saturday",Wall Street Journal (News),"The leaders of the U.S. and Cuba planned to hold their first meeting in more than 50 years on Saturday, a milestone signifying the two nations’ intensifying efforts to restore full diplomatic relations.",center
18493,Obama and Castro Shake Hands,['Politics'],Handshake for Obama and Raúl Castro of Cuba,New York Times (News),"President Obama and President Raúl Castro of Cuba shook hands here on Friday night, and American officials said they would hold discussions on Saturday during a gathering of regional leaders, in the first full-fledged meeting between presidents of the United States and Cuba in more than a half-century.
The expected encounter was not on Mr. Obama’s official schedule, but it held deep significance for the regional meeting, as the president’s move to ease tensions with Cuba has overshadowed the official agenda.
Mr. Obama is nearing a decision on removing Cuba’s...",left
18494,Florida Students Stage Walkout to Advocate for Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Florida students chanting ‘We want change’ walk out of schools to protest gun violence,Washington Post,"Students and staff at a South Florida high school walked out of class Tuesday to protest gun violence and marched to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where 17 students and staff members were killed by a gunman using a semiautomatic rifle.",left
18495,Florida Students Stage Walkout to Advocate for Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Florida students walk out of classes, embark on 10-mile walk to site of last week's school shooting",Washington Examiner,"Approximately 20 students from West Boca Raton High School, Fla., staged a walk-out during school Tuesday and have embarked on a 10-mile walk to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of the Feb. 14 massacre.",right
18496,Florida Students Stage Walkout to Advocate for Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Florida students stage walkout, march toward site of deadly mass shooting",The Hill,Hundreds of students from a Florida high school just miles from the site of a deadly mass shooting last week staged a walkout on Tuesday.,center
18497,Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed at Improving Child Welfare System,"['Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Coronavirus', 'Culture', 'Inequality', 'Family And Marriage']",Trump signs executive order aimed at improving foster care system,The Hill,"President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order intended to improve the child welfare system, seeking to strengthen foster care and adoption programs amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The order, which Trump signed in the Oval Office without media present, aims to improve transparency and oversight and increase collaboration between public, private and faith-based groups that focus on child welfare.
""Among other changes, the Order seeks to increase partnerships between public, private, faith-based, and community organizations to help keep families together and, when that is not possible, to find children forever...",center
18498,Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed at Improving Child Welfare System,"['Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Coronavirus', 'Culture', 'Inequality', 'Family And Marriage']",ACLU Comment on Trump Executive Order on Foster Care,ACLU,"WASHINGTON — President Trump today signed an executive order related to the child welfare system. The order authorizes funding for the Department of Health and Human Services and encourages state governments to develop partnerships with faith-based agencies.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on a related issue this fall in a case involving a Philadelphia foster care agency. The case was brought by Catholic Social Services, which objects to working with same-sex couples. The American Civil Liberties Union is counsel in the case, Fulton v. City of Philadelphia.
Leslie Cooper,...",left
18499,Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed at Improving Child Welfare System,"['Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Coronavirus', 'Culture', 'Inequality', 'Family And Marriage']",Forever Families for Forgotten Kids,National Review,"Last year, I met with a group of students who had endured the foster-care system. Anthony was moved from foster home to foster home for 18 years — his entire childhood. Another, David, had entered foster care at eight years old. He was placed in seven different inpatient facilities within six months. Both expressed their hope that no child would ever have to experience what they had.
This week, President Trump signed an executive order to help kids like Anthony and David. The order, which will decrease the time that...",right
18500,Senate Approves Rules For Impeachment Trial,"['Impeachment Trial', 'Impeachment Trial Rules', 'Witnesses', 'US Senate', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']","Senate adopts rules for impeachment trial, ends 13-hour argument marathon",Washington Times,"The Senate early Wednesday approved rules for the impeachment trial of President Trump, wrapping up a marathon session that marked the first day of arguments in the historic proceedings.
The GOP-proposed rules package passed in a party-line vote, 53-47. The same tally that decided nearly every Democratic challenge to the rules in the 13 hours of arguments that lasted until nearly 2 a.m.
The back-and-forth at trial over calling witnesses followed weeks of Democrats demanding more evidence for the upper chamber’s hearing. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held on to the...",right
18501,Senate Approves Rules For Impeachment Trial,"['Impeachment Trial', 'Impeachment Trial Rules', 'Witnesses', 'US Senate', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",The rules for the Trump impeachment trial are set after fiery marathon Senate session: Here's what happened,USA TODAY,"The rules and general procedures outlining how the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump will move forward were set with the passage of a resolution along party lines after a marathon Senate session that stretched into early Wednesday.
Democrats put forward 11 amendments that would have issued subpoenas to current and former Trump administration officials and to various government entities for relevant documents and information. All were defeated in the Republican-controlled Senate.
The resolution calls for opening statements to begin Wednesday at 1 p.m. Both sides will each...",left
18502,Senate Approves Rules For Impeachment Trial,"['Impeachment Trial', 'Impeachment Trial Rules', 'Witnesses', 'US Senate', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Republicans Block Subpoenas for New Evidence as Impeachment Trial Begins,New York Times (News),"Republicans made last-minute changes to their proposed rules to placate moderates, but they held together to turn back Democratic efforts to subpoena documents.
A divided Senate began the impeachment trial of President Trump on Tuesday in utter acrimony, as Republicans blocked Democrats’ efforts to subpoena witnesses and documents related to Ukraine and moderate Republicans forced last-minute changes to rules that had been tailored to the president’s wishes.
In a series of party-line votes punctuating 12 hours of debate, Senate Republicans turned back every attempt by Democrats to subpoena documents from...",left
18503,Viral Edited Video of Trump Flagged as Misinformation on Twitter,"['Fake News', 'Misinformation', 'Donald Trump', 'Twitter', 'Technology', 'Censorship', 'Free Speech']",Misleading Video On Twitter Characterizing Trump as ‘Lost & Disoriented’ Called Out by Journalists,Mediaite,"A very misleading tweet characterizing President Donald Trump as being “lost and disoriented” and attributing it to “dementia” is being called out by journalists who say it is deceptive. Countless reactions have pointed out that the president was simply waiting for the First Lady ahead of boarding Marine One.
The original video clip posted to Twitter by Tom Joseph, which now has over 54,000 likes and over 25,000 retweets, floated that “Trump is lost & disoriented,” adding that “he’s deep into his degenerative neurological disease- Frontotemporal dementia- mindlessly lumbering and...",left
18504,Viral Edited Video of Trump Flagged as Misinformation on Twitter,"['Fake News', 'Misinformation', 'Donald Trump', 'Twitter', 'Technology', 'Censorship', 'Free Speech']",President Trump White House Departure,C-SPAN,"President Trump spoke to reporters as he departed the White House for Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas to meet with shooting victims, victims' families, first responders, and police officers. He gave an update on meetings with lawmakers regarding legislative action to address mass shootings and gun violence.",center
18505,Viral Edited Video of Trump Flagged as Misinformation on Twitter,"['Fake News', 'Misinformation', 'Donald Trump', 'Twitter', 'Technology', 'Censorship', 'Free Speech']",'Deceptively edited' video claiming Trump is 'disoriented' slammed as false after it goes viral,Fox News (Online News),"A video of President Trump walking toward a helicopter on the White House lawn then abruptly turning away that claims to show Trump is ""deep into his degenerative neurological disease"" has 2.7 million views on Twitter, although journalists were quick to point out the video leaves out key details.
Twitter on Monday added a ""manipulated media"" tag to the video, but allowed it to remain on the platform.
""Trump was simply walking back to wait for FLOTUS here,"" ABC News campaign reporter Will Steakin wrote on Twitter. ""This false tweet...",right
18506,Assad Speaks Out,['Middle East'],"Assad insists rebels, not his government, used chemical weapons",Washington Post,"Although he called for further U.N. investigation, he confirmed that Syria has agreed to surrender its stockpile.",left
18507,Assad Speaks Out,['Middle East'],Assad: Syria Is Committed To 'Full Requirements' Of Agreement,NPR (Online News),"In an interview with Fox News, President Bashar Assad said it was self-evident that what happened in Syria is a war crime but that it wasn't his regime that used the chemical weapons.",left
18508,Assad Speaks Out,['Middle East'],"Defiant Assad claims government did not use chem weapons, vows to abide by agreement",Fox News (Online News),"Syrian President Bashar Assad in an interview with Fox News,claimed he is fully committed to carrying out a plan to turn over and destroy his governments chemical weapons -- while continuing to deny responsibility for last months deadly chemical weapons attack, despite new evidence that officials say implicates the Assad regime.",right
18509,US National Debt Hits $30 Trillion for First Time,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Federal Budget', 'Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'National Debt', 'Build Back Better']",America’s National Debt Soars Past $30 Trillion Milestone,The Epoch Times,"America’s ballooning national debt has exceeded the $30 trillion mark for the first time ever, according to Treasury Department data.
The Treasury Department said in a statement (pdf) that, as of Jan. 31, the total public debt outstanding was $30.012 trillion, which roughly works out to just over $90,000 per citizen or nearly $240,000 per taxpayer.
Debt-fueled spending exploded during the pandemic with various programs meant to shield Americans from the economic fallout of lockdowns and other business restrictions, job losses, and reduced consumer spending.
Treasury Department figures show that the total public...",right
18510,US National Debt Hits $30 Trillion for First Time,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Federal Budget', 'Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'National Debt', 'Build Back Better']",'Sound the alarm': National debt hits $30 trillion as economists warn of impact for Americans,USA TODAY,"The national debt surpassed $30 trillion for the first time Tuesday, fueled in part by the coronavirus pandemic and what economists describe as years of unsustainable government spending that could have long-term consequences for every American.
The federal government now owes $23.5 trillion in debt to creditors and another $6.5 trillion to itself. Debt to creditors soared by $1.5 trillion over the last year alone, according to the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a nonpartisan organization focused on addressing the country’s fiscal challenges.
“It does not make sense as a society to simply spend more than we...",left
18511,US National Debt Hits $30 Trillion for First Time,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Federal Budget', 'Economic Policy', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'National Debt', 'Build Back Better']",U.S. National Debt Exceeds $30 Trillion for First Time,Wall Street Journal (News),"The U.S. national debt exceeded $30 trillion for the first time, reflecting increased federal borrowing during the coronavirus pandemic.
Total public debt outstanding was $30.01 trillion as of Jan. 31, according to Treasury Department data released Tuesday. That was a nearly $7 trillion increase from late January 2020, just before the pandemic hit the U.S. economy.
The total debt comprises debt held by the public and intragovernmental debt.
The debt milestone comes at a time of transition for U.S. fiscal and monetary policy, which will likely have implications for the...",center
18512,Ketanji Brown Jackson Sworn in as Supreme Court Justice,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Stephen Breyer', 'Race And Racism', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Roe V Wade', 'John Roberts']",Ketanji Brown Jackson Becomes First Black Woman Supreme Court Justice,New York Times (News),"Ketanji Brown Jackson took the judicial oath just after noon on Thursday, becoming the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
Justice Jackson, 51, was confirmed in April, when the Senate voted 53 to 47 on her nomination. She is replacing Justice Stephen G. Breyer, 83, who stepped down with the conclusion of the court’s current term.",left
18513,Ketanji Brown Jackson Sworn in as Supreme Court Justice,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Stephen Breyer', 'Race And Racism', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Roe V Wade', 'John Roberts']",Jackson sworn in as first black female justice on 'fractured' Supreme Court,Washington Examiner,"Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer retired on Thursday, paving way for his successor, Ketanji Brown Jackson, to be sworn in as the 116th justice on the high court and the first black woman to sit on the nine-member bench.
Jackson, 51, received two oaths during a ceremony in the West Conference Room, the first with Chief Justice John Roberts administering the Constitutional Oath, followed by Breyer, 83, administering the Judicial Oath.
""I'm pleased to welcome Justice Jackson to the court and to our common calling,"" Roberts said.",right
18514,Ketanji Brown Jackson Sworn in as Supreme Court Justice,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'Stephen Breyer', 'Race And Racism', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Roe V Wade', 'John Roberts']","Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as Supreme Court justice, replacing Stephen Breyer",CNBC,"Ketanji Brown Jackson is making history Thursday as the first-ever black woman sworn in as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Jackson, 51, replaces Justice Stephen Breyer, whose resignation from the Supreme Court becomes effective at noon after his nearly 28 years of service there.",center
18515,CDC Announces Organizational Changes After Not Meeting 'Expectations' During Pandemic,"['CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Response', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Monkeypox', 'Public Health', 'Rochelle Walensky']","CDC, under fire, lays out plan to become more nimble and accountable",Washington Post,"The nation’s top public health official acknowledged Wednesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had failed to respond effectively to the coronavirus pandemic, and committed to extensive changes, including faster release of scientific findings and easier-to-understand guidance.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told senior leaders that she had embraced a long-awaited revamp of CDC culture based on an internal review that called for a more nimble and better-trained workforce and changing incentives to reward action over publication, among other things.
“For 75 years, CDC and public health have been...",left
18516,CDC Announces Organizational Changes After Not Meeting 'Expectations' During Pandemic,"['CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Response', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Monkeypox', 'Public Health', 'Rochelle Walensky']",CDC Director Announces Changes After Agency’s Performance During Pandemic ‘Did Not Reliably Meet Expectations’,The Epoch Times,"The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Aug. 17 announced that the agency would be revamped, after a review found it did not adequately respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director, informed the approximately 13,000 CDC employees of the planned changes, which include reorganizing the agency in an attempt to make quicker decisions, be more accountable, and improve communication.
The changes are spurred by a review that started in April, which found the agency’s “traditional scientific and communication processes were not adequate to effectively respond to...",right
18517,CDC Announces Organizational Changes After Not Meeting 'Expectations' During Pandemic,"['CDC', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Response', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Monkeypox', 'Public Health', 'Rochelle Walensky']",CDC Director Walensky Announces Major Agency Changes After Covid Missteps,Forbes,"Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced Wednesday she will make major modifications to the agency’s structure, including staffing changes and efforts to improve public messaging, after she said the agency failed to adequately respond to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to multiple outlets.
In a video sent to staff Wednesday morning, Walensky admitted the agency had made “pretty dramatic, pretty public mistakes” related to testing, data and communications in response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Bloomberg, which cited an anonymous source who viewed the video.
The...",center
18518,GOP Tax Plan,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama: Ryan Plan Means Lower Taxes for Romney,,"President Obama today ratcheted up attacks on Mitt Romney over his personal tax rate, accusing the presumptive GOP nominee of choosing a running mate whose budget plan would reduce his tax burden to less than 1 percent each year.",center
18519,GOP Tax Plan,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Washington Post: Mitt Romney Tax Plan 'Garbage',HuffPost,"""Mitt Romney, the presumed Republican nominee for president, promises to lower everyones income tax rate without reducing revenue. This sounds terrific. Why didnt we think of it sooner?""",left
18520,GOP Tax Plan,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama: ‘Trickle-down snake oil’ won’t work,Washington Times,"President Obama, sharpening his stump speech attacks on the Republican presidential ticket, called Mitt Romneys economic plans “trickle-down snake oil while campaigning in New Hampshire on Saturday.",right
18521,Affluenza Teen Captured,['General News'],‘Affluenza’ teen Ethan Couch captured in Mexico,Washington Post,"Ethan Couch, the Texas teenager from a wealthy family sought by U.S. authorities after he disappeared earlier this month, has been detained in the Mexican resort town of Puerto Vallarta, according to reports.",left
18522,Affluenza Teen Captured,['General News'],'Affluenza' teen and his mother detained in Mexico,Fox News (Online News),"The hunt for an 18-year-old Texas man who had pleaded guilty in the drunk-driving deaths of four people, but avoided jail time by successfully claiming his family's affluence — or ""affluenza"" — was to blame, ended Monday night when Mexican authorities detained him and his mother in a popular resort city.",right
18523,Affluenza Teen Captured,['General News'],"'Affluenza' teen Ethan Couch and his mother detained in Mexico, officials say",CNN (Online News),"The so-called ""affluenza"" teen Ethan Couch and his mother, who were being sought by Texas authorities, have been detained in the Pacific resort town town of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.",left
18524,Trump Projects Stark Warning About the Coronavirus Pandemic,"['Social Distancing', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus']",Trump warns of 'painful two weeks',Washington Times,"President Trump, speaking in unusually somber tones, told Americans on Tuesday to brace for a “very, very painful two weeks” and begged them to stay at home as much as possible through April 30, saying 100,000 to 200,000 people could die from COVID-19 despite his team’s best efforts to fight the coronavirus and that they want to depress that number.
Mr. Trump wanted to get the nation “raring to go” by Easter, but sobering models forced him to reverse course and plead with people to work and learn at home,...",right
18525,Trump Projects Stark Warning About the Coronavirus Pandemic,"['Social Distancing', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus']","Trump projects up to 240,000 coronavirus deaths in U.S., even with mitigation efforts",Washington Post,"President Trump and the physicians advising the federal pandemic response on Tuesday delivered a bleak outlook for the novel coronavirus’s spread across the country, predicting a best-case scenario of 100,000 to 240,000 fatalities in the United States and summoning all Americans to make additional sacrifices to slow the spread.
Trump adopted a newly somber and sedate tone — and contradicted many of his own previous assessments of the virus — as he instructed Americans to continue social distancing, school closures and other mitigation efforts for an additional 30 days and...",left
18526,Trump Projects Stark Warning About the Coronavirus Pandemic,"['Social Distancing', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus']","White House Projects 100,000 to 240,000 U.S. Coronavirus Deaths",Wall Street Journal (News),"‘This could be a hell of a bad two weeks,’ Trump warns, urging Americans to continue social-distancing measures.
The White House projected the U.S. could face 100,000 to 240,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, as President Trump warned Americans to brace for an unprecedented crisis in the days ahead.
“This could be a hell of a bad two weeks,” Mr. Trump said during a briefing at the White House on Tuesday afternoon, then quickly expanded upon his own dire assessment: “This is going to be three weeks like we’ve never...",center
18527,How Has the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Created a Global Food Crisis?,"['World', 'Food', 'Trade', 'Food Crisis', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War']",The coming food catastrophe,The Economist,"By invading ukraine, Vladimir Putin will destroy the lives of people far from the battlefield—and on a scale even he may regret. The war is battering a global food system weakened by covid-19, climate change and an energy shock. Ukraine’s exports of grain and oilseeds have mostly stopped and Russia’s are threatened. Together, the two countries supply 12% of traded calories. Wheat prices, up 53% since the start of the year, jumped a further 6% on May 16th, after India said it would suspend exports because of an alarming heatwave.
The widely accepted idea of a cost-of-living...",left
18528,How Has the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Created a Global Food Crisis?,"['World', 'Food', 'Trade', 'Food Crisis', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War']",The war in Ukraine is fuelling a global food crisis,Reuters,"Russia's invasion of Ukraine in late February dramatically worsened the outlook for already inflated global food prices.
The halt in Ukrainian exports following the outbreak of the conflict pushed the Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) food price index, which tracks international prices of the most globally traded food commodities, to its highest point in March since records began in 1990.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a move Russia calls a ""special operation"" to demilitarise its neighbour, is the latest development in a growing global food crisis.
While post-pandemic global demand, extreme...",center
18529,How Has the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Created a Global Food Crisis?,"['World', 'Food', 'Trade', 'Food Crisis', 'Russia', 'Ukraine War']","Families in Africa burdened with higher food costs, hunger because of Russia's war on Ukraine",Fox Business,"Families in Africa are seeing the price of wheat flour reach levels not seen in months as Russia continues to wage its war on Ukraine.
Most of the wheat sold in Somalia is imported from Ukraine and Russia, but exports through the Black Sea have been stopped since the Kremlin launched its invasion into its eastern European neighbor in late February. 
African countries imported 44% of their wheat from Russia and Ukraine between 2018 and 2020, according to data from the United Nations. The African Development Bank reported that the price of wheat...",right
18530,Equifax Agrees To Pay Up To $700 Million In Settlement For Data Breach,"['Equifax', 'Data Privacy', 'Data Breach', 'Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Equifax to Pay up to $700M in Data Breach Settlement,Newsmax (News),"Equifax will pay up to $700 million to settle with the U.S. and states over a 2017 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other private information of nearly 150 million people.
The settlement with the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission, as well as 48 states and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, would provide up to $425 million in monetary relief to consumers, a $100 million civil money penalty, and other relief.
The breach was one of the largest ever to threaten...",right
18531,Equifax Agrees To Pay Up To $700 Million In Settlement For Data Breach,"['Equifax', 'Data Privacy', 'Data Breach', 'Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Equifax exposed 150 million Americans' personal data. Now it will pay up to $700 million,CNN (Online News),"New York (CNN Business)Credit reporting agency Equifax has reached a deal to pay up to $700 million to state and federal regulators to settle probes stemming from a data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 150 million people. It will be the largest settlement ever paid for a data breach.
The Federal Trade Commission announced Monday that Equifax will pay at least $300 million and as much as $425 million to compensate affected people with credit monitoring services. That money will go into a fund that will also...",left
18532,Equifax Agrees To Pay Up To $700 Million In Settlement For Data Breach,"['Equifax', 'Data Privacy', 'Data Breach', 'Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",How Equifax's $700 million settlement could end up compensating you for ID theft,USA TODAY,"Americans will now get compensation for losses tied to one of the biggest data security failures ever.
Credit-reporting company Equifax has agreed to pick up the tab in a proposed deal with the Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and 50 states and territories to settle allegations that it did not implement sufficient security measures to protect its network. The settlement still must be approved by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
The deal calls for Equifax to pay at least $575 million, including $300...",left
18533,Michael Cohen's Lawyer Says Cohen Is Willing to Tell Mueller 'All That He Knows',['Russia'],Lanny Davis: Cohen 'more than happy' to tell Mueller 'all that he knows',The Hill,"Michael Cohen's attorney on Tuesday night said his client had knowledge that would be ""of interest"" to Robert Mueller and would be willing to tell the special counsel “all that he knows.""",center
18534,Michael Cohen's Lawyer Says Cohen Is Willing to Tell Mueller 'All That He Knows',['Russia'],What might Michael Cohen tell Robert Mueller?,Washington Post,"In the hours after Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to various crimes on Tuesday, his attorney Lanny Davis appeared on a number of television shows and granted other interviews centered on a common theme: Cohen has information that could be of interest to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.",left
18535,Michael Cohen's Lawyer Says Cohen Is Willing to Tell Mueller 'All That He Knows',['Russia'],Cohen willing to tell Mueller about ‘conspiracy to collude’: lawyer,New York Post (News),"Michael Cohen is willing to speak with Special Counsel Robert Mueller about a “conspiracy to collude” with Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign, his lawyer said on Tuesday night.",right
18536,Trump Calls for End to Policy of Separating Immigrant Families,['Immigration'],Trump calls for Democrats to end ‘horrible law’ that he says separates children from parents at border,Fox News (Online News),President Trump on Saturday called on Democrats to end a “horrible law” that he says separates children from their parents when they cross the border -- and also accused them of “protecting MS-13 thugs.”,right
18537,Trump Calls for End to Policy of Separating Immigrant Families,['Immigration'],Trump Draws Distance From Administration Migrant Policy That Has Separated Families,Wall Street Journal (News),The Trump administration has come under fire for its policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the border.,center
18538,Trump Calls for End to Policy of Separating Immigrant Families,['Immigration'],Trump Unbelievably Rips Dems For Immigrant Kids Being Separated From Parents,HuffPost,He’s the one who launched the policy.,left
18539,New Book by Bob Woodward Alleges 'Administrative Coup D'etat' in the White House,"['White House', 'Politics']",New book by Woodward says Trump wanted Syrian leader killed,Reuters,"President Donald Trump wanted to have Syrian President Bashar al-Assad assassinated last year but his defense secretary ignored the request, according to a new book that depicts top Trump aides",center
18540,New Book by Bob Woodward Alleges 'Administrative Coup D'etat' in the White House,"['White House', 'Politics']",Bob Woodward’s new book reveals a ‘nervous breakdown’ of Trump’s presidency,Washington Post,"John Dowd was convinced that President Trump would commit perjury if he talked to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III. So, on Jan. 27, the president’s then-personal attorney staged a practice session to try to make his point.",left
18541,New Book by Bob Woodward Alleges 'Administrative Coup D'etat' in the White House,"['White House', 'Politics']","White House fires back at Woodward book detailing infighting, insults, 'administrative coup d'etat'",Fox News (Online News),"The White House hit back Tuesday after excerpts were released from a forthcoming book by veteran reporter Bob Woodward detailing a White House beset by infighting and facing an ""administrative coup d'etat"" in the ranks.",right
18542,Biden Considering First Major Federal Tax Increase Since 1993,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Taxes', 'Joe Biden', 'Sustainability']",Biden Eyes First Major Tax Hike Since 1993 in Next Economic Plan,Bloomberg,"President Joe Biden is planning the first major federal tax hike since 1993 to help pay for the long-term economic program designed as a follow-up to his pandemic-relief bill, according to people familiar with the matter.
Unlike the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 stimulus act, the next initiative, which is expected to be even bigger, won’t rely just on government debt as a funding source. While it’s been increasingly clear that tax hikes will be a component -- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said at least part of the next bill will...",left
18543,Biden Considering First Major Federal Tax Increase Since 1993,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Taxes', 'Joe Biden', 'Sustainability']",Biden Planning First Major Tax Hike Since 1993: Report,National Review,"President Joe Biden is expected to propose a number of tax increases in the first major federal tax hike in nearly 30 years to pay for the long-term economic program that will follow the COVID-19 response bill, according to a new report.
Sources reportedly told Bloomberg that provisions currently under consideration include raising the corporate tax rate to 28 percent from 21 percent; paring back tax preferences for so-called pass-through businesses, such as limited-liability companies or partnerships; increasing the income tax rate on individuals earning more than $400,000; expanding the...",right
18544,Biden Considering First Major Federal Tax Increase Since 1993,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Taxes', 'Joe Biden', 'Sustainability']","Biden is considering a major federal tax increase for the first time in nearly 30 years, report says",Insider,"President Joe Biden is preparing to include a federal tax increase in his next big economic package, according to a Bloomberg report on Monday.
People familiar with the matter told the outlet that the Biden administration is working on a follow-up spending bill to the recently-enacted $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus. The initiative is expected to have a bigger price-tag, and may raise the corporate tax rate and the income tax rate for high-earning individuals to offset the spending, Bloomberg reported.
The move would represent the first major federal tax...",left
18545,Spicer Taking on New Role,"['White House', 'Politics']",Spicer taking on new White House role,Fox News (Online News),"Press Secretary Sean Spicer will soon be taking on a new role at the White House, overseeing the entire communications operation including the press office while giving up some of his day-to-day duties at the podium, Fox News has learned.",right
18546,Spicer Taking on New Role,"['White House', 'Politics']","Spicer fades into background, as Steve Bannon delivers the perfect parting gift: 'Sean got fatter'",Daily Kos,Sean Spicer is about to enjoy a privilege that so many American workers know well. He gets to train his replacement.,left
18547,Spicer Taking on New Role,"['White House', 'Politics']",Sean Spicer might be leaving White House podium,CNN (Online News),"The White House is mulling a new role for White House press secretary Sean Spicer that would take him away from the podium and into a different role inside the West Wing, a White House official said Monday.",left
18548,Merry Christmas 2018!,"['Holidays', 'General News']",The Christmas gift of a fresh start,Washington Post,"In this hopeful season, we share five stories of those who found their way back from loss and isolation",left
18549,Merry Christmas 2018!,"['Holidays', 'General News']","Remember the poor and shun materialism, pope says on Christmas Eve",Reuters,"Pope Francis led the world’s Roman Catholics into Christmas on Monday, urging people in the developed world to seek a simpler, less materialistic life and condemning the yawning gap between the rich and the poor.",center
18550,Merry Christmas 2018!,"['Holidays', 'General News']",The War on Christmas,National Review,"In the opening sequence of Scrooged — which Sonny Bunch correctly identifies as one of the great Christmas movies of the modern age — we’re teased with the trailer for a movie called The Night the Reindeer Died. In this fictional made-for-TV movie, Santa’s workshop is attacked by machine-gun-wielding terrorists. Amid heavy artillery fire, Mrs. Claus races to the gun locker to hand out heavy weapons to the elves. Suddenly, Lee Majors, the Six Million Dollar Man (that’s $32 million in today’s dollars), rides up on a snowmobile.",right
18551,"Pfizer Says its COVID-19 Vaccine is Safe, Effective for Kids Ages 5-11","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Children']",Pfizer says its COVID vaccine is safe and effective for kids ages 5-11,New York Post (News),"Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine has been found to be safe and effective in children aged 5 to 11, the drugmaker said Monday.
The vaccine, created by Pfizer and German partner BioNTech, generated a “robust” immune response in young children during clinical trials, according to the company.
Pfizer now plans to use the data from the clinical trial to seek authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration and other health regulators for the 5 to 11 age group “as soon as possible”.
The vaccine is already available for anyone 12 and older in...",right
18552,"Pfizer Says its COVID-19 Vaccine is Safe, Effective for Kids Ages 5-11","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Children']",Pfizer says its Covid vaccine is safe and generates robust immune response in kids ages 5 to 11,CNBC,"A smaller dose of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine is safe and generates a “robust” immune response in a clinical trial of kids ages 5 to 11, the drugmakers announced Monday.
The news couldn’t come any sooner for parents anxious to get their children vaccinated as kids start the new school year with the delta variant surging across America. Children’s Covid cases remain disturbingly high with 243,000 new infections during the week ended Sept. 9. — the second-highest number of kids’ cases since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the most recent data from...",center
18553,"Pfizer Says its COVID-19 Vaccine is Safe, Effective for Kids Ages 5-11","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Children']","Covid-19 vaccine for 5- to 11-year-olds is safe and shows 'robust' antibody response, Pfizer says",CNN (Online News),"In a highly anticipated announcement, Pfizer said on Monday a Phase 2/3 trial showed its Covid-19 vaccine was safe and generated a ""robust"" antibody response in children ages 5 to 11.
These are the first such results released for this age group for a US Covid-19 vaccine, and the data has not yet been peer-reviewed or published. Pfizer said it plans to submit to the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization soon. FDA officials have said that once data is submitted, the agency could authorize a vaccine...",left
18554,2nd Trump Impeachment Trial Starts Tuesday,"['Impeachment', 'US Senate', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']","On impeachment, the stakes are high not only for Trump but also for almost everybody else",USA TODAY,"The consequences of the Senate impeachment trial that opens Tuesday could be considerable for former President Donald Trump.
And for almost everybody else.
Trump, accustomed to earning the word ""unprecedented"" while he was in office over the past four years, will do it again out of office – the first president to be impeached twice, and the first to face that historic rebuke even after he had moved out of the White House. That's not the sort of distinction presidents typically aspire to have.
But the stakes have the...",left
18555,2nd Trump Impeachment Trial Starts Tuesday,"['Impeachment', 'US Senate', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']",Trump’s Impeachment Trial a Day Away With Few Details Settled,Bloomberg,"The U.S. Senate is a day away from starting former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial with many of the details still to be ironed out even as the outcome -- an acquittal -- is all but assured.
“We have no agenda, we have no rules, we’ve been waiting, waiting, waiting,” said David Schoen, one of the lawyers representing Trump in the trial. “We’re planning as well as we can based on the briefs in the case, but we don’t know how it’s going to proceed at all.”
Trump’s defense...",left
18556,2nd Trump Impeachment Trial Starts Tuesday,"['Impeachment', 'US Senate', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']","Trump impeachment conviction? 'Zero chance,' Republicans say, as Dems move forward with case",Fox News (Online News),"The hearings for the second impeachment trial of former President Trump start on Tuesday and Republicans are making it clear, even before they're gaveled in, that they believe the result is predetermined.
""It's a partisan farce,"" Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said of the impeachment effort on ""Fox News Sunday."" Paul added that he does not believe it's possible Trump will be convicted.
""Zero chance of conviction,"" Paul said when asked if he thinks there's a chance the Senate could meet the 67-vote threshold to convict Trump. ""Forty-five Republicans...",right
18557,Ann Romney at Convention,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ann Romney Dazzles in Tampa,Townhall,"Who is Mitt Romney? If Americans didnt know who he was before, they know now. Tuesday night at the RNC convention in Tampa, Mrs. Ann Romney destroyed the stereotype of an out-of-touch Romney family. She entered the Tampa Bay Times forum to a roaring and standing crowd with many chanting, “We love you Ann!",right
18558,Ann Romney at Convention,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Stepping Out of a Husband’s Shadow, and Perhaps Overshadowing Him",New York Times (News),"She may be too good. Ann Romney is so gifted at politics, she may actually make her husband look a little bad. Their personality gap — her ease, his discomfort — has been evident in most of the many joint interviews they have given television reporters.",left
18559,Ann Romney at Convention,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Ann Romney Delivers: 'She May Have Privilege, But She Understands'",NPR (Online News),"A soft murmur of familiarity rippled through the packed GOP convention hall Tuesday night when Mitt Romney's wife, Ann, spoke not of their ""storybook marriage"" but of one touched by cancer, multiple sclerosis and the trials of raising five sometimes screaming children.
""A storybook marriage? Not at all,"" she said, during her much anticipated prime-time speech. ""What Mitt Romney and I have is a real marriage.""",left
18560,Judge Blocks Trump Admin's Birth Control Rules in 13 States,"['Healthcare', 'Birth Control', 'Donald Trump']",Birth Control Coverage Is No Longer Guaranteed in 37 States,RollingStone.com,Reproductive freedom takes another hit under the Trump administration,left
18561,Judge Blocks Trump Admin's Birth Control Rules in 13 States,"['Healthcare', 'Birth Control', 'Donald Trump']",Judge blocks Trump rules letting more employers opt out of birth control coverage,Washington Times,A federal judge on Sunday partially blocked President Trump’s push to let a wide range of employers ignore an Obamacare-related rule requiring them to insure birth control in their,right
18562,Judge Blocks Trump Admin's Birth Control Rules in 13 States,"['Healthcare', 'Birth Control', 'Donald Trump']",Judge blocks Trump birth control coverage rules in 13 states,Associated Press,Trump administration rules that allow more employers to opt out of providing women with no-cost birth control pose “potentially dire” financial and public health consequences for 13,left
18563,How Accurate Are Mark Esper's Allegations Against Trump?,"['60 Minutes', 'Defense And Security', 'Defense Secretary', 'Donald Trump', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Mark Esper', 'Mexico', 'Military', 'Political Violence', 'Role Of Government', 'White House']",Esper’s Trump revelations should prompt action from Democrats,Paul Waldman,"Mark T. Esper, who served Donald Trump as defense secretary, alleges in a new book that he witnessed the former president in the Oval Office suggesting that members of the military should shoot protesters “in the legs or something.” Esper suggests others were present during that meeting.
Trump denies it. He says those witnesses present would back him up.
As it turns out, this is something that Congress might investigate and try to settle, one way or the other. Will Democrats act?
The key revelation, which Esper detailed in an interview on CBS News on...",left
18564,How Accurate Are Mark Esper's Allegations Against Trump?,"['60 Minutes', 'Defense And Security', 'Defense Secretary', 'Donald Trump', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Mark Esper', 'Mexico', 'Military', 'Political Violence', 'Role Of Government', 'White House']",Yawn – Yet Another Never Trump Loser Sucks Up to the Media,Townhall,"If there’s a genre that’s worn out its welcome, it’s the self-hagiographical tell-all tome by some second-tier Trump administration hack who tries to leverage his track record of failure into a cash advance and some MSNBCNN hits fielding softballs from guys best known for punishing the primate on Zoom calls. How fitting. The latest example is Mark Esper, who would be the worst Secretary of Defense ever if not for the determined competition from the current one. I would not normally name this pompous tool’s ridiculous book, but his title...",right
18565,How Accurate Are Mark Esper's Allegations Against Trump?,"['60 Minutes', 'Defense And Security', 'Defense Secretary', 'Donald Trump', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Mark Esper', 'Mexico', 'Military', 'Political Violence', 'Role Of Government', 'White House']","Esper: We had to stop Trump team ideas for military action in Venezuela, Iran",Axios,"Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper told CBS in an interview broadcast Sunday he helped prevent a series of ""dangerous things that could have taken the country in a dark direction"" during his time in the Trump administration.
Driving the news: When CBS' Norah O'Donnell asked Esper during the ""60 Minutes"" interview for examples, he cited a proposal to ""take military action against Venezuela,"" to ""strike Iran"" and, ""at one point, somebody proposed we blockade Cuba.""
Context: O'Donnell noted during the program that Ukraine was an ""early source of tension"" between Esper and then-President Trump....",center
18566,New York Sues National Rifle Association For Corruption,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Violence', 'NRA', 'New York']",NRA lawsuit: who are the four leaders accused of corruption?,The Guardian,"A lawsuit by Letitia James, the attorney general of New York, has sued the powerful National Rifle Association, and also its four top leaders in an attempt to expose alleged corruption and misuse of funds.
Who are they and what are they accused of doing?",left
18567,New York Sues National Rifle Association For Corruption,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Violence', 'NRA', 'New York']","NY Attorney General Files Lawsuit to Dissolve the NRA, Trump Offers This Advice to Gun Group",CBN,"New York is trying to dissolve the National Rifle Association (NRA), announcing a lawsuit against the gun-rights group.
The state attorney general on Thursday said the NRA engages in ""illegal self-dealings"" after filing a lawsuit in state court in Manhattan following an 18-month investigation into the organization.
""It's clear the NRA has been failing to carry out it's stated mission for many many years. Instead, it operated as a breeding ground for greed, abuse, and illegality,"" New York Attorney General Letitia James claimed. ""Today, we send a loud and...",right
18568,New York Sues National Rifle Association For Corruption,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Violence', 'NRA', 'New York']","New York sues to break up NRA, accuses it of corruption",Reuters,"(Reuters) - New York state’s attorney general sued to dissolve the National Rifle Association on Thursday, alleging senior leaders of the non-profit group diverted millions of dollars for personal use and to buy the silence and loyalty of former employees.
The lawsuit filed in a Manhattan court by Attorney General Letitia James alleges NRA leaders paid for family trips to the Bahamas, private jets and expensive meals that contributed to a $64 million reduction in the NRA’s balance sheet in three years, turning a surplus into a deficit.
The NRA...",center
18569,Biden Calls on Congress and States to Pass 3-Month Gas Tax Holiday,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Joe Biden', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Taxes', 'US Congress', 'State Governments']",Biden officially backs gas tax holiday,The Hill,"President Biden on Wednesday officially backed the suspension of both federal and state taxes on gasoline.
“Today I’m calling for a federal gas tax holiday [and] state gas tax holiday for the equivalent relief to customers,” he said during a Wednesday speech.
   ",center
18570,Biden Calls on Congress and States to Pass 3-Month Gas Tax Holiday,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Joe Biden', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Taxes', 'US Congress', 'State Governments']",Biden Pushes Congress for Three-Month Gas Tax Holiday,New York Times (News),"President Biden called on Congress on Wednesday to temporarily suspend the federal gas tax, an effort to dampen the soaring fuel prices that have stoked frustration across the United States.
During a speech on Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Biden asked Congress to lift the federal taxes — about 18 cents per gallon of gasoline and 24 cents per gallon of diesel — through the end of September, just before the fall midterm elections. The president also asked states to suspend their own gas taxes, hoping to alleviate the economic pain that has...",left
18571,Biden Calls on Congress and States to Pass 3-Month Gas Tax Holiday,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Joe Biden', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Taxes', 'US Congress', 'State Governments']",Biden Calls For Three-Month Pause To Federal Gas Tax,The Daily Wire,"President Joe Biden called for a three-month pause to the federal gas tax on Wednesday to contend with “Putin’s Price Hike.”
The federal government imposes a gas tax of $0.184 per gallon of gasoline and $0.244 per gallon of diesel, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. President Biden is asking for a suspension of the tax through September without interruptions to the $10 billion required to bankroll the Highway Trust Fund.",right
18572,Earth Day March for Science,['Science'],Thousands Across The U.S. And The Globe March For Science In Defiance Of Donald Trump,HuffPost,President Donald Trump clearly doesn’t care much for science. He’s proposed to slash budgets for programs including the Environmental Protection Agency and NASA. He wants to cut $900 million to the Department of Energy’s Office of Science.,left
18573,Earth Day March for Science,['Science'],March for (Political) Science: Earth Day rally doubles as latest anti-Trump protest,Washington Times,"Take the Women’s March on Washington, slash its attendance, throw in Bill Nye “the science guy,” and you have the formula for Saturday’s March for Science, the latest in this year’s series of anti-Trump protests.",right
18574,Earth Day March for Science,['Science'],March for Science: Protesters gather worldwide to support 'evidence',CNN (Online News),Crowds massed in the US capital and around the world Saturday to support science and evidence-based research -- a protest partly fueled by opposition to President Donald Trump's threats of budget cuts to agencies funding scientists' work.,left
18575,Sanders Campaign Sues,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Sanders gets the fight he wanted,Politico,"Bernie Sanders has turned months of private grumbling into public accusations that the party establishment is doing everything in its power to elect Hillary Clinton president.
He’s not the first to level that charge. In fact, he’s late to that party. But by twisting his breach of Clinton’s voter files into an indictment of the Democratic Party for temporarily cutting him off from his own data, the underdog has the fight his team has been eager to wage.
Indeed, his campaign says as much.
“In an outsider...",left
18576,Sanders Campaign Sues,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton campaign says Bernie Sanders ‘stole’ campaign secrets,Washington Times,"Presidential candidate Bernard Sanders sued the Democratic National Committee Friday afternoon to demand access to the party’s voter files after the DNC suspended him for illicitly accessing the campaign files of his competitor, Hillary Clinton.
It’s the latest move in what’s become an embarrassing black eye for both Mr. Sanders and the DNC, with the party accusing Mr. Sanders of playing dirty, and the candidate saying the DNC is trying to undermine his campaign",right
18577,Sanders Campaign Sues,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Accord reached after Sanders sues the DNC over suspended access to critical voter list,Washington Post,"The presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont filed a lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee on Friday, arguing that the party had unfairly suspended the campaign’s access to key voter information. After several tense hours, both sides announced a deal had been reached.
The suit came shortly after campaign manager Jeff Weaver acknowledged at a Washington news conference that Sanders staffers had improperly reviewed information gathered by rival Hillary Clinton earlier in the week. But he accused the DNC of over­reacting to the breach by suspending the Sanders...",left
18578,Gun Charges Expected in San Bernardino,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']","Neighbor of San Bernardino Shooter Likely to Be Charged, Sources Say",ABC News (Online),"Enrique Marquez, a neighbor and friend of one of the San Bernardino shooters, will likely be charged as early as today in connection with the investigation, sources have told ABC News.",left
18579,Gun Charges Expected in San Bernardino,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']","Man Who Purchased Guns in San Bernardino Shooting to Be Charged, Officials Say",Wall Street Journal (News),"Federal officials plan to file criminal gun charges against the friend and former neighbor of one of the San Bernardino, Calif., shooting suspects who allegedly purchased the rifles used in the attack that killed 14 and wounded more than 20 this month, according to people familiar with the decision.",center
18580,Gun Charges Expected in San Bernardino,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']","Enrique Marquez, ex-neighbor, friend of San Bernardino shooters, to face criminal charges",Washington Times,Federal prosecutors will bring criminal charges against the former neighbor and friend of the San Bernardino shooters who purchased two guns three years ago that ended up being used in the massacre earlier this month.,right
18581,"Russia Meddled In All Major Social Media Platforms During 2016 Election, Report Says","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",New Report On Russian Disinformation Shows The Operation’s Scale And Sweep,HotAir,"A report prepared for the Senate that provides the most sweeping analysis yet of Russia’s disinformation campaign around the 2016 election found the operation used every major social media platform to deliver words, images and videos tailored to voters’ interests to help elect President Trump — and worked even harder to support him while in office.",right
18582,"Russia Meddled In All Major Social Media Platforms During 2016 Election, Report Says","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","New report on Russian disinformation, prepared for the Senate, shows the operation’s scale and sweep",Washington Post,"The report, a draft of which was obtained by The Washington Post, is the first to analyze the millions of posts provided by major technology firms to the Senate Intelligence Committee.",left
18583,"Russia Meddled In All Major Social Media Platforms During 2016 Election, Report Says","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Russia 'meddled in all big social media' in US election, says report",BBC News,"Russia allegedly used every major social media platform to influence the 2016 US election, a report claims.",center
18584,President Trump Acquitted of Two Impeachment Charges,"['Impeachment Trial', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'US Senate', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Not guilty: Senate acquits Trump of impeachment charges,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump won impeachment acquittal in the U.S. Senate, bringing to a close only the third presidential trial in American history with votes that split the country, tested civic norms and fed the tumultuous 2020 race for the White House.
With Chief Justice John Roberts presiding, senators sworn to do “impartial justice” stood and stated their votes for the roll call — “guilty” or “not guilty” — in a swift tally almost exclusively along party lines. Trump, the chief justice then declared, shall “be, and is...",left
18585,President Trump Acquitted of Two Impeachment Charges,"['Impeachment Trial', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'US Senate', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Trump acquitted: Senate ends impeachment saga,Washington Examiner,"The Senate voted to acquit President Trump of two articles of impeachment, ending a monthslong effort by Democrats to remove him from office.
Democrats fell far short of winning the needed 67 votes to convict the president of either the abuse of power or the obstruction of Congress charges. The vote fell largely along party lines, reflecting poll numbers showing a sharp partisan divide on the issue.
One Republican, Sen. Mitt Romney, voted with Democrats on the abuse of power charge, but no Democrats voted to acquit the president. The...",right
18586,President Trump Acquitted of Two Impeachment Charges,"['Impeachment Trial', 'Donald Trump', 'White House', 'US Senate', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']","In historic vote, Trump acquitted of impeachment charges",Washington Post,"President Trump was acquitted Wednesday by the Republican-controlled Senate of charges that he abused the powers of his office and obstructed Congress as it probed his attempts to pressure Ukraine into political investigations — capping a tumultuous, three-week impeachment trial that leaves his fate in the hands of voters in November.
Democrats fell far short of the two-thirds majority required to remove Trump from office, as senators voted 52 to 48 to acquit him on the abuse-of-power allegation and 53 to 47 to clear him of obstruction.
The outcome represented...",left
18587,Federal Government to Resume Capital Punishment,"['Capital Punishment', 'Death Penalty', 'Federal Government', 'William Barr', 'Capital Punishment And Death Penalty', 'Justice']",AG Barr Reinstates Federal Death Penalty after 16-Year Hiatus,National Review,"Attorney General William Barr has reinstated the death penalty for federal crimes following a 16-year moratorium, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.
Barr’s order includes instructions to schedule the executions of five inmates currently incarcerated on death row for murder.
“Congress has expressly authorized the death penalty through legislation adopted by the people’s representatives in both houses of Congress and signed by the President,” Barr said in a statement. “The Justice Department upholds the rule of law — and we owe it to the victims and their families to carry...",right
18588,Federal Government to Resume Capital Punishment,"['Capital Punishment', 'Death Penalty', 'Federal Government', 'William Barr', 'Capital Punishment And Death Penalty', 'Justice']",Here's Why Death Penalty Opponents Say Resuming Federal Executions Is the Wrong Move,Time Magazine,"The Justice Department on Thursday said it would go back to executing federal death-row inmates for the first time in nearly two decades—a move capital punishment opponents quickly denounced as a step backward for criminal justice reform in the country.
“It’s distressing,” said Madeline Cohen, a capital defense attorney who represents three inmates on federal death row. “This administration has a history of taking rash actions, and this one is no exception.”
The federal government set execution dates as early as December for five convicted child murderers, including a man...",left
18589,Federal Government to Resume Capital Punishment,"['Capital Punishment', 'Death Penalty', 'Federal Government', 'William Barr', 'Capital Punishment And Death Penalty', 'Justice']",Resumed federal executions raise death penalty's 2020 stakes,Associated Press,"The question to Michael Dukakis, the Democratic presidential candidate in 1988, was brutally personal.
“If Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer?” Bernard Shaw, a CNN anchor, asked, referring to the Massachusetts governor’s wife. Dukakis said he wouldn’t favor it because “I don’t see any evidence that it is a deterrent.”
The technocratic, largely emotionless response in a debate mere weeks before the election marked the nadir of Democrats’ politically agonized relationship to the death penalty — reinforcing in some voters’...",left
18590,Supreme Court Grants Trump Admin More Power to Quickly Deport Asylum Seekers,"['Supreme Court', 'Donald Trump', 'Homeland Security', 'Domestic Policy', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Asylum Seekers', 'Immigration']",Supreme Court Sides With Trump On Fast-Track Deportations,Washington Free Beacon,"The Supreme Court rejected an ACLU-backed bid to slow deportations Thursday, dealing a major victory to the Trump administration and denying some asylum seekers the right to make their case to a federal judge.
A Sri Lankan migrant named Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam, who was apprehended just 25 yards from the southern border after entering the country illegally, is at the center of the case. The legal question was whether asylum seekers can seek habeas corpus, the basic right to have your detention reviewed by a judge, when they are fast-tracked for...",right
18591,Supreme Court Grants Trump Admin More Power to Quickly Deport Asylum Seekers,"['Supreme Court', 'Donald Trump', 'Homeland Security', 'Domestic Policy', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Asylum Seekers', 'Immigration']",Supreme Court delivers a 2nd victory for Trump's expedited removal of immigrants,The Week - News,"The Trump administration's expedited removal program has scored its second court victory this week.
On Tuesday, a Washington, D.C. federal appeals court ruled the Trump administration could expand expedited removal, which allows for the fast-tracked deportation of undocumented immigrants without a lengthy court hearing. And on Thursday, the Supreme Court weighed in, ruling 7-2 to bar undocumented immigrants from challenging their expedited deportation in federal court.
For the past 24 years, expedited removal has let immigration officials apprehend undocumented people found within 100 miles of a U.S. border, within 14...",left
18592,Supreme Court Grants Trump Admin More Power to Quickly Deport Asylum Seekers,"['Supreme Court', 'Donald Trump', 'Homeland Security', 'Domestic Policy', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Asylum Seekers', 'Immigration']",Supreme Court rules asylum seeker cannot challenge removal,CNN (Online News),"In a win for the Department of Homeland Security, the Supreme Court said Thursday that a Sri Lankan farmer who lost his bid for asylum in the United States after immigration officials ordered his removal could not challenge that decision in federal court.
The ruling will keep courthouse doors closed to asylum seekers in expedited removal processes who say they cannot return home because they have a credible fear of torture or even death.
The ruling is a win for the Trump administration, which has attempted to dramatically limit who's...",left
18593,Will Debbie Be Dropped?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Democrats Reportedly Looking to Drop Debbie Wasserman Schultz,Mediaite,"According to reporting from The Hill, Congressional Democrats are discussing amongst themselves how and when DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz should be forced out of her position before the July national convention.",left
18594,Will Debbie Be Dropped?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Dems worry DNC chair 'too toxic' after Sanders blast,CNN (Online News),"Democratic senators are discussing whether Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz should be removed as the head of the party because she has become ""too toxic"" in the ongoing Democratic civil war.",left
18595,Will Debbie Be Dropped?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Dems Want Debbie Out,Townhall,"It’s not just her primary challenger Debbie Wasserman Schultz has to worry about—it’s now some Democrats on Capitol Hill, too, who fear the DNC chair has become too divisive a figure to unify the party ahead of the convention.",right
18596,Federal Deficit Increases 32 Percent to $895 Billion,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Federal deficit soars 32 percent to $895B,The Hill,"The federal deficit hit $895 billion in the first 11 months of fiscal 2018, an increase of $222 billion, or 32 percent, over the same period the previous year, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).",center
18597,Federal Deficit Increases 32 Percent to $895 Billion,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Federal Deficit Jumps 32 Percent Amid Booming Economy,The Daily Caller,"The federal budget deficit grew to $895 billion for the first 11 months of fiscal year 2018, according to a Congressional Budget Office estimation released late Monday.",right
18598,Federal Deficit Increases 32 Percent to $895 Billion,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Deficit expected to hit one trillion dollars two years earlier than expected,ThinkProgress,"Thanks to the Republican tax bill, of course.",left
18599,President Trump Signs Executive Order Ending Family Separation at the Border,['Immigration'],"Trump signs executive order on immigration, but says 'zero tolerance' will continue",USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump, bowing to a deepening humanitarian crisis along the southwest border, signed an executive order Wednesday that promises to halt family separation while insisting that the administration's ""zero tolerance"" policy to prosecute all illegal immigrants would continue.",left
18600,President Trump Signs Executive Order Ending Family Separation at the Border,['Immigration'],Trump’s Plan To Stop Family Separations Is To Detain Families Together,HuffPost,That would conflict with a 2015 court order — which means lawsuits would be imminent.,left
18601,President Trump Signs Executive Order Ending Family Separation at the Border,['Immigration'],Trump signs executive order stopping family separation,Washington Times,"President Trump signed an order Wednesday ending the separation of families at the border, moving to end a crisis that engulfed his administration and threatened to derail his hopes of progress on broader immigration reforms.",right
18602,Jeff Sessions Resigns as Attorney General,"['White House', 'Politics']",Jeff Sessions Out As Attorney General After Steady Drumbeat Of Criticism From Trump,NPR (Online News),"Jeff Sessions, the president's earliest and most fervent supporter in Congress, stepped down as attorney general Wednesday after brutal criticism from the president, bringing an abrupt end to",left
18603,Jeff Sessions Resigns as Attorney General,"['White House', 'Politics']",Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigns at Trump's request,NBC News (Online),Speculation had swirled for months that Sessions would leave following the midterms.,left
18604,Jeff Sessions Resigns as Attorney General,"['White House', 'Politics']",Jeff Sessions resigns as attorney general,Washington Examiner,"Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the first sitting senator to endorse Donald Trump for president, is no longer in charge of the Department of Justice.",right
18605,Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Dies at 82,"['US Senate', 'Politics', 'Harry Reid', 'Nevada', 'US Congress', 'Affordable Care Act', 'Democratic Party']",Political leaders react to death of Harry Reid,Las Vegas Review-Journal,"The death of former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid prompted an outpouring of tributes locally and nationally late Tuesday afternoon.
Reid, a political titan and perhaps the most influential person to call the the Silver State home, died at age 82 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
President Joe Biden took to Twitter, calling Reid a dear friend and “a giant of our history.”",center
18606,Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Dies at 82,"['US Senate', 'Politics', 'Harry Reid', 'Nevada', 'US Congress', 'Affordable Care Act', 'Democratic Party']","Harry M. Reid, pugnacious Senate majority leader, dies at 82",Washington Post,"Harry M. Reid, a Nevada Democrat who rose from a hardscrabble mining town to become one of the longest-serving Senate majority leaders in history and a political force during the presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama, died Dec. 28 at his home in Henderson, Nev. He was 82.
The death was confirmed by David Krone, a former chief of staff. Mr. Reid was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2018.
A combative but soft-spoken former amateur boxer, Mr. Reid displayed an economy of personal magnetism and embraced the art of...",left
18607,Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Dies at 82,"['US Senate', 'Politics', 'Harry Reid', 'Nevada', 'US Congress', 'Affordable Care Act', 'Democratic Party']","Harry Reid, former Senate majority leader, dead at 82",Fox News (Online News),"Harry Reid, a longtime Democratic U.S. senator from Nevada who rose to serve as Senate majority leader from 2007 to 2015, died Tuesday at age 82.
Reid, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2018, served in Congress from 1983 until his retirement in 2017. He announced in 2019 his cancer was in remission.
He became most well-known for his use of the ""nuclear option"" in 2013, leading the charge to end the filibuster on executive branch nominees and judicial nominees other than to the Supreme Court.",right
18608,Fallout from Comey Testimony,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",'Comey's a Leaker': The Fallout from Fired FBI Director's Bombshell Testimony,CBN,"Fallout from James Comey's testimony on Capitol Hill is still being felt on both sides of the aisle, with President Donald Trump tweeting about it at daybreak Friday.",right
18609,Fallout from Comey Testimony,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",3 winners and 3 losers from James Comey's testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee,Vox,We’ll let you guess which category Donald Trump falls into.,left
18610,Fallout from Comey Testimony,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Comey hearings fallout? Depends on the listener.,Christian Science Monitor,"Former FBI Director James Comey made an overlooked but insightful statement to Congress Thursday. Beneath all the important investigations into Russian interference in the November elections, there is an unseen side of Washington still united around defending the nation’s core ideals.",center
18611,Rochester Police Chief Resigns Amid Controversy Over Death of Daniel Prude,"['Daniel Prude', 'Police Reform', 'Police Brutality', 'Crime', 'Violence In America', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Rochester police leaders retire after suffocation death,Associated Press,"Top police leaders in New York’s third-largest city are retiring en masse amid criticism of the city’s handling of the suffocation death of Daniel Prude, the mayor of Rochester said Tuesday.
La’Ron Singletary, the city’s police chief, is among those retiring, as is Deputy Chief Joseph M. Morabito and possibly other senior commanders, Mayor Lovely Warren said.
Warren made the surprise announcement of the retirements at a City Council briefing being held online. Council members had expected the chief to appear in person to discuss ongoing protests over the death...",left
18612,Rochester Police Chief Resigns Amid Controversy Over Death of Daniel Prude,"['Daniel Prude', 'Police Reform', 'Police Brutality', 'Crime', 'Violence In America', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']","‘An Attempt To Destroy My Character’: Rochester Police Chief, Staff Resign Amid Daniel Prude Protests",The Daily Caller,"The Rochester, New York, police chief resigned Tuesday amid increasing scrutiny over his handling of the police-involved death of Daniel Prude.
Chief La’Ron Singletary, who had held the position since April 2019, resigned along with Rochester Police Department Dep. Chief Joseph Morabito and Dep. Chief Simmons, according to a press release reported by NBC News.
Prude died in Rochester police custody in March after arresting officers had placed a spit hood was over his head and restrained him, as video of the arrest shows.
“As a man of integrity, I...",right
18613,Rochester Police Chief Resigns Amid Controversy Over Death of Daniel Prude,"['Daniel Prude', 'Police Reform', 'Police Brutality', 'Crime', 'Violence In America', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Rochester Police Chief Resigns After Accusations of Cover-Up in Prude Case,New York Times (News),"The police chief of Rochester, N.Y., and several of his department’s highest ranking officials resigned on Tuesday in the aftermath of the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man who suffocated after he had been placed in a hood by city police officers and pinned to the ground.
The resignations of the police chief, La’Ron D. Singletary, the deputy chief, Joseph Morabito, and, according to Mayor Lovely Warren, others in the department, came three days after the state attorney general, Letitia James, announced that she would impanel a grand jury...",left
18614,North Korea Coverage at Winter Olympics,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea is winning the Olympics --and it's not because of sports,CNN (Online News),"The last time South Korea hosted an Olympic Games, the North went so far in its attempt to best the attention Seoul was getting that it drove its economy into perdition and its people into starvation.",left
18615,North Korea Coverage at Winter Olympics,"['North Korea', 'World']",The ‘Ivanka Trump of North Korea’ captivates people in the South at the Olympics,Washington Post,They marveled at her barely-there makeup and her lack of bling. They commented on her plain black outfits and simple purse. They noted the flower-shaped clip that kept her hair back in a no-nonsense style.,left
18616,North Korea Coverage at Winter Olympics,"['North Korea', 'World']",Media's Olympic-level North Korea fawning is a disgrace,Fox News (Opinion),"American mainstream media outlets delivered plenty of propaganda on North Korea’s behalf this weekend. Somehow, as Kim Jong Un’s totalitarian regime continues to starve, torture and murder its own people—western news outlets are mesmerized by the dictatorship’s presence at the 2018 Winter Olympics.",right
18617,2 Intense Standoffs in France,['Terrorism'],2 reported dead in 2nd hostage situation as police pin massacre suspects north of Paris,Fox News (Online News),"French police were confronting two separate -- but apparently related -- hostage situations Friday, after a jihadist couple suspected of killing a cop a day earlier stormed a Paris deli, killing two and taking as many as five prisoners even as the suspects Wednesday's massacre at a Paris satirical magazine were holed up in a printing plant 25 miles north of the city, authorities said.",right
18618,2 Intense Standoffs in France,['Terrorism'],Charlie Hebdo attack: 2 intense standoffs in France,CNN (Online News),Two intense standoffs with gunmen were underway in and around Paris early Friday afternoon -- one involving the two brothers wanted in the Charlie Hebdo massacre and the other a hostage situation at a kosher grocery store.,left
18619,2 Intense Standoffs in France,['Terrorism'],Paris Terror Attack: 2nd Hostage Situation Reported in France,ABC News (Online),"With negotiations underway in a hostage standoff with the suspected gunmen in Wednesday's massacre at a French satirical newspaper office, a second hostage situation was reported in eastern Paris Friday, police told ABC News.",left
18620,House Passes VA Reform Bill,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Democrats Fighting Hard Against Republicans' Border Bill,HuffPost,House Democrats are aggressively urging members to oppose a GOP-authored bill to address the border crisis. And with Republican senators voicing opposition of their own -- both to the House bill and to a Senate Democratic alternative -- it appears increasingly unlikely that Congress will send a border bill to the president's desk before leaving for the August recess.,left
18621,House Passes VA Reform Bill,"['US House', 'Politics']",House passes VA reform compromise,Washington Times,"The House overwhelmingly passed Wednesday a reform bill for the Department of Veterans Affairs, sending the compromise plan to the Senate in an effort to finish the bill before leaving on a month-long vacation at the end of the week.
Lawmakers approved the plan to cut down on wait times 420-5, signaling that the eagerness to care for veterans outweighed the almost $17 billion price tag — $10 billion of which would be tacked onto the deficit, according to a Congressional Budget Office estimate.",right
18622,House Passes VA Reform Bill,"['US House', 'Politics']",House approves VA reform bill,Politico,"The House on Wednesday approved legislation 420-5 to drastically reform the Department of Veterans Affairs.
In a strong bipartisan vote, lawmakers backed the $17 billion compromise bill crafted by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.). The Senate is expected to sign off on the legislation later this week.",left
18623,Supreme Court Blocks Trump From Ending DACA,"['DACA', 'Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court Blocks Trump Cancellation of DACA Immigration Program,Wall Street Journal (News),"In a 5-4 ruling that affects more than 600,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children, high court says administration didn’t provide sufficient reasons for canceling DACA
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration’s decision to cancel a program that provided legal protections and work authorizations to undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children.
The court, in a 5-4 opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, said the administration acted arbitrarily when it moved to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, failing to...",center
18624,Supreme Court Blocks Trump From Ending DACA,"['DACA', 'Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending DACA,CNN (Online News),"The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Trump administration's attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, an Obama-era program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the US as children from deportation.
The 5-4 ruling was written by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor.
In penning the opinion, Roberts once again sided with the liberals on the bench in a momentous dispute that will infuriate judicial conservatives who are still bitter that he...",left
18625,Supreme Court Blocks Trump From Ending DACA,"['DACA', 'Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending Obama-era DACA program,Washington Examiner,"The U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Trump from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, which protected children brought to the United States illegally from deportation.
The court’s decision, 5-4, allows the Obama-era program to stay in place following the Trump administration’s attempt to disassemble it in September 2017.
At the request of then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the Department of Homeland Security in 2017 announced it would begin winding down the program over the course of six months on the basis that DACA ""was effectuated by the...",right
18626,10 Killed in Mass Shooting At Colorado Market,"['Violence In America', 'Boulder Shooting', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']","Ten killed in mass shooting at Colorado grocery store, injured suspect in custody",Reuters,"A man seen bloodied and limping as he was led away by police in handcuffs has been arrested on suspicion of killing 10 people, including a police officer, at a Colorado grocery store, marking America’s second fatal mass shooting in a week.
The gunman, who was not publicly identified, opened fire at a King Soopers outlet in Boulder, about 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Denver, in the late afternoon on Monday, sending panicky shoppers and employees scurrying for cover as hundreds of police officers converged on the area.
Media...",center
18627,10 Killed in Mass Shooting At Colorado Market,"['Violence In America', 'Boulder Shooting', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Pressure builds on Biden to act on guns in wake of Colorado mass shooting,CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden made no mention of gun control in the aftermath of last week's shootings in Atlanta -- including during remarks after visiting the city -- but he will face more pressure now to voice an opinion on the matter after another mass killing in Colorado.
Biden is expected to be briefed again Tuesday morning on the deadly shooting, two White House officials said, and plans to comment on the shooting at some point later in the day. He was planning to travel to Ohio to promote the anniversary...",left
18628,10 Killed in Mass Shooting At Colorado Market,"['Violence In America', 'Boulder Shooting', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']","Boulder grocery massacre leaves 10 dead including cop, suspect in custody",Fox News (Online News),"Ten people were killed, including a veteran police officer, during a mass shooting Monday inside a grocery store in Boulder, Colo., authorities said at a late news conference.
The officer was identified as Eric Talley, 51, who served on the force since 2010. He was the first officer at King Soopers, the crime scene, after the shooting occurred at about 2:30 p.m. His actions were called heroic.
Talley was the father of seven, his youngest seven years old, his father told the Denver Channel.
""He loved his kids and...",right
18629,Contacts With Russian Intelligence,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Administration Caught In Lie About Campaign Contacts With Russians,HuffPost,Top administration officials have denied that there were any contacts between the campaign and the Russian government.,left
18630,Contacts With Russian Intelligence,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Donald Trump: ‘Russian connection non-sense’ is cover for Clinton’s ‘many mistakes’,Washington Times,"President Trump said Wednesday that new reports saying his associates had contact with Russian officials during last year’s campaign are “non-sense” and accused the U.S. intelligence community of illegally leaking information to news outlets.
“This Russian connection non-sense is merely an attempt to cover-up the many mistakes made in Hillary Clinton’s losing campaign,” Mr. Trump tweeted.",right
18631,Contacts With Russian Intelligence,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Reports: U.S. Intercepted Calls Between Trump Campaign Staff And Russian Intelligence,NPR (Online News),"Russian intelligence officials made repeated contact with members of President Trump's campaign staff, according to new reports that cite anonymous U.S. officials. American agencies were concerned about the contacts but haven't seen proof of collusion between the campaign and the Russian security apparatus, the reports say.",left
18632,Minneapolis City Council to Disband the Police,"['Law Enforcement', 'Police Force', 'Minneapolis', 'Minneapolis City Council', 'Violence In America']",George Floyd: Minneapolis council pledges to dismantle police department,BBC News,"A majority of Minneapolis City Council has pledged to dismantle the local police department, a significant move amid nationwide protests sparked by George Floyd's death last month.
Nine of the 13 councillors said a ""new model of public safety"" would be created in a city where law enforcement has been accused of racism.
Mayor Jacob Frey earlier opposed the move, drawing boos from the crowds.
Activists, who for years have demanded such a step, called it a turning point.
But commentators say Minneapolis can now expect a long and complex...",center
18633,Minneapolis City Council to Disband the Police,"['Law Enforcement', 'Police Force', 'Minneapolis', 'Minneapolis City Council', 'Violence In America']",First Thing: can cities live without police? Minneapolis may find out,The Guardian,"The largely peaceful protests prompted by the police killing of George Floyd went on across the US and around the world over the weekend, as it emerged that more than 10,000 US protesters have been arrested during the weeks of unrest – many for non-violent offences. In Minneapolis, where Floyd died, the city council has taken a dramatic step towards reform, by declaring their intent to disband the city’s police force and replace it with an alternative system of “public safety”.
The Obama administration introduced or stepped up measures to...",left
18634,Minneapolis City Council to Disband the Police,"['Law Enforcement', 'Police Force', 'Minneapolis', 'Minneapolis City Council', 'Violence In America']",Minneapolis Council Majority Backs Disbanding Police Force,Newsmax (News),"A solid majority of the Minneapolis City Council pledged on Sunday to disband the local police department and replace it with a new model of public safety, The New York Times reported.
Nine of the council’s 13 members said the changes to be decided upon that will replace the police department are expected to be adopted in the coming weeks.
Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender said Sunday that the decision is necessary, because “it is clear that our existing system of policing and public safety is not keeping our...",right
18635,Merry Christmas from AllSides!,"['Christmas', 'Politics', 'Bridging Divides', 'Civility', 'Democracy', 'Holidays', 'General News']",The Revolutionary Politics of the First Christmas,Time Magazine,"I stood at the back of the Cathedral at 1:30 on Christmas morning, shaking hands with the midnight worshippers on their way home. I had been preaching about God coming into our lives at Christmastime, especially in the form of the weak, the vulnerable and the homeless.
Most of the congregation were happy, but one man had something to get off his chest. “You should stick to the script!” he said to me. “Christmas has nothing to do with asylum-seekers!” And off he marched before I could splutter out the...",left
18636,Merry Christmas from AllSides!,"['Christmas', 'Politics', 'Bridging Divides', 'Civility', 'Democracy', 'Holidays', 'General News']",Jeannie Cunnion: Why we shouldn't keep Christ in Christmas,Fox News (Opinion),"My son, along with his 3-year-old classmates, lined up at the back of the church, nervously awaiting their procession down the center aisle to take their place on the stage. It was the annual Christmas concert at his Christian preschool, and after weeks of practice, it was finally time to perform “Feliz Navidad” and ”Jingle Bells” for the proud parents.
But first, the head pastor of the church that hosts the preschool took the stage to welcome the families and offer a few thoughts on why we celebrate Christmas. “Welcome!...",right
18637,Merry Christmas from AllSides!,"['Christmas', 'Politics', 'Bridging Divides', 'Civility', 'Democracy', 'Holidays', 'General News']","No, Christmas is not secular",The Week - News,"Christmas is (finally) upon us. After months of red-and-green evergreen decorations in every store, and an increasingly unbroken stream of Santa-centric pop songs in every public place, the annual American onslaught reaches its peak this week.
Every year, those of us who don’t celebrate Christmas find ourselves having the same debates over and over again, starting well before Thanksgiving and continuing into the New Year. Well-meaning friends, neighbors, and colleagues insist to us that we should not be bothered by the giant Christmas trees in every building lobby, or the...",left
18638,Facebook Hires Journalists to Manage News Tab,"['Technology', 'Media Bias', 'Facebook', 'Journalists', 'General News']",Facebook Hiring Corporate Media Veterans to Manually Curate ‘News Tab’,Breitbart News,"Facebook recently spoke with Axios, revealing a number of plans to promote news outlets on its platform including the creation of a “News Tab” featuring outlets handpicked by Facebook, changing how millions of people receive news.
Axios reports that social media giant Facebook has new plans aimed at helping handpicked news outlets on its platform and will be hiring a number of seasoned journalists to curate a planned “News Tab” feature. The news tab is reportedly an effort by Facebook to restore some credibility to the site’s news feed...",right
18639,Facebook Hires Journalists to Manage News Tab,"['Technology', 'Media Bias', 'Facebook', 'Journalists', 'General News']",Scoop: Inside Facebook's new plan for news,Axios,"Facebook executives tell Axios they're hiring seasoned journalists to help curate a forthcoming ""News Tab"" that they hope will change how millions get news.
Why it matters: News Tab is an effort by Facebook to restore the sanity and credibility that's lost in the chaos of our main feeds. Facebook will personalize the News Tab, so it will need a massive amount of content, from the New York Jets to gardening.
News Tab, a personal passion of CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is also an effort by Facebook to develop a healthier...",center
18640,Facebook Hires Journalists to Manage News Tab,"['Technology', 'Media Bias', 'Facebook', 'Journalists', 'General News']","In New Facebook Effort, Humans Will Help Curate Your News Stories",New York Times (News),"SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook has long relied on algorithms to select news stories for its users to see.
Now the social network wants to rely on something else for the same task, too: humans.",left
18641,"New York Times, Washington Post, NBC Correct Their Reports About Giuliani's Contact With FBI","['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'New York Times', 'Washington Post', 'NBC', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'FBI']","NYT, Washington Post, NBC Retract Incorrect Reporting on Giuliani’s Contact With FBI",The Epoch Times,"The New York Times, The Washington Post, and NBC News have retracted earlier reporting that incorrectly stated former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was directly warned by the FBI that he was targeted by a Russian intelligence influence operation.
The stories came after federal investigators executed a search warrant at the home and office of the former New York mayor. The searches were allegedly linked to Giuliani’s dealings in Ukraine, while Giuliani said he believes the search warrant was issued because he allegedly failed to file with the Department of...",right
18642,"New York Times, Washington Post, NBC Correct Their Reports About Giuliani's Contact With FBI","['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'New York Times', 'Washington Post', 'NBC', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'FBI']","New York Times, WaPo, NBC retract reports about Giuliani's contact with FBI",The Hill,"The New York Times, The Washington Post and NBC News walked back their reporting about the FBI’s communication with President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani regarding Russia.
The Washington Post was the first to report on Thursday that Giuliani was warned that he was the target of a Russian influence campaign last year. The newspaper, citing people familiar with the matter, also reported that One America News Network (OANN) was given a similar warning.
But the Post issued a correction on Saturday saying it had removed assertions that Giuliani...",center
18643,"New York Times, Washington Post, NBC Correct Their Reports About Giuliani's Contact With FBI","['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'New York Times', 'Washington Post', 'NBC', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'FBI']","Washington Post, New York Times, and NBC News retract reports on Giuliani",CNN (Online News),"The Washington Post, The New York Times, and NBC News on Saturday issued significant corrections, retracting earlier reporting that said Rudy Giuliani had been directly warned by the FBI that he was the target of a Russian disinformation campaign.
The stories came out after Giuliani's office and residence were raided by the FBI on Thursday. The searches were linked to a criminal probe of the former mayor's business dealings in Ukraine and resulted in the seizure of several communications devices.
""An earlier version of this story, published Thursday, incorrectly...",left
18644,Biden Team Considers Politically Diverse Cabinet Appointees,"['Joe Biden', 'US Senate', 'Biden Cabinet', 'Cabinet', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Climate Change', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Susan Rice']",Meet the contenders for Biden’s Cabinet,Politico,"In the next two and half months, Joe Biden needs to build a governing team to help him tackle an historic pandemic and rebuild the economy — all while winning approval from what's likely to be a Republican-controlled Senate and holding together an unruly coalition of Democrats.
It's a task that will be nearly impossible to pull off.
The Biden transition team has been vetting potential candidates for months and will present the president-elect with potential choices in the coming days. Biden is expected to focus first on posts involving...",left
18645,Biden Team Considers Politically Diverse Cabinet Appointees,"['Joe Biden', 'US Senate', 'Biden Cabinet', 'Cabinet', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Climate Change', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Susan Rice']",Republicans who could serve in a Biden government,The Hill,"Bill Clinton had Republican William Cohen. George W. Bush had Democrat Norm Mineta. Barack Obama had Republicans Ray LaHood and Chuck Hagel.
Now President-elect Joe Biden, who called for ending this “grim era of demonization in America,” is likewise signaling he might reach across the aisle to name Republicans to a Cabinet post and other key slots in his administration.
It would be a return to bipartisanship, tradition and normalcy that has been missing in the Trump administration. President Trump, who vilified his Democratic opponents and still has...",center
18646,Biden Team Considers Politically Diverse Cabinet Appointees,"['Joe Biden', 'US Senate', 'Biden Cabinet', 'Cabinet', 'Elizabeth Warren', 'Climate Change', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Susan Rice']",Biden eyes Republican and Democratic lawmakers for administration posts,New York Post (News),"President-elect Joe Biden is eyeing a bipartisan list of 30 members of Congress who are known for working across the aisle for key administration posts, The Post has learned.
The Biden transition team is looking at 20 lawmakers serving in the House of Representatives and 10 in the Senate who received the US Chamber of Commerce’s Jefferson-Hamilton 2020 award for bipartisanship.
Half the awardees are Republicans and half are Democrats.",right
18647,Manafort Surrenders to FBI,['Politics'],BREAKING: Former Trump Campaign Chairman Turns Himself Into The FBI,Townhall,"Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort left his home in Alexandria, Virginia Monday morning and turned himself in at FBI headquarters in Washington D.C. He is expected to surrender to charges handed down by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. He was indicted by a federal grand jury on Friday.",right
18648,Manafort Surrenders to FBI,['Politics'],Manafort indictment unsealed: 'Conspiracy Against the U.S.' and money laundering included,Daily Kos,The indictment against Paul Manafort and his former business associate Rick Gates has been unsealed and leading the list of charges is “Conspiracy Against the United States” and money laundering.,left
18649,Manafort Surrenders to FBI,['Politics'],"Manafort, Gates charged with conspiracy against US",CNN (Online News),Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former Trump campaign official Rick Gates surrendered Monday to Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller.,left
18650,No Prosecution for Trump Campaign Aide,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Reports: Donald Trump’s Campaign Manager Won’t Be Prosecuted for Battery,Slate,"Donald Trump’s combative campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, will not be prosecuted for battery for laying his hands on a journalist at a campaign event last month, according to Politico’s unnamed sources.",left
18651,No Prosecution for Trump Campaign Aide,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump campaign manager will not be prosecuted, sources say",Politico,"A Florida prosecutor has decided not to prosecute Donald Trump’s campaign manager for battery after a March run-in with former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields, sources with knowledge of the situation told POLITICO.",left
18652,No Prosecution for Trump Campaign Aide,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump campaign manager won't be prosecuted on battery charge,Fox News (Online News),"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign manager will not be prosecuted on a charge of misdemeanor battery over allegations he grabbed the arm of a reporter, the campaign confirmed late Wednesday.",right
18653,Consumer Prices Rise 4.2% in Largest Yearly Increase Since 2008,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'CPI', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Reserve', 'Treasury']","Consumer Prices Jumped in April, Climbing Faster Than Expected",New York Times (News),"Consumer prices leapt higher in April, data released on Wednesday showed, a much-faster-than-expected jump that could resonate on Wall Street as investors try to determine if inflation could alter Federal Reserve policy.
The Consumer Price Index climbed 4.2 percent from a year earlier, the Labor Department said, the fastest pace since 2008. From March to April, prices increased 0.8 percent. Economists had expected the C.P.I. to rise 3.6 percent over the year, and 0.2 percent from the month before, based on the median forecast in a Bloomberg survey.
The core...",left
18654,Consumer Prices Rise 4.2% in Largest Yearly Increase Since 2008,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'CPI', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Reserve', 'Treasury']",Consumer Prices See Largest Yearly Jump Since 2008 as Evidence of Inflation Mounts,National Review,"The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which tracks the cost of a variety of consumer goods as well as housing and energy prices, has risen 4.2 percent from a year ago, notably higher than the estimated 3.6 percent. It is the largest yearly increase since September 2008.
Even controlling for food and energy prices, the CPI was up three percent, higher than the estimated 2.3 percent. The 0.9 percent CPI increase from March, again controlling for food and energy prices, is the highest since April 1982.",right
18655,Consumer Prices Rise 4.2% in Largest Yearly Increase Since 2008,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'CPI', 'Bureau Of Labor Statistics', 'Economic Policy', 'Federal Reserve', 'Treasury']","Inflation speeds up in April as consumer prices leap 4.2%, fastest since 2008",CNBC,"Inflation in April accelerated at its fastest pace in more than 12 years as the U.S. economic recovery kicked into gear and energy prices jumped higher, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.
The Consumer Price Index, which measures a basket of goods as well as energy and housing costs, rose 4.2% from a year earlier. A Dow Jones survey had expected a 3.6% increase. The month-to-month gain was 0.8%, against the expected 0.2%.
Excluding volatile food and energy prices, the core CPI increased 3% from the same period in 2020 and...",center
18656,"Cuomo Defends Pandemic Response, Says Pausing Nursing Home Death Numbers Was a Mistake","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'New York']",Cuomo defends administration after scrutiny over nursing home deaths,The Hill,"New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Monday defended his administration’s pandemic response, while accepting some fault himself, as scrutiny mounts over how the state handled COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes.
The New York governor confirmed in a press conference that the state Department of Health “paused” state lawmakers’ inquiry into nursing home death data to prioritize dealing with the general pandemic and the Department of Justice’s request for similar information in August.
Cuomo noted that both chambers of the state legislature were informed of the department’s decision at...",center
18657,"Cuomo Defends Pandemic Response, Says Pausing Nursing Home Death Numbers Was a Mistake","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'New York']",Adoring media served as protective cloak for Cuomo’s COVID lies,New York Post (News),"News that Gov. Cuomo’s office had radically understated the number of COVID-19 deaths in New York nursing homes last year deflated his media image as a straight-talking teller of home truths. Now The Post has reported that the governor covered up the extent of the problem specifically because his office didn’t want President Trump to “turn this into a giant political football” by instructing the Department of Justice to investigate Cuomo’s handling of the situation.
In other words, Cuomo buried evidence and impeded a federal investigation, hoping a new...",right
18658,"Cuomo Defends Pandemic Response, Says Pausing Nursing Home Death Numbers Was a Mistake","['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'New York']",Cuomo Accepts Some Blame in Nursing Home Scandal but Denies Cover-Up,New York Times (News),"Admitting a degree of fault for the first time, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Monday that his administration’s lack of transparency about the scope of coronavirus-related deaths in nursing homes in New York was a mistake.
By failing to answer questions from state lawmakers, the public and the news media, Mr. Cuomo acknowledged, the state created a void that was “filled with skepticism, and cynicism, and conspiracy theories which furthered the confusion.”
But he stopped short of a full apology for his handling of information about the death toll...",left
18659,Mattis Lambasts Trump,"['Politics', 'Polarization', 'James Mattis', 'Donald Trump']",Mattis Takes Swipe At Trump: 'I Earned My Spurs On The Battlefield',NPR (Online News),"President Trump fired him (after he submitted his resignation) and earlier this week reportedly called him ""the world's most overrated general,"" but former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis had a few barbs of his own to sling in a speech he gave in New York on Thursday.
Delivering the keynote address at the 74th Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, Mattis — a retired four-star U.S. Marine general — said he felt he had finally ""achieved greatness.""
""I'm not just an overrated general, I am the greatest, the world's most overrated,""...",left
18660,Mattis Lambasts Trump,"['Politics', 'Polarization', 'James Mattis', 'Donald Trump']",James Mattis has fun with Trump's 'overrated' dig: 'I'm the Meryl Streep of generals',Fox News (Online News),"Former Defense Secretary James Mattis poked fun at himself and President Trump at the 74th annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York City on Thursday night, a day after the president called Mattis “the world’s most overrated general.”",right
18661,Mattis Lambasts Trump,"['Politics', 'Polarization', 'James Mattis', 'Donald Trump']",Former Defense Secretary Gen. James Mattis roasts Donald Trump: 'I earned my spurs on the battlefield',ABC News (Online),"Former Defense Secretary James Mattis roasted his former boss at the Alfred E. Smith dinner in New York City on Thursday night.
Mattis took the stage at the annual dinner -- an opportunity to crack jokes about local and national politics -- with an introduction from comic legend Martin Short.",left
18662,6 Americans Among 8 Peacekeepers Killed in Sinai Helicopter Crash,"['World', 'Middle East', 'Foreign Policy']",Six Americans killed in peacekeeping force helicopter crash in Egypt,NBC News (Online),"The Multinational Force and Observers said one of its American members survived and was being medically evacuated.
A helicopter belonging to an international peacekeeping force crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Thursday, killing at least eight people, including six Americans, the force confirmed.
The helicopter belonged to the Multinational Force and Observers, an independent international peacekeeping body known as MFO, which monitors the 40-year-old peace agreement between Israel and Egypt.
""During a routine mission in the vicinity of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, nine members of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO)...",left
18663,6 Americans Among 8 Peacekeepers Killed in Sinai Helicopter Crash,"['World', 'Middle East', 'Foreign Policy']",Peacekeepers including six Americans killed in Egypt helicopter crash,Washington Examiner,"A handful of peacekeepers, including several Americans, have reportedly died in a helicopter crash that occurred in the Sinai Peninsula.
The helicopter, which belonged to Multinational Force and Observers, crashed during ""a routine mission in the vicinity of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt"" on Thursday, the MFO said in a statement. Eight of the nine members involved in the crash died. The ninth member, an American, survived the crash and was evacuated and taken to a hospital.
Six of the members who died were U.S. citizens, one was French, and one Czech....",right
18664,6 Americans Among 8 Peacekeepers Killed in Sinai Helicopter Crash,"['World', 'Middle East', 'Foreign Policy']","Eight peacekeepers, including six Americans, killed in Sinai helicopter crash",Reuters,"A helicopter with the U.S.-led Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in the Egyptian Sinai crashed on Thursday near the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, killing eight members of the peacekeeper force, the MFO said.
Those killed were six Americans, a French national and a Czech national, all of them military service members, the MFO said in a statement. It added that one American MFO member survived and was medically evacuated.
An official briefed on the incident, and who could not be identified by name or nationality, told Reuters it was...",center
18665,WHO Calls for Halt to Vaccine Booster Shots as World Reaches 200 Millionth Case of COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'WHO', 'Public Health', 'World', 'Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",WHO calls for a temporary moratorium on administering booster shots of Covid-19 vaccines,STAT,"The World Health Organization called Wednesday for a temporary moratorium on the use of Covid-19 vaccine booster shots by wealthy countries, saying the global priority should be on increasing supplies of first doses to countries that are still struggling to protect health workers and older adults.
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that countries should hold off on starting to give booster doses until at least the end of September — though it was quickly clear that the global health agency might extend the call if vaccine doses available to lower-income...",center
18666,WHO Calls for Halt to Vaccine Booster Shots as World Reaches 200 Millionth Case of COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'WHO', 'Public Health', 'World', 'Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",The W.H.O. calls for a moratorium on Covid vaccine boosters to help each country get more people vaccinated.,New York Times (News),"The World Health Organization called on Wednesday for a moratorium on coronavirus vaccine booster shots until the end of September, so that vaccine supplies can be focused on helping all countries vaccinate at least 10 percent of their populations. The agency made its appeal to the world’s wealthiest nations to address the wide disparities in vaccination rates around the world.
“I understand the concern of all governments to protect their people from the Delta variant,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the W.H.O., said in a briefing. “But we cannot — and we...",left
18667,WHO Calls for Halt to Vaccine Booster Shots as World Reaches 200 Millionth Case of COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'WHO', 'Public Health', 'World', 'Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",World Health Organization Calls For Moratorium On Booster Shots,The Daily Wire,"On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for a moratorium on COVID-19 booster shots in an effort to get more people around the world vaccinated.
As The New York Times reported, the organization called for the moratorium “until the end of September, so that vaccine supplies can be focused on helping all countries vaccinate at least 10 percent of their populations. The agency made its appeal to the world’s wealthiest nations to address the wide disparities in vaccination rates around the world.”",right
18668,Should Stewart and Williams Switch Jobs,['Media Bias'],Why Jon Stewart and Brian Williams should just switch jobs,Washington Post,"Within minutes on Tuesday night, two major media stories exploded.",left
18669,Should Stewart and Williams Switch Jobs,['Media Bias'],OPINION: The Brian Williams case -- that's the way it wasn't,CNN (Online News),"Walter Cronkite had a golden rule for all wartime reporters: never self-aggrandize. Even though Cronkite had been the first reporter to fly over the beaches at Normandy on June 6, 1944, he minimized the experience.",left
18670,Should Stewart and Williams Switch Jobs,['Media Bias'],Jon Stewart and Brian Williams: Why not just switch jobs?,Fox News (Online News),Should Jon Stewart and Brian Williams just switch jobs?,right
18671,Moderna to Ask FDA to Approve Its Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'Moderna', 'FDA']",Moderna to Ask Health Regulators to Authorize Its Covid-19 Vaccine,Wall Street Journal (News),"Moderna Inc. MRNA 16.13% said it will on Monday ask U.S. and European health regulators to authorize use of the company’s Covid-19 vaccine, after it was shown to be 94.1% effective in a full analysis of a pivotal study.
The timing keeps the vaccine on track to become possibly the second to go into use in the U.S. by year’s end—after one already under regulatory review from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE —with inoculation available to the general public likely in spring or summer.
In the 30,000-person trial, 196 subjects...",center
18672,Moderna to Ask FDA to Approve Its Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'Moderna', 'FDA']",Moderna to ask FDA for emergency use authorization,Washington Examiner,"Moderna announced that it would seek an emergency use authorization, or EUA, from the Food and Drug Administration on Monday after its phase three study found its coronavirus vaccine candidate to be 94% effective.
Moderna said its vaccine was 100% effective at preventing severe cases of COVID-19.
""This positive primary analysis confirms the ability of our vaccine to prevent COVID-19 disease with 94.1% efficacy and importantly, the ability to prevent severe COVID-19 disease. We believe that our vaccine will provide a new and powerful tool that may change the course...",right
18673,Moderna to Ask FDA to Approve Its Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'Moderna', 'FDA']",Moderna to seek emergency FDA authorization for coronavirus vaccine,Politico,"Moderna will file Monday for an emergency authorization of its coronavirus vaccine from the Food and Drug Administration, becoming the second company to do so.
The vaccine developer said it would simultaneously ask the European Medicines Agency for conditional approval.
The FDA filing would clear the way for the vaccine to be authorized for use in the United States within weeks. Moderna's application relies on a final analysis of its 30,000-person late-stage trial that showed the vaccine to have 94.1 percent efficacy, on par with the 94.5 percent reported in...",left
18674,’No Change’ to 401(k) Plans,['Taxes'],Trump Says ‘No Change’ to 401(k) Plans Under Forthcoming Tax Proposal,Wall Street Journal (News),President Donald Trump on Monday morning vowed a popular retirement savings program would remain untouched in the forthcoming Republican tax overhaul proposal.,center
18675,’No Change’ to 401(k) Plans,['Taxes'],Trump pledges ‘NO change to your 401(k)’ in his tax cut plan,Washington Post,"President Trump vowed on Monday that his tax cut plan would not include any changes to tax-deferred retirement accounts such as 401(k)s, following reports last week that House Republicans were weighing a sharp reduction in the amount of income American workers could save through such programs.",left
18676,’No Change’ to 401(k) Plans,['Taxes'],Trump knocks down reports of big 401(k) squeeze in GOP tax plan: 'NO change',Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Monday adamantly denied reports that the Republican tax plan could drastically reduce the amount of pretax money Americans are allowed to contribute to their 401(k) plans, vowing “NO change” to the retirement account rules.",right
18677,House Democrats Begin Efforts to Impeach Trump,"['Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'House Democrats', 'Politics']",House Democrats to Begin Efforts Seeking to Remove Trump From Office,Wall Street Journal (News),"House Democrats were set to begin efforts to remove President Trump from office during the last full week of his presidency following the riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Democrats on Monday will first introduce a resolution calling for Vice President Mike Pence to use the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to remove Mr. Trump from office, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) said in a letter to her caucus.
The House, which was set to be in recess this week, will attempt to pass the resolution by unanimous consent,...",center
18678,House Democrats Begin Efforts to Impeach Trump,"['Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'House Democrats', 'Politics']",House Democrats would impeach Trump for 'incitement of insurrection',CNN (Online News),"House Democrats are formally unveiling their resolution to impeach President Donald Trump on Monday, charging him with ""incitement of insurrection"" for his role in last week's riots at the US Capitol.
The single impeachment article, which will be introduced at 11 a.m. ET when the House gavels in Monday, points to Trump's repeated false claims that he won the election and his speech to the crowd on January 6 before pro-Trump rioters breached the Capitol. It also cited Trump's call with the Georgia Republican secretary of state where the President...",left
18679,House Democrats Begin Efforts to Impeach Trump,"['Impeachment', 'Donald Trump', 'House Democrats', 'Politics']",Biden avoids firm position on Trump impeachment as House Dems ramp up,Fox News (Online News),"President-elect Joe Biden is avoiding taking a firm position on removing President Trump from office ahead after last week's Capitol riot, as House Democrats signaled they would introduce articles of impeachment against him on Monday.
Democratic Reps. Ted Lieu, David Cicilline, and Jamie Raskin drafted the article of impeachment, ""Incitement to Insurrection,"" which they plan to introduce in a House pro forma session on Monday.
""With every new day we learn that the violent insurrection was even worse than we thought. Impeaching @POTUS would be just the bare minimum of...",right
18680,North Korea Escalates Threats,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea puts rockets on standby to 'mercilessly strike' the U.S.,CNN (Online News),North Koreas leader approved a plan to prepare standby rockets to hit U.S. targets state media said after U.S. stealth bombers flew over South Korea.,left
18681,North Korea Escalates Threats,"['North Korea', 'World']","N. Korea's Kim aims rockets at DC, LA, Hawaii and Austin",Fox News (Online News),US deploys B-2 stealth bombers over South Korea.,right
18682,North Korea Escalates Threats,"['North Korea', 'World']",Hopes Fade of Kim Rewriting North's Script,Wall Street Journal (News),North Koreas recent run of provocations appears to be bolstering the authority of its young leader Kim Jong Eun at home while further eroding hopes outside the country that he would depart from the blueprint the country followed under his father.,center
18683,Death of Mollie Tibbetts Sparks Debate on Immigration,['Immigration'],"Trump Is Using Mollie Tibbetts For His Anti-Immigrant Agenda, And It’s Reprehensible",HuffPost,"Last month, I joined about 15,000 other cyclists in a weeklong bike ride across Iowa. We rode past cornfields and through small towns, which welcomed us with pork barbecue, slices of pie and all the trappings of a rolling state fair.",left
18684,Death of Mollie Tibbetts Sparks Debate on Immigration,['Immigration'],After Mollie Tibbetts tragic death – we owe it to her to fix our broken immigration system,Fox News (Online News),The tragic killing of 20-year-old University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts – allegedly by an illegal immigrant from Mexico – appears to be yet another example of America’s dangerous and failed immigration policy.,right
18685,Death of Mollie Tibbetts Sparks Debate on Immigration,['Immigration'],Iowa student's murder thrust into U.S. debate over immigration,Reuters,"The arrest of a man who U.S. authorities have said is an illegal immigrant on charges of murdering an Iowa college student has thrust the case into the debate on immigration policy, with",center
18686,"Devin Nunes Sues Twitter, Users for Over $250M Alleging Bias Against Conservatives","['Technology', 'Free Speech', 'Devin Nunes', 'Twitter', 'Social Media']","Nunes sues Twitter, some users, seeks over $250M alleging anti-conservative 'shadow bans,' smears",Fox News (Online News),"California GOP Rep. Devin Nunes filed a major lawsuit seeking $250 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages against Twitter and a handful of its users on Monday,",right
18687,"Devin Nunes Sues Twitter, Users for Over $250M Alleging Bias Against Conservatives","['Technology', 'Free Speech', 'Devin Nunes', 'Twitter', 'Social Media']","Nunes sues Twitter, users for more than $250M",The Hill,"Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee and its former chairman, is suing Twitter and a number of its users for more than $250 million.
The lawsuit filed Monday alleges the social media giant censored conservative voices by ""shadow-banning"" them, which Nunes says potentially impacted the 2018 midterm election results. Others named in the lawsuit include GOP operative Liz Mair, Mair Strategies, ""Devin Nunes' Mom"" (@DevinNunesMom) and ""Devin Nunes' cow"" (@DevinCow), two parody accounts that mocked the Trump ally and California Republican.",center
18688,"Devin Nunes Sues Twitter, Users for Over $250M Alleging Bias Against Conservatives","['Technology', 'Free Speech', 'Devin Nunes', 'Twitter', 'Social Media']",California Congressman Says He's Suing Twitter For Allowing Parody Accounts Alleging To Be His Mom,BuzzFeed News,"Devin Nunes, a Republican congressman from California, said on Monday that he is suing Twitter, a GOP operative, and unnamed defendants behind parody accounts on the social network, for defamation and other claims, after those accounts insulted him on the platform.
In an appearance on Hannity, Nunes said he was suing Twitter in the first of many lawsuits he plans to file against technology companies for their bias against conservatives. That appearance came after Fox News reported that the congressman had filed a $250 million lawsuit ""in Virginia state court""...",left
18689,"Bipartisan Group, White House Officials Strike Agreement On Infrastructure Framework","['Economic Policy', 'US Senate', 'Bipartisanship', 'President Joe Biden', 'Infrastructure', 'Bridging Divides', 'Economy And Jobs']","Bipartisan Senators, Joe Biden Strike Infrastructure Deal",Breitbart News,"A group of Republican and Democrat lawmakers announced Wednesday that they had struck a deal with President Joe Biden on a potential infrastructure package.
The senators will meet with Biden Thursday, although they said that his advisers confirmed that they had signed off on the compromise. 
The plan would reportedly include $579 billion in new spending, including several ways to offset the cost of the infrastructure package.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement Wednesday:
White House senior staff had two productive meetings today with the bipartisan...",right
18690,"Bipartisan Group, White House Officials Strike Agreement On Infrastructure Framework","['Economic Policy', 'US Senate', 'Bipartisanship', 'President Joe Biden', 'Infrastructure', 'Bridging Divides', 'Economy And Jobs']",Bipartisan group of senators to brief Biden on infrastructure ‘framework’ after potential breakthrough in talks,Washington Post,"A bipartisan group of senators tentatively reached an agreement with White House officials Wednesday on hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending for the nation’s infrastructure system, giving a significant boost toward one of President Biden’s biggest domestic policy ambitions.
Multiple senators leaving an evening negotiating session at the Capitol said the group — which included five Democrats, five Republicans and top White House officials — had reached a framework of a deal. They said senators would go to the White House on Thursday to brief Biden personally on...",left
18691,"Bipartisan Group, White House Officials Strike Agreement On Infrastructure Framework","['Economic Policy', 'US Senate', 'Bipartisanship', 'President Joe Biden', 'Infrastructure', 'Bridging Divides', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senators say White House aides agreed to infrastructure 'framework',The Hill,"Senators involved in bipartisan negotiations say they and White House officials have agreed to an infrastructure ""framework,"" and they'll meet with President Biden Thursday to brief him. 
“Republicans and Democrats have come together, along with the White House, and we’ve agreed on a framework and we’re gonna be heading to the White House tomorrow,"" Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) told reporters after a meeting Wednesday. 
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), another member of the group, confirmed the White House officials in the meeting signed off on the framework and that they ""came to an agreement.""",center
18692,Court of Appeals: Trump Cannot Block Critics on Twitter,"['Justice', 'Second Circuit Court Of Appeals', 'Donald Trump', 'Twitter']",U.S. Appeals Court Rules Trump Violated First Amendment By Blocking Twitter Followers,NPR (Online News),"A federal appeals court in Manhattan says President Trump cannot block critics from his Twitter account, calling it ""unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination.""
In a 29-page ruling on Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a lower court's decision that found that Trump violated the First Amendment when he blocked certain Twitter users, because he uses his Twitter account ""to conduct official business and to interact with the public."" By preventing critics from accessing his feed, the president is barring them from participating in what...",left
18693,Court of Appeals: Trump Cannot Block Critics on Twitter,"['Justice', 'Second Circuit Court Of Appeals', 'Donald Trump', 'Twitter']",A court rules (unpersuasively) that Trump can't block critics on Twitter,Los Angeles Times,"A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that President Trump violated the 1st Amendment by blocking some critics from access to his Twitter feed. The decision by the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals might seem like poetic justice visited on a president who can dish it out but can’t take it. But as a matter of constitutional law, the ruling isn’t persuasive.
In 2017, a group of Twitter users who had been blocked from seeing and responding directly to Trump’s tweets filed suit in federal court in New York....",left
18694,Court of Appeals: Trump Cannot Block Critics on Twitter,"['Justice', 'Second Circuit Court Of Appeals', 'Donald Trump', 'Twitter']",OPINION: The Second Circuit Court of Appeals Was Wrong to Rule That Trump Can’t Block Twitter Users,Guest Writer - Right,"Earlier today the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that Donald Trump cannot block Twitter users from following his @realDonaldTrump account. It’s an interesting decision from an ideologically diverse judicial panel that at first glance appears to be a straightforward application of conventional First Amendment law. It’s also wrong. It makes a crucial error that reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of speech on private social-media platforms.
Boiled down to its essence, the court’s reasoning contained two key elements. First, it ruled that Trump’s Twitter account represents an outlet for official...",right
18695,Jeb: Insider or Outsider,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Jeb Bush in Iowa: I’m a ‘reform-minded governor’ separate from D.C. culture,Washington Times,"Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Friday pitched himself as the most conservative governor in the history of Florida, saying his record of success is something people yearn for in a Washington, D.C., culture that has not yet “contaminated” him.
“I was the most conservative governor in the state’s history, but I had a reformer’s heart,” Mr. Bush said, speaking at the Des Moines Register political soapbox at the Iowa State Fair. “We cut taxes every year totaling $19 billion. We reduced the state government workforce by 13,000. In fact,...",right
18696,Jeb: Insider or Outsider,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Jeb Bush Tries to Turn Up the Heat in Republican Presidential Race in Iowa,Wall Street Journal (News),"At 62 years old, Jeb Bush is still willing to test his fastball. While gripping a baseball at the Iowa State Fair, the former Florida governor announced a goal of 50 mph. As he whizzed the ball through a canyon of inflated prizes, the radar gun spoke the truth: 44 mph. He tried again: 47.
Whether Mr. Bush can bring the heat to his Republican presidential campaign is a nagging question that now hangs over his candidacy. In Iowa, recent polls sh",center
18697,Jeb: Insider or Outsider,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Family history hounds Jeb Bush on campaign trail,Washington Post,"When Jeb Bush stepped up onto the fabled soapbox at the Iowa State Fair on Friday, fairgoers pelted him with questions about the legacy of His Brother, a former president. And his father, another former president. And one of His foreign policy advisers, Paul D. Wolfowitz, the architect of His Brother's war in Iraq. And about the war itself.
Under a blazing sun, Bush Expressed irritation With what I have called ""the parlor game"" of focusing on past Wolfowitz and other Bush administration advisers Who Have resurfaced for esta Bush...",left
18698,President Trump Praises Bill Barr For Taking Charge Of The Roger Stone Case,"['Justice Department', 'Donald Trump', 'William Barr', 'Roger Stone', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump Congratulates AG Barr for ‘Taking Charge’ of Roger Stone Case,National Review,"President Trump took to Twitter Wednesday to congratulate his attorney general William Barr for “taking charge” of the Roger Stone case after all four prosecutors on the case withdrew over a disagreement with DOJ officials regarding the severity of their sentencing recommendation.
“Congratulations to Attorney General Bill Barr for taking charge of a case that was totally out of control and perhaps should not have even been brought,” Trump tweeted. He also claimed that “the Mueller Scam was improperly brought & tainted. Even Bob Mueller lied to Congress!”
Trump tweeted...",right
18699,President Trump Praises Bill Barr For Taking Charge Of The Roger Stone Case,"['Justice Department', 'Donald Trump', 'William Barr', 'Roger Stone', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump hails Barr for 'taking charge' of Stone case; Democrats vow probe,Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised Attorney General William Barr for “taking charge” of the case against his long-time adviser and friend Roger Stone, as Democrats pushed investigations into the Justice Department’s actions.
The Justice Department on Tuesday reversed course and urged a lighter sentence for Stone after prosecutors a day earlier recommended that the veteran Republican operative face sentencing within federal guidelines of seven to nine years.
The highly unusual move, which came hours after Trump complained about the recommended sentence on Twitter, prompted all four U.S. prosecutors...",center
18700,President Trump Praises Bill Barr For Taking Charge Of The Roger Stone Case,"['Justice Department', 'Donald Trump', 'William Barr', 'Roger Stone', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump's Roger Stone power play reveals a presidency unleashed,CNN (Online News),"By bulldozing into Roger Stone's sentencing, Donald Trump sparked a mutiny by four career prosecutors, raised fears about the impartial administration of justice and showed how his impeachment acquittal unchained an already rampant presidency.
The Justice Department's decision to water down a recommendation by its own prosecutors for Stone to serve up to nine years in prison that outraged the President sent shockwaves through Washington. It also appears to reflect Trump's redoubled determination to escalate pressure on core institutions of the US government to pursue his personal and political priorities....",left
18701,Former CDC Director Voices 'Opinion' That Coronavirus 'Most Likely' Came From Wuhan Lab,"['Coronavirus', 'Robert Redfield', 'China', 'Trump Administration', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Public Health']",The C.D.C.’s ex-director offers no evidence in favoring speculation that the coronavirus originated in a lab.,New York Times (News),"The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a CNN clip on Friday that he favored a theory, decried by many scientists and rejected as “extremely unlikely” by at least one World Health Organization international expert, that the coronavirus escaped from a lab in Wuhan. The former official, Dr. Robert Redfield, offered no evidence and emphasized that it was his opinion.
“I am of the point of view that I still think the most likely etiology of this pathogen in Wuhan was from a laboratory,...",left
18702,Former CDC Director Voices 'Opinion' That Coronavirus 'Most Likely' Came From Wuhan Lab,"['Coronavirus', 'Robert Redfield', 'China', 'Trump Administration', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Public Health']",Trump's CDC director makes shocking statement about origin of COVID-19 in Wuhan lab,The Hill,"Former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Robert Redfield, who was at the helm of the government agency at the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2019, spoke on CNN during the network’s upcoming retrospective on how the pandemic unfolded.
Talking to Sanjay Gupta, Redfield opined on where he thinks the virus originated from.
His best guess? A laboratory.
“I am of the point of view that I still think the most likely etiology of this pathogen in Wuhan was from a...",center
18703,Former CDC Director Voices 'Opinion' That Coronavirus 'Most Likely' Came From Wuhan Lab,"['Coronavirus', 'Robert Redfield', 'China', 'Trump Administration', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Public Health']",CNN dismisses Redfield theory coronavirus came from Wuhan lab as 'controversial' and 'without evidence',Fox News (Online News),"Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield told CNN Friday that he believed the coronavirus escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China, a theory largely dismissed by the media over the past year and which was swiftly declared evidence-free by CNN itself.
""I'm allowed to have opinions now. I am of the point of view, I still think the most likely ideology of this pathogen in Wuhan was from a laboratory, escaped. Other people don't believe that. That's fine,"" Redfield told CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta. ""Science...",right
18704,Questions for Sessions,['Justice'],"Sessions to face tough questions at public Senate hearing, in next round of Russia probe",Fox News (Online News),"The Senate’s Russia probe will hit a new level of intensity Tuesday when Attorney General Jeff Sessions becomes the highest-ranking official to testify – in what Senate Intelligence Committee leaders confirmed will be an open hearing, in the spirit of last week’s dramatic session with James Comey.",right
18705,Questions for Sessions,['Justice'],6 questions for Attorney General Jeff Sessions,CNN (Online News),"The Senate intelligence committee will grill Attorney General Jeff Sessions Tuesday afternoon, just as a slew of new questions about him have bubbled to the top of the Russia probes.",left
18706,Questions for Sessions,['Justice'],Sessions’s Senate Testimony: How to Watch and What to Expect,New York Times (News),"Attorney General Jeff Sessions is scheduled to testify on Tuesday, starting at 2:30 p.m. Eastern, before the Senate Intelligence Committee about matters linked to the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. Follow our briefing here throughout the day for the latest updates and live video once the hearing begins.",left
18707,DHS Informs States About Hacking,['Elections'],DHS tells states about Russian hacking during 2016 election,Washington Post,The Department of Homeland Security contacted election officials in 21 states Friday to notify them that they had been targeted by Russian government hackers during the 2016 election campaign.,left
18708,DHS Informs States About Hacking,['Elections'],"Wisconsin, Ohio, California among states targeted by Russian hackers in 2016 race",Reuters,"Wisconsin, Ohio, California and 10 other states said on Friday they were among 21 states that Russian government hackers targeted in an effort to sway the 2016 presidential election in favor of Donald Trump though no votes were changed.",center
18709,DHS Informs States About Hacking,['Elections'],Media spread fake news that Russia ‘hacked’ ‘election results’ — but here’s the truth,The Blaze,Several mainstream media outlets reported Friday that the U.S. government recently confirmed that Russian government “cyber actors” attempted to hack the 2016 election results or “election systems.”,right
18710,Biden Lauds Tech Cooperation with South Korea on Asia Trip,"['World', 'South Korea', 'Joe Biden', 'Technology', 'Samsung']",Biden kicks off Asia trip lauding tech cooperation with South Korea,Washington Post,"President Biden touched down in South Korea on Friday in the first visit to Asia of his presidency, kicking off a five-day tour designed to underscore his administration’s diplomatic and economic commitment to the region in the face of a rising China.
Biden’s first remarks here nodded to a top domestic priority for the administration, calling for passage of a sweeping bill in Congress meant to boost U.S. competitiveness against China that House and Senate negotiators are scrambling to finalize.
The president also promoted the two nations’ close ties, particularly on...",left
18711,Biden Lauds Tech Cooperation with South Korea on Asia Trip,"['World', 'South Korea', 'Joe Biden', 'Technology', 'Samsung']",First stop Samsung: Biden touts South Korean role in securing global supply chains,Reuters,"Joe Biden's first stop on his inaugural trip to Asia as U.S. president on Friday was a massive Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) semiconductor plant, underscoring a message of economic security with an eye on China and the war in Ukraine.
Biden landed at the U.S. military's Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, and immediately drove to Samsung's nearby factory, the largest semiconductor plant in the world. There he greeted South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, a relative newcomer to politics, for the first time in person. read more
Advanced chips for functions such...",center
18712,Biden Lauds Tech Cooperation with South Korea on Asia Trip,"['World', 'South Korea', 'Joe Biden', 'Technology', 'Samsung']",Biden kicks off Asia trip with Samsung tour in South Korea to solidify trade ties,Washington Times,"President Biden pledged Friday to bring the U.S.-South Korea relationship to “greater heights” as he kicked off an East Asia swing at a semiconductor manufacturer owned by Samsung, a company investing billions in the U.S.
Mr. Biden said Samsung’s construction of a new plant in Texas is emblematic of a technology alliance that will help both countries remain competitive in an ever-changing world. He also said it will help their nations become less reliant on countries that “don’t share our values.”
“These little chips, only a few nanometers thick, are the key to propelling us into humanity’s technological development,” Mr. Biden said after...",right
18713,Budget Deficit Totals Hit $735B through January,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Joe Biden', 'Life During Covid-19']",$736B national deficit dwarfs 2020 numbers,Washington Examiner,"For the first third of the 2021 fiscal year, the national deficit jumped to $736 billion as coronavirus spending took its toll on the federal government, the Treasury Department announced Wednesday.
The large sum is roughly 89% higher than the same four-month period in 2020, representing the time before COVID-19 reached the United States. January 2021 added roughly $163 billion to the deficit, the majority of which came from Social Security, health expenditures, and income security payments.
In the four months combined, the government spent roughly $435 billion on income...",right
18714,Budget Deficit Totals Hit $735B through January,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Joe Biden', 'Life During Covid-19']",U.S. Budget Gap Quintupled in January on Pandemic Aid Spending,Bloomberg,"The U.S. federal budget deficit widened in January to about five times the year-earlier level, reflecting spending on pandemic relief payments approved by Congress during the prior month.
The gap increased to $162.8 billion last month, from $32.6 billion in January 2020, according to a Treasury Department report Wednesday. In the first four months of the fiscal year that began in October, the deficit amounted to $735.7 billion -- a record for the period -- compared with $389.2 billion a year earlier, before the coronavirus struck. The report, the first...",left
18715,Budget Deficit Totals Hit $735B through January,"['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Joe Biden', 'Life During Covid-19']",U.S. January budget deficit hits record $163 billion as new aid checks sent out,Reuters,"The U.S. government posted a budget deficit of $163 billion in January, a record high for the month and a $130 billion jump from the deficit in the same month last year, as a new round of direct payments to individuals were distributed, the Treasury said on Wednesday.
Receipts for January rose 3% from the year-earlier period to $385 billion, while outlays grew 35% to $547 billion. Both receipts and outlays were record highs for January. For the first four months of the 2021 fiscal year, the deficit rose 89%...",center
18716,Texas Legislature to Vote on Revised Election Bill,"['Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Texas']",Biden calls Texas voting bill ‘wrong and un-American’,Fox News (Online News),"President Biden called a new Texas voting overhaul finalized by state Republicans an ""assault on democracy.""
A draft of the bill was circulated around the state House and Senate Saturday, and the legislature is expected to pass the legislation and send it to GOP Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk shortly. 
The bill would ban drive-thru voting and 24-hour voting and would require voters to request absentee ballots rather than allowing election officials to send applications to all voters, and curtail the use of drop boxes. It sets early voting hours from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. ...",right
18717,Texas Legislature to Vote on Revised Election Bill,"['Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Texas']",Texas Republicans Finalize Major Bill of Voting Limits,New York Times (News),"Texas lawmakers on Saturday finished drafting a bill that would impose a raft of new voting restrictions, setting up the likely passage of what would be among the most far-reaching laws in Republicans’ nationwide drive to overhaul elections systems and limit voting.
The bill would tighten what are already some of the country’s strictest voting laws, and it would specifically target balloting methods that were employed for the first time last year by Harris County, home to Houston.
In addition to banning drive-through voting and 24-hour voting, which were used by nearly...",left
18718,Texas Legislature to Vote on Revised Election Bill,"['Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Texas']",Texas GOP lawmakers unveil sweeping version of elections bill,USA TODAY,"The final version of the sweeping GOP elections bill, negotiated in private by two Republican leaders from the Texas House and Senate, was unveiled Saturday, setting up an intensely partisan showdown over a measure that now includes a longer list of new rules and restrictions.
With GOP majorities in both houses of the Legislature, however, there is little doubt about the ultimate fate of floor votes on Senate Bill 7, a measure Republicans insisted is needed to bolster flagging faith in the election system but Democrats blasted as a transparent attempt to make it harder...",left
18719,Romney Goes to Israel,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Eyeing Jewish Vote In U.S., Romney Goes To Israel",NPR (Online News),Mitt Romney flies to Israel this weekend on the second leg of his overseas tour. He'll meet with top Israeli officials as well as the Palestinian prime minister.,left
18720,Romney Goes to Israel,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Chances, Challenges Await Romney in Israel",Wall Street Journal (News),"Romney will try to highlight how his approach to Israel would differ from Obama's without explicitly criticizing the president, which the likely GOP nominee has pledged he wouldn't do while abroad.",center
18721,Romney Goes to Israel,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Mitt Romney likely to get a warm welcome in Israel,Washington Post,"After a verbal stumble in London that offended his British hosts, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney heads to Israel on Saturday, seeking to convince American voters that he is more in tune than President Obama with Israels concerns and needs.",left
18722,Biden Admin to Send 1M Vaccine Doses to Retail Pharmacies Next Week,"['Coronavirus', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health']",White House plans to send millions of vaccine doses to retail pharmacies,Reuters,"The White House next week will start shipping coronavirus vaccines directly to retail pharmacies alongside ongoing deliveries to states, increasing weekly supplies of shots nationwide to 11.5 million, a top aide said on Tuesday.
U.S. President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 response coordinator, Jeff Zients, said the program will launch on Feb. 11 and will make 1 million doses available to 6,500 stores. As supply grows, the program could expand to as many as 40,000 stores, he said.
Biden said last month that the COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been a “dismal failure”...",center
18723,Biden Admin to Send 1M Vaccine Doses to Retail Pharmacies Next Week,"['Coronavirus', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health']",White House Launches Pilot Program To Ship Coronavirus Vaccines Directly To ‘Select’ Pharmacies,The Daily Caller,"White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients announced a number of changes to the federal government’s COVID-19 response policies Tuesday, including the launch of a new pilot program shipping vaccines directly to pharmacies across the U.S.
In addition to the new vaccine pilot program, Zients told reporters during a White House coronavirus briefing that the government is again increasing the amount of vaccines shipped to states and territories every week. This roughly 5 percent increase follows a 16 percent weekly increase announced in late January.
Furthermore, Zients noted that...",right
18724,Biden Admin to Send 1M Vaccine Doses to Retail Pharmacies Next Week,"['Coronavirus', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health']",Federal government to ship Covid vaccines to retail pharmacies next week,NBC News (Online),"WASHINGTON — The U.S. will begin shipping doses of the Covid-19 vaccine directly to retail pharmacies next week, as the Biden administration expands how and where Americans can get inoculated.
The initial shipment of 1 million doses will go to 6,500 stores starting Feb. 11, said Jeffrey Zients, the Biden administration’s Covid-19 coordinator.
States were left by the Trump administration to devise their own distribution plans and some opted to use retail pharmacies in their states to help administer the vaccine to certain groups, like health care workers.
Pharmacies that...",left
18725,Reaction to Boy Scout Vote,['LGBT Rights'],Baptists plan exodus from Boy Scouts,CNN (Online News),"For Southern Baptist pastor Tim Reed, it was Scripture versus the Scouts. “Gods word explicitly says homosexuality is a choice, a sin, said Reed, pastor of First Baptist Church of Gravel Ridge in Jacksonville, Arkansas.",left
18726,Reaction to Boy Scout Vote,['LGBT Rights'],Trickling Exodus Underway after Boy Scout Vote,CBN,Disenchanted Boy Scout leaders and others in the faith community will meet next month to form a new organization for boys.,right
18727,Reaction to Boy Scout Vote,['LGBT Rights'],Long road to Boy Scouts' shift on gay rights,Washington Post,"In 1980, the Boy Scouts learned that Eagle Scout Tim Curran was gay and rejected the 18-year-olds application to be an assistant Scoutmaster. For the next 17 years, Curran fought the organization he loved, arguing that the Scouts discrimination because of sexual orientation was unconstitutional. He got nowhere.",left
18728,"Social Security Benefits to Increase 5.9% in 2022, Spurred by Inflation","['Economic Policy', 'Inflation', 'Social Security', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Seniors']",Social Security COLA largest in decades as inflation jumps,Associated Press Fact Check,"Millions of retirees on Social Security will get a 5.9% boost in benefits for 2022. The biggest cost-of-living adjustment in 39 years follows a burst in inflation as the economy struggles to shake off the drag of the coronavirus pandemic.
The COLA, as it’s commonly called, amounts to $92 a month for the average retired worker, according to estimates released Wednesday by the Social Security Administration. That marks an abrupt break from a long lull in inflation that saw cost-of-living adjustments averaging just 1.65% a year over the past 10 years.
With the increase, the estimated...",left
18729,"Social Security Benefits to Increase 5.9% in 2022, Spurred by Inflation","['Economic Policy', 'Inflation', 'Social Security', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Seniors']",Social Security Benefits to Increase 5.9% for 2022,Wall Street Journal (News),"Seniors and other Americans receiving Social Security benefits in 2022 will see the largest increase in their payments in four decades, reflecting surging inflation during the pandemic.
Next year’s cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will be 5.9%, the Social Security Administration said Wednesday. The increase will translate to an addition of $92 to retirees’ average monthly benefit next year, bringing the amount to $1,657, the agency estimates.",center
18730,"Social Security Benefits to Increase 5.9% in 2022, Spurred by Inflation","['Economic Policy', 'Inflation', 'Social Security', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Seniors']",Social Security payments to jump most in 39 years as inflation surges,Fox Business,"Millions of retirees and other Americans receiving Social Security benefits in 2022 are set to receive the biggest payment increase in four decades, following a pandemic-driven inflation spike.
The Social Security Administration said Wednesday that next year's cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will be 5.9%. That amounts to a monthly increase of $92 for the average retired Wednesday, bringing the amount to $1,657, the administration said. A typical couple's benefits would climb by $154 to $2,754 per month. 
The increase – the steepest annual adjustment since 1982, when recipients saw a 7.4% bump...",right
18731,Zelenskyy Delivers Virtual Speech to Congress,"['Politics', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'US Congress', 'Ukraine War']","Zelenskyy tells US Congress, ‘We need you right now’",Associated Press Fact Check,"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cited Pearl Harbor and the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 on Wednesday as he appealed to the U.S. Congress to do more to help Ukraine’s fight against Russia, but acknowledged the no-fly zone he has sought to “close the sky” over his country may not happen.
Livestreamed into the Capitol complex, Zelenskyy said the U.S. must sanction Russian lawmakers and block imports, and he showed a packed auditorium of lawmakers an emotional video of the destruction and devastation his country has suffered in the war....",left
18732,Zelenskyy Delivers Virtual Speech to Congress,"['Politics', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'US Congress', 'Ukraine War']","Zelenskyy in speech to Congress urges U.S. for no-fly zone, aircraft to battle Russia",Washington Times,"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a livestreamed video to Congress on Wednesday pleaded for the U.S. to help him battle Russia’s bombardment of his country with a no-fly zone or military equipment to protect Ukraine’s skies.
“Russia has turned the Ukrainian side into a source of death for thousands of people,” Mr. Zelenskyy told the roomful of senators and congressman. 
“This is a terror that Europe has not seen, has not seen for 80 years, and we are asking for a reply to this terror from the whole world. Is this a lot to ask...",right
18733,Zelenskyy Delivers Virtual Speech to Congress,"['Politics', 'Volodymyr Zelenskyy', 'US Congress', 'Ukraine War']",Zelensky Presses Congress for More Aid for Ukraine,Wall Street Journal (News),"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pressed U.S. lawmakers for further military assistance and new sanctions in a speech Wednesday beamed from Kyiv, making a personal plea to President Biden as his administration prepared to announce another round of aid.
Mr. Zelensky, whose country was invaded by Russia about three weeks ago, delivered a virtual speech Wednesday morning to both chambers of Congress. Ahead of the speech, Ukraine said it launched a counteroffensive against Russian forces encroaching on its capital and other key cities.
Lawmakers gathered in an auditorium in the Capitol complex...",center
18734,Nation Reacts to Supreme Court Decision,['LGBT Rights'],"Proposition 8 Decision, DOMA Ruling Prompt Reactions From Politicians",HuffPost,"The Supreme Court ruled on two major gay marriage cases Wednesday, deciding the fate of California's Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act.
Politicians reacted to the news with a flood of tweets, statements and Facebook posts.
Below, a slideshow of politicians' reactions to the rulings:",left
18735,Nation Reacts to Supreme Court Decision,['LGBT Rights'],Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage hailed as historic victory,CNN (Online News),"A deeply divided Supreme Court nudged the nation toward broad recognition of same-sex marriage on Wednesday in rulings hailed by advocates as a ""joyous occasion"" -- but still left many questions unanswered.
Voting 5-4 in each of two decisions, justices threw out part of a law that denied hundreds of federal benefits to same-sex couples and cleared the way for gays and lesbians to once again marry in California.
At the same time, the h",left
18736,Nation Reacts to Supreme Court Decision,['LGBT Rights'],Supreme Court issues two illegitimate decisions on same-sex marriage,Fox News (Online News),"Wednesday, the Supreme Court did what many of us hoped would never happen – the justices have invalidated Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act and refused to consider the lower court decision invalidating Proposition 8.
I’m furious. We at the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) and tens of millions of other Americans will never accept it.
It’s
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/06/26/supreme-court-issues-two-illeg...",right
18737,SC House Approves Flag Removal,['Politics'],S.C.’s Confederate flag bill heads to Nikki Haley’s desk for signing,Washington Times,"More than 50 years after South Carolina raised a Confederate flag at its Statehouse to protest the civil rights movement, the state is getting ready to remove the rebel banner.",right
18738,SC House Approves Flag Removal,['Politics'],S.C. House Approves Bill To Remove Confederate Flag From Statehouse,HuffPost,"More than 50 years after South Carolina raised a Confederate flag at its Statehouse to protest the civil rights movement, the state is getting ready to remove the rebel banner.",left
18739,SC House Approves Flag Removal,['Politics'],Jenny Horne's tearful Confederate flag speech shakes S. Carolina statehouse,CNN (Online News),"When Jenny Horne stepped up to the podium to address South Carolina's House of Representatives, her first words let on that she was fed up. Just not how fed up.",left
18740,"US Job Openings Hit Record High, Layoffs to Record Low","['Economy And Jobs', 'Job Openings', 'Business', 'Unemployment']","US Job Openings Rise to Record High, Layoffs Hit Record Low",The Epoch Times,"U.S. employers posted a record-high number of open jobs for the second straight month as a rapidly rebounding economy generates intense demand for workers.
The number of available jobs on the last day of May rose slightly to 9.21 million, from 9.19 million in April, the Labor Department said Wednesday. That is the highest since records began in December 2000. The previously reported figure for April of 9.3 million was revised lower.
The number of people quitting their jobs slipped in May from a record high in April, but remains elevated. And the percentage...",right
18741,"US Job Openings Hit Record High, Layoffs to Record Low","['Economy And Jobs', 'Job Openings', 'Business', 'Unemployment']","U.S. Job Openings Remain At A Historic High, Giving Job Seekers Options",NPR (Online News),"Job openings remained at a historic high in May, more evidence that workers are in high demand as the economy bounces back from the pandemic.
Openings reached 9.2 million, according to the Labor Department, about what they were a month earlier. They're about 30% higher than they were in February 2020, right before the pandemic.
While the May numbers remain little changed since April, there were some declines in job openings in certain sectors such as real estate, warehouses and transportation. Other sectors, meanwhile, continue to face staffing shortages.",left
18742,"US Job Openings Hit Record High, Layoffs to Record Low","['Economy And Jobs', 'Job Openings', 'Business', 'Unemployment']","US job openings climb to record high, layoffs hit all-time low",Al Jazeera,"Employers in the United States posted a record-high number of job openings for the second straight month, spotlighting persistent hiring challenges as a snapback in economic activity generates high demand for workers.
The number of available positions on the last day of May rose slightly to 9.2 million, the US Department of Labor’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) showed on Wednesday.",left
18743,"Police Chief, Officer Who Fatally Shot Daunte Wright Resign","['George Floyd Protests', 'Daunte Wright', 'Minnesota', 'Police Shooting', 'Race And Racism']","Officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, police chief have resigned in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota",NBC News (Online),"The police officer identified in the shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright and the police chief in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota have resigned, officials announced on Tuesday.
Kim Potter, a 26-year department veteran, fatally shot Wright during a traffic stop Sunday afternoon. Wright died of a gunshot wound to the chest, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner, which classified the manner of death as a homicide. Her union announced her resignation.
Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliot announced on Tuesday that Police Chief Tim Gannon would also be resigning.
""I have loved...",left
18744,"Police Chief, Officer Who Fatally Shot Daunte Wright Resign","['George Floyd Protests', 'Daunte Wright', 'Minnesota', 'Police Shooting', 'Race And Racism']",Minnesota police chief and officer involved in Daunte Wright shooting resign from force,Washington Times,"The police chief of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, and the officer identified as the shooter of Daunte Wright have both resigned in the fallout from the deadly shooting and ensuing unrest.
Mayor Mike Elliott said at a Tuesday press conference that Officer Kim Potter and Chief Tim Gannon both tendered their resignations, shortly after city manager Curt Boganey was fired in the aftermath of the deadly shooting described by the chief as a tragic accident.
“The city council also passed a resolution yesterday in support of relieving the police chief and...",right
18745,"Police Chief, Officer Who Fatally Shot Daunte Wright Resign","['George Floyd Protests', 'Daunte Wright', 'Minnesota', 'Police Shooting', 'Race And Racism']","Cop, police chief resign 2 days after Black motorist’s death",Associated Press,"A white police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb resigned Tuesday, as did the city’s police chief — moves that the mayor said he hoped would help heal the community and lead to reconciliation after two nights of protests and unrest.
The resignations from Officer Kim Potter and Police Chief Tim Gannon came two days after the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center. Potter, a 26-year veteran, had been on administrative leave following Sunday’s shooting, which happened as the...",left
18746,"Amid Insider Trading Probe, Burr to Step Down from Intelligence Committee","['Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Role Of Government', 'US Congress', 'Richard Burr', 'Stock Market', 'Insider Trading', 'Coronavirus', 'Corruption', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Richard Burr Steps Down From Chairmanship of Senate Intelligence Committee,ProPublica,"Sen. Richard Burr will be stepping aside as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee during the investigation into his stock trades, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Thursday.
“Senator Burr contacted me this morning to inform me of his decision,” McConnell wrote in a statement. “We agreed that this decision would be in the best interests of the committee and will be effective at the end of the day tomorrow.”
FBI agents served a search warrant to Burr at his Washington, D.C.-area home on Wednesday night as part of an...",left
18747,"Amid Insider Trading Probe, Burr to Step Down from Intelligence Committee","['Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Role Of Government', 'US Congress', 'Richard Burr', 'Stock Market', 'Insider Trading', 'Coronavirus', 'Corruption', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Burr to step down as Senate Intelligence chair amid insider trading probe,Axios,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced Thursday that Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) is stepping down from his position as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee pending an investigation into possible insider trading.
Why it matters: The news comes one day after reports that the FBI seized Burr's phone as part of the investigation. Burr, who had access to classified briefings about the coronavirus, dumped between $582,029 and $1.56 million in March just prior to the market crash. He has denied wrongdoing.",center
18748,"Amid Insider Trading Probe, Burr to Step Down from Intelligence Committee","['Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Role Of Government', 'US Congress', 'Richard Burr', 'Stock Market', 'Insider Trading', 'Coronavirus', 'Corruption', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Sen. Burr steps aside as Intelligence Committee chairman amid stock sale investigation,Fox News (Online News),"Republican Sen. Richard Burr has stepped aside as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee amid an investigation into his stock sales during the early stages of the coronavirus outbreak.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced the development in a brief statement Thursday, saying:
“Senator Burr contacted me this morning to inform me of his decision to step aside as Chairman of the Intelligence Committee during the pendency of the investigation. We agreed that this decision would be in the best interests of the committee and will be effective at the...",right
18749,Possible Shakeup in WH,"['White House', 'Politics']",Bannon and Kushner hold sit-down in attempt to bury the hatchet,Politico,"Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner, two warring senior White House aides, had a bury-the-hatchet meeting ordered by President Donald Trump, after arriving at Mar-a-Lago this week.",left
18750,Possible Shakeup in WH,"['White House', 'Politics']","Bannon, Kushner reportedly meet, 'smooth' differences, amid reports of feud",Fox News (Online News),"Top White House advisers Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner purportedly met Friday to “smooth things over,” amid continuing reports about high-level, Trump administration turmoil.",right
18751,Possible Shakeup in WH,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Fires Warning Shot in Battle Between Bannon and Kushner,New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — As he grappled on Thursday with his first major decision involving military action, a fed-up and frustrated President Trump turned to his two top aides and told them he had had enough of their incessant knife-fights in the media.",left
18752,Trump Supporters and Counter-protesters Clash Following DC Rally,"['Violence In America', 'Polarization', 'Antifa', 'Protests', 'Election 2020', 'Washington DC']",The Million MAGA March in DC Got Ugly,Vice,"The culture wars of Donald Trump’s America materialized into a battlefront near the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, for the so-called “#StoptheSteal” protest or “Million MAGA March.”
Galvanized by misinformation and fake news, more than 10,000 Trump supporters—including QAnon conspiracy theorists, far-right Proud Boys, militia members, online trolls, and religious zealots—traveled from around the country to claim that the election was “stolen” or “rigged” on behalf of Joe Biden. (Biden was declared the winner last weekend and currently holds a 5 million-vote lead in the popular vote over...",left
18753,Trump Supporters and Counter-protesters Clash Following DC Rally,"['Violence In America', 'Polarization', 'Antifa', 'Protests', 'Election 2020', 'Washington DC']","Antifa, Black Lives Matter Linked to Violence Against Trump Supporters in Washington",The Epoch Times,"Supporters and likely members of the far-left Antifa network and the Black Lives Matter movement were captured on video assaulting President Donald Trump supporters in Washington on Saturday.
Thousands of Trump supporters turned out for a large march to protest against alleged election fraud. Some pro-Trump marchers also engaged in violence.
While a collection of videos showed chaos and it was difficult to discern who instigated the fights, other footage from reporters on the ground showed anti-Trump protesters assaulting pro-Trump marchers without provocation.
In at least several cases, people affiliated...",right
18754,Trump Supporters and Counter-protesters Clash Following DC Rally,"['Violence In America', 'Polarization', 'Antifa', 'Protests', 'Election 2020', 'Washington DC']","Violence erupts between counterprotesters, Trump supporters following DC rally",The Hill,"Supporters of President Trump and counterprotesters clashed Saturday night after what was a mostly peaceful day of demonstrations in support of Trump and in protest of the election results.
One person was stabbed and more than 20 others arrested, according to local reports.
Violent clashes between Trump supporters and counterprotesters that were caught on tape by The Washington Post showed members from both sides lunging at one another. Objects can be seen being thrown through the air, and people can be seen punching one another.",center
18755,"MSNBC Shows Partial Clips of ""Salute to America"" Event in D.C.","['MSNBC', 'Donald Trump', 'Fourth Of July', 'Parade', 'Media Bias']",MSNBC refuses to air Trump Fourth of July event live,Washington Examiner,"While other networks such as Fox News and C-SPAN will be airing President Trump’s “ Salute to America,” MSNBC says it will not carry the Independence Day event live.
While the network won’t stream the event live, a spokesperson told Politico that it would assess in real time whether to air clips from the National Mall, which will feature a speech from Trump at the Lincoln Memorial, a massive fireworks display, a flyover by Air Force One and military aircraft, as well as tanks.
Earlier Tuesday, MSNBC host Joy Reid...",right
18756,"MSNBC Shows Partial Clips of ""Salute to America"" Event in D.C.","['MSNBC', 'Donald Trump', 'Fourth Of July', 'Parade', 'Media Bias']",MSNBC won't air Trump's July 4 event live,The Hill,"MSNBC will not air the entirety of President Trump's planned ""Salute to America"" on July Fourth, instead opting to carry on with regularly scheduled news programming that may include clips of the event.
A spokesperson for the network told Politico it potentially will air parts of the event during Thursday's newscasts, which will continue normally with ""The Beat with Ari Melber"" airing live at 6 p.m. ET and ""Hardball with Chris Matthews"" at 7 p.m.
The network did not immediately return The Hill's request for more information on its Thursday...",center
18757,"MSNBC Shows Partial Clips of ""Salute to America"" Event in D.C.","['MSNBC', 'Donald Trump', 'Fourth Of July', 'Parade', 'Media Bias']",MSNBC not planning to air Trump's July Fourth celebration live,Politico,"President Donald Trump’s takeover of the Fourth of July celebration at the National Mall won’t completely take over the cable airwaves.
MSNBC, for one, doesn’t plan to carry his “Salute to America” live, though the network will assess in real time whether to air clips of the event, a spokesperson told POLITICO.
Fox News is planning to cover “Salute to America” during a two-hour edition of “Special Report,” which airs from 6 to 8 p.m. And C-SPAN is planning to carry the event live, beginning at 6:15 p.m.
CNN representatives...",left
18758,First Openly Transgender Person Elected to U.S. State Legislature,['Elections'],"Danica Roem of Virginia to be first openly transgender person elected, seated in a U.S. statehouse",Washington Post,"Virginia’s most socially conservative state lawmaker was ousted from office Tuesday by Danica Roem, a Democrat who will be one of the nation’s first openly transgender elected officials and who embodies much of what Del. Robert G. Marshall fought against in Richmond.",left
18759,First Openly Transgender Person Elected to U.S. State Legislature,['Elections'],"Danica Roem to be Virginia's first transgender state lawmaker, unseating bathroom bill sponsor",Washington Examiner,"Democrat Danica Roem has been elected Virginia's first openly transgender lawmaker, defeating an incumbent candidate who sponsored an anti-transgender bathroom bill.",right
18760,First Openly Transgender Person Elected to U.S. State Legislature,['Elections'],Virginia elects its first openly transgender delegate to state House,USA TODAY,"Democrat Danica Roem, a former journalist, defeated incumbent Republican candidate Del. Bob Marshall Tuesday to become the first openly transgender elected official in Virginia.",left
18761,"Trump to Give Prime-Time Address, Visit U.S.-Mexico Border Amid Shutdown","['White House', 'Politics']","Trump plans televised address, visit to Mexico border",Reuters,President Donald Trump announced on Monday he would make a prime-time address and visit the U.S.-Mexico border this week as the partial federal government shutdown entered its 17th day,center
18762,"Trump to Give Prime-Time Address, Visit U.S.-Mexico Border Amid Shutdown","['White House', 'Politics']",Trump to deliver prime-time address on 'national security crisis' at the border,Washington Examiner,"President Trump will give a prime-time address from the Oval Office Tuesday evening in an apparent effort to convince lawmakers to fund a border wall, a demand that's led to a more than",right
18763,"Trump to Give Prime-Time Address, Visit U.S.-Mexico Border Amid Shutdown","['White House', 'Politics']",Broadcast networks deliberating whether to air Trump's prime time immigration address,CNN (Online News),"The big four broadcast networks are deliberating over President Donald Trump's request to air a Tuesday night prime time address on border security, a network executive told CNN.",left
18764,Impact of POTUS Immigration Plan,['Immigration'],Immigration Plan Sparks Firestorm,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama announced Thursday that millions of illegal immigrants will gain protections from deportation, bypassing Congress and unleashing unpredictable political and economic forces.",center
18765,Impact of POTUS Immigration Plan,['Immigration'],Boehner predicts new surge of illegal immigration,Washington Times,"House Speaker John A. Boehner would not say Friday what action he and his colleagues will take to push back against President Obama’s executive immigration moves, but vowed something will happen.",right
18766,Impact of POTUS Immigration Plan,['Immigration'],"OPINION: Who wins, loses with Obama’s immigration executive orders",The Boston Globe,"Some undocumented immigrants in the country are very happy tonight – about 4.3 million. But some 6 million are disappointed. President Obama’s announcement of a set of executive orders on immigration is a major step toward fixing the status of unauthorized immigrants. But, no doubt, the moment feels bittersweet. As an advocate told me tonight: “It’s a victory, but it’s a partial victory.”",left
18767,Cuba Releases American Prisoner,['General News'],U.S. and Cuba to Start Talks on Normalizing Relations,New York Times (News),"The United States will open talks with Cuba aimed at restoring full diplomatic relations and opening an embassy in Havana for the first time in more than a half century after the release of an American contractor held in prison for five years, American officials said Wednesday.",left
18768,Cuba Releases American Prisoner,['General News'],U.S. Moves to Normalize Cuba Relations as American Is Released,Wall Street Journal (News),"Gross Is Headed to U.S. on Government Plane, Obama Administration Official Says",center
18769,Cuba Releases American Prisoner,['General News'],"American Alan Gross released from Cuban prison, official says",Fox News (Online News),"American Alan Gross has been released from Cuba after five years in prison and is on his way back to the United States, Fox News confirms.",right
18770,US Launches Airstrike Against Iranian-Backed Militia In Syria,"['US Military', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Iran', 'World', 'Defense And Security']",US launches airstrike against Iranian-backed forces in Syria,Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. military carried out an airstrike against an Iranian-backed militia stronghold in Syria Thursday, a senior official told Fox News.
In the first known military action by President Biden, multiple facilities were struck in the air attack that targeted Iraqi border-based Shia militia groups, Kata’ib Hezbollah and Kata’ib Sayyid al Shuhada.
Both forces are suspected of having received funding and military support from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard.",right
18771,US Launches Airstrike Against Iranian-Backed Militia In Syria,"['US Military', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Iran', 'World', 'Defense And Security']",US reportedly carried out airstrike against Iran-backed militia in Syria,The Guardian,"The United States has reportedly carried out an airstrike in Syria against a structure belonging to what it said were Iran-backed militia, according to multiple news outlets that cited Pentagon officials.
The strike on Thursday comes after a series of recent rocket attacks against US targets in Iraq.
The strike was approved by Joe Biden, and carried out in order to damage the group’s ability to wage future attacks, according to officials who spoke anonymously with Reuters and Politico.",left
18772,US Launches Airstrike Against Iranian-Backed Militia In Syria,"['US Military', 'Foreign Affairs', 'Iran', 'World', 'Defense And Security']",US bombs facilities in Syria used by Iran-backed militia,Associated Press,"The United States launched airstrikes in Syria on Thursday, targeting facilities near the Iraqi border used by Iranian-backed militia groups. The Pentagon said the strikes were retaliation for a rocket attack in Iraq earlier this month that killed one civilian contractor and wounded a U.S. service member and other coalition troops.
The airstrike was the first military action undertaken by the Biden administration, which in its first weeks has emphasized its intent to put more focus on the challenges posed by China, even as Mideast threats persist.
“This proportionate military...",left
18773,Congress Reaches Agreement on $900 Billion Relief Package,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Life During Covid-19']",Senate majority leader announces approximately $900 billion deal on emergency relief package,Washington Post,"Senate leadership announced a bipartisan deal on an approximately $900 billion economic relief package late Sunday afternoon that would deliver emergency aid to a faltering economy and a nation besieged by surging coronavirus cases.
After months of contentious negotiations and seemingly intractable partisan gridlock, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) took to the Senate floor to say that a deal had been finalized and could be quickly approved.
The emerging stimulus package was expected to direct hundreds of billions of dollars in...",left
18774,Congress Reaches Agreement on $900 Billion Relief Package,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Life During Covid-19']",Congress reaches deal on $900 billion COVID relief bill: McConnell,New York Post (News),"That’ll stuff a lot of stockings!
Congress reached a deal Sunday on a roughly $900 billion coronavirus relief package, including a new round of $600 stimulus checks for most Americans.
“More help is on the way,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) said on the Senate floor, announcing the breakthrough.
Lawmakers only have to “promptly finalize text” and “avoid any last-minute obstacles” on the bill, McConnell said.
Both chambers of Congress are expected to vote on the package on Monday.
The massive pact will include temporary supplemental payments of $300...",right
18775,Congress Reaches Agreement on $900 Billion Relief Package,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Life During Covid-19']",Congress to pass deal with $600 stimulus checks,The Hill,"A pared-down second round of stimulus checks is included in a roughly $900 billion coronavirus relief deal announced by congressional leadership on Sunday night.
The agreement, announced by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on the floor, includes a $600 check for individuals who make up to $75,000 per year.
Though it's the same income cap included in the March CARES Act, the amount of the check is half of the $1,200 for individuals that was included in the earlier bill.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader...",center
18776,Russia Infiltrated Voter Rolls,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Top DHS official says Russian hackers infiltrated US voter systems in 2016,Fox News (Online News),The head of cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security revealed Wednesday that Russia managed to hack into voter registration rolls of several states during the 2016 presidential election.,right
18777,Russia Infiltrated Voter Rolls,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Russia Infiltrated Some U.S. Voter Registration Rolls Before 2016 Election, DHS Says",HuffPost,"The Russian government successfully obtained access to U.S. voter registration databases in multiple states prior to the 2016 election, the federal official responsible for monitoring hacking said.",left
18778,Russia Infiltrated Voter Rolls,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",DHS cyber chief: Russia 'successfully penetrated' some state voter rolls,The Hill,"A U.S. cybersecurity official said Wednesday that Russia ""successfully penetrated"" the voter rolls in a small number of states in 2016.",center
18779,Politics Pause After Shooting,['Violence In America'],"Politics takes a back seat as Obama, Boehner appeal for unity after shooting",Washington Times,"Politics was put aside for a day as President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner both called for the nation to come together in the wake of the Colorado movie theater shooting Friday that took the lives of 12 people and wounded dozens more. Published July 21, 2012 Comments (9)",right
18780,Politics Pause After Shooting,['Violence In America'],Political Campaigns Pause After Shooting,Wall Street Journal (News),Politics came to a pause Friday as the shooting in Colorado trumped the partisan attacks that have come to define the political discourse.,center
18781,Politics Pause After Shooting,['Violence In America'],Movie-Theater Shootings Put Presidential Politics On Hold,NPR (Online News),The shootings of dozens at a Colorado movie theater led the presidential campaigns to tear up their scripts for Friday and beyond. President Obama cut short a campaign trip to Florida as his campaign and that of Republican Mitt Romney halted ads in Colorado and canceled some appearances.,left
18782,Mississippi Capital Without Reliable Running Water Indefinitely After Treatment Plant Failure,"['Water And Oceans', 'Public Health', 'Mississippi', 'Disaster', 'Flooding', 'Sustainability', 'Drinking Water', 'Domestic Policy', 'State Governments', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers']","Mississippi governor says Jackson cannot produce water to fight fires, flush toilets",Fox News (Online News),"Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said that there is no longer reliable water after the failure of Jackson's main water-treatment facility left much of the capital city with low water pressure.
Reeves was briefed by the state's health department and told reporters in a Monday evening press conference that it had been a ""near impossibility"" to hold the city's main water-treatment facility together. He said that there was a ""near certainty"" that Jackson would fail to produce running water in the coming weeks or months if conditions did not improve. 
""We began...",right
18783,Mississippi Capital Without Reliable Running Water Indefinitely After Treatment Plant Failure,"['Water And Oceans', 'Public Health', 'Mississippi', 'Disaster', 'Flooding', 'Sustainability', 'Drinking Water', 'Domestic Policy', 'State Governments', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers']","Mississippi pump failure leaves 150,000 people without safe drinking water",USA TODAY,"The water supply in Jackson, Mississippi, remained unsafe for its 150,000 residents to drink or brush their teeth Tuesday after water treatment pumps failed Monday, exacerbating the city’s ongoing water crisis.
Excessive rainfall had doused the state capital and central Mississippi throughout August, and flooding of the Pearl River has created issues treating water at a Jackson plant, causing its pumps to fail, officials said.
Gov. Tate Reeves announced a state of emergency and warned residents to not drink the water Monday night as he said Jackson, where he also lives, did not have reliable running...",left
18784,Mississippi Capital Without Reliable Running Water Indefinitely After Treatment Plant Failure,"['Water And Oceans', 'Public Health', 'Mississippi', 'Disaster', 'Flooding', 'Sustainability', 'Drinking Water', 'Domestic Policy', 'State Governments', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers']","Jackson water system is failing, city will be with no or little drinking water indefinitely",Mississippi Today,"The drinking water system in Jackson — Mississippi’s largest city and home to more than 160,000 residents — is failing, state officials announced on Monday. Thousands of Jackson residents already have no or little water pressure, and officials cannot say when adequate, reliable service will be restored.
The city water system has been plagued with problems for years, including tens of thousands of residents losing water between one and three weeks during a 2021 winter storm.
At a press conference Monday night, Gov. Tate Reeves said the city’s largest water...",center
18785,Is Student Loan Forgiveness A Necessary Policy Change or Selfish Act?,"['Biden Administration', 'Colleges And Universities', 'Culture', 'Department Of Education', 'Economics', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Education', 'Individual Rights', 'Progressives', 'Student Loans', 'Student Loan Forgiveness']",Student-Debt Amnesty Is a Grotesque Gift to the Rich,National Review,"The plan being mulled by the Biden administration to cancel and forgive up to $1.6 trillion of federal student-loan debt is a brazen act of class warfare by the affluent against everyone else. It is a politically, and cosmically, unjustifiable robbery that offers yet more rope for the decadent and totally indefensible American college system to become even more decadent and indefensible.
The overwhelming majority of student debt is held by the affluent; less than 10 percent of it is held by the bottom third of earners. Nearly 40 percent of it is...",right
18786,Is Student Loan Forgiveness A Necessary Policy Change or Selfish Act?,"['Biden Administration', 'Colleges And Universities', 'Culture', 'Department Of Education', 'Economics', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Education', 'Individual Rights', 'Progressives', 'Student Loans', 'Student Loan Forgiveness']",The selfish and extreme reactions in response to Biden’s student debt relief,NBC News (Online),"When news broke Tuesday that the Biden administration was going to relax the rules of certain student loan repayment plans, thereby forgiving federal loans for 40,000 borrowers and offering 3.6 million people credit toward paying off their balances, I thought of my close friends and students who’ve been knee-deep in education-related debt for almost their entire adult lives. Several of them have had to choose between buying a home and paying off their student loans (the loans have always won out). In more extreme cases, I’ve known people who chose to default on...",left
18787,Is Student Loan Forgiveness A Necessary Policy Change or Selfish Act?,"['Biden Administration', 'Colleges And Universities', 'Culture', 'Department Of Education', 'Economics', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Education', 'Individual Rights', 'Progressives', 'Student Loans', 'Student Loan Forgiveness']",Student loan forgiveness must target the needy. Profligate collegiate spenders must pay the piper.,Chicago Tribune,"Attacking “waste, fraud and abuse” is a common promise made by both parties, but too often forgotten after the campaigning is over. On the touchy issue of student loan debt forgiveness, President Joe Biden can hardly afford to forget.
On the one hand, everyone knows that debt from student loans is raging out of control. On the other, Democrats don’t want to further compound their popularity problems by forgiving Ivy League tuition for elite big spenders while dinging those who chose to live within their means at college, or who...",center
18788,"Perspectives: AOC Says Congress Looking For Ways to Combat Misinformation, 'Rein In' Media","['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez']",AOC Says It Might Be Time To ‘Rein In’ Media After DC Riots - And Fox News Is Already Hysterical,Andy Meek,"Even in the wake of something as dramatic as last week’s DC riots, so much of the speechifying and legislative maneuvering that takes place on any given day in the nation’s capital — even and especially during the era of Trump — is predictable and superficial. Representatives prance and preen. Senators fall in line behind the party elders. Sure, there are those who break ranks every now and then, but it seems rarely enough to matter to the overall outcome. And then there are legislators like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who...",left
18789,"Perspectives: AOC Says Congress Looking For Ways to Combat Misinformation, 'Rein In' Media","['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez']","No, AOC, It's Not the Government's Job to 'Rein in Our Media'",Reason,"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.) told her social media followers earlier this week that Democrats in Congress might respond to the Capitol riot with some sort of ""media literacy"" initiative.
The phrase media literacy ordinarily implies helping individuals make sense of the media landscape, but AOC seems to have more in mind than that: She suggested ""we're going to have to figure out how we rein in our media environment so that you can't just spew disinformation and misinformation.""
It's true that both traditional media and social media sometimes spread ""disinformation...",right
18790,"Perspectives: AOC Says Congress Looking For Ways to Combat Misinformation, 'Rein In' Media","['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez']",Ocasio-Cortez Says Congress Must ‘Rein in’ Media Environment,The Daily Signal,"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., says that Congress is looking into reining in “our media environment” to prevent the spread of disinformation.
Ocasio-Cortez discussed how she feared for her life during last week’s Capitol riot in a livestream Tuesday evening on Instagram, Fox News reported.
A viewer asked Ocasio-Cortez if Congress is discussing “truth and reconciliation or media literacy initiatives” to help with healing following the turbulent events of the past few weeks, the publication reported.
“I can say, there is absolutely a commission being discussed but it seems to be...",right
18791,Dueling Interviews on 60 Minutes,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Debate Preview: Obama And Romney Shadow Box On '60 Minutes',NPR (Online News),"The first official presidential debate isn't until Oct. 3 in Denver. But as The New York Times writes, last night on CBS News' 60 Minutes there was something of a ""shadow debate that offered a likely preview of the tone and substance"" of what will happen on stage next week.",left
18792,Dueling Interviews on 60 Minutes,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Mitt Romney Defends Tax Rate In '60 Minutes' Interview,HuffPost,"Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney defended paying an effective tax rate of 14.1 percent on Sunday, following the release of his 2011 tax returns and ensuing backlash from critics who pounced on his relatively low tax rate.",left
18793,Dueling Interviews on 60 Minutes,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama admits some ads go 'overboard'; Romney defends campaign in dueling interviews,Fox News (Online News),"In a set of dueling interviews aired Sunday night, President Obama conceded his ""biggest disappointment"" is that he hasn't significantly changed the tone in Washington since taking office -- and acknowledged sometimes his campaign ads go ""overboard"" and contain ""mistakes.""",right
18794,Obama Paris Press Conference,['World'],"Obama touts progress against ISIS, sets low expectations for Russian cooperation",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama used a press conference Tuesday at the Paris climate summit to once again claim progress in the U.S.-led coalition’s campaign against the Islamic State, while also setting low near-term expectations for gaining Russian President Vladimir Putin's full cooperation in the fight.",right
18795,Obama Paris Press Conference,['World'],Obama Defends Presence at Climate Change Talks While Syria War Rages,New York Times (News),"President Obama said on Tuesday that the United States was obligated to undertake climate talks in the midst of a war in Syria “because this one trend, climate change, affects all trends.”",left
18796,Obama Paris Press Conference,['World'],Obama On Climate Change: 'I Actually Think We're Going To Solve This Thing',NPR (Online News),"""I actually think we're going to solve this thing.""
That's what President Obama said in a news conference just before he left a United Nations summit on climate change.",left
18797,Russian Election Hacking,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Former Obama intelligence official: Russian hack ‘the political equivalent of 9/11’,The Hill,"Former President Barack Obama's top intelligence official at the Pentagon said Saturday that the Russian interference in the 2016 elections was ""the political equivalent of 9/11.""",center
18798,Russian Election Hacking,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump appears to acknowledge Russian election meddling – and blames Obama,Los Angeles Times,"For months, he decried as a ""witch hunt"" the assessment of 17 intelligence agencies that blame Russia for meddling in the 2016 election.",left
18799,Russian Election Hacking,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump disputes Russian interference in 2016 election,Fox News (Online News),President Donald Trump questions why the Obama administration didn't try to stop Russian interference in the 2016 election.,right
18800,US Envoy to Haiti Resigns Over Migrant Deportations,"['State Department', 'Haiti', 'Del Rio', 'Immigration', 'Disaster', 'DHS', 'Deportations', 'Politics']","U.S. special envoy to Haiti resigns, citing ‘inhumane’ deportation of Haitians",PBS NewsHour,"U.S. Special Envoy for Haiti Daniel Foote resigned Thursday, saying that he did not want to be associated with what he called the United States’ “inhumane, counterproductive decision to deport thousands of Haitian refugees” back to the island nation.
Foote’s resignation letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, which was first obtained by the PBS NewsHour, comes as the Biden administration is facing widespread backlash over its treatment of Haitian migrants in Del Rio, Texas, where images of horseback border patrol agents using reins against migrants have sparked outrage. Activists and...",center
18801,US Envoy to Haiti Resigns Over Migrant Deportations,"['State Department', 'Haiti', 'Del Rio', 'Immigration', 'Disaster', 'DHS', 'Deportations', 'Politics']","A senior U.S. diplomat to Haiti resigns, citing the Biden administration’s ‘inhumane’ deportation policy.",New York Times (News),"A senior American diplomat who oversees Haiti policy has resigned, two U.S. officials said, submitting a letter to the State Department that excoriated the Biden administration’s “inhumane, counterproductive decision” to send Haitian migrants back to a country that has been wracked this summer by a deadly earthquake and political turmoil.
The diplomat, Daniel Foote, was appointed special envoy to Haiti in July, just weeks after President Jovenel Moïse was killed in his bedroom during a nighttime raid on his residence. Mr. Foote, a former ambassador to Zambia and acting assistant secretary for international narcotics and...",left
18802,US Envoy to Haiti Resigns Over Migrant Deportations,"['State Department', 'Haiti', 'Del Rio', 'Immigration', 'Disaster', 'DHS', 'Deportations', 'Politics']",US envoy to Haiti Daniel Foote resigns over migrant expulsions,New York Post (News),"The special envoy to Haiti stepped down on Thursday — blasting the Biden administration’s “inhumane” expulsions of Haitians from Del Rio, Texas.
In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, first reported by PBS, Daniel Foote said he was resigning immediately “with deep disappointment and apologies to those seeking crucial changes.”
“I will not be associated with the United States inhumane, counterproductive decision to deport thousands of Haitian refugees and illegal immigrants to Haiti, a country where American officials are confined to secure compounds because of the danger posed by armed gangs to...",right
18803,UK Becomes First Country To Authorize Use Of Merck's COVID-19 Pill,"['Coronavirus', 'United Kingdom', 'Merck', 'Coronavirus Pills', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'World']",First pill to treat Covid gets approval in UK,BBC News,"The first pill designed to treat symptomatic Covid has been approved by the UK medicines regulator.
The tablet - molnupiravir - will be given twice a day to vulnerable patients recently diagnosed with the disease.
In clinical trials the pill, originally developed to treat flu, cut the risk of hospitalisation or death by about half.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the treatment was a ""gamechanger"" for the most frail and immunosuppressed.
In a statement he said: ""Today is a historic day for our country, as the UK is now the...",center
18804,UK Becomes First Country To Authorize Use Of Merck's COVID-19 Pill,"['Coronavirus', 'United Kingdom', 'Merck', 'Coronavirus Pills', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'World']",UK Becomes First to Approve Antiviral Home Pill for COVID-19,The Epoch Times,"Britain has become the first country to approve an antiviral COVID-19 treatment that can be taken as a pill at home.
The UK national medicines regulator, the MHRA, announced on Nov. 4 that the antiviral Lagevrio (molnupiravir) had been authorised to treat mild to moderate COVID-19—in those with other risk factors, such as obesity, diabetes, or those over 60 years old.
“Today is a historic day for our country, as the UK is now the first country in the world to approve an antiviral that can be taken at home for COVID-19,” said UK health secretary Sajid Javid...",right
18805,UK Becomes First Country To Authorize Use Of Merck's COVID-19 Pill,"['Coronavirus', 'United Kingdom', 'Merck', 'Coronavirus Pills', 'Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'World']","Britain authorizes Merck’s molnupiravir, the world’s first approval of oral covid-19 treatment pill",Washington Post,"Regulators in Britain granted approval to the experimental drug molnupiravir from U.S. pharmaceutical giant Merck on Thursday, marking the first authorization from a public health body for an oral antiviral treatment for covid-19 in adults.
Experts have said that if widely authorized, the medicine could have huge potential to help fight the coronavirus pandemic: Pills are easier to take, manufacture and store, making them particularly useful in lower- to middle-income countries with weaker infrastructure and limited vaccine supplies.
“We will continue to move with both rigor and urgency to bring...",left
18806,May Day Marked by Virus-Fueled Labor Strikes,"['May Day', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Strike', 'Essential Workers', ""Workers' Rights"", 'Business', 'Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Celebrating May Day Starts by Taking Workers Seriously,The Nation,"May 1 is an official public holiday in 66 countries, including most of Europe. Other than a couple of faith-based holidays and the start of the new year, there’s hardly a holiday that spans so many nations. With its roots in ancient agrarian celebrations of spring, the official public holiday on May 1 is International Workers Day, celebrating the extraordinary contributions of workers and the working class. In countries where it’s an official day off, and 100 other nations, it is often commemorated with marches, protests, or strikes.",left
18807,May Day Marked by Virus-Fueled Labor Strikes,"['May Day', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Strike', 'Essential Workers', ""Workers' Rights"", 'Business', 'Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",Virus worries haunt workers demanding rights on May Day,Associated Press,"ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Millions of workers worldwide marked international labor day on Friday trapped between hunger and fear — struggling without jobs or worried they don’t have enough protections against the coronavirus as more countries and states reopen for business.
Beijing’s Forbidden City, the imperial palace turned museum that is one of China’s biggest tourist attractions, started welcoming visitors again, and Bangladesh began reopening factories, as world leaders try to salvage their battered economies without causing a resurgence of the virus that has killed over 230,000 worldwide.
With traditional...",left
18808,May Day Marked by Virus-Fueled Labor Strikes,"['May Day', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Strike', 'Essential Workers', ""Workers' Rights"", 'Business', 'Labor', 'Economy And Jobs']",What is International Workers’ Day?,Fox News (Online News),"May Day, or May 1, is also known as International Workers Day on which laborers and the labor movement around the world are celebrated.
Despite the global recognition of the holiday, the celebration began after peaceful protests became violent in the United States, where it has less meaning today.
During the 1880s, working conditions were dangerous, but workers were paid little, so industrial workers’ strikes were becoming more and more common, according to History.com.
On May 1, 1886, more than 300,000 workers in the United States. walked out of their...",right
18809,Beau Biden Dies at 46,['Politics'],"Beau Biden honored by presidents Obama, Clinton",USA TODAY,"The last two Democratic presidents -- Barack Obama and Bill Clinton -- are praising Beau Biden in the wake of his death from brain cancer.
Like his father -- Vice President Joe Biden -- Beau ""was a good, big-hearted, devoutly Catholic and deeply faithful man, who made a difference in the lives of all he touched -- and he lives on in their hearts,"" said a statement from President Obama.",left
18810,Beau Biden Dies at 46,['Politics'],What Joe Biden Has Said About Dealing With Personal Tragedy And Grief,HuffPost,"Perhaps no one in American politics has dealt with more personal tragedy than Vice President Joe Biden. Beau Biden, who died Saturday of brain cancer at the age of 46, is the second child of Biden to precede their father in death.
The vice president lost his 1-year-old daughter, Naomi, and his first wife, Neilia, the mother of Beau Biden, in a 1972 car crash. Biden has reflected on the tragedy and how he dealt with grief several times during his career in politics.
During his commencement address at Yale...",left
18811,Beau Biden Dies at 46,['Politics'],"Joe Biden's Son, Beau, Passes Away After Brain Cancer Battle",Breitbart News,"Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Beau Biden, passed away on Saturday after battling brain cancer. He was 46 years old.
Biden released a statement:
It is with broken hearts that Hallie, Hunter, Ashley, Jill and I announce the passing of our husband, brother and son, Beau, after he battled brain cancer with the same integrity, courage and strength he demonstrated every day of his life.
The entire Biden family is saddened beyond words. We know that Beau’s spirit will live on in all o",right
18812,Franken to Deliver Senate Floor Speech,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Franken To Address Senate Amid Groping And Forcible Kissing Allegations,HuffPost,Democratic Senator Al Franken will announce his decision to remain in or resign from the U.S. Senate on Thursday after facing intense pressure from members of his own party to step down following allegations of sexual misconduct.,left
18813,Franken to Deliver Senate Floor Speech,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Amid calls to resign, Al Franken to make a statement",CNN (Online News),Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken will speak from the Senate floor Thursday about his future in office following a raft of allegations he touched women inappropriately and dozens of his Democratic colleagues calling for him to step aside.,left
18814,Franken to Deliver Senate Floor Speech,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Franken to deliver Senate floor speech amid new claims of sexual misconduct, backlash from Dems",Fox News (Online News),"Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken is planning to deliver a speech from the Senate floor shortly before noon on Thursday, amid speculation over whether he will accept mounting calls from female colleagues to resign over sexual misconduct accusations.",right
18815,The Impact of Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump denies he’s ‘tapping into the anger’ of voters,Washington Times,"GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Sunday flatly denied that he’s “tapping into the anger” of voters across the country — a charge that has been made by his Republican primary rivals, political pundits of all stripes, and even President Obama.
In an interview with ABC News, Mr. Trump said his campaign is built not on anger but on the idea that, with the proper leadership, the nation’s problems can be solved quickly.",right
18816,The Impact of Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump’s fans are excited to rally — but they’re not sure they’ll show up to vote,Washington Post,"When Donald Trump held one of his boisterous rallies at the state fairgrounds this month, Bonnie and Randy Reynolds arrived two hours early to make sure they could snag seats. They bought “Make America Great Again” hats, put on campaign T-shirts and passed through a security checkpoint.
The West Des Moines couple, who have two grown children, had never been to a political event before. Bonnie works in a mailroom; Randy is a press operator. They don’t live paycheck to p",left
18817,The Impact of Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump and the Post-Constitutional Presidency,Breitbart News,"Some conservatives say that Donald Trump is a menace to the Constitution, because he seems intent on picking up Barack Obama’s D.C.-approved extra-constitutional powers and using them for his own Trump-ian purposes, maybe even going further down the path to executive-order dictatorship than Obama did.
This aspect of the Trump campaign should be we",right
18818,Justice Pursues Those Involved in Capitol Breach,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Criminal Justice']",Left-wing activist charged in Capitol riot after saying he was just there to 'document',Fox News (Online News),"A left-wing activist who told Fox News last week that he’d followed a pro-Trump mob into the Capitol in order to ""document"" the siege is now the subject of a criminal complaint in connection with his alleged participation, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
John Sullivan can allegedly be heard egging on protesters in video he provided to the FBI, according to a federal criminal complaint. He has also shared the video to his YouTube and Twitter accounts under the pseudonym Jayden X.
He was charged Thursday in federal court...",right
18819,Justice Pursues Those Involved in Capitol Breach,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Criminal Justice']",Capitol rioters included highly trained ex-military and cops,Associated Press Fact Check,"As President Donald Trump’s supporters massed outside the Capitol last week and sang the national anthem, a line of men wearing olive-drab helmets and body armor trudged purposefully up the marble stairs in a single-file line, each man holding the jacket collar of the one ahead.
The formation, known as “Ranger File,” is standard operating procedure for a combat team that is “stacking up” to breach a building — instantly recognizable to any U.S. soldier or Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. It was a chilling sign that many...",left
18820,Justice Pursues Those Involved in Capitol Breach,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Criminal Justice']","Capitol Rioters Intent 'Was to Capture and Assassinate Elected Officials,' Prosecutors Say",Newsweek,"Prosecutors have said those who stormed the Capitol last week intended to ""capture and assassinate"" elected officials while arguing that the so-called ""QAnon Shaman"" should not be released from custody ahead of his trial.
Jake Angeli, 33, of Arizona, is scheduled to appear in court Friday after being charged with being part of the mob who attacked the Capitol on January 6.
Angeli, real name Jacob Anthony Chansley, was one of the most prominent people seen inside Congress during the insurrection due to his striking fur hat, horns and face...",center
18821,Undocumented Raids Surge,['Immigration'],Hundreds of Immigrants Arrested in 'Routine' US Enforcement Surge,Newsmax (News),U.S. federal immigration agents arrested hundreds of undocumented immigrants in at least four states this week in what officials on Friday called routine enforcement actions.,right
18822,Undocumented Raids Surge,['Immigration'],Trump’s Deportation Force Begins Raids on Undocumented Immigrants,Daily Beast,"President Donald Trump’s deportation force promise may be coming true.
Over the last five days, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducted what they call an “enforcement surge” in the Los Angeles area, arresting more than 160 undocumented immigrants. Immigrants’ rights groups and lawyers told The Daily Beast that ICE also increased its enforcement acti",left
18823,Undocumented Raids Surge,['Immigration'],"Undocumented Immigrants Arrested Nationwide, Stoking Fears Of Trump’s ‘Deportation Force’",HuffPost,"President Donald Trump’s promised crackdown on undocumented immigrants is in full force this week, with increased deportation efforts around the country, activists and elected officials said Friday.",left
18824,Trump Rally and Correspondents Dinner,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump rallies his base on his 100th day,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump hit hard at the news media at a rally Saturday in Pennsylvania to tout the accomplishments of his first 100 days, striking a tone both divisive and determined as he played to the populist sentiments of a cheering crowd.",left
18825,Trump Rally and Correspondents Dinner,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump marks his 100th day in office, lists successes, takes dig at ‘boring’ WHCD",Washington Times,"President Trump skipped the annual White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday, calling it “boring,” and hosted a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to celebrate his 100th day in office.",right
18826,Trump Rally and Correspondents Dinner,"['White House', 'Politics']",Donald Trump Lashes Out At ‘Fake News’ Media As Journalists Gather In D.C.,HuffPost,President Donald Trump blasted the media as “fake news” and criticized journalists for taking part in the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday.,left
18827,Trump Lawyer Pays Adult-Film Star for Silence Surrounding Sexual Encounter with Mr. Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump Lawyer Arranged $130,000 Payment for Adult-Film Star’s Silence",Wall Street Journal (News),"A lawyer for President Donald Trump arranged a $130,000 payment to a former adult-film star a month before the 2016 election as part of an agreement that precluded her from publicly discussing an alleged sexual encounter with Mr. Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.",center
18828,Trump Lawyer Pays Adult-Film Star for Silence Surrounding Sexual Encounter with Mr. Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Report: Trump Lawyer Paid Porn Actress $130,000 For Silence Just Before Election",HuffPost,A longtime Trump Organization lawyer reportedly negotiated the NDA in October 2016.,left
18829,Trump Lawyer Pays Adult-Film Star for Silence Surrounding Sexual Encounter with Mr. Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump rep, former porn star deny ‘hush money’ claims",Fox News (Online News),A personal lawyer for President Trump and a former porn star both denied a late-Friday report claiming the adult-film actress was paid in exchange for her silence about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump.,right
18830,Rand Paul Suspends Presidential Campaign,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Rand Paul suspends presidential campaign,Washington Post,"Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) announced Wednesday that he is suspending his presidential campaign, bringing an end to a bid that began with aspirations of expanding the libertarian base that his father, Ron Paul, built into a powerful national coalition.",left
18831,Rand Paul Suspends Presidential Campaign,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Rand Paul drops out of White House race,Politico,"Rand Paul dropped out of the 2016 president race on Wednesday, short on cash and support, two days after finishing with under 5 percent in the Iowa caucuses — less than one quarter of the support his father had drawn four years earlier.",left
18832,Rand Paul Suspends Presidential Campaign,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Sen. Rand Paul Quits 2016 Presidential Race,The Blaze,"Campaign spokeswoman Eleanor May confirmed his decision Wednesday to The Associated Press.
“Although, today, I will suspend my campaign for president, the fight is far from over. I will continue to carry the torch for liberty in the United States Senate, and I look forward to earning the privilege to represent the people of Kentucky for another term.”",right
18833,Syria Debate on Capitol Hill,['Middle East'],Obama rolls the dice on Syria by asking Congress's approval,Washington Post,Obama's quick move to seek Congresss okay could have long consequences.,left
18834,Syria Debate on Capitol Hill,['Middle East'],Would US airstrikes in Syria lead to American 'boots on ground'?,Christian Science Monitor,Airstrikes against Syria could lead to unintended consequences in that country's civil war skeptics say and draw US ground troops into a larger conflict.,center
18835,Syria Debate on Capitol Hill,['Middle East'],Syria military strike faces first test vote in Congress,Fox News (Online News),Syria military strike faces first test vote,right
18836,Pelosi Introduces Resolution to Launch January 6 Probe,"['US House', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']",House to vote on bill launching probe of Jan. 6 insurrection,Associated Press Fact Check,"A new committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol would have 13 members and the power to subpoena witnesses, according to legislation released by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The House is expected to vote on the bill this week.
The effort comes after Senate Republicans blocked the formation of an independent, bipartisan commission to probe the attack, in which hundreds of former President Donald Trump’s supporters violently broke into the Capitol and interrupted the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory.
The new, partisan House panel would have eight...",left
18837,Pelosi Introduces Resolution to Launch January 6 Probe,"['US House', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']",Pelosi unveils Democratic-controlled Jan. 6 committee and teases appointing a Republican,Washington Examiner,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed a bill on Monday to create a Democratic-controlled select House committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot after Republicans blocked a proposal that would have given them more control over a bipartisan, bicameral commission look into the attack.
And in a twist, Pelosi is “seriously considering” appointing a Republican to the body, which would give the committee closer to even-partisan representation while still allowing Democrats more power than they would have had in the failed Jan. 6 commission.
“Sadly, as of last week, there remains no...",right
18838,Pelosi Introduces Resolution to Launch January 6 Probe,"['US House', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']",Pelosi Discloses Details of Planned Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Committee,Wall Street Journal (News),"Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) on Monday introduced the legislative text needed to establish a select committee with subpoena power to investigate the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, in advance of an expected vote in the House on Wednesday.
The resolution, which mirrors the language used to create the GOP-led select committee on the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, gives Mrs. Pelosi the ability to appoint the chair and 13 members—five of them “after consultation with the minority leader,” a reference to Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.).
Mrs. Pelosi is...",center
18839,Pennsylvania Court Rules Gerrymandered Maps Unconstitutional,['Elections'],Pennsylvania court tosses congressional boundaries; impact possible on 2018 election,USA TODAY,Pennsylvania's highest court added its voice Monday to a growing chorus of federal and state judges that have struck down election maps drawn to help the political party in power.,left
18840,Pennsylvania Court Rules Gerrymandered Maps Unconstitutional,['Elections'],Pennsylvania Supreme Court orders new election map ahead of midterms due to partisan gerrymandering,Washington Times,"Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional district map ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, saying the current one amounted to partisan gerrymandering in violation of the state constitution.",right
18841,Pennsylvania Court Rules Gerrymandered Maps Unconstitutional,['Elections'],"Pennsylvania Supreme Court Strikes Down State’s Congressional Map, Saying It Illegally Benefits GOP",HuffPost,Republicans had consistently received a 13-5 advantage in the state’s congressional delegation since 2012.,left
18842,Should Clinton Be Denied Classified Info?,"['US House', 'Politics']",Paul Ryan: Hillary should lose her access to classified information,HotAir,House Speaker Paul Ryan said twice in the past 24-hours that he believes Hillary Clinton should lose her access to classified information in light of the findings of the FBI investigation.,right
18843,Should Clinton Be Denied Classified Info?,"['US House', 'Politics']",Ryan formally asks DNI to block Clinton's access to classified info,CNN (Online News),House Speaker Paul Ryan sent a letter to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper Wednesday requesting he deny any classified information to Hillary Clinton for the rest of the 2016 campaign.,left
18844,Should Clinton Be Denied Classified Info?,"['US House', 'Politics']",Paul Ryan Asks That Hillary Clinton Not Receive Classified Information as Candidate,Time Magazine,Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan formally requested on Wednesday that presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton not receive classified information from the government during her time as a candidate.,left
18845,US Birth Rate Fell to 42-Year Low in 2020,"['Family And Marriage', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']","Births fall to 42-year low in U.S., new CDC data shows",CBS News (Online),"The number of births in the U.S. fell 4% in 2020, dropping to the lowest level since 1979 and continuing a multi-year trend of declining birth rates. That's according to a report published Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
The agency reported 3,605,201 births in 2020, down from 3,747,540 during the year prior, based on provisional data from more than 99% of birth certificates issued during the year. 2020 marks the sixth consecutive year that the number of births in the...",left
18846,US Birth Rate Fell to 42-Year Low in 2020,"['Family And Marriage', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']","U.S. Birthrate Fell By 4% In 2020, Hitting Another Record Low",NPR (Online News),"The number of babies born in the U.S. dropped by 4% in 2020 compared with the previous year, according to a new federal report released Wednesday. The general fertility rate was 55.8 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44, reaching yet another record low, according to the provisional data.
""This is the sixth consecutive year that the number of births has declined after an increase in 2014, down an average of 2% per year, and the lowest number of births since 1979,"" the National Center for Health Statistics said....",left
18847,US Birth Rate Fell to 42-Year Low in 2020,"['Family And Marriage', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",US Birth Rate Falls Another Four Percent To Lowest Level In ‘Nearly A Century’,The Daily Wire,"The United States birth rate fell another 4% in 2020 despite expectations that the U.S. would see a “baby boom” as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and associated lockdowns. The rate is now at the “lowest point since federal health officials started tracking it more than a century ago,” according to the Associated Press.
“The U.S. birth rate fell 4% last year, the largest single-year decrease in nearly 50 years, according to a government report being released Wednesday,” the AP reported. ‘The rate dropped for moms of every major...",right
18848,Senate Passes Criminal Justice Bill,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Senate Passes Criminal Justice Reform Bill,HuffPost,"While it does not go as far as proponents would like, the bill is the most sweeping prison reform agreement that Congress has passed in decades.",left
18849,Senate Passes Criminal Justice Bill,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Criminal Justice Overhaul,CBN,The Senate passed a sweeping criminal justice bill Tuesday that addresses concerns that the nation's war on drugs had led to the imprisonment of too many Americans for non-violent crimes without adequately preparing them for their return to society.,right
18850,Senate Passes Criminal Justice Bill,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",US Senate passes sweeping criminal justice reform bill,BBC News,The US Senate has passed a sweeping criminal justice reform bill seeking to address concerns that the US locks up too many of its citizens.,center
18851,Fact Checkers Combat Election Misinformation,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Election Fact Checking']",Fact-checking the avalanche of Wisconsin election misinformation,PolitiFact,"A razor-thin margin, a slow vote count and a presidential election hanging in the balance have created the perfect storm for misinformation in Wisconsin.
The morning after the election, social media generated an avalanche of claims about Wisconsin voting totals, timing and turnout. Much of it isn’t true.
We’re separating fact from fiction on some of the most widely shared claims.
CLAIM: ""There have been reports of irregularities in several Wisconsin counties which raise serious doubts about the validity of the results.""
This unproven assertion came mid-morning Wednesday...",left
18852,Fact Checkers Combat Election Misinformation,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Election Fact Checking']",Did a Poll Worker in Pennsylvania Throw Away Trump Ballots?,The Dispatch,"A viral tweet, now deleted, and other social media posts claim to show the Instagram story of a poll worker named Sebastian Machado in Erie, Pennsylvania, who admitted to throwing away ballots cast for President Trump. The claim received wide coverage thanks to a retweet from the Trump presidential campaign. The Dispatch Fact Check verified the authenticity of the image before Machado made his account private. However, Machado is not actually av poll worker. “Sebastian is not registered in the state of Pennsylvania … he has no connection to any...",right
18853,Fact Checkers Combat Election Misinformation,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Election Fact Checking']",U.S fact-checkers debunked at least 10 hoaxes involving Pennsylvania and Florida on Election Day,Poynter,"Fact-checking organizations based in the United States debunked at least 10 claims and photos regarding the electoral process in two states on Election Day. An overview of this work shows that Florida and Pennsylvania were heavily targeted by disinformers on Nov. 3. But the consequences of these acts are yet to be determined.
A false photo caption claimed the photo showed an unidentified civilian removing an official ballot box from a polling location in Philadelphia on Election Day. The person in the photo is an election worker who was transporting...",center
18854,Biden Receives COVID-19 Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","Biden Takes Coronavirus Vaccine On Camera — Says Trump ‘Deserves Some Credit’ For Vaccine, But That ‘This Is Just The Beginning’",The Daily Caller,"President-elect Joe Biden received his first coronavirus vaccine dose on Monday in Newark, Delaware, after which he praised the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed.
“The scientists and the people who put this together, the front line workers, the people who were the ones who actually did the clinical work, it’s just amazing,” Biden told the gathered reporters after taking the shot. “I think the administration deserves some credit getting this off the ground with Operation Warp Speed. I also think that it’s worth saying that this gives great hope. I’m...",right
18855,Biden Receives COVID-19 Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Joe Biden receives coronavirus vaccination,Politico,"President-elect Joe Biden and incoming first lady Jill Biden received initial injections of the coronavirus vaccine on Monday in a show of support for the inoculation.
“I’m doing this to demonstrate that people should be prepared when it’s available to take the vaccine,” Biden said. “There’s nothing to worry about. I’m looking forward to the second shot.”",left
18856,Biden Receives COVID-19 Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Joe Biden Receives Covid-19 Vaccine in Public to Reassure Its Safety,Wall Street Journal (News),"President-elect Joe Biden received the Covid-19 vaccine Monday in a televised appearance from a Delaware hospital in which he encouraged the public to get vaccinated. “There’s nothing to worry about,” he said.
After pushing up the long-sleeve shirt on his left arm, Mr. Biden received the first of two doses after top public health officials recommended that he be fully vaccinated before his Jan. 20 inauguration. He was joined by his wife, Jill Biden, who received the first course of the vaccine earlier in the day, his transition team said.",center
18857,Florida Schools Roll Out New LGBTQ+ Policies as Parental Rights in Education Bill Takes Effect,"[""Children'S Rights"", 'Education', 'Florida', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'LGBTQ Rights', 'Parental Rights In Education', 'Ron DeSantis']",Leon County School Board approves LGBTQ guide after fierce debate,Tallahassee Democrat,"After three hours of fiery public debate, the Leon County School Board unanimously approved its ""LGBTQ Inclusive School Guide"" Tuesday night.
The policy, which the board is calling a “guide” and a ""living document"" that can be quickly updated, comes after weeks of deliberation from the district’s LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee. 
The document is intended to create guidelines for teachers and administrators to help students who need it and to outline state laws for employees, Assistant Superintendent Alan Cox told the Tallahassee Democrat.
The advisory committee was created to review the district's longstanding LGBTQ guide, which was...",center
18858,Florida Schools Roll Out New LGBTQ+ Policies as Parental Rights in Education Bill Takes Effect,"[""Children'S Rights"", 'Education', 'Florida', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'LGBTQ Rights', 'Parental Rights In Education', 'Ron DeSantis']",Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Law Will Force Teachers to Take LGBT Propaganda Out of Classrooms,Breitbart News,"The Parental Rights in Education law will force teachers to remove blatant LGBT propaganda from their classrooms as the law is set to take effect Friday.
According to reports, Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) announced it will “impose strict restrictions on classroom behavior” in order to abide by the Parental Rights in Education law. The law itself, which left-wing critics grossly mischaracterized, bars classroom discussions on sexual orientation and gender identity for children in kindergarten through third grade. The bill also makes it so that parents will be “notified about healthcare...",right
18859,Florida Schools Roll Out New LGBTQ+ Policies as Parental Rights in Education Bill Takes Effect,"[""Children'S Rights"", 'Education', 'Florida', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'LGBTQ Rights', 'Parental Rights In Education', 'Ron DeSantis']",Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law Took Effect. Chaos Ensued,RollingStone.com,"The trouble in Orange County Public Schools began, perhaps unsurprisingly, at a seminar called “Camp Legal.”
The meeting’s stated purpose was for the district’s attorneys to walk school administrators through changes to law, a part of their annual training. But Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act, better known as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, was due to take effect the following week, and neither the state nor the district had offered formal guidance on what that new law would actually mean for their classrooms — a problem, since summer school...",left
18860,Census 2020: Debate Over Adding Citizenship Question,"['Elections', 'GOP', 'Census', 'Citizenship Question']","Despite Trump administration denials, new evidence suggests census citizenship question was crafted to benefit white Republicans",Washington Post,"Just weeks before the Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether the Trump administration can add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, new evidence emerged Thursday suggesting the question was crafted specifically to give an electoral advantage to Republicans and whites.
The evidence was found in the files of the prominent Republican redistricting strategist Thomas Hofeller after his death in August. It reveals that Hofeller “played a significant role in orchestrating the addition of the citizenship question to the 2020 Decennial Census in order to create a structural...",left
18861,Census 2020: Debate Over Adding Citizenship Question,"['Elections', 'GOP', 'Census', 'Citizenship Question']","The Supreme Court case over adding a citizenship question to the census, explained",Vox,"The Trump administration wants the 2020 census, which will be distributed to all people living in the United States next spring, to ask, “Are you a citizen of the United States?” A group of blue states led by California and New York emphatically do not want a census citizenship question, because they’re worried it will make their residents less likely to return their census forms — and thus hurt their apportionment in Congress after the 2020 census results are tallied.
On Tuesday at 10 am Eastern time, the Supreme Court...",left
18862,Census 2020: Debate Over Adding Citizenship Question,"['Elections', 'GOP', 'Census', 'Citizenship Question']",Census Isn't a Threat to the Nation; Anti-Trump Hysteria Is,Guest Writer - Right,"The mainstream media are so deeply in bed with the Democrats that they risk having what they do to each other be mistaken for pornography. A recent instance of such mutually assured gratification is E.J. Dionne's April 24 column, ""Will Trump and the Supreme Court Tear Our Democracy Apart?"" The esteemed author, formerly called a ""radical centrist"" by Time magazine, has graduated to being just a plain and simple “radical.”
In the wake of Democrats’ failure to establish that President Trump is a threat to America because he is a...",right
18863,Fallout from Trump’s Comments on Africa,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump appears to deny using vulgar term to describe immigrant countries after backlash,USA TODAY,"After international backlash, President Trump appeared Friday to deny using a vulgar term to describe Haiti, El Salvador and African countries, and instead sought to put the redirect the focus on what he called unacceptable Democratic proposals on immigration.",left
18864,Fallout from Trump’s Comments on Africa,"['White House', 'Politics']","OPINION: After Donald Trump Said It, How News Outlets Handled It",New York Times (News),"Media outlets on Thursday took the unusual step of allowing the word “shithole” to be used in print and on air, after a report that Mr. Trump had used the term to describe African nations and Haiti during a White House meeting with lawmakers on immigration.",left
18865,Fallout from Trump’s Comments on Africa,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Says His 'Tough Language' Was Response to 'Outlandish' DACA Proposal,CBN,The White House is dealing with fallout Friday after details of a private meeting between President Donald Trump and several U.S. senators leaked to the media.,right
18866,Biden 2024? Polls Forecast Opinion of Potential Reelection Campaign,"['Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', '2024 Election', 'White House', 'Biden Administration', 'Poll']",Biden Approval Surges by Double-Digits Among Women After Roe Ruling: Poll,Newsweek,"President Joe Biden has seen major gains in approval among women following the overturn of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court in June, according to a new poll.
Emerson College on Friday released its latest national survey, tracking numerous political statistics heading into the midterms and beyond. The college found in this most recent survey that Biden's approval rating was the highest it had been all year, according to its own data, with 45 percent approving of him as president and 49 disapproving, with 5 percent claiming to be...",center
18867,Biden 2024? Polls Forecast Opinion of Potential Reelection Campaign,"['Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', '2024 Election', 'White House', 'Biden Administration', 'Poll']",Most Democrats don't want Biden as 2024 nominee: Poll,Washington Examiner,"Democrats appear eager for someone other than President Joe Biden to be the party's 2024 presidential nominee.
A poll from ABC News and the Washington Post found 56% of Democratic-registered voters and Democratic-leaning voters want another candidate to top the ticket. The poll found only 35% prefer Biden as the Democratic Party's 2024 nominee.
The president hit new lows in approval among liberals (68%), southerners (33%), and people in the middle- to upper-middle income range (34%). Biden also hit a record low on approval from black adults at 31%.",right
18868,Biden 2024? Polls Forecast Opinion of Potential Reelection Campaign,"['Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', '2024 Election', 'White House', 'Biden Administration', 'Poll']",Democrats are warming to a Biden 2024 campaign. They’re just not sure if he’ll run.,CNN (Online News),"Many Democratic leaders, operatives and officials are cautiously warming to the idea of President Joe Biden running for reelection in 2024, dozens of high-ranking Democrats told CNN.
But just like many voters and donors – as poll after poll shows – they’re still not sure he should do it, or that he will.
The mood has notably shifted among top Democrats in recent months. During the depths of Biden’s political struggles in March, some party leaders from all over the country huddled in the hallways of the Hilton a few...",left
18869,Unflattering Biography of News Chief,['Media Bias'],Roger Ailes biographer Gabriel Sherman strikes back: The book is fact-checked,Politico,"Gabriel Sherman, the author of a highly anticipated biography of Roger Ailes, is hitting back at the Fox News chief's assertion that Sherman and his publisher did not fact-check the book prior to its publication.
""During two and a half years of reporting, I made a dozen requests both in writing and in person to speak with Roger Ailes about every aspect of my book, The Loudest Voice in the Room,"" Sherman told POLITICO in a statement. ""A team of two fact-checkers spent more than 2,000 hours vetting the manuscript...",left
18870,Unflattering Biography of News Chief,['Media Bias'],New Book About Fox News Launches Website To Fight Against Smears,Insider,"Random House will publish ""The Loudest Voice in the Room"" on Jan. 21, a book that promises to be an extremely controversial new look at Fox News from New York Magazine contributing editor Gabriel Sherman.
The publisher and the book's author are already preparing fo",left
18871,Unflattering Biography of News Chief,['Media Bias'],Biography Casts Critical Light on Fox News Chief,New York Times (News),"Roger Ailes was so eager to influence national politics that in the run-up to the 2012 presidential election, he told fellow Fox News executives point-blank: “I want to elect the next president.”
In the corporate thicket of News Corporation, according to a new book, Mr. Ailes dared to battle with Lachlan Murdoch, a son of Rupert Murdoch, the chairman, openly gloating when the younger Mr. Murdoch eventually left his post at the company and even commandeering his chair.
At Fox News, the book says, Mr. Ailes was disdainful of even...",left
18872,FCC Votes to Overturn Net Neutrality Regulations,['Technology'],"BREAKING: Net Neutrality Repealed, Left Loses Its DAMN MIND",Ben Shapiro,"In an event that marked the end of Western civilization and the simultaneous destruction of capacity for human happiness, the FCC voted 3-2 to end net neutrality on Thursday. Immediately, Leftist Twitter leapt to the worst possible conclusions:",right
18873,FCC Votes to Overturn Net Neutrality Regulations,['Technology'],U.S. regulators ditch net neutrality rules as legal battles loom,Reuters,"The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines on Thursday to repeal landmark 2015 rules aimed at ensuring a free and open internet, setting up a court fight over a move that could recast the digital landscape.",center
18874,FCC Votes to Overturn Net Neutrality Regulations,['Technology'],The FCC Just Voted To Allow Your Internet Company To Charge You More For Netflix And Facebook,BuzzFeed News,"The Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal Obama-era regulations protecting net neutrality — rules that prohibit internet service providers from slowing websites or charging premiums for ""fast lanes"" for specific services or higher-quality streaming. On Thursday, the commission, whose deliberations were briefly delayed by a security concern, passed the widely expected decision on a 3–2 vote.",left
18875,Sarah Sanders Joins Fox News,"['Politics', 'Sarah Sanders', 'Sarah Huckabee Sanders', 'Fox News', 'Conservatives']",Sarah Sanders heads to Fox News as a contributor,Associated Press,"NEW YORK (AP) — Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, who once sparred with journalists, has decided to join them.
Fox News said Thursday that Sanders has been hired to provide political commentary and analysis across all its properties, including Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network and the radio and podcast division.
Sanders was press secretary for President Donald Trump from July 2017 through June 2019, quarreling with reporters who aggressively questioned her about any number of controversies involving the president.
In a statement, Sanders says she is “beyond...",left
18876,Sarah Sanders Joins Fox News,"['Politics', 'Sarah Sanders', 'Sarah Huckabee Sanders', 'Fox News', 'Conservatives']",Sarah Sanders becomes the latest ex-Trump official to join Fox News,CNN (Online News),"New York (CNN Business)Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders has joined Fox News as a contributor, the network announced on Thursday. It is the latest sign of the revolving door relationship between Fox and the Trump administration.
Sanders, who exited the White House in June, will make her debut before a live studio audience episode of ""Fox & Friends"" on September 6. She will provide political commentary across Fox News' on-air and digital properties.
In a statement, Sanders praised Fox News and said she was ""beyond proud"" to...",left
18877,Sarah Sanders Joins Fox News,"['Politics', 'Sarah Sanders', 'Sarah Huckabee Sanders', 'Fox News', 'Conservatives']",Fox News signs Sarah Huckabee Sanders to provide political commentary,Fox News (Online News),"Fox News has signed former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders as a contributor, the network announced on Thursday.
“Fox News has been the number one news organization in the country for 17 years running and I am beyond proud to join their incredible stable of on-air contributors in providing political insights and analysis,” Sanders said in a statement.
The 37-year-old will provide political commentary and analysis to Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, Fox News Digital, Fox Nation and the radio/podcast division. In addition, Sanders will make her...",right
18878,World Cup Frustrations Rise,['World'],"In Brazil, Police Use Tear Gas At Anti-World Cup Protest",HuffPost,"Brazilian police and protesters clashed in Sao Paulo on Thursday just hours before the opening game of the World Cup, which has been marred by construction delays and months of political unrest.
Police fired tear gas and noise bombs to disperse more than 100 demonstrators angry about heavy government spending on the event, a spokesman for Sao Paulo state's military police said.",left
18879,World Cup Frustrations Rise,['World'],"Police, Protesters Clash Morning Of World Cup Opening; Security Remains Major Issue",Fox News Latino,"Riot police carrying massive plastic shields and dressed head to toe in body armor clashed with thousands of demonstrators in downtown São Paulo near the Carrão station Thursday morning. Security forces fired tear gas into the crowd with many protesters injured, Fox News Latino reporters witnessed.",right
18880,World Cup Frustrations Rise,['World'],Police use tear gas as Brazilians protest in Rio,USA TODAY,"A colorful and noisy protest of about 500 people turned violent when police used canisters of tear gas and pepper spray on demonstrators in the Lapa neighborhood Thursday, hours before the first World Cup game in Sao Paulo.
Many protesters came prepared with gas masks, helmets and spray bottles to clean their faces after pepper spay was used.",left
18881,Senate Strikes Down Class-Action Lawsuit Rule,['Banking And Finance'],"Republicans, Wall Street score victory in dismantling class-action rule",Reuters,"Banks, credit card issuers and other financial companies will be able to block customers from banding together to sue over disputes, after the U.S. Senate on Tuesday narrowly killed a rule banning the firms from using “forced arbitration” clauses.",center
18882,Senate Strikes Down Class-Action Lawsuit Rule,['Banking And Finance'],Mike Pence casts tie-breaking vote to cancel Obama-era rule favoring class-action suits against banks,Washington Examiner,"With Vice President Mike Pence casting the deciding vote, the Senate voted late Tuesday night to undo a rule issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would bar financial firms from contracts that rule out class-action lawsuits related to their products. The measure now goes to President Trump's desk.",right
18883,Senate Strikes Down Class-Action Lawsuit Rule,['Banking And Finance'],"While you aren’t looking, the GOP continues to gut financial oversight",Washington Post,"While Washington – and political Twitter – remain consumed by the battle of words between President Trump and Tennessee Senator Bob Corker, not to mention the latest attempts by the Republicans to move tax reform forward, an important Republican effort to weaken financial oversight and accountability is proceeding onward behind the scenes.",left
18884,Understanding Racial Inequality,"['Inequality', 'Racism', 'Martin Luther King Jr.']","Where Are You, Martin Luther King?",Prager University,"A half-century after his death, Martin Luther King Jr. is as revered as ever. But have we been following his example, or merely paying lip service to his ideas?",right
18885,Understanding Racial Inequality,"['Inequality', 'Racism', 'Martin Luther King Jr.']",What Constitutes Racism?,AllSides,"Although racism is almost universally condemned across the political spectrum, what exactly constitutes racism (and what merits the label of “racist”) is not so clear.",center
18886,Understanding Racial Inequality,"['Inequality', 'Racism', 'Martin Luther King Jr.']",Martin Luther King Jr. and the White Delusion of a 'Non-Racist' America,The Root,There are two MLKs. There once was a man named Martin Luther King Jr. who actually lived and breathed. He was a radical who believed in the redistribution of wealth,left
18887,House Funds Border Wall,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump banned transgender people in military to save border wall funding: Report,Washington Examiner,"President Trump may have taken sudden action to ban transgender people from serving in the military as an attempt to ensure House funding for the border wall, according to a report published Wednesday afternoon.",right
18888,House Funds Border Wall,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump throws transgender patriots under the bus to save funding for his precious border wall,Daily Kos,Why would Trump randomly begin his morning by launching a sudden attack on transgender Americans whom he pledged repeatedly to fight for on the campaign trail? Perhaps because he thought they were standing between him and the thing he wants more than anything in the world: funding for his precious border wall.,left
18889,House Funds Border Wall,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump may have announced the transgender military ban to save a bill funding the border wall,Insider,"President Donald Trump's sudden announcement Wednesday morning that transgender people would be barred from serving in the US military may have been part of a last-ditch effort to save a House bill that partly funds a border wall, according to a Politico report.",left
18890,Federal Probes of Hunter Biden Continue; NYT Confirms Laptop After Casting Doubt,"['Justice', 'Hunter Biden', 'Corruption', 'Joe Biden', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Media Bias']","Hunter Biden Paid Tax Bill, but Broad Federal Investigation Continues",New York Times (News),"In the year after he disclosed a federal investigation into his “tax affairs” in late 2020, President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, paid off a significant tax liability, even as a grand jury continued to gather evidence in a wide-ranging examination of his international business dealings, according to people familiar with the case.
Mr. Biden’s failure to pay all his taxes has been a focus of the ongoing Justice Department investigation. While wiping out his liability does not preclude criminal charges against him, the payment could make it harder for prosecutors to win...",left
18891,Federal Probes of Hunter Biden Continue; NYT Confirms Laptop After Casting Doubt,"['Justice', 'Hunter Biden', 'Corruption', 'Joe Biden', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Media Bias']",Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop confirmed in New York Times report,New York Post (News),"A comprehensive report about the ongoing federal probe into Hunter Biden’s tax filings published by the New York Times on Wednesday night confirmed the existence of the first son’s infamous laptop.
In October 2020, The Post exclusively reported on the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop that he ditched at a Delaware repair shop in April 2019.
The laptop’s hard drive contained a trove of emails, text messages, photos and financial documents between Hunter Biden, his family and business associates — detailing how the president’s son used his political leverage in his overseas business dealings....",right
18892,Federal Probes of Hunter Biden Continue; NYT Confirms Laptop After Casting Doubt,"['Justice', 'Hunter Biden', 'Corruption', 'Joe Biden', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Media Bias']",Psaki dodges questions on past dismissal of Hunter Biden laptop as 'Russian disinformation',Fox News (Online News),"White House press secretary Jen Psaki declined to comment multiple times when asked about her past comments that reporting on Hunter Biden’s laptop in 2020 were part of a ""Russian disinformation"" campaign.
""I’d point you to the Department of Justice and also to Hunter Biden’s representatives,"" Psaki told a reporter Wednesday when asked about the White House’s previous dismissal of the laptop reporting which was originally published by the New York Post in October of 2020 and confirmed by the New York Times on Wednesday, well over a year later. ""He doesn’t work in government.""
Later...",right
18893,Jan. 6 Committee Holds Final Summer Hearing,"['Justice', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Criminal Justice', 'Donald Trump', 'Corruption', 'January 6 Committee']",Jan. 6 probe: Trump did ‘everything’ to overturn election,Associated Press Fact Check,"Chairman Bennie Thompson opened Thursday’s prime-time hearing of the Jan. 6 committee saying Donald Trump as president did “everything in his power to overturn the election” he lost to Joe Biden, including before and during the deadly Capitol attack.
“He lied, he bullied, he betrayed his oath,” charged Thompson, D-Miss.
After months of work and weeks of hearings, committee co-chair Liz Cheney of Wyoming said “the dam has begun to break” on revealing what happened that day, at the White House as well as in the violence at the Capitol.
This was...",left
18894,Jan. 6 Committee Holds Final Summer Hearing,"['Justice', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Criminal Justice', 'Donald Trump', 'Corruption', 'January 6 Committee']",Jan. 6 Panel’s Hearing Focuses on Trump’s Actions During Capitol Riot,Wall Street Journal (News),"WASHINGTON—The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol is holding the eighth and last of its summer series of hearings, focusing on an account of activities inside the White House during a 187-minute period following former President Donald Trump’s speech to his supporters that day at the Ellipse.
The panel has said it plans to portray Mr. Trump as failing to respond to the attack, a decision that committee member Rep. Elaine Luria (D., Va.), who will help lead Thursday’s 8 p.m. ET hearing, called a “dereliction of duty.”
“He literally watched the...",center
18895,Jan. 6 Committee Holds Final Summer Hearing,"['Justice', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Criminal Justice', 'Donald Trump', 'Corruption', 'January 6 Committee']","Jan. 6 hearings, Day 8 live updates: DC cop says Trump was in ‘heated discussion’ about going to the Capitol",New York Post (News),"As his supporters began to breach the grounds of the Capitol, former President Trump was on the phone with unspecified senators, his former press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told Jan. 6 investigators. 
It was unknown which lawmakers he called because the White House call log was empty, investigators said.
Trump also spent four minutes on the phone with his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani as he watched Fox News, according to the panel.
During his call with the former New York mayor, a Fox correspondent recounted how an Air Force veteran told...",right
18896,Healthcare.gov firm has had problems,['Healthcare'],HealthCare.gov firm has had a series of stumbles,Washington Post,The firm has been criticized for performance ethics on past projects but officials say it is still the best pick.,left
18897,Healthcare.gov firm has had problems,['Healthcare'],Contractor hired to fix Healthcare.gov reportedly has history of problems,Fox News (Online News),"Accenture the contractor fired to fix ongoing problems with the federal health exchange website has been heavily criticized by some of its largest clients, including federal agencies according to a published report.",right
18898,Wayne County GOP Members Want to Rescind Votes Certifying Presidential Election,"['Elections', 'Presidential Elections', '2020 Election']",Wayne County GOP Board Members Want to Rescind Votes,Newsmax (News),"Two Michigan Republicans who reversed course and voted to certify the election results in the state's most populous county Tuesday now say they were pressured to certify the election and want to rescind their votes.
Wayne County Board of Canvassers Chairwoman Monica Palmer and William Hartmann, the two Republicans on the four-member board, filed affidavits Wednesday night saying they had been improperly pressured and claiming Democrats on the board reneged on their promise to seek an audit of votes from Detroit, reports The Washington Post.
The vote to certify...",right
18899,Wayne County GOP Members Want to Rescind Votes Certifying Presidential Election,"['Elections', 'Presidential Elections', '2020 Election']",GOP members of Wayne County Board of Canvassers say they want to rescind votes to certify,USA TODAY,"Both Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers signed affidavits late Wednesday saying they want to rescind their votes to certify the county's election results.
It is not clear what effect, if any, the affidavits have.
""It means absolutely nothing,"" said Jonathan Kinloch, a Democratic member of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers, who said the affidavits are a ploy to be used in an existing or future lawsuit.
Kinloch said the board even approved a second motion waiving reconsideration of the certification. ""We had a definite deadline...",left
18900,Wayne County GOP Members Want to Rescind Votes Certifying Presidential Election,"['Elections', 'Presidential Elections', '2020 Election']",GOP canvassers again oppose certifying Detroit-area votes,Politico,"Two Michigan Republicans who initially blocked certification of election results for the county that includes Detroit despite no evidence of fraud before approving them now say they want to rescind their certification.
Monica Palmer and William Hartmann, the two Republican canvassers in Wayne County, said in a statement issued late Wednesday that they only voted to certify the results after “hours of sustained pressure"" and after getting promises that their concerns about the election would be investigated.
“We deserve better — but more importantly, the American people deserve better —...",left
18901,Analyzing the Democrat Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Bernie Thrills Base, But Hillary Outclasses Rivals in Debate",Townhall,"And so it came to pass. Mrs. Clinton presented herself as the experienced, hyper-informed, trailblazing adult in the room throughout the evening, directing almost all of her verbal punches at Republicans. Only once did she directly attack one of her rivals: Bernie Sanders, (predictably) on gun control, perhaps the only issue on which she can credibly outflank him to the left. In spite of her hedging on in-state tuition for illegal immigrants and marijuana legalization, extremely weak answers on Libya and trade, and unresponsive dismissiveness on her burgeoning email scandal...",right
18902,Analyzing the Democrat Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","More Than Anyone, Hillary Clinton Helped Herself In First Democratic Debate",NPR (Online News),"Both of the leading Democrats probably helped themselves in their party's first debate of the 2016 presidential campaign, held in Las Vegas and carried by CNN. But Hillary Clinton, the candidate with the most to lose, may have come away having gained the most.",left
18903,Analyzing the Democrat Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton Passes Her First Major Test,NBC News (Online),"Hillary passes her first October test -- and has momentum going into the upcoming ones: We've told you that October is an important month for Hillary Clinton and her presidential campaign. Well, she passed her first big October test on Tuesday night -- easily. And that performance gives her plenty of momentum going into her upcoming tests with the House Benghazi committee testimony and whatever Joe Biden decides to do. At last night's first Democratic presidential debate, Hillary Clinton looked good, and the rest of the field made her look...",left
18904,Dominion Voting Files Lawsuit Against Fox News,"['Media Bias', 'Fox News', 'Dominion Voting', 'Media Industry', 'Lawsuit']",Dominion Voting sues Fox for $1.6B over 2020 election claims,Associated Press,"Dominion Voting Systems on Friday filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, arguing the cable news giant falsely claimed in an effort to boost faltering ratings that the voting company had rigged the 2020 election.
It’s the first defamation suit filed against a media outlet by the voting company, which was a target of misleading, false and bizarre claims spread by President Donald Trump and his allies in the aftermath of Trump’s election loss to Joe Biden. Those claims helped spur on rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol...",left
18905,Dominion Voting Files Lawsuit Against Fox News,"['Media Bias', 'Fox News', 'Dominion Voting', 'Media Industry', 'Lawsuit']",Dominion Voting Files $1.6B Lawsuit against Fox News,National Review,"Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News on Friday, accusing the cable news outlet of falsely claiming that the voting company had rigged the 2020 election in order to bolster the station’s ratings.
The suit, which is the first the voting company has filed against a media company over pervasive false claims that arose after the election, including that Dominion had used algorithms to change votes in its voting machines that had been created in Venezuela to manipulate elections for Hugo Chavez.
Dominion claims in...",right
18906,Dominion Voting Files Lawsuit Against Fox News,"['Media Bias', 'Fox News', 'Dominion Voting', 'Media Industry', 'Lawsuit']",Fox News sued by Dominion Voting for $1.6 billion over election fraud claims,Washington Post,"Dominion Voting Systems on Friday filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, alleging that the network purposefully aired false claims about the the company’s role in the 2020 presidential election in order to boost ratings.
In the suit, filed in a Delaware court, Dominion argued that the Fox and several of its on-air personalities elevated conspiracy theories about the voting company rigging the 2020 election and allowed falsehoods by their guests to go unchecked, including a wild claim that the company’s machines were manufactured in “Venezuela to rig...",left
18907,National Guard Deployed and Armed to Defend Capitol Building Ahead of Biden Inauguration,"['National Security', 'Violence In America', 'US Military', 'National Guard', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Impeachment', 'Biden Inauguration', 'Defense And Security']",National Guardsmen protecting Capitol now armed with lethal weapons,Politico,"The Pentagon has approved National Guardsmen protecting the U.S. Capitol to carry lethal weapons in the days leading up to the inauguration, as law enforcement continues to receive information about credible threats of violence from armed militia groups, two Guard spokespeople confirmed.
As of 6 p.m. on Tuesday, the Guardsmen who are responsible for security around the Capitol building complex were armed with lethal weapons, U.S. Air National Guard Capt. Chelsi Johnson told POLITICO. The New York Times was the first to report the news.",left
18908,National Guard Deployed and Armed to Defend Capitol Building Ahead of Biden Inauguration,"['National Security', 'Violence In America', 'US Military', 'National Guard', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Impeachment', 'Biden Inauguration', 'Defense And Security']",National Guard arms troops providing Capitol security,The Hill,"National Guardsmen providing security at the U.S. Capitol ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration are now armed, the D.C. National Guard said.
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy authorized the troops to be armed at the request of federal authorities, the D.C. Guard said in a statement. The troops were armed as of 6 p.m. Tuesday, it added.
“National Guard members are postured to meet the requirements of the supported civil authorities, up to and including protective equipment and being armed if necessary,” the D.C. Guard said. “The public’s safety is our...",center
18909,National Guard Deployed and Armed to Defend Capitol Building Ahead of Biden Inauguration,"['National Security', 'Violence In America', 'US Military', 'National Guard', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Impeachment', 'Biden Inauguration', 'Defense And Security']",Officials ramp up Capitol security ahead of Biden inauguration amid threats of armed protests,Fox News (Online News),"With just one week until President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, federal law enforcement agencies are launching a massive security initiative as they brace for more violence after a mob of Trump supporters laid siege to the Capitol last week.
Still, the inauguration is set to proceed as scheduled with several high-profile security precautions in place, including enhanced National Guard presence and ramped-up law enforcement by state and local officials. President Trump also declared a state of emergency in Washington, citing the ""emergency conditions"" of Biden's inauguration.",right
18910,Texas Schools Start Hanging 'In God We Trust' Signs to Comply with New State Law,"['American Values', 'Culture', 'Education', 'Public Schools', 'Religion And Faith', 'State Law', 'Texas']","Texas mandates donated ""In God We Trust"" displays in schools",Axios,"Texas schools have started receiving posters of the national motto ""In God We Trust"" that they will be required to display in accordance with a new state law.
The big picture: Those opposed are sounding the alarm about the law, arguing it imposes religion on students and flies in the face of the expectation that schools be secular.
The law, which was passed last year, says elementary and secondary schools must ""display in a conspicuous place in each building of the school or institution a durable poster or framed copy of the United...",center
18911,Texas Schools Start Hanging 'In God We Trust' Signs to Comply with New State Law,"['American Values', 'Culture', 'Education', 'Public Schools', 'Religion And Faith', 'State Law', 'Texas']",'In God We Trust': Texas Law Requiring Public Schools Display National Motto Draws Backlash,CBN,"Posters featuring the national motto are going up in public schools and colleges across Texas, and that's drawing backlash from several groups who argue the phrase is used to promote Christian nationalism. 
A new Texas state law requires all public elementary, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education to post in their facilities ""In God We Trust"" posters if they are donated or purchased by private donations. 
The Texas Tribune reports Senate Bill 797 passed during last year's legislative session. The law went into effect last year. ",right
18912,Texas Schools Start Hanging 'In God We Trust' Signs to Comply with New State Law,"['American Values', 'Culture', 'Education', 'Public Schools', 'Religion And Faith', 'State Law', 'Texas']",Public schools receive ‘In God We Trust’ poster donations as new Texas law requires their display,CNN (Online News),"Texas school districts have begun receiving donated posters and framed copies of the national motto, “In God We Trust,” that they will now be required to display in accordance with a new state law.
The law says a public elementary or secondary school or an institution of higher education “must” display a durable poster or framed copy of the motto in a “conspicuous place” in each building if the poster or framed copy is “donated for display at the school or institution” or “purchased from private donations and made available...",left
18913,Mikulski Retiring,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']","Sen. Barbara Mikulski: ""I Will Not Be Seeking a Sixth Term""",Townhall,"This is genuinely surprising. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) – who has served in Congress longer than any other woman in American history – announced today she is calling it quits after 2016.
“Service for me is about solving problems, helping my constituents, making sure that they not only get by, but they get ahead,” she said at a press conference in Baltimore, Maryland Monday morning. “Now, in 2016, my reelection would be on the horizon. I have thought long and hard about the next two years and I had to...",right
18914,Mikulski Retiring,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']","Barbara Mikulski, the longest serving female senator in history, to retire",CNN (Online News),"Sen. Barbara Mikulski, the longest serving female senator in history, will retire at the end of her term.
The Maryland Democrat made the announcement Monday morning in her hometown of Baltimore.
Mikulski, 78, is known as the ""Dean"" of the Senate women -- helping forge bipartisan relationships for decades that often result in compromise. Until Democrats lost control of the Senate, she was the c",left
18915,Mikulski Retiring,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']","Senator Barbara Mikulski, Maryland Democrat, to Retire",New York Times (News),"Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, the animated and occasionally irascible Democrat from Maryland who rose from being a community organizer to become the longest-serving woman in Congress, announced on Monday that she would retire when her term ends in 2017.
The surprising decision came just a few months after Republicans gained control of the Senate, reducing Ms. Mikulski from chairwoman to of the powerful Appropriations Committee, where she had been the first woman to lead the panel, to ranking member.
Ms. Mikulski, 78, announced her decision to not seek a sixth...",left
18916,Senate Prepares For Showdown On National Emergency Declaration,"['Emergency Declaration', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",GOP braces for showdown on wall emergency with Trump,The Hill,"Congress is on a collision course with President Trump over his national emergency declaration, setting the stage for the first veto of his administration.
A showdown appears all but inevitable with momentum building behind a resolution of disapproval, which clinched the votes needed to pass over the weekend and could pick up several additional Republican supporters ahead of a vote expected to take place in a matter of days.
Top Republicans signaled on Monday that they are resigned to it passing the GOP-controlled Senate, an embarrassing setback for Trump that...",center
18917,Senate Prepares For Showdown On National Emergency Declaration,"['Emergency Declaration', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Rand Paul Predicts 10 GOP Senators Will Vote to End Trump National Emergency,Breitbart News,"Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) predicted Monday that ten Republican senators will vote for a Democrat resolution to end President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration to build the wall.
Sen. Paul told reporters that he believes that ten Republicans senators will vote to end Trump’s national emergency declaration. Paul announced Saturday that he will vote for the Democrat resolution.
“I can’t vote to give the president the power to spend money that hasn’t been appropriated by Congress. We may want more money for border security, but Congress didn’t authorize it,” Paul...",right
18918,Senate Prepares For Showdown On National Emergency Declaration,"['Emergency Declaration', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Trump’s Grip Shows Signs of Slipping as Senate Prepares to Block Wall Emergency,New York Times (News),"Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, conceded on Monday that he could not stave off final passage of a resolution overturning President Trump’s national emergency declaration, setting up a rebuke to Mr. Trump amid signs that the president’s grip even on his own party in Congress may be slipping.
With Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky joining three other Republicans — Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Thom Tillis of North Carolina — in announcing he would support the measure, Democrats now have the 51 votes they need...",left
18919,House Democrats Unveil $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Plan,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Economy And Jobs']",House Democrats unveil text of COVID-19 relief bill,Breitbart News,"House Democrats on Friday unveiled the text of their proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, which President Joe Biden pitched during a trip to Michigan.
The House Committee on the Budget published the legislative text for the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ahead of Monday’s planned markup of the bill. It includes $1,400 direct payments to eligible Americans, an expanded Child Tax Credit, an extension of $400 federal unemployment benefits and a provision to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour.
“Without this relief package, conditions will spiral...",right
18920,House Democrats Unveil $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Plan,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Economy And Jobs']",Here's what's in the House Democrats' stimulus relief plan,CNN (Online News),"A key House committee on Friday released the Democrats' massive coronavirus relief package, pulling together President Joe Biden's stimulus proposal into a 591-page bill.
The House Budget Committee is expected to consider the legislation, which is based off measures approved by at least nine committees, on Monday. Most of them -- but not all -- adhere closely to what Biden outlined in his $1.9 trillion relief proposal last month.
The full House may pass the legislation as soon as next week, but it could face hurdles in the Senate,...",left
18921,House Democrats Unveil $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Plan,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Economy And Jobs']",U.S. House Democrats advance $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid bill,Reuters,President Joe Biden’s push for a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill took a step forward on Friday as a U.S. House of Representatives committee unveiled the legislation Democrats hope to pass by late next week.,center
18922,Senate Filibuster Changes,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate Filibuster Changes: More Evolution Than Revolution,NPR (Online News),The Senate voted Thursday to limit filibusters in a rare bipartisan vote that would reduce but not end the number of times opponents can use the procedure.,left
18923,Senate Filibuster Changes,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate OKs modest restrictions on filibusters,Townhall,"The tradition-laden Senate voted Thursday to modestly curb filibusters, using a bipartisan consensus rare in today's hyper-partisan climate to make it a bit harder but not impossible for outnumbered senators to sink bills and nominations.",right
18924,Senate Filibuster Changes,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell Reach Filibuster Reform Deal",HuffPost,"Progressive senators working to dramatically alter Senate rules were defeated on Thursday, with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and his counterpart, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), set to announce a series of compromise reforms on the Senate floor that fall far short of the demands.",left
18925,Supreme Court Appears Divided in Major Abortion Case,"['Supreme Court', 'Donald Trump', 'Pro-Choice', 'Pro-Life', 'Louisiana', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Anti-Abortion', 'Abortion']",The Supreme Court Is Hearing a New Case on Abortion. The Decision Could Impact Women for a Generation,Time Magazine,"Kathaleen Pittman likes to leave the door of her office at Hope Medical Group for Women open at the end of the day. That way she can watch patients leave after their abortions, and absorb the palpable sense of relief in the clinic’s hallways. “Being able to see them before the procedure, after the procedure, and just have them say how grateful they are that they were able to make it in when they did, that just can make all the difference in the world,” Pittman says. “Aside from the...",left
18926,Supreme Court Appears Divided in Major Abortion Case,"['Supreme Court', 'Donald Trump', 'Pro-Choice', 'Pro-Life', 'Louisiana', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Anti-Abortion', 'Abortion']",Supreme Court divided in 1st big abortion case of Trump era,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appeared divided in its first major abortion case of the Trump era, leaving Chief Justice John Roberts as the likely deciding vote.
Roberts did not say enough to tip his hand in an hour of spirited arguments at the high court Wednesday.
The court’s election-year look at a Louisiana dispute could reveal how willing the more conservative court is to roll back abortion rights. A decision should come by late June.
The outcome could have huge consequences at a time when several states have...",left
18927,Supreme Court Appears Divided in Major Abortion Case,"['Supreme Court', 'Donald Trump', 'Pro-Choice', 'Pro-Life', 'Louisiana', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Anti-Abortion', 'Abortion']","In high-profile case, Kavanaugh signals openness to allowing Louisiana abortion restrictions as constitutional",Washington Examiner,"Justice Brett Kavanaugh signaled that he is open to state-level abortion restrictions in a high-profile Supreme Court hearing Wednesday.
The court's most junior member, closely watched because he is a Trump appointee who could swing the balance of the court toward ruling more abortion regulations as constitutional, was speaking during oral arguments in a case on Louisiana abortion regulations similar to Texas regulations the court struck down four years ago.
Kavanaugh questioned whether it was burdensome for Louisiana to make abortion doctors get permission to check patients into nearby hospitals...",right
18928,New York May Call On National Guard To Replace Unvaccinated Healthcare Workers,"['Role Of Government', 'Coronavirus', 'Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'National Guard', 'New York', 'Politics']",New York could use National Guard to fill ranks of unvaccinated health care workers,Fox News (Online News),"New York may lose a large portion of its health care workers once the state’s expanded vaccine mandate takes effect on Monday, but Gov. Kathy Hochul said she’s already got plans to fill the ranks.
Hochul issued a statement on Saturday that said she is prepared to declare a state of emergency to sure up staffing at medical facilities should unvaccinated workers fail to comply with the mandate.
The workforce would be supplemented by health care workers who are licensed to practice in other states or countries, recent graduates and retired...",right
18929,New York May Call On National Guard To Replace Unvaccinated Healthcare Workers,"['Role Of Government', 'Coronavirus', 'Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'National Guard', 'New York', 'Politics']",New York may tap National Guard to replace unvaccinated healthcare workers,Reuters,"New York Governor Kathy Hochul is considering employing the National Guard and out-of-state medical workers to fill hospital staffing shortages with tens of thousands of workers possibly losing their jobs for not meeting a Monday deadline for mandated COVID-19 vaccination.
The plan, outlined in a statement from Hochul here on Saturday, would allow her to declare a state of emergency to increase the supply of healthcare workers to include licensed professionals from other states and countries as well as retired nurses.
Hochul said the state was also looking at using...",center
18930,New York May Call On National Guard To Replace Unvaccinated Healthcare Workers,"['Role Of Government', 'Coronavirus', 'Health', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'National Guard', 'New York', 'Politics']",New York may use national guard to replace unvaccinated health workers,The Guardian,"The governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, is considering using the national guard and out-of-state medical workers to fill hospital staffing shortages, as tens of thousands of workers are unlikely to meet a Monday deadline for mandated Covid-19 vaccination.
The plan, outlined in a statement, would allow the governor to declare a state of emergency and thereby increase the supply of healthcare workers to include licensed professionals from other states and countries as well as retired nurses.
Hochul said the state was also looking at using national guard officers with medical training to...",left
18931,Taxes and Fiscal Cliff,['Taxes'],More congressional Republicans break tax pledge for sake of looming fiscal crisis,Fox News (Online News),"The decades-old pledge from the Americans for Tax Reform group has been signed by 238 House members and 41 senators in this Congress and has essentially become inescapable for any Republican seeking statewide or national office over recent election cycles, especially in the Republican-controlled lower chamber.",right
18932,Taxes and Fiscal Cliff,['Taxes'],TRENDING: Graham says he'd break no-tax 'pledge',CNN (Online News),"Sen. Lindsey Graham said he believes capping tax deductions should be part of a plan to reduce the federal debt - a revenue-raising tactic that pushes against Norquist's Taxpayer Protection Pledge, which stipulates lawmakers who sign the document will ""oppose any net reduction or elimination of deductions and credits, unless matched dollar for dollar by further reducing tax rates.""",left
18933,Taxes and Fiscal Cliff,['Taxes'],"In ‘fiscal cliff’ talks, still a wide gulf on taxes",Washington Post,"For the first time in decades, a bipartisan consensus has emerged in Washington to raise taxes. But negotiators working to avert the year-end “fiscal cliff remain far apart on crucial details, including how taxes should go up and who should pay more.",left
18934,DeSantis Signs Bill Ending Disney's Self-Governing District,"['Business', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Education', 'Florida', 'Parental Rights In Education', 'Schools', 'Disney', 'Local Governments', 'Taxes', 'Race And Racism', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship']","Punishing Disney, DeSantis Signals a Lasting G.O.P. Brawl With Business",New York Times (News),"Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday revoked Disney’s special tax privileges in Florida, culminating an extraordinary clash between one of the Republican Party’s leading figures and a powerful company with deep historical ties in his state.
The move, which reverses a 55-year arrangement allowing the company to self-govern its theme park complex, came after a weekslong battle with Disney that became a symbol of the country’s broader cultural fights over education, sexuality and identity.",left
18935,DeSantis Signs Bill Ending Disney's Self-Governing District,"['Business', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Education', 'Florida', 'Parental Rights In Education', 'Schools', 'Disney', 'Local Governments', 'Taxes', 'Race And Racism', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship']",DeSantis signs bill eliminating Walt Disney World’s Reedy Creek district; Fitch warns of bond downgrade,Orlando Sentinel,"Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law two bills targeting The Walt Disney Co. on Friday, eliminating the company’s special Reedy Creek district and stripping its exemption from the “Big Tech” social media bill.
Despite warnings from Orange County leaders and other experts that dissolving the 55-year-old district would cause financial chaos, raise local taxes and affect services, DeSantis insisted that “we’re going to take care of all that.”",center
18936,DeSantis Signs Bill Ending Disney's Self-Governing District,"['Business', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Education', 'Florida', 'Parental Rights In Education', 'Schools', 'Disney', 'Local Governments', 'Taxes', 'Race And Racism', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship']",DeSantis signs bill stripping Disney of self governing status,Fox News (Online News),"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a measure into law on Friday evening that dissolves Walt Disney World’s special governing power in the state after the company announced public opposition to a new parental rights law in the state.
At the bill signing ceremony, DeSantis said Disney lied about the content of the state's new ""Parental Rights in Education"" law, and he viewed the company’s vow to fight it as unacceptable.",right
18937,Biden Says 100-Day COVID-19 Vaccine Goal May Be Extended,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19']",Biden’s 1M shots-a-day COVID-19 ‘goal’ was already reached — by Trump,New York Post (News),"President Biden’s “wartime effort” goal to vaccinate 100 million people against COVID-19 in 100 days relies on a daily average that was repeatedly bested under former President Donald Trump.
Biden’s first full day in office on Thursday saw 1.3 million Americans inoculated against the deadly coronavirus, according to data compiled by Bloomberg News.
But the same figures show that 1.3 million shots were administered on Jan. 11 and that 1.1 million were given both Jan. 14 and 16.",right
18938,Biden Says 100-Day COVID-19 Vaccine Goal May Be Extended,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19']",Biden says 100-day goal on vaccinations may rise to 150 million instead of 100 million,Reuters,"U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he might be able to raise to 150 million his 100-day goal of administering 100 million vaccination shots for the coronavirus.
Biden told reporters it is likely that 1 million or more shots a day will be delivered in about three weeks.
“If we wear masks between now and the end of April, the experts tell us we may be able to save 50,000 lives,” Biden said.",center
18939,Biden Says 100-Day COVID-19 Vaccine Goal May Be Extended,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19']",Joe Biden appears to boost vaccination goal to 1.5m Americans per day,The Guardian,"Joe Biden on Monday appeared to boost his goal for coronavirus vaccinations in his first 100 days in office, suggesting that the nation could soon be vaccinating 1.5 million Americans on average per day.
Biden signaled his increasing bullishness on the pace of vaccinations after signing an executive order to boost government purchases from US manufacturers. It was among a flurry of moves by Biden during his first full week to show he’s taking swift action to heal an ailing economy as talks with Congress over a $1.9tn stimulus package...",left
18940,Their Own Words: Ford and Kavanaugh,['Supreme Court'],Ford: Opening Testimony Video & Text,RealClearPolitics,"Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Opening Testimony: Brett Kavanaugh, The Boy Who Sexually Assaulted Me. Dr. Christine Blasey Ford explained how Brett Kavanaugh was ""visibly drunk"" at a",center
18941,Their Own Words: Ford and Kavanaugh,['Supreme Court'],Kavanaugh: Opening Testimony Video,,VIDEO COURTESY FEDNET Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's opening statements before the Senate Judiciary Committee.,center
18942,Their Own Words: Ford and Kavanaugh,['Supreme Court'],Kavanaugh: Opening Testimony Text,NPR (Online News),"Brett Kavanaugh's Opening Statement For Senate Hearing. Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Feinstein, and Members of the Committee: Eleven days ago, Dr. Ford publicly accused me of committing a serious wrong more than 36 years ago when we were both in high school. I denied the allegation immediately, unequivocally, and categorically. The next day, I told this Committee that I wanted to testify as soon as possible, under oath, to clear my name.",left
18943,Supreme Court Allows Pennsylvania Absentee Ballot Extension in 4-4 Tie,"['Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Mail-In Voting', 'Absentee Voting', '2020 Election', 'Pennsylvania', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court allows 3-day extension for Pennsylvania ballot counting,NBC News (Online),"Election officials in the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania must accept mail ballots that arrive up to three days after the election under an order issued Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The ruling was a defeat for Republicans who said counting late ballots would inject chaos into an already complicated general election.
The justices declined to put a hold on a state Supreme Court ruling that said ballots arriving as late as 5 p.m. on the Friday after the election must be counted, unless there's evidence that a ballot...",left
18944,Supreme Court Allows Pennsylvania Absentee Ballot Extension in 4-4 Tie,"['Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Mail-In Voting', 'Absentee Voting', '2020 Election', 'Pennsylvania', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court leaves in place order requiring Pennsylvania to count absentee ballots after Election Day,SCOTUSblog,"A deadlocked Supreme Court on Monday let stand a lower-court ruling that requires Pennsylvania election officials to count absentee ballots received within three days after Election Day, Nov. 3, even if they are not postmarked. In two brief orders issued shortly after 7 p.m., the justices denied, without explanation, a request by Republicans to put the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling on hold. Four justices – Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh – indicated that they would have granted the Republicans’ request.",center
18945,Supreme Court Allows Pennsylvania Absentee Ballot Extension in 4-4 Tie,"['Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Mail-In Voting', 'Absentee Voting', '2020 Election', 'Pennsylvania', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court Tie Allows 3-Day Extension for Pennsylvania Ballots,National Review,"The Supreme Court on Monday refused a Republican request to block an extended period for counting ballots in Pennsylvania, allowing mail-in ballots received up to three days after Election Day to be counted.
A 4-4 tie in the Court — Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the Court’s three liberal justices — means the state court ruling favoring Democrats is affirmed and upheld.",right
18946,Egypt President Seizes New Power,['World'],"Citing Deadlock, Egypt’s Leader Seizes New Power and Plans Mubarak Retrial",New York Times (News),"With a constitutional assembly on the brink of collapse and protesters battling the police in the streets over the slow pace of change, President Mohamed Morsi issued a decree on Thursday granting himself broad powers above any court as the guardian of Egypts revolution, and used his new authority to order the retrial of Hosni Mubarak.",left
18947,Egypt President Seizes New Power,['World'],Egypt President Morsi grants himself far-reaching powers,Fox News (Online News),Egypt's president on Thursday issued constitutional amendments that placed him above judicial oversight and ordered the retrial of Hosni Mubarak for the killing of protesters in last year's uprising.,right
18948,Egypt President Seizes New Power,['World'],Egypt's Morsi Praised For Cease-Fire As Talks Begin,NPR (Online News),"The cease-fire between Hamas and Israel has been a political boost for Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. The Islamist leader spent hours in meetings and on the phone with world leaders, including President Obama, and got results: a cessation of violence that puts Egypt back on the international map. But Morsi faces a test Thursday night, when negotiations on the details begin.",left
18949,Mayor De Blasio Announces New York City Vaccine Mandate for Private Businesses,"['Coronavirus', 'NYC', 'New York City', 'Bill De Blasio', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates']",‘Blindsided’: Fury in NYC as de Blasio gives firms just 3 weeks to get vaxxed,New York Post (News),"Mayor Bill de Blasio sprang a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on all private businesses in New York City on Monday — drawing immediate rebuke from trade groups, New York office workers and some fellow elected officials who said the backbone of the Big Apple was “blindsided” by the stunning move.
De Blasio, whose mayoralty ends at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, labeled making vaccines compulsory for private businesses a “pre-emptive strike” against an expected surge in COVID infections this winter amid the emergence of the Omicron variant.",right
18950,Mayor De Blasio Announces New York City Vaccine Mandate for Private Businesses,"['Coronavirus', 'NYC', 'New York City', 'Bill De Blasio', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates']",New York City will now require private workers to get vaccinated—and other cities could follow,CNBC,"New York City will now require employees at private companies to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced in an interview with MSNBC early Monday.
The new mandate comes after New York identified eight cases of the omicron variant and the United States once again averages 100,000 new, reported cases of the virus every day. It will cover about 184,000 businesses and applies to all in-person employees who work in an office with others.",center
18951,Mayor De Blasio Announces New York City Vaccine Mandate for Private Businesses,"['Coronavirus', 'NYC', 'New York City', 'Bill De Blasio', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates']",New York City sets a sweeping vaccine mandate for all private employers.,New York Times (News),"Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a sweeping coronavirus vaccine mandate for all private employers in New York City on Monday morning to combat the spread of the Omicron variant.
Mr. de Blasio said the aggressive measure, which takes effect Dec. 27 and which he described as the first of its kind in the nation, was needed as a “pre-emptive strike” to stall another wave of coronavirus cases and help reduce transmission during the winter months and holiday gatherings.
“Omicron is here, and it looks like it’s very transmissible,” he said...",left
18952,Biden to End Support for Saudi-Led Attacks in Yemen,"['Foreign Policy', 'State Department', 'Yemen', 'Joe Biden', 'Middle East', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Houthis']",Biden to end support for Saudi-led offensive operations in Yemen,Fox News (Online News),"President Biden will end U.S. support for Saudi-led offensive operations in Yemen, his national security adviser announced Thursday -- marking a withdrawal from support for a Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in the war-torn country.
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters that Biden will ""announce an end to American support for offensive operations in Yemen.""
Biden will make the announcement as part of a wide-ranging speech at the State Department on Thursday afternoon.",right
18953,Biden to End Support for Saudi-Led Attacks in Yemen,"['Foreign Policy', 'State Department', 'Yemen', 'Joe Biden', 'Middle East', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Houthis']","Reversing Trump foreign policy, Biden to end to U.S. support for offensive in Yemen",NBC News (Online),"President Joe Biden is expected to order an end to American support for offensive operations in Yemen in his first visit to the State Department on Thursday, part of the new leader's effort to reverse the foreign policy posture of his predecessor.
Former President Donald Trump, who frequently touted an ""America First"" approach to interacting with the world, vetoed a bipartisan resolution in 2019 calling on the U.S. to end involvement in Yemen. Trump's decision was largely seen as an effort to side with Saudi Arabia, who the former president...",left
18954,Biden to End Support for Saudi-Led Attacks in Yemen,"['Foreign Policy', 'State Department', 'Yemen', 'Joe Biden', 'Middle East', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Houthis']","Biden to name special Yemen envoy, end support for Saudi-led coalition, aide says",Reuters,"U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday will announce a new special envoy for Yemen and an end to U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition’s offensive operations in that country’s civil war, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said.
The moves show that Biden plans to intensify the U.S. role in diplomatic efforts to close out the grueling conflict between the Saudi-backed government and the Iranian-align Houthi movement that has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
Biden “is going to announce an end to American support for offensive operations in...",center
18955,Judge Rejects Trump Request to Block Jan. 6 Records,"['Donald Trump', 'Federal Courts', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6 Committee']",Federal judge refuses Trump request to block Jan. 6 records,Associated Press Fact Check,"A federal judge rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to block the release of documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
In denying a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said Tuesday that Congress had a strong public interest in obtaining records that could shed light on a violent insurrection mounted by the former president’s supporters. She added that President Joe Biden had the authority to waive executive privilege over the documents despite Trump’s assertions otherwise.
Barring a court order, the National Archives plans to...",left
18956,Judge Rejects Trump Request to Block Jan. 6 Records,"['Donald Trump', 'Federal Courts', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6 Committee']",Federal judge rejects Trump effort to block Jan. 6 docs,The Hill,"A federal judge has denied former President Trump’s lawsuit that seeks to block the National Archives from handing over documents to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, prompting the former president to quickly appeal the ruling.
Trump sued the committee last month in an effort to block the National Archives from giving the investigative panel records relating to his time in office, including telephone records, visitor logs and other documents, citing executive privilege.
On Tuesday evening, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected that request, contending that President Biden is...",center
18957,Judge Rejects Trump Request to Block Jan. 6 Records,"['Donald Trump', 'Federal Courts', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6 Committee']",Judge allows Jan. 6 committee access to some Trump documents,Fox News (Online News),"A federal judge denied a bid by former President Donald Trump to block the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol protests from accessing his documents from his White House records.
In a lawsuit filed last month, Trump argued that the materials sought by the committee were subject to executive privilege. In an emergency motion filed late Monday, the former president asked U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan to grant a stay in the case pending an appeal, which Chutkan called ""premature"" Tuesday.
Former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
The documents Trump was...",right
18958,Trump and Bloomberg Trade Barbs On Social Media,"['Presidential Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'Elections']",Trump and Bloomberg trade blows as the president targets the Democratic contender,NBC News (Online),"President Donald Trump insulted former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg over his height again on Thursday, prompting the billionaire Democratic presidential candidate to blast Trump as ""a carnival barking clown.""
Promoting a photoshopped image of Bloomberg posted by White House social media director Dan Scavino, Trump called Bloomberg ""a LOSER who has money but can’t debate and has zero presence, you will see.""
""He reminds me of a tiny version of Jeb 'Low Energy' Bush, but Jeb has more political skill and has treated the Black community much better...",left
18959,Trump and Bloomberg Trade Barbs On Social Media,"['Presidential Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'Elections']","Trump, Bloomberg trade insults as Twitter feud escalates",New York Post (News),"President Trump and Michael Bloomberg traded sharp jabs on Twitter Thursday, with the commander-in-chief ripping the Democratic presidential candidate as a “loser,” prompting the former Big Apple mayor to describe him as a “barking clown.”
“Mini Mike is a 5’4” mass of dead energy who does not want to be on the debate stage with these professional politicians. No boxes please,” Trump said in one of two tweets about Bloomberg, who is 5 feet 8. “He hates Crazy Bernie and will, with enough money, possibly stop him. Bernie’s people will...",right
18960,Trump and Bloomberg Trade Barbs On Social Media,"['Presidential Elections', 'Donald Trump', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'Elections']",Michael Bloomberg says his money is why Trump got impeached,The Week - News,"Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been rising through the Democratic primary race, most likely because of the absolutely massive amount of money he's poured into it. And at a Chattanooga, Tennessee rally on Wednesday, the billionaire made it clear just what that money can do, Politico reports.
""In 2018, I helped flip the House"" by bankrolling 21 Democratic challengers who eventually won Republican-held seats, Bloomberg said Wednesday. That led House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to return to her role at the top of the legislative body, and...",left
18961,Fact Check: 1st 2016 Dem Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",AP Fact Check: Democratic Debaters and the Facts,The Blaze,Bernie Sanders airbrushed the complexities of trying to overhaul health care all over again and Hillary Clinton offered a selective reading of her rival’s record on gun control in the Democratic presidential debate.,right
18962,Fact Check: 1st 2016 Dem Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Fourth Democratic Debate: Analysis,New York Times (News),"Nick Confessore, Maggie Haberman and Alan Rappeport provided real-time analysis of the fourth Democratic debate, featuring Hillary Clinton, Senator Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley.",left
18963,Fact Check: 1st 2016 Dem Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Fact Check: 1st 2016 Dem Debate,CNN (Online News),"The Democratic candidates for president gathered in South Carolina for their fourth debate Sunday, and CNN's Reality Check team spent the night putting their statements and assertions to the test.
The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN listened throughout the debate, selecting key statements and then rating them True; Mostly True; True, but Misleading; False; or It's Complicated.",left
18964,Bernie Sanders Proposes Increase on Estate Tax for the Wealthy,"['Taxes', 'Bernie Sanders']",Bernie Sanders to propose significant wealth tax expansion,Fox News (Online News),"Sen. Bernie Sanders Opens a New Window. proposed a plan on Thursday to dramatically expand the federal estate tax Opens a New Window. on the wealthy, including a 77 percent tax rate on",right
18965,Bernie Sanders Proposes Increase on Estate Tax for the Wealthy,"['Taxes', 'Bernie Sanders']","Bernie Sanders’s new plan to supercharge the estate tax, explained",Vox,Meet the “For the 99.8 Percent Act.”,left
18966,Bernie Sanders Proposes Increase on Estate Tax for the Wealthy,"['Taxes', 'Bernie Sanders']",Bernie Sanders Proposes Big Boost in Top Estate-Tax Rate,Wall Street Journal (News),Proposal comes as other progressives have targeted wealthy Americans to combat inequality,center
18967,"Trump Reschedules ""Juneteenth"" Rally","['Elections', 'Race And Racism', 'Donald Trump']",Trump Reschedules Tulsa Campaign Rally to Avoid Juneteenth,Bloomberg,"President Donald Trump said his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 19 will be moved to the next day because of the Juneteenth observance and after criticism of the choice of date.
Juneteenth, which takes place on June 19, commemorates the day in 1865 on which enslaved people in Texas belatedly learned that slavery in the U.S. had been abolished. The date is not recognized as a federal holiday and is largely commemorated within the U.S. African American community.",left
18968,"Trump Reschedules ""Juneteenth"" Rally","['Elections', 'Race And Racism', 'Donald Trump']",What’s Juneteenth and Why Was There a Fight About It?,Washington Post,"t’s a celebration of Black history and freedom that relatively few white Americans had heard of till recently, if at all. Now suddenly, Juneteenth is prominent on the nation’s calendar, propelled there by sweeping protests against racial injustice, a controversial decision by President Donald Trump in scheduling a campaign rally (later rescheduled) and the decision by some high-profile companies to make the day a holiday for all employees.",left
18969,"Trump Reschedules ""Juneteenth"" Rally","['Elections', 'Race And Racism', 'Donald Trump']",Trump delays Tulsa rally until June 20 over ‘Juneteenth’ concerns,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump announced on Twitter late Friday that his planned rally in Tulsa, Okla., will be held one night later than originally scheduled.
The president was scheduled to speak in Tulsa next Friday, June 19, but now he will hold the rally Saturday, June 20, instead.
The reason: June 19 is the date of “Juneteenth,” a holiday that commemorates the date in 1865 that President Lincoln’s order to free American slaves reached Galveston, Texas.",right
18970,SCOTUS Backs Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],Supreme Court rules gay couples nationwide have a right to marry,Washington Post,"The Supreme Court on Friday delivered an historic victory for gay rights, ruling 5-4 that the Constitution requires that same-sex couples be allowed to marry no matter where they live and that states may no longer reserve the right only for heterosexual couples.",left
18971,SCOTUS Backs Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],Supreme Court: Same-sex couples can marry in all 50 states,Fox News (Online News),"The Supreme Court ruled Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry in all 50 states, in a historic decision that struck down gay marriage bans in more than a dozen states.",right
18972,SCOTUS Backs Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Same-Sex Marriage,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Supreme Court on Friday ruled same-sex partners have a constitutional right to marry, sweeping away state bans on gay unions and extending marriage equality nationwide.",center
18973,"Democrats, Republicans Face Tests in Tuesday's Primaries","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'Muriel Bowser']","D.C. voters to decide next mayor, other races in Democratic primary",Washington Times,"D.C. residents go to the polls Tuesday to vote in the city’s Democratic primary elections, which will likely determine the winners of November general elections, including the mayoral race.
Mayor Muriel Bowser, a two-term incumbent, faces a strong challenge from D.C. Council member Robert White (at-large), as well as competition from council member Trayon White (Ward 8) and activist James Butler. (Robert White and Trayon White are not related.)
Ravi Perry, a political science professor at Howard University, noted Ms. Bowser’s advantages as the incumbent, but he also pointed out that Robert...",right
18974,"Democrats, Republicans Face Tests in Tuesday's Primaries","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'Muriel Bowser']",All the seats up for grabs in Tuesday’s primaries,Politico,"Republican voters will effectively pick the next member of Congress for a handful of open, deep-red congressional seats in Tuesday’s primaries — including a Senate seat in Alabama that’s been the subject of one of the strangest and most dramatic races of 2022.
There, the fight to replace retiring GOP Sen. Richard Shelby has come down to Rep. Mo Brooks and Katie Britt, Shelby’s former chief of staff — and, as often happens in GOP primaries these days, Donald Trump. A handful of safely Republican House districts in Georgia and Alabama will also see...",left
18975,"Democrats, Republicans Face Tests in Tuesday's Primaries","['2022 Elections', 'Elections', 'Primaries', 'Muriel Bowser']","7 races to watch Tuesday, from Alabama to Georgia and beyond",The Hill,"Three states are holding primary runoff elections on Tuesday, while voters in Washington, D.C., and Virginia will hold nominating contests that could have implications for well-known Democratic incumbents. 
In Alabama, one of the states with a closely watched runoff election, Rep. Mo Brooks and former Senate aide Katie Britt will face off for the GOP Senate nomination, while voters in Georgia are set to deliver verdicts on a pair of House candidates endorsed by former President Trump. 
So, there’s plenty to keep an eye on. Here are seven races to watch on Tuesday. 
Alabama’s...",center
18976,Obama Visits Saudi Arabia,['Foreign Policy'],White House: 9/11 bill did not come up in Saudi discussion,Politico,"Back in the early days of the Great Recession, there was a lot of foreign policy pundit panic that China would somehow use its holdings of American debt as an economic lever to force Washington to kowtow to Beijing. Also back in tho",left
18977,Obama Visits Saudi Arabia,['Foreign Policy'],The teachable moment of Saudi Arabia’s economic threat against the United States,Washington Post,"Back in the early days of the Great Recession, there was a lot of foreign policy pundit panic that China would somehow use its holdings of American debt as an economic lever to force Washington to kowtow to Beijing. Also back in those early days, I argued that this was nonsense. Seven years later, I like to occasionally bring up this fact, mostly because it’s one of the rare times I think I was unequivocally right.",left
18978,Obama Visits Saudi Arabia,['Foreign Policy'],"OPINION: Mr. Obama, you should have stayed home. Your trip to Saudi Arabia, Europe signals weakness",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama faces contentious meetings with European and Gulf state leaders during his trip this week to Europe and Saudi Arabia. Why? Because of his continuing refusal to adopt a serious strategy to defeat ISIS, confront Iran’s increasingly belligerent behavior, and his inexplicable comments published in an April 2016 Atlantic article that blamed Europe and Gulf states for his administration’s growing list of foreign policy failures.
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18979,College Graduates Claim Major Universities Use Unfair Financial Aid Practices,"['Education', 'Colleges', 'Universities', 'Financial Aid', 'Antitrust', 'Justice', 'Inequality']","Major Universities Used Unfair Methodology To Calculate Student Financial Aid, New Lawsuit Alleges",The Daily Caller,"Sixteen major universities in the U.S. were served a lawsuit in the Illinois federal court system Sunday over an alleged violation of antitrust law related to financial aid.
The suit alleges the universities, including Yale, Duke, Georgetown and Cornell, used an unfair, shared practice for determining student financial aid awards, as well as conducted price-fixing that “artificially inflated the net price of attendance for students receiving financial aid.”
Section 568 of the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994 allows schools to be exempt from antitrust laws that would otherwise...",right
18980,College Graduates Claim Major Universities Use Unfair Financial Aid Practices,"['Education', 'Colleges', 'Universities', 'Financial Aid', 'Antitrust', 'Justice', 'Inequality']","U.S. college grads sue Yale, Columbia, other schools over financial aid",Reuters,"Five U.S. college graduates have sued 16 major U.S. universities including Yale, Columbia and the University of Chicago, accusing them of colluding to limit financial aid to undergraduate students in violation of antitrust laws.
The plaintiffs are seeking class-action status, saying the collusion has limited price competition and caused 170,000 financial aid recipients to be overcharged hundreds of millions of dollars over two decades.
The 16 schools are members of the 568 Presidents Group, a consortium of colleges that discuss common financial aid principles.
""Elite, private universities like defendants are...",center
18981,College Graduates Claim Major Universities Use Unfair Financial Aid Practices,"['Education', 'Colleges', 'Universities', 'Financial Aid', 'Antitrust', 'Justice', 'Inequality']",16 top colleges sued for alleged violation of federal antitrust laws by colluding on their financial-aid practices,CNN (Online News),"Sixteen top US universities, including Duke, Vanderbilt and Northwestern, are being sued by five former students claiming those schools may be involved in antitrust violations in the way those institutions worked together in determining financial aid awards for students, according to the lawsuit filed in a US District Court in Illinois.
The complaint, which was filed Sunday, alleges that these private national universities have ""participated in a price-fixing cartel that is designed to reduce or eliminate financial aid as a locus of competition, and that in fact has artificially inflated...",left
18982,Stormy Daniels Files Lawsuit Against President Trump,"['White House', 'Politics']","Stormy Daniels sues Trump, says 'hush agreement' is invalid because he didn't sign it",Fox News (Online News),"Adult film star Stormy Daniels sued President Trump on Tuesday, claiming the nondisclosure agreement she signed isn’t valid because it lacks Trump’s signature.",right
18983,Stormy Daniels Files Lawsuit Against President Trump,"['White House', 'Politics']",Stormy Daniels sues Trump over 'hush agreement',BBC News,An adult film actress embroiled in allegations of an affair with Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against him alleging that a non-disclosure contract she signed is invalid.,center
18984,Stormy Daniels Files Lawsuit Against President Trump,"['White House', 'Politics']",Stormy Daniels' Lawsuit Against Donald Trump Raises the Question: When Can You Sue the President?,Time Magazine,"Adult film star Stormy Daniels is suing Donald Trump over a nondisclosure agreement on their alleged affair, adding to a long list of civil cases the president is already facing.",left
18985,President Trump Commutes Blagojevich's Prison Sentence,"['Illinois', 'Corruption', 'Rod Blagojevich', 'Donald Trump', 'Pardons', 'Commutation', 'White House', 'Politics']","Trump gets it right in freeing Blagojevich, but his real reasons for doing so should sicken us",Chicago Sun-Times,"If Roger Stone is dispatched to prison for years, President Donald Trump will commute his sentence or pardon him altogether.
The odds of that happening soared on Tuesday, the minute Trump commuted the sentence of Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor, and wiped clean with pardons the criminal records of some other high-profile people.
Trump does nothing for anybody that is not, at bottom, for himself. In this case, Blagojevich becomes the beneficiary.",left
18986,President Trump Commutes Blagojevich's Prison Sentence,"['Illinois', 'Corruption', 'Rod Blagojevich', 'Donald Trump', 'Pardons', 'Commutation', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump commutes 14-year sentence of former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich amid blitz of pardons,USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump commuted the prison sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday, one of several high-profile grants of clemency he issued as he ramped up his criticism of federal prosecutions.
Trump announced pardons for former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik, rogue financier Michael Milken and former San Francisco 49ers owner Edward DeBartolo Jr., who pleaded guilty in a gambling fraud case in the late 1990s. The president said he has not decided what to do with convicted allies Roger Stone, Paul Manafort and...",left
18987,President Trump Commutes Blagojevich's Prison Sentence,"['Illinois', 'Corruption', 'Rod Blagojevich', 'Donald Trump', 'Pardons', 'Commutation', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump's very swampy commutation of Rod Blagojevich's sentence,Washington Examiner,"By commuting the sentence of Rod Blagojevich, President Trump has boosted one of the mosquitolike corrupt officials who suck the blood out of democracy.
After all, this is not someone who deserves presidential leniency.
In December 2011, Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison after being convicted of various corruption-related crimes he committed as Illinois governor. Most notable among these was his effort to sell the vacant Senate seat of newly elected President Barack Obama. Blagojevich was recorded on a wiretap referring to that seat, saying, ""I've got...",right
18988,Senate to Vote on Gun Bill Amendments,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Senate to vote on gun bill amendments with background check plan in doubt,Washington Post,Votes come as support for centerpiece proposal on background checks remains in doubt.,left
18989,Senate to Vote on Gun Bill Amendments,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Senate to start votes on gun bill,CNN (Online News),The U.S. Senate will begin voting on amendments to gun legislation on Wednesday including the leading proposals for tighter restrictions spurred by the Connecticut school massacre in December.,left
18990,Senate to Vote on Gun Bill Amendments,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Background check setback: ""We will not get the votes today,"" Manchin reveals",Washington Times,"Sen. Joe Manchin, one of the co-sponsors of a measure to expand gun-purchase background checks to sales online and at gun shows, said that proponents do not have the votes to pass it Wednesday.",right
18991,Democrats End Filibuster on Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Senate Democrats end marathon filibuster, announce Republicans agree to gun-control vote",Washington Post,"Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) ended a blockade of the Senate floor after nearly 15 hours Thursday, announcing that Republican leaders agreed to hold votes on Democrat-backed measures to expand background checks and prevent suspected terrorists from acquiring guns.",left
18992,Democrats End Filibuster on Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Democrats end filibuster, announce GOP to hold gun votes",Politico,"Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and fellow Senate Democrats officially relinquished the floor early Thursday morning after spending nearly 15 hours straight talking about gun control, paving the way for high-profile congressional votes on restricting firearms just days after the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.",left
18993,Democrats End Filibuster on Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Senate Democrats End 15 Hour Filibuster,New York Post (News),"A Democratic senator frustrated with congressional inaction on gun violence led a nearly 15-hour Senate filibuster before yielding the floor early Thursday, making a pledge that he and his colleagues would press hard for more gun control three days after 49 people were killed at a Florida nightclub.",right
18994,Trump Attends First TV Town Hall of 2020 Election,"['White House', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Town Hall', 'Entitlements', 'Rhetoric', 'Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump']",Trump's Town Hall with Fox News Was Most-Watched Election Town Hall In Cable News History,Townhall,"Fox News' town hall with President Trump, co-moderated by anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, dominated the 6:30-7:30 p.m. ET time slot on Thursday for both total viewership and the 25-54 age demographic.
Fox News had 4.2 million total viewers and 744,000 in the 25-54 age demographic for Trump's first town hall with the network since the 2016 presidential election. In contrast, MSNBC had 1.4 million total viewers and 239,000 in the 25-54 age demographic during the same time. CNN came in last, with 1 million total viewers and 251,000...",right
18995,Trump Attends First TV Town Hall of 2020 Election,"['White House', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Town Hall', 'Entitlements', 'Rhetoric', 'Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump']","Trump talks of accomplishments, coronavirus at Fox News town hall",Politico,"President Donald Trump pitched a bottom-line reelection campaign message on Thursday night: He was dealt some bad cards and needed more time to get things fixed.
Speaking at his first town hall of 2020, a Fox News event in Scranton, Pa., Trump contrasted his acts as president with those of his predecessor, while complaining that a barrage of Democratic accusations about his conduct had hindered him from fulfilling his entire agenda.",left
18996,Trump Attends First TV Town Hall of 2020 Election,"['White House', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Town Hall', 'Entitlements', 'Rhetoric', 'Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump']",FactChecking Trump’s Scranton Town Hall,FactCheck.org,"At a town hall event in the swing state of Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump made several false and misleading claims, some of which we have repeatedly debunked before.
He further embellished his talking points on trade with China, claiming China “didn’t do anything with us” before his recent trade agreement. The country has been a top trading partner with the U.S. for years. He repeated his false boast that the economy “never had growth like we’re experiencing” — the nation’s real annual economic growth has been higher 19 times in...",center
18997,Dow Climbs To Record High,"['Stock Market', 'Dow Jones', 'Economy', 'Wall Street', 'Banking And Finance']",U.S. Stocks Outpacing the Rest of the World,Wall Street Journal (News),"Steady consumer spending and strength in the labor market keep supporting U.S. stocks despite fears of a recession.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed Monday to its first record since mid-July, the latest example of investors’ faith in the domestic economy powering U.S. stocks to fresh highs.
Buoyed by optimism about a U.S.-China trade accord and last week’s upbeat figures on third-quarter economic growth and October hiring, the blue-chip index climbed 0.4% to 27462.11. The rally brought its 2019 advance to 18% in what has been a banner year on...",center
18998,Dow Climbs To Record High,"['Stock Market', 'Dow Jones', 'Economy', 'Wall Street', 'Banking And Finance']","Stocks spike to record highs as trade optimism, earnings provide spark",Fox News (Online News),"All three of the major averages closed at record highs on Monday as renewed trade hopes and strong earnings propelled stocks higher.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 114 points, or 0.42 percent, to book its first record close since July 23. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished in record territory for a second straight day.
President Trump celebrated the records in a tweet : Stock Market hits RECORD HIGH. Spend your money well!
The record-setting day came after the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping...",right
18999,Dow Climbs To Record High,"['Stock Market', 'Dow Jones', 'Economy', 'Wall Street', 'Banking And Finance']",Dow hits record as stock market rally extends into 5th week,Washington Post,"The Dow Jones Industrial Average returned to a record on Monday, joining other market gauges at all-time highs, as the stock market’s rally carried into a fifth week.
Oil producers, banks and other stocks that do well when the economy is strengthening again led the way. It’s a notable shift in leadership following months of struggles for what Wall Street calls “cyclical” stocks, which lagged due to worries about trade wars and the slowing global economy.
Behind the resurgence for cyclicals are rising hopes that the United States and China...",left
19000,Stocks Drop After Biggest Day On Wall Street In 10 Years,['Banking And Finance'],"Stocks take a breather after 1,000-point Dow rally",Fox News (Online News),"US stocks opened sharply lower Thursday, giving back some gains from the previous day's session when the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its biggest one-day point increase in history.",right
19001,Stocks Drop After Biggest Day On Wall Street In 10 Years,['Banking And Finance'],Stocks down after Wall Street's biggest day in a decade,CBS News (Online),"Wall Street's wild Christmas week goes on, with the Dow slumping 300 points at the open Thursday, a day after notching its biggest-ever point gain.",left
19002,Stocks Drop After Biggest Day On Wall Street In 10 Years,['Banking And Finance'],Stocks Slide a Day After Record Surge,Wall Street Journal (News),"Stocks in Japan rise sharply, but European equities broadly drift lower.",center
19003,FDA Finalizes Rule to Allow Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids,"['Public Health', 'FDA', 'Regulations', 'Technology', 'Bipartisanship', 'Healthcare', 'Prescription Drugs', 'Science', 'Business']",FDA moves to allow hearing aids sold without a prescription,NBC News (Online),"The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it is allowing hearing aids to be made available over the counter without the need for costly medical exams or prescriptions.
The FDA’s move establishes a new category of over-the-counter hearing aids that can be sold directly to consumers. It only applies to hearing devices for adults with mild to moderate hearing problems, excluding devices for more severe hearing loss, which will still require a prescription. 
The action is intended to make hearing aids cheaper and more widely available to tens of millions of people...",left
19004,FDA Finalizes Rule to Allow Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids,"['Public Health', 'FDA', 'Regulations', 'Technology', 'Bipartisanship', 'Healthcare', 'Prescription Drugs', 'Science', 'Business']",FDA Clears Hearing Aids for Over-the-Counter Sale,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Food and Drug Administration said it would allow some hearing aids to be sold over the counter, aiming to widen their availability in ways that could bring down costs and encourage development of better devices.
Some 30 million adults in the U.S. have trouble with their hearing, the FDA said, but only about 20% use a hearing aid. High costs, challenges with access and social stigma discourage some people from using the devices, the FDA said. The devices can cost thousands of dollars and often aren’t covered by insurance.",center
19005,FDA Finalizes Rule to Allow Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids,"['Public Health', 'FDA', 'Regulations', 'Technology', 'Bipartisanship', 'Healthcare', 'Prescription Drugs', 'Science', 'Business']",FDA to allow select hearing aids to be sold over the counter,Washington Examiner,"Hearing aids will soon be available for purchase over the counter at a local pharmacy or drugstore.
The Food and Drug Administration finalized a ruling that will allow select hearing aids to be sold at stores or online retailers without a prescription or a medical exam at a lower cost.
""For many Americans who suffer from hearing loss, safe and effective and high quality hearing aids have been unaffordable. Hearing aids can cost thousands of dollars per pair and they're not always covered by insurance,"" said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra. ""Americans who need help with their...",right
19006,Trump Wants to Bar Entry to Muslims,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","After call to ban Muslims, is the GOP ready to unite against Trump?",CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump has done it again. Less than 24 hours after President Barack Obama aimed to set the tone for the country on a response to the threat of terrorism with an Oval Office address, Trump only needed a press release to cause an uproar with his call for an outright ban on Muslims entering the United States.",left
19007,Trump Wants to Bar Entry to Muslims,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump calls for 'complete shutdown' on Muslims entering US,Fox News (Online News),"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump defended his decision Monday to call for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” touching off an outraged response from his rivals for the nomination and Muslim groups.",right
19008,Trump Wants to Bar Entry to Muslims,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump’s Republican Rivals Condemn His Call to Bar Muslims From Entering U.S.,New York Times (News),"Donald J. Trump’s call to bar Muslims from entering the United States has drawn swift condemnation from his Republican rivals for the nomination, raising the question of whether the billionaire businessman has finally gone too far.",left
19009,"Health Experts, Public Officials Weigh In On Reopening Schools","['Education', 'Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health']",This Republican governor just totally missed the point on the school reopening debate,CNN (Online News),"(CNN) -- Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson doesn't understand what the big deal is about sending children back to school in the fall.
""These kids have got to get back to school,"" Parson told a conservative talk radio host. ""They're at the lowest risk possible. And if they do get Covid-19, which they will -- and they will when they go to school -- they're not going to the hospitals. They're not going to have to sit in doctor's offices. They're going to go home and they're going to get...",left
19010,"Health Experts, Public Officials Weigh In On Reopening Schools","['Education', 'Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health']","Multiple Studies Suggest Children Aren’t As Likely To Transmit Coronavirus, Even In School Settings",The Daily Caller,"As the fall months approach, many parents and guardians of children that normally would be returning to school are caught in the limbo of reopenings, unsure whether their local school district will resume in-person classes due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Some school districts have announced that they will reopen schools with a hybrid model. Seminole County in Florida, for example, will give parents the option of enrolling their students in face-to-face learning, online learning, or a mix of multiple options. Volusia County, Florida expects to give parents multiple options,...",right
19011,"Health Experts, Public Officials Weigh In On Reopening Schools","['Education', 'Coronavirus', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Public Health']","Can kids spread the coronavirus? 'Conclusively, without a doubt – yes,' experts say",USA TODAY,"As school districts around the country reveal reopening guidelines for when students return to classrooms in the fall, many parents are concerned about how the coronavirus could affect their children.
The White House has provided confusing statements. Press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Thursday ""science should not stand in the way"" of schools reopening, though ""science is on our side.""
A compilation of studies and articles published in JAMA Pediatrics found most patients under the age of 18 with COVID-19, the illness caused by SARS-CoV-2, have mild symptoms and fully recover...",left
19012,Analysis of Primary Results,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Primary Night Takeaways: Hillary Clinton Is Shaken and Donald Trump Roars Back,New York Times (News),"The story is getting familiar: Donald J. Trump won the biggest contests of the night, as Senator Ted Cruz of Texas captured the most conservative state up for grabs. Hillary Clinton kept a clear upper hand in the Democratic race, but Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont proved he would not be driven away anytime soon.",left
19013,Analysis of Primary Results,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",What went wrong for Hillary Clinton in Michigan?,CNN (Online News),Hillary Clinton's surprise loss in Michigan raises an urgent question for her campaign: What went wrong?,left
19014,Analysis of Primary Results,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Fed Up Voters Send a Messasge with Trump, Sanders Victories",CBN,Business mogul Donald Trump made more gains in Tuesday's primaries in his quest to win the Republican presidential nomination.,right
19015,Kavanaugh Accuser Open to Testifying if Certain Conditions Are Met,['Supreme Court'],Ford seeks to shift the balance of power in Kavanaugh drama,CNN (Online News),Christine Blasey Ford is seeking answers to a question that could define the rest of her life -- one that deterred her from going public weeks ago with sexual assault accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.,left
19016,Kavanaugh Accuser Open to Testifying if Certain Conditions Are Met,['Supreme Court'],Kavanaugh Accuser Signals Willingness to Testify Next Week - If Certain Conditions Are Met,CBN,Christine Blasey Ford is seeking answers to a question that could define the rest of her life -- one that deterred her from going public weeks ago with sexual assault accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.,right
19017,Kavanaugh Accuser Open to Testifying if Certain Conditions Are Met,['Supreme Court'],Kavanaugh Accuser Open to Negotiations to Testify Before Senate Panel,Wall Street Journal (News),"Judge Brett Kavanaugh's accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, indicated she would be willing to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee provided certain conditions are met, The New York Times reports.",center
19018,Trump Holds Off on Wall Funding,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Trump budges on border wall funding, easing shutdown standoff",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump began to edge away Monday evening from demanding that funding for his promised border wall be included in a must-pass spending bill, reducing the chances of a government shutdown at the end of the week by making clear he’s flexible on that timeline.",right
19019,Trump Holds Off on Wall Funding,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",President Trump just had his bluff called — again,Washington Post,"For the second time in two major legislative battles, the Trump White House has issued an ultimatum — only to back down. In the health care debate, the president was going to force a House vote on the package and dare skeptical Republicans to vote against replacing Obamacare, before abandoning that plan in the face of defeat.
And now, in the government funding debate, he's backing off his previous demand that Congress approve funding for his border wall. As The Post's Philip Rucker, Robert Costa and",left
19020,Trump Holds Off on Wall Funding,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump Willing to Hold Off on Border-Wall Funding,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Donald Trump is open to waiting until later this year to secure funding for a wall along the border with Mexico, White House officials said Monday night, in a shift that could clear the way for lawmakers to strike a deal to avoid a government shutdown on Saturday.",center
19021,Obamacare and Jobs,['Economy And Jobs'],Health Care Law May Result in 2 Million Fewer Full-Time Workers,New York Times (News),"With the expansion of insurance coverage, more workers will choose not to work and others will choose to work fewer hours than they might have otherwise, according to the Congressional Budget Office.",left
19022,Obamacare and Jobs,['Economy And Jobs'],Report reignites debate over Obamacare and jobs,Politico,The Republicans just got a big gift from the Congressional Budget Office: It’s going to be a lot easier for them to call Obamacare a “job killer.”,left
19023,Obamacare and Jobs,['Economy And Jobs'],Obamacare will push 2 million workers out of labor market: CBO,Washington Times,"Obamacare will push the equivalent of about 2 million workers out of the labor market by 2017 as employees decide either to work fewer hours or drop out altogether, according to the latest estimates Tuesday from the Congressional Budget Office.",right
19024,August Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney’s slight swing-state surge,Washington Post,"Swing state polls are swinging — ever so slightly — toward Mitt Romney. Romney, who has generally performed better in national polls than in swing state polls, has seen that disparity begin to disappear. And in fact, recent polls in several swing states show Romney asserting a lead or closing the gap in a way he hadnt before.",left
19025,August Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Despite Bad Samples, Romney Pulls Closer in Swing State Q-Polls",Townhall,"The big headline is that Barack Obama still leads Mitt Romney in Florida, Ohio and Wisconsin, but his advantage is shrinking:",right
19026,August Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Romney, Obama tied up in three swing states",CNN (Online News),"The latest polls in three critical battlegrounds – Florida, Ohio and Wisconsin – indicate President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney continuing to run neck-and-neck, though Obama has a slight edge in each of the three states.",left
19027,Biden Turkey Gaff,"['White House', 'Politics']",Biden Apologizes to Turkish President,New York Times (News),"A diplomatic rift between Turkey and the United States was patched over late Saturday after the American vice president, Joseph R. Biden Jr., officially apologized to Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for remarks suggesting that Turkey helped facilitate the rise of the Islamic State terrorist group.
In remarks at Harvard University on Thursday, Mr. Biden said Mr. Erdogan had admitted erring in allowing foreign fighters to cross Turkey’s border into Syria, eventually leading to the formation of the group, also known as ISIS and ISIL.",left
19028,Biden Turkey Gaff,"['White House', 'Politics']","Biden issues second apology of weekend, after offending US allies in fight to destroy Islamic State",Fox News (Online News),"Vice President Biden on Sunday issued his second apology of the weekend for remarks that offended allies that the U.S. needs in the fight to destroy the Islamic State.
Biden apologized by phone Sunday to Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, saying he never meant to imply that his country was supporting Al Qaeda fighters in Syria. Al Nahyan is also the deputy supreme commander of the United Arab Emirates’ armed forces.
Biden made the remarks at a speech Thursday, suggesting U.S. allies including Turkey,...",right
19029,Biden Turkey Gaff,"['White House', 'Politics']","Vice President Joe Biden apologizes to Turkey, UAE",CNN (Online News),"U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has apologized to the United Arab Emirates and Turkey for comments he made last week that Middle Eastern allies are partly to blame for the strengthening of ISIS.
The latest apology came in phone call from Biden to the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, representatives from both countries said Sunday. The vice president issued an apology to Turkey earlier during the weekend.",left
19030,How the Latest Plan to Release Oil from US Reserves Aims to Lower Gas Prices,"['Energy', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Ukraine War']",White House won’t name oil and gas companies it’s blaming for high prices,Fox Business,"The White House declined to specifically name any oil and gas companies that President Biden blamed earlier Thursday for exploiting the rise in energy prices and lining the pockets of investors.
National Economic Council Director Brian Deese was asked during Thursday’s press briefing to identify what companies the Biden administration considers to be good actors or bad actors.
""I want to give you an opportunity, for Americans who want to do the patriotic thing, where should they be going to buy their gas right now?"" the reporter asked. ""Are there good companies that have worked with...",right
19031,How the Latest Plan to Release Oil from US Reserves Aims to Lower Gas Prices,"['Energy', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Ukraine War']",U.S. to release 1 million barrels of oil per day from reserves to help cut gas prices,CNBC,"The U.S. will release 1 million barrels of oil per day from its strategic reserves to help cut gas prices and fight inflation across the country, the White House announced Thursday.
President Joe Biden plans to tap the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve for the next six months as domestic producers ramp up production, according to a fact sheet released by the Biden administration.
“The scale of this release is unprecedented: the world has never had a release of oil reserves at this 1 million per day rate for this length of time,”...",center
19032,How the Latest Plan to Release Oil from US Reserves Aims to Lower Gas Prices,"['Energy', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Ukraine War']",Biden oil move aims to cut gas prices ‘fairly significantly’,Associated Press Fact Check,"President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve for six months, a bid to control energy prices that have spiked after the United States and allies imposed steep sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
The president said it was not known how much gasoline prices could decline as a result of his move, but he suggested it might be “anything from 10 cents to 35 cents a gallon.” Gas is averaging about $4.23 a gallon, compared...",left
19033,Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA Provision,['LGBT Rights'],Supreme Court strikes down part of DOMA,CNN (Online News),"The Supreme Court has struck down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act, ruling that same-sex spouses legally married in a state may receive federal benefits.",left
19034,Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA Provision,['LGBT Rights'],"At Supreme Court, victories for gay marriage",Washington Post,The Supreme Court Thursday struck down as unconstitutional the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act that denies federal benefits to same-sex couples who are legally married in the states where they reside.,left
19035,Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA Provision,['LGBT Rights'],Supreme Court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act provision,Fox News (Online News),The Supreme Court has struck down a federal provision denying benefits to legally married gay couples.,right
19036,"Marjorie Taylor Greene Apologizes for Comparing Mask Mandates, Vaccines to Holocaust","['US House', 'Coronavirus', 'Us History', 'Holocaust', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene', 'Politics']","Rep. Greene apologizes for comparing face masks to Holocaust, but stands by comparison of Democrats to Nazi party",Washington Post,"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday visited the Holocaust Museum and apologized for previously comparing coronavirus face-mask policies to the Nazi practice of labeling Jews with Star of David badges.
But the Georgia Republican declined to walk back other controversial statements she has made, including one in which she compared the Democratic Party to Hitler’s party, the National Socialist German Workers’ Party.
Greene’s latest remarks come days before a fellow House member, Rep. Bradley Schneider (D-Ill.), is set to introduce a resolution to censure her over the Holocaust comparison.
At a Monday afternoon press...",left
19037,"Marjorie Taylor Greene Apologizes for Comparing Mask Mandates, Vaccines to Holocaust","['US House', 'Coronavirus', 'Us History', 'Holocaust', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene', 'Politics']",Greene apologizes for comparing vaccine rules to Holocaust,The Hill,"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday apologized for comparing COVID-19 vaccine and mask rules to the Holocaust, declaring that ""there is no comparison"" between the safety measures and the genocide of 6 million Jews during World War II.
Greene delivered the public apology following a visit earlier Monday to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum weeks after she drew condemnation from fellow Republicans for the remarks over the long Memorial Day recess.
""I have made a mistake,"" Greene told reporters. ""I wanted to say that I know that words that I've stated were hurtful, and for...",center
19038,"Marjorie Taylor Greene Apologizes for Comparing Mask Mandates, Vaccines to Holocaust","['US House', 'Coronavirus', 'Us History', 'Holocaust', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene', 'Politics']",Marjorie Taylor-Greene Apologizes for Holocaust COVID-Restrictions Comparison,National Review,"Representative Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R., Ga.) apologized Monday for her comments last month comparing COVID-19 restrictions to the persecution of Jews by the Nazis.
After a visit to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., Greene said she had “made a mistake” and that there is “nothing comparable” to the Holocaust.
“I have made a mistake, and it’s really bothered me for a couple of weeks now, and so I definitely want to own it,” she said. “This afternoon I visited the Holocaust Museum. The Holocaust is — there’s nothing comparable to...",right
19039,Michael Cohen Expected to Cooperate With Federal Prosecutors,['Politics'],Trump lawyer Michael Cohen might cooperate with federal prosecutors,New York Post (News),"President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer and self-described fixer Michael Cohen may cooperate with federal prosecutors investigating his business dealings, a new report said Wednesday",right
19040,Michael Cohen Expected to Cooperate With Federal Prosecutors,['Politics'],Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen’s Attorneys Expected to Quit His Case,Wall Street Journal (News),"The attorneys for Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, are expected to stop representing him in the criminal investigation into his business dealings, according to a person familiar with the matter.",center
19041,Michael Cohen Expected to Cooperate With Federal Prosecutors,['Politics'],Reports suggest Michael Cohen is thinking of flipping,Vox,"Longtime Trump lawyer Michael Cohen is changing his legal team, in what may be a sign that he’ll cut a cooperation deal with Justice Department prosecutors.",left
19042,"At Least 13 US Troops, Over 100 Afghans Killed in Suicide Bombing Near Kabul Airport","['World', 'Afghanistan', 'Terrorism', 'Taliban', 'Middle East']",Joe Biden vows retaliation for Kabul airport attack,The Guardian,"The pace of evacuation flights out of Kabul accelerated today after a double suicide-bomb attack that killed 13 US troops and 72 Afghans – the deadliest day for US troops in more than a decade.
Joe Biden addressed the masterminds behind the attack in an update to the nation yesterday, telling them: “We will hunt you down and make you pay.”
The bombs – reportedly a car bomb and a suicide vest – detonated within minutes of each other at 6pm local time yesterday, one near Abbey gate and another near the Baron hotel....",left
19043,"At Least 13 US Troops, Over 100 Afghans Killed in Suicide Bombing Near Kabul Airport","['World', 'Afghanistan', 'Terrorism', 'Taliban', 'Middle East']",Final evacuations resume after deadly Kabul attacks,BBC News,"US-led evacuations from Kabul airport in Afghanistan enter final stage, following devastating twin bomb attacks
The attacks targeted people queuing to flee the country after Taliban militants returned to power
Ninety people have been killed - mostly Afghan civilians and 13 US military personnel
US President Joe Biden has promised to hunt down the perpetrators, jihadist group IS-K
The UK says it is entering the final stages of its evacuation, with 1,000 leaving today
The evacuations - and foreign troop withdrawals - are designed to be completed by 31 August...",center
19044,"At Least 13 US Troops, Over 100 Afghans Killed in Suicide Bombing Near Kabul Airport","['World', 'Afghanistan', 'Terrorism', 'Taliban', 'Middle East']",13 US service members killed in twin explosions outside Kabul airport,Washington Examiner,"At least 13 U.S. service members were among dozens killed after twin explosions tore through the crowd congregating at the Abbey Gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport in the Afghan capital and a hotel about 200 yards from the gate.
The death toll, including 11 U.S. Marines and a Navy medic, and an additional 15 service members were wounded on Thursday, were reported by Commander, Gen. Kenneth McKenzie during a Pentagon press briefing Thursday afternoon.
A Central Command spokesperson said Thursday evening an additional service member died since McKenzie's remarks. The toll...",right
19045,Pfizer Raises $3.5 Billion from Coronavirus Vaccines in First Quarter of 2021,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business', 'People And Profit', 'Public Health', 'World']",Pfizer Reaps Hundreds of Millions in Profits From Covid Vaccine,New York Times (News),"Last year, racing to develop a vaccine in record time, Pfizer made a big decision: Unlike several rival manufacturers, which vowed to forgo profits on their shots during the Covid-19 pandemic, Pfizer planned to profit on its vaccine.
On Tuesday, the company announced just how much money the shot is generating.
The vaccine brought in $3.5 billion in revenue in the first three months of this year, nearly a quarter of its total revenue, Pfizer reported. The vaccine was, far and away, Pfizer’s biggest source of revenue.
The company did...",left
19046,Pfizer Raises $3.5 Billion from Coronavirus Vaccines in First Quarter of 2021,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business', 'People And Profit', 'Public Health', 'World']",Vaccine Sales Lift Pfizer’s Quarterly Results,Wall Street Journal (News),"Pfizer Inc. said it expects its Covid-19 vaccine to generate about $26 billion in sales this year, a major increase from several months ago that reflects the shot’s growing role in the global vaccination campaign.
The company also said Tuesday it is working on making the two-dose shot easier for vaccinators to administer and store. It has begun studying an updated version of the vaccine for the dangerous Covid-19 variant first identified in South Africa.
The Pfizer vaccine is the most-administered of the three Covid-19 vaccines cleared for use in...",center
19047,Pfizer Raises $3.5 Billion from Coronavirus Vaccines in First Quarter of 2021,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Pfizer', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business', 'People And Profit', 'Public Health', 'World']",Pfizer expects $26 billion in 2021 sales from COVID vaccine,New York Post (News),"Pfizer said Tuesday it expects to do $26 billion in sales this year from its two-shot COVID-19 vaccine alone.
That’s up more than 70 percent from its last forecast, largely thanks to new contracts signed with countries struggling to get their hands on vaccine doses.
The estimate assumes that Pfizer will deliver 1.6 billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in 2021. Across all of its products, Pfizer said in its first-quarter earnings report that it expects to make between $70.5 billion and $72.5 billion in revenue this year.",right
19048,No Guns for Marijuana Users,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Guns Marijuana: Medical Pot Users Can't 'Bear Arms,' Court Rules",Newsmax (News),"Guns and marijuana users don't go together, said a federal appeals court in upholding a ruling that medical pot users cannot buy weapons and affirming that ""the Second Amendment does not protect the rights of unlawful drug users to bear arms.""
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals three-judge panel in San Francisco on Wednesday set back the case of S. Rowan Wilson who was denied the purchase of a firearm in 2011 after she obtained a medical marijuana card in Nevada, said Reuters.
""The panel held that plaintiff's Second Amendment...",right
19049,No Guns for Marijuana Users,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Court upholds gun ban on medical marijuana card holders,The Hill,"A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a government ban that prevents medical marijuana card holders from buying guns, Fox News reported.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers nine Western states including California, Washington and Oregon, ruled the federal ban is not in violation of the Second Amendment.
The states in that region that have legalized or effectively decriminalized medical marijuana include Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
S. Rowan Wilson, a woman from Nevada, filed a lawsuit when she attempted to buy...",center
19050,No Guns for Marijuana Users,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],US court upholds ban on buying guns for medical-marijuana users,SFGate,"Gun purchases are off limits in the U.S. to anyone who uses medical marijuana or holds a state-approved medicinal marijuana card, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, accepting the government’s view that illegal-drug users are prone to violence.
Although medical-marijuana use is legal in California, 24 other states and Washington, D.C., the federal government still bans all use of the drug, and in 1968 Congress prohibited illegal-drug users and addicts from buying and possessing firearms.
On Wednesday, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said...",left
19051,Kamala Harris Takes On Joe Biden In Second 2020 Democratic Debate,"['Election 2020', 'Democrats', 'Presidential Debates', 'Kamala Harris', 'Joe Biden', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Kamala Harris Makes the Case That Joe Biden Should Pass That Torch to Her,New York Times (News),"This was the moment Joseph R. Biden Jr. had to know would be coming. He did not seem entirely prepared.
About an hour into the debate on Thursday, Senator Kamala Harris, a black former prosecutor from California, had edged into the cross-talk with a request: “I would like to speak on the issue of race.”
Soon, her precise intention was clear. She paused and took a breath. “I’m going to now direct this at Vice President Biden,” she said, turning toward the 2020 primary front-runner who waxed nostalgic earlier this...",left
19052,Kamala Harris Takes On Joe Biden In Second 2020 Democratic Debate,"['Election 2020', 'Democrats', 'Presidential Debates', 'Kamala Harris', 'Joe Biden', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Taking on Biden, Kamala Harris Makes Her Mark",Wall Street Journal (News),"Sen. Kamala Harris proved she can command a debate stage by confronting former Vice President Joe Biden over questions of racial equality in a strong performance that could boost her standing in the crowded Democratic nomination contest.
Heading into the second of two debates this week in Miami, most expected Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont to be Mr. Biden’s top tormentor. Instead, it was a fiery Ms. Harris who displayed her skills Thursday as a former prosecutor in challenging the front-runner.
The Harris-Biden exchange was the most dramatic during four...",center
19053,Kamala Harris Takes On Joe Biden In Second 2020 Democratic Debate,"['Election 2020', 'Democrats', 'Presidential Debates', 'Kamala Harris', 'Joe Biden', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Kamala Harris Shines, Biden Loses Luster in First Round of Democrat Debates",CBN,"The second night of the first Democrat presidential primary debate birthed a new star and knocked the luster off the frontrunner.
Over the course of two hours, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) distinguished herself by using her skills as a prosecutor to draw blood, targeting former Vice President Joe Biden's talk this week about his history of working across the aisle.
""It's personal and I was actually – it was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two United States senators who built their reputations and career on the...",right
19054,Pentagon Chief Does Not Support Invoking Insurrection Act,"['Mark Esper', 'Donald Trump', 'Insurrection Act', 'US Military', 'National Guard', 'Violence In America']",Esper breaks with Trump to oppose using active duty troops to quell protests,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN)Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Wednesday that he does not support using active duty troops to quell the large-scale protests across the United States triggered by the death of George Floyd and those forces should only be used in a law enforcement role as a last resort, directly contradicting President Donald Trump.
""The option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort, and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. We are not in...",left
19055,Pentagon Chief Does Not Support Invoking Insurrection Act,"['Mark Esper', 'Donald Trump', 'Insurrection Act', 'US Military', 'National Guard', 'Violence In America']",Pentagon chief does not support invoking Insurrection Act,The Hill,"Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday he does not support invoking a law that would allow President Trump to use the U.S. military for domestic law enforcement amid nationwide protests surrounding the death of George Floyd.
""I've always believed and continue to believe that the National Guard is best suited for performing domestic support to civil authorities in these situations in support of local law enforcement,"" Esper said at a news conference Wednesday.
""I say this not only as secretary of Defense, but also as a former soldier and a...",center
19056,Pentagon Chief Does Not Support Invoking Insurrection Act,"['Mark Esper', 'Donald Trump', 'Insurrection Act', 'US Military', 'National Guard', 'Violence In America']",Pentagon chief Esper opposes Trump plan: 'I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act',Washington Times,"Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday he opposes using the Insurrection Act to deploy active-duty military forces to American cities to quell riots and protests.
In a press conference at the Pentagon, Mr. Esper said the use of active-duty troops should be a “last resort” for the country, and he does not believe such a course is necessary or appropriate right now. President Trump earlier this week threatened to invoke the 1807 law if governors do not activate National Guard forces to control crowds and stop widespread looting. Protests have...",right
19057,Trump Administration Seeks $850 Billion in Stimulus Package,"['Trump Administration', 'Stimulus Package', 'Payroll Tax Cuts', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",White House pitching massive coronavirus relief bill to Congress,Washington Times,"Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin is expected to meet with Senate Republicans Tuesday to discuss an $850 billion coronavirus relief package including aid for hard-hit industries.
White House aides say the package could include more than $50 billion for airlines, about $500 billion in payroll tax cuts and $250 billion or more in Small Business Administration loans.
The U.S. airline industry said it has lost about one million passengers in the first two weeks of March alone, compared with the same period a year ago.
President Trump said Monday the...",right
19058,Trump Administration Seeks $850 Billion in Stimulus Package,"['Trump Administration', 'Stimulus Package', 'Payroll Tax Cuts', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump to propose $850B stimulus for coronavirus response,The Hill,"The Trump administration will seek approval of a roughly $850 billion emergency stimulus package from Congress in order to ease the economic impact of the coronavirus, a senior administration official confirmed on Tuesday.
The development was first reported by The Washington Post.
The senior administration official stressed that the proposal is a tax proposal, not a spending stimulus as Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is proposing. The Post reported that the stimulus package could include a payroll tax cut and is expected to include about $50 billion to help...",center
19059,Trump Administration Seeks $850 Billion in Stimulus Package,"['Trump Administration', 'Stimulus Package', 'Payroll Tax Cuts', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump administration seeks roughly $850 billion in emergency stimulus to confront coronavirus economic fallout,Washington Post,"The Trump administration is asking Congress to approve a massive economic stimulus package of around $850 billion to stanch the economic free fall caused by the coronavirus, four officials familiar with the planning said Tuesday.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will present details to Senate Republicans later Tuesday. The package would be mostly devoted to flooding the economy with cash, through a payroll tax cut or other mechanism, two of the officials said, with some $50 billion directed specifically to helping the airline industry.
White House officials also want to include...",left
19060,Paul Manafort Sentenced to 47 Months in Prison,"['Politics', 'Paul Manafort']",Democrats Blast Manafort’s Light Prison Sentence,National Review,Democratic lawmakers on Friday harshly criticized the lighter-than-expected prison sentence handed down to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort by U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III Thursday night.,right
19061,Paul Manafort Sentenced to 47 Months in Prison,"['Politics', 'Paul Manafort']",The ‘Otherwise Blameless Life’ of Paul Manafort,The Atlantic,"Trump’s former campaign chair has always acted with impunity, as if the laws never applied to him.",left
19062,Paul Manafort Sentenced to 47 Months in Prison,"['Politics', 'Paul Manafort']",U.S. judge gives Trump ex-aide Manafort leniency: under four years in prison,Reuters,President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced on Thursday by a U.S. judge to less than four years in prison - far shy of federal sentencing guidelines - for financial crimes uncovered during Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election.,center
19063,"US Adds 943,000 Jobs in July, Beating Expectations","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","US economy adds 943K jobs in July, blowing past expectations",Fox Business,"U.S. employers hired more workers than expected last month as a number of states ended extended unemployment benefits before the September expiration.  
Nonfarm payrolls increased by 943,000 workers in July as the unemployment rate fell to 5.4%, the Labor Department said Friday. Analysts surveyed by Refintiv were expecting 870,000 jobs gained and the unemployment rate to fall to 5.7% from 5.9%. June’s reading was revised higher by 88,000 jobs to 938,000. 
""Although there have been some cracks in the armor, today’s jobs number showed that once again our economy is incredibly...",right
19064,"US Adds 943,000 Jobs in July, Beating Expectations","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","US employers added 943,000 jobs in July, signaling a strong labor market",CNN Business,"The US economy added 943,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate fell to 5.4% — a new low of the pandemic era — the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
It was the biggest job gain since August last year, when more than 1 million positions were added back, and more than the 870,000 economists had expected.
The June jobs gains was revised up as well, to 938,000 positions added, showing the recovery's strong pace over the summer.
Since May 2020, America has added back 16.7 million jobs. But it's still 5.7 million short of...",left
19065,"US Adds 943,000 Jobs in July, Beating Expectations","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","Payrolls increase 943,000 in July as unemployment rate slides to 5.4%",CNBC,"Hiring rose in July at its fastest pace in nearly a year despite fears over Covid-19′s delta variant and as companies struggled with a tight labor supply, the Labor Department reported Friday.
Nonfarm payrolls increased by 943,000 for the month while the unemployment rate dropped to 5.4%, according to the department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. The payroll increase was the best since August 2020.
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for 845,000 new jobs and a headline unemployment rate of 5.7%. However, estimates were diverse amid conflicting headwinds...",center
19066,Justice Department Files Antitrust Case Against Google,"['Google', 'Antitrust Lawsuit', 'Justice Department', 'Technology']",Department of Justice will charge Google with multiple violations of federal antitrust law today,Washington Post,"The lawsuit will kick off a legal war between Washington and Silicon Valley, one that could have vast implications not only for Google but the entire tech industry.
The Department of Justice is expected Tuesday to charge Google with violating federal antitrust law, according to two people familiar with the matter, finding after a year-long investigation that the tech giant wrongfully wielded its digital dominance to the detriment of corporate rivals and consumers.
The federal government’s imminent lawsuit will touch off a landmark and lengthy legal war between Washington and...",left
19067,Justice Department Files Antitrust Case Against Google,"['Google', 'Antitrust Lawsuit', 'Justice Department', 'Technology']",Justice Department files long-awaited antitrust suit against Google,Fox News (Online News),"The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Google engaged in anticompetitive conduct to preserve monopolies in search and search-advertising that form the cornerstones of its vast conglomerate, according to senior Justice officials.
The long-anticipated case, iled in a Washington, D.C., federal court, marks the most aggressive U.S. legal challenge to a company’s dominance in the tech sector in more than two decades, with the potential to shake up Silicon Valley and beyond. Once a public darling, Google attracted considerable scrutiny over the past decade as it gained...",right
19068,Justice Department Files Antitrust Case Against Google,"['Google', 'Antitrust Lawsuit', 'Justice Department', 'Technology']",DOJ to file antitrust lawsuit against Google,CNBC,"The Department of Justice will file its antitrust lawsuit against Google Tuesday, which will reportedly focus on the tech giant’s dominance in online search.
Eleven Republican state attorneys general have joined the DOJ as plaintiffs in the case: Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, South Carolina and Texas, according to an open docket of the case filed Tuesday morning.
Google’s stock barely moved following news of the suit. Shares were slightly positive as of Tuesday morning.
The lawsuit is the culmination of a more than year-long investigation...",center
19069,Pre-Debate Watch,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Pressure on Obama to check Romney surge at NY debate,Fox News (Online News),"First, President Obama was too cool. Then Vice President Biden was, by some accounts, too hot. Can Obama get it just right?",right
19070,Pre-Debate Watch,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Advice: Romney, apologize for 47%; Obama, show up, speak up",CNN (Online News),"Up until the first presidential debate, Mitt Romney was the Frankenstein candidate. I don't mean that derisively. I use it as a metaphor of what a caricature Mitt Romney had become in the eyes of many voters.",left
19071,Pre-Debate Watch,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",5 things to watch at the debate,Politico,The pundits have labeled this week as the most important of the 2012 election.,left
19072,Ghislaine Maxwell Convicted of Federal Sex Crimes,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Ghislaine Maxwell', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Justice', 'Sex Trafficking']",Ghislaine Maxwell found guilty of serving as Jeffrey Epstein’s chief recruiter of underage victims,New York Daily News,"Ghislaine Maxwell’s bound for a new social scene: federal prison.
A Manhattan jury found the wealthy one-time darling of New York and London’s high societies guilty Wednesday of enticing young sex abuse victims for Jeffrey Epstein.
The jurors in Manhattan Federal Court deliberated for 40 hours over five days before returning the verdict. The 60-year-old faces up to 65 years in prison when Judge Alison Nathan sentences her for aiding in a decade-long scheme to recruit and transport teenage girls worldwide for Epstein to sexually abuse.
“A unanimous jury has...",left
19073,Ghislaine Maxwell Convicted of Federal Sex Crimes,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Ghislaine Maxwell', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Justice', 'Sex Trafficking']",Ghislaine Maxwell Found Guilty in Epstein Sex-Abuse Case,Wall Street Journal (News),"British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty Wednesday on five of six criminal counts in her sex-trafficking case, capping federal prosecutors’ push to bring the longtime confidante of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to justice.
After five days of deliberations, a federal jury in New York convicted Ms. Maxwell on Wednesday for what prosecutors said was her role in helping Epstein sexually abuse underage teens.
On the most serious count, sex trafficking of minors, the jury found Ms. Maxwell guilty. That count carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison. A...",center
19074,Ghislaine Maxwell Convicted of Federal Sex Crimes,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Ghislaine Maxwell', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Justice', 'Sex Trafficking']",Ghislaine Maxwell convicted of sex trafficking victim for Jeffrey Epstein,New York Post (News),"Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday evening of recruiting and grooming underage girls for years as Jeffrey Epstein’s madam — capping a stunning fall from grace for the British socialite who could now spend the rest of her life behind bars.
Maxwell, who turned 60 Christmas day, sat still as the unanimous verdict on five of six counts was read aloud. When it was done, she poured herself a cup of water from a Fiji bottle and took a swig, then conferred with her lawyer.
She showed no emotion as she...",right
19075,Perspectives: Facebook Board Upholds Trump Ban,"['Free Speech', 'Big Tech', 'Donald Trump', 'Facebook', 'Online Censorship', 'Violence In America', 'Polarization']",Oversight Board Is Wrong to Uphold Facebook’s Suspension of Trump,The Daily Signal,"Facebook’s Oversight Board decided to uphold Facebook’s and Instagram’s suspension of former President Donald Trump from their platforms today. This decision is the wrong one, and one that all Americans, regardless of political affiliation, should be concerned about. However, the Oversight Board was entirely appropriate to admonish Facebook for the fact that its penalty was vague and standardless.
Big Tech companies should not be allowed to play by a set of rules that give them undue influence over American society while also avoiding any accountability for how they use that...",right
19076,Perspectives: Facebook Board Upholds Trump Ban,"['Free Speech', 'Big Tech', 'Donald Trump', 'Facebook', 'Online Censorship', 'Violence In America', 'Polarization']",Trump Stays Banned on Facebook. Keep It That Way.,Bloomberg,"Donald Trump remains banned from Facebook Inc.’s global echo chamber, and that’s a good thing. After the social media company banned him in January for inciting a deadly insurrection at the Capitol, its Oversight Board — the outside group the company established to monitor controversial content and arbitrate thorny issues such as Trump’s exile — said Wednesday that his history of violence disqualified him for the time being.
“The Board found that, in maintaining an unfounded narrative of electoral fraud and persistent calls to action, Mr. Trump created an environment...",left
19077,Perspectives: Facebook Board Upholds Trump Ban,"['Free Speech', 'Big Tech', 'Donald Trump', 'Facebook', 'Online Censorship', 'Violence In America', 'Polarization']",Americans divided on whether Trump should be permanently banned from social media,Pew Research Center,"Americans are split on whether former President Donald Trump should be barred from social media. Some 49% of U.S. adults say Trump’s accounts should be permanently banned from social media, while half say they should not be. But views are deeply divided along partisan lines, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
The survey, fielded April 12 to 18, was conducted before Facebook’s independent oversight board upheld for now the suspension of Trump’s account that was instituted in the wake of the violent riots at the U.S. Capitol...",center
19078,"After Ansari Story, Outlets Debate #MeToo Movement",['Sexual Misconduct'],"Hey Aziz Ansari defenders, saying 'no' is more complex than you think",Mashable,It took very little time for the same-old deeply dangerous rhetoric to rear its ugly head after the publication of a report accusing Aziz Ansari of sexual misconduct. In the anonymous report—published over the weekend by Babe—a woman shares her account the alleged misconduct which took place on a date in September 2017.,left
19079,"After Ansari Story, Outlets Debate #MeToo Movement",['Sexual Misconduct'],The Aziz Ansari takedown is a setback for the #MeToo movement,The Week - News,"If the term ""jump the shark"" didn't already exist, it would need to be invented to describe the state of the #MeToo movement after the publication of (and lavish praise for) a lengthy essay recounting the lurid details of one woman's bad date with comedian Aziz Ansari.",left
19080,"After Ansari Story, Outlets Debate #MeToo Movement",['Sexual Misconduct'],"Feminists, Stop Bad Sex Before It Happens",National Review,Women are free to opt out of hookup culture if they don’t like what it offers them.,right
19081,"As Republicans Oppose Biden, ‘Frustrated’ Democrats Worry He Isn’t Doing Enough","['Joe Biden', 'Politics', 'Polls', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', '2022 Elections', '2024 Election', 'Elections', 'US Congress', 'Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Flood of news reports highlight Democratic frustration with Biden: 'It's infuriating',Fox News (Online News),"CNN, The New York Times, The Hill and NBC News have recently highlighted criticism of President Biden from members of his own party in the wake of the Supreme Court's abortion decision and Democrats facing potentially difficult midterms in the fall. 
The Hill reported Wednesday that Biden was finding himself to be ""powerless"" in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in addition to several other issues hammering the administration. 
The report notes that while Biden's ""hands are largely tied"" when it comes to issues like mass...",right
19082,"As Republicans Oppose Biden, ‘Frustrated’ Democrats Worry He Isn’t Doing Enough","['Joe Biden', 'Politics', 'Polls', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', '2022 Elections', '2024 Election', 'Elections', 'US Congress', 'Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Frustrated Democrats express alarm over Biden’s powerlessness,The Hill,"President Biden is finding himself largely powerless to address a spate of setbacks in recent weeks that have sparked alarm among Democrats about the state of the country.
Biden has been dealt blow after blow in recent weeks: The Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade’s constitutional right to an abortion; the country is plagued by gun violence, the latest example falling during an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago; and rising costs for gasoline, food and other goods have frustrated the public for months.",center
19083,"As Republicans Oppose Biden, ‘Frustrated’ Democrats Worry He Isn’t Doing Enough","['Joe Biden', 'Politics', 'Polls', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', '2022 Elections', '2024 Election', 'Elections', 'US Congress', 'Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']","Biden Promised to Stay Above the Fray, but Democrats Want a Fighter",New York Times (News),"Forty-eight hours after a horrific mass shooting on the Fourth of July, President Biden flew to Ohio on Wednesday for a speech on pension plans.
With inflation soaring and Democrats still fuming about the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Mr. Biden’s public schedule included no events or announcements on either topic.
And in response to last week’s blockbuster testimony about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Mr. Biden has said almost nothing, pledging deference to the congressional committee investigating the violent assault on American democracy.
At a...",left
19084,"Voting Rights a Hot Topic in Georgia as 53,000 Applications Put on Hold","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",Voting rights become a flashpoint in Georgia governor’s race,Associated Press,"Marsha Appling-Nunez was showing the college students she teaches how to check online if they’re registered to vote when she made a troubling discovery. Despite being an active Georgia voter who had cast ballots in recent elections, she was no longer registered.",left
19085,"Voting Rights a Hot Topic in Georgia as 53,000 Applications Put on Hold","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",Republicans may be about to steal an election in Georgia,Washington Post,"It isn’t often you get to watch an election being stolen in real time, but that might be what is happening right now in Georgia. When it comes to the nationwide, comprehensive, carefully planned Republican",left
19086,"Voting Rights a Hot Topic in Georgia as 53,000 Applications Put on Hold","['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']","ACLU of Georgia Responds to Reports Regarding the 53,000 Voters With Pending Registrations Due to Exact Match Law",ACLU,"In response to media reports regarding the 53,000 voters whose voter registration applications are deemed “pending” because of the Exact Match law, the ACLU of Georgia issues the following statement.",left
19087,2015 State of the Union Preview,['Politics'],Obama will give State of Union address against backdrop of deep partisan divide,Washington Post,The tone and tenor of the Obama White House since Democrats suffered a crushing defeat during the November midterm elections have been anything but conciliatory and have raised doubts about whether the president can — or wants to — break through partisan gridlock before voters choose his successor next year.,left
19088,2015 State of the Union Preview,['Politics'],State of the Union: Obama's Robin Hood turn,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama has less clout on Capitol Hill now than ever before. So with little to lose, he's making a feisty pitch for economic populism.",left
19089,2015 State of the Union Preview,['Politics'],OPINION: Obama’s tax riot will make a memorable State of the Union,Washington Times,"The annual State of the Union might not be an occasion for the president to preach to the choir, but it’s an opportunity for the choir to catch 40 winks. Neither the soprano nor tenor will miss anything.",right
19090,Judge Rules Students Do Not Have Fundamental Right to Literacy,['Education'],Judge to Detroit Students: We Can’t Force Schools to Actually Teach You Anything,Reason,"A federal judge has made it very clear in a new ruling that the government can force you to send your kids to school, but you can't force the government to actually provide an education there.",right
19091,Judge Rules Students Do Not Have Fundamental Right to Literacy,['Education'],Judge: Students Have No Right to Literacy,Daily Beast,"A federal judge late Friday ruled that students at several Detroit schools have no legal right to literacy, dismissing a lawsuit filed in 2016 that took issue with the schools’ “slum-like conditions.”",left
19092,Judge Rules Students Do Not Have Fundamental Right to Literacy,['Education'],Michigan judge rules kids don't have a fundamental right to literacy,The Hill,A Michigan judge ruled last week that children do not have a fundamental right to learn how to read and write.,center
19093,Trump Praises Putin,['Politics'],Trump praises Putin over US sanctions – a move that puts him at odds with GOP,The Guardian,"After the Obama administration’s tough new sanctions against Russia put the president-elect in a vulnerable political position at home, in his own party and abroad, Donald Trump chose to respond in familiar fashion – with praise for Vladimir Putin.",left
19094,Trump Praises Putin,['Politics'],Trump: Putin ‘very smart’ for not retaliating against U.S. over latest round of sanctions,Washington Times,President-elect Donald Trump on Friday hailed Russian President Vladimir Putin as “very smart” for not retaliating against a new round of U.S. sanctions against the former Cold War foe.,right
19095,Trump Praises Putin,['Politics'],Trump praises Putin for refusing to retaliate on sanctions,USA TODAY,Donald Trump praised Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday for holding off on retaliation for U.S. sanctions regarding Russian hacking during the presidential election.,left
19096,Facebook’s Biased Targeting,['Media Bias'],How Facebook keeps you in a political bubble of your own,"John Gable, AllSides Co-founder","Did you know that Facebook estimates your political leanings so it can better target its ads for you? You might have guessed that, and realized that kind of targeting is happening all over the Internet – with your search results, on websites, in your social networks.",right
19097,Facebook’s Biased Targeting,['Media Bias'],"Liberal, Moderate or Conservative? See How Facebook Labels You",New York Times (News),"You may think you are discreet about your political views. But Facebook, the world’s largest social media network, has come up with its own determination of your political leanings, based on your activity on the site.
And now, it is easy to find out how Facebook has categorized you — as very liberal or very conservative, or somewhere in between.
Try this (it works best on your desktop computer):
Go to facebook.com/ads/preferences on your browser. (You may have to log in to Facebook first.)
That will bring you to a...",left
19098,Facebook’s Biased Targeting,['Media Bias'],"Facebook labels us as conservative, moderate, or liberal: Does it matter?",Christian Science Monitor,Experts say the feature on the social media network further shows how targeted campaign advertising has become.,center
19099,China Hacking US,[],"Obama administration reportedly considering fines, trade penalties for cybertheft",Fox News (Online News),"The White House is reportedly considering fines and other trade penalties against China or any other country guilty of cyberattacks amid evidence of an unrelenting cyber espionage campaign linked to the Chinese government.
The Associated Press reported Wednesday that the actions are being considered as part of the Obama administration's response to a report that claimed the Chinese Army
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/20/obama-administration-developi...",right
19100,China Hacking US,[],Claims of cyberstealing by China prompt administration to develop more aggressive responses,Washington Post,"Evidence of an unrelenting campaign of cyberstealing linked to the Chinese government is prompting the Obama administration to develop more aggressive responses to the theft of U.S. government data and corporate trade secrets.
The Obama administration is expected to announce new measures Wednesday, including possible fines and other trade actions against China or any other country guilty of cyber-espionage. Official",left
19101,China Hacking US,[],How Should The U.S. Respond To Chinese Hacking?,NPR (Online News),"If the Chinese military is regularly hacking into the computers of U.S. organizations, as an American security firm says, it raises all sorts of questions about how the U.S. should respond.
Is this a job for the military or the intelligence agencies? What role should diplomats and trade officials be playing?
The report issued this week by the IT security consultancy Mandiant says it has traced the hacking activity to the People's Liberation Army's Unit 61398, which has ""systematically stolen hundreds of terabytes of data from at least 141 organizations.""",left
19102,First Weekly Increase in Jobless Claims Since March,"['Unemployment', 'Banking And Finance', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs']",AP-NORC poll: Nearly half say job lost to virus won’t return,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly half of Americans whose families experienced a layoff during the coronavirus pandemic now believe those jobs are lost forever, a new poll shows, a sign of increasing pessimism that would translate into roughly 10 million workers needing to find a new employer, if not a new occupation.
It’s a sharp change after initial optimism the jobs would return, as temporary cutbacks give way to shuttered businesses, bankruptcies and lasting payroll cuts. In April, 78% of those in households with a job loss thought they’d be temporary....",left
19103,First Weekly Increase in Jobless Claims Since March,"['Unemployment', 'Banking And Finance', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs']",The jobless claims numbers are both better and worse than you may have read,MarketWatch,"The headlines this morning say that more people filed for unemployment benefits last week for the first time since March, according to the Labor Department. But the reported increase is merely a statistical mirage.
Properly viewed, job losses are essentially unchanged over the past several weeks at an extremely high level. About 10 times as many people are losing their jobs every week than did before the economy took that terrible blow in March.
In the real world, slightly fewer people lost their jobs last week than the week before....",center
19104,First Weekly Increase in Jobless Claims Since March,"['Unemployment', 'Banking And Finance', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs']","Jobless claims: Another 1.416 million Americans filed new unemployment claims last week, as labor market recovery sputters",Yahoo News,"The level of new jobless claims unexpectedly rose last week, signaling a weakening trend in the labor market as states across the US grapple with a resurgence in coronavirus cases. Another 1.416 million Americans filed for first-time unemployment insurance benefits, up from just over 1.3 million the prior week, to mark the first increase in new claims on a week over week basis since March.
Here were the main results from the report, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg:",left
19105,Amazon to Cut Bonuses and Stock Incentives After Raising Minimum Wage,['Business'],"Amazon Warehouse Workers Lose Bonuses, Stock Awards for Raises",Bloomberg,Amazon.com Inc. is eliminating monthly bonuses and stock awards for warehouse workers and other hourly employees after the company pledged this week to raise pay to at least $15 an hour.,left
19106,Amazon to Cut Bonuses and Stock Incentives After Raising Minimum Wage,['Business'],Some Amazon employees say they will make less after the raise,Yahoo News,"Amazon’s decision to raise workers’ minimum wage to $15 per hour was welcome news, even Sen. Bernie Sanders praised the move. But for some Amazon employees, the excitement didn’t last",left
19107,Amazon to Cut Bonuses and Stock Incentives After Raising Minimum Wage,['Business'],"Bernie Sanders reacts to Amazon slashing stock, incentive bonuses for hourly workers",Fox News (Online News),Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called on Amazon on Thursday to ensure that all of its hourly workers will receive a boost in compensation after the company drew criticism for slashing stock,right
19108,Trump Asserts Executive Privilege to Withhold Census Documents,['Politics'],Trump asserts executive privilege to block access to census documents,Politico,"President Donald Trump on Wednesday moved to block Congress’ access to documents about how a citizenship question was added to the 2020 census.
Trump claimed executive privilege over subpoenaed documents at the urging of the Justice Department, as the House Oversight and Reform Committee was beginning proceedings Wednesday morning to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with the panel’s subpoenas.",left
19109,Trump Asserts Executive Privilege to Withhold Census Documents,['Politics'],Trump Asserts Executive Privilege Over Documents on Census Citizenship Question,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump on Wednesday asserted executive privilege over documents demanded by a House committee in its investigation of a controversial citizenship question the administration added to the U.S. census survey.
The assertion of executive privilege was made as the House Oversight Committee prepared to vote to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for ignoring its subpoena seeking information about efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.",center
19110,Trump Asserts Executive Privilege to Withhold Census Documents,['Politics'],Trump claims executive privilege to withhold census citizenship documents,Washington Times,"President Trump has asserted executive privilege over a host of documents related to the decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, the Justice Department said Wednesday, thwarting Congressional Democrats’ attempts to subpoena the materials.
Assistant Attorney General Stephen E. Boyd alerted the House Oversight Committee of the move in a letter, saying Democrats had soured the chances for cooperation by moving to hold Attorney General William P. Barr in contempt of Congress.",right
19111,Trump Will Announce Supreme Court Nominee on Friday or Saturday,"['Supreme Court Vacancy', 'Donald Trump', 'Senate GOP', 'Senate Democrats', 'Lisa Murkowski', 'Susan Collins', 'Supreme Court']",Trump Says He Plans To Announce Supreme Court Pick Friday Or Saturday,NPR (Online News),"President Trump said on Monday that he plans to announce his nominee for the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday or Saturday.
""I think it will be on Friday or Saturday, and we want to pay respect,"" Trump said in an interview on Fox and Friends. ""It looks like we will have probably services on Thursday or Friday, as I understand it, and I think in all due respect we should wait until the services are over for Justice Ginsburg.""
But while repeatedly...",left
19112,Trump Will Announce Supreme Court Nominee on Friday or Saturday,"['Supreme Court Vacancy', 'Donald Trump', 'Senate GOP', 'Senate Democrats', 'Lisa Murkowski', 'Susan Collins', 'Supreme Court']",Trump Says He’ll Announce Supreme Court Nominee Friday Or Saturday,HuffPost,"President Donald Trump said on Monday he is looking at four or five jurists to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court and he will announce his nominee on Friday or Saturday.
Trump pushed ahead with plans for his third U.S. Supreme Court nomination, which would cement a 6-3 conservative majority, as some Republicans wavered on whether to support the move weeks before an election.
The Republican president said in an interview with Fox News that he wanted to wait out of respect for Ginsburg, a...",left
19113,Trump Will Announce Supreme Court Nominee on Friday or Saturday,"['Supreme Court Vacancy', 'Donald Trump', 'Senate GOP', 'Senate Democrats', 'Lisa Murkowski', 'Susan Collins', 'Supreme Court']","Trump says Supreme Court confirmation vote should come by Nov. 3, will name pick Friday or Saturday",Washington Times,"President Trump said Monday the Supreme Court vacancy should be filled by the Nov. 3 election.
“I think it should go very quickly, we have a lot of time,” Mr. Trump told Fox News’ “Fox & Friends.”
The president is likely to announce his pick on Friday or Saturday for who he wants to fill the high court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday.
If the president announces his nominee by the end of this week, that would leave just under 40 days...",right
19114,Bill Clinton Speaks for Hillary,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Folksy, Impeached President Endorses Scandal-Plagued, Disliked Wife",Townhall,"The DNC's Tuesday agenda featured exactly one major primetime headliner: Former President Bill Clinton, who set out to build an emotionally-rooted case on behalf of his wife, whom their party had nominated for the presidency hours earlier. In 2012, I remember sitting in the arena rafters in Charlotte, watching with helpless frustration and dismay as our 42nd president articulated the most compelling (if fact-challenged) argument for Barack Obama's re-election that I'd seen to date.",right
19115,Bill Clinton Speaks for Hillary,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: Will Bill Clinton's best effort be enough?,CNN (Online News),"Traditionally, the spouses of major-party nominees get a speaking slot at the national convention to humanize the candidate. Former presidents speak to remind the faithful of their history. Bill Clinton falls into both categories, but he had a far more difficult task in closing out the second night of the Democratic convention in Philadelphia on Tuesday night; he needed to find a way to knit the party back together again.",left
19116,Bill Clinton Speaks for Hillary,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Bill Clinton makes powerful case for Hillary in personal speech at the DNC,The Guardian,"Hillary Clinton’s historic moment finally arrived on Tuesday night, accompanied by an intensely personal speech from her husband Bill, that sought to recast her image as a symbol of the political establishment.",left
19117,YouTube Expands Policy on Banning 'Harmful' Vaccine Content,"['COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Technology', 'YouTube', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",YouTube to remove misinformation videos about all vaccines,The Guardian,"YouTube is to remove videos that spread misinformation about all vaccines, as it steps up a crackdown on harmful content posted during the coronavirus pandemic.
From Wednesday, the video streaming site, which has already banned Covid jab falsehoods, will take down content that contains misinformation such as claiming any approved vaccine is dangerous, causes chronic health defects or does not reduce spread of disease.
Under previous guidelines, the platform demoted – effectively hiding from view – videos that spread misinformation about non-Covid vaccines or promoted vaccine hesitancy.
Last year, YouTube implemented...",left
19118,YouTube Expands Policy on Banning 'Harmful' Vaccine Content,"['COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Technology', 'YouTube', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",YouTube expands ban on vaccine misinformation,CNET,"YouTube on Wednesday said it was expanding it policies around medical misinformation to ban content about vaccines that ""poses a serious risk of egregious harm."" The video giant already prohibited misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines, but the updated polices cover all ""currently administered vaccines that are approved and confirmed to be safe and effective"" by local health agencies and the World Health Organization.
""Working closely with health authorities, we looked to balance our commitment to an open platform with the need to remove egregious harmful content,"" the company said in a blog post....",center
19119,YouTube Expands Policy on Banning 'Harmful' Vaccine Content,"['COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Technology', 'YouTube', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']","YouTube Expands Crackdown On Vaccine Misinformation, Targets Specific Accounts",The Daily Caller,"YouTube is expanding its vaccine misinformation policies to include all vaccines approved by health agencies, pursuing more aggressive enforcement against anti-vaccine content and deleting specific accounts.
The social media company will remove any content that “falsely alleges” vaccines approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) are dangerous or ineffective at reducing transmission, as well as content that claims the vaccines contain certain substances, YouTube said in a blog post Wednesday announcing its new guidelines. Examples include claims that vaccines cause autism, infertility, or include microchips and tracking devices, the company said.
YouTube will...",right
19120,Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87,"['Ruth Bader Ginsburg', 'Supreme Court']",Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dead at 87,National Review,"Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away Friday at age 87 from complications related to metastatic pancreatic cancer, the Court announced.
“Our Nation has lost a jurist of historic stature,” said Chief Justice John Roberts. “We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague. Today we mourn, but with confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her — a tireless and resolute champion of justice.”
Ginsburg was appointed to the court by President Bill Clinton in 1993. She immediately staked out a position...",right
19121,Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87,"['Ruth Bader Ginsburg', 'Supreme Court']","Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Pioneering Justice on Supreme Court, Dies at 87",Wall Street Journal (News),"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a pioneering figure in the fight for women’s legal equality and the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court, died Friday in her Washington home, surrounded by her family. She succumbed to metastatic pancreatic cancer at the age of 87, the Supreme Court said.
“Our Nation has lost a jurist of historic stature. We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague,” said Chief Justice John Roberts. “Today we mourn, but with confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew...",center
19122,Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87,"['Ruth Bader Ginsburg', 'Supreme Court']","Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice and Pioneer of Gender Equality, Dead at 87",RollingStone.com,"Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court justice and trailblazing feminist icon who had fought off colon, lung and liver cancer, died Friday of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the Supreme Court announced. She was 87.
“Our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature,” Chief Justice John Roberts said in a statement. “We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague. Today we mourn, but with confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her — a tireless and resolute champion of justice.”
Her death...",left
19123,Pilot Error Eyed In Crash,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Asiana President Says Pilot Was in Training,New York Times (News),"Asiana Flight 214 which crashed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday was a training flight for the pilot, the airlines president said Monday.",left
19124,Pilot Error Eyed In Crash,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Pilot Error Eyed in San Francisco Crash,Wall Street Journal (News),The jet that crashed while landing at San Francisco killing two Chinese teenagers and injuring 182 others was descending at a dangerously slow speed and pilots apparently ran out of time to correct their approach investigators said.,center
19125,Pilot Error Eyed In Crash,"['Transportation', 'General News']","Asiana Pilot Had Little 777 Flying Experience, Never Landed One at S.F. Airport Before",The Blaze,"The pilot in control of the Boeing 777 that crash landed Saturday had little experience flying that type of plane - only 43 hours - and had never landed one at San Francisco International Airport before, Asiana Airlines says.",right
19126,February 2019 Jobs Report,"['Jobs Report', 'Unemployment', 'Wages', 'Economy And Jobs']",Hiring Growth Slowed in February as Employers Struggled to Find Workers,Wall Street Journal (News),"The unemployment rate edged down to 3.8%.
The unemployment rate ticked down in February but hiring growth slowed significantly, a sign employers could be struggling to find workers as the labor market tightens.
U.S. nonfarm payrolls rose a seasonally adjusted 20,000 in February, the Labor Department said Friday. The unemployment rate, a seasonally adjusted 3.8%, was down from 4.0% a month earlier.",center
19127,February 2019 Jobs Report,"['Jobs Report', 'Unemployment', 'Wages', 'Economy And Jobs']","Payroll Gains Plunge to 20,000 as Wages Top Estimates",Newsmax (News),"U.S. hiring was the weakest in more than a year while wage gains were the fastest of the expansion and the unemployment rate fell, a possible sign that America’s jobs engine is starting to slow down.
Treasuries rallied while the dollar and stock futures fell.
Nonfarm payrolls increased by 20,000 after an upwardly revised 311,000 gain the prior month, a Labor Department report showed Friday.
The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey called for an increase of 180,000. Average hourly earnings rose a better-than- projected 3.4 percent from a year...",right
19128,February 2019 Jobs Report,"['Jobs Report', 'Unemployment', 'Wages', 'Economy And Jobs']",Weak Jobs Report Clouds the Economic Picture,New York Times (News),"Employers increased payrolls by only 20,000 in February, a stark contrast to the two preceding months.
The Labor Department released its monthly hiring and unemployment figures for February on Friday morning, providing one of the better snapshots of the state of the American economy.
■ 20,000 jobs were added last month. Analysts had expected a gain of about 175,000, according to MarketWatch. It was the 101st straight month of job gains, but the weakest report since September 2017.
■ The unemployment rate was 3.8 percent. It was 4 percent in...",left
19129,"Fed Suggests More Rate Hikes, Economic 'Pain' as Inflation Fight Continues","['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Interest Rates', 'Federal Reserve', 'Banking And Finance']","Fed's Powell: 'Pain' of tight policy, slow growth needed 'for some time' to beat inflation",Reuters,"The U.S. economy will need tight monetary policy ""for some time"" before inflation is under control, a fact that means slower growth, a weaker job market and ""some pain"" for households and businesses, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Friday in remarks warning there is no quick cure for fast rising prices.
""Reducing inflation is likely to require a sustained period of below-trend growth. Moreover, there will very likely be some softening of labor market conditions. While higher interest rates, slower growth, and softer labor market conditions will bring down...",center
19130,"Fed Suggests More Rate Hikes, Economic 'Pain' as Inflation Fight Continues","['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Interest Rates', 'Federal Reserve', 'Banking And Finance']","Fed's Powell pledges to combat inflation 'forcefully,' but warns of economic pain ahead",Fox Business,"Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday delivered a stark message on the state of the U.S. economy at the annual central bank gathering in Wyoming: Inflation remains painfully high, and cooling it will require forceful action that could soon bring ""pain"" to households and businesses nationwide. 
In his hotly anticipated speech at the Kansas Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole symposium, Powell reiterated a pledge to ""forcefully"" fight inflation that is still running near the hottest pace in 40 years and wrestle it closer to the Fed's 2% goal. 
""While higher...",right
19131,"Fed Suggests More Rate Hikes, Economic 'Pain' as Inflation Fight Continues","['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Interest Rates', 'Federal Reserve', 'Banking And Finance']",Powell: Fed could keep lifting rates sharply ‘for some time’,Associated Press,"Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered a stark message Friday: The Fed will likely impose more large interest rate hikes in coming months and is resolutely focused on taming the highest inflation in four decades.
Powell also warned more explicitly than he has in the past that the Fed’s continued tightening of credit will cause pain for many households and businesses as its higher rates further slow the economy and potentially lead to job losses.
“These are the unfortunate costs of reducing inflation,” he said in a high-profile speech at the...",left
19132,Ohio 'Heartbeat Bill' Fails to Pass After Senate Falls One Vote Short of Overriding Kasich Veto,['Abortion'],Ohio lawmakers fail to override John Kasich veto of abortion 'heartbeat bill',Washington Examiner,The Ohio legislature has failed to override a veto by Republican Gov. John Kasich of legislation that would have banned abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy.,right
19133,Ohio 'Heartbeat Bill' Fails to Pass After Senate Falls One Vote Short of Overriding Kasich Veto,['Abortion'],Ohio 'heartbeat bill' won't become law after legislature fails to override Kasich veto,The Hill,The Ohio legislature failed to override outgoing Gov. John Kasich’s (R) veto of a controversial “heartbeat bill” on Thursday after the Senate fell one vote short.,center
19134,Ohio 'Heartbeat Bill' Fails to Pass After Senate Falls One Vote Short of Overriding Kasich Veto,['Abortion'],Even Anti-Abortion Gov. Kasich Couldn’t Sign This Extreme Abortion Measure,Mother Jones,And Ohio lawmakers were one vote short to override his veto.,left
19135,Democrats Demand Attorney General Release Full Mueller Report,"['Russia', 'Paul Manafort']",Where the Mueller Report Stands—and What Could Happen Next,Wall Street Journal (News),Special counsel is widely seen as in the final stages of his probe; a look at what could happen next,center
19136,Democrats Demand Attorney General Release Full Mueller Report,"['Russia', 'Paul Manafort']","Dems prepared to sue Trump administration, subpoena Mueller to obtain report, Adam Schiff says",Washington Times,House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff said Sunday that he was “absolutely” prepared to sue the Trump administration — and to subpoena special counsel Robert Mueller — if the Mueller report is not made public.,right
19137,Democrats Demand Attorney General Release Full Mueller Report,"['Russia', 'Paul Manafort']",Democrats demand Barr publicly release full Mueller report,CNN (Online News),"House Democrats are demanding that Attorney General William Barr release special counsel Robert Mueller's report to the public, a potential preview of the looming battle over Mueller's confidential report.",left
19138,"Gloating, Taunts and Complaints","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","As Clinton builds on a strong debate, Trump lobs attacks and complaints",Washington Post,"Hillary Clinton moved to capitalize Tuesday on a sharp-edged debate performance that exposed vulnerabilities for Donald Trump, excoriating his values and character in an effort to expand her coalition of women, minorities and young voters.",left
19139,"Gloating, Taunts and Complaints","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Day after debate, Clinton gloats and Trump fumes",CNN (Online News),"As soon as the first debate of the 2016 presidential election was over, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were quick to claim victory.
But by the next morning, one of them had become far less cheerful.",left
19140,"Gloating, Taunts and Complaints","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton, Trump trade taunts after testy debate",Fox News (Online News),"The day after Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton traded verbal jousts in the most-watched presidential debate in history, the Republican and Democratic candidates slammed each other while thousands of miles apart Tuesday.",right
19141,"Trump Asks if Disinfectant, Sunlight can Treat Coronavirus","['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Healthcare', 'Science', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Public Health']",Lysol maker issues warning against injections of disinfectant after Trump comments,The Hill,"Lysol manufacturer Reckitt Benckiser (RB) on Friday issued a warning that “under no circumstance” should its products be administered into the human body or be used as a treatment for coronavirus, a day after President Trump discussed whether disinfectants could be used to treat the disease.
The company, which also sells Dettol in the United Kingdom, shared in a statement on its website that “due to recent speculation and social media activity,” they had “been asked whether internal administration of disinfectants may be appropriate for investigation or use as a...",center
19142,"Trump Asks if Disinfectant, Sunlight can Treat Coronavirus","['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Healthcare', 'Science', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Public Health']","No, Trump Did Not Tell People To ‘Inject Themselves With Disinfectant’ Or ‘Drink Bleach’",The Daily Wire,"Left-wing activists made multiple false and misleading claims on Thursday following President Donald Trump’s White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing in which the president commented on new scientific findings from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The activists falsely claimed that Trump “urged Americans to inject themselves with disinfectant” and “told people to drink bleach.”
To understand Trump’s remarks, it’s important to first understand the full context of what was said at the press briefing.
Bill Bryan, Under Secretary for Science and Technology at DHS, said at the press...",right
19143,"Trump Asks if Disinfectant, Sunlight can Treat Coronavirus","['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Healthcare', 'Science', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Public Health']",Trump suggests 'injection' of disinfectant to beat coronavirus and 'clean' the lungs,NBC News (Online),"President Donald Trump suggested the possibility of an ""injection"" of disinfectant into a person infected with the coronavirus as a deterrent to the virus during his daily briefing Thursday.
Trump made the remark after Bill Bryan, who leads the Department of Homeland Security's science and technology division, gave a presentation on research his team has conducted that shows that the virus doesn't live as long in warmer and more humid temperatures. Bryan said, ""The virus dies quickest in sunlight,"" leaving Trump to wonder whether you could bring the light ""inside...",left
19144,A Calmer Night in Baltimore,['Violence In America'],Curfew lifts after calmer night in Baltimore,Washington Post,"A pallor reminiscent of an earlier desperate era hung over this city Tuesday as National Guardsmen with rifles and police in riot gear looked on while fire-scarred buildings smoldered, burnt cars were towed away and the rocks hurled by rioters were swept from the streets.",left
19145,A Calmer Night in Baltimore,['Violence In America'],"Baltimore: After riots, protesters and police ensure peace",CNN (Online News),"In Baltimore, the numbers alone show the stark contrast between Monday's lawlessness and Tuesday's restraint.",left
19146,A Calmer Night in Baltimore,['Violence In America'],Calm Envelopes Baltimore as Curfew Begins,CBN,Baltimore leaders say the first night of the city's seven-day curfew effectively worked to calm the violence that erupted only 24 hours earlier.,right
19147,Aftermath of Texas School Shooting,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],The Best Explanation for Our Spate of Mass Shootings Is the Least Comforting,National Review,"On another terrible day, I hate to introduce even more pessimism, but when we discuss mass shootings, one of the first questions we ask is the simplest and also the hardest to answer. Why? Why does this keep happening? Those who advocate for gun control have an immediate answer — the prevalence of guns in the United States. Yet guns have been part of the fabric of American life for the entire history of our republic. Mass shootings — especially the most deadly mass shootings — are a far more...",right
19148,Aftermath of Texas School Shooting,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],New Reality for High School Students: Calculating the Risk of Getting Shot,New York Times (News),"Just hours after a gunman killed 10 people at a Texas high school, two students 1,000 miles away worried about the safety of their usual seats in the school cafeteria.",left
19149,Aftermath of Texas School Shooting,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Spurned advances provoked Texas school shooting, victim's mother says",Reuters,"A teenaged boy who shot and killed eight students and two teachers in Texas had been spurned by one of his victims after making aggressive advances, her mother told the Los Angeles Times.",center
19150,Romney in Ohio,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney To Middle Class Ohioans: Don't Expect Too Much Tax Relief From Me,HuffPost,"In a line that event attendees found a bit puzzling, Mitt Romney warned a crowd of mostly middle-class onlookers on Wednesday not to expect too much tax relief under his administration.
""We have got to reform our tax system,"" Romney said at a morning event here. ""Small businesses most typically pay taxes at the individual tax rate. And so our individual income taxes are the ones I want to reform. Make them simpler. I want to bring the rates down. By the way, don't be expecting a huge cut in...",left
19151,Romney in Ohio,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why Romney is losing must-win Ohio,CNN (Online News),"Polls show Mitt Romney trailing President Barack Obama in just about every one of the swing states where the 2012 campaign is being waged.
But Romney appears to be in deeper trouble in Ohio than elsewhere, an alarming development for Republicans who know that the candidate's White House chances begin and end with the kind of middle-class voters who reside in places such as Akron, Cincinnati and Zanesville.
So why exactly is Romney trailing?
Two surveys released in recent days, one from the Ohio Newspaper Association and...",left
19152,Romney in Ohio,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Romney, Obama locked in a duel for Ohio’s working-class voters",Washington Times,"Scrambling to regain his footing in the Buckeye State, Mitt Romney enlisted the help Wednesday of a golf legend and a television star with the sort of blue-collar credentials that could resonate with the states working-class voters. President Obama, meanwhile, made his own Ohio pitch to college crowds at Bowling Green and Kent State.
The dueling visits spoke volumes about the critical role that Ohio — a state where manufacturing jobs in the automobile industry and other sectors have been lost in recent years as companies have shifted operations...",right
19153,Is There an 'Invasion' at the Southern Border?,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Defense And Security']",POLL: Most Americans Believe There’s An ‘Invasion’ Happening At The Southern Border,The Daily Caller,"A majority of Americans, including a plurality of Democrats, believe there is an invasion occurring at the southern border, a Thursday poll from Ipsos and NPR found.
Overall, 54% of Americans believed it is true or “somewhat true” that the U.S. is experiencing an invasion at the southern border, while half of Americans believed that migrants carrying fentanyl across the border were responsible for rising drug deaths and 42% believe the U.S. has an open border policy, the poll found, interpreting “true” and “somewhat true” responses to denote agreement with the...",right
19154,Is There an 'Invasion' at the Southern Border?,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Defense And Security']","A majority of Americans see an 'invasion' at the southern border, NPR poll finds",NPR (Online News),"More than half of Americans say there's an ""invasion"" at the southern border, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll, part of a broader decline in support for immigrants overall.
The poll also found that large numbers of Americans hold a variety of misconceptions about immigrants — greatly exaggerating their role in smuggling illegal drugs into the U.S., and how likely they are to use public benefits, for example — as false and misleading claims about immigration gain traction.
Republicans are more likely to hold negative views of immigrants. But the poll...",left
19155,Is There an 'Invasion' at the Southern Border?,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Illegal Immigration', 'Defense And Security']",Is the border crisis an ‘invasion’?,The Hill,"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott claims that President Biden’s failure to faithfully execute the immigration laws enacted by Congress has violated Article IV, § 4 of the U.S. Constitution, which provides that “[t]he United States . . . shall protect each [State in this Union] against Invasion.”  
The border crisis hit a new record in May 2022, which saw the largest number of illegal border crossers along our southern border since CBP began keeping track in 2000, and these unprecedented numbers are overwhelming local communities across Texas.
Abbott has decided to attempt to exercise his state’s authority under Article...",center
19156,Biden Holds CNN Town Hall in Battleground State Pennsylvania,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Campaign Rhetoric']","Biden, Facing Voters in a 2020 Rarity, Attacks Trump From a Battleground State",New York Times (News),"Joseph R. Biden Jr. faced his first sustained questioning from voters as the Democratic presidential nominee on Thursday, as Pennsylvanians pressed him on issues including health care, racism and policing at a CNN town-hall-style event held less than seven weeks before Election Day.
At a gathering in Moosic, Pa., not far from his childhood home in Scranton, Mr. Biden — who played up his local, middle-class roots — sought at every opportunity to turn the focus to President Trump’s stewardship of the coronavirus, casting the president as a callous leader...",left
19157,Biden Holds CNN Town Hall in Battleground State Pennsylvania,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",Biden's team says he views election against Trump as 'Park Avenue vs. Scranton',The Hill,"Biden's team says he views election against Trump as 'Park Avenue vs. Scranton'
© Getty
Joe Biden's presidential campaign on Thursday said that the former vice president views the race as ""Park Avenue versus Scranton,"" as the campaign sought to contrast the Democratic nominee's position on taxes with President Trump's.
“Joe Biden sees this election as Park Avenue versus Scranton,” Kate Beddingfield, deputy campaign manager and communications director for the Biden campaign, said on a call with reporters. ""We've got a president in Donald Trump who can only...",center
19158,Biden Holds CNN Town Hall in Battleground State Pennsylvania,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Joe Biden', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",Biden's Town Hall Event Shows Why CNN Isn't Moderating the Presidential Debates,Townhall,"Joe Biden praised the idea of incorporating fact-checkers into the presidential debates, but those desperately needed fact-checkers were nowhere to be found at CNN's town hall event with Biden on Thursday.
In stark contrast to President Trump's town hall event with ABC's George Stephanopoulos earlier this week, CNN's Anderson Cooper and a crowd of mostly friendly supporters took turns asking the 77-year-old candidate softball questions.
Biden told all sorts of lies during the one-hour event on CNN, a fitting location for such fake news. Biden lied when he...",right
19159,Jeff Sessions Hits Back At Trump,['Politics'],OPINION: Jeff Sessions finally punches back at Donald Trump -- hard,CNN (Opinion),"Hours after being repeatedly insulted by President Donald Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions just did something he rarely, if ever, does: He punched back -- hard.",left
19160,Jeff Sessions Hits Back At Trump,['Politics'],Sessions fires back at Trump: DOJ 'will not be improperly influenced by political considerations',Washington Times,"Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired back at President Trump Thursday, insisting he will not let politics dictate Department of Justice investigations.",right
19161,Jeff Sessions Hits Back At Trump,['Politics'],Jeff Sessions: US attorney general hits back at Trump,BBC News,US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has responded to Donald Trump's latest attack on him by insisting that the justice department he heads will not bend to political pressure.,center
19162,Syria Accepts Russian Weapons Proposal,['Middle East'],FM: Syria Accepts Russian Proposal To Surrender Chemical Weapons,HuffPost,The Associated Press reports Syrias Foreign Minister has said his country has accepted a Russian proposal to relinquish control of its chemical arms stores.,left
19163,Syria Accepts Russian Weapons Proposal,['Middle East'],Report: Syria accepts chemical weapons proposal,CNN (Online News),"The Syrian government supports a proposal to put its chemical weapons under international control, Syria's prime minister said Tuesday.",left
19164,Syria Accepts Russian Weapons Proposal,['Middle East'],War Averted? Syria Apparently Accepts Russia's Proposal to Turn Over Chemical Weapons,The Blaze,Syria said Tuesday it has accepted Russia's proposal to place its chemical weapons under international control for subsequent dismantling.,right
19165,How Would Democrats’ Climate Change Bill Cut Carbon Emissions?,"['Climate Change', 'Inflation', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics', 'US Senate', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business', 'Electric Vehicles', 'Taxes', 'Tax Credits', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Joe Manchin']",The New Climate Bill’s Secret Weapon? Tax Credits,Wired,"On Wednesday, Democrats in the United States Senate announced they’d finally come to an agreement on a major climate bill, tucked inside the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. It would allocate $369 billion toward energy security and climate action, juice domestic manufacturing of clean energy technologies like wind and solar power, steel communities against climate change, and prepare American agriculture for extreme heat, among many other campaigns.
Consumers, too, could benefit if this bill passes: It includes 10 years of tax credits to install all kinds of clean residential technologies, from rooftop...",center
19166,How Would Democrats’ Climate Change Bill Cut Carbon Emissions?,"['Climate Change', 'Inflation', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics', 'US Senate', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business', 'Electric Vehicles', 'Taxes', 'Tax Credits', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Joe Manchin']",How the Schumer-Manchin climate bill might impact you and change U.S.,Washington Post,"Major changes to the Affordable Care Act. The nation’s biggest-ever climate bill. The largest tax hike on corporations in decades. And dozens of lesser-known provisions that will affect millions of Americans.
If enacted, the legislation released Wednesday night in a surprise agreement between Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) would represent one of the most consequential pieces of economic policy in recent U.S. history — though still far smaller than the $3 trillion the Biden administration initially sought.",left
19167,How Would Democrats’ Climate Change Bill Cut Carbon Emissions?,"['Climate Change', 'Inflation', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics', 'US Senate', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business', 'Electric Vehicles', 'Taxes', 'Tax Credits', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Joe Manchin']",Inflation Reduction Act — or radical Green New Deal?,The Daily Signal,"Make no mistake: the so-called Inflation Reduction Act unveiled Wednesday by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, (D-NY), and Sen. Joe Manchin, (D-WV), will do nothing that its supporters state — in fact, it will do quite the opposite.
If passed, the act will increase the prices that Americans pay for energy, make the United States less energy-secure, and do absolutely nothing for the environment. Perhaps more insidious, it will hurt Americans who live in coal-rich states, like Manchin’s West Virginia, the most.
Focusing on just the energy and climate section of the...",right
19168,Toni Morrison Passes Away,"['General News', 'Toni Morrison', 'Death', 'Celebrities', 'Medal Of Freedom']","Toni Morrison, Towering Novelist of the Black Experience, Dies at 88",New York Times (News),"Toni Morrison, the 1993 Nobel laureate in literature, whose acclaimed, best-selling work explored black identity in America and in particular the experience of black women, died on Monday in the Bronx. She was 88.
Her death, at Montefiore Medical Center, was announced by her publisher, Alfred A. Knopf. A spokeswoman said the cause was complications of pneumonia. Ms. Morrison lived in Grand View-on-Hudson, N.Y.",left
19169,Toni Morrison Passes Away,"['General News', 'Toni Morrison', 'Death', 'Celebrities', 'Medal Of Freedom']","Toni Morrison, first black woman to win Nobel Prize for literature, dead at 88",Washington Examiner,"Toni Morrison, author of the acclaimed novel Beloved, died Monday night at the age of 88.
An acclaimed storyteller, Morrison was born in Ohio in 1931 and is known for her essays and books exploring the culture and experience of African Americans. Her 1987 book Beloved garnered much acclaim and in 1993 she won the Nobel Prize for fiction, making her the first black woman to achieve the honor.
Over her decades-long career, Morrison penned 11 novels, multiple children’s books, two plays, and an opera. Among her most famous works...",right
19170,Toni Morrison Passes Away,"['General News', 'Toni Morrison', 'Death', 'Celebrities', 'Medal Of Freedom']","Toni Morrison, Whose Soaring Novels Were Rooted In Black Lives, Dies At 88",NPR (Online News),"When Toni Morrison received her Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993, her remarks began with a reflection on the phrase once upon a time. In her signature, measured cadence, Morrison told the Swedish Academy she believed these were some of the first words we remember from our childhoods.
Morrison, who was 88, died Monday night at Montefiore Medical Center in New York, according to her publisher, Penguin Random House. Morrison's family, in a statement released by the publisher, said she died ""following a short illness"" and surrounded by loved ones.",left
19171,Andrew Yang’s Forward Party Merges With Two Other Groups in Bid for Competitive Third Party,"['Politics', 'Third Parties', 'Andrew Yang', 'Elections', '2022 Elections']",Yang announces new Forward party with other centrist groups,Axios,"Andrew Yang announced Wednesday that his Forward Party is merging with a coalition of Republicans, Democrats and independents as part of an effort to give Americans an alternative to the two major parties.
Why it matters: Yang says the new party, known as Forward, is now the third-biggest political party based on resources. Founding members hope it will serve to bridge the stark divide in U.S. politics.
Details: The new party will be co-chaired by Yang and Christine Todd Whitman, the former Republican governor of New Jersey. Its founding base consists of members of the Renew...",center
19172,Andrew Yang’s Forward Party Merges With Two Other Groups in Bid for Competitive Third Party,"['Politics', 'Third Parties', 'Andrew Yang', 'Elections', '2022 Elections']","Andrew Yang, Christine Todd Whitman move ‘Forward’ with third party",New York Post (News),"A group of ex-Republicans and Democrats has announced the formation of a third party, the latest effort to break the duopoly that has dominated American politics for more than a century.
Co-chaired by former Democratic presidential and New York mayoral candidate Andrew Yang and former Republican New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, the “Forward” party is pitching itself as an alternative for centrists dissatisfied with the state of the two major parties.",right
19173,Andrew Yang’s Forward Party Merges With Two Other Groups in Bid for Competitive Third Party,"['Politics', 'Third Parties', 'Andrew Yang', 'Elections', '2022 Elections']","The Forward Party: 3 political groups merge to create new party, chaired by Yang, Whitman",USA TODAY,"A new political party, named Forward, launched Thursday. 
The party, which describes itself as a centrist party, is being co-chaired by former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang and former Republican New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman.
It is being established to ""reinvigorate a fair, flouring economy and open society where everyone can live a good life and is safe in the place where we learn, work and live,"" according to its website.
Reuters first reported on the party's formation.
Yang said in a video post the party is seeking to ""solve the problems that...",left
19174,Women Combat Ban Lifted,[],BREAKING NEWS: Military to open combat jobs to women,CNN (Online News),"The U.S. military is ending its policy of excluding women from combat and will open combat jobs and direct combat units to female troops, CNN has learned. Multiple officials confirm to CNN that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will make the announcement tomorrow and notify Congress of the planned change in policy.
“We will eliminate the policy of ‘no women in units that are tasked with direct combat, a senior defense official says.
But the off",left
19175,Women Combat Ban Lifted,[],Last Hoorah: Panetta Lifts Ban on Women in Combat,Townhall,"On his way out the door as Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta has lifted the ban on women serving in combat roles on the front lines of our wars. More from AP:
Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war.
The groundbreaking move recommended by the Joint Chiefs of Staff overturns a 1994 rule banning women from being assigned to smaller ground...",right
19176,Women Combat Ban Lifted,[],"Women In Combat: Leon Panetta Removes Military Ban, Opening Front-Line Positions",HuffPost,"Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war.
The groundbreaking move recommended by the Joint Chiefs of Staff overturns a 1994 rule prohibiting women from being assigned to smaller ground combat units. Panetta's decision gives the military services until January 2016 to seek special exceptions if they believe any positions must remain closed to women.
A senior military official says the...",left
19177,Gun Control after Colorado,['Violence In America'],"Michael Bloomberg Criticizes Obama, Romney On Gun Control After Colorado Shooting",HuffPost,"New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said President Barack Obama has spent his first term avoiding the gun control debate, as he continued to press Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney on the issue following Friday's mass shooting in Colorado.",left
19178,Gun Control after Colorado,['Violence In America'],"Aurora, Colo., shooting unlikely to change gun laws, both sides say",Washington Post,"With the nations latest shooting massacre came the latest calls by gun-control advocates for tougher laws. But those views, once shared by most Americans, drew little reaction on Friday from a country and its political leaders whose sentiments have shifted dramatically over the past two decades.",left
19179,Gun Control after Colorado,['Violence In America'],Shootings renew fire at gun-law adequacy,Washington Times,As the country continued to mourn in the wake of last weeks Colorado shooting — and President Obama planning to visit victims families on Sunday — lawmakers reignited debates about whether stricter gun control laws would have prevented the movie theater massacre that left a dozen dead.,right
19180,Mueller Report Finds No Trump-Russian Collusion,"['Russian', 'Mueller Report', 'Robert Mueller', 'William Barr', 'White House', 'Politics']","Mueller did not find Trump or his campaign conspired with Russia, also did not exonerate him on obstruction",CNN (Online News),"Special counsel Robert Mueller did not find Donald Trump's campaign or associates conspired with Russia, Attorney General William Barr said Sunday.
Mueller's investigation of whether the President committed obstruction of justice did not conclude the President committed a crime, but it also ""does not exonerate him,"" Barr quoted from Mueller's report.
After nearly two years of being under the cloud of the Russia investigation, Trump's presidency is no longer directly under threat from the special counsel probe as the White House turns toward the 2020 campaign, although he still...",left
19181,Mueller Report Finds No Trump-Russian Collusion,"['Russian', 'Mueller Report', 'Robert Mueller', 'William Barr', 'White House', 'Politics']","Mueller Report Doesn't Find Russian Collusion, But Can't 'Exonerate' On Obstruction",NPR (Online News),"Special counsel Robert Mueller did not find evidence that President Trump's campaign conspired with Russia to influence the 2016 election, according to a summary of findings submitted to Congress by Attorney General William Barr.
""The Special Counsel's investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election,"" Barr wrote in a letter to leaders of the House and Senate judiciary committees on Sunday afternoon.
That was despite ""multiple offers from Russian-affiliated individuals...",left
19182,Mueller Report Finds No Trump-Russian Collusion,"['Russian', 'Mueller Report', 'Robert Mueller', 'William Barr', 'White House', 'Politics']",William Barr: Mueller clears Trump in Russia probe,Washington Times,"Special counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence that anyone connected with President Trump or his 2016 campaign conspired with Russia to subvert the election, according to a summary of his findings released Sunday by Attorney General William Barr.
Yet Mr. Mueller did find actions by Mr. Trump after he was in office that could be seen as efforts to obstruct the investigation into the election. Mr. Mueller did not recommend prosecution, but he left the decision up to Mr. Barr, who said he doesn’t see enough evidence of a crime...",right
19183,Steve King Loses Committee Assignments After White Supremacy Comments,"['US House', 'Steve King', 'GOP', 'Politics']",Dump Steve King,National Review,"Representative Steve King (R., Iowa) has made a habit of flirting with the noxious fringe in matters pertaining to culture, race, and immigration, but he inarguably crossed over the line — the border?",right
19184,Steve King Loses Committee Assignments After White Supremacy Comments,"['US House', 'Steve King', 'GOP', 'Politics']",What’s the Difference Between Steve King and Donald Trump?,The Atlantic,"The congressman from Iowa has drawn rebukes from Republicans for his statements about white supremacy and white nationalism, but he shares many of his views with the president.",left
19185,Steve King Loses Committee Assignments After White Supremacy Comments,"['US House', 'Steve King', 'GOP', 'Politics']",GOP leaders strip Steve King of committee assignments,The Hill,House GOP leaders moved Monday to remove Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) from all of his committee assignments following a firestorm over remarks considered racist.,center
19186,Perspectives: China Fosters Strong Relations With Afghanistan Following Taliban Takeover,"['China', 'Afghanistan', 'World', 'Middle East', 'Taliban']",China both worries and hopes as US departs Afghanistan,Associated Press,"In the U.S. departure from Afghanistan, China has seen the realization of long-held hopes for a reduction of the influence of a geopolitical rival in what it considers its backyard.
Yet, it is also deeply concerned that the very withdrawal could bring risk and instability to that backyard — Central Asia — and possibly even spill over their narrow, remote border into China itself and the heavily Muslim northwestern region of Xinjiang.
The Taliban’s takeover could certainly present political and economic opportunities for China, including developing Afghanistan’s vast mineral riches,...",left
19187,Perspectives: China Fosters Strong Relations With Afghanistan Following Taliban Takeover,"['China', 'Afghanistan', 'World', 'Middle East', 'Taliban']","In Afghanistan, China Is Ready to Step Into the Void",New York Times (Opinion),"The speed and scope of the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan have prompted introspection in the West over what went wrong, and how, after billions of dollars spent on a 20-year war effort, it could all end so ignominiously. China, though, is looking forward. It is ready to step into the void left by the hasty U.S. retreat to seize a golden opportunity.
While Beijing has yet to formally recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan’s new government, China issued a statement on Monday saying that it “respects the right of the Afghan people to...",left
19188,Perspectives: China Fosters Strong Relations With Afghanistan Following Taliban Takeover,"['China', 'Afghanistan', 'World', 'Middle East', 'Taliban']",Afghanistan’s fall may trigger other dominoes,Deseret News,"Small dominoes can eventually topple big nations. The Taliban started tipping dominoes in local provinces and before long had most of Afghanistan under its control. Kabul was merely the last domino to fall.
The last domino in Afghanistan that is, certainly not the last around the globe.
The aftershocks of the failed U.S. withdrawal will reverberate for some time. If the U.S. should lose its historic mantle of supporting peace through strength, we will have to reckon with the consequences of chaos that results from perceived weakness.
In the midst of...",center
19189,Immigration Debate Extras,['Immigration'],Pet Projects Mark Immigration Bill,Wall Street Journal (News),Buried within the 844 pages of the bipartisan immigration billamid historic shifts in policies such as a path to citizenship for unauthorized immigrantsare pet provisions of the senators who crafted it.,center
19190,Immigration Debate Extras,['Immigration'],Gun bill's failure may help immigration legislation,Washington Post,THE FIX | Voting in favor of restricting gun rights and overhauling the immigration system was too much to swallow.,left
19191,Immigration Debate Extras,['Immigration'],"Immigration debate, charged by Boston bombings, focuses on fast track for farm workers",Fox News (Online News),The bipartisan Senate effort to pass comprehensive immigration reform focused Monday on the agriculture industry -- with lawmakers raising questions about special provisions for illegal workers including one that accelerates their path to permanent residency.,right
19192,Democrats Bench Obama in Debates,['Elections'],"In This Election, Obama’s Party Benches Him",New York Times (News),"When he soared to victory by almost 10 million votes in 2008, President Obama won in states like Virginia that Democratic candidates had not captured since 1964. He was trumpeted as a transformational leader who remade American politics by creating a new electoral map and a diverse voter coalition to shape the Democratic Party for the 21st century.",left
19193,Democrats Bench Obama in Debates,['Elections'],Barack who? Democrats flee Obama in Tuesday Senate debates.,Christian Science Monitor,"Republicans hammered Democrats in Tuesday's Senate debates for their ties to President Obama, even if they hadn't served in Washington. Some Democrats took the bait, others didn't.",center
19194,Democrats Bench Obama in Debates,['Elections'],OPINION: Fearing the ‘Obama factor’ in midterms,Washington Times,Legendary GOP campaign strategist Lee Atwater was guided by a political maxim he called the Napoleonic rule: Never interfere with the enemy when he is in the process of defeating himself.,right
19195,COP26 Summit Ends With Glasgow Climate Pact To Reduce Fossil Fuel Use,"['China', 'Climate Change', 'Coal', 'COP26', 'Environment', 'EPA', 'Fossil Fuels', 'India', 'Sustainability', 'United Nations', 'World']",COP26 climate deal includes historic reference to fossil fuels but doesn't meet urgency of the crisis,CNN (Online News),"Nearly 200 nations reached a climate agreement on Saturday at COP26 with an unprecedented reference to the role of fossil fuels in the climate crisis, even after an 11th-hour objection from India that watered down the language around reducing the use of coal.
The COP process has tried and failed for years to include an acknowledgment that the climate crisis has been caused by the burning of fossil fuels. Coal is the single biggest source of greenhouse gases and phasing it out was a key priority of COP26 President Alok Sharma.
But despite that...",left
19196,COP26 Summit Ends With Glasgow Climate Pact To Reduce Fossil Fuel Use,"['China', 'Climate Change', 'Coal', 'COP26', 'Environment', 'EPA', 'Fossil Fuels', 'India', 'Sustainability', 'United Nations', 'World']","At COP26, World Governments Agree to Strengthen Emissions Pledges but Questions Loom",Wall Street Journal (News),"More than 190 nations reached a deal at the United Nations summit here that aims to accelerate greenhouse-gas-emissions cuts across the world, but leaves big questions over how governments will follow through in the coming decade to try to avert the worst effects of global warming.
Supporters say the deal—struck Saturday evening after two weeks of negotiations—signals new determination among the world’s governments to shift away from burning fossil fuels, the main source of greenhouse gases that scientists say are causing the earth to warm. The agreement, though, features weaknesses that have hamstrung...",center
19197,COP26 Summit Ends With Glasgow Climate Pact To Reduce Fossil Fuel Use,"['China', 'Climate Change', 'Coal', 'COP26', 'Environment', 'EPA', 'Fossil Fuels', 'India', 'Sustainability', 'United Nations', 'World']","World Leaders Reach Climate Deal At COP26, US And China Agree To Collaborate",The Daily Caller,"World leaders have reached a deal at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland to help combat the effects of climate change.
The COP26 Climate Pact, which was formed Saturday, will push countries to phase out subsidies for the fossil fuel industry and turn away from coal. This is the first time limiting fossil fuels has been mentioned in a global climate agreement. Fossil fuels play a large role in warming the planet and world leaders in the global climate conference want to look to other energy sources, the Washington...",right
19198,Greece Agrees to Deal,"['Europe', 'World']","Deal on Greek Debt Crisis Is Reached, but Long Road Remains",New York Times (News),"Greece and its European creditors announced an agreement here on Monday that aims to resolve the country’s debt crisis and keep it in the eurozone, but that will require further budgetary belt-tightening that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras could have trouble selling back in Athens.",left
19199,Greece Agrees to Deal,"['Europe', 'World']",Relief rally on Wall Street as Greece agrees to deal,USA TODAY,"U.S. investors woke up to word of Greece agreeing to a bailout deal with creditors, news that is likely to deliver a relief rally to Wall Street, which had feared a Greek exit from the euro.",left
19200,Greece Agrees to Deal,"['Europe', 'World']","Greece, Eurozone leaders agree to new bailout deal",Fox News (Online News),"Marathon talks between Greece and its European creditors ended with a new bailout agreement early Monday, at least temporarily averting the prospect of Athens exiting the single currency and subsequent global financial chaos.",right
19201,Perspectives: Black Friday 2021,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Business', 'Trade', 'Black Friday', 'Shopping', 'Online Shopping', 'Supply Chains']",Here are the five virtues to carry you into Black Friday,Deseret News,"Black Friday can provide an odd contrast both with the day before, Thanksgiving, and the forthcoming holiday to which it is directed — the celebration of the birth of Christ.
Capitalism may be the most efficient way to satisfy market needs while reducing prices and increasing efficiencies through competition. But if people don’t temper it with timeless virtues, the result can be devastating.
Think unbridled greed and corruption. Think about the Biblical grinding of the faces of the poor, to paraphrase Isaiah. Think about the opposite of the Christ child, who...",center
19202,Perspectives: Black Friday 2021,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Business', 'Trade', 'Black Friday', 'Shopping', 'Online Shopping', 'Supply Chains']",Black Friday reminds us that Americans are addicted to buying things,Hayes Brown,"A quick Google search this week showcased many dire warnings that this Black Friday would be one of the worst ever. The supply chain, you see, is all a mess. And the snags up and down the chain are, in turn, messing with that most American of pastimes: buying stuff.
Buyers used to steep discounts starting the day after Thanksgiving may be disappointed this year. Crowded ports and a surge in demand mean many leading retailers have cut back on the traditional price slashes. Those that have been offering sales started much earlier than normal...",left
19203,Perspectives: Black Friday 2021,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Business', 'Trade', 'Black Friday', 'Shopping', 'Online Shopping', 'Supply Chains']",Black Friday deals? If you didn't shop early there is good reason to wait,Guest Writer - Center,"Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, marks the traditional start of the holiday shopping season. But in a year of pervasive supply chain disruptions, we can expect to see higher prices, more competition for hot items, and probably a lot of late bargains. So, my shopping advice is kind of mixed, but keep some of that holiday shopping budget available for late arriving merchandise or sales.
If you shop at many of the big box retailers, you will probably find lots of goods available, although the product selection on display...",center
19204,Memorial Day 2018,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Trump to make Memorial Day visit to Arlington National Cemetery,CNN (Online News),President Donald Trump will lay a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to honor fallen service members.,left
19205,Memorial Day 2018,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Trump on Memorial Day: Those who died for US 'would be very happy' with how country is doing,The Hill,President Trump marked Memorial Day in a tweet on Monday claiming that the nation's fallen heroes “would be very happy and proud at how well our country is doing today.”,center
19206,Memorial Day 2018,"['Holidays', 'General News']",WATCH: A Memorial Day Message From The Men Who Guard The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier,The Daily Caller,"“Many people think that the ultimate sacrifice is giving up your life. But these soldiers gave up not only their lives but their identities,” Staff Sergeant Shane Vincent said.",right
19207,"The ""Birther"" Flap Re-Emerges","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why Trump Can't Escape His 'Birther' Past,NBC News (Online),"On Thursday night, the Washington Post reported that Donald Trump refused -- again -- to say President Obama was born in the United States. ""I'll answer that question at the right time,"" Trump said. ""I just don't want to answer it yet."" After Hillary Clinton seized on the issue before an audience of Latinos, a Trump campaign spokesman issued a statement saying that Obama WAS born in the U.S. ""Having successfully obtained President Obama's birth certificate when others could not, Mr. Trump believes that President Obama was born in the...",left
19208,"The ""Birther"" Flap Re-Emerges","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump, Clinton trade barbs over Obama 'birther' flap",Fox News (Online News),"Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton traded barbs Thursday over the Republican nominee’s past suggestions that President Obama was born outside the U.S. and thus ineligible to be president, after Trump initially declined in an interview a day earlier to definitively say the president was born in America.",right
19209,"The ""Birther"" Flap Re-Emerges","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump on Obama's citizenship: 'We have to keep the suspense going, OK?'",Politico,The Republican nominee is blaming Clinton for raising doubts about Obama's birthplace during the 2008 campaign.,left
19210,Email Describes How FBI Uses Counterterrorism Tools To Monitor Threats Against School Officials,"['FBI', 'Justice Department', 'Education', 'Schools', 'Children', 'Counterterrorism', 'Parents', 'Defense And Security']",FBI Whistleblower Claims DOJ Used Counterterrorism Tools against Parents in Response to School-Board Memo,National Review,"Citing an internal email provided by an FBI whistleblower, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee revealed Tuesday that the Bureau has created a system to track threats against school board officials and administrators, and accused Attorney General Merrick Garland of misleading lawmakers when he was asked about the subject during his previous testimony before the committee.
The FBI’s “Counterterrorism and Criminal Divisions created a threat tag, EDUOFFICIALS, to track instances of related threats,” according to the email. “The purpose of the threat tag is to help scope this threat on...",right
19211,Email Describes How FBI Uses Counterterrorism Tools To Monitor Threats Against School Officials,"['FBI', 'Justice Department', 'Education', 'Schools', 'Children', 'Counterterrorism', 'Parents', 'Defense And Security']",F.B.I. Set Plan to Track Threats Against School Boards and Teachers,New York Times (News),"The F.B.I. has begun to track threats against school administrators, teachers and board members to assess the extent of the problem, part of the Justice Department’s effort to grapple with the heated and occasionally violent clashes over culture war issues like the teaching of racism and mask requirements.
Last month the F.B.I. created a “threat tag” to apply to reports of threats, harassment and violence against school officials, to comply with a memo sent by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, according to a directive issued on Oct. 20 to the...",left
19212,Email Describes How FBI Uses Counterterrorism Tools To Monitor Threats Against School Officials,"['FBI', 'Justice Department', 'Education', 'Schools', 'Children', 'Counterterrorism', 'Parents', 'Defense And Security']","FBI using 'counterterrorism tools' to monitor threats to school boards, whistleblower email shows",Washington Examiner,"The email, which was signed by Timothy Langan, the FBI’s assistant director for counterterrorism, said the Counterterrorism Division and Criminal Division had created a ""threat tag"" for FBI officials to use. The email directs bureau agents to tag threats as “EDUOFFICIALS” and to ""attempt to identify"" the motivation behind the threat and whether there are ""federal violations that can be investigated and charged.""
“The purpose of the threat tag is to help scope this threat on a national level and provide an opportunity for comprehensive analysis of the threat picture...",right
19213,Obama on Anti-Extremism and Islam,['Terrorism'],"Say it, Obama: ‘Islamic’",New York Post (News),"A recent news bulletin announced that police in Nova Scotia broke up a plot by two men who aimed to carry out mass murder at a shopping mall and then commit suicide.
Here is what the Associated Press said about the plot in its second paragraph:
“Police and other officials said it was not related to Islamic terrorism.”
Whew, th",right
19214,Obama on Anti-Extremism and Islam,['Terrorism'],"Obama Explains Why He Doesn't Use The Term 'Radical Islam' For Islamic State, Al Qaeda",HuffPost,"WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he refuses to describe the Islamic State and al Qaeda as groups fueled by ""radical Islam"" because the term grants them a religious legitimacy they don't deserve.
""They are not religious leaders; they are terrorists,"" Obama said during remarks at a White House event on countering violent extremism. ""We are not at war with Islam. We are at war with people who have perverted Islam.""",left
19215,Obama on Anti-Extremism and Islam,['Terrorism'],Obama Says Terrorists Seek Legitimacy by Using Religious Tie,Bloomberg,President Barack Obama said the U.S. and its allies must strip away any legitimacy that Islamic State and al-Qaeda claim by portraying themselves as religious movements.,left
19216,Blast at Texas Fertilizer Plant,[],Fertilizer Plant Explosion Claims As Many As 15 Lives,HuffPost,Rescue workers searched rubble early Thursday for survivors of a fertilizer plant explosion in a small Texas town that killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160 others.,left
19217,Blast at Texas Fertilizer Plant,[],"Firefighters missing after massive, deadly Texas blast",CNN (Online News),Teams of first responders descended on the devastated town West Texas early Thursday where a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant left scores of casualties and turned homes to rubble.,left
19218,Blast at Texas Fertilizer Plant,[],EMS Director Says as Many as 70 People Feared Dead in Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion,The Blaze,EMS Director Dr. George Smith says as many as 60 or 70 people died and hundreds were injured Wednesday night in a fertilizer plant explosion in West KWTX reports.,right
19219,Increased Sanctions on North Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']","Obama administration imposes sanctions on North Korea, after Sony hack",Fox News (Online News),"The Obama administration on Friday imposed a wave of sanctions against members of the North Korean government, amounting to the U.S. government's first official response to the cyber-attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Despite lingering questions from private security analysts over whether North Korea was responsible for the hack -- as the FBI has alleged -- the White House described the new sanctions as retaliation against Pyongyang.
""We take seriously North Korea's attack that aimed to create destructive financial effects on a U.S. company and to threaten artists and...",right
19220,Increased Sanctions on North Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']",U.S. slaps new sanctions on North Korea after Sony hack,CNN (Online News),"The United States is hitting North Korea with a new set of economic sanctions after determining the country was behind last month's computer hack at Sony.
The White House said a new executive order targets leaders in North Korea's government, preventing them from accessing property and entering the United States. The isolated nuclear regime, which has denied involvement in the Sony hack, was already subject to a strict set of U.S. economic restrictions.",left
19221,Increased Sanctions on North Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']",More Sanctions on North Korea After Sony Case,New York Times (News),"The Obama administration doubled down on Friday on its allegation that North Korea’s leadership was behind the hacking of Sony Pictures, announcing new, if largely symbolic, economic sanctions against 10 senior North Korean officials and the intelligence agency it said was the source of “many of North Korea’s major cyberoperations.”
The actions were based on an executive order President Obama signed on vacation in Hawaii, as part of what he had promised would be a “proportional response” against the country. But in briefings for reporters, officials said they could not...",left
19222,Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Review Military Transgender Ban,['LGBT Rights'],Trump asks US court for review of transgender military ban,BBC News,President Trump's administration is asking the US Supreme Court to consider its proposed restrictions on transgender military members.,center
19223,Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Review Military Transgender Ban,['LGBT Rights'],Trump Asks Supreme Court for Fast Appeal of Transgender Military Ban,New York Times (News),"In what has become an increasingly common move for the Trump administration, it asked the justices to step in before lower courts have ruled.",left
19224,Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Review Military Transgender Ban,['LGBT Rights'],"Pelosi blasts Trump's move to bar transgender troops, calls it 'disgusting' and 'cowardly'",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump’s decision late Friday to ban transgender Americans from serving in the U.S. military was blasted by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who called the move “cowardly” and “disgusting.”",right
19225,Kemp Accuses Georgia Democrats of Hacking,['Elections'],Georgia's Republican Secretary of State alleges state Democratic Party hacked registration,USA TODAY,"Two days before Election Day, the office for Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, who is in a closely contested race for governor, announced Sunday it was opening an investigation into the state Democratic Party for a ""failed attempt to hack the state's voter registration system,"" a move Democrats slammed as a political stunt.",left
19226,Kemp Accuses Georgia Democrats of Hacking,['Elections'],GA Sec. of State's office launching investigation after alleged failed hacking attempt of voter registration system,CNN (Online News),"Georgia's Secretary of State's office says it has launched an investigation into a ""failed attempt to hack the state's voter registration system"" on Saturday evening.",left
19227,Kemp Accuses Georgia Democrats of Hacking,['Elections'],Abrams' foe Kemp announces probe into Georgia Democratic Party for 'possible cyber crimes' days before election,Fox News (Online News),"Republican Brian Kemp, Georgia's secretary of state, is investigating the state's Democratic Party for ""possible cyber crimes"" related to an alleged attempted hack on state voting infrastructure, his office announced Sunday, throwing a seismic wrench into Kemp's neck-and-neck gubernatorial race against Democrat Stacey Abrams.",right
19228,"Senate Democrats Raise Concerns Over FBI's Handling of 4,500 Kavanaugh Tips","['FBI', 'Democratic Party', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Supreme Court', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Administration', 'Christine Blasey Ford', 'Sheldon Whitehouse', 'Chris Coons', 'Defense And Security']",Democrats blast FBI as new details of Kavanaugh inquiry emerge,NBC News (Online),"A group of Democratic senators is demanding more answers from the FBI after the agency revealed new details about the limited scope of its supplemental investigation into Brett Kavanaugh's background when he was a nominee for the Supreme Court.
In a letter June 30 to Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Chris Coons, D-Del., made public Thursday, Jill Tyson of the FBI's congressional affairs office acknowledged that the department conducted only 10 additional interviews in its supplemental investigation, even though it had received over 4,500 tips.",left
19229,"Senate Democrats Raise Concerns Over FBI's Handling of 4,500 Kavanaugh Tips","['FBI', 'Democratic Party', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Supreme Court', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Administration', 'Christine Blasey Ford', 'Sheldon Whitehouse', 'Chris Coons', 'Defense And Security']",Democrats criticize FBI's handling of tip line in Kavanaugh investigation,The Hill,"Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats are criticizing the FBI over its handling of the tip line in its investigation of the sexual misconduct allegations of now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
The Democrats, led by Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.) and Chris Coons (Del.), wrote a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday seeking answers after the agency revealed it gathered more than 4,500 tips in relation to its investigation of the claims against Kavanaugh.
The lawmakers wrote that revelation “confirms that the FBI’s tip line was a departure from past practice and that the FBI was politically constrained...",center
19230,"Senate Democrats Raise Concerns Over FBI's Handling of 4,500 Kavanaugh Tips","['FBI', 'Democratic Party', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Supreme Court', 'Donald Trump', 'Trump Administration', 'Christine Blasey Ford', 'Sheldon Whitehouse', 'Chris Coons', 'Defense And Security']",FBI accused of running 'fake tip line' during Brett Kavanaugh background check,Washington Examiner,"Seven Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats demanded the FBI explain its use of a novel tip line implemented during a supplemental background investigation into then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.
In a Tuesday letter to Director Chris Wray, Democratic senators accused the FBI of being “politically constrained by the Trump White House,” demanding to know what extent the agency vetted tips and whether the administration prevented it from doing so.
The letter was written by Sens. Dick Durbin, Patrick Leahy, Chris Coons, Cory Booker, Mazie Hirono, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Richard Blumenthal.",right
19231,Perspectives: Joe Manchin’s Opposition to Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill,"['US Senate', 'Joe Manchin', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Federal Budget', 'Budget Deficit', 'Politics']",Biden's success is tethered to Joe Manchin whether you like it or not,Michael A. Cohen,"How do you solve a problem like Joe Manchin? This is the question angry Democrats have been asking themselves ever since the senator from West Virginia said it was time to take a “strategic pause” on plans to pass a $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package.
The answer, unfortunately, is not much; there is little Democrats can do to persuade, pressure or punish Manchin. But that doesn’t mean Manchin holds all the cards. There’s only so far he can push back against the rest of the Democratic Party without harming himself.",left
19232,Perspectives: Joe Manchin’s Opposition to Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill,"['US Senate', 'Joe Manchin', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Federal Budget', 'Budget Deficit', 'Politics']",Joe Manchin’s selfishness,James Downie,"When a moderate goes against his party, the political media are drawn like moths to a flame. Such was the case with Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) on Sunday, as he appeared on NBC’s, CNN’s and ABC’s Sunday talk shows to explain his opposition to the budget reconciliation bill at the center of President Biden’s legislative agenda.
The West Virginia senator came with plenty of rationalizations. He expressed concern about inflation and the national debt. (“Do we have the urgency to spend another $3.5 trillion right now?” he asked on CNN.)...",left
19233,Perspectives: Joe Manchin’s Opposition to Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill,"['US Senate', 'Joe Manchin', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Federal Budget', 'Budget Deficit', 'Politics']",Stop Biden's $3.5 trillion boondoggle – Manchin shows moderate Dems how to survive midterms,Kevin McLaughlin,"If Kyrsten Sinema was the first Democrat to breach the gates of the Biden administration’s domestic agenda, Joe Manchin kicked the door wide open and showed others the way.  
Just before a weary nation paused for the holiday weekend, the West Virginia Democrat took a hatchet to the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending package, which has become the crown jewel on the left’s legislative wish list.  
In a guest Wall Street Journal column, Manchin accurately accused the bill of having, ""no regard to rising inflation, crippling debt or the inevitability of future crises"" and said ""ignoring...",right
19234,Kamala Harris Holds CNN Town Hall After Announcing 2020 Candidacy,"['Election: Presidential', 'Kamala Harris', 'Healthcare', 'Medicare For All', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Harris fumbles on health insurance,Fox News (Online News),Imagine if the Los Angeles Rams had to play the Super Bowl against the Patriots and the NFC Championship against the Saints at the same time.,right
19235,Kamala Harris Holds CNN Town Hall After Announcing 2020 Candidacy,"['Election: Presidential', 'Kamala Harris', 'Healthcare', 'Medicare For All', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Kamala Harris Backs Medicare For All And She Isn’t Messing Around,HuffPost,The Democratic senator knows it’d basically wipe out private coverage. She seems OK with that.,left
19236,Kamala Harris Holds CNN Town Hall After Announcing 2020 Candidacy,"['Election: Presidential', 'Kamala Harris', 'Healthcare', 'Medicare For All', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Kamala Harris was highest-rated single candidate town hall ever on CNN,The Hill,"Sen. Kamala Harris’s (D-Calif.) town hall Monday night on CNN got the network its highest ratings ever for such an event with an individual election candidate, according to the network.",center
19237,Trump Replaces Campaign Manager Brad Parscale with Bill Stepien,"['Donald Trump', 'Campaign Staff', 'Elections', 'Election 2020']",Trump replaces campaign manager amid sinking poll numbers,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump shook up his campaign staff Wednesday amid sinking poll numbers less than four months before the election, replacing campaign manager Brad Parscale with veteran GOP operative Bill Stepien.
“I am pleased to announce that Bill Stepien has been promoted to the role of Trump Campaign Manager,” Trump said on Facebook. “Brad Parscale, who has been with me for a very long time and has led our tremendous digital and data strategies, will remain in that role, while being a Senior Advisor to the campaign.”...",left
19238,Trump Replaces Campaign Manager Brad Parscale with Bill Stepien,"['Donald Trump', 'Campaign Staff', 'Elections', 'Election 2020']",Who Is Bill Stepien? Political Veteran Takes Helm of Trump Campaign,Newsweek,"President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he was replacing campaign manager Brad Parscale. Parscale had been Trump's campaign manager since February 2018. Replacing Parscale is former deputy campaign director Bill Stepien. Parscale is expected to remain with Trump's campaign in charge of digital and online strategies.
Parscale's replacement comes as recent polls show Trump trailing presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Data released Wednesday from a Quinnipiac University poll showed Biden ahead of Trump by 15 percentage points.
In a Wednesday tweet, Trump said both Perscale and Stepien had been ""heavily...",center
19239,Trump Replaces Campaign Manager Brad Parscale with Bill Stepien,"['Donald Trump', 'Campaign Staff', 'Elections', 'Election 2020']","Parscale replacement ‘shocked’ Trump campaign staffers, despite speculation",Fox News (Online News),"Brad Parscale’s abrupt demotion Wednesday night “shocked” some inside the Trump campaign, sources familiar with the move told Fox News, even as President Trump’s sliding poll numbers and the recent Tulsa rally debacle had raised questions about his future.
The president announced on Facebook and later on Twitter Wednesday night that Parscale would be replaced as campaign manager by Bill Stepien, who had served as deputy campaign manager.",right
19240,Trump Vows to Cover Pre-existing Conditions; Protections Already Exist Under Obamacare,"['Public Health', 'Affordable Care Act', 'Donald Trump', 'Barack Obama']",Fact-checking Trump’s preexisting conditions order boast: It’s literally what Obamacare already does,Chicago Tribune,"WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is teasing the possibility of executive action to require health insurance companies to cover preexisting medical conditions, something that he says “has never been done before.”
It’s been done before.
People with such medical problems have insurance protection because of President Barack Obama’s health care law, “Obamacare,” which Trump is trying to dismantle.
A look at Trump's claim during a news conference Friday evening in Bedminster, New Jersey:",center
19241,Trump Vows to Cover Pre-existing Conditions; Protections Already Exist Under Obamacare,"['Public Health', 'Affordable Care Act', 'Donald Trump', 'Barack Obama']",Trump vows to force insurers to cover preexisting conditions,New York Post (News),"President Trump is promising to force insurance companies to cover preexisting conditions, which they are already required to do under Obamacare.
“Over the next two weeks I’ll be pursuing a major executive order requiring health insurance companies to cover all preexisting conditions for all customers,” Trump told reporters Fright night at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
“That’s a big thing,” he added. “I’ve always been very strongly in favor. ”
The president also stated falsely his preexisting condition regulation was something that “has never been done before.”",right
19242,Trump Vows to Cover Pre-existing Conditions; Protections Already Exist Under Obamacare,"['Public Health', 'Affordable Care Act', 'Donald Trump', 'Barack Obama']",Trump Vows Coverage For Preexisting Conditions — As He Fights To Kill It In Court,HuffPost,"President Donald Trump’s promised breakthrough in health care coverage looks like it could be insurance protection for preexisting conditions. One sticking point: It’s already guaranteed by the Affordable Care Act — which his administration is fighting to kill in the Supreme Court.
“Over the next two weeks I’ll be pursuing a major executive order requiring health insurance companies to cover all preexisting conditions for all companies,” Trump crowed at a news conference Friday at his Bedminster golf resort in New Jersey. “That’s a big thing. I’ve always been very strongly...",left
19243,"Hurricane Dorian Gains Strength, Approaches Florida","['Disaster', 'Hurricane Dorian', 'Florida', 'Puerto Rico', 'FEMA', 'Donald Trump', 'General News']","Hurricane Dorian Will Hit Florida As A Major Storm, Forecasters Say",NPR (Online News),"Tropical Storm Dorian officially became Hurricane Dorian on Wednesday, its sustained winds topping 75 mph as it bore down on Puerto Rico and St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. Forecasters are now warning the storm will strengthen into a dangerous Category 3 hurricane as it nears the U.S. mainland.
Puerto Rico, Vieques and the Virgin Islands are under alert, with hurricane conditions expected as the storm passes through that area. Dorian is currently crossing over St. Thomas, the National Hurricane Center says in its 2 p.m. ET update. The storm...",left
19244,"Hurricane Dorian Gains Strength, Approaches Florida","['Disaster', 'Hurricane Dorian', 'Florida', 'Puerto Rico', 'FEMA', 'Donald Trump', 'General News']",Florida in crosshairs for 'powerful' Hurricane Dorian after system batters Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands,Washington Examiner,"Tropical Storm Dorian strengthened into a hurricane Wednesday afternoon near the U.S. and British Virgin Islands.
Residents there and in nearby Puerto Rico are facing heavy rain and strong winds, while forecasters are raising expectations for a Florida landfall this weekend for what may be a major hurricane event.
Dorian's center was near the island of St. Thomas when the National Hurricane Center announced the storm has sustained maximum winds at 75 miles per hour, enough to become a Category 1 hurricane according to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.",right
19245,"Hurricane Dorian Gains Strength, Approaches Florida","['Disaster', 'Hurricane Dorian', 'Florida', 'Puerto Rico', 'FEMA', 'Donald Trump', 'General News']",Hurricane Dorian Live Updates: System Strengthens to Category 1 Storm,New York Times (News),"Hurricane Dorian was hitting the Virgin Islands on Wednesday, and was expected to slam into the island municipality of Culebra in Puerto Rico before moving into warm Atlantic waters, where it may strengthen into a major storm threatening the Southeastern United States.
The compact storm has been maddeningly difficult to forecast, as tends to be the case with smaller, disorganized systems.
The core of the storm, which reached hurricane strength shortly before 2 p.m. Eastern time, is no longer expected to cross through Puerto Rico’s big island. Puerto Ricans had...",left
19246,Sessions Disputes Russian Collusion,['Politics'],Sessions Testimony: Attorney General Denies Russian Collusion in Combative Hearing,New York Times (News),"Attorney General Jeff Sessions engaged in highly contentious testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, with Democrats pressing him on his conversations with President Trump related to the investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election. He called any suggestion that he colluded with Russians during the election an “appalling” lie.",left
19247,Sessions Disputes Russian Collusion,['Politics'],Sessions calls suggestion he colluded with Russia a 'detestable lie',Politico,The attorney general also denies that he had a third undisclosed meeting with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.,left
19248,Sessions Disputes Russian Collusion,['Politics'],"Sessions Pushes Back at 'Appalling, Detestable' Lies",Townhall,"“The suggestion that I participated in any collusion with the Russian government to hurt this country, which I have served with honor for 35 years, is an appalling and detestable lie,"" Sessions stated.",right
19249,Amazon Workers in Upstate NY Vote Against Unionization,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Unions', 'Amazon']",Amazon workers vote against unionizing at upstate NY warehouse,NPR (Online News),"Amazon warehouse workers near Albany, N.Y., have voted no to a union, delivering a blow to the fledgling effort to organize employees at one of the country's largest employers.
More than 900 Amazon employees were eligible to vote on whether to join the upstart Amazon Labor Union, run by current and former Amazon warehouse workers unaffiliated with traditional unions. The vote tally was 406 votes against unionizing to 206 votes in favor.
The ALU previously made history when it won a union election on Staten Island in New York, unionizing Amazon's first...",left
19250,Amazon Workers in Upstate NY Vote Against Unionization,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Unions', 'Amazon']",Amazon workers reject union in NY state in blow to organizing effort,Reuters,"Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) workers rejected organizing a New York state warehouse by a nearly two-to-one margin on Tuesday, handing another defeat to the fledgling labor union that had aimed to build momentum in its cross-country campaign.
At ALB1, the retailer's fulfillment center in Castleton-on-Hudson near the state's capital Albany, employees voted 406 to 206 against joining the Amazon Labor Union in the company's fourth such contest of the year. Turnout was more than 64%.
Led by former Amazon employee Christian Smalls, the ALU this spring had delivered a first-ever victory for labor...",center
19251,Amazon Workers in Upstate NY Vote Against Unionization,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor', 'Unions', 'Amazon']",Amazon workers in Upstate NY reject union bid,Fox Business,"Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Upstate New York overwhelmingly rejected a bid to unionize, marking another setback for the Amazon Labor Union (ALU). 
According to the National Labor Relations Board, which tallied 612 valid ballots Tuesday, there were 406 votes (66%) against joining the ALU and 206 voters (34%) in favor of unionizing. The NLRB said there were 949 eligible voters.
Workers at the ALB1 warehouse, located in the village of Castleton-on-Hudson, about 15 miles south of Albany, had until Monday to decide whether to join the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), an independent...",right
19252,US Intelligence Reportedly Warned of Possible Taliban Takeover,"['CIA', 'Intelligence Agencies', 'Afghanistan', 'Joe Biden', 'Taliban', 'Foreign Policy', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Biden Wanted to Leave Afghanistan. He Knew the Risks.,Wall Street Journal (News),"In his Monday speech defending America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Biden said he would not shrink from his share of responsibility.
That would include his decision to bring home U.S. troops, which was made against the recommendations of his top military generals and many diplomats, who warned that a hasty withdrawal would undermine security in Afghanistan, several administration and defense officials said.
The president’s top generals, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley, urged Mr. Biden to keep a force of about 2,500 troops, the size...",center
19253,US Intelligence Reportedly Warned of Possible Taliban Takeover,"['CIA', 'Intelligence Agencies', 'Afghanistan', 'Joe Biden', 'Taliban', 'Foreign Policy', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']","Intelligence Warned of Afghan Military Collapse, Despite Biden’s Assurances",New York Times (News),"Classified assessments by American spy agencies over the summer painted an increasingly grim picture of the prospect of a Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and warned of the rapid collapse of the Afghan military, even as President Biden and his advisers said publicly that was unlikely to happen as quickly, according to current and former American government officials.
By July, many intelligence reports grew more pessimistic, questioning whether any Afghan security forces would muster serious resistance and whether the government could hold on in Kabul, the capital. President Biden said on July 8 that the...",left
19254,US Intelligence Reportedly Warned of Possible Taliban Takeover,"['CIA', 'Intelligence Agencies', 'Afghanistan', 'Joe Biden', 'Taliban', 'Foreign Policy', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']",State's 'rosy' Afghanistan outlook at odds with grim intelligence before Taliban takeover,Washington Examiner,"The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee pointed to the “rosy picture” the State Department had painted about Afghanistan as opposed to the increasingly “grim” intelligence community assessments in explaining why he believed the Biden administration miscalculated the Taliban takeover so badly.
Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas told the Washington Examiner the Biden administration ignored the bleak assessments from the Pentagon and the intelligence community, and he critiqued the U.S. Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, who had negotiated the February 2020 deal in Doha, Qatar, with the Taliban...",right
19255,"As Riots Persist, Public Ponders Their Effectiveness","['Race And Racism', 'First Amendment', 'Riots', 'George Floyd', 'Police Brutality', 'Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America']",Demonstrations rage across the country,The Hill,"Protests erupted in cities across the country on Friday night amid mounting unrest over the police-involved death of George Floyd, with violent demonstrations and clashes between protesters and law enforcement stretching from coast to coast and reaching the outer barriers of the White House.
Footage of burning police cars in Atlanta, a gas station and other buildings on fire in Minneapolis, a police precinct in Brooklyn being charged by people and a standoff between demonstrators and Secret Service members wearing riot gear in Washington, D.C., were scattered across social media....",center
19256,"As Riots Persist, Public Ponders Their Effectiveness","['Race And Racism', 'First Amendment', 'Riots', 'George Floyd', 'Police Brutality', 'Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America']",Want to stop these riots? Reform the police.,Washington Post,"Every Fourth of July when I was a boy, the Jaycees sponsored a carnival at our local park, followed by a concert from the town’s volunteer band and a fireworks show. The water-balloon toss and the cotton candy machine were delightful, I suppose, but the attraction that galvanized every boy at the fair was the chance to lay down two bucks for the chance to swing a sledgehammer at an old car.
This was big money in those days. An hour and a half mowing and trimming a neighbor’s lawn...",left
19257,"As Riots Persist, Public Ponders Their Effectiveness","['Race And Racism', 'First Amendment', 'Riots', 'George Floyd', 'Police Brutality', 'Criminal Justice', 'Violence In America']","Anger Is Justified, Riots Never Are",National Review,"Sometimes a responsibility falls to you that you never anticipated. Sometimes history just demands that someone should say it: Riots are bad. Riots are never a coherent or moral response to injustice, they just multiply injustices and the rioters themselves often suffer more in the long run.
Unfortunately it must be said, because absolute morons who would call the cops without hesitation if there were an unruly loudspeaker or birdwatcher in their nice neighborhoods are cheering on and excusing rioting — rioting that is destroying businesses, livelihoods, and even a...",right
19258,Deciding Vote: Women?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama says he has lead, as poll shows Romney ahead and gaining among women",Fox News (Online News),"A day after an interview aired in which President Obama declared he still has the lead, another national poll showed Mitt Romney slightly ahead while erasing Obama's advantage among women.
The Associated Press-GfK poll showed Romney pulling 47 percent of likely voters to Obama's 45 percent -- a split within the margin of error, but which certainly challenges the president's claim of having the edge. Even in the battleground states, which decide the election, polls now reflect a series of tossups.
The president had claimed the advantage over...",right
19259,Deciding Vote: Women?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Crucial Subset: Female Voters Still Deciding,New York Times (News),"Emmakate Paris was a one-woman tornado the other day, whipping through the racks at the thrift shop here, hunting for clothes for her children and one special item for herself: a green suit. For Halloween, she wants to dress up as Tippi Hedren in the Hitchcock movie “The Birds.",left
19260,Deciding Vote: Women?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",By the numbers: Women voters,CNN (Online News),"The close race for the White House between President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, former Gov. Mitt Romney, could very well be decided by women voters in the battleground states. So, here's a look at women voters, by the numbers.
Do the Math: The CNN Electoral Map
CNN shifts North Carolina to 'lean Romney'
The Gender Gap, 1964-2008
8 -- The number of consecutive presidential elections in which a larger percentage of eligible women h",left
19261,College Board to Start Assigning 'Adversity Score' to All SAT Test Takers,"['Inequality', 'SAT', 'College']",SAT to begin scoring 'adversity' of students,The Hill,"The College Board reportedly plans to assign an “adversity score” to each student who takes the SAT, providing information on student's social and economic background.
The data point, which would be calculated using more than a dozen factors, comes as college admissions boards face scrutiny for their selection processes, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Among the categories included in the calculation are the crime rate in a student’s neighborhood, their family’s median income and the rigor of their school’s curriculum, according to the Journal.",center
19262,College Board to Start Assigning 'Adversity Score' to All SAT Test Takers,"['Inequality', 'SAT', 'College']",Report: SAT will assign a new score that factors in where you live and how much your parents make,CNN (Online News),"(CNN)The nonprofit group that administers the SAT will assign an adversity score to each student who takes the test to reflect social and economic backgrounds, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
The move comes amid heightened scrutiny that colleges are facing over the admissions process and the diversity of their student bodies.
""There are a number of amazing students who may have scored less (on the SAT) but have accomplished more,"" David Coleman, chief executive officer of the College Board, told the Journal. ""We can't sit...",left
19263,College Board to Start Assigning 'Adversity Score' to All SAT Test Takers,"['Inequality', 'SAT', 'College']",College Board Introduces ‘Adversity Score’ to Control for Privilege in Admissions,National Review,"The College Board plans to introduce an “adversity score” that will accompany an applicant’s SAT score in order to give college-admissions officers greater insight into how the applicant’s social and economic privilege may have contributed to their academic performance.
The adversity score, which will be made available to colleges but not the students themselves, will reflect 15 different factors including the crime rate and average income level in a student’s neighborhood, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
The new metric is currently being used by 50 colleges and will likely...",right
19264,Reactions to POTUS Address,['Middle East'],A Reluctant Warrior,HuffPost,"President Barack Obama has always been a reluctant warrior. It is, in fact, one of the big reasons he was elected, since America had turned away from the cowboy swagger of Bush and Cheney by 2008. Tonight, President Obama laid out the case for escalating a war we've already begun, in Iraq and Syria. He presented his plan to the public, and gave his reasons for why America should become more involved in the fight against the Islamic State (or, variously, ISIS or ISIL), and explained what America would and...",left
19265,Reactions to POTUS Address,['Middle East'],OPINION: Did Obama sell his ISIS strategy?,CNN (Online News),"CNN asked for views on President Obama's speech, in which he outlined his administration's plans for addressing the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), including a campaign of airstrikes and a call for Congress to provide additional authority and resources to train and equip opposition fighters in Syria.",left
19266,Reactions to POTUS Address,['Middle East'],"Lawmakers express tentative relief, reservations about Obama's ISIS plan",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama's announcement Wednesday that he is drastically expanding the U.S. military campaign against the Islamic State militant group was met with both tentative relief and reservations from Republican lawmakers, who expressed concern that the president's plan was not going far enough.",right
19267,CDC Panel Recommends Resuming Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Distribution,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'FDA', 'Public Health', 'Johnson & Johnson', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Science', 'Healthcare']","CDC panel recommends U.S. resume use of J&J Covid vaccine, saying benefits outweigh risks",CNBC,"A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel on Friday recommended the U.S. resume using the Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, saying the benefits outweighed the risk.
Members of the panel didn’t recommend U.S. regulators restrict the use of the vaccine based on age or gender, but they did propose that the FDA consider adding a warning label for women under the age 50.
The recommendation, which was adopted 10-4 with one abstention, by the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, will pave the way for U.S. regulators to...",center
19268,CDC Panel Recommends Resuming Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Distribution,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'FDA', 'Public Health', 'Johnson & Johnson', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Science', 'Healthcare']",CDC advisers recommend resuming use of J&J's coronavirus vaccine; FDA to add blood clot warning,CNN (Online News),"Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Friday to recommend resuming use of the vaccine.
An updated warning will be added to the label.
The CDC and US Food and Drug Administration recommended pausing the use of the vaccine on April 13 while they investigated the risk of rare, severe blood clots. On Friday, members of the CDC's Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices agreed the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks from rare blood clots linked with the vaccine.",left
19269,CDC Panel Recommends Resuming Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Distribution,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'FDA', 'Public Health', 'Johnson & Johnson', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Science', 'Healthcare']",CDC committee votes to resume Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine despite possible blood clot link,Fox News (Online News),"A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory committee is recommending that the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine resume rollout, but include new language on the product’s emergency use authorization (EUA) warning remote risks of serious blood clots. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices held the vote Friday after the FDA and CDC had recommended a pause in the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine rollout last week due to several instances of a rare, severe blood clot amid a backdrop of over 7 million recipients.
The vote was 10...",right
19270,DHS Secretary Mayorkas Defends Biden Immigration Policies on Sunday Shows,"['Immigration', 'Media Industry', 'Alejandro Mayorkas', 'Homeland Security', 'Biden Administration', 'Border Crisis']",DHS chief says situation at U.S.-Mexico border is a challenge more acute than ever before,CNBC,"Department of Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas said Sunday that the surge in unaccompanied minors at the U.S.-Mexico border poses an unprecedented challenge because of actions taken under former President Donald Trump, as critics accuse the current White House of being unprepared for a humanitarian crisis at the nation’s doorstep.
“There was a system in place in both Republican and Democratic administrations that was torn down during the Trump administration, and that is why the challenge is more acute than it ever has been before,” Mayorkas said on CNN’s “State...",center
19271,DHS Secretary Mayorkas Defends Biden Immigration Policies on Sunday Shows,"['Immigration', 'Media Industry', 'Alejandro Mayorkas', 'Homeland Security', 'Biden Administration', 'Border Crisis']","DHS chief says border closed, won't give timeline for facilities capable of handling surge of unaccompanied children",CNN (Online News),"Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas declined Sunday to provide a timeline for when the Biden administration will open new facilities capable of handling the surge of unaccompanied children at the southern border.
""We established three new facilities last week. ... We are working on the system from beginning to end. We are working around the clock 24/7,"" Mayorkas told CNN's Dana Bash on ""State of the Union"" when pressed on the administration's timeline for having new processing facilities up and running. ""We have dealt with surges in the past and...",left
19272,DHS Secretary Mayorkas Defends Biden Immigration Policies on Sunday Shows,"['Immigration', 'Media Industry', 'Alejandro Mayorkas', 'Homeland Security', 'Biden Administration', 'Border Crisis']","Mayorkas blames migrant surge on Trump admin, not Biden policies",Fox News (Online News),"Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas has claimed that the number of people looking to enter the U.S. at the sourthern border could be the highest in 20 years, but in an interview with ""Fox News Sunday"" he claimed that this is because of the Trump administration's actions, not policy changes that took place in the early days of President Biden's administration.
Biden has scrapped a number of Trump's policies which included having asylum seekers remain in Mexico instead of staying in the U.S. while they wait for their cases...",right
19273,Senate Reaches Organizing Deal as Democrats Move Towards Budget Reconciliation on Stimulus,"['US Senate', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Filibuster', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Joe Biden', 'Joe Manchin', 'Janet Yellen', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Democrats Speed Ahead on Economic Aid Package,New York Times (News),"Democrats are taking steps to push through President Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic rescue plan, using a budgetary maneuver that could eventually allow the measure to become law without Republican support.
The move advanced the two-track strategy that Mr. Biden and Democratic leaders are employing to speed the aid package through Congress: show Republicans that they have the votes to pass an ambitious spending bill with only Democratic backing, but offer to negotiate some details in hopes of gaining Republican support.
“We are not going to dilute, dither or delay,” Senator...",left
19274,Senate Reaches Organizing Deal as Democrats Move Towards Budget Reconciliation on Stimulus,"['US Senate', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Filibuster', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Joe Biden', 'Joe Manchin', 'Janet Yellen', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Senate Democrats Reach Power-Sharing Deal With Republicans,Wall Street Journal (News),"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) said leaders of both parties have finalized the organizing resolution for the new Democratic-controlled Senate and plan to pass it later Wednesday.
The resolution will give Democrats control of Senate committees after two weeks of talks. The Senate is split 50-50, but Democrats are the majority as Vice President Kamala Harris can break any ties.
In remarks on the Senate floor Wednesday morning, Mr. Schumer said Democrats are “ready to hit the ground running” on President Biden’s agenda.
“Senate Democrats are not going...",center
19275,Senate Reaches Organizing Deal as Democrats Move Towards Budget Reconciliation on Stimulus,"['US Senate', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Filibuster', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Joe Biden', 'Joe Manchin', 'Janet Yellen', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']","Biden Rejects GOP COVID Relief Counterproposal, Dems Move Forward With $1.9T Plan",National Review,"President Joe Biden on Tuesday rejected a Republican counterproposal to his $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan, saying the $618 billion offer was too small as Senate Democrats voted to begin a process for approving the larger bill, even without bipartisan support.
Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen held a private virtual meeting with the Democratic senators on Tuesday, in which both said the Republican proposal, crafted by ten GOP senators, was too small.",right
19276,Was Biden's Voting Speech Praiseworthy or Too Partisan?,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Polarization', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Filibuster']",What a Garbage Speech,Rich Lowry,"In his wisdom, Joe Biden has decided to declare there’s a crisis in our democracy that can only be fixed if two bills pass in the next several days that aren’t going to pass. Maybe for some perverse reason he likes appearing weak and ineffectual. Regardless, he has now done more than his share to undermine faith in our electoral system.
He tried to make Georgia the poster child for voter suppression based on last year’s election reform. Biden’s case was, predictably, incredibly weak. Georgia has limited drop boxes! Well, yeah, it...",right
19277,Was Biden's Voting Speech Praiseworthy or Too Partisan?,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Polarization', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Filibuster']",Biden’s speech on voting rights was full of soaring rhetoric. It may not matter.,Jennifer Rubin,"  President Biden traveled to Georgia on Tuesday to call on the Senate to do whatever is necessary, including changing the Senate’s filibuster rule, to protect voting rights and secure our democracy. He was eloquent and passionate, but soaring rhetoric isn’t likely to persuade the two Democratic holdouts whose votes will be necessary to sidestep the filibuster.
“The battle for the soul of America is not over,” he insisted. Directing his ire at the defeated former president and his supporters, Biden argued, “They want chaos to reign; we want the...",left
19278,Was Biden's Voting Speech Praiseworthy or Too Partisan?,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Polarization', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Filibuster']",Tulsi Gabbard Says Biden Speech Worse Than Clinton's 'Deplorables' Comment,Newsweek,"President Joe Biden's speech in Georgia championing voting rights legislation this week was labeled as divisive by former representative Tulsi Gabbard, who was once a contender in the Democratic Party's presidential primaries.
Gabbard, a former vice chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) who served as congresswoman for Hawaii's second congressional district until 2021, endorsed Biden when she dropped out of the 2020 presidential race.
But she took aim at Biden after his speech on Tuesday, which was given in one of the states where Democrats say Republicans have rolled back voting rights due to legislation they condemn...",center
19279,Fox News Leaves UK,['Arts And Entertainment'],Fox News Pulled Off The Air In UK Because No One Watches It,HuffPost,"TV viewers in the United Kingdom will likely not miss watching Fox News, as the network’s parent company 21st Century Fox announced on Tuesday that the company would pull the channel amid low ratings.",left
19280,Fox News Leaves UK,['Arts And Entertainment'],Sky stops broadcasting rightwing US channel Fox News in UK,The Guardian,Rupert Murdoch has taken the rightwing US channel Fox News off the air in the UK after 15 years. His US media group 21st Century Fox said it would withdraw Fox News from Sky in the UK on Tuesday because it no longer regarded the service as commercially viable.,left
19281,Fox News Leaves UK,['Arts And Entertainment'],Fox News no longer airing in the UK,The Hill,"Fox News will no longer air in the United Kingdom, its parent company 21st Century Fox announced, with its U.K. feed ending Tuesday afternoon.",center
19282,CDC Recommends Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters for Children 12 and Older,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Booster Shots', 'Teenagers']",CDC backs Pfizer boosters for 12- to 15-year-olds amid omicron surge,CNBC,"Children ages 12 to 15 are now eligible for Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid booster shots, giving them an extra dose of protection as they return to school amid an unprecedented surge of infections across the U.S.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday recommended the booster shot for younger adolescents at least five months after their second dose.
“It is critical that we protect our children and teens from COVID-19 infection and the complications of severe disease,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said in a statement Wednesday evening. “This booster dose...",center
19283,CDC Recommends Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters for Children 12 and Older,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Booster Shots', 'Teenagers']",CDC backs FDA authorization of boosters for healthy 12- to 15-year-olds despite safety concerns,Washington Examiner,"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reinforced federal regulators’ decision earlier this week to authorize Pfizer booster doses for healthy people ages 12-15, a move that comes amid growing concerns that federal regulators are shutting out vaccine experts from decision-making.
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 13-1 to recommend administering Pfizer booster doses to otherwise healthy adolescents ages 12-17 just hours before CDC Director Rochelle Walensky gave her final approval. The FDA authorized booster shots for 12- to 15-year-olds Monday and for 16- and 17-year-olds last month without convening...",right
19284,CDC Recommends Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters for Children 12 and Older,"['Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Booster Shots', 'Teenagers']",CDC recommends COVID-19 vaccine boosters down to age 12,CBS News (Online),"Millions of Americans between the ages of 12 and 15 can now get a booster shot of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, after the CDC formally adopted new recommendations backed by a majority of the agency's outside vaccine advisers. 
The CDC now says that Americans as young as 12 who received Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine should receive a third dose as early as five months after their first two shots. The agency's officials said that enough time has passed for around 5 million adolescents to be eligible.
Currently, a little more than half of Americans in this age group...",left
19285,Corey Out as Trump Campaign Manager,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump Campaign Manager Is Out,CBN,"Donald Trump's campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, is leaving the campaign, following a tumultuous stretch marked by missteps and infighting.",right
19286,Corey Out as Trump Campaign Manager,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Donald Trump Parts Ways With Corey Lewandowski, His Campaign Manager",New York Times (News),"Donald J. Trump is parting ways with his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, a move that comes as the presumptive Republican nominee faces challenges as he moves toward the general election.",left
19287,Corey Out as Trump Campaign Manager,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Corey Lewandowski out as Trump campaign manager,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump shook up his presidential campaign Monday with an announcement that his controversial campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, is out.",left
19288,Netanyahu ‘Determined to Continue’ Gaza Strikes After Biden Urges ‘Significant De-Escalation’,"['Middle East', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Joe Biden', 'Israel Hamas Violence']",Israel’s Netanyahu ‘determined’ to continue Gaza operation,Associated Press Fact Check,"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Wednesday to press ahead with a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip, pushing back against calls from the United States to wind down the operation that has left hundreds dead.
Netanyahu’s tough comments marked the first public rift between the two close allies since the fighting began last week and could complicate international efforts to reach a cease-fire.
Israel continued to pound targets in Gaza with airstrikes, while Palestinian militants bombarded Israel with rocket fire throughout the day. In another sign of potential...",left
19289,Netanyahu ‘Determined to Continue’ Gaza Strikes After Biden Urges ‘Significant De-Escalation’,"['Middle East', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Joe Biden', 'Israel Hamas Violence']",Biden tells Israel’s Netanyahu U.S. expects ‘a significant de-escalation today’ in Gaza,CNBC,"President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call Wednesday that he expects “a significant de-escalation today on the path to a ceasefire,” the White House said.
It was their fourth conversation since the violence erupted between Israel and Hamas nine days earlier.
Israel’s strikes on the Gaza Strip has led to at least 219 Palestinian deaths, according to authorities there. Israel has said more than 3,400 rockets have bombarded its cities and towns. At least 12 people have died in Israel.
“The President conveyed to...",center
19290,Netanyahu ‘Determined to Continue’ Gaza Strikes After Biden Urges ‘Significant De-Escalation’,"['Middle East', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Joe Biden', 'Israel Hamas Violence']","Netanyahu brushes off Biden call for 'significant de-escalation' in Gaza, says Israel 'determined to continue'",Fox News (Online News),"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday brushed off President Biden's call for a ""significant de-escalation"" of the conflict in Gaza, saying he is ""determined to continue"" the operation against the terrorist organization Hamas – just as Biden is facing pressure from the progressive arm of his own party on the issue.
Biden spoke to Netanyahu early Wednesday, and the White House said the two ""had a detailed discussion of the state of events in Gaza, Israel’s progress in degrading the capabilities of Hamas and other terrorist elements, and ongoing...",right
19291,Trump Foundation Admits to Self Dealing,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump Foundation admits to violating ban on ‘self-dealing,’ new filing to IRS shows",Washington Post,"President-elect Donald Trump’s charitable foundation has admitted to the IRS that it violated a legal prohibition against “self-dealing,” which bars nonprofit leaders from using their charity’s money to help themselves, their businesses or their families.
That admission was contained in the Donald J. Trump Foundation’s IRS tax filings for 2015, which were recently posted online at the nonprofit-tracking site GuideStar. A GuideStar spokesman said the forms were uploaded by the Trump Foundation’s law firm, Morgan, Lewis and",left
19292,Trump Foundation Admits to Self Dealing,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Foundation acknowledges violating 'self-dealing' ban,Politico,"Donald Trump’s foundation has acknowledged violating a prohibition against using charitable funds to benefit the leaders of the organization or their family members, a practice known as “self-dealing.”",left
19293,Trump Foundation Admits to Self Dealing,"['White House', 'Politics']",Where are Trump Foundation Funds Actually Going?,Fox News (Online News),"A new 2015 IRS filing calls into question just how charitable the Donald J. Trump Foundation really is.
The forms, posted late Monday on nonprofit tracking site GuideStar and first discovered by the Washington Post, reveal the foundation has admitted to violating the legal ban on “self-dealing,” meaning the charity’s funds were improperly used by an insider, their friends or family members.",right
19294,McConnell Rejects Schumer's Call To Allow Witnesses,"['Impeachment Trial', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Witnesses', 'US Senate', 'Politics']","McConnell rejects Schumer's demands, says House did 'inadequate' job on impeachment",Washington Times,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday dismissed demands from the Senate’s top Democrat for live testimony during the impending impeachment trial against President Trump, saying Democrats in his chamber now want to clean up the House’s mess.
Mr. McConnell said Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, wants to add to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff’s “sloppy work” by calling more witnesses than what the House chose to pursue.
“The House chose this road — it’s their duty to investigate,” Mr. McConnell said on the...",right
19295,McConnell Rejects Schumer's Call To Allow Witnesses,"['Impeachment Trial', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Witnesses', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",McConnell rejects Schumer's call for witnesses at impeachment trial,CNN (Online News),"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday rejected calls from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to allow witnesses at an expected Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
""We don't create impeachments,"" he said in remarks prepared for delivery on the Senate floor. ""We judge them.""
""The House chose this road. It is their duty to investigate. It is their duty to meet the very high bar for undoing a national election,"" McConnell said. ""If they fail, they fail. It is not the Senate's job to leap into the breach...",left
19296,McConnell Rejects Schumer's Call To Allow Witnesses,"['Impeachment Trial', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Witnesses', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",McConnell shoots down Schumer's offer on Senate impeachment trial rules,The Hill,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday tore into an initial offer from Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on impeachment trial rules.
McConnell, speaking from the Senate floor, described the proposal from the Democratic leader as ""dead wrong"" and warned that it ""could set a nightmarish precedent for our institution.""
""The Senate Democratic leader would apparently like our chamber to do House Democrats' homework for them. He wants to volunteer the Senate's time and energy on a fishing expedition,"" McConnell said.
McConnell's comments are the first time he's responded...",center
19297,Political World Reacts to Biden's Comments About Potential Illegitimacy in 2022 Elections,"['Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2022 Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Election Integrity']",Jen Psaki Tries To Walk Back Biden’s ‘Illegitimate’ 2022 Election Claims,The Daily Wire,"Following Biden’s first press conference in months, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki quickly moved to walk back the president’s confusing claims regarding the potential illegitimacy of upcoming elections.
“[Let’s] be clear: [President Biden] was not casting doubt on the legitimacy of the 2022 election. He was making the opposite point: In 2020, a record number of voters turned out in the face of a pandemic, and election officials made sure they could vote and have those votes counted,” Psaki tweeted on the morning after the press conference. “He was explaining that...",right
19298,Political World Reacts to Biden's Comments About Potential Illegitimacy in 2022 Elections,"['Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2022 Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Election Integrity']",Biden questions if US midterm elections will be 'legit',BBC News,"US President Joe Biden has suggested the 2022 midterm elections could be ""illegitimate"" as his plan to overhaul the voting system was blocked.
In a White House news conference, he argued voting integrity hinged on his bid to enact the most sweeping changes to US elections in a generation.
He also conceded shortcomings on Covid testing and messaging, but pledged: ""It will get better.""
For the first time, he vowed to retain Kamala Harris as his 2024 running mate.
In his second ever solo White House press conference on Wednesday,...",center
19299,Political World Reacts to Biden's Comments About Potential Illegitimacy in 2022 Elections,"['Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', '2022 Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Election Integrity']",Did Joe Biden really say that the 2022 election could be 'illegitimate'?,CNN (Online News),"At Wednesday's press conference, President Joe Biden was asked a simple question. It was this: ""Speaking of voting rights legislation, if this isn't passed, do you still believe the upcoming election will be fairly conducted and its results will be legitimate?""
The easy answer -- and the one Biden's White House wishes he gave -- goes something like this: ""Yes, despite all of the Republicans' attempts to limit who can vote and when, I ultimately have faith in the American political system's ability to produce a free and fair election.""
He...",left
19300,Will the GOP Take Over the Senate?,['Elections'],"Scott Brown, Cory Gardner Shift Stance On Climate Change In First Senate Debates",HuffPost,"Republican Senate candidates Scott Brown and Cory Gardner on Monday embraced the notion that climate change is caused in part by human activity, despite previously expressing skepticism that man-made climate change is real.
Brown, a former Massachusetts senator, is seeking to unseat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen in New Hampshire, while Gardner, a congressman from Colorado, is looking to defeat Sen. Mark Udall in that state. Both Senate races, regarded as unexpectedly competitive for Democrats, had debates on Monday -- the first for New Hampshire candidates, the second for Colorado. In both,...",left
19301,Will the GOP Take Over the Senate?,['Elections'],Rand Paul: GOP Senate takeover isn’t certain,Washington Times,"Sen. Rand Paul is not confident the GOP will win enough seats to take control of the Senate next month, saying that while Republicans will win three seats being left open by Democratic retirements, others are tougher to predict.
“There’s at least three states that we’re going to pick up, West Virginia, South Dakota and Montana. There’s five or six states that hang in the balance beyond that,” Mr. Paul said Tuesday during an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity.
Mr. Paul said Senate races in Iowa, Alaska, Arkansas and...",right
19302,Will the GOP Take Over the Senate?,['Elections'],Why it matters if Republicans win the Senate,USA TODAY,"There's one American voter with particularly high stakes in whether Republicans win control of the U.S. Senate on Election Night.
Meet Barack Obama.
Republicans wrestled control of the House from Democrats four years ago. Since then, President Obama has counted on the Democratic majority in the Senate to block the GOP's congressional agenda and make life a little easier for the White House.
Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid has been able to do that because the Senate majority has the power to control the calendar, set the rules and decide...",left
19303,"Pentagon Probe Finds Rep. Ronny Jackson Drank On Duty, Disparaged Colleagues","['Pentagon', 'Texas', 'Ronny Jackson', 'Sexual Misconduct']","Rep. Ronny Jackson made sexual comments, drank alcohol and took Ambien while working as White House physician, Pentagon watchdog finds",CNN (Online News),"The Department of Defense inspector general has issued a scathing review of Rep. Ronny Jackson during his time serving as the top White House physician, concluding that he made ""sexual and denigrating"" comments about a female subordinate, violated the policy for drinking alcohol while on a presidential trip and took prescription-strength sleeping medication that prompted concerns from his colleagues about his ability to provide proper care.
The findings outlined in the report, which was obtained by CNN prior to its release on Wednesday, stem from a years-long IG investigation into...",left
19304,"Pentagon Probe Finds Rep. Ronny Jackson Drank On Duty, Disparaged Colleagues","['Pentagon', 'Texas', 'Ronny Jackson', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Ronny Jackson: Ex-White House doctor denies drinking on the job,BBC News,"The White House physician to US presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump has denied allegations that he drank on the job.
Ronny Jackson, a medical doctor and former US Navy admiral, dismissed findings of misconduct detailed in a Pentagon watchdog report.
""That is not me and what is alleged did not happen,"" Mr Jackson, now a pro-Trump congressman, said.
He said the report was politically motivated.
The Pentagon report summarised findings from a years-long review launched in 2018 and examines allegations against Mr Jackson from as far back as 2012....",center
19305,"Pentagon Probe Finds Rep. Ronny Jackson Drank On Duty, Disparaged Colleagues","['Pentagon', 'Texas', 'Ronny Jackson', 'Sexual Misconduct']","Pentagon Spends 2 Years Investigating Former WH Physician, Finds He’s A Bad Boss, Drinks Beer, Sleeps On Planes",The Daily Wire,"Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX), a rear admiral and doctor who worked as the White House physician from 2012 to 2018, first came under media fire when then-President Donald Trump nominated Jackson to head the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2018. Despite the fact that Jackson was seen as a competent and well-qualified doctor during the Obama administration, Trump’s nomination prompted numerous media reports accusing Jackson of inappropriate behavior during his time as White House physician.
The media onslaught ultimately forced Jackson to withdraw his name from consideration to lead the...",right
19306,Fallout From Accusations Against Moore,['Elections'],Roy Moore turmoil prompts talk of Luther Strange write-in campaign in Senate race,Fox News (Online News),Outgoing GOP Sen. Luther Strange is being urged to mount a write-in campaign in Alabama’s Senate special election next month amid the fallout over a bombshell report that Republican nominee Roy Moore pursued romantic relationships with teenagers as an adult.,right
19307,Fallout From Accusations Against Moore,['Elections'],"As Roy Moore declines to step aside, a tale of two Republican parties emerges",Washington Post,The reactions to the allegation that Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore initiated sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl when he was a 32-year-old assistant district attorney have highlighted deep divisions within the Republican Party and underscored the growing tribalism that has infected the nation’s politics.,left
19308,Fallout From Accusations Against Moore,['Elections'],"White House: If allegations against Moore are true, he should step aside",CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump thinks if the allegations of sexual misconduct with teens against an Alabama Senate candidate are true, he should withdraw from his race, the White House said Friday. But Trump's statement also couched his assertion by noting the allegations against Roy Moore are decades old.",left
19309,House Passes $1.37 Trillion Spending Bill,"['Spending', 'Government Shutdown', 'Bipartisanship', 'Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'Finance', 'Economy', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","House approves spending deal that would avert government shutdown, raise tobacco age, research gun violence",USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – The House passed a $1.37 trillion spending package that includes money for President Donald Trump's border wall, funding for gun violence research and increasing the age for purchasing tobacco products from 18 to 21.
The approval Tuesday could avert a government shutdown that would begin Friday, when the government is set to run out of funding. The package will go to the Senate for approval before being sent to Trump for his signature.
The votes on the spending package, which was broken up into two bills, marked...",left
19310,House Passes $1.37 Trillion Spending Bill,"['Spending', 'Government Shutdown', 'Bipartisanship', 'Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'Finance', 'Economy', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","House approves $1.4 trillion spending bill, repealing ObamaCare taxes",Fox News (Online News),"The Democratic-controlled House on Tuesday approved a $1.4 trillion federal spending bill to avoid a government shutdown that includes funding for President Trump's border wall, strips ObamaCare taxes, raises the minimum age for buying tobacco products and gives Democrats increases for a variety of other domestic programs.
The House – as it prepares to vote on articles of impeachment against President Trump – approved all 12 spending bills. They now go to the Senate to sync up later this week.
“I am proud that we were able to come together,...",right
19311,House Passes $1.37 Trillion Spending Bill,"['Spending', 'Government Shutdown', 'Bipartisanship', 'Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'Finance', 'Economy', 'Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",House passes pair of funding bills to avert government shutdown,ABC News (Online),"The House has passed a pair of funding measures to avert a government shutdown on Tuesday, voting across party lines detailing roughly $1.4 trillion in government funding ahead of the Friday deadline.
The spending package -- consisting of two separate spending bills and thousands of pages of legislative text -- was introduced on Monday, and includes a boost on domestic spending backed by Democrats while also upping military spending.
It also includes an increase in funding for President Donald Trump's border wall and largely keeps the status quo on the...",left
19312,What to Expect from CNBC Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",GOP debate: CNBC aims for substance as candidates vie for limelight,CNN (Online News),"On Wednesday night, the moderators of the third GOP debate -- CNBC's Carl Quintanilla, Becky Quick and John Harwood -- will try to add a little more gravitas by focusing on what they view as the most important issue in the race: The economy.",left
19313,What to Expect from CNBC Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Boulder bash: Trump may rip Carson, but the pressure is on Jeb",Fox News (Online News),"Jeb Bush may have cooler things to do than mix it up in tonight’s Boulder bash, but he’d better come to play anyway.",right
19314,What to Expect from CNBC Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",A Surging Ben Carson Likely to Be Chided at GOP Debate,Newsweek,"News broke Tuesday morning that retired pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson now leads the Republican presidential field not only in Iowa but also in a national New York Times/CBS News poll. And that means just one thing for Wednesday night’s debate in Boulder, Colorado: Carson will be under fire. How the GOP race’s newest front-runner fields the attacks will offer another angle on a candidate who is only beginning to face real scrutiny.",center
19315,Questions Surface About White House Awareness of Russia-Taliban Bounty Plot,"['Russia', 'World', 'Asia', 'Middle East', 'Taliban', 'Terrorism', 'Donald Trump', 'US Military', 'Foreign Policy', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","On Russian bounties, what did Trump know and when did he know it?",MSNBC,"It was late Friday when the New York Times first reported on a stunning story: according to U.S. intelligence, while peace talks were underway to end the long-running conflict in Afghanistan, a Russian military intelligence unit ""offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing coalition forces in Afghanistan -- including targeting American troops.""
Soon after, most of the nation's leading news agencies confirmed the story: U.S. intelligence agencies have reason to believe Vladimir Putin's government offered financial rewards to those who killed American servicemen and women.
Among the many questions is...",left
19316,Questions Surface About White House Awareness of Russia-Taliban Bounty Plot,"['Russia', 'World', 'Asia', 'Middle East', 'Taliban', 'Terrorism', 'Donald Trump', 'US Military', 'Foreign Policy', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",AP sources: White House aware of Russian bounties in 2019,Associated Press,"Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year earlier than has been previously reported, according to U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the intelligence.
The assessment was included in at least one of President Donald Trump’s written daily intelligence briefings at the time, according to the officials. Then-national security adviser John Bolton also told colleagues at the time that he briefed Trump on the intelligence assessment in...",left
19317,Questions Surface About White House Awareness of Russia-Taliban Bounty Plot,"['Russia', 'World', 'Asia', 'Middle East', 'Taliban', 'Terrorism', 'Donald Trump', 'US Military', 'Foreign Policy', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",US spy chiefs warn leaks on alleged Russia-Taliban plot 'jeopardize' ability to find the truth,Washington Examiner,"The nation’s top spy chiefs condemned the classified leaks about an alleged plot by Russia to offer bounties to the Taliban to kill U.S. forces, warning the selective leaking jeopardized the intelligence community’s ability to ascertain the veracity of the claims.
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe and CIA Director Gina Haspel released separate statements within minutes of each other late Monday night.
Ratcliffe, who, last month, was sworn in as the head of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, where he oversees the nation’s 17 intelligence agencies,...",right
19318,Senate Republican Leadership Urges Support of Election Results for Good of the Republic,"['Elections', '2020 Presidential Election', 'US Senate', 'Republican Party']",Sen. Romney: This was 'an insurrection incited by the President',CNN (Online News),"Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) called the riots at the US Capitol ""an insurrection incited by the President of the United States,"" while addressing his colleagues at a ceremonial counting of electoral votes that will confirm President-elect Biden's win.",left
19319,Senate Republican Leadership Urges Support of Election Results for Good of the Republic,"['Elections', '2020 Presidential Election', 'US Senate', 'Republican Party']",McConnell: Trump election claims include 'sweeping conspiracy theories',Fox News (Online News),"'We cannot simply declare ourselves a national board of elections on steroids'. Noting that the presidential election was ""not unusually close,"" Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urged his colleagues not to object to the electoral vote count.
The Senate leader, between a series of emotional remarks, said that the vote to certify the Electoral College results was the most important vote in his 36 years in office.
""Our nation deserves a lot better than this,"" the Kentucky Republican said in opening remarks.
At least 13 Republican senators have...",right
19320,Senate Republican Leadership Urges Support of Election Results for Good of the Republic,"['Elections', '2020 Presidential Election', 'US Senate', 'Republican Party']",Sen. Toomey refutes Trump’s Pa. election allegations after Capitol attack,Penn Live,"(AllSides editor's note: watch video of Senator Toomey remarks
here
.) In anticipation of the formal objection being filed to Pennsylvania’s electoral college slate in Congress later tonight, U.S. Sen Pat Toomey, a Republican, took to the floor Wednesday night to defend his home state’s results.
And he also continued to make clear his break with President Donald J. Trump’s bizarre crusade to hang onto his office.
“We witnessed today the damage that can result when men in power and responsibility refuse to acknowledge the truth,” Toomey said. “We saw...",center
19321,Robert Mueller Subpoenas Trump Campaign,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Mueller subpoenas Trump campaign for Russia documents,NBC News (Online),"Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has issued a subpoena to the Trump campaign asking multiple campaign officials to produce Russia-related documents, according to a source with first-hand knowledge of the matter.",left
19322,Robert Mueller Subpoenas Trump Campaign,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Report: Mueller issued subpoenas for a dozen Trump campaign officials,The Blaze,"According to the Wall Street Journal, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian collusion and election tampering included issuing subpoenas for over a dozen Trump campaign officials.",right
19323,Robert Mueller Subpoenas Trump Campaign,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Special Counsel Mueller Issued Subpoena for Russia-Related Documents From Trump Campaign Officials,Wall Street Journal (News),"Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team in mid-October issued a subpoena to President Donald Trump’s campaign requesting Russia-related documents from more than a dozen top officials, according to a person familiar with the matter.",center
19324,"Trump Says He Won't Declare Early Victory, May Start Legal Battle Against Counting Late Ballots","['Donald Trump', 'Election 2020', 'Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Trump Can’t Just “Declare Victory”,Slate,"Just count the damn votes.
We are nearing the end of a ridiculous pandemic-laden election season, where we may hit record turnout despite the most blatant attempt to suppress the vote in a generation. More than 90 million people have already voted, and we may reach a record turnout of over 150 million on Election Day. I am sure we would have exceeded that number by millions more votes if President Donald Trump and Republicans had not fought efforts around the country to make voting during the pandemic a little...",left
19325,"Trump Says He Won't Declare Early Victory, May Start Legal Battle Against Counting Late Ballots","['Donald Trump', 'Election 2020', 'Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Scoop: Trump's plan to declare premature victory,Axios,"President Trump has told confidants he'll declare victory on Tuesday night if it looks like he's ""ahead,"" according to three sources familiar with his private comments. That's even if the Electoral College outcome still hinges on large numbers of uncounted votes in key states like Pennsylvania.
The latest: Speaking to reporters on Sunday evening, Trump denied that he would declare victory prematurely, before adding, ""I think it's a terrible thing when ballots can be collected after an election. I think it's a terrible thing when states are allowed to tabulate...",center
19326,"Trump Says He Won't Declare Early Victory, May Start Legal Battle Against Counting Late Ballots","['Donald Trump', 'Election 2020', 'Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Trump won't declare early victory but will go 'in with our lawyers' after the election,Washington Examiner,"President Trump said a report that claimed he would declare an early victory on election night if it looks like he's ahead was ""false,"" but he will be prepared to start a legal battle to cut off collecting ballots.
""No, no, that was a false report,"" Trump told reporters Sunday night.
Three sources familiar with the president's private comments told Axios the president has considered the scenario over the past few weeks, saying that he would ""walk up to a podium on election night and declare he's won.""
The president's...",right
19327,Paul Ryan Taking a Hit,"['US House', 'Politics']",Sean Spicer: Paul Ryan’s Fate as Speaker ‘Up to Members of the House’,Breitbart News,White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said that Speaker Paul Ryan’s fate would be “up to members of the House” after the failure of the House Obamacare replacement bill.,right
19328,Paul Ryan Taking a Hit,"['US House', 'Politics']",Judge Jeanine Calls For Paul Ryan To Quit — Hours After Trump Plugged Her Show!,HuffPost,Former prosecutor Jeanine Pirro opened her Fox News show Saturday by calling for Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to step down as Speaker of the House — hours after President Donald Trump posted a tweet telling his followers to tune in.,left
19329,Paul Ryan Taking a Hit,"['US House', 'Politics']",Ryan wounded by health care fiasco,Politico,"The painful public collapse Friday of Paul Ryan's biggest endeavor as House speaker — legislation to unwind the Democratic health care law he and his party spent years castigating as a disaster — dealt a serious blow to the Wisconsin Republican.
But as embarrassing a setback as this was — Obamacare is here to stay ""for the foreseeable future,"" Ryan conceded — he isn't going anywhere.",left
19330,"Celebrities, Politicians Ignore Super Bowl Mask Mandate","['Coronavirus', 'Super Bowl', 'Los Angeles', 'California', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Hollywood', 'Mask Mandates']",Where were the masks? Celebrities and fans enjoy Super Bowl maskless despite mandate,USA TODAY,"KN95 masks were given out at the Super Bowl, but few attendees, including celebrities, were seen wearing them. 
During Sunday's game at SoFi stadium in Inglewood, California, Lebron James, Chris Tucker, Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron, Matt Damon and more were caught on camera without face coverings, to the dismay of some users on social media. 
Everyone at SoFi Stadium ages 2 or older were required to wear a mask unless they were actively drinking or eating. In California, there is a statewide mandate for people to wear masks indoors until...",left
19331,"Celebrities, Politicians Ignore Super Bowl Mask Mandate","['Coronavirus', 'Super Bowl', 'Los Angeles', 'California', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Hollywood', 'Mask Mandates']",Hollywood’s hometown Super Bowl,Axios,"LOS ANGELES — This year's Super Bowl, taking place in Los Angeles for the first time since 1993, has brought Hollywood back to life.
Why it matters: After two years of movie delays and muted award shows, Tinseltown was desperate for a comeback.
State of play: The game, taking place in the Los Angeles Rams’ brand new, state-of-the-art SoFi Stadium, represents a coming-out party for the city, which is planning to host the College Football Playoff National Championship in 2023, the Olympics in 2028 and possibly the World Cup in...",center
19332,"Celebrities, Politicians Ignore Super Bowl Mask Mandate","['Coronavirus', 'Super Bowl', 'Los Angeles', 'California', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Hollywood', 'Mask Mandates']",Maskless Super Bowl Marks Our Return to Normalcy,Michael Brendan Dougherty,"So that was it, wasn’t it?
The Super Bowl was our unofficial return to normality for the United States. A relatively normal game, with a halftime show geared toward people in their 40s. But the “normal” part was the crowd. It was the general atmosphere. The Chinese Olympics that nobody is watching feature athletes getting served by people in hazmat suits. Meanwhile, SoFi stadium gathered over 70,000 fans for the big game, and the cameras panning the vast crowd showed the spectators to be almost entirely maskless.
This was the end of...",right
19333,Russia Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Soldiers,"['Terrorism', 'US Military', 'Russia', 'Afghanistan', 'Cybersecurity', 'National Security']","Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says",New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — American intelligence officials have concluded that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing coalition forces in Afghanistan — including targeting American troops — amid the peace talks to end the long-running war there, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The United States concluded months ago that the Russian unit, which has been linked to assassination attempts and other covert operations in Europe intended to destabilize the West or take revenge on turncoats, had covertly offered rewards for successful attacks last year.",left
19334,Russia Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Soldiers,"['Terrorism', 'US Military', 'Russia', 'Afghanistan', 'Cybersecurity', 'National Security']",Russia offered Afghan militants bounties to kill U.S. troops - New York Times,Reuters,"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence has concluded that the Russian military offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants in Afghanistan to kill American troops and other coalition forces, the New York Times reported on Friday.
Citing officials briefed on the matter, the Times said the United States determined months ago that a Russian military intelligence unit linked to assassination attempts in Europe had offered rewards for successful attacks last year.",center
19335,Russia Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Soldiers,"['Terrorism', 'US Military', 'Russia', 'Afghanistan', 'Cybersecurity', 'National Security']","Russian spy unit paid Taliban to attack US troops, US intelligence says",Fox News (Online News),"WASHINGTON — A Russian spy unit paid members of Afghanistan’s Taliban movement to conduct lethal attacks on U.S. troops in that country, according to a classified American intelligence assessment, people familiar with the report said.
The assessment of the role played by Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU, in fostering attacks on American soldiers, comes as President Trump is pushing the Pentagon to withdraw a significant portion of U.S. forces from Afghanistan and as U.S. diplomats try to forge a peace accord involving the Taliban and the U.S.-backed Afghan government.",right
19336,"Google Bans Site Over Comments Section, Denies NBC Report About Separate Ban","['Google', 'Google Bias', 'NBC News', 'Free Speech', 'Race And Racism', 'Online Censorship', 'Media Bias']",NBC Tries to Cancel a Conservative Website,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"NBC News attempted this week to use the power of Google to cancel our publication, the Federalist. The effort failed, but it should serve as a warning about the unchecked power of big tech companies, particularly when they can be manipulated by partisans, including partisan journalists.
On Monday we received a request for comment through our general media email account from NBC reporter Adele-Momoko Fraser. The message asserted that Google had demonetized our site—preventing us from earning money through Google ads—for violating its rules.
On Tuesday, NBC published an article...",right
19337,"Google Bans Site Over Comments Section, Denies NBC Report About Separate Ban","['Google', 'Google Bias', 'NBC News', 'Free Speech', 'Race And Racism', 'Online Censorship', 'Media Bias']","Google Ads bans Zero Hedge for racist content, but reverses decision on The Federalist",The Verge,"Google says it’s banning the site Zero Hedge from its Google Ads program for racist content — but it reversed plans to ban a second site, The Federalist, after the site removed comments from its articles. “We have strict publisher policies that govern the content ads can run on and explicitly prohibit derogatory content that promotes hatred, intolerance, violence or discrimination based on race from monetizing,” the company said in a statement to NBC News before the reversal. “When a page or site violates our policies, we take action. In...",left
19338,"Google Bans Site Over Comments Section, Denies NBC Report About Separate Ban","['Google', 'Google Bias', 'NBC News', 'Free Speech', 'Race And Racism', 'Online Censorship', 'Media Bias']","Ted Cruz Calls out Google Action as ""Orwellian""",Newsmax (News),"Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, says any move by Google to cut off ad revenue to The Federalist and Zero Hedge websites is “Orwellian.”
Cruz made his comments on Thursday’s “Fox & Friends.”
NBC News reported that Google has banned Zero Hedge, a libertarian website, over policy violations found in the comments section of stories about Black Lives Matter protests. The news network also said Google had issued a warning to The Federalist over comments on articles related to recent protests.
A Google spokesperson had first said it had demonetized both...",right
19339,"General Motors Closing Several Plants, Cutting 14,000 Jobs",['Economy And Jobs'],"GM poised to close plants in Michigan, Ohio, Maryland, will cut 15% of salaried workers",USA TODAY,"General Motors is poised to end production at five plants in the U.S. and Canada, kill off several passenger cars – including the Chevrolet Impala – and slash 15 percent of its salaried workforce",left
19340,"General Motors Closing Several Plants, Cutting 14,000 Jobs",['Economy And Jobs'],The GM Layoffs Sure Look Like A Broken Trump Promise,HuffPost,"Last year, the president said people in Ohio shouldn’t sell their houses because the jobs were coming back.",left
19341,"General Motors Closing Several Plants, Cutting 14,000 Jobs",['Economy And Jobs'],General Motors factory closures could hurt Trump in 2020,Washington Examiner,General Motors announcement that it was cutting jobs and production at factories in Ohio and Michigan is potentially bad news for President Trump going into the 2020 presidential campaign.,right
19342,Benghazi Opinions,['Terrorism'],Benghazi blame game hides what really matters: Our view,USA TODAY,"To many Republicans, the Obama administration's handling of last year's terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, represents a massive scandal rivaling the one that drove Richard Nixon from the presidency. A loss of trust ""every bit as damaging as Watergate,"" Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., insisted in an absurd bit of overstatement.
To",left
19343,Benghazi Opinions,['Terrorism'],The Republicans' Benghazi Obsession,New York Times (News),"Before Wednesday's hearing on the attack in Benghazi, Libya, Republicans in Congress promised explosive new details about the administration's mishandling of the episode.",left
19344,Benghazi Opinions,['Terrorism'],PAUL: The moment of responsibility for Hillary Clinton,Washington Times,"Her fatal mistakes mirror the disaster at Mogadishu
When I took Hillary Rodham Clinton to task in January for the mishandling of security in Benghazi, Libya, I told her that if I had been president at the time, I would have relieved her of her post. Some politicians and pundits took offense at my line of questioning.
During
Read more:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/10/the-moment-of-responsibi...

Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter",right
19345,Analysis of Yesterday’s Gubernatorial Races,['Elections'],An Election Night That's About as Bad as It Can Get for Republicans,Guest Writer - Right,"This morning I wrote, “if Ed Gillespie loses, some Republicans will want to blame Trump, and he’ll deserve a share of the blame, but it’s a pretty limited share.” That assertion may need revision, with not merely Gillespie and the rest of the statewide ticket losing, but the Republicans in the Virginia state legislature getting demolished. At this hour, Republicans are in danger of losing control of the House of Delegates, where they entered Election Day with a seemingly comfortable 17-seat margin.",right
19346,Analysis of Yesterday’s Gubernatorial Races,['Elections'],OPINION: Ed Gillespie transformed for the worse in Virginia race,Guest Writer,"Tuesday, Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Democratic Virginia Lt. Governor, Ralph Northam, and in doing so underperformed President Trump who lost the state to Hillary Clinton by 5 percentage points in 2016. Given Gillespie’s fearmongering, imitation-Trump campaign, this was a good outcome for Virginia, the nation, and, in the long-run, the GOP.",center
19347,Analysis of Yesterday’s Gubernatorial Races,['Elections'],Anti-Trump backlash fuels a Democratic sweep in Virginia and elections across the country,Washington Post,"Tuesday was the best day for Democrats politically since Barack Obama won reelection in 2012. Remember, conservatives scored significant victories in the November 2014, 2015 and 2016 elections. Democrats desperately needed some wins after they went all-in on a House special election in Georgia this spring and lost. Last night, they got them.",left
19348,Chief Justice Roberts Calls For Civility at Impeachment Trial,"['Supreme Court', 'Chief Justice John Roberts', 'US Senate', 'Polarization', 'US Congress', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Chief Justice John Roberts calls for decorum as impeachment devolves into fight over who lies more,Vox,"Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a stern warning to the House impeachment managers and President Donald Trump’s counsel in the final hours of the first day of the Senate impeachment trial after speeches by both sides began to feature personal attacks.
Both House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler and White House counsel Pat Cipollone and Trump’s personal lawyer Jay Sekulow called each other liars; Nadler accused senators of treachery; and Sekulow said it was Nadler who was being treacherous.
“It is appropriate at this point for me to...",left
19349,Chief Justice Roberts Calls For Civility at Impeachment Trial,"['Supreme Court', 'Chief Justice John Roberts', 'US Senate', 'Polarization', 'US Congress', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Chief Justice John Roberts drops 'pettifogging' bomb while reprimanding both sides in impeachment trial,USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – Chief Justice John Roberts admonished the House managers and the president’s counsel after a fiery back and forth during the debate over amendments to a resolution outlining the rules and format of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
Roberts said he felt he had to ""admonish"" both sides ""in equal terms to remember that they are addressing the world's greatest deliberative body. One reason it has earned that title is because its members avoid speaking in a manner, and using language that is not conducive to...",left
19350,Chief Justice Roberts Calls For Civility at Impeachment Trial,"['Supreme Court', 'Chief Justice John Roberts', 'US Senate', 'Polarization', 'US Congress', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts Admonishes House Managers and Trump Lawyers,The Epoch Times,"Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who is presiding over the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, admonished Trump’s team and House impeachment managers early Wednesday after the sides traded insults.
“I think it is appropriate at this point for me to admonish both the House managers and president’s counsel in equal terms to remember that they are addressing the world’s greatest deliberative body,” Roberts said in one of the few times he commented on Tuesday or so far Wednesday.
“One reason it has earned that title is because its...",right
19351,Lynch Conundrum Continues,['Politics'],Republicans in Quandary Over Vote on Loretta Lynch,New York Times (News),"Senate Republicans do not want to be held responsible for rejecting the historic nomination of Loretta E. Lynch, the first African-American woman picked to be attorney general. But they also are in no hurry to see her confirmed because of her defense of President Obama’s immigration policies.
That contradiction showed signs of being self defeating on Friday, when a visibly emotional Mr. Obama elevated the issue at a news conference by saying “Enough! Enough!” about the record delay, after a call the day before from Jeb Bush, one of the...",left
19352,Lynch Conundrum Continues,['Politics'],"From Loretta Lynch to Iran, Obama's had enough of the GOP",Christian Science Monitor,"With a tone of outrage and eye-rolling dismissiveness, President Barack Obama and his White House team are working out their aggressions on Republicans. Well into the final quarter of Obama's presidency the White House approach is, if you can't join 'em, beat 'em.
Even with a whiff of bipartisanship in the air, the president is going on offense and building on a strategy employed since Democrats lost control of the Senate. Disagree with a Republican? The White House approach is to single a lawmaker out, pic",center
19353,Lynch Conundrum Continues,['Politics'],‘Embarrassing’: Angry Obama Blasts Senate Republicans Over Loretta Lynch Nomination,The Blaze,"President Barack Obama on Friday blasted Senate Republicans for holding up the nomination of Loretta Lynch to be the next attorney general, calling it “embarrassing” and dysfunction that “goes too far.”
President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi at the White House, April 17, 2015 in Washington. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
“What we still have is this crazy situation where a woman who everybody agrees is qualified — who has gone after terrorists, who has worked with police officers to get gangs off...",right
19354,Megyn Kelly versus Donald Trump,[],"After Donald Trump, Megyn Kelly 'Won't Apologize for Doing Good Journalism'",ABC News (Online),"Megyn Kelly broke her silence on her Fox News show tonight, responding to attacks by presidential candidate Donald Trump, who said he believes Kelly treated him unfairly during last week’s GOP presidential debate that she co-moderated.",left
19355,Megyn Kelly versus Donald Trump,[],Trump to Fox News: We've 'always been friends',Christian Science Monitor,Donald Trump returned to Fox News Tuesday morning for the first time since attacking the network's Megyn Kelly in the wake of her tough questioning of the GOP candidate for president during the party's first debate.,center
19356,Megyn Kelly versus Donald Trump,[],Fox News host Megyn Kelly addresses Trump 'dustup',Fox News (Online News),Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly refused to apologize Monday to GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump after he accused her of asking an unfair question during last week’s Republican presidential debate.,right
19357,Supreme Court Religious Cases,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court to review church-state dispute over public prayers,CNN (Online News),"Linda Stephens has lived in her upstate New York community for more than three decades and has long been active in civic affairs.
But as an atheist, those views have put her at the center of a personal, political, and legal fight that has reached the U.S. Supreme Court.",left
19358,Supreme Court Religious Cases,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court to hear new case on religion in public life,Washington Post,"The chairman of the local Baha’i congregation concluded his prayer with “Allah-u-Abha,” which loosely translates to “God the All-Glorious.” A Jew offered a prayer speaking of “the songs of David, your servant.” And a Wiccan priestess, mindful of her venue in the town of Greece, N.Y., thought that Athena and Apollo were apt deities to call upon.
But they were the exceptions. Almost every other “chaplain of the month” during a decade of town board meetings in this Rochester suburb was a Christian, and more often than not called on...",left
19359,Supreme Court Religious Cases,['Supreme Court'],Appeals court deals blow to ObamaCare contraceptive mandate,Fox News (Online News),"A divided appeals court panel sided Friday with Ohio business owners who challenged the birth control mandate under the new federal health care law.
The business owners are two brothers, Francis and Philip M. Gilardi, who own Freshway Foods and Freshway Logistics of Sidney, Ohio., and challenged the mandate on religious grounds. They say the mandate to provide contraceptive coverage would force them to violate their Roman Catholic beliefs and moral values by providing contraceptives such as the morning-after pill for their employees. The law already exempts houses of worship...",right
19360,Bannon Returns to Breitbart,['Polarization'],"With Bannon Back at Breitbart, a Right-Wing Army Prepares for War",Vanity Fair,"Whatever the “alt-right” is or was, it no longer has a spokesman within 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, with the possible exception of the president. A little before noon on Friday, the White House confirmed that Steve Bannon, the embattled “economic nationalist” whose mastery of Breitbart News helped get Donald Trump elected—thus planting the seed of his own demise—had tendered his resignation. Bannon’s exit, while not unexpected, still sent shock waves across the political and media worlds. Would Trump moderate himself in the absence of the self-proclaimed “alt-right” architect, or had he...",left
19361,Bannon Returns to Breitbart,['Polarization'],"After firing, Bannon returns to his 'killing machine'",Reuters,"With Stephen Bannon, the worry always was that he could be even more disruptive to President Donald Trump’s White House from outside than he was within.",center
19362,Bannon Returns to Breitbart,['Polarization'],"In jarring interview, Bannon declares Trump presidency over, readies for war",The Blaze,"Just hours after being fired from his position as White House senior advisor Friday, Stephen Bannon declared the Trump presidency over, and said that he was gearing up for war against Republicans and other elements of the administration he disagreed with.",right
19363,Proposed Pentagon Cuts,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Pentagon warns workers may need to take unpaid leave if sequester kicks in,Washington Post,"The Pentagon warned 800,000 civilian employees worldwide Wednesday that they will be forced to take unpaid leave if deep budget cuts take effect next week, fueling growing anxiety about the impact of the automatic spending reductions on the nations economy and security.",left
19364,Proposed Pentagon Cuts,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Defense Cuts May No Longer Be Political Sacred Cow,NPR (Online News),Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has warned that the automatic spending cuts due to hit the Pentagon and other branches of government next week will damage U.S. national security.,left
19365,Proposed Pentagon Cuts,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Pentagon notifies Congress of likely civilian furloughs over budget cuts,Fox News (Online News),"Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Congress on Wednesday that if automatic government spending cuts kick in on March 1 he may have to shorten the workweek for the ""vast majority"" of the Defense Department's 800,000 civilian workers.",right
19366,GOP-Led Audit of Arizona 2020 Election Results Confirms Biden's Win,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Maricopa County', 'Arizona', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Trump blames media after Arizona audit finds Biden won,The Hill,"Former President Trump on Friday laid into the news media after a draft report of the 2020 election audit in Arizona reaffirmed President Biden’s victory in the state’s largest county and showed Trump with fewer votes than previously counted.
In a statement issued through his leadership PAC, Save America, the former president called the audit report, which is slated for release Friday afternoon, a political bombshell that “has uncovered significant and undeniable evidence of FRAUD.”
“Huge findings in Arizona! However, the Fake News Media is already trying to ‘call it’ again for Biden before...",center
19367,GOP-Led Audit of Arizona 2020 Election Results Confirms Biden's Win,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Maricopa County', 'Arizona', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Draft Report Of Arizona Sham Audit Confirms Biden’s Win Over Trump,HuffPost,"A draft report of a partisan audit of the 2020 presidential election results commissioned by Arizona state Senate Republicans confirms President Joe Biden’s win over Donald Trump in Maricopa County, the Arizona Republic first reported Thursday.
The county confirmed the conclusion on Twitter but did not release the text of the three-volume report, led by contractor Cyber Ninjas. Instead, it slammed the report as being “littered with errors & faulty conclusions” about how the election was conducted.
Not only did the draft report fail to show that the election was “stolen”...",left
19368,GOP-Led Audit of Arizona 2020 Election Results Confirms Biden's Win,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Maricopa County', 'Arizona', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Trump Allies’ Arizona Election Audit Confirms Biden Victory,National Review,"The hand recount of the 2020 Maricopa County, Ariz., election results found that President Biden defeated former president Trump in the county by a slightly larger margin than was recorded on Election Day.
While the county vote totals show Biden winning by 45,109 votes, the hand recount found that Biden won by 45,469, according to drafts of an audit viewed by the Arizona Republic. The audit was conducted by Cyber Ninjas and other subcontractors.
The results of the audit were set to be presented to the Arizona State Senate at 1 p.m. on Friday.
“The tabulation...",right
19369,Renewed Immigration Push,['Immigration'],Obama puts immigration back in spotlight,CNN (Online News),"It's time to fix the United States' ""broken immigration system,"" President Barack Obama said Thursday, citing bipartisan support to revamp immigration laws.
His speech didn't reveal anything that hasn't been said before, but the announcement put the immigration issue back in the spotlight.",left
19370,Renewed Immigration Push,['Immigration'],Obama Urges House Republicans to Act on Immigration,New York Times (News),"President Obama on Thursday renewed his call for an immigration overhaul, telling an audience of activists at the White House that the fate of a bipartisan Senate bill now rests with Republicans in the House.",left
19371,Renewed Immigration Push,['Immigration'],Obama lobbies again for immigration push,Washington Times,"Trying to jump-start his second-term agenda, President Obama called on House lawmakers Thursday to approve comprehensive immigration reform, saying that current system “isn’t fair.”
“We have kicked this particular can down the road for too long,” Mr. Obama said with supporters of immigration reform in the East Room of the White House. “This is the moment when we should be able to finally get the job done. Let’s go get it done.”",right
19372,NK Vows Response Against Sanctions,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea vows harsh retaliation against new UN sanctions,Washington Post,North Korea vowed Monday to bolster its nuclear arsenal and launch “thousands-fold” revenge against the United States in response to tough U.N. sanctions imposed after its recent intercontinental ballistic missile launches.,left
19373,NK Vows Response Against Sanctions,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea vows 'thousands-fold' revenge in response to United Nations sanctions,Fox News (Online News),"North Korea vowed Monday to strike the U.S. with ""thousands-fold"" revenge after the United Nations imposed new sanctions in response to a recent intercontinental ballistic missile launch from the rogue regime.",right
19374,NK Vows Response Against Sanctions,"['North Korea', 'World']","North Korea Rules Out Nuclear Talks, Says U.S. Will ‘Pay Dearly’",Bloomberg,North Korea condemned the latest round of United Nations sanctions and reiterated that it wouldn’t negotiate over its nuclear program until the U.S. ceases “hostile” policies.,left
19375,Another Earthquake in Nepal,"['Asia', 'World']",Another Powerful Earthquake Strikes Nepal,NPR (Online News),"A magnitude-7.3 earthquake struck Nepal on Tuesday, just over two weeks after a massive magnitude-7.8 quake killed more than 8,000 people.",left
19376,Another Earthquake in Nepal,"['Asia', 'World']",Nepal Rattled by Powerful New Earthquake East of Capital,New York Times (News),"A powerful earthquake shook Nepal on Tuesday, less than three weeks after a devastating temblor there killed more than 8,000 people. Dozens of deaths and more than a thousand injuries were reported.",left
19377,Another Earthquake in Nepal,"['Asia', 'World']",Dozens killed after magnitude-7.3 earthquake strikes Nepal,Fox News (Online News),"At least 42 people were killed Tuesday and 1,117 have been injured after a major earthquake struck Nepal, triggering landslides and toppling buildings less than three weeks after the Himalayan nation was ravaged by its worst quake in decades.",right
19378,Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Christian Baker in Wedding Cake Dispute,['Supreme Court'],I represented the wedding cake couple. We lost a battle but won the war.,Washington Post,"In law, as in less civil arenas of conflict, you can lose a battle but win the war. That’s what happened in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the case pitting",left
19379,Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Christian Baker in Wedding Cake Dispute,['Supreme Court'],"Supreme Court Ruling Ducks Conflict Between Religious, Gay Rights",Wall Street Journal (News),"The Supreme Court ducked deciding whether religious merchants have a constitutional right to deny service to gay people, but did rule Monday that a Christian baker didn’t get a fair hearing before a state civil-rights commission and therefore shouldn’t be penalized for turning away a same-sex couple.",center
19380,Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Christian Baker in Wedding Cake Dispute,['Supreme Court'],Religious freedom lives to fight another day,Washington Examiner,"“Freedom of religion and religion has been used to justify all kinds of discrimination throughout history,” said Colorado Civil Rights Commissioner Diann Rice, “whether it be slavery, whether it be the Holocaust, whether it be …” Here she trailed off.",right
19381,Post-Election Protests Erupt Across the Country,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Protests', 'Violence In America']",Several post-election protests in numerous cities get heated,CBS News (Online),"Post-election protests were held in numerous cities Wednesday, with several spilling into the night. Most were peaceful but some grew tense and even violent. Dozens of arrests were made.
Demands depended on circumstances, with some demonstrators insisting every vote be counted and others that vote counting be stopped.
As votes were being tallied in the critical battleground state of Arizona Wednesday evening, some members of the extremist group AZ Patriots entered the Maricopa County Recorder's Office in downtown Phoenix, reports the CBS affiliate there, KPHO-TV. They livestreamed as they did....",left
19382,Post-Election Protests Erupt Across the Country,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Protests', 'Violence In America']",Trump supporters protest outside Arizona voting center during vote-counting,Axios,"Supporters of President Trump protested outside an Arizona election center late Wednesday, chanting ""count the votes!"" as elections officials continued to tabulate ballots in a state that Joe Biden is projected to win.
Why it matters: The Trump campaign was furious that Fox News and AP called Arizona for Biden on Tuesday night with hundreds of thousands of votes still outstanding, as a victory for the Democrat would significantly narrow Trump's possible path to 270 electoral votes.",center
19383,Post-Election Protests Erupt Across the Country,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Protests', 'Violence In America']",Portland election unrest reroutes emergency services as destructive crowds block street access,Fox News (Online News),"Emergency services in Portland had to be rerouted and were even temporarily blocked by crowds overnight, as hundreds of demonstrators left a trail of damage downtown following Election Day.
A video by KOIN and retweeted by the Oregon State Police early Thursday showed law enforcement officers holding the line preventing a large crowd from entering an intersection in Portland. An announcement can be heard from a police vehicle telling demonstrators why they must disperse.",right
19384,Biden Plans Executive Order After Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",U.S. Pipeline Shutdown Exposes Cyber Threat to Energy Sector,Wall Street Journal (News),"The ransomware attack that forced the closure of the largest U.S. fuel pipeline this weekend showed how cybercriminals pose a far-reaching threat to the aging, vulnerable infrastructure that keeps the nation’s energy moving.
Colonial Pipeline Co. closed its entire 5,500-mile conduit carrying gasoline and other fuels from the Gulf Coast to the New York metro area Friday as it moved to contain an assault that involved ransomware, code that holds computer systems hostage. So far, no evidence has emerged that the attackers penetrated the vital control systems that run the...",center
19385,Biden Plans Executive Order After Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Biden Plans an Order to Strengthen Cyberdefenses. Will It Be Enough?,New York Times (News),"A hacking of a major pipeline, the latest evidence of the nation’s vulnerabilities to cyberattacks, prompted questions about whether the administration should go further.
A pipeline that provides the East Coast with nearly half its gasoline and jet fuel remained shuttered on Sunday after yet another ransomware attack, prompting emergency White House meetings and new questions about whether an executive order strengthening cybersecurity for federal agencies and contractors goes far enough even as President Biden prepares to issue it.
The order, drafts of which have been circulating to government officials...",left
19386,Biden Plans Executive Order After Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Concerns mount over Biden's new cybersecurity executive order following Colonial Pipeline hack,Washington Examiner,"Senior government officials are privately sounding the alarm over a new cybersecurity executive order President Joe Biden is poised to sign.
Biden vowed in April to take steps toward securing U.S. cyber-infrastructure and preventing future security breaches like the 2020 SolarWinds hack. The New York Times reported Sunday night, however, that some officials and lawmakers involved in the drafting of the order have expressed concerns about its ability to prevent breaches like the ransomware attack that shuttered the Colonial Pipeline over the weekend.
According to a draft reviewed by the...",right
19387,Analyzing the CNN Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Winners and Losers from Last Night's Debate,NBC News (Online),Too tired after last night's three-hour-plus debate? Too many candidates to keep track off? Too many zingers and back-and-forths? Have no fear: Our list of winners and losers is here.,left
19388,Analyzing the CNN Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","OPINION: Trump, Bush, Fiorina: Three questions, three answers at second GOP debate",Guest Writer - Right,"If they’d known the 2016 Republican contest would end up this way – a monument to one billionaire’s ego – CNN and its GOP partners could have switched Wednesday’s presidential debate from the Reagan Library to a more appropriate venue: Hearst Castle, just up the California coast.",right
19389,Analyzing the CNN Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Republican debate: Fact-checking the candidates,CNN (Online News),"The CNN Fact-Checking Team worked through both Republican debates Wednesday night, comparing notable, surprising or otherwise interesting claims from the candidates against the facts.",left
19390,Two Benghazi Parents Sue Hillary Clinton,['Politics'],Parents of 2 Americans Killed in Benghazi Attack Sue Hillary Clinton,New York Times (News),"The parents of two Americans killed in the 2012 attack on a United States diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, filed a lawsuit on Monday against Hillary Clinton, saying that her “‘extreme carelessness’ in handling confidential and classified information” while secretary of state contributed to the conditions that led to their sons’ deaths.",left
19391,Two Benghazi Parents Sue Hillary Clinton,['Politics'],"Parents of Two Benghazi Victims File Suit Against Clinton for Wrongful Death, Defamation",The Blaze,"While the mother of one Benghazi victim is asking the GOP not to use her son’s death for political gain, the parents of two other victims are suing Hillary Clinton, asserting the former secretary of state’s “extremely careless” handling of classified information contributed to their sons’ deaths.",right
19392,Two Benghazi Parents Sue Hillary Clinton,['Politics'],Two Benghazi victims' parents sue Clinton,CNN (Online News),"The parents of two Americans killed in the Benghazi attacks in 2012 have filed a lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, who served as secretary of state at the time.",left
19393,Biden Sees Best Midterm Election for Sitting President in 2 Decades,"['2022 Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Administration', 'Democratic Party', 'Barack Obama', 'Bill Clinton', 'Midterm Elections', 'US Senate', 'House Of Representatives', 'Donald Trump']",Biden sees best midterm elections for any president in 20 years,Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden witnessed the best midterm elections for any president in two decades after the projected Republican ""red wave"" missed its mark on Election Day.
Both chambers of Congress are up in the air, with Republicans holding 207 seats compared to Democrats' 184, with a majority of 218 needed. The Senate remains a toss-up, with Republicans holding 49 seats and Democrats, including two independents, holding 48. Senate races in Arizona and Nevada, as well as Georgia, which went to a runoff, will determine the majority.
Biden wrote in a...",right
19394,Biden Sees Best Midterm Election for Sitting President in 2 Decades,"['2022 Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Administration', 'Democratic Party', 'Barack Obama', 'Bill Clinton', 'Midterm Elections', 'US Senate', 'House Of Representatives', 'Donald Trump']",Joe Biden Just Had the Best Midterms for a Democrat President in 24 Years,Newsweek,"President Joe Biden has produced the Democrats best midterm election result since 1998, after an expected Republican ""red wave"" failed to materialize.
Counting continues in a number of seats, with control of both the Senate and House of Representatives up for grabs, though the GOP enjoys a sizable seat lead in the lower chamber.
Thus far the Democrats have won 48 Senate seats and the Republicans 49, with control of the chamber to be decided by outstanding contests in Arizona and Nevada, as well as a run-off in Georgia. Victory...",center
19395,Biden Sees Best Midterm Election for Sitting President in 2 Decades,"['2022 Elections', 'Joe Biden', 'Biden Administration', 'Democratic Party', 'Barack Obama', 'Bill Clinton', 'Midterm Elections', 'US Senate', 'House Of Representatives', 'Donald Trump']","Joe Biden indicates he’ll run in 2024, following Democrats’ midterms wins",The Guardian,"To those who do not want to see the US president run for re-election, Joe Biden has a message: “Watch me.”
A self-assured Biden, riding high from Democrats’ history-defying showing in this year’s midterm elections, said at a post-election press conference that he intends to seek another term, but that it was ultimately a “family decision”.
“I think everybody wants me to run, but we’re going to have discussions about it,” Biden told reporters, indicating that he would sit down with his family over the holidays and announce his decision...",left
19396,Mapping the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic,"['Coronavirus', 'Endemic', 'Natural Immunity', 'Public Health']","Moderna CEO sees potential end of coronavirus pandemic on horizon, though says it will never be eradicated",New York Daily News,"Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel on Wednesday said the end of the coronavirus pandemic could be on the horizon.
“I think that is a reasonable scenario,” he told CNBC when asked whether he thought the pandemic was winding down. “There’s an 80% chance that as omicron evolves or SarsCov-2 virus evolves, we are going to see less and less virulent viruses.”
Moderna along with Pfizer pioneered the use of mRNA vaccines against the novel coronavirus, greatly reducing the severity of infection in those who got the jab.
Likewise, the chances of a new...",left
19397,Mapping the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic,"['Coronavirus', 'Endemic', 'Natural Immunity', 'Public Health']",Estimated 73% of US now immune to omicron: Is that enough?,Associated Press,"The omicron wave that assaulted the United States this winter also bolstered its defenses, leaving enough protection against the coronavirus that future spikes will likely require much less — if any — dramatic disruption to society.
Millions of individual Americans’ immune systems now recognize the virus and are primed to fight it off if they encounter omicron, or even another variant.
About half of eligible Americans have received booster shots, there have been nearly 80 million confirmed infections overall and many more infections have never been reported. One influential model...",left
19398,Mapping the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic,"['Coronavirus', 'Endemic', 'Natural Immunity', 'Public Health']",The Midterms Will End the Pandemic,Reason,"It takes a lot to make a libertarian look forward to the next election.
Like, say, two years of miserable government mandates ignored by some of the very people imposing them. Like watching over 70,000 maskless adults (and many celebrities) partying at a major sporting event in a city where children are required to wear medical-grade masks to school and keep them on while playing sports. Like imposing border controls on immigration and travel meant to stop the spread of COVID-19, and then keeping them in place (with no off-ramp) long after the virus is spreading here.",right
19399,"Rep. Ilhan Omar Faces Backlash from Democrats For Statement Appearing to Compare U.S. to Hamas, Taliban","['Race And Racism', 'US House', 'Ilhan Omar', 'Israel', 'Hamas', 'Taliban', 'Terrorism']",Pelosi Goes After Ilhan Omar for Tweet Comparing U.S. to Taliban,Daily Beast,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other House Democratic leaders condemned Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) in a statement Thursday after she wrote a tweet that seemed to compare the U.S. and Israel to Hamas and the Taliban. “Legitimate criticism of the policies of both the United States and Israel is protected by the values of free speech and public debate,” the group wrote. “But drawing false equivalencies between democracies like the U.S. and Israel and groups that engage in terrorism like Hamas and the Taliban foments prejudice and undermines progress...",left
19400,"Rep. Ilhan Omar Faces Backlash from Democrats For Statement Appearing to Compare U.S. to Hamas, Taliban","['Race And Racism', 'US House', 'Ilhan Omar', 'Israel', 'Hamas', 'Taliban', 'Terrorism']","Pelosi, Leading Democrats Thank Ilhan Omar For ‘Clarification’ Of Statement That Appeared To Equate US, Israel With Hamas, Taliban",The Daily Wire,"Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other leading Democrats issued a statement Thursday afternoon thanking Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) for a statement she issued Thursday morning “clarifying” a tweet Omar posted equating the United States and Israel to the terrorist regimes, Hamas and the Taliban — sidestepping calls to address Omar’s shocking language.
In the tweet, Omar suggested that the United States and Israel had committed “unthinkable atrocities” on part with those committed by terrorist organizations, including Hamas and the Taliban. In a short video, Omar demanded to...",right
19401,"Rep. Ilhan Omar Faces Backlash from Democrats For Statement Appearing to Compare U.S. to Hamas, Taliban","['Race And Racism', 'US House', 'Ilhan Omar', 'Israel', 'Hamas', 'Taliban', 'Terrorism']","Pelosi, leaders seek to squelch Omar controversy with rare joint statement",The Hill,"With a rare joint statement, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her entire leadership team on Thursday sought to quell a growing controversy over Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) remarks equating war crimes committed by the U.S. and Israel to those by the Taliban and Hamas terrorist groups. 
The joint statement by Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.), Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Vice Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) came after Omar responded to a request from a dozen Jewish House Democrats to “clarify” what she meant in her original remarks....",center
19402,British PM Vows Justice After Beheading,['Middle East'],British PM David Cameron vows to 'hunt down' killers of 'British hero' David Haines,ABC News (Online),"British prime minister David Cameron said he would take ""whatever steps are necessary"" to bring the ""fanatical"" killers of a British aid worker to justice.",left
19403,British PM Vows Justice After Beheading,['Middle East'],"British PM Cameron Say We Must ""Drain This Poison' After Latest Beheading Video",Townhall,"British Prime Minister David Cameron said Sunday he will work with allies to defeat the terrorist group Islamic State, and that countries must “drain this poison from our society,” after the militants released a video showing the beheading of British aid worker David Haines.",right
19404,British PM Vows Justice After Beheading,['Middle East'],British PM vows justice after 'act of pure evil',USA TODAY,"British Prime Minister David Cameron said this weekend that the apparent beheading of British aid worker David Haines by Islamic State militants was an ""act of pure evil"" and vowed to ""hunt down these murderers and ensure they face justice.""",left
19405,President Trump Will Pardon Dinesh D’Souza,['Politics'],BREAKING: President Trump Will Fully Pardon Dinesh D'Souza,Townhall,"President Trump announced Thursday morning he will grant conservative author, filmmaker and thought leader Dinesh D'Souza a full pardon.",right
19406,President Trump Will Pardon Dinesh D’Souza,['Politics'],Conservative Crank Dinesh D’Souza To Be Pardoned By Donald Trump,HuffPost,"President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will issue “a full pardon” to Dinesh D’Souza, a conservative activist and provocateur who regularly peddles conspiracy theories.",left
19407,President Trump Will Pardon Dinesh D’Souza,['Politics'],Trump says will pardon conservative commentator D'Souza,Reuters,"President Donald Trump said he will grant a full pardon on Thursday to conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza, who was sentenced in 2014 to five years of probation for federal campaign law violations.",center
19408,The End for Southern Dems?,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Mary Landrieu confronts mission impossible,CNN (Online News),"As Sen. Mary Landrieu soldiered through her re-election race this year with sinking poll numbers and the heavy drag of President Barack Obama, the refrain from her strategists and supporters was always the same: Don't count her out. She's a fighter. She will pull it off in the end.
But in the hours before a runoff election on Saturday, when the three-term Louisiana Democrat faces Republican Congressman Bill Cassidy, it is hard to find anyone predicting the kind of eleventh hour victory that Landrieu pulled off in 1996 and...",left
19409,The End for Southern Dems?,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']","In Louisiana Runoff Election, Senator Landrieu Tries to Revive Her Base",New York Times (News),"She has been rebuffed by her liberal colleagues in Washington and pilloried at home for voting with the president, and has watched helplessly while her Democratic base has eroded like a cheap levee.
These are hard times for Mary L. Landrieu, the last Deep South Democrat in the United States Senate.
But on the cusp of a Saturday runoff election that feels as much like a race against history as against a Republican opponent, Ms. Landrieu has been barnstorming around her home state on what she called her “Louisiana First...",left
19410,The End for Southern Dems?,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Exit stage left? Landrieu faces long odds Saturday in Louisiana Senate runoff,Washington Times,"Louisiana voters will head to the polls Saturday to decide on the lone outstanding U.S. Senate contest of 2014 and two outstanding U.S. House races.
In the Senate race between Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu and GOPRep. Bill Cassidy, Ms. Landrieu has been struggling to get help from national Democratic groups after the Nov. 4 “jungle primary” in which neither candidate managed to eclipse 50 percent of the vote.
That sent the race into a Dec. 6 runoff, where polling shows Mr. Cassidy up double digits in a race that will...",right
19411,Boehner Faces Dissent,"['US House', 'Politics']",Boehner plan is criticized by both sides,Washington Times,"Republican leaders struggled Tuesday to contain the backlash from conservatives over the GOPs offer of $800 billion in tax increases to head off the “fiscal cliff — a move that didnt impress the White House, even as it spawned a rebellion on the right.",right
19412,Boehner Faces Dissent,"['US House', 'Politics']",John Boehner Faces Conservative Fury For Booting Members From Key Committees,HuffPost,Conservative groups are furious with GOP leadership for stripping several lawmakers of spots on powerful committees after it was deemed that they were not toeing the party line.,left
19413,Boehner Faces Dissent,"['US House', 'Politics']",Conservatives blast Boehner tax increases; other Republicans withhold criticism,CNN (Online News),Leading conservatives blasted a controversial new House Republican proposal that breaks with years of GOP orthodoxy by calling for more taxes to be paid by wealthier Americans as part of a broader deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff.,left
19414,Vouching for Susan Rice,"['White House', 'Politics']",Both Sides Itching For A Confirmation Fight Over Susan Rice,NPR (Online News),"The election was over. As President Obama faced the press in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday, the anger and bitterness of his long battle with Mitt Romney seemed to have faded. Unlike President George W. Bush after his 2004 re-election — and his comments about having political capital and intending to spend it — Obama seemed a bit more humble victor, talking more about compromise and saying he was willing to hear other points of view to solve the nation's problems.
But all the niceties disappeared...",left
19415,Vouching for Susan Rice,"['White House', 'Politics']",Report: Obama Was Briefed on Benghazi Terrorism Connection Days Before Susan Rice's Public Denials,Townhall,"Just last week, the president adamantly defended his Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, who is widely rumored to be a leading contender to replace Hillary Clinton at State. Rice appeared on all five Sunday morning shows on September 16, five days after the deadly 9/11 attacks. She advanced three core assertions for public consumption:
(1) The the violence had spilled over from ""spontaneous"" protests over an internet video. (There were no protests outside of the Benghazi consulate leading up to the attack).
(2) The US government ""had...",right
19416,Vouching for Susan Rice,"['White House', 'Politics']","McCain vs. Obama, the sequel",Salon,"Barack Obama has said nothing directly about whom hell appoint to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, but he sent what the political world is regarding as a clear signal when he emphatically vouched for Susan Rices integrity last week.
If Obama does nominate Rice, the current U.N. ambassador and his longtime friend, it will create a very public showdown between the president and the man he defeated in 2008. The question is whether John McCain, who has emerged as the GOPs loudest Rice critic and pledged to block...",left
19417,Trump Visits Southern Border Deploying More Agents For Border Control,"['Immigration', 'Donald Trump']",Trump warns of 'traffic' and 'commercial' delays at U.S.-Mexico border,Politico,"President Donald Trump warned Saturday of “traffic & commercial delays” along the southern border as a result of the administration’s decision earlier this week to ramp up the number of immigration officers processing Central American migrants attempting to enter the U.S. through Mexico.
“We have redeployed 750 agents at the Southern Border’s specific Ports of Entry in order to help with the large scale surge of illegal migrants trying to make their way into the United States,” the president wrote on Twitter.",left
19418,Trump Visits Southern Border Deploying More Agents For Border Control,"['Immigration', 'Donald Trump']","Trump declares 'country is full' in Fox News interview, says US can no longer accept illegal immigrants",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump, in an interview with Fox & Friends that aired Saturday morning, declared the “country is full” and said the U.S. immigration system can no longer absorb a mass influx of illegal immigrants, but praised Mexico for stopping border crossings after his threat to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border.
“No, we're witnessing people that are going to be brought out of the country, the country is full,” Trump told Fox News’ Griff Jenkins after being asked whether the second generation of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) is forming...",right
19419,Trump Visits Southern Border Deploying More Agents For Border Control,"['Immigration', 'Donald Trump']",Trump Says Southern-Border Asylum Seekers Are Running a ‘Scam’,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump made his case for more barriers as he visited the border with Mexico on Friday, while continuing to say the U.S. immigration system is being overwhelmed by Central Americans seeking asylum.
“We can’t take you anymore. I’m sorry. Can’t happen. So turn around,” Mr. Trump said of the migrants.
He made the comments during a discussion with border officials that was followed by a visit to a proposed border wall at one of two international ports of entry in California’s Imperial Valley. Mr. Trump recently declared a border...",center
19420,Gang of Eight Immigration Bill,['Immigration'],Immigration reform clears key Senate hurdle,CNN (Online News),"The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bipartisan ""Gang of Eight"" immigration reform bill on Tuesday, sending the measure to the Senate floor for consideration and giving the bill's backers their first major legislative victory.",left
19421,Gang of Eight Immigration Bill,['Immigration'],"Immigration vote shows strength of deal, pitfalls ahead",Washington Times,The Senate Judiciary Committees 13-5 vote Tuesday to send the immigration bill to the full chamber floor exposed some of the fractures in the coalition but also highlighted surprising resilience and showed just how far Democrats and their interest group allies are willing to go to get a deal done,right
19422,Gang of Eight Immigration Bill,['Immigration'],Immigration Overhaul Wins Panel’s Backing in the Senate,New York Times (News),"The Senate Judiciary Committee, voting 13 to 5 to approve a bill drafted by a bipartisan group of eight senators, agreed to hold off on an amendment that would have added protections for gay couples.",left
19423,Senators to Introduce Bipartisan Immigration Bill,['Immigration'],Bipartisan Bill to Protect Dreamers Doesn't Secure Funding for Border Wall,Newsweek,Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Christopher Coons (D-Del.) will unveil a bipartisan immigration bill Monday aimed to protect “Dreamers” and bolster border security. The bill is said to exclude funding for President Donald Trump's border wall.,center
19424,Senators to Introduce Bipartisan Immigration Bill,['Immigration'],"2 senators offer bipartisan bill protecting young immigrants, but Trump quickly rejects it",PBS NewsHour,"A bipartisan immigration proposal has surfaced in the Senate, only to be quickly knocked down by President Donald Trump via Twitter on Monday.",center
19425,Senators to Introduce Bipartisan Immigration Bill,['Immigration'],"John McCain, Chris Coons to introduce bipartisan DACA citizenship bill to break immigration logjam: Report",Washington Examiner,"A bipartisan pair of senators plans Monday to introduce a narrow bill to provide a path to citizenship for immigrants brought illegally to the U.S. as children, as a way to break the congressional logjam over immigration policy, according to a report Sunday.",right
19426,New CA Law Will Require Trump's Tax Returns for 2020 Eligibility,"['Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'California', 'Tax Returns', 'Elections']",California Gov. Gavin Newsom to Sign Bill Requiring Trump Tax Returns,Breitbart News,"California Gov. Gavin Newsom has reportedly decided to sign a controversial bill requiring that all presidential candidates publish their tax returns to appear on the state’s primary ballot.
The bill is targeted at President Donald Trump, who has not published his tax returns.",right
19427,New CA Law Will Require Trump's Tax Returns for 2020 Eligibility,"['Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'California', 'Tax Returns', 'Elections']",California Requires Trump to Release Tax Returns for Spot on Primary Ballot,Wall Street Journal (News),"California will require presidential candidates to hand over their tax returns in order to appear on the state’s primary-election ballot, setting up a likely legal conflict with President Trump over his continued refusal to disclose any tax documents.
Under a law signed Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, candidates must turn over five years of tax returns at least 98 days before the March 3 primary. The state would then release a redacted version of the documents.
“These are extraordinary times and states have a legal and moral duty to do...",center
19428,New CA Law Will Require Trump's Tax Returns for 2020 Eligibility,"['Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'California', 'Tax Returns', 'Elections']",California's Newsom signs bill to force Trump tax returns,Politico,"California Gov. Gavin Newsom embraced a politically explosive and legally dubious attempt to pry loose President Donald Trump’s tax returns on Tuesday, signing legislation that would boot Trump from California primary ballots if he doesn’t make his filings public.
For Democrats who wield absolute control over Sacramento, the measure offered a chance to directly confront a president who is deeply unpopular among most California voters — and for Newsom to escalate his long-standing feud with the president while distinguishing himself from Gov. Jerry Brown, who vetoed a similar measure in...",left
19429,Puerto Rico Restructuring Bill,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Unveils Bill To Help Puerto Rico Deal With Its Debt Crisis,HuffPost,"After months of negotiations, and fits and starts, House Republicans have unveiled revised legislation to help Puerto Rico tackle its $70 billion debt.
The bill, released just before midnight on Wednesday, is the third attempt by lawmakers to aid the commonwealth, which is home to 3.5 million Americans. Its underlying text is primarily unchanged, but is now language the Treasury Department appears ready to support. If passed, it would establish an oversight board to guide Puerto Rico’s government through the restructuring of its debt — a power the island...",left
19430,Puerto Rico Restructuring Bill,"['US House', 'Politics']","Republicans, Obama Administration Reach Agreement on Puerto Rico Restructuring Bill",Wall Street Journal (News),"House Republicans reached an agreement with the Obama administration to provide Puerto Rico a path to restructure its $70 billion debt load, the first step toward ending its decadelong recession.
With nearly all other details ironed out, disagreements had remained over how to handle appointments to a seven-member board designed to oversee the island’s finances. Lawmakers reached a compromise late Wednesday over a previous sticking point about how to respect the territory’s constitutional priorities governing bond and pension payments.",center
19431,Puerto Rico Restructuring Bill,"['US House', 'Politics']",House leaders push new Puerto Rico bill to rescue it from $72B debt,Washington Times,"House leaders urged members Thursday to support the latest version of a bill designed to impose fiscal oversight on Puerto Rico and rescue it from $72 billion in bond debt, saying the parties negotiated in good faith and that Congress should act now to avoid a taxpayer bailout down the road.",right
19432,Perspectives: Teachers' Unions Raise Concerns About COVID-19 Safety In Schools,"['Chicago', 'Chicago Public Schools', 'Coronavirus', 'Education', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Safety', 'Teachers Union']",Don’t negotiate with teachers who walk out over covid. Fire them.,Marc A. Thiessen,"Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot deserves credit for standing up to the Chicago Teachers Union. But the fact that so many Chicago teachers were willing to abandon their students in the first place is disgraceful. The next time they walk off the job in violation of the law, she shouldn’t negotiate with them — she should fire them.
It is appalling that nearly three-quarters of Chicago Teachers Union members voted to walk out, locking more than 300,000 students out of their schools. As Lightfoot made clear, their actions were not only illegal, they were...",right
19433,Perspectives: Teachers' Unions Raise Concerns About COVID-19 Safety In Schools,"['Chicago', 'Chicago Public Schools', 'Coronavirus', 'Education', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Safety', 'Teachers Union']",Teachers’ Unions Are Making Totally Reasonable Pandemic Health and Safety Demands,Jacobin,"Since early in the pandemic, both Republican- and Democratic-leaning pundits have portrayed virtual school as an educational disaster for students, an economic disaster for the country, and a political disaster for Democrats. They’ve also united in blaming teachers’ unions, rather than the pandemic and the government’s failed response to it, for school districts’ decisions to go virtual. This narrative waned as schools across the country returned to in-person instruction in 2021.
However, teachers union-bashing has returned with a vengeance in the past few weeks, as the omicron variant infects record numbers of students and staff members....",left
19434,Perspectives: Teachers' Unions Raise Concerns About COVID-19 Safety In Schools,"['Chicago', 'Chicago Public Schools', 'Coronavirus', 'Education', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Public Safety', 'Teachers Union']","CDC is not communicating with teachers on COVID safety, unions say",Reuters,"The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not been communicating well enough with educators, teachers unions say, as COVID-19 hospitalizations hit records in the country.
The safety of American public schools, which educate over 50 million kids, has become a hotly contested issue, pitting teachers' unions worried about the disease's spread in sometimes underfunded, antiquated buildings against local and state officials who want to keep schools open.
The CDC, the United States' national public health agency, is not offering teachers enough information or seeking their input, despite a long history...",center
19435,Video of SC Shooting Reignites Debate,['Civil Rights'],South Carolina officer who shot black man was subject of prior excessive force complaint,Fox News (Online News),The South Carolina police officer charged with murder after video surfaced of him shooting a fleeing unarmed black man in the back was allowed to stay on the force despite an earlier complaint that he used excessive force against another unarmed man.,right
19436,Video of SC Shooting Reignites Debate,['Civil Rights'],"2 police killings, 2 outcomes: Lessons learned from Ferguson to South Carolina",CNN (Online News),"In both cases, a white police officer kills an unarmed black man. But the outcomes so far have been wildly different.",left
19437,Video of SC Shooting Reignites Debate,['Civil Rights'],Video of Walter Scott Shooting Reignites Debate on Police Tactics,New York Times (News),"Nothing has done more to fuel the national debate over police tactics than the dramatic, sometimes grisly videos: A man gasping “I can’t breathe” through a police chokehold on Staten Island, a 12-year-old boy shot dead in a park in Cleveland. And now, perhaps the starkest video yet, showing a South Carolina police officer shooting a fleeing man in the back.",left
19438,Calls Mount for Minnesota Freedom Fund Spending Accountability,"['Violence In America', 'Criminal Justice', 'Minnesota', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Justice']",Bail funds are having a moment in 2020,Washington Post,"Amid the covid-19 pandemic and the protests in response to the police killing of George Floyd, bond funds have risen to prominence as a focus of philanthropic energy. “If you can’t march, donate to a bond fund” became a common refrain in social media posts as an isolated public sought to make a difference from home through viral donation-matching campaigns. Within days, the Minnesota Freedom Fund announced that it had raised $20 million. The Chicago Community Bond fund has raised $3.5 million from 75,000 donors worldwide.",left
19439,Calls Mount for Minnesota Freedom Fund Spending Accountability,"['Violence In America', 'Criminal Justice', 'Minnesota', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Justice']",Minnesota Freedom Fund spent $200K on bail despite millions in donations,New York Post (News),"The Minnesota Freedom Fund said it’s spent “well over” $200,000 in bailing protesters out of jail — despite receiving more than $30 million in donations.
“We are working on doing more,” the fund tweeted on Monday.",right
19440,Calls Mount for Minnesota Freedom Fund Spending Accountability,"['Violence In America', 'Criminal Justice', 'Minnesota', 'Black Lives Matter', 'Justice']","Minnesota Freedom Fund Raised More Than $30 Million, Reveals It Has Spent $200,000 So Far",Forbes,"The Minnesota Freedom Fund pulled in more than $30 million in donations following the death of George Floyd, but the non-profit bailing out jailed protesters faced backlash on Tuesday after revealing it has paid out $200,000 so far, as calls grew for transparency about how the donations are being spent.",center
19441,Loretta Lynch For AG,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama to nominate US Attorney Loretta Lynch to replace Holder as AG,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama has chosen Loretta Lynch, the U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, N.Y., as his nominee to replace outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder -- ending widespread speculation over who might fill Holder's shoes and teeing up a nomination debate potentially during the lame-duck session.
Though several Republicans had wanted to wait to consider any successor until the new Congress is seated, the president plans to announce his pick on Saturday.
""Ms. Lynch is a strong, independent prosecutor who has twice led one of the most important U.S. Attorney's offices in the...",right
19442,Loretta Lynch For AG,"['White House', 'Politics']","Loretta Lynch, Federal Prosecutor, Will Be Nominated for Attorney General",New York Times (News),"President Obama will nominate Loretta E. Lynch, the top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, to be the next attorney general, reaching outside his inner circle to fill a key post, the White House said Friday.
If confirmed, Ms. Lynch, 55, would be the first African-American woman to be the nation’s top law enforcement official. Mr. Obama will announce her selection at a ceremony Saturday in the Roosevelt Room. He will be joined by Ms. Lynch and Eric H. Holder Jr., the current attorney general, who has announced his plans to step...",left
19443,Loretta Lynch For AG,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama nominated Loretta who?,CNN (Online News),"At first glance, it looked like President Barack Obama was pandering to country music lovers everywhere.
Obama moved to fill his administration's open attorney general post on Friday by nominating Loretta Lynch, the U.S. attorney in Brooklyn and definitely not a recording artist.
But many people thought they'd heard or read Loretta Lynn, the country music singer. Confusion quickly took hold on Twitter. Then came the jokes. Here are some of the be",left
19444,Trump Encourages Voting by Mail in Florida,"['Donald Trump', 'Twitter', 'Vote By Mail', 'Absentee Voting', 'Nevada', 'Mail-In Voting', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",Donald Trump Declares Florida Vote-by-Mail ‘Safe and Secure’,Breitbart News,"President Donald Trump on Tuesday encouraged voters in Florida to vote by mail, despite discouraging the process in other states.
“Whether you call it Vote by Mail or Absentee Voting, in Florida, the election system is Safe and Secure, Tried and True,” he wrote on Twitter. “Florida’s Voting system has been cleaned up (we defeated Democrats attempts at change), so in Florida, I encourage all to request a Ballot & Vote by Mail!”
The president was referring to a legal settlement in July between Democrat voting groups and the administration...",right
19445,Trump Encourages Voting by Mail in Florida,"['Donald Trump', 'Twitter', 'Vote By Mail', 'Absentee Voting', 'Nevada', 'Mail-In Voting', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",Trump encourages mail voting in key battleground Florida,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — In an abrupt reversal, President Donald Trump now is encouraging voters in the critical swing state of Florida to vote by mail after months of criticizing the practice, and only days after threatening to sue Nevada over a new vote-by-mail law.
His encouragement follows a surge in Democratic requests to vote for mail in Florida, a state that Trump almost certainly must win to secure a second term. Democrats currently have about 1.9 million Floridians signed up to vote by mail this November, almost 600,000 more than...",left
19446,Trump Encourages Voting by Mail in Florida,"['Donald Trump', 'Twitter', 'Vote By Mail', 'Absentee Voting', 'Nevada', 'Mail-In Voting', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",Trump Encourages Floridians to Vote by Mail After Saying Practice Leads to 'Massive Cheating',Newsweek,"President Donald Trump encouraged all Floridians to vote by mail Tuesday, just a week after he told Axios interviewer Jonathan Swan that mail-in voting on a large scale results in ""massive cheating.""
""There is no way you can go through a mail-in vote without massive cheating,"" Trump said during the July 28 interview, which aired on HBO Monday. He referred to recent efforts by state leaders to encourage vote-by-mail during the coronavirus pandemic as a ""new phenomenon"" and clarified, ""It's new in terms of the kinds of millions and millions...",center
19447,Mueller Accused of Illegally Obtaining Trump Emails,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump transition lawyer: Mueller improperly obtained documents in Russia probe,Fox News (Online News),"Exclusive— A lawyer for the Trump presidential transition team is accusing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office of inappropriately obtaining transition documents as part of its Russia probe, including confidential attorney-client communications, privileged communications and thousands of emails without their knowledge.",right
19448,Mueller Accused of Illegally Obtaining Trump Emails,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump allies say Mueller unlawfully obtained thousands of emails,Reuters,An organization established for U.S. President Donald Trump’s transition to the White House said on Saturday the special counsel investigating allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 election had obtained tens of thousands of emails unlawfully.,center
19449,Mueller Accused of Illegally Obtaining Trump Emails,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']","Mueller Team Pushes Back, Denies Accusation it Unlawfully Got Trump Transition Emails",Slate,Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office is not staying silent following explosive accusations by a lawyer for President Donald Trump’s transition team that the investigators looking into claims of collusion with Moscow during the campaign unlawfully received tens of thousands of emails from the General Services Administration.,left
19450,Perspectives: Battle Over Georgia Absentee Ballots,"['Elections', 'Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Georgia Election', 'Mail-In Voting', 'Brad Raffensperger', 'Lindsey Graham']",GA Secretary of State Claims Republicans Are Pushing Him to Exclude Legal Ballots. Lindsey Graham Responds.,Townhall,"In an interview with The Washington Post, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger claimed Sen. Lindsey Graham, and other Republicans, suggested he find ways to exclude legally cast ballots, which the South Carolina senator denies.
Raffensperger, a Republican, told the Post he was under pressure from within his own party during the recount to bring about a more favorable outcome for President Trump in the state, which Joe Biden narrowly won with roughly 14,000 votes.
In their conversation, Graham questioned Raffensperger about the state’s signature-matching law and whether political bias...",right
19451,Perspectives: Battle Over Georgia Absentee Ballots,"['Elections', 'Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Georgia Election', 'Mail-In Voting', 'Brad Raffensperger', 'Lindsey Graham']",Ga. secretary of state says fellow Republicans are pressuring him to find ways to exclude ballots,Washington Post,"Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Monday that he has come under increasing pressure in recent days from fellow Republicans, including Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.), who he said questioned the validity of legally cast absentee ballots, in an effort to reverse President Trump’s narrow loss in the state.
In a wide-ranging interview about the election, Raffensperger expressed exasperation over a string of baseless allegations coming from Trump and his allies about the integrity of the Georgia results, including claims that Dominion Voting Systems, the Colorado-based manufacturer of Georgia’s...",left
19452,Perspectives: Battle Over Georgia Absentee Ballots,"['Elections', 'Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Georgia Election', 'Mail-In Voting', 'Brad Raffensperger', 'Lindsey Graham']",Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger fires back against Trump’s false claims about election,USA TODAY,"After a barrage of unfounded claims from President Donald Trump questioning various aspects of Georgia’s voting system, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger fired back.
In a series of Facebook posts from the Secretary of State page, Raffensperger, a Republican, addressed claims about the makers of the state’s election system, Dominion, as well as claims made by the president about Georgia’s recount and absentee ballots system.
Raffensperger has faced a string of attacks. Last week he was under fire from his own party. Republican Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue...",left
19453,Pennsylvania Judges Uphold New Congressional Map,['Elections'],Judges refuse GOP request to block new Pa. district boundaries,The Hill,"A panel of federal judges in Pennsylvania refused on Monday to block the state Supreme Court's new congressional map from going into effect, dealing a blow to Republicans who had sought to block it.",center
19454,Pennsylvania Judges Uphold New Congressional Map,['Elections'],The Supreme Court Is Now Republicans’ Only Hope of Restoring Pennsylvania’s Gerrymander,Mother Jones,"A federal court threw out a Republican challenge to Pennsylvania’s new electoral map on Monday, dealing a blow to GOP efforts to get rid of congressional districts that are friendlier to Democrats. Now all eyes are on the US Supreme Court, the only court that could halt Pennsylvania from holding its 2018 midterm elections under the new map.",left
19455,Pennsylvania Judges Uphold New Congressional Map,['Elections'],Federal court rejects lawsuit from Pennsylvania GOP challenging court-drawn congressional map,Washington Examiner,A federal district court has rejected a lawsuit filed by eight Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers that sought to block a new congressional map drawn by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.,right
19456,"Ukraine, Russia Set for More War in the East","['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Donbas', 'Russia']",Ukraine braces for Donbas battle as Moscow’s war effort faces new questions,Washington Times,"Ukraine braced itself Monday for a massive Russian assault on the country’s eastern Donbas region, which is set to become ground zero in a bloody conflict that shows no sign of stopping despite growing questions about whether Moscow can secure anything resembling the original victory it sought.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy again appealed for outside support as Russian forces were regrouping and repositioning ahead of the Donbas campaign, which Pentagon officials said is likely to begin soon. U.S. defense officials said a large Russian convoy of troops, vehicles and equipment was headed toward the region,...",right
19457,"Ukraine, Russia Set for More War in the East","['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Donbas', 'Russia']","Ukraine is 'preparing' for attack in the east by Russian forces, Zelenskyy says",ABC News (Online),"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that an attack from Russian forces in the east is looming. But he said Ukrainian troops are ready.
""Russian troops will move to even larger operations in the east of our state. They can use even more missiles against us, even more air bombs,"" Zelenskyy said in a televised address late Sunday. ""But we are preparing for their actions. We will respond. We will be even more active in providing Ukraine with weapons. We will be more active in the international arena. We will be even more...",left
19458,"Ukraine, Russia Set for More War in the East","['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Donbas', 'Russia']",Donbas: Why Russia is trying to encircle Ukraine's east,BBC News,"Russia has pulled troops away from Kyiv and shifted most of the focus of its war to eastern Ukraine, after a series of defeats near the capital. This push into the area known as Donbas could mean a protracted conflict.
What would Vladimir Putin need before he could claim his goal of ""liberating"" Ukraine's old industrial heart and is that possible?
Russian forces have already triggered a humanitarian catastrophe in the east, reducing Mariupol to ruins, but they have failed to inflict defeat on Ukraine's military.
Preparing for a reinvigorated...",center
19459,Protesters Set Up 'Autonomous Zone' in Seattle,"['Criminal Justice', 'Seattle', 'Police Reform', 'Anarchy', 'Role Of Government', 'Violence In America']","Welcome to the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, where Seattle protesters gather without police",The Seattle Times,"Welcome to the CHAZ, the newly named Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, where most everything was free Tuesday.
Free snacks at the No-Cop Co-op. Free gas masks from some guy’s sedan. Free speech at the speaker’s circle, where anyone could say their piece. A free documentary movie — Ava DuVernay’s “13th” — showing after dark.
A Free Capitol Hill, according to no shortage of spray paint on building facades. And perhaps most important to demonstrators, the neighborhood core was free of uniformed police.
A new protest society — centered on a...",center
19460,Protesters Set Up 'Autonomous Zone' in Seattle,"['Criminal Justice', 'Seattle', 'Police Reform', 'Anarchy', 'Role Of Government', 'Violence In America']",Seattle mayor tells Trump to 'go back to your bunker' after he criticizes her handling of protests,CNN (Online News),"(CNN) - The mayor of Seattle on Wednesday told President Donald Trump to ""go back to your bunker,"" after Trump appeared to suggest he would intervene in the city's growing protests and called for law and order.
""Take back your city NOW. If you don't do it, I will,"" the President warned Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on Wednesday. ""This is not a game. These ugly Anarchists must be stooped [sic] IMMEDIATELY. MOVE FAST!""
Trump also claimed that the protesters, who he called ""domestic terrorists,""...",left
19461,Protesters Set Up 'Autonomous Zone' in Seattle,"['Criminal Justice', 'Seattle', 'Police Reform', 'Anarchy', 'Role Of Government', 'Violence In America']","Seattle 'autonomous zone' has armed guards, local businesses being threatened with extortion, police say",Fox News (Online News),"Seattle police say they have received reports of armed guards and potential extortion in a self-declared autonomous zone that spans several blocks and includes a now-closed precinct.
“We’ve heard, anecdotally, reports of citizens and businesses being asked to pay a fee to operate within this area. This is the crime of extortion. If anyone has been subjected to this, we need them to call 911,” Assistant Chief of Police Deanna Nollette said on Wednesday.",right
19462,Trump Campaign Advisor Pleads Guilty,['Politics'],George Papadopoulos: Biggest Trump-Russia news wasn't about Manafort,BBC News,George Papadopoulos - hardly a household name - had pleaded guilty to lying to FBI investigators about his contacts with Russian nationals and connected individuals while he was serving as a foreign policy with the Trump campaign.,center
19463,Trump Campaign Advisor Pleads Guilty,['Politics'],"Trump distances himself from indictments, says Papadopoulos has 'proven to be a liar'",Fox News (Online News),"The smallest fish in the net hauled up Monday by Special Counsel Robert Mueller is a ""liar"" and a low-level aide with a history of exaggerating his role in last year's presidential campaign, according to President Trump and other administration officials.",right
19464,Trump Campaign Advisor Pleads Guilty,['Politics'],This could be the most important revelation in all of today’s Trump-Russia news,Vox,"Amid a flurry of new developments in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, there’s one revelation that’s particularly dramatic.
That is: A low-level Trump adviser - George Papadopoulos - was told as early as April 2016 that the Russians had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton, in the form of “thousands of emails.”",left
19465,Bombing Suspect Communicating in Writing,['Terrorism'],"Boston Suspect Reportedly Awake, Responding To Questions In Writing",HuffPost,The 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings who was seriously wounded and unable to speak is awake and responding in writing to questions from authorities according to tweets by ABC and NBC news networks.,left
19466,Bombing Suspect Communicating in Writing,['Terrorism'],"Boston bombing suspect communicating in writing, source says",CNN (Online News),Unable to speak the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has been communicating with authorities in writing a senior federal official said.,left
19467,Bombing Suspect Communicating in Writing,['Terrorism'],"Marathon bombing suspect can't speak, communicating in writing",Fox News (Online News),Boston plans to mark the traumatic week of the Boston Marathon bombings with mournful silence as the city returns to its bustling commute.,right
19468,Kevin McCarthy Says He Won't Voluntarily Comply with January 6 Committee,"['US House', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Politics']",Liz Cheney says Kevin McCarthy is 'clearly trying to cover up what happened' at the Capitol riot after he refused to work with investigators,Insider,"Rep. Liz Cheney said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was trying to ""cover up"" what happened at the Capitol riot by refusing to work with the House committee investigating it.
Cheney, one of two Republicans on the committee, told CNN on Wednesday: ""I wish that he were a brave and honorable man. He's clearly trying to cover up what happened. He has an obligation to come forward and we'll get to the truth.""
She also refused to rule out the option of subpoenaing him, CNN reported.
McCarthy had said in a...",left
19469,Kevin McCarthy Says He Won't Voluntarily Comply with January 6 Committee,"['US House', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Politics']",GOP leader McCarthy says he won’t cooperate with 1/6 panel,Associated Press Fact Check,"House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is refusing a request by the House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection to submit to an interview and turn over records pertaining to the deadly riot.
The panel is seeking first-hand details from members of Congress on then-President Donald Trump’s actions on the day hundreds of his supporters brutally beat police, stormed the building and interrupted the certification of the 2020 presidential election.
McCarthy, R-Calif., issued a statement Wednesday refusing to cooperate with the House committee. He said the investigation was not legitimate and...",left
19470,Kevin McCarthy Says He Won't Voluntarily Comply with January 6 Committee,"['US House', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Politics']",'Abuse of power': Kevin McCarthy refuses to cooperate with Jan. 6 committee,Washington Examiner,"House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he will not voluntarily cooperate with the Jan. 6 select committee's inquiry into the Capitol riot.
“As a representative and the leader of the minority party, it is with neither regret nor satisfaction that I have concluded to not participate with this select committee’s abuse of power that stains this institution today and will harm it going forward,"" McCarthy said in a statement Wednesday night, just five hours after the committee made its request.
The Democratic-controlled House riot panel sent a letter to the California Republican on Wednesday afternoon...",right
19471,How Coronavirus is Impacting the 2020 Election,"['2020 Election', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Elections']","As States Delay Primaries, June 2 Is Suddenly a Big Tuesday on the Calendar",New York Times (News),"Think of it as Super Postponed Day.
June 2 had been an afterthought on the Democratic primary calendar. Ever since Joseph R. Biden Jr. seized the mantle of front-runner, voters in New Jersey and a few other states scheduled to vote that day assumed the Democratic horse race would be over before their primaries rolled around.
But with numerous states pushing back voting to June 2 because of the coronavirus pandemic, the date has gained sudden prominence. It now confers a huge bounty of delegates, second only to Super Tuesday...",left
19472,How Coronavirus is Impacting the 2020 Election,"['2020 Election', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Elections']",Primary purgatory with no 12th Democratic debate on horizon,Associated Press,"ATLANTA (AP) — There is no 12th Democratic presidential debate on the horizon now that the nominating process is in a holding pattern due to the coronavirus pandemic.
One of the Democratic National Committee’s lead debate organizers, Xochitl Hinojosa, said the party has not set a date or secured a television broadcasting partner for what would be the final encounter of the dozen that DNC Chairman Tom Perez promised at the campaign’s outset.
There’s no evidence that either Joe Biden, the prospective nominee, or Bernie Sanders, Biden’s last remaining rival,...",left
19473,How Coronavirus is Impacting the 2020 Election,"['2020 Election', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Elections']",Joe Biden fails to lead from his basement,Washington Examiner,"Joe Biden is the likely Democratic presidential nominee, but he’s not acting like it.
The former vice president has been noticeably absent from the national stage over the past few weeks, while Congress has worked out a coherent relief package to aid the economy. Democratic governors, such as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, have partnered with the Trump administration to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
The few appearances Biden has made have not exactly inspired confidence in his ability to lead the nation. In what appeared to be an attempt to...",right
19474,President Trump Imposes Tariffs on Solar Panels and Washing Machines,['Trade'],Solar Industry Braces For Job Losses As Trump Puts Fees On Imported Panels,HuffPost,The solar industry created 1 in every 50 new American jobs in 2016.,left
19475,President Trump Imposes Tariffs on Solar Panels and Washing Machines,['Trade'],"U.S. Imposes New Tariffs, Ramping Up ‘America First’ Trade Policy",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Donald Trump slapped steep tariffs on imports of solar panels and washing machines, kicking off his second year in office by showing he is ready to start implementing his long-promised “America First” trade policy.",center
19476,President Trump Imposes Tariffs on Solar Panels and Washing Machines,['Trade'],Trump says tariffs on washers and solar panels won’t start trade war,Washington Times,President Trump said Tuesday he’s not worried about starting a trade war with Asia as he signed an order slapping tariffs on solar panels from China and washing machines produced mostly in South Korea.,right
19477,Biden Outlines 'Safer America Plan',"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Public Safety', 'Assault Weapons', 'Police', 'Crime']","Biden defends FBI, promotes ban on assault-style weapons",Associated Press,"President Joe Biden on Tuesday forcefully defended the FBI as the agency and its employees have come under withering criticism and threats of violence since executing a search warrant at former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence earlier this month.
“It’s sickening to see the new attacks on the FBI, threatening the life of law enforcement and their families, for simply carrying out the law and doing their job,” Biden said before a crowd of more than 500 at Wilkes University. “I’m opposed to defunding the police; I’m also opposed to defunding the...",left
19478,Biden Outlines 'Safer America Plan',"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Public Safety', 'Assault Weapons', 'Police', 'Crime']","Biden talks crime, gun control during Pennsylvania speech",NewsNation,"President Joe Biden traveled to Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday to deliver remarks on his Safer America Plan, and specifically gun safety in America.
Biden’s plan moves to ban assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and ghost guns; requires background checks for all gun sales with some exceptions; clears court backlogs and improves pretrial supervision of criminal cases; and invests in recruiting and training 100,000 additional police officers for community policing over the next five years.
He also forcefully defended the FBI as the agency and its employees have come under increased criticism and threats of violence...",center
19479,Biden Outlines 'Safer America Plan',"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Public Safety', 'Assault Weapons', 'Police', 'Crime']",Biden Says The Military Can Obliterate The Second Amendment,The Daily Caller,"President Joe Biden said Tuesday while in Pennsylvania that “brave right wing Americans” who claim the Second Amendment is meant to fight back against a tyrannical government would be obliterated by the military.
Biden was speaking in Wilkes-Barre while promoting gun control and bolstering police forces across the nation. Biden pushed for a federal ban on so-called “assault weapons” and took aim at Republicans during his speech, invoking the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
“As one of the most – one of the most conservative justices in history, Justice...",right
19480,How Much Influence Will Trump Have Over The 2022 GOP Primary Elections?,"['2022 Elections', 'Brian Kemp', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Endorsements', 'GOP', 'JD Vance', 'Mehmet Oz', 'Midterm Elections', 'Republican Party', '1492']",Trump’s influence to be tested in Ohio’s GOP Senate primary,Washington Times,"Former President Donald Trump‘s influence over the Republican Party will be put to the test on Tuesday in Ohio’s GOP Senate primary, where his last-minute endorsement has propelled the once-lagging candidate J.D. Vance into a tie for the lead.
Mr. Vance, author of the bestselling book “Hillbilly Elegy,” had been struggling in polls for weeks, stalled behind GOP rival and former state treasurer Josh Mandel, who held a firm lead over all seven Republican candidates and had won several high-profile endorsements.
But Mr. Vance‘s political future brightened considerably this month when Mr. Trump announced he would back Mr. Vance’s Senate bid. The...",right
19481,How Much Influence Will Trump Have Over The 2022 GOP Primary Elections?,"['2022 Elections', 'Brian Kemp', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Endorsements', 'GOP', 'JD Vance', 'Mehmet Oz', 'Midterm Elections', 'Republican Party', '1492']","For Trump, May Could Be the Cruelest Month",New York Times (News),"If you doubt the power of Donald Trump’s endorsement, look no further than the Ohio Senate race.
Since April 15, when Trump backed J.D. Vance in the Republican primary, the venture capitalist and author of “Hillbilly Elegy” has zoomed to the top of the public polls. Vance jumped from 11 percent of likely voters in March to 23 percent now, according to Fox News.
The real test of Trump’s party boss mojo, however, is fast approaching: actual elections, beginning with Ohio’s on Tuesday. Trump has endorsed candidates in at least 40 Republican primaries that...",left
19482,How Much Influence Will Trump Have Over The 2022 GOP Primary Elections?,"['2022 Elections', 'Brian Kemp', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Endorsements', 'GOP', 'JD Vance', 'Mehmet Oz', 'Midterm Elections', 'Republican Party', '1492']",Trump’s Influence Faces Test in Republican Primaries in May,Wall Street Journal (News),"A series of May primaries represent the biggest test yet of Donald Trump’s post-presidential influence on the Republican electorate, with the outcomes carrying implications for his potential third White House campaign and control of Congress.
The fate of several of Mr. Trump’s highest-profile endorsements will be determined during a month that features a dozen primaries from coast to coast. GOP contests for U.S. Senate in Ohio on Tuesday and the battleground states of Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania in the following weeks will be among the most closely watched, as well as...",center
19483,Susan Rice Email Adds Layer to Flynn Controversy,"['Politics', 'FBI', 'James Comey', 'Barack Obama', 'Michael Flynn', 'NSA', 'Susan Rice', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump administration declassifies full Susan Rice email sent on Inauguration Day,Politico,"On the day of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, outgoing national security adviser Susan Rice sent herself an email that has since drawn intense scrutiny from Republicans.
Now the full text of the email has been declassified, and POLITICO reviewed it. It says that then-FBI Director James Comey worried about sharing classified information with the Trump team because of incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn’s frequent conversations with the Russian ambassador but that Comey had no knowledge of Flynn sharing classified information with the envoy.",left
19484,Susan Rice Email Adds Layer to Flynn Controversy,"['Politics', 'FBI', 'James Comey', 'Barack Obama', 'Michael Flynn', 'NSA', 'Susan Rice', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Susan Rice's email discussing Michael Flynn and Russia,The Hill,"The Trump administration on Tuesday declassified an email that former national security adviser (NSA) Susan Rice sent herself about a meeting discussing ""sensitive information related to Russia"" and her incoming successor, Michael Flynn.
The email, which Rice sent the day of President Trump's inauguration, describes a Jan. 5, 2017, Oval Office meeting between herself, former President Obama, former Vice President Joe Biden, former FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates.
""Comey said he does have some concerns that incoming NSA Flynn is speaking frequently with Russian...",center
19485,Susan Rice Email Adds Layer to Flynn Controversy,"['Politics', 'FBI', 'James Comey', 'Barack Obama', 'Michael Flynn', 'NSA', 'Susan Rice', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Comey mum on email suggesting move to freeze out Flynn, as Rice says she ignored advice",Fox News (Online News),"A newly declassified email that former National Security Adviser Susan Rice sent herself on President Trump’s inauguration day has raised new questions about James Comey’s role in the outgoing Obama administration’s treatment of Michael Flynn -- but the former FBI director has not yet publicly commented on the contents of the memo.
The email Rice sent to herself on Jan. 20, 2017, documented a Jan. 5 Oval Office meeting with former President Barack Obama and others, during which he provided guidance on how law enforcement should address Russian interference in...",right
19486,Commission on Presidential Debates to Make Changes to Debate Format,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Microphones', 'Elections']",Debates commission plans to cut off mics if Trump or Biden break rules,CBS News (Online),"The commission that oversees the general election presidential debates said Wednesday it will be making changes to the format of the remaining two debates. One key change it plans to implement: Cutting off the microphones of President Trump and Joe Biden if they break the rules, according to a source familiar with the commission's deliberations. The plans have not been finalized and the commission is still considering how it would carry out the plan.
The Commission on Presidential Debates is responding to Tuesday's face-off between President Trump and former Vice...",left
19487,Commission on Presidential Debates to Make Changes to Debate Format,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Microphones', 'Elections']",Debate commission considering cutting candidates’ mics at next presidential showdown,New York Post (News),"The presidential debate commission is considering giving the moderator the opportunity to cut a candidate’s mic at the next matchup between President Trump and Joe Biden, it was revealed Wednesday.
The debate commission announced that it will adopt changes in order to avoid a repeat of Tuesday night’s clash between the candidates, which has been referred to as a “dumpster fire” and a “sh–storm.”
The Associated Press reported that one change being discussed is giving the moderator the ability to cut off the microphone of one of the debate participants...",right
19488,Commission on Presidential Debates to Make Changes to Debate Format,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Microphones', 'Elections']",Presidential debate: Rules to change after Trump-Biden spat,BBC News,"The commission that oversees US presidential debates says it will change the format to ensure the remaining two encounters between Donald Trump and Joe Biden are more orderly.
One new measure could be to cut the microphones if the candidates try to interrupt each other, US media report.
The announcement follows Tuesday's ill-tempered debate that descended into squabbling, bickering and insults.
President Trump's team has already criticised the commission's plans.
The tone and tactics of the first presidential debate were criticised across the US and around the world.
The fallout,...",center
19489,Project Veritas Report Claims Ilhan Omar Supporters Are Harvesting Ballots,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Ilhan Omar']",Project Veritas Exposes Ilhan Omar Allies in Alleged Ballot Harvesting Operation in Minnesota,Breitbart News,"Project Veritas has released the results of an investigation into alleged ballot harvesting by supporters of Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar in Minnesota, a key swing state in the 2020 presidential election.
Video footage captured by Project Veritas shows an operative, Liban Mohamed, bragging about collecting hundreds of ballots. “Numbers do not lie. Numbers do not lie. … You can see my car is full. All these here are absentee ballots. Can’t you see? Look at all these; my car is full,” Mohamed can be heard saying in the video. The...",right
19490,Project Veritas Report Claims Ilhan Omar Supporters Are Harvesting Ballots,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Ilhan Omar']",Trumps Calls on U.S. Attorney to Investigate Reports of Illegal Ballot Harvesting by Ilhan Omar Supporters,National Review,"President Trump is calling for an investigation into a report of alleged illegal ballot harvesting by Representative Ilhan Omar’s supporters in Minneapolis.
Trump called on the U.S. attorney in Minnesota to investigate claims made by Project Veritas, an investigative reporting project led by conservative activist James O’Keefe, which reported on Sunday that supporters of the Minnesota Democrat were illegally collecting blank ballots and posting boastful videos of their collections to social media.",right
19491,Project Veritas Report Claims Ilhan Omar Supporters Are Harvesting Ballots,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Ilhan Omar']",What Project Veritas Is Claiming About Ilhan Omar and Illegal Ballot Harvesting,Newsweek,"Project Veritas has claimed Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar is engaging in illegal ballot harvesting and a cash-for-ballots scheme in her district in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The group, which has targeted mainly liberal groups with ""sting"" operations, posted a video late on Sunday showing what it claims is evidence of an illegal effort to harvest absentee ballots.
The group's founder, James O'Keefe, alleged on Twitter that Omar's team may have bribed voters in Minnesota's 5th congressional district, which she has represented since 2019.",center
19492,Kushner Under Scrutiny,"['White House', 'Politics']",Jared Kushner: Trump son-in-law's link to Russia investigation and White House influence,Fox News (Online News),"President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is reportedly now also under F.B.I. scrutiny as the federal agency investigates a possible Russian collusion in the 2016 election.",right
19493,Kushner Under Scrutiny,"['White House', 'Politics']",Meet the Real Jared Kushner,Politico,"He was supposed to be the calm one, cool and unflappable under his Ray-Bans and beltless blue bespoke suits. If Steve Bannon was the Rumpelstiltskin of the administration, donning multiple half-tucked dress shirts at a time and always carrying a clutch of briefing papers and barreling through the administrative state, Jared Kushner, through pedigree and temperament, could reach out one of his long, elegant fingers and tap everyone in the West Wing on the shoulder and urge them to just cool out a bit. In a White House sullied by...",left
19494,Kushner Under Scrutiny,"['White House', 'Politics']",Untangling the web of Jared Kushner,Washington Post,What you need to know about Jared Kushner's ties to Russia.,left
19495,Bad Week for White House,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama tries to talk economy amid din of scandal,Washington Times,"While much of Washington was riveted Friday on a Republican-led congressional hearing into abuse of power by the IRS, President Obama traveled to Baltimore to promote a jobs plan and decry lawmakers for “chasing every fleeting issue.",right
19496,Bad Week for White House,"['White House', 'Politics']",President Obama's Awful Week,Wall Street Journal (News),"Former Bush General Counsel Jan Baran analyzes the IRS scandal. Plus, reporters discuss the White House's tough week, the escalating tension between Russia and the U.S. and the Fed's next strategy.",center
19497,Bad Week for White House,"['White House', 'Politics']","Obama visits Baltimore, tries to turn focus to efforts to help middle class",Washington Post,"President Obama insisted Friday that he is focused on improving the lives of middle-class Americans, despite being buffeted in Washington by a trio of controversies that have threatened to distract him from his second-term agenda.",left
19498,"Poll Finds US is Worried About Crime, Disapproves of Biden's Handling of It","['Criminal Justice', 'Crime', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Opinion', 'Violence In America', 'Justice']",Poll: Almost Half of Americans Disapprove of How Biden Handles Crime,Newsmax (News),"Almost half of Americans disapprove of how President Joe Biden is handling crime in the United States, but are almost evenly divided on which party they trust to handle crime, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll.
The poll, conducted from June 27-30 of a random national sample of 907 adults, revealed that 48% disapprove of how Biden handles crime, with 38% approving, ABC News reported Friday. 
The results concerning Biden were sharply divided among political lines, with 6% of Republicans and 35% of independents approving of Biden's work on crime, while 74%...",right
19499,"Poll Finds US is Worried About Crime, Disapproves of Biden's Handling of It","['Criminal Justice', 'Crime', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Opinion', 'Violence In America', 'Justice']",Americans' concern over crime hits four-year high: poll,The Hill,"Americans’ concerns over crime have hit a four-year high, according to a Washington Post- ABC News poll released Friday.
Fifty-nine percent of respondents said that crime is an “extremely” or “very serious” problem in the U.S., the highest level since 2017.
On a local level, worries about crime are also growing, though lower than the national concern.
Seventeen percent of respondents said that crime was either “extremely” or a “very serious” problem in the areas they live in, compared with 10 percent last fall.
The survey comes amid a heated debate...",center
19500,"Poll Finds US is Worried About Crime, Disapproves of Biden's Handling of It","['Criminal Justice', 'Crime', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Opinion', 'Violence In America', 'Justice']","Concern over crime is growing — but Americans don’t just want more police, Post-ABC poll shows",Washington Post,"Concern over crime has reached the highest point in four years amid a spike in killings in big cities and an uptick in violent crime, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released Friday, and the percentage of Americans who say crime in the United States is “extremely serious” has reached its highest point in two decades.
The poll also finds that a sizable majority believe racial discrimination still exists in the country and say they hope that communities can find solutions to crime beyond putting more police officers on American streets,...",left
19501,Court Upholds Block on Travel Ban,['Immigration'],Appeals court refuses to reinstate Trump travel ban,The Hill,"The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday ruled against President Trump's so-called travel ban, delivering another blow to the administration as it waits for the Supreme Court to decide whether to intervene.",center
19502,Court Upholds Block on Travel Ban,['Immigration'],Trump gets another travel ban defeat — and the clock is ticking,Vox,"The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Hawaii judge’s ruling barring Donald Trump’s travel ban — which would prevent all entries from six majority-Muslim countries for 90 days, and nearly all refugee admissions for 120 days — from going into effect on Monday.",left
19503,Court Upholds Block on Travel Ban,['Immigration'],9th Circuit Upholds Injunction On Trump’s Second Travel Ban,The Daily Caller,"The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an injunction barring enforcement of key provisions of President Donald Trump’s second executive order on refugees and migrants Monday, finding the president exceeded his lawful authority in issuing the directive.",right
19504,Senate Passes Bill to Make Juneteenth A National Holiday,"['Race And Racism', 'Juneteenth', 'Holidays', 'US Senate', 'General News']",Senate Passes Bill Making Juneteenth a National Holiday,National Review,"The Senate passed legislation Tuesday that designates Juneteenth, the anniversary of the emancipation of those who were enslaved in the United States, a national holiday.
Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer reportedly asked for unanimous consent to advance the bill and no members of either party objected. The bill’s leading co-sponsor was Republican Texas senator John Cornyn, who wrote a statement on Twitter applauding the bipartisan approval of the measure. 
“Happy that my bill to recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday just passed the Senate. It has been a state...",right
19505,Senate Passes Bill to Make Juneteenth A National Holiday,"['Race And Racism', 'Juneteenth', 'Holidays', 'US Senate', 'General News']",Senate passes bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday,Politico,"The Senate on Tuesday passed legislation to recognize Juneteenth as a legal public holiday.
“Making Juneteenth a federal holiday is a major step forward to recognize the wrongs of the past — but we must continue to work to ensure equal justice and fulfill the promise of the Emancipation Proclamation and our Constitution,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement.
The measure, sponsored by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and cosponsored by a bipartisan group of 60 senators, cleared the upper chamber by unanimous consent, meaning no lawmaker objected to...",left
19506,Senate Passes Bill to Make Juneteenth A National Holiday,"['Race And Racism', 'Juneteenth', 'Holidays', 'US Senate', 'General News']",Senate Unanimously Approves A Bill To Make Juneteenth A Public Holiday,NPR (Online News),"The Senate unanimously approved a bill Tuesday that would make Juneteenth, the date commemorating the end of chattel slavery in the United States, a legal public holiday.
The holiday is celebrated on June 19, and it began in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas learned they had been freed under the Emancipation Proclamation.
President Abraham Lincoln had signed the proclamation outlawing slavery years earlier, but it was not until 1865 that those in bondage in Texas were freed.
The measure is expected to be approved by the Democratic-led House of Representatives as...",left
19507,California and New Jersey Primary Election Results,['Elections'],Six takeaways from 2018's Super Tuesday,The Hill,"Voters in seven states cast their ballots Tuesday in what amounts to the most significant primary election of the 2018 season, a Super Tuesday for partisans battling for control of Congress.",center
19508,California and New Jersey Primary Election Results,['Elections'],"Trump-backed John Cox outpaces Villaraigosa for Governor, Feinstein takes top spot in California Senate contest",Fox News (Online News),Republican John Cox has secured a spot on the ballot to face Democratic Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom in the California gubernatorial election in November.,right
19509,California and New Jersey Primary Election Results,['Elections'],5 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Primary Elections,New York Times (News),"The battle for control of Congress was front and center on Tuesday night, with races taking shape in several intensely contested House seats in California and New Jersey. But there were revealing elections in the Midwest and the South, too, underscoring President Trump’s power in the Republican Party and the different ways Democrats hope to loosen his hold on red-state America.",left
19510,US Inflation Rate Hits 40-Year High,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'CPI']",U.S. Inflation Accelerates to 40-Year High,Wall Street Journal (News),"U.S. inflation accelerated to a 7.5% annual rate in January, reaching a new four-decade high as strong consumer demand and pandemic-related supply constraints kept pushing up prices.
The Labor Department on Thursday said the consumer-price index—which measures what consumers pay for goods and services—was last month at its highest level since February 1982, when compared with January a year ago, and higher than December’s 7% annual rate. Inflation has been above 5% for the past eight months.
The so-called core price index, which excludes the often-volatile categories of food and energy, climbed 6% in...",center
19511,US Inflation Rate Hits 40-Year High,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'CPI']",Annual American inflation hit 7.5%: A near 40-year high,CNN Business,"New year, same old high inflation.
A key measure of inflation climbed to a near-40-year high last month. Economists are hopeful that America will reach the peak of the pandemic-era price increases in the early months of 2021. Here's to hoping.
The consumer price index rose 7.5% in the 12 months ending January, not adjusted for seasonal swings, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Thursday. It was the steepest annual price increase since February 1982 and worse than economists had forecast.
Stripping out food and energy prices, which tend to be more volatile, prices increased...",left
19512,US Inflation Rate Hits 40-Year High,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'CPI']","Inflation accelerates 7.5% in January, hitting a fresh 40-year high",Fox Business,"Inflation surged again in January, notching another four-decade high as strong consumer demand and pandemic-related supply-chain snarls fueled rapid price gains that wiped out the benefits of rising wages for most Americans.
The consumer price index rose 7.5% in January from a year ago, according to a new Labor Department report released Thursday, marking the fastest increase since February 1982, when inflation hit 7.6%. The CPI – which measures a bevy of goods ranging from gasoline and health care to groceries and rents – jumped 0.6% in the one-month period from...",right
19513,Bombs in New Jersey,['Violence In America'],Could a Terror Attack Elect Donald Trump?,Daily Beast,"On the morning of March 11th, 2004, ten bombs exploded during the morning commute at Madrid’s Atocha train station. One hundred and ninety-two people were murdered and over 2,000 injured. Three days later, the government of Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar lost power in an election that swung suddenly to the Socialist Party.",left
19514,Bombs in New Jersey,['Violence In America'],"UPDATED: Bombs in New Jersey, Explosion in New York, Stabbing in Minnesota Mall",The American Spectator,"This morning, an IED (improvisational explosive device) went off at a Marine Charity 5K event in Seaside Park, New Jersey. Fortunately, no one was hurt. The FBI is now investigating to determine if it was terrorism. Other unexploded devices were found. Some details:",right
19515,Bombs in New Jersey,['Violence In America'],EXPLOSION IN MANHATTAN INJURES 29 PEOPLE IN “INTENTIONAL ACT”,Vanity Fair,"Questions lingered Sunday morning after a large blast from what authorities believe was a homemade bomb injured 29 people in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan Saturday night, while a second unexploded device was found just blocks away.",left
19516,"Port of LA, Major Shipping Companies Switch to 24/7 Operations Amid Supply Chain Issues","['Trade', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Supply Chains', 'Inflation', 'World']",LA port to open round the clock to tackle shipping queues,BBC News,"One of biggest US ports will start operating 24 hours a day to try to clear long queues of cargo ships stuck waiting outside.
It comes as officials scramble to ease global supply issues that may lead to goods shortages this Christmas.
The Port of Los Angeles in California will handle more goods at night after a similar move by nearby Long Beach port.
The ports - which handle 40% of all cargo containers entering the US - have faced months of problems.
Major US firms such as Walmart and...",center
19517,"Port of LA, Major Shipping Companies Switch to 24/7 Operations Amid Supply Chain Issues","['Trade', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Supply Chains', 'Inflation', 'World']","UPS, FedEx, Walmart commit to 24/7 hours to alleviate LA port crunch",New York Post (News),"The White House says the Port of Los Angeles, UPS, FedEx and Walmart will commit to 24/7 work hours to alleviate a supply-chain crunch that threatens to leave presents missing from under Christmas trees.
President Biden’s aides announced the commitments after mounting international shipping delays. As of this week, nearly 100 massive container ships idled off the Los Angeles coastline, unable to unload their goods.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday that the changes “will move more goods faster including toys, just in case you’re wondering.”
But Psaki would...",right
19518,"Port of LA, Major Shipping Companies Switch to 24/7 Operations Amid Supply Chain Issues","['Trade', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Supply Chains', 'Inflation', 'World']",Biden discusses supply chain crisis with US ports and carriers,CNN Business,"The US government is stepping up its efforts to relieve the supply chain nightmare that has led to shortages of some goods, higher prices for consumes and now threatens to slow the economic recovery.
The White House will work with companies and ports on a ""90-day sprint"" to alleviate bottlenecks, according to a senior administration official. Some will start working 24/7 to address the backlogs.
In a speech Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced the Port of Los Angeles will move to 24/7 service, bringing it into line with operations at the Port of...",left
19519,Americans Ponder More Stimulus Checks as Negotiations Stall,"['Banking And Finance', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'US Congress', 'Role Of Government', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Life During Covid-19']","Why there’s still hope for second $1,200 stimulus checks despite stalled congressional talks",CNBC,"When it comes to a second round of $1,200 stimulus checks, there’s good news and bad news.
The good news: Both political parties have said they want to send Americans more direct payments.
The bad news: Congress needs to agree on the next coronavirus stimulus package in order for that money to come through.
Talks between top Democrats and the White House broke down because they could not come to a compromise on how much to spend on that legislation. Democrats have proposed more than $3 trillion in aid, while...",center
19520,Americans Ponder More Stimulus Checks as Negotiations Stall,"['Banking And Finance', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'US Congress', 'Role Of Government', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Life During Covid-19']","Debt, eviction and hunger: Millions fall back into crisis as stimulus and safety nets vanish",Washington Post,"One of the most successful elements of the government’s response to the coronavirus recession — protecting people on the margins from falling into poverty — is faltering as the safety net shrinks and federal benefits expire.
Major recessions are especially fraught for low-income earners, whose finances can veer from tenuous to dire with one missed paycheck. But as the economy cratered this spring, economists and poverty experts were mildly surprised to discover that the torrent of government support that followed — particularly the $600 a week in expanded unemployment benefits...",left
19521,Americans Ponder More Stimulus Checks as Negotiations Stall,"['Banking And Finance', 'Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'US Congress', 'Role Of Government', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Life During Covid-19']",Poverty fell in first months of pandemic,Washington Examiner,"Poverty fell and incomes rose during the early months of the pandemic thanks to government relief, according to a new economic study, even as millions of people lost their jobs.
""Despite a dramatic slowdown in the labor market, our results indicate that poverty fell, and percentiles of income rose in the early months of the pandemic,"" concluded the study, circulated Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
""We further show that in absence of the stimulus payments and expanded unemployment insurance, poverty would have risen sharply,"" the study added....",right
19522,"Amid Criticism, Harvard Will Ask Education Dept. to Reallocate $8.6M Stimulus Aid","['Coronavirus', 'Economic Policy', 'Education']",Harvard finally agrees to return coronavirus relief millions,New York Post (News),"After mounting pressure from President Trump and many others, heavily endowed Harvard University finally caved on Wednesday and said it would return the $8.6 million in coronavirus relief it received from the federal government.
“Harvard will not accept funds from the CARES Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund. Like most colleges & universities, Harvard has been allocated funds as part of the CARES Act. Harvard did not apply for this support, nor has it requested, received or accessed the funds,” the school tweeted.
But the Ivy League school — which...",right
19523,"Amid Criticism, Harvard Will Ask Education Dept. to Reallocate $8.6M Stimulus Aid","['Coronavirus', 'Economic Policy', 'Education']",Harvard won’t take federal relief money,The Boston Globe,"After being publicly scolded by President Trump and facing a growing backlash over its access to federal stimulus funds, Harvard University on Wednesday announced that it would not apply for the emergency relief.
Harvard joined two other elite universities, Stanford and Princeton, is opting out of the stimulus money.
In a statement Harvard said it was concerned “that the intense focus by politicians and others on Harvard in connection with this program may undermine participation in a relief effort that Congress created and the President signed into law for the...",left
19524,"Amid Criticism, Harvard Will Ask Education Dept. to Reallocate $8.6M Stimulus Aid","['Coronavirus', 'Economic Policy', 'Education']",Harvard Won’t Take Stimulus Funds After White House Pressure,Wall Street Journal (News),"WASHINGTON—At least three major universities said they would not accept funds allocated to them under the coronavirus stimulus package after President Trump began pressuring Harvard University over the money, incorrectly suggesting the aid was intended to go to small businesses.
Harvard said Wednesday that it would ask the Department of Education to reallocate the nearly $9 million the institution would have gotten, noting that it had neither applied for the money nor received it. The school had said it would use 100% of those funds as aid to students whose...",center
19525,"NY Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, Cuomo's Successor, Promises Ethical Administration","['Politics', 'New York', 'Kathy Hochul', 'Andrew Cuomo']",Hochul vows ‘zero tolerance’ in her administration once she becomes New York governor,CNN (Online News),"New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who will make history as the female governor of New York, on Sunday vowed to uphold integrity in her administration after Andrew Cuomo resigned following the state attorney general’s investigation that found he sexually harassed multiple women.
“It won’t be difficult for me. Everyone who has known my career over 27 years of elected office knows that I have very high ethical standards and I will go in there and literally say, ‘It is a whole new day.’ Zero tolerance,” Hochul told CNN’s Jake Tapper...",left
19526,"NY Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, Cuomo's Successor, Promises Ethical Administration","['Politics', 'New York', 'Kathy Hochul', 'Andrew Cuomo']",Former NY governor predicts Hochul will be 'effective' taking over for Cuomo,The Hill,"Former New York Gov. David Paterson (D) said Sunday that Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) will be well-suited for the job when takes over for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) following his resignation.
When Hochul takes over, she will be the first woman to serve as governor in the state's history. 
In an interview with John Catsimatidis on WABC 770 AM, Paterson discussed the task ahead for Hochul and the changes that will come when she assumes her new role as governor. 
“I think she is really going to surprise New Yorkers by...",center
19527,"NY Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, Cuomo's Successor, Promises Ethical Administration","['Politics', 'New York', 'Kathy Hochul', 'Andrew Cuomo']",Hochul looking forward to creating 'completely ethical' New York administration,Washington Examiner,"New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Sunday said she aims to create a ""completely ethical"" administration when she becomes the state's first female governor, following Gov. Andrew Cuomo's resignation stemming from multiple sexual misconduct claims.
During an interview with CBS's Face the Nation, Hochul said she wanted the women who were allegedly harassed by Cuomo to know the ""culture will be changed 1000%"" for ""all women"" working in the governor's office.
""I want every young woman, just like I was a high school assembly intern, to realize that this is a place where they...",right
19528,White House Aide To Testify On Trump Ukraine Dealings,"['Alexander Vindman', 'Ukraine Phone Call', 'US House', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Ukraine adviser to testify about concerns over call,Reuters,"President Donald Trump’s top adviser on Ukraine is set to testify on Tuesday that he told a government lawyer about concerns that U.S. national security could be undermined after a phone call between Trump and Ukraine’s president.
Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman will be the first current White House official to testify behind closed doors in the impeachment inquiry led by the House of Representatives Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees.
Vindman, director of European affairs on the National Security Council, arrived at the Capitol shortly after 9 a.m. in...",center
19529,White House Aide To Testify On Trump Ukraine Dealings,"['Alexander Vindman', 'Ukraine Phone Call', 'US House', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Official Who Heard Trump's Ukraine Call to Testify He Reported His Concerns,Newsmax (News),"An Army officer at the National Security Council who twice raised concerns over the Trump administration's push to have Ukraine investigate Democrats and Joe Biden, arrived in military uniform on Capitol Hill to testify Tuesday in the impeachment inquiry.
Alexander Vindman, an lieutenant colonel who served in Iraq and, later, as a diplomat, is prepared to tell House investigators that he listened to President Donald Trump's July 25 call with new Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and reported his concerns to the NSC's lead counsel, according to prepared testimony.
His arrival...",right
19530,White House Aide To Testify On Trump Ukraine Dealings,"['Alexander Vindman', 'Ukraine Phone Call', 'US House', 'National Security', 'Defense And Security']",White House official to tell impeachment investigators he feared Trump’s demands of Ukraine would undermine national security,Washington Post,"An Army officer assigned to the White House plans to tell House impeachment investigators on Tuesday that he was disturbed by President Trump’s demand that Ukraine investigate one of his political rivals and feared it would undermine U.S. national security.
Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, a top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, was part of a small group of White House officials assigned to listen in on Trump’s July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. His testimony returns repeatedly to his fears that Trump’s manipulation of Ukraine...",left
19531,"Puerto Rico's Hurricane Maria Death Toll Raised From 64 to 3,000","['Disaster', 'General News']","Puerto Rico's death toll from Hurricane Maria raised to nearly 3,000",Reuters,"Puerto Rico’s official death toll from Hurricane Maria, the most powerful storm to hit the Caribbean island in almost a century, was raised on Tuesday from 64, a number widely discounted as far too low, to nearly 3,000, based on a study ordered by the governor of the U.S. territory.",center
19532,"Puerto Rico's Hurricane Maria Death Toll Raised From 64 to 3,000","['Disaster', 'General News']",Trump stands by disaster response in Puerto Rico: 'We did a fantastic job',Washington Times,"President Trump on Wednesday stood the administration’s response to Hurricane Maria last year in Puerto Rico, despite a new study raising the death toll to 2,975.",right
19533,"Puerto Rico's Hurricane Maria Death Toll Raised From 64 to 3,000","['Disaster', 'General News']",Trump’s continued indolent response to Hurricane Maria is our worst fears about him come true,Vox,"Almost 3,000 dead and he says, “We did a fantastic job.”",left
19534,Selma 50th Anniversary,['Civil Rights'],Obama Marks Civil-Rights Turning Point in Selma Speech,Wall Street Journal (News),"Fifty years after a historic civil-rights confrontation at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., President Barack Obama traveled there to commemorate the marchers with a soaring speech that celebrated how far the U.S. has come, but also criticized what he considers modern-day assaults on voting rights.
Mr. Obama spoke at the foot of the bridge before some 40,000 people, at an event fraught with symbolism, as the nation’s first African-American president honored those who fought to enfranchise blacks. Among those who joined him on stage were first lady Michelle...",center
19535,Selma 50th Anniversary,['Civil Rights'],Barack Obama Marks 50th Anniversary Of 'Bloody Sunday' With Powerful Speech In Selma,HuffPost,"President Barack Obama joined nearly 100 members of Congress in Selma, Alabama, on Saturday for the 50th anniversary of ""Bloody Sunday"" -- a watershed moment of the civil rights movement -- where he honored the men and women who stood their ground in a violent confrontation with police at the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
""We gather here to honor the courage of ordinary Americans willing to endure billy clubs and the chastening rod, tear gas and the trampling hoof; men and women who despite the gush of blood and splintered bone...",left
19536,Selma 50th Anniversary,['Civil Rights'],Obama in Selma: America’s racial past ‘still casts its long shadow’,Washington Times,"Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the bloody civil-rights march in Selma, Alabama, President Obama said Saturday that America’s history of racial conflict “still casts its long shadow” and he called on Congress to strengthen voting-rights laws for minorities.
Speaking to a crowd of about 40,000 at the Edmund Pettus bridge where marchers were attacked by state troopers in 1965, Mr. Obama said it’s a “common mistake” for Americans to believe that “racism is banished.” He pointed to this week’s Justice Department report that found widespread patterns of racial bias in...",right
19537,Joe Walsh Announces He Will Run in Republican Primary,"['Joe Walsh', 'Elections']",Joe Walsh laments past controversial statements while blasting Trump: 'He's a child',Fox News (Online News),"Former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh announced Sunday morning that he is running for president as a Republican, challenging President Trump in the GOP primary race, while delivering a blistering attack on the president's character and qualifications. Walsh blasted the president for his social media habits and general behavior.",right
19538,Joe Walsh Announces He Will Run in Republican Primary,"['Joe Walsh', 'Elections']",Former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh announces he will challenge Trump in Republican primary,USA TODAY,"Former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh announced on Sunday that he will run against Donald Trump in the Republican primary for president. The conservative talk show host said during ABC's ""This Week with George Stephanopoulos"" that he's running because Trump is ""unfit"" and ""somebody needs to step up.""",left
19539,Joe Walsh Announces He Will Run in Republican Primary,"['Joe Walsh', 'Elections']",Former congressman Joe Walsh announces primary challenge against Trump,Washington Post,"Former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh announced Sunday that he will challenge President Trump in the 2020 primary, becoming the second Republican to wage a bid against the president.
Walsh, a talk-radio host, was elected to Congress in 2010 as part of the tea party wave and served one term. He has described himself as an immigration hard-liner and said he would not challenge Trump from the center but from the right and on moral grounds.",left
19540,Manhattan DA Convenes Grand Jury to Weigh Evidence In Trump Investigation,"['Donald Trump', 'Criminal Justice', 'Business', 'New York']",Manhattan DA convenes grand jury expected to weigh Trump evidence: report,The Hill,"The Manhattan district attorney has convened a grand jury that is expected to weigh any criminal evidence against former President Trump, the Trump Organization and top executives of his company and decide whether to issue indictments, according to The Washington Post.
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr.'s office has reportedly been investigating an array of potential financial misconduct, including criminal fraud.
News of the grand jury is the latest sign of a quickening investigative pace for Vance’s probe, which is unfolding alongside an overlapping inquiry by the New York attorney general. Their offices...",center
19541,Manhattan DA Convenes Grand Jury to Weigh Evidence In Trump Investigation,"['Donald Trump', 'Criminal Justice', 'Business', 'New York']","Prosecutor in Trump criminal probe convenes grand jury to hear evidence, weigh potential charges",Washington Post,"Manhattan's district attorney has convened the grand jury that is expected to decide whether to indict former president Donald Trump, other executives at his company or the business itself should prosecutors present the panel with criminal charges, according to two people familiar with the development.
The panel was convened recently and will sit three days a week for six months. It is likely to hear several matters — not just the Trump case ­— during the duration of its term, which is longer than a traditional New York state grand-jury...",left
19542,Manhattan DA Convenes Grand Jury to Weigh Evidence In Trump Investigation,"['Donald Trump', 'Criminal Justice', 'Business', 'New York']",Manhattan prosecutor convenes grand jury in Trump investigation,Washington Examiner,"Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. convened a grand jury to consider evidence in the criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump's business dealings, according to multiple reports.
The panel will sit for three days a week for the next six months and will consider matters outside of the Trump inquiry, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. 
The development shows Vance's investigation, which began in 2018, is reaching its final stages as his team examines whether the former president or his businesses engaged in fraud. Time is also a factor as Vance announced in March...",right
19543,"US Loses 140,000 Jobs Amid Virus Surge as Unemployment Claims Drop to 787,000","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment Claims', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']",Virus Surge Ends Seven Months of U.S. Jobs Growth,Wall Street Journal (News),"The U.S. shed 140,000 jobs in December as a resurgence of the coronavirus ended seven months of job growth and weakened the recovery.
Restaurants and bars drove the decline by cutting 372,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday. The broader category of hospitality and leisure industries—which adds hotels, museums, tourist sites—also saw losses, while schools and governments cut jobs as the pandemic triggered new restrictions on activity.
Jobs gains in most other industries weren’t enough to offset the sharp decline in areas sensitive to the state of the...",center
19544,"US Loses 140,000 Jobs Amid Virus Surge as Unemployment Claims Drop to 787,000","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment Claims', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']","Nearly 800,000 Americans filed for unemployment in the last week of 2020",CBS News (Online),"The number of Americans filing for jobless aid stayed essentially flat in the last week of 2020, as enhanced unemployment benefits kicked in for laid-off workers.
Roughly 787,000 people applied for unemployment in the week ending January 2, the Labor Department said Thursday. That's just 3,000 less than the previous week's claims, which were revised up to 790,000. Another 161,000 applied for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, a special federal program for self-employed, freelance and gig workers.
It's the first time since March that new unemployment claims, including for self-employed workers, fell...",left
19545,"US Loses 140,000 Jobs Amid Virus Surge as Unemployment Claims Drop to 787,000","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment Claims', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']",Economy lost 140K jobs in December as pandemic worsened,Washington Examiner,"The economy shed 140,000 jobs in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, the first losses since April, reflecting renewed economic closures amid a worsening coronavirus pandemic that has infected more than 21.5 million people in the United States and killed more than 365,000.
The unemployment rate remained flat at 6.7%.
""It has never been more true that the path of the economy depends on the course of the virus, and right now, new Covid outbreaks across the nation are threatening to bring the economy down with it,"" said...",right
19546,"Follow-Up: Weiss Quitting NYT Invites Debate About Filter Bubbles, Cancel Culture in Media","['Media Bias', 'Bari Weiss', 'New York Times', 'Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'Media Industry', 'Polarization']","Yes, social media can be asinine – but ‘cancelled’ pundits like Bari Weiss aren’t the victims",The Guardian,"If you’re familiar with the navel-gazing internecine squabbles of the US national media, you probably know that Bari Weiss, the millennial conservative writer who for years attracted controversy and online consternation for her opinion columns, recently quit the New York Times, saying that the newspaper was insufficiently supportive of her because of her political views.",left
19547,"Follow-Up: Weiss Quitting NYT Invites Debate About Filter Bubbles, Cancel Culture in Media","['Media Bias', 'Bari Weiss', 'New York Times', 'Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'Media Industry', 'Polarization']",We all live in bubbles. It’s time to burst them.,Guest Writer - Center,"Those of us blessed with freedom to learn are all — every one of us — in a bubble of our own making. It can be broad and diverse, created from all kinds of information sources. But there is still a bubble.
Which is why opinion pages and books matter so much. They serve to expand the bubble. Columns can nudge us toward new ideas and broader perspectives, but it is a book that punches out the bubble and really expands the mind.",center
19548,"Follow-Up: Weiss Quitting NYT Invites Debate About Filter Bubbles, Cancel Culture in Media","['Media Bias', 'Bari Weiss', 'New York Times', 'Culture', 'Cancel Culture', 'Media Industry', 'Polarization']",Bari Weiss' resignation a sign of narrowing views at New York Times,Glenn Harlan Reynolds,"Bari Weiss has resigned from The New York Times. When the management of The Times decided it was missing something about a large segment of America after the shock of Hillary’s defeat in 2016, editorial page editor James Bennet brought her in to offer a perspective that was, by Times standards at least, conservative.
Now Bennet’s gone, victim of a rage mob among his staffers who were angry that he published an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., calling for use of the military against rioters — something a...",right
19549,Lame Duck Congress Begins,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Obama nominees face lame duck obstacles in Senate,Washington Post,"President Barack Obama and his allies have a parade of people they’d like the Senate to confirm for judgeships, ambassadorial posts and other top jobs during the dwindling days that Democrats will run the chamber.",left
19550,Lame Duck Congress Begins,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Lame-Duck Congress Deals Ease Republicans’ Jobs in 2015,Bloomberg,"For Republicans, November and December are all about January and February.",left
19551,Lame Duck Congress Begins,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Lame-Duck Congress Begins,Townhall,"Less than a week after Democrats got a shellacking at the polls from voters across the country, the lame-duck Congress has returned to Washington D.C. to start on unfinished business before losing candidates turn their seats over the Republicans in January. Here's a sneak peak of what they'll be working on.",right
19552,Death Confirmed of Attacks Ringleader,['World'],France confirms suspected leader of Paris attacks was killed in police raid,Washington Post,"French prosecutors confirmed Thursday that the ringleader of the deadly terrorist siege in Paris last week was killed in a massive pre-dawn police raid a day earlier, as nations across the region sought to enact countermeasures in view of new intelligence suggesting that terrorist cells may be planning more attacks against European targets, including Vatican City.",left
19553,Death Confirmed of Attacks Ringleader,['World'],"Abdelhamid Abaaoud, mastermind of Paris attacks, confirmed dead in police raid",Washington Times,"The Belgian jihadi suspected of masterminding deadly attacks in Paris was killed in a police raid on a suburban apartment building, the city prosecutor’s office announced Thursday.",right
19554,Death Confirmed of Attacks Ringleader,['World'],"Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Alleged Ringleader of Paris Attacks, Is Dead, Prosecutor Says",Wall Street Journal (News),"The alleged ringleader of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, was killed in a police raid, the Paris prosecutor said Thursday, removing a key member from Islamic State’s ranks.",center
19555,One of ISIS’s Leaders Killed,['Middle East'],"Abu Sayyaf, an ISIS Leader, Killed in Syria by Special Forces, U.S. Says",New York Times (News),"American Special Operations forces mounted a rare raid into eastern Syria early Saturday, killing a leader of the Islamic State and about a dozen militant fighters, as well as capturing his wife and freeing an 18-year old Yazidi woman whom Pentagon officials said had been held as a slave.
In the first successful raid by American ground troops since the military campaign against the Islamic State began last year, two dozen Delta Force commandos entered Syria aboard Black Hawk helicopters and V-22 Ospreys and killed the leader, Abu Sayyaf. One...",left
19556,One of ISIS’s Leaders Killed,['Middle East'],US commandos kill senior IS leader in Syria raid,Townhall,"U.S. commandos mounted a rare raid into eastern Syria overnight, killing a senior Islamic State leader in a firefight, capturing his wife and rescuing a Yazidi woman held as a slave, the Pentagon said Saturday.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced the raid, identifying the militant as Abu Sayyaf. He said no U.S. forces were killed or injured in the operation.
The raid was the first known U.S. ground operation targeting IS militants in Syria. A U.S.-led coalition has been striking the extremists from the air for months, but the only...",right
19557,One of ISIS’s Leaders Killed,['Middle East'],Carter: ISIS raid a 'significant blow' to terror group,CNN (Online News),"The U.S. operation to kill a top ISIS commander on Saturday was a ""significant blow"" to the terror group, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said.
The ISIS commander, Abu Sayyaf, was killed after he fought capture in the raid at al-Omar in eastern Syria, Carter said in a statement. His wife, an Iraqi named Umm Sayyaf, was caught and is being held in Iraq.
Carter said he had ordered the special forces raid against the terror group, also known as ISIL, at the direction of President",left
19558,"Federal Plan to Distribute COVID-19 Tests Takes Heat Amid Shortages, Omicron Surge","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Tests', 'Omicron Variant', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Health']",White House won’t sign deal to mass-mail COVID tests until ‘late next week’,New York Post (News),"White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients admitted Wednesday that the Biden administration won’t ink contracts to mass-mail 500 million COVID-19 rapid tests until “late next week” — despite a record-smashing wave of new US infections and a shortage of tests.
The timeframe means it will take the White House nearly three weeks to start the process of making tests available after previewing the plan to combat the highly contagious Omicron variant Dec. 20.
“The Department of Defense and HHS are executing on an accelerated contracting timeline. Companies are already submitting information and we...",right
19559,"Federal Plan to Distribute COVID-19 Tests Takes Heat Amid Shortages, Omicron Surge","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Tests', 'Omicron Variant', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Health']",Biden's goal of 500 million free tests will require major production scale-up,NBC News (Online),"Meeting President Joe Biden’s goal of offering 500 million free at-home Covid tests for Americans will require a massive scale-up in test manufacturing that may take months to achieve — falling short of demand as the omicron variant drives a surge in infections.
The U.S. had a supply of around 200 million at-home rapid tests in December. Test makers have indicated they will be able to increase that to just over 500 million a month by March with added capacity from current manufacturers and the recent clearance of two new tests from Roche and Siemens...",left
19560,"Federal Plan to Distribute COVID-19 Tests Takes Heat Amid Shortages, Omicron Surge","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Tests', 'Omicron Variant', 'Joe Biden', 'Public Health']",Covid-19 Rapid Test Shortages Seen Compounded by Slow Federal Action,Wall Street Journal (News),"As rising Covid-19 infections stoked demand for tests across the U.S. in December, California-based LumiQuick Diagnostics Inc. shipped 100,000 rapid tests to a hospital customer—in Germany.
LumiQuick didn’t receive authorization from the Food and Drug Administration to sell Covid-19 tests domestically after waiting several months for a decision.
Some public-health experts said the relatively strict review process is part of a broader failure by U.S. officials and manufacturers to make and distribute enough rapid tests to track the pandemic adequately. Nearly two years into the pandemic, people have struggled to find tests during the holiday...",center
19561,NYT Report Says FEMA Projects Higher Death Tolls; White House Pushes Back,"['White House', 'FEMA', 'Coronavirus', 'Healthcare', 'Media Industry']",White House Rejects Government Report Projecting Rising Coronavirus Death Toll,NPR (Online News),"The Trump administration on Monday pushed back against an internal government report, obtained by the New York Times, that predicts the daily coronavirus death toll could nearly double in the United States by early June.
The Times story cites an internal CDC update, acquired from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, that predicts the number of deaths per day from COVID-19 will reach about 3,000 by June 1.
More than 68,000 people in the United States have already died from the coronavirus pandemic, summarily eclipsing an earlier estimate of a total...",left
19562,NYT Report Says FEMA Projects Higher Death Tolls; White House Pushes Back,"['White House', 'FEMA', 'Coronavirus', 'Healthcare', 'Media Industry']","Internal FEMA document projects spike in daily coronavirus death toll, but data questioned",Fox News (Online News),"An internal document featuring charts produced by FEMA projects far more new coronavirus cases than the White House has forecast and nearly double the current daily death toll by the end of the month — but sources have raised questions about the reliability of the data.
In a statement, White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere stressed that the document is not from the White House, and that it hasn't been presented to the Coronavirus Task Force.
“This is not a White House document nor has it been presented to...",right
19563,NYT Report Says FEMA Projects Higher Death Tolls; White House Pushes Back,"['White House', 'FEMA', 'Coronavirus', 'Healthcare', 'Media Industry']","The Trump administration projects about 3,000 daily deaths by early June",New York Times (News),"As President Trump presses for states to reopen their economies, his administration is privately projecting a steady rise in the number of coronavirus cases and deaths over the next several weeks. The daily death toll will reach about 3,000 on June 1, according to an internal document obtained by The New York Times, nearly double the current number of about 1,750.
The projections, based on government modeling pulled together in chart form by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, forecast about 200,000 new cases each day by the end of the...",left
19564,McCain on Russian Hacks,['Foreign Policy'],McCain: Obama’s Lack of Leadership Causing ‘Unraveling of the World Order’,Breitbart News,"Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said President Barack Obama’s lack of leadership over the last eight years in foreign policy has brought about the “unraveling of the world order that was established after World War II.”",right
19565,McCain on Russian Hacks,['Foreign Policy'],John McCain Says Obama Has ‘No Strategy And No Policy’ On Russian Hacks,HuffPost,"Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) blasted the White House on Sunday for how it handled Russian hacks in the runup to the election, saying the U.S response to the meddling has been “paralyzed” so far.",left
19566,McCain on Russian Hacks,['Foreign Policy'],McCain: Russian election-related hacks threaten to 'destroy democracy',CNN (Online News),"Sen. John McCain said Russian election-related hacks threaten to ""destroy democracy"" and faulted the American response as ""totally paralyzed.""
McCain, the Arizona Republican who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, again called for a select committee to investigate the CIA's finding that Russia hacked Democrats' emails in a bid to help President-elect Donald Trump defeat Hillary Clinton.",left
19567,White House Fires Top Tillerson Aide,"['White House', 'Politics']",Top Tillerson aide fired after contradicting White House account of firing,The Hill,The White House has reportedly fired an aide at the State Department who contradicted the White House account of President Trump's firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.,center
19568,White House Fires Top Tillerson Aide,"['White House', 'Politics']",State Dept.: Tillerson Found Out He Was Fired From Trump’s Tweet,Daily Beast,"Rex Tillerson did not talk to Donald Trump before he was fired Tuesday and apparently found out from the president’s tweet about it this morning, according to the State Department. A report from The Washington Post—which broke the news of Tillerson’s firing—claimed Trump asked the outgoing secretary of State to step aside last Friday, days before his strongly critical comments against Russia on Monday. However, a statement from Undersecretary of State Steve Goldstein, tweeted by ABC News’ Conor Finnegan, said: “The Secretary had every intention of staying because of the...",left
19569,White House Fires Top Tillerson Aide,"['White House', 'Politics']",Pink slips and promotions fly at White House in chaotic day of turnover,Fox News (Online News),"A key Cabinet official was canned and another promoted, while one of the president’s closest aides was escorted from the White House on Tuesday in one of the busiest – and most chaotic – days of the Trump administration.",right
19570,White House Reveals Large Organizations Received PPP Loans,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business']",Media Matters Took In up to $2 Million in Small Business Relief Loans,Breitbart News,"Media Matters for America, the George Soros-funded left-wing nonprofit organization, received between $1 million and $2 million in loans under the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), according to Treasury Department data released Monday.
The loan money, intended to provide relief to small businesses that were shuttered because of the coronavirus pandemic, was approved for Media Matters by Bank of America on April 29, after the progressive outlet criticized the Trump administration for its handling of the rescue funds, suggesting the administration would not seek “enough to do the job.”",right
19571,White House Reveals Large Organizations Received PPP Loans,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business']","Small Business Loans Helped the Well-Heeled and Connected, Too",Wall Street Journal (News),"WASHINGTON—Congress designed the Paycheck Protection Program to help small businesses weather fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, but the program’s $521 billion in loans also went to well-heeled and politically connected firms across the economy, including law offices, charities, restaurant chains and wealth managers.
The Trump administration released the names of borrowers for the first time Monday, following pressure by Congress and others to disclose who received the taxpayer-funded loans.",center
19572,White House Reveals Large Organizations Received PPP Loans,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Business']","Televangelists, Dallas Megachurch That Hosted Pence Approved for Millions in Pandemic Aid",New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — A Dallas megachurch whose pastor has been a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump was approved for a forgivable loan worth $2 million to $5 million, according to long-awaited government data released on Monday.
Vice President Mike Pence spoke at a rally last month at the First Baptist Church of Dallas, whose pastor, Robert Jeffress, has been on Trump's evangelical advisory board.",left
19573,Trump is Running,[],OPINION: Donald Trump for president? The 2016 race just got fun,Fox News (Online News),"I know. I know. “Trump is flawed” the critics say. “He is a clown.” “He is a buffoon.” “He’s divorced…twice.” “He has business bankruptcies.” Yes, all true. And Reagan was a failed B-movie actor who played second fiddle to a chimp. Heck, Reagan had a failed Vegas lounge act that closed in a week. Reagan was rejected by United Artists executives to PLAY the part of a president.",right
19574,Trump is Running,[],OPINION: Donald Trump’s festival of narcissism,Washington Post,"“I’m really rich,” Donald Trump informed supporters at his presidential campaign announcement.",left
19575,Trump is Running,[],Probably not a lot more rocking in Donald Trump's free world,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump's presidential announcement certainly caught the attention of plenty of people on Tuesday, but not all of them supporters.",left
19576,President Trump Compares Impeachment Inquiry To 'Lynching',"['Impeachment Inquiry', 'Lynching', 'Politics']",Trump compares impeachment drive to 'lynching',Washington Times,"President Trump called the House Democrats’ push for impeachment a “lynching” Tuesday as he called on Republicans to rally around him amid the inquiry.
Mr. Trump used the incendiary language as he tested a new line of attack, reasoning that Democrats should be careful what they wish for because he feels they are watering down the standard for impeachment.
“So some day, if a Democrat becomes President and the Republicans win the House, even by a tiny margin, they can impeach the President, without due process or fairness or any...",right
19577,President Trump Compares Impeachment Inquiry To 'Lynching',"['Impeachment Inquiry', 'Lynching', 'Politics']",Fury as Trump compares impeachment inquiry to 'lynching',The Guardian,"Donald Trump referred to impeachment proceedings against him as a “lynching” in a Tuesday morning tweet, sparking condemnation for using such a racially charged word to describe his political predicament.
“So some day,” the president wrote, “if a Democrat becomes president and the Republicans win the House, even by a tiny margin, they can impeach the president, without due process or fairness or any legal rights. All Republicans must remember what they are witnessing here – a lynching. But we will WIN!”
The tweet fit with Trump’s history of racist...",left
19578,President Trump Compares Impeachment Inquiry To 'Lynching',"['Impeachment Inquiry', 'Lynching', 'Politics']",Trump slammed by lawmakers after he called impeachment inquiry a 'lynching',USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump compared the impeachment inquiry against him to ""a lynching"" on Tuesday, drawing condemnation for comparing a congressional process to vigilante murders aimed mostly at black Americans.
""All Republicans must remember what they are witnessing here - a lynching. But we will WIN!"" Trump tweeted.
African-American lawmakers took particular offense at the post.
""What the hell is wrong with you?"" tweeted Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill. ""Do you know how many people who look like me have been lynched, since the inception of this country, by people who look...",left
19579,Trump Pulls Ahead,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Donald Trump Wants the End of ‘Gun-Free’ Zones, Declares He’s Pro-Life, and Explains His Beef With John McCain",The Blaze,"While the Huffington Post has relegated Donald Trump’s presidential campaign to the entertainment pages, MSNBC is still covering Trump. And that was on full display Friday morning.",right
19580,Trump Pulls Ahead,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why Donald Trump is surging in the polls,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump, surging in the polls, arrived at this lakeside enclave and trained his ire on perhaps the only target that aggravates his supporters as much as the Obama Administration: Republicans.
""They're all talk, they're no action,"" Trump said, revving up his fiery takedown of politicians.
""I'm more disappointed in many ways with the Republicans,"" Trump said. ""They have this great indignation, whether it's Benghazi or the emails... nothing ever happens.""",left
19581,Trump Pulls Ahead,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump is showing a side of the GOP that party leaders don't want you to see,Vox,Donald Trump's very loud entrance into the presidential race exposed an ugly truth about the party: anti-Hispanic bigotry plays well with the Republican primary electorate. That could be a big problem:,left
19582,Should Kids Under Age 5 Get the COVID-19 Vaccine?,"['Coronavirus', 'Healthcare', 'Children', 'Parenting', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'FDA', 'CDC', 'Moderna', 'Pfizer']",Why some parents are skeptical about covid vaccines for young children,Guest Writer - Center,"On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s coronavirus vaccines for children as young as 6 months. Shots should be available next week, which will provide some parents a long overdue tool to protect their children from covid.
It also will likely go unused by most American parents. This latter group, which will likely not seek out a coronavirus vaccine for their young children, deserves closer attention, not least of all because their hesitancy represents a change in how parents make health care decisions for their children. Rather than...",center
19583,Should Kids Under Age 5 Get the COVID-19 Vaccine?,"['Coronavirus', 'Healthcare', 'Children', 'Parenting', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'FDA', 'CDC', 'Moderna', 'Pfizer']",The Case for Vaccinating Kids Under 5,New York Times (Opinion),"The rapid development of approaches to combating Covid-19 has changed how the pandemic affects our lives. While there are now a number of safe and effective layers of protection for adults to reduce their risk of the worst impacts of Covid-19, young children remain relatively unshielded.
Although children have been at a lower risk of severe Covid-19 compared with older adults, the past six months have been the most perilous time of the pandemic for them — especially very young children. Children under 5 are the only age group in...",left
19584,Should Kids Under Age 5 Get the COVID-19 Vaccine?,"['Coronavirus', 'Healthcare', 'Children', 'Parenting', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'FDA', 'CDC', 'Moderna', 'Pfizer']",Ben Carson to Newsmax: Use 'Common Sense' on Kids' COVID Shots,Newsmax (News),"Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, also a retired neurosurgeon, Thursday on Newsmax urged ""common sense"" when considering COVID-19 vaccinations for children under the age of 5, after advisers for the Food and Drug Administration recommended the shots be approved.
""There are some people who are very concerned and they want the vaccine, and I'm glad that it would be available for them,"" Carson said on Newsmax's ""National Report."" ""The problem I have is, trying to create an environment where you push people into having to have the vaccine.""
Instead,...",right
19585,Pentagon to Reverse Trump-era Transgender Policies,"['LGBT Rights', 'Pentagon', 'US Military', 'Transgender Rights']",Pentagon reverses Trump-era transgender policies,CNBC,"The Pentagon will reverse many of the military’s Trump-era transgender policies, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby announced on Wednesday.
The new regulations will allow transgender people to enlist in the military and serve in their preferred gender. In addition, the new rules will expand health-care access, including medical treatment for gender transition.
“Secretary of Defense [Lloyd Austin] strongly believes that the all-volunteer force thrives when it is composed of diverse Americans who can meet the high standards for military service, and an inclusive force that strengthens our national security posture,”...",center
19586,Pentagon to Reverse Trump-era Transgender Policies,"['LGBT Rights', 'Pentagon', 'US Military', 'Transgender Rights']","Reversing Trump, Pentagon releases new transgender policies",Associated Press Fact Check,"The Pentagon on Wednesday swept away Trump-era policies that largely banned transgender people from serving in the military, issuing new rules that offer them wider access to medical care and assistance with gender transition.
The new department regulations allow transgender people who meet military standards to enlist and serve openly in their self-identified gender, and they will be able to get medically necessary transition-related care authorized by law, chief Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters during a briefing.
The changes come after a two-month Pentagon review aimed at developing guidelines...",left
19587,Pentagon to Reverse Trump-era Transgender Policies,"['LGBT Rights', 'Pentagon', 'US Military', 'Transgender Rights']",Pentagon Set To Roll Out Policy That Provides The Military With Access To Gender Transition Treatments,The Daily Caller,"The Pentagon is scrapping former President Donald Trump’s policies regarding transgender people serving in the military in favor of new rules, the Associated Press (AP) reported Wednesday.
The new regulations stipulate that transgender people deemed fit to serve in the military can serve as their self-identified gender, anonymous Department of Defense (DOD) officials told the AP. President Joe Biden’s rules will increase the availability of gender transition treatments and other forms of medical care, the officials also said, according to the AP.
The officials added that gender-transition medical care was...",right
19588,Kushner's Top Secret Security Clearance Downgraded,"['White House', 'Politics']",Kushner loses access to top-secret intelligence,Politico,A memo sent Friday downgraded the presidential son-in-law and adviser and other White House aides who had been working on interim clearances.,left
19589,Kushner's Top Secret Security Clearance Downgraded,"['White House', 'Politics']",Reports: Kushner Security Clearance Downgraded Following White House Scandal,NPR (Online News),"President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has lost the top-level security clearance he has been using on an interim basis to do his work inside the White House, according to reports on Tuesday.",left
19590,Kushner's Top Secret Security Clearance Downgraded,"['White House', 'Politics']","BREAKING: Jared Kushner's Security Clearance Has Been Downgraded, Along With Other White House Staffers",Townhall,"Senior advisor to President Donald Trump, Jared Kusher -- who is also the president's son-in-law -- has officially lost the ability to review sensitive classified information after failing to obtain a permanent security clearance.",right
19591,Judge Rules Cuccinelli Appointment Illegal,"['Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'Citizenship', 'Homeland Security', 'White House', 'Politics']",Federal judge rules Cuccinelli appointment unlawful,Politico,"A D.C.-based federal judge ruled Sunday that President Donald Trump's appointment of Ken Cuccinelli as acting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services director violated the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, a decision that suspends two policies Cuccinelli implemented while leading the agency.
Cuccinelli, an immigration hard-liner who was previously attorney general in Virginia, became acting head of USCIS in June, assuming the newly created role of “principal deputy director."" In November, Cuccinelli also assumed the position of ""senior official performing the duties of the deputy secretary"" at USCIS' parent agency, the Department...",left
19592,Judge Rules Cuccinelli Appointment Illegal,"['Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'Citizenship', 'Homeland Security', 'White House', 'Politics']",Judge rules Cuccinelli unlawfully appointed to run immigration agency,The Hill,"A federal judge ruled that Ken Cuccinelli, who previously headed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), was unlawfully appointed to run the agency.
Washington, D.C., District Judge Randolph Moss, an Obama appointee, decided the Trump administration violated the Federal Vacancies Reform Act (FVRA) when Cuccinelli, the current deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), was appointed to lead USCIS in June 2019.
He also ruled that Cuccinelli’s policy that accelerated screenings for immigrants seeking asylum should be eliminated, according to the ruling obtained by The Hill.",center
19593,Judge Rules Cuccinelli Appointment Illegal,"['Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'Citizenship', 'Homeland Security', 'White House', 'Politics']","Cuccinelli unlawfully appointed to head Citizenship and Immigration Services, judge rules",Fox News (Online News),"A federal judge ruled Sunday that one of the Trump administration's top immigration officials, Ken Cuccinelli, was unlawfully appointed to his post because of a decades-old law on federal vacancies.
U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss ruled that Cuccinelli's appointment as the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) circumvented a law that said a senior government position could be filled only if the Senate first approved the individual.
It was not immediately clear what impact this would have on Cuccinelli's tenure, if any.",right
19594,Outgoing Ethics Chief Makes Statement,"['White House', 'Politics']",Outgoing ethics chief Walter Shaub warns U.S. is 'close to a laughingstock' on ethical standards,Washington Examiner,"The outgoing head of the Office of Government Ethics is not shying away from his criticism of President Trump as he prepares to leave his post, warning the president is undermining the United States' credibility on the global stage.",right
19595,Outgoing Ethics Chief Makes Statement,"['White House', 'Politics']",White House blasts ethics chief on his way out the door,Insider,"The White House blasted the outgoing head of the Office of Government Ethics, Walter Shaub, just days before he's set to leave the post.",left
19596,Outgoing Ethics Chief Makes Statement,"['White House', 'Politics']",Walter Shaub’s Ethics Recommendations for the Government,New York Times (News),"The federal government’s ethics agency has rarely received much attention in Washington. That changed with the arrival of President Trump and an administration stocked with unusually wealthy appointees who have ties to industries they now help regulate. Suddenly, the usually sleepy Office of Government Ethics was clashing with the White House.",left
19597,Chuck Hagel Confirmation Hearing,[],Hagel faces GOP grilling at confirmation hearing,Fox News (Online News),"Republican Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama's nominee for defense secretary, is facing GOP critics who have challenged his past comments on Israel, Iran and nuclear weapons.",right
19598,Chuck Hagel Confirmation Hearing,[],Why so hard on Hagel?,CNN (Online News),"Chuck Hagel likely will face a tough confirmation hearing for defense secretary but is expected to be confirmed. Why, then -- some experts wonder -- are some conservatives still pushing back so hard?",left
19599,Chuck Hagel Confirmation Hearing,[],Hagel wages charm offensive ahead of hearing,Washington Post,"Defense nomineee attempts to beat back a well-funded, aggressive campaign that has sought to depict him as an anti-Israel, homophobic politician eager to gut the Pentagons budget.",left
19600,Jeb Says “Stuff Happens”,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Jeb’s growing list of unfortunate comments,Politico,"A day after a massacre on a U.S. college campus, Jeb Bush said “stuff happens” but that it should not lead to tighter gun restrictions.
This isn’t the first time the 2016 contender, who has been struggling to connect with voters, has conveyed his ideas poorly.
In the immediate aftermath, as the floundering candidate's two inelegant words shot around the Twittersphere and were seized upon by a reporter who paraphrased them in a question to President Obama during a White House press conference, the uproar did more to...",left
19601,Jeb Says “Stuff Happens”,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Media Zeroes in On Two Words Jeb Bush Said in Response to Oregon Shooting, but Here’s the Context",The Blaze,"Jeb Bush was skewered Friday by critics who zeroed in on two words he said during an off-the-cuff response to Thursday’s deadly shooting at an Oregon Community College.
“We’re in a difficult time in our country, and I don’t think more government is necessarily the answer to this. I think we need to reconnect ourselves with everybody else,” Bush said, according to BuzzFeed. “It’s just — it’s very sad to see. But I resist — I had this challenge as governor. We had — look — stuff happens — there’s...",right
19602,Jeb Says “Stuff Happens”,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Obama Rebukes Bush on ‘Stuff Happens’ Reaction to Oregon Shootings,New York Times (News),"Jeb Bush drew a sharp rebuke from President Obama on Friday after the Republican presidential candidate shrugged off any need for government action in the wake of the massacre of nine people at a community college in Oregon.
“Look, stuff happens,” Mr. Bush, the former Republican governor of Florida, said at a campaign event in South Carolina. “There’s always a crisis, and the impulse is always to do something and it’s not always the right thing to do.”",left
19603,White House Reverses Ban on International Students Taking Online University Classes,"['Immigration', 'International Students', 'Travel Ban', 'Education', 'DACA', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']","Trump admin. revokes new rule, foreign students can stay on",Christian Science Monitor,"Facing eight federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities, the Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded a rule that would have required international students to transfer or leave the country if their schools held classes entirely online because of the pandemic.
The decision was announced at the start of a hearing in a federal lawsuit in Boston brought by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs said federal immigration authorities agreed to pull the July 6 directive and ""return to the status quo.""",center
19604,White House Reverses Ban on International Students Taking Online University Classes,"['Immigration', 'International Students', 'Travel Ban', 'Education', 'DACA', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']",White House Backtracks on Controversial Plan To Kick Foreign Students Out of U.S.,Reason,"The White House has rescinded an order that would have revoked visas from foreign students attending college in the U.S. if those institutions opted to go online-only amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
The initial directive, issued July 6, was met with a July 8 lawsuit filed by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which 200 other institutions also publicly backed. Several state attorneys general filed their own lawsuits against the Trump administration over the policy.",right
19605,White House Reverses Ban on International Students Taking Online University Classes,"['Immigration', 'International Students', 'Travel Ban', 'Education', 'DACA', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']",Trump administration drops plan to bar international students from US,The Boston Globe,"Facing fierce opposition, the Trump administration on Tuesday dropped its proposal to bar international students from studying in the United States if all of their classes are taught online amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The swift turnaround by the Department of Homeland Security came during a federal district court hearing about a lawsuit filed by Harvard University and MIT seeking a temporary injunction of the new guidelines. It represents an unusual retreat from an administration that has aggressively sought to curb immigration.",left
19606,Andrew McCabe Says DOJ Officials Sought To Oust Trump From Office,"['Donald Trump', 'Andrew McCabe', 'Rod Rosenstein', '25th Amendment', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",McCabe's shocking claims prove the bloodless coup rolls on,The Hill,Disgraced former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe has provided clear evidence that in 2017 a small cabal of high-level officials inside the Department of Justice (DOJ) weighed whether to attempt to remove the duly-elected president of the United States. McCabe claims that he and others at the top of the FBI and DOJ held multiple discussions about invoking the Constitution’s 25th Amendment to declare President Trump unfit for office and install the vice president in his place.,center
19607,Andrew McCabe Says DOJ Officials Sought To Oust Trump From Office,"['Donald Trump', 'Andrew McCabe', 'Rod Rosenstein', '25th Amendment', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",The Full 60 Minutes Interview with Andrew McCabe,CBS News (Online),Watch the full 60 Minutes interview with Andrew McCabe (video).,left
19608,Andrew McCabe Says DOJ Officials Sought To Oust Trump From Office,"['Donald Trump', 'Andrew McCabe', 'Rod Rosenstein', '25th Amendment', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",Andrew McCabe says Rod Rosenstein sought to oust Trump from office,Washington Times,"Former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe said Sunday that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was so serious about using the 25th Amendment to oust President Trump, he was counting “votes or possible votes” among Cabinet members.",right
19609,"President Trump Pays Visit to Troops Overseas, Reopens Talks with Taliban","['Donald Trump', 'Foreign Policy', 'Middle East', 'Terrorism', 'Taliban', 'Afghanistan', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']",How Trump’s Thanksgiving Afghanistan trip was kept under wraps amid extreme security,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump surprised troops and news outlets on Thanksgiving morning when he appeared in Afghanistan to thank troops for their service to the country and help serve a turkey dinner -- but doing so required extreme security measures to ensure both safety and to prevent the word from getting out.
""There's nowhere I'd rather spend Thanksgiving than with the toughest, fiercest warriors,"" Trump told troops on the ground . ""I'm here to say Happy Thanksgiving and thank you very much. As president of the United States, I have no higher...",right
19610,"President Trump Pays Visit to Troops Overseas, Reopens Talks with Taliban","['Donald Trump', 'Foreign Policy', 'Middle East', 'Terrorism', 'Taliban', 'Afghanistan', 'US Military', 'Defense And Security']","Trump thanks troops on Afghan visit, says Taliban want deal",Associated Press,"BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — President Donald Trump paid a surprise Thanksgiving visit to Afghanistan, where he announced the U.S. and the Taliban have been engaged in ongoing peace talks and said he believes the Taliban want a cease-fire.
Trump arrived at Bagram Air Field shortly after 8:30 p.m. local time Thursday and spent 3½ hours on the ground during his first trip to the site of America’s longest war. He served turkey and thanked the troops, delivered a speech and sat down with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani before...",left
19611,Trump To Receive Intel Briefing,['Politics'],"Donald Trump prepared to listen to conclusions from Russia intel, spokesman Sean Spicer says",Washington Times,"President-elect Donald Trump is prepared to listen to and understand intelligence information he’s due to receive Friday on alleged election season hacking by Russia, according to Mr. Trump’s spokesman.",right
19612,Trump To Receive Intel Briefing,['Politics'],Donald Trump's face-off with spy chiefs on hacking comes to a head,CNN (Online News),The feud between Donald Trump and the US intelligence community will play out behind closed doors Friday when the President-elect is given a briefing on allegations of election-related hacking by Russia.,left
19613,Trump To Receive Intel Briefing,['Politics'],Will Trump accept U.S. intelligence assessment on Russia hacking after briefing?,CBS News (Online),President-elect Donald Trump is expected to be briefed Friday on a report prepared by the U.S. intelligence community on Russian hacking activities in the presidential election -- after he spent this week still questioning the veracity of their previous assessments.,left
19614,Boris Johnson Suspends Parliament Ahead Of Brexit Deadline,"['Brexit', 'Boris Johnson', 'Great Britain', 'World']",U.K.'s Boris Johnson moves to suspend Parliament ahead of Brexit,Washington Times,"British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday to suspend Parliament, a maneuver that outraged his critics because it will give the opposition even less time to block a no-deal Brexit before the scheduled Oct. 31 withdrawal.
Though Johnson previously had refused to rule out such a move, the timing of the decision took lawmakers — many of whom are on vacation — by surprise.
Lawmakers reacted with fury, including John Bercow, speaker of the lower House of Commons, who was not told in advance of...",right
19615,Boris Johnson Suspends Parliament Ahead Of Brexit Deadline,"['Brexit', 'Boris Johnson', 'Great Britain', 'World']",Parliament to Be Suspended in September,BBC News,"Parliament will be suspended just days after MPs return to work in September - and only a few weeks before the Brexit deadline.
Boris Johnson said a Queen's Speech would take place after the suspension, on 14 October, to outline his ""very exciting agenda"".
But it means the time MPs have to pass laws to stop a no-deal Brexit on 31 October would be cut.
House of Commons Speaker John Bercow said it was a ""constitutional outrage"".
The speaker, who does not traditionally comment on political announcements, continued: ""However it...",center
19616,Boris Johnson Suspends Parliament Ahead Of Brexit Deadline,"['Brexit', 'Boris Johnson', 'Great Britain', 'World']",Boris Johnson asks queen to suspend Parliament ahead of Brexit deadline,Washington Post,"Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday that he wanted to shut down Parliament for several weeks ahead of Britain’s upcoming departure from the European Union, an unusual maneuver that would rob his opponents of time to thwart a no-deal Brexit.
The announcement prompted howls of outrage from many lawmakers, who said that they were being deprived of their democratic voice on Britain’s most momentous decision in generations. It increased the chances that the country would sail out of the European Union at the end of October with no transition deal...",left
19617,Tax Overhaul Passes 51-49,['Taxes'],The Republican tax bill will exacerbate income inequality in America,Vox,“The bill is investing heavily in the wealthy and their children.”,left
19618,Tax Overhaul Passes 51-49,['Taxes'],Reality Check: The Facts vs. the Left's Top Two Lies About Tax Reform,Townhall,"In the interest of intellectual honesty and transparency, let's begin with a few important concessions to skeptics of the GOP tax reform bill: First, not every single American would be",right
19619,Tax Overhaul Passes 51-49,['Taxes'],Tax bill: Trump victory as Senate backs tax overhaul,BBC News,"US senators have passed a sweeping tax cuts bill, paving the way for Donald Trump's first big legislative victory.",center
19620,PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi To Step Down,[],"Indra Nooyi, C.E.O. Behind PepsiCo’s Health Drive, Steps Down",New York Times (News),"Indra K. Nooyi will step down as the chief executive of PepsiCo this year, ending a 12-year run in which she sought to refashion the drinks and snacks giant into a purveyor of healthier foods and beverages.",left
19621,PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi To Step Down,[],PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi stepping down,Fox News (Online News),"PepsiCo said Monday its CEO, Indra Nooyi, would step down after 12 years in the position, and named President Ramon Laguarta as her successor.",right
19622,PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi To Step Down,[],"PepsiCo's Indra Nooyi to step down after 12 years as CEO, President Ramon Laguarta to succeed her",CNBC,"PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi will step down after 12 years leading the food and beverage giant, ending a tenure marked by efforts to adapt to changing consumer tastes and fending off pressure from activist investors.",center
19623,Global Supply Chain Leaders Warn Of 'System Collapse' Due To Pandemic Restrictions,"['Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Supply Chains', 'Trade', 'Labor', 'World']","Global supply chains at risk of collapse, warn business leaders",Financial Times,"Global supply chains are at risk of collapse unless governments worldwide restore freedom of movement to transport workers and give them priority over vaccines, a coalition of international business leaders has warned.
In an open letter to heads of state and government attending the United Nations General Assembly, the International Chamber of Shipping and other transport groups warned that almost two years of travel bans and other restrictions had had an “enormously detrimental impact on [transport workers’] wellbeing and safety.”
The “mistreatment” of workers was piling pressure on the already...",center
19624,Global Supply Chain Leaders Warn Of 'System Collapse' Due To Pandemic Restrictions,"['Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Supply Chains', 'Trade', 'Labor', 'World']",Shipping workers warn of ‘collapse’ due to pandemic trade restrictions,New York Post (News),"Several unions representing shipping workers from around the world have banded together to warn of a “global transport systems collapse” due to labor shortages and pandemic-related restrictions on trade — as already unprecedented delays are set to escalate heading into the busy holiday season.
In an open letter, the World Road Transport Organization, the International Air Transport Association, the International Chamber of Shipping and the International Transport Workers’ Federation said their members have been “failed by governments and taken for granted by their officials” during the pandemic.
The failure to address key...",right
19625,Global Supply Chain Leaders Warn Of 'System Collapse' Due To Pandemic Restrictions,"['Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Supply Chains', 'Trade', 'Labor', 'World']",The workers who keep global supply chains moving are warning of a 'system collapse',CNN Business,"Seafarers, truck drivers and airline workers have endured quarantines, travel restrictions and complex Covid-19 vaccination and testing requirements to keep stretched supply chains moving during the pandemic.
But many are now reaching their breaking point, posing yet another threat to the badly tangled network of ports, container vessels and trucking companies that moves goods around the world.
In an open letter Wednesday to heads of state attending the United Nations General Assembly, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and other industry groups warned of a ""global transport system collapse"" if governments do not restore freedom of movement to transport workers and...",left
19626,Senate Takes on Russian Hacking,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","As the Senate Spars on Claims, Obama Gets a Report on Russian Hacking",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama has received a much-anticipated classified report on alleged Russian and other foreign meddling in American elections, heightening interest in what evidence the file contains as Republicans spar over the cyberattack claims – and wait for their chance to see the findings themselves.",right
19627,Senate Takes on Russian Hacking,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",US Official Says Russia Undoubtedly Meddled in US Election,ABC News (Online),"The nation's top intelligence official said Thursday Russia undoubtedly interfered in America's 2016 presidential election but stopped short of the explosive description of ""an act of war,"" telling lawmakers such a call isn't within the purview of the U.S. intelligence community.",left
19628,Senate Takes on Russian Hacking,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",McCain vows action over 'unprecedented' Russian hacks,Politico,"He warns that without greater U.S. action, Russia could imperil future American elections.",left
19629,Why is the Government Limiting Monoclonal Antibody Treatments for COVID-19?,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'FDA', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Monoclonal Antibodies']",Experts Divided on US Drug Regulators Revoking Authorization of Key COVID-19 Treatments,The Epoch Times,"The Food and Drug Administration’s decision to effectively revoke emergency use authorization for two monoclonal antibody treatments has left experts divided, with some calling it the right move and others asserting it shouldn’t have been done.
The agency, of the FDA, on Jan. 24 announced it was barring use of treatments from Eli Lilly and Regeneron anywhere in the country because of federal data that indicate the Omicron virus variant is behind the vast majority of COVID-19 cases.
The regulator cited “the most recent information and data available” but did not link to...",right
19630,Why is the Government Limiting Monoclonal Antibody Treatments for COVID-19?,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'FDA', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Monoclonal Antibodies']",DeSantis fumes over FDA interference,Axios,"Gov. Ron DeSantis is blasting the Biden administration after the FDA revoked the use of two different monoclonal antibody treatments, forcing Florida to shutter treatment clinics across the state.
Driving the news: The FDA halted monoclonal antibody cocktails made by Regeneron and Eli Lilly on Monday after finding they’re not effective against the Omicron variant.
The FDA pointed to CDC statistics showing that Omicron accounted for 99% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. as of Jan. 15.
The agency noted that ""data show these treatments are highly unlikely to be active"" against Omicron, so monoclonal...",center
19631,Why is the Government Limiting Monoclonal Antibody Treatments for COVID-19?,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'FDA', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Monoclonal Antibodies']",Monoclonal antibodies were 'doing nothing' against omicron: That's why FDA pulled its authorization.,USA TODAY,"The Food and Drug Administration pulled its authorization of two of the most used monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID-19 this week, leaving doctors with fewer options to help their patients avoid the hospital.
Why did the FDA shut them down?
Because the two, from drugmakers Regeneron and Eli Lilly, don't work against the omicron variant that now causes more than 99% of coronavirus infections in the United States.
""All the data show that these older antibodies are ineffective against omicron,"" said Dr. Daniel Kuritzkes, chief of the division of infectious diseases at Brigham and...",left
19632,Biden Names Climate Change Cabinet Team,"['Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Joe Biden', 'Sustainability', 'People And Profit']","Biden picks Regan for EPA nominee, Haaland for interior head",Breitbart News,"President-elect Joe Biden announced Thursday that he had chosen North Carolina regulator Michael S. Regan as his nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency and New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as his pick for interior secretary.
Biden said the selections round out what he said would be an experienced climate team ready from their first day in office to tackle the “undeniable, accelerating, punishing reality of climate change.” Biden is proposing a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s transportation and electrical systems to cut the oil, gas and coal emissions behind...",right
19633,Biden Names Climate Change Cabinet Team,"['Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Joe Biden', 'Sustainability', 'People And Profit']",Biden names cabinet officials tasked to fight climate change,Reuters,"U.S. president-elect Joe Biden named the team he wants to spearhead his response to climate change on Thursday, picking former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Gina McCarthy to lead a new office focused on global warming.
Biden also said he would nominate Representative Deb Haaland of New Mexico to run the interior department, former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm to run the energy department and North Carolina environment official Michael Regan to run the EPA, among others, his transition team said in a statement.",center
19634,Biden Names Climate Change Cabinet Team,"['Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Joe Biden', 'Sustainability', 'People And Profit']",Deal-makers and fighters make up Biden’s new climate team,Associated Press Fact Check,"Joe Biden wrapped up a team heavy on deal-makers and fighters to lead his climate effort Thursday, tasking it with remaking and cleaning up the nation’s transportation and power-plant systems, and as fast as politically possible.
While the president-elect’s picks have the experience to do the heavy lifting required in a climate overhaul of the U.S. economy, they also seem to be reassuring skeptics that he won’t neglect the low-income, working class and minority communities hit hardest by fossil fuel pollution and climate change.",left
19635,Iran to Surpass Uranium Enrichment Breaching Nuclear Agreement,"['Foreign Policy', 'Iran Nuclear Deal']",Iran raises uranium enrichment as nuclear deal unravels,Washington Times,"Iran announced Sunday it will raise its level of uranium enrichment, breaking another limit of its unraveling 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and further heightening tensions with the U.S.
Officials also said the next step impacting Iran’s compliance with the deal would be taken in 60 days. They did not elaborate.",right
19636,Iran to Surpass Uranium Enrichment Breaching Nuclear Agreement,"['Foreign Policy', 'Iran Nuclear Deal']",Iran Plans New Breach of Limits of Nuclear Agreement,Wall Street Journal (News),"Iran said it would begin enriching uranium beyond limits set in a 2015 nuclear deal, marking the second intentional violation in a week and putting the multiparty accord at risk of complete collapse.
Since President Trump pulled out of the pact last year, Tehran has warned it would step up nuclear activities in a bid to raise the pressure on Europe, China and Russia to provide relief from crippling U.S. economic sanctions and to raise costs to Washington of continuing its maximum-pressure campaign.",center
19637,Iran to Surpass Uranium Enrichment Breaching Nuclear Agreement,"['Foreign Policy', 'Iran Nuclear Deal']","Iran Announces New Breach of Nuclear Deal Limits, and Threatens Further Violations",New York Times (News),"Iran said on Sunday that within hours it would breach the limits on uranium enrichment set four years ago in an accord with the United States and other international powers that was designed to keep Tehran from producing a nuclear weapon.
The latest move inches Iran closer to where it was before the accord: on the path to being able to produce an atomic bomb.",left
19638,California Gov. Signs Law Limiting Song Lyrics as Criminal Evidence,"['Criminal Justice', 'Music', 'Rap Music', 'Entertainment', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Legislation', 'Free Speech', 'First Amendment']",California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bill limiting the use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal proceedings,CNN (Online News),"California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law on Friday that limits the use of rap lyrics in criminal court cases in the state.
The law requires “a court, in a criminal proceeding where a party seeks to admit as evidence a form of creative expression, to consider specified factors when balancing the probative value of that evidence against the substantial danger of undue prejudice.”
The new law underscores a larger national conversation around prohibiting the use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal proceedings, a tactic critics have...",left
19639,California Gov. Signs Law Limiting Song Lyrics as Criminal Evidence,"['Criminal Justice', 'Music', 'Rap Music', 'Entertainment', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Legislation', 'Free Speech', 'First Amendment']",California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bill restricting use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal cases,Fox News (Online News),"California on Friday enacted a new law limiting prosecutors from using rap lyrics as evidence against criminal defendants.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a series of bills, including AB 2799, which requires a pre-trial hearing to determine if hip-hop lyrics are relevant to a case. The bill was approved by state lawmakers in August. 
""For too long, prosecutors in California have used rap lyrics as a convenient way to inject racial bias and confusion into the criminal justice process,"" Dina LaPolt, entertainment attorney and co-founder of Songwriters of North America, told...",right
19640,California Gov. Signs Law Limiting Song Lyrics as Criminal Evidence,"['Criminal Justice', 'Music', 'Rap Music', 'Entertainment', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Gavin Newsom', 'Legislation', 'Free Speech', 'First Amendment']",Newsom signs bill to limit use of hip-hop lyrics in criminal trials,The Hill,"California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill Friday to limit the use of hip-hop lyrics as evidence in criminal trials amid multiple high-profile cases of lyrics being used against rappers who have been arrested. 
The law, which Newson signed alongside rappers, record producers and record industry executives who were present virtually, is the first in the country to ensure someone’s “creative expression” is not used to “introduce stereotypes or active bias” against a defendant or be used as evidence in a trial against them. 
It also requires courts to determine...",center
19641,Candidates on Foreign Policy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Obama’s ‘tested and proven’ foreign-policy claim put to test,Washington Times,"In accepting his party’s renomination a week ago, President Obama called himself a “tested and proven” leader in a dangerous world of threats from abroad, especially from the terrorist-spawning Middle East.
“The historic change sweeping across the Arab world must be defined not by the iron fist of a dictator or the hate of extremists, but by the hopes and aspirations of ordinary people who are reaching for the same rights that we celebrate here,” Mr. Obama said at the Democratic National Convention, poking fun at Republican rival Mitt...",right
19642,Candidates on Foreign Policy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney team sharpens attack on Obama’s foreign policy,Washington Post,"Advisers to Mitt Romney on Thursday defended his sharp criticism of President Obama and said that the deadly protests sweeping the Middle East would not have happened if the Republican nominee were president.
“Theres a pretty compelling story that if you had a President Romney, youd be in a different situation, Richard Williamson, a top Romney foreign policy adviser, said in an interview. “For the first time since Jimmy Carter, weve had an American ambassador assassinated.",left
19643,Candidates on Foreign Policy,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney Tempers Foreign Policy Criticism After Flap Over Libya Remarks,NPR (Online News),"Appearing in Virginia on Thursday, Republican Mitt Romney tried to bring his campaign back to the issues he has focused on before in the swing state: the nation's economy and strengthening the military.
A day after Romney ignited a debate over his criticism of President Obama's handling of events in Libya and Egypt, the Republican presidential nominee largely steered clear of discussing unrest in Egypt and the attack on an American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that left four Americans dead.
The violence, sparked by an anti-Islam film, on Thursday spread...",left
19644,Kerry Clears and Reassigns Benghazi 4,['Middle East'],"State Department won't fire Benghazi 4, but will reassign them",CNN (Online News),Four State Department employees put on leave after the Benghazi attack will be reassigned inside the department.,left
19645,Kerry Clears and Reassigns Benghazi 4,['Middle East'],John Kerry Clears State Dept. Officials Suspended Over Benghazi,The Blaze,"Secretary of State John Kerry has cleared four State Department officials placed on administrative leave after the terror assault on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, the Daily Beast reported.",right
19646,Allegations of Syria Chem Attack,['Middle East'],Allegations of deadly gas attack test Obama's 'red line' in Syria,Fox News (Online News),"A year after President Obama warned the Syrian regime that using chemical weapons would cross a ""red line,"" Syrian activists are accusing Bashar Assad's forces of killing hundreds in a gas attack -- in what would be the worst and deadliest chemical attack to date.
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/21/allegations-deadly-gas-attack...",right
19647,Allegations of Syria Chem Attack,['Middle East'],Syrian Rebels Accuse Government of Chemical Attack,New York Times (News),"The Syrian government pounded rebellious areas east of the capital, Damascus, early Wednesday, and antigovernment activists said some rockets included chemical weapons that killed scores of people, and possibly hundreds.",left
19648,Allegations of Syria Chem Attack,['Middle East'],New Reports Of Chemical Weapons In Syria; Many May Be Dead,NPR (Online News),"""Two Syrian pro-opposition groups are claiming that dozens of people were killed Wednesday in a poisonous gas attack near Damascus,"" NPR's Jean Cochran reported earlier this morning on our Newscast. The groups are blaming the attack on government forces, she said.",left
19649,Michael Slager Sentenced to 20 Years,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']","South Carolina Cop Who Gunned Down a Fleeing, Unarmed Man Is Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison",Mother Jones,"A federal judge ruled today that Michael Slager—the former South Carolina police officer who in May pleaded guilty to using excessive force and violating the civil rights of the late Walter Scott—committed second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Scott. Federal sentencing guidelines called for 19 to 24 years in prison, and US District Court Judge David Norton’s settled on a 20-year sentence. Slager has 14 days to appeal the sentence.",left
19650,Michael Slager Sentenced to 20 Years,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Ex-South Carolina cop gets 20 years in prison for black motorist's death,Reuters,"The white former policeman caught on video shooting an unarmed black man in the back after a 2015 traffic stop in South Carolina was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison, with a federal judge ruling that the killing amounted to murder.",center
19651,Michael Slager Sentenced to 20 Years,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Ex-Cop Gets 20 Years For Killing Black Man,The Daily Caller,"A judge convicted former police officer Michael Slager of second-degree murder and sentenced him to 20 years in prison Thursday for the 2015 killing of Walter Scott, an unarmed black motorist.",right
19652,Teacher Shortages Loom Nationwide as New School Year Starts,"['Education', 'Schools', 'Teachers Unions', 'Teachers', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Labor', 'Parenting', 'Public Schools', 'Wages', 'Local Governments', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers']",Teacher shortages continue as the 2022-2023 school year kicks off: 'We don't have a workforce',Fox Business,"A brand new school year is about to kick off in many parts of America, but one thing is missing in many districts: enough staff.  
Well ahead of the 2022-2023 school year, educators and government officials have issued concerns about the ongoing shortage of teachers and school support staff — a years-long problem that was only exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. 
However, the ever mutating coronavirus, which tested educators like never before, is far from the only struggle school officials have faced in recent years. 
Darby Hoppenftedt, the director of student support...",right
19653,Teacher Shortages Loom Nationwide as New School Year Starts,"['Education', 'Schools', 'Teachers Unions', 'Teachers', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Labor', 'Parenting', 'Public Schools', 'Wages', 'Local Governments', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers']",Can four-day school weeks help tackle teacher shortages?,NewsNation,"Education leaders in a small New Mexico city are among a number of school districts turning to a four-day school week as a way to recruit teachers amid a nationwide teacher shortage, hoping three-day weekends will make their district more attractive than others. But it’s unclear if the format will work everywhere.
For years, New Mexico’s Socorro Consolidated Schools struggled to attract teachers, according to Superintendent Ron Hendrix. The district serves a small area nestled between Albuquerque and Las Cruces.
“Anybody new coming out of college, if they’ve got the choice between Albuquerque or Las...",center
19654,Teacher Shortages Loom Nationwide as New School Year Starts,"['Education', 'Schools', 'Teachers Unions', 'Teachers', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Coronavirus', 'LGBTQ Issues', 'Free Speech', 'Censorship', 'Labor', 'Parenting', 'Public Schools', 'Wages', 'Local Governments', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers']","Low pay, stress and burnout: U.S. schools face severe teacher shortage",CBS News (Online),"Kindergarten teacher Natalie Tran is excited to be back in her Oakland, California, classroom with her 25 4-year-olds. But she's not surprised that many other teachers across the country didn't return for the upcoming school year. 
""We need higher pay,"" she told CBS News. ""We need more respect for the teaching profession because it's extremely difficult, and we really need to have manageable class sizes.""
Nationwide, there are at least 280,000 fewer public school teachers than there were before the pandemic, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. ",left
19655,Assault Weapons Ban,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Assault Weapons Ban Is Gun Debate's First Casualty,NPR (Online News),The prospects of an assault weapons ban emerging as part of any post-Newtown gun control law looks unlikely after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reportedly opted not to include it in a Democratic proposal to be offered on the Senate floor in the coming weeks.,left
19656,Assault Weapons Ban,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Assault weapons ban dropped from Senate gun control bill,Fox News (Online News),The leader of the Democrat-controlled Senate on Tuesday removed from the chambers gun-control legislation a proposal ban on assault weapons dealing a blow to President Obamas plan to tighten federal firearms regulations in the wake of recent mass shootings.,right
19657,Assault Weapons Ban,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Assault weapons ban likely won't be included in Senate gun bill,Washington Post,Measure lacks sufficient support for full vote according to leaders.,left
19658,Tax Day 2018,['Taxes'],A More Infuriating Way to Think About Your Tax Burden,Reason,Per capita isn't the only way to think about your personal tax burden for minor government programs.,right
19659,Tax Day 2018,['Taxes'],OPINION: Trump's tabloid past may come back to haunt him,CNN (Opinion),"Donald Trump's tabloid lifestyle made him rich, famous and ultimately built the persona that made him President. Yet his back-to-the-future encounter with his sensational and melodramatic past might become his Achilles' heel.",left
19660,Tax Day 2018,['Taxes'],Donald Trump tweets a tax brag that's two kinds of nonsense,Daily Kos,There he goes again: Donald Trump is tweeting about taxes and either his staff is running a little scam on him or his lies are increasingly untethered from reality.,left
19661,Marco Rubio and Immigration Influence,['Immigration'],Immigrant Son,Time Magazine,"Oriales García Rubio knows how it feels to want more. When she was a girl in central Cuba in the 1930s, her family of nine lived in a one-room house with a dirt floor. Her dolls were Coke bottles dressed in rags. She dreamed of becoming an actress. Instead she married a security guard, moved with him to the U.S. and found work as a hotel maid. Her husband got a job as a bartender while starting a series of failed businesses—a vegetable stand, a dry cleaner, a grocery. They...",left
19662,Marco Rubio and Immigration Influence,['Immigration'],Marco Rubio: I’m not the ‘savior’,Washington Post,"Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is having moment in the national spotlight, underscored by his selection to deliver the Republican response to President Obamas State of the Union.
Rubio also is featured on Time magazines cover this week, with the headline “the Republican savior.
But even as his celebrity within his party rises, that phrase went too far for Rubio, a Catholic who often talks about his faith. He responded to the cover story in a tweet Wednesday morning:",left
19663,Marco Rubio and Immigration Influence,['Immigration'],Flake: Rubio ‘the Linchpin’ of Immigration Movement,Newsmax (News),"Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is the key link in the chain to implement immigration reform., his fellow Republican Sen. Jeff Flake has claimed.
Rubio has unique credibility as the most prominent Latino in American politics, his colleague says. Coming from a Cuban family, the Floridian has no peer in the Republican Party for his “vision of what being conservative . . . ought to mean, particularly in the context of immigration, Flake told Politico.
Its important that Rubio “has stepped forward on immigration reform, the Arizona Republican said. “Hes the...",right
19664,Sessions Faces Grilling in Senate Today,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Jeff Sessions to fight racism charges at Senate hearing: ‘We will do it right’,Washington Times,"Sen. Jeff Sessions will fight back against the assault on his character Tuesday, defending his reputations against painful accusations that he is a racist, sexist and homophobe at a Senate hearing on his nomination to become attorney general.",right
19665,Sessions Faces Grilling in Senate Today,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Trump AG nominee Jeff Sessions faces grilling in Senate hearing,CNN (Online News),"The first major test of President-elect Donald Trump's administration comes on Tuesday, as Sen. Jeff Sessions faces a grilling from his colleagues in his confirmation hearing to become attorney general.",left
19666,Sessions Faces Grilling in Senate Today,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",OPINION: The Senate should “just say no” to Jeff Sessions,Washington Post,"Over 1200 of my fellow law professors recently signed a petition urging the Senate to reject President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Jeff Sessions to become attorney general. Critics correctly point out that the vast majority of the signatories are liberal Democrats, and (less correctly) therefore dismiss the statement as mere partisan politics.",left
19667,Trump Administration Misses Deadline to Reunite Migrant Children with Parents,['Immigration'],"As Government Misses Reunification Deadline, It’s Told to Pick Up the Pace",Wall Street Journal (News),"A federal judge Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to quicken its efforts to reunite migrant toddlers and infants with their parents, after the government said it wouldn’t meet an order that the judge called “firm deadlines, not aspirational goals.”",center
19668,Trump Administration Misses Deadline to Reunite Migrant Children with Parents,['Immigration'],Some migrant children are reunited with parents as Trump administration misses court deadline,Los Angeles Times,"The federal government on Tuesday began its first major wave of reuniting migrant children with their parents amid continued chaos, confusion and legal wrangling over when and how the rest of the thousands of families separated on the border would be brought back together.",left
19669,Trump Administration Misses Deadline to Reunite Migrant Children with Parents,['Immigration'],"DNA tests, criminal charges complicate effort to reunite illegal immigrant families",Washington Times,"The federal government has caught at least five adults whose claims to be parents of illegal immigrant children were disproven with DNA tests. Eight more had serious criminal records, including murder and kidnapping charges, that made them unfit to take back their own children, the government said Tuesday.",right
19670,Clinton’s Fundraising Edge,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",October Fundraising Gives Clinton a Leg Up,The Week - News,"Robust early October fundraising has left Hillary Clinton's campaign with a comfortable $62 million for the final days of the presidential election, while Donald Trump's own fundraising efforts over the same period of time disappointed, leaving him with only $16 million in his campaign coffers by Oct. 19.",left
19671,Clinton’s Fundraising Edge,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton more than doubles her money edge over Trump in final days of race,Fox News (Online News),"Hillary Clinton entered the final phase of her presidential bid with a resounding campaign cash advantage over Donald Trump.
New fundraising reports show her campaign and joint accounts with Democrats had $153 million in the bank as of last week.
That's more than double the $68 million Trump's campaign and partnership committees had on hand.",right
19672,Clinton’s Fundraising Edge,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton doubles Trump’s October fundraising and has dominant war chest in race’s final days,Washington Post,"Donald Trump raised about half as much as Hillary Clinton for his presidential campaign committee in the first 19 days of October, putting him at a severe financial disadvantage in the crucial final days of the White House contest, campaign finance reports filed late Thursday show.",left
19673,Birth Control Rules for Businesses,['Healthcare'],Birth Control Coverage Rules Announced by Obama Administration,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Obama administration on Friday set final rules for contraception coverage in workers’ health insurance plans, putting in place rules that are unlikely to satisfy some religious employers who object to birth control.
The rules reaffirmed that most health plans have to include birth control with no out-of-pocket costs as part of the 2010 Affordable Care Act. The regulations include alternative arrangements for employers such",center
19674,Birth Control Rules for Businesses,['Healthcare'],Obama admin’s attempt to follow Supreme Court’s birth-control ruling pleases few,Washington Times,"The Obama administration on Friday tried to extinguish lingering concerns about Obamacare’s birth-control mandate, issuing final rules on how closely held corporations and religious nonprofits can opt out.
Health and Human Services Department officials said it rewrote its rules after the Hobby Lobby crafts chain and other devout business owners successfully challenged the mandate before the Supreme Court last year.
They also tried to mollify religious nonprofits who say their plans are used an conduits for sinful activity.
“Women across the",right
19675,Birth Control Rules for Businesses,['Healthcare'],Health Law’s Contraceptive Rule Eased for Businesses With Religious Objections,New York Times (News),"The Obama administration issued new rules on Friday that allow closely held for-profit corporations like Hobby Lobby Stores to opt out of providing women with insurance coverage for contraceptives if the companies have religious objections.
Women enrolled in such health plans would still be able to get birth control at no cost, the administration said. Insurers would pay for contraceptive services, but the payments would be separate from the employer’s health plan.
The rules came in response to a decision by the Supreme Court in June 2014. In that...",left
19676,Politics and the Cuba Decision,['Foreign Policy'],Cuba decision marks a bet by Obama that Cold War politics have turned a corner,Washington Post,"President Obama’s surprising move toward normalizing relations with Cuba amounts to a big bet that the nation — and, particularly, the crucial swing state of Florida — has turned a political corner from the Cold War era.",left
19677,Politics and the Cuba Decision,['Foreign Policy'],How Republicans could stop Obama's Cuba play,Politico,President Barack Obama’s plan to normalize relations with Cuba has hit a familiar roadblock: Republicans on Capitol Hill.,left
19678,Politics and the Cuba Decision,['Foreign Policy'],Congressional critics ready to block Obama push to normalize Cuban relations,Fox News (Online News),"The historic plan announced by President Obama on Wednesday to normalize relations with Cuba was met with heavy bipartisan resistance on Capitol Hill, raising questions of whether Congress will even consider easing a more than 50-year trade embargo against the communist state -- let alone end it.",right
19679,Perspectives: Ron DeSantis Criticizes '60 Minutes' For Report,"['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Florida', 'Coronavirus']",DeSantis rips 'smear merchants' in media following '60 Minutes' segment,The Hill,"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) tore into journalists working for CBS News, calling them ""smear merchants"" and accusing them of peddling a ""horse manure"" narrative about the coronavirus vaccine rollout in his state.
""These are smear merchants. That's why nobody trusts corporate media. They are a disaster in what they are doing,"" DeSantis said during a press conference in Panama City on Tuesday morning. ""They knew what they were doing was a lie.""
On Sunday evening, CBS reporter Sharyn Alfonsi presented a far-ranging report for ""60 Minutes"" that criticized...",center
19680,Perspectives: Ron DeSantis Criticizes '60 Minutes' For Report,"['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Florida', 'Coronavirus']",'60 Minutes' just gave Ron DeSantis a massive gift,CNN (Online News),"On Sunday night, as part of a broader piece about the vaccination efforts in Florida, ""60 Minutes"" correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi noted that Publix, a grocery store that had partnered with the state to distribute vaccines, had also donated $100,000 to Gov. Ron DeSantis' 2022 reelection campaign.
It was a passing mention, without any other facts or context to back it up. Just that Publix was working with the state to administer vaccines and that the company's PAC had made this donation to the governor.
The insinuation here, however, was pretty...",left
19681,Perspectives: Ron DeSantis Criticizes '60 Minutes' For Report,"['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Florida', 'Coronavirus']",Nolte: Disgraced ’60 Minutes’ ‘Goes Dark’ with Debunked Ron DeSantis Hoax,Breitbart News,"60 Minutes, the long-disgraced television news magazine at far-left CBS, has “gone dark” with a now-debunked hoax it launched to smear Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), per Fox News.
The story falsely claimed DeSantis was involved in a pay-for-play scheme with Publix supermarkets involving a contract to distribute the China Virus vaccine.
Within hours, however, the hit piece had been exposed as hoax. Not only did Publix push back against the long-disgraced 60 Minutes, so did two Florida Democrats. On top of that, full video of DeSantis answering a question from...",right
19682,NC to Repeal Bathroom Bill,['Civil Rights'],"North Carolina lawmakers set to vote on 'bathroom bill' repeal, gay rights advocates slam deal",Fox News (Online News),"North Carolina Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper said late Wednesday that they have agreed on legislation to resolve a standoff over the state's ""bathroom bill"" through a replacement measure that still restricts LGBT nondiscrimination protections.",right
19683,NC to Repeal Bathroom Bill,['Civil Rights'],"North Carolina Lawmakers, Governor Announce 'Compromise' To Repeal 'Bathroom Bill'",NPR (Online News),"Republican lawmakers and the Democratic governor of North Carolina say they've reached a deal to repeal the controversial ""bathroom bill"" that restricts the abilities of transgender people to use the restroom corresponding to their gender identity.",left
19684,NC to Repeal Bathroom Bill,['Civil Rights'],North Carolina Strikes a Deal to Repeal Restrictive Bathroom Law,New York Times (News),"North Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature and its Democratic governor announced late Wednesday that they had reached an agreement to repeal the controversial state law that curbs legal protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and sets rules that affect transgender bathroom use in public buildings.",left
19685,Nationwide Protests Against Immigrant Family Separation,['Immigration'],Thousands turn out in cities across nation to protest separation of illegal immigrant families,The Blaze,"Thousands of protesters marched in the streets of cities across America to protest the nation’s immigration policies and call for the reunification of parents and children who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to published reports.",right
19686,Nationwide Protests Against Immigrant Family Separation,['Immigration'],Protesters across U.S. call on Trump to reunite immigrant families,Reuters,Tens of thousands of protesters marched in cities across the United States on Saturday to demand the Trump administration reverse an immigration crackdown that has separated children from parents at the U.S-Mexico border and led to plans for military-run detention camps.,center
19687,Nationwide Protests Against Immigrant Family Separation,['Immigration'],Protests Across U.S. Call for End to Migrant Family Separations,New York Times (News),"Protesters marched into Lafayette Square opposite the White House on Saturday and chanted “families belong together” to counter President Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, and were joined in declaring that message by dozens of other rallies from New York to California. While the occupant of the White House was away for the weekend at his Bedminster, N.J., golf club, images of the rallies were broadcast by cable news networks throughout the day.",left
19688,$1.1 Trillion Spending Bill,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Lawmakers unveil massive $1.1 trillion spending bill in bipartisan compromise,Washington Post,"Congressional negotiators unveiled a $1.1 trillion funding bill late Monday that would ease sharp spending cuts known as the sequester while providing fresh cash for new priorities, including President Obama’s push to expand early-childhood education.",left
19689,$1.1 Trillion Spending Bill,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Spending bill takes first swipe at NSA over domestic spying,Washington Times,"Tucked inside the massive new government spending bill are several demands from Congress that the National Security Agency finally report to Congress on the details of its snooping programs, including the number of telephone records collected and the number actually viewed by NSA employees.",right
19690,$1.1 Trillion Spending Bill,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Congress Poised To Pass $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill,NPR (Online News),There are no in your face victories for Republicans or Democrats in the package.,left
19691,Spotlight on Voters Ahead of Pivotal Georgia Senate Runoff Elections,"['Elections', 'Georgia Senate Runoffs', 'US Senate', 'Georgia']",Government report warns of potential violence and foreign interference during Georgia Senate runoffs,Yahoo News,"With the Georgia Senate runoff races just two weeks away, the Department of Homeland Security is warning of the possibility of “ideologically motivated violence” and even a foreign influence campaign as voters prepare to go to the polls, according to a new internal report obtained by Yahoo News.
The Dec. 22 report, marked for official use only, says Georgia faces a “potentially heightened physical threat environment” that could drive violence or threats of violence similar to those seen nationwide during the 2020 presidential and state election season. Incidents of violence...",left
19692,Spotlight on Voters Ahead of Pivotal Georgia Senate Runoff Elections,"['Elections', 'Georgia Senate Runoffs', 'US Senate', 'Georgia']","Black, Latino and Asian Americans have been key to Georgia’s registered voter growth since 2016",Pew Research Center,"Following Joe Biden’s narrow presidential win in Georgia, early voting is underway in the state’s Jan. 5 runoff election for two U.S. Senate seats, races that will determine whether both chambers of Congress are led by Democrats during the first years of the new administration. Once a reliably Republican state, Georgia has received much attention for the increasing racial and ethnic diversity of eligible voters in the state, which has highlighted the importance of Black voters and other fast-growing groups like Latino and Asian voters.
Black voters in Georgia had...",center
19693,Spotlight on Voters Ahead of Pivotal Georgia Senate Runoff Elections,"['Elections', 'Georgia Senate Runoffs', 'US Senate', 'Georgia']",Georgia GOP and Texas firm challenge eligibility of more than 364K voters ahead of Senate runoffs,Washington Examiner,"A Texas voting rights organization is working with Georgia Republicans to challenge the voter eligibility of more than 364,000 people who may have moved, potentially disqualifying their ballots in the state's Senate runoff elections.
""True the Vote announced today it is submitting 364,541 Elector Challenges on behalf of Georgia voters representing all 159 counties,"" the organization wrote in a press release.
An elector challenge is a ""unique feature in Georgia Law"" that allows any voter to ""challenge the eligibility of any other voters in his or her county if probable...",right
19694,22 states sue Trump administration for cutting power plant regulations,"['Donald Trump', 'Barack Obama', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Power Plants']",22 states sue Trump over repeal of Obama-era power plant rules,The Hill,"A coalition of mostly Democratic-led states has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, arguing its rules for addressing power plant pollution are so weak they violate federal law.
Attorneys general from 22 states and several major cities including New York City and Los Angeles argue that the Trump administration's rule violates the Clean Air Act by having virtually no impact on carbon emissions.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had finalized the rule in June to repeal and replace a capstone Obama-era carbon pollution regulation they say exceeded agency authority.",center
19695,22 states sue Trump administration for cutting power plant regulations,"['Donald Trump', 'Barack Obama', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Power Plants']",States Sue Trump Administration Over Rollback of Obama-Era Climate Rule,New York Times (News),"The lawsuit, led by New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, argued the Environmental Protection Agency had no basis for weakening an Obama-era regulation that set the first-ever national limits on carbon dioxide pollution from power plants.
That rule, the Clean Power Plan, required states to implement plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 2022, and encouraged that to happen by closing heavily-polluting plants and replacing those energy sources with natural gas or renewable energy. Carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere is a major contributor to global warming because it traps...",left
19696,22 states sue Trump administration for cutting power plant regulations,"['Donald Trump', 'Barack Obama', 'Climate Change', 'Environment', 'Power Plants']",Democratic states sue Trump for gutting signature Obama emissions rule for coal plants,Washington Examiner,"A host of Democratic attorneys general from across the country sued the Trump administration Tuesday for gutting President Barack Obama’s signature plan for reducing coal plants emissions to combat climate change.
Attorney General Letitia James of New York led a coalition of 22 states and seven local governments filing the lawsuit in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
“My office, and this groundbreaking coalition of states and cities from across the nation, will fight back against this unlawful, do-nothing rule in order to protect our future from catastrophic climate change,”...",right
19697,NASA Delays New Moon Rocket Launch Over Technical Issues,"['Science', 'NASA', 'Space Exploration']",Technical issues delay the first launch of NASA's new Moon rocket,Axios,"NASA's uncrewed Artemis I launch of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule was called off on Monday.
Why it matters: NASA plans to use the SLS rocket and Orion to return people to the Moon for the first time since the end of the Apollo program in the 1970s.
The latest: An engine issue prevented the SLS from getting off the pad in Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
One of the rocket's four engines didn't get up to the correct temperature, preventing the space agency from launching.
NASA has backup launch dates...",center
19698,NASA Delays New Moon Rocket Launch Over Technical Issues,"['Science', 'NASA', 'Space Exploration']",Today's Artemis I launch has been scrubbed after engine issue,CNN (Online News),"The Artemis I launch has been scrubbed after the team was unable to work through an issue on one of the rocket's four engines. The next launch opportunity is on September 2, but whether or not another attempt is made that day depends on how testing goes.
""Launch controllers were continuing to evaluate why a bleed test to get the RS-25 engines on the bottom of the core stage to the proper temperature range for liftoff was not successful, and ran out of time in the two-hour launch window,"" according...",left
19699,NASA Delays New Moon Rocket Launch Over Technical Issues,"['Science', 'NASA', 'Space Exploration']",NASA's Artemis 1 mission moon rocket launch scrubbed after delays,Fox Business,"The scheduled launch of Artemis 1 mission moon rocket has been scrubbed Monday, NASA has announced.
The decision came shortly after a NASA official warned that the agency still had a ""lot of work"" to do to get to a point where it could launch the rocket following fuel leaks and a possible crack discovered during final liftoff preparations. 
The next launch attempt won't be until midday Friday at the earliest. 
NASA repeatedly stopped and started the fueling of the Space Launch System rocket with nearly 1 million gallons of super-cold hydrogen and oxygen...",right
19700,House Will Hold Full Vote on Impeachment Inquiry,"['House Of Representatives', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Public Opinion', 'Ukraine', 'Adam Schiff', 'US House', 'Politics']",House Will Vote To Formalize Impeachment Procedures In Ongoing Inquiry,NPR (Online News),"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced in a letter to Democrats on Monday that the House will vote to formalize the procedures in the ongoing impeachment inquiry of President Trump.
The resolution will outline the terms for public hearings, the disclosure of deposition transcripts, procedures to transfer evidence to the House Judiciary Committee and due process rights for Trump.
Senior Democratic aides said the resolution will be released on Wednesday, with a House vote on Thursday.
""We are taking this step to eliminate any doubt as to whether the Trump Administration...",left
19701,House Will Hold Full Vote on Impeachment Inquiry,"['House Of Representatives', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Public Opinion', 'Ukraine', 'Adam Schiff', 'US House', 'Politics']",Pelosi announces full House vote on impeachment inquiry,Yahoo News,"WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sought Monday to deprive President Trump of a legal and political argument against the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, announcing she would hold a vote in the full House this Thursday that “affirms the ongoing, existing investigation.”
“We are taking this step to eliminate any doubt as to whether the Trump Administration may withhold documents, prevent witness testimony, disregard duly authorized subpoenas, or continue obstructing the House of Representatives,” Pelosi said in a written statement. “Nobody is above the law.”
Pelosi said the Trump White House...",left
19702,House Will Hold Full Vote on Impeachment Inquiry,"['House Of Representatives', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Public Opinion', 'Ukraine', 'Adam Schiff', 'US House', 'Politics']",House to vote on impeachment proceedings Thursday,Washington Examiner,"The House of Representatives will vote to formalize impeachment proceedings against President Trump, Nancy Pelosi announced in a letter Monday.
The inquiry into the president's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set for Thursday, senior House Democratic aides told NPR. The GOP has expressed frustration with Democrats for not holding such a vote.
The resolution, which will be introduced in the House Rules Committee, will be the first vote the House takes as a whole regarding the authorization of the proceedings.
""This week, we will bring...",right
19703,What Caused 2021's Record-Setting Inflation?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Economic Policy', 'Supply Chains', 'Federal Reserve', 'Business', 'Labor', 'Jerome Powell']","EXPLAINER: Why US inflation is so high, and when it may ease",Associated Press,"At first, it didn’t even register as a threat. Then it seemed like a temporary annoyance.
Now, inflation is flashing red for the Federal Reserve’s policymakers — and delivering sticker shock to Americans at the used car lot, the supermarket, the gas station, the rental office.
On Wednesday, the Labor Department reported that consumer prices jumped 7% in December compared with 12 months earlier — the hottest year-over-year inflation since June 1982. Excluding volatile energy and food prices, what is called “core” inflation rose 5.5% over the past year, the...",left
19704,What Caused 2021's Record-Setting Inflation?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Economic Policy', 'Supply Chains', 'Federal Reserve', 'Business', 'Labor', 'Jerome Powell']",Five charts explaining why inflation is at a 40-year high,Washington Post,"The bumpy economic recovery has had policymakers, economists and Americans households grappling with greater price hikes for groceries, cars, rent and other essentials.
The latest inflation data, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showed prices in December rose to a 40-year high, climbing 7.0 percent compared with the year before.
For months, officials at the Federal Reserve and White House argued that pandemic-era inflation will be temporary. But they’ve had to back away from that message, which was increasingly hard to square with what was happening in the economy — and the...",left
19705,What Caused 2021's Record-Setting Inflation?,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Economic Policy', 'Supply Chains', 'Federal Reserve', 'Business', 'Labor', 'Jerome Powell']",The Democrats’ Inflation Blame Game,Multiple Writers - Lean Right,"Despite Wednesday’s inflation report indicating that consumer prices have risen by 7% over the past 12 months and accelerated to 9.1% over the past three months, the president and Democrats other than Sen. Joe Manchin remain firmly entrenched in a state of denial. In their telling, this inflation has nothing to do with their spending policy. This is the same argument we heard in the mid-1970s.
When we both began our careers in public service, the U.S. was suffering from the high inflation of the late 1970s. The federal government...",right
19706,President Trump Asks Supreme Court to Block Release of His Tax Returns,"['Supreme Court', 'Tax Returns', 'Donald Trump', 'US Constitution', 'Law', 'Taxes']",Trump takes legal fight over tax records to Supreme Court,New York Post (News),"Lawyers for President Trump petitioned the US Supreme Court Thursday as part of his ongoing bid to keep his tax returns away from Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance.
Trump is appealing a decision from the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which found Vance’s office can enforce subpoenas on Trump’s accounting firm, Mazars USA, seeking eight years of his corporate and personal financial documents.
If the Supreme Court declines to hear the appeal, the ruling stands — allowing Vance’s office to seize the financial records.
Should they take...",right
19707,President Trump Asks Supreme Court to Block Release of His Tax Returns,"['Supreme Court', 'Tax Returns', 'Donald Trump', 'US Constitution', 'Law', 'Taxes']",Trump appeals to Supreme Court to keep tax returns from NY prosecutors,The Hill,"President Trump on Thursday appealed to the Supreme Court, asking it to reverse a court order requiring his accountants to hand over eight years of tax returns, in a dramatic escalation of his fight to keep his financial records private.
Trump’s request comes after a federal appeals court in New York last week said Manhattan prosecutors could enforce a subpoena against Trump’s accounting firm Mazars USA for his personal and corporate financial records from 2011 to 2018.
A three-judge panel of the Second Circuit last week said Manhattan prosecutors...",center
19708,President Trump Asks Supreme Court to Block Release of His Tax Returns,"['Supreme Court', 'Tax Returns', 'Donald Trump', 'US Constitution', 'Law', 'Taxes']",Trump Asks Supreme Court to Bar Release of His Tax Returns,New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — President Trump asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to bar his accounting firm from turning over eight years of his tax returns to Manhattan prosecutors.
The case, the first concerning Mr. Trump’s personal conduct and business dealings to reach the court, could yield a major ruling on the scope of presidential immunity from criminal investigations.
Last week, a unanimous three-judge panel of a federal appeals court in Manhattan ruled against Mr. Trump, rejecting his argument that he was absolutely immune from criminal investigation while he remains in office....",left
19709,McConnell Says He'd Back Trump in 2024,"['Donald Trump', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Republican Party', 'White House', '2024 Election']",McConnell says he'd back Trump as 2024 GOP nominee,The Hill,"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who just weeks ago excoriated former President Trump on the Senate floor, blaming him for the riot at the Capitol, on Thursday said he would back Trump if he wins the party's 2024 presidential nomination.
""There's a lot to happen between now and '24. I've got at least four members that I think are planning on running for president. ... Should be a wide open race,"" McConnell said during an interview with Fox News's Bret Baier.
Asked if he would support Trump if he...",center
19710,McConnell Says He'd Back Trump in 2024,"['Donald Trump', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Republican Party', 'White House', '2024 Election']",Mitch McConnell says he will 'absolutely' back Trump if former president is 2024 GOP nominee,The Blaze,"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday that if former President Donald Trump becomes the Republican Party's presidential nominee again in 2024, he would ""absolutely"" throw his support behind the former president.
But, he says, a lot could happen between now then.
During an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier, the anchor asked McConnell if he believed Trump would be the GOP nominee during the next president election as some have predicted.
""Well, there's a lot to happen between now and '24,"" the GOP leader responded, revealing, ""I've got...",right
19711,McConnell Says He'd Back Trump in 2024,"['Donald Trump', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Republican Party', 'White House', '2024 Election']",Mitch McConnell Says He’d ‘Absolutely’ Back Donald Trump In 2024 Presidential Race,HuffPost,"In a breathtaking turnabout, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday on Fox News that he would “absolutely” back Donald Trump for president in 2024 if he becomes the Republican Party’s nominee.
The startling support came less than two weeks after McConnell’s angry slam of the former president as “practically and morally responsible” for inciting last month’s deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol. “There’s no question,” McConnell said. “The people that stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president.” He called Trump’s...",left
19712,Inflation Rose More Than Expected in August,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'CPI', 'Consumers', 'Business']",U.S. Inflation Eased to 8.3% in August,Wall Street Journal (News),"The pace of U.S. consumer price increases moderated somewhat in August but remained close to a four-decade high.
The Labor Department on Tuesday reported its consumer-price index rose 8.3% in August from the same month a year ago, down from 8.5% in July and from 9.1% in June, which was the highest inflation rate in four decades. The CPI measures what consumers pay for goods and services.
So-called core CPI, which excludes often volatile energy and food prices, increased 6.3% in August from a year earlier, up sharply from the 5.9% rate in both...",center
19713,Inflation Rose More Than Expected in August,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'CPI', 'Consumers', 'Business']",Inflation fell slightly to 8.3% in August as pain from higher prices lingers,NBC News (Online),"Inflation was little changed in the month of August, despite efforts by the Federal Reserve to cool off the U.S. economy. Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that inflation landed at 8.3% last month compared to one year ago.
Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had forecast an 8.1% annual increase. Prices increased 8.5% in July.
Gas prices have fallen for 89 consecutive days and now stand at a national average of $3.70 a gallon, though there is wide geographic variability, with most Western states still above $4 a...",left
19714,Inflation Rose More Than Expected in August,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'CPI', 'Consumers', 'Business']","Inflation rose faster than expected in August, keeping prices painfully high",Fox Business,"Inflation rose more than expected in August, continuing to create severe financial pressure for U.S. households even as the cost of gasoline fell.
The Labor Department said Tuesday that the consumer price index, a broad measure of the price for everyday goods including gasoline, groceries and rents, rose 8.3% in August from a year ago. Prices climbed 0.1% in the one-month period from July.
Those figures were both higher than the 8.1% headline figure and 0.1% monthly decline forecast by Refinitiv economists, likely a worrisome sign for the Federal Reserve as it...",right
19715,Supreme Court Declines to Review Pennsylvania GOP Challenge to Electoral Map,['Elections'],Supreme Court turns away Pennsylvania electoral map dispute,Reuters,The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed a bid by Republican legislators in Pennsylvania to reinstate a congressional district map struck down by that state’s top court as,center
19716,Supreme Court Declines to Review Pennsylvania GOP Challenge to Electoral Map,['Elections'],Supreme Court rejects Pa. GOP appeal over state's congressional map,Washington Times,The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers earlier this week to try to ditch a Democrat-leaning congressional map.,right
19717,Supreme Court Declines to Review Pennsylvania GOP Challenge to Electoral Map,['Elections'],Pennsylvania’s Republican gerrymander is now so doomed that not even Brett Kavanaugh can save it,ThinkProgress,"Every now and then, democracy wins.",left
19718,Trump To Visit El Paso And Dayton,"['Dayton', 'El Paso', 'Donald Trump', 'Violence In America']",Trump to Visit Cities Victimized by Recent Mass Shootings,Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump will visit the cities where this weekend's mass shootings took place, according to news reports.
El Paso, Texas Mayor Dee Margo said at a news conference Monday the president will visit the city Wednesday, and Federal Aviation Administration adviseries suggest Trump will be in Dayton on the same day.
Margo, a Republican, has been a critic of Trump and earlier this year would not meet with him while he was in El Paso.
But he said Monday he would meet with him under his capacity as mayor...",right
19719,Trump To Visit El Paso And Dayton,"['Dayton', 'El Paso', 'Donald Trump', 'Violence In America']","Kellyanne Conway says El Paso, Dayton are 'safe and ready' for Trump visit on Wednesday",USA TODAY,"Despite objections from some residents, President Donald Trump will travel Wednesday to El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, to review recovery efforts from mass shootings over the weekend, officials said Tuesday.
Security officials find the cities ""safe and ready"" for Trump visits with victims' families, survivors and law enforcement personnel involved, said presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway.
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a notification of ""VIP movement"" in El Paso and Dayton on Wednesday.
In remarks at the White House on Monday, the president and first lady Melania Trump said...",left
19720,Trump To Visit El Paso And Dayton,"['Dayton', 'El Paso', 'Donald Trump', 'Violence In America']",Trump to visit El Paso and Dayton following shootings,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump will visit El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in the coming days, following mass shootings in the cities over the weekend, the White House confirmed on Monday.
Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway told reporters at the White House on Monday that Trump will travel to Dayton and El Paso, she said, to express his condolences and help provide resources. Trump wants to hear more, she said, from the mayors of the cities and those directly affected.
Conway did not specify which day Trump would go but...",left
19721,"100 Million Americans in ‘Extreme Heat Belt’ to Face 125 Degree Temperatures by 2053, Study Says","['Climate Change', 'Heat Waves', 'Disaster', 'Texas', 'Illinois', 'Midwest', 'California', 'Florida', 'Sustainability']","By mid-century, a third of Americans will live in dangerously hot areas, report predicts",CBS News (Online),"Intense heat this summer has set records in the U.S., with some regions topping 110 degrees. Utah residents suffered through 16 straight days of triple-digit heat — the longest such stretch in the 125 years that records have been kept. Around the world, extreme temperatures have killed thousands in Asia and Europe.
Despite this alarming picture of the present, it is likely just the beginning. By mid-century, nearly one-third of U.S. adults are likely to live in counties that experience hazardous heat, according to a new analysis from the First Street...",left
19722,"100 Million Americans in ‘Extreme Heat Belt’ to Face 125 Degree Temperatures by 2053, Study Says","['Climate Change', 'Heat Waves', 'Disaster', 'Texas', 'Illinois', 'Midwest', 'California', 'Florida', 'Sustainability']","More than 100 million Americans from Texas up to Wisconsin will live in an extreme heat belt by 2053 where at least one day a year will reach 125F, new study says",Daily Mail,"An 'extreme heat belt' will form across the Midwest by 2053, according to a new study, leaving over 100million Americans regularly experiencing days over 125F.
The intense heat belt will cover a stretch of country between the Appalachian mountains in western Kentucky and Tennessee to the eastern portions of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska, and consume nearly all of Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.",right
19723,"100 Million Americans in ‘Extreme Heat Belt’ to Face 125 Degree Temperatures by 2053, Study Says","['Climate Change', 'Heat Waves', 'Disaster', 'Texas', 'Illinois', 'Midwest', 'California', 'Florida', 'Sustainability']",‘Extreme heat belt’ will impact more than 100 million Americans: study,The Hill,"As record-high temperatures recently swept across several parts of the U.S. this summer, new data on heat risks forecast an “extreme heat belt” will emerge in large parts of the country by 2053. 
The heat model released Monday by researchers from the nonprofit group First Street Foundation estimates heat risks at the property level across the U.S. and how the intensity of hot days will change over the next three decades. 
The model identified the seven hottest days for any property this year and used that metric to determine how...",center
19724,Primary Day in Michigan,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Any sign of success for the anti-Trump effort and 4 other things to watch for in Tuesday's primaries,Los Angeles Times,"With Republicans badly fractured over Donald Trump’s advance toward the party’s presidential nomination, the GOP will award 150 more delegates Tuesday as voters cast ballots in Michigan, Mississippi, Idaho and Hawaii.",left
19725,Primary Day in Michigan,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Can Trump Break Away Today,CNN (Online News),The two presidential front-runners are both eyeing Super Tuesday 2 as a chance to build on their momentum and pad their leads as they look to put the races away by the end of the month.,left
19726,Primary Day in Michigan,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton, Trump eye Michigan wins as candidates face first big Midwest test",Fox News (Online News),"Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump look to rebound from weekend setbacks with victories in Tuesday's Michigan primary, the first big industrial state to be contested in the 2016 presidential race.",right
19727,Secretary Hagel Stepping Down,[],"Defense Secretary Hagel will resign, sources say",USA TODAY,"Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel will resign today as the Obama administration attempts to shift its strategy against the Islamic State, sources said Monday.",left
19728,Secretary Hagel Stepping Down,[],Why Obama is firing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel,Vox,"Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is resigning, President Obama will announce on Monday.",left
19729,Secretary Hagel Stepping Down,[],Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel stepping down,Fox News (Online News),"Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will officially resign amid growing pressure from the Obama administration over his handling of several international crises, Fox News has confirmed.",right
19730,"Joe Rogan's Prior Use of N-Word Sparks More Criticism, Defenses of Free Speech","['Free Speech', 'Joe Rogan', 'Censorship', 'First Amendment', 'Spotify', 'Big Tech', 'Race And Racism', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Cancel Culture', 'Hate Speech']",Spotify Shouldn’t Accept the Premises of the Cancelers,Rich Lowry,"There have been many unpleasant paid jobs throughout history, from executioner to leech collector to nitpicker. Now, to this litany of gruesome and onerous work must be added being employed by Spotify in the 21st century.
The CEO of the streaming company, besieged by a highly motivated cancellation mob out for podcaster Joe Rogan’s scalp, apologized to his employees in a statement for “the way The Joe Rogan Experience controversy continues to impact each of you.”
According to Daniel Ek, the Spotify team has been left “feeling drained, frustrated and unheard.” Yes, following inane and...",right
19731,"Joe Rogan's Prior Use of N-Word Sparks More Criticism, Defenses of Free Speech","['Free Speech', 'Joe Rogan', 'Censorship', 'First Amendment', 'Spotify', 'Big Tech', 'Race And Racism', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Cancel Culture', 'Hate Speech']",Joe Rogan’s Use of the N-Word Is Far From the Whole Story,Daily Beast,"Censuring The Joe Rogan Experience—a podcast whose eponymous host, a muscle-bound man most famous for providing MMA color commentary and pressuring people into eating bull testicles for money—has become an online cause célèbre in recent months after a group of 270 doctors penned an open letter to its distributor, Spotify, accusing the show of having “a concerning history of broadcasting misinformation, particularly regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.”
The letter took particular issue with a recent episode featuring guest Robert Malone, a biochemist who conducted a series of groundbreaking laboratory studies on cells using...",left
19732,"Joe Rogan's Prior Use of N-Word Sparks More Criticism, Defenses of Free Speech","['Free Speech', 'Joe Rogan', 'Censorship', 'First Amendment', 'Spotify', 'Big Tech', 'Race And Racism', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Cancel Culture', 'Hate Speech']","Spotify CEO condemns Rogan over racial slurs, but won't silence him",Reuters,"Spotify (SPOT.N) Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek said on Sunday he ""strongly"" condemns racial slurs and other comments made by popular U.S. podcaster Joe Rogan but will not be removing him from the platform.
Ek's comments, sent in a letter to staff seen by Reuters, come on the heels of Rogan issuing an apology for the second time in a week, the latest for using racial slurs after a montage video surfaced showing him repeatedly using the N-word.
Ek said it was Rogan's decision to remove a number of past episodes from ""The Joe...",center
19733,"Pence, Merkel Meet on NATO",['Foreign Policy'],Mike Pence: US 'will continue to hold Russia accountable',Washington Examiner,"Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday pledged that the U.S. will ""continue to hold Russia accountable"" even as President Trump looks to revive a wavering relationship between the two countries and re-assured allies of the U.S. commitment to NATO.",right
19734,"Pence, Merkel Meet on NATO",['Foreign Policy'],Pence and Merkel embrace NATO but differ on transatlantic partnership,Washington Post,"Vice President Pence and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday offered dueling assessments of the troubled transatlantic relationship, as both praised NATO but Pence made no mention of the European Union, the key economic and political pact that binds Europe together.",left
19735,"Pence, Merkel Meet on NATO",['Foreign Policy'],Mike Pence Says U.S. Backs NATO but Urges Europe to Boost Military Spending,Wall Street Journal (News),"Vice President Mike Pence said the U.S. would be unwavering in its commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, but demanded that Europe step up its military spending, marking one of the Trump administration’s most full-throated efforts yet to reassure nervous partners.",center
19736,Pelosi Says House Democrats Are Looking To Codify Federal Abortion Protections,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Rights', 'Data Privacy', 'Democratic Party', 'House Democrats', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Public Health', 'Reproductive Rights', 'Roe V Wade', 'US House']",Pelosi says House Democrats are looking at legislation to protect personal data in reproductive apps and other actions post-Roe v. Wade,Insider,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday outlined House Democrats' legislative response to Roe v. Wade being overturned, saying her party is looking at codifying a federal right to an abortion.
Pelosi outlined three areas that House Democrats are examining just days after the Supreme Court gutted federal abortion rights, overturning nearly over a half-century of precedent. These are: protecting sensitive data on reproductive health apps, making it clear that states cannot stop people from traveling to seek an abortion, and once again trying to pass a federal law guaranteeing a...",left
19737,Pelosi Says House Democrats Are Looking To Codify Federal Abortion Protections,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Rights', 'Data Privacy', 'Democratic Party', 'House Democrats', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Public Health', 'Reproductive Rights', 'Roe V Wade', 'US House']","Pelosi says Democrats are mulling plans to protect abortion access, info stored in reproductive health apps",CNBC,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday said the chamber’s Democrats are exploring legislation to protect personal data stored on reproductive health apps, ensure the right to free travel between states and codify the right to an abortion after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade case.
The ideas, posed by Pelosi to fellow House Democrats in a letter dated Monday, follows the court’s Friday decision to upend nearly 50 years of abortion rights in the U.S. The decision has sparked nationwide outrage from supporters of abortion access in the days since....",center
19738,Pelosi Says House Democrats Are Looking To Codify Federal Abortion Protections,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Rights', 'Data Privacy', 'Democratic Party', 'House Democrats', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Public Health', 'Reproductive Rights', 'Roe V Wade', 'US House']",Pelosi tells House Democrats abortion legislation is forthcoming to codify Roe,Washington Examiner,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that the House would take up legislation to ""further codify freedoms which Americans currently enjoy” after the Supreme Court struck down its previous ruling in Roe v. Wade in its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
Pelosi condemned that decision in a blistering statement Friday. On Monday, she said the House would take up legislation to codify other matters decided by the high court and would again consider the Women’s Health Protection Act, a sweeping abortion rights bill that passed the House and failed in the Senate.
In a Dear...",right
19739,CDC Says Fully Vaccinated People Can Travel Safely Within US,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Travel', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Airlines']",Fully vaccinated against COVID-19? CDC says it's OK to resume travel,USA TODAY,"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Americans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can resume travel at low risk to themselves – long-awaited news for travelers itching to vacation or see family again.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, who earlier this week issued an urgent plea to limit travel due to fears of another COVID surge, said Friday that the new guidance is based on studies showing the ""real-world'' effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.
Vaccinated travelers no longer have to follow the CDC's recommendations to get a COVID-19 test before...",left
19740,CDC Says Fully Vaccinated People Can Travel Safely Within US,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Travel', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Airlines']",CDC: Fully vaccinated people can travel in U.S. without tests or quarantines,NBC News (Online),"People who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can travel freely in the U.S., as long as they remain masked on planes, buses and trains, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday.
It is unclear how much impact the new guidance will have. People are already traveling and making decisions on their own. American Airlines reported Monday that the company's bookings have jumped to 90 percent of what they were before the pandemic.
Full coverage of the coronavirus outbreak
The new guidance means that ""fully vaccinated grandparents can fly...",left
19741,CDC Says Fully Vaccinated People Can Travel Safely Within US,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus', 'CDC', 'Travel', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Recovery', 'Airlines']","Travel Is Low Risk for Fully Vaccinated People, CDC Says",National Review,"People who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus can travel at low risk to themselves as long as they wear masks and take other precautions, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday in a shift from its previous blanket discouragement against travel.
Individuals who are fully vaccinated — two weeks past their final shot — need not receive a COVID-19 test before or after domestic trips and do not need to self-quarantine after travel, the agency says.
The guidance adds that for international travel, testing is not necessary...",right
19742,"Social Media Platforms Censor Election Posts from Trump, Others","['Big Tech', 'Free Speech', 'Online Censorship', 'Fake News', 'Misinformation', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Media Bias', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Elections']","Facebook, Twitter label Trump claims over ‘stealing the election’ as potentially misleading",USA TODAY,"Facebook and Twitter on early Wednesday warned social media users that President Donald Trump's claims regarding the election results are potentially misleading, including his claim that he had won the election.
After the president falsely claimed in a speech around 2:30 a.m. ET that he had won the race and baselessly alleged fraud on the behalf of his opponents, Facebook labeled a video feed featuring those comments. With votes still being counted, no clear winner has been determined at this time.
""Final results may be different from initial...",left
19743,"Social Media Platforms Censor Election Posts from Trump, Others","['Big Tech', 'Free Speech', 'Online Censorship', 'Fake News', 'Misinformation', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Media Bias', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Elections']",Twitter and Facebook label baseless Trump post suggesting Democrats manipulated ballot counts,The Verge,"Twitter and Facebook have continued to restrict and label posts from President Donald Trump after yesterday’s presidential election, this time addressing a baseless claim that Democratic officials were manipulating vote counts in key states. Twitter flagged the tweet and restricted its reach, saying it was “disputed and might be misleading.” Facebook added a general warning that “final results may be different from the initial vote counts.”
Trump triggered a social media crackdown early this morning after accusing Democrats of trying to steal the election. Neither platform has actually removed his...",left
19744,"Social Media Platforms Censor Election Posts from Trump, Others","['Big Tech', 'Free Speech', 'Online Censorship', 'Fake News', 'Misinformation', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Media Bias', 'Social Media', 'Technology', 'Elections']",Twitter Censors Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh After Trump Agrees With Message; Conservatives Sound Off,The Daily Wire,"Twitter censored a tweet from The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh regarding the voter tabulations in Michigan — specifically an update on 128,000-plus votes that reportedly all came in for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden — after President Donald Trump quote-tweeted the post in seeming agreement with Walsh’s concern.",right
19745,White House launches new ACA push,['Healthcare'],Obama's unlikeliest challenge: Young people,Washington Post,The same demographic that overwhelmingly voted for Obama will decide whether his health-care law succeeds or falls flat.,left
19746,White House launches new ACA push,['Healthcare'],White House back to Obamacare sales mode,Politico,President Barack Obama will launch a coordinated campaign Tuesday by the White House congressional Democrats and their outside allies to return attention to why the Affordable Care Act passed in the first place.,left
19747,White House launches new ACA push,['Healthcare'],White House to launch new push to sell ObamaCare after HealthCare.gov re-do,Fox News (Online News),White House to pitch ObamaCare after HealthCare.gov re-do.,right
19748,GOP Debate in Charleston Tonight,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Fight night: Why the South Carolina showdown could turn bloody,Fox News (Online News),"The Fox Business debate here in Charleston isn’t billed as a boxing match, but by the time it ends Thursday evening, viewers may not be able to tell the difference.",right
19749,GOP Debate in Charleston Tonight,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Republican Debate Spotlight Intensifies as Iowa Caucuses Near,New York Times (News),"Thursday night’s Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C., will be the sixth of the primary campaign, but only the next to last before the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1. And as Newt Gingrich can attest, face-offs held in the final weeks and days before the nominating contests tend to matter more. And the attacks tend to get rougher.",left
19750,GOP Debate in Charleston Tonight,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",5 things to watch in tonight’s GOP debate,Politico,Establishment Republicans are bracing themselves for a circular firing squad as the 2016 GOP candidates gather here for Thursday's debate.,left
19751,Perspectives: The DOJ's Dismissal of Michael Flynn's Case,"['Michael Flynn', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Justice', 'Russia', 'Russia Investigation', 'White House', 'FBI', 'Defense And Security']","If Michael Flynn did nothing wrong, why didn’t he tell the truth?",David Ignatius,"With the Justice Department’s move Thursday to drop its case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn, it’s useful to go back to a basic question: If Flynn did nothing wrong when he called the Russian ambassador on Dec. 29, 2016, the day President Barack Obama imposed sanctions on Russia for interfering in the presidential election, why did he conceal it?
One issue from the beginning was whether Flynn’s call to Ambassador Sergey Kislyak violated the Logan Act, which bars private U.S. citizens from trying to influence another country about...",center
19752,Perspectives: The DOJ's Dismissal of Michael Flynn's Case,"['Michael Flynn', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Justice', 'Russia', 'Russia Investigation', 'White House', 'FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Ending the Flynn False-Statement Case Was the Right Judgment,National Review,"Judgments and rules are two different things. Rules are, or should be, clear bright lines that can produce yes-or-no answers. Judgments are more complicated than that. They need not be as standardless as Potter Stewart’s famous definition of pornography (“I know it when I see it”), but judgments typically involve a good deal more weighing and balancing of multiple factors, sometimes in ways that don’t reduce to a mathematical formula. The Justice Department’s decision to drop the Michael Flynn false-statement prosecution, three years after he pleaded guilty, might not pass...",right
19753,Perspectives: The DOJ's Dismissal of Michael Flynn's Case,"['Michael Flynn', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Justice', 'Russia', 'Russia Investigation', 'White House', 'FBI', 'Defense And Security']",The Appalling Damage of Dropping the Michael Flynn Case,New York Times (Opinion),"Criminal law specialists and members of the law enforcement community are tough to really shock. But the Justice Department’s announcement that it would drop criminal charges against Michael Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser, has provoked, in addition to outrage, a sense of utter demoralization among them. They’ve never seen such a thing before. After all, Mr. Flynn twice pleaded guilty to lying to the F.B.I.
But it’s important to understand why all Americans should be not just shocked but outraged. It’s not just because Mr. Flynn won’t go...",left
19754,House Judiciary Committee Releases 658-Page Impeachment Report,"['House Judiciary Committee', 'Impeachment Report', 'Obstruction Of Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Politics']",Judiciary Committee Report Argues Trump ‘Betrayed the Nation’,New York Times (News),"The House Judiciary Committee formally presented its case for impeaching President Trump in a 658-page report published online early Monday morning, arguing just days before a final vote in the House that he “betrayed the nation by abusing his high office.”
The report, which echoes similar documents produced after the committee’s approval of impeachment articles for Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Bill Clinton, contains no new allegations or evidence against Mr. Trump.
But it offers a detailed road map for the two articles of impeachment the committee approved, charging that...",left
19755,House Judiciary Committee Releases 658-Page Impeachment Report,"['House Judiciary Committee', 'Impeachment Report', 'Obstruction Of Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Politics']",House Judiciary Committee releases full impeachment report ahead of vote,USA TODAY,"The House Judiciary Committee released the full report early Monday from the inquiry that led it to approve two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump in a party-line vote last week.
The 658-page report (which you can read here) was made public days before articles of impeachment for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress are expected to come before the House floor for a vote. The Democrat-led House is expected to approve the articles of impeachment against Trump.
The report outlines the process that led the...",left
19756,House Judiciary Committee Releases 658-Page Impeachment Report,"['House Judiciary Committee', 'Impeachment Report', 'Obstruction Of Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'US House', 'Politics']",House Judiciary Committee Releases Full Impeachment Report,Townhall,"The House Judiciary Committee released a 658-page report detailing the impeachment case against President Trump early Monday morning, saying that ""President Trump has realized the Framers' worst nightmare.”
The report highlights what it claims are two impeachable offenses: Trump's abuse of power and obstructing Congress during its investigation.
""Taken together, the articles charge that President Trump has placed his personal, political interests above our national security, our free and fair elections and our systems of checks and balances. He has engaged in a pattern of misconduct that will...",right
19757,Trump vs. Former Miss Universe,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump continues attacks on former Miss Universe with middle-of-the-night tweets,Los Angeles Times,"Donald Trump said Friday that Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton was ""duped"" into using his comments about a ""disgusting"" former Miss Universe to attack him.",left
19758,Trump vs. Former Miss Universe,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: Penny Nance: I can’t get to victim when I think of Alicia Machado,Guest Writer - Right,"At Monday’s presidential debate Hillary Clinton’s asserted that Alicia Machado, a former Miss Universe, was victimized about her weight by Donald Trump. Her remarks have, perhaps rightfully, given some women pause. So let’s reflect a moment and add some context to this allegation. Here’s where I’ve come down.",right
19759,Trump vs. Former Miss Universe,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump jumps into the gutter,Politico,"The Republican nominee loses impulse control, and unleashes a violent Twitter rant against his Miss Universe nemesis.",left
19760,Democratic Platform to Support Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],Support For Same-Sex Marriage Could Be Official Democratic Stance,NPR (Online News),"Democrats are on the path to including an endorsement of same-sex marriage for the first time in their official party platform.
NPR's Ari Shapiro reported Monday that the proposal has made it through an important Democratic committee meeting.
The 15 Democrats who serve on the party's platform drafting committee voted unanimously to endorse same-sex marriage in the party's official agenda, says Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., who serves on the committee.
Frank recently married his partner.
The effort to include gay mar",left
19761,Democratic Platform to Support Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],Gay Marriage Plank Will Be In Democratic Party Platform At Convention,HuffPost,"A Democratic Party source confirmed to The Huffington Post that the party will include a plank supporting marriage equality in its official platform at the upcoming convention.
The news, first reported by the Washington Blade, represents a historic and phenomenal win for LGBT rights groups, which could hardly have envisioned progress being made so quickly on this front.
The Democratic source relayed that officials unanimously agreed at a recent platform drafting committee meeting in Minneapolis to adopt language end",left
19762,Are Democratic Candidates Ignoring Voter’s Economic Worries?,"['2022 Elections', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Gas Prices', 'Midterm Elections', 'Political Polarization', 'Joe Biden', 'Jim Clyburn', 'Threats To Democracy']","In 2022 midterm elections, 'It's the economy, stupid' still applies",Guest Writer - Right,"In 1992, the infamous Democratic strategist and campaign adviser, James Carville, famously coined the phrase ""It’s the economy, stupid"" as part of a campaign effort to win voters to Bill Clinton. 
It was a contentious presidential year. President George H. W. Bush was seeking re-election but given the prevailing recession and growing economic uncertainty, Carville identified the pain point that would ultimately deliver votes to secure the presidency for the Democrats. 
I was 4 years old in 1992, so I don’t remember much from that year, yet that phrase, and...",right
19763,Are Democratic Candidates Ignoring Voter’s Economic Worries?,"['2022 Elections', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Gas Prices', 'Midterm Elections', 'Political Polarization', 'Joe Biden', 'Jim Clyburn', 'Threats To Democracy']","Top Democrat Downplays Impact of Cost of Gas, Food on Midterms",Newsweek,"House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn said in a recent interview that voters' economic concerns are not as important as protecting democracy.
The South Carolina Democrat told Fox News on Thursday that Americans should ponder whether they want to live in a democracy or autocracy, conjuring past comments made by former President Donald Trump in which he called the press ""the enemy of the people.""
""I think that people should be voting in their own self-interest,"" Clyburn said. ""And their self-interest is much more than what you may or may not...",center
19764,Are Democratic Candidates Ignoring Voter’s Economic Worries?,"['2022 Elections', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Gas Prices', 'Midterm Elections', 'Political Polarization', 'Joe Biden', 'Jim Clyburn', 'Threats To Democracy']",We Need to Know the Good News About the Economy,Guest Writer - Left,"Pandemic shortages, Russia's war in Ukraine, and plain old gouging are hiking prices across the globe. A dollar doesn't go as far as it used to, and many Americans are struggling.
Higher prices at the pump and the grocery store hurt. But there is also some good news.
For one thing, we're actually experiencing less inflation than many other countries. Inflation here is 8 percent, compared to over 10 percent in the U.K. and Eurozone. Turkey has seen rates of over 80 percent.
For another, we're better equipped to weather...",left
19765,Biden's First Year Criticized Across the Spectrum,"['Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Domestic Policy', 'Build Back Better', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Inflation', 'Afghanistan']","Biden vowed a return to normalcy — instead, we got a year of chaos",John Podhoretz,"Imagine President Joe Biden opening up the doors on his advent calendar on these final days before Christmas.
On the 21st, the doors reveal: a graph depicting the decline in Biden’s approval ratings from 55 percent in January to 44 percent today,
On the 22nd: a photograph of a helicopter hovering over the US embassy in Kabul as Afghanistan falls to the Taliban in August.
On the 23rd: another graph, this time of the inflation rate, rising from 1.4 percent on Election Day to 6.8 percent in November.
And finally, on December 24th: Sen. Joe Manchin, the man who finally performed a...",right
19766,Biden's First Year Criticized Across the Spectrum,"['Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Domestic Policy', 'Build Back Better', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Inflation', 'Afghanistan']","Biden year one takeaways: Grand ambitions, humbling defeats",Associated Press Fact Check,"Joe Biden’s long arc in public life has always had one final ambition: to sit behind the Resolute Desk of the Oval Office.
He achieved it — albeit, at 78, as the oldest person to assume the presidency. After the turbulence and chaos of his predecessor, Donald Trump, Biden was seen by voters as one who could restore a sense of normalcy and a reassuring tone to the White House.
But Biden also found out, as all his predecessors have, that events beyond his control would shape his time in office...",left
19767,Biden's First Year Criticized Across the Spectrum,"['Joe Biden', 'White House', 'Domestic Policy', 'Build Back Better', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Inflation', 'Afghanistan']",Biden's epic failures,Axios,"In the two months since signing the $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law, President Biden has by almost every measure bombed big time on the things that matter most.
The big picture: Biden, who marks one year in office next Thursday, has never been less popular nationally, after personally lobbying his party and the public on Build Back Better and voting rights — and failing.
Baffling COVID messaging caused former Biden advisers to stage a media intervention, going public with a call for a less reactive strategy.
Why it matters: Biden is on the verge of losing two big fights of his choosing...",center
19768,McCain on Syria,['Middle East'],President Gains McCain's Backing on Syria Attack,New York Times (News),The White House pushed forward for Congressional approval of an attack on Syria as President Obama got qualified support from a hawkish Republican critic Senator John McCain.,left
19769,McCain on Syria,['Middle East'],McCain on Syria: Any resolution must include authority to attack air defenses,Christian Science Monitor,McCain on Syria Authorization from Congress - it must change the balance of power and give the rebels a fighting chance.,center
19770,McCain on Syria,['Middle East'],"McCain Says Congress Blocking Strike on Syria ""Would Be Catastrophic""",The Blaze,Two Republican foreign policy hawks said Monday that President Barack Obama needs to make a strong case for attacking Bashar Assad's Syria if he wants to win congressional backing.,right
19771,Hillary Approaches 2016,['Politics'],Hillary Clinton's gender politics,CNN (Online News),"Gender -- the issue that Hillary Clinton struggled to find her balance on during her 2008 campaign -- is front and center as she prepares for a possible 2016 presidential run.
It is, in many ways, a remarkable evolution for a female politician once bedeviled by gender politics to the self-defined ""pantsuit aficionado and glass ceiling cracker"" of today.",left
19772,Hillary Approaches 2016,['Politics'],Hillary Versus History,New York Times (News),"When Hillary Clinton thinks about running for president, do you think she contemplates the fact that no Democrat has been elected to succeed another Democrat since James Buchanan in 1856?
We bring you this factoid in honor of the beginning of the 2016 election season. (Only 55 weeks until the New Hampshire primary!) We’ve got so much time. It’s the perfect moment for random irrelevant trivia about presidential elections of the past. Which, to be honest, is my favorite part.
Consider that succession information for a minute. We have had...",left
19773,Hillary Approaches 2016,['Politics'],Will Hillary face another liberal revolt in Iowa?,HotAir,"It was the Hawkeye State that scuttled Hillary Clinton’s presidential ambitions in 2008. Iowa’s energetic caucus-goers were not moved by Clinton’s self-professed qualities of electability and inevitability, and they voted for both Barack Obama and John Edwards over the former first lady. Clinton learned that she would have to earn her party’s nomination that night, and the primary campaign that followed the Iowa caucuses would prove to be an intensely fought one. It was a fight, however, from which she was not fated to emerge victorious.
As Clinton is preparing...",right
19774,Perspectives: Obama's 'Defund the Police' Remarks,"['Criminal Justice', 'Defund The Police', 'Barack Obama', 'Justice']",‘The Squad’ fires back at Obama over ‘defund the police’ critique,New York Post (News),"All four members of “The Squad” fired back against former President Barack Obama’s criticism that the “defund the police” movement was just a “snappy slogan.”
Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) tweeted their responses to Obama, who said activists “lost a big audience” by pushing the movement for police reform.“We lose people in the hands of police. It’s not a slogan but a policy demand,” wrote Omar. “And centering the demand for equitable investments and budgets for communities across the country gets...",right
19775,Perspectives: Obama's 'Defund the Police' Remarks,"['Criminal Justice', 'Defund The Police', 'Barack Obama', 'Justice']",Obama said “defund the police” is a bad slogan. This shouldn’t come as a surprise.,Vox,"Former President Barack Obama is getting pushback from progressive leaders in his party after saying in an interview Wednesday that political candidates who use “snappy” slogans such as “defund the police” could jeopardize their campaign goals on police reform and even lose support from their base.
“You lost a big audience the minute you say it, which makes it a lot less likely that you’re actually going to get the changes you want done,” Obama told Peter Hamby, who hosts Good Luck America, a Snapchat political show. “The key is...",left
19776,Perspectives: Obama's 'Defund the Police' Remarks,"['Criminal Justice', 'Defund The Police', 'Barack Obama', 'Justice']",Defund the Police: Obama says 'snappy slogan' risks alienating people,BBC News,"Former President Barack Obama has cautioned young Democrat activists against using snappy slogans such as ""defund the police"" if they want to bring about genuine reforms in the US.
Defund the Police became a widely-used phrase after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police in May.
Mr Obama said ""you lost a big audience the minute you say it"", making it ""a lot less likely"" to effect change.
His comments received a backlash from some key black progressive Democrats.
Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar tweeted ""it's not a slogan but...",center
19777,Biden Calls White Supremacy 'A Poison' in Buffalo Speech After Mass Shooting,"['Buffalo', 'Crime', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Violence', 'Joe Biden', 'New York', 'Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'Waukesha', 'White Supremacy', 'Buffalo Shooting']",'Domestic Terrorism.' Biden Condemns White Supremacy in Emotional Speech in Buffalo,Time Magazine,"President Joe Biden on Tuesday called the deadly supermarket shooting in Buffalo, N.Y. an act of terror and excoriated the white supremacist ideology that inspired the alleged gunman, but he stopped short of announcing a political agenda in the massacre’s aftermath.
“What happened here is simple and straightforward: terrorism,” Biden said during a visit to Buffalo. “Terrorism. Domestic terrorism. Violence inflicted in the service of hate, and a vicious thirst for power that defines one group of people being inherently inferior to any other group.”
In an emotional speech before the victims’...",left
19778,Biden Calls White Supremacy 'A Poison' in Buffalo Speech After Mass Shooting,"['Buffalo', 'Crime', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Violence', 'Joe Biden', 'New York', 'Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'Waukesha', 'White Supremacy', 'Buffalo Shooting']",Biden Denounces Racist Conspiracy Theories After Buffalo Mass Shooting,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Biden strongly condemned racist conspiracy theories in a speech Tuesday after visiting Tops Friendly Markets grocery store, the site of a mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., where 10 people were killed in an alleged hate crime over the weekend.
Mr. Biden choked back tears as he named the victims of the shooting. “In America, evil will not win, I promise you; hate will not prevail, and white supremacy will not have the last word,” he said.
The shooting suspect, 18-year-old Payton Gendron, appears to have been motivated by racist conspiracy theories he discovered...",center
19779,Biden Calls White Supremacy 'A Poison' in Buffalo Speech After Mass Shooting,"['Buffalo', 'Crime', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Violence', 'Joe Biden', 'New York', 'Race And Racism', 'Violence In America', 'Waukesha', 'White Supremacy', 'Buffalo Shooting']","Biden Visits Buffalo After Shooting, Says ‘Evil Will Not Win’",The Epoch Times,"President Joe Biden went to a city in New York on May 17, visiting where 10 people were gunned down over the weekend.
Biden, joined by First Lady Jill Biden, went to the Tops Market Memorial before meeting with families of those who were killed, law enforcement officers, and others at the Delavan Grider Community Center.
In a speech after the meeting, the president described the final moments of some of the dead, including Celestine Chaney, 65, a brain cancer survivor who went to Tops to buy strawberries to make her favorite shortcake....",right
19780,CA Killers Radicalized 2 Years Ago,['Terrorism'],FBI director: Calif. killers radicalized before meeting,USA TODAY,FBI Director James Comey told a Senate panel Wednesday that the killers responsible for last week's California massacre were individually radicalized before they began communicating online prior to their marriage and discussed jihad more than two years before the deadly assault that left 14 dead and 21 wounded.,left
19781,CA Killers Radicalized 2 Years Ago,['Terrorism'],"San Bernardino shooters began plotting attack before their marriage, FBI chief says",Los Angeles Times,"FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday that Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, began scheming to carry out a terror attack long before they were engaged and before she moved to the United States on a fiancee visa last year.",left
19782,CA Killers Radicalized 2 Years Ago,['Terrorism'],FBI Director Reveals San Bernardino Attackers Were Radicalized at Least Two Years Ago,The Blaze,"FBI Director James Comey says the two San Bernardino, California shooters were radicalized at least two years ago and had discussed jihad and martyrdom as early as 2013.",right
19783,Bannon is Out,"['White House', 'Politics']",Drudge says Bannon is out: 'Had one hell of a run',Washington Examiner,"Matt Drudge, editor of the influential Drudge Report, reported on his website Friday that top White House adviser Steve Bannon is ""out"" of the Trump administration.",right
19784,Bannon is Out,"['White House', 'Politics']",Bannon out at White House,The Hill,"President Trump has decided to push out his chief strategist Stephen Bannon, according to The New York Times and other news outlets.",center
19785,Bannon is Out,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Tells Aides He Has Decided to Remove Stephen Bannon,New York Times (News),"President Trump has told senior aides that he has decided to remove Stephen K. Bannon, the embattled White House chief strategist who helped Mr. Trump win the 2016 election, according to two administration officials briefed on the discussion.",left
19786,Federal Judge Rules Affordable Care Act Is Unconstitutional,['Healthcare'],Federal judge in Texas tosses Obamacare,Washington Times,"Obamacare is fatally flawed and should be considered null and void, a federal judge said Friday in a bombshell ruling that sides with state Republicans who argue the GOP-led Congress’ decision to gut the “individual mandate” penalty for going uninsured makes the rest of the program invalid.",right
19787,Federal Judge Rules Affordable Care Act Is Unconstitutional,['Healthcare'],Federal Judge Rules Affordable Care Act Is Unconstitutional Without Insurance-Coverage Penalty,Wall Street Journal (News),"A federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional now that Congress has eliminated a penalty for those who forgo health insurance, casting doubt on the embattled health law and coverage for millions of Americans.",center
19788,Federal Judge Rules Affordable Care Act Is Unconstitutional,['Healthcare'],Obamacare ruling delivers new shock to health system,Politico,Expanded Medicaid for millions. Penalties for poorly performing hospitals. Even the Trump administration's own plans to lower drug prices.,left
19789,Conflicting Reports on Coronavirus Origins,"['Pandemic', 'Wuhan', 'China', 'White House', 'Mike Pompeo', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Coronavirus']",A US researcher who worked with a Wuhan virology lab gives 4 reasons why a coronavirus leak would be extremely unlikely,Insider,"A fringe theory suggests that the new coronavirus leaked by accident from a lab in Wuhan.
Researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) study infectious diseases, including coronaviruses, and did before the pandemic started. So as questions about how the pandemic started continue to go unanswered, the lab has drawn scrutiny.
Matthew Pottinger, Trump's deputy national security adviser, asked intelligence agencies in January to look into the idea of a Wuhan lab leak, The New York Times reported. But CIA officers didn't find any evidence.",left
19790,Conflicting Reports on Coronavirus Origins,"['Pandemic', 'Wuhan', 'China', 'White House', 'Mike Pompeo', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Coronavirus']",Was the new coronavirus accidentally released from a Wuhan lab? It’s doubtful.,Washington Post,"President Trump isn’t the only one hearing this tale. The political world, Internet theorists, intelligence analysts and global public health officials are abuzz with a big question: Is it possible that the new coronavirus — which causes covid-19 — leaked from a lab?
For months, Chinese authorities have pointed to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan as the virus’s likely origin. A cluster of early cases had contact with the market. It sold a wide variety of wildlife that, officials hypothesized, was critical to the virus’s formation and spread....",left
19791,Conflicting Reports on Coronavirus Origins,"['Pandemic', 'Wuhan', 'China', 'White House', 'Mike Pompeo', 'COVID-19 Misinformation', 'Coronavirus']","EXCLUSIVE: Majority Of Intelligence Community Agencies Believe Coronavirus Leaked Out Of Wuhan Lab, Senior Intel Official Says",The Daily Caller,"The majority view among the U.S. intelligence community agencies is that COVID-19 is natural and accidentally leaked out of a laboratory in Wuhan, China, a senior intelligence official told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
While not all of the 17 agencies that make up the IC are fully behind the idea that the novel coronavirus was an accidental laboratory leak, most believe that to be the case, according to the senior official. The official added that the holdouts are still open to the possibility that the virus leaked from a...",right
19792,Weekend Primary Results,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Donald Trump loses badly in Wyoming, Washington DC Republican contests",The Telegraph - UK,"Ted Cruz wins in Wyoming while Marco Rubio celebrates victory in the US capital. Donald Trump was badly defeated in contests on Saturday in the US capital and Wyoming, suggesting that the race for the Republican nomination for the 2016 presidential election is tightening.
The bombastic real estate mogul may be ahead in national polls and in party delegates, but Florida senator Marco Rubio easily defeated him in the Republican caucus in the US capital.
Mr Rubio earned 37.3 of the vote against 35.5 for Ohio Governor John...",right
19793,Weekend Primary Results,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Cruz Takes Delegates in Wyoming, and Rubio Wins in Washington, D.C.",New York Times (News),"Senator Ted Cruz won the most delegates awarded in the Wyoming Republican conventions on Saturday, while Senator Marco Rubio narrowly beat Gov. John Kasich in Washington, D.C., on the last day of voting before Tuesday’s make-or-break primaries in five large states.
Hillary Clinton prevailed in the Northern Mariana Islands, the only Democratic contest of the day. In Guam, Republicans chose nine delegates for the party’s July convention, but the delegates were officially unpledged to any candidate.
Compared with the primaries coming in Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio —...",left
19794,Weekend Primary Results,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","3 primary races today: Wyoming for Cruz, Rubio takes DC",HotAir,"If you happen to be watching cable news today as your primary source of keeping up to date on the election you might not have any idea that there are three primary elections going on. (Sort of.) The first primary is in the District of Columbia, but that’s a bit of a misnomer because it’s not really a primary, nor is it a caucus. DC doesn’t impact the GOP in the general election because the Republicans know they won’t even get 10% of the vote, but they do get to...",right
19795,A Bernie/Trump Debate?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Sanders camp: We hope Trump doesn't 'chicken out' on debate,CNN (Online News),"Bernie Sanders' campaign manager said Thursday he hopes Donald Trump does not ""chicken out"" after the two talked about the possibility of a one-on-one debate, but the presumptive GOP front-runner said he'd ""love to debate Bernie.""
""We are ready to debate Donald Trump. We hope he will not chicken out. I think it will be great for America to see these two candidates and the different visions they have for America going forward,"" Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver told CNN's Wolf Blitzer Thursday. ""What we'll have to see, Wolf, is...",left
19796,A Bernie/Trump Debate?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Donald Trump offer to debate Bernie Sanders was just a joke, aide says",The Guardian,"Donald Trump was only joking when he said he would debate Bernie Sanders, his campaign said on Thursday after a morning of media frenzy.
During an appearance on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday, Trump – who on Thursday crossed the delegate threshold necessary to become the Republican presidential nominee – said he would accept an invitation to debate Sanders if the proceeds went to charity.",left
19797,A Bernie/Trump Debate?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump: I'll Debate Bernie for Charity,Newsmax (News),"Chances are likely slim, but what about a Donald Trump-Bernie Sanders debate heading into the crucial June 7 California primary?
That possibility surfaced Wednesday, even if in a jocular tone, in an indirect exchange between the Republican billionaire real estate mogul and the senator who Hillary Clinton hasn't been able to bump from the Democratic presidential sweepstakes.",right
19798,Senate Ends Latest Effort to Repeal ACA,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate GOP shelves Obamacare repeal,Washington Times,"Senate Republicans said Tuesday they’re shelving their 11th-hour push to repeal Obamacare, admitting defeat in the face of three crippling defections from their majority.",right
19799,Senate Ends Latest Effort to Repeal ACA,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate won't vote on ObamaCare repeal bill,The Hill,"Senate Republicans have decided to not vote on their latest ObamaCare repeal legislation, signaling a collapse in their last-ditch effort to kill off President Obama's signature law.",center
19800,Senate Ends Latest Effort to Repeal ACA,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate GOP abandons latest effort to unwind the Affordable Care Act,Washington Post,"Senate Republicans decided Tuesday not to hold a vote on unwinding the Affordable Care Act, preserving the landmark 2010 law for the foreseeable future even as they suggested they may withhold crucial funding for it.",left
19801,Supreme Court to Review Mississippi Abortion Law,"['Supreme Court', 'Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Amy Coney Barrett', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Neil Gorsuch', 'Mississippi', ""Women'S Issues""]",Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Major Abortion Case,National Review,"The Supreme Court is set to hear a major abortion case that will give the justices an opportunity to reconsider the precedent set by the landmark Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey decisions.
The Court on Monday announced in an order that it would take the case involving a Mississippi law passed in 2018 that bans abortions after 15 weeks with limited exceptions.
The law was blocked by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as under existing precedent, states may not ban abortions before fetal viability, which...",right
19802,Supreme Court to Review Mississippi Abortion Law,"['Supreme Court', 'Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Amy Coney Barrett', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Neil Gorsuch', 'Mississippi', ""Women'S Issues""]",Court to weigh in on Mississippi abortion ban intended to challenge Roe v. Wade,SCOTUSblog,"The Supreme Court on Monday set the stage for a major ruling next year on abortion – one that could upend the Supreme Court’s landmark decisions in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, in which the court ruled that the Constitution protects the right to have an abortion before a fetus becomes viable. The court granted review in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a challenge to the constitutionality of a Mississippi law that (with limited exceptions) bars abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy.
The decision to...",center
19803,Supreme Court to Review Mississippi Abortion Law,"['Supreme Court', 'Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Amy Coney Barrett', 'Brett Kavanaugh', 'Neil Gorsuch', 'Mississippi', ""Women'S Issues""]",Supreme Court takes up blockbuster case over Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban,CBS News (Online),"The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a blockbuster dispute over a Mississippi ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, setting up a high-stakes showdown over the future of Roe v. Wade.
The battle will be the first test of limits on abortion access to go before the Supreme Court's expanded 6-3 conservative majority and could pave the way for more restrictions, as the dispute takes aim at the landmark 1973 ruling in Roe, which established a woman's right to an abortion. Arguments will likely be heard...",left
19804,Biden to ‘Re-evaluate’ US-Saudi Relations After OPEC+ Oil Cuts,"['Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Defense And Security', 'National Security Council', 'Saudi Arabia', 'World', 'OPEC', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Energy', 'US Congress']",White House says Biden will work with Congress to ‘re-evaluate’ relationship with Saudi Arabia,CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden feels that the US’ relationship with Saudi Arabia needs to be re-evaluated in the wake of the OPEC+ decision last week to decrease oil production, a National Security Council spokesman said.
In an interview with CNN’s Brianna Keilar on “New Day,” National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby said Biden is “willing to work with Congress as we think about what the right relationship with Saudi Arabia needs to be going forward.”
“I think the President’s been very clear that this is a relationship that that we need to continue to...",left
19805,Biden to ‘Re-evaluate’ US-Saudi Relations After OPEC+ Oil Cuts,"['Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Defense And Security', 'National Security Council', 'Saudi Arabia', 'World', 'OPEC', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Energy', 'US Congress']",Biden to ‘re-evaluate’ US-Saudi ties after OPEC+ cuts oil production,New York Post (News),"President Biden is reconsidering the US relationship with Saudi Arabia after the Riyadh-led OPEC+ cartel announced last week it will slash oil production by a total of 2 million barrels per day beginning next month.
The US and the Middle Eastern nation have long been strategic partners, with Saudi Arabia America’s third-leading source of imported oil, according to the State Department. But that relationship could change after last week’s OPEC move, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Tuesday.
“I think the president’s been very clear that this is a relationship that...",right
19806,Biden to ‘Re-evaluate’ US-Saudi Relations After OPEC+ Oil Cuts,"['Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Defense And Security', 'National Security Council', 'Saudi Arabia', 'World', 'OPEC', 'Oil', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Energy', 'US Congress']","Biden ""to re-evaluate"" U.S.-Saudi relationship after OPEC oil cut",Axios,"President Biden will ""continue to re-evaluate"" the U.S.' relationship with Saudi Arabia after a group of international oil exporters and Russia decided to significantly cut oil production in response to falling fuel prices, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told CNN on Tuesday.
Driving the news: The White House warned last week that Biden may support legislation aimed at reducing OPEC’s control over energy prices, suggesting Biden is considering a new, escalatory approach with the Saudis, Axios' Alayna Treene and Hans Nichols report.
Kirby reiterated this warning Tuesday, stressing that Biden is ""willing""...",center
19807,Fact Check: Biden Says Economy Had Zero Inflation in July,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Joe Biden', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",MUST WATCH: Biden falsely claims inflation is at ‘zero’,The Post Millennial,"President Joe Biden falsely claimed Wednesday that the US had ""zero inflation"" in July just hours after federal Consumer Price Index data showed annual inflation dropped only marginally to 8.5 percent, still near a four-decade high.
Biden said at legislation signing in the White House, ""I just want to say a number: zero.""
""Today, we received news that our economy had 0 percent inflation in the month of July,  0 percent,"" Biden added. ""Here’s what that means: while the price of some things go up. went up last month, the price of other...",right
19808,Fact Check: Biden Says Economy Had Zero Inflation in July,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Joe Biden', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",Republicans Are Outraged at Joe Biden for Accurately Describing the Economy,Slate,"Along with critical race theory, “wokeness,” the deep state, and other recent conservative obsessions, it appears we can now add the basic language of economics to the list of things Republicans have decided to go to war on.
Take the latest round of inflation statistics. On Wednesday morning, the U.S. got its first bit of truly good news about the rising cost of living this year. The Consumer Price Index, which has been surging in recent months, remained essentially flat in July. That was largely thanks to tumbling gas prices, which canceled...",left
19809,Fact Check: Biden Says Economy Had Zero Inflation in July,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Joe Biden', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",Inflation at Zero? Biden Criticized for Picking Monthly Figure,Newsweek,"President Joe Biden and the White House came under fire yesterday for claiming that inflation for July was ""zero""—despite that being one of the official statistics.
Speaking from the White House, Biden said: ""I want to say a word about news that came out today relative to the economy. Actually, I just want to say a number: zero."" He continued, ""Today we received news that our economy had zero percent inflation in the month of July.""
This led to some incredulous responses, reminiscent of the recent debate over whether the country is in a recession...",center
19810,Texas Abortion Bill Passes,['Abortion'],Texas Senate passes abortion bill,Politico,"Republicans in the Texas Legislature passed an omnibus abortion bill that is one of the most restrictive in the nation, but Democrats vowed Saturday to fight both in the courts and the ballot box as they used the measure to rally their supporters.
More than 2,000 demonstrators filled the Capitol building in Austin to oppose the bill, and state troopers drug six out of the Senate chamber for trying to disrupt the debate. The Republican majority ultimately passed the bill unchanged just before midnight, with all but one Democrat...",left
19811,Texas Abortion Bill Passes,['Abortion'],Pro-life Victory in Texas: Senate Passes Late-Term Abortion Ban,Townhall,"We knew this was coming for quite some time despite vile protestations and hours-long filibusters. Fox News has the details:
The Texas Senate late Friday passed tough new abortion restrictions after weeks of protests, sending them to Gov. Rick Perry to sign into law.
The vote came after weeks of protests and rallies drew thousands to the Capitol and made Texas the focus of the national abortion debate.
Republicans us",right
19812,Texas Abortion Bill Passes,['Abortion'],Texas Senate to Vote on Abortion Bill,Wall Street Journal (News),"Republican state lawmakers on Friday were poised to pass a bill to sharply restrict abortions in the state, rebuffing a challenge from Democratic legislators, who derailed the measure last month with help from a marathon filibuster.
The law would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, with only rare exceptions, adding Texas to a list of about dozen states with a similar cutoff. It would also impose strict limits on abortion providers, which supporters of abortion rights say could effectively shut down most abortion clinics in Texas, the second most...",center
19813,Twitter Fight Over Iran,"['State Department', 'Politics']",State Dept. spokeswoman sparks Twitter war with NYT reporter over Iran,CNN (Online News),"A State Department spokeswoman battled a New York Times story on Iran's nuclear fuel stockpile on Wednesday with a line-by-line challenge of the article on Twitter.
State Department acting spokeswoman Marie Harf tweeted at David Sanger, one of two New York Times reporters who authored a story Tuesday about the stockpile, saying many central tenets of the story were ""not true."" The pair reported on an assessment from the International Atomic Energy Agency, a U.N. watchdog organization, that the stockpile had grown by 20%.",left
19814,Twitter Fight Over Iran,"['State Department', 'Politics']",The real reason the State Dept is Twitter fighting with the NY Times about Iran,Vox,"Twitter brings out the best in nobody, and this week that includes two of the most prominent people in Washington's national security establishment: New York Times chief Washington correspondent David Sanger and State Department senior adviser Marie Harf.
Their Twitter fighting is ostensibly over a technical issue in the Iran negotiations; Sanger had published a story reporting Iran had developed new nuclear fuel, which he suggested was a m",left
19815,Twitter Fight Over Iran,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Kerry Adviser Marie Harf in Twitter Fight Over Iran Nukes,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"With Western and Iranian negotiators racing toward a June 30 deadline to hammer out the final details of a nuclear deal, the mood is tense. Just take a look at Twitter TWTR +1.59%, where Secretary of State John Kerry’s senior communications adviser Marie Harf is feuding with a reporter.
David Sanger, a national security reporter at the New York Times NYT +1.06%, wrote a story earlier this week saying the growth of Tehran’s nuclear stockpile in the past 18 months of negotiations partially undercuts the Obama administration’s claim that Iran’s...",right
19816,"Sinema Backs Democrats’ Climate and Tax Bill, Paving Way for Senate Passage","['Politics', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Taxes', 'Climate Change', 'Healthcare', 'Banking And Finance', 'Private Equity', 'Joe Manchin', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Lindsey Graham']",Democrats secure Sinema's support for Inflation Reduction Act,Axios,"Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) said Thursday that she plans to ""move forward"" with a revised version of Democrats' reconciliation bill after reaching a deal to scale back some of the original tax provisions and beef up climate funding.
Why it matters: Sinema was potentially the last hurdle for Democrats who have been seeking to clinch President Biden's longtime goal of passing an ambitious package tackling climate change, health care and taxes — renamed the ""Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.""
""We have agreed to remove the carried interest tax provision, protect advanced manufacturing,...",center
19817,"Sinema Backs Democrats’ Climate and Tax Bill, Paving Way for Senate Passage","['Politics', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Taxes', 'Climate Change', 'Healthcare', 'Banking And Finance', 'Private Equity', 'Joe Manchin', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Lindsey Graham']","Sinema Agrees to Climate and Tax Deal, Clearing the Way for Votes",New York Times (News),"Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Democrat of Arizona, announced on Thursday evening that she would support moving forward with her party’s climate, tax and health care package, clearing the way for a major piece of President Biden’s domestic agenda to move through the Senate in the coming days.
To win Ms. Sinema’s support, Democratic leaders agreed to drop a $14 billion tax increase on some wealthy hedge fund managers and private equity executives that she had opposed, change the structure of a 15 percent minimum tax on corporations, and include drought money...",left
19818,"Sinema Backs Democrats’ Climate and Tax Bill, Paving Way for Senate Passage","['Politics', 'Kyrsten Sinema', 'US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'Taxes', 'Climate Change', 'Healthcare', 'Banking And Finance', 'Private Equity', 'Joe Manchin', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Lindsey Graham']",Sinema among top private equity cash recipients as she removed billionaire tax loophole from Manchin bill,Fox News (Online News),"Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., has raked in significant amounts of campaign cash from the private equity sector, which notched a victory after she lobbied to remove a billionaire tax loophole from the Inflation Reduction Act as part of her agreement to back the legislation.
The Arizona Democrat announced Thursday that she would ""move forward"" in supporting the Inflation Reduction Act, the reconciliation package Senate Democrats unveiled last week. As part of the agreement, she successfully removed the carried interest tax provision, which targeted a loophole used by wealthy Americans.
""We have...",right
19819,"Nine Weeks Out, Race Near Even","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump and Clinton Running Neck and Neck in New Poll 2 Months Before Election Day,ABC News (Online),"With about two months left until Election Day, a new national poll shows a tight race between the two major-party nominees.
Donald Trump sits at 45 percent support while Hillary Clinton has 43 percent in a CNN/ORC poll released today. The margin of error is 3 percentage points.",left
19820,"Nine Weeks Out, Race Near Even","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Poll: Nine weeks out, a near even race",CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton start the race to November 8 on essentially even ground, with Trump edging Clinton by a scant two points among likely voters, and the contest sparking sharp divisions along demographic lines in a new CNN/ORC Poll.",left
19821,"Nine Weeks Out, Race Near Even","['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Shock: Poll Shows Trump Now Leading Hillary Clinton,Breitbart News,"Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is now polling ahead of Hillary Clinton, according to a new CNN poll released this morning.",right
19822,Comey Testifies on Trump-Russia Probe,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",James Comey lays out the case that President Trump obstructed justice,Washington Post,Former FBI director James B. Comey on Thursday essentially laid out an obstruction of justice case against President Trump and suggested senior leaders in the bureau might have contemplated the matter before Trump removed him as director.,left
19823,Comey Testifies on Trump-Russia Probe,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Comey accuses Trump administration of 'lies',The Hill,"Fired FBI Director James Comey on Thursday accused the Trump administration of defaming him and telling ""lies"" in impassioned testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee.",center
19824,Comey Testifies on Trump-Russia Probe,"['FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Comey Blows Hole In Liberal Narrative That Trump Tried To Stop Russia Investigation,The Daily Caller,Former FBI Director James Comey testified before a Senate committee Thursday that President Donald Trump never asked him to end the investigation into Russian election interference.,right
19825,Perspectives: Veterans Day 2021,"['Holidays', 'Veterans Day', 'US Military', 'General News']","What Is the Meaning of Veterans Day? History, Difference From Memorial Day",Newsweek,"Veterans Day is intended to honor all the people who served in the American armed forces, both those who are alive and those who died, although it's largely geared toward living veterans.
Often confused with Memorial Day, the key difference between Veterans Day and the May holiday is that Memorial Day is intended to honor those who gave their lives in service of their country. Veterans Day, celebrated months later on November 11, is a day to express gratitude to America's service members, past and present, who served in both...",center
19826,Perspectives: Veterans Day 2021,"['Holidays', 'Veterans Day', 'US Military', 'General News']",'A dog that's been beat too much': Try to feel what America's veterans have experienced,USA TODAY,"“I’ve never seen one history book that tells how anybody feels,” Bob Dylan said in 1963.
This Veterans Day, we are not involved in a major war for the first time in two decades. We should give thanks. But we also should take care to internalize what veterans who live and work among us have gone through and continue to go through.  
It’s unfortunate that we have not done what Iraq War veteran Phil Klay urged us to do seven years ago – to use our experiences of suffering to feel what service members have experienced.
All...",left
19827,Perspectives: Veterans Day 2021,"['Holidays', 'Veterans Day', 'US Military', 'General News']","On Veterans Day, honor those who served and focus on what unites us",Fox News (Opinion),"As we salute all American veterans on this special day, we must not forget that freedom is not free. Veterans Day is a day to honor and respect those who have served and protected our great nation, and those who continue to help secure our future.  
As proud Americans, we need to stand united as one nation. Fact is, all of us stand on the shoulders of so many who have gone before and willingly put themselves in harm's way.
Whatever may momentarily divide us shrinks to insignificance when we consider what unites us. America is not...",right
19828,Hope Hicks To Return To White House,"['Hope Hicks', 'Donald Trump', 'Jared Kushner', 'Communications', 'Impeachment', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump bringing back trusted aide Hope Hicks to White House,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump’s most trusted and longest-serving aides, is returning to the White House as the president works to surround himself with loyalists as his reelection campaign moves into high gear.
Hicks, a former White House communications director who was one of Trump’s original 2016 campaign staffers, is expected to serve as counselor to the president, working with presidential son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, according to a person familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity before the announcement had...",left
19829,Hope Hicks To Return To White House,"['Hope Hicks', 'Donald Trump', 'Jared Kushner', 'Communications', 'Impeachment', 'White House', 'Politics']",Hope Hicks Is Returning To The White House,The Daily Caller,"Former White House communications director Hope Hicks is set to return to the White House in a different role.
Hicks will join President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner’s team, according to a report Thursday from The New York Times. The report stated that Hicks will be a “counselor to the president,” but that she will not be in the communications office.",right
19830,Hope Hicks To Return To White House,"['Hope Hicks', 'Donald Trump', 'Jared Kushner', 'Communications', 'Impeachment', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump installs loyalists in top jobs after impeachment purge,Politico,"President Donald Trump is surrounding himself with loyalists after a week of banishing staffers across the government in a post-impeachment revenge plot.
On Thursday, the White House confirmed that Hope Hicks, one of Trump’s most trusted confidants, will return to the White House to work directly for the president’s son-in-law and top adviser, Jared Kushner, as a senior adviser after nearly two years away. Trump’s “body man” Johnny McEntee is also being promoted to run the office responsible for filling hundreds of top political jobs throughout the federal agencies, according...",left
19831,Bloomberg News Won't Investigate Democratic Candidates For President,"['Michael Bloomberg', 'Bloomberg News', 'Free Speech', 'Freedom Of The Press', 'Media Bias']",Bloomberg News Won’t Investigate The Former Mayor During His Presidential Run,HuffPost,"In a memo to staff, the editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News told the newsroom that the publication will continue its “tradition of not investigating” its CEO and namesake, Michael Bloomberg, or his family and foundations after he declared his candidacy for president on Sunday.
The head of Bloomberg News, John Micklethwait, said the policy not to investigate will be extended to other candidates in the Democratic primary.
“We cannot treat Mike’s Democratic competitors differently from him,” he said. Micklethwait added that Bloomberg News will decide what to do when other publications...",left
19832,Bloomberg News Won't Investigate Democratic Candidates For President,"['Michael Bloomberg', 'Bloomberg News', 'Free Speech', 'Freedom Of The Press', 'Media Bias']",Bloomberg union calls on company to rescind decision to not investigate 2020 presidential candidates,The Hill,"The union representing journalists at the Bloomberg industry publication group on Monday condemned the company's decision to bar journalists across the broader Bloomberg organization from investigating Democratic candidates for president.
In a statement released on Twitter, the guild, which represents Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Tax, Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg Environment called the company's decision an effort to ""silence"" the company's reporters.
""We are extremely alarmed by management's decision to silence the journalists we represent at Bloomberg Industry Group, as well as the unrepresented journalists at Bloomberg News,"" the guild wrote.
""The...",center
19833,Bloomberg News Won't Investigate Democratic Candidates For President,"['Michael Bloomberg', 'Bloomberg News', 'Free Speech', 'Freedom Of The Press', 'Media Bias']","Bloomberg News punts on candidate Bloomberg and Dems, but not Trump",Fox News (Online News),"Back when he was New York’s mayor, Mike Bloomberg routinely feuded with the press over his whereabouts.
He doggedly refused to release his weekend schedule, even if he was traveling out of town, favoring his own privacy over the public’s right to know.
Now, as of Sunday, he’s running for president. But one organization that won’t be covering him aggressively is Bloomberg News.
This is a journalistic giant, churning out 5,000 stories a day, some of them market-moving. Bloomberg News has 2,700 journalists spread across 150 bureaus around the globe,...",right
19834,Jan. 6 Committee Holds First Prime-Time Hearing on Capitol Riot,"['2020 Election', 'Bennie Thompson', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Election Integrity', 'January 6 Committee', 'Justice', 'Liz Cheney', 'Politics', 'Violence In America']",‘Donald Trump was at the center of this conspiracy’: Jan. 6 hearings kick off with searing charges against ex-president,MarketWatch,"The House committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol kicked off a prime-time hearing Thursday with searing charges against Donald Trump, painting a portrait of the former president at the center of a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. 
Trump, charged Rep. Bennie Thompson, the Mississippi Democrat who leads the Jan. 6 panel, engaged in “what became a sprawling, multi-step conspiracy aimed at overturning the presidential election,” that was aimed at replacing Americans’ votes “with his will to remain in power after his term ended.” 
“Donald...",center
19835,Jan. 6 Committee Holds First Prime-Time Hearing on Capitol Riot,"['2020 Election', 'Bennie Thompson', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Election Integrity', 'January 6 Committee', 'Justice', 'Liz Cheney', 'Politics', 'Violence In America']",Jan. 6 Hearing Opens With Trump's AG William Barr Calling Stolen Election Claim 'Bullshit',HuffPost,"Donald Trump’s own attorney general told the then-president that his claims of a “stolen” election were “bullshit,” according to videotaped testimony revealed Thursday night at the House Jan. 6 select committee’s first public hearing.
“I told the president it was bullshit, and I didn’t want to be a part of it,” Barr told committee investigators during his deposition.
Committee chair Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, said in his opening remarks that the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol was the culmination of a “conspiracy” to hold on to...",left
19836,Jan. 6 Committee Holds First Prime-Time Hearing on Capitol Riot,"['2020 Election', 'Bennie Thompson', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Election Integrity', 'January 6 Committee', 'Justice', 'Liz Cheney', 'Politics', 'Violence In America']",January 6 Committee Shows Previously Unseen Footage of Capitol Riot,National Review,"The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot released never-before-seen footage of the riot during its first hearing on Thursday.
The new footage shows rioters smashing windows and forcing their way through barricades.
“I need support,” one officer can be heard saying in body-camera footage of another officer being pushed by crowds. “We lost the line.”
One clip shows a rioter reading a newly posted tweet from then-president Donald Trump attacking then–vice president Mike Pence. As the rioter read the tweet over a bullhorn, some began to chant,...",right
19837,Trump to Halt WHO Funding Amid Review,"['WHO', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus']","Trump cuts off U.S. funding to WHO, pending review",Washington Times,"President Trump said the U.S. will stop funding to the World Health Organization while his administration reviews its role in “mismanaging” the coronavirus.
He said the U.S. contributes up to $400 million while superpowers like China, where the outbreak began, contribute closer to $40 million.
“The United States has a duty to insist on full accountability,” Mr. Trump said.
He cited the WHO’s lack of pushback to Beijing’s foggy reporting on the virus in the early going, saying it cost the rest of the world valuable time.
He also blasted...",right
19838,Trump to Halt WHO Funding Amid Review,"['WHO', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus']",Health Experts Condemn Donald Trump’s WHO Funding Freeze: ‘Crime Against Humanity’,HuffPost,"“The president’s decision makes Americans less safe, let’s be clear about that,” one expert warned.
Leading health experts denounced President Donald Trump’s decision to halt U.S. funding for the World Health Organization amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump announced the move on Tuesday, accusing the WHO of failing “in its basic duty” to initially warn the world of the burgeoning public health crisis that is believed to have originated in China. Trump failed to acknowledge his own refusal to take action on pandemic warnings.
Lawrence Gostin, a global health law expert...",left
19839,Trump to Halt WHO Funding Amid Review,"['WHO', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus']","Coronavirus: US to halt funding to WHO, says Trump",BBC News,"US President Donald Trump has said he is going to halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) because it has ""failed in its basic duty"" in its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
He accused the UN agency of mismanaging and covering up the spread of the virus after it emerged in China, and said it must be held accountable.
In response, the UN's chief said it was ""not the time"" to cut funds to the WHO.
Mr Trump has been under fire for his own handling of the pandemic....",center
19840,White House Revokes CNN Reporter Jim Acosta's Press Credentials After Testy Exchange With Trump,"['White House', 'Politics']",Video: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Used Doctored Infowars Footage to Justify Acosta Ban,Newsweek,White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders posted a video to Twitter of the clash between CNN’s Jim Acosta and President Donald Trump that appears to be a doctored version,center
19841,White House Revokes CNN Reporter Jim Acosta's Press Credentials After Testy Exchange With Trump,"['White House', 'Politics']",White House suspends credentials for CNN's Jim Acosta,BBC News,The White House has suspended the credentials of CNN's chief White House correspondent hours after a testy exchange with US President Donald Trump.,center
19842,White House Revokes CNN Reporter Jim Acosta's Press Credentials After Testy Exchange With Trump,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump Scolds Jim Acosta: ‘You Are a Rude, Terrible Person’",National Review,President Trump chastised CNN’s Jim Acosta during a White House press conference Wednesday for continuing to shout questions over other reporters and refusing to surrender his microphone to a,right
19843,Donald Endorses Paul Ryan,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump’s Ryan endorsement infuriates anti-establishment activists: ‘Sold us out’,Washington Times,"Donald Trump on Friday endorsed House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, ending days of hesitation by the Republican presidential nominee to get behind the party’s most powerful elected leader.
“In our shared mission to make American great again, I support and endorse our speaker of the House, Paul Ryan. He’s a good man,” Mr. Trump said at a campaign rally in Mr. Ryan’s home state of Wisconsin.",right
19844,Donald Endorses Paul Ryan,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump relents over Paul Ryan re-election,BBC News,"US presidential candidate Donald Trump has publicly backed House Speaker Paul Ryan days after snubbing him in a spat at the top of the Republican Party.
Mr Trump shocked party members on Tuesday when he refused to endorse Mr Ryan and Senator John McCain in their campaigns for re-election in November.",center
19845,Donald Endorses Paul Ryan,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Paul Ryan 1, Donald Trump 0",Washington Post,"Donald Trump is a proud man. He rarely admits that he's wrong. He even said, at one point in this campaign, ""A lot of times, when you apologize, they use it as ammunition against [you].""",left
19846,Afghanistan Government Collapses As Taliban Fighters Conquer Kabul,"['World', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Middle East']","After two decades and billions spent, Afghan government collapses as Taliban takes Kabul",USA TODAY,"In a swift and stunning rout, Taliban fighters seized control of Afghanistan’s capital Sunday, completing their sweep of the besieged nation as the Afghan government collapsed after two decades of U.S. efforts to reshape the region as part of its “war on terror.”
Embattled President Ashraf Ghani fled the country as the Taliban entered the capital city of Kabul, and American troops scrambled to evacuate thousands of U.S. diplomats and Afghans from the U.S. Embassy.
The Taliban, which had been on the outskirts of Kabul for hours, announced soon after it...",left
19847,Afghanistan Government Collapses As Taliban Fighters Conquer Kabul,"['World', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Middle East']",Taliban Spokesman: The War Is Over in Afghanistan,Newsmax (News),"The spokesman for the Taliban's political office told Al-Jazeera TV on Sunday that the war is over in Afghanistan and that the type of rule and the form of regime will be clear soon.
""We assure everyone that we will provide safety for citizens and diplomatic missions. We are ready to have a dialog with all Afghan figures and will guarantee them the necessary protection,"" spokesman Mohammad Naeem told the Qatar-based channel.
Earlier Al-Jazeera aired footage of a large group of Taliban fighters inside the presidential palace in the capital...",right
19848,Afghanistan Government Collapses As Taliban Fighters Conquer Kabul,"['World', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban', 'Middle East']",Afghanistan Falls To The Taliban Again As The U.S.-Backed Government Collapses,NPR (Online News),"Twenty years after being removed from power in a U.S.-led invasion, Taliban militiamen swept to into Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, on Sunday, facing little resistance from Afghan government forces.
Within hours, Afghanistan's Washington-backed president had left the country and the flag at the U.S. Embassy had been lowered amid a hasty evacuation of diplomatic personnel.
Ashraf Ghani, Afghanistan's president, said on Facebook that his was ""a hard choice,"" but that he decided to leave to prevent bloodshed. He signed off his post with ""Long Live Afghanistan."" The Taliban released a statement saying they had entered...",left
19849,Trump Says Antifa Will Be Designated a Terrorist Organization,"['Violence In America', 'Donald Trump', 'Antifa', 'George Floyd', 'Terrorism']","Trump says he'll designate antifa a terror organization, blames group for violence at George Floyd protests",USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump announced Sunday a left-wing group he thinks are leading the violence at anti-police brutality protests will be officially labeled as terrorists.
""The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization,"" Trump said in a tweet.
Antifa – short for ""anti-fascists"" – is the name for loosely affiliated, left-leaning anti-racist groups that have been involved in some violent clashes in recent years. The movement has no unified structure or national leadership.",left
19850,Trump Says Antifa Will Be Designated a Terrorist Organization,"['Violence In America', 'Donald Trump', 'Antifa', 'George Floyd', 'Terrorism']","Trump, Lacking Clear Authority, Says U.S. Will Declare Antifa a Terrorist Group",New York Times (News),"President Trump said on Twitter on Sunday that the United States would designate a group of far-left anti-fascism activists as a terrorist organization, a declaration that lacked any clear legal authority, as his administration sought to blame the group for violent protests across the nation over the weekend.
“The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization,” Mr. Trump wrote.",left
19851,Trump Says Antifa Will Be Designated a Terrorist Organization,"['Violence In America', 'Donald Trump', 'Antifa', 'George Floyd', 'Terrorism']",Trump Says Antifa to Be Designated a Terrorist Organization,The Epoch Times,"President Donald Trump said his administration would be designating Antifa as a terrorist organization, after nearly a week of widespread looting and riots following the death of an unarmed black man while in police custody in Minneapolis.
Before making the announcement, Trump commended the National Guard for shutting down the chaos in Minneapolis that he said was steered by “ANTIFA led anarchists, among others.”",right
19852,Justice Scalia Dies at 79,['Supreme Court'],Antonin Scalia’s Death Jolts the 2016 Presidential Race,New York Times (News),"The death of Justice Antonin Scalia immediately shook up the 2016 presidential race, inserting a new issue for the candidates to use to draw contrasts with one another.
Several candidates — three of whom are sitting senators — sent quick condolences and had already staked their ground on the question of what President Obama and the Senate should do about Justice Scalia’s replacem",left
19853,Justice Scalia Dies at 79,['Supreme Court'],"Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Found Dead, Tributes Pour In",The Blaze,"Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead Saturday apparently of natural causes at a Texas resort, federal officials told the San Antonio Express-News.",right
19854,Justice Scalia Dies at 79,['Supreme Court'],Justice Antonin Scalia's death quickly sparks political battle,CNN (Online News),"Justice Antonin Scalia's death immediately triggered a monumental election-year battle in Washington over whether President Barack Obama should choose a successor who could tilt the Supreme Court toward liberals.
Within two hours of Scalia's death being reported, presidential candidates along with Republican and Democrati",left
19855,"Study Finds Delta COVID-19 Variant Doubles Risk Of Hospitalization, Vaccine Still Effective","['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health']","Delta COVID-19 variant doubles risk of hospitalization compared to Alpha strain, Scottish study finds",Fox News (Online News),"A study out of Scotland has found the Delta COVID-19 variant carries double the risk of hospitalization compared to the Alpha strain, particularly in patients with five or more comorbidities. Scotland had determined that the Delta variant became the dominant strain in the country about a month ago. 
Using the country’s COVID-19 surveillance program, researchers on behalf of Public Health Scotland analyzed data to investigate risk of hospital admission and estimate vaccinate effectiveness at preventing hospital admissions among likely Delta variant cases. The study was published Monday in The Lancet.",right
19856,"Study Finds Delta COVID-19 Variant Doubles Risk Of Hospitalization, Vaccine Still Effective","['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health']",Delta variant doubles risk of COVID hospitalisation - Scottish study,Reuters,"The Delta coronavirus variant doubles the risk of hospitalisation compared with the previously dominant variant in Britain, but two doses of vaccine still provide strong protection, a Scottish study found on Monday.
The study said early evidence suggested the protection from vaccines against the Delta variant, first identified in India, might be lower than the effectivessness against the Alpha variant, first identified in Kent, southeast England.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to delay the ending of COVID-19 restrictions in England on Monday, following a rapid rise in cases...",center
19857,"Study Finds Delta COVID-19 Variant Doubles Risk Of Hospitalization, Vaccine Still Effective","['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Public Health']","Delta variant doubles risk of being hospitalised but vaccines remain effective, new analysis reveals",The Independent,"An analysis of almost 20,000 coronavirus infections across Scotland has shown the Delta variant of the virus almost doubles the risk of people being admitted to hospital.
The new study also confirmed two doses of vaccine still offers the best protection against the variant, which was first identified in India, and accounts for more than 90 per cent of all new cases in the UK.
Although the vaccines reduced the risk of people needing to be admitted to hospital, it could take up to 28 days after the first dose to have sufficient immunity.",left
19858,Immigration Backlash,['Immigration'],Can Obama's Jam and Slam Approach Work on Immigration?,Fox News (Online News),A high-pressure vote on generally popular legislation that arouses deep passions among ideological activists and is doomed to failure in the House Not a recipe for success in the U.S. Senate.,right
19859,Immigration Backlash,['Immigration'],Durbin says basics in immigration bill must stand,CNN (Online News),(CNN) - Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin part of the bipartisan Gang of Eight senators pushing immigration reform said Sunday on CNNs State of the Union that he agrees with Republican Sen.,left
19860,Immigration Backlash,['Immigration'],Fierce Backlash Threat Looms Over Immigration's 'Rough Business',HuffPost,"As a Senate committee prepares to begin voting this week on far-reaching immigration legislation, advocates are watching warily to see whether relatively tame opposition balloons into the kind of fierce resistance that killed Congress' last attempt to overhaul the system.",left
19861,IRS to Start Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments in July,"['Treasury', 'Internal Revenue Service', 'Child Tax Credit', 'Banking And Finance']",88% of children covered by monthly payments starting in July,Associated Press Fact Check,"The Treasury Department said Monday that 39 million families are set to receive monthly child payments beginning on July 15.
The payments are part of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, which expanded the child tax credit for one year and made it possible to pre-pay the benefits on a monthly basis. Nearly 88% of children are set to receive the benefits without their parents needing to take any additional action.
Qualified families will receive a payment of up to $300 per month for each child under 6...",left
19862,IRS to Start Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments in July,"['Treasury', 'Internal Revenue Service', 'Child Tax Credit', 'Banking And Finance']",Households including most U.S. children to get monthly stimulus payment,Reuters,"A poverty-fighting measure included in the COVID-19 relief bill passed this year will deliver monthly payments to households including 88% of children in the United States, starting in July, Biden administration officials said on Monday.
The Democratic-backed American Rescue Plan, signed into law by President Joe Biden in March as a response to the coronavirus pandemic, expanded a tax credit available to most parents.
Those people will get up to $3,000 per child, or $3,600 for each child under the age of 6, in 2021, subject to income restrictions. The...",center
19863,IRS to Start Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments in July,"['Treasury', 'Internal Revenue Service', 'Child Tax Credit', 'Banking And Finance']",Joe Biden Releases More Monthly Direct Cash Payments to Parents,Breitbart News,"The White House on Monday reminded Americans that families would start receiving direct cash payments in their bank accounts starting in July, as President Joe Biden continues to implement his coronavirus rescue package.
“With today’s announcement, about 90 percent of families with children will get this new tax relief automatically, starting in July,” Biden said in a statement released to reporters on Monday morning, noting that the payments send Americans the message that “help is here” during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service announced Monday...",right
19864,Both Sides Lay Out Arguments Ahead of Impeachment Trial,"['US Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'US House', 'US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']","Trump legal team argues impeachment article is in ‘violation' of Constitution, calls on Senate to acquit",Fox News (Online News),"Former President Donald Trump's legal team on Tuesday filed its response to the House article of impeachment ahead of next week's trial, denying wrongdoing and calling for the Senate to acquit Trump of the charge.
The answer denies that Trump violated his oath of office while also saying that he was protected by the First Amendment in response to claims he incited an insurrection.
""It is denied that the 45th President of the United States ever engaged in a violation of his oath of office,"" the Trump legal team brief...",right
19865,Both Sides Lay Out Arguments Ahead of Impeachment Trial,"['US Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'US House', 'US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']",House Dems make case for conviction; Trump denies charges,Associated Press Fact Check,"Donald Trump endangered the lives of all members of Congress when he aimed a mob of supporters “like a loaded cannon” at the U.S. Capitol, House Democrats said Tuesday in making their most detailed case yet for why the former president should be convicted and permanently barred from office. Trump denied the allegations through his lawyers and called the trial unconstitutional.
The Democratic legal brief forcefully linked Trump’s baseless efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election to the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, saying he bears...",left
19866,Both Sides Lay Out Arguments Ahead of Impeachment Trial,"['US Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'Impeachment', 'US House', 'US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics']","Impeachment managers call Trump ""singularly responsible"" for Capitol riots",Axios,"House impeachment managers on Tuesday made their case for the indictment of former President Trump in a brief, arguing that he pushed his supporters into a ""frenzy,"" while dubbing him ""singularly responsible"" for the deadly siege at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
What they're saying: The Democratic managers argue that Trump's actions were not protected by the First Amendment, stating, ""If provoking an insurrectionary riot against a Joint Session of Congress after losing an election is not an impeachable offense, it is hard to imagine what would be.""
""It is...",center
19867,Manchin Says Spending Bill Framework Could Come This Week,"['Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Build Back Better', 'Joe Manchin', 'Joe Biden', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Economic Policy']",Biden ‘positive’ on budget deal; Manchin OK with wealth tax,Associated Press Fact Check,"Pivotal Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin appears to be on board with White House proposals for new taxes on billionaires and certain corporations to help pay for President Joe Biden’s scaled-back social services and climate change package.
Biden said Monday he felt “very positive” about reaching agreement on his big domestic policy bill, aiming for votes in Congress as soon as this week — though that is far from certain.
“That’s my hope,” the president said before leaving his home state of Delaware for a trip to New Jersey to highlight the child care proposals in...",left
19868,Manchin Says Spending Bill Framework Could Come This Week,"['Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Build Back Better', 'Joe Manchin', 'Joe Biden', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Economic Policy']",Manchin says framework 'should' be possible this week,The Hill,"Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Monday that he believed Democrats ""should"" be able to get a deal on a framework agreement for President Biden's social spending bill this week.
""Having it finished with all the t's and the i's and everything you know crossed and dotted that will be difficult from the Senate side because we have an awful lot of text to go through, but as far as conceptually we should, I really believe,"" Manchin told reporters on Monday.",center
19869,Manchin Says Spending Bill Framework Could Come This Week,"['Politics', 'Democratic Party', 'Build Back Better', 'Joe Manchin', 'Joe Biden', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Economic Policy']",Manchin says Democrats could reach spending bill outline this week,Washington Examiner,"Sen. Joe Manchin told reporters at the Capitol on Monday that Democrats could reach a deal on the framework of their spending package this week.
Manchin has for weeks been a thorn in the side of liberals seeking a proposed $3.5 trillion spending package. Manchin, as well as Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, have raised objections to the size and scope of the package, with Manchin pushing for a $1.5 trillion deal.
The West Virginia Democrat told reporters he’s “still at $1.5 trillion” but believes a deal on a conceptual framework could be...",right
19870,Perspectives: Natural Immunity From COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Herd Immunity', 'Delta Variant']","COVID-19 Survivors Have Broad, Longer-Term Immunity",The Epoch Times,"People who have recovered from COVID-19 retain broad and effective longer-term immunity to the disease, according to a new study.
Findings of the study, which is the most comprehensive of its kind so far, have implications for expanding understanding about human immune memory as well as future vaccine development for coronaviruses.
For the longitudinal study in Cell Reports Medicine, researchers looked at 254 patients with mostly mild to moderate symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection over a period of more than eight months (250 days) and found that their immune response to the virus remained durable and...",right
19871,Perspectives: Natural Immunity From COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Herd Immunity', 'Delta Variant']",Why COVID-19 Vaccines Should Not Be Required for All Americans,Guest Writer - Center,"COVID-19 vaccine mandates have become a hotly contested issue, as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations rebound nationwide, driven by the highly contagious delta variant and unswerving vaccine hesitancy. New York City will soon be the first major U.S. city to require proof of vaccination to enter restaurants, gyms and other indoor public spaces. Dr. Marty Makary, a professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and editor in chief of MedPage Today, argues that mandating vaccines for ""every living, walking American"" is, as of now, not well-supported by science. Moreover Makary, author of...",center
19872,Perspectives: Natural Immunity From COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Vaccine Mandates', 'Herd Immunity', 'Delta Variant']","Natural infection isn't enough to protect against COVID-19, experts say. You still need a vaccine.",USA TODAY,"As concerned friends and family members try to convince loved ones to get vaccinated, many are met with the argument: ""I already got COVID, so I can't get it again.""
Health experts say that just isn't true. 
Although antibodies from natural infection may provide some protection against the virus, evidence shows nothing protects against COVID-19 better than vaccines. 
People who have recovered from COVID-19 should get vaccinated to reduce their risk of reinfection, which will prevent transmission and suppress the opportunity for more variants – like the highly contagious delta – to emerge.  
“Natural infection will...",left
19873,News from Israel Meeting,['Middle East'],Obama: Use of chemical weapons in Syria would be 'game-changer',Fox News (Online News),U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford said Wednesday that administration officials have no evidence of chemical weapons being used in the countrys civil war.,right
19874,News from Israel Meeting,['Middle East'],"In Israel, Obama and Netanyahu discuss tension with Iran",CNN (Online News),President Obama held close consultations on Irans nuclear program during talks with Israels prime minister.,left
19875,News from Israel Meeting,['Middle East'],Obama Vows Eternal Support For Israel,HuffPost,JERUSALEM mdash Eager to reassure an anxious ally President Barack Obama on Wednesday promised to work closely with Israel and do whatever is necessary to keep Iran from obtaining nuclear arms the worlds worst weapons. He also pledged to investigate whether chemical weapons were used this week in neighboring Syrias two-year-old civil war.,left
19876,Kerry Endorses Biden,"['Decision 2020', 'Joe Biden', 'John Kerry', 'Iowa', 'Democrat Primary', 'Elections']",Kerry endorses Biden in 2020 race: He 'can beat Donald Trump',The Hill,"Former Secretary of State John Kerry threw his support behind Joe Biden’s presidential campaign on Thursday, saying that the former vice president is “uniquely the person running for president who can beat Donald Trump” in 2020.
“I believe Joe Biden is the President our country desperately needs right now, not because I’ve known Joe so long, but because I know Joe so well,” Kerry, a former U.S. senator and the Democratic Party’s 2004 presidential nominee, said in a statement released by Biden’s campaign.
“I’ve never before seen the world more...",center
19877,Kerry Endorses Biden,"['Decision 2020', 'Joe Biden', 'John Kerry', 'Iowa', 'Democrat Primary', 'Elections']",John Kerry endorses Joe Biden for 2020 election,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN) - Former Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday endorsed Joe Biden for president in the 2020 race, saying the former vice president has the character and leadership skills to beat President Donald Trump.
""I believe Joe Biden is the President our country desperately needs right now, not because I've known Joe so long, but because I know Joe so well,"" Kerry said in a statement provided by the Biden campaign.",left
19878,Kerry Endorses Biden,"['Decision 2020', 'Joe Biden', 'John Kerry', 'Iowa', 'Democrat Primary', 'Elections']","John Kerry endorses Joe Biden, says he’s the one ‘who can beat Trump’",New York Post (News),"Former Secretary of State John Kerry endorsed Joe Biden’s presidential bid Thursday, saying even President Trump understands that the former vice president can beat him in 2020.
“I believe Joe Biden is the President our country desperately needs right now, not because I’ve known Joe so long, but because I know Joe so well. I’ve never before seen the world more in need of someone who on day one can begin the incredibly hard work of putting back together the world Donald Trump has smashed apart,” the 2004 Democratic presidential...",right
19879,Handel Wins Seat in Georgia,['Elections'],Karen Handel defeats Jon Ossoff in Georgia race,Washington Times,Republicans beat back national push by Democrats in most expensive contest in U.S. House history,right
19880,Handel Wins Seat in Georgia,['Elections'],Karen Handel clinches Georgia’s 6th District seat,Atlanta Journal-Constitution,"Georgia is sending its first Republican woman to Congress.
News outlets began declaring Karen Handel the winner of Georgia’s 6th District U.S. House seat at roughly 10 p.m. Tuesday evening, three hours after most polls closed here in the north Atlanta suburbs.",left
19881,Handel Wins Seat in Georgia,['Elections'],Republican Karen Handel wins Georgia House special election,CNN (Online News),"Republican Karen Handel has won Georgia's high-stakes special election, CNN projects, the most expensive US House race on record.
A little after 9:45 p.m. ET, Handel led Democrat Jon Ossoff by 5.7 percentage points, with 136 out of 208 precincts counted and 190,000 votes reported.",left
19882,War Looms Over Gaza,['Middle East'],Bolder Hamas Tests Alliances in a Shifting Arab World,New York Times (News),"Instead of the wedding drums that typically provide the evening soundtrack in this forlorn coastal strip, the black, still air was pierced by gunshots on Thursday, as citizens fired celebratory rounds after the ruling Hamas faction announced that one of its rockets had hit an Israeli aircraft.",left
19883,War Looms Over Gaza,['Middle East'],Militants target Tel Aviv as war looms over Gaza,Fox News (Online News),"Egypt's prime minister rushed to the aid of the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers Friday in the midst of an Israeli offensive there, calling for an end to the operation, as Palestinian rocket squads aimed at Tel Aviv for a second straight day.",right
19884,War Looms Over Gaza,['Middle East'],New dangers in familiar Gaza violence,CNN (Online News),"Confrontation between Israel and Hamas is an old movie. But the grim version playing out now -- with Hamas rockets, particularly use of a long range Fajr 5, aimed at Tel Aviv , Israeli airstrikes and the killing of a top Hamas official -- contains new and disturbing scenes.",left
19885,Debate over Anchor Babies,['Immigration'],The myth of the ‘anchor baby’ deportation defense,Washington Post,"Donald Trump said it; Jeb Bush said it, too. Frankly, a whole range of people have used the term ""anchor baby"" this week in public discussions about Trump's immigration-related policy ideas -- ideas that include an end to the nearly 150-year-old practice of granting citizenship to anyone born in the United States.
It's the former, known as ""birthright citizenship,"" which is delineated in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.",left
19886,Debate over Anchor Babies,['Immigration'],"Despite Political Rhetoric, 'Anchor Babies' Are Not Exactly Easy To Stop",NPR (Online News),"GOP presidential candidates are falling over themselves to get on record with tough immigration plans. A string of them — Rand Paul, Chris Christie, Lindsey Graham, Scott Walker, Bobby Jindal and Rick Santorum — have spoken out in some form against birthright citizenship. That's the idea that being born on U.S. soil, regardless of your parents' legal status, automatically makes you a U.S. citizen.",left
19887,Debate over Anchor Babies,['Immigration'],Trump: Undocumented Children Aren't US Citizens,CBN,"Billionare Donald Trump is doubling down on his controversial immigration policy.
His latest proposal: revoke the citizenship of American-born children of undocumented immigrants, a right guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.",right
19888,Trump Delays Climate Accord Decision,['Environment'],Trump Delays Decision on Paris Climate Accords,New York Times (News),"President Trump declined to endorse the Paris climate accords on Saturday, saying he would decide next week whether the United States would pull out of the 195-nation agreement.",left
19889,Trump Delays Climate Accord Decision,['Environment'],Leaders issue G7 declaration with U.S. a holdout on climate change,Politico,"Leaders of the G7, the world's most exclusive geopolitical club, issued their 2017 declaration Saturday, with U.S. President Donald Trump refusing to join his counterparts in pledging commitment to the 195-nation Paris accord on climate change.",left
19890,Trump Delays Climate Accord Decision,['Environment'],Trump not swayed by G-7 leaders on Paris climate deal,Washington Times,"President Trump resisted some intense lobbying by leaders of other industrialized nations Friday to back the Paris climate-change agreement at a G-7 summit in Sicily, Italy.",right
19891,Washington's NFL Team is Retiring the Redskins Name,"['Race And Racism', 'Washington Redskins', 'NFL', 'FedEx', 'Sports']",Washington’s NFL team officially retires name and logo after sponsor backlash,CNBC,"The National Football League team in Washington, D.C., will officially retire the team’s name and logo, the club announced Monday. A new name was not announced.
The organization, which had its name since 1932, launched a review of its name after partners and sponsors began to criticize the team for failing to acknowledge the sensitivity regarding the name and logo to Native Americans.
“We want to keep our sponsors, fans and community apprised of our thinking as we go forward,” the team said in a statement. “Today, we are...",center
19892,Washington's NFL Team is Retiring the Redskins Name,"['Race And Racism', 'Washington Redskins', 'NFL', 'FedEx', 'Sports']",NFL's Washington Redskins to change name following years of backlash,ABC News (Online),"The NFL's Washington Redskins have decided to change their team name.
""On July 3rd we announced the commencement of a thorough review of the team's name. ... Today, we are announcing we will be retiring the Redskins name and logo upon completion of this review,"" the team said in a statement on Monday.
The team has not released what the name is being changed to -- the team said owner Dan Synder and coach Ron Rivera will ""develop a new name and design approach that will enhance the standing of...",left
19893,Washington's NFL Team is Retiring the Redskins Name,"['Race And Racism', 'Washington Redskins', 'NFL', 'FedEx', 'Sports']",Washington's NFL Team Officially Drops Redskins Team Name,Newsmax (News),"The Washington NFL franchise announced Monday it is dropping the “Redskins” name and Indian head logo, bowing to pressure from sponsors and decades of criticism that they are offensive to Native Americans.
A new name must still be selected for one of the oldest and most storied teams in the National Football League, and it was unclear how soon that will happen. But for now, arguably the most polarizing name in North American professional sports is gone at a time of reckoning over racial injustice, iconography and racism in the...",right
19894,Bipartisan Group of Senators Move to Reinstitute Sanctions on ZTE Corp.,['China'],"Cotton Sponsors Bipartisan Defense Bill Amendment Against Chinese Telecoms Huawei, ZTE",Washington Free Beacon,A bipartisan trio of lawmakers introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act pushing back on national security threats posed by Chinese telecom giants Huawei and ZTE.,right
19895,Bipartisan Group of Senators Move to Reinstitute Sanctions on ZTE Corp.,['China'],Senate to vote on ZTE ban in defense bill this week,Reuters,"The U.S. Senate will vote as soon as this week on legislation to block a Trump administration agreement that would allow China’s No. 2 telecommunications equipment maker, ZTE Corp, to resume business with U.S. suppliers, lawmakers said on Monday.",center
19896,Bipartisan Group of Senators Move to Reinstitute Sanctions on ZTE Corp.,['China'],Congress gearing up to deliver stinging rebuke to Trump over trade talks with China,ABC News (Online),"As President Donald Trump in Singapore flexed his diplomatic muscles with North Korea, members of his own party back in Washington were gearing up to deliver a stinging rebuke over his efforts to normalize trade with China.",left
19897,Next up: Debates,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Obama, Romney Cram Ahead Of Presidential Debates",HuffPost,"On long flights to swing states in the West and late nights at the White House after his children have gone to bed, President Barack Obama is cramming like a student for a test that could determine his political future.",left
19898,Next up: Debates,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Presidential Debates Can Be Great Theater, But How Much Do They Matter?",NPR (Online News),"Even before the final balloons fell on the Republican and Democratic conventions, pundits were talking up the next big American political viewing experience — the presidential debates.",left
19899,Next up: Debates,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Romney Has a Chance to Surprise at Debates,Peggy Noonan,"Columnist Peggy Noonan on why the presidential debates could offer Mitt Romney the chance to surprise voters. Also, is President Obama getting too much blame for the poor economy?",right
19900,Several Staffers Leave Vice President Harris's Team,"['Kamala Harris', 'White House', 'Politics']","Symone Sanders, Harris' chief spokesperson, to leave White House",CNN (Online News),"Symone Sanders, Vice President Kamala Harris' chief spokesperson and senior adviser, is leaving the Biden administration at the end of the year, according to a source familiar with the decision.
""Symone has served honorably for three years,"" the source told CNN. ""The President and vice president are grateful for Symone's service and advocacy for this White House. She is a valued member, a team player, and she will be missed. We are grateful to have her working through the end of the year.""
Sanders acknowledged her exit in a Wednesday letter...",left
19901,Several Staffers Leave Vice President Harris's Team,"['Kamala Harris', 'White House', 'Politics']",Two more Harris press aides leaving in addition to Sanders,The Hill,"Two more press aides working in Vice President Harris's office are expected to leave their roles in the coming weeks in addition to the two high-profile exits of her press secretary and communications director, a source familiar with the departures confirmed to The Hill.
Peter Velz, who is the vice president's director of press operations, and Vince Evans, the deputy director of the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs for Harris, are planning to leave those positions soon, the source confirmed.
The Washington Post first reported on their impending exits. 
The departure of...",center
19902,Several Staffers Leave Vice President Harris's Team,"['Kamala Harris', 'White House', 'Politics']","Symone Sanders, a top Kamala Harris adviser, resigning amid signs of VP office disarray",Fox News (Online News),"Symone Sanders, a senior adviser to Vice President Harris and her chief spokesperson, will depart at the end of the year, in a sign of growing turmoil within the office.
Sanders is the second top Harris aide to announce her departure in less than a month. Just two weeks ago, it emerged that Harris Communications Director Ashley Etienne had resigned. Harris has been plagued by poor approval ratings and questions from Republican critics about her competence.
""Symone has served honorably for 3 years,"" a White House official told Fox News. ""First as a valuable member of the...",right
19903,Former NY Times Editor Criticizes Paper's 'Unmistakably Anti-Trump' Bias,['Media Bias'],Former NYT Editor Claims Paper Went ‘Anti-Trump’ for Profit,National Review,"Jill Abramson, the erstwhile executive editor of the New York Times, argues in a forthcoming book that her former employer abandoned objectivity in its White House coverage in an effort",right
19904,Former NY Times Editor Criticizes Paper's 'Unmistakably Anti-Trump' Bias,['Media Bias'],Ex-New York Times editor Jill Abramson rips paper's 'unmistakably anti-Trump' bias,Washington Times,"Jill Abramson, the Harvard lecturer who served as the first and only female executive editor of The New York Times from 2011 to 2014, has some harsh words for her former employer in",right
19905,Former NY Times Editor Criticizes Paper's 'Unmistakably Anti-Trump' Bias,['Media Bias'],Former NY Times editor rips Trump coverage as biased,Fox News (Online News),"A former executive editor of the New York Times says the paper’s news pages, the home of its straight-news coverage, have become “unmistakably anti-Trump.”",right
19906,Happy Thanksgiving 2015,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Caught Between A Turkey Leg And A Political Diatribe? We're Here To Help,NPR (Online News),"It starts with seemingly benign questions: Who are you voting for? Did you see that exposé about candidate X on Facebook? Before long, somebody is storming off to the basement or slamming the mashed potatoes on the table. And playing Adele's new song ""Hello"" won't make every family instantly get along (a la SNL's Thanksgiving Miracle).",left
19907,Happy Thanksgiving 2015,"['Holidays', 'General News']",OPINION: Dana Perino: My Thanksgiving do's and don'ts for talking politics around the table,Guest Writer - Right,"Fox News' Dana Perino, co-host of ""The Five"" and a weekly guest on Fox Business Channel's ""Kennedy"" shares her do's and don'ts with Fox News Opinion this week on how to gracefully navigate conversations about politics at the Thanksgiving table. Our Thanksgiving tip? Print this out and tuck it into your pocket as you prepare to enjoy Thursday's feast.",right
19908,Happy Thanksgiving 2015,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Here's The Crazy Story About Thanksgiving You’ve Never Heard,HuffPost,"The Thanksgiving story you know probably goes a bit like this: English Pilgrims, seeking religious freedom, landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where they found a rich land full of animals and were greeted by a friendly Indian named Squanto, who taught them how to plant corn.",left
19909,"""Dream"" 50 Years Later",['Civil Rights'],Thousands Gather In D.C. To Mark 1963 Civil Rights March,NPR (Online News),"People are assembling on the National Mall to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 March on Washington, best known as the venue for the iconic ""I Have a Dream"" speech that helped galvanize the civil rights movement.
Organizers, including the Rev. Al Sharpton and King's son, Martin Luther King III, say they expect 100,000 people to attend Saturday's events leading up the official Aug. 28 anniversary.
Speeches will be followed by a half-mile walk from the Lincoln Memorial to the 2-year-old Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.",left
19910,"""Dream"" 50 Years Later",['Civil Rights'],March In Washington To Continue Focus On Civil Rights,HuffPost,"Alice Long planned months ago to use vacation time to travel from Huntsville, Ala., to the 50th anniversary events for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Long, a NASA administrative assistant, brought along her grandchildren to give them a close-up view of African-American and civil rights history that she said isn't being taught in schools.
""I'm here supporting this march because there are so many injustices in this country,"" Long, 59, said on the eve of Saturday's march from the Lincoln Memorial to the Martin Luther K",left
19911,"""Dream"" 50 Years Later",['Civil Rights'],Remembering My Uncle's 'Dream',Newsmax (News),"Fifty years ago, a valiant group of people from across America and around the globe embarked on a ""March on Washington.""
While there have been many marches on Washington, possibly before and certainly afterward, the 1963 March on Washington remains the premier example of how unity of heart and spirit can transform a community, a nation and a world.
My parents, A.D. and Naomi King, attended the March, and were there when their famous brother and brother-in-law, respectively, delivered the now famous ""I Have a Dream"" speech.
Back...",right
19912,Ruling Against Obama Immigration Plan,['Immigration'],Appeals Court Upholds Delay Of Obama's Executive Action On Immigration,HuffPost,A federal appeals court on Monday agreed to keep on hold President Barack Obama's executive order on immigration -- nearly a year after he announced it as a backstop measure to Congress' failure to enact comprehensive immigration reform.,left
19913,Ruling Against Obama Immigration Plan,['Immigration'],Obama Immigration Initiative Takes Another Hit,Wall Street Journal (News),A federal appeals court Monday upheld a lower court’s ruling blocking the Obama administration’s plans to defer deportations for more than four million undocumented immigrants.,center
19914,Ruling Against Obama Immigration Plan,['Immigration'],Appeals court rules against Obama immigration plan,Fox News (Online News),President Obama's executive action preventing the deportation of an estimated 5 million people living in the United States illegally suffered another setback Monday after a federal appeals court upheld a federal judge's injunction blocking the measure.,right
19915,ISIS on Turkey Syria Border,['Middle East'],Turkish President Says Syrian Town Under Islamic State Siege Is About To Fall,HuffPost,"The Islamic State group is about to capture the Syrian border town of Kobani, Turkey's president said Tuesday, as outgunned Kurdish forces struggled to repel the extremists with limited aid from U.S.-led coalition airstrikes.",left
19916,ISIS on Turkey Syria Border,['Middle East'],US-led coalition struggles to stop Islamic State offensive on Turkey-Syria border,Christian Science Monitor,"If the Syrian border town of Kobane falls, IS will control a long stretch of the Syria-Turkey border, threatening the security of the Kurdish-majority area. US-led airstrikes haven't stopped the advance.",center
19917,ISIS on Turkey Syria Border,['Middle East'],ISIS reportedly enters strategic Syrian town near Turkish border,Fox News (Online News),"Islamic State fighters have reportedly moved closer to capturing the Syrian town of Kobani, near the Turkish border, in what would be the most serious setback for Kurdish forces since a campaign of U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria began last month.",right
19918,"Biden Remembers Fallen Troops, Pledges to Defend Human Rights In Memorial Day Speech","['Joe Biden', 'Veterans Affairs. Memorial Day', 'Holidays', 'Human Rights', 'China', 'Russia', 'Foreign Policy', 'US Military']",Biden to Tell Putin U.S. Won’t ‘Stand By’ on Human Rights Abuses,Bloomberg,"President Joe Biden said the U.S. will stand up for human rights and pledged to raise the matter during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin next month.
“I’ll be meeting with President Putin in a couple of weeks in Geneva, making it clear that we will not, we will not stand by and let him abuse those rights,” Biden said Sunday during remarks in Delaware ahead of the Memorial Day holiday.
The leaders are set to meet on June 15-16 at a fraught time in relations after cyberattacks the...",left
19919,"Biden Remembers Fallen Troops, Pledges to Defend Human Rights In Memorial Day Speech","['Joe Biden', 'Veterans Affairs. Memorial Day', 'Holidays', 'Human Rights', 'China', 'Russia', 'Foreign Policy', 'US Military']",Biden to urge Putin to respect human rights during meeting in Geneva,The Hill,"President Biden on Sunday said he will call on Russian President Vladimir Putin to respect human rights when the two leaders meet in Geneva in June.
“I had a long conversation, two hours recently, with [Chinese] President Xi, making it clear to him that we can do nothing but speak out for human rights around the world because that’s who we are. I’ll be meeting with President Putin in a couple weeks in Geneva making it clear that we will not, we will not, stand by and let him abuse those rights,” Biden...",center
19920,"Biden Remembers Fallen Troops, Pledges to Defend Human Rights In Memorial Day Speech","['Joe Biden', 'Veterans Affairs. Memorial Day', 'Holidays', 'Human Rights', 'China', 'Russia', 'Foreign Policy', 'US Military']","Biden sends Xi, Putin warning while remembering son Beau, fallen troops in Memorial Day speech",Fox News (Online News),"President Biden sent a warning to the presidents of China and Russia during his Memorial Day address on Sunday.
""I had a long conversation for two hours recently with [Chinese] President Xi [Jinping], making it clear to him we could do nothing but speak out for human rights around the world because that's who we are,"" Biden said. ""I'll be meeting with [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin in a couple weeks in Geneva making it clear that we will not stand by and let him abuse those rights."" 
Biden spoke at a Memorial Day service in...",right
19921,"Trump Admin Lifts Sanctions on Companies Tied to Russian Oligarch, Issues New Sanctions Over Election Interference",['Russia'],Trump administration ends sanctions on companies tied to Putin ally — but issues new ones against other Russians,New York Daily News,The Trump administration lifted sanctions Wednesday on three companies partially controlled by a Russian oligarch tied to President Vladimir Putin — but also slapped new restrictions,left
19922,"Trump Admin Lifts Sanctions on Companies Tied to Russian Oligarch, Issues New Sanctions Over Election Interference",['Russia'],U.S. to Remove Russian Companies Tied to Oleg Deripaska From Sanctions List in 30 Days,Wall Street Journal (News),Rusal and EN+l agreed to implement sweeping governance reforms and for the Russian oligarch to reduce his stakes,center
19923,"Trump Admin Lifts Sanctions on Companies Tied to Russian Oligarch, Issues New Sanctions Over Election Interference",['Russia'],Treasury sanctions Russian spies over election interference in US and Europe,Washington Examiner,"President Trump’s administration is blacklisting several Russian military intelligence operatives involved in election interference around the world, the Treasury Department announced Wednesday.",right
19924,"Hillary Clinton, Tulsi Gabbard Trade Insults","['Hillary Clinton', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Gabbard hits back at 'queen of warmongers' Clinton,The Hill,"Presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) did not hold back Friday when responding to 2016 nominee Hilary Clinton's suggestion that she is the ""favorite of the Russians"" for 2020, excoriating the former secretary of State as ""the queen of warmongers"" and ""personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party.""
“She’s the favorite of the Russians. They have a bunch of sites and bots and other ways of supporting her, so far,” Clinton had told David Plouffe, host of the podcast “Campaign HQ,” and the campaign manager for former...",center
19925,"Hillary Clinton, Tulsi Gabbard Trade Insults","['Hillary Clinton', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']",‘Embodiment of corruption’: Tulsi Gabbard lashes Hillary Clinton over Russian asset claim,Washington Examiner,"Tulsi Gabbard responded to Hillary Clinton's assertion that Russia is behind a plan to turn the Hawaii congresswoman into a spoiler candidate by calling the former secretary of state the ""queen of warmongers"" and invited her to join the 2020 Democratic presidential race.
""Great! Thank you @HillaryClinton. You, the queen of warmongers, embodiment of corruption, and personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party for so long, have finally come out from behind the curtain,"" Gabbard said in a tweet on Friday.
""From the day I announced my...",right
19926,"Hillary Clinton, Tulsi Gabbard Trade Insults","['Hillary Clinton', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Presidential Elections', 'Election 2020', 'Democratic Party', 'Politics']","Hillary Clinton pushes theory that Russia is ""grooming"" Tulsi Gabbard — who hits back on Twitter",Salon,"Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suggested that she thinks Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, is being “groomed” by Russia to run as a third-party candidate in 2020.
Clinton made the allegations during an interview with David Plouffe, Barack Obama’s former campaign manager. During the interview, Clinton alleged that Russia used 2016 Green Party nominee Jill Stein as an “asset” and suggested that Gabbard would play a similar role in the upcoming election without mentioning her name.
“They’re also going to do third-party again,” Clinton said. “I’m not making any predictions,...",left
19927,GA Governor Vetoes Religious Freedom Bill,['Politics'],BREAKING: Nathan Deal vetoes Georgia’s ‘religious liberty’ bill,Atlanta Journal-Constitution,Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed the “religious liberty” bill on Monday that triggered a wave of criticism from gay rights groups and business leaders and presented him with one of the most consequential challenges he’s faced since his election to Georgia’s top office.,left
19928,GA Governor Vetoes Religious Freedom Bill,['Politics'],Georgia Governor Vetoes Religious Exemptions Bill,CBN,Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has vetoed legislation allowing clergy to refuse performing gay marriage and protecting people who refuse to attend the ceremonies.,right
19929,GA Governor Vetoes Religious Freedom Bill,['Politics'],Georgia governor to veto 'religious liberty' bill,CNN (Online News),"Under increasing pressure from major corporations that do business in Georgia, Gov. Nathan Deal announced Monday he will veto a bill that critics say would have curtailed the rights of Georgia's LGBT community.",left
19930,Trump Considers Preemptively Pardoning Family as DOJ Investigates Potential Pardon Bribery Attempt,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice Department', 'Presidential Pardons', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'Jared Kushner', 'Nepotism', 'Ivanka Trump', 'Donald Trump Jr.', 'Eric Trump']","President Trump has discussed possibility of pardons for family members, sources say",NBC News (Online),"President Donald Trump has been discussing the possibility of issuing pardons for his family members and some close associates, multiple sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.
One source said the conversations in recent days were within the context of a president who feels embattled, and not because Trump believes he or any of his family members had done anything illegal.
The New York Times first reported the discussions and said Trump had spoken about whether to grant pre-emptive pardons for his three eldest children, Eric and Donald Jr.,...",left
19931,Trump Considers Preemptively Pardoning Family as DOJ Investigates Potential Pardon Bribery Attempt,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice Department', 'Presidential Pardons', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'Jared Kushner', 'Nepotism', 'Ivanka Trump', 'Donald Trump Jr.', 'Eric Trump']",Justice Department investigating potential bribery scheme to obtain pardon,The Hill,"The Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating a potentially criminal scheme involving paying a bribe to people either in or affiliated with the White House in exchange for an unknown person receiving a presidential pardon, according to court documents that were unsealed Tuesday.
The court records, which were unsealed by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, say the DOJ investigation involves two people, whose names are redacted, who were improperly acting as lobbyists to secure the pardon for a person whose name is also redacted. The plot...",center
19932,Trump Considers Preemptively Pardoning Family as DOJ Investigates Potential Pardon Bribery Attempt,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice Department', 'Presidential Pardons', 'Rudy Giuliani', 'Jared Kushner', 'Nepotism', 'Ivanka Trump', 'Donald Trump Jr.', 'Eric Trump']",DOJ investigating bribery scheme aimed at presidential pardon,Washington Examiner,"The Justice Department is investigating whether there was a criminal bribery scheme involving political contributions being offered either to individuals in the Trump administration or to a related political organization in the hopes of obtaining a pardon from President Trump, according to newly unsealed federal court records.
A heavily redacted 20-page order and memorandum from Chief Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia from August was unsealed on Tuesday, revealing the existence of the DOJ inquiry. But, due to all of the names and...",right
19933,Perspectives: Trump's Re-election Chances,"['Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Democratic Party', 'Public Opinion', '2020 Election', 'Elections']",Trump’s Chances for Reelection Are Looking Better and Better,Victor Hanson,"Donald Trump has at least five strong historical arguments for his reelection.
One, he is an incumbent. Incumbent presidents have won 14 of 19 reelection bids since 1900.
The few who lost did not enjoy positive approval ratings. In a Gallup poll from earlier this month, Trump enjoyed his highest approval rating since his inauguration, squeezing out a 49 percent favorable rating vs. 50 percent unfavorable.
Two, the public perception of the economy usually determines any presidential election — as incumbents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, and...",right
19934,Perspectives: Trump's Re-election Chances,"['Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Democratic Party', 'Public Opinion', '2020 Election', 'Elections']",A coronavirus recession would likely end Trump's presidency,James Pethokoukis,"The global coronavirus outbreak might accomplish something that myriad bad polls haven't: make Republicans fear losing the 2020 presidential election.
Until now, survey after survey has consistently shown President Trump losing to the Democrats in November. Like, to all of the Democrats. Yet Republicans have remained confident. They remember how the #FakePolls showed Trump losing to Hillary Clinton four years ago. More importantly, perhaps, GOPers have a deep faith that the strong economy will provide a powerful tailwind to Trump's re-election campaign.
But the plunging stock market, badly spooked by...",right
19935,Perspectives: Trump's Re-election Chances,"['Donald Trump', 'White House', 'Democratic Party', 'Public Opinion', '2020 Election', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders Can Beat Trump. Here’s the Math.,New York Times (Opinion),"Most available evidence points in the direction of a popular vote and Electoral College victory.
Whatever you think about Bernie Sanders as a potential president, it is wrong to dismiss his chances of winning the office. Not only does most of the available empirical evidence show Mr. Sanders defeating President Trump in the national popular vote and in the critical Midwestern states that tipped the Electoral College in 2016, but his specific electoral strengths align with changes in the composition of the country’s population in ways that could actually make...",left
19936,US Imposes New Sanctions on Russia,['World'],U.S. Announces More Sanctions Against Russia,New York Times (News),"The United States on Monday imposed additional sanctions against Russian government officials and companies deemed close to President Vladimir V. Putin, accusing Moscow of failing to live up to its agreement to defuse the crisis in Ukraine.",left
19937,US Imposes New Sanctions on Russia,['World'],US to impose new sanctions on Russia - and holds more in reserve,Christian Science Monitor,President Obama said the measures are aimed at changing Putins calculus on Ukraine and that further Russian aggression could trigger more sanctions.,center
19938,US Imposes New Sanctions on Russia,['World'],White House sets new round of sanctions against Russia over Ukraine involvement,Washington Times,The Obama administration Monday imposed a new round of targeted economic sanctions against cronies of Russian President Vladimir Putin and 17 companies in response to Russias involvement in the crisis in Ukraine.,right
19939,CNN is Evaluating Its Partisan Talent and Programming: Report,"['CNN', 'Jim Acosta', 'Journalism Ethics', 'Liberal Bias', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Partisanship']",Scoop: CNN evaluating partisan talent,Axios,"CNN's new boss, Chris Licht, is evaluating whether personalities and programming that grew polarizing during the Trump era can adapt to the network's new priority to be less partisan.
Why it matters: If talent cannot adjust to a less partisan tone and strategy, they could be ousted, three sources familiar with the matter tell Axios.
Details: Licht wants to give personalities that may appear polarizing a chance to prove they're willing to uphold the network's values so that they don't tarnish CNN's journalism brand.
For on-air talent, that includes engaging in respectful
...",center
19940,CNN is Evaluating Its Partisan Talent and Programming: Report,"['CNN', 'Jim Acosta', 'Journalism Ethics', 'Liberal Bias', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Partisanship']","Do News or Get Canned: New CNN Boss 'Evaluating' Stelter, Acosta",Townhall,"Three CNN sources tell Axios that new network boss Chris Licht is ""evaluating"" the channel's talent to gauge their ability to do...news...rather than the partisan hackery CNN hosts have become infamous for even as their ratings tank. ""If talent cannot adjust to a less partisan tone and strategy, they could be ousted,"" the scoop reports. 
Apparently, ""Licht wants to give personalities that may appear polarizing a chance to prove they're willing to uphold the network's values so that they don't tarnish CNN's journalism brand,"" although CNN's ""journalism"" has not exactly...",right
19941,CNN is Evaluating Its Partisan Talent and Programming: Report,"['CNN', 'Jim Acosta', 'Journalism Ethics', 'Liberal Bias', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Partisanship']",CNN said to be turning away from the 'combative' partisanship of ... Jim Acosta?,Daily Kos,"As new CNN head Chris Licht looks to revamp a network that has lost its way, he has one thing working in his favor: The ""news"" network at this point couldn't possibly get worse. That's what you'd think, anyway, as the once-news-heavy network turned into a den of cheap punditry that swiftly turned every breaking story into a rote-format Teatime For Assholes segment featuring a line of partisan provocateurs to insist that the story, whatever it was, was yet more proof that whoever last wrote a check for their consulting...",left
19942,Fed Raises Interest Rates by 75 Basis Points to Fight Inflation,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Federal Reserve', 'Banking And Finance', 'Jerome Powell', 'Interest Rates', 'Inflation', 'Recession']",Fed attacks inflation with its largest rate hike since 1994,Associated Press Fact Check,"The Federal Reserve on Wednesday intensified its drive to tame high inflation by raising its key interest rate by three-quarters of a point — its largest hike in nearly three decades — and signaling more large rate increases to come that would raise the risk of another recession.
The move the Fed announced after its latest policy meeting will raise its benchmark short-term rate, which affects many consumer and business loans, to a range of 1.5% to 1.75%. With the additional rate hikes they foresee, the policymakers expect their key...",left
19943,Fed Raises Interest Rates by 75 Basis Points to Fight Inflation,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Federal Reserve', 'Banking And Finance', 'Jerome Powell', 'Interest Rates', 'Inflation', 'Recession']","Fed hikes its benchmark interest rate by 0.75 percentage point, the biggest increase since 1994",CNBC,"The Federal Reserve on Wednesday launched its biggest broadside yet against inflation, raising benchmark interest rates three-quarters of a percentage point in a move that equates to the most aggressive hike since 1994.
Ending weeks of speculation, the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee took the level of its benchmark funds rate to a range of 1.5%-1.75%, the highest since just before the Covid pandemic began in March 2020.",center
19944,Fed Raises Interest Rates by 75 Basis Points to Fight Inflation,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Federal Reserve', 'Banking And Finance', 'Jerome Powell', 'Interest Rates', 'Inflation', 'Recession']",Fed raises interest rates by 75-basis points in historic move to fight inflation,Fox Business,"The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate by 75-basis points for the first time in nearly three decades as policymakers intensify their fight to cool red-hot inflation, a move that threatens to slow U.S. economic growth and exacerbate financial pressure on Americans.  ",right
19945,Clinton’s Post-DNC Bounce,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Poll: Clinton Support Spikes Following Democratic Convention,NBC News (Online),"Following the Democratic National Convention, Hillary Clinton now leads Donald Trump by 8 points — 50 percent to 42 percent — up from a single-point difference last week, according to the latest NBC News|SurveyMonkey poll.",left
19946,Clinton’s Post-DNC Bounce,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",How big is Hillary Clinton's convention bounce?,Politico,A fresh set of post-Democratic convention polls shows a sudden shift toward the Democratic nominee.,left
19947,Clinton’s Post-DNC Bounce,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Clinton Enjoys Post-DNC Bounce - But Will it Last?,CBN,Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton received a big convention bounce. A new CNN poll has her leading GOP rival Donald Trump 52 percent to 43 percent in a two-way matchup.,right
19948,U.S. Steps Up Alarm Over Cyberattacks,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Official worried about cyber attacks on US nuclear command and control,Fox News (Online News),"U.S. strategic nuclear weapons and the command systems that control them are vulnerable to cyber attacks although most are hardened against many types of electronic attacks, the commander of the U.S. Strategic Command said on Tuesday.",right
19949,U.S. Steps Up Alarm Over Cyberattacks,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",U.S. Steps Up Alarm Over Cyberattacks,Wall Street Journal (News),"The nation's top spies warned Tuesday of the rising threat of cyberattacks to national and economic security, comparing the concern more directly than before to the dangers posed by global terrorism.",center
19950,U.S. Steps Up Alarm Over Cyberattacks,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Watch where you click: International cyber attacks on the rise,CNN (Online News),"By now, many Americans are used to getting random e-mails allegedly from ""friends"" with weird-looking links embedded in them, or what looks like SPAM from fake companies inviting you to click on a link to reset your password.",left
19951,"If Not Biden, Which Democrats Could Run for President in 2024?","['Elections', '2024 Election', 'Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Democratic Party', 'Kamala Harris', 'Gavin Newsom', 'J.B. Pritzker']",Democrats cast around for 2024 alternatives to Biden,The Hill,"Democratic gloom is deepening as the party looks toward November’s midterms and beyond. 
The bleak outlook is engendered in part by a grim political environment marked by historically high inflation, elevated gas prices and pandemic fatigue. 
But the Democratic depression is sharpened by concerns over whether President Biden is really the man for the moment, given his advancing age — he turns 80 in November — and his preference for consensus-building over the frontal political combat many in his party would prefer.
Yet, for all that, Biden has one sizable factor weighing...",center
19952,"If Not Biden, Which Democrats Could Run for President in 2024?","['Elections', '2024 Election', 'Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Democratic Party', 'Kamala Harris', 'Gavin Newsom', 'J.B. Pritzker']","If not Biden, then who?",The Week - Opinion,"Is Biden running?
He says he is.
Earlier this month, the 79-year-old president rejected the idea that a large majority of his own party's voters don't want him on the ballot in 2024 when a reporter cited poll numbers that showed only 26 percent of Democrats want Biden to be the nominee. ""Read the polls, Jack!"" Biden said. ""You guys are all the same. That poll showed that 92 percent of Democrats, if I ran, would vote for me.""
This statement was somewhat misleading: 92 percent said they would vote for Biden in...",left
19953,"If Not Biden, Which Democrats Could Run for President in 2024?","['Elections', '2024 Election', 'Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Democratic Party', 'Kamala Harris', 'Gavin Newsom', 'J.B. Pritzker']",The Descent of Democratic Man,Kevin D. Williamson,"Why don’t the Democrats have better leaders?
We know why the Republicans don’t have better leaders: The GOP turned itself into a Donald Trump personality cult, and would-be alternatives such as Ron DeSantis of Florida haven’t figured out how to get out from under the considerable shadow of the former president. Republicans may find some focus if, as expected, they have a good election in November. William Munny might have made a good political analyst: “Deserve’s got nothin’ to do with it.”
But you’d think the Democratic Party would at least...",right
19954,Spending Cuts Debate,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Do Republicans Really Like Lower Spending or Not?,Fox News (Online News),Is sequestration better than nothing?,right
19955,Spending Cuts Debate,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Government Spending Falls Amid Republican Calls For More Cuts,HuffPost,"Republicans and other fiscal conservatives keep insisting on more federal austerity and a smaller government. Without much fanfare or acknowledgement, they've already gotten much of both.",left
19956,Spending Cuts Debate,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Poll: Majority of Americans want to delay forced spending cuts,CNN (Online News),A new survey shows that a majority of Americans want Congress to stop the looming forced spending cuts from going into effect next week.,left
19957,"Florida Continues to Survey Destruction, Death After Hurricane Ian","['Water And Oceans', 'Hurricane Ian', 'FEMA', 'Red Cross', 'Death', 'Storms', 'Hurricanes', 'Insurance']",‘Denying us right away’: Florida residents face uncertain future in Ian’s aftermath,New York Post (News),"Headlights brighten the dusty roads under the soft complexion of pre-dawn light. With the landscape in ruins, it’s a new day in Southwest Florida.
People operating heavy machines move vessels, structures and personal belongings to the sides of roads. Survivors in these communities who evacuated also return to their homes destroyed and memories washed away by Hurricane Ian’s record storm surge.
Mike Mauger lost his home in the hurricane and doesn’t know where to go from here. 
“Hopefully, we have insurance, some form of insurance. According to the insurance people, they...",right
19958,"Florida Continues to Survey Destruction, Death After Hurricane Ian","['Water And Oceans', 'Hurricane Ian', 'FEMA', 'Red Cross', 'Death', 'Storms', 'Hurricanes', 'Insurance']","Hurricane Ian may have caused $67 billion in damage, a top 5 U.S. storm",Axios,"Hurricane Ian likely caused $53 billion to $74 billion in insured losses from Florida to the Carolinas, with a ""best estimate"" of $67 billion, according to new data released today from modeling firm RMS.
The big picture: These preliminary damage totals would make Hurricane Ian the costliest storm in Florida history and second nationally to Hurricane Katrina when adjusted for inflation.
The storm, which devastated densely populated areas of southwest Florida — including Ft. Myers, Naples and barrier island communities such as Sanibel Island — killed at least 92 people...",center
19959,"Florida Continues to Survey Destruction, Death After Hurricane Ian","['Water And Oceans', 'Hurricane Ian', 'FEMA', 'Red Cross', 'Death', 'Storms', 'Hurricanes', 'Insurance']",Lack of flood insurance in hard-hit Central Florida leaves families struggling after Hurricane Ian,CNN (Online News),"When Amanda Trompeta was woken up by her dog barking early last Thursday morning, she assumed he was just frightened by Hurricane Ian. But then she got out of bed – and found herself standing ankle-deep in floodwater.
By the time the storm passed, three and a half feet of murky, dark water had swept into Trompeta’s house in the Orlando suburb of Winter Springs. “It went everywhere, every single room,” she said. “All the floors, all the walls have to be redone – everything is ruined.”
Despite the devastation,...",left
19960,Tonight’s Final Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Fight night in Las Vegas: High stakes for Trump, Clinton and Chris Wallace",Fox News (Online News),"Chris Wallace has got his work cut out for him.
The Fox News anchor has a rare opportunity as the moderator of tonight’s third and final debate here in Las Vegas. But it comes at an especially tumultuous time in the campaign.",right
19961,Tonight’s Final Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump, Clinton gear up for final showdown",CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton meet in Las Vegas Wednesday for one last throw of the dice.
They are poised for another clash in the third presidential debate, which will be their final chance to change the trajectory of the election as millions of viewers tune in for the last big televised spectacular of a rancorous campaign.",left
19962,Tonight’s Final Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump's Last Stand in Las Vegas,U.S. News & World Report,"Staring into the face of defeat, Trump is likely to take bigger gambles than ever in his final face-off with Clinton.",left
19963,Texas Doctor Sued After Providing Abortion in Defiance of New Law,"['Abortion', 'Texas', ""Women'S Issues""]",Texas abortion: Doctor sued in first known challenges of new law,BBC News,"A Texas doctor who admitted to breaking the state's new abortion legislation has been sued, in what could be a test of how lawful the mandate is.
Writing for the Washington Post, Alan Braid said he had carried out a termination on a woman who was in the early stages of her pregnancy but ""beyond the state's new limit"".
Former lawyers in Arkansas and Illinois filed lawsuits against him on Monday.
The new legislation bans abortions from as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.
The law came into effect...",center
19964,Texas Doctor Sued After Providing Abortion in Defiance of New Law,"['Abortion', 'Texas', ""Women'S Issues""]",Lawsuits have been lodged against Texas doctor who flouted fetal heartbeat abortion ban,The Blaze,"Two people have separately lodged lawsuits against the Texas physician who announced in a recent opinion piece that he violated a state law that prohibits conducting abortion procedures after a fetal heartbeat has been detected.
However, the lawsuits are not being waged by pro-lifers who want to stamp out the practice of abortion.
The state law allows people to lodge a civil action against anyone who conducts or induces an abortion in breach of the law. It also allows for a civil action against those who knowingly participate in activity that ""aids or abets...",right
19965,Texas Doctor Sued After Providing Abortion in Defiance of New Law,"['Abortion', 'Texas', ""Women'S Issues""]",Texas doctor who says he performed abortion sued in first known challenges under new law,CNN (Online News),"A San Antonio doctor who wrote a Washington Post op-ed claiming that he had violated Texas' six-week abortion ban now faces at least two lawsuits brought against him under the ban, both brought by plaintiffs who say they oppose the new law.
One lawsuit was filed Monday by Oscar Stilley, a former tax attorney in Arkansas who is serving a home confinement sentence for a federal conviction on tax crimes.
He filed the lawsuit against the physician, Dr. Alan Braid, in Bexar County.
In a phone interview with CNN, Stilley said he...",left
19966,Sessions Sues California Over Sanctuary City Policies,['Immigration'],Sessions Targets California Immigrants Using a Ruling That Protected Them,New York Times (News),"Attorney General Jeff Sessions sued California this week for not doing enough to find and punish unauthorized immigrants, and said on Wednesday he was girding for an epic battle.",left
19967,Sessions Sues California Over Sanctuary City Policies,['Immigration'],U.S. Justice Department sues California over 'sanctuary' policies,Reuters,"The U.S. Justice Department sued the state of California over so-called “sanctuary” policies that try to protect illegal immigrants against deportation, ramping up a confrontation over whether local police should enforce federal law.",center
19968,Sessions Sues California Over Sanctuary City Policies,['Immigration'],Sessions likens California sanctuary laws to slave-state nullification,Washington Times,"Attorney General Jeff Sessions compared California’s new sanctuary city laws to attempts by slave-holding southern states to nullify federal laws, and blasted California officials Wednesday for attempting to force a “radical open borders agenda” on the rest of the country.",right
19969,November 2019 Jobs Report,"['Unemployment', 'Jobs Report', 'Economy And Jobs']","U.S. gains a robust 266,000 jobs; unemployment falls to 3.5%",Washington Times,"Hiring in the United States jumped last month to its highest level since January as U.S. employers shrugged off global trade conflicts and added 266,000 jobs.
The unemployment rate declined to 3.5% from 3.6% in October, matching a half-century low, the Labor Department reported Friday. And wages rose a solid 3.1% in November compared with a year earlier.
The healthy job gain runs against a widespread view that businesses are struggling to find workers with unemployment so low. Persistent hiring should help keep consumers spending - a key engine of...",right
19970,November 2019 Jobs Report,"['Unemployment', 'Jobs Report', 'Economy And Jobs']","U.S. Hiring Strengthened in November, Fueling Expansion",Wall Street Journal (News),"Employers add 266,000 jobs, unemployment rate drops to 50-year low of 3.5%.
The U.S. job market strengthened in November, as hiring jumped and unemployment fell, adding fuel to the economic expansion.
Employers added 266,000 jobs in November and the jobless rate fell to a 50-year low of 3.5%, matching September’s level, the Labor Department said Friday. Wages advanced 3.1% from a year earlier.
The stronger pace of hiring could help juice up the broader U.S. economy, which is still expanding but at a slower pace than last year. U.S. stock...",center
19971,November 2019 Jobs Report,"['Unemployment', 'Jobs Report', 'Economy And Jobs']",Strong November Jobs Report Counters Anxieties Over Weakening Economy,New York Times (News),"The Labor Department’s report was much stronger than the one last month, helped in part by the end of a General Motors strike.
■ 266,000 jobs were added in November. Analysts had expected a gain of about 180,000, according to MarketWatch.
■ The unemployment rate was 3.5 percent, down from the previous month.
■ Average hourly earnings rose 0.2 percent, with a year-over-year gain of 3.1 percent.
The return of tens of thousands of striking workers to their jobs at General Motors helped supercharge hiring totals last month.
The reassuring...",left
19972,Questions Mount Over Clinton Emails,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","As House panel issues subpoenas, questions mount over Clinton e-mails",Washington Post,"A congressional committee issued subpoenas Wednesday seeking information about Hillary Rodham Clinton’s use of a private e-mail account for official business while she was secretary of state, setting up a potential legal clash with the presumptive Democratic front-runner for president.",left
19973,Questions Mount Over Clinton Emails,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton's stumbles fuel Democratic critics,CNN (Online News),"A string of damaging stories about Hillary Clinton's activities as Secretary of State -- including the new controversy surrounding her email habits -- are giving fresh ammo to Clinton skeptics who have grown resigned lately to the idea of a Democratic coronation instead of a genuine, competitive primary.",left
19974,Questions Mount Over Clinton Emails,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",White House counsel reportedly kept in dark on Clinton’s personal email use,Fox News (Online News),"The White House counsel's office reportedly was kept in the dark about Hillary Clinton's exclusive use of personal email while secretary of state, in the latest detail raising questions over how and why she stayed off the government system despite administration guidance to the contrary.",right
19975,News Outlets Highlight GOP Divide Ahead of Midterm Elections,"['2022 Elections', 'Bipartisanship', 'Donald Trump', 'GOP', 'Joe Biden', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Liz Cheney', 'Mitt Romney', 'Republican Party']","Liz Cheney calls GOP ""very sick,"" questions whether party can recover",Axios,"Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said she believes the Republican Party is ""very sick"" and may not be able to recover in the near future, The New York Times reported.
The big picture: Cheney, who serves as the vice chair of the Jan. 6 committee, has long questioned the party's attachment to former President Donald Trump.
However, Cheney is now bracing for possible defeat in her state's Republican primary on Aug. 16 at the hands of a Trump-backed challenger. Her opponent Harriet Hageman is currently 22 points ahead of the congresswoman in the
...",center
19976,News Outlets Highlight GOP Divide Ahead of Midterm Elections,"['2022 Elections', 'Bipartisanship', 'Donald Trump', 'GOP', 'Joe Biden', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Liz Cheney', 'Mitt Romney', 'Republican Party']","Post Roe, some in GOP wage uphill battle to offer families more support",Washington Post,"As the country processed the fall of Roe v. Wade, a few dozen GOP congressional staffers crammed into the second floor of the Monocle, a steak and seafood restaurant a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol. Over a buffet lunch, they listened to Samuel Hammond, an outside adviser to Sen. Mitt Romney, argue that Republicans have a heightened obligation to expand financial support for families now that abortion rights are no longer guaranteed nationwide.
Hammond, a Canadian policy analyst who received government benefits when his father took a few years off...",left
19977,News Outlets Highlight GOP Divide Ahead of Midterm Elections,"['2022 Elections', 'Bipartisanship', 'Donald Trump', 'GOP', 'Joe Biden', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Liz Cheney', 'Mitt Romney', 'Republican Party']",Lindsey Graham says Joe Biden deserves credit for bipartisan accomplishments,Washington Times,"Sen. Lindsey Graham gave credit Sunday to President Biden for several bipartisan legislative accomplishments, such as on infrastructure, gun control and social media.
The praise from the South Carolina Republican came as Senate Democrats were advancing their tax and climate spending bill along party lines, a move that has infuriated Republicans amid the highest inflation rate in four decades.
“He’s signed things that made sense. The infrastructure bill, the gun thing, we’ve been working on this for years. We sort of found the sweet spot,” Mr. Graham said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”...",right
19978,OP-ED: Boston & Islam in US,['Terrorism'],Boston bombing just the beginning of homegrown terror threats,Fox News (Online News),It is amazing that within a one week period the media went from speculating that right wingers were celebrating Hitlers birthday on Tax Day to blaming Chechen nationalism to hearing the bomber say he was inspired by Islam to announcing its not him its us to blame.,right
19979,OP-ED: Boston & Islam in US,['Terrorism'],No Room for Radicals,New York Times (News),American mosques are central to fighting Muslim extremists.,left
19980,Fallout from Lewd Remarks,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Donald Trump: King of the Old Boys’ Club, and Perhaps Its Destroyer",New York Times (News),"“Lewd” was apparently not a strong enough word for the editors of The Washington Post when they tried to describe the contents of a recording they had acquired, in which Donald J. Trump is heard in a 2005 conversation with Billy Bush, the Access Hollywood host; they went with “extremely lewd” in their headline.",left
19981,Fallout from Lewd Remarks,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ana Navarro: Time for GOP to Disavow Donald Trump,Newsmax (News),"GOP political commentator Ana Navarro is calling on Republicans to ""disavow"" nominee Donald Trump, saying he hasn't met even the ""minimum requirement of morality.""",right
19982,Fallout from Lewd Remarks,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Can Donald Trump recover from this?,CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump's October Surprise is so explicit, shocking, offensive and vile that even he felt the need to apologize -- defiantly.
In a video released after midnight Saturday, Trump expressed regret for stunning comments that surfaced Friday about women.",left
19983,Why the Polls Failed,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",How much did polls miss the mark on Trump — and why?,Washington Post,"Trump’s poll and forecast-defying victory Tuesday immediately raised criticisms of a crisis in public opinion polling, with CNN anchor Jake Tapper saying the result would put the polling and voter projection industry “out of business.”",left
19984,Why the Polls Failed,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why the Polls Failed,The American Spectator,"“Things are seldom what they seem.” So sings the aging “Buttercup” in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance. Similarly, the opinions and preferences that respondents reveal to pollsters are sometimes falsely reported.",right
19985,Why the Polls Failed,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The polls clearly got it wrong': The autopsy will take months,CNN (Online News),Pre-election polls underestimated support for Donald Trump -- and now there's a crisis of confidence in polling and media circles.,left
19986,Government Shutdown Becomes Longest in US History,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Shutdown enters record 4th week -- with Trump, Dems still split, federal workers unpaid",Fox News (Online News),"At the stroke of midnight Saturday, the partial government shutdown entered its 22nd day and became the longest in U.S. history.",right
19987,Government Shutdown Becomes Longest in US History,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",US partial government shutdown becomes longest ever,BBC News,"The partial shutdown of the US government has become the longest ever, with no end in sight to the political standoff.",center
19988,Government Shutdown Becomes Longest in US History,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Record shutdown is a massive Washington failure,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump often boasts he's presiding over a record breaking presidency. Now he's got another historic notch on his belt, the longest-ever government shutdown — an impasse that marks a new low for Washington dysfunction.",left
19989,"Ruth Bader Ginsburg Becomes First Woman, Jewish Person to Lie in State at U.S. Capitol","['Ruth Bader Ginsburg', 'Rbg', 'US Capitol', 'US Congress', 'Supreme Court', 'Funeral']",Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lies in State in Capitol,Wall Street Journal (News),"Ceremonies honoring the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg moved to the U.S. Capitol, where she became the first woman and the first Jewish person to lie in state.
Justice Ginsburg, the de facto leader of the court’s liberal wing, succumbed last Friday to metastatic pancreatic cancer at the age of 87, creating a vacancy late in a presidential election year. Many Republicans want to fill the vacancy by Election Day, which is just 39 days away.
The pioneering jurist was honored in an invitation-only ceremony that was intended to remember...",center
19990,"Ruth Bader Ginsburg Becomes First Woman, Jewish Person to Lie in State at U.S. Capitol","['Ruth Bader Ginsburg', 'Rbg', 'US Capitol', 'US Congress', 'Supreme Court', 'Funeral']",Ruth Bader Ginsburg will become the first woman to lie in state in the US Capitol. Here's who else made history,CNN (Online News),"Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is still making history, even after her death.
Ginsburg, who died last Friday due to complications of metastatic pancreas cancer, will become the first woman to lie in state in the US Capitol on Friday, according to congressional historians. She'll also be the first Jewish person to be given that honor.
Ginsburg joins Rosa Parks, John Lewis, and Abraham Lincoln as those who were laid in state or laid in honor at the Capitol.
Lying in state (for government official and military...",left
19991,"Ruth Bader Ginsburg Becomes First Woman, Jewish Person to Lie in State at U.S. Capitol","['Ruth Bader Ginsburg', 'Rbg', 'US Capitol', 'US Congress', 'Supreme Court', 'Funeral']",Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes history as first woman to lie in state at US Capitol,New York Post (News),"Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made history Friday as the first woman to lie in state in the US Capitol.
Ginsburg, who died at 87 last week due to complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, is also the first person of Jewish faith to receive the honor, capping days of commemoration of her extraordinary life.
An honor guard carried her flag-draped coffin up the steps of the Capitol and into the Statuary Hall just before 10 a.m. where it was placed on a catafalque built for President Abraham Lincoln.
Democratic...",right
19992,S&P 500 Briefly Falls Into Bear Market Territory,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Stock Market', 'Banking And Finance', 'Bear Market', 'Recession', 'Inflation', 'Interest Rates', 'Big Tech', 'Federal Reserve']",S&P 500 Plunges Into Bear Market As Stocks Fall For Seventh Week In A Row,Forbes,"The stock market tanked on Friday, adding to heavy losses this week that pushed the S&P 500 into a bear market, down over 20% from its peak in January as investors continue to get whipsawed by concerns about inflationary pressures and rising rates.
The selloff on Wall Street continued with a vengeance: The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.6%, over 500 points, while the S&P 500 lost 1.9% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite 2.7%.",center
19993,S&P 500 Briefly Falls Into Bear Market Territory,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Stock Market', 'Banking And Finance', 'Bear Market', 'Recession', 'Inflation', 'Interest Rates', 'Big Tech', 'Federal Reserve']","S&P 500 falls into bear market, joins Nasdaq",Fox Business,"The S&P 500, the broadest measure of the U.S. stock market, slipped into bear market territory on Friday. 
The benchmark is now down 20% from its January high of 4,796.56 and needs to close at or below 3,837.25 for the official start. 
""I think you would expect with the Fed raising rates that all these assets, trillions of worldwide, would have to be repriced. But we have to get inflation under control"" said James Bullard, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis during an exclusive interview with FOX Business. ",right
19994,S&P 500 Briefly Falls Into Bear Market Territory,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Stock Market', 'Banking And Finance', 'Bear Market', 'Recession', 'Inflation', 'Interest Rates', 'Big Tech', 'Federal Reserve']",S&P 500 enters bear market territory — a 20 percent decline from a recent peak — for the first time since 2020,NBC News (Online),"It's been a tough year for stocks — and it's only getting worse.
On Friday, the S&P 500 index entered an intraday bear market for the first time since 2020 and also signaled a market close below a January record.
A bear market occurs when a stock index declines 20 percent or more from its most recent high.",left
19995,"Biden Criticizes Trump in Jan. 6 Speech, Trump Responds","['Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Kamala Harris', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6', 'January 6 Committee', 'White House', 'Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Biden accuses Trump and his allies of holding ‘a dagger at the throat of America.’,New York Times (News),"President Biden forcefully denounced former President Donald J. Trump for promoting lies and tearing down democracy because he could not stand the fact that he lost a free and fair election, accusing his predecessor and his allies of holding “a dagger at the throat of America.”
In his most sustained and scathing attack on the former president since taking office, Mr. Biden used the anniversary of the Jan. 6 mob assault on the Capitol to condemn Mr. Trump for waging an “undemocratic” and “un-American” campaign against the legitimacy of the...",left
19996,"Biden Criticizes Trump in Jan. 6 Speech, Trump Responds","['Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Kamala Harris', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6', 'January 6 Committee', 'White House', 'Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Trump pipes up on Jan. 6 anniversary to blast Biden 'incompetence',Washington Examiner,"Former President Donald Trump was uncharacteristically silent on the one-year anniversary of a mob of Trump supporters storming the Capitol, before eventually suggesting that Republicans should simply forget about the event.
Trump has spent months lambasting the Jan. 6 select committee's efforts to link his actions (and those of his closest advisers) with inciting the riot, which resulted in the death of one Trump supporter.
He had previously announced he would hold a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on the one-year anniversary but canceled it just days prior, and the first statement he...",right
19997,"Biden Criticizes Trump in Jan. 6 Speech, Trump Responds","['Politics', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Kamala Harris', 'Capitol Chaos', 'January 6', 'January 6 Committee', 'White House', 'Elections', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Biden takes on Trump in fiery address on Jan. 6,The Hill,"President Biden on Thursday forcefully rebuked former President Trump in an address marking the anniversary of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, accusing the former president of spreading a “web of lies” that laid the groundwork for the attack by a mob of Trump supporters one year ago. 
In a lengthy address from Statuary Hall, Biden said that Trump put his own interests over those of the country and directly and forcefully disputed the former president’s false claims that Biden’s election was won with fraudulent votes. ",center
19998,Republicans Draw 'Red Line' On Tax Hikes In Bipartisan White House Meeting,"['Republican Party', 'Economic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Economy And Jobs', 'US Senate', 'US Congress']",Republicans draw 'red line' on increasing taxes to fund Biden's infrastructure plan,CNN (Online News),"Republican leaders say they told President Joe Biden on Wednesday that they're drawing a ""red line"" on hiking certain taxes to fund the President's infrastructure spending proposal, an anticipated hurdle that has arisen during a crucial week for the White House's infrastructure priorities.
The discussion between the GOP leaders and Biden took place during the President's first bipartisan meeting with the top four members of congressional leadership at the White House.
Meeting attendees included Vice President Kamala Harris; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat; Senate Majority Leader Chuck...",left
19999,Republicans Draw 'Red Line' On Tax Hikes In Bipartisan White House Meeting,"['Republican Party', 'Economic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Economy And Jobs', 'US Senate', 'US Congress']",GOP leaders draw ‘red line’ on tax hikes after first Biden meeting,New York Post (News),"The two top congressional Republicans said Wednesday that tax hikes are a “red line” in negotiations after President Biden hosted them at the White House for the first time to try to forge “consensus” on massive infrastructure spending.
“We’re not interested in reopening the 2017 tax bill. We both made that clear to the president. That’s our red line,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told reporters on the White House driveway.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told reporters that Republicans aren’t interested in “anything about tax increases” and...",right
20000,Republicans Draw 'Red Line' On Tax Hikes In Bipartisan White House Meeting,"['Republican Party', 'Economic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Economy And Jobs', 'US Senate', 'US Congress']","Biden sees infrastructure compromise, despite Republican 'red line' on taxes",Reuters,"U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he sees room for a compromise on his proposal for trillions of dollars in infrastructure spending after meeting with Republican leaders but will move forward without the opposition party if necessary.
In their first White House meeting since Biden, a Democrat, took office in January, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and House of Representatives Republican leader Kevin McCarthy signaled a willingness to work with the president on infrastructure but drew the line at tax increases.",center
20001,Federal Mask Mandate for Public Transit Extended,"['Coronavirus', 'Mask Mandates', 'Public Transit']",Biden administration set to extend travel mask mandate for another month,CNN (Online News),"The Transportation Security Administration is set to extend the federal public transportation mask mandate for another 30 days, an administration official told CNN, pointing to guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The mandate is one of the last remaining broad requirements that Americans wear masks in public places. It applies to mass transportation including planes, trains, buses and hubs like airports.
The official's comments came after CNN reported that federal officials began notifying stakeholders in the airline industry of the upcoming announcement. Three sources, including two industry officials...",left
20002,Federal Mask Mandate for Public Transit Extended,"['Coronavirus', 'Mask Mandates', 'Public Transit']",US extends mask rule for travel while weighing new approach,Associated Press,"Federal officials are extending the requirement for masks on planes and public transportation for one more month — through mid-April — while taking steps that could lead to lifting the rule.
The mask mandate was scheduled to expire March 18, but the Transportation Security Administration said Thursday that it will extend the requirement through April 18.
TSA said the extra month will give the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention time to develop new, more targeted policies that will consider the number of cases of COVID-19 nationally and in...",left
20003,Federal Mask Mandate for Public Transit Extended,"['Coronavirus', 'Mask Mandates', 'Public Transit']","Mask Mandate Extended For Airlines, Public Transit Despite Relaxed CDC Guidance",The Daily Caller,"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Thursday that Americans will have to wear a mask on public transport for at least a little bit longer.
The federal mask mandate on airline flights and public transit will be extended until at least April 18, the agency announced. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) ultimately decided to extend the mandate at the recommendation of the CDC.
The TSA’s mandate initially went into effect on Feb. 1, 2021 and was set to expire in May 2021, but it has continually been extended...",right
20004,Opinion: Identity Politics Backfires,['Polarization'],The Danger of a Dominant Identity,David Brooks,"Over the past few days we’ve seen what happens when you assign someone a single identity. Pollsters assumed that most Latinos would vote only as Latinos, and therefore against Donald Trump. But a surprising percentage voted for him.
Pollsters assumed women would vote primarily as women, and go for Hillary Clinton. But a surprising number voted against her. They assumed African-Americans would vote along straight Democratic lines, but a surprising number left the top line of the ballot blank.
The pollsters reduced complex individuals to a single identity, and are...",right
20005,Opinion: Identity Politics Backfires,['Polarization'],How identity politics blew up in Democrats' faces,The Week - News,"What's the matter with America? That seems to be the burning question on the tongues of many liberals in the wake of Donald Trump's stunning upset victory over Hillary Clinton. And in a way, that question is a mash-up response to two popular theories on America's political landscape, the first laid out in Thomas Frank's What's the Matter with Kansas?, and the second in The Emerging Democratic Majority by John Judis and Ruy Teixera. These books offer a clear window into how liberals understand not only the broad political landscape,...",left
20006,Opinion: Identity Politics Backfires,['Polarization'],The End of Identity Liberalism,Guest Writer - Left,"It is a truism that America has become a more diverse country. It is also a beautiful thing to watch. Visitors from other countries, particularly those having trouble incorporating different ethnic groups and faiths, are amazed that we manage to pull it off. Not perfectly, of course, but certainly better than any European or Asian nation today. It’s an extraordinary success story.
But how should this diversity shape our politics? The standard liberal answer for nearly a generation now has been that we should become aware of and “celebrate” our...",left
20007,Transgender Service Members Speak Out,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Retired transgender Navy SEAL: Tell me to my face I’m not worthy of serving,The Hill,"A retired transgender Navy SEAL called out President Trump on Wednesday for his decision to ban transgender people from serving in the U.S. military, urging the president to tell her to her face that she is not worthy of serving.",center
20008,Transgender Service Members Speak Out,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Trump’s Contempt for Transgender Heroes,New York Times (News),"Last year, there was a reunion of the crew of the U.S.S. Francis Scott Key. The submarine had been launched in 1966, and was part of the Navy’s nuclear fleet until its decommissioning in 1993.",left
20009,Transgender Service Members Speak Out,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']","For Transgender Service Members, Donald Trump’s Ban Is ‘A Shot In The Face’",HuffPost,“I fought for America… Why not fight for me?” retired Navy SEAL Kristin Beck says.,left
20010,WaPo: FBI Found Document on Foreign Power’s Nuclear Defenses at Mar-a-Lago,"['Donald Trump', 'Media Industry', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Washington Post', 'FBI', 'Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Leaks', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'World', 'Foreign Policy']",Material on foreign nation’s nuclear capabilities seized at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago,Washington Post,"A document describing a foreign government’s military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities, was found by FBI agents who searched former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and private club last month, according to people familiar with the matter, underscoring concerns among U.S. intelligence officials about classified material stashed in the Florida property.
Some of the seized documents detail top-secret U.S. operations so closely guarded that many senior national security officials are kept in the dark about them. Only the president, some members of his Cabinet or a near-Cabinet-level official could authorize other government...",left
20011,WaPo: FBI Found Document on Foreign Power’s Nuclear Defenses at Mar-a-Lago,"['Donald Trump', 'Media Industry', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Washington Post', 'FBI', 'Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Leaks', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'World', 'Foreign Policy']",Foreign nuclear secrets among docs found in Trump raid: report,New York Post (News),"In a stunning leak from the Department of Justice, a report on Tuesday disclosed information about top secret documents that were reportedly among the files seized by FBI agents at Donald Trump’s Florida resort last month.
Citing sources “familiar with the search,” the Washington Post said the documents detailed a foreign government’s military defenses and nuclear capabilities and can only be viewed by a select group of top officials.
The disclosure was published Tuesday, a day after the former president’s legal team won a request for a special master to review the...",right
20012,WaPo: FBI Found Document on Foreign Power’s Nuclear Defenses at Mar-a-Lago,"['Donald Trump', 'Media Industry', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Washington Post', 'FBI', 'Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Leaks', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'World', 'Foreign Policy']",Document seized from Trump home described foreign govt's nuclear capabilities -Washington Post,Reuters,"A document describing a foreign government's military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities, was found in the FBI's search last month of former President Donald Trump's Florida home, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.",center
20013,Jeb Endorses Cruz,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why Didn't Jeb Bush Endorse John Kasich Over Cruz? Ted Has The Best Chance To Beat Donald Trump,International Business Times,"Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who suspended his presidential bid in February after several primary losses, endorsed Wednesday morning Texas Sen. Ted Cruz Wednesday, a man he had criticized frequently while still in the running. Cruz isn’t the only remaining candidate Bush could have endorsed, of course, but what is striking is that Bush seems much closer aligned with the politics of the alternative hopeful, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, and there hasn’t exactly been love between the Bush family and the Texas senator.",center
20014,Jeb Endorses Cruz,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Establishment Falls In Line: Jeb! Bush Endorses Ted Cruz,Breitbart News,"Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is endorsing Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)97%
for president, adding to a trend of establishment figures slowly coalescing around the constitutional conservative.
“Today, I am endorsing Ted Cruz for President,” Bush once the establishment-anointed favorite to face Hillary Clinton in November, said.
Bush is the s",right
20015,Jeb Endorses Cruz,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","With Jeb Bush’s Backing, Ted Cruz Makes Push to Stop Donald Trump",New York Times (News),"In the wake of the results of the contests in Arizona and Utah, the dual-track primaries move forward to the next big test, Wisconsin, on April 5. But in the Republican battle, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas is spending time on Donald J. Trump’s turf for a second day in a row, as he tries to galvanize support in the establishment behind his candidacy.
Mr. Cruz’s day began with an announcement of support from Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida who was the only candidate to spend extensive time...",left
20016,"Widespread Looting, Violence Hits Downtown Chicago","['Criminal Justice', 'Chicago', 'Riots', 'Looting', 'Crime', 'Police Brutality', 'Police Reform', 'Violence In America']",What Happened in Chicago Last Night? How Looting and Rioting Broke Out,Newsweek,"Widespread rioting and looting erupted on the streets of Chicago after people clashed with police over an officer-involved shooting the previous day.
Hundreds of people were seen ransacking businesses during a period of unrest which lasted several hours across the city from late Sunday into Monday morning.
Dozens of stores were looted along the ""Magnificent Mile"" shopping district, as well as other areas of Chicago.
Footage appearing on social media showed officers pelted with objects and people breaking into banks by smashing windows with baseball bats.
The violence saw the...",center
20017,"Widespread Looting, Violence Hits Downtown Chicago","['Criminal Justice', 'Chicago', 'Riots', 'Looting', 'Crime', 'Police Brutality', 'Police Reform', 'Violence In America']","Aftermath of looting in downtown Chicago: 13 cops injured, 2 people shot, more than 100 arrests, Mag Mile trashed",Chicago Tribune,"Hundreds of people swept through the Magnificent Mile and other parts of downtown Chicago early Monday, smashing windows, looting stores, confronting police and at one point exchanging gunfire with officers, authorities said.
More than 100 people were arrested as of 9 a.m., according to Chicago police Superintendent David Brown. Thirteen officers were injured during the unrest, including a sergeant who was hit by a bottle. A civilian and private security guard were shot and wounded.
“What occurred in our downtown and surrounding communities was abject criminal behavior, pure and simple,”...",center
20018,"Widespread Looting, Violence Hits Downtown Chicago","['Criminal Justice', 'Chicago', 'Riots', 'Looting', 'Crime', 'Police Brutality', 'Police Reform', 'Violence In America']","Criminal justice, Chicago, riots, looting, crime, police brutality, police reform",The Daily Caller,"Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot condemned a night of mass looting during a press conference Monday morning, warning “criminals and vigilantes” that “we are coming for you.”
Looters and rioters descended on the streets of Chicago early Monday morning after a man was reportedly hit during a shootout involving officers, according to Newsweek. Lightfoot addressed the chaos Monday morning, calling out criminals and noting that the behavior was not protected under the First Amendment.
“These individuals engaged in what can only be described as brazen and extensive criminal looting and...",right
20019,Analysis of the 2018 State of the Union,['Politics'],"OPINION: Analysis: Despite Dems' Petulant Scowling, Trump's SOTU Was Strong and Effective",Guest Writer - Right,"President Trump's State of the Union Address was, for the most part, quite conservative -- and, I suspect, quite effective with viewers. Whether it will have any lasting impact remains to be seen, but I'd be surprised, given the hyperdrive pace of today's news cycles and the president's uncanny ability to step on his own message.",right
20020,Analysis of the 2018 State of the Union,['Politics'],Five Takeaways From Trump's Speech,RealClearPolitics,"President Trump's first State of the Union address and the responses it triggered reflect a challenging political reality for 2018: Bipartisanship will be necessary, and also hard to come by.",center
20021,Analysis of the 2018 State of the Union,['Politics'],OPINION: State of the Union underscores why Trump is his own worst enemy,James Hohmann,"President Trump really enjoys talking about himself, his grievances and how he’s never treated fairly. In his first State of the Union address, he showcased other people. As a result, his approval rating is likely to inch up in the coming days.",right
20022,Trump and Kim Jong Un Meet in Singapore,"['North Korea', 'World']",Trump Says North Korea Summit Agreement Is Far More ‘Comprehensive’ Than It Actually Is,HuffPost,"President Donald Trump hailed the summit agreement signed by him and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday as “very important,” “comprehensive” and “far better” than expected.",left
20023,Trump and Kim Jong Un Meet in Singapore,"['North Korea', 'World']",Trump to 'Hannity': Kim Jong Un to start denuclearization 'virtually immediately',Fox News (Online News),"President Trump, on the heels of his historic summit with Kim Jong Un, told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that he believes the North Korean leader will begin to work toward dismantling his country’s nuclear program “virtually immediately.”",right
20024,Trump and Kim Jong Un Meet in Singapore,"['North Korea', 'World']","Trump, Kim Begin New Phase of Diplomacy",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Donald Trump won few specific new commitments from Kim Jong Un to surrender his nuclear weapons after a day of talks, but kick-started a new phase of personal diplomacy aimed at pushing the North Korean leader toward a rapid and verifiable disarmament.",center
20025,Former Defense Secretary Mattis Denounces Trump,"['James Mattis', 'Donald Trump', 'George Floyd Protests', 'US Military', 'Social Polarization', 'Politics']","James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution",The Atlantic,"In an extraordinary condemnation, the former defense secretary backs protesters and says the president is trying to turn Americans against one another.
James Mattis, the esteemed Marine general who resigned as secretary of defense in December 2018 to protest Donald Trump’s Syria policy, has, ever since, kept studiously silent about Trump’s performance as president. But he has now broken his silence, writing an extraordinary broadside in which he denounces the president for dividing the nation, and accuses him of ordering the U.S. military to violate the constitutional rights of American...",left
20026,Former Defense Secretary Mattis Denounces Trump,"['James Mattis', 'Donald Trump', 'George Floyd Protests', 'US Military', 'Social Polarization', 'Politics']",Trump fires back at 'overrated' James Mattis: 'Glad he is gone!',Washington Times,"President Trump responded to criticism from former Defense Secretary James Mattis by calling him an “overrated” military leader whom he relished firing.
“Probably the only thing Barack Obama and I have in common is that we both had the honor of firing Jim Mattis, the world’s most overrated General,” Mr. Trump tweeted. “I asked for his letter of resignation, & felt great about.”
Mr. Mattis, a retired four-star Marine general whom the president previously called a hero, criticized the president Wednesday for “militarizing” the federal response to nationwide protests over...",right
20027,Former Defense Secretary Mattis Denounces Trump,"['James Mattis', 'Donald Trump', 'George Floyd Protests', 'US Military', 'Social Polarization', 'Politics']",Former Defense Secretary Mattis Issues Stunning Rebuke Of Trump,NPR (Online News),"Retired Marine Gen. Jim Mattis, who resigned as President Trump's defense secretary nearly a year and a half ago over policy differences, has issued an extraordinary critique of the White House's handling of nationwide unrest, saying Trump has sought to divide Americans and warning against ""militarizing our response"" to the protests.
""When I joined the military, some 50 years ago, I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution,"" Mattis said in a statement published in The Atlantic.
""Never did I dream that troops taking that same oath would...",left
20028,Elaine Chao Named Transportation Sec’y,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Donald Trump taps Elaine Chao as Transportation Secretary,CBS News (Online),"Former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao will be Mr. Trump’s Transportation Secretary, a senior transition source confirmed to CBS News’ Major Garrett.",left
20029,Elaine Chao Named Transportation Sec’y,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Trump picks Elaine Chao for transportation secretary,CNN (Online News),"President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Elaine Chao, the former labor secretary and wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, to be his choice for transportation secretary, an official briefed on the matter told CNN on Tuesday.",left
20030,Elaine Chao Named Transportation Sec’y,"['Transportation', 'General News']",Trump to select Elaine Chao as Transportation Secretary,New York Post (News),"Elaine Chao, the former labor secretary in the George W. Bush administration, will be named transportation secretary in the Trump administration.",right
20031,Barr Orders Removal of Acting Director of US Prisons,"['Justice Department', 'William Barr', 'Attorney General', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Suicide', 'Justice']",Attorney General Barr orders removal of acting US prisons director after Epstein’s death,CNBC,"Attorney General William Barr has ordered the removal of a top U.S. prisons official following Jeffrey Epstein’s death.
In a statement Monday, the attorney general said he will name Kathleen Hawk Sawyer the new director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. She will replace Hugh Hurwitz, the acting director of the agency that oversees inmates in federal prisons.
Barr said he will appoint Thomas Kane as the deputy director of the prisons bureau. Meanwhile, Hurwitz will lead the agency’s Reentry Services Division, according to the attorney general.",center
20032,Barr Orders Removal of Acting Director of US Prisons,"['Justice Department', 'William Barr', 'Attorney General', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Suicide', 'Justice']",Bureau of Prisons chief removed in wake of Jeffrey Epstein suicide,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN)Attorney General William Barr removed the acting head of the Bureau of Prisons, the Justice Department said Monday, replacing the agency's top official in the wake of the suicide of Jeffrey Epstein earlier this month.
In a statement, Barr said Hugh Hurwitz, who had served in the acting position since last year, would return to the assistant director position he formerly occupied.
Dr. Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, who led the bureau from 1992 to 2003, will be the new director, Barr said.",left
20033,Barr Orders Removal of Acting Director of US Prisons,"['Justice Department', 'William Barr', 'Attorney General', 'Jeffrey Epstein', 'Suicide', 'Justice']",Acting director for the Bureau of Prisons is FIRED one week after the suicide of Jeffrey Epstein in federal custody,Daily Mail,"The acting director of the federal Bureau of Prisons has been removed from his position more than a week after millionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein took his own life while in federal custody.
Attorney General William Barr announced Hugh Hurwitz’s reassignment Monday. Hurwitz had served as the agency’s acting director since May 2018.
No reason was given for the reassignment, but the move comes as the bureau faces increased scrutiny after Epstein’s suicide August 10 at a New York jail.
Hurwitz will now return to his role as Assistant Director of...",right
20034,GOP Resists Anti-Tax Pledge,['Taxes'],Grover Norquist to Peter King: Don’t be a ‘weasel',Politico,"Anti-tax hike crusader Grover Norquist is slamming Rep. Peter King, saying he hopes “his wife understands that commitments last a little longer than two years after the New York lawmaker said the no-taxes pledge is binding for only one session of Congress.",left
20035,GOP Resists Anti-Tax Pledge,['Taxes'],GOP resistance to anti-tax pledge grows,CNN (Online News),"Is it a slow leak that will grow into a cascade, or a minor drip easily plugged?",left
20036,GOP Resists Anti-Tax Pledge,['Taxes'],Norquist to King: “I Hope his Wife Understands That Commitments Last a Little Longer Than Two years”,Townhall,"Quite rightly, Americans for Tax Reforms Grover Norquist is lashing out at congressional Republicans -- especially Rep. Peter King (R-NY) -- for trying to “weasel out of the anti-tax pledge they had previously signed but now (surprise!) no longer want to uphold.",right
20037,Is Trump a Snollygoster?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Haywire over Hacking: Media refuse to believe Trump's Russia comments were sarcastic,Fox News (Online News),The uproar over Donald Trump’s latest comments is a classic case of media-generated outrage.,right
20038,Is Trump a Snollygoster?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump Urges Russia To 'Find' Clinton's Emails And Release Them,NPR (Online News),"Republican Donald Trump spoke at a press conference Wednesday morning, in which he said Russia should try to find thousands of deleted emails from his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton's private system.",left
20039,Is Trump a Snollygoster?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump’s Appeal to Russia Shocks Foreign Policy Experts,New York Times (News),There is simply no precedent for this: A presidential candidate publicly appealing to a foreign adversary to intervene in the election on his behalf.,left
20040,Joe Biden Swings Back At Challengers,"['Election 2020', 'Democratic Debates', 'Joe Biden', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Biden Survives, So Biden Wins",Guest Writer - Right,"All night long, almost every candidate on stage aimed their attacks at Joe Biden. Early on, Kamala Harris referred to him as “Senator Biden,” a perhaps not-so-accidental demotion. Julian Castro, Bill de Blasio, and Cory Booker all went after him in rapid succession. Even Kirsten Gillibrand claimed that Biden opposed women working outside the home, a particularly implausible accusation.
Here’s the good news for Biden: If tonight doesn’t do any damage to his numbers, he will probably cruise to the nomination. This is life as the frontrunner – you get...",right
20041,Joe Biden Swings Back At Challengers,"['Election 2020', 'Democratic Debates', 'Joe Biden', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Democratic debates: Joe Biden hits back at rivals in Detroit,BBC News,"Former Vice-President Joe Biden has come under attack from other Democratic 2020 candidates in a televised debate.
There were sharp exchanges on healthcare and the southern border between the frontrunner and nine other hopefuls on stage in Detroit.
In an echo of the last debate in June, Senator Kamala Harris launched another assault on Mr Biden's record on race.
But she herself had to defend her actions against drug offenders when she was a prosecutor in California.
""She put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations, then laughed about...",center
20042,Joe Biden Swings Back At Challengers,"['Election 2020', 'Democratic Debates', 'Joe Biden', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Joe Biden Did Fine, and That Might Have Been Enough",Guest Writer - Left,"One month after a wobbly debate performance that reinforced the perceived weaknesses of the ostensible front-runner — Is he too old? Too nostalgically moderate? Too politically brittle to defend himself when challenged? — former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. settled behind his center-stage lectern on Wednesday night and supplied some answers: He is still old. He is still nostalgic. And he is still the front-runner, until someone can prove otherwise.
Far from perfect, and rarely exactly steady, Mr. Biden nonetheless achieved at least some of the goals that seemed...",left
20043,Plastic Straw Bans Generate Both Controversy and Support,['Environment'],San Francisco Bans Plastic Straws and Cocktail Swords,National Review,The city is placing a burden on its businesses for very little environmental benefit.,right
20044,Plastic Straw Bans Generate Both Controversy and Support,['Environment'],"Why Starbucks, Disney, and Tom Brady are all shunning plastic straws",Vox,"When I ordered a milkshake at a New York City diner recently, I noticed a placard at my table that read: “Missing something in your drink? There’s a reason for that.”",left
20045,Plastic Straw Bans Generate Both Controversy and Support,['Environment'],That anti-straw movement? It's all based on one 9-year-old's suspect statistic,USA TODAY,"The origin of the movement to ban plastic straws may come as a surprise: It began with a 9-year-old boy named Milo Cress and his 2011 campaign, ""Be Straw Free,"" which launched to raise awareness about plastic waste.",left
20046,Upcoming Impact of Obamacare,['Healthcare'],"Here's What 240 Million Americans Will Have To Start Doing Next Week, Thanks To Obamacare",HuffPost,"On Oct. 1 the long-feared national nightmare finally arrives. Obamacare, the massive health care reform law passed in 2010 will make its latest mark with the launch of its health insurance exchanges.",left
20047,Upcoming Impact of Obamacare,['Healthcare'],Hospitals Give Health Law Real-World Test,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Obama administration has much riding on Medicare accountable-care organization,s which are among the health act's main cost-cutting efforts. Current ACOs which aim to provide better care at lower cost provide an early glimpse of the successes and challenges of the programs.",center
20048,Upcoming Impact of Obamacare,['Healthcare'],"Despite gov't assurances, some could see insurance costs soar under ObamaCare",Fox News (Online News),"While the administration maintains that ObamaCare will make health insurance more affordable for Americans, experts say that won't be the case across the boards, and some people could see their rates soar.",right
20049,Perspectives: Confederate Monuments,"['History', 'American Heritage', 'Civil War', 'Civil Rights', 'Inequality', 'US Military', 'Violence In America', 'Race And Racism']","With these racist markers in place, there can be no peace",CNN (Opinion),"(CNN) - As many of America's cities burn and our democracy feels like it's unraveling, attacks on Confederate monuments in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis may seem incongruous to those who believe that these protests are only about what happened there. Yet the uprisings in American cities since Floyd's death, and the vandalizing and tearing-down of statues dedicated to men who fought for the perpetuation of human slavery share a common foe: white supremacy.
From Richmond, Virginia, where the large equestrian statue of Robert E. Lee...",left
20050,Perspectives: Confederate Monuments,"['History', 'American Heritage', 'Civil War', 'Civil Rights', 'Inequality', 'US Military', 'Violence In America', 'Race And Racism']",Richmond is taking down Confederate statues: Is this the end for other Confederate memorials?,USA TODAY,"RICHMOND, Va. – The statue of Robert E. Lee has towered over Richmond for more than 100 years. In recent days, though, it's been conveying a different message - words like ""Black lives matter"" are covering its stone pedestal.
At least a hundred people gathered on a muggy Thursday afternoon near the monument to the Confederate commander after Gov. Ralph Northam announced it was to come down ""as soon as possible.""
Protesters on Monument Avenue have circled the Lee statue and four others – also soon to be removed –...",left
20051,Perspectives: Confederate Monuments,"['History', 'American Heritage', 'Civil War', 'Civil Rights', 'Inequality', 'US Military', 'Violence In America', 'Race And Racism']","Confederate Statues Defaced, America Disgraced",The American Spectator,"On Sunday evening, demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd defaced and toppled a statue of Confederate officer Charles Linn, which had stood in a public park in Birmingham, Alabama, since being installed in 2013 by a charity.
The destruction of this Confederate monument is but one in a sequence of such vandalisms that have swept the nation’s southern states in the past week. The Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Birmingham was defaced before authorities disassembled and relocated it. A Confederate monument on the University of Mississippi campus...",right
20052,Sanctuary Policy in San Francisco,['Immigration'],OPINION: Don't blame all immigrants for San Francisco shooting,CNN (Online News),"As the nation was preparing for the July Fourth weekend, there was grim news from San Francisco. On Wednesday night, Kate Steinle, 31, was fatally shot, apparently randomly, while walking with her father on a busy pier. A Mexican immigrant, who CNN reported was in the country without documentation, was arrested in her death.",left
20053,Sanctuary Policy in San Francisco,['Immigration'],"Clinton, California lawmakers condemn San Francisco's 'sanctuary' policy",Fox News (Online News),Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton joined the condemnation of San Francisco’s “sanctuary” policy Tuesday.,right
20054,Sanctuary Policy in San Francisco,['Immigration'],6 big things to know about sanctuary cities,Washington Post,"Illegal immigration is one of those topics on which almost everyone has an opinion -- maybe several opinions. But when it comes to the facts, the number of people with a grasp on them is a lot smaller.",left
20055,Questions for Comey,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Questions For Comey: What Senators Will Likely Ask Former FBI Chief,The Daily Caller,Former FBI Director James Comey will settle several open questions on Wednesday about his interactions with President Trump regarding the investigation into potential Russian collusion.,right
20056,Questions for Comey,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",49 questions for James Comey,The Hill,"Senators in both parties have been salivating at the chance to ask James Comey questions ever since he was abruptly fired by President Trump as FBI director last month.
On Thursday, they’ll finally get their chance.
Here are 49 questions that may be asked.",center
20057,Questions for Comey,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Comey Testimony: Key Questions About the Hearing,New York Times (News),"James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, is coming to Capitol Hill on Thursday. He is likely to attract a bit of attention. Here are the key questions — for Mr. Comey and his inquisitors — entering the hearing.",left
20058,"Trump Heads to Kenosha, Wisconsin","['Law And Order', 'Kenosha Shootings', 'Police Shooting', 'Jacob Blake', 'Protests', 'Violence In America']","Trump heads to politically crucial Wisconsin amid violence, racial unrest",Reuters,"Despite entreaties to stay away, President Donald Trump heads to Kenosha, Wisconsin on Tuesday to highlight his “law and order” campaign theme in a city upended by protests after the shooting of a Black man by a white police officer.
The Republican president, who is running for re-election against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, has seen his polling gap with the former vice president narrow amid ongoing protests over racial injustice and resulting violence.
Last week’s Republican National Convention portrayed Biden as a leader whose policies would create further chaos...",center
20059,"Trump Heads to Kenosha, Wisconsin","['Law And Order', 'Kenosha Shootings', 'Police Shooting', 'Jacob Blake', 'Protests', 'Violence In America']",Trump says Kenosha trip could increase 'enthusiasm' amid concerns it will stir tensions,ABC News (Online),"He is expected to meet with law enforcement and tour damaged businesses.
President Donald Trump was headed to Kenosha, Wisconsin, Tuesday after drawing a comparison between police officers who shoot people in the back to golfers who “choke” and miss a three-foot putt.
“They choke. Just like in a golf tournament, they miss a three-foot putt,” Trump told Fox News host Laura Ingraham Monday appearing to mitigate an officer's actions.
The president’s comments come ahead of a planned trip to Kenosha a community rocked by protests and unrest after a...",left
20060,"Trump Heads to Kenosha, Wisconsin","['Law And Order', 'Kenosha Shootings', 'Police Shooting', 'Jacob Blake', 'Protests', 'Violence In America']","Trump Going to Kenosha to Celebrate 'Love, Respect' for Country",Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump is heading to Kenosha, Wisconsin, to talk to the police and responders helping curb and clean up after the violent protests to ""increase enthusiasm"" and ""love and respect for our country.""
""That's why I am going, because they did a fantastic job,"" Trump told reporters Monday during the daily press briefing. ""As soon as a I called and told them, 'let's go,' the whole problem stopped.
""That was, what, 6 days ago.""
Trump also offered an explanation for why he had no plans to speak with Jacob...",right
20061,"Biden Leads Election Polls, Media Urges Caution After 2016 Election","['Elections', 'Election Polls', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump']","Trump Jr. defends president's drop in polls, dings Biden's populist 'made in America' plan",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump’s oldest son defended on Sunday his father’s reelection chances amid flagging poll numbers and criticized presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s economic plan as “asinine.”
Speaking on “Sunday Morning Futures,” Donald Trump Jr. blamed the president’s drop in the polls on the media coverage Trump has received recently – saying news outlets have been critical of the president while ignoring going after Biden.
“I think when you have the media onslaught where media has just totally abdicated their position to objectively look at both sides,” Trump Jr. said....",right
20062,"Biden Leads Election Polls, Media Urges Caution After 2016 Election","['Elections', 'Election Polls', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump']","Democrats, it's too soon to cheer Trump's defeat",CNN (Opinion),"(CNN) -- One need not listen hard these days to hear the sound of Democratic pollsters and pundits gleefully cheering that the end of President Donald Trump's term in power is finally in sight -- Joe Biden's Inauguration Day on January 20th, 2021.
Such Democratic groupthink goes as follows: the Covid-19 pandemic has killed more than 130,000 Americans and shows no signs of letting up; the economy has been plunged into the deepest recession in decades; and amid ongoing protests in the aftermath of George Floyd's death, Democrats are fired...",left
20063,"Biden Leads Election Polls, Media Urges Caution After 2016 Election","['Elections', 'Election Polls', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump']",Polls show Trump is losing to Joe Biden. They said the same thing 4 years ago against Hillary Clinton,USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – Joe Biden can look at the polls and smile.
Cautiously.
A double-digit advantage in numerous national surveys, solid leads in a number of battlegrounds and competitive showings in states Donald Trump carried handily in 2016 suggest the presumptive Democratic nominee is the favorite to win in November.
The overwhelming majority of polls four years ago indicated Trump would lose as well. So why put much faith in the 2020 polls that show the former vice president consistently on top?
David Burgess of Kittery, Maine, said he stopped believing...",left
20064,Planned Parenthood Leaves Title X,"['Abortion', 'Donald Trump', 'Executive Powers', 'Women', 'Planned Parenthood', 'Healthcare']",Parenthood Withdraws From Title X Program Over Trump Abortion Rule,NPR (Online News),"Planned Parenthood is leaving the federal Title X family planning program rather than comply with new Trump administration rules regarding abortion counseling.
The new rules, issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services earlier this year, prohibit Title X grantees from providing or referring patients for abortion, except in cases of rape, incest or medical emergency.
""The Trump administration has forced Planned Parenthood grantees out of Title X,"" said Alexis McGill Johnson, Planned Parenthood's acting president, in a conference call Monday. ""The impact of the Trump administration's gag...",left
20065,Planned Parenthood Leaves Title X,"['Abortion', 'Donald Trump', 'Executive Powers', 'Women', 'Planned Parenthood', 'Healthcare']",New York Times Editorial Board Covers For Planned Parenthood,Guest Writer - Right,"Planned Parenthood might as well stop wasting money on public-relations officials and marketing campaigns, because media outlets are only too willing to do their dirty work for free.
In the wake of Planned Parenthood’s choice to withdraw from the Title X family planning program over a Trump-administration rule prohibiting providers from performing or referring for abortions, the New York Times editorial board rushed to the group’s defense.
“It Just Got Harder to Get Birth Control in America,” declares the headline, and the subhead is hardly more accurate: “Title X made...",right
20066,Planned Parenthood Leaves Title X,"['Abortion', 'Donald Trump', 'Executive Powers', 'Women', 'Planned Parenthood', 'Healthcare']",It Just Got Harder to Get Birth Control in America,Guest Writer - Left,"But while those high-profile abortion bans make their way through the courts — they were designed to provoke legal challenges that could threaten Roe v. Wade — a more immediate threat to women’s health care has been brewing. The Trump administration has quietly been working to gut the Title X family planning program, which helps poor women afford birth control, cancer screenings and testing for H.I.V. and other sexually transmitted infections. On Monday, the administration’s efforts paid off: Planned Parenthood, which serves about 40 percent of Title X patients around...",left
20067,Tough Negotiations Ahead,[],The 3 Unofficial GOP Rules That Are Making A Deficit Deal Even Harder,NPR (Online News),"Making an already head-splittingly difficult deal on the fiscal cliff even harder to resolve is a set of three rules by which the Republicans who run the House play. These are not official regulations; they're more shibboleths that House GOP leaders have adopted in recent years. And those rules are leaving House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, little room to maneuver as lawmakers try to avoid a set of tax increases and spending cuts set to take effect at the end of the year.",left
20068,Tough Negotiations Ahead,[],Fiscal Cliff Talks at Stalemate,Wall Street Journal (News),"The White House and congressional Republicans remained at loggerheads over how to design a deficit-reduction package, with just a few weeks remaining before the nation hits the fiscal cliff.",center
20069,Tough Negotiations Ahead,[],Barbs fly on ‘fiscal cliff’ but still no agreement,Washington Times,"Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner pushed back Sunday at Republican attacks on the Obama administrations proposal rolled out four days earlier to avoid falling off the “fiscal cliff, saying if GOP leaders dont like it, they should come up with a plan of their own.",right
20070,Trump Heads to US-Mexico Border in Texas,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']","Trump set to return to border, blame Biden for immigration crisis",Washington Times,"Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday is set to touch down in Texas to cast a bright light on what he sees as the Biden administration’s failed approach to illegal immigration and the “humanitarian crisis” that is playing out in his absence.
Mr. Trump is slated to join Gov. Greg Abbott and law enforcement officials at the Texas Department of Public Safety in Weslaco, tour an unfinished part of the border wall and participate in a town hall meeting with supporters.
It marks the latest stop in what could be described as an “I told you so” tour that has...",right
20071,Trump Heads to US-Mexico Border in Texas,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",Trump heads to U.S.-Mexico border for fresh attacks on Biden policies,Reuters,"Former President Donald Trump visits the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday as he seeks to reclaim the spotlight, riding a wave of Republican attacks on President Joe Biden over the rise in migrants caught entering the United States.
The trip with Texas Governor Greg Abbott to an unfinished section of border wall near Weslaco at the southern tip of Texas is the second public appearance this week by the Republican Trump, who lost to Biden, a Democrat, in a November election.
Trump pilloried Biden at an Ohio rally on Saturday, his first such...",center
20072,Trump Heads to US-Mexico Border in Texas,"['Immigration', 'Border Crisis', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",Trump headed to Texas border to assail Biden immigration policies,Washington Post,"Former president Donald Trump will visit the U.S.-Mexico border here Wednesday, joining Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and a group of congressional Republicans for a trip that will fuel Trump's attacks on the Biden administration over its immigration policies.
The trip is part of the former president’s efforts to ramp up his political activity ahead of the 2022 midterms, where he is looking to settle scores against political opponents and position himself for a potential run for president in 2024.
The border visit in particular offers Trump the opportunity to...",left
20073,CNN Hosts 7-Hour Town Hall on Climate Change,"['Environment', 'Energy', 'Elections', 'Decision 2020', 'CNN', 'Democratic Party', 'Climate Change']","With climate change town hall, CNN has an opportunity to show what it’s learned",Columbia Journalism Review,"“AMERICANS’ BELIEF IN GLOBAL WARMING sinks as Republicans shift,” a headline on CNN reads. The piece, from 2009, reports on a poll showing that roughly a third of those who accept that global warming is real “think it is due to natural causes, rather than manmade causes such as industrial emissions.” As a reaction to a Democratic White House, the article suggests, the number of people in America who believe that global warming has been caused by humans fell—from 54 percent in the summer to 45 percent in December. And,...",center
20074,CNN Hosts 7-Hour Town Hall on Climate Change,"['Environment', 'Energy', 'Elections', 'Decision 2020', 'CNN', 'Democratic Party', 'Climate Change']",CNN is giving 2020 Democrats 7 hours to talk about climate change,Vox,"CNN will host a seven-hour marathon of interviews with 10 presidential candidates about climate change on Wednesday beginning at 5 pm Eastern as part of its climate crisis town hall. A live stream of the town hall will air on CNN.com. You can also stream it via CNN apps on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire, Chromecast, and Android TV. The forum will also be broadcast on SiriusXM Channels 116, 454, 795, and the Westwood One Radio Network.",left
20075,CNN Hosts 7-Hour Town Hall on Climate Change,"['Environment', 'Energy', 'Elections', 'Decision 2020', 'CNN', 'Democratic Party', 'Climate Change']",CNN Lost Their Mind (Again): Guess How Long Their Climate Change Town Hall Is,Townhall,"Just when we thought CNN couldn't get any more pathetic, they prove us wrong...again. The network on Tuesday announced their climate change town hall. The debate, scheduled for Sept. 4th will be seven hours long. Yes, seven hours. The reason? The network wants to give each of the 10 candidates ample time to respond to questions during this ""unprecedented prime-time event.""
Each of the 10 candidates will be given 40 minutes to discuss their plans to address climate change. Hosts Wolf Blitzer, Erin Burnett, Anderson Cooper, Chris Cuomo and Don...",right
20076,Inauguration Day,"['White House', 'Politics']","2013 inauguration: Waiting, watching, bearing witness",Washington Post,"Washington woke early Monday to begin its quadrennial inauguration ritual: waiting, watching and bearing witness.",left
20077,Inauguration Day,"['White House', 'Politics']",A tale of two terms: Obama's unfinished business and battles ahead,CNN (Online News),"Barack Obama assumed the presidency four years ago on a day full of history and hope. The second time around there is less hype, far lower expectations, and no illusions about the capital's political climate.",left
20078,Inauguration Day,"['White House', 'Politics']",Political cooperation? Little hope for change as Obama starts second term,Washington Times,"Americans enter President Obamas second term more upbeat about the direction of the country than they were four years ago, when the recession was at its depths, but voters are less sure that government can be of any use to them.",right
20079,"Biden's First Days In Office Will Focus On COVID-19, Economy, Climate","['Joe Biden', 'Biden Inauguration', 'Biden Administration', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Climate Change']",Biden plans 'roughly a dozen' Day One executive actions: aide,Reuters,"U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will cap a busy day of inauguration pageantry by using the powers of his new office to push policy changes on housing, student loans, climate change and immigration, a top aide said on Saturday.
Biden, who campaigned on a raft of promises to undo President Donald Trump’s legacy even before the novel coronavirus pandemic walloped the nation, will unveil “roughly a dozen” previously promised executive actions on Wednesday, incoming Biden chief of staff Ron Klain said in a memo distributed to reporters.
The actions to be...",center
20080,"Biden's First Days In Office Will Focus On COVID-19, Economy, Climate","['Joe Biden', 'Biden Inauguration', 'Biden Administration', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Climate Change']","Biden White House chief of staff lays out executive, action-heavy, 10-day agenda",Washington Examiner,"President-elect Joe Biden is bracing for a busy first 10 days as the next commander in chief, according to his future White House chief of staff.
Ron Klain, who is returning to the role after serving as Biden's chief staffer when he was vice president, foreshadowed Biden's priorities Saturday after he will be inaugurated on Wednesday.
In a memo to incoming senior staff that was shared with reporters, Klain outlined how Biden would sign a series of executive orders, presidential memoranda, and directives to Cabinet agencies addressing the coronavirus pandemic,...",right
20081,"Biden's First Days In Office Will Focus On COVID-19, Economy, Climate","['Joe Biden', 'Biden Inauguration', 'Biden Administration', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Climate Change']",Biden Seeks Quick Start With Executive Actions and Aggressive Legislation,New York Times (News),"President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., inheriting a collection of crises unlike any in generations, plans to open his administration with dozens of executive directives on top of expansive legislative proposals in a 10-day blitz meant to signal a turning point for a nation reeling from disease, economic turmoil, racial strife and now the aftermath of the assault on the Capitol.
Mr. Biden’s team has developed a raft of decrees that he can issue on his own authority after the inauguration on Wednesday to begin reversing some of President Trump’s most...",left
20082,FTC Files Updated Antitrust Complaint Against Facebook,"['Business', 'Trade', 'FTC', 'Lina Khan', 'Technology', 'Facebook', 'Big Tech', 'Monopoly', 'Antitrust']",FTC files renewed antitrust complaint against Facebook,CNBC,"The Federal Trade Commission filed a new antitrust complaint against Facebook on Thursday, continuing its fight in federal court after a judge threw out its initial claims.
Facebook has until Oct. 4 to respond to the FTC’s amended complaint.
FTC Chair Lina Khan notably did not recuse herself from the vote on the complaint after Facebook petitioned her to do so based on her past critical statements of the industry. In a press release, the agency said that its Office of General Counsel “carefully reviewed Facebook’s petition to recuse Chair Lina M. Khan. As the case...",center
20083,FTC Files Updated Antitrust Complaint Against Facebook,"['Business', 'Trade', 'FTC', 'Lina Khan', 'Technology', 'Facebook', 'Big Tech', 'Monopoly', 'Antitrust']","Facebook has held a ‘durable monopoly’ for a decade, FTC says in amended suit",New York Post (News),"Facebook has held a monopoly over personal social networking for the past decade, according to a beefed-up antitrust suit by the Federal Trade Commission filed Thursday. 
The FTC’s amended suit, which comes two months after a federal judge dismissed an earlier version, seeks to force Facebook to restructure or sell off assets including Instagram and WhatsApp that it says help the company squash competition. 
“Facebook holds monopoly power in the provision of personal social networking in the United States and has held such power continuously since at least 2011,” the...",right
20084,FTC Files Updated Antitrust Complaint Against Facebook,"['Business', 'Trade', 'FTC', 'Lina Khan', 'Technology', 'Facebook', 'Big Tech', 'Monopoly', 'Antitrust']",FTC says Facebook has been a monopoly ‘since at least 2011’ in amended antitrust complaint,The Verge,"The Federal Trade Commission has filed an amended antitrust complaint against Facebook, alleging that the company violated federal antitrust laws with its acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp. The new complaint is a more detailed version of a charge dismissed by the court in June for insufficient evidence.
“Facebook has today, and has maintained since 2011, a dominant share of the relevant market for US personal social networking services,” the complaint alleges, citing time spent and active-user metrics on the daily and monthly scale. “Individually and collectively, these metrics provide significant evidence of Facebook’s...",left
20085,Stock Market Suffers Worst Week in a Decade,['Economy And Jobs'],Stocks retreat on government shutdown fears,Fox News (Online News),U.S. stocks were in a broad-based retreat Friday afternoon as a government shutdown loomed. Investors appeared resigned to the view that a budgetary standoff between President Trump and,right
20086,Stock Market Suffers Worst Week in a Decade,['Economy And Jobs'],"'Down, down, down': Stocks sink as rate fears, shutdown gloom push Nasdaq into bear market",USA TODAY,"It's official: The Nasdaq is in a bear market. The tech-heavy index finished down 195 points, or 3 percent, to 6,333 on Friday. That's almost 22 percent off its most recent high of 8,109.69 set Aug. 29",left
20087,Stock Market Suffers Worst Week in a Decade,['Economy And Jobs'],Dow Jones Index Takes Biggest Dive Since 2008 Financial Crash,HuffPost,A possible government shutdown is one of many factors driving down the stock market.,left
20088,"Perspectives: RNC Continues Alongside Kenosha Violence, Sports Strikes, and Hurricane Laura","['News Media', 'Media Industry', 'Mike Pence', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']",The Republican convention makes a play for the black vote. Will it work?,Washington Examiner,"The Republican National Convention’s third night was largely geared toward one group: black voters.
The GOP featured several black speakers who could speak to the hardship and bigotry that many black people in the United States faced (and still do face) unjustly. Former NFL player Burgess Owens (whose great-great-grandfather was brought to the U.S. as a slave) spoke about growing up in the Jim Crow era, when segregation threatened to cripple his opportunity and take away his freedoms. And then, there was Clarence Henderson, who was arrested during a sit-in...",right
20089,"Perspectives: RNC Continues Alongside Kenosha Violence, Sports Strikes, and Hurricane Laura","['News Media', 'Media Industry', 'Mike Pence', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']",How the Republican National Convention was nearly lost in a day of news,Poynter,"The vice president of the United States officially accepted the nomination to continue being the vice president. He did so in a controversial and scathing speech toward the Democrats. Under normal circumstances, this would have been, easily, the biggest story of the night.
On Wednesday, it barely cracked the top five.
In what was an incredibly jam-packed day, news organizations were scrambling to cover four other huge stories.",center
20090,"Perspectives: RNC Continues Alongside Kenosha Violence, Sports Strikes, and Hurricane Laura","['News Media', 'Media Industry', 'Mike Pence', 'Republican Party', 'Politics']",Professional athletes outshine the RNC,Jennifer Rubin,"The state of the Republican Party can be summed up by the glaring contrast between its convention and the conduct of professional athletes on Wednesday who refused to ignore the shooting of yet another Black man, Jacob Blake, coupled with the arrest of an alleged White shooter who killed two people during demonstrations in Kenosha, Wis.
President Trump did not reach out to Blake’s family nor denounce the killings during the protests, allegedly by a 17-year-old who attended a Trump rally and reveled in the Blue Lives Matter rhetoric Trump...",left
20091,Trump to Call for More Pressure on NK,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump to UN: confront North Korea and Iran or risk being 'bystanders in history',The Guardian,"Donald Trump will use his first address to the UN general assembly on Tuesday to call for international action to confront North Korea and Iran, which he will portray as twin threats to global security, the White House said.",left
20092,Trump to Call for More Pressure on NK,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Donald Trump to call for more pressure on N Korea in first UN speech,BBC News,US President Donald Trump is expected to call for more international pressure on North Korea over its nuclear weapons programme when he addresses the United Nations General Assembly later.,center
20093,Trump to Call for More Pressure on NK,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']","Trump to rail against North Korea at U.N., seek united front against nuclear and missile programs",Washington Times,"President Trump will turn up the heat on North Korea and call out countries that coddle the rogue regime Tuesday in his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, said a senior White House official who recognized that the threat of war loomed over the speech.",right
20094,Key Democrat Won't Support Major Election Bill,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Election Law', 'Joe Manchin', 'Election Security', 'For The People Act']",Sen. Joe Manchin to vote against key voting rights bill,New York Post (News),"Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Sunday said he would oppose his party’s sprawling voting rights bill — because he believes it would divide the country.
In an op-ed in his home state’s Gazette-Mail, the moderate Manchin announced his rejection of the Democrat-pushed For the People Act — known as S1 — which is stalled in the Senate after the House green-lit it in March along party lines.
“Today’s debate about how to best protect our right to vote and to hold elections … is not about finding common ground, but seeking partisan advantage,”...",right
20095,Key Democrat Won't Support Major Election Bill,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Election Law', 'Joe Manchin', 'Election Security', 'For The People Act']",Manchin says he will vote against Democrats’ sweeping voting rights bill,CNBC,"Sen. Joe Manchin said Sunday will vote against the sweeping federal election reform bill introduced by congressional Democrats, called the For the People Act, a move essentially guaranteeing the legislation will fail to pass in Congress.
“I believe that partisan voting legislation will destroy the already weakening blinds of our democracy, and for that reason, I will vote against the For The People Act,” the moderate West Virginia Democrat wrote wrote in an op-ed published in the Charleston Gazette-Mail.
“The truth, I would argue, is that voting and election reform that is done in a partisan...",center
20096,Key Democrat Won't Support Major Election Bill,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Election Law', 'Joe Manchin', 'Election Security', 'For The People Act']",Manchin says he'll vote against For the People Act and digs in against eliminating filibuster,CNN (Online News),"Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Sunday defended his decision to vote against a sweeping voting rights bill and reiterated his opposition to gutting the filibuster, declaring in the strongest terms yet that he is not willing to change Senate rules to help his party push through much of President Joe Biden's agenda.
""I believe that partisan voting legislation will destroy the already weakening binds of our democracy, and for that reason, I will vote against the For the People Act. Furthermore, I will not vote to weaken or eliminate the filibuster,"" Manchin, a moderate Democrat...",left
20097,Pressure Mounts For Senator Susan Collins On Kavanaugh Vote,['Supreme Court'],"'Vulgar' calls, threats and 'bribery': Kavanaugh pressure mounts for Sen. Collins",USA TODAY,"Emotions are high as Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation vote approaches, and Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins has found herself at the center of a fevered effort to block President Donald Trump's second nominee to the high court.",left
20098,Pressure Mounts For Senator Susan Collins On Kavanaugh Vote,['Supreme Court'],Why Susan Collins claims she’s being bribed over her Kavanaugh vote,Vox,A Crowdpac crowdfunding campaign to encourage Collins to vote against Kavanaugh has the senator and others sounding the alarm.,left
20099,Pressure Mounts For Senator Susan Collins On Kavanaugh Vote,['Supreme Court'],OPINION: You Can’t Bribe Susan Collins,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),A crowdfunding campaign threatens the Senator on Kavanaugh.,right
20100,Immigration Debate Continues in the Senate,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Democrats look for new grand bargain on immigration,Washington Times,Democrats blocked an attempt Tuesday to crack down on sanctuary cities as they tried to steer the Senate’s immigration debate toward their goal of legalizing “Dreamers” and away from major new security or policy changes that might upend the current immigration system.,right
20101,Immigration Debate Continues in the Senate,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",McConnell keeps firm grip on immigration debate,The Hill,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who promised what was expected to be a free-for-all immigration debate, is keeping his hand firmly on the wheel.",center
20102,Immigration Debate Continues in the Senate,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Trump calls on Senate to support Grassley immigration legislation,CBS News (Online),"President Trump is throwing his support behind Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and his immigration legislation, as the debate over immigration reform continues to play out on Capitol Hill. Mr. Trump released a statement, urging the Senate to support Grassley's bill and oppose bills that ""fail to deliver for the American people.""",left
20103,Reactions to Hillary’s Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",A bold speech for a singular moment in American history,Salon,"With her DNC speech, Hillary Clinton made history, offered an optimistic vision for the future, and laid into Trump.",left
20104,Reactions to Hillary’s Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",How Hillary Clinton defined her historic moment,CNN (Online News),"As Hillary Clinton playfully batted away an avalanche of balloons Thursday night, she appeared proud, happy and reconciled to her historic moment.",left
20105,Reactions to Hillary’s Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: Charmless Vessel Shouts Acceptance Speech at America,Townhall,"As expected, Hillary Clinton's anticlimactic acceptance speech capped off a Democratic convention at which two of the weakest primetime speeches were delivered by the the two members of the nominated ticket. There were powerful moments earlier in the evening -- including an impactful address by the father of a Muslim US soldier who paid the ultimate sacrifice for his country in Iraq, and an address from a valorous Medal of Honor recipient, who was shamefully heckled by some DNC delegates.",right
20106,CBS CEO Leslie Moonves Steps Down After Allegations of Sexual Misconduct,['Sexual Misconduct'],"Leslie Moonves departs as chief of CBS, financial package to be withheld pending investigation",CBS News (Online),"CBS Corporation announced on Sunday that chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves is departing the company, effective immediately. Moonves' exit comes hours after The New Yorker published accounts from six women with allegations of sexual assault or misconduct, following allegations by six other women in July.",left
20107,CBS CEO Leslie Moonves Steps Down After Allegations of Sexual Misconduct,['Sexual Misconduct'],"CBS Shakeup: Moonves Out, Lawsuit Settled, New Board Members Named",Newsmax (News),"CBS Corp CEO Leslie Moonves resigned from the company, the company said on Sunday, amid fresh allegations of sexual assault and harassment.",right
20108,CBS CEO Leslie Moonves Steps Down After Allegations of Sexual Misconduct,['Sexual Misconduct'],CBS Chief Leslie Moonves Steps Down Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations,Wall Street Journal (News),"CBS Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Leslie Moonves is stepping down amid accusations that he sexually harassed and assaulted numerous women over his career, the company said, a stunning downfall for one of the entertainment industry’s most powerful figures.",center
20109,Google CEO to Testify on Capitol Hill,['Technology'],Google CEO Faces Hot Seat in Washington,Wall Street Journal (News),"Sundar Pichai expected to face questions about the company’s handling of data, China strategy and perceived political leanings",center
20110,Google CEO to Testify on Capitol Hill,['Technology'],McCarthy: 'Self-Policed' Nature of Google to Be Probed at CEO Hearing,PJ Media,House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said the Google CEO's Tuesday testimony on Capitol Hill could inform what kind of regulatory action GOPs might pursue against the search engine.,right
20111,Google CEO to Testify on Capitol Hill,['Technology'],Google hearing will be a test of lawmakers' tech knowledge,Washington Post,Google chief executive Sundar Pichai is in the hot seat on Capitol Hill tomorrow. But it will also be a test for lawmakers.,left
20112,Senate To Hold Vote Despite Defections,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",GOP Stares Down Loss on Health-Care Bill,Wall Street Journal (News),"Senate leaders will bring a repeal vote to floor, though defections suggest effort will fail",center
20113,Senate To Hold Vote Despite Defections,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","On Obamacare Plan B, Republican opponents say insurance markets can’t count on hope",Washington Times,McConnell says he’ll likely schedule roll call anyway,right
20114,Senate To Hold Vote Despite Defections,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","McConnell plots repeal ""early next week"" but lacks votes as GOP health care bill collapses",CBS News (Online),"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday he will schedule a vote to repeal Obamacare without a replacement plan ""early next week,"" even though that approach lacks the votes mere hours after he suggested it.",left
20115,Florida Bans Transgender Athletes From Competing in Female Sports,"['LGBT Rights', 'Transgender', 'Sports', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Florida']",Liberal media blast DeSantis' transgender athletes bill: 'This is disgusting',Fox News (Online News),"The mainstream media were up in arms Tuesday over Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, signing a new law limiting girls' sports at public schools to biological girls.
Liberal media outlets were outraged with DeSantis' public signing of the Fairness in Women's Sports Act, which he said would help protect equal opportunities for women to obtain college athletic scholarships. Reporters appeared to take personal offense with the fact that the bill was signed into law June 1, the first day of Pride Month. 
""Florida governor Ron DeSantis continues his quest to become the pretender to the MAGA throne,"" MSNBC...",right
20116,Florida Bans Transgender Athletes From Competing in Female Sports,"['LGBT Rights', 'Transgender', 'Sports', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Florida']",DeSantis signs controversial bill banning transgender women and girls from sports,Politico,"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Tuesday a policy banning transgender athletes from playing girls and women’s sports that opponents have condemned as deeply discriminatory against transgender athletes and students.
Dubbed the ""Fairness in Women's Sports Act,” Florida’s new law establishes that women’s sports from middle school through college, including intramurals and club teams, are closed to males based on the biological sex listed on a student’s birth certificate. The measure has been widely celebrated by Republicans for “protecting the integrity” of girls athletics. Florida joined more than 20 other...",left
20117,Florida Bans Transgender Athletes From Competing in Female Sports,"['LGBT Rights', 'Transgender', 'Sports', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Florida']",Florida bans transgender athletes from female sports,BBC News,"Florida has become the latest US state to ban transgender girls and women from participating in female sports at public schools and colleges.
The state's Republican governor Ron DeSantis signed the measure into law on Tuesday.
The law says women and girls must play on the teams of the biological sex on their birth certificate.
LGBT activists have denounced the move as ""discriminatory"", with one group vowing to launch a legal challenge.",center
20118,White House Announces 17 Medal of Freedom Recipients,"['General News', 'Medal Of Freedom', 'Joe Biden', 'Gabby Giffords', 'Simone Biles', 'John McCain']","Biden to award gun control activist Gabby Giffords, Trump critic Khizr Khan with Medal of Freedom",Washington Times,"President Biden announced Friday he will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom next week to 17 individuals including ex-lawmaker and gun control activist Gabby Giffords, the late Sen. John McCain, Trump critic Khizr Khan, Olympic athlete Simone Biles and Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington. 
Ms. Giffords, a former House lawmaker from Arizona, founded a gun-violence prevention group after surviving an assassination attempt in 2011. 
Mr. Khan is the Gold Star father who famously criticized then-candidate Donald Trump in 2016 at the Democratic National Convention, in a speech lambasting Mr. Trump’s...",right
20119,White House Announces 17 Medal of Freedom Recipients,"['General News', 'Medal Of Freedom', 'Joe Biden', 'Gabby Giffords', 'Simone Biles', 'John McCain']",Steve Jobs awarded posthumous Medal of Freedom by President Biden,The Verge,"Steve Jobs, the co-founder and former CEO of Apple, has been awarded a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden, the White House announced Friday. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest US honor that can be given to a civilian, and it’s presented to “individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors,” the White House said in a statement.
Jobs founded Apple in April 1976, and it’s since become one of...",left
20120,White House Announces 17 Medal of Freedom Recipients,"['General News', 'Medal Of Freedom', 'Joe Biden', 'Gabby Giffords', 'Simone Biles', 'John McCain']","Biden to award Medal of Freedom to Biles, McCain, Giffords",Associated Press,"President Joe Biden will present the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people, including actor Denzel Washington, gymnast Simone Biles and the late John McCain, the Arizona Republican with whom Biden served in the U.S. Senate.
Biden will also recognize Sandra Lindsay, the New York City nurse who rolled up her sleeve on live television in December 2020 to receive the first COVID-19 vaccine dose that was pumped into an arm in the United States, the White House announced Friday.
Biden’s honors list, which the White House shared first with The...",left
20121,Sandy Hook School Shooting,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Mayors Against Illegal Guns Pushes For More Gun Control Just Hours After Shooting,Townhall,"Mayors Against Illegal Guns, headed by shameless politicians like Michael Bloomberg and Rahm Emanuel, have already released a statement calling for gun control legislation in Washington D.C.",right
20122,Sandy Hook School Shooting,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Cathy McMorris Rodgers: ‘We have to be careful’ about new gun laws,Washington Post,"The most senior Republican woman in Congress said that lawmakers can hold hearings and investigate the mass shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut and “try to better understand exactly what happened, but she would not say whether Congress should review the nations gun laws.",left
20123,Sandy Hook School Shooting,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Obama treads carefully on assault weapons ban,CNN (Online News),"In the wake of Friday's school shooting in Connecticut that killed nearly 30 people, most of them children, the White House said President Barack Obama will consider a reinstatement of the assault weapons ban in his second term.",left
20124,Trump Amends Cuba Policy,['Foreign Policy'],Trump Lists His Demands for the Castro Regime,Townhall,"Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined Vice President Mike Pence and President Trump in Miami, Florida Friday to unveil the White House’s new Cuba policy.
Rubio heaped praise on the president for showing compassion toward the Cuban people, who continue to struggle under the dictatorial leadership of Raul Castro. In multiple conversations the two had since the election, Rubio shared that Trump asked him constantly, “What are we going to do about Cuba?”",right
20125,Trump Amends Cuba Policy,['Foreign Policy'],Trump outlines new Cuba policy in speech in Miami's Little Havana,USA TODAY,President Trump told cheering Cuban-Americans on Friday that his new restrictions on U.S. travel to and business dealings with Cuba will help bring down the communist regime that has oppressed its people for more than a half-century.,left
20126,Trump Amends Cuba Policy,['Foreign Policy'],Trump Will Add Cuba To List Of Obama Achievements He’s Taking Apart,HuffPost,"To the list of things former President Barack Obama did that President Donald Trump is undoing, go ahead and add Cuba.
Two and a half years ago, Obama, with great fanfare, announced an easing of the decades-long travel and trade restrictions on the island nation’s authoritarian regime, arguing that the policies had not worked and were only punishing ordinary Cubans.
At a speech Friday afternoon in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood, Trump is expected to reverse at least some of Obama’s changes, despite public opinion nationally and even among Cuban-Americans that...",left
20127,Executive Order on Guns,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Administration announces new gun control measures, targets military surplus imports",Fox News (Online News),"The Obama administration unexpectedly announced two new gun control measures on Thursday, including one that would curb the import of military surplus weapons -- in a move that could anger collectors.
Vice President Biden announced the new measures Thursday morning. The new rules, announced while Washington was otherwise focused on the crisis in Syria, took the form of executive actions, which President Obama added to the list of 23 steps the White House already determined the president could take on his own.
The steps come after Congress declined...",right
20128,Executive Order on Guns,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Obama Administration Rolls Out New Gun-Control Efforts,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Obama administration on Thursday rolled out new efforts aimed at curtailing gun violence, announcing steps to limit imports of certain military-style weapons and close a loophole that allows certain purchasers to evade background checks.
The new regulations build on earlier efforts by President Barack Obama to reduce gun violence and come as sweeping changes to the nation's gun laws have failed to gain traction in Congress.
The White House, in announcing the new regulations, said the changes should help keep dangerous weapons off the nation's streets. One proposal would...",center
20129,Executive Order on Guns,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Obama Offers New Executive Actions On Gun Control,HuffPost,"Vice President Joe Biden says if Congress won't act on gun control, he'll fight for a new Congress.
Biden is unveiling two new steps President Barack Obama is taking on gun violence. The executive actions don't require approval from Congress, where gun legislation collapsed earlier this year.
One new step will curb the import of military surplus weapons. The Obama administration is also proposing to close a loophole that lets certain weapons be registered to corporations without background checks.
Biden says the steps a",left
20130,Is Gun Control Constitutional,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Guns and the government,Fox News (Online News),"If you have listened to President Obama and Vice President Biden talk about guns in the past month, you have heard them express a decided commitment to use the powers of the federal government to maintain safety in the United States.",right
20131,Is Gun Control Constitutional,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],What everybody needs to know about our Constitution and gun control,Juan Williams,"Quick draw Republicans in Congress, intent on stopping any gun-control proposal from the Obama White House, are way off target when they accuse the president of violating gun ownership rights under the Constitution.",left
20132,Is Gun Control Constitutional,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Obama's New Frame: Gun Rights Vs. The Right to Life,National Journal,"The president invokes the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the Gettysburg Address to counter Second Amendment champions.",center
20133,"Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Union's Last Leader, Dead at 91","['World', 'Russia']","Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War, dies aged 91",Reuters,"Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, hospital officials in Moscow said.
Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, forged arms reduction deals with the United States and partnerships with Western powers to remove the Iron Curtain that had divided Europe since World War Two and bring about the reunification of Germany.
But his broad internal reforms helped weaken the Soviet Union to the point where it fell apart, a moment that...",center
20134,"Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Union's Last Leader, Dead at 91","['World', 'Russia']","Mikhail Gorbachev, Final Soviet Leader, Dies at Age 91",The Epoch Times,"Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, the final president of the communist country, has died at age 91, according to a hospital in a statement Tuesday.
“Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev died this evening after a serious and long illness,” the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow confirmed, reported the Interfax, TASS, and RIA Novosti news agencies.
Other circumstances surrounding his death have not yet been revealed. The nature of the illness was not disclosed.
Gorbachev spent decades working up the ranks of the Soviet Communist Party, becoming the country’s leader in 1985 when he...",right
20135,"Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Union's Last Leader, Dead at 91","['World', 'Russia']","Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet president who took down the Iron Curtain, dies",CNN (Online News),"Mikhail Gorbachev -- the last leader of the former Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991 -- has died at the age of 91.
Gorbachev died after a long illness, Russian state news agencies reported.
""Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev died this evening after a severe and prolonged illness,"" the Central Clinical Hospital said, according to RIA Novosti Tuesday.
The man credited with introducing key political and economic reforms to the USSR and helping to end the Cold War had been in failing health for some time.
Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences,...",left
20136,Biden Moving Up Vaccine Eligibility Date to April 19th,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Joe Biden']",Biden to move COVID-19 vaccine eligibility for all adults to April 19,Washington Times,"President Biden is set to announce that he’s shaving about two weeks off his May 1 deadline for states to make all adults eligible for coronavirus vaccines.
A White House official confirms Biden plans to announce that every adult in the U.S. will be eligible to be vaccinated by April 19. Biden will make the announcement at the White House on Tuesday following a visit to a vaccination site in Virginia.
States have been gradually expanding eligibility beyond such priority groups as seniors and essential front-line workers.
Biden...",right
20137,Biden Moving Up Vaccine Eligibility Date to April 19th,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Joe Biden']",Biden to announce all US adults will be eligible for coronavirus vaccine by April 19,The Hill,"President Biden plans to announce Tuesday that he is moving up his target for all American adults to become eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine by almost two weeks to April 19, according to a White House official.
Biden is also expected to announce that the United States has administered 150 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, the official confirmed, putting the president on track to meet or exceed his goal of administering 200 million doses in his first 100 days in office.
CNN first reported Biden’s planned announcements on Tuesday. The...",center
20138,Biden Moving Up Vaccine Eligibility Date to April 19th,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Joe Biden']",All adults eligible for shots sooner,Associated Press Fact Check,"President Joe Biden is set to announce that he’s shaving about two weeks off his May 1 deadline for states to make all adults eligible for coronavirus vaccines.
A White House official confirms Biden plans to announce that every adult in the U.S. will be eligible to be vaccinated by April 19. Biden will make the announcement at the White House on Tuesday following a visit to a vaccination site in Virginia.
States have been gradually expanding eligibility beyond such priority groups as seniors and essential front-line workers.
Biden announced...",left
20139,Trump Played Key Role in Payments Made to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Donald Trump Played Central Role in Hush Payoffs to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal,Wall Street Journal (News),"As a presidential candidate in August 2015, Donald Trump huddled with a longtime friend, media executive David Pecker, in his cluttered 26th floor Trump Tower office and made a request.",center
20140,Trump Played Key Role in Payments Made to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Trump arranged hush money payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal: Report,Washington Examiner,President Trump knew of details and facilitated payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal in exchange for their silence about alleged affairs with,right
20141,Trump Played Key Role in Payments Made to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Trump Personally Facilitated Hush Money Payments To Stormy Daniels And Karen McDougal: WSJ,HuffPost,"“Get it done,” Trump said of making the payments, according to a Wall Street Journal report.",left
20142,Clash in San Diego,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Protesters Clash With Police Outside San Diego Trump Rally, Burn ‘Make America Great Again’ Hats",The Blaze,"Police clashed with protesters outside a Donald Trump rally Friday afternoon in San Diego, with officers at times using batons against demonstrators in their efforts to maintain order.",right
20143,Clash in San Diego,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Pro-Trump, anti-Trump groups clash in San Diego",CNN (Online News),"Police clad in riot gear and wielding batons began dispersing a crowd of Donald Trump supporters and protesters here Friday night after the presumptive GOP nominee held a rally.
After issuing orders to the crowd of roughly 1,000 to disperse, police began forcefully and aggressively pushing protesters, checking them with their batons. At least 35 people were arrested",left
20144,Clash in San Diego,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Anti-Trump Protest In San Diego Ends In Fights, Arrests",HuffPost,"A Donald Trump rally in San Diego resulted in clashes Friday night between anti-Trump protesters, Trump supporters and police, leading to dozens of arrests.",left
20145,Justice Department Will Review Police Response To Uvalde School Shooting,"['DOJ Report', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Violence', 'Joe Biden', 'Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America']",Justice Dept. to review response to Texas school shooting,Associated Press Fact Check,"The Justice Department said Sunday it will review the law enforcement response to the Texas school shooting, an unusual federal look back prompted by questions about the shifting and at times contradictory information from authorities that have enraged a community in shock and sorrow.
Department spokesman Anthony Coley said the review would be conducted in a fair, impartial and independent manner and the findings would be made public. The announcement came as President Joe Biden was visiting Uvalde, where he and first lady Jill Biden paid their respects at a memorial to the 19 students...",left
20146,Justice Department Will Review Police Response To Uvalde School Shooting,"['DOJ Report', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Violence', 'Joe Biden', 'Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America']",DOJ Will Review Police Response To Texas School Shooting,Forbes,"The Department of Justice will review law enforcement’s response to Tuesday’s elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the agency announced Sunday, after local police were criticized for not quickly confronting the shooter.
The review aims to offer an independent account of law enforcement’s actions on the day of the shooting, and will identify lessons for first responders preparing for future active shooter incidents, DOJ spokesperson Anthony Coley said in a statement.
The review was requested by Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin and will be carried out by the DOJ’s Community Oriented...",center
20147,Justice Department Will Review Police Response To Uvalde School Shooting,"['DOJ Report', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Violence', 'Joe Biden', 'Justice', 'Justice Department', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America']",Justice Department announces review of police response to Texas school shooting,Washington Times,"The Department of Justice said Sunday it will review the law enforcement response to the mass shooting that killed 19 school children and two adults in Uvalde, Texas.
Justice Department spokesman Anthony Coley said the critical incident review was requested by Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin.
“The goal of the review is to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses that day, and to identify lessons learned and best practices to help first responders prepare for and respond to active shooter events,” Mr. Coley said.
The DOJ announced the review as President Biden and first lady Jill Biden...",right
20148,House Republican Sues to Allow Pence to Overturn Election,"['Republican Party', 'Politics', 'Arizona', 'Texas', 'Mike Pence', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Donald Trump']",GOP lawmaker sues Pence in bid to overturn Biden win,The Hill,"Vice President Pence was sued Sunday by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and several other Republicans in a far-fetched bid that appeared aimed at overturning President-elect Joe Biden's election win.
The lawsuit focuses on Pence’s role in an upcoming Jan. 6 meeting of Congress to count states’ electoral votes and finalize Biden’s victory over President Trump. Typically, the vice president’s role in presiding over the meeting is a largely ceremonial one governed by an 1887 federal law known as the Electoral Count Act.",center
20149,House Republican Sues to Allow Pence to Overturn Election,"['Republican Party', 'Politics', 'Arizona', 'Texas', 'Mike Pence', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Donald Trump']",Louie Gohmert Sues Mike Pence in Hail Mary Attempt to Overturn Biden Win,Mediaite,"With the drop dead date approaching, President Donald Trump’s most ardent backers in Congress are turning to increasingly more desperate measures to keep Vice President Mike Pence from certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s victory on Jan. 6. Now, one die-hard MAGA booster in the House is going so far as to sue the vice president in a last-ditch effort to keep him from carrying out his Constitutional duty.
In a federal lawsuit filed in Texas Monday morning, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) joined a group of 11 other plaintiffs suing the vice...",left
20150,House Republican Sues to Allow Pence to Overturn Election,"['Republican Party', 'Politics', 'Arizona', 'Texas', 'Mike Pence', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Donald Trump']",House Republican sues Pence in last-ditch bid to overturn election results,Washington Examiner,"Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert on Monday sued Vice President Mike Pence in a last-ditch effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Gohmert's federal suit, which anticipates the House of Representatives' Jan. 6 certification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College win, seeks to give Pence ""exclusive authority"" over which votes are deemed certifiable. In his complaint, Gohmert argues that since competing sets of electors cast votes calling the election for President Trump, Pence should have the ""sole discretion"" to determine the legitimacy of votes, per the 12th Amendment.
Gohmert added...",right
20151,No “October Surprise” from WikiLeaks,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']","WikiLeaks Trolls Trump World, Delivers Nothing on Hillary",Daily Beast,"If Hillary Clinton’s die-hard opponents were hoping for an October surprise, they’re going to have to wait.
A Tuesday morning press conference by WikiLeaks, which Clinton antagonists and conspiracy theorists had hoped would spell the beginning of the end of her presidential campaign, turned out to be a celebration-cum-infomercial for the website, which celebrates its 10th anniversary today and is promoting a new book.",left
20152,No “October Surprise” from WikiLeaks,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Assange Again Promises 'Significant' US Election Leaks,Townhall,"Tuesday’s highly anticipated announcement from WikiLeaks was not exactly the end of Clinton’s campaign as Roger Stone had hoped, but rather a discussion about the past, present, and future of WikiLeaks for its 10-year anniversary.",right
20153,No “October Surprise” from WikiLeaks,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']","Trump fans wake, and wait in vain, for a WikiLeaks ‘October Surprise’",Washington Post,"It was billed as the #OctoberSurprise, the moment when WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange might reveal the damaging, campaign-ending information he'd obtained about Hillary Clinton. It couldn't come a moment too soon, as a wave of post-debate polling found Clinton regaining a lead over Donald Trump. Early Tuesday, the pro-Trump conspiracy site Infowars launched a live stream to watch Assange's “WikiLeaks 10"" anniversary news conference; readers of the Drudge Report, which the day before had led with a story about a man who claims to be the son of Bill Clinton,...",left
20154,Coronavirus Pandemic Puts Stress on National Park System,"['Coronavirus', 'National Parks', 'Yellowstone', 'Yosemite', 'Environment']",Appeals grow to close US national parks during pandemic,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is sticking with its crowd-friendly waiver of entrance fees at national parks during the coronavirus pandemic, as managers at some parks try and fail to keep visitors a safe distance apart and communities appeal for a shutdown at other parks that are still open.
While the Interior Department agreed this week to requests from local managers of Yellowstone and some other iconic national parks to close, others remained open and newly free of charge. In Arizona, local governments and the Navajo Nation were waiting...",left
20155,Coronavirus Pandemic Puts Stress on National Park System,"['Coronavirus', 'National Parks', 'Yellowstone', 'Yosemite', 'Environment']",Thousands are crowding into free national parks. And workers are terrified of coronavirus.,Washington Post,"Two days before he cursed a supervisor and quit the National Park Service job he loved, Dustin Stone arrived to work in a foul mood. A decision by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to keep national park sites open despite the coronavirus outbreak left him angry and in disbelief.
The virus hasn’t reached Skagway, a tiny town on the Alaskan panhandle where Stone lives and worked at the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. But if it does, he said, it could be a disaster. “I’ve lived here year-round through eight...",left
20156,Coronavirus Pandemic Puts Stress on National Park System,"['Coronavirus', 'National Parks', 'Yellowstone', 'Yosemite', 'Environment']",National Park Service asks people to practice social distance during coronavirus pandemic,Fox News (Online News),"Talk about too close for comfort.
The National Park Service (NPS) is urging visitors to practice safe social distancing at parks that remain open during the coronavirus pandemic.
With the COVID-19 outbreak drastically disrupting daily life for millions of Americans, the great outdoors have become a welcome refuge for many. Inspired, Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt temporarily suspended all park entrance fees last week to make it easier for people to get outdoors. The decision is effective until further notice.",right
20157,House Passes $28M Spending Bill to Deal With Baby Formula Shortage,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Baby Formula', 'US House Of Representatives', 'FDA', 'Defense Production Act']",House passes $28M emergency spending bill to address baby formula shortage,Axios,"The House voted 231-192 on Wednesday to pass an emergency spending bill aimed at addressing the baby formula shortage.
The big picture: The U.S. has faced a nationwide baby formula shortage due to pandemic-induced supply chain issues and recent product recall. Earlier Wednesday, President Biden announced he had invoked the Defense Production Act to help address formula supply.
Details: The bill gives the Food and Drug Administration $28 million to increase its staff to help inspect baby formula before it arrives on grocery store shelves.
It will also look ""to prevent future shortages, including such steps as may be...",center
20158,House Passes $28M Spending Bill to Deal With Baby Formula Shortage,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Baby Formula', 'US House Of Representatives', 'FDA', 'Defense Production Act']",Why Biden is using the Defense Production Act for the baby formula shortage,Washington Post,"The Biden administration on Wednesday invoked a wartime tool, the Defense Production Act, in an effort to address the nationwide shortage of baby formula. Its use of the law, which Congress passed in the early days of the Korean War, reflects the magnitude of the supply crunch that has left many parents scrambling for formula.
Supply chain disruptions tied to the coronavirus pandemic have fueled shortages of a wide range of consumer goods, but a recall on formula produced at an Abbott plant in Michigan exacerbated the shortfall. A majority of American parents and...",left
20159,House Passes $28M Spending Bill to Deal With Baby Formula Shortage,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Baby Formula', 'US House Of Representatives', 'FDA', 'Defense Production Act']",House passes spending measure aimed at addressing baby formula shortage,Washington Examiner,"The House passed legislation aimed at providing $28 million in emergency funding to the Food and Drug Administration to address the nation’s baby formula shortage in a 231-192 vote Wednesday.
The Infant Formula Supplemental Appropriations Act, introduced by House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), includes language that looks to prevent “fraudulent products from entering the United States market” and prevent future shortfalls in supplies.
The shortage comes in the wake of one of the nation’s largest producers of infant formula, Abbott Nutrition, voluntarily recalling three types of its product after multiple babies contracted...",right
20160,Medical Examiner Reports Officer Brian Sicknick Died of Natural Causes,"['Media Industry', 'Violence In America', 'Criminal Justice', 'Brian Sicknick', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Justice']",Nolte: Corporate Media’s Brian Sicknick Hoax Debunked by D.C. Medical Examiner,Breitbart News,"Without evidence, America’s corporate media spent weeks hoaxing the American public with the lie Capitol Hill Police Officer Brian Sicknick died after an anti-vote-fraud protester smashed him in the head with a fire extinguisher during the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
After the fire extinguisher hoax was debunked, the corporate media spread the lie that Sicknick probably died as a result of the riot, maybe from pepper spray or something.",right
20161,Medical Examiner Reports Officer Brian Sicknick Died of Natural Causes,"['Media Industry', 'Violence In America', 'Criminal Justice', 'Brian Sicknick', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Justice']","Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who engaged rioters, suffered two strokes and died of natural causes, officials say",Washington Post,"Capitol Police officer Brian D. Sicknick suffered two strokes and died of natural causes a day after he confronted rioters at the Jan. 6 insurrection, the District’s chief medical examiner has ruled.
The ruling, released Monday, will make it difficult for prosecutors to pursue homicide charges in the officer’s death. Two men are accused of assaulting Sicknick by spraying a powerful chemical irritant at him during the siege, but prosecutors have not tied that exposure to Sicknick’s death.",left
20162,Medical Examiner Reports Officer Brian Sicknick Died of Natural Causes,"['Media Industry', 'Violence In America', 'Criminal Justice', 'Brian Sicknick', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Justice']",Brian Sicknick: US Capitol riot policeman 'died of natural causes',BBC News,"A US police officer who died after January's Capitol riot had two strokes and died from natural causes, the chief medical examiner for Washington DC has ruled.
Two men are accused of using a type of pepper spray on Officer Brian Sicknick.
However, the ruling means they are now unlikely to be charged with homicide.
The autopsy found no evidence of an allergic reaction to chemicals, nor of internal or external injuries, Dr Francisco Diaz said.
Officer Sicknick, 42, was defending the Capitol building from supporters of then President Donald...",center
20163,FDA Endorses Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids Ages 5-11,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Children', 'Pfizer', 'Public Health']",FDA paves way for Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations in young kids,Associated Press,"The Food and Drug Administration on Friday paved the way for children ages 5 to 11 to get Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.
The FDA cleared kid-size doses — just a third of the amount given to teens and adults — for emergency use, and up to 28 million more American children could be eligible for vaccinations as early as next week.
One more regulatory hurdle remains: On Tuesday, advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will make more detailed recommendations on which youngsters should get vaccinated, with a final...",left
20164,FDA Endorses Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids Ages 5-11,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Children', 'Pfizer', 'Public Health']",FDA Authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 for Emergency Use in Children Aged 5 to 11,The Epoch Times,"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday issued an emergency authorization to use Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 5 through 11, coming days after an advisory panel recommended it.
But before the shots can be distributed across the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) must first sign off on the move.
“As a mother and a physician, I know that parents, caregivers, school staff, and children have been waiting for today’s authorization. Vaccinating younger children against COVID-19 will bring us closer to returning to a...",right
20165,FDA Endorses Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids Ages 5-11,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Children', 'Pfizer', 'Public Health']",FDA authorizes Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11,CNN (Online News),"The US Food and Drug Administration issued emergency use authorization on Friday for Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11. This is the first Covid-19 vaccine authorized in the United States for younger children.
The FDA's vaccine advisers voted 17-0 with one abstention on Tuesday to recommend EUA for the vaccine, which is formulated at one-third the dose of the vaccine used for people 12 and older.
Pfizer says a clinical trial showed its vaccine provides more than 90% protection against symptomatic disease among children, even at one-third the dose, and...",left
20166,Senate Confirms Merrick Garland As Attorney General,"['Justice Department', 'US Senate', 'Justice']","Merrick Garland confirmed as attorney general, turning page on Trump era",The Guardian,"Merrick Garland has been confirmed as America’s top law enforcement officer, a boost for Joe Biden’s drive against racial discrimination in the criminal justice system.
Garland’s rise to attorney general, approved 70-30 by the US Senate in a strongly bipartisan vote, turns the page on former president Donald Trump’s harsh “law and order” rhetoric and efforts to bend the justice department to his will.
It also marks a poignant second chance for the 68-year-old judge who, nominated to the supreme court by then president Barack Obama in 2016, was denied...",left
20167,Senate Confirms Merrick Garland As Attorney General,"['Justice Department', 'US Senate', 'Justice']",Senate Votes to Confirm Merrick Garland as Attorney General,National Review,"The Senate on Wednesday voted 70-30 to confirm Merrick Garland as attorney general, five years after the federal appeals court judge was blocked from consideration as former President Barack Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court.
Garland has said his top priority as head of the Justice Department will be overseeing investigations into the January 6 Capitol riot.",right
20168,Senate Confirms Merrick Garland As Attorney General,"['Justice Department', 'US Senate', 'Justice']",Senate confirms Merrick Garland as U.S. attorney general,CNBC,"The Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Merrick Garland as attorney general, placing the longtime federal appeals court judge and onetime Supreme Court pick at the helm of an agency central to President Joe Biden's domestic policy agenda.
The vote was 70-30. Garland takes over as the head of the Department of Justice as the sprawling agency continues to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, one of the largest probes in its history. Garland has called the inquiry his No. 1 priority.
The Justice Department will also...",center
20169,Senate Passes Bipartisan Gun Bill in Wake of Mass Shootings,"['Bridging Divides', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', '2nd Amendment', 'Background Checks', 'Red Flag Laws', 'Violence In America', 'Uvalde Shooting']","Senate passes bipartisan gun legislation, sending measure to House",Washington Examiner,"The Senate passed a bipartisan gun reform bill on Thursday in the wake of a slew of mass shootings in recent months, including the death of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas in late May.
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act — negotiated by a group of senators led by Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Chris Murphy (R-CT) — looks to incentivize states to implement red flag laws. The proposal would make it easier for law enforcement to confiscate a firearm and block the purchase of a gun if an individual is deemed...",right
20170,Senate Passes Bipartisan Gun Bill in Wake of Mass Shootings,"['Bridging Divides', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', '2nd Amendment', 'Background Checks', 'Red Flag Laws', 'Violence In America', 'Uvalde Shooting']","Senate Passes Bipartisan Gun Bill Funding Red-Flag Laws, Mental Health Programs",Wall Street Journal (News),"The Senate passed the most sweeping firearms legislation in decades, with a coalition of more than a dozen Republicans joining Democrats to provide new tools to deter mass shootings following deadly attacks around the nation.
The 65-33 vote capped a month of negotiations, led by Sens. Chris Murphy (D., Conn.) and John Cornyn (R., Texas), who were tasked by the leaders of their respective parties with finding a compromise on one of the most contentious topics in American politics.
The legislation, which provides roughly $15 billion in funding, would help states put...",center
20171,Senate Passes Bipartisan Gun Bill in Wake of Mass Shootings,"['Bridging Divides', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', '2nd Amendment', 'Background Checks', 'Red Flag Laws', 'Violence In America', 'Uvalde Shooting']","Senate passes most sweeping gun bill in decades, setting up House vote",NBC News (Online),"The Senate on Thursday night passed the most sweeping gun bill in decades designed to prevent gun violence, a major victory for advocates and a rare defeat for the National Rifle Association.
The vote was 65 to 33, with all 50 Democratic members and 15 Republicans, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, voting to send the bill to the House.
“The United States Senate is doing something many believed was impossible even a few weeks ago. We are passing the first significant gun safety bill in nearly 30 years,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer,...",left
20172,US Corporations Pause Political Donations After Capitol Breach,"['Business', 'Campaign Finance', 'Technology', 'Politics', 'Facebook', 'Banking And Finance', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Ted Cruz', 'Josh Hawley', 'Republican Party', 'Elections']",Wall Street Rethinks Campaign Contributions in Wake of Violence,Bloomberg,"For years Wall Street has sprinkled money all across U.S. politics to make and keep friends in Washington. Now, it’s rethinking the consequences.
After the deadly siege on Capitol Hill last week, major banks are reassessing, reducing and in many cases suspending their campaign contributions. Some are vowing to pull back from candidates who appeared to support the attempted insurrection.
The moves represent a sharp break with the past and come as leaders across corporate America are rushing to distance themselves from President Donald Trump. Big business largely embraced Trump’s...",left
20173,US Corporations Pause Political Donations After Capitol Breach,"['Business', 'Campaign Finance', 'Technology', 'Politics', 'Facebook', 'Banking And Finance', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Ted Cruz', 'Josh Hawley', 'Republican Party', 'Elections']",Facebook freezing political spending after Capitol attack,Axios,"Facebook is halting political spending for at least the first quarter of 2021 following last week's deadly attack on the Capitol.
Why it matters: Tech companies have been de-platforming President Donald Trump and his supporters at a rapid pace since the attacks, and freezing political giving may be the next step tech companies take to show they're seriously rethinking their approach to Washington.
Details: Facebook will freeze all contributions from its political action committee and is launching a review of its political spending practices, company spokesman Andy Stone told Axios.",center
20174,US Corporations Pause Political Donations After Capitol Breach,"['Business', 'Campaign Finance', 'Technology', 'Politics', 'Facebook', 'Banking And Finance', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Ted Cruz', 'Josh Hawley', 'Republican Party', 'Elections']","Marriot, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Commerce Bank suspend donations to lawmakers who objected to certifying Electoral College vote",Washington Examiner,"In the wake of the violent attack on Capitol Hill last week, at least three corporations have announced that they would suspend contributions to the campaigns of lawmakers who objected to the certification of Electoral College votes.
At least four protests were scheduled in Washington, D.C., for Wednesday, the day Congress was expected to count the votes of the Electoral College and certify President-elect Joe Biden's victory. Those protests descended into chaos as demonstrators breached the congressional building — smashing windows, breaking into offices, and looting rooms.
Before the demonstrations...",right
20175,US Inches Toward Decision On Syria,['Middle East'],West Tells Opposition: Syria Strike Due In Days,HuffPost,"Western powers told the Syrian opposition to expect a strike against President Bashar al-Assad's forces within days, according to sources who attended a meeting between envoys and the Syrian National Coalition in Istanbul.",left
20176,US Inches Toward Decision On Syria,['Middle East'],Syria warns West amid growing talk of military strike,CNN (Online News),Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem on Tuesday denied his country was hindering inspectors and warned Western leaders against an attack.,left
20177,US Inches Toward Decision On Syria,['Middle East'],US draws closer to Syria response as officials say chemical weapons used,Fox News (Online News),"Secretary of State John Kerry, leaving no doubt where the U.S. stands on allegations of a chemical weapons attack last week in Syria, said Monday that the evidence of such an attack is undeniable.",right
20178,House Passes Temporary Spending Bill With $5.7 Billion for Border Wall,['Immigration'],Trump warns of a ‘very long’ government shutdown if Democrats oppose bill that includes border wall money,Washington Post,President Trump warned Friday that a partial government shutdown would last “for a very long time” if Congress does not meet his demand Friday for billions in funding for his long-promised border,left
20179,House Passes Temporary Spending Bill With $5.7 Billion for Border Wall,['Immigration'],House passes stopgap bill with $5B in funding for Trump's wall,The Hill,The House passed a stopgap government funding measure Thursday night in a 217-185 vote that includes $5.7 billion for President Trump’s wall on the Mexican border and additional security —,center
20180,House Passes Temporary Spending Bill With $5.7 Billion for Border Wall,['Immigration'],Trump Orders McConnell to ‘Go Nuclear’ to Get the Wall,The Daily Caller,"President Donald Trump instructed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to use the nuclear option to end the filibuster and pass funding for the border wall, in a Friday morning tweet.",right
20181,Justice Department Asks Dozens of Trump-appointed Attorneys to Resign,"['Justice Department', 'US Attorneys', 'Resignation', 'Justice']",Biden Administration to Ask Dozens of Trump-Appointed U.S. Attorneys to Resign,Wall Street Journal (News),"Acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson plans to ask holdover U.S. attorneys appointed by former President Donald Trump to resign, officials familiar with the matter said, as the Biden administration moves to put its stamp on the Justice Department.
Exempt from the decision, however, are two top prosecutors overseeing politically sensitive inquiries, including Delaware U.S. attorney David Weiss, whose office is conducting a criminal tax investigation into President Biden’s son, Hunter, a senior Justice Department official said.
Another prosecutor, John Durham, is expected to remain as a special counsel overseeing a...",center
20182,Justice Department Asks Dozens of Trump-appointed Attorneys to Resign,"['Justice Department', 'US Attorneys', 'Resignation', 'Justice']",DOJ to ask Trump-appointed US attorneys to resign,CNN (Online News),"The Justice Department, as soon as Tuesday, is expected to ask US attorneys appointed by former President Donald Trump to submit their resignations, a turnover expected to spare two top prosecutors in Delaware and Connecticut overseeing two sensitive Trump-era investigations, a senior Justice Department official said.
In a call Monday night, acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson asked Delaware US Attorney David Weiss to remain in office, where he is overseeing the tax probe of Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden's son. John Durham, appointed as special counsel by former Attorney General...",left
20183,Justice Department Asks Dozens of Trump-appointed Attorneys to Resign,"['Justice Department', 'US Attorneys', 'Resignation', 'Justice']","US attorney handling Hunter Biden probe asked to stay on, official says",Fox News (Online News),"The Biden administration will ask U.S. attorneys appointed by President Trump to resign from their posts, but the prosecutor overseeing the tax probe tied to Hunter Biden, the president’s son, will remain in place, a senior Justice Department official told Fox News late Monday.
The fate of U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who runs the office in Delaware, has been the source of some speculation. It is standard procedure for new presidents to ask for the resignation of all U.S. attorneys once they enter the office. But Fox News peppered the...",right
20184,Russian Meeting Story Continues,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Jr.’s Russia meeting sure sounds like a Russian intelligence operation,Washington Post,"Donald Trump Jr. is seeking to write off as a nonevent his meeting last year with a Russian lawyer who was said to have damaging information about Hillary Clinton. “It was such a nothing,” he told Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Tuesday. “There was nothing to tell.”",left
20185,Russian Meeting Story Continues,"['White House', 'Politics']","Russian lobbyist, unnamed translator attended Trump Tower meeting with Russian lawyer",Fox News (Online News),"The number of people known to have attended the controversial June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower has grown to eight, including a Russian-American lobbyist who confirmed his attendance, and two more unnamed participants.",right
20186,Russian Meeting Story Continues,"['White House', 'Politics']",Russian lobbying that touched Trump tied to Moscow figures,The Hill,"The Russian lobbying effort that pierced President Donald Trump’s inner circle and touched Democratic and Republican lawmakers was directly connected to three Moscow businessmen, according to lobbying registration records and interviews.",center
20187,"Hate Crimes Rose to 11-Year High in 2019, FBI Reports","['FBI', 'Hate Crime', 'Prejudice', 'Bigotry', 'Race And Racism', 'Religion And Faith', 'Jews', 'Hispanic Americans', 'Defense And Security']",Hate Crimes Under Trump Surged Nearly 20 Percent Says FBI Report,Newsweek,"Hate crimes have surged nearly 20 percent during the administration of President Donald Trump, according to a new FBI report on hate crime statistics. The report also shows that hate-motivated murders, largely committed by white supremacists, spiked to their highest number in 28 years.
The FBI's annual reports on hate crime statistics show that hate crimes have increased from 6,121 incidents in 2016 to 7,314 in 2019, a 19.49 percent increase.
Hate-motivated murders spiked to a total of 51 in 2019, the highest number in nearly 3 decades, according to...",center
20188,"Hate Crimes Rose to 11-Year High in 2019, FBI Reports","['FBI', 'Hate Crime', 'Prejudice', 'Bigotry', 'Race And Racism', 'Religion And Faith', 'Jews', 'Hispanic Americans', 'Defense And Security']",FBI: Hate Crime Incidents Rose 2.7% in 2019,Voice of America,"U.S. hate crime incidents increased 2.7% last year, rising to their highest level in more than a decade, the FBI says in a new report.
There were 7,314 hate crime incidents last year, up from 7,120 in 2018 — the highest number since 2008, according to the report released on Monday.
Despite a slight decline in 2018, hate crimes surged nearly 21% during the first three years of President Donald Trump’s administration, a period marked by the rise of an increasingly violent far-right movement.",center
20189,"Hate Crimes Rose to 11-Year High in 2019, FBI Reports","['FBI', 'Hate Crime', 'Prejudice', 'Bigotry', 'Race And Racism', 'Religion And Faith', 'Jews', 'Hispanic Americans', 'Defense And Security']",Jews Top Target of Hate Crimes in 2019,Washington Free Beacon,"American Jews were the religious group most targeted by hate crimes in 2019, the FBI reported Monday, facing more than 60 percent of anti-religious bias incidents.
The number of anti-Semitic hate-crime incidents rose 14 percent in 2019, data from the bureau's annual hate-crime statistical report show, with police departments reporting 953 events and 1,032 victims. That is 82 more incidents than in 2018, continuing a rising trend over the past half decade.
Jews were in fact a leading target of hate crimes overall, regardless of motivation. In absolute terms, only...",right
20190,Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'US Senate', 'Race And Racism', 'Diversity', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Mitt Romney', 'Lisa Murkowski', 'Susan Collins', 'Politics']",Senate confirms Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as next Supreme Court justice,Washington Examiner,"The Senate voted 53-47 on Thursday to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson as the newest Supreme Court justice, making her the first black woman to be a member of the nine-judge panel.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pledged to hold the confirmation vote ahead of lawmakers’ two-week recess that begins Friday. The process moved forward on Tuesday after the Senate approved a procedural measure to advance Jackson's nomination to the high court.",right
20191,Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'US Senate', 'Race And Racism', 'Diversity', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Mitt Romney', 'Lisa Murkowski', 'Susan Collins', 'Politics']",Senate confirms Jackson as first Black woman on Supreme Court,Washington Post,"The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, felling one of the most significant remaining racial barriers in American government and sending the first Democratic nominee to the high court in 12 years.
Jackson, a daughter of schoolteachers who has risen steadily through America’s elite legal ranks, will become the first Black woman to sit on the court and only the eighth who is not a White man. She will replace Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer after the Supreme Court’s term ends in late June or early...",left
20192,Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court,"['Supreme Court', 'Ketanji Brown Jackson', 'US Senate', 'Race And Racism', 'Diversity', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Mitt Romney', 'Lisa Murkowski', 'Susan Collins', 'Politics']",Senate confirms Jackson as first Black woman on U.S. Supreme Court,Reuters,"Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court in a milestone for the United States and a victory for President Joe Biden, who made good on a campaign promise as he seeks to infuse the federal judiciary with a broader range of backgrounds.
The vote to confirm the 51-year-old federal appellate judge to a lifetime job on the nation's top judicial body was 53-47, with three Republicans - Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney - joining...",center
20193,Miranda Rights for Boston Bomber,['Terrorism'],Boston Bombing Suspect Is Not Being Read His Miranda Rights - Why and What Does That Mean?,The Blaze,Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will not immediately be read his Miranda rights before he is questioned by investigators U.S. government officials confirmed to multiple news networks. Instead the government is invoking the public safety exception that can be triggered when authorities believe there is a need...,right
20194,Miranda Rights for Boston Bomber,['Terrorism'],The ‘Public Safety’ Exception,Wall Street Journal (News),Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham on Friday took to Twitter to urge the Obama administration to detain a suspected Boston Marathon bomber as an enemy combatant for intelligence gathering purposes if he is captured alive.,center
20195,Miranda Rights for Boston Bomber,['Terrorism'],Lindsey Graham Makes Controversial Call On 'Enemy Combatant',HuffPost,Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) suggested on Friday that the Obama administration should toss the court system and Constitution out the window when handling the missing suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. In a series of tweets that came hours after it was revealed that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev the suspect at large in the Boston marathon bombings is a United States citizen Graham urged the Obama administration to nevertheless consider treating him as an enemy combatant.,left
20196,Protesters Shut Down Trump Rally,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump blames 'thugs' for canceling Chicago rally,USA TODAY,"Donald Trump, the GOP presidential front-runner, on Saturday blamed ""thugs"" for his decision to cancel a rally in Chicago over alleged security concerns and said the activists had ""totally energized America.""
The Chicago Police Department said on that four men and a woman were arrested at the rally after brief scuffles broke out at the event at the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion.",left
20197,Protesters Shut Down Trump Rally,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Chicago PD: We Didn't Tell Trump to Cancel the Rally,Townhall,"On Friday, a planned Donald Trump rally in Chicago was canceled after protestors swarmed the event venue. In a statement released by the Trump campaign, they said that the decision to cancel the rally was made after meeting with law enforcement.",right
20198,Protesters Shut Down Trump Rally,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","After months of playing protesters to His advantage, Donald Trump is overpowered in Chicago",Washington Post,"Donald Trump has HAD to learn how to fill the awkward minutes for security guards it Takes to locate, confront and remove protesters from His rallies.
Sometimes I use to mock the time That conflict-obsessed media. Or I will comment on h",left
20199,Biden Pardons All Federal Offenses of Simple Marijuana Possession,"['Joe Biden', 'Marijuana Legalization', 'Criminal Justice', 'Drugs', 'Public Health', 'Culture', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers', 'Department Of Health And Human Services', 'Justice Department', 'Xavier Becerra', 'Merrick Garland', '2022 Elections']",Biden announces pardon of all federal offenses of simple marijuana possession,ABC News (Online),"President Joe Biden on Thursday announced he is taking executive action to pardon Americans who've been convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law.
The action will benefit 6,500 people with prior federal convictions and thousands of others charged under the District of Columbia's criminal code, according to senior administration officials.
""No one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana,"" Biden said in a statement outlining the administration's new actions. ""Sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives and incarcerated people for conduct...",left
20200,Biden Pardons All Federal Offenses of Simple Marijuana Possession,"['Joe Biden', 'Marijuana Legalization', 'Criminal Justice', 'Drugs', 'Public Health', 'Culture', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers', 'Department Of Health And Human Services', 'Justice Department', 'Xavier Becerra', 'Merrick Garland', '2022 Elections']",Biden to pardon all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession,Axios,"President Biden said Thursday he will pardon all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession and will call on governors to pardon simple state possession offenses.
Why it matters: It could amount to ""thousands"" of pardons, which would remove a burden that may have prevented some people from receiving employment, housing or educational opportunities, Biden said.
Biden said he will also ask Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra to begin a review of how marijuana is scheduled as a drug under federal law.
What they're saying: ""As I’ve said before, no one should...",center
20201,Biden Pardons All Federal Offenses of Simple Marijuana Possession,"['Joe Biden', 'Marijuana Legalization', 'Criminal Justice', 'Drugs', 'Public Health', 'Culture', 'Federal State And Tribal Powers', 'Department Of Health And Human Services', 'Justice Department', 'Xavier Becerra', 'Merrick Garland', '2022 Elections']",Biden to pardon all federal convictions of simple marijuana possession,New York Post (News),"The White House announced Thursday that President Biden will take action to pardon about 6,500 people convicted federally for marijuana possession and thousands more under DC local law.
He is also ordering federal agencies to consider changing pot’s Schedule I categorization that lumps it together with such drugs as heroin and LSD.
It is one of the largest mass pardons in history and the subsequent federal review could move the country toward national legalization after 19 states and DC moved to allow the recreational use of the drug under local...",right
20202,Trump Releases Response to Jan. 6 Hearings,"['Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics', 'Justice']",The problem(s) with Trump’s pushback against the Jan. 6 probe,MSNBC,"Last week, NBC News highlighted a specific plan crafted by congressional Republican leaders: As the Jan. 6 committee’s hearings unfolded, the GOP would focus its attention on entirely different issues and treat the investigation as an irrelevant sideshow, unworthy of ferocious pushback.
Either Donald Trump didn’t hear about the plan, or he decided not to care about it.
We saw some of this last week, when the former president publicly took issue with Ivanka Trump’s committee testimony. Yesterday, as The New York Times noted, the Republican went even further: “He continued repeating his election conspiracies...",left
20203,Trump Releases Response to Jan. 6 Hearings,"['Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics', 'Justice']",Trump releases 12-page response to Jan. 6 hearing,The Hill,"Former President Trump on Monday issued a 12-page rebuttal to testimony and evidence presented by a House committee investigating the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, accusing Democrats of seeking to distract from a series of domestic issues facing the country.
“Seventeen months after the events of January 6th, Democrats are unable to offer solutions,” Trump said in a statement released through his Save America PAC. “They are desperate to change the narrative of a failing nation, without even making mention of the havoc and death caused by the Radical Left just...",center
20204,Trump Releases Response to Jan. 6 Hearings,"['Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Politics', 'Justice']",Trump releases 12-page rebuttal to Jan. 6 hearing: ‘Our country is in a nosedive’,Fox News (Online News),"Former President Donald Trump released a 12-page rebuttal Monday in response to evidence presented at the January 6 hearings, likening it to a ""Kangaroo Court"" to distract the American people before the November midterm elections. 
""Our nation is SUFFERING. Our economy is in the gutter. Inflation is rampant. Gas prices have reached an all-time high. Ships are unable to unload cargo. Families cannot get needed baby formula. We are an embarrassment around the world,"" Trump said in the rebuttal, released through his Save America PAC. 
Trump accused Democrats of being fixated on the...",right
20205,Congress Reforms Surveillance Policies,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",USA Freedom Act Shifts the Surveillance Game,CBN,"Sweeping changes to U.S. surveillance laws are now in effect after being signed by President Barack Obama Tuesday. In a rare shift of alliances, the USA Freedom Act passed Tuesday with both the support of the president and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.",right
20206,Congress Reforms Surveillance Policies,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Thought bulk data collection was gone? Think again,CNN (Online News),"The NSA is gearing up to collect millions of Americans telephone metadata -- again. Just two days after the agency shut down that program when the Patriot Act provision that authorized it expired Sunday at midnight, the Senate restored those authorities, allowing the government to reinstate bulk data collection -- for the next six months. How? By passing the USA Freedom Act, the bill intended to end that very program.",left
20207,Congress Reforms Surveillance Policies,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","Congress turns away from post-9/11 law, retooling U.S. surveillance powers",Washington Post,"Congress on Tuesday rejected some of the sweeping intelligence-gathering powers it granted national security officials after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, with the Senate voting to end the government’s bulk collection of private telephone records and to reform other surveillance policies.",left
20208,Flake Donates to Doug Jones in Alabama Senate Race,['Elections'],Republican Jeff Flake donates to Democrat in Alabama Senate race,USA TODAY,"Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, a Republican who is not seeking re-election, on Tuesday touted his $100 donation to Democrat Doug Jones — as a growing number of his fellow Republicans in Washington rally around Jones' embattled opponent.",left
20209,Flake Donates to Doug Jones in Alabama Senate Race,['Elections'],A Senate Republican just donated to Roy Moore’s Democratic opponent,Vox,Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) has apparently thrown his support behind the Democrat facing down the embattled Republican Roy Moore in the Alabama special election next week.,left
20210,Flake Donates to Doug Jones in Alabama Senate Race,['Elections'],Annoying to the End — Jeff Flake Publicly Writes Check to Roy Moore’s Challenger,The American Spectator,This guy. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) is being unceremoniously run out of office after one term because he so utterly failed his constituents in my native state of Arizona.,right
20211,VP Debate Performance,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Pence's Debate Performance Puts Pressure on Trump,RealClearPolitics,The Donald Trump campaign is setting a high bar for the Republican nominee’s next debate performance.,center
20212,VP Debate Performance,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Tim Kaine didn’t win Mr. Congeniality — but he got the job done in V.P. debate,Salon,"Kaine was grating at times, but he kept the focus on key issues and goaded Pence into ""that Mexican thing"".",left
20213,VP Debate Performance,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Able Slays Kaine,The American Spectator,A strong debate performance by Pence revives the Trump campaign.,right
20214,Iran Nuclear Talks Extended,['Middle East'],Iran nuclear talks to be extended until July,Fox News (Online News),"Nuclear negotiators have failed to meet a Monday deadline for a deal that would ease international concerns about Iran's atomic program and are poised to extend the negotiations for a comprehensive agreement until July 2015, diplomats said.
Under the terms of limited agreements reached after a frenetic six days of talks in Vienna, a political accord is to be completed by March 1, with final details contained in annexes to be sealed by July 1, the diplomats said.
Iran, the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany...",right
20215,Iran Nuclear Talks Extended,['Middle East'],"New Iran Nuclear talks deadlines: March 1, July 1, 2015",CNN (Online News),"A new deadline for a political framework agreement for Iran's Nuclear talks has been set for March 1, 2015, a Western diplomat tells CNN on Monday, with a deadline for final agreement including annexes on July 1.
Negotiators had been scrambling to reach a deal on Iran's nuclear program before a Monday night deadline. The negotiators included representatives from Iran and the P5+1 countries -- the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council (the United States, Russia, China, France and Britain), plus Germany.
The parties involved will...",left
20216,Iran Nuclear Talks Extended,['Middle East'],Negotiators Plan to Extend Iran Nuclear Talks by 7 Months,New York Times (News),"Hours away from a Monday deadline for completing a new accord to curb Iran’s nuclear program, negotiators planned to extend talks for another seven months, a Western diplomat said.
The British foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, told reporters that “some significant progress” had been made but did not provide details. He confirmed that the goal was to reach a “headline” agreement by March 1 and that the talks would continue through June.
The negotiations are to resume next month. The location for the December talks has yet to be announced, but...",left
20217,Infrastructure Bill Faces Procedural Vote,"['US Senate', 'Infrastructure', 'Filibuster', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Politics']",Infrastructure Vote Approaches Without Final Agreement in Place,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Senate barreled toward a pair of Wednesday deadlines for advancing much of President Biden’s multitrillion-dollar economic agenda, with lawmakers bracing for a procedural vote on a still-forming $1 trillion infrastructure plan to fail as bipartisan negotiations dragged on.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) has set a vote for Wednesday to begin consideration of infrastructure legislation, a step that Republicans have said they would oppose absent more details on its contents and how it would be paid for.
Mr. Schumer is also pushing for all 50 members of the Democratic...",center
20218,Infrastructure Bill Faces Procedural Vote,"['US Senate', 'Infrastructure', 'Filibuster', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Politics']",Republicans poised to filibuster as Dems rush to vote on unfinished infrastructure deal,Washington Times,"Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer is barreling toward a vote set for Wednesday on the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, despite lawmakers having not finished writing the proposal.
The New York Democrat scheduled the vote on a legislative shell, saying they would add in later the details of the infrastructure spending and how to pay for it.
 “The Senate Democrats are keeping our foot on the gas pedal,” said Mr. Schumer. “For weeks, I have said we have a busy summer with a long to-do list … and I know both sides...",right
20219,Infrastructure Bill Faces Procedural Vote,"['US Senate', 'Infrastructure', 'Filibuster', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Politics']",Inside Schumer's infrastructure gamble,Politico,"The Senate majority leader is courting moderates, channeling progressives and keeping a GOP channel open. It might not be enough.
Shortly before Chuck Schumer cued up a vote on the teetering bipartisan infrastructure agreement reached by five of his centrists, he gathered them all in person for a gut check.
The Senate majority leader wanted to explain his thinking in greater detail to the Democrats who’ve labored to cut a nearly $600 billion deal with Republicans, according to two sources familiar with the meeting. He needed to make sure everyone...",left
20220,Trump Says Election May 'End Up at Supreme Court',"['Elections', 'Supreme Court', 'Donald Trump', 'Election 2020', 'Joe Biden']",Trump Ties Supreme Court Vacancy to Possible Disputed Election,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump wouldn’t commit to a peaceful transfer of power after the November election and predicted the outcome would be decided by the Supreme Court, a reason he wants to quickly fill the vacancy left by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
“I think this will end up in the Supreme Court. And I think it’s very important that we have nine justices,” Mr. Trump said Wednesday.
During an event on social-media companies Wednesday, Mr. Trump amplified his long-running claim of widespread ballot fraud—which studies show is rare—and asserted...",center
20221,Trump Says Election May 'End Up at Supreme Court',"['Elections', 'Supreme Court', 'Donald Trump', 'Election 2020', 'Joe Biden']",Trump predicts Supreme Court will decide outcome of election as he pushes quick confirmation,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump on Wednesday predicted the U.S. Supreme Court may decide the outcome of November's presidential election, highlighting the importance he's put on the Senate quickly confirming his eventual nominee.
In order to prevent a four-four split on a potential election-related issue, Trump suggested during a roundtable event that lawmakers should take swift action on his candidate, who is expected to be announced on Saturday.
“I think this will end up in the Supreme Court,” Trump told reporters. “And I think it's very important that we have nine justices.”",right
20222,Trump Says Election May 'End Up at Supreme Court',"['Elections', 'Supreme Court', 'Donald Trump', 'Election 2020', 'Joe Biden']","As they rally behind Trump's pick, GOP senators struggle to explain refusal to move on Obama's nominee",CNN (Online News),"Sen. Cory Gardner was blunt in 2016 about why he thought a Supreme Court seat should stay vacant despite then-President Barack Obama's demand to fill it.
""The next election is too soon, and the stakes too high,"" Gardner, a Republican from Colorado, said in March of that year.
Asked on Wednesday about his 2016 comments, amid President Donald Trump's effort to fill a vacant Supreme Court seat less than two months before an election, Gardner didn't answer when approached by CNN.
""If you didn't see my statement, I'll...",left
20223,Refugees Being Detained,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",DHS: Green Card Holders Included in Trump Ban,Newsmax (News),"People holding so-called green cards, making them legal permanent U.S. residents, are included in President Donald Trump's executive action temporarily barring people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States, a Department of Homeland security spokeswoman said on Saturday.",right
20224,Refugees Being Detained,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",2 Iraqis file lawsuit after being detained in NY due to travel ban,CNN (Online News),Lawyers for two Iraqis with ties to the US military who had been granted visas to enter the United States have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and the US government after they were detained when they arrived in New York Friday.,left
20225,Refugees Being Detained,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",Turning back Syrian refugees isn't just wrong — it helps ISIS,Vox,"On Friday night, Donald Trump fulfilled one of his signature campaign promises: He issued an executive order banning Syrian refugees from entering the United States, indefinitely.",left
20226,A Debate on Trump’s Health Insurance Deregulation,['Healthcare'],Study: Trump’s Obamacare Sabotage Will Leave Millions More Uninsured,New York Magazine,"The Trump administration has spent much of its tenure trying to sabotage the American health-care system. In interviews with major publications last spring, Donald Trump repeatedly threatened to deliberately destabilize the Affordable Care Act marketplaces by abruptly halting subsidies to insurers.",left
20227,A Debate on Trump’s Health Insurance Deregulation,['Healthcare'],Liberal Think Tank Refutes Case against Trump’s Health-Insurance Deregulation,National Review,"Per the Urban Institute, the proposal will increase the number of Americans insured by 1.7 million while reducing costs to taxpayers.",right
20228,FBI Report Shows US Murder Rate Increased Nearly 30 Percent In 2020,"['FBI', 'Crime', 'Murder', 'Violence In America']",FBI Data Show Unprecedented Spike In Murders Nationwide In 2020,NPR (Online News),"The number of murders in the United States jumped by nearly 30 percent in 2020 compared to the previous year in the largest single-year increase ever recorded in the country, according to official FBI statistics released Monday.
The data show 21,570 homicides in the U.S. in 2020, which is a staggering 4,901 more than in 2019. The tally makes clear — in concrete terms — just how violent last year was.
The overall violent crime rate, which includes murder, assault, robbery and rape, inched up around 5 percent, while property...",left
20229,FBI Report Shows US Murder Rate Increased Nearly 30 Percent In 2020,"['FBI', 'Crime', 'Murder', 'Violence In America']",Murders Spiked in 2020 in Cities Across the United States,New York Times (News),"The United States experienced its biggest one-year increase on record in murders in 2020, according to new figures released Monday by the F.B.I., with some cities hitting record highs.
Although major crimes were down overall, an additional 4,901 murders were committed in 2020 compared with the year before, the largest leap since national records started in 1960. The significant rise in homicides has roughly coincided with the 18 months of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The high murder rate has continued into 2021, although the pace has slowed as the year has...",left
20230,FBI Report Shows US Murder Rate Increased Nearly 30 Percent In 2020,"['FBI', 'Crime', 'Murder', 'Violence In America']",FBI says murder rate increased nearly 30% in 2020,Washington Examiner,"The U.S. murder rate increased nearly 30% in 2020, according to the FBI, making that the largest percentage increase in modern U.S. history with almost 5,000 more murders last year than the year before, although it is still down from heights reached during the violent 1990s.
The bureau released its Uniform Crime Report statistics on Monday and estimated there were 21,570 murders in the United States last year, an increase of 29.4% from 2019, with 4,901 additional murders in 2020. In raw numbers, 2020 saw more total murders than any year since 1995, when...",right
20231,Supreme Court to Hear Landmark Cases on LGBTQ+ Rights,"['Supreme Court', 'LGBT Rights', 'Inequality', 'Transgender', 'Gay Rights', 'Title VII']",Showdown Over LGBTQ Employment Rights Hits Supreme Court,NPR (Online News),"At the U.S. Supreme Court, the long-awaited showdown over the rights of LGBTQ employees is center stage. On Tuesday, the justices hear a set of cases testing whether the federal law that bars sex discrimination in employment applies to LGBTQ employees.
Specifically, the question is whether employers are free to fire employees because they are gay or transgender.",left
20232,Supreme Court to Hear Landmark Cases on LGBTQ+ Rights,"['Supreme Court', 'LGBT Rights', 'Inequality', 'Transgender', 'Gay Rights', 'Title VII']",Supreme Court to hear landmark gay and transgender rights cases,Washington Examiner,"When the Supreme Court’s nine members take their seats Monday for the start of their next term, the justices will waste little time before confronting a trio of cases that could have major implications for gay and transgender rights.
On Tuesday, the court will hear arguments in legal disputes involving the scope of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits workplace discrimination on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, and religion. The justices will be tasked with deciding whether those protections extend to workers who are...",right
20233,Supreme Court to Hear Landmark Cases on LGBTQ+ Rights,"['Supreme Court', 'LGBT Rights', 'Inequality', 'Transgender', 'Gay Rights', 'Title VII']",Supreme Court takes up 2 landmark cases for LGBTQ rights,CBS News (Online),"The Supreme Court was hearing arguments Tuesday in two of the term's most closely watched cases over whether federal civil rights law protects LGBTQ people from job discrimination. The cases are the court's first on LGBTQ rights since Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement and replacement by Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
A decision is expected by early summer 2020, amid the presidential election campaign. The issue is whether a key provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that bars discrimination in employment because of sex covers LGBTQ people.",left
20234,ACA Means Millions Can Quit Or Cut Hours,['Healthcare'],Health Care Law Projected to Cut the Labor Force,New York Times (News),A Congressional Budget Office analysis released Tuesday predicted that the Affordable Care Act would shrink the work force by the equivalent of more than two million full-time positions.,left
20235,ACA Means Millions Can Quit Or Cut Hours,['Healthcare'],More Access To Health Care Means Millions Can Quit Or Cut Hours,NPR (Online News),Millions will choose to leave the workforce by 2023 because they can get health care without a job.,left
20236,ACA Means Millions Can Quit Or Cut Hours,['Healthcare'],Networks Echo White House Spin That ObamaCare Won't Cut Jobs,,"On Tuesday evening, the networks played to the White House spin that ObamaCare won't cut jobs since those expected to move from full-time to part-time work would do so voluntarily.",center
20237,Biden Says ‘Everybody’ Should Be Concerned About Monkeypox Outbreak,"['Africa', 'CDC', 'Joe Biden', 'Global Disease', 'Jake Sullivan', 'Monkeypox', 'Public Health', 'South Korea', 'Vaccines', 'World']",Biden: U.S. exploring monkeypox vaccines; ‘everybody’ should be concerned,Washington Post,"President Biden said Sunday that the United States is looking into what vaccines might be available to protect people against monkeypox, saying that “everybody” should be concerned as cases continue to spread around the world and some countries beef up their treatment stockpiles.
“We’re working on it hard to figure out what we do and what vaccine if any might be available for it,” Biden said from South Korea, where he is on an official visit.
Biden said the recent spread of monkeypox infections — identified by the World Health Organization in at...",left
20238,Biden Says ‘Everybody’ Should Be Concerned About Monkeypox Outbreak,"['Africa', 'CDC', 'Joe Biden', 'Global Disease', 'Jake Sullivan', 'Monkeypox', 'Public Health', 'South Korea', 'Vaccines', 'World']","Biden: ""Everybody should be concerned"" about monkeypox spread",Axios,"President Joe Biden on Sunday said that the recent spread of monkeypox in at least 12 countries are ""something that everybody should be concerned about.""
Why it matters: These are the president's first public remarks about the recent outbreaks, which include a confirmed case in Massachusetts, a person who tested positive in New York and roughly a half dozen other cases being monitored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“It is a concern in that if it were to spread it would be consequential,"" Biden told reporters at Osan Air Base
...",center
20239,Biden Says ‘Everybody’ Should Be Concerned About Monkeypox Outbreak,"['Africa', 'CDC', 'Joe Biden', 'Global Disease', 'Jake Sullivan', 'Monkeypox', 'Public Health', 'South Korea', 'Vaccines', 'World']",Biden says monkeypox cases something to ‘be concerned about’,New York Post (News),"President Biden said the increasing spread of monkeypox, which has been detected in the United States and Europe, is something “to be concerned about.”
Biden was asked during a stop in South Korea on Sunday what his health advisers have been telling him about the disease that rarely spreads beyond Africa.
“They haven’t told me the level of exposure yet, but it is something that everybody should be concerned about,” he told reporters at Osan Air Base before boarding Air Force One for a flight to Japan.
“We’re working on it hard...",right
20240,"Perspectives: Omicron Travel Ban Sparks Cries of Hypocrisy, Anti-Trump Media Bias","['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Travel', 'Joe Biden', 'Media Bias', 'Hypocrisy', 'World', 'Immigration', 'Asia', 'Africa']",Conservatives cry hypocrisy after Biden bans travel from 8 African countries,The Week - News,"Conservatives are accusing President Biden of hypocrisy after he announced travel restrictions against eight African countries.
During the 2020 campaign, critics noted, Biden accused former President Donald Trump of racism and xenophobia for enacting similar travel bans.
Despite the way it is being framed in some outlets, however, the tweet embedded below does not actually address the COVID-19 pandemic.
Instead, it was posted in response to a Trump administration policy that would make it more difficult for citizens of Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Eritrea, Myanmar, and Kyrgyzstan to obtain immigrant visas. When asked...",left
20241,"Perspectives: Omicron Travel Ban Sparks Cries of Hypocrisy, Anti-Trump Media Bias","['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Travel', 'Joe Biden', 'Media Bias', 'Hypocrisy', 'World', 'Immigration', 'Asia', 'Africa']",'Symbolic': Biden's southern African travel ban scrutinized after Trump criticism,Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden had barely contained the delta COVID-19 variant when he slapped travel bans on South Africa and seven neighboring countries as he waits for more information regarding the new omicron strain.
But Biden's decision to close the U.S. border to southern African visitors has been blasted by travel lobby groups and attracted hypocrisy complaints after he seemed to suggest former President Donald Trump's travel bans were ""xenophobic.""
Biden's travel ban is ""symbolic,"" according to public health communications expert Glen Nowak. For Nowak, a former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokesman, movement...",right
20242,"Perspectives: Omicron Travel Ban Sparks Cries of Hypocrisy, Anti-Trump Media Bias","['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant', 'Travel', 'Joe Biden', 'Media Bias', 'Hypocrisy', 'World', 'Immigration', 'Asia', 'Africa']",Media hit for 'sophomoric and ridiculous' take on Biden's travel ban after calling Trump's restrictions racist,Fox News (Online News),"President Biden imposed a travel ban on several African countries in the wake of the new strain of the coronavirus, the omicron variant, despite calling his predecessor ""racist"" and  ""xenophobic"" for imposing his own travel restrictions - a flashback the media has largely ignored. 
In 2017, then-President Trump imposed travel restrictions on six predominantly Muslim countries over concerns of improper vetting. Liberal media often referred to it as the ""Muslim ban."" When Covid began spreading throughout the world at the beginning of 2020, Trump would then block travel from China and six other countries, including...",right
20243,White House Updates Public on Trump's Health,"['Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Life During Covid-19']",How the everyday chaos of reporting on the Trump White House played out for the world to see Saturday,Washington Post,"The dispatches began routinely enough for an out-of-the-ordinary day, with Pool Report #2 from Cheryl Bolen, the Bloomberg White House reporter on pool duty Saturday.
“Pool took vans over to Walter Reed, arriving at 10:31 a.m. We are attempting to learn the logistics of Dr. [Sean] Conley’s update on POTUS’s health, scheduled for 11:00 a.m., and will advise soonest.” The report, sent at 10:33 a.m., was a typical transmission from the email list that provides regular updates each day on the president’s activities and is, at the most basic level,...",left
20244,White House Updates Public on Trump's Health,"['Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Life During Covid-19']","After mixed messages from White House, Trump says 'real test' ahead in his COVID fight",Reuters,"President Donald Trump said from his hospital room on Saturday that he felt “much better” but the next few days will be “the real test” of his treatment for COVID-19, capping a day of contradictory messages from the White House about his condition. In a four-minute video posted on Twitter, Trump, looking tired and wearing a jacket and open-necked shirt, said he “wasn’t feeling so well” when he first arrived at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday.
“Over the next period of a few days, I guess that’s...",center
20245,White House Updates Public on Trump's Health,"['Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Life During Covid-19']","President Trump could return to WH 'as early as tomorrow' if conditions continue to improve, doctors say",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump could be released from the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center as soon as Monday, his medical team said in an update Sunday to members of the White House press pool, as the president continues his treatment on dexamethasone and Remdesivir to fight coronavirus. Dr. Sean Conley said Trump has experienced two episodes of transient drops in oxygen levels. From Thursday into Friday morning, Conley said Trump was doing well with mild symptoms and oxygen levels in the high 90s. By later Friday morning, the president had a...",right
20246,Follow-up: Jan. 8 Missile Attack Left 34 US Troops with Brain Injuries,"['US Military', 'Pentagon', 'Middle East', 'Iran', 'Iraq', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",Pentagon Says 34 U.S. Troops Suffered Brain Injuries From Iranian Missile Strike,NPR (Online News),"Eight U.S. troops diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI) arrived in the U.S. on Friday, according to Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman.
Hoffman said those troops are among a total of 34 American servicemembers diagnosed with TBI after the al Asad airbase where they were stationed in Iraq was hit by missiles fired by Iran on Jan. 8. The attack was in reprisal for a U.S. drone strike Jan. 3 that killed top Iranian general Qassed Soleimani.
It was at least the third time U.S. officials have had to revise President...",left
20247,Follow-up: Jan. 8 Missile Attack Left 34 US Troops with Brain Injuries,"['US Military', 'Pentagon', 'Middle East', 'Iran', 'Iraq', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']","34 U.S. troops suffered brain injuries in Iranian attack, Pentagon says",Washington Times,"Thirty-four U.S. troops suffered traumatic brain injuries as a result of the Jan. 8 Iranian ballistic missile attack on an American military base in Iraq, Pentagon officials said Friday, revealing that many more service members were affected by the strike than initially reported.
Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman told reporters that 17 of the 34 troops remain under medical observation.
The attack on Al Asad Air Base came amid high tensions between the U.S. and Iran, though President Trump ultimately decided against direct military retaliation after the attack. The Iranian attack...",right
20248,Follow-up: Jan. 8 Missile Attack Left 34 US Troops with Brain Injuries,"['US Military', 'Pentagon', 'Middle East', 'Iran', 'Iraq', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",34 troops diagnosed with brain injuries days after Trump dismissed them as 'headaches',Politico,"The Pentagon on Friday said 34 U.S. troops have been diagnosed with concussions or traumatic brain injury following an Iranian missile attack this month, more than triple the number originally reported and coming just days after President Donald Trump downplayed the injuries as “headaches.”
Chief Pentagon spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman also told reporters that Defense Secretary Mark Esper had ordered the Pentagon’s acting personnel chief, Matt Donovan, to review the department’s procedures for tracking and reporting injuries.
Trump initially said no one was harmed during the Jan. 8 Iranian ballistic missile...",left
20249,Perspectives: New York Times Criticized for Publishing Piece That 'Glorifies Cancel Culture',"['Race And Racism', 'Cancel Culture', 'Culture', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias']","A Racial Slur, a Viral Video, and a Reckoning",New York Times (News),"Jimmy Galligan was in history class last school year when his phone buzzed with a message. Once he clicked on it, he found a three-second video of a white classmate looking into the camera and uttering an anti-Black racial slur.
The slur, he said, was regularly hurled in classrooms and hallways throughout his years in the Loudoun County school district. He had brought the issue up to teachers and administrators but, much to his anger and frustration, his complaints had gone nowhere.
So he held on to the video, which...",left
20250,Perspectives: New York Times Criticized for Publishing Piece That 'Glorifies Cancel Culture',"['Race And Racism', 'Cancel Culture', 'Culture', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias']","Here's how 'social justice' ruins the lives of innocent people, even high school students",Washington Examiner,"There's a story in the New York Times this week that everyone should read in order to get a full grasp of how out of control and scary the race-baiting monsters of the so-called ""Social Justice movement"" can be.
The article, headlined, ""Slur, Surfacing on Old Video, Alters Young Lives and a Town,"" tells the tale of a white high school student in Virginia who saw her future as an athlete at a major university go up in smoke after one of her peers, who is biracial, shared online a...",right
20251,Perspectives: New York Times Criticized for Publishing Piece That 'Glorifies Cancel Culture',"['Race And Racism', 'Cancel Culture', 'Culture', 'Media Industry', 'Media Bias']","New York Times accused of 'glorifying' cancel culture, 'celebrating teenage revenge narratives'",Fox News (Online News),"The New York Times was accused on Sunday of ""glorifying"" cancel culture and ""celebrating teenage revenge narratives"" after publishing a piece that many readers feel lacked news value and celebrated a high school student's vengeance on a classmate.
The controversial piece, headlined, ""A Racial Slur, a Viral Video, and a Reckoning,"" detailed how a White high school student ""withdrew from her chosen college after a three-second video caused an uproar online,"" adding that the classmate who shared it ""publicly has no regrets.""
Times reporter Dan Levin followed Jimmy Galligan, who...",right
20252,Perspectives: Memorial Day 2021,"['Holidays', 'Memorial Day', 'US Military', 'General News']",Opinion: What a true Memorial Day celebration looks like,Washington Post,"While it's unlikely anyone can say with certainty what were the origins of America’s Memorial Day, it is generally accepted that the custom of decorating graves in remembrance of the war dead began after the Civil War, among families of fallen Confederate soldiers. But the historian David W. Blight makes an argument that the first such observance was in fact the work of newly freed Black people seeking to honor the 40,000 African American soldiers who died in the war. The tribute consisted of elaborate ceremonies, parades, prayers, scripture readings and speeches. The Black soldiers deserved the...",left
20253,Perspectives: Memorial Day 2021,"['Holidays', 'Memorial Day', 'US Military', 'General News']",Why Honoring Those Who Sacrificed Their Lives For Our Nation Should Never Be Overlooked,The Federalist,"On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Emily Domenech joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss how she banded with the Travis Manion Foundation to found The Honor Project and encourage Americans to gather to recognize the fallen on Memorial Day.
“Part of what makes The Honor Project really magical is it’s a stranger recognizing a stranger from far away and honoring their names, saying their name, sharing it with the rest of the world, and giving a moment to remember that person,” Domenech said. “I think most people, most civilians,...",right
20254,Perspectives: Memorial Day 2021,"['Holidays', 'Memorial Day', 'US Military', 'General News']","Some veterans’ families delayed memorial services during COVID-19 pandemic. On Memorial Day, risk is reopening ‘old wounds.’",Chicago Tribune,"Willie Lathon Jr., a U.S. Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War, died June 3, less than three months into the pandemic.
He was buried alongside other veterans and their families in Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the only military honor provided to Lathon’s family was folding and presenting them with an American flag.
“I gave his daughter the flag,” said his wife, Sheraine Lathon, 69, of Richton Park. “Then I offered him up to the Lord. That was it. It was about...",center
20255,RNC Clarifies Christmas Message,"['Holidays', 'General News']",RNC clarifies part of Christmas message after social media criticism,Fox News (Online News),"A Republican National Committee official lashed out at critics after part of a Christmas statement it made Sunday sparked outrage on social media.
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus released a three-paragraph statement on the holiday, but it was the first paragraph that drew critics’ attention.",right
20256,RNC Clarifies Christmas Message,"['Holidays', 'General News']",RNC clarifies: 'New King' not a reference to Trump,Politico,"After creating a stir on social media with its Christmas message, Republican National Committee spokesman Sean Spicer said Sunday that its reference to ""a new King"" was not a reference to President-elect Donald Trump.",left
20257,RNC Clarifies Christmas Message,"['Holidays', 'General News']",RNC denies Christmas message compares Trump to Jesus,The Boston Globe,"After some criticized a Republican National Committee Christmas message that appeared to compare Donald Trump to Jesus and call him “a new King,” the group’s spokesman struck back, saying the message had nothing to do with the president-elect.",left
20258,One Capitol Police Officer and Suspect Dead After Vehicle Attack,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Police', 'Nation Of Islam']","Capitol police officer dead, another wounded after car rams into barrier; suspect killed",Fox News (Online News),"The United States Capitol was locked down on Friday due to an ""exterior security threat"" after a car rammed into a barrier on the Senate side of the complex. One officer died and another was injured, according to United States Capitol Police (USCP), who said the suspect was killed by police after he exited his navy sedan and attacked them with a knife.
Fox News was told by security officials that the incident was believed to be a ""lone wolf"" attack.
The suspect, Noah Green, 25, was from Indiana...",right
20259,One Capitol Police Officer and Suspect Dead After Vehicle Attack,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Police', 'Nation Of Islam']","1 officer dead, 1 injured after car rams Capitol barrier; suspect fatally shot",The Hill,"One Capitol Police officer was killed and another was injured after a car rammed one of the barriers surrounding the Capitol complex on Friday, forcing the area into a lockdown, with police fatally shooting the suspect.
Police said a vehicle ran into two officers. A suspect exited the vehicle with a knife and started ""lunging"" toward officers, who then fired on the person, acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman said at a briefing Friday afternoon.
""He did not respond to verbal commands. The suspect did start lunging toward U.S. Capitol...",center
20260,One Capitol Police Officer and Suspect Dead After Vehicle Attack,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Police', 'Nation Of Islam']","Capitol Police officer killed, another injured after suspect rams car into police barrier outside building",CNN (Online News),"One US Capitol Police officer has died and another is injured after a suspect rammed a vehicle into a police barricade outside the Capitol building Friday afternoon, the department's acting chief Yogananda Pittman told reporters during a press briefing roughly two hours after initial reports of the attack first surfaced.
The officer was identified by Pittman later Friday as Officer William ""Billy"" Evans, an 18-year veteran of the force and a member of its ""First Responders Unit.""
""It is with profound sadness that I share the news of the...",left
20261,Justice Department Changing Legal Team On Census Case,"['Citizenship Question', 'US Census', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",Justice Dept. to Replace Lawyers in Census Citizenship Question Case,New York Times (News),"The Justice Department announced on Sunday that it was replacing the legal team defending the Trump administration’s effort to place a citizenship question on the next census, a change that is all but unprecedented in legal battles as consequential as the one over the 2020 head count.
The department said in a statement that it was “shifting these matters to a new team of Civil Division lawyers going forward.” It offered no explanation for the en masse change, which came on the heels of an extraordinary week in a yearlong...",left
20262,Justice Department Changing Legal Team On Census Case,"['Citizenship Question', 'US Census', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",Department of Justice hands 2020 census-related questions to new team of lawyers,USA TODAY,"The Department of Justice announced Sunday that a new team of Civil Division lawyers will take over handling of all 2020 census-related questions.
The changing of hands comes as President Donald Trump continues to push for the addition of a controversial citizenship question to the census, which takes place every 10 years.
A statement from DOJ spokeswoman Kerri Kupec did not reveal why the change was made, but stated that the lawyers who have represented the United States in these cases so far ""have consistently demonstrated the highest professionalism,...",left
20263,Justice Department Changing Legal Team On Census Case,"['Citizenship Question', 'US Census', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",DOJ Appoints New Legal Team to Take on Census Question,Newsmax (News),"A new team of lawyers is taking over the U.S. census case for the Department of Justice, a shakeup that comes as President Donald Trump continues his push to include a contentious citizenship question in the decennial population survey, ABC News reports.
The new team will be a mix of career and political appointees, including lawyers who work in the consumer protection branch.
“As will be reflected in filings tomorrow in the census-related cases, the Department of Justice is shifting these matters to a new team of Civil Division lawyers...",right
20264,Biden Says Pope Told Him to Continue Receiving Communion,"['Religion And Faith', 'Joe Biden', 'Abortion', 'Pope Francis', 'Catholicism']",Biden says Pope Francis told him he's a 'good Catholic' amid criticism over his abortion views,ABC News (Online),"As President Joe Biden embarked on only his second overseas trip, he started with a personally poignant audience with Pope Francis on Friday, the first time in more than half a century that a Roman Catholic U.S. leader has met at the Vatican with the head of the Catholic Church.
The White House said the private meeting lasted about 90 minutes, unusually long.
Overshadowing the meeting was criticism from conservative U.S. bishops over Biden's public, political position on abortion, some arguing Biden and others who share his views should be denied Communion.",left
20265,Biden Says Pope Told Him to Continue Receiving Communion,"['Religion And Faith', 'Joe Biden', 'Abortion', 'Pope Francis', 'Catholicism']",Biden Says Pope Told Him He Is a Good Catholic Amid Controversy Over Abortion,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Biden, after meeting Pope Francis, said the pontiff told him to continue receiving Communion, amid a controversy among U.S. church leaders over whether the president’s support for abortion rights should disqualify him from receiving the sacrament.
“We just talked about the fact he was happy that I was a good Catholic and I should keep receiving Communion,” Mr. Biden said. The Vatican didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment.",center
20266,Biden Says Pope Told Him to Continue Receiving Communion,"['Religion And Faith', 'Joe Biden', 'Abortion', 'Pope Francis', 'Catholicism']","Biden gives bizarre answer on abortion after meeting with pope, says Francis 'happy' he's a 'good Catholic'",Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden delivered a perplexing answer Friday about whether he and Pope Francis discussed abortion during their 90-minute meeting at the Vatican.
“No, it didn’t. It came up,"" Biden told reporters when asked if ""the issue of abortion [came] up at all"" during his meeting with the pope. ""We just talked about the fact he was happy that I was a good Catholic, and I should keep receiving communion.""
Biden's pro-abortion rights stance has rattled some Catholics in the United States, including 168 bishops who sought to block the president from receiving communion....",right
20267,Iran Seizes Two Ships in Strait of Hormuz,"['World', 'Iran', 'United States', 'War', 'Oil']",Iran says it captured British oil tanker; oil prices jump,CNBC,"Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it seized a British tanker Friday in the Strait of Hormuz, claiming it failed to follow international marine regulations.
The IRGC took the British tanker, Stena Impero, to a coastal area and turned it over to maritime authorities, according to Iran State TV.
Reuters reported that a second British-operated tanker had also taken a sharp northerly turn and was heading toward Iran after passing through the Strait of Hormuz into the Gulf. Reuters said the source on the movement of Liberian flagged tanker Mesdar was Refinitiv...",center
20268,Iran Seizes Two Ships in Strait of Hormuz,"['World', 'Iran', 'United States', 'War', 'Oil']",Iran says it has captured a British oil tanker,CNN (Online News),"Iran has also seized a second tanker, the Liberian-flagged MV Mesdar, according to a US official. Two more US officials tell CNN that, according to maritime intelligence reports, the indication is the Mesdar has been seized.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced earlier that its navy has captured a British-flagged tanker ‘Stena Impero’ in the Strait of Hormuz.
The order of seizure of the two ships isn’t clear at this time.",left
20269,Iran Seizes Two Ships in Strait of Hormuz,"['World', 'Iran', 'United States', 'War', 'Oil']",Iran claims it has captured British tanker,Washington Examiner,"Amid heightened tension in the region, a British-flagged oil tanker was reportedly seized by Iran.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards claim that they seized a British oil tanker, the Stena Impero, on Friday. The ship's owners said in a statement that it had been “approached by unidentified small crafts and a helicopter during transit of the Strait of Hormuz while the vessel was in international waters.”
The 30,000-ton ship bound for Saudi Arabia abruptly veered off course and into Iranian waters according to tracking data.",right
20270,Reversal of Ban on Military Equipment,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Rescinds Ban on Transfer of Some Military Equipment to Local Police,Reason,"President Trump rescinded limits imposed by the Obama administration on the transfer of equipment from the military to state and local police departments, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a speech Monday.",right
20271,Reversal of Ban on Military Equipment,"['White House', 'Politics']",White House reverses Obama ban on police getting military equipment,The Hill,"The Trump administration is lifting a controversial ban on the transfer of surplus military equipment to state and local police departments, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Monday.",center
20272,Reversal of Ban on Military Equipment,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump to restore program sending surplus military weapons, equipment to police",Washington Post,"President Donald Trump plans to resume the transfer of surplus weapons, vehicles and other equipment from the nation’s military to its state and local law enforcement agencies, reviving a program that was sharply curtailed by President Barack Obama two years ago. The program launched in 1990 but was greatly limited after public reaction to images of heavily militarized police in the streets of Ferguson, Mo., and other sites of civil unrest.",left
20273,Obama Budget Proposal,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Boehner blasts reported Obama budget as 'wrong direction',CNN (Online News),"House Speaker John Boehner said Friday the budget President Barack Obama will soon unveil takes no steps towards finding common ground with Republicans, despite the president's offer to cut federal entitlement spending.",left
20274,Obama Budget Proposal,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama budget would cut entitlements in exchange for tax increases,Washington Post,President to offer compromise that would cut entitlements if Republicans agree to tax increases for rich.,left
20275,Obama Budget Proposal,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Obama proposing Social Security change in exchange for taxes, drawing liberal ire",Fox News (Online News),President Obama will propose modest cuts to Social Security and other benefit programs in his 2014 budget -- a gesture that is meant to soften Republicans to the idea of tax hikes but has already drawn the ire of liberal Democrats who want the entitlement shielded from cuts.,right
20276,Pelosi Eyeing Taiwan Trip as China Voices Opposition,"['China', 'Taiwan', 'Foreign Policy', 'One China Policy', 'Asia', 'World', 'Nancy Pelosi']","‘Nancy, I’ll go with you’: Trump allies back Pelosi’s proposed Taiwan visit",The Guardian,"Plans for Nancy Pelosi, the US House speaker, to visit Taiwan have prompted opposition from China and the American military but support from Republicans in Washington, including former members of the Trump administration.
Trump’s second secretary of defense, Mark Esper, told CNN: “I think if the speaker wants to go, she should go.”
Mike Pompeo, Trump’s second secretary of state, tweeted: “Nancy, I’ll go with you. I’m banned in China, but not freedom-loving Taiwan. See you there!”
No date has been set for a Pelosi visit to Taiwan, a self-governing democracy that Beijing...",left
20277,Pelosi Eyeing Taiwan Trip as China Voices Opposition,"['China', 'Taiwan', 'Foreign Policy', 'One China Policy', 'Asia', 'World', 'Nancy Pelosi']",China escalates warnings to US on Nancy Pelosi’s possible Taiwan trip,New York Post (News),"China has ratcheted up warnings to the US about a planned trip to Taiwan in August by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, even suggesting a possible military response, according to new reports.
The behind-the-scenes rhetoric was significantly stronger than the threats Beijing has made previously regarding US interaction with Taiwan, the Financial Times first reported Sunday, citing six people familiar with the private message to the Biden administration.
The warning signaled a possible military response, the Financial Times said.
While China has long insisted that Taiwan is a part of its territory,...",right
20278,Pelosi Eyeing Taiwan Trip as China Voices Opposition,"['China', 'Taiwan', 'Foreign Policy', 'One China Policy', 'Asia', 'World', 'Nancy Pelosi']","As Pelosi Eyes Taiwan Trip, US Anxious On China Red Lines",International Business Times,"Apotential visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is stirring alarm in President Joe Biden's administration which fears the trip may cross red lines for China -- and that there is no exit path.
China on Monday warned it was ""getting ready"" for a Pelosi visit to the self-ruling island next month and that the United States would ""bear all responsibility for all serious consequences"" if she goes.
Biden was open last week about concerns, saying the US military opposed travel by Pelosi, a fellow Democrat who is...",center
20279,Trump’s Foreign Policy Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: It’s what was left unsaid in Trump’s speech that matters most,Guest Writer - Right,What was important about Donald Trump’s much anticipated foreign policy speech Wednesday is what he didn’t say. There was no mention by the self-declared Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee of his determination to build a wall between Mexico and the United States and get the Mexican government to pay for it.,right
20280,Trump’s Foreign Policy Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: Donald Trump's Strange Worldview,Guest Writer - Left,Mr. Trump says he would tell global allies and foes that it’s his way or the highway.,left
20281,Trump’s Foreign Policy Speech,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump fails to impress foreign-policy experts,Politico,"In his address to an elite, invitation-only Washington foreign policy audience Wednesday, Donald Trump promised that, as president, he would restore a “coherent” vision to America’s role in the world.
But across the ideological spectrum, and even among natural allies, Trump’s speech received a failing grade for coherence and drew snickering and scorn from foreign policy insiders who remain unconvinced that Trump is up to the job.",left
20282,How Are Big Tech Companies Responding to Incoming Abortion Restrictions?,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Big Tech', 'Data Privacy', 'Google', 'Privacy', 'Roe V Wade', 'Technology']",Roe's overturn is tech's privacy apocalypse,Axios,"America's new abortion reality is turning tech firms' data practices into an active field of conflict — a fight that privacy advocates have long predicted and company leaders have long feared.
Why it matters: A long legal siege in which abortion-banning states battle tech companies, abortion-friendly states and their own citizens to gather criminal evidence is now a near certainty.
The once-abstract privacy argument among policy experts has transformed overnight into a concrete real-world problem, superheated by partisan anger, affecting vast swaths of the U.S. population, with tangible and easily
...",center
20283,How Are Big Tech Companies Responding to Incoming Abortion Restrictions?,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Big Tech', 'Data Privacy', 'Google', 'Privacy', 'Roe V Wade', 'Technology']",Big Tech's post-Roe privacy freakout is probably pointless,Washington Examiner,"With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, many are asking how Big Tech companies will protect women's digital privacy. After all, some states are sure to enforce new abortion laws, and the reality behind everyone's modern digital trail could betray information about people going to get abortions.
""For years, privacy advocates have raised concerns about this massive data trove, full of private messages, political affiliations and even sensitive health data,"" the Washington Post notes. ""Now that type of information could be used to find, arrest and prosecute those getting or abetting abortions.""
What this fearmongering...",right
20284,How Are Big Tech Companies Responding to Incoming Abortion Restrictions?,"['Abortion', 'Abortion Restrictions', 'Big Tech', 'Data Privacy', 'Google', 'Privacy', 'Roe V Wade', 'Technology']",Federal Patient Privacy Law Does Not Cover Most Period-Tracking Apps,ProPublica,"Following the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, advocates for privacy and reproductive health have expressed fears that data from period-tracking apps could be used to find people who’ve had abortions.
They have a point. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the federal patient privacy law known as HIPAA, does not apply to most apps that track menstrual cycles, just as it doesn’t apply to many health care apps and at-home test kits.
In 2015, ProPublica reported how HIPAA, passed in 1996, has not kept up with changes in technology and does not cover at-home paternity...",left
20285,Is President Biden’s Warning of “Threats to Democracy” Valid?,"['Joe Biden', 'American Democracy', 'Threats To Democracy', 'Paul Pelosi', 'Political Violence', 'Political Polarization', '2022 Elections']",Election deniers aren’t the only threats to democracy this year,CNN (Opinion),"Democracy itself is on the ballot in 2022.
Not only do we have candidates who have questioned the 2020 election or refuse to say they will accept defeat this year, but numerous states and localities also will vote on measures to change how elections are run or who may vote in them. The outcomes of those ballot measures could have a significant impact on the health of American democracy moving forward.
A few states will determine whether to make voting easier. Connecticut will decide whether to amend its state constitution...",left
20286,Is President Biden’s Warning of “Threats to Democracy” Valid?,"['Joe Biden', 'American Democracy', 'Threats To Democracy', 'Paul Pelosi', 'Political Violence', 'Political Polarization', '2022 Elections']",Threats to Democracy: Voter Suppression and Voter Fraud,AllSides,"Voting is a major issue on the right and the left. Both sides want free and fair elections, but they have different ideas of what the problem is with our current election model, with one side more likely to be worried about voter fraud and the other, voter suppression.
Politicians and partisan media often try to motivate their base to subscribe, donate, engage and turn out to vote by blaming the other party. This can slowly degrade citizens’ trust in the democratic process until their fears are resolved or positive...",center
20287,Is President Biden’s Warning of “Threats to Democracy” Valid?,"['Joe Biden', 'American Democracy', 'Threats To Democracy', 'Paul Pelosi', 'Political Violence', 'Political Polarization', '2022 Elections']",Here Is Everything Democrats Claim Is ‘A Threat To Democracy’,The Federalist,"It seems like every day Democrats and their cronies in the corrupt corporate media concoct a new, bogus “threat to democracy” that they use to intimidate Americans out of voting for their political opponents.
These “threats” aren’t just overused, they are overexaggerated in an effort to cover up Democrats’ hypocrisy, mask their incompetence, and justify the targeting of their ideological enemies. Meanwhile, it’s the blue party that’s working overtime to erode and replace the actual democratic processes responsible for keeping our nation running.
Here is a list of everything Democrats...",right
20288,Perspectives: Canceling Cancel Culture,"['Free Speech', 'Cancel Culture', 'Race And Racism', 'Homophobia', 'LGBT Rights', 'Civil Rights', 'Online Censorship', 'Polarization', 'Culture']",Trump decries ‘cancel culture’ — but no one embraces it more,Washington Post,"In a divisive speech at Mount Rushmore on the eve of Independence Day, President Trump railed against “cancel culture” and the left’s supposed wholesale embrace of totalitarianism (err, “toe-tally-terrio-tism”). He accused his political opponents of “shaming dissenters and demanding total submission from anyone who disagrees,” arguing that such behavior has “absolutely no place in the United States of America.”
Unfortunately, no other American has spent more time, energy and (taxpayer) resources trying to cancel dissent and enforce submission than Trump. Here are just a few of the ways that Trump...",left
20289,Perspectives: Canceling Cancel Culture,"['Free Speech', 'Cancel Culture', 'Race And Racism', 'Homophobia', 'LGBT Rights', 'Civil Rights', 'Online Censorship', 'Polarization', 'Culture']",Cancel culture: What unites young people against Obama and Trump,BBC News,"""Cancel culture"", the term for when individuals or companies face swift public backlash and boycott over offensive statements or actions, has been an incendiary topic in the movements of recent years, whether relating to misogyny, race or homophobia.
To some, it's a new way to flag past wrongs. To others, it's an ineffective over-reaction in the court of public opinion. In the wake of the George Floyd protests, some see the dethroning of historical figures associated with racism as the latest iteration of cancel culture.
On Tuesday, a group of...",center
20290,Perspectives: Canceling Cancel Culture,"['Free Speech', 'Cancel Culture', 'Race And Racism', 'Homophobia', 'LGBT Rights', 'Civil Rights', 'Online Censorship', 'Polarization', 'Culture']","To stop ‘cancel culture,’ protect people’s viewpoints under civil rights law",New York Post (Opinion),"An epidemic of workplace discrimination is sweeping the United States. It threatens not only people’s jobs and livelihoods, but the very structure of our civic life. It calls out for an amendment to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
The victims aren’t targeted over their race, sex, sexual orientation or even gender identity (that last category now being recognized as covered under the act by a recent decision of the Supreme Court). All those groups already have protection. The epidemic I’m talking about is workplace discrimination against people whose...",right
20291,Black Friday News,['General News'],"Black Friday's 'first responders' lured by tech, toy deals",USA TODAY,"Early shoppers — Black Friday's 'first responders' — hit stores for the annual frenzy across the country, drawn by electronic, movie and toy deals, but some malls seemed less crowded this year, either because the bulk of buyers came and went on Thursday evening or opted to stay home and buy online.",left
20292,Black Friday News,['General News'],Black Friday Crowds Thin After U.S. Stores Open On Thanksgiving,HuffPost,"Crowds were thin at U.S. stores and shopping malls in the early hours of Friday, initial spot checks showed, as shoppers responded to early Black Friday discounts with a mix of enthusiasm and caution.",left
20293,Black Friday News,['General News'],Black-eye Friday: Mall brawls break out as shoppers seek the best deals,Fox News (Online News),Videos posted on social media late Thursday and early Friday showed shoppers brawling in malls as they jostled to get the best deals at the start of the holiday shopping season.,right
20294,Cruz Drops Out,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hoosier Daddy? Cruz Crushed in Indiana Primary,The Blaze,"Republican front-runner Donald Trump continued his march to the conventions Wednesday with a solid win over rival Sen. Ted Cruz in Indiana, a state where the Texas senator had hoped to eke out a victory.
Cruz had flooded his schedule with events in the past few days, hoping to make up some of Trump’s double-digit lead in the co",right
20295,Cruz Drops Out,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",The Ted Cruz meltdown,CNN (Online News),"After a decisive win in Wisconsin, Ted Cruz triumphantly declared that his political fortunes were shifting: ""Tonight is a turning point,"" the Texas senator boomed at a victory rally in Milwaukee.
But just a month later, his quest to stop Donald Trump collapsed.",left
20296,Cruz Drops Out,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Texas Toast,HuffPost,"Facing an increasingly narrow path to the nomination and failing to thwart Donald Trump’s dominance, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) withdrew from the 2016 presidential race on Tuesday.
“Tonight, I’m sorry to say that path has been foreclosed,” Cruz said in a speech Tuesday night in Indianapolis, “but the voters chose another path.”",left
20297,Watchdog: $1.4 Billion In Stimulus Money Sent to Deceased People,"['Business', 'Role Of Government', 'IRS', 'Stimulus', 'Treasury', 'Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",The IRS thought it wasn't allowed to withhold stimulus checks from the dead. So it paid more than 1 million of them.,Politico,"The IRS sent stimulus checks to more than 1 million people who had died because it initially believed it did not have the legal authority to withhold them, according to an independent watchdog.
The administration later reversed itself, and began trying to block payments going to the dead while asking survivors to return those that did slip through, the Government Accountability Office said in an analysis released Thursday.
The report does not say what prompted the agency to reverse course, when it decided to change direction or who made the...",left
20298,Watchdog: $1.4 Billion In Stimulus Money Sent to Deceased People,"['Business', 'Role Of Government', 'IRS', 'Stimulus', 'Treasury', 'Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",$1.4 Billion In Stimulus Checks Sent To Dead Americans,Forbes,"More than 1 million deceased Americans received stimulus payments totaling over $1 billion, according to a government watchdog agency in a report released to Congress on Thursday.
The payments were granted under the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act to help tide Americans over as the pandemic ripped through the country and forced the economy to a halt. The payments totaled as much as $1,200 to individual taxpayers and $2,400 for married couples filing jointly. The government granted an additional $500 per qualifying child under the age of 17.",center
20299,Watchdog: $1.4 Billion In Stimulus Money Sent to Deceased People,"['Business', 'Role Of Government', 'IRS', 'Stimulus', 'Treasury', 'Banking And Finance', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",The IRS sent more than $1 billion in stimulus checks to dead people,MarketWatch,"The Internal Revenue Service sent out 1.1 million stimulus checks to dead people totaling $1.4 billion, according to a new report from a government watchdog agency.
As the IRS hurried to process direct payments to Americans reeling from the coronavirus outbreak, the Government Accountability Office said the tax agency didn’t use Social Security death records to filter out payments to the deceased.",center
20300,Milley Calls China's Hypersonic Missile Test 'Very Close' to 'Sputnik Moment',"['China', 'Mark Milley', 'US Military', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Hypersonic Missiles']","Top general: China's hypersonic missile test ""very close"" to a ""Sputnik moment""",Axios,"Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned Wednesday that China's test of a hypersonic missile is ""very concerning"" and ""very close"" to the kind of ""Sputnik moment"" that triggered the Space Race during the Cold War.
Why it matters: The comments by America's top uniformed general underscore the depths of U.S. concerns about China's rapid military expansion and development of advanced weaponry.
The big picture: In 1957, the Soviet Union's stunning launch of the Sputnik satellite raised alarms that the U.S. was falling behind in a technology race.
The...",center
20301,Milley Calls China's Hypersonic Missile Test 'Very Close' to 'Sputnik Moment',"['China', 'Mark Milley', 'US Military', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Hypersonic Missiles']",Milley calls China hypersonic missile test ‘very close’ to ‘Sputnik moment’,New York Post (News),"Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the highest-ranking US general, warned that China’s possible hypersonic missile system is “very concerning,” calling it “very close” to a “Sputnik moment” that triggered the space race during the Cold War.
“What we saw was a very significant event of a test of a hypersonic weapon system. And it is very concerning,” Milley said during an interview with “The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations” on Bloomberg Television. “I don’t know if it’s quite a Sputnik moment, but I think...",right
20302,Milley Calls China's Hypersonic Missile Test 'Very Close' to 'Sputnik Moment',"['China', 'Mark Milley', 'US Military', 'Nuclear Weapons', 'Hypersonic Missiles']",U.S. General Likens China’s Hypersonic Weapon Test to ‘Sputnik Moment’,Bloomberg,"The U.S.’s top uniformed military officer called China’s suspected test of a hypersonic weapons system a “very concerning” development in the escalating competition between Washington and Beijing. 
“What we saw was a very significant event of a test of a hypersonic weapon system. And it is very concerning,” General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in an interview for “The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations” on Bloomberg Television. “I don’t know if it’s quite a Sputnik moment, but I think it’s very close to that. It...",left
20303,Virginia Students Stage Walkout to Protest District's Handling of Sexual Assault,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Transgender Issues', 'Loudoun County', 'Media Bias', 'Virginia', 'Bathroom Bill']",Loudoun County students walk out to protest school district’s handling of alleged sexual assaults,Washington Post,"Students at several Loudoun County Public Schools held 10-minute walkouts Tuesday morning to demand the county protect students from sexual assault and to declare solidarity with survivors.
At Broad Run High School in Ashburn, dozens of students walked out of their classrooms midmorning to demand the county make the public schools safer spaces. “We deserve to be safe,” one student standing in front of the main entrance shouted.
“Loudoun County protects rapists,” a group of students chanted for several minutes in protest of how the county handled two sexual assault...",left
20304,Virginia Students Stage Walkout to Protest District's Handling of Sexual Assault,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Transgender Issues', 'Loudoun County', 'Media Bias', 'Virginia', 'Bathroom Bill']",Loudoun County students walk out in solidarity with victim of alleged sexual assault,The Hill,"Students walked out of classes at schools across Loudoun County, Va., on Tuesday in solidarity with victims of sexual assault in response to two recent incidents in the school district, Fox 5 D.C. reported. 
On Monday, a judge found a teenage suspect guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in a bathroom at Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn in May, according to The Washington Post. 
The same perpetrator allegedly assaulted a student at Broad Run High School in Ashburn on Oct. 6, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office. The judge said sentencing over the May incident would depend on the outcome...",center
20305,Virginia Students Stage Walkout to Protest District's Handling of Sexual Assault,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Transgender Issues', 'Loudoun County', 'Media Bias', 'Virginia', 'Bathroom Bill']",Dozens of Loudoun County students stage walkout over sexual assault by boy in girls' bathroom,Fox News (Online News),"Students in Loudoun County, Virginia, staged a walkout in protest of recent sexual assault cases at the public school system and to show solidarity with victims of such abuses. 
""Students who choose to participate will not be penalized for their participation; however, we do ask that students who participate do so peacefully, without signage, and in accordance with the Students Rights and Responsibilities we all reviewed and signed at the beginning of the year,"" said Michelle Luttrell, the principal at Loudoun County High School, according to WUSA.
Students at Stone Bridge, Broad Run, Riverside...",right
20306,Michael Bloomberg Officially Announces 2020 Presidential Candidacy,"['Democratic Party', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'New York City', '2020 Election', 'Presidential Race', 'Democratic Primary', 'Elections']",Michael Bloomberg is finally officially running for president,Vox,"Michael Bloomberg has finally decided to run for president, after a years-long game of will-he-or-won’t-he.
On Sunday, the 77-year-old billionaire philanthropist, media magnate, and former New York City mayor officially announced he will campaign to win the White House in the Democratic primary. Earlier this month, rumblings began that Bloomberg would finally pull the trigger after he started to register to get on the ballot in multiple states. He further fueled speculation when he apologized on November 17 for his mayoral administration’s stop-and-frisk policy, after declining to do so for...",left
20307,Michael Bloomberg Officially Announces 2020 Presidential Candidacy,"['Democratic Party', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'New York City', '2020 Election', 'Presidential Race', 'Democratic Primary', 'Elections']",Michael Bloomberg officially declares White House bid,New York Post (News),"Billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg ended weeks of speculation — marked by a stunning mea culpa for his past defense of ‘stop and frisk’ — and formally declared himself a Democratic candidate for the White House on Sunday.
The media mogul, New York City’s last three-term mayor, declared to supporters in a launch video and statement, “I’m running for president to defeat Donald Trump and rebuild America. We cannot afford four more years of President Trump’s reckless and unethical actions.”
“He represents an existential threat to our country and our values....",right
20308,Michael Bloomberg Officially Announces 2020 Presidential Candidacy,"['Democratic Party', 'Michael Bloomberg', 'New York City', '2020 Election', 'Presidential Race', 'Democratic Primary', 'Elections']",Michael Bloomberg Joins Crowded 2020 Democratic Field,Bloomberg,"Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced he is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, offering his own mix of moderate policy stances and experience in business, government and philanthropy as the way to beat President Donald Trump.
Bloomberg, 77, called Trump “an existential threat to our country and our values” as he joined a crowded field of candidates, with fewer than three months before the Iowa caucuses. His late entry will create added difficulties as he seeks to build a campaign infrastructure and support in key states.
“I’m running...",left
20309,ISIS Beheads Second US Reporter,['Middle East'],Video reportedly shows beheading of reporter Steven Sotloff by ISIS,Fox News (Online News),"The global terror intelligence firm SITE first reported the release of the 2-minute video, titled ""A Second Message to America,"" in which Sotloff, a 31-year-old freelance journalist, speaks to the camera before a cloaked Islamic State fighter decapitates him.
“I’m sure you know exactly who I am by now and why I am appearing,” Sotloff said under apparent duress. ""Obama, your foreign policy of intervention in Iraq was supposed to be for preservation of American lives and interests, so why is it that I am paying the price of your...",right
20310,ISIS Beheads Second US Reporter,['Middle East'],Islamic State releases video depicting another beheading,USA TODAY,"The terrorist group Islamic State released a video Tuesday apparently depicting the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff.
It was the second video of a beheading released by the group in recent weeks..
Sotloff, kneeling in an orange jumpsuit, says he is ""paying the price"" for the U.S. intervention in Iraq with his life.
""You've spent billions of U.S. taxpayers dollars and we've lost thousands of our troops in our previous fighting against the Islamic State,"" Sotfloff says. ""So where is the people's interest in reigniting this war?""
Moments later,...",left
20311,ISIS Beheads Second US Reporter,['Middle East'],Islamic State claims to have beheaded American journalist Steven Sotloff,Washington Post,"A new video attributed to the Islamic State terrorist organization purports to show the beheading of U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff, marking the second such execution in recent weeks by a group that controls parts of Iraq and Syria and has threatened to kill other captives.
The video shows a bound Sotloff being held at knifepoint by a black-clad militant against a desert backdrop that appears similar to the one shown in a video released last month depicting the beheading of American journalist James Foley. The video was obtained by the...",left
20312,Katie Hobbs Projected to Beat Kari Lake in Arizona Governor Race,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 Gubernatorial Races', 'Arizona', 'Katie Hobbs', 'Kari Lake']","Katie Hobbs elected Arizona’s 5th female governor, defeating election denier Kari Lake",AZ Central,"Katie Hobbs, Arizona’s Democratic election chief who built a national profile by standing up to false claims about the 2020 presidential election, has won the state’s race for governor.
The Associated Press, NBC News and CNN called the race for Hobbs shortly after 7 p.m. Monday, following a nail-biter week of election returns that highlighted the competitiveness of politics in the state.
""Democracy is worth the wait,"" Hobbs posted on social media before issuing a statement thanking her family, volunteers and staff for their work.
""This was not just about an...",center
20313,Katie Hobbs Projected to Beat Kari Lake in Arizona Governor Race,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 Gubernatorial Races', 'Arizona', 'Katie Hobbs', 'Kari Lake']","Katie Hobbs will win Arizona governor’s race, CNN projects, defeating Trump favorite Kari Lake",CNN (Online News),"Democrat Katie Hobbs will win Arizona’s governor’s race, CNN projects, defeating one of the most prominent defenders of former President Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election.
Calling the 2020 election rigged, Republican Kari Lake had repeatedly said she would not have certified Joe Biden’s win in Arizona in 2020. Hobbs, as Arizona’s secretary of state, had rejected GOP lies about the election.
Lake’s defeat follows the defeat of two other high-profile election deniers in the state – Republican Senate nominee Blake Masters and secretary of state nominee Mark Finchem.
“Democracy is worth the wait,”...",left
20314,Katie Hobbs Projected to Beat Kari Lake in Arizona Governor Race,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 Gubernatorial Races', 'Arizona', 'Katie Hobbs', 'Kari Lake']",Not Ariz-over yet: Kari Lake defeat might not be final for days to come,Washington Examiner,"The Arizona gubernatorial election may have been called on Monday night, but Democratic candidate Katie Hobbs's victory may not be set in stone for another few weeks.
The race for governor in Arizona was close for days between Hobbs and Republican candidate Kari Lake ahead of Monday's declaration, with a recount possible within the next few days. A new state law allows a recount to be made in an election if votes are separated by 0.5 percentage points, widening the possibility of a recount from the previous distance of 0.1 percentage points, according to AZ Family.
“If it’s around...",right
20315,Protest Face Off Between Far Left and Right Groups in Portland,"['Free Speech', 'Antifa']","Portland ‘ground zero’ for protests between right, left-wing",Associated Press,"Hundreds of far-right protesters and anti-fascist counter-demonstrators swarmed downtown Portland, Oregon, on Saturday for a long-hyped rally that attracted President Donald Trump’s attention and resulted in at least 13 arrests.
Police seized metal poles, bear spray and other weapons and closed bridges and streets to try to keep the rival groups apart. They were largely successful. Six minor injuries were reported.",left
20316,Protest Face Off Between Far Left and Right Groups in Portland,"['Free Speech', 'Antifa']","Portland mayor praises police after 'largely peaceful' day of far-right, far-left demonstrations",Fox News (Online News),"The mayor of Portland, Ore., said Saturday night that his city had avoided the ""worst-case scenario"" after members of far-right groups and far-left members of Antifa held dueling demonstrations in the center of the city that lasted for hours on end.
""Given the continuing movement and the number of people involved, I am grateful that this was a largely peaceful event,"" Mayor Ted Wheeler told reporters. ""Police did an exemplary job of de-escalating the situation, keeping the extremists on both sides separate for the most part, and of limiting...",right
20317,Protest Face Off Between Far Left and Right Groups in Portland,"['Free Speech', 'Antifa']",Antifa and Far-Right Groups Face Off in Portland as Trump Weighs In,New York Times (News),"About 1,200 people converged for a rally on Saturday at a waterfront park in Portland, Ore., where far-right groups faced off with anti-fascist counterprotesters and brought much of the downtown area to a standstill.",left
20318,Perspectives: Tucker Carlson Suggests Undercover Officers Involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol Breach,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry']",Unindicted Co-Conspirators in 1/6 Cases Raise Disturbing Questions of Federal Foreknowledge,Revolver News,"Of all the questions asked, words spoken, and ink spilled on the so-called “Capitol Siege” of January 6, 2021, none hold the key to the entire event quite like what Sen. Amy Klobuchar asked of Christopher Wray.
The Democrat from Minnesota asked the Trump-appointed FBI Director: Did the federal government infiltrate any of the so-called “militia” organizations claimed to be responsible for planning and executing the Capitol Siege?",right
20319,Perspectives: Tucker Carlson Suggests Undercover Officers Involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol Breach,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry']",Fox News and Republican lawmakers push new false flag conspiracy that FBI orchestrated US Capitol attack,CNN (Online News),"Fox News, right-wing websites and Republican lawmakers are promoting a new false flag conspiracy that the FBI orchestrated the deadly assault on the US Capitol.
The haywire theory originated from an article published Monday by Revolver News, a right-wing website. From there, it was picked up by Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who used his opening segment on Tuesday night to slam the FBI, saying it played a role in the January 6 attack.
Several Republican lawmakers quickly piled on. They entered the article into the congressional record, tweeted about the Fox...",left
20320,Perspectives: Tucker Carlson Suggests Undercover Officers Involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol Breach,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry']","No, the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol Wasn’t an FBI False Flag",Snopes,"During his Fox News primetime show on June 15, 2021, host Tucker Carlson launched into a diatribe accusing the FBI of orchestrating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. His basis? Charging documents in criminal cases cite “unindicted co-conspirators.”
“What does that mean? Well, it means that in potentially every single case, they were FBI operatives,” Carlson asserted. This comment may have been stated as fact, but it is in fact flimsy, when scrutinized, which we will do below.
Carlson cited a report on the website Revolver.news, an opaque, pro-Trump site that regularly promotes media...",left
20321,"Yellen, Powell Testify to Congress on Economic Recovery","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Janet Yellen', 'Jerome Powell', 'Treasury', 'Federal Reserve', 'US Congress', 'Inflation', 'Economics', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Stock Market']",Treasury's Yellen: Biden stimulus at most a 'small contributor' to inflation,Reuters,"U.S. President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus package in March contributed to stronger demand but is only a small factor in current higher rates of inflation, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told lawmakers on Wednesday.
Yellen told the House Financial Services Committee that the stimulus package clearly boosted demand but said it was not a ""fair assumption"" to say it overshot the need and fueled current spikes in inflation.
""It's certainly true that the American Rescue Plan put money in people's pockets ... and contributed to strong demand in the...",center
20322,"Yellen, Powell Testify to Congress on Economic Recovery","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Janet Yellen', 'Jerome Powell', 'Treasury', 'Federal Reserve', 'US Congress', 'Inflation', 'Economics', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Stock Market']",Stocks fall again as the Fed signals it could end economic support sooner.,New York Times (News),"Just as a worrying new variant of the coronavirus has begun to spread, the Federal Reserve chair signaled on Tuesday that the central bank could reduce its support for the economy more quickly, sending a shudder through Wall Street and pushing the S&P 500 negative for November.
A sell-off already in progress accelerated after the chair, Jerome H. Powell, told a Senate committee that inflation was likely to persist well into next year and that the Fed would consider tapering off its purchases of government bonds “perhaps a few months sooner” than...",left
20323,"Yellen, Powell Testify to Congress on Economic Recovery","['Economic Policy', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Janet Yellen', 'Jerome Powell', 'Treasury', 'Federal Reserve', 'US Congress', 'Inflation', 'Economics', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Stock Market']","Powell admits Fed got it wrong on inflation, says they should stop calling it 'transitory'",Fox Business,"Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell acknowledged Tuesday that he now expects high inflation to continue into the middle of 2022, stating that the government should no longer push what had been a recurring slogan of it being ""transitory.""
During a hearing before the Senate Banking Committee, Powell noted that when the Fed says ""transitory,"" they do not mean it as just referring to how long inflation will last, as the average person might expect. Still, he said it is time to stop using the word.",right
20324,Puerto Ricans Protest Amidst 'Chatgate',"['Elections', 'Governor', 'Puerto Rico', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Protesters', 'Politics']",Tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans demand governor resign,Associated Press,"SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Waving flags, chanting and banging pots and pans, tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans jammed a highway Monday to demand the resignation of Gov. Ricardo Rosselló in a crisis triggered by a leak of offensive, obscenity-laden chat messages between him and his advisers.",left
20325,Puerto Ricans Protest Amidst 'Chatgate',"['Elections', 'Governor', 'Puerto Rico', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Protesters', 'Politics']",Ricardo Rosselló Won’t Seek Reelection As Puerto Rico Governor Amid ‘Chatgate’ Scandal,HuffPost,"Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said he will not seek reelection next year and will step down as head of his party, but will not resign amid calls that he leave office after embarrassing online chats with other officials were leaked and charges of corruption in his administration spread, he announced in a brief video on Facebook Sunday.
“I’ve made mistakes, and I apologize,” Rosselló said during his remarks, according to a translation from BuzzFeed. “To every Puerto Rican man and woman, I have heard you and I hear you...",left
20326,Puerto Ricans Protest Amidst 'Chatgate',"['Elections', 'Governor', 'Puerto Rico', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Protesters', 'Politics']",Trump slams Puerto Rican governor amid calls for his resignation,Washington Examiner,"President Trump criticized Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rosselló amid the recent calls for his resignation while speaking to reporters in the Oval Office.
Trump was meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday when he was asked whether or not Rosselló should resign. The question comes a day after he refused to resign but acknowledged that he will not run for reelection.
""Look, he’s a terrible governor. I think you have an even worse mayor of San Juan. She’s horrible. I think she’s horrible. I watched her — my...",right
20327,Immigration Bill by Summer,['Immigration'],Eric Cantor: Immigration deal tough but doable,Politico,The No. 2 House Republican said Thursday that comprehensive immigration reform would be a ldquotall orderrdquo in Washington but expressed optimism a deal is possible. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor appearing on Fox News on Thursday likened immigration to other contentious issues including Obamacare and the Middle East peace process. ldquoBut...,left
20328,Immigration Bill by Summer,['Immigration'],Obama: Immigration bill could pass by summer,USA TODAY,"President Obama expressed optimism on Wednesday that Congress will have a bill that overhauls the nation's immigration laws ready next month and that passage of the legislation can be completed by summer's end.
""If we have a bill introduced at the beginning of next month as these senators indicate it will be, then I'm confident that we can get it done certainly before the end of the summer,"" Obama said in an interview with the Spanish-language network Telemundo.",left
20329,Immigration Bill by Summer,['Immigration'],Obama 'confident' immigration bill could pass by summer,Fox News (Online News),President Barack Obama pressed for swift action on a sweeping immigration bill Wednesday saying last-minute obstacles are resolvable and predicting Congress could pass historic legislation by the end of the summer.,right
20330,Obama Criticizes Kenya,['LGBT Rights'],"Obama Challenges Kenya on Human Rights, Corruption",Wall Street Journal (News),"Introducing himself as the U.S.’s first Kenyan-American president, Barack Obama sought to use his unlikely success story and personal ties to his father’s homeland to inspire a country he described as “at a crossroads.”
Mr. Obama, in a speech on Sunday before several thousand Kenyans at an indoor sports arena, said Kenya is caught between intensifying security concerns over the spread of terrorism and the promise of a democracy wi",center
20331,Obama Criticizes Kenya,['LGBT Rights'],Obama Urges Kenya’s President to Improve Gay Rights. Here’s How the African Leader Responds.,The Blaze,"President Barack Obama mixed blunt messages to Kenya’s leaders Saturday with warm reflections on his family ties to a nation that considers him a local son.
He foreshadowed a focus on Kenya in his post-White House life, saying, “I’ll be back.”",right
20332,Obama Criticizes Kenya,['LGBT Rights'],Watch: Obama criticizes Kenya's president on gay rights as they stand right by each other,Vox,"President Barack Obama forcefully disagreed with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on gay rights as they stood right by each other in a joint news conference on Saturday.
""With respect to the rights of gays and lesbians, I've been consistent all across Africa on this,"" Obama said, ""I believe in the principle of treating people equally under the law, and that they are deserving of equal protection under the law, and that the state should not discriminate a",left
20333,Update on Cabinet Nominations,['Politics'],Trump Cabinet nominees meet growing ethical questions,Washington Post,"Three of Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks came under growing fire on ethical issues, potentially jeopardizing their nominations.",left
20334,Update on Cabinet Nominations,['Politics'],Senate seeks deal on Trump nominees,The Hill,Senate leaders are negotiating a deal that could allow votes on a number of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks on the day of his inauguration.,center
20335,Update on Cabinet Nominations,['Politics'],Republicans pushing to confirm slate of Trump nominees on Day One,Fox News (Online News),"There is business to be done on Inauguration Day in the United States Senate.
But it will come late in the day.",right
20336,Andrew Cuomo Facing Criminal Sexual Misconduct Complaint,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York', 'Brittany Commisso']",Summons charges Cuomo with forcible touching,Times Union,"A summons charging former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo with misdemeanor forcible touching was prematurely issued by Albany City Court on Thursday after a sheriff's investigator filed paperwork with the court summarizing their investigation and seeking to begin the process of obtaining a criminal complaint.
No final decision had been made by the sheriff's department or the Albany County district attorney's office on whether to formally file charges, according to sources familiar with the matter. But a spokesman for the state Office of Court Administration confirmed that a misdemeanor complaint against...",center
20337,Andrew Cuomo Facing Criminal Sexual Misconduct Complaint,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York', 'Brittany Commisso']",Sexual Misconduct Complaint Is Filed Against Andrew Cuomo,New York Times (News),"A criminal complaint accusing former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of forcible touching has been filed in Albany City Court, a spokesman for New York State’s court system said on Thursday.
“A misdemeanor complaint was filed in Albany City Court against the former governor this afternoon,” said the spokesman, Lucian Chalfen.
The complaint came more than two months after Brittany Commisso, a former aide to Mr. Cuomo, filed a criminal complaint against him with the Albany County sheriff’s office. She accused him of groping her breast while they were alone in his...",left
20338,Andrew Cuomo Facing Criminal Sexual Misconduct Complaint,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York', 'Brittany Commisso']",Andrew Cuomo charged over alleged groping of former aide: source,New York Post (News),"Disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo was charged Thursday with groping a former aide in Albany’s Executive Mansion — a crime that could force him to register as a sex offender if he’s convicted.
A misdemeanor criminal complaint filed in Albany City Court alleges that Cuomo, 63, “did intentionally, and for no legitimate purpose, forcibly place his hand under the blouse shirt of the victim…and onto her intimate body part.”
“Specifically, the victims [sic] left breast for the purposes of degrading and satisfying his sexual desire,” it adds.
The incident allegedly took place...",right
20339,New Book Says NBC Knew of Other Lauer Misconduct Before Firing Him,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Matt Lauer', 'NBC Today Show', 'NBC', 'Sexual Assault', 'Ronan Farrow']",Ronan Farrow says there were 'multiple' accusations against Matt Lauer before Brooke Nevils,USA TODAY,"Ronan Farrow made his first TV appearance Friday since excerpts from his upcoming book, ""Catch and Kill,"" revealed new details surrounding Matt Lauer's 2017 firing.
Farrow, on ""Good Morning America,"" told George Stephanopoulos he stands by his book, which is out next week, despite Lauer calling the reporting in ""Catch and Kill"" false and defamatory. While on the morning show, Farrow also alleged there were previous accusations brought to NBC regarding Lauer's conduct, prior to the 2017 complaint that led to his ouster.",left
20340,New Book Says NBC Knew of Other Lauer Misconduct Before Firing Him,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Matt Lauer', 'NBC Today Show', 'NBC', 'Sexual Assault', 'Ronan Farrow']","NBC knew of Matt Lauer misconduct years before his 2017 firing, Ronan Farrow claims",Fox News (Online News),"The author of a bombshell book making new sexual misconduct claims against television personality Matt Lauer said Friday morning that NBC had negotiated confidential settlements with a number of women, several of whom had complained about the former TODAY Show host, before his firing two years ago.
Former NBC staffer Brooke Nevils spoke to journalist Ronan Farrow for his book, “Catch and Kill,” which is slated to be released on Oct. 15 and details her account of Lauer raping her during the Winter Olympics in 2014, according to Variety. She...",right
20341,New Book Says NBC Knew of Other Lauer Misconduct Before Firing Him,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Matt Lauer', 'NBC Today Show', 'NBC', 'Sexual Assault', 'Ronan Farrow']","Brooke Nevils clearly described rape or sexual assault by Matt Lauer in NBC meeting, Ronan Farrow says",NBC News (Online),"In a meeting with NBC officials in November 2017, former NBC News producer Brooke Nevils ""unambiguously"" described being raped by former ""Today"" host Matt Lauer without explicitly using that term, investigative journalist Ronan Farrow said in a television interview Friday.
The claim is included in ""Catch and Kill,"" an upcoming book by Farrow that documents his reporting on movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and other prominent men who are accused of attacking and harassing women. NBC News has not seen a copy of the book, slated to be released on Tuesday.",left
20342,New Zealand Prime Minister Announces Ban on Semi-Automatic Weapons After Deadly Attack,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'New Zealand']",New Zealand prime minister announces ban on 'military-style semi-automatic weapons' after mosque attack,Fox News (Online News),"New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday announced the country was immediately banning ""military-style semi-automatic weapons"" after last week's attack that killed 50 people at",right
20343,New Zealand Prime Minister Announces Ban on Semi-Automatic Weapons After Deadly Attack,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'New Zealand']",New Zealand Is Banning Military-Style Semi Automatic Weapons Following The Christchurch Terror Attack,BuzzFeed News,"""In short, every semi automatic weapon used in the terrorist attack on Friday will be banned in this country.""",left
20344,New Zealand Prime Minister Announces Ban on Semi-Automatic Weapons After Deadly Attack,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'New Zealand']",New Zealand bans military-style assault rifles after deadliest attack in nation's history,USA TODAY,"New Zealand is banning all assault rifles, high-capacity magazines and military-style semi-automatic rifles in response to the nation's deadliest massacre in history, the country's prime",left
20345,Trump Administration Executes Brandon Bernard in Record-Setting String of Executions,"['Capital Punishment And Death Penalty', 'Trump Administration', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']","Texas man executed despite appeals from Kim Kardashian West, Democrats",Washington Times,"A Texas man convicted of killing married youth ministers before setting their car on fire while they were inside was executed Thursday night, despite last-minute appeals from Democratic officials and Kim Kardashian West.
Brandon Bernard, 40, was pronounced dead at 9:27 p.m. after getting a lethal injection at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. He is the ninth federal inmate executed this year.
The execution came after the Supreme Court denied last-minute legal challenges from Bernard’s attorneys, who had argued that newly-discovered evidence suggested he did not play...",right
20346,Trump Administration Executes Brandon Bernard in Record-Setting String of Executions,"['Capital Punishment And Death Penalty', 'Trump Administration', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",Trump's last word on executions,Axios,"The Trump administration is shattering a gruesome record on its way out, executing more federal prisoners in a matter of months — including two this week — than over the past several decades combined.
Why it matters: President-elect Biden opposes the death penalty and has said he wants to end its use. New U.S. presidents can undo many of their predecessors' actions, but executions are uniquely irreversible.
Driving the news: Alfred Bourgeois, 56, was scheduled to be executed early Friday for torturing and killing his 2-year-old daughter.",center
20347,Trump Administration Executes Brandon Bernard in Record-Setting String of Executions,"['Capital Punishment And Death Penalty', 'Trump Administration', 'Justice Department', 'Justice']",Trump administration puts Brandon Bernard to death amid rushed series of executions,The Guardian,"The Trump administration has executed Brandon Bernard, after the US supreme court denied a last-minute request to delay his killing. Bernard’s execution is one of five that the Trump administration is rushing through before Joe Biden takes office.
The execution on Thursday night was the ninth federal execution since since July, when Donald Trump ended a 17-year hiatus in federal executions, and the first during a presidential lame-duck period in 130 years.
Bernard’s legal team had requested that the court grant them an additional two weeks to build up a...",left
20348,Georgia Hand Recount Confirms Biden's Lead,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Georgia Election']","Georgia Releases Hand Recount Results, Affirming Biden's Lead",NPR (Online News),"Georgia election officials have released a report on the hand tally recount of the presidential election, affirming that Joe Biden maintains his lead in the state.
The full hand recount of the state's 5 million presidential votes resulted in a narrowing of Biden's lead over President Trump in Georgia, but not nearly enough to change the result.
The recount, formally known as a risk-limiting audit, is intended to verify the contest's winner. As GPB's Stephen Fowler reported, four counties uncovered a few thousand previously uncounted votes, which subsequently cut into...",left
20349,Georgia Hand Recount Confirms Biden's Lead,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Georgia Election']","Georgia county fires election chief after audit turned up 2,600 uncounted votes",Washington Examiner,"Floyd County fired its embattled election chief on Thursday, three days after a hand recount of the presidential race in Georgia's closely watched election audit turned up 2,600 previously uncounted votes.
The secretary of state's office initially asked Robert Brady to resign, which he did not do.
Floyd County's Board of Elections met Thursday afternoon and voted to terminate him. Officials cited at least two reprimands he had received in the past six months.
The initial error occurred because county election officials under Brady's watch had failed to upload votes...",right
20350,Georgia Hand Recount Confirms Biden's Lead,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Georgia Election']",Georgia official: Vote audit over; Biden still leads Trump,Associated Press Fact Check,"A top Georgia elections official says a hand tally of the presidential race in Georgia is complete, and the results affirm Democrat Joe Biden’s lead over Republican President Donald Trump. Gabriel Sterling released the information to The Associated Press on Thursday. The hand recount of nearly 5 million votes stemmed from an audit required by a new state law and wasn’t in response to any suspected problems with the state’s results or an official recount request. The state has until Friday to certify the results that have been certified and...",left
20351,Earth Day 2020 Draws Different Takes on Environment,"['Climate Change', 'Holidays', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Environment']",How Coronavirus Lockdown Has Actually Affected the Environment,Vice,"Since the beginning of the coronavirus lockdown, we've been forced to do without the ""non-essentials"". How exactly you define that phrase varies from country to country, person to person – in Canada, weed is deemed essential; in the UK, police had to apologise for patrolling what they decided were ""non-essential"" supermarket aisles – but it has brought to light questions about what will be deemed necessary after The Great Pause.
It's in the world of work that these questions could have the greatest impact. If you can do your job...",left
20352,Earth Day 2020 Draws Different Takes on Environment,"['Climate Change', 'Holidays', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Environment']","Time to choose new way forward, activist Thunberg says on Earth Day",Reuters,"STOCKHOLM/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg joined calls for a combined effort to tackle coronavirus and the climate crisis, saying the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on Wednesday was the time to choose a “new way forward”.
Dramatic improvements in air and water quality as coronavirus lockdowns have cut pollution have prompted calls for a low-carbon future, but the need to get millions back to work is clouding the environmental picture.
With economies round the world shut down, wildlife has returned to city streets, with wolves, deer and kangaroos...",center
20353,Earth Day 2020 Draws Different Takes on Environment,"['Climate Change', 'Holidays', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Environment']",Earth Day Turns 50,Reason,"About 20 million Americans turned out for the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. Lectures and rallies took place at more than 2,000 college campuses, 10,000 elementary and high schools, and thousands of other places across the country. Forty-two states adopted resolutions endorsing Earth Day, and Congress recessed so that legislators could participate in the activities in their districts. It is sometimes described as, up to that time, the largest public demonstration in history.
The lectures and literature surrounding the event featured lots of dismal predictions about the future....",right
20354,Congressmen Call for Mueller Resignation,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","GOP Reps. Gaetz, Gohmert, Biggs push for Mueller resignation in new resolution",Fox News (Online News),"Three GOP congressmen introduced a resolution Friday calling for special counsel Robert Mueller to resign from the Russia collusion probe, citing his ties to the FBI and its role in controversies involving Russia.",right
20355,Congressmen Call for Mueller Resignation,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",GOP lawmaker calls for Mueller recusal over uranium deal,The Hill,A conservative House Republican is calling for Robert Mueller to resign as special counsel overseeing the FBI investigation of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.,center
20356,Congressmen Call for Mueller Resignation,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",It begins: Republican Congressmen introduce resolution calling for Mueller to resign,ThinkProgress,Fox News is going to be really into this.,left
20357,Trump Blasts Iran as Protests Boil Over,['Middle East'],Trump Blasts ‘Failing’ Iran Calls For Major Change,The Daily Caller,President Donald Trump harshly criticized the Islamic Republic of Iran Monday amid ongoing protests in the country.,right
20358,Trump Blasts Iran as Protests Boil Over,['Middle East'],Over 450 Protesters Arrested In Tehran During Crackdown On Anti-Government Demonstrations,HuffPost,Iran’s Supreme Leader accused enemies of the Islamic Republic of stirring unrest across the country.,left
20359,Trump Blasts Iran as Protests Boil Over,['Middle East'],Trump: Iranians ‘finally acting’ against ‘brutal and corrupt’ regime,The Hill,"President Trump on Tuesday said the Iranian people are “finally” taking action against the country’s “brutal and corrupt” rule, again warning its leaders that “the U.S. is watching.”",center
20360,Mexico Officials Deny Claim that a US Border Deal has Been Reached,['Immigration'],Migrant caravan: Mexican officials deny US border deal,BBC News,Mexico's incoming foreign minister has said discussions on how to deal with migrants travelling to the United States are continuing despite reports a deal has been reached.,center
20361,Mexico Officials Deny Claim that a US Border Deal has Been Reached,['Immigration'],"Contradicting Trump, Incoming Mexico Gov’t Denies Making Deal To Host Asylum Seekers",HuffPost,President Donald Trump suggested on Saturday that asylum seekers would be allowed to wait in Mexico while their claims are processed through the U.S. immigration system — but Mexico’s incoming government has denied making any such deal.,left
20362,Mexico Officials Deny Claim that a US Border Deal has Been Reached,['Immigration'],"Mexico denies deal with White House on migrants, as Trump threatens to close entire border",Fox News (Online News),"Mexico's incoming government denied reports Saturday that it had struck a deal with the White House to keep asylum-seekers in the country while their claims move through U.S. immigration courts, just hours after President Trump again threatened to close the entire southern border if no deal could be reached between the two counties.",right
20363,Congress Avoids Shutdown,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","The 2017 government shutdown fight, explained",Vox,"As Republicans come off a big win with their tax bill, Congress has bought itself four more weeks to strike a spending deal to keep the federal government open.",left
20364,Congress Avoids Shutdown,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Senate ends first year under Trump by voting to prevent shutdown,The Hill,"The Senate approved a stopgap spending bill on Thursday night, ensuring there will be no shutdown days before Christmas and essentially completing a frenetic year on Capitol Hill — and the first under President Trump.",center
20365,Congress Avoids Shutdown,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","Government gets reprieve, Dreamers get shut down in spending bill",Washington Times,"Brushing aside demands of illegal immigrant Dreamers, Congress on Thursday approved a short-term spending bill to carry the government into the new year, narrowly avoiding a shutdown showdown.",right
20366,New York Primary Day,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump Looks to New York to Reboot Campaign,Breitbart News,"Donald Trump currently has a very narrow and obstacle-strewn path to secure 1,237 delegates before the RNC convention in July. A big win in the Empire State could give Trump enough momentum to reach that total.",right
20367,New York Primary Day,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: The Wall Street Primary,Guest Writer - Left,"For the financial world, this campaign is ‘as mixed and confused’ as it’s ever been.",left
20368,New York Primary Day,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Riding high in polls, Trump looks to 'make it' beyond New York",Reuters,Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shook up his campaign staff as he looked beyond an expected primary victory on Tuesday in his home state of New York to the delegate battle that will determine the party's nominee for November's election.,center
20369,North and South Korea Set Bold Goals,"['North Korea', 'World']","Kim, Moon Pledge End To Korean War And Denuclearization Of Peninsula",NPR (Online News),"Following a historic meeting between North Korea's Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, the leaders appeared side by side to make an extraordinary announcement: The two nations — technically in a state of war for more than six decades — would work toward a permanent peace treaty and the elimination of nuclear weapons from the peninsula.",left
20370,North and South Korea Set Bold Goals,"['North Korea', 'World']",North and South Korea Set Bold Goals: A Final Peace and No Nuclear Arms,New York Times (News),"The leaders of North and South Korea agreed on Friday to work to remove all nuclear weapons from the Korean Peninsula and, within the year, pursue talks with the United States to declare an official end to the Korean War, which ravaged the peninsula from 1950 to 1953.",left
20371,North and South Korea Set Bold Goals,"['North Korea', 'World']",North and South vow to END war as Kim Jong-un promises a 'new beginning',Daily Mail,Kim Jong-Un has become the first North Korean leader to set foot in South Korea since the end of the Korean War in 1953 for a historic peace summit.,right
20372,NY Gov. Cuomo Sexually Harassed Multiple Women: Probe,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York']","Probe finds Gov. Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, violated federal and state law",New York Post (News),"Gov. Andrew Cuomo violated federal and state laws by sexually harassing multiple women — including current and former state employees — through actions that included touching their “intimate body parts” without consent, officials said Tuesday.
Cuomo also allegedly retaliated against some of the victims and created a “toxic” and hostile work environment in the Executive Chamber, officials said.
The blockbuster announcements came during a news conference at which state Attorney General Letitia James said an independent probe she commissioned had found that Cuomo engaged in “unwanted groping, kissing, hugging and making inappropriate...",right
20373,NY Gov. Cuomo Sexually Harassed Multiple Women: Probe,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York']","New York Governor Sexually Harassed Multiple Women, Report Finds",New York Times (News),"Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, including current and former government workers, breaking state and federal laws and engaging in a pattern of unwanted touching and inappropriate comments, according to a much anticipated report from the New York State attorney general, Letitia James, released on Tuesday.
The 165-page report said that Mr. Cuomo, a third-term Democrat, and his aides cultivated a toxic work culture in his office that was rife with fear and intimidation, and helped enable “harassment to occur and created a hostile work environment.”
The report included...",left
20374,NY Gov. Cuomo Sexually Harassed Multiple Women: Probe,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York']","Gov. Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, probe finds",Associated Press,"An investigation found that Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women in and out of state government and worked to retaliate against one of his accusers, New York’s attorney general announced Tuesday in a finding that quickly renewed calls for the Democrat’s resignation or impeachment.
The nearly five-month investigation found that Cuomo’s administration was a “hostile work environment” and was “rife with fear and intimidation.” The probe, conducted by two outside lawyers, involved interviews with 179 people including Cuomo’s accusers, current and former administration employees and the governor himself.
Employment lawyer...",left
20375,AOC Supports Pay Raise for Lawmakers,"['US Congress', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'Pay Raises', 'Politics']",Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Explains ‘Dark Money’ Reason Lawmakers Need Pay Raise,HuffPost,"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) acknowledged Tuesday that her support of a pay raise for members of Congress is “not a fun or politically popular position to take.”
But the freshman lawmaker explained in a thread on Twitter why she believed the idea of curbing pay increases for politicians “may sound nice,” but it “only increases pressure on them to keep dark money loopholes open.”",left
20376,AOC Supports Pay Raise for Lawmakers,"['US Congress', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'Pay Raises', 'Politics']",Ocasio-Cortez defends cost-of-living increases for members of Congress: 'It's not a fun or politically popular position to take',The Hill,"Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) defended her support for cost-of-living increases for members of Congress on Tuesday, saying her position will help keep dark money out of politics.
She said voting against a cost-of-living increase can ""sound nice"" but doing so makes campaign finance reform harder. She added it serves to ""punish members who rely on a straight salary, and reward those who rely on money loopholes and other forms of self-dealing.""
""It’s not a fun or politically popular position to take. But consistency is important,"" she tweeted. ""ALL...",center
20377,AOC Supports Pay Raise for Lawmakers,"['US Congress', 'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'Pay Raises', 'Politics']","Ocasio-Cortez, Who Makes $174,000, Wants $4,500 Raise: ‘It’s Not Even Like A Raise’",The Daily Wire,"Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) whined on Monday about the possibility that she may not get a $4,500 pay raise — which she downplayed as only being a cost of living adjustment — as she compared members of Congress to minimum wage workers.
Fox News' Chad Pergram caught up with Ocasio-Cortez — who makes $174,000 per year —on Monday and asked her about the possibility that Congress would not get the pay raise.",right
20378,Senate Negotiators Rush to Meet Infrastructure Deadline,"['US Senate', 'Domestic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Politics']",GOP centrists call on Schumer to delay infrastructure vote,The Hill,"Senate Republican centrists are calling on Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) to postpone a key vote on a bipartisan infrastructure package until Monday to give negotiators more time to reach a deal.
Schumer has scheduled a procedural vote on a motion to begin debate on the infrastructure package for Wednesday, and Republicans say he will not have the 60 votes needed to proceed.
“My hope is that Sen. Schumer will agree to postpone the vote. We’re making significant progress,” said Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine).",center
20379,Senate Negotiators Rush to Meet Infrastructure Deadline,"['US Senate', 'Domestic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Politics']",Big infrastructure bill in peril as GOP threatens filibuster,Associated Press Fact Check,"The bipartisan infrastructure deal senators brokered with President Joe Biden is hanging precariously ahead of a crucial Wednesday test vote as senators struggle over how to pay for nearly $1 trillion in public works spending.
Tensions were rising Tuesday as Republicans prepared to block the vote, mounting a filibuster over what they see as a rushed and misguided process. With Biden preparing to hit the road to rally support for his big infrastructure ideas — including some $3.5 trillion in a follow up bill — restless Democrats say it’s time to at least start...",left
20380,Senate Negotiators Rush to Meet Infrastructure Deadline,"['US Senate', 'Domestic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Lindsey Graham', 'Politics']","Graham tells Biden ‘get on the phone’ to Schumer, postpone infrastructure test vote",New York Post (News),"Sen. Lindsey Graham accused Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday of trying to thwart ongoing negotiations over a bipartisan infrastructure bill by scheduling an initial test vote before the measure’s text has been finalized.
“We’re not going to proceed to a bill that’s not written, because that makes no sense,” Graham (R-SC) told Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle.”",right
20381,Clean DHS Vote,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']",McCarthy: Clean DHS bill vote Tuesday,CNN (Online News),"House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy told reporters that a vote on a clean bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security will happen Tuesday.
A clean bill to fully fund the Department through the end of the fiscal year is what Democrats have been demanding, and conservatives have been fighting against.
According to multiple GOP members and aides, House Speaker John Boehner announced to members at the top of House GOP conference meeting that he was out of options, and the Senate couldn't pass their bill.
He asked if anyone...",left
20382,Clean DHS Vote,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']","Boehner Caves, Aims Now to Support Obama's Executive Amnesty with Tax Dollars",Breitbart News,"As expected, Speaker John Boehner has caved and now will support President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty.
On Tuesday, Boehner plans to bring to the floor of the House of Representatives a bill that funds Obama’s amnesty in its entirety for the rest of the fiscal year.
“Speaker John Boehner announced that the House will vote Tuesday on the Senate’s bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, a move that could enrage a small pocket of conservatives but will end the impasse over the agency’s funding,” Politico wrote in a...",right
20383,Clean DHS Vote,"['Homeland Security', 'Defense And Security']","John Boehner Blinks, Will Allow For Clean Funding Of Department Of Homeland Security",HuffPost,"The House will finally vote on a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security without immigration measures, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) told his conference at a meeting on Tuesday.
The vote will come after the House narrowly averted a shutdown last Friday when the House GOP rejected a ""clean"" DHS funding bill passed in the Senate, and then 52 conservative Republican members joined Democrats to block even a three-week continuing resolution. The House passed a one-week funding bill in hopes that Senate Democrats would allow a conference between the...",left
20384,Tillerson Likely for State,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson emerges as State Department frontrunner,USA TODAY,"President-elect Donald Trump is zeroing in on ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his secretary of State nominee.
Tillerson had his second interview with the president-elect Saturday at Trump Tower and has emerged as the favorite in the long-running competition to lead the State Departm",left
20385,Tillerson Likely for State,"['State Department', 'Politics']",Exxon CEO & Friend of Putin Rex Tillerson Reportedly Picked by Trump to Be Secretary of State,Democracy Now!,NBC News is reporting U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State.,left
20386,Tillerson Likely for State,"['State Department', 'Politics']",John McCain goes on offensive against Donald Trump's likely secretary of state nominee,The Blaze,"Sen. John McCain blasted the likely secretary of state nominee of President-elect Donald Trump Saturday, saying he's concerned about Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson's close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.",right
20387,Yellen Calls for Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate,"['Economic Policy', 'Janet Yellen', 'World', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Taxes', 'Corporate Taxes', 'G20', 'World Bank', 'IMF', 'Business', 'American Jobs Plan', 'Treasury']",Yellen makes case for a global minimum tax on multinational corporations,Politico,"Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday urged a global minimum tax rate on corporations in a push to assert U.S. leadership in ongoing international tax negotiations.
The goal is to prevent companies from relocating wherever they find lower taxes.
“Together we can use a global minimum tax to make sure the global economy thrives based on a more level playing field in the taxation of multinational corporations, and spurs innovation, growth and prosperity,” Yellen said in her first major speech since becoming Treasury secretary.
The message reinforced President Joe Biden’s...",left
20388,Yellen Calls for Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate,"['Economic Policy', 'Janet Yellen', 'World', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Taxes', 'Corporate Taxes', 'G20', 'World Bank', 'IMF', 'Business', 'American Jobs Plan', 'Treasury']",Treasury’s Yellen Calls for Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate,Wall Street Journal (News),"Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen argued for a global minimum corporate tax rate Monday, as she makes the case for President Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal ahead of virtual meetings with global counterparts this week.
“Competitiveness is about more than how U.S.-headquartered companies fare against other companies in global merger and acquisition bids,” she said in remarks to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs on Monday. “It is about making sure that governments have stable tax systems that raise sufficient revenue to invest in essential public goods and respond to crises,...",center
20389,Yellen Calls for Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate,"['Economic Policy', 'Janet Yellen', 'World', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Taxes', 'Corporate Taxes', 'G20', 'World Bank', 'IMF', 'Business', 'American Jobs Plan', 'Treasury']",Yellen to push for global minimum tax rate on corporations,Fox News (Online News),"Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday made the case for a global minimum tax rate as she pushes President Biden's plan to increase levies on U.S. corporations in order to fund his $2.25 trillion spending proposal.
In a speech to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Yellen called for global coordination on taxes paid by multinational corporations — part of an effort to crack down on companies that relocate in search of lower rates. Yellen's comments were first reported by Axios.",right
20390,"Former Top U.S. Diplomat in Ukraine Testifies on Trump, Ukraine Probe","['Impeachment', 'Ukraine', 'Bill Taylor', 'Diplomacy', 'Corruption', 'White House', 'Politics']","Diplomat Bill Taylor testifies two channels were created for Ukraine policy, 'one regular, one irregular'",Fox News (Online News),"Bill Taylor, a top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine who has emerged as a key figure of interest in the Trump impeachment inquiry, told Congress on Tuesday that there were ""two channels"" for Trump administration policymaking on Ukraine — ""one regular, one irregular.""
Taylor's testimony in a closed-door deposition before several House committees was described to Fox News by sources familiar with the session. The acting ambassador to Ukraine is seen as a key witness in the probe of whether President Trump was engaged in a ""quid pro quo"" by holding...",right
20391,"Former Top U.S. Diplomat in Ukraine Testifies on Trump, Ukraine Probe","['Impeachment', 'Ukraine', 'Bill Taylor', 'Diplomacy', 'Corruption', 'White House', 'Politics']","Top diplomat in Ukraine gave ""devastating"" testimony, Democrats say",CBS News (Online),"Washington -- The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine delivered a ""damning"" 15-page opening statement on Capitol Hill on Tuesday alleging a direct link between a delay in U.S. military aid for Ukraine and the country's willingness to investigate President Trump's political foes.
William Taylor, the U.S. chargé d'affaires in Kiev, is a key witness in the investigation into the Ukraine scandal at the center of the impeachment probe. In messages with other diplomats from August and September released earlier this month, Taylor raised concerns about the U.S. withholding hundreds of...",left
20392,"Former Top U.S. Diplomat in Ukraine Testifies on Trump, Ukraine Probe","['Impeachment', 'Ukraine', 'Bill Taylor', 'Diplomacy', 'Corruption', 'White House', 'Politics']",Diplomat: Trump linked Ukraine aid to demand for probe,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Ambassador William Taylor provided lawmakers Tuesday with a vivid, detailed and what some called a “disturbing” account of the way President Donald Trump wanted to put the new Ukraine president “in a public box” by demanding the quid pro quo at the center of the impeachment probe.
In a lengthy opening statement to House investigators, Taylor described Trump’s demand that “everything” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wanted, including vital military aid to counter Russia, hinged on making a public vow that he would investigate Democrats going...",left
20393,Trump Versus the RNC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Donald Trump Slams RNC, Calls Delegate Process A ‘Scam’ And ‘Disgrace’",HuffPost,"Still peeved at being out-organized by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in Colorado, GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump is crying foul and blaming the system for his campaign’s failures.",left
20394,Trump Versus the RNC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump: Rules 'stacked against me',CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump said Tuesday night that the political system is ""stacked against me,"" and accused the Republican Party of conspiring to stop him from clinching the party's nomination.",left
20395,Trump Versus the RNC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Reince Priebus to Donald Trump: ‘Give Us All a Break’,Breitbart News,Republican Party Committee Chairman Reince Priebus is taking a swipe at GOP frontrunner Donald Trump over his complaints about the Colorado delegate-selection process.,right
20396,Concerns About Ballot Harvesting Practice,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",What is Ballot Harvesting? Explaining the Mostly Illegal Practice,The Hill,"VIDEO: Ballot harvesting helped deliver many Republican-held California districts to Democrats in 2018, but it is illegal in North Carolina, where it's being alleged in the 9th District race there. Roll Call explains what ballot harvesting is in the context of this controversial race.",center
20397,Concerns About Ballot Harvesting Practice,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",How Ballot-Harvesting Became The New Way To Steal An Election,The Federalist,"With ballot-harvesting, paper votes are collected by intermediaries who deliver them to polling officials, presumably increasing voter turnout but also creating opportunities for mischief.
America’s electoral obsession isn’t Russian meddling anymore. It’s ballot-harvesting, a long-disputed practice implicated in fraud that’s come to the fore with the nationwide embrace of absentee voting in recent years — and especially in last month’s midterms.
With ballot-harvesting, paper votes are collected by intermediaries who deliver them to polling officials, presumably increasing voter turnout but also creating opportunities for mischief.
The latter is suspected in...",right
20398,Concerns About Ballot Harvesting Practice,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']","No, Republicans didn't lose in California because of ballot harvesting. But the practice is concerning",Los Angeles Times,"Rather than take responsibility for their losses, Republicans have seized on a new state law that allows third parties to collect and turn in other people’s mail ballots to explain why they were so badly defeated in California races on Nov. 6.
According to the conspiracy theories being spouted by Republican leaders and then repeated in the internet echo chamber, the new law allowed Democrats to steal GOP seats in Orange County by sending campaign workers door to door, collecting thousands of mail ballots from guileless voters and doing who...",left
20399,Electoral College Members Meet Today,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","With Electoral College Set to Vote Today, Americans Show Little Support for Revolt",Townhall,"In state capitols across the country on Monday, the 538 members of the Electoral College will almost certainly formalize President-elect Trump’s win. This, despite an attempt by Democrats to persuade Republican electors to change their vote—a move a new poll shows there’s little support for.",right
20400,Electoral College Members Meet Today,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Drama-Filled Electoral College Vote a Fitting Ending to 2016 Election,NBC News (Online),"In the aftermath of a wild, norm-busting 2016 campaign, it's only fitting that Monday's Electoral College vote — the next step in formalizing Donald Trump's election to the presidency — has generated frenzied, star-studded arguments to somehow change the results.",left
20401,Electoral College Members Meet Today,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why the Electoral College Will Rubber-Stamp Donald Trump,Daily Beast,"On Monday, members of the Electoral College are meeting in state capitals throughout the nation, with the expectation that they will follow tradition and formally make Donald Trump the next president of the United States.",left
20402,Google Denies Blacklisting Conservative Sites After Some Temporarily Vanish From Search Results,"['Google Bias', 'Media Bias', 'Technology', 'Conservatives']","Ex-Google Engineer Says Glitch Blocking Websites Including Drudge, Breitbart Could Have Revealed a Mysterious List",Mediaite,"A Tuesday incident in which certain websites briefly vanished from Google search results may have inadvertently exposed an internal list aimed at suppressing certain news outlets, a former engineer for the company said.
“It appears to have revealed the existence of another blacklist that disproportionately targets conservatives,” Mike Wacker theorized in a message to Mediaite. “The glitch is that sites on this blacklist disappeared from Google search results, but the existence of the list is very much by design. And that raises a major question: Why was this blacklist created...",left
20403,Google Denies Blacklisting Conservative Sites After Some Temporarily Vanish From Search Results,"['Google Bias', 'Media Bias', 'Technology', 'Conservatives']",Google Denies “Blackout” of Conservative Sites,National Interest,"The word was spread throughout the day on Tuesday, that Google had taken some sort of action to demote leading politically conservative websites in its search results. Newsbusters alleged Tuesday that Google “has seemingly blacklisted numerous conservative websites,” listing Breitbart, The Washington Free Beacon, The Blaze, The Daily Wire and other top sites on the right.
Another reporter, Charlie Nash of Mediaite, posted about this as well, while also noting that some left-wing sites had also apparently disappeared from results.
By Tuesday night, the sites had all been...",center
20404,Google Denies Blacklisting Conservative Sites After Some Temporarily Vanish From Search Results,"['Google Bias', 'Media Bias', 'Technology', 'Conservatives']",Ex-engineer at tech giant says glitch which blocked some conservative websites from appearing in their search may have exposed a secret internal list which suppresses certain outlets,Daily Mail,"Google may have a 'secret blacklist' of conservative news outlets, a former engineer at the company has claimed, which he says was exposed on Tuesday when certain websites briefly vanished from Google search results.
Mike Wacker, a Google engineer who was fired from the company in June 2019 amid a row over his conservative ideology, said the brief incident on Tuesday suggested a 'blacklist'.
'It appears to have revealed the existence of another blacklist that disproportionately targets conservatives,' Wacker told Mediaite.
'The glitch is that sites on this...",right
20405,Ted Cruz Chased From D.C. Restaurant by Anti-Kavanaugh Protesters,['Supreme Court'],Ted Cruz heckled by radical protesters in DC restaurant,Fox News (Online News),"A group of radical protesters in Washington, D.C., shouted down Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and his wife in a restaurant Monday night, sending the couple to an early exit in a tense scene captured on video.",right
20406,Ted Cruz Chased From D.C. Restaurant by Anti-Kavanaugh Protesters,['Supreme Court'],Ted Cruz confronted with ‘We believe survivors!’ chant at D.C. restaurant,ThinkProgress,"A group of anti-fascist protesters confronted Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) while he and wife were sitting down to dinner at a fancy Italian restaurant in Washington, D.C on Monday night, angered",left
20407,Ted Cruz Chased From D.C. Restaurant by Anti-Kavanaugh Protesters,['Supreme Court'],Sen. Ted Cruz driven from Washington restaurant by anti-Kavanaugh protesters,USA TODAY,"Sen. Ted Cruz was driven from an upscale restaurant Monday night by a crowd of protesters chanting, ""We believe survivors.""",left
20408,"Biden Defends Afghanistan Withdrawal, Says Mission Will End August 31","['Foreign Policy', 'Afghanistan', 'Joe Biden', 'US Military', 'Jen Psaki', 'World', 'Middle East', 'Taliban']","In Forceful Defense of Afghan Withdrawal, Biden Says U.S. Achieved Its Objectives",New York Times (News),"President Biden vigorously defended his decision to end America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan on Thursday, asserting that the United States can no longer afford the human cost or strategic distraction of a conflict that he said had strayed far from its initial mission.
Speaking after the withdrawal of nearly all U.S. combat forces and as the Taliban surge across the country, Mr. Biden, often in blunt and defensive tones, spoke directly to critics of his order to bring an end to American participation in a conflict born from the terrorist...",left
20409,"Biden Defends Afghanistan Withdrawal, Says Mission Will End August 31","['Foreign Policy', 'Afghanistan', 'Joe Biden', 'US Military', 'Jen Psaki', 'World', 'Middle East', 'Taliban']","Biden Defends Afghan Pullout, Sets Evacuation for Interpreters",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Biden mounted an ardent defense of his decision to end the U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan, standing by the plan amid rapid gains by the insurgent Taliban, signs of strain on the Afghan military and grim forecasts from U.S. military and intelligence officials.
Mr. Biden said Thursday that the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan is on track to end on Aug. 31, arguing that the U.S. had achieved the objectives it set out two decades ago and adding that his administration would move thousands of potentially endangered Afghan interpreters...",center
20410,"Biden Defends Afghanistan Withdrawal, Says Mission Will End August 31","['Foreign Policy', 'Afghanistan', 'Joe Biden', 'US Military', 'Jen Psaki', 'World', 'Middle East', 'Taliban']","Taliban takeover of Afghanistan isn't 'inevitable,' Biden says after forceful defense of US exit",Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden rejected the notion Thursday that a Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is inevitable once a complete U.S. military withdrawal is complete this summer. Still, the commander in chief, during a forceful explanation of his pullout plan, conceded it is ""highly unlikely"" the Afghan government retains ""unified"" control of its country.
Biden answered questions from reporters following remarks outlining the new Aug. 31 withdrawal completion target and said while he doesn't ""trust"" the Taliban, he is confident the Afghan government and U.S.-trained security force there will be able to overcome the worse-equipped, smaller...",right
20411,Netanyahu Blasts Deal,"['Israel', 'World']",Netanyahu: Iran nuclear deal lets Tehran build ‘terror machine’ in Middle East,Washington Times,"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday blasted the preliminary nuclear deal struck between Iran, the U.S. and other countries last week, saying the agreement not only endangers Israel but also will enable Iran to build a “terror machine” capable of conquering the Middle East.
Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” Mr. Netanyahu — who has been the chief critic of the agreement — said lifting economic sanctions on Iran will lead to disas",right
20412,Netanyahu Blasts Deal,"['Israel', 'World']",Netanyahu blasts Obama's Iran nuclear deal,USA TODAY,"Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took his protest of the Iran nuclear agreement to the U.S. airwaves on Sunday.
""This deal will both threaten us and threaten our neighbors,"" Netanyahu said on CNN's State of the Union.
Netanyahu -- who also appeared on NBC's Meet The Press and ABC's This Week -- said the proposal will leave Iran's nuclear infrastructure in place.
The Israeli leader spoke days after the U.S., allies",left
20413,Netanyahu Blasts Deal,"['Israel', 'World']","Netanyahu blasts ‘very, very bad’ Iran nuclear agreement",Washington Post,"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted the framework agreement reached by world powers to curb Iran's nuclear program, repeatedly calling it a ""free path to a bomb"" that will spark an arms race in the Middle East.
Under the framework announced last week, international sanctions would be lifted in phases if Iran meets its commitments. The International Atomic Energy Agency would conduct inspections to monitor significant limits on Iranian nuclear facilities, and the restrictions would be in place for at least a decade.",left
20414,Who is Leading in the Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Poll: Trump, Carson dominate GOP field as Fiorina falters",CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump and Ben Carson now stand alone at the top of the Republican field, as Carly Fiorina's brief foray into the top tier of candidates seeking the GOP nomination for president appears to have ended, a new CNN/ORC poll finds.",left
20415,Who is Leading in the Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","New Polls on Presidential Race; Good News for Clinton, Trump, Carson",Fox News (Online News),"We’re waiting for hard news on the possible entry of Vice President Joe Biden into the race for the White House. Our own Ed Henry says his sources say the VP will get into the race though the announcement could still be days away. The VP is polling third behind Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, but would shake up the race on the Democratic side.",right
20416,Who is Leading in the Polls,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton, judged winner of debate, holds big national lead over Sanders",Washington Post,"Aided by her performance in the first Democratic debate, Hillary Rodham Clinton has regained much of the ground she lost during a summer of controversy and holds a dominating lead nationally over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the contest for her party’s presidential nomination, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.",left
20417,"4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals: Trump Administration's Abrogation of DACA, Illegal","['Immigration', 'DACA', 'Undocumented']",Second federal appeals court rules against Trump administration over DACA rollback,Washington Examiner,"A second federal appeals court on Friday ruled against the Trump administration in its attempt to roll back the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and said its decision to do so was unlawful.
A divided three-judge panel on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in its ruling that the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to rescind the DACA program violated federal law because “it was not adequately explained and thus was arbitrary and capricious.”
The Richmond-based federal appeals court is the second appeals court to rule...",right
20418,"4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals: Trump Administration's Abrogation of DACA, Illegal","['Immigration', 'DACA', 'Undocumented']",Federal appeals court rules against Trump on ending DACA,Associated Press,"RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday the Trump administration acted in an “arbitrary and capricious” manner when it sought to end an Obama-era program that shields young immigrants from deportation.
A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2 to 1 that the Trump administration violated federal statute when it tried to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program without adequately explaining why. The ruling overturns a lower court ruling a judge in Maryland made last year, which Trump had previously...",left
20419,Group Proposes California Secession,['Politics'],"Fed up with ‘tyranny’ and taxes, California group wants to secede from state",Washington Times,"Without much fanfare, a California interest group staged a recent press conference in the state’s capital of Sacramento to announce its intention to form its own state.",right
20420,Group Proposes California Secession,['Politics'],New California? 5 times Californians failed to split the Golden State,USA TODAY,"Monday's declaration of ""the State of New California"" marked the latest in more than 200 long-shot efforts to split the Golden State.",left
20421,Group Proposes California Secession,['Politics'],These Right-Wing Californians Are So Pissed Off They Want to Secede,Vice,They're going around the state announcing their grievances to anyone who will listen. Not many people seem interested.,left
20422,Health Insurance Exchanges Open,['Healthcare'],"ObamaCare ‘glitch’ watch: States report delays, hiccups on exchange sites",Fox News (Online News),"On the first day of enrollment for ObamaCare, technical glitches on federal and numerous state-run insurance exchanges are delaying and turning away Americans.",right
20423,Health Insurance Exchanges Open,['Healthcare'],"Health exchanges go live, with a few snags",Al Jazeera,"The Obama administration unveiled a pillar of its signature health care overhaul Tuesday morning, launching insurance marketplaces -- or exchanges – across the country, just as a partial government shutdown went into effect.",left
20424,Health Insurance Exchanges Open,['Healthcare'],Insurance Markets Open Amid Heavy Volume and Delays,New York Times (News),"The insurance exchanges at the core of President Obama’s health care law began operation, with officials watching closely, unsure of what to expect.",left
20425,Federal Reserve to Start Tapering Pandemic-Era Stimulus,"['Economic Policy', 'Monetary Policy', 'Federal Reserve', 'Jerome Powell', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Inflation', 'Coronavirus', 'Banking And Finance']",Fed set to begin pulling plug on massive aid to economy,Politico,"The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it will begin to slow its massive bond purchases later this month, the first step in removing its extraordinary pandemic-era support for the economy.
The long-awaited move signals both optimism about the pace of job growth and wariness about price surges that have pushed inflation up to its highest level in decades. The central bank has been buying $120 billion a month in U.S. government debt and mortgage-backed securities, a process designed to supercharge its efforts to keep borrowing costs low for households and businesses.",left
20426,Federal Reserve to Start Tapering Pandemic-Era Stimulus,"['Economic Policy', 'Monetary Policy', 'Federal Reserve', 'Jerome Powell', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Inflation', 'Coronavirus', 'Banking And Finance']",Fed to taper bond purchases by $15B a month as it unwinds pandemic-era stimulus,Fox Business,"The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced plans to begin slowing its aggressive bond-buying program by $15 billion a month in mid-November, the first step that policymakers will take in reversing a historic level of stimulus for the U.S. economy amid a recent inflation surge.
The Federal Open Market Committee said at the conclusion of its two-day policy-setting meeting this week that it would lower its monthly purchase of long-term Treasury bonds by $10 billion a month and monthly purchase of mortgage-backed securities by $5 billion a month, bringing the total November purchase to $105...",right
20427,Federal Reserve to Start Tapering Pandemic-Era Stimulus,"['Economic Policy', 'Monetary Policy', 'Federal Reserve', 'Jerome Powell', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment', 'Inflation', 'Coronavirus', 'Banking And Finance']",Fed to start tapering bond purchases later this month as it begins pulling back on pandemic aid,CNBC,"The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it soon will begin reducing the pace of its monthly bond purchases, the first step toward pulling back on the massive amount of help it had been providing markets and the economy.
Tapering of bond purchases will start “later this month,” the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee said in its post-meeting statement. The process will see reductions of $15 billion each month -- $10 billion in Treasurys and $5 billion in mortgage-backed securities – from the current $120 billion a month that the Fed is...",center
20428,Biden to Nominate Bridget Brink as US Ambassador to Ukraine,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'US Ambassador', 'Bridget Brink', 'Ukraine War', 'Foreign Policy']",Biden to tap Bridget Brink as US ambassador to Ukraine — two months after invasion,New York Post (News),"President Biden plans to tap Bridget Brink to serve as the US ambassador to Ukraine, two months after Russia launched its brutal invasion of the nation, the White House announced Monday.
Brink, a veteran and US diplomat, currently serves as the ambassador to the Slovak Republic and has a long history of working in European and Eurasian Affairs. 
Her nomination was first indicated by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin over the weekend in a secretive meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. 
If confirmed, Brink would...",right
20429,Biden to Nominate Bridget Brink as US Ambassador to Ukraine,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'US Ambassador', 'Bridget Brink', 'Ukraine War', 'Foreign Policy']",Biden selects Bridget Brink as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine,CBS News (Online),"President Biden plans to nominate veteran diplomat Bridget Brink to serve as the United States ambassador to Ukraine, the White House announced Monday.
Her nomination requires Senate approval, and if confirmed, Brink, the current U.S. ambassador to Slovakia, would take over as the top American diplomat in Ukraine as the nation continues to defend itself from Russia's invasion. A career foreign service officer, Brink has had assignments in Uzbekistan, Georgia, Cyprus and Serbia, and served as the deputy assistant secretary in the State Department's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. She also worked for...",left
20430,Biden to Nominate Bridget Brink as US Ambassador to Ukraine,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'US Ambassador', 'Bridget Brink', 'Ukraine War', 'Foreign Policy']",Biden to nominate Bridget Brink as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine,Axios,"President Biden announced on Monday that he intends to nominate Bridget Brink to serve as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.
Driving the news: The U.S. has not had an ambassador to Ukraine since former President Trump removed Marie Yovanovitch from the position in 2019.
The big picture: The White House's announcement follows Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, the first time top U.S. officials have traveled to Ukraine since the start of Russia's unprovoked invasion.
Blinken announced during the visit that U.S. diplomats would return...",center
20431,Chicago Reaches Deal With Teachers to Resume In-person Classes After COVID-19 Standoff,"['Coronavirus', 'Chicago', 'Education', 'Schools', 'Public Health', 'Children', 'Public Schools', 'Teachers Union']",Chicago Teachers Union clears way for in-person classes to resume Wednesday in Chicago Public Schools after four days of cancellations over COVID-19 clashes,Chicago Tribune,"A proposal for Chicago Public Schools to resume in-person classes Wednesday has been approved by the Chicago Teachers Union’s House of Delegates following a contentious weeklong standoff.
The delegates also voted Monday night to suspend the union’s work action that saw teachers refuse to give their lessons in person, prompting the cancellation of the last four school days. There will be no Tuesday classes though teachers will report to schools for planning.
In addition to a return to in-person teaching Wednesday, the plan the House of Delegates approved will set...",center
20432,Chicago Reaches Deal With Teachers to Resume In-person Classes After COVID-19 Standoff,"['Coronavirus', 'Chicago', 'Education', 'Schools', 'Public Health', 'Children', 'Public Schools', 'Teachers Union']",Chicago Teachers Union leaders strike deal to resume in-person classes,CBS News (Online),"Chicago Public Schools could resume in-person classes this week after Chicago Teachers Union leaders agreed to a new set of COVID-19 protocols. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Monday that teachers would return to campuses on Tuesday with in-person instruction restarting Wednesday.
The agreement still needs to be approved by the full union, but the Chicago Teachers Union House of Delegates voted to suspend the online learning plan they launched last week as rank-and-file membership votes. The tentative agreement comes after four days of canceled classes.
Last week's attempt by CTU to swtich...",left
20433,Chicago Reaches Deal With Teachers to Resume In-person Classes After COVID-19 Standoff,"['Coronavirus', 'Chicago', 'Education', 'Schools', 'Public Health', 'Children', 'Public Schools', 'Teachers Union']",Chicago schools set to resume in-person classes after one week off,New York Post (News),"Classes are set to resume Wednesday at Chicago schools as leaders of the city’s teachers union on Monday night approved a plan with the district over COVID-19 protections.
The two sides had been locked in a bitter fight that canceled classes for four days in the nation’s third-largest district.
Details weren’t immediately disclosed on the deal, which still requires approval from the union’s full 25,000 members.
“We know this has been very difficult for students and families,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said at Monday night press conference. “No one wins when students are...",right
20434,Donald Trump Jr.'s New Book Stirs Controversy Online,"['Donald Trump Jr.', 'Triggered', 'Book Release', 'Arts And Entertainment']",Donald Trump Jr. writes about Trump family 'sacrifices' during trip to Arlington National Cemetery: book,The Hill,"Donald Trump Jr. wrote about a trip to Arlington National Cemetery just before President Trump’s inauguration in his newly released book, where he reflected on his family’s sacrifices since his father took office.
Then-President-elect Trump and the first family were at the cemetery the day before Trump’s inauguration in January of 2017. Trump laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, where unidentified soldiers from World War I, World War II and the Korean War are buried in crypts.
“I rarely get emotional, if ever,” Trump Jr....",center
20435,Donald Trump Jr.'s New Book Stirs Controversy Online,"['Donald Trump Jr.', 'Triggered', 'Book Release', 'Arts And Entertainment']","'Daddy, Please Love Me': New York pranksters replace the covers on new Don Trump Jr. book",Washington Examiner,"A pair of comedians swapped out the jackets on copies of Donald Trump, Jr.'s new book with ones that read, ""Daddy, Please Love Me: How Everything I Do Is Try To Earn My Father's Love.""
Trump Jr., 41, published a new book, Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us, on Tuesday. After the book’s release, comedians Jason Selvig and Davram Stiefler replaced a number of book jackets at a New York Barnes and Noble and posted pictures of the prank on Twitter.
""We changed the...",right
20436,Donald Trump Jr.'s New Book Stirs Controversy Online,"['Donald Trump Jr.', 'Triggered', 'Book Release', 'Arts And Entertainment']","Triggered review: Donald Jr, the Trump kid with real political chops",The Guardian,"In Triggered, the president’s eldest child excoriates the left for its censoriousness, but ignores his father’s repeated demands for the same. In case Don Jr forgot, Trump père is no friend of free speech or a free press.
The elder Trump has called for tougher libel laws, unsuccessfully sought to strip CNN’s Jim Acosta of his White House press pass, threatened Michael Wolff with an injunction after the Guardian published excerpts from Wolff’s Fire and Fury, and turned the daily press briefing into a memory. Trump’s dad also treated the...",left
20437,Trump Warns North Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea is fast approaching Trump’s red line,Washington Post,"One of the biggest questions about President Trump is how he would respond to a crisis. Thus far, his presidency has been marked by controversies and stubborn politics, yes, but also by a strong economy and no natural disasters, major domestic terrorist attacks or new large-scale foreign conflicts.",left
20438,Trump Warns North Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']",Trump: North Korea 'will be met with fire and fury' if it threatens US,The Hill,"President Trump on Tuesday sternly warned North Korea against making threats to the U.S., responding to reports that Pyongyang has expanded its nuclear capabilities.",center
20439,Trump Warns North Korea,"['North Korea', 'World']","Americans Increasingly Open to War With North Korea, Even As Distrust of Trump Hits Record Highs",Reason,"How many ""kinetic military actions"" will it take for war skepticism to stick with the American public?
A new poll by the Chicago Council of Foreign Affairs (CCFA) finds that 75 percent of Americans believe that North Korea—a hermit kingdom thousands of miles away that is unable to keep its people from starving, a country whose military budget is a 60th the size of America's—presents a critical threat to the United States. That's up from 55 percent two years ago.",right
20440,Trump Calls Mexico’s Bluff,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump threatens to cancel a planned meeting with Mexican President Peña Nieto,Washington Post,President Trump threatened Thursday morning to cancel a planned meeting later this month with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto if the Mexican government refuses to pay for construction of a border wall.,left
20441,Trump Calls Mexico’s Bluff,"['White House', 'Politics']",Donald Trump hits back at Mexico’s Nieto: Cancel our meeting if you won’t pay for the wall,Washington Times,"President Trump said Thursday that it may be for the best if Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto cancels his planned visit here next week, unless he’s willing to pony up money for the border wall.",right
20442,Trump Calls Mexico’s Bluff,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump to Mexican president: Better to cancel our meeting,CNN (Online News),Donald Trump hasn't even been president for a week and already the US-Mexico battle over a border wall is turning red hot.,left
20443,Senate Democrats Agree to $3.5T Budget Reconciliation Bill,"['Federal Budget', 'US Senate', 'Economic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Economy And Jobs']",U.S. Senate Democrats agree to $3.5 trln for budget reconciliation bill,Reuters,"U.S. President Joe Biden's drive for big new infrastructure investment got a boost on Tuesday when leading Senate Democrats agreed on a $3.5 trillion investment plan they aim to include in a budget resolution to be debated soon, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
""We have come to an agreement,"" Schumer told reporters after more than two hours of closed-door talks that included Senate Budget Committee Democrats and White House officials. Republicans have not been part of these negotiations.
""You add that to the $600 billion in a bipartisan plan...",center
20444,Senate Democrats Agree to $3.5T Budget Reconciliation Bill,"['Federal Budget', 'US Senate', 'Economic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Economy And Jobs']",Democrats' next political high-wire act: Selling their $3.5T budget deal,Politico,"Top Senate Democrats are finally in array on a $3.5 trillion price tag for their party's momentous social spending plans. Their next task will be even tougher: selling it to the rest of their party.
The massive top-line number that Senate Budget Committee Democrats released Tuesday night affords plenty of room to spend on President Joe Biden’s priorities, from child care to fighting climate change. But just because Senate Budget Chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) climbed down from his initial hopes of a $6 trillion spending plan doesn't mean that his...",left
20445,Senate Democrats Agree to $3.5T Budget Reconciliation Bill,"['Federal Budget', 'US Senate', 'Economic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate Democrats strike tentative deal on $3.5 trillion party-line spending package,Washington Times,"Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer announced Tuesday a tentative framework for a $3.5 trillion party-line social welfare package, although it remains to be seen whether Democrats can unite behind the measure.
Mr. Schumer announced the deal after meeting with all 11 Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee. The panel will be responsible for shepherding the deal through the budget reconciliation process, which allows spending bills to pass via a simple majority of 51 votes in the evenly split Senate.
“The budget resolution with instructions will be $3.5 trillion,” said Mr. Schumer, New York Democrat....",right
20446,Five Pence Aides Test Positive for COVID-19; Pence Tests Negative,"['Mike Pence', 'Mark Meadows', 'Superspreader', 'Amy Coney Barrett', 'US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'White House', 'Coronavirus']","Mike Pence's chief of staff Marc Short, 4 others test positive for COVID-19",ABC News (Online),"Five individuals in Vice President Mike Pence's orbit have tested positive for the coronavirus, including his chief of staff Marc Short and political aide Marty Obst.
""Today, Marc Short, Chief of Staff to the Vice President, tested positive for COVID-19, began quarantine and assisting in the contact tracing process,"" Devin O'Malley, press secretary for the vice president, said in a statement Saturday.
Sunday morning, multiple sources familiar with the matter told ABC News that in addition to an outside political ally of Pence's, four of his staffers have tested positive....",left
20447,Five Pence Aides Test Positive for COVID-19; Pence Tests Negative,"['Mike Pence', 'Mark Meadows', 'Superspreader', 'Amy Coney Barrett', 'US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'White House', 'Coronavirus']",Democrats urge Pence to not preside over Barrett vote due to coronavirus cases,The Hill,"Top Senate Democrats are urging Vice President Pence to abandon plans to preside over Monday's vote to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court after several of his aides tested positive for the coronavirus.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and members of his leadership team sent a letter to Pence saying that in the wake of the recent coronavirus cases, presiding over the vote ""is not a risk worth taking.""
""Not only would your presence in the Senate Chamber tomorrow be a clear violation of Centers for...",center
20448,Five Pence Aides Test Positive for COVID-19; Pence Tests Negative,"['Mike Pence', 'Mark Meadows', 'Superspreader', 'Amy Coney Barrett', 'US Senate', 'Democratic Party', 'White House', 'Coronavirus']",Pence Chief of Staff Tests Positive for Coronavirus,National Review,"Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff, Marc Short, tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday, Pence’s office announced.
Pence and his wife Karen both tested negative for the coronavirus on Saturday and “remain in good health,” Pence’s press secretary Devin O’Malley in a statement Saturday, and Short “began quarantine and assisting in the contact tracing process” the same day.",right
20449,House Votes to Keep Plans,['Healthcare'],39 Dems Defect as House OKs 'Keep Your Health Plan' Bill,ABC News (Online),"Thirty-nine House Democrats joined 222 Republicans to pass the ""Keep Your Health Plan Act of 2013,"" a bill to allow Americans to keep certain health care plans banned because of Obamacare.",left
20450,House Votes to Keep Plans,['Healthcare'],House votes to let Americans keep health plans; 39 Dems defy Obama,Washington Times,"Nearly 40 House Democrats defied President Obama and helped the Republican majority pass a bill Friday that lets Americans keep, for one year, health plans that do not comply with Obamacare.",right
20451,House Votes to Keep Plans,['Healthcare'],House votes to reinstate insurance plans. Will such fixes sink Obamacare?,Christian Science Monitor,"Washington is full of ideas on how to fix the fully loaded SUV known as Obamacare. On Thursday, President Obama offered his fix. On Friday, members of the House – including 39 Democrats – approved theirs, and other lawmakers have their own ideas. But all these busy mechanics could end up doing more damage to Obamacare.",center
20452,Harvey Weinstein Convicted on 2 of 5 Counts,"['Criminal Justice', 'Harvey Weinstein', 'Justice', 'Hollywood', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Sexual Misconduct']","Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty Of Rape, Sexual Abuse In Mixed Verdict",NPR (Online News),"A Manhattan jury has found Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape and sexual abuse but acquitted him of the most serious charges, capping one of the most closely watched trials of the #MeToo era. The mixed verdict means the former Hollywood producer will likely spend time in prison.
It also is some measure of vindication for the six women who testified that Weinstein attacked and sought to intimidate them. Although he was acquitted of the most serious charges — two counts of predatory sexual assault and one count of first-degree rape,...",left
20453,Harvey Weinstein Convicted on 2 of 5 Counts,"['Criminal Justice', 'Harvey Weinstein', 'Justice', 'Hollywood', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Judge Napolitano calls Weinstein verdict a 'monumental setback' for government,Fox News (Online News),"Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano reacted to the Harvey Weinstein verdict on “America’s Newsroom” Monday, calling it a ""significant victory"" for the disgraced movie producer and a ""monumental setback"" for prosecutors.
Weinstein, 67, was convicted of first-degree commission of a criminal sexual act and third-degree rape but was acquitted of two more serious charges of predatory sexual assault, as well as first-degree rape. The charges Weinstein was convicted of carry a total sentence of up to 29 years in prison.
“He’s still facing serious time,"" Napolitano said....",right
20454,Harvey Weinstein Convicted on 2 of 5 Counts,"['Criminal Justice', 'Harvey Weinstein', 'Justice', 'Hollywood', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Sexual Misconduct']","'No stopping this movement now': Even with split verdict, Weinstein accusers say it's a win",NBC News (Online),"When a New York jury Monday found Harvey Weinstein guilty of two out of five charges in his rape trial, his stunned accusers started sending rapid-fire group texts.
""Holy s---,"" one text read. ""I'm shaking,"" read another, according to Louise Godbold, who used to work in commercial production and has alleged that Weinstein attacked her twice in 1991.
It was a day many of Weinstein's dozens of accusers never thought would come: ""That this case got to trial at all, considering the massive clout that Harvey had and the years...",left
20455,House Delays Vote on $1.2T Infrastructure Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Joe Biden']",House Delays Vote on $1 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill,National Review,"The House delayed a vote on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill on Thursday, as progressive Democrats refused to support the bill until Congress acts on a reconciliation package projected to cost $3.5 trillion.
An intraparty battle delayed the bipartisan infrastructure effort as progressives held out on supporting the bill in an effort to create leverage for passing the larger package, which includes climate-change initiatives, expansions of health care, public education, paid leave and child-care programs, as well as an array of tax increases. Moderate Senators Kyrsten Sinema (D., Ariz.) and Joe Manchin...",right
20456,House Delays Vote on $1.2T Infrastructure Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Joe Biden']",Infrastructure vote delayed while leaders hash out deal,Axios,"A vote on the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill was delayed late Thursday night as leaders on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue continue to hash out a deal on President Biden's larger reconciliation package.
Why it matters: Pelosi had promised centrist Democrats she would bring the Senate-passed measure to the floor today, and spent hours negotiating with members in order to fulfill her pledge.
But progressive Democrats stayed firm in their threat to sink the vote without a detailed commitment between the House, Senate and White House that Biden's reconciliation package...",center
20457,House Delays Vote on $1.2T Infrastructure Bill,"['Economic Policy', 'Infrastructure', 'Infrastructure Bill', 'Budget Reconciliation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Joe Biden']",House Delays Vote on Infrastructure Bill as Democrats Feud,New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — President Biden’s trillion-dollar bipartisan infrastructure plan suffered a significant setback late Thursday night when House Democratic leaders, short of support amid a liberal revolt, put off a planned vote on a crucial plank of their domestic agenda.
Democratic leaders and supporters of the bill insisted the postponement was only a temporary setback. The infrastructure vote was rescheduled for Friday, giving them more time to reach agreement on an expansive climate change and social safety net bill that would bring liberals along.
But such a deal appeared far off,...",left
20458,Report Says CARES Act Off to Slow Start; Treasury Defends Response,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'US Treasury', 'Steven Mnuchin', 'Coronavirus', 'Economic Policy']",Fear of Risk Could Diminish the Economic Rescue by the Treasury and Fed,New York Times (News),"As the United States plunges into the worst economic downturn in decades, there is growing concern that the Federal Reserve and the Treasury are being too timid and halting in their approach as they scramble to rescue the economy.
On Monday, a report from the congressional commission overseeing the Fed and Treasury’s efforts pointed out that most of the $500 billion that Congress allocated in March to the Treasury to support businesses and local governments had yet to be used and raised questions about how the rescue programs would work....",left
20459,Report Says CARES Act Off to Slow Start; Treasury Defends Response,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'US Treasury', 'Steven Mnuchin', 'Coronavirus', 'Economic Policy']","Treasury's Mnuchin, Fed's Powell Defend Coronavirus Relief Measures",NPR (Online News),"The Senate Banking Committee took its first look at spending under the massive CARES Act, which Congress approved in March to provide assistance to individuals, businesses and local governments affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin were pressed by senators about their stewardship of specific aspects of the approximately $2 trillion relief package at Tuesday's remote hearing.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., criticized both the Treasury secretary and the Fed for not including stronger requirements that businesses borrowing from the central bank keep...",left
20460,Report Says CARES Act Off to Slow Start; Treasury Defends Response,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Banking And Finance', 'US Treasury', 'Steven Mnuchin', 'Coronavirus', 'Economic Policy']",Report: Treasury fund to ease virus crisis off to slow start,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department and Federal Reserve have lent hardly any money under a $500 billion fund created by the economic rescue law passed in response to the coronavirus crisis, a congressional oversight panel says in a new report.
The Treasury fund is being used to guarantee new, expansive Federal Reserve lending programs to companies, states and cities that could be leveraged to reach as much as $4.5 trillion.
So far only one of the new Fed programs has started operating, a lending fund likely to be tapped...",left
20461,US Prepares for Syria Strike,['Middle East'],Obama administration lays groundwork for probable military strike against Syria,Washington Post,"The Obama administration readied Tuesday for a probable military strike against Syria, assembling allied backing and collecting an important Arab endorsement of its view that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is almost certainly to blame for an alleged mass gassing of civilians.",left
20462,US Prepares for Syria Strike,['Middle East'],White House: Obama paralyzed on Syria response,Washington Times,"President Obama hasn’t decided whether to bomb Syria, but a U.S. response to the regime’s use of chemical weapons is required, the White House said Tuesday.",right
20463,US Prepares for Syria Strike,['Middle East'],Hagel: 'We're ready to go' if ordered on Syria chemical weapons,CNN (Online News),"With a flurry of diplomatic signals and activity, U.S. officials sought Tuesday to lay the groundwork for a possible military strike on Syria in response to last week's suspected chemical weapons attack that Washington blames on President Bashar al-Assad's regime.",left
20464,Happy Thanksgiving 2014,"['Holidays', 'General News']",A Thanksgiving dinner resolution: Why you should invite Indians to the table today,Salon,"As we eat that turkey tonight, let's consider how our system is depriving Natives of economic and criminal justice",left
20465,Happy Thanksgiving 2014,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Traditions: How Thanksgiving became an official holiday,USA TODAY,Every year families gather around tables across the USA to celebrate Thanksgiving. But how did it become an official holiday?,left
20466,Happy Thanksgiving 2014,"['Holidays', 'General News']",The truly first Thanksgiving,Washington Times,"Nov. 21, 1620, was a bitterly cold day off Cape Cod — so cold that the sea spray froze on the coats of the ship’s passengers.",right
20467,"Proposed Education Budget Prompts Support, Questions","['Federal Budget', 'Donald Trump', 'Student Loan Debt', 'Higher Education', 'Charter Schools', 'Public Schools', 'Betsy DeVos', 'Education']",Which student loan programs would vanish if Trump's proposed budget goes through?,USA TODAY,"In Donald Trump's latest budget, aid for lower-income students and programs that offer relief to workers in public service are on the chopping block.
The $4.89 trillion plan, presented to Congress on Monday, would cut the Education Department's budget by $5.6 billion, eking out savings by ending some grants, freezing the maximum amount of others and shifting some payments from the government to borrowers.
A couple of proposals could help those struggling to repay their loans.
The spending plan was criticized by Democrats who control the House and has...",left
20468,"Proposed Education Budget Prompts Support, Questions","['Federal Budget', 'Donald Trump', 'Student Loan Debt', 'Higher Education', 'Charter Schools', 'Public Schools', 'Betsy DeVos', 'Education']",Trump Administration’s Budget Would Eliminate Federal Funding for Charter Schools,U.S. News & World Report,"THE TRUMP administration would eliminate federal funding for public charter schools under its budget request for 2020, instead allowing states to tap into a $19 billion pool of money to spend on K-12 education as they see fit.
The proposal – from an administration that has made school choice its No. 1 education priority – stands in stark contrast to the last three budget proposals, all of which included major funding increases for the $440 million federal charter school program.
Once a priority, now the federal charter school program is...",left
20469,"Proposed Education Budget Prompts Support, Questions","['Federal Budget', 'Donald Trump', 'Student Loan Debt', 'Higher Education', 'Charter Schools', 'Public Schools', 'Betsy DeVos', 'Education']","Trump budget proposal reins in unconstitutional, bloated Department of Education",Washington Examiner,"If you love a constitutionally constrained federal government, President Trump’s latest budget request for Betsy DeVos's Department of Education will warm your heart. But there’s more to be done.
Let’s start with the best part: The budget would cut $6.1 billion in education spending overall and consolidate $19.4 billion worth of K-12 programs into simple block grants to states. That cuts federal strings off of a big chunk of education money, and doing so makes sense.
This would be much more in line with the education power the Constitution gives...",right
20470,Derek Chauvin Found Guilty of Murder and Manslaughter in George Floyd's Death,"['Criminal Justice', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Police Brutality', 'George Floyd', 'Race And Racism', 'Inequality', 'Justice']",Jury Finds Derek Chauvin Guilty,The Daily Wire,"After a little over ten hours of deliberation, a jury on Tuesday found former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder,and second-degree manslaughter in relation to the death of George Floyd.
On May 25, Chauvin and three other officers arrested and detained Floyd after he allegedly gave counterfeit money at a convenience store. Following a struggle to get Floyd into the back of a police cruiser, viral video shows that Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck and back for nearly nine minutes to detain Floyd while awaiting...",right
20471,Derek Chauvin Found Guilty of Murder and Manslaughter in George Floyd's Death,"['Criminal Justice', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Police Brutality', 'George Floyd', 'Race And Racism', 'Inequality', 'Justice']",Derek Chauvin found guilty on all counts in the murder of George Floyd,USA TODAY,"The jury has found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts in the murder of George Floyd last May.
Chauvin, 45, was found guilty of second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
The judge asked each juror if the verdict was correct, thanked them for ""heavy duty jury service,"" and dismissed them. He revoked bail and told Chauvin to report back in eight weeks for sentencing. Chauvin was handcuffed and taken into custody.
The former officer, who is white, was seen on video pinning George Floyd, a 46-year-old...",left
20472,Derek Chauvin Found Guilty of Murder and Manslaughter in George Floyd's Death,"['Criminal Justice', 'George Floyd Protests', 'Police Brutality', 'George Floyd', 'Race And Racism', 'Inequality', 'Justice']",Derek Chauvin Found Guilty On All Charges In George Floyd’s Death,HuffPost,"Derek Chauvin has been convicted of two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, concluding a trial that drew intense national interest and amplified concerns over the disparate ways police treat Americans of color.
The former Minneapolis officer, who is white, will likely face time behind bars. His sentence will be determined by Judge Peter Cahill. The 12 jurors reached their verdict after roughly 10 hours of deliberation that began Monday.
Chauvin was one of three officers who pinned down Floyd, a Black...",left
20473,Supreme Court Denies Review on Homeless Ticketing Appeal,"['Supreme Court', 'Idaho', 'California', 'Poverty', 'Housing And Homelessness']",U.S. Supreme Court will not take up Boise’s controversial homeless camping case,Idaho Statesman,"The United States Supreme Court will not take up Boise’s appeal in the case of Martin v. Boise, which addresses whether the city can ticket homeless people for “camping” in public, filings showed Monday.
Advocates for people who are homeless considered the decision a victory as news came down. Theane Evangelis, Boise’s lead counsel on the case, disagreed, saying in a statement that “the Ninth Circuit’s decision ultimately harms the very people it purports to protect.”",center
20474,Supreme Court Denies Review on Homeless Ticketing Appeal,"['Supreme Court', 'Idaho', 'California', 'Poverty', 'Housing And Homelessness']",Supreme Court won't revive law allowing Boise to ticket homeless who sleep on sidewalks,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN)The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a lower court opinion that struck down a Boise, Idaho, law aimed at the homeless that regulates camping and sleeping in public spaces.
In an unsigned order with no noted dissents, the court declined to take up Boise's appeal to reinstate its law allowing officers to ticket individuals sleeping and camping on sidewalks and parks.
The city argued the ordinance was necessary to ""ensure that these areas remain safe, accessible and sanitary.""",left
20475,Supreme Court Denies Review on Homeless Ticketing Appeal,"['Supreme Court', 'Idaho', 'California', 'Poverty', 'Housing And Homelessness']",Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to ruling that allows homeless to sleep on sidewalks,Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to hear a case from Boise, Idaho challenging a lower court ruling that permits homeless people to sleep on sidewalks and in public parks if there is not enough shelter space to house them.
The Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the case – which came without comment or a dissent – is a major win for homeless activists, but a blow to city officials across the west who argue that the ruling by a federal appeals court last year hinders their abilities...",right
20476,Kabul Bombing Leaves Shadow Over U.S-Taliban Negotiations,"['Terrorism', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban']",Taliban claim deadly attack near US embassy in Kabul,Al Jazeera,"A Taliban suicide car bombing in the Afghan capital killed at least 10 Afghan civilians, a US service member and a Romanian soldier in the second such attack this week after a preliminary US-Taliban peace deal was announced.
The blast took place on Thursday in Shash Darak, a heavily fortified area adjacent to the Green Zone and home to several important complexes, including the National Directorate of Security (NDS), the Afghan intelligence service, and the US embassy.",left
20477,Kabul Bombing Leaves Shadow Over U.S-Taliban Negotiations,"['Terrorism', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban']",U.S. soldier is among those killed in Taliban suicide blast in Kabul near the American embassy,Daily Mail,"A Taliban suicide blast in the center of Kabul has killed a U.S. soldier, a Romanian service member and at least 10 civilians near the headquarters of Afghanistan's international military force and the American embassy.
The American and Romanian service members killed on Thursday when the car bomb exploded were both NATO soldiers.
It is the second major attack this week as the Afghan government warned that a U.S.-Taliban deal on ending America's longest war was moving at dangerous speed.
The NATO Resolute Support mission, whose offices were near...",right
20478,Kabul Bombing Leaves Shadow Over U.S-Taliban Negotiations,"['Terrorism', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Afghanistan', 'Taliban']",US service member killed in Kabul suicide car bomb attack,CNN (Online News),"Washington (CNN)A US service member was killed in a suicide car bomb attack Thursday in Kabul, Afghanistan, at a checkpoint near NATO headquarters and the US embassy, a US military official with direct knowledge of the incident said.
Another service member from Romania also was killed, the NATO-led coalition announced in a statement.
The attack did not penetrate the security perimeter, the official said.",left
20479,Perspectives: Should Members of Congress Be Allowed to Buy and Sell Stocks?,"['Banking And Finance', 'Stock Market', 'US Congress', 'Ethics', 'Insider Trading', 'Free Market']","More Republican Senators Trade in the Stock Market Than Democrats, Records Show",Newsweek,"During a Wednesday press briefing, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that she opposes placing a ban on congressional lawmakers and their spouses from trading stock, saying ""We're a free market economy,"" and that they ""should be able to participate in that.""
The issue of members of Congress trading in stock has been a point of contention in recent months, as a December 14 report by Insider identified that 49 members of Congress had failed to adequately report their financial transactions as dictated under the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, known as the STOCK...",center
20480,Perspectives: Should Members of Congress Be Allowed to Buy and Sell Stocks?,"['Banking And Finance', 'Stock Market', 'US Congress', 'Ethics', 'Insider Trading', 'Free Market']",Nancy Pelosi wants to get even richer by investing in the companies she subsidizes and regulates,Washington Examiner,"Nancy Pelosi owns more than $500,000 in Apple stock, according to her financial disclosure reports. Pelosi is also the speaker of the House. Congressional Democrats and Republicans alike have introduced multiple antitrust bills that would affect Big Tech companies.
The CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, called Pelosi personally in June and told her not to move ahead on these bills. The House Judiciary Committee passed six of these bills in June. Not one of them has seen movement on the House floor in six months, with some reports pinning the inaction on the speaker.
Back in January,...",right
20481,Perspectives: Should Members of Congress Be Allowed to Buy and Sell Stocks?,"['Banking And Finance', 'Stock Market', 'US Congress', 'Ethics', 'Insider Trading', 'Free Market']",A question for Pelosi: Why are members of Congress allowed to trade stocks?,Paul Waldman,"In the world many of us would like to see, we’d admire public servants of all kinds for their dedication to the country. Yet we’d also acknowledge that having a government that operates smoothly and free of corruption requires those public servants to accept some conditions on their employment they might not tolerate if they were in the private sector.
Most of the time, that’s how things do work. Members of Congress, for instance, have to file financial disclosures that are made public, which you don’t have to do if...",left
20482,Happy Labor Day 2014,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Happy Labor Day,Townhall,"Why is Labor Day so important to us?
That's a good question. Perhaps it's because Labor Day gives the American worker a chance to spend some additional quality time with friends, family and loved ones. It’s also, supposedly, the last day you’re allowed to wear white, and, as Karl Rove points out, it's “the unofficial start of the fall campaign season.”
These are all good things, or at least good things to know. But its true meaning and purpose is actually quite fascinating (via the US Department of Labor):
Labor...",right
20483,Happy Labor Day 2014,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Labor Today,New York Times (News),"In the months before Labor Day last year, job growth was so slow that economists said it would take until 2021 to replace the jobs that were lost or never created in the recession and its aftermath.
The pace has picked up since then; at the current rate, missing jobs will be recovered by 2018. Still, five years into an economic recovery that has been notable for resurging corporate profits, the number and quality of jobs are still lagging badly, as are wages and salaries.
In 2013, after-tax corporate profits...",left
20484,Happy Labor Day 2014,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Labor Day Turns Attention Back to Minimum-Wage Debate,Wall Street Journal (News),"The White House and union leaders are using Labor Day reinvigorate efforts to raise the minimum wage.
Legislation to increase the federal pay floor from $7.25 an hour stalled in Congress this spring, but Democrats hope the issue will resonate with voters in November, especially in states with closely contested Senate races.
“Raising the minimum wage would be one of the best ways to give a boost to working families,” President Barack Obama said Saturday in his weekly radio address. He pointed to stronger job creation gains this year but...",center
20485,"2020 Campaigns, Calls for Justice Mark 9/11 Anniversary","['9/11', 'Justice', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'US Military', 'Middle East', 'Terrorism']",Biden and Trump Will Observe 9/11 With Trips to New York and Pennsylvania,New York Times (News),"Joseph R. Biden Jr. will travel to New York and Pennsylvania on Friday to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks as he and President Trump put forth radically different visions of what it means to comfort a nation in mourning.
Mr. Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, will attend the National September 11 Memorial & Museum’s commemoration ceremony before traveling to Shanksville, Pa., where a campaign statement said that they would “pay their respects to the victims of Flight 93,” the plane that was hijacked and...",left
20486,"2020 Campaigns, Calls for Justice Mark 9/11 Anniversary","['9/11', 'Justice', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'US Military', 'Middle East', 'Terrorism']","Biden, troop levels and the 9/11 legacy",Axios,"Despite pressure from the left, Joe Biden is making it clear that if he wins, he won't just pull up stakes from Afghanistan and the region.
Driving the news: Biden made news on Thursday when he told Stars and Stripes that he supports a sustained U.S. military footprint of up to 1,500-2,000 on the ground — primarily for special operations against ISIS and other terror threats — in the war that began after the 9/11 terrorist attacks 19 years ago.
""These forever wars have to end ... but here's the...",center
20487,"2020 Campaigns, Calls for Justice Mark 9/11 Anniversary","['9/11', 'Justice', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'US Military', 'Middle East', 'Terrorism']","Justice delayed: 19 years later, coronavirus pushes back 9/11 trial — again",Washington Examiner,"After 19 years, justice has yet to be attained in the case against the plotters of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks — and a year dominated by a global pandemic has pushed the start of the trial at Guantanamo Bay back even further.
Al Qaeda terrorists crashed hijacked planes into the World Trade Center buildings, the side of the Pentagon, and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing nearly 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2001, but the five men believed to be responsible for the plot have yet to face a...",right
20488,Trump Breaks Silence on Abortion Law,"['Abortion', 'Donald Trump']",Trump breaks silence amid Alabama abortion ban row,BBC News,"US President Donald Trump has outlined his ""strongly pro-life"" views on abortion amid controversy over strict new laws passed in several states.
Mr Trump said he was against abortion except in cases of rape, incest or a ""serious health risk"" to the mother.
His stance on what is a divisive election issue in the US emerged days after Alabama passed a law banning abortion in almost all cases.
A pro-choice rally is planned later on Sunday in protest at the new measures.",center
20489,Trump Breaks Silence on Abortion Law,"['Abortion', 'Donald Trump']",Trump signals Alabama abortion law goes too far but stresses he’s ‘strongly pro-life’,Washington Post,"President Trump is carefully distancing himself from a new Alabama law that bans abortion in almost all circumstances, even in cases of rape and incest, stressing his “strongly pro-life” credentials while aligning himself with other Republicans who also contend the statute goes too far.
In a late-night Twitter thread Saturday, Trump avoided any direct references to the law in Alabama or in other Republican-led states that have rushed to enact strict new rules against abortion designed to invite court challenges and eventually make their way to the Supreme Court.
...",left
20490,Trump Breaks Silence on Abortion Law,"['Abortion', 'Donald Trump']",Trump wants exceptions in abortion laws,Washington Examiner,"President Trump said he favors abortion laws that include exceptions for rape and incest, marking a break with Alabama Republicans, who recently enacted the strictest abortion ban in the nation.
“As most people know, and for those who would like to know, I am strongly Pro-Life, with the three exceptions - Rape, Incest and protecting the Life of the mother,” Trump tweeted late Saturday.
Trump said Republicans must stick together to win elections in 2020 and further the anti-abortion agenda.",right
20491,Trump Triumphs,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump wins presidency, defeats Clinton in historic election upset",Fox News (Online News),"Donald Trump, defying the pundits and polls to the end, defeated Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s presidential election and claimed an establishment-stunning victory that exposes the depth of voter dissatisfaction – and signals immense changes ahead for American policy at home and abroad.",right
20492,Trump Triumphs,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump rides rural rebellion to stunning victory,Christian Science Monitor,"Many conservative white voters have despaired at what they saw as America’s decline. On Election Day, they pushed Donald Trump to a historic result.",center
20493,Trump Triumphs,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump's Stunning Upset,The Atlantic,"Donald Trump had one more surprise up his sleeve.
The Republican nominee was elected president Tuesday, winning a stunning upset that defied nearly every prediction. Trump broke through Hillary Clinton’s Democratic firewall and turned back her bid to become the first woman to serve as president, even as the candidates battled for the lead in the popular vote.",left
20494,Zelenskyy Visits City Retaken by Ukrainian Forces Amid Counteroffensive,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia']",'We prayed to be liberated': Inside a city recaptured by Ukraine after months of Russian occupation,CNN (Online News),"Burned-out tanks and trucks emblazoned with Russia's signature 'Z' symbol lie at the side of the road, gutted and red with new rust. A collapsed bridge is covered in signs warning of landmines. Further along, the wreckage of a car is left alongside a destroyed petrol station surrounded by the debris of shelling.
These are the signs of Ukrainian victory and, for now, a Russian rout.
As CNN became the first international television crew to enter Izium since the Ukrainians retook it on Saturday, the team encountered a city just waking...",left
20495,Zelenskyy Visits City Retaken by Ukrainian Forces Amid Counteroffensive,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia']",Russians Leave Behind Huge Arsenals of Ammunition While Retreating,Newsweek,,center
20496,Zelenskyy Visits City Retaken by Ukrainian Forces Amid Counteroffensive,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia']",Zelensky visits latest liberated city as hope of victory spreads across Ukraine,Daily Mail,"Volodymyr Zelensky has helped raised the Ukrainian flag over the newly-recaptured Russian stronghold of Izyum as he celebrates a stunning counter-attack that routed Putin's forces in the north of the country.
The Ukrainian president took part in a minute of silence for fallen soldiers before congratulating those still fighting on their victory. He then raising the flag in triumph over the city - which previously served as the launchpad for the Putin's mission to seize the entire Donbas region. 
'Ukraine is taking back its own,' a military spokesman said, as...",right
20497,FDA Gives Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Full Approval,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare', 'Pfizer', 'Vaccine Mandates']","Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine becomes first to win FDA's full approval, paving way for boosters, mandates",USA TODAY,"Eight months after first authorizing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration has issued its full stamp of approval.
Now that the companies' detailed, so-called biologics license application has been granted, it's expected vaccination will be required by many companies, schools and other entities. 
The FDA decision also clears the way for the companies to market their vaccine, which is not permitted without full licensure. And it may launch a race for booster shots, allowing doctors to prescribe extra Pfizer-BioNTech shots ""off label"" to anyone they think should get one. 
The FDA confirmed late...",left
20498,FDA Gives Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Full Approval,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare', 'Pfizer', 'Vaccine Mandates']",FDA Grants Pfizer Vaccine Full Approval,The Daily Caller,"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Monday that it has granted full approval to the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech for individuals 16 years of age or older.
The vaccine approval is the fastest in the agency’s history, coming less than four months after Pfizer-BioNTech completed its “biologics license application” in May. The FDA had moved to clear the shot’s regulatory hurdles in record time, evaluating the company’s latest safety data and inspecting vaccine factories around the world, according to CBS News.
“While millions of people have already safely received COVID-19...",right
20499,FDA Gives Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Full Approval,"['Coronavirus', 'FDA', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare', 'Pfizer', 'Vaccine Mandates']","FDA grants full approval to Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer, BioNTech",STAT,"The Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval to the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech, a long-awaited development that public health officials hope will persuade some people who remain hesitant about the vaccine to get the shot.
The vaccine is the first of the pandemic vaccines used in the United States to transition from emergency use status to full licensure, a major victory for a partnership that decided to forgo funding through the government’s Operation Warp Speed program on the belief that the development...",center
20500,How Will Hispanic and Latino Voters Impact the Midterm Elections?,"['2022 Elections', 'Latino Voters', 'Hispanic Voters', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Midterm Elections']","Latino Voters, Once Solidly Democratic, Split Along Economic Lines",Wall Street Journal (News),"A few miles from the Las Vegas Strip, in a working-class neighborhood of one-story homes and scattered palm trees, Vania Oronoz is pushing her husband to give up his habit of voting for Democrats.
Mrs. Oronoz and many of her neighbors are shifting toward the Republican Party, a pattern that’s being replicated across the country. The move has been especially pronounced among working-class Latinos, whose votes have the potential to reshape the political parties in the same way that the movement of white, working-class voters has made them a pillar...",center
20501,How Will Hispanic and Latino Voters Impact the Midterm Elections?,"['2022 Elections', 'Latino Voters', 'Hispanic Voters', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Midterm Elections']",Biden and Democrats losing grip on Hispanic voters,Washington Examiner,"President Joe Biden and Democrats may be celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month, but convincing members of the country's diverse Hispanic and Latino community to support them in the 2022 midterm elections will not be a party.
Hispanic and Latino voters, who surprised Florida and Texas Democrats last cycle, will be a critical demographic again in November, particularly in the toss-up Arizona and Nevada Senate races, which will determine the balance of power in Washington next year, along with the other competitive campaigns.
Republicans are proud of the party's improved standing...",right
20502,How Will Hispanic and Latino Voters Impact the Midterm Elections?,"['2022 Elections', 'Latino Voters', 'Hispanic Voters', 'Republican Party', 'Democratic Party', 'Midterm Elections']","Majority of Latino Voters Out of G.O.P.’s Reach, New Poll Shows",New York Times (News),"It has been nearly two years since Donald Trump made surprising gains with Hispanic voters. But Republican dreams of a major realignment of Latino voters drawn to G.O.P. stances on crime and social issues have failed to materialize, according to a new poll by The New York Times and Siena College.
The poll — one of the largest nonpartisan surveys of Latino voters since the 2020 election — found that Democrats had maintained a grip on the majority of Latino voters, driven in part by women and the belief that...",left
20503,Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to Retire,"['Supreme Court', 'Stephen Breyer', 'Justice', 'Joe Biden']",Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire,Fox News (Online News),"Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, Fox News confirmed, setting President Biden up with the first opportunity to fill a vacancy on the high court. 
A source close to Breyer told Fox News that the justice will step down at the end of the current Supreme Court term early this summer. 
Breyer, who is 83, has been the subject of rampant speculation about his retirement. Liberal activists were calling for the justice to retire soon after Biden was inaugurated. 
Breyer was appointed by former President Bill Clinton, a Democrat. Breyer's replacement will...",right
20504,Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to Retire,"['Supreme Court', 'Stephen Breyer', 'Justice', 'Joe Biden']",Report: Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire,Axios,"Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire, NBC news first reported on Wednesday, giving President Biden his first — and maybe only — chance to put a stamp on the high court.
What’s next: Appointing a new Supreme Court justice will be one of the longest-lasting pieces of Biden’s legacy — and could give Democrats a jolt of energy ahead of next year's midterms.
Why it matters: Breyer, who is 83, faced considerable pressure to step aside under a Democratic president and while Democrats control the Senate, even narrowly.
Breyer’s retirement won’t help Democrats...",center
20505,Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to Retire,"['Supreme Court', 'Stephen Breyer', 'Justice', 'Joe Biden']",Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire,CNN (Online News),"Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire, giving President Joe Biden a chance to nominate to the bench, a well-placed source familiar with the matter told CNN.
Breyer, 83, a consistent liberal vote on the Supreme Court with an unflappable belief in the US system of government and a pragmatic view of the law, has served nearly three decades on the bench.
Breyer is expected to stay on until the end of the term and a replacement is confirmed.
Breyer's decision gives President Joe Biden his first opportunity to name...",left
20506,UK Slams US Leaks,['Media Bias'],Manchester bombing: Theresa May to confront Trump on investigation leaks,Fox News (Online News),British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to confront President Donald Trump Thursday about leaks from the investigation into the deadly Manchester Arena attack — leaks that may have come from U.S. officials.,right
20507,UK Slams US Leaks,['Media Bias'],British intelligence shuts out US after information leaks on Manchester attack,Daily Kos,"Donald Trump shared classified intelligence with Russian officials, putting Israeli assets at risk. Trump shared the location of two nuclear submarines with Rodrigo Duterte, putting US assets at risk. And now the Trump team has shared the name of the Manchester bomber along with other information, putting the investigation of the British terrorist attack at risk.",left
20508,UK Slams US Leaks,['Media Bias'],Manchester attack: May to tell Trump to stop intelligence leaks,CNN (Online News),"UK Prime Minister Theresa May said Thursday she would raise leaks to US media from the Manchester bombing investigation with US President Donald Trump when the pair meet later at a NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium.",left
20509,House Panel on Benghazi,"['US House', 'Politics']",G.O.P.-Led Benghazi Panel Bolsters Administration,New York Times (News),"A report released late Friday about the fatal 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, left Republicans in the same position they have been in for two years: with little evidence to support their most damning critiques of how the Obama administration, and then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, responded to the attacks.
Similar to five other government reports, the one released by the House Intelligence Committee on Friday said that the administration had not intentionally misled the public about what occurred during the attacks in talking points it created for officials...",left
20510,House Panel on Benghazi,"['US House', 'Politics']",Lindsey Graham: New Benghazi Report 'Full of Crap',Newsmax (News),"A House committee's report released Friday that exonerates the CIA, the military and Obama administration officials for their response to the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, is ""full of crap,"" South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham told CNN Sunday.
The latest findings come from a declassified two-year investigation by the House Intelligence Committee, which looked at all sides of the incident, including claims that the White House cooked up phony talking points for then-UN Ambassador Susan Rice.
""I'm saying the House Intelligence Committee is doing a lousy job policing their...",right
20511,House Panel on Benghazi,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Panel Finds 'No Intelligence Failure' Before Benghazi Attack,NPR (Online News),"After a nearly two-year investigation, the final report by the House Intelligence Committee concludes that the CIA ""ensured sufficient security for CIA facilities in Benghazi and ... bravely assisted the State Department"" on Sept. 11, 2012, during a deadly attack on U.S. facilities in Libya.
That's the first conclusion of the report, the result of thousands of hours of investigation into the events that led to the deaths of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
Many of the",left
20512,Romney Run in 2016?,['Politics'],McCain: Romney Called Me to Discuss ’16 White House Run,Wall Street Journal (News),"Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney called Sen. John McCain on Tuesday to discuss his interest in running for the presidency, the Arizona Republican said Tuesday.
“He told me that he’s seriously considering it, and we discussed issues and friendships and things like that,” Mr. McCain, the Republican Party’s 2008 presidential nominee, told reporters. “We had a long conversation. We’re very good friends.”
Mr. McCain said he was “open” to supporting Mr. Romney, who last week told a group of donors he was considering a run for the White House in...",center
20513,Romney Run in 2016?,['Politics'],"Gearing up? Romney calling former aides, supporters as he weighs 2016 bid",Fox News (Online News),"Mitt Romney is calling former aides, donors and supporters from his 2012 campaign as he weighs launching a third presidential bid, a senior Romney aide told Fox News -- as the former Massachusetts governor also considers speaking at a Republican Party summit this week in California.
The developments, which follow the 2012 GOP presidential nominee telling donors last week he's considering a 2016 bid, show him inching ever-closer to a decision.
But sources close to Romney, who for months denied interest in another White House campaign, are pushing...",right
20514,Romney Run in 2016?,['Politics'],Mitt 3.0 Fails To Impress Conservatives At Major Conference In Washington,HuffPost,"The latest signs that Mitt Romney is likely to run for president in 2016 may come as welcome news to former aides and supporters, many of whom received phone calls from the former Massachusetts governor this weekend.
But the prospect of another Romney campaign failed to capture the hearts of social and fiscal conservatives gathered this week in the nation's capital to hammer out the policy agenda for the new Republican-controlled Congress.
The two-day ""Opportunity for All, Favoritism for None"" conference was hosted by the Heritage Foundation, an influential conservative...",left
20515,Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's Account Hacked,"['Technology', 'Twitter', 'Jack Dorsey', 'Hackers', 'Malware', 'Cybersecurity']",Twitter chief Jack Dorsey’s personal account hacked,New York Post (News),"@Jack might want to update his password.
The personal account of Twitter’s chief executive Jack Dorsey was hacked Friday afternoon, which resulted in a barrage of bizarre and racist tweets from @jack — famous for sending out the first-ever tweet in March 2006.
At approximately 3:45 p.m., Dorsey’s account tweeted out “Shoutout Debut, Corey, NuBLoM, Joe, Owen, & Aqua,” apparently the names of a group of hackers calling themselves #ChucklingHella.
The account immediately went on to tweet out the N-word in all caps before adding: “intel is there’s a bomb...",right
20516,Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's Account Hacked,"['Technology', 'Twitter', 'Jack Dorsey', 'Hackers', 'Malware', 'Cybersecurity']",Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account has been hacked,The Verge,"Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account was hacked on Friday afternoon by a group that calls itself the Chuckle Squad. Twitter’s communications team issued a statement via Twitter.
The hackers tweeted racial slurs from Dorsey’s account. Some offensive tweets were up for about 10 minutes, though not long after the hack began, those tweets were being deleted. The hackers also plugged a Discord serve, asking people to join it. (The server invitation link tweeted out by the hackers no longer works.) “Both the server and the server owner were permanently...",left
20517,Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's Account Hacked,"['Technology', 'Twitter', 'Jack Dorsey', 'Hackers', 'Malware', 'Cybersecurity']",Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was hacked,The Week - News,"Not even the guy who runs Twitter can keep his Twitter account safe from hackers, apparently.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's account was taken over on Friday, suddenly posting a series of racist and anti-Semitic messages, including one that was just the N-word in all caps. Another claimed there was a bomb at Twitter's headquarters.
Believe it or not, this isn't even the first time this has happened, with Engadget pointing out Dorsey also had his account taken over in 2016. This time, the group responsible seems to be the same...",left
20518,Mueller Files New Charges Against Paul Manafort and Rick Gates,['Politics'],Mueller files new charges against Manafort and Gates,CNN (Online News),Special counsel Robert Mueller has filed new charges against former Donald Trump campaign officials Paul Manafort and Rick Gates.,left
20519,Mueller Files New Charges Against Paul Manafort and Rick Gates,['Politics'],"Mueller Files New Charges Against Manafort, Gates",CBN,Special counsel Robert Mueller filed a new indictment charging former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and aide Rick Gates with multiple counts of tax and bank fraud.,right
20520,Mueller Files New Charges Against Paul Manafort and Rick Gates,['Politics'],"Robert Mueller’s new indictment of Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, explained",Vox,The pair are accused of a dizzying array of financial crimes — which puts even more pressure on them to flip.,left
20521,Serena Williams' Treatment at U.S. Open Sparks Debate Over Sexism in Tennis,['Sports'],"Serena Williams wasn’t the victim of sexism, she cheated and lost fairly",Washington Examiner,"Serena Williams dropped the U.S. Open final on Saturday, but it wasn't the quality of her or her opponent's play that has garnered so much attention.",right
20522,Serena Williams' Treatment at U.S. Open Sparks Debate Over Sexism in Tennis,['Sports'],Serena Williams' U.S. Open loss may be the grossest example of sports sexism yet,CBS News (Online),"The 2018 women's U.S. Open final ended in unsettling fashion and controversy Saturday night, with both the winner and loser choking back sobs after an explosive sequence of events",left
20523,Serena Williams' Treatment at U.S. Open Sparks Debate Over Sexism in Tennis,['Sports'],Williams' U.S. Open treatment divides tennis world,Reuters,Serena Williams’ behavior in Saturday’s U.S. Open final divided the tennis world after she called the chair umpire a “liar” and a “thief” and said he treated her differently than male players during her loss to Naomi Osaka.,center
20524,"Trump Tweets Against McConnell, Ryan","['White House', 'Politics']",Trump-McConnell feud simmers as GOP watches in horror,CNN (Online News),Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell aren't exactly kissing and making up.,left
20525,"Trump Tweets Against McConnell, Ryan","['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Launches New Attack in Feud With McConnell,Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump can't enact his agenda without Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. McConnell may not have a majority to lead without Trump's help. It's simple, and still so complicated.",right
20526,"Trump Tweets Against McConnell, Ryan","['White House', 'Politics']",Donald Trump Steps Up Feud With Mitch McConnell And Paul Ryan,HuffPost,"President Donald Trump on Thursday lashed out at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), intensifying a feud with his own party’s congressional leaders.",left
20527,Senate Passes $2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus with 96-0 Vote,"['Coronavirus', 'US Senate', 'Stimulus Bill', 'White House', 'Banking And Finance', 'Public Health', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate Unanimously Passes Bipartisan Wuhan Coronavirus Relief Package. Here's What That Means For You.,Townhall,"The Senate passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act late Wednesday night. The measure passed with a unanimous vote of 96-0 and has a price tag of $2.2 trillion.
The Senate, however, failed to pass the Sasse Amendment which would prevent people from receiving more unemployment benefits than they would if they had a job. The vote was tied 48-48.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made it clear this would be the Senate's last opportunity to pass the bill before they go on recess until after...",right
20528,Senate Passes $2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus with 96-0 Vote,"['Coronavirus', 'US Senate', 'Stimulus Bill', 'White House', 'Banking And Finance', 'Public Health', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate Passes $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Package,NPR (Online News),"The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved a $2 trillion relief package Wednesday night designed to alleviate some of the worst effects of the swift economic downturn currently underway as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Ahead of the 96-0 vote, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told lawmakers, ""Our nation obviously is going through a kind of crisis that is totally unprecedented in living memory.""
As of the evening of March 25, there were 65,000 diagnosed cases of the highly-contagious virus in the U.S. and more than 900 deaths.
""The legislation...",left
20529,Senate Passes $2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus with 96-0 Vote,"['Coronavirus', 'US Senate', 'Stimulus Bill', 'White House', 'Banking And Finance', 'Public Health', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate unanimously passes $2-trillion economic stimulus package,Los Angeles Times,"WASHINGTON — In an overwhelming bipartisan vote, the Senate on Wednesday passed a $2-trillion economic stimulus package — the largest ever — designed to pump money directly into Americans’ pockets while also shoring up hospitals, businesses and state and local governments struggling against the coronavirus pandemic.
The $2-trillion price tag is equal to more than half of the $3.5 trillion the federal government expects to collect in taxes this year, and is 9% of the nation’s gross domestic product.
“It’s going to take care of people,” President Trump said...",left
20530,Trump Softens Criticism of China,['World'],Trump trades barbs for flattery in gambit to win over China,CNN (Online News),"Outside the Great Hall of the People here on Thursday, President Donald Trump watched with an unmistakable air of satisfaction as cordons of Chinese troops marched stiff-legged in his honor, an eight-cannon salute preceding their parade.",left
20531,Trump Softens Criticism of China,['World'],"Trump softens criticism of China on trade deficit, calls on Beijing to solve North Korea crisis",Washington Times,"Toning down his criticism of China on his first visit, President Trump said Thursday that Beijing isn’t to blame for the mammoth trade imbalance with the U.S., and expressed the hope that Chinese President Xi Jinping will “work hard” to reduce tensions with North Korea.",right
20532,Trump Softens Criticism of China,['World'],Donald Trump praises China and blames US for trade deficit,The Guardian,"Donald Trump has lavished praise on the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, and blamed his own predecessors for the “huge” trade deficit between the world’s two largest economies, during his official welcome to Beijing amid an explosion of military splendour and staged adulation.",left
20533,Facebook Will Ban New Political Ads in Week Before Election,"['2020 Election', 'Technology', 'Misinformation', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Political Advertising', 'Facebook', 'Elections']",Why Facebook’s Blocking of New Political Ads May Fall Short,New York Times (News),"To limit voter misinformation ahead of November’s election, Facebook said this week that it would block new political ads from appearing on its site in the week before Election Day.
It was a sweeping action by the social network, which is used by millions of voters. But just how effective could such a move be in minimizing confusion?
The answer: likely not very effective.
That’s because political ads on Facebook are just one piece of content on the social network; political misinformation also flourishes in messages that people post and...",left
20534,Facebook Will Ban New Political Ads in Week Before Election,"['2020 Election', 'Technology', 'Misinformation', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Political Advertising', 'Facebook', 'Elections']",Facebook to limit last-minute political ads in final U.S. election push,Reuters,"Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Thursday it would stop accepting new political ads in the week before the U.S. election day on Nov. 3, in a series of moves the company billed as its final plan for reducing risks of misinformation and election interference.
Facebook, the world’s biggest social network, will continue to allow campaigns and others to run political ads that are already in the system, and will permit them to change spending amounts and user targeting, but will block adjustments to the ads’ content or design.
The company...",center
20535,Facebook Will Ban New Political Ads in Week Before Election,"['2020 Election', 'Technology', 'Misinformation', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Political Advertising', 'Facebook', 'Elections']","Facing immense pressure, Facebook had no choice but to ban new political ads week before election",MarketWatch,"Facebook Inc.’s first action to limit political advertising in the U.S. with a ban of news ads in the week preceding the Nov. 3 elections announced Thursday comes amid unrelenting criticism that its platform fuels misinformation and is a haven for far-right groups.
Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, who in particular has taken heat for political manipulation of the social-media company’s platform during the 2016 U.S. elections, made the announcement early Thursday in another attempt to tamp down meddling.
“It’s important that campaigns can run ‘get out the vote campaigns’, and...",center
20536,Analysis of the Comcast deal,[],Comcast acquisition deal for Time Warner primed to transform the cable box,Washington Times,"Comcast Corp's blockbuster 45.2 billion deal to acquire top rival Time Warner Cable will further transform the cable landscape, creating the first national cable network and presenting new challenges for rivals, regulators and viewers from Los Angeles to New York City.",right
20537,Analysis of the Comcast deal,[],5 Ways The Comcast-TWC Deal Could Ruin TV and The Internet,HuffPost,You're probably already thinking that the merger of the two biggest cable companies in the United States isn't going to turn out great for regular people.,left
20538,Analysis of the Comcast deal,[],Comcast readies for Washington war,Politico,"Cable giant Comcast started the day with a call to arms, hosting its lobbyists and consultants along with Time Warner Cable's on a private conference call to begin building a strategy to beat back threats in Washington.",left
20539,Senate GOP Unveils Police Reform Bill,"['US Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'Violence In America', 'Race And Racism', 'Republican Party', 'US Senate', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",GOP unveils police-reform bill as Democrats move to advance theirs,Los Angeles Times,"WASHINGTON — Greater disclosure of police use of force and no-knock warrants, and financial incentives for local law enforcement departments to ban chokeholds, are the centerpieces of a Senate GOP policing reform bill announced Wednesday.
The Senate bill, and a separate measure being considered in the House, are the congressional responses to the national racial-justice protests that have emerged following the death of George Floyd in the custody of a Minneapolis police officer. The protests, and the video of Floyd pleading with the officer to remove his knee from...",left
20540,Senate GOP Unveils Police Reform Bill,"['US Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'Violence In America', 'Race And Racism', 'Republican Party', 'US Senate', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Senate Republicans reveal police reform bill that breaks with Democrats on key issues,CNBC,"Senate Republicans on Wednesday unveiled their bill to reform the police, the latest effort by lawmakers to overhaul U.S. law enforcement in the face of unrelenting pressure from activists in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
Here’s some of what the Republicans’ bill would do:
Incentivize law enforcement agencies to ban the use of chokeholds by tying funding to whether departments have prohibited the practice “except when deadly force is authorized”;
Ramp up data collection efforts to track when an officer’s use of force results in death or serious...",center
20541,Senate GOP Unveils Police Reform Bill,"['US Congress', 'Donald Trump', 'Violence In America', 'Race And Racism', 'Republican Party', 'US Senate', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Senate Republicans unveil police reform legislation: 'We hear you',Fox News (Online News),"Senate Republicans on Wednesday unveiled their ""Justice Act"" police reform legislation to hold officers accountable with an enhanced use-of-force database, pursue restrictions on chokeholds and create new commissions to study law enforcement and race.
Sen. Tim Scott, the lone African-American GOP senator, spearheaded the legislation in the wake of George Floyd's death and nationwide protests demanding racial justice -- including activists' calls to dismantle police departments. He framed the legislation as a bridge between law enforcement and communities of color.",right
20542,UK Drops Tax Cut Plan After Pound Collapses,"['World', 'Economy And Jobs', 'United Kingdom', 'Liz Truss', 'Banking And Finance', 'Inflation', 'Taxes', 'Currency']",U.K. scraps tax cut for the rich that sparked market chaos and political backlash,NBC News (Online),"British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Monday ditched her signature plan to cut taxes for the country's top earners after it triggered market turmoil and a huge domestic outcry.
Truss, who is less than a month into the job, proposed removing the top tier of income tax — meaning a saving for people who earn more than 150,000 pounds ($168,000) a year — as part of a set of unfunded economic reforms that caused the pound to fall to historic lows and damaged Britain's economic standing globally.
The pound rose after the announcement to around...",left
20543,UK Drops Tax Cut Plan After Pound Collapses,"['World', 'Economy And Jobs', 'United Kingdom', 'Liz Truss', 'Banking And Finance', 'Inflation', 'Taxes', 'Currency']",UK government drops plans for tax cut on wealthy that prompted turmoil on financial markets,Fox Business,"The British government has scrapped plans of cutting taxes on the wealthy, a move that prompted turmoil in financial markets and led to record lows for the pound.
Treasury chief Kwasi Kwarteng said Monday he would no longer pursue plans to eliminate the top 45% rate of income tax paid on earnings above 150,000 pounds, or $167,000 a year.
""We get it, and we have listened,"" he said in a statement, adding that ""it is clear that the abolition of the 45p tax rate has become a distraction from our overriding mission...",right
20544,UK Drops Tax Cut Plan After Pound Collapses,"['World', 'Economy And Jobs', 'United Kingdom', 'Liz Truss', 'Banking And Finance', 'Inflation', 'Taxes', 'Currency']",Kwasi Kwarteng U-turns on plans to scrap 45p tax rate,BBC News,"The government has U-turned on plans to scrap the 45p rate of income tax for higher earners.
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng told the BBC the proposals, announced just 10 days ago, had become ""a massive distraction on what was a strong package"".
""We just talked to people, we listened to people, I get it,"" he added.
The decision, which marks a humiliating climbdown for Prime Minister Liz Truss, comes after several Tory MPs criticised the plan.
On Sunday, Ms Truss had said she was committed to the policy.
The plan to...",center
20545,Texas Senator Sues Safety Department for Withholding Uvalde Shooting Records,"['Gun Violence', 'Law Enforcement', 'Public Safety', 'School Shootings', 'Texas', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America']",Democratic state senator sues DPS to get records on Uvalde shooting,Austin American-Statesman,"State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, a Democrat whose district includes Uvalde, sued the Texas Department of Public Safety on Wednesday, arguing that he is entitled to receive official records related to the Robb Elementary shooting.
The lawsuit, filed in state District Court in Travis County, said it's time to provide answers for Uvalde residents who lost a loved one in the May 24 shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers.
""To date, they have been met with lies, misstatements, and shifts of blame,"" the lawsuit said. ""The State of Texas failed these...",left
20546,Texas Senator Sues Safety Department for Withholding Uvalde Shooting Records,"['Gun Violence', 'Law Enforcement', 'Public Safety', 'School Shootings', 'Texas', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America']",Texas lawmaker sues safety department for release of Uvalde shooting records,Washington Examiner,"A Texas state senator filed a lawsuit against the state’s Department of Public Safety, accusing officials of denying an open records request regarding the Uvalde school shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead last month.
State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, a Democrat who represents the district that includes Uvalde, filed the lawsuit on Wednesday, claiming the Texas Department of Public Safety ignored his previous request for information regarding its investigation into law enforcement’s response to the shooting. Gutierrez said he initially submitted a records inquiry on May 31 requesting “several categories of information” but was...",right
20547,Texas Senator Sues Safety Department for Withholding Uvalde Shooting Records,"['Gun Violence', 'Law Enforcement', 'Public Safety', 'School Shootings', 'Texas', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Violence In America']",Texas state senator sues state for records on Uvalde shooting,The Hill,"Texas State Sen. Roland Gutierrez (D) is suing the state’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) for denying him records relating to last month’s Uvalde elementary school shooting.
The senator announced Wednesday he is suing the department after filing an open records request asking for information authorities have obtained about the deadly Robb Elementary School shooting, which left 21 people dead. 
Gutierrez said he filed the request on May 31, with the department having 10 days by law to respond to the request.
The Department of Public Safety has not sought...",center
20548,North Korea’s Major Missile Launch,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea’s successful test of an intercontinental missile is a test for Trump,Vox,How will Trump respond?,left
20549,North Korea’s Major Missile Launch,"['North Korea', 'World']",North Korea says its ICBM can carry nuclear warhead; U.S. urges global action,Reuters,"North Korea said on Wednesday its newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) can carry a large nuclear warhead, triggering a call by Washington for global action to hold it accountable for pursuing nuclear weapons.",center
20550,North Korea’s Major Missile Launch,"['North Korea', 'World']","North Korea’s surprise launch of ICBM has power to reach Alaska, upset East Asia power balance",Washington Times,"It was a Fourth of July firework that President Trump once vowed would never get off the ground, but the intercontinental Hwasong-14 missile launched Tuesday by North Korea has the potential to alter permanently the balance of power in East Asia.",right
20551,New Light on NSA Data,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","NSA program reportedly allows analysts to track emails, chats, web searches",Fox News (Online News),"The National Security Agency is operating a massive database system that allows analysts to scour individuals' emails, chats and Internet browsing histories at will, according to a new report from The Guardian based on leaked documents.
The article was quickly challenged by the NSA. In a statement forwarded to Fox News, the agency said ""allegations of widespread, unchecked analyst access to NSA collection data are simply not true.""
The agency acknowledged the existence of the program -- called XKeyscore -- but said access is limited and suggested it...",right
20552,New Light on NSA Data,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Senate Panel Presses N.S.A. on Phone Logs,New York Times (News),"Senators of both parties on Wednesday sharply challenged the National Security Agency’s collection of records of all domestic phone calls, even as the latest leaked N.S.A. document provided new details on the way the agency monitors Web browsing around the world.",left
20553,New Light on NSA Data,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Documents Shed New Light on NSA Data Gathering,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Obama administration declassified and released documents Wednesday that described past violations of a secret court order by National Security Agency programs set up to amass records on phone calls and Internet transactions.
The violations weren't detailed in the three documents, but raised new concerns about the sweeping surveillance operations and opened the administration to new criticism from advocates of stricter limits.
The documents also posed questions about why the NSA closed one of the programs, to collect so-called metadata on email and other Internet communications. A 2011 document called...",center
20554,CBO Report on Senate Health Care Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",New CBO Report Says the Senate GOP Health Care Bill Would Make Obamacare's Problems Worse,Reason,The Republican health care plan wouldn't solve the problems Republicans say they want to solve.,right
20555,CBO Report on Senate Health Care Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",The CBO chart that shows the Senate health care bill is really about tax cuts,Vox,It’s hard to miss the fundamental design of the Senate’s health care plan to repeal and replace Obamacare: a bill that makes deep cuts to services for low-income Americans to pay for tax cuts that would largely benefit the country’s wealthiest.,left
20556,CBO Report on Senate Health Care Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate health care bill in jeopardy after devastating CBO report,CNN (Online News),The Senate Republican health care bill teetered on the edge of collapse Monday evening after the Congressional Budget Office released a devastating report on its impact and multiple Republicans announced they would not vote to advance the legislation.,left
20557,MO Governor Sends National Guard,['Violence In America'],National Guard sent to Ferguson after violent unrest erupts,Washington Post,"The federal government on Sunday took on an intensified role in investigating the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black teenager, but violent unrest erupted once again Sunday night on the streets of this St. Louis suburb — and the National Guard is on the way.",left
20558,MO Governor Sends National Guard,['Violence In America'],National Guard Heads to Ferguson as Brown's Mother Calls for Officer's Arrest,Wall Street Journal (News),The mother of a slain Missouri teen called for the arrest of a Ferguson police officer Monday morning as the St. Louis suburb braced for the arrival of the Missouri National Guard.,center
20559,MO Governor Sends National Guard,['Violence In America'],Missouri governor orders National Guard to Ferguson after latest night of clashes,Fox News (Online News),"Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon ordered National Guard troops to the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson early Monday after authorities used tear gas to clear the streets of protesters hours before a midnight curfew took effect for a second consecutive day, while a private autopsy on the unarmed black teen who was fatally shot by a white police officer reportedly showed six gunshot wounds, including two in the head.",right
20560,"House Passes Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, Dems Delay Build Back Better","['US House', 'Politics', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Democratic Party', 'Infrastructure', 'Build Back Better', 'Progressives', 'CBO']","House punts on social spending bill, but will try to pass infrastructure bill",NPR (Online News),"Despite a plea earlier in the day from President Biden for House Democrats to support two bills that represent the bulk of his legislative agenda and pass them ""right now,"" House leaders were unable to muster enough votes to pass both measures Friday.
Instead, House leaders say they will vote on the $1 trillion infrastructure bill that passed the Senate in August and on a rule that governs debate for the Build Back Better bill Friday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she'd bring the $1.75 trillion social spending bill to the floor...",left
20561,"House Passes Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, Dems Delay Build Back Better","['US House', 'Politics', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Democratic Party', 'Infrastructure', 'Build Back Better', 'Progressives', 'CBO']","House Dems throw new curveball: Infrastructure vote, wait on party-line megabill",Politico,"The third time was not, in fact, the charm.
After a multi-day whipping bonanza, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team dramatically altered course on Friday to satisfy a handful of recalcitrant moderates who refused to back President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion social spending bill.
Instead, Democrats are set to again delay a vote on that party-line measure and turn their sights to just the $550 billion Senate-passed infrastructure bill — bending to the demands of their most vocal centrists in a last-ditch attempt to deliver at least one legislative...",left
20562,"House Passes Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, Dems Delay Build Back Better","['US House', 'Politics', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Democratic Party', 'Infrastructure', 'Build Back Better', 'Progressives', 'CBO']",Pelosi plays chicken with progressives in bid to pass Biden's stalled infrastructure bill,Washington Examiner,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will vote on a bipartisan infrastructure bill despite warnings from top liberal Democrats they will vote against it.
Pelosi, a California Democrat, told reporters the $1.2 trillion bill that pays for roads, bridges, water projects, and broadband expansion is critical for the success of the economy and can no longer wait. The bill has languished since Senate passage over the summer due to protests from House liberals who want to pass the $1.75 trillion Build Back Better plan that will pay for a broad array...",right
20563,Global Climate Strike,"['Environment', 'World', 'Energy', 'Climate Change']",‘The wrong Amazon is burning’: These are some of the most powerful global climate strike signs,MarketWatch,"These are the signs of our times.
Young people and adults around the world skipped school and work for the global climate strike on Friday, which is expected to be the largest such demonstration to date with 4,638 events scheduled in 139 countries.
Sixteen-year-old Swedish climate advocate Greta Thunberg and other “Fridays for Future” activists organized the worldwide walkout to raise awareness about climate change. The Fridays for Future site says that “with the worsening climate destruction this goal of going to school begins to be pointless. Why study for...",center
20564,Global Climate Strike,"['Environment', 'World', 'Energy', 'Climate Change']",Photos: What the youth climate strike looks like around the world,Vox,"Friday may be remembered as the largest global demonstration ever in the fight against climate change. Inspired by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, young people around the world have organized to skip school and protest in the street over the climate crisis and the adults who aren’t doing enough to transition off fossil fuels.
Thunberg and her group Fridays for Future aren’t alone: they’ll be joined by adult climate activists, indigenous groups, workers from companies like Amazon and Google, and really anyone who feels like the world is overdue for...",left
20565,Global Climate Strike,"['Environment', 'World', 'Energy', 'Climate Change']",A Rising Generation Asserts Itself On Climate Change,NPR (Online News),"Spurred by what they see as a sluggish, ineffectual response to the existential threat of global warming, student activists from around the world are skipping school Friday, for what organizers call a Global Climate Strike.
The young activists are protesting as the U.N. prepares to hold its Climate Action Summit on Monday in New York City.
The strike's figurehead is 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who traveled from Sweden to New York on an emissions-free sailboat. A little over a year ago, Thunberg began her school strike for the climate...",left
20566,GOP Lawmakers Move To Impeach Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein,"['US House', 'Politics']",Trump House Allies Move to Impeach Rosenstein,Wall Street Journal (News),"House conservatives Wednesday night took the first step toward removing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein from office, marking a dramatic escalation in a dispute over lawmakers’ requests for information about the government’s most politically charged probes.",center
20567,GOP Lawmakers Move To Impeach Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein,"['US House', 'Politics']",Rod Rosenstein accused of hiding info from Congress in impeachment articles,Washington Times,"Conservative House lawmakers introduced articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Wednesday, saying he’s led the Justice Department in “hiding” information from Congress on investigations into Russian election meddling and Hillary Clinton’s secret emails.",right
20568,GOP Lawmakers Move To Impeach Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Republicans Move To Impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein,HuffPost,"It’s the latest attempt by Trump allies to unseat the deputy attorney general, who is overseeing Mueller’s Russia probe.",left
20569,Harvard Professor Found Guilty of Lying About Ties to Chinese Government Recruitment Program,"['National Security', 'Harvard University', 'Charles Lieber', 'China', 'Justice', 'Defense And Security']",Charles Lieber: Harvard professor guilty of hiding ties to Chinese programme,BBC News,"A Harvard University professor has been convicted of hiding ties to a China-run recruitment programme.
Charles Lieber was found guilty of making false statements to authorities, filing false tax returns and failing to report a Chinese bank account. His sentencing date is yet to be decided.
The 62-year-old was charged in 2020 as part of a US campaign to counter economic espionage from China.
However, some critics say this campaign harms academic research.
Prosecutors in Boston said Lieber knowingly hid his involvement in China's ""Thousand Talents Plan"", which aims to...",center
20570,Harvard Professor Found Guilty of Lying About Ties to Chinese Government Recruitment Program,"['National Security', 'Harvard University', 'Charles Lieber', 'China', 'Justice', 'Defense And Security']",Harvard professor found guilty of lying about Chinese government ties,CNN (Online News),"A Harvard University professor was convicted by a federal jury on Tuesday of lying to the US about his involvement with China's government, the Justice Department announced.
Dr. Charles Lieber, 62, the former chair of Harvard's Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, was found guilty of two counts of making false statements to federal authorities, two counts of making and subscribing a false income tax return, and two counts of failing to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts with the Internal Revenue Service.
Lieber's research group at Harvard had received...",left
20571,Harvard Professor Found Guilty of Lying About Ties to Chinese Government Recruitment Program,"['National Security', 'Harvard University', 'Charles Lieber', 'China', 'Justice', 'Defense And Security']",Harvard Chemistry Professor With Wuhan Links Found Guilty Of Lying About Receiving Cash From China,The Daily Wire,"Harvard University chemistry and engineering professor Charles Lieber was found guilty of lying about his ties to the Chinese government.
Last year, Lieber was indicted and charged with making false statements to federal authorities about his participation in a Chinese-run program that seeks to lure American scientists to advance the communist nation’s scientific development.
On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported:
Mr. Lieber, who holds joint appointments in Harvard University’s chemistry and engineering departments and is a renowned expert in the field of nanoscience, was accused of lying to government investigators about his participation...",right
20572,Jan. 6 Committee Recommends Holding Meadows in Contempt of Congress,"['US House', 'Trump Administration', 'Mark Meadows', 'January 6 Committee', 'Executive Privilege', 'National Guard', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Politics']",Meadows wrote National Guard would ‘protect pro-Trump people’ on Jan. 6: report,New York Post (News),"Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said in an email the day before the Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol that the National Guard would be on the scene to “protect pro Trump people,” according to a report released late Sunday by the House select committee investigating the events of that day.
The panel’s report does not provide further details about the message, but suggests that Meadows “knows if and when [President Donald] Trump was engaged in discussions regarding the National Guard’s response to the Capitol riot, a point that...",right
20573,Jan. 6 Committee Recommends Holding Meadows in Contempt of Congress,"['US House', 'Trump Administration', 'Mark Meadows', 'January 6 Committee', 'Executive Privilege', 'National Guard', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Politics']",House Panel Set to Recommend Holding Mark Meadows in Contempt of Congress,Wall Street Journal (News),"The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump was set to vote to recommend holding his final chief of staff in criminal contempt of Congress for defying a congressional subpoena.
The Jan. 6 select committee, led by Chairman Bennie Thompson (D., Miss.) and Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R., Wyo.), is expected to approve the contempt resolution against Mark Meadows to the full House, which is scheduled to vote Tuesday.",center
20574,Jan. 6 Committee Recommends Holding Meadows in Contempt of Congress,"['US House', 'Trump Administration', 'Mark Meadows', 'January 6 Committee', 'Executive Privilege', 'National Guard', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Politics']","Meadows said National Guard would be ready to 'protect pro Trump people' before Capitol insurrection, House investigators say",CNN (Online News),"Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows sent an email saying the National Guard would be present to 'protect pro Trump people' in the lead up to the US Capitol insurrection, according to a new report released by the January 6 committee Sunday night.
It was just one of several new details in the report about Meadows' actions before and during January 6, as well as his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election. The report is a key component for the committee to send a referral for...",left
20575,House GOP Blocks Obama on Immigration,['Immigration'],"US House, Barack Obama, White House, Boehner, GOP",Vox,"The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would stop President Obama from letting millions of unauthorized immigrants apply for protection from deportation.
The bill passed 216-197, with seven Republicans voting against it (and three Democrats voting in favor).
The bill is almost certainly not going to become law. Democrats won't bring it up in the Senate before the end of this Congress, at the end of the month.",left
20576,House GOP Blocks Obama on Immigration,['Immigration'],"House rebukes Obama over immigration actions, spending fight looms",Fox News (Online News),"House Republicans voted Thursday to block President Obama's immigration executive actions, though it was unclear whether the largely symbolic step would be enough to prevent a risky budget stand-off next week.
The House voted 219-197 for the bill, by Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., that declares Obama's actions ""null and void and without legal effect.""
The legislation is part of a three-step plan by House GOP leaders to both address Obama's immigration maneuvers and approve a new spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown. Next week, the chamber...",right
20577,House GOP Blocks Obama on Immigration,['Immigration'],House GOP blocks immigration proposals,Politico,"House GOP leaders formally blocked a pair of immigration measures from getting a vote on a critical defense policy bill early Wednesday, dealing another blow to the prospects of legislation to rewrite the immigration system this year.
The Republican-led House Rules Committee, which hews closely to the wishes of leadership, declined to include legislation written by Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) — giving a path to green cards for immigrants who came here as children if they serve in the military – among the amendments that will get a vote...",left
20578,"Karen Pence Accepts Job at Christian School, Sparking Debate Over Its Policy on LGBT Students and Teachers","['Education', 'Politics', 'Karen Pence', 'LGBT', 'Religion And Faith']",Second Lady Karen Pence is stepping back into the classroom,USA TODAY,Second Lady Karen Pence is returning to her passion: the classroom.,left
20579,"Karen Pence Accepts Job at Christian School, Sparking Debate Over Its Policy on LGBT Students and Teachers","['Education', 'Politics', 'Karen Pence', 'LGBT', 'Religion And Faith']","The school that hired Karen Pence requires applicants to disavow gay marriage, trans identity",Washington Post,"The school where Vice President Pence’s wife, Karen, has accepted a part-time job teaching art requires potential employees to affirm certain religious beliefs that seek to exclude homosexual",left
20580,"Karen Pence Accepts Job at Christian School, Sparking Debate Over Its Policy on LGBT Students and Teachers","['Education', 'Politics', 'Karen Pence', 'LGBT', 'Religion And Faith']","Karen Pence just wants to teach art, but people are mad the school has standard Christian beliefs",Washington Examiner,"The Left has taken issue with second lady Karen Pence and her new part-time job teaching art at Immanuel Christian School in northern Virginia. The immediate, visceral reaction to this shows",right
20581,Obama Meets on Ferguson,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama at a loss on Ferguson,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama’s admirers continue to call for him to go to Ferguson, Mo. to make a “powerful, nuanced, careful case” on the subject of “relations between African Americans and police departments.” Yes, but what would he say? Unless the president has a proposed law or action to take on the subject, jawboning on the subject seems very unlikely to change many minds on the subject. If the much more fraught case of Trayvon Martin couldn’t change the national discourse, how is the Ferguson storyline going to do it? Obama’s supporters...",right
20582,Obama Meets on Ferguson,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama to Host Meetings on Ferguson Protests on Monday,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama will spend Monday grappling with the fallout of a Missouri grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer for the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager.
Mr. Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are scheduled to attend three meetings at the White House on Monday related to the August shooting in Ferguson, Mo., the violent protests in the St. Louis suburb, and the protest movement that has spread across the nation.",center
20583,Obama Meets on Ferguson,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Plans Meetings on Ferguson Unrest at the White House,New York Times (News),"President Obama is planning a day of meetings at the White House on Monday to respond to the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., and racially tinged anger across the country after a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager.
Mr. Obama, who has labored to strike the right balance in reacting to the crisis, has not scheduled a trip to Ferguson despite days of speculation about a presidential visit there.
But he will gather his cabinet on Monday to discuss the...",left
20584,Winners and Losers in Iowa Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Winners and losers from the 7th Republican presidential debate,Washington Post,"Seven of the eight leading Republican presidential candidates gathered in Iowa Thursday night for the seventh debate of the race. Donald Trump, the race's clear frontrunner, was less than ten miles away from the debate site -- holding his own counter-rally after deciding not to participate for decidedly vague reasons.",left
20585,Winners and Losers in Iowa Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: Who won the Iowa GOP debate...besides Donald Trump?,CNN (Online News),CNN commentators and guest analysts in Iowa and New Hampshire offer their take on the latest Republican presidential candidate debate.,left
20586,Winners and Losers in Iowa Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: Fox News Republican Debate: Trump's absence leaves three winners and two losers,Guest Writer - Right,"The intentional winner of the Fox News Republican debate Thursday night was Marco Rubio. He had a really good debate. He was substantive and sharp, clear and polished. He came across as likable. He came across as someone who knows foreign policy.",right
20587,Federal Judge Halts Immigration Action,['Immigration'],Judge Temporarily Halts Obama's Immigration Actions,HuffPost,A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Monday that will temporarily prevent the Obama administration from moving forward with its executive actions on immigration while a lawsuit against the president works its way through the courts.,left
20588,Federal Judge Halts Immigration Action,['Immigration'],Federal Judge Blocks Obama's Executive Actions On Immigration,NPR (Online News),"The day before the first of President Obama's executive actions on immigration were to take effect, the new rules have been put on hold by a federal judge's ruling in south Texas. U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen said the president overstepped his authority.",left
20589,Federal Judge Halts Immigration Action,['Immigration'],What You Need To Know About The Injunction Stopping Obama's Amnesty,Townhall,"At 10:22 pm Monday night, the United States District Court for the Southern Division of Texas issued a temporary injunction enjoining the Department of Homeland Security from implementing ""any and all aspects of or phases of the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans or Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) program"" that President Obama announced on November 20, 2014. Here is what you need to know.",right
20590,Trump University Case Settled,['Justice'],Trump tweets he settled $25M fraud case because he's too busy,USA TODAY,"President-elect Donald Trump, reversing an earlier pledge and agreeing to settle fraud cases over the now-defunct Trump University for $25 million, sought to minimize the deal Saturday by suggesting he likely would have fought and won the case if he wasn't so busy with pre-inauguration demands.",left
20591,Trump University Case Settled,['Justice'],Donald Trump Will Pay Millions to Settle Those Fraud Lawsuits He Said He's Never Settle,Vanity Fair,The election of failed casino owner and alleged crotch-grabber Donald J. Trump as president of the United States represents a number of historic firsts. He’ll be the first U.S. president to have previously hosted a reality television show. He’ll be the,left
20592,Trump University Case Settled,['Justice'],Report: Trump Settles Trump University Case For $25 Million,The Daily Caller,"President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly decided to pay out $25 million to settle a class-action lawsuit concerning Trump University.
According to sources first cited by the New York Daily News, Trump was planning to pay out approximately $20 million to settle outstanding claims related to the program. The amount was later bumped up to $25 million in a follow-up confirmation made by Reuters.",right
20593,McConnell Campaign Manager Resigns,['Politics'],GOP Sen. McConnell’s campaign manager resigns,Washington Times,"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s campaign manager resigned Friday amid fallout from a scandal in Iowa involving a presidential campaign he worked for in 2012. Jesse Benton said he didn’t want to become a distraction as McConnell tries to win a tough re-election campaign in Kentucky.
“This decision breaks my heart, but I know it is the right thing for Mitch, for Kentucky and for the country,” Benton said in a statement.",right
20594,McConnell Campaign Manager Resigns,['Politics'],"Jesse Benton, Mitch McConnell's Campaign Manager, To Resign Amid Bribery Scandal",HuffPost,"Jesse Benton, campaign manager for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), is resigning his position, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported Friday. The announcement comes as the McConnell campaign wrestles with Benton's possible ties to a bribery scandal when he was political director for then-Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) during the 2012 presidential election.
Benton told the Herald-Leader that rumors of his involvement in the scandal ""risk unfairly undermining and becoming a distraction to this re-election campaign,"" referring to McCo",left
20595,McConnell Campaign Manager Resigns,['Politics'],McConnell's Campaign Manager Resigns To Avoid Being 'Distraction',NPR (Online News),"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign manager has resigned, citing ""inaccurate press accounts"" about his role in past campaigns.
The scandal in question revolves around former Iowa state Sen. Kent Sorenson, who pleaded guilty Wednesday to hiding — and lying about — payments he received in 2012 to switch his endorsement from Rep. Michele Bachmann to then-Rep. Ron Paul.
Jesse Benton, who until Friday worked for McConnell, was Paul's campaign chairman at the time.",left
20596,Perspectives: How Should The US Prioritize Booster Shots?,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",US boosters or vaccinate the world?,The Hill,"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week shared recommendations for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, which — alongside mandates to boost vaccination rates — will help get the pandemic back under control as the second COVID-19 winter looms. 
These recommendations — and the underlying evidence of vaccine effectiveness and durability — are good news more or less across the board, despite the concerns of those who oppose boosters so long as global vaccination rates remain low.
The FDA and CDC drew...",center
20597,Perspectives: How Should The US Prioritize Booster Shots?,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Vaccinate the World before Starting COVID Booster Shots,Scientific American,"Earlier the World Health Organization set a goal of having at least 10 percent of every country‘s population vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of  this month. It aimed to then raise that figure to 40 percent by the end of the year and to 70 percent by the middle of 2022.
Sadly, these targets have little chance of being met. Of the more than 5.8 billion doses of COVID vaccines that have been administered across the world by mid-September, the vast majority (about 80 percent) have gone to people...",left
20598,Perspectives: How Should The US Prioritize Booster Shots?,"['Coronavirus', 'World', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine']",Biden must sort out the FDA’s foot-dragging over vaccine booster shots,New York Post (Opinion),"While Israel’s seen dynamite data from its third vaccine shots and England is set to follow suit, America could be held hostage to a brewing Beltway booster battle.
The Food and Drug Administration just refused to recommend approval of Pfizer’s application to give the general public third COVID-vaccine doses. Team Biden wants to start its booster campaign next week — but doesn’t seem willing to shake the FDA out of its return to business-as-usual hypercaution to do it.
The FDA released a report Wednesday — two days before an outside panel considers Pfizer’s request...",right
20599,Putin Moves to Bolster Military Amid Ukrainian Counteroffensive,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia']","Russia announces immediate 'partial mobilization' of citizens, escalating its invasion of Ukraine",CNN (Online News),"Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced the immediate ""partial mobilization"" of Russian citizens, a move that threatens to escalate his faltering invasion of Ukraine following a string of defeats that caused recriminations in Moscow.
Putin said in a speech Wednesday that he would use ""all the means at our disposal,"" and threatened the use of nuclear weapons, if he deemed the ""territorial integrity"" of Russia to be jeopardized.
The mobilization means citizens who are in the reserve could be called up, and those with military experience would be subject to conscription, Putin said, adding...",left
20600,Putin Moves to Bolster Military Amid Ukrainian Counteroffensive,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia']",Putin announces partial mobilization,The Kyiv Independent,"In a video address on Sept. 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a partial mobilization. It will primarily target the Russian Armed Forces' reserve personnel. ""Mobilization measures will begin today,"" Putin said.
In his speech, Putin once again called Kyiv ""fascist,"" said it was Ukraine that invaded Russia in 2014, and hinted that Moscow would annex Russian-occupied territories of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. Putin once again saber rattled, adding that using nuclear arms remains an option for the Kremlin.
""When its territorial integrity is threatened, Russia will use...",center
20601,Putin Moves to Bolster Military Amid Ukrainian Counteroffensive,"['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia']",Putin initiates conscription to bolster military invasion as Ukraine mounts counteroffensive,Fox News (Online News),"Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization in Russia, which will require citizens to join the war effort in Ukraine. He also warned Western nations not to attack Russia's territories, which would be met with swift retaliation. 
Putin’s address on Wednesday comes as Russia’s invasion reaches nearly seven months and amid a successful counter-offensive by Ukraine’s military.
Conscription is ""fully adequate to the threats we face, namely to protect our homeland, its sovereignty and territorial integrity, to ensure the security of our people and people in the liberated territories,"" he said.
""We...",right
20602,Recap of Day Four: Amy Coney Barrett Hearings,"['Supreme Court', 'Amy Coney Barrett']",What’s next for Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination,Vox,"Step one on the all-but-certain path to Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the US Supreme Court — a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee — is officially complete.
Her nomination to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat now heads to a committee vote next Thursday, and a full Senate vote shortly after that. Barring any significant changes in the interim, she’s widely expected to get confirmed, though Democrats are weighing some procedural maneuvers to express their opposition.
Barrett’s testimony this week highlighted her past critiques of decisions...",left
20603,Recap of Day Four: Amy Coney Barrett Hearings,"['Supreme Court', 'Amy Coney Barrett']",Supreme Court Nominee Barrett Faces Final Day of Questioning in Confirmation Hearings,The Epoch Times,"Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett continued to defend her judicial independence and impartiality during the third day of the confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Following an 11-hour hearing the day before, Barrett on Oct. 14 faced a second day of questioning from committee members, who quizzed her about voting rights, Medicare, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), climate change, immigration, among other social issues. Some senators made further attempts to press the judge into acknowledging constitutional limits on presidential power.
Barrett, who exercised prudence during the first round...",right
20604,Recap of Day Four: Amy Coney Barrett Hearings,"['Supreme Court', 'Amy Coney Barrett']",Trump Supreme Court pick heads toward Senate vote despite Democratic protests,Reuters,"The Republican-led U.S. Senate on Thursday moved a step closer to confirming President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court choice Amy Coney Barrett, with the Judiciary Committee scheduling an Oct. 22 vote on her nomination despite Democratic objections. The fourth and final day of the committee’s confirmation hearing for the conservative appellate judge wrapped up with testimony from outside experts. Democrats protested what they called the rushed nature of the proceedings and complained that Barrett had sidestepped questions about presidential powers, abortion, climate change, voting rights and Obamacare.
Republicans are aiming...",center
20605,"Israel Strikes Home of Hamas Leader, Building With Several Media Bureaus","['Israel', 'Middle East', 'Gaza', 'Hamas', 'World']",Israeli strike destroys Gaza tower housing media organisations,The Guardian,"The Israeli air force has destroyed a tower block in Gaza City housing the offices of the Associated Press and Al Jazeera in what has widely been decried as an attack on press freedom.
The airstrikes on Saturday – the sixth consecutive day of hostilities between Israel and Hamas – came roughly an hour after the Israeli military ordered people to evacuate al-Jalaa tower.
There was no immediate explanation beforehand for why the 15-storey building was targeted. As well as the two international media organisations, the high-rise was home to...",left
20606,"Israel Strikes Home of Hamas Leader, Building With Several Media Bureaus","['Israel', 'Middle East', 'Gaza', 'Hamas', 'World']","Israel strikes Gaza home of Hamas leader, destroys AP office",Associated Press,"Israel slammed the Gaza Strip with airstrikes on Saturday, in a dramatic escalation that included bombing the home of a senior Hamas leader, killing a family of 10 in a refugee camp — most of them children — and pulverizing a high-rise that housed The Associated Press and other media.
The Hamas militant group continued a stream of rocket volleys into Israel, including a late-night barrage on Tel Aviv. One man was killed when a rocket hit his home in a suburb of the seaside metropolis.
With a U.S. envoy...",left
20607,"Israel Strikes Home of Hamas Leader, Building With Several Media Bureaus","['Israel', 'Middle East', 'Gaza', 'Hamas', 'World']","Israeli Airstrike Demolishes Gaza Building That Held Al Jazeera, Associated Press Offices",The Daily Caller,"An Israeli airstrike demolished an 11-story building in Gaza City Saturday that housed international media offices, including Associated Press (AP) and Al Jazeera bureaus.
The Al-Jalaa tower collapsed after being struck by at least three missiles, according to Al Jazeera. No casualties among the civilians have been reported, as Israeli authorities had ordered people to evacuate an hour before the airstrike.",right
20608,"House GOP Prepares Investigations Into Fauci, Hunter Biden and More","['Politics', '2022 Elections', 'Republican Party', 'US House', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Jim Jordan', 'James Comer', 'Hunter Biden', 'Anthony Fauci', 'January 6 Committee', 'Afghanistan', 'Inflation', 'Immigration', 'Elon Musk', 'Twitter']",It's not just Hunter Biden: Prepare for a 2023 packed with House GOP investigations,Politico,"House Republicans are planning to bombard Joe Biden’s administration with investigations next year, from Hunter Biden to the border to the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
As the GOP prepares for a likely takeover of the chamber next year, committee chairs-in-waiting have laid out a lengthy list of oversight goals that goes beyond Biden’s White House — including Democrats’ formation of the Jan. 6 select committee. But the party’s highest-profile targets are those with the potential to politically bruise the president ahead of 2024: his son’s business dealings, Afghanistan, the...",left
20609,"House GOP Prepares Investigations Into Fauci, Hunter Biden and More","['Politics', '2022 Elections', 'Republican Party', 'US House', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Jim Jordan', 'James Comer', 'Hunter Biden', 'Anthony Fauci', 'January 6 Committee', 'Afghanistan', 'Inflation', 'Immigration', 'Elon Musk', 'Twitter']","Eyeing majority, House GOP mulls election investigations",The Hill,"House Republicans planning to take control of the chamber in this year’s midterms are weighing how much of a priority to make examining election systems and laws. 
Some conservatives, particularly the most vocal of Trump supporters, are pointing to perceived issues in the 2020 election that they think deserve attention.  
But GOP leaders are already set to spend considerable time and energy on an avalanche of planned investigations and probes on other issues, and some in the party are wary of relitigating 2020 election fraud claims rather than conducting...",center
20610,"House GOP Prepares Investigations Into Fauci, Hunter Biden and More","['Politics', '2022 Elections', 'Republican Party', 'US House', 'Kevin McCarthy', 'Jim Jordan', 'James Comer', 'Hunter Biden', 'Anthony Fauci', 'January 6 Committee', 'Afghanistan', 'Inflation', 'Immigration', 'Elon Musk', 'Twitter']",House GOP Plans Multiple Probes of Biden Administration,Newsmax (News),"House Republicans, preparing for a likely takeover of the chamber next year, are already planning a series of investigations into the Biden administration, Politico is reporting.
The GOP lawmakers are getting set to look at a number of issues including Hunter Biden's business dealings, the southern border, and the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.",right
20611,"How Trump, Biden are Comparing in Swing States","['Polls', '2020 Election', 'Trump V Biden', 'Swing States', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']",‘That’s Not The Way To Win It’: Swing State Democrats Worry Biden’s Low-Key Campaigning Could Backfire,The Daily Caller,"Some Democrats in critical battlegrounds worry that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is not campaigning vigorously enough in their states.
While Biden has taken a low-key approach to campaign across the country amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Democratic figures in Texas and North Carolina remarked that his method may not be enough to get him 270 electoral votes.
Gilberto Hinojosa, the chair of the Texas Democratic Party, called Biden’s limited campaigning due to the pandemic a “pretty lame excuse,” the Associated Press reported, arguing that campaigning in Hispanic-heavy states like...",right
20612,"How Trump, Biden are Comparing in Swing States","['Polls', '2020 Election', 'Trump V Biden', 'Swing States', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']",Tightening polls in key swing states raise pressure on Biden,The Hill,"New polls show former Vice President Joe Biden running strong in states President Trump must win to secure a second term, but the race is close in Florida and tightening in Arizona, raising pressure on the Democratic nominee ahead of the first presidential debate.
Biden has several pathways to victory, with new surveys showing him neck and neck with Trump in traditionally red states, such as Texas and Georgia, and in states Trump won comfortably in 2016, like Iowa and Ohio.
The Democratic nominee continues to run up the score...",center
20613,"How Trump, Biden are Comparing in Swing States","['Polls', '2020 Election', 'Trump V Biden', 'Swing States', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections']","Battleground polls show Trump up in Texas, Biden ahead in Iowa",Politico,"Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is within striking distance of President Donald Trump in Texas, tied with him in Georgia and narrowly ahead in Iowa, according to new surveys of the three Republican-leaning battlegrounds.
A New York Times/Siena College poll published Thursday, 40 days from Election Day, shows Trump with a small lead of 3 percentage points in Texas, with 46 percent of likely voters surveyed supporting the Republican incumbent and 43 percent favoring the former vice president.
Trump comfortably won Texas in 2016, seizing the state’s 38 electoral votes...",left
20614,Drone Found on White House Grounds,['General News'],Device found on White House grounds identified as drone; no threat posed,Washington Post,"A small drone flew into the White House grounds early Monday, causing a lockdown on the compound until the two-foot-wide device was recovered and examined, the Secret Service said.",left
20615,Drone Found on White House Grounds,['General News'],"'Device,' Possibly A Small Drone, Discovered On White House Grounds",NPR (Online News),The White House says a device was found on the grounds of the executive mansion overnight but adds that it posed no threat to the first family. Several news reports say the device was a small drone.,left
20616,Drone Found on White House Grounds,['General News'],White House alarm: Suspected drone recovered on executive grounds,Washington Times,"A device — possibly a drone — was discovered and recovered on the White House grounds, though spokesman Josh Earnest says not to worry: There’s no threat.",right
20617,Bipartisan Civics Education Bill: Warranted Action or Woke Ploy?,"['Education', 'Civility', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Bipartisanship', 'Woke Culture', 'Schools', 'Race And Racism', 'Polarization']",Bogus ‘Civics’ Bill Will Push CRT on States,National Review,"The misleadingly named “Civics Secures Democracy Act” (CSDA) — just now reintroduced in Congress — will allow the Biden administration to push Critical Race Theory (CRT) on every public school in the country. Over a six-year period, this $6 billion pot of competitive grant money will create a de facto national curriculum — just like Common Core. States desperate to tap into the federal gravy train will have to tailor their civics and history grant proposals to the Biden administration’s liking. And abundant evidence shows that Biden’s Education Department is pushing CRT. So why...",right
20618,Bipartisan Civics Education Bill: Warranted Action or Woke Ploy?,"['Education', 'Civility', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Bipartisanship', 'Woke Culture', 'Schools', 'Race And Racism', 'Polarization']",The Controversy Behind Congress's $1 Billion Civics Bill,RealClearPolitics,"Civics education continues to be a polarizing issue in American culture. But according to Shawn Healy, Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy at the education nonprofit iCivics, “the bias in our education system is not ideological.” As Healy sees it, “the problem is that outside of a few pockets, civics education is not universally offered in a high-quality way.”
He hopes that a recent move in the Senate will help strengthen the teaching of civics and U.S. history. On June 14, a group of bipartisan lawmakers led by Sens. Chris...",center
20619,Bipartisan Civics Education Bill: Warranted Action or Woke Ploy?,"['Education', 'Civility', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Bipartisanship', 'Woke Culture', 'Schools', 'Race And Racism', 'Polarization']",Senate Bill Would Boost Funding for Civics Education,Inside Higher Ed,"A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate Tuesday would provide $1 billion to expand education programs and research in civics and history. The bill aims to help to close gaps among students across the nation in civics and history education.
The Civics Secures Democracy Act would establish $150 million for competitive grants for colleges and universities to support civics and history education development and educator preparation. It would also provide $50 million for competitive grants for research that evaluates current civics and history education programs and an additional $15 million for a new fellowship...",left
20620,Net Neutrality Rules Officially Expire,['Technology'],Net neutrality's old rules are a thing of the past. Here's what could happen next,USA TODAY,"Net neutrality's old rules are officially a thing of the past. A new set of rules at the Federal Communications Commission went into effect Monday, ending the previous consumer protections that prevented Internet service providers from blocking or slowing legal traffic, or charging for faster delivery of some content.",left
20621,Net Neutrality Rules Officially Expire,['Technology'],"Ajit Pai, FCC chairman, touts return to Clinton-era framework as net neutrality ends",Washington Times,Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai touted a return to past policies Monday morning as net neutrality regulations end.,right
20622,Net Neutrality Rules Officially Expire,['Technology'],"Starting Today, Your Internet Company Can Charge You More For Netflix And Facebook",BuzzFeed News,"Today, June 11, the repeal of net neutrality rules goes into effect. Consumer advocacy groups, lawyers, technology companies, and citizen activists have long decried this move — which was decided in a vote by the Federal Communications Commission in December — as a fatal blow to an open and competitive internet.",left
20623,Recap of Day Three: Amy Coney Barrett Hearings,"['Supreme Court', 'Amy Coney Barrett']","Faith, gender and abortion center stage at Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation",The Hill,"On the surface, American politics appears to be full of paradoxes. In 2016, many women — and especially white Christian women — voted for Donald Trump over the first woman nominated for U.S. president by a major party. Now, in 2020, confirmation hearings are occurring for a woman, nominated by Trump, who opposes a woman’s right to choose abortion. How might those women who voted for Trump feel about these hearings that reopen questions about women’s autonomy over their own bodies?
A further seeming paradox can provide context for...",center
20624,Recap of Day Three: Amy Coney Barrett Hearings,"['Supreme Court', 'Amy Coney Barrett']","Barrett, Declining to Detail Legal Views, Says She Will Not Be ‘a Pawn’ of Trump",New York Times (News),"Judge Amy Coney Barrett flatly refused on Tuesday to pledge that she would recuse herself if a dispute over the Nov. 3 election came before the Supreme Court, insisting that despite her nomination by President Trump, she would not “allow myself to be used as a pawn to decide this election for the American people.”
During a nearly 12-hour question-and-answer session, Judge Barrett evaded Democratic senators’ attempts to pin down her views on the Affordable Care Act, abortion rights, gay marriage and a possible election-related case. She played down her...",left
20625,Recap of Day Three: Amy Coney Barrett Hearings,"['Supreme Court', 'Amy Coney Barrett']","Amy Coney Barrett faces pressure during hearing, responds with grace and poise, experts say",Fox News (Online News),"Amy Coney Barrett withstood hours of questioning Tuesday with poise, civility, and at times, moments of humanity – countering the portrait of a right-wing extremist that Democrats have attempted to paint of President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, experts argued.
Jeffrey McCall, professor of communication at DePauw University, said Barrett's professional responses and pleasant demeanor have undercut the narrative pushed by Democrats that she is threatening or radical.
""Judge Barrett has had a most impressive day,"" McCall told Fox News. ""It is clear she is bright and sincere. Her...",right
20626,C-Span Suspends Editor for Lying About Twitter Hack,"['Media Industry', 'Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Media Bias']",C-Span Suspends Anchor Steve Scully for Lying About Twitter Post,Wall Street Journal (News),"C-Span anchor Steve Scully, who was set to moderate the second presidential debate before it was canceled, was suspended indefinitely by the outlet for falsely claiming that his Twitter account had been hacked.
Mr. Scully, an executive producer and political editor at C-Span, posted a tweet last week directed at former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, asking him whether he should respond to President Trump, who earlier had called Mr. Scully a “never Trumper” in an interview with Fox News.
In a statement released by C-Span Networks Thursday, Mr....",center
20627,C-Span Suspends Editor for Lying About Twitter Hack,"['Media Industry', 'Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Media Bias']",Debate called off after Scully scandal; biased moderator’s history blaming ‘hackers’ for bad tweets,Bizpac Review,"C-Span host Steve Scully—a former intern for Democrat Joe Biden— reactivated his Twitter account but turned it private after claiming he was hacked when the account appeared to accidentally tweet a direct message from Scully to Trump foe Anthony Scaramucci. Scaramucci is a vocal Biden supporter.
Scully, a Democrat, was widely slammed because the message suggested that he was plotting with Scaramucci to attack President Trump at the now-canceled second presidential debate, which Scully was set to moderate. Many didn’t believe Scully’s claim that his account was hacked because he...",right
20628,C-Span Suspends Editor for Lying About Twitter Hack,"['Media Industry', 'Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Media Bias']",C-SPAN Suspends Editor Steve Scully for Lying About Hacked Twitter,Daily Beast,"C-SPAN has suspended longtime political editor and senior executive producer Steve Scully indefinitely for lying that his Twitter feed was hacked last week.
“I falsely claimed that my Twitter account had been hacked. These were both errors in judgment for which I am totally responsible. I ask for [my colleagues’] forgiveness as I try to move forward in a moment of reflection and disappointment in myself,” he said in a statement. A week ago, Scully tweeted, “@Scaramucci should I respond to Trump” when the president attacked the editor as a...",left
20629,House Passes $25 Billion USPS Bill,"['US House', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Mail-In Voting', 'USPS']",Dems Pass USPS Bill and Block Common Sense Legislation to Help Workers,Townhall,"The Democrats were back in session on Saturday to vote on an ""emergency"" measure to ""save the post office."" The measure, which provides $25 billion to the U.S. Postal Service, passed by a vote of 257 to 150, including 26 Republican votes. The vote came on the heels of the Democrats' conspiracy theory that President Trump wants to hold the USPS hostage to improve his chances of winning his re-election in November.",right
20630,House Passes $25 Billion USPS Bill,"['US House', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Mail-In Voting', 'USPS']",US Postal Service: House backs election cash boost,BBC News,"The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would inject $25bn (£19bn) into the Postal Service (USPS) ahead of November's election.
The legislation would also block cuts and changes that critics have said will hamper mail-in voting.
Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi recalled lawmakers from the summer recess to vote on the bill, which she said would protect the USPS.
After the vote, President Trump tweeted the measure was a Democrat ballot scam.
""Representatives of the Post Office have repeatedly stated that they DO NOT NEED MONEY, and will...",center
20631,House Passes $25 Billion USPS Bill,"['US House', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Mail-In Voting', 'USPS']",House passes USPS rescue in bid to thwart Trump attacks on mail-in voting,Politico,"The House on Saturday approved a $25 billion emergency funding bill for the U.S. Postal Service, which Democrats say is urgently needed to halt any attempt by President Donald Trump to impede mail-in voting this fall.
The legislation also would block operational changes deployed by Trump’s postmaster general that have caused widespread mail delays and fueled an uproar across the country. The bill passed 257-150, with 26 Republicans breaking with Trump and GOP leaders to join every Democrat in backing the bill.",left
20632,President Trump Continues Coronavirus Fight at White House,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'White House Staff', 'Coronavirus']","'Maybe I'm Immune': Trump Returns To White House, Removes Mask Despite Infection",NPR (Online News),"President Trump, who spent the weekend in the hospital being treated for COVID-19, made a theatrical return to the White House on Monday evening, disembarking Marine One and walking the staircase to the South Portico entrance, where he turned to face the cameras, removed his mask and gave his signature two thumbs up.
Shortly before, a masked Trump had emerged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he was receiving treatment, pumping his fist and giving a thumbs up as he ignored questions from reporters.
In a video recorded...",left
20633,President Trump Continues Coronavirus Fight at White House,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'White House Staff', 'Coronavirus']","Trump returns to White House, downplaying virus that hospitalized him and turned West Wing into a ‘ghost town’",Washington Post,"President Trump returned to the White House from the hospital on Monday, saying that he had recovered from the novel coronavirus and that people should not be afraid of a disease that has killed more than 209,000 Americans.
Trump’s comments a few hours before leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., again downplaying the coronavirus, came despite evidence that White House decisions to flout public health guidelines and engage in practices viewed as reckless have had dire consequences in the West Wing.
More than a dozen White...",left
20634,President Trump Continues Coronavirus Fight at White House,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'White House Staff', 'Coronavirus']",Trump Continues Virus Fight: 'Maybe I'm Immune',Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump said he might be ""immune"" to the coronavirus after he returned to the White House Monday evening, where he will continue his treatment for the disease.
Trump spent three days at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after he tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday. He was given several drugs to treat the infection, including an anti-viral, an antibody cocktail, and a steroid.
Trump released a video after his return to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in which he said, ""Now I'm better. And maybe I'm immune, I don't know....",right
20635,House Democrats Investigate Trump Admin's Involvement in Saudi Nuclear Plan,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Donald Trump', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Defense And Security']",House Dems probe White House handling of Saudi nuclear plan,Washington Times,Top House Democrats plan to investigate claims the Trump White House fast-tracked sensitive details on U.S. nuclear technologies to Saudi Arabia without notifying Congress of the exchanges —,right
20636,House Democrats Investigate Trump Admin's Involvement in Saudi Nuclear Plan,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Donald Trump', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Defense And Security']","Trump administration pushed for sale of nuclear plants to Saudi Arabia, Democrats say in report",USA TODAY,"Top Trump administration officials advocated for a plan to build dozens of nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabia despite warnings that the move could pose ethical concerns and violate federal law,",left
20637,House Democrats Investigate Trump Admin's Involvement in Saudi Nuclear Plan,"['Nuclear Weapons', 'Donald Trump', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Defense And Security']",House Dems reveal new info on a shady White House plan to sell nuclear tech to Saudi Arabia,Vox,"Michael Flynn, Trump’s disgraced former national security adviser, was behind it.",left
20638,Government to Buy 200M More Vaccine Doses,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare']",Biden Administration Looks to Buy 200 Million More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses,National Review,"The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it is working to purchase an additional 200 million doses of the two coronavirus vaccines that have been authorized for emergency use in the United States.
The administration hopes to have enough vaccine supply for almost the entire U.S. population by the end of summer.
The purchase of 100 million doses each of Moderna and Pfizer’s vaccines would grow the available supply by 50 percent to a total of 600 million doses by summer — enough to fully vaccinate 300 million people as both...",right
20639,Government to Buy 200M More Vaccine Doses,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare']",Biden reaches agreement to buy 200 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses by summer,USA TODAY,"President Joe Biden announced Tuesday the U.S. has reached an agreement to purchase an additional 200 million coronavirus vaccine doses, a boost that means the U.S. will have enough supply to fully vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of summer or beginning of fall..
""This is a wartime undertaking. It's not hyperbole,"" Biden said during remarks on the COVID-19 pandemic at the White House.
Biden outlined the new purchase plans along with an increase in the weekly vaccine allocation to states, tribes and territories from 8.6 million doses to...",left
20640,Government to Buy 200M More Vaccine Doses,"['Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Healthcare']",Biden Administration Says It Will Buy 200 Million More COVID-19 Shots,HuffPost,"The Biden administration on Tuesday announced that the federal government intends to purchase 200 million additional doses of two federally approved COVID-19 vaccines, potentially creating a stock large enough to reach nearly the entire U.S. population.
The U.S. has already purchased 400 million shots from manufacturers Pfizer and Moderna, both of which use a novel mRNA vaccine that has proven highly effective in trials but that also requires two doses, spaced weeks apart. With the extra shots that the Biden administration intends to purchase, there would, in theory, be enough...",left
20641,"Trump Suggests Delaying November Election, Citing Voter Fraud Concerns","['Domestic Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'US Congress', 'White House', 'Coronavirus', 'Elections']",Trump Comes Out and Says It: Maybe We Should Delay the Presidential Election,Daily Beast,"President Donald Trump has, for the first time, publicly suggested delaying November’s presidential election—an unprecedented measure which is beyond the powers of the president.
In his latest tweet pushing his entirely unproven pet theory that mail-in ballots somehow make elections more susceptible to voter fraud, Trump wrote that holding the election during the raging pandemic would be dangerous and mulled whether it would be best to “Delay the Election until people can vote properly, securely and safely.”
Despite his posturing, Trump has absolutely no legal power to follow through on...",left
20642,"Trump Suggests Delaying November Election, Citing Voter Fraud Concerns","['Domestic Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'US Congress', 'White House', 'Coronavirus', 'Elections']","Trump floats delaying election over mail-in voting, legal experts say that power rests with Congress",USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Thursday raised the prospect of delaying the November election because of the COVID-19 pandemic, though the president lacks the legal authority to delay elections on his own.
The idea drew bipartisan alarm and election experts noted a president does not have the power to change the date of an election. Others suggested Trump is seeking to sow doubt about the election results or distract from a new government report that found a historic contraction in the nation's economy.
Trump broached the subject...",left
20643,"Trump Suggests Delaying November Election, Citing Voter Fraud Concerns","['Domestic Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'US Congress', 'White House', 'Coronavirus', 'Elections']",Trump suggests delaying elections to avoid 'great embarrassment' from mail-in vote fraud,Washington Times,"President Trump suggested Thursday that the November election should be delayed due to “fraudulent” expanded mail-in voting and the coronavirus pandemic.
“With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history,” the president tweeted. “It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???”
The presidential election is fixed by law and could only be delayed by Congress changing the law. The Constitution decrees that the incumbent president’s term...",right
20644,No Change to Transgender Policy,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Joint Chiefs: We Won’t Implement a Trans Ban Until Trump Tells Us What His Tweets Mean,Slate,"On Thursday, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford informed the military that the Pentagon would not implement a ban on transgender troops “until the President's direction has been received by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary has issued implementation guidance.” Until that point, Dunford wrote, there “will be no modifications to the current policy,” and “we will continue to treat all of our personnel with respect.”",left
20645,No Change to Transgender Policy,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Top U.S. general says no changes yet to transgender policy,Reuters,"The United States' top general told the military on Thursday there had been no change yet to Pentagon policy on transgender personnel, after President Donald Trump's announcement of his plans to ban them appeared to catch senior officers by surprise.",center
20646,No Change to Transgender Policy,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Defense Department to Trump on transgender ban: Not so fast,Fox News (Online News),"The Department of Defense declared Thursday there will be “no modifications to the current policy” on transgender service members for now, a day after President Trump issued a surprise three-tweet directive banning those troops from the military.",right
20647,Libertarian Party Candidate's #LetHerSpeak Campaign Is a Bid to Get Her On The Debate Stage,"['Elections', 'Jo Jorgensen', 'Libertarian Party']",Jo Jorgensen on Black Lives Matter: 'I Think We Should Support the Protesters',Reason,"It's Thursday in Nashville. Libertarian presidential nominee Jo Jorgensen has parked her blue campaign bus in Centennial Park for her ""Real Change For Real People"" tour. There are tables with masks and hand sanitizer. Supporters gather early, their excitement seemingly unaffected by the pandemic precautions. A few cars slow down to observe the gathering in the park. After a mic check, Jorgensen is introduced and begins to speak.
Almost immediately, her speech covers the two most pressing topics of the summer: criminal justice reform and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Back in...",right
20648,Libertarian Party Candidate's #LetHerSpeak Campaign Is a Bid to Get Her On The Debate Stage,"['Elections', 'Jo Jorgensen', 'Libertarian Party']",‘Let Her Speak’ campaign gains steam after candidate is frozen out of presidential debate,Bizpac Review,"Who’s running for president? If you answered incumbent President Donald Trump and presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden, you’re wrong.
There are actually two additional candidates running for the presidency, though Democrats across the country are desperately trying to keep this fact hidden.
One of these two candidates, Libertarian Party nominee Jo Jorgensen, is hellbent on convincing the Commission on Presidential Debates to allow her to participate in the highly anticipated 2020 debates.",right
20649,Libertarian Party Candidate's #LetHerSpeak Campaign Is a Bid to Get Her On The Debate Stage,"['Elections', 'Jo Jorgensen', 'Libertarian Party']","Let Her Speak event aims to get Jo Jorgensen on debate stage against President Trump, Biden",Houston Chronicle,"The Harris County Libertarian Party is hosting an event that attempts to get Jo Jorgensen on the debate stage against President Donald Trump and democratic challenger Joe Biden.
On Saturday, Aug. 8, at 11:30 a.m., protesters meet for Let Her Speak at 2706 White Oak Drive, Houston. The group will decorate their cars, “go live” on social media and drive through the Heights and Montrose areas in a bid to get Jorgensen to Cleveland on Sept. 29 for the next presidential debate.",center
20650,"Report Claims GOP Lawmakers, White House Staff Helped Plan Jan. 6 Riot","['Violence In America', 'Republican Party', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Corruption', 'January 6 Committee']",Jan. 6 Protest Organizers Say They Participated in ‘Dozens’ of Planning Meetings With Members of Congress and White House Staff,RollingStone.com,"As the House investigation into the Jan. 6 attack heats up, some of the planners of the pro-Trump rallies that took place in Washington, D.C., have begun communicating with congressional investigators and sharing new information about what happened when the former president’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. Two of these people have spoken to Rolling Stone extensively in recent weeks and detailed explosive allegations that multiple members of Congress were intimately involved in planning both Trump’s efforts to overturn his election loss and the Jan. 6 events that turned violent. 
Rolling Stone separately...",left
20651,"Report Claims GOP Lawmakers, White House Staff Helped Plan Jan. 6 Riot","['Violence In America', 'Republican Party', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Corruption', 'January 6 Committee']",AOC Calls for Expulsion of Any Members of Congress Involved in Planning January 6 Riot,Newsweek,"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has called for the expulsion of any member of Congress who helped plan the storming of the U.S. Capitol after a bombshell report alleged that several Republican lawmakers had co-ordinated with rally organizers.
""Any member of Congress who helped plot a terrorist attack on our nation's capitol must be expelled,"" the New York congresswoman wrote in a tweet late on Sunday night.
Her comment came after a Rolling Stone report, published on Sunday night, claimed multiple members of Congress had been ""intimately involved"" in the planning of former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn...",center
20652,"Report Claims GOP Lawmakers, White House Staff Helped Plan Jan. 6 Riot","['Violence In America', 'Republican Party', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Donald Trump', 'Corruption', 'January 6 Committee']",GOP members lash out at Rolling Stone report linking them to Jan. 6 planning,Washington Examiner,"  A number of Republican members of Congress named in a Rolling Stone report as being involved in planning the details of rallies and electoral certification objection on the day of Jan. 6 ahead of the riot at the U.S. Capitol building, either personally or through top staff members, are pushing back on or outright refuting the story.
""No one in my office, including me, participated in the planning of the rally or in any criminal activity on Jan. 6. We did not attend or participate at all,” Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert said...",right
20653,Rod Rosenstein to Meet With Trump on Thursday,['Justice'],"Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General, Is Expected to Leave Job",New York Times (News),"Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, was expected on Monday to leave his job at the Justice Department, days after private discussions were revealed in which he talked about invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office and secretly taping him to expose chaos in the administration.",left
20654,Rod Rosenstein to Meet With Trump on Thursday,['Justice'],"Rosenstein Resigns as Deputy Attorney General, Source Says",Bloomberg,"Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the official in charge of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, has verbally submitted his resignation and the White House has accepted it, according to one person familiar with the matter, Bloomberg News reports.",left
20655,Rod Rosenstein to Meet With Trump on Thursday,['Justice'],Rod Rosenstein is out as Deputy Attorney General,Washington Times,"Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is out at the Department of Justice. Axios reported that Mr. Rosenstein verbally resigned to White House Chief Of Staff John Kelly, but CNN said that he is expecting to be fired.",right
20656,Raising the Debt Ceiling,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Debt ceiling: Welcome to Fight Club,CNN (Online News),"Brinksmanship over the debt ceiling could make the fiscal cliff standoff look like child's play.
Right after the House passed the fiscal cliff compromise, President Obama said, ""I will not have another debate with this Congress over whether or not they should pay the bills that they've already racked up through the laws that they passed.""",left
20657,Raising the Debt Ceiling,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Newt Gingrich: Debt Ceiling Is A 'Dead Loser',HuffPost,"Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) warned House Republicans not to hold the debt ceiling for political leverage Friday, contradicting Republicans who have strongly hinted at their plans to do just that.
""They’ve got to find, in the House, a totally new strategy,” he said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “Everybody’s now talking about, ‘Oh, here comes the debt ceiling.’ I think that’s, frankly, a dead loser. Because in the end, you know it’s gonna happen. The whole national financial system is going to come in to Washington and on television,...",left
20658,Raising the Debt Ceiling,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Rand Paul: Republicans Must Hold Firm on Debt Limit,Newsmax (News),"Sen. Rand Paul is pushing legislation that would ban revenue from being used for anything but paying interest on the debt, meeting Social Security requirements, and paying military salaries.
In an interview Thursday evening with Fox News' Sean Hannity, the Kentucky Republican suggested that would be a better way than threatening a government shutdown to force the president into negotiating significant spending cuts as the deadline nears in February for extending the nation's debt limit.
He said it would also be a safer approach, given the uneasiness of the markets...",right
20659,Biden Seeks to Boost US Solar Industry Amid Probe of Potential Chinese Trade Violations,"['Energy', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Trade', 'Inflation', 'Supply Chains', 'Defense Production Act', 'Solar Panels', 'China']",Solar industry stocks jump as Biden announces tariff suspension,Axios,"Solar companies and their investors hailed the Biden administration's move to jolt the U.S. solar industry with a new order that both temporarily removes tariffs on imports and bolsters domestic manufacturers.
Why it matters: Solar installations were expected to fall by 7% in 2022, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence, as the industry faced supply concerns triggered by the prospect of retroactive penalties applied to previously imported products.
The Commerce Department announced in late March that it was investigating whether Chinese solar manufacturers improperly circumvented duties by subsidizing production in several southeast Asia...",center
20660,Biden Seeks to Boost US Solar Industry Amid Probe of Potential Chinese Trade Violations,"['Energy', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Trade', 'Inflation', 'Supply Chains', 'Defense Production Act', 'Solar Panels', 'China']",Biden invokes Defense Production Act to boost solar panel manufacturing,NBC News (Online),"WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is using his executive powers Monday to boost the domestic production of solar panels and their parts and will issue a 24-month tariff exemption on imports of the products from several countries.
The White House said Biden will authorize the use of the Defense Production Act to accelerate manufacturing of solar panels in the United States as a way to strengthen the administration's efforts to shift the country toward clean energy.
The move will allow the Department of Energy to ""rapidly expand"" U.S. manufacturing of solar...",left
20661,Biden Seeks to Boost US Solar Industry Amid Probe of Potential Chinese Trade Violations,"['Energy', 'Environment', 'Sustainability', 'Trade', 'Inflation', 'Supply Chains', 'Defense Production Act', 'Solar Panels', 'China']",Biden suspends tariffs on solar panels from Southeast Asia amid measures to boost supplies to US manufacturers,Fox Business,"President Biden on Monday authorized emergency measures to boost supplies for the American solar power industry in an effort to address his climate change-fighting goals and fight escalating costs. 
To that end, the White House announced a two-year pause in tariffs on solar panels from Southeast Asia amid complaints by industry groups that the solar sector is being slowed by supply chain problems and a Commerce Department inquiry into possible trade violations involving Chinese products.
""Roughly half of the domestic deployment of solar modules that had been anticipated over the next year...",right
20662,China Says U.S. is to Blame for Trade War,"['Trade', 'China']","China blames US for trade war, says ‘nothing is agreed until everything is agreed’",Fox News (Online News),"China Opens a New Window. on Sunday blamed the United States for the trade war Opens a New Window. , vowing it would not back down and accused Washington of being an untrustworthy negotiator as tensions continue to escalate between the two countries. China released a policy paper that claimed the U.S. had backtracked three times during trade negotiations by implementing new tariffs and other conditions. The report said that China has kept its word throughout 11 rounds of talks and will honor its commitments if a trade agreement is...",right
20663,China Says U.S. is to Blame for Trade War,"['Trade', 'China']",China Signals It Is Willing to Return to Trade Talks With U.S.,Wall Street Journal (News),"After weeks of escalating trade tensions with the U.S., China modulated its rhetoric, suggesting negotiations remain a priority and laying out conditions for doing so.
A government policy paper on trade issues with the U.S. released Sunday accused Washington of scuttling the negotiations, which broke down in all but name last month. It said the Trump administration’s “America First” program and use of tariffs are harming the global economy and that China wouldn’t shy away from a trade war if need be.",center
20664,China Says U.S. is to Blame for Trade War,"['Trade', 'China']",China says U.S. ‘solely to blame’ for collapse of trade talks,Politico,"China has laid the blame squarely on the United States for the breakdown of trade talks between the world’s two biggest economies, but hinted at its willingness to resume stalled negotiations with Washington while rejecting any attempt to force concessions from Beijing.",left
20665,Trump Signs New Travel Ban,['Immigration'],President Trump Signs Revamped Executive Order Restricting Immigration From 6 Countries,The Daily Caller,"The White House issued a new executive order on immigration Monday that temporarily bars the citizens of Sudan, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia and Yemen from entering the United States for 90 days. It has two major differences from the first version of the executive order: it does not include Iraq and removes the blanket ban on Syrian refugees.",right
20666,Trump Signs New Travel Ban,['Immigration'],Trump signs new travel ban targeting those seeking new visas,Washington Post,"President Donald Trump on Monday signed a new version of his controversial travel ban, aiming to withstand court challenges while still barring new visas for citizens from six Muslim-majority countries and shutting down the U.S. refugee program.",left
20667,Trump Signs New Travel Ban,['Immigration'],"President Donald Trump signs new travel ban, exempts Iraq",CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Monday banning immigration from six Muslim-majority countries, notably dropping Iraq from January's previous order.",left
20668,Ted Cruz and Government Spending,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Ted Cruz: Republicans Who Vote To Take Up Bill Defunding Obamacare Are Voting For Obamacare,HuffPost,"Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) got tangled up in his rhetoric on Sunday as he made the case that any Senate Republican who votes next week to take up a bill to defund Obamacare is actually voting for Obamacare.
During an appearance on ""Fox News Sunday,"" Cruz was asked about his plan for when the Senate takes up legislation tying a must-pass measure to keep the government funded past Oct. 1 to another measure to permanently defund the Affordable Care Act.",left
20669,Ted Cruz and Government Spending,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Ted Cruz scrambles to salvage strategy,Politico,"Ted Cruz and his allies are fighting a battle they will almost certainly lose in the Senate this week.
The freshman Republican from Texas, along with Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and some vocal House conservatives, pushed House Republican leaders to pass a bill Friday that funds the government but denies money for Obamacare. That defunding provision is a nonstarter with President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who says it’s “dead” in his chamber.",left
20670,Ted Cruz and Government Spending,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Blame game heats up as start of shutdown looms,Washington Times,"With little more than a week before a budget stalemate over Obamacare sets off a government shutdown, Democrats and Republicans dug in deeper Sunday, with lawmakers increasingly looking, pre-emptively, to pin blame on the other side.
Democrats insist that the GOP-led effort to strip funding from Obamacare remains a nonstarter, while Republicans contend that any government shutdown will be President Obama’s fault.",right
20671,The Charm Offensive,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Some GOP elites are not quite convinced by Trump charm offensive,Washington Post,"Out on the campaign trail, Donald Trump relishes His Feud With His own party. I have Threatened to sue the Republican National Committee. I called ITS nominating system ""rigged,"" ""deceptive"" and ""a disgrace."" And I have to try Suggested Might have depose the party chairman.
But as RNC members Gathered at a palatial beach resort here this week, Trump's aides Launched a",left
20672,The Charm Offensive,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump advisors try to pivot not fishtail,Fox News (Online News),"It’s a fine line between a general election shift and the dreaded ‘Etch A Sketch.’
Donald Trump’s supporters give him broad latitude on issues and even his promise of an attitudinal change. For example, his suggestion that the Republicans should become a pro-choice party likely wrinkled few brows among his core supporters.",right
20673,The Charm Offensive,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Donald Trump and GOP Grope Toward Unity,Wall Street Journal (News),"Donald Trump and his top aides have been trying privately to offer an olive branch to a GOP establishment that he has vilified. Many party insiders are wary of grasping it.
Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, tried to bridge th",center
20674,AHCA Failure,['Healthcare'],Republicans Admit Defeat On Health Care Bill: 'Obamacare Is The Law Of The Land',NPR (Online News),House Republicans scrapped a vote on their health care replacement plan on Friday after defections from both the right and center that made it clear the bill would not pass.,left
20675,AHCA Failure,['Healthcare'],"Trump signals new hope for ObamaCare overhaul, says 'Do not worry!'",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump hinted Saturday that overhauling ObamaCare is still alive, perhaps through a bipartisan deal, following the effort’s dramatic and seemingly terminal failure a day earlier.",right
20676,AHCA Failure,['Healthcare'],"Republicans Land a Punch on Health Care, to Their Own Face",New York Times (News),"At the end of the long day, the alliance of conservative ideologues who once shut down the government over President Barack Obama’s health care law could not find the will to repeal it.",left
20677,State of The Union 2018,['Politics'],Trump hails ‘new American moment’ in first State of the Union address,Washington Times,"President Trump took a victory lap on the economy Tuesday night in his first State of the Union address, declaring that his tax cuts have sparked an American revival, and reaching out to Democrats to work on problems from immigration to infrastructure.",right
20678,State of The Union 2018,['Politics'],Trump focuses on immigration and infrastructure in first State of the Union,Politico,The president made a play for bipartisanship.,left
20679,State of The Union 2018,['Politics'],Trump declares in State of the Union: ‘Never been a better time to start living the American dream’,NBC News (Online),"President Donald Trump said Tuesday night that his administration's policies on jobs, deregulation and national security have spurred a ""new American moment.""",left
20680,U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Surge to More Than 3 Million,"['Unemployment Benefits', 'Jobless Benefits', 'Layoffs', 'Coronavirus', 'Unemployment Rate', 'Economy And Jobs']",Record 3.28 Million File for U.S. Jobless Benefits,Wall Street Journal (News),"A record 3.28 million workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the new coronavirus hit the U.S. economy, marking the end of a decadelong job expansion.
The number of Americans filing for claims was nearly five times the previous record high. Workers seeking jobless benefits, a proxy for layoffs, increased by 3 million for the week ended March 21, from the prior week.
States reporting large increases included Pennsylvania, California, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Ohio. Many U.S. businesses have announced layoffs and several state and local authorities ordered nonessential...",center
20681,U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Surge to More Than 3 Million,"['Unemployment Benefits', 'Jobless Benefits', 'Layoffs', 'Coronavirus', 'Unemployment Rate', 'Economy And Jobs']",Jobless claims spike to 3.28 million as coronavirus impact spreads,Washington Times,"Jobless claims soared to 3.28 million in the past week, the Labor Department said Thursday, as the coronavirus outbreak affected wide portions of the economy.
The figure was more than four times higher than the previous weekly record of 695,000, set in October 1982. During the previous week in March, 281,000 people had filed unemployment claims.
Most economists had forecast about 1.5 million people filing for unemployment benefits.
The true number of out-of-work Americans is likely much higher; self-employed people and gig workers don’t file for unemployment benefits.
The Senate...",right
20682,U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Surge to More Than 3 Million,"['Unemployment Benefits', 'Jobless Benefits', 'Layoffs', 'Coronavirus', 'Unemployment Rate', 'Economy And Jobs']",A record 3.3 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits as the coronavirus slams economy,Washington Post,"The U.S. unemployment rate has likely risen to 5.5 percent already -- a level not seen since 2015.
A record 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department said Thursday, as restaurants, hotels, barber shops, gyms and more shut down in a nationwide effort to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
Last week saw the biggest jump in new jobless claims in history, surpassing the record of 695,000 set in 1982. Many economists say this is the beginning of a massive spike in unemployment that...",left
20683,House Passes Gun Bills Despite Likelihood of Failure in Senate,"['Politics', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'US House', 'US Senate', 'Bipartisanship', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Red Flag Laws', 'Assault Weapons']",US House passes gun control bill but it faces defeat in Senate,The Guardian,"The US House of Representatives has passed a wide-ranging gun control bill in response to recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas, but the proposals have almost no chance of being approved by the Senate and becoming law.
The bill would raise the age limit for buying a semi-automatic rifle and prohibit the sale of ammunition magazines with a capacity of more than 15 rounds.
The legislation passed by a mostly party-line vote of 223-204. It has almost no chance of becoming law as the Senate pursues negotiations focused...",left
20684,House Passes Gun Bills Despite Likelihood of Failure in Senate,"['Politics', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'US House', 'US Senate', 'Bipartisanship', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Red Flag Laws', 'Assault Weapons']",House passes red flag gun legislation in mainly party-line vote,The Hill,"The House passed a bill on Thursday to nationalize red flag laws, which seek to keep guns away from individuals deemed a threat to themselves and others.
The legislation, dubbed the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order, passed in a 224-202 vote. Two Republicans did not vote.
Five Republicans — Reps. Fred Upton (Mich.), Adam Kinzinger (Ill.), Anthony Gonzalez (Ohio), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.) and Chris Jacobs (N.Y.) — bucked the GOP in voting for the measure, and Democratic Rep. Jared Golden (Maine) broke from the party in opposing the bill.",center
20685,House Passes Gun Bills Despite Likelihood of Failure in Senate,"['Politics', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'US House', 'US Senate', 'Bipartisanship', 'Uvalde Shooting', 'Red Flag Laws', 'Assault Weapons']",House Passes Bill Raising Age For Semi-Automatic Gun Ownership To 21,The Daily Caller,"The House of Representatives passed a gun control package Tuesday that would raise the purchasing age of certain semi-automatic rifles to 21, but it is likely dead-on-arrival in the Senate.
The Protecting Our Kids Act was introduced by New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler in the aftermath of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting. In addition to raising the age at which Americans can legally purchase certain semi-automatic weapons, it also requires gun owners to store firearms in gun safes or other locations, and expands the regulation of bump stocks. Many Republicans have described the legislation...",right
20686,Sanders Apparent Winner in Nevada,"['2020 Election', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Socialism', 'Democratic Party', 'Nevada Caucus', 'Elections']","Bernie Sanders wins Nevada caucuses, cementing his status as Democratic frontrunner",The Blaze,"Sen. Bernie Sanders has won the Nevada Democratic caucuses.
By 8 p.m. EST on Saturday, both Fox News and NBC News projected that Sanders had won The Silver State, dominating his Democratic competitors among Latinos and young voters.
Sanders was leading with more than 50 percent of the votes, while Joe Biden was in second place with less than 20 percent.
According to Politico, it is not yet clear when the complete caucus results will be tallied, though it could be sometime Sunday.
The uncontested victory comes on the heals...",right
20687,Sanders Apparent Winner in Nevada,"['2020 Election', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Socialism', 'Democratic Party', 'Nevada Caucus', 'Elections']",Bernie wins again,Politico,"LAS VEGAS — Bernie Sanders didn’t just win the Nevada caucuses.
He was crushing the rest of the primary field, closing in on another early-state victory and proving an ability to broaden what was once believed to be a narrow coalition.
The victory will likely reverberate far beyond Nevada, with the contest soon turning to Super Tuesday. Sanders is well positioned to compete on that broader electoral map, with an army of small-dollar donors to fund his campaign.
The Latest:
Sanders was crushing other Democrats when multiple TV networks...",left
20688,Sanders Apparent Winner in Nevada,"['2020 Election', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Socialism', 'Democratic Party', 'Nevada Caucus', 'Elections']",Bernie Sanders cements front-runner status with Nevada caucuses win,BBC News,"Bernie Sanders has cemented his status as the Democratic front-runner to take on Donald Trump in November's US presidential election.
He is projected to win Nevada's caucuses, and early results suggest he is on course for a large victory.
There is a long way to go, however, until a nominee is confirmed.
Early results also suggest former vice-president Joe Biden has performed better in Nevada than in the other two states which have voted so far.
He had underwhelming results in Iowa and New Hampshire. Those states kicked off the...",center
20689,Push For Single-Payer Healthcare,['Healthcare'],Kamala Harris announces she will co-sponsor single-payer healthcare,The Hill,"Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) announced during a town hall on Wednesday that she would support Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.) ""Medicare for All"" bill, which would institute a single-payer health insurance system.",center
20690,Push For Single-Payer Healthcare,['Healthcare'],How Democrats Can Win With Medicare For All,HuffPost,"Elected officials in both parties, but especially Democrats, are failing the American people on health care. This failure to think outside of the box is what’s kept our country from joining the rest of the industrialized world in offering universal health care. We live in a country that sent people to the moon.",left
20691,Push For Single-Payer Healthcare,['Healthcare'],Single-payer healthcare isn't what the doctor ordered,Washington Examiner,"America's doctors are warming to the idea of single-payer healthcare. A new survey from consulting firm Merritt Hawkins finds that 56 percent of doctors support a government-run system at least somewhat, with 42 percent expressing strong support.",right
20692,Coronavirus Exposure at White House Brings New Safety Precautions,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Testing', 'White House', 'Politics']",White House adopts new safety precautions as coronavirus moves closer to Trump's inner circle,USA TODAY,"With coronavirus exposure arriving in the West Wing, the White House is taking extra precautions to ensure the safety of the president and his staff after two administration aides tested positive for the coronavirus.
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will be tested daily for the virus, as will every staff member in close proximity to them. White House guests will be tested, workspaces will undergo regular deep cleaning, and staff will follow social distancing guidelines, undergo daily temperature checks and have their symptom histories reviewed, White House...",left
20693,Coronavirus Exposure at White House Brings New Safety Precautions,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Testing', 'White House', 'Politics']",Coronavirus in the White House: Is the President At Risk?,CBN,"Trump administration officials say Vice President Mike Pence will be at the White House today despite an earlier report he would be working from home and self-isolating after an aide tested positive for the Coronavirus last week.
Even though the vice president will be on the job, administration officials say Pence is voluntarily keeping his distance from other people.
Pence has repeatedly tested negative for COVID-19 since his exposure.
Both President Trump's personal valet and the vice president's press secretary, Katie Miller, have tested positive for coronavirus....",right
20694,Coronavirus Exposure at White House Brings New Safety Precautions,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Testing', 'White House', 'Politics']",White House coronavirus cases highlight risks of officials not following federal guidelines,Washington Post,"The brouhaha over President Trump and Vice President Pence appearing at hospitals, factories and nursing homes without masks — despite Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines that encourage cloth face coverings when with groups of people — has been mostly political. Now, a clearer picture is emerging of the actual health risks of government officials working on the coronavirus response not following federal guidelines themselves.
Case in point: One of the two White House staffers who tested positive for coronavirus, Pence spokesperson Katie Miller, briefed reporters last Thursday...",left
20695,Trump Signs 'America-First' Healthcare Order,"['Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', '2020 Election']","Trump unveils health care vision, but offers little detail",Axios,"President Trump outlined his ambitions for health care policy in a North Carolina speech Thursday, promising ""the highest standard of care anywhere in the world,"" before signing an executive order guaranteeing protections for pre-existing conditions and then pledging to ban surprise medical bills.
Reality check: The only reason that pre-existing conditions protections are at risk is because a Trump-backed lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act is pending before the Supreme Court. Trump's executive order offers few details, and executive orders in and of themselves don't change policy. The order ""simply...",center
20696,Trump Signs 'America-First' Healthcare Order,"['Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', '2020 Election']",President Trump Finally Laid Out His Healthcare Plan. It Doesn’t Do Anything.,BuzzFeed News,"President Donald Trump will declare Thursday that it is “the policy of the United States” to protect people with preexisting conditions, while also suing to toss out current preexisting condition protections.
Trump plans to sign an executive order in North Carolina laying out the policy, according to White House officials. But even they concede it will have no legal effect.",left
20697,Trump Signs 'America-First' Healthcare Order,"['Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', '2020 Election']",President Trump Rolls Out 'America First' Healthcare Plan Aimed at Protecting Preexisting Conditions,Townhall,"President Trump signed a series of executive orders aimed at reforming the healthcare system; the measures include expanding choice, lowering prescription drug prices, protecting coverage for preexisting conditions and ending “surprise billing.” The president rolled out his “America First Healthcare Plan” as the administration hopes that the Supreme Court will rule the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a hallmark of the previous administration, unconstitutional.",right
20698,Britain Votes to Leave EU,"['Europe', 'World']","In shock vote, Britain chooses to leave the European Union",Washington Times,"The voters of the United Kingdom spoke Thursday and, to the surprise of pundits and their elected officials, declared that they want out of the European Union.",right
20699,Britain Votes to Leave EU,"['Europe', 'World']",Britain's EU Exit: What Comes Next?,NPR (Online News),"United Kingdom voters sent shockwaves across Europe and beyond with their vote to exit the European Union. The ""Brexit"" vote stunned the country's political elite, the financial markets and British bookmakers, all of whom had expected a very close vote in favor of remaining in the European Union.",left
20700,Britain Votes to Leave EU,"['Europe', 'World']",Britain Votes to Leave E.U.; Cameron Plans to Step Down,New York Times (News),"Britain has voted to leave the European Union, a historic decision sure to reshape the nation’s place in the world, rattle the Continent and rock political establishments throughout the West.",left
20701,Trump Fires Election Security Director,"['Elections', 'Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Election Security', 'Christopher Krebs', 'DHS', 'Donald Trump']",Chris Krebs is gone but his firing may not be the last,BBC News,"Chris Krebs knew his mission this year was to protect the integrity of the US election - but he might not have predicted the way that would cost him his job.
For well over a year, Mr Krebs and his cyber-security team had been gaming scenarios about what could go wrong. At one point, he said his greatest fear was that voter registration databases might be interfered with to stop people voting.
He also talked about the concern that on election night, media organisations might be hacked to prevent people...",center
20702,Trump Fires Election Security Director,"['Elections', 'Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Election Security', 'Christopher Krebs', 'DHS', 'Donald Trump']",Trump fires top DHS official who refuted his claims that the election was rigged,Washington Post,"President Trump on Tuesday fired a top Department of Homeland Security official who led the agency’s efforts to help secure the election and was vocal about tamping down unfounded claims of ballot fraud.
In a tweet, Trump fired Christopher Krebs, who headed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) at DHS and led successful efforts to help state and local election offices protect their systems and to rebut misinformation.
Earlier Tuesday, Krebs in a tweet refuted allegations that election systems were manipulated, saying that “59 election security experts all agree,...",left
20703,Trump Fires Election Security Director,"['Elections', 'Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', 'Election Security', 'Christopher Krebs', 'DHS', 'Donald Trump']",Trump firing of Chris Krebs after comment rebutting fraud allegations brings backlash,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump received fierce pushback -- including some from fellow Republicans -- on Tuesday night after firing Chris Krebs, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), following efforts by Krebs to rebut the president's claims of widespread voter fraud.
The Tuesday evening firing happened after Krebs led a campaign at CISA to control rumors about election fraud. Trump, in a pair of tweets, said that Krebs had made a statement on election security that ""was highly inaccurate, in that there were massive improprieties and fraud -- including...",right
20704,Senate Passes Resolution to Reinstate Net Neutrality Regulations,['Technology'],OPINION: A Phony Vote on ‘Net Neutrality’,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),Democrats try to rile up millennials about a deregulated internet.,right
20705,Senate Passes Resolution to Reinstate Net Neutrality Regulations,['Technology'],Senate Approves Overturning FCC's Net Neutrality Repeal,NPR (Online News),"The Senate approved a resolution Wednesday to nullify the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rollback, dealing a symbolic blow to the FCC's new rule that remains on track to take effect next month.",left
20706,Senate Passes Resolution to Reinstate Net Neutrality Regulations,['Technology'],OPINION: The net neutrality vote was about the future of American democracy and the fate of 'fake news',NBC News (Online),It's not just about whether you will still be able watch Netflix.,left
20707,Economists on School Choice,['Education'],The New York Times Gets Everything Wrong in This Article That Falsely Claims Economists Don’t Like School Choice,Reason,"A recent New York Times story that slams the free market approach to education policy is rife with inaccuracies. Amazingly, the author of the piece misrepresents the very data she is using to build her erroneous case against school choice.",right
20708,Economists on School Choice,['Education'],Free Market for Education? Economists Generally Don’t Buy It,New York Times (News),"The odds are good that privatizing education will be part of the agenda for President-elect Donald J. Trump’s administration. The Republican platform calls for increasing the role of banks in giving out student loans. And Mr. Trump and the platform advocate an expansion of both vouchers, which enable students to attend the private school of their choice with government funds, and charter schools.
In addition, Betsy DeVos, Mr. Trump’s nominee for education secretary, has supported legislation that would establish vouchers in Michigan, as well as the rapid expansion of the...",left
20709,Economists on School Choice,['Education'],IGM Forum: Education,Chicago Booth Initiative on Global Markets,"(Survey among economic experts) Public school students would receive a higher quality education if they all had the option of taking the government money (local, state, federal) currently being spent on their own education and turning that money into vouchers that they could use towards covering the costs of any private school or public school of their choice (e.g. charter schools).",center
20710,Morning After Pill Access,['Family And Marriage'],Drug Agency Lowers Age for Next-Day Birth Control,New York Times (News),"The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it would make the most widely known morning-after pill available without a prescription to girls and women ages 15 and older, and also make the pill available on drugstore shelves, instead of keeping it locked up behind pharmacy counters.",left
20711,Morning After Pill Access,['Family And Marriage'],Backers will seek contempt ruling if Obama balks at morning-after pill ruling,Washington Times,A legal fund suing the Obama administration over access to a “morning-after birth control pill says it will not sit idly if the government does not comply with a court order to make the drug available to all ages.,right
20712,Morning After Pill Access,['Family And Marriage'],FDA approves morning-after pill without prescription for girls 15 and older,CNN (Online News),"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it approved the availability of the Plan B One-Step emergency contraception pill without a prescription for women 15 and older.
This move comes just weeks after a federal judge in Brooklyn, New York, ordered the FDA to make the morning-after birth control pill available to women of any age, without a prescription. Tuesday's FDA announcement, which pertains to an application from Teva Women's Health, Inc., is not related to that, the FDA said.",left
20713,SC House Approves Confederate Flag Removal,['Politics'],South Carolina Approves Removing Confederate Flag,CBN,The South Carolina House has approved a bill to take down the Confederate flag from the state's capitol.,right
20714,"IMF Lowers 2021 Global Growth Forecast, Signals Inflation Uncertainty","['Economy And Jobs', 'Supply Chains', 'IMF', 'Coronavirus', 'World', 'Inflation', 'Business', 'GDP']","IMF cuts its global growth forecast, citing supply disruptions and the pandemic",CNBC,"The International Monetary Fund is now less optimistic about the global economy for 2021, but still sees reasonable growth over the medium term. 
In its World Economic Outlook, published Tuesday, the Fund said it expects global gross domestic product to grow by 5.9% this year — 0.1 percentage point lower than its July estimate. For next year, the IMF has kept its global growth projection at 4.9%.
The revised outlook for this year comes amid supply chain issues in advanced economies and a worsening health situation in emerging countries.",center
20715,"IMF Lowers 2021 Global Growth Forecast, Signals Inflation Uncertainty","['Economy And Jobs', 'Supply Chains', 'IMF', 'Coronavirus', 'World', 'Inflation', 'Business', 'GDP']",IMF slashes US growth forecast and warns of rising risks to the global economy,CNN Business,"The global economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is weakening and risks are rising, according to the International Monetary Fund.
The IMF on Tuesday slashed its 2021 growth forecast for the United States by one full percentage point to 6%, the biggest reduction suffered by any G7 economy in its latest World Economic Outlook.
The cut reflects disruptions to supply chains and softening consumption in the third quarter, the IMF said.
The revision comes days after Goldman Sachs cut its growth forecasts for the US economy this year and next, citing weaker consumer spending and the...",left
20716,"IMF Lowers 2021 Global Growth Forecast, Signals Inflation Uncertainty","['Economy And Jobs', 'Supply Chains', 'IMF', 'Coronavirus', 'World', 'Inflation', 'Business', 'GDP']","IMF trims global growth outlook, warning of supply disruptions and surging inflation",Fox Business,"Surging inflation and supply chain disruptions are hampering the global economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, the International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday.
The Washington-based IMF projected in its latest World Economic Outlook that global domestic gross product will grow by 5.9% this – 0.1 percentage point lower than its July estimate. The IMF expects global growth to remain at 4.9% next year.",right
20717,Kansas Primary and Ohio Race Remain Too Close To Call,['Elections'],High-Stakes Races in Ohio and Kansas Are Too Close to Call,Wall Street Journal (News),Special election in Ohio seen as bellwether of current political climate; Kansas gubernatorial race splits GOP.,center
20718,Kansas Primary and Ohio Race Remain Too Close To Call,['Elections'],Ohio Race Too Close to Call - But Trump Claims Victory,CBN,A special election that tested President Donald Trump's clout and cost both parties millions of dollars in battleground Ohio was too close to call late Tuesday.,right
20719,Kansas Primary and Ohio Race Remain Too Close To Call,['Elections'],Kansas and Ohio Races Remain Too Close to Call,New York Times (News),"The Kansas Republican primary for governor and Ohio’s high-stakes special election for Congress both remained too close to call on Wednesday morning, with razor-thin margins separating the candidates in each race.",left
20720,Concerns About New Domestic Terrorism Laws Come from Multiple Angles,"['Terrorism', 'Criminal Justice', 'Inequality', 'Race And Racism', 'FBI', 'National Security', 'Role Of Government', 'Civil Liberties']",Fears grow that efforts to combat US domestic terrorism can hurt minorities,The Guardian,"An expanded no-fly list. New crimes put on the books. Increased use of the death penalty.
These are some of the ways that politicians, pundits and law enforcement want to head off a repeat of the 6 January attack on the Capitol. But a renewed national security push aimed at addressing domestic terrorism has civil liberties groups steeling themselves, concerned that moves to combat far-right extremism will instead redound against communities of color and leftwing activists.
Last summer’s racial justice protests jump-started a national conversation over the endurance of racism...",left
20721,Concerns About New Domestic Terrorism Laws Come from Multiple Angles,"['Terrorism', 'Criminal Justice', 'Inequality', 'Race And Racism', 'FBI', 'National Security', 'Role Of Government', 'Civil Liberties']",More than 100 Civil Rights Groups Agree: We Don't Need New Domestic Terrorism Laws,Reason,"Civil rights groups across the country are urging President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as Congressional Democrats, not to pass new laws to address any potential threats from white nationalists emboldened by and loyal to former President Donald Trump.
In a letter dated Tuesday, 135 civil rights organizations—ranging from religious groups, immigration advocates, and LGBT organizations to the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People—expressed their concerns about calls to pass new criminal laws in the wake of the...",right
20722,Concerns About New Domestic Terrorism Laws Come from Multiple Angles,"['Terrorism', 'Criminal Justice', 'Inequality', 'Race And Racism', 'FBI', 'National Security', 'Role Of Government', 'Civil Liberties']",Glenn Greenwald warns against media censorship amid concerns over domestic terrorism,The Hill,"Journalist Glenn Greenwald, a co-founder of The Intercept, argued on Monday that media censorship had overstepped a line in its attempts to prevent domestic terrorism.
Appearing on Hill.TV's ""Rising"" on Monday, Greenwald opined that the proposed legislative response to the deadly Capitol riot on Jan. 6 was not necessary as the legal infrastructure to combat it already existed in the U.S.
Greenwald pointed to the response after the 9/11 terrorist attack where several laws expanded the definition of supporting terrorism. People, particularly Muslims, who disagreed on U.S. foreign policy and...",center
20723,European Union Recommends Member Nations Stop Nonessential US Travel,"['Coronavirus', 'Travel', 'EU', 'World']",Can Americans visit Europe this fall after EU decision? It's complicated. What travelers need to know.,USA TODAY,"Travel to Europe has been complicated this summer due to a hodgepodge of COVID-19 travel restrictions and entry requirements. Some countries are only allowing vaccinated visitors, others are open to all with a negative COVID-19 test or and/or proof of recovery and still others are throwing quarantines into the mix.
The European Union's decision Monday to remove the United States from its list of safe countries due to a spike in COVID cases, essentially recommending a ban of nonessential travel such as vacations, adds more confusion to the mix for travelers with plane tickets...",left
20724,European Union Recommends Member Nations Stop Nonessential US Travel,"['Coronavirus', 'Travel', 'EU', 'World']",Europe may soon restrict U.S. tourists again. What does that mean?,National Geographic,"Stephanie Flynn had planned to travel from Boston to Italy with her mom to celebrate her 30th birthday. It was April 2020, and the trip didn’t happen due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Neither did their rescheduled getaway last September. Finally, with the world opening up this past spring, Flynn—fully vaccinated—made a third attempt to book her Italy trip, aiming for a September departure.
Then the Delta variant numbers started to creep up in July. 
With fewer than two weeks to go before her departure, Flynn reached out to her travel agent, who expressed no concerns. Less...",center
20725,European Union Recommends Member Nations Stop Nonessential US Travel,"['Coronavirus', 'Travel', 'EU', 'World']","EU proposing new travel restrictions on Americans, could end nonessential travel",New York Post (News),"The European Union on Monday formally recommended that its members stop nonessential travel from the US because of the surge in COVID-19 infections.
The 27-nation bloc in May had suggested its member states lift restrictions on such trips, allowing American tourists to visit during the key summer season.
But the EU decided that the US would again be removed from its “safe list” of countries whose residents can travel for nonessential reasons by showing proof of vaccination or a negative test.
The advice announced Monday is for visitors to now have...",right
20726,August 2013 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Unemployment Is Mediocre And Congress Is About To Make Thing Worse,HuffPost,The U.S. job market is turning ugly exposing the folly of the Feds plan to tighten monetary policy and Congress hellbent march toward another destructive budget battle. Policy makers should be doing more to boost an economy that remains stubbornly mediocre.,left
20727,August 2013 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"U.S. Employers Add 169,000 Jobs as Hiring Pace Slows",Wall Street Journal (News),"Employers added 169,000 jobs in August and July's figure was revised sharply lower to 104,000 - suggesting the labor-market recovery's gaining strength and potentially complicating the Fed plans to start dialing back its support for the economy.",center
20728,August 2013 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],Latest Unemployment Numbers Reveal Something We Haven't Seen Since '78,The Blaze,"U.S. employers added 169,000 jobs in August nudging the unemployment rate down from 7.4 percent to 7.3 percent.",right
20729,Doctor Testifies George Floyd Died From Lack of Oxygen,"['Criminal Justice', 'George Floyd', 'Derek Chauvin Trial', 'Justice']",Chauvin Trial: Medical Expert Says George Floyd Died From A Lack Of Oxygen,NPR (Online News),"Dr. Martin Tobin, a pulmonary specialist who works in critical care, testified Thursday that George Floyd died from a lack of oxygen, bolstering the prosecution's argument that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin caused Floyd's death last May.
Tobin is appearing as an expert witness for the prosecution. He said the state asked him to review documents and videos depicting the circumstances of Floyd's death. Tobin watched some of those videos hundreds of times, he said.
""Have you formed an opinion to a reasonable degree of medical certainty on the...",left
20730,Doctor Testifies George Floyd Died From Lack of Oxygen,"['Criminal Justice', 'George Floyd', 'Derek Chauvin Trial', 'Justice']",Pulmonologist says George Floyd died from a 'low level of oxygen',Washington Examiner,"A pulmonologist who reviewed George Floyd's medical records said Thursday he died ""from a low level of oxygen.""
Dr. Martin Tobin, a physician specializing in critical care of the lungs, posited that Floyd's prone position in the street and pressure on his neck and back led to a pulseless electrical activity arrhythmia ""that caused his heart to stop."" Floyd died May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis police custody, and his death sparked nationwide protests against police brutality.
""Mr. Floyd died from a low level of oxygen,"" he said.
""The cause of...",right
20731,Doctor Testifies George Floyd Died From Lack of Oxygen,"['Criminal Justice', 'George Floyd', 'Derek Chauvin Trial', 'Justice']","At Chauvin trial, expert says Floyd died from ‘low level of oxygen’ after officer had knee on neck",Washington Post,"Testimony in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin continued Thursday with a breathing expert saying that George Floyd died due to a “low level of oxygen” that caused brain damage, rebuking the defense’s argument that drugs contributed to Floyd’s death. Martin Tobin, a pulmonologist and national breathing expert from Hines, Ill., offered testimony as an unpaid witness that Chauvin’s knee was on Floyd’s neck for the “vast majority of the time” and that the pain from the pressure applied by the officer to Floyd was comparable to...",left
20732,YouTube Removes Project Veritas Video on Google Bias,"['Media Bias', 'Google Bias', 'Bias', 'Bias Against Conservatives', 'Technology']",Project Veritas Story on Google Bias Reveals Left/Right Divide,AllSides,"This morning, YouTube, which is owned by Google, removed a video created by Project Veritas, a nonprofit founded by conservative James O’Keefe that is dedicated to exposing corruption. The video showed undercover footage of Google executive Jen Gennai discussing the tech giant’s search algorithm. Some of those on the right say Gennai’s comments confirm Google is biased and that the search giant is taking a role in shaping elections. As of Tuesday evening, the story is largely being ignored by media outlets on the left. Overall, the controversy raises concerns...",center
20733,YouTube Removes Project Veritas Video on Google Bias,"['Media Bias', 'Google Bias', 'Bias', 'Bias Against Conservatives', 'Technology']",The Google Fascists,The American Spectator,"Well. Shocking… but not shocking at all.
Project Veritas and founder James O’Keefe have scored a scoop from an identified Google whistleblower, replete with video and inside documents. Here’s the Project Veritas headline and story:
""Insider Blows Whistle & Exec Reveals Google Plan to Prevent “Trump situation” in 2020 on Hidden Cam.""
The story begins this way:
""(New York City) — Project Veritas has released a new report on Google which includes undercover video of a Senior Google Executive, leaked documents, and testimony from a Google insider. The report appears...",right
20734,YouTube Removes Project Veritas Video on Google Bias,"['Media Bias', 'Google Bias', 'Bias', 'Bias Against Conservatives', 'Technology']",Googler Caught in James O’Keefe Sting: Project Veritas ‘Selectively Edited’ My Words,Daily Beast,"Jen Gennai, head of responsible innovation and global affairs at Google, wrote in a Medium post that members of James O’Keefe’s conservative group Project Veritas filmed her without her consent and “selectively edited” her words to make it seem like Google was influencing the 2020 election. Gennai called this nonsense and wrote that “I was explaining how Google’s Trust and Safety team is working to help prevent the types of online foreign interference that happened in 2016.” Gennai quotes Google CEO Sundar Pichai in saying that “we do not bias...",left
20735,Washington Navy Yard Lockdown,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Police Respond To Report Of Active Shooter At D.C. Navy Yard,HuffPost,"Police are responding to a report of an active shooter at the Washington Navy Yard in southeast Washington, D.C., WUSA9 says.",left
20736,Washington Navy Yard Lockdown,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Washington Navy Yard on lockdown Thursday,CNN (Online News),"Washington D.C.'s Navy Yard facility is under lockdown Thursday morning, according to a Tweet from the U.S. Navy. This is the site of a 2013 shooting where 12 people were killed.",left
20737,Washington Navy Yard Lockdown,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",No shooter found after reports of gunfire at DC Navy Yard,Fox News (Online News),The Washington Navy Yard where a gunman killed 12 people in 2013 is on lockdown Thursday after reports of an active shooter.,right
20738,Former MSNBC Producer Says Cable News 'Blocks Diversity of Thought' In Resignation Letter,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Censorship', 'Culture']",MSNBC Producer Rips Network as 'Cancer' in Resignation Letter,Newsmax (News),"MSNBC producer Ariana Pekary blasted the network as a “cancer” in an open letter explaining her reasoning for quitting, the New York Post reports.
In her resignation letter “Personal news: why I’m now leaving MSNBC” posted on her personal website, she slams her former employer for letting ratings control content and accuses the network of blocking “diversity of thought.”
“This cancer risks human lives, even in the middle of a pandemic,” she wrote of MSNBC.
Pekary worked on “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.” She joined the MSNBC team seven...",right
20739,Former MSNBC Producer Says Cable News 'Blocks Diversity of Thought' In Resignation Letter,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Censorship', 'Culture']",MSNBC producer Ariana Pekary slams network as ‘cancer’ after quitting job,New York Post (News),"An MSNBC producer released a scathing open letter after quitting her job — accusing the network of becoming a “cancer” that “blocks diversity of thought” and “amplifies fringe voices.”
Ariana Pekary, who worked on “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell,” shared the letter on her personal site Monday, accusing the network of letting ratings dictate content.
“This cancer risks human lives, even in the middle of a pandemic,” she wrote.",right
20740,Former MSNBC Producer Says Cable News 'Blocks Diversity of Thought' In Resignation Letter,"['Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Censorship', 'Culture']","Ariana Pekary: MSNBC Producer Quits, Calling Cable News a ‘Cancer’",Heavy.com,"ed an open letter that decried cable news in general as a “cancer” that “risks human lives.”
Pekary’s letter went viral Monday night, August 3, when she posted it publicly. In it, she said she had wanted to quit working at MSNBC for at least two years but was advised to “stick it out” until a number of different benchmarks. It took the coronavirus pandemic and the media’s involvement in it to inspire her to quit on July 24, she said.",center
20741,John Brennan Hearing,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']","Defiant John Brennan: ""No recourse except drone strikes to kill suspected terrorists""",Washington Times,"John Brennan, President Obamas pick to lead the CIA, defended the administration's drone execution program before Congress on Thursday, saying that in war, the commander in chief has the right to order a targeted killing, but agreeing that Congress should be more involved in knowing what is happening.",right
20742,John Brennan Hearing,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",4 takeaways from John Brennan's grilling,Politico,"Bipartisan agreement isn't common on Capitol Hill these days, but John Brennan brought senators together at his CIA director confirmation hearing to express their anger at years of intelligence stonewalling from presidents of both parties.",left
20743,John Brennan Hearing,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",Five things we learned from John Brennan's confirmation hearing,CNN (Online News),"John Brennan came well-prepared Thursday and held his own during questioning at his Senate confirmation hearing to become the 21st director of the Central Intelligence Agency. It was in stark contrast to what was considered by many as an ill-prepared, lethargic performance by defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel at his confirmation hearing last week.",left
20744,Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan Trip: 'Courageous' or 'Reckless'?,"['Foreign Policy', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Taiwan', 'China', 'World', 'Asia', 'Democracy']",Here's a Taiwan chill pill for your Pelosi-induced anxiety,Guest Writer - Center,"As news of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's arrival in Taiwan has lit up the headlines, I've been hit by a virtual tidal wave of messages from well-meaning acquaintances in the West who are genuinely worried for my safety.
Meanwhile, the biggest drama in my Taiwanese family's group chat currently is how I missed my car's annual smog check appointment and how a cockroach infestation has sprung up in my Taipei bedroom while I've been away on vacation.
Sometimes I find myself toggling between two alternate realities -- one submerged in existential dread...",center
20745,Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan Trip: 'Courageous' or 'Reckless'?,"['Foreign Policy', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Taiwan', 'China', 'World', 'Asia', 'Democracy']","Bravo, Speaker Nancy Pelosi: We must stand with Taiwan",New York Post (News),"At a time of global American retreat, it’s refreshing to see some real toughness in foreign policy: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan. 
She landed on the island Tuesday, brushing aside a campaign of threats from Beijing (including calls from Xi Jinping to President Joe Biden and noise about shooting down her plane), Chinese plane movements against Taiwanese airspace and cyberattacks on key Taiwanese government websites and the country’s largest airport. ",right
20746,Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan Trip: 'Courageous' or 'Reckless'?,"['Foreign Policy', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Taiwan', 'China', 'World', 'Asia', 'Democracy']",Why Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan Is Utterly Reckless,Thomas L. Friedman,"I have a lot of respect for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. But if she does go ahead with a visit to Taiwan this week, against President Biden’s wishes, she will be doing something that is utterly reckless, dangerous and irresponsible.
Nothing good will come of it. Taiwan will not be more secure or more prosperous as a result of this purely symbolic visit, and a lot of bad things could happen. These include a Chinese military response that could result in the U.S. being plunged into indirect conflicts with a...",left
20747,Analysis of Torture Report,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']","“Corrupt, toxic and sociopathic”: Glenn Greenwald unloads on torture, CIA and Washington’s rotten soul",Salon,Glenn Greenwald tells Salon how the torture report exposes true evil — and a nation drowning in hypocrisy,left
20748,Analysis of Torture Report,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",Dick Cheney On Senate Torture Investigation: 'The Report Is Full Of Crap',NPR (Online News),"That's what former Vice President Dick Cheney told Fox News in an interview about a Senate investigation that found the Central Intelligence Agency used brutal techniques to interrogate terrorism suspects and then misled lawmakers, the White House and Congress about what they were doing.",left
20749,Analysis of Torture Report,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']","Cheney defends CIA interrogation techniques, calls Senate report 'deeply flawed'",Fox News (Online News),"Former Vice President Dick Cheney slammed the recently released Senate report on CIA interrogation techniques Wednesday, calling it “full of crap,” and a “terrible piece of work” that was “deeply flawed.”",right
20750,Trump Pardons Oregon Ranchers Whose Case Sparked Wildlife Refuge Standoff,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Trump pardons father-and-son ranchers who set fires on federal lands,NBC News (Online),The president's granting of clemency sends a message about federal overreach on Western lands.,left
20751,Trump Pardons Oregon Ranchers Whose Case Sparked Wildlife Refuge Standoff,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']","Trump Pardons Oregon Cattle Ranchers, Citing ‘Overzealous Appeal’ by Obama Administration",Washington Free Beacon,President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed full pardons for two Oregon ranchers serving federal prison time for setting fire to public land.,right
20752,Trump Pardons Oregon Ranchers Whose Case Sparked Wildlife Refuge Standoff,"['Criminal Justice', 'Justice']",Trump pardon for Oregon ranchers who inspired refuge standoff,Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned Oregon cattle ranchers Dwight Hammond and his son on Tuesday, who had both been convicted on arson charges, sparking the 2016 occupation",center
20753,Transfer of Presidential Power,['Politics'],Trump's historic moment arrives,CNN (Online News),Donald Trump will soon be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States during a historic transfer of power that encapsulates American democracy even in politically divisive times.,left
20754,Transfer of Presidential Power,['Politics'],Trump takes charge: 45th president vowing 'robust' first 100 days,Fox News (Online News),"The moment Donald Trump swears the oath of office and lifts his hand from the Bible as the 45th president of the United States on Friday, the clock begins on his first 100 days.",right
20755,Transfer of Presidential Power,['Politics'],"Trump to be sworn in, marking a transformative shift in the country’s leadership",Washington Post,"Donald John Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States at noon on Friday, on a day that is expected to offer less ceremony and flourish than previous inaugurations — while ushering in a transformative shift in the country’s leadership.",left
20756,Fight Over Appointment Continues,['Supreme Court'],Republicans have a weapon to stop Obama recess appointment,Fox News (Online News),"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is bent on refusing to consider any nominee President Obama may submit to succeed late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. And if he doesn’t give ground, Obama may have only one option for an end-run: a recess appointment.
But Republicans can rest easy: GOP leaders have an ace up their sleeve.",right
20757,Fight Over Appointment Continues,['Supreme Court'],Americans Divided on Whether Senate Should Consider Obama Supreme Court Nominee,Wall Street Journal (News),Americans are just as divided as politicians over whether the Senate should consider President Barack Obama’s forthcoming nominee for the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.,center
20758,Fight Over Appointment Continues,['Supreme Court'],Dems Plan To Make Republicans Pay For Blockading The Supreme Court,HuffPost,"If shame is the only real tool that President Barack Obama has to force the U.S. Senate to consider a Supreme Court nomination in his final year, let the shames begin.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declared over the weekend -- within hours of the news that Justice Antonin Scalia had died -- that the Senate should not even",left
20759,Where Does Biden Stand on Abortion?,"['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Roe V Wade Leak', 'Joe Biden', 'Supreme Court']","Mr. President, Do You Favor Third-Trimester Abortions?",Andrew C. McCarthy,"Predictably, President Biden has had nothing meaningful to say about the outrageous, criminal leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion, but he has been quick to demagogue the justices in the putative Court majority for overturning Roe and Casey, as well as Republicans and abortion opponents. What’s at stake, the president says, is “about a lot more than abortion,” and he warned that “this MAGA crowd is really the most extreme political organization in recent American history.”
Putting aside that widespread, vibrant opposition to the taking of unborn life long predates the political emergence of Donald Trump and his...",right
20760,Where Does Biden Stand on Abortion?,"['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Roe V Wade Leak', 'Joe Biden', 'Supreme Court']","Biden says the 'right to choose is fundamental,' but is 'not prepared' to call for change to filibuster to protect abortion rights",CNN (Online News),"President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Congress to pass legislation codifying Roe v. Wade and said a woman's right to have an abortion is ""fundamental,"" but said he wasn't ready to call for an end to the filibuster to push for abortion rights legislation.
""Roe has been the law of the land for almost fifty years, and basic fairness and the stability of our law demand that it not be overturned,"" Biden said in a statement after Politico published a draft of a Supreme Court majority opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade....",left
20761,Where Does Biden Stand on Abortion?,"['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Roe V Wade Leak', 'Joe Biden', 'Supreme Court']",Biden’s discomfort with abortion comes under scrutiny,The Hill,"President Biden’s longtime discomfort with the issue of abortion, fueled by his Catholicism and his personal and complex stance on access, has come under scrunity this week with the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion that shows a majority of justices supporting the reversal of Roe v. Wade.
The president is often criticized for attempting to balance his faith with his support for abortion access. But Biden hasn’t publicaly used the word abortion out loud during his presidency until this week and he also hasn’t called for an end to the...",center
20762,Last Dem Debate of 2015,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",AP FACT CHECK: Glossed-over realities in Democratic debate,Townhall,"In the latest Democratic presidential debate, oversimplification struck again.
Hillary Clinton spoke of fixing ""glitches"" in President Barack Obama's health care law to address rising costs, skimming over deeper issues on matters of affordability and the Affordable Care Act. And in education, fancy dorms and football stadiums aren't the big reason for higher college costs, as Bernie Sanders suggested.
A look at some of the statements Saturday night and how they compare with the facts:
CLINTON on rising prem",right
20763,Last Dem Debate of 2015,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",14 key moments from the Democratic debate,Politico,"There were only three candidates on the stage in the latest Democratic presidential debate, but each had plenty of big moments as they argued about taxes on the middle class, intervention abroad, and the safety of their campaign data. Here are the most memorable, important, and explosive moments from Saturday's ABC News debate:
1. Sanders apologizes for data breach
Right out of the gate, Sen. Bernie Sanders apologized for this week's data breach, in which Sanders campaign staffers improperly accessed voter data from Hillary Clinton's campaign. And Clinton...",left
20764,Last Dem Debate of 2015,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","In Democratic Debate, Hillary Clinton’s Focus Is on G.O.P.",New York Times (News),"Hillary Clinton largely looked past her Democratic rivals in Saturday night’s debate, instead repeatedly assailing the Republican field, led by Donald J. Trump. She called Mr. Trump a threat to the nation’s safety, saying he was fast “becoming ISIS’ best recruiter.”
Deflecting persistent attacks from Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former Gov. Martin O’Malley of Maryland over gun control, Wall Street and foreign military entanglements, she accused Mr. Trump of undermining the fight against terrorism.
Mrs. Clinton",left
20765,Perdue Picked for Agriculture,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump To Nominate Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue To Head Agriculture Department,NPR (Online News),"President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue as his nominee for agriculture secretary, according to a transition official and a source close to the process.",left
20766,Perdue Picked for Agriculture,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']",Donald Trump Taps Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue as Secretary of Agriculture,NBC News (Online),"President-elect Donald Trump has chosen former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to lead the Department of Agriculture, senior transition officials tell NBC News.",left
20767,Perdue Picked for Agriculture,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']",Donald Trump picks Sonny Perdue to be agriculture secretary,Washington Times,"President-elect Donald Trump intends to nominate former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to serve as agriculture secretary, according to a person familiar with the decision but not authorized to speak publicly before it is announced.",right
20768,Trump’s Foreign Policy Speech in Ohio,['Foreign Policy'],Donald Trump wants ‘extreme vetting’ to stop terrorists at border,Washington Times,"Donald Trump called for “extreme vetting” to root out potential terrorists attempting to enter the United States, as the Republican presidential nominee Monday rolled out a three-pronged strategy to fight and win what he described as an ideological war pitting radical Islamists against the West.",right
20769,Trump’s Foreign Policy Speech in Ohio,['Foreign Policy'],Fact-checking Donald Trump’s ‘major’ speech on the Islamic State,Washington Post,"Donald Trump traveled to Youngstown, Ohio, to deliver what was billed as a “major” speech on how to deal with the threat posed by the Islamic State terrorist group, a.k.a. ISIS. For reasons known only to Trump, he continued to repeat false statements that have been repeatedly debunked in the past. So here’s a roundup of some of the more notable claims made in the speech.",left
20770,Trump’s Foreign Policy Speech in Ohio,['Foreign Policy'],Trump Cribs His War Plan From the ‘Founder’ of ISIS: Barack Obama,Daily Beast,Most of what he wants to do to the Islamic State is already being done by President Obama and would be continued by Hillary Clinton.,left
20771,Biden Reportedly Turns Down Interview Request From Chris Wallace,"['Media Industry', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Media Bias', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",Chris Wallace Calls Out Joe Biden for Turning Down Interview a Week After Trump Sit-Down: ‘We’ll Keep Asking’,Mediaite,"Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace was the object of much praise last week over his big, newsmaking interview with President Donald Trump, but said Sunday that Democratic candidate Joe Biden declined the chance for a similar sit-down this week.
“In our interview last week with President Trump, he questioned whether his Democratic opponent Joe Biden could handle a similar encounter,” said Wallace at the end of his show. “Well this week we asked the Biden campaign for an interview, and they said the former Vice President was not available.”...",left
20772,Biden Reportedly Turns Down Interview Request From Chris Wallace,"['Media Industry', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Media Bias', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",Fox's Chris Wallace says Biden campaign turned down interview request: 'We'll keep asking',The Hill,"Fox News's Chris Wallace informed viewers on Sunday that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's campaign said the former vice president was ""not available"" for an interview after President Trump said Biden couldn't handle tough questioning from the ""Fox News Sunday"" host.
""In our interview last week with President Trump, he questioned whether his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, could handle a similar encounter,” Wallace said. “This week, we asked the Biden campaign for an interview and they said the former vice president was not available.”
“We’ll keep asking every week,""...",center
20773,Biden Reportedly Turns Down Interview Request From Chris Wallace,"['Media Industry', 'Joe Biden', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Media Bias', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",Chris Wallace Says Biden ‘Not Available’ for Interview,National Review,"Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has been dodging Chris Wallace’s interview requests, the Fox News host said Sunday.
Though Wallace interviewed President Trump last week, Biden’s team has said this week the former vice president is “not available” for an interview, feeding into criticism that he avoids press scrutiny.
“We’ll keep asking every week,” Wallace said.
“The fact is, the president is out there. He’s out there in this broiling heat with me for an hour, he took all the questions,” Wallace told colleague Bret Baier. “You can like...",right
20774,"Trump Says US Military ""Locked & Loaded""","['National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",Donald Trump Claims U.S. Military ‘Locked And Loaded’ For North Korea,HuffPost,"President Donald Trump tweeted a dire new warning to North Korea on Friday, saying that the U.S. military is “locked and loaded” in case its mercurial leader, Kim Jong Un, decides to “act unwisely.”",left
20775,"Trump Says US Military ""Locked & Loaded""","['National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",Trump warns N Korea that US military is 'locked and loaded',BBC News,"President Donald Trump says the US military is ""locked and loaded"" to deal with North Korea, ramping up the rhetorical brinkmanship.",center
20776,"Trump Says US Military ""Locked & Loaded""","['National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",Trump says US is 'locked and loaded' amid North Korea threat,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump took to Twitter early Friday issuing yet another stark warning to North Korea that the United States’ military was “locked and loaded,” and urged the rogue regime’s dictator to “find another path.”",right
20777,Coverage Split After Project Veritas Infiltrates Private CNN Calls,"['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Project Veritas', 'CNN Bias', '2020 Election']",Project Veritas’s James O’Keefe crashed a private CNN teleconference. CNN says he may have broken the law.,Washington Post,"Over the last few years, Project Veritas has gathered evidence in an effort to prove that CNN slants its coverage to hurt President Trump. In the past, that has meant surreptitiously recording and releasing videos of unsuspecting CNN employees talking about the network’s coverage, as well as releasing leaked tapes of comments made by network executives and staffers in editorial meetings. Last year, the conservative group revealed that a contractor hired by CNN as a satellite uplink technician had been a primary “whistleblower” on the effort.
But on Tuesday, Project...",left
20778,Coverage Split After Project Veritas Infiltrates Private CNN Calls,"['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Project Veritas', 'CNN Bias', '2020 Election']",Project Veritas recording reportedly shows CNN spiked coverage of Hunter Biden laptop controversy,Washington Examiner,"Project Veritas’s James O’Keefe released a recording of CNN’s top brass reportedly saying the outlet would not cover the Hunter Biden laptop controversy.
“I do think, on the Breitbart, New York Post, Fox News rabbit hole of Hunter Biden, which I don't think anybody outside of that world understood,” CNN President Jeff Zucker allegedly said in the recording.
Another CNN employee, reportedly Political Director David Chalian, said during the call: “Obviously, we're not going with the New York Post story right now on Hunter Biden, which seems to be giving...",right
20779,Coverage Split After Project Veritas Infiltrates Private CNN Calls,"['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Project Veritas', 'CNN Bias', '2020 Election']",Project Veritas Strips CNN Naked,Townhall,"Project Veritas' expose of CNN's behind-the-scenes conference calls shows that the network's slogan should be ""We won't fully report so you can't knowledgeably decide.""
James O'Keefe of Project Veritas, in the ultimate trolling coup of the year, monitored and recorded CNN's morning conference call with CNN President Jeff Zucker and other company executives and reporters for some two months. O'Keefe has released the first batch of audiotapes from those calls, which confirm the network's anti-Donald Trump, pro-Joe Biden bias.
Exposing CNN's liberal bias is no bombshell, as it is self-evident...",right
20780,The Legacy of George Bush Sr.,"['White House', 'Politics']",Bush 41 Led by Example,National Review,"There are a few movie scenes guaranteed to put a lump in my throat every time. Near the top of the list is the end of Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg’s World War II masterpiece.",right
20781,The Legacy of George Bush Sr.,"['White House', 'Politics']","Jeb Bush Hopes Father’s ‘Kinder, Gentler’ Outlook Will Prevail",Wall Street Journal (News),"Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush urged Americans to celebrate his late father George H.W. Bush’s life and not grieve, and said he hoped the former president’s “kinder, gentler” outlook would prevail despite public and political division.",center
20782,The Legacy of George Bush Sr.,"['White House', 'Politics']",George H.W. Bush Saw Strength in Compromise. Then He Paid the Price for It.,Guest Writer - Left,"We pay respects to our 41st president for his lifetime of public service, and we marvel at how he was able to set aside the rough edges of a campaign when it was time to govern.",left
20783,Obama Nominees Blocked,"['White House', 'Politics']",Senate GOP Blocks Votes on Two Obama Nominees,Wall Street Journal (News),"Republicans blocked the Senate from voting on two of President Barack Obama's nominees on Thursday, reviving the prospect of a broader fight over presidential nominations that both parties have said could poison relations and shut down all other business in the chamber.",center
20784,Obama Nominees Blocked,"['White House', 'Politics']","Patricia Millett, Key Obama Nominee, Filibustered By Senate Republicans",HuffPost,"Senate Republicans filibustered one of President Barack Obama's top judicial nominees on Thursday, the clearest sign yet that the Senate may be heading for a messy partisan showdown that could result in Democrats revamping Senate filibuster rules.
The Senate voted 55-38 to advance D.C. Circuit Court nominee Patricia Millett. Democrats needed 60 votes to clear a procedural motion, which meant they needed at least five Republicans to join them. In the end, only two did: Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska). Three senators voted ""present.""
Senate Majority Leader...",left
20785,Obama Nominees Blocked,"['White House', 'Politics']","Senate GOP blocks key Obama judge, signals renewed fight over court nominees",Washington Times,"Senate Republicans on Thursday filibustered one of President Obama’s nominees to sit on the federal appeals court in Washington, arguing that while the woman is well-qualified, confirming her would allow Democrats to shift the political balance to the left on the country's second-most important court.
The vote was the latest skirmish in the fierce, though usually hidden, battle over federal judgeships, which are increasingly becoming a part of the political spoils system.",right
20786,US Condemns Belarus for Grounding Commercial Flight to Detain Journalist,"['Free Speech', 'World', 'Media Industry', 'Europe', 'Belarus', 'State Department', 'Foreign Policy', 'Alexander Lukashenko']",Western powers voice outrage as Belarus accused of hijacking plane,BBC News,"Western countries have condemned Belarus for diverting a plane flying over its territory to arrest an opposition journalist.
EU leaders are due to discuss their response to what the union's executive called a ""hijacking"" and the US state department said was ""a shocking act"".
Belarus scrambled a fighter jet to force the plane - bound for Lithuania - to land, claiming a bomb threat.
Police took Roman Protasevich away when passengers disembarked.
The 26-year-old was aboard the Ryanair plane, which was flying from the Greek capital, Athens. The aircraft was...",center
20787,US Condemns Belarus for Grounding Commercial Flight to Detain Journalist,"['Free Speech', 'World', 'Media Industry', 'Europe', 'Belarus', 'State Department', 'Foreign Policy', 'Alexander Lukashenko']","Belarus faces international fury after using fighter jet to land airliner, seize journalist",NBC News (Online),"""Piracy,"" ""hijacking"" and ""state terrorism"" — the condemnation of Belarus was swift and strong after it forced the landing of a commercial airplane carrying an opposition journalist.
In a show of unified fury, the United States, Britain, the European Union, NATO and the United Nations on Monday lined up to call out the action in the skies above the eastern European country led by Alexander Lukashenko, often referred to as Europe's last dictator.
""We strongly condemn the Lukashenka regime's brazen and shocking act,"" Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday, using an alternative spelling for Lukashenko and noting that American...",left
20788,US Condemns Belarus for Grounding Commercial Flight to Detain Journalist,"['Free Speech', 'World', 'Media Industry', 'Europe', 'Belarus', 'State Department', 'Foreign Policy', 'Alexander Lukashenko']",US condemns Belarus over opposition journalist’s arrest after forced landing,New York Post (News),"The US has condemned Belarus for forcing a passenger airplane to land for a supposed “security alert” — leading to the arrest of an opposition journalist on board.
In a statement released late Sunday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for the immediate release of Raman Pratasevich, a vocal critic of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko who was busted after the plane touched down in Minsk.
“The United States strongly condemns the forced diversion of a flight between two EU member states and the subsequent removal and arrest of journalist Raman...",right
20789,Sessions Vows to Fight Bias at DOJ,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Sessions vows to eliminate political bias at DOJ,Washington Times,"Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Friday he’s determined to eliminate “political bias” from the Justice Department, and said the department must be more open to the kind of criticism it’s facing from Congress right now.",right
20790,Sessions Vows to Fight Bias at DOJ,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Sessions vows to battle bias following FBI texting controversy,The Hill,Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday pledged to fight bias at the Justice Department as some Republicans raise concerns about political prejudice among the ranks of the FBI.,center
20791,Sessions Vows to Fight Bias at DOJ,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']","As Republicans Attack The DOJ And FBI, Sessions Vows To Stand Up To ‘Unfair’ Criticism",HuffPost,GOP politicians have been questioning the integrity of the nation’s premier law enforcement agency in an effort to undermine the Mueller probe.,left
20792,Trump Admin Considers New Immigration Plan,['Immigration'],ICE approves plan to separate families at border: report,The Hill,"Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have signed off on a plan to separate families who are caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, officials close to discussions on the proposal told The New York Times.",center
20793,Trump Admin Considers New Immigration Plan,['Immigration'],Trump administration weighs policy that could split up families who enter US illegally,Washington Examiner,"The Trump administration is considering a plan that could divide families that enter the U.S. from Mexico illegally, according to a new report.",right
20794,Trump Admin Considers New Immigration Plan,['Immigration'],Trump Administration Considers Tearing Families Apart In New Immigration Crackdown,HuffPost,“Donald Trump’s war on immigrants has reached a sad new low. Separating families who are fleeing gang violence is unconscionable.”,left
20795,Perspectives: How Partisan Redistricting Will Influence the Next Decade of US Politics,"['Elections', 'Gerrymandering', 'US Census', 'Redistricting', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",States are redrawing every congressional district in the U.S. Here is where we stand.,Politico,"Every 10 years, each state redraws its political lines. These processes take months to unfold in state capitals all around the country — and their results mold the balance of power in Congress for a decade.
Our analysis uses local voting tallies and Census data to decode what these new lines mean. We'll update this report as states approve new maps — and for up-to-the-minute redistricting news, be sure to subscribe to Weekly Score.
Using 2020 presidential election data, we're taking individual voting precincts and stacking them together to rebuild each state's congressional...",left
20796,Perspectives: How Partisan Redistricting Will Influence the Next Decade of US Politics,"['Elections', 'Gerrymandering', 'US Census', 'Redistricting', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Politics']","Congressional mapmakers receive ""F"" grade in five states",Axios,"Partisan legislators across the country have been busy manipulating district lines to bolster their party's chances of controlling the House next year, according to analysis of maps by the Princeton Gerrymandering Project and RepresentUs.
By the numbers: Nineteen states have now finished the redistricting process, and Georgia, New Mexico and Virginia are awaiting only a final signature on their plans. The Redistricting Report Card project has released grades for seven of these 22 maps. Five received an F.
Six of the remaining 28 states do not have congressional redistricting, as they...",center
20797,Perspectives: How Partisan Redistricting Will Influence the Next Decade of US Politics,"['Elections', 'Gerrymandering', 'US Census', 'Redistricting', 'US House', 'US Congress', 'Politics']",How redistricting will shape politics in the West for the next decade,Deseret News,"States across the West are finalizing their new election district maps for the next decade based on 2020 U.S. Census data, and their decisions will have far-reaching consequences.
In California, Republican Rep. Devin Nunes announced he won’t seek reelection after redistricting put him in a much more competitive district, exchanging a shot at the chairmanship of the influential House Ways and Means Committee to work for former President Donald Trump’s new media company. In Oregon, where Democrats control the redistricting process, they reduced the number of competitive districts for Republicans, while Utah...",center
20798,Texas Governor Signs 'Heartbeat Bill' Banning Abortion,"['Abortion', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Family And Marriage', 'Culture', 'Texas', 'Greg Abbott']",Texas governor signs extreme six-week abortion ban into law,The Guardian,"The Texas Republican governor Greg Abbott has signed into law one of the most extreme six-week abortion bans in the US, despite strong opposition from the medical and legal communities, who warn the legislation could topple the state’s court system and already fragile reproductive healthcare network.
“This bill ensures that every unborn child who has a heartbeat will be saved from the ravages of abortion,” said Abbott, flanked by several members of the Texas legislature this morning.
Senate Bill 8 (SB 8), passed by both chambers of the Republican-dominated Texas...",left
20799,Texas Governor Signs 'Heartbeat Bill' Banning Abortion,"['Abortion', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Family And Marriage', 'Culture', 'Texas', 'Greg Abbott']",The Governor Of Texas Has Signed A Law That Bans Abortion As Early As 6 Weeks,NPR (Online News),"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed into law a bill that bans abortion the moment a fetal heartbeat has been detected, a move that makes Texas the largest state in the nation to outlaw abortion so early in a pregnancy.
The Texas law effectively prohibits any abortion after around six weeks of pregnancy — before many women are even aware they are pregnant.
The bill, which takes effect in September, makes no exception for pregnancies that are the result of rape or incest but does include a rare provision...",left
20800,Texas Governor Signs 'Heartbeat Bill' Banning Abortion,"['Abortion', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Family And Marriage', 'Culture', 'Texas', 'Greg Abbott']",Texas Governor Signs First of Its Kind Fetal Heartbeat Law That Leaves Enforcement to Private Citizens,National Review,"Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill on Wednesday barring abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat — as early as six weeks — with the exception of medical emergencies.
“Our creator endowed us with the right to life and yet millions of children lose their right to life every year because of abortion,” Abbott, a Republican, said during a bill signing ceremony. He added that the Legislature “worked together on a bipartisan basis to pass a bill that I’m about to sign that ensures that the life of...",right
20801,Parent Arrested Questioning Common Core,['Education'],ALL Charges Dropped Against Dad Who Was Arrested After Speaking Out Against Common Core at Public Meeting,The Blaze,"The Baltimore County State’s Attorney is reportedly dropping all charges against Robert Small, the Maryland parent who was arrested after speaking out against Common Core at a public meeting last week.
Small was forcibly removed from the public forum in Towson, Md., and charged with second degree assault of a police officer and disturbing a school operation. If convicted, he faced more than 10 years in jail.",right
20802,Parent Arrested Questioning Common Core,['Education'],"Robert Small, Maryland Parent, Arrested At School Meeting After Questioning Common Core (VIDEO)",HuffPost,A Maryland parent was thrown out of a school meeting and arrested after questioning a new state-led education standards initiative. He has been charged with assaulting a police officer and disrupting a school function and could go to jail for 10 years if convicted. Amateur video of the incident has gone viral online over the past few days.,left
20803,Parent Arrested Questioning Common Core,['Education'],Parent arrested at forum after protesting use of common core,Baltimore Sun,"Robert Small said he wanted to express his dismay over the introduction of a new school curriculum at a public forum Thursday night in Towson, but instead the Ellicott City parent was pulled out of the meeting, arrested and charged with second-degree assault of a police officer.",center
20804,O’Malley Announces Run,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Martin O’Malley Launches Longshot 2016 Challenge to Hillary’s Left,The Blaze,"Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley – one of the nation’s most liberal chief executives for having raised taxes, abolished the death penalty and imposed sweeping gun control – stepped up Saturday to challenge Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.
“We cannot rebuild the American dream here at home by catering to the voices of the privileged and the powerful,” O’Malley said.
“Recently the CEO of Goldman Sachs let his employees know that he’d be just fine with either [Jeb] Bush or Clinton. I bet he would,” O’M...",right
20805,O’Malley Announces Run,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Martin O’Malley is running the campaign people want from Elizabeth Warren,Vox,"For months, if not years now, various activists and journalists have been dreaming of an Elizabeth Warren presidential campaign.
Ideological media bias is greatly overstated by partisans, but bias in favor of interesting stories and against dull outcomes is massive and quite real. Barack Obama's 2007-2008 upset of Hillary Clinton was one of the best political stories of my lifetime, while Clinton's utter domination of the 2014-2015 invisible primary is one of the least fascinating. What's more, as Vox's Ez",left
20806,O’Malley Announces Run,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","O'Malley jumps into presidential race, offers progressive alternative to Clinton",CNN (Online News),"Martin O'Malley launched his presidential campaign Saturday with an appeal to the party's progressive base that he hopes will upend the conventional wisdom that Hillary Clinton is destined to clinch the Democratic nomination.
The former Maryland governor unveiled his campaign in Baltimore, the city where he was once mayor -- a role that is central to his political persona. But his Baltimore credentials could become more of a challenge than he initially thought after a riot erupted in the city in April.",left
20807,New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Resigns Amid Reports of Assault,['Sexual Misconduct'],Add Schneiderman to the list of abusers enabled by the left,New York Post (News),"Deep in the stunning New Yorker piece that felled Eric Schneiderman is a remarkable revelation. One of his four alleged victims — who said he routinely choked, slapped and spit on her",right
20808,New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Resigns Amid Reports of Assault,['Sexual Misconduct'],"Eric Schneiderman, New York attorney general, quits amid assault reports",BBC News,"New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has resigned following allegations of assault by four women. The New Yorker magazine published a report quoting the women, two of them ex-girlfriends, who accused Mr Schneiderman, 63, of hitting them.",center
20809,New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Resigns Amid Reports of Assault,['Sexual Misconduct'],The biggest #MeToo betrayal yet: why the Eric Schneiderman allegations are so chilling,Vox,Schneiderman went after men who abuse their power. Now he’s accused of the same thing.,left
20810,"US Targets Taliban in 'Defensive Strike', First Since Peace Deal","['Taliban', 'US Military', 'National Defense', 'Foreign Policy', 'Middle East', 'Terrorism']","US military targets Taliban forces in 'defensive' airstrike, first strike since historic peace deal",Fox News (Online News),"The U.S. military conducted a “defensive” airstrike against Taliban forces in Afghanistan, less than a week after signing a historic peace deal with the militant group.
U.S. military spokesman Col. Sonny Leggett said in a tweet that the airstrike Wednesday was conducted against four Taliban fighters in Nahr-e Saraj, in the Helmand province, who he said were “actively attacking” an Afghan National Defense and Security Force (ANDSF) checkpoint.
“This was a defensive strike to disrupt the attack,” he added. “This was our 1st strike against the Taliban in 11 days.”...",right
20811,"US Targets Taliban in 'Defensive Strike', First Since Peace Deal","['Taliban', 'US Military', 'National Defense', 'Foreign Policy', 'Middle East', 'Terrorism']","U.S. carries out air strike on Taliban, calls for halt to 'needless attacks'",Reuters,"KABUL (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday carried out its first air strike on Taliban fighters in Afghanistan since the two sides signed a troop withdrawal agreement on Saturday.
A U.S. forces spokesman confirmed the incident in southern Helmand province, hours after President Donald Trump spoke by phone with chief Taliban negotiator Mullah Baradar Akhund on Tuesday, the first known conversation between a U.S. leader and a top Taliban official.
The Taliban fighters “were actively attacking an (Afghan National Security Forces) checkpoint. This was a defensive strike to disrupt...",center
20812,"US Targets Taliban in 'Defensive Strike', First Since Peace Deal","['Taliban', 'US Military', 'National Defense', 'Foreign Policy', 'Middle East', 'Terrorism']",US conducts first air strike against Taliban since peace deal,Al Jazeera,"The United States has carried out an air raid against Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, a US forces spokesman said a day after President Donald Trump spoke to a senior Taliban leader by phone.
""The US conducted an air strike on March 4 against Taliban fighters in Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand, who were actively attacking an ANDSF [Afghan National Defence and Security Forces] checkpoint,"" said Colonel Sonny Leggett in a tweet on Wednesday, adding that it was a ""defensive strike"".
The raid, the first against the Taliban in 11 days, comes days...",left
20813,Koch Brothers Fund Advertisements Praising Democrats on Immigration,['Immigration'],Why Are the Koch Brothers Thanking Democrats? Republican Donors Fund 'Unique' Campaign on DACA Fix,Newsweek,"Billionaire libertarian megadonors Charles and David Koch, long associated with support for Republicans and the right wing of American politics, are funding an effort to praise members of both parties working to find a permanent solution for the “Dreamers.” The move is a rebuff to President Donald Trump and the congressional leadership, who are trying to quell a moderate rebellion on immigration within their own party.",center
20814,Koch Brothers Fund Advertisements Praising Democrats on Immigration,['Immigration'],Koch Bros Running Ads for Democrats: ‘Thank You’ for Pushing Open Borders,Breitbart News,"In their latest effort to pass amnesty for the majority of illegal aliens living in the United States, the pro-mass immigration GOP megadonor billionaire Koch brothers are throwing their support behind Democrats ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.",right
20815,Koch Brothers Fund Advertisements Praising Democrats on Immigration,['Immigration'],Koch brothers fund political ads praising Dems on immigration,The Hill,The Koch Network is using its LIBRE Initiative to thank a number of Democrats that are working to find a permanent legal solution for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients.,center
20816,"White House Defends Soleimani Killing In New Memo, Leaves Some Skeptical","['Donald Trump', 'Qasem Soleimani', 'Iran', 'US Military', 'Drone Strike', 'White House', 'Politics']",White House Memo Justifying Suleimani Strike Cites No Imminent Threat,New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — The White House told Congress on Friday that President Trump authorized the strike last month that killed Iran’s most important general to respond to attacks that had already taken place and deter future ones, contradicting the president’s claim that he acted in response to an imminent threat.
In a legally mandated, two-page unclassified memo to lawmakers, the White House asserted that the strike that killed Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani was “in response to an escalating series of attacks in preceding months” by Iran and Iran-backed militias.",left
20817,"White House Defends Soleimani Killing In New Memo, Leaves Some Skeptical","['Donald Trump', 'Qasem Soleimani', 'Iran', 'US Military', 'Drone Strike', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump administration outlines legal justification for Soleimani strike,The Hill,"The Democratic-led House Foreign Affairs Committee on Friday released the Trump administration’s legal justification for its Jan. 2 drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
Echoing arguments administration officials have made in public, the two-page memo cites a president’s constitutional authority to protect national interests from an attack, as well as the 2002 authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) that was passed to authorize the Iraq War.",center
20818,"White House Defends Soleimani Killing In New Memo, Leaves Some Skeptical","['Donald Trump', 'Qasem Soleimani', 'Iran', 'US Military', 'Drone Strike', 'White House', 'Politics']",‘Totally consistent’: Trump defends Soleimani intelligence amid claims White House lied,Washington Examiner,"President Trump defended his administration after reports contradicted his claim that the decision to kill Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani was because of an imminent threat.
The Trump administration claimed that the decision to kill Soleimani was because of a direct, imminent attack against the United States. That was partially contradicted by a Monday report that showed that Trump had cleared the decision to kill Soleimani seven months before he ordered the drone strike, making the claim of an “imminent threat” questionable.
During a gaggle with reporters on Monday, Trump defended...",right
20819,North Korea Back Online,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",Who Unplugged North Korea?,CNN (Online News),North Koreans can surf the Internet once again. But the ride isn't smooth -- not that the Web waves were ever all that great in the isolated Asian nation.,left
20820,North Korea Back Online,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']","If the US Didn't pull the pull on North Korea's Internet, Who Did?",Washington Post,"North Korea’s fledgling Internet access went dark Monday, days after President Obama promised a “proportional response” to the nation’s alleged hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment. The question of who pulled the plug immediately became the stuff of a global cyber-mystery.",left
20821,North Korea Back Online,"['Cybersecurity', 'Technology']",North Korea experiencing widespread Internet outages,Fox News (Online News),"North Korea experienced a massive Internet outage Monday, and some researchers and web watchers speculated that the country's online connections could be under cyberattack.
The Internet outage comes less than a week after the U.S. vowed an unspecified response to a massive hacking attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment over the release of the comedy film ""The Interview."" The plot of the comedy centers on the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, leading to widespread speculation that the country was responsible for the attack. Late last week, the FBI...",right
20822,Senate Impeachment Trial to Start in Early February,"['US Senate', 'Impeachment', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Politics']",Schumer agrees to two-week delay of Trump’s impeachment trial,Politico,"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer agreed to a two-week delay of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, allowing the chamber to handle President Joe Biden’s Cabinet nominations in the meantime.
The timeline was sought by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who argued that the ex-president’s legal team should be given sufficient time to prepare for the trial.
The House will send the impeachment article, which charges Trump with inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, on Monday night, and senators will be sworn in on Tuesday.
The House managers...",left
20823,Senate Impeachment Trial to Start in Early February,"['US Senate', 'Impeachment', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Politics']",Senate trial delayed until next month,BBC News,"The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump will begin next month after an agreement reached between Senate Democrats and Republicans.
House Democrats will send the impeachment article of ""inciting insurrection"" to the Senate on Monday.
Arguments will not begin until the week of 8 February, allowing Mr Trump's lawyers two weeks to build a defence.
Democrats accuse the ex-president of instigating the deadly 6 January riot at the US Capitol.
The House of Representatives last week charged Mr Trump with inciting the Capitol violence, paving the way for a Senate...",center
20824,Senate Impeachment Trial to Start in Early February,"['US Senate', 'Impeachment', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Donald Trump', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Mitch McConnell', 'Politics']",Biden appears to sign off on McConnell's push for delayed Trump impeachment trial,Washington Examiner,"President Biden did not appear to object to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's request to delay former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.
“The more time we have to get up and running to meet these crises, the better,"" Biden told reporters on Friday at the White House.
After signing two coronavirus economic relief executive orders, Biden said he ""hasn't heard the details"" of McConnell's proposal to push Trump's trial to mid-February after the House sends the Senate its impeachment article on Monday. The article charges Trump with inciting the Jan....",right
20825,Annual Inflation Rate Hits 8.5%,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Gas Prices', 'Ukraine War', 'Consumers']",Consumer price inflation hit a new 40-year high in March,CNN Business,"America's inflation problem didn't abate in March. Prices kept creeping up, hitting a fresh 40-year high, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed Tuesday.
The Consumer Price Index rose 8.5% for the year ended in March, not adjusted for seasonal swings, outpacing February's elevated reading of 7.9% and matching a level not seen since December 1981. It was slightly higher than the 8.4% economists had predicted.
Most of the March increase was driven by a jump in gasoline and food prices, which rose as the Ukraine conflict threw global commodities markets...",left
20826,Annual Inflation Rate Hits 8.5%,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Gas Prices', 'Ukraine War', 'Consumers']","U.S. inflation rate leaps to 8.5%, CPI shows, as higher gas prices slam consumers",MarketWatch,"The rate of U.S. inflation topped 8% in March for the first time in more than four decades and showed little sign of easing up, explaining the new-found urgency at the Federal Reserve to quickly undo its easy-money strategy.
The consumer price index jumped 1.2% in the month, driven by the higher cost of gasoline, food and housing,  the government said Tuesday. It was the largest monthly gain since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The increase exceeded Wall Street’s forecast of a 1.1% advance.
The rise in the cost of living has...",center
20827,Annual Inflation Rate Hits 8.5%,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Inflation', 'Gas Prices', 'Ukraine War', 'Consumers']","Inflation surges 8.5% in March, hitting a new 40-year high",Fox Business,"Inflation accelerated in March to a new four-decade high as the Russian war in Ukraine fueled rapid price gains for oil and gas that wiped out the benefits of rising wages for most Americans.
The consumer price index rose 8.5% in March from a year ago, according to a new Labor Department report released Tuesday, marking the fastest increase since January 1982, when inflation hit 8.4%. The CPI – which measures a bevy of goods ranging from gasoline and health care to groceries and rents – jumped 1.2% in the one-month...",right
20828,Trump Legal Team Responds to Obstruction Accusations,"['Justice', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice Department']","Trump’s attorneys say DOJ can’t be trusted with seized documents, will ‘impugn,’ ‘leak’ materials",Washington Times,"Former President Trump’s lawyers said Wednesday that the Justice Department’s “unchecked investigators” can’t be trusted to conduct a fair investigation.
The jab at the federal prosecutors was part of Mr. Trump’s response to the DOJ’s argument against the request of an independent “special master” to review boxes of classified documents and other materials the FBI seized from Mr. Trump’s Florida home.
“Left unchecked the DOJ will impugn, leak, and publicize selective aspects of their investigation with no recourse for [Mr. Trump] to somehow trust the self-restraint of currently unchecked investigators,” attorneys for Mr....",right
20829,Trump Legal Team Responds to Obstruction Accusations,"['Justice', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice Department']",Trump files a response to the DOJ filing about his request for a special master,NPR (Online News),"Former President Donald Trump's legal team has filed a response to the Justice Department's filing last night, which had revealed new details about the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago for classified documents.
Trump's lawyers said they wanted the special master to decide questions of executive privilege, not just the limited question of attorney-client privilege. Some legal experts have said that executive privilege exists during a dispute between different branches of government, not the same one, as in this case.
Late Tuesday, prosecutors provided a 36-page court filing, which detailed efforts to hide...",left
20830,Trump Legal Team Responds to Obstruction Accusations,"['Justice', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump', 'Justice Department']",Trump's lawyers downplay discovery of classified records at his Florida home,Reuters,"Former President Donald Trump's lawyers on Wednesday sought to downplay the federal government's discovery of highly classified records inside his Florida estate, telling a judge that presidential records by their very nature are sensitive.
The filing comes just one day before Trump's legal team will square off against the U.S. Justice Department in a federal court in West Palm Beach, in a bid by Trump to convince U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to appoint a special master to review the materials seized by the FBI from his home on Aug....",center
20831,Fight Over Sequester Cuts,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate Fails To Break Spending Stalemate,HuffPost,Senate Republicans and Democrats hit an impasse Sunday over spending in their last-ditch struggle to avoid an economy-jarring default in just four days and end a partial government shutdown thats entering its third week.,left
20832,Fight Over Sequester Cuts,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate Democrats press new front in budget battle,Wall Street Journal (News),"Senate leaders attempting to avoid a U.S. debt default remained at loggerheads Sunday and escalated the standoff by reopening the contentious issue of automatic spending cuts, damping hopes that some of Congress' most canny negotiators would break the impasse.",center
20833,Fight Over Sequester Cuts,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Republicans accuse Dems of overplaying hand as budget debate shifts to sequester cuts,Fox News (Online News),The terms of the debate shifting rapidly lawmakers on Monday entered a critical week for resolving the budget and debt-ceiling impasse with Senate leaders Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell struggling to reach an accord -- and Republicans accusing Democrats of overplaying their hand.,right
20834,IRS Controversy Turns Personal,"['Treasury', 'Banking And Finance']",Robert Gibbs: Darrell Issa must apologize,Politico,Former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs on Monday called on Rep. Darrell Issa to apologize after the California congressman bashed the current administration spokesman.,left
20835,IRS Controversy Turns Personal,"['Treasury', 'Banking And Finance']","IRS controversy turns personal, nasty",CNN (Online News),"An unusually harsh and personal war of words erupted on Sunday, even for the current hyper-partisan atmosphere in Washington, DC.",left
20836,IRS Controversy Turns Personal,"['Treasury', 'Banking And Finance']","IRS Battle Turns Ugly, Personal: Former Obama Adviser Calls Issa a 'Suspected Arsonist' and 'Insurance Swindler'",The Blaze,After Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) labeled Jay Carney a paid liar and charged that the Internal Revenue Services targeting of conservative groups was likely directed from someone in Washington D.C.,right
20837,House Passes Election Reform and Voting Rights Bill,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'US House', 'Campaign Finance', 'Redistricting', 'For The People Act', 'Elections']",Pelosi election-overhaul bill passes without a single Republican vote,Washington Times,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi narrowly secured passage of her signature election-overhaul legislation Wednesday without a single Republican vote, sending the heated debate over how America votes to the Senate where the bill is all-but doomed.
The proposal, which is known as H.R. 1, passed on a 220-210 vote almost entirely along party lines. Although one Democrat voted against the bill, the vote was otherwise entirely partisan, underscoring the gap between the two parties on election laws.
“Everything is at stake,” Mrs. Pelosi, California Democrat, said at a press conference ahead...",right
20838,House Passes Election Reform and Voting Rights Bill,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'US House', 'Campaign Finance', 'Redistricting', 'For The People Act', 'Elections']",House Approves Major Election Reform And Voting Rights Bill,NPR (Online News),"The House has once again passed a bill aimed at voter reform and campaign finance overhaul. The Wednesday night vote was 220-210.
Democrats reintroduced the bill in January, after passing it in 2019, banking on the party's narrow majority in the Senate to get it passed through both chambers this cycle.
The bill seeks to ""to expand Americans' access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics, strengthen ethics rules for public servants, and implement other anti-corruption measures for the purpose of fortifying our democracy, and...",left
20839,House Passes Election Reform and Voting Rights Bill,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'US House', 'Campaign Finance', 'Redistricting', 'For The People Act', 'Elections']",House Democrats pass sweeping elections bill as GOP legislatures push to restrict voting,Washington Post,"The House late Wednesday night passed expansive legislation to create uniform national voting standards, overhaul campaign finance laws and outlaw partisan redistricting, advancing a centerpiece of the Democratic voting rights agenda amid fierce Republican attacks that threaten to stop it cold in the Senate.
The bill, titled the “For the People Act,” was given the symbolic designation of H.R. 1 by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and it largely mirrors a bill passed two years ago in the early weeks of the House Democratic majority.
This year, however, the bill...",left
20840,Trump Seeking to Expand Background Checks,"['Gun Control', 'Gun Rights', 'Background Checks', 'Second Amendment', 'Donald Trump', 'NRA', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",A Universal-Background-Check Law Would Not Violate the Second Amendment,Guest Writer - Right,"The terrible shootings in Gilroy, El Paso, and Dayton in the past week have renewed cries for Washington, D.C., to do something. In our federal system, the most effective responses will have to come from state and local governments, which have the primary responsibility and the broadest tools for reducing violent crime. But the president and Congress can act in one area, the rules for buying guns.",right
20841,Trump Seeking to Expand Background Checks,"['Gun Control', 'Gun Rights', 'Background Checks', 'Second Amendment', 'Donald Trump', 'NRA', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']",Trump calls for 'intelligent background checks' in response to mass shootings,The Hill,"President Trump on Friday called for ""intelligent background checks"" on gun purchases in response to a string of mass shootings across the country, expressing confidence that Congress would come together on action.
“Frankly, we need intelligent background checks,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House for a fundraiser in the Hamptons.
""This isn't a question of NRA, Republican or Democrat,"" he added.",center
20842,Trump Seeking to Expand Background Checks,"['Gun Control', 'Gun Rights', 'Background Checks', 'Second Amendment', 'Donald Trump', 'NRA', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights']","Trump claims strong congressional support for strengthening background checks for gun buys, at odds with GOP statements",Washington Post,"President Trump expressed great confidence Friday that he could rally recalcitrant Republicans around legislation strengthening background checks and persuade the nation’s powerful gun lobby to drop its long-standing opposition to such measures, tasks that proved elusive following other mass shootings on his watch.
Appearing outside the White House, Trump claimed meetings in recent days had already yielded strong congressional support for “very meaningful background checks” and that his party, which has stymied gun-control efforts this year by Democrats, would take the lead in passing new legislation after returning from an...",left
20843,"Jacksonville, Site of Republican National Convention, Announces Facemask Mandate","['Public Health', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Republican National Committee', 'Jacksonville', 'Coronavirus']","Despite new mandatory mask rules, Trump insists it's everyone's 'personal choice'",ABC News (Online),"After the city of Jacksonville, Florida, announced that masks will be mandatory for public and indoor locations starting Monday, White House press secretary Kaleigh McEnany would not directly say if President Donald Trump planned to wear one at his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention.
The event, scheduled for August, is expected to bring more than 40,000 people from all over the country to Jacksonville, and while the rules may apply to them, it's likely Trump will exempt himself.
""I talked to the president before coming out here,"" McEnany...",left
20844,"Jacksonville, Site of Republican National Convention, Announces Facemask Mandate","['Public Health', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Republican National Committee', 'Jacksonville', 'Coronavirus']","Jacksonville, new site of the Republican National Convention, adopts mandatory mask policy",The Week - News,"Jacksonville, Florida, is adopting a mandatory mask policy for public gatherings in indoor locations, as well as any other scenario where social distancing isn't feasible. The mandate goes into effect at 5 p.m. on Monday. The news probably won't thrill President Trump, since Jacksonville is the new home to the Republican National Convention.
The convention was initially slated to take place in Charlotte, North Carolina, but Trump clashed with the state's Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper over social distancing guidelines, prompting other cities to seek the spotlight (formal portions of the...",left
20845,"Jacksonville, Site of Republican National Convention, Announces Facemask Mandate","['Public Health', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Donald Trump', 'Campaign Rhetoric', 'Republican National Committee', 'Jacksonville', 'Coronavirus']",RNC Responds To Jacksonville’s Mask Order Ahead Of Convention,The Daily Caller,"The Republican National Committee (RNC) responded Monday to news that Jacksonville is planning to institute a city-wide mask order stop coronavirus from spreading.
The Daily Caller asked the RNC about Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry’s mask order which he announced Monday afternoon. The order would require masks to be worn inside. The announcement comes after other cities in Florida, such as Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, St. Petersburg and Orange County have made it mandatory to wear a mask.
“The RNC is committed to holding a safe convention that fully complies with...",right
20846,Trade Clears Senate Hurdle,['Trade'],Obama's Trade Agenda Clears Key Senate Hurdle,Newsmax (News),"President Barack Obama's trade agenda has cleared a key Senate hurdle to move toward a final vote.
The Senate has topped the 60 votes needed to begin substantive action on Obama's bid for ""fast track"" negotiating authority. The vote was 62-38.
Obama says fast track authority will improve prospects for a trade treaty with 11 other Pacific-rim nations.
Labor unions and other groups vital to Democrats strongly oppose Obama's trade agenda. They say free-trade deals cost U.S. jobs.",right
20847,Trade Clears Senate Hurdle,['Trade'],Trade bill clears Senate hurdle,CNN (Online News),"A free trade initiative that is pitting President Barack Obama against his own party cleared a major procedural hurdle in the Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday.
The 62-38 vote to end debate on the bill, moving it toward a final vote, was a victory for Obama, who had linked with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, to push the bill despite opposition from Senate Democratic leaders.
McConnell said he's willing to consider a host of amendments that Democrats are poised to offer later Thursday.
""This last vote was a major st",left
20848,Trade Clears Senate Hurdle,['Trade'],Senate Advances Fast-Track For Obama Trade Deals,HuffPost,"The Senate advanced President Barack Obama's trade agenda Thursday, voting to end debate on bill that would grant the administration power to fast-track massive new pacts through Congress.
A number of senators objected to the process, complaining that they were unable to get votes on amendments they deemed essential to making sure that looming deals with 12 Pacific Rim nations and Europe live up to promises of helping U.S. workers.
But 62 of their colleagues disagreed and voted to halt debate anyway, setting up passage of the fast-track bill by...",left
20849,Edward Snowden: Hero or Traitor,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Edward Snowden is a hero,CNN (Online News),Douglas Rushkoff says the 29-year-old technology expert pressed pause and considered the harm mass surveillance is doing to human freedom.,left
20850,Edward Snowden: Hero or Traitor,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Edward Snowden's grandiosity,Washington Post,Some say he is a hero. I think theyre dead wrong.,left
20851,Edward Snowden: Hero or Traitor,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","Glenn Beck, Michael Moore call NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden a hero",Washington Times,Conservative radio commentator Glenn Beck and liberal Hollywood movie-maker Michael Moore have found common ground on the National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden Hes a hero.,right
20852,Call for a Special Prosecutor,['Politics'],"After Comey’s ouster, bipartisan calls grow for independent probe of Russia’s meddling in election",Washington Post,President Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James B. Comey revived calls by Democratic lawmakers for an independent investigation of Russian meddling in U.S. elections — and could compel Democrats to take bolder steps that would paralyze Congress.,left
20853,Call for a Special Prosecutor,['Politics'],Comey Dismissal Upends Probes of Trump Campaign Ties to Russia,Wall Street Journal (News),Move adds impetus to calls for a special counsel to handle the case,center
20854,Call for a Special Prosecutor,['Politics'],"Schumer Calls Comey Firing ‘Big Mistake,’ Wants Special Prosecutor",The Daily Caller,"Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters Tuesday that when President Donald Trump informed him that Jamey Comey would be dismissed as FBI director, Schumer replied it was a “big mistake” to do so and called on the Justice Department to appoint a special prosecutor.",right
20855,Gorsuch Tapped for Supreme Court,['Supreme Court'],Neil Gorsuch: The case for and against Trump's Supreme Court nominee,USA TODAY,"For his first Supreme Court nomination, President Trump wanted as staunch a conservative as he could get confirmed. Neil Gorsuch emerged as the guy who looks like he could thread the needle.",left
20856,Gorsuch Tapped for Supreme Court,['Supreme Court'],Neil Gorsuch: President Trump’s anti-choice pick for the Supreme Court,Salon,"Within minutes of President Trump’s nomination of federal judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, several hundred demonstrators had converged on the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. to protest his selection.",left
20857,Gorsuch Tapped for Supreme Court,['Supreme Court'],Neil Gorsuch: In the Mold of Antonin Scalia,CBN,"President Donald Trump has made his first nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court: Neil Gorsuch, a federal judge on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.",right
20858,Competing Political Events Tonight,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump stands by debate boycott decision, announces veterans event",Fox News (Online News),"Donald Trump stuck by his decision to skip the upcoming Fox News/Google presidential primary debate, claiming in an interview Wednesday night with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly that he had been “used” and mistreated.
“I don’t like being taken advantage of,” the billionaire businessman and Republican primary front-runner said, repeatedly telling O'Reilly that he'll instead hold a veterans event at Drake University while his GOP rivals debate.",right
20859,Competing Political Events Tonight,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump's Feud with Fox Steals Debate Spotlight,New York Times (News),The Republican Party is focused on Donald J. Trump’s standoff with Fox News rather than on tonight’s debate. And neither Fox News nor Mr. Trump show signs of budging.,left
20860,Competing Political Events Tonight,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",5 things to watch in tonight’s debate,Politico,It’s time for the final debate before the Iowa caucuses – the candidates’ last chance to appeal for support on a national stage – and the Republican front-runner promises to be a no-show.,left
20861,NYC Mayor: Suspend Protests Until After NYPD Funerals,['Violence In America'],De Blasio: ‘Political Debate’ Can Wait Until After NYPD Funerals,Wall Street Journal (News),"New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday called for “political debate” and protests to end until after the funerals of two police officers fatally shot last weekend by a man who cited the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of law enforcement.
Mr. de Blaiso, who has come under intense scrutiny for his support for protesters and a deteriorating relationship with police unions, said the city’s focus should shift to the grieving families of Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu.
Police unions have partly laid blame...",center
20862,NYC Mayor: Suspend Protests Until After NYPD Funerals,['Violence In America'],De Blasio faces firestorm after officer murders,Fox News (Online News),"New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is facing a firestorm of criticism in the wake of the execution-style murder of two city police officers, as police union officials and ex-city leaders accuse him of stoking an atmosphere that made officers a target of ""hate.""
From his opposition to stop-and-frisk policies during his mayoral campaign to more recent comments about how he wanted his biracial son to be careful around police, the mayor's record on law enforcement is now front and center in an increasingly nasty war of words....",right
20863,NYC Mayor: Suspend Protests Until After NYPD Funerals,['Violence In America'],Mayor de Blasio Calls for Suspension of Protests,New York Times (News),"Mayor Bill de Blasio called for protesters to suspend demonstrations in the aftermath of the killing of two New York City police officers, who were gunned down on Saturday afternoon in Brooklyn as they sat in their patrol car.
“It’s time for everyone to put aside political debates, put aside protests, put aside all of the things that we will talk about in due time,” Mr. de Blasio said during a speech Monday afternoon. “That can be for another day.""
The mayor’s call came a few hours after the police...",left
20864,Biden Urges Businesses to Prepare ‘Immediately’ for Potential Russian Cyberattacks,"['Cybersecurity', 'Joe Biden', 'Russia', 'Business', 'Ukraine War', 'Sanctions', 'White House', 'Technology']",Biden tells companies to immediately harden defenses against potential Russian cyberattacks,Politico,"President Joe Biden on Monday warned of potential Russian cyberattacks against the U.S. — making his most prominent alert yet about what he called new intelligence concerning the Putin regime’s plans.
“I have previously warned about the potential that Russia could conduct malicious cyber activity against the United States, including as a response to the unprecedented economic costs we’ve imposed on Russia alongside our allies and partners. It’s part of Russia’s playbook,” Biden said in a statement on Monday. “Today, my Administration is reiterating those warnings based on evolving intelligence that...",left
20865,Biden Urges Businesses to Prepare ‘Immediately’ for Potential Russian Cyberattacks,"['Cybersecurity', 'Joe Biden', 'Russia', 'Business', 'Ukraine War', 'Sanctions', 'White House', 'Technology']",White House warns ‘evolving intelligence’ points to Russian cyberattacks,New York Post (News),"The White House warned companies to tighten their cyberdefenses Monday — citing “evolving intelligence” that Russia may be readying attacks as payback for harsh US sanctions to punish the invasion of Ukraine.
“It’s part of Russia’s playbook,” said a statement attributed to President Biden. “Today, my Administration is reiterating [cyber] warnings based on evolving intelligence that the Russian Government is exploring options for potential cyberattacks.”",right
20866,Biden Urges Businesses to Prepare ‘Immediately’ for Potential Russian Cyberattacks,"['Cybersecurity', 'Joe Biden', 'Russia', 'Business', 'Ukraine War', 'Sanctions', 'White House', 'Technology']","Biden warns Russia ""exploring options"" for cyberattacks",Axios,"President Biden on Monday reiterated warnings that the Russian government is ""exploring options for potential cyberattacks.""
The big picture: The Biden administration has previously warned that the Russian government may pursue malicious cyber activity in response to U.S. economic sanctions against Russia for its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
Driving the news: Biden urged the private sector to ""harden your cyber defenses immediately,"" according to a White House statement.",center
20867,Streep Slams Trump in Acceptance Speech,['Politics'],Donald Trump Says He’s Not Surprised by Meryl Streep’s Golden Globes Speech,New York Times (News),"President-elect Donald J. Trump dismissed Meryl Streep as “a Hillary lover” early Monday morning after the actress, in a speech at the Golden Globes award ceremony, denounced him as a bully who disrespected and humiliated others.",left
20868,Streep Slams Trump in Acceptance Speech,['Politics'],Donald Trump hits back at 'Hillary flunky' Meryl Streep's Golden Globes dig,Fox News (Online News),Donald Trump wasted no time responding to Meryl Streep's remarks at Sunday night's Golden Globe Awards where the actress gave a somber speech about the President-elect.,right
20869,Streep Slams Trump in Acceptance Speech,['Politics'],Conway accuses Meryl Streep of 'inciting people's worst instincts'’,Politico,Kellyanne Conway joined her boss Donald Trump in criticizing Meryl Streep for the award-winning actress’ speech at Sunday night’s Golden Globes.,left
20870,Congress Approves $1 Trillion Budget,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","In rare bipartisan action, Congress approves $1.1 trillion budget",CNN (Online News),"The Senate on Thursday easily passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill to fund the government through September and sent it to President Barack Obama, a notable departure from chronic, partisan-fueled budget battles in recent years that included the government shutdown last October.
The decisive bipartisan vote, 72-to-26, concluded congressional action that for the first time since 2012 determined federal spending agency by agency instead of through temporary stopgap measures that spotlighted the divisiveness in Washington.",left
20871,Congress Approves $1 Trillion Budget,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate Passes $1.1 Trillion Omnibus Spending Bill,HuffPost,"Congress sent President Barack Obama a $1.1 trillion government-wide spending bill Thursday, easing the harshest effects of last year's automatic budget cuts after tea party critics chastened by October's partial shutdown mounted only a faint protest.
The Senate voted 72-26 for the measure, which cleared the House a little more than 24 hours earlier on a similarly lopsided vote. Obama's signature on the bill was expected in time to prevent any interruption in government funding Saturday at midnight.",left
20872,Congress Approves $1 Trillion Budget,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Congress passes $1.1 trillion spending bill,Washington Times,"Congress sent President Barack Obama a $1.1 trillion government-wide spending bill Thursday, easing the harshest effects of last year’s automatic budget cuts after tea party critics chastened by October’s partial shutdown mounted only a faint protest.
The Senate voted 72-26 for the measure, which cleared the House a little more than 24 hours earlier on a similarly lopsided vote. Obama’s signature on the bill was expected in time to prevent any interruption in government funding Saturday at midnight.",right
20873,It's Primary Day in Pennsylvania - and Four Other States,"['Elections', '2022 Elections', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election', 'Primaries']",Voters Head to Polls in Pennsylvania to Decide Hotly-Contested Senate and Gubernatorial Primaries,The Epoch Times,"The polls opened on May 17 for the closely-watched primary elections for the U.S. Senate and the governor’s seat in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) is term-limited, and Sen. Pat Toomey (R) is retiring. Voters in the Keystone State will determine who meets in the general election to fill the seats.
In the U.S. Senate race, the Donald Trump-endorsed celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz has spent $12 million of his own funds on the campaign. Hedge fund executive and former U.S. Treasury Department official David McCormick has poured $11 million into the hotly contested...",right
20874,It's Primary Day in Pennsylvania - and Four Other States,"['Elections', '2022 Elections', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election', 'Primaries']",The Memo: Democrats cross their fingers in Pennsylvania,The Hill,"Democratic hopes are on a knife-edge in the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania, where both parties hold their primaries Tuesday.
On one hand, Democrats believe Republican voters could do them an unintentional favor in whomever they choose as their nominee. 
The top tier of the GOP field is comprised of TV personality Mehmet Oz, conservative commentator Kathy Barnette and businessman David McCormick — all of whom Democrats believe have potentially fatal flaws.
On the other hand, the shock has not yet faded in Democratic circles that the clear front-runner in their Senate primary,...",center
20875,It's Primary Day in Pennsylvania - and Four Other States,"['Elections', '2022 Elections', '2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election', 'Primaries']","Pennsylvania Senate race rocked by late twists, from John Fetterman's stroke to Kathy Barnette's meteoric rise",NBC News (Online),"Voters head to the polls Tuesday to choose their party nominees in a high-profile Pennsylvania Senate race that has had some shocking last-minute twists, from the stroke suffered by Democratic front-runner John Fetterman to the late surge by far-right Republican Kathy Barnette.
Fetterman, 52, announced Sunday that he was resting after a stroke and is “well on my way to a full recovery.” He added: “Our campaign isn’t slowing down one bit, and we are still on track to win this primary on Tuesday, and flip this Senate seat in November.”
His rivals, U.S. Rep. Conor...",left
20876,Defense Secretary: Hagel,[],Hagel survives; opponents make nice,Politico,"They beat him up for months — with TV ads, in op-ed pages and in Congress, with delay after delay before his confirmation on Tuesday.",left
20877,Defense Secretary: Hagel,[],Senate approves Hagel for Defense secretary after historic nomination fight,Fox News (Online News),"The Senate approved Chuck Hagel's nomination for Defense secretary Tuesday, ending a contentious battle that exposed deep divisions over the president's Pentagon pick.",right
20878,Defense Secretary: Hagel,[],Hagel bruised but still standing,CNN (Online News),"After a contentious confirmation process, Chuck Hagel's rocky and inauspicious path to the Pentagon could haunt him if he doesn't watch his step.",left
20879,Migrants Wait To Cross US-Mexico Border,['Immigration'],"Tensions rise at U.S.-Mexico border as migrants, holiday travelers wait to cross",Reuters,"Hundreds of Central American migrants in Mexico massed on Thursday around a tense U.S. border crossing, where security measures held up long lines of Mexicans headed to Thanksgiving gatherings on the other side of the frontier.",center
20880,Migrants Wait To Cross US-Mexico Border,['Immigration'],Why and how are asylum seekers entering the U.S.?,Los Angeles Times,"Many immigrants entering the U.S. — legally and illegally — claim asylum. Advocates for greater limits on immigration, particularly “chain migration” based on family relationships rather than employment skills, have tried to restrict asylum seekers.",left
20881,Migrants Wait To Cross US-Mexico Border,['Immigration'],"Small group breaks from caravan, within 500 feet of US border, report says",Fox News (Online News),"A group of about 150 migrants carrying white flags that read, ""La paz y Dios,"" or ""Peace and God are With Us,"" separated from the larger caravan near Southern California and inched within 500 feet of the U.S., a report Thursday said.",right
20882,The Truth about Pizzagate,['Media Bias'],"Pizzagate, the fake news conspiracy theory that led a gunman to DC’s Comet Ping Pong, explained",Vox,How Pizzagate went from the musings of 4chan trolls to the cause for a gunman at Comet Ping Pong.,left
20883,The Truth about Pizzagate,['Media Bias'],How an Internet conspiracy theory led a gunman into a DC pizza parlor,Fox News (Online News),"Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman may have lost his handkerchief on Martha’s Vineyard one day in September 2014 – and two years later that incident has spawned a convoluted conspiracy theory involving a supposed pedophilia ring run out of a Washington, D.C., pizza joint.",right
20884,The Truth about Pizzagate,['Media Bias'],Michael Flynn’s son spars with Jake Tapper over fake 'pizzagate' story that led armed man to go to restaurant,Insider,"Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn's son sparred with CNN's Jake Tapper on Twitter over the ""pizzagate"" conspiracy that led an armed man into a Washington, DC, pizza shop Sunday.",left
20885,Trump Accuses Adam Schiff of Leaking,['Politics'],Trump accuses House intel panel's top Democrat of leaking information,Reuters,"U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday accused U.S. Representative Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, of leaking “confidential” information.",center
20886,Trump Accuses Adam Schiff of Leaking,['Politics'],Trump slams 'Little' Adam Schiff as 'one of the biggest liars and leakers' in Washington,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump blasted the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee Monday amid the mounting fight over the panel's 'surveillance' memo, calling “Little Adam Schiff” one of the “biggest liars and leakers in Washington.”",right
20887,Trump Accuses Adam Schiff of Leaking,['Politics'],"Trump, in a panic over dud Nunes' memo, says Adam Schiff 'must be stopped' By Mark Sumner Monday",Daily Kos,"Donald Trump’s tweets at the end of last week were still attempting to push the memo his staff created in collaboration with that of Devin Nunes as if it represented some major reversal of the Russia investigation. But over the weekend, it apparently became clear — even to Trump — that the two reactions to the memo his team spent weeks building up was: “Is that it?” and “What a dud.”",left
20888,June 2019 Jobs Report,"['Jobs Report', 'Unemployment', 'Economy And Jobs']",U.S. Job Creation Bounced Back in June,Wall Street Journal (News),"WASHINGTON—U.S. employers added jobs at a robust pace in June, easing fears of a hiring slowdown and showing a strong labor market could propel a domestic economy facing threats from abroad.
Nonfarm payrolls rose by 224,000 in June, the Labor Department said Friday. The jobless rate last month ticked up to 3.7% in part because more Americans entered the labor force to look for a job. Wages advanced 3.1% from a year earlier, consistent with the prior month’s pace.
Hiring was stronger than expected. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street...",center
20889,June 2019 Jobs Report,"['Jobs Report', 'Unemployment', 'Economy And Jobs']","US economy adds 224,000 jobs in June",CNN (Online News),"The US economy added 224,000 jobs in June, a strong comeback for the labor market after a disappointing May.
The unemployment rate rose to 3.7%, the highest level since March 2019 but still historically low.
The number substantially beat the expectations of analysts, who had forecast a drag on jobs because of business uncertainty around high trade tensions as well as a lackluster housing market.
Adding to the positive story, 335,000 people entered the labor force in June — substantially more than usual — which may have been what pushed...",left
20890,June 2019 Jobs Report,"['Jobs Report', 'Unemployment', 'Economy And Jobs']","US job growth rebounds with 224,000 created in June, quelling fears of economic slowdown",Fox News (Online News),"US employers added 224,000 jobs Opens a New Window. in June, beating Wall Street Opens a New Window. ’s expectations of 160,000 likely quelling some concerns about an impending economic slowdown on the heels of a worse-than-expected month for job creation.
The unemployment rate ticked up slightly at 3.7 percent, while the labor force participation rate was also little unchanged at 62.9 percent. Average hourly earnings, meanwhile, rose by 6 cents to $27.90. Over the year, average hourly earnings have increased by 3.1 percent, slightly missing expectations of 3.2 percent growth.",right
20891,Boston Children's Hospital Criticized Over Trans Youth Surgery Resources,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Healthcare', 'Polarization', 'Culture War', 'Woke Culture', 'Transgender Issues', 'Children']",Boston Children's Hospital faces threats over gender-affirming care,Axios,"Far-right activists have unleashed a torrent of threatening calls and emails against Boston Children's Hospital over its health care services for transgender youth — the latest in a broad effort against those who offer gender-affirming care.
Driving the news: The hospital is boosting security and working with law enforcement after receiving a barrage of online complaints and threats about its program for treating trans and nonbinary youth.
The program also offers genital surgeries for patients ages 18 and up. Far-right influencers and their followers are falsely claiming doctors are performing these surgeries on...",center
20892,Boston Children's Hospital Criticized Over Trans Youth Surgery Resources,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Healthcare', 'Polarization', 'Culture War', 'Woke Culture', 'Transgender Issues', 'Children']",Boston Children's Hospital Under Fire for Now-Deleted Video Promoting 'Gender-Affirming Hysterectomies' for Young Girls,CBN,"Boston Children’s Hospital has faced intense backlash after promoting what it called “gender-affirming hysterectomies” for young girls who identify as transgender.
The since-removed video in question featured Dr. Frances Grimstad, who works for the hospital’s division of gynecology. In it, she explained the kinds of hysterectomies girls could undergo.
“A gender-affirming hysterectomy is very similar to most hysterectomies that occur,” the doctor said in the video clip unearthed by the popular Libs of TikTok account. “A hysterectomy itself is the removal of the uterus, the cervix — which is the...",right
20893,Boston Children's Hospital Criticized Over Trans Youth Surgery Resources,"['LGBTQ Issues', 'Healthcare', 'Polarization', 'Culture War', 'Woke Culture', 'Transgender Issues', 'Children']",Right-wing groups hit Boston Children’s with barrage of threats over trans health program,The Boston Globe,"Doctors and other staff who care for transgender children at Boston Children’s Hospital are facing a barrage of threats and harassment that started last week with an online campaign, prompting the hospital to seek help from law enforcement and remove doctors’ names and images from its website.
The hospital, which in 2007 established the nation’s first pediatric and adolescent transgender health program, issued a statement late Tuesday saying that it “has been the target of a large volume of hostile internet activity, phone calls, and harassing emails including threats of...",left
20894,Democrats Chances Fade,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Dems’ majority chances: slim and Nunn,Fox News (Online News),"Democrats need a miracle to hold the Senate, and they think they may have found one in Georgia. After shucking off the effort to help a flailing candidate in Kentucky, national Democrats are moving resources and pinning their hopes for keeping the majority to The Peach State. Polls show the race tightening as Democrat Michelle Nunn intensifies her Obama-style attacks on GOP candidate David Perdue. Perdue is standing in for Mitt Romney, the cancer-causing vampire of Democratic 2012 ads, as the Nunn campaign chomps down on his career as a...",right
20895,Democrats Chances Fade,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Republicans Hold Advantage as Midterms Near,Wall Street Journal (News),"Republicans remain in a favorable position heading into the midterm election, but the outlook is unsettled amid unusually low voter interest, high dissatisfaction with leaders in Washington and a reordering of issues on voters’ minds, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds.",center
20896,Democrats Chances Fade,"['Democratic Party', 'Politics']",Democrats’ Hopes to Gain in House Fade,New York Times (News),"After countless dire emails and months of fading bravado, national Democrats in recent days have signaled with their money what they have been loath to acknowledge out loud: They will not win back the House and they will most likely lose additional seats in November.
Since last week, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has essentially given up efforts to unseat Republicans in several races, pulling advertising mone",left
20897,Concerns About Mail-In Voting Rise as Elections Draw Near,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Election 2020']","Yes America, there is voter fraud. These recent cases prove it.",Just The News,"Many news media, political activists and social media giants have gotten on the bandwagon that voter fraud is fiction. It is not.
A review of court cases and recent indictments – including one this week in Philadelphia against a former congressman – finds there have been at least four dozen cases in criminal and civil court since the last presidential election in 2016 in which voter fraud has led to charges, convictions, lawsuits or plea deals.
The schemes have ranged from old fashion ballot box stuffing to absentee and...",center
20898,Concerns About Mail-In Voting Rise as Elections Draw Near,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Election 2020']",Research on voting by mail says it’s safe — from fraud and disease,Salon,"As millions of Americans prepare to vote in November — and in many cases, primaries and state and local elections through the summer as well — lots of people are talking about voting by mail. It is a way to protect the integrity of the country's voting system and to limit potential exposure to the coronavirus, which continues to spread widely in the U.S.
I am a political scientist and part of a National Academy of Public Administration working group offering recommendations to ensure voter participation as well as public...",left
20899,Concerns About Mail-In Voting Rise as Elections Draw Near,"['Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections', 'Election 2020']",Americans Prefer In-Person Voting,Newsmax (News),"At least 41 states, plus Washington, D.C., will allow people to vote by mail this year. But the nine other states require people to provide an excuse to vote absentee in the fall.
The figures come from The Washington Post and were cited in an analysis by FiveThirtyEight. The Post said those nine states are Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, New York and Connecticut.
FiveThirtyEight noted some of those states may change their laws before Election Day.
And a new poll by the Pew Research Center...",right
20900,Gowdy and Benghazi,"['US House', 'Politics']",Trey Gowdy Focusing On Hillary Clinton Allies In Closed Benghazi Committee Interviews,HuffPost,"Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) insists his Benghazi Committee investigation isn't about hurting 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the polls. It's about providing a definitive account of the 2012 attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya.
But if you look at the witness interviews he's attended, and not attended, there is a clear theme: Gowdy is mostly there for the people directly connected to Clinton.
A House Democratic aide familiar with the committee's process tells The Huffington Post that, as of Friday morning, there have been 53 interviews and...",left
20901,Gowdy and Benghazi,"['US House', 'Politics']",Hillary Clinton blasts Benghazi panel as ‘partisan arm of the Republican National Committee’,Washington Times,"Days before she is to testify before of a House panel investigating the Benghazi terrorist attacks, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday blasted the committee and called it nothing more than a “partisan arm of the Republican National Committee.”
Mrs. Clinton, the front-runner for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, will testify this week before the House Select Committee on Benghazi, which is examining the events surrounding the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attacks on the U.S. diplomatic compound and CIA annex in Libya, which claimed the lives of...",right
20902,Gowdy and Benghazi,"['US House', 'Politics']",Gowdy and Cummings duke it out over Benghazi,Politico,"House Benghazi Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy and ranking Democrat Elijah Cummings slugged it out on CBS’s “Face the Nation” Sunday as Gowdy sought to justify his panel’s work and Cummings questioned the committee's motives.
Gowdy, a South Carolina Republican, again dismissed comments made by three fellow Republicans that suggested the committee is aimed at hurting Hillary Clinton. The former Secretary of State is scheduled to testify before the panel on Thursday, Oct. 22.
“I have told my Republican colleagues and friends: Shut up talking about things you don’t...",left
20903,Bin Laden Son-in-Law,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Republicans Decry Obama’s Decision to Try Al Qaeda Suspect in Civilian Court,ABC News (Online),The Obama administrations decision to try Osama bin Ladens son-in-law in federal court in New York City instead of a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay has reignited a debate over how to deal with suspected terrorists.,left
20904,Bin Laden Son-in-Law,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",McConnell Blasts Obama Decision on Al Qaeda Suspect,Wall Street Journal (News),"The top Republican in the Senate, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, on Friday added his voice to those criticizing the Obama administrations decision to bring former al Qaeda spokesman Sulaiman Abu Ghaith to New York for trial in federal court.
In a written statement, Mr. McConnell said Mr. Abu Ghaith, a son in law of Osama bin Laden, should have been placed in military custody at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. “At Guantanamo, he could be held as a detainee and fulsomely and continuously interrogated without having to...",center
20905,Bin Laden Son-in-Law,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']","Bin Laden son-in-law pleads not guilty, lawmakers blast move to use civilian courts",Fox News (Online News),"A top Al Qaeda spokesman, who is the son-in-law of Usama bin Laden, pleaded not guilty Friday in federal court to charges of conspiracy to kill Americans, touching off what could be lengthy legal proceedings as Republicans complained that such terror suspects don't belong in the civilian judicial system.",right
20906,US House Creates Jan. 6 Committee,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'US House']",House votes to create Democratic-led committee probe of U.S. Capitol attack,Reuters,"The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the creation of a new Democratic-majority select committee to probe the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob, after Senate Republicans in May blocked an independent commission.",center
20907,US House Creates Jan. 6 Committee,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'US House']",House votes to create select committee for investigating Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol,Washington Post,"The House voted Wednesday to form a select committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol with nearly all Republicans opposing the legislation — a sign of the political challenges that face Democrats as they attempt to probe why thousands of President Donald Trump’s supporters laid siege to the U.S. Capitol complex.
The 220-to-190 party-line vote stands in contrast to a vote in May, when 35 House Republicans joined Democrats to back creation of an independent commission to examine the attack. But while many House Republicans were willing...",left
20908,US House Creates Jan. 6 Committee,"['Violence In America', 'Capitol Chaos', 'US House']",Capitol riot: House creates committee to investigate Jan. 6 attack,Fox News (Online News),"The House on Wednesday passed legislation to create a select committee focused solely on investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a move that was panned by Republicans as too partisan but hailed by Democrats as necessary to give the American people a full accounting of what happened during the deadly attack. 
The vote was 222-190 with two Republicans – Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney and Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger – joining with all Democrats to establish the committee. 
Democrats had wanted to form an independent panel modeled after the respected 9/11 Commission and the House passed a...",right
20909,How Trump Defied the Odds,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",How Donald Trump defied all odds,CNN (Online News),Everyone said it wouldn't happen. Everyone was wrong.,left
20910,How Trump Defied the Odds,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Ted Cruz, the master strategist, was no match for Trump's cult of personality",The Guardian,Cruz achieved many ambitious goals before dropping out of the race after his loss in Indiana – but he had no way to cope with the strange allure of Trump,left
20911,How Trump Defied the Odds,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","OPINION: Martha MacCallum: It's Donald Trump's moment. And this is how we got here, America",Guest Writer - Right,"And then there was one.
There is an expression on Wall Street for a stock that just keeps moving up and up, while everybody is scratching their heads trying to figure out what’s going on.",right
20912,Video of Bergdahl’s Release,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Taliban Video Purportedly Shows Bergdahl Transfer,HuffPost,A dazed Bowe Bergdahl is led by two militants one carrying a makeshift white flag on a stick to a Blackhawk helicopter in eastern Afghanistan.,left
20913,Video of Bergdahl’s Release,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Taliban video shows Bowe Bergdahl's release in Afghanistan,CNN (Online News),The Taliban has released video of the transfer of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from Taliban to U.S. hands.,left
20914,Video of Bergdahl’s Release,"['US Military', 'Defense And Security']",Taliban release video showing handover of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl,Fox News (Online News),The Taliban has released a video purporting to show the handover of Sgt. Bergdahl.,right
20915,"""Do-Little"" Congress on Break","['US Congress', 'Politics']",The Do-Little Congress heads home,Politico,"Congress is leaving town for a five-week recess after failing to address one of the most serious issues facing the nation: the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Republican leaders in the House were able to recover from an embarrassing setback by passing border legislation late Friday full of political red meat for their conservative base, including revisions to a 2008 anti-trafficking law and more money for the National Guard.",left
20916,"""Do-Little"" Congress on Break","['US Congress', 'Politics']","‘Do Nothing Congress?’ House Passed More Than 350 Bills That Sit on Harry Reid’s Desk, Says Congresswoman",The Blaze,"According to many liberal media outlets, the House of Representatives has been a complete failure. Hosts and guests on various MSNBC programs frequently call this the “Do Nothing Congress,” while slamming the GOP leadership for the lack of bills being passed.
Is this an accurate portrayal?",right
20917,"""Do-Little"" Congress on Break","['US Congress', 'Politics']","Congress Off for the Exits, but Few Cheer",New York Times (News),"House and Senate lawmakers scrambled to leave town on Friday night for a five-week recess, with a failure to address the refugee crisis at the southern border only the latest indignity in a year that may redefine congressional dysfunction.
The 113th Congress this week took another step toward ignominy as one of the least productive, most divided in history. Vocal Republicans were empowered, virtually",left
20918,Federal Judge Blocks Trump Admin Policy Requiring Asylum Seekers to Wait in Mexico,"['Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'Asylum']",Judge blocks Trump policy forcing asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico,USA TODAY,"A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration's policy requiring Central American asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases are decided in the U.S., ruling that Department of Homeland Security overstepped its legal authority.
That policy was one of the last attempts by outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to gain control of the southern border, which has seen such an increase in illegal crossings that she resigned from her post over the weekend.
U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg in San Francisco ordered the Trump administration to allow...",left
20919,Federal Judge Blocks Trump Admin Policy Requiring Asylum Seekers to Wait in Mexico,"['Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'Asylum']",Trump's Policy Of Forcing Asylum-Seekers To Wait In Mexico Has Been Blocked By A Federal Judge,BuzzFeed News,"A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's policy of returning Central American migrants to Mexico while they wait for their asylum cases to be processed in the US.
The ruling issued by Judge Richard Seeborg in San Francisco states that the preliminary injunction blocking the policy will take effect on Friday at 5 p.m. PT.
""Defendants are hereby enjoined and restrained from continuing to implement or expand the 'Migrant Protection Protocols' as announced in the January 25, 2018 DHS policy memorandum and as explicated in further agency memoranda,"" Seeborg...",left
20920,Federal Judge Blocks Trump Admin Policy Requiring Asylum Seekers to Wait in Mexico,"['Immigration', 'Donald Trump', 'Asylum']",Judge Blocks Trump Administration's Asylum Policy. Here's Why.,Townhall,"United States District Judge Richard Seeborg on Monday blocked the Trump administration's policy of sending asylum seekers back to Mexico while they await the court to hear their case, commonly referred to as the ""Remain in Mexico"" program. Judge Seeborg's ruling, however, is being put on hold until Friday so Trump's team has the opportunity to appeal, the Associated Press reported.
The Trump administration made the decision to force asylum seekers to wait in Mexico until their case could be heard because of the number of illegal aliens flocking to...",right
20921,Trump Executive Order to Reform Kidney Care,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Healthcare', 'Executive Order', 'Politics']",'The kidney has a very special place in the heart': Trump signs order to help kidney patients,USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday aimed at helping the more than 30 million Americans who suffer from chronic kidney disease.
The changes outlined in the order are intended to help ease the financial hardships for living donors, make it easier for patients to get in-home dialysis, improve the system for collecting usable kidneys from deceased donors, and to give financial incentives for doctors and clinics to help patients stave off end-stage kidney disease by about six months.
Officials cited a study that suggests long...",left
20922,Trump Executive Order to Reform Kidney Care,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Healthcare', 'Executive Order', 'Politics']","Trump signs executive order to transform kidney care, increase transplants",CNN (Online News),"(CNN) On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at transforming kidney care for the more than 37 million Americans with kidney disease. The administration said it is the first kidney-focused executive order since the 1970s.
""Today we are taking groundbreaking action to bring new hope to millions of Americans suffering from kidney disease,"" Trump said. ""So many things don't get done in government, but now we are getting them done.""",left
20923,Trump Executive Order to Reform Kidney Care,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Healthcare', 'Executive Order', 'Politics']","Trump signs executive order revamping kidney disease care, includes better access to home dialysis, transplants",Fox News (Online News),"President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday paving the way for an overhaul of the way kidney disease, which affects 30 million Americans, is treated in the U.S.
The president's move would lead to sweeping changes in treatment as well as prevention, including improving access to dialysis treatment in the home and enabling people with failing kidneys to have opportunities sooner to get a transplant.
""This is a first, second and third step, it’s more than just a first step,” said Trump just before signing the executive order. “We’re...",right
20924,President Trump Intends To Sign Border Deal,"['Border Deal', 'Donald Trump', 'Immigration']",Trump intends to sign border deal to avoid another shutdown,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump intends to sign the border security deal to avoid another partial government shutdown, according to two sources who have spoken directly with the President.",left
20925,President Trump Intends To Sign Border Deal,"['Border Deal', 'Donald Trump', 'Immigration']",Trump Is Expected to Sign Border-Security Deal,Wall Street Journal (News),"The bill, which would keep government open past Friday, allocates $1.38 billion for 55 miles of physical barriers, falling short of Trump’s demands",center
20926,President Trump Intends To Sign Border Deal,"['Border Deal', 'Donald Trump', 'Immigration']",Trump says he has other 'options' for paying for border wall,Washington Times,"President Trump said Wednesday that Democrats are being “stingy” with money for a border wall, but he has other options to pay for it and wants to avoid another government shutdown.",right
20927,Bernie Sanders Defends Staff Wages After Complaints,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Minimum Wage', 'Workers']",Bernie Sanders defends campaign staff salaries after accusations of 'poverty wages',Fox News (Online News),"Bernie Sanders defended his campaign's treatment of staffers and said he was “very proud” to lead the first U.S. presidential campaign to have unionized workers -- one day after The Washington Post reported the campaign’s field staff were complaining about receiving “poverty wages.”
“We have a historic contract agreement that provides unprecedented protections and benefits,” Sanders said in a statement Friday. “Through that framework, we are committed to addressing concerns in good faith through the bargaining process.""",right
20928,Bernie Sanders Defends Staff Wages After Complaints,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Minimum Wage', 'Workers']",Bernie Sanders defends staff pay after complaints his campaign isn't paying $15 an hour,USA TODAY,"U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders defended his campaign’s compensation package Friday after a Washington Post story highlighted concerns among staffers that they were not receiving the $15-an-hour wages Sanders champions on the campaign trail.
""I'm very proud to be the first presidential candidate to recognize a union and negotiate a union contract,"" the Vermont senator and presidential candidate told the Des Moines Register in an interview Friday. ""And that contract was ratified by the employees of the campaign, and it not only provides pay of at least $15 an hour,...",left
20929,Bernie Sanders Defends Staff Wages After Complaints,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Minimum Wage', 'Workers']",Bernie Sanders defends unionized staffers' salaries amid clash with campaign over guarantee of $15 an hour,CNN (Online News),"Sen. Bernie Sanders is a staple on the front lines of the labor fight, leading the charge in Washington and around the country to raise the minimum wage for workers to $15 an hour. But within his own campaign, which unionized earlier this year, tense discussions over pay have spilled out into public view.
The dispute threatens to undermine Sanders' political message and, if it were to escalate, his ability to credibly advocate for workers around the country currently engaged in their own struggles to negotiate higher wages and...",left
20930,Ocasio-Cortez Says Pelosi and Schumer Need to Go,"['Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'US Congress', 'Democratic Party', 'US House', 'US Senate', 'AOC', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Progressives', 'Politics']","AOC Calls for New Dem Leadership, Faults Old Guard for Failing to Elevate ‘Next Generation’",National Review,"Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) called for new leadership to replace House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), in an interview with The Intercept aired on Wednesday.
The remarks represent Ocasio-Cortez’s most direct challenge to current Democratic congressional leadership, and come a month after Michigan representative Elissa Slotkin vowed not to support Pelosi for another term as House Speaker. Pelosi is the only candidate for the position, but with Democrats projected to win at most 226 House seats, Pelosi can only lose eight...",right
20931,Ocasio-Cortez Says Pelosi and Schumer Need to Go,"['Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'US Congress', 'Democratic Party', 'US House', 'US Senate', 'AOC', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Progressives', 'Politics']",Ocasio-Cortez: I'm 'not ready' to be Speaker but Pelosi and Schumer need to go,The Hill,"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said she is “not ready” to be Speaker but lamented that the Democratic party desperately needs new leadership and that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) need to go.
In an interview with The Intercept’s podcast, the progressive hero and firebrand said that Democrats have failed to create a succession plan once Pelosi and her generation of longtime leaders — many of them now in their eighties — step aside. Pelosi has indicated that this upcoming two-year term will be her...",center
20932,Ocasio-Cortez Says Pelosi and Schumer Need to Go,"['Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez', 'US Congress', 'Democratic Party', 'US House', 'US Senate', 'AOC', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'Chuck Schumer', 'Progressives', 'Politics']","AOC: Nancy Pelosi Needs To Go, but There’s Nobody To Replace Her Yet",The Intercept,"Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) called for new leadership to replace House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), in an interview with The Intercept aired on Wednesday.
The remarks represent Ocasio-Cortez’s most direct challenge to current Democratic congressional leadership, and come a month after Michigan representative Elissa Slotkin vowed not to support Pelosi for another term as House Speaker. Pelosi is the only candidate for the position, but with Democrats projected to win at most 226 House seats, Pelosi can only lose eight...",left
20933,President Trump Unblocks Several Twitter Critics After Free Speech Ruling,['Technology'],Donald Trump Was Forced To Unblock Twitter Critics. Now They’re Getting Sweet Revenge.,HuffPost,The president is unblocking his critics and they’re wasting no time speaking out.,left
20934,President Trump Unblocks Several Twitter Critics After Free Speech Ruling,['Technology'],Trump Just Unblocked Some Twitter Users Per Court Ruling… But Not Rosie,Mediaite,"On Tuesday, President Trump‘s Twitter account unblocked dozens of users who had previously been blocked by the president, after a letter to the Justice Department this month urging compliance with a federal judge’s order that was issued back in May.",left
20935,President Trump Unblocks Several Twitter Critics After Free Speech Ruling,['Technology'],President Trump Unblocks Political Rivals On Twitter Following A Court Ruling,One America News Network (OAN),"On Tuesday, many opponents of the president tweeted they were recently unblocked by him on Twitter.",right
20936,Live Anthrax Distributed,['General News'],Pentagon says ‘live anthrax’ inadvertently shipped across US,Fox News (Online News),"The Pentagon revealed Wednesday that ""live anthrax"" was shipped, apparently by accident, from a lab in Utah to as many as nine states over the course of a year.",right
20937,Live Anthrax Distributed,['General News'],Pentagon: Live anthrax inadvertently distributed by Army laboratory,Washington Post,"An Army laboratory in Utah inadvertently distributed live samples of anthrax to facilities in nine states, prompting an ongoing effort to recover them and and another sample sent to a U.S. military base in South Korea, Pentagon officials said Thursday.",left
20938,Live Anthrax Distributed,['General News'],Live Anthrax Was Mistakenly Sent To 9 States And A U.S. Military Base,NPR (Online News),The Department of Defense says an attempt to ship inactive anthrax samples resulted in live samples being sent to labs in nine U.S. states and to a U.S. Air Force base in South Korea.,left
20939,Zuckerberg Defends Facebook's Political Ads Policy,"['Mark Zuckerberg', 'Facebook', 'Political Advertising', 'Policy', 'Free Speech', 'Regulations']",The meaning behind Mark Zuckerberg’s aggressive plea for ‘free expression’,Politico,"Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg decried the dangers of censorship. He invoked civil rights icons Martin Luther King Jr. and Frederick Douglass, and hailed the contributions of protesters stretching from World War I to Black Lives Matter. And he delivered a pointed attack on critics who “no longer trust their fellow citizens” to sort out facts from falsehoods online.
The social media mogul’s 37-minute speech Thursday, delivered in a stained-glass hall at Georgetown University, was Facebook’s most assertive effort to date to repel the wave of assaults it’s facing from across...",left
20940,Zuckerberg Defends Facebook's Political Ads Policy,"['Mark Zuckerberg', 'Facebook', 'Political Advertising', 'Policy', 'Free Speech', 'Regulations']",Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg defends decision to let politicians lie in ads,CNET,"Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday defended the social network's decision not to send speech from politicians to third-party fact-checkers, a move that's drawn scrutiny, especially from Democrats in the US.
""I don't think most people want to live in a world where you can only post things that tech companies judge to be 100% true,"" Zuckerberg said during a nearly 40-minute speech at Georgetown University.
The remarks highlight the social network's controversial approach to political speech as it tries to strike a balance between free speech...",center
20941,Zuckerberg Defends Facebook's Political Ads Policy,"['Mark Zuckerberg', 'Facebook', 'Political Advertising', 'Policy', 'Free Speech', 'Regulations']",Zuckerberg says he considered banning political ads on Facebook,Fox News (Online News),"Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the social media behemoth considered banning political ads, but ultimately chose not to do so in order to protect free speech.
“Given the sensitivity around political ads, I’ve considered whether we should stop allowing them altogether,” Zuckerberg said during a speech at Georgetown University on Thursday. “From a business perspective, the controversy is not worth the very small part of the business that they make up.”
But the billionaire executive said he ultimately decided Facebook served as an important outlet for candidates -- and that...",right
20942,"Black Friday in Europe Sees Protests, Strikes","['Amazon', 'Technology', 'Europe', 'Germany', 'France', 'Environment', 'Labor', 'Business']","In Europe, Black Friday is triggering fierce protests",Washington Post,"WUSTERMARK, Germany — As environmental protesters were heading into Berlin to rally against the post-Thanksgiving shopping frenzy on Friday, others were heading the opposite direction on a hunt for the cheapest coats, socks or pants.
At an eastern German outlet mall in Wustermark — about half an hour’s drive from the German capital — global protests against the Black Friday tradition and its impact on the environment went largely unnoticed on Friday. Rushing from store to store, shoppers were predominantly concerned about long lines.
“I don’t care about the protests,”...",left
20943,"Black Friday in Europe Sees Protests, Strikes","['Amazon', 'Technology', 'Europe', 'Germany', 'France', 'Environment', 'Labor', 'Business']",Black Friday backlash: Amazon protests erupt across France,BBC News,"Activists across France have staged Black Friday protests against Amazon, decrying consumerism and its impact on the environment.
Dozens of protesters gathered outside the company's French headquarters in Clichy, north of Paris.
Protesters also tried to blockade a shopping centre in Paris and a logistics centre near the eastern city of Lyon.
In video from Lyon riot police can be seen dragging activists away.
The protests aim to disrupt Black Friday, a discount shopping day that activists have blamed for environmental damage.
In response, Amazon told the BBC it respected...",center
20944,"Black Friday in Europe Sees Protests, Strikes","['Amazon', 'Technology', 'Europe', 'Germany', 'France', 'Environment', 'Labor', 'Business']",French lawmakers look to ban Black Friday over environmental concerns,Washington Examiner,"Protesters in France have blocked an Amazon warehouse south of Paris citing concerns that the Black Friday shopping holiday negatively affects the environment.
Some lawmakers have endorsed the concerns voiced by the protesters citing that the holiday, made popular by American and now observed by deal-seeking shoppers in several countries, is mainly beneficial to large, online retailers and causes high levels of gas emissions and traffic jams. France's minister for environmental transition Elisabeth Borne said to Europe 1 that while she's happy for people to get good deals on Black...",right
20945,Biden Says ISIS Leader Killed in US Raid,"['National Defense', 'ISIS', 'Syria', 'Abu Ibrahim Al-Hashimi Al-Qurayshi', 'Counterterrorism', 'Defense And Security']",Biden says IS leader killed during US raid in Syria,Associated Press,"The leader of the violent Islamic State group was killed during an overnight raid carried out by U.S. special forces in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, President Joe Biden said Thursday.
The raid targeted Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, who took over as head of the militant group on Oct. 31, 2019, just days after leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died during a U.S. raid in the same area. A U.S. official said al-Qurayshi died as al-Baghdadi did, by exploding a bomb that killed himself and members of his family, including women and...",left
20946,Biden Says ISIS Leader Killed in US Raid,"['National Defense', 'ISIS', 'Syria', 'Abu Ibrahim Al-Hashimi Al-Qurayshi', 'Counterterrorism', 'Defense And Security']","ISIS leader killed in US Special Operations raid in Syria, Biden says",Fox News (Online News),"ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed in a ""successful"" U.S. Special Operations counterterrorism mission in northwest Syria Thursday, President Biden and the Pentagon said.
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said there were no U.S. casualties. Al-Qurayshi was wearing a suicide vest that detonated during the raid, sources told Fox News.
""Last night at my direction, U.S. military forces in northwest Syria successfully undertook a counterterrorism operation to protect the American people and our Allies, and make the world a safer place,"" Biden said. ""Thanks to the skill and bravery of our Armed Forces, we have...",right
20947,Biden Says ISIS Leader Killed in US Raid,"['National Defense', 'ISIS', 'Syria', 'Abu Ibrahim Al-Hashimi Al-Qurayshi', 'Counterterrorism', 'Defense And Security']","ISIS leader killed in US-led Syria raid, Biden says",CNN (Online News),"US Special Forces killed ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi in a counterterrorism mission in northwest Syria Wednesday evening, President Joe Biden announced Thursday morning.
It was the the biggest US raid in the country since the 2019 operation that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Sources on the ground reported multiple fatalities. At least 13 people were killed in clashes that took place during and after the raid -- including six children and four women -- according to the Syrian civil defense group, the White Helmets. There were no US...",left
20948,Drug Overdose Deaths Climb During Pandemic,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Opioid Crisis', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health']",What’s behind the historic spike in drug overdose deaths under COVID-19,PBS NewsHour,"In a year when the coronavirus has racked up an unbearable death toll, recent preliminary data from the federal government suggests an overlap with another staggering figure: More Americans died from drug overdose in a 12-month period than at any other point in history.
While the vaccination of more than 1 million Americans in recent days is buoying hope that health officials could be gaining a foothold over the pandemic, the same can’t be said for the opioid crisis, which has been killing people for far longer than COVID-19 and...",center
20949,Drug Overdose Deaths Climb During Pandemic,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Opioid Crisis', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health']","Lockdown Measures Catastrophic for Recovering Addicts, Mental Health",The Epoch Times,"Overseeing sober living homes for newly recovering drug addicts is difficult in the best of times. But the endless shutdowns have created conditions that are challenging for healthy people, let alone those who are fresh out of rehab, vulnerable, and still reeling.
Matt Royce, 35, oversees seven sober-living homes in Minneapolis. All of his houses, each holding between 9 and 13 people, have been “pretty full the whole time.”
No overdose deaths had occurred in his homes in almost three years, but last summer he lost two people, while another...",right
20950,Drug Overdose Deaths Climb During Pandemic,"['Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Opioid Crisis', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health']","San Francisco struggles to stem ‘horrific’ uptick in opioid overdoses, drug abuse",Los Angeles Times,"In early 2019, a formerly homeless man named Tom Wolf posted a thank-you on Twitter to the cop who had arrested him the previous spring, when he was strung out in a doorway with 103 tiny bundles of heroin and cocaine in a plastic baggie at his feet.
“You saved my life,” wrote Wolf, who had finally gotten clean after that bust and 90 days in jail, ending six months of sleeping on scraps of cardboard on the sidewalk.
Today, he joins a growing chorus of people, including San Francisco’s...",left
20951,Cam Newton on Charlotte Riots,['Civil Rights'],Cam Newton stresses accountability after Charlotte riots: ‘We can’t be hypocrites’,Washington Times,"Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton stressed the importance of accountability when he was asked Wednesday to address the police killing of an armed black man, which lead to violent protests in Charlotte this week.
“My big thing is always holding people accountable, no matter what the race is, no matter what the gender is, no matter what the age is. We all have to hold each other accountable,” Mr. Newton told a press conference, a local NBC News affiliate reported.
“I’m a firm believer of justice. I’m a...",right
20952,Cam Newton on Charlotte Riots,['Civil Rights'],Cam Newton weighs in on Charlotte shooting after denying race issue previously,Yahoo News,"Cam Newton finds himself in a no-win situation on matters of race these days, something he mentioned on Wednesday when asked about the shooting death of Charlotte-area resident Keith Lamont Scott by police.
“I’m in a position now where if I say something, it’s going to be critiqued,” the Carolina Panthers quarterback said, “and if I don’t say something, then I’m flawed.”
He’s right — both sides can parse Newton’s words any way they want, and he typically is a lightning rod for criticism no matter what he says. After...",left
20953,Cam Newton on Charlotte Riots,['Civil Rights'],"Cam Newton Finally Gets Real About Racism, The Burden Of Oppression",HuffPost,"Cam Newton ― who previously said that America is “beyond” racism ― has changed his tune in light of Tuesday’s police shooting of a black man in Charlotte.
During the Carolina Panthers weekly media press conference on Wednesday, the reigning NFL MVP was asked to provide his thoughts on the string of racial unrest that has taken place in the city since.
The quarterback at first seemed to hold back sharing his thoughts. Then, he started to open up. Newton repeatedly said that he’s a firm believer in people...",left
20954,Tillerson’s Turn,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Tillerson set for confirmation hearings that are likely to discuss his links with autocratic leaders,Washington Post,Senators will grill Rex Tillerson about the longtime oil executive’s business deals in difficult parts of the world and friendships with autocratic leaders during the first of two planned days of confirmation hearings to become secretary of state.,left
20955,Tillerson’s Turn,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",What to watch for at Tillerson's confirmation hearing,Politico,"Rex Tillerson enters his secretary of state confirmation hearing Wednesday as Donald Trump’s highest profile pick to face GOP resistance, giving the former ExxonMobil CEO little leeway for missteps if he wants to win quick confirmation.",left
20956,Tillerson’s Turn,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Tillerson to be grilled in secretary of state confirmation hearing,Fox News (Online News),"Amid swirling questions about alleged meddling in U.S. politics by the Kremlin and his own business ties to Russia, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson was set to be grilled by Democrats and Republicans alike Wednesday as he seeks to be confirmed as secretary of state.",right
20957,Perspectives: 'Viral' U.S. Army Ad Compared to Russian Army Ad,"['Culture', 'Woke Culture', 'Perspectives', 'Liberal', 'Conservative', 'Staff Perspectives. Army', 'U.S. Army Ad', 'LGBTQ', 'Masculinity', 'Toxic Masculinity', 'Gender Issues']",US vs. Russia: Watch These Two Military Recruitment Videos and You'll Quickly See Why We're 'So Screwed',Townhall,"Move over, CIA. The Army’s new recruitment video takes wokeness to the next level, featuring lesbian moms, a same-sex wedding, equality marches, and more. 
Described by leftist outlets as a “tear-jerking queer story,” the new animated video is part of a series, “The Calling,” which showcases why five soldiers joined the Army. 
One video in the campaign features corporal Emma Malonelord, who operates the Patriot missile defense system.
“It begins in California, with a little girl raised by two moms,” Malonelord says. “Although I had a fairly typical childhood, took ballet,...",right
20958,Perspectives: 'Viral' U.S. Army Ad Compared to Russian Army Ad,"['Culture', 'Woke Culture', 'Perspectives', 'Liberal', 'Conservative', 'Staff Perspectives. Army', 'U.S. Army Ad', 'LGBTQ', 'Masculinity', 'Toxic Masculinity', 'Gender Issues']",Perspectives: Is the Viral U.S. Army Ad Empowering or Emasculating?,AllSides Staff,"A U.S. army ad went viral last weekend after a Twitter user spliced it together with a Russian army ad to show a difference in the tone and messaging. Two AllSides writers, one from the left and one from the right, share opposing perspectives on the ad below.
The Russian ad shows physically fit men waking up at the crack of dawn, doing pushups, shooting guns and jumping out of airplanes. (We don’t speak Russian, so we’re not sure what it says.) Meanwhile, the American ad is a colorful cartoon telling the story of...",center
20959,Perspectives: 'Viral' U.S. Army Ad Compared to Russian Army Ad,"['Culture', 'Woke Culture', 'Perspectives', 'Liberal', 'Conservative', 'Staff Perspectives. Army', 'U.S. Army Ad', 'LGBTQ', 'Masculinity', 'Toxic Masculinity', 'Gender Issues']",Ted Cruz Thinks the Army Is Too 'Woke' to Be Deadly. If Only That Were True,Vice,"On Thursday, Republican Senator Ted Cruz learned that the American military was taking a page from the CIA's playbook and rolling out its own series of ads targeting millennials. 
""Holy crap. Perhaps a woke, emasculated military is not the best idea,” Cruz writes in a tweet comparing a Russian military ad to a U.S. Army recruiting ad. The Russian ad features recruits shaving their heads and suiting up for a parachute mission, interspersed with shots of a bullet being loaded into a weapon. The American ad, posted earlier this month, is a...",left
20960,Terror Suspects Released from Gitmo,[],U.S. Moves Five Yemenis From Guantánamo,New York Times (News),"The United States transferred five more detainees — all of them Yemenis — from the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, on Wednesday, the Defense Department announced. Their release intensified the dispute between the Obama administration and several Republican senators over President Obama’s recent flurry of transfers as he seeks to empty the American-run prison.",left
20961,Terror Suspects Released from Gitmo,[],"4 Guantanamo Detainees Transferred To Oman, 1 To Estonia",NPR (Online News),"The U.S. has transferred five detainees from Guantanamo Bay — four to Oman and one to Estonia, the Defense Department says. The transfers bring to 122 the number of detainees who remain at the military prison.",left
20962,Terror Suspects Released from Gitmo,[],"What Were They Thinking? Despite renewed Yemen fears, Gitmo prisoners released to next-door Oman",Fox News (Online News),"The Department of Defense announced Wednesday that five Yemeni terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have been released. But despite concerns from lawmakers about the risks of sending anybody back to Yemen, four were released to Oman -- which is right next door.",right
20963,"Great Britain, India Enact Nationwide Lockdowns","['Great Britain', 'World', 'Public Health', 'India', 'Asia', 'Coronavirus']","Britain had a head start on Covid-19, but our leaders squandered it",The Guardian,"Those of us who have been tracking the novel coronavirus since December can easily identify its key milestones. There was mid-January, when human to human transmission of coronavirus was confirmed. Then later that month Hubei province hit 500 cases, the unprecedented lockdown extended to almost 60 million people, and the Lancet published a study showing that a third of patients require admission to intensive care, and 29% get so bad that they need ventilation. By the end of February, a sobering WHO-China joint mission press conference illustrated the massive policy...",left
20964,"Great Britain, India Enact Nationwide Lockdowns","['Great Britain', 'World', 'Public Health', 'India', 'Asia', 'Coronavirus']",India’s prime minister decrees 21-day lockdown to curb virus,Associated Press,"NEW DELHI (AP) — India will begin the world’s largest lockdown on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in a TV address, warning citizens to stay inside or risk inviting the pandemic into their homes, and pledging $2 billion to bolster the country’s beleaguered health care system.
“To save India and every Indian, there will be a total ban on venturing out,” Modi said Tuesday night, acknowledging that the 21-day lockdown would be a major blow to the economy, but that the alternative could set the country back 21 years....",left
20965,"Great Britain, India Enact Nationwide Lockdowns","['Great Britain', 'World', 'Public Health', 'India', 'Asia', 'Coronavirus']",Britain becomes latest country in lockdown as police enforce new restrictions,MarketWatch,"Britain has become the latest European country to lockdown as the U.K. government announced a raft of restrictions preventing the population from leaving home apart from four exceptions.
There is now a blanket travel restriction, and police will have powers to fine or disperse people who venture onto the street for any other reason than to buy food, address any medical need, travel to a workplace for essential work, or undertake daily exercise. These steps come as the U.K. death toll rose to 335.
All shops selling nonessential goods have...",center
20966,3-D Printable Gun Designs: National Security Threat or Protected Free Speech?,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Thousands download 3D-printed gun designs,BBC News,"Blueprints for 3D-printed guns, published online four days early amid last-minute attempts to ban them, have been downloaded thousands of times.",center
20967,3-D Printable Gun Designs: National Security Threat or Protected Free Speech?,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Senate Dems blast Trump for newly available 3D gun blueprints: 'Blood' on his hands,Washington Times,Senate Democrats on Tuesday said President Trump will have “blood” on his hands and be “totally responsible” for 3D-printed guns that end up on the streets if his administration doesn’t immediately move to block a Texas company from posting blueprints for the firearms online.,right
20968,3-D Printable Gun Designs: National Security Threat or Protected Free Speech?,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Trump questions 3-D printable guns — which his own administration just helped make available to public,Washington Post,"Weeks after a settlement with the State Department allowed Texas nonprofit Defense Distributed to republish blueprints for downloadable guns online, 3-D printable guns have grabbed the president’s attention.",left
20969,Obama: pot no more dangerous than alcohol,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",Obama Says Marijuana Is No More Dangerous Than Alcohol,HuffPost,With a majority of Americans now in favor marijuana legalization President Barack Obama is now saying weed is no more dangerous to individuals health than alcohol.,left
20970,Obama: pot no more dangerous than alcohol,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",Obama: Pot not worse than alcohol,Politico,"Citing his own experience as a kid with marijuana, President Barack Obama is weighing in on the legalization debate saying it isn't more dangerous than alcohol or different from cigarettes.",left
20971,Obama: pot no more dangerous than alcohol,"['Marijuana Legalization', 'Public Health']",Obama: Marijuana no more dangerous than alcohol,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama doesn't think marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol in terms of its impact on the individual consumer, he told The New Yorker magazine in an interview.",right
20972,Ayman Al-Zawahiri’s Death Places Spotlight on US Foreign Policy,"['Afghanistan', 'Al Qaeda', 'Ayman Al Zawahiri', 'Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Middle East', 'Taliban', 'Terrorism']",Ayman al Zawahiri's death evinces a tactical win but also a broader strategic loss,Washington Examiner,"The killing on Saturday of al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri serves the causes of justice and global security. It is a tactical counterterrorism victory that accrues strategic benefit via a weakened al Qaeda.
Still, that Zawahiri was killed after months of residence in the Afghan capital of Kabul evinces a broader strategic loss in terms of U.S. security. It proves the increasing confidence of the Taliban and al Qaeda in reconstituting their traditional, formal relationship as ideological and practical allies.
The Taliban explicitly disavowed this relationship as part of the Trump...",right
20973,Ayman Al-Zawahiri’s Death Places Spotlight on US Foreign Policy,"['Afghanistan', 'Al Qaeda', 'Ayman Al Zawahiri', 'Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Middle East', 'Taliban', 'Terrorism']",Why death of al-Qaeda’s Ayman al-Zawahiri will have little impact,Al Jazeera,"At first glance, the July 31 killing of al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri by a US drone attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, appears to be the most significant setback the group has experienced since the death of its founder, Osama bin Laden, in 2011.
However, throughout the decade he administered al-Qaeda, al-Zawahiri worked to ensure the organisation has all the necessary tools in place to survive his death. As such, while the operation that eliminated one of the organisers of the 9/11 attacks is undoubtedly a major win for the current US administration, it is unlikely...",left
20974,Ayman Al-Zawahiri’s Death Places Spotlight on US Foreign Policy,"['Afghanistan', 'Al Qaeda', 'Ayman Al Zawahiri', 'Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Middle East', 'Taliban', 'Terrorism']",Al-Zawahiri killing only highlights Afghanistan’s problems,Financial Times,"Ayman al-Zawahiri was an intellectual driving force of al-Qaeda, and Osama bin Laden’s successor as the Islamist group’s leader since 2011. His death in a US strike in Kabul brings justice of sorts for the families of victims of a string of terrorist atrocities including the 9/11 attacks on the US. It demonstrates America’s ability to continue to mount “over-the-horizon” counter-terrorism operations, nearly a year after the ignominious US withdrawal from Afghanistan. But it may do little in itself to hamper the operational capabilities of al-Qaeda, or reduce the risk...",center
20975,Selling Obamacare,['Healthcare'],Obama’s last campaign: Inside the White House plan to sell Obamacare,Washington Post,"Deep inside the White House, in a bare room that the chief of staff uses for meetings, David Simas is still thinking about turnout.
Turnout has been Simas’s job for years now. As director of public-opinion research and polling for President Obama’s reelection campaign, Simas was at the center of the effort to find and persuade young and minority voters to go to the polls like they did in 2008.
Many doubted the Obama campaign’s contention that it could recapture the 2008 electorate. Simas’s data, however, convinced the...",left
20976,Selling Obamacare,['Healthcare'],Obama Touts Benefits of Health Law,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama touted the benefits of the Affordable Care Act Thursday to a skeptical public as part of an effort to build support for the health law in the face of continued Republican efforts to block it.
Speaking at the White House, Mr. Obama said people across the country have gotten rebates from their health-insurance companies that they can use to pay other bills and support their families.",center
20977,Selling Obamacare,['Healthcare'],Obama Pitches Obamacare Plusses as Health Law Pressures Mount,Newsmax (News),"With his health care reform under attack and Americans increasingly skeptical of its benefits, President Obama went on the offensive Thursday announcing that the program will put $500 million into consumers’ pockets this summer and claiming it has lowered insurance rates by $3.4 billion.
During a White House press conference, Obama said 8.5 million policy holders will get rebate checks from insurance companies that spent less than 80 percent of premiums on actual medical care, one of the rules under Obamacare that is intended to limit administrative costs and profits.",right
20978,Trump Continues to Explain Putin Posture,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Struggles to Explain Putin Posture as Zigzag Worries Aides,Bloomberg,The White House continues to struggle to explain President Donald Trump's posture on Russia election meddling.,left
20979,Trump Continues to Explain Putin Posture,"['White House', 'Politics']",Slamming the script: Why the press is dismissing the president's do-over,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump's attempt to clarify what he said in Helsinki is being widely dismissed, even mocked, by many in mainstream media land.",right
20980,Trump Continues to Explain Putin Posture,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump tries to douse Putin storm -- but his cleanup tests credulity,CNN (Online News),President Donald Trump is finally in full-scale cleanup mode after his summit debacle with Russian President Vladimir Putin -- but the credibility of his new critique of Russian election interference is being undermined by his unrepentant and conflicting statements since he got home from Helsinki.,left
20981,Early Voting Breaks Records; Which Party Will Benefit?,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",Those who didn't vote in 2016 are showing up early in droves — and more are Democrats,NBC News (Online),"With early voting totals smashing records on a daily basis, Democrats are leading with a key constituency — those who did not, or could not, vote in 2016.
So far, more than 20 percent of the early vote nationwide has come from these voters, according to data from the NBC News Decision Desk/TargetSmart, a Democratic political data firm.
With 77 million having already cast early votes — a number that the Decision Desk projects could hit 100 million by Tuesday's election — more than 17.5 million of them have come...",left
20982,Early Voting Breaks Records; Which Party Will Benefit?,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",How many Americans have voted early so far?,BBC News,"Early voting is exactly what it sounds like - it's where people are allowed to vote before the scheduled election day.
This can be either in-person at early voting stations, or absentee - that is, by post. In-person early voting is common in Finland and Canada, while Switzerland, Germany and the UK accept postal votes.
In the US, this means people are able to cast their ballots before 3 November - either by post or in-person.
Early voting has steadily increased with each election year. The number of people who...",center
20983,Early Voting Breaks Records; Which Party Will Benefit?,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden']",Add Florida to list of swing states where early voting data favors a Trump victory,Washington Examiner,"Republicans have closed Democrats' early voting lead in Florida by about 300,000 votes since early, in-person voting began and only trail in the state by 3 points five days before Election Day.
“Anyone Democrat feeling really confident right now should look at Florida’s early voting numbers. Republicans are having another huge day across the state,” NBC’s Joe Scarborough noted Tuesday.
Democrats carried an early voting lead in Florida into Election Day in 2016 as well only to have that margin erased by the GOP, resulting in Trump winning the state....",right
20984,Cruz Declares War on Matt Drudge,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ted Cruz’s war with Matt Drudge could become a huge problem for his campaign,Washington Post,The Drudge Report has aggressively portrayed Ted Cruz’s sweep of all the delegates from Colorado’s Republican convention as a corrupt power grab.,left
20985,Cruz Declares War on Matt Drudge,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ted Cruz: Drudge Report Is ‘the Attack Site for the Donald Trump Campaign’,Breitbart News,"Ted Cruz told a local radio show in California on Monday morning that the Drudge Report, the most popular conservative news website, has “become the attack site for the Donald Trump campaign.”",right
20986,Cruz Declares War on Matt Drudge,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Ted Cruz: Drudge in Trump’s Pocket,Daily Beast,"The ongoing saga of the 2016 Republican primary race took an especially unusual turn Monday: deeply conservative candidate Ted Cruz alleged that iconic right-wing news site Drudge Report is a propaganda machine for Donald Trump. After offering praise for Matt Drudge's famed news aggregator, Cruz told The Mike Slater Show that in ""the past month, the Drudge Report has basically become the attack site for the Donald Trump campaign. And so every day they have the latest Trump attack, they’re directed at me.",left
20987,Healthcare Debate Moves to Main Spotlight,['Healthcare'],Obamacare ruling poses new problems for GOP,Washington Times,"A federal judge’s ruling that the Obama health law is unconstitutional has landed like a stink bomb among Republicans, who’ve seen the politics of health care flip as Americans increasingly value the overhaul’s core parts, including protections for pre-existing medical conditions and Medicaid for more low-income people.",right
20988,Healthcare Debate Moves to Main Spotlight,['Healthcare'],President Trump: Ruling against Obamacare offers another chance for repeal and replace,USA TODAY,"While President Donald Trump hailed as ""great news for America"" a federal judge's ruling striking down aspects of the Affordable Care Act, the White House rushed to assure Americans the program will remain in place while the lawsuit is appealed.",left
20989,Healthcare Debate Moves to Main Spotlight,['Healthcare'],Ruling Striking Down Obamacare Moves Health Debate to Center Stage,New York Times (News),"A Texas judge’s ruling that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional may not stand, but it will elevate health care as a pressing topic in a divided Washington.",left
20990,Parting Ways with Fox,"['Tea Party', 'Politics']",Sarah Palin's fall from media stardom,CNN (Online News),"There was a time, as she emerged from the rubble of the 2008 campaign, when Sarah Palin was the hottest cultural figure in America.
People loved her. People hated her. She had transcended the narrow bounds of politics to become a larger-than-life figure, the woman portrayed by Tina Fey, the mama grizzly from Alaska. Every journalist in the country knew that if you put Palin's name in an online headline or television segment, your clicks and ratings would soar.",left
20991,Parting Ways with Fox,"['Tea Party', 'Politics']","Fox News, Palin part ways",Fox News (Online News),"Fox News Channel is parting ways with former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, ending her three-year tenure as a contributor on the network.
While Palin's time at Fox was occasionally rocky, the network's news executive, Bill Shine, said Friday that ""we have thoroughly enjoyed our association"" with her.
""We wish her the",right
20992,Parting Ways with Fox,"['Tea Party', 'Politics']",Sarah Palin's Fox Exit Marks End Of An Era,HuffPost,"The news that Sarah Palin will no longer be a paid contributor to Fox News puts an exclamation point on the end of an era, or at least a chapter, in U.S. political history. She could land somewhere else, and she still has her Facebook friends, but its hard to imagine shell find a more visible or influential platform than Fox.",left
20993,Biden Announces Next Steps in ‘Cancer Moonshot’ Initiative,"['Joe Biden', 'Cancer', 'Science', 'Public Health', 'Research', 'Boston', 'Massachusetts', 'John F Kennedy', 'Technology', 'NIH', 'Bipartisanship']",Biden pushes efforts to end cancer on 60th anniversary of JFK's 'moonshot' speech,ABC News (Online),"On the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's famous moonshot speech, President Joe Biden on Monday is set out to lay out his new plan for a new ""American Moonshot,"" an effort aimed at eradicating cancer ""as we know it.""
""This is a, all the way back '62, the moonshot was announced, we're gonna have a moonshot for cancer, for real. We're gonna cure cancer over time. I'm gonna lay out how we're gonna do that,"" Biden said Monday morning as he departed Washington for Boston, Massachusetts.",left
20994,Biden Announces Next Steps in ‘Cancer Moonshot’ Initiative,"['Joe Biden', 'Cancer', 'Science', 'Public Health', 'Research', 'Boston', 'Massachusetts', 'John F Kennedy', 'Technology', 'NIH', 'Bipartisanship']",Biden names biotech pro as director of new health research agency in a cancer moonshot speech,Washington Times,"President Biden on Monday will appoint Dr. Renee Wegrzyn, an experienced biotechnology professional, to lead an agency created in March to “push the limits” of medical health research and innovation.
Mr. Biden will detail Dr. Wegrzyn’s role as the inaugural director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H, in a speech about his cancer moonshot initiative from Boston. The agency’s portfolio and budget will be focused in part on building programs and technologies that detect, prevent and treat diseases like cancer.
“Cancer not only afflicts Democrats and Republicans, but...",right
20995,Biden Announces Next Steps in ‘Cancer Moonshot’ Initiative,"['Joe Biden', 'Cancer', 'Science', 'Public Health', 'Research', 'Boston', 'Massachusetts', 'John F Kennedy', 'Technology', 'NIH', 'Bipartisanship']",Biden appoints former government scientist as first leader of ARPA-H,STAT,"President Joe Biden on Monday appointed longtime biologist and former government scientist Renee Wegrzyn as the first director of the nascent Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.
Biden’s announcement comes as ARPA-H advocates debate where the multibillion-dollar agency should be headquartered and which elusive disease areas should be prioritized. The president officially launched the agency in March with $1 billion in initial funding allotted by Congress, but the search for its inaugural director has taken months.",center
20996,Colorado Shooting,['Violence In America'],"Colorado massacre suspect heads to court as Batman mask, poster found at apartment",Fox News (Online News),"AURORA, Colo. – The suspected gunman in a massacre at a Colorado movie theater heads to court Monday as investigators reveal he is refusing to cooperate.",right
20997,Colorado Shooting,['Violence In America'],Obama largely steers clear of gun debate,CNN (Online News),"Friday's shootings are likely to propel the issue of gun rights and gun safety into the national conversation again, even though the president did not address it on Friday and has largely avoided the subject while in office.",left
20998,Colorado Shooting,['Violence In America'],Romney: 'Right thing' for Obama to go to Aurora today,Politico,"At a fundraiser in San Francisco, Mitt Romney struck a somber note and noted he planned to speak in less partisan terms than a typical speech, out of deference to the shootings in Aurora, per a pool report.",left
20999,Arizona Senator Martha McSally Says She Was Raped By A Superior Officer In The Air Force,"['Martha McSally', 'US Military', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Arizona GOP Sen. Martha McSally says she was 'preyed upon and then raped' in Air Force by superior officer,Fox News (Online News),"Senator Martha McSally, the first female fighter pilot to fly in combat, disclosed during an emotional Senate hearing on Wednesday she was ""preyed upon and then raped"" in the Air Force by a superior officer.
The Arizona Republican, who served 26 years in the Air Force, made the disclosure during a Senate hearing on sexual assault allegations in the military. McSally said she didn't report the assault because she didn't trust the system, and was ashamed and confused.
“My drive to fight against sexual assault in the ranks is not...",right
21000,Arizona Senator Martha McSally Says She Was Raped By A Superior Officer In The Air Force,"['Martha McSally', 'US Military', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Martha McSally: Prevalence of sexual abuse in military is a national security threat,CBS News (Online),"A hearing on sexual assault in the military Wednesday was personal for Senator Martha McSally. The freshman Arizona Republican revealed before the Senate Armed Services Committee she had been raped by a superior officer while serving in the Air Force.
In her first interview since coming forward with the revelation, McSally told ""CBS This Morning"" co-host Norah O'Donnell she spoke out to ""give the perspective of why I am advocating so strongly for women in the military."" A portion of the interview will air Thursday on ""CBS This Morning,""...",left
21001,Arizona Senator Martha McSally Says She Was Raped By A Superior Officer In The Air Force,"['Martha McSally', 'US Military', 'Sexual Misconduct']",Arizona Sen. Martha McSally reveals she was raped by a superior officer while in Air Force,USA TODAY,"A year after saying she was sexually abused in high school, Sen. Martha McSally revealed during a congressional hearing Wednesday that she was raped by a superior officer while she was in the Air Force.
McSally, an Arizona Republican, said only that an attack happened and implied that it occurred early in her military career that spanned more than two decades.
The personal disclosure came during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel intended to prevent and better respond to sexual assaults in the military in the...",left
21002,Stocks Fall Sharply as Investors Readjust Economic Expectations,"['Banking And Finance', 'Stock Market', 'Wall Street', 'Economy And Jobs', 'World', 'Inflation', 'Recession', 'Interest Rates', 'Federal Reserve', 'Ukraine War', 'Gas Prices', 'Trade']","From the Fed to Europe’s currency crisis, here’s what’s behind this selloff in financial markets",CNBC,"Stocks fell sharply, bond yields rose and the dollar strengthened Friday as investors heeded the Federal Reserve’s signal that its battle with inflation could result in much higher interest rates and a recession.
The sell-off Friday was global, in a week where the Fed boosted rates by another three-quarters of a point and other central banks raised their own interest rates to combat global inflation trends.",center
21003,Stocks Fall Sharply as Investors Readjust Economic Expectations,"['Banking And Finance', 'Stock Market', 'Wall Street', 'Economy And Jobs', 'World', 'Inflation', 'Recession', 'Interest Rates', 'Federal Reserve', 'Ukraine War', 'Gas Prices', 'Trade']",Investors are now bracing for 'hard landing' for economy,Washington Examiner,"Markets have been in decline for the past two weeks as investors prepare for the growing likelihood that the Federal Reserve won’t be able to avoid plunging the economy into a recession.
A month ago, some economists were giving about even odds that the Fed could pull off a “soft landing,” which means tamping down inflation by raising interest rates while skirting an economic recession. Since then, investor outlook appears to have quickly become gloomy in the face of a worse-than-expected inflation report and another massive rate hike.",right
21004,Stocks Fall Sharply as Investors Readjust Economic Expectations,"['Banking And Finance', 'Stock Market', 'Wall Street', 'Economy And Jobs', 'World', 'Inflation', 'Recession', 'Interest Rates', 'Federal Reserve', 'Ukraine War', 'Gas Prices', 'Trade']",Stocks plunge as recession fears mount,CNN Business,"US stocks fell sharply in Friday trading as investors continued to worry about even more rate hikes from the Federal Reserve that could land the US economy in a recession.
The Dow (INDU) tumbled 602 points, or 2%, in afternoon trading. The S&P 500 (SPX) and the Nasdaq (COMP) Composite were each down 2.2%.
The Dow is currently within 20 points of reaching bear territory. If the Dow finishes at or below 29,439.72, it would mark a 20% fall from the indexes record close of 36,799.65 set on January 4, and send the index into an official bear market....",left
21005,Ft. Hood Trial,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Ft. Hood Gunman: 'Dead Bodies Will Show War Is an Ugly Thing',Fox News (Online News),"ACTING AS HIS OWN ATTORNEY and delivering an unrepentant opening statement in his court martial, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan calls himself a 'mujahedeen' and brazenly admits 'I am the shooter' in the Nov. 5, 2009, Fort Hood massacre that left 13 dead.",right
21006,Ft. Hood Trial,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Fort Hood suspect tells court he 'switched sides' in America's war,Christian Science Monitor,"Maj. Nidal Hasan, accused of killing 13 soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009, said the evidence will show 'I am the shooter.' The trial will be important, even if the verdict seems certain.",center
21007,Ft. Hood Trial,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']","Trial of Nidal Hasan, accused Fort Hood gunman, begins after delays",Washington Post,"Nearly four years after 13 people were killed and 32 others wounded in a Fort Hood shooting spree, the long-delayed court-martial of Maj. Nidal M. Hasan opened Tuesday with a prosecutor’s accusation that the former Army psychiatrist planned to “kill as many soldiers as he could.”",left
21008,"Fauci, Paul Debate Over NIH Funding of Wuhan Lab","['Public Health', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Coronavirus', 'Anthony Fauci', 'China', 'Rand Paul']","‘If anybody is lying here, it is you’: Fauci turns tables on inquisitor Rand Paul",The Guardian,"Anthony Fauci has a reputation for plain speaking, as a senator who accused him of lying discovered to his cost on Tuesday.
A congressional hearing on the coronavirus pandemic was electrified when Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, clashed with Rand Paul, a Republican senator for Kentucky and longtime opponent of mask-wearing.
Paul suggested that Fauci had lied before Congress in May when he denied that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded so-called “gain of function” research – the practice of enhancing a virus in a lab to study its...",left
21009,"Fauci, Paul Debate Over NIH Funding of Wuhan Lab","['Public Health', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Coronavirus', 'Anthony Fauci', 'China', 'Rand Paul']",Fauci: Paul doesn't know what he's talking about 'and I want to say that officially',The Hill,"Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday escalated his ongoing feud with the nation's top infectious diseases doctor Anthony Fauci about the role the National Institutes of Health (NIH) played in funding controversial research in Wuhan, China.
The two traded barbs during a tense exchange, triggering a shouting match in which Fauci accused Paul of lying in order to further his agenda. 
During a Senate Health Committee hearing about the federal COVID-19 response, Paul said the NIH funded illegal gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which created a highly dangerous and transmissible virus...",center
21010,"Fauci, Paul Debate Over NIH Funding of Wuhan Lab","['Public Health', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Coronavirus', 'Anthony Fauci', 'China', 'Rand Paul']",Rand Paul Accuses Fauci of Lying to Congress about Gain-of-Function Research Funding,National Review,"Senator Rand Paul (R., Ky.) and Dr. Anthony Fauci again clashed over alleged U.S. government funding of gain-of-function research on bat coronavirus in Wuhan, China, during testimony before a Senate committee on Tuesday.
Paul implied that Fauci misled Congress during May testimony, in which Fauci said the U.S. had never funded gain-of-function projects at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Gain-of-function research involves making viruses more contagious or deadly in a laboratory.",right
21011,Perspectives: Bipartisanship in Biden's First 100 Days,"['Bridging Divides', 'Joe Biden', 'Polarization', 'White House', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",Biden moved left. But is he dividing or uniting the country?,AllSides Staff,"In our world where agreement, especially among the politically fractured media, is rare, there seems to be a general consensus on one thing: President Joe Biden is governing further left than expected. From The New York Times on the left to the National Review on the right, the press is in general agreement.
But is Biden uniting or dividing the country while he moves left?
Biden’s inaugural address sounded notes of unity, but historically that has been a standard feature for new presidents, with the noted exception of President Donald...",center
21012,Perspectives: Bipartisanship in Biden's First 100 Days,"['Bridging Divides', 'Joe Biden', 'Polarization', 'White House', 'Campaign Rhetoric']","100 Days of Big, Bold, Partisan Change",Ezra Klein,"I intended to duly fulfill my duty as a political columnist and write about the first 100 days of Joe Biden’s presidency. My idea was to focus on the 50 Senate Democrats: They don’t have a single vote to spare, they have to broker deals that satisfy both Bernie Sanders and Joe Manchin — America does have a multiparty political system, it’s just tucked inside the Senate Democratic caucus — and yet they’ve held together pretty well, on a pretty ambitious agenda.
But as I talked to Senate Democrats about...",left
21013,Perspectives: Bipartisanship in Biden's First 100 Days,"['Bridging Divides', 'Joe Biden', 'Polarization', 'White House', 'Campaign Rhetoric']",Biden’s Con against America,National Review,"One-hundred days in, Biden’s radical presidency makes clear that his campaign was, in fact, a fraud.
\‘It’s the unspoken Biden formula,” reports Axios. “Talk like a rosy bipartisan; act like a ruthless partisan.”
Indeed, it is. And to this maxim we might add a few others. Talk like a moderate; act like a radical. Talk about normality; act like a revolutionary. And, at all stages, aggressively hide the ball. Progressive pundits have taken to saying that Biden poses a problem for conservatives because he is so “boring.” That’s one way...",right
21014,Warrant Issued For Ousted Ukraine Leader,['World'],Ukraine’s Acting Government Issues Warrant for Yanukovych’s Arrest,New York Times (News),"Ukraine’s acting interior minister issued a warrant on Monday for the arrest of former President Viktor F. Yanukovych, accusing him of mass killing of civilian protesters in demonstrations last week.",left
21015,Warrant Issued For Ousted Ukraine Leader,['World'],Ukraine's Yanukovych On Run From Mass Murder Charge,NPR (Online News),Ousted from office Viktor Yanukovych is now missing.,left
21016,Warrant Issued For Ousted Ukraine Leader,['World'],Ukraine's new leaders order arrest of former President Yanukovych,Fox News (Online News),Ukraines acting interior minister announced Monday that an arrest warrant had been issued for that country's president Viktor Yanukovych.,right
21017,July 2016 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Strong Job Gains, for Second Month, Reframe Economic Outlook",New York Times (News),"The American economy roared ahead last month, as employers added 255,000 jobs, a bigger-than-expected gain that suggests the country’s growth rate may be more robust than thought just two months ago.",left
21018,July 2016 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],U.S. adds a robust 255K jobs; unemployment stays 4.9 pct.,Washington Times,"Employers added a healthy 255,000 jobs last month, a sign of confidence amid sluggish growth that points to a resilient U.S. economy.",right
21019,July 2016 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],July Jobs Report,Wall Street Journal (News),"The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that nonfarm payrolls rose by a seasonally adjusted 255,000 in July. Revisions showed U.S. employers added 18,000 more jobs in May and June than previously estimated. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.9% in July.",center
21020,Jeb Bush on Immigration,['Immigration'],"Jeb Bush, arguing for immigration reform, says immigrants 'more fertile'",CNN (Online News),"Making an argument for overhauling the nation's immigration system Friday to a crowd of conservative activists, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush claimed immigrants were ""more fertile"" and thus a great benefit to American society.",left
21021,Jeb Bush on Immigration,['Immigration'],"Michele Bachmann, Jeb Bush Clash On Immigration",HuffPost,"Two Republican Party stars clashed at a conservative conference Friday during a discussion of immigration reform, illustrating the party's divide on the major issue currently moving through Congress.",left
21022,Jeb Bush on Immigration,['Immigration'],Jeb Bush’s Comments on Immigrants Causes Some Head-Scratching: They’re ‘More Fertile’,The Blaze,"During his speech, Bush argued in favor of immigration reform — a subject that is at the center of Congressional discussion at the moment.",right
21023,"Reports Say Netanyahu Secretly Met With Saudi Crown Prince, Saudis Deny Meeting Happened","['Middle East', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Mike Pompeo', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Mohammed Bin Salman', 'Israel', 'Saudi Arabia']","Netanyahu met MBS, Pompeo in Saudi Arabia: Israeli media",Al Jazeera,"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly flew to Saudi Arabia on Sunday to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Israeli media said.
A member of Netanyahu’s cabinet and Likud party on Monday confirmed reports that the Israeli leader had held a meeting in Saudi Arabia, calling it an “amazing achievement”.",left
21024,"Reports Say Netanyahu Secretly Met With Saudi Crown Prince, Saudis Deny Meeting Happened","['Middle East', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Mike Pompeo', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Mohammed Bin Salman', 'Israel', 'Saudi Arabia']",Saudi Arabia denies Netanyahu met secretly with crown prince,Axios,"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled in secret Sunday to the city of Neom on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast for a meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Israeli sources told me.
The latest: Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan on Monday denied the meeting took place — a signal that the Saudis may be unhappy with the leak or are at least trying to publicly distance themselves from the meeting. Netanyahu, on the other hand, has not denied the story.",center
21025,"Reports Say Netanyahu Secretly Met With Saudi Crown Prince, Saudis Deny Meeting Happened","['Middle East', 'World', 'Foreign Policy', 'Mike Pompeo', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Mohammed Bin Salman', 'Israel', 'Saudi Arabia']","Netanyahu, Mossad Chief Reportedly Make Secret Visit to Saudi Arabia",CBN,"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went to Saudi Arabia on Sunday where he met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, Israeli media reported Monday.
Netanyahu’s visit only lasted a few hours and marks the first official trip of its kind. He traveled to the city of Neom and was accompanied by Israel’s Mossad chief Yossi Cohen. Israeli media reported that Netanyahu and Cohen met with Pompeo and bin Salman possibly to discuss matters related to Iran and normalization.
Pompeo was in Saudi Arabia for...",right
21026,Public Health Officials Concerned Protests Will Cause a Spike in Coronavirus Cases,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Violence In America', 'Race And Racism', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",When Should Force Be Used To Protect Public Health?,Reason,"During an April 2 interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News, Surgeon General Jerome Adams compared deaths caused by COVID-19 to deaths caused by smoking and drug abuse. ""More people will die, even in the worst projections, from cigarette smoking in this country than are going to die from coronavirus this year,"" he said.
Wallace questioned the analogy. ""Dr. Adams,"" he said, ""there's a big difference between opioids and cigarettes, which are something that people decide to use or not to use, [and] the coronavirus, which people catch. It's not...",right
21027,Public Health Officials Concerned Protests Will Cause a Spike in Coronavirus Cases,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Violence In America', 'Race And Racism', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']","Protesters should 'highly consider' coronavirus tests, U.S. health official says",Reuters,"NEW YORK (Reuters) - A top U.S. health official cautioned on Thursday that protests sweeping across the country could increase the spread of the novel coronavirus, particularly in cities that have struggled to control the outbreak, and that participants should “highly consider” getting tested.
Huge crowds have taken to the streets of dozens of cities since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody set off unrest that has roiled America in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
Protests have occurred in Minneapolis and Washington, D.C., where there has...",center
21028,Public Health Officials Concerned Protests Will Cause a Spike in Coronavirus Cases,"['Public Health', 'Coronavirus', 'Violence In America', 'Race And Racism', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19']",What public health experts want critics to know about why they support the protests,Vox,"As someone with asthma, Meredith Blake was very worried about getting sick in the pandemic. With Covid-19 spreading across America, she stayed inside her home in Boston for 12 weeks, isolating from others as much as possible.
Her self-quarantine ended on June 1. After George Floyd’s killing at the hands of police in Minneapolis, she was compelled to march in the streets with a large crowd of other Bostonians, in close proximity. She wore a face mask and used lots of hand sanitizer wipes.
“I was definitely a little nervous,”...",left
21029,Trump Speaks to Vets,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']","Tomorrow, Trump will give more details About His donations to vets. Here's what we still do not know.",Washington Post,"Last week - after intense pressure from the news media - Donald Trump made good on a promise I made in January HAD. I gave $ 1 million of His own money to a charity for veterans. (Trump esta reporter called ""a nasty guy"" after I Asked him my questions HAD Whether the prompted him to finally give the money.)",left
21030,Trump Speaks to Vets,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",Trump Reaches Out to Veterans at ‘Rolling Thunder’ Rally,Wall Street Journal (News),"Donald Trump reached out to veterans at a biker rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday afternoon, drawing applause as he promised to pay for private health care and to announce new donations to veterans groups.
The presumptive Republican nominee for president found a friendly crowd here after a week in which protesters and the press questioned his promises to help veterans.",center
21031,Trump Speaks to Vets,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",Trump Tells Rolling Thunder Crowd: Illegal Immigrants Treated Better Than Veterans in U.S.,The Blaze,"Donald Trump was focusing on veterans Sunday at the annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally.
The Memorial Day weekend event, which got its start in 1988, also honors members of the military missing in action.
Motorcyclists began their procession from the Pentagon, crossed the Potomac River and rode around the National Mall, ending up at a rally by the Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial.",right
21032,NSA Monitored 35 World Leaders,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",EU Team To Seek Response To U.S. Spying Allegations,HuffPost,"A delegation of lawmakers from the European Union will travel to Washington on Monday to seek a response to allegations of widespread spying by the United States against EU citizens and governments, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel.",left
21033,NSA Monitored 35 World Leaders,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Europe falls out of love with Obama over NSA spying claims,CNN (Online News),"On July 24, 2008, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama addressed tens of thousands of Germans on the avenue that leads from the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.",left
21034,NSA Monitored 35 World Leaders,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","Report says NSA monitored 35 world leaders, on heels of Merkel spying claim",Fox News (Online News),Tensions between the U.S. government and its allies continued to flare amid reports that the National Security Agency monitored phone calls of 35 world leaders -- this after Germany's government summoned the U.S. ambassador to account for allegations that the agency may have targeted Chancellor Angela Merkel's cellphone.,right
21035,Journalist Glenn Greenwald Resigns from The Intercept,"['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Censorship', 'Free Speech', 'Glenn Greenwald']",Glenn Greenwald Throws a Fit,New Republic,"It takes a special kind of gall to quit a six-figure media job in the doomed year of 2020. But that’s just what Glenn Greenwald has done, following in the martyred footsteps of erstwhile New York Times freethinker Bari Weiss. In a 4,000-word Substack post, Greenwald resigned from his healthy perch at The Intercept, a publication he co-founded, explaining, in his typically piqued and exhaustive manner, that he had been “censored.”
The censorship—an inflated and, in this case, misapplied term that Greenwald would probably mock if used by someone...",left
21036,Journalist Glenn Greenwald Resigns from The Intercept,"['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Censorship', 'Free Speech', 'Glenn Greenwald']",No Newsroom Is Safe If The Intercept Can Fall Victim to Media Groupthink,National Review,"Glenn Greenwald founded The Intercept in 2013 with the explicit goal of creating a news outlet that would be insulated from the partisan and financial pressures inherent to corporate media.
As he acknowledges in a resignation letter published Thursday, that project has ultimately failed.
The Intercept’s editors, who Greenwald notes repeatedly are almost all based in New York, forbade him from publishing a column airing well-documented allegations of Biden family corruption. They told him that he couldn’t publish the piece as written at The Intercept, supposedly in violation of his...",right
21037,Journalist Glenn Greenwald Resigns from The Intercept,"['Media Industry', 'Media Bias', 'Censorship', 'Free Speech', 'Glenn Greenwald']",My Resignation From The Intercept,Glenn Greenwald,"Today I sent my intention to resign from The Intercept, the news outlet I co-founded in 2013 with Jeremy Scahill and Laura Poitras, as well as from its parent company First Look Media.
The final, precipitating cause is that The Intercept’s editors, in violation of my contractual right of editorial freedom, censored an article I wrote this week, refusing to publish it unless I remove all sections critical of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the candidate vehemently supported by all New-York-based Intercept editors involved in this effort at suppression.
The...",center
21038,All Options Open with North Korea,['Foreign Policy'],Tillerson Says 'All Of The Options Are On The Table' In Dealing With North Korea,NPR (Online News),"Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the U.S. doesn't want to take military action against North Korea, but ""all of the options are on the table"" if a serious threat arises. Tillerson made his frank remarks in a visit to South Korea on Friday, a day after saying diplomatic efforts ""have failed"" to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear program.",left
21039,All Options Open with North Korea,['Foreign Policy'],Tillerson: US Military Force Against North Korea 'On the Table',Townhall,"Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the “policy of strategic patience” is over regarding North Korea’s pursuit of missile and nuclear weapons. As a result, U.S. military force is one option that’s on the table for dealing with the rogue nation.",right
21040,All Options Open with North Korea,['Foreign Policy'],"Rex Tillerson: When It Comes To North Korea, All Options Are On The Table",HuffPost,"A U.S. policy of strategic patience with North Korea has ended, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in South Korea on Friday, adding that military action would be “on the table” if North Korea elevated the threat level.",left
21041,Have a Happy Thanksgiving,"['Holidays', 'General News']",What's Your Thanksgiving Worth To You?,HuffPost,How much is a Thanksgiving with your loved ones worth to you?,left
21042,Have a Happy Thanksgiving,"['Holidays', 'General News']","If You Must Fry A Turkey, Listen To William Shatner First",NPR (Online News),Shatners rap offers important tips about how to avoid burning down the house.,left
21043,Have a Happy Thanksgiving,"['Holidays', 'General News']",Obama's Thanksgiving address gives veiled nod to immigrants,Washington Times,"President Obama didn't use the word immigration in his Thanksgiving Day address, but he made it clear he's thankful for immigrants, among the nation's many blessings that he enumerated.",right
21044,China Says Beijing And U.S. Agreed To Lift Tariff Hikes As Trade Talks Proceed,"['China', 'Tariffs', 'United States', 'Trade']","China says Beijing, US to lift tariff hikes as talks advance",Associated Press,"Beijing and Washington have agreed to reduce some punitive tariffs on each other’s goods as talks on ending their trade war progress, a Chinese spokesman said Thursday, removing a possible stumbling block to a settlement.
The agreement came during talks aimed at working out details of a “Phase 1” deal announced Oct. 12. Financial markets were rattled by reports China was pushing for tariffs to be lifted, which raised the possibility of a breakdown in talks.
Negotiators agreed to a “phased cancellation” of tariff hikes if talks progress, said a...",left
21045,China Says Beijing And U.S. Agreed To Lift Tariff Hikes As Trade Talks Proceed,"['China', 'Tariffs', 'United States', 'Trade']",China says tariffs will come down if trade deal reached with U.S.,CBS News (Online),"Beijing and Washington have agreed to reduce some punitive tariffs on each other's goods as talks on ending their trade war progress, a Chinese spokesman said Thursday, removing a possible stumbling block to a settlement.
The agreement came during talks aimed at working out details of a ""Phase 1"" deal announced Oct. 12. Financial markets were rattled by reports China was pushing for tariffs to be lifted, which raised the possibility of a breakdown in talks.
Negotiators agreed to a ""phased cancellation"" of tariff hikes if talks progress, said a...",left
21046,China Says Beijing And U.S. Agreed To Lift Tariff Hikes As Trade Talks Proceed,"['China', 'Tariffs', 'United States', 'Trade']",China says Beijing and US agreed to lift tariff hikes as trade talks proceed,New York Post (News),"China’s Commerce Ministry said Thursday that Beijing and Washington have agreed in principle to roll back existing tariffs in phases if trade talks between the two countries move forward.
Ministry spokesman Gao Feng said both sides had agreed to simultaneously cancel some tariffs on each other’s goods, CNBC reported, citing the Chinese state broadcaster.
Both sides were closer to a so-called “phase one” trade agreement after constructive negotiations over the past two weeks, he added.
“If the two sides achieve a ‘Phase 1’ agreement, then based on the content of...",right
21047,Trump Retweets #FireFauci Tweet,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Tony Fauci', 'White House', 'Politics']","Trump Retweets '#FireFauci' Post, Denies Virus Report",Newsmax (News),"President Donald Trump is pushing back on a weekend report that claimed his administration could have acted sooner to control the coronavirus in the United States, calling it ""fake news"" and retweeting a message that called on him to fire Dr. Anthony Fauci from his virus task force.
On Sunday, Fauci — the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases — told CNN that there was ""pushback"" to suggestions in February that the Trump administration should enact social distancing guidelines as cases of COVID-19 started to show...",right
21048,Trump Retweets #FireFauci Tweet,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Tony Fauci', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump retweets call to fire Anthony Fauci after the coronavirus expert says earlier measures ‘could have saved lives’,Washington Post,"President Trump retweeted a call to fire his top infectious disease specialist Anthony S. Fauci on Sunday evening, amid mounting criticism of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The call, with the hashtag “FireFauci” came from a former Republican congressional candidate, DeAnna Lorraine, who amassed 1.8 percent of the vote in an open primary challenge to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) this year.
It followed an interview with National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases chief on CNN’s “State of the Union,” in which Fauci said a stronger early...",left
21049,Trump Retweets #FireFauci Tweet,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Donald Trump', 'Tony Fauci', 'White House', 'Politics']",Trump Retweets Call for Dr. Fauci to Be Fired Over Coronavirus Comments,Wall Street Journal (News),"Leading infectious-diseases official said on CNN that the U.S. ‘could have saved more lives’ if it had moved faster
President Trump stoked questions about the fate of Dr. Anthony Fauci after retweeting a critic who called for the member of the White House’s coronavirus task force to be fired after he said lives could have been saved if the government had acted more quickly.
Dr. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has drawn denunciations from some on the right who have questioned his advice...",center
21050,Biden Admin to Cancel $5.8 Billion in Student Loan Debt for Students of Corinthian Colleges,"['Education', 'Student Loan Debt', 'Biden Administration', 'Student Loans']",Biden administration cancels $5.8 billion in student loan debt for former Corinthian students,CNN (Online News),"The Department of Education announced Wednesday that it will cancel $5.8 billion in student loan debt for 560,000 borrowers who attended the now-defunct network of for-profit schools known as Corinthian Colleges.
The cancellation amounts to the largest one-time discharge ever made by the Department of Education.
Some of Corinthian's former students were already eligible for debt cancellation, but the new action will ensure that all borrowers who attended from Corinthian's founding in 1995 through its closure in April 2015 will get debt relief.
At its peak in 2010, Corinthian Colleges...",left
21051,Biden Admin to Cancel $5.8 Billion in Student Loan Debt for Students of Corinthian Colleges,"['Education', 'Student Loan Debt', 'Biden Administration', 'Student Loans']",Biden admin to cancel $5.8B in school loans for former Corinthian College students,Fox News (Online News),"The Biden administration says it will cancel federal student loans for some 560,000 borrowers who attended the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain. 
Under the new action, hundreds of thousands of students who attended the now-defunct chain will receive $5.8 billion in full loan discharges – the largest of its kind in the Department of Eduction's history. 
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks during the National and State Teachers of the Year event at the White House, April 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
""As of today, every student deceived, defrauded and driven into debt by...",right
21052,Biden Admin to Cancel $5.8 Billion in Student Loan Debt for Students of Corinthian Colleges,"['Education', 'Student Loan Debt', 'Biden Administration', 'Student Loans']",Biden administration will cancel student debt for half a million students from Corinthian Colleges,CNBC,"The Biden administration plans to cancel all outstanding student loans for those who attended schools operated by Corinthian Colleges, formerly one of the largest for-profit education companies, the U.S. Department of Education announced Wednesday.
The schools have been accused of predatory and unlawful practices, and faced lawsuits from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as well as Vice President Kamala Harris when she was attorney general of California. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2015.
Around 560,000 borrowers stand to benefit from the debt cancellation, which will come out to around $5.8 billion. That’s the...",center
21053,Warren to End Presidential Campaign,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Democratic Party', 'Progressives', 'US Senate', 'Elizabeth Warren']","Elizabeth Warren, Once a Front-Runner, Will Drop Out of Presidential Race",New York Times (News),"BOSTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts plans to drop out of the presidential race on Thursday and will inform her staff of her plans later this morning, according to a person close to her, ending a run defined by an avalanche of policy plans that aimed to pull the Democratic Party to the left and appealed to enough voters to make her briefly a front-runner last fall, but that proved unable to translate excitement from elite progressives into backing from the party’s more working-class and diverse base.
Though her...",left
21054,Warren to End Presidential Campaign,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Democratic Party', 'Progressives', 'US Senate', 'Elizabeth Warren']",Elizabeth Warren to suspend presidential campaign,Axios,"Elizabeth Warren is suspending her campaign after a poor performance on Super Tuesday, as first reported by the New York Times and confirmed by multiple other media outlets.
The state of play: Once thought of as a front-runner, Warren failed to win a single state during the biggest day on the Democratic primary calendar, even coming in third in her home state of Massachusetts behind Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders.
Warren was largely a non-factor in the early nominating contests in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, picking up...",center
21055,Warren to End Presidential Campaign,"['Elections', '2020 Election', 'Democratic Party', 'Progressives', 'US Senate', 'Elizabeth Warren']",Warren ending 'dream big' presidential campaign,Washington Examiner,"Elizabeth Warren, the most prominent female candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential field, is ending her ""dream big, fight hard"" campaign.
On Thursday, the Massachusetts senator will reportedly tell her staff in a call that she will be dropping out of the race and deliver a formal announcement later in the day.
The Massachusetts senator, 70, staked her candidacy on broad left-wing proposals such as a wealth tax on millionaires and billionaires, breaking up Big Tech companies, and forgiving student loan debt. Her plethora of policy proposals led to ""I...",right
21056,8 Dead in Indianapolis FedEx Shooting,"['Violence In America', 'Indianapolis Shooting']",Police: 8 dead in shooting at FedEx facility in Indianapolis,Associated Press,"A gunman killed eight people and wounded several others before apparently taking his own life in a late-night attack at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport, police said, in the latest in a spate of mass shootings after a relative lull during the pandemic.
Five people were hospitalized after the Thursday night shooting, according to police. One of them had critical injuries, police spokesperson Genae Cook said. Another two people were treated and released at the scene. FedEx said people who worked for the company were among the dead....",left
21057,8 Dead in Indianapolis FedEx Shooting,"['Violence In America', 'Indianapolis Shooting']","Gunman kills 8 at FedEx facility before apparently shooting himself, Indianapolis police say",Washington Post,"A gunman killed eight people and then apparently turned his weapon on himself at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis on Thursday, in a mass shooting that left several others injured, authorities said.
Here’s what to know:
The authorities were still working to confirm the identities of the shooter and the victims.
As investigators search for a motive, police said the shooting “wasn’t precipitated by any kind of a disturbance or an argument.”
Police responded just after 11 p.m. to reports of shots fired. Upon arriving at the facility, officers came...",left
21058,8 Dead in Indianapolis FedEx Shooting,"['Violence In America', 'Indianapolis Shooting']",Eight killed in mass shooting at FedEx facility near Indianapolis airport,Washington Examiner,"Eight people were shot and killed at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, before the gunman took his own life, according to police.
Officers were first called after reports of gunfire at the facility near Indianapolis International Airport after 11 p.m., police spokesperson Genae Cook said early Friday morning.
The incident was ""very short"" and ""probably only lasted one to two minutes,"" the deputy chief of criminal investigations for Indianapolis police Craig McCartt said, adding that a suspect might have exited his vehicle and began firing on the building.
“The...",right
21059,"US Added 916,000 Jobs in March","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment Rate', 'Job Growth']","Hiring Jumped in March, Fueled by Vaccines and Federal Aid: Live Updates",New York Times (News),"The U.S. jobs rebound picked up steam last month, fueled by the accelerating pace of vaccinations and a new injection of federal aid.
Employers added 916,000 jobs in March, up from 416,000 in February and the most since August, the Labor Department said Friday. The unemployment rate fell to 6 percent, down from 6.2 percent in February.
The report came one year after the pandemic ripped a hole in the American labor market. The U.S. economy lost 1.7 million jobs in March 2020 and more than 20 million in April,...",left
21060,"US Added 916,000 Jobs in March","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment Rate', 'Job Growth']","U.S. Added 916,000 Jobs in March as Economy Recovers",Wall Street Journal (News),"Hiring accelerated in March as employers added 916,000 jobs, the Labor Department said Friday, the biggest gain since August. The unemployment rate fell to 6.0%.
The U.S. labor market is poised for a hiring spree that could deliver jobs to the industries, regions and workers hardest hit during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal project employers will add an average of 514,000 jobs each month over the next year, for a total of more than six million. That would mark the best 12-month stretch of job...",center
21061,"US Added 916,000 Jobs in March","['Economy And Jobs', 'Unemployment Rate', 'Job Growth']","Economy beat expectations in March with 916,000 new jobs as pandemic wanes, unemployment down to 6%",Washington Examiner,"The economy beat expectations by adding 916,000 new jobs in March while the unemployment rate dropped to 6% as businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
Forecasters had anticipated some 647,000 new nonfarm payroll jobs.
Demand for labor has increased as stores, restaurants, and other businesses keep emerging from the year-long slump brought on by pandemic restrictions. More and more people are getting vaccinated for COVID-19, the major factor at play in how quickly the economy can regain its pre-pandemic footing.
The growth also...",right
21062,Mixed Signals on Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Blocked Or Breaking Through? Mixed Signals On Gun Bills,NPR (Online News),As the Senate prepares to take up Democratic-sponsored gun legislation theres a report of a possible bipartisan deal on background checks for gun buyers. But other reports indicate that the gridlock over guns is likely to continue.,left
21063,Mixed Signals on Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Senators work on possible breakthrough on gun background checks,Fox News (Online News),Congress returns to Washington to resume negotiations on gun-control legislation with a possible breakthrough on the biggest impasse in achieving a partisan deal expanding federal background checks.,right
21064,Mixed Signals on Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],President Obama's make-or-break week on guns,Politico,President Barack Obama finds out this week whether he scratches out a narrow victory on gun control - or ends up with nothing at all.,left
21065,Trump Promotes Crime Reform in First DC Speech Since Leaving White House,"['Capital Punishment And Death Penalty', 'Crime', 'Domestic Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Violence In America', 'Washington DC', 'White House']",Trump pushes law-and-order policy in first D.C. speech since leaving White House,Washington Times,"Former President Trump, giving his first speech in Washington since leaving office, attacked soft-on-crime policies on Tuesday for leading to a national wave of violence in many U.S. cities, and said police must be allowed to do their jobs.
“Under the Democrat rule, in Democrat-run cities, Democrat-run states and a Democrat-run federal government, the criminals have been given free rein more than ever before. There’s never been a time like this,” Mr. Trump told the America First Policy Institute summit at a Washington hotel.
He said American streets “are riddled...",right
21066,Trump Promotes Crime Reform in First DC Speech Since Leaving White House,"['Capital Punishment And Death Penalty', 'Crime', 'Domestic Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Violence In America', 'Washington DC', 'White House']",Trump in DC speech calls for death penalty for convicted drug dealers,The Hill,"Former President Trump on Tuesday voiced support for imposing the death penalty as punishment for convicted drug dealers as part of a speech in which he laid out a series of drastic measures to curb crime.
“The penalties should be very, very severe. If you look at countries throughout the world, the ones that don’t have a drug problem are ones that institute a very quick trial death penalty sentence for drug dealers,” Trump said at the America First Policy Institute. 
“It sounds horrible, doesn’t it? But you know what? That’s the...",center
21067,Trump Promotes Crime Reform in First DC Speech Since Leaving White House,"['Capital Punishment And Death Penalty', 'Crime', 'Domestic Policy', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections', 'Violence In America', 'Washington DC', 'White House']","Trump back in Washington, repeating election lies",Associated Press Fact Check,"In dueling speeches not far from the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump repeated the false election claims that sparked the Jan. 6 insurrection while his former vice president, Mike Pence, implored the Republican Party to stop looking backward.
Potential foes for the 2024 GOP nomination, neither man was ready to announce a campaign, but their speeches underscored divisions in the party between Trump loyalists and Republicans who may still like Trump’s ideas but are more than ready to move on.
The former president was clearly not ready...",left
21068,Judge Rejects House Democrats Lawsuit Trying To Block Trump's Border Wall Funding,"['Border Wall', 'Federal Judge', 'Politics']",U.S. judge denies Democrats' lawsuit to stop border wall funds,Reuters,"A U.S. federal judge on Monday rejected a lawsuit by Democrats in the House of Representatives that sought to block President Donald Trump’s plan to divert funds to help build a border wall.
“While the Constitution bestows upon Members of the House many powers, it does not grant them standing to hale the Executive Branch into court claiming a dilution of Congress’s legislative authority. The Court therefore lacks jurisdiction to hear the House’s claims and will deny its motion,” McFadden wrote.
House Democrats had argued diverting the funds violated the...",center
21069,Judge Rejects House Democrats Lawsuit Trying To Block Trump's Border Wall Funding,"['Border Wall', 'Federal Judge', 'Politics']",Judge rejects House Democrats' request to block Trump's border wall funding,CBS News (Online),"A federal judge on Monday denied a House request to prevent President Donald Trump from tapping Defense Department money for his proposed border wall with Mexico, saying Congress lacked authority to sue.
Trump's victory is muted by a federal ruling in California last month that blocked construction of key sections of the wall. The California case was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the Sierra Club and Southern Border Communities Coalition.
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee, wrote that the House's lawsuit was ""about...",left
21070,Judge Rejects House Democrats Lawsuit Trying To Block Trump's Border Wall Funding,"['Border Wall', 'Federal Judge', 'Politics']",Judge Tosses House Dems' Lawsuit Trying to Block Trump's Use of Military Funds for Border Wall,Townhall,"A federal judge threw out House Democrats’ lawsuit seeking an injunction against President Trump’s use of military funds for a border wall.
Washington, D.C., district court Judge Trevor McFadden said the fight is ultimately a political one “because the Constitution grants the House no standing to litigate these claims.""
""This case presents a close question about the appropriate role of the Judiciary in resolving disputes between the other two branches of the Federal Government. To be clear, the court does not imply that Congress may never sue the Executive...",right
21071,Obamacare Delays Impact,['Healthcare'],U.S. Struggles to Meet Health-Law Deadline,Wall Street Journal (News),Delay in Big-Employer Requirement Raises Questions About Administration's Ability to Implement Overall Policy. When Obama administration officials delayed a central plank of the new health law—requiring that big employers offer health insurance to workers—they said it was to help businesses pleading for more time.,center
21072,Obamacare Delays Impact,['Healthcare'],"At Restaurant, Delay Is Help on Health Law",New York Times (News),"Eric King has worked diligently to keep his family’s 35-year-old seafood restaurant here viable, most recently by expanding the menu beyond its well-loved crab cakes and other traditional dishes to draw a younger, freer-spending crowd.",left
21073,Obamacare Delays Impact,['Healthcare'],Affordable Care Act? Blue Cross warns clients of price hikes,Fox News (Online News),Video: Aggravated customer sounds off,right
21074,"Rivalry Between Fauci, Republicans Continues With Arguments About COVID-19 Origins","['Coronavirus', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Rand Paul', 'Roger Marshall', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Gain Of Function', 'China', 'Science']",Fauci says Sen. Paul's attacks 'kindle the crazies' who have threatened his life,NBC News (Online),"WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government's top infectious disease expert, sparred with Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., at a hearing Tuesday after Paul attacked him for appearing to disagree with scientists who said the coronavirus originated in a lab in China.
""What happens when he gets out and accuses me of things that are completely untrue is that all of a sudden that kindles the crazies out there, and I have threats upon my life, harassment of my family and my children, with obscene phone calls because people are lying...",left
21075,"Rivalry Between Fauci, Republicans Continues With Arguments About COVID-19 Origins","['Coronavirus', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Rand Paul', 'Roger Marshall', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Gain Of Function', 'China', 'Science']","Fauci accuses Rand Paul of using pandemic for ""political gain""",Axios,"NIAID director Anthony Fauci, in a fiery exchange with Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday, accused the Kentucky senator of ""making a catastrophic epidemic for your political gain.""
Driving the news: ""In usual fashion, senator, you are distorting everything about me,"" Fauci said, responding to repeated attacks by Paul during a hearing before the Senate's health panel on the federal response to COVID-19 variants.
Fauci suggested that Paul's repeated attacks on him have led to ""threats upon my life, harassment of my family and my children with obscene phone calls because people...",center
21076,"Rivalry Between Fauci, Republicans Continues With Arguments About COVID-19 Origins","['Coronavirus', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Rand Paul', 'Roger Marshall', 'Wuhan Lab', 'Gain Of Function', 'China', 'Science']",Rand Paul Grills Dr. Fauci For Trying To Suppress Lab-Leak Theory,The Daily Caller,"White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci and Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul engaged in yet another explosive exchange at a Senate hearing Tuesday.
Fauci and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Rochelle Walensky were testifying before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions about the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 response. Paul began to ask Fauci why he had attempted to suppress the lab-leak theory by dismissing the work of various scientists who were exploring the possibility, and Fauci got fired up in response.
“I think, in usual fashion,...",right
21077,Reporters Complain About Access at Biden-Johnson Meeting,"['Free Speech', 'Freedom Of The Press', 'White House']",Biden refuses to call on US reporters while UK's Boris Johnson holds court with Brits,Fox News (Online News),"President Joe Biden declined to call on U.S. reporters Tuesday after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson took questions from reporters from the United Kingdom during an Oval Office meeting.
After a brief conversation with Biden that touched on issues ranging from climate change and transport infrastructure to lifting the ban on British beef, Johnson opened the floor for reporters from his home country.
""Would it be okay if we have just a couple of questions, just a couple?"" Johnson asked, looking over to Biden, who replied, ""Good luck.""
After Johnson had taken several...",right
21078,Reporters Complain About Access at Biden-Johnson Meeting,"['Free Speech', 'Freedom Of The Press', 'White House']",Reporters lodge complaint with White House over Biden-Johnson meeting access,The Hill,"Members of the White House press pool lodged a complaint with the White House after British reporters but not American reporters were recognized for questions during President Biden’s meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday afternoon.
White House Correspondents' Association President Steve Portnoy, who served as the radio pooler on Tuesday, said that the editorial component of the pool went to White House press secretary Jen Psaki to lodge a formal complaint on Tuesday about the lack of questions granted to American reporters.
Biden and Johnson each delivered brief remarks in the Oval Office. Johnson...",center
21079,Reporters Complain About Access at Biden-Johnson Meeting,"['Free Speech', 'Freedom Of The Press', 'White House']",Biden ignores US reporters as media pushed out of Johnson meeting mid-sentence,The Independent,"President Joe Biden did not take questions from US reporters during his meeting with UK prime minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday.
Mr Johnson was speaking about the Good Friday Agreement and ensuring nothing the United Kingdom does interrupts the accords with Northern Irelands. Mr Johnson was responding to questions from two British reporters, CBS’s Steven Portnoy reported from inside the Oval Office.
“On that point, Joe, we are completely at one. And I think nobody want to see anything that interrupts or un-balances the Belfast Good Friday,” Mr Johnson was saying before being cut...",left
21080,US Intelligence Reportedly Anticipated Coronavirus Pandemic,"['Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Pandemic', 'Report', 'Washington', 'CIA', 'Defense And Security']",US spy agencies warned Trump that China was lying about coronavirus,Washington Examiner,"The U.S. Intelligence Community warned President Trump in early 2020 that the Chinese Communist Party was downplaying the real threat posed by the novel coronavirus outbreak, which has since become a pandemic with more than 300,000 confirmed cases around the world.
The Trump administration was advised in January and February that Chinese officials “appeared to be minimizing the severity of the outbreak” and “were not being candid about the true scale of the crisis,” according to a report Friday by the Washington Post.",right
21081,US Intelligence Reportedly Anticipated Coronavirus Pandemic,"['Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Pandemic', 'Report', 'Washington', 'CIA', 'Defense And Security']",U.S. intelligence reports from January and February warned about a likely pandemic,Washington Post,"Taken together, the reports and warnings painted an early picture of a virus that showed the characteristics of a globe-encircling pandemic that could require governments to take swift actions to contain it. But despite that constant flow of reporting, Trump continued publicly and privately to play down the threat the virus posed to Americans. Lawmakers, too, did not grapple with the virus in earnest until this month, as officials scrambled to keep citizens in their homes and hospitals braced for a surge in patients suffering from covid-19, the disease caused...",left
21082,US Intelligence Reportedly Anticipated Coronavirus Pandemic,"['Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Pandemic', 'Report', 'Washington', 'CIA', 'Defense And Security']",Intel reports going back to January warned of coronavirus threat,The Hill,"The intelligence community was warning of the danger posed by the novel coronavirus throughout January and February as the White House downplayed the threat and was slow to roll out nationwide measures, reports show.
U.S. officials familiar with spy agency reporting told The Washington Post that the reports did not clarify when the virus might spread in the U.S. or recommend specific steps to prevent an outbreak, but they did track the international spread of the coronavirus and warn that China was initially dismissing the seriousness of what is now...",center
21083,Polarized on Gun Sit-in,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Democrats sit in: Treading a line between leadership, grandstanding",Christian Science Monitor,A polarized Congress is pushing lawmakers of both parties toward more obstructionist means of wielding power. How Americans view them often depends on where they stand.,center
21084,Polarized on Gun Sit-in,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Applaud the Democrats - They've Earned It,Salon,"A relatively small group of House Democrats, including legendary congressman John Lewis, staged a sit-in on the House floor on Wednesday in order to coerce the Republican leadership to hold what will ultimately be a failed vote on new gun control measures. That’s not to understate the importance of what the Democrats attempted, but if they really wanted to out-flank the Republican blockade, they could’ve simply sued the GOP leadership, which is both the favorite tactic of the Republican presidential nominee and precisely what the congressional Republicans have often done...",left
21085,Polarized on Gun Sit-in,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],Ryan sends lawmakers home after Dem sit-in fails to force gun control vote,Fox News (Online News),"House Speaker Paul Ryan sent lawmakers packing for the holiday break early Thursday morning after a raucous, hours-long sit-in waged by congressional Democrats failed to force a vote on gun control measures.",right
21086,"Trump Threatens to Withhold Michigan, Nevada Funding Over Mail-in Voting","['Voter ID', 'Absentee Voting', 'Michigan', 'Nevada', 'Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",Trump threatens funding after Michigan absentee ballot move,Associated Press,"President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to hold up coronavirus relief money for Michigan after he said — erroneously — that the state had sent absentee ballots to millions of voters. It’s not clear that he can do so.
Michigan mailed applications for the absentee ballots, not the ballots themselves.
“Michigan sends absentee ballots to 7.7 million people ahead of Primaries and the General Election,” Trump tweeted Wednesday. “This was done illegally and without authorization by a rogue Secretary of State. I will ask to hold up funding to Michigan if...",left
21087,"Trump Threatens to Withhold Michigan, Nevada Funding Over Mail-in Voting","['Voter ID', 'Absentee Voting', 'Michigan', 'Nevada', 'Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']",Trump threatens to 'hold up' funding to Michigan over mail-in voting,Washington Examiner,"President Trump threatened to withhold funding from Michigan after he alleged that the state sent absentee ballots to all registered voters.
""Breaking: Michigan sends absentee ballots to 7.7 million people ahead of Primaries and the General Election,"" the president tweeted Wednesday morning. ""This was done illegally and without authorization by a rogue Secretary of State. I will ask to hold up funding to Michigan if they want to go down this Voter Fraud path!""
Trump, in a subsequent tweet, tagged acting Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, White...",right
21088,"Trump Threatens to Withhold Michigan, Nevada Funding Over Mail-in Voting","['Voter ID', 'Absentee Voting', 'Michigan', 'Nevada', 'Coronavirus', 'Donald Trump', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Elections']","Trump Steps Up Attacks on Mail Vote, Making False Claims About Michigan",New York Times (News),"President Trump threatened to withhold federal funding for Michigan and Nevada if the states moved forward in expanding vote by mail.
President Trump on Wednesday incorrectly accused Michigan’s Democratic secretary of state of mailing ballots to all of the state’s registered voters, falsely claiming that it was illegal, as he escalated his assault against mail voting.
The president also threatened to withhold federal funds to Michigan and Nevada if the states proceed in expanding vote-by-mail efforts.
“Michigan sends absentee ballots to 7.7 million people ahead of primaries and the general...",left
21089,Did Hillary Have a Great Week?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",White House Resumes Strong Defense of Hillary Clinton,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"With a presidential run by Vice President Joe Biden taken off the table in the 2016 race for president, the White House on Thursday resumed its vigorous defense of Hillary Clinton.
White House spokesman Eric Schultz spoke glowingly at length about Mrs. Clinton when asked about her testimony before the House Committee on Benghazi.
“I was reminded of why President Obama chose Hillary Clinton to be his secretary of state in the first place,” Mr. Schultz said of his impressions w",right
21090,Did Hillary Have a Great Week?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary’s Best Week Yet,Politico,"If in January 2017, Hillary Clinton is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, historians may well point to this month as the moment her campaign turned around. Like the first brisk snap of fall, Clinton’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad summer has morphed overnight into the best week of her campaign: Joe Biden is out, her poll numbers are up, her crisp debate performance reassured nervous Democrats and her measured resolution before the House Benghazi committee made her interrogators (of both parties) seem small by...",left
21091,Did Hillary Have a Great Week?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Resurgent Clinton campaign owes a small debt of gratitude to Republicans,Washington Post,"For months, Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign labored listlessly under a cloud of doubt after revelations that she had a private e-mail server during her time as secretary of state.
Then Republicans, as they have so often do, overreached on their Clinton attacks and, in so doing, handed the Democratic front-runner a message and momentum that she had struggled mightily to build on her own.
First, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) went on Fox News and, floundering to prove his conservative bona fides to be speaker of the House, said this...",left
21092,Romney Says He's Behind Secret 'Pierre Delecto' Account,"['Social Media', 'Twitter', 'Mitt Romney', 'Politics']",This Sure Looks Like Mitt Romney’s Secret Twitter Account (Update: It Is),Slate,"Earlier today, the Atlantic’s McKay Coppins published a lengthy profile on Mitt Romney, apparently part of Romney’s effort to set himself up as the noble Republican foil to an out-of-control president. These sorts of pieces, which are more about narrative setting than anything else, typically don’t contain a lot of new information, but this had one notable exception. About midway through, the usually guarded senator revealed that, just like fellow lone-voice-of reason-haver James Comey, he was the owner of a secret Twitter account.
At one point, as Coppins asked him...",left
21093,Romney Says He's Behind Secret 'Pierre Delecto' Account,"['Social Media', 'Twitter', 'Mitt Romney', 'Politics']","'C'est moi': Mitt Romney has been tweeting under the secret account, Pierre Delecto, reports say",USA TODAY,"You may know him as Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee with a fastidious approach to blowing out birthday candles, but according to news media reports, the mild-mannered Mormon also has an alter-ego who likes to live (slightly more) dangerously on social media.
Mitt Romney, you see, is also the mysterious Twitter user Pierre Delecto. And Pierre Delecto is Mitt Romney.
""C'est moi,"" Romney confessed in French when confronted about the secret Twitter profile by Atlantic reporter McKay Coppins on Sunday.
Earlier that...",left
21094,Romney Says He's Behind Secret 'Pierre Delecto' Account,"['Social Media', 'Twitter', 'Mitt Romney', 'Politics']",Social media responds to Mitt Romney’s apparent Pierre Delecto Twitter account,Fox News (Online News),"Sen. Mitt Romney, one of President Trump’s top Republican critics, on Sunday appeared to confirm the existence of a shadow Twitter account with the handle @qaws9876 with the name Pierre Delecto.
A writer for The Atlantic, who just wrote a profile on the Utah Republican and his tense relationship with the president, asked Romney about the mystery Twitter account. He said Romney responded in the affirmative: “C’est moi,” which in French means ""It's me.""
The Twitter account does not have a profile or a banner picture, and it is locked....",right
21095,US Jobless Claims Fall to Pandemic Low,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","US jobless claims fall to 684,000, fewest since pandemic",Associated Press,"The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to 684,000, the fewest since the pandemic erupted a year ago and a sign that the economy is improving.
Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that jobless claims fell from 781,000 the week before. It is the first time that weekly applications for jobless aid have fallen below 700,000 since mid-March of last year. Before the pandemic tore through the economy, applications had never topped that level.
Still, a total of 18.9 million people are continuing to collect...",left
21096,US Jobless Claims Fall to Pandemic Low,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery']","Unemployment claims sink to coronavirus pandemic low of 684,000",Fox News (Online News),"The number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits fell to the lowest number since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Labor Department.
Data released Thursday showed 684,000 Americans filed first-time jobless claims in the week ended March 20. Analysts surveyed by Refintiv were expecting 730,000 filings. The prior week’s reading was revised up by 11,000 to 781,000. Continuing claims, or the number of Americans who continued receiving unemployment benefits, fell to 3.87 million for the week ended March 13, down from an upwardly revised 4.134 million...",right
21097,US Jobless Claims Fall to Pandemic Low,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Recovery']",U.S. State Jobless Claims Fell to Pandemic-Era Low Last Week,Bloomberg,"Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits fell to the lowest in a year, signaling improvement for the labor market as more Americans get Covid-19 vaccinations and business restrictions ease in many states.
Initial claims in regular state programs fell by 97,000 to 684,000 in the week ended March 20, Labor Department data showed Thursday. On an unadjusted basis, the claims decreased by 100,412 to 656,789 last week, led by sharp drops in Illinois and Ohio. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey had called for 730,000 initial claims.
The initial claims...",left
21098,Labor Day 2016,"['Holidays', 'General News']",OPINION: A new kind of Labor Day,Guest Writer - Right,"Today’s holiday is the 122nd anniversary of the first national Labor Day, a date that in 1894 union workers thought would long be a rallying time for blue-collar labor against management — much in the fashion of the May Day associated with Marxism.",right
21099,Labor Day 2016,"['Holidays', 'General News']","Labor Day by the numbers: Americans can’t stop, won’t stop working",USA TODAY,Americans are taking less vacation and more work home. Some are even working this Labor Day.,left
21100,Labor Day 2016,"['Holidays', 'General News']",This Labor Day: Think Big,HuffPost,"As we mark Labor Day, the same dismal long-term job-patterns persist. The economy is nominally in a recovery, but far too many jobs are insecure and fail to offer a middle class standard of living. Whether the Federal Reserve makes things worse by raising rates, or continues its policy of low interest rates, nothing on the near horizon offers hope of significant change.",left
21101,Incident on Las Vegas Strip,['General News'],"Driver on Las Vegas Strip Who Hit Crowd, Killing One, Is Detained",New York Times (News),"The Las Vegas police said the crash, in which a car careened onto a crowded sidewalk, appeared to be intentional. The driver fled the scene but was later detained nearby.",left
21102,Incident on Las Vegas Strip,['General News'],Las Vegas Strip sidewalk: Driver hits dozens of pedestrians in 'intentional' act,CNN (Online News),"A driver veered onto a crowded sidewalk several times on the Las Vegas Strip, injuring more than 30 people in what authorities described as an ""intentional"" act.",left
21103,Incident on Las Vegas Strip,['General News'],"One dead, 37 injured after car plows into crowd on Las Vegas Strip",Fox News (Online News),"Las Vegas police say that a woman intentionally drove her car onto a crowded Strip sidewalk multiple times Sunday night, killing at least one person and injuring 37 others, six of them critically",right
21104,Officials Uncertain on 2021 Goal for Border Wall Completion,"['Border Wall', 'Donald Trump', 'Customs And Border Protection', 'Immigration And Customs Enforcement', 'Mexico', 'Central America', 'Eminent Domain', 'Immigration']",A Barrier to Trump’s Border Wall: Landowners in Texas,New York Times (News),"PROGRESO, Texas — Two days after giving the federal government his signature, Richard Drawe paused with his wife and mother on a levee that his family has owned for nearly a century to watch the cranes and roseate spoonbills.
A border wall that he reluctantly agreed to put on his land will soon divide this Texan family from the whole scene: the levee, a lake, an onion field and all of those birds.",left
21105,Officials Uncertain on 2021 Goal for Border Wall Completion,"['Border Wall', 'Donald Trump', 'Customs And Border Protection', 'Immigration And Customs Enforcement', 'Mexico', 'Central America', 'Eminent Domain', 'Immigration']",Acquiring Private Land Is Slowing Trump's Border Wall,NPR (Online News),"Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf visited a construction site in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas on a windswept day last month and repeated a Trump administration pledge.
""We are on track to build 450 to 500 miles of new wall by the end of 2020,"" he told reporters. Behind him, steel panels atop a concrete levee wall, 30 feet in all, are rising from the sugar cane fields and bird sanctuaries of the valley — which is really a river delta. They are the first section of new...",left
21106,Officials Uncertain on 2021 Goal for Border Wall Completion,"['Border Wall', 'Donald Trump', 'Customs And Border Protection', 'Immigration And Customs Enforcement', 'Mexico', 'Central America', 'Eminent Domain', 'Immigration']",Chief Border Enforcement Official Casts Doubt on Goal to Build Wall by 2021,National Review,"The Trump administration’s chief border enforcement official cast doubt on the administration’s goal of completing construction of the southern border wall by 2021, throwing cold water on one of the Trump campaign’s major promises heading into next year’s election.
“It’s hard right now to say whether we’re still going to meet that goal,” Customs and Border Protection acting commissioner Mark Morgan said in an interview with The New York Times published Wednesday. “But I’m confident we’re going to be close.”",right
21107,Hillary Clinton to Announce on Sunday,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton to announce plans to run for president on Sunday,Washington Post,"Hillary Rodham Clinton will formally enter the presidential race with an announcement this weekend, three people familiar with her plans told The Washington Post.",left
21108,Hillary Clinton to Announce on Sunday,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton reportedly will launch presidential campaign this weekend,Fox News (Online News),Hillary Clinton reportedly will kick off her long-expected 2016 presidential campaign on Sunday.,right
21109,Hillary Clinton to Announce on Sunday,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Liberal Democrats Try to Push Hillary Clinton Left,Wall Street Journal (News),"Some Democrats think Hillary Clinton isn’t liberal enough, posing a challenge to her as she prepares for a presidential campaign.",center
21110,Biden and Congressional Democrats Introduce Immigration Bill,"['Immigration', 'Immigration Reform']","Biden immigration plan speeds legalization, lags on border security",Washington Times,"President Biden‘s immigration bill cancels penalties for future illegal immigrants, speeds legalization of those already here and increases legal immigration levels. But the bill, which lawmakers will officially introduce on Capitol Hill on Thursday, backtracks on new border security and worksite enforcement compromises that have long been seen as key parts of any serious attempt to overhaul the immigration system.
A senior administration official acknowledged that was intentional.
“This is not a bipartisan bill,” the official told reporters in previewing the legislation.
The Biden plan checks off most of the...",right
21111,Biden and Congressional Democrats Introduce Immigration Bill,"['Immigration', 'Immigration Reform']",White House announces sweeping immigration bill,CNN (Online News),"The White House announced a sweeping immigration bill Thursday that would create an eight-year path to citizenship for millions of immigrants already in the country and provide a faster track for undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children.
The legislation faces an uphill climb in a narrowly divided Congress, where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has just a five-vote margin and Senate Democrats do not have the 60 Democratic votes needed to pass the measure with just their party's support.
Administration officials argued Wednesday evening that the legislation was an...",left
21112,Biden and Congressional Democrats Introduce Immigration Bill,"['Immigration', 'Immigration Reform']","White House unveils Biden's immigration bill, including an eight-year path to citizenship",USA TODAY,"Lawmakers on Capitol Hill will introduce President Joe Biden's immigration plan in Congress on Thursday, including a proposal for a path to citizenship for roughly 11 million migrants living without legal status in the United States.
The plan will include all the elements of the comprehensive immigration legislation proposal that Biden introduced on his first day in office, Biden administration officials said.
The legislation, entitled the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, includes an eight-year pathway to citizenship for nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants, a shorter process to legal status for...",left
21113,Perspectives: What to Expect from the Vice Presidential Debate,"['2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Kamala Harris', 'Mike Pence', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'LGBT Rights', 'Elections']",The Trailer: A guide to how Pence and Harris debate,Washington Post,"President Trump had lost the first presidential debate. Democrats wanted the final weeks of the campaign to focus on the Republican nominee’s weaknesses. Mike Pence’s task was defending Trump, making a Democratic victory sound like a nightmare and disputing the Democrats’ central premise: that a Trump presidency would weaken and divide the country.
“If Donald Trump had said all of the things that you’ve said he said in the way you said he said them, he still wouldn’t have a fraction of the insults that Hillary Clinton leveled when she...",left
21114,Perspectives: What to Expect from the Vice Presidential Debate,"['2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Kamala Harris', 'Mike Pence', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'LGBT Rights', 'Elections']",The most important vice presidential debate in American history,Brookings Institution,"Wednesday night’s debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris will be the most important of its kind since VP debates began 40 years ago. While VP debates see less fanfare than the sparring matches at the top of the ticket, the 2020 races and the unique events surrounding it have made the Pence-Harris faceoff especially newsworthy.
As the president lays in Walter Reed hospital, battling a virus that has already killed 210,000 Americans, we are reminded that the vice president is a heartbeat away from the presidency....",center
21115,Perspectives: What to Expect from the Vice Presidential Debate,"['2020 Election', '2020 Presidential Debates', 'Kamala Harris', 'Mike Pence', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'LGBT Rights', 'Elections']",Vice presidential debates have never moved the needle,Washington Examiner,"Vice President Mike Pence and California Sen. Kamala Harris will face off on Wednesday for the first and only vice presidential debate during the 2020 campaign. But if history is any guide and people continue to vote the top of the ticket, the debate won't change much.
An analysis published by Gallup in 2012 declared that the median change following vice presidential debates in 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2008 was 1 percentage point.
""None of the eight vice presidential debates occurring from 1976 to 2008 appears to have meaningfully altered...",right
21116,Trump Responds to Samantha Bee Comment,"['White House', 'Politics']",Donald Trump Says Samantha Bee Should Be Fired,HuffPost,The late-night host has apologized for using an expletive to refer to Ivanka Trump.,left
21117,Trump Responds to Samantha Bee Comment,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump calls for comedian Samantha Bee's firing after crude Ivanka comment,Reuters,"President Donald Trump waded further into television controversies on Friday, calling for comedian Samantha Bee to be fired after she made a vulgar comment about his daughter and White House adviser Ivanka Trump on her program.",center
21118,Trump Responds to Samantha Bee Comment,"['White House', 'Politics']","Trump Blasts Hollywood 'Double Standard' After Samantha Bee's Vulgar, Sexist Attack on Ivanka",CBN,Comedian Samantha Bee has apologized to Ivanka Trump and viewers for using a severe obscenity to describe her.,right
21119,Syrian Attack on NY Times?,['Middle East'],New York Times Hacked? Syrian Electronic Army Suspected Of Attacking Site,HuffPost,"The New York Times website went down for the second time in two weeks on Tuesday, after what the newspaper suspects was an attack by hackers.
On Tuesday afternoon, the site stopped working for a large swath of visitors. They received an ""Internal Server Error"" message instead. The Syrian Electronic Army, a hacker group that supports Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, has claimed responsibility for the attack. At one point, the New York Times homepage re-directed to a page that read ""Hacked By Syrian Electronic Army"" and showed the SEA's logo.",left
21120,Syrian Attack on NY Times?,['Middle East'],'Syrian Electronic Army' site down after attack on New York Times,Fox News (Online News),"The website for a hacker group calling itself the “Syrian Electronic Army” was taken offline by an Internet body -- a counterpunch after the group claimed to have disrupted several major news websites, notably the home page of The New York Times.
A Tweet from the hackers said domain name registrar Name.com had suspended the group’s account for breach of contact on Tuesday, after they claimed responsibility for redirecting Internet traffic from the Times’ and other websites.
“Sorry, our website will n
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/08/28/malicious-attack-hit-new-york-tim...",right
21121,Syrian Attack on NY Times?,['Middle East'],Syrian group cited as New York Times outage continues,CNN (Online News),"As an outage of the New York Times website stretched into its second day Wednesday for many users, evidence continued to mount that it was the result of an attack by the Syrian Electronic Army.
The group, loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, has been behind multiple attacks on media websites in recent months and, on Twitter, took credit for a sophisticated hack that had hobbled the news site for roughly 20 hours.
""The @nytimes attack was going to deliver an anti-war message but our server couldn't last...",left
21122,Trump Administration to Spend $6 Billion on Bailout for Farmers Affected by Trade Conflict,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']","Trump offers trade aid to farmers, but some question its fairness",Politico,The Trump administration on Monday detailed how it will dole out $6.3 billion in aid to assist farmers stung by retaliatory tariffs — and it’s already sparking backlash from some sectors where industry leaders say growers won’t get their fair share.,left
21123,Trump Administration to Spend $6 Billion on Bailout for Farmers Affected by Trade Conflict,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']",USDA announces $6 billion bailout for farmers caught in trade war,Washington Examiner,The Department of Agriculture announced Monday that it will distribute nearly $6 billion to U.S. farmers as a bailout to offset the losses the industry has incurred as a result of President Trump’s trade negotiations.,right
21124,Trump Administration to Spend $6 Billion on Bailout for Farmers Affected by Trade Conflict,"['Agriculture', 'Economy And Jobs']",U.S. to Pay Farmers $4.7 Billion to Offset Trade-Conflict Losses,Wall Street Journal (News),The Trump administration pledged to pay farmers $4.7 billion to offset losses from trade disputes with foreign buyers of U.S. agricultural products.,center
21125,Senate Defeats Keystone Pipeline Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Keystone XL: Mary Landrieu’s final indignity,Washington Post,"Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) has participated in a keg stand. She has run this desperate ad. She lost an energy committee chairmanship that she often touted, when the GOP took the Senate on Nov. 4. She has clashed -- in front of reporters -- with a leader of her party. That same party basically abandoned her in her runoff campaign for a fourth term.",left
21126,Senate Defeats Keystone Pipeline Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate Narrowly Defeats Keystone XL Bill,Wall Street Journal (News),Keystone Supporters Fall One Vote Short in 59-41 Tally; 60 Votes Needed for Passage,center
21127,Senate Defeats Keystone Pipeline Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Senate Democrats stiff Mary Landrieu on Keystone XL pipeline; green lobby wins,Washington Times,"Senate Democrats filibustered the Keystone XL pipeline on Tuesday, in a vote that reverberated from Louisiana, where a key senator’s career is now likely doomed, to the broader national Democratic Party, where environmentalists have emerged triumphant in a divisive internal battle with labor unions.",right
21128,Recap of Day Two: Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Hearings,"['Amy Coney Barrett', 'Supreme Court']",Sen. Mazie Hirono Pauses Obamacare Rant To Ask Amy Coney Barrett If She’s A Rapist,The Federalist,"While many Democrat senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee focused their 30 minutes of public questioning time for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on attacking her for signing a pro-life document or political posturing about pre-existing conditions within Obamacare, one senator pivoted from the coordinated narrative to ask Barrett an unprecedented question.
Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii paused lecturing Barrett about the dangers of the Supreme Court overruling the Affordable Care Act to ask her if she has a history with sexual harassment and assault.
“I asked each nominee...",right
21129,Recap of Day Two: Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Hearings,"['Amy Coney Barrett', 'Supreme Court']",Amy Coney Barrett Keeps Insisting She Has “No Agenda” When It Comes to Abortion Law,Mother Jones,"In a back-and-forth during Senate confirmation hearings today, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) pressed Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, about her views on abortion. Barrett insisted that she’s entering the confirmation process with “no agenda” but to serve her country and the law.
With the passing of the liberal standard-bearer Justice Ginsburg, Barrett’s nomination has heightened fears that the right to an abortion could be jeopardized. There are special concern concerning the landmark decisions of Roe v. Wade...",left
21130,Recap of Day Two: Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Hearings,"['Amy Coney Barrett', 'Supreme Court']",Trump Supreme Court nominee sidesteps questions,BBC News,"US Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has evaded questions about her views on key issues on day two of her Senate confirmation hearing.
The conservative judge repeatedly refused to be drawn on abortion, healthcare and LGBTQ rights.
She stated she had ""no agenda"" and vowed to stick to ""the rule of law"".
If Judge Barrett passes the committee hearing, the full Senate will vote to confirm or reject her for a lifelong place on the top US court.
Republicans want the confirmation ahead of the presidential election on 3...",center
21131,Tracking Abortion Protests in Response to Supreme Court's Roe v Wade Leak,"['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Protests', 'Politics']",Protests Erupt Nationwide To Support Abortion Rights After SCOTUS Draft Leak,HuffPost,"With the Supreme Court poised to overturn abortion protections, people took to the streets in cities across the country to protest for the right to safe, accessible abortion care for all.
Within hours of Politico’s reporting on a leaked draft Supreme Court opinion on Monday, people flooded the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., protesting against the court’s apparent plan to overturn the landmark abortion protections of Roe v. Wade.
By late Tuesday, hundreds more had gathered outside the nation’s highest court.
Queer activists — whose rights to same-sex marriage and consensual sex are also...",left
21132,Tracking Abortion Protests in Response to Supreme Court's Roe v Wade Leak,"['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Protests', 'Politics']",'Mother's Day Strike' Proposed as Women Protest Overturning of Roe v. Wade,Newsweek,"Some social media users frustrated with the recent leaked opinion from the Supreme Court regarding the potential overturn of Roe v. Wade have called for a Mother's Day Strike.
On Tuesday a leaked draft opinion showed the Supreme Court was preparing to strike down Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark ruling that guarantees abortion rights.
Such a bombshell ruling could instantly make abortion illegal in at least 13 states with legal access to abortion varying widely across the country.
Following the leak, many people took to the streets to protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington. And now, multiple people...",center
21133,Tracking Abortion Protests in Response to Supreme Court's Roe v Wade Leak,"['Abortion', 'Roe V Wade', 'Supreme Court', 'Protests', 'Politics']",Liberal group calls for protests at conservative Supreme Court justices' homes,Fox News (Online News),"  Left-wing activist groups are planning to send protesters to the homes of conservative Supreme Court justices following a leak indicating the court may soon overturn Roe v. Wade.
The activists are organizing under the moniker ""Ruth Sent Us"" and have published the supposed home addresses of Justices Amy Coney Barrett, John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch.
""Our 6-3 extremist Supreme Court routinely issues rulings that hurt women, racial minorities, LGBTQ+ and immigrant rights,"" the group's website reads. ""We must rise up to force accountability using a...",right
21134,Christie Supporters Launch Super PAC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Christie allies launch super PAC,Washington Post,"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s allies have launched a new super PAC to beef up the presidential hopeful’s campaign-in-waiting, allowing his supporters to raise unlimited sums of money and bucking critics who say his potential White House bid is already in trouble.
Phil Cox, the former executive director to the Republican Governors Association, on Thursday launched the America Leads super PAC amid an increasingly fierce competition for top donors among potential GOP candidates. Cox, who worked for Christie when he chaired the RGA during the 2014 election cycle, will serve...",left
21135,Christie Supporters Launch Super PAC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Chris Christie Bolsters Political Team as Allies Launch Super PAC,Wall Street Journal (News),"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is bulking up his political team with three veterans of George W. Bush‘s re-election campaign in preparation for a likely presidential bid, and his allies have formally launched a super PAC to amplify the expected campaign.
This burst of activity from the Christie camp comes at a perilous juncture for the New Jersey governor. Polls show his support slipping among Republican primary voters, and the onetime front runner has been overshadowed recently by a pair of potential rivals – former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and...",center
21136,Christie Supporters Launch Super PAC,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Ahead of 2016, supporters of Chris Christie launch super PAC",Washington Times,"As New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie looks to find his footing in the 2016 GOP presidential field, his supporters have launched a super PAC that can raise unlimited amounts of money to boost a possible bid and Mr. Christie’s leadership PAC is bringing on three veterans of President George W. Bush’s re-election campaign.
The America Leads committee was registered on Feb. 23, according to a filing with the federal election commission.
“He’s provided effective, conservative leadership in a deep blue state, bringing people together to solve difficult problems and get...",right
21137,House Passes Resolution to Restrict Trump's War Powers,"['War', 'Donald Trump', 'Congress', 'Iran', 'US Military', 'Executive Branch', 'White House', 'Politics']",House Votes to Restrain Trump’s Iran War Powers,New York Times (News),"WASHINGTON — The House voted on Thursday to force President Trump to go to Congress for authorization before taking further military action against Iran, in a sharp rebuke of his decision to ratchet up hostilities with Tehran without the explicit approval of the legislative branch.
The vote was 224 to 194, almost entirely along party lines, to curtail Mr. Trump’s war-making power. It followed a bitterly partisan debate in which Democrats insisted that the president must involve Congress in any escalation against Iran, and Republicans — following Mr. Trump’s lead...",left
21138,House Passes Resolution to Restrict Trump's War Powers,"['War', 'Donald Trump', 'Congress', 'Iran', 'US Military', 'Executive Branch', 'White House', 'Politics']",House Passes War Powers Resolution In Effort To Restrict Trump's Actions Against Iran,NPR (Online News),"The House of Representatives approved a resolution that would force President Trump to seek consent from Congress before taking new military action against Iran.
The move comes nearly a week after President Trump green-lighted a U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general and led to further escalation in tensions with Tehran.
The non-binding war powers resolution was approved in a mostly party line vote of 224-194. Only 3 Republicans and one independent joined Democrats to pass the measure and 8 Democrats opposed it.
The Senate could consider a...",left
21139,House Passes Resolution to Restrict Trump's War Powers,"['War', 'Donald Trump', 'Congress', 'Iran', 'US Military', 'Executive Branch', 'White House', 'Politics']",House votes to limit Trump’s war powers against Iran,New York Post (News),"The House on Thursday voted largely along party lines to approve a non-binding War Powers resolution aimed at limiting President Trump’s ability to take military action against Iran.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the move was necessary after the drone attack that killed Qassem Soleimani, the top Iranian general, and Trump’s subsequent threats to escalate the conflict. “We have no illusions about Iran, no illusions about Soleimani, who was a terrible person,” she said.
“But it’s not about how bad they are, it’s about how good we are, protecting the people...",right
21140,"Biden Receives Second Booster Shot, Calls for Additional COVID-19 Funding","['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'US Congress', 'Federal Budget', 'Pfizer', 'Moderna', 'Budget Deficit', 'Politics', 'Monoclonal Antibodies', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health']","Biden receives 2nd booster, presses Congress on virus funds",Associated Press Fact Check,"President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass billions of dollars in additional funding to fight the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, as he received a second booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine a day after federal regulators approved a fourth shot for those aged 50 and older.
Biden spoke as his administration rolled out COVID.gov, designed to be a one-stop website to help people in the United States access COVID-19 tests, vaccines and treatments, along with status updates on infection rates where they live. Biden pressed lawmakers to provide additional funding...",left
21141,"Biden Receives Second Booster Shot, Calls for Additional COVID-19 Funding","['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'US Congress', 'Federal Budget', 'Pfizer', 'Moderna', 'Budget Deficit', 'Politics', 'Monoclonal Antibodies', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health']",Biden speaks about fight against Covid as more contagious omicron BA.2 gains ground,CNBC,"President Joe Biden gave a speech Wednesday about the fight against Covid-19 in the U.S.
The president’s remarks come a day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended a fourth Covid vaccine shot of Pfizer or Moderna for people ages 50 or older. The CDC also recommended that certain younger people with compromised immune systems should receive a fifth of dose.
Biden received his fourth dose after his speech.",center
21142,"Biden Receives Second Booster Shot, Calls for Additional COVID-19 Funding","['Joe Biden', 'Coronavirus', 'Booster Shots', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'US Congress', 'Federal Budget', 'Pfizer', 'Moderna', 'Budget Deficit', 'Politics', 'Monoclonal Antibodies', 'Healthcare', 'Public Health']","Biden gets fourth COVID shot, launches gov website amid $22.5B plea",New York Post (News),"President Biden received his fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday and announced the launch of informational website COVID.gov — as he urges Congress to pass billions of dollars in fresh pandemic funds.
A White House doctor administered Biden’s shot after the president gives remarks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at 1:30 p.m.
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a second vaccine “booster” shot for people age 50 and up, but warned that there may not be enough for the general public if the age threshold is lowered.",right
21143,New Debt Limit,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate delays debt limit deadline,CNN (Online News),"The Democratic-controlled Senate passed legislation on Thursday extending the federal government's ability to borrow new money through mid-May, delaying a partisan standoff that some analysts warn could derail a fragile economic recovery.
The bill, which passed in a 64-34 vote, cleared the Republican-run House of Representatives last week. It now advances to President Obama's desk to be sign",left
21144,New Debt Limit,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Senate approves bill to suspend debt limit, sends to Obama",Fox News (Online News),"Congress passed must-do legislation Thursday to permit the government to borrow hundreds of billions of dollars more to meet its obligations, averting a first-ever government default that had loomed as early as mid-February.
The 64-34 vote in the Democratic-controlled Senate sent the measure to President Obama, who has said he will sign it. The Republican-led House
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/31/senate-passes-debt-limit-incr...",right
21145,New Debt Limit,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Congress Passes Debt Bill as a $1 Trillion Ax Looms,New York Times (News),"The Senate gave final approval on Thursday to legislation suspending the statutory debt ceiling until May, officially turning Congresss attention to the next budget showdown: $1 trillion in across-the-board military and domestic spending cuts set to begin on March 1.",left
21146,"Pandemic Elicits Different Theories, Outlooks on Education Methods","['Life During Covid-19', 'Culture', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Education']",How coronavirus school closures could cause 'historic academic regression',USA TODAY,"At 8:40 a.m., a mindfulness coach at a private preschool in Miami used Zoom to greet toddlers lounging on carpets, beds and couches at home. Their faces lit up when she sang and said she loved them.
At 8 a.m. in Nashville, Tennessee, charter school teachers met via Zoom while their principal beamed them onto Facebook Live. He reminded students to fill out the daily online survey about their well-being. ""Do you feel safe at home?"" is a question teachers monitor closely.
At 8:30 a.m. in a Milwaukee suburb,...",left
21147,"Pandemic Elicits Different Theories, Outlooks on Education Methods","['Life During Covid-19', 'Culture', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Education']",Kids Missing School Because of Coronavirus? Don't Worry Too Much,Reason,"Many people are finding it hard to parent in the age of COVID-19. They're trying to supervise their children and work from home at the same time, a combination made yet more difficult when they're being asked to ensure that the kids spend sufficient time and effort on their online classes.
Some frustrated parents are admitting defeat. One mom, archeologist Sarah Parcak, tweeted that she had informed her son's first-grade teacher they no longer had the time or patience to participate in a virtual classroom. ""His happiness trumps crappy math...",right
21148,"Pandemic Elicits Different Theories, Outlooks on Education Methods","['Life During Covid-19', 'Culture', 'Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Education']",Online Learning Should Return to a Supporting Role,New York Times (News),"As the coronavirus pandemic forces schools and college campuses to go online, the delivery model of education — largely unchanged for centuries — has suddenly been disrupted.
This may seem like the acceleration of a permanent shift toward online learning, but I have my doubts. In fact, economics tells us that technology will make in-person education more valuable than ever.
At the moment, teachers from kindergarten through graduate school are struggling to take their classes online, and the initial results are, understandably, spotty. But the longer this mass experiment continues,...",left
21149,"Biden Sweeps South on Super Tuesday, Revives Campaign in Momentous Showing","['Joe Biden', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Super Tuesday 2020', '2020 Election', 'Democratic Party', 'Elections']",Joe Biden romps in Super Tuesday presidential contests,Washington Post,"Joe Biden powered to a dominating sweep of the South and surprisingly strong showings in New England and the Upper Midwest on Tuesday night, as he sought to seize control of the Democratic presidential race and overtake Sen. Bernie Sanders as the delegate leader.
Sanders was holding on to a lead in California, the state with the biggest delegate haul of the Super Tuesday primaries, as votes were slowly counted there. But Biden’s victories in Texas and eight other states threatened to at minimum erase the lopsided delegate advantage Sanders...",left
21150,"Biden Sweeps South on Super Tuesday, Revives Campaign in Momentous Showing","['Joe Biden', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Super Tuesday 2020', '2020 Election', 'Democratic Party', 'Elections']","A Fantastic Night . . . If You Don’t Like Bloomberg, Warren, or Sanders",National Review,"If you don’t like Mike Bloomberg, Elizabeth Warren, or Bernie Sanders, Super Tuesday night is just delightful so far.
For the past few months, Americans have been living in a fascinating political-science experiment: how far could a campaign carry an uninspiring candidate with essentially unlimited spending and TV ads? Tonight, we got the answer: not very far at all! Bloomberg spent a half-billion dollars to win American Samoa and a handful of delegates here and there across 15 states. It is the most expensive failure in American political history. The...",right
21151,"Biden Sweeps South on Super Tuesday, Revives Campaign in Momentous Showing","['Joe Biden', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Super Tuesday 2020', '2020 Election', 'Democratic Party', 'Elections']","Biden Surges On Super Tuesday, Transforming Democratic Primary Into 2-Man Race",NPR (Online News),"Momentum and timing matter in politics — and both helped former Vice President Joe Biden mount a comeback from almost-left-for-dead to being the alternative to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who went into Super Tuesday with front-runner status after significant wins in early states.
The Democratic presidential race at one point had almost two dozen candidates, but now it's essentially a contest between two men representing dueling ideological poles of the party.
Sanders has energized the progressive wing with promises to transform the party and dramatically expand the government's role.
Biden's...",left
21152,Refugee Strategy Will Not Change,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama: Slamming the Door to Refugees Would Be ‘Betrayal’ of US Values,Townhall,"President Obama faced some tough questions at the G-20 summit from Antalya, Turkey, Monday as he addressed the tragedy in Paris and how the United States plans to respond.
Have you ""underestimated"" ISIS' ability? one reporter demanded.
“No, we haven’t,” Obama said. “There has been acute awareness from my administration from the start” regarding the threat, he insisted.
Many would disagree. Mere hours before terrorists murdered 129 people in Paris, Obama said ISIS had been “contained.”",right
21153,Refugee Strategy Will Not Change,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama Faces a Crossroads,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Barack Obama came into office with a single, driving foreign-policy principle that shaped his approach to international crises: Avoid another protracted war like those in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris, which killed at least 129 people, present Mr. Obama with a fundamental test of whether the approach is sustainable.
With one year in office remaining, the president faces pressure to escalate what is now seen as a global, rather than regional, fight against Islamic State militants, whom France accused of carrying out the attacks. Ho",center
21154,Refugee Strategy Will Not Change,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama: Large U.S. Ground War Against ISIS Would Be 'A Mistake',HuffPost,"President Barack Obama says putting large numbers of U.S. troops on the ground to combat the threat from the Islamic State would be ""a mistake.""
He says that's not just his view, but the view of some of his closest military and civilian advisers.
Obama spoke Monday at a news conference in Antalya, Turkey, at the close of a summit of 20 nations. The talks have been overshadowed by Friday's attacks in Paris that killed at least 129 people.
The president say",left
21155,House Committee Votes to Release Memo,"['US House', 'Politics']",Why we might want to be skeptical of the GOP memo criticizing the FBI,Washington Post,"There is a GOP memo detailing alleged mistakes, and even potential political bias, in the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation, and President Trump and his allies in Congress want to make it public as soon as this week.",left
21156,House Committee Votes to Release Memo,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Intel Committee votes to release Nunes memo on FBI,CNN (Online News),"The House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines Monday to publicly release a classified memo written by Republicans alleging FBI abuses in the agency's surveillance, an aggressive move that could feed a GOP push to undercut special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation and ratchets up a battle with the Justice Department.",left
21157,House Committee Votes to Release Memo,"['US House', 'Politics']",House Speaker Paul Ryan: ‘Legitimate questions about FBI’s behavior,Washington Times,"House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Tuesday there are “legitimate questions” about the FBI’s behavior in targeting members of then-candidate Donald Trump’s team, and said that’s why the House is pressing ahead with the release of a controversial GOP memo on the subject.",right
21158,Marco Rubio Faces Tense Teen Town Hall on Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],6 things Marco Rubio said at the CNN town hall that made news in the US gun debate,CNN (Online News),"Senator Marco Rubio, facing high school students Wednesday night who survived the Parkland, Florida, shooting, defended his stance on gun rights -- while changing the conversation surrounding the issue.",left
21159,Marco Rubio Faces Tense Teen Town Hall on Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],3 Must-See Clips From CNN's #StudentsStandUp Town Hall,Townhall,"In case you missed CNN's town hall about guns, here are the three main takeaways.",right
21160,Marco Rubio Faces Tense Teen Town Hall on Gun Control,['Gun Control And Gun Rights'],"Facing jeers and boos, Rubio shifts on guns during tense forum",Politico,"It was a striking turnabout for Rubio, who never met a gun-rights bill he didn’t vote for in the Florida legislature and in Congress.",left
21161,Obama Warns About Social Media Risks,['Polarization'],Obama Warns Social Media Risks Splintering Society,HuffPost,Former U.S. president Barack Obama said the way people communicate via social media risked splintering society and leaders had to ensure the Internet did not cocoon users within their own biases.,left
21162,Obama Warns About Social Media Risks,['Polarization'],"Obama Warns of 'Dangers' of Internet, Social Media in Sitdown With Prince Harry",Fox News (Online News),"Former President Barack Obama warned about the ""dangers"" of the internet and social media in a sitdown with Great Britain's Prince Harry.",right
21163,Obama Warns About Social Media Risks,['Polarization'],Obama issues warning on social media dangers in Prince Harry interview,The Hill,"Former President Obama issued a warning against ""irresponsible"" social media use in a wide-ranging interview with Britain's Prince Harry on Wednesday.",center
21164,2020 Census Results Show Big Changes to America's Racial and Ethnic Makeup,"['US Census', 'Ethnicity And Heritage', 'Race And Racism', 'Culture']","U.S. Is Becoming More Urban and More Ethnically Diverse, Says Census Bureau",Reason,"""U.S. population is much more multiracial and more diverse than what we measured in the past,"" said Nicholas Jones, the Census Bureau's director of race and ethnicity research, in a press release today.
According to last year's census data, whites remain the country's largest racial or ethnic group. About 204.3 million people described themselves as white without also identifying with another group. (Another 31.1 million Americans identified both as white and with another group.) Still, the population identifying as white alone decreased by 8.6 percent since the previous census in 2010.
America's...",right
21165,2020 Census Results Show Big Changes to America's Racial and Ethnic Makeup,"['US Census', 'Ethnicity And Heritage', 'Race And Racism', 'Culture']","US sees unprecedented multiracial growth, decline in the white population for first time in history",USA TODAY,"The United States experienced unprecedented multiracial population growth and a decline in the white population for the first time in the nation’s history, according to U.S. Census officials, who released data Thursday revealing the most sweeping picture of America’s racial and ethnic makeup in a decade.
“These changes reveal that the US population is much more multiracial, and more racially and ethnically diverse, than what we measured in the past,” said Nicholas Jones, the director of race, ethnicity, research and outreach for the Census Bureau's population division.
The white, non-Hispanic population, without another...",left
21166,2020 Census Results Show Big Changes to America's Racial and Ethnic Makeup,"['US Census', 'Ethnicity And Heritage', 'Race And Racism', 'Culture']",Native American population jumps to largest size in modern history,Axios,"The number of people who identify as Native American or Alaska Native alone grew by 27.1% to 3.7 million people over the last decade, according to the U.S. Census.
Why it matter: The spike in the number of people who solely identify as Native American or Alaska Native mirrors the steady rise of the population since 1890, when Indigenous people were nearly wiped out in the U.S.
The Native American population was reduced to fewer than 250,000 people before the 20th century, following decades of mass extermination, forced boarding schools and...",center
21167,Trump Administration Denies Biden Key Transition Resources,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Trump Administration', 'Politics']",Why Trump decision to block Biden transition matters,Christian Science Monitor,"The Trump White House’s decision to block routine actions that would facilitate a transition to a Biden administration has added a new layer of turmoil to an already turbulent time.
But this is the Trump era, when many norms of governance have already fallen by the wayside.
President Donald Trump has yet to concede the Nov. 3 election to former Vice President Joe Biden, whom major media have projected as the winner. In addition, President Trump is encouraging legal challenges to the vote counts in key battleground states,...",center
21168,Trump Administration Denies Biden Key Transition Resources,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Trump Administration', 'Politics']",Ex-national security officials warn of risks in Biden transition delay,Politico,"A group of more than 150 former national security officials who served under President Donald Trump and other Republican and Democratic administrations is warning that the government’s delay in recognizing Joe Biden as president-elect poses a “serious risk to national security.”
In a letter sent to the General Services Administration on Thursday and obtained by POLITICO, the former officials urged the agency to officially name Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the apparent president-elect and vice president-elect so that they can access information “needed to address pressing national security issues,...",left
21169,Trump Administration Denies Biden Key Transition Resources,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Joe Biden', 'Trump Administration', 'Politics']",Biden lawyer accuses Trump of trying to 'interfere with the inevitable' as transition awaits GSA funds,Fox News (Online News),"Lawyers for President-elect Joe Biden's transition team accused President Trump and his allies of trying to ""interfere with the inevitable"" as the president refuses to concede the election and continues to pursue legal challenges to ballots in several states.
The White House and Trump political appointees have told government officials not to begin working with the Biden transition team until the General Services Administration (GSA) makes its official ascertainment that Biden has won the election, according to reports.",right
21170,Lois Lerner Speaks Out,"['Treasury', 'Banking And Finance']",Former IRS Official Says Politics Didn’t Affect Her Work,Time Magazine,The IRS official at the center of a scandal over alleged targeting of conservative groups says in a new interview that her personal political leanings never impacted her work.,left
21171,Lois Lerner Speaks Out,"['Treasury', 'Banking And Finance']",Exclusive: Lois Lerner breaks silence,Politico,Employers won’t hire her. She’s been berated with epithets like “dirty Jew.” Federal agents have guarded her house because of death threats. And she’s spent hundreds of thousands of dollars defending herself against accusations she orchestrated a coverup in a scandal that has come to represent everything Americans hate about the IRS.,left
21172,Lois Lerner Speaks Out,"['Treasury', 'Banking And Finance']",Lois Lerner breaks silence: I’m ‘not sorry for anything I did’,Washington Times,"Lois Lerner, the former IRS director accused of using her position to delay nonprofit applications to scores of conservative and tea party groups, has broken her wall of silence in a sit-down interview with Politico to say: “I didn’t do anything wrong.”",right
21173,Support for Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],Is support for gay marriage over-sold?,Washington Post,Is support for gay marriage over-sold,left
21174,Support for Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],Straight marriage is the real issue,CNN (Online News),David Frum says eventually the case for same-sex marriage will prevail but the future of marriage in general is in doubt.,left
21175,Support for Gay Marriage,['LGBT Rights'],"Silent or Supportive, Conservatives Give Gay Marriage Momentum",Newsmax (News),"On a frosty December night last year about two dozen guests slipped into the Alta Club a century-old private retreat a block away from the temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that dominates Salt Lake City.
Two men who didnt know each other were...",right
21176,26 Million Americans Seek Unemployment Benefits,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",Deluge Continues: 26 Million Jobs Lost In Just 5 Weeks,NPR (Online News),"The number of people forced out of work during the coronavirus lockdown continues to soar to historic highs. Another 4.4 million people claimed unemployment benefits last week around the country, the Labor Department said.
That brings the total of jobless claims in just five weeks to more than 26 million people. That's more than all the jobs added created in the past 10 years since the Great Recession.
Still the pace of job losses is slowing. About 5.2 million filed during the week that ended April 11 and last week...",left
21177,26 Million Americans Seek Unemployment Benefits,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']",U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims: 4.4 Million,Breitbart News,"The coronavirus continued to ravish the U.S. economy last week, with 4.4 million of American filing first-time unemployment claims, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
Economists had forecast 4.25 million new claims for this week. The previous week’s claims figure was revised down 2,000 to 5,506,500.
Continuing claims, those made after an initial week of benefits, rose to 15.98 million. Continuing claims, however, are reported with a one week lag. The total number of Americans who have lost their jobs since claims spiked five weeks ago because of coronavirus and shutdowns...",right
21178,26 Million Americans Seek Unemployment Benefits,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Economy And Jobs']","4.4 million Americans sought jobless benefits last week, as economic pain continued across the United States",Washington Post,"More than 4.4 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, according to the Labor Department, a signal that the tidal wave of job losses continues to grow during the coronavirus pandemic.
It’s the fifth-straight week that job losses were measured in the millions. From March 15 to April 18, 26.5 million have likely been laid off or furloughed. Jobless figures on this scale haven’t been seen since the Great Depression. The amount of jobs lost in that brief span effectively erased all the jobs created following the 2008 financial...",left
21179,Roger Stone Found Guilty of Lying to Investigators,"['Roger Stone', 'Mueller Probe', 'Robert Mueller', 'FBI', 'Donald Trump', 'Russia']",Roger Stone found guilty of lying to investigators in Russia probe,New York Post (News),"President Trump’s longtime confidant Roger Stone was convicted on Friday of lying to lawmakers investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
The outspoken Republican operative, 67, was indicted in January as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into whether Russia colluded with the Trump campaign.",right
21180,Roger Stone Found Guilty of Lying to Investigators,"['Roger Stone', 'Mueller Probe', 'Robert Mueller', 'FBI', 'Donald Trump', 'Russia']","Roger Stone found guilty of laundry-list of crimes stemming from his contacts with WikiLeaks, Trump campaign",New York Daily News,"The dirty trickster is all out of tricks.
Roger Stone, a longtime Donald Trump confidant and self-described “dirty trickster” of GOP politics, was found guilty Friday of a laundry list of crimes stemming from his chase for Russian-hacked Democratic emails and contacts with the president 2016 campaign.",left
21181,Roger Stone Found Guilty of Lying to Investigators,"['Roger Stone', 'Mueller Probe', 'Robert Mueller', 'FBI', 'Donald Trump', 'Russia']","Roger Stone guilty of witness tampering, lying to Congress",Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of President Donald Trump, was found guilty Friday of witness tampering and lying to Congress about his pursuit of Russian-hacked emails damaging to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 election bid.
Stone was convicted of all seven counts in an indictment that accused him of lying to Congress, tampering with a witness and obstructing the House investigation into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to tip the 2016 election.",left
21182,Watching Senate,[],"Senators work behind scenes Saturday on fiscal deal, votes would come Sunday",Fox News (Online News),"Senate leaders are working off-stage Saturday to reach a final-hours deal to avert a fiscal crisis, with no official proposals or votes expected until Sunday.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, has adjourned the chamber until Sunday so Democratic and Republican leaders can negotiate on a deal to present to the House.
House members will officially return to Capitol Hill on Sunday in expectation that the Senate will present them with a plan to stop tax increases that are scheduled to kick in next week.
Read more:
...",right
21183,Watching Senate,[],Obama Urges Senate Leaders to Put Together a Tax Deal,New York Times (News),"Senate leaders and their aides began searching on Saturday for a formula to extend tax cuts for most Americans that could win bipartisan support in the Senate and final approval in the divided House by the new year, hoping to prevent large tax increases and budget cuts that could threaten the fragile economy.",left
21184,Watching Senate,[],"As Fiscal Cliff Nears, All Eyes Turn to the Senate",ABC News (Online),"A fiscal-cliff fix went nowhere in the House. Now, the Senate will take its turn.
With just three days before their end-of-the-year deadline, Congress and the White House are hurtling toward the so-called ""fiscal cliff."" If no deal is struck by Monday night, taxes will automatically go up on both high earners and the middle class, and across-the-board spending cuts will go into effect.
Both sides still say there's no concrete plan on the table.
Congressional leaders of both parties met at the White House on Friday, a move that...",left
21185,"Trump Taps Lana Marks, Handbag Designer and Mar-a-Lago Member, for Ambassador to South Africa","['White House', 'Politics']",Trump to Nominate Handbag Designer as Ambassador to South Africa,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump intends to nominate Lana Marks, a Palm Beach, Fla.-based handbag designer and a member of Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club resort, to serve as the U.S. ambassador to South Africa.",center
21186,"Trump Taps Lana Marks, Handbag Designer and Mar-a-Lago Member, for Ambassador to South Africa","['White House', 'Politics']",Trump Picks Mar-A-Lago Member/Handbag Designer for Ambassador to South Africa,Vanity Fair,"Lana Marks, despite speaking Afrikaans and Xhosa, may have some difficulty getting confirmed by the Senate.",left
21187,"Trump Taps Lana Marks, Handbag Designer and Mar-a-Lago Member, for Ambassador to South Africa","['White House', 'Politics']",Handbag designer tapped to be ambassador to South Africa,New York Post (News),"President Trump has picked a deep-pocketed luxury handbag designer who is a member of his exclusive Mar-a-Lago club to be the US ambassador to South Africa, the White House announced.",right
21188,Celebrities Face Criticism for Climate Abuses,"['Environment', 'Celebrities', 'Aviation', 'Carbon Emissions', 'Social Media']","Celebrities, politicians who love to lecture America on the environment but rarely practice what they preach",Fox News (Online News),"On days celebrating the environment like Earth Day, celebrities and politicians like to lecture average Americans about how they need to change their behavior to fight climate change. However, they often fail to practice what they preach. 
Over the years, liberal politicians and celebrities have been accused of hypocrisy for failing to live by the eco-friendly lifestyles they advocate. Here are several examples of Hollywood A-listers, tech billionaires, and Democrat politicians who have been caught being hypocrites when it comes to helping the environment. 
""Avengers"" actor Mark Ruffalo is a...",right
21189,Celebrities Face Criticism for Climate Abuses,"['Environment', 'Celebrities', 'Aviation', 'Carbon Emissions', 'Social Media']",Celebrities use private jets excessively. It’s a climate nightmare.,Washington Post,"Popular celebrities are no strangers to being at the top of rankings. But several big names recently found themselves featured on a new list: “Celebs with the Worst Private Jet Co2 Emissions.”
The analysis of flight data, which was published online Friday by a U.K.-based sustainability marketing agency Yard, came on the heels of other celebrities such as Kylie Jenner and Drake weathering intense public criticism after it was revealed that their emissions-spewing private jets logged trips as short as 17 minutes and 14 minutes, respectively.
Using data from a...",left
21190,Celebrities Face Criticism for Climate Abuses,"['Environment', 'Celebrities', 'Aviation', 'Carbon Emissions', 'Social Media']",Personal behavior — even Taylor Swift's — is a minor part of climate change,Axios,"Celebrities would be doing the Earth a favor if they cut back on private jets, but combating global warming will require bigger systemic changes, not just better personal behavior.
Driving the news: A recent report from Yard, a U.K. marketing firm, found that Taylor Swift's flying habits put her atop the list of celebrity emissions ""offenders"" — and gets at a long-running debate about how much of a difference individual decisions make.
The big picture: Private planes spew a lot of CO2. And this is hardly the first time celebrities...",center
21191,GOP Overhaul or Not,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",Ryan says GOP needs to pick its fights with Obama,Townhall,"In a speech Saturday to conservatives, the Wisconsin congressman and 2012 vice presidential nominee outlined a pragmatic approach for dealing with a second Obama administration. Saying that Obama would attempt to divide Republicans, Ryan urged them to avoid internal squabbles.",right
21192,GOP Overhaul or Not,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",GOP chief plans major overhaul to party,CNN (Online News),"The chair, perhaps the most famous chair in political history, stands in the office of a large, nondescript cement building just a stone's throw away from the U.S. Capitol.",left
21193,GOP Overhaul or Not,"['Republican Party', 'Politics']",GOP leaders insist no overhaul needed,Politico,"The Republican Party honchos who huddled here for their first big gathering since the election devoted lots of time talking about the need to welcome Latinos and women, close the technology gap with Democrats and stop the self-destructive talk about rape.",left
21194,Missing Women Found Alive,['Violence In America'],"Three Women, Missing for Years, Found in Cleveland",New York Times (News),"Three women who disappeared separately about a decade ago when they were in their teens or early 20s, were found alive in a residential area near downtown Cleveland and three men were arrested.",left
21195,Missing Women Found Alive,['Violence In America'],911 call -- 'I've been kidnapped!' -- cops find 3 women missing for years,CNN (Online News),"Three women who went missing years ago, in separate cases, have been found together.",left
21196,Missing Women Found Alive,['Violence In America'],Three Missing Ohio Women Found Alive Nearly 10 YEARS After They Disappeared,The Blaze,Three women who went missing separately about a decade ago when they were in their teens or early 20s were found alive Monday in a residential area just south of downtown Cleveland.,right
21197,Cuomo Won't Be Charged for 2 Sexual Harassment Claims,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York']","Ex-Gov. Cuomo won’t be charged for kissing women in Westchester, DA says",New York Post (News),"Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is off the hook for planting unwanted kisses on a female state trooper and a random woman during separate incidents while he was in office, the Westchester County district attorney said Tuesday.
District Attorney Miriam Rocah said a “thorough investigation” produced “credible evidence to conclude that the alleged conduct in both instances … did occur.”
“However, in both instances, my Office has determined that, although the allegations and witnesses were credible, and the conduct concerning, we cannot pursue criminal charges due to the statutory requirements of the criminal laws of...",right
21198,Cuomo Won't Be Charged for 2 Sexual Harassment Claims,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York']","No criminal charges for Andrew Cuomo in 2 harassment cases, district attorney says",NBC News (Online),"Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will not face criminal charges in connection with two of the harassment allegations against him, the top prosecutor in Westchester County announced Tuesday.
District Attorney Mimi Rocah said in a statement that her office ""has determined that, although the allegations and witnesses were credible, and the conduct concerning, we cannot pursue criminal charges due to the statutory requirements of the criminal laws of New York.""
The district attorney's investigation looked at allegations from a report by the state attorney general's office that concluded that Cuomo had sexually harassed 11 women...",left
21199,Cuomo Won't Be Charged for 2 Sexual Harassment Claims,"['Sexual Misconduct', 'Andrew Cuomo', 'New York']",Andrew Cuomo won't face criminal charges after a female state trooper accused him of touching her inappropriately,Insider,"Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will not face criminal charges after a female state trooper accused him of touching her inappropriately in 2019, two county prosecutors said.
The 2019 incident was included in a damning investigation into the former governor's conduct by New York Attorney General Letitia James' office. 
The trooper, who was identified as ""Trooper No. 1"" in the AG's report, said that Cuomo sexually harassed and inappropriately touched her on multiple occasions, including when she was assigned to protect Cuomo during an event in 2019 at the Belmont Park racetrack. According...",left
21200,Bipartisan Group of House Members Closes in on Next Round of Coronavirus Stimulus,"['Coronavirus', 'US Congress', 'Bipartisanship', 'Bridging Divides']",U.S. House Republican leader: still no deal on more coronavirus money for small businesses,Reuters,"U.S. Democrats and Republicans were near agreement on Monday for extra money to help small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, a top Republican lawmaker said, but he accused Democrats of holding up a deal.
“We could have been done yesterday, but the Democrats continue to hold up, even though we had agreed to all the numbers,” Representative Kevin McCarthy, House minority leader, told Fox News.
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Republicans were “close” to an agreement with Democrats, who have the majority int he House, and suggested...",center
21201,Bipartisan Group of House Members Closes in on Next Round of Coronavirus Stimulus,"['Coronavirus', 'US Congress', 'Bipartisanship', 'Bridging Divides']","Lawmakers close in on next round of coronavirus stimulus, but testing remains key sticking point",CNN (Online News),"Congressional lawmakers and the Trump administration are on the verge of striking a deal on a nearly $500 billion package to extend funding for an emergency small business lending program, provide additional funding for hospitals and expand funding for coronavirus testing.
Nothing is final until everything is agreed to -- and they aren't there yet. But a resolution to a weeks-long stalemate is coming.
Fewer than four weeks ago, Congress passed the largest economic rescue package in the country's history at $2 trillion. Now they are about to move forward...",left
21202,Bipartisan Group of House Members Closes in on Next Round of Coronavirus Stimulus,"['Coronavirus', 'US Congress', 'Bipartisanship', 'Bridging Divides']",Bipartisan breakthrough? Pols unveil 'Back to Work' plan for reopening economy with emphasis on mass testing,Fox News (Online News),"After spending weeks diving into coronavirus issues over video conferencing, a bipartisan group of 50 House members has crafted a plan for what's needed to reopen the economy safely and help businesses recover from crippling mandatory shutdowns.
Fox News got an exclusive first look at the Problem Solvers Caucus plan that outlines specific public health, economic recovery and long-term stimulus plans the group wants Congress and President Trump to embrace as the nation tries to emerge from weekslong quarantines and growing mass layoffs.
""The bottom line is people I think...",right
21203,White House to Assert Executive Privilege,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama invokes executive privilege in showdown over Holder documents,CNN (Online News),The Justice Department says President Obama has asserted executive privilege over the Fast and Furious-related documents the House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed from Attorney General Eric Holder.,left
21204,White House to Assert Executive Privilege,"['White House', 'Politics']",Fast and Furious: GOP suggests White House cover-up,Politico,"The Obama administration is asserting executive privilege in refusing to turn over documents to Congress related to the Fast and Furious scandal, a major escalation in a clash between the White House and Hill Republicans just hours before a House committee votes to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.",left
21205,White House to Assert Executive Privilege,"['White House', 'Politics']",White House defends privilege claim,Washington Times,"The White House defended its assertion of executive privilege in a congressional probe Wednesday, saying President Obama has used the tactic far less often than his predecessors.",right
21206,Labor Unions Gain Popularity While Enrollment Falls,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor Day', 'Labor', ""Workers' Rights"", 'Unions']",2022 is the most promising Labor Day for unions in several decades,John Logan,"This is an unusually promising Labor Day for American unions — maybe the most hopeful for many decades — for several reasons. 
First, the annual Gallup poll released last week showed a 71 percent public approval rate for unions – the highest level since 1965. The sky-high approval rate is even more remarkable given the organizational weakness of organized labor. Unions currently represent just 10.3 percent of the American workforce.
Second, there’s a mini-organizing wave — driven by worker-organizers, not full-time union officials — taking place across the low-wage service sector. Most notably, workers at 235 Starbucks stores...",left
21207,Labor Unions Gain Popularity While Enrollment Falls,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor Day', 'Labor', ""Workers' Rights"", 'Unions']","Union rebound? AFL-CIO’s Shuler sees promise, long road ahead.",Christian Science Monitor,"Anewly released poll heading into Labor Day weekend shows a near-record 71% of Americans approve of labor unions, up from 64% just before the pandemic. Yet that Gallup poll stands in contrast to some raw math: Just 1 in 10 workers on U.S. payrolls are union members, half the level seen four decades ago.
Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO labor federation, wants to bridge that gap – starting by adding a million new people to union ranks over the next 10 years. 
As she spoke at a Monitor Breakfast for reporters...",center
21208,Labor Unions Gain Popularity While Enrollment Falls,"['Economy And Jobs', 'Labor Day', 'Labor', ""Workers' Rights"", 'Unions']","A union for thee, but not for me",Deseret News,"Labor unions are more popular than ever. A recent Gallup poll found support for unions at 71%, the highest it has been since Gallup started asking the question in 1965. 
They are enjoying a comeback thanks to highly visible organizing campaigns at Starbucks and Amazon, a tight labor market and concerns around COVID-19 in the workplace. But can their popularity last?
With so few workers belonging to unions anymore, it may be that today’s workforce likes the idea of unions, even if they don’t fully understand the good and bad consequences of...",center
21209,Thousands Walk Off GM Jobs as UAW Strike Starts,"['Labor', 'Donald Trump', 'General Motors', 'United Auto Workers', 'Labor Unions', 'Strikes', 'Economy And Jobs']",Tens of Thousands of GM Workers Go On Strike,Townhall,"The United Auto Workers union went on strike against General Motors Sunday night.
The walkout of 46,000 hourly workers affects 33 GM factories and 22 parts distribution warehouses across nine states, according to AP.
A strike in the auto industry hasn’t taken place since the t",right
21210,Thousands Walk Off GM Jobs as UAW Strike Starts,"['Labor', 'Donald Trump', 'General Motors', 'United Auto Workers', 'Labor Unions', 'Strikes', 'Economy And Jobs']","Trump urges General Motors, auto union to ‘make a deal’ as workers prepare to go on strike",CNBC,"DETROIT — President Donald Trump on Sunday urged the United Auto Workers union and General Motors to return to negotiations and “make a deal.”
Trump said in a tweet: “Here we go again with General Motors and the United Auto Workers. Get together and make a deal!”",center
21211,Thousands Walk Off GM Jobs as UAW Strike Starts,"['Labor', 'Donald Trump', 'General Motors', 'United Auto Workers', 'Labor Unions', 'Strikes', 'Economy And Jobs']","Massive Strike Hits General Motors As 46,000 Workers Walk Off",HuffPost,"General Motors workers across the country walked out of plants at midnight Monday as the largest U.S. auto strike in more than a decade got underway.
The United Auto Workers called for the work stoppage after the union failed to reach a new collective bargaining agreement covering some 46,000 workers at dozens of facilities. GM and the union remained far apart in negotiations on Sunday, when UAW leaders converged on Detroit and decided overwhelmingly to strike after their contract expired over the weekend.",left
21212,How the 2020 Election Will be Affected by Coronavirus,"['2020 Election', 'Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections']",Joe Biden Uses Coronavirus Address to Lob Political Shots at Trump,Breitbart News,"Joe Biden used his much hyped public address on the coronavirus pandemic to take political shots at President Donald Trump.
The former vice president, who looks to be a shoe-in for the Democrat nomination, unveiled his proposal for containing the virus on Thursday in a speech that was billed by supporters as commander-in-chief-worthy. Neither Biden nor the speech, in fact, lived up to that hype. Instead of urging unity and calm in the face of the growing pandemic, Biden took the opportunity to lambast Trump for ignoring science, having an...",right
21213,How the 2020 Election Will be Affected by Coronavirus,"['2020 Election', 'Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections']",Coronavirus altering 2020 election in fundamental ways,ABC News (Online),"The unprecedented nature of the rapid spread of the coronavirus has, in many ways, fundamentally altered the current phase of the 2020 election cycle.
So far, at least 1,323 cases of novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, have been confirmed in the United States Thursday as more events are canceled across the country. Thirty-eight people have died in the U.S.
The U.S. now has the eighth-highest number of cases worldwide.
For some of the 2020 candidates, the pandemic has meant canceling events, hosting ""virtual"" versions of others, and a host of other...",left
21214,How the 2020 Election Will be Affected by Coronavirus,"['2020 Election', 'Coronavirus', 'Joe Biden', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Donald Trump', 'Elections']",Coronavirus poses new challenge to Trump's re-election bid,Reuters,"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump faced one of the gravest threats of his political career as the coronavirus pandemic spread, leaving fellow Republicans to worry that the White House’s response and the hit to the economy would harm his re-election prospects.
U.S. stock market indexes that Trump has touted throughout his term as evidence of his success plunged into bear market territory on Thursday - a day after he tried to calm Americans’ fears with an Oval Office address that promised economic stimulus and a 30-day travel ban for...",center
21215,Democrats Reject Trump's Latest Border Wall Proposal,['Immigration'],Trump’s immigration offer brings sharp reactions from Dems and GOP,Fox News (Online News),President Trump’s immigration compromise package to end the partial government shutdown drew sharp reactions from Democratic and Republican lawmakers alike.,right
21216,Democrats Reject Trump's Latest Border Wall Proposal,['Immigration'],US shutdown: Trump angered by Democrat rejection of 'compromise',BBC News,US President Donald Trump has attacked Democrats for rejecting his proposals to end the longest government shutdown in US history.,center
21217,Democrats Reject Trump's Latest Border Wall Proposal,['Immigration'],Democratic lawmakers reject Trump's latest immigration proposal,CNN (Online News),Democratic lawmakers on Saturday rejected President Donald Trump's proposal to extend some non-permanent protections for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients and individuals with Temporary Protected Status in exchange for border wall funding.,left
21218,Ku Klux Klan Rally in Virginia,['General News'],23 Arrested and Tear Gas Deployed After a K.K.K. Rally in Virginia,New York Times (News),"CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Members of the Ku Klux Klan rallied here on Saturday afternoon in a protest meant to assail the city’s decision to remove a statue of Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general.",left
21219,Ku Klux Klan Rally in Virginia,['General News'],The KKK rally in Charlottesville was outnumbered by counterprotesters,CNN (Online News),"A Ku Klux Klan rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, drew about 50 Klan members and supporters Saturday -- and several hundred counterprotesters, authorities said.",left
21220,Ku Klux Klan Rally in Virginia,['General News'],Klan Members Rally against Removal of General Lee Statue in Virginia,Newsmax (News),"A few dozen Ku Klux Klan members and supporters shouted ""white power"" at a rally on Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia where they protested against a city council decision to remove a statute honoring Confederate General Robert E. Lee.",right
21221,Biden Chooses Xavier Becerra to Lead Health and Human Services,"['Politics', 'HHS', 'Xavier Becerra', 'Obamacare', 'Coronavirus', 'Healthcare']",Biden to Nominate Xavier Becerra as Health and Human Services Secretary,Wall Street Journal (News),"President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, according to people familiar with the decision, selecting a legal advocate who has waged battles to preserve the Affordable Care Act.
Mr. Becerra led a coalition of 20 states and Washington, D.C., in a legal defense of the ACA after Republican-led states brought a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the Obama-era health law. The U.S. Supreme Court last month heard arguments in the case. The Trump administration has asked the court...",center
21222,Biden Chooses Xavier Becerra to Lead Health and Human Services,"['Politics', 'HHS', 'Xavier Becerra', 'Obamacare', 'Coronavirus', 'Healthcare']",Joe Biden Picks California Attorney General Xavier Becerra To Be HHS Secretary,HuffPost,"President-elect Joe Biden on Monday announced he’s nominating California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to lead the next administration’s Department of Health and Human Services, a surprise to many who believed the former Democratic congressman would be chosen to head the Justice Department.
The selection of Becerra — first reported by The New York Times and CNN on Sunday — is a victory for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, which he used to lead. If confirmed, Becerra will be the first Latino to hold the position of HHS secretary.
Biden on Monday...",left
21223,Biden Chooses Xavier Becerra to Lead Health and Human Services,"['Politics', 'HHS', 'Xavier Becerra', 'Obamacare', 'Coronavirus', 'Healthcare']",Biden names California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as his HHS secretary nominee,Washington Examiner,"President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Democratic California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as his nominee-designate to head his Health and Human Services Department, a crucial post amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo was speculated to be on Biden's shortlist before she publicly refuted the rumors during a press conference.
“I am not going to be President-elect Biden’s nominee for HHS secretary,"" she told reporters last week.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham was also reportedly in the mix at the urging of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. The group...",right
21224,Robert Mueller Obtains Access to Trump Ally Erik Prince's Phone and Computer,['Russia'],Mueller obtains Erik Prince's communications,The Hill,"Special counsel Robert Mueller has acquired the communications of Blackwater founder Erik Prince, ABC News reported Monday.",center
21225,Robert Mueller Obtains Access to Trump Ally Erik Prince's Phone and Computer,['Russia'],"Mueller obtains access to phone, computer of Trump associate who met with Russian in Seychelles",ThinkProgress,"Erik Prince gave Mueller ""total access"" to his devices, the latest Trump associate to cooperate with the special counsel's office on the Russia investigation.",left
21226,Robert Mueller Obtains Access to Trump Ally Erik Prince's Phone and Computer,['Russia'],Mueller obtains phone records for Trump ally Erik Prince,New York Post (News),"Special counsel Robert Mueller has acquired the communications of Trump ally and Blackwater founder Erik Prince, who acknowledged that he “cooperated” in the Russian probe, according to a report.",right
21227,Trump Orders Navy to Destroy Any Iranian Gunboats Harassing US Ships,"['National Security', 'US Navy', 'US Navy Ships', 'Donald Trump', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",Trump Says He Told Navy to ‘Shoot Down’ Iranian Boats,New York Times (News),"President Trump said on Wednesday that he has told the Navy to shoot down and destroy any Iranian fast boats that harass American naval ships, in what would be a sharp escalation of the risky maneuvers performed by the two adversaries in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea.
The president’s abrupt statement, which he announced on Twitter, came a full week after the Pentagon accused Iran of sending 11 fast boats to conduct “dangerous and harassing approaches” to six American warships in the Persian Gulf.
The Iranian vessels, according...",left
21228,Trump Orders Navy to Destroy Any Iranian Gunboats Harassing US Ships,"['National Security', 'US Navy', 'US Navy Ships', 'Donald Trump', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",Trump says he's instructed Navy to 'destroy' any Iranian gunboats harassing US ships,Fox News (Online News),"President Trump said Wednesday that he's instructed the U.S. Navy to ""shoot down and destroy"" any Iranian gunboats harassing American ships, in the wake of a tense encounter in the Persian Gulf.
""I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea,"" Trump tweeted.
The encounter happened last week. Six U.S. Navy warships were conducting drills with US Army Apache attack helicopters in international waters off Iran last Wednesday when they were repeatedly harassed by...",right
21229,Trump Orders Navy to Destroy Any Iranian Gunboats Harassing US Ships,"['National Security', 'US Navy', 'US Navy Ships', 'Donald Trump', 'National Defense', 'Defense And Security']",Trump says US will 'shoot down and destroy' any Iranian boats harassing American ships,The Hill,"President Trump said Wednesday that he has instructed the U.S. Navy to “shoot down and destroy” Iranian vessels that harass American ships at sea.
“I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea,” Trump tweeted.
The president did not reference any specific incident, but his tweet follows a tense encounter between Iranian and U.S. Navy ships in the Persian Gulf last week. The U.S. military said that 11 Iranian ships repeatedly made “dangerous and harassing...",center
21230,Eric Holder Reflects on Career,"['White House', 'Politics']","With The End In Sight, Holder Reflects On His Legacy",NPR (Online News),"A day after Attorney General Eric Holder announced his resignation, he made a long-planned visit to Scranton, Penn.
That's where he won his first big trial as a young public corruption prosecutor nearly 40 years ago. And he says coming to this federal courthouse now, returning to the site of his earliest legal success, makes sense.
""This, for me, was ... almost like completing a circle,"" he says. ""I came here as a young and inexperienced trial lawyer and I came back as the head of the agency that I...",left
21231,Eric Holder Reflects on Career,"['White House', 'Politics']",This Is What Eric Holder's Legacy Will Be,HuffPost,"Attorney General Eric Holder, the first African-American to hold the top law enforcement position in the United States, announced on Thursday that he plans to step down from his position as soon as a successor can be confirmed. If he remains in office until December, Holder will become the third longest-serving Attorney General in the history of the United States. Here are some key components of his legacy.",left
21232,Eric Holder Reflects on Career,"['White House', 'Politics']",Eric Holder Leaves Mixed Record on National Security Issues,Newsmax (News),"Attorney General Eric Holder was just months into the job when he announced plans to prosecute the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and other alleged co-conspirators in a New York courtroom, rather than through the Guantanamo Bay military commission process.
It was an audacious idea, but immediately beset by political opposition and public safety concerns. The Obama administration's eventual decision to walk away from the proposal was a stinging defeat for Holder and a reminder of the complexities of the legal fight against terrorism.
Holder, who announced Thursday that...",right
21233,GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter and His Wife Indicted for Allegedly Using Campaign Funds for Personal Expenses,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Duncan Hunter throws his wife under bus in campaign finance scandal,Washington Examiner,"Who says true love is dead? Rep. Duncan Hunter pleaded not guilty this week to fraud and conspiracy charges, including that he spent $250,000 worth of campaign funds on personal expenses. But even",right
21234,GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter and His Wife Indicted for Allegedly Using Campaign Funds for Personal Expenses,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Duncan Hunter’s appalling greed and grubbiness,Washington Post,"EVER SINCE 2016, when federal election officials questioned why the campaign of Rep. Duncan D. Hunter (R-Calif.) had paid more than $1,300 to an online video game site and the San Diego Union-Tribune",left
21235,GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter and His Wife Indicted for Allegedly Using Campaign Funds for Personal Expenses,"['Campaign Finance', 'Elections']",Rep. Duncan Hunter's indictment over crazy spending threatens a political dynasty,USA TODAY,"As political careers go, U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter had it all. He was first elected in 2008 after his well-regarded father with the same name retired after 28 years in Congress. The younger Hunter",left
21236,Will Clinton Pick Warren?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Clinton, Warren to huddle after endorsement, stoking VP speculation",Fox News (Online News),"Hillary Clinton is set to huddle with liberal icon Elizabeth Warren in Washington Friday morning, stoking already-burning speculation about the possibility of an all-female Democratic ticket – and one pulled markedly to the left.",right
21237,Will Clinton Pick Warren?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Why Hillary Clinton really might tap Elizabeth Warren for VP,The Week - News,"Elizabeth Warren endorsed Hillary Clinton on Thursday night. ""I'm ready to get in this fight and work my heart out for Hillary Clinton to become the next president of the United States and to make sure that Donald Trump never gets anyplace close to the White House,"" the Massachusetts senator told Rachel Maddow.",left
21238,Will Clinton Pick Warren?,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Elizabeth Warren declares herself ready to be Hillary Clinton's running mate,The Guardian,"Senator Elizabeth Warren has declared herself ready to be Hillary Clinton’s running mate in the US presidential election.
The Massachusetts senator – popular among the progressive wing of the Democratic party – made the declaration shortly after endorsing Clinton, calling her “a fighter with guts” who would keep Donald Trump out the White House.",left
21239,December 2018 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"U.S. Payrolls Rise 312,000, Wages Accelerate in Jobs Blowout",Bloomberg,"US employers added the most workers in 10 months as wage gains accelerated and labor-force participation jumped, reflecting a robust job market that nevertheless faces mounting risks in 2019.",left
21240,December 2018 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"US economy added 312,000 jobs in December, blowing past expectations",Fox News (Online News),"US employers added 312,000 jobs in December, blowing past Wall Street’s expectations for an increase of 177,000 jobs, even on the heels of a tumultuous month for the markets that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 post their worst performance since the Great Depression.",right
21241,December 2018 Jobs Report,['Economy And Jobs'],"Economy added 312,000 jobs in December",Politico,"The economy added 312,000 jobs in December, the government reported Friday, signaling that Wall Street volatility and President Donald Trump's trade war with China have yet to pinch booming job creation.",left
21242,"Report Finds Lafayette Park Cleared for Fence Installation, Not For Trump Church Visit","['Donald Trump', 'Criminal Justice', 'George Floyd Protest', 'Violence In America']","Police did not clear protesters from Lafayette Park for Trump photo op, inspector general finds",USA TODAY,"A government report concludes that federal police did not clear protesters from Lafayette Park near the White House last summer so then-President Donald Trump could walk to a nearby church for a photo op.
The report, released Wednesday by Interior Department Inspector General Mark Lee Greenblatt, says U.S. Park Police and the U.S. Secret Service determined it was necessary to remove protesters from the area in and around the park last June 1, so contractors could install security fencing.
Federal police didn't learn of Trump's plans to walk through the park and examine...",left
21243,"Report Finds Lafayette Park Cleared for Fence Installation, Not For Trump Church Visit","['Donald Trump', 'Criminal Justice', 'George Floyd Protest', 'Violence In America']",Report: Park Police didn’t clear Lafayette Square protesters for Trump visit,Washington Post,"When the U.S. Park Police led law enforcement officers into a crowd of mostly peaceful protesters outside Lafayette Square on June 1, 2020, including officers equipped with chemical irritants and officers on horseback, they did so as part of a plan made days earlier to build a fence around the park to protect officers, not to facilitate the visit minutes later by President Donald Trump to a nearby church, an inspector general’s report released Wednesday concluded.
The report also found that D.C. police officers fired tear gas at protesters as...",left
21244,"Report Finds Lafayette Park Cleared for Fence Installation, Not For Trump Church Visit","['Donald Trump', 'Criminal Justice', 'George Floyd Protest', 'Violence In America']","Police Cleared Lafayette Park to Install Fencing, Not for Trump Photo-Op, IG Report Concludes",National Review,"Federal officers cleared Black Lives Matter demonstrators from Lafayette Park near the White House in June 2020 in order to install fencing, not to make way for a photo-op for President Trump, the Inspector General for the Department of the Interior said on Wednesday.
Trump critics have alleged that the former president ordered the clearing of the area in order to pose for a photograph outside the adjacent St. John’s Church. Black Lives Matter activists claim that Trump ordered the clearing of demonstrators in an ongoing lawsuit against the Justice Department.",right
21245,Perspectives: What is Thanksgiving For?,"['Holidays', 'Thanksgiving', 'General News']",Still thankful for the best country on Earth,Washington Examiner,"Americans began celebrating Thanksgiving long before there was a United States. For hundreds of years, the colonies celebrated a day for local communities to come together and give thanks to God.
It was not until the height of national division, during the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln first set a uniform date for the nationwide celebration of Thanksgiving.
“In the midst of a civil war of unequalled magnitude and severity,” Lincoln wrote, “order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except...",right
21246,Perspectives: What is Thanksgiving For?,"['Holidays', 'Thanksgiving', 'General News']",Thanksgiving reflections on grace and growth for uncertain times,Christian Science Monitor,"To call the past few years a time of upheaval is a pretty huge understatement. Gender roles and gender identity, race and justice, capitalism and socialism, hyperpolarization, wars, and pandemics – all have brought disruption at levels unseen in generations. Now we’re witnessing what economists are calling the Great Resignation, the unprecedented decision by many Americans to voluntarily quit their jobs, step back, and ask what they really want from work and life. 
In some ways, this time of year is about doing just that. Yes, there are turkeys and...",center
21247,Perspectives: What is Thanksgiving For?,"['Holidays', 'Thanksgiving', 'General News']",Thanksgiving can be a time for seeking further truths and building accountability,Washington Post,"A reckoning about Indigenous peoples’ histories has been unfolding across the United States in the past few years. Many states and municipalities have begun to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead of or in addition to Columbus Day. Some companies, universities and governments are also issuing statements to acknowledge that the land we take for granted was once the homelands of Indigenous peoples. And now most Americans know that the story of a harmonious first Thanksgiving is a dangerous myth. The truth of what Indigenous people suffered, and endured, is finally...",left
21248,Flynn Resigns from NSC,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",How the first major shakeup of Trump’s presidency unfolded around Michael Flynn,Washington Times,"The White House’s national security adviser resigned Monday night and President Trump tapped retired Lt. Gen. Joseph Keith Kellogg Jr. to serve as acting adviser in his place, in the first major shakeup of the still-young administration.",right
21249,Flynn Resigns from NSC,"['National Security', 'Defense And Security']",Trump searches for Michael Flynn's replacement -- and faces questions,USA TODAY,"Less than a month after taking office, President Trump must find a new national security adviser after Michael Flynn resigned for lying about his talks with a Russian ambassador, and the administration now faces questions about what the White House knew about the situation.",left
21250,Author of 'Anonymous' Op-Ed Revealed as Former DHS Chief of Staff Miles Taylor,"['White House', 'Trump Administration', 'Homeland Security', 'Leaks', 'Politics']","Miles Taylor, a Former Homeland Security Official, Reveals He Was ‘Anonymous’",New York Times (News),"Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, was the anonymous author of The New York Times Op-Ed article in 2018 whose description of President Trump as “impetuous, adversarial, petty and ineffective” roiled Washington and set off a hunt for his identity, Mr. Taylor confirmed Wednesday.",left
21251,Author of 'Anonymous' Op-Ed Revealed as Former DHS Chief of Staff Miles Taylor,"['White House', 'Trump Administration', 'Homeland Security', 'Leaks', 'Politics']",‘Anonymous’ Author Miles Taylor Gets Backlash From Trump And Others On All Sides,Forbes,"Miles Taylor reveals he is the “Anonymous” Trump Administration insider and now faces harsh backlash from President Trump and others on all sides.
Miles Taylor, former Department of Homeland Security official for the Trump Administration, revealed today that he’s the individual who anonymously authored the scathing opinion piece in The New York Times about what he describes as President Trump’s failed leadership and perilous presidency. Taylor later followed up that September 2018 NYT op-ed with a book about the Trump White House titled A Warning. Both the op-ed and the...",center
21252,Author of 'Anonymous' Op-Ed Revealed as Former DHS Chief of Staff Miles Taylor,"['White House', 'Trump Administration', 'Homeland Security', 'Leaks', 'Politics']",Former Homeland Security Staffer Miles Taylor Comes Forward As ‘Anonymous’,The Daily Caller,"“Anonymous,” the unnamed author who, while part of President Donald Trump’s administration, wrote a New York Times op-ed sharply criticizing him, revealed his identity Wednesday as Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff to a former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
Taylor also authored “A Warning,” a book that anonymously criticized the president from the perspective of a member of the Trump administration. Taylor revealed his identity Wednesday in a Medium post.
“I saw Donald Trump prove he is a man without character, and his personal defects have...",right
21253,"Senate Rejects Bill, Government Shutdown Begins","['US Congress', 'Politics']","Senate rejects funding bill, partial shutdown begins",The Hill,"Senators voted late Friday to reject a House-passed bill that would have funded the government until Feb. 16, beginning a partial government shutdown.",center
21254,"Senate Rejects Bill, Government Shutdown Begins","['US Congress', 'Politics']",Illegal immigrants cheer as Dreamer shutdown hits,Washington Times,"Democrats called it the Trump shutdown. Republicans labeled it the Schumer shutdown. But in reality, it was the Dreamer shutdown.",right
21255,"Senate Rejects Bill, Government Shutdown Begins","['US Congress', 'Politics']","On The Anniversary Of Trump’s Inauguration, The Government Is Shut Down",HuffPost,"“We will no longer accept politicians who are all talk and no action,” he proclaimed at his inauguration.",left
21256,Russia Ramps Up Strikes on Ukraine,"['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War']",Russia Hammers Ukraine With Air Strikes After Bridge Explosion,The Epoch Times,"Russia rained cruise missiles down on Ukrainian cities Monday following the destruction of a bridge spanning Ukraine and Crimea over the weekend.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday accused Ukraine’s security services of perpetuating the attack on the bridge and said it would be met with a significant military response.
“If there are further attempts to conduct terrorist attacks on our soil, Russia will respond firmly and on a scale corresponding to the threats created against Russia,” Putin added, according to state-run media. There will be “massive strikes with long-range precision weapons on...",right
21257,Russia Ramps Up Strikes on Ukraine,"['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War']","More missiles, drones strike Ukraine, alarms keep up fear",Associated Press,"Russian forces strafed Ukraine with a fresh barrage of missiles and munition-carrying drones Tuesday, a day after widespread strikes killed at least 19 people in what the U.N. human rights office described as a “particularly shocking” attack that could amount to war crimes.
Air raid warnings extended throughout the country in the morning, sending some residents back into shelters after months of relative calm in Kyiv and many other cities. The earlier lull had led many Ukrainians to ignore the regular sirens, but Monday’s attacks in the capital and 12 other regions gave...",left
21258,Russia Ramps Up Strikes on Ukraine,"['World', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War']",NATO members tighten security as G7 leaders discuss Russia's assault on Ukraine,Reuters,"U.S.-led NATO said on Tuesday its member states were boosting security around key installations as Russia escalated its attacks on Ukraine and stepped up threats against the West.
Russian missiles pounded Ukraine for a second day, after dozens of air raids across the country on Monday that killed 19 people, wounded more than 100 and knocked out power supplies.
Moscow has annexed new tracts of Ukraine, mobilised hundreds of thousands of Russians to fight and repeatedly threatened to use nuclear arms in recent weeks, spreading alarm in the West. A...",center
21259,"Missile That Killed 2 in Poland Likely a Ukrainian Stray, NATO Says","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'NATO', 'Poland']",Ukrainian Missile Fired At Incoming Russian Bomb Struck NATO Country: REPORT,The Daily Caller,"A rocket struck Polish territory on Tuesday, killing two people, The Associated Press reported, citing senior U.S. intelligence officials.
The missile was likely fired by Ukrainian forces at a Russian bomb launched at Ukraine during Russia’s missile strikes, three U.S. intelligence officials told the AP. NATO and Polish officials made similar assessments.
Polish media originally reported that a projectile struck an area of farmland where grain was drying in Przewodów, a village near the border with Ukraine, according to the AP. Polish government spokesman Piotr Mueller confirmed on social media that members...",right
21260,"Missile That Killed 2 in Poland Likely a Ukrainian Stray, NATO Says","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'NATO', 'Poland']","Poland, NATO say missile strike wasn’t a Russian attack",Associated Press,"NATO member Poland and the head of the military alliance both said Wednesday that a missile strike in Polish farmland that killed two people did not appear to be intentional and was probably launched by air defenses in neighboring Ukraine. Russia had been bombarding Ukraine at the time in an attack that savaged its power grid.
“Ukraine’s defense was launching their missiles in various directions and it is highly probable that one of these missiles unfortunately fell on Polish territory,” said Polish President Andrzej Duda. “There is nothing, absolutely nothing,...",left
21261,"Missile That Killed 2 in Poland Likely a Ukrainian Stray, NATO Says","['World', 'Ukraine War', 'Russia', 'NATO', 'Poland']",What is the S-300 missile that is reported to have hit Poland?,Reuters,"Poland has said the missile that hit a grain facility on Tuesday, killing two people near the border with Ukraine, was probably an ""old"" S-300 rocket, a Soviet-era missile system being used by both Russia and Ukraine.
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said it was likely being used as a Ukrainian air defence missile, but that Russia carried ultimate responsibility for the incident for having invaded Ukraine, triggering a now almost nine-month-old war. Russia at the time was firing scores of missiles at cities across Ukraine.
WHAT IS THE S-300?
The S-300...",center
21262,"Facebook Apologizes After PragerU Says the Social Media Site ""Heavily Censored"" Its Videos",['Free Speech'],Facebook Gives No Explanation For Censoring Conservative Educational Site PragerU,The Federalist,It appears Facebook is censoring PragerU by making sure that none of the educational site's 3 million followers get to see their posts.,right
21263,"Facebook Apologizes After PragerU Says the Social Media Site ""Heavily Censored"" Its Videos",['Free Speech'],"Facebook Apologizes to PragerU, Restores Banned Videos",The Daily Caller,Facebook on Friday issued an apology to PragerU for “mistakenly” removing several videos and limiting the reach of others.,right
21264,"Facebook Apologizes After PragerU Says the Social Media Site ""Heavily Censored"" Its Videos",['Free Speech'],PragerU claims it is being ‘heavily censored’ by Facebook — and they have evidence to prove it,The Blaze,"Prager University, which produces conservative content including man-on-the-street and explainer videos on conservative values and philosophy, claimed Friday that Facebook is heavily censoring its content.",right
21265,Palin Addresses Faith and Freedom Coalition,['Religion And Faith'],Sarah Palin On Syria: 'Let Allah Sort It Out',HuffPost,"Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) criticized President Barack Obama while speaking at the annual meeting of the Faith and Freedom Coalition Saturday, saying the United States should not intervene in Syria while he's in office.",left
21266,Palin Addresses Faith and Freedom Coalition,['Religion And Faith'],Palin gives emotional address to the Faith and Freedom Coalition,Washington Times,"There’s a big difference between God’s and the world’s standard of perfection, Sarah Palin told a Faith & Freedom Coalition audience in Washington on Saturday, her voice cracking with emotion.",right
21267,Palin Addresses Faith and Freedom Coalition,['Religion And Faith'],"Palin embraces SNL sketch, dishes out her own humor",CNN (Online News),"There are so many scandals in Washington, Sarah Palin said, they could be lumped under the name of the botched gun-running sting that landed Attorney General Eric Holder in hot water long before the Benghazi, IRS or NSA stories came to light.",left
21268,Senate Rejects Competing Proposals to Open Government,"['US Senate', 'Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Government Shutdown', 'Politics']","Bills to re-open government fail in Senate, temporary solution eyed",Reuters,Two measures to end the partial U.S. government shutdown - one backed by Republicans and one by Democrats - fell short in the Senate on Thursday as lawmakers explored other,center
21269,Senate Rejects Competing Proposals to Open Government,"['US Senate', 'Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Government Shutdown', 'Politics']",How senators voted: These lawmakers crossed the aisle to vote for plans to reopen government,CNN (Online News),"The Senate held two votes on Thursday for opposing plans to end the longest government shutdown in history, with few members breaking ranks as the shutdown stretched into day 34.",left
21270,Senate Rejects Competing Proposals to Open Government,"['US Senate', 'Immigration', 'Border Wall', 'Government Shutdown', 'Politics']","Senate rejects Trump immigration-shutdown bill, also defeats Dems' option without border security",Washington Times,"The Senate on Thursday rejected President Trump’s immigration compromise to grant temporary legal status to 1 million migrants and allocate money for his border wall, then rejected",right
21271,Ernst Offended By Comment,[],Joni Ernst: ‘Very offended’ by Tom Harkin,Politico,"Iowan GOP Senate candidate Joni Ernst responded on Monday that she was “very offended” by Sen. Tom Harkin’s comments comparing her looks to Taylor Swift.
“I was very offended that Sen. Harkin would say that, I think it’s unfortunate that he and many in their party believe that you can’t be a real woman if you’re conservative and female,” Ernst said to “Fox & Friends.”",left
21272,Ernst Offended By Comment,[],"Tom Harkin compares Joni Ernst to Taylor Swift, because sexism",Washington Post,"Here's a Fix rule for politicians. Never, ever, ever comment on someone else's personal appearance. Nothing good can ever come of it.
Retiring Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin just broke this rule into a million pieces. Here's what he said about state Senator Joni Ernst, the Republican nominee running to replace him, courtesy of Buzzfeed:
In this Senate race, I’ve been watching some of these ads. And there’s sort of this sense that. Well, I hear so much about Joni Ernst. She is really attractive, and she sounds nice. Well, I...",left
21273,Ernst Offended By Comment,[],Fossilized Democrat Tom Harkin patronizes Joni Ernst,Breitbart News,"The latest polls have Republican Joni Ernst opening a commanding lead over Democrat Bruce Braley in the Iowa Senate contest. Braley is a clumsy gaffe-machine candidate who shouldn't be within 10 points of her. (Considering how many objectively awful candidates Democrats have run in this election cycle, I feel a bit cynical that some of these contests are ""races"" at all. How can someone like Bruce Braley, or Mary Landrieu in Louisiana, still be in the running after actively insulting the voters? Is this some combination of low expectations and...",right
21274,Holder Hearing,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",Holder lashes out at Issa during tense hearing -calls conduct shameful,Fox News (Online News),"Eric Holder lashed out at his chief antagonist Wednesday at a congressional hearing where the attorney general was questioned on recent administration scandals, telling Republican Rep. Darrell Issa at the end of a tense exchange that his conduct is ""shameful.""
Holders comments came after Issa accused him of purposely and repeatedly keeping information from Congress.
“No, thats what you typically do, Holder responded. Following crosstalk, Holder added, “That
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/15/holder-testifies-at-house-hea...",right
21275,Holder Hearing,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']","Lawmakers Press Holder on AP, IRS",Wall Street Journal (News),Attorney General Testifies Before House Committee; Chairman Calls for 'Answers and Accountability',center
21276,Holder Hearing,"['Justice Department', 'Justice']",White House pushes media shield law as Holder faces questions on Capitol Hill,Washington Post,"As Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. offered few new details Wednesday on Capitol Hill about the Justice Departments decision to secretly obtain journalists phone records, the White House began pushing for a federal media shield law, an apparent act of damage control in the wake of a decision criticized by members of both political parties and the news media.",left
21277,"President Trump Suggests Sotomayor, Ginsburg Recuse Themselves From His Cases","['Donald Trump', 'Sonia Sotomayor', 'Ruth Bader Ginsburg', 'Partisanship', 'Supreme Court']",Trump Demands Two Liberal Justices Recuse Themselves From His Cases,New York Times (News),"The president ratcheted up a fight with a judicial system he sees as biased against him.
President Trump lashed out at two liberal Supreme Court justices on Tuesday, escalating his battle with the judicial system to new heights despite entreaties by his attorney general to refrain from Twitter blasts that complicate the administration’s legal fights.
Weighing in on a domestic matter before embarking on a day of ceremony and meetings in India, Mr. Trump seized on an opinion by Justice Sonia Sotomayor and a years-old comment by Justice Ruth Bader...",left
21278,"President Trump Suggests Sotomayor, Ginsburg Recuse Themselves From His Cases","['Donald Trump', 'Sonia Sotomayor', 'Ruth Bader Ginsburg', 'Partisanship', 'Supreme Court']","Trump Says Sotomayor, Ginsburg Should Recuse Themselves From Cases Involving Him",NPR (Online News),"President Trump criticized remarks by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg as ""inappropriate"" and said the Supreme Court justices should recuse themselves from cases involving the president.
""I just don't know how they cannot recuse themselves for anything Trump or Trump related,"" Trump said Tuesday in a wide-ranging news conference in New Delhi.
""What Justice Sotomayor said yesterday was highly inappropriate,"" Trump added. ""She's trying to shame people with perhaps a different view into voting her way.""
The remarks are an apparent reference to a recent Sotomayor dissent in...",left
21279,"President Trump Suggests Sotomayor, Ginsburg Recuse Themselves From His Cases","['Donald Trump', 'Sonia Sotomayor', 'Ruth Bader Ginsburg', 'Partisanship', 'Supreme Court']",Donald Trump: Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Should Recuse from Trump-Related Supreme Court Cases,Breitbart News,"President Donald Trump said Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg should recuse themselves from cases involving his administration, as a result of their past anti-Trump comments.
“I just don’t know how they can not recuse themselves for anything having to do with Trump or Trump-related,” he said.
Trump pointed to Justice Sotomayor for her comments criticizing his administration’s relationship with the Supreme Court.
After the Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s request to stay an injunction against the new public charge law, Sotomayor subtly criticized conservative justices on the...",right
21280,"Flooding in Pakistan Leaves Over 1,100 Dead, Millions Impacted","['Climate Change', 'Pakistan', 'World', 'Asia', 'Flooding', 'Weather', 'Environment']","Pakistan flooding described as ‘apocalyptic,’ with more than 1,100 dead, thousands injured",Deseret News,"Flooding from monsoon rain on an unimaginable scale has ravaged Pakistan, leaving more than 1,100 people dead and destroying villages, crops and livestock in a country dependent on agriculture.
The rains, combined with melting glaciers, have unleashed a devastating amount of water.
CNN posted satellite images of a new lake that’s formed — turning part of Sindh Province into an inland lake that’s 62 miles across. More than 3,500 people have been injured.
“One-third of Pakistan is inundated, as floods sweep through the country this summer. The catastrophic floods, resulting...",center
21281,"Flooding in Pakistan Leaves Over 1,100 Dead, Millions Impacted","['Climate Change', 'Pakistan', 'World', 'Asia', 'Flooding', 'Weather', 'Environment']","Deadly floods in Pakistan highlight a troubling problem. It's at the center of the climate crisis, but barely contributes to global emissions.",Insider,"Relentless rains in Pakistan over two months have caused the country's worst flooding in more than a decade. Floodwaters have washed away roads, buildings, and crops. A third of the country, an area about the size of Colorado, is now underwater, according to the country's climate minister.
Officials estimate that more than 33 million Pakistanis — one in seven people in the country — have been affected by the flooding. Two months of consecutive rain have killed 1,191 people as of Wednesday, according to Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority.
""Pakistan...",left
21282,"Flooding in Pakistan Leaves Over 1,100 Dead, Millions Impacted","['Climate Change', 'Pakistan', 'World', 'Asia', 'Flooding', 'Weather', 'Environment']","As Epic Floods Ravage His Nation, Pakistan Envoy Offers Climate Battle Plan",Newsweek,"As a third of the Islamic Republic of 220 million people lay underwater as a result of the worst floods in the nation's history, Pakistan's envoy to the United Nations revealed to Newsweek a plan to combat the worsening effects of global climate change and prevent future calamities from befalling other nations.
""Today it is Pakistan, tomorrow it could be another country,"" Pakistan's permanent representative to the United Nations, Munir Akram, told Newsweek, ""so we all need to act in solidarity and find collective ways of how to address this...",center
21283,"Controversial Study Estimates ""Superspreader"" Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Linked to 266,000 COVID-19 Cases","['Superspreader', 'Public Health', 'South Dakota', 'Coronavirus']","The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Was A Massive COVID-19 Superspreader Event, A New Study Claims",BuzzFeed News,"The massive Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, which brought more than 460,000 people to a tiny city of 7,000 residents in South Dakota in August, was a “superspreader” event that was responsible for more than 260,000 new cases of COVID-19 across the nation.
That’s the provocative conclusion from a new study from the Center for Health Economics & Policy Studies at San Diego State University, which also estimated that these cases cost the nation around $12.2 billion.
These numbers have been rejected by city and state officials, who noted that the study...",left
21284,"Controversial Study Estimates ""Superspreader"" Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Linked to 266,000 COVID-19 Cases","['Superspreader', 'Public Health', 'South Dakota', 'Coronavirus']",Was Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Responsible for 250K Coronavirus Cases?,Snopes,"In September 2020, social media was abuzz over a report from the IZA Institute of Labor Economics that linked 266,796 COVID-19 coronavirus cases (a figure that was reported as “more than 250,000” in various headlines) to the Sturgis motorcycle rally held in Sturgis, South Dakota:
IZA Institute of Labor Economics truly did publish a paper estimating that the rally was linked to a surge of approximately 250,000 COVID-19 cases (representing a cost of $12.2 billion). However, while the rally likely contributed to a rise in coronavirus cases, the figures stated...",left
21285,"Controversial Study Estimates ""Superspreader"" Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Linked to 266,000 COVID-19 Cases","['Superspreader', 'Public Health', 'South Dakota', 'Coronavirus']",South Dakota governor calls Sturgis ‘superspreading’ study ‘completely untrue’,New York Post (News),"South Dakota’s Gov. Kristi Noem has continued her attack on a recent study that argued the massive Sturgis motorcycle rally was a COVID-19 “superspreading” event linked to almost 20 percent of new cases nationwide last month — calling it “back of the napkin math” and “completely untrue.”
Some 300 attendees from 12 states have tested positive for coronavirus after attending the rally, including at least one who died.
And while it’s unclear how many people those infected attendees then spread the virus to, South Dakota saw a 35 percent post-rally...",right
21286,Hong Kong Leader Withdraws Extradition Bill,"['Hong Kong', 'Protests', 'Carrie Lam', 'Asia', 'World']","Hong Kong leader withdraws extradition bill, but too little too late, say some",Reuters,"Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Wednesday withdrew an extradition bill that triggered months of often violent protests so the Chinese-ruled city can move forward from a “highly vulnerable and dangerous” place and find solutions.
Her televised announcement came after Reuters reports on Friday and Monday revealing that Beijing had thwarted an earlier proposal from Lam to withdraw the bill and that she had said privately that she would resign if she could, according to an audio recording obtained by Reuters.
“Lingering violence is damaging the very foundations of our...",center
21287,Hong Kong Leader Withdraws Extradition Bill,"['Hong Kong', 'Protests', 'Carrie Lam', 'Asia', 'World']","After months of protests, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam withdraws controversial extradition bill",CNN (Online News),"Hong Kong (CNN)Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam has finally fully withdrawn a controversial bill that allowed extradition to mainland China and sparked three months of dramatic protests in the financial hub.
The decision to cave in to one of protesters' five core demands marked a dramatic U-turn for Lam, who for months has refused to withdraw the bill.
""We must find ways to address the discontent in society and look for solutions,"" Lam said in a a video statement Wednesday evening. ""After more than two months of social unrest,...",left
21288,Hong Kong Leader Withdraws Extradition Bill,"['Hong Kong', 'Protests', 'Carrie Lam', 'Asia', 'World']",Hong Kong withdraws extradition bill that sparked protests,Washington Times,"Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced Wednesday the government will formally withdraw an extradition bill that sparked months of demonstrations, bowing to one of the protesters’ demands in the hope of ending the increasingly violent unrest.
But lawmakers warned that the bill’s withdrawal was not enough to end the turmoil, which has increasingly focused on alleged police brutality against protesters and democratic reforms.
The bill would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be sent to mainland China for trials. It has prompted massive protests since June that disrupted transport...",right
21289,Norquist Anti-Tax Pledge,['Taxes'],Saxby Chambliss: 'I Care A Lot More About' America Than About Grover Norquist,HuffPost,"Chambliss, a member of the new ""Gang of Eight"" seeking a bipartisan framework for deficit reduction and a signatory of Norquist's pledge -- of which he's spoken unfavorably in the past -- said Wednesday that he wasn't concerned about potential backlash over his criticism.",left
21290,Norquist Anti-Tax Pledge,['Taxes'],Some Republicans move away from no-tax pledge,CNN (Online News),"After years of opposing higher taxes on anyone, Republicans now are under pressure to work out a comprehensive agreement to reduce the nation's chronic federal deficits and debt.",left
21291,Norquist Anti-Tax Pledge,['Taxes'],Top Republican Senator ditches Norquist anti-tax pledge,Fox News (Online News),"Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., broke ranks with other conservatives Wednesday when he made the remarks to a local television station. Chambliss is a member of the Gang of Six, a bipartisan group of senators tasked with finding a solution to the country's fiscal woes.",right
21292,Wedding Bombing in Turkey,['World'],"Suicide bomber at Turkish wedding was as young as 12, president says",Fox News (Online News),"The suicide bomber in a Turkish wedding party attack that killed dozens of people was between 12 and 14 years old, Turkey's president announced Sunday, blaming the Islamic State terror group for the massacre.",right
21293,Wedding Bombing in Turkey,['World'],Attack on wedding party in Turkey kills 50: state media,Politico,"A blast at a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep near the border with Syria killed 50 people and injured dozens, according to a report Sunday by the Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan blamed ISIL militants for the bombing. Other Turkish officials said the militant group likely sent a suicide bomber to target the wedding late Saturday in t",left
21294,Wedding Bombing in Turkey,['World'],Bombing at Wedding in Turkey Kills More Than 50,New York Times (News),"The wedding had ended and the guests had started walking home when a suspected suicide bombing tore through the site of the ceremony in southeastern Turkey late Saturday, killing more than 50 people and wounding scores more, the latest in a string of attacks in the restive region in the past week.",left
21295,Appeals Court Weighs Constitutionality of Obamacare,"['Obamacare', 'Court Of Appeals', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Healthcare']",U.S. appeals court to take up constitutionality of Obamacare,Reuters,"The future of Obamacare could be at stake on Tuesday when a coalition of Democratic-led states and House of Representatives urge a federal appeals court to overturn a Texas judge’s ruling that the U.S. healthcare reform law is unconstitutional.
Republicans have repeatedly tried to repeal Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act (ACA), since its 2010 passage, and while the Justice Department would normally defend a federal law, the Trump administration has declined to defend its constitutionality against a challenge by 18 Republican-led states.
A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general...",center
21296,Appeals Court Weighs Constitutionality of Obamacare,"['Obamacare', 'Court Of Appeals', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Healthcare']",Long-shot legal challenge could end Obamacare during the 2020 campaign,Politico,"Obamacare’s future will once again be at stake Tuesday when a federal appeals court considers a Trump-backed lawsuit aimed at scrapping the health care law in the heat of the 2020 election cycle.
The court will hear oral arguments on whether the Affordable Care Act is no longer valid after Congress eliminated the tax penalty for not purchasing health insurance. The lawsuit, brought by 18 Republican-led states, could jeopardize health care coverage for more than 20 million people insured through the 2010 health care law, eliminate insurance protections for preexisting...",left
21297,Appeals Court Weighs Constitutionality of Obamacare,"['Obamacare', 'Court Of Appeals', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election', 'Healthcare']",Appeals court hears Obamacare case that could focus 2020 debate,Washington Examiner,"Obamacare faces a three-judge panel Tuesday in New Orleans that will weigh whether the healthcare law is unconstitutional.
The timing of the case means that a decision from the court, and a potential appeal to the Supreme Court after that, could bring Obamacare's future to the center of political debate ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Such an outcome would put President Trump on the spot to argue his vision for an alternative while congressional Democrats would accuse Republicans of being uncommitted to Obamacare's protections for the sick, as they...",right
21298,Joshua Tree National Park to Temporarily Close Due to Damage Amid Shutdown,['Politics'],Joshua Tree National Park closes because of damage caused by shutdown,NBC News (Online),"Officials said that the 1,235-square-mile park will close Thursday morning temporarily, but did not say when they expected to reopen it to visitors.",left
21299,Joshua Tree National Park to Temporarily Close Due to Damage Amid Shutdown,['Politics'],"Stop Pretending the Smithsonian, National Park Closures Are a Crisis",Reason,"Yes, the government shutdown is to blame. No, it's not that big of a deal.",right
21300,Joshua Tree National Park to Temporarily Close Due to Damage Amid Shutdown,['Politics'],Joshua Tree will temporarily close to address shutdown damage,The Hill,California’s Joshua Tree National Park will completely shutter Thursday so that officials can address damage wrought during the ongoing government shutdown.,center
21301,Egyptian President Morsi Under Increasing Pressure,['Middle East'],Egypt's Morsi under increasing pressure as deadline looms,Washington Post,Army deadline to forge compromise with opposition looms Obama asks Morsi to be responsive to protests.,left
21302,Egyptian President Morsi Under Increasing Pressure,['Middle East'],Tick tock: Deadlines loom for Egypt's Morsy,CNN (Online News),One deadline looms Tuesday for Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy and another hangs over his head for Wednesday.,left
21303,Egyptian President Morsi Under Increasing Pressure,['Middle East'],Obama tells Egyptian President Morsi to address protesters' concerns,Washington Times,President Obama called Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi late Monday night to express his concerns about violence against women in anti-government demonstrations and to give Mr. Morsi some advice about running a democracy.,right
21304,Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Criticizes Biden on COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Joe Biden']",Florida’s Ron DeSantis in war of words with Joe Biden over Covid-19 spread,The Independent,"Florida’s governor is sounding off about President Joe Biden’s criticism of his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, even as his state is shattering hospitalisation records.
Ron DeSantis responded to several comments from both Mr Biden and members of the White House press team, who have aimed criticism at his state and others where rates of Covid-19 are surging and vaccination rates are low.
""Joe Biden has taken to himself to single out Florida over Covid-19,” Mr DeSantis claimed at a news conference, according to local media.
Joining a chorus of Republicans...",left
21305,Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Criticizes Biden on COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Joe Biden']",DeSantis fires back at Biden: 'Every COVID variant on this planet' is coming through his open border,Fox News (Online News),"Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis responded Wednesday to a White House attack from President Biden, who demanded he and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ""help or get out of the way"" of administration efforts to mitigate the coronavirus.
On ""The Ingraham Angle"", DeSantis said Biden is being disingenuous in blaming conservative governors who have refused to engage in widespread socioeconomic restrictions in regard to COVID mitigation, because the president continues to allow throngs of COVID-infected migrants to surge into Texas and in several cases be flown or bused to many states across the country – often without notifying...",right
21306,Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Criticizes Biden on COVID-19,"['Coronavirus', 'Florida', 'Ron DeSantis', 'Joe Biden']",The Memo: DeSantis-Biden sniping underscores COVID-19 frustration,The Hill,"A nation that had begun to celebrate victory in the exhausting fight against the coronavirus is starting to realize the end is not in sight after all.
As the light at the end of the tunnel recedes, the big political question is who will be punished by a frustrated public. 
Daily new COVID-19 cases have risen by more than 50 percent in the last week alone. Major cities including New York and Washington have tightened restrictions.
Meanwhile, the start of the new school year is looming — a pivotal moment...",center
21307,Analysis of Trump’s Sweep,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: Lesson of Trump's big night: Don't underestimate him,CNN (Online News),"The Donald won everything on Tuesday night. Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland: it was like whizzing past Trump signs on a train to Washington, D.C.",left
21308,Analysis of Trump’s Sweep,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: Donald Trump's Success Carries Lessons for Democrats Too,Guest Writer - Left,"Both political parties are susceptible to the failures of leadership, tone-deafness and elitism that fueled Donald Trump’s rise.",left
21309,Analysis of Trump’s Sweep,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",OPINION: Four big takeaways from Trump's 'Acela Primary' triumph,Guest Writer - Right,"Whoever dubbed Tuesday, April 26 the “Acela Primary” (because the five states that held primaries on that day coincide with the route of Amtrak’s fastest carrier) needs a refresher in how trains and Republican presidential hopefuls run.",right
21310,"Seven Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump, Supporters Over Jan. 6 Riot","['Violence In America', 'Justice', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Crime', 'Donald Trump', 'Race And Racism', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']","Capitol Police officers sue Trump, allies over insurrection",Associated Press Fact Check,"U.S. Capitol Police officers who were attacked and beaten during the Capitol riot filed a lawsuit Thursday against former President Donald Trump, his allies and members of far-right extremist groups, accusing them of intentionally sending a violent mob on Jan. 6 to disrupt the congressional certification of the election.
The suit in federal court in Washington alleges Trump “worked with white supremacists, violent extremist groups, and campaign supporters to violate the Ku Klux Klan Act, and commit acts of domestic terrorism in an unlawful effort to stay in power.”
The...",left
21311,"Seven Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump, Supporters Over Jan. 6 Riot","['Violence In America', 'Justice', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Crime', 'Donald Trump', 'Race And Racism', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']",Seven Capitol Police officers sue Trump over Jan. 6 riot,Axios,"Seven Capitol Police officers filed a lawsuit against former President Trump, several of his associates and extremist group leaders on Thursday, alleging they organized a plot to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power that culminated into the violent Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Why it matters: The suit argues that Trump and the other defendants violated the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act, which in part prohibited conspiracies to overthrow the federal government.
The law prevents authorities from depriving a person of their constitutional rights, and the lawsuit alleges that Trump and his co-defendants violated...",center
21312,"Seven Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump, Supporters Over Jan. 6 Riot","['Violence In America', 'Justice', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Crime', 'Donald Trump', 'Race And Racism', 'Elections', '2020 Election', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud']","Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump, Allies Over Jan. 6 Events",Newsmax (News),"Seven Capitol Police officers filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing former President Donald Trump and supporters of planning what led to the Jan. 6 attack in Washington D.C.
The suit ranks as the most expansive civil effort to date seeking to hold Trump and his allies legally accountable for the Capitol assault, The New York Times reported.
Although three similar lawsuits were filed in recent months, Thursday's filing is the first to allege that Trump worked in concert with political organizers to promote voter fraud in the 2020 election.
""This is probably the most comprehensive...",right
21313,Minneapolis Settles Lawsuit with George Floyd's Family for $27 Million,"['Violence In America', 'Criminal Justice', 'George Floyd Protests', 'George Floyd', 'Race And Racism']",Minneapolis to pay George Floyd's family $27m in police custody death lawsuit,The Guardian,"The city of Minneapolis has agreed to pay $27m to settle a civil lawsuit with the family of George Floyd, even as jury selection was under way in the murder trial of the former police of the former police officer, Derek Chauvin, who killed him.
The city council unanimously approved the settlement on Friday. The council emerged from closed session to announce the move, which includes $500,000 for the neighborhood where Floyd was arrested.
The Floyd family attorney, Ben Crump, said in a prepared statement that it was the largest...",left
21314,Minneapolis Settles Lawsuit with George Floyd's Family for $27 Million,"['Violence In America', 'Criminal Justice', 'George Floyd Protests', 'George Floyd', 'Race And Racism']",Minneapolis City Council Approves $27 Million Settlement for George Floyd’s Family,National Review,"The Minneapolis City Council approved a $27 million settlement on Friday for the family of George Floyd, an African American resident killed during his arrest by city police officers.
The family’s attorney, Ben Crump, said it was the largest pre-trial settlement in history for a civil rights suit.
The settlement “sends a powerful message that Black lives do matter and police brutality against people of color must end,” Crump told reporters in a statement.
“This agreement is a necessary step for all of us to begin to get some closure,”...",right
21315,Minneapolis Settles Lawsuit with George Floyd's Family for $27 Million,"['Violence In America', 'Criminal Justice', 'George Floyd Protests', 'George Floyd', 'Race And Racism']",Minneapolis reaches settlement with George Floyd's family for record $27M,The Hill,"The city of Minneapolis has settled a civil suit with the family of George Floyd for a record $27 million.
The settlement was unanimously approved by the Minneapolis City Council on Friday. It’s the largest pre-trial settlement in a civil rights wrongful death case in American history.
""When George Floyd was horrifically killed on May 25, 2020, it was a watershed moment for America,"" Ben Crump, the civil rights attorney representing the Floyd family, said at a press conference with city Mayor Jacob Frey (D) and members of Floyd's family...",center
21316,Perspectives: The Case for Impeachment,"['Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'Ukraine', 'John Bolton', 'White House', 'Politics', 'Impeachment']",This Question Is More Important Than Removing Trump,New York Times (Opinion),"This week, as part of the impeachment trial of President Trump, the Senate will take up the question of subpoenas for witnesses and documents. House managers had previously tried but failed to convince their Republican colleagues to go along with a series of amendments on witnesses and documents.
The vote on witnesses is critical. The testimony of key administration or former administration officials like Mick Mulvaney and John Bolton may be the only remaining hope Democrats have for disabusing Republican senators of their loyalty to Donald Trump before the vote...",left
21317,Perspectives: The Case for Impeachment,"['Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'Ukraine', 'John Bolton', 'White House', 'Politics', 'Impeachment']","Senators must honor their oaths at Trump impeachment trial, just like I did for Clinton",Guest Writer - Right,"To all who serve in the world’s greatest deliberative body and believe it must live up to that description: Don't let history’s verdict be a question mark or an asterisk.
The framers of the Constitution purposely and thoughtfully put the solemn responsibility of impeachment trials in the hands of the Senate, where they envisioned people of courage and conviction weighing facts and evidence.
I worry that the Senate is falling short of its responsibility. So far, the Senate has declined to seek further evidence and papers, on a party line...",right
21318,Perspectives: The Case for Impeachment,"['Donald Trump', 'Republican Party', 'Ukraine', 'John Bolton', 'White House', 'Politics', 'Impeachment']",Follow the money on impeachment: Trump bought off the jury — and hints at bigger tax cuts,Salon,"It's long been obvious that Republican senators have little interest in serving as impartial jurors in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump. While there is a raft of motivations for such historic perfidy — with several GOP senators politically benefiting from some of the same corrupting influences — one under-examined, non-Russian reason is personal greed.
A new report reveals that the 2017 GOP tax law was rife with monumental self-dealing by rich GOP lawmakers who have since benefited bigly. According to a Center for Public Integrity analysis, several Republican...",left
21319,Speaker Nancy Pelosi Calls For Articles Of Impeachment,"['Impeachment', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'House Judiciary Committee', 'US House', 'Politics']",'The president leaves us no choice': Pelosi to proceed with articles of impeachment,Politico,"The speaker said investigators have uncovered more than sufficient evidence to show that Trump abused his office.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that she has asked key chairmen to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, a historic step that signals the House is increasingly likely to vote to impeach Trump before the end of this year.
“Sadly, but with confidence and humility, with allegiance to our founders, and a heart full of love for America, today I am asking our chairmen to proceed with articles of impeachment,” Pelosi...",left
21320,Speaker Nancy Pelosi Calls For Articles Of Impeachment,"['Impeachment', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'House Judiciary Committee', 'US House', 'Politics']",'No choice but to act': House Speaker Pelosi asks chairmen to pursue articles of impeachment against President Trump,USA TODAY,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that Congress had to act in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump because of his failure to faithfully execute the law, a phrase that echoed the reasoning for the Declaration of Independence from England.
“The president abused his power for his own personal political benefit,"" said Pelosi, D-Calif. ""The president's actions have seriously violated the Constitution.""
""Today I am asking our chairmen to proceed with articles of impeachment,"" she added.
Meanwhile, Trump invited House Democrats to impeach him quickly so that he could...",left
21321,Speaker Nancy Pelosi Calls For Articles Of Impeachment,"['Impeachment', 'Articles Of Impeachment', 'Nancy Pelosi', 'House Judiciary Committee', 'US House', 'Politics']",Nancy Pelosi: Trump 'leaves us no choice' but to proceed with impeachment,Washington Times,"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday announced that Democrats would proceed with articles of impeachment against President Trump.
“His wrongdoing strikes at the very heart of our Constitution,” said Mrs. Pelosi, California Democrat.
She formally requested that the House Judiciary Committee move forward with articles of impeachment based on allegations that Mr. Trump abused the power of his office and invited foreign interference in the 2020 election.
“The president leaves us no choice but to act because he’s trying once again to corrupt the election for his own benefit,” she...",right
21322,US Has Most Confirmed Coronavirus Cases of any Country,"['Public Health', 'World', 'China', 'Asia', 'Europe', 'Disease', 'Coronavirus']",US Now Has Most Confirmed Virus Cases (82K) in World,Newsmax (News),"The United States has officially become the hardest-hit country in the world by the global coronavirus pandemic, confirming a world-high 82,285-plus coronavirus cases, surpassing China, where it originated.
""I think it's a tribute to our testing,"" President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday at the coronavirus task force daily briefing.
""We're testing a tremendous number of people,"" he added, questioning the data coming out of China.
The data is complied by Johns Hopkins University and Worldometer, which culls the data from a variety of sources.
While the data milestone is a...",right
21323,US Has Most Confirmed Coronavirus Cases of any Country,"['Public Health', 'World', 'China', 'Asia', 'Europe', 'Disease', 'Coronavirus']","New York, New Orleans hospitals reel as U.S. leads world in coronavirus cases",Reuters,"The United States on Thursday surpassed China and Italy as the country with the most coronavirus cases, according to a Reuters tally, as New York, New Orleans and other hot spots faced a surge in hospitalizations and looming shortages in supplies, staff and sick beds.
Medical facilities were running low on ventilators and protective masks and were hampered by limited diagnostic testing capacity.
The number of U.S. cases of coronavirus reached 81,378, the Reuters tally showed. China was second with 81,285 cases, and Italy third with 80,539 cases.
At least...",center
21324,US Has Most Confirmed Coronavirus Cases of any Country,"['Public Health', 'World', 'China', 'Asia', 'Europe', 'Disease', 'Coronavirus']","US now leads world with over 82,000 cases",ABC News (Online),"A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 23,600 people around the world, including at least 1,178 people in the United States.
Worldwide, there are more than 526,000 diagnosed cases of COVID-19, spanning every continent except Antarctica, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. At least 122,000 people around the world have recovered.
With more than 82,000 diagnosed cases, the U.S has the highest national total, ahead of Italy and China.
More than half a million coronavirus tests...",left
21325,"Dems and GOP Strike Short-Term Deal on Debt, but Larger Divide Remains","['Federal Budget', 'Economic Policy', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Politics', 'Capitol Hill', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'US Congress', 'Economy And Jobs']",Senate votes to extend debt ceiling through early December,CNN (Online News),"The Senate voted 50-48 Thursday evening to extend the nation's debt limit through early December after Democrats and Republicans reached a deal to avert economic disaster following weeks of partisan deadlock over the issue.
The House will next have to approve the extension before it can be sent to President Joe Biden for his signature. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said late Thursday that the House will convene on Tuesday to vote on the bill.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday morning that a deal had been reached, paving the way...",left
21326,"Dems and GOP Strike Short-Term Deal on Debt, but Larger Divide Remains","['Federal Budget', 'Economic Policy', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Politics', 'Capitol Hill', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'US Congress', 'Economy And Jobs']",No one likes the debt deal,Axios,"The leaders of the Senate were happy Thursday with their deal to avoid a debt default. They were about the only ones.
Why it matters: The Band-Aid does nothing to solve the debt ceiling problem long term for Americans. Democrats fear it only kicks the can down the road to a very busy December. Republicans, meanwhile, are mad their party blinked.
“Why the hell would I make it easier for them to raise the debt ceiling through regular order? We had a strategy and we abandoned it,"" Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told CNN's Manu...",center
21327,"Dems and GOP Strike Short-Term Deal on Debt, but Larger Divide Remains","['Federal Budget', 'Economic Policy', 'Debt Ceiling', 'Politics', 'Capitol Hill', 'Democratic Party', 'Republican Party', 'US Congress', 'Economy And Jobs']",Schumer Thanks Democrats for Solving ‘Republican-Manufactured Crisis’ after Debt-Ceiling Hike Passes,National Review,"Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) railed against Republicans in a speech Thursday night after eleven GOP senators joined Democrats in breaking a filibuster on the debt-ceiling hike.
“I thank my Democratic colleagues for showing unity in solving this Republican-manufactured crisis,” Schumer said. “Despite immense opposition from Leader McConnell and members of his conference, our caucus held together, and we have pulled our country back from the cliff’s edge that Republicans tried to push us over.”
After breaking the filibuster, the Senate approved an extension of the federal debt ceiling...",right
21328,Why is it Taking So Long to Count Votes?,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 Arizona Senate Election', '2022 Nevada Senate Election', 'Kari Lake', 'Katie Hobbs', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Early Voting']",Why Does It Take So Long to Count Mail Ballots in Key States? Blame Legislatures,Brennan Center for Justice,"The slow pace of counting mail ballots in states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin was a key source of election disinformation in 2020. The delays provided President Trump and his allies with a pretext to claim that the election was being stolen from them as mail ballots, which overwhelmingly went for Biden, were counted and added to vote totals. “We were winning everything, and all of a sudden it was just called off,” Trump complained. “This is a fraud on the American public.” 
Far from being a fraud, a conspiracy,...",left
21329,Why is it Taking So Long to Count Votes?,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 Arizona Senate Election', '2022 Nevada Senate Election', 'Kari Lake', 'Katie Hobbs', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Early Voting']",Nevada’s Clark County says ballot counting will stretch into next week,The Hill,"Election officials in the largest county in Nevada said Wednesday that ballot counting will continue through next week, though the majority of 2022 ballots could be counted by Friday, as the nation anxiously awaits election results for the state’s Senate seat.
Clark County Registrar of Voters Joe Gloria said in a news conference that Tuesday, Nov. 15, is the deadline to verify mail-in ballots and Thursday, Nov. 17, is the latest date for releasing the final, unofficial election results.
Gloria said the county has more than 14,700 ballots they did...",center
21330,Why is it Taking So Long to Count Votes?,"['2022 Elections', 'Elections', '2022 Arizona Senate Election', '2022 Nevada Senate Election', 'Kari Lake', 'Katie Hobbs', 'Voting Rights And Voter Fraud', 'Early Voting']",Learn from Florida — states don't need weeks to count votes,Washington Examiner,"Where were you when the great Bush v. Gore controversy began?
It was 22 years ago that Florida became the butt of the nation's and the world's joke because of the worst election debacle in modern history. The vote in Florida had finished very close on election night. Then, a machine recount tightened the margin between George W. Bush and Al Gore further. Then came hand recounts and controversies about undervotes and the means lawful to divine voter intention. Everyone in America learned what the word ""chad"" means and mastered a new...",right
21331,FBI Releases First Declassified 9/11 Document Following Biden Executive Order,"['FBI', '9/11', 'Joe Biden', 'Terrorism', 'Role Of Government', 'Defense And Security']",FBI Releases Declassified 9/11 Document That Fails to Prove Saudi Government Complicity,Slate,"The FBI ended the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks by releasing a newly declassified document regarding its investigation into support given to two of the Saudi hijackers. The heavily redacted 16-page document details how the hijackers had contact with lots of Saudi associates in the run-up to the attacks but fails to provide conclusive proof that senior officials of the Saudi government were complicit. The document, which was released late on Saturday, is the first record disclosed by the FBI since President Joe Biden issued an executive order calling for...",left
21332,FBI Releases First Declassified 9/11 Document Following Biden Executive Order,"['FBI', '9/11', 'Joe Biden', 'Terrorism', 'Role Of Government', 'Defense And Security']",FBI releases newly declassified 9/11 document 20 years after attacks,Fox News (Online News),"The FBI released a heavily redacted, 16-page declassified document Saturday night that sheds light on logistical support given to two Saudi hijackers before Sept. 11, 2001.
The document was released exactly 20 years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and days after President Biden requested a declassification review from the FBI and other government agencies related to the tragedy. 
The document summarizes an FBI interview conducted in 2015 with a Saudi man applying for U.S. citizenship who had frequent contact with other Saudi nationals in the U.S. who provided ""significant logistical support"" to the first hijackers arriving in the...",right
21333,FBI Releases First Declassified 9/11 Document Following Biden Executive Order,"['FBI', '9/11', 'Joe Biden', 'Terrorism', 'Role Of Government', 'Defense And Security']",Biden Declassifies Secret FBI Report Detailing Saudi Nationals' Connections To 9/11,NPR (Online News),"The Biden administration has declassified a 16-page FBI report tying 9/11 hijackers to Saudi nationals living in the United States. The document, written in 2016, summarized an FBI investigation into those ties called Operation ENCORE.
The partially redacted report shows a closer relationship than had been previously known between two Saudis in particular — including one with diplomatic status — and some of the hijackers. Families of the 9/11 victims have long sought after the report, which painted a starkly different portrait than the one described by the 9/11 Commission...",left
21334,Massive Earthquake in Central Italy,['General News'],63 people dead after 6.2 earthquake strikes Italy,USA TODAY,"At least 63 people were reported killed and dozens more were missing or feared dead Wednesday after a magnitude 6.2 earthquake and a series of aftershocks struck several towns in central Italy, according Italy's civil protection agency.",left
21335,Massive Earthquake in Central Italy,['General News'],"Italy earthquake described as ""Dante's Inferno"" kills as many as 50",CBS News (Online),"A strong earthquake in central Italy reduced three towns to rubble as people slept early Wednesday, with reports that as many as 50 people were killed and hundreds injured as rescue crews raced to dig out survivors.",left
21336,Massive Earthquake in Central Italy,['General News'],More than 50 reported dead after strong earthquake rocks central Italy,Fox News (Online News),"A powerful earthquake reportedly killed more than 50 people and destroyed a cluster of small mountain villages in Central Italy early Wednesday, and the death toll was expected to rise as rescue workers were digging frantically through rubble.",right
21337,2.4 Million Americans Filed for Jobless Claims Last Week,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Job Losses', 'Economy And Jobs']","2.4 million Americans filed jobless claims last week, bringing nine-week total to 38.6 million",Washington Post,"Americans continue clamoring for aid as a fight has broken out in Washington about whether to renew expanded benefits past July
President Trump and top Republican lawmakers are mounting fresh opposition to extending enhanced unemployment benefits to the millions of Americans who are still out of work, even as the administration released new jobless figures Thursday showing 2.4 million Americans sought benefits last week.
The reluctance by the White House and top GOP leaders drew sharp rebukes from congressional Democrats, who argue the coronavirus outbreak threatens to further ravage the...",left
21338,2.4 Million Americans Filed for Jobless Claims Last Week,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Job Losses', 'Economy And Jobs']","2.4M claimed jobless benefits last week, bringing total to nearly 39M since mid-March",Washington Examiner,"The number of jobless workers who applied for unemployment benefits last week was 2.4 million, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
Economists had projected 2.4 million new jobless claims.
The number of workers seeking aid remains historically high but has dropped considerably from the nearly 7 million claims that were filed the week ending March 28. Still, losing millions of jobs a week for weeks at a time was unheard of before the pandemic, and some economists expected that jobless claims would drop more precipitously. Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon...",right
21339,2.4 Million Americans Filed for Jobless Claims Last Week,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Job Losses', 'Economy And Jobs']",Americans Again File by the Millions for Unemployment Benefits,Bloomberg,"Millions more Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, indicating major job losses are continuing two months after the coronavirus pandemic started shuttering businesses.
Initial jobless claims for regular state programs totaled 2.44 million in the week ended May 16, Labor Department figures showed Thursday. The prior week’s figure was revised down by 294,000 to 2.69 million after a clerical error by Connecticut labor officials inflated the overall nationwide figure. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for 2.4 million claims in the latest week.
Initial claims...",left
21340,Rand Paul Takes Heat for Shutdown,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Rand Paul was right,CNN (Opinion),"When Rand Paul took control of the Senate floor just before 6 p.m. Eastern, virtually every one of his Republican colleagues grimaced. Five years ago, they would have cheered him.",left
21341,Rand Paul Takes Heat for Shutdown,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Rand Paul’s short-lived shutdown is ending, but his warning about GOP deficit hypocrisy reverberates",James Hohmann,"THE BIG IDEA: Republicans are all Keynesians now, but not Rand Paul. As he forced a brief government shutdown overnight to draw attention to his party’s hypocrisy on deficit spending, Kentucky’s junior senator was the personification of William F. Buckley’s definition of conservatism: standing athwart history, yelling stop, at a time when no one is inclined to do so, or to have much patience with those who so urge it.",right
21342,Rand Paul Takes Heat for Shutdown,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Graham Blasts Rand Paul: 'He Thinks He Knows More About the Military' Than Gen. Mattis,Fox News (Online News),"Just before an hours-long government shutdown, Sen. Lindsey Graham called out his Republican colleague Rand Paul for his opposition to an agreement to fund the government through March 23.",right
21343,Ramadan Mubarak 2020,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Muslims', 'Ramadan', 'Religion And Faith', 'World', 'Islam', 'Holidays', 'General News']",Muslims worldwide adjust monthlong Ramadan plans due to coronavirus risks,Los Angeles Times,"TRIPOLI, Lebanon — Sitting in the shade of Tripoli’s Mansouri Great Mosque, Issam Jadeed, an unemployed dessert maker, scowled at passersby asking if they could go inside.
His answer, like so much else these days, involved the global coronavirus outbreak.
“It’s closed. Imagine! It’s almost Ramadan and we can’t go to pray because of this corona,” he said, referring to COVID-19 as if he were talking about a frustrating family member. “But it’s wrong to do this. This is the House of Allah. Inside, we would be aamen, secure.”...",left
21344,Ramadan Mubarak 2020,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Muslims', 'Ramadan', 'Religion And Faith', 'World', 'Islam', 'Holidays', 'General News']",When Is Ramadan? This Week’s New Moon Will Begin Annual Fast And Set Up A ‘Super Flower Moon’,Forbes,"This week it’s a New Moon.
The moment when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun sees the far side of the Moon illuminated. During this time—marked at precisely 3:27 a.m. Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on Thursday, April 23, 2020—no-one on Earth can see anything of the Moon.
However, a few hours after New Moon, when our satellite has moved away from that point in space between the Earth and Sun, its limb is suddenly lit-up, as seen from Earth.
The result is a super-slim crescent Moon....",center
21345,Ramadan Mubarak 2020,"['Coronavirus', 'Public Health', 'Muslims', 'Ramadan', 'Religion And Faith', 'World', 'Islam', 'Holidays', 'General News']",Ramadan 2020: Fasting hours around the world,Al Jazeera,"The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is set to start later this week.
During Ramadan, Muslims around the world fast for a full lunar month.
The fasting begins at the Fajr prayer just before dawn and is broken at sunset.
Last year, the minimum duration of the fast was 11 hours but went up to 20 hours, depending on the location. And this year, similar durations will be seen.
Because the sun rises and sets a little earlier (or a little later) each day, fasting hours in Ramadan also change...",left
21346,Attacks on James Comey,['Politics'],Trump Responds to Report that Comey Exonerated Hillary Long Before FBI Investigation Ended,Townhall,Katie reported the bombshell Thursday that FBI Director James Comey had decided not to pursue criminal charges against Hillary Clinton long before their email investigation had expired. Transcripts released by the Senate Judiciary Committee showed that Comey had made up his mind even before interviewing key witnesses.,right
21347,Attacks on James Comey,['Politics'],Comey criticized by senators for appearing to reject Clinton charges before FBI probe finished,Chicago Tribune,"Fired FBI Director James Comey began writing his now-famous statement clearing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of potential misconduct regarding her handling of State Department emails before his agency had interviewed key witnesses, two powerful Republican senators alleged Thursday.",center
21348,Attacks on James Comey,['Politics'],Trump Again Lashes Out at Comey’s Handling of Clinton Investigation,New York Times (News),"President Trump on Friday lashed out anew at the F.B.I. director he fired in May, charging that James B. Comey had “exonerated” Hillary Clinton before fully completing the investigation into her use of a private email server.",left
21349,Whistleblower Says US Lacks Adequate Coronavirus Plan,"['Rick Bright', 'Whistleblower', 'Public Health', 'White House', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']",Virus whistleblower tells lawmakers US lacks vaccine plan,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — Whistleblower Dr. Rick Bright warned on Thursday that the U.S. lacks a plan to produce and fairly distribute a coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available. The nation could face “the darkest winter in modern history” unless leaders act decisively, he told a congressional panel.
Bright alleges he was ousted from a high-level scientific post after warning the Trump administration to prepare for the pandemic.
Testifying Thursday, Bright said, “We don’t have (a vaccine plan) yet, and it is a significant concern.” Asked if lawmakers should be worried,...",left
21350,Whistleblower Says US Lacks Adequate Coronavirus Plan,"['Rick Bright', 'Whistleblower', 'Public Health', 'White House', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']",‘His Allegations Do Not Hold Water’: Alex Azar Unloads On Dr. Bright During Capitol Hill Testimony,The Daily Caller,"Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar took aim at Dr. Rick Bright as he was still testifying on Capitol Hill.
Bright had claimed that he was removed from his post as the head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority due to his objections over touting the use of hydroxychloroquine, and testified Thursday that he had been moved to a “more limited and less impactful position” within the National Institutes of Health.
Azar, who spoke briefly to reporters before boarding Marine One at the White House, argued that...",right
21351,Whistleblower Says US Lacks Adequate Coronavirus Plan,"['Rick Bright', 'Whistleblower', 'Public Health', 'White House', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']",Ousted whistleblower warns US is heading toward “darkest winter in modern history”,Vox,"Dr. Rick Bright, previously the director of a US research agency working on a coronavirus vaccine, testified Thursday morning to a House subcommittee that “without better planning, 2020 could be the darkest winter in modern history.”
Bright warned lawmakers in his testimony before the health subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee that the US needs to take “simple but critical steps” to control the coronavirus pandemic and head off a disastrous second wave of infections this winter.
“We need to have the right testing for everyone who needs...",left
21352,Perspectives: Americans Compare Strategies As Biden Predicts Russia-Ukraine Invasion,"['Biden Administration', 'Foreign Policy', 'Human Rights', 'Joe Biden', 'National Security', 'NATO', 'Pentagon', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin', 'White House', 'World', 'War']",Is the U.S. Ready for a Russian Invasion of Eastern Europe?,National Review,"The Baltic nations of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, along with Poland, Slovakia, Romania, and Bulgaria, are all watching Vladimir Putin’s military buildup in eastern Europe with great unease. Each of them was controlled by Russia during its previous incarnation as the Soviet Union, and none of them wishes to return to that subjugation. That’s why they originally sought membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and have increased their own defense spending to meet, and in some cases surpass, the 2-percent-of-GDP goal that the alliance first agreed upon in 2014. NATO membership brings with it the guarantee...",right
21353,Perspectives: Americans Compare Strategies As Biden Predicts Russia-Ukraine Invasion,"['Biden Administration', 'Foreign Policy', 'Human Rights', 'Joe Biden', 'National Security', 'NATO', 'Pentagon', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin', 'White House', 'World', 'War']",Why Russia's Ukraine aggression matters to Americans,CNN (Online News),"Nobody knows for sure exactly what Vladimir Putin is doing with around 100,000 Russian troops parked near the Russia-Ukraine border, but it's making the US and Europe extremely nervous.
President Joe Biden said this week he expected the Russians would ""move in"" and that a slight incursion would be met differently than a full-on invasion.
The US has spent the past few days cleaning up that remark and making clear any type of invasion is unacceptable.
Asked in Geneva by a reporter if he thought, like Biden, that an invasion was likely, Russian Foreign...",left
21354,Perspectives: Americans Compare Strategies As Biden Predicts Russia-Ukraine Invasion,"['Biden Administration', 'Foreign Policy', 'Human Rights', 'Joe Biden', 'National Security', 'NATO', 'Pentagon', 'Russia', 'Ukraine', 'Vladimir Putin', 'White House', 'World', 'War']",Biden's remarks on Russia should worry Ukraine,The Hill,"President Biden’s comments Wednesday regarding Russia’s intentions toward Ukraine are unlikely to reassure the government in Kyiv that the United States “has its back.” In a White House news conference, the president was unambiguous regarding a likely American and NATO response to a full-blown Russian invasion, but he indicated that the level of Russia’s aggression might determine the response. 
Russia no longer could do any business in dollars if it invades its neighbor, Biden said; it would be excluded from the SWIFT system for international funds transfer. He would subject Moscow to severe sanctions,...",center
21355,Trump Leaves His Business,['Politics'],Trump Is Leaving His Business to Focus on Presidency,Townhall,"Donald Trump will be leaving his business to focus on the presidency, he said in a series of tweets Wednesday morning.",right
21356,Trump Leaves His Business,['Politics'],Trump announces he will leave business ‘in total’ — leaving open how he will avoid conflicts of interest,Washington Post,"President-elect Donald J. Trump tweeted Wednesday morning that he would soon leave his “great business in total” to focus on the presidency, a response to growing worries over the businessman-in-chief’s conflicts of interest around the globe.",left
21357,Trump Leaves His Business,['Politics'],Trump leaving business 'in total' to focus on presidency,The Hill,"President-elect Donald Trump says he will announce in December that is leaving his business ""in total"" to focus on running the country.",center
21358,Illegal Immigration and Crime Rates,['Immigration'],"Report: DACA-age illegals far more likely to commit crimes, be in jail",Washington Examiner,A new report about crimes committed by illegals finds that younger undocumented immigrants who were eligible for former President Obama’s DACA amnesty program commit far more crimes than other immigrants or U.S. citizens.,right
21359,Illegal Immigration and Crime Rates,['Immigration'],Restrictionists Are Misleading You About Immigrant Crime Rates,Reason,"President Donald Trump never misses an opportunity to depict unauthorized immigrants—especially of the Hispanic variety—as ""rapists and criminals."" He did it again in his State of the Union address when he drew attention to two Long Island teenage girls killed by the El Salvadorian gang MS13. Those deaths are tragic, but they don't say much one way or the other about the propensity of these immigrants to commit crimes.",right
21360,Illegal Immigration and Crime Rates,['Immigration'],Trump’s claim that immigrants bring ‘tremendous crime’ is still wrong,Washington Post,"Trump earned Four Pinocchios the last time we looked into his claim that immigrants cause crime rates to rise in the United States. Fresh data and several new studies have been released since that fact-check in 2015, and we took another look at the body of knowledge to see how the president’s view holds up.",left
21361,Obamas Release 2012 Tax Returns,['Taxes'],Obamas' Tax Rate: 18.4%,Wall Street Journal (News),President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama paid 112214 in federal income taxes in 2012 on adjusted gross income of 608611 an effective rate of 18.4 the White House said Friday.,center
21362,Obamas Release 2012 Tax Returns,['Taxes'],"Obamas release 2012 tax returns, report $609G in income",Fox News (Online News),President Obamas 2012 tax returns show he and first lady Michelle Obama paid 112214 in taxes last year on 608611 in adjusted gross income.,right
21363,Obamas Release 2012 Tax Returns,['Taxes'],The Obamas gross $180K less in '12 than in '11,Politico,President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama earned just over 600000 in 2012 far less than they took in during 2011 according to their tax return released by the White House on Friday. The Obamas reported an adjusted gross income of 608611 during the election year more than 180000 less than they grossed for the previous year. They paid 112214...,left
21364,Outlook for Graham-Cassidy Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",McConnell pressures Senate Republican holdouts to support last-ditch Obamacare repeal bill,Washington Times,"Senate Republicans will hold a vote on an Obamacare repeal bill next week, leaders announced Wednesday, attempting one final Hail Mary play to kill off the 2010 law before the chamber runs out of time.",right
21365,Outlook for Graham-Cassidy Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Republicans aren’t voting for Graham-Cassidy. They’re just voting for Obamacare repeal.,Vox,Senate Republicans are once again just a few votes away from repealing and replacing Obamacare. It’s a plan that senators themselves struggle to explain and defend and that emerged on the public stage mere days before an expected vote.,left
21366,Outlook for Graham-Cassidy Bill,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","With Timing Tight for GOP’s Health-Law Repeal Effort, Opponents Rush to Mobilize",Wall Street Journal (News),Critics step up attacks on latest bill amid narrow window for Senate vote.,center
21367,"Pence, Pompeo Meet Erdogan in Turkey, Agree on Cease-fire","['Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Mike Pence', 'Syria', 'Kurds']","Pence says Turkey, U.S. agree ceasefire in northeast Syria",Reuters,"ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has agreed to a five-day ceasefire in northeast Syria to allow for withdrawal of Kurdish forces, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday after talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.
“Today the United States and Turkey have agreed to a ceasefire in Syria,” Pence told a news conference after more than four hours of talks at the presidential palace in Ankara.
Pence had flown to Turkey to call for a halt in Turkey’s cross-border military operation, called Operation Peace Spring, under which Turkey has aimed...",center
21368,"Pence, Pompeo Meet Erdogan in Turkey, Agree on Cease-fire","['Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Mike Pence', 'Syria', 'Kurds']","U.S., Turkey agree to cease-fire to allow Kurdish forces to retreat",NBC News (Online),"LONDON — Vice President Mike Pence announced Thursday that the U.S. reached a cease-fire agreement with Turkey to suspend its military operation in Syria to allow Kurdish forces to retreat from a designated safe zone.
Pence said that Turkey will suspend its military operations for five days to allow Kurdish forces to leave the zone, and U.S. forces will aid in the retreat.
The agreement comes amid growing global concern about Turkey’s military incursion in Syria after President Donald Trump ordered U.S. forces to withdraw from the country, leaving the...",left
21369,"Pence, Pompeo Meet Erdogan in Turkey, Agree on Cease-fire","['Foreign Policy', 'World', 'Mike Pence', 'Syria', 'Kurds']","Trump celebrates ‘great day for civilization’ as Pence, Pompeo secure Syria cease-fire agreement",Fox News (Online News),"President Trump declared Thursday ""a great day for civilization"" as Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced terms of a cease-fire agreement that would end violence between Turkey and Kurds in Syria, following a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara.
The deal is for a 120-hour cease-fire, during which time the Kurdish-led forces could pull back from the roughly 20-mile-wide safe zone on the Turkish-Syrian border. All Turkish military operations under the recent offensive known as Operation Peace Spring will pause during that...",right
21370,Race and the March on Washington,['Civil Rights'],"Fifty years since March on Washington, partisan divide persists",CNN (Online News),"The fiftieth anniversary of the historic March on Washington, celebrated in the nation's capital this week, is being marked with separate events by Republicans and Democrats as a sharp partisan divide persists on issues of race in America.
Half a century after Martin Luther King Jr.'s ""I Have a Dream"" address, which became a crucial moment in the struggle for civil rights in the U.S., a new national poll indicates a left-right divide over whether King's dream has been reached. And political issues that involve race, including voting rights and...",left
21371,Race and the March on Washington,['Civil Rights'],"Left, right invoke Martin Luther King Jr. to their own ends",Politico,"What would Martin Luther King Jr. think of gays, drones and Republicans?
It’s anyone’s guess, of course.",left
21372,Race and the March on Washington,['Civil Rights'],Marching for King's dream: 'The task is not done',Fox News (Online News),"Tens of thousands of people marched to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and down the National Mall on Saturday, commemorating the 50th anniversary of King's famous speech and pledging that his dream includes equality for gays, Latinos, the poor and the disabled.
The event was an homage to a generation of activists that endured fire hoses, police abuse and indignities to demand equality for African Americans. But there was a strong theme of unfinished business.",right
21373,Iran Denies Involvement in Tehran Plane Crash; Video Shows Apparent Missile Impact,"['Iran', 'Ukraine', 'Boeing', 'Canada', 'Middle East', 'Disaster', 'General News']","Iran Denies Shooting Down Ukraine Flight, Calls for Boeing to Investigate",National Review,"Iranian officials on Friday denied reports from American and European intelligence agencies that the country shot down a civilian passenger plane shortly after attacking U.S. positions in Iraq.
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 from Tehran to Kyiv was shot down by an anti-aircraft missile battery, according to U.S. officials. President Trump suggested on Thursday that the incident was the result of an error, saying “somebody could have made a mistake on the other side.”
“What is obvious for us, and what we can say with certainty, is that no missile...",right
21374,Iran Denies Involvement in Tehran Plane Crash; Video Shows Apparent Missile Impact,"['Iran', 'Ukraine', 'Boeing', 'Canada', 'Middle East', 'Disaster', 'General News']","Iran denies downing plane, says West should share evidence",Associated Press,"TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Friday denied Western allegations that one of its own missiles downed a Ukrainian jetliner that crashed outside Tehran, and called on the U.S. and Canada to share any information they have on the crash, which killed all 176 people on board.
Western leaders said the plane appeared to have been unintentionally hit by a surface-to-air missile just hours after Iran launched around a dozen ballistic missiles at two U.S. bases in Iraq to avenge the killing of its top general in an American airstrike...",left
21375,Iran Denies Involvement in Tehran Plane Crash; Video Shows Apparent Missile Impact,"['Iran', 'Ukraine', 'Boeing', 'Canada', 'Middle East', 'Disaster', 'General News']","Iran accuses U.S. of ""spreading lies"" about jetliner crash",CBS News (Online),"Iranian officials have denied claims that they mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet and accused the United States of ""spreading lies"" about intelligence suggesting they did. The plane crashed early Wednesday morning soon after takeoff from Tehran's airport, killing everyone on board.
CBS News has learned that U.S. officials are confident Iran shot down the jetliner in the hours after the Iranian missile attack on U.S. targets earlier this week. There were 176 people killed in the crash, mostly Iranian and Canadian nationals. Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has...",left
21376,Industry Experts Predict Gas Prices Will Surge in Early 2022 Before Dropping Off,"['Energy', 'Gas', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Transportation', 'Cars']",Analysts predict rising gas prices,The Hill,"Analysts expect U.S. gasoline prices to rise in 2020, saying they could reach around $4 per gallon in late spring, presenting a major political problem for President Biden.
Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis at the Oil Price Information Service, told The Hill that there’s a “good chance” prices will be “close"" to 2008 highs, when prices were above $4 per gallon.
“Notwithstanding another variant…we’re going to see excessively high prices in 2022,” said Kloza. “It’s going to run up, I’d say, between Presidents’ Day and Cinco de Mayo.”
He attributed the potential increase to...",center
21377,Industry Experts Predict Gas Prices Will Surge in Early 2022 Before Dropping Off,"['Energy', 'Gas', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Transportation', 'Cars']","New forecast predicts spring surge in gas prices, followed by sharp drop",The Week - News,"A new forecast from price tracking app GasBuddy predicts ""pain at the pump will get worse before it gets better,"" CNN reports. This latest prediction estimates the national average gas price will peak, CNN writes, at ""a monthly average of $3.79 in May, before finally retreating below current levels by late 2022.""
""We could see a national average that flirts with, or in a worst-case scenario, potentially exceeds $4 a gallon,"" Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, told CNN. According to AAA, the current national average gas price dropped to $3.29 a gallon on...",left
21378,Industry Experts Predict Gas Prices Will Surge in Early 2022 Before Dropping Off,"['Energy', 'Gas', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Transportation', 'Cars']","Falling Gas Price Trend Likely Bottomed, Drivers Should Brace for Pain at the Pump: Experts",The Epoch Times,"The falling trend in retail gasoline prices has likely hit bottom and drivers should expect a fresh run of higher prices before seeing relief at the pump again, according to several industry experts, with one predicting a peak as high as $4 per gallon by spring.
National average retail gasoline prices have been in a downward trend since peaking at $3.505 for the week ending Nov. 8, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The week ending Dec. 27 saw the national average fall to $3.375 per gallon, with the agency predicting in...",right
21379,Jeb Registered as Hispanic,['Politics'],Jeb Bush admits mistake: He's not Hispanic,USA TODAY,"Jeb Bush is not Hispanic, even if he somehow said so on an old voter registration form.
The New York Times obtained a copy of Bush’s 2009 voter registration application from the Miami-Dade County Elections Department in which the former Florida governor marked “Hispanic” in the section asking about race and ethnicity.
Bush is a scion of one of America’s best-known political families. He speaks fluent Spanish — and he does have some of the strongest ties to Hispanics of any potential GOP presidential contender.
“It’s unclear where the paperwork...",left
21380,Jeb Registered as Hispanic,['Politics'],Jeb Bush self-identified as Hispanic on 2009 voter registration: report,Washington Times,"Former Florida governor and likely Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush identified himself as Hispanic on a 2009 voter registration form, The New York Times has revealed.
The Times reports that the application, obtained from the Miami-Dade County Elections Department, shows that Mr. Bush marked himself “Hispanic” in the field labeled “race/ethnicity.”
Under Florida law, voter registration applications must be submitted in hard copy and require an original signature, because the voter is swearing or affirming an oath, The Times reported.
Bush spokeswoman K",right
21381,Jeb Registered as Hispanic,['Politics'],Jeb Bush once registered as a Hispanic voter. Was it a mistake?,Vox,"The New York Times reported this morning that Jeb Bush identified himself as ""Hispanic"" on a Florida voter registration form in 2009:",left
21382,The Washington Post Reveals the Woman Behind ‘Libs of TikTok’,"['Media Industry', 'TikTok', 'Politics', 'Washington Post', 'Taylor Lorenz', 'LGBTQ Issues', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Twitter', 'Social Media', 'Schools', 'Education', 'Transgender', 'Fox News', 'Doxing']","Meet the woman behind Libs of TikTok, secretly fueling the right’s outrage machine",Washington Post,"On March 8, a Twitter account called Libs of TikTok posted a video of a woman teaching sex education to children in Kentucky, calling the woman in the video a “predator.” The next evening, the same clip was featured on Laura Ingraham’s Fox News program, prompting the host to ask, “When did our public schools, any schools, become what are essentially grooming centers for gender identity radicals?”
Libs of TikTok reposts a steady stream of TikTok videos and social media posts, primarily from LGBTQ+ people, often including incendiary framing designed...",left
21383,The Washington Post Reveals the Woman Behind ‘Libs of TikTok’,"['Media Industry', 'TikTok', 'Politics', 'Washington Post', 'Taylor Lorenz', 'LGBTQ Issues', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Twitter', 'Social Media', 'Schools', 'Education', 'Transgender', 'Fox News', 'Doxing']",‘Holed Up In A Safe Location’: Libs Of TikTok Creator Provides Update On Her Safety After Being Doxxed By Washington Post,The Daily Wire,"The real person behind the popular Libs of TikTok account just provided an update following the explosive Washington Post article revealing personal details about her, including her name and location.
“Words cannot express how appreciative I am of the support I’m receiving right now. Thankfully I’m currently holed up in a safe location. I’m confident we will get through this and come out even stronger. Grateful for all the thoughts and prayers ❤️,” she shared on Twitter.",right
21384,The Washington Post Reveals the Woman Behind ‘Libs of TikTok’,"['Media Industry', 'TikTok', 'Politics', 'Washington Post', 'Taylor Lorenz', 'LGBTQ Issues', ""Women'S Issues"", 'Twitter', 'Social Media', 'Schools', 'Education', 'Transgender', 'Fox News', 'Doxing']",Why Taylor Lorenz's Libs of TikTok Expose Has Outraged Conservatives,Newsweek,"As news that Washington Post columnist Taylor Lorenz was about to publish a piece revealing the identity of the creator of Twitter account Libs of Tik Tok started spreading, outraged conservatives accused the journalist of ""doxxing"" and harassing the anonymous account holder.
The conservative account Libs of Tik Tok, which mostly shares content attacking liberals as well as school teachers accused of the alleged ""grooming"" and ""indoctrination"" of children on LGBT rights, has become a social media sensation in the past two years, achieving a follower base of some 648,000 on Twitter, over 66,000...",center
21385,"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Introduces Proposals to Ban ‘Vaccine Passports,' Fire Dr. Fauci","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'US House', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Politics']",Marjorie Taylor Greene Proposes Making Fauci’s Salary $0 And Requiring Businesses To Serve The Unvaccinated,Forbes,"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Thursday introduced long-shot bills to lower the salary of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease official, to $0 and bar businesses from refusing service to people who are unvaccinated, the latest stunt Greene has pulled since she was stripped of her committee assignments in February. In a press release, Greene slammed Fauci, who has polled as one of the most trusted voices on the pandemic, as “Dr. Always Wrong” and took aim at him for being the highest paid federal official with...",center
21386,"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Introduces Proposals to Ban ‘Vaccine Passports,' Fire Dr. Fauci","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'US House', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Politics']",Rep. Greene Introduces Proposal to Bar ‘Vaccine Passports’,The Epoch Times,"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) introduced a proposal on April 1 that would ban COVID-19 vaccination mandates as well as so-called vaccine passports.
The We Will Not Comply Act would ban documents that show who has been vaccinated or recently tested negative for the CCP virus. The concept of requiring certification has been rejected by pro-privacy groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Greene’s measure likely won’t be taken up by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, and if it is, it will be unlikely to pass. It would...",right
21387,"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Introduces Proposals to Ban ‘Vaccine Passports,' Fire Dr. Fauci","['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'US House', 'Marjorie Taylor Greene', 'Anthony Fauci', 'Politics']",Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Congressional Performance Art Continues with Her Introduction of ‘Fire Fauci’ and ‘We Will Not Comply’ Acts,Mediaite,"It appears that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will go to any length to get attention. And against our better judgment, in this instance, who are we to deny her?
In a press release sent to Mediaite, Taylor Greene’s office announced her plans to introduce two new acts of legislation. The first “Fire Fauci Act” is designed to fire President Joe Biden’s Chief Scientist, Dr. Anthony Fauci, who she derides as “Dr. Always Wrong,” and the second is the “We Will Not Comply Act” that will serve as a ban for...",left
21388,Punish Russia,['Foreign Policy'],Obama administration announces measures to punish Russia,Washington Post,"The Obama administration announced sweeping new measures against Russia on Thursday in retaliation for what U.S. officials have characterized as interference in this fall’s presidential election, ordering the expulsion of Russian ""intelligence operatives"" and slapping new sanctions on state agencies and individuals suspected in the hacks of U.S. computer systems.",left
21389,Punish Russia,['Foreign Policy'],Russia's Putin says American diplomats won't be expelled,USA TODAY,"In a potential tit-for-tat action, Sergey Lavrov earlier Friday called for the expulsion of 35 U.S. diplomats and the closure of two facilities in Moscow after Washington on Thursday sanctioned Russian intelligence officials, expelled 35 Russian diplomats suspected of being spies and shut down two Russian facilities in the United States over evidence Russia interfered in this year's presidential election.",left
21390,Punish Russia,['Foreign Policy'],Two Russian criminals hit with US sanctions are on FBI Most Wanted list,Fox News (Online News),"Obama sanctioned two Russian intelligence services, the GRU and the FSB, plus companies which the U.S. claimed supported the GRU. The cybersecurity firm hired by the Democratic National Committee to investigate theft of its emails determined earlier this year the hacking came from the Fancy Bear group, believed to be affiliated with the GRU, the Russian military intelligence agency. The FSB is the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB.",right
21391,Super Tuesday 2016 Results,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Hillary Clinton’s Super Tuesday Victory Proves Likability Has Nothing to Do with Electability,Vanity Fair,"After struggling for months to overcome an email scandal, voters’ distrust and lack of enthusiasm for her candidacy, Hillary Clinton, won a series of decisive primary victories across the South on Tuesday, overcoming her persistently low favorability rating to rout her Democratic rival, Bernie Sanders.
By 10 P.M., the former secretary of state had been declared the winner in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, with 30 to 50 point leads in each. Massachusetts and Minnesota remained to",left
21392,Super Tuesday 2016 Results,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Rubio Takes Minnesota in First and Only Win of Night,Townhall,"Where the candidates stand in Minnesota has largely been up in the air so far due to scant polling, thus making the state one of the night’s wildcards.
But the speculation is over, as Fox News has called the race for Sen. Marco Rubio, making the North Star State his first and only win of the night. Sen. Ted Cruz is currently in second, followed",right
21393,Super Tuesday 2016 Results,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump takes 6 Super Tuesday states, Cruz takes 2",Politico,"Donald Trump supercharged his hostile takeover of the Republican Party on Super Tuesday, scoring big wins in at least six states as he threatened to break away from his GOP rivals in the delegate chase.
Ted Cruz kept hold of his home state of Texas and won neighboring Oklahoma. And Marco Rubio was almost",left
21394,"US, China Sign 'Phase One' Trade Deal","['China', 'Global Markets', 'Donald Trump', 'Trade War', 'Xi Jinping', 'Trade']",The ‘giant hole’ in Trump’s new China deal,Politico,"The China trade deal President Donald Trump is hailing as a major win fails to address some of Beijing’s most egregious practices — the issues that sparked the trade war in the first place.
Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed the agreement during a White House ceremony Wednesday after nearly two years of escalating trade tensions that saw both sides ratchet up tariffs on hundreds of billions' worth of each other’s goods.",left
21395,"US, China Sign 'Phase One' Trade Deal","['China', 'Global Markets', 'Donald Trump', 'Trade War', 'Xi Jinping', 'Trade']",Phase One Trade Deal: China Pledges To Buy Ambitious $50 Billion In US Energy Exports,Forbes,"The Phase One trade deal between the United States and China is expected to be signed today, January 15. Details have not yet emerged, but certain pledges have been announced by both sides since a preliminary agreement was reached on December 13. Among them, the United States will begin to dial back tariffs and withdraw its “currency manipulator” designation – a major source of tension – in exchange for PRC guarantees to purchase a $200 billion bundle in US goods and services over the next two years. Included in this...",center
21396,"US, China Sign 'Phase One' Trade Deal","['China', 'Global Markets', 'Donald Trump', 'Trade War', 'Xi Jinping', 'Trade']",Donald Trump and China sign historic first phase of new trade deal,New York Post (News),"President Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed an initial trade deal on Wednesday that will roll back some tariffs and see China boost purchases of US goods and services, defusing an 18-month conflict between the world’s two largest economies.
“This is a very important and remarkable occasion. Today, we take a momentous step, one that has never been taken before with China, toward a future with a fair and reciprocal trade as we sign Phase 1 of the historic trade deal between the United States and China,” the...",right
21397,Ohio Reduces Training Time Required for Teachers to Carry Guns From 700 Hours to 24,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Mass Shootings', 'Mike DeWine', 'Ohio', 'School Safety', 'School Shootings', 'Violence In America']",Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signs law to arm teachers with 24 hours of training,The Columbus Dispatch,"School districts across Ohio will be able to authorize teachers, principals and other staff to carry firearms into classrooms this fall after 24 hours of training. 
The new law, signed Monday by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, will lower the required training hours for armed school personnel from about 700 hours to four scenario-based training hours, plus a maximum of 20 hours for first-aid training, history of school shootings and reunification education. 
The signing came the same day Ohio's new constitutional carry law took effect. 
""In life we make choices, and we don't always...",center
21398,Ohio Reduces Training Time Required for Teachers to Carry Guns From 700 Hours to 24,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Mass Shootings', 'Mike DeWine', 'Ohio', 'School Safety', 'School Shootings', 'Violence In America']","Ohio governor signs law allowing teachers, school staff to carry guns with 24 hours of training",Fox News (Online News),"Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law Monday allowing school districts across the state to authorize teachers, principals and other staff to carry guns into classrooms with just 24 hours of training.
The new law – initially introduced by state Republican Rep. Thomas Hall as House Bill 99 – will lower the required training hours for the armed personnel from about 700 hours to just four hours of training in scenario-based or simulated training exercises and a maximum of 20 hours for first aid training, history of school shootings and...",right
21399,Ohio Reduces Training Time Required for Teachers to Carry Guns From 700 Hours to 24,"['Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Mass Shootings', 'Mike DeWine', 'Ohio', 'School Safety', 'School Shootings', 'Violence In America']",Ohio Shrinks Training Requirement for Teachers to Carry Guns From 700 Hours to 24,RollingStone.com,"Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday signed into law a bill that cuts the number of training hours that teachers, principals, and other school staff must complete in order to carry guns from about 700 hours to a mere 24.
Under the new legislation, school personnel will only have to complete four scenario-based training hours, in addition to 20 hours covering first aid, the history of school shootings, and how to ensure that students are reunited with their parents after a school emergency, The Columbus Dispatch reported.
In Ohio, it’s up to local education...",left
21400,Former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone Agrees to Transcribed Interview With Jan. 6 Committee,"['Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Cassidy Hutchinson', 'White House', 'Mark Meadows', 'Mike Pence', 'Pat Cipollone']",Former White House lawyer Pat Cipollone agrees to transcribed interview with Jan. 6 committee: Sources,ABC News (Online),"Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone has reached a deal with the House's Jan. 6 committee to testify in a transcribed interview on Friday, according to sources familiar with the matter.
His transcribed interview will be videotaped, sources said.
The committee had issued a subpoena to Cipollone last week after talks to have him testify publicly were not successful.
Cipollone was one of the few aides with former President Donald Trump on the day of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and has significant insight into events before, leading up to and after the...",left
21401,Former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone Agrees to Transcribed Interview With Jan. 6 Committee,"['Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Cassidy Hutchinson', 'White House', 'Mark Meadows', 'Mike Pence', 'Pat Cipollone']",Former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone to Testify Before January 6 Committee,National Review,"Pat Cipollone, who served as White House counsel to Donald Trump and opposed the former president’s attempts to fight the results of the 2020 election, will reportedly testify before the January 6 committee on Friday.
The planned testimony, first reported on by the New York Times, comes after the committee issued a subpoena to compel Cipollone to appear before it. He is not expected to testify publicly and will sit down for a recorded, transcribed interview, according to the outlet.
Cipollone was at the White House on January 6, 2021 and...",right
21402,Former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone Agrees to Transcribed Interview With Jan. 6 Committee,"['Donald Trump', 'January 6 Committee', 'Capitol Chaos', 'Cassidy Hutchinson', 'White House', 'Mark Meadows', 'Mike Pence', 'Pat Cipollone']",Cipollone to testify before Jan. 6 panel on Friday: reports,The Hill,"Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone is expected to testify Friday behind closed doors before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, according to multiple news reports.
A person familiar with the discussions told The New York Times Cipollone would be participating in a transcribed interview.",center
21403,Is the Biden Administration Using Taxpayer Money to Distribute Clean Crack Pipes?,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Drug Policy', 'Drugs', 'Public Health']","No, the federal government isn’t spending $30 million on ‘crack pipes’",Washington Post,"Conservative figures have launched an online furor this week, claiming that the government planned to spend $30 million on pipes for smoking crack cocaine.
The heightened concern came months after the Department of Health and Human Services announced a federal grant for local programs that provide myriad “harm reduction” tools, or services that minimize the risks associated with drug use, including distributing drug paraphernalia such as clean needles. Republicans seized on “crack pipes,” causing the phrase to trend on Twitter on Tuesday, the latest in continued resistance from the GOP...",left
21404,Is the Biden Administration Using Taxpayer Money to Distribute Clean Crack Pipes?,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Drug Policy', 'Drugs', 'Public Health']",White House disputes reports of federal funds for crack pipes,The Hill,"The Biden administration on Wednesday pushed back on what it called ""misinformation,"" saying a federal grant program meant to reduce harm to drug users does not include taxpayer funding for pipes that can be used to smoke crack or meth.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) put out a statement clarifying ""no federal funding will be used directly or through subsequent reimbursement of grantees to put pipes in safe smoking kits.""
White House press secretary Jen Psaki later told reporters at a briefing that reports that crack pipes would be included in the safe...",center
21405,Is the Biden Administration Using Taxpayer Money to Distribute Clean Crack Pipes?,"['Facts And Fact Checking', 'Drug Policy', 'Drugs', 'Public Health']","Biden Admin to Fund Clean Crack Pipes, Other Drug Measures",Newsmax (News),"The Biden administration will be funding a federal program which it says aims to reduce diseases and cut drug use overall.
The program includes the controversial distribution of ""safe smoking kits"" — or crack pipes. The Department of Health and Human Services grant program is set to begin in May, and applications closed on Monday. It will provide $30 million to nonprofits and local governments for multiple purposes, including education and counseling for drug addicts.
But it is the ""safe smoking kits/supplies"" that stir controversy, just the same as ""clean...",right
21406,Will the Dems Be United on Syria,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Reid: Getting 60 votes for Syria resolution is 'a work in progress',CNN (Online News),"Getting at least 60 U.S. senators to support a military authorization against Syria is ""a work in progress,"" Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid acknowledged Friday while expressing optimism he would be able to reach that goal.
""I think we're going to get to 60 votes. You know it's a work in progress,"" Reid told reporters as he stepped off the Senate floor after formally filing the measure and readying it for expected votes next week.",left
21407,Will the Dems Be United on Syria,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Harry Reid predicts Syria Senate win,Politico,"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) predicted Friday that his chamber would ultimately vote in favor of authorizing military action in Syria.
“I think we are going to have 60 votes,” Reid told reporters. “It’s a work in progress.”",left
21408,Will the Dems Be United on Syria,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Dems in disarray over Syria,Fox News (Online News),"While President Obama is plenty busy in Russia today trying to build international support for his call to strike Syria, he’s been doing some long distance diplomacy back home as members of his own party recoil from his call to arms. Obama called senators to drum up support for military action. The White House has also ditched a scheduled presidential trip to Los Angeles next week in order to keep selling in Washington. Obama heads home today, but Secretary of State John Kerry picks up the ball overseas, departing for...",right
21409,"While Covering Unrest, Some Journalists are Harassed or Handcuffed","['Free Speech', 'Press Freedom', 'First Amendment', 'Journalism', 'Violence In America', 'Media Industry']",Some Press Groups Remain Silent About Assault Against Fox News Reporter As Others Condemn It,The Daily Caller,"Some press groups condemned the attack by protesters against Fox News reporter Leland Vittert in Washington, D.C. but others remained silent – despite speaking out against the arrest of a CNN reporter one day earlier.
Vittert was reporting in Lafayette Park, D.C. and covering protests sparked by the death of George Floyd. Vittert and his crew were accosted and chased out of the area by protesters early Saturday morning, footage captured by the Daily Caller News Foundation shows.
Many of the groups contacted by the Daily Caller previously publicly...",right
21410,"While Covering Unrest, Some Journalists are Harassed or Handcuffed","['Free Speech', 'Press Freedom', 'First Amendment', 'Journalism', 'Violence In America', 'Media Industry']","MSNBC, Fox News Personalities Speak Out Against ‘Bullsh*t’ Arrest of CNN Reporter and Crew",Mediaite,"Hosts, contributors, and analysts at MSNBC and Fox News spoke about against the arrest of CNN reporter Omar Jimenez, producer Bill Kirkos, and photojournalist Leonel Mendez in Minneapolis Friday morning.
The journalists were arrested while live on air covering the Minneapolis protests — before being released with an apology from Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
In a statement, MSNBC declared, “We condemn the arrest and detention of a crew of @CNN journalists who were simply doing their jobs in a tough situation on the ground in Minneapolis. This is a time...",left
21411,"While Covering Unrest, Some Journalists are Harassed or Handcuffed","['Free Speech', 'Press Freedom', 'First Amendment', 'Journalism', 'Violence In America', 'Media Industry']",Journalists covering nights of protests and unrest found themselves under attack,Poynter,"On any given day, any one of the attacks that I mention in this column would be newsworthy. The fact that this is only a sampling of the many attacks on journalists this weekend underscores the dangers that they are willing to face to document an outpouring of anger, frustration and, in some cases, senseless opportunistic violence.
A crowd swarmed WLKY chief photographer Paul Ahmann, knocked him to the ground, then surrounded him while laughing and taking pictures of him.
Demonstrators trashed news cars in Boston, Atlanta, Louisville and Los...",center
21412,Trump Threatens Military Closure to US-Mexico Border To Stop Migrants,['Immigration'],"Trump threatens to summon military to close U.S.-Mexico border, upend trade deal in response to migrant caravan",Washington Post,"President Trump threatened Thursday to summon the military to close the U.S.-Mexico border and upend a trade deal, expressing mounting frustration with a large caravan of migrants from Honduras that has been making its way toward the United States.",left
21413,Trump Threatens Military Closure to US-Mexico Border To Stop Migrants,['Immigration'],Trump Threatens Military Action If Mexico Doesn't Stop Migrant Caravan,Townhall,"President Trump said on Twitter that he will do everything in his power to put a stop to the caravan of thousands of migrants on their way to the Southern border, including using military power, if Mexico doesn't stop them.",right
21414,Trump Threatens Military Closure to US-Mexico Border To Stop Migrants,['Immigration'],Trump Threatens Military Closure at U.S. Border to Stop Migrants,Bloomberg,"President Trump said he'd mobilize the US military to close the border with Mexico to stop an ""assault"" on the nation by a caravan of migrants from Central America.",left
21415,Congress Leaves Washington,"['US Congress', 'Politics']","Obama accuses Congress of ducking elected duties, amid criticism he's doing likewise at the UN",Fox News (Online News),"President Obama on Saturday accused Capitol Hill lawmakers of leaving behind both Washington and unfinished legislative business until after November because they are more concerned about their re-election campaigns, amid criticism he is side-stepping key United Nations meetings next week to hit the campaign trail.",right
21416,Congress Leaves Washington,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Congress Heads Out After Approving Funding Bill,NPR (Online News),"The most partisan, least productive Congress in memory has skipped out of Washington for the campaign trail.",left
21417,Congress Leaves Washington,"['US Congress', 'Politics']",Obama targets departing lawmakers,Politico,"“Their work isnt finished, Obama said in his weekly address released Saturday. But, “last week, without much fanfare, members of the House of Representatives banged a gavel, turned out the lights and rushed home, declaring their work finished for now.",left
21418,Coverage of Trump's Holiday Speech Divided on Partisan Lines,"['Fourth Of July', 'Polarization', 'Donald Trump', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Culture']","Trump Spends Holiday Weekend Selling his Dark, Divisive Vision of America",Vanity Fair,"President Donald Trump celebrated America over the Fourth of July weekend with a pair of ugly speeches at Mt. Rushmore and in Washington, D.C. that attempted to rally conservative support by demonizing the left and defending monuments. “Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values, and indoctrinate our children,” Trump said on Friday night at Mt. Rushmore, as he tried to revive his base following an embarrassing turnout in Tulsa. “Angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our...",left
21419,Coverage of Trump's Holiday Speech Divided on Partisan Lines,"['Fourth Of July', 'Polarization', 'Donald Trump', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Culture']","Trump targets 'Marxists' in July 4th speech, boasts of coronavirus response despite record case numbers",USA TODAY,"WASHINGTON – Despite warnings by public health officials about the spread of COVID-19, President Donald Trump hosted a July Fourth party Saturday at which he assailed the ""angry mob"" that opposes him and defended his administration's coronavirus response despite record high case numbers.
""We are now in the process of defeating the radical left, the Marxists, the anarchists, the agitators, the looters, and people who in many instances have absolutely no clue what they are doing,"" Trump said during a ""Salute to America"" event at the White House.
Trump...",left
21420,Coverage of Trump's Holiday Speech Divided on Partisan Lines,"['Fourth Of July', 'Polarization', 'Donald Trump', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Culture']",‘We Want Unity’: Trump Says in Salute to America Speech,The Epoch Times,"President Donald Trump declared on July 4 that the America he’s working for “wants unity” and that “no matter our race, color, religion, or creed, we are one America, and we put America first.”
The president was speaking from the White House South Lawn following a performance from a military band, flyovers by B-52 bombers and F-35 fighter jets, and parachute jumps.",right
21421,U.S. Jobless Claims Fall to 1.2 Million,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Paycheck Protection Program', 'Economy And Jobs']",U.S. Jobless Claims Fell to 1.2 Million in Aug. 1 Week,Wall Street Journal (News),"Filings for jobless benefits fell last week to their lowest level since March, a sign layoffs eased somewhat as the labor market tries to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
Initial unemployment claims fell by a seasonally adjusted 249,000 to 1.2 million for the week ended Aug. 1, the Labor Department said Thursday. The decline came as an extra $600 a week in pandemic-related unemployment benefits ended.
The number of applications last week was the lowest since the pandemic struck the U.S. Weekly claims figures, however, remain well above the pre-pandemic...",center
21422,U.S. Jobless Claims Fall to 1.2 Million,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Paycheck Protection Program', 'Economy And Jobs']",1.2 million seek jobless aid after $600 federal check ends,Washington Times,"Nearly 1.2 million laid-off Americans applied for state unemployment benefits last week, evidence that the coronavirus keeps forcing companies to slash jobs just as a critical $600 weekly federal jobless payment has expired.
The Labor Department’s report Thursday marked the 20th straight week that at least 1 million people have sought jobless aid. Before the pandemic hit hard in March, the number of Americans seeking unemployment checks had never surpassed 700,000 in a week, not even during the Great Recession of 2007-2009.
The new jobless claims were down by 249,000...",right
21423,U.S. Jobless Claims Fall to 1.2 Million,"['Jobless Claims', 'Unemployment Benefits', 'Coronavirus', 'Paycheck Protection Program', 'Economy And Jobs']","For 20th straight week, more than 1 million Americans filed jobless claims even as enhanced benefits expired",Washington Post,"The number of newly filed unemployed insurance claims dropped last week after two straight weeks of rising, but it remains well above historic pre-pandemic levels, according to Labor Department data.
It marked the 20th straight week that more than 1 million Americans filed jobless claims.
A total of 1.19 million people filed new claims last week, down from 1.43 million the week previously. The numbers of new claimants have come down from their peak in March of more than 6 million, but they are still well above the pre-pandemic record...",left
21424,FBI And Robert Mueller Started Investigating Michael Cohen A Year Before Raid,"['Russia Probe', 'Robert Mueller', 'Michael Cohen', 'FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Mueller was allowed to review years of Cohen emails from time he worked under Trump,CNN (Online News),"Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigators were allowed by a federal judge to review years of Michael Cohen's emails and other online data from the time he worked under Donald Trump, according to newly unsealed warrants used in his case in Manhattan federal court.
In all, the prosecutors and FBI received permission from a Washington, DC-based federal judge to execute four search warrants on Cohen's two Gmail accounts and for stored data in his Apple iCloud account in July, August and November 2017 -- long before Cohen's office was raided in...",left
21425,FBI And Robert Mueller Started Investigating Michael Cohen A Year Before Raid,"['Russia Probe', 'Robert Mueller', 'Michael Cohen', 'FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen's emails were sought in mid-2017: filings,Reuters,"Federal authorities sought warrants to investigate Michael Cohen’s email accounts in July 2017, nine months before the office and hotel room of U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer were raided, according to documents made public on Tuesday.
Emails were sought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office, which is probing Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as the FBI, according to the documents.
The documents, totaling several hundred pages, were released after U.S. District Judge William Pauley in Manhattan on Monday ordered federal prosecutors to make...",center
21426,FBI And Robert Mueller Started Investigating Michael Cohen A Year Before Raid,"['Russia Probe', 'Robert Mueller', 'Michael Cohen', 'FBI', 'Defense And Security']",Records: FBI Began Probing Michael Cohen a Year Before Raid,Newsmax (News),"The FBI was investigating President Donald Trump's former personal attorney and fixer for nearly a year before agents raided his home and office, documents released Tuesday show.
The search warrant, while heavily redacted, offered new details about the federal inquiry of Cohen's business dealings and the FBI raids of his Manhattan home and office.
It shows the federal inquiry into Michael Cohen had been going on since July 2017 — far longer than had previously been known.
Lanny Davis, an attorney for Cohen, said the release of the search warrant...",right
21427,Trump Shooting Comment,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",This Is A Thing Donald Trump Just Said. For Real. This Is Real Life.,Mother Jones,"""I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and wouldn't lose any voters, ok? It's, like, incredible."" —Donald Trump, who is currently the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for president, insulting the intelligence of his own supporters.",left
21428,Trump Shooting Comment,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio calls Donald Trump ‘insensitive’ for shooting comment,Washington Times,"New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called out Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump for saying that support for his campaign would not wane even if he shot someone in the middle of a crowded street.
At a campaign rally in Sioux Center, Iowa, Mr. Trump said, “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.”",right
21429,Trump Shooting Comment,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump: I could 'shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters',CNN (Online News),"Donald Trump boasted Saturday that support for his presidential campaign would not decline even if he shot someone in the middle of a crowded street.
""I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters,"" Trump said at a campaign rally here.",left
21430,Trump Restricts Travel From Six New Countries,"['Donald Trump', 'Travel Ban', 'Africa', 'Nigeria', 'Immigration', 'Muslims', 'Executive Order']",US travel ban: Trump restricts immigration from Nigeria and five other countries,BBC News,"Citizens from Nigeria, Eritrea, Sudan, Tanzania, Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar will now be blocked from obtaining certain types of visas.
People from those countries will still be able to visit the US as tourists.
In 2018 the US issued twice as many immigration visas to Nigeria than to the other five nations combined.
An official said the new measures were the result of failures by the six countries to meet US security and information-sharing standards.",center
21431,Trump Restricts Travel From Six New Countries,"['Donald Trump', 'Travel Ban', 'Africa', 'Nigeria', 'Immigration', 'Muslims', 'Executive Order']",Trump expands travel ban to six new countries,Washington Times,"President Trump signed an order Friday expanding his travel ban to six new countries, targeting nations the government says pose a threat because they don’t issue electronic passports or don’t do enough to share information with American authorities to vet their citizens looking to travel.
The six countries are Burma, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania. They join seven countries who are still part of the president’s previous travel ban: Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen.",right
21432,Trump Restricts Travel From Six New Countries,"['Donald Trump', 'Travel Ban', 'Africa', 'Nigeria', 'Immigration', 'Muslims', 'Executive Order']",Trump's expanded travel ban: Which countries are affected?,Al Jazeera,"US President Donald Trump has expanded his controversial travel ban, often referred to by critics as a Muslim ban, to target citizens from six additional countries.
The move on Friday was slammed by immigrant advocates and critics who say the policy discriminates against Muslims and others.
The announcement comes three years after Trump sparked outrage by signing an executive order suspending immigration from several Muslim-majority countries. That travel ban, which caused chaos and protests at airports, was challenged in the courts and eventually amended to target five Muslim-majority...",left
21433,Political and Financial Impact of Brexit,"['Europe', 'World']","As Financial Leaders Heed Economic Repercussions of Brexit, Supporters Deem It a Short-Term Price for Greater Policy Control",The Blaze,The British were warned for weeks that a vote to leave the European Union would result in economic pain. Now they’ll find out whether it will.,right
21434,Political and Financial Impact of Brexit,"['Europe', 'World']",EU leaders demand quick UK exit as economic fallout grows,CNN (Online News),"European Union leaders met Saturday amid calls for Britain to begin negotiating its exit ""immediately.""",left
21435,Political and Financial Impact of Brexit,"['Europe', 'World']",Britain struggles to absorb Brexit’s political and financial impact,Washington Post,"After a tumultuous Friday that saw world financial markets plummeting and the British prime minister announcing his intention to resign, British voters began to digest Saturday the full and enormous consequences of their historic decision to break with Europe and begin to refashion their country.",left
21436,Austin Bomber Suspect Dead,['Violence In America'],"Austin Bombing Suspect Blew Himself Up, Police Say",New York Times (News),"A suspect in the series of bombings that have terrorized the city of Austin, Tex., died early Wednesday, blowing himself up in his vehicle as officers closed in on him, the authorities said.",left
21437,Austin Bomber Suspect Dead,['Violence In America'],Austin bomber killed himself after cops released image of him in disguise,Daily Mail,The man behind a string of deadly bombings in Austin has been identified after he died blowing himself up as police tried to arrest him early Wednesday morning.,right
21438,Austin Bomber Suspect Dead,['Violence In America'],Austin Bomb Suspect Dead After Police Surround Him,Wall Street Journal (News),"A man identified as Mark Anthony Conditt and who police believe carried out a string of package bombings in Austin is dead, putting an end to a weekslong hunt to track down and stop the bomber who had the Texas capital and its residents on edge.",center
21439,Fighting Continues in Syria Despite Cease-fire,"['Syria', 'Turkey', 'Donald Trump', 'Cease-Fire', 'Foreign Policy', 'Middle East']",Turkish ceasefire in Syria is already broken: Shelling and gunfire is heard in border city Ras al-Ayn within hours of deal being agreed,Daily Mail,"A Syrian ceasefire brokered by Vice President Mike Pence in Turkey had already been broken by Friday morning as gunfire and shelling was heard in the border city of Ras al-Ayn.
The city, also known as Sari Kani, has been the centre of the majority of the fighting since Turkish President Erdogan invaded the country more than a week ago after President Trump ordered US troops to withdraw.
Amid outcry at home and abroad, Trump dispatched Pence to Ankara to end to the bloodshed - and a deal was...",right
21440,Fighting Continues in Syria Despite Cease-fire,"['Syria', 'Turkey', 'Donald Trump', 'Cease-Fire', 'Foreign Policy', 'Middle East']",Kurds Accuse Turkey of Violating Truce as Shelling Continues in Syria,New York Times (News),"ISTANBUL — The leadership of the Syrian Kurdish fighters accused the Turkish military and its proxies on Friday of violating the terms of a truce in northern Syria that was brokered a day earlier by Vice President Mike Pence, raising questions about the feasibility of the cease-fire and whether the Americans can enforce it.
A spokesman for the Kurdish forces, Mustafa Ali, said on Twitter that Turkey continued to pound civilian areas and a hospital, despite the announcement on Thursday night by Mr. Pence that there would be a five-day...",left
21441,Fighting Continues in Syria Despite Cease-fire,"['Syria', 'Turkey', 'Donald Trump', 'Cease-Fire', 'Foreign Policy', 'Middle East']",Fighting Flares in Syria Despite Hours-Old Cease-Fire,Wall Street Journal (News),"A day-old cease-fire deal between the U.S. and Turkey that led to a brief lull in the Turkish offensive in northeastern Syria appeared shaky Friday. Fighting flared in the border region with each side blaming the other for the resumption in violence.
On Thursday, the U.S. and Turkey agreed that Ankara would suspend military operations so Kurdish fighters could lay down arms and leave the area. But sporadic clashes, drone strikes and artillery shelling resumed overnight and increased into Friday morning around the Syrian border town of Ras al-Ain, according...",center
21442,Elizabeth Warren Gets Leadership Spot,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Elizabeth Warren Gets Senate Democratic Leadership Spot,HuffPost,"Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) gained a leadership position in the Senate Democratic caucus Thursday, giving the prominent progressive senator a key role in shaping the party's policy priorities.
Warren's new role, which was created specifically for her, will be strategic policy adviser to the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, helping to craft the party's policy positions and priorities. She will also serve as a liaison to progressive groups to ensure they have a voice in leadership meetings and discussions, according to a source familiar with the role.
A source close...",left
21443,Elizabeth Warren Gets Leadership Spot,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Harry Reid taps Elizabeth Warren as envoy to liberal groups,Politico,"Senate Democrats are enlisting progressive firebrand Elizabeth Warren to be a member of their leadership team, likely to serve as a liaison to liberal groups.
Harry Reid, the incoming Senate minority leader, is engaged in private talks with the Massachusetts freshman to create a special leadership post for the former Harvard professor, according to several people familiar with the matter.
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The expected title will be strategic policy adviser to the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, according to a source familiar with the talks.",left
21444,Elizabeth Warren Gets Leadership Spot,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Elizabeth Warren gets leadership post by Senate Democrats,Washington Times,"The Senate Democratic Caucus will have fewer members as the minority party in the next Congress, but they will have a larger leadership team.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, announced Thursday that he was expanding the leadership team with the appointments Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who will act as special liaisons to the party’s liberal base and to the R",right
21445,Trump Renews Attacks on NFL Players Who Protest,['Sports'],Trump renews attacks on NFL players after preseason protests,Reuters,President Donald Trump on Friday renewed his attacks on NFL players pushing for criminal justice and other social reforms as U.S. media reported that a number of players protested during the league’s preseason opening late on Thursday.,center
21446,Trump Renews Attacks on NFL Players Who Protest,['Sports'],Trump stokes attacks on NFL players who protest,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump railed against NFL players who protested at Thursday night's preseason games, saying the players are outraged about ""something that most of them are unable to define.""",left
21447,Trump Renews Attacks on NFL Players Who Protest,['Sports'],Trump tackles the NFL and national anthem: A timeline,Fox News (Online News),"For football fans, the 2017 season was one filled with upsets, dramatic game-deciding calls from referees – and politics. And it looks like 2018 will be no different.",right
21448,Trump Told Journalist He Downplayed Coronavirus Threat,"['Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']",Dr. Fauci Comes To Trump’s Defense: I ‘Didn’t Get Any Sense’ President Was ‘Distorting’ Coronavirus Pandemic,The Daily Wire,"Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a key member of the White House’s coronavirus response team, came to President Donald Trump’s defense late Wednesday, telling Fox News that he does not believe Trump intentionally “distorted” information about the coronavirus pandemic.",right
21449,Trump Told Journalist He Downplayed Coronavirus Threat,"['Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']","Trump says he minimized coronavirus, didn't want to create panic: Woodward book",Reuters,"President Donald Trump acknowledged in February he knew how deadly and contagious the novel coronavirus was but did not convey that information to the American people because he did not want to create a panic, according to Trump interviews cited in a new book.",center
21450,Trump Told Journalist He Downplayed Coronavirus Threat,"['Donald Trump', 'Coronavirus', 'Life During Covid-19']",'Play it down': Trump admits to concealing the true threat of coronavirus in new Woodward book,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump admitted he knew weeks before the first confirmed US coronavirus death that the virus was dangerous, airborne, highly contagious and ""more deadly than even your strenuous flus,"" and that he repeatedly played it down publicly, according to legendary journalist Bob Woodward in his new book ""Rage.""
""This is deadly stuff,"" Trump told Woodward on February 7.
In a series of interviews with Woodward, Trump revealed that he had a surprising level of detail about the threat of the virus earlier than previously known. ""Pretty amazing,"" Trump...",left
21451,Trump Denies Asking Comey to Stop Flynn Investigation,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump denies asking ex-FBI Director Comey to drop Flynn investigation,Fox News (Online News),President Trump on Sunday denied asking former FBI Director James Comey to drop his investigation into Michael Flynn during a February meeting after the ex-national security adviser was dismissed from his position.,right
21452,Trump Denies Asking Comey to Stop Flynn Investigation,"['White House', 'Politics']",Trump: ‘I never asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn’,The Hill,"President Trump in an early morning tweet on Sunday said he never asked former FBI Director James Comey to stop investigating former national security adviser Michael Flynn, saying ""fake news"" outlets are ""covering another Comey lie.""",center
21453,Trump Denies Asking Comey to Stop Flynn Investigation,"['White House', 'Politics']",‘I never asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn’: Trump issues series of tweets criticizing the FBI,Washington Post,President Trump issued a fresh denial Sunday that he asked former FBI director James B. Comey to halt an investigation into the conduct of his dismissed national security adviser Michael Flynn.,left
21454,Fact Checking the St. Louis Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",25 of the Most Interesting Claims in the Second Debate,Washington Post,"In the second presidential debate, Donald Trump once again relied on many dubious and false claims that have been repeatedly been debunked. His Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, on occasion made a factual misstep, but it didn’t even compare to Trump’s long list of exaggerations.",left
21455,Fact Checking the St. Louis Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",FactChecking the Second Presidential Debate,FactCheck.org,We found a mountain of false and misleading statements in the second meeting of the presidential nominees.,center
21456,Fact Checking the St. Louis Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","AP FACT CHECK: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and their debate claims",Washington Times,Donald Trump mischaracterized the record on Hillary Clinton’s defense of her husband and her own treatment of women when he brought up Bill Clinton’s sexual history and other episodes of the past. Clinton didn’t give a square account of the fallout from her email practices.,right
21457,"Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 200,000 in US","['Life During Covid-19', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus']","U.S. reaches 200,000 coronavirus deaths",Axios,"The coronavirus has now killed 200,000 Americans, according to Johns Hopkins data.
The big picture: Whatever context you try to put this in, it is a catastrophe of historic proportions — and is yet another reminder of America's horrific failure to contain the virus.
The coronavirus has killed a bigger share of the American population than it has in almost any other wealthy country.
The death toll here is equivalent to roughly 65 Sept. 11 attacks. Three times more Americans have died from COVID than died in the Vietnam...",center
21458,"Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 200,000 in US","['Life During Covid-19', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus']","Coronavirus death toll reaches 200,000 in US",Washington Examiner,"The U.S. COVID-19 death toll hit 200,000 Tuesday, a grim measure of the pandemic that has held the country in its grip for half a year and profoundly altered its day-to-day life.
The current coronavirus mortality rate in the United States is nowhere near what it was in April at the pandemic’s peak, when daily deaths would often surpass 2,000. By early July, the death toll had declined to a low of about 400. But as people resumed normal, pre-pandemic activities throughout the summer, new cases and deaths rose, especially...",right
21459,"Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 200,000 in US","['Life During Covid-19', 'Healthcare', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Coronavirus']","200,000 Dead and All Trump Offered Was a Cynical Election Ploy",Mother Jones,"The United States has passed the milestone of 200,000 coronavirus deaths and the number is still climbing. Since the pandemic began, President Donald Trump has lied about the virus, downplayed its severity, and (in an impressive feat of scientific ignorance even for him) discouraged his followers and sycophants from wearing masks—even as his appointee to the CDC testified that absent a vaccine, a mask is the best way to protect yourself and everyone around you. But as the pandemic wears on and the election creeps closer, Trump—who has spent the...",left
21460,CNN Files Lawsuit Against White House Over Jim Acosta's Press Credentials,['Free Speech'],CNN is suing the White House over Jim Acosta’s press pass. Does the network have a case?,Washington Post,"CNN filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Tuesday, alleging a First Amendment violation and demanding that journalist Jim Acosta’s White House credentials be restored.",left
21461,CNN Files Lawsuit Against White House Over Jim Acosta's Press Credentials,['Free Speech'],Bob Woodward trashes CNN's lawsuit: We’re taking Trump's 'bait',Washington Examiner,"Veteran journalist Bob Woodward isn't a fan of CNN's lawsuit against the White House. Speaking at a conference in Naples, Fla., the Washington Post associate editor called the lawsuit a",right
21462,CNN Files Lawsuit Against White House Over Jim Acosta's Press Credentials,['Free Speech'],CNN sues White House over revoked credentials of correspondent,Reuters,"CNN filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the Trump administration over the revocation of press credentials for White House correspondent Jim Acosta, a frequent target of President Donald Trump.",center
21463,Sarah Palin Endorses Donald Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Palin’s endorsement the latest prize as Trump, Cruz battle for conservatives",Washington Post,"The escalating feud between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz has expanded into a fight for the backing of the GOP’s anti-establishment establishment, with both seeking validation from figures with immense influence on the right.",left
21464,Sarah Palin Endorses Donald Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Palin scores moment in Trump's spotlight,Politico,"Sarah Palin’s Tuesday endorsement of Donald Trump was a big get – for Sarah Palin.
Conservative observers questioned just how many votes the endorsement, teased with great fanfare by Trump’s campaign, would move. But it undoubtedly generated buzz and thrust the former Alaska governor in the national spotlight at a time when her star power has been on the wane.",left
21465,Sarah Palin Endorses Donald Trump,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Sarah Palin Officially Endorses Donald Trump,The Blaze,"Sarah Palin has endorsed Donald Trump in the crowded Republican primary field, his campaign confirmed today.
The former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate was a key supporter of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s 2012 Senate bid. But this cycle, the leading Tea Party voice has been mulling an endorsement of Trump, the frontrunner in national 2016 polls.",right
21466,Shooting at Maryland Newspaper,['Violence In America'],Gunman was 'continually shooting people' as he walked inside Capital Gazette newsroom,CNN (Online News),"Reporters and editors at the Capital Gazette quickly turned their heads around when the glass doors leading to the newsroom suddenly shattered. Within minutes, it ""was like a war zone.""",left
21467,Shooting at Maryland Newspaper,['Violence In America'],At least 5 killed in 'targeted attack' on Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis,Washington Times,"A man with a shotgun and a beef against his local newspaper stalked into the offices of the Annapolis Capital Gazette on Thursday and opened fire on the newsroom, killing five people and wounding two others, police said.",right
21468,Shooting at Maryland Newspaper,['Violence In America'],Police chief on deadly Maryland newspaper shooting: 'This was a targeted attack',The Hill,"The deadly shooting at a newsroom in Annapolis, Md., on Thursday was a ""targeted attack,"" authorities said.",center
21469,2008 VP Choice,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",John McCain hits back at Dick Cheney,Politico,"Ariz. Sen. John McCain responded Monday to Dick Cheneys criticism of his 2008 vice presidential pick with a dig of his own, saying hes “always glad to get comments four years later and noting he disagreed with the former vice president on the use of torture.
Cheney had questioned McCains selection of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate in an interview with ABC, arguing Palin wa
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/79115.html#ixzz229IbGrev",left
21470,2008 VP Choice,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",CNN issues apology for 'Stupid Girls' song before Palin story,Fox News (Online News),"CNN has issued an apology for playing a song titled “Stupid Girls before a segment about Sarah Palin.
“The music selection was a poor choice and was not intended to be linked to any news story. We regret any perception that they were planned together, a CNN spokesperson told the blog site Mediate.
The song by Pink was the lead-in to a story about the former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate supporting Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy, who is facing public backlash for opposing same-sex marriage.
...",right
21471,2008 VP Choice,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","McCain, Liz Cheney push back on Palin 'mistake'",CNN (Online News),"Dick Cheney's assertion that it was a ""mistake"" for John McCain to put then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on the 2008 Republican ticket drew some pushback Monday from the Arizona senator.
""I'm always glad to get comments four years later,"" McCain said sarcastically on Fox News. ""I respect the vice president. He and I had strong disagreements as to whether we",left
21472,House Approves Higher Debt Limit,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",GOP's demented 2015 threat: The debt limit,Salon,"The debt limit was raised last night, but that doesn't mean the rights dream of confrontation is over.",left
21473,House Approves Higher Debt Limit,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",The GOP's debt ceiling surrender,Politico,"Less than three years ago, House Speaker John Boehner boldly demanded trillions in spending cuts in exchange for raising the national borrowing limit.",left
21474,House Approves Higher Debt Limit,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Fractured House approves ""clean"" debt ceiling hike",Washington Times,"The House passed a clean debt ceiling increase Tuesday, granting President Obama power to borrow as much as the government needs for the next 13 months.",right
21475,Trump Admin Not to Impose Russian Sanctions,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump administration holds off on new Russia sanctions, despite law",Reuters,"The Trump administration said on Monday it would not immediately impose additional sanctions on Russia, despite a new law designed to punish Moscow’s alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, insisting the measure was already hitting Russian companies.",center
21476,Trump Admin Not to Impose Russian Sanctions,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",State Department: New sanctions are deterring Russian defense sales,Washington Examiner,"Russian defense industry sales are suffering from sanctions recently mandated by federal law, the State Department told Congress Monday.",right
21477,Trump Admin Not to Impose Russian Sanctions,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump just decided not to sanction Russia for its election meddling,Vox,But his Treasury Department did put out a list of Russian oligarchs and officials to “name and shame” them.,left
21478,U.S. Troops Leaving Syria Met with Public Disdain,"['Middle East', 'Foreign Policy', 'White House', 'Syria', 'Iraq']","WATCH: Rotten fruit, rocks thrown at US troops as they pull out of Syria",Washington Examiner,"A video has surfaced showing residents of a Syrian town near the border of Turkey throwing rotten fruits and rocks at U.S. troops during their withdrawal.
The video, posted by Kurdish agency Hawar News, shows a people throwing the objects at a vehicle that appears to be a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Oshkosh M-ATV. The events unfolded in the town of Qamishli.",right
21479,U.S. Troops Leaving Syria Met with Public Disdain,"['Middle East', 'Foreign Policy', 'White House', 'Syria', 'Iraq']",U.S. Troops Withdrawing From Syria Draw Scorn,Wall Street Journal (News),"SHEIKHAN, Iraq—Civilians in Kurdish areas hurled rotten fruit and insults at a convoy of U.S. military vehicles that crossed from northern Syria into Iraq early Monday, marking a dramatic drawdown to an American presence in Syria to combat Islamic State.",center
21480,U.S. Troops Leaving Syria Met with Public Disdain,"['Middle East', 'Foreign Policy', 'White House', 'Syria', 'Iraq']","U.S. Withdrawal From Syria Gathers Speed, Amid Accusations of Betrayal",New York Times (News),"QAMISHLI, Syria — A long convoy of United States troops crossed into Iraq from Syria early Monday, accelerating a withdrawal of American forces from northern Syria that set the stage for the Turkish invasion of Kurdish-controlled land.",left
21481,Tulsi Gabbard Leaves Democratic Party,"['Politics', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Democratic Party', 'Polarization', 'Culture War']",Tulsi Gabbard LEAVES Democratic Party over threat of nuclear war,The Post Millennial,"Tulsi Gababrd, former Democrat Congresswoman from Hawaii and former candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020, announced on Monday morning that she is leaving that party. Gabbard cited elitism, a penchant for war, a hostility toward people of faith, and the racialization of ""every issue"" as reasons that she is walking away, and she urged other Americans to do so as well.
""I can no longer remain in today's Democratic Party that's under the complete control of an elitist cabal of war mongers who are driven by cowardly wokeness,...",right
21482,Tulsi Gabbard Leaves Democratic Party,"['Politics', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Democratic Party', 'Polarization', 'Culture War']",Tulsi Gabbard Leaves Democratic Party: 'Elitist Cabal of Warmongers',Newsweek,"Former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has left the Democratic Party, branding its leadership ""an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness.""
Gabbard, who unsuccessfully stood for the Democratic Party presidential nomination in the 2020 election, made the announcement with a video posted on Twitter, in which she accused the Democrats of stoking ""anti-white racism,"" and ""dragging us ever closer to nuclear war.""
She also announced the launch of The Tulsi Gabbard Show, with the first 28-minute episode titled ""Why I'm leaving the Democratic Party"" uploaded to YouTube.
  Explaining her decision to leave Gabbard said: ""I can...",center
21483,Tulsi Gabbard Leaves Democratic Party,"['Politics', 'Tulsi Gabbard', 'Democratic Party', 'Polarization', 'Culture War']",Tulsi Gabbard announces she is leaving Democratic Party,ABC News (Online),"Former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard announced she is leaving the Democratic Party.
""I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party that is now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every issue & stoke anti-white racism, actively work to undermine our God-given freedoms, are hostile to people of faith & spirituality, demonize the police & protect criminals at the expense of law-abiding Americans, believe in open borders, weaponize the national security state to go after political opponents, and above all, dragging us...",left
21484,Gorsuch Hearings to Start Monday,['Supreme Court'],"Trump and Republicans face fresh test to shape Supreme Court, assert their power with Gorsuch hearings",Washington Post,"When Judge Neil Gorsuch arrives on Capitol Hill on Monday morning to begin his confirmation hearings for the seat on the Supreme Court, he will give President Trump his first chance to make a lasting impression on the federal judiciary - and Republicans a fresh test to work their Will now control all of Washington's levers of power.",left
21485,Gorsuch Hearings to Start Monday,['Supreme Court'],Trump hits pause between a tough week and a critically important one,CNN (Online News),"President Donald Trump escaped more than the chilly Washington weather when he decamped to the warm and welcoming confines of his private Florida club for the weekend.
Touching down just as the orange sun was setting,",left
21486,Gorsuch Hearings to Start Monday,['Supreme Court'],Questions for Judge Gorsuch,George Will,"This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee will question Neil Gorsuch about the judiciary’s role. Herewith some pertinent questions: – Lincoln’s greatness began with his recoil from the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act, which empowered residents of those territories to decide whether to have slavery. The act’s premise was that “popular sovereignty” — majorities’ rights — is the essence of the American project. Is it, or is liberty?",right
21487,Rioting Rocks Baltimore,['Violence In America'],Baltimore's top cop admits officers overwhelmed by number of rioters,Fox News (Online News),"Morning arrived in Baltimore Tuesday to reveal a city scarred by a night of rioting and looting, as officials moved to ensure that the lawlessness that broke out after the funeral of a black man who died of injuries apparently suffered in police custody would not be repeated.",right
21488,Rioting Rocks Baltimore,['Violence In America'],Baltimore Smolders After Riot Over Freddie Gray's Death,HuffPost,Firefighters on Tuesday battled building fires in Baltimore sparked by rioting that erupted after the funeral Monday of a 25-year-old black man who died after suffering a spinal injury in police custody,left
21489,Rioting Rocks Baltimore,['Violence In America'],White House awakes to 'national crisis',Politico,Baltimore riots show the limits of President Obama's hands-off approach.,left
21490,Trump Signs Coronavirus Relief Bill,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Economy And Jobs']","Trump Begrudgingly Signs COVID-19 Relief Bill, Government Spending, Averting Shutdown",HuffPost,"After throwing the bill into doubt earlier this week, President Donald Trump caved Sunday night and signed the coronavirus relief and federal spending measure, averting a government shutdown and ensuring millions of unemployed Americans get some relief going into the new year.
It was an act of mercy for millions, after the president suddenly indicated Tuesday night that he wouldn’t support the bill. Trump said he wanted to increase direct stimulus payments from $600 to $2,000 ― as well as eliminate a number of foreign aid provisions that were included...",left
21491,Trump Signs Coronavirus Relief Bill,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Economy And Jobs']",Trump Reportedly Signs Coronavirus Stimulus Package And Spending Bill,The Daily Wire,"President Donald Trump has reportedly signed the $900 billion coronavirus stimulus bill and the $1.4 trillion spending bill thus averting a potential government shutdown.
Sources told Axios that Trump will sign the current bill, which provides for $600 checks for most Americans, and will then will continue to push for that amount to be brought up to the $2,000 that he demanded last week. The Washington Post reported similar news that Trump would sign the bill into law, but cautioned that the situation remained fluid because Trump had “repeatedly changed...",right
21492,Trump Signs Coronavirus Relief Bill,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Stimulus', 'Economy And Jobs']","Trump reverses on coronavirus stimulus deal, signs package he called a 'disgrace'",USA TODAY,"President Donald Trump signed a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package Sunday, despite a remarkable video message he posted to social media days earlier in which he called the bipartisan legislation a ""disgrace.""
""I am signing this bill to restore unemployment benefits, stop evictions, provide rental assistance, add money for PPP, return our airline workers back to work, add substantially more money for vaccine distribution, and much more,"" Trump said in a statement announcing he had signed the bill.
After weeks of negotiation and bipartisan votes of approval in...",left
21493,Civility or Free Speech?,"['US Senate', 'Politics']","Mitch, please: Elizabeth Warren was criticizing a nominee, not a colleague when you told her to sit down and shut up",Guest Writer - Left,"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will rue the day when he moved to shush Sen. Elizabeth Warren for trying to read a 30-year-old letter from Coretta Scott King critical of Sen. Jeff Sessions, President Trump’s nominee for attorney general.",left
21494,Civility or Free Speech?,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",Pete Hoekstra: McConnell Tossed Warren to Restore Senate 'Civility',Newsmax (News),"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was merely maintaining ""decorum and a certain level of civility"" on Capitol Hill when he shut down Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren for slamming Attorney General nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions, former Rep. Pete Hoekstra tells Newsmax TV.",right
21495,Civility or Free Speech?,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",A Senate Rule Silenced Elizabeth Warren. Is That Rule So Bad?,NPR (Online News),"When Senate Republicans silenced Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., during debate over the nomination of Jeff Sessions to serve as attorney general, they sparked a furious response — but also used a rule that's meant to encourage civil debate.",left
21496,Tonight: Third Oval Office Address,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama To Deliver Third Oval Office Address Of His Presidency On Sunday,HuffPost,"President Barack Obama will address the nation on Sunday evening to give an update on the investigation into the San Bernardino shooting that killed 14 and to discuss terrorism, the White House said on Saturday.
The president will talk about the ""broader threat of terrorism, including the nature of the threat, how it has evolved, and how we will defeat it,"" the White House said in a statement.
This will be the third televised Oval Office address of Obama's presidency, and his first in more than five years....",left
21497,Tonight: Third Oval Office Address,"['White House', 'Politics']","Six Things Obama Should Say Tonight, But Won’t",Breitbart News,"Tonight, President Barack Obama will speak to the nation for the first time since the worst terrorist attack on American soil since September 11, 2001.
And he’ll talk about gun control.
CBS News announced on Sunday morning that they would stream Obama’s “urgent address to the nation on gun control at 8 PM ET.” So Obama won’t be talking about the nature of radical Islam; he won’t be talking about law enforcement failures, or how to keep us safe. No, he’ll tell us about how disarming ourselves will somehow keep...",right
21498,Tonight: Third Oval Office Address,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama speech aims to reassure a nervous nation,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama will try to reassure a nervous nation on Sunday that he has a plan to defeat the fast-evolving threat of terrorism, as fears multiply of ISIS attacks on the homeland and public trust in his handling of the threat dipping to record lows.
Obama's rare 8 p.m. ET Oval Office address reflects growing anxiety that the global showdown with the extremist group has now spread to U.S. soil following a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, that authorities are treating as terrorism.",left
21499,DOJ Says Classified Documents at Mar-a-Lago 'Likely Concealed and Removed’,"['Justice', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump']","Trump Moved and Hid Classified Records at Mar-a-Lago, DOJ Filing Claims",National Review,"The Justice Department pursued a search warrant for Mar-a-Lago because investigators suspected that former president Trump and his associates relocated and hid highly classified records, despite claiming that they returned such privileged information to the government, a Tuesday court filing from the department reveals.
The filing came amid Trump’s petition for a special master to conduct an independent review of materials seized from his residence, a motion which a judge said that she has “preliminary intent” to grant but which the DOJ opposes, citing potential injury to national security interests.
Taking inventory of the confiscated materials,...",right
21500,DOJ Says Classified Documents at Mar-a-Lago 'Likely Concealed and Removed’,"['Justice', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump']",DOJ says Trump team likely 'concealed and removed' classified docs at Mar-a-Lago,NBC News (Online),"WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Tuesday night that it had evidence classified documents at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate were ""likely concealed and removed"" before the FBI search to retrieve them.
In its late-night court filing, the Justice Department said that Trump's request to appoint a special master to review the documents “is unnecessary and would significantly harm important governmental interests, including national security interests.”
Some of the documents were so sensitive and classified that FBI agents and Justice Department attorneys needed additional security clearances to review them after the raid earlier this month.
The department...",left
21501,DOJ Says Classified Documents at Mar-a-Lago 'Likely Concealed and Removed’,"['Justice', 'FBI', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Donald Trump']",DOJ: Classified documents at Mar-a-Lago ‘likely concealed and removed’,The Hill,"Federal agents searched former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate after developing evidence that government records were “likely concealed and removed” in defiance of a grand jury subpoena, according to Department of Justice (DOJ) court documents filed late Tuesday evening.
The filing details the chronology of federal officials’ monthslong attempt to recover presidential records and classified documents from Trump’s Florida home, casting doubt on the former president’s team’s claims that a “diligent search” was conducted and all documents requested by the subpoena were returned.
Trump has claimed the search warrant of Mar-a-Lago was unnecessary since...",center
21502,President and First Lady Test Positive for COVID-19,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Melania Trump', 'Coronavirus']","Trump Tests Positive for Covid-19, 48 Hours After Mocking Biden for Wearing a Mask",The Intercept,"AFTER SIX MONTHS of refusing to follow his own government’s public health advice to wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic, and just two days after mocking his opponent Joe Biden for routinely doing so, President Donald Trump tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, contracting the illness spread by respiratory droplets.
During the presidential debate on Tuesday, Trump had insinuated that there was something odd about the former vice president wearing a mask, a measure recommended by his coronavirus task force in April.
Biden responded by noting that the director...",left
21503,President and First Lady Test Positive for COVID-19,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Melania Trump', 'Coronavirus']",President Trump Tested Positive for Coronavirus. Now What?,Wall Street Journal (News),"President Trump tweeted early Friday that he and the first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for Covid-19. It couldn’t be determined whether the president or the first lady were displaying any symptoms. Here’s what we know.
How did President Trump and first lady Melania get infected with the new coronavirus?
The president announced the coronavirus test results in the early hours of Friday, a development that injects fresh uncertainty into an already tumultuous final stretch of the 2020 campaign. The news came hours after Mr. Trump confirmed that Hope...",center
21504,President and First Lady Test Positive for COVID-19,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Melania Trump', 'Coronavirus']",Trump receives well-wishes from top critics after coronavirus diagnosis,Fox News (Online News),"Shortly after President Trump announced that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19, a number of the president’s fiercest critics wished him well as he battles a disease that has already left more than 205,000 Americans dead.
From liberal talk show hosts to outspoken activist-actors, a number of Trump’s most vocal detractors took the moral high ground to offer their thoughts and prayers that the President and first lady make a “speedy and complete recovery.”
“God bless the president and the first lady,” MSNBC host Rachel...",right
21505,Former GE CEO Jack Welch Dies,"['General Electric', 'Business']","Jack Welch, Legendary CEO of General Electric, Dies at Age 84",Wall Street Journal (News),"Jack Welch led General Electric Co. through two decades of unparalleled growth and transformation, with a brash style that single-handedly remade the conglomerate and changed the landscape of America corporations. He died Sunday at age 84.
Mr. Welch’s success, driven by a hard-nosed strategy to slash less profitable businesses and unproductive employees, made him an international celebrity in the 1980s and drove GE to become the most valuable U.S. company during the 1990s. He groomed a generation of business leaders who went on to run giants such as Boeing Co....",center
21506,Former GE CEO Jack Welch Dies,"['General Electric', 'Business']","Jack Welch, former GE CEO, is dead",CNN (Online News),"Jack Welch, who led General Electric through 20 years of its greatest financial success, has died. He was 84.
Welch became CEO of GE in 1981 and led it until his retirement in 2001.
""Today is a sad day for the entire GE family,"" GE CEO Larry Culp said in a statement. ""Jack was larger than life and the heart of GE for half a century. He reshaped the face of our company and the business world. Jack was a strong and constant influence throughout my career despite never having...",left
21507,Former GE CEO Jack Welch Dies,"['General Electric', 'Business']",Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch dies at 84,Washington Examiner,"Jack Welch, who led General Electric for 20 years, died at the age of 84.
The iconic businessman died at his home Sunday, surrounded by family, due to renal failure, his wife Suzy said Monday.
GE under Welch grew from a $12 billion company to a $410 billion giant, becoming one of the world's most valuable companies.
President Trump called Welch a ""friend and supporter"" who ""will never be forgotten"" and gave his ""warmest sympathies"" to Welch's family.
The son of a railroad conductor, Welch earned the title “manager of...",right
21508,Trump to Meet with Putin,['Foreign Policy'],Grins and handshakes as Trump encounters Putin for 1st time at G-20,Washington Times,"With a hearty handshake and broad smiles, President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin greeted each other face-to-face for the first time Friday at the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.",right
21509,Trump to Meet with Putin,['Foreign Policy'],Opinion: How Putin Tricked Trump Into a Game He Can't Win,Guest Writer - Left,"On Friday morning, Donald Trump will meet with Vladimir Putin in Hamburg. This should scare the bejesus out of everyone everywhere, including Russia. This will not end well. At best, it will end inconclusively, and nothing awful will happen. Nothing awful would be a happy ending.",left
21510,Trump to Meet with Putin,['Foreign Policy'],Stakes Are High Ahead of Trump-Putin Meeting,Wall Street Journal (News),President Donald Trump shook hands and exchanged greetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a brief encounter on Friday ahead of their highly anticipated meeting on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Germany.,center
21511,Average US Gas Prices Hit Record High,"['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Ukraine War', 'Coronavirus']",US Gas Prices Set New National Record,The Epoch Times,"The national average of a gallon of gas in the United States hit a record high on March 7 as prices soar amid the Russia–Ukraine war.
The average price nationwide hit $4.104 on Monday, breaking the record of $4.103 set in 2008, according to GasBuddy.
The record came after the national average spiked 49 cents in just one week, breaking the previous one-week spike set in 2005, the gas-tracking company said.
“Americans have never seen gasoline prices this high, nor have we seen the pace of increases so fast and furious,”...",right
21512,Average US Gas Prices Hit Record High,"['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Ukraine War', 'Coronavirus']",US gas hits a record: $4.17 a gallon,CNN Business,"US drivers have never paid this much for gasoline. The price for a gallon of regular gas now stands at $4.17, according to AAA.
That breaks the previous record of $4.11 a gallon that has stood since July 2008.
As Russia continues its military offensive in Ukraine, gas prices are rising faster than they have since Hurricane Katrina slammed into oil platforms and refineries along the US Gulf Coast in 2005.
Gas prices rose 10 cents since early Monday, gaining three of those cents overnight, according to the Oil Price Information Service, the firm that...",left
21513,Average US Gas Prices Hit Record High,"['Energy', 'Gas Prices', 'Ukraine War', 'Coronavirus']","Hold onto your wallets, gas prices are heading to an all-time record high. Here are a few ways to protect yourself",CNBC,"With gasoline prices at a 14-year high, it’s hard to imagine paying even more at the pump. Yet prices are only heading higher.
On Sunday, the national average for a gallon of gas hit $4.009, the highest since July 2008, according to data from AAA. 
An increase in demand along with a reduction in supply is quickly driving up prices at gas stations, the automotive group said.
With the recent rise, consumers are now paying 40 cents more than just a week ago.
“There are few words to describe the unprecedented...",center
21514,Washington Post Edits 'Prisoner' Anecdote From Kamala Harris Profile,"['Kamala Harris', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Politics']",Washington Post caught scrubbing Kamala Harris ‘prisoner’ story,New York Post (News),"The Washington Post scrubbed an unflattering anecdote of Vice President Kamala Harris crassly laughing at the thought of a prisoner begging for a drink of water — then backtracked Friday after an eagle-eyed reporter took notice.
Harris made the comments in a July 2019 Washington Post profile about her relationship with her sister and trusted aide, Maya Harris, when the former California prosecutor was running for president.
But that story disappeared from the site — with its link redirecting to a newer version published on Jan. 11, sans anecdote.",right
21515,Washington Post Edits 'Prisoner' Anecdote From Kamala Harris Profile,"['Kamala Harris', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Politics']",The Washington Post Tried To Memory-Hole Kamala Harris' Bad Joke About Inmates Begging for Food and Water,Reason,"When The Washington Post published a 2019 campaign trail feature about then-presidential hopeful Kamala Harris' close relationship with her sister, it opened with a memorable anecdote in which Harris bizarrely compared the rigors of the campaign trail to…life behind bars.
And then proceeded to laugh—at the idea of an inmate begging for a sip of water.",right
21516,Washington Post Edits 'Prisoner' Anecdote From Kamala Harris Profile,"['Kamala Harris', 'Media Bias', 'Media Industry', 'Politics']",Kamala D. Harris’s most trusted adviser: Her sister Maya,Washington Post,"Finding people to trust in politics — a field full of mercenaries with their own interests at heart — can be a tough thing to do. It is no wonder so many people turn to family members: John F. Kennedy had Bobby, Joe Biden’s sister, Valerie, once ran his campaigns and Ivanka Trump has been one of the 45th president’s most visible advisers.
Kamala D. Harris has her younger sister, Maya Harris. The two are not only extremely close; during Kamala’s year-long presidential run, Maya served as her campaign chairwoman.",left
21517,Trump Immigration Comments,['Immigration'],Trump Towers in 'First Debate',Townhall,"Because of him calling attention to criminality among illegal Mexican immigrants, the issue has become a hot media topic.
Instead of ignoring or downplaying crimes committed by ""unauthorized"" immigra",right
21518,Trump Immigration Comments,['Immigration'],Trump: RNC call was 'congratulatory',CNN (Online News),"(CNN)Donald Trump is pushing back against reports that Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus voiced concerns to him about the billionaire's tone when talking about undocumented immigrants during a Wednesday phone call.
Trump instea",left
21519,Trump Immigration Comments,['Immigration'],Surprise! Donald Trump is wrong about immigrants and crime.,Washington Post,"Donald Trump's two-week-old campaign has been pretty good at sticking to two core points: defending the candidate's anti-immigrant remarks at his announcement and pretending that the companies that responded to those comments by ending their business relationships with him were, instead, rejected by him first.
As",left
21520,"US Economy Adds 531,000 Jobs In October","['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Labor']","Big rebound in jobs: America adds 531,000 jobs to the economy in October",CNN Business,"America's jobs recovery gathered some steam last month as US employers added 531,000 positions in October.
The unemployment rate fell to 4.6%, the lowest level since the economic recovery started in May 2020.
The number of jobs added in October easily outpaced economists' prediction of 450,000 jobs. It marked the first month since July that the official number didn't undercut the consensus estimate.
The US economy gained jobs across the board last month, with leisure and hospitality, manufacturing and transportation and warehousing leading the job gains. The leisure and hospitality sector was...",left
21521,"US Economy Adds 531,000 Jobs In October","['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Labor']","October Jobs Report: Strong Rebound as U.S Economy Adds 531,000 Jobs",Wall Street Journal (News),"The U.S. labor market sprang back to life in October after a summer slowdown, with employers briskly adding jobs and nearly 200,000 women joining the labor force.
The economy churned out 531,000 new jobs last month, the biggest gain in three months, the Labor Department said Friday. Restaurants, consulting firms and factories all boosted hiring, suggesting broad strength across the economy. Nationwide job growth was also stronger in August and September than previously estimated, with new data boosting employment over that period by 235,000 jobs.
The unemployment rate fell to...",center
21522,"US Economy Adds 531,000 Jobs In October","['Economy And Jobs', 'Economic Policy', 'Life During Covid-19', 'Labor']","October jobs report beats expectations with gain of 531,000",Washington Times,"The U.S. economy created more jobs than expected in October as unemployment fell to 4.6% and 531,000 new jobs were added to payrolls, the Labor Department announced Friday.
Both numbers outperformed estimates. Dow Jones estimated that unemployment would drop to 4.7% and 450,000 jobs created.
The unemployment rate is the lowest level since March 2020.
The report is welcome news for President Biden, after voters this week said the economy was among the top reasons Republicans did better than expected in state elections.
“This is recovery is faster, stronger and...",right
21523,Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper Joins Presidential Race,"['Election 2020', 'John Hickenlooper', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper joins 2020 presidential race,Washington Times,"Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announced Monday he is running for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020, holding up his gubernatorial and mayoral experience as proof that he can bring “the progressive change that Washington has failed to deliver.”
“I’m John Hickenlooper, I am running for president because we are facing a crisis that threatens everything we stand for,” Mr. Hickenlooper said in an announcement video.
Mr. Hickenlooper touted how he co-founded a brewery before entering politics.
He said he helped transform Denver as mayor into a model for...",right
21524,Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper Joins Presidential Race,"['Election 2020', 'John Hickenlooper', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper joins crowded 2020 Democratic field,USA TODAY,"Colorado's former Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday joined the growing field of Democratic candidates hoping to unseat President Donald Trump in 2020.
The centrist Democrat made the announcement in an online video titled ""Standing Tall."" The video touts Hickenlooper's accomplishments as governor and highlights his biography as an unemployed geologist who became a successful restaurateur.
""We need a leader who can bring people together and get stuff done. As a successful entrepreneur, mayor and governor, I’ve proven that I can build and lead amazing teams of talented people-...",left
21525,Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper Joins Presidential Race,"['Election 2020', 'John Hickenlooper', 'Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper Is Running For President In 2020,HuffPost,"The Democrat, who served two terms as governor and two terms as Denver mayor, vowed in a campaign video to “repair the damage done to our country.”
Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is adding his name to the list of presidential hopefuls.
The Democrat and self-described “extreme moderate” announced his 2020 run for the White House on Monday morning in a YouTube video that highlights his accomplishments as a Colorado businessman-turned-politician while also directly attacking President Donald Trump.
“I’ve stood up to my fair share of bullies,” Hickenlooper says in...",left
21526,CIA Warns of Russian Intervention,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",Schumer Urges Congress to Conduct Full Review of Election Hacking Claims After 'Stunning' CIA Report,Townhall,"Newly elected Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has said that the new CIA report that claims Russia propelled Donald Trump to the presidency via hacking schemes is ""stunning"" but not surprising. He is now urging Congress to order a full review of the potential hack and its impact on the vote.",right
21527,CIA Warns of Russian Intervention,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",The CIA concluded that Russia worked to elect Trump. Republicans now face an impossible choice.,Washington Post,The Washington Post is now reporting that the CIA has concluded something widely suspected but never flatly stated by the intelligence community: that Russia moved deliberately to help elect Donald Trump as president of the United States — not just to undermine the U.S. political process more generally.,left
21528,CIA Warns of Russian Intervention,"['CIA', 'Defense And Security']",Obama Orders Sweeping Review Of International Hacking Tied To U.S. Elections,NPR (Online News),"President Obama has ordered the intelligence community to conduct a ""full review"" of ""malicious cyber activity"" timed to U.S. elections, the White House said Friday.
The review will go all the way back to the 2008 campaign when China was found to have hacked both the Obama and McCain campaigns, White House spokesman Eric Schultz said at a Friday press briefing.",left
21529,Jury Convicts Two Men of Conspiring to Kidnap MI Gov Gretchen Whitmer,"['Courts', 'Crime', 'Criminal Conspiracy', 'Gretchen Whitmer', 'Justice', 'Michigan']",Whitmer Kidnapping Conspirators Found Guilty,The Epoch Times,"A jury has found defendants Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. guilty of conspiring in 2020 to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat.
After about nine hours of deliberation over two days, the jury convicted Fox and Croft of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction.
Croft was also convicted of possession of an unregistered destructive device.
This was the pair’s second trial before U.S. District Court Judge Robert Jonker.
Their first trial in April ended with the jury unable to arrive at a unanimous...",right
21530,Jury Convicts Two Men of Conspiring to Kidnap MI Gov Gretchen Whitmer,"['Courts', 'Crime', 'Criminal Conspiracy', 'Gretchen Whitmer', 'Justice', 'Michigan']",Jury Convicts 2 Men in Plot to Kidnap Michigan Governor,Time Magazine,"A jury on Tuesday convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, a swift victory for prosecutors in a plot that was broken up by the FBI and described as a rallying cry for a U.S. civil war by anti-government extremists.
Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. were also found guilty of conspiring to obtain a weapon of mass destruction, namely a bomb to blow up a bridge and stymie police if the kidnapping could be pulled off at Whitmer’s vacation home.
Croft, 46, a...",left
21531,Jury Convicts Two Men of Conspiring to Kidnap MI Gov Gretchen Whitmer,"['Courts', 'Crime', 'Criminal Conspiracy', 'Gretchen Whitmer', 'Justice', 'Michigan']",Two Men Convicted In Attempted Kidnapping Of Michigan Governor Whitmer,Forbes,"A jury convicted two men Tuesday for plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) in 2020, part of what prosecutors have described as a larger domestic terrorist plan to set off a civil war and attempt to overthrow the government.
Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. were convicted of all charges brought against them in federal court in Michigan, including conspiracy to kidnap and conspiracy to obtain weapons of mass destruction, and Croft was convicted of an additional explosives charge, according to the Associated Press and other outlets.
The two...",center
21532,More Troops to Iraq,['Middle East'],Pentagon recommends sending 400 additional US troops to Iraq,Fox News (Online News),"The Pentagon has recommended sending 400 more U.S. troops to Iraq to aid in the fight against ISIS, a senior U.S. military official told Fox News late Tuesday.",right
21533,More Troops to Iraq,['Middle East'],U.S. Embracing a New Approach on Battling ISIS in Iraq,New York Times (News),"In a major shift of focus in the battle against the Islamic State, the Obama administration is planning to establish a new military base in Anbar Province, Iraq, and to send up to 450 more American military trainers to help Iraqi forces retake the city of Ramadi.",left
21534,More Troops to Iraq,['Middle East'],U.S. Considers Sending Hundreds More Troops To Iraq,NPR (Online News),The Obama administration is considering sending hundreds of more troops into Iraq to help train local forces to fight against the so-called Islamic State.,left
21535,Sides to the Sequester,['Banking And Finance'],Republican goal to balance budget could mean deep cuts to health programs,Washington Post,"Anxiety is rising among House Republicans about a strategy of appeasement toward fiscal hard-liners that could require them to embrace not only the sequester but also sharp new cuts to federal health and retirement programs.
Letting the sequester hit was just the first step in a pact forged in January between conservative leaders and Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) to keep the government open and the nation out of default. Now comes step 2: adopting a budget plan that would wipe out deficits entirely by 2023.",left
21536,Sides to the Sequester,['Banking And Finance'],Democrats pull out race card in sequester game,Washington Times,"Congressional Black Caucus members, who are all Democrats, flipped out the race card in the talks on the sequester Monday and said minorities will be unfairly and disproportionately impacted.
“Sequestration will impact everyone, but it will have a particularly harmful effect on communities of color who were hit first and worst by the great recession, and have yet to significantly feel the effects of the recovery, said Rep. Barbara Lee, in The Hill.",right
21537,Sides to the Sequester,['Banking And Finance'],"House GOP unveils bill to avoid shutdown, lessen pain for defense programs from forced spending cuts",CNN (Online News),House Republicans unveiled a government spending bill on Monday that keeps federal agencies funded through the end of September and attempts to remove the specter of a government shutdown.,left
21538,First Lawsuit Filed Against National Emergency for Border Wall,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']",First lawsuit against Trump wall declaration filed in Washington court,Washington Times,"The first lawsuit was filed in federal district court in Washington, D.C., Friday evening challenging President Trump’s new emergency declaration to build his border wall.",right
21539,First Lawsuit Filed Against National Emergency for Border Wall,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']","'Donald Trump, We'll See You In Court': California To Sue Over Emergency Declaration",NPR (Online News),California plans to sue the Trump administration over the president's emergency declaration to fund construction of a border wall.,left
21540,First Lawsuit Filed Against National Emergency for Border Wall,"['White House', 'Donald Trump', 'Politics']",Trump's emergency declaration is already facing legal challenges,CBS News (Online),"When President Trump declared a national emergency along the southern border, he predicted his administration would end up defending it all the way to the Supreme Court.",left
21541,Trump Denies Putin Election Meddling,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump: I 'really believe' Putin when he says he did not meddle in 2016 election,Chicago Tribune,President Donald Trump said Russia's Vladimir Putin once again vehemently denied interfering in the 2016 U.S. elections during their discussions on the sidelines of an economic summit Saturday.,center
21542,Trump Denies Putin Election Meddling,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Trump says Putin 'very insulted' by Russian meddling talk, says he believes Putin's denials",Washington Examiner,"President Trump said he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is ""very insulted"" over the question of whether Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.",right
21543,Trump Denies Putin Election Meddling,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trump chooses Putin's word over the US intelligence community — again,Vox,"“I really believe that when he tells me that, he means it.”",left
21544,IRS proposes new rules on tax exempt groups,"['Treasury', 'Banking And Finance']",Obama administration proposes new rule curtailing political activities by nonprofit groups,Washington Post,The new guidance would amend current regulations governing which groups qualify as social welfare organizations.,left
21545,IRS proposes new rules on tax exempt groups,"['Treasury', 'Banking And Finance']",IRS proposes new rules for tax-exempt organizations,CNN (Online News),The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service proposed new rules Tuesday that more specifically define the political activity allowed for tax-exempt organizations.,left
21546,IRS proposes new rules on tax exempt groups,"['Treasury', 'Banking And Finance']",IRS moves to rein in tax-exempt groups after targeting scandal,Fox News (Online News),The Obama administration Tuesday launched a bid to rein in politically active nonprofit groups and how they are identified during campaigns.,right
21547,Debt Limit Signed into Law,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Mitch McConnell on allowing debt-ceiling vote: ""I had to do what's best for the country""",CNN (Online News),"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, on Friday defended his decision back home in Kentucky to join Democrats in a vote to clear a filibuster hurdle that allowed a vote to raise the debt ceiling.
""My job is to protect the country when I can and to step up and lead on those occasions when it's required. That's what I did,"" he said at a campaign appearance in Louisville.",left
21548,Debt Limit Signed into Law,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama Signs Debt Ceiling Measure Into Law,HuffPost,"President Barack Obama on Saturday signed separate measures into law to lift the federal debt limit and restore benefits that had been cut for younger military retirees.
Obama signed the bills during a weekend golf vacation in Southern California.
The debt limit measure allows the government to",left
21549,Debt Limit Signed into Law,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Obama Signs Measure Lifting Federal Debt Limit into Law,The Blaze,"President Barack Obama has signed separate measures lifting the federal debt limit and restoring full cost of living benefits for military retirees.
Obama signed the bills into law Saturday during a weekend golf vacation in Southern California.
The debt limit measure frees the government to borrow the money it needs to pay bills, such as Social Security benefits.",right
21550,First Case of Omicron Variant Detected in US,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant']",Omicron Coronavirus Variant Found In The U.S.,HuffPost,"A person in California has the nation’s first confirmed case of the new omicron coronavirus variant, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday.
The unidentified individual was a traveler who returned from South Africa to the U.S. on Nov. 22. The case was confirmed by the California and San Francisco departments of public health, according to the CDC.
“The individual, who was fully vaccinated and had mild symptoms that are improving, is self-quarantining and has been since testing positive. All close contacts have been contacted and have tested negative,” the...",left
21551,First Case of Omicron Variant Detected in US,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant']",US reports 1st case of omicron variant in returning traveler,Associated Press,"The U.S. recorded its first confirmed case of the omicron variant Wednesday — in a vaccinated traveler who returned to California after a trip to South Africa — as scientists around the world race to establish whether the new, mutant version of the coronavirus is more dangerous than previous ones.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the United States’ top infectious-disease expert, announced the finding at the White House.
“We knew it was just a matter of time before the first case of omicron would be detected in the United States,” he said....",left
21552,First Case of Omicron Variant Detected in US,"['Coronavirus', 'Omicron Variant']",First U.S. Case of Omicron Variant Confirmed in California,National Review,"The first case of the Omicron COVID variant in the U.S. has emerged in California, the CDC announced Wednesday.
“The California and San Francisco Departments of Public Health have confirmed that a recent case of COVID-19 among an individual in California was caused by the Omicron variant (B.1.1.529),” the CDC wrote in a statement.
During a White House press briefing Wednesday, Dr. Fauci said the case was detected in an individual who traveled from South Africa on November 22 and tested positive for the virus on November 29.
Fauci added that the...",right
21553,Defense Secretary Nomination,[],GOP Senators Warn Of Tough Road For Hagel Nomination,NPR (Online News),"President Obama will on Monday name former Sen. Chuck Hagel to be his next defense secretary, an administration official confirmed to NPR. The former Republican senator from Nebraska is a Vietnam veteran. He would succeed Leon Panetta, who is retiring.",left
21554,Defense Secretary Nomination,[],Graham calls Hagel an 'in-your-face' pick,Politico,"Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday called former Republican Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, who is President Barack Obamas likely pick for defense secretary, an “in-your-face nomination and someone who is “out of the mainstream of thinking on foreign policy issues.",left
21555,Defense Secretary Nomination,[],"Hagel to get defense secretary nomination Monday, but little Republican support",Fox News (Online News),"Two Republican senators suggested Sunday they would not support fellow party member and former Sen. Chuck Hagel should he get nominated for secretary of defense, while Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said he is reserving judgment.",right
21556,How Will Elon Musk Change Twitter and Online Free Speech?,"['Free Speech', 'Business', 'Elon Musk', 'Technology', 'Social Media', 'Twitter', 'Parag Agrawal', 'Jack Dorsey', 'Content Moderation']",Why Elon Musk Is Buying into Twitter,Jack Shafer,"Elon Musk has found something to keep himself occupied until his first crewed mission to Mars fulfills his prediction and lands on the Red Planet in 2029. He’s purchased a 9.2 percent share in Twitter for $2.9 billion — where he has 80.2 million followers — making him the social media company’s largest shareholder. Given his $299 billion fortune, all it would take is a few mouse clicks to place the entire company in his shopping cart and complete the transaction in short order. If he does so, in addition to being the electric car...",center
21557,How Will Elon Musk Change Twitter and Online Free Speech?,"['Free Speech', 'Business', 'Elon Musk', 'Technology', 'Social Media', 'Twitter', 'Parag Agrawal', 'Jack Dorsey', 'Content Moderation']",How Will Elon Musk Change Twitter?,Timothy L. O'Brien,"Just a day after it was revealed that Elon Musk had bought $3 billion of Twitter Inc.’s stock, making him its single largest shareholder, the company’s chief executive officer took to Twitter to announce how the world’s richest man had decided to exercise his leverage.
“I’m excited to share that we’re appointing @elonmusk to our board!” tweeted CEO Parag Agrawal on Tuesday. “Through conversations with Elon in recent weeks, it became clear to us that he would bring great value to our Board.”
Wait a minute. What’s this “conversations with Elon in recent weeks”...",left
21558,How Will Elon Musk Change Twitter and Online Free Speech?,"['Free Speech', 'Business', 'Elon Musk', 'Technology', 'Social Media', 'Twitter', 'Parag Agrawal', 'Jack Dorsey', 'Content Moderation']",Elon Musk restoring free speech to Twitter would be a threat to the people in charge,Tucker Carlson,"It's a good day in America, maybe a rare, good day. We're going to celebrate no matter what. Here's the context for why it's good—censorship. Censorship is essentially the hallmark of neoliberalism. Have you noticed that? Our leaders seem to spend a lot more time trying to control what we say and think than trying to improve our country and that means that anyone who orders the wrong words, even accidentally, gets fired or banned or ostracized or even charged with a crime. We've seen that, too. We don't need...",right
21559,Supreme Court Overturns New York’s Concealed-Carry Handgun Law,"['Supreme Court', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'New York', 'Gun Violence', 'Concealed-Carry Law', 'Clarence Thomas', 'Stephen Breyer', 'State Governments']","Supreme Court expands gun rights, with nation divided",Associated Press Fact Check,"In a major expansion of gun rights, the Supreme Court said Thursday that Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense, a ruling likely to lead to more people legally armed in cities and elsewhere. The ruling came with recent mass shootings fresh in the nation’s mind and gun-control legislation being debated in Congress and beyond.
About a quarter of the U.S. population lives in states expected to be affected by the ruling, which struck down a New York gun law. The high court’s first major gun decision in...",left
21560,Supreme Court Overturns New York’s Concealed-Carry Handgun Law,"['Supreme Court', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'New York', 'Gun Violence', 'Concealed-Carry Law', 'Clarence Thomas', 'Stephen Breyer', 'State Governments']",Supreme Court overturns New York law on carrying concealed weapons,New York Post (News),"The Supreme Court has struck down New York’s century-old law restricting the carrying of concealed firearms, its first major Second Amendment decision in more than a decade and a ruling that could lead to more guns on the streets.
Writing for the 6-3 majority, Justice Clarence Thomas said Thursday that the law’s requirement of New Yorkers who want a permit to carry a handgun in public to show “proper cause” that the weapon is specifically needed for self-defense “violates the Fourteenth Amendment by preventing law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising...",right
21561,Supreme Court Overturns New York’s Concealed-Carry Handgun Law,"['Supreme Court', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'New York', 'Gun Violence', 'Concealed-Carry Law', 'Clarence Thomas', 'Stephen Breyer', 'State Governments']","In 6-3 ruling, court strikes down New York’s concealed-carry law",SCOTUSblog,"The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a New York handgun-licensing law that required New Yorkers who want to carry a handgun in public to show a special need to defend themselves.
The 6-3 ruling, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, is the court’s first significant decision on gun rights in over a decade. In a far-reaching ruling, the court made clear that the Second Amendment’s guarantee of the right “to keep and bear arms” protects a broad right to carry a handgun outside the home for self-defense. Going forward, Thomas explained,...",center
21562,FDA Panel Recommends Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Life During Covid-19']","Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine gets panel support, set to become the second cleared by FDA for use in US",USA TODAY,"An advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given a thumbs up to the nation's second COVID-19 vaccine.
The independent Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted 20-0 with one abstention to support mRNA-1273, a vaccine made in collaboration with the U.S. government by Moderna, a decade-old Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotechnology company.",left
21563,FDA Panel Recommends Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Life During Covid-19']",FDA Panel Recommends Moderna Coronavirus Vaccine,National Review,"A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted Thursday to endorse Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine and recommended that the agency move forward with emergency authorization.
In a 20-0 vote, with one abstention, the panel found that the safety and efficacy of the vaccine outweigh the risks for use in people age 18 and older, marking the penultimate step in the approval process.",right
21564,FDA Panel Recommends Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Life During Covid-19']",Upstart Moderna takes on outsized role in U.S. vaccine effort,Politico,"The nation’s second coronavirus vaccine, produced by Moderna, could be on its way to thousands of sites nationwide by this weekend — a major accomplishment for a company that has never before brought a product to market.
An independent Food and Drug Administration advisory committee on Thursday endorsed the shot for adults 18 and over, and the agency is expected to issue an emergency use authorization on Friday.",left
21565,Perspectives: Moderna and Pfizer Announce Progress on COVID-19 Vaccines,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Moderna', 'Pfizer', 'White House', 'Anthony Fauci']","Sorry, America. Vaccines won’t end the pandemic anytime soon.",The Philadelphia Inquirer,"With more than 240,000 Americans dead from the COVID virus and far more hospitalized, our country is desperate for a vaccine that prevents serious cases. Billions of dollars in taxpayer money are being spent to put a stop to the virus, yet drug companies are using predominantly mild cases that produce cold-like symptoms, not infections or serious cases, to test the efficacy of their vaccines. Based on the reviews of trial protocols for seven leading vaccine candidates, including those from Moderna and Pfizer, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) wrote last...",left
21566,Perspectives: Moderna and Pfizer Announce Progress on COVID-19 Vaccines,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Moderna', 'Pfizer', 'White House', 'Anthony Fauci']",Rebuilding public trust will instill COVID-19 vaccine confidence,The Hill,"Moderna’s 94.5 percent vaccine efficacy rate brings renewed hope that a preventative therapy to reduce the spread of COVID-19 may be close at hand. This news is especially welcome as cases continue to spike across the country. But unless the American people trust it (or any of the other vaccines currently under development for that matter), nothing will change.
Only half of the American adults would receive a coronavirus vaccine if it were available today. That number is down precipitously from over 70 percent in May. Even more startling, a...",center
21567,Perspectives: Moderna and Pfizer Announce Progress on COVID-19 Vaccines,"['Coronavirus', 'Coronavirus Vaccine', 'Moderna', 'Pfizer', 'White House', 'Anthony Fauci']",Light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel: Fantastic vaccine news,New York Post (News),"At last, light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel: At least two highly effective vaccines should begin distribution before year’s end.
Moderna this week followed Pfizer in announcing plans to have a vaccine on the market by the end of December, and other companies are likely to soon follow.
US Health Secretary Alex Azar expects enough doses to vaccinate 20 million Americans before Jan. 1, with a real hope of universal US vaccination by mid-2021.
Thank President Trump’s Operation Warp Speed for not only funding research and the development...",right
21568,Iran Negotiations,['Middle East'],Obama asks senators to give Iran negotiations a chance,USA TODAY,"With negotiations set to resume with Iran over its nuclear program this week, President Obama tried to reassure Senate committee leaders on Tuesday and made his personal case for Congress to hold off on enacting new sanctions while negotiations continue.",left
21569,Iran Negotiations,['Middle East'],Obama urges skeptical senators to hold off on Iran sanctions during talks,Fox News (Online News),"President Obama personally appealed to senators on Tuesday to hold off on seeking additional sanctions while negotiations over Iran's nuclear program are underway, but continued to face skeptical lawmakers worried that a proposed deal would go easy on Tehran.",right
21570,Iran Negotiations,['Middle East'],Split on Accord on Iran Strains U.S.-Israel Ties,New York Times (News),"To the Israeli government, the preliminary deal with Iran that the Obama administration is trying to seal this week is a giveaway to a government that has spent two decades building a vast nuclear program. It enshrines the status quo — at a time when the Iranians are within reach of the technical capability to build a bomb — and rewards some unproven leaders with cash and sanctions relief.",left
21571,"Biden, Bush and Other Political Figures Point To Unity On 9/11 Anniversary","['9/11', 'Terrorism', 'Politics']","Biden, Obama, Clinton mark 9/11 in NYC with display of unity",Associated Press,"Three American presidents stood somberly side by side Saturday at the National September 11 Memorial in New York, sharing a moment of silence to mark the anniversary of the nation’s worst terrorist attack with a display of unity.
Presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton gathered at the site where the World Trade Center towers fell two decades ago. Each man wore a blue ribbon and held his hands over his heart as a procession marched a flag through the memorial before hundreds of people, some carrying photos of loved ones...",left
21572,"Biden, Bush and Other Political Figures Point To Unity On 9/11 Anniversary","['9/11', 'Terrorism', 'Politics']","On eve of 9/11 anniversary, Biden tells Americans 'unity is our greatest strength'",ABC News (Online),"President Joe Biden paid tribute to the victims of the Sep. 11 terror attacks Friday, commemorating their lives and the losses of their families in a somber six-and-a-half-minute video.
Biden, in prerecorded remarks to the nation on the eve of the 20th anniversary, hailed the shared sense of national purpose that Americans felt after 9/11, and called unity the ""greatest strength"" of the country.
""Unity is what makes us who we are, America at its best. To me that's the central lesson of Sept. 11,"" he said. ""Unity doesn't mean...",left
21573,"Biden, Bush and Other Political Figures Point To Unity On 9/11 Anniversary","['9/11', 'Terrorism', 'Politics']","George W. Bush, Kamala Harris point to unity after 9/11 in memorial speeches",New York Post (News),"The chimes of the Bells of Remembrance at the memorial service for the victims and heroes of Flight 93 in Shanksville, PA, was followed Saturday by a thunderous speech on a divided nation from former President George W. Bush.
“In the weeks and months following the 9/11 attacks, I was proud to lead an amazing, resilient, united people. When it comes to the unity of America, those days seem distant from our own,” Bush said.
“[Malignant forces seem] at work in our common life that turns every disagreement into an argument,...",right
21574,2014 State of the Union Preview,"['White House', 'Politics']",State of the Union: What to expect from President Obama,Los Angeles Times,President Obama will stand before members of Congress and a national television audience tonight to deliver his sixth annual State of the Union address. It’s pretty safe to assume it will include the following:,left
21575,2014 State of the Union Preview,"['White House', 'Politics']",This year's State of the Union is a defining test for Obama,CNN (Online News),"Three numbers to keep in mind Tuesday night as President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address: six, 30 and 43.",left
21576,2014 State of the Union Preview,"['White House', 'Politics']","Voters See State of the Union as ""Just for Show""",Townhall,"According to new polling released by Rasmussen Reports, a majority of voters aren't convinced the State of the Union Address tonight will actually mean much.",right
21577,GOP Senators Clash With Trump Over Tariffs On Mexico,"['Trade', 'Tariffs', 'Mexico', 'Donald Trump', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Republicans clash with Trump over Mexico tariffs,BBC News,"In a closed meeting with White House officials, senators said they were considering moves to block the tariffs.
The president has said he plans to impose a 5% duty on all Mexican goods from next week.
Mr Trump, who is on a state visit to the UK, said Republicans would be ""foolish"" to try and stop him.
Under the president's proposals, the tariffs would rise by 5% every month, reaching 25% in October if Mexico did not act to halt migrants coming across the southern border.
""There is not much...",center
21578,GOP Senators Clash With Trump Over Tariffs On Mexico,"['Trade', 'Tariffs', 'Mexico', 'Donald Trump', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Republicans Are Angry About Trump’s Tariffs. Will They Do Anything About It?,HuffPost,"Republicans are once again debating whether to stand up to President Donald Trump on trade, setting up another potentially explosive fight between the president and his party.
Trump last week threatened to impose a 5% tariff on Mexican goods on June 10 if Mexico doesn’t do more to stop the growing flow of migrants crossing its northern border into the U.S. The tariffs would rise gradually every month until they reached 25%, where they would stay until Mexico acted, Trump said. His remarks prompted alarm among officials on both sides...",left
21579,GOP Senators Clash With Trump Over Tariffs On Mexico,"['Trade', 'Tariffs', 'Mexico', 'Donald Trump', 'US Senate', 'Politics']",Republican Senators Warn Trump Mexico Tariff Gambit May Not Have Support,Newsmax (News),"Republican senators warned on Tuesday that the White House may not have support from members of their party in Congress for threatened tariffs on Mexican imports, while President Donald Trump said lawmakers would be foolish to try to stop his plan.
At a closed-door luncheon on Capitol Hill, Republicans told officials from the White House counsel's office about their concerns over Trump's threat to impose tariffs on goods imported from Mexico next week.
Senator Ron Johnson warned the White House not to count on the same level of backing it...",right
21580,VP Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Vice Presidential Debate: Joe Biden, Paul Ryan Clash In Kentucky",HuffPost,"At odds early and often, Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan squabbled over the economy, taxes, Medicare and more Thursday night in a contentious, interruption-filled debate. ""That is a bunch of malarkey,"" the vice president retorted after a particularly tough Ryan attack on the administration's foreign policy.",left
21581,VP Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Debate Takeaways: A Duel Of Differences And Demeanor,NPR (Online News),Neither candidate let his opponent get away with much of anything during the vice presidential debate Thursday night.,left
21582,VP Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Grinning Biden Fails to Throw Ryan Off Course,Newsmax (News),A grinning Joe Biden became the overwhelming image of Thursdays vice presidential debate as he made a conscious effort to undermine virtually every point his rival Paul Ryan made.,right
21583,Holder Heads to Ferguson,['Violence In America'],AG Eric Holder to Ferguson: We Will Learn What Happened,Newsmax (News),"The Justice Department intends to determine exactly what happened in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, using the department's ""full resources,"" says Attorney General Eric Holder in a newspaper op-ed published as a Missouri grand jury begins hearing evidence Wednesday.
""At a time when so much may seem uncertain, the people of Ferguson can have confidence that the Justice Department intends to learn — in a fair and thorough manner — exactly what happened,"" Holder wrote in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.",right
21584,Holder Heads to Ferguson,['Violence In America'],"Shared Vision, Varying Styles",New York Times (News),"The two men in open-collar shirts sat facing each other, papers and a BlackBerry strewn on a coffee table, sober looks on both their faces. One leaned forward, gesturing with his left hand, clearly doing the talking. The other sat back in his chair, two fingers pressed to his temple as he listened intently.
When violence erupted last week after a police shooting in Missouri, President Obama and Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. huddled on Martha’s Vineyard where both were on vacation. But as the most powerful African-Americans in...",left
21585,Holder Heads to Ferguson,['Violence In America'],Holder to Missouri in bid to ease tensions over Brown shooting,CNN (Online News),"After years of causing angst for White House political aides by delving into issues of race, Attorney General Eric Holder is heading to Ferguson, Missouri, as President Barack Obama's top emissary.
The trip on Wednesday to the St. Louis suburb now in the spotlight represents the latest effort by the Obama administration to find a way to calm racial tensions following the police shooting of Michael Brown, 18.
Under Holder, t",left
21586,9th Circuit Upholds Controversial Abortion Policy,"['Family And Marriage', 'Donald Trump', 'Pro-Choice', 'Pro-Life', 'Polarization', 'Law', 'Title X', 'Abortion']",Liberal Ninth Circuit Upholds Trump Admin's Rules on Abortion Funding,Townhall,"The liberal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday ruled the Trump administration's decision to withhold Title X funding from medical facilities that provide abortion is constitutional. Their decision overturned preliminary injunctions issued by lower courts in three different states, Fox News reported.
The Title X rule was first enacted in 1970, which prohibited taxpayer-funded abortions as ""a method of family planning."" During President Ronald Reagan's administration in 1988, ""merely provid[ing] counseling or referrals for abortion for family-planning purposes"" fell under this limitation. The Supreme Court upheld those rules...",right
21587,9th Circuit Upholds Controversial Abortion Policy,"['Family And Marriage', 'Donald Trump', 'Pro-Choice', 'Pro-Life', 'Polarization', 'Law', 'Title X', 'Abortion']",Appeals court upholds Trump ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics,Washington Post,"A federal appeals court ruled on Monday in favor of a polarizing Trump administration policy that bans federally funded family planning centers from referring women for abortions.
The 7-4 decision by the California-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit delighted social conservatives who are central to President Trump’s political base. It infuriated civil libertarians, Planned Parenthood and other reproductive rights groups and more than 20 states that had filed lawsuits to try to block the rule.
The 82-page opinion dismissed the concerns of three lower courts on the...",left
21588,9th Circuit Upholds Controversial Abortion Policy,"['Family And Marriage', 'Donald Trump', 'Pro-Choice', 'Pro-Life', 'Polarization', 'Law', 'Title X', 'Abortion']",Federal appeals court sides with Trump administration in family planning case,The Hill,"A federal appeals court sided with the Trump administration on Monday in declining to block a rule that restricts what federally funded family planning providers can tell patients about abortion.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the plaintiffs in the case, including several states, Planned Parenthood and Essential Access Health, would not succeed because the rule is a ""reasonable interpretation"" of the law.
With four judges dissenting, the court let stand its earlier decision to overturn injunctions on the rule issued by lower courts....",center
21589,"Leaked Disney Videos Spark Debate Over Woke Culture, Kids' Exposure to LGBTQ Issues","['LGBTQ Issues', 'Education', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Disney', 'Woke Culture', 'Culture War', 'Culture', 'Woke']",Demonizing Disney: Fox and right-wing media attack the entertainment giant as 'woke' company indoctrinating kids,CNN (Opinion),"The right-wing media machine has a new villain: Disney.
Right now Fox News, conservative talk radio, and a constellation of right-wing websites and influencers are all training their firepower on the entertainment giant. Disney CEO Bob Chapek's belated stand against Florida's ""Don't Say Gay"" bill has given way to right-wing media portraying the company as a ""woke"" organization seeking to ""groom"" children with what they characterize as a radical LGBTQ agenda.
Yes -- really -- Disney. The family-friendly, fun-for-everyone, intentionally inoffensive brand is being challenged like never before, largely by...",left
21590,"Leaked Disney Videos Spark Debate Over Woke Culture, Kids' Exposure to LGBTQ Issues","['LGBTQ Issues', 'Education', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Disney', 'Woke Culture', 'Culture War', 'Culture', 'Woke']","Disney exposed: Leaked videos show officials pushing LGBT agenda, saying DeSantis wants to 'erase' gay kids",Fox Business,"Videos posted on Twitter Tuesday by an investigative journalist appear to show multiple Disney officials pushing a progressive LGBT agenda on employees as the company finds itself in the middle of a political firestorm surrounding the parental rights bill, HB 1557, in Florida. 
In videos posted by journalist Christopher F. Rufo, Disney officials can be seen talking to employees at an ""all-hands"" meeting about the Florida bill, recently signed into law by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, and saying some teams at Disney have implemented an openly ""gay agenda.""
In another video, Disney’s Diversity and...",right
21591,"Leaked Disney Videos Spark Debate Over Woke Culture, Kids' Exposure to LGBTQ Issues","['LGBTQ Issues', 'Education', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Disney', 'Woke Culture', 'Culture War', 'Culture', 'Woke']",Leaked Videos Expose Disney’s ‘Not-At-All-Secret Gay Agenda’,The Daily Signal,"A series of videos reveals the Walt Disney Co.’s “not-at-all-secret gay agenda,” as Disney finds itself at the center of national debate over gay rights, transgenderism, and parental rights. 
The videos—obtained by investigative journalist Christopher Rufo and posted Tuesday on Twitter—expose Disney executives inside an all-hands meeting in response to Florida’s HB 1557, the Parental Rights in Education bill, which was recently signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis. 
The law, which prohibits schools from instructing young children in kindergarten through third grade on sexual orientation and gender identity, was dubbed by opponents as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, although the legislation never used the...",right
21592,Against Antifa,['Violence In America'],Antifa Just Showed Its True Colors. Again.,National Review,There is no apologetic for Marxist violence.,right
21593,Against Antifa,['Violence In America'],Antifa's unfortunate gift to the far right,Chicago Tribune,"During his recent Phoenix freak out, President Donald Trump bashed one of his favorite go-to scapegoats, the news media, who vex him with their insistence on reporting facts he doesn’t like to hear.",center
21594,Against Antifa,['Violence In America'],The case against antifa,Vox,The anti-fascist movement often deploys violence in its protests — and that could seriously backfire.,left
21595,Terrorist Attack in France,['Terrorism'],Terror probe after French factory attack leaves 1 beheaded,Washington Times,"France opened a terrorism investigation after an attack at a gas factory Friday left one person decapitated and multiple people wounded, officials said. One official said banners with Arabic writing were found near the body.",right
21596,Terrorist Attack in France,['Terrorism'],Man Beheaded In Terrorist Attack On French Factory,NPR (Online News),One person has been killed and at least 12 others injured in an attack on a gas factory in a small town in southeastern France. Officials say it was a terrorist attack: A flag of the self-declared Islamic State was reportedly found at the factory southeast of Lyon.,left
21597,Terrorist Attack in France,['Terrorism'],Terrorist Attack in France Leaves One Decapitated at Factory,New York Times (News),"An attacker stormed an American-owned industrial chemical plant near Lyon, France, on Friday, decapitated one person and tried unsuccessfully to blow up the factory, in what the French authorities said was a terrorist attack.",left
21598,Perspectives: Breaking Down the UN Report on Human-Caused Climate Change,"['Climate Change', 'Sustainability', 'Environment', 'Energy', 'World', 'United Nations', 'Heat Waves', 'Wildfires']",Climate doubters lose one of their last remaining arguments,Washington Post,"The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the keeper of the expert consensus on global warming, issuing a painstaking, authoritative report on the state of the science roughly every five years. The body released its sixth assessment on Monday. As with those before it, the latest appraisal was both alarming and unsurprising. Humans are warming the planet. This warming threatens civilization. The worst effects are avoidable, but the problem gets harder to address the longer world leaders wait.
This essential picture has not changed in decades. Yet scientists’ confidence has. Experts are...",left
21599,Perspectives: Breaking Down the UN Report on Human-Caused Climate Change,"['Climate Change', 'Sustainability', 'Environment', 'Energy', 'World', 'United Nations', 'Heat Waves', 'Wildfires']","To bring divided Americans together on climate, the US should turn to Scotland",The Hill,"Presently, a majority of American’s have made the leap on climate change. A 2020 Pew Research Center poll found two thirds believed governments should do more to address climate change. Climate change ranks as one of the nation’s leading worries, especially for younger voters.
Voters want the government to act. This is why President Biden’s $2 trillion green infrastructure proposal was relatively uncontroversial. A U.S. president is finally responding to voter alarm with action. And none too soon. But even still, America appears split with a large minority, fueled by misinformation, resisting action. In such a divided...",center
21600,Perspectives: Breaking Down the UN Report on Human-Caused Climate Change,"['Climate Change', 'Sustainability', 'Environment', 'Energy', 'World', 'United Nations', 'Heat Waves', 'Wildfires']",Climate Change Brings a Flood of Hyperbole,Wall Street Journal (Opinion),"The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has issued its latest report assessing the state of the climate and projecting its future. As usual, the media and politicians are exaggerating and distorting the evidence in the report. They lament an allegedly broken climate and proclaim, yet again, that we are facing the “last, best chance” to save the planet from a hellish future. In fact, things aren’t—and won’t be—anywhere near as dire.
The new report, titled AR6, is almost 4,000 pages, written by several hundred government-nominated scientists over the past four...",right
21601,Police Say Waukesha Christmas Parade Attack Was Intentional,"['Violence In America', 'Milwaukee', 'Disaster', 'Waukesha', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice', 'Media Bias', 'Black Lives Matter']","Christmas Parade Driver Tried to Inflict Maximum Carnage, Prosecutors Say",Daily Beast,"Not long after a child became the sixth person to die in connection with the catastrophic attack on a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, prosecutors painted a picture of the sole suspect as driven by a twisted thirst for blood.
According to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday, 39-year-old Darrell Brooks, who was arrested in the hours after the parade turned into a bloodbath, ignored demands to stop his car that night. He also seemed to weave around vehicles in an attempt to inflict the most damage possible, prosecutors said....",left
21602,Police Say Waukesha Christmas Parade Attack Was Intentional,"['Violence In America', 'Milwaukee', 'Disaster', 'Waukesha', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice', 'Media Bias', 'Black Lives Matter']","Criminal Complaint Alleges Waukesha Driver ‘Had No Emotion,’ ‘Appeared To Rapidly Accelerate’ Into Crowd",The Daily Wire,"The alleged driver of a Ford Escape that plowed through dozens of parade participants and spectators on Sunday appeared to have “no emotion on his face” and accelerated toward the crowd, according to a criminal complaint filed against him.
Authorities filed the complaint in the Waukesha County district court on Tuesday, detailing the accounts of several law enforcement officers who attempted to stop the vehicle while it sped toward the annual Christmas parade. At least three officers encountered the vehicle and attempted to stop it, with one firing three shots at it....",right
21603,Police Say Waukesha Christmas Parade Attack Was Intentional,"['Violence In America', 'Milwaukee', 'Disaster', 'Waukesha', 'Criminal Justice', 'Justice', 'Media Bias', 'Black Lives Matter']",The man accused of driving his SUV through a Wisconsin Christmas parade charged with 5 counts of first-degree intentional homicide,Insider,"The man accused of driving his SUV through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, was charged with five counts of first-degree intentional homicide.
Six people were killed and at least 62 were injured in the Sunday rampage as of Tuesday, per a criminal complaint.
Suspect Darrell E. Brooks, 39, appeared for a preliminary hearing at the Waukesha County Courthouse on Tuesday in connection with the incident.
Prosecutors say an additional charge will be filed after an 8-year-old child died from injuries sustained in the tragedy, bringing the death toll to six.
Brooks, a resident of...",left
21604,VA Secretary Apologizes for Misstatement,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']","VA Secretary Robert McDonald admits lying about Special Forces service, apologizes",Fox News (Online News),Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald on Tuesday apologized for lying about serving in the special operations forces in a conversation with a homeless veteran that was caught on camera earlier this year.,right
21605,VA Secretary Apologizes for Misstatement,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",VA secretary apologizes for misstating military service to homeless veteran,Christian Science Monitor,Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald apologized Monday for misstating that he served in the military's special forces while speaking to a homeless veteran during a segment that aired last month on 'CBS Evening News.',center
21606,VA Secretary Apologizes for Misstatement,"['Veterans Affairs', 'Politics']",VA Secretary Robert McDonald Apologizes for Misstating He Served in Special Forces,ABC News (Online),"Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald apologized today for mistakenly saying in a videotaped exchange with a homeless man that he had served in the special forces, though his service was entirely with the 82nd Airborne Division.",left
21607,Perspectives: 2021 Predictions,"['Culture', '2021', 'New Year', '2020']",4 predictions for 2021,The Week - Opinion,"Most years, when our calendrical odometers turn over from a string of nines to zeroes, we take stock of the year behind us with some mix of satisfaction and regret, and set goals, make resolutions, and lay out plans for the year to come. On public questions plainly beyond our control — politics, the economy — we turn to pundits and other professional prognosticators to help us out, to better prepare for and take advantage of what the future will likely bring.
Any confidence we have in doing so is...",left
21608,Perspectives: 2021 Predictions,"['Culture', '2021', 'New Year', '2020']","Yes, Most Predictions Are Wrong. They’re Also Inevitable",National Review,"Politico has fun recalling the many bad predictions from politicians and television pundits throughout the course of 2020.
It’s worth noting that a few predictions Politico selected aren’t quite as off-base as the others. The impeachment of President Trump did not cost Democrats the House, as Jeanine Pirro predicted, but Democrats lost seats and the impeachment certainly didn’t help Nancy Pelosi’s majority. Trump didn’t no-show the debates with Biden, as Amy Siskind predicted, but he did end up refusing to participate in one debate that the commission wanted to hold...",right
21609,Perspectives: 2021 Predictions,"['Culture', '2021', 'New Year', '2020']",Twenty-One Predictions For 2021. Was 2020 A Catalyst Or A Calamity For Ideas About The World Of 2030?,Forbes,"For the last two-plus years, I have been fortunate to interview industry dignitaries, thinkers, entrepreneurs, and leaders for Forbes Insights in the podcast Futures in Focus about the forthcoming world of 2030. 95% of the interviews have been incredibly optimistic, with a cause. 2020 has been an acid test of their ideas, visions, and practices.
2020 could be seen as a catalyst for ideas like EV dominance by 2030. Just look at the market capitalization of Tesla. 2020 has violently accelerated the shift to digital retail. Again, look at the...",center
21610,"Why Are Gas Prices Falling, and Will This Trend Continue?","['Economy And Jobs', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Recession', 'Oil', 'Transportation', 'World', 'Banking And Finance', 'Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates']",Gas Prices Have Fallen for 24 Straight Days. The Relief Might Only Be Temporary.,Wall Street Journal (News),"The price of gasoline in the U.S. has fallen for 24 consecutive days after hitting a record last month. But analysts said prices might rise again if demand from drivers increases and supplies are constrained.
The average cost of a gallon of unleaded gas was $4.72 on Friday. That is down about 6% since prices hit their highest point, $5.02, on June 14, according to data from OPIS, an energy-data and analytics provider. ",center
21611,"Why Are Gas Prices Falling, and Will This Trend Continue?","['Economy And Jobs', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Recession', 'Oil', 'Transportation', 'World', 'Banking And Finance', 'Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates']","Gas prices keep falling, but will the trend continue? Here’s what experts say",Miami Herald,"Gas prices are finally coming down from their record highs, but will it last?
The answer so far isn’t too clear.
For the 28th consecutive day, prices at the pump fell Tuesday, July 12, when the national average hit $4.66 per gallon, down 36 cents from June’s record-breaking high of $5.01 per gallon, data from AAA shows.
Oil prices, too, are starting to drop. As of July 12, the price for a barrel of oil dipped below $100 for the first time since May 10, according to The Wall Street...",left
21612,"Why Are Gas Prices Falling, and Will This Trend Continue?","['Economy And Jobs', 'Gas Prices', 'Inflation', 'Recession', 'Oil', 'Transportation', 'World', 'Banking And Finance', 'Federal Reserve', 'Interest Rates']",The White House Is Already Trying To Take Credit For Falling Gas Prices. Here’s Why That’s Malarkey,The Daily Caller,"A Biden administration economic official credited President Joe Biden’s policies for a recent decrease in gas prices despite the fact that the fall in prices is largely due to diminished demand and fears of a global recession, according to a CNBC news clip posted to Twitter.
Jared Bernstein, a member of the White House council of economic advisers, said that the price of gas nationwide is down by more than 30 cents from its peak due to Biden’s efforts to increase the supply of oil in a TV interview Monday. The drop in gas...",right
21613,Medicare Cuts,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Mitt Romney Promise To Reverse Medicare Cuts Would Cause Trust Fund To Go Insolvent Earlier,HuffPost,"GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's new promise to restore the Medicare cuts made by President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law could backfire if he's elected.
The reason: Obama's cuts also extended the life of Medicare's giant trust fund. By repealing them, Romney would move the program's insolvency eight years closer, toward the end of what would be his first term in office.
Instead of running out of money in 2024, Medicare's trust fund for inpatient care would go broke in 2016 without the cuts, according to estimates by the...",left
21614,Medicare Cuts,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Poll: Florida voters more afraid of Obama's Medicare plan than Ryan's,Fox News (Online News),"Florida voters are more afraid of President Obama's health care overhaul than Paul Ryan's budget plan when it comes to Medicare's future, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll released Thursday.
The poll of 500 likely Florida voters asked which plan ""scares"" them more.
Forty-eight percent chose the health care law. Forty-one percent chose Ryan's plan - while 11 percent weren't sure.
The results come as both campaigns elevate the issue of Medicare in their ads, interviews and stump speeches -- particularly in Florida, with its large senior...",right
21615,Medicare Cuts,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Whose Medicare plan cuts more?,CNN (Online News),"Mitt Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, are accusing President Obama of hurting seniors by slashing $716 billion out of Medicare.
Obama, meanwhile, is attacking Ryan for wanting to ""end Medicare as we know it.""
These heated exchanges come as both sides look for ways to wring savings out of Medicare before the entitlement program runs out of money. They just differ on who will pick up the tab.
Obama, through his health reform law, cuts the rates of providers, including hospitals and insurers. Ryan, on...",left
21616,NJ Shooting Being Investigated as Domestic Terrorism,"['Jersey City', 'Mass Shooting', 'Guns', 'Police Deaths', 'New Jersey', 'Judaism', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Terrorism', 'Violence In America']","Jersey City Shooters Targeted Jewish Grocery Store, Says Mayor",Daily Beast,"An investigation into a fatal gun battle at a Jersey City kosher market Tuesday afternoon has made it “clear” that it was targeted attack, according to Mayor Steven Fulop. The mayor wrote on Twitter late Tuesday that the shootout that left a police officer, three passersby, and the two suspects dead was deliberately started at a Jewish grocery in the Greenville neighborhood of Jersey City. “Based on our initial investigation (which is ongoing) we now believe the active shooters targeted the location they attacked,” Fulop wrote. He added on Wednesday...",left
21617,NJ Shooting Being Investigated as Domestic Terrorism,"['Jersey City', 'Mass Shooting', 'Guns', 'Police Deaths', 'New Jersey', 'Judaism', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Terrorism', 'Violence In America']",Jersey City Shooting Was 'A Targeted Attack On The Jewish Kosher Deli',NPR (Online News),"The shootings that left at least three civilians and one police officer dead Tuesday in Jersey City, N.J., was a targeted attack, according to local authorities. At a news conference Wednesday, Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop explained that the pair of shooters, who were also killed, had clearly singled out the kosher market on which they opened fire.
""At the time of the incident yesterday, it was difficult to understand intent, and there's still a lot of questions around that. But after reviewing the [closed-circuit TV] cameras on the Jersey...",left
21618,NJ Shooting Being Investigated as Domestic Terrorism,"['Jersey City', 'Mass Shooting', 'Guns', 'Police Deaths', 'New Jersey', 'Judaism', 'Anti-Semitism', 'Terrorism', 'Violence In America']",Jersey City Attackers Possibly Linked to Racist ‘Hebrew Israelite’ Movement,Breitbart News,"NBC 4 New York reports that multiple law enforcement sources indicate Anderson and Graham were the alleged shooters.
Moreover, the local station reports Anderson (pictured) “was a one-time follower of the Black Hebrew Israelite movement, a group whose members believe they are descendants of the ancient Israelites and may adhere to both Christian and Judaic beliefs.”",right
21619,Fact-Checking the Trump and Biden Town Hall Events,"['2020 Presidential Debates', '2020 Election', 'ABC News', 'NBC News', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",Fact check: Competing town halls highlight Trump's dishonesty,CNN (Online News),"The stark differences between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden were on display during their competing town halls on Thursday night, and in no space was that clearer than the magnitude and frequency of their falsehoods.
The fact that the second debate was cancelled after Trump backed out of the proposed virtual format deprived Americans of a chance to see the two candidates sparring on the same stage. But where Biden scattered in a small number of exaggerations or misstatements over about an hour and a half, Trump...",left
21620,Fact-Checking the Trump and Biden Town Hall Events,"['2020 Presidential Debates', '2020 Election', 'ABC News', 'NBC News', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",US election 2020: Fact-checking Trump and Biden town hall events,BBC News,"Trump: ""Just the other day, they came out with a statement that 85% of the people that wear masks catch it.""
Verdict: We can find no evidence to support this claim.
The president may have been referring to a study by the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that found adults with Covid-19 were more than twice as likely to have reported eating at a restaurant before getting ill, compared to those without the disease.
The study found that 85% of the 150 respondents with coronavirus said they had...",center
21621,Fact-Checking the Trump and Biden Town Hall Events,"['2020 Presidential Debates', '2020 Election', 'ABC News', 'NBC News', 'Joe Biden', 'Donald Trump', 'Facts And Fact Checking']",Fact Check: Joe Biden Repeats False ‘Bleach in Your Arm’ Claim,Breitbart News,"CLAIM: Joe Biden told an ABC News town hall that President Donald Trump told people to put “bleach in your arm.”
VERDICT: FALSE. Trump spoke about experimental UV light technologies. Biden keeps repeating the same false claim.
The former vice president told an ABC News town hall on Thursday evening that the president told people to put “bleach in your arm” and therefore should not be trusted to pronounce whether a potential coronavirus vaccine was safe or not.
As Breitbart News has noted in previous fact checks:",right
21622,Acquittal in Philando Castile Case,['Justice'],Philando Castile’s Killer Acquitted Despite Forensics That Contradicted His Case,Slate,"Philando Castile’s killer, police officer Jeromino Yanez, was acquitted of manslaughter and two counts of dangerous discharge of a firearm on Friday. The case of Castile’s shooting last July in a suburb of St. Paul, Minnesota had sparked mass protests after his girlfriend Diamond Reynolds posted a dramatic and wrenching video of the shooting’s aftermath. The video, taken with Reynolds’ 4-year-old daughter in the car, included footage of Castile lying in a puddle of blood after he was struck five times from seven shots.",left
21623,Acquittal in Philando Castile Case,['Justice'],"'Mad as hell,' Philando Castile's mother reacts to not guilty verdict",USA TODAY,"Later Friday, thousands of people gathered on the steps of the state Capitol in St. Paul, holding signs and banners and chanting in response to the not guilty verdict. After the hourlong rally, protesters took to the streets. Saint Paul Police escorted the crowd, which they estimated to be about 2,000 people.",left
21624,Acquittal in Philando Castile Case,['Justice'],"Philando Castile shooting: Officer Yanez acquitted of manslaughter, dismissed from police force",Fox News (Online News),Minnesota police officer Jeronimo Yanez has been dismissed as a police officer after he was acquitted of manslaughter in the shooting death of black motorist Philando Castile.,right
21625,Healthcare Reform in the Senate,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",GOP health-care bill: Will it pass? The whip count,CBS News (Online),"Some conservatives are rejecting the bill, which would replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), because it’s not a clean repeal of the ACA.",left
21626,Healthcare Reform in the Senate,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",House Obamacare repeal DOA in the Senate,Politico,Salvaging it will be the rescue mission of Mitch McConnell's career.,left
21627,Healthcare Reform in the Senate,"['US Senate', 'Politics']",McConnell to Senate Republicans: I’d hate to be you if AHCA fails,HotAir,Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned fellow Republicans Tuesday of political consequences if they oppose health care legislation coming up for a vote in the House this week.,right
21628,How the White House is Handling Brittney Griner's Russia Detention,"['World', 'White House', 'Russia', 'Brittney Griner']",Brittney Griner returns to a Russian court as her trial resumes,NPR (Online News),"Russia continued to make its case against Brittney Griner at her trial on Thursday, more than 140 days since the WNBA star was arrested at a Moscow-area airport on drug charges.
It marks Griner's second court appearance since her trial began in earnest last Friday. A judge had previously ordered her to be detained for the length of the trial, which her lawyer has said could last up to two months and will likely involve several hearings by the prosecution before the defense gets its turn.
The Phoenix Mercury Center and Olympic medalist...",left
21629,How the White House is Handling Brittney Griner's Russia Detention,"['World', 'White House', 'Russia', 'Brittney Griner']",Biden under fire for handling of Brittney Griner's detention in Russia,Washington Examiner,"The Biden administration is facing intense scrutiny over its handling of WNBA star Brittney Griner's detention in Russia, with some questioning the White House's commitment to helping based on Griner's race and gender.
Detained in Russia since Feb. 17 on marijuana-related charges, Griner has penned a letter to President Joe Biden while her friends and family plead with the administration to help. The State Department deemed her wrongfully detained in May, and Biden met with her wife, Cherelle, on Wednesday.
""The president offered his support to Cherelle and Brittney’s family, and he committed to ensuring they...",right
21630,How the White House is Handling Brittney Griner's Russia Detention,"['World', 'White House', 'Russia', 'Brittney Griner']","Amid Brittney Griner trial, Russia says prisoner swaps 'difficult'",Reuters,"Russia said on Thursday that it was difficult to exchange prisoners with the United States and suggested Washington be silent about the fate of Brittney Griner, the U.S. basketball star detained in Russia on drugs charges.
Referring to a letter that U.S. President Joe Biden intends to send to Griner according to NBC news, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that ""hype"" around the case does not help, and that ""this kind of correspondence does not help"".
The United States and Russia swapped prisoners in late April when Moscow released...",center
21631,Norquist and Tea Party 2,[],Norquist: 'Tea Party 2' Backlash if Obama Sends Nation Over Fiscal Cliff,Newsmax (News),"Grover Norquist, the founder of Americans for Tax Reform, predicted a tea party backlash that would dwarf the movements success in the 2010 midterm elections if President Barack Obama pushes the nation over the “fiscal cliff.
“Tea Party two is going to dwarf tea party one if Obama pushes us off the cliff, warned Norquist on NBCs “Meet The Press.
When asked “Are you over? by host David Gregory, Norquist responded, “That was last weeks news.",right
21632,Norquist and Tea Party 2,[],Cokie Roberts on Norquist: 'The Emperor Has No Clothes',ABC News (Online),ABC News' Cokie Roberts questions Grover Norquist's political power.- VIDEO,left
21633,Norquist and Tea Party 2,[],Grover Norquist: 'Tea Party Two Is Going To Dwarf Tea Party One',HuffPost,"As elected officials from both sides of the partisan aisle embed themselves in fiscal cliff negotiations, Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist remains at the center of the conversation.
In a Sunday roundtable discussion on NBC's ""Meet The Press,"" Norquist issued a warning to President Barack Obama.
""Tea party two is going to dwarf tea party one if Obama pushes us off the cliff,"" Norquist said. ""Let's not pretend who's pushing us over the cliff.""
Thanks to his anti-tax pledge, Norquist has been a prime target since fiscal cliff...",left
21634,Security Picks Court Controversy,[],Bipartisan blows stand between Brennan and post at helm of CIA,Washington Times,Republicans are suspicious of John O. Brennans refusal to link the words “Islamic and “terrorism in the same breath as President Obamas chief counterterrorism adviser.,right
21635,Security Picks Court Controversy,[],Nominations for Defense and the C.I.A.,New York Times (News),"In nominating Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary and John Brennan to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency, President Obama has selected two trusted advisers who could help him set a new tone, and conceivably a new direction, on issues of war and peace in his second term.",left
21636,Security Picks Court Controversy,[],"John Brennan, Obama's drone warrior",CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama has nominated his top counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, to be the next director of the CIA.",left
21637,Two Fox News Contributors Quit in Opposition to Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 Documentary,"['Media Industry', 'Fox News', 'Tucker Carlson', 'The Dispatch', 'January 6', 'Capitol Chaos']",Two Fox News Contributors Quit in Protest of Tucker Carlson’s Jan. 6 Special,New York Times (News),"The trailer for Tucker Carlson’s special about the Jan. 6 mob at the Capitol landed online on Oct. 27, and that night Jonah Goldberg sent a text to his business partner, Stephen Hayes: “I’m tempted just to quit Fox over this.”
“I’m game,” Mr. Hayes replied. “Totally outrageous. It will lead to violence. Not sure how we can stay.”
The full special, “Patriot Purge,” appeared on Fox’s online subscription streaming service days later. And last week, the two men, both paid Fox News contributors, finalized their resignations from the network.",left
21638,Two Fox News Contributors Quit in Opposition to Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 Documentary,"['Media Industry', 'Fox News', 'Tucker Carlson', 'The Dispatch', 'January 6', 'Capitol Chaos']",Bret Baier confirms his 'concerns' about Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 documentary,The Hill,"Fox News anchor Bret Baier confirmed he has ""concerns"" about a documentary produced by the network's leading prime-time host, Tucker Carlson, that focuses on the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. 
“I didn’t get hurt by it. I didn’t get damaged by it. Were you bothered by it? Because that’s the reporting,"" Brian Kilmeade, who is a co-host of the ""Fox & Friends"" morning program, asked Baier on Monday afternoon during an appearance on Kilmeade's radio show. 
“There’s a … Brian, I don’t want to go down this road,” Baier responded. “You know, I mean, there were...",center
21639,Two Fox News Contributors Quit in Opposition to Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 Documentary,"['Media Industry', 'Fox News', 'Tucker Carlson', 'The Dispatch', 'January 6', 'Capitol Chaos']",Anti-Trump Republicans Say They Quit Fox News Over Tucker Carlson’s January 6 Content,The Daily Wire,"Two longtime never-Trumpers say they quit their gigs as contributors to Fox News because of Tucker Carlson’s recent content about the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
On Sunday, the Steve Hayes and Jonah Goldberg announced their resignations from Fox, where they have worked since 2009. They said in a joint statement that Carlson’s recent “Patriot Purge” special, which aired earlier this month on the network’s streaming service, portrayed the January 6 riot as a deep state “false flag” operation that sought to justify the subsequent persecution of conservatives.",right
21640,Foreign Policy Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Foreign policy dominates campaign for second day,CNN (Online News),"A presidential campaign that has, until recently, focused almost exclusively on the nation's struggling economy entered a second day of forceful foreign policy debate Thursday, with GOP nominee Mitt Romney again criticizing President Barack Obama's strategy in dealing with attacks on U.S. diplomatic posts in Cairo and Benghazi, Libya.",left
21641,Foreign Policy Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Lawmakers push for Obama administration to get tough over embassy attacks,Fox News (Online News),Lawmakers and other officials stepped up calls Thursday for the United States to put heavy pressure on the governments whose people are storming U.S. diplomatic posts across the Middle East and North Africa -- even if it means freezing aid and expelling diplomats from Washington.,right
21642,Foreign Policy Debate,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Mitt Romney continues attack on Obama’s foreign policy,Washington Post,"Republican Mitt Romney cast President Obama as weak on foreign policy, lamenting Thursday that the United States was “at the mercy of events instead of shaping events and promising a military revival that he said would bring “American leadership to the Middle East and across the world.",left
21643,Obama Restricts Police Equipment,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama to Limit Military-Style Equipment for Police Forces,New York Times (News),"President Obama on Monday will ban the federal provision of some types of military-style equipment to local police departments and sharply restrict the availability of others, administration officials said.",left
21644,Obama Restricts Police Equipment,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama bans some military equipment sales to local police,USA TODAY,President Obama has banned the sale of some kinds of military equipment to local law enforcement agencies in response to widespread criticism of a paramilitary-like response to riots in a St. Louis suburb last August.,left
21645,Obama Restricts Police Equipment,"['White House', 'Politics']",Obama announces restrictions on distribution of military-style equipment to police,Fox News (Online News),President Obama is banning local police departments from receiving a range of military-style equipment from the federal government -- from grenade launchers to bayonets to certain armored vehicles -- as he implements the recommendations of a panel that examined the controversial gear giveaways in the wake of the Ferguson riots.,right
21646,Officials Cast Doubt on Second Coronavirus Wave as Cases Rise in Some States,"['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']",Fauci says US might not see 'second wave' of Covid-19 cases,The Guardian,"Leading US public health expert and White House coronavirus taskforce member Dr Anthony Fauci has said the US may not see a “second wave” of cases of Covid-19.
According to researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, the US has recorded more than 2m cases of Covid-19 and nearly 115,000 deaths.",left
21647,Officials Cast Doubt on Second Coronavirus Wave as Cases Rise in Some States,"['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']",Here Are All The States Where Coronavirus Cases Are Spiking,Forbes,"Some states are seeing a dramatic surge in new coronavirus infections even as reopening measures continue across the country, raising tough questions about whether those reopening efforts were premature and how officials will balance maintaining public safety with preventing more economic damage.",center
21648,Officials Cast Doubt on Second Coronavirus Wave as Cases Rise in Some States,"['Public Health', 'Healthcare', 'Safety And Sanity During COVID-19', 'Coronavirus']",Kudlow: 'There Is No Second Spike' of Virus,Newsmax (News),"White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said there is not a ""second wave"" of coronavirus cases spreading across the country, despite the stock market taking a plunge Thursday.
During a Friday appearance on Fox’s “Fox and Friends,” Kudlow said there is not a “second spike” in positive virus cases.
He said he is ""not the health expert,” but he spoke with leading coronavirus health experts who assured him that ""there is no emergency, there is no second wave.”",right
21649,Obama‘s Community College Plan,['Education'],Can Obama's community college plan get through Congress?,CNN (Online News),"President Barack Obama's ambitious proposal to give millions of Americans more affordable access to a community college education and what he called a ""ticket to the middle class"" is unlikely to become law any time soon.
His plan is to partner with states and fund the first two years of community college for Americans ""willing to work for it."" The White House will work to push this plan through Congress",left
21650,Obama‘s Community College Plan,['Education'],Obama's Free Community College Plan Promises To Shake Up Higher Ed,HuffPost,"Some 9 million Americans could attend community college tuition-free under a proposal President Barack Obama announced Friday.
His plan, which is subject to approval by Congress and depends on the participation of state governments, would dedicate some $60 billion over the next decade to defray tuition and fees for anyone who attends school at least half-time, maintains a roughly C+ average, and is on track to complete their program or transfer to a four-year school. The federal government would kick in about 75 percent of the cost, while participating states...",left
21651,Obama‘s Community College Plan,['Education'],"Six Things Obama Didn't Tell You About His ""Free"" College Tuition Plan",Townhall,"Previewing yet another item on his 2015 State of the Union Friday, President Obama announced a new plan to make community college tuition ""free.""
""Today I'm announcing an ambitious new plan to bring down the cost of community college tuition in America,"" Obama said. ""I wanna bring it down to zero. I wanna make it free.""
Obama may have spoken for over half-an-hour in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he was joined by both Sens. Bob Corker (R-TN) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN), but he left out a fe",right
21652,"Biden, Putin Hold Separate Press Conferences After Summit","['Russia', 'Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Vladimir Putin', 'World']","Biden, Putin say progress made in Geneva but wide gulfs on issues remain",NBC News (Online),"President Joe Biden told reporters Wednesday that the tone of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Switzerland Wednesday was ""good, positive,"" despite discussion of a long list of thorny topics ranging from cyberattacks to human rights abuses.
""I told President Putin my agenda is not against Russia or anyone else. It's for the American people,"" Biden said.
""I also told him that no president of the United States could keep faith with the American people if they did not speak out to defend our democratic values, to stand up for...",left
21653,"Biden, Putin Hold Separate Press Conferences After Summit","['Russia', 'Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Vladimir Putin', 'World']","Biden, Putin Discuss Prickly Issues During First Summit",Wall Street Journal (News),"President Biden said he raised some of the biggest issues dividing the U.S. and Russia during a summit with President Vladimir Putin, including Moscow’s aggression toward Ukraine, alleged cyberattacks against the U.S. and jailed Russian dissident Alexei Navalny.
“The bottom line is I told President Putin that we need to have some basic rules of the road that we can all abide by,” Mr. Biden said at a news conference Wednesday following the summit.
Mr. Biden said he called on Mr. Putin to respect human rights and raised the case...",center
21654,"Biden, Putin Hold Separate Press Conferences After Summit","['Russia', 'Foreign Policy', 'Joe Biden', 'Vladimir Putin', 'World']","Biden calls tone of Putin meeting 'positive,' says he made 'no threats' but warned of consequences",Fox News (Online News),"President Biden said the tone of his highly-anticipated meeting with Russian President Putin was ""good"" and ""positive,"" saying he made ""no threats"" to his Russian counterpart, but warned of ""consequences.""
Biden, on Wednesday, reflected on the hours-long meeting with Putin, saying ""there was a lot of hype"" around it, but said the meeting was ""straightforward.""
""There is no substitute for face-to-face dialogue between leaders. None,"" Biden said, noting that he and Putin ""share a unique responsibility to manage the relationship between two powerful and proud countries."" 
The president maintained that...",right
21655,Reaction to Gorsuch,['Supreme Court'],Why Liberals Should Back Neil Gorsuch,Guest Writer - Left,"I am hard-pressed to think of one thing President Trump has done right in the last 11 days since his inauguration. Until Tuesday, when he nominated an extraordinary judge and man, Neil Gorsuch, to be a justice on the Supreme Court.
The nomination comes at a fraught moment. The new administration’s executive actions on immigration have led to chaos everywhere from the nation’s airports to the Department of Justice. They have raised justified concern about whether the new administration will follow the law. More than ever, public confidence in our...",left
21656,Reaction to Gorsuch,['Supreme Court'],Donald Trump Just Struck a Blow against Authoritarianism,National Review,"In Neil Gorsuch, Trump has nominated to the Supreme Court a man with deep respect for the Constitution and the freedoms it protects. If you ask vast numbers of both conservative and liberal Americans what word comes to mind when they hear Donald Trump’s name, the response is immediate: “Authoritarian.” In fact, if there is one theme that has remained constant in mainstream coverage of Trump ever since he surged to the top of Republican primary polls in 2015, it’s that he has authoritarian tendencies. He seeks power, and he...",right
21657,Reaction to Gorsuch,['Supreme Court'],Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch Is a Donald Trump-Style Authoritarian,The Intercept,"DONALD TRUMP’S ANNOUNCEMENT of 10th Circuit Judge Neil Gorsuch as his nominee for Supreme Court was greeted with lavish praise from Republicans who commended his constitutional literalism.
The mainstream press, meanwhile, fixated on comparing him to the man he would succeed, the late Justice Antonin Scalia, rather than digging into his record.
Gorsuch was said to be the least controversial pick on Trump’s shortlist, having sailed through his early confirmation hearings in 2006 with only a few questions on assisted suicide from Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. But now Gorsuch has...",left
21658,Ebola Causes Swings in Election,['Elections'],POLITICO poll: Democrats in danger over Ebola,Politico,"Voters who intend to support Republicans in the most consequential Senate and House elections this November had significantly less confidence in the federal government’s response to the occurrence of Ebola, according to a new POLITICO poll.",left
21659,Ebola Causes Swings in Election,['Elections'],Midterm campaigns swing through Ebola hearing,CNN (Online News),"The campaign trail for two candidates in top-tier Senate races took a detour Thursday to a Capitol Hill committee room for a high-profile hearing on Ebola.
The outbreak has become a wild card issue in the midterm elections, and both Iowa Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley and Colorado Republican Rep. Cory Gardner were eager to question top Obama administration officials about the federal response at a hearing that was carried live on most television networks.
Braley is running neck-and-neck for the open Senate seat against GOP state Sen. Joni...",left
21660,Ebola Causes Swings in Election,['Elections'],"As midterm campaigns enter stretch run, Ebola and other twists set stage for drama",Washington Post,"Republicans Are Bullish That They Will win Control of the Senate, make Small Gains in the House and RETAIN many governor's Offices this year. But just over two weeks from Election Day, fears About Ebola and Islamic State militants, Along with Sudden, Surprising Scrambles in key States , Have Added NEW volatility to the 2014 campaign.
The Political Climate Clearly Favors Republicans , Buoyed by President Obama's record-low Popularity and a voter-enthusiasm Advantage . However, the ki",left
21661,Dems Lose Louisiana Seat,"['US House', 'Politics']",Mary Landrieu swept away by red tide as GOP picks up 9th seat,CNN (Online News),"Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu lost her Senate runoff race Saturday night, felled by the red tide that's swept the South and ties to an unpopular President that she couldn't shake.
CNN called the race for her Republican opponent Rep. Bill Cassidy a little over a half hour after the polls closed. Republicans picked up nine Senate seats this election cycle and will have control of 54 seats in the chamber next year.
Once seen as Democrats' strongest incumbent, Landrieu ended up such a long-shot in her runoff with...",left
21662,Dems Lose Louisiana Seat,"['US House', 'Politics']",LA Landslide: Republican Bill Cassidy Gains Ninth GOP Senate Seat in Win Over Landrieu,Townhall,"The 18-year long reign of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) has finally come to an end in Louisiana. In a landslide victory in Saturday’s runoff election, Republican Bill Cassidy defeated the incumbent and captured the ninth Senate seat for the GOP, capping off a victorious midterm election for his party. Cassidy pulled in 56 percent of the vote, to Landrieu's 44 percent.
The road was rocky for Landrieu from the start. The public found out about her improper use of taxpayer funds, then the fact she doesn’t even own a...",right
21663,Dems Lose Louisiana Seat,"['US House', 'Politics']",GOP Matches Truman-Era High With 246 House Seats,HuffPost,"Republicans will hold at least 246 seats in the House come January, matching the post-World War II high of the Truman administration.
Republicans will expand their current 234-201 advantage by a dozen seats in the next Congress — with one race still undecided.
On Saturday, Republicans kept control of two Louisiana seats as candidates Ralph Abraham and Garret Graves won runoffs.
The House breakdown next year will be 246-188, but could grow.
There's still an automatic",left
21664,Romney and Bush to Meet in Utah,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney to meet, talk 2016",Washington Post,"Two of the GOP establishment’s leading potential presidential contenders, Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney, will meet privately in Utah Thursday to discuss the 2016 race.",left
21665,Romney and Bush to Meet in Utah,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Romney, Bush to meet in Utah",CNN (Online News),Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney are set to meet in Utah this week for a meeting that Bush scheduled before Romney announced this month that he's seriously considering a third presidential run.,left
21666,Romney and Bush to Meet in Utah,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']","Romney, Bush to meet amid presidential bid chatter",Fox News (Online News),"Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney plan to meet in Utah as early as Thursday, as both men consider launching a Republican presidential run.",right
21667,Scott Walker Endorses Ted Cruz,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Scott Walker endorses Ted Cruz for president,Washington Times,"Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker endorsed Sen. Ted Cruz for president Tuesday, saying in an interview on WTMJ radio that Mr. Cruz is a “constitutional conservative” and that the Texas senator is best positioned to both win the GOP nomination and defeat Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton in the fall.",right
21668,Scott Walker Endorses Ted Cruz,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Wisconsin Gov. Walker endorses Ted Cruz for president,Chicago Tribune,"Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is endorsing Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in the Republican presidential race.
Walker announced his decision Tuesday on Milwaukee conservative talk radio, saying ""it's time we elect a strong new leader. I've chosen to endorse Ted Cruz.""",center
21669,Scott Walker Endorses Ted Cruz,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Scott Walker endorses Cruz ahead of Wisconsin primary,CBS News (Online),"Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has formally endorsed Ted Cruz one week before the state's critical primary.
""I am proud to endorse Ted Cruz,"" Walker told radio host Charlie Sykes on Tuesday. ""After a lot of thought, a lot of time, a lot of prayer about this, I just really decided that after all these years of the Obama-Clinton failures, that it's time that we elect a strong, new leader and I've chosen to endorse Ted Cruz to be the next president of the United States.""",left
21670,Former Florida Governor Candidate Gillum Found With Drugs in Miami Hotel,"['Andrew Gillum', 'Florida', 'Democrat', 'Miami', 'Alcohol', 'General News']","Andrew Gillum found in Miami Beach hotel room with suspected drugs, police say",Miami Herald,"Andrew Gillum, who in 2018 came within 34,000 votes of becoming Florida’s governor, was discovered by police at a South Beach hotel early Friday morning in a room with bags of possible crystal meth and in the company of a man who appeared to have overdosed on drugs, according to a Miami Beach police report.
Police say they were called to the Mondrian South Beach early Friday morning and found paramedics treating Travis Dyson, a 30-year-old Miami man, for an apparent heart attack. They say two other men were in...",left
21671,Former Florida Governor Candidate Gillum Found With Drugs in Miami Hotel,"['Andrew Gillum', 'Florida', 'Democrat', 'Miami', 'Alcohol', 'General News']",Man busted with Andrew Gillum in hotel room with meth was gay escort,New York Post (News),"Andrew Gillum was caught in a room with more than just drugs.
The man who overdosed on crystal meth in a Florida hotel room with Gillum, a Democrat who made an unsuccessful bid for Florida governor, was an openly gay male escort with a profile on the website RentMen.com, Florida’s Local10 reported Friday.",right
21672,Former Florida Governor Candidate Gillum Found With Drugs in Miami Hotel,"['Andrew Gillum', 'Florida', 'Democrat', 'Miami', 'Alcohol', 'General News']","Andrew Gillum linked to meth overdose incident in Miami Beach hotel, police reports say",Tallahassee Democrat,"Andrew Gillum, Tallahassee's telegenic former mayor and the 2018 Democratic nominee for Florida governor, was involved in a meth overdose incident early Friday morning in a Miami Beach hotel room.
The incident was an embarrassing and devastating blow to Gillum, a long-serving former city commissioner and mayor who caught fire as a statewide candidate two years ago and still harbored ambitions of becoming governor or holding other high office.",center
21673,The White House as a Backdrop on Night Two of the RNC,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Republican National Convention', 'White House', 'Naturalization Ceremony', 'Elections']",Trump Leverages Powers of Office as He Seeks to Broaden Appeal,New York Times (News),"In an abrupt swerve from the dire tone of the convention’s first night, President Trump staged a grab-bag of gauzy events and personal testimonials aimed at female and minority voters. His program blurred the lines between campaigning and governing.
President Trump made a bid to sand down his divisive political image by appropriating the resources of his office and the powers of the presidency at the Republican convention on Tuesday, breaching the traditional boundaries between campaigning and governing in an effort to broaden his appeal beyond his conservative base.
In...",left
21674,The White House as a Backdrop on Night Two of the RNC,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Republican National Convention', 'White House', 'Naturalization Ceremony', 'Elections']",Trump breaks with precedent on second night of convention,The Hill,"President Trump broke with precedent on the second night of the Republican National Convention, granting a pardon and participating in a naturalization ceremony at the White House in videos that aired Tuesday during the prime-time event.
Speeches from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and first lady Melania Trump also pushed the boundaries of rules surrounding the mix of politics and governance.
Several portions of the convention used the White House as a backdrop for Trump to put his presidential powers on full display in an election year that has him...",center
21675,The White House as a Backdrop on Night Two of the RNC,"['Presidential Elections', '2020 Election', '2020 Republican National Convention', 'White House', 'Naturalization Ceremony', 'Elections']",The Left Absolutely Loses It Over Naturalization Ceremony During RNC,Townhall,"If there was one moment from Tuesday’s Republican National Convention that sent liberals over the edge, it was during one of President Trump’s appearances with Acting Department of Homeland Security Chad Wolf when he oversaw a naturalization ceremony at the White House to highlight legal immigration to the United States.
Wolf gave the oath of allegiance to five individuals from Ghana, India, Sudan, Lebanon, and Bolivia as the president stood to the side and watched.
""You followed the rules, you obeyed the laws, you learned our history, embraced our values,...",right
21676,Shooting in San Bernardino,['Violence In America'],"San Bernardino suspects identified; probe turns to motive, planning",Washington Post,Investigators grappled Thursday on two main fronts after the deadliest U.S. mass shooting since the Sandy Hook Elementary School bloodshed: Seeking clues on the motives and apparent commando-style planning by a couple who turned an office holiday party into a killing field with at least 14 dead.,left
21677,Shooting in San Bernardino,['Violence In America'],Who were Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik?,CNN (Online News),"While police say they know who massacred 14 people Wednesday at a holiday party in San Bernardino, California, the killers' motives remain a mystery.
Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik committed the deadliest U.S. mass shooting since Sandy Hook in December 2012 before being killed by police, authorities say.",left
21678,Shooting in San Bernardino,['Violence In America'],"Police, feds probe terror as possible motive in SoCal massacre",Fox News (Online News),"As chilling details continue to emerge about the Muslim couple who unleashed carnage in Southern California Wednesday morning, storming a social services office in tactical gear and killing 14 with assault rifles before dying hours later in a fiery shootout with police, speculation mounted that the pair left their ""IED factory"" home hellbent for jihad.",right
21679,FBI Lawyer Suspected of Altering FISA Document in Russia Probe,"['FBI', 'Lawyers', 'Investigations', 'Russia', 'Russia Probe', 'Donald Trump', 'Carter Page', 'Justice Department']",FBI lawyer suspected of altering Russia probe document,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday touted news reports that a former FBI lawyer is suspected of altering a document related to surveillance of a former Trump campaign adviser in 2016.
The Associated Press has confirmed reports by CNN and The Washington Post that the finding is part of a Justice Department inspector general investigation into the FBI’s probe of ties between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz is expected to release a report on Dec. 9, and witnesses...",left
21680,FBI Lawyer Suspected of Altering FISA Document in Russia Probe,"['FBI', 'Lawyers', 'Investigations', 'Russia', 'Russia Probe', 'Donald Trump', 'Carter Page', 'Justice Department']",Horowitz reportedly finds FBI lawyer falsified FISA doc; WaPo stealth-deletes Strzok connection,Fox News (Online News),"Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz has found evidence that an FBI lawyer manipulated a key investigative document related to the FBI's secretive surveillance of a former Trump campaign adviser -- enough to change the substantive meaning of the document, according to multiple reports.
The show-stopping development comes as Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told Fox News that Horowitz's comprehensive report on allegations of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant abuse against former Trump campaign aide Carter Page will be released on Dec. 9. ""That's locked,"" Graham said.",right
21681,FBI Lawyer Suspected of Altering FISA Document in Russia Probe,"['FBI', 'Lawyers', 'Investigations', 'Russia', 'Russia Probe', 'Donald Trump', 'Carter Page', 'Justice Department']",FBI lawyer suspected of altering Russia probe document,Yahoo News,"WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday touted news reports that a former FBI lawyer is suspected of altering a document related to surveillance of a former Trump campaign adviser in 2016.
The Associated Press has confirmed reports by CNN and The Washington Post that the finding is part of a Justice Department inspector general investigation into the FBI’s probe of ties between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz is expected to release a report on Dec. 9, and witnesses...",left
21682,KY Men Licensed to Wed,['LGBT Rights'],Gay Couple Gets Marriage License From Kim Davis Deputy,New York Times (News),"A same-sex couple received a marriage license here on Friday, the first such couple to get one a day after the county clerk, Kim Davis, was jailed by a federal judge for refusing court orders to issue the licenses.",left
21683,KY Men Licensed to Wed,['LGBT Rights'],"With clerk Kim Davis jailed, gay Kentucky couple gets marriage license",Washington Times,"A gay couple emerged from a Kentucky county clerk’s office with a marriage license in hand Friday morning, embracing and crying as the defiant clerk who runs the office remained jailed for her refusal to issue the licenses because she opposed same-sex marriage.",right
21684,KY Men Licensed to Wed,['LGBT Rights'],"After Kim Davis is jailed, clerk's office issues marriage license to gay couple",CNN (Online News),"With the clerk who had refused them in jail, William Smith Jr. and James Yates on Friday morning became the first same-sex couple to receive a marriage license in Rowan County, Kentucky.",left
21685,Nevada School Shooting,['Violence In America'],Superintendent Calls Teacher In Fatal Nevada School Shooting A 'Hero',Fox News (Online News),Students at a Nevada middle school were filing off buses and reuniting with friends on the playground after a weeklong vacation when the pop of gunfire shattered the morning calm. Children fled the campus for their lives before the first bell rang.,right
21686,Nevada School Shooting,['Violence In America'],Police: Slain Nevada teachers' heroism bought time for students to flee,CNN (Online News),"The 12-year-old boy who killed a teacher and wounded two students began by shooting a fellow student in the shoulder, police said Tuesday.",left
21687,Nevada School Shooting,['Violence In America'],"Michael Landsberry survived 2 Afghanistan tours, died protecting his students in Sparks",Washington Post,"A middle school student in Sparks, Nev. opened fire on his classmates Monday morning, killing a math teacher, and then turned the semi-automatic handgun on himself. He also injured two 12-year-old boys, both of whom are in stable condition. The teacher, Michael Landsberry, was a veteran, and a witness told the Reno Gazette-Journal that the student shot Landsberry after he ordered him to put down the",left
21688,KY Clerk Refuses to Issues Same Sex Marriage Licenses,['LGBT Rights'],Kentucky clerk still won't issue same-sex marriage licenses,Fox News (Online News),"A defiant Kentucky county clerk, who has been ordered to face a federal judge on Thursday in a hearing about her refusal to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, says she won't resign.
“Some people have said I should resign, but I have done my job well,” Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis said in a statement posted to the website of the lawfirm that represents her, Liberty Counsel.
“I never imagined a day like this would come, where I would be asked to violate a central teaching of Scripture and...",right
21689,KY Clerk Refuses to Issues Same Sex Marriage Licenses,['LGBT Rights'],Gay couples ask judge to hold clerk in contempt,USA TODAY,"Lawyers asked a federal judge to hold a county clerk here in contempt of court Tuesday after she defied the Supreme Court and again refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples.
The Supreme Court refused Monday to allow Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis’ office to deny the licenses because of her religious beliefs. However, on Tuesday morning, she denied the licenses to at least four couples.
David Moore and his partner, David Ermold, confronted Davis over the clerk's counter as crowd of supporters shouted for Davis to do her...",left
21690,KY Clerk Refuses to Issues Same Sex Marriage Licenses,['LGBT Rights'],Kentucky Clerk Refuses To Issue Marriage License To Gay Couples In Heated Exchange,HuffPost,"A Kentucky county clerk on Tuesday refused to issue marriage licenses for two same-sex couples despite a Supreme Court ruling ordering the clerk to do so.
A video posted to Facebook by WKYT shows the gay couples repeatedly demanding that the clerk, Kim Davis, issue them marriage licenses.
""We are not issuing marriage licenses today,"" Davis says in the video.
""Under whose authority are you not issuing licenses?"" asks one of the men.
""Under God's authority,"" Davis responds.
The Rowan County clerk then asks the men to leave, before retreating...",left
21691,Ukraine Continues to Defy Russia's Calls to Surrender in Mariupol,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Mariupol', 'Russia']",Ukraine war: Mariupol defenders will fight to the end says PM,BBC News,"Defenders of the besieged city of Mariupol will fight to the end against Russian forces, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says.
The port city has not fallen despite an ultimatum from Moscow to remaining fighters to give up, he said.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Russia has chosen to raze Mariupol to the ground.
Local officials said Russian forces have announced they will stop anyone from entering or leaving the city.
Capturing the whole of the city is seen as a major strategic prize for Russia, leaving it in...",center
21692,Ukraine Continues to Defy Russia's Calls to Surrender in Mariupol,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Mariupol', 'Russia']",Ukraine rejects deadline to surrender in Mariupol as Russia threatens to eliminate resistance,CNN (Online News),"Ukrainian forces besieged in Mariupol have rejected Russia's demands to surrender and are still resisting an unrelenting assault on the southeastern port city, top Ukrainian officials said on Sunday.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said the city, which has been surrounded by Russian troops since March 1, has not fallen. Ukrainian troops trapped in the city are holding out against the Russian onslaught despite overwhelming odds. But they are confined to pockets of resistance, and their numbers are unclear.
""There are still our military forces, our soldiers, so they will fight until...",left
21693,Ukraine Continues to Defy Russia's Calls to Surrender in Mariupol,"['World', 'Ukraine', 'Ukraine War', 'Mariupol', 'Russia']","Mariupol ‘Doesn’t Exist Anymore,’ Estimated 21,000 Casualties",The Daily Caller,"The southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, has been almost entirely destroyed by Russian troops, according to Ukrainian officials Sunday.
Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told CBS that Mariupol “doesn’t exist anymore,” after seven weeks of attacks from Russian forces. “The remainings of the Ukrainian army and large group of civilians are basically encircled by the Russian forces. They continue their struggle, but it seems from the way the Russian army behaves in Mariupol, they decided to raze the city to the ground at any cost,” he continued.
At least 21,0000 people...",right
21694,Perspectives: The Plan to Raise Billionaires' Taxes,"['Banking And Finance', 'Taxes', 'Tax Hikes', 'Wealth Tax', 'Economic Policy', 'Build Back Better']",The Zillow Tax,National Review,"The year 2021 has seen President Biden and congressional Democrats explore, very publicly and painfully, seemingly every possible way to squeeze more tax money out of the American people. This exploration has taken place though the federal government just enjoyed the biggest revenue haul in two decades, inflation is higher than it’s been in three decades, and Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D., Ariz.) has taken all tax-rate increases off the table.
Desperate for any new tax at this late hour of the “Build Back Better” soap opera of socialism, all hands have come on deck for perhaps the...",right
21695,Perspectives: The Plan to Raise Billionaires' Taxes,"['Banking And Finance', 'Taxes', 'Tax Hikes', 'Wealth Tax', 'Economic Policy', 'Build Back Better']",We Need to Tax the Billionaires Right Now,Common Dreams,"Just over the past week, a billionaire wealth tax proposal has suddenly moved from the edge to the very center of the negotiating table for President Biden’s sweeping Build Back Better agenda.
What explains the shift? The reasons are both negative and positive.
On the negative side: Kyrsten Sinema.
Last week, the Arizona Senator took a break from high-roller fundraising to inform her colleagues that she opposes even partially undoing the tax rate cuts on corporations and wealthy individuals that Republicans enacted (and she voted against) in 2017. This sent...",left
21696,Perspectives: The Plan to Raise Billionaires' Taxes,"['Banking And Finance', 'Taxes', 'Tax Hikes', 'Wealth Tax', 'Economic Policy', 'Build Back Better']",Senate Democrats push for tax on billionaires to help fund spending plan,CNBC,"As Democrats inch closer to finalizing their social spending package, Senate Democrats are eyeing a tax on billionaires amid pushback on income and corporate levy hikes.
The proposal, called the Billionaires Income Tax, may affect roughly 700 Americans with more than $1 billion of wealth or earning over $100 million annually for three consecutive years.
Billionaires may face an annual levy on the increased value of assets, such as stocks and bonds, regardless of when they sell, known as “mark-to-market.” However, investors may still write off losses every year.
The...",center
21697,Uncertain Future of Health Bill,['Healthcare'],Two Republican senators declare bid to repeal health care law 'dead',Fox News (Online News),Two Republican lawmakers admitted Sunday the initial GOP bill to repeal and replace the nation’s health law is probably “dead” and President Trump’s proposal to solely repeal it appears to be a “non-starter.”,right
21698,Uncertain Future of Health Bill,['Healthcare'],Sen. John McCain: Senate Health Care Bill ‘Is Probably Going To Be Dead’,HuffPost,Arizona Senator John McCain (R) appeared on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” Sunday morning and said he thought the Senate’s health care bill was “probably going to be dead” when Congress returns Monday from the July Fourth recess.,left
21699,Uncertain Future of Health Bill,['Healthcare'],Republicans debate Plan B if ObamaCare repeal fails,The Hill,Senate Republicans are starting to consider what they should do if their ObamaCare replacement bill fails to pass.,center
21700,Amy Coney Barrett Confirmed to the Supreme Court,"['Supreme Court', 'Amy Coney Barrett', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election']",Amy Coney Barrett has officially been confirmed as a Supreme Court justice,Vox,"In a narrow 52-48 vote, the Senate has officially confirmed Amy Coney Barrett for appointment to the Supreme Court, a huge win for Republicans who worked quickly — and ignored past precedent — to advance her nomination.
Barrett, who will now take the seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is a staunch conservative whose vote could be the deciding one on upcoming cases involving the Affordable Care Act, abortion rights, and voting rights. Her confirmation solidifies a 6-3 conservative majority on the high court, and is likely to...",left
21701,Amy Coney Barrett Confirmed to the Supreme Court,"['Supreme Court', 'Amy Coney Barrett', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election']","Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court, cements 6-3 conservative majority",Fox News (Online News),"The Senate voted 52-48 on Monday night to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in a move that makes the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals judge and Notre Dame law professor the third appointment to the high court by President Trump, solidifying his administration's legacy even further just a week before Election Day as he seeks a second term.",right
21702,Amy Coney Barrett Confirmed to the Supreme Court,"['Supreme Court', 'Amy Coney Barrett', 'Donald Trump', '2020 Election']",GOP Senate confirms Trump Supreme Court pick to succeed Ginsburg,The Hill,"The Senate confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Monday, providing President Trump with a last-minute political victory just days before November 3.
The 52-48 Senate vote on Barrett's nomination capped off a rare presidential election year Supreme Court fight sparked by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Sept. 18. GOP Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) was the only Republican to oppose Barrett, saying she doesn’t believe a nomination should come up before the election.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who previously voted against advancing...",center
21703,Chris Christie Faces Bridge Scandal,['Politics'],"Christie’s Carefully Devised, No-Nonsense Image in Peril",New York Times (News),"Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey has built a remarkable brand in Republican politics around a simple message: that his bluster and brashness, grating as they might be, were driven by a desire to transcend partisan rancor and petty politics in the service of the public good.",left
21704,Chris Christie Faces Bridge Scandal,['Politics'],Christie's rising star now a target,CNN (Online News),Timothy Stanley says a political revenge scandal that hobbled traffic on the George Washington Bridge could hurt his standing with voters and give foes ammunition.,left
21705,Chris Christie Faces Bridge Scandal,['Politics'],Christie faces political traffic jam as confidant set to testify on lane closures,Fox News (Online News),The political traffic jam that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is facing over his office's involvement in controversial lane closures last year could intensify on Thursday as an official at the heart of the scandal is slated to testify.,right
21706,Hulu Reverses Policy on Banning Political Ads After Backlash from Democrats,"['Abortion', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Democratic Party', 'Disney', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Hulu', 'Political Advertising', 'Streaming Services']",Exclusive: Hulu to begin accepting political issue ads,Axios,"Disney on Wednesday confirmed to Axios that it would allow political issue ads — in addition to candidate ads — on Hulu's streaming service, effective immediately, bringing Hulu's ad policies to parity with Disney's cable networks.
Why it matters: The change comes amid a controversy over Hulu's decision to reject political issue ads around guns and abortions from Democratic groups.
Those issues have become central to the Democrats' midterm messaging, and Disney's decision to reject the ads on Hulu prompted complaints of censorship.
Details: Hulu's ad guidelines will now match those used for Disney's cable networks, like...",center
21707,Hulu Reverses Policy on Banning Political Ads After Backlash from Democrats,"['Abortion', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Democratic Party', 'Disney', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Hulu', 'Political Advertising', 'Streaming Services']","Hulu Denied Democratic Political Ads From Airing. Two Days Later, It Changed Its Mind.",Washington Free Beacon,"Disney confirmed in a statement to Axios it will change Hulu’s advertising policies to allow political advertising. The decision comes only two days after the company denied ads created by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic Governors Association. The denial had sparked online outrage among Democrats.
The ads that prompted internet outcry depict congressional Republicans and former president Donald Trump as unfeeling about gun violence toward children and accuses them of a ""coordinated Republican attack"" on abortion.
This is the latest political controversy in which Disney has caved to Democratic pressure. Last March, Disney opposed Governor Ron...",right
21708,Hulu Reverses Policy on Banning Political Ads After Backlash from Democrats,"['Abortion', 'Arts And Entertainment', 'Democratic Party', 'Disney', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Hulu', 'Political Advertising', 'Streaming Services']",Hulu caves after Democrats threaten boycott of Disney-owned streaming giant,Salon,"Hulu appears to have backed down after users on Twitter slammed the TV and movie streaming service when it announced that it would not be running Democratic-backed political ads on issues like abortion and gun rights. 
According to The Washington Post, The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and Democratic Governors Association all attempted to purchase slots for a joint ad buy on Hulu, which is majority owned by Disney. But in the end, none of them were reportedly aired. 
""Hulu's censorship of the truth is outrageous, offensive, and another step...",left
21709,Trump Defense Team Prepares For Final Day of Opening Arguments,"['Impeachment Trial', 'US Senate', 'Trump Defense Team', 'Witnesses', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Trump Lawyers Ready For Final Day Of President's Impeachment Defense,NPR (Online News),"President Trump's defense team is expecting to use only two to three hours on the Senate floor on Tuesday to finish laying out their case against impeachment, a source familiar with the legal team's thinking told NPR's Tamara Keith.
Trump's lawyers, which began their arguments Saturday, had 24 hours over three days to make their case — the same time given to the Democratic House impeachment managers who presented their arguments against the president last week.
Shortly before winding down Monday night's arguments in the Senate impeachment trial of President...",left
21710,Trump Defense Team Prepares For Final Day of Opening Arguments,"['Impeachment Trial', 'US Senate', 'Trump Defense Team', 'Witnesses', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Trump Lawyers Wrap up Defense in Senate Impeachment Trial,Independent Journal Review,"Donald Trump’s lawyers will wrap up their arguments on Tuesday in the U.S. Senate impeachment trial of the Republican president after attacking Democrat Joe Biden but shrugging off disclosures from a former top White House adviser.
In about seven hours of arguments before the Senate on Monday, Trump’s lawyers largely ignored revelations in an unpublished manuscript by John Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser, that go to the heart of impeachment charges against Trump.
Trump’s lawyers said they would continue their presentations on Tuesday. It was not clear when senators...",right
21711,Trump Defense Team Prepares For Final Day of Opening Arguments,"['Impeachment Trial', 'US Senate', 'Trump Defense Team', 'Witnesses', 'Impeachment', 'Politics']",Impeachment trial live updates: Trump defense team to conclude opening arguments as debate rages over calling witnesses,Washington Post,"President Trump’s defense team is poised to present its third and final day of opening arguments in his historic impeachment trial in the Senate, as a debate rages outside the chamber over whether to call witnesses before its conclusion.
Pressure has ramped up to include witnesses after reports that former national security adviser John Bolton says in a book manuscript that Trump directly tied the holdup of nearly $400 million in military assistance to Ukraine to investigations of former vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.
The crux...",left
21712,Conflicting Narratives on Whether Trump Has Condemned White Supremacy,"['Donald Trump', '2020 Debates', '2020 Election', 'White House', 'Proud Boys', 'White Supremacy', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Violence In America']","From Debate Stage, Trump Declines To Denounce White Supremacy",NPR (Online News),"President Trump's hesitation, once again, to denounce white supremacy during Tuesday's presidential debate is drawing quick condemnation from anti-racism activists — as are his unusual comments directed at a white supremacist group called the Proud Boys.
During an exchange on the debate stage, moderator Chris Wallace repeatedly asked Trump if he would condemn white supremacists. Trump initially sidestepped that question, claiming that he mostly sees violence ""from the left wing.""
Trump eventually responded to Wallace's question by referring to a white supremacist group, saying, ""Proud Boys, stand back and stand...",left
21713,Conflicting Narratives on Whether Trump Has Condemned White Supremacy,"['Donald Trump', '2020 Debates', '2020 Election', 'White House', 'Proud Boys', 'White Supremacy', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Violence In America']",Fact Check: Chris Wallace Falsely Implies Trump Never Condemned White Supremacists,Breitbart News,"CLAIM: Debate moderator Chris Wallace implied that President Donald Trump never condemned white supremacists.
VERDICT: FALSE. President Trump has done so repeatedly, despite what Wallace — and Joe Biden — have suggested.
During the first presidential debate, Wallace challenged President Trump to condemn white supremacists. It was an astonishingly ill-informed — and inflammatory — challenge, and repeated a lie that Biden has told frequently in the campaign.
Trump has condemned white supremacists repeatedly.
As Breitbart News noted in a recent fact check:
ABC News fact-checked Biden, and noted — commendably...",right
21714,Conflicting Narratives on Whether Trump Has Condemned White Supremacy,"['Donald Trump', '2020 Debates', '2020 Election', 'White House', 'Proud Boys', 'White Supremacy', 'Facts And Fact Checking', 'Violence In America']",Why Can’t He Just Say It?,The Atlantic,"The question Chris Wallace posed to President Donald Trump was direct.
“Are you willing, tonight, to condemn white supremacists and militia groups and to say they need to stand down?”
The president shrugged his left shoulder. “Sure, I’m willing to do that. But I would say almost everything I see is from the left wing, not from the right wing.” Trump continued to say words, and to say nothing. “I’m willing to do anything. I want to see peace.”
Wallace pressed the question. “Well, then, do it, sir.” Former Vice...",left
21715,Perspectives: Biden Announces Plan To Regulate 'Ghost Guns',"['Andrew McCarthy', 'ATF', 'Biden Administration', 'Crime', 'Crime Prevention', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Violence', 'Joe Biden', 'Justice Department', 'Merrick Garland', 'Public Safety', 'Role Of Government', 'Steve Dettelbach', 'Violence In America']",Biden and Dems Ready Their ‘Ghost Gun’ Theater,Andrew C. McCarthy,"It ought to be hard to believe — but, alas, it’s not — that with the border disintegrating and with it our security and sovereignty, the Biden administration and Washington Democrats are prioritizing . . . yes . . . wait for it . . . ghost guns!
I had the chance to discuss this on Fox News this morning with Dana Perino and Bill Hemmer. “Ghost gun” is the term applied to a firearm that is DYI-assembled from components often sold in a kit. The anti-gun folk are alarmed about ghost guns because they don’t have serial numbers and...",right
21716,Perspectives: Biden Announces Plan To Regulate 'Ghost Guns',"['Andrew McCarthy', 'ATF', 'Biden Administration', 'Crime', 'Crime Prevention', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Violence', 'Joe Biden', 'Justice Department', 'Merrick Garland', 'Public Safety', 'Role Of Government', 'Steve Dettelbach', 'Violence In America']",Ghost guns are real guns. And we'll regulate them to save lives.,Merrick Garland,"Law enforcement officers across the country increasingly find there is no way to trace certain guns they recover from crime scenes. Because these guns are not marked with serial numbers, there is no way to track their origins or their owners. And because they are sold without a background check, anyone can buy them. 
They truly are ""ghost guns.""
These unmarked guns are easy to buy, particularly in the form of a build-your-own kit that allows someone to quickly turn parts in a box into a gun capable of firing a bullet.
Last year, President Joe...",left
21717,Perspectives: Biden Announces Plan To Regulate 'Ghost Guns',"['Andrew McCarthy', 'ATF', 'Biden Administration', 'Crime', 'Crime Prevention', 'Gun Control And Gun Rights', 'Gun Violence', 'Joe Biden', 'Justice Department', 'Merrick Garland', 'Public Safety', 'Role Of Government', 'Steve Dettelbach', 'Violence In America']","Biden announces pick for ATF and plans to trace ""ghost guns""",Axios,"President Biden on Monday announced Steve Dettelbach as his nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, as well as new plans to regulate so-called ""ghost guns.""
Why it matters: With gun violence ravaging communities across America, the Biden administration is looking for administrative solutions to address the proliferation of illegal firearms.
""This rule will make it harder for criminals and other prohibited persons to obtain untraceable guns,"" Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.
Ghost guns, assembled at home from ""buy build shoot"" kits, have posed
...",center
21718,Trump on National Debt,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']",Gundlach: Trump Would Use Debt Like Reagan for Growth,Newsmax (News),"DoubleLine Capital’s Jeffrey Gundlach said Donald Trump, if he’s elected president, would help the U.S. economy recover by going further into debt, just as Ronald Reagan fueled growth in the 1980s.
“Trump is going to win, and Trump is going to increase the deficit,” Gundlach said during a panel discussion Thursday in New York. Reagan “did it by taking three or four decades of stable nonfinancial debt-to-GDP ratio and putting it on a hockey stick higher.”",right
21719,Trump on National Debt,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","Great, Donald Trump Threatened To Default On The National Debt",HuffPost,"Analyzing Donald Trump policy proposals is a fool’s errand. I am a fool: Behold my errand.
The presumptive GOP nominee has an idea for dealing with American debt and infrastructure. The first half of his plan makes sense. The second half is insane.
Trump la",left
21720,Trump on National Debt,"['Federal Budget', 'Economy And Jobs']","To Manage National Debt, Will Donald Trump Lean on the Fed?",Wall Street Journal (News),"If there’s one part of being president for which Donald Trump feels uniquely suited, it’s handling the national debt. Since several of his companies have gone through bankruptcy, he has ample experience negotiating with creditors.",center
21721,State of the Democrat Party,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Convention vote expected to be unanimous for Obama,Politico,"Unlike at the Republican convention, there will be no dissenting votes at the Democratic convention.
President Obama is slated to receive the vote of every single credentialed delegate attending the Democratic convention, party officials say.
The vote will be ""unanimous,"" DNC communications director Brad Woodhouse confirmed in an email.
Though several perennial and long-shot candidates (including a convinced felon) won enough votes against Obama to qualify for delegates, none of them filed the proper paperwork to earn delegates at the Democratic convention.
As a result, Obama will be nominated unanimously...",left
21722,State of the Democrat Party,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Trouble for Dems in North Carolina as convention moves into full swing,Fox News (Online News),"The main drag through downtown Charlotte looked a bit like Times Square on Sunday night, as revelers and out-of-towners converged to gawk at the flashing city around them.
The electric scene before the start of the Democratic National Convention belies the trouble under the surface.
For Democrats, North Carolina was an awkward choice and represents some of the challenges President Obama faces this Election Day.
Unemployment here is at 9.6 percent, well above the national average. The governor of the state, Democrat Bev Perdue, was rated as...",right
21723,State of the Democrat Party,"['Presidential Elections', 'Elections']",Dems massaging message on whether Americans better off,CNN (Online News),"Democrats tried to massage their message a day before their convention after struggling to come up with a definitive answer on whether voters would feel that they were better off since President Barack Obama took office.
Brad Woodhouse, communications director for the Democratic National Committee, said on CNN's ""Early Start"" on Monday that Americans were ""absolutely"" better off than four years ago, portraying the president as a pilot who saved a crashing plane.
""The truth is that the American people know, we were literally a plane, the trajectory...",left
21724,Snowden in Russia,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']",Plane for Havana Leaves Moscow Without Snowden,New York Times (News),"Edward J. Snowden, the former national security contractor accused of espionage, did not leave Moscow as expected on a flight to Havana on Monday, raising questions about what, if any, alternative travel plans he may have made.",left
21725,Snowden in Russia,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","Fair trial impossible in U.S., Snowden tells Ecuador in asylum request",CNN (Online News),"Pleading for asylum from U.S. officials he says want to persecute him, NSA leaker Edward Snowden told Ecuadorian officials that he fears a life of inhumane treatment -- even death -- if he's returned the United States to answer espionage charges, the country's foreign minister said Monday.",left
21726,Snowden in Russia,"['NSA', 'Defense And Security']","NSA leaker Snowden skips Cuba flight, Ecuador weighs asylum request",Fox News (Online News),"NSA leaker Edward Snowden slipped back under the radar on Monday, failing to show up on the Cuba-bound flight he was expected to board from Moscow and befuddling the media who have been tracking the international fugitive's every move.",right
21727,Verizon and AT&T Delay 5G Rollout Near Airports After Warning from Airlines,"['Transportation', 'Trade', 'Airlines', '5G', 'Technology', 'FAA', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Infrastructure', 'AT&T', 'Verizon', 'General News']","AT&T, Verizon pause some new 5G after airlines raise alarm",Associated Press,"AT&T and Verizon will delay launching new wireless service near some airports after the nation’s largest airlines said the service would interfere with aircraft technology and cause massive flight disruptions.
The decision from the telecommunication companies arrived Tuesday as the Biden administration tried to broker a settlement between the telecom companies and the airlines over a rollout of new 5G service, scheduled for Wednesday.
Airlines want the new service to be banned within two miles of airport runways.
AT&T said it would delay turning on new cell towers around runways...",left
21728,Verizon and AT&T Delay 5G Rollout Near Airports After Warning from Airlines,"['Transportation', 'Trade', 'Airlines', '5G', 'Technology', 'FAA', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Infrastructure', 'AT&T', 'Verizon', 'General News']",US airlines warn of ‘catastrophic disruption’ on Wednesday due to 5G activation,The Verge,"CEOs from major US airlines including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and Southwest Airlines have warned that the impending deployment of new 5G spectrum on Wednesday could cause “catastrophic disruption” for flights across the country starting tomorrow. The warning, which was also signed by shipping companies including UPS Airlines and FedEx Express, was issued in a letter from the CEOs seen by Reuters, which said that both commercial and cargo flights could be affected.
The letter was sent to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel,...",left
21729,Verizon and AT&T Delay 5G Rollout Near Airports After Warning from Airlines,"['Transportation', 'Trade', 'Airlines', '5G', 'Technology', 'FAA', 'Business', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Infrastructure', 'AT&T', 'Verizon', 'General News']",Airline CEOs warn 5G rollout could be ‘catastrophic’ for travel,New York Post (News),"The chief executives of several major US airlines and shipping firms have warned that a planned rollout of 5G service could have “catastrophic” consequences for travelers and commerce.
The CEOs demanded “immediate intervention” from the government before planes are grounded by the 5G service set to be deployed by AT&T and Verizon on Wednesday.
“Unless our major hubs are cleared to fly, the vast majority of the traveling and shipping public will essentially be grounded,” read the letter signed by the CEOs of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines,...",right
21730,Perspectives: Violence Escalates Between Hamas and Israel,"['Middle East', 'Israel', 'Hamas', 'Palestine', 'Gaza', 'World', 'State Department', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Terrorism', 'War', 'Joe Biden', 'Foreign Policy']",Biden Has Emboldened Israel’s Enemies,National Review,"This week, well over 1,000 rockets have been launched into Israel by Palestinian terrorists operating out of Gaza. The rockets have been aimed at schools, at Israeli civilians in the highly populated Tel Aviv area, and — in a major escalation — at Ben Gurion Airport, which connects Israel with the outside world.
Due to the incredible performance of its Iron Dome missile-defense system, Israel has been able to minimize its casualties. But because no system is perfect, and with Hamas and Islamic Jihad launching hundreds of missiles simultaneously, some...",right
21731,Perspectives: Violence Escalates Between Hamas and Israel,"['Middle East', 'Israel', 'Hamas', 'Palestine', 'Gaza', 'World', 'State Department', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Terrorism', 'War', 'Joe Biden', 'Foreign Policy']",What Your Taxes Are Paying For in Israel,Nicholas Kristof,"Saying Hamas must pay a “very heavy price” for belligerence, Israeli bombs destroyed a 13-story apartment building in Gaza that had a Hamas presence. And saying Israel “ignited fire” and is “responsible for the consequences,” Hamas launched more rockets at Israel.
We’re now seeing the worst fighting in seven years between Israelis and Palestinians, and again a basic pattern asserts itself: When missiles are flying, hard-liners on each side are ascendant. Civilians die, but extremists on one side empower those on the other.",left
21732,Perspectives: Violence Escalates Between Hamas and Israel,"['Middle East', 'Israel', 'Hamas', 'Palestine', 'Gaza', 'World', 'State Department', 'Benjamin Netanyahu', 'Terrorism', 'War', 'Joe Biden', 'Foreign Policy']",The Israeli-Palestinian conflict's cycle of absurdity,Guest Writer - Center,"Amid threats for more than a decade that Israel would destroy Hamas and rebuild Israel’s deterrence, in reality, the policy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his governments have been to keep a weakened Hamas in power. The primary reason for this policy is to ensure that in the eyes of the Israeli public there is no Palestinian partner for peace.
Israel says that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas doesn’t speak on behalf of all of the Palestinians, so there’s no reason to deal with him, and Hamas rules...",center
21733,"Trump Calls European Union, Russia, China 'Foes' of U.S.",['World'],"On eve of Russia summit, Trump calls European Union 'a foe'",Reuters,"On the eve of his meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump rattled allies once more by labeling the European Union a “foe” with regard to trade.",center
21734,"Trump Calls European Union, Russia, China 'Foes' of U.S.",['World'],"Trump labels European Union, Russia, China 'foes' of U.S.",Washington Times,"President Trump named the European Union, Russia and China as “foes” of the U.S. as he heads into a Monday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland.",right
21735,"Trump Calls European Union, Russia, China 'Foes' of U.S.",['World'],Trump Says European Union Is America’s Biggest ‘Foe’,New York Magazine,"President Trump called the European Union a “foe” of the United States in an interview which aired Sunday, just one day before his controversial — and still unexplained — meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Finland. Asked to name America’s “biggest foe globally right now” during an appearance on CBS’s Face the Nation, the first answer that came to Trump’s mind was the E.U.",left
21736,Russia Invades Ukraine,['World'],Ukraine's President Says Russian Forces Have Been 'Brought Into Ukraine',HuffPost,"Ukraine's president said on Thursday that Russian troops had entered his country in support of pro-Moscow rebels who captured a key coastal town, sharply escalating a five-month-old separatist war.
President Petro Poroshenko told a meeting of security chiefs that the situation was ""extraordinarily difficult ... but controllable"" after Russian-backed rebels seized the town of Novoazovsk in the southeast of the former Soviet republic.",left
21737,Russia Invades Ukraine,['World'],Two columns of Russian tanks enter Ukraine as border guards retreat,Fox News (Online News),"Two columns of Russian tanks have entered Ukraine, a security spokesman says, forcing border guards to retreat amid fears that rebels are seeking to create a land link between Russia and Crimea.
Ukrainian security council spokesman Col. Andriy Lysenko says Ukrainian forces were fired at using Grad missile systems from Russian territory at about 11 a.m.",right
21738,Russia Invades Ukraine,['World'],Ukraine Accuses Russia of Invasion,Wall Street Journal (News),"Ukraine on Thursday accused Russia of having invaded the country, dashing hopes of progress toward a diplomatic resolution and challenging the West to respond.
A senior official of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization said that more than 1,000 Russian troops were fighting alongside pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, by far the largest such force ever reported by the Western alliance. But he stopped short of calling it an invasion, saying it represented an ""incursion"" apparently aimed at preventing Kiev's forces from defeating the pro-Russia rebels, rather than a broader assault.",center
21739,House Dems Introduce New $3 Trillion Stimulus Proposal,"['Coronavirus', 'Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Public Health', 'US House', 'Economic Policy']",House Democrats push new round of stimulus checks in coronavirus bill,NBC News (Online),"WASHINGTON — House Democratic leaders are pushing for another round of stimulus payments of up to $1,200 per person in new coronavirus relief legislation that's headed for a vote Friday.
The eligibility criteria in the HEROES Act are similar to those in the first round approved in late March, with some expansions.
The legislation would provide up to $1,200 in payments (or $2,400 for married couples), with an extra $1,200 per dependent up to a maximum of three.
The income thresholds are the same as in the CARES Act, with...",left
21740,House Dems Introduce New $3 Trillion Stimulus Proposal,"['Coronavirus', 'Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Public Health', 'US House', 'Economic Policy']",GOP senators give Democrats’ $3T relief bill a cold shoulder,Associated Press,"WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a more than $3 trillion coronavirus aid package, a sweeping effort with $1 trillion for states and cities, “hazard pay” for essential workers and a new round of cash payments to individuals.
The House is expected to vote on the package as soon as Friday. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said there is no “urgency.” The Senate will wait until after Memorial Day to consider options.
“We must think big, for the people, now,” Pelosi said Tuesday from the speaker’s...",left
21741,House Dems Introduce New $3 Trillion Stimulus Proposal,"['Coronavirus', 'Banking And Finance', 'Economy And Jobs', 'Public Health', 'US House', 'Economic Policy']",Pelosi Includes Massive Tax Break For The Rich In New $3 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Package,The Daily Caller,"Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats introduced Tuesday the text to their $3 trillion coronavirus relief package, which includes a massive tax break for the rich.
According to reports and the text, the “Heroes Act” gives $100,000 on average to people who make more than $1 million a year. The House Democrats’ 1,815-page package repeals the $10,000 state and local tax deduction (SALT) cap, which allows taxpayers in high-tax states to deduct local tax payments on federal tax returns.",right
21742,DOJ Moves to Unseal Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant,"['Justice', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Merrick Garland', 'FBI', 'Justice Department', 'Courts', 'Florida', 'Donald Trump', 'Mar-A-Lago']",Garland moves to unseal Trump warrant: I personally approved the search,Politico,"The Justice Department moved on Thursday to unseal portions of the search warrant executed at the Mar-a-Lago estate of former President Donald Trump earlier this week.
“The public’s clear and powerful interest in understanding what occurred under these circumstances weighs heavily in favor of unsealing,” prosecutors revealed in a court filing connected to the search warrant.
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the news moments after the department filed the motion in federal court in Florida.
“I personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in the latter,” he said. Addressing criticisms...",left
21743,DOJ Moves to Unseal Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant,"['Justice', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Merrick Garland', 'FBI', 'Justice Department', 'Courts', 'Florida', 'Donald Trump', 'Mar-A-Lago']","DOJ moves to unseal FBI's Trump raid warrant, AG Garland announces",Washington Examiner,"Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday that the Justice Department requested permission from the federal court to unseal the court-approved search warrant that authorized its raid on former President Donald Trump's home in Mar-a-Lago.
""This matter plainly 'concerns public officials or public concerns' ... as it involves a law enforcement action taken at the property of the 45th President of the United States,"" the DOJ said in the filing. ""The public's clear and powerful interest in understanding what occurred under these circumstances weighs heavily in favor of unsealing.""
""The government hereby requests that the Court...",right
21744,DOJ Moves to Unseal Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant,"['Justice', 'Mar-A-Lago Raid', 'Merrick Garland', 'FBI', 'Justice Department', 'Courts', 'Florida', 'Donald Trump', 'Mar-A-Lago']",DOJ asks court to unseal Trump search warrant,The Hill,"The Justice Department on Thursday moved to unseal a warrant authorizing a search of former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate this week following escalating demands for answers about the unprecedented investigation.
“The public’s clear and powerful interest in understanding what occurred under these circumstances weighs heavily in favor of unsealing,” Justice Department lawyers wrote in a court filing submitted Thursday afternoon.
The move is a departure from the department’s typical practice of staying silent about ongoing investigations, underscoring the significance of the first overt sign of an escalating criminal probe with a former...",center
21745,"Mexico Announces Plan to Employ 40,000 Migrants","['Andres Obrador', 'Immigration', 'Jobs', 'Mexico']","Mexican president announces plan to provide 40,000 jobs to migrants",Reuters,"Speaking at his daily press conference, Lopez Obrador said he expected an agreement with factories to be signed next week.
“This agreement is going to be signed, there will be no legal problem,” he said. “We are arranging this so that they can be hired without much processing.”
Mexico’s border states have been inundated with migrants who must often wait weeks to seek U.S. asylum under a policy known as “metering,” which limits the number who can apply each day. After requesting asylum, thousands have been sent back to Mexico...",center
21746,"Mexico Announces Plan to Employ 40,000 Migrants","['Andres Obrador', 'Immigration', 'Jobs', 'Mexico']",Mexican president has plan to offer 40K jobs to migrants,Washington Examiner,"Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he has plans to give 40,000 factory jobs to Central American migrants in Mexico.
“This agreement is going to be signed, there will be no legal problem,” he said Friday. “We are arranging this so that they can be hired without much processing.”
Such a deal would provide a solution to some of the tens of thousands of migrants who are seeking asylum in the U.S. but have been sent back into Mexico as they await court dates on their asylum claims.",right
21747,"Mexico Announces Plan to Employ 40,000 Migrants","['Andres Obrador', 'Immigration', 'Jobs', 'Mexico']","Mexico says ‘maquila’ plants to offer migrants 40,000 jobs",Associated Press,"MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says his country’s “maquila” assembly plants are offering to give 40,000 jobs to Central American migrants.
Tens of thousands of migrants who hoped to reach the United States are stuck in Mexico. Many have been sent back to await court dates on their U.S. asylum claims.
And Mexico has also stepped up raids on trains, buses and motels, to stop the migrants from moving north.
Lopez Obrador said Friday “we prefer to keep them (migrants) in the south” of Mexico” because...",left
21748,Biden Seeks $30 Billion For Disaster Aid And Resettlement Of Afghan Refugees,"['Disaster', 'Joe Biden', 'Disaster Aid', 'Afghan Refugees', 'General News']",Biden Asks Congress For $30 Billion To Help Disaster Relief And Afghan Evacuees,NPR (Online News),"President Biden is asking Congress for billions in additional funding to help with natural disasters and aid for Afghan evacuees.
The White House wants $24 billion in additional funding to help recovery efforts for the California wildfires and several hurricanes, including Hurricane Ida. Biden administration officials are also asking for $6.4 billion to help with resettling vulnerable Afghans in the United States.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called the request for disaster relief necessary to help communities recover quickly from the destruction caused by hurricanes, wildfires and flooding.
""Given...",left
21749,Biden Seeks $30 Billion For Disaster Aid And Resettlement Of Afghan Refugees,"['Disaster', 'Joe Biden', 'Disaster Aid', 'Afghan Refugees', 'General News']","White House asks Congress to pass emergency funding for disaster aid, Afghan resettlement as well as spending bill to avert shutdown",Washington Post,"The White House budget office Tuesday sent Congress an “urgent” spending request asking for tens of billions of dollars in natural disaster relief and Afghanistan resettlement funding as the administration tries to respond to both emergencies.
The White House is asking for $14 billion in aid to respond to natural disasters that occurred before Hurricane Ida, as well as $6.4 billion to pay for the ongoing relocation of tens of thousands of Afghans who partnered with the United States during the war in Afghanistan. The administration anticipates that another $10...",left
21750,Biden Seeks $30 Billion For Disaster Aid And Resettlement Of Afghan Refugees,"['Disaster', 'Joe Biden', 'Disaster Aid', 'Afghan Refugees', 'General News']","Biden wants $30B for disaster aid, Afghan resettlement and stopgap spending bill",Washington Examiner,"The White House budget office on Tuesday urged Congress to spend more than $30 billion to fund natural disaster aid and the resettlement of Afghan refugees as part of a stopgap bill to avoid a government shutdown.
The White House is seeking $14 billion in aid to address natural disasters that occurred before Hurricane Ida and another $6.4 billion to cover the cost of relocating tens of thousands Afghans who assisted the U.S. over the past 20 years.
In addition, the administration said it expects to ask Congress for another $10...",right
21751,US House Condemns QAnon Group,"['US House', 'QAnon', 'Free Speech', 'Politics']",Seventeen Republican congressmen and Justin Amash vote against House resolution condemning QAnon,Washington Examiner,"The House passed a resolution condemning the conspiracy theory movement known as QAnon, but 17 Republicans and Michigan Rep. Justin Amash, a libertarian, voted against it.
H.R. 1154 passed on Friday 371-18, with one person voting present. QAnon is a right-wing conspiracy group that believes, among other things, that a group of powerful politicians is involved in a child sex-trafficking ring.
Rep. Buddy Carter of Georgia was one of those who voted nay but later explained on Twitter that he did so unintentionally and instead meant to vote yea.
In...",right
21752,US House Condemns QAnon Group,"['US House', 'QAnon', 'Free Speech', 'Politics']",Why did some Republicans balk at a resolution condemning QAnon?,NBC News (Online),"As many Americans came to realize in recent months, QAnon is a crackpot conspiracy theory that says Donald Trump is secretly at war with nefarious forces of evil, including Democrats, Hollywood celebrities, the ""deep state,"" cannibals, and an underground ring of Satanic pedophiles. As we've discussed, this isn't just the usual conspiratorial nonsense bubbling up from the right; it's vastly weirder, more radical, and more dangerous.
Last year, the FBI went so far as to classify QAnon as a domestic-terror threat in an internal memo. As recently as July, the...",left
21753,US House Condemns QAnon Group,"['US House', 'QAnon', 'Free Speech', 'Politics']",U.S. House condemns 'QAnon' conspiracy theory; 17 Republicans vote no,Reuters,"The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted to condemn the online pro-Trump conspiracy theory known as “QAnon,” but 17 Republicans opposed the non-binding resolution, whose sponsor Democrat Representative Tom Malinowski said he has received death threats.
The House voted 371-18 to reject the conspiracy theory, which posits President Donald Trump has been working to take down a global child sex ring. As many as a dozen Republican candidates for Congress have voiced some support for the theory, and at least one of them appears to be a on a...",center